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New York and Boston Products Differ
Mostly as to Color Of Cooked
Vegetable.

There are beans and beans. Boston
baked beans. of course. have come tc
be revered as one of the distinctive
institutions of our country. their fame
being international 1t is an old say
ing that you have to go away to find
out what has happened at home" and
1t is entirely probable that few New
Workers. are aware of the fact that
there are New York beans. A traveller
discovered the bean representatives
of the two cities on a bill OF fare IN q
Philadelphia restaurant the other day
He was curious enough to ask the
waitress what was the difference be
tween the two
She was plainly surprised at the
question. why. Boston beans are
brown" she explained. "and New
York beans are white"
She could not explain. however. why
White beans should have the New
York label attached. But she volun-
teered the Information that there were
almost as many calls for New York
beans as Boston. such requests COM
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-10

"Wednesday night. nine o'clock.
Bridge" | read aloud. Then. aware
of Alexis stare. turned on Liddy.
Some one is to play bridge to-
night at nine O'Clock" I said. lis that
your business. or miner
Liddy was aggrieved. She was
about to reply when scooped up the
pieces and left the conservatory.
Now them l said. when we got
outside, will you tell me why you
choose to take Alex into your con
fidence? He's no fool. DO you sup
pose he thinks any one in this house
is going to play bridge tonight at
nine o'clock. by appointment. sup
pose you have shown 1t in the kitchen.
and instead OF my being able to slip
down to the bridge tonight quietly.
and see who is there. the whole house
hold will be going in a procession"
Nobody knows It," Liddy said hum
bly,. Il found 1t in the basket in Miss
Gertrudes dressing room. Look at the
back OF the sheet" turned over some
OF the scraps. and. sure enough, it
was a blank deposit slip from the
Traders bank. So Gertrude was going
to meet Jack Bailey that night by the
bridge, And ] had thought he was
i'll, II hardly seemed like the action
of an Innocent man-this avoidance of
daylight. and Of his fancee's people.
! decided to make certain. however.
by going to the bridge that night.
After luncheon Mr.. Jameson sug-
.gested that l go with him to Richfield,
and l consented.
81 am inclined to place more faith
in Dr. Stewards story" he said. since
found that scrap in old Thomas
pocket 1t bears out the statement
that the woman with the child. and
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The examiners were still working
on the books of the Traders bank. and
II was probable that several weeks
would elapse before everything was
cleared up. The firm Of expert &C
countants who had examined the books
some two months before testified that
every bond. every piece of valuable
paper, was there at that time. IL
had been shortly after their examina-
ton that the president, Who had been
in bad health. had gone to California.
Mr.. Bailey was still III at the Knicker-
booker, and In this. as in other ways.
Gertrude's conduct puzzled me. She
seemed Indifferent. refused to discuss
matters pertaining to the bank. and
never, to my knowledge. either wrote
to him or went to see him. Gradual
ly / came to the conclusion that Ger
trude, with the rest of the world, be-
lieved her lover guilty, and-although
believed it myself, for that matter
was irritated by her Indifference.
Girls in my day did not meekly accept
the public's verdict as to the man
they loved.
But presently something occurred
that made me think that under Ger
trude's surface calm there was a seeth-
ing flood of emotions.
Tuesday morning the detective
made careful search of the grounds.
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BMRY =
ROBERTS
= RZNZH4RT
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SYNOPSIS.

Miss 1nnes. spinster and guardian of
Gertrude and Halsey. established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. Amidst nu-
merous difhculties the servants deserted
As MISS Innes locked up for the night
she was startled by dark figure on the
during the night. In the morning Miss
lines found strange link cuff-button in
with gpek sasY h and Mslssy aaTssd
ened by revolver shot and Arnold Arm
strong was found shot to 1eath in the
on the lawn: He and Jack Bailey had dis
appeared. The link cufr-button mysteri-
Slsiyed Detective
gaged to Jack Bailey. with whom she
talked in the billiard room a few mo-
cused Miss Innes OF holding back EVIL
dence. He imprisoned an intruder in an
empty room s The prisoner escaped d9wn
A negro found the other half Of what
proved to be Jack Bailey's cuff,button.
left in response to a telegram. Gertrude
said she had given Bailey an unioaded
embezzlement Halsey said Armstrong
Bailey. Paul Armstrong; death was an
nounced. Halsey's fiancee. Louise Arm
strong. was found at the lodge The
a long talk the night Of the murder. Lou
Use was Frustrated. Louise told Halsey.
mat WINE sne sui loved MIN sne was 70
marry another. and that he would despise
her when he learned the whole story.
II developed that DIR. 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 knock at the door
and answered II. Something brushed past
her on the stairway and she tainted. Bal
ley is suspected of Armstrong; murder.
After seeing ghost" Thomas. the
lodgekeeper. was found dead. A slip was
found in his pocket bearing the name
.Lucien Wallace. Il Elm street. Rich
field"
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CHAPTER xx.-Continued.

Certain
IN what part?"
in the east wing"
Can you tell me when these intru-
sions occurred. and what the purpose
seemed to be? Was It robbery"
NO" / said decidedly. "As to time.
once on Friday night a week ago,
again the following night. when Arm
old Armstrong was murdered. and
again last Friday night"
The doctor looked serious. He
seemed to be debating some question
In his mind. and to reach a decision.
Miss Innes." he said. II am in a
peculiar position; / understand your
attitude. OF course; but-do you think
you are wise? Ever since you have
have come here there have been hos
tile demonstrations against you and
your family. I'm not a croaker. but
take a warning. Leave before any
thing occurs that will cause you life
long regret"
Il am willing to tlke the RESPONSE
biiity." said coldly.
l think he gave me up then as a
poor proposition. He asked to be
shown where Arnold Armstrong; body
had been found. and took him there.
He scrutinized the whole place care
fully. examining the stairs and the
lock. When he had taken a formal
farewell ! was confident of one thing.
DR.. Walker would do anything he
could to get me away from Sunnyside.
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Now Road to Estes Park.

Fort Collins.-The contract for con-
struction OF three miles Of road con-
Meeting Fort Collins and Estes park
was awarded Friday by the county
commissioners to Charles Baker. II
will cost 1880. The road connects
the Masonville road. southwest OF Fort
Collins. through Missouri canon. over
the Green Ridge glade to the Thomp-
son river. thence up the little canon to
the Estes park road. II will shorten
the distance and give scenic route
all the way.
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TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

No answer. Was 1t on the mission
Louise had mentioned?
Who admitted him?
Gertrude said she had locked the east
entry. There was no key the dead
man or in the door. He must have been
admitted from within.
Who had been locked in the clothes
chute?
Some one unfamiliar with the house.
evidently. Only two people missing from
the household. Rosie and Gertrude. Rosie
had been at the lodge. Therefore-but
was it Gertrude? Might 1t not have been
the mysterious intruder again?
Who had accosted Rosie on the drive?
Again-perhaps the nightly visitor. II
seemed more likely some one who sus-
pected a secret at the lodge. Was Lou
Use under surveillance?
Who had passed Louise on the circular
staircase?
Could 1t have been Thomas? The key
to the east entry made this a POSSIBLE
ity. But why was he there. If 1t were
indeed he?
Who had made the hole In the trunk
room wall?
1t was not vandalism. 1t had been done
quietly. and with deliberate purpose. II
/ had only known how to read the pur-
pose of that gaping aperture what
might have saved in anxiety and mental
strain!
Why had Louise left her people and
come home to hide at the lodge?
There was no answer. yet, to this
or to the next questions.
Why did both she and DIR. Walker
warn away from the house?
Who was Lucien Wallace?
What did Thomas see in the shadows
the night he died?
What was the meaning of the subtle
change in Gertrude?
Was Jack Bailey an accomplice or q
victim in the looting of the Traders
bank?
What all-powerful reason made Louise
determine to marry DR.. Walker?
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In the old days when oral examine
tons were still the thing. an exam
lining board was pummeling an appli-
cant with questions from Blackstone.
Keat and other famous legal lights.
81 didn't study anything about those
fellows" complained the applicant.
What did you study!" asked one OF
the Judges.
81 studied the statutes of the states"
he replied. Il studied them hard. Ask
me a question about them and I'll
show you. That is where got all my
legal knowledge"
my young friends" said one aus
tere Judge on the examining board.
you had better be very careful for
some day the legislature might meet
and repeal everything you know
Kansas City Journal.
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things going ON here. right under our
noses, that we couldn't see," she said,
holding out her apron.
81 don't see with my nose" I re-
marked. what have you got there?"
Liddy pushed aside a half dozen
geranium pots, and in the space thus
cleared she dumped the contents OF
her apron-a handful of tiny bits OF
paper. Alex had stepped back, but
saw him watching her curiously.
wait a moment, Liddy." l said
"You have been going through the
library paper-basket again."
Liddy was arranging her bits of pa
per with the skill of long practice and
paid no attention.
Ibid 1t ever occur to you," I went
on, putting my hand over the scraps
that when people tear up their cor
respondence 1t is for the express pur
pose of keeping 1t from being read?'
"If they wasn't ashamed of it they
wouldn't take SO much trouble. Miss
Rachel" Liddy said oracularly. More
than that, with things happening every
day, consider 1t my duty. II you
don't read and act on this. shall give
it to that Jameson. and I'll venture
he'll not go back to the city today"
That decided me. If the scraps had
anything to do with the mystery or
binary conventions had no value. Sc
Liddy arranged the scraps. like work
ing out one of the puZzle-pictures chill
dren play with, and she did 1t with
much the same eagerness. When II
was finished she stepped aside while
/ read II.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-10

Greeley.-Harvesting 5000 bushels
OF wheat from 400 acres OF dry land
and selling II for $1,000 is the record
made by Hawley Bailey. a farmer in
southwestern Weld county. So far as
known this is the best record on a
large tract this season. The price was
3l.50 per 100 pounds. A year ago last
June Bailey plowed his land and last
September planted It to fall wheat.
The crop did not receive a drop OF ir-
rigation. but Bailey attributes It's thrift
to blowing seven inches deep. Ad1oin-
ing fields. with shallow blowing. raised
no crops.
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CHAPTER XXI.
Fourteen Elm Street.


1t was Monday evening when we
found the body of poor Thomas. Mon.
day night had been uneventful: things
were quiet at the house and the pc.
culiar circumstances of the old mans
death had been carefully kept from
the servants. Rosie took charge OF
the dining room and pantry, in the alb.
sence of butler. and. except for the
warning Of the Casanova doctor. every.
thing breathed of peace.
Affairs at the Traders bank were
progressing slowly. The failure had
hit small stockholders very hard. the
minister OF the little Methodist chapel
in Casanova among them. He had
received as a legacy from an uncle a
few shares of stock In the Traders
bitterness: he had to sacrifice every.
thing he had in the world. and his
feeling against Paul Armstrong. dead
as he was. must have been bitter in
the extreme. He was asked to of.
ficiate at the simple services when the
dead bankers body was inferred in
Casanova churchyard. but the good
man proyidentially took cold, and a
substitute was called in.
A few days after the services he
called to see me. a kind-faced little
man. in a very bad frock-coat and
laundered tie. / think he was uncer.
tain as to my connection with the
Armstrong family. and dubious wheth.
er I considered Mr.. Armstrong; tax.
ing away a matter for coincidence or
congratulation. He was not long in
doubt.
/ liked the little man. He had known
Thomas well. and had promised to of.
ficiate at the services in the rickety
African Zion church. He told me more
of himself than he knew. and before
he left l astonished him-and myself
admit-by promising a new carpet
for his church. He was much affected
and I gathered that he had yearned
over his ragged chapel as a mother
over a half-clothed child.
You are laying up treasures. Miss
Innes." he said brokenly, where
neither moth nor rust corrupt, nor
thieves break through and steal"
l sent him home in the car, with a
bunch of dollhouse roses for his wife,
ana ne was quite overwhelmed. AS
for me. had generous glow that
was cheap at the price of a church
carpet. I received less qualification
and less gratitude-when l presented
the new silver communion set to st.
Barnabas.
1 had a great many things to think
about in those days. ] made a list OF
questions and possible answers. but
! seemed only to be working around
in circle. / always ended where
began. The list was something like
this:
Who had entered the house the night
before the murder?
Thomas claimed II was Mr.. Bailey.
whom he had seen on the foot-path. and
who owned the pearl cuff-link.
Why did Arnold Armstrong come back
after he had left the house the night he
was killed?
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Pueblo.-As a result Of the great
loss sustained during the last few
years from floods In this district. =
conference was held here by Denver
& Rio Grande officials in Superintend-
emit Deans offices. and extensive i'm
provements on the lines between Pu-
eblo and Colorado Springs will be in
augurated within a few weeks. The
improvements include building OF con
crete bridges over streams. bitches. ar
royas. widening OF all dry gulches
through which flood water passes.
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Yankee Philosophy.

When man goe sout to hunt rep
utation all he gets is notoriety.
Luck is something we blame when
we fail and deny when we succeed.
When you are spreading the salvs
look out that you don't slip up on 1t
yourself.
1t has been truthfally said that q
man who needs a monument should
not have one.
One good way to keep your helpers
Interested is to let them share some
of the credit.
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young woman of Toledo. O.. was
asked by friend as to the likable-
ness OF young chap who for some
tim had been paying devoted atten-
ton to the young woman in question.
"Oh." replied the fair one carelessly,
william is nice enough fellow, blu,
he talks shop too much"
"How's that?" was the next ques-
ton. 81 thought he was a street car
conductor"
so he is" returned the other; "and
he's continually saying, sit up
closer!"-Judge.
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but he found nothing. In the after
noon he disappeared. and 1t was late
that night when he came home. He
said he would have to go back to the
city the following day. and arranged
with Halsey and Alex to guard the
house.
Liddy came to me on Wednesday
morning with her black silk apron
held up like bag and her eyes big
with virtuous wrath. 1t was the day
of Thomas funeral in the village. and
Alex and ! were in the conservatory
cutting flowers for the old mans cas-
ket- Liddy is never SO happy as when
she is making herself wretched, and
now her mouth dropped while her eyes
were triumphant.
81 always said there were plenty OF
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-10
c. F. & I. to Open New Mine.

Sopris.-The Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company is preparing to open a new
coal mine in Sopris on an entirely new
vein of coal The company has already
advertised for men for some of the
work and 1t is said that the most ap-
proved machinery will be used.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-10

Denver.-Thursday the State Land
Board sold 16.G4O acres of land in va
rious parts of the state for total OF
s221.17s. the average price being
sl3.55 per acre. In Saguache county
some OF the land went at as high as
$S3.75 an acre. while other sections
brought only So per acre.
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Flood Wreck on the Grande.

Florence.-Matt Gar. an Austrian
riding the bumpers. was killed when q
Denver & Rio Grande freight went into
the ditch three miles west of here.
The track had been undermined by
flood waters.
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Shares Boston's Bean Fame

ing mostly from persons who were
from out OF town and possibly had an
idea that New York beans had a little
more class" little more metro
politan flavor. as {: were. than the
iarfamed Boston product.
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#8#|lIE|l|!!!!

the woman who quarreled with Arm
strong, are the same. 1t looks as II
| Thomas had stumbled on to some af-
fair which was more or less discred-
liable to the dead man, and, with a
certain loyalty to the family, had kept
it to himself Then, you see, your
story about the woman at the card
room window begins to mean some
thing. 1t is the nearest approach to
anything tangible that we have had
yet"
Warner took us to Richfield in the
car. 1t was about rs miles by rail-
road, but by taking series of afro
ciously rough short cuts we got there
very quickly. 1t was pretty little
town, on the river, and back on the
hill / could see the Morton big coun-
try house, where Halsey and Ger
trude had been staying until the night
of the murder.
street, and number IA was easily
found. 1t was a small white house,
dilapidated without having gained
anything picturesque, with low win
dow and a porch only foot or SO
above the bit Of lawn. There was a
baby-carriage in the path, and from
a swing at the side came the sound of
conflict. Three small children we're
disputing vociferously and faded
young woman with kindly face was
trying to hush the clamor. When she
saw us she united her Bingham apron
and came around to the porch.
Good afternoon" | said. Jameson
lifted his hat, without speaking. Il
came to inquire about a child named
Lucien Wallace"
Il am glad you have come" she
said. In spite of the other children.
think the little fellow is lonely. We
thought perhaps his mother would be
here today"
Mr.. Jameson stepped forward.
You are Mrs. Tate?" / wondered
how the detective knew.
Yes. SIR"
Mrs. Tate, we want to make some
inquiries. Perhaps in the house.
Come right in." she said Hospitality.
And soon we we're in the little shabby
parlor. exactly like thousand OF its
prototypes. Mrs. Tate sat uneasily. her
hands folded In her lap
| IioW iOuB uhb LuCitu Uteu ucIc!
Mr.. Jameson asked
Since a week ago last Friday. His
mother paid one weeks board In ad-
vance. the other has not been paid"
Was he Ill when he Gamer"
mo. sir. not what you'd call sick.
He was getting better of typhoid. she
said. and he's picking up fine"
viii you tell me his mothers name
and address?"
That's the trouble" the young
woman said. knitting her brows. she
gave her name as Mrs. Wallace, and
said she had no address. She was
looking for boarding house In town.
She said she worked in a department
store. and couldn't take care OF the
child properly. and he needed fresh
air and milk. had three children of
my own. and one more didn't make
wish she would pay this weeks
board"
Did she say what store II was?"
mo. sir. but all the boys clothes
came from Kings. He has far too fine
clothes for the country"
There was chorus of shouts and
shrill yells from the front door. fol
lowed by the loud stamping OF chill
dren's feet and throaty whoa.
whoa" Into the room came a tan
dem team of two chubby youngsters. a
boy and girl. barnessed with a
clothes-line, and driven by a laughing
boy of about seven. in tan overalls
and brass buttons. The small driver
caught my attention at once: he was
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-10
Youth Drowned.

Denver-While padding in a canvas
canoe on the north side of Rocky
Mountain lake. about O'Clock Friday
night, Elmer Johnson, 17-year-old boy
living at 4943 Hooker street. fell into
the water in some unknown manner
and was drowned.
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Signs.

what was the bridge of ,sighs?"
asked the woman who was looking at
the picture book.
81 suppose" replied Mrs. F1imglit.
that is one of those games in which
you are obliged to make 1t spades
every time
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-10
prx Farm Wheat Averages ssH.

Fort Collins.-Henry Frey, living
seven miles southwest of here. reports
the record yield for this year for dry
land wheat, his twenty-one acres OF
turkey red winter wheat yielding 3sh
bushels per acre.
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Loaned.

when are you going on your vaca.
tion?"
Il don't know. I've got to wait until
the neighbors get through using my
suit case."-Detroit Free Press.
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The Mendicant-Please, sir, would
you help poor beggar?
Chapleigh-Weally, me good man, /
-er-couldn't do 1t. I-aw-nevah
did any begging. doncher know.-St.
Louis Republic.
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Where II Falls Down.

Logic" remarked the visionary in.
dlvidual, either proves or disproves
all things"
yes" rejoined the practical per-
son. "but it doesn't accomplish any OF
them."-Houston Post.
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Greeley.-So far the drilling record
in boring the Laramie-Poudre tunnel
was for last month. when S14 feet
were drilled. The tunnel is in 1000
feet on the Colorado side and on the
Wyoming side 1000 feet. 1t is to be
about three miles long.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-10

Pueblo.-with a tablet administered
to cure a cold firmly lodged in his
throat. John Wesley. the 2-year-old
son of Mrs. James Mccain. choked to
death before the obstruction could be
removed.
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Fine Yield Of Grain.

Fort Collins.-Walter Laidlaw, living
south Of here. threshed his winter
wheat and barley recently. The wheat
averaged fifty-three bushels and the
barley seventy bushels per acre.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-10

First Fair Autoist-Did you have to
pay any damages to tnat man you ran
over?
Second Fair Autolst-No. Fortunate
or
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LATE
COLORADO

e v E N T S

Gilcrest.-George Perkins. aged IA.
was kicked in the head by horse at
his fathers farm. early Friday morn
ing, dying six hours afterward.
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DENVER DIRECTORY

HAnAN DEVELOPING. PRINTING.
AVUIyah ENLARGING. Promptly
and Carefully Done.
Rodlks and Supplies. Mail Orders q specially. send
for price list Colorado Photo supply House.
as nth 1t. Denver. Colo.