Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-03-20

the dumb waiter and began pulling it
up, hand over fist. as fast as 1 could
go.
Mon Dieul What shall do?"
"Skip! Get down into your own fiat
and hide, That man will be back here
with police officer in five minutes"
The top of the dumb waiter had
come up level with the sin, but at my
words monsieurs nerve seemed to for
sake him entirely.
HE will be back-after he is gone
wisout to find me?-and he brings re
police?'
"Of course he will--just to Justify
himself to me if for nothing elSe-and
to satisfy himself that you're not here
in hiding. You heard him say he'd
traced you here"
'Zen l am lost-and my little Claire
is lost"
He seemed about to sink down in a
heap again.
mo. you're not. Where's your hat?
Get it,"
room. jamming it on his head and
whispering, as he looked al the dumb
waiter: How shall make my ecsape
wis zis? l have never in my life"
Get on" commanded. Don't stop
to talk about it-unless you wish to
be found here and arrested. You
| haven't a minute to lose"
He hesitated, murmuring, Mon
Dieu-how can l make my descent"
ITS your only chance to save your
self and Claire" / urged. LET your
self down to your fiat and pry open
the door. Hold her steady-go slow
count the doors and don't miss yours"
l whispered as parting warning, and
he began his descent.
At that moment / caught the sound
of the elevator coming up--it might or
might not be the detective, but l took
no risks. Leaving the dumb waiter
| door just as the Unknown had lef4 it
| l slipped softly TO the kitchen door,
closed and locked it and put up the
| chain-bOlt again. To the casual eye
| the kitchen was as it had been five
minutes before, untouched. unopened.
AS | stepped into The dining room
the front bell rang long and loud.
1 let it ring and ring again, and
heard a voice, "Yes-she's there"
The fourth ring was followed by the
pounding of heavy hand.
l had been listening to the dumb
waiter and it had now stopped.
thought ii safe to make a move on my
side, so | walked noisily along the han
and called through the door, who's
| there?"
"Police officer. Open the door,
please"
"What precinct3'
There was grunt before he an
swered "Thirty-six."
"Oh. all rightp / opened the door
on the chain-bolt.
There stood br0ad-shouldeIe some
of the finest" and off to one side of
him, looking very pale and insignitl-
cant, my detective.
"Oh. it's youl" l exclaimed affably,
addressing the officer and taking no
| notice of the detective.
IF yen open the door" he sug-
gested very politely.
with pleasure and l took off the
chain-bolt and threw the door wide
open.
"Step in" said 1. "Now. officer.
what is the trouble?"
We'll, you see this gentleman here
believes you're hiding a party he's
! got warrant fer"
Help yourselves" said / CURLY,
moving aside to let them pass.
The Unknown darted along the din
ing room; the officer followed; /
brought up the rear. A glance showed
that both the dining room and my
study opening into il were empty.
He went back to the bedroom-cast-
| ing a glance at the kitchen door as he
| passed. which was chain-bOlted as I'd
| told him it was-and looked under
| the bed. After that he peered into the
bathroom and returned for final sur
vey of the double room before unlock
| ing the kitchen door. AS he threw it
open the first Thing that caught his eye
was the dumb-waiter door, gaping
wide the way he'd left It, and as he
| stepped across the threshold I shot of
at him, Il hid your man in the refrig-
erator-be sure to look there"
And he pulled open the refrigerator
doors!
gave the officer a look. This was
100 much for the Irish in him, and he
threw back his head with a GUT
faw. checked him with another look
that gave him to understand thought
there was something queer about my
other visitor, who, very red now.
slammed the doors and faced us.
I'D have taken my oath that man
was here fifteen minutes ago" he ex.
tenuated.
"Then he's give y the slip" iibed
the big officer-''if he was here at all"
The tone of his last words showed
considerable doubt.
at would appear So" replied the
other vaguely. and they followed me