la.S UMpU 3S KSS '(BlP('VwWpi . 1i 1M1 iiimhiim) ihi,iiih W nWm,. Mw iiW'1W W" ! ir. 1 THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE & noirtim JUNtHART llLVd7J?AT10H6 BY TYvi' ctrrmitnTMot or iue&x-ivKMi!c T SYNOPSIS. Minn liinc. wplnMir nnd P"""1,1"'1, J Gertrude mtil Ituln'y. cHtiibllslii'il n nut r licadquurters nt Hunnynlilf. Am lM,l,m,'," mroim dllllciilllc I In- nurvunts ;lem '. As MIM tmiMi IftpKMl lip, f'!,'1,,,,', ''7, Mie wns Htiirtl.d l-.v h nrlc it n tho vorandn. Uii-ciiily iiciIhc tllHlurliecl I cr during tlui nlKltt 1 '''" "",r "!?, f,! Inncii found h Mrnngo Unit i IT- "' a hamper. Ccttrudo and Ilulnoy arrived with Jack n.nlcy. Tlio Iiouku i whm awn aned liy a revolver uluit and Arnold Arin itronB wu found hIioI lodiiUli In the hall. MIm. Iiiiii'H found liil;.v ' v."lv'r on the liivvn MR and .lark llnlloy lind dls Sl pound. Tho link cuff-huttou mysterl- arriveu. uiTirimn n'v"-ii n,,,- - tn"od to .Inek Hnlley, Willi whom she tnllied In tho hllllai.l loom fi few mo meats hefoie. the murder .lainlenon in clined MIhs lni.es r lioltlltm "VU .. ii dence. Ie luii.rlsoiud an Intruder In a empty room. The pi tunnel wuped down a laundry rhute (Jei trade wan Hiipe't;d. A ncKro found tho (dher half of wliiil proved In he Jin HalleVj. ruff-Hi tin 1. Mnlsi'y rcappeain mil miyc hi. ''" left In rcsHpoiiHC to a Ir-ltKriiui. IteitniU nld Hho had Klvrn Halley an nn ; ed revolver, feiirlms to Klvo hlm n I"'",,';VI weapon. Cuidiler Italley of l'aiil Aril -HtroriB'H IjmmU. tlefuuet. wiib arrested for cmhez7.1oment. Ilalney nnld Armstrong wrecked liln own hanlc and could clour Halley. I'aul AnnHtiuiiK h death wa i an nounced Hnlwy'H lllineeii. Loulso Ariil HtroiiK. wan found at tho l"d',I. Ti',i lodKPkiieper wild Uuilne and Arnold had n lonp tails the nlKlit r the murjh'r- ' Iho wna prostrated. 1-oiiIhu told llalnoy, that whllo nho still loved him sin; wmi to marry another, and that lie won il iIpIho her when he learned the whole story. CHAPTER XIV Continued. Gertrude mid Halsoy went for a long wail that afternoon and Louise alopt. Tlmo hung heavy on my linndH. and 1 did at; I liml fallon Into a habit nt dnlnir hilolv 1 nut down and thought things over. One result of my meditations waB that 1 not up sud donly and went to the telephone. I had taken tho most Intense dislike to this Dr. Walker, whom J had never seen, and who was being talked of In tho countryside as the flnnoo of Louise Armstrong I know Sam Huston well There had been a time, when Sam was a good deal younger than he Ih now, be fore ho lind married Anne Endlcott, when 1 know him even better. So now I felt no hesitation In culling hlm over tho tolephone. Hut when his orttco boy had Riven way to his eonlldentlal clerk, nnd that functionary had conde scended to connect his employer's doak telephone, I wus somewhat at a loss as to how to bcRin. "Why. how are you, Rnohol?" Sam oald sonorously. "OoIiir to build that house- at Rock View?" It was a 20 year-old Joke of his. "Sometime, perhaps," I said "Just now 1 want to ask you a question about something which Is none of my business." "I seo you haven't changed an Iota In a quarter of a century, Kachel." This wan Intended to be nnother Jest. "ABk ahead: every thing but my do- meBtlc affairs Ib at your service" "Try to be serious," 1 said. ''And tell mo this: Hub your firm made any plana for a house recently for a Dr. Walker at Casanova?" I "Yes, wo have." ' "Where waB it to he built? 1 have a reason for asking." "It was to be, I bellove, on the Arm strong placo. Mr. Armstrong himself consulted me, nnd the inference was In fact. I am oulto certain tho house was to bo occupied by Mr. Arm strongs daughter, who was engaged to marry Dr. Walker." When tht; architect had Inquired for tho different membera of my fnmlly. and had finally rung off, I was cortnln of ono thing. Ioulso Armstrong was In lovo with Halsey, and tho man Bhe waB going to marry was Dr. Walker. Moreover, this decision wafl not now; marriage had been contemplated for some time. Thoro must oertalnly ho aomo explanation but what was It? That day 1 repeated to Iconise the tolegram Mr. Ilnrtnn had opened. Sho seemed to understand, but nn uulinp pier face 1 havo never seen. Sho looked like a criminal whoso reprlovo is over, and tho day of execution approaching. race lit the shadow, and my heart fair ly ached for hint. He was so big and boyish! When I had finished ho drew a long breath "Whatever Louise does," ho said, "nothing will convince me, Aunt Kay, that she doesn't care for me. And up to two months ago, when uhu and hor mother went west, I was tho happiest fellow on earth. Then something mndo a difference; sho wrote mo that her people were opposed to tho mar riage; that her feeling for mo wns what it had always been, but that something lind happened which had changed her Ideas as to the future. I was not to wrlto until she wroto me, and whatever occurred, I was to think the beat I could of her. It sounded llko n puzzle. When 1 saw Iter yes terday, It was tho same thing, only, perhaps, worse." "Halsey," I asked, "have you any Idea of the nature of the Interview between Iconise Armstrong nnd Arn old the night lie was murdered?" "It was stormy. Thomas says once or twice he almost broke Into the room, ho was so alarmed for IJtilse." "Another thing, Halsey," I Bald, "have you over heard Louise mention a woman named (Harrington, Nina Car llngton?" "Never," he said positively. For try as wo would, our thoughts always came back to that fatal Satur day night, nnd the murder. Kvery con versational path led to it, and we all felt that .lamiesou was tightening the threads of evidence around John ISailey. The detective's absenco was hardly reassuring, he must have had something to work on In town or he would have returned. tome to have a sinister apppnrance.but wc kpt that wing well lighted, and until the lights wont out at midnight it wns really cheerful, If ono did not know Us history. On Friday night, then, I hnd gone to bed, resolved to go at onco to sleep. Thoughts that insisted on obtruding themselves I pushed resolutely to tho back of my mind, nnd I systematically relaxed every muscle. I fell asleep soon, and wns dreaming that Dr. Walker was building his new house immediately In front of my windows; I could hear tho thump-thump of the hammers, and then I waked to n knowledge that somebody wns pound ing on my door. I was tip at once, and with tho sound of my footstep on tlio floor tho low knocking censed, to bo followed Immediately by sibilant whispering through the keyholo "Miss Uaehctt MIhs Rachel!" some body was saying, over nnd over. "Is that you, Lltldy?" I asked, my hand on tho knob. "For the love of mercy, let me In!" site said in a low tone She wns leaning ugaiiiKt tho door, for when I opened it, she fell in. She was greenish-white, nnd sho had a red and black barred flaunel petticoat over her shoulders "Listen," she said, stnndlng In the middle of the floor nnd holding on to me "Oh, Miss Uaeliol. It's tho ghost of that dead man hammorlng to get in!" Sure enotight, there was a dull thud thud -thud It came apparently from tho wall "It's not a ghiHt," I said decidedly. "If It was a ghost it wouldn't rnp; it A LESSON ON FORGIVENESS Saaitj Sciool Lesiea for Ja!y 31, 1910 Spatially Arranged for Tills Paper Nebraska Directory WWMVWVWVMWMWSWMMWMMM MM found in tlio tulip bed nnd gave it to him. He saw Liddy there and divined at once that Louise was alone. "You let mo attend to this fellow, whoever It Is, Aunt Hay, and go to Louise, will yon? She may be awake and nlnrmed." So in spite of her protests, 1 left Llddy alone and went back to the east wing. Perhaps I went a little faster past tho yawning blnckness of tho elrculnr staircase; and I could hear Halsoy creaking entitlouuly down tho main staircase. The rapping, or pounding, hnd ceased, and the silence I timt Bin fou tno aBOiB, I.K8BON TEXT.-Matthew 13::2t-3S. Memory veracs 21, 22. GOLDEN .TEXT.-"IC you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Fathei will also forslvo you." Mntt. 6:14. TIME.-Autumn of A. D. 'J9. PLACE. Capernaum, near the Sea ol Oalllee. Suggestion and Practical Thought. The Occasion of 1'etor's Question. Matt. 18: 1-20. After the return from tho Tranaflgurntlon bcciic, when Jesus with his disciples wero together In n house in Capornnum, Jesus gave them some practical teaching nnd training on how they should feel and act in a tlmo of growing (opposition from un godly men among whom thoy must llvo nnd work. First of all they must cease ambi tious striving for placo nnd honor. They must "fling away ambition, by This self- JOHN DEERE PLOWS Are the Beat. Ash your local dealer or JOHN DEERE PLOW CO., Omaha, Neb. II Et tm U I WW VI (Ills procets all broken pacts of machinery made good ns new. Weldi cast iron, cast steel, aluminum, copper, bras ot any other metal. Eipert automobllo repiirlnr. 8ERT8CHV MOTOR CO., Counoll Bluffs. KODAKS and KODAK FINISHING Mntt order (riven kpoclal nttentlon uuiaiiMir kuppiies siriciiT irosn, All kinds th-nit for raining. LINCOLN PHOTO SUPPLY CO., Lincoln typewriters" Sulci ami rented eTcrjrnlmro. AYrltoforbaryaln Ust. II. V. 8WANSON COMPANY, Inc. 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M. 11TIV Ho. 1 1 Hull HutUllllg T. lruslliiit J.llll'OIII. .oi. vKimtuuMmmmlu JJ I III Kllliv fmffvAvAl til WWH i fV MHHHMnHn We Had a Quiet Hour," Halsey and I. CHAPTER XV. Llddy Gives the Alarm. Tho next day, Krhhiy, Gertrude broke tho nows of her stepfather's death to Louise. Sho did It as gently hh sho could, telling hor first that ho was very ill, and finally that ho was dond. Loulso received tho iiowb In tho most unexpected manner, nnd when Qcrtrudo enmo out to toll me how sho hnd stood it, I think sho wns almost Bhoeked. "Sho Just lay nnd stared at me, Aunt Ray," sho said. "Ho you know, 1 believe she is glad, glndl And she Is too honest to pretend anything else. What sort of a man was Mr. Pnul Armstrong, nnyhow?" "Ho was u bully as well as a ras cal, Qcrtrudo," I said. "Hut I am con vinced of ono thing; Loulso will send for Halsoy now, nnd thoy will mako It all up." For Loulso hnd stendlly refused to see Halsey nil that day, nnd tho boy was fruntlc. Wo had a quiet hour, Halsey and I, that ovonlng, nnd 1 told him several things; about tho request that we give up tho lonBe to Sunnysldo. about tho tolegram to Loulso, about the rumors of an approaching mnrnngo between tho girl and Dr. Walker, nnd, lust of nil, my own Interview with her tho day before. Ho sat back In a big chair, with his Tho papers reported that the cash IctMif the Traders' bank was ill In his apartments at the Knickerbocker n condition not surprising, considering everything. The guilt of tho defunct president wus no longer In doubt; tho missing bonds had been advertised and some of them discovered. In every Instance thoy had been used as collateral for large loans, nnd tho belief was current that not less than a million and a half dollars had boon realized. Kvery ono connected with the bank had been placed under ur rest, and released on heavy bond. Was he alone In his guilt, or was tho cashier his accomplice? Whero was the money? Tho estate of the dead man was comparatively small a city house on n fashionable street, Sunnysldo, a largo estate largely mortgaged, an Insurance of $50,001), and some personal proporty this was all Tho rest lost In speculation prob ably, the papers said. There was one thing which looked uncomfortable for .lack Halley: Ho and Paul Armstrong togother hnd promoted a railroad com pany In New Mexico, nnd It was ru mored that together they had sunk largo sums of money there. The busi ness alliance between tho two men udded to the belief that Halley knew something of tho looting. His unex plained absence from the bank on Monday lent color to tho suspicion against hlm. The strange thing seemed to bo hio Burrcndorlng himself on tho point of departure. To me, It scorned the shrewd i!culRttan of a clever rascal I was not actively an tagonistic to Qertrudo'H lovor, but I meant to bo convinced, ono way or tho other. I took no ono on faith. That night tho Sunnysldo ghost be gan to walk again. Liddy had been sleeping In Louise's dressing room on a couch, and tho approach of dusk was u. signal for her to tmrrlendo tho entlro suite. Situated as It was, bo yond tho circular staircase nothing but an extremity of excitement would havo made hor pass It after dark. I I confess mysolf that the placo scorned would come through the keyholo." Llddy looked at the keyhole. "Hut it sounds very much as though somoono is trying to break into tho house." Liddy was shivering violently. I told hor to get me my slippers and sho brought me. a pair of kid gloves, so I found my things mysolf and pre pared to call Halsey. As before, the' night alarm bail found the electric lights gone; tho hall, save for its night lamp, wns In darkness, as I went across to Halsoy's room, I hardly know what I fearod, but It was a re lief to find him thoro, very sound asleep, and with his door unlocked. "Wake up, Halsoy," I said, shaking him. Ho stirred a little. Llddy was hnlf in nnd half out of tho door, afraid as usual to bo lof nlono, and not quite daring to enter. Hor scrupleB seemed to fade, bowovor, nil at once. She gave a suppressed yell, bolted Into the room and stood tightly clutching tho foot-board of tho bed. Halsey waB gradually waking. "I've aeon it," Llddy walled. "A woman In whlto down the hnll!" I paid no attention. "Halsoy," I porsovored, "some ono is breaking into tho houso. Get up, won't you?" "It Isn't our house," ho snld sleepi ly. And thon ho roused to tho exi gency of tho occasion. "All right, Aunt Hay," ho snld, still yawning. "If you'll lot mo get Into something" it wns all I could do to got Llddy out of tho room. Tho demands of tho occasion had no inlluenno on hor; she had soon tho ghost, sho porsiBted, nnd she wasn't going Into tho hall. Hut I got her ovor to my room nt last, more dond than alive, and mado hor lie down on tho bod. Tho tappings, which seemed to havo ceased for a whllo, had commenced again, but thoy wero fainter. Halsey enmo ovor In a fow minutes, nnd stood llatenlug and trying l locato the sound. "Glvo mo my revolver, Aunt Hny," he aald: ami I got It tho ono I had CHAPTER XVI. In the Early Morning. I stood looking nt tho empty bed. j The coverings hud been thrown back, , nnd Louise's pink silk dressing-gown wns gone from the foot, where it lind Iain. The night lamp burned dimly, i revealing the emptiness of the place. I picked it up, but my hand shook so i that 1 put it down umiIii, nnd got somehow to the door. There were voices in the hall and Gertrude came running toward me. , "What Is It?" sho cried. "What was ; that sound? Where Is Louise?" j "She Ib not in her room." 1 said stupidly. "I tliink it wns she who screamed." Llddy had joined us now, currying a light. We stood huddled together at the bead of the circular staircase. looking down Into Its shadows. There was nothing to be seen, nnd it was absolutely quiet down there. Then we heard Halsey running up the main staircase. He came quickly down the hall to whore we were standing. "There's no one trying to get In. I thought I heard some one shriek. Who wns it?" Our stricken faces told him the truth. "Some one screamed down there." I said. "And and Louise Is not in hor room." With n jerk Halsey took the light from Llddy and run down tho elrculnr staircase. I followed 1 1m, more slow ly. My nerves seemed to be in a state of paralysis; 1 could scarcely step. At the foot of the stairs Halsey gave an exclnmntlon and put down the light. "Aunt Hay," he called sharply. At the foot of the staircase, hud dled In a heap, her head on the lower stair, was Ixnilso Armstrong. She lay limp nnd white, her dressing-gown l dragging loose from one sleeve of her ( night-dress, and the heavy braid of . her dark hair stretching its length a couple of stops above her head, as if she had slipped down. i She was not dead; Halsey put her , down on the door nnd began to rub her cold hands, while Gertrude and Liddy ran for stimulants. As for mo, I sat there at the foot of that ghostly i staircase sat, because my knees i wouldn't hold me and wondered ; whero It would nil end. Louise was still unconscious, but sho wus breath- j Ing better, nnd 1 suggested thnt we ' got her back to bed before sho came j to. There was something grisly and horrible to me, seeing her there In almost tho same attitude and in tho snmo plnco whore we had found her brother's body. And to ndd to tho similarity, Just then the hall clock. i you must, but hold on to the spirit ol I the kingdom. Tho second lesson wns from thcli j Heavenly Father's seeking not to de stroy those who hato and revile nnd disobey him. but to glvo himself tc ' seeking and snvlng the lost. The third lesson wns upon tho way ( they should carry out this dlvlno spirit toward thoso who sinned ngnlnst i them. Peter's Question and Jesus' Answer, Concerning the Duty of Forgiving En emles. Vs. 21, 22. "Tho Rnbbis, whe ' had been the disciples' teachers hlth- , erto, required an offondor to go tc ' tho Injured party and obtain forgive 1 ncBB by owning his fault; but Jesus told them that among his disciples the person wronged wns to go to tho ; wrongdoer, that such humility and lovo might strengthen his own graces, nnd win tho guilty ono to contrition." Mnclnrcn. This was a hard saying, but by united prayer this spirit, as well as every other blessing, could bo oh tnlned. Hut wrongs to others, real or fancied, are vory common, nnd Peter naturally asks how long one must carry out this Instruction toward thoso who keop on sinning nnd apparently repenting. Jesus Illustrates His Teaching by a Parable. Vs. 23-S4. Contrasting tho debt sinful man owes to God with what any man wronging his fellow man owes to tho one ho has Injured. If therefore God forgives freely tho great debt, forgiven man certainly I should forglvo tho llttlo debt. Tho Two Methods or Treating tho Debtors. 25. "Commanded him to bo 1 sold . . . nnd all that he had." So In Syria now, whon tho dobt grown 1 till It equals In valuo tho entire prop- 1 orty of the debtors, the creditor seizes all they possess. "Tho samo servant went out." From , his king's presence Ho acted In tho very heat of his own experience of re I lease. "And found ono of his fellow- servnnt8." An Inferior olllcor. "Owed I him nn hundred ponce." When tho ' common translation of tho Diblo was mado tho pennies wero all silver, cop 1 per pennies not being coined till 1797. ! "Took him by tho throat." Literally, went to choking him. "Thus Llvy (IV., 53) relates how, a difficulty bav I lng arisen botweon the conBUl Valerius and ono Menenlus, tho tribunes put an end to tho contest, nnd tho consul ordered Into prison (collum toralsBet, twisted tho neck) tlio fow who appealed. And Cicero (Pro Cluontlo, XXI.): 'Lead him to tho Judgmont-seat with twlstod nock (collo obtorto).' Comparo Clcoro In C. Vorrem, IV., 10." Vincent "Fell down nt his feet, ... I will pay theo all." Tho vory act and words ho himself had so lately em ployed to his creditor. "And he would not: but wont" (went nway) "nnd cast him Into Beatrice Creamery Go. Pays the highest price, for CREAM YORK COLLEGE YORK, NEBRASKA CoIIck. Academy, Normal, riinrmacy, ItuM- neMH, MiikIc, Oratory mid Art. Wo Ihsuo Ktnte rrrtllivnlM. llct AdvaiitaBi-H. Ijwcstltuti-t. 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Tho American was not criti cized again that evening. 4n rff offiirslr fnlntli Mi win ftt1rwlr It was four before Ioulse was able p ' inll. ..r.,1 ,1... n..u, nivu rl Jnivn " ' - ' '- !"hr(.r;riviwirs He had reasons In his own mind, mrj&w Bill She Lay Limp and White. which faced tho cast, before she could tell us coherently what had occurred. I glvo It as she told It. She lay . 1 1. .1 m.1 lliiliinii tm i tinulrt ill propped III UUU, nun iiiunvy om. mioiuw her, unrebuffed, and held nor nanu whllo sho talked. (TO U13 CONTINUED. ) Good In Everything. Whatever happens to anybody, It may bo turned to beautiful results. Walt Whitman. fault that ho was In debt; (3) It was not good for tho community that such men go unpunished. Hut not one ol those dtd ho want applied to himself. The Lesson In Dally Life. V. 35. 1. Tho Punishment of Thoso Who Refuse to Forglvo Those Who Injure Them. "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you." Tho torments muBt follow to you "If ye from your hearts," really and not moroly In words, "for give not every ono his brother tholr trespasaos." Every bucIi person Is go ing In the straight road to the tor mentors. Thoro Is no greator torment than thoso consclonco and tho working out of tho laws of nature nnd of spirit produco In order to mako tho way of transgressors so hard that thoy may bo persuaded to turn, and repent nnd obey nnd bo saved. SENTENCE SERMONS. "Forgiveness Ib man's deepest need nnd highest achlovomont." Hushnell. "Ho yo therefore Imltntors of God, ns beloved children." An unforgiving Christian Is, therefore, a moral mon ator. "An' old Spanish writer says, 'To return evil for good Ib devilish; to re turn good for good Is human; but to return good for evil is Godlike." Archbishop Wliatoly. "I havo known a man nurse tho tiny cockatrico egg of unforglvoness till It has burst into tlio fiery Borpout of J crime." Farrar. 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