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!3IT" rirs LVIJK m TC-TfTF 1 I J ill :?MMY V ROBERTS nnvFHAnT SYNOPSIS. MlMM llllli'H. hp'tiMUT Mild KUilltliilM llf ncrlruiiti iiml llili. cfUnlilNlietl hiiimiiht lKNidnmiiUr.t nt .siiniivNld"-. Amliwt nn mcrotiH illlllfiillict lln mints ilfMorli-il. Ah MIm Iiiiiih lot lutl ii tnr lliu nlKlil Hlio wiih itliirllrd liy 11 dalk flKnrn on tlio venuiilu. UiiHwtnly iioIspm IIMurbi'il Iiit during the night In ilif morning Mljw IlincH fount! n Hir.tnii link fiilT luiltuii In n liuininr Iirliii.li- and Ihilxry iiimi'tl Willi .luck llnlli Tin' lioiiMi. wn-j uwiik nnt'il by u rt'volvtr hIkiI iiihI Aniiilil Arin Hlionc won fiiiinil shut I" ilriiili in lint hull MlhH Innc'f) found IIiiIm-j'h tpvnhur on the Iiivvii. llf and .luik Hulloy hud iIIm upptiiritl. Tlit link riilT-liiitloii inyHttrl oimlv illK.'iliIiiiuinl lli-lft live .IiuiiIi'miiii nrili'il. (.lirlrudt' nvt'iilitl hIil uiim -imKiitl tu J uck llnllfV. Willi wliiini Hhn tnlkttl In tlio lillllnrtl i"tn ft w mo tncMiln Imfore Mip inui-diT .IhiiiI-hiiii lic ensed MI InnuH r holding hick ivl dpiipn. Ilu liiiprlHoni'il mi InirndiT In n empty rooin. Tlio irlorir ixtiipftl down u Intinilry finite. Ourtiudo W" mnpei'ted. A riPKro found Hip othor linlf f what proird to he Jnrk Hiillcvn itirf-hiittoii. Unlspy rpuppunrn iiml miys lie mid Hulley left In rtwiionsii to 11 toli-grinn. (leitriitln ,nalil hIip fmd Blvon Hullt-y nn un imijctj 'revolver, fearing to kIvij lilin u loaded wonpon. OdHhlcr Hnlloy of Pnul Arm ntrnng'N Imnk. dnfiinet, wn in rested for onilH'zrlpinont. Hn1ey wild AniiHtr-n twrt'pkpd IiIh own hunk and roilld clear (Hulley PnuJ Armstrong") death wiih im nouticod. llnlnoy'H limit pp. IoiiIhp Arm latroug, wns found lit tht IoiIkp. I ho 'lodge-keeper mild IoiiIhp mid Arnold Iiml a lone Inllc the. nUht of Hip minder. I.nu lino uuti tiroNtrntPil 1.oiiIp told HiilMiiy. Ithiit while she still IovpiI him hIip oh to innrry another, anil that lit- would detplHo her wliPti ho Ipiunctl the wlnde Mtory. It thivi'loprd that l)r Walker ami I.oiiIhp wero to ln inmrli'd A pmwler was lipiirtl In Hip limine Louise won found at Ihu bottom of Hit: circular hmIu'iihp CULAR 5DURCA SE HEADS THE HARVARD CLUBS CHAPTER XVI. Continued. "I wiir not Bleeping well," Bite bo- ' gnn, "imrlJy, I think, henuiso 1 hnil nlcpt during tlio altcinooii. 1-Idily hrought mo homo hot milk nt ton o'clock and I slopt until PJ. Then I wukonuil unil I got to thinking almiit thitiKH, find worryltiK. o could not go to Blcop 'I wsut woiidoritiK why I had not hoard from Arnold hIiico tlio slnco I Haw him Mint nl(;ht at the lodgo. I was afraid ho was ill, ho cause Iwi wn to havo tlono noiiit'tliiiiK for mo, and ho had not ,001110 hiii'k. It inuut havo Ihmmi throo wTit'ii I hoard Honif ono rapping i Hat tip and llntonod, to ho qulto hiiio. and tlio tapping kept up. 1 was cau tious, and 1 wua about to cnll Lltltly. Then Hiuldnnly I thotiKht I know what It was. Tho oast ontranco and circu lar ulalicaso wore nlwuyx used hy Arnold wiicn ho was out Into, and cntiinl litifui tulwtn tin furi-nt lltu t;fV. ho would rap and 1 would go down and 11 - in ii iiij ( i iii I Lin I "Mil ' tiwr 1 1 ail ai,, IJlJ.-JRIll 7i II 1 1 mM'"mM'tnr-r Mitchell Davis Fotlansbee, Distin guished Member of Chicago Bar, Is the New President. Chlcngo. Mitchell Davla Follansboa, who has boon elected president of tho Associated Ilnrvnrd CIhIih of America, Is a distinguished tnombor of the Chi cago bnr who has been practising In this city slnco 1891. Ho Is a graduato of the South Division high school, Har vard university and tho law school of "My Home Is In Englewood," the Doo tor Began. had wo not ourselves heard tho rap ping nolHos, 1 should havo felt that LoiiIko'h Imagination had run away with her. Tho outer door was closed and locked, and the atalrcaso curved above us, for all tho world llko any other stnlrcuso. Hsilsvy, who had never taken seri ously my account of tho night Llddy and I wero there alone, was grave enough now. Ho examined tho panel ing of tho wainscoting above and be low the Htairs, evidently looking for a secret door, and suddenly there Hashed into my mind the recollection of n scrap or paper that Mr. .lamleson had found among Arnold Armstrong's ef fects. Ah nearly as possible I re peated Its contents to him, whllo Hal- soy took them down In a noto-book. "I wIhIi vim hud told mo this be- let him In. I thought ho had enmo f ., ,,0 8altl aa ,l0 ,mt tno ,nomo. f.A.. ,.n.. .. .. I JLln' tlilnl nlirml I .. ... . randuui carefully awny. wo lounu lmck to hco mo I didn't think about tho tlmo, for his hours wero always erratic, lint I was afraid I wan too weak to get down the stairs. Tho knocking kept up, and Just afi I was nbout to call Llddy. she ran through tho room and out into tlio hall. I got up then, feeling weak and dizzy, and put on my dressing-gown. If It was Arnold. 1 know 1 must see him. "It wtm very dark everywhere, but. of course, I know my way. 1 felt along for tin iitalr-rall, and wont down as Quickly aB I could. The knocking had ntopped, and I was afraid I was too lato. I got to the foot of the stalr enso and over to the door on to the east veranda. I had never thought of nnythltig but that It was Arnold, until I reached tho door. It was unlocked and opened nbout an inch. Everything was black; It was perfectly dark out Bldo. I folt very queer and shaky. Then I thought perlmps Arnold had used Ills key; ho did strange things jiometinicH, and I turned around. .lust as I reached tho foot of tho staircase I thought I heard some ono coming. My norves wero going anyhow, tlioro in tho dark, and I could scarcely stand. I got up as far as the third or fourth stop; then I felt that some ono was coming toward mo on the Btntrcane. Tho next Instant a hand met nilno on tho stalr-rall. Someone brushed past me, and 1 screamed Then I must have fainted." That waB Louise's story. Tlioro could bo no doubt of Us truth, and tho thing that made It Inexpressibly awful to mo was that the poor girl hud crept down to answer the summons of a brother who would never need her vklndly offices again Twice, now, with out apparent cause, some one had en tered tho house by means of the east ontranco; had apparently gone his way unhindered through the house, and gone out ngain as ho had entered. Had this unknown visitor boon there a third time, tho night Arnold Arm strong was murdered? Or a fourth, tho time Mr. Jamloson had locked some ono In tho clothes eliuto? Sleep wns Impossible, I think, for any of us. Wo dispersed finally to bathe and dress, leaving Louise llttlo tho worse for her experience. Hut 1 determined that before tho day was over alio must know tho truo stato of affairs. Another decision I mndc, ntul I put it into execution Immediately aftor breakfast. I had ono of tho unused bedrooms la tho east wing, back along tho small corridor, pre pared for occupancy, and Iroiu that timQ on Alox, tho gardener, slept tlioro. Ono man In that bam of a house wns an absurdity, with things happening all tho time, and I must say that Alox was as unobjectionable as any ouo could possibly havo been Tho next morning, also, Halsoy and I made nn exhaustive examination of tho circular staircase, tho small ontry at its foot, and tho cardroom opening from It. Thero wns no evidence of anything unusual tho night before, and nothing at all In tho house, and I ex pected llltlo from any oxamlmUlou of the porch and grounds. But as we opened tho outer door something foil into tlio entry with a clatter. It was a cue from the billiard room. Halsoy picked it up with an excla mation. "That's careless enough," ho said. "Sonio of tho servants havo been amusing themselves." 1 was far from convinced. Not one of the servants would go Into that wing at night unless driven by dire necessity. And a billiard cue! As a weapon of either offense or defense It was an absurdity, unless ono ac cepted Llddy's hypothesis of a ghost, and oven then, as Halsoy pointed out, a billiard-playing ghost would bo n very modern evolution of an ancient Institution. That afternoon we, Gertrude, Hal soy and I, attended tho coronor'B In quest In town. Dr. Stewart had been summoned also, it transpiring tkat In that early Sunday morning, when Gertrude and I had gono to our rooms, lie hail been called to vlow tho body Wo went, the four of us, in tho ma chine, preferring tho oxccrablo roads to tho matinee train, with linlf of Cas anova staring at us. And on tho way wo decided to say nothing of Louise and her Interview with her step brother tho night ho died. The girl was In trouble enough as It was. CHAPTER XVII. A Hint of Scandal. In giving the gist of what happened at the inquest, I havo only ono ex cuse to recall to tho reader tho events of the night of Arnold Arm strong's murder. Many things had occurred which wore not brought out at the Inquest and somo things wero told tin re thnt wore new to me. Al together, It was a gloomy affair, and tho six men In tho corner, who con stituted the coroner's Jury, wero evi dently tho merest puppets In tho hanilh of that all-powerful gentlemen, tho coroner. Gertrude and I sat well back, with our veils down. Thero wero a num ber ol people I know: Harbara Pitz hugh. In extravagant mourning she always went Into black on the slight est provocation, becauso It was becom ing and Mr .Inrvls, tho man who had come over from tho Greenwood club tho night of tho murder. Mr. llarton was there, too, looking Im patient as tho Inquest dragged, but nllvo to every particle of evidence From a corner Mr. Jnmleson was watching tho proceedings Intently. Dr. Stewart wns called first. His ovldenco wns told briefly, and amount ed to this: On the Sunday morning previous, at a quarter before five, ho had beon called to tho telephone, 'fn mobsago was from a Mr. Jnrvls, who asked him to como nt onco to Sunny- side, as thero had been ati accident thero, and Mr. Arnold Armstrong had been shot. Ho dressed hastily, gath ered up somo instruments, and drovo to Sunnyslde. lie wns met by Mr. Jnrvls, who took him nt onco to the east wing. There, Just as ho had fallen, wns tho body of Arnold Armstrong. Thero was ao need of tho instruments; tho man was dead. In answer to tho coroner's question no, tho body had not been moved, save to turn It over. It lay at tho foot of the circular staircase. Yes, ho believed death had boon In stantaneous. Tho body was still some what warm and rigor mortis had not set in. It occurred lato in cases of sudden death. No, ho believed tho probability of sulcldo might be elim inated: the wounds could have been slMnllU'ted, but with dilllculty, and there had been no weapon found. Tho doctor's examination was over, but ho hesitated mid cleared his throat. "Mr Coroner," ho said, "at tho risk of taking up valuable time, 1 would like to speak of an Incident that may or may not throw somo light on this matter." The audience was alert at onco. "Kindly proceed, doctor," the coro ner ha Id. "My homo Is In Englewood, two miles from Cnsnhova," tho doctor be gan. "In tho absence of Dr. Walker, a nutnher of Casanova people havo been consulting mo. A month ago flvo weeks, to bo exact a woman whom I had never seen camo to my office. Sho wns In deep mourning and kept her veil clown, and sho brought for examination a child, a boy of six. The llttlo fellow was III; It looked like typhoid, and tho mother was frantic. Sho wanted a permit to admit tho youngster to the Children's hospital In town here, where I nm a member of tho Btnff, and I gavo her one. Tho Incident would havo escaped me, but for a curious thing. Two days before Mr. Armstrong was shot, I was sent! for to go to the Country club; some ono had boon struck with n golf-ball that had gono wild. It wns lato when I left I was on foot, and about a mile from tho club, on the Clayburg road, I met two people. They wero disput ing violently, mid I had no dilllculty In recognizing Mr. Armstrong. The wom an, beyond doubt, was the ono who had consulted mo nbout tho child." At this hint of scandal, Mrs. Ogden Fitghugh sat up very straight. .Innile Hon was looking slightly skoptlcnl, and the coroner made a note. "Tho Children's hospital, you say, doctor?" ho asked. "Yes. llut tho child, who was en tered as Luclen Wallaco, was taken away by tils mother two weeks ago. I havo tried to trace them and failed." All at onco I remomborod tho telo- gram sent to Lonlso by somo ono signed F. L. W. presumably Dr. Walker. Could tho veiled woman bo tho Nina Carrlngton of tho message? Uut It was only Idle speculation. I had no wny of finding out, and the Inquest was proceeding. The report of tho coroner's physi cian camo next. Tho post-mortem ex amination showed that tho bullet had entered tho chest In tho fourth left intercostal space and had taken nn obllquo courso downwnrd and back ward, piercing both tho heart and lungs. Tho left lung was collapsed, and tho exit point of tho ball had beon found In tho muscles of tho back to tho lctt of tho spinal column. It was Improbablo that such a wound had been sclf-inlllctcd, and ila obllquo downwnrd courso pointed to tho fact that the shot hnd been fired from alovo. In othor words, as tho mur dered mnn had been found dead at the foot of a staircase, It was prob able that tho shot had beon fired by some one higher up on the stairs. There wero no marks of powder. The bullet, a ::s caliber, had been found In tho dead man's clothing, and was shown to tho jury. Mr. JarvlH was called next, but his testimony amounted to little. Ho had been summoned by telephone to Sun nysldo, had como over at onco with the steward and Mr. Winthrop, at present out of town. Thoy had beon admitted by tho housekeeper, mid hnd found tho body lying nt tho loot of tho staircase. He hnd innde a search for a weapon, but there was none nround. The outer entry door in tho east wing had been unfastened and was open about an Inch. I hnd been growing more and more nervous. When the coroner called Mr. John Halley, tho room was filled with suppressed excitement. Mr. Jamloson wont forward and spoke a few words to tho coroner, who nodded. Then Halsoy was called. "Mr. Inncs." tho coroner said, "will you tell under what circumstances you saw Mr. Arnold Armstrong tho night ho died?" "I saw him first at tho Country club," Hnlsoy said quietly. Ho was rather pale, but very composed. "I stopped thero with my automobllo for gasolono. Mr. Armstrong had been playing cards. When I saw him thoro ho was coming out of the cardroom talking to Mr. John Halley." "Tho nature of the discussion was It amicable?" Halsoy hesitated. "They wero hnvlng a dispute," ho said. 'T asked Mr. Diillcy to leave tho club with mo and como to Sunnysldo over Sunday." "Isn't it a fact, Mr. Innes, that you took Mr. Bailey away from the club house becauso you wore afraid thero ' would bo blows?" i "The situation was unpleasant," ' Halsoy said evasively. ' "At that time had you any suspicion I that the Traders' bank hail been wrecked?" "No." "What occurred next?" "Mr. Halley and 1 talked In the bil liard room until 2: HO." "And Mr. Arnold Armstrong camo thero, while you wero talking?" "Yes. He came about half-past two. Ho rapped at tho east door, and I ad mitted ltim." Tho silence In tho room was In tense. Mr. Jamleson'B eyes never loft Ilnlspy'B face. "Will 7011 tell us tho nature of his errand?" "He brought a telegram that had come to tho club for Mr. Bailey." "Ho was sober?" "Perfectly, at that time. Not end lor." "Was not his apparent friendliness a change from his former attitude?" : "Yes. 1 did not understand It." "How long did ho stay?" i "About ilvo minutes. Then ho left by the east ontranco." "What occurred then?" "We talked for a few minutes, dis cussing a plan Mr. Halley had in , mind. Then I went to tho stables, ' whoro I kept my car, and got It out." ; "Leaving Mr. Bailey alone in tho billiard room?" "My slstor was thoro." i Mrs. Ogden Fltzhugh hnd the coun ' ago to turn and oyo Gertrudo througl her lorgnoii. "And then?" t "I took tlio car along tho lower road, ' not to disturb tho household. Mr. Bailey came down across tho lawn, through the hedge, and got into tho car on tho road." "Then you know nothing of Mr. Armstrong's movements after ho loft tho houso?" "Nothing. I read of his death Mon day evening for the first .time. "Mr. Halley did not seo him on his vmy across the lawn?" "I think not. If ho had seen him ho would have spoken of It." "Thank you. That Is all. Miss Ger trude Innes." Gertrude's replies wero fully as con clso as Halsey's. Mrs. Fltzhugh sub jected her to a closo Inspection, com mencing with her hat and ending with her shoos. 1 flatter myself sho found nothing wrong with either her gown or hor manner, but poor Gertrudes testimony was tho rovorso or com forting. Sho had been summoned, sho said, by her brother, after Mr. Armstrong had gone. Sho had waited In tho billiard room with Mr. Halley until tho automobllo had been rendy. Then bIio had locked tho door at tho foot of tho staircase, and, taking a Inmp, had accompanied Mr. Halley to tho main entrnnco of tho House, ami had watched him cross tlio lawn. In stead of going at onco to hor room, bIio hnd gone back to tho billiard room for something which hnd been left thero. Tho cardroom and billiard room woro In darkness. She hnd groped around, found tho artlclo sho was looking for, and was on the point of roturnlng to her room, when sho hnd heard somo ono fumbling nt tho lock nt tho east outer door. Sho had thought It was probably her brother, and had beon about to go to tho door, when sho heard It open. Almost im mediately thero was a Bhot, and sho had run panic-stricken through tho drawing room and hnd roused the house. (TO DR CONTINUED.) I W i I VCT W&& tvv I a, -I (fr I ).rC " win) I IIJlSiF swill vVSAic xid:;eys weaken ti;e whole body. 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Mr. Follansbeo, who wns born In Chi cago In 1870, In piofessor of Illinois prnctiso and lecturer on legal othlcs in Northwestern university. Ho is a member of the University, Law and soveral other clubs. FAMOUS ELM TREE IS GONE Was Branch of Famous Elm Under Which Penn Made Treaty With Indians Planted In 1812. Philadelphia. An Interested crowd the other nfternoon watched tho do- struetltm of one of Philadelphia's old laiidmarkM on Twelfth street above Ciu'ftnut. the gigantic elm tree which ' has for years shaded the yard of tho Frloml- iiuetlng house, and which has , a pedigree second to nono In Philadel phia. The old elm was a branch of tho famous Penn treaty elm in Ken- ' Rington, umler which William Ponn made his treaty with the Indians. Two other largo trees which havo been grown from the Penn treaty elm are at the Pennsylvania hospital and Swnrthmoro college. The old tree on ! Twelfth street was planted In 1812, when the surrounding neighborhood i horo n truly rural aspect. It was for I many years remnrkablo for Its mag ! nlflcent follnge, but since the erection i I or the adjacent high buildings It ' ; eeated to thrive, and recently showed marks of decay. I A short time ago a heavy branch , j fell to the street, making a large hole i In tho sidewalk, anil It was doomed ( I necessary for tho safety of pedes- , trliuis to remove entirely the old land mark. ' There Should. Fritz the gardener was a stolid Ger man who was rniely moved to ex traordinary language. Kven tho most provocative occasions only caused him to remark mildly on his Ill-luck. Not long ago he camo back from the city In the late evening after a hard day In tho market place. Ho waB sleepy, and the train being crowded, tho bag gageman gave him a chair in his roomy car. Finally tho train reached Bloom field. Fritz still slept as It pulled In and his friend had to shako him and toll him whoro ho was. "I tanks you," said Fritz, aa ho roso slowly to his feet. Tho open door of tho enr was directly In front of him. Ho wnlkod straight out of It. Tho baggageman sprang to look aft er him. Fritz slowly picked himself up from the sand by the side of tho track, looked up at tho door, and said with no wrath in his voice: "There should hero bo somo steps." St. Paul Dispatch. Clever Joke of Kind King. King Kdward'n great nature was Il lustrated the other night by a London correspondent nt tho Press club In Now York. "Tho king," said tho correspondent, "wns visiting Ilufford Abbey, nnd ono morning, In company with his host. Lord Arthur Snvlle, ho took a walk over the preserves. "Suddenly Lord Arthur, a big burly mnn, rushed forward and seized a shabby fellow with n dead pheasant protruding from tho breast of his coat " 'Sir,' said Lord Arthur to tho king, 'this fellow is a bad egg. This is tho second time I've caught him poaching. "But the king's handsomo faco beamed, nnd he laughed his gay and tolerant laugh. "'Oh, let him go,' bo said. 'If ho really were a bad egg, you know, he wouldn't poach.' " Yes, Indeed. Hostess (at party) Why, so ellent. Miss Do Mulr? You've scarcely said a word slnco you camo. Youthful Guest Itcnlly, Mrs. Lead er, I nm having n very enjoyable tlmo, but my father has told mo 100 times never to sny anything uuless I have j something to say, and I suppose William Wade Hlnshaw, Who Plowed i Hostess But, my dear child, think FARMER BOY AN OPERA STAR Iowa Soil, Now Famous on Stage. KIdorn, la. Born on an Iowa prairie, taught to Blng at a country Bchoolhouse, and nevor had made a what a stupid and tiresomo thing so ciety xroiild bo If everybody followed that advlco! I T I x 15 i -s&v t&rrm t-sssskx s uwass Mathematical Request. Llttlo Mary, seven years old, wan saying her prayers. "And, God," sho petitioned at tho closo, "mako sovon times six forty-eight." "Why, Mary, why did you Bay that?" asked her mother. " Cause that's tho way I wroto It In 'zamination In school today, and I want it to bo right." Llpplncott's. If blnck could not bo made to look llko white, toasted chceso would not have so much drawing powor toward tho mouso trap. After a dog lias Indulged In short ' pants ho usually goes In swimming. William Wado Hlnshaw. European debut, William Wado Hin Bhaw has mado n contract with tho management of tho Metropolitan Op ora company to Blng for threo yenrs as leading barytone. Mr. IllnBhnw was born on a farm In Hardin county, In tho corn bolt, and went to Europe years after ho had lcarnod to sing. His recent en gagement camo about by a tost of his ability boforo tho critics at tlm theater In Now York, by singing arlaa from four different operas in four dif ferent lnngunges. Hungry Little Folks A Powerful Beacon. Now York. To guide ocean liners Into Now York harbor, through tho great $4,000,000 Ambroso chnnnol, is now noarlng completion on tho hlllB of Stnton Island a powerful beacon. 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