Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-10-05

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/ could ask these questions. but not
one was answerable. They merely
Knocked me with their emptiness.
Then, shrlll and inslstent, the tele-
phone rang.
My heart was beating like a trip
hammer as l took down the receiver.
Who could be calling me at this hourl
Who except she alone In this city knew
my name and hOtel7
~Hullo."
A mans voice spoke huskIly. This
you. DalyY'
Yes" hastily. instantly aware OF
who was on the other end OF the wire.
yet feeling IL best to dissemble until
I learned the purpose.
~who Is speakingT"
The fellow you blffed with a bottle
tonight. No. Amt got no hard feel
Ings. Besides. got something else to
think about than a cracked dome. Say,
I got some dope on how that job was
did. an maybe could tell you some
thing else OF interest. 1 got 10 talk
with you privately-that's what. It's
a matter for the girl as well as yer
self. I'm playing square as long as
you do the right thing. but ! know
who the dame Is. an am Liable to
squeal II get a raw deal; that's put
ting IL straight. Harry"
"lou know who she is. you sayf"
"Sure I do. Old Pierre. over NJ
Perond's, told me. He never torgets
face. or a name. that old dufter.
He knew you the minute you blew In.
and he knew her. too: she'd been there
before stunning"
"who is she. thenT"
That's all right know; but I
amt fool enough 10 blow II over the
wire. II you'll come over here and
have a talk. TIL spill a few things In
your ear thatll make you wise"
"where are your
AT Costigan's"
whats become OF your partner1"
-who's that-waldronl He amt no
partner OF mine. Say. you must have
handed that guy some jolt. The last
saw OF him. he was laid out on a
bench I'm PerOnd's back room breath
ing like a stuck pig. dead to the world.
VIII you come over herer
"What have you got TO tell met"
swell. there's the DANES name for
one thing. I'll bet you don't even
know who she Is. or how she's string
in you. Then I'm on TO where part
Of that boobies planted-anyhow I've
got q bunch. II we turn IL up, I'm
still strong on the fifty-ffty PROPOSE
ton"
/ turned Il over swiftly in my mind.
the receiver still at my ear. i felt no
) particular fear OF Harris: to be sure,
in all probability. he was only feeling
about In the dark. hoping in this way
10 learn something OF value. yet II
might be that he tad accidentally I'M
covered the girls identity. and that
alone was inducement enough TO urge
me TO take the risk. II he actually
knew who she was. he was the kind
that might become ugly. and, however
much / susplcioned her In my own
mind, I had no desire 10 leave her I'M
defended at his mercy. Guilty or not
guilty. my inclination was to protect
her 10 the last. Besides i was eager
to obtain the Information he claimed
10 possess; indeed. all progress on the
case was blocked until / did obtain IL
As 10 his boast that he knew where
the stolen money was concealed, i
took little stock In that Doubtless he
merely threw that in for good meas
- ne,f-nI hfn
enough: she had confessed being at
Perond's before: Pierre was fully as
likely 10 recall her to memory as he
was 20 remember DAILY, and Harris
could never have made so shrewd
guess. unless he had really been told
the facts. Another thing gave me cour-
age 10 20 10 costigan's. was still
accepted by these people as Harry
DAILY. crook. would undoubtedly he
so received. so treated. Under these
circumstances there could be no per-
sooaI danger: I held the whip-hand.
the advantage-Harris was only en-
deavoring 20 see what he could get
ont Of me: he had abandoned force
10 resort 10 diplomacy.
-All right" / said. "Tll run over
there; II you want TO play fair. I'll
meet you half way"
-Oh. I'm on the square, old man,
and I've got some good DOPE" he In
sisted. "rn blow II when you show
up
/ returned the receiver TO the hook
uncertain whether or not l had de-
clded rightly. yet determined TO carry
out the experiment Above all else i
wanted 20 learn who Marie Gessler
was. Nothing else mattered so much.
for on this discovery all else hinged
N violence. or treachery. was intended.
| would he found prepared. and wen
sble 70 defend myself.