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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1910)
Li r ? T7. rfc.' W5f)pffrmwai - --iftm "fr -)- ,r- '4. HE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE 4fefcnV UlNZlfART ILLUSTRATIONS dY RvtrfS nrrtuoiT too or MAM-rtwi'(M T SYNOPSIS. Mikh lnnon, Hiilnstrr nnd Kimnlliin of Gcrtitiitu nml llalsi-j. ohIiiIiIIhIh-iI HUinmor liiniliiiiiitiiM ai Hiiiiiiyti'l''- Ainliim nu nun mm illlMi'tilllfs lln- hi rvantH lU'sertoil. Ah Minn ltua'K liiikiM tip fur tho nlKlit, nlu vviih Htitrlli il liy u iliirk IlKuru on tlio vcrnnilii. Hln iwxii'il u tnr.lW nlKlit, wlilr-h won IIIIimI Willi uimicinly nolsi. In tlin mnniliiK MIhh Iiini'H fu""'". " NtrniiKo linlc ciilf IihIIdii , In u I'lotliert h:iiiiiir. Oi'tlrmli- ami llnlm-y imlviil wllh .lack Hulli-y. Tin- Iiiiiihi' wan iiwiik cntil by n'vulvcr hI.oI. A HliaiiKi1 miin wiih riiiiml Hfmt to iliatli In Hi" Imll. It nrnvi'il lo Ih tin- Imily 't Arimlil Ann MlrmiK, ulitmi' ImiiUiT fullirr iiwnril llio country Imiin- .Mini Iiiih-m fminil M" kcv'h icviilvi'i mi tin' lawn. I lo anil Jack Ilallcy litid il!nniM'nn il. CHAPTER IV. Continued. "Knpcclnlly what?" "Especially since Jack Halley nnd Arnolil Armstrong wore notoriously bml friends. It wns Hnlloy who got Arnold Into trouble last Bpring something about the bank. And then, too" "(Jo on," 1 snld. "If there Is any thing more, I ought to know." "There's nothing more," ho said evasively. "There's Jimt one thing wo may bank on. Miss Innes. Any court In the country will acquit n man who kills nn Intruder In hla house at night If HalHoy " "Why, you don't think Hnlscy did It!" I exclaimed. There was a queer feeling of jihyBlcnl nnusoa coming over me. "No, no, not nt all," ho said with forced cheerfulness. "Come, Miss In lies, you're a ghost of yourself, and I am going to help you upstairs and call your maid. This has been too much for you." About six o'clock Gertrude came In. She was fully dressed, and I sat up tUTVOUHly. "Poor Aunty!" she snld. "What a Knocking night you have had!" She caiuo over and sat down on the bed. and I naw she looked vory tlrod and worn. "Is there anything new?" I nsked anxiously. "Nothing. The car Is gone, but War ner" ho Is the chauffeur "Warner Is at tho lodge and knows nothing about it." "Well," I said, "If I over get my hands on Halsey Innes I shall not let go until I have told him a few things. When wo get this cleared up, I am going back to the city to bo quiet. One more night like the last two will oiuKmo. Tho peace of tho country tldillostlcka!" Whoreupon I told Gertrude of tho noises the night before, and the llguro on tho veranda In tho east wing. Aa an afterthought 1 brought out tho pearl cuff-link. t "1 have no doubt now," I said, "that It was Arnold Armstrong tho night before last, too. He had a key, no doubt, but why ho should steal Into his father's houso 1 cannot Imagine. Ho could have como with my permis sion easily enough. Anyhow, whoever it was that night left tills little sou venir." Gertrude took one look at the cuff link and wont as white as tho pearls in it; she clutched at the foot of tho bed and stood staring. As for mo, I was quite as astonished ns she was. "Where did you And It?" sho asked tlnally, with a desperate effort at calm. And whllo I told her sho stood looking out or tho window with a look I could not fathom on her face. It was a relief when Mrs. Watson tapped at the door and brought me some tea and toast. Tho cook was In bed, completely demoralized, sho re ported, and Liddy. bravo with tho day light, was looking for footprints around tho house. Mrs. Watson herself was n wieck; sho was blue-white around tho lips, and she had one hand tied up. She snld she had fallen down stairs in her excitement. It was natur al, of course, that tho thing would shock her, having been tho Arm strongs' housekeeper for several years and knowing Mr. Arnold well. Gout lido had slipped out during my talk with Mrs. Watson, and I dressed und went downstairs. Tho billiard nnd card rooms were locked until tho coroner and tho detectives got tlicie, and tho men from tho club had gone back for moro conventional clothing. I could hear Thomas In tho pantry alternately walling for Mr. Arnold, ns ho called him, nnd citing the tokens that had precursed tho murder. Tho house seemed to choice me, and, slipping a shawl around me, I went out on the drive. At tho corner by tho east wing I met Liddy; I lor skirts were draggled with dew to her knees nnd her hair was still In crimps. "Go right In and change your clothes," 1 said sharply. "You'ro n , sight, and at your age!" Sho had a golf stick In her hand, and she said sho had found It on tho lawn. Thoro wns nothing unusual about It, but It occurred to mo that a golf Btlck with a motal end might have been tho object that had scratch ed tho stairs near tho cardrooin. 1 took It from her, and sent hor up for dry garments. Her daylight courago nnd self-importance, ami hor shud dering delight In tho mystery, irri tated me beyond words. After I left her 1 mndo a circuit of tho building. Nothing scorned to bo disturbed; tho houso looked ns calm and peaceful In tho morning sun na It had tho d.-.v I had been coerced Into taking It. Tftero was nothing to show that lnsldo had been mystery and violence and sud den death. In one of tho tulip beds back of tho house an early blackbird was pecking viciously at something that glittered In the light. I picked my way gingerly over through tho dew and stooped down; almost burled In tho soft ground wns a revolver! I scraped tho earth off It with the tip of my shoo, and, picking It up, slipped it Into my pocket. Not until 1 had got Into my bedroom and double-locked tho door did I venture to take It out and ex amine It. One look was all I needed. It was Ilalsey's revolver. 1 had un packed It the day before unci put it on Ills shaving stand, and there could be no mistake. His name was on a small sliver plate on the handle. I seemed to seo a network closing around my boy, Innocent as I know ho was. Tho revolver I am afraid of them, but anxiety gave mo courage to look through tho barrel tho revolver had still two bullets In It. I could only breathe a prayer of thankfulness that I had found tho revolver before any sharp-eyed detective had come around. I decided to keep what clues 1 had, the cuff-link, tho golf stick nnd the re volver, In a secure place until I could sec nemo reason for displaying them. The cuff-link had been dropped Into a llttlo filigree box on my toilet table. I opened tho box and felt around for It. Tho box was empty the cuff-link had disappeared! CHAPTER V. Gertrude's Engagement. At ten o'clock tho Casanova hack brought up three men. They Intro duced themselves as tho coroner of tho county and two detectives from "One Look Was tho city. Tho coroner led tho way at onco to tho locked wing, nnd with the aid of ono of the dotectlves exnmlned the rooms and the body. Tho other detective, after a short scrutiny of the dead man, busied himself with tho outside of tho houso. It wns only aft er they had got a fair Idea of things as they were that they sent for me. I received thorn In the lit lug room, and I had made up my mind exactly what to tell. I had taken tho houso for tho summer, I said, while tho Arm strongs were In California. In spile of a rumor among the sonants about strango noises I cited Thomas noth ing had occurred the first two nights. On tho third night I believed that somo one had been In the houso; 1 had heard a crashing sound, but bo mg alouo with one maid hail not In vestigated. Tho houso had been locked in tho morning and npparont ly undisturbed. Then, as clearly as I could, 1 related how, the night before, a shot had roused us; that' my niece and I hnd Investigated and found a body; that 1 did not know who tho murdered man was until Mr. Jarvls from tho club Informed me, and that 1 knew of no reason why Mr. Arnold Armstrong should steal lu'o his fathor'8 house at night. I should havo boon glad to al low him entree thero at any time. "Havo you reason to believe, Miss Innes," tho coronor asked, "that any member of your household, Imagining Mr. Armstrong wns a burgalr, shot him In solfdofenso?" "I havo no reason for thinking so," I said quietly, "Your theory Is that Mr. Armstrong was followed hero by some enemy and shot as ho entered tho house?" "I don't think I havo a theory," I siMd. "The thing that has puzzled mo iu why Mr. Armstrong should enter 'W ,-V-i .i f xv -3 v v his fathor'8 houso two nights In suc cession, stealing in like a thief, when ho needed only to ask entrauco to bo admitted." Tho coroner was n very silent man; he took somo notes after this, but ho seemed anxious to mnko tho next train back to town. Ho set the In quest for tho following Saturday, gave Mr. JamlcBon, tho younger of the two detectives, and tho moro Intelligent looking, a few instruction!!, and, after gravely slinking hands with me und regretting tho unfortunate affair, took his departure, accompanied by tho other detective. 1 was Just beginning to breathe freely when Mr. .lainleson, who had been standing by tho window, came over to me. "Tho family consists of yourself alone, Miss lnnes?" "My nlcro Is here," I snld. . "There Is no one but yourself and your niece?" "My nephew." 1 had to moisten my lips. "Oh, n nephew. 1 should llko to see him. If ho Is hero." "lie is not here Just now," I said as quietly as I could. "I expect him at any time." "He was hern yesterday evening, I believe?" "No yes." "Didn't he have n guest with him? Another man?" "Ho brought a friend with him to stay over Sunday, a Mr. Ilalloy." "Mr. John Halley, tho cashier of tho Traders' bank, 1 believe." And I know that some one at the Greenwood club had told. "When did they leave?" "Very early I don't know at Just what time." Mr. .lainleson turned suddenly and looked at me. fUBBBOTMIHBHBBHBH All I Needed." "Plense try to bo more explicit." ho said. "You say your nephew and Mr. Halley were iu the house last night, and yet you and your niece, with somo women servants, found tho body. Where was your nophew?" I was entirely desperate by that time. ' 1 do not know," I cried, "but bo sure of this; Halsey knows nothing of this thing, nml no amount of cir cumstantial evidence can make an In nocent man guilty." "Sit down," lie snld, pushing for ward a chair. "Thero aro somo things I havo to tell you, and, In return, please tell mo all you know. Hellovo me, things nlwnys come out. In tho first place, Mr. Armstrong was shot from above. Tho bullet was fired nt close range, entered below tho shoul der and came out, after passing through tho heart, well down tho back. In other words, I bollovo tho murderer stood on tho stairs and llroil down. In tho second placo. I found on the edgo of tho blllinrd table n charred cigar which had burned Itself pnitly out. and a clgarutto which had consumed Itsolf to the cork tip. Neith er ono hnd been moro than lighted, then put down nnd forgotten. Havn you any Idea what It was that mndo your nephew and Mr. Halley lenvo their cigars and their game, tako out tho nutomobllo without calling tho chnuffcur, nnd all Hint at let mo seo certainly before threo o'clock lu tho morning?" "I don't know," I snld, "but dopond on It, Mr. Jamieson, Unit- y will bo back hlmsolf to explnln everything." "I sincerely hope so," ho said. "Miss Innes, has It occurred to you that Mr. Halley might know something of thlB?" Gortrudo had como downstairs nnd Juat as ho spoke she camo In, I utw K. P lit I ' fo"wW'MVJ,iffi4rtli It Mfifflt hcr stop suddenly, as If she had been struck. "Ho does not," sho said In a tono that wan not her own. "Mr. Ilallcy and my brother know nothing of this. The murder was committed at three. They left tho houso at a quarter be fore three." "How do you know that?" Mr. Jam leson asked oddly. "Do you know at what time they lolt?" "I do." Gertrude- answered llnnly. "At a quarter before threo my brother and Mr. Hnlloy loft tho house, by tho main entrance. I was there." "Gertrude," I said excitedly, "you aro dreaming! Why, at n quarter to three" "Listen," she said. "At' half-past two tho downstairs telephone rang. I had not gone to sleep, nnd I heard It. Then I heard Halsey answer It, and In a few minutes ho came upstairs and knocked at my door. We wo talked for a minute, then I put on my dress ing gown and slippers, and went down stairs with him. Mr. nalloy was In the billiard room. We wo all talked together for perhaps ten minutes, Then It was decided Unit that they snouiu both go away . "Can't you be moro explicit?" Mr. Jnmleson asked. "Why did they go ""'"y?" , . . I am only telling you what hap- pened, not why It happened," sho said evenly. "Halsey went for tho car, and Instead of bringing it to tho house and rousing people, ho wont by tho lower road from tho stable. Mr. Italley was to meet him at tho foot of tho lawn. Mr. Bailey loft " i "Which way?" Mr. Jnmleson asked 8liar','' I "lly tho main entrance. Ho left , il was a quarter to tnrce. i unow exactly." "Tho clock In tho hall Is stopped, Miss Innes," said Jamieson. Nothing seemed to escape him. "lie looked at his watch," sho re plied, and I could seo Mr. Jainleson's eyes snap, as if he had made a dis covery. As for myself, during tho whole recital I hnd been plunged into tho dcopest amazement. "Will you pardon me for a personal question?" Tho detective was a youngish man, and I thought he was somewhat embarrassed. "What aro your your relations with Mr. Halley?" Gertrude hesitated. Then sho camo over and put her baud lovingly In ' mine. "I am engaged to marry him," sho said simply. I had grown so accustomed to sur prises that I could only gasp again, and aa for Gertrude, tho hand that lay In mine was burning with fever. "And after that," Mr. Jamieson went on. "you wont directly to bed?" Gertrude hesitated. "No," sho said tlnally. "I i am not, nervous, and after I had extinguished the light, I remembered something I hnd left in the billiard room, and I felt my way back there through tho darkness." "Will you tell me what It was you had forgotten?" "I cannot tell you," sho said slowly. "I I did not leave tho billiard room nt once " "Why?" Tho detective's tono was imperative. "This is vory Important, Miss Innes." "I was crying," Gertrude said In a low tone. "When tho Freuch clock in tho drawing room struck threo I got up and then I hoard a stop on tho oast porcn, just outsiuo ttio caruroom. 'feomo ono with a koy was working with tho latch, and I thought, of course, of Halsey. When wo took tho houso he called that his ontrance, nnd ho had carried a key for It over slnco. Tho door opened and I wub about to nsk what he had forgotten, when there was a flash nml a report. Somo heavy body dropped, and, half crazed with terror and shock, I ran through tho drawing room and got upstairs I scarcely remember how." She dropped Into u chair, and I thought Mr. Jamieson must havo fin ished. Hut ho was not through. "You certainly clear your brother and Mr. Halley admirably," ho said. "The testimony Is invaluable, especial ly In view or tho fact that your broth er and Mr. Armstrong had, I believe, quarreled rather seriously somo Itmo ago." "Nonsense," I broko In. "Things aro bad enough, Mr. Jnmleson, without In venting bad feeling whore It doesn't exist. Gertrude, I don't think Halsey knew the tho murdered man, did ho?" ' Hut Mr. Jamieson was suro of his ground. rro w-: coNTr.Nur.n.) A New Sun-Defying Cloth. A now cloth Is being mndo In Cal cutta, India, which Is manufactured on scientific principles to conform to naturo's plan of warding off tho sun's rays, as exemplified In tho color of tho skin and tho pigments under the skin. It is the holler of physicians that ono of tho chief rensoua for tho many deaths recorded In hot weather Is that of Improper clothing. Tho de signers of what wo must wonr to bo of tho elect may ordain a color or tox turo thoroughly unsulted to tho pro vailing climatic conditions, and safoty nnd comfort uro often Jeopardized lu conoeouence. Van Norden Magazlno. TRAINING 006 COPS 'How Berlin's Canine Police Aro Taught Their Duty. Clever Four-Legged Detectives Display Remarkable Intelligence In the Running Down of Violators of the Law. Berlin. Good detectives are raro and correspondingly expensive. Hence h1 police administration conducted with due regard to economy could scarcely afford to employ n verltnblo Sherlock Holmes If he could bo found. Ordi nary detectives and pollcomcn, on tho other hand, cannot copo successfully with tho highly developed and refined methods of tho modern criminal. Tho police authorities, confronted with this lllcnimu, have lately employed, to a limited extent, an auxiliary possessed of Instincts which take tho place of do tcctlvo genius. This auxiliary Is tho police dog, which, In Merlin nt least, Is giving almost daily proof of Its fitness for detectlvo and pollco work. Tho training and practise of theso four logged guardians of tho peace aro most Interesting to witness. One morning tho writer wns con ducted by Pollco Major Klein, tho or snni7er nnd commnnder of tho canine .police force of Uerlln, to n public gar don in tho suburbs. Here wo found assembled n number of men of tho 'corps, all selected from the general body of police with especial reference to their liking for dogs. On tho grass nay the dogs attached to the North- (western police stutlon gaunt, sinewy .animals with shrewd faces, of the Ger- man sheep dog breed. Wo took seats hnd tho drill commenced. The dogs Hvere required to give tongue at a slg- ,nnl and to llo still at assigned sta- tlons, until the trainer, moving away jfrom them, summoned them by a call mr u whlstlo. Kvcn when running at Jull speed they Instantly stopped nnd Jy down at tho word of command. All irif the dogs lenped a seven-foot fenco iwlth case, even when they carried Jieavv oblccts In their months Tim 5B msij Discovered the "Criminal" and Sprang Upon Him. next tost of obedlenco wns tho refusal of food. A dog wub chained to a trco and ordered to guard somo object, such as a bunch of keys. When I cau tiously fished for the treasure- with my cane tho dog rushed at rao savagely, tugging at his chain, growling and gnashing his teeth. An appetizing bit of sausage that I had offered to dls- tract tho animal's attention wns re gretfully sniffed at and then con temptuously ignored. The experiment was repeated with all the dogs with tho sumo result. Frnck, tho champion of the corps and tho winner of many prizes, did not oven turn his nose townrd tlio sausuge. One of the ofllcers then beckoned to Greto and directed her, by n gesture, to search for something hidden In a clump of bushes at tho back of tho garden. Greto followed tho Indlcntcd direction nnd toon returned with a two-mark piece in her mouth. After witnessing these specimens of school work wo went out Into tho open fields to seo tho dogs track nnd arrest supposed criminals. A crowd of curi ous onlookers had already collected. A young man, who subsequently proved an uncommonly tamo and stupid malefactor, was envolopcd In a heavy, padded leather coat, which showed tho marks of numerous dog bltcH, and directed to lay a trail by walking across a meadow nnd then to conceal himself. Scvernl other trails had been previously laid across tho samo field. A striking exhibition wns then witnessed. Frnck and another dog followed all of tlio trails, bringing back a handkerchief from ono of thorn, and finally traced and discovered tho criminal and sprang upon him, but re leased him instantly at their master's command. Tho sight made iio shud der. These wlso and faithful animals c.mld beconio savago and ravonous beasts when duty demanded. They nl ways eelzo their victim by tho throat or tho wrist, and a wild pistol shot only redoubles their zonl nnd ferocity. Tho poor fellow who Impersonated tho crlmlnnl wns bathed lu Bwent, '.Thlch was not duo solely to his leather coat. 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