The newspaper., 1909-12-24
SYNOPSIS.

up for the night. she was startled by
dark Agurs on the veranda-
CHAPTER u.-she passed a terrible
hight. which was nlled with unseemly
nSlse1. IN the morning Miss Innes found
. strange link cum button in a clothes
hamper.
CHAPTER IIr.-Gertrude and Halsey
arrived with Jack Bailey. The house was
awakened by n revolver shot. A strange
man was found shot TO death. In the hall
CHAPTER Iv.-It proved TO be the
body OF Arnold Armstrong. whose bank
er father owned the country house. Miss
Innes found Haisey's revolver on the
lawn He and Jack Bailey had disap-
peared. The link cum 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
-aou' few moments before the murder.
CHAPTER VL-Jamieson told Miss
fnnes that she was hiding evidence from
him He Imprisoned an intruder in an
empty room The prisoner escaped down
laundry chute
CHAPTER Wilt developed that the
intruder was probably woman Ger
trude was suspected. for the intruder left
home with her rixht ankle sprained.
CHAPTER villa negro found the
other half OF what proved to be Jack
Bailey's cun button HAisey suddenly re-
appeared.
lA.-hAl9ey oaid ne ana
Bailey had left because they had received
q telegram Gertrude said that she had
given Bailey an unloaded revolver. fear
Ing to give him Halsey's loaded weapon.
CHAPTER x--cashier Bailey of Paul
Armstrong; bank. defunct. was arrested.
charged with embezrlement- Haisey said
,sens Ar s,a :, c,esF see se,sH his S~s s1aS
contained news that Paul Armstrong was
dead.
CHAPTER Ni.-Halsey trapped Mrs.
Watson. the housekeeper. while she was
stealing from the house.
CHAPTER NIr-At the lodge Miss
lnnes and fniHcy found Iniscv-s hunce.
Louise Arrstronr. sister q the dead
ria. The iodre iseper t6if M'rs fnn1s
that louise ana Arnold hsd h1d long
TAX The night % the murder. Louise was
prostrafed
CHAPTER NTrr-rouI-e tofi Hnfrev
That while Hhe sim loved 90 sire uus 90
her when BE learned the vholr story,
CHAPTER NIv-It developed that Dr
walker and louise were 10 b. married.
\ new gardener arrives from thc city.
n the house. on Investigation Miss limos
heard hai.-ralsinr scream Looking
Into Iouise's room. Miss Inncs saw the
CHATTER NVr-rsouise was roiiua NJ
the bottom % the circular sfH HIrrasr.
Upon recovery she said %. had heard a
A hand touched hers on the stairway.
something brushed past h-- and sis
81 think not n ne had seen him
he would have srokcn OF it
Thank you. rhat is all Miss Ger
trudo Innes~
Gertrudc's replies were fully rs con
else as Halscy's. Mrs Fitzhugh sub
jected her to a close inspection. com.
mencing with her hat and ending with
her shoes. ! flatter myself she found
nothing wrong with either her gown
or her manner. but poor Gertrude's
testimony WIS the reverse OF COM
forting. She had been summoned
she said. by her brother. after Mr.
Armstrong had gone She had waited
in the billiard room with Mr. Bailey
until the automobile had been ready
Then she had locked the door at the
foot OF the staircase. and. taking
lamp. had accompanied Mr.. Bailey to
the main entrance OF the house, and
had watched him cross the lawn. In
stead of going at once to her room.
she had gone back to the billiard
room for something which had been
left there. The cardroom and billiard
room were in darkness. She had
CROPPED around. found the article she
was looking for. and was on the point
OF returning to her room. when she.
had heard some one fumbling at the
lock at the east outer door. She had
thought It was probably her brother.
and had been about to go to the door.
when she heard It open. Almost i'm
mediately there was a shot, and she
had run panic-stricken through the
drawing room and had reused the
house
You heard no other sound?" the.
coroner asked. There was no one
with Mr.. Armstrong when he en-
tered?"
1T was perfectly dark There were
no voices and ] heard nothing. There
was just the opening of the door. the
shot. and the sound of somebody fall
ing" II
Then, while you went through the
drawing room and upstairs to alarm
the household the criminal. whoever
1t was. could have escaped by the east
door?"
Yes"
Thank you. That will do II
flatter myself that the coroner got
little enough out of me. l saw Mrs