The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-14

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| brought Mr. Jamleson up to see
the hole in the wall. directly after
breakfast His expression was very
odd when he looked at it, and the first
thing he did was to try to discover
what object, If any, such hole could
have He got a piece OF candle, and
by enlarging the aperture a little was
able to examine what lay beyond The
result was nil. The trunkroom, al
though heated by steam heat. like the
rest OF the house, boasted Of fire
place and mantel as we'll The open
Ing had been made between the f1ue
and the outer wall Of the house There
was revealed, however. on inspection,
only the brick of the chimney on one
side and the outer wall of the house
on the other; in depth the space ex-
tended only to the flooring The
breach had been made about four feet
from the floor and inside were all the
missing bits of plaster. 1t had been
methodieal ghost.
1t was very much Of a disappoint-
ment had expected secret room,
at the very least, and think even Mr..
Jameson had fancied he might at last
have clew to the mystery. There
was evidently nothing more to be dis
covered, Liddy reported that every
thing was serene among the servants,
and that none of them had been dis
turhed by The noise. The maddening
thing however. was that the nightly
visitor had evidently more than one
way OF gaining access to the house, and
we made arrangements to redouble
our vigilance as to windows and doors
that night
llasey was inclined to pooh,pooh
the whole affair He said break in
the plaster might have occurred
months ago and gone unnotlced and
that the dust had probably been
stirred up the day before. After all,
we had to lot II got at that. but we
put IN an uncomfortable Sunday Ger
trude went TO church and iIaIsey took
long walk In tho morning Louise
was able to sit up, and she allowed
lIasey and l.iddy to assist her down.
stairs late In the afternoon The east
veranda was shady. green with vines
and palms, cheerful with cushions aud
lounging chairs. We put Louise IN a
steamer chair and she sat there
passiyely enough, her hands clasped
in her lap,
We were very silent Halsey sat on
the rail with pipe openly watching
Louise, as she looked broodlngly
across the valley to the hills. There
was something battling In the girls
eyes, and gradually Halseys boylsh
features lost their glow at seeing her
about again, and settled into grim
lines. He was like his father just
then.
We sat until late afternoon. Hasey
growing more and more moody Short
/ ly before six he got up and went into
the house, and In few minutes he
came out and called me to the tele-
phone. II was Anna Whtcomb. In
town. and she kept me for 20 minutes
telling me the children had had the
measles and how Nine Sweeny had
botched her new gown
When finished. Liddy was behind
me, her mouth q thin line.
Il wish you would try to look cheer
full. Liddy." | groaned. your face
would sour milk" But Liddy seldom
replied to my glbes. She folded hel
lips little tighter.
He called her up," she said oracu
larly, "he called her up, and asked he
to keep you at the telephone so h
could talk to Miss Louise A thank
less child is sharper than serpent
tooth"
'Nonsense!" I said brusquely.
might have known enough to leav
them. It's long time since you an,
| were in love, Liddy, and-we for
get"
Llddy shifted
I mo man ever made fool OF me,
she replied virtuously.
We'll, something did," | retorted.