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, to combat her in that particular. 1
often longed to creep in and kiss
him goodnight again, but the
thought of that open door, that stern
faced woman sitting where she could
see every move l would make, de-
tered me.
l wrote Rose long letter. l told
her Barrett had called and that we
had talked of her. l said nothing of
his having been in Chicago; she
might feel hurt that he had not
called. But l wrote her a long,
chatty letter, and sent her the baby's
picture-a snap shot Everett had
taken and which was very good, con-
sidering the baby was 50 young.
Then | wandered about forlornly.
went into the library, and for the
first time in months l looked at
Leola's picture with the old resent
ment. Now that l had borne him
child, the least Everett. could do
would be to take down that picture.
But never would ask him to again,
never so long as lived.
Hetty interrupted my unhappy
musings.
ga lady to see you, ma'am."
Didn't she give you card-or
her name?"
''No, ma am. She said you used
to know her."
"Perhaps some one from home" /
grasped eagerly upon the thought.
"Show her in, Hetty."
A woman of perhaps thirty-fve or
six years old, rather showily dressed,
but with a hard face and crafty eyes,
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looks just ike her. Only the picture
don't show her hair-that was like
yours. How l hate woman with
that colored hair! l was happy.
had been married only a few months
when my husband met her. She never
cared anything about him - just
played with him. But he was crazy
about her. He took me to Europe to
live when he found, out that she
never cared for him. He died a while
ago, and in his delirSum he talked
constantly of her. He died with her
name on his lips. | was less than
nothing to him after he met that
vampire woman. That was what
she was - vampire" Then more
quietly: $50 came back here to tell
her how happy she had made him
and me, jdst for a bit of sport or to
make her own husband jealous. They
said she used to do it for that Now
I'll go. You look young and good.
Don't ever play with human hearts,
especially the hearts of men. 1t don't
pay" and before | could think of
word to say she had gone from the
room and was out cf the house!
Should | tell Everett?
For once decided to be unset
fish. could only bring him pain
to repeat what the woman had told
me, and it might not be true. Yet,
as l said it, l knew that it was
true, and that fascinating, irrespnsi-
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came in. Inever had seen her before
and waited for her to speak.
81 want to see Mrs. Everett
Graham"
81 am Mrs. Everett Graham" l re-
piled coldly, still standing. l had not
relished her tane.
You're not the one want. They
used to live here. Perhaps they
have moved" She made as if to
go.
perhaps you mean the first Mrs,
Graham? / am Mr.. Graham's sec
ond wife" 1t was the first time !
had willingly said this of myself,
But something about the woman
made we feel she had not made a
mistake; that she was in the right
house.
What was Der first name? Was
it 'Leola'?"
eyes"
"Shes' the one l want to see. ]
suppose he divorced herr"
"She is dead"
"That's her picture" she had
turned so she saw the painting for
the first time, "You say she's dead
that woman there?"
eyes, she has been dead for many
years"
81 might as well go. only came
to show her a bit of her work." she
paused and, as l made no remark,
she went on after a moment: "That
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AN UNPLEASANT REMINDER OF
LEOLA.
CHAPTER XCIV.

! SAID nothing to Everett of what
Barrett Edmonds had told me of
Rose. But l could not get her out
of my mind. Gay, inconsequent Rose
Grandon a sad neglected wife, and
not yet married a year!
81 know how she feels" l said to
myself. Everett often neglects me. -
He was out that night and l was
feeling lonely and alone. Miss Lane
had refused to allow anyone to go
into the nursery after Baby had gone
to bed, and since she was in the next
room with the door between wide
open, there was no comfort in trying
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Bile Leola had been the cause of that
woman's unhappiness, just to satisfy
her love of admiration. Perhaps, too,
Everett knew of this, or of other
things like it, and that was why he
had been so strict with me-?
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PACE THREE

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! Owe Ny Life e PE-RU=NA

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brings cheer to all who
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'I can honestly say that I owe
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ings, sometimes standing up for
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Quently, so when this would
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through neglect on my part
settled on my lungs. when al
most too late, i began dOctoring,
but, without avail, until i heard
OF Peruna. - IL cured meg so I
cannot praise it too highly"
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with appropriate rites in order that their feathers may be used in the dec orations worn during the offering to the Gods.
 The Zunis have a number Of secret organizations and the ceremonies held by these are rarely seen by the white man. in fact. it is said that human sacrifice and snake worship still exists. Zuni is so dirty and unsanitary that it is doubtful whether any visitors would care to risk their health by re- maining among them long enough to learn all of their strange rites.
 HopiIand
 The pueblos of Hopiland are ire quently visited especially during the famous Snake Dance, which is one of the most sickening and horrible dances known. Its date Is settled by the snake priests and the date given out about two weeks before It lasts several days and begins with the hunt for the snakes which are purified CD and put in a kiva until the great day. Great crowds attend these dances and are usually mortified when the dancers appear on the plaza with wrigglins snakes in their mouths each followed by a man who tickles the snake with a feather to keep it from darting at the mans face. Once in a while a snake will wriggle from a dancers mouth and a shiver runs through the crowd, but the snake gatherer is there
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turns out. A large number Of melons rolls and corn boiled in the husk is thrown to the people. who gather about the plaza. Zuni IS by far the | most interesting of all the Puebios. as these Indians have so many fra ternities and each one has a special dance. It would take an entire book to describe these dances which are interesting in many ways, but especial ly to the student in Indian history The great Pueblo is surrounded by fence made of sticks held together
 with hardened mud or adobe, but there are a number of entrances and the visitor is free to enter.
 The Zuni pueblo is 40 miles from Gallup and the trip can be made in
 an auto, and the visitor may spend
 the night with one of the white trad
 CTS who lives just outside the reserva
 ton. There is church on the plaza.
 but 1t seems to be deserted for al-
 though there are missionaries nearby
 and fine Indian school only four
 miles away one soon decides that the
 Zunis are confirmed pagans except
 when it is to their interests to appear
 Christians. The streets are filled with dtsreputable looking stray dogs who bark and snap at one with their nee dle-like teeth and give the visitor a
 decidedly uncomfortable time. This Is not only true of Zuni but of all
 pueblos of the Southwest, and no res
 ervation is complete without its stray
 razor backed hogs, scrawny chickens,
 bob-eared donkeys and cross dogs. A
 stiff club is useful where the stray
 dogs are concerned and they will run
 away yelping at the sight of it.
 The entrance to the apartment is
 made by ladders and the effect of these from a distance is like wilder ness of masts. The ladder is the only
 means of entering the home. and when lthe residents do not want visitors they
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# two days. An altar was set up n honor of St. Joseph and decorated with greens. Certain men and women of the tribe dressed in costumes, danced up and down in front of the altar to the music of a tom tom, each of the dances expressing thanks for full harvest. Over in a little house near by were the displays of sewing, pot tery and basketry with the Indian agents as judges. Over at Taos St. Geronimo Day Is always celebrated on September 30th- with dances. races and games. Crowds of both Indians and whites come from far and near and the day is like picnic.
 Zmi Dances
 In some of the other tribes, such as the Zunis. there are rain dances during which the dancers are sup posed to pray for cessation Of the drought. The dancers come on the plaza grooming as if in great pain. and are almost naked with their bodies painted purple or blue. They wear brilliantly colored silk trousers and moccasins in which matrfx tur- uuoise are embedded. Their neck and arms are covered with beads while over their faces are hideous masks. One is known as the Muu 1edu anu his mask is most uncanny resembling the head of a deformed wolf He walks at the side of the dancers and beats a rattle. Another man beats continuously on a curious shaped drum while the leader of the procession carries a tiny basket of sacred meal and sprinkles bits of it on each of the plazas. At the first sign of rain the
 
 people of the Pueblo gather all kinds of food together and the dancers throw it to the Indians who gather on the housetops. Like the whites they are always present when som ething is to be given away and the entire PNehlo
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islative crew, presumably including Mr. Adams and many other person ages familiarly known in history. but 1 long dead. All, to a man, turned and | looked at him as he came ina myS- terious and ghostly light illuminating the scene-but not one of them said i a word.
 i Perhaps the watchman had been | drinking. But other members of the
 force on guard at the Capitol. when i asked to speak about such matters shake their heads and admit that they could tell of strange happenings if l they were not afraid of dismissal l Mysterious footballs are heard at
 night in other parts of the great build
 ing. On one occasion watchman be- i came convinced that somebody was
 lurking on the premises for an un- l lawful purpose; he put on pair Of
 rubber overshoes, and, without light
 stole softly through the corridors
 Time and again he got the footsteps cornered. but invariably they esca ped
 him, and were presently heard in an | other direction.
 The Senate Has Two Ghosts
 The Senate wing of the Capitol has l two WeIl-aulnenIlcaIeQ ShOStS- one O1 them is that of an old white-haired
 negro named Osborne. who during his life time was employed to scrub the
 floors of the corridors, his work being done at night. He haunts the base
 ment, where the sound of his brush and pail, with "slosh" of spectral wa ter. is heard from dark corners. his phantom still pursuing apparently his old-tinle occupation. So thoroughly
 established is belief in this ghost that colored work people have commonly refused to undertake duty in the base
 ment before daylight.
 The other phantom is that of a tall, nilitary-looking gentleman. unidenti- fed, but dressed in a frock coat and wearing a long moustache and goatee. He is seen at night walking about the corridors, his hands cIasped behind him, and with an aspect of extreme melancholy. Always he is pacing mp
 and down. and when approached he vanishes like a magic lantern picture.
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was particular mention of a cat. Ii was a very remarkable cat, inasmuch as nobody ever saw it, yet it had a way of reposing itself on the stairs, so that people tripped over it. Under such circumstances it would squan, but remained invisible.
 One of the ghost tales connected with the Octagon House had to do with a slave who was said to have been whipped to death In the attic. or tortured to death in the cellar. Ii was said that his groans and appeals for mercy could be heard on occasions in the night. But the main story was more definitely circumstantiaI.
 The Cat Tale
 During the earlier half of the min. teenth century (so the story went) the house was occupied by an elderly gentleman. who had a very pretty daughter. He wished her to marry a niddle-aged friend of his own, a man of means; but she refused, declaring her intention to become the wife of 9 young lawyer with whom she was fr love. Bitter quarreIs followed. and or an occasion when the dispute was TO
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ready to pick it up. The men grab the snakes from a bag and do not know the kind they are getting. To be sure there are purifcation rites in the secret kivas the night before, and the dance is preceded by the drinking of an emetic by all of the Snake men and by violent vomiting over the side of the mesa after the dance is over. The white visitor is rather glad to get away, but he is always curious to know why the Hopis are never bitten. So far as known there has never been a man to suffer, consequently it is sup posed that they have an anudote, for there is positively no attempt to ex- tricate the fangs or in any way to
 render the reptiles harmless.
 The United States Government some time ago refused to allow a moving
 picture of this dance to be shown but this seems to have whetted the ap-.
 petite of the average traveller to view
 the ceremony and the crowds became 1 larger. so it may be that this order will l be rescinded this year.
 The Hopis are splendid basket mak-
 CTS and Nampeyo, the most famous
 maker of pottery, is of the Hopi tribe. 1 Her pottery is by far the best burned and the most dainty in decoration and
 naturally brings the best prices. The Hopis also do excellent weaving.
 but their blankets do not compare
 with those of the Navajo, who are l claSsed as tribe of non-pueblo people. There are any number of pueblo tribes. | scattered through the Southwest. and each and every one is worth visit. The only difficulty is that they live many miles from the railroad and one must
 travel over highways that could hard ly be called roads, according to the Eastern standard as to what constt- tutes a road. In almost any month
 of the year one may find ceremonies given in honor Of the patron saint of the pueblo, and therefore glossed over with christianity. but about as uu-
 christian as it is possible to make
 them. However. many of them may
 be looked upon as dramatic weird pageants with gorgeous coloring.
 These pueblo people are unlike any
 others in the world and their manners
 and customs should interest the people of our land for it must be remem- bered that these old tribes of the Southwest are "the original Ameri- cans"
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newed, with violent language and threats on the fathers part, she left the room and started upstairs.
 He pursued her, continuing the quarrel, and something that she said so angered him that he struck or pushed her, causing her to step on a pet cat which was at her skirts, so that she fell down the stairs and broke her neck.
 The house remained untenanted up to a few years ago, when 1t was con verted into office quarters for business purposes. and put into thorough re pair throughout. This must have dis couraged the ghosts. for nothing has been heard of them since.
 The White House Tenants
 Where ghosts are concerned, the most effective means of exorcism seems to be substantial repairs. Thus in former days the attic of the White House was said to be haunted by the phantom of President William Henry Harrison, who died in the Executive Mansion. It was then a lumber room. used for the storage of discard ed pieces of furniture. trunks and mis- cellaneous junk consisting largely of gifts contributed by patriotic but mis- guided citizens All of this stuff was
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men there on permanent exhibition.

men there on permanent exhibition. Guides point out the brass star set
 in the floor to mark the location of
 the seat of John Quincy Adams. who
 ( a member of Congress for nineteen years after he relinquished the Presi- dency) was suddenly taken i'll there, and died in one of the rooms adjoining the chamber. But visitors are more interested in the weird acoustic effects. the slightest whisper uttered (for in stance) by person standing on a cer- tain stone being clearly audible to an- other person standing on another stone clear across the hall.
 Imagine the same place in the gloom of night. The white marble statues of great men. ranged around the walls. seem to gesticulate with oUtstretched
 arms and to point with ghostly fingers. Strange echoes respond to the slight | est sound.
 | But this is by no means all. The
 footsteps of a person walking across i the hall at night, when all about is | silence seem to be closely followed 1 by other footballs; and the latter, odd 1 ly enough, appear to move just a lit 1 tie faster. as If on the point of over , taking. The individual thus pursued | instinctively looks around, but sees nothing. It is a very curious phe-
 nomenon. and has never been satis-
 factorily explained.
 ! One is at liberty to give credit or
 not to the statement of a member ot the Capitol police. who made formal
 affidavit that, on certain occasion 1 entering Statuary Hall at midnight, he l beheld the entire House of Represen
 tatives of 1S4S assembled as if fol
 law-making purposes phantom leg
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simply pull up the ladder. Zuni Life

r Zuni Life
 The interior Of the houses is enough to drive a sanitary expert in sane. for when the writer entered one the family was at dinner. the food being set out on the floor. There was a beef steak in the center and half grown cat was helping herself to one end of it while the family looked on. Over in the corner in the fireplace a woman was boiling bread in corn husks while in another place 9 young girl was grinding corn between stones. Outside the door a woman was win moving meal and offering pottery for sale. The Zunis make excellent pot pueblo they are compelled to sell it to the traders. They also make beads with a peculiar drill using coral, sea shells and matrix turquoise. The in strument is a curious wooden affair with a sharp nail at one end and is whirled in the hand like a drill. Ger tain of the Zunis are excellent silver smiths and make much of the silver jewelry. which finds it's way to the tourists at the big hotels along the Santa Fe.
 One of the curious things noticed are many eagles confined in odd look ing plaited cottonwood cages, passing a miserable existence awaiting the time when they shall be sacrificed
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thrown out when the house was re-
 built in the reign of the Roosevelts. the space being converted into serv-
 ants quarters, and the specter has
 ceased to prowl.
 The White House, however, still lays
 claim to two other ghosts-one of them that of a woman, wearing a cap
 of antique pattern and a garment re-
 sem bling a lace shawl. She is sup
 posed to be Abigail Adams, the first
 mistress of the mansion. who took up
 her residence there in the autumn of
 1900. Not at midnight Is she seen (as is ordinarily customary with spooks). but just before daybreak, when she glides slowly along the wide
 hallway which extends lengthwise through the middle of the White
 House. She always moves from west to east, and. when she reaches the closed double doors that give entrance to the East Room, she passes through them as if they offered no obstacle.
 and vanishes.
 There are always watchmen on guard at night in the White House. and it is they who tell of the ghosts. The other one is the spectral simula- crum of Abraham Lincoln, which ap- pears to haunt the stairs that former iy led from the first floor to the Execu- tive bushes offices over the East Room quarters which have been recon structed into bed rooms for guests.
 The martyred President is never
 seen elsewhere than on these stairs,
 and invariably he is going up. It Is impossible to mistake the tall, awk- ward figure and shambling gait. When | !, around. smiles sadly. and disappears. q g if in a mist.
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Van Ness Mansion

A few hundred yards to the south west of the White House there stood only few years ago the historic Van Ness mansion, formerly the home of Marcia, daughter of old Davy Burns, whose farm covered a large part of the land on which the City of Wash ington is now built.
 Burns sold his farm to the Govern ment, after a quarrel with General Washingto that has become histor- ical. His daughter, beautiful girl. chose from many suitors John P. Van Ness. a Congressman from New York and it was she who. in 1926. built the mansion. It cost S3o.000, and was con sidered a marvel of luxury, the furni- ture and even the mantlepieces being brought from Europe.
 Marcia died there six years later. During the latter half of the nine teenth century the house. unoccupied fell into decay. It was given over to the bat, the owl. and the spider; and behind and beneath the bare walls and floors ran the iconocIastic rat, whose tooth, like that of time, deyours all things soon or fate Naught re. mained except a naked ruin, which. as one might guess, was reputed to be haunted. The ghost of the fair Mar cia, so people said. fitted about it at night, carrying a spectral candle in her hand.
 Statuary Hall
 The most famous of all haunted places in Washington. however. Is the old chamber of the House of Repre- sentatives at the Capitol. It is familiar enough to visiting strangers. being known in these days as Statuary Hall because Of the effigies of bygone states.