The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-23


rf reference. for The nnmc 81 the Crime
club.
transformations rs It's existence is it,
hC,IuuuIrl"rs--a l!ttlu hut"i nanuS 80
IN. Strand wherein sunc years ago
Iryrrrs!rr ana Blake OF the crlmlnn
IuvC~lIE;Iiun department hau discovered
Il Discreet manager. Il capable chut ana
=, bd"k uinlnS-rnOIn.
III" progress ct iimc, and the tact
II tllr manager. udd cUucrdrd II sitting
room with H. tIuHrn ar 81 big ana u"rI'
armchairS. From noon onward, tho
TWO HpJrim'-Ut% ma HrGulnC sacred u
the i'r!1n" Club.
sSlrIcti$, It Is an international club.
for although It's most Determined ire
uilcnIrvS are dozen ocutlanu Yard
Inun there ~ always IL SprInkUnS vi
detectives from abroad 10 be found
there.
s,ume,i lines. over coffee ANA cigars,
Tho talk may drift To some oil the Al
fairs of the profession. Some of these.
not always told in the words Of the
original narrator. lind Il place i'll the
present chronicles. The strange CASE
which crutrrrI about the death OF
Mudrlmc t'uItord is one u The most
remarkable OF these.
4 blue haze OF Sniuhr which even
the electric Hans could not entirely
diSVcI uvcrhuue the smoking saloon Of
tho s. ). Columbia. With the pro-
crS. they had fingered At tho game
ill after midnight. Silvervale cut off
II remark To glance at his, cards. lie
yawnrd rs he flung them down.
Reszkr ur anything else she likes on
the passenger lis;.' he declared Ian,
guidly, but she's Madeline Fulfurd all
right, all right. She's come m bit
in the last TWO years. although she
always was a Bit Of n high stopper.
NSn,,J.r IT, TOr ItrGZEc knows anvI hing
about era kc!'
Across TIC table a sallow-faced man
whose play had hitherto cvinrcL M
lack az nerve throw in full hand,
save himself know shat he had worstcd
one If the best nt averaged poker
hands Ills fingers. lean and trcmh-
luus. drummcd mechanically on the
table. Tor u Sccom! Il pair nt lustcrl"SS.
rrvwnins blue eyes rested on Silver
Wales face"
SO that's the woman who was in
the Crakc case" IT was her evidence
| that got the poor devil seven years.
wasn't it" AS | remember the nrwS-
pa per reports. she Was 4 kind Ut devil
incarnat".
II wouldn't so ~ Far as that" OBJ
served Silvcrvalc dryIy. and I'm n
newspaper man myself. didn't hear
the trial. bnt ! saw her afterward' 1t
away. Th"r" must have been some
mighty strong motive. for he had spent
| thousands on her. | guess there was
another woman at the bottom If it,
! Anyway her rrasoH> don't matter She
! cleared an unpleasant tr;rk*tcr out ii
! the way and put him whHr" hr be-
| longs. Hut for her h" might har" b"cn
| carrying on that swildiinG bank "f his
| nuw--lll take thrr% cards;
tarked his head abruptly. "f"s. he's
! where he hcInnES.' h" asserted. "Hnd
shc--why. she's Mrs. nc R"s"kr and Il
deuccd lTcIty w"man-- lI"il": ~
| broke off short. staring with Fascinated
! eyes beyond SivnrNal". The Journalist
swerved round in his chair T." meet :;
lirid face aud furious eyes within Il 100
| Of his own.
1t was Richard Ire TrS2kc himself
Ito had not made himself popular "i
Shirboard--indccd. il is doubtful if IL
could ever have rccn popular IN an!
, society. \ New Yorker who had mad'
himself n millinnair" in III" boot lrad@
II" Was unernciOuS both in mannrr an.
speech He had ontcv"ri tho Saloon IN
perceived. and now his tall. nS'a>i:
stumbling figure was 'nw"r!"dly erect
Ills left hand--hiG and @nari"d. it was
! fell with an aprliE" clu'rh upon silver
Wales shoulder.
You scandal-moaG"rng it'll" sol
he snarlcd with a vicious ,ichi"n,MG y
he lips under his "tAN mu>lHrh". =,
God. you'll admit Tnur" = liar. or II
shak" the life out Of F"N.
The chair fell with = crash as h
pulled tho journalist forward. Nj"
= snGang to iutrrv"n" between tho W.
Cursing and slrm". ling. hr EcS%l
was forced back. hui II took 'nnr mol
,n ii" il. Suddenly his r"s<tarc" ="
"Tha1.s all right H. said quietly
EVEN l"t ii =" t"r now. y trrSh &C
r"ss Of passion Sh""i him. and hr sh"
cut II malignant oath. ~! make you
-. tltiS Mr. SilrErE:i To-