Gull Wing Suites, which boasts a heated indoor pool, was offering a New Year's package of two nights with dinner and dancing at a nearby restaurant for $260. But Stant took just the standard suite -- with a sitting room, refrigerator, king-sized bed and color television for $90 a night -- said William B. Chase, the hotel's general manager.

Through the long holiday weekend, Stant could do nothing but kill time. Finally, on Monday, Jan. 3, Kerrigan returned to the rink.

"But she was only here for a short time," said Dottie Larkin, the manager of the rink. "The weather was getting bad, we had some light snow and the parking lot had ice in it, and she had a costume fitting in New York and then had to fly on to Detroit." Rink in the Focus

The Oregon authorities say that on Dec. 28, three calls went to the Tony Kent Arena from the home shared by Gillooly and Harding in Oregon City, south of Portland. Another call to the rink came from Stant's room at the Gull Wing Suites on Jan. 1, the authorities say. On Jan. 3, another call came from the Harding-Gillooly home.

But Larkin said neither she nor any of her staff recalled seeing anyone fitting Stant's description -- 6 feet tall and more than 200 pounds of muscle -- at the arena.

"We watch who comes in and we didn't see him," she said. "He would kind of stand out in a crowd."

Later that same day, as Kerrigan was flying to New York, Stant went back to Boston and bought a $125 ticket for a grinding 20-hour trip on a Greyhound Bus bound to Detroit.

When he checked into the Super 8 Motel, a Tudor-inspired three-story building flanked by acres of parking lots, Stant asked for a room with a waterbed, which went for $33.92 including tax. It was 11 P.M. Tuesday. Movies and Phone Calls