The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-04

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Geist, which is our friends name.
claims that on Saturday night, al $50.
a yelled lady
Il knew it would be a yelled lady"
| broke in.
"a yelled lady" he persisted, who
was apparently young and beautiful.
engaged his hack and asked TO be
driven 10 %Sunnyside. Near the gate,
1ow"ver, she made him stop, In spite
Of his remonstrances, saying she pre-
ferred to walk to the house. She paid
him, and he left her there. Now, Miss
Innes, you had no such visitor, l be-
lieve?"
None" l said decidedly.
"Geist thought it might be a maid,
as you had got a supply that day. But
he said her getting out near the gate
puzzled him. Anyhow, we have now
one yelled lady, who, with the ghost
ly intruder of Friday night, makes
two assets that l hardly know what to
do with"
ct is mystifying." I admitted, al
though | can think of n possible ex-
PLANTATION. The path from the Green
wood club to the village enters the
road nea the lodge gate. A woman
who wished to reach the Country
club, unperceived, might choose such
a method. There are plenty of wom-
en- there"
l think this gave him something to
ponder, for in a short time he said
good night and left. But myself was
far from satisfied. I was determined,
however, on one thing. II a. sUspic-
ions-for ! had suspicions-were true,
! would make my own Investigations,
and Mr.. Jameson should learn only
what was good for him to know.
We went back to the house, and
Gertrude, who was more like herself
since her talk with Halsey, sat down
at the mahogany desk in the living
room to write a letter. Halsey prowl-
ed up and down the entire east wing,
now in the cardroom. o in the bill
lard room, and now and then blow
ing his clouds of tobacco smoke
among the pink and gold hangings OF
the drawing room. After a little l
Joined him in the billiard room, and
together we went over the details OF
the discovery of the body.
The cardrOom was quite dark.
Where we sat, in the billiard room,
only one OF the side brackets was
lighted, and we spoke in subdued
tones, as the hour and the subject
seemed to demand. When l spoke OF
the figure Liddy and l had seen on
the porch through the cardroom win
dow Friday night, Halsey sauntered
into the darkened room, and together
we stood there, much as Liddy and I
had done that other night.
The window was the same grayish
rectangle in the %blackness as before.
A few feet away in the hall was the
spot where the body Of Arnold Arm
strong had been found. l was a bit
nervous and l put my hand on Hal
sey's sleeve. Suddenly, from the top
Of the staircase above us came the
sound Of a cautious footstep. At first
I vas not sure, but Halsey's attitude
told me he had heard and was listen
ing. The step, slow, measured, in
finitely cautious, was nearer now
Halsey tried to loosen my fingers, but
I was in a paralysis Of fright.
The swish Of a body against the
curving rail, as IL for guidance, was
plain enough, and now whoever it was
had reached the foot Of the staircase
and had caught a glimpse Of our rigid
silhouettes against the billiard room
doorway. Halsey threw me of then
and strobe forward.
WHO is it," he called imperiously.
and took q half dozen rapid strides to.
ward the foot of the staircase. Then
/ heard him mutter something; there
was the crash Of a falling body, the
slam Of the outer door, and, for an
instant. quiet. / screamed, I think.
Then I remember turning on the
lights and finding Halsey, white with
fury, trying to untangle himself from
something warm and 1eecy. He had
cut his forehead a little on the lowest
step of the stairs, and he was rather
a CHASTITY sight. He flung the white
object at me. and, Jerking open the
outer door. raced into the darkness.
Gertrude had come on hearing the
noise, and now we stood. staring at
each other over-of all things on