Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-01-10

prove DleSSlnS TO me. Billy WIS
pered hoarsely. whats that? The
villain trying to get in?"
/ said, Mrs. hng-d0wn-stairs be-
lieves it's music, lucky for us-we can
now breathe out loud without fear of
the villain. He may be listening at
the front door-but he'll hear nothing
while she operates"
Billy forked a lot of chicken onto
my plate and commanded me to 30 to
it. and grabbed a roll out of his box
and said:
BILLY, he tried to murder me-"
"He?"
"That mamie was waiting for me
with a dagger that night-look here
jumped up and got the dagger from
my penholder tray-'he dropped it on
the floor"
Gee whiz ~ he cried, taking the dag
ger from me; and then he demanded,
"Who?"
That man-De Ravenol."
de Ravenol?-you mean that man
in Paris who wanted you to bring the
pretty daughter over with you and
you wOuldn't?"
"Yes-that's the one. He was dia-
nlond thef--that's what he wasw |
blew off. "He was in the act of steal
ing million dollars worth of dia-
monds. And fooled hint"
"Wowl You did,"
81 should say / did And what's
more, I've got the diamonds here
! there-behind you In those hyacinths."
"Wow." he whooped, and before
knew what he was doing he was out
of his chair. his hand on the glass.
Don't touch them!" / shrieked.
'Woww he cried, dropping his hand
and jumping back. DO they bite?'
Motley sting. They pzen your
very soul. But, Billy--stop wowing-
I'm watched"
He sat down with the command,
| ''Divulge the dread secret" and be-
tween bites I told him the whole story
up to Eureka, and brought in the Slip
per to prove it.
| He was still staring when / got
| through and asked him. "And now how
am going to get those beastly things
out of the house and where am / go
ing to get them to? She doesn't dare
to have them at her house"
"Oh, / can take them away and
hide 'em, If that's all you want" he
answered carelessly.
at isn't ALL" 1 retorted, a bit indig-
nant. It's only the beginning Of
new chapter of misery for the whole
of us-its throwing the responsibility
on you without getting me out of the
nett won't save me from being kid
n9ped and searched and maybe muir
dered TO keep my mouth shut
Billy nodded at that and said,
You're right"
He took a cigarette out of his case
and with short. MAY II" lighted up
and began to blow rings, gazing at
them abstractedly. J nibbled crumbs.
After I'd stood his silence for half
cigarette. l repeated my question and
told him, "Weve got to do something
| right Off-now-tonight"
"Of course" lie smoked another
quarter and threw the cigarette with
energy into the empty chicken tin,
bouncing up as he spoke.
what are we going to do2" he gave
| forth masterfully. Were going to
trap that bold man all by our little
own selves-you and /. And Wen give
him one nice lesson on stealing da-
monds from defenseless women-and
| threatening you"
''But we've got to hurry" ! urged.
II can't live this way much longer
it's simply killing mel"
"Sure," Billy agreed, suppressing 4
smile at me. I'm hurrylng all J can.
I calculate to have your 'mossoo' in
handouts tomorrow night" And he
unfolded his plot and l entered into it
with fervor. The truth is Billy and l
were having the fun of our lives,
The scheme was to decoy monsieur
to the fiat by a letter from Mrs. Della
rio indicating where the diamonds
were hidden: we banked on his re-
membering the one place he hadn't
searched-the hyacinths; and if he cot
the tip we believed he'd return the mo
ment ] went out.
After some discussion Billy and ]
decided not to take Mrs Delarto into
our confidence. not knowing how shed
act In the crisis, which necessitated
our initiating her writing, The only
sample of her writing we had was her
address IL my notebook and some
titles Of books on spirtualism she'd
wished me 10 read But the sample
did US, and the joint lii erary efforts Of
myself and Billy produced the follow
ing-this purpOrting to be from me to
her:
Gy Dear Mrs. Delario. Since be searched
everything but the bunch Of hyacinthR as I
told you over the telephone tuesday tthls
struck me exquisitely neat, convincing
touch, TOR his detective must have reported
both that telephoned and the number Of
the cali)--I thought the same place would
continue safe IN case Of d second invasion.
/ got fresh bunch, so you win know where
IL anything happens 10 me II 90. come and
get them al once, break In tbe fat u you
have 20.
I an going to try 20 see you Saturday
night for nAal arrangements Z can slip