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ner TO drink 1t, poison and all. out OF
revenge for her action at the dinner
table a short time before. did not &C.
cur to me then. but IL 1t had there
were the three glasses-he would not
bring three. nor would Adelaide. nor.
as l saw it, would Carmel
Chaos-however one looked at 1t,
chaos! Only one fact was clear-that
Carmel knew the whole story and
might communicate the same II ever
her brain cleared and she could be
brought to reveal the mysteries OF that
hour.
Did I really desire such consum-
nation? Only God could tell. only
know that the fear and expectation Of
such an outcome made my anguish for
the next two weeks.
Would she live? Would she die? The
question was on every tongue. The
crisis of her disease was approaching.
and the next twenty-four hours would
decide her fate. and in consequence
my own, II not her brother Arthur's.
As contemplated the suspense OF
these twenty-four hours revolted
madly for the first time against the
restrictions of my prison. l wanted
air, movement. the rush into danger.
which my horse or my automobile
might afford-anything which would
drag my thoughts from that sick room
and the anticipated stir Of that lovely
form into conscious life and suffering.
Clifton told me no one was allowed
In the sick room but the nurse and
the doctor. Even Arthur was denied
admission and was wearing himself
out In his own room. as / was wearing
myself out here. In restless inactivity.
He expected her to sink and never to
recover consciousness and was loud
In his expressions of rebellion against
the men who dared to keep him from
her bedside when her life was trem'
bling in the balance. But the nurse
had hopes, and so had the doctor. Al
for Carmel's looks, they were greatly
changed, but beautiful still In spite
Of the cruel scar left by her fall
against the burning bars Of her sis'
ters CRATE. No delirium disturbed the
rigid immobtlity IN which she now lay
could await her awakening with
quiet confidence In the justice Of God
Thus Clifton. In his ignorance.
The day was bleak one. and the
evening hours were no better. The
hands on my watch crawled. When
the door finally opened It came as Z
shock. knew that 1t was Clifton
who entered, but ! could not meet bis
eye.
dug my nails into both my palm.
and waited for his tirst word. When
It came I felt my spirits 60 down
down. I had thought them ut theiI
lowest ebb before. He hesitated and
I started up:
'sTeli me-" cried-"Carmel Is dead!
mot Dead" said be, ''but silly. Hel
testimony is no more to be relied upoE
than that Of any other wandering
! mind"
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NOTICE TO cnGplToRs

IN the Superior Court ofthe State Of washing
ington IN and Tor the COsnty Of Thurston.
In - tbs estate Of Harriet r. W. Hope, de-
ceased.
Notice IL hereby given that tie undersiened
hiss been appointed Executor of the last VIII
snd Testament al Harriet u. W. Hope. deceased.
and Of her estate. sad thet all pefsons having
claims sgsinst tho said declared, or against
her estate. are required 70 present the same to
On Eds Inlet, lcomnonly Known % Oyster
Dayl In Thnrston county, Washington. or to his
attorneys. MessFs. Troy Z eturdevanG q ihei1
twelve months ffon the date Of the Aret publica-
tioa Of this notice or the same VIII y foeevss
barred. b. ". HOPE,
Exeeutoe Of the last will and Tsstansat q
Date Il Arst publications April 10. 11lA G.
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CHAPTER XIV.
s'pRHAr IN rnr CLASP

''BRHAK IN THE oLAss!
TT was some time before I learn
ed the particulars Of Carmel's
awakening. 1t had occurred at
sunset With the exception Of
the doctor and possibly the nurse,
only those interested In her % wit
ness In the most perplexing case on
the police annals were grouped In a.
lent watchfulness about the room Of
mystery.
It came suddenly, 40 all great
changes come. One moment her lds
were down, her face calm, her whole
figure quiet In III statue-like repose;
the next her big violet eyes had lash
ed open upon the world. and lips and
limbs were moving feebly but Ger.
tainly In their suddenly recovered
freedom. She murmured. hak petu-
lantiy:
~Why DO you look at me 81 Oh. I
remember. ! remember! What's the
matter9 cannot move 40 used to
do. feel-I feel"-
sYou have been IN" came soothlngiy
from the doctor. sYou have been IN
bed many dnya Now ron are bettee
and viii soon b well. This = your
nurse" he said nothing Of the Others,
who were 20 placed behind screens ~
to Be invisible to her.
She continued to eAze ilrst At ons
then At the other. AZ she did - The
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Vhere was no
open accusation
made. but he
must have I'M
derstood the ST.
lence Of all pres
ent. he &C.
kno " l e d ged
some days ago,
when confront.
ed with the bot
tie found In
Cuthbert road,
that he had tax.
en- both 1t and
another from the
clubhouse just
before the storm
began to rage
that night"
1.-THE hour: the
very hour!" I
muttered.
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"a tne cause or AdelaIde's absence.
Hor attention wandered while he
spoke of it.
"How it did hurtv' she cried. But
I didn't think much about 1t. l thought
onlv Of Next moment her voice
rose in a shrek, thin. but impetuous.
and imbued with q note Of excited
feeling which made every person there
start. There should be two!" she
cried. 1.-TWO! Why is there only onef"
This sounded like raving. The doc
tors face took on a look Of concern.
and the nurse stirred uneasily.
zone is not enough! That Is why
Adelaide is not satisfied. Why does
she not come and love and comfort
me. as l expected her to? Tell her 1t Is
not too late yet, not too late yet, not
too late
The doctors hand was on her fore
head.
crest" came in DR.. Carpenters most
soothing tones-"rest, my little Car
mel: forget everything and rest" He
thought he knew the significance OF
her revolt from. the glass he had Of
fered her. She remembered the scene
at the Cumberland dinner table on that
fatal night and shrank from anything
that reminded her Of 1t. Ordering the
medicine put In a cup. he offered 1t to
her again, and she drank 1t without
question. As she Quieted under Its In
fluence the disappointed listeners. now
tiptoeing carefully from the room.
heard her murmur in final appeal:
Cannot Adelaide spare one minute
from-from her company downstairs to
wish me health and kiss me good
nighty'
Was It weakness or a settled inabil-
ity to remember anything but that
which filled her own mind3
It proved to be a settled inability to
take in any new ideas or even to re
member much beyond the completion
Of that dinner. As the days passed and
news Of her condition came to me from
time to time found that she had not
only forgotten what had passed be-
tween herself and the rest Of the fam
fly previous to their departure for the
clubhouse, but all that had afterward
occurred at the Whispering Pines.
even to her own presence there and
the ride home. She could not even re-
tain In her mind for any appreciabie
length of time the idea Of Adelaide's
death. Even after DR.. Carpenter. with
Infinite precautions. revealed to her the
truth no: that Adelaide bad been muir
dcrcd. but that Adelaide had passed
away during the period OF her own III
ness-Carmel gave but one cry OF grief,
then Immediately burst forth in her
old complaint that Adelaide neglected
her. She had lost her happiness and
hone and Adelaide would not spare her
an hour.
This expression when l heard Of It
convinced me. as believe It did some
others. that her act Of self denial In
not humoring my within and flying
from home ana duty that night had
made a stronger Impression % her
mind than all that came after.
She never asked. for Arthur. This
may have grieved him; but. according
TO my faithful friend and attorney. u
appeared 10 have the contrary eject
and to bring him positive relief. When
It was borne In on him. % It Was soon
to be borne In on all. TINT her mind
was not what It was be grew notice
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The House
of the
Whispering
Pines
BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
Copyright. 1910. by Anna Katharine
Rohlfs
CHAPTER XIV.
RANELAGH RESUMES HIS STORY.

~ They were merciful days to me
since l was far too weak for
thought Then there came a
period of conscious rest, then renewed
in life and my own fate and
What had happened dur
1ng this interval?
I had a confused memory Of having
eeen Clifton's face at my bedside. but
i was sure that no words had passed
between us. When would he come
again? When should hear about Car
mel and whether she were yet alive
or mercifully dead. like her sister? ]
might read the papers. but they had
been carefully kept from me. Not one
was in sight. The nurse would I'M
doubtedly give me the information
desired: but, kind as she had been.
dreaded to consult stranger about
matters which involved my very exist
ence and every remaining hope.
would risk one question. but no
more l would ask about the inquest
Had It been heidi If she said yes-ah,
II she said yes!-I should know that
Carmel was dead, and the news, com
ing thus, would kill me. So I asked
nothing and was lying In sufficiently
feverish condition when the doctor
came in, saw my state and, thinking
to cheer me up. remarked blandly:
"You are well enough this morning
to hear good news. Do you recognise
the room you are inT
"rm In the hospital. am I notr
"Hardly. You are In one Of Mr..
O'Hagen's own rooms" Air. OHagen
was the head keeper) "You are de-
tanned now simply as witness"
Twas struck to the heart, terrified
In an instant.
"what7 why7 What has hap
penedT I questioned rapidly. half
starting up. then falling back on my
pillow under his astonished eye.
Nothing" he parted, seeing his mis-
take and resorting to the soothing
process.
'Send for Mr.. Clifton" ! said. Hes
40.
ne'e ue =. sa,u .us ~ 800. av .s
~ 500 e-. 'e'
WITH q gos,rr. =, ~. ,rr.e The Aor.
.o- t,rto.S n,,t r,,t+s,;r. - Cl,ftor
A he n.ssed como wcra AZ waning
~ casnal in.truct,on ma nur.e foi.
loved and rlifton coming forvand.
toot = seat At INV $40 "A vaa cheer.
ful. INIT NOT too cheerfui. ana the air Of
slieht constraiut which Hinged his man.
ner m much m n did mine did not
escape me.
Tell me why they have withdrawn
their suspicious. rye heard nothing.
read nothing, for days. l don't nm
derstand this move"
@You'rs starch" - began Ton
have my regard. Elwood. Not many
men would have stood the racket ana
sacrificed themselves a. you have Done.
Inc fact y Recognized nov. ana your
motive-
No. ~esS ~ w. sSsS wAssSs ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-24

New York and Boston. Assuming | the same density of traffic as at pres 1 rious wreck has resulted in aver l age of one in 3,000,000 times of use of
 no automatic invention of our know1- | edge in existence that is available, and we believe from our experience with automatic devices of all kinds, there is none that will show the l margin of safety that the use Of our | cross-overs, under the rules of our company, when observed, has given upon our lines.
 Narrow Surplus Margin. 'I think there is another topic that you ought to be made acquaint ed with: Much comment has been made about the narrow margin for surplus left in recent years after the payment Of dividends. Now those of you who
 have kept the reports of the company,
 per1od of fifteen or more years you
 will discover that the average surplus
 after the payment of dividends for
 the. last nine years has been greater
 than the average surplus of any pre-
 yious similar period. It is the earn
 ings Of the system Of transports ton your attention should be given and
 but those of the parent company alone,
 for upon the parent company falls
 the interest charge of the cost of
 the SysternHthe capital charge Of the
 whole Systen-and the result of the parent connpany's operation alone nec- SSSaT1ly SHOWS a d0I1C1T WlEhOut there is corresponding inclusion of the in come of those subsidiaries in that of the parent company Those never have been included heretofore except as the directors have seen fit to de- clare a regular per cent. dividend up- on the stock of those companies and a large surplus has accumulated in the treasuries of the subordinate com panies. In the case of what we call the New Haven System there is but one company, every share of whose ent company. and that is the Central New England Railway Co.,, and there are less than 800 shares of that stock outstanding at the present time, negligible in the amount of the sys- tems net earnings that could be ap- only true index of the earnings of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company are the earnings of the combined system represented by l earnings of subsidiary companies is l available 4fer4ztae declaration of divi- l dend by by the parent parent = =eo,npany only such a small amount of outstand- | ing stock as in the case of the Cen tra1 New England railway, cannot the ?s's
 MT. Mellen: Some Of the people say there are. no shares like them and some people think they are worth a dollars a sharea and there--l ,ore there is F q disagreenaent. and here is way of compelling them to seH''
 Directors Chosen.
 The election of the following 1irec- ors unanimously was announced: F Rockefe1ler. J. Pferpont Nor ,an, George MaccuIloch Miller, Chas. 2 Brooker, l. DeVere Warner, Edwin Miner, William Skinner, D.. Newton Barney, Charles S. Mellen, Robert w.. Taft, James s. Elton, James s. Hem ngway, James McCrea, A. Heaton Henry K. McHarg, Lewis Cass Led ard Charles M Pratt, Alexander ,ochrane, John l.. Billiard, George F. Baker, Thomas Dewitt Cuyler, Theo- lore N. Vail Edward Mi1ligan, Fran is T. Maxwell Augustus $. May, Sid eyz w. Wins1ow. II
 There were 1,O24,sos shares of stock oted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-24
ADVERTISING AND
 PUBLICITY CLUB TO z BE FORMED HERE

George H. Perry, famous as a de- partment store advertising manage with Gimbel and Seigel-Cooper in New York will be the chief speaker at the or publicity club which will take place at the Stratfield Hotel, tomorrow eve ming at 7:30 o'clock. J. George Fred .erick, an officer in New York and Ma tiona1 Ad Clubs, who is interested in seeing more advertising clubs organ ized throughout the country, and is helping organize the club.
 As a good start in this direction, MT Frederick has invited Mir G. P. Far rar, an expert in type display, to talk in addition to MT. Perry. MT. Farrar will tell how to get the best effects in booklet, catalogue or circular adYer- Using.
 MT Farrar,s thorough knowledge of retail selling will be a practical treat to local merchants. It was MT Perry who has been responsible for some of the best Regal shoe advertising also and he is familiar with manufactur- CTS publicity problems.
 One of the best services which the proposed Advertisers Club can render to Bridgeport merchants and manu- facturers is that o ftaking a united action against the advertising fakers who are constantly soliciting mer- chants.
 The purpose of the organization is solely for the increase of sales through knowledge of better publicity for advertisers generally and the organization is expected to be run entirely in their interests. such an organization is not to be confHsed with organizations of advert1slng~@- such representatives, are to be eligible for membership, but will not besofficers or leading spirits in the 111t
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The wedding ring is an exclusive cir c1e
 There is little doubt that the young die good.
 Most people would rather take ad- vice from strangers. A fool and her money frequently marry into the nobility.
 The straight and narrow path doesn't look good to the rounder.
 Blessings often come disguised, but the wolf at your door never does
 The more justice some people get the less they are inclined to boast of it.
 Suspicion continues to snoop around until it finds what it is looking for.
 A man will never reach the top who is too lazy to move until he is push ed
 When Dame Fortune knocks at a mans door he always .'rubbers'' to see of the neighbors are looking.
 A high priced box at the opera seems less expensive to some people than the cheapest church pew.
 And it might be well to take a course in physical training before you start out to show a man the error of his ways.
 Every mother is drn1ly convinced that she is capable of ticking a bet ter husband for her daughter than she did for herself
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-24
ASSESSORS NOTICE

t The Assessors of the Town of Fair field will be in session at the Town House. Fairfield, to receive Tax Lists Tuesday, October from 10 a. nn- to D. m. and every week day there after until November 1st inclusive. Assessors will also meet to receive lists as follows:
 At the residence of c. V. Broth we'll Stratfield. October 23rd from 10 a.. Tn- to D.
 At the grocery store of J. A. Worthy, Nichols Terrace. October 1G from 10 a. 1n- to p. m.
 At the residence of A. B. Wake man. Greenfield, evening of Friday and Saturday of each week.
 At Fairfield Post Office evenings of October 29, 30, ,31.
 At Post Office, Southport, October 22. 23 10 a. to D. m.
 Persons. neglecting to return their lists to the Assessors within the speci- fled time, will have ten per cent add ed to the Assessors valuation. No tax lists received after November 1st. The statutory clause which requires sII persons to describe property by boundaries must be compiled with. :
 A B. WAKEMAN,
 A c. ACKER,
 C. H. BRADLEY
 Assessors. . Fairfield. Oct g. 1912. G 10 g*2 4s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-24
PAS MANAGEMENT.
Chicago News.)

 Funny thing bout pa 'n' ma Lots O. times I've noticed it. Pa, he'll ast her what she thinks Bout some thing. Men ma, she'll sit Still as mice, the longest time, Thinkin' hard as hard can be, Men she'll say what she thinks best, Just as far as he can see
 Men pa, he'll laugh. Pa, he'll laugh, n tell her, Pooh! That there way won't never do.'' Men he'll tel his way, 'n' try tN' try to make plan go through. Men when he sees it just won't work He switches round m tries mas
 plan, N when it works hell up 'n' say: ''I told you sol It takes a, man!'
 Men ma, she'll smile. Ma she'll smile-she smiles lot N owns up women don't know much That mems the smartest of things, but
 that
 Like pa. why, there ain't many such 'N' pa, when he goes struttin off, I'll look up sober like at ma 'N' when it works he'll up 'n' say: N say I'm glad I ain't no girl, Sos I'll grow up a man like pa
 Men I'll just grini
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-24
Litchfleld County News
A New Corporation.

% The sBennett7M 7Merwin Silver Com pany of New Milford has filed cer- officers to be-: President, Charles A. Bennett: vice-president, Verton F. Staub; treasurer, Merrett B. Merw1n; ;; secretary, Marcus G. Merwin; d1rec- tors. William G. Green and the offic- CTS of the company
 Water Supply Low.
 < The continued dry weather is caIls- ing more or less concern in New Mil ford and there are many comp mpla1nts of springs and wells giving out The water in the reservoir is very law, and the water company has begun pumping water from Great Brook to check the steadily 1essening supply. Lost a Foot.
 John Dalton of Torrington, wasru over by a trolley car Sunday night and one foot was cut off. The man was said to have been lying on the track. Motorman Ellis saw the form on the track and reversed the power
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-24

erican navy to carry guns of this slze. the main battery and there will tl twenty-one hve-inch guns strung alnng their sides. The New York when launched, will be about co per cent. complete. Some 2, 800 machiufsts. sdipl wrights, shipffters, plumbers and 0tf- CT mechanics have been engaged lu her construction, under the supervision of Naval Constructor Robert M. 8tocfer. The New York will not have her en- zines aboard, but will be. r0ractlcai ifr ready for her machinery as soon a1 the reciprocating type built byJr the nae wy contractors and will be 2S, 100 rnrsa- power. She will have four triple ex- pansion engines and these Wfn drive twin screws. The ships speed {s er- pected to be about 21 1-2 knots.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-24

New York, Oct 24.-Everything is in ork, the 27,00O ton battleship, at the Brooklyn navy yard, Oct 30. With her sister ship, the Texas, the New York is to be one of the most powerful fighting ships af1oat and the biggest in the American navy when she is ready for service in about year from now Construction began on the Texas at Newport News some time be- fore the keel of the New York was laid. and consequently work on the Texas which was launched several months ago., is further advanced. The keel of the New York was laid on Sept. Il, 1911. The New York is about l. 900 tons larger in displacement than the Wyoming ands the Arkansas, the present largest ships of the navy, and about 5000 tons larger than the Flor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-24
WILSON AND THE TRUSTS.
His Record as Governor of the State
 of New Jersey.
Frorn the Baltimore Sun)

(F.roIn the Baltimore Sun0
 If Col. Roosevelt continues to make
 speeches in the campaign through oth
 CT mouths than his own. as he did a Louisville through MT. Bever1dge, Gov Wilson will have to revise his deter imitation to remain quiet
 Mr. Beveridge, speaking for the colo mel, repeated the latter's recent at
 tempt to show that MT. Wilson ha:
 made a very inefficient governor O.
 New Jersey because no change has
 been made in the last two years ir the Incorporation laws of that state
 An inefficient governor? It is te ssugh
 The man who with a hostile LaSis- ssature, pat through such measures as election laws, the corrupt practices act, the public utilities law, working
 mems compensation act, the cold stOr- age law, the commission governae ent act and many other good measures too numerous to mention, constituting In all the best body of legislation which any governor of any state of the Un- ion has been enabled to put on the statute books in the memory Of the present generation-to say that such a man is inefficient or incapable is to speak words of abSurdfty and foolish ness.
 Col. Roosevelt. it will be recalled apologized the other day for his fail. l. ure to do anything with the tariff while he was president, saying that he had other matters of greater impor-. tance on hand In view of the record-a
  done nothing whatever with reference to the matter of the incorporation laws, might justiffa'bly have availed himself of that plea In suppressing Jim Smith, the states chief repre- sentative of big business, he was Ndo- ing a much more immediately neces-s sary thing than revising the incOrpO- ration laws In passing a public util-s ities law he was dealing with big cor porations vastly more powerful for harm than the industrial corporations. rrhnSa tnfrcS n Tifv first
 But Gov. Wilson was most assuredly not inactive in the other matter. He has been, perhaps, the most wide ing the evils of the New Jersey incor- laws and in working to change them He dwelt upon this in state convention met in 1911She draft ed the plank that was put in the par ty platform demanding a change in year. being Republican, failed to act,i and in the state platform a few days ago the Democratic party. again led 10 the attack. M
 Gav Wilson naturally does not want the power of the states restricted in any way, nor superseded by federal authority. He has never however, expressed the opinion that the states have supreme control over the trusts. because, for one reason, if for no oth- er he has always believed that the protective darim is one of the great est buIwarIs of the trusts. and the states have nothing to do with the protective tariff He has maintain ed, with regard to this matter of the incorporation laws of his state, the same good judgment and clear thought that he has displayed with 1 regard to other matters, and when l these laws are finally changed for the 1 better 1t will be recognized, we imag- inc that Gov Wilson had been more influential than any other one man in l securing the change.