Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-07-31

| tuelr eyes commanding the entlre
room. they saw woman swing into
the cafe entrance and enter the booth
directly ahead of them,
la Rue!' whispered Willis to Miss
! Donovan
Ten minutes later a young man
entered the cafe. swept II quickly With
his eyes, then made directly for the
enclosure occupied by his tnamorata.
The man was Cavendsh.
In the booth behind. Miss Donovan
and Willis were ali attention their
ears strained 10 catch the wispS Of
conversation that eddied over the low
partition.
We'll, I'm here" 1t was Johns
voice, an ilI-humored voice, too. "But
this is the last time Celeste. These
mee:irew are dangerous"
~ es-when you talk W loud." Her
ers. "But this time there was a good
reason" She laughed. You didn't
think it was love. did YOU dearyf"
oh cut that outr disgustedly
You want more money, suppose"
well Of course" her voice harden
ing Naturally | feel that should
share in your good fortune. But the
amount I want now. and must have
to-night-to-night. John Cavendish--is
not altogether for myself. I've heard
| from the West"
My God Has he been located?"
Yes, and is safe for the present
! Here. read this telegram It's not very
clear hut Beatou wants money and
asks me- t. bring It,"
"You? WAY does he need yOuy"
lack of nerve guess; he's out Of
his elemenj IN that country If 1t was
the Bowery he'd do this sort OF iob
| better. Anyhow, Tn going. and
| want roll. We can't either Of us
! AFFORD to lie down now"
CuyendiSh half smothered an oath
How much do vou want?
Ten thousand. I'm Yelling enough
TO split fiftY-fifty. This Colorado jolt
| is getting To be expensive deary.
wouldn't dare draw on you through
/ The banks"
! Ia the back booth Willis muttered:
Cad Things are going great" Then
| he bent his ear to seduIous attention
and again he could hear the voice Of
| Cnvendish
you've got TO tell me what you're
going to do with the money" it said
The La Rue woman's answer could
not be heard evidently II was a WhiS-
pnred one. and therefore of utmost
importance. Came pause, q clink Of
| aIAeSes and then few Struggling
words filtered over the partition.
But if the man should talk 70
Forget it, Ned Beat0n is an oys-
ter. Besides. I've got the screws on
him. Come on, Johnnie boy. don't he
a fool. We are in this game and must
| play il out 1t has been safe enough
so far, and know what / am doing
now. You've got too much at stake 70
hagge over a few thousand, when the
money has come TO you as easily as
| this has DO | get the money!"
! He must have acceded, for his voice
no longer rose to a high pitch. Pres
| emily, when the orchestra began play
| ing again. Miss Donovan ana Willis
! judged the pair we're giving their atten-
ton to the dinner. Finally, after an
! hour had passed, Cavendish emerged
! from the booth. went 10 the check
! room. and hurricdly left the cafe
Waiting only long enough TO satisfy
herself that Caveudish was gone
Celeste La Rue herself emerged from
the booth and paused for moment
beside It's bamboo curtains Then
| tur0lng suddenly she made her way
not toward the exit Of the cafe, but to
another small booth near the check
room, and into this she disappeared
But before she had started this short
journey, yellow piece of Paper. closely
folded, slipped from her belt where
K had been tucked
IT'S the telegram The one Of
which they were speaking" Miss
| DOnOvan's voice whispered dramati-
cally as her eyes swept the tiny clue
! within their ambit
At her words Willis was out Of the
booth. AS Miss Donovan watched she
saw him pass by the folded evidence.
What was wrong? But n0-suddenly
she saw his handkerchief drop. saw
him an instant later turn and pick It
up, and with It the telegram. Disap-
pearing In the direction Of the mems
room, he returned a moment later
paid the check, and with Miss Donovan
on his arm left the cafe.
Outside, and three blocks away from
Stelnway's, they paused under an arc
light, and with shaking hands wills
showed her the message. There. IN the
Pickering rays, the girl read its torn
and yet enlightening message:
dorado. May 10, 1915.
him safe. Report and collect.
come with roll Monday sure
We seen papers. Remember Haskell.
NED"
IT'S terribly cryptic, Jerry" she said
TO the other, but two things we know
from It,"
"Onp - that q Rup'S Coing 70 hfoxv