Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-25


face IN the shadow. and my heart fair.
| ~ ached for him. He was SO big aud
boyishl When l had finished he drew
long breath. Ustsu'
4 Whatever Louise does" he said.
< nothing viii convince me. Aunt Ray.
{ that she doesn't care for me. And up
J. TO two months ago, when she and her
mother went west. was the happiest
MELLOW on earth. Then some thing
! made a difference; she wrote me that
I her people were opposed TO the mar
briage; that her feeling for me was
fiwhat il had always been. but that
{tsomething had happened which had
I changed her ideas as to the future 1
/ was not TO write until she wrote me.
occurred. l was TO think
/ the best | could OF her. IL sounded
Ikea puzzle. When | saw her-yes.-
/ terday, it was the same thing. only.
| rsIhaPs. worse" ,.
\, lindsey" | asked. have yen any
Idea of the nature of the intervtew
poeoween Louise Armstrong and Arm
o'dtke night he was murdered?" eS
a. s16,was stormy. Thomas says once
4 sorsstwfce he almost broke into ths
4 roor he was so alarmed for Louise.r
Another thing, Halsey." | said.
have you ever heard Louise mention
/ a woman named Darlington, Nina Car
Hngthh?"
! ~ Never" re said positively -
For try as we would our thoughts
always came back TO that fatal Satur.
4 day night and the murder. Every con,
versational path led 20 Il, and we all
| felt that Jameson WIS tightening
! the threads of evidence around John
I -lailsy. The detectives absence was
\ harGIy reassurlng; he must have HAD
something to work on in town or he
/ would have returned.
= The papers reported that the cash.
\ Ter of the Traders bank was i'll in his
( apartments at the Knickerbocller-a
condition not surprising. considering
everything. The guilt of the defunct-
president was no longer in doubt; the
missing bonds had been advertised
and some of them discovered In
every instance they had been used as
collateral for large loans. and the.
beief was current that not less than
million and half dollars had been
realized Every one connected With
the bank had been placed UNDER ara
rest, and released on heavy bond -
q was he alone in his guilt, or was
70 the cashier his accomplice? Where
, YFS sthe money? The estate OF the
dead man was comparatively smaIl+-
3 city house on a fashionable street.
/ Sunnyside, large estate largely.
4 nrortgaged, an insurance of $50. 900
! and some personal property-this WAS
\ all. The rest lost in speculation prob
] ably, the papers said There was one
7 thing which looked uncomfortable for
, Jack Bailey: He and Paul Armstrong
together had promoted n railroad com
pany in New Mexico, and IL was ru!
II, nsored that together they had sunk
large sums of money there. The bust
ness alliance between the two men
added to the belief that Bailey knew
something Of the looting. His unex-
planned absence from the bank on
Monday lent color to the suspicion
against MIN The strange thing
seemed to be his surrendering himself
, 500 fthe point of departure To me. &c
seemed the shrewd calculation Of a
clever rascal. ! was not actively an
tagonistic to Gertrudes lover. but I
meant TO be convinced, one way or the
other. took no one on faith.
That night the Sunnyside ghost be-
gan to walk again. Liddy had been
sleeping in Douise's dressing room on
! a fcouch, and the approach of dusk
-&was a signal for her to barricade the
entire suite. Situated as It was. be-
yond the circular staircase. nothing
} but an extremity of excitement would
have made her pass Il after dark. I
) confess myself that the place seemed
tome to have a sinister appearance, but
we kept that wing well lighted. and
until the lights went out at midnight
IL was really cheerful, If one did not
know its history.