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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
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SYNOPSIS.

Ajas Tnaes. spfnster and guardian of
Gertrude and Halsey, established sum
uBe headquarters at Sunnyside. Arnold
AxzdDtrong was found shot to death In
to hall. Gertrude and her fance. Jack
Hnn09. had conversed In the billiard
ION shortly before the murder. Detec-
~ JAMESON accused Miss Times of hold
epg hack evidence. Cashier Bailey Of Paul
AfmstrOng'S bank, defunct, was arrested
t. 0mbexzlement. Paul Armstrong;
0goh was Halsey's fiancee,
Ioetse Armstrong. told Halsey that while
stG still loved him, she was to marry an
g94aer. It developed that DIR. Wake was
TIE man. Louise was found unconscious
: said something had brushed by her
IN the dark on the stairway and she
f5knted. Bailey Is suspected of Arm
s{Fong's murder. Thomas, the lodgekeep-
e. was found Q with q note in his
rocket bearing the name "Lucien Wal
hkce-~ A ladder found out of place deep
ems the mystery. The stables were
hurned, and in the dark Miss Innes shot
an intruder. Halsey mysteriously disap-
peared. His auto was found wrecked by
q freight train. 1T developed Halsey had
N argument in the library with a woman
before his disappearance. New cook dis
appears. Miss Innes learned Halsey was
alive DR.. Walkers face becomes nvid
g mention Of the name of Nina CARING
Evidence was secured from a tramp
buund and gagged and thrown into an
empty box car. Gertrude was missing.
Hunting for her, Miss Innes ran into a
and tainted. A confederate of DIR.
1afxer confessed his part in the mys-
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The uncanny moment came when
Alex and Jameson tossed the spades
on the grass, and l confess l hid my
face. There vas a period of stress, l
think, while the heavy coffin was be-
ing raised. l felt that my composure
was going, and, for fear l would
shrek, l tried to think of something
else-what time Gertrude would reach
Halsey-anything but the grisly reali-
ty that lay just beyond me on the
grass.
And then l heard a low exclamation
from the detective and l felt the pres
sure of the doctors fingers on my
arm.
Nov, Miss Innes," he said gently.
IF you will come over"
I held on to him frantically, and
somehow l got there and looked down.
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At the Half-Century Mark.

Youth is eternal to him who believes
In eternity. To me youth means my.
where from eight onward. was an
old person at eight and /
trust l violate no confidence when I
confess a youthful exuberance now
that ! have bumped against the half.
way post. Fifty is a splendid time for
youthful expansion; ones fancy still
all its ingenuity while ones
is bettered by experience.
When sitting on the so milestone the
of mans vision points southwark
to the past and northward to the fu-
ture with a minimum of oscillation.
thought and splenetic ex.
preston give way to quieter nerves
and calmer view, and the mellow light
ed vista OF the years that have gone
the heart of the youth of a half
century of years.-John Philip Sousa
in the Circle.
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CHAPTER xxix.-continued.

she struck me as being an ugly
customer. and when she left, about IL
oel0ck. and went across to the Arm
strung place. I was not far behind her.
she walked all around the house first.
hooking UP at the windows. Then she
rang the bell. and the minute the door
was opened she was through it, and
iats the hail.
How long did she stay?"
That's the queer part of it," Riggs
said eagerly. "She didn't come out
nat night at all. / went to bed at
daylight, and that was the last !
heard of her until the next day, when
/ raw her ON a truck at the station,
covered with q sheet. She'd been
struck by the express and you would
hardly have known her-dead, Of
ourse. 1 think she stayed all night
IN the Armstrong house. and the
agent said she was crossing the track
- take the up-train to town when the
express struck her."
Another circle!" exclaimed.
Then we are just where we started"
Not so bad as that, Miss Innes,"
Riggs said eagerly. nina Darlington
came from the town in California
whore MI. Armstrong died. Why was
The doctor so afraid OF her? The Car
sdngt0n woman knew something. 1
6ved with DIR. Walker seven years.
and ! know him well. There are few
things he Is afraid of. / think he killed
Mr.. Armstrong out in the west some
where. that's what / think. What else
he did | don't know-but he dismissed
me and pretty nearly throttled me-
for telling Mr. Jameson here about
Mr.. Innes' having been at his Office
the night he disappeared and about
my hearing them Quarreling."
What was 1t Warner overheard the
woman say to Mr.. Innes in the IL
brary?" the detective asked me.
she said I knew there was some
thing wrong from the start. A man
isn't well one day and dead the next
without some reason"
How perfectly 1t all seemed to At!
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
GUINEA FOWL EGG PRODUCER
to Make Harder and Larger
Bird Than Full Blood.

Last spring undertook to keep an
account of the eggs laid by two Pearl
guineas and one white guinea hen. |
have 16S eggs to their credit already.
says a writer In Country Gentleman.
The two Pearl hens were broken up
and some eggs were lost early in the
season; though they laid a nestful Of
eggs and went to setting I did not find
the nest and SO did not get an account
Of them, but I feel safe In estimating
40 eggs lost for which I have no &C.
count. The hens got broken up and in
about three weeks l found them with
. nest Of 80 eggs. Counting the ones
lost at 40. this brings my account up
to 208 eggs for three hens. I feel sure
that the two Pearl hens laid four-ffths
Of the 20s eggs. which would make
them 50 eggs each. The white hen
did not lay many eggs. l expect to
get at least 40 eggs yet before cold
weather.
GuiDGa hens will usually lay from
April until late in October and If kept
broken up when they get broody, they
will lay nearly every day. The white
hens do not seem to be nearly as
good egg producers as the Pearls, at
least my white hens have not done as
good a business as the Pearl hens. A
cross between the two breeds seems
to make a harder and larger guinea
han full blood Of either.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
THE HIGH COST
OF LIVING REDUCED

Much has been said about the high
cost Of living, it's causes, and the posi-
bilities of its reduction. But little has
been said about the most costly leak:
~ every household.
Much foodstuffs are bought with but
one ont point I,t In view; How cheap a /
after cost" One Of the most serious is
baking powder.
BY, the use of perfect baking .poweer
'omy as from any other article used in
baking and cooking. In selecting tho
baking powder, therefore, care shssld
tains its original strength and always
remains the same, thus making the food
sweet and wholesome and producing
suffcient leavenins gas to make the
Very little Of this leavenins gas 10
produced by the cheap baking powdegs.
making 1t necessary to use double the
auantity ordinarily required to ssosrs
You cannot experiment every 49,
you make 2 cake or biscuits. or test the
out how. much Of It You should -:
vet with most baking powders you
should DO this for they are put togsshsr
the to c ausiits and shss s,rs s n ns ysry,n nR'fs %ssS
each car purchased.
Calumet Baking Powder is made Of
s strenstbly E purs 1ng5ed esam,.t Of n ss''1a
y. The proportions of the different
materials remain always the same.
Sealed in alright cans. Calumet Baking
Powder does not alter in strength and
Is not affected by atmospheric changes.
In using Calumet you are bound to
have uniform bread, cake or biscuits. as
Calumet does not contain any cheap,
useless or adulteratins ingredients 50
commonly used to increase the weight.
Further, 1t produces pure. wholesome
food. and Is a baking powder of rare
merit; therefore, is recommended by
leading physicians and chemists. It
complies with all pure food laws. both
STATE and NATIONAL. The goods are
moderate in price, and anv ladv purchas-
ing Calumet from her grocer, If not sat
isf1ed with 1t. can return 1t and have her
money refunded.
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Rosie. The domestic force was now
down to Mary Anne and Liddy, with
the undergraduates wife coming
every day to help out. Fortunately,
Warner and the detectives were keep.
ing bachelor hall in the lodge. Out
of Difference to Liddy they washed
their dishes one a day, and they con-
cocted queer messes, according to
their several abilities. They had one
triumph that they ate regularly for
breakfast, and that chung to their
clothes and their hair the rest of the
day. 1t was bacon, bareback and
onions, fried together. They were al
most pathetically grateful, however, l
noticed, for an occasional broiled ten
derloin.
1t was not until Gertrude and Rosie
had gone and Sunnyside had settled
down for the night, with Winters at
the foot OF the staircase, that MI.
Jameson preached a subject he had
evidently planned before he came.
Miss Innes," he said, stopping me
as | was about to go to my room up
stairs, how are your nerves to-
night?"
Il have none," l said happily. with
Halsey found, my troubles have gone"
Il mean" he persisted, do you feel
as though you could go through with
something rather unusual?"
The most unusual thing / can think
OF would be a peaceful night. But if
anything is going to occur, don't dare
to let me miss it,"
something is going to occur he
said. And you're the only woman /
can think of that | can take along"
He looked at his watch. Don't ask
me any questions, Miss lines. Put on
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PWMNrW5Y


Hens dread to get into dirty nest
boxes.
Boiled onions are good for chickens
and e
The poultry house should be white
washed before cold weather.
The experienced poultryman breeds
only to his best winter layers.
Poorly bred stock of n kind il
never a great source of profit.
Start the trap nests so that 1t can
be known which are the best winter
layers.
Work up q strain of hens that will
lay. Save the eggs from the best
layers and set them.
Rather than have the poultry house
overcrowded you had better eat some
of the less desirable birds.
Now is a very good time to save
out the pest pullets to take the place
Of the discarded hens this fall.
The fowls that are small for their
age should go now. Their Dol is of
more value than their company.
Owing to the difficulty Of securing
fresh eggs, most of the mining COM
panies in Mexico have their own pouI
try yards.
Keep your hens from straying over
on the land Of your neighbOr. Be par.
ticular about this If he has any crop
growing there.
Before 1t is too late gather up a
barrelful of dry earth, so that a box
full or two of dust may be given the
fowls In their houses during the win.
ter.
Remember to give your hens animal
food in some form. 1t may be milk.
meat, cut green bone, beef scrap and
for a small flock the table waste msy
have meat enough.
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OF h~eadstones, and although, when
found myself last, ! had an instructive
desire to keep looking back over my
shoulder, | found that, the first uneasi
ness past, a cemetery at night is much
the same as any other country place
filled with vague shadows and unex
pected noises. Once, in~deed-but Mr..
Jameson said it was an owl, and ]
tried to believe him.
In the shadow Of the Armstrong
granite shaft we stopped. I think the
doctor wanted to send me back.
It's no place for a woman" | heard
him protesting angrily. But the de.
tective said something about wit
nesses, and the doctor only came over
and felt my pulse.
Anyhow, | don't believe you're any
worse off here than you would be in
that nightmare of a house." he said
finally, and put his coat on the steps
of the shaft for me to sit on.
There Is a sense of dissertation, of
a reversal of the everlasting fitness of
things, in res%urrecting a body from it's
mother clay. And yet that night, in
the Casanova c%hurchyard, 1 sat quiet
ly by, and watched Alex and Mr..
Jameson steaming over their work,
without a single qualm, except the
fear of detection.
The doctor kept a keen lookout, but
no one appeared. Once in a while
he came over to me, and gave me a
.reassuring pat on the shoulder.
Il never expected to come this" he
said once. There's one thing sure
I'll not be suspected of completely. A
doctor is generally supposed to be
handler at burying folks than at dig
ging them up"
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02

heavy shoes, and some old dark
clothes, and make up your mind not
to be surprised at anything"
Liddy was sleeping the sleep of the
Just when / went upstairs. and I
hunted out my things cautiously. The
detective was waiting in the hall, and
! was astonished to see DIR. Stewart
with him. They were talking con-
fdentially together, but when I came
down they ceased. There we're a few
preparations to be made: the locks to
be gone over, Winters to be instructed
as to renewed vigilance, and then,
after extinguishing the hall light. we
crept. in the darkness. through the
front door, and into the night.
asked no questions. felt that
they were doing me honor In making
me q of the party, and l would show
them / could be as silent as they. We
went across the fields. passing through
the woods that reached almost to the
ruins Of the stable. going over stiles
now and then, and sometimes step
ping over low fences. Once only
somebody spoke, and then it was an
emphatic bit Of profanity from DIR.
Stewart when he ran into a wire
fence.
We were Joined at the end Of five
minutes by another man, who fell into
step with the doctor silently. He car
ried something over his shoulder
which / could not make out. In this
way we walked for perhaps 90 minues.
The doctor was putting somewhat
when we finally came to a halt. / con-
Tess that just at that minute even
Sunnyside seemed a cheerful spot. We
had paused at the edge OF a level
cleared place, bordered all around
with primly trimmed evergreen trees.
Between them / caught a glimpse Of
starlight shining down on rows of
white headstones and an occasional
more imposing monument or towering
shaft. In spite of myself, / drew my
breath in sharply. We were on the
edge Of the Casanova churchyard.
/ saw now both the man who had
Joined the party and the implements
he carried. 1t was Alex, armed with
two long-handled spades. After the
first shock Of surprise. / flatter my
self ! was both cool and quiet. We
went In single file between the rows
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
Nest Open.

box. The c~rosspiece should work
easily.
Inside Of the box, about halfway
back, nail another piece of narrow
that.
The trap is simply set by raising
the slats inward from the bottom
eight or nine inches and propping it
up with a small stick.
When the hen goes poking along
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
XXX.

When ~churchyards Yawn.
= was OF Wednesday Riggs told us
the story Of his connection with some
incidents that had been previously un-
explained. Halsey had been gone
since the Friday night before. and
with the passage Of each day I felt
that he might be carried thousands
Of miles in the box-car. locked in, per-
haps, without water or food. / had
read Of % where bodies had been
found locked In cara on isolated sid
sings In the west, and my spirits went
down with every hour.
His recovery was destined to be al
most as sudden is his disappearance.
and WAS due directly to the tramp
Alex had brought to Sunnyside. It
seems the man was grateful for his
release, and when he learned some
thing Of Halsey.s whereabouts from
smother member OF his fraternity
1or II IL a.frAternity-he was prompt
= letting % know.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. jamie
apn, who had been down at the Arm
strong house trying to see Louise
ana failing-was met near the gate at
Spnnyside by an individual precisely
- repulsiye and unkempt as the one
Alex had captured. The man knew
The detective, and he gave him q
piece Of dirty paper. on which was
scrawled the words; Hes at City
hospital, townsville The tramp who
brought the paper pretended to know
nothing, except this: The paper had
been passed along from a hobo" in
louisville, who seemed to know the
information would be valuable to us.
Again the long-distance telephone
came into reQnisition. Mr.. Jameson
called the hospital. while we crowded
around him. And when there was no
longer any doubt that it was Halsey,
and that he would probably recover.
Ne an laughed and cried together. /
am sure ] kissed Liddy, and l have
ha1 terrible moments since when
/ seem To remember kissing Mr..
Jameson. too, In the excitement.
Anyhow, by II o'clock that night
Gertrude was on her way to Johns
Mn. $50 miles away. acconpanied BY
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
NEWSPAPERS TAKING IT Up
Metropolitan DaiIes Giving Advice
How to Check rheumatism and
Kidney Trouble.

This IL q simple home recipe now
being made known In all the larrer
cities through the newspapers. Il 10
intended to check the many cases OF
Rheumatism and dread kidney trouble
which have made SO many cripples,
invalids and weaklings of some OF our
brightest and strongest people.
The druggists everywhere, v 9 IN
the smallest communities, have been
notified to supply themselves with tho
ingredients. and the sufferer will have
no trouble to obtain them. The pre-
scription Is as follows: Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one-hah ounce; Compound
kargon, one ounce, and Compound
Syrup OF Sarsaparilla, three ounces.
Mix by shaking we'll In a bottle. The
dose is one teaspoonful after each
meal and at bedtime.
Recent experiments in hospatal
cases prove this simple mixture e.
fective in Rheumatism. Becausa az
Its positive action upon the elfmina-
tive tissues of the kidneys. 1t compels
these most vital organs to filter from
the blood and system the waste I'm
purities and uric acid which are the
cause Of rheumatism. It cleanses the
Kidneys, strengthens them and re-
moves quickly such symptoms as
backache, blood disorders, bladder
weakness, frequent urination. painful
scalding and discolored urine. It acts
as a gentle, thorough regulator to the
entire kidney structure.
Those who suffer and are accus-
toned to purchase a bottle Of medi-
cine should not let a little incon-
venience interfere with making this
uN. q have your druggist do It for you
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02

There = more Catarrh In this section OF tho country
than all other diseases put together. and uLtil the lae
few years was supposed to be incurable. For q great
many years doctors pronounced 1t q local disease and
prescribed local remedies. and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment. pronounced Is henabk.
Science has proven Catarrh to be o constitutional dh-
ease. and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney
4 Co.. Toledo. Ohio. Is the only Constitutional cure oh
the market. 1t Is taken internally in doses Dom 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They o1er one
hundred dollars for any case II fails to euyN. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY d co. Toledo. OA6n
Sold by Druggists, 75c. ~
Take Halls Family Pulls for cOnstipatloo.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
SIMPLE TRAP NEST FOR HENS
Not Much Trouble to Arrange Box
That viii Allow Breeder to
Keep Tab on His Fowls.

1t is not a great deal of trouble to
make a trap-nest that will answer the
purpose of keeping tab on biddy Any
box about IA inches square and two
feet long will be good enough.
A little study of the pictures here
with shown will show one how they
should be made. Nail the Stats to the
cross piece about three-quarters of
the distance from the bottom, hang.
In the c~rosspiece IN a couple of
nails driven through the sides of the
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
Different.

II wrote him that / was ready to
come home"
WAS he glad?"
HE wrote me that he would have
to borrow money to pay my fare"
What did you do?"
II asked him what I should do. n
he said he would borrow money
enough for me to stay there a Thile
longer"
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
Desperate Situation.

There's no use trying to deny H."
remarked Mrs. DeFlate. this is the
worst cook we've had yet. There
positively isn't a decent thing to eat
on the table"
That's right" rejoined DeFlatt.
But continued his vile, there's
n thing in her favor. She can't be
beat when it ome to washing"
PITY We can't eat the washing"
sighed the hungry husband.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
Nest Closed.

Into the box her back raises the Stats
and allows the stick to fall down; and
as she passes through, the trap drops
behind her.
A similar door can be put in the
back Of the box, and in this way the
hen can liberate herself.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02
Doctors More Thorough.

A physician at a dinner in Denver
sneered at certain Biblical miracles.
Lazarus" he said, was raised frem
the dead-and yet I don't see any
dead folks being raised in our time"
NO." said Rev. Herbert II. Tres
ham, the Biblical scholar, with a
smile. Modern medical science has
progressed too far for that, ehy-
Washington Star.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-02

The lid Of the casket had been raised
and a silver plate on it proved we
had made no mistake. But the face
that showed in the light of the lantern
was a face had never seen before.
The mar who lay before US was not
Paul Armstrong!
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-10-14

A foolish old man died the other day
leaving u quarter of million dollars
TO his adopted son, child of eight
years.
That he was foolish no less than
mean is proved by the conditions laid
down in the will. The boy must
Graduate from Harvard at eighteen.
Study six months at oxford.
Graduate from West Point.
Spend his vacations In Europe.
Shall not be n Roman Catholic.
He must learn manual training. dane
ing and music. lie must resign from
the army and practice law
He must not associate with his step
mother, from whom the old man got a
divorce. or her daughter.
And. besides
The executors must be careful to
teach him Ito know the artful and par
asitic nature OF most Of the unfortu-
nate sex"
Poor little chap.
Should he comply with the terms Of
, the will and get the money IL will
doubtless be the worst thing that could
happen to him. Boys are easily ruined
: by getting money they have never
earned
What would you do if you were IN
this boys place? You would take the
money?
You could probably comply with the
educational requirements if you studied
bard. But suppose you had been rear.
ed in a certain church and believed
! with all your soul in that church.
Would you give il up for a quarter of
million dollars? Net if you were the
, right sort.
Or
Suppose you wanted TO be q Doctor
or an artist or merchant. Would you
give up your natural wish for the mon
ey: You might do that.
But suppose your stepmother and her
daughter had been good to you. Would
. you snub them and refuse to recognize
thop' or associate with them? Would
you want TO be taught that womaukind
I, is artful and parasitic?
You see. some time you might fall in
love with n good girl and you would
. not want IN believe that she was false
and deceptive.
The poor boy is young-too young to
choose bis way-and il may be that
the petty prejudiccs and hatreds of the
dead man Will become his, more's the
pity.
Poor chapi Compelled to repress all
his natural longingS and aspirations. he
can never be happy.
And all his life long he viii be q mere
puppet, the strings OF whose life will
be pulled by a dead hand stretched
from the grave.