The newspaper., 1909-12-31

hshed summer headquarters at sunny
side Amidst numerous difficulties the
up for the night. she was startled by
dark figure on the veranda.
CHAPTER II.-she passed a terrible
night. which was filed with unseernly
noises. In the morning Miss inncs found
a strange link Gun button in a clothes
hamper.
CHAPTER III-Gcrtrude and Haiscy
arrived with Jack Bailey The house was
man was found slot 10 death. in tile halL
CHAPTER TV-It proved 10 be the
BODY % Arnold Arwsir0rr. whose bank
er father owned tle country house. MISS
lawn tlr and jack Bailey bad dlsl p
peared- The link cLN button myater.oug-
ly dlsnupearcd-
CHAPTER V.-Dctecuvc Jameson and
TIE coroner arrived Gertrude revealed
with whom she had talked IN the billiard
~e0'n . feN moments before the mrraer
CHAPTER VI-Jamieson roid MISS
him. lie Imprisoned an intruder IN an
empty room. The prisoner escaped down
q laundry chute
CHAPTER Wilt developed that the
intruder was probably woman. Ger
trude was suspected. for the intruder left
a print OF bare foot Gertrude returned
home with her hight ankle sprained.
CHAPTER villa negro found the
other half of what proved to be Jack
Baiiey's cun button. Halsey suddenly
appeared
CHAPTER Ix.-Haisey said he and
Bailey had left because they had received
. telegram. Gertrude said that she had
Ffven Bailey unioaded revolver. fear
Ing to give him Haisey's loaded weapon
CHAPTER x.-cashier Bailey Of Paul
eharred with smbeTrlemen;. Haisey said
Armstrong had wrecked his own bank.
and was able TO clear Bailey. teIerram
f.fr .A hat n A = ~
dead.
CHAPTER xr.-Haisey trapped Mrs
Watson. the housekeeper. while she was
stealing from the house
CHAPTER xII-At the lodge Miss
Innes and Hsi.ey found Halsey's nance.
Louise Armstrong. sister OF the dead
man She was believed 10 be IN Califor-
that Louise ana Arnold had had a long
talk the night Of the murder. Louise was
Frustrated
CHAPTER Nrrr-roui-e told Haisey
that while she still loved him she to
marry another. and that he would despise
her when he learned the whole story.
CHAPTER xIv.-rt developed that Dr.
walker aud Louise were To be married.
A new gardener arrives from the city.
CHAPTER xv-A prowier va, heard
heard hair-rsisinr scream. Tooklnx
into Louise's room. Miss fnne- saw the
girl vas rome
CHAPTER NNI.-Isouirf was tounn at
the bottom Of the circular stsircss-.
snoet :, n. door, and had snswered. IL
something brushed past her and .h-
ts.---
CHATTER NvII-The oo-on-r-- m
quest decided Arnold Armstrong had been
murdered by unknown and the rns-,
OF susnieion seemed to point at Baii-~
rou are sure the noie WAS not mere
yesterday / asked Llddy. whose ex-
preston was a mixture of Satisfaction
and alarm. In answer she pointed 10
the new cooks trunk-that necessary
adjunct of the migratory domestic. The
top was covered with fne white plaster,
as was the floor. But there were no
large pieces of mortar lying around
no bits of lathing.. When mentioned.
this to Liddy she merely raised her
eyebrows. Being quite confident that
the gap was OF unholy origin. she did
not concern herself with such trincs
as . bit OF mortar and iath. No doubt
they were even then hcaped neatly
on gravestone In the Casanova
churchyard,
brought Mr.. Jameson UP to see
the hole In the wall. directly after
breakfast His expression vas very
odd when he looked At Il. and the Arst
thing he did was to try to discover
what object. II any. such . hole could
have. He got . piece OF candle. and
By enlarGing the aperture . little was
able to sxanine what lay beyond. The
result was nil. The trunkroom. al
though heated BY steam heat. like the
rest OF the house. boasted of q hre-
place and mantel as well. The open
ing had been made between the nue
and the outer wall of the house. There
was revealed. however. on inspection,
only the brick OF the chimney on one
side and the outer wall of the house
on the other; in depth the space ex-
tended only to the flooring. The
breach had been made about four feet
from the floor. and inside were all the
missing bits OF plaster. 1t had been
a methodical ghost.
1t was very much OF disappoint-
ment. / had expected a secret room,
at the very least. and think even Mr..
Jameson had fancied he might at last
have a clew to the mystery. There
was evidently nothing more to be dis
covered: Liddy reported that every
thing was serene among the servants,
and that none of them had been dis.
turbed by the noise. The maddening
thing. however. was that the nightly