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of the community in which it is pub
lished and should deal wisely with its
praise and leniently with its condem-
nation. The Index is rated as one of
the newsiest country papers in the
state, and every week it contains a
faithful history of the community.
The subscription price is $1.50 per
year and we confidently believe it is
worth every cent of it. As an adver-
tising medium it is excelled by no
other county paper in the state. With
this gentle admonition that now is the
time to subscribe and advertise this
tail endeth.
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A Marvellous Escape.

"My little boy had marvellous es-
CAPE" writes P. F. Bastiams of Prince
Albert, Cape of Good Hope. at oc-
Cured in the middle of the night. He
got a very severe attack of Group.
AS luck would have it, l had bottle
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in
the house. After following the direc-
tions for an hour and twenty minutes
he was through all danger" Sold by
all dealers.
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Eczema and Itching Cured.

The soothing, healing medication in
DR.. Hodson's Eczema Ointment pene-
trates every tiny pore of the skin
clears it of all impurities-stops itch
ing instantly. DR.. Hodson's Eczema
Ointment is guaranteed to speedily
heal eczema, rashes, ringworm, letter
and other unsightly eruptions. EcAe-
ma Ointment is a doctors prescrip-
ton. not an experiment. All drug
gists or by mail, SOC. Pfeiffer Chemi-
cal Co., Philadelphia and st. Louis.
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Jerry's Place.

The best known employee of Gin
cinnati firm of tailors is the colored
porter, Jerry. In order TO conserve all
of the good will and bad book accounts.
the firm has incorporated under a name
that covers several panes of glass, and
following this abridged city directory
is the abbreviation Inc" customer.
while being measured, remarked TO
Jerry: You seem to be the only man
in the shop whose name does not ap-
pear on the window. What's the trou
ble?' ''Oh. rs dar. boss, all right" re-
piled Jerry. Us de eink."-Argonaut
Fire insurance see W. w. Wilton
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The Index is one of the real pio-
neer landmarks of the Payette val
ley. 1t has had many owners and ed
itors. Nine years may not be very
long, but it is the longest period sew
eral times over The Index has been
owned and operated by one person.
About the only things in the shop
now that were here when we bought
are the smaller job press, the desk
and few fonts of type. The days
of hand typesetting are past and a
new model linotype does that work.
The big power press is the oldest of
the new machinery in the office and
that is only six years old. Nine years
ago an average of seven columns of
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Housekeeping Women Need Health
and Strength.

The work of housekeeping woman
makes a constant call in her strength
and vitality, and sickness comes thrc
her kidneys and bladder oftener than
she knows. Foley Kidney Pills will
invigorate and restore her, and weak
back, nervousness, aching joints and
irregular bladder action will all disap
pear when Foley Kidney Pills are
used. B. B. Davis.
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with safe harbors in sight. 1t wasn't
the man at the tller who kept the
ship from off the rocks. 1t was many
times the kindness and forbearance
of the good friends of the paper and
help of the most loyal corps of work
ers that ever breathed life into soul
less machinery and made tongues of
inanimate type.
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In the nine years past and gone we
have written a lot of things we wish
had never been written. On the other
hand. some of our mutterings were
entirely too mild and childlike. We
have made enemies and we have made
friends. AS the days go by we are
pleased to find that we hate the for
mer less and love the latter more. In
these nine years the grand old Re-
publican party, to which this paper
has stuck through thick and thin, has
become rent asunder. The Index saw
fit to stay with the old guard, for
which it is in no wise ashamed, nor
does it wish to retreat.
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A mar should save money in his
youth so that when age comes on he
will have time to devote to arrang-
ing the hair across the bald spots.
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Opportunity will knock at more
doors when the roads have been put
in better condition.
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The Index has a gilt-edged circu-
lation of 1000 copies weekly, and it
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09
TWenfy-0ne Years OLD

news was printed, now the average
is 16 columns week and often it runs
as high as 20 columns.
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pll Iiludy. n SOOu, IeSpeCt-
able age. Not so young
that the neighbors wonder whether it
is going to pull through and make a
'live" of it, and not so old that people
wonder why it didn't die long ago.
1t was nine years ago on Wednes-
day of last week that the writer be-
came editor and owner of the good
old Index. How time has flownl 1t
seems but yesterday since with trem-
bling hands, but with a stout heart,
we took hold of the tiller and launched
forth on the uncertain sea of journal
ism in Emmett. The waters were not
always smooth. Sometimes the waves
ran high, clouds darkened the sky and
ports were hard to find. Then again
there came calm days, the sea was
smooth and the sun shone brightly
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Fire insurance see W. W. Wilton
The Emmett index., 1913-10-09

w y ITH this issue of The Index
Nv celebrates it's twenty-frst
V V birthday. A good, respect
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was enough light in the room, early
as 1t undoubtedly was, for me to de-
tect letter lying on the carpet just
inside the door.
Instantly l was on my feet. Catch
ing the letter up. l carried it to the
window. Our two names were on 1t
MIR. and Mrs. George Anderson: the
writing, Mr. Slaters.
l glanced over at George. He was
sleeping peacefully. 1t was too early
to wake him, but could not lay
that letter down unread; was not my
name on it? Tearing it open, | de-
voured its contents,-the exclamation
| made on reading it, waking George.
The writing was in Mr.. Slater's
hand, and the words were:
Il must request, at the instance OF
Coroner Heath and such of the police
as listened to your adventure, that
you make no further mention OF
what you saw in the street under our
windows last night. The doctors find
no bullet in the wound This clears
Mr. Brotherson."
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There came into the Office of a
western lawyer man who was ex.
cited because his wife had left him.
and he feared she would run him into
debt all over the country.
In that case" said the lawyer.
you had better post her"
His client. not knowing what post.
ing meant, said he did not know where
she had gone, and besides, she was
fully as strong as he. and he did not
believe he was able to post her The
attorney explained that he meant put.
ting a notice in the newspapers say.
ing: Whereas, my wife Helen has
left my bed and board without any
just"
But that amt true" inierrdpted
the client. She didn't Leave my bed.
She took il with sunsay Mag.
azine;
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any motive for such deed She had
been the victim of some mistake, his
lovely and ever kindly disposed
parable he would never make it unen'
durable by thinking otherwise.
Such was the fathers way of look.
ing at the matter, and own that II
made our duty trifie hard. But
Georges mind, when once made up,
was persistent to the point of OBJ
stinacy, and while he was yet talk.
ing he led me out of the room and
down the hall to the elevator.
MIR. Slater knows we have some
thing to say, and will manage the
interview before us in the very best
manner" he confided to me now with
an encouraging air. I'VE are to go
to the blue reception room on the
parlor floor"
Mr. Slater was there according to
his promise, and after introducing us,
briefly stated that we had some evil
dence to give regarding the terrible
occurrence which had just taken place
in the house.
George bowed, and the chief
spokesman am sure he was a po-
llce-officer of some kind-asked him
to tell what it was.
Then my husband spoke up, and re-
lated our little experience II it did
not create sensation, it was be-
cause these men were well accus-
toned to surprises of all kinds.
Washed his hands-a gentleman
out there in the snow-just after the
alarm was raised here?" repeated one.
And you saw him come out of this
house," another put in.
Eyes, sir; we noticed him particu-
larly"
Can you describe him.?
1t was Mr.. Salter who put this Ques-
ton; he had less control over him
self, and considerable eagerness
could be heard in his voice.
He was very fine-looking man;
unusually tall and unusually strik-
ing both in his dress and appearance
What | could see of his face was bare
of beard, and very expressive. He
walked with the swing of an athlete,
and only looked mean and small
when he was STOPPING and dabbling
in the snow"
His clothes. Describe his clothes"
There was an odd sound in Mr..
Slater's voice.
He wore a silk hat and there was
fur on his overcoat. think the fur
was black
Mr. Slater stepped back, then NOV
ed forward again with determined
air.
Il know the man. said he.
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CHAPTER III.
The Man.

The Man,
You know the MANI"
i do: or rather, know a man who
answers to this description. He comes
hexe once in while.
His NAME"
"Brotherson. A very uncommon per
son in many respects; quite capable
of such an eccentricity, but incapable,
l should say, of crime. He's a gifted
talker and SO we'll read that he can
hold ones attention for hours. OF
appear to be mainly scientific. But
he is not ayerse to society, and is
always very well dressed
Meanwhile, George had advanced to
speak to man who had beckoned
to him from the other side of the
room, and with whom in another
moment / saw him step out Thus
deserted, sank into chair near one
of the windows.
Where was he? The man who had
carried him off was the youngest In
the group. What had be wanted of
George? Those who remained showed
no interest in the matter. They had
| enough to say among themselves. But
was interested-nat so, and,
in my uneasiness, glanced restlessly
| from the window, the shade of which
was up. The outlook was very
| peaceful one. This room faced side
street, and, as my eyes fell upon the
whitened pavements, l received an
answer to one, and that the most
anxious, of my queries. This was the
street into which we had turned, in
the wake of the handsome stranger
they were trying at this very moment
to identify with Brotherson. George
had evidently been asked to point out
the exact spot where the man had
stopped, for | could see from my
vantage point two figures bending
near the curb, and even paving at
| the snow which lay there 1t gave
me slight turn when one of them
do not think it was George-began
to rub his hands together in much
the way the unknown gentleman had
| done, and, in my excitement, | prob
ably uttered some sort of an ejacula-
| ton, for | was suddenly conscious of
a silence in the room, and when /
turned saw all the men about me
looking my way.
They are initiating the man. |
cried; my husband and-and the
person he went out with 1t looked
dreadful to me; that is ALL"
| Meanwhile. Mr.. Slater had ex.
changed some words with the two Of
flcials, and now approached me with
an expression OF extreme consider
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possession OF one who feels himself
so secure, or is so well-satisfied with
himself, that be is no longer con-
scious of other emotions
Poor fellow | commented aloud,
as I folded up these words; he
reckoned without you, George. By
tomorrow he will be in the hands of
the police
And with this sentence ringing in
my mind, lay down and endeavored
to sleep. But it was not till very
late that rest came.
At last l slept, but it was only to
rouse again with the same quick real
ization of my surroundings, which
had experienced on my recovery from
my fainting fit of hours. before. Some
one had stopped at our door before
hurrying by down the hall. Who was
that someone? rose on my elbow,
and endeavored to peer through the
dark OF course, could see nothing.
But when | woke second time. there
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anxious expectation l remember the
face of one gray haired old man. |
shall never forget it. He was prob
ably her father Later, / knew him
to be So Miss Challoner was stretch
ed out upon the couch. She was
dressed as she came from dinner, in
a gown of ivory-tinted satin, re-
lieved at the breast by large bou-
quet of scarlet poinsettias. The doc
ter was pointing at these poinsettias
in horror and with awful meaning,
and though we could not hear his
words, we knew almost instinctively,
both from his attitude and the cries
which burst from the lips of those
about him. that something more than
broken petals and disordered leaves
had met his eyes: that blood was
there-sloNly oozing drops from the
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heart--which for some reason had
escaped all eyes till now.
Miss Challoner was dead. not from
unsupported disease, but from the
violent attack of some murderous
weapon AS the realization of this
brought fresh panic and bowed the
old fathers head with emotions even
more bitter than those of grief.
turned questioning look up at
Georges face.
1t was fixed with a purpose l had
no trouble in understanding.
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from further participation in this in
formal inquiry This / saw before he
spoke. OF course they were right But
| should greatly have preferred to
stay where | was till George came
back
was greatly interested, of course,
and had plenty to think of till saw
George again and learned the result
of the latest Investigations.
Miss Challoner had been shot, not
stabbed. No other deduction was pos
sible from such facts as were now
known, though the physicians had not
yet handed in their report, or even
intimated what that report would be.
No assailant could have approached
or left her, without attracting the no
tice of some one. IL not all of the
persons seated at table in the same
room. She could only have been
reached by bullet sent from point
near the head of a small winding
staircase connecting the mezzanine
floor with courtroom adjacent to the
front door This has already been in
sisted on, as you will remember, and
II you will glance at the diagram
which George hastily scrawled for
me, you will see why.
A. B., as well as G. D., are half
circular openings into the Office lobby.
E. F. are windows giving upon Broad
way, and G. and party wall, necessari-
" unbroken by window, door or any
other opening. 1t follows then that
the only possible means of approach
to this room lies through the archway
H., or from the elevator door. But
the elevator made no stop at the mez-
tack upon Miss Challoner; nor did any
one leave the table or pass by it in
either direction till after the alarm
given by her fall.
But bullet calls for no approach.
A man at X. might raise and fire his
pistol without attracting any attention
to himself. The music, which all
acknowledge was at it's full climax at
this moment, would drown the noise
of the explosion, and the stair case,
out of view of all but the victim, af-
ford the same means of immediate es-
cape, which it must have given of
secret and unseen approach. The coat
room into which 1t descended COM
municated with the lobby very near
the main entrance, and if Mr.. Brother
son were the man, his sudden appear
ance there. would thus be accounted
for
1t began to look bad for this man, If
indeed he were the one we had seen
under the street-lamp; and, as George
and / reviewed the situation, we felt
our position to be serious enough for
us seyerally to set down our impress
sions of this man before we lost our
first vivid idea. | do not know what
George wrote, for he sealed his words
up as soon as he had finished writing,
but this is what | put on paper while
my memory was still fresh and my ex-
citement unabated:
He had the look of man of power
full intellect and determined will. who
shudders while he triumphs; who
outwardly washes his hands of deed
over which he inwardly gloats. This
was when he first rose from the
snow Afterwards he had moment
of fear; plain, human, everyday fear.
But this was evanescent Before he
had turned to CO. he showed the self
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, CHAPTER w.
Sweet Little Miss Clarke.

oWcet Lfttic MISS Clarke.
When we took our seats at the
breakfasttable, it was with the feel.
ing of being no longer looked upon
as connected in any way with this
Gaze. Yet our interest in 1t was II
anything, increased. and when l saw
George casting furtive glances at
certain table behind me, lear ed over
and asked him the reason, beiag sure
that the people whose faces saw
reflected in the mirror directly before
us had something to do with the
great matter then engrossing us.
His answer conveyed the somewhat
exciting information that the four
persons seated in my rear were the
same four, who had been reading at
the round able in the mezzanine at
the time of Miss Challoner's death.
Instantly they absorbed all my at.
tention though dared not give them
a direct look, and continued to OBJ.
serve them only in the glass
Is it one family?" asked
Yes, and very respectable one.
Transients, of course, but very well
known in Denver The lady Is not
the mother of the boys, but their
aunt. The boys belong to the gen.
tleman, who is a widower."
Their word ought to be good"
George nodded
THE boys look wide-awake enough
if the father does not AS for the
aunt, she is sweetness itself. Do
they still insist that Miss Challoner
was the only person in the room
with them at this timer"
They did last night. | don't know
how they will meet this statement OF
the Doctors"
"George?"
He leaned nearer.
Have you ever thought that she
might have been suicide? That she
stabbed herself?"
mo, for in that case weapon
would have been found"
And are you sure that none was?"
Positive. Such a fact could not
have been kept quiet If a weapon
had been picked up there would be
no mystery, and no necessity for
further police investigation"
And the detectives are still here?"
Il just saw one"
"George?"
Again his head came nearer.
Have they searched the lobby? |
believe she had a weapon"
Laura"
Il know 1t sounds foolish, but the
alternative is SO improbable. A fam.
lily like that cannot be leagued to-
gether in a conspiracy to hide the
truth Concerning matter so serious.
To be sure, they may all be short.
sighted, or so little given to observa.
ticn that they didn't see what passed
before their eyes. The boys look wide. I
awake enough, but who can tell?
would sooner believe that"
| stopped short SO suddenly that
George looked startled. My attention
had been caught by something new
| saw in the mirror upon which my
attention was fixed. A man was look.
ing in from the corridor behind, at
the four persons we were just dis
cussing. He was watching them in
tently, and l thought / knew his
face.
CTO BE CONTINUED
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stood near, watching me, and one had
evidently been using some restora-
tive, for she held small vinaigrette
In her hand. To this lady, George
made haste to introduce me, and from
her presently learned the cause of
the disturbance in the hotel
Edith, the well known daughter of
Moses Challoner, had fallen suddenly
dead on the floor of the mezzanine.
She was not known to have been in
poor health, still less In danger of a
fatal attack, and the shock was conse-
quently great to her friends, several
of whom were in the building.
Was she alone when she fell?"
asked
Virtually alone. Some persons sat
on the other side of the room, reading
at the big round table. They did not
even hear her fall They say that the
band was playing unusually loud in
the musicians gallery"
Are you feeling quite well, now?"
Quite myself" | gratefully replied
as | rose slowly from the sofa.
In the hall we encountered Mr..
Slater, whom have before mentioned.
He was trying to maintain order while
himself In a state of great agitation.
Seeing us, he could not refrain from
bands ear.
"The doctor has just gone up-her
doctor, / mean He's simply dumb
founded. Says that she was the
healthiest woman in New York yester-
day. | think-don't mention 1t. that
he suspects something quite differ
ent from heart failure"
What do you mean?" asked George,
following the assistant manager down
the broad flight of steps leading to
the office. Then, as | pressed up close
to Mr.. Skaters other side, She was
by herself, wasn't she, in the half
floor above?"
yes, and had been writing let
ter. She fell with it still in her hand"
Have they carried her to her
room?" I eagerly inquired, glancing
fearfully up at the large semi-circular
openings overlooking US from the
place where she had fallen.
Not yet. Mr.. Hammond insists
upon waiting for the coroner (Mr.
Hammond was the proprietor of the
hotel) She is lying on one of the
big couches near which she fell If
you like, l can give you a glimpse of
her. She looks beautiful It's terri
BILE to think that she is dead"
Il don't know why we consented.
We were under a spell, l think. At
all events, we accepted his offer and
followed him up a narrow staircase
open to very few that night. At the
top, he turned upon us with a warning
gesture which l hardly think we need
ed, and led US down narrow hall
fianked by openings corresponding to
those we had noted from below. At
the furthest one he paused and,
reckoning us to his side, pointed
across the lobby into the large writ
ing-room which occupied the better
part of the mezzanine floor.
We saw people standing in vari
Gus attitudes of grief and dismay
about couch, one end of which only
was visible to us at the moment
The doctor had just joined them, and
every head was turned towards him
and every body bent forward in
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Walked Out With II.

tTo BE CONTINUED
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
10000 SPLASH
IN PARK LAKE
SINCE OPENING.
Piedmont Is the Most Popular
Place in Atlanta for Past Two
Weeks, Says Gillespie.

Twenty thousand people have taken
their morning and afternoon splash in
Piedmont bathing lake since Atlanta's
popular swimming place was opened
less than a fortnight ago. New lock-
ers and bath houses the cement bot
tom and other improvements have
proven great drawing cards, with the
result the resort is more popular
than in preceding seasons.
An average of 300 or 400 men and
women take their eraly morning
constitutionals in the lake, while any
where from 500 to 1000 grown-ups
and children disport themselves in the
waters every afternoon.
Dave Gillespie. superintendent of
Piedmont Park, today said the lake
was the best pleasure point In Atlanta
and he was sure more than a thou
sand people had sought pleasure there
every day since the opening. Early
in the morning. at 5 o'clock, the bath
ers are out in force. Men and won-
en-, mostly business men with their
wives and daughters, make up the
early morning swimming set.