The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-11

The plan, fancicd. as did Mr.
Striycr. was drawn on the iuwarl
curve OF the eye itself although
it was difficult to imagine that
the details had not been ohliteratod
hy the moisture OF the flesh Hut
this last o.niecture was for the
moment beside the matter. What
knew vas that Mrs Caldorshaw's
glass eye indicated the whereabouts
of ufty thousand pounds belonging
by will no Gertrude Monk To find
that trcasur" and marry the girl
vas what { determined 90 do. And
to manage this. 10 was necessary
To- prevent the fortune from falling
int. Srvers hands 10y getting the
glass eye into my own possession
That was no easy task, ON account
ot the obscurity which involved the
murder and the THEFT which had
led to the murder
or course Gertrude Monk knew
that she was legally entitled to her
uuclcs money, SO 1t was possible
that, havul learned Mrs calder
shaW's secret. she had gone 'o Moot.
ley to insist upon the eye being
given up, for the purpose of obtain
ing her rights hut in that ease,
she would scarcely have murdered
the woman. since all she had to
do was t. compel Mrs. Ca'dorshaw
by law To confess the truth. It
might be- that she had quarrclcd
with the Old woman. who would not
be- Inclined to disarraueo her plans
for the wollbcmg of her nephew;
hat did not think that pirl
with so lovely face and S.. high
q character a. Mrs. Giliiu Nuuch-
ed for would have stopped to COM
mittng crime Hal she done so
ami had obtained the money. her
conscience " .uld not permit her TO
rest Therefore acquitted the young
lady of homicide. and east about
in my mind to think who could
possibly have slain Mrs Caldcrshaw
Tor the sake of the fortune.
Miss Destiny certainly grudged her
niceo the money. and being a miser
would have been glad to acquire
H. but sh" was too frail a little
woman To commit the murder Also.
AT the time she was driving TO
VI potlcy. and had not vet reached
th" place. as the story of her On
counter with my looted motor ear
clearly proved She had established
an indefeasiblo alibi Mr.. Walter
Monk was in London at the time
of the murder, Mr. Joseph Strivcr
was at Burwaiu. and could think
driven to murder Mrs. Caldershaw
irt her secret. The more ! thought
%, the matter the more complex
did it become. All could do de-.
cidcd this about three o'clock in
In" morning was to revert 10 my
original decision and play waiting
game Then fell asleep and woke
al nine o'clock with headache.
the result Of oyer-thinkng
However, cold bath. good
breakfast and halfhours gossip
with tnc landlady banishcd my
pains, and somewhere about eleven
walked forth to spy out the land.
wished t. call on Miss Destiny.
AID through her to gam an intro.
dUctiou To- her niece. Once in touch
with Mis-. Monk might learn
iu some cautious way how her
cloak came to be- in the field. Ger
talnly on the face OF 1t faucicd
sh, had worn it herself aud had
stolen my Rippler, but it was lust
possiDl" that she had given it to
Mrs. Cdld"rshaw and had not been
near Mootiey al all In which case,
began t. wonder more than ever
who was the clever woman who had
taken possession of It. But such
wondering was futile. As ! had no
certain facts TO go upon Gertrude
Monl, alone could give the clue. see
ing that the cloak, whether worn
by herself OF not, was her property
mi ncDnpn