Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-07-09
BY HoLW HALL

peaceful hour, by the Doctors trust
in his integrity, and by the sedative of
a long andNuntroubled stroll out over
the hills to eastward, billiard returned
to the hotel, the room clerk greeted
him with faint superciliousness
Somebody's been keeping after you
on the telephone all morning" he said
Ioftily. New York call. Couldn't To-
cate you. And here's some kilograms
for you. =
There were three of them; at sight
of the signature of the first. billiards
eyes narrowed.
Arriving Syracuse 4 :15. Please meet
me at train and stop all work in the
meantime. Imperative.
"HARMON.'
billiards eyelids fluttered; this was
evidently the initial result of Rufus
letters he had written Harmon. He
tore open the second envelope :;
the message was again from the broker.
sent obviously from the Grand Cen
trail terminal just before train-time.
Most important news received. Am
just leaving, having wired you meet
me at station 4:15 Find out who Bob
| Waring is and what he wants. Do
all you can to stave off further in
quiry. Absolutely imperative not talk
to anyone until see you. Have con-
tract and all other data with you.
Shall have to leave on short notice.
"HARMON."
And the third was from Albany:
Locate Bob Waring if possible and
arrange meeting seven tonight. Ur-
gently imperative. HARMON"
/ Hilliard folded the three sheets
methodically and put them in his
pocket. He glanced at his watch; it
showed a quarter to four. He had no
dependence on Harmon, and no fear of
him he felt no obligation to Harmon.
nc sense of duty. To be sure, he had
a cynic's curiosity to see what was in
/ the middle Of the whirlwind, but that
of itself wasn't strong enough to send
him to a rendezvous with 4 man he
despised and loathed.
IF / co. he said to himself, "Tll be
sorry; and if / don't go why,
if don't go, I'll always wonder if it
would have done any good!"
| For himself, there was nothing prom
Using in the situation. But on the
millionth chance that something of
benefit to his subscribers might come.
out of ton the millionth chance that
Harmon might be frightened or per-
suaded into compromise
So he went.
The very first passenger to reach
the platform was Harmon; indeed. he
had been fretting in the vestibule for
half an hour intent on saving use
less fraction of a second when the
train stopped. At sight of billiard, he
beamed benefcently-all his earlier
belligerence forgotten
''Hello!" he said. "Glad to see you,
son. Got all my messages, did you?'
He shook hands with great urban
ity; billiards. grasp was hardly re-
/ sponsive.
IT got three" said billiard, dignified
and noncommittal and he continued
to inspect his employer with ill-con
cpaled disfavor and distrust.
swell, that's all sent. Now, where
can we go sit down and talk, for a
couple of hours? There's a lot to go
over, but want to take the 40 West
Not to the Onondaga-Td rather 80
somewhere quieter. How about the
| Kirk?"
"Suits me all right If 1t does you.'
/ ANY Iuggage?" They were crossing
the tracks to the waiting-room; and
billiard, in spite of himself, couldn't
refrain from the solicitude which any
right-minded resident of a city feels
for the transient just arrived.
"Only this Gladstone. / can check
that here, I guess. Well, I'm certainly
glad to see you. Say were you able
to make date with this Waring per
son? It was pretty short notice, but
you're such live wire"
Hilliard, fully comprehending the
nature of the compliment. smiled faint
~ The person of the broker was ply,
sically repulsive to him; unconscious
/ ~ he edged further away.
mot yet. But I've left word at mis-
house for him to call me at the hotel,
and TIL telephone to the information
clerk from the Kirk where he can
reach me. He's sure to be in around
five or half past"
81 hope So" Harmon swung his
heavy bag to the brass-lfned counter,
and tossed out dime with a philan-
thropic gesture which made the at
tendant glare at him. "Who in thun-
der is he anyhow"
/ billiard had reason to be reticent
with his facts, and he preferred not
to be too specific at the outset.
He's a law student-an old friend
of the Cullens. He's looking after
some of their interests, in one way
and another"
ooh! Working up practice! Well.
| the way he's bombarding me with
| fresh letters, you'd think he was on
congressional investigating committee
| Say! There's one thing I'd like to find
out-how'd he know I'm in the thing?
You didn't tell anybody, did you? Our
agreement"
billiard was guiding him to the
? street.
"Why, he probably got hold of your
name when he wrote to some law cor