Barbour County index., 1910-09-28

but they could make out two figures,
standing together. The women were
curious, and, leaving the fence, they
went back and by 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
seen"
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. 1 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" replied.
bliss. M B. Well, that's not what
| she has on her suitcase. 1t is marked
N. F. c."
The new cook and her initials trou-
bled me not all. 1 put on my bonnet
and sent for what the Casanova liv-
eryman called a stylish turnout" F."
Having once made up my mind to a
course of action, l am not one to turn
back. Warner drove me; he was
| plainly .disgusted, 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 a 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. 81 over.
heard a 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, l had got the
car in some sort of shape again after
the fire, and 1 went to the library tc
call Mr. Innes to see it. I 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 anG
down, and he was in rage, can tel
you"
What did he say?"
'The first thing I 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 wa.
what he said, in hell first TheI
} somebody else spoke up; it was &
woman. She said: I warned them
but they thought would be afraid
"a woman! Did you wait to see WHIT
1t was?"
81 wasn't spying. Miss Innes," War
ner said with dignity. But the mex
thing caught my attention. She said
L knew there was something wrone
from the start. A man isn't well ont
day, and dead the next, without some
J reason. l thought she was speakins
of Thomas"
. And you don't know who it was,"
exclaimed. Warner, you had the KEY
, to this whole occurrence in YOU
| hands and did not see it,"
. However, there was nothing to b.
done. resolved to make inquir,
when / got home. and in the mean
time, my present errand absorbed me
! This was nothing less than to Sc.
! Louise Armstrong, and to attempt t.
/ drag from her what she knew, or sus
; pected Of Halsey's disappearance
J But here. as in every direction
J turned. was bafHed.
i A neat maid answered the bell, bu