Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-01
CHAPTER XVII.
Who Is Nina Carrlngton7

The four days, from Saturday to the
following Tuesday, we lived, or e1-
listed in a state of the most dreadful
suspense. We ate only when Llddy
brought in a tray, and then very little
The papers, of course, had got hold
of the story, and we were besieged by
newspaper men. From all over the
country false clews came pouring In
and raised hopes that crumbled again
to nothing. Every morgue within 100
miles, every hospital, had been WIS.,
tied, without result.
The inaction was deadly Liddy
cried all day, and, because she knew
l objected to tears, SMILED audibly
around the corner.
For heavens sake, smile!
snapped at her. And her CHASTITY at
tempt at a grin, with her swollen nose
and red eyes, r'ade me hysterical.
laughed and cried together, and pret-
ty soon, like the two old fools we
We're, we were sitting together weep
ing into the same handkerchief.
On Tuesday, then, l sent for the car
and prepared to go out. AS waited
gardener, an inoffensive, grayish-
haired man, trimming borders near
the house. The day detective was
watching him, sitting on the carriage
block. When he saw me, he got up.
Miss Innes," he said, taking off his
hat, do you know where Alex. the
gardener, is?"
why. no. Isn't he here?" l asked.
"He has been gone since yesterday
afternoon. Have you-employed him
long?"
only a couple of weeks"
rs he efficient? A capable man?"
az hardly know" | said vaguely.
"The place looks all right, and / know
very little about such things. l know
much more about boxes of roses than
bushes Of them"
This man." pointing to the assis-
tant, Says Alex isn't gardener. That
he doesn't know anything about
plants"
That's very strange" | said, think
ing hard. why, he came to me from
the Brays, who are in Europe"
Exactly" The detective smiled
every man who cuts grass isn't a
gardener, Miss lines. and just now II
is our policy to believe every person
around here a rascal until he proves
10 be- the other thing
Warner came up with the car then
and the conversation stopped. As he
helped me in, rowever. the detective
said something further.
"Not a word or sign to Alex, II he
comes back" he said cautiously.
I went first to DR. Walkers | was
tired Of beating about the bush. and
felt that the key TO Halsey's disap
pearance was here at Casanova, In
spite Of Mr. Jamieson's theories.
The doctor was in. He came al
once To the door OF his consulting
diality IN his manner.
Please come IN" he said curtly.
81 shall stay here. I think. doctor,
I did not like his face or his manner,
there was a subtle change in both II,
had thrown of the air of friendliness
and I thought. too, that he looked anx
ioUs and hagsard
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% you % ask some questions | hop,
you viii answer em. As you know
my nephew has not yet been found
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