Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-11-02

The body lay NJ the bottom motionless.
huddled up ia such fashion as 10
block the door. Without q doubt but
that the man was dead. thrust the
form 20 one side. leaped through the
opening. and crashed the door behind
me.
l turned TO the left. afraid OF the
bright lights. and the sireet-cars. and
plunged into the depths Of the alley.
I may have gone a mile. twisting and
turning before / came 10 what
evidently was a small hotel. Here
l encountered a cab, an old horse cab.
the driver half asleep inside. An old
time cabby was not liable 10 care who
his fare might be 50 long as he was
well paid. Encouraged by this re-
Gection. I stepped over 10 the curb.
Engaged, my manT"
lie came 10 life In an instant,
tumbling out OF his comfortable
quarters 70 face me.
mo sir. i never heard you comm.
sir. Bin a bit quiet about here to-
night"
lie stopped. as though Just noticing
my appearance under the dim street
lights.
~Yer bin hurt, siry" he asked solicit
ously. "Yer coats all tore. and there's
some blood on yer face"
"A small fight, that's all, In a
saloon over west. ANY place around
here where / could wash upT'
sure; right In yere; there ain't
nobody around 20 bother. I'll show
you"
He opened a little sIde-d0or. and
I followed down a narrow hallway 20
n small washroom. flung or my coat.
and filed a basin with water. The
cabby turned up tile light. and watched
me curi0usly. He was evidently de-
lighted to have some one to companion
with at this weird hour Of the morn
ing.
They got yer one good 'un. any
how" he remarked. "Feller whit
struck yer must've he'd a ring on ter
make tibet cash."
There were two OF them" I ans
wered. spluttering through the water
I was using literally. II may have
hurt one OF the fellows. so you keep
stiIl-will your"
-Afe! Shucks. don't talk about
my fares none. Thet Amt business.
picked one up night before last
down By the west-side docks. who'd
been IN some kind OF a fracas-any-
how. he wus sure scared half ter
death. Looked like q foreigner, an
was draggin' 9 grip long with him.
Got OF at Jersey ferry. / reckon"
-when was thatT" I was using the
towel By this time. eying the loQuac-
Ious speaker over the edge.
Might af0re last. Bout midnight:
I'd he'd q fare down thet way. an
wus drivin' back empty. when he
hollered 10 me TO stop. Gosh. the
Teller turnbled IN like there was a
ghost sitter him. an sed 4 wus ter
drive like HI"
~Had a grip with him. did heT"
"Yep: black. bout medium Size.
The fellow wasn't overly big himself.
an II wus quite q lug for him; IL
bumped against his legs when he
to,ed Il. I wouldn't a thought nothin'
more bout IL. only got hof OF
paper. an read how there wus guy
croaked that same night over In
Jersey. II sorter made me think
this teller, just because he was so
id scared. II wus sorter funny
where he had me set him down. TOO
after midnight thet way"
"where was thatT'
-CoImar buIldln' on Broad street.
Want a darn light from top to
bottom. lie didn't let me pull up
there-not by a d-n sight. had
ter LEI him out a block away. around
the corner. But somehow sorter
wanted ter know just where the bloke
went. so I slipped OF the box. an took
a neck. He turned in there, where u
wus hlacker than a stack o black
cats. an thet's the last seen OF him.
s'pose he wus the duck who did that
SOB sirT'
~He might have been, OF course.
Did YOU report II 70 the policeF
lord. no: II Us fellers told the
cons hair we know they wouldn't get
no sleep az all. I amt sed nothln' 10
nobody. Ready 10 20 now, sirF
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