Barbour County index., 1910-10-12

| There were several things that day
that bewildered me. About three
o'clock Mr.. Jameson telephoned from
the Casanova station and Warner
went down to meet him. 1 got up and
dressed hastily, and the detective was
shown up to my sitting room.
'"No news?" I asked, as he entered
He tried to look encouraging, without
| success.
''It won't be long now, Miss Innes,"
he said Il have come out here on a
peculiar errand, which 1 will tell you
about later. First, want to ask some
questions. Did any one come out here
yesterday to repair the telephone, and
examine the wires on the roof?"
"Yes," 1 said promptly; "but it was
not the telephone. He said the wiring
might have caused the fire at the
stable. ! went up with him myself,
but he only looked around"
Mr.. Jameson smiled
Good for you!" he applauded.
Don't allow any one in the house
that you don't trust, and don't trust
anybody. All are not electricians who
wear rubber gloves"
He refused to explain further, but
he got a slip of paper out of his
pocketbook and opened it carefully.
Listen" he said. You heard this
before and scoffed. In the light of re-
cent developments want you to read
it again. You are a clever woman,
Miss Innes. Just as surely as / sit
here, there is something in this house
that is wanted very anxiously by a
number of people. The lines are clos
} ing up, Miss Innes."
} The paper was the one he had found
, among Arnold Armstrong; effects
and 1 recall it again:
: by altering the plans for
rooms. may be possible. The best way
in my opinion. would be to-the plan
form one Of the-rooms-chim
ney
Il think 1 understand" 1 said
slowly. Some one is searching fol
: the secret room, and the invaders
And the holes in the plaster"
! "Have been in the progress OF
) his"
: COR Neutrality-suspicious."
: Herr" / asked.
/ Miss Innes," the detective said
5 getting up, "I believe that somewhere
: in the walls of this house is hiddeI
some of the money, at least, from the
Traders bank. 1 believe, just as sure
ly, that young Walker brought hom,
! from California the knowledge o
r something of the sort, and, failing IL
his effort to reinstall Mrs. Armstrong
e and her daughter here, he, or a con
8 federate, has tried to break into tn,
t house. On two occasions I think b.
succeeded"
T "On three, at least" 1 corrected
And then told him about the nigh
e before. Il have been thinking hard,
(. l concluded, and do not believe tn
@ man at the head of the circular stair
: case was DIR. Walker. l don't think b
could have got in, and the voice wa
not his"
d Mr.. Jameson got up and paced tn
d floor, his hands behind him.
S. There is something else that pui
Ie zles me-" he said, stepping before me
n Who and what is the woman Min
ut Darlington? If it was she who cam
ID here as Matte Bliss, what did sh
IS tell Halsey that sent him racing t
DR.. Walkers, and then to Miss Arm
i'd strong? II we could find that woms
we would have the whole thing"
IN Mr.. Jameson, did you ever thin
as that Paul Armstrong might not hay
he died natural death?"
ar That is the thing we are going I
n try to find out, he replied. And the
Gertrude came in. announcing a ma
below to see Mr. Jameson.
,e- Il want you present at this inte
VS. view. Miss Innes," he said. Ma
be Riggs come up? He has left D
be Walker and he has something /
wants to tell u.s.