The newspaper., 1910-01-07
SYNOPSIS.

hshed summer headquarters at sunny
side. Amidst numerous difficulties the
servants deserted. As Miss Innes locked
Up for the night she was startled by
dark figure on the veranda-
CHAPTER II-she passed a terrible
night. which was filled with unseemly
noises In the morning Miss Innes found
. strange link cum button in a clothes
hamper.
CHAPTER III.-Gertrude and Halsey
arrived with Jack Bailey. The house was
awakened by revolver shot A strange
man was found shot TO death. in the hall
CHAPTER Iv.-It proved to be the
body Of Arnold Armstrong. whose bank
er father owned the country house Miss
lines found Halsey's revolver on the
lawn. lie and Jack Bailey had disap-
peared The link cun button mysterious
ly disappeared.
CHAPTER v.-Detective Jameson and
the coroner arrived. Gertrude revealed
that she was engaged TO Jack BAILEY.
with whom she had talked in the billiard
"sorn few moments before the murder.
CHAPTER VI-Jamieson told Miss
lnnes that she was hiding evidence from
him He imprisoned an intruder in an
laundry chute
CHAPTER Wilt developed that the
intruder was probably a woman Ger
trude wa. suspected. for The intruder left
"a print of a bare foot. Gertrude returned
home with her right ankle sprained-
CHAPTER VILLA negro found the
other nalf OF what proved TO be Jack
ftsAfN tAA AAA+sty
appeared.
CHAPTER Ix.-Haisey said he and
Bailey had left because they had received
a telegram. Gertrude said tina, she had
Ing TO give him Halsey's loaded weapon.
CHAPTER x-cashier Bailey Of Paul
Armstrong; bank. cefunct. was arrested.
charged with embexriement. Haisey said
end vas able 10 clear Bailey. telegram
contained news that Paul Armstrong was
ossd-
CHAPTER xIlH.l..y trapped Mr..
Watson. the housekeeper. while she WAS
rtsalinr from the house.
CHAPTER XII-At III. lodge Miss
lines and Hslsey found Haisey's nance.
Louise Armstrong. sister Of the dead
man She was believed TO he in Califor-
nia- The lodge keeper told Miss lnnes
thst Louise and Arnold had bad long
prostrated-
CHAPTER xrIr-r-ouise told Haisey.
that while she stiil loved him she was TO
marry another. and that he would de-pise
her when he learned the whole story.
CHAPTER xTv.-rt Developed tina, DR.
walker and Louise were 60 be married.
A new gardener arrives from the city.
CHAPTER xv.-A prowier was heard
IN IN. house. on Investigation Miss fnne-
hoard a hair-rai-ing scream Looking
Uiri va. rome.
CHAPTER Nvi-ryouise wa. founa At
me bottom Of the circular staircase
no1s at IN. door and had saswsr-a IL
hsrd touched hers on the stairway.
rom.fhing brushed past her and sh-
CHATTER NvIf-Th~ coron~r- IN
quest decided Arnold Armstrong had heen
murdered By an unknown and ~. nns:r
ss susricior seemed TO point at Baii--
CHAP-yR XVII. .-.tsn.'st evlaenc.
vas found In ihe house though NJ
- Haka
-. -our con.
ftenea7 -. no fool. DO Won sun.
rose ne thinks any one in this house
10 going to play bridge tonight al,
nine clock nv appointment sun.
pose You have shown II In the kitchen.
and instead OF my. being able to slip
down 10 the bridge tonight quietly.
and see who IL there. the whole house
hold viii be going in a procession"
Nobody knows H." Liddy said hum
bly,. 4 found II In the basket in Miss
Gertrude's dressing room. Look at the
tack OF the sheet" turned over some
Of the scraps. and. sure enough. IL
was a blank deposit slip from the
Traders bank So Gertrude was going
TO meet Jack Bailey that night by the
bridge! And ! had thought he was
I'll! II hardly seemed like the action
of an innocent man-this avoidance OF
daylight. and OF his fancec's people.
] decided to make certain. however.
by going to the bridge that night
After luncheon Mr.. Jameson sug-
gested that 70 with him to Richheld.
and consented.
Il am inclined to place more faith
in DIR. Stewards story" he said. since
found that scrap in old Thomas
pocket II bears out the statement
that the woman with the child, and
the woman who quarreled with Arm
strong. are the same. II looks as II
Thomas had stumbled on to some af
fair which was more or less discred-
table TO the dead man. and. with a
certain loyalty to the family. had kept
81 to himself. Then, you see. your
story about the woman Mt the card
room window begins to mean some
thing. II is the nearest approach to
anything tangible that we have had
yet"
Warner took us to Richfield In the
car. II was about 25 miles by rail-
road. but by taking a series OF afro
ciously rough short cuts we got there
very quickly. II was . pretty little
town, on the river, and back on the