The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-22
THE DISAPPEARING EYE
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table what time did YOU see ~"
"hbont three O'Clock ! was about
e. enter the room through the mid.
die window. which was open. and
saw II suddcnly Then your father
called me-. When returned In
ha'f an hour you were In the room
and the eye was gone"
II had Just entered the drawing
room a few moments before you
'amc with papa said Gertrude
/ thoughtml'y, "nnd I entered through
| the window. as I had been seeing
my aunt out of the gate. The eye
! certainly waa not on the table then.
I should have seen It otherwise. as
/ You did "
Wen. then. 1t was gone Just be
fore half past three" I remarked.
"and saw IL nt the hour when
Won were In the drawing room be
fore that time did you see any
thing
no. replied Gertrude impatient
~. Il { ld you never saw the eye
at all. cyrus. did not enter the
drawing room after luncheon until
hall past three O'Clock. In the morn
ing | certainly saw nothing"
Was y.ur father IN the drawing
room after mu, hconG"
No, To my knowledge He was
pott,riug &. md the greenhouses.
Surely YOU don't suspect papa" and
Lrr color rose.
NO. certainly not. only wonder
cd 1t hc had seen Il"
HE could not have seen 1t. else
p" would have picked II mp to show
me-
We'll" / said with long.drawn
,iEh. tur the mystery 4 the thing
p,rplcNrd me. Il don't know who
placed /, there. or who took II
away Perhaps striNcr removed it,"
l added with an attcrthough,
Why should hc?"
Why shouldn't hc'' | echoed II
ls tac very thing he wanted. since
when saw him at Mootlcy he was
hunting 'or the eye & secure the
money
"liut Nuu said
4 SNOW What said. va, my
eros, interruption SO Tar Is can
see there Is me- chance of learning
the truth as dare not risk speak.
ms to StriNrr lest place \ weapon
u hi, haad. don't know what 10
dc
Wei dear, said Gertrude. rising
O. take her departure. II YOU ask
my opinion, think i, is best TO
lvSv, matters alone
hut YOU viii be IN danger from
YOUR aanrs tongue"
% don't think 50 have promised
to give her half the money when i,
is found. and she won't risk losing
tsat since she is such = miser Anne
Is dead and buried. s. L., sleeping
doe, lie"
And marry youe" / asked ten
derby
Yes. and marry NE She came
forward. threw her arms round my
ness and whispered "C>us let us
think -, ourselves and our happi /
ness, S0d leave this mystery alone" .
We'll. shrugged my shoulders .
aid slipped my arm round her waist,
onh wished 20 learn the truth .
100 or1,. 70 shield you. although I
d.nt deny ,ha, the mystery .! the
,Asa arPc.ls ~ me But II you arr
Nou:tu; to leave d; alone ana marry
w,. - am / L,; Us relegatc n,
wuolc ~ Nrs CaldershaN 10 the
already Ions is, % undiscovered
crimes
And ;A, ,loSN asked Gertrude
s.- eyes a'hrg vu 70.
.u ~rap s.: up IN a parse. and
yea cAu take 3, oa,k 70 Aaas in
>oa- waodr. D, EiIA knows ,aA, yoa
-a,t = ~hty ,ioNk, ana vii. never
CONNECT d; ~.;A ;As Mco;!ey murder
even ,aogsA -, read an Ac>oaa, .;
,se ,Asv
Sc Do, not, ,-.1 Ge---te saAk
.rS Beg seAt s1e never reads A-y
@: che newspaper. and oa,y k5o~s
I1A. Ann, IS murdered So may
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