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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-20
CHAPTER xxxIi.
Anne watson,a s..r,.

Liddy discovered the fresh break
In the trunkroom wall while we were
at luncheon, and ran shrieking down
the stairs. She maintained that, as
she entered, unseen hands had been
digging at the plaster; that they had
stopped when she went in, and she
had felt a gust of cold damp air. In
support of her story she carried in
my wet and muddy boots, that / had
unluckily forgotten to hide, and held
them out to the detective and myself.
What did tell your" she said
dramatically. Look at EN-. THEY'RE
yours. Miss Rachel-and covered with
mud and soaked to the tops. I tell
you, you can scott all you like: soma.
thing has been wearing your shoes.
AS sure as you sit there, there's the
smell OF the graveyard on them. How
90 we know they weren't trampine
through the Casanova churchyard last
night, and sitting;on the graves!"
Mr.. Jameson almost choked To
death. Il wouldn't be at all surprised
II they were doing that very thing.
Liddy." he said, when he got his
breath. They certainly look like it,"
l think the detective had plan
on which he was working, but which
was meant to be coup. But things
went $50 fast there was no time to
carry it into effect. The first thing
that occurred was a message from
the Charity hospital that Mrs. Wat
son was dying and had asked for me-
old not care much about going.
There is sort of melancholy plea
sure to be had out of funeral with
Its pomp and ceremony, but I shrank
from a death-bed. However. Liddy
got'out the black things and the creme
veil keep for such occasions. and 7
went. left Mr.. Jameson and the
day detective going over every inch
OF the circular staircase, pounding
probing and measuring. l was inward.
~ elated to think of the surprise Twas
going to give them that night; as It
turned out. / did surprise them-al-
most into spasms.
drove from the train to the Chart.
ty hospital, and was ut once taken
1e g ward There, in g-ay-wa.nea
room in a high iron bed, lay Mrs. Wat
son. She, was very weak, and she
only opened her eyes and looked at
me when l sat down beside her. +
was conscience-stricken. We had baen
80 engrossed that had left this poor
creature to die without even a word
Of sympathy.
The nurse gave her stimulant.
and In . little while she was able 70
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whlst,,no and w.epIro re-.

Among the curiosities OF tree life is
the sofar. or whistling tree OF Nubia
When the winds blow over this tree
it gives out flutelike sounds, playing
away to the wilderness for hours at a
time strange, weird melodies. 1t Is
the spirit of the dead singing among
the branches, the natives say. but the
scientific white man say that the
SOUNDS are due to myriad OF small
holes which an insect bores in the
spines of the branches.
The weeping tree Of the Canary
islands is another arboreal freak. This
tree in the driest weather will rain
down showers from its leaves, and the
natives gather up the water from the
pool formed at the foot of the trunk
and find it pure and fresh. The tree
exudes the water from innumerabls
pores at the base of the leaves.
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nothing happened, and with a growing
feeling of uncanniness l set to work
aularging the onenin1

, nothing happened, and with growing
feeling of uncanniness set to work
snlarging the opening.
The result was absolutely nil. When
could hold lighted candle in the
opening saw precisely what / had
seen on the other side Of the chimney
"a space between the true wall and
the false one, possibly seven feet long
and about three feet wide. It was in
no sense of the word secret cham.
Der, and 1t was evident it had not
been disturbed since, the house was
built. 1t was supreme d1sappoint.
ment.
1t had been Mr.. Jamieson's idea
that the hidden room. If there was
one, would be found somewhere near
the circular staircase. In fact, knew
that he had once investigated the en-
tire length of the clothes chute, hang
ing to rope, with this in view. l
was reluctantly about to concede that
he had been right, when my eyes fell
on the mantel and fireplace. The lat
ted had evidently never been used ;
1t was closed with a metal fire front,
and only when the front refused to
move. and investigation showed that
it was not intended to be moved. did
my spirits revive.
1 hurried into the next room. Yes.
sure enough, there was a similar man
tel and fireplace there, similarly
closed. In both rooms the chimney
fiue extended we'll out from the wall.
measured with the tape-line, my
hands trembling so that could
scarcely hold it. They extended two
feet and a, half into each room, which
with the three feet of space between
the two partitions, made eight feet to
be accounted for. Eight feet in one
direction and almost seven in the 9th.
er-What chimney 1t was!
But I had only located the hidden
room. 1 was not in it, and no amount
OF pressing on the carving of the
wooden mantels, no search Of the
floors for loose boards, none of the
customary methods availed at all.
That there was means of entrance.
and probably a simple one, could be
certain. But what?' What would /
find if I did get in? Was the detect
i've right. and were the bonds and
money from the Traders bank there
or was our whole theory wrong ?
Would not Paul Armstrong have taken
his booty with him? If he had not,
and II DIR. Walker was in the secret,
he would have known how to enter
the chimney room. Then-who had
dug the other hole in the false parti.
tion2 -----,-----, ...-.... $50,
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MISSOURI LANDS.

Missouri farms for sale only nifty
miles from Kansas city. Best of farm
ing land, good water, fine climate. good
corn, oats and hay land as can be
found in our state.
No l.--24o acres. fine improvements.
good archard: one mic from Holden,
best town in county; price 500.
No. 2--190 acres. joins town. good
improvements; 500 per acre.
No 3-l26 acres, joins town. good
improvements, best orchard peaches.
all kinds of fruit; price sS5 per acre
No POO acres, new eight room
house, good barn, ~ miles from town:
lays fine: price S75 per acre.
No. $50 acres. two sets of i'm
provements. II miles from town
No. 6--190 acres, two miles from
town. good improvements: price $3.50
per acre.
No. 1-315 acres. new improvements;
price $50 per acre
No. $3.50 acres. price $3.50 per
acre.
No s---l6o acres. new improvements:
price $3.50 per acre.
No. 10-Five good S0-acre tracts,
good water. fine located; price $50 per
acre.
No. Ills acre tract. good improve
ments. three miles from town; price
$50 per acre.
This is the best located land in our
county; has low rate of taxes: no
debts. c. w. BEDFORD, Holden, Mo.
Fruit lands. dairy farms. timber
lands and ranches cheap in the famous
Koskonong fruit belt, IS to $40 per acre.
Write for lists. etc. Porterfield & Son.
Koshkonong. Mo.
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threatened exposure II he did not pro-
vide for him. Indeed, for time, he
did SO. Then he realized that Lucien
was the ruling passion in this lonely
woman's life. He found out where
the child was hidden, and threatened
to take him away. Anne was frantic.
Inc positions became reversed.
Where Arnold had given money for
Luciens support, as the years went
on he forced money from Anne Wat
son instead until she was always pen
niless. The lower Arnold sank in the
scale, the heavier his demands be.
came. With the rupture between him
and his family things were worse.
Anne took the child from the home
and hid him in a farmhouse near
Casanova, on the Claysburg road.
There she went sometimes to see the
boy. and there he had taken fever.
The people were Germans, and he
called the farmers wife grossmutter.
He had grown into a beautiful bow.
and he was all Anne had to live for.
The Armstrong; left for California.
and Arnold's prosecutions began anew.
He was furious over the child's dis
appearance and she was afraid he
would do her some hurt. She left the
, big house and went down to the lodge.
When had rented Sunnyside, how
ever, she had thought the prosecutions
would stop. She had applied for the
position of housekeeper and secured it.
That had been on Saturday. That
night Louise arrived unexpectedly.
Thomas sent for Mrs. Watson and
then went for Arnold Armstrong at
the Greenwood club. Anne had been
fond of Louise-she reminded her OF
Lucy. She did not know what the
trouble was. but Louise had been in
q state OF terrible excitement. Mrs.
Watson tried to hide from Arnold. hut
he was ugly He left the lodge and
went up to the house about 2:SO. was
admitted at the east entrance and
came out again very soon. Something
had occurred. she didn't know what :,
but very soon Mr.. lines and another
gentleman left, using the car.
Thomas and she had got Io,,sa
quiet, and a. little before three Mira
Watson started up to the house
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talk. So broken and half.coberent
however. was her story that I shall
tell 1t in my own way. In An hopr
from the time entered the Charity
hospital had heard a sad and pitifm,
narrative, and had seen a woman sliu
into the unconsciousness that is on,y
step from death.
Briefly. then, the housekeener,s
story was this:
She was almost 10 years old md
mad been the sisteY-mother of a large
family of children. One by one thew
had died, and been buried beside their
parents in little town in the middle
west. There was only one sister left
80 baby. Lucy. On her the older girl
mad lavished all the love OF an fmnn,-
sive and emotional nature. When
Anne, the elder, was 80 and Lucy 10
a young man had come to the town
He was going east, after spending the
summer at celebrated ranch in Wv.
om1ng-one of those places WHARF
wealthy men send worthless and die.
sipated sons for season of temner.
ance, fresh air and hunting. The
sisters, Of course, knew nothing Of
this. and the young mans ardor rath.
er carried them away. In word
seven years before, Lucy Haswell had
married young man whose name was
given as Aubrey Wallace.
Anne Haswell had married a car
penter in her native town and was a
widow. For three months everything
went fairly we'll Aubrey took his
pride to Chicago, where they lived at
hotel. Perhaps the very unsophisti.
cation that had charmed him in Val
ley Mill Jared on him in the city. He
had been far from model husband
even for the three months, and when
ne disappeared Anne was almost
thankful. 1t was different with the
young wife, however. She dropped
and fretted, and on the birth Of her
baby boy she had died. Anne took the
child and named him Lucien.
Anne had had no children of her
own, and on Lucien she had lavished
all her aborted maternal instinct. On
one thing she was determined, how
ever: That was that Aubrey Wallace
should educate his boy 1t was a part
OF her devotion to the child that she
should be ambitious for him; he
must have every opportunity. And so
she came east. She drifted around.
doing plain sewing and keeping a
nome somewhere always for the boy.
FINALLY. however, she realized that
her only training had been domestic,
and She put the boy in an Episco-
plalian home, and secured the posi-
ton OF housekeeper to the Arm.
strongs. There she found Lucien's
father, this time under his own name.
1t was Arnold Armstrong.
1 gathered that there was no par.
ticular enmity at that time in Anne's
mind. She told him of the boy, and
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my lion--tHe one In whose mouth I
put my head. That Is really danger
Gus. ! don't always do that in my act.
do It only whom see that his eyes
are kind. I could sleep with that anil
mal--he's generally 10 kind. No. I
haven't tried It. but could.
OF course the lion might put An
end to me in q jiffy. One pinch Of his
teeth would settle It But look him
straight In the eye and see whether
or not 1t wrinkles. II 1t twinklesrI do
not put my head in his mouth. II Il
does not twinkle run the risk"
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door she came to. She had fallen
down the clothes chute. and been
saved by the basket beneath. could
have cried with relief; then 1t had not
been Gertrude, after all!
. That was the story. Sad and tragic
though It vas. the very telling Of 1t
seemed to relieve the dying woman
She did not know that Thomas was
dead, and did not tell her prom
Used to look after little Lucien. and
sat with her until the intervals OF con-
seriousness grew shorter and finally
ceased altogether She died that night.
ITO Be Continually
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LAND. LAND.

l will give you the price of two
farms. one improved 100 acres, all
fenced. good grove, good house, good
soil; prices S5I: terms easy. One 100
acres, all improvements on 1t: price
sos. The old saying is money makes
money, but if you want to make money
mere is an opportunity that will make
you 90 per cent while you sleep All
correspondence cheerfully answered.
Henry Meyer. Titonka, Iowa
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NORTH DAKOTA LANDS.

Good land is increasing In value
every day There are a few ch lce
pieces in this vicinity at prces from
Sl5 TO So per acre. If you want 10
invest in something that will double
your money for YOU in a short time.
this is your opportunity. If Interested,
write to Charles Wiper & co, Ryder.
y. D.
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SOUTH DAKOTA LANOS.

For Sale Cheap--Two unlmproved
farms in Edmunds county. S. D.. near
Onaka. on the st. Louis road. One
farm. 240 acres. NJ $22.6o, one fnrm of
160 acres at $24. Above prices net to
me. Address owner. II. +. Skinner.
Albert Lea, MINI.
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WASHINGTON LAND.

400 Free Homestead-Come west and
get prairie claims Can take 100 or 800
as we'll as leo acres desert Close 10
railroad station. Best TO be had in the
west Con. Land Locating Company
Spokane. Wash
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For Sale

Seven-room house. good barn ana out
buildings with four acres of land in
fruit at bargain in the city. Also
electric vaudeville 10 cents theater in =
city Of 5000 people. Clearing abovs
expenses $500 to $500 per month.
II. J. AllARo. w. n, MOON.
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FLORIDA LANDS.

For SaIe-A snap. 5000 acres or ua-t
thereof Of the best orange. grape fruit
or winter vegetable land IN southern
Florida. Price right and terms reason
able. Will make one of the best sub
division propositions ever marketed
A. Eenkema. Security Bank building.
Minneapolis Mimi
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WISCONSIN LAND.

Forty acres good level land. rich soil
small clearing. balance heavy hard
maple and oak timber. house and barn,
four miles from town. price $500. sl66
cash. balance five years. per cent
Tom. O. Mason, President. Island City
State Bank. Cumberland. Wis.
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N An.rlhia na.Ah

results from decaying Lungs. Cura
Coughs and Weak Sore Lungs with DR..
Kings New Discovery. soc and Sl.o0.
Mcbride d WIN Drug Co,
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Wanted - Everybody 20 Know Thas
the AMERICAN DISPATCH MES.
SENGER CO. DELIVERS Parcels and
Packages.
Reliable messengers furnished. /
Prompt service, reasonable ratea
Phenss-Nsw, sos; Old, s..
J. F. CROSBY
East State Msnsoee
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Woman's Nature.

It's just like a woman to forgive q
man who doesn't deserve it-Chicago
News.
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BIG SNAP.

Sixty acres joining this city. perfect
land and good soil. well improved.
Price sllo per acre. The Brown Rich
man Company. Estherville. Iowa
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Wanted - Second hand hard Goa
heater. Must be in good condition. AID
dress PTS, care of Times-R Republican
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Wanted-Horses to board and city
break at Bloomfield feed barn. phone
235. w. L. Stansherry. PROPRIETOR
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Death from Blood Poison
was prevented by q. W. Cioyd. Punk.
Mo, who healed his dangerous wound
with Buckicn's Arnica Salve. csc. Nc
Bride & Win Drug Co.
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acres. good improvements. miles from
town. $3.50 an acre. John C. Preston
Crystal Lake. Iowa
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Wanted-Boaraers and roomers at
Leland Hotel.
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Knew Need Of Cool Brain.
Napoleon said. no matter how raw
ing or raging. he never dared to Let
himself get angry above the throat.
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ty days to settle estate. seventy acres
and 217 acres. Joins town. Address
Box 1856, Swea City, Iowa.
Fer Se!e-Isest farm in. Wright conn
ty. Iowa. Two hundred forty. acres be
ty, Iowa $40 acres best of land, well
titled and fenced, $500 house, three
barns, hog house, chicken house, double
crib with elevator. bearing orchard
burr oak grove. flowing well, three
miles from one town, two from another.
A handsome, rich home farm with
everything complete. If you see it YOU
will want it. Write quick IL interest
ed as 1t will soon go. J. w. Belknap.
Goldfeid. Iowa.
For saIe-one Of the best money
making 245 A. farms In Iowa. Good
buildings. flowing well, Write for in
formation VIM. Wesenberg. Goodeil,
Iowa.
For SaIe-lS0 acres, improved, IN
miles from town. $50 an acre: 100
acres, ,unimprovsd IN miles from town,
$3.50 an acre: $50 acres. fair Inn
provements, 2 miles from town, $3.50
an acre. 240 acres. good Improvements,
2 miles from town. $3.50 an, acre: $50
acres. finely improved. Rdjoiasy town,
$67.50 an acre: 100 acres, fine improve
ments, 3h miles from town, $7760 an
acre: 100 acres, good improvements. 3
miles from town. $3.50 an acre: 100
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Wanted-Farmers wanting help to
gather corn should phone or write CARTS
Employment Agency at Carts Shoe
Store, 1913 East Main. Phone 1908 yell
low.
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Wanted-Several farmers with stock
and machinery to go to Canada and
farm improved wheat land. Address
Gil, care this office IF
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Wanted-Let your wants be known.
1908 yellow. Carts Employment Agency.
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Notwithstanding. 21o South Fourth
avenue.
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For SaIe-Meat market in central
Iowa doing $4,000 business month.
Good reason for selling. A snap if sold
soon. Address DIG, care T.-R., Mar
shalltown, Iowa
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Wanted - Two corn pickers. gooc
corn and Long job three miles northeas
of town. c.. H. Hicks
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FOR RENT.

For Rent--A room suitable for two
gentlemen. or man and wife. 6o2 East
Church.
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CUT RATE SHIPPING.

Cut rates on household goods to
Pacific coast and other points SUI
perior service at reduced rates. The
Boyd Transfer Co. Minneapolis. MINI,
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KANSAS LAND.

Rich Bargain-leo acres adjolnins
Oswego. Neosho bottom farm. i'm.
proved. fine water. on government rock
road 10 Columbus. telephone and r. r
ID. at door: only $4,000. 200 farms foi
sale, Write for large free list. p.
Lynn & Co. Oswego. Kan.
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WANTED.

Wanted-To buy; ten acres of land
near city. Box 200.
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small barn. Inquire Elk's building or
telephone 100 yellow.

For Sate-Pair light drivers, years
old and sound. Not afraid of automo-
biles. Fred Myers. Green Mountain,
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For Rent--Good largo storage room.
McCombs Bros.
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For SaIe-A fine farm of 1s5 acres
within 100 miles Of Kansas City. Mo,
and three miles from this city of Ia.
600 people Price $50 per acre. w II.
Simonton. Fort Scott. Kan
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For Sale-Quick. steel range used
three years, using gas and don't want
it. In the way. First $40 bill. 1910
West Boone street.
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Wanted-tland at once, > miles north
of Lamoille. Call or telephone. J. l.
Knight.
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For Sale-Two new six and seven
room cottages, strictly modern; pay
ments to suit purchaser. A j. Clark.
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For Sale Cheap. hard coal burner
good condition. 30S South First street
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Pearls Wanted-,Send by registered
mail. II my offer is not satisfactor
VIII return. La.hrop Produce Com
pany. Belmond. Iowa
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For SaIs-Outbuilding 16x20. in good
condition. suitable for coal house or
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For Sale-Cheap, a good driving
horse Inquire. at packing house.
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Homeseekers-Send for a copy Of tho
South Eastern Kansas Homeseeker.
tho best land journal published. IT'S
free to those wanting homes or invest
ments: we mako speciality Of lands
on small payments and ensv terms
Address The Allen County Investment
Company. Longton. Kan.