The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-09
CHAPTER xI.
halssy Makes a CAPTURE.

II vas about half-past eight when
we left the dining room, and still en-
crossed with one subject, the failure
of the bank and its attendant evils.
Halsey and went out into the
grounds for stroll. Gertrude fol
lowed US shortly The light was
thiokenlng," to appropriate Shakes
peare's description of twilight and
once agoin the tree-toads and the
crickets were making night thrcb
with their tiny life. II was almozt op.
pressively lonely, In spite of its beau
ty. and felt sickening paug of
homesickness for my city at night
for the clatter OF horses feet on ce-
mented paving, for the lights, the
voices, the sound of children playing.
The country after dark oppresses me.
The stars, quite eclipsed in the city
by the electric lights, here become in
sir mt, assertive. Whether want to
or not. find myself looking for the
few ] know by name, and feeling ri
diculously new and small by contrast
always an unpleasant sensation.
After Gertrude Joined us, we avoid
ed any further mention OF the murder.
To Halsey. as to me. there was ever
present, | am sure, the thought OF our
conversation OF the night before. As
we strolled back and forth along the
drive, Mr. Jameson emerged from
the shadow OF the trees
Good evening he said. managing
to include Gertrude in his bow. Ger
trude had never been even ordinarily
courteous to him, and she nodded cold
ly. Halsey, however, was more cor
dial. although we were all constrained
enough He and Gertrude went on
together, leaving the detective to walk
with me AS soon as they were out ol
earshot, he turned to me.
do you know, Miss Innes,' he
said, "the deeper go into this thing
the more strange it seems to me
am very sorry for Miss Gertrude. II
looks as If Bailey, whom she has tried
SO hard TO save, is worse than ras
cal; and after her plucky fight fol
him, IL seems hard"
looked through the dusk TO where
Gertrude's light dinner dress CLEANED
among the trees. She had made g
plucky fight, poor child Whatever
she might have been driven to do.
could find nothing bur deep sym
pathy for her. If she had only come
to me with the whole truth then!
Miss lnnes," Mr.. Jameson was say
ing. "in the last three days. have yo,
seen AMY suspicious figures arounc
the grounds? Any woman
no, I replied. = have house
full of maids that will bear watching
one and ALL But there has been nC
strange woman near the house OF
Liddy would have seen her you ma!
be sure. She has telescope eve"
Mr. Jameson looked thoughtful
1T may not amount TO anything.
he said slowly ut is difficult to gel
any perspective on thipys around
here. because every one down in the
village ia sure be saw the murderer
either before or since the crime. AND
hall Of them will stretch a point ol
Two as To facts, to be oblging But
The man who drives the hack dowr
there tells story that may possibly
prove TO be important"
Il have heard II, think Was Il
the one the parlor maid brought W
yesterday. about ghost wringlng III
hands on the roof Oh perhaps III
the one the milk-boy heard; a tram
washing dirty shirt. presumably
bloody. In the creek below th'
bridge?'
: tns''a sec thr g'eam ~ Mr. jamie
sons teeth ss he smiled
Neither. be said but Matthew
fsejrt which Is our friends name
claims that on Saturday night, at $3.50
4 TeIIsa lady