The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-29
CHAPTER XXX.

4W =
CHAPTER XXX.
estwsen Ywe Firepioeos.
What with the excitemest of ths dis
oovery. the walk home unds1 the stars
y vet shoes aAA araggled skirts. and
Ooeetng upstairs anA undressed without
reosins Lddy. I vas completely uss1
- What to - With my boets vas
~ greatest puxsis q all. there being
- place in the house safe froo La
u. until I decided to slip upstairs Tie
DeSt morning and drop them into the
hess the ghost" had made IN The
tFunkroom wall.
I went asleep - soon - I reached
tAs decision. and in my dreams I
lived over again the events of the
AiGht. Again I saw the group around
ths silent figure on the grass. aAA
again, as had happened At the grave.
] heard ALEXIS voies. tense and tri.
umphant:
"Then we've got them" hs said.
Oaly, in my dreams. he said It over
aDd over until he seemed to shrek It
II my ears.
wakened early. In spite Of my f.
tigue, and lay there thinking. Who
was Alex! I NO longer believed that
be was q gardener. Who was the
man whose body We had resurrected! !
And where was Paul Armstrong! Prob
ably living safely In some extradition-
less country ON the fortune he had
stolen. Did Louise and her mother
know Of the shameful and wicked de-
ception? What had Thomas known.
and Mrs. Watson? Who was Nina
Darlington!
This last question, 1t seemed to me.
was answered. In some way the
woman had learned of the substitu-
ton. and had tried to use her knowl-
edge for blackmail Nina Carrington's q
own story died with her. but, however
1t happened, 1t was clear that she had
carried her knowledge to Halsey the
afternoon Gertrude and l were look
ing for clews to the man I had shot
on the east veranda. Halsey had been
half crazed by what he heard: 1t was
| evident that Louise was marrying DR.
Walker to keep the shameful secret.
for her mothers sake. Halsey, al.
ways reckless, had gone at once to
d. Walker and denounced him. There
had been q scene, and he left on his
way to the station to meet and notify
Mr.. Jameson of what he had learned
The doctor was active mentally and
physically. Accompanied perhaps by
Riggs. who had shown himself moi
sverscrupulous until he quarreleG
with his employer. he had gone across
to the railroad embankment, and, by
jumping In front of the car, had
caused Halsey to swerve. The rest
Of the story we knew.
That was my reconstructed theory
Of that afternoon and evening: 1t was
almost correct-not quite.
from Gertrude.
Halsey conscious and improving. Prob
ably home in day or so.
GERTRUDE.
With Halsey found and improving
in health, and with at last something
to work on. began that day, Thurs
day, with fresh courage. AS Mr.
Jameson had said, the lines we're
closing up. That was to be caught
/ and almost finished in the closing was
happily unknown to US ALL
1t was late when got up. lay in
my bed, looking around the four walls
of the room, and trying to imagine be-
hind what one of them a secret cham
Der might lie. Certainly, in daylight
Sunnyside deserved its name; never
was . house more CHEEKY and open.
less sinister in general appearance
There was not q corner apparently
that was not open and above-board.
and yet. somewhere behind its hand.
somely papered walls believed firmly
that there lay q hidden room, with
all the possibilities 1t would involve.
made a mental note to have the
house measured during the day to dis.
cover any discrepancy between the
outer and inner walls, and tried to
recall again the exact wording Of the
paper Jameson had found.
CTO BE CONTINUED)