, 1910-12-08

rvenrs are stin IN WeT mInds rns
police step in later. You and I both
know how many important thines
never ~transpired. For instance: The
dead man had no key. and yet Misc
Gertrude testified to a fumbling at
the lock, and then the opening of the
door. The piece of evidence you men
tion. DR.. Stewards story. Ii one Of
those things we have to take cautious
ly; the doctor has q patient who
wear black and does not raise her
veil. Why, 1t is the typical myster1-
Gus LADY, Then the good doctor
comes across Arnold Armstrong, who
was a graceless scamp-de mortuisE
what's the rest of it?-and he IL quar-
reling with a lady in black. Behold,
says the doctor, they are one and the
same"
why was Mr.. Bailey not present
at the %inquest?"
The detectives expression vas Pc
culiar.
Because his physician testified
that he is i'll. and unable to leave his
bed"
"Ill!" / exclaimed. why, neither
Halsey nor Gertrude has told me
that"
There are more things than that,
Miss Innes. that are pu1zling. Bailey
gives the impression that he knew
nothing of the crash at the bank un-
til he real 1t in the paper Monday
night, and that he went back and sur
rendered himself Immediately. I do
not believe It. Jonas, the Waterman
at the Traders bank, tells . different
story. He says hat on the Thurs
day night before, about $3.50, Bailey
went back to the bank. Jonas ad-
mitted him, and he says the cashier
was in a state almost Of collapse.
Bailey worked until midnight, then he
closed the vault and went away. The
occurrence was so unusual that the
Waterman pondered over It all the
rest of the night. What did Bailey
do when he went back to the Knicker-
booker apartments that night? He
packed a suitcase ready for instant
departure. But he held OF too long;
he waited for something. My per-
sonal opinion ia that he waited to see
Miss Gertrude before flying from the
country. Then, when he had shot
down Arnold Armstrong that night, he
had to choose between two svils, ne
did the thing that would Immediately
turn public opinion in his favor, and
surrendered himself, as an innocent
a The strongest thing against
him is his preparation for flight, and
his deciding to come back after the
murder OF Arnold Armstrong. He was
shrewd enough to disarm suspicion al
to the graver charge"
The evening dragged along slowly.
Mrs. Watson came to my bedroom be-
fore / went to bed and asked II / had
any arnica. She showed me a badly
swollen hand, with reddish streaks
running toward the elbow; she said
it was the hand she had hurt the night
of the murder a week before, and that
h had not slept well since. 1t looked
to me as If 1t might be serious, and I
told her to let DIR. Stewart see it.,
The next morning Mrs. Watson
vent up to town on the II train and
was admitted to the Charity hospital.
She was suffering from blood-poison-
ing, l fully meant to go up and see
her there. but other things drove her
entirely from my mind. i telephoned
to the hospital that day. however, and
ordered a private room for her, and
whatever comforts she might be nj.
lowed.
Mrs. Armstrong arrived Monday
evening with her husbands body, and
the services were set for the next
day. The house on Chestnut street,
in town, had been opened. and Tues
day morning Louise left US to 70
home. She sent for me before she
went, and l saw she had been crying.
How can I thank you, Miss lnnesY"
h said. you have taken me- on
faith. and-you have not asked me
any questions. Some time, perhaps, I
can tell you; and when that time
comes, you will all despise me-Hal
sey, too"
l tried to tell her how glad I was to
have had her, but there was some
thing else she wanted to say. She
said it finally, when she had babe a
constrained good-by to Halsey and the
car was waiting at the door.
Miss Innes," she said in q low
tone, "if they-if there ID any ATTEMPT
made to-to have you give up the
house, do it. II you possibly can. I am
afraid-to have you stay"
That al all. Gertrude went into
town with her and saw her safely
home. She reported . decided COOL