The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-07-08

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did come he was admitted By some
one in the house. Who knows--it may
have been-Liddy.''
I stirred my tea angriIy-
| 4 have always heard" I said dry
| lg, that undertakers' assistants are
| tovtal young men A mans sense Of
humor seems to be in inverse proper
! tiCn TO the gravity Of his profession"
A mans sense of humor is a bar
barous and cruel thing, Miss Innea,"
he admitted. 1T is to the feminine
| as the hug Of a bear IL 10 the scratch
of--well, anything with claws Il that
you, Thomas? Come in
Thomas Johnson stood in the door.
| way He looked alarmed and appre-
| heRsiTe, and suddenly remembered
| the seaIszin dressing bag in the
| lodge, Thomas came just inside the
door and stood with his head droop-
/ ing, his eyes, under their shaggy gray
bFows, fixed on Mr. Jameson
| Thomas" said the detective. not
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| what you told Sam Bohannon at the
| club, the day before Mr.. Arnold was
found here, dead. Let me see. You
came here Friday night to see Miss
Innes, didn't you? And came to work
here Saturday morning."
| For some unexplained reason
Thomas looked relieved.
| Vas, sah.'' he said. You see 1t
were like this: When Aistah Arm
strong and the family went away, Mis-
| Watson an me, We was lefr in charge
| till the place was rented. Mis- Wat
! son, she'ye bin here a good while, an
! she warn skeery- So she sIep' in the
house. I'd bin haEin' tokens toll
| Mis- Innes some of 'em-an' I sIepf
| in the lodge. Then one day Mis- Wat
| son, she came to me an she seq, seq
| she: Thomas, you'll hey to sleep up
| in the big house. I'm too nervous
to do it any more But ies' reckon
to myself that eff it's too skeery fer
| her, it's too skeeTy fer ne We had
| it, then, sho' nuff, and it ended up
with Mis- Watson stayin' in the lodge
nights an me Iookin' fer work at de
! club"
| Did Mrs Watson say that any
| thing had happened to alarm herr
| No, sab She was ies' materially
| sEeered. Well, that was all, FAIRS
know, until the night I come over to
| see Mis- Innes- I come across the
valley, along the path from the club
house, and goes home that way.
| Down in the creek bottom | almost
run into a man. He Wuz standfn' with
/ his back to me, an he was vorkin
| with one of these yere electric light
things that ut in yer pocket. He was
| havin' rroubIe-one minute it'd fash
out, an the mex it'd be gone. he'd
a view OF is white dress shirt an tie,
| as passed. didn't see his face But
/ know it warn't Mr. Arnold. Ii was
a taller man than Mr. Arnold Besides
that. Mr.. Arnold was playtn' cards
when I got to the club house, same's
he'd been doin' all day"
And the next morning you came
back along the path" pursued Mr.
Jameson Felentlessly.
The mex mornin' I come hack
along the path an down where dun
see the man night befoh. picked up
this here The old man held out a
tiny object and Mr. Jameson took it.
E-Then he held it on his extended palm
for NE to see 1t was the other half
OF the pearl cun-Itnk,
But Mr.. Jameson was not quite
through questioning him
And so you showed it to Sam, at
the club. and asked him If he knew
any one who owned such a link, and
Sam said-whate"
Wal. Sam. he lowed he'd seen
such pair OF cufr-buttons in shirt
belongtn' TO MIR Batley-Nr- Jack
Bailey, sab"
III keep this link. Thomas, for a
while" the detective said That's
all wanted to know. Goodnight"
As Thomas shufied out, Mr. Jamie
son watched me sharply.
You see. Miss Innes.~ he said. Mr.
Bailey insists on mixing himself with
this thing If Mr.. Bailey came here
that Friday night expecting to meet
Arnold Armstrong, and missed him
if, as | say. he had done this. might
he not. seeing him enter the following
night. have struck him down. as he
had intended before?
But the moIive?" l gasped.
There could be motive proved.
think. Arnold Armstrong and John
Bailey have been enemies since the
latter, cashier of the Traders bank.
brought Arnold almost into the
clutches of the law Also. you for
get that both men have been paying
attention 10 Miss Gertrude. BaIIey's
flight looks bad. too"
And you think Halsey helped him
to eseape?
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