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SYNOPSIS.
. . . .B.I Innes , spinster nnd gunrdlnii of
Ocrtruda nnd IlnlHey , established sum
mer luMiilquarlcrH nt ijunnynldu. Arnold
Armstrong was found Hhot to death In
thoi hull. Gertrudu and her llancc , Jack
Dalloy , had conversed In the lilllliird
room nhortly boforu the murder. Duteo-
tlvo Jatnlcaon iiccuacd Miss limes of hold
ing buck evidence. Cashier Unllny of I'ntil
Armstrong's bnnk , defunct , wita arrested
for embezzlement. J'nul Armstrong's
Oenth wns announced. llnlfloy'H llnticoo ,
l oulso Armstrong , told HalBpy that while
nho still loved him , Hho was to miirry an
other. It developed thiit Dr. Walker wns
the man. Ixnilso wns found unconHclouu
nt the bottom of the circular staircase.
Hho said nomothliiR had brushed by her
In the dark on the stairway nnd she
fainted. Hallcy Is Biispcctml of Arm-
ntrong's murder. Thomns , the lodgokeop-
cr , was found dead with a note In his
nocltet bearing the iiaino "I.uclen Wal
lace. " A Inddcr found oul of plnco deep
ens the mystery. The stables were
burned , and In the dark Mlns IIIMCH uhot
an Intruder. Ilalsey niystfrlously dlsnp-
lioared. Ills auto was found wrecked by
a freight train. It developed Ilalsey bud
mi argument. In the library with a woman
before bis dlsnppoarnncB. Now cool : dls-
upucars. Miss Innes lenrned Halsoy was
nllve. Or , Walker's face becomes livid
nl mention of the name of Nina Cnrrlng-
ton. Evidence wns secured frotn a trnmp
thnt a man , uupposodly Ilalsey , had been
bound nnd gagged nnd thrown Into an
empty bo * cnr. Ocrtrudo was missing.
Hunting for her. Miss limes ran Into a
man and fainted. A confederate of Dr.
"Wiilkcr confessed his part In the mys
tery , lie stated that the Cnrrlngton wo
man hail been killed , thnt Walker fenred
lier , nnd that he believed that I'aul Arm
strong hnd been killed by a hand guided
by Walker. Ilnlsey'wns found In a dls-
tnnt hospital. Paul Armstrong wns not
CHAPTER XXXI. Continued.
The Blip had naltl "chimney. " It
\rae the only cltto , and a house ns
force as Sunnyflde wan full of them.
There was an open fireplace In my
dressing room , but none In the lied-
room , and as I lay there , looking
around , I thought of something that
made mo pit up suddenly. The trunk-
room , Just over my head , had an open
fireplace and a hrlck chimney , and
yet there was nothing of the kind In
my room. I got out of bed and ox-
nmlncd the opposite wall cloudy.
There was apparently no flue , and I
knew there was none In the hall just
beneath. The house was heated by
Btoam , an I have said before. In the
living room was a huge open fireplace ,
but It was on the other side.
Why did the trunkroom have both
a radiator and an open fireplace ?
Architects were not usually erratic.
It was not 15 minutes before I was up
Btalrs , armed with a tape-measure In
lieu of a foot-rulo , eager to justify Mr ,
Jamlcson's opinion of my Intelligence ,
nnd firmly resolved not to toll him of
my suspicion until I had more than
theory to go on. The hole In the
trunkroom wall still yawned there , be
tween the chimney and the outer wall.
I examined It again , with no new re-
milt. The space between the brick
wall and the plaster and lath one
however , had a now significance. The
hole showed only ono side of the chlm
ney , nnd I determined to Investigate
what lay In the space on the other
eldo of the mantel.
1 had a blister on my palm when
at last the hatchet went through ant
fell with what sounded like the report of
n gun to my overstrained nerves. I sat
on a trunk , waiting to hear LIdtly fly
up the stairs , with the household be
hind her , like the tall of a comet. Dut
nothing happened , and with a growing
feeling of uncaunlncss I net to work
enlarging the opening.
The result was absolutely nil. When
I could hold a lighted candle In the
opening I saw precisely what I had
BOOH on the other side of the chimney
a space between the true wall and
the false ono , possibly seven feet long
nnd about three feet wide. It was In
no RRtiBo of the word a secret cham
ber , and it was evident it had not
"been disturbed since the house was
built. It was a supreme disappoint
ment.
It had been Mr. Jamleson's idea
that the hidden room , if there was
ono , would bo found somewhere near
the circular staircase. In fact , I know
that ho had once Investigated the entire -
tire length of the clothes chute , hangIng -
Ing to a rope , with this In view. I
was reluctantly about to concede that
lie had been right , when my eyes fell
on the mantel and fireplace. The pat
ted had evidently never been used ;
It was closed with a metal flro front ,
end only AVhen the front refused to
biove , and Investigation showed that
Bt was .not Intended to bo moved , did
my spirits revive.
I hurried into the next room. Yes ,
euro enough , thcro was a similar man
tel and fireplace there , similarly
( closed. In both rooms the chimney
flue extended well out from the wall
I measured with the tape-lino , my
Iiands trembling so thnt I couU1
Bcnrcoly hold it. They extended two
feet and a half into each room , which
with the three feet of space between
the two partitions , made eight feet to
Jjo accounted for. Eight feet In one
direction and almost seven In the oth
er what a chimney It was !
But I had only located the hidden
room. I was not in it , and no nnioun *
of pressing on the carving of the
wooden mantels , no search of the
floors for loose boards , none of thr
customary mothnds availed at all
Thai there was a means of entrance ,
and probably a simple ono , I could br
certain. Hut what ? What would 1
find if I did get In ? Was the detectIve -
Ivo right , arid wcro the bonds and
money from the Traders' bank there ?
Or woa our whole theory wranc'
"I Heard a Sad and Pitiful Narrative. "
Would not Paul Armstrong have taken
his booty with him ? If ho had not ,
and if Dr. Walker was in the secret ,
he would have known how to enter
the chimney room. Then who had
dug the other hole In the false parti
tion ?
CHAPTER XXXII.
Anne Watson's Story.
Llddy discovered the fresh break
In the trunkroom wall while wo were
at luncheon , and ran shrieking down
the stairs. She mantaincd that , as
she entered , unseen hands had boon
digging at the plaster ; that they had
stopped when she went in , and she
had felt a gust of cold damp air. In
support of her story she carried in
my wet and muddy boots , that I had
unluckily forgotten to hide , and held
them out to the detective and myself.
"What did I toll you ? " she said
dramatically. "Look at 'em. They're
yours , Miss Rachel and covered with
mud and soaked to the tops. I toll
you , you can scoff all you like ; some
thing has been wearing your shoes.
As sure as you sit there , there's the
smell of the graveyard on them. How
do wo know they weren't tramping
through the Casanova churchyard last
night , and sitting on the graves ! "
Mr. Jamleson almost choked to
death. "I wouldn't bo at all surprised.
If they wcro doing that very thing ,
Llddy. " ho said , when ho got his
breath. "They certainly look like It. "
I think the detective had a plan
on which he was working , but which
was meant to bo a coup. But things
went so fast there was no time to
carry it Into effect. The first thing
that occurred was a message from
the Charity hospital that Mrs. Wat
son was dying and had asked for me.
I did not care much about going.
There Is a sort of melancholy plea
sure to bo had out of a funeral , with
its pomp nnd ceremony , but I shrank
from 11 death-bed. However , Llddy
got out the black things and the crepe
veil I keep for such occasions , nnd I
went. I loft Mr. Jamieson and the
day dotectlvo going over every Inch
of the circular staircase , pounding ,
probing and measuring. I was Inward
ly elated to think of the surprise I was
going to give them that night ; as It
turned out , I did surprise them al
most Into spasms.
I drove from the train to the Chari
ty hospital , and was at once taken
to a ward. There , In a gray-walled
room in a high iron bed , lay Mrs. Wat
son. She was very weak , and she
only opened her eyes and looked at
mo when I sat down beside her. I
was conscience-stricken. Wo had been
ao engrossed that I had left this poor
creature to die without oven a word
of sympathy.
The nurse gave her a stimulant ,
and in a llttlo while she was able to
talk. So broken ami half-cohc rent ,
'lowever , was her story that I shall
fell it in my own way. In an hour
"rom the time I entered the Charity
hospital I had heard a sad and pitiful
narrative , and had scon n woman slip
'nto the unconsciousness that is only
.1 step from death.
Briefly , then , the housekeeper's
story was this :
She was almost 40 years old , and
had been the sister-mother of n largo
amlly of children. Ono by ono thej
'mil ' died , and boon burled beside tholi
laronts In n little town In the middle
west. There was only one sister left
, ho baby , Lucy. On her the older glr
had lavished all the love of an impul
slvo nnd emotional nature. Who :
Anne , the older , was 32 and Lucy 10
young man had como to the town
He was going east , after spending the
sumirer nt a celebrated ranch InVy
omlngone of those pluoea where
wealthy men send worthless and dls
Blunted sons for a stason of tempur
anco , fresh air and hunting. The
sisters , of course , knew nothing of
this , and the yoting man's ardor rath
er carried them away. In a word ,
seven years before , Lucy Haswell had
married a young man whose name was
given as Aubrey Wallace.
Anne Haswell had married a car
penter In her native town and was a
widow. For three months everything
went fairly well. Aubrey took his
bride to Chicago , where they lived at
a hotel. Perhaps the very unsophlstl-
cation that had charmed him in Val
ley Mill jarred on him in the city. He
had been far from a model husband ,
oven for the three months , and when
ho disappeared Anne was almost
thankful. It was different with the
young wife , however. She drooped
and fretted , and on the birth of her
baby boy she had died. Anne took the
child nnd named him Luclen.
Anne had had no children of her
own , and on Luclen she had lavished
all her aborted maternal instinct. On
one thing she was determined , how
ever : That was that Aubrey Wallace
should educate his boy. It was a part
of her devotion to the child that she
should bo ambitious for him ; he
must have every opportunity. And so
she came east. She drifted around ,
doing plain sowing and keeping a
homo somewhere always for the boy.
Finally , however , she realized that
her only training had been domestic ,
and she put the boy in an Eplsco
plallan homo , nnd secured the posi
tion of housekeeper to the Arm
strongs. There she found Luclcn's
father , this time under his own name.
It was Arnold Armstrong.
I gathered that there was no par
ticular enmity at that tlmo In Anne's
mind. She told him of the boy , and
threatened exposure If ho did not pro
vide for him. Indeed , for a time , ho
did so. Then he realized that Luclon
was the ruling passion In this lonely
woman's life. Ho found out whore
.ho child was hidden , nnd threatened
o take him away. Anne was frantic.
The positions became reversed.
Where Arnold had given money for
Luclon's support , as the years went
on ho fornnd mnnov from Annn Wat
instead until she was always pen
niless. The lower Arnold sank in the
scale , " the heavier his demands be
came. With the rupture between htm
and his family things were worse.
Anne took the child from the homo
and hid him In a farmhouse near
Casanova , on the Claysburg road.
There she wont sometimes to see the
boy , nnd there he had taken fever.
The people wore Germans , and ho
called the farmer's wife grossmutter.
Ho had grown into a beautiful boy ,
and ho was all Anne had to live for.
The Armstrongs left for California ,
nnd Arnold's persecutions began anew.
He was furious over the child's dis
appearance and she was afraid he
would do her some hurt. She loft the
big house nnd went down to the lodge.
When I had rented Sunnyslde , how
ever , she had thought the persecutions
would stop. She had applied for the
position of housekeeper and secured It.
That had been on Saturday. That
night Louise arrived unexpectedly.
Thomas sent for Mrs. Watson and
then went for Arnold Armstrong at
the Greenwood club. Anne had been
fond of Loulsn she reminded her of
Lucy. She did not know what the
trouble was , but I.oulso had been In
a state of terrible excitement , Mrs.
Watson tried to hide from Arno'd , but
ho was ugly. Ho left the lodge and
wont up to the hoimo about 2:30 : , was
admitted at the east entrance and
came out ug-iln very soon. Something
had occurred , she didn't know what ;
but very soon Mr. Innes and another
gentleman left , using the car.
Thomas and she had got Louise
quiet , and a llttlo before three Mrs.
WtHHon started up to the house.
Thomas had a key to the east entry ,
and gave It to her
On the way across the lawn she
was confronted by Arnold , who for
some reason was determined to got
Into the house. Ho had a golf-ntlck
In his hand , that ho had picked up
somewhere , and on her refusal ho had
struck her with It. One hand had
been badly cut , nnd it was that , pois
oning having set In , which was killing
her. She broke away in a frenzy of
rage and fear , nnd got Into the house
while Gertrude and Jack Bailey were
at the front door. She went upstairs ,
hardly knowing what she was doing.
Gertrude's door was open , and Hal-
soy's revolver lay there on the bed.
She picked It up and turning ran part
way down the circular staircase. She
could hear Arnold fumbling at the
lock outside. She slipped down quiet
ly and opened the door ; ho was in
side before she had got back to the
stairs. It was quite dark , but she
could see his white shirt-bosom. From
the fourth step she fired. As he fell
somebody in the billiard room
screamed and ran. When the alarm
was raised , she had had no tlmo to
get upstairs ; ahe hid in the west wing
until every one was down on the
lower floor. Then she slipped upstairs
and thow the revolver out of an up
per window , going down again in time
to admit the men from the Greenwood
club.
If Thomas had suspected , ho had
never told. When she found the hand
Arnold had injured was growing
worse , she gave the address of Lucien
at Ulchileld to the old man and almost
$100. The money was for Lucien's
board until she recovered. She had
sent for me to ask mo if I would try
to interest the Armstrongs in the
child. When she found herself grow
ing worse she had written to Mrs.
Armstrong , telling her nothing but
that Arnold's legitimate child was at
Illchfleld , and imploring her to recog
nize him. She was dying ; the boy
was an Armstrong , and entitled to his
father's share ot the estate. The pa
pers wpre In her trunk at/Sunnyside ,
with letters from the dead man that
would prove what she said. It was
she who had crept down the circular
staircase , drawn by a magnet , that
night Mr. Jamleson had heard someone
ono there. Pursued , she had fled
madly , anywhere through the first
door she came to. She had fallen
down the clothes chute , and been
saved by the basket beneath. I could
have cried with relief ; then it had not
been Gertrude , after all !
That was the story. Sad and tragic
though it was , the very telling of it
seemed to reWeve the dying woman.
She did not know that Thomas was
dead , and I did Hot tell her. I prom
ised to look after llttlo Luclen , nnd
sat with her until the intervals of con
sciousness grew shorter and finally
ceased altogether. She died that night.
( TO I5K CONTINUED. )
Ways to Keep Neat.
"My children were becoming dread
fully careless about leaving their
things around , " said an original moth
er , "and the older members of the
family weron't any too tidy. Sox I
made up my mind that I wasn't going
to be a 'pick-up1 drudge for the rest
of the household. I set up a big fine
box , a box with an oblong hole in the
top , Into which I put every slnglo
thing hat , coat , toy , plpo , no matter
what that I found lying around In
the way. And to get his or her prop
erty the owner had to pay a penny
If'It was one of the children ; ten
cents in case of the older ones. As the
children have only an allowance of
ten cents n week each , they didn't
naturally want to nav It out in
so they began to be careful. Gradual
ly the whole family mended their
ways , and now my fine box Is general
ly empty , and the house Is as tidy as
you please. "
Cheering Her Up.
Islington , which Is no longer rural ,
was once so esteemed by medical men
that they sent their patients there
after severe Illness. Many also went
thcro In the last stages in the forlorn
hope that the invigorating air might
restore them to health. A story re
lated by Dr. Abernethy turns on the
latter , class of visitors. One of his
patients engaged some rooms In Is
lington , and casually remarked to the
landlady that the banisters on the
staircase were very much broken.
-Lor' bless you , mam , " said the land
lady , "It's no use to mend them , for
they always got broken when the un-
deriakor'u men bring the colllns down
stairs. " London Chronicle.
Intelligence In the Kitchen.
The higher the intelligence and the
bronder the education of the woman
in the kitchen , th greater the pleas
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lies.Tho woman who cooks intelligently
Is commanding great nnd mysterious
lorces of nature. She Is an alchemist
behind an apion. At her command
teed constituents that are indigestible
unpalatable and oven poisonous , aru
subjected to chemical changes that
render them an epicurean dolight. The
woman of real Intelligence and powers
of Imagination finds In her well ordered
derod kitchen a source of deep and en
during interest and pleasure.
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How An Allegan , Mich. , Woman Re
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Mrs. Robert Schwabe , R. P. D. No.
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"Yes , " said Miss Passay , "I found
a very nlco boarding house today , but
the only room they had to offer mo
had a folding bed In It , and I detest
those things. "
"Of course , " remarked Miss Pert ,
"ono can never hope to find a man
under a folding bed. " Catholic Stand
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HIS HANDS CRACKED OPEN
"I am a man seventy years old. My
hands were very sore and cracked
open on the insldes for over a year
with large sores. They -would crack
open and bleed , Itch , burn and ache
EO that I could not sleep and could debut
but llttlo work. They were so bad
.hat I could not dress myself In the
morning. They -would bleed and the
blood dropped on the floor. I called
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Cutlcura Ointment. About a year
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"They also cured a bad epre on the
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Spinster ( anxious not to expose her
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Against Orders.
"If you refuse mo , Miss Gladys , I
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"No , colonel , you must not do
that. Papa said distinctly ho would
not have you hanging about hero. "
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