The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-05
CHAPTER VI.
In the East Corridor.

In the East Corridor.
When the detective left he enioined
absolute secrecy on everybody in the
household The Greenwood club
promised the same thing. and as there
are no Sunday afternoon papers. the
murder was not publicly known until
Monday The coroner himself notified
the Armstrong family lawyer. and
early In the afternoon he came out
had not seen Mr. Jameson since
morning, but / knew he had been In
terrogating the servants, Gertrude
was locked in her room with a bead.
ache and had luncheon alone
Mr. Harton, the lawyer. was little,
thin man, and he looked as II he did
not relish his business that day
This Is very unfortunate. Miss In
nes," he said, after we had shaken
hands. Most unfortunate-a and mys'
terious With the father and mother
Ia the west. | find everything deyolyes
on me; and, as you can understand
IL is an unpleasant duty"
mo doubt said abscntly. "Mr
Harton, am going TO ask you some
questions, and hope you will answer
: them. feel that | am entitled TO
some knowledge, because | and my
family are just now IN "A most anbigu.
ous position"
/ don't know whether he under
stood me or not; he took of his
glasses and wiped them.
q shall be very happy" he said
. with oldfashloned courtesy
"Thank you Mr. Harton, did Mr.,
Arnold Armstrong know that Sunny
side had been rented2"
Il thinkyes. be did. In fact, my
F, self told him about IT,"
And he knew VINO the tenants
were?"
9 "Yes."
"Ile had not been living with th'
0 family for some years, believer"
r mo Unfortunately. there had beer
4 trouble between Arnold and his ia
r ther. For two years he had lived II
g town"
q Then II would be unlikely that h
G came here last night to get possession
of anything belonging TO him7'
q should think 1t hardly possible,
he admitted. "ro be perfectly franl
: Miss lnnes, | can not think OF an
- t.fh. 81, IA - h.p
as he did He had been staying a
the club house across the valley 70
+ the last week, Jarvis tells me. bu
that only explains how he came her'
@. not why. 1t is most unfortunat
IT, family"
It He shook his head despondentl,
E. and felt that this dried-up little ma
was the repository OF much that
had not told me. | gave up trying
elicit any Information from him, an
= we went together 10 view the bod
.r before il was taken TO tho city.
had been lifted on TO the billiard-t
bic and sheet thrown over IT.. OF
erwise nothing had been touched.
ID soft hat lay beside It, and the COLI
q OF the dinner-coat was still turned u
VI The handsome, dIssipated face of a
~ mold Armstrong. purged OF Its ug
,e lines. was now only pathetic. AZ y
IA went in Mrs Watson appeared at q
q. cardroom door
"a Come In. Mrs Watson" the lawy
2 D..t .h N,
withdrew; she was the only one
pY the house who seemed Go regret t
y dead man. and even she seemed RAJ
er shocked than sorry.
ha Before Mr.. Hafton left, he told /
ii. something OF the Armstrong fami
ne Paul Armstrong, the father. had be
'ct married twice. Arnold was son
he the first marriage. The second NJ
OF Armstrong had been widow "
!, child, little girl This child, n
-. perhaps 20, was Louise Aimstfo
mo having taken her siepfathers nal
and was at present In California W
the family.
They will probably return at one
he concluded, "and part OF my ezra
here today is TO see II you viii rel
- uuish your lease here Ia their fave
nlI we would better walt and see
lin they wish 90 come" said. 1T see
unlikely. and my town house Ia be
remodeled," At that he let the n
emf ter drop. but II came up unpleasan
mai enough. later.
FER At six o'clock the body was tai
ath away. and al gesen-thirty. after
Ter early dinner. Mr. Harton went {
eel trude had not come down, aud th
'he was no news OF Halsey. Mr.. Jan
IN SO. h,d .at<or /. todufUo a.. tha