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"This is due to your carelessness." 1 said. "If we had all been murdered ’n our beds it would have been your fault" She shivered. "Now. not a word of this through the house, and send Alex to me." The effect on Alex was to make him apoplectic with rage, and with it all 1 , fan' ied there was an element of satis- 5 faction As I look back, so many things are plain to me that 1 wonder 1 could not see at the time. It is all known now. and yet the whole thing , was so remarkable that perhaps my | stupidity was excusable. Alex leaned down the chute and ex- j an.med the ladder carefully it is caught he said with a grim smiltx The fools, to have left a warning like that ’ The only trouble is Miss Innes. ihey won t be apt to j corn* back for a while " Ma-y A-~e Had Gore Wiste These anger mere carefully kept from The servants mho mere only rommes nx to -leep at night and mho re- -^c o®e and all mith :«arred t • ■*- anc Lt.tt.ps • hat bunted full until acrr.Lt Tt* . mas qu -t again W. dnes da- tight It *a- almost a meek since ;*o-;:-* Lac et«stuttered some one on the stairs, and it mas four days since the dJmorery of -fee bine in tbe trunk. ma. \r»< >!d Armstrong and t :* ta'Ler rested - de by side in the ■ i-aa -a - atm Ljarc and at tbe Zion Air.cat cur-1. t the bill, a n* w BKxmd mark'd * .as: res':nr place of poor Thomas 1*0 . Is* mas m tt her mother in • «t and beyond a polite note of 1 Lank* to m* m* had heard noibing from her Itr Walker nad taken up ins pmrttce again, and me sam him aow and then ft mg along th road, almay* at top sp>*ed Tbe murder of Arnold Armsti >ng mas still unaveng*-d. and i renamed firm In tbe position I had -aken—to stay at Sunny side until the thing mas at least partly cleared. And yet. for all its quiet it mas on Wednesday night that perhaps the boldest attempt mat. made to enter •he house On Thursday afternoon tie* laundress seat mord she mould M* '< speak u» me. and 1 sam her in my pr o ate sitting room, a small room beyond the dressing room Jury Atfif «u embarrassed she :-*a n.ie-d down ter sleeve*. and tried a white apron around her waist, and et*« stood making folds in it with fin ger* that were red and shiny from ber »uap-*uCr 'A el. Mary I said encouragingly • hat * the ma”* r' Oon i dare to tell ate the soap is «uf No. niiur Miss I cues ' She had a her* cats habit of l<-okmg first at my ■me eye and then at the other, her own optics shifting ceaselessly, right eye. left eye. ngtt eye. until 1 found myself doing the same thing No. ma am 1 was askic did you w ant the ladder left up the clothe* rbuteT The w tat f I screeched, and was sorry u»e next minute Seeing her c«pi- ioa» were ' enfied Mary Anne had gone white, and stood with her eyes shift ng more wildly than ever. ■There * a ladler up the clothes chute Miss Inner/ she said ‘It s up that tight I can't move it. and I didn ■ like to ask lor help until 1 sixjke to you “ It was .seless to dissemble: Mary Ann# knew now as well as I did that the ladder had ho business to be there I did the best I could, how ever I pat ber x the defensive at Then you didt t loc k the laundry last night** I locked it tight and put the key m the km bra on its nail ” A • ry weL then you forgot a win Mary Anne bemvated Te m ~ she said at Inst. ‘ I thought I larked them ail but there was one open tfc» morning ' I went on*, of the room and down the hall followed by Mary Anne The door into the clothes chute was se curely halted, aac w hen 1 opened it I saw the evidence of the woman's st*r> A pruning ladder had been brought- from where it had laic against the stable and now stood up right is the clothe* shaft, its end rest icg against the wail between the first • and *i mad floor* ' 1 shouldn't regard that in the light of a calamity " T replied I'nr.l late that evening Halsey and ties worked at the chute. They forced down the ladder at last and put a is*« ’«>!: on the door. As for r. -.e 1 sat and wondered if 1 had a dead!? enemy, intent on my destruc tion 1 w as grow >ng more and more nerv » - Liddy had given up all pretense at bravery, ana slept regularly in my dressing room on the- couch, with a prayer-book and a game knife from th« kitchen under her pillow, thus pre paring for both the natural and the supernatural. That was the way things stood that Thursday night, when 1 myself took a hand in the struggle CHAPTER XXIII. While the Stables Burned. About nine o'clock that night Liddy came into the living room and re-J p Tied that one of the housemaids de clared she had seen two men slip around the corner of the stable. Ger trude bad be*en sitting staring in front ot he ! jumping at every sound Now she turned on Liddy pettishly '1 declare. Liddy." she said, "you are a bundle of nerves What if Eliza did see some men around the stable? It may have been Warner and Alex.” V\ arner is in the kitchen, miss." Liddy said with dignity. ' And«t you had come through what 1 have, you would be a bundle of nerves, too Miss Rachel, I d be thankful if you'd give we tuy month's wages to-morrow. I'll be going to my sister s" "Very well." I said, to her evident amarewent. "1 will make out the cheek Warner can take you down to the noon train" Uddy's face was really funny "You'll have a nice time at your sister s." 1 went on Fivi children, hasn't she'" "That's it," Liddy said, suddenly bursting into tears. "Send we away, after all these years and your new shawl only half done and nobody know in' how to fix the water for your hath ' "It's time 1 learned to prepare my own hath." 1 was knitting cumpla cently Hut Gertrude got up and put her arms around Uddy's shaking shoulders. You are' two big babies she sa d soot hi ugly "Neither one of you could get along tor an hour without the oth er. So stop quarreling and be good l.iddy. so right up and lay out aunty s night things She is going to bed early " After udtir had gone I S-gar. to think about the men at the stable and 1 grew more and more anxious. Hal sey was aimlessly knocking the bi! liard halls around in the relltard room, and 1 called to him ' Halsey," J said when he sauntered m. "is there' a policeman in Casa nova *" "Constable" he s«;d lak-onically ' veteran of the war. one arm in of fice to conciliate the G v R element Why*" "Hecauae 1 am uneasy tonight" \nd i told him what ! ddy had said is there any one you can think of who could be relied on to watch the outside of the house to night ?" ' We might get Sam Hohannon from the club," be said thoughtfully "It woulan't be a bad scheme He's a smart darky, and with his mouth shut and his shirt front covered, you could n't see him a yard off in the dark ” Halsey conferred with Alex, and the result, in an hour, was Sam His instructions were simple There had !>een numerous attempts to break into the house; it mas the intention not to drive intruders away, but to cap ture them. If Sam saw anything sus picious outside, he was to tap at the east entry, where Alex and Halsey were to alternate in keeping watch through the night. As before. Halsey watched the east entry from ten until two. He had an eye to comfort, and he kept vigil in a heavy oak chair, very large and deep. We went upstairs rather early, and through the open door Gertrud* and I kept up a running fire of conversation l.iddy w;s brushing my hair and Ger trude was doing her own with a long free sweep of her strong, round arms. "Did you know Mrs. Armstrong and Utilise are in the village*" she called. No." 1 replied, startled "How did you hear itT "I met the oldest Stewart girl to day. the doctor's daughter, and she told me they had not gone buck to town after the funeral. They w ent di rectly to that little yellow house nest to Dr \\ alker's. and are apparently settled there. They took the house furnished for the summer " "Why. it's a bandbox." T said "I can t imagine Fanny Armstrong in such a place " "It's true, nevertheless Ella Stew art says Mrs. Armstrong has aged ter ribly. and looks as if she is hardly able to walk." I lay and thought over some of these things until midnight. The elec tric lights went out then, fading slow ly until there was only a red-hot loop to be seen in the bulbs, and then even that died away and we were embarked on the darkness of another night. iTO BE CONTINI KIXj Condemns Sunshine Fad. A well-known medical man con demos emphatically the form o' vani ty that leads people on their holidays to do their utmost to get sunburned "Workers in city offices." he says, "who go into the country or to the seashore for only one or two weeks will deliberately sit about hatless in the blazing sun. so that they may come back looking brown and healthy As often as not this practice will send them home far less fit for work than they were when the y started, for even if one escapes sunstroke the ef fects of the sun s rays upon the un covered bead are very bad. They will cause dizziness, headache, nausea and loss of appetite and will often up set the digestive system for many days. There are ways of avoiding the more serious effects of the sun. but personally I would advise the city dweller who must have a brown face to stain it with walnut juice and wear a broad-brimmed hat like a sane and sensible individual" Marvels of Modem Surgery. Knife operations on the stomach have given a death rate of from one to 20 per cent., against 20 to 40 per cent, ten years ago. Cutting open the upper abdomen, splitting the stomach open and turning it wrong side out. searching for cancers and ulcers, has become a not uncommon operation, often followed by great cures and benefits, and is largely an American specialty. — New York i Press. Ingenious Burglar Alarm. The simple burglar alarm that has been under test by the polite authori ties in Dresden and Berlin seems to hare resisted all attempts to pass without giving warning. It consists of a curtain or portiere, wired with fine conductors connected at certain places with metal knobs, and when this is drawn across the door or win dow. or around the safe, the slightest disturbance throws the knobs out of contact and breaks the electric cir cuit. The alarm may be signalled by a series of bells, lights, or other electric appliances, either on the premises or at the police station. Cutting the material or interfering with it in the slightest degree, has in stant effect, and the wiliest burglar :s unable to enter the premises having this apparently trifling protection without giving notice. Making Him Go. “1 don't Jiink 1 shall go to the poker party to-night-" “That s one of the truest thicks you have done for quite awhile." “Jinx owes me $5 which be was to pay me at the party to-night, and which I had decided to give to you to go shopping with, but I am really too tired to go out; guess I'll let it go this time" “That is Just like youi If it was anything you wanted to do you would go in a minnte. but when it ia some thing for your wife you aie too tired! You will go to that poker party to night or you will hear from me!" v HOME W^A.RADFORD - EDITOR - ._^ Mr. William A. liadfwro xnl snse r QUtsuoas titvi pw advice FREE OF O.X5T oa all subject* per;slams to the •abject of building for the readers of this paper, yip tmwM of his wide expe rience as Editor. Author and Manuf*.-^ tuner. he is. without doubt, the busi est authority on all these subjects A.hlr-ss all inquiries to William A Radford. X.v IS* Fifth Ave.. Chicago. HU. and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. It is one of the healthful signs of present day building that the interior arrangement of a house is given more attention and is considered mere im portant than is its exterior appear ance Home builders have outgrown that period when matters of design were regulated by what the neigh bors would think A general iou ago every house had to have its front and hack parlor; the former preferably garnished with a round tower bay window arrangement or. the corner and the exterior elah orately supplied with fancy orna ments. if the building was to com mand any distinction at all in the community; and all of this was to the general detriment of the home in tenor A modern house, on the other hand, is designed to meet the needs of the family life providing rooms that are »'eli lighted, well ventilated of proper sire and sc arranged that the work of house keeping may be re duced to its lowest terms The architect draws his floor plans and lets the exterior appearance large ly take care of itself Yet. in spite of this, the modem houses planned in this way are more attractive in their general extenor appearance than were the ;vreter.tious. ever ornamented dwellings of old Simplicity and directness are the two first requirements for suecesssfc design—elements which come strong ly into play in this present-day idea of home planning In the accompanying design the most important consideration was to have the first floor so planned that an impression of spaciousness be gained upon entering the front door; at the same time It was desired that arrange part of the room in an eH or otherwise complicate the design The arrangement of the kitchen and pantry will he seen to be very con vert ten: for the preparation of meals On the second floor three large bed rooms and a bathroom are provided Earn room has cross ventilation There are fi'e clothes closets; also a nice s;tace for a sewing room in the well-lighted up5>er ha!' The exterior of this house is very simple, yet it is highly attractive It is a modem Seco**a F!o»- P:*n. adaptation of the I bitch coion iai style Cement plaster on metal lath ss employed lor the nails A number erf attractive color schemes are teas ibie for its use. ream color for the cement piaster and brown for the *ood trim around the d«s\rs and win does being perhaps as good as any The roof is of slate The cost of this house ts estimated at **.«•» FUSSY ABOUT THE CHANGE Mae. Unlike Woman. Does Not Like tne Way it Usually t* Given to Him. To be sure, the change we receive in these days of the high cost of most the dicing room and kitchen be sep arated from the rest of the house at times, when a certain privacy there is desired This is a very frequent requirement; yet. it is surprising how often our houses as they are built fulfil but part of this requirement. A glance at the first-floor plan will show an arrangement which accom plishes the purpose very successfully in this case. Entrance is had at the center in front into a spacious square hall; to the left the stairway as- j cends to the second floor; to the right through the column archway is the large living room. H by S feet, occupying the entire left side of the house. This is a beautiful room, with First Floor Plan. beamed ceiling and having a large brick fireplace at tb - further end The dining room is in the center at the rear, directly taca of the entrance hall. This room is reucned by way of a broad doorway from the side of the living room, double doors sepa rating the two when desired Both the living room and dining room are exceptionally well lighted, the three window groups being both attractive in appearance and efficient for lighting and ventilation It is seldom that one finds so good an ar rangement as this in a house of square outline, which, of course, is the most economical to build. It is usual'y ne- essary. in or’er to secure •v features mer-ionei. to things does not burden our minds or our pockets overmuch, yet we should like to receive the little that is coming to us in a more orderly arrangement than is customary in the smaller busi ness transactions of daily life, says tbs Xew York Tribune. 1'saally our change is shot back in a little metal box via a miniature overhead railroac. The clerk pulls the crumpled wad hastily apart to verify the amount, and stuffs it into our hand That is the system. If the customer be a woman, well and good, for she stuffs the ball into her bag or pocketbook in very much the same way. and departs. At tho end of the day s shopping she sits her down with a scrap af paper and a pen cil. makes calculations that would be wilder a mathematical astronomer, talking to herself the while, pulls the wads apart, counts the bills, then, her account made up, stuffs them back again in very much the same disorder ly condition. But with man it is different. He Is methodical, fussy even, about the money he carries around with him. He carries his bills neatly folded, usually oncc lengthwise and once across. He has a finicky way of arranging them face upward, with the demoninant in the upper right hand corner, and he keeps the bUls of the same denomina tion together The cashier in the wire cage of the retail business is not so particular. She—it usually is a she_ car. handle monev upside down and face downward without discomfort or confusion. She apparently p,lts j awny as it happens to come out of the carrier: she certainly takes no cogniz ance of these male peculiarities in the way in which she makes change So bewildered mar. halts in the aisle. In tent on bringing order from chaos. Mocks up the passage, and is jostled Wo know that the bulk of the retail trade of the country is carried on by women with women, who understand each other even in this, but has mere man no rights in the matter? Since society is so busy reforming every thing it happens to think of. can it not start a movement for :h- orderly ar rkrro*^r»* of oar ■ * The Colors in the Rainbow. A teamed German scientist, in the course of an exhaustive study of the evolution of the sense of color, discov ered that the rainbow has net looked the same to men in all ages. He found 1 that It was at first thought to be all ! •'ll on«- color. To Homer, he says, the -ainbow seemed purple while. At a a ter period Xenophon saw in it “a I Turple cloud, red and yellow greet.' Two centuries after this Aristotle d:s tinguisbed three colors—red. greets and blue—and was able somettees to see yellow between the red and green Three fcundrd years after Aristotle came Orid. to whom the rainbow was ~a thousand dazzling colors, which the eye cannot distinguish separately - But the tricolor dirrsioo persisted un til the thirteenth centuij. NOTHING DOING. Tramr—Help cf kasfi sir. 1 hare *f->n better da.es dan dis— Mr. Jinks—So have I. This weather is awful. --TT. - ~ ----- r When the digestion is bad you need something! that will not only relieve but will strengthen the di gestive organs and assist them back to their normal condition. This calls for the Bitters first ot all. Try it. STUNG BY BASE INGRATITUDE Bowery Oenixee Seemingly Had Right tc Be Indignant at Old Friends Attitude. "Tou remember dat guy. J!oa Burke?" asked an Irate Bowery dsut ler. "He's dat stiff dat * doin’ time up der river—Sing Sing—boiglary— ten years Well, yon know all I dose fer dat stiff. When be was pinched didn't 1 put up der coin for der law* yers? Ihdnt I pay der witnesses? Sure I did I> oder day T t'inka I'll just go an' see dat mutt Just t* leave him know his frien s ain't tied do can on 'im. So 1 drives out to d' jail and goes into d warden s office and ho says I gotten send me card In Mo card' D'ye get dat? Well, anyway. 1 writes my name on a piece o' paper an a guy takes it into Jim Burke, an' what d' you t'ink dat stiff tells dat guy to tell me?" "I've no idea," said the listener "He tells him." concluded the angry one. ~t' tell me dat he ain't la!”—• From Success Magazine. The Stylish Fisherman. One of the guests at a fashionable summer resort in West Virginia got himself up In his best "fishing togs" and started along a certain mountain stream. Meeting a native, he asked: "Hero, my good man: Kindly tell me whether it would be worth my while to try fishing in this vicinity." The native regarded him scornfully. "The fishin' ain't good." he finally said, "but I ain't informed as to how you values your time.”—Lippincott's. The discovery that he nas invested in a salted mine is apt to make a man peppery r ^ There Are Reasons Why so many people have ready - at - hand a package of Post Toasties The DISTINCTIVE FLAVOUR delights the palate. The quick, easy serving right from the package— requiring only the addition of cream or good milk is an important consideration when breakfast must be ready “on time.” The sweet, crisp food is universally liked by child ren. and is a great help to Mothers who must give to the youngsters something wholesome that they relish. The economical feature appeals to everyone—par ticularly those who wish to keep living expenses within a limit. Post Toasties are espe cially p'easing served with fresh sliced peaches. “The Memory Lingers** I u«' Crr,■ 1 Ox. LM. B»;-c Creek. Mick. ^ _>