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CHAPTER XX.-Continued.
Certain.

Certain"
In what part?"
In the east wing
Can you tell me when these intru-
nions occurred, and what the purpose
seemed to be? Was it robbery"
NO" l said decidedly. AS to time,
once on Friday night a week ago,
again the following night, when Arm
old Armstrong was murdered. and
again last Friday night"
The doctor looked serious. He
seemed to be debating some question
In his mind, and to reach decision.
Miss Innes." he said. Il am in a
peculiar position; / understand your
attitude, of course; but-do you think
you are wise? Ever since you have
have come here there have been hos
tile demonstrations against you and
your family. I'm not a croaker, but
take warning. Leave before any
thing occurs that will cause you a life
long regret"
II am willing to take the RESPONSE
bility." l said coldly
| think he gave me up then as a
poor proposition lie asked to be
shown whore Ard Armstrong's body
had been found. and took him there.
He scrutinized the whole place care
fully. examining the stairs and the
lock. When he had taken a formal
farewell | was confident of one thing.
DIR. Walker would do anything he
could TO get me away from Sunnyside.
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w.. a.4 both she and Dr Walker
warn gs away Ivum tho house"
Who was luaieu Wallace
What dII Thomas see Ia the shadows
the night Dee digdr
What was the meaning of the subtle
change tu GarrrutyH
Was Jack Bailey an aeeampiee or a
victim Ia the iaguus 90 tHe Traders
bguE1
What aH POWERFUL reason made Louise
determine tu marry Ur MalH.rt
The examiners We're stll working
on the books of the Traders bank. and
lt was probable that several weeks
would eIauso before everything was
cleared up The firm oi expert aO-
r1uutauts who bad eXamiusd the books
some twu months before testified that
every buad. every piece ot valuable
paper, was there az that time. II
had been shortly after their eXamlua-
tiou that tho president. Who had been
Iu bad health. bad gone % California.
SIR Bailey Waa atlll ill at che knlckeF.
booker. and la this. as Ia other ways.
Gertud,s conduct pUzzled nae she
seemed Indifferent refused 90 discuss
matters pertaining to the bank. aud
ugErr 90 my know ledge. either wrote
tu bim ur went 20 see hlm Gradual
ly came ca che conclusion that Cor.
lrude. With the rsst of the world. be
lieNed her lover suilty. aud although
{ believed ia myself. tor that matter
{ Na8 igfltated by her Indifference
Glrh .u mY day did not mgekB accept
thv puhlIea verdict a. Ca tho man
thsy loved
tut presently aamfthiuE occurred
chat mads mU think taaf under Gog
frUde surface r4lm lH.Fe uaa "a aeeth.
lus fuaa aE emotions
Tuesday MHIHiHE thH detective
made "a ,aF.auI aaarlh ai the grounds.
bat he taaHa uuIhus fn Jha attrt
Hanu ht appeared. au1 t Haa mfa
taaE n.sat ua.n BE- eau# H0ma lte
sld De- aaHIa hata fa ss back 30 tha
r.y fas HHaIas aaY. .al arranged
aIIa ia. aH4 ANE ta sHuI taa
Ea.H..
IH#F .aHr a .a lH #day
MHEH.aE aIfa H.. ha.E .Hh aH.au
hsld Ha HH. laf aaI 60 81. I'D
aiia t.E.Ha#. .HaIH e. see lHs daI
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Bridge" | read aloud. Then, aware
of Alexis stare, | turned on Liddy.
Some one is 10 play bridge sa,
night at nine o'clock ! said rs that
your business, or mine?"
Liddy was uggrieyed. She was
about to reply when | scoopcd up the
pieces and lett the conservatory.
"Now then. said, when we got
outside, will you tell nae why you
choose 20 take Alex into your con
udence? He's no fool. DO you sup
pose he thinks any one Ia this house
Is going to play bridge tonight al
nine o'clock by appointment / sup
pose you have shown it In the kitchen.
and instead OF my being able to slip
down 20 the bridge tonight quietly,
and see who Is there. the whole house.
hold viii be going In a procession
Nobody knows IL. Liddy said hum
bly, n found IL IN the basket In Miss
Gertrudes dressing room Look az the
back OF the sheet" turned over some
of the scraps and. sure enough. Il
was blank deposit slip from the
Traders bank So Gertrude was going
20 meet Jack Bailey that uight by the
bridge Aud / had thought be was
M u hardly seemed Ike thc action
uf an innocent mau-lhis avoidance OF
daylight. aud of hts hancsea people.
I decided 90 make certain. however.
hy going to che bridge that night
After luncheon Mf Jamiesoa aug
Essted that : 50 atth him 10 Kleunold.
ana / con entgi
4 am Inclined o. place more faith
iu d. stewart story" h. said. "ainea
found that scrap lu old Tluma
pocket % bears oat tHa statement
tHal fHs woman sitA a. DHiId. and
the HaWau ahu guafreled uith Arm
irons afr ihH ssW. it Iaaka aa Il
taHmas bad stumbled ga t1 SOME al
la.. aaI.H aaH mara 81 Iaa dI#rsd
.aH.# a. fE. dead maH. aud aIth q
..IIa.H HfHItf Iu I.. Hm.lg. ha1 aeut
q t4 H.Hrf IH.a. Fau ree. Faaf
.IaHF s..#f fa. suHaa af tha etfI
H.H aH.#. t. ~ HsaH ua
fHHs O. ls lae t.alsst sp4Iu4.a a.
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TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

of Thomas funeral in the village, and
Alex and l were in the conservatory
cutting flowers for the old mans cas-
ket. Liddy is never so happy as when
she is making herself wretched, and
now her mouth dropped while her eyes
were triumphant.
Il always said there were plenty of
things going on here, right under our
noses, that we couldn't see," she said
holding out her apron.
Il don't see with my nose" l re-
marked. What have you got there?"
Liddy pushed aside a half dozen
geranium pots, and in the space thus
cleared she dumped the contents of
her apron-a handful of tiny bits of
paper. Alex had stepped back, but
saw him watching her curiously
Wait a moment, Liddy," l said.
You have been going through the
library paper-basket again!"
Liddy was arranging her bits of pa
per with the skill of long practice and
paid no attention.
did it ever occur to YOU" | went
on, putting my hand over the scraps,
that when people tear up their cor
respondence it is for the express pur-
pose of keeping it from being read?"
"If they wasn't ashamed of it they
wouldn't take so much trouble, Miss
Rachel" Liddy said oracularly. More
than that, with things happening every
day, l consider it my duty If you
don't read and act on this, / shall give
it to that Jameson, and I'll venture
he'll not go back to the city today"
That decided me. If the scraps had
anything to do with the mystery or
binary conventions had no value. So
Liddy arranged the scraps, like work
ing out one of the puzzle-pictures chill
dren play with, and she did it with
much the same eagerness. When it
was finished she stepped aside while
! read it.
Wednesday night, nine o'clock.
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SYNOPSIS.
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Miss Iuues. spnster and guardian of
Gertrude and Halsey, established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside Amidst nu-
uC"uus difficulties the servants deserted.
As Miss Inucs locked up for the night
she WAS startled by a dark figure on the
vCrauda. Uusedmly noises disturbed her
during the night In the morning Miss
innes found a strange link cuu-DGtton IN
. 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
on the lawn He and Jack Bailey had dis
appeared. The link CuI-button mysterl-
ouslE disappeared. Detective Jameson
arrived. Gertrude revealed she was en-
gagged to Jack Bailey with whom She
talked in the billiard room few mo-
ments before the murder. Jameson ac-
Cusci Miss Inues of holding back evil
dence. He imprisoned an intruder IN an
empty room. The prisoner escaped down
IA laundry chute. Gertrude was suspected
negro found the other half OF what
proved to bc Jack Baileys cuff button.
Halsey reappears and says he and Bailey
left in response to a telegram. Gertrude
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. Halseys fiancee. Louise Arm
strong. was found at the lodge. The
lodgekeeper said Louise and Arnold had
loHs tatk IHe ulgnt OF tNe HluIutl. i-ou-
ise was prOstrated. 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.
II developed that DR.. Walker and Louise
were to be married. a prowler was heard
in the house. Louise was found at the
bottom of the circular staircase. Louise
said she had heard a knock at the door
and answered It. Something brushed past
her on the stairway and she tainted. Bal
ley is suspected of Armstrong; murder.
After seeing a ghost" Thomas, the
found in his pocket bearing the name
,'Lucien Wallace, Il Elm street, Rich
field"
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CHAPTER XXI.
Fourteen Elm Street.


Il was Monday evening when we
found the body Of poor Thomas. Mon
day night had been uuevcnttul, things
were quiet at the house and the pc
culiar circumstances or the old man s
death had been carefully kept from
the servants Rosie took charge OF
the dining room and pantry In the alb
scuco of q butler. and. except Tor the
warming @. tae Casanova doctor, every
tl,ng trea.hel of peace.
Affairs at the Traders bank were
prCsrsssug slowly The failure had
htt Hmal stockholders very hard. the
minister of tar .rrle Methodist chapel
iu Cas- .uusa among them IlH had
received U.s. 6 I.slar from au uncle a
few shares 0i stock iu th- Traders
bank. aEd now i's Joy Was turned 20
bitterness bc had tu sacrifice every
th.HF Ee had .u fue world. ana hIa
feeling against Paul Arm trUag. dead.
us he was, musf have been bitter iu
the extreme lte was ked 10 Of.
rcIat. at Jhe simple services when the
dead bankers body Was inferred iu
Casanova UhWgagard but ths good
man pru,Leus.al.y took cold. and a
substitute usH eall.4 u
A few days after the services hc
called Co seu u.. q k.uI-lae,d urtIo
man. Ia very bad iruck coat and
lauadered tle. / tbIuk he was uncer
tain a. ta my connection H.th the
Armstrou family. and dubious wheth.
or ! cuuaidsred Alr Armstrong; talk
ms away q matter fur coincidence on
cousfatulallon be was uoG lous IA
doubt
liked tha ulIlr W4u &c. Had known
Thomas as.l aHd bad promised fo of
Relate at the services m fle riekstF
African Zion church be- fall me more
ot l.ua.If thau b.. susa. aad before
D. leIt a#iauaH.I t.m aul mtaeIl
I adHlf hF promising uew carpet
Tor k.s ublI.h tIs AlH much aH. .trI
aud 2 stHHsaed tHat ha had Yratard
uter hI# rsHs.I rHHuel aa malael
over Is ta...af..I taII
l.H af. aFHs up E.sH Hrs# MHH
Ma.a D.. #I H.ak.H.f. where
H..#.F r.. H.# ra corrupt HaT
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IL isn't work that ruins the hands
Il d. the soap. the common, dangerous
yellow rohin soap. lt VIII eat into and
rot cloth, So shat won't Il do 60 that
delicate akia of Womana hands 7
"Eaay laaA soap d pure and ant.aep.
tie. it has uo nasty diaaaFeeabla o1ori
it does the cleaning Tor yau aud ya3
don't AaFs tu HHar uut your skin aut
loar mu ..a altA rubbing Al o.
costs uo uaIe lhaa poor SOAPS, shy
should saH wlu fuar hands, Aual
alar,T hl# g.
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Jacob H. schif, al a dinner on the
yacht Ramona, condemned a concern
that had gone up.
straight business methods are the
only ones he said. There Is moral
In the receiver story.
~ man, you know. said one day 10
a little boy;
"'Well, Tommy what are you 60.
ing 20 be when you grow up2'
"A receiver. sir Tommy answered
promptly Ever since pas been re
ceiyor we've had champagne for din.
uer aud two automobiles
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- IItIhlO III JOul ICoILuIOHldlS. -IdIO
Il. w. MITCHELL, Box 8, Saba titus, Me.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, VT. II was passing
through the Change of Life andsuffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restoredmy health and
strength, and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women I am willing yo1
should publish my letter" - Mrs.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RED, Granite
vile, VT.
Women who are passing through
this critical period or who are suffer
ing from any of those distressing ills
peculiar to their sex should not lose
sight of the fact that for thirty years
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which is made from roots and
herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills. In almost every COM
munity you will find women who
have been restored TO health by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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Reggy-Bah Jove, I'd like to chas-
tise those blawsted reporters!
Cyril-Why SO?
Reggy-We have been insulted. The
other day the firemen rescued us fell
lows from the burning clubhouse, and
now the reporters have the account
headed, "A Few Things Saved, but
Nothing of Value"
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UncaIled For.

Il hear the old bridge outside OF
Plunkyille has collapsed"
"Yes. and the town council can't
understand H. We had just given that
bridge a coat Of paint. why. it looked
like Louisville Courier-Journal.
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@ o IN pound and
Liver Pills before
childbirth, and we
are all surprised to
see how much good
lit did. My physi-
clan said { Without
Idoubt it was the
| @ o m pound that
| b elped YOU /
thank you for your
kindness in advising
me and give you full
permission to use
Locti - NFrc
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HER
PHYSICIAN
APPROVES
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Sabattus, Maine" You told me to
take lydia 4. Pinkham's Vecetahla
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A Horrible Hold-Up

about ten years ago my broth
er was "held up" in his work.
health and happiness by what was
believed to be hopeless Consump-
ton" writes w. r. Lipscomb, of
Washington, N. C. ''He took all
kinds of remedies and treatment
from several doctors, but found no
help till he used DR.. Kings New
Discovery and was wholly cured
by six bottles. He is a we'll man
today" It's quick to relieve and
the surest cure for weak or sore
lungs, Hemorrhages, Coughs and
Colds, Bronchitis. La Grippe, Asth-
ma and all Bronchial affections.
soc and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by all druggists.
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LAMED AN AUTO
How bridegroom Fooled the Fell
Purposes of Merry Cut-ups
just Too Cleverly.

LOUISVILLE, Jan. 3.-It has
come at last. a wave of bridal
hazing. TITS thought to have
spread here from Pittsburg, where
it's common stunt to cart the
welded pair through the streets
in a cage. The other day they
took a bridegroom round town
hand-cuffed. everybody but him
fit to kill.
But when Fred Stugard got
married, he was going to take no
chances at the hands of bone-head
jokers. AS he and his bride were
starting for the depot in a cab,
yelling bunch followed him in an
automobile. Fred stopped his
cab, dismounted, thoughtfully
stuck a large keen knife in one
of the tires, smiled and went on
his way rejoicing. The escort of
sut-ups stayed behind.
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The ladies of the party had
edged forward, peering into the
kitchen, alarm having passing
although the exclamation "boo!"
would have played havoc with
their courage.
81 swear there was someone
looking through that crack" pro-
tested King, wiping his brow in
confusion. "Miss-er-I should
|say-you could have seen 1t from
where you STOOD" he pleaded,
turning to the lady in gray.
Dear me, / wish / had" she
cried. 1--WE always wanted to
see someone shopping"
There is no window. no trap
door. no skylight." remarked the
baron, puzzled. Nothing but the
stovepipe, six inches in diameter
A man couldn't crawl out through
that. I'm sure. Mr.. King. we've
come upon a real mystery. The
eye without a visible body"
"I'm sure l saw it," reiterated
Truxton. The princes aunt was
actually laughing at him. But SO
was the witch, for that matter
He didn't mind the witch.
Suddenly the old woman STEP
ped into the middle of the room
and began to wave her hands in a
mysterious manner over an empty
pot that stood on the floor in
front of the stove. The others
drew back, watching her with the
greatest curiosity.
Continued Tomorrow.
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tails. The window gave little or
no light and the door was
closed, the grinning grandson
leaning against it Imply. The
picture was a weird, uncanny one,
despite the gay, lightsome appear
.ance of the visitors. The old
woman, in high, shrill tones, had
commanded silence. The men
obeyed with a grim scepticism,
while the women seemed really
awed by their surroundings.
The witch began by reading the
fortune of John Tullis, who had
been pushed forward by the wide
eyed prince. In cackling mono
tone she rambled through a sup
posititious history of his past, for
the chief part SO unintelligible
that even he could not gainsay
the statements. Later, she bent
her piercing eyes upon the prince
and refused to read his future,
shrilly asserting that she had not
siS Soul Csc " tCll w nat 1T DC-
fall the little ruler, all the while
muttering something about the
two little princes who had died in
a tower ages and ages ago. See
ing that the boy was frightened,
Tullis withdrew him to the back
ground. The Countess Marlanx,
who had returned that morning to
Edelweiss as mysteriously as she
had left, came next. She was
smiling derisively.
you have just returned from
a visit to someone whom you
hate" began the witch. HE is
your husband. You will marry
again. There is fair-haired
man in love with you. You are
in love with him. scan see
trouble"
Ridiculous" she said, and
avoided John Tullis' gaze. 81
don't care to hear any more.
Come, Baron! You are next"
Truxton King, subdued and
troubled in his mind, found him
self studying his surroundings
and the people who went so far to
make them interesting. He
glanced from time to time at the
delicate, eager profile of the girl
beside him; at the soft, warm
cheek and the caressing brown
hair; at the little ear and the
white slim neck of her-and real
lied just what had happened to
him. He had fallen in love; that
was the plain upshot of it. 1t had
come to pass, just as he had hoped
1T would in his dearest dreams.
He was face to face with the girl
of royal blood that the story
books had created for him long,
long ago, and he was doing just
what he had always intended to
do: falling heels over head and
hopelessly in love with her. New
er had he seen hair grow so ex-
quisitely about the temples and
neck as this ones hair-but, just
to- confound his budding single
ness of interest, his gaze at that
instant wandered off and fell up
on something that caused him to
stare hard at certain spot far re-
moved from the coiffure of a fair
and dainty lady.
His eye had fallen upon a crack
in the door that led to the kitch-
en-, although he had no means of
knowing that it was a kitchen. To
his amazement, a cleaning eye
was looking out upon the room
from beyond this narrow crack.
He looked long and found that he
was not mistaken. There was an
eye, glued close to the opposite
side of the rickety door, and its
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FIRST SALVATION
ARMY CAPTAIN IS
To SPEAK HERE

Commissioner Elijah Cadman,
the first Salvation Army captain
ever appointed, who has been in
the work continuously in London
for IS years, will be in Tacoma
Thursday and Friday in his tour
of American cities.
Special meetings will be held
in the Temple of Music.
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gaze was directed to the Countess

gaze was directed to the Countess
Marlanx.
The spirit of adventure, reck-
lessnes, bravado-whatever you
may choose to call it-flared high
in the soul of this self-despised
outsider. He could feel strange
thrill of exaltation shooting
through his veins; he knew as
we'll as he knew anything that
he was destined to create commo-
ton in that stately crowd. even
against his better judgment. The
desire to spring forward and
throw open the door, thus expos
ing a probable confederate, was
stronger than he had the power
to resist. Even as he sought
vainly to hold himself in check,
he became conscious that the star
ing eye was meeting his own in a
glare of realization.
Without pausing to consider
the result of his action, he sprang
across the room, shouting as he
did SO that there was a man be-
hind the door. Grasping the latch,
he threw the door wide open, the
Others in the room looking at him
as if he were suddenly crazed.
He had expected to confront
the owner of that basilisk eye.
There was not a sign of human
being in sight. Beyond was a
black little room, at the back of
which stood an old cooking stove
with a fire going and a kettle
singing. He leaped through, pre-
pared to grasp the mysterious
watcher, but, to his utter amaze
ment, the kitchen was absolutely
empty, save for inanimate things.
His surprise was so genuine that
it was not to be mistaken by the
men who leaped to his side. He
had time to note that two of them
carried pistols in their hands, and
that Tullis and Quinnox had
placed themselves between the
prince and possible danger.
There was instant commotion,
with cries and EXPLANATIONS from
all. Quick as the others were,
the old woman was at his side be-
fore them, snarling with rage.
Her talon-like fingers sunk into
his arm, and her gaze went dart
ing about the room in a most con-
vincing way. Some minutes
passed before the old woman
could be quoted. Then King ex-
planned his action. He swore
solemnly, If sheepishly, that he
could not have been mistaken.
and yet the owner of that eye had
vanished as If swallowed up by
the mountain.
Baron Dangloss was convinced
that the young man had seen the
eye. Without conjunction he
began a search of the room, the
old woman looking on with grin
of glee.
Search! Search" she croak
ed. at was the Spirit Eye! 1t
is looking at you now, my fine
baron! 1t finds you, yet cannot
be found. No, no! Oh, you
fools! Get out! Get out! All
of you! Prince or no prince, I
fear you not, nor all your armies.
This is my home! My castle! Go!
Co."
"There was a man here, old
woman" said the baron coolly.
"Where is he? What is your
game? I am not to be fooled by
these damnable tricks of yours.
Where is the MANI"
She laughed aloud, horrid
sound. The prince clutched Tul-
lis by the leg in terror.
"Brace up. Bobby" whispered
his big friend, leaning down to
comfort him. BE a mani"
"It-it's mighty hard" chat
tered Bobby, but he squared his
little shoulders.
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MILWAUKEE, TRAIN
TIME CHAN GED

Hereafter instead of rushing
downtown to catch the new Mil.
waukee train for Maiden at $3.50
in the morning, travellers that way
will leave Tacoma at 7:05 a. III.
Similarly, the time of arrival in
Tacoma has been changed from 10
p. to 9:30. The improvements
are the result of faster time Oh
the Milwaukee road as the road
bed settles.