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

to find Halsey,'' she said s~tubbornly.
Il know absolutely as little of his dis
appearance as you do. and l can only
say thisn | do not trust DR.. Walker. !
think he hated Halsey and he would
get rid of him, If he could"
perhaps you are right. In fact, i
had some such theory myself. But DIR.
Walker Went out late last night to a
serious case in Summitville and is stili
there. Burns traced him there. We
have made guarded inquiry at the
Greenwood Club, and through he VIII
lage. There is absolutely nothing to so
on but this: On the embankment above
! the railroad, at the point where we
found the machine, is a small house.
An old woman and a daughter, who IS
very lame, live there. They say that
they distinctly heard the shock when
the Dragon Fly hit the car, and they
went to the bottom of their garden and
looked over. The automobile was there;
they could see the lights, and they
thought some one had been injured. 1t
was very dark, but they could make out
two figures, standing together. The
women were curious. and, leaving the
fence, They went back and by a round
about. path down to the road. When
they got there the car was still tand-
ing. the headlight broken and the bon
net crushed, but there was no one to be
seen"
The detective went away Immediately,
and to Gertrude and me was left the
woman's part, to watch and wait. BY
luncheon nothing had been found and
was frantic. Invent upstairs to Hal
sey's room finally. from sheer inability
to sit across from Gertrude any longer
and meet her terror-hlled eyes.
.Liddy was in my d-ressing-room, sus-
~piciously red-eyed inc trying to put a
right sleeve in a left Garmhole of a new
waist for me. l was too much shaken
to scold.
What name did hat in the
kitchen give?" she demanded, viciously
ripping out the offending sleeve.
BLISS. Matte Bliss" | replied.
"Bliss. NJ. B. Well, that's not what
she has on her suitcase. 1t is marked
n. T.. c."
The new cook and her initials trou-
bled me not at all. | put on my bon
net and sent for what the Casanova
liveryman called a stylish turnout"
IL II nv iioht up hlf ~ 80
course of action, | am not one to turn
back. Warner drove me: he was
plainly disguised. and he steered the
livery horse as he would the Dragon
Fly, feeling uneasily with his left foot
for the clutch. and working his right
elbow at ar imaginary horn every time
a dog got in the way.
Warner had something on his mind,
and after we had turned into the road.
he voiced 1t.
Miss Innes,'' he said. 81 overheard
a part of a conversation yesterday that
| didn't understand. 1t wasn't my
business to understand it. for that mat
ter. But w been thinking all day
that I'd better tell you. Yesterday af-
%ternoon, while you and Miss Gertrude
were out driving, l had got the car in
some sort of shape again after the fire,
and | went to the library to call Mr..
Innes to see it. l went into the living
room, where Miss Liddy said he was,
and half way across the library | heard
him talking to some one. He seemed
to be walking up and down, and he was
in a rage, / can tell you"
What did he say?"
ne lTSl litlUS L DtdTu NdS-eACuSc
me, Miss Innes. but it's what he said,
The damned rascal he said. I'll see
him in'-wel. in hell" was what he
said, in he'll first. Then somebody else
spoke up. 1t was a woman. She said,
I warned them, but they thought |
would be afraid
"A woman! Did you wait to see who
it was?"
II wasn't spying, Miss %Innes." War
ner said with dignity. But the next
thing caught my attention. She said.
I knew there was something wrong
from the start. A man isn't well one
day and dead the next without some
reason | thought she was speaking of
Thomas"
And you don't know who it was.'
l exclaimed. Warner, YOU had the
key to this whole occurrence in your
hands and did not use it,
However, there was nothing to be