Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-01

but they could make out two figures,
standing together. The women were
curious, and, leaving the fence, they
went back and by a roundabout path
down to the road. When they got
there the car was still standing, the
headlight broken and the bonnet
crushed, but there was no one to be
seem
The detective went away immedi-
ately, and to Gertrude and me was
left the woman'S part, to watch and
wait. By luncheon nothing had been
found, and 1 was frantic. / went up
stairs to Halsey's room finally, from
sheer inability to sit across from Ger
trude any longer and meet her terror
filled eyes.
Liddy was in my dressing room, sus-
piciously red-eyed and trying to put
right sleeve in a left arm-hole of a
new waist for me. 1 was too much
shaken to scold.
What name did that woman in the
kitchen give?" she demanded, vicious
ly ripping out the offending sleeve.
bliss. Matte Bliss l replied.
'Bliss. NJ B. Well, that's not what
she has on her suitcase. 1t is marked
n. F. c.
The new cook and her initials trou-
b1ed me not all. 1 put on my bonnet
| and sent for what the Casanova liv-
eryman called a stylish turnout"
Having once made up my mind to a
course of action, am not one to turn
back. Warner drove me; he was
plainly disguised, and he steered the
| livery horse as he would the Dragon
| Fly, feeling uneasily with his left foot
| for the clutch, and working his right
elbow at an imaginary horn every
time dog got in the way
| Warner had something on his mind,
| and after we had turned into the road
| he voiced it.
| Miss Innes," he said. "I over
| heard part of a conversation yester-
day that didn't understand. 1t wasn't
my business to understand it, for that
] matter. But I've been thinking all
day that I'd better tell you. Yesterday
| afternoon, while you and Miss Ger
trude were out driving, I had got the
car in some sort of shape again after
the fire, and 1 went to the library to
| call Mr.. Innes to see it. / went into
| the living room, where Miss Liddy
| said he was, and halfway across the
library 1 heard him talking to some
one. He seemed to be walking up and
| down, and he was in a rage, can tell
| you
What did he say?'
/ THE first thing 1 heard was-ex
| cuse me, Miss Innes, but it's what he
| said, The damned rascal he said
| I'll see him in'-well. in hell was
what he said, in hell first Then
somebody else spoke up; it was a
| woman. She said: I warned them
but they thought 1 would be afraid ~
"A womani Did you wait to see who
| it was?"
4 wasn't spying, Miss Innes," War.
| ner said with dignity. But the next
thing caught my attention She said
| 1 knew there was something wrong
| from the start A man isn't well one
day, and dead the next, without some
reason 1 thought she was speaking
| of Thomas"
And you don't know who it was!" ]
| exclaimed. Warner, you had the key
to this whole occurrence in your
| hands and did not see it,''
| However, there was nothing to be
| done 1 resolved to make INQUIRY
| when 1 got home, and in the mean
| time, my present errand absorbed me
This was nothing less than to see
Louise Armstrong, and to attempt to
| drag from her what she knew, or sus
| pected of Halsey's disappearance
| turned. / was baff1ed-
neat maid answered the bell, but