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Barbour County index., 1910-08-03

The papers reported that the cash
ier of the Traders bank was ill 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 it was ru-
mored that together they had sunk
large sums of money there. The busi-
ness alliance between the two men
added to the belief that Bailey knew
something Of the lootfng. His unex-
planned absence from the bank on
Monday lent color to the suspicion
against him. The strange thing
seemed to be his surrendering himself
on the point of departure. To me, it
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 one on faith.
That night the Sunnyside ghost be-
gan to walk again. Liddy had been
sleeping in Louise's dressing room on
couch, and the approach of dusk
was signal for her to >barricade the
entire suite. Situated as it was, be-
yond the circular staircase, nothing
but an extremity of excitement would
have made her pass it after dark 1
confess myself that the place seemed
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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
it was really cheerful, if 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 i pushed resolutely to the
back of my mind, and Systematically
relaxed every muscle. 1 fell asleep
soon, and was dreaming that DR..
Walker was building his new house
Immediately in front Of my windows |;
could hear the thump-thump of the
hammers, and then / walked to a
knowledge that somebody was pound
ing on my door.
was up at once, and with the
sound of my footstep on the floor the
low knocking ceased, to be followed
Immediately by sibilant whispering
through the keyhole.
Miss Rachel! Miss Rachel" some.
body was saying. over and over.
"Is that you, Liddy?" I asked, my
hand on the knob.
For the love of mercy, let me in!'
she said in a low tone.
She was leaning against the door
for when opened it, she fell in. She
was greenish-white. and she had q
red and black barred flannel petticoat
over her shoulders.
Listen" she said, standing in the
middle of the floor and holding on tC
me. "Oh, Miss Rachel, it's the ghost
of that dead man hammering to gel
in!"
Sure enought, there was dull thud
-thud-thud-it came apparently
from the wall.
Its not a ghost" I said decidedly
"If it was a ghost it wouldn't rap; il
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Summer luncheons.

Colored luncheons are very popular
and the menus as given below are
simple, so that a hostess with one
maid may carry them out successful
ly. For green affair, have the deco
rations of ferns and white carnations;
use white or delicately tinted china
with all the glass possible, as the ef-
feet is cooling. The first course may
be spinach soup, next deviled crabs or
creamed sweetbreads, green peas, po-
tatoes; use parsley as a garnish. For
salad, have a mint aspic with cucum-
bers. Pistachio ice cream, green
frosted small cakes and creme de
menthe.
A pink luncheon may start with
chilled watermelon cut in cubes served
in glasses, with bit of sherry on It;
If the day is cool. tomato soup is
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fYITH the donning of her robe de
~ mutt Milady faces the problem,
what is to be done with strag-
CLING tresses when puffs and rats have
been laid aside for the night History
tells us of a famous beauty of the
court of Louis lie Grande Monarch.
who had mirrors SO placed in her
four-posted curtained bed that the first
thing her eyes beheld upon ava
king was her own lovely image.
There are few women who can
stand this test. no matter how lovely
they may be. Think you the smile of
Mime. LIE Marquis would have been
so complacent had she been confront
ed by the reflection of struggling Me-
dusa-like locks. no matter how beauti-
full the face they framed? Certainly
not.
The glory of her dusky hair was
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would come through the keyhole."
Liddy looked at the keyhole. But it
sounds very much as though some one
is trying to break into the house"
Liddy was shivering violently. 1
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 1 went
across to Halsey's room 1 hardly
know what 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 little. Liddy was half
in and half out of the door, afraid as
usual to be left alone, and not quite
daring to enter. Her scruples seemed
to fade, however all at once. She
gave 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," 1 persevered, some one
is breaking into the house Get up,
won't you?
1T isn't our house." he said sleepi-
ly. And then he reused to the ext
gency of the occasion. "All right,
Aunt Ray" he said, still yawning. '1f
you'll let me get into something
1t was all could do to get Liddy
out of the room. 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 few minutes, and stood
listening and trying to locate the
sound.
Give me my revolver, Aunt Ray
he said; and got 1.-THE one / had
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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, left
Liddy alone and went back to the
east wing. Perhaps 1 went a little
faster past the yawning blackness Of
the circular staircase; and could
hear Halsey creaking cautiously down
the 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 of as sudden
ly as 1t 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,
l stumbled into Louise's bedroom. She
was not there!
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face in the shadow, and my heart fair
ly ached for him. He was so big and
boyish! When had finished he drew
a 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 it had always been, but that
something had happened which had
changed her ideas as to the future.
was not to write until she wrote me,
and whatever occurred, was to think
the best I could of her. It sounded
like a puzzle. When l saw her yes
terday, it was the same thing, only,
perhaps, worse"
"Halsey." 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," I said,
have you ever heard Louise mention
a woman named Darlington, Nina Car
rington?"
Never" he said positively.
For try as we would, our thoughts
always came back to that fatal Satur.
day night, and the murder Every con-
versational path led to it, and we all
felt that Jameson was Tightening
the threads of evidence around John
Bailey. The detectives absence was
hardly reassuring; he must have had
something to work on in town or he
would have returned.
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CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Mornino.

/ 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.
1 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," 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 no one trying to get in. 1
thought 1 heard some one shrek.
Who was it?"
Our stricken faces told him the
truth.
Some one screamed down there"
said. "And-and Louise ia not n
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; could scarcely step. At
the foot of the stairs Halsey gave an
exclamation and put down the light.
Aunt Ray" he called sharply
At the foot of the staircase, hud-
died in heap, her head on the lower
stair, was Louise Armstrong. She lay
limp and white, her dressing-gown
dragging loose from one sleeve of her
night-dress, and the heavy braid of
her dark hair stretching 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 I 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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CHAPTER XIV.
LIddy Gives the Alarm.

Gtddy Gives the Alarm.
The next day, Friday, Gertrude
broke the news of her stepfathers
death to Louise. She did it as gently
as she could, telling her first that he
was very i'll, and finally 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 it, think she was
almost shocked.
"She just lay and stared at me,
Aunt Ray" she said. do you know,
believe she is glad, glad! And she
is too honest to pretend anything
else. What sort of a man was Mr..
Paul Armstrong, anyhow"
"He was a bully as well as a ras-
cal, Gertrude" said. But am con-
vinced of one thing; Louise will send
for Halsey now, and they will make
it all up"
For Louise had steadily refused to
see Halsey all that day, and the boy
was frantic.
We had a quiet hour, Halsey and 1,
that evening, and told him several
things; about the request that we
give up the lease to Sunnyside, about
the telegram to Louise, about the
rumors Of an approaching marriage
between the girl and DIR. Walker, and
last OF all, my own interview with her
the day before.
He sat back in big chair. with his
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Novel Observation Party.

Every once in q while some old
amusement bobs up again In Q new
guise and Is most enjoyable. Below
I give . list OF 40 objects and the
answerA All the articles may be
placed upon q large table, the guests
are given catalogues with spaces for
filling In the answers. Allow 40 min
utes, then ask the guests into another
room with the objects out Of sight.
Read the answers and award first. sec
ond and third prizes. Over the door
sign. "Artful Gallery" may be
placed. This scheme IL practical for
lawn or porch party.
Out for the Night-Candle In Candle
stick.
Departed Days-Last Years Calendar.
Scene in Bermuda-Onions.
We Part to Meet Again-Scissors.
The Reigning Favorite-Umbrella-
Home Of Burns-Flatiron.
The Greatest Bet Ever Made-Alpha-
bet.
A Line From Home-Clothes Line.
The House the Colonel Lived in-Corn
Cob Without the Corn.
Cause of the American Revolution
Tacks on a Letter T.
Heavenly Body-Dipper.
Inc llttle Recommendations
Knife.
Springs Offering-Glass Of Water.
Bound to Rise-Yeast Cake.
Family Jars-Two Glass Jars.
Things That End in Smoke-Cigars.
A Place for Refiection-Hand Mirror.
Deer in Winter-Eggs.
Scene in a Baseball Game-Pitcher
Drive Through the Wood-Block OF
Wood With Nail Driven Through.
Mute Choir-Quire of Paper.
Trophy Of the Chase-Brush.
A Rejected Beau-Old Ribbon Bow.
A Skynght-A Star.
Our Colored Waiter-Black Tray.
| Sweet Sixteen-Sixteen Lumps Of Sugar
Consolation-Pipe.
Common Sense-Pennies.
The Black Friar-Black Frying Pan.
| Coles Memorials Of the Great-Cinders
The Four Seasons-Mustard. Vinegar
Salt and Pepper.
! A Morning Caller-A Bell
| Assorted Liquors-Whip. Switch ant
| Slipper.
The Shippers Home-Cheese.
An Absorbing Subject-Blotter o.
| Sponge Could be Used.
A Dancing Entertainment-A Ball
Bound to Shine-Bottle Of Shoe Black
ing.
The Spoony Couple-Two Spoons.
Old Fashioned Flowers-Ladys Slippers
Nothing But Leaves-Block Of Blanl
Writing Paper.
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neatly held in place by the dainti-
est OF lacy caps.
History is repeating, for the chic
Parisienne of today has revived the
fashion. The most popular type Of
this useful as we'll as becoming head
gear is the crocheted cap done in the
mesh or pecoe stitch.
The illustration will serve as q
guide for those who do not crochet and
desire to have, one of these fetching
trifies. Fancy net might be substi-
tuted with band of beading for the
ribbon
The French also have a pretty Gus
tom of wearing breakfast caps. These
are fashioned of lowered lawn to
match the breakfast gown or sack. II
you are dreaming of a wedding-soon-
to-be, add several Of these dainty and
novel accessories to you< trousseau
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Too Many Clothes.

Don't overbuy.
Have what you need.
And give care to what you have.
A great stock of apparel means only
anxiety.
Notable housewives once took pride
in large stores Of clothing.
But the fashion has passed and with
1t much waste and disappointment
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For the Hostess
Chat on Interesting Topics of Many Kinds. by
Recognized Authority

excellent. Then salmon outlets with
potato puffs: cherry salad and eth
er strawberry or cherry ice for des-
sert. with pink frosted cakes. A yel-
low menu consists Of fruit served IN
orange shells, then corn soup with
whipped cream on top. egg outlets
with wax beans and potatoes on the
half shell; yellow tomatoes for the
salad and the tiny inner leaves OF
head lettuce with O rich mayonaise
dressing. Serve with cheese waters.
Have Spanish cream for dessert with
lady fingers. For q white or brides
luncheon. begin with chilled pineap-
pie and white grapes; q cream OF
celery soup, whipped cream on top.
The heavy course Is OF chicken breasts
creamed. tiny potato balls, sweet
bread and cucumber salad. Angel food
and lemon ice or q vanilla cream for
dessert.
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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
tTO BE CONTINUED)
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Good in Everything,
CTO BE CONTINUED.)

Whatever happens to anybody, it
may be turned to beautiful results
Walt Whitman.
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Quilting Supper.

The president of a Ladies' Aid Ell.
ranged this interesting meeting at her
country home. The society had .
large order for comforters, so they
combined work with pleasure. Invita-
tions were sent out for q "tufting
bee," the frames we're sent out and
everything was ready for work on the
large piazza when the guests arrived
The hours were from three to seven"
At early candle light" supper was
served. The table centerpiece was
a log cabin made Of twigs and there
were bread sticks, cheese straws,
candy sticks arranged in log cabin
style at the corners of the table.
Lights were not necessary, but there
we're quaint brass candle sticks on
the table in which the hostess lit
candles. She had potato salad. hot
baking powder biscuit, ginger bread.
delicious apple sauce chilled, iced tea
and coffee, old-fashioned sponge cake
and homemade candy.
Amusing Way to Choose Partners.
A clever way to ask the men to So
iect partners is to ask each girl to
bring the earliest picture OF herself
obtainable. The pictures are number
ed, the hostess having list Of each
name opposite the number so when
the time comes for making revelations
she can do 1t quickly and with certain
ty. Just before time for the game or
refreshments for which partners are
necessary pass basket or tray with
4he pictures turned face down: ask
each man to draw one and find the
original Just imagine the fun this
makes. One man actually asked i've
women els this your" before he found
the original In his wife.
| MADAME MERRL
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-18
Uncle Obadiah Stevens Really
Must Give Up that Candy

HAPPY is the man who is blessed with a
good son-in-law. Uncle ODE is extremely
lucky In that respect. In NJ. j. Yeomans.
Uncle ODE has an ideal son-in-law. So much
so, indeed, that he sympathizes with the old
brother in his desire to keep the confectionery
in the family. In the goodness of his heart,
and in his natural desire that the candy should
stay in the family, this ideal son-in-law is
circulating literature that tickles me all over
7eomans didn't intend that any of it should
fall into my hands, but it did so, just the
same. The political wire pullers, and the De
serters and the Do-nothings, as we'll as the
Union City CROOKS can't send out any circular
letters or campaign literature to Old Man
Peepul which that keenly interested indi-
vidual will not divide with Red-topped
Person, looking just about like me-
Thus it happens that [ am in possession of
the Yeomans literature.
With pathetic earnestness, Yeomans in
quires, "Why Defeat the Farmer?" Another
moving headline is, Farmers Must Retain
Their Representative on Railroad Commits
sion." The bucolc person referred to by
Yeomans is, of course, Uncle Obadiah
Don't you remember when the Railroad
Commission got after the Georgia Railroad?
Don't you remember that some parts of it's
road-bed were In such a dilapidated condi-
ton, that spikes could be pulled out of it's
rotten crossties with the naked fingers?
Don't you recollect how Bowdre Phinizy
carried sackful of those old spikes to At
lanta to show to the Commission? Don't you
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-18
Prepare to Prosecute VOte-BuyerS
and VOte-SellerS

Organize Committee in each militia dis
trict to watch, to get evidence, and to lay it
before the grand jury.
Let us haze such vigizance committee IN
ece2y torn.
WATCH THE BANKER WHO DISHES
OUT THE SLUSH-FUND.
Watch the lawyers and the managers who
are planning to buy the "time@ of certain
heezers.
Congressional Deserters and Donothings
are desperate; and they hare begun to use
money!
Look out Partner THEY ARE FIXING
TO DO YOU DIRT Watch them; get your
evidence, and be ready to go before the neat
grand jury.
This country is lost, if we can't put stop
to vote-buying.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-18
PAGE NINE
How We Will Work i'm the Tenth

The papers got it wrong: my advice to
Jefferson County was to unite on Evans.
Each county will be dealt with in it's turn
and we will throw the anti -Hardwick vote to
Eve, IN those counties achere Eya2,s IS the
ace0her man.
Who Will come out ahead, [ can't tell Re
ports have not yet made it clear which is the
stronger IN several of the counties.
My purpose IS to be perfectly fair to both
Fee and E0a1as, subordinating everything to
the common aim of getting rid of Tom Billy
When the Convention meets, 1t qciW be the
people assembled, as sovereigaas. The dele
gates will be the people meeting By repre-
seqatotiUes
Rule will be rescinded, as unauthorized
unjust and undemocratic The Executive
Committee had no right to zegiszate That
usurpatory body had no legal authority to
revolutionize the law of of the party. or to
depart from settled precedents
The anti-Hadacich delegates uciU be uo the
majority, and acW unite on the strongest man.
Fee or Ev0ns-Rule having been repealed
The majority nomination will be recognize
ed as Regular By the neao Euecutive Conn.,
mittee.
The men who obeyed Hardwicl1 in the mat
ter of Rule 8, will be ousted: and to their
places will be elected neao members aeho aciU
not usurp a poecer aczich belongs to Old Man
PeepM.
TIE TENTH ISN'T GOING TO BE
RUN OVER BY AN EXECUTIVE CON-
1NITZ'EE!
If Hardwck wants minority nomination,
let him have it from his own delegates
The majority nomination IS going to be
made as 1t has been made, heretofore.
We can't allow ONE MAN to make and
u1anaabe pa1'ty-zaao IN the Tenth.