The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-16

Wait a moment Liddy,' ! said
"you have been going through the
library paper-basket agan"
Llddy was arranging her bits Of pa
per with the skill of long practice and
4 paid no attention
did It ever occur to you" ! went
on. putting my hand over the scraps,
that when people tear up their cor
respondence II Is for the express purs
pose Of kaeping it from being read29
If they wasn't ashamed Of il they
wouldn't take so much trouble, Miss
Rachel" Iiddy said oracularly More
than that, with things happening every
day, consider 1t my duty. II you
don't read and act on this, ! shall give
It to that Jameson, and I'll venture
he'll not go back to the city today"
That decided me. II the scraps had
anything to do with the mystery or
dinary conventions had no value. so
/ Liddy arranged the scraps, like work
Ing out one Of the puzzlepictures chill
dren play with. and she did It with
much the same eagerness. When II
was finished she stepped aside while
read It,
+ Wednesday night. nine o'clock,
Bridge read aloud Then, aware
Of Alexis stare, | turned on Liddy.
Some one is 70 play bridge to-
night at nine O'Clock" said. ''ls that
your hueinpas nr nninn9'
Liddy was aggrieyed She was
about to reply when seooped up the
pieces and left the conservatory.
W. Now then" | said, when we got
outside, win yon tell me why you
choose to take Alex into your con
lldence? He's no fool DO you sup
pose he thinks any one In this house
Is going TO play bridge tonight at
nine O'clock, by appointment sup
pose you have shown It In the kitchen,
and instead Of my being able to slip
down to the bridge tonight quietly,
and see who is there, the whole house
hold will be going In procession"
r Nobody knows it, Liddy said hum
bly,. 81 found 1t in the basket in Miss
Gertrude's dressing room Look ut the
. back Of the sheet tursed over some
of the scraps, and, sure enough II
was blank deposit slip from the
. Traders bank SO Gertrude was goine
{ to meet Jack Bailey that night by the
bridge! And | had thought he was
! Ill! II hardly seemed like the action
of an innocent man--this avoidance oi
4 daylight. and of his flancee's people
decided to make certain. however
: by going to the bridge that night.
r After luncheon Mr.. Jameson sug
gested that go with him TO Richield
and consented
u am inclined to place more faitf
g In DR.. Stewards story" he said since
| found that scrap I'm old Thomas
!, pocket II bears out the statement
that the woman with the child and
. the woman who auarreled with Arm
strong, are the same II looks as y
{ Thomas had stumbled on to some M
y fair which was more or less discred
ltHUt w iHN utdu thnHt uhhf W''b
. certain loyalty to tho family, had KEEP
II to himself Then. you see, YOU
! story about the woman NJ the card
4 room window begins to mean some
thing, II is the nearest app oash Il
anything tangible that we have hat
yet"
Warner took us to Rlchheld In tn
car Il was about % miles by rail
II road, but by taking q series Of atro
\ cously rough short cuts we got ther
\ very quickly II was a pretty llttl
U town, on the river, aud back on tn
I hill could see the Morton big cour
4 try house, where IIalsey and Gel
trude had been staying until the nigh
| of the murder
| Elm street was almost the onl
Il street, and number IA was easil
\ found II was small white hous
/ dilapdated without having game
anything picturesque with low vii
dow and a porch only foot or s
above the bit OF lawn There was
: baby.carriage in the path. and fro
e. a swing at the side came the sound
conflict Three small children wei
disputng yoclferously and a fade
10 young woman with a kindly face WI
~ trying to hush the clamor. When 81
:. saw us she united her gingham apr,
- and came around TO the porch
= Good afternoon" ! said Jamiea'
~ lifted his hat without speaking.
I" came TO inquire about child nam
Lucien Wallace"
-, 81 am glad you have come" s
~ said. 'ln spite OF the other childre
% I think the little fellow Is lonely. '
nv ~ thought perhaps bis mother would
!, here today"
AZ Mr.. Jameson stepped forward.
you are Mrs. Tate?" | wonder
~ how the detective knew.
." YES. sir"
80 Mrs Tate, we want 10 make so
-, inquiries. Perhaps in the house
On Come right in" she said hospital
And soon we were In the little shah
- parlor, exactly like a thousand of
or prototypes. Mrs. Tate sat uneasily,
~ hands folded in her lap.
How long has Lucien been her
,va Mr. Jameson asked
=. "Snce a week ago last Friday.
= A.. L +.