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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-13

establish when my reward was earned,
and the Joy OF seeing Josephine hitting
lightly about the sunny rooms, minister
ing TO the comfort OF her husband, ana
of that father she loved so deyotedly.
II my little girl, with her frank nature,
and pure. sweet soul, discovered that her
father was thief, the knowledge would
surely Kill her, or at least embitter her
whole life. She was likely TO refuse TO
marry an honest man, with this faint up
on her name. And then / conceived a de-
termined resolution that never, could L
prevent it, should my darling know the
truth. What mattered 1t to the owners
of Bonita, now that the theft was dis
covered and the arch h-criminal dead, now
that no more stones could be stolen aud
disposed OF, what mattered II II one or
two OF the minor criminals should escape
their lust punishment? l dared not ar
rest Droubet now, for his capture would
be sure 10 implicate NJ Croneau. 1 be-
lieved that no one but myself and Mother
Videaux knew what became of the stones
and | resolved to suppress all knowledge
that might lead TO the discovery OF the
truth.
acknowledged then. and j do now,
that my action was culpabie. A flne de-
tective, indeed, must be one who al
lows criminals TO escape their merited
punishment An honorable servant, In
truth, is he who fails TO carry out the
task he has assumed! But Jospehine!
Shall that lovely flower be crushed by
weight OF infamy In no way deserved save
through the delrees Of a mocking later
Never, il j can help II?
In corner cupboard was jar contain
ing seventy finely cut dismonds-several
more were secreted in the pockets of the
books. ] secured them all, and then
turned my attention to the task OF obi
terating all proof OF Droubet's completely
in the crime.
broke up the boxes and burned them
and the books in the crate. / destroyed
whatever tools / could find and threw
the rest in corner. Then j walked out
and sprang the catch of the great door
behind me, and left the fruit shop for
ever.
i walked into Mr.. Forsythe's office one
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VII. FOR JosEPHINE's SAKE.


The slam OF the door aroused NJ. Drou-
bet to action.
He cast a hunted look about him and
darted toward the rear door, but j step
ped in the doorway and headed him of.
lie hesitated a moment, and then, con-
fronting me, he asked: "Who are you,
IN 'sier?"
~ have told you,n ! replied. led,
nodded. / cannot tell you how sur
prised / was that this name, chosen at
random, should have so powerful an
effect upon this member OF the gang OF
thieves who had conspired to plunder
the mines OF Bonita. But in the scene
that had just ensued ! had seen my ad-
was iB my power, resolved to end the
matter at once
"Look you" I said, sternly, 81 know
your whole vile plot. i am an American
detective, and have discovered at last the
thieves who have SO long robbed the
Bonita diamond mines. Howard For
sythe Is dead, and"
But there was no time to say more.
Like a shot Droubet had turned and dart
ed from the door, and when | reached II
a moment later he had disappeared in
the passing throng.
How TO act in an emergency OF this
kind puzzled me. Should i call upon
the Partisan police to assist me in captur-
ing this man? SO far, had acted entirely
alone, and / had at present no authority
10 pursue and capture the thief. Coming
to Paris in pursuit of evidence, i had
stumbled npon my man at once but, now
that | knew him for receiver OF the
stolen diamonds, felt myself powerless
TO act until had more direct evidence
of his guilt.
The first thing did was TO lock the
street door. Then L re-entered the little
back room and was rejoiced to find the
oak doors slightly ajar. Had ii been closed
shond have required looksmith TO open
ii, and at present preferred TO work
alone.
pushed open the door aud entered. Ii
was Droubet's workshop, and was com
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ByL FRANK 1ANN.
PRizE nETEcTlNE SIORIEs 3 No 90

in stout iron--a suspicious-looking door,
l thought.
NJ. Droubet was still searching my face
with his sharp eyes and 1 had no chance
TO observe further.
"What is your wish, m'sier?h
had prepared my story over night,
and now answered, readily;
II am diamond-cutter by profession,
and only lately arrived in Paris. was
recommended 10 you as one who might
offer me employment. ! assure you.
i stopped abruptly, alarmed at the set
look OF NJ. Droubet's face. His eyes were
staring at me with painful fixity and large
drops OF pefspiration broke out upon his
forehead He noticed my surprise, and
drew his sleeve across his brow, whilst
he moistened his lips with MS tongue
and replied:
"a diamond cutter! Surely, m 'sier, you
are mistaken. What have 1, poor fruit
erer, 10 do with cutting diamondsg An
error, IN sier, speaking more confident
ly. evidently a serious errorl May ask
who sent your
This / also was prepared for. i must
invent some fictitious reference, and as
no one was less likely 10 be known in
Paris than my swsetheart's father, used
his name for convenience. 81 was recon-
mended to you by NJ. Jules Croneau."
He gave a cry and started back with an
expression OF unmistakable fear upon his
pale face, and i was about 10 improve my
advantage, although /, too, was surprised
and mystiied, when an answering cry
came from the front room.
NJ. Droubet dashed open the door, and
over his shoulder saw that Mother vi
deaux's barrel OF 'coeoanuts was standing
In the middle OF the room.
Evidently it had just been delivered 10
its consignee, but what arrested my at
tenton was the form OF the woman bend
ing over the barrel, her hands pressed
upon her bosom, and staring fixedly at the
boldly written tag OF direction.
M. Droubet moved swiftly to her side
and fixed his eyes also upon the tag.
"Mon Dleu!n he cried, "the warning!"
In an instant she clapped her hand over
his mouth, but ii was too late the mischief
was done, and she knew II.
She walked calmly behind the counter,
put on shawl and bonnet, and without
a word passed out into the street and dis
appeared.
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bright June morning and told him that
/ had come TO the end of my mission.
He was overcome with grief at hearing
of his brothers death, which i informed
him was due TO the bite OF serpent that
had secreted itself in the house. i did
not tell him that Howard Forsythe had
attempted to murder me, or that he was
the thief had been set TO catch. What
use to cause him unnecessary grief? III L
could cover up part Of the crime to pro-
tect my loved one, / could surely afford
to spare the memory OF his only brother,
one whom he affectionately regarded, and
believed an honorable man. No! Let the
skeletons lie side by side undisturbed.
i did not mention Mother Videaux,
either. satisfied that she could cause no
further mischief. But / invented a fairy
tale, OF pocket found in the rocks, in
which were hidden the rough and polish
ed gems / laid before him.
He sighed and regarded them absentIy.
"And you could discover absolutely no
clue to the theft. -
"None whatever"
"Theu we must let the matter rest, and
trust the thief will be too frightened by
the discovery OF his store of pelf TO carry
his depredations further"
j had lost my reward. But Mr.. For
sythe kindly offered me position OF trust
in his establishment, which i refused
/ could not bear TO associate with him in
business with that terrible secret in my
breast.
After my interview with Mr.. For
sythe turned toward the Ere nch book
store, with my heart filled witt the most
pleasurable anticipstions, for at least l
was TO see Josephine.
But my career as detective was to
bear more fruit.
knew little that ! was entering the
house OF mourning.
/ am convinced that only my opportune
arrival saved my darling's heart from
breaking.
NJ. Croneau that morning received a
message from Paris. He appeared dazed
after reading it, but controlling his emo
tion he carefully burned the paper, took
his daughter in his arms and kissed her
tenderly, and then walking into the back
room he shot himself through the heart.
All this happened years ago; ] am an
old man now. ] have lived to see Jose
phine's happy face through many years
reward me for the suppression or my
secret, and she died trusting TO meet her
father i'm Paradise. Our children have
grown up and scattered TO homes of their
own; the mines of Bonita are long since
abandoned, and their owners are dust.
And so, perhaps, IL is fitting that my
life's story should at last be told.
(THE END.)
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copyrighted. 1895.

vi FOLLOWING THE CLUE.
We buried him the next day in the lit
tIe palm grove. and Mr.. Delby, more ner-
sous than ever, agreed to take charge of
the mines until another superintendent
could be sent out
was very anxious 10 know whether
Mother Vldeaux would send her cocoanuts
this time by the steamer, but when /
went down to the wharf there stood the
barrel as usual, awaiting the boat. /
passed close 10 IL, and noticed that II was
addressed by tag in clear handwriting
to
an FRANCOIS DROUBET,
Fruiterer.
Rue de Valodin 73,
Paris. -
could not credit the writing to Mot her
Videaux, therefore | decided that either
Howard Forsythe or M. Droubet, whoev-
er he might be, had furnished the tags for
her use.
1 cannot say how glad I was to stand
upon the steamers deck and watch the
shores Of Bonita fade slowly away upon
the horizon. My sojourn upon the prom
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s,,.ur. Promotion In Allowance.

WASHINGTON, Sept lS. - Archbishop
Satolli said yesterday that he had abso-
lutely no information concerning the re-
port that he was to be created a cardinal.
He is proceeding with his duties as
though there was no intention whatever
of his being reca lied to Rome for advance
ment on ASST gn me mt TO new work.
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Plea of Not Guilty Entered.

CLINTON, Mass. Sept 13.--Arad Taylor
Of Berlin was srraiCned yesterday on "a
charge of numbering his wife. His law
yer entered IA plea OF not guilty. The dis
trict attorney asked that the prisoner bo
held without bail, and the court granted
the request
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Burglar Allen Plead. Guilty.

PORTLAND. Me. sept. l3--James p.
Allen OF Boston, who was arrested here a
few weeks ago while burglarizing a mil
fnery store, yesterday pleaded guilty to
breaking, entering and larceny.
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Chnlera nt Honolulu.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10. - Steamer
Australia arrived here yesterday from
Honolulu. She reports that Al cases of
cholera have occurred up TO Sept 3. with
3j deaths One sailor of tho t. = = Ben.
niugton, lying IN harbor died OF cholera
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Heart Disease Cured
By DR.. Miles Heart Cure.

Painting. Weak or Hungry Spells, Irregu-
lar or Intermittent Pulse. Fluttering or Pal
pitation. Choking Sensation, Shortness OF
Breath. Swelling OF Foet and Ankles, are
symptoms of a diseased or Weak Heart.
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LYNN, Mass, sept l3 John l.. Parker,
deputy revenue collector for the district OF
Marblohead. was notified yesterday Of his
dismissal from that position. IL Is alleged
that the reason FOR his removal was given
as offensive partisanship.
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send some one up With me. m noJ look.
ing for trouble; I'm Q plain everydfy
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~ oucIl Ir.nrarnt..

VANANA. -tI. Do. ~,cuucr iI4u
Tncc hps arlNea here with h,t,alious %.
the Asturias and Canarias regiments to
the number Of " sit2cers aud 100 men.
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OF Fort Wayne. Ind, writes on Nov. 60, 1894:
81 was afflicted for forty years with heart
trouble and suffered untold agony. Ihad
weak, hungry spells. and my heart would
palpitate so hard, the pain would se so acute
and torturing, that became SO weak and
nervous could not sleep. was treated by
several physicians without relief and gave
upever being we'll again. About two years
ago commenced using DR.. Miles Remedies.
One bottle OF the Heart Cure stopped all
heart troubles and the Restorative Nervine
did the rest,and now sleep soundly and at
tend to my household and social duties with
out any trouble.
Sold by druggists. Book sent free. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind.
DR.. Miles Remedies Restore Health.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-04
Marvellous Results.

From letter written by Rev.J. Gun
derman, Of Dimondale, Mich, we are
permitted 10 make this extract: "I haN e
no hesitation in recommending DR..
Kings New Discovery, as the results
were almost marvellous in the case of
my wife. While | was pastor of the
Baptist church ut Rives junction she
was broughtd down with pneumonia sue
ceedlng la Grippe. Terrible parox-
isms of coughing would last hours, with
little interruption. and it seemed as if
she could not survive them. A friend
recommended DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry; it was quick in its work and high
ly satisfactory in results" Trial bot
Ties free at w. F. Near & Co.'S drug
store. Regular size soc. and 81
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-04
OHIO NEWS.
Items of Interest from All Sections
of the State.

Democratic Campaign Managers Chosen.
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 8o.-Gen. Charles
NJ. Anderson, of Greenville, will con-
duct the democratic campaign in Ohio
this year and try to elect James E.
Campbell governor and send Calvin S.
Brice back to the United States senate.
The democratic state central commit
tee met here last evening and elected
the following executive committee in
addition to the chairman: 4. j. Rhein-
hard, of Columbus; William Beatty, of
Toledo; Joseph ]. McMaken, of Hamil-
ton; Bernard w. Layton, of Wapako-
meta; John Van Fleet, of Kenton;
James A. Norton, of Tiffin; james P.
Seward, of Mansfield, and Gen. George
w. McCook, of Steubenyille. The ex-
ecutive committee was left to choose
its own secretary and treasurer, but it
is understood that +. j. Reinhard, of
Columbus, will be the treasurer and H.
f. Cellarius, of Dayton, the secretary.
There was no other name presented
to the committee for chairman, but be-
fore the meeting eX-Gov. Campbe
gave to the representatives of Senator
Brice the names of two persons, either
of whom would be satisfactory to him.
These were C. NJ. Anderson and j. A.
Norton. The Brice men chose Ander-
son and this settled it. Anderson was
n member of congress in 1885. He is
about 55 years old and was president OF
the Ohio worlds fair commission.
The state central committee adopted
a resolution declaring it to be the sense
of the committee that the campaign
ought to be opened as soon after the
18th of September as the convenience
of the candidates would allow. The
rest is left with the executive commit
tna
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-04
Four Big Successes.

Having the needed merit to more than
make good all the advertising claimed
tor them, the following four remedies
have reached a phehominal sale. DR..
Kings New Discovery, for consump-
ton. coughs and colds, each bottle guar
anteed.- Electric Bitters, The great rem
edy for liver, stomach, and Kidneys
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. the best in the
" orld, and DR.. Kings New Lite Pills,
which are a perfect pill. All these
remedies are guaranteed to do just what
is claimed for them, and the dealer
whose name is attached herewith will
be glad to tell you more of them. Sold
at W. +. Near e. Co.'S drug store,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-04
A Fr ph,fuI Accidr.If.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 81.-A frightful ac-
cident, attended with the instant death
of one man and fatal injury of second,
occurred at the World building Friday
morning. Roofers were at work fixing
up the letters Of the word World on
the front of the building just below the
coping, when rope slipped, one end
of the ladder turned and Alois Zech-
meister was hurled to his death. A
dark mass shot downward sixty feet,
struck passer-by and two human
forms were stretched on the tagging.
The man who was struck by the fall
ing body was John Wickson. His back
was broken. In company with Nicho-
las Kirwin, an iron worker, he was
passing north along Ontario street and
was but few feet from the building.
Lawrence Cronenberg, another work.
man, was on the ladder when the
nooscd rope at one end slipped and
sent Zechmeister to his death. Cronen-
berg frantically grasped the rope, but
his strength was paralyzed by his
fright and he would perhaps have
fallen too, but for assistance that was
given him from within the building.
Wickson died in the hospital.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
.ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
nfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-04
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A dispatch from Shanghai on the Goth
ult. says it is officially reported that
forty deaths from cholera occurred in
Peking in August.
The Moscow Gazette is informed that
Japan has consented to accept 90,OOO,-
600 taels as indemnity for the relin-
quishment of the Lao Tong peninsula
Four thousand additional laborers
have joined in the Dundee, Scotland,
mill workers strike. Fully 10000 per-
sons are now idle because of this strike
On the Goth ult. the German torpedo
boat No. Al capsized and sank in the
North Sea. Thirteen of her crew were
drowned.
Cholera has broken out in Honolulu,
and eight deaths have already occurred.
While II. NJ. Romberg, prominent
citizen of Decatur, Ind, was visiting
his old home in Hamburg, Germany,
he was captured and sentenced to
twelve years imprisonment for whip
ping an officer in the German army be-
fore coming to this country.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-04
LATER.

AMPLE evidence of systematic steal
ing of city water by means of blind"
pipes has been discovered in the Union
stock yards at Chicago. The beneticiar-
les have been certain packers, and the
investigation is expected to disclose
wholesale tapping of the mains IN the
old town of Lake, in which the stock
yards are located.
ALMOST everywhere in Germany the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the capture
of Sedan from the French was eele-
brated on the 1st with much enthusi-
asm. At Frankfort-on-theMain the
celebration was specially noteworthy.
Eighteen thousand veterans marched
to the Geological Gardens, where a
grand banquet was given.
ANOTHER advance of so cents per ton
in the price of all grades of southern
pig iron has been made by the Tennis
see Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.
With the advance came another in
crease of two and half cents per ton
in the wages of that company's 5000
coal miners.
FIRE at Buffalo, N. Y, on the LIST de-
stroyed the Academy of Music and sew
cral stores adjoining, causing loss of
$3.50, 900.
The Aurania, the biggest steel
steamer afoat on the great lakes, was
launched at the yards of the Chicago
Shipbuilding Company in Sou.n Chi
cago on the Stst ult. The Aurania is
S65 feet long, a feet feet beam and 26
feet depth of hold.
THE conference committees repre-
senting the window glass manufacture
ers and workers met in Pittsburg on
the 31st ult. to fix the wage scale for
the coming blast, which is to start Sep
tember 81. The conference agreed up
on 10per cent. advance in wages.
GEN. ELY S. PARKER died on the S1st
ult. at his residence in Fairfield, Conn
aged 60 years. Gen. Parker was full
blooded Seneca Indian and was chief of
the Six Nations. During the war he
was secretary to Gen. Grant and pre-
pared the first engrossed copy of the
terms of capitulation at Lees surren-
der, In 1867 he was appointed a gen
eral in the army and in 1859 was com
missioner of Indian affairs
MARSHALL MCDONALD, of West Vir
ginia, who for the last seven years has
held the position Of commissioner Of
fish and fisheries, died on the LIST at his
residence in Washington, after an i'll
ness of several months.
THE failure is announced of Charles
Tuller & Co., extensive coffee brokers
of Philadelphia. The liabilities are es
timated all the way from $4,000 tC
100000. The assets are small.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-04

On the goth ult at Denver, Col. the
coroner's jury censured the owners
of the Gumry hotel, recently burned
in that city, for requiring of the engi-
neer sixteen hours work out of twenty
four; also for employing an engineer
whose habits were dissipated and
whose experience did not justify them
in placing him in responsible position.
At North Platte, Neb., on the Goth
ult. Hans and Knute KRudsen, the
train robbers who recently held up
Union Pacific train at Brady Island,
Neb., pleaded guilty before Judge Ne
vile and were each sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary.
The publisher of Die Lanterne, Louis
Wallich, one of the best known Ger
man poets and journalists in this coun-
try, died at st. Louis, Mo-, on the SOth
ult., aged 81 years. He was also editor
of the Die Krieger Zeitung, the organ
of the American Kriegerbund,
Two street cars collided on the cleo
trio line between Peru and La Sale,
ILL.,, on the 3Oth ult Joseph Ross, of
La Sale, was instantly killed and sew
eral others slightly injured.
At Pope's Ferry, Ca, an excursion
train on the Southern railroad, consist
ing of nine cars filed with Knights of
Pythias and their friends, was wrecked
on the 30th ult. The three front cars
went down an embankment of about
eight feet. Two people were killed
and twenty injured.
On the 3Oth ult. at Sullivan, Mo-,
three children of Mrs. Jenkins, a widow,
died from the bite of rattlesnake
which had hidden in hens nest. The
first child bitten supposed the hen had
pecled its hand and the other two
then thrust in their hands. Their
mother, who was at the well with her
baby, was so excited that she left the
child, which was drowned by falling
into the well.
Fire started in the Davis blacksmith
and wagon shop at Parkersburg, w..
Va, or The night of the SOth ult. and
destroyed about $S5, 900 worth of prop
erty. The electric light plant of the
city was also seriously damaged.
On the 10Th ult. the Keene breeding
establishment at Castleton, Va, was
visited by fire, causing loss of $40, ,OoO
Two imported stations and number
of horses were burned to death along
with the building.
A wagon containing nine persons was
being driven near Deerfeld, Wis, on
the SOth ult. when an electrical storm
arose and lightning struck the party
August Selnow and girl named Holz-
huler were instantly killed, sister of
the latter was fatally injured and five
others were seriously affected.