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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21

Entered at the St. Johnsbury post Office as
second-class mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21
VERMONT NEWS.
Dates for farmers Institutes.

DaC6S IOr EdrlIcfS 1uStIGutCSs
The following itinerary for Farm
er's institutes for the winter has
been arranged: Jan. 2, Dummerston;
Jan. 8, South Londonderry, MARI
boro; Jan. 4, Williamsville, Towns
bend; Jan. 5, Grafton; Jan. 6, Rock
ingham; Jan. Is, South Hero; Jan.
IA, North Hero; jamie, Georgia;
Jan. IT, Sheldon; Jan. 18, Jefferson
Vile; Jan. 10, North Hyde Park,
Eden; Jan. 20, North Danyille; Jan.
FL, Marshfield; Jan. %, Irasburg;
Jan. "a, Coventry; Jan. rs,
Troy; Jan. &c, Derby; Jan.
27, East Burke, Sutton; Jan. Is,
West Barnet; Jan. 80, East Corinth;
Jan. 81, South hoyaIton; Feb. l.,
Rochester; Feb. 2, Waitsfeld; Feb.
3, Waterbury Center, Middlesex;
Feb. 4, East Montpelier; Feb. z,
North Ferrisburg, Charlotte; Feb.
8, Whiting; Feb. 8, Benson, Hub
bardton; Feb. 10, West Haven,
Poultney; Feb. II, Tinmouth, Wal
lingford; Feb. 10, Arlington, Sun
derland; Feb. IA, Weston; Feb. 8,
Ludlow; Feb. 16, Bridgewater Cor
ners; Feb. II, Pomfret.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21
PUBLISHED wEEKLY By

PUBLISHED WEEKLY By
THE CALIFORNIAN COMPANY.
w. J. BIeELow.
Editor and Publisher.
ze Eastern Avenue. St. Johnsbury, vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21
Two Men Burned in Wreck

Two men were killed and burned
so they could hardly be recognized
and several cars destroyed by fire
in freight wreck about half mile
east of the Delaware & Hudson sta
ton at Fair Haven Friday The men
Edward w. SkeeIs of Whitehall, n.
Y, repair man for the railroad
company, and Michael Malone, a
cattle buyer, were asleep in the ca
boose of the train known as the chill
freight when an extra train, rum
ming from Castleton to Whitehall,
crashed into the rear of the train
which was left standing on the main
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21

wish them great success in the
undertaking.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21

This paper is entitled to a place the
Printers Ink Roll Of Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN co.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
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found in the tulip bed-and gave it to
him. He saw Liddy there and OWNED
at once that Louise was alone.
You let me attend to this fellow.
whoever it is, Aunt Ray, and go to
Louise, will you? She may be awake
and alarmed"
So in spite of her protests, 1 left
Liddy alone and went back to the
east wing. Perhaps | went a little
faster past the yawning blackness of
the circular staircase; and could
hear Halsey creaking cautiously down
the main staircase The rapping, or
pounding, had ceased, and the silence
was almost painful And then sud.
denly, from apparently under my very
feet, there rose a woman's scream,
cry of terror that broke off as sudden.
ly as it came. l stood frozen and still.
Every drop of blood in my body
seemed to leave the surface and gath
er around my heart. In the dead ST.
lence that followed it throbbed as if it
would burst. More dead than alive,
| stumbled into Louise's bedroom. She
was not there!
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Miss lines, spinster and guardian of
Gertrude and HalSeY, established summer
headquarters at SunnySide. Amidst nu
merOuS difficulties the servants deserted.
AS Miss lines locked up for the night
she was startled by dark figure on the
Veranda. UnScemly noises disturbed her
during the night. In the morning Miss
a hamper Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey The house was awak-
ened by a revolver shot and Arnold Arm
strong was found shot to death in the
hall. Miss lines found Halseys revolver
on the lawn. lie and Jack Bailey had dis
appeared. The link cuif-button mysteri-
ously disappeared. Detective Jameson
arrived Gertrude revealed she was en-
gagged to Jack Bailey with whom she
talked in the billiard room a few mo-
ments before the murder Jameson ac-
cused Miss lines of holding back evil
dence. He imprisoned. an intruder in an
empty room. The prisoner escaped down
laundry chute. Gertrude was suspected.
a negro found the other half Of what
proved to be Jack BaileY's Cuff-button.
Halsey reappears and says he and Bailey
said she had given Bailey an unloaded
revolver, fearing to give him loaded
weapon. Cashier Bailey of Paul Arm
strong'S bank, defunCt, was arrested for
embezzlement. HalSey said Armstrong
wrecked his own bank and could clear
Bailey. Paul Armstrong; death was an
nounCed. Halsey's fiancee, Louise Arm
strong, was found at the lodge. The
lodgekeeper said Louise and Arnold had
long talk the night of the murder. Lou
Use was Frustrated Louise told Halsey,
that while she still loved him she was to
marry another. and that he would despise
her when he learned the whole story.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Morninu.

| stood looking at the empty bed
The coverings had been thrown back.
and Louise's pink silk dressing-gown
was gone from the foot, where it 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 it," she cried What was
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.
looking down into it's shadows. There
was nothing to be seen, and it was
absolutely quiet down there. Then
we heard Halsey running up the main
staircase. He came quickly down the
hall to where we We're standing.
There's no one trying to get in. I
thought l heard some one Shrek.
Who was it,"
Our stricken faces told him the
truth
Some one screamed down there"
I said. "And-and Louise is not in
her room"
With a jerk Halsey took the light
from Liddy and ran down the circular
staircase. | followed Lin, more slow.
ly. My nerves seemed to be in a state
of paralysis; 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, hud.
died in a heap, her head on the lower
stair, was Louise Armstrong. She lay
limp and white, her dressing gown
dragging loose from one sleeve of her
night-dress, and the heavy braid Of
her dark hair stretching its length
couple of steps above her head, as If
she had slipped down.
She was not dead Halsey put her
down on the floor and began to rub
her cold hands, while Gertrude and
Liddy ran for stimulants. AS for me,
l sat there at the foot of that ghostly
staircase-sat because my knees
wouldn't hold me-and wondered
where it would all end. Louise was
still unconscious, but she was breath
ing better, and l suggested that we
get her back to bed before she came
to. There was something grisly and
horrible to me, seeing her there in
almost the same attitude 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 three o'clock.
1t was four before Louise was able
to talk, and the first rays of dawn
were coming through her windows,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

lace in the shadow, and my heart fair
ly ached for him. He was so big and
boyish! When l had finished he drew
a long breath.
whatever Louise does" he said,
nothing will convince me, Aunt Ray,
that she doesn't care for me- And up
to two months ago, when she and her
mother went west, l was the happiest
fellow on earth. Then something
made difference; she wrote me that
her people were opposed to the mar
rage; that her feeling for me was
what it had always been, but that
something had happened which had
changed her ideas as to the future l
was not to write until she wrote me,
and whatever occurred, was to think
the best | could of her 1t sounded
like a puzzle. When l saw her yes
terday, it was the same thing, only,
perhaps, worse"
"Halsey,' l asked, have you any
idea of the nature of the interview
between Louise Armstrong and Arm
old the night he was murdered?"
IL was stormy. Thomas says once
or twice he almost broke into the
room, he was so alarmed for Louise"
Another thing, Halsey," l said,
have you ever heard Louise mention
a woman named Darlington, Nina Car
rington?"
Never he said positively.
For try as we would, our thoughts
always came back to that fatal Satur-
day night, and the murder. Every con-
versational path led to it, and we all
felt that Jameson was Tightening
the threads of evidence around John
Bailey. The detectives absence was
hardly reassuring; he must have had
something to work on in town or he
would have returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18

The papers reported that the cash
Ter of the Traders bank was ill in his
apartments at the Knickerbocker-a
condition not surprising, considering
everything. The guilt of the defunct
president was no longer in doubt; the
missing bonds had been advertised
and some of them discovered. In
every instance they had been used as
collateral for large loans, and the
belief was current that not less than
million and half dollars had been
realized. Every one connected with
the bank had been placed under ar
rest, and released on heavy bond.
Was he alone in his guilt, or was
the cashier his accomplice? Where
was the money? The estate of the
dead man was comparatively small
city house on a fashionable street,
Sunnyside, a large estate largely
mOrtgaged, an insurance of $4,000,
and some personal property-this was
all. The rest lost in speculation prob
ably, the papers said. There was one
thing which looked uncomfortable for
Jack Bailey: He and Paul Armstrong
together had promoted a railroad COM
pany in New Mexico, and it was ru-
mOred that together they had sunk
large sums of money there. The bust
ness alliance between the two men
added to the belief that Bailey knew
something of the footing. His unex-
planned absence from the bank on
Monday lent color to the suspicion
against him. The strange thing
seemed to be his surrendering himself
on the point of departure. To me, 1t
seemed the shrewd calculation of
clever rascal. l was not actively an
tagonistic to Gertrude's lover, but l
meant to be convinced, one way or the
other. | took no one on faith
That night the Sunnyside ghost be-
gan to walk again. Liddy had been
sleeping in Louise's dressing room on
couch, and the approach of dusk
was a signal for her to barricade the
entire suite. Situated as it was, be-
yond the circular staircase, nothing
but an extremity of excitement would
have made her pass it after dark l
confess myself that the place seemed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
CHAPTER XIV.-Continued.

Gertrude and HaIsey went for a
long walk that afternoon and Louise
slept. Time hung heavy on my hands,
and I did as l had fallen into a habit
of doing lately-I sat down and
thought things over. One result of
my meditations was that | got up sud
denly and went to the telephone.
had taken the most intense dislike to
this DR.. Walker whom | had never
seen, and who was being talked of in
the countryside as the fiance of Louise
Armstrong
l knew Sam Huston well. There
had been a time. when Sam was a
good deal younger than he is now, be-
fore he had married Anne Endicott,
when l knew him even better So now
! felt no hesitation in calling him over
the telephone. But when his Office
boy had given way to his confidential
clerk and that functionary had conde-
seconded to connect his employers
desk telephone, I was somewhat at a
loss as to how to begin.
why, how are you, Rachel?" Sam
said generously. Going to build that
house at Rock View" 1t was a 90
year-old joke of his.
Sometime, perhaps" l said. Just
now I want to ask you a question
about something which is none of my
business"
81 see you haven't changed an iota
in a quarter of a century, Rachel"
TO he
ASK ahead; everything but my do
nestle affairs is at your service
TRY to be serious" | said. And
tell me this: Has your firm made any
plans for a house recently for DR..
Walker at Casanova"
Eyes, we have"
Where was it to be built? l have
a reason for asking"
ut was to be, believe, on the Arm
strong place. Mr.. Armstrong himself
consulted me, and the inference was
in fact, l am quite certain-the
house was to be occupied by Mr.. Arm
strongs daughter, who was engaged
to marry DIR. Walker"
When the architect had inquired for
the different members of my family,
and had finally rung off, l was certain
of one thing. Louise Armstrong was
in love with Halsey, and the man she
was going to marry was DR.. Walker.
Moreover, this decision was not new;
marriage had been contemplated for
some time. There must certainly be
some explanation-but what was it?
That day l repeated to Louise the
telegram Mr. Harton had opened She
seemed to understand, but an unhap-
pier face l have never seen. She
looked like a criminal whose reprieve
is over, and the day of execution ap-
preaching.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
She Burned the House.

A woman in Montana sat down the
other day and thought about house
cleaning-about the carpets and rugs
to clean, the woodwork to wash, the
bedding to wash, the curtains to wash.
the portieres to wash, the stairways
and the ratings and the floors and the
steps and the windows and every
thing else to be washed and cleaned
and she got so worried over the
prospect that she set fire to the house.
Do you blame her? If she had only
known as you do that Easy Task soap
will do half the work of washing and
cleaning, she would have felt more
cheerful. It's a nickel a cake and one
woman said she would pay dollar a
cake for it if she could get it no other
way.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
Casey at the Bat.

This famous poem is contained ia tho
Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records, schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. This interesting book sent
by the Coca-Cola Co., of Atlanta, Ga,
on receipt of &c stamp for postage.
Also copy of their booklet "Ehe Truth
About Coca-Cola" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why it is
SO pure, wholesome and refreshing.
Are you ever ot-tired-thirsty?
Drink Coca-Cola-it is cooling, re-
lieves fatigue and quenches the
thirst. At soda fountains and car
donated in bottles-5c everywhere.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
History Cleared Up.

The third grade was having his
tory" Forty youngsters were ma
king guesses about the life and char
acter of the Father of His Country,
when the teacher propounded ques-
ton that stumped them all.
why did Washington cross the
Delaware?"
Why, indeed? Not a child could
think of anything but the answer to
the famous chicken problem: ITO get
on the other side" and, of course,
that wouldn't do Then little Armies
hand shot into the air. Little Annie
crosses the Delaware every summer
herself, hence the bright idea.
We'll, Annie?"
Because he wanted to get to Allan
tic City. Philadelphia Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18

tome to have a sinister appearance, but
we kept that wing well lighted, and
until the lights went out at midnight
1t was really cheerful, if one did not
know its history.
On Friday night, then, 1 had gone
to bed, resolved to go at once to sleep.
Thoughts that insisted on obtruding
themselves | pushed resolutely to the
back of my mind, and l Systematically
relaxed every muscle. | fell asleep
soon, and was dreaming that DR..
Walker was building his new house
Immediately in front of my windows;
l could hear the thump-thump of the
hammers, and then | walked to a
knowledge that somebody was pound
ing on my door.
l was up at once, and with the
sound of my footstep on the floor the
low knocking ceased, to be followed
Immediately by sibilant whispering
through the keyhole
Miss Rachel! Miss Rachel" some
body was saying, over and over.
rs that you, Liddy?" l asked, my
hand on the knob.
For the love of mercy, let me in"
she said in a low tone.
She was leaning against the door,
for when l opened it, she fell in. She
was greenish-white. and she had a
red and black barred flannel petticoat
over her shoulders.
Listen she said, standing in the
middle of the floor and holding on to
me. ooh, Miss Rachel, it's the ghost
of that dead man hammering to get
in"
Sure enought, there was a dull thud
-thud-thud-it came apparently
from the wall.
It's not a ghost" | said decidedly.
IF it was a ghost it wouldn't rap; it
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
CHAPTER XIV.
Liddy Gives the Alarm.

The next day, Friday, Gertrude
broke the news of her stepfathers
death to Louise. She did it as gently
as she could, telling her first that he
was very i'll, and finally that he was
dead. Louise received the news in
the most unexpected manner, and
when Gertrude came out to tell me
how she had stood it, think she was
almost shocked.
"She just lay and stared at me,
Aunt Ray" she said. do you know,
I believe she is glad, glad And she
is too honest to pretend anything
else. What sort Of a man was Mr.
Paul Armstrong, anyhow"
HE was a bully as well as a ras-
cal, Gertrude" l said. But l am con-
WINGED of one thing; Louise will send
for Halsey now, and they will make
1t all up
For Louise had steadily refused to
zee Halsey all that day, and the boy
was frantic.
We had a quiet hour, HaIsey and I,
that evening, s9d I told him several
things; abol %he request that we
give up the !, dse to Sunnysfde. about
the telegram to Louise, about the
rumors of n approaching marriage
between Ne nd Dr. Walker, and,
last of @n interview with her
the 4 ~
tie from any ualF' Win his
Eart bl1+ frc
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18

would come through the keyhole."
Liddy looked at the keyhole But it
sounds very much as though some one
is trying to break into the house"
Liddy was shivering violently. I
told her to get me my slippers and
she brought me pair of kid gloves.
SO l found my things myself and pre-
pared to call Halsey. AS before, the
night alarm had found the electric
lights gone; the hall, save for its
night lamp, was in darkness, as went
across to Halseys room. l hardly
know what | feared, but it was a re-
lief to find him there, very sound
asleep, and with his door unlocked.
Wake up, Halsey," l said, shaking
him.
He stirred a little. Liddy was half
in and half out of the door, afraid as
usual to be left alone, and not quite
daring to enter. Her scrupIes seemed
to fade, however, all at once. She
gave a suppressed YELL bolted into the
room and stood tightly clutching the
foot-board of the bed Halsey was
gradually waking.
I've seen it" Liddy walled. "a
woman in white down the hall"
l paid no attention.
"Halsey," l persevered, some one
is breaking into the house. Get up,
won't you?"
1t isn't our house." he said sleepi
ly. And then he reused to the ext
gency of the occasion. "All right,
Aunt Ray, he said, still yawning. IF
you'll let me get into something"
1t was all l could do to get Iiddv
out of the room. The demands of the
occasion had no influence on her; she
had seen the ghost, she persisted, and
she wasn't going into the hall. But
| got her over to my room at last,
more dead than alive, and made her
lie down on the bed
The tappings, which seemed to have
ceased for while, had commenced
again, but they were fainter. Halsey
came over in a few minutes. and stood
listening and trying to locate the
sound
Give me my revolver, Aunt Ray"
he said; and l got title one l had
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
Seckinu Comfort.

I've got long way to go and I'm
not used to travel" said the applicant
at the railway ticket office. q want
to be just as comfortable as l can,
regardless of expense"
"Parlor carr"
No. 1 don't care for parlor fix
ms"
Sleeper"
NO. l want to stay awake an
watch the scenery"
Then what do you want?"
We'll, if it wouldn't be too much
trouble, l wish you'd put me up in
one of these refrigerator cars I've
read so much about"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
ONLY One Cobb.

The morning after Judge Andrew
Cobb, a one-time justice of the SUI
preme court of Georgia, rendered his
resignation, an Atlanta lawyer and a
shoe drummer sat in the same seat in
an outgoing train.
The lawyer bought a newspaper and
looked over the headlines. Then he
turned to the drummer and said:
We'll, see Cobb has resigned"
"Gee!" said the drummer. What
will Detroit do now?"-Philadelph
Saturday Evening Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
His Soft Answer.

And this is the sort of excuse you
put up for coming home two hours
late for dinner and in such a condi-
tion-that you and that disreputable
Augustus Jones were out hunting
mushrooms, you wretch? And where,
pray, are the mushrooms?"
"Eere gay are, I'm dear, in m yes
pocket; and vile gay ain so many of
EN-, m dear we had lots of fun
Gus an I-huntin' EN-"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
EinA Schonl

Your daughter should attend my
school of education"
she shan't! She's attended one,
and she's positively"
"Ah, but l teach a new system.
When my pupils are asked to recite
they are trained to refuse"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
Reformation.

You say you are a reformer?"
Yep" replied the local boss; "of
the deepest dye"
But you were not always So"
mo. The reformers reformed our
own last year and l want to reform
t back again"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
Cleaned Out,

Il can't pay this taxicab bill"
Then I'll take you to a police sta
ton"
I'll pay 1t. But take me to the
poorhouse and leave me there
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18

Life is two-thirds bluff, law is three
fourths tyranny, pity is nine-tenths
pretense. Be genuine and poor if you
would die respected.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18

which faced the east, before she could
tell us coherently what had occurred.
| give it as she told it. She lay
propped in bed, and Halsey sat beside
her, unrebuffed, and held her hand
while she talked
ITO BE CONTINIEDl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Good in everything.

Whatever happens to anybody, "A
may be turned to beautiful results.--
Walt Whitman.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-09
French Opium Smokers.

DR.. Jeanselme, one of the professors
at the Paris Faculty Of Medicine.
states that the opium habit is much
more common among French navy
officers than is generally supposed,
and he thinks it quite possible that
the prevalence of this curse may ex-
plain the numerous disasters which
have oyertaken the F'renc.4 navy of
late. pr Jeanselme sets the number
OF opium smokers in the colonial in
fantry regiments at IS per cent, in
the foreign legion at 90 per cent and
among Europeans in native regiments
at % per cent He says that opium
dens abound at Toulon Brest, LorieHt,
Rochefort, Cherbourg and raris.