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Hullcy. IiiiiI roiiirrm-il In tho hllllard
loom shortly heron- tlm itinrdiT. l)ct;;-
tlVl' .Illtnll'KOM III rim-ll MlhH llltll'H of hold
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Armstrong's hank, dcriuu't, wiih turH'"
fot fiiilit'zrli'iiiciit I'ntil Arim-lnniKii
lll'lltll WIIH IIIIIIClUIK'CMl. ItlllHey'H ll.llirrj'
Louise Ai-niftltnng, lol'l 1liilniy Hint whim
Hhi Ullll loved lilm, r.lm wiih to in:irr im
other II (Icxpliipcil tlmt Dr. Walker was
Him num. Loultui wiih fmiiul iinromi'lmiH
at tho Imltotii of tlm circular Htalii'iiHi'
Mm sulil HOtiii'lliliu; liuil lirimlii'il by h-r
Jii tin- ilarlc on dm stairway and nlm ,
related llalli'V Ih mimic-i-ted or Aim '
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f'li'i tho myHti'ry. Tlu HtuMoH wrn
liuini'il. unit In tin iliirk AIIhs Imih'm Miot
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pi'iiroil. Ills iiiilo wnw founil wtwl.i'il iy
iv fri'lKht Iniln. II ili'vi'liipi'il Mulv y Imil
nn itri:uiiii'iit In tlm llhriuy with n uonnin
licforc hlH illMippi'iirniii'i'. N'v ! ilw-iipppin-H.
MIkm Iiiiii'.i Iwirtuil llnlii' wuh
nllvi'. Dr Wtillioi-'H fiifii lii'i'imii'H llvlil
at mi'tilloii of tho iiiiinii of Nlti'i iirrlMK
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imin unit fnliitid A loiifi-ili-ruti' or l)r
WlllUir UlllfcHHCll hla pint In tlm iiiyn
ti'iv. Ilo iitiitril Hint tl"' Oim liiKt..n wii
limn Imil hii'li killed, tlmt WlllUir fi'iilid
lirr. ntid Hint ho Iwlli'Vi'il Hint 1'ujil Ann
Htroim had Ihiii kllli'd hi it hand Kulilid
liy W.ilkir llulfcy wiih found In n dW
tmit hocpltnl. Paid ArniHlroti!; wan nut
lll'llll MlFH llllll'M lllsrllVITI'll Hi'TI't rooniH
In which 11"' TrinliTS' hank tn'tfitiiv wiih
lii'llou-d In ln Mrn. WiitHiin, ilvltiB. Hiild
kIu Idlli'il Arnold ArinHlniiiK. who yi'iirn
Imfnrii hud nmrrli'il lii-r hIhIit iindi-r tin
nil. in of Wallnri'. l.tuli-n Walliu'i' wiih
horn of Hid inurrlnKii. MIhm Iniu-J iIIhi'iiv-ori-d
a Bi-rri't pniii-l to , thi' myMi-rlciin
room imil unwittingly locki'd h'iHlf wit i
In. I)ntlii tho hunt for lur tlm nwiri'li
ith ran iutohh Paul AiinstioiiK. Arm
NtrmiK pltthfil rorward down tlm circular
Htulri'iiHi'. liri'itlcliiK hlH link. In Urn -I'n-t
room wiih found tlm Trillion hank
loot, which ArniHttonK had taken.
was lliilhuy'H Idea. Hint John Ualley
coiUdUitlicliotibo tiB n utinluncr, and
litit'RiiR his Invt'iitlg.ulonrt its lu could.
Hirf Htiiootli upper lip liatl been Htifll
oli'tit dlMKiilso. with 1i!h oliani;o of
elotlii'H, and ti halrint by a country
barbel".
ho It was Alex. Jack Halloy. wlio
had been our ghost. Not only had lie
alanniMl Louise and hlniHcir, bo ad
inlttod on the circular staircase, but
he had dtiR the hole in the trunkrooni
wall, and later sent i:ilzn Into hysteria
The note Uddy had lound In (lor
Irude's Kcrap-basket wan I'loin lilm.
and It was he who had startled me
Into unconncloiisiicHS by the clothes
chute, and. with Gertrude's help, had
carried me to Nouhto's room. (ler
trade. I learned, had watched all
nlKht beside me. in an extremity of
anxiety about me.
That old Thomas had seen his mas
ter, and thouKhthehail seen the Sun
nyslde Rhoat, there could be no doubt.
Of that story of Thomas, about see
Iiik .lack Halloy in the footpath be
tween the club and Sunnyslde, the
nlglit. I.tildy niul I heard the poise on
the ilreular staircase -that, too, was
riKht On the nlRht before Arnold
Arnistioui; was murdered, Jack Ualley
had made an attempt to search for
the secret room. He secured Arnold's
WELLMAN OF BALLOON FAME
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Walter Wellinan, who failed In his daring at
tempt to cross the Atlantic In the bis dirigible
balloon America has had a career of thrilling
adventure. Ho was born In Mentor. Ohio, No
vember 3, 1S50, and Is of Kngflsh descent. When
fifteen yenrs old lie established a paper at Sut
ton, Neb. In 187! ho went to Philadelphia and
abandoned the country nowBpaper field for the
metropolitan. He had barely attained his major
ity when he established the Cincinnati Evening
Post. Goon afterward he became a free lanco In
Journalism. ,
In the early plghtlos for a year or two ho was
city editor of the Chicago Herald. He covered
tho legislative sessions at Springfield and was
sent to Washington as correspondent. At tho
national capital he hcored freuuout newspaper tri
umphs and soon won recognition for, his Judgment and powers of analysis,
particularly in reporting political campaigns.
Ills first voyage en discovery was made In 18D1!. when, commissioned by
the Chicago Herald, he tbtabllshed the spot on which Columbus landed on
San Salvador. Arctic exploration next cast Its lure about Mr. Wellnmn. In
fifteen years he made five trips Into the frozen north. In 1894 ho led an
expedition, reaching 81 degrees north. He placed many new Islands on the
map and made such a valuable collection of scientific data that his second
voyage north In 1898 aroused keen Interest among geographers.
In MOO he announced that he would seek the pole by aerial route. Ho
had a dirigible balloon built and It was taken lo Spitsbergen, but It turned
nut to be detective and the trip that year iad to be abandoned. The next
vear found Mr. Wellinan back at IiIb camp on Dane's Island, with a rebuilt
balloon. A start was made September 2, but a furious gale came up and
drove the airship back. A landing was made on a glacier.
Two years later. In 1900. Mr. Wellinan was back for tho third time at
keys from his room
CHAPTER XXXIII. Continued.
As Alex and I reached the second
Hour. Mr. Jamleson met us. He was
grave and uuiet, and he nodded com
prchohdlngly when he saw the safe.
"Will you come with mo for n mo
ment, Miss limes?" he asked soberly,
and on my assenting, he led the way
to the east wing. There were lights
moving around below, and some. of
tlio maids were standing gaping down.
They screamed when they huav me,
nnd drew back to let mo pass. There
was a sort of hush over tho scene;
Alex, behind me, muttered something
I could not hear, and brushed past me
without ceremony. Then I realized
that a man was lying doubled up at
He Was Kissing Her.
He and Louise hud no conversation
together until that night. Gertrude
and Alex 1 mean Jack had gone for
a wnlk, although It was nine o'clock,
and anybody but a pair of young geese
fould have known that dew was fall
ing, and that It Is next to Impossible
to get ridof a summer cold.
At half after nine, growing weary
of my own company, I went down
stairs to find the young people. At
the door of tho living room 1 paused.
Gertrude and Jack had roturned and
were there, sitting together on a
divan, with only out; lamp lighted.
They did not see or hear me, and I
beat u hasty retreat to tho library
Hut hero again I was driven back.
I Louise was sitting In a deep chair,
the foot of tho staircase, nnd
Alex was stooping over him.
Ah I came slowly down, Winters
stepped back, and Alex straightened
himself, looking tit mo across tho
body with impenetrable eyes. In his
hand he held a shaggy gray wig, and
before me on the floor lay the man
whoso headstone stood In Casnnova
churchyard- Paul Armstrong.
Winters told tho story In a dozen
wolds. In his headlong flight down
the circular staircase, with Winters
Just, behind, I'nul Armstrong had
pitched forward violently, struck his
head agaliiht tho door to the east ver
anda, and probably broken his neck.
Ho had died as Winters reached him.
As tho detective finished, I saw Hal
sey, pale and shaken, in the card
room doorway, and for the Hist time
that night 1 lost my self-control. I put
my arias around my boy, and 'for a
moment he had to support mo. A sec
ond later, over llnlsey's shoulder, I
saw something that turned my omo
tlon Into other channels, for behind
him, in tho shadowy cardroom. were
Gertrude and Alex, the gardener, and
there is no use mincing matters ho
was kissing her!
I was uaablo to speak. Twice I
opened my mouth; then I tinned Hal
sey around and pointed. They were
quite unconscious of us; her head was
on his shoulder, his face against her
balr. As if happened, It was Mr.
Jamleson who broke up the tableau.
Ho steppeil over to Alex and
touched lilm on the arm.
'And now," he said quietly.
long aro you nnd I to play out
comedy, Mr. Halley?"
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Odds and Ends.
Of Dr. Wnlker's sensational escape
that night to South America, of the
recovery of over $1,000,001) In cash
nnd securities In the safe from the
chimney room tho papers have kept
the public well Informed. Of my share
In discovering the . secret chamber
they havo been singularly silent. The
inner history has never been told. Mr.
Jamleson got all kinds of credit, and
some of It he deserved, but if Jack
Halley, as Alex, had not traced llalsey
nnd insisted on tho disinterring of
Paul Armstrong's casket, if ho had
not suspected tho truth from the
start, where would the defective have
been?
When Hnlsey learned tho truth, ho
Insisted on going tho next morning,
weak as he was, to Louiso, and by
night she was at Sunnyslde, under
Gertrude's particular care, whllo her
mother had gone to Hnrlmra KHz
liugh's. What llalsey said to Mrs. Arm
strong I never knew, but that ho was
couuldornto and chivalrous I feci con
fident. It was llnlsey's way nlways
with women. .
that j looking the happiest I had ever seen
her. with llalsey on the arm of the
chair, holding her clone.
Tho next day, by degrees. I got the
whole story.
. Paul Armstrong had a besetting
evil the love of money. Common
enough, but he loved money, not for
what It would buy, but for Its own sake.
An examination of the books showed
no irregularities In the past year
since John had been cnshler. but be
fore that, in the time of Anderson, the
old cashier, who had died, much
strange Juggling had been done with
the records. Tho railroad In New
Mexico had apparently drained the
banker's private fortune, and he de
termined to retrieve it by one stroke.
This was nothing less than the loot
ing of the bank's securities, turning
them into money, and making his es
cape. Hut tho law has long arms. Paul
Armstrong evidently studied the situa
tion carefully. Just as the only good
Indian Is a dead Indian, so the only
safe defaulter Is a dead defaulter. He
decided to die, to all appearances, and
when the huo and cry subsided, he
would bo able to enjoy his money al
most anywhere he wished.
Tho first necessity was an accom
plice. Tho connlvauco of Dr. Walker
was suggested by his love for Louise.
The man was. unscrupulous, nnd with
the girl us a bait, Paul Armstrong
boon had him fast. Tho plan was ap
parently the acme of simplicity: A
small town in the west, an attack of
heart disease, a body from a medical
collego dissecting room shipped in a
trunk to Dr. Walker by a colleague In
San Francisco, and palmed off for tho
supposed iieail Danker. What was
slnmlm?
The woman, Nina Cnrrlngton. war,
tho cog that slipped. What sfie only
Buspeetcd, what she really knew, wo
never learned. She was a chamber
maid in the hotel at C , and It was
evidently her Intention to blackmail
Dr. Walker. Ills position at that time
was uncomfortable: To pay the wom
an to keep quiet would be confession.
He denied the whole thing, and she
went to llalsey.
It was that that had taken llalsey
to the doctor the night ho disap
peared, lie accused the doctor of tho
deception, and, crossing the lawn, had
said something cruel to Louise. Then,
furious at her apparont connivance.
he had Rtarted for tho station. Dr.
Walker and Paul Armstrong tho lat
ter still Inmo whore I had shot him
hurried neroaa to tho embankment,
certnln only of ono thing. llalsey must
not toll tho detective what ho sus
pected until tho money had been re
moved from tho chimney room. They
stopped Into tho road in front of the
car to stop It, nnd fnto played Into
their hands. Tho car struck tho trnin,
and they had only to dispose of tho
unconscious figure In tho road. This
they did as I havo told. For three
'"how
little
days llalsey lay In the box car, tied
hand and foot, suffering tortures ot
thirst, delirious at times, and discov
ered by a tramp at Jobnsvllle only In
time to save his life.
To go back to Paul Armstrong. At
the last moment his plans had been
frustrated. Sunnyslde, with Its hoard
In the chimney room, had been rented
without his knowledge! Attempts to
dislodge me having failed, he was
driven to breaking into Ills own house.
The ladder In the chute, the burning
of the stable and the entrance through
the cardroom window all were In the
course of a desperate attempt to get
into the chimney room.
Louise nnd her mother had, from
the fit at. been the great stumbling
blocks. The plan had been to send
Louise away until It was too late for
her to Interfere, but she came back
to the hotel at C Just at the
wrong time. There was a terrible
scene. The girl was told that some
thing of the kind was necessary; that
the bank was about to close ami her
stepfather would either avoid arrest
and disgrace In this way, or kill him
self Fanny Armstrong was a weak
ling, but Louise was more difficult to
manage. She had no love for her step
father, but her devotion to her moth
er was entire, sf ll-sacrillclng. - Forced
Into acquiescence by her mother's ap
peals, overwhelmed by the situation,
the girl consented and lied.
I-roiii s-oniewhere in Colorado she.
sent an aiiouiiious telegram to Jack
Halley at the Traders' bank. Trapped
as she was, she did not want to see
an Innocent man arrested The tele
gram, received on Thursday, had sent
the cashier to the bank that night in
a frenzy.
Louise arrived at Sunnhide nnd
found the house rented. Not knowing
what to do, she sent for Arnold at tho
Greenwood club, and told him a little,
not nil. She told lilm that there was
something wrong, and that tlte bank
was about to close. That his father
was responsible. Of the conspiracy
she said nothing. To her surprise,
Arnold already knew, through Halley
that night, that things were not right.
Moreover, he suspected what Louise
did not. that the money was hidden at
SiiunyHide. He had a scrap of paper
that Indicated a concealed room some
where.
His inherited cupidity was aroused
Fnger to get llalsey and Jack Halley
out of tho house, he went up to the
east entry, ami in tne iniiiard room
gave the cashier what he had refused
earlier In the evening the address of
Paul Armstrong In California and a
telegram which had been forwarded
to the club for Halley, from Dr. Walk
er. It was In response lo one Halley
had sent, and it said that Paul Arm
strong was very III.
Halley was almost desperate. He
decided to go west and find Paul Arm
sluing and to force lilm to disgorge.
Hut the cntastrophe ut tho bank oc-
cuned sooner than he had expected.
On the moment of starting west, tit
Andrews station, where Mr. Jnmieson
had located the car, he read that the
bank had closed, and, going back, sur
rendered himsell.
John Halley hnd known Paul Arm
stioug intimately. He did not believe
that the money was gone; In fact, It
was hardly possible In the Interval
since the securities had been tnkon.
Where was il? And from some chance
remark let fall some months earlier
by Arnold Armstrong at u dinner,
llnlley felt sure there was a hlddon
room at Munnysute. Ho tried to sco
the architect of the building, but, like
tho contractor, If he knew of the
room, ho retused any information, it
got Into the house, armed with a golf- j
stick for sounding the walls. He ran I
against the hamper at the head of
the stairs, cuught his cuff-link In It.
and dropped the golf-stick with a
crash. He was glad enough to get
away without an alarm being raised,
and lie took the "owl" train to town.
The oddest thing to me was that
Mr. Jamleson had known for some
time that Alex was Jack Halley. Hut
tho face of the pseudo-gardener was
very queer Indeed when. Unit night,
In the cardroom, the detective turned
to him ami said:
'How long are yon and I going to
play our little comedy. Mr. Halley?"
Well, it Is all over now. Paul Arm
strong rests In Casanova churchyard,
and this time there Is no mistake. I
went to the funeral, because I wanted
to be sure he was really burled, and
I looked at the sto"p of the shaft ,
where 1 had sat that night, and won
dered If It was all real. Sunnyslde Is
for sale no. I shall not buy it. Little ,
Luclen Armstrong Is living with his
stepgrnndmother, who Is recovering
gradually from troubles that had ox-
tended over the entire period of her '
second marriage. Anno Watson lies
not 'fur from the man she killed, and
who as surely caused her death
TliomiiM, the fourth victim of the con
spiracy, Is burled on the hill. With
Nina Carrington, five lives were sac-
rlflcedln the course of this grim con
apirncy.
'1 hero will be two weddings before
long, and Llddy has asked for my
heliotrope poplin to wear to the
church. I knew she would. She has
wanted It tor three years, and she
was quite ugly the time I spilled cof
fee on it. We are very quiet, just the
two of us. Liddy still clings to her
ghost theory, and points to my wet
and muddy boots in the trunkrooni as
piool. 1 am gray, I admit, but 1
haven't felt as well In a dozen years
Soiiu times, when I am bored, I ring
for Liddy, and we talk things over.
When Warner married Itoaie, Llddy
sniffed and said what I took for faith
fulness In Itosle had been nothing but
mawklshuess. I have not yet outlived
Llddy's contempt because I gave theiu
silver knives and forks as a wedding
gift.
So we sit and talk, and sometimes
Liddy threatens to leave, and often I
discharge her, but we stay together
somehow. 1 am talking of renting a
house next year, and Llddy says to be
sure there Is no ghost. To be perfect
ly frank. I never really lived until
that summer. Time has passed since
l began this story. My neighbors are
packing up for another summer. Llddy
Is having the awnings put up, and the
window-boxes filled. Llddy or no Lid
dy, I shnll advertise to-morrow for a
hous-'o In the country, and I don't care
If It has a Circular Staircase.
TIUC END.
at the club and ' I,i,nps Inland with the America, again remodeled. When the start was made,
tiner covering a' miles tne equinurator parted. Tlte big dirigtuic was toweu
back to Its landing place, when a gust of wind carried It careening over the
lec hummocks and It exploded.
The discovery of the pole by Peary took nwny the main luro of nrctlc
voyages, and Mr. Wellinan, turning his thoughts In another direction, an
nounced lnst July that he would try a transatlantic voyage by nlrBhtp. This
also proved disastrous nfter he hud covered over 500 miles of the dlstnnco
to Kurope.
In abandoning their craft the crew of the airship America lowered them
selves Into the lifeboat which swung beneath It. Then they cast tho life-boat
off and were nlloat on the sea. The airship, relieved of tho weight of the life
boat, shot high into the air und was blown away rnpidly. Tho transfer ot
the Wellmnn party from the llfe-bont to the steamer Trent, which picked thorn
up, was made with great difficulty.
LEADER IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
. IF Mm
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mm
One of tho recognized leaders In public affairs
Is tho Rev. Washington Gladden. For bnlf a cen
tury In New York, Massachusetts and Ohio Dr.
Gladden has been a great Influence In the churcb,
society and politics. His friends declare that it
is due to his Influence and efforts that public
mornllty in Coluinlms was advanced to a higher
plane.
Prior to 18SI the state election in Ohio al
ways preceded the national election by a month.
Every four years on this account thcro was a
condition of vast turmoil when tho different po
litical Influences were at work. Dr. Gladden was
pastor ol the First Congregational church of Co
lumbus when ho set at tho work of public reform.
Ills first appeal was for a chnngo In tho elec
tion law. He wrote about tho evils of tho system,
appealed to public men and sent out a petition tor signatures at his own
expense A few dollars thus expended enabled him to arouse popular enthu
siasm and his point was carried. .
In 1900 Dr. Gladden, to deieat antngonlstic interests in tho Columbus
city council, announced himself as an aldernmnlc candldnto and wns clocted.
He served two years, taking on active ami Important part in stroet railway,
gas, electric light and interurban policies.
It took some bnnery to attempt to amend the constitution of a great
state like Ohio, and time and energy to oppose n great political organization,
but Dr. Gladden proved his mettle, and he Is generally recognized today as a
great vital force In the uplifting of important community interests.
NOW GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK
I
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Hunters Kill Dig Grizzly.
The monstor grizzly bear that for
years has been tanking many sleepless
nights for tho farmers, miners and
residents of, tho northwestern Trinity
region hns at last been slain.
This monarch of the forest and
slayer of small domestic animals was
killed by Thomas McDonald, a wealthy
mining man who litis been camping
! along the Salmon range In Trinity.
SInglc-hnndecl McDonald, who Is n
mountaineer of marked ability, killed
the boar nfter n lively tusslo.
Tho bear weighed 1,000 pounds, and
Is tho finest and biggest specimen
over seen In tho Trinity mountain re
gions. Tho nnlinal had for years de
lied all efforts to capture or kill lilm.
Maryvillo Correspondence San Fran
Cisco Call.
Lieutenant Governor Horaco White of Syra
case became governor of the state of Now York
when Charles R. Hughes retired to go upon tho
Supreme court bench at Washington. For three
months Mr. White will bo governor of tho Em
pire state und. loglcnlly, he should succeed him
self, the chosen of the people. But, though unanl
mously nominated two years ago for lieutenant
governoi, his name was not oven mentioned at
tho recent nominating convention nt Saratoga.
The now governor will do hla work for a brief
three months, but his political enreor, once so
billllnntly promising, his friends feel, is closed
In all probnblllty.
Holonglng to one of the most prominent and
respected families In tho Btate, possessing nil tho
ndvnntnges of ediicutlon and social position nnd
wealth, with a record of II! years in tho state senate and with tho reputation
of an orator und genial gentleman of the most polished manners. Governor
White, nt the age of forty-five, flndB himself beyond the pale so far as further
political proferment Is concerned, although thero may como a rehabilitation
and a restoration to public favor In years hence.
And nil this becauso of his Inmentnble connection with tho People's Mu
tual' Life Association and League of Syracuse. Mr. White all along has
maintained that ho did no wrong and that what ho did was In his capacity
as legal adviser, but to the skirts of tho Ueutennnt governor has clung
enough of tho onus of tho transaction to Injure his Immediate future politically.
HEADS THE WOMAN TEACHERS
Safe Offer.
Jones Why on earth do you offer
such n large reward for tho return of
that horrid, yapping, Hiinppng cur?
Ilrown To please my wife.
Jones Hut such a largo reward will
bo sure to bring lilm back.
Hrown O, no, it won't. lie's dead.
I drowned him myself. Stray Stories.
In 1905 MIbs Grace C. Strnchan placed hersolf
at the head of the army of women teachers at
Urooklyn. N. Y In their fight, for better pay.
Her ambition was to see tho day when her associ
ates would receive nB much pay for their sorvlcoa
as tho Janitors. Sho made her point plainer by
demonstrating that tho average pay of women
teachers nt Washington. D. C, wna not equal to
that received by the city dog catcher.
She is now president ot tho Iuterborough As
sociation of Women School Teachers of tho City
of New York, and has perfected nn Ideal organiza
tion. As tho head of 15,000 women school teach
ers alio Is trying to hnvo tho stnto of New York
place malo and feinalo teachers upon nn equal
pay basis. Three bills to bring about this wore
vetoed, but tho light Is still In progress.
Her groat effort has been to make the organization work ns a unit.
Slio has been discouraged by business men and politicians, but n champion
was found In tho lato Sonator Patrick H. McCarren, wlio Introduced hor first
bill In behalf of the movement.
Sho inalntalnB that women should receive equal pay with mon for tho,
Batno work, nnd she is receiving a good deal of popular encourngemont.
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