The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-10-27
CHAPTER xxIx-continued.

| uOb was SQiI = away, IAhCp 0n0
Louise got sick because Of It. l
thought things had gone far enough.
I'd done some things for the doctor
before hat wouldn't just bear looking
into. but I turned a bit sQueamish."
Did you help with thatf" I asked,
leaning forward.
mo, nam. I didn't ven know OF
1t until the next day, when 1t came
out In the Casanova Weekly Ledger.
But l know who did it. all right. I'd
better start at the beginning.
when DR.. Walker went away to
| California with the Armstrong family,
there was talk In the town that when
he came back he would be married to
| Miss Armstrong, and we all expected
it. First thing l knew, / got q letter
from him in the west. He seemed to
be excited, and he said Miss Arm
strong had taken a sudden notion to
go home and he sent me some money.
I was to watch for her, to see II she
went to Sunnyside, and wherever she
was, not to lose sight Of her until he
got home. / traced her to the lodge,
and I guess I scared you on the drive
one night, Miss Innes,"
And Rosie!" l calculated.
Riggs grinned sheepishly.
Il only wanted to make ure Miss
Louise was there. Rosie started to
run, and I tried to stop her and tell
her some sort Of a story to account
for my being there. But she wouldn't
wait"
And the broken china-in the
basket?"
Well, broken china's death to rub
Der tires" he said. II hadn't any
complaint against you people here.
and the Dragon Fly was a good car"
So Rosie's highwayman was X
| planned.
We'll, l telegraphed the doctor
where Miss Louise was and l kept an
eye On her. Just a day or so before
they came home with the body I got
another letter, telling me to watch
for a woman who had been pitted
with smallpox. Her name was Car
rington, and the doctor made things
pretty strong. If l found any such
oma loafing around. l was not to
lose sight of her for a minute until
the doctor got back.
We'll, l would have had my hands
full, but the other woman didn't sEnn
up for a good while, and when she dc
the doctor was home"
Riggs" | asked suddenly, "Gtd f.,
get into this house a day or two
I took it, at night?"
II did not, Miss Innes. l have never
been in the house before. Well, the
Darlington oma didn't show up UNI
til the night Mr.. Halsey disappeared.
She came to the office late, and the
doctor was out. She waited around,
walking the floor and working herself
into a passion. When the doctor
didn't come back, she was in an awful
way. She wanted me to hunt him,
and when he didn't appear, she called
him names; said he couldn't fool her.
There was murder being done, and
she would see him swing for it.
"She struck me as being an ugly
customer. and when she left, about IL
o'clock, and ven across to the Arm
strong place, I was not far behind her.
She walked all around the house first,
looking up at the windows. Then she
was opened she was through it, and
into the hall"
How long did she stay?"
That's the queer part of it," Riggs
said eagerly. she didn't come out
that night at all. l went to bed at
daylight. and that was the last l
heard of her until the next day, when
1 Jay her on a truck at the station,
covered with a sheet. She'd been
struck by the express and you would
hardly have known her-dead, OF
course. I think she stayed ali night
In the Armstrong house, and the
agent said she was crossing the track
to take the up-train to town when the
express struck her"
Another circle!" I exclaimed.
Then we are just where we started"
mot 80 bad as that, Miss Innes.'
Riggs said eagerly. Nina Darlington
came from the town in California
"hcAO Va AihhStiouS uiSu. why was
the doctor 81 afraid Of her? The Car
rington woman knew something. I
lived with DR.. Walker seven years.
and I know him we'll. There are few
things he is afraid Of. I think he killed
Mr.. Armstrong out In the west some
where, that's what I think. What else
he did l don't know-but he dismissed
me and pretty nearly throttled me
for telling Mr.. Jameson here about
Mr.. lines having been at his Office
the night he disappeared and about
my hearing them quarreling."
What was 1t Warner overheard the
woman say to Mr.. lnnes in the H.
fbrary?" the detective asked me.