Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-03-02

"That is So" Lanyard admitted, sit
ting down.
The young man followed suit. The
lamplight, striking across his face be-
meath the greenish penumbra of the
shade. discovered a countenance OF
Hebraic cast.
Monsieur has something to show
me, eh?"
But naturally"
Lanyard's reply just escaped favor
Of curtness-as who should say, What
did you expect?" He was puzzled by
something strange and new in the at
titude of this young man, trace or re-
serve and constraint.
They had been meeting in this man
ner for several years, conducting
their secret and lawless business &C
cording to a formula invented by
Bourke and religiously observed by
Lanyard. A note or telegram Of inno-
cent superficial intent, addressed to
certain member Of a leading firm of
Jewellers in Amsterdam, was the in
variable signal for meetings such as
this, which were always held in the
same place, at an indeterminate hour
alter midnight, between this intelli-
gent, cultivated and well-mannered
young Jew and the thief in his mask.
In such wise did the Lone Wolf dis
pose OF the bulk of his loot; other
channels were, of course, open to him,
but none so safe; and with no other
receiver Of stolen goods could he hope
TO make such fair and profitable deals.
Now, inevitably, in the course Of
this long association, though each re-
manned in ignorance Of the others
identity, these two had come to .leel
that they knew each other fairly well.
Not infrequently, when their business
had been transacted, Lanyard would
linger an hour with the agent, chatting
over cigarettes-both, perhaps, lit
tie thrilled by the p1quancy of the sit
uation, for the young Jew was the
only man who had ever Willingly met
the Lone Wolf face to face.
Why, then, this sudden awkward
ness and embarrassment on the part
of the agent?
Lanyard's eyes narrowed with sus-
picion.
In silence he produced a jewel case
of morocco leather and gave it to the
Jew, then settled back in his chair, his
attitude one Of lounging, but his mind
as uneasy with dlstrust as his fingers
which, under cover of his cloak, rested
close to the pocket containing his au
tomato.
Five minutes later he picked the
common lock of door opening from
the roof of an apartment house on the
3arthest corner of the block, found his
way downstairs, knocked on the door
of the porter's lodge, chanted that ven
cradle open sesame of Paris, Gordon
sill vous plaiti" and was made free OF
the street .hv a worthy concierge too
sleepy to challenge the late-departing
guest.
He walked three blocks, picked up q
taxicab, and in ten minutes more was
set down at the Care des Invalides.
Passing through the station without
pause, he took to the streets afoot, fol
lowing the Boulevard ST Germain to
the Rue du BAG; a brief walk up this
time-worn thoroughfare brought him
to the ample, open and unguarded
porte-cochere of a roomy court walled
with beetling, ancient tenements
Assuring himself that the courtyard
was deserted, Lanyard addressed him
self to door on the right; to his
knock 1t swung promptly a!ar with a
click of It's latch. At the same time
the adventurer produced from beneath
his cloak a small black velvet vizoI