Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

: lHe wall must De at least Six
inches thick" said with asperity.
Unless the person who drilled the
hole carried his eyes on the ends OF
stick, Eliza couldn't possibly have
seen them"
But the fact remained, and visit
20 Eliza's room proved It. might
ieer all ! wished; some one had
drilled hole in the unfinished wall
Of the ballroom, passing between, the
bricks of the partition, and shooting
through the unresisting plaster OF
ELIAS room with such force as to
send the rod flying on to her bed. !
had gone upstairs alone, and confess
| the thing puzzled me; in two or three
places in the wall small apertures had
been made, none of them of any depth.
Not the least mysterious thing was
the disappearance of the iron imple-
ment that had been used.
Mary Anne and Eliza left that after
noon, but Rosie decided to stay. 1t
was about five o'clock when the hack
| came from the station to get them
!, and, to my amazement, it had an oc
cupant. Matthew Geist, the driver,
asked for me, and explained his err
rand with pride.
1--WE brought you cook, Miss In
ness" he said. when the message
came to come UP for two girls and
their trunks supposed there was
something doing, and as this here
woman had been looking for work in
the village I thought I'd bring her
along"
Already had acquired the true
suburbanite ability to take servants
On faith; I no longer demanded writ
ten and unimpeachable references. I,
Rachel Innes, have learned not to
mind II the cook sits down comfort
ably in my sitting room when she is
taking the orders for the day, and l
am grateful II the silver is not cleaned
With securing soap. And so that day
merely told Liddy to send the new ap-
Dlicant in. When she came, however,
could hardly restrain gasp of sur
prise. 1t was the woman with the
pitted face.
She stood somewhat awkwardly just
inside the door, and she had an air OF
9elf-confidence that was inspiring.
Yes, she could cook; was not a fancy
cook, but could make good soups and
i desserts If there was any one to take
charge of the salads. And so, in the
end, took her. AS Has. said, when
we told him, it didn't matter much
about the cooks face if it was clean
have spoken of Halseys restless
ness. On that day it seemed to be
more than ever resistlesc impulse
that kept him out until after luncheon
think he hoped constantly that he
might meet Louise driving over the
hills in her runabout; possibly he die
meet her occasionally, but from his
continued gloom I felt sure the situa
ton between them was unchanged.
Part of the afternoon I believe hi
read-Gertrude and l were out, as
have said, and at dinner we both no
, tfced that something had occurred t.
, distract him. He was disagreeable
which is unlike him. nervous, lookins
| at his watch every few minutes, ant
he ate almost nothing. He asked twic,
during the meal on what train Mr.
Jameson and the other detective wer,
. coming, and had long periods of alb
straction during which he dug hi.
] fork into my damask cloth and die
not hear when he was spoken to. IT,
refused dessert, and left the tabl,
early, excusing himself on the grount
that he wanted to see Alex.
Alex, however, was not to be found
, 1t was after eight when Halsey or
dered the car and started down tn,
I hill at pace that, even for him, wa
, unusually reckless. Shortly afte
. Alex reported that he was ready to e,
over the house preparatory to closin,
1t for the night. Sam Bohannon cam,
at a quarter before nine and began hi
patrol of the grounds, and with tn,
arrival Of the two detectives to lool
forward to was not especially appre
hensive.
At half-past nine heard the SCUM,
of horse driven furiously up tn
drive. 1t came to stop In front O
the house and Immediately after Their,
were hurried steps on the veranda
Our nerves were not what they shout,
have been, and Gertrude, always an
prehensive lately. was at the door al
most instantly. A moment later Louis,
had burst into the room and stoo,
there bareheaded and breathing hard
!. Where is Halsey?" she demanded
. Above her plain black gown her eye
looked big and somber, and the rapi,
j drive had brought no color to her face
I got up and drew forward chair.
HE has not come back" / sal,
quietly. "Sit down. child; you ar
not strong enough for this kind Q
thing"
i don't think she even heard m..
z HE has not come back?" sh
Y asked, looking from me to Gertrude
t do you know where he went? Wher
g can find him?"
" "For heavens sake, Louise" &c,
I trude burst out. tell US what is wrons
Halsey is not here. He has gone :
y the station for Mr.. Jameson. VIVA
= has happened?"
! ITO the station. Gertrude1 You ar
sure?'
!. YES" I said. listen. There
i the whistle Of the train now"
!. She relaxed 2 little at our matte,
Il of-fact tone. and allowed herself I
sink into chair.
Perhaps was wrong" she sal
heavily. "Hevwill be here in a fe,
!. moments H-evorything Ia right"