Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, July 21, 1910, Image 2
MART ? MNEHART er SYNOPSIS. Sties Tnuon , Bplnstcr nnd KUnrdlnn of Oertrudo and IlalHey , established summer headquarters at ButmyBldn. AmldHt iiu- morons dinicultlos tlio HorvantH doacrlrd. An Mlsa Jnnes locked up for tlio niiflit , ho was startled by n dnrlc llKure on tlio Ycranda. Him paused n torrlbln night , which was filled with unseemly noises. In the morning Miss Innos found u ptrango link ruff button hi ft clothe hamper. Gertrude tind Ilalst-y nrtlved with Jack Ualley. Tlio house wns awak ened by n revolver tihot A strange , man was found shot to dentil , In the hall. It proved to bo the body of Arnold Arm- utrons , whoso banker fntlicr invited tlio country hotmo. Miss Itmos found Hul- fly's revolver on the lawn. He nnd Jack ? lallej' hnd dlBiipn'ared | , The link cuff button inysterlouHly disappeared Ie- Icctlvo JninlPson ana the coroner orrlvcd Oertrudo revealed tlmt she wus engaged to Jack Unllcy. with whom Mho had talked in the billiard room a few mo menta before the murder , Jnmlcson told Miss Innes that Bho was hiding cvldi'tir-o from lilin , HP ImprlKoncd nn Intruder In n empty r6om. The prisoner escaped down a laundry chute. It duvulopod that the Intruder wan probably a wutnnn , G"r- trude was suspected , for the Intnider left a print of u bare foot. Gertrude re turned homo with her right iiiiUlo prnlned. A negro found the other half of what proved to be Jack Halley'H cuff lUtton. Jlalsoy suddenly reappeared. Ho paid ho nnd Ualley had loft because they had received a telepram. ; Gertrude paid tlmt ( the had Riven Ualley an un loaded revolver , fearliiB to KV ! < > him Hal- poy'a loaded weapon. CaHhlor Ualley of raul Armitrons's hank , defunct , was ar rested , charged with embezzlement. lint- Bey said Armstronc had \vrceKfd his own fcank , and was nblo to clrar Jtnlley. A telegram contained news that Paul Arm- ntronR was dead. Hnlscy trapped MM. "Watson , the housoltoepur , whllu she was tenting from the house. CHAPTER XII. Continued. ' "I reckon you bettnh come In Mis' Innos , " ho nald , speaking cautiously "It'o got so I dunuo what to do , nnd It's boun' to como out some time er ruthcr. " Ho threw the door open then , nnd tl stopped Inside , Hnlsoy close behind. In the sitting room the old negro turned with quiet dignity to llalsey. "You bottah sit down , sah , " ho Bald. "It's n place for a woman , sah. " Things wore nof turning out the way Halsoy expected. He sat down 'on ' the center-table , with his hands thrust in his pockets , and watched mo as I followed Thomas up the nar row stairs. At the top a woman was landing , and a second glance showed Iwio It was Rosto. She shrank back a tittle , but I said nothing. And then Thomas motioned to a partly open door , and I went In. The ledge boasted of three bed' rooms upstairs , all comfortably fur nlshod. In this ono , the largest nnd Airiest , n night lamp wns burning , and by Its light I could make out a plain vhlte metal bed. A girl was asleep there or In a half stupor , for she muttered something now and then. Rosto had taken her courage In her Jinndo , and coming In had turned up the light. It was only then that I know. Fever-flushed , 111 as she was 2 recognized Louise Armstrong. I stood gazing down at her In a jrtupor of amazement. Louise hero hiding at the ledge , ill and alone ! Iloslo came up to the bed and smoothed , the whlto counterpane. "I am afraid she Is worse to-night , ' oho ventured nt last. I put my 1mm on the sick girl's forehead. It was burning with fever , nnd I turned to where Thomas lingered In the hall way. "Will you tell mo what you moan , Thomas Johnson , by not tolling mo this before ? " I demanded Indignantly. Thomas quailed. "Mis' Loulso wouldn't lot mo , " ho If nald earnestly. "I wanted to. She II , ought to 'a' had a doctor ! the night she came , but she wouldn * hear to it. Is she very bad , Mis' Innes ? " "Bad enough , " I said coldly. "Send Mr , luncs up. " Halsoy came up the stairs slowly , looking rather Interested and inclined to bo amused. For a moment ho could cot BCD anything distinctly In the darkened room ; he stopped , glanced at Ro'slo nnd at me , and then his oycs foil on the restless head on the pil low. I think ho felt who it was before ho really saw her ; ho crossed . the room In n couple of strides and bent over the bed. "Louise ! " ho said softly ; but she did not reply , and her eyes showed no recognition. Halsoy was young , nnd illness was now to him. Ho straight ened himself slowly , still watching her , and caught my arm. "She's dying , Aunt Ray ! " ho said huskily. "Dying ! Why , she doesn't know mo ! " "Fudge ! " I snapped , being apt to Grow irritable when my sympathies nro aroused. "She's doing nothing of the sort nnd don't pinch my arm. If you.want something to do , go and choke Thomas. " But at that moment Louise roused from her stupor to cough , and at the end of the paroxysm , as Roslo laid her back , exhausted , she know us. That was all Halsoy wanted ; to him con Bclousness was recovery. Ho dropped on his knees beside the bed , nnd tried to tell her she was all right , and wo would bring her around In a hurryv and how'beautiful she looked only to break down utterly and have to etop. And at that I came to my censes , and put him out "This Instant ! " I ordered , as ho lies Itated. "And send Roslo hero1. " Ho did * not go far. Ho sat on the top etop of the stairs , only leaving t telephone for a doctor , and getting In everybody's way In his eagerness to fetch and carry. I got him away final Iy. by sending him lo fix uj > tlio car ns a Boct ot ambulance , In casa the doctor would allow tlio sick girl to bo moved , llo Bent Gcrtrudo down to the lodgu lo.Adecl with nil manner of Impossible things , Including an arm ful tjf Turkish towoln and a box of nuiRtnrd plasters , and as the two girls had known ouch other somewhat be fore , Louise lirlghti'tiutl perceptibly when she saw Gertrudo. When the doctor from Englewood tho. Casanova doctor , Dr. Walker , beIng - Ing away hail started for Suiuiysldo , and I hnd got Thomas to stop trying t6 explain what ho did not undcrutand himself , I had n long talk with the old man , and this Is-what VI learned. On Saturday ov'onlng before , about ton o'clock , ho had been reading In the pitting room downstairs , when some one rapped at the door. The old man was alone , Warner not having arrived , and at first ho was uncertain about oponlng the door. Ho did so finally , and was amazed at being con fronted by Louise Armstrong , Thomas was nn old family servant , having been with the present Mrs. Armstrong since she was a child , and ho was overwhelmed at seeing Louise , llo saw that she was excited and tired , and ho drew her Into the sitting room and mndo her sit down. After a while ho went to the house and brought Mrs. Watson , and they talked until late. The old man said Louise was In trouble , and seemed frightened. Mrs. Watson made some tea and took It to the lodge , but Ixiulso made them botli promise to keep her presence a secret. She had not known that Stinnysldo waa rented , and whatever her trouble was , this complicated things. She seemqd puzzled. Her stepfather and her mother wore still In California that was all she would say about them. Why she had run away no ono could Imagine. Mr. Arnold Armstrong was at the Greenwood club , and at last Thomas , not knowing what else to do , wont over there along the path. It was almost midnight. Part way over ho met Armstrong himself nnd brought him to the lodge. Mrs. Wat son had gene to the house for some bed lluon , It having boon arranged that under the circumstances Loulso would bo bolter at the lodge until morning. Arnold Armstrong and Loulso had a long conference , during which he was heard to storm and be come very violent. When ho left It was after two. lie had gene up to the house Thomas did not know why and at three o'clock he was shot at the foot of the circular staircase. The following morning Louise had boon 111. She had asked for Arnold , and was told ho had loft town. Thomas had not the moral courage to toll her of the crime. She refused a doctor , and shrank morbidly from hav ing her presence known. Mrs. Wat son and Thomas had had their hands full , and at last Roalo had been en her stepfather and the prospect of the Immediate return of the family , thlng had become more and moro Impossible. I gathered that Thomas was ns relieved as I ut the turn events hnd taken. No , shn did not know of cither of the deaths In the family. Taken all around , I hnd only substi tuted ono mystery for another. If I know now why Koale had taken the basket of dishes , I did not know who had spoken to her and followed her along the drlvo. It' I knew that Loulso was In the ledge , I did not know why Bho was thero. If I know that Arnold Armstrong had spent some time in the ledge the night before ho was mur dered , I was no nearer the solution of the crime. Who was the midnight In truder who had so alarmed Llddy and myself ? Who had fallen down the clothes chute ? Was Gertrude's lover a villain or a victim ? Tlmo was to answer all these things. CHAPTER XIII , Louise. The doctor from Knglewood came very soon , nnd I went up to see the sick girl with him. Halsey had gone to supervise the llttlng of tlio car with blankets and pillow ? , and Gertrude was opening and airing Louise's own rooms at the house. Her private sit ting room , bedroom and dressing room were as they had boon when wo came. They occupied the end of the east wing , beyond the circular staircase , nnd wo had not even opened them. The girl herself was too 111 to notice what was balng done. When , with the help of the doctor , who was a fa- Amazed ai Being Confronted by Louise Armstrong. listed to Help them. She carried nee ossary provisions little enough to the lodge , 'utid helped to keep the secret. Thomas told mo aulto frankly that ho had boon anxious to keep Louise's presence hidden for this reason : They hnd till seen Arnold Armstrong tha night , and he , himself , for ono , was known to have had no very friendly fooling for the dead man. As to the reason for Loulso's flight from Call fornln , or why she had not gene to the Tltzhughs' , or to some of her people - plo In town , ho had no moro Informa tlon that I had. With the death o hcrly man with a family of girls at lonio , wo got her to the house and up the stair. * Into bed. she dropped nto a fevorlrfh sleep , which lasted until morning. Dr Stewart that was ho Englewood doctor stayed almost all night , giving the medicine himself , and watching her closely. Afterward 10 told mo that she had had n narrow escape from penumonla , nnd that the cerebral symptoms had been rather alarming. I said I was glad It wasn't au "Itls" of some kind , anyhow , and 10 smiled solemnly. llo left after breakfast , saying that he thought the worst of the danger was over , and that she must bo kept very quiet. "Tho chock ot two deaths , I sup pose , has done this , " ho remarked , picking up hla cixso. "It has been very deplorable. " I hastened to sot him right. "Sho doea not know of either , doc tor , " I said. "Please do not mention them to her. " He looked as surprised as a medical man ever doea "I do not know the family , " ho said , preparing to got Into his top buggy. "Young Walker , down In Casanova , has boon attending thorn. I under stand ho Is going to marry this young lady. " "You have been misinformed , " I said stlflly. "Miss Armstrong is goIng - Ing to marry my nephew. " The doctor smiled as ho picked up the reins. "Young ladles are changeable those days , " ho said. "Wo thought the wed ding was to occur soon. Well , I will stop In this afternoon to see how my patient Is getting along. " Some time about noon of that day , Wednesday , Mrs. Ogden Fltzhugu tele phoned mo. I have the barest ac quaintance with her she managed to bo put on the governing board af the Old Ladles' homo nnd ruins their di gestion by Bending them Ice cream and cake on every holiday. Hoyond that , and her reputation at bridge , which IH Insufferably bad she Is the worst player nt the bridge club I know little of her. It was she who had taken charge of Arnold Arm strong's funeral , however , and I wont at once to the telephone. "Yes , " I said , ' 'this ' Is Miss Innes. " "Miss Innes , " ehe sultl volubly , "I have just received a very strange telegram - gram from my cousin , Mm Arm strong. Her husband died yesterday In Cnllfornln nnd wnlt , I will read you the message. " I knew what was coming , and I made up my mind at once. If Ixnilse Armstrong had n good and sulllclent reason for leaving her people nnd coming home , n renson , nioreover , that kept her from going nt once to Mrs. Ogden Fltghugh , nnd brought her to the ledge at Sunnysldc Instead , it was not my Intention to betray her. Louise herself must notify her people. I do not justify myself now , but re member , I was In a peculiar position toward the Armstrong family. I was connected most unpleasantly with a cold-blooded crime , and my niece and nephew were practically beggared , cither directly or Indirectly , through th" head of the fnmlly. Mrs. Fitzhugh had found the mas sage. " 'Paul died yesterday. Heart dis ease , ' " she read. " 'Wire at once if Louise Is with you. ' You sec , Miss Innes , Loulso must have started east , and Fanny Is alarmed about her. " "Yes , " I said. "Louise Is not hero , " Mrs. Fitzhugh went on , "and none of her friends the few who are still in town hnvo seen her. I called you because Sunny1- side was not rented when she went away , and Louise might have gene there. " "I am sorry , Mrs. Fitzhugh , but I cannot help you , " I said , and was im mediately filled with compunction. Suppose Louise grow worse ? Who was I to play Providence in this case ? The anxious mother certainly had a right to know that her daughter was In good hands. So I broke in on. Mrs. Fltzhugh's voluble excuses for disturbing me. "Mrs. Fitzhugh , " I said. "I was goIng - Ing to let you think I knew nothing about Louise Armstrong , but I have changed my mind. Louise Is hero , with me. " There was a clatter of ejaculations at the other end of the wire. "She Is ill , and not able to be moved. Moreover , she is unable to see any ono. I wish you would wire her mother that she is with me , and tell her not to worry. No , I do not know why she came east. " "But my dear Miss Innes ! " Mrs. Fitzhugh began. I cut In ruthlessly. "I will send for you as soon as she can see you , " I said. "No , she Is not In a critical state now , but the doctor says she must have absolute quiet. When I had hung up the receiver , I sat down to think. So Louise had fled from her people In California , nnd had come cast alone ! It occurred to mo that Dr. Walker might bo concerned In It , might possibly have bothered her with unwelcome attentions ; but It scorned to me that Louise was hard ly a girl to take refuge In flight under such circumstances. She had always been high-spirited , with the well- poised head and buoyant step of the outdoors girl. It must have been much moro In keeping with Loulso's char acter , ns I knew it , to resent vigorous ly any unwelcome attentions from Dr. Walker. It wns the suitor whom I should have expected to see in head long flight , not the lady in the case. The puzzle was no clearer nt the end of the half hour. I picked up the morning papers , which were still full of the looting of the Traders' bank , the Interest nt fever height again , on account of Paul Armstrong's death. The bank examiners were working on the books , and said nothing for publi cation ; John Bailey had been released on bond. The body of Paul Armstrong would arrive Sunday and would be burled from the Armstrong town house. There were rumors that the dead man's estate had been n com paratively small ono. The last para graph was the Important one. Walter P. Broadhurst ot the Ma rino bank had produced 200 American Traction bonds , which had been placed ns security with the Marino bank for a loan of ? 1CO,000 , made to Paul Arm strong , just before his California trip. The bonds wore a part of the missing traction bonds from the Traders' bank ! While this involved the late president of the wrecked bank , to ray mind it by no means cleared Its cashier. ( TO IJH CONTINUED. ) Why He Did Not Come. "Why didn't you come , Bobby , when I first called to you ? " asked a mother of her six-year-old son. "Because you told mo last week , mamma , " replied Bobby shrewdly , "never to accept an Invitation unless U was repeated. So many people invite you once out of politeness but really don't want you to come. 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