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I rr*p^r*'*d H* WU^ U end |SAM"« **f! !r»j|r «U*4 r* ar'V«e A t**r^Tfcr Cb*ttr*Ao •A- 1 *' otr t*ut r ‘»r Bill Iff *K W» * - * * • — *• :• t turn. **■„: e c*-A PT£P IK. Cttt "et4 Thee scared a' net slter arras* tt» t>i brar* table, with *«»• ** eyes ail ai sen hard mpnoot Aad 1S«*> Gertrude arid out both hands to Ba i—latiagty "We k not aot" she said brohraij ”2 am. tos with mo math at stake. It —to sd*=>e'_l I kaos you ar- as if aoraat sa I am Hake am belie*# tt. Hi lary ~ HLa.se* soexhed ber as best be could, aad tbr breach seemed beaied But toss* after I uest la bed be sat oo*s ■tana iB tb* betas room aloa* aad J Is* * be «t%s (i*.a* user the case as be bad 1earned tt Some things were clear U turn tBa* were dark to me He ksts aad Gerwidr. too. sty Jack Bailee »a« be bad game away that bi*bt as they did He kaew »here they bad teea lor The last «t bourn aad way Ja-k Bailey bad act returned wttfc baa h seemed to me tbat with mat fuller rurfldeate from both the —they are always children to as*—( sttnaic ar*«r be able to leara aaythiaa hs I was fkaaily *e*t;n* ready for bed Halsey came upstairs aac knocked at my drew Whee I had (at tato a **»«li»es—; used to say ■ rapper be fore Gertrude caste back from seboo —I Set him la He stood la tbe door •»* a atomeut. aad tbea be went tato adrt.es of » -eat mirth 1 sat down ot 'be side of the bed aad waited la severe »: iet.ee for bua to Stop but be *lf seemed to (row worse W'hrt he tad tucoocfud be took am by the elbow aad pulsed me iu froat of tbe Ho* U. be beautiful.” be quoted * M*** to Butt aad matrons, by It■—rti i PMu' ” Aad them I so* emiJ I bad beg-erted ta remote my arable -radteators aad ! presem* my app«araace »u odd I true** the: .it a a aoams duty to care for bar locks bat K is meet -be teliiac be found ad By tbe time I got them oC Haney «u settaas aga-e aad 1 to bis alary Asa: Ray." be begas. e*t.ng_;»b lag bis cigarette <m tbe barb of my fear* ta.r brash *1 svuid give a lot «o ted yaa tbe abode liter Bu—I -sit for a day or ao anyhow But <m :i « t sl *1- ba*e ta d you a kog time a ago If »w. bad teas* it yon •said ao* bas* eurperted me for a maai' r. stf—of hacmr arytbiag to do attb -.be attack cat Arnold Armstrong Goods*** l* *i abax I aught do to a hUw :-a* tbs: if tacr* ao* eaougb praeaci- ol oad I bod o ge* « my band—aadrr ordinary nrcuatstaac-es Bd—S ear* a great deal about 1-oulee A-me truce Asat Ray 1 boy* to cu rt ber some do* la K :ike!y I would klB bar brother”" *Bd lie a bole thiag la absurd.' I nrgaK * Aad betsdat. Gertrude's ewer* rtsleaet- that you left before Aramd krnwetruag came would clear Wo tar- got up aad b*gaa to pace tbe ft— aad tbe air of cbeerfulneas dropped -'ke a mask Sb» raa't swear R.” be aaid finally ' - ertrwp » story aos true os far as ** asat but sbe 4Ida t toil ererytbiag Arm.4C Armotraag came ber* at 2 M —earn* at* tb* bfUiard room aad left ta f*• su.us He maar to bnag— ****** ‘ 1 ervsd “you moot tefl me 'be abase truth Feer* time ! see o say ter you to escape you block It eocrseP with this sal. of eystery SAltoy.' be aatd 1 by spinal memragu from too* and au-moat Important Halley ta* started tor bar*, aad the messes C*r bad cone bark to tbe rKy Tbe ■ stesarc gate n la Arnold abo bad bars dnataag all day aad mulda't rad aa* gong fur a stroll ia ■ as certata It la only a matter of days sss; gMmmtly Aad Gcrtrades story of a tele 'Poor Trade ” be half whispered 'Past loyal Utile ga-i: Aunt Ray. yam deaert-** already knows that aad dwcrsCsts a3 Gertrude told a*— - They Staged at Each Other Across the Big Library Table. srjr Gertrude probably bad your re ■ roltfj must hare examined it. anyhow. that aigbt After you—and Jack bad gone, what if—that ruffian came back, and she—-and she—~ 1 couldn't finish Halsey stood looking at me with shut Ups "She might hate beard him fum bling at tbe door—be had no key. tbe police say—and thinking it was you. or Jack, she admitted him When she saw her mistake she ran' up the stairs a step or two. and turning, like an animal at bay she fired " Halsey had his hand over my Ups before I finished and in that position we stared each at tbe other, our stricken glances crossing “The revolver—my revolver—thrown *to tbe tulip bed' “ he muttered to himself 'Thrown perhaps from an upper window you say it was buried deep Her prostration ever since, her —Aunt Ba; you don't think it was < Gertrude who fell down the clothes chute*" I co-id cnly nod my head in a hope less affirmative. CHAPTER X. The Traders' Baca. Tbe morning after Haisey s return was Tuesday Arnold Armstrong had bee® found dead at tbe foot of the cir "-lar staircase at three o clock on ! Sunday morning Th» funeral services were to be held on Tuesday, and tbe m'ement of tbe body was to be de ferred ante] the Armstrongs arrived from California No one. I think was 1 very sorry that Arnold Armstrong was ' dead, but the manner of his death aroused some sympathy and an enor mous amount of curiosity Mrs Ogden Se«t T *c Telegrams. Plixtugh * cousin took marge of the arrange mm ana everything. 1 be lieve. was as quiet as possible 1 gave Thomas Johnson and Mrs Watson permission to go Into town to pay their last recpects to the dead man. but for some reason they did not care to go Halsey spent part of the day with Mr Jamieson. but be said nothing of what happened He looked grave an<l anxious, sad he had a long con versa fion with Gertrude late in the after noon Tuesday evening found us quiet. ' with the quiet that precedes an ex Plow»on Gertrude and Halsey were both gloomy aad distraught, and as ! Idddy had already discovered that some of the china was broken—it is impossible to have any secrets from aatoM servant—I was not in a pleas ant humor my*elf Warner brought ap the afternoon mall and the even mg paper* at seven—1 was curious to know what the papers said of the murder We had turned away at least . a doien reporters But I read over 1 the head line that ran half way across ’ the top of the Gazette twice before I ; comprehended it. Halsey had opened , the Chronicle aad was staring at It ftxediy "The Traders' bsak closes it* j doors'" was what I read, aad then I pot dow n the paper aad looked acros* the table "DM you know of this?" 1 asked Halsey "1—expected tt. But not so soon." he repbsd ! Aad you** to Gertrude ' Jack—toid us—something." Ger : trude said faintly "Oh. Halsey, what • can he do now•?" “Jack!" 1 said scornfully. "Your Jack's flight is easy enough to explain j now And you helped him. both of you. to get away! You get that from j your mother; it isn't an Innes trait. ; Do you know that every dollar you ; have, both of you. is in that bank?" Gertrude tried to speak, but Halsey i stopped ber. "That isn't all. Gertrude." he said , quietly; "Jack is—under arrest." "Under arrest!" Gertrude screamed. ; and tore the paper out of his hand. ' She glanced at the beading, then she crumpled the newspaper into a ball and flung it to the floor While Hal sey looking stricken and white, was trying to smooth it out and read it. Gertrude had dropped her head on the table and was sobbing stormily. 1 have the clipping somewhere, but Juat now I can remember only the es ' senuals On the afternoon before, Monday, while the Traders' bank was in the rush of closing hour, between two and three. Mr Jacob Trautman. president ! of the Pearl Brewing Company, came into the bank to lift a loan. As se curity for the loan he had deposited some 300 International Steamship Company as. in total value $300,000 Mr Trautman went to the loan clerk, and. after certain formalities had been gone through, the loan clerk went to* the vault. Mr. Trautman. who was a large and genial German, waited for a time whistling under his breath. . The loan clerk did not come back After an interval. Mr. Trautman saw ; the loan clerk emerge from the vault and go to the assistant cashier; the two went hurriedly to the vault A lapse of another ten minutes, and the assistant cashier came out and ap proacned Mr Trautman He was no ticeably white and trembling Mr Trautman was told that through an oversight the bonds had been mis placed. and was asked to return the following morning when everything would be made all right Mr Trautman. however, was a shrewd business man and lie did not like the appearance of things. He left the bank apparently satisfied, and within 30 minutes he had called up three d;ffereat members of the Trad er*. board of directors. At 3:30 there was a hastily convened board meeting, with some stormy scenes, and late in ’he afternoon a national bank exam iner was in possession of the books. Tl.e bank had not opened for business Tuesday At 12:30 o clock the Saturday be fore. as soon as the business of the day was ciosed. Mr. John Bailey, the cashier of the defunct bank, had taken his hat and departed During the aft ernoon he had called up Mr Aronson, a member of the board, and said he was ill. and might not be at the bank 1 for a day or two As Bailey was high ly thought of. Mr. Aronson merely ex pressed a regret. Urotu that time un til Monday night, when Mr. Bailey had surrendered to the police, little was known of his movements. Some time after one on Saturday he had en tered the Western I'nion office at Cherry and White streets and had sent two telegrams. He was at the Green wood Country club on Saturday night, and appeared unlike himself. It was reported that he would be released under enormous bond some time that day. Tuesday. The article closed by saying that while the officers of the bank refused to talk until the examiner had finished his work, it was known that securities aggregating a million and a quarter were missing. Then there was a dia tribe on the possibility of such an occurrence; on the folly of a one-man bank, and of a board of directors that met only to lunch together and to listen to a brief report from the cash ier, and on the poor policy of a gov ernment that arranges a three or four day examination twice a year. The mystery, it insinuated, had not been cleared by the arrest of the cashier. neiore now minor omcials had been used to cloak the misdeeds of men higher up. Inseparable as the words “speculation" and “peculation" have grown to be. John Bailey was not known to be in the stock market. His only words, after his surrender, had been: “Send for Mr. Armstrong at once." The telegraph message which had finally reached the president of the Traders' bank, in an interior town in California, had been responded to by a telegram from Dr. Walker, the young physician who was traveling with the Armstrong family, saying that Paul Armstrong was very 111 and unable to travel. That was how things stood that Tuesday evening The Traders' bank had suspended payment, and John Bailey was under arrest, charged with wrecking it; Paul Armstrong lay very ill in California, and his only son had been murdered two days before. I sat dazed and bewildered. The children s money was gone; that was bad enough, though I had plenty, if they would let me share But Gertrude's grief was beyond any power of mine to comfort; the man she had chosen stood accused of a colossal embezzle ment—and even worse. For in the in stant that 1 sat there 1 seemed to see the colls closing around John Bailey as the murderer of Arnold Armstrong. Gertrude lifted her head at last and stared across the table at Halsey. "Why did he do it?" she wailed. "Couldn't you stop him, Halsey? It was suicidal to go bhCk!” naisey was looking steadily through the windows of the breakfast room, but it was evident he saw nothing 'It was the only thing to do. Trude." he said at last. "Aunt Ray. when I found Jack at the Greenwood club last Saturday night he was frantic. 1 can not talk until Jack tells me I may. but —he is absolutely innocent of all this, believe me 1 thought Trude and I thought we were helping him. but It was the wrong way. He came back. Isn t that the act of an innocent ; man?" "Then why did he leave at all?" I asked, unconvinced. What innocent man would run away from here at three o'clock in the morning? Doesn t it look rather as though he thought it impossible to escape?" Gertrude rose angrily "You are not even just!" she flamed “You don't know anything about it, and you con demn him;” "I know that we have all lost a great deal ot money." 1 said “I shall believe Mr. Hailey innocent the mo ment be is shown to be You profess to know the truth, but you cannot tell me! What am I to think?" Halsey leaned over and patted my hand. "You must take us on faith.” he said. "Jack Bailey hasn’t a penny that doesn't belong to him; the guilty man will be known in a day or so." '1 shall believe that when it Is proved." 1 said grimly. "In the mean time. I take no one on faith. The In neses never do.” Gertrude, who had been standing aloof at a window, turned suddenly. "But when the bonds are offered for sale. Halsey, won't the thief be de tected at once?" Halsey turned with * superior smile. "It wouldn't be done that way." he j said "They would be taken out of i the vault by some one who had access to it. and used as collateral for a loan in another bank. It would be possible to realixe fc© per cent, of their face \ value." •To BE CONTINUED.) SCENTING THE BLUEFISH - ^ Valuable Information from the Wiae' Skipper for a Party Out Fishing. "AbV said the skipper out with a party blue fishing, turning his face to i •'indward as he spoke and at the same time throwing the wheel over and imaging the boat up and putting her off on the other tack. "1 smell them!" "You smell them?” said a member of the party in the boat “Do you mean ! to tell me you can smell the Osh r* certainly.” said the skipper, as he got another little pull on the sheet, "or you can smell where they i are. which amounts to the same thing "Yon see." the skipper continued, “the bluefisb is a voracious feeder— i TerT voracious; he will eat about a i million of the little fishes that you • find around so plentiful in the water. put there apparently for the bigger j fish to feed on. and when he has 1 gorged himself on about a million. more or less, of these little fishes the biuefish will settle down on the bot tom and there disgorge them, and this disgorged food. oily, floats up to the surface, and that you can smell, and it Cleans bluefish; and l can smell them now. sure." And so the skipper got an inch more of the sheet and peered ahead and kept her a-going with every inch drawing, just a-humming and a-boiling, keen on the scent And did the party come up with the bluedsh and catch lots of them* A boatload of fish* Keep hauling them in till they all got tired of fishing* ell. that—as a once celebrated English writer has so aptly remarked that is another story; scenting blue fish and catching them being two quite different things. Origin »f -John Bull The name “John Bull.” as applied to the English nation, was first made use of in a poem dated 1712. » | MEYER BOOSTS THE NAVY "In time of peaee prepare for war.” This old axiom seems to be the basis of oper ations in the navy department of the United States these days under the direction of Secre tary George von Lengerke Meyer, who has been reorganizing the navy to bring about better effi ciency and at the same time save money. Of course Mr. Meyer would take all the dread naughts and other fighting craft congress would give him. but in recent days he has shown greater interest in making the best of what he has. Virtual reorganization has been accomplished by Secretary Meyer In the year in which he has held the portfolio. He has brought about a saving of money in different directions, it is said, and • maiij vi uio vnau^ra aic iuc icouil, uii rv c vi Indirect, of suggestions offered at his request by officers in all parts of the naval service. Economy in the use of coal has been brought about by systematic firing, economy of steam, replacing defective joints and journals and stopping leaky valves. On the Montana a saving of fifteen tons of coal daily is due to systematic firing. With reference to oil the saving has been as great. On the battleship Georgia improved evaporators have reduced the cost of making fresh water 40 per cent. Secretary Meyer's reoganization plans include systematic overhauling of the vessels at the shipyards after each cruise. This permits the continu ous employment of expert machinists, many of whom formerly would be dis missed after a piece of work was done and not be ready to return when needed again. A saving of thousands of dollars in repair work has been effected by having repair shops on shipboard. The establishment of a school of marine engineering at Annapolis is another means whereby Secretary Meyer hopes to train for special work engineer officers who give promise of being of special value in anv part of his reorganization plan. Mr. Meyer is a native of Massachusetts and bears the distinction of being one of two holdovers from the Roosevelt cabinet. He was postmaster gen eral when Taft became president, but went to the navy department soon Thereafter. He has had a splendid business training through his connection with some large commercial organizations and has sought to apply business rules to the navy with eminent success. BOOM HOOSIER GOVERNOR Two years will pass before the political par ties will be holding their national conventions and nominating presidential candidates, but this does not keep the politicians from expressing their views concerning the prospective standard bearers. As in former years, various states will lave the interests of their own statesmen at heart when convention time comes in 1912. From present appearances Indiana will be among these at the Democratic convention and the delegates from the Hoosier state probably will go to the great meeting with the Intention of bringing about the nomination of their governor, Thomas R. Marshall. Wm/gf/Pk. 1 I Thomas Taggart, national committeeman from Indiana, was in Washington several days ago and in an interview said: "Indiana is for Marshall for president. Mr. Bryan has lots of friends in Indiana, but the Democrats of our state are for our gov ernor for the nomination. Governor Marshall was elected in 1908 and took office in January 1909 His term does not expire until January. 1913. Indiana has always been the center of hot political battles in both parties and frequently has been placed in the doubtful list in presidential campaigns. Just at present the Republl cans are having a hard fight for supremacy in the contest between insur gents and stand-patters. The Democrats seem to be working in harmony for the election of John W. Kern as senator to succeed Beveridge. "There is many a slip betwixt cup and lip.” is an old saying that mav apply to candidates for political preference, and while it now seems that Governor Marshall has an excellent chance of going before the convection with a solid Indiana delegation behind him, something may develop to pre vent between now and time for the nomination speeches to be made in the i convention hall. j Governor Marshall is a man of pleasing personalitv and has shown In ' handling important matters that have come before him that be has abilitv Presidential candidates, however, have not always been chosen because of their ability and pleasing manners, but geographical conditions have fr^ quently played a more important part. The leaders mav think when the time comes for choosing that New York or Ohio would be better for selecting a presidential candidate and it must be said in all fairness that both of those S ™ Democratic ranks who may be considered £od pr*si [ ROUSES NEW KING’S IRE King George V. has started an "In Bad" ciub. Of course in an empire there are Jots of poeple who are in bad on general principles and there have been many persons who have been persona non grata to the king or queen. It is the Right Honorable Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, home secretary in the British cabinet, who is the original member of his iraje* ty's "In Bad" club. Mr. Churchill knows how Francis Burton Harrison, member of congress from New York, must feel. Just a few davs be fore Mr. Churchill roused the ire of the new hing Mr Harrison was told that he wasn't wanted at the White House. Whether they have ex- ! changed cablegrams of condolence has not been made public. George V. held a reception of the cabinet min isters at Marlborough house and discussed the political situation. After hearing Mr. Churchill's views the king told him his opinion about the outstanding controversies. *'l do not agree with your majesty,” said Churchill. “Leave my presence immediately.” said King George, and Churchill abashed and crestfallen, slunk dejectedly away. It was because he did not agree with President Taft that Mr Harrison was barred from seeing the president, so the cases are somewhat similar Mr. Churchill formerly held the position of president of the boa-d of trade. He is a son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill, his mother (daughter of the late Leonard Jerome of New York) being now Mrs. George Cornwallis West, she having married the latter upon the death of Lord Raniolnh Churchill. Mr. Churchill was born in 1874 and was educated at Harrow3 the military academy and Sandhurst. He served in South Africa and for a time was war correspondent, and in 1905-08 he was undersecretary of state for the colonies. He is a pronounced radical in his political views " 1 GREAT BANK’S PRESIDENT I From plow boy in Iowa cornfields to president of the second largest bank in the United States is a record of which George M. Reynolds, head of the recently consolidated Continental and Com mercial National banks of Chicago, is lu«tlv proud. Mr. Reynolds is a man who never stepped out of the beaten track, never went outside of his business, never stopped working and never suf tered a reverse. He has never lost a day from alckneas, he has never taken a vacation that did not have business on the side, he does not drink he does not smoke, he does not plar bridge he does not play golf, he has no favorite anthor he has no hobby but banking, he has no country residence, he does not even take exercise wonts nine Hours a day. This is the onlv inroad that insidious luxury has made upon the habits of a busy life used to work eleven when he first came to Chicago In 1897 to be caakw of the Continental National bank. "Make your business your pleasure and marry early. These are mv rules." said Mr. Reynolds. “I married at nineteen a girl in the little country town where I was cashier of the bank. 1 guess I have the banker's tempera ment. because 1 have always found my greatest pleasure in my business I am a farmer's boy. 1 passed my boyhood In the fields of Iowa, where I ... born Just after the war. near the little town of Panora. I spent my summer making garden, plowing, driving the reaper and pitching hay “They gave me my healtth and strength. 1 think 1 have had the artnn. twice since 1 have lived in Chicago, bat l have never had anythin, rati sickness. 1 never paid a doctor a cent la my life for myaalt CORN PLANTING IS OVER THAT CANADIAN TRIP SHOULD NOW BE TAKEN. If you had intended going to Can ada for the purpose of purchasing land on which to establish a home and accompanying some land company, whose holdings yon proposed to look over or to go up on your own account to select one hundred and sixty acres of land free, you should delay no longer. Corn-planting is over, your wheat crop is well ahead, and you have a few weeks' time before you are required in the fields again. Now make your intended trip. Reports at hand show that the crop prospects in Canada were never better than they are today. The cool weather has not affected the crop, but if anything, it has been a benefit. There has been plenty of moisture and those who have had their land properly prepared look upon this year as likely to be one of the best they have had. A great many are going up this season who expect to pay two or three dollars an acre more than they were asked to pay last year. Others who wish •» homestead are prepared to go farther from the line of railway than would have been necessary last year. Still it is worth it So it will be with you. Mvxt year lands will be higher-priced and homesteads less accessible. There is a wonderful tide of immigration to Central Canada now. It is expected that one hundred and fifty thousand, new settlers from the United States will be numbered by the end of the present year, an increase of fifty per cent over last year. In addition to this there will be upwards of one hundred thousand from the old coun try, which does not include those who may come from the northern countries of the Continent. These all intend to settle upon the land. The reader does not require an answer to tko ■ YT "V .. .L._ J _ «. "Why are they going there in such large numbers?" Western Canada Is no longer an experiment. The fact that one hundred and fifty million bushels of wheat were raised there last year as against ninety-five mil lions the year previous, shows that the tiller of the soil in Central Canada is making money and it is safe to say that be is making more money than can be made anywhere else on the Continent in the growing of grains. He gets good prices, he has a sure and a heavy crop, he enjoys splendid rail way privileges, and he has also the advantages of schools and churchea and such other social life as may he found anywhere. It is difficult to say what district is the best. Some are preferred to others because there are friends already established. The Grand Trunk Pacific, on its way across the Continent, is opening up a splendid tract of land, which is being taken up rapidly. The other railways —the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern are extending branch lines into parts inaccessible a couple ol years ago. With a perfect network of railways covering a large area of the agricultural lands It is not diffi cult to secure a location. Any agent of the Canadian Government will to* pleased to render you assistance toy advice and suggestion, and a good plan is to write or call upas him. The Government has located these agents at convenient points through out the States, and their offices are well equipped with a full supply ol maps and literature. PROOF WANTED. Mr. Saintly—Things do not always gw as we plan. “Man propose* and—” Miss Oldmayde—He doe*, eh? Well, go ahead. 6lr, and proTe that the say ing Is true. Ml*. Wtulimt Soothing fhmg. Vhrrhujroc tooth.n, *><W«»th»lnMDv rodaoo»!»> — r-— — A genius Is a man who trie* to bor row money—and gets it. Lewis' Single Binder, extra quality t» bacco, costa more than other 5c cigars. To love and to serve is the motto which every true knight should bear on his shield.—Downs. 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