Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-17


iakine on the receiver. but not an.
swsring Instead. she hung up aud
wedgcd mo tcis phone bell with n
piece % paper ~ that u would not
ring At all
she ~an about 20 move away from
Tho desk when Elaine entered The ~
bfary
Didn't hear the telephone bell
ring she asked
Inez eas quick YES" she replied,
my former mistress telsphoncd tina,
she 10 sondins ny trunk today
oh. yeFy we'll. smiled Elaine. pass.
Ing GA through thn library with Rn
encouraging nod 20 The giri.
lncz had allied two birds with one
stone Not only had she dianrmed
suspicion about ths Interrupted call.
bat she had laid the foundation for
iao delivery 81 a trunk which AZ that
mummt she know WA aud Long Sin
we're propafiag aud packing
u was large trunk. and IN " tho
two willy Cinnamon we're packlng a
chair. as well as tho phosphorus ina.
chine.
once Mntroan inoz Induces Elaine
90 eit IN thlH chair observed Wa. tap
pins lt significantly as he cloHea the
tFunh. half our work II completed
Uptown lnof. always on guard. was
watching for the eafe arrival of tho
trunk. when nhe cav messenger boy
coming up tho stVpa Of thn aouae
fefhapa. II nanhod over her. Il was
some mrHaage from Kennedy She
must set A. whatever Il WIS
Without hoaltRtlng a moment ehe
slipped back Into the library ~hllo Tho
boy was silll at the door aud wrote
note og her own At Tho desk. SHE
had Thought out beforehand Iuat what
plan she was to adopt aud tho note
read;
+ Dear Miss Dodge
Z The ladies o. the First Baptist
church Will send a collector for our
rummaus sale shis afternoon, We
thank you for whatever YOU can give
him. Yours truly,
Miss Ella Burns,
Secretary. Woman's Guild
/ liner read over the note she had
+ written herself AZ tho moeaonger hoy
! continued ringing tho bell lmpaucntl,
y Then she hurried into the hail 90 open
I the door
I Tho boy came In and lncr took tho
note be had brought, aigning Elainoa
{ name for Il in hls book SHE had
I acted NOT momcut too soon. for
/ Elaine had heard the bell and was
! Row coming downstairs herself
Was Il anything Tor me. luo1i7 abe
! askod.
Ines def,ly palmcd The letter and
subsil,u,ed tho note she had written
Yea ma'sm" ehe replied. haudlng
Elaine the faxed notc.
Elaine read a. 4 dldnt know about
the rummagc sale BEFORE aho com-
mcntcd. "a aho went into the library.
hut | gicss In havc 10 giye them
Romcthing
She aat down for a moment 10 look
over new fashion maEakine Out
aide 10 tho hallway Inca Was Fsadins
the note which the messenger boy
had brought. with tho waruing pOsl.
script written by Kennedy under
meath. she know, as she DESTROYED
u. that q VAS 0nly a parl os Nus
subtle plan 20 slg7m Kenaedy and
start him GA false scent
Il Was not many minutes later that
the bell ranK sgsin. and this time
Jennings answered The door. dlsclqs.
ina the eNprssman Nith heavy
trunk.
"oh, guces that's my trunk" Inca
exclaimed, May have n taken Hp to
the attic. out 81 the Wayf"
The men carried tho bis trunk MP
stairs into the attic. larre room fall
~ tFunkA, some old furniture aud a
great many old dresses hangiaE op
An they set Il down she siEned shc
receipt for Il. aud tho exprrnsmcn
clumped downstairs.
Per a uomant sha leaned over the
railing and hooked after then 70 male
SURE ,hat she Was alone. thea hastily
: locked the dcssr and ran back 60 the
trunk e. unlcckis.
\ FIRST she took cut The chair which
Wa had devised and placed Il near the
+ clothes hanging NJ Nexi abe 10.
moved the phosphorus mechanism
sud placed u IN the shadow back
Of tho chair. piling UP some excelsior
aad other dry staa over aud aroaud Il.
\ Inca had scarcely completed her