Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
CHAPTER xxxIII.
At the Foot Of the Stairs.

ha droyn 70 r,td1,, ~ IN th, hn,Jse
fro,n rasanora statjon In tha hack
ssw ,ba datsotiy., Rurns ,oitsring
aoros. tba straat fran, the Walker
ntana a. Tano;eeo,, w.s nntting the
p pnreus Nv -Iiabtiv nos. bnt raaSv 10
o;na +,,a,,, fmist ~ Two fe1t cer.
81, ,.o,,, eoon
e" ~ ~ 800. 60 m.. a,;a+ ~, eta,s Of
~ a;,a,,i., stairaa.a l,.d hse, r,r;ed
80 without ras,,It and hayond a SEQ
o,,l ,,,s...,s 60 f,n,,, c,rt,nde th.t IpI.
so, ins;s+,sd on oon,i,,a hon,e and they
, ,,'a,,,a .r,,,.a tbot ,fsht tbare was
ooti,i,,a ,,an, ,Tr Ian,eiso,, harine
t.;t.a T. 1oa.4a ~, saa,.al ,.,or, Md
900 - ~ ..;l,oga ,oarned after.
- .o.1s ,aah ~ naiiea a. ,n.ta. Walt.
o,,s ~ ,n,1e, ,retsnsa ~ an a,facls nj
80, - ' i,,aiaost;a,, ond ,,afrra hn ,ef,
M inn,,i,ed .no,t tbe nvani,s trains
~ ~ nity DC said no had wasted a
,o+ ne t;,oa =, +ba case and a pood
~ ~ INC nys+erv was in nv imaei.
na+ior, Tba doctor uaa under the i'm.
nression that the house was Guarded
d., and night we'll give a place
.an,,ta+ion lie tb.t and von don't
,,aad auora At all.--thus Iamiesnn.
and s,,,'e ano,,ab late in tho after.
noon tho two privata DETECTIVES ac.
oo,,,,,.nied Nv NJ ran,iason walked
49,, ia ,,,ai,, streat ne Casanova and
tno,r a citv honnd train
That thav pot off At The next station
ana u.all.ed hack again ia sunnyside
a. d,,st was NOT known At tha time
parsnra1,1r T lnew nothinp of either
n,ora. had other thinss 70 absorb at
~ ~ ti,,,e .>'>'
iddy Wrought mn some toe while
r ,,t after INV trim and IN the trav
was . sn,.1, bonl from tha Casanova
librarv # wac called "Tbe Unseen
p1nrld ), and had cbeerf,,l cover IN
when a half dozen sheeted fenres
linked hands around a. headstone,
Al This noint in nv story Halsey al
| wavs SAVES. "Trnst a woman to add
two and two toeather ami make six
n which + retort that II two and two
nlus " 1nal,e six +han "a diecovnr the
| ,,nl,nown quantity is the simplest thing
IN tha World That houseful If
datectives missed If entirely was he
nanea tbev wars bnsv irving ia nroye
that two and two make four.
Tho aanression d,,e ia nv visit TO
tho bosnita1 laft mo al the nrosnect
of seeina Halsey apain that night 1t
vac about ( o'clock when Liddv left
mo for nan before dinner. having
MT mo into gray gill, dressing Gown
and 4 nair of sinners. I listened to
har ro1reatino fcofstens and as soon
AZ she was saf7lv below stairs. I went
IN to the trunk room. The piaca had
MT heen Disturbed and 7 nroceeded AT
once 10 trv ia discover the entrance
ia the hidden room The openines on
either eide as haya said showed
nothino but ner,ans three feet of brick
wall rhere uas no sign of an en-.
trance-no LAYERS no hinges. ia give
hin+ Tither the mantel productive
NJ absolutely M res,lt ! decided to
}rv the roof
| am not fond of height The few
occa stone =, which have climbed a
stan ladder have always loft mo dizz,
and weak in the knees The ton OF the
] Wasbin s,ton monument is nc limos
I s;bla r. mo as the elevation Of the
rresidential chair And yet-I climbed
ant IN To The sunnvside roof without
a seconds hesitation Like a dog or
/ a scent ike NV I,earsl,in nrosenitor
wifi his smear and his wild boar tc