The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-07-29

and | Eelt that this dried-up little man
wss the repository of much that he
lad not told me. | gave up trying 10
elicit any information from him. and
se ent together to view the body
before IL was taken TO TIA city. X
had been lifted on TO the b~illlard.ta.
BILE and a sheet thrown over IL: 9th
erwfse nothing had been touched. A
soft hat lay beside II, and the collar
NJ the GInner-coas ~as still turned up.
The handsome. dissipated face OF Ar
mold Armstrong. purEed OF its ugly
lines. was ow only pathetic As we
rent In Mrs Watson appeared at the
card-roosn door.
Come In. Mrs. Watson" the lawyer
said. But she shook her head and
withdre~: she vas the only one In
the house who seemed TO regret the
dead man. and even abe seemed rzth-
eT shocked than sorry.
Before Mr.. Harton left. he told me
something OF the Armstrong family.
Paul Armstrong. the father, had been
married twice. Arnold was a son by
the first marriage. The second Mrs.
Armstrong had been q widow. with
a child. a little girl This child. now
perhaps 20. was Louise Armstrong.
having taken her stepfather's name.
and was al present In California with
the family. $
They wiil probably return at once"
be concluded. and part OF my errand
here to-day Ia to see III you viii relln-
Ggish your lease here In their favor"
We voald better wais and see IL
they wish TO come | said. 1T seems
unlikely. and my OWE house Is being
r-faoGesed. AT hat he let the mat
ter drop, but II came UP un~pleasanfly
enough. later.
Ak six O'Clock the body VAS taken
away. and az even thirty. after an
early dinner, MIR. Harton went. Ger
trIGe lad o come down, and there
was no ness cf fIaissy. Mr.. jamie
scr had taken 4 lodging TN the vii.
Eage. and I had rot seen him since
&&@ va - &f~@se 81 N&* &A@8sk tsAF
o'cleek. I think. when the bell rang
ard Ae was ushered into the living
Foosn.
Sit down." l said grimly. Have
yca found a clew that will lnerfrainate
re-. Mr.. JAMESON
lie had the grace To look ancousfort.
zbae Ne ne said. III you had
killed Dir. Armstrong. you would have
lett no eIews You woaId have had
too much intelligence.
After that ~e got along better. He
was fishing In his pocket, and after
a iainute he brought aut two scraps
VI Paper. Il have be~n to the club
Asnsse." he said. and among Mr.. Arm.
wrongs effects. I found these. One Is
curious. the other IL pulling"
The fyst VAS q sheet III elub note.
paper oa which xxs written, over and
over. the name ~Hais4y II. Innex." II
ras Haisey'S flowing signature to q
dot. but X lacked Ha,sey'x ease. The
ones toward the bottom OF the sheet
ere much better than the top ones
Mr.. Jameson smiled nj my face.
His old tricks." he said. That
nj IL merely curious. this one. rs |
said before. In puxzitnx"
The second scrap, folded and re
folded into . compass 70 tiny that the
writing had been partly obliterated,
was part at . letter-the lower half Of
. sheet. not typSd. but written In Z
cramped hand.
by altering the plans for
rooms, may be possible. The best way
In my opinion would 10 to---the plan
for---in one OF tho-rooms--chim-
ncy.
That wa all.
"Well?" I said. looking up. There
n nothing In that. II therer A mar