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ITO be- continued j
roo MANY LOVE HIM.
Chicago Boy Must Renou nee Sweet
hearts,or Go to Jail.
His Mother rHss Him Arrested and,
Wants WiEs Sent 60 Reform school,
But the Juatice Gives Hin,
One Nore Chance.

This story isn't a tale of win e. women
and song. But it is of kisses, girls anil
perfumery. And, of course, Il is boy
who is the hero According tglthe CHI
eago Chronicle Joseph Fronek, II years.
old. informedsJustnce Dooley, of that
city, that he was not responsible be-
rause bevy of girls had fallen in love
with him. He, in fact, avsrred he
didn't relish the prospect OF being sent
to- a reform school because the fair
maidens of the West side cast longing
eyes at him and kissed him. Naturally
he bought all of them bottles of per-
fumery, IF the same maideus found de-
light in addressing tender lines of love
to him he could not preventit.
Fronek's mother, however, declared
eInphatically that the sweet smiles of
pretty girls had turned THE head. of
her son completely and she wanted him
sent to a reform school foraat least five
years.
Young Fronek lives at So Luther
street, and according to his mother he
has had his hands so fullskeeping APP
pointments with his numerous sweet
hearts he has found little or no time to
hSiP PAO'ANC AOk tllG EnS S1ltl
he was model boy until the numer-
Gus girls OF the West side.began to adj
mire his handsome features.
The loving words they whispered
into his ears and the tender lines of
love which arrived on each mail proved
too much for the idol of all the girls.
Trouble followed when Mrs. Fronek be-
came inquisitive and opened number
of sweet-sceuted letters. When.it de-
veloped in her mind that just abont
every girl on the West side was in love
with her son she understood what allied
him and demanded that he forget he
ever hadseen girl.
But the son refused, to give-up, his
girls and then his mother caused his
arrest
What is the trouble with you, my
young frieRdf' asked Justice .Dooley.
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the white mans vaults some of theif~
surplus cash..
The cashier soon guaxped the situa-
ton and made known. TO the sauxyy
that hetwas ready to take ANYTHING she
had. The old woman of the plains,
with assatisfied grunt- reached for
satehslN No. and opening it she pulled
out roll OF bills. These she handed to
the cashier. He counted out $500. The
second time the old squaw reached for
the bills and again she pulled out $500.
The third time. she. brought to light
big handful of gold coins of different
denominations She hesitated q mo-
ment- and then placed thens carefully
back in the grip. The glitter ofrthe
yellow metal was too much for hcr,In-
dianEnature.
Again she dove to the bottom OF the
handbag and out came another roll of
greenbae}ks. The cashier. was-oom-
pletely astoundeds He counted out an.
other $500. The old squaw closed the.
grip with a snap, and grunting with.
satisfaction reached for satcheR No. 2,
which was being held by the little.
daughter. Opening the grip the wom-
aR disclosed a large number of gold
and silver coins Of all denominations.
There was hurried family csnsulta-
ton, the coins were passed by and
there was another dive-for mere bills.
Out came several smaA rolls and all
were landed on the cashiers window.
Another count and another $500. Grip
No. was closed and the woman of the
=. tepee signified by signs that she was
! through her part of the transaction.
The cashier counted all of the rolls.
prepared eertifcate, of deposit. the
unpronounceable name was affixed and
the business was closed up.
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To your presdmable wish to sayaDer
from unhappiness, and talk TO ven, as
'hough we~had been allies instead Of
enemies. Perhaps 1 may zoe fool for
my pains; but something sseems 10 say
20 me-
something says right. Go oup, he
calculated gruftly.
told him the strange story Of the
past few weeks from begin ming 20 end.
He is doubly a murde rer!' L said.
Ana yet, unless you am 4 | together
can Keep him from IL, he will be your
sisters husband"
III kill him frstr' e: <claimed INV
companion.
Il think the trick can ,e done with.
out resorting to such ey IRENE. meas
ures as that | returned I. especially
III you are willing to cor ne over from
his camp To mine
lie loo'ed at me sharJ ,ly fer n mo-
ment without answering, then he said.
You seem. pretty quici +. I've noticed
In what you've just been telling me- nj
putting tive and two to- sether. We'll.
you say you were at thu Santa Anna
Hotel tie night the muir der was com
mitted ten years ago. YC III knew there
were two men mixed ID in it Yon
remembered one of the IN; would Won
remember the other?"
He was a mere boy - l said .and
it's a long time ago lie nust havo
changed almost beyond recognition"
Hes just twenty nil lie at present:
I've good reasons to kno w, foSPm he.''
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Confound your' he cxc,oimed
What are you about? You must bs
mad 10 attack a stranger without TN
slightest proyocation. Let. me alone
sir. or I'll rouse the carr
wouldn't. you know. 10 II wcr,
YOU. | said. coolIy. for the more exci
ted he grew the more did my calmnes,
come back to me. You've leen plav
ing dangerous game ever since va,
TOOK passage in the American liner st
taui Tor, rather, since Carson WildreS
LOOK IL FOR YOU but you've never, per
maps, steered so close to the wind a,
tonight, when you resorted 10 Iincentii
arisn as finishing stroke"
The fellow stared at me in simulated
nonchalance and defiance. but my hand
was on his shoulder still. and 1 could
feel the shudder that ran through his
body.
Il say you must be mad, !" be reitera
ted
I've been just three days behind
you everywhere since you left. New
York. I've got every link In the evid
ence now, and what with Bennett. OF
Denver, and the proprietor OF the
Santa Anna Hotel, and few others
can burst your wretched Little soaD-
bubble plot in four-and-twenty hours
There's just one way in which you can
stay my hand
whats thatr' He had sroken on
impulsively, before he had stopped To
think. The instant the words were
uttered he saw all that they admitted
and bit his lip. But it was too late: he
was completely trapped
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wiggled his fingers while he cried in
shrill tone; 'Cha Ma Pro Mo Ho He
Ha Ho." Then, while the magistrate
looked on in bewilderment, the pris-
oner placed clay pipe~in his mouth,
withdrew it quickly and clapped his
hands three times.
1.-THE man is Sick" said Justice
Dooley, land should be removed to a
hospital" The policemen and lawyers
smiled.
why all these mysterious signs?"
asked the court, land what is thd
meaning of this strange language?"
Yer honor, sees it now. Some one
las made fool aV me-" said the pris-
ooer. "A scary-faced young fellow
with long hair and sunken eyes dis
covered me in my cage and says he:
The judge is a member of the same
society as you. Give him the secret
sign and it's let ye go he will 1
thought yer honor belonged to the
Connemara Cuckoos and it was the
secret signs was givin' yez."
Justice Dooley said he had not the
pleasure of being a member. but mas
much as the prisoner asserted his SYM
pathy for the Beers he could go his
way.
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HApMuNEY TosBAFx
n soasw .sarprised n se.th sDsaoss,
Cashisz by Deposisteg Big
wa8s of Currenay.

A bank in Rapid Cit. S. D., has an In.
dian depositor. A few days age the
old Indian buck, his squasv and little
daughter started from one of the In
dian reservations for visit to the In
dian school ut Rapid City. Before
starting the old squaw carefully dug
up all of the family wealth and packed
ii carefully in two small hand satehels.
Upon arriving at Rapid City. the-trio
sought out'the first bank they came
to, and entering, made known to the
cashier that they wished to place in
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By HAppv Won RrvNN ne

IuTi- spc< a. was ;siciiiy curtalneC II
TO darkness by n heavy pail of smoke.
Close at hand were my boots l drew
them on. and then fumbled about for
one or two articles of clothing. The
wild light that rushed past the tran.
som told me that escape by the way of
the passage was already cut off. and
as looked a small curling tress of
flame blew in through the crack be.
tween the door and the window sill.
The window was less easy TO find. As
| felt for it through the veil of smoke
strange conjectures stole into nv brain
What If this was the plan of Carson
Wildred's willy accomplice for getting
safely rid of me?
L had no intention of being got rid OF
thus easily, however. found the win,
dow and opened the lower sash. With
the rush OF air from the outside mS
oppressed lungs got relief for second
or two. but the draught drew in the
flames that rioted through the hall; the
glass in the transom, already cracked
burst with a loud explosive sound. and
torrent of fire and smoke poured i'm
through the aperture
Had 1 not leaped on to the window
sill, and without an instant's hesita'
ton let myself swing over, could no,
have kept my senses in that ragine
furnace.
My room was on the second floor
high enough to give me severe fall,
perhaps fatal one, and felt that mn
life was of value now. Cautiously bui
hurriedly / reached out with one hand
to the side of the window. bangins
with all my weight from the other
which clutched the sill. MY CROPPING
fingers came in contact with a twisted
rope of creepers, bare of leaves for
Winter, and serviceable for che use
wished to put it to. / grasped tbs
thick stems for dear life, and wen
down hand over hand, dimiy hearing
voices from below cheering me in my
descent.
Where was Mr.. Farmland That wa,
the question asked by the excited land
lord, who, half-dressed, had come GU
to give what help he could.
l said nothing. l thought now that |
understood the reason why my friend
had taken the room in the frame addi
ton to the Santa Anna Hotel. The plan
commenced to take form in my mind,
and believed that the cablcSram had
only precipitated its execution.
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CHAPTER XIV.

/ went to bed determined not to
sleep, but to keep my eyes open for
any sound in the passage outside.
Luckily there was a creaky board, on
which he had stepped n few minutes
ago. If he attempted to go away dur
ing the night he would very possibly
step on it again. =.
But l was very tired after my long
journey. Before j had been in bed an
hour was dreaming so WILDLY of pur-
suit of my quarry through the streets
Of San Francisco that l fully believed
had awaked, got up and gone after
him.
In the end the dream seemed to
change. The pretender had boarded a
railway train and l was with the
engine driver of another following at
q daredevil speed. In ms dream l
choked in the smoke, which flew into
any face, and was dazzled with the red
glare of the fire, on which the engine
driver was piling great pieces OF fat
bacon. AS we few along the rails the
the locomotive swayed from side to
side, and / could hear n loud rafting
Of wheels and OF window glass
Suddenly puff of smoke seemed on
the point of sitting me, and / awoke
TO find myself sitting up in bed and
;gaSping for breath.
had not dreamt the rafting of glass
nor the Earring sensation, nor yet tho
smoke and heat and urid light. The
walls seemed to shake with dull vi
bration, and the window panes were
like castanets. Through the glas:
transom over the door / could see {
shimmering ruddy glow that rose anC
fell, and was frightened ~ bursting
sparks and little dartinr Cnyues o
yellow flame Apart. from this on,
=
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1t was my turn to be astonished. but
lt was not policy to show it. Therefore
merely said: 'Oh,i ndeedw
YOU'RE not SO q uick as usual he
went on. I'D be en- accused of, the
murder ut the Sa ntaso Anna Hotel. /
hooked 1T and got over to Mexico. SO
to SPAIN and Franc e. Ed always been IN
black sheep. you know, but that was
the first really ser 'ious trouble I'd got
into. However, s I said, five, wears
later, when Wildr I'd and l met in Can.
ada, Ia turned &C tor {I'd always a little
talent. that wayl, aDtwas doing pretty
We'll. lie pointed out TO me, and was
Mt very long in seeing his point. thatI
was not so mucl changed but what /
should easily be, recognized by those
who had known me during these wild
days when I'd b cen under his thumb in
San Francisco. aud the authorities
there would stf II be very glad to hear
OF me: He dbl IT happen to want any
thing OF me tu st then, but lie allowed
me to undersr and that IL was to mr.
interest to kee p sweet with him. And
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SIGNS BRING FREEDOM.
Patrick Joyce McGinnis Thinks CHI
cnEo Poiice Judge Is n Coane-
mara Cuckoo.

The Chicago Chronicles police re-
porter is authority for the statement
that Patrick Joyce McGinnis stepped
lightly into the prisoners dock at the.
Maxwell street police court in that
city, and surprised Justice Dooley by
making mysterious gestures, uttering
strange words and grinning. McGin7
mis- placed his thumbs in his ears and
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gard, heightensd' it In ever v wrv,-b+
artificial means SO ehat NOT o,,r.,,,.s;y,
carson Mildred. or Willis /, ,oJIins. 90
cape suspicion. but that he I r,, enrich
nimseh on the, dead mans millions
Iou even set hotel on fir . To ,inisn
matte effectr ura-
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''Fs it true that you already are a great
lady's man, although only II years
old9'
Il don't know much about il, - he
answered, except that the girls, like
me and 1 can't help it,. In fact, rath-
err like it. The trouble is my mother
talks too much"
Mrs. Fronek drew aabundle of letters
irom beneath her shawl.
Here are some OF the notes he gets.
judge. They come in every mail" she
said.
Justice Dooley took the letters, and,
as he unwrapped the bundle, an odor
like new-mown hay pervaded the room.
We'll, this seems to be desperate
case" the, magistrate said, as he
glanced over one of the letters. This
young woman calls your son her own
lovey-doSey' and says that she knows
of good place to buy furniture on the
installment plan What have you to
say, young MANI the justice asked,
gazingsat the handsome features of the
prisoner.
Well, don't blame me, judge; those.
girls get interested in me, and / can
do anything with them" he replietia
They come to the house and wait for
me ON the street. If. they miss me
they mail me letters. The letter you
have just. mead is from Swede girl who
has good job"
Il take l. that this reference to bnv-
ing furniture is equivalent to n pro-
posali OF marriage, is it not % Justice
llnnlnU aSEaH H.
| letter.
Whey arc all alike, judge, every one
of them," the youth replied. NThose
girlswon't let me alone. Lots of them
have proposed US gettin' hitched ND,
+ but kicked on that, because I've got to
, look after ma
~He don't care anything about me, -
! Mrs. Fronek Interrupted. st want hSu,
sent to the reform school, where he will
learn trade, and where there are no
| girls to run around with
! Young raan,this charge. against you
is not to be lightly passed over" jus
tlce Dooley said, while the prisoner
twisted uncomfortably in n four-inch
collar. Il give you 80 days in which to
free yourself of your Sweethearts. If
at the end of that time you are not
ready TO report good progress I will be
OF mind to start you toward the re-
form school. You are discharged with
orders to report month hence"
fronek promised TO do his best, and
hastened from the courtroom.
roma TrusTTaIoess.
Josiar," said Mrs. Corntossel, I'm
sure you can't find no fault with Josh
sencn we've been to town"
i cantl He didn't get home till
four o'clock this mornin'."
u noticed it. a on know, you told
him you wanted him to be sure an be
out O. bed every morning before five
o'clock"
"Yes"
well, the poor boys so skeered of
you that he's been stayin' up all
night, SOS to be able to keen HE
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LAWN PARTY LAST NIGHT.
a Pleasant Lawn Party Given at the Residente
of Mrs. E. E. Motif.

The ladies' of the Presbyterian
Aid Society gave a lawn party last
Friday night at the residence of Mrs.
+. e. Moffitt.
Refreshments were served and a
very pleasant evening was spent by
those who attended. The children
were present and enjoyed themselves
from six to eigho o'clock.
Miss Mary johnson played a violin
solo. She was accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. c. f. Johnson, on the
piano. She rendered two selections
in a very charming manner.
Miss Edith Butler gave a recitation,
and Miss Josephine Mitchell, accom-
panied by Miss Sadie Duncan on the
piano, sang solo, all of which was
keenly enjoyed by all who were pres
ent.
Refreshments were very daintily
served by Miss Retta Daniel, Miss
Mary Mooney, Miss Susie McPheet-
ers. Miss Susie Rosenthal, Miss IIcartt
and others. About three hundred
people ATTENDED.
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folk and be convinced. You will lind him
supreme in the great common heart of
the Democracy, and even around Republi-
can camp fires there's not one to say
aught against him.
His fame has gone abroad over the land
and hundreds, men and women, flock to
every speaking, "to hear Aycock, they
say And they listen to him charmed.
His words are winged with eloquence, and
bear the stamp of conviction. He dis
cusses the issue of this ever-to be-re
membered campaign in a new way. Are
you a Democrat? You are strengthened
in your convictions and confirmed in the
faith If the nearer be an honest Repub-
lican he goes away retaining some of
this new light on his retina as do the
cat family into dark places. And wheth-
err men agree with him or not they find
themselves falling into little crowds after
the speaking to discuss him. Talk to
them and you will find that his words
have sunk deep and carried conviction.
One may differ with him, but one must
respect 1.-THE man and the views he OK
presses. And why? l will tell you; for l
have been studying these speeches of his,
always different and yet so wonderfully
alike.
There is no lightness of motive in his
manner no frivolity in his words. Does
he tell joke? There is a world of illus-
tration in it and y richness of humor that
makes it worth while. Does he now and
then leave the beaten track of arg Auent
to pluck few flowers of eloquence? The
excursion is but a short one that enriches
the rest of the journey and makes you
long for more.
Aycock has not burst upon the world
as a meteoric genius. He has won his
place calculatingly and with patience. By
the same token he will hold it. He has
lifted the hustings out of the rut and
set it going on new highway In all
his speeches there is dignity without in
science liberality with no uncertainty
Of motive; determination without bitter
ness; force and strength wanting any
mood to tyranniZe; power tempered with
sympathy, but withal a courage which
will win and claim the victory at the
polls in August.
The only criticism that I've ever heard
of his speeches is that he's too plain,
too sincere, too outspoken; that he says
things that might perhaps be better left
unsaid; but demonstrated with, he de-
clares he must say them because they
are true and the people are entitled to
know the truth.
And this is a characteristic of his
speeches. There is nothing of the Cheap
John" about them, no bids for popularity,
no applause catching climaxes. He sim
ply speaks right on and tells that which
his auditors themselves do know, but he
tells it so we'll and with such fidelity to
truth and such sincerity of manner that
men listen and applaud and follow. Are
they pleased ? Then they are pleased
with facts and realities. With partyin-
triguers and popular pulse -feelers he
has no part, hence the masses believe
in him.
FRED. l.. MERRITT.
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FOUL WORDS FROM MEEK1Ns.
He Fills Two of starbuck's Appointments and
Abuses tie People of Tyrrell.
lSnccial to News and Ohsnrrnr. !

Greensboro, N. c., July 13.-The county
candidates have opened the canvass in
this county. Mr.. Starbuck, candidate for
the Senate on the Republican ticket,
was not present on the first two appoint
ments and Mr.. J. c. Meekins filled his
place Those who heard Mr.. Meekins said
that he made the dirtiest kind of a
speech. He went out of his way to abuse
the good people of Tyrrell county, going
so far as to speak in the lowest possible
manner of the women of his old county.
One of the Democratic speakers explain
ed his aversion to the people of Tyrrell
by saying that Mr.. Meekins had run for
sheriff in the county and had failed to
get it.
The Democratic legislative ticket com
posed of Messrs. Glenn, Wescott, Robertson
and Prof. Whitaker are making q fine
canvass, all of them make strong
speeches.
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DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED.
A Negro Boy Was Wounded Yesterday While
Playing With Pistol.

William Washington, Il negro boy
about - years. old, was shot in the
stomach while he and another boy
Webster Edgerton, were playing with
a 32-caIibre pistol. Officer Ellison and
DR.. Goodwin arrived Immediately af
ter the shooting and took the boy tc
Rex hospital.
The accident took place at the cor
ner of Saunders and South streets
Late yesterday afternoon it was
found necessary to perform an opera
ton and Drs. Mckee, Goodwin, Knox
and Royster, took charge. The OPP
GRAFTON was performed and it was
learned at late hour last night that
the boy was resting quietly and there
was a chance for his recovery.