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agan thought that II was Tuesday ana
not Wednesday when McKeeyer was
/ last at MS house. Why did she think
so? Because they lad Gav.lled lobster
/ for lunch that day, and they never had
! il eXcc)t on Tuesdays Miss Flanagan
was led into the same error as her mas
J ter. and Miss Warren, who ordered the
dish prepared. was the cause Of it.
Mr.. McKeever was reading a newspa-
per that day. when he was interrupted
by 2 stranger calling upon him. Il was
! the Evening Post and it came regularly
to the house at half-past two After her
employers departure the seryGn, pick
cd up this paper and was looking a ii.
when Miss Agnes suddenly came in.
snatched the paper away, crumpled It
I'D and threw it in the CRATE. When her
mistress back was turned. Maria saved
portion OF the paper from the iiames;
The frs -Ielt which she showed ne this
morning. On looking it over, | saw the
advertisement of Fordham's phenomi-
nal freckle exterminator, but. az the
same time. saw something else. which
almost made me shout WIKI eXultation.
It was part of an account Of an earth
quake which had happened the day be
fore the paper was published. say
part of an account. because the most OF
il was torn away and had been burned.
Il then knew about where ! stood.
The rest was matter merely of detail
and exertion. | left you, if You re-
member. shortly after this. | went at
once to the Office of the Post and looked
over the files of old papers. The piece
of newspaper which | had got Of Ma
ria had the date of November Is print
ed upon it in several places. From sew
legible on the fragment. l knew that
this newspaper had not been printed on
this newspaper had not ben printed on
November IS. 1894 | looked over the
files until | came 10 the issue OF NOV5m-
Der 2S. 1893, and | found the newspa-
per from which this scrap had been
torn. In that paper | read the account
of the earthquake which happened No
vember q. 1898. Distillers had sold ar
275s. l also read an account of John
| Y. McKane having presided over the
Sunday school of the Methodist church
a, Gravesend on the Sunday preceding.
The most important however was the
fact that November 2S, 1898. was on
Tuesday. whereas November 2S. 1894,
came on Wednesday. | Immediately
returned to McKeever's house, having
stopped on the way at Mays to buy
Maria a purple and green silk handker-
chief. with which. by the way, she was
so pleased that she grinned from one
ear to the other l askd her who
brought the paper in that day from the
steps She answered that she had not
done so, and there was no one else who
could have done so but Miss Agnes.
When YOU and Mr. Wolcot and I we're
in McKeever's library this morning
noticed that there was a small calendar
standing upon the mantel. IL was one
Of those perpetual calendars which you
change from day to day, and this cal
endar bore the date, Tuesday, November
rs. You probably didn't see it, but I,
ha-ing an eye TO ali these small mat
tiers. took it in at once. After asking
Maria who brought in the paper asked
/ her why she hadn't fixed the calendar
as il should be. She answered that she
knew nothing about it and never touch
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on his answering in the affirmative. |
gave him ten cents and told him that
II was a mistake and that he wasn't
wanted. | waited until he had disap-
peared and then, after summoning Mr.
Carey and giving him his instructions,
sent him in as a substitute 10 Miss War
rem. In two minutes ne came out ana
Joined me around the corner. gave me
the note which she had coniided TO ann
and told me what she had said. Ana
the thing vas done.
Her orders were to 90, at eight
O'Clock in the evening. to the restaurant
which we have just visited. to ASK Tor
George Herbert, and If the gentleman
was not there to wait until ne came
and give him the note. Here is the note.
You can read it for yourself
l took the misslve from Benjamin
and read as follows:
Il write this to tell you that every
thing is known and that YOU may surely
EXPECT a call tonight l have risked
everything for you and you have de-
ceived me. am not so sorry for what
have done as | am at having to give
no faith In you. | will never see you
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PARTII

Wolcot and looked at each other in
amazement His thoughts We're mine
and mine his. This man whom we had
brought with US into the case was either
driveling lido, or he thought that we
were.
Mr.. Benjamin" 7 said Either YOU
are a fool or YOU think that We are. This
Is the worst kind Of nonsense ! ever
heard We are not children, and this
weak effort at mystiiication. this OBJ
jectless attempt TO impose on us 10y a
string of ridiculous nOthings won't so
down any longer
81 didn't take YOU for children ne
answered "You are men. as l take it,.
OF intellect above the ordinary: but al
lowing this. it is not surprising that
YOU DO not understand this business
] will say 1ov that this is an eXJraor-
dinarily singular case There probably
has never been anything Ike it In the
annals Of crime Iu fac,, IL is the most
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the nearest police station and leaving
them safely fastened under lock and
l,zeF- took benjamin. with me to my
house and. having seated him before
the fire n ny library and having given
him a good cigar. said: i-
Now then, Benjamin, This thing
has gone far enough and it's time for
you 10 explain yourself. You have az
res. ed two men who, judging from their
Gemeanor. the way they resisted arrest,
ct cetera. are criminals Of some kind
or another. Who are these men? And
Why do you suppose them TO be the per
sons who robbed the bank? Curtis, the
bookkeeper. | acknowledge, Identifies
one of them. the dark one, as the man
who left the bank on last Wednesday
afternoon with the cashier; but how
coud they have opened the safe and
how did you get upon their track?
Above alt, | want YOU to tell me what
on earth you meant by saying all that
rubbish about the earthquake and the
deviied lobster. Now is the time TO
show NE that YOU still have your senses
about YOU.
The old man laughed silently before
he answered.
You are right. Mr. Dennisson, in
demanding an explanation, and | Won
der that you have been patient as long
as long as you have. The whole thing
must have seemed without head or tail
TO you. and l must confess that I have
enjoyed very much the mystification
which YOU and your friend Wolcot have
labored under. | will now explain the
whole matter from first to last and
make every point so plain to you that
YOU will wonder you cid not understand
it before
At that moment the door bell rang
and a servant brought me telegram.
| opened it and read as follows
Havana. Cuba. December 3. 1894
Geo. Z. DennissOn-Hdve been rlug
ged and kidnapped. Arrived here this
afternoon. Reyurn next steamer. IS
bank all right?
LEWIS McKEEVEP. e"
There you are exclaimed Eenia-
min. That's about the thing l expect
ed. That finishes the case. Every hing
is now accounted for
Rather say" said l. that it makes
everything more complicated
net at all. as you will soon see. l
will now commence at the very begin
ming and. in five minutes. will make
everything as clear as crystal. This has
been a very singular, in fact, an extra
ordinary case. and, for that reason, it
has been far from a difficult one. Your
difficult cases are the ones which do not
possess and singularity, which are per-
fec,ly plain and ordinary, and whose
circumstances present nothing vAich
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{COpyright. 1896. by Bachelor. John
son e B3cheller)
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS.
Lewis SIcKeever. the cashier of the
Jefferson bank of New York. on the
afternoon OF wednesday, November =,
1S94. the day before Thanksgiving, sets
the time lock of The bank safe, closes
the safe and the vault and goes away
with a stranger who has come in With
him from luncheon. On the following
Friday morning Curtis. the bookkecp-
er. opens the safe and finds that $4O'voV
has 1een stolen. Mckeeyer fails 10 ap-
pear, and IL is learned that he has dis-
appeared. Mt DennissOn. director Oh
The bank. the narrator OF the story, pc
lieves that McKeeyer is innocent he
mentions the matter TO- his friend Vol
cot. who advises him 90 employ an odd
old character. Benjamin. skilled IN I'M
raveling criminal mysteries. Benjamin
takes charge and learns from The ooOA-
Keeper thar Nckeeyer talked strangely
on Tuesday afternoon about an earth
quake and the liberation OF john y.
McKane. then 70 Jail. He also spoke Oh
DistillerS' stock being at 2les, Whe1 lis
market price was ga. Benjamin goes
TO see Miss Agnes Warren, Mckeever
niece. who keeps house for him. He
questions her. hu, learns nothing. She
goes TO visit q Brooklyn relative and he
goes back and questions her servant
Maria Flanagan. re finds ont from her
that she thinks NIcKeever disappeared
on Tuesday instead of Wednesday. be-
cause deviled lobster had been ordered
by Miss Warren for that day 40 lunch.
dish always served in the family on
Tuesday Benjamin also learns that
NcKeever always read the Post after
lunch. and that Miss Warren had burn
Ell the paper he read on that Wednes-
day. Maria Flanagan had managed I'D
saveascrapOf hepaper. however. wh.ch
contained an advertisement OF freckle
eXterminator, she being much troubled
with freckles Benjamin examines the
paper and declares 60 DernissOn that
he has solved the mystery with the aid
Of the earthquake. The freckle eXtermi-
natOr and the deviled lobster.
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would excite attention. This case has
30 many things about it which were
queer and bizarre that one was immed-
lately furnished with an abundance Of
clues for getting at the truth. When
| say that it was not difficult | mean
thatit vas not difficult Naen a man ap-
0rolcled the problem Tho had fair
modicum of brains and a respectable
euount O reasoning power. though
/ dare say that this very strangeness
Of the data. which gives 10 ME such an
advantage. would offer to the muddied
brains OF the official detectives the
greatest obstacle.
When you first detailed the matter
10 ne. and told ne that YOU sought my
services with the wish 20 show that Nc
Keever was innocent of the crime ! de-
cided In the first place to take the
ccshier's innocence for granted, and TO
work the mSttCr out with that idea set
tied i'm my mind If failed to establish
his. there was no harm done, and what
Vas tie use OF showing him to be the
culrrit. when ! was hired for something
else? YOU will see that. in this way.
the extent of my field Of operations
the Knights in the Wheeling party:
vas cut down and narrowed consider
ably. and that I could work to much
better advantage and accomplish more
in a certain length Of time.
The first question was how could
the safe have been robbed without con-
nivarce of Mr. McKeever he having set
the time lock on that Wednesday after
noon? There was nothing gained in
supposing that he wound the time lock
short OF the proper time while he was
temporarily deranged That would have
simply been a palliating circumstance,
hut would not have disproved his
agency in the robbery. Ny conclusion
was. necessarily. that some person or
persons caused him to wind the time
lock as ne did. II he had wound the
time lock improperly, in a nit OF alb
stractiou. or while out Of his head. how
could another party have known it and
taken advantage Of il? 1t was settled
in nv mind then. that he had been in
luenced by another person or persons
and that he had acted as he did while
under this influence.
1 ne ntAl question WtAes 80 " AAt-N w.
could an outsider cause the cashier TO
so wind the time lock that it would run
down on Thursday? l thought this
matter over long time. There were a
number Of hypothesis which presented
themselves and which. one after the
other. I put away as impossible. After
I had got rid OF everything that was ut
terlv impossible there was one suppo-
si,ion left. and. as is my invariable GUS
tom | accepted this as the true one.
BY inducing Mr.. McKeever to think
that the Wednesday upon which he had
last closed the safe was not WedneS-
dav but Tuesday. YOU would cause him
10 wind the time lock to run eighteen
hours instead of forty-two. and the door
of the safe might be opened a. ten
O'Clock Thanksgiving morning. You
will recollect that I gave YOU my opin-
ion that the bank had been robbed at
about that time.
4 started out. then, with the idea
that upon that Wednesday afternoon,
McKeever supposed that it was Tues
day. Therefore. when heard this morn
Ing in the bank that he had talked
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again. but. for the sake OF the past. I
put you on your guard. Take sdy2nt-
age of my warning az once. A. ".
There is little more to tell said old
BENJAMIN. George Carton. alas
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BUYING HIS FIRST BICYCLE


How the Novioe Did 1t and the 1segu1a-
tion Belief That Followed.
"What's the hardest thing to learn about
riding a wheelS' asked the man who was
rapidly catching the fever of the man who
had been riding a week.
The man who had tried it sighed as he
thought of his experience and answered,
Picking out your wheel.
The questioner thought that reply re-
quired further explanation, so the dis
penser Of wisdom told his story;
g Before had tried 1t thought it would
be the easiest thing in the world to pick
out wheel. I would just go to q repu-
table dealer, plank down my money, and
that would be the end Of it. I probably
would have done that if there had been
only one or two reputable dealers In town,
but there are 909 of them, more or less,
and every one handles the very best wheels
on the market. I found that out the first
thing.
$50 then I thought I'd inquire Of my
friends who were already riding. I tried
that, and every soul Of them told me the
wheel he was riding was the best. Then
I undertook to find out what they knew
about the wheels they were not riding. /
asked one man if a Thus-and-thus wheel
was good one. Don't touch it,, he said.
If you buy it, you'll have it in a repair
shop half he time. Buy a So-and-so'
AeA5A DAH AUAg A1AHIA 4 AIS1 dDO01 DA8 81
and-so. No COED, he answered. Buy
Thus-and-thus.'
so it ran along, and the more questions
I asked and the more wheels looked at
the more undecided grew. -
-" But how did you finally settle it?''
asked the man who was catching the fever.
Il wrote the names Of all the wheels I
had looked at on slips Of paper, shook
them up in a hat and made blind draw.
But III tell you this" he added, the
wheelman's instinct coming again to his
rescue, fthis wheel that I bought IS the
very best one made. Don't you get any
thing else. Buffalo Express.
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Since first the morning stars did sing
Together ne'er was made
Such music, thinks q candidate
Whose pipes have been well laid.
The voice of love when love and life
Are in their early bloom
Is but a penny whistle to
The music Of the boom.
ffWhen music, heavenly maid, was young %
+ 'er man had caught the sound
That comes to him who listens now
With ear close to the ground,
Earth must have been dreary place.
No better than tomb
He thinks today while drinking in
The music Of his boom.
Hope tells to him a hattering tale
And fools him to his bent
He sees al signs and portents point
To him as president
Now, in his mind, with portals wide
He sees the White House l0oms
And gayly marches toward it to
The music Of his boom.
But while he listens, 10, It's lostl
What mean those waves of sound
That rise above his boom, wherein
It dwindles and is drowned?
His heart is filed with bitterness,
His eyes are filed with rheum,
WHAT time he hears the booming Of
Some other fellows boom
stin, in his mind, he'll hear his own
Make music growing slow
And faint and Taraway as time
Goes tearing on But, on
The silence 1t will seem as lo1d
As would the crack Of doom
When autumn S mournful 5reezes bring
No egho Of his boom.
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filed with eating sores; my tongue was
almost eaten away, so that for three
months I was unable to taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly.
and I was in a horrible fix had tried
various treatments, and was nearly dis
couraged, when a friend recommended
SIS. After had taken four bottles, I
began to get better, and when 1 had
finished eighteen bottles, was cured
sound and well, my skin was without
blemish, and I have had no return Of
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from a life
of misery" S.S.S. guaranteed PH1eL1
gegetabZe) will cure any case of blood
poison. Books on the disease
and its treat N - ~
ment. mailed " "
free by Swift ~ ~
Specific Co., A AM
Atlanta, Ga.
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Demoeratio ConventIon ID PrInarisg-

The Shawnee County Democratic convention
is hereby called TO meet in Metropolitan han in
this city on Saturday, May l6. at 2.a l M. for
mates to the state convention az Topeka Co send
delegates 70 the NATIONAL Democf site conFen-
ton At Chicago. and delegates ana Z aitarnates
10 the state convention at Hutchinson 10 uoEii-
nate a state ticket.
Caucuses for the purpose of selecting dele
gates TO the county convention ana new ne.u-
bers Of the county central committee win be
on Thursday MAY a. bctwoen the hours OF 5
and 10 O'Clock p m. at the following pisces;
FIRST WARD.
First Precinct-At southeast corner of KAN
sas avenue and Gordon streets; delegates and
Second Precinct-At southwest corner Of
Kansas avenue and Gordon Streets delegates
third Precinct-At northwest corner Of kan
sas avenue and Gordon Streets delegates aud
SECOND WARD.
First Precinct-At Flambeau hail. 2i2 Kan
sas avenue; delegates and alternates.
Second Precinct AT Nanker's meat market,
Third and Jefferson Streets 9 delegates and
Third Precinct-At Fourth and Branner
streets; delegates and 4 aitgrnates.
Fourth Precnct-At White S carpenter shop.
near Sixth and Lakes delegates and & alter
Fifth Precinct-At e2s Quincy street; 8 dele
gates and alternates.
THIRD WARD.
First Precinct-At Crouch's shoe shop
delegates and alternates.
Second Preclnct-At livery barn on Tenth
street between Topeka avenue and Tyler
delegates and aiternares.
Third Precinct-At livery barn on Twelfth
street near Western avenue; g delegates and
alternates.
FOURTH WARD
First Precinct-At rooms of Shawnee club,
691 Kansas avenue; delegates and alternates.
Second Precnct-At sherins office in court
house; 4 delegates and alternates.
Third PreCenct-At III West Fourth street;
delegates and 3 alternates.
Fourth Precinct-At DIT Grubbs residence,
1910 West Sixth street; delegates and ale
ternates.
FIFTH WARD.
First Precinct-At j. c. sinners store; 8
delegates and 8 alterDates.
Second Precinct-At Chris. Roofs store.
Eighth and Chestnut; delegates and alter
mates.
The central committeeman Of each precinct
viii see that caucuses are properly organized,
and that the returns certified TO the chair
man OF secretary OF the central committee on or
before Il m. May 10. w. A. SNYDER.
G. MAX Ola UDN. Chairman.
Secretary.
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Dude Ito chance acquaintanoe)-Th That
shabby looking fellow is making right for
us. Bet he wants to borrow money. He,
hel III get ahead of him. Please, sir,
can't you lend me quarter or a dime to
get something to eat?''
Shabby Fellow-Certainly. Glands out
a quarter.) Now, young man, if you are
through begging Of this gentleman, I
would like to speak to him. He is one Of
the depOsitOrs in my bank.-NeW York
Weekly.
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ANTS, RENTS, SIT
UATIONS, REAL
ESTATE, AUG
TION SALES AND
OTHER CLASSIFIED AD-
VERTISEMENTS
SITUATIONS wANTED-FREE.

Are you ia need Of worz2 If SO. you are az
liberty to use these columns for assistance In
that direction. While this notice appears the
STATE JOURNAL win publish free on saturday
Monday and Tuesday, for Topeka OF Kansas
people. all notices Of Situations Wanted. " not
exceeding five lines. or fhrty-hye words IN
length, provided that all advertisements of that
nature are handed in previous TO ten O'Clock
Saturday morning; also on wednesday. Thurs
day and Friday, an advertising of this class
handed 10 By ten o'clock Wednesday morning
No advertisements Of this nature 70 be started
except on Saturdays and Wednesdays No ooll-
cation IS incurred on the part of the advertiser.
No worthy and needy man or woman need hesl-
tate to take advantage of this offer. No one in
business Or having employment is expected 20
take advantageof it. but all others are invited
to avail themselves freely
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1ugton, DC, says:
I was for a long
time under treat
meut of two of
the best physi-
clans of this city,
for a severe case
of blood poison,
but my condition
grew worse all
the while, not
withstauding the
fact that they
charged me three
hundred dollars.
My mouth was
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African and nebulous oaIiginosity pre-
dominated. Senescent oscillations rem
dered animate the oircumambient atmos-
phere. Attenuated thorOug hfares mean
dered speotacularly, Stimulating oentipedal
corporality, and lunar illumination lam
bently vivif1ed terrestrial phenomena.
"This, " CALCULATED the returned exile
exultantly-' this is Boston. New York
World
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Pine and fir have long dbers, exceeding
" well adapted to the use Of the paper
maker, but the resinous substances con-
tanned in these woods form so large per
centaRe of the composition and are so diff
cult of removal that the paper makers are
compelled to use other varieties.
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The TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL guarantees,
every day it is printed to give local circulation
bv far more than all other Daniea com
biHed This makes this paper the cheapest.
IS we'll as the best. daily advertising medium in
Topeka. the classified advertisements below
costing but
Five Cents q Line,
ar 20 cents a line for week; 60 cents by the
month.
Average daily circulation for the six months
ending June 80. 1898. was 1854
sworn detailed statements of circulation pre-
scented to advertisers on application
Can and see any afternoon between q and5
O'Clock the handsomest fastest. most perfect
piece Of machinery in Kansas Web Per
fecting press. which prints from two to three
complete SPACE papers per second
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Tho Quality psnrsolatinr.

s'Have a oigsr?'' said Flowers as Hor-
gre0ves camo into the office Wilson was
passing them around. He has a new baby
in the house."
Horgreaves took one, tried it for three
puffs and dropped it on the floor. "Ah,
about the fourth baby, I should judge"
was all be said.-Eureka Times.
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ssThe chap who comes out best in these
times of political excitement, " chuckled
the willy oourtier, "is''-
lie surveyed the sawed of necks of the
victims Of the royal exeoutioner's latest
job.
-''the man who keeps his headr'-
Vrufb
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Jones-I have left all my money at
home in my other pants. Lend me a nickel
for car fare.
Smith, have not got anything less
than a 50 bill.
Chats all right. Hand it over IN
take a cab. Texas Sitter.
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The JOKE bears with it all the perquisites
Of the human. A birth it is a good thing,
and the more it is pushed along the 1ner8
displeasing it bccomes.-Adans Freeman.