The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-06

h'fIf1 l'I ESCAPE Hpuiu StaINtly u
foolish enough TO risk detection by
her dress. so | Sonjrctured that she
must have got rid oi the cloak a.
she had got rid OF the Rippler
with this idea in my head I set.
tied without telling Cannlngton. to,
explore the field wherein the ma.
chine had been abandoned.
when At rest for the night, re.
mcmbcrcd that Mrs. Giles. who had
not been called as witness. had
stated how Mrs. Caldcrshaw enter.
tanned the idea that she would not
die In her bed. ! had questioned
the grcen.grocer's wife on this point,
but she could tell me nothing more.
Mrs. Caldershaw gave no hint OF any
enemy. or even OF the possibility Of
q tragic death. All she had done was
to make the above statement to Mrs.
Gilrs in q burst of confidence, and
to shiyrr when the Litany mentioned
murder and sudden death Mrs.
Giles MAS particular about this point.
Il vas sitting next to her In the
same new" said Mrs Giles insist
entity and she shivered and shook
and looked over her shoulder. ap-
prchcnsivc like. IL happened three
times, and that was what made me,
al. ghA fri 4.
crod OF something or OF some one.
This might have been the case.
but MI. Caldershaw never explain.
ed. and carried the reason of her
fright in silence TO her untimely
prayc. Connecting Mrs. Giles story
with the remark of Miss Destiny
as 20 tn" value set on the glass
eye bv the woman. and with the
sinister fact that the glass eye was
missing. felt certain that the way
to begin the search was To take
the eye Itself Is a clue. Local gos-
sip In MOotlcy revealed few useful
facts. as Mrs. Faith appeared to be
thc sole person who had been told
about the eye by It's owner. and
none of III" villagers seemed 10
know that one eye had been different
tu the other. Hut In Burwain, where
Mrs. Caldcrshaw had lived for years
/ a. Gabriel Monks housekceper. and
a, nurse 70 his niece the truth
/ might be- found by careful inquiry.
/ II could learn where the unfortu.
nate woman got her glass eye. and
what accident had brought about
the necessity for glass eye. the
chances were that might learn
something which would enable me
to trace the truth. Therefore | deter
mined 10 90 10 Burwain and hunt on,
all Information about Mrs. Calder
shaW's past Meanwhile there re
manned the field near Nurrhcstrr
to be- explored
Next morning Caunington va, rn
gagged on some court-martlal, 80
waS left to my own devices. al
though h" wanted 10 hand mo ovcl
for entertainments 10 less busy
brother officer excused mysel
Oh the plea that wished to wall
on a headache and so contriyed tC
l,ay" the Barracks unhindcred. II
was nine O'Clock when set out
ana IN" morning was wonderful,
clear for misty August, The field
rs stated before. wa, only hal
"a mile from Murchcster. 50 ! speed
/ ily arrived therein left the mid
die OF IT, whore the Rlppler hal
been stranded. severely alone. ant
sNrtod round the sides to examine
th" hedges These we're ragged ant
untrimmcd with deep bitches or
their inner sides. and consisted o.
holly, hranhl", hawthorne and va
rious sap'mg~ scratched myself
more or les, severely fot quite Al
hour, but without discovering an,
sign OF thu white cloak. Perhaps.
Thought much discouraged. the wo
man had riskcd wearing ij after al
Vet could not believe that sh,
had been su'h a fool seeing how
cl"vorly she had manipulated hcl
escape
Then noticed that ther" wrr,
two gates 10 the field, one with
the broken bar, through which sh,
had entered from the highroad in
thr car and the othrg ON IN, tat
side, to the right-hand looking from
th" road. It then occurred to mt
that th" flying lady, scared by meet
iug Miss De,tiny's trap, and perhap,
. afraid lest she had injured ii anc
would De- stopped Tor damage, might
hur" lett the field by this last gate
/ immediately walked toward II
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