Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-11-21
HENDERSON, IN C DAILY DISPATCH WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2 1913
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/-@-by Herbert O. [Ydrdley
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EUT GEEENLEAt woulHut tell
his hunrh, not vet M$Stcriously h'
SGT Jake to work AT belpiuG witt
supper. and While his assistant NJ
opening cats, teephoucd TO a dcst'
nation he refused to divulge.
Irregular detective story. YOU aTc.
Jake Srumblcd.
Grocncaf sand. sobcriy cnouS h,
thai lie WIS pinninS his hopes %
something too unsure for him 10 talk
OF il Tho bunch hasn't, as YOU
say. much 10 so on in this case. If
anything has been overlooked or Tor
gotten il was by someone else" And
with this unsatisfactory answer
Jake had to be content. until. thcII
not unsatisfactory supper tniSheh
and the dishes piled in the sink rOJ
the cleaning woman to do next day
they returned to Grccnlcafs study
They were Joined there shortly by
Sarah kemble, q lady never before
seen by Jake aud arousing in him
the widest surprise and curiosity.
Could size be the mysterious woman
in Grecnieaf's life? Jake subscribed
to the romantic notion that there
was sucii q one in every mans life.
But II was hard to believe that Sarah
GlIed so emotional a role in any
mans scheme of existence.
Instead. she made a long and de-
tailed report Of the days activities
which showed nothing of recogniz-
able significance The Countess haG
gone out in the afternoon, for what
purpose Sarah could not discover.
Sarah had been forced to stick to
her typewriter because she had been
left 6 pile of work to do. and be-
cause q maid had been constantly in
and out of the Countess rooms. 1t
looked very much as though the
Countess had left Sarah under sur
veillanCe.
Greenleaf listened gloomily to this
recital while Jake. alert as a fox
terrier. cooked his head and en-
deavored to put two and two to-
Sether.
Nothing much in that" Greenleaf
Naid frowninG. "I want you now to
so back to the afternoon of your
drive and run over the details again.
Don't overlook anything. 1 want
your impressions. Just how did the
Countess impress you at various
times. for instance as she came out
of the legations? How did she look?
Preoccupied? Indifferent? Did she
look at you with any suspicion"
Sarah sat some moments endeavor-
ing to answer these questions. Then,
tentatively. There was nothing
marked. surely. l should say that
she was watching me attentively
most of the afternoon. though, eX-
cept when she made her purchases.
She wasn't thinking of me then"
And on the drive into the coun-
try?" Greenleaf asked.
she was thoughtful. preoccupied
rather than watchful," said Sarah.
"She reused herself to point out GER
tain views a flaming tree. or a
glimpse of the hills. But her heart
wasn't in it. 1 think. She was mere
ly being polite"
"And what" asked Greenleaf
frowning, did she tell the chauffeur?
Any destination?"
mo, she said to get into the coun-
&y and off the beaten roads,"
"And did he go without further
djrections?"
Sarah was sure that he had. The
Countess had said nothing further,
hadn't even protested at mile or so
Of rough going. The driver had
pushed rapidly over that and soon
the road grew better.
HE seemed to know the road
Ahen?" Greenleaf asked.
Absolutely There were turns
but he never hesitated."
Jake had been listening to all this
absorbedly, seeming at times desir-
Gus of asking something, though he
manfully forbore.
"And then at last you came to this
filing station. What was it like?"
Sarah described it. 1t was a small
store set Off at the end of nowhere,
no other building within sight She