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The papers reported that the cash.
ier of the Traders bank was Ill in his
apartments at the Knickerbocker-a
condition not surprising. considering
everything. The guilt of the defunct
president was no longer in doubt: the
missing bonds had been advertised
and some Of them discovered. In
every instance they had been used as
collateral for large loans, and the
belief was current that not less than
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 a 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 a railroad com.
pany in New Mexico. and 1t 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 looting. His unex-
planned absence from the bank on
Monday lent color to the suspicion
against him. The strange thing
seemed to be his surrendering himself
on the point Of departure. To me, 1t
seemed the shrewd calculation of a
clever rascal. was not actively an
tagonistic to Gertrude's lover, but I
meant to be convinced, one way or the
other. took no one on faith.
That night the Sunnyside ghost be-
gan to walk again. Liddy had been
sleeping in Louise's dressing room on
couch. and the approach of dusk
was signal for her to barricade the
entire suite. Situated as it was, be.
yond the circular staircase. nothing
but an extremity of excitement would
have made her pass it after dark. l
confess myself that the place seemed
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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. II one did not
know its history.
On Friday night. then. I had gone
to bed. resolved to go at once to sleep.
Thoughts that insisted on obtrudine
themselves pushed resolutely to the
back Of my mind, and systematically
relaxed every muscle. fell asleep
soon. and was dreaming that DR..
Walker was building his new house
Immediately in front of my windows:
! could hear the thump-thump OF the
hammers. and then 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.
rs that you. Liddy?" asked, my
hand on the knob
For the love Of mercy. let me in!"
she said In a low tone.
She was leaning against the door
for when I opened 1t. she fell in. She
was greenish.white. and she had
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 q dull thud
-thud-thud-it came apparently
from the wall.
Its not ghost" ! said decidedly.
III 1t was ghost 1t wouldn't rap; It
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CHAPTER XIV.
liddy Gives the Alarm.

.Iooy thC sNldTHs
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,
! 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 bully as well as a ras.
cal, Gertrude" ! said. But am con.
vinced of one thing: Louise will send
for Halsey now, and they will make
1t all up
For Louise had steadily refused to
see Halsey all that day, and the boy
was frantic.
We had quiet hour, Halsey and l.
that evening, and I 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 girl and DR.. Walker. and
last of all, my own interview with her
the day before.
He sat back in big chair, with his
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CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Mornlno,

In the Early Morning.
l 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 1t up. but my hand shook SO
that put 1t 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 its shadows. There
was nothing to be seen. and 1t 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 it,
Our stricken faces told him the
truth.
Some one screamed down there"
l 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; I 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 a
couple OF steps above her head. as II
she had slipped down.
She was not dead: Halsey put her
down on the floor and began to rub
her cold hands. while Gertrude and
Liddy ran for stimulants. As for me.
l sat there at the foot of that ghostly
staircase-sat. because my knees
wouldn't hold me-and wondered
where it would all end. Louise was
still unconscious. but she was breath
ing better. and I 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,
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CHAPTER xIv.-continusd.

Gertrude and Halsey went for a
long walk that afternoon and Louise
slept. Time hung heavy on my hands.
and l did as ! had fallen into habit
of doing lately-I sat down and
my meditations was that got up sud.
denly and went to the telephone.
had taken the most intense dislike to
this DR.. Walker. whom I had never
seen, and who was being talked Of in
the countryside as the fiance Of Louise
Armstrong.
knew Sam Huston well. There
had been 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
felt no hesitation in calling him over
the telephone. But when his ONCE
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 sonorously. "Going to build that
house at Rock View?" It was a 20.
year.old joke Of his.
Sometime, perhaps" I said. Just
now I want to ask you question
about something which is none Of my
business"
II see you haven't changed an iota
in a quarter Of century. Rachel"
This was intended to be another jest.
ASK ahead: everything but my do
mestic affairs is at your service
TRY to be serious | said. And
tell me this: Has your firm made any
plans for hoNse recently for a DR..
Walker at Casanova"
"Yes. We have"
Where was 1t to be built? have
a reason for asking
1T was to be. | believe, on the Arm.
strong place. MIR. Armstrong himself
consulted me, aNd the inference was
in fact. l am quite certain-the
house was to be occupied by Mr.. Arm.
strong's daughter. who was engaged
to marry Dr. Walker"
When the architect had inquired for
the different members of my family,
and had finally rung off. was certain
of one thing. Louise Armstrong was
in love with Halsey. and the man she
was going to marry was DR.. Walker.
Moreover. this decision was not new
marriage had been contemplated for
some time. There must certainly be
some eXplanation-but what was it?
That day repeated to Louise the
telegram Mr.. Harton had opened. She
seemed to understand. but an unhap-
pier face ! have never seen. She
looked like a criminal whose reprieve
is over, and the day of execution ap-
preaching.
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TAKE A Foor.eATH TONIGHT

After dissnlving one or two Aliens Foot
Tabs tAntiseptic tablets for the foot ba h)
srrnrting and tenderness. remove foot
odors and freshen the feet. Aliens Foot
sweating or infiamed feet and hot ncrv-
business OF the feet at night Then for
comfort throughout the day shake Aliens
Foot Ease the antiseptic powder into your
shoes. Sold everywhere 25c Avoid sub
stitntSs Samples Of Aliens Foot Tabs
mail for 25c. Address Allen s. OImsted
Leroy, n. Y.
'Foot.Tabs for Foot-Tubs. !"
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Mtdas.

Midas had come to that point in his
career where everything he touched
turned to gold.
What shall you ever do with the
stuff?" asked his encourage In visible
alarm.
, Micas affected not to be uneasy.
Just wait till the boys begin to touch
me-! quo;h hs. displaying an ac.
Guaintance with economic tendencies
TAR in advance OF his age.-Puck
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Cost Of Spontaneity.

Il want the Office. of course" said
the aspiring statesman. but not un-
ess am the peoples choice"
I'VE can fix that, too" said his cam.
paign manager; only you know it's
n good deal more expensive to be the
peoples choice than 1t is to go in as
the compromise candidate"
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We are told that true love will con-
iuer a great many obstacles, but pow
erty and the toothache are two ex-
ceptions.
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Mrs. winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
ci;iiurn trctn sofirns no gums REDUCES in.
md collie. Sc Lolts.
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3 Many man enjoys a pipe because
lis wife hates 1t.
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For Red. Itching Eyelid.. cyst., s,ye.

Falling Eyelashes and All Eyes That
Need Care Try Murine Eye Salve. Asep.
tic Tubes-Trial Size-25c. Ask Your Drug.
gist or Write Murine Eye Remedy Co..
Chicago.
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She Lay Limp and White.

She Lay Limp and White.
which faced the east, before she could
tell US coherently what had occurred
| give 1t as she told It, She lay
propped in bed, and Halsey sat beside
her, unrebuffed. and held her hand
while she talked.
tTO BE CONTINUED)
Good In Everything.
Whatever happens to anybody, It
may be turned to beautiful resvlts.-
Walt Whitman.
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Upset
Sick Feeli1l9

cAscARETS ioc . box for q veek'e
treatment, all druKgist., biggest seller
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PATENTS %ssss s.;ss. S5 sss. ~: S;:
. - esV ~ - referenoeA Rest rssuffa
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patent Y0gR IDEAS, They may bnns You
S1tzzerald o.. Pst.AttSs s..Box Z. W. sSnston ri
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tinuing, Mr.. Mcdonald illustrated his
assertion by calling attention to the
fact that a man who would go into
store after store and buy several over
coats in each one would be looked upon
as deranged and he would be re-
strained, and that the man who was
weak enough to patronize saloons and
gorge himself with uuwholesome drink
needed protection and restraint.
The Rev. William c.. O'Donnell, pas
tor OF st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
Church, also addressed the meeting and
commended the work carried on by the
w. c. T. U. He said that as the work
had been started by women against
heavy odds and maintained that there
was no reason why they should not
finally win out, and babe them take
courage from their numerous successes.
Mrs. Stanley Ganielak, soprano, sang
waiting" by Willard. and 1.-THE
Spring Has Come by Maude White.
The president, Mrs. Margaretta Camp
field. was in the chair.
The next regular meeting will be held
February 20, the place to be announced
later,
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1t Is Not a Childish Pastime,
but Serious Affair, Like Voy=
age on Unknown Sea.
BY MARGARET E. sANGsTER.

T FANCY the expression falling in
origin in the fact that fall of any
kind is usually a surprise. A fall
over a %precipice or into a ditch is a
disagreeablo surprise, and may end
in broken bones or a worse calamity.
Failing in love annot be mentioned in
the same breath with anything dis
agreeable or disastrous, because, on the
whole, it is a natural and perfectly
agreeable experience for young people.
and its only likeness to falling is after
all in a certain unexpectedness.
Young people who are really in love
do not set about it in a formal, me-
chanical and business-like way. Often
they are attracted to one another by
propinquity. A girl and a MAJ who
are somewhere neal the same age,
whose education has been similar and
whose tastes afe c%ongenial, discover,
after Il while, that they are happiest
when together, and loheliest When
apart. They enjoy the same books, the
same pursuits and the same CONVEX
sation. If they have been fellow stu
dents, as often enough happens, when
Sliio liz po9S ioNo bCCH tiplooAiiolCo dt
high school or have attended a CO.
educational college, they nave numbers
of pleasant associations in
II they have played tennis or golf in a
summer vacation, or If they mingle in
the same social set, the natural and
proper thing is for a group of young
friends by and by to separate and pre-
fer pairing off to always remaining in
company with a half dozen others, SO
says the writer in the Philadelphia
Press.
1t is the greatest of pities to my
mind that in these days SO many young
people defer the period of courtship
and consequently of marriage until the
first bloom has beer brushed from the
beautiful and radiant unfolding of life's
Eden rose; until they have grown
cautious, prudent, material and have
lost the first sweetness of youthful ro-'
M l believe with all my heart in
pure love and true lovers, and you may
rely Upon me to. understand you no
matter how romantic. you may be. I
prefer romance to materialism. 1t is
the golden thread woven into the gray
garment that invests of necessity so
many of our practical days.
Girls are often at a loss to know
whether they are in love or not. Love
sometimes proves to be q disturbing
element, and a girl hesitates to surren-
der her freedom and promise to belong
for the rest of her years to a man
who mn seeking from her the royal
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ME1Mgg@%GzEsEH
me XLUBG

important than public health he said,
the eradication of the horrible malady
will be delayed" He added that 20 per
| cent. of the associations cases were
tubercular, and that the Board of
Health had given the association much
help during the year, because it had
awakened to the prevalence of the dis
ease in this city.
1--WE nave also had much aid from the
Anti-Tuberculosis League" he contin-
ued. by its generous assistance the
little camp established two years ago
under the care OF DR.. Nash and Miss
Eleanor Asehenbach has been enlarged
and enabled to extend its usefulness"
The report of the treasurer, Halsey
u. Tichenor, was read by the Rev.
DR.. James 1. Vance. There is a bal
ance on hand of 1868. SO. The total re-
ceipts for the year ending February l
were 81, 401.97. which included $S,740.03
in subscriptions and S92.05 received
from patients. The expenditures were:
For nurses salaries, $2,S73.S1; drugs
and medicines, SASS; carfare, 1856 so;
milk and diet, $324.35; printing and
postage, $235. 80; Office rent. $50; spe-
cial gifts, 1888. The report of the
treasurer, I1dlSSy l. llClielOf, Was
read by Rev. DR.. James |. Vance.
The ballot for officers resulted in the
reelection of the former board, which
includes: President, the Rev. Louis
Shreye Osborne; vice-president, Mrs.
Benjamin Coe; secretary. Miss Helen
T.~Higbie; treasurer, Halsey t. ITCH
enor; directors. Mrs. j. William Clark,
Mrs. George S. Coke, Mrs. John A.
81 + -. c~s .. n
McDougall, Rev. Dr.. James /. Vance,
DR.. y. w. corwin, DR.. William G..
Nash, Miss Florence ID. Murphy, Mrs.
James Lawrence Ogden. Mrs. Wallace
NJ. Scudder and Mrs, Robert W. Cum
ming.
Mr.. Osborne reported that during the
year the association has maintained
four nurses, vino have made 1912 calls,
of which 5,sS7 we're on patients and
1,737 at doctors offices, hospitals and
dispensaries. OF these visits 729 have
been made to sick babies. The society
has also ccoperated with the dental
clinic.
Miss Anna MacKay. of Boston, who
has been appointed head nurse In place
OF Miss Nora X. Holman, resigned,
read the report of her work during
the year.
The nurses have worked among the
mothers to teach infant hygiene IN
connection with the joint committee
for the better care and feeding of in
fants, and also assisted i'm giving out
milk at the stations. They visit two
day nurseries, inspecting the children
and visiting the homes when necessary.
Much of the time is spent in teaching
household hygiene, and they also dis
tribute clothing and secondhand baby
carriages, which are sent in by
friends.
Miss Helen T. Higbie gave the sec
retary's report.
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Still 1t Is Pity to Defer Court
ship Until Youthful Ro-
nance Has Been Lost.

and carrying home its price at the
end of a week or a month.
A girl who is a daughter at home
either provided with an allowance by
her parents. or receiving from them
all that she needs, often feels a precise
ly similar hesitation. On the other
hand, it must bs acknowledged that
a man, too, gives up a great deal when
he s~urrenders his bachelor freedom. II
he is unselfshly in love he does not
say this to himself or feel it in the
measure that a girl does, for he is the
n who asks, and she the one who
grants.
L wish | could make you see as | do
that falling in love is not a childish
pastime, nor a light and trivial affair.
1t is a serious undertaking. very much
like setting sail for an unknown land
when the voyage may be difficult, and
there may be reefs and shoals to en-
counter near the shore, To drop the
metaphor and use plain speech, two
young people, who may be deeply In
love, must still wait to get we'll ac-
qainted with one another until after
marriage. In the intimacy of living in
their united home and sharing the COM
monplace experiences of every day,
they will discover that neither is fault
less. IL they sincerely and unselfishly
love they will not mind little faults and
defects, but will, day by day, be drawn
into greater happiness and more COM
plete satisfaction as time passes from
the first year until the last.
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INSOMNIA. /
:
FF+4.N

Insomnia is the not uncommon fate
of the brainworker, who, after years
of continuous mental strain, ~retires
from active life.
The reason is hat mental activity
demands a large supply of blood for
the brain, and the blood vessels gradu-
ally accommodate themselves to this
large supply.
But, when the hard work is over the
brain does rot always realize that 1t
needs less nourlshment, and hence the
condition of excessive mental activity
is what insomnia is.
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News FOR SHoRfRS

The new spring caps, for babies,
shown at L. S. Plaut & Co.'S. are ex-
quisite. Hand embroidery is the pre-
vailing mode of ornamentation
Mems shirts of madras or percale. in
negligee or stiff bosom style, with at
tached OF detached cuffs. are specially
priced at Hahne & Co.'S.
Children's underwear OF nainsook or
cambria, daintily trimmed with lace or
embroidery, may be viewed at the w. v.
Snyder Company's.
Black taffeta silk, a yard wide. of a
very good quality, suitable for blouses
or petticoats, is to be had at the David
Straus store.
Union linen tailored blouses, slightly
soiled, are selling at half-price at Llss-
ner's,
A most satisfactory array of en-
broidered nouncings. with insertions to
match, is being shown at l.. Bamberger
& Co.'S.
At the Goerkc Company's will he
found a new lot Of curtain materials.
including madras, figured swiss and
bohblnet.
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The girl and boy VINO send In the
neatest correct answers can have their
choice of a box of paints. a good book,
a penknife or any one of several very
fascinating games. If the writing Is
not legible the coupon will be rejected.
Uncle Jack win publish the picture of
any prize-winner who cares TO send
him a photograph. Ping-pong and tin
type pictures cannot be used.
Only children under 10 years OF age
are eligible to compete. Be sure to
place a two-cent stamp on the en-
velope. to avoid delay at the ~pcstoffice.
The names of the prize-winners will he
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THE SHORT SKIRT.


Paris, with a weakness for anything
good when it is good has decided to
use the short street skirt which Ameri-
ans say they will have because 1t is
necessary-and sanitary.
Consequently the skirt will be short
for the promenade frock.
This rule will apply to ~lingeries also.
And -colored slips under soft white
dresses will be worn again.
That is gratifying, for it did make a
delightful change when one had but
one white dress and a dozen places to
wear it. The soft cottons and silks
are used for slips.
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A DAINTY GIRDLE.

A lace girdle which my woman may
make to enhance the beauty of a satin
froek is of ~all-over lace.
The front is shaped exactly like a
low-bust corset, and rounded off just
below the waistline.
The side pieces are rather deep, and
the back forms a narrow peak that ex-
tends to the top of the corsage.
The lower edge is a wide tab about
sixteen inches long. much wider than
the top piece.
Narrow bands of the same lace are
set in the sleeves and also on the skirt
plaits.
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1T is all very well to boast of New
ark as a monetary centre, but il, with
all her money, she declines to be a SAN
itary centre. she has not much to be
proud of, after ALL" said the Rev. Louis
Sllreve Osborne. president of the Visit
ing Nurses Association. at it's annual
meeting in the Free Public Library yes
terdey..
This society Is not a diet kitchen,
nor a milk ~dispensary, nor yet an anti
tuberculosis league" Mr.. Osborne de-
clared, "but an association founded for
tie purpose OF providing trained nurses
for the poor. whose sick are in most
cases those whom the hospital cannot
receive. In q city like Newark, a diet
kitchen is an absolute necessity, and If
only the money might be contributed or
subscribed, we would gladly inaugurate
n under the ausoices OF the ~associa-
ton.
But. above all, we should have a
suitable house, in IN appropriate local
ity. which would develop into a.nurses'
settlement. and be the centre of gra-
cious healing activity in the neighbour
hood"
Mr.. Osborne insisted upon the neccs-
sity Tor q more rigid inspection of tene-
ment-houses before a wal on tubercu-
losis could be successfully waged.
so long as vested interests, greed
and peanut politics are deemed more