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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-11
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Miss Times, spinster and guardian of
Gertrude and Haisey, established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. The servants
desert. Gertrude and Halsey arrive with
Jack Bailey. The house was awakened by
revolver shot and Arnold Armstrong
hines found Haiseys revolver i've ION on the the
lawn. He and Jack Bailey had disap-
peared. Gertrude revealed that she was
engaged to Jack Bailey, with whom she
talked IN the billiard room shortly before
the murder. Detective Jameson accused
Imprisoned an intruder in an empty room.
The prisoner escaped. Gertrude was sus-
pected because Of an injured foot. HAL
seyf reappears and says he and Bailey
We're called away by q telegram. Cashier
Bailey Bailey OF Paul Armstrong; bank. de-
Paul Armstrong's death was announced:
Haisey's fancee. Louise Armstrong, told
Halsey that while she still loved him, she
was to marry another. 1t developed that
pr. walker was the man. Louise was
found at the bottom of the circular stair
something had brushed by her on the
pected of Armstrong; murder. After
seeing ghost" Thomas, the lodgekeep-
err, was found dead with a slip in his
POCKET .a bearing %a W the name Of "Lueien Wal
yaeate in favor 3: Mrs Armstrong; st 5aeS She e
refused. A note from Bailey to Gertrude
arrang ag meeting at night was found.
A ladder out Of place deepens the mys-
terry. The stables were burned. During
the excitement man stole into the house.
shot an Intruder, a man limping was
seen on the road. Halsey mysteriously
disappeared, Louise seeming danger be-
tore his absense was noted.
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SICK, SOUR, UPSET STOMACH
indigestion, Gas, Heartburn or pys.
pepsla Relieved Five Minutes After
Taking Little Diapepsin.

Here is q harmless preparation
which surely will digest anything you
eat and overcome sour, gassy or out
of-order stomach within five minutes
II your meals don't fit comfortably
or what you eat lies like q lump Of lead
In your stomach, or If you have heart
burn. that is sign of Indigestion.
Get from your Pharmacist 50.cent
case of Pape's Diapepsin and take
. dose just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings, no belching OF
undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness OF
heavy feeling in the stomach, Nausea
Debilitating Headaches, Dizziness OF
Intestinal gripping. This will all 60
and, besides. there will be no sour food
left over in the stomach to poison your
breath with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is a certain cure
for out-of-order stomachs. because II
takes hold Of your food and digests II
just the same as II your stomach
wasn't there.
Relief In five minutes from, all stom.
ach misery is waiting for you at any
drug store here In town.
These large 50-cent cases Of Pape's
Diapepsin contain more than suficient
to thoroughly cure almost any case OF
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Gastritis OF
any other stomach disorder.
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AN lNToL EaAB i ITCHING

"Just about two years ago, some
form Of humor appeared on my scalp.
The beginning was . slight itching but
It grew steadily worse until, whom I
combed my hair, the scalp became
raw and the ends Of the comb-teeth
would be wet with blood. Most Of the
time there was an intolerable itching,
In painful, burning way, very much
% q bad, raw burn, IL deep, will Itch
and smart when first beginning to
heal. Combing my hair was positive
torture. My hair was long and tan
4 led terribly because of the blood and
'scabs. This continued growing worse
and over half my hair fell out. was
In despair, really afraid Of becoming
totally bald.
Sometimes the pain was so great
that. when partially awake, I would
scratch the worst places so that my
hnger-tips would be bloody. I could
not sleep we'll and, after being asleep
short time, that awful singing pain
would commence and then would
wake up nearly Wild with the torture.
A.neighbor said It must be salt rheum.
Having used Cuticura Soap merely %
q toilet soap before, I now decided to
order set Of the Cuticura Remedies
-Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills.
I used them according to directions
Tor perhaps six weeks, then left OF,
Is the disease seemed to be eradt-
gated, but toward spring, eighteen
months ago, there was slight re-
turn Of the scalp humor. COM
menced the Cuticura treatment at
once, SO had very little trouble. On
my scalp I used about one half a cake
of Cuticura Soap and half a box Of
Cutfeura Ointment in all. The first
time ] took six or seven bottles Of Gu
ticura Pills and the last time three
bottles-neither an expensive or to.
dious treatment. Since then have
had no scalp trouble of any kind.
Standing up, with my hair unbound, it
comes to my knees and had it not been
for Cuticura I should doubtless be
wholly bald.
'"This is voluntary. unsolicited tes-
dmonial and I take pleasure in writing
1t. hoping my experience may help
someone else. Miss Lillian Brown,
RED !. Liberty. Me-. Oct. 20. 1902
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STOPPED SHORT
Taking Tones, and Built Up on
Right Food.

The mistake is frequently made g
trying to build up WORKOUT nervous
system on so-called tonics-drugs.
New material from which to rebuild
wasted nerve cells is what should b
supplied, and this can be obtained
only from proper food.
1.-TWO years ago found myself On
the verge Of q complete nervous col
lapse, due to overwork and study, and
to illness in the family" writes . Wis
consin young mother.
my friends became alarmed -.
cause grew pale and thin and could
not sleep nights. I took various tonics
prescribed by physicians. but their
effects wore of shortly after /
stopped taking them. Ny food ID
not seem to nourish me and I GAINED
no flesh nor blood.
Reading Of Grape-Nut e,
termined to stop the tonics and -
what change Of diet would do.
ate Grape-Nuts four times Z day,
with cream and drank milk also went
to bed early after eating dish q
Grape Nuts. +
In about two weeks ] was sleepdnes
soundly. In . short tims gained 81
pounds IN WEIGHT and 1slt IN ls
different woman. NJ lfttls daneAta
whom was obliged % keap OF q
school last spring O Account g
chronic catarrh Aas changed no u
thin. pale. nervous child 70 sa II u
healthy sirl and has 80
school this I'm. Il
Gaps-lsuts M nj u y q q
only agsntss uel @ 600 r q
happy reDult1 z ssSsS;
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Dir. 1 y N 4 I.
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A Comnlalnt.

We're for women. first, last and IN
the time. We like her beautiful or
plain, clever or just ordinary; witty
or not; shapely or pudgy, but con-
found it we do wish that each and ev.
cry one Of them would get over the
notion that man has no right to
turn the pages Of newspaper jus4
because he's wedged against her in
a street car. We've been frozen BY Q
look, stabbed by sneer and wounded
to the quick by a sigh Just because
we've tried to read the story contin-
ued on page seven, column five, and
the thing that hurts the most is that
we still think that we had q perfect
right to do so.-Detroit Free Press.
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she stood sQuarely in the doorway,
and 1t was impossible to preserve
ones dignity and pass her.
Miss Armstrong is very ill and un.
able to see any one," she said. did
not believe her.
And Mrs. Armstrong-is she also
ill?"
"She is with Miss Louise and can.
not be disturbed"
Tell her it is Miss lines, and that It
is matter of the greatest impor.
tance."
1T would be of no use, Miss lines,
my orders are positive"
At that moment heavy step sound.
ed on the stairs. Past the maids
white-strapped shoulder 1 could see a
familiar thatch of gray hair, and in a
moment I was face to face with DR..
Stewart. He was very grave, and his
customary geniality was tinged with
restraint.
You are the very woman want to
see," he said promptly. "Send away
your trap, and let me drive you home.
What is this about your nephew?"
"He has disappeared, doctor. Not
only that, but there is every evidence
that he has been either abducted or
-" I could not finish. The doctor
helped me into his capacious buggy
in silence. Until we had got little
distance he did not speak; then he
turned and looked at me.
"Now tell me all about it." he said.
He heard me through without speak
ing.
"And you think Louise knows some.
thing?" he said when 1 had finished.
II don't-in fact, am sure of it. The
best evidence of it is this: She asked
me if he had been heard from, or If
anything had been learned. She won't
allow Walker in the room, and she
made me promise to see you and tell
you this: don't give up the search for
him. Find him, and find him soon.
He is living"
"Well," l said, eff she knows that,
she knows more. She is a very cruel
and ungrateful girl"
"She is a very sick GIRL" he said
gravely. Neither you nor can
Judge her until we know everything.
Both she and her mother are ghosts OF
their former selves. Under all this
these two sudden deaths, this bank
robbery, the invasions at Sunnyside
| and Halsey's disappearance, there is
some mystery that, mark my words
will come out some day. And when
it does, we shall find Louise Arm
strong victim"
Then we drove slowly home. l had
the doctor put me down at the gate
and I walked to the house-past the
lodge where we had found Louise, and
later, poor Thomas; on the drive
where had seen a man watching the
lodge and where, later, Rosie had been
i frightened; past the east entrance
where so short time before the most
obstinate effort had been made to en-.
ter the house, and where, that night
two weeks ago, Liddy and had seen
the strange woman. Not far from the
west wing lay the blackened ruins OF
the stables. felt like ruin myself
as paused on the broad veranda be-
fore entered the house.
Two private detectives had arrived
in my absence, and it was relief tc
turn over to them the responsibility
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CHAPTER XVI.
Halsey's Disappearance.

AAAAs oSSAAAVoOA SdAS OdCh dUOul
eight o'clock the next morning; he
was covered with mud, and his hat
was gone. Altogether we were a sad.
looking trio that gathered around q
breakfast that no one could eat. Over
a Gun of black coffee the detective
told US what he had learned of Hal.
sey's movements the night before. Up
to a certain point the car had made it
easy enough to follow him. And ]
gathered that Mr.. Burns, the other de.
tective,, had followed a similar car
for miles at dawn, only to find It was
touring car on an endurance run.
"He left here about ten minutes aft.
er eight" Mr.. Jameson said. "He
went alone; at $500 he stopped at Dr.
Walkers. went to the doctors
about midnight, but he had been
called out on case, and had not
come back at four o'clock. From the
Doctors it seems Mr.. lines. walked
across the lawn to. the cottage Mrs
Armstrong and her daughter have
taken. Mrs. Armstrong had retired
and he said perhaps dozen words tc
Miss Louise. She will not say wha,
they were. but the girl evidently sus
poets what has occurred. That ia. abe
suspects foul play, but she doesn't
know of what nature. Then, appar
emily, he started directly for the sta.
ton. Along somewhere in the dark
stretch between Carol street and the
depot he evidently swerved suddenly
perhaps some one in the road-and
went full into the side of a freight.
We found it there last night"
"He might have been thrown under
the train by the force Of the shock y
I said TREMENDOUSLY.
Gertrude shuddered
I'VE examined every inch Of track.
There was-no sign"
but surely-he can't be-gone!" !
cried. aren't there traces in the
mud-anything?"
There Is no mud only dust. There
has been no rain. And the footpath
there Is Of cinders. Miss lines, am
inclined to think that he has met with
bad treatment. in the light Of what
has gone before. l do not think he
has been murdered" shrank from
the word. BURNS is back in the coun.
try on q clew we got from the night
clerk at the drug store. There will be
two more men here by noon, and the
city once u on the lookout
"The creek7" Gertrude asked.
The creek IL shallow now. II II
were swollen with rain ~ would be
different. There y hardly any water
~ IL. Now. Miss sInnes, 80 said.
tnrning ito me. q must al you some
Questions. Had M. Haisey ~ Do.
psible rsaaon Tor going away liks this.
Without afningii
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ss s;. 70 y spt eway oncs s. Il .
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PATENTS % s:s: 81 !. gs :s;:,:s:. R:s
Lovers Wedding Cake.

-Four pounds Of -four of love. half q
pound Of buttered youth. half a pound
of good looks. half pound of sweet
temper. half pound of self-forgetful-
ness, half q pound of powdered wits.
half an ounce Of dry humor, two table
spoonfus of sweet argument, half Q
pint of ripping laughter, half wine
glassful Of common sense.
Then put the -four of love. good
looks and sweet temper into we'll
furnished house. Beat the butter oe
youth to cream. Mix together blind
ness of faults, self-forgetfulness. pow
dered wits. dry humor into sweet argu-
ment. then add them to the above.
Pour in gently ripping laughter and
common sense. Work it together un-
til all is we'll mixed. then bake gently
forever.
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of the house and grounds. Mr.. Jamie.
son, they said, had arranged for more
to assist in the search for the missing
man, and at that time the country was
being secured in all directions.
The household staff was again de.
pleted that afternoon. Liddy was wait
ing to tell me that the new cook had
gone, bag and baggage, without wait
ing to be paid. No one had admitted
the visitor whom Warner had heard
in the library, unless. possibly, tho
missing cook. Again WAS working in
a circle.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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"Miss Armstrong Is Very III
persisted. "And you were as sure
then"
"He did not leave the Dragon Fly
damned into the side of a freight car
BEFORE"
mo, but he left it for repairs in
blacksmith shop, long distance
from here. Do you know if he had
any enemies? Any one' who might
wish him out of the way?"
"Not that I know of, unless-no,
cannot think of any"
"Was he in the habit of carrying
money!"
"He never carried it far. No, he
never had more than enough for cur
rent expenses"
Mr.. Jameson got up then and be-
gan to pace the room. It was an un-
wonted concession to the occasion.
"Then think we get at it by elm
ination. The chances are, against
flight. If he was hurt, we find no
trace of him. It looks almost like an
abduction. This young DR.. Walker
have you any idea why Mr.. Innes
should have gone there last night?"
II cannot understand it," Gertrude
said thoughtfully. II don't think he
knew DR.. Walker at all, and-their re-
lations could hardly have been cordial,
under the circumstances"
Jameson pricked up his ears, and
little by little he drew from us the
unfortunate story of Halsey's love af-
fair, and the fact that Louise was 60
ing to marry DR.. Walker.
Mr.. Jameson listened attentively.
There are some interesting devel-
opments here" he said thoughtfully.
"The woman who claims to be the
mother of Lucien Wallace has not
come back. Your nephew has appar-
emily been spirited away. There Is an
organized attempt being made to en-
ter this house; in fact, it has been
entered. Witness the incident with
the cook yesterday. And I have a
new piece of information" He looked
carefully away from Gertrude. "Mr.
John Bailey is not at his Knicker-
booker apartments. and don't know
where he is. It's hash, that's what
it is. It's Chinese puzzle. They
won't fit together, unless-unless Mr.
Bailey and your nephew have again"
And once again Gertrude surprised
me. They are not together" she
said holly. "I-know where Mr.. Bailey
is, and my brother is not with him."
Miss Gertrude" he said. 'if you and
Miss Louise would only tell me every
thing you know and surmise about
this business, should be able to do a
great many things. I believe I could
find your brother. and might be able
to-well, to do some other things"
But Gertrude's glance did not falter.
Nothing that know could help
you to find Halsey," she said stubborn.
ly. Il know absolutely as little Of his
disappearance as you do. and can
only say this: do not trust DR..
Walker. think he hated Halsey,
and he would get rid Of him If he
could"
Perhaps you are right. In fact. I
had some such theory myself. But DR..
Walker went out late last night to a
serious case in Summitville. and is
still there. Burns traced him there.
We have made guarded inquiry at the
Greenwood club and through the VII.
lage. There 10 absolutely nothing to
60 on but this: On the embankment
above the railroad, at the point where
we found !. the machine Il - :. 49,. n
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Mrs. AUaUsTE VEsPERiLANN, Dc For
est, Wisconsin.
Another Operation Avoided.
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fered from severe female troubles.
Finally I was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces.
vary: gave Lydia E. Pinkham's Ven
etable Compound q trial first, and
was saved from an operation" MR..
LILY PEYRoUx, I'LL Kerlerec St.. New
Orleans, La.
Thirty years Of unparalleled success
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Ing in proves conclusively that Lydia
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, remarkable remedy for those dis
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Ifyou want special advice aboua
your case write to Mrs. Pinkham.
ct Lynn, Mass. Her advice r
free, and always helpful.
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ri. LITTLE tote

I'm sorry, old man. said the doctor
when his patient cams cut ,of the
chloroform, ''but we had to remove
your leg to save your life"
win ! get better?" asked the man
feebly.
Yes. you're Ill right now. Yoa
ought to live 20 years more"
:Ah.. sighed the victim, that's Z
long while TO live with ono foot 8 a.
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Appreciation Of good accomplished
helps more than much advice on the
good yet to be done.
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All men are equal before the law,
but some are more than equal to the
task of getting around Il. sE3g y
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SWAMP. Is not recommended for
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ROOT have kidney, liver Of
bladder trouble 1t will be
found Just the remedy you need. At drug
gists in fifty cent and dollar sizes. You
may have q sample bottle Of this wonder.
full new discovery by mail free, also
pamphlet telling all about It.
Address, DR.. Kilmer = Co., Binghsmton, n. Z.
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SAVED
FROM AN !.
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"a.
OPERATION
ByLydia E. Pinkl1am's
Vegetable COMPOUND

Do Forest, Wis
after IN opera.
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/ had pains down
ward In both ddee,
'backache, and &
weakness. The doc
tor wanted mo to
have another opera>
ton. I took Lydia b.
Pinkham's VeReta.
BILE Compound and
I am entirely cured
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Weeks-Why are you stopping?
You didn't run over that man.
Swiftly know 1t. Just want to
see what ais the steering gear.
Newark post., 1910-11-09

1t has a large number of oIphaus
from different parts OF the Sta.e Of
Delaware, also inmates from the near
by States OF New York, New Ierse,
and Maryland.
The outside fall work is all complete
and ali are centering their efforts Oh
the school proper.
A new teacher has been employed
for one Of the industrial departments.
The school is sending out both boys
and girls to work in private families
and they are receiving very satsiac-
tory reports OF these former pupils
AS many as seven boys were sent to a
farmer at once during the busy sum
mer season.
The special efforts of the managers
OF the institution are centered on the
raising oI $2ocoO, to enable them to
receive the applicants who are seek
ing admission.
Newark post., 1910-11-09

small a compass as possible for our
selves, and never allow them to annoy
Others"
Upon the sadness OF the sea
The sunset broods regretlully;
From the far lonely spaces slow
Withdraws the wistful aflLrglow
So out of life the splendor dies:
So dsrkcn all the happy skies:
So gathers twilight, cold and stern;
But overhead the planets burn.
And up the east another day
Shall chase the bitter dark away;
What though our eyes with tears are
wet?
The sunrise never failed us yet
The blush oi dawn may yet restore
Our light, and hope, and joy, once
more;
Sad soul. take comfort. nor forget
That sunshine never failed us yet"
"'How grateful we ought to be- ex-
claims Henry Ward Beecher, when
God sends us natural heart-singer
who Gains, cheers and helps his iel-
lowsr There are natural heart-sing
ers to whom songs and smilcs come
as spontaneously as sighs and tears
to others. The latter have been un-
fortunate in their hcredity or carly
environment. or training, for a normal
man or woman is cheerful, healthy,
and optimistic, while an abnormal one
is gloomy, unhealthy and pessimistic.
Clouds and sunshine alternate in every
life. Those who prefer to sulk in the
shadow, when the sun is shining. have
none but themselves to blame if all
the world seems dark and miserable +"
Life must have its sometime sor-
row. but the years that drift along
Touch the minor chords but seldom
there are spaces blithe with song
Sometimes we must face the shadows
where the wind blows keen and
cold,
But the shadow fades the dan ming,
and the east is hicked with gold"
"The Lord said two things to Abra-
ham: 1 will bless thee and BE thou
blessing When God makes us glad
the gladness is not to end witt, our
selvcs--we are TO pass it on"
"Oh, to scatter blessings broadcast,
to give without wish for return, to do
good for the joy of it, to toss your
GOODWILL and heartiness right and left
among men; to bring a smile to wan
faces, hope with dull eyes, sunshine
into dark corners, and so touch mems
lives that they shall feel the passing of
some benign influence. the presence
of something divine-herc are aims!'