The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-27
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The woman. Nina Darlington, was
he cog that slipped, What she only
suspected, what she really knew, We
lever learned She was chamber
Maid IN the hutel at C--, and i wa
yiacntly her intention to hlackmais
1r. Walker His position at that tim
vas uncomfortable. To pay the won
ii 10 keep quiet would be confession
le denied the waole thing, and sh
went to Halsey
Ii was that that had taken iIalsel
10 the doctor the night he disar
oeared. He accused the doctor OF tbs
deception and, crossing the lawn, hat
said somethng cruel 10 Louise. Then
urious at her apparent connlvanee
ae had started for the station. Dr
Walker aud Paul Armstrong-tne lat.
tel still lame where had shot him
hurried across to the emhankment
certain only Of one thing. Halsey mus
not tell the detective what he sus
lected until the money had been re
moved from the chimney room. The
stepped into the road IN front Of thg
an to stop 1t. and fate played init
heir hands The car struck the train
Ind they had only to dispose Of the
unconscious figure In the road Thi'
hey did is have told For three
lays Halsey lay In the box ear tief
land and foot. suffering fortunes T
hirst, deirious at times and discoN
Ared by tramp at townsville only u
ime To save his life.
To 20 back to Paul Armstrong
he last moment hts plans had beef
frustrated. Sunnyside, with It's hoar,
ii the chimney room, had been rentel
thout his knowledge Attempts tt
| laA4lodge me having failed, he wa
lriyen to breaking into his own houst
The ladder in the chute. the burnin
II the stable and the entrance througl
the cardroom windowall We're in tht
course OF a desperate attempt to ge
nto tho chimney room
Louise and her mother had, fror
he first, been the great stumbling
blocks, The plan had been To senc
Louise away until II was too late To-
her TO interfere, bul She came bacl
! to the hotel al c. just AT Tho
wrong time There was terrible
/ icene The gil1 was told that some
/ hing OF the Kind was necessary, tina
the bank was about 70 close and he
1 3tepfather would either avoid arres
and disgrace In this way, or KIN him
self Fanny Armstrong was a weak
/ ling. but l.ouise was more dilficnlt I
manage. She had no love for her ster
| father, but her devotion to her moth
er was entire, selfsaerifieing Forced
into acqnieseence by her mothers ap
peals, overwhelmed by the situation
the girl consented aud fled.
From somewhere IN Colorado sh'
sent an Anonymous telegram 10 lacl
Bailey at the Traders bank. Trappe'
IS She was. she did not want 10 se
~ innocent man arrested The tele
13f,m. received on Thursday. had sen
the cashier to the bank that night Il
g fgcn2y
Louise arrived at Sunnyside an
found the house rented Not KNOWN
what to do she sent for Arnold at th
Greenwood club. and told him a LITTLE
not all She told him that there wa
something wrong, and that the ban
was about TO close. That his fathe
was responsible. OF the consplrac
she said nothing. 70 her surpris'
Arnold already knew, through Bale
that night, that things were not righ
Moreover, he suspected what Louis
did not, that the money was hidden {
/ Sunnyside He had scrap Of papC
I that indicated concealed room som
where
! His inherited cupidity was arouse
Eager to get Halsey and Jack Bale
out of the heuse, he went up TO u
east entry. and IN the billiard roo
gave the cashier what he had REFUSE
earlier III the evening The address
Paul Armstrong in California and
telegr m which had been forwarde
to the club for Bailey, from Or. Wal
or II VAS In response TO one Baili
had sent. and It said that Paul Arr
strong was very ILL.,
Bailey was almost desperate. T
decided 10 go west and find Paul Arr
strong and to force him 10 disgore
But the catastrophe at the bank {
Cured sooner than he had expecte
On the moment of starting west,
Andrews station, where Mr.. Jamies'
had located the car, he read that Il
bank had closed and going back, a
rendered himself
John Bailey had known Paul Ar
strong intimately. He did not belle
that the money was gone. in fact,
Was hardly possible In the lnter'
! since the securities had been take
4 Where was IT, Aud from stne clan
I remark let fall some months earl
by Arnold Armstrong at dim
Bailey felt sure { ere was Il hidi
room al sunnyside. He tried to
the architect Of Tie hGilliae. bur. Il
The contractor 81 he ltnew OF /
room. he refused any Information.
was Ilasey'B idea that John Ili
come To the house ga Il gardener d
pursue hi5 invest cations as he .ou
Ills mnoth upper lip had been su
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