Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-10-13

hasty, but I've been feeling bad about
| this money question. ! wanted to
offer a big reward for news Of Jane
some days ago, but your crusted In
stitution ot Scotland Yard advised NE
against It. Said it was undesirable"
Sir James considered for a moment.
There Is no time to he lost. The
| sooner we strike the better" He
turned to Tuppence. lis Mrs. Van
demeyer dining out tonight, do you
known
Yes, think so, but she will not
be out late. Otherwise, she would
have taken the latcnkey."
Good. / will call upon her about
ten o'clock. What time are you sup
posed to return?"
About nine-thirty or ten, but I
could 90 back earlier.
You must not do that on any &C
| count. 1t might arouse suspicion If
you did not stay out till the usual
time. Be back by nlne-thirty. l will
arrive at ten. Mr.. Hershelmmer will
wait below in a taxi perhaps"
He's got a new Rolls-Royce car"
said Tuppence with vicarious pride.
Even better. If I succeed in OBJ
tanning the address from her, we can
go there at once, taking Mrs. Van
demeyer' with us II necessary. You
understand
Yes" Tuppence rose to her feet
with . skip OF delight. "Oh, l feel
so much betterl"
Don't build on it too much, Miss
Tuppence Go easy"
Julius turned to the lawyer.
SAY, then. I'll call for you in the
car round about nine-thlrty. Is that
rlght7"
perhaps that Will be the best plan.
It would be unnecessary to have two
cars waiting about. Now, Miss Tup-
pence, my advice to you is to go and
have good dinner. a really good one,
mind. And don't think ahead more
than you can help"
He shook hands with them both,
and a moment later they were out
side.
isn't he a duckT' inquired Tup-
pence ecstatically. as she skipped
down the steps. "Oh, Julius. isn't he
just a duck?"
''Well, allow he seems to be the
goods all right And / was wrong
about its being useless to go to him.
Say, shall we go right away back to
the RitzT"
81 must walk a BIT, I think. I'll
meet you at the Ritz at seven"
Tuppence walked hrlskly along
towards the Serpentlne first glanciAg
at her watch. II was nearly six
o'clock. She remembered that she
had had no tea, but felt too excited
to be conscious Of hunger. She walked
as far as Kensington gardens and
| then slowly retraced her steps, Feel
and exercise. It was not so easy to
| follow Sir James advice, and put the
| possible events OF the evening ont "
her head. AS che drew nearer and
nearer to Hyde park corner, the temp
tation to return to South Audley man
/
At any rate, she decided, It would
do no harm Just to go and look at the
building. Perhaps. then. she could
resign herself to waiting patiently for
ten o'clock.
South Audley mansions looked ex-
actly the same as usual. What Tup-
pence had expected she hardly knew,
but the 5 II OF its red brick stolidity
slightly assuaged the growing and
entirely unreasonable uneasiness that
possessed her She was just turning
away when she heard piercing
whistle, and the faithful Albert came
running from the building to join
her. He was purple with suppressed
/ excitement.
Il say, miss she's a-goingw
who's goingT' demanded Tup-
pence sharply.
The crook. Ready Rita. Mrs
yandemeyer. She's a-packing up, and
she's Just sent down word for me to
get her a taxi. thought maybe as
you didn't know about st."
Albert" cried Tuppence. you're a
brick II It hadn't been for you we'd
have lost her"
Albert flushed with pleasure at this
tribute.
There's no tinae 10 lose" said Tup-
pence. crossing the road. I've got to
stop her At all costs I must keep
her here until" She broke Off. cal
bert, there's a telephone here, isn't
thereY
The boy shook HIS head.
1.-THE flats mostly have their own,
miss. But there's a box just around
the corner"
"Go TO II. then, at once and ring
up the Ritz hotel. Ask for Mr.. Hers
helmmer. and when ven get him tell
him TO get Sir James and come on at
once. as Mrs. yandemeyer is trying
to hook II. II you can't get him. ring
up Sir James Peel E5gerton. you'll
find his number in the book, and tell
him what's happening. Yoa won't
forget the names. Will youT'