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staid Maar-owady *X«o a* to build that
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t k of a -rottary, Rarferl ”
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fefafe •. ad nooryd-a* bad ay do
ai--«tw aSairs is at yaw n rvir» ”
“Try to t»*- n-Mw* I said -Jkftd
-it las- '! i Has y*.*r torn auad*- any
far a tow*o» mm fflj for a lr
% at * kuy.tii*'
To*. «« fea*- ”
»1w> was li f* W fedflH'* I ba*o
a mo for ■.*b'»*«r ~
"fc »** to b I b-.rtr. at tfe* Ins
»"•«: fetor*- Mr lisrttcf u.o.*-!f
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—at fart ! aw ooit- rmttmtrn—tb*
sons bus to hr orruyord by Mr Ans
rrotr * esap.--’1 sfeo «a* »utit^c
to marry Ur M alkrr *
Afer*. tfe» arrfefsort bad »cu:r«-d for
-jm- dje-r**r ttrosbrr* of my tamlly.
kbd bad ham • -.jax >*C ! an* r-rtaia
of oo» Mnutar k-Tsfrnni* was
m boor »ftb KaJory a*d tfcr mao sbr
*a> *<> m to Biarry bws Ur Walferr.
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mama*- tad b~y. —wrsfiifetotrd far
•mw Uto* Tti-rr aw <^rtamly br
•oaar arayuawaiMto—ba* a feat a** r*
That day I •»>»'•< to Unuirr tfer
irraCr^o Mr Hsrt'C fead ufrwd Sbr
to Jndrrsutac boc as tmbai
psrr :arr I featr wt ►—-s Sbr
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ty oowr aatf tbr day of rt— tlMO afe
riraorfem*
CHSfeTER XV
feiQdy &<ret t*f Alarm
Tii- wti day. EYiday. <irrm«dr
b-to* tfer b-a* of feor «—{>fautorrs
W L*f L<»J *'£ *m.e
*» Um^m* Sk Mhm frmzlr
a* raaS4 tai^ac fcw tam than bar
«J» «WT * aart fe*J»I*y that U aa»
•**< I •am MMlwai fkr t»a > it.
-e* Halsey all that day. and the boy l
was frantic.
We had a quiet hoar Halsey and 1. j
uar evening, and 1 told him several
tine- a boat the request that we
**w up the lease to 8uaup*ide. about
it - •- iegram to Louise, about the
rumor? of an approaching marriage
the g.ri and L»r Walker, and.
•ast at ail. my own interview with her
the day before.
He sa: hac k in a big chair, with his
- » a th*- shadow. and my heart fair
t ac hed :ot him He was so big and
b •• When I had hushed he drew
a kmg breath.
W hatever Louise does.” he said,
nothing w.;; ?ot’ :n> * me. Aunt Hay.
that she duesz. t care for me And up
ti two mouths ag ■ when she and her
s »ther went west. I was the happiest
fellow ob earth Then something
mad? a difference. she wrote me that
her people were opposed to the mar
r.~r- -hat her feeling for me was
» ..at n had always been, but that
- ■> thing had happened which had
! hanged her idea? as to the future. 1
*»- not to write until she wrote me.
diM. what* ver occurred. 1 was to think
best I conic of her. It sounded
I t- a p-Zz.j- W hen 1 saw her yes
>-c*y was "ae ?ame thing, only,
pel taps, worse.”
Halsey.' j asked, have you any
de» of the nature of the interview
bet w • - r. Louise Armstrong and Am
die the night he was murdered T*
It was ?'ormy Thomas says once
or twice be almost broke into the
l room. he was ao alarmed for Louise.”
rw M I -I
On Friday night, then. I had gone
to bed. resolved to go at once to sleep.
Thoughts that insisted on obtruding
themselves 1 pushed resolutely to the
back of my mind, and I systematically
relaxed every muscle. I fell asleep
soon, and was dreaming that Or.
'Valker was building his new house
immediately in front of my windows:
1 could hear the thump-thump of the
hammers, and then 1 waked to a
knowledge that somebody was pound
ing on my door,
1 was up at once, and with the
sound of my footstep on the Boor the
low knocking ceased, to be followed
immediately by sibilant whispering
through the keyhole.
Miss Rachel! M:ss Rachel!" some
body was saying, over and over.
"Is that you. Liddy?" I asked, my
hand on the knob.
"For the love of mercy, let me m!"
she said in a low tone.
She was leaning against the door,
for w hen I opened it. she fell in She
was greenish-white, and she had a
red and black barred flannel petticoat
over her shoulders.
' Listen, she said, standing in the
middle of the floor and holding on to
me "Oh. Miss Rachel, it's the ghost
of that dead man hammering to get
in”"
Sure enought. there was a dull Thud
—thud—thud—it came apparently
from the wall.
' It's not a ghost." I said decidedly.
"If it was a ghost it wouldn't rap: it
would come through the keyhole."
Liddy looked at the keyhole. "But it
“We Had a Quiet Hour." Halsey and I.
\no*£*T thing Halsey." I said, I
:*'•» you ev^r heard Louise mention
i v rituais hhc.ec Carrington. Nina Car
rmgronT
Neter" be said positively.
!'■ '* 'ry as we would, our thoughts
- »ay ■ ana- Sat a to that fatal Satur
c.> L.iti and the murder Every con
te-o*ml path i-d to it. and we all
- ’ that Jiii-.r* was tightening
*!.-*a<:? o: evident e around John
: - ey The detective s absence was
oardly reassuring he must have had
-• -uj* •x.g tc work on in town or he
would have retimed.
The papers reported that the cash
-r of the Traders bank was ill in his
apartments at the Knickerbocker—a
• ■« no- surprising, considering
everything The guilt of the defunct
pr- .d -nt was to longer in coubt; the
Biisting bonds had been advertised
and some of them discovered In
* ' **' i.'tan'e they had been used as
<</lateral for large loans, and the
■ewas < irren* that not less than
a bi.,1 on and a half dollars had been
realized. Ehvt one connected with
tie- hank had been placed under ar
r--• and reeased on heavy bond
U„' he a.on- in his guilt, or was
lie • :er his accomplice* Where
wa> the money* The estate of the
fl-ad man was com para lively small—
a «itf house on a fashionable street,
rucryside. a large estate largely
rnor-gaged, an insurance of
and some perscnal property—this was
ail The rest kma in sp-eaiatiott prole
:* !y. the papers said There was one
L ng which looked uc'-omiortable for !
"»-k Hailey He and Paul Armstrong
*oe- tb-t had promoted a railroad com
«ty in New Mexico, end it was ru
»hat -ogether they haa suck,
a*g* - ns* of mooey there. Th? busi
■e»- i...an>» be tween the two men
-u-e ». •:*» b isef that Hailey knew
~«me- ng of the looting His unex
•iaioed abeewc from the bank on
Monday -r color to the suspicion
Against hi«B The strange thing
-—-mec to 1- fc * surrendering himself
an Tie pom* sf departure To me, it
—ae-d the shrewd calculation of s
• - rascal I was not actively an
I'.-zoc!'- << to Gertrude's lover, but 1
-ear.- to be i-anvinced. one way or the '
•tbe; I took wo one on faith.
Tha- night the Sunnyside ghost be
£3t to walk again Liddy had been !
m Ionise « dressing room on
a row t and the approach erf dusk
wa> a signal for her to barricade the i
enure suite Situated as It was. be I
vond the circular staircase, nothing
but an extremr y of excitement would
oavi made her pass it after dark. 1
-aniens myself that the place seemed
tome to have a sinister appearance, but
We kept that wing well lighted, and
until the lights went out at midnight
it *»« really cheerful, if one did not
anew its history
sounds very much as though some one
is trying to break into the house."
Liduy was shivering violent*y. I
told her to get me my slippers and
she brought me a pair of kid gloves,
so 1 found my things myself and pre
pared to call Halsey As before, the
night alarm had found the electric
lights gone; the hall, save for its
night lamp, was in darkness, as 1 went
across to Halsey's room. 1 hardly
know what I feared, but it was a re
lief to find him there, very sound
asieep. and with his door unlocked
U ak< up. Haisey." I said, shaking
him.
He stirred a little IJddy was half
in and half out of the door, afraid as
usual *o be left alone, and not quite
daring to enter. Her scruples seemed
to fade, however, all at once. She
gave a suppressed yell, bolted into the
room and stood tightly clutching the
foot board of the bed Halsey was
gradually waking.
'Tve seen it. Liddy wailed. “A
woman in white down the hall!"
1 paid no attention.
"Halsey," f persevered, "some one
is breaking into the house Get up.
aon't you?"
"It isn't our house." he said sleepi
ly. Anc then he roused to the exi
gency of the occasion. "All right.
Aunt Kay." he said, still yawning. “If
you 11 let me get into something—"
It was all I could do to get Liddy
out of the room The demands bf the
occasion had no influence on her; she
had seen the ghost, she persisted, and
she wasn't going into the hall But
1 got her over to my room at last,
more dead than alive, and made her
lie down on the bed.
The tappings, which seemed to have
ceased for a while, had commenced
again, but they were fainter Halsey
| came over in a few minutes, and stood
listening and trying to locate the
sound.
"Give me my revolver. Aunt Ray”
he said: and 1 got it—the one 1 had
found in the tulip bed—and gave it to
him He saw Liddy there and div;ned
at once that Louise was alone.
"You let me attend to this fellow,
whoever it is. Aunt Ray. and go to
Louis*, will you? She may be awake
and alarmed."
So in spite of her protests. 1 left
Liddy alone and went back to the
i east wring. Perhaps 1 went a little
faster past the yawning blackness of
j the circular staircase: and I could
hear Halsey creaking cautiously down
; the main staircase. The rapping, or
; poanamg. had ceased, and the silence
was almost painful. And then slid
. den’y. from apparently under my very
i teet. there rose a woman's scream, a
cry of terror that broke off as sudeen
j ly as it came. 1 stood frozen and still,
j Every drop of blood in my body
j seemed to leave the surface and gath
er around my heart. In the dead si
! lence that followed it throbbed as if it
would burst. More dead than alive.
I mumbled into Louise's bedroom She
was not there!
CHAPTER XVI.
In the Early Mcrning.
I stood looking at the empty bed
The coverings had been thrown back,
and Louise s pink silk dressing-gown
j was gone from the foot, where it had
1 lain. The night lamp burned dimly.
revealing the emptiness of the place.
| I picked it up. but my hand shook so
that 1 put it down again, and got
somehow to the door.
There were voices in the hall and
I Gertrude came running toward me.
"What is it?" she cried. "What was
that sound? Where is Louise?"
"She is not in her room." I said
stupidly. “I think—it was she—who
screamed."
Liddy had joined us now. carrying a
light. We stood huddled together at
the head of the circular staircase,
looking down into its shadows. There
was nothing to be seen, and it was
absolutely quiet down there. Then
we heard Halsey running up the main
staircase. He came quickly down the
hall to where we were standing.
"There's no one trying to get in. I
thought I heard some one shriek.
Who was it?"
Our stricken faces told hira the
truth.
"Some one screamed down there."
I said. * And—and Louise is not in
her room."
With a ierk Halsey took the light
! from Liddy and ran down the circular
staircase. I followed him. more slow
ly. My nerves seemed to be in a state
\ of paralysis; 1 could scarcely step. At
I the foot of the stairs Halsey gave an
■ exclamation and put down the light.
"Aunt Ray." he called sharply.
At the foot of the staircase, hud
dled in a heap, her head on the lower
stair, was Louise Armstrong She lay
j limp and white, her dressing-gown
dragging loose from one sleeve of her
night-dress, and the heavy braid of
her dark hair stretching its length a
. couple of steps above her head, as if
she had slippea down *
She was not dead: Halsey put her
I down on the floor and began to rub
her cold hands, while Gertrude and
: Liddy ran for stimulants. As for me.
I I sat there at the foot of that ghostly
J staircase—sat. because my knees
wouldn't hold me—and wondered
where it would all end Louise was
still unconscious, but she was breath
ing better, and 1 suggested that we
! get her back to bed before she came
, to. There was something grisly and
'•horrible to me. seeing her there in
almost the same attitude and in the
same place where we had found her
. brother's bydy And to add to the
similarity, just then the hall clock,
far off. struck faintly three o'clock.
It was four before Louise was able
to talk, and the first rays of dawn
were coming through her windows,
which faced the east, before she could
tell us coherently what had occurred.
1 give it as she told it Site lay
propped in bed. and Halsey sat beside
her. unrebuffed, and held her hand
: while she talked.
(TO BE CONTINUED.»
London Mulberry Trees
rinnury circus gardens, which have
just furnished fruit for the lord mayor,
are by no means the so]*- city haunt of
the mulberry tree, says the London
Daily News. The "wisest of trees,"
as Pliny termed it. evidently "likes
London.” and flouirshes even at the
Charterhouse m murky Smith field A
thriving little saplinp has recently
been planted in the pi. tnreseque north
ern comer of St- Paul's churchyard
hard by the spot where once stood the
famous Paul's cross. Asked how the
prospective fruit would be protect
ed from marauding street arabs. chap
ter gardener replied “I hope he
won't never bear no berries in my
time."
London mulberry trees are supposed
to derive their descent from an at
tempt of James I. to found a silk grow
ing industry, but seem really to bare
been introduced by the Romans An
other unlikely tree which appears to
do well in the hewn of London is the
fig. numerous specimens of which can
be seen flourishing under the most
depressing conditionsL
The Only Kind.
“It would be a good idea if brains
could be gone over and renovated now
and then "
"M that were possible, some brains
would have to be renovated with a
vacuum cleaner
Interchange of Confidence.
“1 have come here." said the cat
model in the artist's studio, "for a set
purr paw."
"Tes.“ said the dog. "any one ought
to snap at that fob—Baltimore
American.
APPARATUS FOR TESTING [
TEMPERATURE OF GRAIN
Beat Is Not Uncommon in Bins and When Elevator Man
Can Locate It Many Dollars Can t>e
Saved—How Done.
Apparatus for Testing G-ain Te’npe-atu'%. -
Grain stored In cne large bin will
litr e heat. A pood many dollars would
be saved if the temperature down in
'tv? prain could be known at any time.
This has been made possible by the
Zelery thermometer, says Popular
Electricity. Atout $0 years apo it
was found that two metnis. such as
bismuth and antimony, if heated whiie
n contact would generate an elup'ro
tnotive force and thts principle, that
x the thermo-electric pile, is used in
this device.
In the illustration one wire of nick
el-copper is run in a conduit tor pro
tection down into a b:n represented
i: the left. At vr- ~ious points taps are
taken oS with copper wire. An ordi
nary palvonometer and souse is placed
on the wall near a contact board on
which the wires terminate. When the
lever is in the position shown, all the
circuits are open and the scale (SI
Is moved so that on look inn throuph
the telescope the scale is shown by
reflection from the little mirror in the
paivanometer. Then the lever is
moved over to point ;1>. tor instance,
this places the galvanometer In cir
' cult with one of the thermo-electric
junctions down in the bin A slight
current will then Sow through the gab
xanometer due to the heating of the
J junction and will deSee: the galvan
ometer mirror so that the scale as you
look through the telescope will ap
pear to move over The distance
vfcich it moves indicates the temper
attire of the junction, as the scale is
calibrated to read in temperatures.
Silo Com.
If for the silo the large growing
kinds of com that will mature suffi
ciently early are to be preferred, as a
much greater amount can be grown on
an acre, and the process of siloing will
put the crop in excellent condition for
-ceding; but such are cot usually the
best for curing to feed dry. as there is
a liabi ity of being too much waste.
This crop should not be planted toe
thickly, but space allowed for air and
sun. and a fair amount of ears will aid
materially to the value of the fodder
Plant in rows sufficiently far apart tc
admit of cultivation which should be
the same as for that grown for the
grain.
SUBSTITUTE FOR BUMBLE BEE
The implement here illustrated is a
mechanical substitute for a bumble
bee. and its purpose is to cross-pol
lenize clover.
The machine consists of a platform,
the under side of which is covered
with a myriad of minute fibrous
fingers arranged like the bristles of a
brush, says Popular Mechanics. The
end of each fiber is covered with a
rubber-like substance to which the
pollen of the clover will cling.
When driven across a field, the plat
form. or frame, moves up and down,
the little fingers reaching down Into
the heads of the clever. All that is
required of the operator of the ma
chine is to know when the pollen Is
In the proper state to be carried from
one blossom to another by the ma
chine.
The clover pollen, unlike that of
most plants, is heavy and has a ten
dency to adhere to the heart of the
blossom. The period in which the
pollen can be carried from one bios
som to another lasts not longer than
I
two or three weeks. Consequently, t!
would take a vast army of bumble
bees to carry the pollen from every
bead of clover to some other bead
even in a small field. The pollen can
not be carried by the wind, and the
bumblebees are disappearing, there
fore, a machine to do the bumblebee '*
work is necessary.
Boom In Beet Sugar.
Beet sugar factories are now In suc
cessful operation in 16 states. Colora
do. California and Michigan being the
leaders in the order named. The
largest of the factories handles three
thousand tons of beets per day. They
pay the growers So.So per ton and the
acreage has increased to eight times
the area of ten years ago. The bus!
ness seems to be profitable for the
growers and improves the market
value of farm lands in the neighbor
hood of the factories. The by-products
pulp and molasses, are fed to stock, in
creasing the amount of cattle kept and
fed in the factory districts.
GOOD FARMING
IS PROFITABLE
How Three Men and a Bo>* Operate
Successfully 160-Acre Farm
— Finds Time «o Give
Neighbor m Lift.
(By A HIRED M AN *
The owner of our farm and another
man besides myself and a sixteen
year-old boy as chore boy and mes- j
senger. farm 160 acres of land and
farm It right too. In the spring we i
put four good Norses on a riding plow '
ar three -on the big disk and keep
them hustling along. We harrow i
mostly with four horses, because in 1
his way one tnan and the team can
rover nearly as much ground as two i
men and two teams. We hitch two
horses to the drill and always use a
two-horse riding cultivator for the
rorn.
When haying time comes «e use
i hay loader a ad a side delivery rake
and the hay fork with the horse on
the end of the rope makes the job
rotnparatsvely easy.
Sometimes we help out a neighbor
and he gives us a lift later. I notice
that the boss always takes care of
his own hay and grain first before
he works out any trade. Somehow,
he seems to be always a little ahead
uf our neighbors so that this arrange
ment works welL Our grain is al
ways stacked, although some of our
neighbors thresh right out of the field.
This saves time, but our boss seems
:o think that wheat that goes through
i sweat in the stack keeps better in
storage. Our threshing is done by a
man with bis own machine and crew
So completely does the thresher mac
take this job cC our hands, that fre
quently only one man is left to our
crew to check up the work done, while
the other two are at work on another
part of the farm
Prevents Potatoes Sprouting.
Consul Genera! Richard Guenther, at
Frankfort, reports that a German pub
lication. the Practical Adviser in Fruit
Raising- and Gardening, states that a
new method for keeping potatoes and
preventing sprouting consists in pla
cing them on a layer of coke Doctor
Schiller of Brunswick, who has pub
lished the method, is of the opinion
that the improved ventilation by means
of coke is not alone responsible for the
result, but believes that It is due tc
the oxidation of the coke, which, how
ever. is a very slow one Coke always
contains sulphur, and it Is very p«si
ble that the minute quantities of oxide;
of carbon and sulphur, which result
from the oxidation, mixing with the
air and penetrating among the pota
toes. are sufficient greatly to retard
sprouting. Potatoes so treated are
said to keep in good condition until
the following July.
Ingredients of Best Fertilisers
The highest agricultural value in
fertilisers is found in those that are
manufactured mainly from animal
matter, such as animal bore dried
blood, animal tanksg^ nitrate of soda
and high-grade potash salts
To Prevent Gapes.
Gapes have been prevented and
cured by using oil of sassafras. Pace
a few orops in the food for prevention
and for a cure drop down the windpipe
with a medical dropper. Put it on the
head -n*. under the wings for lice.
Marvelous Sense of Smeli
Remarkable Agencies and Forces In
volved in Extraction of the
Fragrance of a Rose.
What a marrelousb delicate mi
rhinerv is set. in motion when vre
smell the fragrance of a rose! Simple
an that pleasurable sensation seems
te os, it invoices the activity of most
| remarkable agendas and forces. 1.
1 baa keen shown that the minute cells
at the ends of the olfactory nerves tn
the nose hear the most delicate f.tt*e
hairs, and it is believed that these
hairs are the active agents hi produ
cing the sense of smell
Tet when we come to Inquire tntc
the manner of operation of these ceUi
and hairs, we find that it is mere
wonderful than the delicacy af tk.
mechanism ttaelf.
LEADING MISTAKES IN UFE
Writer Haa Recorded Ten. of Whkoft
Moet of U* Assuredly Have
Our Share.
Some of us may be glad to be told
•-hat there are only tea life mistake*,
for there seem to be so many more,
but a recent writer has catalogued
them. Perhaps these are only the tea
-e&ding cues from which the smaller
errors arise. Let's look over the list
and see how many of them are ours:
First, to set up our own standard of
right and wrong and Judge people ac
cordingly: second, to measure the en
joyment of others by oar own; third,
to expect uniformity of opinion iu this
world; fourth, to look for Judgment
sad experience in youth; fifth, to en
deavor to m-tld all dispositions alike;
sixth, to look for perfection in our
own actions, seventh, to worry our
selves and others with what cannot
be remedied, eighth, to refuse to yield
in immaterial matters, ninth, to re
fuse to alleviate, so far as it lies in
our power, all which needs allevia
tion: tenth, to trust to make allow
ance for the infirmities of others.
EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH
VILLAGE
"In Powlais. South Wale*, about fif
teen years ago. families were strick
en wholesale by a disease known as
the itch. Believe me. it Is the most
terrible disease of its kind that I
know of. as it Itches all through your
body and makes your life an inferno.
Sleep is out of the question and you
feel as if a million mosquitoes were
attacking you at the same time. I
knew a dcnen families that were sc
affected.
“The doctors did their best, but
their remedies were of no avail what
ever. Then the families tried a drug
gist who was noted far and wide for
his remarkable cures. People came
to him from all parts of the country
for treatment, but his medicine made
matters still worse, as a last resort
they were advised by a friend to use
the Cuticura Remedies. I am glad to
tell you that after a few days' treat
ment with Cuticura Soap. Ointment
and Resolvent, the effect was wonder
ful and the result was a perfect cure
in all cases.
“1 may add that my three brother*.
three sisters, myself and aU our fam
ilies have been users of the Cuticura
Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas
Hugh. 1650 West Huron St, Chicago,
IlL, June 29. 1909."
EASY TO ANSWER.
The Teacher—Who was It that
climbed slowly up the ladder at aao>
cess, carrying his burden with him as
he went: who. when he reached the
top pared upon those far beneath
him. and—
The Scholar (aged 81—I know,
ma'am. It was Pst O’Rourke, presi
dent at the Hod carriers i;nin»
A Knowing Girl.
When young Lord Stanielgh cams
to visit an American family, the mis
tress told the servants that in ad
dressing him they should always say
“Your Grace " When the young gen
tleman one morning met one of tbs
pretty house servants in the hallway
and told her that she was so attrso
tive looking he thought he would kis»
her. she demurely replied, clasping
her hands on her bosom and looking
up into his face with a beatific ex
pression. "O lord, for this blessing
we are about to receive, we thunt
thee."—Lippincott's.
More Serious.
“Mathilde Browne was very rude ta
an overdressed old woman she met ot
the street the other day ”
"1 know the story- The old womai
turned out to be Mathilde'* very rich
aunt, and now she's going to give ail
her money to a hospital for decrepit
dogs "
"Nothing of the sort, in fact. It's
worse. The old woman was the
Brownes' new cook—and now they
haven't any.”
The Home of the Cod.
There is Just one other great cod
bank In the world beside* those off
Newfoundland. It lies off Cape Agul
has. which Is the southern tip of Af
rica. and south of the Cape of Good
Hope The Agulhas plateau is said to
be almost a duplicate in size and rich
ness of the north cod banks But this
is too far off. so there is little promise
of its appeasing the hungry appetite
of the world for cod.
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