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CHAPTER XIII.
While the stables Burned.

A BOUT 9 o'clock that night Liddy
ia came into the livin2-room and
reported that one of the house
maids declared she had seen two men
slip around the corne of the stable.
Gertrude ahd been sitting staring in
front Of her, jumping at every sound.
Now she turned on Liddy pettishly.
Il declare, Liddy," she said, you are
a bundle of What if Eliza did
see some men around the stable? 1t
may have been Warner and Alex"
Warner is in the kitchen, miss"
Liddy said, with dignity. "And if you
had come through what | have, you
would be a bundle of nerves, too. Miss
Rachel, Id be thankful if you'd give me
my months wages tomorrow. I'll be
going to my sisters"
Very WE'LL" | said, to her evident
amazement. 81 will make out the
check. Warner can take you down to
the noon train
Liddy's face was really funny.
You'll nave a nice time at your sis
ter's,' l went on. Five children, hasn't
she?'
That's it," Liddy said, suddenly
bursting into tears. Send me away,
after all these years, and your new
shawl only half done, and nobody
KNOWN how to fix the water for your
BATH
It's time 1 learned to Prepare my
W bath" / was knitting compla-
Gently. But Gertrude got up and put
her arms around Liddy's shaking
shoulders.
You are two big babies she said
s~9othingly. Neither one of you could
get along for an hour without the
other. So stop quarreling and be good.
Liddy go right up and lay out aunty's
night things, She is going to bed
earlv."
After Liddy had gone l began to think
about the men at the stable, and I
grew more and more anxious. Halsey
was aimlessfy' knocking the billiard
balls around in the billiard-room, and
| called to him.
"Halsey,' l said when he sauntered
in, rs there a policeman in Casanova?"
Constable" he said laconically. wet
r of the war. one arm: in Office to
concllate the G. A. r. element. Why?"
Because / am uneasy tonight And
1 told him what Liddy had said. rs
there any one you "a think of who
could be relied on to watch the outside
of the house tonight"
I'VE might get Sam Bohannon from
the club he said thoughtfully. ut
wouldn't be a lad scheme. He's a
smart darby. and with his mouth shut
and his shirt-front covered, you
couldn't see him a yard off in the
dark"
Halsey conferred with Alex, and the
result, in an hour, vas Sam. His in
struetions were simple. There had been
numerous attempts to break into the
house; it was the intention, not to
drive intruders away, but to capture
them. If Sam saw anything suspicious
outside, he Vas to tap at the east entry.
where Alex and Halsey were to alter
nate in keeping watch through the
night. :
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Copyright 1903,
The Bobbs- Merrill Company.
Synopsis of Preyiou, Cbapters.


Rachel lines, a spinster. rents "Sunnyside,"
the country home of a banker, Paul Armstrong,
and goes there with her grown nephew and
niece, Halsey and Gertrude. The second night
there are mysterious disturbances about the
house The third night Arnold Armstrong. son
OF the banker, is murdered in the house. Hal
sey, and John Bailey. Gertrude's hance. disap-
pear. Later John Bailey, who is asher in
Armstrong; bank, gives himself up. and Hal
sey returns. The bank fails. Bailey sends for
Paul Armstrong, the banker, but he dies stimuli
taneously In California. Some suspicion is
objected against him. Detective tells Miss
lines a veiled woman came to "Sunnyside"
the night before the murder. A night or two
later another disturbance In the house leads to
an investigation and Louise Armstrong, daugh-
and Halsey's fance, is found very III hiding
in a lodge. She has run away from parents in
California. She is taken 10 .Sunnyside' for
care while no one knows why she came to the
fhs next day evidence is found connecting
PAM Armstrong with the wreeking OF his
1ornla- with the body. Louise slightly i'm
proves and tells Halsey she is going 10 marry
another man. Mrs. Armstrong; attorney
lease but is reused. Reads telegram for
Louise asking her 10 look ont for Nina Car
rlnston. signed #. /, W" Doctor arrives
parry q young DR.. Walker.
The following day Louise Armstrong Is told
81 her stepfather's death, and appears TO be
glad. Tn t night the household is awakened by
strange noises again. A servant secs a white
form IN the hallway. Halsey investigates. Miss
Innes, starting TO Louise's room, hears sudden
scream and finds girl gone.
Louise found unconscious at foot Of circular
stairs, recoVrrs and explains that she heard
stairway by strange figure and tainted. Family
goes to inquest over body of Arnold Arm
strong that afternoon. First witness. DR..
Stewart. testihes that he was called by phone
Jarvis
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that were red and shiny from her soap
suds.
We'll, Mary" / said encouragingly,
what's the matter? Don't dare to tell
me the soap is out"
mo, ma'am, Miss Innes.' She had a
nervous habit of looking first at my
one eye and then at the other, her own
optics shifting ceaselessly, right eye,
left eye, right eye, until l found my
self doing the same thing. mo, ma'am.
| was askin' did you want the ladder
left up the clothes chute?'
THE WHAT" [ s~creeched, and was
sorry the next minute. Seeing her
suspicious were verified. Mary Anne
had gone white, and stood with her
eyes shifting more wildly than ever.
There's a ladder up the clothes
chute, Miss lines" she said. Its up
that tight | cant move it, and / didn't
like to ask for help until / spoke to
you"
1t was useless to dissemble; Mary
Anne knew now as well as l did that
the ladder had no business to be there.
l did the best / could, however. | put
her on the defensive at once.
Then you didn't lock the laundry
last night"
Il locked it tight and put the key in
the kitchen on its nail"
Very we'll, then you forgot a win
dow"
Mary Anne %hesitated.
"Yes'm," she said at last. 81 thought
| locked them all, but there was n
open this morning"
[ went out of the room and down the
hall, followed by Mary Anne. The door
into the clothes chute was securely
bofted, and when L opened it l saw the
eYidence of the woman's story. A
pruning ladder had been brought from
where it had lain against the stable
and now stood upright in the clothes
shaft, its end resting against the wall
between the first and second floors.
l turned to Mary.
This is due to our carelessness," 1
said. IF we had all been murdered in
beds it would have been your
fault" She shivered. Now, not a
word of this through the house n
send Alex to me-
The effect on Alex was TO make him
apoplectic with rage, and with 1t all 1
fancied there was an element of salts
loNLiOn. AS L lOOh DICK, So many
things are plain to me that l wonder
| could not see them at the time. Tt
Is all known now. and yet the whole
thing was so remarkable that perhaps
my stupidity was eXcusable.
Alex leaned down the chute and ex-
amined the ladder carefully.
1T is caught" he said with a grim
smile. The fools, to have left a warn
ing like that! The only trouble is,
Miss Innes, they won't be apt to come
back for a while"
II shouldn't regard hat in the light
of a calamity" ] replied.
Until late that evening Halsey and
Alex worked at the chute. They forced
down the ladder at last and put a new
bolt on the door. AS for myself. l sat
and wondered II 1 had a deadly enemy,
Intent on my destruction.
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into the bushes. 1t was Gertrude, go
ing back quickly toward the house.
l was surprised. I waited until she
had had time to get almost TO the
house before" 1 started. And then /
stepped back again into the shadows.
The reason why Gertrude had not kept
her tryst was evident. Leaning on the
parapet Of the bridge in the moonlight,
and smoking a pipe. was Alex, the gar
dener. I could have throttled Liddy for
her carelessness in reading the torn
note where he could hear. And I could
c~heerfully have choked Alex TO death
for his audacity.
But there was no help for IT; |
turned and followed Gertrude slowly
back to the house.
The frequent inva sions of the house
had e~ffectually prevented any relaxation
after dusk. We had ~redoubled our
vigilance as to bolts and windoW-locks,
but, as Mr.. Jameson had suggested,
we allowed the door at the east entry
to remain as before, locked by the Yale
lock only. To provide only one possible
entrance for the invader, and TO keep q
constant guard in the dark at the foot
Of the circular staircase, seemed 10 be
the only method.
In the absence of the detective, Alex
and Halsey arranged to change off,
Halsey to be on duty from 10 to 2, and
Alex from 2 until 6. Each man was
armed. and, as an additional %precaution,
the one off duty slept In a room gear
the head of the circular staircase and
kept his door open, to be ready for
emergency.
These arrangements We're carefully
kept from the servants, who were only
commencing to sleep at night, and who
retired, one and all. with barred doors
and lamps that burned full until morn
ing.
The house was quiet again Wednes-
day night. 1t was almost q week since
Louise had encountered some one OF
the stairs. and 1t was four days since
the discovery of the hole In the trunk
room wall. Arnold Armstrong and his
father rested side by side in the Casa
nova churchyard. and at the Zion
African Church, on the hill, a new
mound marked the last resting place of
poor Thomas.
Louise was with her mother in town,
and, beyond a polite note of thanks to
me, we had heard nothing from her.
Doctor Walker had taken up his prac-
tise again, and we saw him now and
then flying past along the road, always
at top speed. The murder of Arnold
Armstrong was still u~navenged, and
remained firm in the position / had
taken-to stay at Sunnyside until the
thing was at least partly cleared.
And vet. for all its quiet, ii was on
Wednesday night hat perhaps tho
boldest attempt was made to enter the
house. On Thursday afternoon the
%Iaundress sent word she would like to
speak TO me. and | saw her in my
private sitting-roon. a small room be
You'd the dressing room.
Mary Anne was embarrassed She
had rolled down her sleeves and tied q
white apron around her waist, and she
! stood making folds in 1t with fingers
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tConiinusd From Yesterday.J
CHAPTER XXI.

A 7 DINNER Mi. Jameson sug-
"A gested sending a man out in his
place for a couple of days, but
Halsey was certain there would be
nothing more, and felt that he and
Alex could manage the situation. The
detective went back to town early in
the evening, and by 9 o'clock Halsey,
who had been playing golf-as a maj
does anything to take his mind away
from trouble-was sleeping soundly on
the big leather davenport in the living
rcom.
/ sat and knitted, pretending not TO
notice when Gertrude got up and van
dered out into the starlight. AS soon
rs ] was satisfied that she had gone.
however, / went out cautiously. I
had no intention of eav~esdropping, but
/ wanted to be certain that it was Jack
Galley she was meeting Too many
things had occurred in which Gertrude
was. Or appeared to be. involved, TO al
low anything TO be left in question.
went slowly across the lawn.
skirted the hedge TO a break not far
fem the lodge. and found myself on
the open road. Perhaps a hundred feet
"a the left the path led across the val
ley TO the Country Club, and only q
little way off was the foo bridge over
|Casanova creek But just as I was
about to turn down the path l heard
steps coming toward me. and ! shrgnk
EaEEA
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1t was with \ comfortable feeling o

1t was with a comfortable feeling OF
security that / went to bed that night.
The door between Gertrude's rooms and
mine had been opened, and, with the
doors into the hall bolted, we were safe
enough. Although I4iddy persisted in
her belief that doors would prove no
obstacles to our disturbers.
AS before, Halsey watched the east
entry from 10 until 9. He had an eye to
comfort, and he kept vigil in a heavy
oak chair, very large and deep. We
went upstairs rather early, and,
through the open door, Gertrude and /
kept up a running fire of conversation.
Liddy was brushing my hair, and Ger
trude was doing her own, with a long,
free sweep of her strong round arms.
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did you know Mrs. Armstrong an.

Did you know Mrs. Armstrong and
Louise are in the v%illage2" she called.
NO" [ replied, startled. How did
you hear it?"
Il met The oldest Stewart Girl todav
me doctors daughter, and she told me
they mad not gone back 10 town after
the funeral. They went directly to that
llttle yellow next to DR.. Walkers.
and are apparently settled there. They
took the house furnished for the sum
mer.
Why it's a bandbox,' l said. Il.
can't imagine Fanny Armstrong in such
a place.
Its true. nevertheless. Ella Stewart
says Mrs. Armstrong has aged terribly
and looks as if she is hardly able toA
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CT CORNER
TRICKS OF A RATS.

NNE of the oldest little animals in
40 existence is the California wood
rat, better known as the trade
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THE WINNERS.

Many children were smart enough to
find the correct answer to last Thurs
days b puzzle, whish was baking
soda. The four following children We're
awarded the prizes:
CECILIA SNYDER, aged 10, 1926 Fiji
tenth avenue. Newark (book); CATH
ERNIE .GARLICK. aged 8, 241 Bank
street, Newark (box of paints; FRED
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"A 7 DINNER Nj. Jameson sug
"a gested sending a man out in his
- nlaca for a cnn1nle of. da vs. hui
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lay and thought over some of ,bos.
Things until midnight. The elect,;.,
,,nu1s vent out thqn. fading slowly
80 ''eie was only a red-hot loop to
Seei III the bulb, n then even that
VIeo aWay n we were enbarked,on
the dafkness of another night,
apparently only a few minutes'
elapsed' during which my eyes wers
,mc'IHlng accustomed t. the darkness.
! neh ! noticed that the windows were
'lI,ctlns a faint pinkish light; Liddy
,'o'lced it at the same time and | heard
Ger Ja4nI NJ. At that moment Sans
aeep voice doomed rom somewhere
below.
ITO BE Continued Issnorrow.) /.
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I was growing more and more nerv-
Gus. Liddy had given up all p~retense
at bravery, and slept regularly in my
dr-essing-room on the couch with Il
prayer-book and a game knife from
the kitchen under her pillow, thus pre-
pairing for both the natural and the.
supernatural. That was the way
things stood that Thursday night when
l myself took a hand in the struggle.
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WHAT is HOLLAND FAMOUS FOR?
$50.

III T ERE is a scene in Holland. You all know probably for ubot that u,.
country of canals and likes is famous. The rebus viii tell x,i 10 ms
read it correctly. After you nave our the answer fill ONT to co,non
n send it to Uncle Jack, Evening STAR. Newark, n. J. N"N
h W girls and WI boy n sen d in the neatestc orract anr..a "a.
nave their hofee of a ne baseball, a box of paints a good book .on1.Ia
Or IN me of severalv very fascinating games IF the writing e no+1 oppno4 ~,
coupon will be rejected. Lnce Jek ill publish he nieture of 80 -
winner III carest osnd hma photog raph. Pfng-pong n tntyoa |,p
cannot be used. " N"yFe pictures
ony children under Is years IF age are eligible to CONNIE 10 sur. -
piace a twocents stamp o IN the en1aop e, to avoid deav att h nostoHba ~
Of the prze-winners will De a announced in the Evmins STA "a, ie
Thursday. July 90. r. 'iAf o
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-15
Franklin County Proceedings.

Special to Times-Republican.
Hampton, June 15.-The board Of
supervisors Of this county were in ses-
sion during portion of last week, and
1t was a busy meeting for them. Many
matters in relation to drainage bitches
in the county. were before them for ac-
ton, besides the regular routine Of
county affairs.
j. R. Fowler was re-engaged as Jam
itor OF the court house, to succeed him.
self. It is said that there were several
applicants for the place. The matter Of
the gopher bounty to be paid by the
county, was considered, and the amount
was reduced from ten cents to one cent
each.
DR.. F. L. siberts. of Geneva, was
elected physician for the county farm
for the coming year. Harry ]. Hender-
son was selected to check up the books
of the county officials, and ]. H. Van
Mugs was reappointed overseer Of the
poor in this city for the coming year.
The superintendent Of the county farm
for the ensuing year, will be chosen at
a meeting of the board to be held later.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-15
AGITATION CAUSES SLUMP IN
TILE AND SEWER PIPE AND
PLASTER.
FORT DODGE INDUSTRIES
ARE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED
Compelled TO Lower Prices to Meet
Downward Eastern ouotations-Fac.
tories All Busy Altho Eastern Buy
srs Arc Holding off Until Tariff
Question 10 Settled.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Republican.
Fort Dodge, June 15.-The unsettled
condition of tariff legislation has
caused a slump In prices Of some of
the leading products of Iowa. Because
eastern manufacturers of sewer pipe
and tile have been making low quota
tions in the middle west, from five to
ten per cent lower prices for their pro-
duct than they did a year ago. AT
least one manufacturer declares the
general decline in manufactured pro-
ducts would have caused a decline not
wtthstanding the action Of the eastern
men.
Every one Of the eleven brick and
tile factories in Webster county with
the trainioads of shipments each
day has all the orders it can handle.
The 800 men working in these factories
and in the mines are drawing their
$4,000 each day and this industry is
contributing much to the prosperity Of
the county.
"Altho notice the putting of pro-
tective tariff on zinc has caused great
revival in southern Missouri" said e. j.
Breen, president of the Lehigh Sewer
pipe and Tile Company this morning,
u believe this tariff agitation has con-
siderable to do with our low prices as
the retailers are holding off from buy
ing heavily until the question is set
tied.
For the past eight months, the
prices for plaster made in Webster
county have been very low because
Of fierce competition. The price per
ton was $3.50. now is as low as $3.50
and plaster men declare they lose on
every ton sold. The mills are run
ming light and every company has but
small number Of travelling men ION
the road" The managers are wonder
ing when a letup will occur so prices
may be restored to a profitable basis.
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Deafness, Cannot Be cur.d

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con-
dition Of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is
inHamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing. and when 1t Is en-
tirely closed. deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to Its nor
NAL condition. hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out Of ten are
caused by Catarrh. which is nothing
but an infiamed condition OF the mu-
cous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case Of deafness Caused by
catarrhl that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
#. j. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for Consti-
patton.
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EXCESS OF MOISTURE AND LACK
OF SUNSHINE RErARps FARM
WORK.
SMALL AREA OF Low LANDS
REMAINS TO BE PLANTED
Crop on Well-Drained Folds Of splen-
did Stand and Of Good color-smaIl
Grains and Garden Truck Making
Rapid Growth - Detailed Report.
From Central and North Iowa.
special to rimes-Republican.

Special to ItmeS-Republtcan.
Des Moines, June 15.--The tempera-
ture was below the normal for the
week, with an excess of rainfall over
the larger part Of the state and de-
cided deficiency of sunshine, notes the
weekly weather and crop bulletin. Dur
ing the first three days of the week
showers were general and in a few
localities very heavy and damaging.
Bottom lands were flooded and in
places where the rainfall was the
heaviest hillside lands were badly
washed. II the rain continues few
days longer some of the acreage In
tend for corn will have to be aban-
doned and used for some later crop.
Field work was practically impossible
until Friday and then only in the most
favored localities. AS q result weeds
and grass are getting good start and
many fields are foul. But in spite of
the adverse conditions and the lack of
cultivation. corn on uplands and we'll
drained ground, comprising the larger
good stand, has a good color and Is
growing rapidly. The soil is still in fine
condition and with a few days of
favorable weather the fields would be
cleaned and the condition of the crop
decidedly improved
All reports indicate that grass. small
grain, potatoes and garden truck have
made rapid growth and give promise
of abundant yields.
North Central District.
Mitchell (Osage)-Raln S.o7: crops
look fine.
winnebago (Forest Cty)-Four rainy
days; weeds and corn growing rapidly;
oats little thin, but stooling nicely:
prospects good for a big hay crop.
Kossuth (Burt)-Too wet; not much
field work done. (Algona)-Rain 2.35:
three wet and cloudy days and only
one and half days of field work.
Palo Alto (West Bend)-Rain .35;
cultivating retarded by wet fields in
fore part Of the week; all crops making
good growth.
Hancock (Britt)-Rain .9S; excessive
cloudiness; cultivation resumed latter
part Of week; the intended increase in
acreage will be seeded to buckwheat
or millet; fruit prospects fair to good.
Cerro Gordo (Nora Springs)-Four
days of rain have made the clearing of
corn fields a difficult problem. but corn
is growing nicely.
Floyd (Charles City)-Rain III;
maximum temperature IS; minimum
48; frequent rains have prevented cul-
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DYING BOYS SECRET.
Youth Reveals His Identity in Sioux
City hosnital.


City Hospital.
Sioux City, June 15.-Just before
John Dooley, an 1s-year-old lad, died
at ST. Joseph's hospital, from blood
poisoning in one of his feet, caused by
a harrow spike being driven thru that
member while working on a farm near
Odebolt, he called nurse to his bed
side and confided in her that he had
run away from his home at Wellsburg,
w. Va, where his parents are well to
do.
II ran away because wanted to see
the western country" gasped the boy
as he lay dying" and have never writ
ten my mother of my whereabouts, and
II guess she thinks I'm dead. feel so
queer that believe am dying and 4
wish you would telegraph mother to
come. want to see her NO had"
The telegram was written but before
Ia messenger boy reached the hospital
for it, John Dooley was dead, and
when news Of his death was conveyed
to his mother in the far away West
Virginia town, 1t was the first she had
heard Of her boy for two years.
Undertaken westcott received in
structions from the parents Of young
Dooley to send the body home.