The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-24

The time came when other thing
went badly with Fleming. as bad al
ready heard from Wardrop File fed t,
the White Cat, and for W ,ek ElleI
Butler hunted him vainly. SIZE had de
cided to kill him. and on tie night Mar
gerry Fleming had found the paper OIL
the pillow she had been In the house
She was not the only intruder in thu
house that night. Some one. presum
ably Fleming himself-had been there
before her. She found Indies desk
broken open and small draw er emp
ty. Evidently Fleming. unable to draw
check while In hiding. had needed
ready money. An TO the jewels that
had been disturbed In Margery's bou-
doir. could only surmise the impulse
that after prompting him to take them
had failed at the sight of his dead
wife's jewels. Surprised by the girls
appearance. she had crept to the upper
floor and concealed herself in an empty
bedroom. II had been almost dawn be-
| fore she got out. No doubt this was
| the room belonging TO the butler. Car
ter. which Margery had reported as
locked that night.
She took key from the door Of
side entrance and locked the door be-
hind her when she left. Within q
couple OF nights she had learned that
Wardrop was coming home from
Plattsburg. and she met him at Bell
wood. We already knew the nature OF
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half maddened by her failure to secure
the letters that would have cleared her
husbands memory. but the wiser by
one thing; Wardrop had inadvertently
told her where Fleming was hiding.
The next night she went to the
White Cat and tried to get in. She
knew from her husband OF the secret
staircase. for many political meeting
of the deepest significance had been
possible by its use. But the door was
locked. and she had no key.
Above her the warehouse raised its |
empty height. and II was not long be-
fore she decided to see what she could
learn from its upper windows. She
went in at the gate and felt her way.
through the rain. to the windows. AT
that moment the gate opened suddenly
and a man muttered something In the
darkness. The shock was terrible.
l had no idea that night of what
house yard had meant to half crazed
Just beyond my range of vision.
After q little she got her courage
again. and she pried open an unlocked
The rest of her progress must have
been much as ours had been few
Nights later She found window that
commanded the club. and with three
Possibilities that she would lose and
would see the wrong room. she won
he fourth. The room lay directly be-
ore her. distinct In every outline,
With Fleming seated at the table. fac
ng her and sorting some papers.
She rested her revolver on the sill Z
md took absolutely deliberate aim
Her hands were cold. and she even
dubbed them together to make them
steady Then she fred. and crash
IF thunder at the very instant covered
he sound.
Fleming sat for moment before he
waved forward On that instant she
called that there was some one else
u the room-a man who took an uncer-
ain step or two forward into view.
brew up his hands and disappeared as
ilently as he had come 1t was
Schwartz. Then she saw the door into
he hail open, saw Wardrop come SLOW
y in and close 1t, watched his sicken-.
ng realization of what had occurred.
hen a sudden panic seized her. Arms
eemed to stretch out from the dark
ess behind her. to draw her into It.
he tried TO get away. to run. even to
she tainted. 1t was gray
avn when she recovered her senses
nd got back to the hotel room she had
AIKEN under an assumed name
By night she was quieter She read i
he news Of Flemings death in the pa c
ers, and she gloated over 1t. But there
Tas more to be done. she was only be- :
inning. She meant to ruin Schwartz. I
} kill his credit to fell him with the b
Tub of public disfavor. Wardrop had
I'D her that her husbands letters .
'ere with other papers at the Mon b
louth avenue house. where he could c
OF get them.
Fleming's body was taken home that t
ny, Saturday. but she had gone too |
lr TO stop. She wanted the papers be- !
IRE Lightfoot could get at them and v
sstroy the discriminating ones. That C
ght she got into the Fleming house. q
sing the key she had taken. She ran y
Icked the library. finding not the let c.
RS that wardrop dad said were there c.
1t others equally or more incriminat- 81
g. cancelled notes, private accounts a,
at would have ruined Schwartz for b
er uf' m
II was then that saw the light and =,
emit downstairs. My unlucky stumble OF
we her warning enough TO turn out u
e light For the rest the chase III
rough the back ball. the dining room b,
ID the pantry had eliminated in her 1
cape up tile back stairs. while i had b.
lien down the dumb waiter shaft :,
lie had run into Bella on the upper ST
or-B Bella. who had almost tainted I'll