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"No." T did; am raot!r*«i;: Kiddy
to l«H»k after Gertrude. I led the way
with a lump to the card l oom door.
* >ne »»f the men gave an exclamation,
and they all hurried ncroas the room.
Mr. Jarvis took the lamp from me l
remember that—and then feeling my
self getting dirrv.snd light-headed I
closed my eyes. When l opened them
their brief examination was over, and
Mr. Jarvis was trying to put me in a
chair. \<*
“You must get upstairs,” bo said
firmly, "you and Miss Gertrude, too.
This has been a tarrlb'e shock. !n
his own home, too." A
1 stared at him without comprehen
sion "Who is it?” 1 asked with dif
ficulty. There seemed a band drawn
tight around my throat.
“It is Arnold Armstrong.” he said,
looking at me oddly, ‘ and he has been
murdered—in bis father's house.”
After a minute I gathered myself
together and Mr Jarvis helped me
Into the living room. Kiddy had got
Gertrude upstairs, and the two
strange men from the club stayed
with the l»ody The reaction from the
shock and strain was tremendous; I
was collapsed—and then Mr Jarvis
asked me a question that brought
back my wandering faculties
Where is Halsey? he uked^
‘‘Halsey!” Suddenly Gertrude's
stricken lace rose before me—the
empty room upstairs. Where was
Halsey?
“He was here, wasn't he?” Mr Jar
vis persisted “He stopped at the club
on his way over ”
"I—don't know* where he Is,” I said
feebly.
One of the inrn from the club came
in. asked for the telephone, and I
could hear hint excitedly talking, sav
ing something about coroners and de
tective*. Mr. Jarvis leaned over to
rue.
"Why don’t yon trust, me, Miss In
nes’" be said. "If 1 can do uuything
I will But tall me the whole thing "
I did. finally, from the beginning,
and when 1 told of Jack Bailey's be
ing in the house that night he gave n
long whistle
"l wish they were both here,” he
said when 1 finished. "Whatever mail
prank took them away, it would look
better If they were here. Especially
"Especially what?”
"Especially since Jack ftalley and
Arnold Armstrong were notoriously
bad friends. It was Bailey who got
Arnold Into trouble last spring —
something about the bank. And then,
too—"
"Go on,” 1 said. "If there Is any
thing more. 1 ought to know.”
"There's nothing more,” he said
evasively. "There's Just one thing we
may bank on. Miss Innes. Any court
In the country will acquit s man who
kills an intruder In his house at
night. If Halsey—"
"Why. you don't think Halsey did
It!” I exclaimed. There was a queer
feeling of physical nausea coming
over me.
"No, no, not at alf," he said with
for< ed cheerfulness. "Gome, Miss In
Ties, you’re a ghost of yourself, and
I am going to help you upstairs and
call your maid. Tills has been too
much for you.”
About six o'clock Gertrude came In
Phe was fully dressed, and I sat up
nervously.
"Boor Aunty"’ she said "What a
shocking -Ight you have had'" Hh»*
came over and sat down on the bed.
and 1 saw she looked very tired and
worn
"Is there anything new?" I asked
anxiously.
"Nothing The car is gone hut War
oef"—he is the chauffeur—•’"Warner
Is at the lodge and knows nothin);
about It "
wen, J said, Ti I ever get my
hands on Halsey Innes I Khali not let
go until I have told him a few things
When we get this cleared *p. I am
going hack to the elty to be quiet.
One more night like the ^< two will
end me The iphaee ok Hie country
fiddlesticks! ”
Whereupon I told Gertrude of the
noises the night before, and the figure
on the veranda in the east wing As
an afterthought I brought out the
pearl cuff-ltnk
I have no doubt now," 1 paid, ’‘that
M was Arnold Armstrong the night
before Usi. too. He had a key. no
doubt, but why he should steal into
bis father's house I cannot Imagine.
Me could hare rotne with «>v permit
•ion easily enough Anyhow, whoever
It was that night left thip little so i.
yenlr." C ( v'
Gertrude look own look at fh«* cuff,
link and sent ns white as the pearl-,
♦ n It: she clutched at the foot of tha
bed and stood staring. An for rue I
was quite as astonished aa she was
‘ W’here did- you—find If’" alio
asked Anally with a desperate effort
at calm And while 1 told hey she
stood looking out of the window with
a look I could not fathom on her fa, e
It mas a relief when Mrs Watson
tapped at the door and brought mo
some tea and toast. The cook was In
bed completely demoralised, she re
ported, and f/lddv brave with the d.-v
light, was looking for footprint* around
a wreck; she was blue-white around
the lips, and she had ono hand tied
tip- She anid she hHd fallen down
stairs in her excitement. It was natur
al. of course, that the thing would
shock her. having been the Arm
strongs housekeeper for saver*! ^«^\rs
and know ing Mr Arnold w »*!». v
Hertrude had slipped out dvlng my
talk with Mrs. Matson, and I dressed
aud went downstairs The billiard
und card rooms were locked until the
coroner and the detectives got there,
and the men from the chib had gone
back for more conventional clothing.
I could hear Thomas In the pantry
alternately wailing for Mr. Arnold,
as he called him, and cltiug the
tokens that had pracursed the murder
The house ssemod to choke me. and.
slipping m shawl around, ai*^ I .wont
out on the drive. At flie corner by
the east wing I met Liddy. Her skirts
were draggled with dew to her knee*
aud her halt was still in crimps
(Jo right /)in aud ckanga ,yo,i»r
clothes." I said sharply. ‘'You,’r’t a
sight, and itf your age!'1 w .*..
She had a golf stick In her* hand. \
and she raid she had found It on the
lawn There was nothing unusual
about it, but It occurred to nic ttmt a
, H°lf stick with n metal end might
have been the object that had scratch
ed the stairs near the eardrootn I
took it from her, and p« o% her up for
dry garments. Her daylight courage
And self.importance, and her shud
dering delight in the mystery, Irri
tated me beyond words Alter I left ,
her T made a circuit of the building.
Nothing seemed to he disturbed; the
house looked as calm aud peaceful in
the morning sun as it had Hie day 1
had been coerced Into taking it. There
was notiiing to show that Inside Wad
been mystery and violence and sud
den death. ^
in one of the tulip beds hack of the
house an early blackbird was pecking
viciously at something thut glittered
in the light I picked my way ’gingerly
over through the dew and stooped
down; almost buried In th*? poft
ground was a revolver! I scraped the
; earth off It. with the tip of my shoe,
and. picking it up, slipped It inter lny
pocket. Not until I had got Into my
bedroom and double-lock* d th** door
did 1 venture to take ft out and ex
amine It. One look was all 1 needed.
It was Halsey s revolver It had tin
packed it the day before aud put It on
—
‘•One Look Wat All I Needed.’*
his shaving stand, and thorn could ho j
no mistake His name was on s small
silver plat® on the handle.
1 seemed to see a network closing
around my boy, Innoc ent as T knew ho 4
was. The revolver— 1 am afraid of them,
but anxietj gave me courage to look
through the- barrel- fh* revolver had
atill two bullets in tt^ I .could only
breathe a prayer of thankfulness that
I had found the revolver before any
sharp eyed detective had come around. ;
I derided to keep what el ties I bad,
the cuff link, the golf stick and tbo T*>
volvcr, In a secure place until I could
sec Home reason for displaying them.
The ruff link had been dropped Into
a little filigree box on my toilet fable
1 opened the box and felt around for
It The box was empty—the < uff link
had disappeared!
CHAPTER V.
Gertrude's Engagement.
At fen o clock the Cana nova hack j
brought up three men. They intro
duced themselves as the coroner of
the county ami two detectives from
the city The coroner led the way at
once to the Inc k*-d wine, and with the
aid of one of the detectives examined'
Ihe rooms and the body. T he other
defective after a short scrutiny of the
dead man. busied himself with the
outside of the house It was only aft
er they had got a fair Ides of things
as they were that they sent (or pie.
I received them In the living room,
and I had made up mv mind exactly
whnt to tell f had taken Ui" home
for the summer I wild while the Arm
strongs were in f’allfornln ' In spile
of a rumor among the servant about
strange noise i cited Thomai noth
Ing had occurred the fir t two night*
On f►« third nirht 1 t- ’
nad Heard a crashing sound, but be-1
tng alone with one maid had not in
vestiga ed. The bouse had been
locked in the timming and apparent
ly undisturbed
Then, us clearly as T could. T rronteri
how. the night In'll re.. 4. «tioc had
roused us; that my glece and 1 had
Investigated and four# a body; ti*at 1
did not know who thi*muY&br&i bV-in
was until Mr Jarvltffrom t>*> »»lnb
informed me. and thfi 1 km* a*- M no
reason why Mr Arftnld Xrmsfrong
should steal into Ills miller's house at
night. I should have bim fclad to al
low him entree therc.Au tuiy tii*uv.
Have you reason beVevw, Miss
1 naes" the coroner afked. **t'aat any
member of your houswobV. inin*rrrin$
Mr Armstrong was a biirgulr. shot
him in self-defense?"® -.r,3 30
"l have no reuson fcr thinking so."
I wild quietly.
"Your theory is that Mr Armstrong
w;m followed here fcy upmr-rrrn; v
ami shot as he ente r4*l the house?
"I don't think l hgve a th'iir)-" 1
said. “The thing that has pilUltrt ine
is why Hr Aruistrt^g should er.ter
his father’s house t \\Hp night# in v-uc
cession, stealing m like a thjpf 1»hfn
lie needed only to ash entrance to In
admitted." ’ ,
The coroner was a Xfo ry’inurillaim;
lie took some notes after this, hut he
seemed anxious to - pinko Liu; ^tit xt
train back to town * Hi*< ’the in
quest for the following Saturday, gave
Mr Jamieson, ihe youngwr-ut S*.e-t » o
detectives, and the more mt-**U**eut
looking, a few- instructions, anjl. glier
gravely shaking hantid * igitb u?e btid
regretting the unfortunate ufTnir, took
his departure, accompanied by the
other detective.
I was Just beginning to breathe
freely when Mr, Jamieson, who had
been standing by the window, came
over to me
"The family consists of yourself
• fck
"My niece is here*, 1 said.
"Then* js no out* Urn yoursoli nun
yonr niece?"
My nephew" I had to moisten
my lips.
"Oh. n nephew. I should-like to
Bee him, if In* is here."
"He Is not bore just now ’ T said as
quietly as I couLI "1 export him—
at any time."
lit* was here yesterday evening, I
believe?"
No—yes.
‘‘Didn't In* have* n guest with him”
Another man?"
"Me brought a friend with him to
stay over Sunday, n Mr Hailey."
Mr John Hailey, the > ai hhr of the
Traders' hank. ! believe" \n«1 t knew
that some one at th»' Hreenwood dub
had told "When did they leave?”
‘‘Very early—1 don't know at Just,
what time.’’ ,
Mr Jamieson turm*d suddenly and
looked at me. t
‘‘Please trv to he uinre oxpltr.lt**' he
said “You say vour fiophew and Mr.
Hailey were in the house Jagt night,
and yet you and your niece* with sonic
women servants, found thfc Whudy.
Where was your nephew?" pi*
l was entirely desperate by that
time.
"I do not know," f cried, "but ho
sure of this Halsey knows nothing
of this thing, and no amount of rjr
cumstantlal ev id rune.1 ran make ;(ri in
nocent nmn guilty."
Sit down," ho said, pushing for
ward a chair "There arn some tilings
I have to tell you. and. in return,
please tell me nil you know Helleve
me. things always ravnr outt • In the
first place, Mr Armstrong was shot
from above The bullet was flfed*at
Close range, entered below th«-.siipul
der and came ouf. after passing
through the heart. well down tho
back In other words. I belleVy the
murderer stood on the stairs and fired
down, fn the second place, r found
on tho edge of the billiard table a
charred cigar which had burned Itself
partly out, snd a cigarette which had
consumed Itself to the cork tip, ISeltli
• r one had been more than lighted,
then put down and forgotten Have
you any Idea what If whh that, made
▼our nephew and Mr. Hailey leave
their cigars and their game, take out
the automobile without calling the
chauffeur, ami all that at. let me see
- certainly before three o’clock in the
morning ?"
I don f know j said, "but depend
on it, Mr. Jamieson, lialsey will »><.
bo< k himself to explain everything "
"1 sincerely hope ho." he ftqld MIhs
lnnen, has If occurred to you tMt M;
Halley might know something of
this?"
Gertrude had come downstairs and
Just, an b* spoke she came in • I saw
lier . top suddealy as If shn tuul bee n
strur k
"He doe« not " she said In a tone
that was not tier own. "Mr K.UIe)* and
my brother know nothing of this
The murder was committed at three.
Tlioy left the house at a quarter be
fore three."
"Mow do you know that?" Mr Jato ]
leson asked oddly. * Do you km|w
what time they left?"
1 do," Gertrude answered Orpijv. •
\t a quarter before three mtf brother*
and Mi Hailey left the house, bv the
main entrance, I waa -there"
Gertrude," I said excitedly, "you
are dreaming? Why, at a quarter to
three —"
‘ Listen ” she naid. "At half pa* t
two the downstairs telephone ran* I
had pot gone to sleep and i heard it
Then I heard Halsey answer It. and
in a f* w minutes he catue upstair > and
knocked at my door We *e talked
for a minute, then I put on jfcy.drep
ing gown and slippers, and wenCilown '
^alrn with him Mr. Halfey was in I
the Millard room. Wo—we all mike-: ,
together for perhaps ten minute
Then It was decided th*l -that the*
should holii go away "
“C.*n t you bo more explicit** \*
Jamieson a*-kcd "Why did they
f am only tolling you iwhi^t hap
pened. not why It hapdcn<3r* she said
evenly. ‘ Halsey w»uh n^- «h.» car.
and instead of bringing it to the house
Hnd rousing people, he went by the
lower road from the stable. Mr.
Halley was to meet him at the (out of
the lawn Mr llailey left—"
W hieh way* Mr Jamieson asked
sharply.
*‘Hy the main entrance. He *eft—
it was a quarter to throe I know
exactly."
I lie clock in the hail is stopped.
Miss Innes," said Jamieson. Nothing
seemed to escape him.
‘ He looked at his watch," she re
plied, and i could see Mr Jamie.-on’s
eyes snap. «s if he had mode n dlx
oovery. As for myself, during the
whole recital 1 had been plunged into
the deepest amazement.
Will you pardon me for a personal
question?" The detective was a
youngish pian. and 1 thought he was
somewhat embarrassed. What are
your -your relations with Mr Halley?"
Gertrude hesitated Then she came
over and put her hand lovingly in
mine.
"I am engaged to marry Mm." she
said simply.
I had grown so accustomed to sur
prises that 1 could only gasp again,
and as for Gertrude, the hand that
lay in mine was burning 'with fever.
And—lifter that." Mr Jamieson
went on. "you went directly to bed?"
Gertruda hesitated
"No." she said finally. * 1 l am not
nervous, and after I had extinguished
the light. » remembered something I
hud left in the billiard room, and I
fell my way back there through the
darkm sR "
Will you tell me what it was you
had forgotten?"
"I cannot tell you." she said slowly.
‘ I- I did not leave the billiard room
at oitee— ■
Why?'* The detective’s tohb wan
imperatively. “Thin Is itunotI tut,
MIks Innes ’’
i was crying.' Gertrud* said In a
low tone, "When the French clock In
the drawing room struck three I got
up and then—I heard a Htep on the
• •H8t porch, Just outside the curdroom
Some one with a key was working
with the latch, and 1 thought, of
course, of Halsey. When we took the
house In* called that his entrance, and
he had carried a key for it over since.
The door opened und I was about lo
ask wlmt he hud forgotten, when i
there was a flash and a report. Some
heavy lmdv dropped, and. half crazed
with terror and shock. F ran through
the drawing room and got upstairs —I
scarcely remember how."
She dropped Into a chair, and I
thought Mr. Jamieson must have tin
Ished. lint he was not through.
"You certainly clear your brother
and Mr. Halley admirably,” In* wild.
"The testimony is invaluable, especial
ly In view of the fnrt that your broth
er and Mr. Armstrong had, I believe,
quarreled rather seriously some Itme
ugo “ f .
"Nonsense/' I broke in. "Things ure ,
had enough. Mr Jamieson, without In
venting had feeling where it doesn't
exist. Gertrude. I don't think Halsey
knew the—the murdered man did
he?”
Hut Mr. Jamieson wus sure of his
ground
"The qunrrel, I believe,” he per
sisted, "was about Mr Armstrong's
conduct to you. Mias Gertrude He |
had been paying you unwelcome at
tentions.” I
And F had never seen flu* man*
" hen • he nodded a "yes" I nw the |
tremendous possibilities Involved if j
this detective could prove that Get
* rude feared and dislik-d the mut
dered man, and that Mr. Armstrong
had been annoying and possibly pur
suing h.r with hateful »ttenJipiiK< p|!
that, added to Gertrude's codfeupfoh
Of her presence in the billiard ro6di
at the time of the crime,c looked
! kIrange, to say the least Tlje prqjul
nenee of the family assured a String ■
1 ous effort to find th< muni* ter, 'nisi if
we had nothing worse to look for*.ml
to. we were sure of a distasteful pub
i llclty
i sit .inmieson shut, his notebook
, v.ith n snap find thank'd us
I have an Idea, he said, apropos
of nothing at all. “that at anv rate the
ghoat Ik lAi lior* Whatever the rap
ping- havfr a and the colored m ft
na.vH ihey vnn when the fan tly went
vest three monfhft ago they are like
ly to stop non ”
Which shows how mm h lie shew
about It 'the ghost wa not laid,
with the murder of Arnold Armstrong
tie. or It. only seemed to take on jr' * li
vigor.
Mi Jamieson left then and when
fiertrud" had gone upstairs as she did
at once, | sat and thought over what
I had just heard 11*0' engagement,
once so engrossing a matter, paled
now beside the significance of her 1
Story If Halsey and .fa* k Halley had
left before th*> cri .Tie, how came Hat
seys revolver In the tulip h«d/ What*
was the mysie, i,j,,s rant • of rb.',r sud
den fit i What had (•».>•!rude left
in th. Milliard room0 V int wan the
lignlficano of th. cufflink and
was it?
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