The newspaper., 1910-03-04


pected until the money had been re-
moved from the chimney room. They
stepped into the road in front of the
car to stop 1t. and fate played into
their hands. The car struck the train,
and they had only to dispose of the
unconscious figure in the road. This
they did as / have told. For three
days Halsey lay in the box car. tied
hand and foot. suffering tortures of
thirst. delirious at times, and discov-
cred by tramp at townsville only in
time to save his life.
To go back to Paul Armstrong At
the last moment his plans had been
frustrated. Sunnyside. with its hoard
in the chimney room. had been rented
without his knowledge, Attempts to
dislodge me having failed, he was
driven to breaking into his own house
The ladder in the chute. the burning
of the stable and the entrance through
the cardroom window-all were in the
course of a desperate attempt to get
into the chimney room.
Louise and her mother had. froIy
the first. been the great stumbling
blocks. The plan had been to send
Louise away until II was too late fer
her TO interfere. but she came back
to the hotel at c. just at the
wrong time. There was a terrible
scene. The girl was told that some.
thing OF the kind was necessary: that
the bank was about to close and her
stepfather would either avoid arrest
and disgrace in this way. or kill him.
self. Fanny Armstrong was a weak
ling. but Louise was more dificult to
manage. She had no love for her step
father. but her devotion to her moth
er was entire. self-sacrifcing Forced
into acquiescence by her mothers ap-
peals. overwhelmed by the situation.
the girl consented and fed.
From somewhere in Colorado she
sent an anonymous telegram TO lack
Bailey at the Traders bank. Trapped
an innocent man arrested. The tele-
gram. received on Thursday. had sent
the cashier to the bank that night in
a frenzy.
Louise arrived at Sunnyside and
found the house rented Not knowing
what to do. she sent for Arnold a; the
Greenwood club. and told him little.
not all. She told him that there was
something wrong. and that the bank
was about to close. That his father
was responsible OF the conspiracy
she said nothing To her surprise.
Arnold already knew. through Bailey
that night. that things were not right
Moreover. he suspected what Louise
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Sunnyside. He had a scrap OF paper
that indicated 4 concealed room some
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His inherited cupidity was aroused.
Eager to get Haisey and lack Bailey
out of the house. he went up to the
east entry. and In the billiard room
gave the cashier what be had refused
earlier in the evening-the address Of
Paul Armstrong In California and .
telegram which had been forwarded
tn the club fer Bailey. from DIR. Walk
er II was in response to one Bailey
had sent. and It said that Paul Arm
strong was very i'll.
Bailey was aanost desperate. He
decided to go west and ind Paul Arm
strong and to force him to disgorge
But the catastrophe at the bank oc-
Cured sooner than he had expected.
On the moment OF starting west. at
Andrews station. where Mr.. Jameson
had located the nr. he read that the
bank had closed. and. going back. sur
rendered himself
John Bailey had known Paul Arm
strong Intimately. He did not believe
that the meaey was gone: IN fact n
was hardly possible In the interval
since the securities had been taken.
Where was It! And from some chance
remark let fall some months earlier
By Arnold Armstrong at . dinner,
Bailey felt sure there was . hidden
room At Sunnyside. He tried to see
the architect Of the building. but. like
the contractor. II he knew Of the
room. he refused any information. II
was Halsey's idea that John Bailey
come to the house as gardener. and
pursue his Investigations as he could.
His smooth upper lip had been suffi-
cient disguise. with his change OF
clothes. and q haircut by a country
barber.
So 1t was Alex. Jack Bailey, who
had been our ghost. Not only had he
alarmed Louise-and himself. he ad-
mitted-on the circular staircase, but
he had dug the hole in the trunkroom
wall, and later sent Eliza into hyateria