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CHAPTER z.

WAS LADY FLORENCE MosTYN A THIEF?
I had a good deal to think about
while I was dressing for dinner that
evening. The day before had bemoan-
ed the utter absence of clew, and now
was in possession Of information va
ried and unexpected. had got on the
tracks of Mr.. Arthur Durant with very
little difficulty Then had come the dis
oovery of the photograph Of the unknown
lady in Mr.. Gates room, which had
afforded me much surprise and given me
no little matter for reflection. And final.
~ Mr.. Finnecure Vandeleur had startled
me with what he had told me of the
recent life of Lady Florence Mostyn.
What l had learned in Gates room
had not been very tangible, but the ac'
tor had given me facts and data which
were invaluable-provided they were
correct. They opened out quite new
chapter in the history of the unfortunate
womau-a chapter which seemed to be
as varied as it was discreditable. 1t was
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Lambert was fair and the other man
dark. But even then we cannot be sure
that be was really her brother, not un-
til we find the man himself. which
may not be an easy matter. "
1.-THE one armed man may have Joined
theatrical company again.
HE may, and in that case it ought
not to be difficult to trace hi-z-one
armed actors are not so very common.
But hardly think he would take kind
ly to the stage again after a successful
robbery. You may depend upon it he is
busy with other little ventures in that
direction.
"You take a very gloomy view Of
things, Duncan" said Mabel, with q
weary sigh.
perhaps do, dear, but the further
we get into this awful affair the more
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was we'll known mana devout
churchman, pillar Of the state-and
he was the only son. But stop! The
duke had married widow. She might
have child by her former husband. !
wired off at once on this point to Wray.
and had his reply by the next post.
eyes, he wrote. "There was child
"a boy Robert. He was about 5 years
old when his mother married the duke
Of course that was before my time, and
| never saw the lad, but 1 have heard
others speak of him at times. He seems
to have bsen bright, intelligent boy,
but very headstrong and he never got
on particularly we'll with his stepfather
i'm fact, he always seemed to be in hot
water with the duke As long as his
mother lived matters were smoothed
over. but. she died when Florence was
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| butt it is reasonably certain that it was
either Rev. William Dixon, or Rev. Peter
McMullen. Among the people OF the
vicinity known to have been present
were Charles McIlwain, Joseph Miller
Samuel Barron, John Barron, James
johnson, Philip Sandifer, Milus Carroll
and Thomas Simpson. The four frs
named were elders, and among those
named were several who had withdrawn
from the Associate Reformed congrega'
ton at Ebenezer, on account Of the adop'
ton of Watts hymns by the church al
that place. The new church, however
was organized under the auspices of the
Associate presbytery, and continued in
that presbytery until 1894, when it was
admitted into the Associate Reformed
presbytery.
The first preachers at Tirzah were Rev.
VIM. Dixon and Rev. Cree, who made ap'
pointments there at convenient Intervals
for a number of years, when they were
succeeded by Rev. w. NJ. McElwee, who
probably served from about lS27-wher
the congregation built frame house Of
worship-until 1888, when he demitted bis
charge on account of the slavery question
and went to Pennsylvania. He was sue
ceeded by Rev. Thomas Ketchen. Their
came Rev. L. Mcdonald, the church
having, in the meantime, passed into the
Associate Reformed presbytery. Rev. L.
Mcdonald served from 1s4S to 1851 and was
succeeded by Rev. Stafford Curry Millen
who Identified his charge in 1855. During
1857 the church was moved to its present
site, and in 1859 Rev. Robert Latham was
installed as pastor, continuing in that re-
lation for about 25 years, after which he
was succeeded, in 1885, by Rev. J. c. Gal
loway, who was succeeded by the present
pastor, Rev. B. H. Grier in 1894.
At the present time, the membership al
Tirzah is about 65, and the officers at the
head of the church organization are as fol-
lows: Elders-W. j. Miller, Alexander
A. Barron, w. E. Gettys, j. A. McFad'
den. Deacons-W. w. Miller, T. A. Bar.
ron, John NJ. McIlwaine.
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"And to think that Georges life has been
aCreckcd tor such u 1UOmdn"
perhaps not very surprising to find her
adopting the stage as profession, but
to come across her upon terms of the
greatest intimacy with disreputable
tenth rate actor was, to put it mildly.
surprising. If she had eloped with him.
who was the mysterious third party who
had so suddenly interviewed, and what
hold had be upon her? If he were the
man with whom she had eloped, what
business had she to be so friendly with
the one armed man?
The whole story seemed so frightfully
involved that the more | puzzled over
it the farther did seem from clew.
was engaged to dine with the Fentons
that evening, and as walked to their
house | could not help regretting
should have to tell Mabel the miserable
story that Mr. Finnecure Vandeleur
had related to me- l should be obliged
TO do so, for l kept her informed Of ev-
cry move and every fresh item of infor-
uaClOQ. SUS WOulu IO NouOc oS epAS w
suggest some theory Oh this, the latest.
development.
At dinner only commonplaces were
discussed, but afterward | had her to
myself, and at once told her all l had
learned that afternoon. Mr.. Gates in
formation did not seem to strike her as
very valuable, but she was much inter-
ested in the photograph incident When
I gave her Mr.. Finnecure Vandeleur' s
tale, she could not repress all exclama-
tion of dismay, and she walked up and
down the room with undisguised emo
tion.
"And to think that Georges life has
been wrecked for such woman! It's
awful, Duncan-simply awful! How he
could have been so deceived in her
really cannot understand. y
"It certainly looks very shady" "
SHADY! l should think so! She
must have been horrible woman.
And yet my friend Parson Wray
who saw her daily at her home, tcld me
that she was utterly charming and a
general favorite He was quite enthusi'
astic about her..
Its simply incomprehensible, Ma
bel replied, THAT woman of that sort
should SO soon be found mixing up with
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GLASS DAGGER. HHR
RvwETHERLEY CHESNEY.
Copyright, 1899, by Weatherley Chesney.

Copyright, 1899, by Weatherley Chesney.
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INsTALLMENTs.
In order that new readers of THE EN-
oUIRER may begin with the following in
stallment of this story, and understand II
Just the same as though they had read II
all from the beginning, we here give a
synopsis of that portion of it which has
already been published:
Commander Duncan Brett, R. N, har-
ing been accepted by Mabel Fenton, on
his way home finds her brother George
bending over the dead hody of woman.
In her hand is the broken on NIT OF 9
glass dagger-a curi0 which has hung III
Georges room-the blade buried in the
woman's heart. A man, Fitzgerald, en-
deavors to take possession Of the womsn's
iewelry. Brett interferes, whereupon the
man denounceS him to the police as the
murderer, and he is marched to the sta
ton. Brett proves his innocence and is
discharged. George Fenton endeavors to
escape, but after long flight is last ar
rested, charged with the murder OF Harrl-
ct Staples, a woman to whom he has long
been known to be attached. Mabel Fen
ton has faith in her brothers. innocence.
She tells Brett that if George is guilty she
will never marry him, being the sister oi
murderer. Mr.. Keighley Gates is heard
talking about the glass dagger. Brett re-
solves to establish Georges Innocence.
George describes the murder of Harriet
Staples as he witnessed it. She refused tn
marry him. He turned from her, heard
her fall and SAW man running away, the
dagger being in her breast. Brett gets
Harriet Staples photograph and discov-
ers that it is the likeness of Lady Florence
Mostyn, daughter of the Duke Of Lgndy.
Brett calls upon keighley Gates ana no
tices in drawer of Gates desk photo
graph of a woman which be recognizes as
one he had seen in Scotland Yard over the
name of Lady Florence Mostyn: Brett
finds a visitor in his room, Mr.. Vandel,
eur, an actor who tells him that be had
played with Lady Florence Mostyn, or
Mary Western, or Harriet Staples, or
whatever she might be, and through Van
deleur, Brett gels on the track OF Arthur
Durant and is led to believe that the muir
dered woman was disreputable.
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ag At Quebec the winter markets
are very curious. Everything is frozen.
Large pigs, killed perhaps months be.
fore, may be seen standing frozen in
the butchers shop. Frozen masses OF
beef, mutton, deer, fowl, cod, haddock,
and eels, long and stiff, like walking
sticks, abound on the stalls. Milk al
so is kept frozen, and is sold by the
pound, in masses which look like
Jumps of white marble.
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mysterious and complicated it becomes
That must be my excuse.
/ wrote off to Wray for particulars
of the brothers. appearance, and the
next morning first thing set off to call
upon Mr.. Keighley Gates about the
mysterious photograph had seen in his
room.
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p4~ Good manners consist entirely
in making your company feel at home.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08
PRIEST RIVER.

From Our Special Correspondent.
"Shorty" Peterkin has returned
from tire faEes, Where he Has been
sojournng for some time.
Mr.. George Rswcoh1b returned from
Spokane on last Sunday and remain
ed here until after the 4th.
Robert S. Bragaw, supervisor of
the Priest River Forest Reserve, has
been in town for few days.
Miss Lenora Saunders, of Calspel
Valley, is visiting her friend Miss
Elsie Jones.
The Fourth Of July was celebrated
here in an enjoyable manner, not
withstanding that the sports were cut
short by rain IN the afternoon. The
most interesting feature of the day
was the base ball game between the
Priest River home team and the Pend
d. O'Reille nine. The game was
called at the close of the fifth inning
on account Of the rain, the score be-
ing 6 to 5 in favor of the home team
The game was noted for few errors
and clever intield playing. The bat
terry for the Priest River boys. James
McAbee and A. J. Feary, was superb
while the battery work of John L.
Mcdonald and G. Feary was without
fault. The fireworks in the evening
were beautiful and the dance was the
social success of the season. Many
visitors were present from Laclede,
Newport and the surrounding towns.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08
ENDERs-BUrTERFIELD.

John +. Enders and Miss Bessie
Buttertleld, two of Post Falls most
highly respected young people were
quietly married here on Thursday
evening. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. Z. A. Walker at the par
sonage In the presence of Mrs. d. F.
Aollister and Mrs. Robert S. McCrea,
who were called in to act as witnesses.
Mr.. Finders has resided in Post Falls
for many years and is one of that
towns most enterprising business
men, Miss Butterfeld is the daugh-
ter Of w, j. Bdtteraeld,. the well.
known merchant OF. Post Falls
She has been'ensaged In school work
in this county for several years and
nas been eminently successful as an.
Instructor. She is an elccutiohist of
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08
mr.. ALCORN ARRESTED in
MONTANA.

Sheriff Bradbury returned from
Hamilton, Montana, on Wednes-
day evening with DR.. Alcorn, who
is wanted in Harrison for causing
the death of Cora Burke by means
of a criminal operation. The ar
rest was made by the sheriff OF
Ravellai county, Montana, on last
Monday morning on a telegram
from Sheriff Bradbury OF this
county.
How Alcorn evaded the officers
of Shoshone county is mystery, as
at least a dozen men were on the
lookout for him in Wardner, WAL
lace and other towns in the Occur
d'Alenes. The supposition is that
he went on foot over the old Muir
ray trail to Thompson Falls.
Alcorn when arrested was IN
company with a woman whom he
claimed to have married a short
time ago. They were making
their way up Bitter Root valley,
evidently trying to get away from
telegraphic communication. They
had but little money as the Doctor
had been compelled to pawn his
instruments with farmer near
Stevens lille for six dollars. The
arrest was made at daylight on
Monday morning, the couple hav-
ing spent the night in the woods
several miles above Stevensville.
Alcorn seemed perfectly willing to
come back with the sheriff without
requisition papers. Yesterday he
was taken to Harrison and arraign-
ed before Justice of the Peace
Thompson from whose court the
warrant was issued. He entered
a plea of not guilty and the pre-
liminary examination was set for
Friday, July 18th.
The crime for which the Doctor
was arrested has already been told.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08
A BENEFICENT FELLOW.

The following touching excerpt
is taken from the Portland Ore
CONAN:
The Mckinley administration has
made most disgraceful appointments
to office at the behest of unscrupu-
lous politicians. 1t has betrayed the
civil service to the spoilsmen, paral-
yzed the organization of the army, vio-
lated its pledges as to currency reform
hunliliated its most efficient servants
and dscredited American intelligence
and yalor IN the eyes of the civilized
worltk
Ina time for courage 1t has quail
ed. III Ia titge for decision it has hes
itated. IN a't!me for action IT has
delayed. In artime FOR honest deal
ing it has paltereyf' and, equvocated.
Its policy has been tu7 drift it's aim
has been to placate' everybody how
yer unworthy, and cater toreverything
however mischievous; its course has
been to sacrifice any and every Vital
interest of the nation on che altar OF
partisan and personal politics.
This is from the facile per ofla1
gentleman who, in the canpaignof
1896 raked the vocabularies of both
heaven and earth in the search for
different and various kinds, of fooI
with which to stigmatize those who
opposed the election of the. pres
ent administration. This is from
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SENEAQUOTEEN.

From Our Special Correspondent.
Mrs. Grace and daughter, Mrs.
Frank Horn, and Mr. Horn returned
today from business trip to Spo
kane.
Mrs. Lyman Markham returned
from Spokane to-day. She has been
5here for two weeks.
Lena Fox came home today from
an extended visit to her fathers near
Spokane.
DR.. Almore il down on his ranch
now and will stay for number of
weeks.
One Of the Japs was hurt last week
by hand car running over him. lie
was not seriourly inj ured and will be
around again in day or so.
Mr.. Long. an old and experienced
trapper, was at Laclede this week,
stopping there on his way to Priest
River.
Miss Williams and her aunt, Mrs.
Crenshaw, went to their home in
Portland on Saturday morning. They
have been the guests of the Crenshaw
family for the past two weeks.
Miss Gordon, Mrs. Brady, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Markham and Dean and Nora
Weimer spent their 4th in Priest
River.
A. Christensen went to Spirit Val
ley on his wheel Thursday returning
home Friday.
Mr.. L. Piorier,of Spirit Valley was in
SeneaQuoteen this week, transacting
business.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08

THE rural school house of today
is vast improvement upon the
primitive log cabin or our grand
fathers, with it's slab benches and
creased paper windows, but it is
yet long way from what it should
be. AS rule it is planned and
built by some local carpenter who
has never constructed anything
more pretentious than a sheep
shed or summer kitchen, and
with total disregard to the COM
fort of both teacher and pupils.
This spring has witnessed the
building of several fine school
houses in this county. In most
cases they were erected by skilled
workmen and are credit not only
to the district in which they are
located, but to the county at large.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08

THE general commanding in
Porto Rico has promulgated law
prohibiting the discounting or dis
crediting any kind of American
money under penalty of $500 fine
for each ofense. Had law of
this kind been promulgated at
home against the gold stipulation
in notes and contracts; against the
discriminating acts Of the United
States treasurer, there would not
now be any twaddle about accent
dollars; no two hundred and sixty
seven million-dollar new bonded
Indebtedness, and "Grover the
Pig" might now be Grover, the
Great.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08

the pen Of him, who, in the Bryan
campaign, laid down the PROPOSE
ton, and hammered it week in and
week out, that the common peo-
pie, because Of their ignorance,
should be barred the fight to vote
upon Tie itsoney Question; and in
sisted that the ali of wisdom, of
honesty OF purpose and fearless
fectitude5 lay with the republican
nominee. This is from the pen of
the sky-blue ass who gloried in
the sole distinction of having car
ried the state of Oregon for Nc
Kinley, sound money and pros
perity.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08

SECRETARY Alger is a joker.
Having become a candidate for
United States senator on the plat
form of opposition to trusts, he
holds that it would not do for him
to resign his place in the cabinet,
as that might put the administra-
ton in the attitude of favoring
trusts. At least his resignation
might be so construed, and as he
does not wish to place the pfesi'4
dent in such a position, he will not
resign. The idea that Alger is
against trusts, or that anybody
would regard the president as
friendly to the combinations if he
should accept the secretary's res
ignation or force him out of the
cabinet, is about as humorous as
anthing ever conceived even by
Mark Twain. Alger was one of
the organizers of the Diamond
Match trust, and an inquiry would
doubtless develop that he is now
the owner Of a variety of fat-pay-
ing trust stocks.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08

BRyAn's book Republic Of En-
pire, is at last in the Hands Of the
people. 1t finds 4 desefted held.
The expansiohistsj like tile poor
Filippinos, Have taken to the brush.
The big city Republican papers
have lei theiflseives down easy and
ceased to agitate the question. A
few Of The Country fry are yet bray
ing, but as the London Chappie
Would say, "They're such awsses,
don'ther know"
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08

SECRETARY Long in a recent in
terview tries to make it appear
that the administration did not
make fight on Admiral Schley,
but the public knows better. He
won the naval victory at Santiago
and the public gave him credit for
it, but the administration tried to
crown Admiral Sampson, their pet
with the glory. The only trouble
with Schley is that he is Mary
land democrat and the administra-
ton tried to rob him of his laurels
as result.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08
Examination of Teachers for State Certifi
Gates and Life Diplomas.

Examination of Teachers for State Certifi-
Gates and Life Diplomas.
Examinations for state certificates
and life diplomas will be held at
Boise and Moscow August 3, and 5,
1899.
State certificates will be granted
only on examination.
Applicants for state certificates will
be examined in the following
branches:
Physics, Literature, General His
tory, Botony, Paper.
In no case shall certificate be
granted unless the applicant holds an
Idaho first grade county certificate,
aud has been engaged in teaching for
at least three years.
Applicants for life diplomas are eX-
AHMED in the following branches:
Political Economy, Zoology, Psy-
chology, Plane Geometry.
In no case shall life diploma be
granted unless applicant holds an
Idaho first grade county certificate,
and has been engaged in teaching for
at least five years, two of which have
been in Idaho.
BY order of
PERMEAL FRENCH,
State Superintendent Of Public In
Struction.
DANIEL VAN DUzER,
County Superintendent of Public In
struction, Kootenai county, Ida.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08
TELL YOUR SISTER.

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the sort that only exists in connec.
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liver and kidneys keeping them in
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css:' Fyr sale by Or. F. Wenz,
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that I. Fred
IL. Bradbury, Sheriff of Kootenai
county, State of Idaho, will apply to
the Commissioners of Kootenai coun-
ty state of Idaho, during their regu.
lar session in July, 1899, for authori-
ty to appoint such deputies as the
business of this office may require.
FRED. II. BRADBURY,
Sheriff of Kootenai County
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08

some ability and an effort was made
TO have her read the Declaration OF
Independence here on July 4th. HE
SILVER BLADE Joins with host OF
friends in wishing Mr.. and Mrs, En-
ders abundant happiness in married
life
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08

can people.
In what it has accomplished in
directing political thought to new
questions the peoples party move
ment has been refiiark ably suecess-
full.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08

THE governors of many states
will meet in convention at ST.
Louis on Sept. 70 to discuss the
trust problem. The movement
was started by the governors in
the southern states, the invitation
being sent out by Governor Sayers
of Texas. The northern governors
are notifying him that they will be
in attendance.