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Show LIVES SAVED THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE BvmnV e6 ROBERTS 4 RINEHART UUS7mnOH5 3Y arrvcnr ar taamt-mmm- TyMrep c that will bear watching, one and all. But there has been no strange woman near the house or Liddy would have seen her, you may be sure. She has a telescopic eye. ME. Jamieson looked thoughtful. It may not amount to anything, he said slowly. It Is difficult to get on things around any perspective here, because every one down in the village is sure he saw the murderer, either before or since the crime. And half of them will stretch a point or two as to facts, to be obliging. But the man who drives the hack down there tells a story that may possibly prove to be Important." I have heard it, I think. Was ft the one the parlor maid brought up yesterday, about a ghost wringing Its hands on the roof? Oh perhaps its the one the milk-boheard; a tramp washing a dirty shirt, presumably in the creek billow the bloody, bridge? I could see the gleam of Mr. Jamiesons teeth as he smiled. But Matthew Neither, he said. Oeist, which is our friends name, claims that on Saturday night, at 9:30, a veiled lady I knew It would be a veiled lady, I broke in. "A veiled lady, he persisted, "who was apparently young and beautiful, engaged his hack and asked to be driven to Sunnyside. Near the gate, however, she made him stop, In spite of his remonstrances, saying she preferred to walk to the house. She paid ful of maids SYNOPSIS. few feet away u the hall was the spot where the body of Arnold Armstrong had been found. I was a bit nervous, and I put my hand on Halsey's sleeve. Suddenly, from the top of the staircase above us came the sound of a cautious footstep. At first I was not sure, but Halseys attitude told me he had heard and was listening. The step, slow, measured, Infinitely cautious, was nearer now. Halsey tried to loosen my fingers, but I was In a paralysis of fright. The swish of a body against the curving rail, as If tor guidance, was plain enough, and npw whoever it was had reached the foot of the staircase and had caught a glimpse of our rigid silhouettes against the billiard room doorway. Halsey threw me oft then and strode forward. Who is It? he called imperiously, and took a half dozen rapid strides toward the foot of the staircase. Then I heard him mutter something; there was the crash of a falling body, the slam of the outer door, and, for an Instant, quiet. I screamed, I think, Then I remember turning on the lights and finding Halsey, white with fury, trying to untangle himself from something warm and fleecy. He had cut his forehead a little on the lowest step of the stairs, and he was rather a ghastly sight. He flung the white object at me, and, jerking open the outer door, raced into the darkness. Gertrude had come on hearing the noise, and now we stood. Staring at each other over of all things on AT SMALL COST Figures Showing Expenditures the Maintenance of Tubercu-losis Sanatorium8. Fof I In a comparative study of the cost maintenance in thirty tuberculosis sanatoriums the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis found that the food cost In most of the institutions represented of the annual expenditures. The average daily food cost per pa? tlent was $0,544. The expenditures for salaries and wages represented nearly another third, being $0,481 per day per patient out of a total of $1,669, The fuel, oil and light cost was $0,206 per capita per diem, or about of the total cost. The daily cost iq the Beveral institutions ranged all the way from $0,946 per patient to $2,555. In the far west and southwest, as In Colorado and New Mexico and California, the cost was higher than in the east, in New York and New England, being $2,025 per patient as against $1,748.' The total expenditures of the thirty institutions were $1,363,953.28, while the total receipts from all sources were $1,548,525.74. More than were re70 per cent, of the receipts ceived from public funds and private benefactions, only 28.8 per cent, being from patients. Stated in another way only 35 per cent, of the total expenditures were received from patients, the remainder being made up from other sources. of A ENVY. through malice, through hating. Against the world, early and late, tfo jot of our courage abating, Our part is to work and to wait. Alice Cary. HROUGH rested, and through an ugly stroy Mr. Innes called and then rushed at one-thir- d Early Rising. The early risers are the ones who me, I I was alarmed, and flung the blanket at him." accomplish things to the world. To Halsey was examining the ,ut on be up In the quiet, two hours before his forehead in a small mirror an the stir and bustle of the day, gives the wall. It was not much of an in- one time to get well started for the jury, but it had bled freely, and his days work. For those who love nature, this season of the year Is the appearance was rather terrifying he said, over his time of all to get out and enjoy the "Thomas ill? shoulder. Why, I thought I saw trees and hills if one has them, or; Thomas out there as you made that the sunrise and clouds, for those are cyclonic break out of the door and the possession of ub all. over the porch. We cannot all be as ambitious as I could see that undfr pretense of the early rising Bridget who was up examining his injury he was watch- so early that she had all the work done and the beds made before the ing her through the mirror. Is this one of the servants blank- family were up; but wittf even a few ets, Mrs. Watson?" I asked, holding minutes a day In the quiet of the unup Its luxurious folds to the light. interrupted morning when ones mind Everything else is locked away, is fresh and rested from sleep probshe replied. Which was true enough, lems are easier to work out. no doubt. I had rented the house It Is said of Victor Hugo that his without bed furnishings. greatest novels were written in just a If Thomas is ill, Halsey said, few minutes each day before breaksome member of the family ought to fast. EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH go down to see him. You neednt It is amazing the amount of work VILLAGE bother, Mrs. Watson. I will take the that may be accomplished in k few blanket. moments of concentrated thought. If In Dowlais, South Wales, about fifShe drew herself up quickly, as if we wish to do anything very much In protest, but she found nothing to we will find time to do it. The piece teen years ago, families were stricksay. She stood smoothing the folds of of sewing, the letters that should be en wholesale by a disease known as her dead black dress, her face as written and many things about the the itch. Believe me. It is the most CHAPTER X. Continued. white as chalk above It. Then she bouse can be done without dis- terrible disease of its kind that I seemed to make up her mind. In cash? turbing the other members who have know of, as it itches all through your - Very well, Mr. Innes, she said. got yet risen. body and makes your life an inferno. In cash. Perhaps you would better go. I have But the man who did it he would There are many things about cook- Sleep is out of the question and you if a million mosquitoes were done all I could. be known? ing and baking that take much time feel as And then she turned and went up that may be Yes, I tell you both, as sure as I before hand. attacking you at the same time. I prepared the circular staircase, moving slowly Pastry is much better to be made and knew a dozen families that were so stand here, I believe that Paul Armand with a certain dignity. Below, chilled before baking. One may pre- affected. strong looted his own bank. I believe The doctors did their best, but the three of us stared at one another pare the flour, butter and lard with he has a million at least, as the reacross the intervening white blanket. the their remedies were of no avail whatice and chest sult, and' that he will never come Into the salt, put Upon my word, Halsey broke out, take enough for a crust, adding the ever. Then the families tried a drugback. Im worse than a pauper this place Is a walking nightmare. water; this will keep indefinitely If gist who was noted far and wide for now. I cant ask Louise to share I have the feeling .that we three outhis remarkable cures. I when and with a me, People came year nothing kept cold. siders who have paid our money for think of this disgrace for her, Im Such step savers take time to get to him from all parts of the country the privilege of staying in this spook-factor- ready, hut save time when it is often tor treatment, but his medicine made orazy. are living on the very top of The most ordinary events of life very pressing. Fruit may be prepared matters still worse, as a last resort things. Were on the lid, so to speak. for the day, vegetables got ready, the they were advised by a friend to use seemed pregnant with possiblities that Now and then we get a sight of the cold day, and when Halsey wa called to dessert made and many things the Cuticura Remedies. I am glad to things inside, but we are not a part which may lighten the days labor and tell you that after a few days treatthe telephone, I ceased all pretense of them. at eating. , When he came back from thus make a smooth running, unhur- ment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment Do you suppose, Gertrude asked and Resolvent, the effect was wonderthe telephone his face showed that ried home. doubtfully, that she really meant that something had occurred. He waited in the hook, sew on that button, ful and the result was a perfect curs Put blanket for Thomas? however, until Thomas left the dinbem that frayed skirt before putting In all cases. Thomas was standing beside that I may add that my three brothers, ing room; then he told us. the clothes away, then they will be tree," magnolia Paul Armstrong Is dead, he anHalsey replied, ready to put on. One Is apt to put a three sisters, myself and all our fam"when I ran after Mrs. Watson. Its nounced gravely. He died this mornwithout attending to ilies have been users of the Cuticura down to this. Aunt Ray. Rosie's bas- garment away ing in California. Whatever he did, of mending and forget it until Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas the bit ket and Mrs. Watson's blanket can he Is beyond the law now." It 1b wanted to wear. Constant Hugh, 1650 West Huron St, Chicago, only mean one thing: There is someSertrude turned pale. is the price of being always 111., June 29, 1909. body hiding or being 'hidden in the vigilance And the only man who could have neat and In order, but It Is a price lodge. It wouldnt surprise me if we cleared Jack can never do it! she DESERVED IT. hold the key to the whole situation worth paying. said despairingly. , now. Anyhow, Im going to the lodge "Also. I replied oOldly, Mr. Armto Investigate. strong Is for ever beyond the power Gertrude wanted to go, too, but she of defending himself. When your looked so shaken that I Insisted she Jack comes to me, with some $200,000 should not. I sent for Liddy to help in his hands, which is about- - what her to bed, and then Halsey and I you have lost, I shall believe him Instarted for the lodge. The grass was nocent And more than wisdom, heavy with dew, and, man-likHalsey more than wealth, - the across chose shortest the way A merry heart that laughs CHAPTER XI. lawn. Half way, however, he stopped. at care." Wed better go by the drive, he Halsey Makes a Capture. Reminders for the Housekeeper. This isnt a lawn; Its a field. said. It' was about half-paeight when Fish may be scaldd much easier Wheres the gardener these days? we left the dining room, and still enThere isnt any, I said meekly. by first dipping them In boiling wagrossed with one subject, the failure We have been thankful enough, so ter. . of the bank and Its attendant evils, A tablespoonful of turpentine boiled far, to have our meals prepared and Halsey and I went out into the served and the beds aired. The gard- with the clothes will add greatly to grounds for a stroll. Gertrude folTha Step, 8low, Measured, Infinitely Cautious, Waa Nearer Now. ener who belongs here is working at the whitening process. The light was lowed us shortly. Rastus Playin poker hands las A good agency for keeping the air the club. Shakes$ to thickening, appropriate I accidentally threw five aces. wool blanket, a white night Miss silk and earth he there. and her left Now, him, out me is to Remind of wholesome sweet send cellar and the peares description of twilight, and Innes, you had no such visitor, I be- exquisitely fine! It was the most Sambo What did de odders do? I a man know he from town, said. white wash made of good lime and and the once again the tree-toad- s Rastus Threw me outer de win-doin the world, with its the very fellow. lieve? thing to s is it water. Adding glue only throb were crickets making night lavender border and Its faint scent. "None, I said decidedly. I record this scrap of conversation, damage, as It furnishes an organic with their tiny life. It was almost op"Geist thought it might be a maid, Gertrude was the first to speak. as I have tried to put down any- matter which putrlfles and is most Just of beauIts How He Kept the Law. lonely,vin Bpite pressively as you had got a supply that day. But Somebody had It? she asked. and pverything that had a bear- unpleasant. thing I noticed, Bald the ty, and I felt a sickening pang of he said "Yes. Halsey tried to stop whoever her getting out near the gate Charcoal is recommended as an abon what followed, because the homesickness for my city at night after a trip through now it was and fell. Gertrude, that blank- ing we have him. puzzled Anyhow, Halsey sent the next day sorber of gases In the milk room or the factory where preserves are made, for the clatter of horses feet on ceone veiled lady, who, with the ghost- et Is not mine. I have never seen it gardeneran important part in the events refrigerator. Keep It there continual- that a white powder is first put In played mented paving, for the lights, the ly intruder of Friday night, makes before. of the next few weeks events that ly In a powdered state, renewing oc- the voices, the sound ot'chUdren playing. two assets cans, and that the preserves are She held it up and looked at it; then culminated as you know, that I hafdly know what to by stirring casionally, especially In hot weather then put in the white powder. The country after dark oppresses me. do with." , she went to the door on to the veran- the country profoundly. At that time, when unwholesome odqrs are likely The stars, quite eclipsed in the city Yes, explained the proprietor to 'If is mystifying," I admitted, al- da and threw it open. Perhaps 100 however, I was busy trying to keep to affect milk and butter. the that by the electric lights, here become In1 can think of one extwo were from house feet the possible though figures, my skirtsl dry, and paid little or no Clear boiling water poured through white You a is sistent, assertive. Whether I want to planation. The preservative. powder Greenmoved us we .hat toward as from the .slowly attention to what seemed then a most tea stains will remove them. or not, I find myself looking for the wood club to path see we are compelled to put the pre came the When enters looked. within the village range they trivial remark. ' few I know by name, and feeling riserves In a preservative because an road near the lodge gate. A woman of the light, 1 recognized Halsey, and 8ome Uses for Salt. At the lodge everything was quiet Idiotic requirement of the government diculously new and small by contrast who wished to reach the Country with him Mrs. Watson, the houseThere was a light In the sitting room Salt water ts a splendid gargle for makes It unlawful for us to put s always an unpleasant sensation. club, unpercelved, might choose such keeper. downstairs, and a faint gleam, as if sore throat. Salt water snuffed Into preservative in the preserves." After Gertrie joined us, we avoid- a method. There are plenty of womfrom a shaded lamp, in one of the up. the nose is a great relief for cold, ed any further mention of the murder. en there. CHAPTER XII, per rooms. Halsey stopped and ex- catarrh and often for a headache. To Halsey, as to me, there was ever I think this gave him something to amined the lodge , with calculating our I am of Dry salt or salt water rubbed into There's vitality, snap and go" sure, the thought present, One Mystery for Another. ponder, for in a short time he said roots of the hair three times a eyes. the conversation of the night before. As good night and left. But 1 myself was most The In a breakfast of commonplace incident I dont know. Aunt Ray," he said week will stop falling hair. we strolled back and forth along the far from satisfied. I was determined, takes on a new appearance if the atIs this a womans on is a hardly out If dubiously; the chimney burning drive, Mr. Jamieson emerged from however, on one thing. If my suspic- tendant circumstances are unusual. affair. If theres1 a scrapjf any kind, windy day throw In a handful of salt. the shadow of the trees. ions for I had suspicions were true, There was no reason on earth why Grape-Nu- ts Which was hike for Salt sprinkled on carpets brighten Good evening," he said, managing I would make my own Investigations, Mrs. Watson should not have carried yu solicitous care for me, the down HalseyS put and them dust when keep and cream to include Gertrude in his bow. Ger- and Mr. Jamieson should learn only a blanket down the east wing stairinto vernacular. sweeping. trude had never been even ordinarily what was good for him to know. case, if she so desired. But to take Why? Ill stay right here, I said, and courteous to him, and she nodded coldWe went back to the house, and a blanket down at 11 o'clock at night, now the small veranda, Because nature stores up ly. Halsey, however, was more cor- Gertrude, who was more like herself with every precaution as to noise, and, crossing shaded and fragrant with honeydial, although we were all constrained since her talk with Halsey, sat down when discovered, to fling it at Halsey In wheat and barley I hammered the knocker on enough. He and Gertrude went on at the mahogany desk in the living and bolt Halseys word, and a good suckle, the door. Muffins. Hominy The Potassium Phosphate together, leaving the Adectlve to walk room to write a letter. Halsey prowl- one into the grounds this made the Thomas opened the door himself Mix a cupful of warm boiled hominy , with me. As soon as they were out of ed up and down the entire east wing, incident more than significant.. In such form as to Thomas, fully dressed and In his cus- cooked to the proper consistency for now in the cardroom, now in the bilearshot, be turned to me. They moved slowly across the lawn I had the blanket over health. tomary the breakfast table with one table Nourish brain and nerves. 'Do you know, Miss Innes, he liard room, and now and then blow- and up the steps. Halsey was talking my arm. spoonful of melted butter, a saltspoon-tu-l laid, "the deeper I go into this thing. ing his clouds of tobacco smoke quietly, and Mrs. Watson was looking I brought the blanket, Thomas, I of salt and one cupful of milk The food expert who originated The more strange it seems to me. 1 among the pink and gold hangings of down and listening. She was a woman I am sorry you are so ill, Add this mixture gradually to a cup am very sorry for Miss Gertrude. It the drawing room. After a little I of a certain amount of dignity, most said; old man stood staring at ,me ful and a half of flour in which has The looks as if Bailey, whom she has tried Joined him in the billiard room, and efficient, so far as I could see, althe blanket. at His conthen and to hard to save, is worse than a ras- together we went over the details of though Liddy would have found fault fusion under othA circumstances been sifted two teaspoonfuls of baking But now if she dared. of the Mrs. powder. Lastly add two and after for the her Watbody. just cal; plucky light discovery have been ludicrous. eggs and bake In hot buttered muffin The dardroom was quite dark. son's face was an enigma. She was would him, it seems hard. What! Not ill? Halsey said from I looked through the dusk to where Where we sat, in the billiard room, defiant, I think, under her mask of pans. the Thomas, Im afraid youve Retained this valuable Gertrudes light dinner dress gleamed oaly one of the side brackets was submission, and she still showed the beenstep. malingering. ' To Remove Stains. among the trees. She had made a lighted, and we spoke in subdued effect of nervous shock. Thomas seemed to have been debatFor certain kinds of obstinate spots Element in the food. Mrs. Watson," I said severely, plucky fight, poor child. Whatever tones, as the hour and the subject with himself. Now he such as coffee and chocolate, for she might have been driven to do, I seemed to demand. When I spoke of "will, you be so good as to explain this ing something There's a Reason" stepped out on the porch and closed there is no better deterent could find nothing but a deep sym- the figure Liddy and I had seen on rather unusual occurrence? him. behind the door gently the famous little book, Read I dont think it so unusual. Miss than glycerin, especially for fabrics pathy for her. If she had only come the porch through the cardroom win(TO BE CONTINUED.) Her Innes. was voice with delicate colors. sauntered dow whole me the truth then! the with and to Friday night. Halsey deep Apply very The Road to Wellville," Miss Innes," Mr. Jamieson was say- into the darkened room, and together clear; but it was somewhat tremulous. Were Not Needed. glycerin to the spot with a sponge or I was taking a blanket down to Scientists say that whisky Is not otherwise, let stand a minute or so, Found in Packages. ing, in the last three days, have you we stood there, much as Liddy and I hen wash off with water or alcohol. Tnomas, who is not well seen a any suspicious figures around had done that other night. a cure for snake bites, The window was the sam& grayish and I used this staircase, as being the grounds? Any woman? Then that must be the reason Hot glycerin is even more effecUvs POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY, Limited, I have a bouse- - rectangle in the blacknep before. nearer the path to the lodge. When snakes were driven out of Ireland. ban vild. "No. I replied. Battle Creek, Michigan Innes, spinster and guardian of Gertrude and Halsey, established summer headquarters at Sunnyside. Amidst numerous difficulties the servants deserted. As Miss Innes locked up for the night, she was startled by a dark figure on the She passed a terrible night, veranda. which was filled with unseemly noises. In the morning Miss Innes found a strange .link cuff button in a clothes arrived hamper. Gertrude and Halsey with Jack Bailey. The house was awakened by a revplver shot A strange man was found shot to death, In the hall. It proved to be the body of Arnold Armstrong, whose banker father owned the country house. Miss Innes found HalHe and Jaik seys revolver on the lawn. The link cuff Bailey had disappeared. button disappeared. Demysteriously tective Jamieson and the com ter arrived Gertrude revealed that sho J as engage to Jack Hailey, with whom she lead talked in the billiard room a few moments befoie the murder. Jamieson told Miss Innes that she was hiding ev dence from him. He Imprisoned an intruder in an empty room. The prisoner It developd that down a laundry Chute the Intruder was probably a woman. Gerthe Intruder for was trude suspeeted, left a print of a bare foot. Gertrude returned home with her right ankle found the other half sprained. A negro be Jack. Bailey's cuff of what proved to button. Halsey reappeared. suddenly He said he and Bailey had left because they had received a telegram. Gertrude said that she had given Bailey an un's loaded revolver, fearing to give him loaded weapon. Cashier Bailey of arPaul Armstrong's bank, defunct, was rested, charged with embezzlement. Miss 1 Hal-sev- y one-eight- h . , ? st r. W 7k well-bqate- n 4 t, Grape-Nut- s |
