The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-26

1 got home, and in the meantime, my
present errand absorbed me. This was
nothing less han to see Louise Arm
strong, and attempt to drag from her
what she knew, or suspected. of Hal
sey's disappearance. But here, as in
every direction l turned, | was baff1ed.
A neat maid answered the bell, but
she stood squarely IN the doorway, and
it was impossible to preserve ones dig
nifty and pass her.
Miss Armstrong is very i'll and un-
able to see anyone" she said. | did
not believe her.
And Mrs. Armstrong; she also
in?"
"She is with Miss Louise and cannot
be disturbed"
Tell her it is Miss Innes. and that 1t
is a matter of the greatest impor-
lance"
1T would be of no use, Miss Times.
My orders are positive"
At that moment a heavy step sound
ed on the stairs. Past the maids white
strapped shoulder l could see a familiar
thatch of gray hair land in a moment
l was face to ace with DR.. Stewart.
He was very raw and his customary
geniality was tinged with restraint.
You are the very woman I van to
see he said promptly. "Send away your
trap. and let me drive you homo. What
is this about your nephew
He has disappeared. doctor. Not
only that, but there is every evidence
that he has been either abducted, orr
I could not fir ish. The doctor helped
me into his capacious buggy in silence.
Until we had got a little distance he
did not speak; then he turned and
looked at me.
Now tell me about it," he said. He
heard me through without speaking.
"And you think Louise knows some
thing?' he said when l had finished.
81 don't-in fact. l am sure of it. The
best evidence of it is this: h asked
me if he had been heard from. or IL
anything had been learned. She won't
allow Walker in the room, and she
made me promise to see you and tell
you this: Don't give up the search for
him. Find him, and find him soon. He
is living"
Well l said, ''if she knows that,
she knows more. She is a very cruel
and ungrateful girl"
She is a very sick girl" ne said
STdNelN. #NellltT YOU fOI 4 Cdll JuuSC
her until we know everything. Both
she and her mother are ghosts of their
former selves. Under all this, these two
sudden deaths, this bank robbery. the
lnvasions at S~unnyside and Halsey's
disappearance, there Is some mystery
that, mark my words. will come out
some day. And when it does. we shall
find Louise Armstrong a victim"
/ had not noticed where we were
going, but now I saw we were beside
the railroad, and from a knot of men
standing beside the track l OWNED
that it was here the car had been
found. The siding, however, was
empty. Except a few bits of splintered
wood on the ground. there was no sign
of the accident.
Where is the freight car hat was
rammed?" the doctor asked a by
stander.
1T was taken away at daylight, when
the train was moved"
There was nothing to be gained. He
pointed out the house on the embank-
ment where the old lady and her daugh-
ter had heard the crash and seen two
figures beside the car. Then we drove
slowly home. l nae the doctor put me
down at The gate, and | walked to the
housc-past the lodge where we had
found Louise. and. later, poor Thomas;
up the drive where l had seen a man
watching the lodge and where, later,
Rosie had been frightened: past the
east entrance, where so short a time be-
fore the most obstinate effort had been
made to enter the house, n where,
that night two weeks ago. Liddy and l
had seen the strange woman. Not far
from the west wing lay the blackened
ruins of the stables. l felt like a ruin
myself, as | paused on the broad ver-
anda before / entered the house.
r. Be Continued Tomorrow