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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-02

The, only self-supportlng territory
Of the United States Is Alaska.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-02

Why is it that little girls Away
smile and little boys always grin?
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-02
News of Theatres
Uuderstudy Has relatives Here.

The understudy for the prima dom
ma in "The Merry Widow" opera Is
a sister OF Mr.. Joe Gertsang, of this
city, formerly of New York, who IS
one OF the proprietors of the Ladies
Bazaar" Her stage name is Miss
dang
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02

right side, much worse when I was
within hearing distance, n by after
noon he was started cityward. That
night the cooks sister had a baby
the cook, seeing indecision in my face,
made it twins on second thought-and,
to be short, by noo the next day the
household staff was down to Liddy and
myself. And this in a house with
twenty-five rooms and five baths!s
Liddy wanted to go back to the city
at once, but the milk boy said that
Thomas Johnson, the Armstrong; COL
ored butler, was working as a waiter
at the Greenwood Club, and might
come back. I have the usual scruples
about coercing peoples servants away
but few of us have any conscience re-
garding institutions or corporations
witness the way we beat railroads and
street car companies when we can-so
/ called up the club and about s
O'clock Thomas johnson came to see
me. Poor Thomas!
Well, it ended by my engaging
Thomas on the spot, at outrageous
wages. and with permission to sleep in
the gardeners lodge, empty since the
house was rented. The old man h.
was white-haired and a little stopped,
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02

big enough for a hospital, II 1t has a
Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne
back" which was ridiculous: it was
pure Elizabethan.
OF course We took the place; it was
not my idea of comfort, being much
too large and sufficiently isolated to
make the servant question serious.
But | give myself credit for this: what
ever has happened since 1 never
blamed Halsey and Gertrude for TAX
ing me there. And another thing: If
the series of catastrophes there did
nothing else, 1t taught me one thing
that somehow, somewhere, from per-
haps a half civilized ancestor who wore
a sheepskin garment and trailed his
food or his prey l have in me the in
stinct of the chase. Were 1 a man
l should be a trapper of criminals,
trailing them as relentlessly as no
doubt my sheepskin ancestor did his
wild boar. But being an unmarried
woman, with the handicap of my sex,
my first acquaintance with crime will
probably be my last. Indeed, it came
near enough to being my last acquaint-
ance with anything.
The property was owned by Paul
Armstrong, the president of the
Traders Bank, who at the time we
took the house vas in the West with
his wife and daughter, and a Doctor
Walker, the Armstrong family physi-
clan. Halsey knew Louise Armstrong
had been rather attentive to her the
winter before, but as Halsey was al
ways attentive to somebody I had not
thought of 1t seriously, although she
was a charming girl. l knew of Mr..
Armstrong only through his connection
with the bank, where the children's
money was largely invested, and
through an ugly story about the son,
Arnold Armstrong, who was reported
to nave forged his fathers name, for
a considerable amount. to some bank
paper. However, the story had had no
interest for me.
/ cleared Halsey and Gertrude away
to q house party and moved out to
~Sunnyside the first of May. The roads
were bad, but the trees were in leaf
and there were still tulips in the bor-
ders around the house. The arbutus
was fragrant in the woods under the
Gead leaves, n on the way from the
station, a short mile. while the car
stuck in the mud, l found a bank
showered with tiny forget-me-nots. The
~birds-don't ask me what kind; they
all look alike to me, unless they have
a hall-mark Of some bright color-the
birds were chirping In the hedges and
everything breathed of peace. Liddy.
who was born and bred on a brick
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02

one has a parry. I believe It is Gus
tomary TO fee the company, which viii
drink hot coffee and keep awake a
couple of hours longer. But the lights
were gone for good that night. Liddy
had gone TO sleep, as 1 knew she
would. She was a very unreliable per-
son; always awake and ready to talk
when she wasn't wanted, and doing
off to sleep when she was. I called
her once or twice, the only result being
an explosive snore that threatened her
very windpipe-then I got Up and
lighted a bedroom candle.
My bedroom and dressing-room were
above the big liying-room on the first
floor. On the second floor a long cor
ridor ran the length of the house, with
rooms opening from both sides. In the
wings We're small corridors crossing the
main one-the plan was simplicity
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"My candle only emphasized the gloom"

l a a creepy feeling that each one
sheltered a peering face. In fact, in
the light of what happened afterward,
I am pretty certain we were under
surveillance during the entire ghostly
evening. We hurried over the rest of
the ~locking-up. and got upstairs as
quickly as we could. I left the lights
all on, and our footsteps echoed cav
%ernously. Liddy had a stiff neck the
next morning, from looking Jack over
her shoulder, and she refused to go to
bed.
Let me stay dn your dressing-room,
Miss Rachel" she begged. IF you
don't, I'll sit in the hall outside the
door. I'm not going to be murdered
with my eyes shut"
IF you're going to be murdered" I
retorted, "it won't make any difference
whether they are shut or open. But
you may stay in the dressing-room, if
you will lie on the couch: when you
sleep in a chair you snore."
She was too far gone to be indig-
nant, but after a while she came to
the door and looked in to where I
was composing myself to sleep with
Drummond's Spiritual Life.
THAT wasn't a woman, Miss Rachel
she said, with her-shoes in her hand.
1T was a mar in a long coat"
VIVA woma was a man." l dis
c%ouraged her without looking up, and
she went back to the couch.
1t was II o'clock when I finally pre-
pared for bed. In spite of my assump-
ton of Indifference, 1 locked the door
into the hall, and finding the transom
did not catch. l put a chair cautiously
before the door-it was not necessary
to rouse Liddy-and climbing up PUT on
the ledge of the transom a small dress
ing-mirror, so that any movement of
the frame would send 1t crashing
down. Then, secure in my precautions,
I went to bed.
I did not go to sleep at once. Liddy
disturbed me just as l vas growing
drowsy, by coming in and peering I'M
der the bed. she was afraid to speak,
however, because of her previous snub-
hing, and went back, stopping in the
doorway to sigh dismally.
Somewhere downstairs a clock with
a chime sang away the hours-eleven-
thirty, forty-fve, twelve. And then the
lights went out to stay. The Casanova
Electric Company shuts up shop and
goes home to bed at midnight; when
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02

pavement. got a little bit do~wn-spirited
lei the crickets began to chirp. or
scraFe their legs together, or whatever
1t Is they do, at twilight.
The first night passed quietly enough.
l have always been grateful for that
one nights peace; it shows what the
country might be, under favorable cir
cunstances. Never after that night did
l put my head on my pillow with any
assurance how long it would be there;
or on my shoulders, for that matter.
On the following morning Liddy and
Mrs. Ralston, my own housekeeper,
had a difference of opinion and Mrs.
Ralston left on the eleven train. Just
after luncheon Burke, the butler, was
taken Unexpectedly with a pain in his
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02

usual to me: the housekeeper, who had
been left in charge, had moved from
the house to the gardeners lodge a
few days before. As the lodge was
far enough away from the house, it
seemed to me that either fire or thieves
could complete their work of destruc-
ton undisturbed. The property was
an extensive one; the hodse on the top
of a hill, which sloped away In great
stretches of green lawn and clipped
hedges, to the road, and across The
valley, perhaps a couple of miles away,
was the Greenwood Clubhouse. Ger
trude and. Halsey were infatuated.
why, It's everything you want"
Halsey said. View, air. good water
and good roads. AS for the house, it's
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CHAPTER II.


1DDYS knees seemed TO give way
L. under her. Without a sound she
sank down, leaving me staring at
the window in petrifed amazement.
Liddy began to moan under her breath,
and in my excitement I reached down
and shook her.
stop it." 1 whispered. It's only a
woman-maybe a maid of the Arm
strongs. Get up and help me find the
door" She groaned again. Very
WE'LL I said, then I'll have to leave
you here. I'm going"
She moved at that. and, holding to
my sleeve, we felt our way, with nu-
merous collisions, to the billlard-room,
and from there to the drawing-room.
The lights came on then, and, with
the long French windows unshuttered
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02

I - re~r w lohAill6 VI tH6 SDTI,AZ1
snapped. Liddy n / often desire to
part company, but never at the same
time. If o are afraid, I will go with
you, but for goodness sake don't try to
hide behind me-"
The house was a typical summer
residence on a extensive scale.
Wherever possible, on the first floor,
the architect that done away with par
t%itions, using arches and columns in
stead. The effect was cool and spa
cious, but scarcely cozy. AS Liddy and
l went from one window to another,
our voices echoed back at us uncom-
fortably. There was plenty of light
the electric plant down in the village
supplied us-but there were long vistas
OF polished floor, and mirrors which re-
nected us from unexpected corners,
until | felt some of Liddy's foolishness
communicate itself to me.
The house was very long, a ~rectangle
In general form, with the main en-
trance in the centre of the long side.
The brick-paved entry opened into a
short hall, to the right of which, sep
arated only by a row of pillars, was a
huge living-room. Beyond that was
the drawing-room, n in the end, the
billiard-room4 Off the billiard-room, in
the extreme right wing, was a den, or
card-room, with a small hall opening
on h cas- veranda, and from there
went up a narrow circular staircase.
Halsey had pointed it out with delight.
Just look, Aunt Rachel he said
with a flourish. THE architect that
put UP this joint was wise to a few
things. Arnold Armstrong n his
friends could sit here and play cards
all night and stumble UP to bed in the
early morning, without having the fam
lily send in a police call"
Liddy and l got as far as the card
room and turned on all the lights. l
tried the small entry door there, which
opened on the veranda, and examined
the windows. Everything was secure,
and Liddy, a little less nervous now,
had just pointed out to me the dis
gracefully dusty condition of the hard
wood floor, when suddenly the lights
went out. We waited a moment; I
think Liddy was stunned with fright,
or she would have screamed. And
then / clutched her by. the arm and
pointed to one of the windows opening
on the porch. The sudden change threw
the window into relief, an oblong of
grayish light, and showed us a figure
standing close, peering in. AS 1 looked
it darted across the veranda and yout
Of sight in the darkness.
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but with an immense idea of his per.
sonal dignity-gave me his reasons hes
itatingly.
1 amt sayin' nothin', Mis- Innes.' he
said, with his hand on the door-knob.
but there's been goin's-on here this
las few months as amt natchel. 'Tain'tl
one thing an faint another-ft's lest q
door squealin' here, an a winder closin.
there, but when doors an winders gets
to cuttin' up capers n there's nobody
nigh 'em. it's time Thomas Johnson
sleeps somewhar's else"
ldddy, who seemed to be never more
than ten feet away from me that night.
and was afraid of her shadow in that
great barn OF a place, screamed a little
and turned a yellow-green. But I am
not easily alarmed.
1t was entirely in vain I represented m
Thomas that we were alone and that
he would have to stay in the house that
night. He was politely firm, but he
would come over early the next morn
ing, and If | gave him a key he would
come in time to get some sort of break.
fast. I stood On the huge veranda and
watched him shuttle along down the
shadowy drive, with mingled feelings.
irritation at his cowardice and thank
fulness at getting him at all. | am NOT
ashamed to say that l double-lockeo
the hall door when I went in.
you a lock Up the rest of the
house and go to bed, Liddy," l said. Sc
verely. You give me the creeps stand
ing there, A woman of your age ought
TO have better sense" It usually braces
L1ddy to mention her age; she owns to
forty-which is absurd. Her mother
cooked for my grandfather, and Liddy
must be at least as old as /. But thai
night she refused to brace.
You're not going to ask me to lock
up. Miss Rachel" she quavered. why
there a dozen French windows in the
drawins-room n the billiard room
wing, and everyone opens on a porch.
And Mary Anne said that last night
there was a man standing by the stable
when h locked the kitchen door"
Mary Anne was a fool" I said
sternly. IF there had been a man there
she would ave had him in the kitchen
and been feeding him what was left
from dinner, inside of an hour, from
force Of habit. Now, don't be ridicu-
lous. Lock up the house and go to bed.
l am going to read"
But Liddy set her lips tight and stood.
still.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-28
Of EARLY
DAY FEUOS
(By United Press)

PORTLAND, Ore, May 2S.-
"reminiscences of the days in east
ern Oregon when the stock rancher
hated the settler was the theme of
the trial of William Eanley, &C.
cused by the government of illeg-
ally fencing $4,000 acres of public
land in Harvey county. William E.
Reider, rancher, was called by the
defense, which desired to show
through him the bad condition of
the fence around government land.
Rieder said that when Peter
French was master of the land no
body dared to enter it. During the
grazing season the stock of others
was kept out.
He told. of the continual antagon-
ism between the sheep and cattle
men. The latter claimed sheep rem
dered the grass unfit for their
stock to feed on. This was one rea-
son the fence was erected. William
Allen, Hanley's foreman, testified
that flocks and herds of all people
were allowed to feed in the Hanley
enclosure.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-28
C. N. PORTER PUTS POOR
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
OUT IN RAINY NIGHT
I'VE Amt Running Lodging House." !.
Depot Officials View Of Case.

came upon them. While they were
sobbing around the depot the depot
finally called up the police station
and mentioned the matter.
The spectacle touched = soft
spot In the policeman's breast and
he took them all to the o. r. 4
N. depot, where Jerry Flowers, an.
other negro porter, took them In
to rest on the benches.
The case reused the pity az we'll
as the ire Of the policemen at the
station and a collection was quickly
taken up for the two hungry fannI-
lies. With a big, juicy breakfast
packed away in basket, officer
Mcleod was soon hurrying back 70
the o. r. 4 N. station to present Il
to the more than grateful mothers.
He also gave them enough moro
money, collected from his brother
officers, to keep them comfortable
for the remainder Of their trip.
I'VE amt runnin' no iodeins
house here" retorted the hardened
master Of the depot when an off,
Ger asked him why he had allowed
two Of his company's own passen-.
gers to be treated in such inhu.
name manner.
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Thrust out into the cold, rainy
night by the thoughtIess coIored
porter of the Great Northern de-
pot, two penniIess and half fam
ished German women and their
four hungry and sleepy little tots
were rescued and cared for early
this morning by kind hearted po-
Iicemen.
They were on their way to
Portland from the east and had to
transfer from the Great Northern
to the o. r. & N. here. Having
no money and no place to stay for
the several hours they were COM
PEELED to wait, the little children
had cuddIed together on a bench
with their mothers sitting beside
them trying to rest.
With broom and buster in hand
the negro came along and ordered
them out on the wet stone plat
form, even before notifying the po-
lice Of their presence there.
The children, scarcely more than
babes, were sobbing piteousIy and
stumbling sleepily about. Both
mothers had given up in despair
and they, too, were in tears some
time later when Officer Mcleod
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-28
PLENTY Of
HOMES FOR
POOR GIRL

Ruth Harris will be free girl
tomorrow, unless movement that
is now on at the police station fails.
Attracted by her pitiabIe condition,
several responsible parties have Of
fered he ra home until such time
Wesley Laisure marries her and
can take care Of her. Yet, there
must be the red tape, In spite Of
the delicate nature of the case.
She is states witness, but all
the prosecuting attorney will re-
quire is that whoever takes her in
must be able to produce her within
"a hours when wanted.
An old farmer, with several
daughters Of his own, is one who
has offered her a home. He is from
Fairfield. Several others In Spo.
kane have offered their assistance,
and Chief Of Police Sullivan and
Judge Mann are taking up the case
this afternoon for the purpose Of
deciding which is the best Of the
proffered homes to give her.
Wesley Laisure is willing to
marry her. He said today he would
do all he could do support and care
for her as any husband should, yet
the state has not the assurance
that he will be discharged from the
army. His case may 90 before the
grand jury to expedite it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-28
SAYS ORPHAN ROAD
WILL FIND A HOME

Will the North Coast road wither
and die like a neglected orphan II
the council insists on the Ostrander
amendments to it's franchise, which
demand terminal rates and COM
mon user?
Not yet, according r. =. Stra-
horn. hottie holder of the orphan
road. He says the orphan has very
large aspirations in this life and
some vitality left. The inference
he leaves blandly as that IL Spo-
kane won't take the child Off its
doorstep the child Will crawl away
and seek shelter elsewhere. But
he hasn't packed its swaddling
clothes for such trip. He figures
that when the council comprehends
the gravity OF exacting such things
of an orphan railroad the door will
be swuf open and the civic milk
bottle wassmed up Ostrgnder says
we'll see aAont that.
StrahorR xnot over enthusiastic
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-28
NOTED KILLER
IS CAPTURED
(By United Press)

!, VICTORIA, B. c., May 2S.-
After a chase through northern
British Columbia, Charles Phillips,
alias Charles Benton, half breed
Indian, was arrested and is held at
Quesnel pending instructions. Phil
lips is suspected of being one of
the three who robbed saloon at
Midway and killed the proprietor.
He served term at the New West
minister penitentiary for killing a
constable who tried to arrest him
for horse stealing. Later he came
to Seattle and killed Detective
James Wells, who was taking him
to the police station. He served
II years for this crime, and on July
4 following his release he went to
Republic, Wash, where he shot
and killed Royal Siebert, deputy
sheriff.
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foul that 1t has been weeks since
they have been able. to have a win
dow open.
Charles Johnson. who conducts a
furniture store in the same block.
says:
Il have called the attention OF
the health department to this con-
dition over three weeks ago, and
several times since. but have been
unable to get anything done about
It,"
The proprietor of the Lion hotel
said that for the last two months
on the side of the house that over
looks this alley he has been un-
BILE to rent rooms.
In the Paramount lodging house,
In the same block, are several chill
dren who II they want to get a
breath of fresh air are forced ia
regale themselves on the foul cdor
that rises from the alley.
Though the alley Is an obscure
one. and even though an inspec-
tor exercised average diligence
there IL a possibility that a view
OF Il might escape him, there is
not a chance thousand that the
stencil could escape him II he went
10 feet OF First avenue into the
block. - -
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ARGUING THE
GLEN CASE

The state rested IN the Cleiu
trial at 2:10 this afternoon and At
torney Winston for the defense Inn
mediately moved for dismissal, ON
the ground that no direct evidence
had been offered to connect Clein
with the murder, and also that the
crime was committed on Fort
Wright reservation, over which the
state has no Jurisdiction
Judge Webster denied the motion
and Deputy Prosecutor Donovan
opened the argument for the state.
Attorneys Winston and Tusun will
follow for the defense and Prose-
cutting Attorney Pugh will close for
the state. 1t is expected to get the
case to the jury by tomorrow after
noon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-28
GOES POOLING AROUND
COURTS COW

The health inspectors have 9TH
er means besides their eyes of To-
eating conditions which may need
their attention. The nose is a
pretty good indicator of anything
which even If it is not menace
to public health might be some
what disagreeable to residents who
are likely to complain.
On Cleveland avenue. in the vi
cinity of the Corbin Park district,
this morning somebody caught a
strong Whit of the cow scent.
Turning to windward he traced it
for several block. and just behind
one of the most neatly kept resi-
dences in the locality found a lone
bessie in Is by 20 foot PENN
Judge Huneke's back yard.
The investigator beat it lest the
COW institute legal proceedings for
invasion of her privacy.
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$4,000 WOMAN STENOGRAPHER
II III. ROGERS RIGHT HAND MAN

Special Corrsspondsnos to The Press
NEW YORK, May 28.-One of
the least conspicuous, but most i'm
portant, persons in adjusting the
machinery of the H. H. Rogers sys-
tenn after his death was Miss Kath-
crime Harrison, his stenographer.
Miss Harrison, calm, steeleyed,
gray haired woman, earned $40, 900
a year, and was worth more. She
knew nearly as much about Rog-
ers' financial affairs as he did him
self.
When Rogers was beyond reach
of telegraph or telephone, Miss
Harrison had authority to give or
ders herself in big deals. On one
occasion the market broke while
the financier was on a cruise. He
expected to lose a considerable
sum of money. Instead, Miss Har-
rison had cleaned up $4,000 for
her chief during his absence.
Miss Harrison was intrusted
with the details of all the conf
Dental movements in the Rogers
offices. OF the visitors VINO came
to the offices, not one in 40 reached
her. Only one in five of those who
reached her reached Rogers him.
self. Next to Rogers, she was the