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CHAPTER VIII.

Capt. Welsh showed considerable eX-
element when he read the note of warn
ingwhich the mayor placed in his hands
Mr.. Minard Hendricksw was looking over a
bundle of New York papers which had
been sent to him, and did not look up
when the mayor entered the room.
Without a word. Capt. Welsh held the
note before his eyes, and waited for him
to speak. After reading it, Hendricks
strOked his beard thoughtfully for a
moment. and then said:
= II don't think you need have any fear
up at your place, Mr.. Roundtree. but un-
der such circumstances women are
usually uneasy, so should advise you,
Capt. Welsh. to have couple of police
men in citizen clothes hang about the
grounds for a few days"
This was done for q week, but. as
nothing occurred to indicate the pres
ence OF danger, the men were ordered
away Everything went on smoothly
till the day following Col. Warrcnton's
visit 20 WILDLY. Mayor Round
tree. accompanied by Fred Walters.
had gone downtown. leaving his wife
. and Mrs Walters alone with the serv-
7Bts Mrs Roundtrce was i'm the sit
ting-room giving orders 10 the cook.
and Mrs Walters had stroilcd down the
graveled walk among the rose-bushcs.
The cook had just left her. when Mrs.
EOundtrec heard the report Of a revolver
outside. She spraug mp and ran 20 q
window. Not seeing her daughter on
the vcrarda, She screamed, and almost
tainted with fright She staggered
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into the library, and took his wife in
his arms.
"Oh, my darling. are you hurt?" he
asked, beside himself with excitement.
Fred, don't he silly" she said, cold
ly pushing him from her. Il tele-
phoned that l was unharmcd."
Look at her sleeve" walled Mrs.
Roundtree, almost in tears. THE bu!-
let passed within an inch of her arm.
oh, 1 don't know what to do! 1t is aw-
full"
Fred stopped to examine the hole in
the sleeve.
81 was standing this way" Mrs. Wal
ters explained, with sudden animation,
land when heard the report"
Your father is coming" interrupted
Mrs. Roundtree. as the sound of wheels
was heard, and they all went to q win
dow. 1t was the mayor. with Capt.
Welsh and Minard Hendricks. in a cab.
II wonder if that detective hasn't
high opinion of his ability" said Mrs.
Walters. "iIe looks as if he thought he
would get To- the bottom of the whole
mystery in very short time" She sat
down in rockinE-chair. spread out her
skirts, and pulled at the big sleeves OF
her wrapper. Fl suppose he will begin
TO catcchi-c me. am not urescntablc
like this. but if-if / ran upstairs. to fix
up q little. sou would think suppose
you think ] am am odd creature any
way"
NO one answered her. The mayor
was entering. followed by the others.
Tfs Isrf Iy,..r, md 1.s.-.J I.t- ,1.,.,rt g.
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be ali the more apt to pursue ybu? Be
side, he gone. DO You suppose he
would wait to pe arrested after firing
a revolver here N open daylight"
They hul cached the steps of the
yeranda and Mrs. Boundtree drew her
into the house. James and Jane were
standing, v.ie-eyed and frightened, in
the hall
"Cio,e tHe door, quick. Jamesl" Mrs.
Rouud'rcc screamed, following her
daughter into the library.
Leave it open. Do you want 10
SIN bther us?" asked Mrs. Walters, pout-
in9iy. 'lIother. l sm ashamed of you.
Hcrc is not "A particle of danger, and /
AM no baby"
flames, telephone TO my husband
and Mr.. Walters, quick" Mrs Round
tree ordered.
James went TO the telephone and rang.
Mrs. Walters followed him. What do
YOU want him to say?" she asked her
mother. Hell brighten them TO
death. I'd better do thames, what
is the matter with you? Can't YOU
stand still? Nobody will hurt YOU"
She took the receiver from him and
placed it to her ear. Give me five
siNty-seven. What Yes, five sixty
seven - Mayor Roundtrcc's Office. g"
There was silence for IA moment. Mrs
Roundtrce sat on a sofa, staring at her,
strange question in her eyes.
rs that you, papa?" said Mrs. Wal
tiers in the telephone. Eyes, YOU are
right; it is Lillian. Don't YOU know nv
-. -
there isn't thing the matter; we are
all right; but mamma is nervous and
frightened, and perhaps you or Fred
ought TO come up"
Mrs. Roundtrce ran to her. Aren't
you going to tell him what has hap
Pcned? How can he tell the police if
you don't? Give it to me-"
Mamma, do be reasonable" replied
Mrs. Walters, holding the receiver out
of her mothers reach. well. let me
alone; I'll tell him Yes, papa, that
was mamma talking. | was ON the lawn
Just now, and man shot at me; but he
did not touch me, and ran away. Nam
ma thinks you ought to notify the POI
lice"
Fred is coming at once" the mayor
telephoncd. Stay indoors. shall
notify the police, and come as quickly rs
| can"
When Mrs. Roundtree had heard her
husbands message she drew her daugh-
ter down on the sofa beside her and sat
silently strolling her hand and looking
anNiously towards the door. James
took position on the veranda. and the
other servants stood cNpectantlv in the
hall.
In 10 minutes a cab dashed up the
drive, and Fred Walters alighted, ran
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From Clue to Climax.
BY WILL N. HARDIN.
tcopyrigh, 1906. by J. b. uppInoou Col
CHAPTER Vu.-Cos~INuEp.

CHAPTER VII.-CoN-INUEp.
When the colonel reached his os:ce,
he found lady waiting for him in the
anteroom. 1t was Miss Delmar. She
wore a thick veil, which she threw back
when he came in.
Good afternoon. Col. Warrenton,"
she said. II was too inpatient to- wait
for you TO come to see me, knowing
how busy you are, and did want some
news of Mr.. WILDLY"
Il understand, aDd he will Toe glad
saw you" The colonel stepped back,
took n look into his Office, and then
softly closed the door Poor boy"
he went on. as he sat down near her,
"he has had enough to bear. without
this unreasonable opposition of your
father. He certainly needs all the
friends he can get now"
Miss Delmar's lips quivcrcd, and she
twisted her hands together in her In p as
she spoke:
Papa is even more severe than ever
since he learned that 1 have been to see
Mr.. WILDLY. | can't imagine how that
could have got into the papers Papa
says | am watched. aud that everything
/ do is noted"
He is still confident that Wildly is
the murderer"
Yes, and he thinks lac knows a. mo-
tive that no one else does"
What can that be-"
Just a week before Mr. Strong's
death. papa had called on MFR. WILDLY
and forbidden him to pay his addresses
TO me. am sorry to say papa is worldly
Z
Mr.. Strong's intended marriage, and
thought, in that case, that Mr.. WILDLY
would not"
Not be Strong's sole heir
Would not he his heir at all. Papa
thought Mr.. Strong would change his
will altogether. 1t is very hcartlcss for
him 10 think 50, but lac believes that
Mr.. WILDLY committed the crime
through love for because his pow
erty was a barrier to our marriage"
THAT is an ugly view of the matter,
and it Yight have weight with n jury"
repliet me colonel our only hope lies
in finalng the real murderer. The note
dropped at the mayors house the other
night h. the man who was seen about
the ground proves that he is in this
city and az age"
Papa says it is reported that some
accompice of Mr.. Whidby's did that to
mislcad the police"
Col. Warrenton nodded thoughtfully
Yes, and itwould seem very plausible
TO them; but to us, who know the inno-
cence of the one suspected, it proves
other things, and we must profit by it.
l could give this Detective Hendricks "A
point or two. but I'm afraid he would
thintme not disinterested in my friends
case"
y Miss Delmar rose to go.
Il haven't Il minute. / am afraid papa
will miss me and be angry again. Tell
Mr.. WILDLY that am very hopeful
that l haven't a single doubt that will
all be cleared up soon. Tell him l would
write every day, but know that my
last letter was intercepted. Tell him |
hall see him as soon as possible, and
and-but you know what to say
Don't let him lose heart"
The colonel held her hand till they
reached the door.
Don't worry" he said, in parting
81 shall have some good news for you in
a day or two, L am pretty sure"
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Last February. just before the in
auguration of President Mckinley, the
bank clearings of London were Ss44,-
600, 900 more than i'm New York In
March the difference was $500, OOO. 900;
in April il had fallen to 500. 900 900;
in May it was SG43, 100000; while in
June the difference was only S2iG. OOO,-
900. In the last month of the demo-
cratic administration Loudon's business
exceeded ours by Ss44.OOO 600. In June,
the fourth month Of President McKin-
Iey's administration. London's business
exceeded ours by only $4,000, 900.
Within five months the difference had
decreased at the rate Of 5000. OOO. 900 u
month i'm our favor.
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Hon. Samuel Douglass McEuery, the
democratic senator from Louisiana.
vA1 voted for protection from start to
finish GOO the session of congress just
ended. was not received with upbraid-
ing orr condemnation by his coustitu-
cuffs. iI' was. instead. received with
every mark of honor and approval
The time has gone ., when tn, dem
ocrr.ie or any other party can hold
th" south ON the platform of free
trade. Southern democratic leaders
1rr beginning 20 recognize this and
are already trying TO hedge" iu rec
-r'.t t1 their past rcord-. which COM
United them to the faII1cy OF free trade
Senator NrEnery truly represents the
'ncN -oufh." and merely heads thc
process .ou u which will soon be- found
other 'u'h.-n leaders. and which Mr.
Bailey of I.N- rhc democratic leader
in tha house. has already shown signs
of joining.
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a STRAW.
Bank CIenrings mt New York Are
stcnhLIy IncrensIng.

The complete bank clearings Of New
York city and of London for several
years showed that the volume of busi-
ness transacted in London increased in
about the same proportion as it de-
creased here under the democratic adj
ministration of 1898, and during our
fatal experiment with free trade. We
then ventured the suggestion that our
return to prosperity and protection
would be followed by a corresponding
decrease of business in London. We
now have the bank clearings of both
cities for the first six months of the
present year:
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y dispatch from Charlotte, y. c.,
states that an Illinois manufacturing
company offers to furnish the regular
fiat cotton tie at 10 cents per bundle at
wholesale i'm car load lots. or at - cents
at retail. and that several car loads have
already been ordered for that immedi-
ate section. The dispatch goes on TO
say that last year the price was $50
per bundle at retail and Sl.3J at whole
sale. Then the Wilson-Gorman law was
in force and cotton ties were on the
free list, but the price was S1.3j per
bundle at wholesale This year we
have the Dingley bill and a protective
tariff on cotton ties and they are Of
fercd at 20 cents q bundle at whole
sale. These facts do not seem 20 work
in with the Cleveland parrot cry that
the tariff is a tax" These facts, too,
are OF themselves sufficient reputation
Of the other free trade falsehood scat
tered so broadly and so constantly, that
protective tariff fosters trusts. Last
year under free trade, there was a cot
ton tie trust; this year. under pro-
tectiyc tariff. the trust is broken.
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The old free trade theory that "if we
do Dot buy wc cannot sell" has re-
oeiy"d another -crious setback through
our import and export trade returns
for the month Of August Our pur-
chases from foreign countries were the
smallest in MANY years, while our sales
increased largely both ir volume and
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Tho tory was current iu Tho carly
part of thc queens reign that hermaie-.
~ once asked tho duke Of WELLINGTON
what Kind OF boots he was in thr habit
of wearing People call them yelling.
tons, madam" "IIow absurd" She
cried. Where. ] should like to know.
viii they end pair Of Wellington ?"-
n. v. Post.
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bullet-holc. For moment no one
spoke; then he said: 81 wonder if We
could find that little piece of lead
Would you mind coming with US and
showing me exactly where you stood ?"
Not at all" Mrs. Walters rose with
gratified smile
Don't you think we are losing time,
Mr.. Hendricks" asked Capt. Welsh. in
an undertone. 81 am afraid -" But
Hendricks pinched the captains arm
warninglv, and the remark was not fin
ishcd
They bad reached the lawn. when
Hendricks stopped Mrs. Walters and
examined her sleeve again.
mot satisfied yet?" She laughed
81 can see better here in the sun
light" he answered 81 have made a
study of the effect Of bullets. fired at
different distances. on various stufYs."
81 have often thoughtyour profession
must he a fascinating one" Mrs. Wal
tcrs remarked, as they started down the
walk
cit is getting TO bc rather uninterest-
ing employment. 1t is so easy to catch
up with people unskillcd in our craft.
- w ~ '''',I'''' "l''y h"'N ''"I
we understood half we do, they would
not commit crime so often.
had not thought OF that said
Mrs. WATERS curlouSly studying his
FEATURES. But here is the spot. Now,
10" et anyone come mere but Mr..
Hendricks" She added TO the others:
you ought not 10 track il up till he sees
ivy '''' MI
'i,an', -, % "" "''''e my
Nh. III -" ~, can see una,
Nv ",,'" S'"""
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-, '''I 'NN' ma, ,'l"
81 a%, ,r,.,., wv " -, nv u. 49,
,.,,r,..'.i. '' mn ~,
had ... ,'''." W I'',''''''I'' '',p'.'
I,-, ri;, ''''' anu wore Il '"'4
.-r,,. .,,.,,,.,. ,.,.... H.. ,-..
;,,,,r,.si,,,, 49,, ~,
or,y" s,-d rIo,,d,;,I. Vi. ,,i.,
y,,ir nI,cc =, ,,,o,,an,
She stcnr.d I,,cI. s,,ni,,. o.. .t,
otbrrs ,,.r,o tod 49,, .I., ,,ail- ~,
CHANGED nIoccs ,,.itb bor To- st,,,,i 49,.
umbrella in ono of hon. t.,cl.. .,,,J loo,
Il there "OnIy tn rarl, tho .,,,t >, h..
said. indinercntIv NOV Iat,l all -,
over To the fence and seo II tho rascal
left onv footnrints tborc"
They all walked to the corner Of the
fence. and looked over towards the
trees near bv. ~ tbinI, f." Mrs Wal
ters caught the sudden. sharp glance of
Hendricks, and paused. 81 started To
say that it looks as If there were foot
prints over there" she said. pointing TO
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l'i-'.-i is-hi'i. Az ERA ls.. -ilui. IIi LIS
Well mas the Wilson bill earned it's
tile of "a rag bag production so ac-
curately given by Senator Hill before it
became law even. What a boon free
wool was TO have been with its larger
quantity Of warm WOODEN goods. NO
more shoddy." shricked the free trad
crs during he campaign of 1892! But
what was the result? Under the Nc
kinley tariff for protection we impor-
ted only 1898 pounds of shoddy every
year. Then was the time that we were
wearing wooden goods But the free
trade tariff changed all this and we
have imported am average of 24,4Oi,556
pounds of rags and shoddy, the product
Of Europc's cutters, during each and
every year of the democratic free trade
tariff NO more shoddy,' yelled the
free trader I'm 1892. Let them look upon
the foregoing figures taken from the
reports Of the bureau of statistics Of
the treasury department. If here be
amy honesty iu them, let them now ac-
knowledge that there will bc "no more
shoddy' under projections.
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To-day Bryan couldn't poll half as many
Journal
Glad 90 hear b.. And let us take care
"a be doesn't poll a dozen votes in
ioop. Kill him at the democratic con-
yeption
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-17
He Works the Grocers.

A smoothe scoundrel has been work.
ing grocers in Willamette valley tow ms
on sly little job whereby he cleans up
SIS dollars in a place, skipps out,
changes his name and seeks q victim
in new locality. The Albany Demo
crat gives this account of his opera
tions:
"On March 80 a young man 5 feet 6
inches tall, weighing about l4O pounds
was in Albany, and representing him
self to be the agent of T. Kingsford &
Co., manufacturers of Silver Gloss
starch, the only antitrust house,
and travelling directly for the factory.
he could sell cheaper, go5 orders from
most of the grocers for 8or 10 cases, at
2 cents below the usual cost with
feight paid to Albany. One house was
selected as the distributing point.
While here he incidentally needed $75
dollars so he called at the First
National Bank and drew on T. Kings
ford & Son. A grocer was called in to
identify him. The draft was endorsed
and Mr.. Miller left for other fields,
doing the valley generally this way,
cleaning up about S75 day. The
drafts are being returned and the en-
dorsers are being called upon to make
their signatures good"
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The Same Old Song.

| The weary news restler was in hot
pursuit of an item, going at the rate
| of six miles an hour, when his atten-
ton was attracted to the unusual bus
tie in the front yard of a Fourth street
residence, and from the woodshed he
heard the voice of bright little ter
| year-old damsel singing:
"Father, dear father, come with me
now. for ma has some carpets to beat:
she's got all the furniture out in the
yard, from the front door out to tho
street. The stove must come down
and be put in the shed, and the yard
must be cleared of soma grass, for it's
time to clean house and the DEVILS to
pay, and the front windows need some
new glass. Father, dear father, coma
home with me nov, and prlng some
bologuna and cheese: it's most u
O'Clock and there's nothing to eat
I'm so hungry, I'm weak in the knees.
ALI the dinner we'll have will be cold
scraps and such, and we'll have to eat
standing up, too, for the table and all
are out in the yard, oh. wish the
housecleaning was through. Father,
dear father, come home with me now,
for ma is as mad as Turk: she says
you are only lazy old thing, and that
she shall put you to work. There's
painting to do and paper to hang, and
the windows and castings to scrub, for
it's housecleaning time and you've got
to come home and revel in suds and
cold grub
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-17
ANOTHER NEW CHURCH.
The Lutherans Will Build During the
Coming Season.

| Coming Season.
The Lutherans of this city intend to
| build a church on their lot, corner of
Union and Itil street, in the early part
of this summer on which we heartily
congratulate them. There are quite
a plumber of Lutherans in this city,
many of whom are old residents, and
they will, no doubt, appreciate the fact
very much, that they shall soon
have their own house for public wor-
ship. Although practically unknown
here in the West. the Lutheran church
is, nevertheless, the strongest protes-
tant ecclesiastical body in the chris
tian world. and its communicant men,
bership is said to number 81, 900, 900 in
round figures. The Lutheran is the
states-church of Germany, Sweden,
Norway and Denmark. and all those
great and world renowned universities
of Germany are controlled by the Lu-
theran church. She was born in the
university and her tendency is there.
fore doctrinal, to which we contribute
the fact that she prospers best in our
large intellectual centers. In Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Louis, St. Paul, Min
neapolis and other great intellectual
and business centers of the middle
west and also of the east the Lutherans
claim larger communicant member
bership than all other protestants
taken together.
The Lutheran church has been
greatly hampered in her development
in this country by the language ques-
tion, but even this difficulty is being
rapidly overcome. Here in The Dalles
there are English, German, Swedish,
Danish aud Norwegian Lutherans, and
while they cannot very we'll establish
five different churches, one for each OF
these factions, yet they can well form
one strong church by uniting on the
English language and that is what they |
are doing now. Mr.. Grey, the luth-
eran pastor of The Dalles, is meeting
with good success in bringing the
Lutherans together into an Elglish
church, and if his work is crowned |
with as good success in the future as
it has been in the past year then the |
Lutheran church will soon be amongst |
the strongest organizations in this |
city. a.
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Land Transfers.

Jasper Kirchoff to N A Brown, lots
G, H and 1, block 33, in Ft. Dalles ad
dition to Dalles City, $500.
John Brookhouse to John Brook
house, set sw4 sec Is. OF nw3, W.T. se3
sec %, s, l3 e. 81 200.
Mary Laughlin to Mary 2 Barzee,
lot 4, block 8, Laughlin's addition to
Dalles City, s125.
Hugh Fraser and wife to Phil
Brogan, sr-sw4 net sec "a, Ss, r 16 e,
500.
John r Hinkle and wife to W L
Hinkle, e4 sw4, sw4 net sec SO, t As,
16 e, $3.50.
F c Sherrieb and wife to Fred E
Bailey. sw4 set of net sec 8, 2 n, r 10
e, $500.
Lottie Jackson to Robert 1 Butts,
nw4 sec 50, 8. r 13 e, $50.
A S Hogsdifl to Robert l Butts, sw4
sec 81, 4 s, re13e, $500. v.r
Max Blank and wife to Catherine
Greiner, lots Eand F in Fort Dalles ad-
dition to Dalles City, $1,000.
John Lenz and wife to L. S. Rhoads,
parcel of land in sec %, tip n, r 10 e;
$50.
L S Rhoaas and wife to John Lenz,
parcel OF land in sec q, tp2 n, 10 e;
$50.
w T Smith and wife IN LYMAN
Smith, acres in sec 30, tip 3 n, r 10 e;
$40.
VIM. Kerron to S J La France, lots
2. I and in blk 8 Hood River, $3.50.
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A Long Way From Home.

There arrived on last nights train a
little stranger, beautiful boy baby
aged Is months, who has travelled a
considerable distance, and who will
not again see his native home for 20
years. The little fellow is from Homo
lulu, and was accompanied by two
nurses who cared for him as though he
were their own child. He will be taken
in charge by Mrs. Henlgan, of Wamic,
who will look after his education and
will be his guardian until he shall ar
rive at the age of 81 years. Then he
will be permitted to return to the
Hawaiian islant if he so elects. The
little stranger is provided with plenty
of means, and will be given every ad-
vantage of thorough American edu-
cation.
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The Objection not Good

There are people who have objection
to advertising matter in the reading
columns of newspaper. The ground of
objection is that they don't want to read
advertisements. Now this objection
is not good for often times advertise.
ments convey valuable information.
For instance, how else would the
travelling public learn of the excellent
dining car service of the Wisconsin
Central Lines between ST. Paul and
Chicago, or the general comfort of
travelling over this popular line. For
particulars call on the nearest ticket
agent or address J. c. Pond, G. P. A.,
Milwaukee, Wis, or George S. Batty,
General Agent 246 Stark ST., Portland,
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..consIstency,s, Parting Shot.

ED. TINES s-MoUNTAINEER:
AS to the Musings" in last nights
Chronicle, which, indeed, was very ap-
propriately termed ''idle" land whic !,
in this respect, are highly character
istic of their author) L have nothing
to say; further than that L am as
founded at his audacity. His idle
musings are clearly indicative of his
gross ignorance of the danger there is
in the amusement in question, and as
intimated in my last, he has given
vent to these "idle" utterances to his
own shame; and it is gratifying TO
know that none but himself is to be
responsible for such qualification. I
dismiss this unpleasant discussion by
suggesting for the edification of the
Chronicle man, that where ignorance
is bliss, tits folly to be wise."
CONSISTENCY.