Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-01

Only couple of weeks"
lis he eficientG A capable mang"
Il hardly know" said vaguely
The place looks all right. and know
very little about such things. ! know
much more about boxes. of roses than
bushes OF them"
This man." pointing to the assis
tant. says Alex isn't n gardener. That
he doesn't know anything about
plants"
That's very strange" | said think
ing hard. "Why. he came TO me from
the Brays. who are in Europe
Exactly" The detective smiled
Every man who cuts grass isn't a
gardener, Miss lines, and Just now II
is our policy to believe every person
around here rascal until he proves
TO be the other thing"
Warner came up with the car then,
and the conversation stopped As he
helped me in however. the detective
said something further
Not a word or s'cn 10 AlcX. If he
comes back" he sold cautiuusly.
went first To Or Walkers. was
tired OF beating about the bush and
felt that the key to Halseys disap.
pearance was here at Casanova, in
spite of MIR Jamicson's theories.
The doctor was in. He came at.
-once TO the door OF his consulting
room, and there was no mask or cor
duality in his manner
Please come in" he said CURLY.
y Il shall stay here, | think. doctor"
| did not like his face or his Kramer;
there was subtle change i'm 10th lie
had thrown of the air OF frier illness.
and l thought. too. that he looked anx!
ious and haggard "e Sea-
%. DIR Walker ] said, IL have Come
TO you to ask some questions hope
you will answer them. As yoa know.
my nephew has not yet been found.'p 4
so | understand" stimy IH u'tl
IL believe. 81 you would. you could
help us, and that leads to one ~ my
p questions. win you tell me what VAS
1.-The nature of the conversation YOU,
held with him the night he was At,
tackled and carried one" l'sH
. Attacked! Carried on" he said
. with pretended surprise Really Miss
hines, don't you think you exap eerat37
n understand IL is not the first time
W.
%, You are quibbling, doctor This is
q matter of life and death VSnl you
answer my question:"
Certainly. He said his merry rs were
bad, and | gave him a prescription for
them. am violating professional
ethics when ] tell you even as much as
that"
o.. could not tell him he lied. ! think
] looked It, But hazarded a random
shot u
81 II thought perhaps" ! said watch
ing him narrowly that II might be
abOut--Nina CarrinRton" I"9u
For moment thought ne was go
ing to strike me. He grew livid. and n
small crooked bloOd-vessel i'm his TEN.
pie sweled and throbbcd curiously.
Then lie forced'a short laugh. rtr
I'"Who is Nina Carrington?" he asked.
II am about to- discover that re-
piled. and he was quiet at once. 1t
was not difficult TO divine that he
? Feared Nina Darlington a good deal
more than he did the devil. Our leave
taking was brief; in fact, we merely
stared at each other over the waiting
room table, with it's litter of yeaT-old
magazines Then / turned and went
out
ITO Richfeld," told Warner. and
on the way thought, and thought
hard.
( FNina Darlington, Nina Darlington"
the roar and rush OF the wheels
soemed 20 sing the words. ~ ma Car
riHgton n c." And then knew,
kntw as surely as if ! had seen thC
.Whnlc thing There had been an SIS,
on the suit case belonging TO tic WON
an with the pittCd face. How simple.
1t all seemed. Matte Bliss had been
Nina Darlington II was she Warner
ihnd heard in the library It was some
ltHipg she had told Halscy that had
halsen him frantically TO Or Walkers
''ohfC" and from there pcrhap. to bis
death. II We could md tle woman p.
might find what had become oi iia-
sry
= We were almost AZ RichG',d now,
so ! kept on. My mind was not on my
errand there now. n was back with
lIalspy on that memorable night What
Was 81 ne had said 90 Louise, chat bad
sent her mp 20 Sunnyside half wiiG
with fear for him? ! made up NY
mind as the car drcw up before the
Fate cottage. that ! would sec Louise
If had 20 break into the house at
night
~ Almost, EXACTLY the same scene 40
= Dn.aTa erected my eyes ~ the cottage
Mrs Tate. the babycarriage Ia the
pan the children at the svrng all
rGTe the same
She came forward 20 meet me. and
4 noticed that some OF the anxious
Zines had gone out Of her face She
looked young almost pretty
~ am glad you have come back.
she said ~ think ! will have 10 be
honest and give you back your money
why J asked. Has me mother
Gomez"
40, but some one came and paid
ne. boys board for a month She