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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24

Dodging work
and maintaining
his dignity are a
hard pair for q
man to serve.
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THE ARGUS.

eY THE J. w. POTTER co.
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A clever man lis one who never lets
Lis wife find cut how stupid he is.
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All the news all the um@The Argua
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1. B. Craig Secretary.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
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ROBERTS
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SYNOPSIS.

Miss Innes, 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
a hamper. Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house was aWak-
ened by a revolver shot and Arnold Arm
strong was found shot to death In the
hall. Miss Innes found Halsey's revolver
on the lawn He and Jack Bailey had dis
appeared. The link cuff-button mysterl-
ously disappeared. Detective Jameson
gagged to Jack Bailey, with whom she
talked in the billiard room few mo-
ments before the murder. Jameson ac-
cused Miss Times of holding back evil
dence. He imprisoned an intruder In an
empty room. The prisoner escaped down
a laundry chute. Gertrude was suspected:
A negro found the other half OF wnat
proved to be Jack Bailey's cun-button.
Halsey reappears and says he and Bailey
said she had given Bailey an unloaded
revolver, fearing to give him loaded
weapon. Cashier Bailey of Paul Arm
strong's bank, defunct, was arrested Tor
embezzlement. Halsey said Armstrong
wrecked his own bank and could clear
Bailey. Paul Armstrong; death was an
nounced. Halsey's fiancee, Louise Arm
strong, was found at the lodge, Inc
lodgekeeper said Louise and Arnold mad
a 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 woul Id despise
her when he learned the whole story.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

On Friday night, then, l had gone
Thoughts that insisted on obtruding
themselves / pushed resolutely to the
back of my mind, and / systematically
relaxed every muscle, fell asleep
soon, and was dreaming that DIR.
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.
/ 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?" / 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 1t, 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
in"
Sure enought, there was dull thud
-thud-thud-it came apparently
from the wall.
Its not a ghost" said decidedly.
IF it was a ghost it wouldn't rap; it
would come through the keyhole."
Liddy looked at the keyhole. But it
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04

Another thing, Halsey," l 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.
The papers reported that the cash
Ter 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 discovesed. In
every instance they had been used as
collateral for large loans, and the
belief was current that not less than
a million and 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 sMexico, and it 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 looting. 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
Iuc punt VI uCpdi IulC' ~ IL
seemed the shrewd calculation of a
clever rascal. I was not actively an
tagonistic to Gertrude's lover, but
meant to be convinced, one way or the
other. l 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 a 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.
confess myself that the place seemed
tome 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 its history.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
London Mulberry Trees

Finbury Circus gardens, which have
just furnished fruit for the lord mayor,
are by no means the sole city haunt of
the mulberry tree, says the London
Daily News. The "wisest of trees"
a. Pliny termed it, evidently likes
London" and fiouirshes even at the
Charterhouse in murky Smithfield. A
thriving little sapling has recently
been planted in the picturesque north
ern corner of st. Paul's churchyard
hard by the spot where once stood the
famous Paul's cross. Asked how the
prospective fruit would be protect.
ed from marauding street arabs, chap
ter gardener replied: Il hope he
won't never bear no berries in my
time"
London mulberry trees are supposed
to derive their descent from an at
tempt of James !. to found silk grow
ing industry. but seem really to have
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
CHAPTER xIv.-continued.

Gertrude and Halsey went for a
long walk that afternoon and Louise
slept Time hung heavy on my hands,
and l did as l had fallen into habit
of doing lately-I sat down and
thought things over. One result OF
my meditations was that / got up sud
denly and went to the telephone.
had taken the most intense dislike to
this DR.. Walker, whom l had never
seen, and who was being talked Of In
the countryside as the fiance of Louise
Armstrong.
I knew Sam Huston we'll. There
had been a time, when Sam was a
good deal younger than he is now, be-
fore he had married Anne Endicott,
when l 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'
scended to connect his employer
desk telephone, l was somewhat at a
loss as to how to begin.
why, how are you, Rachel?" Sam
said generously. Going to build that
house at Rock View" 1t was 20
year-old joke of his.
Sometime, perhaps" I said. Gust
now l want to ask you a question
about something which is none of my
business"
81 see you haven't changed an iota
in a quarter of a century, Rachel
This was intended to be another jest
ASK ahead; everything but my do
nestle affairs is at your service"
TRY to be serious" I said. "And
tell me this: Has your firm made any
plans for a house recently for DR.
Walker at Casanova"
Yes, we have"
Where was it to be built? l have
a reason for asking"
1T was to be. believe, on the Arm
strong place. Mr.. Armstrong himself
consulted me, and the inference was
in fact, l am quite certain-the
house was to be occupied by Mr.. Arm
strong's daughter, who was engaged
to marry DR.. Walker"
When the architect had inquired fol
the different members of my family
and had finally rung off, was certain
of one thing. Louise Armstrong was
in love with Halsey, and the man she
was going to marry was DR.. Walker
Moreover, this decision was not new
marriage had been contemplated fol
some time There must certainly bt
some explanation-but what was it?
That day repeated to Louise the
telegram Mr.. Harton had opened. She
seemed to understand, but an unhap
pier face I have never seen. She
looked like a criminal whose reprieve
is over, and the day of execution ap
preaching.
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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 it's
night lamp, was in darkness, as went
across to Halseys room. / 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," l 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 a suppressed yell, bolted into the
room and stood tightly clutching the
foot-board of the bed. Halsey was
gradually waking.
1--WE seen it," Liddy walled. "a
woman in white down the half"
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-
ly. And then he reused to the ext
gency of the occasion. "All right,
Aunt Ray" he said, still yawning IF
you'll let me get into something"
1t was all could do to get Liddy
out of the room. The demands of the
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E7aklISS|2ESI|MAR t

occasion had no influence on her: she
she wasn't going into the hall. But
l 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 while, had commenced
again, but they were fainter. Halsey
came over in a few minutes, and stood
listening and trying to locate the
sound.
Give me my revolver, Aunt Ray"
he said; and l got 1.-THE one | had
found in the tulip bed-and gave 1t to
him. He saw Liddy there and OWNED
at once that Louise was alone.
you let me attend to this fellow,
whoever 1t is, Aunt Ray, and 60 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 l 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 womans scream, a
cry of terror that broke off as sudden.
ly as it came. l stood frozen and still.
Every drop of blood in my body
seemed to leave the surface and gath.
err around my heart. In the dead ST.
lence that followed 1t throbbed as if II
would burst. More dead than alive
l stumbled into Louise's bedroom. She
was not there!
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CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Mcrninu.

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.
/ picked 1t up, but my hand shook so
| that / put 1t 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. II think-it was she-who
screamed"
Liddy had Joined us now, carrying
light. We stood huddled together at
the head Of the circular staircase,
looking down into its shadows. There
was nothing to be seen, and IL was
absolutely quiet down there. Then
we heard Halsey running up the main
staircase. He came quickly down tho
hall to where we were standing.
There's no one trying to get in.
thought / heard some one shrek.
| Who was it?'
Our stricken faces told him the
truth.
Some one screamed down there"
/ said! "And-and Louise is not in
her room"
With a jerk Halsey took the light
from Liddy and ran down the circular
staircase. followed Lin, 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 a 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 its length a
couple of steps above her head, as II
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,
/ 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,
which faced the east, before she could
tell us coherently what had occurred
| give 1t as she told 1t. She lay
propped in bed, and Halsey sat beside
her, unrebuffed, and held her hand
while she talked.
| ITO BE CONTINUED)
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see Halsey all that day, and the boy
was frantic.
We had quiet hour, Halsey and l,
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 DR.. Walker, and,
last of all, my own interview with her
the day before.
He sat back in big chair, with his
face in the shadow, and my heart fair
ly ached for him. He was so big and
boyish! When / had finished he drew
long breath.
Whatever Louise Does" ne 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 could of her. 1t sounded
like puzzle. When / saw her yes.
terday, it was the same thing, only,
perhaps, worse"
"Halsey," I 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
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grew stronger, and within three months
] was perfectly well woman.
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Compound."-Mrs. JOHN G.. MoLDAN,
2115 Second St., North, Minneapolis
MINI.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
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Women who suffer from those dis
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Ifyou want special advice write
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Shewill Observation-Disclosures
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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 man was Mr..
Paul Armstrong, anyhow"
HE was bully as well as a ras-
cal, Gertrude" | said but am con-
WINGED of one thing; Louise will send
for Halsey now, and they will make
all up"
For Louise had steadily refused to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
The Dentists Joke.

At a recent dinner of the Authors
club in London to Mr.. Owen Seaman,
the editor of Punch Mr.. Walter
Emanuel, another member of the staff
of Punch, referred to the fact that the
man with the largest sense of humor
he had ever struck was an Englishman
"a dentist. He went to him after suf-
fering long with toothache. He re-
fused to have gas, and the dentist
pulled out a tooth, leaving him with
ing in pain, and took the tooth to the
window, where he laughed quite heart
lily. He groaned: whats the joker"
Wrong TOOTH" said the dentist.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
Millions Say So

When millions of people use for
years medicine it proves its merit:
People who know CASCARETS'
value buy over a million boxes a
month. It's the biggest seller be-
cause it is the best bowel and liver
medicine ever made. No matter
what you're using, Just try CAS-
CARETS 0nee-you'l See. m7
CASCARETS l0c. box for a weeks
treatment. all druggists. Biggest seller
IN the world. Million boxes a month.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
Interchange Of Confidence.

Il have come here" said the cat
model in the artists studio, for set
purr pose"
Yes" said the dog, amy one ought
to snap at that job. Baltimore
American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04

been introduced by the Romans An
other unlikely tree which appears to
do well in the heart of London is the
fig, numerous specimens of which can
be seen flourishing under the most
depressing conditions.
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The Only Kind.

ut would be good idea IL brains
could be gone over and renovated now
and then"
IF that were possible, some brains
would have to be renovated with a
vacuum cleaner"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04

Cdu66U u WCdhuCbn
and broken down
condition of the
system. / read so
much ofwhatLydia
e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women j
felt sure it would
help me, andI must
say it did help me
wonderfully. My
pains all left me. /
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
In the Niqht School.

Teacher (of night schooD-What do
you understand by the terms life
sentence?" Give an example of one.
Shaggy-Haired Pupil pronounced
you husband and wife.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04

BY a patient loving endurance OF
annoyance are we preparing our
selves gradually for the discipline OF
trials.-E. NJ. Goulburn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

= Minneapolis, Mimi was great
sufferer from female troubles which
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04

The only way to learn to do great
things is to do small things well, pa
tiently, loyally.-David Starr Jordan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
CHAPTER XIV.
Liddy Gives the Alarm.

The next day, Friday, Gertrude
broke the news of her stepfather's
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
DAISY ELY KILLER

THE LAST or THE WORLDS WHEAT
LANDS, good soil. plenty of rainfall, big Yields
Lard cheap Stoner's Land Agency Lewistown, Mont.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
ARKANSAS FRUIT LANDS

For health and prosperity come TO Benton County,
Ark the home OF the big red apple and the Elberta
peach. Fruit land from $40 70 500 per acre. For
information write Beaey Real Estate Co., wssss, ARA.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-16

after careful examination the dentist decides that a splinter should come eff. Taking up a cutter, q scissors shaped instrument two feet long Sn' with s:It Ike edges, he applies it to Inc teeth and with a quick movement snaps off the offending corner.
 just as careful ateent' n Is given the process of filling l decayed tooth cf a horse as is accorded any Eu,Yan ',ing. art the opcrati ,n is pretty much the same in both cases. Electric drills, together with the most i'm proved instruments, are employed and antiseptics are as generously used in the one instance as in the other.
 Gold, as we'll as aluminium and am- algam, are the materials used in the filling and crOwning of horses teeth. The fee charged varies greatly. rang ing anywhere from 8 to $125. Where gold is employed it is of course the most expensive item in the operation, for the back tooth of a horse meas ures an inch in breadth and three inches long. and it requires therefore a larger quantity of the valuable metal to fill up these molars.