The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, September 01, 1910, Image 2
I : TIE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE MNEHART ILLWTMTlONSliY -RWd cirrrvtHt tut av adaAivro T SYNOPSIS. Miss Itinofl, spinster mid Biinnllnn of Oortruuo nnd Hiilscy, cstnlillHhcd Hiimiiirr tioaihiuurtciB nt .Suiitiyslilc. Tim Hcrvuiitfl deicrl. (lurtruiln anil Ilnlney ntrlvo with Jack Hiillcy. Thu liotiso wuh awakened liy a revolver Bhot anil Arnolil Armstroiii; woh round Hhnt to dentil In tlio hull. Mla InncH found Ilnl.ioy'u nivnlvcr on tno lawn. IIo und Jad llulloy Imd dlnup poured, (lertrinle rovrult'il llmt mm wiw enBK1 to Jnck all6y. Willi whom huo talked In Uio lillllurd room whortly before tlio murder. Detcc.tlvo Juinle.ion accused MIsb Iiiiioh of holitliiK l":l evidence.. Ho jmprlitaticd mi Intruder In tin empty room. Tho priHoncr caenped. (lertrudo wuh hub pooled liciiiiUHO of (in Injured foot. Iliil soy renppi'iiro (ind anys he nnd niilicy Were railed uwuy ly u telcKiuiii. Cuali or Bnltoy of I'inil AnnstronK'n bank, de funct, wna nrrcHtcd for embezzlement. Illl Ai-.iiulrntn.'u lliwltll U'llH lltlUIIUIll'eil. SliilHey'H llitiicei-. Loiilm AriiiHtroiiK. told lulHoy (hut whllo hIio mill loved lilm, jdio ivua lo marry niiollii-r. It developed thut Dr. Walker wnn Hip num. I.oiiIho wuh tounil nl tho linttom of the fitjiuliir Btnlr conn. Hecoverlnt; (oiihcIoiikiichh, Hlin anlil aoiurtliliig Imd liriiHhed by her on tho unilrivuv mill iilie diluted. Hill cy Irt Hllrt- r: PCCII'U (11 AHIIRirnilRH llllllin-i. mi 'Ui.i.lnf II plifilil ." 'I'lllllllllH. tllO lOlllIPkPPP- "V - . . . . I-.. .... cr, wuh found dead with u Hllp In lis pocket benrlmj tho nnine of "Mielen iil luce." Dr. Walker iiHked MHs Iiiiioh to vneuto In fnviir of Mrs. Armstrong, "ho rpriiHcd. A nolo from llalley lo (lerlrmln nrriiiislnB ft meeting nt nlsht wuh found. CHAPTEJ1 XXI Continued. "arossmutlor," ho said. And I saw Mr. Jamlcson's eyebrows go up. "Gernmn," ho commented. "Well, young nuin, you don't seem to know much about yourself." Tvo tried It all tho week," Mrs. Tftto hroko In. "The boys knows a word or two of German, but ho doesn't know whoro ho lived, or anything obout himself." Mr. JamlcBon wroto something on a card and gavo It lo her. "Mro. Tato," ho said, "I want you to do something. Hero is somo money for tho tolophono call. Tho Instant tho boy's mother appears here, call up that number and aBk for tho person whoso nainu la tlioro. You can run across to Uio drug store on an errand and do It quietly. Just say, 'The lady has como.'" "Tho lady hns como,' " repeated Mrs. Tato. "Very well, sir, and I hopo it will bo soon. Tho milk bill alono Is almost douhlo what it was." "How much is tho child's board?" I asked. "Thrco dollnrs n week, including hlB washing." "Very well," I said. "Now, Mrs. Tate, I am going to pay last week's board and a week In advance. If tho mother comes sho is to know nothing of this visit absolutely not a word, and, In return for your silenco, you may uco this monoy for something for your own children." Ilor tired, fnded faco lighted up, and I saw her glanco at tho llttlo Tates email feet. Shoos, I divined the feet of tho genteel poor being almost as ox liensivo as their stoumchs. As wo went back Mr. Jamleson nindo ouly ono remark; I think he wns laboring under tho weight of a great (llmiiolntment. "Is King's a children's outfitting place?" ho asked. "Not especially. It Is a gonernl de partment store." IIo wns silent after that, but ho wont to tho telephone as soon as wo got home, and called up King & Co. In tho city. Aftor a tlmo ho got tho general ronnagcr, and they talked for somo time. When Mr. Jamleson hung up tho receiver ho turned to mo. "Tho plot thickons." ho said with his ready ntnlle. "There nro four WDinon namod Wallace at King's, nouo of thorn married, and nono over 20. 1 think I shall go up to tho city tonight. I want to go to the Children's hospital. But before I go, Miss Innes, I wish you would bo moro frank with mo than you havo boon yet. I want you to Bhow mo tho revolver you picked up In tho tulip bed." So ho had known nil along! "It was a rovolvor.'Mr. .lamlesou," I admitted, cornered at Inst, "but I can not show It to you. It is not In my possession." CHAPTER XXII. A Ladder Out of Place. At dinner Mr. Jnmleson suggested Rending a man out lu his placo for a couplo of days, but Halsoy was cer tain thcro would be nothing moro, and folt thnt ho and Alex could man ngo tho nltuatlon. Tho detective went back to town early In tho evening, and by ulno o'clock Halsey, who had been playing golf as a man does anything to tnko Ills mind away from trouble was sleeping soundly on tho big leath er davenport in tho living room. I sat and knitted, pretending not to notice when Gertrudo got up and wan dered out Into tho starlight. As soon ns I was satisfied that sho had gono, liowcver, I went out cautiously. 1 had no Intention of eaves-dropping, but I wanted to bo certain that it was Jack llalley sho whb meeting. Too ninny things had occurred In which Ger trudo was, or appeared to ho, involved, to allow anything to bo loft in ques tion. 1 wont slowly across tho lawn, sklr ed tho hedgo to a break not far from tho lodge, and found myself on tho opon road. I'orhaps 100 foot to tho loft tho path led across the valley to thu Country club, and only a llttlo way off was tho foot-brldgo over Cas anova creek. I3ut Just us I was about to turn down tho path I heard stops coming toward mo, and I shrank into tho bushes. It wns Gertrude, going back quickly toward tho house. 1 was surprised. I waited until sho had had tlmo to got almost to tho hotiso before I Btnrted. And then I Btcppcd back ngaln Into tho shadows. Tho reason why Gertrudo had not kept her tryst wns evident. Leaning on tho parnpet of the bridge in the moonlight, and Bmoklng a pipe, was Alex, tho gardener. I could havo throttled Llddy for her carelessness in rending tho torn note where ho could hour. And I could cheerfully have choked Alex to death for his audacity. Hut thcro wan no holp for It; I turned and followed Gertrudo slowly back to tho house. The frequent Invasions of tho house had effectually prevented any relaxa tion after dusk. Wo had redoubled our vigilance as to bolts and window- locks, but, as Mr. Jamleson had sug gested, we allowed tho door at tho oast entry to remain as before, locked by the Yale lock only. To provide only ono possible entrance for the Invader, and to keep a constant guard In tho dark at tho foot of tho circular stair case, seemed to bo tlio only method. In tho ubsonco of tho detective, Alex nnd Halsey arranged to ehnngo off, Halsey to be on duty from ten to two, nnd Alox from two until six. Each man was armed, and, as an ad ditional precaution, tho one off duty slopt in a room near tho head of tho circular stalrcaso and kopt his door open, to bo ready for emergency. These arrangements were carefully kept from the servants, who were only commencing to sleep nt night, and who rotlred, ono nnd all, with barred doors and lamps that burned full until morning. Tho house wns quiet ngaln Wednes day night. It waB almost a week since Louise had encountered somo ono on tho stairs, and It was four days sinco tho discovery of tho holo in tho trunk room wall. Arnold Armstrong nnd his father rested sido by side in the Casanova churchyard, and at the Zlon African church, on tho hill, a now mound mnrked the Inst resting-place of poor Thomas. Ioulse was with her mother In town, and, beyond a pollto note of thanks to me, wc had heard nothing from her. Dr. Walker had taken up his practlco ngaln, nnd we saw him now and then flying along the road, always at top speed. Tho murder of Arnold Armstrong was still unavenged, and I remained Arm In tho position I had taken to stay at Sunnyslde until tho thing was at least partly cleared. And yet, for all Its quiet, It was on Wednesday night that perhaps tho boldest attempt was mado to enter tho house. On Thursday afternoon the laundress sent word she would liko to speak to me, and I saw her In my private sitting room, a small room beyond the dressing room. Mary Anne was embarrassed. Sho had rolled down her sleeves and tried a white apron around her waist, and sho stood making folds In It with lin gers that were red and shiny fiom her soap-suds. "Well, Mary," I said encouragingly, "what's the matter? Don't dare to toll me tho soap Is nut. "No, ma'am, Miss Innes." She had a nervous habit of looking llrst at my ono eyo nnd then at tho other, her own optics shifting censelessly, right eye, left eye, right eye, until I found myself doing the same thing. "No, ma'am. I was askln' did you want the ladder left up the clothes chute?" "Tho what?" I screeched, and was sorry tno next minute, aeelng nor suspicions were verified, Mary Anno had gono white, and stood with her cyoB shifting moro wildly than ever. B wSM ft- m pi If I MX r . I I j f I I M M III I 1 I ESQ maro I - wmi3 KKflSBBHfittBgaHSSylif Mary Anne "There's a ladder up tho clotheB chuto, Mian Innes," she said. "It's up that tight I can't move It, nnd I didn't lllto to ask for help until I spoke to you." It was useless to dlssomblo; Mary Anne know now as well as I did that tho ladder had no business to be there. I did tho best I could, how over. I put her on tln defensive at once. "Then you didn't lock tlio lauudry last night?" "I locked it tight, and put tho key in the kitchen on Its nail." "Very well, then you forgot a win dow." Mary Anno hesitated. "Ycs'm," Bhe said at last. "I thought I locked them all, but thcro was one open this morning." I went out of tho room and down tho hall, followed by Mary Anne. Tho door into the clothes chuto was se curely bolted, and when I opened it I saw the evidence of the woman's story. A pruning ladder hnd boon brought from where It had lain against the stahlo and now stood up right in tho clothes shaft, Its end rest ing ngalnst the wnll between the llrst and second lloors. I turned to Mary. "This Is duo to your carelessness," I said. "If wo had all been murdered lu our beds It would huve been your fault." Sho shivered. "Now, not a word of this through tho house, and send Alex to me." The effect on Alex wns to make him apoplectic with rage, and with it all I fancied there was un element of satis faction. As I look buck, so many things are plain to mo that I wonder I could not nee at tho time. It Is all known now, and yet tho whole thing was so remnrkuble that perhaps my stupidity was excusable. Alex leaned down tlio chuto and ex amined the ladder cnrofully. "It Is caught," ho said with a grim smile. "The fools, to havo loft a warning liko that! Tho only trouble Is, Miss Innes, they won't be apt to como back for a while." "I shouldn't regard that in the light of a calamity," I replied. Until late that evening Halsey nnd Alox worked at tho chuto. They forced down tho ladder nt last, and put a new holt on tho door. As for myself, I sat and wondered if I had a deadly enemy, Intent on my destruc tion. I was growing more and moro nerv ous. Llddy had given up all pretense at bravery, and slept regularly In my dressing room on tho couch, with a prayer-book and a game knife from the kitchen under her pillow, thus pre paring for both tho natural and the supernatural. That was tho way things stood that Thursday night, when I myself took a hand In the struggle. CHAPTER XXIII. While the Stables Burned. About nine o'clock that night Llddy camo into thu living room and re- ported that ono of the housemaids de clared she had seen two men slip around the corner of the stable. Gor trudo had been Bitting staring In front of her, Jumping at every sound. Now she turned on Llddy pettishly. "1 declare, Llddy," sho said, "you nro a bundle of nerves. What If Eliza did see somo men around the stnblo? It may have been Warner and Alex." "Warner Is lu tho kitchen, miss," Llddy said with dignity. "And If you hnd como through what I have, you would be a bundle of nerves, too. Mlas Hachel, I'd bo thankful if you'd give me my month's wages to-morrow. I'll be going to my sister's." "Very well," I said, to her evident Had Gono White. amazement. "I will iimko out tho check. Warner can tako you down to tho noon train." Llddy's faco was really funny. "You'll havo u nice tlmo nt your sister's," I went on. "Flvo children, hasn't sho?" "That's it," Llddy said, BUddonly bursting Into tears. "Send mo away, after all these years, and your new shawl only half done, nnd nobody knowin' how to llx tho water for your bath." "It'u time I learned to proparo my own bath." I was knitting compln cently. Hut Gertrudo got up nnd put her arms around Llddy's shaking shoulders. "You nro two big babies," sho said soothingly. "Neither ono of you could got along for un hour without the oth er. So stop quarreling und bo good. Llddy, go right up nnd lay out aunty's night things. Sho is going to bed early." After Llddy had gono I began to think about the men at tho stable, and I grow more and moro anxious. Hal sey was aimlessly knocking tho bil liard halls around in the billiard room, and I called to him. "Ilnlsey," I said when ho sauntered In, "is there a policeman, in Casa nova?" "Constable," he said laconically, "veteran of tho war, ono arm; In of llce to conciliate the G. A. It. clement. Why?" "llecauso I am uneasy tonight." 'And I told him what Llddy had said. "Is there any ono you can think of who could be rolled on to watch tho outside of the house to-night?" "We might get Sam Uohannon from the club," ho said thoughtfully. "It wouldn't bo a bad scheme. Ho's a smart darky, and with his mouth shut and his shirt-front covered, you could n't see him a yard off in the dark." Halsey conferred with Alex, and the result, in nn hour, was Sam. Ills instructions wero simple. There hnd been numerous attempts to break into tho house; It was tho intontlon, not to drive intruders away, but to cap ture them. If Sam saw anything sus picious outside, ho was to tap at the east entry, whoro Alex and Halsey wero to alternate In kcoplug watch through tho night. As before, Halsoy watched tho east entry from ten until two. He hnd an oyo to comfort, and ho kopt vigil In a heavy oak chair, very large and deep. We went upstairs rather early, and through tho open door Gertrudo nnd I kept up a running flro of conversation. Llddy was brushing my hair, and Ger trudo was doing her own. with a long free sweep of her strong, round arms. "Did you know Mrs. Armstrong nnd Louise aro In the village?" s'.io called, i "No," 1 replied, startled. "How did you hear it?" "I met the oldest Stewart girl to day, the doctor's daughter, and sho told , mo they had not gono back to town after tho funeral. They went di rectly to that llttlo yellow house next to Dr. Walker's, and aro apparently settled there. They took tho house furnished for tho summer." "Why, It's a bandbox," I said. "I can't Imagine Funny Armstrong in such a placo." "It's true, nevertheless. Ella Stew art says Mrs. Armstrong lias aged ter ribly, and looks as If sho is hardly ablo to walk." I lay and thought over somo of these things until midnight. Tho elec tric lights went out then, fading slow ly until there was only a red-hot loop to bo seen in tho bulbs, and then even that died away and wc were embarked on tho darkness of another night. - (TO HK CONTINUED ) ' Condemns Sunshine Fad. A well-known medical mnn con demns cmpuntir-nlly the form of vani ty thnt leads pcoplo on their holidays to do their utmost to got sunburned. Workers In city oflices," ho says, "who go Into tho country or to tho senshore for only ono or two weeks will deliberately sit about hutless In the blazing sun, so that they may come hack looking brown and healthy. As often us not this practice will send them homo fur less fit for work than they wero when tho y started, for even if ono escapes sunstroko tho ef fects of tho sun's rays upon tho un covered head aro very bad They will cause dizziness, hendacho, nausea and loss of appetite and will often up set the dlgestlvo system for many days. There aro ways of avoiding the more serious effects of tho sun, but personally I would advise the city dweller who must have a brown face to stain It with walnut Julco nnd wear a broad-brimmed hat like a saue and sensible Individual." Making Him Go. "I don't think 1 shall go to tho poker party to-night." "That's one of the truest thinks you havo done for qulto awhile." "Jinx owes mo $5 ,whlch ho wns to pay mo at tho party to-night, nnd which I had decided to give to you to go shopping with, but I nm really too tired to go out; guess I'll let It go this time." "That Is Just liko you! If It was anything you wanted to do you would go In a minuto, but when it Is some thing for your wlfo you nro too tired! You will go to that poker party to night or you will hear from me!" Two Parables of Judgment Sunday School Leiion for Sept. 4, 1910 Specially Arranuod for Tlil Paper LESSON TEXT. - Matthew 21:'il-40. Memory vpibob. 45, 46. GOLDEN TEXT. "Tliirpfore. Buy I un to you: 'Tho kingdom of Ood ahull bo ta ken from you,"-2 Matthew 21-13. TIME. Tuesday. April 4, A. 1). 30. Two days after tho triumphal entry. l'LAGE. In tho courtH of the tpmple Suggestion and Practical Thought. Sustaining tho Faith of Ills Disci ples, which was so soon to be tested to the utmost. Matt. 21:20-21; Mark 11:20-25. Tho llg treo on which the curso for frultlcssness rested on Mon day morning, wns found withered as Jesus and his disciples passed by It Tuesday morning on their way to the temple. Tho Authority of Christ Challenged, nnd Christ's Answer. Vs. 21-27. (Mark 11:27-33; Luko 20:1-8.) Tho Pharisees camo to Jesus and demanded by what authority he took upon himself to drive out tho money-changers, and the cattle, nnd thu dealers in them from the temple. Whnt authority had ho to call himself the Messiah, and to op jioso thoso who were tho divinely ap pointed leadors in tho ritual of a dl vlnnly authorized religion and tem ple? It was useless to answer them by any statement of fact. They would havo denied his authority, and made his claims a menus of bringing him he fore tho Human court. Ills deeds nnd teachings wero known, and they could linvo learned his authority. Jesus, therefore, refused to answer, but "said unto thorn, I nlso will ask you one thing," not to puzzle them, but to lead them to answer their own question In answering his. 25. The baptism of John, .whence was it? from Heaven, or of men? That Is, tell mu what was John's authority for his teaching, represented by bap tism, and I will tell you what mine is, for both are from tho samo source. The rulers wero afraid to expross their opinion, and said they could not tell. They could not do so without making trouble for themselves, or an swering themselves tho question they asked Jesus. They wero mere politi cians and not statesmen, or patriots. Jesus therefore refused to answer their question, and they could not com plain. It was very wise and truo ac tion on tho part of Jesus. Tho Parablo of tho Two Sons. Good Hesoltttlons Versus Good Deeds. Vs. 28-32. "Hut whnt think yo?" IIo would not answer their question, but he would give them a parablo to think of, a mirror In which they could seo their own characters, and he led to re pentance. "A certain man," represent ing God, our Father in Heaven, had two sons. Compare Luko 15:11. Tho First Son represented those who mado no pretension to tho service of God, but stood opposed to it in doc trine. In character and In life. The Second Son represented tho3c who had In form at lea3t boon carry- I lng on tho work of their Father, repre sented by the elder son in tho parablo of the Prodigal son. This class In cluded tho Jewish lenders, and all thoso who Joined with them a3 repre sentatives of tho kingdom of God in tho world, as his professed servants In upholding his truo religion. Thoy wero particular about ritual and form and outward observances. They sat In the chief scats of tho synagogue. To both soiib was given tho samo command, to cultlvato their father's vineynrd. All God's children aro sent Into this world to make It bring forth .tho fruits of tho Spirit, to mako It n kingdom of Heaven, in their own souls and lives, and in tho world as a whole. The llrst son refused to obey. "IIo answered ... I will not." Their whole conduct said "I will not." And this continued for ages. "Hut after ward ho repented, and wont." Tho sec ond son "answered and said, I go, sir; and went not." Thoso whom this son represented had said by their ac tions and professions, "I go, sir." Then, boforo they saw tho applica tion, Jesus usked them to decide "Whither of them twain did the will of his father?" The only possible nnswer was, "Tho first." Then Jesus made tho application, and they saw themselves as In a mir ror. Tho Parablo of the Vineyard and tho Husbandmen. Vh. 33-41. Tho Vine ynrd represented tho kingdom or God, which was entrusted to tho .lows, planted by God vlth tho rich and fruit ful vines of tho knowledgo of God, his commandments, thr Institutions of re ligion, and his rovjalcd word. Thoy Slay tho rion, Their Only IIopo. Because thoy wanted to keep their places, their honors, tholr wealth, their own plensuro. Tho Result was that thoy lost all. Thoy killed that thoy might possess; but It was tho shortest road to ontlro loss. Thoso who reject Christ In or dor that they may keep possesion of themselves, tholr pleasuros and hopoB, havo taken the shortest nud surest way to lose them. LIVE WIRES. Tho parables may scorn far nway from us, but from thorn there como llvo wires convoying living truths to our souls and to our nation today. To go on In sin against nil tho moral laws of God, is to bo liko n grasshop per before a mowing machine. Tho laws or God will crush us unloBS wo got out of their way, by obcdleuco to his will. 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They arc, In fact, Just like tho ugly wom an who visited tho beauty doctor. "This woman was ugly In every fea ture, but her nose was particularly ugly. That, no doubt, was why sho desired tho beauty doctor to begin on It. " 'I am willing.' bIio said, 'to pay you liberally, doctor, but I demand In return substantial results. Wo will start with my nose. Can you guar anteo to make It Ideally beautiful?' "The doctor, after looking attentive ly at the woman's nose, replied: " 'Well, madam, I can't say as to Ideal beauty, but a nose like yours I couldn't help Improving If I hit It with a mallet.' " Not to Overdo It. Lily I'so gwlno to a s'prlso party tonight, Miss Sally. Miss Sally What will you take for n present? Lily Well, wo dldn" cnl'lnto ou lakin' no present. Yo' see, we don't wan' to s'prlso 'cm too much. Evidences of Wealth. "I wish we hud a piano; I'd like to impress thoso people." "Show 'em the piece of beef you'.vo got in tho refrigerator." Located. 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