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Or. Walker,s Warning.

ment. fumbling at tho old mans col.
lar to loosen It. but Halsey caught bis
hand
Let him alone he said You
can't help him. he Is dead
We stood there. each avoiding the
others eyes. We spoke low ana rev.
ereutly i'm the presence OF death. and
We tacitly avoided any mention Of
the suspicion that was In every mind
When Nh Jameson had finished his
cursury examination. bee got UP and
busted the knees Of his trousers
There is no sign OF injury" he
said, and know J. for one. drew a
long breath OF relief From what
Warner says and from his hiding in
the closet. / should say he was scared
to death Fright and weak heart. to-
gcthcr"
but what could have done it," Ger.
trude asked lie was all right ills
evening ar dinner Warner. what did
he say when you found him on tho
porch?"
Warner looked shoFon: his honest
boyish face was co'o-loss
Just what told you Miss limos
He'd heen reading the raror down
stairs; | had put rp W.. chr. ard
Feeling sleepy. ! came down 10 Or.
lodge to 20 to bed As ! v-nt pop.
stairs Thomas rut down na --,o.
and takina his Zine went ont on p.
porch Then I heard an exclamation
from him"
Didn't ne shy anything Won co.'r
UNDERESTIMATE" re'
"He said sowe.r'vg eh..- .re g.
giving up it's d..'"
Mr. Jameson Cog '-O -,
old mans pockets, and C,.. do vos
composing his arms folding them
across his white shirtboson. always
SO spoIess
In the course of his investigations
the detective had come to the inner
pocket of the dead buffers black
coat. Here he found some things that
interested him. One was small fat
key, with red cord tied to it. and the
other was a bit of white paper. on
which was written something in
Thomas cramped hand. Mr. jamie
son read it; then he gave it 10 me. It
was an address in fresh ink:
LUCIEN WALLACE.
IA Elm Street, RichheJd.
As the card went around. ! think
both the detective and / watched for
any possible effect IT might have bar.
beyond perplexity. there seemed TO be
none
Bichfeld," Ccrtrade exclaimed.
Why, Elm street is the main stra.t:
don't YOU remember, IIalscy?"
"Lucien Wallace" Hasey said.
That is the child Stewart spoke Of at
the inquest"
Warner with his mechanics in
stinct had reached for the key. Whas
he said was not surprise
Yale lock, he said. Probably
key to the east entry"
There was no reason why Themes.
an old and trusted servant. should
rot have had key to that particular
door, although the servants entry
was in the west wing But I had not
known OF this key. and IL opened up
a new field OF conjecture. Just now.
however. thore were many things to
be attended TO, and, lc ling Werner
with the body we all went back To- t..
house Mr. Jameson walked with
me. while Halscy end Gertrude fol-
lowed
st-1 hnv, 90 -o..rv f,a
Arm .uss.' so'1 "Trey 80 know
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TIA, was ali Gertrude went into
own win her and saw her safely
home She reported decided cool
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mere Was Something Baffirg in
the Girls eyes
ness in the greeting between I.o. $50
and her mother and that DR. Walker
was there. apparently in charge of ne
arrangements for the funeral Ha sey
disappeared shortly after Louise eft
and came home about nine that niaht.
muddy and tired As for Thomas. he
went around detected and sad. and /
saw the detective watching him close
Iy at dinner. Even now wonCc--
what did Thomas know? What did he
suspect?
At ten O'Clock the household lad
settled down for the night Lady
who was taking Mrs Wa,son's pla a..
had finished examining the tea.tov us
and the corners of the shelves i'm 'ro
cooling room, and nad gone 70
Alex, the gardener had ~o-r b
and Mr. Jameson was e-e
locks Of the windows HI!sey 4.u
into chair in the living room ,.u.
stared modify ahead Once he ro.e. @
What sort of looking chap is ttlt
Waller GertrLLc?" he as.ed.
Rather tall, very dark. sn,o
shaver. Not bad looking" GoItul
said, putting down the book she h-u
been pretending TO read Hal y
kicked taboret vicously
Lovely place this village must be
in the winter" he said irreleyan y.
"A girl would be buried alive h.-a
1t was then some one ra''
knocker on the heavy fr,
sey got up leisurely and
admitting Warner He was our b.
breath from running and he loo cd
half abashed
Il am sorry to disturb you" he sad
But didn't know what else to 60
It's about Thomas"
What about Thomas" / ash
Mr. Jameson had come into the j.
and We all stared at Warner
He's acting queer" Warner ex-
planned He's sitting down ,Horn or
the edge of the porch, and De- ys
has seen ghost The old man lo.
bad, too; he can scarcely speak"
Hes as full of superstition as an
egg is OF meat" / said "Halsey. br'sg
some whisky and we will all go
down"
No one moved to get the wlf r.
from which I Judged there were IT, o.
pocket TASKS ready for emerge. y.
Gertrude threw a shawl around r.y
shoulders and We all started DO
over the hill 7 had made so mr-v
nocturnal excursions around me p.
that ] knew my way periecIr I.t
Thomas was not ON the yera.G1 10.
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WANTED:-Four-room steam heat
ed apartment. Address stating
price. w. A. Care Evening Lea
der
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Continued Tomorrow.
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warming OF the Caaoaova doctor. every.
thing brcathcd Of peace.
Affairs at Tho Traders bank were
progressina SLOWLY Tie failure had
hit small stc-t.la't RS very hard. the
minister Of the ,ittl. Irtaod.s- chapel
ia Casanova amoHs lcu. n. had
received cas- "a legacy .3u az uncle a
io~ shares OF stock ln The Traders
bank. ana now l.5 Joy Was turned to
bitterness. hc bad 90 sacrifice every.
tf.dr o., had iu tho world. and his
feeling against Prul Armstrong. dead
H POI" wa-. niue have been bitter in
The extreme 81 was asked to Of
'r'atc 1' fFr simple services when the
dead bar'nE'e h.iy was inferred in
nov. YARD but the good
".n p.ol i.u'n..y took cold. and a
Substitute Has called IN
A few days after the services he
called Co srv mo. "A kudfaccd little
man. .n very bad frock-coat and
ia ni,r'd tic. think he was uncer
IiIu Is 90 uy conn elton with the
arm traug family. and dubious wheth
'r con ic rcd Mr. hrmstrong's tax
lns away 90 matter for coincidence or
concentration he was not long in
doubt
liked thc little man. lie had known
tuorls well. and had promised TO OF
ir'"'r at the services In the rickety
African Zion church lie told me more
of himself than Dee knew. and before
Dor" lr'i 7 astonishcd him-and myself
admit by promising "a new Garnet
iU- his church Ilc was much affected
and ! gathered thll he had ycarned
over his ragged chapel as mother
over a halrclothod child
You arc laying mp treasures. Miss
iun a. he said brokcnIy. where
neither moth nor rust corrupt. nor
thieves break through and steal
sent him home IN the car. with a
punch OF dollhouse roses for his wife
and he was quite overwhelmed As
Tor me-. ! had a generous glow that
MAS cheap at the price OF a church
carpet received less qualification
ana less gratitude when / presented
lnc new silver communion set To ~
Narabas
i'a great many things TO think
about IN thoa days ! made a list OF
questions and possible answers. but
] se med only 90 De working around
'1 circle Away ended whore I
h'san The l.st was something like
tl.s.
Wa H.1 a.-l .he house the night
...rrI 90 v.s M Bailey
.u I. a.r 600 I.. f..r.rlrI ..,d
'.' pearl rIr .u.
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mat made me think that under Ger
trude's surface calm there was a seeth-
! ing flood OF emotions.
tuesday morning the detective
made q careful search OF the grounds.
but he found nothing. In the after
noon ne disappeared, and II was late
that night when he came home. He
seld he would have to go back TO the
city the following day, and arranged
/ "ltl Halsey and Alex to guard the
house
Lluuy came TO me on Wednesday
morning with her black silk apron
heId up IKE bag and her eyes big
win Vrtuous wrath 1t was the day
OF Ihomas. funeral in the village, and
AleN ana were in the conservatory
! cutting MOVERS Tor the old mans cas-
! keI Addy is never so happy as when
'"c ~ MAKING herseli wretched, ano
""" H'I mouth drooped while her eyes
! were trluAphdn'.
! ! "'""!A S"Iu there were plenty of
N'us' Eo'hs Oh mere rlSht under our
! n"s'S' '"a' we couldn see she said,
Ho'ulht out her apron.
ooh see win my nose" | re-
marked. what have you got there"
''uuy pushed ASIDE half dozen
.'" p"'a ana IN the space thus
80 u S''' jumped me contents of
nv apron hahoiul or tiny bits of
! paper Alex had stepped back, but /
ID" nili ""lchlhs her curiously.
| -, "'i' moment Licdy,' | said.
80, on nave oeeh going through the
library p"per'oaShet again!
N'uuN was 'rra"H.ns her bits of pa
per WIN the sitilI OF long practice and
pau u" ''''h''oh.
~ '''' occur 10 you ] went
o. r"'''"s my mana over the scraps,
| - ''1" p'oPie tear up their cor
~ ~ LOT the express pur-
-. 'p'"E IT from Delng read?'
.,,,'' WASH ashamed OF 1t they
- ,r ,"Nt SO uuch trouble, Miss
49,. H. '-uy sara oracuiariy. More
S I""'' WIN 'nlhgs happening every
-, III my duty II you
=, ~ ,ha new I,lu acl on this' ! shall give
hen not On hoc,, 10 ~ ,a' w.. !! tenure
That dccidrd mo +, ~ oS
ANYTHING IN do vim ,ha ,,,, D,.'pS "lu
! dipory convention. L,d 800
! I.iddy ARRANGED ~, -, , ,1'ue. %
Ing out one off rho NIL -. VI ~
! drcn MAY with and eho di5 :. i4t
much thc same aoo,rro-, ~, '' :.
! was I'm. he'd she etenrod a,iIa -
! I read il
"Wednesday nigbt ui,o $685.,
| Bridge" road aionI tn, rno .or.
! of Al.x's stare t,rno, ~ aware
Some one is IN Mo, hri,,,'N
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WANTED: Agents at once for new
Patent. Good money. Apply to
Othie Sacket, Blueheld Hotel.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-07-08
H L J ] 4. ! De }! lc= CREAM.
Freeze Il at Least q Day Before Il /.
to Be Used.

to Be Used.
''The best ice cream is stale ice
cream" said the ice cream manufac-
turer. You never hear Of collie from
ice cream among children who have
never met the homemade article. It is
a queer thing that it would ruin a
manufacturer to sell fresh goods.
whereas if you know it is homemade
and just out Of the freezer you will
praise it to the skies as being the SUI
perior Of anything manufactured any
where
IF you want your homemade cream
to be really good and healthy make it
at least day before you use it. Churn
it hard, but not too hard, and then
pack it away in sailed ice until you
are ready to serve it. In this way all
the little particles of ice which make
homemade cream so gritty and really
harmful will have disappeared. The
cream will sort Of absorb the water
that forms the ice, so to speak; conse-
quently your cream will be frozen, not
trapped. It is daring manufacturer
who risks his trade by shipping cream
less than week old. Sometimes I
store my goods In ice as much as two
weeks. That isn't a bit too long.
either, although it takes q heap Of ice"
New York Press.
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The French Academy,

The French academy is one of the
five academies and the most eminent
constituting the Institute Of France. It
was founded in 1886 by Cardinal Rich
ellen and reorganized in 1916. It is
composed of forty members, the new
member elected by the remaining thir-
ty-nine members for life after person
al application and the submission of
the nomination to the head of the
state. 1t meets twice weekly and is
the highest authority on everything
pertaining to the niceties of the French
language-to grammar, rhetoric and
poetry and the publication Of the
French classics" The chief officer is
the secretary, who has a life tenure Of
his position. A chair in the academy
is the highest ambition Of most liter
airy Frenchmen.
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THE MUsTACHE.
Ridiculed In England When It First
Came Into Fashion.

Ridiculed In England When II First
Came Into Fashion.
The custom of wearing mustaches
did not prevail in France until the
reign Of Louis Philippe, when it be-
came obligatory in the whole French
army. In England the mustache was
worn by hussars after the peace Of
1915, and it was not until the close
of the Crimean war that English civil
ians as well as English soldiers in gen
eral wore hair on the lip.
Shortly after the mustache came in
to favor among gentlemen Horace
Mayhem was passing through an Eng
lish country town and was Immediate
~ noted and followed by small army
of children, who pointed to his lip and
called out derisively:
Hes got whiskers under his snout!
He's got whiskers under his snoutv'
For a long time the mustache was
the subject Of raillery, even after it
was becoming common, and the IA
nous caricaturist Leech printed in
Punch a picture Of two old fashioned
women who, when they were spoken
to by bearded railway guards, fell on
their knees and cried out:
"Take all that we have, gentlemen.
but spare our esv'-Westminster
Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-07-08
THE GREAT PHARA0 n.
Horemheb Did More For. Egypt, Per-
haps, Than Any Other.

Horemheb at the time Of his accas-
sion was forty-f1ve years of age, full
Of energy and vigor and passionately
anxious to have a free hand in the car
ryfng out of his schemes for the reor-
ganization Of the government. It was
therefore with joy that in about the
year 1850 B. G. he sailed up to Thebes
in order to claim the crown.
Had he lived longer he might have
been famous as conqueror as well as
IN administrator, though old age might
retard and tired bones refuse their
Office. AS it is, however, his name is
written sufficiently large in the book
Of the worlds great men, and when he
died, about 1916 B. c., after reign of
some thirty-6ve years, he had done
more for Egypt than had almost anv
other pharaoh. He found the country
in the widest disorder, and he left &
the master of itself and ready to he
come once more the master of the em-
pire which Akhnaton's doctrine of
peace and good will had lost.
Under his direction the purged wor-
ship of the old gods, which for him
meant only the maintenance of some.
time proved customs, had gained the
mastery over the chimerical Worship
OF Alton. Without force or violence he
substituted the practical for the vision
airy, and to Amun and order his crate.
full subjects were able to cry, "The
sun of him who knew thee not has set.
but he who knows thee shines: the
sanctuary of him who assailed thee is
overwhelmed in darkness, but the
whole earth is now in light" -Artbur
E. P, Weigall in Century,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-07-08
BELLS OF THE BAsTILLE.
They Are Hung In Little Rustic
Building In Paris.

SN'AtilS III OTIS.
The bells Of the Bastille are still in
Paris in a little court in Avenue d'Ev-
lau, where they are hung in little
rustic building. There is no doubt as
to their authenticity. They carry in
relief their story. "These three bells
were made by Louis Cheron, founder
to the court, for the royal Bastille in
the year 1851" Fleurs-de-lis, crosses
and sacred figures adorn the legend.
The bells formerly were part of the
clock installed by NJ Sartine in 1854.
In the archives de Parsenal are all the
documents relative to the work.
On July II, 1889, the balls of the
assailants stopped the clock of the
Bastille at quarter past in the even
ing. Palloy, who demolished the pris-
on, three days later received the order
to deliver the clock to the commander
of the Paris militia, who transported
it no one knows whittier. After the
revolution the bells were found at the
foundries Of Rouilly-sur-Andelle, in
Eure, where, under the reign of ter
ror, the church bells were converted
into money. The proprietor of the
foundry was interested in these relics
and did not melt them. He installed
the three bells in his works with the
movement of the clock. BY this time
the dial plate had disappeared and
the figures which belonged to it. Some
years ago the bells were transferred
from the Rouilly foundry to Paris, and
there they have since remained.-Lon-
don Globe.
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The Intelligent Censor.

Some years ago young man Of St.
Petersburg, Ivan Fedowski, quarreled
with his sweetheart and then took his
grief out Of the country. About a year
after he wrote to the girl asking her to
make up" and telling her if she for
gave him to insert a personal" to that
effect in a st. Petersburg paper not
later than certain date. The girl was
repentant, too, and she promptly got
the personal" ready, and all would
have been well had it not been for the
lynx eyed censor, who believed it to be
some sort Of nihilist message and re-
fused to allow its publication. After
awhile, however, the stern official was
convinced that the personal was
harmless, and it was printed four days
late. 1t was little while after when
the girl received word that her lover,
having failed to see the message in
print on the day he had set, had shot
himself two days before it saw the
light.
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THE GHOST AT THE FEAST.
What the Ensign Saw and What Hap
pened After Dinner

What the Ensign Saw and What Hap
pened After Dinner.
In "The Story Of My Life" by Mr..
Augustus Hare, is told the following
creepy story:
A regiment was passing through Der
byshire on its way to fresh quarters in
the north. The colonel, as they stayed
for the night in one of the country
towns, was invited to dine at a coun-
try house in the neighborhood and to
bring any one he liked with him. Con-
sequently he took with him a young
ensign for whom he had a great fancy.
Ihey arrived, and it was large party,
but the lady of the house did not ap-
pear till just as they were going in to
dinner and when she appeared was so
strangely distract and preoccupied that
she scarcely attended to anything that
was said to her.
At dinner the colonel observed that
his young companion scarcely ever
took his eyes off the lady of the house,
staring at her in a way which seemed
at once rude and unaccountable. 1t
made him observe the lady herself, and
be saw that she seemed scarcely to
attend to anything said by her neigh
bors on either side of her, but rather
seemed, in a manner quite unaccount-
able, to be listening to some one or
something behind her.
AS soon as dinner was over the young
ensign came to the colonel and said:
@Oh, do take me away! l entreat YOU
to take me away from this placer
The colonel said: Indeed, your con-
duct IS SO very extraordinary and un-
pleasant that I quite agree with you
that the best thing we can do is to 20
away" And he made the excuse of
his young friend being i'll and ordered
their carriage.
When they had driven some distance
the colonel asked the ensign for an ex-
PLANTATION of his conduct. He said that
he could not help it. During the whole
OF dinner he had seen terrible black,
shadowy figure standing behind the
chair Of the lady of the house, and it
had seemed to whisper to her and she
to listen to it. He had scarcely told
this when man on horseback rode
rapidly past the carriage, and the
colonel, recognizing one of the servants
OF the house they had just left, called
out to know if anything was the mat
ter.
"Oh, don't stop me, sirv' he shouted.
Il am going for the doctor! My lady
has lust cut her throatr'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-07-08
TOO GOOD TO BE WELL.
A London Hospital Doctors Hurry
Patient From the Outside,

A London Hospital. Doctors Hurry
Patient From the Outside.
The accident bell at the door of the
hospital clangs, and the next moment
an agitated parent is seen running
down the passage with child tucked
under the arm, its bare legs streaming
behind it in the wind Of it's mothers
rapidity
Whats the matter, missis? Has she
swallowed some poison?"
mo, sir; it amt that" she pants,
"but I'm that scared I don't know
'ardly which way to turn"
"Well, but what's happened? Has
she hurt herself?' 3.
mo, sir, and 'er father 'e's that up
set e couldn't do nothink, else amt
used to running like that, and ed ave
brought 'er up, but e says as low e
daren't touch 'er, and I've run all the
way, and me cart
Come, now, missis, just tell me
quietly what's the matter with the
child"
The patient, a pretty little thing of
four, looks inquiringly at her alarmed
parent. There seems to be little the
matter with her.
Its all very we'll yer a-sittin' there
and a-tellin' Of me to be quiet" cries
the mother. III yer 'ad children of
yer own yer wouldn't like ter see 'em
die afore yer eyes. Oh, dear; oh, dear,
and there amt only two more and the
babyv'
The doctor. in despair examines the
little girl, but fails to discover any
thing wrong. "Now, look here,'' says
he firmly, II can't find anything the
matter with your child, so you'll have
to go away unless you tell me why you
brought her up to the hospital"
''Well, doctor, we was all a-havin'
our tea a minute ago as it might be,
and 'er father was eatin' a nice bit of
trlpe as was over from dinner when
Susy, this one ave with me, says as
'ow she loved God and was goin' to
'eaving when he doied. Whatw in
tones of horror. "Ain't yer going to
give 'er no medicine -Cornhill Maya
zine.
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HIS HOLLOW KEY.
He Lent II, but Had Occasion I
Crave Its Return.

He Lent It, but Had Occasion TO
Crave Its Return.
They hiss in the French theaters
with the help of hollow key" related
Richard Harding Davis. Paul Bour-
get once told me an odd incident upon
this custom.
"a playwright-call him Duval-had
the unhappiness one fine night to sit
through most successful production
OF his latest play. The house respond
ed with jeers and Kisses, and a young
man, turning to Duval, said:
By Jove, how I'd roast this miser-
able piece If I only had hollow keyv
My dear boy said Duval, 4 am
happy to be able to accommodate YOU
And he handed hollow key to the
young man, who at once set up a fierce
and continuous Kissing Just then q
critic appeared
Duval,' he said to the playwright,
I am sorry for you. Poor fellow, you
don't deserve this
amazed and ashamed
what! are you NJ. Ouval! beg
your pardon a thousand times be
cried.
"'You owe me no apology said Du-
val. Lunch with me tomorrow
The young man accepted the invita-
ton, and at the end of the luncheon
next day, when the coffee and ciga-
rettes were brought in. he drew a
bulky manuscript from his pocket and
begged leave to read comedy to NJ,
Duval, for he was playwright too.
4'Duval consented and listened atten-
lively to the reading. At the end the
young man said:
well, monsieur. what do you
think Of it,
"Duval smiled as he replied:
''.Could you oblige me by returning
my hollow key?'"- Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.