Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
cuApTER XXI--continued.


.e he struggled forward linpa llen,
these delays, he came seFei a.
mos upon narrow, uhguarueu io"u'
ID crossed them; at oJher 'llneS , Inc
tile wilderness when pru .,A III, nlln
hanged suddenly to "eIi-Aept !" -
here some great mousse WIN 10
onges and outoulIuIiis9 ollIo ny,
head and afraid {" cIoS' 'l.e'7o ~ ~
soces. he was ooIl-eN u G, r, a. 49,
tens and find a way Fouilu' "o ui'
D1ce from the hr'aSe ~ 'ne pc "a
here the men he was IOlIoWlns iau
N ont Of their motor, ne hau liloush'
he about two miles; DuI wien nc
8d been travelling more IMAM al , ~ u
had not yet reached IL. 1heh'
51enly he came upon the ROAD Tor
bicb he was looking; somewhere TO
east along 1t was the place ne
Stught He crouched as near 10 'lie
lad as ne dared ana "here ne coulu
bOk up and down IT, IHIS Oelns {"
lain road, was guarded a niotor-
r with armed men III 1t paSseu ILL.,
nd presently repaSseu' elIueHtiS pa,
tOling the road; us Hshts Silo" Gu
b. a man with gun sIahuius "t tiie
rst bend Of the ROAD 10 Ille east.
non drew further back ana moved
kraleI 10 the road Dut Tar enough
bay from it to be hidden. A quarter
mile further he Iound SECOND
an The motorcar' eVldently' was
brong only to TINS point; ahoIher
sr was on duty beyond thls' AS
ton halted, TINS second car ap-
klGched, and was haltea, packed
ID turned.
lis headlights swept through the
pods and revealed LaJoh. Inc man
ending in the road cried out the
am and fired at EATON point DlahK ;
fired second ana thlrd time.
on fed madIy back INTO the shad-
as he did so, he heard the men
bns to one another ana leaplng
pm the car ana following MN. lie
treated to the woods, went further
Fng and came back to the road. ~
flat upon his race again and wait
TIL some other car in passing
OIId give MN llSht TO see.
La'oh' weak ana ulzzy from MS
Funds and confused by darkness and
struggle through the woods, had
exact luea now long IL haq taken
10 get 10 tIllS place; 0ut he knew
~ '1"'" nave ueen HaIuly less
ID '.U Hou'S SINCE lie hau IeIt Har-
Tue men ne was following,
'.O'e' n'u 'IaI much start OF
""u O'i> u'aue MN WlIu with I'M
'lCs Ou' o'u not discourage him.
O|u "ou""S' eaton understood,
"'S eS0"pe practically lmpossi-
,',auSe any one VINO saw him
Ut ,''oV N''''ellse ana detalh
,,' 'Iu . '"e o,"G' man was sui more
'4S' wounded. 1t was not his es-
,,n, -, ,'',,o'' 'C"' GU II was con-
d. s.,. VI ,''''' J. NE uiah had been
.-O'' 'De car because his condi-
. A. hfs'n, ,'4 va, Iial 'llere was no
v, . 5oI5 ~ Ea'on thought he
S,ar o Uvou' ne expected to find
,,.T. V S', .Vo'eu unuer dead leaves,
Wy .,. ,',OU'n,
n nSIL nad cleared a little; to
\, st5a. 'a ~ anu 'ne leafess bushes
- 'e' l"S''eu out IN the bright
had to. u.o.1'c"r passing. Eaton
y bs son,,'. IT, ne had found the
al G,5 J' t7.., 'Ae ,. was no doubt
bst ,r 'a a.,I, OH the road some
Es7s Of manv l oo,., ' mere me
n9d ,, ,+'+' cars had so tracked
oy ssam r, Io t ol inc men IN the
Of sonia. W nave notlced any,
rlafri S''' IVY '"ere; but Eaton
d:c I "S t5 n , the soft +, ground at
tro man ~, WIG r'.,, woods the footmarks
!, W1o n | s,. one behind the
4sin no.' b IN the ed. dark and fingered
Soft s5l "sg p ana toe marks in
Fooli follow t5 Ur a l.. niue distance
Aey ,s sC'I I,,, 'aem by feeling; then
is tie grorn 'I'o , me edge Of the
Gould no 5'I Ionuo. grew s', harder and
way '0"se' follow them in
was Plain to him who. -,
e3 two mon " n nun Wnat had oc-
here and T boa 1 T.t.s got out of the
.., " tAlIu. He lOp1t ,,.boro