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ment. / had expected a secret room,
at the very least, and think even Mr..
Jameson had fancied he might at last
have clew to the mystery. There
was evidently nothing more to be dis
covered; Liddy reported that every
thing was serene among the servants,
and that none of them had been dis
turbed by the noise. The maddening
thing, however, was that the nightly
visitor had evidently more than one
way of gaining access to the house, and
we made arrangements TO redouble
our vigilance as to windows and doors
that night.
Halsey was inclined to pooh-pooh
the whole affair. He said q break In
the plaster might have occurred
months ago and gone unnoticed, and
that the dust had probably been
stirred up the day before. After all,
we had to let it got at that, but we
put in an uncomfortable Sunday. Ger
trude went to church, and Halsey took
a long walk In the morning. Louise
was able to sit up, and she allowed
Halsey and Liddy to assist her down.
stairs late in the afternoon. The east
veranda was shady, green with vines
and palms, cheerful with cushions and
Longing chairs. We put Louise in a
steamer chair, and she sat there
passively enough, her hands clasped
in her lap.
We were very silent. Halsey sat on
the rail with pipe, openly watching
Louise, as she looked broodingly
across the valley to the hills. There
was something battling in the girls
eyes; and gradually Halsey's boyish
features lost their glow at seeing her
about again, and settled into grim
lines. He was like his father just
then.
We sat until late afternoon, Halsey
growing more and more moody. Short
ly before six he got up and went into
the house, and in few minutes he
came out and called me to the tele-
phone. 1t was Anna Whitcomb, in
town, and she kept me for 20 minutes,
telling me the children had had the
measles and how Nine. Sweeny had
botched her new gown.
When I finished. Liddy was behind
me, her mouth a thin line.
Il wish you would try to look cheer
full, Liddy," groaned, your face
would sour milk" But Liddy seldom
replied to my gibes. She folded her
lips little tighter.
"He called her up" she said oracu-
larly, "he called her up, and asked her
to keep you at the telephone, so he
could talk to Miss Louise. A thank
less child is sharper than serpent's
tooth" ....r...
"Nonsense!" / said brusquely. 81
might have known enough to leave
them. It's long time since you and
were in love, Liddy,. and-we for
get"
Liddy shifted.
mo man ever made a fool OF me-"
she replied virtuously.
We'll, something did," retorted.
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Had Lost Faith In Doc .
tors and Medicines

II wish to thank you for the sample
of Resinol Soap sent me several
weeks ago." writes Mrs. NJ. f. Glenn.
mer, Sunbury, Pa. "At that time my
baby's face was like raw and bleed.
ing piece of meat. Medicine from
three different physicians, besides va
rious salves recommended by friends,
all seemed to make the Eczema worse.
Then another mother recommended
Resinol Ointment which procured at
once, although had no more faith In
1t than in the rest I had tried: but
never did spend fifty cents to better
advantage. The first and second days
noticed remarkable change, and
ROW at the end of the third week, my
pretty blue-eyed, rosy-cheeked baby ia
perfectly well again. ! think the cure
was surely something remarkable
Resinol Ointment and Soap did in
three weeks what everything else
failed to do in four months. My baby
had been positively disflgured, now
his complexion is all right again"
Resinol Ointment cures all skin
troubles, from pimples to the most dis.
figuring eruptions and rashes. The
first application stops the intense itch
ing of Eczema, Itching Piles, Pruritus.
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in every leading drug store In the
world.
Booklet on Care of the Skin and
Complexion sent free. Write for 1t.
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SYNOPSIS.
SYNOPSIS.

Miss Times, spinster and guardian OF
gertrude and Halsey, established summer
merous difficulties the servants deserted.
AS Miss Innes locked up for the night
she was startled by dark figure on the
yeranda. Unseemly noises disturbed her
Innes found a strange link cuff button in
a hamper. Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house was awak-
sronP TeyoeT s shot an o deaS i the
hall. Miss Innes found Halseys revolver
on the lawn. He and Jack Bailey had dis
appeared. The link cuff button mysteri-
arrived. Gertrude revealed she was en-
gagged to Jack Bailey. with whom she
talked in the billiard room few mo-
cused Miss Innes of holding back evil
dence. He imprisoned an intruder in an
empty room. The prisoner escaped down
a laundry. chute. Gertrude was suspected.
proved to be Jack Bailey's cuff--button.
Halsey reappears and says he and Bailey
left in response to a telegram. Gertrude
said she had given Bailey an unloaded
weapon. Cashier Bailey of Paul Arm
strongs bank, defunct, was arrested for
embezzlement. Halsey said Armstrong
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
a long talk the night of the murder: Lou
ise was FRUSTRATED. Louise told Halsey,
that while she still loved him she was to
marry another, and that he would despise
1t 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 1t. Something brushed past
her on the stairway and she tainted.
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Quaint Table Manners.

Jerome s. McWade. the Duluth mil
lionaire, talked at dinner about the
delights of backwoods vacation.
II go to a quaint backwoods village
every summer" he said, land number
less are the quaint people / meet
there.
"Old Boucher, for instance, the jan
itor of the village church, Is most
amusing with his quaint ways. ] had
old Boucher to lunch one day, and
the cold lobster was served with a
mayonnaise sauce. When my servant
offered this sauce to Boucher, the old
man stuck his knife in 1t, took up a
little on the blade, tasted 1t, then
shook his head and said:
Don't choose none."
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SIMPLE STATEMENT or FACT
Mr.. johnson Unable to See Where In
Any Way He Had "Put His
" Foot In It."

II is common to deplore the lack OF
humor In a person. Yet the very
want of 1t may save a certain amount
OF embarrassment, as was the case
on a certain occasion with President
Johnson. He was one day." says a
writer In Harper's Magazine, visit
ing my mother. and friend, Mrs.
Knox, a widow, came In. She had
known Mr.. Johnson some years be-
fore, when he was member Of the
legislature. but they had not met since
then.
after mutual recognition, Mr..
Johnson said, How Is Mr.. Knoxf ]
have not seen him lately .
"'He has been dead six years. said
Mrs. Knox.
"T thought I hadn't seen him on
the street. said Mr.. Johnson.
when Mrs. Knox left, my mother
said, laughing, That was funny mis-
take of yours about Mr.. Knox.
"'What mistake did maker said
Johnson. 4 said hadn't seen him on
the street, and hadn't"
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Ownership Of Property Subject OF In
teresting Decision by Spokane
Judge.

Judge Norman s. Buck, member
of the lower house of the Washington
legislature died at Spokane. Judge
Buck was pioneer resident of that
district and Of the Occur d'Alene min
ing district and was widely known
and popular.
In the late SOS Judge Buck render
ed a decision while sitting on the
bench IN Idaho that attracted atten-
ton throughout the nation, as it de-
cided the ownership of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mine, the greatest
silver-lead producer in the world, still
said to worth $1O.000,000 and having
an annual output of over $3,00O.000.
The mine was located by Phil
O'Rourke and his partner during a
prospecting tour in the winter of 1884
IS as a result of the uncovering of the
outcropping through the paving OF a
pack mule which they had found
astray and appropriated. Dutch
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CHAPTER XIX.
Concerning Thomas


"Mr. Jameson" / said, when we
found ourselves alone after dinner
that night, "the inquest yesterday
seemed to me the merest recapitula-
ton of things that were already
known. 1t developed nothing new be-
yond that story of DR.. Stewards, and
that was volunteered"
can inquest is only a necessary for
mality, Miss Innes," he replied. I'm
less a crime is committed in the open
the inquest does nothing beyond get
ting evidence from witnesses while
events are still in their minds. The
police step in later. You and | both
know how many important things
never transpired. For instance: The
dead man had no key, and yet Miss
Gertrude testified to a fumbling at
the lock, and then the opening of the
door. The piece of evidence you men,
ton. DR.. Stewards story, is one of
those things we have to take cautious
ly; the doctor has a patient who
wears black and does not raise her
veil. Why, 1t is the typical mysteri-
GUS lady! Then the good doctor
comes across Arnold Armstrong, who
was graceless scamp-de mortuis-
what's the rest of it?-and he is quar-
reling with lady in black. Behold,
says the doctor, they are one and the
same"
ITO RE CoNTJNTyEnN
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TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

ness. as it might turn out. Then, too,
fly Halsey's happiness or wretched-
the return Of her mother would mean,
OF course, that she would have to
leave US. and had become greatly at
tached to her.
From the day Mr.. Jameson came
to Sunnyside, there was "a subtle
change in Gertrude's manner to me-
1t was elusive, difficult to analyze, but
1t was there. She was no longer frank
with me, although / think her affec-
ton never wavered. At the time laid
the change to the fact that had for
hidden all communication with John
Bailey, and had refused to acknowl-
edge any engagement between the
two. Gertrude spent much of her
time wandering through the grounds,
or taking long cross-country walks.
Halsey played golf at the Country
club day after day, and after Louise
left, as she did the following week,
Mr.. Jameson and / were much to-
gether. He played fair game of crib
bage, but he cheated at solitaire.
The night the detective arrived,
Saturday, | had talk with him. /
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Doll House Library.

A search for a child's short story,
THE Griffin and the Minor Canon"
In volume all by itself revealed to a
persistent city shopper the thought
and money that are expended on the
furnishing of dolls houses. Book
stores had not the story in single
volume, but in department store
one young woman interviewed had re.
Gently been transferred from the toy
department and was able to contribute
helpful hint.
Il think" she said, you can find II
In one Of the dolls houses down
stairs"
Curiosity had by that time become
sauce to literature. so the shopper
hurried downstairs to inspect the doll
houses. Three of the most expensive
houses contained libraries consisting
of a score of diminutive books and
each book contained a child's story
complete. One of them was THE
Griffin and the Minor Canon"
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discovery, as an excellent place for

discovery, as an excellent place for
confiagration to gain Roadway.
you are sure the hole was not here
yesterday" asked Liddy, whose ex-
preston was mixture of satisfaction
and alarm. In answer she pointed to
the new cooks trunk-that necessary
! adjunct OF the migratory domestic. The
top was covered with fine white plaster,
as was the floor. But there were no
large pieces of mortar lying around
no bits of lathing. When / mentioned
this to Liddy she merely raised her
eyebrows. Being quite confident that
the gap was Of unhofy origin, she did
not concern herself with such trifes
as bit of mortar and lath. No doubt
they were even then heaped neatly
on gravestone in the Casanova
churchyard!
I brought Mr.. Jameson I'D to see
the hole in the wall, directly after
breakfast. His expression was very
odd when he looked at it, and the first
thing he did was to try to discover
what object, If any, such a hole could
have. He got piece of candle, and
by enlarging the aperture a little was
able to examine what lay beyond. The
result was nil. The trunkroom, al
though heated by steam heat, like the
rest of the house, boosted of a fire.
place and mantel as well. The open
ing had been made between the fiue
and the outer wall Of the house. There
was revealed, however, on inspection,
only the brick of the chimney on one
side and the outer wall of the house
on the other; in depth the space ex-
tended only to the flooring. The
breach had been made about four feet
from the floor, and inside were all the
missing bits of plaster. 1t had been
4eGAodiCal ghost.
1t was very much of a disappoint-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18
Try This, This Summer.

The very next time you're hot, tired
or thirsty, step up to soda fountain
and get glass of Coca-Cola. It will
cool you of, relieve your bodily and
mental fatigue and quench your thirst
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carbonated In bottles-5c everywhere.
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome.
Send to the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
Ca, for their free booklet 1.-THE Truth
About Coca-Cola." Tells what Coca.
Cola Is and why 1t Is so delicious, re-
freshing and thirst-quenching. And
send &c stamp for the Coca Cola Base
ball Record Book for 1910-containg
the famous poem Casey At The Bat"
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball informa.
ton compiled by authorities.
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One Side Enouo,,.

Senator William Alden Smith tens
Of an Irish justice of the peace out
in Michigan. In a trial the evidence
was all in and the plantiff's attorney
had made long and very eloquent
argument, when the lawyer acting for
the defense arose.
What are you doing?" asked the
Justice, as the lawyer began.
Going to present our side of the
case"
II don't want to hear both sides ar
gued. II has tindency to confuse the
coort. "-Washingtonian
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told him of the experiences Louise
Armstrong had had the night before
on the circular staircase, and about
the man who had so frightened Rosie
. on the drive. / saw that he thought
the information was important, and to
my suggestion that we put an addi-
tional lock on the east wing door he
opposed a strong negative. ..l..
81 think it probable" he said, that
our visitor will be back again, and
the thing to do is to leave things es-
actly as they are, to avoid rousing
suspicion. Then I can watch for at
least part of each night and prob
ably Mr.. Innes will help us out.
would say as little to Thomas as pos
sible. The old man knows more than
he is willing to admit"
suggested that Alex, the gardener,
would probably be willing to help, and
Mr.. Jameson undertook to make the
arrangement. For one night, how
ever, Mr.. Jameson preferred to watch
alone. Apparently nothing occurred.
The detective sat in absolute dark
ness on the lower step of the stairs,
doing, he said afterwards, now and
then. Nothing could pass him in
either direction, and the door in the
morning remained as securely fast
ened as it had been the night before.
And yet one of the most inexplicable
occurrences of the whole affair took
place that very night.
Liddy came to my room on Sunday
morning with face as long as the
moral law. She laid out my things as
usual, but l missed her customary
garrulousness. was not RECALLED with
the new cooks extravaganza as to
eggs, and sSS even forbore to mention
that Jameson" on whose arrival she
had looked with silent disfavor.
Whats the matter, Liddy?" asked.
at last. Didn't you sleep last night?"
"No, ma'am." she said stif1y.
did you have two cups of coffee
at your dinner?" inquired.
mo, man," Indignantly.
! sat up and almost upset my hot
water-I always take cup of hot wa
ter with pinch of salt, before ] get
up. 1t tones the stomach.
"Liddy Allen" said, stop, combing
that switch and tell me what is wrong
with YOU"
Liddy heaved sigh.
Girl and woman" she said, I've
been with you 25 years, Miss Rachel,
through good temper and bad" the
NH fob
her in the way of sulks!-'but guess
can't stand it any longer. My trunks
packed"
who packed it," ! asked, expecting
from her tone to be told she had
wakened to find 1t done by some
ghostly hand.
II did; Miss Rachel, you won't be-
lieve me when l tell you this house
is haunted. Who was it fell down the
clothes chute? Who was it scared
Miss Louise almost into her graves"
I'm doing my best to find out"
said. What in the world are you
driving att" She drew lonG breath.
There is hole in the trunkroom
wall, dug out since last night. It's big
enough to put your head in, and the
plaster's all over the place."
"Nonsense!" said. "PlGster is al
ways falling"
But Liddy clenched that.
Just ask Alex" she said. when
he put the new cooks trunk there last
night the wall was as smooth as this.
This morning it's dug out, and there's
| nlaster On the cooks trunk Miss
Rachel. you can get dozen detectives
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CHAPTER XVIII.
A Hole In the Wall.

My taking the detective out to Sun
nyside raised an unexpected storm of
protest from Gertrude and Halsey. /
gas not prepared for it, and scarcely
knew how to account for it. To me
Mr.. Jameson was far less formidable
under my eyes, where knew what he
was doing, than hewas off in the city,
twisting circumstances and motives to
suit himself and learning what he
wished to know about events at Sun
nyside in some occult way. ! was
glad enough to have him there, when
excitements began to come thick and
fast.
A new element was about to enter
into affairs; Monday, or Tuesday at
the latest, would find DR.. Walker back
In his green and white house In the
village, and Louise's attitude to him
W the. immediate future would signi-
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Quotation Marks.

Senator Beveridge, In an after-din-
ner speech In Cleveland, said of cor.
rupt politician:
"Ths mans excuse is as absurd as
the excuse that certain minister Of.
fered on being convicted OF plagiar-
ism.
Brethren, said this minister, IT
IL true that occasionally borrow for
my sermons. but I always acknowl-
edge the fact in the pulpit by raising
two fingers at the beginning and two
at the end of the borrowed matter.
thus Indicating that 1t Is quoted"
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Sameness.

There is certain sameness about
natural scenery" said the man who
looks bored
do you mean to compare a mag
nifcent mountain with the broad ex-
panse of the sea?"
Eyes. Wherever you find spot of
exceptional beauty somebody is sure
to decorate it with sardine tins and
biscuit boxes"
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CTo BE coNTINUED.)
Mule Discovers Rich Mine

Jake" Goetz and Harry Baer owned
the mule, and Judge Buck decided
that they were therefore entitled to a
grubstake interest in the mine. They
sold their interest for 100000, which
became the foundation for a much
greater fortune accumulated in bust.
ness in Spokane.
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A New Version.

Lawyers have peculiar system OF
abbreviatlon, such words as trustees,
executors being cut down to trees,
exors, and admors. This practise led
to an amusing slip on the part of a
solicitor who. somewhat late In life,
abandoned his profession and entered
the church. A few Sundays after his
ordination he startled his congrega-
ton while reading the lesson by deliv.
ering one of the passages as follows:
II see men as trustees walking"
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tors who treated me diagnosed my
case as paralysis and said they could
do nothing more for me. AS a last
resort, began using Doan's Kidney
Pills and was permanently cured. I
am stronger than before in years"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by ali dealers. 80 cents
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
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CHAPTER xvII.-continued.

"You heard no other sound?" the
coroner asked. There was no one
with Mr.. Armstrong when he en-
tered?"
1T was perfectly dark. There were
no voices and heard nothing. There
was just the opening Of the door, the
shot, and the sound of somebody fall
ing"
Then, while you went through the
the household, the criminal, whoever
1t was, could have escaped by the east
door,"
Eyes"
Thank you. That will do"
f1atter myself that the coroner got
little enough out of me. saw Mr..
Jameson smiling to himself, and the
coroner gave me up, after a time. I
admitted had found the body, said
had not known who 1t was until Mr..
Jarvis told me, and ended by looking
up at Barbara FitZhugh and saying
that in renting the house / had not
expected to be involved in any family
scandal. At which she turned purple.
The verdict was that Arnold Arm
of parson or persons unknown, and
we prepared to leave. Barbara Fitz-
hugh f1ounced out without waiting to
speak to me, but Mr.. Harton came up,
as knew he would.
"You have decided to give up the
house, / hope, Miss Innes." he said.
Mrs. Armstrong has wired me
again"
II am not going to give it up" i
maintained, until understand some
things that are puzzling me. The day
that the murderer Is discovered, l will
leave"
"Then, Judging by what / have
heard, you will be back in the city
very soon," he said. And knew that
he suspected the discredited cashier
of the Traders bank.
Mr.. Jameson came up to me as
was about to leave the coroner's Of
fee.
How is your patient?" he asked
with his odd little smile.
II have no patient" replied,
startled.
Il will put it In a different way,
then. How Is Miss Armstrong;"
"She-she is doing very WELL"
stammered.
Good" cheerfully. "And our ghost?
Is it laid?"
'Mr. Jameson" I said suddenly, II
wish you would come to Sunnyside
and spend a few days there. The
ghost is not laid. / want you to spend
one night at least watching the cir
cular staircase. The murder of Arnold
Armstrong was beginning, not an
end"
He looked serious.
Perhaps / can do It," he said. II
have been doing something else, but
well, / will come out tonight"
We were very silent during the
trip back to Sunnyside. I watched
Gertrude closely and somewhat sadly.
To me there was one glaring flaw in
her story, and 1t seemed to stand out
for every one to see. Arnold Arm
strong had had no key, and yet she
said she had locked the east door. He
must have been admitted from within
the house; ever and over repeated 1t
To myself.
That night, as gently as ! could, I
told Louise the story Of her STEP
brothers death. She sat in her big,
piliow-filled chair, and heard me
through without interruption. 1t was
clear that she was shocked beyond
words; If had hoped to learn any
thing from her expression, / had
failed. She was as much in the dark
as we were.
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The Minister (stopping to teal
No, thank you. must decline on the
cucumbers.
Little Tommie--Guess you're afraid
of the tummy ache, but you don't need
to be, cuz when have 1t mamma all
ways rubs-" q D-Boston Her
aid
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lp1porfant 20 Mofhera
Gallant.

Shelf were a man, should nev-
er marry.
He-If you were man, should
never marry.
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The Natural Result.

Il wonder" she sighed. why they
always talk of the sad sea waves?"
Because" he answered, "the sea is
always blue"
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Little Girl--Mummy! (No answer).
Mummy! Are those swallows!"
Mummy (deep In her book Yes.
dear. Don't touch them.--Punch.