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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-12
MY LADY'S MONEY
By w1LK1E COLLINS
An EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF YOUNG am1.
Continued from last soeek.

''Mr. Moody mentioned just now" he said,
that your ladyship was called into the next
room before you could seal your letter On
your return to this room, did You see the
letter."
u was busy with the dog" Lady Lydiard
answered Isabel Miller was of no use in
the boudoir, and [ told her to seal it for
me-"
Mr.. Troy started The new direction in
which he was pushing his Inquiries began to
look like the right direction already Miss
Isabel Miller, he proceeded, 'has been a
resident under your ladyship's roof for some
little time, believer
"For nearly two years, Mr. Troy"
LAS your ladyship's companion and
reader"
LAS my adopted daughter" her Iadyship
answered, with marked emphasis.
Wise Mr. Troy rightly interpreted the en-
pbasis as warning to him to suspend the
examination of her ladyship, and to address
to Mr.. Moody the far more serious questions
which were now to come.
did any one give you the letter before
you left the house with it" he said to the
steward, ''or did you take it yourselft'
81 to TX it myself, from the table Eere."
"Was it sealeds'
YES"
WAS anybody present when you took the
letter from the table?'
Miss Isabel was present"
did you find her alone i'll the roomr'
Yes, sir.'
Lady Lydiard opened her lips to speak,
and checked herself. Mr.. Troy. having
cleared the ground before him, put the fatal
question
''Mr Moody" he said, twhen Miss Isabel
was instructed to seal the letter, did she
know that bank note was inciosed i'll it,"
Instead of replying, Robert drew back
from the lawyer with look of horror.
Lady Lydiard started to her feet, and
checked herself again on the point of speak
ing
strong constraint on herself
Robert answered very unwilingly 81
took the liberty of reminding her ladyship
that she had left her letter unsealed," he
said "And mentioned as my excuse for
speaking''-he stopped and corrected him
self heliere mentioned that a valuable
inclos,ire was in the letter"
lyon believer Mr.. Troy repeated. Cant
yon speak more positively than tllats'
81 can speak positively" said Lady
Lydard with her eyes on the lawyer.
moody did mention the Enclosure in the
letter, in abel Mller's hearing well AS in
mine" She paused, steadily controlling her
self. And what of that, Mr.. Troy!' she
added, very quietly and firmly.
Mr.. Troy answered quietly and firmly on
his side. II am surprised that your lady
ship should ask the question" he said
81 persist in repeating the question" Lady
Lydiard rejoined. 81 say that Isabel Miller
knew of tine Enclosure in my letter, and ]
ask What of that?'
'And answer" retorted the impenetrable
lawyer, that the suspicion of theft rests on
yo'Ir ladyship's adopted daughter, and on
nobody elsen
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any questions relating to them Old $40
waited a little, smoking hard and thinking
hard ssNow. them" he burst out, in his
fiercely sudden way, '.I'm going to get to the
root of the NATTER
He leaned forward with his elbows on the
table, and began his examination of Moody.
Heartily as Mr. Troy despised and dishked
the old rogue, he listened with establishment
and admiration, literally extorted from him
by the marvellous ability with which the
questions were adapted to the end iii view.
In quarter of an hour Old Sharon had ex-
tracted from the witness everything, liter
ally everything, down to the smallest de-
tail, that Moody could tell him. Having
now, in his own phrase, ''got to the root of
the matter" he relit his pipe with grunt of
satisfaction and laid himself back again in
his old arm chair.
'.Wen," said Mr.. Troy, shave you formed
your opinions"
Eyes; I've formed my opinion"
''What is it2'
Instead of replying. Old Sharon winked
confidentiany at Mr. Troy, and put ques-
ton on his side.
81 say! is a ten pound note much of an OBJ
ject to yous"
1T depends" answered Mr. Troy, con
what the money is wanted for"
''Look here,' said old Sharon; II can give
you an opinion for your guinea; but, mind
this, its an opinion founded on hearsay-
and you know as a lawyer what that is
worth. Venture your ten pounds-in plain
English, pay me for my time and trouble in a
battling and difficult case-and I'll give you
an opinion founded on my own experience"
Explain yourself a little more clearly"
said Troy. "What do you guarantee to tell
us if we venture the ten pounds?'
81 guarantee to name the person, or the
persons, on whom the suspicion really rests
And if you employ me after that, guarantee
before you pay me half penny more) to
prove that am right by laying my hand on
the thief
Let US have the guinea opinion first, " said
Mr.. Troy.
Old Sharon made another frightful exhibit
ton of the whole inside of his mouth; his
laugh was louder and fefcer than ever. II
like you," he said to Mr.. Troy; ''you are so
devilish fond of your money. Lordl how
rich you must be! Now listen. Here's the
guinea opinion: Suspect in this case, the
very last person on whom suspicion could
possibly fall"
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PART THE SECOND.
THE DISC COVE RY.
CHAPTER VIII.

On the day after Isabel left Lady Lydiardrs
house, Mr. Troy set forth for the head office
in Whitehall to consult the police on the
question Of the missing money. He had
previously sent information Of the robbery
to the Bank of England, and had also adver-
tised the loss in the daily newspapers
The air was so pleasant and the sun was so
bright that he determined on proceeding to
his destination on foot He was hardly out
of sight of his own offices when he was over
taken by friend, who was also walking in
the direction of Whitehall This gentleman
was person of considerable worldly wisdom
and experience; he had been officially associ-
ated with cases of striking and notorious
crime, in which government had lent its as
sistance to discover and punish the criminals.
The opinion Of person in this position might
be of the greatest value to Mr. Troy, whose
practice as solicitor had thus far never
brought him into collision with thieves and
mysteries He accordingly decided, in
Isabers interests, on confding to his friend
the nature of his errand to the police. Con-
cealing the names, but concealing nothing
else, he described what had happened on the
previous day at Lady Lydiard's house, and
then put the question plainly to his compan-
ion:
''What would you do In my placea"
SIN your place." his friend answered,
quietly, II should not waste time and money
in consulting the police"
''Not consult the police!" exclaimed Mr..
Troy, in amazement "Surely 1 have not
made myself understooda am going to the
head office, and have got letter of intro
duction to the chief inspector in the detective
department am afraid omitted to men,
ton that"
sit doesn't make any difference, proceeded
the other, as coolly as ever 'You have
asked for my advice, and give you my ad-
vice. Tear up your letter of introduction
and don't stir step farther in tho direction
of Whitehall"
Mr. Troy began to understand. "You
don't believe in the detective policef'' he said.
"Who can believe in them who reads the
newspapers and remembers what he reads?'
his friend rejoined Fortunately for the
detective department, the public in general
forgets what it reads Go to your club
and look at the criminal history Of our
own time recorded in the newspapers. Every
crime is more or less mystery. You will
see that the mysteries which the police dis
cover are, almost without exception, mys-
teries made penetrable by the commonest
capacity, through the extraordinary stupidity
exhibited in the means taken to hide the
crime On the other hand, let the guilty
man or woman be resolute and intelligent
person. capable of setting his Tor herr wits
fairly against the wits of the police-in
other words, let the mystery really be a
mystery-and cite me a case if you
ean Ia really difficult and perplexing case IN
which the criminal has not escaped. Mind,
| don't charge the police with neglecting
their work. No doubt they do their best,
and take the greatest pains in following the
routine to which they have been trained. It
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cts false!" cried Robert, with burst OF
honest indignation. 81 wish to God had
never said a word to you about the loss of
the bank note! Oh, my lady! my ladyl
don't let him distress you! What does he
know about it?'
''Hush!" said Lady Lydiard. Control
yourself, and hear what he has to say" She
rested her hand on Moody's shoulder, partly
to encourage him, partly to support herself,
and fixing her eyes again on Mr.. Troy, re-
peated his last words Suspicion rests on
my adopted daughter, and on nobody elseP
Why on nobody elseg"
is your ladyship prepared to suspect the
rector of St Anne's of embezzlement, or
yonr own relatives and equals of theft?" Mr..
Troy asked. ''Does shadow of doubt rest
on the servantsa Not if Mr.. Moody's evil
dence is to be believed. Who, to our own
certain knowledge, had access to the letter
while it was unsealed? Who was alone in
the room with it? And who knew of the in
closure in it? l leave the answer to your
ladyship."
Isabel Miller is as incapable of All act Of
theft as l am. There is my answer, Mr..
Troy"
The lawyer bowed resignedly and ad-
vanced to the door.
Am ! to take your ladyship's generous
assertion as finally disposing of the question
of the lost bank note?' he inquired.
Lady Lydiard met the challenge without
shrinking from it.
''Nor she said. 'The loss of the bank note
is known out of my house. Other persons
may suspect this innocent girl as you suspect
her 1t is due to Isabel's reputation-her un.
stained reputation, Mr.. Troy-that she should
know what has happened, and should have
All opportunity of defending herself. She Is
in the next room, Moody. Bring her here"
Roberts courage failed him; he trembled
at the bare idea of exposing Isabel to the
terrible ordeal that awaited her, 'Oh, my
ladyr' be pleaded, think again before you
tell the poor girl that she is suspected of theft
Keep it secret from her. the shame of it will
break her heart"
Keep it secret" said Lady Lydiard,
when the rector and the rector's wife both
know of it'll Do you think they will let the
matter rest where it is even if could consent
10 hush it upl | must write to them, and l
can't write anonymously after what has hap
pened Put Yourself in Isabel's place, and
tell ME if You would thank the person who
knew you to be innocently exposed to n dis
graceful suspicion, and who concealed it
from you. Go, Moody The longer you de-
,ay. the harder it will be-"
With his head sunk on his breast, With
anguish written in every line of his face,
Moody nbeyel Passing slowly down the
short passage which connected the two rooms,
and still shrinking from the duty that had
been imposed OH him, he paused, looking
through the curtains which hung over the
sutrsncs to the boudqir.
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CHAPTER TX.

The next day Mr. Troy taking Robert
Moody with him as valuable witness) rang
the bell at the mean and dirty lodging house
in which Old Sharon received the clients who
stood in need of his advice.
They were led up stairs to back room on
the second floor of the house. Entering the
room, they discovered, through thick cloud
of tobacco smoke, a small, fat, ,ald-headed,
dirty old man in an arm chair, robed in
tattered flannel dressing gown, with short
pipe in his mouth, pug dog on his lap and
French novel in his hands,
''Is it business?' asked Old Sharon, speak
ing in hoarse asthmatical voice, and fixing
pair of bright, shameless black eyes atten-
lively on the two visitors.
ut is business" Mr.. Troy answered, look
ing at the old rogue who had disgraced an
honorable profession as he might have looked
at reptile which had just risen rampant at
his feet. What is your fee for a consulta-
tions'
| You give me guinea and I'll give you
half an hour" With this reply Old Sharon
held out his unwashed hand across tAe
rickety, ink -splashed table at which he was
sitting
Mr. Troy would not have touched him with
the tips of his own fingers for 81, 600. BE
laid tho guinea on the table.
Old Sharon burst into fierce laugh-a
laugh strangely accompanied by frowning
contraction of his eyebrows, and a frightful
exhibition of the whole inside of his mouth.
''rm not clean enough for you, ehs' he said,
with an appearance of being very much
amused. "There's dirty old man described
in this book that is little like me-" He
held up his French novel "Have you read
lit A capital story-well put together. All,
you haven't read it2 You have got pleas
ure to come. I say, do you mind tobacco
snoke2 think faster while I smoke-that's
all.n
Mr.. Troy's respectable hand waived a
silent permission to smoke, given under dig-
ni6ed protest.
"All right" said Old Sharon "Now, get
on"
He laid himself back in his chair and
pulled out his smoke, with eyes lazily half
closed, like the eyes Of the pug dog on his
lap. At that moment, indeed, there was
curious resemblance between the two. They
both seemed to be preparing themselves, in
the same idle way, for the same comfortable
nap.
Mr.. Troy stated the circumstances under
which the five hundred pound note had dis
appeared in clear and consecutive narrative.
When he had done Old Sharon suddenly
opened his eyes. The pug dog suddenly
opened his eyes Old Sharon looked hard
at Mr. Troy. The pug looked hard at Mr..
Troy Old Sharon spoke The pug growled.
II know who you are-you're lawyer.
Don't be alarmed; never saw you before,
and don't know your name What I do
know is lawyers statement of facts when
hear it. Who's thisa" Old Sharon looked
nquisitively at Moody as he put the ques-
non.
Mr. Troy introduced Moody as competent
witness, thoroughly acquainted with the cir
cumstances and ready and willing to answer
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-08-28

The tactics Of some Of the local polite.
ians is disgusting to man Of sense. One
OF their favorite tricks is to try to head of
a strong opponet. AK" is ticketed for q
place among the democrats and hears that
w." strong man, intends to oppose him
from the republican quarter. "X" gets a
friend to 60 to an acquaintance Of "Z's"
and advise him to prevent "Z's" nomina.
ton, rs the democrats are in possession OF
a secret Of "Z's" and will kill him as dead
as doornail by "springing the awful
thing" upon him just before election. OF
course the awful secret is not divuleed,
but so many dark hints are thrown out that
"Z's" friends (if they are dunces) think that
~" is going to be proved a horse.thief or
murderer. All this would be intensely
amusing were It not SO contemptibly stale
and stupid. There is one factor in the
problem Of politics that your would.be 10.
cal wire.puller invariably omits, namely
that he has no monopoly in brains. Sen.
stble men are not going to believe any OF
the romances their cobwebbed intellects
may weave. We would advise these stu.
pid creatures to rest from their labors, and
wrap cold towel around their over.
wrought imaginations. In the elesan,
language of the genial Patterson,
"Give us respite"
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The Chicago Current says:

The Chicago Current says:
The average hollowness OF a political
platform is shown in the resolutions of the
Indiana Democratic Convention, where
the following paragraphs figure as planks
1. That the Democracy Of Indiana, in
convention assembled, cordially approve of
the administration Of President Cleveland,
for its ability, integrity, and economy in the
management of national affairs, and recog.
nize in the President and members of his
Cabinet faithful and patriotic public serv.
ants.
6. That we favor financial policy in
which gold and silver coin and paper
money readily convertible into coin, includ.
ing the volume Of United States notes now
provided for by law, shall be the circulat.
ing medium; that we insist that the sur.
plus in the National Treasury shall be
promptly applied in payment Of the ma.
tional public debt, and that taxation shall
be reduced to the end that large accumu.
lation In the Treasury beyond the proper
necessities Of the public service shall not
occur, thus assuring honest and economical
government and relieving the people from
unnecessary and oppressive taxation.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-08-28

What do our thorough.going partisans
think Of the following plank in the plat.
form of the Michigan democrats? "Resol.
we'd That the administration of Grover
Cleveland, BY the precedence 1t has given
to considerations affecting public service
over those merely partisan; by its practical
denial Of the legitimacy Of governing by
means Of federal appointments; by the dis.
couragement OF ofice.seeking through pc.
litical intrigues, commends itself to the
judgment and approval Of all honest PEG.
pie"
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TO THE"P OINTMENT DEMOCRAT

Last week we wrote little editorial un-
der the head of BIPARTISAN Politics in the
Wrong Place'--an appeal to the demo
cratic delegates to take the school superin.
tendency out OF partisan politics by nom
mating some lady teacher acceptable tc
the other party as we'll as to the people
Robt. B. Smith chooses to consider Our
article as "direct thrust at him, and in
Wednesdays issue OF the Examiner, comes
out in letter explaining his "true posi-
ton as, democrat" Our article was nc
personal attack We did not mention his
name. With reference to the two quota
tons we made, his democratic friends still
say that they are quoted correctly. Wheth'
er Mr.. Smith used such language or not
we do not know and do not care. His
quarrel is with his own friends, not with
us. 1t would be we'll for him to state ex.
actly what he did say, and perhaps his
democratic friends would retract if they
have reported him incorrectly.
1t is difficult to tell what Mr.. Smiths
position is. In the first part Of his letter,
he subscribes to the sentiment we ex.
pressed, Immediately afterwards he con.
dems it as ''mugwumpy," and finally tries
to avert the force Of what we said by max
ing us an applicant for the position of
county superintendent. We stated in
terms impossible to be misunderstood that
we were not an applicant for the position
on the Democratic ticket, and we now say
that we have never been, and are not now,
an applicant on the Republican ticket.
Mr.. Smith, in calling men mugwumps
simply because they will not vote for men
on party grounds without considering the
question Of competency, insults the good
sense Of democrats and republicans alike,
for if we are not mistaken, this precinct, in
the last election held in this county, cast
but seventeen straight tickets. If a mug
wump is one who does not believe in per-
m itting the schools to be ruled by parti.
sans, we are mugwump. fla mugwump
is one that will not vote for incompetent
superintendents, we are mugwump.
And if a ,nugwump is one that refuses to
to vote for yellow dog sirrp' y because he
is nominated by the Democrats, or by the
Republicans, we area mugwunp. But as
a matter Of fact we are Republican who
reserves the right Of voting for the best
candidate where no principle is involved.
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pcdients were resorted to to rid the schools
of its parayzing influence. In New York
the election of school officers by popular
vote was replaced by appointment by the
mayor; in Philadelphia by appointment by
judges of the superior court; in Chicago by
election through the city council; and in
Boston by popular election on a general
ticket. A city in this big-hearted west
Denver-furnishes the best example of the
ideal school, the school officers there being
elected by a special elcctic. without any
connection, whatever, with municipal, or
| county, or state elections, and the system
has borne excellent fruit in officers unex-
ceptionable in character, educational abi.
ity, and faithful devotion to the interests of
the schools. Montana schools are now in
their infancy, and the people should nip
the bud of partisanship before it grows into
poisonous excrescence. If an ounce of
prevention is worth pound Of cure, now
is the time to cast into the cesspoo! of
party influence the disinfectant of popular
veto. Now is the time for those that love
our free schools, the foundations of liberty
and the safeguard of the republic, to speak
out upon this question SO emphaticaly that
no political organization will ever again
dare nominate man for the position of
superintendent, ON party grounds, unless
1t wishes to furnish what we hope and truly
believe the people will, politically speaking,
make of the present nominee-a CORPSE
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-08-28

The Army and Nary Journal shows up
we'll the Inconsistency OF the present war
fever: captain Crawford was murdered
on Mexican soil, while on official duty
under the orders Of his Government which
he could not disobey If he would; scarcely
voice is lifted in protest, and no attempt
is made to hold any one responsible for the
outrage; Texas editor is jagged for ex.
pressing in too open a manner his con.
tempt for Mexican courts and Mexican Of.
ficials BY "sassing' his fellow scribe, when
he was forbidden to do 50, and the whole
Texas frontier Is in blaze"
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NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.

LAND OFFICE AT HELENA, Mont. August y ''>"
NOTICE is hereby given that the following ' m
ed settler has filed notice Of his intention 20 n.SS
final proof in support Of his claim, and !n n, s%
proof Will be made before Robert T. Wing, DEal1
Clerk Of the District Court in and for Bea'crhe'"
County, Montana, at Dillon, Montana. on
Sept, IS, 1886. viz: stephen Cook
who made prescription declaratory sta'sn1Rs'. w.
7,79a tor the s: Is NE.;4 Sec. !, Ip' - f. Il
R.SW. ,.,,c his
He names the following witnesses 70 prov y, s,id
continuous residence upon and cultivation ' :"
land, VIZ: John :. Poindexts'. hen., ~, Of D!
Ion. Montana. ,xr REGISTER.
3S.td S. W. LANS'fiO"->"
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BEcAvERHEAD COUNTY REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION.

The Republican County Convention of
Beaverhead County is hereby called to
meet at the Court House in Dillon on
Saturday September 18th 1886 at 10 o'clock
a. m. for the purpose Of nominating Can.
didates for the various County offices to be
voted for at the general election in No.
vember, to elect Delegates to the Territor.
ial Convention to be held at Butte City
September 18th 1886, to elect a County
Central Committee to serve the ensuing
two years and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come be.
fore the Convention.
Delegates have been appointed to the va.
rious precincts upon basis Of one Dele.
gate for each 50 votes or fraction thereof
cast for Hon. Hiram Knowles Republican
Candidate for Delegate to Congress at the
Election held in November 1884, as fol-.
lows: