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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

Very stealthily we heard it pass along
until II died away in the distance. linen
the baronet gently opened his door and we
set out in pursuit. Already our man had
gene round the gallery. and the corridor
was all in darkness. Softly we stole along
until we had come into the other wing.
We were just in time 10 catch a glimpse
OF the tall. black-bearded figure, his Shout
ders rounded as he tip-toed down the
passage. Then he passed through the
same door as before. and the light Of the
candle framed It in the darkness and shot
one single yellow beam across the gloom
of the corridor. We shuffed cautiously
towards il. trying every plank before We
dared to put our whole weight upon IL
We had taken the precaution of leaving our
boots behind US. but, even so. the old
boards snapped and creaked beneath our
tread. Sometimes II seemed impossible
that he should fail TO hear our approach.
However. the man is fortunately rather
deaf. and he was entirely preoccupied in
that which he was doing. When at last
We reached the door and peeped through
we found him cTuuching at the window.
candle In hand, his white intent face press
ed against the pane. exartiy as l had seer,
him We nights hefcry.
We had arranged no plan of campaign.
bat The barCnct IL a man &c whom the
most direct way is a.wi!s he most natural.
He walked into the room. and as he did
so Barrymore sp:ang up from the window
with d sharp hiss of his breath. and stood.
livid and trembling. before US. His dark
eyes, glazing out OF the white mask Of his
face, were full Of horror and astonish-
ment as be gazed from Sir Heary 10 me-.
What are you doing here, Barrymore?
Nothing, sir" His agitation was so
great that he could hardly speak. and the
shadows sprang w and down from the
shaking OF his candle. 1T was Che win
Cow. sir. I go round at night to see that
they are fastened"
ION the second foor?"
Yes. sir. all the win lows"
Look here. Barrymore" said Sir Henry.
sterriy: we have made up our minds TO
have the Truth out OF you. So IL will save
you trouble 80 tell it sooner rather than
later, Gene. now! No liesi What were
you doing at that window
The fellow looked at us in a helpless
way. and he wrrng his hands together
like one who is in the last extremity Of
doubt and misery.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

izing that he is ONE and the rest OF hu-
mainly only the rest" he demands and
denies in proportion.
occasions. as beauty. worth and intellect
fleets upon hs own Superiority and de-
tects with a sneer flaws in all humankind
Amid situations which would inspire in
eve. or at times when the spark of am
bitlon in the most unamb.tious would be
fired. he remains wholly undisturbed. COM
placently preening himself the while.
Being all-sufiicient and a law unto him.
self-yet bustling about in his conceit. for
ever obtruding and obstructing-he reveals
upon analysis ali the vices OF isolation
without 4 virtue of asceticism.
His mind. feeding upon itself and receiy-
ing nothing from without, is vapid and
empty; his body. unhonored by a single scar
received in duty's cause or upon the field
of self-sacrifice. is soft and fabby from
pampering, and his heart, a stranger to
sympathy. let alone altruistic longing.
shrivels to the size OF a dried pea and beats
feebly for the one miserable carcass that
encompasses It.
And thus. as he actually is, he should
sink through life. instead of perpetually
posing for universal admiration.
When the end comes-when this prime
mover OF the world and ''princs among
men" ceases to exist-in strange contrast
with his claims and pretensions n the met
that no passing regret ts recorded. no void
GEORGE W. MELvuLN
Rear Admiral
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

in the window. Sir Henry and I both stared
at the woman in Amusement. Was it posi-
BILE that this stolidly respectable person
was of the same blood as one of the most
notorious criminals of the country?
Yes. sir; my name was Selden. and he is
my younger brother. We humored him too
mucn when he was u lad and gave him mis-
own way in everything until he came to
think that the world was made for ms
pleasure and that he could do what he
liked in It. Then, as he grew older, he met
licked companions. and the devii entered
into him until he broke my mothers heart
and dragged our name in the dirt. From
crime to crime he sank lower and lower.
until 1t was only the mercy of God TINT
has snatched him from the SCaifO!d; but 10
ME. sir. he was always the little curly
headed boy that | nursed and played with
as an elder sister would. That was why
he broke prison. sir. He knew that | was
here and that we could not refuse to help
him. When he dragged himself here one
might, weary and starving. with the warders
hard at his heels, what could We do? We
took him in and fed him and cared for him.
Then you returned, sir, and my brother
thought he would be saf,Eo on the moor
than anywhere else until ,-e hue and cry
was over. 50 he lay in h.djHs theIe Bu
every second night We made sure il he was
SIN there by putriAg = light in the window.
~ g 49, +F~ 'E 1900
took out some bread and meat to him.
Every day We hoped that he was one. but
as long as he was there We could not desert
hin ina is The whole truth, as l am an
honest Christian woman, and you will see
that II there is blame in the matter it does
not lie with my husband. but with me. for
whose sake he has done all that he has"
The woman words cams WI au intens1
which carried conviction with
them.
rs this true. Barrymore"
Yes. str Henry. Every word OF it."
We'll. l cannot blame you for standing by
you own wife. Forget what | said. Go 10
yoUr room. YOU two. and we shall talk fur
ther about this matter in the morning"
When they were gone we looked out OF the
window again. Sir Henry had flung It open.
and the cold night wind beat in upon our
faces. Far away in the black distance there
still glowed that one tiny point OF yellow
u wonder he dares." said Sir Henry.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

! there was a break in his voice. which told
OF the sudden horror which had seized him.
What do they call this zound?' he
asked.
"who?'
THE folk on the country side?"
oh. they are ignorant pecDle. Why
shorld YOU mind what fhay call IT,"
Tell me. Watson. What dc they say OF
it?'
I hesItated. but could not escape the
question.
They saw 1t Is the cry OF the Hound Of
the Paskerv'Tes."
He groaned and was silent for n few mo-
ments.
"A hound e. was" he sai7. ~ las-. but II
seemed to ONE from miles AWAY. over
yorder 7 thir'<"
at was hard 70 saw whence - came"
1T rose and fell with the wind. Isn't
that the direction OF the great Grimpen
Mire?'
ives. It is"
We'll It was IN there. Come now. wat
son. didn't YOU think yourself that II was
The cry OF n hound? 7 am not a child.
Yom need not fear to speak the truth
"Sranleton was with me when I heard 1t
last. He said that it might he the calling
OF q strange bird"
No.. no: It WIS a hound. Ny God. can
there he some truth In all these stories?
Is il possible that ! am really in danger
from so dark a cause? You don't believe
IL d. You. Watson"
M no"
And vet 1t was one thing to laugh about
1t in London. and 1t is another to stand out
here in The darkness OF the moor and to
hear such a cry as that. And my uncle!
There was the footprint OF the hound be-
side him as he lay. 1t all fits together. I
don't think that l am a coward. Watson.
but that sound seemed. to freeze my very
blood. Feel nv handr'
1t was as cold as a block NJ marble.
You'll be all right tomorrow.
II don't think I'll get that cry out of
my head. What do you atviss that We do
now?"
Shall We turn back?'
NO. by thunder: we have come out to
get our man, and we will do it. We after
the convict and q hell-hound. as likely as
not. after US. Come on Wen see II
through II all the fends OF the pit were
loose upon the moor"
We stumbled slowly along in the dark
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10
SIR HENRY SUDDENLY DREW MISS srAPLEToN TO HIS SIDE

TT may be 50 placed as to Be only visible
from here"
sr-
Out by the Cleft Tor. I think"
~Not more than a mile or two OFF,
Hardly that, 1t cannot be far II Barry
more had to carry out the food to 1t. And
he Is waiting. this villain. beside that can
die. By thunder. Watson. 1 am going out
to take that manr'
The same thought had crossed my OWE
mind It was not as IL the Barrymores had
taken US into their confidence. Their
secret had been forced from them. The
man was q danger to the community, an
unmitigated scoundrel for whom there was
neither pity nor excuse. We were only
doing our duty In taking this chance OF
putting him back where he could DO no
harm. With his brutal and violent nature.
others would have to pay the price If We
held our hands. Any night. for example,
our ~neighbors the Stapletons might be at
tackled by him. and it may have been the
thought OF this which made Sir Henry
so keen upon the adventure.
81 will come" said l.
Then get YOUR revolver and put on
your boots. The sooner we start the bet
ter. as the fellow may put out his light and
be off"
In five minutes we were outside the
door. starting upon our expedition. We
Glllt laitOuSL II hG1h SiAl oOOGIg III
the dull moaning of the autumn wind and
the rustic OF the falling leaves. The night
air was heavy with the smell OF damp
and decay. Now and again the moon
peeped out for an Instant. but clouds were
driving over the face OF the sky, and just
as we came out on the moor a thin rain
began to fall. The light still burned
steadily IN front.
Are you armed2' l asked.
81 have a ~hunting-crop."
I'VE must close in on him rapidly. for he
is said to be a desperate fellow We shall
take him by surprise and have him at oGr
mercy before he can resist"
Il say. Watson" said the Barone.. what
would Holmes say to this? How about that
hour Of darkness in which the power OF
evil Is exaIted?"
AS If In answer TO his words there rose
suddenly out of the vast gloom of the moor
that strange cry which l had already heard
upon the borders of the great Grimpen
Mire. II came with the wind through the
silence of the night. a long. deep %Elutter,
then a rising howl, and then the Sad moan
in which 1t died away. Again and again
1t sounded. the whole air throbbing with it,
strident. wild. and menaciuS. The Baro-
net caught my sleeve and his face glim-
mered white through the darkness.
MY God. what's that, Watson?'
Il don't know. It's a sound they have
on the moor. 1 heard 1t once before"
It died away, and an absolute silence
closed in upon US. We stood straiu:ny
our ears. but nothing came.
Watson said the Barohct, 1T was the
cry of a hound"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

7 was doing no harm. sir. I was holding
O candle to the window"
"And why were you holding q candle to
the Window
I give you my word. sir. that 1t is not my
secret, and that I cannot tell 1t. II 1t con-
cerned no one but myself. / would not try
to keep 1t from you"
A sudden idea occurred to me. and I took
the candle from the trembling hand OF the
butler.
He must have been holding It as a
signal" said I. Let US see IL there IL
any nswer." / held il as he had done,
and stared out into the darkness of the
night. Vaguely l could discern the black
bank of the trees and the lighter expanse
of the moor. for the moon was behind the
clouds And then / gave a cry of exuIta-
ticn. for a tiny pin-point of yellow light
had suddenly transfixed the dark veil. and
gIowed steadily In the center Of the black
square framed by the window.
There IL ISL / cried.
NO. no. sir. II Is no~thing-nothing at
ALL" the butler broke in: II assure you,
sir"
Move your light across the window, Wat
son. cried the Baronet. See. the other
moves also! Now. you rascal. do you deny
that it is a signal? Come. speak upI Who
Is your confederate out yonder. and what
is this conspiracy that is going on?'
The mans face became openly defiant.
1T is my business. and not yours. I
will not tell"
Then you leave my employment right
away"
VERY good sir. II I must I must"
And you go in disgrace. BY thunder.
YOU NAV we'll be ashamed of yourself. Your
family has lived with mine for over a hun
dred years under this roof. and here 1 find
YOU deeo in some dark plot against me-"
No. no. sir: no. not against you!" 1t
was a woman's voice. and Mrs. Barrymore.
paler and more horrorstruck than her hus-
band. was standing at the door. Her bulky
figure in a shawl and skirt might have
been comic were 1t not for the intensity OF
feeling upon her face.
I'VE have 10 go. Sliza. This is the end OF
II. You can pack our things" said the
butler.
ION. John John. have 1 brought you to
this? 1t is my doing. Sir Henry-alI mine.
He has done nothing except for my sake,
and because I asked him"
Speak out theni What does 1t mean?'
My unhappy brother Is starving on the
moor. We cannot let him perish at our
very gates. The light is a signal to him
that food is ready for him, and his light
out yonder is to show the spot TO which
to bring it."
Then your brother is -"
THE escaped convict. sir-SeIden. the
criminal
said that It was not my secret and that /
could not tell it to you. But now you have
heard It, and you will see that il there was
a plot 1t was not against you"
This, then was the explanation of the
stealthy expedition at night and the light
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09
Spring Fever

Spring fever is another name for
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most people think. A torpid liver
and inactive bowels mean a poisoned
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by stimulating the liver, opening the
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81 have taken Dewitt's Little Early
Risers for torpid liver every spring
for years" writes X. NJ EVERY
Moundsville, W. Va. They do me
more good than anything have ever
tried"
J.E Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09
Leads Them All.

"One Minute Cough Cure bets all
otner medicines ever tried for
coughs, colds, Group and throat and
lung troubles" says d. Scott Currin
of Loganton, Pa. One Minute Cough
Cure is the only absolute safe cough
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Mothers everywhere testify. to the
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Group is so sudden in its attacks that
the doctor often arrives too late. 1t
yields at once to One Minute Cough
Cure. Pleasant to take. Children like
It. Sure cure for grip, bronchitis,
coughs,
j. ~ Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

Matt Duhr in the Cushing lndepen-
dent: Some people have recently
been hunting for pearl clans in
Euchee creek They claim that some
valuable pearls were taken out Of
Euchee creek clans by Indians, about
thirty years ago. One savage car
ried $500 worth of the pearls on his
breast for several years, when he was
robbed of the precious things while
he was dead drunk.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

The Commercial club at Chandler
held a special meeting the other day
for the purpose Of taking action look
ing toward securing good roads into
and out of the city. The roads run
ming into and out OF Guthrie would
richly repay for a little attention in
this direction.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

An Oklahoma City adventure
launched fiat boat in the North Ca
madam river yesterday with The an
nouncercent that he was starting for
New Orleans A casual glance a the
river indicated that tnsre was a job
in store for a coroner down about
Shawnee.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09
rell Me pusLv Maiden.

A pleasing little specially entitled,
"Tell Me Dusky Maiden" will be CIV
en- by a sixtet of local singers during
the performance of "A Night in Bohe-
mia" at the Brooks opera house, Fri
day, June 20.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

Work on the second story OF the
city hall began this morning.
The hrst story Of Cammack's new
brick livery barn is completed aud
the block viii be rushed to compie-
tion. Il will be the neatest ana most
commodious "Hotel de hoss" in OK.
lahomR.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

Is it burn? Use DR.. Thomas
Eclectic Oil A cut? Use DIT.
Thomas Eclectric Oil. At your drug
giets.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

From all parts of the Indian terri
tory comes the cry Of too much
rain Corn andc otton is sadly in
need of cultivation, and etill the rain
continues TO fall. The unequal dis
tribution of rainfall is the greatest
drawback OF the Southwest
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

Shawnee is excited about the street
story that members OF the city council
own stock in sewer building com
pany which lately secured franchise
at Shawnee,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

A citizen of Waukomis who, the
World says, is crippled about half
the time with mashed toes or some
thing similar, shot off one of his hng-
ers whiie trying to kill dog
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

PaoH will mold a special election
for mayor on June 13. AT the regu.
lar election, held in April the candi-
dates, Dr. Morris and Bud McCord,
each received exactly the same mum
Der Of votes, and they win try it over
again on the date named.
The Ardmorite publishes the cham
pion lightning story Of the season. It
says that during a recent storm,
lightning flashes destroyed an acre OF
cotton for a farmer residing near
MILO and also destroyed the garden
Of c. Q. Johnson, cooking the string
beans so the beans rattled in the pods
like a rattle box. Next
Ardmorite: The passage Of the
fee bill, allowing witnesses in the In.
dian territory per diem and mileage
and deputy United States marshals
fees for work performed. will do
more in forwarding the cause Of jus
tice in this domain than any Other
recent legislation. Something like
500 900 of disallowed accounts from
the marshal's offices will also be
paid by the government"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

A Baptist college is TO be erected
at South McAlester.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09
c. n. COLE,
Roofer,

Contracts taken for new roofs,
gravel sand and asphaltum.
All kinds of roofing done at reas-
enable prices.
Old roofs, tin and gravel, dried, re
painted and repaired.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Out Of town orders given prompt
attention.
Twenty FIVE years experience.
722 East Oklahoma Avenue.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

All kinds of legal blanks at the
Leader office.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

A great deal of ginger has been
knocked out of the next legislature by
the congressional prohibition against
locating public buildings
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

The South Canadian washed away
sixty feet Of its bank at Canadian, !.
r., and carried down many telephone
poles, interrupting the service.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09
LEAoERETTEs
Local Happenings Of cty and Terri,
tory Briefly Told.

Local Happenings Of cty and Terri.
tory Briefly Told.
The South Canadian washed away
sixty feet of its bank at Canadian, l.
r., and carried down many telephone
poles, interrupting the service.
A great deal of ginger has been
knocked out OF the next legislature by
the congressional prohibition against
locating public buildings.
Oklahoma county. Il is said, viii go
to the Enid convention With a local
candidate. Colonel c. G, Jones is stin
talked of as the probable candidate.
AT South McAlester, Judge w. H.
H. clayton, brother OF Powell Clayton.
is talked OF for judge of the United
stetes circuit court OF appeals, to sue
ceed Judge Caldwell.
In riot amcpg the employees OF the
C-erokee and Central Railroad com
pany near westville, ]. r., an attempt
was made to raid the pie house and
a Greek was shot and killed by a
guard
Frank McMaster of Lawton, says
that the number Of ACCOMPLISHMENTS in
Comanche county is twice the number
of filings and that l million dollars
has been paid for relinquishments.
A curious murder trial is on at
Ardmore. Henry Elder suffered, and
because some of his companions
Knocked him, he shot James Thomas,
killing him instantly.
Addington has a new jail, also a
new pressed brick plant. When a
violator Of the law gets Jail sen
tence he will be given SO many days
at work in the brick yards.
There is a new town on the Fort
Smith and Western railroad, twenty
FIVE miles from Eufaula, which hai
been given the peculiar name o
"Spokogee." If Spokogee survives
the name nothing can kill it.
Henry Dorsett shot and Instant.
= killed Drew Wade, at Cornish, las
= Monday, in a quarrel over Dorset
wife. The latter surrendered tc tn
officers, and claimed that he did tn
killing in selfdefense.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

Henry Dorsett shot and instantly
killed Drew Wade, at Cornish, last
Monday, in a quarrel over Dorsetts
wife. The latter surrendered tc the
officers, and claimed that he did the
killing in self-defense.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

Oklahoma county. It is said, will 60
TO the Enid convention With a local
candidate Colonel c G. Jones is still
talked of as the probable candidate
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

There is a new town on the Fort
Smith and Western railroad, twenty
FIVE miles from Eufaula, which has
been given the peculiar name OF
"Spokogee." If Spokogee survives
the name nothing can kill it.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

Addington has a new jail also a
new pressed brick plant. When a
violator Of the law gets a Jail sen
tence he will be given SO many days
at work in the brick yards
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

Frank McMaster of Lawton, says
that the number of relinquishments in
Comanche county is twice the number
of filings and that l million dollars
has been paid for relinquishments.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

A curious murder trial is on at
Ardmore. Henry Elder suffered, and
because some Of his companions
Knocked him, he shot James Thomas,
killing him instantly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

In a riot amc1g the employees OF the
C-erokee and Central Railroad com
pany near Westville, ]. T. an attempt
was made to raid the pie house and
a Greek was shot and killed by a
guard
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-09

At South McAlester, Judge w. H.
H. clayton, brother OF Powell Clayton.
is talked OF for Judge of the United
Stetes circuit court of appeals, to sue
ceed Judge Caldwell.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06

New Orleans, June 5.-Liverpool adj
vices were more favorable than looked
for, consequently our market opened
to higher on near months, and l to
on late, realizing subsequently occa-
stoned a decline, to II from the top
on summer positions, and 1 to on late,
making the net loss on the day to
on old crop option, and l to on new.
Generally fair weather continues over
the cotton belt with only light show
ers reported along the Atlantic coast.
The favorable crop outlook and the lack
of spot demand, seem to have restrict
ed speculation. Continental advices,
however that spinners' stocks are near
ly exhausted, and it is therefore ex-
pected that they will soon have to en-
ter the market or close down. Opera
tors are waiting for something new to
transpire in the situation before enter
ing into new engagements, the daily
weather conditions will continue to reg
ulate the future course of values.