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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-01-12

that's the 7lurderer," he remarks as the
detectlVe takes the Sheet
thing in the morning, please That s
all. shall have a good deal mole to
ask you tomorrow. Good night.
Good night Oh-er-I say, Mr.
err
''Darrent.
'Er-Mr: Darrent. Don't you think
that the sheriff may find it worth while
to offer reward pretty soon?'
It is the second time that Dobson has
mentioned the chance of a reward be-
ing offered, and Darrent pauses for q
moment, then suddenly confronts him.
''Now, look here, Dobson,' he says
gently, ''you're simply playing the fool,
and you We given the whole game away
Twice you've asked after reward
That means you know something more
than you have told me and expect 10 T.,
paid for your kno Wedge. Well, you re
wrong. You won't be. You ought t.
know even if a reward is offered it !:
not paid to those in the service, whose
duty is to do their duty. Come, now.
Dobson. Own up all you know and not
half of it. -
81 know nothing except what I'vt
told you:
Every well, then, Mr.. Dobson, you Il
never get any promotion from yons
mayor or any reward. which your SOIL
so bankers after
''Then you will never know
cha. ha! I've got you! So You dc
know who committed the murderl Very
we'll, Mr.. Dobson, very we'll You are
what the law calls an accessory after
the fact. It's very unenviable posi-
ton, Mr. Dobson. Good nightl''
''Half a minute. :; =
"Good night. I think an accessory
after the facts gets about ten years . =
-. ''Stop!'' -
p '.Well?'' H..
ttI'll tell you all know. .
''That's better. would rather re.
ward than punish. Now show your
sense by telling me everything yon
know, every iota. and your mayor may
probably look over your indiscretion
and remember you when the proper
time comes.
Without answering, Dobson goes over
to a desk, unlocks it and. taking out a
stained and crumpled sheet Of paper
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-01-12
CHAPTER I.
THE 1tCRDER AT THE GRANGE.

THE MURDER AT THE GRANGE.
''Haf an hour latel Of course she is.
What car you expect? It wouldn t
have surprised me if she had been an
hoRr. There must be three feet of snow
between here and Chicago.
''Yep, it be mortal bad winter
Never had s11ch Il stiff one since 81
That WAS the year rs | had 20 cows
froze to death III one night -
eyes: I've heard all about those COWS
before
''It >;::s !. :''<,St S--:oca;nary affair |
said to h:vs:.if Il, | went to bed the
night ,t,l", Now shouldn't be
spTi:.a Il so:i' OF them COWS amt
froze il; =: ;::or;lin
she $ wis: ii,!y
And | sad rs myself just as l was
goin to sleep i shouldn't be s'priSe1
IT some OF them COWS amt froze to
death in III: n!ornin
''Ans! YOU got mp in the morning. and
20 were fie>:!?''
Eyes bat the s.ercr;!:nary part of the
thing is | said to myself. I shouldn't
zoe pr1Sed II some OF them COWS am t
froze.
well. never mind the COWS Here
she comes are You taking any one?'
Zone gent to Norconbe: that's all
Things ain t a bit like they Was when ]
was young, and when they gets the
new railroad s'pose l shall have to go
into the poo1 house
A rumble in the distance growing
nearer and louder gives warning Of tia
approaching train, and in a few seconds
the express from Chicago comes to
standstill in Barnstaple depot and a
solitary passenger alights and stamps
his feet vigorously upon the platform
The station master, forsaking the in.
dividnal whose sole conversational pow.
ers seemed to be confined to reminis-
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cnnbC?''
cences upon the untimely death of his
20 COWS, enters into a lively conversa-
tion with the engineer as to the state
OF the road between Barnstaple and the
end CT the journey. The few passengers
in the train gaze anxiously out of the
steamy windows and growl disconso-
lately. Then the engine gives u mourn
fui boot. disconsolate and fatigued
kind of pull and slowly they leave the
station and issue forth into the night
The lights are lowered, and Barn
staple relapses into slumher
'Well, that's a bad journey over,
soliloSuizes the traveller left upon the
platform as he endeavors to restore b.,
circulation by variety of ingenious
adaptations" f the cellar flap Nov for
the worst p;srt--seven miles along coun-
try roads in some ra1nshackle convey
ance, ! snl':n's"
BE you the gent as wants to 20 to
Norco1nhe?'
Yes Have you got carriage?'
1T would be no matter Of use AIRY
in to get four wheels to Norcombe, SO
I've brought dogcart. and don't
s'pose Well get there in that It be
mortal bad night -"
'Well, We'll try, eh?'
Yep we Il try, the man answers
in melancholy voice as he chambers
into the high dogcart, while the pas
senger takes seat by his side and,
CHANGING at the horse. estimates that
the driver is not very far wrong and
that they are not likely to get to Nor
colnbe after all But in two seconds he
has altered his opinion altogether and
arrived at the conclusion that he does
not know horse from tenpenny nail
''Old man, he would often say aft
srward III recounting the incident to
some particular chum. "if you want a
sure cure for ennui or a sluggish liver
try seven mile ride on frosty night.
with the roads like sheet Of glass, be-
hind a Kentucky nag Tobogganing in
Canada 8 fool to it. If you'd seen
that horse. that looked as if he couldn't
raise enough energy to drag a hearse.
take slippery hill, nearly as steep as
the side of house. at an easy trot,
without so much as winking, you d
have gasped, and when he got to the
top and went full speed down the other
side your only regret would have been
that you hadn't doubled the amount of
your accident insurance Of all horses
In the world give me Kentucky horse,
as fast as a railroad train and as sure
footed as mule Imagine my boy, a
seven mile drive on frosty moonlight
night behind quadruped that treated
the whole affair as a joke and then
Imagine Jay, with the reins in his
hand, who did nothing but say He
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And there it ceased. as the peo had
evidently fallen from the dying fingers
and had rolled across the sheet. leaving
blots in it's track.
''Where was this?''
''Crumpled up in Marsden's hand
Murdered by Astra'- -
''By Astray, don't You see? He had
not strength to finish it. The " is
missing =
':Huml So Astray Marsden is the
murderer, and you intended to hold
this for the reward or else blackmail
Astray Marsden. chr
II put it by and forgot it. q
''That's a lie. Dobson," he answers
as he carefully folds the paper and
places is in his pocketbook. ''You could
not have forgotten it in couple Of
days. Have you shown it to any one 2''
Dobson shifts uneasi]y and tries to
avoid the fixed gaze of the detective: Il
''Weu. answer up" 81
':Only to young Marsden-to Astray -
when and where?'
1.-The day after the murder, at the
Palace hotel. where he had put up"
"Well, what did he do?''
''Said he'd come round and see me
later. j
"Well, did her,
''No; he skipped"
II see Well. Mr. Dobson. whether
he committed the murder or not, +
should advise you to be very careful, !
my friend. You may find that you've
got yourself into serious trouble. To-
morrow morning go over The Grange.
I shan't want you. Send your patrol
man to meet me there at 9 Don't for
get Good night.
Darrent turns on his heel and leaves
Mr.. Dobson to his own reflections,
which, to judge from that gentleman's
expression of countenance as he modify
pulls at his pipe as he sits before the
fire. are not Of very enviable descrip-
ton
In the short walk from the police sta &
ton to the Palace hotel Herbert OAR
rent 1narshals his facts 4
The old man. reputed a miser, mur1
dered. the footprints in the snow lead 9
ing one way only: the return Of Astray
Marsden On the fatal night; the mys-
FERROUS visitor Of the morning, claiming
to be Il detective. who had taken mere
~ set Of ivory chessmen when one
would have assumed that the weapon
with which the deed was done would
have been the first consideration. That
factor in itself was problem Then
there was the writing Of the dead man
that seemed to reveal the name Of the
murderer at once and to make all clear
That paper accused the man who two.
years ago quarreled with old Marsden, !
the man who only returned to Nor
combe on the night Of the murder and
had since fed-Astray Marsden. q
Herbert Darrent felt that indeed all
his art would be needed in this investi-
cation. for he knew better than any
one that the cases that seemed to be-
over before they had really commenced
very often proved to be almost unsolv-
able mysteries -
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Eyes. he did :
"What77' -

What o. go.
.''Some chessmen- - '.. ...t,*
''Chessmen p :. : 80.
''Ns; set Of carved Indian chess
men-hOrses and elephants and things
He said that he had an idea they had
something to do with the MURDER
IA set of carved chessmen-ivory.
SUPPOSE
eyes.
Anything else1
Nothing
"You re sure he took nothing else?"
''Certain
VERY we'll. Mr.. Dobson. shall re-
port your idiocy to your mayor OAR
rent remarks as he finishes writing in
his pocketbook and rises from, his seat
what tho DEUCE he mutte-s to him.
self. ''did he take Get of chessmen for
and leave tho knife, and who the dick
ems is hep
''Do you want to know anything
else?' Dobson sulkily asks as he re-
lights his pipe. which he has let go out
during the cross examination
Eyes: give me the name and partic-
ulars about every one related to or
friendly with the dead man. Any sons 2
mo; at least don't know Perhaps
he is his son. You never know. Old
Marsden always said he adopted him
I don't believe it.
'Never mind what you believe, Mr
Dobson. I'm asking for facts Well.
who is it7'
''Astray Marsden
"Astray-curious name"
Eyes; old Marsden said he was a
stray when he found him. and he stuck
to the name. It was his joke. .
II see Where is this Astray?''
''Quarreled with old Marsden cou-
pie Of years ago and went abroad.
"Ohl Never been seen in Sorcombe
SINCE chr
Dobson hesitates under the keen eyes
of the detective, who. it seems to him,
is reading his Utmost thoughts. It will
be no good trying to keep anything
from Herbert Darrent, so he suddenly
blurts out. ''Came back on the night of
the murder.
Il see, says Darrent, again writing
in his pocketbook "What time?''
Il saw him about half past TO-
''Did he seem strange in his manner
at ALP
''Not particularly; only bit ex-
cited"
"Did he mention old Marsden?''
"No'
"Where< did you meet him."
"At the corner Of the road that
branches off to The Grange.
''How was he dressed?''
Long overcoat and soft hat
''Was it showing then?''
mo; didn't commence till H.
Fright. Thank you. Mr. Dobson
Now. do you know any one else con
nected with old Marsden either here or
at Barnstaple?'
''Only one or two distant relatives
and acquaintance.
Every we'll. You can employ the rest
Of your evening by making me com
plete list of them. and say all you know
about them. Have it ready by the first
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-01-12

hands it to Darrent. 81
''That's the murderer, !" he remarks
as the detective takes the sheet: a s
Darrent carefully examines the paper
"a sheet of note paper stained with
one or two nasty smears- and then, in
almost illegible writing:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-27
LONESOME AMONG CROWDS.
Travelling Men often heel Want of Com
panionship IN strange Places.

Travelling Men Often Feel Want of Com
panionship Ia Strange Places.
There are many degrees OF lOneli-
ness reiisctiYely remarked "A grizzled
commercial traveller. but there is one
me WORST OF all tell you" continued
the man OF mileage books aud sample
trunks. III is the sensation that comes
over ulan, especially a young man,
when he is on train carrying him mt
a great city for the first time. IL geu=
orally strikes him as the outskirts Of
the city ase reached and the twinkllng
electric lamps begin TO come into view.
As tile train gets nearer the center Of
the city and the lights multiply ten
fold the sensation increases almost In
Ike proportion. but IL doesn't get in lis
best ticks until the train stops in the
center Of tile big station aud the passen-
gers begin to disembark.
Here is where the newcomer feels
indeed that he is a stranger in "a strange
land. Say the trainload numbers 800
or 100 passengers. Ii seems to him that
every other man aud woman has some
friend or relative TO meet him. or else
knows exactly where 10 20 10 meet
friends and acquaintances. and how to
get there quickest As for himself. he
may know the name of the hotel al
which he intends to stop. but he has
never seen 1t aud he hasn't the slight
est idea in what direction to go to reach
H. lie has TO turn 10 a policeman for
directions as TO its location or 10
hickman to haul him there. II any man
ever thinks Of his home town. where he
knows everybody and everybody knows
him: where lie can go about blindfold-
ed almost as well ms with his eyes open.
he thinks of 1t then. And. In nine times
out of ten, he wishes himself back
there.
with the second trip 10 city the
lonely feeling begins to wear of. and.
after a while, the victim OF II grows to
looking forward to getting back there
again. But II hits the most OF us hard
the first time. just as have described
and It's n mighty depressing sensation.
you may well believe. "-Phlladelph!a
Inquirer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-27
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

Statute to license and regulate the
business of commission merchants, or
persons selling agricultural products
and farm produce on commission. Is
held in State ex rel. Beck rs. Wagner
Mimi, 46 l.. Il. A. 442, TO be a valid
exercise of the police power, aud not
an infringement OF the constitutional
rights of such merchants.
A statute making 1t unlawful TO work
more than eight hours per day In mines
or smelters Is held, In re Morgan tColoJ,
AZ l.. X. A. 81, to he In violation OF con
stitutional guarantees Of liberty aud the
right 10 acquire. possess and protect
property, Notwithstanding a decision OF
the Supreme Court of the United States
holding that the Federal Constitution
was not violated by such a statute.
Service on a person of a notice of suit
against him in another State, made only
Ave days before he is required TO APP
pear, and when It would take four days
Of constant travelling TO reach the court
giving him but one day, and that sun
day. to prepare for the trip, without
any allowance for accidental delays, Is
held by the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States In Roller VS.. Holly, L. s,
Adv. Sheets, 410, insufficient to consti-
tute reasonable notice or due process
of law, though the suit is for the fore
closure of a lien upon land within the
Jurisdiction of the court.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-27
,,.x,c., Letter writer's.

Perhaps there Is no more character
istIc sight In Mexico than the so called
"eyangellstasn who ply their trade In
the Plazuela de Belem and the Plaque
In of Santo Domingo. Those who oper-
ate I'm the former spot make a specially
of writing letters to the inmates of the
prison for their Illiterate relatives on
the outside. but the "eyangellstas" who
may be seen any day In the Plnzuela or
santo Domingo do general business.
They write love letters. matchmaking
letters and all sorts Of letters for those
who do not know how to write at
rate of 3, @. o or more cents. according
to the length OF the missive. They
also undertake without extra charge tn
write the address on the envelope and
to attach the required stamp, but for
the latter they make an extra charge
of a cent Ii Is hardly necessary TO
state that only very ignorant people.
who are totally unacqualnted even
with the simple formallties OF mailing
u letter In addition to not knowing
how to write. have recourse 10 the
evanGellstas for stamps. - Mexican
Herald.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-27
GENESIS OF GLASS WINDOWS.

They Were Not Used In Dwellings
Till Long After Their Discovery.
The method of preparing glass was
known long before IT was thought OF
making windows of It, Rich people In
Rome had their windows, or the open
Ing of their baths, filed With mica or
transparent stone. 1t Is supposed that
glass was used for windows during the
reign of Titus, fragments Of glass plate
having been found at Pompell, which
was destroyed in his reign, but the first
certain mention of this use OF glass Is
found In writings OF the third century.
st. Jerome also speaks OF 1t as used A.
d. APO. Benedict Biscop introduced
glass windows in Britain A. d. GA,
though they may have previously been
brought In by the Romans.
The oldest glass windows at pres
ent existing are Of the twelfth century
and are In the church of St. Denis.
They appear to have been preserved as
part Of the old church. which was
erected before the year 1i40 by the Alb
bot Suger, favorite of Louis lie Gros.
Suger had sapphires pounded up and
mixed with the glass to give 1t blue
tint A writer of the period accounted
1t one of the most striking instances Of
splendor which he met In Vienna In
145S that most of the houses had glass
windows. Another authority, Felibien,
says that In his time Q60O round glass
discs were set in the windows of Italy,
and we find that in France there were
glass windows In all the churches in
the sixteenth century. though there
were few in dwelling houses. The
manufacture of window glass In Eng
land was begun in Criticized Friars,
London, early In the sixteenth cen
fury.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-27
A DIPLOMATIC LIBRARIAN,
He Pleased the Politician Wttba.,
Giving Ills Friend "a posItIo.

He Pleased the Politician withu..
Giving Ills Friend "a Position.
When Mr. Putnam was the head Of
the Public library In Boston. a ward
leader Of that city called on him TO REQ.
ommend henchman for a place In the
library.
There was no reason why the libra.
rian should not have refused at once
and peremptorily to appoint him, but
he chose to follow another course.
After a few minutes talk with the
politician Mr. Putnam asked him
whether he had ever been through all
the departments Of the Institution.
II never have, but I'd like to see it,
replied the politician.
ut win give me much pleasure to TO
with you" said Mr.. Putnam.
Mr.. Putnam took him behind the
counters and through the building
from top 10 bottom. explaining the
character and the magnitude of the
work In detail. He further pointed out,
without seeming to do so. the varied
duties Of the employees and the attain.
ments they must possess to do the
work. When the tour was ended, Mr..
Putnam said:
I'm pleased 10 have had a chance
to show the library TO you, and II your
friend Will ill out an application blank
and send IT, and IL he passes the neces.
sary examination, | think there viii
be no difficulty In placing his name on
the waiting list"
The politician, however. had seen
enough OF library work to convince
him that his constituent could find no
place on the stan, and the blank was
never filled out. But to the day he left
Boston Mr.. Putnam had no warmer ad.
mirer In that city than this same ward
leader-Collier's Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-27
-------------------
The SOUTH'S SMALL FEET.
Shorter Than Northern Feet and with
More Aristocratic Insteps.

shorter Than Northern Feet and with
More Aristocratic Insteps.
'There Is no doubt marked differ
ence," said the manufacturer to the
New Orleans Times Democrat man, "in
the size and shape of the average foot
north and south of Mason and Dixon's
line. A great deal OF nonsense has
been written about the so-called "cre.
ole last but the shoe best adapted to
high-class Southern trade does DOS.
sess certain distinguishing features of
its own. II Is shorter than the North.
ern shoe. to begin with, and has a much
higher instep. The difference In the in.
step varies from one-half to one and a
half Inches, which Is equivalent to say.
ing that man with typical Southern
foot could not get into shoe made on
a typical Northern last. The creole
model cuts less of figure In the trade
now than 1t did formerly, for two rea.
sons; First. people wear looser foot
gear at present than they used to and
the distinctive points are not SO notice
able, and. second, an immense num-
Der OF Northern folk have come into
the South and the local manufacturers
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-27
The Belief In Charms.

A belief In charms has existed in all
ages and has been shared by all peo-
pies. 1t is a natural result OF superstl-
ton. The phylacteries worn by Mo-
hammedan and Jewish women on the
forehead form but one phase of this
universal belief. Faith, however, Is
deemed essential and is true of all tai
ismans that are copied from old pat.
terms and not constructed according to
the rules of the cabalistic art.
Talismans to be efflcaclous must be
constructed when the planets are In
benefic configuration. 1t Is then that
the magic geometrical words and fig
ures inscribed thereon are more potent
in their results for good. The date of
birth Of the person for whom the tails
man is made must also be considered.
so that his particular lucky star Is TAX
en- into consideration.
Many great men were believers In
talismans and wore them constantly.
Napoleon especially was very supersti.
tious and carried on his person a charm
given to him by an Egyptian priest.
which he regarded as being RESPONSE
BILE for his great success In battle. The
Rothschlld family. 1t Is said, also has
a tallsman. which is an heirloom. 1t Is
IN the shape of a snuffbox and Is said
to have brought the family the great
wealth for which 1t Is celebrated.-New
York Herald.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-27
The Burning Question.

We're kind of on the anxious seat just
now In our town
We're soon to be pulled up with pride or
sadly beaten down;
There's some Of us Republicans and some
are Democrats,
And each crowd wants its man to win
when lection comes, but that's
Not what we're thinkin' most about-the
thing we'd like to know
Is what the hggers gethered by the cen.
sus men'll show,
For we've done lot of boastin and wen
all be pretty sick
Unless our town is bigger than the town
across the crick
We've had our arguments about the
Briton and the Bocr
We've wrangled and we've tangled. but
they trouble us no more;
We've split up on expansion and dis.
cussed the Philippines,
And we've had lot OF tits about the
question of canteens:
We nearly had riot over Aguinaldo. too
And a lot OF us have worried as TO what
the trustl do,
But the question now before us-and we
want 1t settled quick
Is whether we've been galnin' on the
town across the crick.
We've discussed the labor troubles with
the strikin' and the fights.
And we've taken sides about them md
we've jawed with all our nights;
We've worried over China and the mis-
sionaries there
And we've talked about the burdens that
the poor folks have to bear,
But at present there's a question that ia
greater than them all,
And 1t amt the one Of winnln' at the
lection In the fall,
For we've done lot of boastin' and
we'll all be mighty sick
II this town don't show up bigger than
the town across the crick.
IS. u. Kiser.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-27

A barrister riding his bicycle on a
path was caught by a policeman. The
gentleman at once came off the path
and tried to reason with the policeman.
you aren't really going to run me
IN for thisT he asked.
Eyes, sir. l can't help It,"
"Well, come In here Ia public house
close by), and we will talk about It,"
The policeman followed the gentle.
man, who ordered two glasses Of beer,
one for himself, the other for the po-
liceman, both of which were finished
before he again remarked:
Surely you are not really going to
make a fuss about thisr'
81 must. sir. It's my business"
"Ah! Then at the same time 1t will
be my business to report you for drink
ing beer while on duty"
The policeman's expression sudden
ly changed
You're lawyer. I suppose. sirT
"Yes."
And n sharp one. too" he said as
he went out and left the gentleman
10 continue his ride.-London Answers.