Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-08-18

mot quite that" he said with his
friendly smile. "In fact, Miss Innes,
| am quite certain she did not. But
as long as | learn only parts of the
truth, from both you and her, what
can do? know you picked up some
thing in the flower bed; you refuse
to tell me what it was. | know Miss
Gertrude went back to the billiard
room to get something, she refuses to
say what. You suspect what happened
to the cuff-link, but you won't tell me.
So far, all am sure of is this: | do
not believe Arnold Armstrong was the
midnight visitor who so alarmed you
by dropping-shall we say, a golf
stick? And l believe that when he
did come he was admitted by some
one in the house. Who knoWs-it may
have been-Liddy!"
| stirred my tea angrily.
Il have always heard" | said dry
ly that undertakers' assistants are
joyial young men. A mans sense of
humor seems to be in inverse proper
ton to the gravity of his profession"
"a mans sense of humor is bar
barous and a cruel thing, Miss Innes,"
he admitted. 1T Is to the feminine
as the hug of bear is to the scratch
of-well, anything with claws. Is that
you, Thomas? Come in"
Thomas Johnson stood in the door
way He looked alarmed and appre-
hensive, and suddenly | remembered
tha cnq1Skin 1racCino in ha
lodge Thomas came just inside the
door and stood with his head droop-
ing, his eyes, under their shaggy gray
brows, fixed on Mr.. Jameson.
Thomas" said the detective, not
unkindly, Il sent for you to tell us
what you told Sam Bohannon at the
club, the day before Mr.. Arnold was
found here, dead. Let me see. You
came here Friday night to see Miss
Innes, didn't you? And came to work
here Saturday morning?"
For some unexplained reason
Thomas looked relieved.
'Yas, sah," he said. You see it
were like this: When Mistah Arm
strong and the family went away, Mis-
Watson an me, we was lef' in charge
till the place was rented. Mis- Wat
son, she've bin here a good while, an
she warn skeery. So she slep' in the
house. I'd bin havin' tokens-I tol'
Mis- Innes some of 'em-an' / slep'
in the lodge Then one day Mis- Wat
son, she came to me an she sez, sez
she: Thomas, you'll hev to sleep up
in the big house. I'm too nervous
to do it any more But l jes reckon
to myself that eff it's too skeery fer
her, it's too skeery fer me. We had
it. then, sho' nuff, and it ended up
with Mis- Watson stayin' in the lodge
nights an me lookin' fer work at de
club"
Did Mrs Watson say that any
thing had happened to alarm herr"
mo, sab. She was jes' materially
skeered. Well, that WAS ALL far's l
know, until the night come over to
see Mis- Innes. | come across the
valley, along the path from the club
house. and | goes home that way.
Down in the creek bottom | almost
run into a man. He wuz standin' wish
his back to me, an he was workin'
with one OF these yere electric light
things that fit in yer pocket. lie was
hayin' trouble-one minute it'd fash
out. an the mex it'd be gone. | he'd
a view of is white dress shirt an tie.
as | passed | didn't see his face. But
| know It warn't Mr.. Arnold II was
taller man than Mr.. Arnold. Besides
al ~.
when | got to the club house same's
he'd been doin' all day"
And the next morning you came
back along the path" pursued Mr..
Jameson relantlcssly.
The mex mornin' / come back
along the path an down where | dun
see the man night befoh. | picked up
tiny object and Mr. Jameson took It.
Then he held it on his extended palm
for me TO see. Il was the other half
of the pearl cuff.link!
but MIR Jameson was not quite
through questioning him.
And so you showed 1t 20 sam. at
the club, and asked him IT he knew
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Sam said WHAT
WAL. Sam, he lowed he'd seen
such q pair of cuif buttons In a shirt
belungin 20 Mr Bailey-Mr Jack
Bailey. sab
I'm keep this llnk, Thomas, for
while" the detective said That's
an / wanted To- know, Good night"
As Thomas shualed out. lir jamie
son watched me sharply
You see. Miss lunes." he said. Mr.
Bailey insists on mixing himself with
this thlus it Mg Hailey came here
that Friday might expecting 70 meet
Arnold Arm lruuE and missed him-
tf. aa / ay. he bad dome this. might
hg haf. seeing him enter the follow ing
uiFhf. have struck hlm down. as ha
ba4 Intended hrfofas'