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The newspaper., 1910-01-14
by the progressive horticulturist o

tomorrow.
For these reasons | desire to make
it plain to you that my estimates In
this address are subject to changed
conditions. Many will view them In
adverse light. The experience OF the
more fortunate horticulturist will
suggest to them that my figures are
ultra-conservative. Those upon
whom the Goddess Pomona has not
smiled so generously will believe my
estimates to be radically high.
l regard them as a conservative
average and make the statement
without qualification, that they can
be more than duplicated in the
Rifle section, where l live and to
which an indebted for the various
production figures.
II your trees are planted thirty
feet apart you have approximately
seven acres to till between the rows
and then leave nearly six feet on
each side OF your tree row.
have employed potatoes as the
crop to use in making these esti-
mates. Strawberries and grapes as
the smaller fruits and poultry as the
incident to the orchard. Bees are
also the source of n splendid profit
to the orchardist where the blossoms
of the fruit, flowers and alfalfa are
generous. 1t has been stated to me
that conservative estimate of the
profits to be derived from bee cul-
ture will exceed that derived from
raising poultry, but there IS no
logical or reasonable reason why
both sources of revenue should not
be drawn upon by the man who has
planted an orchard and is seeking
profit while nature brings it to n
state OF profitable bearing.
My figures for the five years-tak-
ing each year in succession-are as
follows:
EXPENDITUREs-FIR YEAR
Ten acres of land with good water
right $1,000
House, team, farm imple-
ments, barn etc. 1000
500 apple trees or other trees
mixed, at 20 cents each 100
1000 grape vines at cents each 50
1000 strawberry plants %
100 hens at 30 cents each 100
Feed purchased for hens %
Seed for > acres OF potatoes 30
$50 sacks for potato crop 30
Feed for team 30
Labor of owner and team
800 days at $3.50 "A day l.050
Total s.. 800
Interest at per cent on
money invested 3Oa
Grand total S5.so3
REeEIPTs-FIKsT YEAR
$50 sacks potatoes at % S562.5O
From 200 hens, average 60
eggs IA day. 30 cper doz $3.50
From Y acre tomatoes 5000
From general truck garden 5000
Total receipts 81 ,299. 90
EXPENDITUREs-sEco YEAR
Labor of owner and team S1,O0O.C0 1
Caring for hens 1000 |
Seed potatoes $500 /
Sacks 500
Feed for team 5000 |
Trees and vines replaced $500 |
Taxes u 90
Ditch maintenance 800 |
Interest ON investment 593 90
Total expense 81 .5U1 90
REcEIPTs-sECoND YEAR
From hens and Increase S7O0.0O
+ rom potatoes jj2 90
5000 strawberry plants
(one.third acre. 800
10000 pounds grapes at &c
per pound : 10000
From general truck garden 10000
Total sl,727.5O
EXPENDITUREs-TH YEAR
Adding all interest, tax and
other expense, including =.
labor and team S1,IO1.00
REcEIPTs-THiRD YEAR
From hens and Increase $4,000.
From potatoes 500.
From Strawberries 5000
From grapes 10000
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06
CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Morning.

I 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.
I picked it up, but my hand shook so
that I 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, I said
stupidity. Il 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 were standing.
There's no one trying to get in. I
thought 1 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. I 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 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,
I 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 1 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 of, 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,
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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 1 went 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 woman's scream, a
cry of terror that broke off as sudden
ly as it came 1 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 81
1ence that followed it throbbed as if it
would burst. More dead than alive,
I stumbled into Louise's bedroom. She
was not there!
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TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

to me to have sinister appearance, but
we kept that wing well lighted, and
until the lights went out at midnight
it was really cheerful, if one did not
know it's 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 systematically
relaxed every muscle. 1 fell asleep
soon, and was dreaming that DIR.
Walker was building his new house
Immediately in front of my windows;
1 could hear the thump-thump of the
hammers, and then 1 walked to a
knowledge that somebody was pound
ing on my door.
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.
us that you, Liddy?'' 1 asked, my
hand on the knob.
For the love of mercy, let me I'M"
she said in a low tone.
She was leaning against the door,
for when 1 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. "Oh, Miss Rachel, it's the ghost
of that dead man hammering to get
I'M"
Sure enought, there was a dull thud
-thI1d-thud-it came apDarently
from the wall.
Its not ghost" 1 said decidedly.
eff it was a ghost it wouldn't rap; it
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face in the shadow, and my heart fair
ly ached for him. He was so big and
boyishi When 1 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, i was the happiest
fellow on earth. Then something
made a difference; she wrote me that
her people were opposed to the mar
riage; 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.
was not to write until she wrote me-
and whatever occurred, was to think
the best 1 could of her. 1t sounded
like puzzle. When 1 saw her yes
terday, it was the same thing. only
perhaps, worse"
"Halsey,'' I asked, "have you any
idea of the nature of the interview
between Louise Armstrong and Arm
old the night he was murdered? ?"
1T was stormy. Thomas says once
or twice he almost broke into the
room, he was so alarmed for Louise
Another thing, Halsey," 1 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.
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Try This. his Summer.

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Send to the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
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CHAPTER XIV.
Liddy Gives the Alarm


The next day, Friday, Gertrude
broke the news of her stepfather's
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.
l 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" 1 said But 1 am con
WINGED of one thing; Louise will send
for Halsey now, and they will make
it all up
For Louise had steadily refused to
see Halsey all that day, and the boy
was frantic
We had a quiet hour, Halsey and l.
that evening. and l told him several
things; about the request that we
give up the lease to Sunnyside, about
the telegram to Louise, about the
rumors of an approaching marriage
between the kirl and DR.. Walker. and,
last of all. 1ls own interview with her
he day before:
He sat hack in a big chair. with his
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Miss Innes, spinster and guardian OF
Gertrude and HalSey, established summer
HEADQUARTERS at SunnySide- Amidst nu-
merous difficulties the servants deserted
As Miss Innes locked up for the night
she was startled by dark figure on the
veranda Unseemly 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 Innes found Halsey'S revolver
OF the lawn. He and Jack Bailey had DIS
appeared The link cuff-button mysterl-
ously disappeared. Detective Jameson
arrived. Gertrude revealed she was en-
gagged to Jack Bailey, with whom she
ments before the murder. Jameson ac-
cused Miss Innes of holding back evil
dence. He imprisoned intruder In an
empty room The prisoner escaped down
a laundry chute. Gertrude suspected
A negro found the other half of what
proved to be Jack Bailey'S cun-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 Tor
embezzlement. Halsey said Armstrong
wrecked his own bank and could clear
Bailey. Paul Armstrong; death was an
nounced. Halsey's fancee, Louise Arm
strong found at the lodge The
Iodgekeeper said Louise and Arnold had
a 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
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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. 1
told her to get me my slippers and
she brought me a pair of kid gloves,
so 1 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 I went
across to Halsey's room I hardly
know what I feared, but it was re-
lief to find him there, very sound
asleep, and with his door unlocked
Wake up, Halsey," 1 said, shaking
him.
He stirred 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 scruples seemed
to fade, however, all at once She
gave 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 halli"
I paid no attention
''Halsey," 1 persevered, some one
is breaking into the house. Get up,
won't you?"
TT isn't our house." he said sleepi-
ly. And then he reused to the ext
gency of the occasion. "Al1 right,
Aunt Ray" he said, still yawning. IF
you'll let me get into something
1t was all I could do to get Liddy
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 hail. But
1 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 a while, had commenced
again, but they were fainter. Halsey
came over in few minutes, and stood
listening and trying to locate the
sound
-Give me my revolver. Aunt Ray,
he said; and I got 1.-THE one I had
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06
An Easy Eft.

A number of years ago there lived
in northern New Hampshire a notori-
Gus woman-hater. 1t was before the
day of ready-made clothing, and want
ing a new suit, he was obliged to take
the material to the village tafloress-
She took his measurements, and when
she cut the coat, made a liberal al
lowance on each seam.
The mans dislike of women in gen
eral prevented his having a fitting
He took the finished garment without
trying it on. 1t was much too large,
and his disgust was apparent in the
answer he made to the friendly 1oafer
on his first visit to the post office,
when he wore the despised article.
Got a new coat, Obed?" said the
loafer.
mo, hain'ti'' said Obed. I've got
seven yards of cloth wrapped round
me."-Youth's Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06
CHAPTER xIV.-Continued.

Gertrude and Halsey went for a
long walk that afternoon and Louise
slept. Time hung heavy on my hands,
and I did as 1 had fallen into habit
of doing 1atelyI sat down and
thought things over. One result of
my meditations was that I got up sud
denly and went to the telephone. L
had taken the most intense dislike to
this DR.. Walker, whom l had never
seen, and who was being talked of in
the countryside as the fance of Louise
Armstrong.
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 knew him even better. So now
I 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-
scended to connect his employers
desk telephone, 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 20
year-old joke of his
Sometime, perhaps" I said. "Just
now 1 want to ask YOU a question
about something which is none of my
business"
Il see you haven't changed an iota
in quarter of a century. Rachel"
This was intended to be another jest.
ASK ahead; everything but my do
nestle affairs is at your service"
TRY to be serious" 1 said. And
tell me this: Has your firm made any
plans for a house recently for DR..
Walker at Casanova? ?"
Yes. we have
Where was it to be built? 1 have
a reason for asking"
TT was to be, believe, on the Arm
strong place. Mr.. Armstrong himself
consulted me, and the inference was
in fact I am quite certain-the
house was to be occupied by Mr.. Arm
strong's 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, I was certain
of one thing. Louise Armstrong was
in love with Halsey, and the man she
was going to marry was DIR. 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 1 repeated to Louise the
telegram Mr.. Harton had opened. She
| seemed to understand, but an unhap-
! pier face 1 have never seen. She
| looked like a criminal whose reprieve
is over, and the day of execution ap-
! preaching.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

The papers reported that the cash
Ter of the Traders bank was i'll 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
a 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
a city house on fashionable street,
Sunnyside, 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 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, it
seemed the shrewd calculation of a
clever rascal I was not actively an
tagonistic to Gertrude's lover, but 1
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 Louises dressing room ON
a couch. and the approach of dusk
was 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
confess myself that the place seemed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06
A knouino Girl.

When young Lord Stanleigh came
to visit an American family, the mis-
tress told the servants that in ad
dressing him they should always say
Your Grace" When the young gen
tleman one morning met one of the
pretty house servants in the hallway
and told her that she was so attrac-
tive looking he thought he would kiss
her, she demureiy replied, clasping
her hands on her bosom and looking
up into his face with a beatific ex-
preston, 20 Lord, for this blessing
we are about to receive, we thank
hee.'-Lippinco colts.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

The Cincinnati man who carries his
own street railway strap is giving the
public of that city an example of ultra
precaution in the battling of stray
germs. There are doubtless germs
without number on car straps. but if
the man with the individual strap
were to carry his precautions into all
of his daily activities he would be
very lonesome. However. a happy
medium in the struggle against germs
would doubtless soon reduce the num-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

If the man in New York who now
has jawbone of solid gold possesses
in addition a tongue of silver, an iron
nerve and a grip of steel, he may apt
1y and accurately be described as a
man of mettle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

A hasty glimpse at the children's
magazines shows that they are in
structing the youth of the land in the
method of making airships and wire
less telegraph outfits. At last the
boys are finding something to play
with that their fathers cannot show
them how to run.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

The Zeppelin airship was exactly
on time at every station. perhaps ow-
ing to the fact that she was not COM
PEELED to wait anywhere for little
jerk-water airships to make connec-
tionS
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

The foreign professors at the I'm
perial university in Picking insist that
a chair of housekeeping be installed
If they are to continue in their posts.
Even the lore of the ages is the bet
ter for an occasional busting
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

There seems to be practically no
limit TO the uses to which the auto
mobile can be put The latest is the
automobile piow. an experiment on q
large scale il Indiana having, demon
strated tie value of the machine as 2
saver ST labor and cost Will the
next thing be blowing. sowing snf
reap ne by the aid OF an airs hip7
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

The sultan of Sulu, who is coming
to visit this country, will be welcome.
and the people would be glad to see
the celebrated wizard of Or at the
same time.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-06

A judge having a speed maniac be-
fore him. advised the prisoner to see
a doctor. But the judge failed to give
his advice the fullest effect, since a
reliable prison doctor would be able
to give the most effective treatment.