Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-01-21

eieee upon Felix. Firs.
all he sought out Helen Bertal Dst Of
Il shall have to use Won os4
he excused himself; what wan. ~
to do only woman can" g You
the whole ugly story before he he laid
gave her an address. ef and
That is where Mrs. Hubert ",
Idabelle's mother, lives; she vs aistte
yelled woman. Unquestionah,n' 'ae
will find her greatly distressed you
will require woman's symuatb nuu It
sight and tact to get her to WHY! H.
her story. l can guess it nrot, ,u Up
curately, but l want it from bor &C.
lips. '' own
While you are gone mean ;.
my respects to one of New W.. Wy
honored citizens; want to lo tO - )
know just how he stands in tho o aiu
ion of all decent men" 'p'u'
And women" added Helen n
he won't see you" Out
Hazard smiled grimly. aHo un
though" he averred with quiet ASSN rr
ance. N''ur
His uptown journey ended ., :,
imposing and busy Office of Mayv sao
Howe, and after he had sent in h,a
card, as Helen had foretold tba :.
nous engineer refused to 500 h,~
Give me sheet of paper and =.
envelope" the detective demandad -
the stenographer in tone tha.
brooked no denial. He wrote.
IF you don't grant me an immoH
ate audience, every afternoon nano,
in New York shall ring with the STOW
of Idabelle Valette."
This he sealed in the enyelono on,
sent in to Howe. By way of rpnv
he was shown into the latter's private
Office.
The detective wasted no time in
getting down to the object of his call
His manner was stern and compelling
and the large, impressive-looking man
who watched him with filmed eyes re.
NAMED silent and impassive.
Mr.. Howe, have not come here to
preach you sermon" Hazard began
but to make my meaning clear and
unmistakable, there are few things
/ mean to tell you.
God has given you great gift and
that you have seen fit to debase I'll
and drag it through the muck and
mire does not in the least concern me
where you alone are affected. But
you are beast unclaimed and so con.
stitute deadly peril to all within
the sphere of your influence. Contact
with you is poisonous, fatal | want
to impress upon your mind that you
are now chained so that you will not
bring utter ruin upon the heads Of
your innocent family. In the office
of the Sutherland detective agency Isl
a complete detailed statement of what
l suppose you are pleased to call your
amusements and recreations, covering
period of the last three years; with
that statement are the names Of scores
of witnesses whose testimony can not
be refuted. Try only once again to
bring ruin to an innocent girl, to wreck
the life of an earnest, hard-working
young man, and that statement will
be given to the world. Not even your
power and influence can save you from
disgrace, humiliation and prison
walls"
Hazard took step forward and
shook a finger in the others face
"Harken, Maxwell Howe" he SOL
EMMY concluded, "even now you can
hear the clank of chains and the ecn0
of the warden's tread. May they ring
constantly in your ears as remlnq
er of what / have told you today.
Still the man sat as if petrited' re
lix Hazard moved over to the dqpf
where he paused for parting sao'
Just a final word of counsel, MI
Howe" he said meaningly. "DOn
make any more attempts to ndnap
me; the result will only spell disaster
to yourself. Call your dogs on
Not many minutes later Hazard anI
Helen Bartel were comparing no'ss
Mrs. Valette she had found u''sip
broken and Frustrated; but e2cepuIS
that she confirmed all the facts now
Hazards possession, Helen's mlSs ,
had not been altogether succesSlul
II could not persuade her 10 "a.
about what happened in Barbecue
private Office" said Helen. Sns
EMMY declared that that eplsoue
between her and God, and wild noi''1
couldn't drag it from her.
"As for the rest, she talked ,ls's
enough. Idabelle is dead; she ui'I e.
an Elizabethtown sanitarium ~
weeks ago. David Bardeene, II ne We,
alive. would be liable on serious C, ...
inal charge. He knew 1t, anu .' vim
Mrs. valette wrote him threatens insi
letters he was simply terrifed-he l0'
his head.
I'm one of her letters Mrs. Valetle ~ y
closed a blank calling caro- 81" ,ton
him: Unless you make repaiSa
your life shall become as TINS cav
hlank.' He knew the signincan's
the card that George Destln Oi'''-
him ON the fatal day ,,s nj,