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SYNOPSIS.
MIii Innrs , nplnilrr nnd RUiinllan of
Qortrude and MulHoy. I'stnlillflhod Minn-
inor licndcitmrtcia at SunnyBlde. Arnold
Ariimiroiignn found shot to donlli In
tlio luill. Cicrtrudf and her ( J-inc-o. .mok
linllcy. Imd conversed In the billiard
loom Hlioitly liefMitin1 itmrdtT. J i'lJ" ;
tlvo JfiinlCNon ni'cuand Mlas Innps of liolil-
IHK back cvldoncc. Caslilor Unllry of I'rml
/miiBtronK'fl bank , dufunct , wn-t nrroitoii
Tor embezzlement. 1'aul Armstrong
rtcnthtn nnnounrod. Ilhlscy'fl lianri-p.
J-ouIsc Armstrong , told Ilul.iey Hint whllo
nlio still loved him. Binas to marry an-
othfcr. It davelopod that l > r. Wallu-r wna
tlio man. IxiiiUo was found unconscious )
nt tltti bottom of tlir circular Btnlrciwn.
Hlie snlrt Bomcthlim' had brushed by her
In the dnrk on the stairway and nho
fainted , nnllny IB suspected of Arm-
BtrotiR's murdiT. ThoinaH , the lodirNopi > -
er. was found dpnd with a note In i his
"I.Uclen Wal
pocket hearing the nnmo
I " found out of jilace deep-
IILUVi A ladder I V UII fc * * j. -
ns the mystery. The Htables worn
'burned , nnd In the dark Mlsi Innes shot
nn Intruder. Halsoy mysteriously dUnp-
poarcd. His auto was found wrecked by
ft frelRht train. It 'developed Ilalspy Imd
an argument In the library with a woman
before bin disappearance , New cook dls-
appears. Miss Innen learned Halsey wan
nllve. Or. Walker's fnco become- ) livid
ftt mention of the name of Nina Carrlnt ; .
ton. Evidence was secured from n tramp
that rx man , supposedly Halsoy , had been
bound and Ranged and thrown Into an
empty box car.
CHAPTER XXVIII. Continued.
Mr. Winters nnd Alex disposed of
the tramp with a warning. It was evi
dent ho had told us nil ho knew. Wo
Imd occasion , within n duy or two , to
Lo doubly thankful tlmt wo Imd given
film his freedom When Mr. Jamie-
non telephoned that night wo had news
for him1 ; ho told mo what I had not
realized before that It would not bo
possible to find Halsey at oneo , even
with this clew. The cars by this time ,
three days , might bo scattered over the
union. But ho Bald to keep on hoping ,
that It was the best news wo had had.
And In the meantime , consumed with
nnxloty an wo were , things were hap
pening at the house In rapid succes
sion.
sion.Wo
Wo had ono peaceful day then Lid-
dy tdok sick In the night. I went In
when. 1 heard her groaning , and found
her with a hot-water bottle to her
face , and her right cheek swollen un
til It was glassy.
"Toothache ? " I asked , not too gent
ly. "You deserve It. A woman of
your age , who would rather go around
with an exposed ncrvo In her head
than have the tooth pulled ! It would
be over In a moment. "
"So would hanging , " Llddy pro
tested , from behind the hot-water bet
tle.
tle.t
t was hunting around for cotton and
laudanum.
"You have a tooth just like It your-
nelf , Miss Rachel , " she whimpered.
"And I'm sure Dr. Boyle's been trying
to take It out for years. "
There was no laudanum , and Llddy
made a terrible fuss when I proposed
carbolic acid , just because I had puttee
too much on the cotton once and
burned her mouth. I'm sure It never
did her any permanent harm ; Indeed ,
the doctor said afterward that living
on liquid diet had been a splendid rest
for her stomach. But she would have
none of the acid- and she kept mo
awake groaning , so at last I got up
rind went to Gertrude's door. Toimy
surprise It was locked.
I went around by the hall and Into
her bedroom that way. The bed was
turned down , and her dressing-gown
and night-dress lay ready In the little
room next , but Gertrude was not there.
She had not undressed.
I don't know what terrible thoughts
caino to mo In the mtnuto I stood
there. Through the door I could hear
Llddy grumbling , with a squeal now
and then when the pain stabbed
harder. Then , automatically , I got the
laudanum and went back to her.
It was fully a half-hour before Lid-
dy's groans subsided. At Intervals I
went to the door Into the hall and
looked out , but I saw and heard noth
ing suspicious. Finally , when Llddy
had dropped into a doze , I oven'ven
tured as far aa the head of the circular
staircase , but there floated up to mo
only the even breathing of Winters ,
the night detective , sleeping just In
side the entry. And then , far off , I
heard the rapping nolso that had lured
Louise down the staircase that other
night , two weeks beforo. It was over
my head , and very faint three or four
short muffled taps , a pause , and then
again , stealthily repeated.
The sound of Mr. Winters' breath
ing was comforting ; with the thought
that there wua help within call , some
thing kept mo from waking him. I did
not move for a moment ; ridiculous
things Llddy had said about a ghost
I am not at nil superstitious , except ,
perhaps , In the middle of the night ,
with everything dark things like that
catno back to mo. Almost beside me
was the clothes chute. I could feel It ,
hut I could see nothing. As I stood ,
listening Intently , I heard a sound
near me. It was vague , Indefinite.
Thou It ceased ; there was an uneasy
movement and a grunt from the foot
of the circular staircase , and silence
again. I stood perfectly still , hardly
darlW to breathe.
Thwi I know I had been right. Some
one WS(3 ( stealthily passing the head of
the staircase and coming toward mo
In the dark. I leaned against the wall
for support my knees were giving
\vay. The steps were close now , and
suddenly I thought of Gertrude. Of
course It was Gertrude. I put out ono
hand In front of nib. but I touched
MY voice almost refused me.
When I Came To It Was Ddwn.
but I managed to gasp out , "Ger
trude ! "
"Good Lord ! " a man's voice ex
claimed , just beside me. And then I
collapsed. I felt myself going , felt
sonic one catch me , a horrible nausea
tlmt wan all 1 remembered.
When I came to It waa dawn. 1 was
lying on the bed In Louise's room ,
.vltli the cherub on the celling staring
down at me , and there was a blanket
from my own bed thrown over mo. I
felt weak and dizzy , but I managed to
get up and totter to the door. At the
foot of the circular staircase Mr. Win
ters was Btlll asleep. Hardly able to
stand , I crept back to my room. The
door Into Gertrude's room was no lon
ger locked ; she was Bleeping like a
tired child. And In my dressing room
Llddy hugged a cold hot-water bottle
and mumbled In her Bleep.
"There's some things you can't hold
with hand-cuffs , " she was muttering
thickly.
CHAPTER XXIX.
A Scrap of Paper.
For the flrst time In 10 ! years I kept
my bed that day. Llddy waa alarmed
to the point of hysteria , and iicnt for
Dr. Stewart just after breakfast. Ger
trude spent the morning with mo ,
reading something I forget what. I
was too busy with my thought to lis
ten. I had said nothing to the two
detectives. If Mr. Jamleson had been
there I should have told htm every
thing , but I , could not go to those
strange men and tell them my niece
had been missing In the middle of the
night ; that she had not gone to bed
at nil ; that while I was searching for
her through the house I had met a
stranger who , when I fainted , had car
ried me Intoa , room and left me there ,
to get bettor or not , as It might hap
pen.
pen.AHU
AHU mere was somoimng oiso : 1110
man I had met In the darkness had
been even more startled than I , nnd
about his voice , when ho muttered his
muflled exclamation , there was some
thing vaguely familiar. All that mornIng -
Ing , while'Gertrude read aloud , and
Llddy watched for the doctor , I was
puzzling over that voice , without re
sult.
sult.Dr.
Dr. Walker came up , nome time just
after luncheon , and asked for me.
"Go down and see him , " I Instructed
Gertrude. "Tell him I amf out for
mercy's sake don't say I'm sick. Find
out what he wants , and from thin time
on , Instruct the servants that he Is
not to bo admitted. I loathe that
man. "
Gertrude came back very soon , her
face rather flushed.
"Ho came to ask us to got out. " she
said , picking up her book with a jerk.
"Ho snys Louise Armstrong wants to
come here , now that she la recover
ing"
"And what did you say ? "
" 1 said wo were very sorry we could
not leave , but wo would bo delighted
to have Louise conio up here with us.
He looked daggers at me. And ho
wanted to know If wo would recom
mend Eliza as n cook. Ho has brought
a patient , a man , out from town , and
Is Increasing his establishment that's
the .way ho put It. "
"I wish him Joy of Eliza , " I said
tartly. "Did ho ask for Halsey ? "
"Yes. I told him that wo wore on
the track last night , and that It was
only a question of time. Ho said he
was glad , although ho didn't appear
to be , but ho said not to be too san
guine. "
"Do you know what I believe ? " I
asked. "I believe , as firmly as I be
lieve anything , that Dr. Walker knows
something about Halscy , and that ho
could put his linger on him , if ho
wanted to"
There were several things that day
that bewildered me. About three
o'clock Mr. Jamleson ( telephoned from
the Casanova station and Warner
went down to meet him. I got up and
dressed hastily , and the detective was
shown up to my sitting room.
"No news ? " I asked , as he entered.
He tried to look encouraging , without
success.
"It won't bo long now , Miss Innes , "
he said. "I have come out here on a
peculiar errand , which I will tell you
about later. First , I want to ask some
questions. Did any one come out here
yesterday to repair the telephone , and
examine the wires on the roof ? "
"Yes , " 1 said promptly ; "but It was
not the telephone. He Bald the wiring
might have caused the lire at the
stablo. I wont up with him 'myself ,
but ho only looked around. "
Mr. Jamleson smiled.
"Good for you ! " he applauded.
"Don't allow any ono In the house
that you don't trust , and don't trust
anybody. All are not electricians who
wear rubber gloves. "
He refused to explain further , but
ho got a slip of paper out of his
pocket-book and opened It carefully.
"Listen , " ho said. "You heard this
before and scoffed. In the light of re
cent developments I want you to read
It again. You are a clover woman ,
MlHB Innes. Just as surely as I sit
here , there Is something in this house
that is wanted very anxiously by a
number of people. The lines are clos
ing up , Miss Innos. "
The paper was the one he hud found
among Arnold Armstrong's effects ,
and I recall It again :
by altering the plans for
rooms , may ho possible. The best way.
In my opinion , would he to the plan
for In one of the rooms ohlm-
ney.
ney."I think I understand , " I said
slowly. "Some ono is searching for
the KPpr > t rnom. nnd thr > Invurlnra '
"And the holes In the plaster "
"Have been in the progress of
his "
"Or her investigations. "
"Her ? " I asked.
"Miss Innes , " the detective said ,
getting up , "I believe that somewhere
in the walls of this house Is hidden
some of the money , at least , from the
Traders' bank. 1 believe , Junt as sure
ly , that young Walker brought homo
from California the knowledge of
something of the sort , nnd , falling In
his effort to reinstall Mrs. Armstrong
nnd her daughter hero , he , or a con
federate , has tried to break Into the
house. On two occasions 1 think he
succeeded. "
"On three , nt least , " I corrected.
And then I told him about the night
before. "I have boon thinking hard , "
I concluded , "and I do not believe the
man at the head of the circular stair
case was Dr. Walker. 1 don't think he
could have got In , and the voice was
not his. "
Mr. Jamleson got up nnd paced the
floor , his hands behind him.
"Thoro Is something else tlmt puz
zles mo , " he said , stepping before me.
"Who and what Is the woman Nina
Carrlngton ? If It was she who came
hero as Mattle Bliss , what did she
toll Halsey that sent him racing to
Dr. Walker's , and then to Miss Arm
strong ? If wo could find that woman
we would have the whole thing. "
"Mr. Jamleson , did you ever think
that Paul Armstrong might not have
died n natural death ? "
"That IB the thing wo are going to
try to find out , " ho replied. And then
Gertrude came In , announcing a man
below to see Mr. Jamleson.
"I want you present at this Inter
view , Miss Innes , " ho said. May
Illggs come up ? He has loft Dr.
Walker and ho has something he
wants to toll us. "
Hlggs came Into the room dlflldent-
ly , but Mr Jnmleson put him at his
ease. lie kept a careful eye on mo ,
however , and slid Into n chair by the
door when ho was asked to sit down.
"Now , Hlggs , " began Mr. Jamleson
kindly. "You are to say what you
have to say before this lady. "
"You promised you'd keep It quiet ,
Mr Jamleson. " RIggs plainly did not
trust me. There WBB nothing friendly
In the glance he turned on me.
"Yes , yes. You will be protected.
But , first of all , did you bring what
you promised ? "
Illggs produced a roll of papers
from under his coat , and handed them
over. Mr. Jamleson examined them
with lively satisfaction , and passed
them to me. "The blue-prints of Sun-
nyslde , " he said. "What did I tell
you ? Now , Rlggs , we are ready. "
"I'd never have come to you , Mr.
Jamleson , " he began , "If It hadn't been
for Miss Armstrong. When Mr. In
nes was spirited away , like , and Miss
Louise got sick because of It , I
thought things had gone far enough.
I'd done some things for the doctor
before that wouldn't just bear looking
Into , but I turned a bit squeamish. "
"Did you help with that ? " I asked ,
leaning forward.
"No , ma'tn. I didn't even know of
It until the next day , when it came
out in the Casanova Weekly Ledger.
But I know who did it , all right. I'd
better start at the beginning.
"When Dr. Walker went away to
California with the Armstrong family ,
there was talk In the town that when
he came back he would be married to
Miss Armstrong , and we all expected
it. First thing I knew , I got a letter
from him In the west. Ho seemed1 to
be excited , and he said Miss Arm
strong had taken a sudden notion to
go home and he sent me some money.
I was to watch for her , to see If she
went to Sunnyslde , and wherever she
was , not to lose sight of her until he
got home. 1 traced her to the lodge ,
and I guess I scared you on the drive
ono night , Miss Innes. "
"And Rosie ! " I ejaculated.
RIggs grinned sheepishly.
" 1 only wanted to make sure Miss
Louise was there. Roslo started to
run , and I tried to stop her and tell
her some sort of a story to account
for my being there. But she wouldn't
wait. "
And the broken china Jn the
basket ? "
"Well , broken china's death to rub
ber tires , " he said. "I hadn't any
complaint against you people here ,
and the Dragon Fly was a good car. "
So Rosle's highwayman was ex
plained.
"Well , I telegraphed the doctor
where Miss Louise was and I kept an
eye on her. Just a day or so before
they came home with the body I got
another letter , telling mo to watch
for a woman who had been pitted
with smallpox. Her name was Car
rlngton , and the doctor made things
pretty strong. If I found any such
woman loafing around , I was not to
lose sight of her for a minute until
the doctor got back.
"Well , I would have had my hands
full , but the other woman didn't show
up for a good while , and when she did
the doctor was home. "
"Riggs , " 1 asked suddenly , "did you
get Into this house a day or two after
I took It , at night ? "
"I did not , Miss Innes. I have never
been In the house before. Well , the
Carrlngton woman didn't show tip tin
til the night Mr. Halsey disappeared.
She came to the olllco late , and the
doctor was out. She waited around ,
walking the floor and working hnrsell
Into a passion. When the doctor
didn't come back , she was in an awful
way. She wanted me to hunt him
and when he didn't appear , she called
him names ; said he couldn't fool her
There waa murder being done , and
she would see him swing for It.
( TO BR CONTINUKD. )
Dresden China.
Judging by your recent note , writes
a correspondent , It seems that the
geographical knowledge possessed by
girl typists is about on n level with
that possessed by the damsels who
represent the postmaster general be
hind the counters of our suburban
post offices. Having occasion recentl >
to telegraph funds to a town In Ger
many , It became necessary for the
clerk to consult the post ofllco guide
After a long and fruitless search :
ventured to suggest that she was nol
likely to Ilnd the town I wanted In the
section devoted to the celestialem
plre , where she was looking. "Not
under China" she retorted superclll
ously. "You said Dresden , dldn'i
you ? "
The Consoling Volume.
There was n backward student nt
Balllol who , for failure to pass an ex
amlnatlon in Greek , was "sent down. '
His mother went to see the master
Dr. Jowett , nnd explained to him wha
an excellent lad her son was. "It Is i
hard experience for him , this did
grace , " said the old lady ; "but ho wll
have the consolation of religion , ant
there Is always ono book to which he
can turn. " Jowett eyed her for a mo
in out and then answered : "Yes. mi'
dam ; the Greek grammar. Gooi
morning "
NEBRASKA IN DRIER.
News Notes of Interest From Varloui
Sections.
York Is to have nn up-to-date hos
pital managed by Mrs. Laura Atkin
son. Mrs. Atkinson has had years of
experience in hospital work.
Mrs. J. Swan , of David City , at
tempted suicide by pouring a half a
gallon of oil over her body and clothIng -
Ing , setting them on flro. She Is not
expected to live.
The Webster county fair held at
Bladcn was a grand success from
start to finish. The free entertain
ments were the best obtainable and
kept the people from getting restless.
J. II. BohreudH nnd wife celebrated
ihelr golden wedding at their home ,
Lhree miles southwest of Nebraska
City. There were over 300 guests
present and the festivities lasted two
days.
days.Mrs.
Mrs. Martha Taylor , of Lyons , re
ceived word that her bon , Frank Tay
lor , a conductor on the Chicago &
Northwestern , was killed at Beaver
Crossing. lie lived at Llnwood , Neb. ,
and leaves ft wife and child. His
brother , P. E. Taylor , Is a consul at
Stavanger , Norway.
In the course of the next few days
the'ofllcers of the Fremont Auto club
will put up sign posts on the roads
north and west of Fremont to guldo
tourists to and from that city. The
signs which the club put In the spring
between there and Omaha have been
a great help to autolsts during the
summer months.
A head-on collision occurred nt
Blair between two freight trains In
the south part of the city. The train
from the south had not pulled all of
Its cars onto another track , and the
train bound south struck It and dam
aged Its engine , besides pushing two
cars off Into the ditch. The track
was cleared after a night's work.
Lightning struck" the barn of
Charles Tleple , seven miles south
east of Crelghton , causing a lire
which consumed the entire structure ,
together with Its contents , consisting
of two horses valued at $500 , harness ,
machinery and considerable hay. A
granary adjoining the barn , In which
3,000 bushels of small grain was
stored , was also destroyed.
The three-year-old son of Charles
Graha of Saline county wandered
away from home and was lost for
several days. A searching party was
formed nnd the child was found about
a mile irom home , caught In a wlro
fence. The family dog was with him.
It was the dog's barking that attract
ed the attention of the searchers. The
boy was unharmed except for slight
scratches.
_ The fire that destroyed the $85,000
plant of the Granite Brick company
will be the subject of a light in the
courts of Dodge county. The insur
ance companies that paid the losses
filed an action against the Union Pa
cific Railroad comnanv. charcinc that
sparks from a Union Pacific1 engine
started the blaze. The. . , insurance
amounted to $5,000 and the fire loss
was appraised at $15,000.
Announcements for the Phelps
County Farmers' institute are out.
The session this year will be of but
one day's duration and is set for Oc
tober 13. The principal lectures will
be given by Prof. C. W. Pugsley and
R. H. Searle of Lincoln and Anna
East of Fremont. An Important mat
ter in connection with this year's in
stitute Is the boys' and girls' short
course in agriculture and domestic
science , which will be held for five
days from October 10 to 14 Inclusive.
After many years of patient endur
ance of the indifference of the North
western railroad to the "excuse" for
a walk leaing up town in Arlington
from the station , the citizens and
traveling public at last have assur
ance that the condition will be speed
ily remedied. Contractor W. H.
Crane of that place was awarded the
contract for the construction of a
wide , permanent , cement walk from
the station platiorm to the foot of the
steps. .
Negotiations are pending between
the county attorneys of Gage and
Johnson counties for'a settlement of
the claims held by Gage county
against Johnson county for expenses
Incurred In the Chamberlain cases.
That a number of business men of
Grand Island are putting Into practice
the recently adopted slogan : "We
canv < j will , " wits evidenced by the
action taken by the stockholders of
the Chautauqua association. By a
vote of two to one it was decided to
continue the organization and hold
another assembly next year , despite
a deficit of $700.
The police of Wymoro are looking
for two strangers who deliberately
killed a horse belonging to a boy
named Herbert Brannon , the sole sup
port of a widowed mother. It seems
that the lad rode the horse to the
river , tied the nniinai and made pre
parations to flsh. Two fellows came
along nnd asked the boy why he did
not kill the animal , to which the lad
remarked -.it it was his only means
of support. When some time later
the lad came for the horse ho found
It dead , having been beaten to death
with a club.
The formers' institute , boys' corn
and potato growing and girls' cookIng -
Ing and sowing contests for Red Wil
low county , will be held in McCook ,
October 27. The McCook Commercial
club has hung up u special corn prize
of $10.
An epidemic of diphtheria is re
ported at Cortland , Gage county. Two
deaths occurred from the disease In
ono day and ten cases have been re
ported to the board of health. The
eleven-year-old daughter of Union Pa-
eilic Agent C. A. Gardner and the
nlne-yoar-old daughter of Mrs , Par-
rlsh' passed away.
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Llttlo kidney troubles gradually
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to dropsy , di
abetes , and fatal
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Begin using Doan'a
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the first sign of
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Mrs. J. R. Ilaye
Anamosn , Iowa
says : "I suffercq
such awful pain 1
could not Ho down.
I was perfectly
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months. My ankles
were BO badly
swollen I could
not wear my shoes. Soon after using
Doan's Kidney Pills I was able to walk
without crutches. I gradually Im
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kidneys became normal. "
Remember the name Doan's.
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Foster-Mllburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y.
IGNORANT OF ART.
The Kid Mister , Johnnlo says that
purple thing in front of the picture's
a windmill an" I say It's a trco ; which
Is right ?
The Impressionist That's a cow.
Anticipated.
Margaret Did you tell the girls at
the tea that secret I confided to you
and Josephine ?
Katherlne No , truly I didn't. Jo
sephine got there first. Harpcr'o
Bazar.
I hold It indeed to be a sure sign
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It it be insensible to the pleasures of
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NEBRASKA HINGE DOOR
SILO COMPANY
Lincoln Nebraska
( Col. F.M. WOODS , PresldentJ
