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The herald., 1896-05-24
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Ito be Concluded
SAVED A WOMAN'S LIFE.
BY Changing the Denouement Of Move

BY Changing the Denouement Of Novel
Dumas Kept Il Girl from the Grave.
1t is said that once when Dumas was
deep in writing a serial story for Paris
Journal. the marquis de P called on
him in Il state of excitement. :. s
Dumas" said he. "have you compos-
ed the end of the story now being pub
lshed in the -"
''Of course
Does the heroine die at the end?"
"Oi course-d.es OF consumption. After
UGH symptoms as l have described, how
could she live?"
You must make her live. You must
change the catastrophe"
II cannot"
Eyes, you must; for on your heroine's
life depends my daughters"
Your daughter's?"
Eyes; she has all the various symp-
tom; Of CONSUMPTION which YOU have de-
acrlDed ano walcnes mournGully for ev-
cry number OF your novel, reading her
own fate in that OF your heroine. Now,
il you make YOU. heroine live, my daugh-
to-, whose imagination has been very
deeply impressed will live too.
Conc. life to save is Il temptation"
mot to be resisted" ~
Dumas changed hi; last chapter. His
heroine recovered and was happy. About
five years afterward Dumas met the mar
Quis at II party.
"Ah. Dumas" he exclaimed, let me in
troduce you TO my daughter; she owes
her life to you. There she is
THAT fine handsome woman, who
looks like Jeanne d Arc!'
Eyes, she IN married and has four chill
dren."
"And my novel has just four editions. :"
said Dumas, $50 we are quits"
The herald., 1896-05-24
A TALE or "A SHARK.


A shark walked out of the sea one night
When the moon was riding high.
And he said: This is Just the night for
me, v
For see there's mackercl sky"
SO he waddled along till he, came to q
wood,
Where. perched on an oak tree limb.
Six youthful frogs sat all in n row,
Chanting their evening hymn.
Good evening, friends" said the sly o.d
shark;
"You sing with feeling and force;
But the hour grows late, and the wind
is chill.
And fear you are getting hoarse.
Come down." he said ''where tn,
earth is warm: I<
Sing treble ANA -. sing bass"
Then all unseen, such 4 horrible slu'.c
Spread over the creatures face.
So one by one those foolish frogs
Dropped into the nav beneath:
And as each one fell he sighed "Yum.
yum!'
And complacently picked his teeth.
And waddlng back to the sea he said:
I'm pious and fond of hymns;
| And it's O for Il mackerel sky says ],
| When the frogs roost low on the
limbs"
- Life
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occasions. years before, when needed it.
liked him and held out as long as possible
against the conclusion to which my asso-
ciates had SO quickly and so unanimously
arrived. There was one idea to which !
turned as a last resort. McKeever had
acted in very queer manner and had
talked wildly. not to say incoherently.
when he was in the office that last after
noon. May not this conduct have been the
result Of a temporarily dsordered intellect:
Was he not out CT his mind, and conse-
quently not responsible for his actions,
when he took it into his head to wind the
time lock short of the proper time and rob
the bank?
There was another thought which also
struck me forcibly. Was it not a prepos-
ferrous idea that this prosaic and respected
banker should burglarze his own sare
when he might easily and securely and
without fear OF detection. at least for
years. appropriate this sum or q greater
amount by falsifying the books; as many
another respectable church going cashier
and bank president has done and is doing
| to-day, under our very noses?
| Friday, Saturday and Sunday passed and
still no signs of the missing cashier. He
| was sought in every direction and with all
| the ingenuity which the authorities could
devise. kilograms were sent to every part
of the country containing details of the rob-
berry and minute descriptions of the crimi-
nal, but all to no purpose. He had disap-
peared as completely as If he had been
| translated to some other planet. All the
| newspapers published sensational accounts
of the affair and spoke Of McKeever as the
last accession to the Canadian colony OF
bank officials.
1t was Sunday night and 1 was speaking
of the matter to my friend Wolcot.
why don't you try old Benjamin." he
asked.
"Old Benjamin! who is he? some private
detectve?" I answered.
mo! not exactly a detective, but an ex-
pert in crime; sort of a consulting physi-
clan in all those peculiar maladies to
which the social body is predisposed.
know Of several cases, where he succeeded,
| when the police had failed absolutely. l
would never think of putting a matter of
this kind into the hands Of the police de-
tectives, any way. They 4, are all we'll
enough In finding the perpetrator OF some
vulgar common place crime, where the mo-
tive is evident to all and where the crimi-
nal has left such traces that he who runs
may read; but, in an affair of this kind,
they are out Of their class. They can put
on false boards, feign drunkenness, consort
with fellows Of the baser sort in low saloons
and dives. and comfort themselves gener-
ally in the style Of Hawkshawe; but when
1t comes to case Of this kind which re-
quires thought and analysis, they are al
together at fault. don't blame thetn verv
much either. They are brought up and
educated in the old and beaten path, and it $
hard thing for them to get out of the
rut."
'rhen this Benjamin makes it his BUSH
ness to solve just such problems as this
one Of the bank robbery" asked.
mo! you can't say that he makes 1t his
business In the first place he's too law
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bus had shown them tina. they could do it
by smashing. in one end Of the egg
1.-The cases are not parallel" said and
thera the matter rested.
On the next morning. promptly at ten
0'clocl.. Mr.. Wolcot and I met at the office
of the bank. Old Benjamin had proceeded
and was waiting for US.
He had improved his appearance wonder
fully since we had last seen him. He wore
an overcoat which, l thought at the time,
was borrowed, for it seemed to have made
for some one else. He had new hat and
pair Of new, i'll fitting gloves. l esti-
mated the cost o. them. mentally. and con-
cluded that he could not have more than
seven dollars remaining OF my ten dollar
bill.
He examined the safe and the vault care
fully, al well as the windows and the doors
of the bank building. He then questioned
Curtis, the bookkeeper, about the appear
ance of the stranger who had come to the
bank with McKeever, on Wednesday after
noon, and who had afterwards gone away
with him. He asked Curtis IL he thought
he would know the man If he should see
him again. Curtis was positive he would.
"Now, Mr.. Curtis!' said the old fellow,
and, for the first time, he acted as If he
The herald., 1896-05-24

~ "A AAe Va @hANA>C <AA>SAI.
told him in few words what had brought
us there.
"Tell me the history OF the case from be-
ginning to end" he said, 'and be careful
and leave out nothing
He lay back In his chair, closed his eyes
and twirled his thumbs while detailed, as
| accurately as l could, the story of the rob-
berry.
When l had finished. no opened his eyes.
What do you want me to do?" he de-
manded. with no appearance Of interest.
Il told him that l was a friend of Nc
Keevei'. the missing cashier; that could
not bring myself to believe in his perpetrat-
In. such crime, and that | wanted to sift
the matter to the bottom and show, if pos
sible, that he was not the gully man.
"Ynu, don't want much. On .o-"" he de
manded pithily. "Bur at the same time,
I've seen cases which seemed as plain as
this which disappointed everybody, and
turned out exactly contrary to al! the ap-
pearances. l wish now that you would
go over the whole matter again and, If
you have forgotten anything in your first
account, be sure and remember it now
l complied with his request and man
aged to recollect two or three circum-
stances which had at first, omitted. He
lay back again with closed eyes and heard
me out. When had finished, he surprised
me with the question:
do you play chess, Mr.. Dennisson?"
81 have played chess answered, "but
not lately. l don't get much time for it,
"You are wrong not to take time
There's nothing like playing chess for
ShQ rnoninO nd 49,, i've
powers; unless it's playing chess with ones
self. Playing chess is the nearest like de-
tective work of anything know of. You
are the man of the law ana your antago-
mist is the criminal. You make this move
and he makes this other. You put yourself
in his place and reason out what move.
Under the circumstances he would be
likely to make. so that you know how he
will move before he moves
"You can only win at chess, by getting
inside of the other fellow and arguing the
game out from his point of view, from what
you know Of his acumen and sagacity; and
you can only succeed as detective by put
ting yourself in the place of the criminal
and finding out how you would proceed un-
der these or those circumstances. Do !
make myself plain?" A+t N'a
"You certainly do. Mr.. Benjamin; but, to
get down to this particular case; do you
think you can make anything Of it?''
II may be able to and may not You
must recollect that I know comparatively
, very little of it. 1t will be necessary tirst,
to examine the premises thoroughly, as
we'll as the characters and habits Of all the
personages who have been in any way con-
nected with the case. These data are the
foundation for my theory. and it will be
essential to get all the data obtainable, or
my fabric will be like the house that is
built upon the sands. I am very glad to
hear that your first move was to put the
matter into the hands of the police"
"You surprise me-" answered. II took
it for granted that you esteemed the ca
pabilities Of the official detectives very
lightly"
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versation, to bring some Goals for the CRATE
fire. AS she was going out. she fingered in
the door way, with feminine curiosity. tc
hear something OF our talk. she
was good natured, green look
ing Irish girl, and there was nothing
peculiar about her but her freckles. l
never saw, in my life before such freckled
ace She stood with the scuttle in her
land, and her eyes and mouth Open look
ng as though she meant to have her say
abou. the matter, until she was admonshed
y her mistress in a severe but lady like
one to attend to her work; when she sud
lenly disappeared from view.
Miss Agnes told us that she had gone over
% Brooklyn on Wednesday, an hour or so
Fer her urcles departure. to spend
thanksgiving with her relatives. and had
ut returned till Friday morning at nine
,clock This was the reason that his alb
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to make business of anything and. in the
second place. there really isn't quite enough
of 1t, to keep any one occupied. The old
fellow was formerly in the postofhce; in
that branch Of it, which is called the secret
service; discovering thefts in the mails and
all that sort of thing, you know. He has
just about enough Of an income to keep him
alive. and he supplements his small sti-
pen by obtaining, now and then, fee OF
fifty or hundred dollars for unravelling
some curious and knotty point in regard
to missing documents or securities.
"I'd like to see him." exclaimed. ut
can't do any harm, anyway. and he may
have some idea or suggest something which
will throw some light on the subject. You
know how much 1 thought of Mckeever
and 1t pains me to find no alternative but
the common belief in his guilt"
We talked the matter over further, and
agreed to call upon MIR. Benjamin and sub
init the case to him that very night
We found him In his rooms on the sixth
floor OF dingy tenement on Ninth avenue.
He didn't take the trouble TO rise, when we
knocked, but babe us com. in, with a
voice which was hoarse and cracked and
somewhat querulous. We found the room
blue with the smoke of strong tobacco and
| old Benjamin engaged in the soniewha,
singular occupation of playing chess with
| himself.
| He looked up with an air Of annoyance
and exclaimed hurriedly:
Take a chair gentlemen, and wait O
moment, till I've finished this game"
| There was only one chair My friend
.volcot appropriated it, and sat down upon
trunk, near the greasy stand upon which
the game was going forward; so that had
good opportunity Of examining the ap-
pearance and manner of the professional
gentleman. whose acumen we were about
| to test. He was man Of slovenly appear
ance. with threadbare garments and shiny
sleeves: a man some where between fifty
and sixty years of age; of medium size, but
very long armed and with broad shoulders
and very large head. His hair was scanty
and of reddish brown. mixed with gray.
His forehead was high and wide; his face
| smooth shaven; or rather it had been shaw
en- a week before we saw him. His ears and
his nose and his mouth were Of generous
proportion, and his small sharp eyes were
overhung with shaggy reddish brows. As
he sat there, with his head bent over the
chess men, and his long arms and fabby
hands extended upon the table and curved
around the board, he seemed to me to re-
semble nothing so much as an enormous
crab.
He soon finished his game and, swooping
the pices off the table into the box where
they belonged, he straightned himself up
in his chair and asked Jig our business.
l introduced myself and my friend and
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was coming to something important.
please tell me exactly what 1t was in Mr..
McKeever's conduct and language, that
Wednesday afternoon. that made you think
that he had either had drop too much, or
that there was bee in his bonnet"
well, he seemed to be in hurry" said
Curtis, land to be quite nervous, but it was
what he said, more than what he did, that
seemed SO singular. He commenced by
saying: Dear me! that was quito an earth
quake we had yesterday. l thought felt
something last night. l thought was fall
ing out of bed. 1t was great deal worse
though. over in Boston and Vermont and
through Canada. hope yesterday was the
last OF it. 1t makes me nervous to think
of these tall buildings all around us!''
Hum! Hum! What did you say to
that?" askd the old investigator.
why, l knew it was nonsense tina;
The herald., 1896-05-24

The shop of Dublin tobacconist was
destroyed by fire. While the owner was
gazing into the ruins he noticed that his
neighbors We're gathering the snuff from
the cansters He tested the snuff and
discovered that the fire had largely i'm
proved its pungency and aroma. He Sc
cured another shop, built himself lot
of ovens, subjected the snuff to heat
ing process, gave the brand peculiar
name, and in a few years became rich
through an accident.
The herald., 1896-05-24

Travelling churches are to be estab-
lished on the Trans Siberian railway.
which passes through many desert tra''s
where neither village nor church can bs
met with for miles. Cars fitted up for
divine service will be attached to the
trains for the benefit Of the officials.
The herald., 1896-05-24

There are but two European poten>
tates who manage to get along without
change of residence. These are tbs
Pope of Rome and the Sultan Of Turkey
The Sultan has never left Constantine
PIE since he assembled the throne in such
tragic circumstances 80 years ago, and
his Holiness has remained within the
precincts Of the Vatican since the triple
tiara was placed upon his head.
The herald., 1896-05-24

Miss Mary Kingsley, the African trav.
eler, writes that no one is more convinced
than she that the African races are in
ferior to the British, French, German and
Latin races, but she does not wish to say
anything to bring the African races IL
to further disrepute.
The herald., 1896-05-24

Utah's juries now consist Of eight H.
stead of II men.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
KOpp Saw a Ghost.

George Kopp, Sr., dry man at the
Pewabic mine, had an experience
one night last week that has con-
WINGED him there is such a thing as q
ghost. About midnight kopp was
putting in some wood in the stove
and looking up saw large man
with a heavy beard standing on one
of the miners lock boxes. He
asked his strange visitor to state
the purpose of his visit. The object
made no reply, but walked directly
towards. him, and disappeared
through the floor. Kopp was by
this time very badly frightened and,
with his dog, Immediately took to
fight: The dog has not been seen
since neither has Mr., Kopp-at the
dry at midnight. No money could
induce Mr. Kopp to continue in
charge of the dry and he has been
given work in the mine. Jerry
OLeary has taken the job and future
movements of Mr.. Ghost will be
awaited with interest. Copper
Country dep. Mining Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
Swept by a Tidal Wave.

LONDON, Nov. 3.-A dispatch
from Madrid to the Central News
says that the town of Huelvia in the
province of that name, has been
swept by tidal wave from the At
lantic ocean.
No details are given, but the re-
port says that it is known that the
loss of life has been terrible.
The steamer Cartagena was over
whelmed by the great wave, and
most of the persons on board of her
were drowned.
Huelva is a maritime town of Spain,
capital of the province of Huelva,
on an inlet of the Atlantic, ~ miles
west northwest of Seville. 1t is the
terminus of two railways and has
an export trade by sea. The popu
lation of the town is about $1,000.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
Close of the Convention.

The following is taken from the
Ishpeming department of the
Mining Journal on Monday:
The w. G. t. U. convention here
closed Friday night and it will long
be remembered by the members as
a season of help and encouragement.
Reports throughout the district
show increase of membership and
interest all along the line. Nine
speakers took part in the gold
medal contest Thursday night.
Despite the storm, there was a full
house, and the most excellant man
ner in which the recitations were
delivered was fully appreciated by
the audience. Agnes Mitchell.
daughter of the new minister at the
Salisbury, won the medal, though
she was but few points ahead of
some of the others. Friday even
ing the songs, recitations and adj
dresses of the young people were
fine indeed.
The district officers were re-elec-
ted as follows: President, Mrs.
Law, Baraga; recording secretary,
Mrs. Parmenter, Menominee; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Bird,
Menominee; treasurer Mrs Phillips
Ishpeming; superintendent of press,
Mrs. McCourt, Escanaba; superin-
tendent of narcotics, Mrs. Malloy,
Lathrop; superintendent of fran
chise Mrs. Fiske, Ishpeming; super
intendent of temple work, Mrs.
Wadworth. Ishpeming; superin-
tendent of L. T. L., Mrs. Verran,
Republic; superintendent of medal
contests. DR.. Conner, st. Ignace;
superintendent of young women 5
work, Mrs, Selden, Stambaugh; SUI
perintendent of lumbermen and mi
ners, Mrs. Pearce, Marquette, SUI
perintendent of flower mission,
Miss Atkins. m
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
ASSININS.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Holiday were
in town Sunday.
Election was quite interesting
Tuesday.
The heavy wind last week caused
cor siderable damage for fishermen.
Anyone desiring fine salted trout
can obtain them at S. Denomie S
store.
J. B. Loonsfoot and Edward and
James Bird arrived from Keweenaw
Point Thursday with load OF fish.
Edward Oyer delivered a load OF
groceries from S. Denomie s store
to the people at the M. E. Mission
Monday.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07

Advertise in The SENTINEL, the
leading newspaper of Baraga county
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
Any For You?

Any For You?
Following is<the list of unclaimed
mail remaining in the postoffice at
Baraga, Mich, for the month ending
October 81, 1896;
Anderson, Jonas Keteheson, Elijah
Brust, Peter Kohn, Nick
Bixer, John Kinney, j. p.
Beechem j. Lafortune, Gaspard.
Bassett, Fred Moohr, julius
Brunhard, John Matson, James
Casey. Patrick McCaud, Lund
Griffin, Jas. 4. Peterson, Mary
Haynes, w. (2) Rehm, Nison
Harrison, Albert Svearivar William
Johnson, A. j. Satter, Erick
Wermson, John
Persons claiming the above mail
will please say advertised.
LAWRENCE ]. GALLAGHER, p. NJ.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18
CHAS. 3. ROOMKEY,
Justice of the Peace.
HUNTERS HIT BY THEIR GAME.
Instances Where Sportsmen Have Received
Severe Blows from Birds.

Severe Blows from Birds.
Game killed in full fight has a mo-
mentum that carries il long way some
times. London Field relates several in
stances where the birds have hit the
ners was shooting in the woods of Long
Island when grouse, driven by beaters~
came flying along fast and high up. He
shot at it, and then, with the other
barrel, fired at another bird. Just as
he was about lowering his gun after
the second shot he received blow ON
the head that knocked him sense
less The grouse first hit had tumbled
against his head.
That same afternoon a wheelman
riding along near the line of hunters
Bdmiring the scenery did not observe a
big black cock till its feathers brushed
his head. The black cock had been
killed and had nearly hit him in falling.
The Badminton volume on shooting
tells how the late Charles Leslie was.
knocked out at the battery by grouse
he had shot. A strong hat probably
saved him from serious injury.
American hunters have had similar
experience. A man was riding along
in wagon some time ago. according
TO Forest and Stream, when something
hit him on the head with enough force
to make him dizzy. An unwoundef
partridge flying through the woods had
hit him fair. Why the bird did not turn
aside Is as much a mystery as the fact
that cartridges sometimes fly against
house sides and are killed in SO doing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Par, what is your busy davT !"
well. happy urchin, it is when l stay
at home TO rest, and rour mother gets
the house."-Tit-B Bits.
"A gentleman's linen cuff directed to
the owner, and stamped with penny
stamp, recently went through the post
Office. 1t bore this message: please
call and pay your washing bill.-Your
Laundress. Bits.
Sure Not to Fit have been read
ing about the coming styles in sleeves"
remarked Mrs. Frankstown. Are they
to be too tight or too loose?" asked Mrs.
Point Breeze.-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
-Dealer--Here's a cyclometer can
recommend. 1t is positively accurate;
not at all like some cyclometers which
register two miles, perhaps, where you
have ridden only one" Young Lady
You haven't any of that kind, have
ou?"-Boston Transcript.
II never want to hear anything
about wotnan's extravaganza" said
Mr.. Meekton's wife. "a woman always
tries TO get more for money than man
does for his" That's true" was the
answer. When we went to the theatel
last night your hat and sleeves enabled
you to occupy twice the space that
did."-Washington Star.
What is the compliments reputa
ton for truth and Veracity?" asked the
lawyer. Its generally good, think,
answered the witness, though in tell
ing about the size of snakes he has
killed he seems to be inclined to go t1
almost any length" -Indianapolis Jour
nal.