The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-16


BODY She Said
Why would he have crawled like a
thief into his own house? If he had /
crossed the park. as seemed probable, I
when we did, he had not made any
attempt to use the knocker, gave il
up finally, and made an effort to con
ciliate the young woman in the tower
We had heard no sound since our
spectacular entrance into her room.
| was distinctly uncomfortable, as
alone this time, | climbed to the tower
staircase Reasoning from before.
she would probably throw a chair at
me- stopped at the foot OF the stair
case and called.
Hello up there" | said, in as de-
bonnair a manner as | could summon.
Good morning VIE geht es bel
ihnen?'
J No reply.
Bon jour, mademoisele, I tried
I again. This time there was move
ment of some sort from above, but
nothing fell on me
1--WE want to apologize for rous
/ ing you so-er-unexpectedly this
+ morning ! went on THE fact is, we
wanted to talk to you, and you-you
were hard to waken. We are travel
ers. lost in your mountains, and we
crave a breakfast and an audience" :"
She came to the door then. could
feel that she was investigating the top
/ OF my head from above Is Mr Sui
/ liyan with you?' she asked, 1t was
the first word from her, and she was
not sure of her voice.
NO. We are alone. If you will
come down and look at US you will
find us two perfectly harmless people,
whose horse-curses on him-depart-
ed without leave last night and left
us at your gate.
She relaxed somewhat then and
came down step or two. II was
afraid had killed somebody" she
said. The housekeeper left yester.
day, and the other maids went with
her"
When she saw that was com
paratiyely young and lacked the ear
marks of the highwayman, she was
greatly relieved She was inclined to
J fight shy of 1otchkiss. however, for
some reason She gave us a breakfast
of sort, for there was little in the
house, and afterward we telephoned
to the town for vehicle. While
Hotchkiss examined scratches and re-
placed the Bokhara rug, engaged
Jennie in conversation.
Can you tell me- asked, 'who is
managing the estate since Mrs. Cur.
It's was killed."
mo one she returned shortly.
"Has-any member of the family
been here since the accident?p
No, sir There was only the two
and some think Mr.. Sullivan was
killed as well as his sister"
You don't2'
NO" with conviction
"Why?"
She wheeled on me with quick sus
pcion
Are you a detective?" she de
4 manded.
I No
a you told him to say you repre-
sented the law
4 81 am lawyer Some of them mis-
I represent the law, but ="
e She broke in impatiently
: "A sherif's ofiicer?'
n "No. Look here Jennie; am al
!, that ! should BE. You'll have to be
r lieye that. And I'm in bad position
through no fault OF my own. ! wan
YOU to answer some questions. II yol
/ will help me, will do what | can fo
{. you. DO you live near here?"
e Her chin quivered. II was the frs
y. sign Of weakness she had shown.
d MY home is In Pittsburg,' she said
n "and ] haven't enough money to ge
8 there. They hadn't paid my wages TO
two months. They don't pay any
d body"
s Very we'll" | returned. 'l'll SEN
e you back to Pittsburg Pullman in
2, cluded, if you will tell me some thing
. | want to know.
h She agreed eagerly Outside tn
r window Hotchkiss was bending ovei
y examining footprints IN the drive.
d Now, | begaR. there has been
!, Miss West staying here?"
h Yes"
g MIR. Sullivan was attentive t.
d her?"
Yes. size was the granddaughte
" Of a wealthy man In Pittsburg. NJ
y aunt has been in his family for 2
= years Mrs Curtis wanted her broth
# er to marry Miss West"
l. DO you think he did marry her?
o could not keep the excitement on
D. of my voice
No There were reasons"-sh
stopped abruptly
DO you know anything of the fan
r. lily? Are they-were they New Yorl
/. ers?''
p They came from somewhere in In
B south. have heard Mrs Curtis sa
IS her mother was Cuban. don
know much about them, but Mr. Snll
e van had a wicked temper. though h
u didn't look it. Folks say big. Iigh
haired poerle are easy going, but