The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-26


Indigestion. and be ore he LETT had In
ouired about the acg ening trains to tht
city lie said he bad wasted q lot
of time on The case, and good bit OF /
the mystery was In my Imagination
The doctor was under the impression
that the house was guarded day and
night Well. give a place reputation
like that. and you don't need guard |
at al--thus Jameson. And surt |
enough, late in the afternoon the two |
private detectives, accompanied by |
Mr. Jameson walked down the main |
street of Casanova and took city
hound train.
I That they got off at the next station
aud walked back again TO SunnysldC
at dusk was not known AZ the time
Personally. | knew nothing OF elthe'
move; had other things 20 absorb
me at that time,
Iiddy brought me some tea while J
llested after my trip, and on the tray
was a small book from the Casanova
library. II was called The Unseel
World and had d cheerful cover OF
which hali-dozen sheeted figures
linked hands around a headstone
At this point in my story. llalsey
always says, Trust a woman to add
two and two together, and make SIX
To which | retort That II two and tive
| plus X makes six. then to discover tht
unknown quantity Is the simples
| tAing in the world That houseful
Of detectives missed 1t entirely was
! because they were busy trying to
/ prove that two and two make -four.
The depression due to my visit to
! the hospital left me at the prospect o.
4 seeing tIalsey again that night ]
: was about five o'clock when Ldd.
4 left me for nap before dinner hay
/. ing put me into gray silk dressing
gown and q pair Of slippers. ! Listened
n to her reifeating footsteps, aud
I soon as she was safely below stair
J. went up 70 the trankr0om Thu
! place had not been disturbed and !
! proceeded al once TO try to discover
, the entrance to the hidden room, Th,
, openings on either side as ! hay,
i said. showed nothing but perhap
j three feet Of brick wall There wa
!, no sign OF an entrance-~no levers, nj
!, hinges, 10 give hint Either The
4 mantel or the roof, | decided, and aft
= er half-honr at the mantei, produc
:, i've Of absolutely no result decide,
u to try the roof,
! ! am not fond of height. The few
n occasions on which ! have climbed |
:, step.ladder have always left me dzz
and weak in the knpds. The top 0
IA the Washington monument Is rs in
!, possible to me as the elevation to th
= presidential chair. And yet
as - climbed out on The Sunnyside roc
w =, without n seconds hesitation. Lk
~ dog on n scent, like my bear.slSl
m'n m pogenitor, with his spear ard HI
~. Wild boar, TO me now there was III
l., lust Of the chase, the frenzy OF pu
| sH 1, the dust OF battlei got quite
little of the la Ier on me as | cImbo
IRON the unfinished ballroJn OF
through a windD'y to the locf o. II
e-sL wing of the building, which WI
'ae 1nly two stories II height.
' Once out th hsrc. access To the top
hA The main building was rendered ca.
ser lat least 1t looked easy--by a smf
LhV vertical iron ladder, fastened to Il
" wall outside of the ballroom, and pt
'er' haps ieet high The II feet look
Short from below but they were d
VI .icilt to climb. ] gathered my 81
lFp gown around me, and succeeded fin
'er' " in making the top OF the ladl,
'sF Once there, however, was compile
ney " ont pf breath ! sat down, my ft
was on the top rumg and put my hair.pi
'nE In more securely. while the wind b
hao lowed my dressing gown ont like
teI' sail ! had torn a great strip OF I
-~-~ SILK loose, and now | ruthlessly
shed tho destruction OF my gown
Jerking It free and tying IL around
head
Luckily, the root was flat, an,
&c was p1ie 10 20 over every Inch of
- But the result was disappointing:
trapdoor revealed itself no glass "
.Lo dow; nothing but couple OF pi
-, Two inches across. aud standing
est haps is inches high aud three I
vs. apart, with cap to prevent rain fl
on, entering and raised to permit the
ck- sage OF air ! picked M pei
tod from the roof and dropped II do
listening with my ear at one of
ek' pipes. could hear it strike on so
thing with sharp. metallic Sol
bnt II was impossible for me TO
how far it had gone
gave up finally and went down
ladder again, getting IN through
ballroom window without being
SN served. ! went back al once 10
IN tfunkroom. and. sitting down o
NJ box, gave my mind. as consisleatf
x could. Ia the p.cblem heforr me
the pipes In tne roof werp~leniila
~ TO the secret fooin an1 laere wa
Zoo irap-door above. tpe entrance
- probably In one Of The iw8 room
'92o tween which It lay lniess ina
the room had been built, aud the I
i1g closed with a brick and M
wall.
The maniel fascinated me Ma.
wood and carved. the more / Ia
)kla. the more wondered that had
- pplieed before the ahsardity of
aBlantel In such a place. II was
eyed with scrolls and panels, ans
ally By the merest accident, ~