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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-25

"Pu take q puff or taco."
cent proportions which he had in an
other jar of alcohol-"I'll show you the
snake.
/ don I quite approve of the plan, {"
replied the patient obviously. lyon
see, Joe and me has been companions.
so to speak, for more than 80 years.
and 1 haven't ever laid eyes on him.
NOW, 1t don't seem to me that il would
be treating him with due respect for me
TO be sound nrleep when he makes his
nrst bow 70 daylight, don't you know. :"
DR.. Lamplin smothered an oath with
his band, and, turning to a seat at the
window, sat down. The patient sat ND
IN his chair and stared at him critic.
ally, then stood up, reached out to
table and took possession of q cigar and
match. n. Il. 7tt n
If You don't miDd," be said, with a
Singer. ''rIl take a puff or two. Just
about this time of day me and Joe are
accustomed to smoke. He's as fond of
It as'- r -
Hang your jmpudencel" said the
doctor. do you think haven't any
thing to do bnt humor your practical
Jokes? l knew sou the minute you be-
gan to talk and thought I'd see how
long you'd keep 1t up. But enough of
q thing 10 enough" ssr :
"'This snake quoted Hendricks
grinning audibly-'this snake is from
the stomach Of one Of the wealtbiesf
bankers in New York. removed Il
without the slightest difficulty"
81 give In, !" surrendered Lampkin.
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CHAPTER XIII

AT about half after 2 O'Clock that
evening the figures of two aged men
mounted the steps of one of the new
residences in West Thirteenth street.
near Eighth avenue.
Farnhall himself met them at the
door.
Come in" he said, with laugh.
II suppose 1t is you. though couldn't
swear to it. l was awfully afraid you'd
be late and get here after the others ~
Il knew the train they'd take" an
swered Hendricks, and then he intro
duced DR.. Lampkin.
Come right back into the dining
room,' said the lawyer, shaking hands
with the doctor. Il shall have to leave
you to yourselves, as / must look over
some documents before they arrive"
We can manage very WE'LL" replied
Hendricks. Don't let us disturb Won. ("
Il presume If my plan succeeds that
you won't object to make the arrest. I
thought You would not, % did not in
form the police. |" 90. ,Fsa
1T would be a genuine pleasure. -
answered Hendricks; "but, as told you
the other, day. Idon't believe, you can
succeed. y ~. .,..,.. ..;.,.t..,.''--.
.Farnhall looked little crestfallen.
= You don't think sol? And in case /
fail l suppose you went let me help
you in the plans You have in view"
Sorry, but it is impossible, said
the detective. "You nee, we are in die.
guise, and it would not do to run the
risk OF adding another man. But shall
40 all can toward recovering the miss
ing papers. L . t,a,, - n
Il am sure Of that" said Farnhall.
well, amuse yourselves as we'll as you
can. IL l fail, I'll let you know in
stantly."
BE sure to do that" cautioned
Hendricks. 81 want to follow them as
soon as they leave tho house,
Half an hour later Hendricks and
LamplSin heard the front doorbell ring
The detective sprang to the door of the
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| Kold touched his richlu colored t,irbo1
and sGuntered after the group.
to leave to speak to you. Go on to nv
house and wait for me. I'll be there
with them"
Good" said the detective. "Glad
you put on those togs. Such things
work on the average American mind. -
kola touched his richly colored tur.
ban and turned and sauntered ON after
the group. Hendricks drew Lampkin
round and hurried him toward Ninth
avenue. ,e.4. Ai.s t3
Il am completely at sea-" remarked
the doctor as they turned the corner
and started up town.
The detective laughed. cts all on
the programme" he said. at would
spoil your fun If ] were to let You in.
to the secret Just now Hendricks
smoothed out his long beard with both
hands "Blasted hot, these things, "ibe
muttered. II say, doctor, did you ever
investigate the psychic powers of the
East Indian adepts?''
mo-" answered the doctor.
do you believe in their so called
supernatural. powers?" p,,.rt.....,...,..
DR.. Lampkin reflected. srt s., sa,fi.,
Il am forced to bellows that they are
much more deeply versed in psychology
than we are," he admitted. 4le =.
"kola is marvel" said Hendricks
1.-THE other day when I decided on ret
ting him to help me in this matter /
sat down and wrote him note telling
him what / had in view. After / had
finished it laid It aside 20 write some
other things. Intending to. send il by a
messenger. ] give yonmy word that asI
was going ont half, an houf later I met
kola at the door. His face, was BEAM
ings7and the frstfhing hesaid was:sI
am glad to doit, ME-, Heudricks / am
ready any moment to aid,you., aEliaI,
s''l stared at him in surprise, and then
the fellow beasn 70 blush like school
"'Iforgot,' he said, that Won have
mos yet told me, but 4 already knew
You knew that ] had written your
! asked in astonishment.
l"'Yes, he replied, and then he told
me exactly what I bad written. I asked
him how he did it, but he made no replv. -
II have heard that East Indians are
able to do such things" remarked
Lampkin. II am awfully glad met
him. want to get at the truth about
someof the things that have heard Of
his people"
He could lay your hypnotism in the
shade" TESTED the detective. HE told
me ne could convince W hole room full
OF people that he had cut off his own
head" Wv"
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- fcoSrNuKnl
Or. LAmpkin hurst iuto an inpniiv'
laugh and then attempted to disguis'
IL by plunging AZ ouoe into the case.
He reached mp 10 q shelf and took dowr
glass jar containing a snake in alco-
hol. To hypnotize a patient be found il
necessary TO first secure his entire con-
fdence.
This, he began. "came from the
stomach Of one. Of the wealthiest bank
ers in New York. removed it without
the slightest difficulty" .1.
"Huhp' sneered the old mar, his
tone containing tinge of pride. Joe
can't be compared to that thing. BE is
ten times as large. He'd have to be
CHARTERED or stretched out like rubber
gas tube to get through my throat. |"
1t only seems larger to you because
it is inside of you" said the doctor,
laundering helplessly. Already he was
beginning to think he had come across
an unmanageable patient.
IF you are going to begin such rot
as that, l shan't take a drop of your
medicine, " the old man blurted out II
ought to know eyre about it than you.
Have you ever seen my snake?"
No, " replied the doctor, avoiding
the contemptuous gaze of his patient.
You've never felt of it either?'
"Of course not. |"
well, don't talk to me about what
you are as ignorant of as a, newborn
baby"
DR.. Lampkin opened his lips to speak,
but could think Of nothing to say and
remained silent.
The patient grasped the arms Of the
chair and raised himself few inches.
what sort of medicine are you go.
ing to give me? Joe thrives on every |
thing in the way Of physic. He seems
to look on it as sort of dessert. can
feel him wag his tail with satisfaction
when he gets dose of medicine. be-
lieve on my life if I was to take half a
pound of arsenic he'd reach up to the
root OF my tongue to receive it,"
"You must not talk SO much" said
Lampkin, red in the face and still con
fused. 81 shall not use physic. MY
treatment is through what is known as
hypnotic suggestion.
"A new one on me, )" said the pa.
tient. Il don't know as / care to mon
key with 1t. 1t is something you fell.
lows amt quite sure of and want to try
lt on dog, suppose.
Lampkin stared helplessly for fully
minute. He looked at his watch and
shrugged his shoulders. He could not
remember ever having had such per
picking experience. He almost felt as
Il the old man were jesting with him.
and yet the idea was not tenable when
re met his mild glance and heard his
plaintive voice.
1t won't hurt you Bit" began
.ampkin in tone Of gentle persuasion.
You see, simply put you to sleep,
md when you awake"-Lampkin was
linking of a reptile of more magnif.
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dining room, Grew aside the curtain
and peered cautiously into the hail.
Voices were heard exchanging greet
ings, and then they ceased as the draw
ing room door closed.
Hendricks turned TO his companion.
"Gcod so farl" he calculated. They
are all here, every one of them. ! was
afraid some one would back out ON some
pretext or other"
An hour passed. Not a word was
spoken by the two men. Hendricks sat
nc the open fire, his hands clasped over
his knee. Suddenly he sprang up. They
had heard the door of the drawing
room open. The hall was filed with the
sound Of footsteps and voices. Then the
front door closed, and Farnhall came
into the room. o. a. 50
81 made an ass of myself, Z" he said.
THAT fellow Ralph is young dare
devil. He dropped on to me in very
short time and knocked my feet from
under me. He offered to bet 81 1000
that I suspected one of them to be
guilty Of the theft. and he laughed at
the idea of the papers having been
stolen. He said the old man had simply
mislaid them and that they would turn
up all right"
Hendricks did not seem to be listen
ing.
Quick, doctorp" he said. "We must
be after them. Good night, Farnhall.
did not think your scheme would
work. I" ~
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CHAPTER XIV.

kola's residence was a three stored
house. 1t was very old styled in appear
ance and was the only building in the
block which stood back from the street.
1t had garden in front protected by a
massive iron fence 90 feet i'm height. b
Hendricks unlocked side gate, went
to the door and raped with the old
fashioned knocker. Lampkin had no
ticed from the garden that there were
no lights in any of the windows, and
when the door opened on its creaking
hinges the absolute darkness within was
IN additional surprise.
'Hellol Here We arel' said Hen
drieks, addressing some one behind the
door. "Stand here and wait for Mr.. Kola.
He's behind with the party. Come on,
DOCTOR" Hendricks caught the arm of
his fviend and drew him down what
seemed to be a dark hall. AS they
moved along Lampkin heard the mass
i've door close with little puff of es.
Gaping air, and then, as all sound from
the outside was instantly excluded, he
knew that the doors and windows had
been purposely padded. $50 -al.. 81
DIR. Lampkin heard Hendricks sliding
his fingers along the wall for about 20
feet. Then they paused. Hendricks took
hold OF the knob Of door and opened
it soundlessly, and when they had
passed through it closed softly into its
padded frame.
Nov we are all hunky dory," re-
marked Hendricks. "Stand where You
are. I've got to get you into another
disguise They must not recognize us
as the two old dodgers they saw at Nine.
Ringsley's-I mean in case q light
should be struck. don't know Kola's
plan exactly"
Hendricks stopped aud began to feel
about on the floor. Here we arer' he
exclaimed presently. "Take off that
beard and put OH this cambria domino.
1t will be cooler. ("
DR.. Lampkin obeyed as we'll as he
could in the darkness.
Where in thunder are WEI" he asked
as he took off his false beard and handed
it to his friend.
!. lin the room Kola has arranged for
the manifestation. Have you got the
rig on? Can you find the eye boles?''
I'm all right and great deal
more comfortable, replied the doctor. |
"Sit down here" said Hendricks 81
have picked out this place for you. You
can witness not only the show, but can
see the spectators. Sill / hear some.
thing. 1t was a key in the door,
Lampkin heard Hendricks feet slid |
ing on the thick carpet as he glided |
away in the darkness. Then the roar of |
the city sounded through the house. |
and he knew the front door was open.
Come in. You have nothing to fear"
sounded the strange accent of the adept.
> You are perfe -tly safe here"
"By JoveP' drawled Moptcastle.
DO you expect rs } go into q house as
dark as cavern wibh man we never
saw before?''
You may stay out if you like" an
'wered the adept. at is not for me 70
1rge 1.-The revelation is only for You.
My master sent for you. was to know
7ou by-but need not tell you that.
.e"Of course we will 20, now, we
rave gone so far as this" spoke mn
5tanwood. II am not afraid. Are Won
Beiiton?''
ass- (To BE CONTINUAL,
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nave never seen You IN cettcr Ias
gnise. How on earth did you alter you
voice that way?" Tsft e.
Got professional ventriloquist Il
show me how 10 speak down in m,
throat replied the detective. "Hov
did you drop ON TO me anyway"
You may disguise your face and
voice, said Lampkin. grinning, "bui
your humor. you know. would betray
you anywhere. There is not another
man in America who can get off such
weak, fiabty jokes. All at once vast
tired feeling came over me. felt as il
i were o sort of composite reincarnation
of all the overworked sewing women
that ever died, and then I knew you
were not far away" sss zasc s. at
Hendricks laughed. II presume you
are right. I shall not joke tonight for
fear of recognition.
What's up?" asked Lampkin eager
y. ~.
Want you to take round with me
tonight in a good make up. / left it
down stairs with the elevator boy"
ISIS it the Benton business!"
"Yes."
What's turned up?"
Nothing yet, but am going to try
to make something turn up.
Are the members of the house party
still ct Granger" asked the doctor.
"All Of them. Even Allen has gone
back to his old room. You remem Der
told you that Benton's lawyer. Farm
ball, had missed some of the old mans
papers? Well, he and I have searched
high and low in several directions with
out success. But here is the point Farm
hall has sneaking idea that he is some
thing of an expert in reading character
and has invited the whole party to meet
him at his house tonight. He thinks he
will be able to draw them all out in
conversation and force confession from
some one."
Then be thinks that some member
of the household stole the papers?' ask
ed Lampkin.
eyes, and committed the murder
also.
"Doyou think so, too?'' asked the doc-
tor.
Cant answer that question yet"
smiled the detective. But his idea of |
forcing some one to q confession put an
odd idea into my head. They will be
at his house ut o'clock, and after they |
leave there We'll get in our little |
What's thatf"
Il shan't tell you. Itwould spoil the !
dramatic effect. You'll see it all in the |
nd"
"All right. Have your way" said
Lampkin.
Hendricks turned to the door.
iii run down and get that make ND.
twill add 40 years to your age. Iwant
o try it on you. We may not have
ise for the DISCUSSES, but then, again,
hey may come in very handy. A good
many people know me by sight"
But, said Lampkin, eff Farnhall
hould make some one own up, can you
till carry out your plan?'
Nobody will own up," answered
He's good lawyer, but
oor detective. have made him prom
30 to let me know if he fails, and then
o is to turn the gang over to RE. 1t
'as not possible for you and me to he
resent He was afraid we'd be recog.
lied even in disguise, but we are to
'ait III his dining room till he gets
trough with Them"
And then?' began the doctor. But
nth laugh the detective had opened
ne door and gone down stairs.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-25

Tho editor Of the Pumpkinville Pumnk,n
was buried In thought and-a pile of bills
when visitor entered. ~ - '''''
I've got funny item for your paper -
no said, cninipg to the point at once
Yes, I" replied the editor YEARLY.
''What is its" y. 49,.
"A paid up subscription for year -
and with dollar the visitor ho.,,,
wound OF bis arcssm.-Detroit Free
Press i''' rec
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-25
Four Great Men.

Inc manager OF a French press clIppino
agency, who deals in newspapers of The on,
TIRE world, made a calculation az IN xvho
Is foremost mentioned as public cbaracter
NapoIeon stands first. Then comes tho
emperor OF Germany, then Prince RIs'
stone '"i' o'"u'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-25
The North Walk Mystery.
By WILL N. Harlem.
CONTINUAL

toopyrish,. ise. by WI \. H.rs<a-I
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-09
Glass Skates.
phila delphia Times.

Cinderella's glass slipper bids fair to
become something more than myth
though the modern Cinderella will
need no fairy godmother to furnish
her with a coach in which to reach
home swiftly. Her slippers will an
swer the purpose.
The modern Cinderella's glass slip
per is a skate, of which the upper part
resembles slipper. open behind. with
split "lace up" heel cap. The Age
of Steel describes this new skate rs a
skate of glass, hardened by new pro-
cess to the consistency of steel. Every
part of the skate is glass, from the
slipperlike upper to the glittering
blade.
1t is said that the glass blades are
much more slippery than steel ones
and that they will run almost as well
over rough snow-covered ice, as on a
smooth ice sheet, and will also go cas-
lily over inequalities, twigs, and other
Instructions.
They are made very sharp, and are
so hard that it is almost impossible to
blunt them. They are unlike steel
skates, in that they never need grind
ing and never rust.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-09

in the safe and the door OF the office
unlocked. He crossed the street and
was absent about 80 minutes. When
he rsturned the safe had been robbed.
Hank thinner, a buggy-washer, who
had been engaged in washing windows,
has disappeared. The last heard Of
him he was headed toward Milton.
George Vanduyn blew his brains
out Thursday night at the Pioneer
house at Aberdeen. lie was about
3S years old and unmarried. He came
to Aberdeen from Eugene, Or. He
was last seen alive about I o'clock in
the morning. He was slightly under
the influence of liquor, and evidently
committed the deed as soon as he
entered the room, but his body was
not discovered until noon next day,
when the chambermaid entered the
room
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-09
The Presidemtial Pendulum.

The last seven presidential elections
have been carried alternately, with
the regularity of IL four-year clock, by
each of the two great political parties.
The record is:
lS72-Grant, Republican.
IS7G-Tilden, Democrat.
lSS0-Gartield, Republican.
1SS4-Cleveland, Democrat.
1SSS-Harrison, Republican.
lS92-Cleveland, Democrat.
1S9G-Mckinley, Republican.
In 1900, according to the rule, the
President should again be Democrat
Will history repeat itself? And
! who will be the man?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-09

The new skates are as pretty as they
are efficient. They are very nearly
transparent, and i'll some cases the
glass, while i'll the Ii Iuid state, is var
lously colored. Sc eral notable ska
ters are said to have tested them, in
every case with satisfactory results.
SO the pretty skates, with their sharp
blades, will, i'll all probability, soon be
seen skimming over the lakes and
streams, and youths and maidcns who
long ago rclegated the Cinderella story
to the region of their childhood, will
take renewed interest in glass
slippers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-09
Pony Express Riding.

In The Century there is an article
on The Pony Express" between St.
Joseph Mo-, and San Francisco, writ.
ten by w. F. Bailey. The author says ::
Considering the danger encountered,
the percentage of fatalities was extra
ordinarily small. Far more station
employees than riders were killed by
the Indians, and even of the latter more
were killed off duty than on. This can
be explained by the fact that the
horses furnished the riders, selected as
they were for speed and endurance,
were far superior to the mounts OF the
Indians.
There is only one case on record
where rider was caught, and that
was owing to his having been sur
rounded. This occurred in Nebraska,
along the Platte river. He was shot,
and several days later his body was
found. His pony, still bridled and
saddled, was also found with the mail
intact. 1t was transferred to another
horse and soon forwarded to its destin.
alton. In laying out the route through
the Indian country pains were taken
to avoid anything that would afford
cover for an ambushed foe.
One OF the greatest dangers encoun-
tered by the pony express riders was
from immigrants and others who mis-
took them for Indians. In those days
it was shoot first and investigate after
ward, provided the shooter survived to
make an investigation. A number OF
the riders met their death in this way,
being mistaken for Indians, horse
thieves or road agents. 1t is strange
but notable fact that the Indians often
stood and saw the daring riders fly
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-09
A Similar Case.

The Indian may be unsophisticated
by the side of the white man, but
Bishop Whipple, writing in the
Temple Magazine, shows that he has
dry sense of humor.
His Indian flock was visited by a
speculative Yankee who hungered
after their good lands and tried to
persuade them to exchange their res
ervation for worthless tract of
country elsewhere. A council of the
tribe was called together, and the
Yankee addressed the assembly.
"My friends, have lived 55 years
in this world" he said, "and the
winds of 50 winters have blown over
my head and silvered it over with
gray. As a true man l advise you to
accept this new treaty at once"
He sat down, and at the same mo-
ment an old chief sprang to his feet.
"Look at me" he said. "The
winds of IS winters have blown over
ny head and silvered it over with gray,
but they have not blown away my
brains"
"That conference was ended" said
the bishop laconically.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-09
THE CYCLONE.
How This Wonderful and Dcstruc

Aso'' w hNA sahAA A(~'sa ~
tive Air Fury is Formed.
/ To get an idea OF II cyclones forma-
! ton imagine Il large circular pan or
tub with quite a large hole in the
middle of the bottom. With this hole
/ plugged fill the vessel with water
then draw ont the plug and watch.
/ There is first rush Of water from all
| directions toward tl.e hole and IA
turbulent effort to get through. Then
the water surface above begins to sink
and swirl, the particles gradually cir
cling around and around and rushing,
ever faster, toward the center. At
last there is actually hollow space
through the center, around which all
the water in the tub is whirling, slug
gishly near the rim, but with more
and more violent rapidity toward the
middle until it rushes downward
! through the bottom. Now, if that
water were air, you would be- watch
ing Il little cyclone turned upside down,
for the air rushes upward instead of
downward.
In the cradle of cyclones during the
summer months, when the land and
the water grow hotter and hotter be-
cause of the longer days than nights,
a layer OF air, hot, light and full OF
vapor, is for time held down by
denser air above it. Restless, expand
ing, tumultuous, it moves about like a
beast at bay until a thinner place in
the air above is found. Then up it
madly rushes and into the vacuum
left behind the lower atmosphere
hastens from all directions, pushing
and twisting and pouring upward un-
til it has fallen into q regular spinning
around common center.
The cyclone, once formed, rushcs
| away from the tropics toward the
pole, and begins its career of destruc.
tion, bruising, wrecking and sinking
the luckless ships which happen to be
in its path. More and more of the
surrounding atmosphere is drawn
into the whirl until the storm often
covers an area nearly 1000 miles in
diameter. Sometimes it filings itself
upon our Atlantic coast and tears
fiercely through forests, fields a"'l
cities. Then again it sweeps away
across the broad ocean and dashes it.
self upon the coasts of Europe. Once
in a while it so adroitly avoids the
land that we never know it has
passed until ships come in torn and
broken.