Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-09-24
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phone and called tc- -a= -or-.ux
neSspspe-s- A. -.= sane ure she
asked TIA, = couple c. district n=sser-
ger boys be ser- g - -ocu 9TH he
east possible delay The hushed
scared voice OF the telephone s.-l
downstairs Convinced her thai news
Of the tragedy vas abroad: she could
imagine the girl looking al the head
lines With awed eyes even zs she rs-
sponded 10 the call from room AS
and her shudder as she realized that
II Eas the wife OF the dead nan SPEAK
ing.
One OF the night clerks. pale and
asitated. came up With the pzpers
without az much as glance at the
headlines, she tossed the pau+rs on
the table. I have sent for Two ms
senger boys Il IL TOO early 10 &C
conpHsh much By telephone, | fear
VIII you Be so kind as 10 telephone al
seven O'Clock or little after 10 nv
apartment,-You will find the number
under Mr.. Wrandalls name. Please
inforla the butler or his wife that they
may expect NE BY ten o'clock and
mat shall bring a friend With me-a
;oung lady. Kindly have NY motor
sent TO Harners garage. and looked
after. When the reporters come. as
they will. please say to them that I
vii Zee them al my own home al
eleven o'clock"
The clerk. considerably relieved
took his departure in some haste. and
she was left with the morning papers.
each OF which she scanned rapidly
The details. OF course. were meager
There was doubie-leaded account Of
her visit 10 the inn and her extraor-
binary return to the city. Her chief
interest however. did not rest in
these particulars. but in the specula.
lions OF the authorities az to the iden-
tity OF the mysterious woman-and
her whereabouts. There was the like
nhood that she was not the only one
VINO had encountered the girl on the
highway or In the neighborhood OF the
Inn SO far as she could CLEAN from
the reports. however. no one had seen
The girl. nor was there the slightest
mint offered as TO her identity. The
papers OF the previous afternoon had
published lurid accounts OF the muir
der. with all Of the known details the
name OF the victim at that time still
being a mystery. She remembered
reading the story with no little inter
est. The only new feature in the case
therefore. was the Identification OF
Challis Wrandall by his beautiful
wife," and the sensational manner in
which 1t had been brought about
With considerable interest she noted
the hour that these dispatches had
been received from special cora
spondents." and wondered where the
shrewd. lynx-eyed reporters Mapped
while she was at the inn. All OF tbs
dispatches we're timed three o'clocl
and each paper characterized it's issue
as an Extra" with Challis Wrandalps
name In huge type across as manv
columns as the dignity OF the sheet
permitted.
Not word OF the girl. Absolute
mystery
Mrs. Wrandan returned to her post
beside the bed OF the sleeper In the
adjoining room. Deliberately she
placed the newspaper on a chair near
the girls pillow, and then raised the
window shades to let in the hard gray
light Of early morn.
1t was not her present intention to
arouse the wan stranger, who slept as
one dead. So gentle was her breath
ing that the watcher stared in some
fear at the fair, smooth breast that
seemed scarcely to rise and fall. For
long time she stood beside the bed,
looking down at the face OF the sleep
er. troubled expression In her eyes.
Il wonder how many times you were
seen with him, and where. and by
whom" were the questions that ran in
a single strain through her mind
Where do you come from? Where
did you meet him? Who is there that
knows Of your acquaintance with
him?"
Her lawyer came In great haste and
perturbation at eight o'clock, in re-
sponse to the letter delivered by one
OF the messengers. A second letter had
gone by like means to her husbands