The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14

the club, and asked him If he knew
my one who owned such a link. and
Sam said-what?"
Wal. Sam, he lowed he'd seen.
such a pair of cuff buttons in a shirt
%belongin' to Mr.. Bailey-Mr. Jack
Bailey, sab"
TN keep this link, Thomas. for .
WHILE" the detective said. That's
all I wanted to know. Goodnight"
As Thomas shuffied out, Mr.. jamie
son watched me sharply.
You see. Miss ~Innes," he said, MT.
Bailey insists on mixing himself with
his thing. i Mr.. Bailey came here
at FRIDAY !ght expecting to meet
mold Armst' ong. and missed him
as l say. he had done this. might
not. seeing him enter the following
Eht. have st uck him down. a. he
ID intended b ,fore~
But the motive?" gasped. t
There could be motive proved, I
think. Arnold Armstrong and John
Bailey have been enemies since the
latter, a cashier of the Traders bank.
brought Arnold almost into the
clutches Of the law. Also, you for
get that both men have been paying
attention to Miss Gertrude. Bailey's
flight looks bad. too"
And you think Halsey helped him
to escape?"
Undoubtedly, Why, what could Il
be but flight? Hiss lines, let me re-
construct that evening, as l see 1t.
Bailey and Arm rtrong had Quarreled
at the club. | learned this to-day.
Your nephew bot ght Bailey over.
Prompted by jealous, insane fury,
Armstrong followed, coming across by
the path. He entered the billiard
room wing-perhaps rapping, and be-
ing admitted by YOU nephew. Just
inside he was shot, by some one on
the circular staircase. The shot fired,
your nephew and Bailey left the house
at once. going to YARD the automobile
house. They left by the lower road.
which prevented them being heard,
and when you and Miss Gertrude got
downstairs everything was quiet"
"But-Gertruto's~ story" | STAN.
mered.
Miss GertruGa only brought for
ward her explacation the following
morning. ] do not believe it, Miss
lines. 1t is the story of a loving and
ingenious womaU."
"And-this thing ~to-night?"
May upset n whole view of the
case. We must cive the benefit of
every doubt after all. We may, for
instance, come back to the figure on
the porch; if 1t was a woman o saw
hat night through the window, we
might start with other premises. Or
Mr.. lines explanation may turn US
In a new direction. 1t is possible that
he shot Arnold Armstrong as a burg
lar and then fed, frightened at what
he had done. In any case, however.
| feel confident that the body was
here when he left. Mr.. Armstrong
left the club ostensibly for a moon
light saunter, about half after eleven
o'clock. 1t was three when the shot
was fired"
leaned back bewildered. 1t seemed
" ilt mat Tue tFtlilH6 udu Deeu tull
of significant happenings. had | only
held the key. Had Gertrude been the
fugitive In the clothes chute? Who
was the man on the drive near the
lodge, and whose sold-mounted dress
ing bag had I seen Ia the lodge sitting
room?
1t was late When Mr.. Jameson
finally got up to s.. | went with him
o the door. Il together We stood
looking out owe the valley. Below
lay the village Ct Casanova, with its
Old World hc-@es, its poisoning
trees and it's pe-ce. Above on the hill
across the yal.~y were tn lights OF
the Greenwood club. 1t was even pos
sible to see tn c"rving row of paral-
lei lights that marked the carriage