The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-23
CHAPTER Xxx.
When churchyards Yawn.

incidents that had been previously I'M
explained. Halsey had been gone
since the Friday night before. and
with the passage OF each day 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. II
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 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
Sunnysde by an individual precisely
as repulsve and unkempt rs the one
Alex had captured The man knew
the detective, and he gave him
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 paper had
been passed along from 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 1t was Halsey,
and that he would probably recover,
we all laughed and cried together.
ain sure kissed Liddy, and | have
had terrible moments since when
seem to remember kissing Mr..
Jameson, too, in the excitement.
Anyhow, by IL o'clock that night
Gertrude was on her way to Johns.
ville $3.50 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 keep
ing bachelor hall In the lodge. Out
OF Difference to Liddy they washed
their dishes once a day, and they con
cocted queer messes, according to
their several abilities They had one
triumph that they ate regularly for
breakfast, and that clung to their
clothes and their hair the rest OF the
day 1t was bacon, hardtack and
onions, fried together. They were al
most pathetically grateful. however. /
4 noticed, for an occasional broiled ten
derlon.
1t was not until Gertrude and Rosie
had gone and Sunnyslde had settled
down for the night. with Winters at
the foot OF the staircase, that Mr..
Jameson broached subject he had
evidently planned before he came.
Miss Innes." he said, stopping me
as was about to 60 to my room up
stairs, "how are your nerves to-
night?"
81 have none" said happily with
Halsey found, my troubles have gone.
u mean" he persisted. do you feel
as though you could go through with
something rather unusual?"
"rhe most unusual thing | can think
Of would be peaceful night But II
anything is going 10 occur, don't dare
TO let me miss IT,"
Something Is going to occur" hs
said And you're the only woman
can think of that / can take along.
He looked at HIS watch. Don't ash
me any questions, Miss lnnes. Put OF
! heavy shoes, and some old darl
! clothes and make up your mind no
I to be surprised at anything"
, Liddy was sleeping the sleep Of th'
/. Just when | went upstairs, and
4 hunted out my things cautiously. Th
4 detective was waiting in the hall, am
I | was astonished to see DIR. Stewar
with him. They were talking cor
g fidentlally together, but when cam
X down they ceased. There were a FEY
a preparations to be made: the locks I
be gone over, Winters to be instructe
, as to renewed vigilance. and theI
- after extingulshing the hall light W
[. crept, in the darkness, through tn
= front door, and into the night
: : asked no questions. felt tbs
= they were doing me honor In maxim
! me one of the party, and would sho
them ] could be as silent as they. W
went across the fields, passing throug
- :, the woods that reached almost to II
:, ruins OF the stable. going over still
now and then, and sometimes ste
ping over low fences. Once on
- somebody spoke, and then II was .
4 emphatic bit of profanity from I
!. Stewart when he ran into wi
- fence
I. We were joined at the end OF fl
minutes by another man. who fell In
step with the doctor silently He ct
's ~ ried something orsl HIS should
which | could not make out, In Il
way we walked for perhaps 20 minu'
10 The doctor was putting somewh
an when We finally came to halt ! ct