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city home is dismantled and in the
hands of decorators. l have been here
ore week, during which | have not had
and I intend to STAY 'thhtif1f fhaEe re-
enreratcd: Morebvet if Mr.. Armstrong
| died insolvent, as l believe was the
case, his, widow ought to be. glad to be
rid of 500 Expensive Anphefe' Of, prop
erty3p bce are4def,ror 4.a4 r.; at6a.l
The lawyer .eleRred9h his throat. .s4.
lIsHI am vepN sorry YOU haYe made this
declsion," he said. Miss Innes, Mrs.
with you"
"She is"
Has she been informed of this
double bereavement
Not yet" 4 said. "She has been very
i'll; perhaps tonight she can be told"
1T Is very sad; very sad he said.
I"1 have a telegram for her, Mrs. lines.
Shall l sen it out?"
Better open it and read it to me-"
I suggested. IF it is important, that
will save time"
There was a pause while Mr.. Harton
opened the telegram. Then he read it
slowly. judicially.
Watch for Nina Darlington. Home
Monday. Signed f. L. w"
HUM / said. Watch for Nina
Darlington. Home Monday Very well.
Mr.. Harton, l will tell her, but she is
not in condition to watch for any
| one
well, Miss Innes, if you decide to-
er-relinquish the lease, let me know"
the lawyer said.
u shall not "relinquish it, I replied,
and I imagined his irritation from the
way he hung up the receiver.
! | wrote the telegram down word for
word, afraid to trust my memory, and
decided to ask Doctor Stewart how
soon Louise might be told the truth.
The closing of the Traders Bank l
considered Unnecessary for her to know.
but the death of her stepfether and
stepbrother must be broken to her soon,
or she might hear 1t in. some unex-
pected and shocking manner.
Doctor Stewart came. about 4 o'clock,
bringing his leather satehel into the
house with a great deal of care. and
opening it at the foot of the stairs 10
show me a dozen big yellow eggs nest
ing among the bottles.
Real eggs" he said proudly. None
of your anemic store eggs, but the real
thing-some OF them still warm. Feel
theml Egg-nQg for Miss Louise"
He was beaming with satisfaction,
and before he left he insisted on going
back to the pantry and making an
|egg-nog with his own hands. Some
how, all the time he was doing It. 1
had a vision of Doctor Willoughby, my
nerve specialist in the city. trying to
make an egg-nog. l wondered If he
ever prescribed anything SO plebeian-
and so delicious. And while DR.. Stew
art whiskod the eggs he talked.
Il said to Mrs. Stewart he CON
fided, a little red in the face from the
exertion, after ] went home the other
day, that you would think me an old
gossip, for saying what | did about
| Walker and Miss Louise"
Nothing of the SORT 1 protested.
The fact is he went on, evidently
justifying himself, II got that piece of
information just as we get a lot of
things, through the kitchen end of the
house. Young Walkers chauffeur
Walkers more fashionable than I am.
and he goes around the country in "a
s~tanhope car-well, his chaueffur comes
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CHAPTER XIV.

m GeS-ENpN a. II =
VXyE had discovered Louise at the
wv lodge Tuesday night. 1t was
Wednesday l mad my interview
with her. Thursday and Friday were
uneventful, save as they marked inn
provement in our patient. Gertrude
spent almost all the time with her, and
the two had grown to be great friends.
But certain things hung over me con-
stantly; the ~coroner's inquest on the
death of Arnold Armstrong, to be held
Saturday, and the arrival of Mrs. Arm
strong and young DR.. Walker, bringing
the body of the dead president of the
Traders Bank. We had not told Louise
of either death.
Iheh, too. | was anxious about the
children. With their mothers nher-
ltance swept away in the wreck of the
bank and with their owe affairs in n
disastrous. condition, things could
scarcely be worse. Added to that, the
cook and Liddy had a fare-up over the
proper way to make beef-tea for
Louise, and. of course, the cook left.
Mrs. Watson a been glad enough,
think TO turn Louise ever to our care.
and Thomas went upstairs night and
morning to greet his young mistress
from the doorway. Poor Thomasi He
had the fac~ulty-found still in some
CID negroes, who cling to the tradi-
tons of slavery days-of making his
employers interest his. 1t was always
I'VE" with Thomas. 4 miss him sorely;
ripe-smoking, obsequi,us. not over re-
liable, kindly old man,
On Thursday Mr.. Harton. the Arm
strongs' legal adviser, called up from
town. He had been advised, he. said,
that Mrs. Armstrong was coming East
with her husbands body and would ar
rive Monday. He came with some hest
tation, he went on, to the fact that he
Lad been further instructed to ask me
to reiinquish my lease on S~unnyside, as
1t was Mrs. Armstrong; desire.to come
directly there.
I was aghast.
"Here!" l said. surely you are mis-
taken, Mr.. Harton. ! should think,
after-what happened here only a few
days ago. she would never wish to
come back
Nevertheless" he replied, "she is
most anxious to come. That is what
she says. Use every possible means to
lave %sunnyride vacated. Must go there
at zoree.'"
mir. Harton," / said testify, II am
rot going to do anything of the kind.
| and ,nine have suffered enough at the
hands of this family. Lrented the house
at an cxorbitant figure and / nave
moved out here for the ummer MY
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Y NEW JERSEY MEWS9
JERSEY CITY IS
;. DRESSING GAYLY
Tunnel Day Celebration on
Monday Will Be Great
Event for Town.

JERSEY CITY, July 14.-This city
Is getting dressed for next Mondays
sreat event, The Tunnel Day celebra-
ton. In the City Hall the work of
decorating the interior is under way
and is being done on an elaborate scale.
On the outside of the City Hall the
decorations, will also be in keeping with
the. embellishments inside.
Citizens and storekeepers are also
getting busy and by the end of the
week Jersey city win be in gala attire
from the Morris Canal to North street
and from Exchange place to the Hack
ensack River - s2-''
Mayor Wittpenn, recognizing the inn
portance OF the day, announced yes
terday that he would issue a procla-
nation suggesting that next Monday.
be set apart as a holiday as"fdf as
possible.
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we're so many things she could not be
told, in her weakened condition. that l
dreaded the interview. 1t was much
easier than I expected. however. be-
cause she asked no questions.
Gertrude had gone to bed, having
been up almost all night, and Halsey
was absent on one of those mysterious
absences of his that grew more and
more frequent as time went on, until
It eliminated in the event of the night
o: June 10. Liddy was in attendance
in the sick-room. There being little or
nothing 10 do, she seemed to spend her
time smoothing the wrinkles from the
oounterpane. Louise lay under a field
Of virgin white. folded back at an angle
of g%eometrical eXactness. and neces-
sitating a reimbursement every time the
sick Girl turned.
Liddy heard my approach and came
out to meet me. She seemed to be in
a perpetual state of Goose-fesh, and
she had got in the habit of looking past
me when she. talked, as if she saw
things. 1t. had the effect of making
me 0 over my shoulder to see what
she was staring at, and was intensely
irritating.
She's awake Liddy said. loking UNI
easily down the circular staircase,
which was beside me- "She was talkin'
in her sleep something awful-about
dead men and collins"
"Liddy," I said sternly. did you
breathe a word about everything not
being right mere"
Liddy's gaze had Wandered to the
1nnn ~ tLl nl,,4 -. IT, -.-
Not a word" she said, beyond ask
ing her a question or two. which there
was no harm la. She says there never
was a. ghost known here
4 glared at. her. speechless, and clos
ing the Dor into Louise's boudoir, to
Liddy's great disappointment. | went
on to the bedroom beyond.
Whatever Paul Armstrong had been,
he had been lavish with his step
daughter. Gertrude's rooms at home
were always beautiful apartments. but
the three rooms in the east wing at
SCnnyside. set apart for tho daughter
of the house. were much more .splen-
did From the walls TO the rugs on the
floor, from the furniture TO the APP
pointments Of the bath, with its pool
sunk in the floor instead of the Gus
tomary unlovely tub. everything was
luxurious. In the bedroom Louise was
watching for me. 1t was easy to see
that she was much improved; the flush
was going, and h peculiar gasping
breathing of the night before was now
a comfortable and easy respiration.
She held out her hand and I took it
between both of mine.
What can / Jay to you. Miss Innes:"
she said slowly. ITO have come like
this"
I thought she Was going TO break
down. but she did not.
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You are not to think of anything
but of getting WE'LL" l said, patting her
hand. when you are better I am go
ing to scold you for not coming here
at once. This is your home, my dear,
and of all people in the world, Halsey's
Yold aunt ought to make you welcome"
u She smiled a little. sadly. l thought.
II ought not to see Halsey," she
said. Miss Inness, there are a great
many things you will never understand,
l alnFaffaid. | am an impostor on your
sympathy. because IL stay here and
let YOU lavish care on me, and all the
time I know you are going to despise
me-"
NONSENSE" said briskly. "Why,
what would Halsey do to me if l even
ventured such a thing? He is so big
and masterful that if = dared to be any
thing but ~rapturous over you, he would
throw me out of a window. Indeed,
he would be quite capable of It."
She seemed scarcely to hear my
fscetious tone. She had eloquent brown
eyes-the Illnesses are fair, and are
prone to a grayish-green optic hat is
better for use than appesrance-and
they seemed now to be clouded with
trouble.
Poor Halsey,," she said softly. Miss
lines, l can not marry him, and I am
afraid to tell him, l am a ~coward-a
coward!"
/ sat beside the bed and stared at
her. She was too i'll to argue, and, be-
sides, sick people take queer fancies.
1--WE will talk about that when you
are stronger" l said gently.
But there are some things | must
tell you" she insisted You must Won
der how | came here, and why | stayed
hidden at the lodge. Dear old Thomas
has been almost crazy. Miss 1nnes. I
did not know that Sunnyside was
rented. l knew my mother wished to
rent it, without telling my-stepfather,
but the news must have reached her
after / left. When / started east had
only one idea-to be alone with my
thoughts for a time, to bury myself
here. Then. must have taken a cold
on the train"
You came East in clothing suitable
for California" ! said. land, like all
young girls nowadays. l don't suppose
you wear iannels." But she was not
listening.
Miss %Innes.' she said, has my step
brother Arnold gone away?
What do you mean" | asked
startled. But Louise was literal.
He didn't come back that night"
she said. land it was so important Mat
l should see him"
Il believe he has gone away" | re-
Piled, uncertainty. Isn't it something
that we could attend to instead?"
But she shook her head. II must do
1t myself she said. duly My mother
must have rented %Sunnyside witht VI
telling my stepfather, and-Miss Innes,
did you ever hear of anyone being
wretchedly poor in the midst of
luxury?"
Did you ever long, and long, for
money-noney to use without question,
money that no one would take you to
task about? My mother and l have
been surrounded for years with every
indulgence-everything that would
make a display. But we have never
had any money. Miss Innes; that must
have been why mother rented this
house. My stepfather pays u bills.
It's the most m~addening. humiliating
existence in the world. ! would love
honest poverty better"
NEVER mind" I said; when you and
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STEEL TOWERS TO
HARVEST LIGHTNING
,BayOnne Baptist Minister Has
Grand Scheme to Round
Up Electricity.

BAY0NNE, July 1.-THE Rev. Theo-
dore Geisel, a Baptist minister of this
city. and a scientific scholar who has
contributed largely to magazines, has
discovered a method, he declared yes
terday, for Harvesting the lightning and
using the electricity in the sky. If his
plans are adopted and worked out sue
c~essfully, thunder storms viii be ellmi-
mated.
Mr. Geisers plan is to construct a
huge steel tower tapering into the
clouds, down which, silently and harm
lessiy, the electricity will run into
storage batteries.
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I'll give you up the minute you say L
don't love you and | do love-some one
~eisel'" 4.si
III cannot gay that" she breathed,
but, very soon, L shall marry-the
other man. -
| could hear Halsey's low triumphant
laugh.
FebiiI defy him. he said. Sweetheart,
asglong as you care for me, | am not
afraid
EWHhe9 wind slammed the door between
the W rooms just then, and I could
hear nothing more, although l moved
NY chair quite close. After a discreet
interval l went into the other room
and found Louise alo ne. She was star
ing with sad eyes at the cherub PARTED
on the ceiling over the bed, and because
she looked tired | did not disturb her.
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Copyright 1908,
The Bobbs- Merrill Company.


Rachel lines. a spinster, rents ''Sunnyside, -"
he country home of a banker, Paul Armstrong,
Ind goes there with her grown nephew and
li-ie, Halset and Gertrude. The second night
here are mysterious disturbances about the
louise. The third night Arnold Armstrong. son
+af the hanker. Is murdered in the house, Hal
seq. and John Bailey, Gertrude's dance. disap p
scar! Batef John BAILEY. who IS cashier in
Armstrong; bank. gives himself up, and Hal
sey returns The bank fails. Bailey sends for
.aul Armstrong, the banker, but he dies stimuli
.saeously in California. Some. suspicion is
~ scted against him. Detective tells Miss
IN 0s a yelled wenlan came to- 'tSunnyslde'
atiis, night before the murder. \ night or two
ef dffetAef disturbance tn the house leads to
Of abe banker, sister OF the murdered man,
ara EIaIscy's tiance, IS found very III, hiding
b a lodge. She has iun away from parents In
dlifoTnia. She is taken 10 sunny side" for
seFel while no one knows why she came to the
Sieinity- eq- r-asr 4f
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to see our servant girl, and he told
her the whole thing. | thought 1t was
probable, because Walker spent a lot
of time up here last summer, whes the
family MAS heFe, and besides, Riggs,
that's Walters man had a very pat lits
tie story about he doctors building a
house on this property, just at the foot
of the hill. The sugar. please"
The egg-nog was finished. Drop by
drop the liquor had cooked the egg. and
now, with al final whisk. a last toss in
tile 4 aiefjIoit was ready, a symphony
in gold and white. The doctor shifted
It.
Real eggs, real milk, and a touch of
zeal Kentucky whiskey,' b" he said.
He insisted on carrying 1t up himself,
but at the foot of the stairs he paused.
Riggs said the plans were drawn for
the house." he said. barking back to
the old subject. Drawn by Huston in
town So ] naturally believed him.
When the doctor came down | was
ready with a question.
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tsfHfE Sc .1JalG WI " s-s ra
6 Che puzzle was no. clearer at the end
e4 tneas hall hour. picked zap the
.aorIing papers, which were stih full.
u the looting of the Traders Bank,
ne interest at fever height again, on
ecount of Paul Armstrong; death.
.ae bank examiners were working on
slsaiajookS and SAID Hothing for pub
iIeatioh. John Bailey had been released
IN. bvpd.. The body of Paul Armstrong
Mouid Arrive Sunday and would be
buried from the Armstrong town house.
mere We're rumors that the dead man's
sstate mad been a comparatively small
neSpThe1ia paragraph Was thesim-
sportant one. rs~aT ATTY
Walter r, ~Broadhurst, OF the Marine
Sank, had produced two hundred
american Traction bonds. which had
en- placed as security with the
Marine Bank for a loan of one hun :
fired and sixty thousand dollars made
9tts Paul Armstrong just before hts Cali
scfiia trip The bonds were a part5of
tho missing traction bonds from the
Traders Bank! While this involved
The late president of the wrecked bank,
ito my mind 1t by no means cleared its
cashier. ~ rse u
as The gardener mentioned by Halsey
M out about. 2 O'Clock in the after
noon and walked up from the station.
/ was favorably impressed by him. His
references were good-he had been EN-
ployed by the Brays until they went to
Europe, and he looked young and
Vigorous. He asked for one assistant,
ana ! was glad enough to get off so
easily. He was a pleasant-faced young
fellow. with black hair and blue eyes,
and his am was Alexander Graham.
have been particular about Alex, be-
cause, as I said before, he played an
Important part later.
That afternoon / had a. new insight
into the character of the dead banker.
4 had my, f1rsts conversation with
Louise. She sent for me, aud against
my better Judgment I vent. There
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MADISON SCHOOL SITE VOTE.

MADISON. July 1.-THE Madison
Board of Education is about to build
a new s~choolhouse, TO cost between
$780, 900 and $40, 600, and as there are
three available sites for it the voters
of the town will determine at a special
election today which of the three is the
most desirable.
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NEW THEATRICAL WAR;
II SAVAGE VS.. SfiUBERTS.
Battle Is On Over Production OF
Gay Hussars."

ATLANTIC CITY. July 1.-THE first
gun in what promises to be another
merry theatrical war has been, fired
here by Henry w. Savage, the mag
nate, who made a coup last season with
The Devil" as against Harrison Grey
Fiske.
Mr.. Savage has secured the rights of
a German musical play by Franz Lee
har. which is called THE Gay Hus-
sars.' The Shuberts, who are fighting
the theatrical syndicate. have also a
version of the same play, it is said,
which they have been rehearsing with
the intention of producing it on Mon
Gay next. Savage got wind of it and
Immediately set to work to Guido
them.
NEW YORK, July 14.-Henry w.
Savage sprung another surprise on New
York today by announcing the first per-
Torrance at the Garden Theatre of
THE Gay HussarS.'
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TURNS DOWN OLD TEACHERS.

BORDENTOWN, July 14-Despite
the strong public protest and big petit
ton from citizens and taxpayers, the
Board of Education has refused to re-
appoint Miss Hattie Clinton and Miss
Anna P. Wheeler as teachers, although
the former had served twenty-seven
and the latter t~wenty-six years very
a~cCeptably.
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PASSAIC PARKS HELD UP
BY REFUSAL OF LOAN,

PASSAIC. July 1.-THE right of the
city to raise 5000, 900 Oh a note for the
purchase of parks has been questioned
by the Passaic National Bank md the
Passaic Trust and Safe Deposit Com
pany. The directors claim that the city
has no right to borrow on a note for
the purchase of land.
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WOMAN FINED FOR SPEEDING.

ASBURY PARK, July 14.-Arrested
for exceeding the speed limits of Allen
hurst, Mrs. Victor Earle, a summer
resident, admitted to City Judge John
A. Borden that she had driven her
automobile without a license for three
years. She was fined. $25, r.
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MRS. MARY D. OGDEN.

ELIZABETH. July 14.-Mrs. Mary D.
Ogden is dead at her home, 1855 Wash
ington street, of apoplexy. Mrs. Ogden
had long been q resident of this city.
She was 70 years old. She is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Thomp-
son and Mrs. Rose Lawrence.
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OLDEST MORTGAGE oEE THE BOOKS

MT. HOLLY. July 1.-THE oldest
mortgage in the Office of the clerk of
Burlington county has just been dis
charged of record. 1t was on a prop
erty here and was for $1,000. 1t was
given in 1917.
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NEW SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CHOSEN.

WILLIAMSTOWN, July 14.-Profes-
sor A. T. Marsteller, of ~Pleasantville,
has been elected supervising principal
Of the schools of .Williamstown and
Monroe township.
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R. H. FLEMING HEADS cANDYMEN

WILDWOOD. July 14-Philadelphia
was in evidence yesterday at the bust
ness session of the National Confec-
tionery Salesmen's Association, when
Robert Fl. Fleming. of that city, was
unanimously elected president of the
association.
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CONTESTS COLONEL BLY'S WILL.

AsBURY PARK, July 14.-Alleging
that she practically has been disin-
herited. Mrs. Helen E. Brien. only
daughter of the late Colonel H. j. BLY,,
owner of the Plaza Hotel, this city, has
Instituted suit in the Monmouth County
Orphans Court.
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ASK FOR BRADLEY BEACH PROBE.

ASBURY PARK. July 14.-Alleging
wrongful expenditures in the borough,
thirty-ive property-owners of Bradley
Beach have petitioned Supreme Court
Justice Voorhees, for an investigation
of affairs in the borough.
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tTo BE Continued Tomorrow.)
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-25
WIFE TAKES ANOTHER MAN
But she and Her Husband stTn Are
Friendly and Keep UP Cor
F~eHpOndence.

Julius Westrom's wife went away with
another man, but Mr.. and Mrs. westrom
did not part on unfTiendly terms and still
maintain a friendly and fairly regular cor
~respondence.
Judge Troup, who heard westrom's APP
plicetion for a divorce. indicated that he
thought Westrom and his wife were rather
too friendly considering the circumstance
He inquired OF Westrom about his past
and found that he had been married be-
fore.
did you divorce her, or she your" asked
the court.
"she got the divorce
ron what ~grounds?'
well, our married life was unhappy, SC
I gave her grounds" replied the plaintiff
in the present suit. The case is not ended
Mrs. Blaine d. Sitter married at II year
OF age and her husband was but two years
older. She admitted to the court that sh,
had married when pretty young and OF
rather short acquaintance. A decree wal
given her for nonsupport.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-25
FUND FOR TAKING THE CENSUS
House Passes Bill APprODrIatInG Ten
Million Dollars for Expense of
Enumeration.

WASHINGTON, June A-Anticipatlng
the impossibility OF the census bill becom-
ing a law by July l. the beginning Of the
new fiscal year, the house today passed a
bin introduced by Chairman Tawney Of
the appropriations committee appropriating
$40. 900. 900 for the expenses Of the taking Of
the thirteenth census.