The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-25
cHAPT -R XXI.
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In wet shoes and draggled skirts, ana
getting upstairs and undressed without
rousing lAddy, was completely used
up. What to do with my boots was
the greatest puzzle of all, there being
no place in the house safe from Lid
dy, until decided TO slip upstairs the.
next morning and drop them into the
hole the ghost had made in the
\ trunkroom wall
went asleep as soon as ! reached
this decision, and in my dreams
! lived over again the events of the
night Again | saw the group around
the silent figure on the grass, and
again. as had happened at the grave,
\ | heard Alexis voice, tense and tri-
umphant;
Then we've got them" he said.
/ Only. in my dreams, he said It over
and over until he seemed to shrek it
in my ears.
wakened early. In spite OF my IA
\ tigue, and lay there thinking. Who
was Alex? | no longer believed that
he was gardener. Who was the
man whose body we had resurrected? :?
And where was Paul Armstrong? Prob
ably living safely In some extraditon-
less country on the fortune he had
stolen Did Louise and her mother
know OF the shameful and wicked de-
ception? What had Thomas known,
Ae~ Ia
Darlington?
This last question, II seemed to me,
was answered In some way the
woman had learned of the substitu.
tion, and had tried to use her knowl-
edge for blackmsil. Nina Csrrngton's
own story died with her, hut, however
II happened, II was clear that she had
carried her knowledge to Halsey the
afternoon Gertrude and ] were look
ing for clews to the man | had shot
on the east veranda. Halsey had heen
half crazed by what he heard; 1t was
evident that Louise was marrying DR..
Walker to keep the shameful secret,
for her mothers sake. Halsey, al
ways reckless had gone at once To
Dr.. Walker srd denounced him. There
had been scene, and he left on his
way to the station to meet and notify
Mr. JAMESON Of what he had learned
The doctor WAS active mentally and
physically Accompanied perhaps by
Riggs, who had shown himself not
everscrupulous til he quarreled
with his employer. he had gone across
to the railroad eIabanklnent, and, by
Jumping in front OF the car had
caused Halsey TO swerye The rest
OF the story we knew. 2s
That was my reconstructed theory
Of that afternoon and evening; II was
almost correct--not quite.
There was a telegram that morning
from Gertrude,
'lalsey conscious and improving Prob
ably home IN day or 10.
GERTRUDE
With Haley found and improving
in health, and with at last something
to work on. ! began that day. Thurs
day, with fresh courage AS Mr.
Jameson had said the lines wcr,
closing mp. That was to be caugh
and almost finished In the closing wal
happily unknown to us all.
II was late when | got up | lay II
my bed. looking around the four wall
Of the room, and trying to imagine be
hind what one OF them secret cham
Der might lie. Certainly. In daylight
Sunnyside deserved it's name; neye
q was house more CHEEKY and open
:. less sinister In general appearance
There was not a corner apparentl
. that was not open and aboye.boaro
and yet somewhere behind its hand
somely papered walls | believed irml
that there lay hidden room, wit
all the possibilities would involve.
made a mental note to have tn
house measured during the day to dil
cover any discrepancy between tn
outer and inner walls, and I tried I
recall lgain the exact wording OF tn
paper Jameson had found.
The slip had said chimney"
was the only clue, aid house a
large as SunnysIde was full Of then
There was an open fireplace In m
dressing room, hut none In the be,
room, and az lay there. lookin
around. ! thought OF something thi
made me sit up suddenly The trun
room, just over my head. had an ops
fireplace and asbrIok chimney, ar
yet there was nothing OF the kind
my room. got ont Of bed and q
\ amined the opposite wall closel
! There was apparently no fme. and
knew there was none 10 The hall IN
beneath The house was heated
steam, as have tsid before. In Il
living room was i1uge open fireplae
but It was on the other side.
Why did the trtinkroom have bo
radiator and an open fireplace
Architects were not usually errat
II was not Is minutes before | was 4
stairs. armed with n tape.measure
lieu OF a foot-rule, eager to Justify
Jamiesons opinion of my intelligen,
and firmly resolved not to tell him
my ansplcion until had more tn
theory to 20 on The hole in [
trunkroom wall atill yawned there.
tween the chimney and the outer ea
examined Il again. with no new
suit The space between the bri