The Julesburg grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1907-1972, 1910-08-18

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could hear. AnA ! could chsegfully
have choks1 Alex to death for hie
sU1scity.
But there Vas % hslD for II:
tssaed and followed Gertrude slowly
hack to the house.
The frequent invasio0s ot tie house
had eRectually prevsatsA any rslaxa-
tioa after dusk. We ~ reAoublsd our
vigilance - to bolts aol WiDloW.
locks. but. - Mr.. Janissoa I'D sug-
gested. We allowed he door q tAs
east entry to rsnaia - bsfors. locked
BY the Yale lock oaly. To provide ooly
ose possible satrsncs for the invader.
and to keep Q constant guard II the
dark at the foot Of the circular stair.
case. seemed to be the only method.
In the abseace a the detective,
Alex and Halssy arranged to change
81. Halsey to b % duty from ten to
two. aud Alex from two until sig.
Each man was armed. and. - a I'd.
ditional precautioa. the one on duty
slept IN . room near the head Of the
circular staircase and kept his door
open. to be ready for emergency.
These arrangements were carefully
kept from the servants, who were only
commencing to sleep at night, and
who retired. one and all, with barred
doors and lamps that burned full until
morning
The house was quiet again Wednes.
day night. It was almost . week since
Louise had encountered some one on
the stairs. and 1t was four days since
the discovery Of the hole in the trunk.
room wall. ArnolA Armstrong and
his father rested side BY side in the
Casanova churchyard. and at the Zios
African church. ON the hill, . new
mound marked the last resting-place
of poor Thomas.
Louise was with her mother in
town. and. beyond q polite note Of
thanks to me. we had heard nothing
from her. DR.. Walker had taken up
his practice again, and we saw him
now and then flying along the road,
always at top speed. The murder Of
Arnold Armstrong was still unavenged,
and l remained arm in the position
had taken-to stay at Sunnyside until
the thing was At least partly cleared.
And yet. for all its quiet, 1t was on
Wednesday night that perhaps thu
boldest attempt was made to enter
the house. On Thursday afternoou
the laundress sent word she would
like to speak to me. and saw her In
my private sitting room, . small room
beyond the dressing room.
Mary Anne was embarrassed. She
had rolled down her sleeves and tried
white apron around her waist, and
s:,e stood making folds in 1t with I'm.
e. that were red and shiny from her
soap-suds.
We'll, Mary" said encouragingiy
what's the matter? Don't dare ia
tell me the soap is out
NO. ma'am. Miss Innes." She had
= nervous habit Of looking first at my
one eye and then at the other. her
own optics shifting ceaselessly. right
eye, left eye. right eye. until I found
myself doing the same thing. mo,
ma'am. l was askin' did you want the
ladder left up the clothes chute?"
The what?" I screeched. and was
sorry the next minute. Seeing her
suspicious were verified. Mary Anne
had gone white. and stood with her
eyes shifting more wildly than ever.