The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-07
REVELATIONS
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Why Was Mrs. Allis on the Stairs in
the Middle of the Night.
6V Aele Gorrison~


GOULD barely distinguish the three
Stcallhy figures which crcpt out ol
the little bungalow adjoining the
! CusRroyc farmhouse AZ the signal which
so clcvery initiated the persistent call
oi the sCrcech owl.
| II 1t had not been for the shadows
(which their figures had made against
the lamp as they hurrlcdly crossed be
tore II when the call sounded ! would
have had no idea who the midnight
lprowcr> were But the shadows gave
me shrewd idea that the three people
hurrylug through the darkness in the
direction OF the bird call were Nit and
Mrs. Cosgruyc and one OF their twin
sons
/ ianJicd that ! heard the sound OF
Icoulul,iNc sohhlng IN the distance, but
twa, not quite sure.
NV BRAIN Whrlcd with the mystery Of
it all grlppcd the window sill as |
mentally ran over the queer things |
had observed since the night before
when Dicky and had arrived at the
CoSgrovc farmhouse.
Mrs CoSgrove'S evident terror at my
assertion that | could tell her twin boys
apart-somethlng which no one else in
the house proicSsed to be able To do.
the possession hy tho family OF collcc-
4 ton oi pictures painted by Mrs. Cos
groves brother, which Dicky had recog
niycd and pronounced to he worth $50
1000. and the queer, iurtlvc behavior ot
| Mrs Alli,, ouJ fellow hoardcr, when
she discovered that DiCky was an ar,lS,
and had an experts knowledge oi the
pictures all rushed through my mind
with Kaleidoscope rapidity
The Creak,hg Board.
recalled the sudden wild shrek n
JOY from Mrs Cosgrovc at DiCkyS val.
ua,on OF the pictures: "ls it really
true, Think what it will mean to
Robert and the note OF warning in
her husbands voice when he answered
I'VE know what II will mean to Rob.
ert's sister 10 have these paintings sc
honored"
From the way in which both Dick,
and the CoSgroves had spoken oi Rob
ert Savarin, | had though, that he wa
dead, but the memory Of Mrs, Cos
groves hyStetlcal exclamation made m,
wonder II he were not perhaps alive
and IT there was not some reason io
keeping his existence a secret
Dicky had been So tired and sleep,
when we came up 10 our room thA
had had no opportunity 10 ask hin
about the history OF the pictures and IN
artist who painted them. resolved Il
find out everything he knew about then
as soon as he awoke in the morning.
Il was not all curiosity tina, made m
wish to find on, the farmhouse mystery
although the happenings OF the nigh
were enough to stir any woman'S in
tetest But | had queer, indeilnabl
conviction thai Mrs Allis meant hstr
to the collection OF pictures in the farm
house patlor, while the memory Of MV,
CoSgrove's tortured eyes convinced IN
that she needed aid OF some sort.
Bu, watching at the window decide
was Of no use As moved away iror
il my car caught the ~4s,n,es, oi sound
as uf door opening on the oppo,it
side Of the hall A minute later
board OF the staircase oteaked. rh
person who was descending the stair
mus, be well trained TO steal,hy flit
,ing,, for ! heard no foo,s,ep until N
creak ot the staircase
What She Said,
With lightning flash oi intuition
knew that the prowlcr was Mrs Allil
Had she, too, watched the departure q
the tosgtoye family, and resolved I