The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-27
CHAPTER Xxx.
When Churchyards YaWn.

It was on Wednesday Riggs told us
the story of his connection with some
incidents that had been previously un-
explained Halsey had been gone
since the Friday night before, and
with the passage of each day I felt
that he might be carried thousands
of miles in the box-car, locked in, per-
haps, without water or food. | had
read of cases where bodies had been
found locked in cars on isolated sid
ings in the west. and my spirits went
down with every hour.
His recovery was destined to be al
most as sudden as his disappearance,
and was due directly to the tramp
Alex had brought to Sunnyside. 1t
seems the man was grateful for his
release, and when he learned some
thing of Halsey's whereabouts from
another member of his fraternity
for 1t is a fraternity-he was prompt
in letting us know.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. jamie
son, who had been down at the Arm
strong house trying to see Louise
and failing-was met near the gate at
Sunnyside by an individual precisely
as repulsive and unkempt as the one
Alex had captured. The man knew
the detective, and he gave him a
piece Of dirty paper, on which was
scrawled the words: He's at City
hospital, louisville" The tramp who
brought the paper pretended to know
nothing, except this: The paper had
been passed along from a hobo" in
townsville, who seemed to know the
information would be valuable to us.
Again the long-distance telephone
came into requisition. Mr.. Jameson
called the hospital, while we crowded
around him. And when there was no
longer any doubt that it was Halsey,
and that he would probably recover,
we all laughed and cried together. l
am sure l kissed Liddy, and l have
had terrible mon ,nts since when
seem to remember kissing Mr..
Jameson, too, in the excitement.
Anyhow, by II o'clock that night
Gertrude was on her way to Johns
vile, $50 miles away, accompanied by
Rosie. The domestic force was now
| down to Mary Anne and Liddy, with
the undergraduates wife coming
every day to help out. Fortunately
Warner and the detectives were keep.
ing bachelor hall in the lodge Out
of Difference to Liddy they washed
their dishes once day, and they con
cocted queer messes, according to
their several abilities. They had one
triumph that they ate regularly for
breakfast, and that chung to theil
clothes and their hair the rest of the
day 1t was bacon. bareback and
onions, fried together. They were al
most pathetically grateful, however,
noticed, for an occasional broiled ten
derloin.
1t was not until Gertrude aAd Rosie
had gone and Sunnyside had settled
down for the night, with Winters al
the foot of the staircase, that MIR
Jameson preached a subject he hac
evidently planned before he came.
Miss Innes," he said, stopping me
as was about to go to my room up
| SIdNS, INV arc youi hSiNoS w.
night?"
II have none" I said happily "Witi
Halsey found, my troubles have gone
Il mean," he persisted, do you fee
as though you could go through witt
something rather unusual?"
1.-THE most unusual thing I can thin
of would be peaceful night. But
anything is going to occur, don't OAR
to let me miss it,"
Something is going to occur" h
said. "And you're the only woman
, can think of that ! can take along.
He looked at his watch. Dent as
ME any questions Miss lines. Put o
r heavy shoes, and some old dar
clothes, and make up your mind nc
to be surprised at anything"
Liddy was sleeping the sleep of tn
. just when / went upstairs, and
4 hunted out my things cautiously. Tn
detective was waiting in the hall, an
y | was astonished to see DR.. Stewa'
1 with him. They were talking CO
l. fidentially together, but when l can
:. down they ceased. There were fe
!, preparations to be made: the locks
e be gone over, Winters to be instracte
r as to renewed vigilance, and the
d after extinguishing the hall light. v
crept, in the darkness, through Il
front door, and into the night.
IS l asked no questions. l felt tn
1t they were doing me honor in makil
1t me one of the party, and l would she
l them could be as silent as they. v
N went across the fields, passing throul
n, the woods that reached almost to I
N ruins of the stable, going over still
Id now and then, and sometimes sts