The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-30

me" murmuspd Miss Smith meek
s.. with a little twinkle Of her eyei
= did that; he bid them How rldlcn-
Ions Of me to get IA such fright
But you know how Cary hated Mr,
Keatcham and you--no. you don't
linow the lengths that such & tempera-
ment % his will 20. did another
silly thing found dagger one OF
those Moorish htilettoes that hang IN
the library; Il was lying In the door
way. When no one was looking hid
Il and carried It OF. stuck Il in
one Of the flower beds: stuck Il IA
the ferns have stuck that wretched
thing ell over this yard. didn't dare
carry II back and put II in the empty
place With tho others because some
one might have Noticed the place
And didn't dare say anything to
Cary; | was rlght miserable
80 was ]" said the colonel think.
Ing you were trying 10 protect the
murderer But dc you know what 5
had sense to DOR
go 10 Mrs. wlrtcr? Oh wanted
toll"
Exactly and do you know what
that dead game sport said to me- She
said she found those washed and lronod
cuffs and trogsers neatly cleaned
with mlka--whata milka?-and the
milka cleaned the spots so much clean.
or than the rest that she had her own
suspicious started, But says she
Not being plumb idiot. went
atrnlght TO Cary and he told me the
whole story"
(which was like your story"
Very near And you see It would
BE- like Atkins 90 leave incrimlnatIng
testimony round loose. That Is, IN.
eliminating testimony against Mercer
and Tracy The dagger Tracy remem
hers, was not In the llbary, It vas IN
the patio Rlgh; 10 hand, Atkins
must have got n and found Mr.
Keateham on the 2oor IN faiut
Whether he meant 10 make a bargain
With him or to kin him, perhapa We
shall never know; but when he saw
him helpless before him be believed
hia chance WAS come TO XIII him and
get the cipher key. removing his ena.
ny aud making his fortune at q blow,
- the French say VOLTA toati~
DO you think her voice sank low.
sr she glanced over her shoulder
do you reckon Atkins had anything
30 DO With that train robbery Was It
; mere pretext to give chance t.
murder Mr. Keateham. fixing the
blame on ordinary bandie2
by Joyel II might be"
Il don't suppose we shall ever
hnow. But. Col Winter. do you mind
explaining to me just what Brother
cary'a scheme with Mr. Keagchasn
was2 Mrs Winter told me yeu
Would9
"sha told me" mused the colonel.
Hthal you didn't know anything about
This big game which has netied them
mlllioaa They've closed oul their
aeals and have the cash No paper
profits FOR Aunuei She said that
she would not risk your being mixed
up In it; SO Kept you absolutely IN the
dark. I'm there, too. Didn't you
know Mercer had kidnapped Archle2'
Mo; didn't know he was With Mr.
Keatcham ct The hotel Il would
have saved me heap Of suffering;
bat she didn't dare lei me know for
fear, II anything should happen,
would be mixed up In II. Ii was out
Of kindness. Col Winter truly It was.
Afterwards when ahe saw that was
worried she gave me hints that need
not. worry. Archie was quite safe"
And the note-pHper7'
I suppose she gave Il to Them" A.
awefed Miss Smith.
And The voice heard IN The tele-
phone7e lie explained how lrmly she
had halted the conversation the time
Archie would have reaasnred him.
You weren't there, Of enurseY"
said ho.
mo. was downstairs In the ladies'
entrance of the court in tho hotel; |
had come IN a little while before, hav-