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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-20
Copyright 1903.
The Bobbs-Merril Company.


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Gaehei lines. a spinster. rents '-Sunnyside. -
~ country home % a banker. Paul Armstrong.
4si goes there VITA her grown nephew and
'e' lialsey and Gertrude, The second night
re are mysterious disturbances about the
a'iise The tlird night Arnold Armstrong. son
~ cue balkei, IS n1ultlefed in the house. Hal
anu John Bailey. Gertrude's dance. disap-
a. Lar John Bailey. Who Is cashier In
inatrous's bank, gives himself up. and Hal
returns The bunk fails. Bailey sends for
20 A,asii ong, The banker, but he dies stimuli
euustY W california. Some suspicion is
ectei aG5lnSt rim. Detective tells Miss
ties . teticd woman came to 'Sunnyside''
night before The murder. \ right or two
~ dlutucf disturbance in the house leads TO
Investigation and Louise Armstrong. daugh-
~ ttn banker, sister Of the murdered mar,
3a ltalscy's taEce, IS found very M. hiding
a loase. she has run away from parents Ia
1sifuinia- She is taken 70 .,Sunnygide" TO.
ssfe whiie no one knows why she came to the
firinity.
me next day evidence is found connecting
lpul Armstrong with the wr.cklng Of his
hsnlS. His wife Is on her way from Cali
q MA with the body. Louise slightly i'm
ives ana tells Halsey she i going to marry
hHgtter man. airs Armstrung's attorney
mes. asking Mi hines to give up her
itass but is refused. Reads telegram for
i'uise asking her to look out for Nina Car
~ accidentally drops hint that Louise is to
rry a Young Or. Walker.
The following dag Louise Armstrong Is told
her steptather's death. and appears to be
-lad. Th.t night the household is awakened by
f1ange DoSAS again. \ servant sees a white
lfn In the hallway Haisey investigates. Miss
lnes starting to LOuise's room, hears sudden
q ream and fnds girl gone.
louise found unconscious at foot or circular
Alslrs reoovets and explains that she heard
s%HOcking. went to investigate. was met on
tsir-ay by strange figure and tainted. Family
xues to inquest over body or Arnold Arm
uong that afternoon. First witness. Or.
e spnngsido on morning OF murder by a Nj.
~atvis
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composing his arms, folding them
across his white shirt-bosom. always so
spotless.
Mr.. Jameson looked up at me.
"Wha was hat o said to me, Miss
lnnes, about the murder at the house
being a beginning and not an end?
By jove, | believe you were right
In the course of his Investigations
the detective had come to the inner
pocket of the lead buffers back coat.
Here he found some things that in.
terested him. One was a small fiat
key, with d red cord tied to ii, and the
other was a bit of white paper, on
which was written something in Thorn
ass cramped hand. Mr.. Jameson read
it; then he gave it TO me. 1t was an
address in fresh ink. Lucien Wallace, IA
Elm street, Richheld.
As the card went around | think both
the detective and / watched for II
possible effect it might have, but, be
You'd perpleXity, there seemed to be
none.
"Richfeld," Gertrude exclaimed.
why, Elm street is the main street;
don't you remember. Halsey?"
"Lucien Wallace." Halsey said.
That is the child stewart spoke of
at the inquest
Warner, with his mechanics instinct,
had reached for the key. What he
said was not a surprise.
Yale lock" he said. Probably a
key to the east entry"
There was no reason why Thomas,
an old and trusted servant, should not
have had a key to that particular door,
although the servants entity was in
The west wing. But had not known
OF this key, and it opened up a new
field of conjecture. Just now, however.
there We're many things to be attended
to, and. leaving Warner with the body.
we all went back to the house. Mr..
Jameson Walked with me, while Hal
sey and Gertrude. followed.
Il suppose | shall have to notify the
Armstrong; | said. "They win know
If Thomas had any people and how to
reach them. or course | expect to de-
fray the expenses of the funeral, but
his relatives must be found. What do
you think frightened him, Mr.. jamie
NJ"
1T is hard to say he replied
Nv but tItifk we ina
be certain it vas fright, and
that he WIS hiding from something.
| am sorry in more than one
way: | have always believed that
Thomas knew something. or suspected
something. that he would not tell. Dc
you know how much money there was
In that wornopt wallet of his? Nearly
a hundred dollars. Almost two months
w~ages-1and yet those darkies seldom
have A penny. Well-what Thomas
knew will be buried with him"
Halsey suggested that the grounds
be searched, but Mr.. Jameson vetoed
the suggestion.
You would find nothing" he said.
"A person clever enough to get into
Sunnyside and tear a hole in the wall,
while ! watched downstairs, Is not to
be found by going around the shrub
iery with a lantern
With the death Of Thomas. | felt that
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i have a message for you, Miss
lnnes," he said, rising at last. Mrs.
Armstrong asked me to hank you for
your kindness to Louise, whose within,
occurring at the time it did, put her
TO great Inconvenience. Also-and this
Is a delicate matter-she asked me to
appeal to your natural sympathy for
hef, al this time, and to ask you if you
VIII not reconsider your decision about
the house. ~Sunnyside is her home; she
loves 1t dearly, and just now she wishes
TO retire here for quiet and peace
She must have had a change Of
heart | said, ungraciously enough.
Louise told me her mother despised
the place, Besides. this is no place for
quiet and peace just now. Anyhow,
doctor. While l don't care to force an
issue. | shall certainly remain here for
a time at least"
For how long, he asked.
MY lease is for six months. | shall
stay until some explanation is found
for certain things. My own family is
implicated now, and l shall do every
thing to clear the mystery of Arnold
Armstrong; murder"
The doctor stood loking down. slap
Ping his gloves thoughtfully against
the pa'm of a well-iooked-after hand.
you say there have been intruders in
the house, he-asked. You are sure
of that. Mis- Innes?"
Certain
In what part?"
In the east wing"
Can you tell ME when these intru-
Sims nnaI1ry.l a,,I rrylot 4l,o -r,ppa.
seemed to be? Was it robbery"
NO" | said decidedly. LAS to time.
cnce On Friday night a week ago, again
the following night, when Arnold Arm
strong was murdered. and again last
Friday night
The doctor looked serious. He seemed
to be debating some question in his
mind, and to rea I'll a decision.
Miss %Innes,'' he said. II am in a
peculiar position; I understand your at
titude. of course; but-do you think you
are wise? Ever since YOU have come
here there have been hostile demonstra-
tons against you and our family. I'm
not a croaker, but-takc a warning.
Leave before anything ccurs that will
cause you a lifelong regret.
Il am willing to take The response
tility." ! said coldly
I think he gave me up then as a poor
proposition. He asked to b. shown
where Arnold Armstrong; body had
been found. and I took him there. He
serutinized the whole place carefully,
examining the stairs and the lock.
When ne bad taken q formal farewell
/ was confident Of one thing. Doctor
Walker would do anything he could to
get me away from Sunuyslde.
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gra~tttude-when / presented the new
SILVER communion set to st. Barnabas's.
had a great many things to hin
about in those days. | made out q list
OF questions and possible but
| seemed only to be working around
in circle. | always ended where 1
began. The list was something like
this:
Who had entered the house the night
before the murder?
Thomas claimed it was Mr.. Bailey.
whom he had seen on the footpath and
who owned the pearl cuff -ink
Why did Arnold Armstrong come
back after he had left the house the
night he vas killed?
NaLanswer. Was it on the mission
Louise had mentioned?
Who admitted him?
Gertrude said sne had locked the east
entry. There was no key on the dead
man or in the door. He must have beer
admitted from within. =
Who had been locked in the clothes
chute?
Someone unfamiliar with the house.
evidently. Only two people missine
from the household, Rosie and Ger,
trude. Rosie had been at the lodge.
1herefore-but was 1t Gertrudeo Might
it not have been the mysterious in.
truder again?
Who had accosted Rosie on the
drive?
Again-perhaps the nightly visitor. II,
seemed more likely some one who sus-
pected a secret at the lodge. Was
Louise under surveillance? 49,.
Who had passed Louise on the circu-
lar staircase?
Could it have been Thomas? The KEY
TO the east entry made this "a possibil-
ity. But why was he there, if it were
indeed he?
Who had made the hole in the trunk
room WALL?
Ii was not vandalism. 1t had been
lone quietly, and with deliberate pnr-
pose. If | had only known how to
read the purpose of that gaping aper-s
ture what might have saved in anx-
lety and mental strain!
why mad Louise left her people and
come nome to hide at the lodge?
mere was no answer, as yet, to this,
or to the next questions.
Why did both she and Doctor Walker
warn us away from the house?
VINO was Lucien Wallace?
What did Thomas see in the hadow.
The night he died?
Wnat was the meaning of the subtle
change in Gertrude?
was Jack Bailey an %accomplioe or a
victim In the looting Of the Traders
what all-poverful reason mad.
Louise determine to marry Doctor
Walker?
ITO BE Continued a. morrow,
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Continued From Yesterday

Warner was puzzled. he came around
20 The edge OF the veranda and stood
lacking AT it as if it ought to know INC
xplain.
,He might have stumbled into the
.hpuse.7 he said" but he could not
.tave climbed the stairs. Anyhow, he's
aot inside or outside, that / can see"
The other members of the party had
come back low. and no one had found
any trace of the old man. His pipe.
still warm. rested ON the edge of the
faii, and inside on the table his old
stayrhat showed that its owner had not
gene far.
f1e was not far. after al. From the
Htle MY eyes Travelled around the
ioonl. and stopped at the door of a
eicsef. I hardly know what impulse
nf9ved me. but / went in and turned
the knob. II burst open with the i'm
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CHAPTER Xxx.
DIR. Walkers Warming.

WV ARNER was on his knees in a
w moment iumbling at the old
mans collar to loosen if. bur
Halsey caught his hand
Let him alone" he said. You cant
help him; he is dead
We stood there, each avoiding the
others eyes; we spoke low and rev
efehtty in The presence of death. anil
We taeitly avoided any mention of the
suspicion that was IN every mind
When M. Jameson had finished his
cufsofS examination he got I'D and
busted the knees Of his trousers.
There is no sign of injury" he said
ana khoW /. for one, drew a long
oreath OF relief. From what Warner
says and from his hiding in the closet
should say he was scared to death.
fright anf a weak hear, together
Blu what could have lone it?" Ger
tfude asked. "He was all right this
evening at dinner. Warner. what did
he say when YOU found him on the
porcil?"
Warner looked shaken: hi. honest.
boyish face was colorless.
Jus what ! told you, Miss lines.
He'd been reading the paper down
stairs; l had put mp the car, and,
leeHng sleepy. ! came down to the
lodge to go to bed. AS I went upstairs
Thomas put down the paper. and. talk
ing his pipe. went out on the porch.
Then | heard an exclamation from
him"
what did he say?" nan
Jameson.
u couldn't hear, but his voice was
strange; II sounded startled. waited
FOR him to call out again. but lie did
not, so | went downstairs. He was
sitting on he porch step. looking
straight ahead, as II he raw some
thing among the trees across the road.
And he kept mumbiing about having
seen a ghost. He looked queer. and |
tried to get him inside. but ne wouldn't
move. Then | thought I'd better go
up to the house"
Didn't he say anything else you
could understand p" ] asked.
He said something about the grave
giving up its dead
Mr. Jameson Mas goina through the
old mans pockets and Gertrude was
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CHAPTER XXI.

TT WAS Monday evening when we
foundt the body of poor old Thomas.
Monday night had been unevent-
full; things were quiet at the house and
the peculiar circumstances of the old
mans death lad been carefully kept
from the servants. Rosie took charge
OF the dlning-rooln and pantry. In the
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.petus OF a weight behind it,. and some
thing fell partly forward in a heap on
the floor. 1t vas Thomas-Thomas
without a mark of injury on him. and
dead.
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7 think It's wrong for a married man
to gamble"
worse than wrong. It's idiotic.
iils "iie gives him fits If he loses. and
s~oniscates the proceeds II he WINS
Louisville Courier-JournaI,
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wv was on his knees in a
w moment. fumbling at the old
mans collar to lnnsen il hnr
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NO CHANCE.

fTo BE Continued ~ morrow.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19
catarrh Cannot Be cured

with local applications, as they cannot
reach the reat Of the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease,
and in order to cure 1t you must take
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, and acts d.
rectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
a quack medicine. It was prescribed
by one Of the best physicians In this
country for years and is a regular
prescription. It is composed Of the
best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination Of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results
IN curing catarrh. Send for testi-
free.
Il. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Toe
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

The National Municipal League mas
established an annual prize Of 500
70 be called the william H. Baldwin
prize to be given to the author OF
the best essay on a subject connected
with municipal government For the
year 19OslO the competition will be
limited to undergraduate students
registered in a regular course in any
college or university Of the United
states Offering distinct instruction in
municipal government. The prize
win be awarded by judges selected by
the executive committee OF the
league, and the name Of the winner
VIII be announced at the next follow
ing annual meeting. The executive
committee OF the league, and the
name OF the winner, will be announced
At the next following meeting. The
executive committee OF the league,
acting In cooperation with the COM
mittee on the cooperation Of uniyer-
sIty and collegiate instruction in
municipal government, has selected
as the topic for next years compeu-
tion, Getty Government by Commits
sion" Prof william Bennett Munro
of Harvard, chairman Of the commit
tee, announces that he is prepared
to give full information to COMPETE
tors.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

The Jacksonville board Of Trade
having repudIated the advertising bills
Of the Midwlnter Exposition OF last
season. for which enterprise said
Board o. Trade stood sponsor, the
managers Of the coming Military
Carnival In thai city are setting Il
where the chlcken got the Ak" IN
their requests 20 newspapers for the
Insertion Of advertising matter Of
the approaching festivities. Il d safe
TO Say that not a newspaper IN FLORIDA
would have run the advertisement 81
the Midwinter Exposition bad nos
ihe enterprise been endorsed and back.
"A hy The Jacksonville BOARD 81
Trade. So Gar a. The sun Is coacen.
"A q win never agalh have as go0d
N opinion q some jacksonville basi.
ness men a. n had prior 10 this trans
action.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

Henry T. Hopkins was convicted OF
granddaughter at the recent term Of
court IN Dade county for killing two
men IN North Miami In May, 1908, and
sentenced to one days imprisonment
in the county jail, The Jury recon-
mended that he be given the minimum
sentence, and Judge Minor s. Jones
said that he should either have been
convicted OF murder or acquitted as
acting IN self-defonse. JurIes certain
ly render some strange yerdlots.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

Hon. Ion Farrls OF Jacksonville has
announced that he will take the field
against Frank Clark, This makes
about three who think they can walk
all around the present Congressman
and still Frank IL not worrying any.
And why should he2 His constituents
are well satisfied with his steward
ship and are not DESTROYS OF any
changes, Frank Clark 81 good enough
for the voters and they will demon
strate Il when election day rolls
around. Sanford Herald.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

Miss Irene Mocreary, who has been
confined 60 her bed for the past two
weeks with severe attack Of ton
silltls, has sufficiently recovered TO
resume her work on thS state news
department OF This paper, Her suffer.
Ing was intense tot several days, the
complaint yerging on diptheria at one
time. but the careful attention Of Df,
J. r. MeKinstry, Jr. (who with his
good wife love our children as Il
they we're their ownl has brought
her safely through the painful sick,
ness
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

II the members OF the City Council
OF Gainesville desire to do something
beneficial for the youth OF the place
they could not do II more effectively
than by emulating the example OF
the Orlando city dads and PISS an
ordinance prohibiting the selling or
giving away OF cigarettes or cigarette
paper to any minor, or the procuring
OF same for minors. We will be
pleased to furnish copy OF this ordl-
nance to the councilman who will I'M
troduce t.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

II the manufacture and importation
OF toys are 10 BE- taken as an ladlca'
ton there Is abundant evidence q
increase IN prosperity among the
masses IN the United States In ~
cent years, During The past ten years
500 .000 900 worth OF toys has been
imported and sS.ooe.eOe worth ex-
ported by our people, The hlEh mark
in The export Of this class Of Amerl-
can manufacture Was reached IN the
last fiscal year. the total value be
ing for the hrst time Ri.eoo,ooo. On
the import side the hiEh mark Wa
reachca In 1898. when che value 81
toys imported vas s5.5oaeee
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

The DeLand News says many Of
Hon. Jim Alexander's friends are urg-
ing him to enter the race for Con.
gress. It's dollars to doughnuts that
Jim will not make the race next year.
Like his friend Broward, he has had
his "nfl" Of meeting Frank Clark on
tho stump.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

Alderman p. J. Mills Of Daytona
says when ne goes to the Legislature
he is going to introduce a bin re.
quirlng all COWS lettering on the Day
tcna,New Smyrna road to carry red
lights in order that automobilIsts may
distinguish them after dark.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

All advertising bills become Que after
frst appearance Of advertisement unless
otherwise stipulated IN contract Par ties
not known to us win be required 70 pay
Tor advertising In adyance. Address,
THE DAILY SUN.
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

The Twice Sun r. an eight page
forty column paper, published every Mon
cay and Thursday, and contains all the
news OF the week, local, state and gem
eral and will be mailed, postage free TO
any part OF the United states, for 100
q, ycar--ln advance.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-19

Reading notices IN local column 10 cents
q line for first insertion, and cents Tor
each additional insertion.
Rates for display advertising made
known on application.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22
MULES.

the popular idea that the mule is the symbol of profound
ignorance.
Maybe you don't know the Arizona mule Well he is
about as big as sx-monthsold calf, and looks like
cross between hairless goat and hornless cactus He
will drink anything from water to tobasco sauce and eat
anything that isn't locked up in safety deposit vault
His character may be described as dorant that is if
called upon to do anything reasonable he won't His dis
position is latent and harmonious and wholly adaptable
In of cyclone desert simeon or arctic blizzard he
simply turns the corned beef end of him toward the
weather and goes calmly thinking and chewing what
ever happens to be in his mind and mouth.
But don't put the Arizona mule down ignorant He's
determined but not ignorant The other day they up
the Arizona mule to bear Taft down the great trail the
Colorado, at Grand Canyon. The mule looked William
over. There 300 pounds of presidential meat
The mule wouldn't. They begged and pleaded They call
ed attention to the fact that the 300 all chief executive
meat They expaated upon the courtesy due from the
great and ambitious commonwealth of Arizona her dis
tinguished visitor. The mule wouldn't They held out
visions Of red clover in buckets and juicy honey
The mule knew wouldn't be safe to either president
mule and the mule wouldn't and Taft didn't ride the
famous trail.
Whereupon it becomes to say that, for patriotism
and the Arizona mule has got the hitherto famous
Mssouran shaded to fragile.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22
PENCIL POINTS,

Dust has been succeeded by mud Citizens first suffo
Gated because of the clouds of floating EARTH and they
wade through Of mushy earth Next in the weather s
variety program will be wading through drifts
In signed statement W. H. Cowes asserts that he did
not tell Councilman Schiller that Mayor Pratt reappoined
Commissioner Tuerke at his Cowes) request In signed
statement later, Mr.. Schiller said 'Your (that of
Pratt not mentioned by except and alone in the
recital of my conversation with Mr. William Cowles in
which he admitted that in the second appointment of Mr.
Huerke you did perfectly right and wise, and that Mr..
Cowes advised you to take this STEP which led to be-
ieye that you in that influenced by Mr. Cowles
#
1.-THE colleges open and more the earth per-
ceptbly revolyes, = says Life"
8 local paper the other day had sprighty cartoon,
Allowing three councien the recall toasng iron, but
somehow entirely overlooked the mayor against whom
recall movement also has been started.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22
WANTED-A NICE,
QUIET SNEAK


Sans possible interest in Japan's plan to commercially
assimate China and Crane gives up his job before he
gets il, as it were.
There is something uncanny, mystic, sneakngly dpo-
matte about our oriental question The public must
know the facts Even congress isn't always taken into
confidence, but private agreements between our dpo-
mats and the yellow ones resorted to-
Why?
Are afraid of Japan? Can't be as sassy to her as
we were to poor old morbund Spang Are the oil trust
and the steel trusts designs Manchura trade
and rac that department of state doesn't dare
speak in whispers when Japan is mentioned?
1t would seem that these things 1t would seem
that must have ministers to the orient who daren say
their souls are their own and that have interest
some ISSUE there delicate vena that the
pie must be kept from knowledge of ii discussion of
Evidently what Taft wants is minister to China who is
deaf and dumb and enough to stand any
domineering by Secretary Knox and booting by the
mkado Crane has made reputation for himself by
demonstrating that he isn't that kind of minister and
1T will be interesting to observe where Taft finds
with soul small as to acknowledge that he fills the bill
and is willing to swallow that which Crane gagged