Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-08-28
The heavy green curtain extended to

ing he gained partial glimpse Of the
interior. There We're three men in the
| room, and WestcOtt drew quick
breath or surprise as he recognized the
| two faces fronting him-Bnl Lacy at
| the desk, pipe in his mouth, his feet
elevated on a convenient chair and
Beaton, leaning back against the wall.
! apparently half asleep with his eyes
| closed. The third man was facing
Lacy. but concealed by the stove; be
seemed to be doing the talking. and
held paper in his hand resembling a
! map. Suddenly he rose to his feet and
bent over the edge of the desk. and
Westcott knew him-Enright
| Desperately determined to learn
| what was being said. the miner thrust
| the heavy blade of his iackknife be-
| meath the Hitting window sash and
succeeded in Doiselessiy lifting it a
scant half inch. He bent lower. the
speakers voice clearly audible
through che narrow opening. "There
was dead man back East, wasn't
| there"
! What difference does that make?'
'"None, particularly, except TO nat
urally increase the worth of my serv-
ices. I'm not squeamish about stiffs,
but like to know what l am doing.
What are you holding on to this other
| fellow for?"
Enright walked nervously across
the room, chewing at his cigar. only to
| come back and face his questiOner.
well. l suppose might as well tell
| you" he said almost savagely. You're
in too deep already to wigge out. We
made rather a mess of it in New York.
| and only a bit of luck helped us
through. We had the plans ready for
| three months, but nothing occurred to
| give US a chance. Then all at once
Cavendish got his first telegram from
| WestcOtt and decided to pull out, not
| telling anyone where he was going. He
employed me to draw the will. and told
| me he planned to leave the city for
some time AS soon as / could l told
! the others over the phone, and we got
busy"
Lacy stared incredulous.
"And there hasn't been no killin'?"
Enright shook his head.
Not by Y of u.s."
"Then how about that dead man in
| New York-the one that was buried
| for CavendiSh? Oh. | read about
that. Beaton showed it to me in the
paper"
THAT'S the whole trouble" Enrlght
| answered gravely. 81 do not know
who he was. or how he came there
| All / know is. he was not Frederick
| Cavendish, Bat his being found there
| dead III CavendiSh's apartments and
| identified, puts us in an awful hole.
If the rest of this affair should ever
become known. DO you see? The
charge would be murder and how are
we going to hold the real Cavendish
alive. and not have it come Out?"
"The other observation-disclosures
Cavendish?"
Certainly not; you know where
Cavendish is"
II never saw Fred Cavendsh;
wouldn't know him from Adams Off
OK. I've got the fellow Beaton turned
over to me-"
swell. he's the man; the dead one
isn't"
How do you know"
Because Frederick CavendiSh
bought and signed a round-trip ticket
to Los Angeles, and boarded the mid
night train. My man reported that to
me. and Beaton just had time to catch
the same train before it pulled out.
Isn't that true. Ned?"
Eyes. it is. and l never left him"
But" insisted Lacy stubbornly.
"did you see the dead one?'
Eyes. kept away from the in
quest. but attended the funeral TO get
glance at his face. II seemed too
strange to be true. The fellow wasn't
Cavendlsh I'd swear TO that. hut he
did look enough like him to fool any.
body who had no suspicious aroused.
Dammit it's spooky, the very thought
of it,"
Put you saw a differenceT'
Because ! looked for it; never
would have otherwise. But anyway,
was already convinced that he was
not the man. I am not sure what 7
should have thought If had met him
alive upon the street"
Lacy appeared amused. crossing the
room and expectorating into the open
stove.
You fellows make me laugh" he
said grimly. 81 am hardly idiot
enough to be taken In by that sort
Of old wives tale. However If that
is your story, stick to it-but If you
were to ever tell It In court. 1t would
take jury about fFe minutes to bring
In their verdict. let's get to bust
ness. You want me to help out In a
sort of accident, l presume fall
over a cliff. or the premature discharge
Of blasting powder; these things are
quite common out here. And to pre-
vent any stir at this end. before you
fellows get hold OF the stuff you want