The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
CONTINUED from Yesterday
SYNOPSIS,


CHtAPTER Miss lines, splnster and
huar1lah OF Gertrude and Halsey, estab-
nshed summer headquarters at Sunny
SIDE. Amidst numerous difficulties the
servants deserted. AS Miss lines locked
up for the night, she was startled nv a
dark hgure on the veranda.
CHAPTER H.-she passed a terrible
nlght, Which was filled with unseemly
noises. In the morning Miss lines found
z strange link cuff button in a clothes
hamper.
CHAPTER III.-Gertrude and Halsey
arrived with Jack Bailey. The house was
awakened by q revolver shot. strange
man was found shot to death. in the hall.
CHAPTER 1V.-It proved to be the
pody of Arnold Armstrong, whose bank
er father owned the country house. Miss
Times found Halseys revolver on the
lawn. He and Jack Bailey had disap-
Peared. The link cuff button mysterious
ly disappeared.
CHAPTER V.-Detective Jameson and
the coroner arrived. Gertrude revealed
that she was engaged to Jack Bailey
with whom she had talked in the billiard
room few mom"nts before the murder
CHAPTER VI-Jameson told Miss
Times that she was hiding evidence from
him. He imprisoned an intruder In an
empty ROOM The prisoner escaped down
q laundry chute.
CHAPTER Wilt ueveiopeu .na, me
intruder was probably a woman. Ger
trude was suspected, for the intruder left
a print of a bare foot Gertrude returned
home with her right ankle sprained
CHAPTER VILLA negro found the
other half of what proved to be Jack
Bailey's cuff button. Halsey suddenly re-
appeared.
CHAPTER IX.-Halsey said he and
"a. telegram. Gertrude said that she had
hgiven Bailey an unlosded revolver, fear
r. =" Give him Halsey's loaded weapon.
CHAPTER X.-Cashier Bailey of Paul
charged with embezzlement. Halsey said
Armstrong had wrecked his own bank,
and was able to clear Bailey. A telegram
contained news that Paul Armstrong was
dead.
CHAPTER XI.-Halsey trapped Mira,
Watson. the housekeeper, while she was
stealing from the house.
The swish of a body against the
curving rail, as If for guidance, was
plain enough, and now whoever it was
had reached the foot of the staircase
and had carght glimpse Of our rigid
silhouettes against the billiard room
doorway. Halsey threw me off then
and strobe forward.
who is it," he called imperiously,
and took a half dozen rapid strides to-
ward the foot of the staircase. Then
l heard him mutter something; there
was the crash of falling body, the
slam Of the outer door, and, for an
instant, quiet screamed, I think
Then I remember turning on the
lights and finding Halsey, white with
fury, trying to untangle himself from
something warm and fleecy He had
ut his forehead little on the lowest
6tep of the stairs, and he was rather
a CHASTITY sight. He flung the white
object at me, and, jerking open the
outer door, raced into the darkness.
Gertrude had come on hearing the
noise, and now we stood, staring al
each other over-of all things or
earth-a white silk and wool blanket
exquisitely fine! 1t was the most I'm
ghostly thing in the world, with iti
lavender border and its faint scent
Gertrude was the first to speak.
"Somebody-had it?' she asked.
Yes. Halsey tried to stop whoever
it was and fell. Gertrude, that blank
ct is not mine. l have never seen i
before"
She held it up and looked at It; ther
she went to the door on to the veran
da and threw it open. Perhaps 10!
feet from the house were two figures
that moved slowly toward us as W.
<Mn-%ed. When they came within rang
VI the light, l recognized Halsey, ant
with him Mrs. Watson, the house
keeper.