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nsv Nv - ssessat Sss It TO ~
Mr.. Jantssoa vas Tar les eeeoiAabls
under ~ eyes. vhsrs knew What ~
was doing. than ~ Vas o. u the city.
twisting circumstances aaA motives -
suit himself aaA lsarning what 10
wished to know about sveats 1t Sun
nysiAe In some occult way. I vas
glad enough to have him there. when
excitemeats begin to come thick and
fast.
A new element vas about tn eater
into Affairs; Monday. or Tuesday At
the latest. would hnd DIR. Walker hack
in his green and white house In the
village. and LOuise's attitude to him
In the immediate future would signi-
fy Halsey's happiness or wretched-
ness. n It might turn out. Then. too,
the return Of her mother would mean.
Of course. that she would have to
leave US. and l had become greatly At
tached to her.
From the day Mr.. Jameson came
to sunnyside, there was subtle
change In Gertrude's manner to me.
II was elusive, dincult to analyze. but
1t vas there. She was NO longer frank
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A easy FIT.

A number OF years ago there lived
IN northern New Hampshire q notori-
Gus WOman-hater. II MAS before the
day of ready-made clothing. and Gaht-
ing . new suit. he vas obliged to take
the Material to the village tailoress.
8Ae took his measurements. and whea
she cut the coat. made . liberal A.
l0vance on each seam.
The mans dislike OF women In gen
eral prevented his having . ntting.
He took the finished garment without
trying II ON. II vas much too large.
aid his disgust Vas apparent in the
answer he made to the frtendiy loafer
o. his first visit to the POST ONCE.
when he wore the despised article.
Got . new coat. Obed!" said the
loafer
NO. I hain't!" said Obed. I've got
seven yards Of cloth wrapped round
Companion.
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I1T CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

LiAAy hsavsA . sigA.
Girl AID voaan." - eaiA I've
bssa With you IS years. Aias Rachel,
through good temper and baA-" the
idea! and what ] have takea from
her In the way a sslks!-"bSt ! guess
cant stand II any logger Ny trunks
packed"
Who packed III" asked. expecting
from her tone to Be told she hsd
wakened to ind it done b. sooe
ghOstly hand.
Il did: Miss Rachel. you woat BE-
lieve me when l tell you this house
10 haunted. Who vas 1t fell aown the
clothes chute! Who was II scared
Miss Louise almost into her grave."
I'm doing my best to and OUT"
said. What In the world are you
driving at" She drew . long breath
There 10 q hole in the trunkroom
wall. dug out since last night. It's big
enough to put your head In. and the
plasters all over the place."
Nonsense" ! said. "PL.ster 10 al
ways falling"
But Lddy clenched that.
Just ask Alex" she said. when
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tVs0t6i6.

Miss lines, spinster and guardian Of
Gertrude and Halsey, established summer
headquarters NJ Sunnyside. Amidst nu-
q Mis. innss locked up for the night
ehe MAS startled by dark figure on the
ver.nda. Unseemiy noises disturbed her
Surfing the night In the morning Miss
lanes found a strange link cum button in
. hamper. Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house was awak-
ened by q revolver shot and Arnold Arm
hall Miss Innes found Halsey's revolver
On the lawn. lie and Jack Bailey had dis
appeared. The link cuff button mycteri-
ously DISAPPEARED. Detective Jameson
gased to Jack Bailey. with whom she
talked in the billiard room few mo-
ments before the murder Jameson &C
cused Miss lines of holding back evil
dence. He imprisoned an intruder In an
empty room. The prisoner escaped down
. laundry chute. Gertrude WAS suspected.
proved to be Jack Bailey's cur:button.
Halsey reappears and says he and Bailey
ieft in response to a telegram. Gertrude
said she had Riven Bailey an unloaded
weapon. Cashier Bailey Of Paul Arm
stronEs bank. defunct, was arrested for
embesslement Halsey said Armstrong
.scked n. own bank ana %e. tSua ia. 'l sn
aounced. Halsey's hancee. Louise Arm
strong. was found at the lodge, The
lodGekeeper said Louise and Arnold had
lee was FRUSTRATED. Louise told Halsey.
that while she still loved him she was to
marry another, and that he would despise
sss r. that Be- ws.e rn snd
were to be married. 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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he put the new cooks trunk there last
night the wall was as smooth as this.
This morning its dug out, and there's
plaster ON the cooks trunk. Miss
Rachel, you can get . dozen detectives
and put one ON every stair in the
house, and you'll never catch any
thing. There's some things you can't
handcuff."
Liddy was right. As soon as could,
went VI to the trunkroom, which
was directly over my bedroom. The
plan of the upper story Of the house
was like that Of the second floor, in
the main. One end, however, over
the east wing. had been left only roux-
ly finished, the intention having been
to convert 1t into q ballroom at some
future time. The maids rooms, trunk
room, and various storerooms, includ.
ing a large airy linen room, opened
from long corridor. like that on the
second floor. And In the trunkroom,
as Liddy had said, was a fresh break
in the plaster.
Not only In the plaster. but through
the lathing. the aperture extended. l
reached into the opening, and three
feet away. perhaps, / could touch the
bricks Of the partition wall. For some
reason the architect in building the
house had left a space there that
struck me, even In the surprise of the
discovery. as an excellent place for a
confagration 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 I mentioned
this to Liddy she merely raised her
eyebrows. Being quite confident that
the gap was of unholy origin, she did
not concern herself with such trif,es
as bit of mortar and lath. No Doubt
they were even then heaped neatly
on a gravestone in the Casanova
churchyard!
brought Mr.. Jameson up to 500
the hole in the wall, directly after
breakfast. His expression was yerv
odd when he looked at it, and the frat
thing he did was to try to discover
what object. II any, such a hole could
have. He got piece Of candle and
oy charging the aperture little was
able to exapine what lay beyond. The
result was nil. The trunkroom. Al.
though heated BY steam heat, like the
rest Of the house, boasted Of a FIRE.
place and mantel ~ we'll The open.
ing had been made between the fine
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
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with me, although I think her ailec-
ton never wavered. At the time laid
the change to the fact that had for
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, a. she did the following week.
Mr.. Jameson and / were much to-
sether. He played "a fair game of crib
bage. but he cheated at solitaire.
The night the detective arrived.
Saturday, had talk with him. I
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. I saw that he thought
the Information was important, and to
my suggestion that we put an add
tional lock on the east wing door he
opposed a strong negative.
Il think it probable" he said, that
our visitor will be back again, and
the thing to do is to leave things ex.
actly as they are, to avoid rousing
suspicion. Then / can watch for at
least a part of each night and prob
ably Mr.. lines will help US out. I
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 1t 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 a face as long as the
moral law. She laid out my things as
usual, but I missed her customary
| garrulousness. l was not RECALLED with
the new cooks extravaganza as to
eggs, and I'd: even forbore to mention
that Jameson" on whose arrival she
had looked with silent disfavor.
Whats the matter, Lddy?" asked
| at last. Didn't you sleep last nightf'
mo, ma'am," she said stimy.
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 Va
ter with pinch Of salt, before I get
up. II tones the stomach.
"Tdddy Allen" said, stop comhins
that switch and toll me what 10 Wrona
with you
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from the floor. and inside we're all the
missing bits Of plaster. 1t had been
q methOdical ghost.
ment. ! had expected . secret room.
at the very least. and thisk eves Mr.
Jameson had fascied ~ might at last
have = clev TO the mystery. There
was evidently H0thing more to be dis
covered; Liddy reported that every
thing was serene among the servants.
and that none al 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 tie house. and
We made arrangements to rsdouble
our vigilance ~ to windows and doors
that night
the whole AFFAIR. He said q break In
the plaster might have occurred
months ago and gone unnoticed, and
that the dust had probably beea
stirred up the day before. After all.
We had to let II got at that. but We
put In an uncomfortable Sunday. Ger.
trude went to church, and Haley took
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
lounging chairs. We put Louise in .
steamer chair. and she sat there
passively enough. her hands cla&ped
in her lap.
We were very silent. Halsey sat on
the rail with . pipe. openly watching
Louise, ~ she looked broodingly
across the valley to the hills. There
was something banning 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. HalssV
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. It 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 l finished, Lddy was behind
me, her mouth 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-
larry, he called her up. and asked her
to keep you At the telephone, 20 he
could talk to Miss Louise. A thank.
less child Is sharper than a serpent's
TOOTH
"Nonsense!" said brusquely. Il
might have known enough to leave
them. It's long time since you and
l were in love. Lddy, and-we for.
get"
Liddy shifted.
mo man ever made . fool Of me-"
she replied virtuously.
We'll, something did," retorted.
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ei,sneeS ts.e Critic.

Charles Sumner. when in LOndoa.
gave . really reply. At dinner given
In his honor. he spoke of the ashes"
of some dead hero. Ashes, What
American English" rudely broke -
an Englishman; dust you mean, Mr..
Sumner. We don't burn our dead In
this country" Yet" instantly 10
piled Mr.. Sumner. with a courteous
smile. your poet Gray tells u that
Even in our ashes live their wonted
Ares" The American was not crit
cised aGaia that evening.
Give yourself opportunity-get out
Of the old road. where the stink vag-
ons 60 rushing by. and take the path
across the fields Of new thought.
D. Psssss Piaasaas reilsss ses1lsss go asvtQ.
raao so0AeA. liver and bowels. Su0nr-ennsaA
:iAy. ssaaslsA. sAAy - tsks. " ns& 0hSe-
Knock and the world will Join u
the anvil chorus.
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CHAPTER XIX.
Concerning Thsnas.

Mr.. Jameson" l said, when "
found ourselves alone after Dime.
that night. the Inquest yesterday
seemed to me the merest recapitula-
ton Of things that were already
known. 1t developed nothing new be-
You'd that story Of DR.. Stewards, and
that was volunteered"
AN inquest is only a necessary for
mality, Miss Innes," he replied. I'm
less 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 TRANSFERRED. For instance: This
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
~; the doctor has q patient who
wears black and does not raise her
veil. Why. it is the typical mysteri-
GUS lady! Then the good doctor
comes across Arnold Armstrong, who
was a 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"
CrO BE CONTINUED)
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Samsness,

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 seat"
Yes. Wherever you find a spot of
exceptional beauty somebody ia sure
to decorate 1t with sardine tins and
biscuit boxes"
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- MI1ChELlS EYE SAVE "a
Busted

Many . man goes bcoke-in Health
then wealth. Blamss his mind
says Il don't work right; but Ill ~
Tina it's lis boseis. 1hsy don't work
liver dsad and Tie whole system gets
clogged with poison. Nothing kills
good, olean-cut brain action like con.
stipa&ion. CASOARETS will relieve
and cure. Try h now. ~
cAsCARETS No . bsa sos v,sks
tzsatmsak. An 4saogises DtRvset sallpe
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eivea n, and I Am recommending II.
70 al my friends."-Nrs. ". q Form
13o7 ". Franklin st., Baltimore. Nd
h most suooessfui remedy in this
oountxy for the cure Of ah forms q
fsnals complaints Il Lydia =. Pink
hAm's Vegetable Compound. Il has
stood IT, teot Of ysars and today b
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. Il has cured
thousands Of women who have besn
troubled With displacements. indam-
nation. liberation, abroid tumors. IL
Inequalities. periodic pains. backache.
that bearine.do feeling. datulency,
Indigestion, and nervous prostratdoo,
eftef All other means had failed.
II you arc suffering from any Of these,
ailments, don't sive up hope until you
have Owen Lydia E. Finkham's V6ee-
tahls Compound . trial -
II yea Wo0ld Nike special aAv1oo,
Xrite = Ars. Fiakham. LYnAG
thsasaaAs - healtAs nee e
0AAfIes
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Not % Bad.

Nervous Lady-Don't your expert
ments frighten you terribly, profess
sor? hear that your assistant met
with 4 horrible death by falling 1000
feet from balloon.
Professor-Oh. that report was
greatly exaggerated.
Nervous Lady-Exaggerated! Howl
Professor-It wasn't much more
than $500 feet that be fell-Puck.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
A Hole In the Wall.

A Hole In the Wall.
Ny taking the detective out to Sun
nyside raised an unexpected storm of
protest from Gertrude and Halsey. II
was not prepared for 1t, and I scarcely
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CHAPTER xvIl-centinvsd.

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
70 voices and I 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
drawing room and upstairs to alarm
the household, the criminal, whoever
It was. could have escaped BY the east
door,"
YES"
Thank you. That will DO"
Aatter myself that the coroner got
little enough out Of me. I saw Mr..
Jameson smiling to himself. and the
coroner gave me up, after . time. l
admitted had found the body. said l
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
strong had met his death at the hands
Of parson or persons unknown. and
We prepared to leave. Barbara F1tx-
hugh hounced out without waiting to
speak to me. but Mr.. Harton came up,
- l knew he would.
avon h~v~ A~ntAAA IN wfvA ,,n khA
house. hope. Miss Innes." he said.
Mrs. Armstrong has wired me
again."
Il am not going to give It up" l
maintained. until l understand some
things that are puzzling me. The day
that the murderer is discovered, I will
leave"
Then, Judging by what I have
heard, you viii be back in the city
very soon," he said. And I knew that
he suspected the discredited cashier
of the Traders bank.
d. Mr.. Jameson came up to me as
was about to leave the coroner's Of
ice.
How is your patient?" he asked
with his odd little smile.
II have no patient" I replied.
startled.
Il will put it in a different way.
then. How is Miss Armstrong;
'She-she is doing very we'll"
stammered.
Good" cheerfully. And our Ehost?
Is it laid?'
"Mr. Jameson" said suddenly, II
wish you would come to Sunnyside
and spend a few days there. The
ghost is not laid. l 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 I can do it, he said. Il
have been doing something else, but
well, | will come out tonight"
We were very silent during the
trip back to Sunnyside. watched
Gertrude closely and somewhat sadly
To me there was one glaring flaw in
her story, and it seemed to stand out
Sor 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: over and over l repeated 1t
to myself.
That night, as gently as could, /
told Louise the story Of her step
brothers. death. She sat in her big,
pillow-filled chair, and heard me
through without interruption. It was
clear that she was shocked beyond
words; II had hoped to learn any.
thing from her expression, I had
failed. She was rs much in the dark
~ we were.
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A friends worth 10 at its best when
an enemy tests the strensth.-Roy.
ston.
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from nT0 0Akb
ties, terrible dfaG
ginS sensaaoaA
extreme neHv0u1.-
ness, and that ~
gone feeling In ny
stomach. / bad
dvea mp hops q
ever boing we'll
when 1 bean t.
tate Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Ths1
I felt - though.
MA~ Me- haA pn0A
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How Hs kset the Law.

HeW 10 KEN tho Cav.
Il noticed" said the friend-who-
could-be-trusted. after trip through
the factory where preserves are made.
that . white powder 10 nrst put in
the cans. and that the preserves are
then put In the white powder"
"Yes." explained the proprietor to
the friend-who-c ould. be-trusted. that
white powder 10 preservative. You
SEQ We are compelled to put the pre-
serves In = preservative because an
idiotic requirement Of the government
makes 1t unlawful for us to put .
preservative In the preserves"
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A thick head il apt to generate q
multitude Of thin ideas.
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Mr.. WiaassW's Booehiag syl1R
for ehiidrcn t~etslng, sofssas tho gums rodueeeie
tAmiaatson. aays psln casss wind ooic H t.otsis
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Enough Proveeation.
Patience-Does she know any songs
without words?
Patrice-No. whenever she sings it's
certain to bring on words.
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Plenty q Material.

Plenty q Material.
Son" said the press humorist, you
have inherited some Of my humor."
mot enough to make living with,
dad"
Never mind. I'm going to leave
you all Of my jokes"
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s. nav 81 {, h. X,: e.. " s.s.a1 +,
HurSae For Your Eye Tfouhlas You VIII
Like Murine. Il 0oothss. 1oc 1t Year
DruSgssta. Write For Dye Books. Fra
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AFTER
FOURYEAE
OF MISERY

Cared BY Lydia E. Piak-
hams Vegetable COMPOUND
Baltimore. Nd. four yoas4
nv Life Vas 4 misery TO NJ. ] suffered
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Important - o0Oeh0eo
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CA0TORIA. . safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and sec that 1t
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-01-17
GinIaonng nnS Nbinge.

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mem ~5ui1ai9en 3ulnnimentrefien nit
elmer leid)t binaeworienen Nemer.
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DER groBen llnboiIidfeit. cine Wid)t.
aftlng ser 3eit oeS @aitgeberS, Die
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gen 81 irgenOeincr Geronlaiiung. lei
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Ylaubcrltiinoden, i'm Serbinoe.
rungSiane, alf moglifit fiir5eitem
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MAIDEN. Go lit 2pbterer nod in Der
Gage, IuSgnben 81 mlterlallen, lcine
;3eit anoers 5i perspenoen ooer lelbIt
nod cine crbaltcne Ginlabung andit.
nebmen.