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and in the same place where we had
found her brothers. body. And to add
to the similarity. just then the hall
clock, far off, struck family 3 o'clock.
1t was 4 before Louise was able to
talk, and the first rays of dawn were
coming through her windows. which
faced the east, before she could tell US
coherently what had occurred. l give
it as she told it. She lay propped N
bed, and Halsey sat beside her, unre,
buffed, and held her hand while she
talked.
Il was not sleeping we'll" she began,
partly, l think, because l had slept
during the afternoon. Liddy brought
me some hot milk at 10 o'clock and l
slept until u. Then l Weakened and--I
got to thinking about things and wor-
rying, so l could not go to sleep.
Il was wondering why l had not
heard from Arnold ince the-since L
saw him that night at the lodge. I was
afraid he was i'll, b~ecause-he was 10
have done something for me. and he
had not come back. 1t must have been
3 o'clock when | heard some one rap
ping. | sat up and listened, to be quite
sure, and the rapping kept up. 1t was
cautious and I was about to call Liddy.
Then, suddenly, l thought l knew what
II was. The east entrance and the cir
cular staircase were always used by
Arnold when he was out late, and
sometimes, when he forgot his key, he
would rap and | would go down\and let
him in. l thought he had come back to
see mel didn't think about the time,
for his hours were always erratic But
l was afraid | was too weak to get
down the stairs. The knocking kept
up, n just as I was about to call
Liddy, she ran through the room and
out into the hall. l got up then, feel
ing weak and dizzy, II put on my
dressing-goyn. II it was Arnold. [
new / must see him. g
1T was very dark everywhere. but,
of course, | knew my way. / felt along
for the stair rail and went down as
quickly as | could. The knocking had
stopped and l was afraid l was too late.
| got to the foot of the staircase and
over to the doc on to the east yeranda.
l had never thought of any thing but
that it was Arnold. until | reached the
door. 1t was unlocked and opened
about an inch. Everything was black
il was perfectly dark outside. / felt
very queer and shaky. Then ! thought,
perhaps, Arnold had used his key: lie
did-strange things sometimes. and /
turned around. Just as ] reached the
foot of the staircase I thought / heard
some n coming. My nerves we're gn
ing anyhow, there in the dark, and I
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Copyright 1908,
The Bobbs- Merrill Company.


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 hance. disap-
pear Later John bailey. who is cashier 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
directed against him. Detective tells Mise
lines a vefled woman came to 'Sunnyside"
later another disturbance IN the house leads to
an Investigation and Louise Armstrong, daugh-
ter of the banker, sister of the murdered man.
and Halseyis hance, is found very III. hiiinE
in a lodge. She has run away from parents In
California. She is taken TO 'Sunnyside" for
care while no one knows why she came 10 the
The neat day evidence Is found connecting
Paul Armstrong with the wrecking OF his
bank. His wife Is on her way from Cali
fornia with the body. Louise slightly i'm
proves and tells iidlsey she Is going to marry
another man. Mrs. ri trung's attorney
phones. asking Nj lnnes 10 give up her
Louise asking her to look out for Nina Car
rington, signed r. L. W. Doctor arrives
and accidentally drops hint that Louise is to
msr-y a vorna IT Wsltrer.
The following day Louise Armstrong is tod
Of her stepfather's death. and appears to be
glad. That night the household is awakened by
strange noises again. A servant sees a white
lines. starting to Louise's room, hears sudden
scream and finds girl gone.
continued From Ncsterday.D
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that sound? Where is Louise? ?"
She is not in her room,' | said
stupidity. 81 think-it was she-who
screamed
Liddy had Joined us now, carrying a
light. We stood huddled together at
the head of the circular staircase, look
ing down into its shadows. There was
nothing to be seen. and 1t was abso-
lutely quiet down there. Their We
heard Halsey running up the staircase.
He came quickly down the hall to
where we We're standing.
There's no one trying to get in. |
thought l heard some one shrek. Who
was It?"
Our stricken faces told him the truth.
Some one screamed down there" ]
said "And-and Louise is not In her
room"
With a jerk Halsey took the light
from Liddv and ran down the circular
staircase. | followed him, more slowly.
My nerves seemed to be in a state Of
paralysis: l could scarcely step. At
the foot of the stairs Halsey gave an
exclamation and put down the light.
Aunt Ray" he called sharply.
At the foot of the staircase, huddled
in a he2r, her head on the lower stair,
was Louise Armstrong. She lay limp
and white. her dressing-gown dragging
loose from n sleeve of her night
dress, and the heavy braid of her dark
hair stretching its length a couple Of
stems above her head. as If she had
slipped down.
She was not dead. Halsey put her
loutn. 80, thu grov opl I1ar, -, r,,L I..
cold hands, while Gertrude and Liddy
ran for stimulants. AS for me, ] sat
there at the foot of that ghostly stair
case-sat. because my knees wouldn't
hold me-and wondered where it would
al end. Louise was still unconscious,
but she "a breathing better, and I
suggested that we get her back to he'd
before she came to. There was some
thing grisly and horrible to me. seeing
her there in almost the same attitude
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cause, some one had entered the house
10y means Of the east entrance; had
apparently gone his way ~unhindered
through the house, and gone out again
as he had entered. Had this unknown
visitor been there d third time, the
night Arnold Armstrong was murdered?
Or a fourth, the time Mr.. Jameson had
locked some one in the clothes hute?
Sleep was impossible, 1 think, for any
OF US, We dispersed finally to battle
and dress, leaving Louise little the
worse for ner experience. But L deter
mined that before the day was over she
must know the true state of affairs.
Another decision l made, ana l put 1t
into execution Immediately after break
fast. ! had one of the unused bedrooms
in the east wing, back along the small
corridor, prepared for occupancy, and
from that time on, Alex, the gardener,
slept there. One man in that barn of a
house was an absurdity, with things
happening all the time, and l must say
that Alex was unobjectionable as any
one could possibly have been.
The next morning, also, Halsey n l
made an exhaustive examination of the
circular staircase, the small entry at its
foot, and the card-room opening from
it. There was no evidence of anything
unusual the night before, and had I'VE
not ourselves heard the rapping noises
l should have felt that Louise's inlagi-
nation had run away with her. The
outer door was closed and locked, and
the staircase curved above us. for all
the world like any other staircase.
Halsey, who had never taken serious
ly my account of the night Liddy and !
were there alone, was grave enough
nov. He examined the paneling of the
wainsooting above and below the stairs,
evidently looking for a secret door, and
suddenly there flashed into my mind
the recollection of a scrap of paper that
Mr.. Jameson had found among Arnold
Armstrong; effects. AS nearly as pos
sible l repeated it's contents to him,
while Halsey took them down in a
notebook.
f"I wish you had told me that before"
he said. as he put the memorandum
carefully away We found nothing at
all in the house, and I expected little
from any examination of the porch and
grounds. But as we opened the outer
door something fell into the entry with
q clatter. 1t was a cue from the bill
liard-room.
Halsey picked it up with an exclama-
ton.
That's careless enough he said.
Some of the ~ervants have been
amusing themselves"
/ was far from convinced. Not one
Of the servants would go into that wing
il.
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CHAPTER XVII.
A Hint of Scandal.
iA- +b- IT,

TN giving the gist of what happened
at the inquest l have only one ex-
cuse-to recall to the reader the
events of the night of Arnold ARM
strong's murder. Many things had oc-
CURED which were not brought out at
the inquest and some things were told
there that were new to me. Altogether
II was a gloomy affair, and the six men
In the corner, who constituted the cor
oner's jury, We're evidently the merest
puppets In the hands of that all-power-
full gentleman, the coroner.
Gertrude n l sat we'll back, with
our wells down. There were a number
or people 1 knew: Barbara Fitzhugh, in
extravagant : mourning-she always
went Into black on the slightest provo
cation, because 1t was becoming-and
Mr.. Jarvis, the man who had come over
from the Greenwood Club the night Of
the murder. Mr.. Harton was there, too,
looking impatient as the inquest drag
ged, but alive to every particle of evil
dence. From q corner Mr.. Jameson
was watching the proceedings intently.
DIR. Stewart was called first. His
evidence was told briefly. and amount
ed to this: On the Sunday morning
previous. at a quarter before s. he had
been called to the telephone. The
message was from a Mr.. Jarvis. who
asked him to come at once to Sunny
side, as there had been an accident
there, and Mr.. Arnold Armstrong had
been shot. He had dressed hastily,
gathered up some instrumental add
driven to Surnyside. (
u.
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last night. in honor of the fact that the
patrol won the first prize in Louisville
recently, among three dozen competi-
tors for best lodge work.
Among those who enjoyed the Hens
Ter hospitality We're Alfred n. Dali
rymple. chairman of the Republican
County Committee; John r. Flavell, it's
secretary; Louis V. Aaronson, play
ground commissioner; Captain H. L.
Jenkinson, Howard c. Griffths. Fred
erlck Finkelden. DR. Ed Tin Leonard, of
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Jersey City; Dr.. Spencer. of JERSEY
City; DR.. Westervelt. of Jersey City
Frederick EEerhard, Henry w. Egnel
j. Parker, L. Brunson. Wants ErveY
Daniel Bender, Frederick Treiber. Johr
Groel, Andrew Schneider. George Ward
Frederick Sommer, Daniel Diss, Rich.
ard and John Hensler. William Faatz
Oscar Goeger. James Chalmers and
John Hawkins.
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tContinucd From Yesterday,
CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Morning.

r STOOD looking at the empty bed.
The covering had been thrown
back, and Louise's pink silk dress
ing-gown was gone from the foot,
where II had lain. The night lamp
burned dimly. revealing the emptiness
OF the place. / picked it up. but my
hand shook so that ] put it down
again. and got somehow to the door.
There were voices IN the hall and
Gertrude came running toward me.
What is III" she cried. What was
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That was Louise's story. There could
be no doubt of its truth, n the thing
that mad it inexpressibly awful to me
was that the poor girl had crept down
TO answer the of a brother
who would never need her kindly offices
again. Twice now, without apparent
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could scarcely stand. l got up as far
as the third or fourth step; then / felt
that some one was coming toward me
ON the staircase. The mex instant a
hand met mine on the stair-rail. Some
ono brushed past me and l screamed.
Then I must have tainted"
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WINNERS IN BIG CONTEST
ARE GIVEN A BANQUET.
Arab Patrol, SaIaam Temple,
Guest of Otto Hensler.

Arab Patrol, Salaam Temple, A. A. O.
Ter in Harberger's Hall, Hamburg place,
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'RY a CLASSIFIED AID. In THE STAR.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08
The ANNUAL REUNION
OF KANSAS RESIDENTS
Not as Largely Attended as Former
Ores.

The annual reunion of former resi-
dents OF the Sunflower state was held
at the public school grounds Saturday
The attendance was not nearly so large
as it has been in times past but those
who Were present enjoyed the day
thoroughly AS usual basket dinner
was served at noon and done full JUS
tice by those who partook of it. Fol-
lowing the dinner a short program was
rendered. consisting of songs and ad-
dresses. Rev. KloSs was one of the
speakers and Rev. Triplett another
The officers were elected with ID.
q. Buck. president and Miss Olive Grif-
fen secretary-treasurer. IL is planned
to hold the reunion again on the same
date next year 81 4 is proposed to be-
gin a little earlier i'm the season to
work on il, in order that a large at
tendance may be assured. President
Buck states that he will appoint vice
the valley and il will be expected of
them that they make an effort to bring
representation from each of their
towns. It's good thing for people
from the same state to get together
once year and talk old times over and
merely because the attendance Satur-
day was light. does not indicate that
the annual reunion will be permitted
TO lapse another year.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08
A SPECIAL TRAIN
BROUGHT In MANY
Returning Teachers and Visitors to the
Fair.

The special train from the south on
account of the fair, arrived here about
midnight Saturday night and brought
an immense crowd Of teachers and
others from the southern part of the
territory. The fact that the territorial
teachers association convenes in Phoe-
nix this week. together with the cheap
or rates that are on all the railroads.
makes it possible for many who would
not otherwise be here To attend.
Among those who arrived on Satur-
day nights train were Mrs. Lynn Pal
mar. formerly Miss Mary Mullen. who
will spend a week or ten days here with
her family. She was accompanied by
Miss Maude Watkins Of Douglas. who
viii be her guest here during the fair.
Misses Irma Schmidt and Miss Hazel
Hendrix, both of whom are teaching
in Douglas. arrived and will visit their
parents here as well as attend the as
ISOLATION. Miss Nellie Pine, Miss
Laura Agnew, Miss Holmesly and Miss
Agnew were also passengers on the
same train. They are from Clifton and
Douglas. Alma Jones of Globe was an
other who arrived on the midnight
train. In all there were in the neigh
borhOod of thirty who got off here. A
good MANI Of them desired to go on
to Mesa and Roy Buck took a party Of
ten on up there that night. Others who
remained at the hotel and took the
train yesteray morning were Misses
Hester Wallace. Vessa F. Wright, Eliz-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08

The Fashion Millinery Store. at 237-
239 East Washington street, have on
display one Of the incest lines OF
ready-to- hats to he found in
Phoenix. Their stock of shapes is
complete. and. with their corps of eX-
pert milliners, you are sure to receive
first-class work when you leave an
order for a trimmed hat with Mrs.
Bodet. The prices are right. Come
make our store your headquarters
while visiting the Fair. You are per-
fectly welcome at our store. whether
you buy or not.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08
ON PLANT LIFE.

DR. c. s. Mason of the department of
agriculture, who has been spending
some little time here. doing expert
mental work at the date orchard. gave
a very interesting address at the nor
NAL recently on the subject. Develop
ment of Plant and Animal Life
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08
TEMPE DEPARTMENT
WELL REPRESENTED
In LIVE STOCK Line
Many Horses Sent to the Fair Grounds
Yesterday.

In the live stock line Tempe will be
represented az the fair. Yesterday the
string of Percheron horses We're ship
ped over. The Packard bunch this year
numbers eighteen. In addition 10 these
the Tempe Breeders association will
also enter theirs. The Coach horse as
ISOLATION will also enter four of that
horses colts a; two year-old raised by
ID. G. Buck and another younger one
and two others, one raised by w. A
Moeur and the other by John Jensen
The animals have all been undergoing
special car in preparation for the fair
and when loaded yesterday were in the
pink of perfection.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08

Personal experience with a tube of
Manzan Pile Remedy will convince
you it is immediate relief for all forms
Of piles. Comes up in a tube with
nozzle attached ready to use and
gives immediate relief. Can be APP
piled directly to the affected parts,
reducing inflammation, swelling and
itching. Guaranteed. Price
LOVETT DRUG co.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08
roMoRRoW,s HOLIDAY.

Attention of readers is again called
to the fact that the merchants of Tenn
pc have agreed to call tomorrow a hol-
iday in order that every one may at
tend the fair. The mayor has issued
a proclamation to that effect. and 1t
is probable that the day will be quiet
one here. Many are planning to go
over on the morning train and spend
the day at the fair while others will
take the l2:42 train and get to the
grounds in time for the afternoon rec
ing
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08
IN RUNNING SHAPE.

The Strong Stoddard Dayton ma
chine which arrived here in bad shape
a week or ten days ago due to its par
ticipation in a wreck enroute, was
taken out of the Alquhist shop yester-
day where 1t has been undergoing re-
pairs. Most of the damaged parts have
been replaced and the car is in fairly
good shape again.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08
CURE SICK HEADACHE.

abeth r Grenier Of Risbee: ]. W and
Kate BlazZard OF Thatcher, Mrs. c.
Lappin OF Rockford. ILL.,. Mr. and Mrs.
J. A Woods of Thatcher and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. p Bingham Of the same
place.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08
HIGH SCHOOL LECTURE.

This evening at the Tempe Union
high school President w. w. Parsons
of the Indiana State Normal will lee
ture on the Merchant of Venice" The
affair will be given under the auspices
and for the benefit of the High School
Athletice association, and a large at
tendance is anticipated. Tickets may
be secured of high school agents or at
the door.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08
NJ EWS NOTES.

NItdt WtdlIItT, IIIIS.
Los Spencer is able to be about again
after a severe attack of typhoid fever
He is only a shadow of his former self
but probably in due time will regain
the flesh he has lost
Miss frankie Eellamy is here from
Yuma for the fair
Walter Wilbur and Frank Peck spent
yesterday in Mesa.
W. f. Hitchcock, the San Bernardino
cattle buyer. Is expected here this week.
A number of Tempe men will go Ia
Phoenix tomorrow evening to attend
the u. o. O. X. festivities
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08
GONE 70 KANSAS.

l. V. Stewart left last week for his
Ofrmer home in Paola. Kansas He
made the trip onaccount of the fail
ing health of his mother. She is well
along in wears and suffered a rather
serious accident early last week Mr.
Stewart will probably be away month
or longer.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-08

Red apples $50 per box at the
Crump Hay & Grain Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
CONTEST FOR YOUNG ARTISTS

Boys girls public school age all invited compete
for prize be given for the best pen and ink drawing
which be strictly original Prize will be round trip ticket
Beach with admission the plunge ard ride HUI
Wheel for winner of contest and juvenile
panion
be Al inches wide and from 81 inches deep Work
this be received this office not later than Thurs
day afternoon September 30, for publication October TO-
Topic "The Eight Black KittensPlaying Sleeping Quar-
relling and Making Up
Pictures be a inches wide and preferably than
inches deep the kittens may be shown all of the posi-
ton suggested by the above topic and all work for this contest
be received this office later than Thursday afternoon
October l. for publication October H.
All work submitted for this must be drawn in Jet
black drawing ink white Bristol board 1t be
original and entirely the work of the boy girl who submits it
Pictures for this contest be accompanied by ad
dress and grade of school G any Of the artist.
No drawings viii be returned.
Address drawings Aunt Laurie Sunday Herald Junior
The Herald Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26

came without signature or address. t
This picture shows tent and canoe
with a bow and arrows in their culver
and tall dark tree trunks all about the
outside of the picture. The tail piece
is particularly well drawn, although
the design is not so appropriate.
Lucille Muldoon, COS East Twenty
ninth street, contributed a tail piece
to go with her drawing, which is re-
produced. 1t is actually in better style
as a conclusion of a poem than some
others which are reproduced, but it is
not drawn with the care which the
composition deserves.
Rudolph Schmidt $50 West Fifty
third street, did beautiful piece Of
work upon the lettering with which
his head piece is decorated, but the
attendant design is hardly clear
enough in meaning to give tle picture
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
DESIGNS FOR INDIAN
POEM ARE INTERESTING

" HE idea of making head and tail
pieces pleased many of the Junior
n artists and reused their ambition,
but the subject was evidently a trifie
difficult for some of those who at
tempted the work The pictures were
numerous, but many of them were
more suitable for illustrations than
for the particular use which was stipu-
lated in the announcement.
The idea of head and tail pieces
should be conventional rather than
picturesque, but with sufficient bear
ing upon the subject to suggest the
title. Most of the pictures which were
sent in response to this topic were
portraits of Indians, or at least showed
too plainly the attempt to portray
some of the actual scenes of the poem
rather than merely suggesting the idea
which it exemplifies.
Among the best of the pictures
which were submitted for the contest
this week was one from Marguerite
Case of Gardena. This included an
elaborately worked out design with
the name I1ld " ellllet LllC tNS't N''7
very clever, and the use of Indian war
cluL-, canoes, beads, arrow heads and
stone axes would have been effective
if the background had been arranged
with more contrast The work was
wasted, because the figures were not
sufficiently black to show up clearly
against the rather gray background
which she had contrived at an evident
c st of much labor Considerable in
genuity was shown in this piece of
work, and it was regrettable that it
could not have been reproduced. The
war bonnets and other implements of
Indian warfare denote a coed knowl-
edge of the native Americans accou-
terments, and the young artist de-
serves much credit for the painstaking
labor and the careful thought which
she bestowed upon her work.
Another very excellent piece of work
including both head and tail piece