au. CIRCULAR 5IMRCASC
SYNOPSIS.
Innrft , spinster iinil euntdlnn of
Qortrudo anil llnlsoy , cstnUlisiioil niiintiicr
hoadciiiurtetH nt Hiinnysldc. Amidst mi-
maroiiH dlfllcillllos the acrvnntH tli'Hprtcd.
AB Mln.1 Inn locked tip for ( lie nlRiit
she wns stnrtlcrt by n dnrlc llgtiro on tlm
vornmlo. Un.Mccmly IIOHCH ! illHlurbcd nor
j during the night. In llin mnrnlriK Miss
' Innes fouiul a stiango Unit i-uff-lititlori In
i a hamper. Gertrude iind Jlnl oy arrived
j with Jack Unllcy. The house WJIH uwiik-
t ened by u revolver nhot nnd Arnold Ann-
i stroriR WRH found uliot to donth In tlic
, IiRll. MlBH InniiH found Hnlsov'M revolver
on the Inwn. lie nnd Jack Hullcy hutl rtl -
I nppoarcd. The link curt-btitton inyslcil-
, ously disappeared. notecllvn JnmlpBon
j arrived. Gertrude revealed oho wim MI-
I KDL'ed to Jack Unllcy , with whom ulio
talked In tlio billiard room a few mo-
1 incntH before. the inuidor. .fninlcsoii at-
I cusod Mlsfl Iruies uflioldliw back cvl-
* denco. lie InipilHoned an Intruder In nn
empty room. The prisoner osriipi'd down
a laundry chute. Oortrudo wan suHpecti-d.
A nncro found the other halt of what
proved to lx Jack IJnlley'H ciiff-bntlon
' llalfley icappoars and sayn lie und Halley
left In roapotixe to a telegram. ( lertnido
nald nlio had .tflvon Unlley an unloaded
revolver , fearlnp to Klvo him a loaded
weapon. Catdiler Halley of t'nul Aim-
BtrotiK's bank , defunct , was. urrcntcd for
flmbezzlcment. Ilnlsey Bald Armstrong
; wrecked his own bank and could clear
Bailey. Paul Armstions'H death was an
nounced. llalHoy'R llancoe , Itoutau Arm-
Btronp , was found at the lodge. Tbo
JodRokceprr nald Lou I so nnd Arnold had
a lonn talk the nlKht of the murder. Lou
isa was prostrated. lx > ulno told Hnlney ,
that whllo HMO Rllll loved him Him wnw to
marry another , and thtit lie would dcHpIno
her when he learned the whole story.
CHAPTER XIV. Continued.
Gertrude ami Ilnlsoy went for a
long walk tlmt afternoon find Louise
Blopt. Tlmo hung heavy on my hands ,
nnd I did ns I hud fallen Into n linblt
of doing lately I snt down nnd
thought things over. One result of
my meditations was tlmt I got up sud
denly nnd went to the telephone. 1
hnd taken the most intense ( Unlike to
this Dr. Walker , whom 1 had never
neon , nnd who was being talked of In
the countryside riB the ( lance of Louise
Armstrong.
11 know Sam Huston well. There
had been a time , when Sam was n
good deal younger than ho IH now , before -
fore he hnd married Anne 13ndlcott
when I know him even better. So now
I felt no hesitation In calling him over
the telephone. Hut when his office
boy had glvon way to his confidential
clerk , and that functionary had conde
scended to connect his employer's
desk telephone , I was somewhat nt a
loan an to how to begin.
"Why , how nro you , Unchel ? " Sam
Bald sonorously. "Going to build that
house lit Uock View ? " It wns n 20-
year-old joke of his.
"Sometime , perhaps , " 1 said. "Just
now I want to ask you a question
about something which Is none of my
business. "
"I see you haven't changed an Iota
n a quarter of a century , Rachel. "
Thin wns Intended to bo nnothor jest.
"Aak abend ; everything but my do
mestic affairs Is nt your service , "
"Try to bo serious , " I nnld. "And
tell mo this : Ilns your firm mndc nny
piano for a bouse recently for n Dr.
Walker nt Cnsnnova ? "
1 "Yes , wo have. "
} "Wlioro wns It to bo built ? I have
a reason for asking. "
"It was to bo , I believe , on the Arm
strong place. Mr. Armstrong himself
consulted me , and the Inference was
In fact , I nm quite certain the
house was to be occupied by Mr. Arm
strong's daughter , who wns ongnged
to mnrry Dr. Wnlker. "
When the architect had inquired for
too different members of my family ,
und hnd finally rung off , I was certain
of one thing. Louise Armstrong wan
In love with Ilnlsoy , and the man she
was going to marry wns Dr. Walker.
Moreover , this decision was not new ;
marriage had been contemplated for
Borne time. Th'ere must certainly be
some oxplnnatlon but what was it ?
That day I repeated to Louise the
telegram Mr , Harton had opened. She
seemed to understand , but an unhap-
plor face I have never soon. She
looked like n crlmlnnl whoso reprieve
Is over , nnd the day of execution ap
proaching.
I'
CHAPTER XV.
Llddy Gives the Alarm.
The next day , Friday , Gertrude
broke the news of her stepfather's
death to Louise. She did it as gently
as alio could , telling her first that ho
was very 111 , and finally that he was
dead. Louise received the news In
the most unexpected manner , and
when Gertrude came out to toll mo
I'I
how she had stood it , I think she was
almost shocked.
"Sho just lay and stared nt mo ,
Aunt Ray , " she said. "Do you know ,
1 believe she Is glad , glad ! And she
Is too honest to pretend anything
else. What sort of n man was Mr.
Paul Armstrong , anyhow ? "
"Ho was a bully ns well as a ras
cal , Gertrude , " I said. "But I am con
I vinced of one thing ; Louise will send
for Hulsoy now , and they will make
' it all up. "
For Louise had steadily refused to
eee Ilnlsoy all that day , and the boy
was frantic.
Wo had a quiet hour , Halsoy and I ,
-that evening , and I told him several
things ; about the request tlmt wo
give'up the lease to Sunnysido , nbont
' the telegram to Louise , about the
rumors of nn approaching marriage
between the girl and Dr. Walker , and
last of all , my own interview with her
the day before. -
Ha eat back'in a big chair , with his
fact1 In the Hhudou , and my licurl fair
ly ached for him. lie was BO big and
boyish ! When I had finished hu drew
a long breath.
. "Whatever Louise dooo , " he said ,
"nothing will convince me , Aunt Kay ,
that Hho doesn't care for me. And up
to two months ago , when she and her
nuithcr went west , 1 was the happiest
fellow on earth. Then something
made a difference ; she wrote me that
her people wore opposed to the mar-
rlnge ; that her feeling for me was
what It had always been , but that
something had happened which had
changed her Ideas UH to the future. I
was not to write until she wrote me ,
and whatever occurred , 1 waa to think
the best 1 could of her. It sounded
like a puzzle. When 1 saw her ye -
terday , it was the same thing , only ,
P < ; i hiipu , worse. "
"HnlHoy , " I asked , "have you any
Idea of the nature of the Interview
between Louise Armstrong and Arn
old the night he was murdered ? "
"It wns Htormy. Thomas nays once
or twice ho almost broke into the
room , he was so alarmed for Louise. "
"Another thing , HnlHey , " I said ,
"have you over heard Louise mention
n woman named Carrlngton , Nina Car-
rlnglon ? "
"Never , " he Haiti positively.
For try as we would , our thoughts
always came buck to that fatal Satur
day night , and the murder. Every con
versational path led to it , and wo all
felt that Jamlcson .was tightening
the 'threads of evidence around John
LJailey. The detective's nbsonco was
hardly reassuring , he must have had
something to work on In town or ho
Would bavo returned.
to IMP to hu vo .u HlnMl > > t appearancebut
wo k pt Hint wing woil lighted , and
until HillghU wont out at midnight
It was really chegrful. If one did not
know Its history.
On Friduy night. , then. I had gone
to bed , roHolvcd to go at once to sleep.
Thoughts that Insisted on obtruding
themselves I pushed resolutely to the
hack of my mind , and I systematically
relaxed every muscle. I fell asleep
soon , and waa dreaming that Dr.
Walker was building his new house
immediately in front of my windows ;
I could hear the thump-thump of the
hummers , and than I waked to a
knowledge that somebody was pound-
"We Had a Quiet Hour , " Halsey and I.
The papers reported tlmt the cash
ier of the Traders' bank was 111 in his
apartments at the Knickerbocker a
condition not surprising , considering
everything. The guilt of the defunct
president was no longer in doubt ; the
missing bonds had been advertised
and some of them discovered. In
every instance they had been used ns
collnte ral for largo loans , and the
belief was current that not less than
a million and a half dollars had been
realized. Kvory one connected with
the bank had been placed under ar
rest , and released on heavy bond.
Was ho alone in hjs guilt , or was
the cashier ills accomplice ? Where
was the money ? The estate of the
dead man was comparatively small
a city house on n fashionable street ,
Sunnysido , a large estate largely
mortgaged , an insurance of $50,000 ,
and some personal property this was
nil. The rest lost in speculntiou prob
ably , the papers said. There was one
thing which looked uncomfortable for
Jack Bailey : Ho and Paul Armstrong
together hnd promoted n railroad com
pany in New Mexico , nnd It wns ru
mored that together they hnd sunk
largo sums of money there. The busi
ness nil lance between the two men
added to the belief thnt Bnlloy know
something of the looting. His unex
plained absence from the bank on
Monda'y" lent color to the suspicion
against him. The strange thing
seemed to bo life surrendering himself
on the point of departure. TO mo u
seemed the shrewd calculation of a
clover rascal. I waa not actively an
tagonistic to Gertrude's lover , but I
mount to bo convinced , one way or the
other. I took no one on faith.
That night the Sunnysido ghost be
gan to walk again. Llddy had been
sleeping In Louise's dressing room on
a couch , nnd the approach of dusk
was n signal for her to barricade the
entire suite. Situated aa It was , bo-
youd the circular staircase , nothing
but nn extremity of excitement would
have mndo her pass it after dark. I
myself that the place seemed
Ing on my door.
I was up at OHM , and with the
sound of my footstep on the lloor the
low knocking ceas d , to be followed
Immediately by sibilant whispering
through the keyhole.
"MIsH Uachol ! Miss Rachel ! " some
body was saying , over and over.
"In that you , Llddy ? " I asked , my
hand on the knob.
"For the love of mercy , let mo In ! "
she said In a low tone
She was leaning against the door ,
for when I opened It , she fojl In. She
was greenlsh-whlto. and she had a
red and black barred flannel petticoat
over her shoulders.
"Listen , " she said , standing In the
middle of the lloor and holding on to
me. "Oli , Mist ) Rachel , It's the ghost
of tlmt dead man hammering to get
In ! "
Sure enought , there was a dull thud
thud thud It came apparently
from the wall.
"It's not a shost , " I said decidedly ,
"if Itns a ghoat-ttrwouldn't rap-it ;
would come through the keyhole. '
Llddy looked at the keyhole. "But it
sounds very much as though some one
is trying to break into the house. "
Llddy waa shivering violent'y. ' I
told her to get me my slippers and
she brought me a pair of kid gloves
so I found my things myself and prepared
pared to call Halsey. As before , the
night alarm had found the electric
lights gouo ; the hall , save for its
night lamp , was In darkness , as I went
across to Halsoy's room. I hardlj
know what I toured , but it was a re
lief .to find him there , very sound
asleep , and with his door unlocked.
"Wako up , Halsey , " I said , shaking
him.
him.Ho
Ho stirred a little. Llddy was hal
in and half out of the door , afraid as
usual to bo left alone , and not quite
daring to enter. Her scruples seome (
to fade , iiowever , nil at onco. She
gave a suppressed yell , bolted Into the
room and stood tightly clutching the
foot-board of the bed. Halsey was
gradually waking.
"I've seen It , " Liddy walled. "A
woman In white down the hall ! "
I paid no attention.
"Halsoy , " I persevered , "some one
Is breaking into the house. Get up
won't you ? "
"It Isn't our house , " ho said sleepl
ly. And then he roused to the oxl
gency of the occasion. "All right
Aunt Ray , " ho said , still yawning. "I
you'll lot mo- got into something "
it was all I could do to get Llddj
out of the room. The demands of the
occasion had no influence on her ; she
had seen the ghost , she persisted , ant
she wasn't going into the hall. Bu
I got her over to my room at last
more dead than alive , and made her
lie down on the bod.
The tappings , which seemed to have
ceased for a whllo , had commoncet
again , but they were fainter. Halsey
came over in a few minutes , and stood
listening and trying to locate th
sound.
"Qlvu mo my revolver , Aunt Ray ,
| ho aald ; and I eot it the ono I bad
ound in the tulip bed and gave it to
ilm. He saw Llddy there nnd divined
nt once that Louise was alone.
"You let me attend to this fellow ,
vhoever It is , Aunt Ray , and go to
Louise , will you ? She may be awake
ind alarmed. "
So In spite of her protests , I left
Llddy nlono and went back to the
cast wing. Perhaps I went a little
'aster past the yawning blackness of
.ho circular staircase ; and I could
icar Ilnlsoy creaking cautiously down
the main staircase. The rapping , or
pounding , had ceased , and the silence
was almost painful. And then sud-
lenly , from apparently under my very
'cet , there rose ! i woman's scream , n
cry of terror that broke off as sudden-
y as it came. I stood frozen and still.
Every drop of blood in my body
seemed to leave the surface and gath
er around my heart. In the dead si
lence that followed U throbbed as if it
would burst.More dead than alive ,
I stumbled Into Louise's bedroom. She
was not there !
CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Morning.
I stood looking at'the empty bed.
The coverings had been thrown back ,
and Louise's pink silk dressing-gown
was gone from the foot , where It hnd
lain. The night lamp burned dimly ,
revealing the emptiness of the place.
I picked It up , but my hand shook so
that I put It down again , and got
somehow to the door.
There were voices in the hall nnd
Gertrude came running toward me.
"What Is it ? " she cried. "What was
that sound ? Where is Louise ? "
"She is not in her room , " I said
stupidly. "I think it was she who
screamed. "
Llddy had joined us now , carrying a
light. We stood huddled together at
the , head of the circular staircase ,
looking down Into Its shadows. There
was nothing to be seen , nnd it was
absolutely quiet down there. Then
we heard Hnlscy running up the main
staircase. He came quickly down the
hall to\vhere we were standing.
"There's no one trying to get in. I
thought 1 heard some one shriek.
Who was it ? "
Our stricken faces told him the
truth.
"Some one screamed down there , "
I said. "And and Louise Is not in
her room. "
With a jerk Ilnlsey took the light
from Llddy and ran down the circular
staircase. I followed him , more slow
ly. My nerves seemed to be In a Jate
of paralysis ; I could scarcely stop. At
the foot of the stairs Halsey gave an
exclamation and put down the light.
"Aunt Ray , " lie called sharply.
At the foot of the staircase , hud
dled in n heap , her head on the lower
stair , was Louise Armstrong. She lay
limp and white , her dressing-gown
dragging loose from one sleeve of her
night-dress , and the heavy braid of
her dark hair stretching its length n
couple of steps above her head , as if
she had slipped down.
She was not dead ; Halsey put her
down on the floor and began to rub
her cold hands , while Gertrude nnd
Liddy run for stimulants. As for me ,
I sat there at the foot of that ghostly
staircase snt , because my knees
wouldn't hold me and wondered
where it would all end. Louise was
still 'unconscious , but she was breath
ing better , and I suggested that we
got her back to bed before she came
to. There was something grisly and
horrible to mo , seeing her there In
almost the same attitude and in the
same place where we had found her
brother's body. And to add to the
similarity , just then the hall clock ,
far off , struck faintly three o'clock.
It was four before Louise was able
to talk , and the first rays of dawn
were coming through her windows ,
She Lay Limp and White ,
which faced the eust , before she could
tell us coherently what had occurred.
1 give it as she told it. She lay
propped In bed , nnd Hnlscy sat beside
her , unrebuffed , and held her hand
whllo she talked.
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