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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-10-07
MILLINERY FOR THE GIRLS
Three Dainty Hats That Are Suitable
for Children and Are Easily
Made.

Three dainty hats for our children
are here illustrated They are quite
simple in design, and with little or
binary care can be easily made at
home.
The first ono. 982a) is of spotted
white muslin, trimmed with soft satin
ribbon in a pale shade of mauve. This
is twisted round crown, and bunch
of the same ribbon Is placed at the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-10-07

left side. The hat Is made on a white
wire frame, with the muslin gathered
quite full, and corded on each wire.
The next little hat (No. 983a) is
fashioned of burnt straw, and partic-
ularly easy to trim. Ribbon or chif-
fon is swathed round the crown, and
would look well in blue, with bunch
of pink rose-buds on either side.
The quaint little bonnet (No. 984a)
will, am sure, appeal to all mothers
who like to see their tiny maids look
ing dainty and sweet. The crown is
of white muslin or silk, gathered into
a plain band Of the same material,
and trimmed with broad frill of lace
or embroidery.
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This dainty waist is Of white ba.
tiste with embroidered dots The yoke
is of applique lace and extends well
over the shoulders. The shoulder
straps are of the material Ornamental
with passementerie buttons.
The sleeves form puffs at the bot
tom drawn in by little ribbons which
are knotted on the outside.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-10-07

4OUSANDS Of travellers
hopefully seek Venice year
ly, their imaginations long
fed by the painters and po-
cts who have pictured the
beautiful city in hues and
terms which, though it may
be true to their own highly
cultivated senses, tend to
bring no little disappoint-
ment to the ordinary be-
holder. For Venice, but too
often, proves to the latter
not quite the fairy Venice
of his visioning, his chief dis
appointment being, perhaps,
it's lack of those glowing
colors which he has been
led by books and picture
AVID NOWADAYS this falling
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Vermont Thrift,

Vermont Thrift.
Robert Lincoln O'Brien, editor of the
Boston Transcript, Is a great admirer
Of the thrift of the Vermonters, but
thinks sometimes they carry it too
far.
O'Brien was up in Vermont last sum-
mer and went to dinner with a friend
who had some political aspirations. AS
they came in the door he heard the
lady Of the house say to the hired
girl: Il see Mr.. Jones has somebody
with him for dinner. Fake these two
big potatoes down to the cellar and
bring up three small ones"
Just Like a Girl.
"Her cooking-school habits are q
good deal of bother to me-"
How now?"
"She always wants me to taste the
gasoline when the automobile isn't
working right"
The gentleman exists to help; he
hoe M 0fhar roa,so, m IN
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SYNOPSIS.

Miss Times, spinster and guardian OF
Gertrude and Halsey, established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. Amidst nu
merous difficulties the servants deserted.
As Miss Innes locked up for the night
she was startled by a dark figure on the
veranda. Unseemly noises disturbed her
during the night. In the morning Miss
q hamper. Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house was awak-
med by a revolver shot and Arnold Arm
strong was found shot to death in the
hall. Miss Innes found Halsey's revolver
on the AYR He and Jack Bailey had dis
appeared. The link cuff-button mysteri-
ously disappeared. Detective Jameson
gagged to Jack Bailey, with whom she
talked in the billiard room a few mo-
ments before the murder. Jameson ac-
cused Miss Innes of holding back evil
dence. He imprisoned an intruder in an
empty room. The prisoner escaped down
q laundry chute. Gertrude was suspected.
Al negro found the other half of what
Haley and says he and Bailey
left in response to a telegram. Gertrude
said she had given Bailey an unloaded
revolver, fearing to give him a loaded
weapon. Cashier Bailey of Paul Arm
gtrong's bank. defunct, was arrested for
embezzlenent. Halsey said Armstrong
wrecked his own bank and could clear
Bailey. Paul Armstrong; death was an
nounced. Halsey's fiancee, Louise Arm
l~odgekeeper said Louise and Arnold had
= long talk the night of the murder. Lou
Use was FRUSTRATED. Louise told Halsey,
that while she still loved him she was to
marry another, and that he would despise
her when he learned the whole story.
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found in the tulip bed-and gave it to
him. He saw Liddy there and OWNED
at once that Louise was alone.
"You let me attend to this fellow,
whoever it is, Aunt Ray, and go to
Louise, will you? She may be awake
and alarmed"
So in spite Of her protests, I left
Liddy alone and went back to the
east wing. Perhaps / went a little
faster past the yawning blackness of
the circular staircase; and I could
hear Halsey creaking cautiously down
he main staircase. The rapping, or
pounding, had ceased, and the silence
was almost painful. And then sud-
denly, from apparently under my very
feet, there rose a woman's scream, a
cry of terror that broke off as sudden.
ly as it came. / stood frozen and still.
Every drop of blood in my body
seemed to leave the surface and gath
er around my heart. In the dead ST.
lence that followed it throbbed as if it
would burst. More dead than alive,
| stumbled into Louise's bedroom. She
was not there!
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Secke-Mrs. Swellington is a stun
ming woman, isn't she? .
Weeks-I should think so. She hit
me with her automobile the other day,
and it vas two hours before l woke
I'D.
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Wash and return all milk or cream
bottles daily.
Pour from the bottle only what milk
or cream is needed for immediate use.
Factory skimmilk should always be
~pasteurized to avoid the spread Of
tuberculosis.
Two pounds grain with the proper
amount of skimmilk equals one pound
of butter fat.
Have a separate quart of milk for
the baby. What he does not use, 9TH
iers may have. 4
The man who milks his lows and
keeps no record of the results is work
ing in the dark.
Hard work to keep the dairy house
and utensils sweet in hot weather,
but it can be done.
Milk or cream that has become
warm should v be poured back
into the bottle of cold milk.
The percentage of fat in the milk Of
a COW is evidently fixed by two things.
viz: breed and individuality.
What filth is dissolved in the milk
will remain there to soil it and injure
the flavor and keeping qualities.
with the year around dairying good
stables are necessary, where the COWS
can he fed and MIXED In a comfortable
place.
In spite of the vigorous war made
ON dust-spraying, a considerable num-
her of growers maintain that 1t is
equally as effective as the liquid spray
ing.
Utensils used for milk should be
rinsed with cold water and then with
boiling water, thoroughly drained and
allowed to become cold before being
hlled with milk.
The demand for good high producing
milch COWS is great and steadily in
creasing. Dairying is becoming one OF
the most substantial industries con-
nected with farming and country life.
The whole point is that the country
needs many young cows to I'LL the
places of old, discarded cows, and
every dairyman starting in business
will look to the man who is growing
good stock.
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HIGH CLASS DAIRY PRODUCTS
Cleanliness and Proper Care Of Cow
Are Among Many Other Things
Needed for Success.

Within the last decade there has
been a marked improvement in the
dairy conditions In all parts Of the
country. The inspection of the diaries
the COWS and the surroundings
has helped to call the attention Of the
owners to many things that needed
to be corrected in order to produce a
class Of dairy products that would
have about them but few, If any, OBJ
jectionable features.
In the first place it is we'll under
stood that the cow should be properly
cared for and fed such foods as will
bring good results. The milk should
not be used for food until five days
after the cow has freshened. The
cows should not be excited any time
during the day OF night, as such
things as fear reduces the quantity
OF the milk yield and Injuries the quail
ity of the same. The ration should
not contain materials which impart
bad odors in the stable, or injure
the flavor Of the milk.
Much care in regard to cleanliness
should always be exercised by those
who have charge Of the stables and
handle and milk the cows. Some men
can be neat and careful in all they do.
while others are Indifferent and
thoughtless. 1t is the latter class that
the inspectors have to instruct in or
der that their milk will be sanitary
and fit for food. All dairymen should
welcome the inspectors, and solicit
from them suggestions where improve
ments in management can be made.
the greater the demand, and the
greater the profits that will come to
the producers.
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to me to have a sinister appearance, but
we kept that wing well lighted, and
until the lights went out at midnight
1t was really cheerful, il one did not
know it's history.
On Friday night, then, / 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 l Systematically
relaxed every muscle. | 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 a
knowledge that somebody was pound
Ing On my door.
j was up at once, and with the
sound of my footstep on the floor the
low knocking ceased, to be followed
Immediately by sibilant whispering
through the keyhole.
Miss Rachel! Miss Rachel!" some
body was saying, over and over.
rs that you, Liddy?" l asked, my
nand on me KNOB.
For the love of mercy, let me in"
she said in a low tone.
She was leaning against the door,
for when 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. "Oh, Miss Rachel, it's the ghost
of that dead man hammering to get
int"
Sure enought, there was a dull thud
-thud-thud-it came apparently
from the wall.
It's not a ghost" I said decidedly.
IF it was a ghost it wouldn't rap; it
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She Lay Limp and White.

which faced the east, before she could
tell us coherently what had occurred.
| give it as she told it. She lay
propped in bed, and Halsey sat beside
her, unrebuffed, and held her hand
while she talked.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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face In the shadow, and my heart fair.
~ ached for him. He was SO big and
boyishl When I had finished he drew
q 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 a difference; she wrote me that
her people were opposed to the mar.
riage; that her feeling for me was
what 1t 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, l was to think
the best / could of her. 1t sounded
like a puzzle. When l 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," / said,
have o 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 r~eassuring; he must have had
something to work on in town or he
would have returned.
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CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Mornino

-0iy WV ~
l stood looking at the empty bed.
The coverings had been thrown back,
and Louise's pink silk dressing-gown
was gone from the foot, where it had
lain. The night lamp burned dimly,
revealing the emptiness of the place.
l picked it up, but my hand shook so
that l 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" I said
stupidity. 81 think-it was she-who
screamed"
Liddy had Joined us now, carrying a
light. We stood huddled together at
the head Of the circular staircase,
looking down into 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 nc m trying to get in. I
thought I heard some one shrek.
Who was it,"
Our stricken faces told him the
truth.
Some one screamed down there"
l said. "And-and Louise is not in
her room"
With a jerk Halsey took the light
from Liddy and ran down the circular
staircase. 1 followed Linn, more SLOW
ly. My nerves seemed to be in a state
of paralysis; l 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 a heap, her head on the lower
stair, vas 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 it's 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,
l sat there at the foot of that ghostly
staircase-sat, because my knees
wouldn't hold me-and wondered
where it would all end. Louise was
still unconscious, but she was breath
ing better, and / 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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MOLD A CONCRETE MANGER
Accompanying Illustration Shown Exr
osilent Method-DstaiIed -
structIons Given.

The illustration shows an excellent
manner Of molding any form you may
wish to the front Of the cow manger.
says Farm Press. Two board forms
are constructed Of the height you wish
the front of the manger to be, and
these are cut out in the oval form
shown, which permits the animal to
reach every part of the manger. The
back and bottom of manger are laid in
the usual way, using a plain board
form, and then the forms for the front
are placed in position and the con-
crete tamped into the space between
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CHAPTER xiv.-continued.

Gertrude and Halsey went for q
long walk that afternoon and Louise
slept. Time hung heavy on my hands
and / did as / had fallen into q habit
Of doing laiely-I sat down and
thought things over. One result Of
my m~editations was that / got up sud
denly and went to the telephone.
had taken the most intense dislike to
this DIR. Walker, whom I had never
cen and who was being talked of in
the countryside as the fiance of Louise
Armstrong.
knew Sam Huston well. There
had been q time, when Sam was q
good deal younger than he is now, be-
fore he had married Anne Endicott,
when / knew him even better. So now
/ felt no hesitation In calling him over
the telephone. But when his Office
boy had given way to his confidential
clerk. and that functionary had conde-
seconded to connect his employers
desk telephone, ! was somewhat at a
loss as to how to begin.
Why, how are you, Rachel?" Sam
said generously. eGoing to build that
house at Rock View?" 1t was a 20
year-old joke of his.
Sometime, perhaps" I said. Gust
now ! want to ask you a question
about something which is none OF my
business"
Il see you haven't changed an iota
IN q 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 q house recently for a DIR.
Walker at Casanova?"
yes. we have"
Where was it to be built? / have
: reason for asking"
Ut was to be, / believe, on the Arm
strong place. Mr.. Armstrong himself
consulted me, and the inference was
I'm fact, am quite certain-the
house was to be occupied by Mr.. Arm
stzong's daughter, who Was engaged
70 marry Dr.. Walker"
When the architect had inquired for
the different members Of my family,
and had finally runs OF, / was certain
Of u thing. Louise Armstrong was
A love with Halsey, and the man she
was going to marry was DR.. Walker.
Moreover, this decision was not new:
marriage had been contemplated for
same time. There must certainly be
SHINE explanation-but what was it?
That day | repeated to Louise the
txlegram Mr.. Harton had opened. She
aDemed to understand, but an unhap-
Her face / have never seen. She
locked like q criminal whose reprieve
4 over, and the day of execution APP
p~roaching.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Liddy Gives the Alarm,

#e1#&96to0 WIVES ktC fAtdTWs
The next day, Friday. Gertrude
broke the news OF her stepfather's
death to Louise. She did 1t as gently
- she could. telling her first that he
Was very III, and Anally that he was
dead. Louise received the news in
the most unexpected manner, and
when Gertrude. came out to tell me
how she had stood 1t, / think she was
etlr1ost shocked.
ssShe Just lay and stared at me,
Aunt Ray" she said. DO you know,
4 believe she is glad. gladl And she
n too honestmto pretend anything
else. What sort Of q man was Mr..
1aul Armstrong, anyhow?
He was q bully as well as Is ras-
al. Gertrude" ! said. But I am con
WINGED Of one thing: Louise will send
for Halsey now. and they win make
u all up"
EDr Louise had steadily refused to
- Halsey al that day. and the boy
Was frantic.
Wazhad 4 quiet hour, Halsey and /,
that evening. and I told him several
things; about the request that we
i've up the Lessee to Sunnyside, about
the telegram to Louise. about the
xumors Of an approaching marriage
betWeen the girl ana Dr.. Walker, and,
mt " al. my wnzinterview with her
ne day before.
~ NJ back n : big chair, with his
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would come through the keyhole.'
Liddy looked at the keyhole. But il
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 its
night lamp, was in darkness, as l went
across to Halsey's room. l hardly
know what l feared, but it was a re,
lief to find him there, very sound
asleep, and with his door unlocked.
Wake up, Halsey," 1 said, shaking
him.
He stirred a little. Liddy was hall
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've seen it," Liddy walled. "A
woman in white down the hall"
| paid no attention.
"Halsey," l persevered, "some one
is breaking into the house. Get up
won't your"
1T isn't our house," he said sleepi
". And then he reused to the ext
gency of the occasion. "All right
Aunt Ray" he said, still yawning. "I1
you'll let me get into something"
1t was all l could do to get Liddy
out of the The demands of the
occasion had no influence on her; she
had seen the ghost, she persisted, and
she wasn't going into the hall. But
! got her over to my room at last,
more dead than alive, and made her
lie down on the bed.
The tappings. which seemed to have
ceased for a while, had commenced
again, but they were fainter. Halsey
came over in a few minutes, and stood
listening and trying to locate the
sound.
sGive me my revolver, Aunt Ray
he said; and I got 1.-THE one I had
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The papers reported that the cash
Ter 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
a city house on a fashionable street,
Sunnyside, a large estate largely
mortgaged, an insurance of $4,000,
and some personal property-this was
all. The rest lost in speculation prob
ably, the papers said. There was one
thing which looked uncomfortable for
Jack Bailey: He and Paul Armstrong
together had promoted a railroad com
pany in New Mexico, and 1t was ru.
mored that together they had sunk
large sums of money there. The bust.
ness alliance between the two men
added to the belief that Bailey knew
something of the footing. His unex,
planned absence from the bank on
Monday lent color to the suspicion
against him. The strange thing
seemed to be his s~urrendering himself
on the point of departure. To me, II
seemed the shrewd calculation of a
clever rascal. / was not actively an.
tagonistic to Gertrude's lover, but ]
meant to be convinced, one way or the
other. / took no n on faith.
That night the Sunnyside ghost be.
gan to walk again. Liddy had been
sleeping in Louise's dressing room on
a couch, and the approach of dusk
was a signal for her to barricade the
entire suite. Situated as 1t was, be.
yond the circular staircase. nothing
but an extremity of excitement would
have made her pass 1t after dark. ]
confess myself that the place seemed
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Concrete Cow Manager.

the two forms; when filed, a short
you to level the top and also mold the
oval, as illustrated, in the front wall
of manger. This can be rounded upon
the top edge by running a small trowel
along same on each side, thus press
ing the concrete back from the board
forms and rounding it upon top so
there will not be a sharp edge to same.
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Good in Everything.
Whatever happens to anybody, It
may be turned to beautiful results
Walt Whitman.
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Just Like a Girl,

The gentleman exists to help; he
has no other vocation.-T. T. Munger.