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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-04-23
The RENTER LIVES

From day to day Lfrom moving
time TO mSving me, enjoying
only the privilege 81 paying rent.
The home oHner/ enjoys the sat-
nlaction Of pei nanent home for
y family. bu want q home,
II Will pay yok 70 cali at the office
and investigat our plan.
IBERIA BUILDING ASSN
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-04-23

For all kinds of Printing 20 to
E. F. MILLARD'S.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-04-23

You are entitled to another
peep for the Comet.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-04-23

The State Legislature will begin
lis session on NAY 9tll-'he sec
ond Monday Of th" month
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

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. left
Liddy alone and went back to the
east wing. Perhaps | went a little
faster past the yawning blaekness 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 womans scream, a
cry of terror that broke off as sudden
iy as 1t came. | 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 Louises bedroom She
was not there,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
|ZNeMkITGFHEN
.'25He7ABINET
Early RISING.

The early risers are the ones who
accomplish things in the world. To
be up in the quiet, two hours before
the stir and hustle of the day, gives
one time to get well started for the
days work Fo, those who love ma
ture this season of the year Is the
time OF all to get out and enjoy the
trees and hills II one has them, or
the sunrise and clouds, for those are
the possession of us all.
We cannot all be as ambitious as
the early rising Bridget who was up
so early that she had all the work
done and the beds made before the
family were up; but with even few
minutes day In the quiet of the I'M
interrupted morning when ones mind
is fresh and rested from sleep prob
lens are easier to work out
1t Is said of Victor Hugo that his
greatest novels were written in Just
few minutes each day before break
fast
1t is amazing the amount of work
that may be accomplished in few
moments of concentrated thought. IL
we wish to do anything very much
we will find time to do it. The piece
of sewing, the letters that should be
written and many things about the
house can be done without dis
turbing the other members who have
not yet risen.
There are many things about cook
ing and baking that take much time
that may be prepared before hand.
Pastry is much better to be made and
chilled before baking, One may pre-
pare the flour, butter and lard with
the salt, put into the ice chest and
take enough for crust, adding the
water; this will keep indefinitely II
kept cold.
Such step savers take time to get
ready, but save time when 1t is often
very pressing Fruit may be prepared
for the day, vegetables got ready, tho
cold dessert made and many things
which may tighten the days labor and
thus make smooth running. unhur-
ried home.
Put in the hook, sew on that button.
hem that frayed skirt before putting
the clothes away, then they will be
ready to put on One Is apt to put
garment away without attending to
the bit of mending and forget 1t until
it Is wanted to wear. Constant
vigilance is the price of being always
neat and in order. but it is a price
worth paying.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

ome to have sinister appearance, but
We kept that wing we'll lighted. and
until the lights went out at midnight
it was really cheerful, if one did not
know its history.
On Friday night, then, | 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. | fell asleep
soon, and was dreaming thai DR..
Walker was building his new house
Immediately in front of my windows;
| could hear the thump-thump of the
hammers, and then l walked to a
knowledge that somebody vas 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 low tone.
She was leaning against the door,
for when | 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
in"
Sure enought, there was a dull thud
-thud-thud-it came apparently
from the wall
It's not ghost" l said decidedly
IF it was a ghost it wouldn't rap; it
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Mornlno.

| 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 ip 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 l said
stupidity. Il think-it was She-who
screamed"
Liddy had joined us now, carrying
light. We stood huddled together at
the head of the circular staircase,
looking down into its 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.
thought | heard some one shrek.
Who was ito"
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 a
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,
| 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 | 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 Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

tace in the shadow, and my heart fair
ly ached for him. He was so big and
Doylsh. When l had finished he drew
long breath
Whatever Louise does" he said,
nothing will convince me. Aunt Raw.
that she doesn't care for me. And up
to two months ago, when she and her
mother went west, | was the manifest
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. |
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 | saw her yes
terday, 1t was the same thing, only.
perhaps, worse
"Halsey," | 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. a"
Another thing Halsey," | said,
have you ever heard Louise mention
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
yersational 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 Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
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MISS - and HalseY, establlshed suIIiilet
Gertrude an al Sunnyside. Amidst nu-
|headqua iafjtacuIfies the servants deserted:
nerous fnnes locked up Tor the hlshl
|As MISS stnrtled by a dark figure on the
Fhe No No Tnseemly noises ulstulpeu Nj
yerahaa,; no night. In the morning MISS
|during Una ne a strange link cuff-button IN
1nnes lou''N Gertrude and Halsey arrived
. llai.l2st patiay. The l4oGsG was a"sk-
with Jdeh -o,.nlyer shot and Arnold Arm
!ened py a faund shot to death In the
|strong w, ma lines found Halsey's revolver
Pal, Nv iawn He and Jack Bailey had uIs-
lon tfle d id The link cuff-button fnysteri-
|a pplp'y disappeared Detec1Ne 'a .an eyi
|euus;ysd Gertrude reNedledi s"u 49,, ebo
|arNsu, - lack Bailey, with whom she
gage ~ ~ tho billiard room few mo-
talked III thu murder. Jameson &C
|nenls ,g,ss Times of holding back EVIL
|taseu IL imprfsoned an intruder IN an
|dence, raom The prisoner escaped down
emp, chute. Gertrude was suspected.
Il idunu found the other haf OF what
me- n he Jack Bailey's Gun, entt3h:
pro-, reanpears and saws he ana Balley
|Halsey le"pp to a telegram. Gertrude
|lei ,, III sha Rad given Bailey an unioaded
|safd eno fearing to give him loaded
|r eyo1or'' Cashier Bailey of Paul Arm
|Veapor, hork dpfunCt was arrested 1or
|suons Ionnant Halsey said Armstrong
emu te1ad bis own bank and could clear
- paul Armstrong; death was an
psnn5ed Halsey's tianeee, Louise Arul-
s,ronq was found a the lodse., L1i5
4 l iUnie said Louise and Arnold had
|lo1s sn, t1,L the night of the murder. Lou
II r. Or us frustrated Louise told Halsey,
IN H.. TbiIe she still loved him she was "
|th s.., another and that he would despise
h.r when he learned the whole story.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

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
n CITY house on a fashionable street,
Sunnyside, large estate largely
mortgaged, an insurance of S50.0oo,
and some personal property was
all. The rest lost in speculation prop
ably. the papers said There was one
thing which looked uncomfortable for
lack Bailey: He and Paul Armstrong
together had promoted a railroad com
pany in New Mexico, and 1t was ru-
mored that together they had sunk
large sums of money there. The busl-
ness alliance between the two men
added to the belief that Bailey knew
something of the looting. His uneX-
plained absence from the bank on
Monday lent color to the suspicion
against him The strange thlng
seemed to be his surrendering himself
on the point of departure, TO me, II
seemed the shrewd calculation OF a
clever rascal, | was not actively an
tagonistic to Gertrude's lover but /
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
slaenine in Louises dressing room on
= couch. and the approach OF dusk
was a signal for her to barricade the
entire suite. Situated as 1t was, be-
yond the circular staircase, nothing
hut an extremity of excitement would
have made her pass it after dark. !
confess myself that the place seemed
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
CHAPTER xIV.-Continued.

Gertrude and Halsey went for
Hong walk that afternoon and Louise
.lspt. Time hung heavy on my hands,
lana did as | had fallen into a habit
ri doing lately sat down and
Etbonght things over One result OF
INV medtations was that | got up sud
3denly and went to the telephone. /
had taken the most intense dislike to
f,big DR.. Walker. whom | bad never
Eseen. and who was being talked of in
1.-The countryside as the tiance of Louise
&Armstrong.
knew Sam Huston well. There
*had been a time. when Sam was
kgood deal younger than he is now, be-
More he had married Anne Endicott.
Evhen knew him even better. So now
M felt no hesitation in calling him over
Ethe telephone But when his office
<boy had given way to his confidential
fclerk, and that functionary had conde-
$scended to connect his employers
Edesk telephone. was somewhat at a
/ loss as to how#to begin
Why, how are you, RaChel?' Sam
said sonorously. Going to build that
house at Rock View =? 1t was ~
[year-old Joke OF his.
4 Sometime, perhaps, l said. Just
Ehow want TO ask you question
about something which Is none OF my
business.
4 l see you haven't changed an lota
IN quarter OF century, Rachel
inns was intended to be another Jest
4 ASK ahead; everything but my 90
Emestic ahalrs is at your service.
Try 10 be serious | said And
yen me TINS: Has your hrm made any
plans Tor a house recently for Dr.
walker at Casanova
Yes we have.
Where was it to be built? have
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
CHAPTER XIV.
llddy Gives the Alarm.

@'uuy owes the Alarm.
Inc next day. Friday, Gertrude
|sroke the news of her stepfathers
pan 10 Louise. She did it as gently
r. she could, telling her first that he
.a' very III, and finally that he was
"u' Louise received the news in
I'm most unexpected manner, and
Nnen Gertrude came out to tell me
t, she had stood it, l think she was
f'most shocked
QUE Just lay and stared at me,
4 'uH, ,. nay she said DO you know.
4 'eleSe she is glad, glad! And she
n H.. 700 honest to pretend anything
b. e what sort of man was Mr.
a ~, armstrong, anyhow"
ne was bully as we'll as a ras-
IT,. gertrude, | said. But am con
'Tu Oh one thing; Louise will sent
\ ~ aaisey now, and they will make
aUr Louise had steadily refused to
kas n sy all that day, and the boy
kbot nau quiet hour, Halsey and /.
evening and ! told him several
ass' about the request that we
H. u. up me lease to Sunnyside. about
kumo telegram to Louise, about the
bat~as OF an approaching marriage
Iast - ,he girl and Dir. Walker, and,
b. sa az my own interview with her
nat oark big chair, with hIs
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

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 shiyering violently. |
told her to get me my slippers and
she brought me pair of kid gloves,
so | 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 Halsey's room. hardly
know what | feared. but it was re
lief to find him there. very sound
asleep, and with his door unlocked.
Wake up, Halsey," | 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.
1--WE seen it, Liddy walled. "A
woman in white down the hall"
paid no attention.
"Halsey" | 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 | 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 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 a while. had commenced
again, but they We're 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 got 1.-THE one | had
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
Some Uses for Salt.

Salt water Is a splendid gargle for
sore throat Salt water snuffed into
the nose Is great relief for cold.
catarrh and often for headache.
Dry salt or salt water rubbed into
the roots of the hair three times a
week will stop falling hair.
If the chimney is burning out on
windy day throw in a handful of salt
Salt sprinkled on carpets brighten
them and keep down the dust when
sWeeping
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
To Remove Stains.

For certain kinds of obstinate spots.
such as coffee and chocolate, for in
stance. there is no better deterrent
than glycerin, especially for fabrics
with delicate colors Apply the
glycerin to the spot with a sponge or
otherwise, let stand a minute or 50.
hen wash off with water or alcohol
lot glycerin Is even more effective
han aa,a
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

hominY Mullins.

Mix a cupful Of warm boiled hon ny
cooked to the proper consistency for
the breakfast table with one table
spoonful of melted butter, a saltspoon-
Add this mixture gradually to a cup
full and half of -four in which has
been sifted two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder Lastly add two well-beaten
eggs and bake in hot buttered muffin
pans.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
for the Housekeeper.


Fish may be scalded much easier
by first dipping them in boiling wa
ter.
A tablespoonful of turpentine boiled
with the clothes will add greatly to
the whitening process.
good agency for keeping the air
of the cellar sweet and wholesome Is
white wash made of good lime and
water. Adding glue to 1t Is only
damage, as II furnishes an organic
matter which putrifles and Is most
unpleasant.
Charcoal is recommended as an alb
sorber of gases in the milk room or
refrigerator Keep 1t there continual
ly in powdered state, renewing oe-
casionally, especially in hot weather
when unwholesome odors are likely
to affect milk and butter.
Clear boiling water poured through
tea stains will remove them
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22
Good in Everlthinq.

Whatever happens to anybody. II
may be turned to beautiful resulm,s-.
Walt Whitman.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

AVE EASE. have health.
And spirits light as air.
And more than wisdom.
more than wealth,
A merry heart that laughs
at care"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

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 hasd
while she talked
(TO BE CONTINUED
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

Mrs Talkalot-It's wonder you
wouldn't be careful about your own
language. You make it business to
pick me up on little blunders.
Mr. Talkalot-No. my dear. | make
recreation of 1t.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-07-22

First Tramp-Bowery Staggers fell
of de excursion boat-somebody threw
him an empty beer keg.
Second Tramp-Did he grab 1t?
First Tramp-He did: but when he
found dere WIZ nothing in 1t to sus.
tain him be let go and drowned.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-06-23
.TELEGRAPAIC SPECIALS.

Funkley, June 23-The ME- /.
coal sheds at Funkley burned this
morning, the fire being started
from spontaneous combustion.
The sheds and coal were a total
loss.
San Francisco, June 23-J-ck
Johnson, heavyweight champion
of the world, was arrested here
yesterday on charge Of speeding
and resisting an officer. Later the
charge was changed to speeding.
He will appear for trial today.
St. Paul, June % Barney Old
field made two miles on the Hamline
track from a flying start in lao.
The world cord,,-heid- by-G!a-
field, was HAAS. Ben Kirscher
drove three miles in 2:36:1-5. The
worlds record, held by DePalma,
was 2:38:4,5.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-06-23
POLK COUNTY Due
FOR POLITICAL FIGHT
Candidates for Legislature Announce
Themselves Early-AD File as
Republicans.

Crookston, June 25-(Special
correspondence)-The first guns in
the legislature fight in Polk county
have been fired with the filing as
candidate for the primaries of
Representative John Saugstad as a
candidate for the senate, Represen-
tative John Holton to succeed him.
self and w. A. Marin a candidate
for representative 10 succeed Saug-
stad. All filed as republicans. This
is the county option legislative tic
ket and as far as Marin is con-
cerned, is democratic also as he was
rigid Johnson man two years ago.
This means one of the prettiest
legislative fights Polk County has
ever had. Senator Stephens has not
filed but without doubt will do so
and there is no question but what
he will have two running mates
for the house to oppose Marin and
Holton. The latter trio will not be
rabidly anti-county option by any
means, but will recognize the i'm
portance of other issues as par
with county option. The fight will
be between the radical county
optionists and a ticket which will
not make county option the leading
issue, but one of a number of i'm.
portant matters requiring legisla-
ton.
The result will be the hottest fight
that Polk county has seen since the
populist regime years ago when Polk
county was hotbed of that element.
What the outcome will be is ex-
tremely problematlcal. Those who
have been prominently identified
with the development of the north
ern Minnesota idea will not tie to
Saugstad and Marin strongly, but
they are conceded to have strong
support among the Norwegian con-
gregations in the Thirteen Towns.
Whoever wins, there is no ques-
ton but what the campaign will be
a red hot one from start to finish,
and the bitterness already shown
will be augmented as the primaries
are approached.