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CHAPTER VII.
A Sprained Ankle.


was panic.strfcken. AS ! ran along
the corridor | was confident that the
mysterious intruder and probable muir
derer had been found. and that he
lay dead or dying at the foot of the
chute. got down the staircase some
how, and through the kitchen to the
basement stairs. Mr.. Jameson had
been before me. and the door stood
open. Lddy was standing in the mid
die Of the kitchen holding frying
pan 6y the handle as weapon.
Don't go down there" she yelled.
when she saw me moving toward the
basement sairs. Don't you do it. Miss
Rachel. That Jamieson's down there
now There's only trouble comes Of
hunting ghosts: they lead you into
bottomless pits and things like that.
Oh, Miss Rachel. don't" as | tried
to get past her.
She was interrupted by Mr.. jamie
sons temperance. He ran up the
stairs two at a time. and his face was
flushed and furious.
The whole place is locked" he said
angrily. where's the laundry key
kept"
ITS kept in the door," Liddy
snapped. THAT whole end of the eel
lar is kept locked. SO nobody can get
at the clothes. and then the keys left
in the door. so that unless a thief
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CHAPTER v.-Continued.

"The quarrel. l believe he per.
conduct to you. Miss Gertrude. He
had been paying you unwelcome at.
tentions."
And had never seen the man!
When she nodded yes" ! saw the
tremendous possibilities involved. II
this detective could prove that Ger
trude feared and disliked the muir
dered man. and that Mr.. Armstrong
had been annoying and possibly pur-
suing her with hateful attentions. all
that. added to Gcrtrudes confession
OF her presence In the billiard room
at the time OF the crime. looked
strange. to say the least The promi-
nence of the family assured strenu-
Gus effort to find the murderer. and II
we had nothing worse to look forward
to, we were sure of distasteful pub.
licity.
Mr.. Jameson shut his note. book
with n snap and thanked us.
Il have an idea." he said. apropos
of nothing at all. that at any rate the
ghost is laid here Whatever the rap.
pings nave DccH-anu tuc COlOTtu man
says they began when the family went
west three months ago-they are like
ly to stop now"
Which shows how much he knew
about it. The ghost was not laid:
with the murder of Arnold Armstrong
he. or it. only seemed to take on fresh
vigor.
Mr.. Jameson left then. and when
Gertrude had gone upstairs. as she did
at once. sat and thought over what
had just heard. Her engagement.
once so engrossing matter. paled
now beside the Significance of her
story. II Halsey and Jack Bailey had
left before the crime. how came Hal
sey's revolver in the tulip bed? What
was the mysterious cause of their sud
den flight? What had Gertrude left
in the billiard room? What was the
Significance of the cuff-link and where
was it?
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Il y

ought to be able to change the plan
of his house without becoming an OBJ
pect of suspicion"
There is little in the paper itself"
he admitted: but why should Arnold
Armstrong carry that around. unless
1t meant something? lie never built
house, you may be sure of that. II
1t Is this house. 1t may mean anything
from secret room"
ITO an extra bathroom" said
scornfully. Haven't you thumb
print. too?"
Il have" he said with a smile. "and
the print Of foot in n tulip bed, and
a number of other things. The odd
est part is, Miss Innes, that the
thumb-mark is probably yours and the
footprint certainly"
His audacity was the only thing
that saved me: his amused smile put
me on my mettle. and l ripped out a
perfectly good scallop before an
swered.
why did l step into the tulip bed?"
asked with interest.
you picked up something" he said
good-humoredly. which you are 60
ing to tell me about later"
Am l, indeed?" was politely Gu
rious. with this remarkable insight
of yours. wish you would tell me
where shall find my four-thousand-
dollar motorcar.'
81 was just coming to that" he
said. You will find 1t about 30 miles
away, at Andrews Station, in a black
smith shop. where it is being re-
paired"
laid down my knitting then and
looked at him.
And Halsey?" l managed to say.
I'VE are going to exchange infor-
nation" he said. Il am going to tell
you that. when you tell me what you
picked up in the tulip bed
We looked steadily at each other: 1t
was not an unfriendly stare; we were
only measuring weapons. Then he
smiled little and got up.
With your permission" he said, Il
am going to examine the card room
and the staircase again. You might
think over my offer in the meantime"
He went on through the drawing
room, and listened to his footsteps
growing gradually fainter. l dropped
my pretence at knitting and, leaning
back, I thought over the last 48 hours.
Here was l. Rachel Innes, spinster, a
granddaughter of old John Innes of
revolutionary days, D. A. R.. Co.
lonial Dame. mixed up with a vulgar
and revolving crime, and even at
tempting to hoodwink the law! Ger
tainly had left the straight and mar
row way.
I was reused by hearing Mr.. jamie
son coming rapidly back through the
drawing room. He stopped at the
door.
Miss Innes." he said quickly, will
you come with me and light the east
corridor? | have fastened somebody
in the small room at the head of the
card room stairs"
| jumped up at once.
You mean-the murderer?" /
gasped.
Possibly" he said quietly. as we
hurried together up the stairs Some
one was lurking on the staircase
when | went back. spoke; instead
of an answer, whoever it was turned
and ran up. l followed-it was dark
but as | turned the corner at the
top figure darted through this door
and closed it. The bolt was on my
side, and pushed it forward 1t Is
closet. l think" We were in the upper
hall now. IF you will show me the
electric switch, Miss Innes, you would
better wait In your own room"
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trembling as ! was, ! was deter
mined to see that door opened. l
hardly knew what feared, but so
many terrible and inexplicable things
had happened that suspense was
worse than certainty.
Il am perfectly COOL" said. ''and l
| am going to remain here"
Tn" lights flashed up along that end
OF tn. corridor. throwing the doors
into relief. At the intersection OF the
small hallway with the larger. the cir
cular staircase wound its way up. a.
II II had been an afterthought OF the
| architect. And just around the cor
ner. In the small corridor. was the
| door Mr.. Jameson had indicated.
was still unfamiliar with the house.
and did not remember the door. My
heart was humping wildly In my ears,
but | nodded to him to go ahead. l
was perhaps eight or ten feet away
and then he threw the bolt back.
Come out" he said quietly. There
was no response. "Come-out." he
| repeated. Them think he had a re-
volver. but am not sure-he stepped
aside and threw the door open.
From where | stood l could not see
| beyond the door. but | saw Mr.. jamie
sons face change and heard him nut.
ter something. then he bolted down
the stairs. three at n time. When my
knees had stopped shaking. ! moved
forward. slowly. nervously. until | had
| n partial view of what was beyond the
door. 1t seemed at first to be clos
| ct, empty Then | went close and ex-
amincd ii. to stop with shudder.
Where the floor should have been was
black void and darkness. from which
came the indescribable damp smell
| OF the cellars.
Mr.. Jameson had locked somebody
| In the clothes chute. AS | leaned over
| fancicd heard groan-or was II
the wind?
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was as blind as-as some detectives,
he could walk right in"
''Liddy." said sharply. come down
with lis and turn on all the lights"
She offered her resignation, as us.
ual on the spot, but took her by the
arm. and she came along finally. She
switched on all the lights and pointed
to a door just ahead
That's the door," she said sulkily.
The keys in It,"
But the key was not in it. Mr..
Jameson shook it, but it was a heavy
door. well locked. And then he stopped
and began punching around the key.
hole with the end Of lead pencil.
When he stood up his face was exul
tant.
IT'S locked on the inside" he said
in low tone. There is somebody in
there"
Lord have mercy" gasped Liddy,
and turned to run.
ITO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER VI.
In the East Corridor.

IN tne East SorriQoF.
When the detective left he enjoined
absolute secrecy on everybody in the
household. The Greenwood club
promised the same thing, and as there
are no Sunday afternoon papers. the
murder was not publicly known until
Monday. The coroner himself notified
the Armstrong family lawyer, and
early in the afternoon he came out.
I had not seen Mr.. Jameson since
morning, but I knew he had been In
terrogating the servants. Gertrude
was locked In her room with a head
ache, and had luncheon alone.
Mr. Harton, the lawyer, was a little.
thin man, and he looked as If he did
not relish his business that day.
This Is very unfortunate, Miss In
nes," he said, after we had shaken
hands. Most unfortunate-andm mys-
terious: With the father and mother
in the west, find everything devolves
on me; and. as you can understand.
1t is an unpleasant duty"
mo doubt" l said absently "Mr.
>Harton, l am going to ask you some
questions. and l hope you will answer
them. I feel that I am entitled to
some knowledge, because l and my
family are just now in a most ambigu-
GUS position"
don't know whether he under
stood me or not: he took off his
glasses and wiped them.
' Il shall be very happy" he said
with old-fashioned courtesy.
Thank you. Mr. Harton, did Mr..
Arnold Armstrong know that Sunny
side had been rented?"
Il think-yes, he did. In fact. my
self told him about it,"
. "And he knew who the tenants
were?"
Yes"
> He had not been living with the
family for some years, l believer"
No. Unfortunately, there had been
trouble between Arnold and his ia
ther. For two years he had lived in
town"
Then it would be unlikely that he
came here last night to get possession
Of anything belonging to him."
II should think it hardly .'ossible."
he admitted. ITO be perfectly frank,
: 5fiss Innes, l can not think of any
reason whatever for his coming here
as he did. He had been staying at
the club house across the valley for
the last week, Jarvis tells me. but
that only explains how he came here.
not why. 1t is a most unfortunate
family"
He shook his head despondently.
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and felt that this dried-up little man
was the repository of much that he
had not told me. | gave up trying to
elicit any Information from him. and
we went together to view the body
before 1t was taken to tho city. 1t
had been lifted on to the billiard-ta-
bic and n sheet thrown over 1t: 9TH
erwise nothing had been touched. a
soft hat lay beside 1t. and the collar
of the dInner-coat was still turned up.
The handsome. dissipated face of Ar
mold Armstrong. purged OF Its ugly
lines. was now only pathetic. AS we
went in Mrs. Watson appeared at the
cardroom door.
Come in. Mrs. Watson" the lawyer
said. But she shook her head and
withdrew: she was the only one In
the house who seemed to regret the
dead man. and even she seemed rath-
er shocked than sorry.
Before Mr.. Harton left. he told me
something Of the Armstrong family.
Paul Armstrong, the father. had been
married twice. Arnold was a son by
the first marriage. The second Mrs.
Armstrong had been a widow. with
a child, little girl. This child. now
perhaps 20, was Louise Armstrong.
having taken her stepfather's name.
and was at present in California with
the family.
They will probably return at once"
he concluded. "and part OF my errand
here to-day is to see If you will relin-
quish your lease here in their favor"
I'VE would better wait and see If
they wish to come" said. 1T seems
unlikely, and my town house is being
remodeled.' At that he let the mat
ter drop. but it came up unpleasantly
enough. later.
At six o'clock the body was taken
away, and at seven-thirty. after an
early dinner, Mr.. Harton went. Ger
trude had not come down. and there
was no news of Halsey. Mr.. jamie
son had taken a lodging in the vii
lage, and l had not seen him since
mid-afternoon. 1t was about nine
o'clock, / think. when the bell rang
and he was ushered into the living
room.
sit down." said grimly. Have
you found clew that will incriminate
me, Mr.. Jamieson?"
He had the grace to look uncomfort-
able NO" he said. "If you had
killed Mr.. Armstrong, you would have
left no clews. You would have had
too much intelligence"
After that we got along better He
was fishing in his pocket. and after
a minute he brought out two scraps
of paper. Il have been to the club
house." he said, "and among Mr. Arm
strong's effects. found these. One is
curious; the other is puzzling."
The first was a sheet of club note
paper on which was written, over and
over, the name "Halsey B. lnnes.' 1t
was Halsey's flowing signature to
dot, but it lacked Halsey's ease. The
ones toward the bottom of the sheet
we're much better than the top ones.
Mr.. Jameson smiled at my face.
His old tricks" he said. That
one is merely curious; this one, as !
said before. is puzzling."
The second scrap folded and re-
folded into compass SO tiny that the
writing had been partly obliterated,
was part of letter-the lower half OF
a sheet, not typed, but written in a
cramped hand.
by altering the plans for
rooms, may be possible. The best way
N my opinion would be to--the plan
ror-in one of he---rooms--chim
ney.
That was all.
"Well?" I said. looking up. There
Is nothing in that. is there? a man
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SYNOPSIS.

Misa Innes. spinstcr and guardian OF
headquarters at Sunnysid". Amidst nu-
merous difficulties tn. servants deserted.
AZ Miss lnncs locked up for the night.
she was startled by II dark figure on the
vcranda. She passed II terrible night.
which was filled with uns""mly noises.
In the morning Miss Inn"s found
hamper. Gertrude and IiuIsry arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house WAS awak-
ened by "a revolver shot. \ strange man
was found shot to death In a." hall.
Ii proved to be the body OF Arnold Arm
strong, whose banker father owned the
country house. Miss lnnes found Hal
sey's revolver on tn. lawn. lie and Jack
Bailey had disappeared. Til" link cum
button mystcri0ualy disappeared. De-
tective Jameson and the coroner arrived.
Gertrude revealed that she was engaged
to Jack Bailey. with whom sh. had
talked In the billiard room few mo-
mcntH before the murder.
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HOw'S This?

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The Man Invasion.

The witch out for moonlight
jaunt on her favorite broomstick.
had just escaped being run down by
an aeroplane manned by joy-rider.
"Oh. this is simply maddening!"
she cried. Historically; ito think of
man invading the one field of which
we women have had a monopoly for
centuries! And believe l heard the
brute say. as he passed: oh, you kid
witch!'"
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The Idea.

Jack sent me a handsome mirror
for my birthday"
oh, that accounts for it,
Accounts for what?"
Yesterday he asked me If a woman
ever got too old to be pleased with a
looking glass"
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1t costs more to live now than it did
hundred years ago, but they had no
baseball then.
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Where 1t Goes.

THAT man made an immense for.
tune out of simple little invention"
Indeed. What did he invent?" In
vent? Nothing, you dub! He was the
Dromoter!"
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The man who plants ladder never
knows what will come up.
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Afraid of Ghosts

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are afraid Of germs. Yet the ghost is fancy and
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The germ only prosper when the condition
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''The quarrel. ! believe he per.
sisted. "was about Mr.. Armstrong;
conduct to you. Miss Gertrude. He
had been paying you unwelcome at
tentiOns"
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Fitchville, Ohio.-My daugl
down, suffered from pains in hi
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and seemed melancholy by 81
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> SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS ON SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
LINSCOTT
For the International Newspaper Bible Study Club
, o o o o o o Q o o o o o Q o =

these sins would be possible to com
mission?
Is drunkenness, for example, a sin
of the body. or the soul,o or both?
When drunkard is liberated from
the body does he still have a craving
for drinky
What is the best cure for drunken
ness?
How long would a drunkard crave
strong drink, if he could not procure
any?
Why is it impossible for those who
are controlled by the flesh, to inherit
the kingdom of God?
Verses 22-24-How many or how
much, of these fruits of the Spirit,
ripens on the day we first commit our
selves to be "led of the Spirit?''
A flower garden needs at least two
things, viz, to be free of weeds and
for the flowers to grow the one being
sudden and the other gradual; does
this fairly represent the needs of a
soul, and if so specify the process?
Verse 25-Do those who receive the
Spirit have to learn to walk in Him,
and if so, how is it done? (This ques-
tion must be answered in writing by
members the club.)
Verse eff a Christian. out of love,
is engaged in good work, is it right or
wrong for him to desire to know that
his work is appreciated?
If one Christian worker is jealous of
another worker, how would you char
acterize such a person?
Lesson for Sunday, Oct. 2nd, 1910.
The wise and Foolish Virgins. Matt.
XIV: lib.
The Glenwood post., 1910-09-24
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