Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-10-26

"A"A AZ was your act-ouly | per.
suaded myself that the man must have
attacked you. and that you struck in
seif-defense. l would NOT believe Won
guilty OF deliberate murder. l meant
10 give you a chance so took the
weapon away with me-"
She drew a long breath.
NO one saw your"
Not soul; the street was ahso
luiely deserted. wiped or the blood.
and hid the knife In my pocket until
! reached the hotel; then | concealed
II at the bottom of my yallse."
1T Is still thereT"
NO; something led Harris 10
suspect i was not Daily. and he set
out 10 investigate. He had my tele-
phone number. and easily located both
hotel aud room. Waiting until I left
the Key. he entered and went through
the vallse IN search OF anything he
could find. lie came upon the dagger
hatpln, remembered that you had lust
such a one In your hat that night.
and Instantly jumped 20 the conclusion.
as he had seen the wound. that this
was :he weapon OF murder. lie be-
lieves We we're wori-ing together. and
this was why I had concealed the
knife"
"And your you believed thatr
81 believed In YOU" | said earnestly
at first I thought II must be you:
then saw that pin In your hat again,
when | knew had one Just like II
hidden az the hotel. This gave me
new hore. until returned and dis
covered my valise slit open. and the
dagger gone. knew OF no one who
would do such an actor had occa-
sion ;o-except you. In an effort 20
destroy evidence.
Then laier. when that was cleared
M by Harris acknowledging that he
was the one VII got the pin. told him
about your having your own In your
hat NJ perond's. Tie only laughed. and
said YOU were smart enough 10 buy
another. as soon as the first wac
found missing: that doubtless there
were plenty 10 be had"
Hes right; there are. At least ]
know Of one shop on lower Broadway
where they are FOR sale" She stopped
suddenly, with a peculiar gesture.
~Why, now I think OF Il. Sarah Wal
dron has one exactly like mine; ]
bought IL for her"
.Ivan Waldron's wifeT
"Of course; that's rather odd. isn't
it,"
at opens up line OF thought. any
way. Could you find out, do you
suppose. II she has II still7 What
does she know about her husbandT'
The girl laughed softly.
Know Less even than I do, /
imagine. He doesn't show up here
ofiener than once In six months, and
Sarah gets nothing from him. She
wouldn't know-whyT
Because. after all, Il might be the
Russian: II II was he would have ia
lie 10 Harris. and pretend 10 know
nothing. You heard how those two
talked at Perond's. What did you
make Of it,"
She drew her eyes together leaving
the marks OF a frown on her fore
head.
THAT they had planned together TO
rob Alva; that Waldron was TO be
hidden somewhere outside. and was
70 wait for Harris 20 signal him that
the money had been paid over"
Exactly; Harris failed TO learn
that the money changed hands, and
consequently did not signal. But
Waldron. nevertheless. was outside
waiting: had no doubt spotted Alva's
machine. and was ready 10 act. The
one thing we do not know is-did
Alva start home alone; or did one
OF the men accompany hlm7 II the
latter supposition Is true then that
fellow must have committed the
murder. with Waldron possible
accomplice after the crime. IL not
true. then the only other solution is
that Alva picked Waldron up for com
partnership. Were they acquainted at
allT"
II think so. but am not sure; you
said waldron first reported this
chance 20 Harris"
$50 he did: then II Is quite possible
the two knew each other. That would
make Il easy for the Russian 10 ask
ride. whoever struck the blow was In
the rear seat. This theory fits In all
right with his actions toward Harris"
What do you mean TO dol?
.Shadow waldron; he is sure 10
expose himself sooner or later. We
must get away from here. out OF the
hands OF these fellows. Gould you
find your way TO the stairs In the
darkfH
~Yes. have been here often
aThen I am going 10 turn out this
light before opening the door"
she led the way confidently enough,
moving silently along the wall,
keeping close so rs 10 touch her. A
few stems brought us forth into the
han M the head OF fight OF stairs
leading downward. My fingers gripped
i. .-taa.-s- .-hffa she stood aside