The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-16
The Window at
the White Cat
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pang now and then. l have 1t some
times when Edith sits on the arm Of
Fred's chair. or one of the youngsters
leaves me to run to daddy" And
one of the saneSt men | ever met went
to his office and proposed to his stem
ographer in sheer craving for domes-
ITCHY. after watching the wife of one
of his friends run her hand over her
husbands chin and give hi,l y rpprov
ing slap for not having shaved.
WaS ready for b@d when Nardro!
raped at NY door He WAS still dress
ed and had the leather bag
Look here" be said eXcitedly when
| had closed the door this is net ny
bag at all never examined it care
fully"
He held it out to me. and carrie,
it to the light. 1t was an ordin:r,
bag. tan in color and with gold plated
mountings 1t was empty save for th
railroad schedule that still rested in
one side pocket.
Don't you see?" he asked excitedly
whoever stole my bag had this one to
substitute for it. If we can succeed in
tracing the bag here to the shop i:
came from and from there to the pur
chaser we have the thief
"There'S no makers name in it."
said after Il casual examination. War
drops ia.e fell. and le took the bag
from me despondently.
IF you don't mind I'll leave it here
he said. They'll be searching my
room. suppose. and I'd like to have
the bag for future reference"
have no idea how much later it was
that | reused | Weakened suddenly
and sat up in bed There had been a
crash of some kind. for the shock was
still vibrating along my nerves. l got
up and. lighting the candle. got into
my raincoat in lieu Of dressing gown
and prepared to Investigate.
My door, which l had left open, l
found closed. Nothing else was dis
turbed. The leather bag sat just in
side as Wardrop had left it. Through
Miss Maitland's transom were COM
ing certain strangled and irregular
sounds, now falsetto. now deep bass.
that showed that worthy lady to be
asleep. A glance down the staircase
revealed Davidson.
you didn't happen to be up there
a little while ago, did you" l ques-
toned.
mo. I've been kept busy trying to
sit tight where I am. WhyY'
"Some one came into my room and
wakened me-" 1 explained.
"That's funny" he said Anything
in the room disturbed?"
Nothing, but some one had been in
the room,' l reiterated. 1.-THE door
was closed. although l had left it
open"
1--WE got only one business here, Mr..
Knox" he said in an undertOne. land
you know what that is. But if it will
relieve your mind I'll tell you that it
was Mr.. Wardrop and that to the best
of my belief he was in your room, not
once. but twice. in the last hour and
half"
what could he have wanted?" l ex
claimed. But with his revelation Da-
Wilson's interest ceased.
Search me-" he said and yawned.
l went back to bed deliberately
left the door wide open. but no intru-
sion occurred. Once l got up and
glanced down the stairs. For all his
apparent drowsiness Davidson heard
my cautious movements.
Have you got any quinine?" he
said. I'm sneezing my head off,"
But l had none. l gave him a box
of cigarettes. I was reused by the
sun beating on my face. to hear Miss
Letitia's tones from her room across.
Nonsense" she was saying queru-
lousy. Don't you suppose can
smell? Do you think because I'm Il
little hard of hearing that I've lost my
other senses? Somebody's been smok
ing"
Its me-" Heppie shouted. -
Your Miss Letitia snarled. What
are you smoking for? That amt my
shirt; it's N.Y.
Il amt smokin'!' yelled Heppie.
"You won't let me tell you. l spilled
vinegar on the stove
'Vinegar!' said Miss Letitia. with
scorn. Next thing you'll be telling
me it's vinegar that Harry and Mr..
Knox carry around in little. boxes in
their pockets You've pinned my cap
to my scalp
l hurried downstairs to find David
son gone. My blanket lay neatly fold
ed on the lower step, and the horse
hair chairs were ranged along the
wall as before. / looked around anx-
iously for telltale ashes. but there
was none save at the edge of the
spotless register. trace.
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