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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-09-29
CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Morning.


| 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.
l picked it up, but my hand shook so
that | put it down again, and got
somehow to the door.
There were voices in the hall and
Gertrude came running toward me.
what is it?" she cried What was
that sound? Where is Louise?"
''She is not in her room," l said
stupidly. II 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 it's shadows. There
was nothing to be seen, and it was
absolutely quiet down there Then
we heard Halsey running up the main
staircase. He came quickly down the
hall to where we were standing.
There's no one trying to get in I
thought l heard some one shrek
Who was it?"
Our stricken faces told him the
truth.
Some one screamed down there"
I said. "And-and Louise is not in
her room"
With a jerk Halsey took the light
from Liddy and ran down the circular
staircase. / followed Linn, more slow
ly. My nerves seemed to be In a state
of paralysis; could scarcely step. At
the foot of the stairs Halsey gave an
exclamation and put down the light
Aunt Ray" he called sharply.
At the foot of the staircase, hud.
died in heap. her head on the lower
stair, was Louise Armstrong She lay
limp and white, her dressing gown
dragging loose from one sleeve of her
night-dress, and the heavy braid Of
her dark hair stretching its length 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 l 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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The papers reported that the cash
ier 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 a 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
city house on a fashionable street.
Sugnyside. 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
ANth lHAAAtf IT. anu tAAA AZ AtAHhARiAh
together had promoted a railroad com
pauy ia Ngw Mexico and II was ru-
mured that together they had sunk
large sums Of money there. The bust.
ness alliance between the two men
added t0 the belief that Bailey knew
something of the looting Ills uneX.
planned absence from the bank on
Monday lent color 20 the suspicion
against him Tho strange thing
seemed 20 BE- hia surreuderlng himself
ca the point of departure To nae, Il
seemed the BhreWd calculation nf a
clever rascal aas not actively an
fasauIst.e to Gertrude'B lover hut !
meant 90 D. convinced, one Hay 0f tho
other took Ho one on faith.
That ulaht ibe suuuyside ghost BE-.
aau fo sails aFaip Lidty had been
sleeping n Inulsea dressing r0om on
couch and tba approach of dusk
aaa aIual faf haF to barF.eadt tbs
entire s8Ita situated as "a uaa. be-.
aHa tae circular staircase. nuinlng
bal au .EEtH.l ~ tKeItsmsut aaald
aat HaHa Her pass b. aifef dala
.aa..s# .l tHAi tls place aasmea
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would come through the keyhole."
Liddy looked at the keyhole But it
sounds very much as though some one
is trying to break into the house"
Liddy was shivering violently.
told her to get me my slippers and
she brought me a 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 it's
night lamp, was in darkness, as | went
across to Halsey's room. hardly
know what | feared. but IL was re
lief to find him there, very sound
asleep. and with his door unlocked.
Wake up, Halsey," | said, shaking
him.
lie stirred a 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 a suppressed yell, bolted into the
room and stood tightly clutching the
foot board OF the bed. Halsey was
gradually waking
'I'ye seen a. Liddy walled "a
woman IN white down the halll"
paid uu attention.
"Halsey." persevered. some one
Is breaking into the house Get up.
wont youf'
IL isn't our house" he said sleepi.
ly. And then he reused Co the ext
gency OF the occasion. "All rlEht,
Aunt Ray be- said. stlll yaWniug "il
yuu'll let mo get into something
lt was an { could do 90 get Liddy
out 90 che room. The demands of the
occasion had uo influence aA her. she
had seen the ghost. She persisted aud
she wasn't solng into ths haIl hul
/ got her over 90 mY rosm 40 lasl
more dead than alive aud made her
De- down on the bed
Tbe tapplnEs. which seemed t0 have
ceased tar a while. lad commenced
AGAIN. buf they were fainter ilaiaeY
eame avef lu q lsN mIaut. all ta8d
listening and TRIMS "a laeata tAe
sound
.nltH mH my revolver taEt N4y
he aa.a ha4 ! So lt-lAs aas ! bad
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CHAPTER XIV.-Continued.

Gertrude and Halsey went for a
long walk that afternoon and Louise
slept. Time hung heavy on my hands,
and / did as ! had fallen into habit
of doing lately-I sat down and
thought things over. One result OF
my meditations was that | got up sud
denly and went to the telephone. |
had taken the most intense dislike to
this DR.. Walker, whom | 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 a time, when Sam was a
good deal younger than he is now, be-
fore he had married Anne Endicott
when l knew him even better. So now
felt no hesitation in calling him over
the telephone. But when his office
boy had given way to his confidential
clerk, and that functionary had conde-
scended to connect his employers
desk telephone, was somewhat at a
loss as to how to begin.
"Why, how are you. Rachel?" Sam
said sonorously. Going to build that
house at Rock View?" 1t was 20
year-old joke of his.
Sometime perhaps" l said. Just
now | want to ask you a question
about something which is none of my
business
81 see you haven't changed an iota
in a quarter of a 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 a house recently for DR..
Walker at Casanova?
Yes, we have"
Where was it to be built? / have
a reason for asking"
ut was to be. ! believe, on the Arm
strong place. Mr. Armstrong himself
consulted me, and the inference was
in fact. / am quite certain-the
house was to be occupied by Mr. Arm
strong's daughter, who was engaged
to marry Or, Walker"
When the architect had inquired fol
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 TO
some time. There must certainly b'
some explauation-but what was it?
That day ! repeated to Louise th'
telegram Mr. Harton had opened Sh'
seemed 10 understand, but an unhap
pier face | have never seen. Sh'
looked like criminal whose repriey
Is over, and the day OF execution ar
preaching
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tome to have a sinister appearance, but
we kept that wing well lighted, and
until the lights went out at midnight
it was really cheerful, if one did not
know it's history.
On Friday night, then. I 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. l fell asleep
soon, and was dreaming that DR..
Walker was building his new house
Immediately in front of my windows;
l could hear the thump-thump of the
hammers, and then | walked to q
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.
"Is that you, Liddy?" I 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 l 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. ooh, Miss Rachel, it's the ghost
of that dead man hammering to get
I'M"
Sure enought, there was a dull thud
-thud-thud-it came apparently
from the wall
Its not a ghost" l said decidedly.
"If it was a ghost it wouldn't rap; 1t
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Tf1[ CIRCULAR STAIRCASf

face in the shadow, and my heart fair
ly ached for him. He was so big and
boyish! When I had finished he drew
long breath.
Whatever Louise does" he said,
nothing will convince me, Aunt Ray,
that she doesn't care for me- And up
to two months ago, when she and her
mother went west, | was the happiest
fellow on earth Then something
made difference; she wrote me that
her people were opposed to the mar
riage; that her feeling for me was
what it had always been, but that
something had happened which had
changed her ideas as to the future. |
was not to write until she wrote me,
and whatever occurred, | was to think
the best l could of her. 1t sounded
like a puzzle. When / saw her yes
terday it was the same thing, only
perhaps, worse"
"Halsey," l asked, have you any
idea of the nature of the interview
between Louise Armstrong and Arm
old the night he was murdered?'
1T was stormy. Thomas says once
or twice he almost broke into the
room, he was so alarmed for Louise"
Another thing, Halsey," l said,
have you ever heard Louise mention
a woman named Darlington, Nina Car
rington?"
Never" he said positively.
For try as we would, our thoughts
always came back to that fatal Satur-
day night, and the murder. Every con-
versational path led to it, and we all
felt that Jameson was Tightening
the threads of evidence around John
Bailey The detectives absence was
hardly reassuring; he must have had
something to work on in town or he
would have returned.
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CHAPTER XIV.
LIddY &C. the AIarm.


The next day, Friday, Gertrude
broke the news of her stepfather's
death 90 Louise She did Il as gently
as she could. telling her Grst that he
was very M. and finally that he was
dead Louise received the news In
thr most unexpected manner. and
when Gertrude came out to tell me
how sh, bad stood IL / think she was
almost shocked
"Shr iust iay aud stared at me,
Aunt HBy" shc said "Do you know.
believe she Is glad glad Aud she
IS TOO honest 60 pretend anything
else What SORE of "a man was Mr
PAU Armstrong. ans yhuH ~
"Ha vas 6 hully aa Won as q raa.
esi Gertfate.' 7 aald "lfut / am con.
yiuegd af one th.us Louise WIII send
fof ila.seF aoa and lhey Hnl make
b alI ap'
Far louise bad steadily refused ta
ssa lIfi.sF ail that day. auI ths boy
vas lauU"
N. hat rs qu.at AoHf liaHeY ana
tHsI rt.n.ns aHd : t0ld him several
tl.aH aa0HI 600 request CHAT ae
slye ap lha iHaaa t1 5aHu1 .ig ahau
ttf uItaam f4 tuHHe aHaul fbH
FamaH a' 8H aHpIuaehns maruHE.
bata la. .l. aai ul AMttr. aHa.
a. at aIl al aHH .HtertIsH aIiH h.r
a. a.F EHs
ls s-l 1ass ta q bis .lalF aHH ne
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-09-29
Unfair.

Senator John II. Bankhead, discus
sing a political move, said with a
smile:
"Oh, it's too coldly calculated. It's
almost unfair. In fact, it's like Mrs.
Blank.
Mrs. Blank is leader of Bar Har-
Dor society. Her husband said to her,
one afternoon, as she made a very
elaborate toilet for a garden party that
she was giving to some members Of
the British legation:
why did you write to all our guests
that this party was to be absolutely in
formal?'
Mrs. Blank laughed.
so as to be the best-dressed wom-
an present, of course she said"
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Not ImpreqnabIc.

Horace Avory, K c., just appointed
q Judge, is one of the mordant wits of
the British bar. One day, cross-ex-
amining a recalcitrant witness, he
asked;
What are you?"
"a retired gentleman" proudly as
serted the ex-cheesemonger
Well" snarled Avery, when you
achieved the position of gentleman.
why did you retro from it?"
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Does Enqineerinq Work.

Mile. Bandurin is superintendent of
an engineering firm in Russia. She
was graduated from the Women's
archaeological Institute in st. Peters
burg. and has had practical expe-
rience in engineering. She built a
steel warehouse for an army cooper
ative society, has been assistant en-
gineer in building a bridge across the
Neva and has done other important
work
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Remarkable Younu LADY.

From a feuilleton: Her voice was
low and soft; but once again, as Janet
Fem withdrew from the room and
closed the door after her, the fiendish
CLEAN came into her odorless eyes"
IF we hear any more of Janet we
will let you know."-Punch.
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Local Enterprise.

Tourist-Why do you call his a vol
cano? | don't believe it has had an
eruption for a thousand years!
Guide-Well the hotel managers in
this region club together and keep a
fire going in it every year during the
-Meggendorfer Blaetter
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ment failed to help. When in despair
I-began with Doan's Kidney Pills and
soon improved. Continued use cured
me and at present my health is ex-
cellent."
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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81 want you to take care Of my
practise while | am away"
But doctor. l have just graduated.
Have had little experience"
You don't need it with my fashion
able patients. Find out what they
have been eating and stop it. Find
out where they have been summering
and send 'em somewhere else"
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80 Mr.. Penniwise married his typ
ist!" said Miss Cayenne.
"Yes."
Il wonder whether she gains an al.
lowance or he merely saves a salary %
Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-09-29

which faced tho east, before she could
tell us caherently shat bad occurred
give it as aue told o. she lay
pfappea in bed. aud llalaey sat beside
beg, uufeha8ed and held har haaa
while ahs talked
600 HH NasrlkuEnI
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-09-29

The Private Citizen--A general has
an easy time after the war is over.
The General-Not for very long,
though. You soon have applications
for your autograph and invitations to
banquets.
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developed and for a
whole year, l was un.
able to work. l suf-
fered agonizing pains
in my back and the
k | d n ey secretions
were in terrible con-
dition. My vitality
gradually diminished
and the doctors treat
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-09-29
ResinoI Is Appreciated and Highly
Recommended by intelligent People
in All Parts of the World

| highly recommend Resinol Oint-
ment to all persons who are troubled
with skin eruptions of any kind 1
have found these preparations most
useful and efIicacious in many cases.
Nj. T. Ryan, Bedford So, London.
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INJURED IN WRECK.
Conductor Thrown Down 25 Foot
Embankment.

George Hahn, G. & N. w. conductor.
Arbor Ave, West Chicago, ILL.,, says:
II was thrown from a car down 25-
foot embankment and my kidneys
were badly bruised. Kidney trouble
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Whatsoever h4FpeAa to Anybody "a
m.y h. tlIatI Ga bvautuul rss4il
NAlt NAHmaA
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would have bctnl worthless. except IS an
ordinary half price one. Please explain
the economical process"
at wasn't false bottom. 1t was just
a few boards with cloth thrown over
them. to save the goods in transit" will
say the defense Same thing" says the
Government
Mrs. Chesbrough can console herseiI
with one thing, however She Is not the
only notable woman whom the Govern
ment has suspected of Interior motiv1
in bringing In goods from abroad. There
is Mrs. Jack Gardner, the well-known
society leader and art collector OF Bos-
ton, for instance. Not long ago there
was the odd Gardner Chadbourne case.
which showed how far some wealthy
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5000 900 duty She paid 1t. The mu-
scum at once lost its name.
This Is the flnesse of the art OF
smuggling The ruses to which people
go to get things in free are as many
as there are ideas. Secret pockets IN
the smuggler's garments form one
common means. and to combat this the
department has had to call In the ala
OF advanced science. A special h-ray
machine has been devised to enable
the Inspector to detect these. The sus-
pect Is placed in front of a horoscope
screen and the official with a specially
constructed pepper literally looks
through him. mn ,aaauv
.onreaIed and what the inspectors nnu
are only a part OF that they do not hnd'
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"Then the Inspector to ok a hatchet"

And the packer told me I wouldn't have
to pay any duty for anything under the
boards" she is said to have naively and
sorrowfuly added.
She left the dock In a storm of In
dignant protest Afterward at her home
at Newton. near Boston, she said--"l
am not afraid to go to New York or
anywhere else. This charge OF SNUG
Cling is simply absurd. l never smuggled
ANYTHING In my life. / don't have to"
Mrs. Chesbrough was indicted by the
Grand Jury at Trenton. New Jersey. ap-
peared calmly and gave surety LOT
$500. The scene on the pier mao sent
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worth at least $4,000" said the In
spector.
But I didn't know what was In the
trunk cried Mrs. Chesbrough. Il don't
know" looking ruefully at all the fnery
strewn about the dock. II don't know
how 1t happened. l hired professional
packer in Paris and I went out Of the
room and didn't know what he was put
ting in it."
"If that's so, It's odd that the sables
were built into the trunk" retorted the
customs man. That would have to be
done in trunk factory"
Mrs Chesbrough resorted to a wom-
ans last argument-tears. II don't
know how it happened. I trusted the
packer. They're old sables, anyway.
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her to a santarium, but she was fully
recovered when she gave bond. She re-
peated that the charges were absurd.
But what Is making the government
so determined Is that 1t believes that
Mrs. Chesbrough's trunk, whether pur-
chased by her innocently or otherwise.
Is only one of a great number that are
being manufactured in France for Amerl-
can consumption. Hundreds of thou
sands of dollars worth of goods are
brought in annually within them with
out paying duty. They are dressmakers,
with Paris models, and women of highest
classes. There are FEW people who look
upon smuggling as anything but a rather
legitimate enterprise. 1t is only beat
Ing the high tariff anyway, they feel and
= the high tariff is, after all, an abstrac-
ton It's not like taking money from
someone's pocket. SO the three-story and
basement trunk was created to fill this
demand.
These trunks-and the description Is
taken from that of Mrs. Chesbrough's-
are very carefully made. From the
outside they are simply a very nifty
steamer trunk. Attractive neur-de-lis,
the national flower of France, orna-
ment the outside Each one has a red
leather label inserted on its cover
AUX Etats Unis," which means, ito
the United States" 1t is this label
that. among other things, makes the
special article.
The inside Is covered with neat cloth
lining. There are two trays, and when
fhn NOT
emily is the bottom of the receptacle
The lining goes smoothly down to the
bottom, around the edges and over it.
But underneath there is an aperture.
The apparent bottom Is formed of
pieces of wood which are nailed fast
to fanges inserted in the sides Of the
trunk and beneath. Whatever is to be
placed in this compartment must be
packed within before the trunk, as it
ultimately appears. is finished. The
goods are placed In the real bottom.
Then the false bottom Is made fast.
After that the lining is tackled fast,
carried down the sides and smoothly
over the false bottom. A glan1 within
would show only an innocent trunk of
two trays. 1t is only by measurement
of the depth within and the real
height of the trunk that the difference
is discovered.
Owner sUs pcous customs men have
to break open the false bottom to get
at what Is within.
1T is possible for a woman to buy
smugglers trunk unknowingiy," is one
Of the arguments for the defense.
But it Is not probable that woman
not DESTROYS Of smuggling would pay
double price for trunk without want
irg to know why" will reply the Gov
eminent. "And that is what these cost.
And how could she send her furs away
to be built in the thing without KNOWN g
what it was for? The trunk actually
had to be made around the foods. Our
inspector had to cut the floor away to
get into the basement. So would she have
had to- And then the double price funk
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Fra Lpps Painting of Madonna and Child" Which Mrs
Jack Gardner, of Boston, Tried 70 Bring In AS
"Household Goods"

hands down each side of the trunk. turn
ing over the contents. 1t struck him
that he had come to the end of his
search rather soon. The trunk was not
SO deep rs he had thought He got a
ruler First he thrust it inside. Then
he marked the place on the outside where
the ruler had stopped within 1t was
full six inches from the bottom. Much
puzzled. the inspector looked again with