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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-16
CHAPTER XXI.
CONCLUSION.

Cole Winters fairly staggered under
the weight of the fair girl, whose cruel
and untimely death he had so despair
in9ly mourned.
This was not due to physical weak
mass alone. Ecs attic Joy had contributed
its mart. He had tried to resign himself
70 the greatest of earthly losses-a pure
and loving heart - and in the midst OF his
struggles the bitter cup Of woe and des-
pair had been Unexpectedly dashed from
his band
Suddenly the raptures of the two united
lovers was broken by low and eculiar
cry.
Our hero turned in alarm, and saw that
it had proceeded from Mat Hyiand.
The touch of the magic wand or on
Arabian enchanter could not have worked
a ereater],hange than was visible In tne
bearing, but more particularly in the race
of the detective.
4 glance was sufficient to inform our
enraptured hero that he was insane and
demented no longer. Intelligence mashed
in his eye, and indignation and decision
compressed his mouth.
The numerous recent exciting events,
eliminating in a sight of the oeautlfui
girl whose murdered father he had un-
dertaken to avenge, had so shocked MS
nervous system as to enable him 10 throw
of the lethargy that had so long paralyzcd
his brain. E..
"Winters!" cried he, os he sprang for
ward and seized our hero's hand.
You are recovered?
Quite Your case will be clear oSe'
now" ,,
OH the stairs without.
They are returning. whispered Moore
boorsely. Wait here"
With this he passed into The next
room. taking care to close the door after
him.
An instant later and the two villains,
accompanied bv the third member of the
triangle of crime, Max Morris, rushed in.
"Furies!" shouted Sears, as his eye
swept the two apartments and saw nc
sign of the manacled prisoner and half
demented detective he had left there not
many minutes before.
aYou here?" shouted Morris, as he saw
and recognized Moore.
AT your service.
What does this mesn?"
That you commit Ell sad mistake
when you procured me to murder Miltor
Moore, the son of m dead brother"
You're tooll"
Il have been, you mean
With this he drew revolver.
But he did not shoot. Before he coult
bring it into position there was a report
and a shot, fired by Sears or Bloom
it was never decided which, pierced hi
heart.
] Another moment the rooms wer
thronged with police officers, who So
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Her Ahssnt-Mindsd Loycr.

Johnny Brown. one of the incest young
men in the village of Squashtown, "ns
courtine the belle of the village, buxom
Young lass of eighteen summer. But
Johnny had one great failing: no was
very absent minded. and would often DO
very strange things whom mt OF aos1rac-
tio1 was upon him.
The little maiden, who WIS MS prom
ised wife. was we'll aware OF his trouble,
and never in any way made sport OF him.
even when he was at his worst.
One day ohnny aud the maiden were
walking through very lonely forest
when in some way Johnny was 80 untort-
innate rs to step upon large ant hlll'
In an instant the big black ants werc
or Wing up the insides of his pants legs
and making things uncomfc rtably lively
for John. He endured it manfully for
time yeinly hoping that after whilo tho
ants would get tired of biting and drop
off but they didn't sc ON to drop. After
tke agony had become perfectly unbesra-
BILE. he said to the maiden:
Annie. darling, the legs of my pants
are filed with ants and they ore Dltlng
me numerically. hate to ask you 10
stav alone n this solitary place even Ior
an inst Mt, but l must leave you mere
while l retro further into the forest and
remove my clothes and shake them. Be-
lieve me, darling, l will not bo gone
moment longer thun is absolutely nee
essary." A.,
Then the maiden seated hcrself at the
foot of large tree and gave herself uE
to reflections.
In short time she heard Johnny re-
turning, and when he again appeared DO.
fore her she looked at him moment an
then said 10 him, gently:
Johnny, darling, you will have TO &c
back for your clothes; for you've nothing
on but your shirt, my love. -Ne% iof'
! Mercury.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-16

orred the three plotting murderers,
though not without desperate struggle.
Their presence there was easily eZ-
rlained. jerry Moore had located the
new Headquarters Of the triangle, who
rod chosen that place knowing that the
nsTt room had long been used by Hy' and,
and benine that he would soon return
tbsre and perhaps give them a clew to
Tho missing tonds, which they had de-
c;dad nd somehow come into his hands.
Jerry had nlso discovered that Berenice
st. Cyr was a captive there, and had no
flied the police whom he had preceded,
that the raid might be as effective as
At first the prisoners affected inno-
cence. but when they were confronted by
Hyland, in the full possession OF hiS
mind and memory. they weakened, and
Morris endeavored to swallow the con-
tents of a phial containing a deadly
noison. He was defeated in his sui
cidal attempt. and the three we're hurried
away to cells in the nearest police sta
ton. -,
ond convicted of the murder of Paul st.
Cvr. Soon ofterward, they were exc
cntod in the county Jail. Thus ended
the trio Of desperate murderers, who VIII
he long remembered as the famous III
angle of Crime.
f|pon the body of Jerry we're found the
6ftv- nine bonds, for the possession OF
which the murder had been committed.
Mat Hyland is a detective no longer;
His services in the S&. Cyr case secured
! his promotion to police captslncy a
nosition which he will fill with ore1lt'
both to himself and the great munich
pality that employs him..
The body found and buried as that o.
onr heroine had been procured by the VII
lains, and so dressed ind adorned wiVl
the iewelry of Berenice as to be lden'lne'
with great certainty.
In the meantime, Sears had kept her
prisoner with the intention OF forcing ne
into q marriage when he had been able u
convert the estate into money, ana leave
the country.
When the truth about the St. Cyr mur
der mystery came out, Cole winters De
C me the lion of the hour. de retained
the reportorial star, and entered at one
upon the active life of Journalist
which he is bound TO rise.
Our fair Berenice mourns her fond Oh
father most sin ncerely, and will over cher ne
ish and keep green his memory. I'M
would lie q sad and gloomy place wer
grief never assuaged and tears never drleo
Time will. no doubt, accomplish both 10
her. and the day is not far distant whe
Cole Winters will lead her TO the altar;
Let Ms wish them all the happine g de
served by two truthful. sincere, and lo'
ing hearts.
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.4ort orr bero was by his side. He, too
IoI nj late been sadly shorn or MS
ttrenotb. but between them the task was
easily accomplished.
This done. the detective stopped over
tegan tearing up the carpet.
moment later he had removed a smaIi
section Of the flooring and disclosed an
opening beneath, into which ne oegah
cropping with his hand. g
A moment later he uttered crv OF
Measure. and held up bundle OF toloed
popers, hell together by a rubber Oano'
These Cole eagerly examined.
"Thev're the bonds - hfty-nlne OF
them!" cried he:
That's ood!" said Hyland.
where did you procure them?
That's what bothers me. m trying
70 think. but somehow | can't.
A shade of disappointment crossed our
heros face. He had fondly hoped that
the finding of the bonds would quite re-,
store the officers shattered MIND ana
provide the means for his own Vlnolea-
tion from the awful charge resting upon
him like hideous funeral pail, ana
bring to Justice the real murderers' ~
Nobody thinks | stole them, guess!
uuer ed the detective.
Certainly nOU.
Cole Winters had no sooner said this
than he realized that he had maze
serious mistake. The anxious look as
appeared from the face Of his companion,
md as he sank heavily to a seat upon
the bed, something OF the vacant express
sion which had marked his appearance at
tho hospital took its place.
Tho explanation was not hard to hnd.
no
n spark of memory, which had been
oniekened by the thought that his honor
might be involved
Tho finding of the bonds had removed
the cause Of anxiety, and at the same
t;no the stimulapt which had hall
ronsed the clouded mind from the
lsthargy that had possessed 1t. -,
"But YOU know me, don't you, Hyland:
asked Cole, triumphsntly.
Il do: but won't tell. You must fnt
that ont for Yourself. Don't bother me !!
With y groan of despair, the unhapp,
vonno man threw the BONDS upon the ta
bIo and began pacing nervously up ant
5own the limited confines Of the apart
ment. -, .
la naused snd looked, half pltylngly
half resentfully, at the unfortunate MAJ
from whose brain-tbat which render
reasoning possble-memory had we'll
nigh departed. ,;.o,, m
looked at the bundle of bonds, for IN
nossossion of which dastlrdly murde
had been committed.
%Of what use are they now" he mused
b;tterlv "Their rightful owner is gone
and bis daughter has been sent to joi
him! Of my vindication and the cons'
ouent exposure and downfall OF Almo
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-16
SI,a Wns Too Thin.

A blow has been delivered TO the tallcr-
made girl. writes New York paper,
and this through the action of disap-
pointed bridegroom, who discovered that
athings are not what they seem, ana
who arose. from his nuptual couch and
boarded a train for San Francisco. IL
appears that Otto KeIich, a young Ger
man musician, married Annie Watson,
of First avenue, believing her to be
whole-souled and solid gill OF flne dl~
mensions. His somewhat materlalistlc
views underwent painful modification
when the fair but emaciated young lady
disrobed and left her generous proper
tions attached to her apparel. The
Young husband at dead of night stole
away quietly, leaving only few lines
pinned to the pillow of the sleeping
bride, who had paid for the wedding
banquet and for their nights lodging at
the Grand Union Hotel. The cXpana-
tory note informed her that she was too
thin. and that he dotted on fat women.
For three years the deserted wife has
waited for him in vain, and now she has
received word from him that he is hap
pilv welded to a heavyweight in Ger
many. This should be a warning to
Young women similarly constituted, and
goes TO show that misrepresentation Of
this sort rarely pays in the long run.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-16
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
Ehe Latest News Cleaned From Various
Parts of the State.

The Fredericksburg city council has don
tied to company which has been organized
;here.a site for new shoe factory which
will be erected at once. The lot isloeated
aear the depot and cost $3.50.
PICK CLAYTON. of Danvile the young man
who on January IA murderously assaulted
Tailor s. D. Womack, knocking him down.
made his escape and was a!terward caught
in North Carolina, was tried in the Hastings
Court for the assault. He pleaded gulIy
and was sentenced to the penitentiary for
two and half years AT the time he as
saulted Womack be was under two-years
sentence for robbery and was being held
pending al appeal.
CIRCUIT JUDGE WHITE, at Roanoke, decided
the noted local option contested election eose
IN brief. he reversed every ruling OF the
Hastings Court, who denied the application
of George X. Moore for a license to sell
LIQUOR, boldipg that a petition for local
ontion election must be signed by one-fourh
Of the voters who voted in the preceding
November election, which had not been done
that no writ of election having been issued,
no election was held, and that a petition
could not be received or acted upon by the
court in vacation
A nlant for the manufacture OF steel roof'
ing and ceiling will be started at Woodstoek
in a short time by capitalists rom Ohio. Al
the onset the plant will employ but smal
number Of hands. who will be added 10 az
the business Of the company increases.
IT is proposed to hold an Industrial expo
pition at Roanoke in the fall to include all
the southwest counties. Business men are
enthusiastically in favor Of the scheme.
No FOLK and Western coal shipments last
week were 81, ,95l tons.
The barn belonging 10 Rev. L. r. Perry,
near Unionville, was destroyed by fire, TO-
gether with one horse, several farming I'M
plements, harness, &,. Mr.. Perry was ab-
sent from home at the time.
Up TO this time there has been no will
found OF the late General Early, and the
family believe he has left none. General
Early's property consists OF Lynchbury real
estate stock and bonds OF various sorts, and
is estimated al ABOUT SzOJiUUU'
Major Henderson L. Lee, for many years
leading lawyer in southside, Va, died a'
his residence, In Brunswick county.
TIE Charlottesville Daily Progress nss
purchased the Jeffersonian Republican anu
!, combined the two papers under the manage
j ment of ]. H. Lindsay. The Jenerson'al
R4publican was founded in 1885 by the ia''
II. James Alexander.
II IN the case Of the Commonwealth agalns
Charles Belltord and Sam Moore, colore'
charged with robbing and cruelty handing
Il Oscar Johnson, OF King George county, 'D
. iuries brought in verdict of guilty and sen
y fenced the heartless culprits to 10 years eac
+, in the penitentiary.
- >, ALFRED SHIELD until recently clerk
~ the Circuit Court of Richmond, died in Ne
- Rent county.
- TIE residence OF Capt. J. A. Paul. ne'
Alton. Albermarle county, was burned
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Ererr Customer Suited.

The proprietor of "MatrimoniaI Es-
tahlishment" in London was one day Wis
tied by lady of such extreme plainness
that he was at first aghast. He man
aged. however, to collect himself and
assume his usual courteous manner.
The lady proceeded to state that she
had a considerable fortune, but that,
from some unaccountabler reason, she had
been unable 10 find husband to her lik-
ing. She ended by asking: "Now, don't
YOU think you could find mo II good
party, sir?"
"Ah, yes, madaml" said the ggent, very
politely. "There's no telling; there may
be a blind man in at any moment. -
Picb-lTc-IJp
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VOL. VII.
Ac4 JRCHYARD REVERE.
by l.. II. MURPHY.

BY l.. II. MURPHY.
VCho has not spent p Sabbath eve
In somo lonely churchyard sun
with tho warm srn shining gently oo"n
O'cr woodland, vale and hill,
And fclt that nemoless something
That weird mysterious spell
Which round the cities OF the deaa
Forever seems TO dwell.
No sound breaks the thrObbing sllence
Save the note OF q turtle dove
Floating down ffon its lofty perch hard oY
like & vail for a long-lost love
Here sleep the mighty ones OF eartn
Meath many a costly stone,
Here many lie in unmarked gravoS'
Uncared for and unknown.
AsI stand beside Oh old mans grave,
With rass and weeds o'erSrown,
/ note the changes time has wrougnS
In the long years that haYe noWn'
The little shrub pl1ced by loving hands
Beside his lonely bed
Now widely spreads its shelteflng srns
Above his moulderin5 head.
Where now are they who stood around
His cold and hfelsss clay?
Sonlo are sleeping near by, perhsps'
And some are far away
Faded and gone like the flowers md the grass
But if any yet remain Aoor+.
limo he's bound up III 9lr wounded he~l'S
And soothed tho cureless pain.
Near by is another e made mound
Tho grave OF a little child
Its spirit gone back from whence u CAME
Bythis sinful world undehled.
Who can tell what hopes lie buried here
'Neat this tiny heap Of earth?
How desolate now some father heart,
And tx mothers who gave it BIRTH
The little rose-tree planted here
Has not yet cast the leaf
Time g healing balm has vet no power
To soothe their bitter grief.
When We think how many stricken ones
Hayo dropped the scalding tear,
What depths Of grief and sorrow
Lie mCnumented here.
We are wont 10 usk, Is there any good
In such misery and woe?
Vhv comes so much OF sorrow
To Door mortals here below?
Put in the light that comes from heaven
Tho gloom from the church-yard t1es'
And we see that it's only gateway
To home beyond the skies
Our Father well knows that each human hea'
Has Within it pure fount conceadea;
But. like tho rude quartz, must oft be crushe
and broken -,
Fro their deep hidden treasures they'll yiel'
These terrible trials which our lives seem
blight
Are only in mercy given;
They prepare us more bravely life's battle
fight
And to dwell mid the glories Of heaven
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-16

DIR. MurIel Maitland King is all the lad IN
London now. She Is a physician and lee
tures to fashionable ladies on the laws Oh
life for themselves and their children AS
ROYALTY has put the stamp OF approval on
her work. she is doing admirably and max
ing money.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-16

Bourdin. the father OF the man who was
killed recently in Greenwich Park, LONDON
bv bomb which he was carrying, was
among the last group Of anarchists arrested
il Paris.
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If Surely Does

Knowledge is power, but 1t takes
GOOD deal of it to know how to live
without work. RAMS Hor71'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-16
BERENICE ST. CYR.
A Story Of Love, Intrigue,
and Crime.
BY DWIGHT BALDWIN.

ASSING be-
hind the bed,
Hyland began
p u s hing it
away from the
wall.
He soon de-
S i s e d and
looked help
\lessly at bis
Ico N F o n.
His W ou n d
and 6 u b 6 g.
quent illne' s
had weak ened
his once pow
erful muscles,
and much OF
his boasted
strength had
vanished.
Tn an IN.
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1IsrEns in Knowles & Poole's shoe factory
Phtsneld, Mass, went on strike on account
OF a 10 per cent. reduction.
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CHAPTER XXI.

RIGHT on both points" sneered the
brrly burglar. as he pushed our hero
rndelv back. You're fool, and you've
been duped.
laughed Sears.
And Martin Blooms given the whole
cnan ovav~ added that individual, join
ing in the laughter.
As for Cole, he said nothing. HIS con-
sternstion and disgust we're too great to
admit of his making eny reply to the
taunts and ieers hurled at him by the
! heartless twain. .,;oo
| "Thoupht YOU we're talking with ponce
beadouarters. did your" asked Sears,
when he had endeavored in vain to oo-
tain a word from Hyland, who sat uncon-
cerned and unobserving. open tne
door. Mart, and let the guy see how II
was done. -; ,..L 10
Bloom produced key with which ne
unlocked the door which communicated
with the adjoining apartment.
Then he returned, seized Cole ruoeiy
bv the arm, and followed his comrade IN
crime through the open doorway;
There's the little joker. we've got
private circuit of our own.
Sears pointed to the opposite SIDE OF
the room where telephone was fastened
against the wall.
Like flash, Cole realizei how ms nao
been deceived.
His instrument had been connecteu
with the one before him, and ne hoa peer
carrying on conversation WIN niS
enemy. a.d ~
you are hardly up to the STANDARD o.
a reporter for one of the Leading moan.ne "a
papers of metropolitan Onicago' ;tr re-
marked the younger of the vllllans' "l'n
mocking laugh. ,o. .no,
! Bloom, suddenly.
The herald., 1894-10-21
SENATOR WHITE.
The Rsisin- Growers Champion Coming
to Frean0.

The Raisin- Growers Champion Coming
to Freano.
Fresno Expositor, Oct. 10th: Senator
Stephen M. White will visit fresno on
the 9th inst. for the purpose OF making
q speech on the issues OF the day. The
senator taxes a broad. etatesmanlike po-
sition on the questions that divide the
parties, and his addresses are interest
ing both as orRtorical efforts and as
arguments.
But Senator White is something more
than partisan Democrat. He is a
broad-minded statesman. He has done
for Fresno what it was possible for no
other man to do; he brought q change
in the raisin tariff that has won for him
the respect of the raisin men, without
respect to party. Therefore, it is pro-
posed to give him a non-parsisan recep-
tion apart from his engagements with
the Democratic committee, and the fol-
lowing named gentlemen have been
named to meet at the Hughes hotel at
80 p. N. tomorrow to confer on the
matter:
Colonel William Forsyth. J.. Einstein,
Q. J. Woodward, ". II. Hodgkin w. II.
Mckenzie, John Reichman, John Me-
Mullin, Thomas L. Hughes, G. G.
Goucher. A. B. Butler. j. ~. Ferguson,
A. V. Leisenby. Lse Gnndel6nger, d. ].
Canty, I. @. White, William Helm, A.
L. Hobbs. j. 2. Meaux, w. d. Tupper,
Dr. Cooper, James Gallagher and w. l..
Hedrick.
The herald., 1894-10-21
HILLS BIG RECEPTION.
A CALIFORNIA Boy GRAPHICALLY
DESCRIBES THE OCCASION.
The Senator ssstks reformation About
CaiifOrnia-An Obiiqae Refer
once to Morton's
Barrel.

Mr.. s. Morris, Los Angeles young
man who happened 10 be in Albany on
the occasion OF the opening meeting of
the campaign in New York state, at
which Senator Hill spoke, and had a
talk with him at the reception rendered
him. wrote to relatives in THE city about
the event. The following is reproduced
from the letter:
You should have been here last
night. Hill opened the campaign here
last evening. l was going to hear him
speak, but as it was 30 crowded an
filed concluded that | would not take
the chances of being knocked down in
the push. 1t was indeed great ova-
tion for one man. Hill Rrrived>about
noon and from that time until two hours
later cannone were roaring all the
while. The city was thronged with
prominent Democrats from all over the
state and at this hotel-the best in the
city, where Hill stops-there was q
great crowd. Hill, after the meeting,
held a rather informal reception at the
hotel. All those who wanted to shake
hands with him had an opportunity to
do so. Well, of course | was with the
push and the last man who shock handa
with the senator. At first / wss not
going to do SO because all the men came
up like sheep and l did not want to be
classed that way-at least it looked that
way to me. However. when they oil got
through bowing and making homage to
the man from New York l stepped up
and was introduced to him by his lieu
tenant whom had met.
Said Hill to me: Pm pleased to
know you, young man. Where did you
say you hailed from ?"
| replied: From little place in
California called Los Angeles. where it
is said they raise Hill.Dsmocrats."
Hill laughed and said: "Well. l hope
the report is true, and if they don't
raise anything worss than that Califor-
MIA will always be right"
"Do you think" said the senator to
me. that your state will be Democratic
this year,"
"Well governor" said I, ''that is q
hard question. California politically is
very treacherous. Estee 10 not popu-
lar man.
"Still." aaid l, "California ia far away
and ghile the gold state can give six
electoral votes she don't count much in
the long rum"
Don't let that idea run away with
you my boy" said the senator, "every
vote counts"
SENATOR" says /, sis this going to be
as hard fight as people think 2"
"Yes and no." he replied. "We will
win if there is not too much political
stratagem."
From that 1 presume Hill had refer
ence to Morton's barrel.
So the conversation went on for q few
moments more, then he retired and l
bade him good night.