The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
BLACK AND DARK WHEN
LAME BOB" AND EDITH
REACHED THE BUNGALOW

II was II O'Clock and black and dark
by them When they landed. Eastman
guided the girl over rough ground and
wire fences for a good half mile. going
that must have riddled the thin pumps
she wore. and slipped quietly up 10
George W. Taylor's house. Lame Bob"
had boarded there Of and on. and was
familiar with the lay Of the place He
left the girl in Taylor's barn. and was
out with Taylor's mare quick as you
can imagine.
They harnessed up and drove TO the
bungalow. four miles and more. reach
ing there about midnight probably. But
the last tine Edith was seen alive was
when the idlers on Joe serh's porch saw
her erect IN the stranded launch. encour-
aging. II appeared. the laboring East
man
Taylor missed his mare next morning.
and 81 astou-ded him very much.
Chickens 1y away AZ night in this vicin-
ity. horses never. Imagine TaylOr's
surprise. then. when Eastman, OF Rob
eTts. as Taylor knew him. came driving
up the lane. calm as you please
Played a little trick on you last night.
old sport" said Eastman "Pinched your
horse Glad 70 get her back2"
Something going on down az your
place, Emmett inquired Taylor. with
very real curiosity.
Tells OF the Party.
7 should say" replied the lame man.
winking roguishIy. Had a little party,
few lively skirts. YOU know. and there
-
have gotten away from your place II II
hadn't been for the lady She's a won
der. Taylor. Now 7 don't know any
more about hitching Up a horse than
do about harnessing an alligator. and my
bad foot bothered me In the dark She
was there. though She had the bride
on. the harness on, and the whole busi-
ness buckled before 7 could cav Jack
Robinson Funny thing. too. First time
I ever saw a woman handle 4 crUpperF
He ratified on that way for half an
hour. said finally that he was dead for
sleep. and went 10 bed in Taylor's house.
Edith was alive and very much alone IN
the bungalow, as events showed East
man got up az 8 O'Clock that after
noon Sunday. yawned. and said he
guessed he had better be going back TO
the lady"
New side OF Eastman.
Taylor had something 10 turn over IN
his mind. new point OF view on his
friend Roberts II vas the first time in
.TayIor's knowledge that Roberts had ever
entertained women in the bungalow. II
didn't send him along very wen with
Taylor. either
About O'Clock that evening George
Powell. a near nelghbO- OF Eastman's.
took a notion 70 call on young William
Sutton. who also lived near the Eastman
bungalow. While they were chatting
along came Eastman. moving slowly on
foot That put an idea into Sutton's
head
Let's set Roberts to 20 to the chil-
dTens service al the church tonight, "
said Sutton Hes often said he would
SO with me-"
"All right said Powell: but I don't
believe you win get him
High Voices in Bungalow.
Sutton went 20 the door OF the bunga-
low. heard high voices. and backed up.
There was a woman. a very angry WON
an. in there. one who was telling East
man what she thought OF him. BY Sut-
tons account. II was not much al the
moment
It seemed that she had been left alone
an day. and had become nervous and
irritated Sutton didn't want to caves
drop. but something very Ike curiosity
nailed his feet He had never seen the
windows o. the bungalow curtained be-
fore. and that interested him. A blanket
was drawn over one. newspapers pinned
over others. The quarrel inside ran
higher, and sutton finally pulled himself
away.
This is no place for church-goers," he
said dryly. when he returned 10 Powell.
Next morning quite early George Powell
saw neighbor Eastman very busy over a
bonfire back OF the bungalow. pling on
fuel. pOking in the embers, and sending
hts eyes around keen as a hawk while
about this business Powell watched
Eastman. who looked up and observed
that he was being watched.
Eastman Grows Cunning.
From that moment the man grew Gun
ming, began 10 plan ways 20 60 Free Of
the crime himself snd impncate others.
FNANeSA1s do TIC haADlt SLOLl SHOWS
sIx-yoar-old child could have traced every
movement he made.
On Wednesday. after Eastman had been
10 Baltimore, he elapped George Powell
on the back, affecting greater friendliness
than was common
You did me an awfully good turn when
you loaned me those boards that time
said he; now I ara going to return the
favor I noticed you looking at me yes
terday morning when I was burning. some
stun. I was getting rid OF the straw that
came with a set Of dishes ordered the
other day. Straw is a bad thing 10 leave
around when the wind blows Now. there
are sixty dishes IN that set, and 7 don't
need so many. I'm going 70 give YOU
thirty: split with you"
He followed with another twist. The
first step IN a string OF lies mesnt 10
shoulder or the crime.
GOES TO BALTIMORE AND
RETURNS WITH RIG P0TT