The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-08-22

an eye on IT," He stopped and fshed
10 his pockets with grin. This was
tied to the knob Of the kitchen door"
he said. raising his voice for the 5ene-
ct Of the room aud holding aioft pieoe
OF paper. "For Shields" be explained.
-and signed Della"
The men gathered around him. Even
the sergeant got mp and leaned for
ward. bis elbows on his desk
Read It" be said lazlly. shields
has got a wife. and her name Amt
Della
Dear Tom" Davidson read In
mincing faIsetto. we are closing up
unexpected. so ! won't ~ here tonight.
am going 10 Mamie Brpnnan's. and II
you want TO talk TO me you can get ne
BIZ calling up Anderson's drug store
The cIerk IS a gentleman friend Of
mine Mr. Carter. the butler. told me
before he left be would get me piare
as parIor maid. 50 I'll have another sit
uation soon. Della"
The sergeant scowIed. I'm goin' TO
talk to Tom" be said. reaching out for
the note flf -tt a hANE AAAAttyH 49,
things like that're bad for the force"
| lighted the cigar. which bad been
my excuse for lettering on the pave
fnent aud went on IL sounded inyolv-
ed for a novice. but IL I could ind An
derson's drugstore could 6nd Mamie
Brennan. Through Mamie Brennan |
would get Della and through Della
might find Carter. and so I made the
first note in my new business OF man
hunter
IL was late when reached the cor
ner OF Chestnut and Union streets,
where Fred had said Allan Fleming
had come to grief in cab. But the
corner man had gone. and the night
man on the beat knew nothing. OF
course. OF any particular collision
/ went tome to bed ! had made no
Roadway. had lost conceit with my
self and a day and evening at the Of
fee. and mad gained the certainty
that Margery Fleming was safe IN
BeIIwood and the uncertain address OF
a servant who might know something
about Mr. Fleming
WIS still awake az o'clock and
consulted the Telephone directory.
There were twelve Andersons in the
city who conducted drugstores-
When / finally went TO sleep dream
ed that I was driving Msrgery Flem-
ing along a street IN broken IA xicab
and that all the buildings we're phar-
macies and numbered eleven twenty
two.
After such a night slept late Edith
had gone out with Fred when | came
downstairs have q great admiration
for Edith. for her tolerance with my
uncertain hours. for her CHEEKY break
fast room and the smiling good nature
Of the servants she engages | have a
theory that. show me a sulIen servant
and | will show you a suIlen mistress,
although Edith herself diSClaims all
responsibility and lays credit for the
smile with which Karie brings in my
eggs AMI rcffee TO iargess on nv part
On that particular morning Katie
brought me letter. and recognized
the cramped and rather uncertain
writing OF Miss Jane Maitland
Dear Mr. Kuox-Slster Lstitia wishes
ne to ask you II you can dine gtth Us
tonight informally She mas changed her
mind in regard TO the Coiored Orphans
home md would like 10 consult you about
it Very truly yours.
SUSAN JANE MAITLAND.
II was a very commonplace note
had had one ike IL after every board
meeting OF the orphans home. Miss
Maitland being on principle an aggres
slve minority; also. having considera-
bic mind. changing il became almost
as ponderous an operation as moving
a barn.
came across Miss James letter the
other day when ! was gathering the
material for this narrative. and ! sat
for a time with IL IL my hand thinE-
ing over again the chain OF events IN
which IL had been the trst linz. a Sc
ries Of strange happenings that began
with my acceptance OF the invitation.
and that led through WAYS as dars
and tricks az vain as Bret Hartes
Heather Chinee ever drea med OF TO
the final scene ar the White Cat
With the letter I bad died away a
half dozen articles. and ranged
them ali on the desk in front OF me-
the letter. the DIT OF paper with elev-
en- twenty-five on Il that Marrery gave
me the first time ! saw ner. note
book tlled with jerSv characters that
looked Ike Arabic and were newspa-
per shorthand. a railroad schedule.
bullet. the latter slightly dartened;
cube shaped piece Of chalk. whicn
put back In its box with a shudder
and labeled Poison and 8 small goo
buckle from s slipper. which LAT
which ! did not shuddsr
did not need TO make the climsxeS
Of my story. They lay before me.
At II O'Clock Hunter called up Hs
said be was going after the affair him
self. but that it was hard To stick a
dip net into the political puddle with {
out pulling ont s lot more than you
went after or than IL was oeaithy 20 .
get be wanted to know " Z bad .
come across any more K VS. Where I
upon / put away the notes nad made
4 bout Della and Mamie Brennan