The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-28
CHAPTER XXX.
When Churchyards YawI

m L was on wednesday RIGGS told us
the story of his connection with
some incidents that had been pre-
Viously unexplained. Halsey mad been
gone since Friday night before, and
with the passage of each day l felt that
his chances We're lessening. / knew we'll
enough that he might be carried thou
sands of miles in the box-car, locked in,
perhaps, without water or food. / had
read of cases where bodies had been
found locked in cars on ISOLATED sidings
in the West, and my spirits went down
with every hour.
His discovery 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 something of Halsey's
whereabouts from another member of
his fraternity-for it is a fraternity-he
was prompt in letting us know.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. Jameson,
who had been down at the Armstrong
house trying to see Louise-and failing
was met near the gate at Sunnyside
by an individual precisely as repulsive
and unkeinpt as the one Alex a cap
tured. 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, townsville" The
tramp who brought the paper pretended
to know nothing, except this: The pa
per had been passed along from a
hobo" in townsville. who seemed to
know the information would be valu-
able TO us.
Aonip thn Inpr I,ofnnon tn1arrI1nt1 .
came into requisition. MI. Jameson
called the hospital, while we crowded
around him.. And when there was no
longer any doubt that 1t was Halsey,
and that he would probably recover we
all laughed and cried together. | am
sure | kissed Iiddy and / have had ter
rible moments since when I seem to re-
member kissing Mr.. Jameson. too, in
the excitement.
Anyhow. by II o'clock that night Ger
trude was on her way to townsville, $50
miles away. accompanied by Rosie.
The domestic force was now down to
Mary Anne and Liddy, with the under
gardeners wife coming every day to
help out. Fortunately. Warner and the
detectives were keeping bachelor hall in
the lodge. Out Of Difference to Liddy
they washed their dishs once a day, and
they concocted queer messes, according
to their several abilities. They lac one
triumph hat they ate regularly for
breakfast, and that chung to their
clothes and their hair the rest of the
day. 1t vas bacon, bareback and
onions, fried together. They were III
most pathetically grateful. however, I
noticed, for an occa sional broiled ten
derloin.
1t was not until Gertrude and Rosie
had gone and Sunnyside had settled
down for the night, with Winters at tile
foot of the staircase. that Mr.. Jameson
broached a subject he had evidently
planned before he came"
Miss Innes," he said, stopping me as
| was about to go to my room upstairs.
how are your nerves t%onight?"
Il have none" 7 said happily. with
Halsey found. my troubles have gone
II mean," he persisted. do you feel
as though 0 could go through with
something rather unusual?"
THE most unusual thing | can think
of would be q peaceful night. But il
anything is going to occur, don't dare
to let me miss it,"
Something is going to occur" ne
said. And you're the only woman ]
can think of hat | can take along
He looked at his watch. Don't ask me
any questions. Miss Innes. Put on
heavy shoes, and some old dark clothes,
and make up your mind not to be SUR