Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-15

about herr she asked suddenly.
Doctor Stanley told me a good
deal"
Then you know who she really Isl
And WandaT
mo he did not tell me that There's
no reason why / should know"
Il have asked her 10 leave Wanda
here with me, TO be educated In Amer
lea know she is trying to whip
herself up TO the point Of doing It, but
It win be very hard for her Wanda
is all she has left, you know"
He nodded
yes, / understood that. But hope
you VIII keep the child" he added,
more warmly than he had ever spoken
to her II would be vastly comforting
to think Of his little friend as safe
In this girls care.
They assembled to the fourth floor
and dispassionately surveyed an
enormous attic given up to the largest
collection Of trunks Renshaw had ever
seen outside Of a railroad station.
Verify nodded toward half a dozen
huge foreign-built "boxes" that occu-
pied a conspicuous place in the fore
ground
Those are Leoni's," she said. "They
hold everything she has, poor darling,
aside from the precious memoirs"
AS they returned 10 the second floor,
she described to him the plan Of the
first, with which, however, he was
fairly familiar. Back Of the living
room, dining room, and two studies
were a huge kitchen, a buffers pantry,
and twin storerooms which Mrs. Par
dee had so ardently desired to I'll with
sugar
would you like to 20 down and go
through themT' Verify rather lisuess-
" suggested.
Renshaw looked at her with sudden
conjunction
NO" he said. You're tired. I
should have remembered that, and not
dragged you all over the house"
"Oh I'm not tired" In n gallant
effort to prove that she was not tired,
she gave him her first really spon-
/ taneOus smile.
''And your room is all rlght7 You
have no complaint to maker She add
ed jestlngly.
mot complaint-except that !
Ike a few dozen towels a day, and
they are forgotten"
Verify looked surprised.
Forgotten I" she echoed. "Are you
serious7 Why. that doesn't sound Ike
Annie She literally festoons my
bathroom with towels" Her eyes fell
on the closet door but II she does
forget she ended, "there are always
heaps In this closet At least, she's
supposed to keep them here"
She opened the door and entered the
closet os she spoke. Renshaw paused
on It's threshold for a moment, and
then casually followed her This was
the third time he had been warmly
commended to that particular closet.
He might as we'll see what was In It.
What he saw was that II was win
| dowless closet the size and shape OF
hts long and narrow bathroom. but
| lined with shelves filled with linen.
There was a really fine supply OF linen
on exhibition, such a display as any
housewife might be proud or Verify.
contemplating It with her back 10 him.
tossed him a complacent sentence:
III you want dozens Of towels. here
they are Any time you find your sup
ply short" She broke or with a
gasp. why did you do thatY'
II dldntw
His voice came to her out OF the
| sudden blackness that encompassed
them. THE door slammed shut after
me Just this instant. And, by Jove--'
lie had turned and was twisting the
doorknoh, NJ first easily. then fiercely.
Now he leaned against the heavy oak.
exertiug all his strength to push 1t
outward Il dld not yield.
whats WRONG with IT,"
The girls words were breathless.
He had had time 70 think
"Why nothing at all" he said In
| matterof-fact tones 1.-THE door
slammed with such force that Il stuck
fast III have II open In a moment =
"Ohw
Iie heard her exhale her caught
breath on the word. she was rcas-
suypd, but only momentarlly. He him
self was not reassured st all. In his
| hand the doorknob was turning rouaC
and round without resistance. II aid
not catch and retraet the lock Yet
/ the knob had opened the door. OF
course 4 was possible that the inner
| knob had got out OF order. aEd thst
no one had discovered IT. About the
only way one was likely TO discover Il
was by valnly trying TO open the closed
door from the inside All that might
happen. All that vas easily under
] stood
But-why had the door closed7 II
| Ind been half way open. al right angles
with the threshold and his hand had
not touched it There VAS no draf. ID
The hall 60 swing il ~ Moreover. only
en- the wings Of ar irrlpient cyclone
| could d drsft Re borne close e door
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