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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-31
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1T was stranger assented Norah WHO
so far-always agreed with her hus-
band. But at the inquiry he was ex-
orerated. Leonard. You know the man
Blunt said Marks went voluntarily to
that place-that he opened the box him
self. and would insist on doing it. Jinfou
didn't know that THE spikes round the
lock were poisoned"
I'm not so sure!'
But he didn't" insisted Norah THAT
strip of linen with the Chinese charac-
tiers were translated, and there was no
mention of the poison. Jinfou, as Blunt
said would have opened the box him
self, only Marks would do it. The spikes
cut his knuckleS, besides which he sucked
the poison. No one was more astonished
than Jinfou when he died.
well, he wouldn't have got much If
he'd lived" cried Fancy. THE geds
were only clay imagies gi,de1 over after
all, Leonards was the only golden one
1T was a bit of a SELL" admitted Jayne.
''but what / can't make out is why they
took the trouble to bury the things il
they were only clay. In any case, Marks
would have been sold"
1T was a judgment" cried Mrs. Whar-
ton, energeticalIy. He robtel the widow
and the orphan. I felt very much hav-
Ing 10 sell MIN the OLD jar.
"Weu, we have the jar back now.
said Teddy. sooth;ngly. He was listen
ing to the discussion with a queer smile.
but took no part in IT. Though Nora and
Leonard won't have the pleasure of ad-
miring it since they are going to live at
Queenstown"
What's such hard lines on a sailor S
wife said Leonard. lis that she has to
follow him round the world.
Anywhere with you is home to me,
Gear said NOrah, affectionately. Be
sides. we can come back here every now
and again. Mother and Fancy can -ook
after the cottage. They're our tenants
now"
"Of course we are cred Fancy
though I really believe Old Rend go looks
upon himself as the real landlord hope
mother won't fight with him.
Now, Fancy, do l ever fight with any
one?''
"Oh, no What? Cert'nly not. as Neb-
by says. BY the way, where is Nebbyr
Len2"
"Daw has taken him in hanl,' said
Teddy. 'and is trying to make something
Of him. He may succeed, but he Il have
jolly tough job"
I'm sure poor Rowland did his lest, -
sighed Mrs Wharton who was still in
ignorance of GaSkell's completely. Il new
er could understand why he went out to
Africa"
He is not in Africa" said Teddy. HE
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a fight, but Pablo was determined. With
a threatening gesture he sidled UP to the
gate.
Come out here, you coward he COM
manded; 81 have a score to settle with
you"
Jose, basking in his complacent mood
was loath to see it go. You come i'll
here and have a cigarette with me- he
answered, deeming it wiser not to notice
the manner and tone Of Pablo
mot IT, returned Pablo; st do not
smoke with such as you, you miserable
little cur; come out here while l wipe
the ground up with your
Pablo was twice Jose's size and it re-
CURED no great stretch of the imagina-
ton of the latter to see himself made
into a mop in his tormentors brawny
arms, SO he grew more and more coucilia-
tory.
Come in and have a glass of wine With
me; 1T is made on my own place. he
ventured. The picture of the unlovely
front he would present to Lilisita, with
his nose broken and his teeth gone made
him wary. Could he have done Pablo an
underhanded mischief to any extent he
would have availed himself of the oppor-
tunity, but to fght-neveri 1t was I'M
christian. The unfortunate hazard about
his own vintage, however, took the form,
in Pablo's mind, of a taunt of his possess
sioEs.
Come on!'' he cried, "you miserable,
skulking, thieving, lying coward / dare
you to come out and fight me like a Inan
You're afraid to, afraid-afraId, edgine
up closer and closer as Jose, for the first
time, shifted his position and looked at
him undoubtedly
NO he finally answered, as if weigh
ing the charge. mo, I'm not that; YOU
have wrong impression Of me, if you
think I'm that"
By this time Pablo was half way I'D
the steps. menacing and challcncing.
Come out here and fight, you upstarti''
he shouted, holding his hot face so close
that the slightest pass from Jose would
have struck him, and then his punish
ment would have descended swift and
sure. "You brass-faced ape, come on With
your tricks-ceme on, now, or III break
your head" Pablo's whole frame diiated
with the force of his rage, tin ne lowered
like an eruptive volcano. pouring sizzling
streams Of invective upon his victinl's
head.
Jose had no fancy for trial Of their
strength. NO he persisted, inperturb
ably, you know I'm not that. and Won
are very much mistaken If you think
that's what am"
Pablo menaced. threatened, tantalized.
thrusting his clenched fist into Jose's
race, offering every indignity a man viii
not take, to make him strike out; but he
would not, for Jose, considering lie dis
parity in their size, was thoroughly CON
WINGED that fighting was unchristian
Baft'ed and exhausted, Pablo slammed
ana sWore like 2 mailman "Say there
theh, he fairly shrieked; "stav there
III your seat till you stick to it. Sit
uhder your accused vines till YOU die
ana rot' and may everything you touch
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went to China. Jinfou met him there
''What?" cried Leonard with interest.
"Have you heard from our friend, Ted
dy?"
Teddy nodded. Yes. I'll tell you all
the news later on But he says he met
Caskell in Canton. and that he was go
ing far away inland on his missionary
W orll"
He'll be killed. then, for a certainty.
| know what the Chinese are. They think
rothing of human life, more especially
OF missionary's."
THAT is quite true" said Mrs Whar-
ton. 81 shall always believe Il was that
Jlnfou who killed poor old Gen. Burn
ley"
mo. it wasn't" contradicted Fancy,
pertly, lit was Eli Marks. He had the
idol, and the idol was stolen from the
general on the night he was killed. That
came out at the inquest, and all the pa
rers limited that Marks was qui ty'
''Oh, of course the papers are right. -
erinned Teddy, twisting his face into a
queer smile.
Leonard looked at him sharply, but
said nothing. He suspected that Mr.
Teddy knew more than he chose to tell,
and resolved TO question him on the first
opportunity In the meantime Mrs.
Wharton was talking to NOrah.
81 don't feel very easy in my mind
about giving up Trafalgar Villa" She
said, sadly.
But you must" replied Norah eff you
don't live at the cottage who is to look
after my beautiful things when L am
away with Leonard? You know We shall!
be at Queenstown for a long time. Then
We shall, no doubt, be transferred to
another station, and l must be with
Leonard
You'll see very little of him wferever
you are" retorted Mrs Wharton. You
forget>that your father was a sailor.
followed him, too. bat he was always
on board his ship wherever we wee
stationed That decided me to stay here
until his term of service was up. A
lone lfe-a lonely life; though, of course,
[ had you children to bring up. You
two girls have been great comfort
to me. but Philip can't bear to think
OF Philip
Don't trouble about Philip struck ia
Leonard 81 saw him after he came out
Of the hospital, and sent him off to
America, where he promised me faith
fully to make a fresh start. He has
plenty Of money. I gave him some
so did Ted here. and he had some of his
own. He'll turn out a credit to you
yet, aunt
I'm sure I hope So" said the lady. 81
am certainly more at ease in my mind.
But about this cottage Leonard. 1t is
full of beautiful things, and I'm sure
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Martha Will smash them.''
"WelI, get rid of her.
''Oh. mother'n never send Martha
away" laughed Fancy. shes the only
servant who can stand fire.
Fancy, 1 am amazed at you. AS If L
ever said a word to servants which was
not for their good. No, FL keep Martha.
I'm used to her. She is bad enough,
goodness knows, but the others are
worse. Jael Moss was the best servant
ever had. 1 shall never get another like
her I often wish she was back"
you'll never see her back" said Ted
dy. 'tShes married and she's gone II At
RIGA with her husband"
''How do you know, Ted?"
81 know good many things, Leon
ard"
Eyes. think you do. Come for bit of
a stroll, Ted"
Cant I come. too?"' put in Fancy.
eagerly
mo; we are going to talk of all sorts
of things which young lady shouldn't
hear"
'PigsI' said Fancy. upon which she
was duly admonished by her mother
The two young men strolled away over
the golf links and for q time their con-
versation was desultory. 1t was not until
they were lying on the short, burnt turf
above the sands that Jayne Veered round
to the topic in his mind.
Teddy you know more about this case
than do, for you were in the thick of it.
You say Jinfou has written to you. Tell
me plainly now, was it Jinfou who killed
the general?'
NO" said Teddy. cit was Jael Moss.
She did it to get the idol Jinfou, accord
ing to a promise he made me before he
left has given me the whole facts of the
case in letter
"Humph!" said Jayne "That idol can
bring bad luck
eft did to all except me- But I took
care not to keep it about me. I'm not SUI
perstitious," said Teddy, throwing his hat
on the turf, "yet it was wonderful how
every one who had possession of that
thing came to grief. You, Nora, Burnley
Nebby, Philip, Jael-'
And Eli Marks" said jayne. .'IIe
came TO the worst grief Of ALL Not more
than Gen. Burnley though; yet I'm not
certain. Tt must have been gall am
NORWOOD to Eli to be so near the treas
ure and die in the act of getting it. To
! be sure the treasure was a fraud
That's just where you slip uD' said
Teddy, kicking his long legs 'The treas
IRE was not a fraud. Jinfou confesses
all in his letter. He had those clay idols
prepared and gilded and when Blunt ran
out for the police he substituted the false
for the real. The twenty five golden gods
are now in the temple at Canton, and
Jinfou is the high priest there as a re-
ward for his services
Jayne sat up. Then Jinfou knew that
whoever opened that box would in
evitably prick himself and deg"
He did, Len. From the original scroll
he learnt that the spikes around the lock
were poisoned, and that the key was
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was at once carried out of the church by
two or three of the confederates. Then
by tWos and threes the silent assistants
passed swiftly out, until only Arditi
himself remained.
He bowed'1 his politest bow. LADIES'
and re gentlemen" he said. with the
suspicion ofo a. sheer upon his lips 81
regret Eat Iocannot complete re concert
wish you all a very good n ght." With
step he was gone. The grinding sof
wheels, and the confused clack of horse
hoof on the asphalt outside, rapidly dying
away in the distance, told to the listen ng
ears OF the people how swiftly their lib
eral contributions were being carried
away =
Then the tension broke. The women
cried, some shrieked some laughed hys-
terlcally, while some sarsactically asked
their fond arddoting husbands, brothers.
or otherwise, as the case might be. why
they had not done something The men
Gid nothing but curse softly under their
breath And~;then the tide of feeling
turned again, and the humor of the stu
alton seemed to dawn upon the whole
gathering. Such an Offering, Surely on
this Sunday evening their dear old rector
need not make his customary mild hints
regarding the meagerness of his flock
contribution for the suffering heather
Some actually laughed long and loud in
their merriment, as much perhaps from
nervous relief, as because Of anything
else.
And so it came aSout that nine or ten
hundred personss every one of whom had
been relieved of his or her most valued
personal possessions, went home jewel
less and penniless as they WERE in a fair
ly cheerful frame ofimind. With the pos
slble exception of the luckless usher, who.
when he was revived, was probably pre-
vented by his aaching head from appre-
ciating the humorspf the event
And SO it has come to pass that unto
this day and hour the street urchins of
arfstocratic Elmhurst point out st.
Marks to the passersby as ''de church
wot wos held up"
Carl Iohhen
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made to go far in, so that whoever
opened the box would be scratched 1t
was done simply as a further prevention
Against ethe treasure falling into the
wrong hands,
But atsthe inquest when the writing
was trafis1atcd-=-.,
On, that scroll was false one, with
the poison business left cut. Jinfou pre-
pared 1t in case of trouble. The whole
dodge tic get that box opened by eli
Marks sgas deaceGly ingenious lit
couldn't have been opened without kill
ing someone at least not easily. Sc jim
fou. having d spite against Eli, employed
him. THAT was why he let Jael take
back the idol and allow Blunt to accom-
pany Marks. the trap was prepared and
Eli fell into it, and Jinfou scored all
round"
Jayne clasped his knees and stared out
at the sea, sparkling in the sunshine.
He was thinking of the Chinaman's in
fernal ingenuity, and how cleverly he
had brought everything about to his own
advantage The fullest inquiry had
failed to find any flaw In his conduct.
personality. Eli Marks had been Tnur-
dered, and yet Eli Marks was generally
credited with the murder of Gen Burn
ley. 1t seemed hard on Eli, bad as he
had been!
What have you done with the letter,
Teddy? w e
BURNT it. burnt it as soon as 1
read 1t. 1 don't fancy having a thing
like that knocking about I am not going
to say word about it. told you be-
cause as YOU brought that internal idol
to England you had a right to know.
"But Jael killed Burnley It's a bit
rough on Marks that he should have it
laid at his door,
well, it doesn't matter Marks is
dead and there always exists and will
exist some doubt in peoples minds as to
his guilt Don't try to put things
straight now, for Heavens sake; we've
had enough trouble already"
Javhe nodded 81 suppose you are
right he said after a pause. 1--WE can
do nothing. Jael has cleared out, and
isn't likely to turn up here again. But
| can't make out why Jinfou told you all
this
Because he promised me he would be-
fore he left. And after all, what does
it matter to him2 No ore can punish
him for his schemes. All the same, L
shan't accept his invitation to China.
Mr.. Jinfou,. delightful as he can make
himself, is friend whom I certainly
prefer to have at a distance
II > d IuIl business altogether, SAID
Leonard. as they walked home But
there's one thing can never get over,
and that's Gaskell's behavior 1t seems
so perfectly incons4stent-at once so bad
and so good. It's puzzle to me, Teddy"
Yes and a puzzle it will remain
Leonard. No amount of guessing will
solve it. Come; there are Norah and
Fancy waiting for u.s.
THE ENID
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And now some began to understand.
At every exit every aisle, in front. in
the rear-on all sides stood silent, dis
gulSed figures, a cleaning weapon in
either hand. They seemed to have arisen
from the ground, SO quiet and unnoticed
had been their movements.
The silence was perfect. Not the rustic
OF dress, not the lifting of a single
hand. Only one, an usher, quicker-witted
and nimbler than the others, attempted
an escape. He was instantly felled TO
the floor by blow from a revolver-butt
dealt by one of the silent, keen-eyed
watchers. and, as he lay prone upon
his back, "a dark stream of blood was
seen to trickle from his temple, stain
ing the rich carpet of the aisle.
LADIES' and gentlemen said Arditi.
In cool tones, re offering will now be
taken" "Organist," he continued. fac
ing that frightened individual "play re
offertory." The organist lost no time in
complying, while at a given signal from
the erstwhile conductor a half dozen
of his silent and masked assistants pass
ed down the aisles, collection plate and
weapon in hand
Never in the history of st. Marks
had there been such an Offering,
Watches, rings, glittering crosses and
bracelets, silver, gold, bank notes. COP
per-all were poured by eager and trem-
bling hands into the plates, which were
quickly filled to overlooking. When a
plate was full its valuable contents were
quickly emptied into a plain gunny-
sack, evidently provided for that pur-
pose by one of the gang, and so the col
iectfng went merrily on The people
seemed dazed, hypnotized, as it were,
by the very audacity Of the whole pro-
ceeoing. Many as yet hardly compre-
hended what was taking place. Flate
after plate was quickly emptied of its
precious contents, only to be almost
as quickly reflled. At last the workers
reached the ends of the aisle at the rear
OF the auditorium when the silver plates
themselves, with their final contribu-
tions, were dumped into the sack. which
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Marguerite Stabler in the San Francisco
Argonaut
Jose Remarez sat on the sunny side of
his patio and counted himself a happy
man, and he had reason; the sun was
warm his crops were bountiful, and
Luisita was his. In his Complacency ne
did not see the vengeful glance of his
one-time rival, as the dark figure of
Pablo Varo sauntered by. He sat and
smoked with the fatuous smile born Of
the pride OF possession, incapable Of any
emotion beyond his simple two-ply ma
ture-his love for Luisita and his hatred
for Pablo.
But nothing of the situation was lost
on, Pablo as he swung by with his long,
loose strides. His manner suddenly lost
all its deYI-may-care indiffel ence for
Jose's. complacency stung him more
keenly than Luisita's INCONSISTENCY. Bah!
how he would like to run him through
wit his stil6tto-the little fat-nec4ed
puerco! The sight of Jose sitting so cons
tentedly under his own vine and fg-tree
gOaded him beyond the last notch of
endurance, and his ire was better direct
ed than he guessed, for it was those
very vines and fig-trees that had
wrought Luisita's decision.
Luisita was nice girl. with brown
eyes, and trim ankles, and the usual
about marrying for love. and all that.
She loved Pablo and had admitted as
much to him, but there were younger
sisters in her family to be considered
and the paternal authority had stepped
In and asserted itself in favor of Jose
and his broad acres in the fertile Santa
Ynez valley. So, with a few despairing
shifts and an Unctuous feeling of martyr
dom, she had dutifuIly yielded her point
and straightway plunged into the details
Of her trousseau, solaced by the pros
pect of going to her martyrGom in
satin gown
If Jose had Haunted his success open
ly in Pablo's face, if he had tainted him
with his defeat, then he might have
challenged him to fight, and at least
have had the satisfaction of giving him
sound thTashing. But this ineffable self
complacency was beyond his reach. Even
he, Pablo, could not thrash a man for
sitting in his own patio and Sinking
to himself. Still, the more he thought
ABOUT t. the more determined he was
that he must thrash him, and suiting
the action to the thought he faced about
ana made Tor Jose's vine-clad patio. He
would whip him; yes, and soundIy. too.
but he. must make Jose strike first in
order that he might not be culpabfe in
Luisita's eyes.
Jose had not changed his position or
expression, for every smoke-wreatb
framed picture of Luisita's brown ewes
and trim little ankles When Pablo an
peared so suddenly before him. black
with rage. Jose batted his beadv little
eyes nervoUsly in the effort of focusing
ms thoughts on a nearer and less pleas
e ant OBJECT He did not look at all like
a man who might be easily decoyed into
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THE CURSE THAT FAILED

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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-09-17
GRAFTON.

J. II. Farar came home from Var
mouth recently and went from here to
Rumford Falls to work few weeks at
carpentering.
G. w. Whitman of Norway visited re-
Gently at his sisters, Mrs. Farrar's.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Canning and lit,
tie daughter Ruth are visiting at Nova
Scotia, his former home.
Our school is in session under the in
struction of Mrs. Franc l.. Decker.
Mrs. Wells and Grace Cole of Rumford
Falls recently visited at E. l. Browns.
Your correspondent went recently to
Newry on short visit to Mrs. n. S
Baker. We are happy to say we founo
her quite comfortable, and although far
from well much improved in health, bet
ter than at any time before in year
We had pleasant visit and drove home
through Grafton Notch in the cool Of
the day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-09-17
MEXICO.

Chas. Powers, contractor, jumped OF
tried to, on to a freight car that made
one of moving train. Not noticing 9
switch rod near him he was struck by II
and knocked from the car. He tried to
save the force of the fall by throwing
his hands out In such a manner as to re.
ceive almost the full force on them,
breaking the bone of two fingers and two
bones in the back of one hand and two
bones in the other.
Herbert Lebanon has several teams
and quite number of men working on
the streets Stearns Brothers are having
built on their recent purchases. They
have already made deep cut, diagonally
through "whale's back" at the back
side of H. W. Parks field. This deep
cut will be the connecting length OF
roadway between the road to lead from
the road recently located from the pro-
posed bridge across Swift River to the
Corner, and Stearns Brothers Osgood
Street. This will give residents living
on the Kimball and upper part of the
Gleason purchase a short and easy "cut..'
to the bridge and to Rumford Falls.
Schools commenced Monday, the 9th
inst. Allen j. Reed teaches in the
Bradeen district. The teachers in Divi-
sion One are: Irving r. Hawkes., from
Cumberland Mills, principal; Grammar
grade, Miss lola A. Walker from Peru
intermediate grade, Miss Lizzie S.
Hawkes., of Windham, Me-; Primary,
Miss Cora r. Parsons from New Port
land, Me-. =.
Mrs. Eta P. Richards has just sold
lot Number Is, on the south side OF
Park Street, to Arthur j. Bernard, She
has recently sold two lots fronting on
the Harlow hill road, one to Leon A.
Haines of Rangeley, one to Bert Daven,
port of Rangeley.
Adelbert Kidder's nice black horse, a
good one, worth at least $50, died re.
Gently; "horse-ail," pneumonia, or a
kindred disease was the cause of Its
death.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-09-17
LOWELL

The Oxford Co. Sunday School Asso.
citation was held at the Congregations
church at Lowell village on Tuesday, thu
10th inst. DR.. Brooks. of South Paris
the president, and c. E. Tolman, secre
tary, were present, also State Secretary
I. N. Halliday, and Mrs. De Garmo, Su
perintendent of Primary Work. The
attendance was not large, but the SEES
sions were interesting and profitable.
The West Lowell Library Association
has secured building lot and are put
ting up hall and library room.
D. P. Lord has moved to the village
having secured rent at the hotel.
The corn shop closed Friday noon un
til Monday on account of lack of cans.
w. o. Brown has returned from NORTH
Arson.
Jessie A. Chapman has gone to Frye.
burg Academy for the fall term.
DR.. Lowe has returned to Washing
ton.
The sweet corn is ripening SO fast that
the shop runs day and evening.
The most of the summer visitors have
left. A quiet reigns about the lake and
hills. A very fine class of people from
the cities spend their summers here.
One day recently Preston Charles with
his coach and four horses took party
to Chatham. They climbed Baldface,
and returned the next day.
/ DR.. Noyes has fitted up small steam.
or and put it into Upper Keazar Pond.
Otis Andrews and family have return.
ed to Lawrence.
Geo. w. Walker is at North Fryeburg,
having charge of the yard at the corn
shop.