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DISTRICT OF REDDING. IS. Probate COURT.
~ June H. 1902.
Estate OF John O'Donnell, late of Red
ding in said district, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District Of
Redding hath limited and allowed six
months from the date hereof for the creditors
Of said estate to exhibit their claims for set
Element. Those who neglect to present their
accounts properly attested. within said time,
will be debarred a recovery. All persons In
debted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment to
James A. MARI, Administrator.
R,,f1 Rrf6
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

Taunton district held it's school
meeting, Thursday evening.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20
CONGER & MORROW

Hnrseshoeing and General Blacksmith Carri-
age and Wagon Making and repairing. All
FIRST class work ut Rottom Prices. Wear now
ready to do Horse Clipping at short notice.
Shop just south OF keane's Button Shop.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

A whist party was held at the resi-
dence OF Mr. and Mrs Henry G. Curtis,
last evening (Thursday), in honor of
Harry Curtis and bride.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

The Mems club was very delightfully."- enter
tanned. Wednesday night, at the home of the
president, e. l.. johnson. The tables present
ed pretty sight, decorated with clover bios
soms while a boutonniere of roses was.prov d.
ed for each guest. The subject OF the literary
program was "Oliver Wendell Holiness" II
being In charge of Rev .. w. Barker.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20
ST JOHNS CHURCH.
MASONIC SERVICE.

Hiram lodge, No. 10, F. & A. M. has accepted
an invitation from the Rev o. 0. Wright. rec
tor OF St JOINS church. and chaplain of the
lodge. to attend a special service next Sunday
IT I o'clock p. A.. In commemoration OF St
sermon Is, 1.-THE Chief Corner Stone" Mem
bers Of other lodges are cordially invited, and
sons viii assemble ut lodge room at $50. and
by dispensation will appear in regalia.
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THE
HOWL AND DRY
GOODS CO.,
Bridgeport.

NO FROOl NO FOOTl
shoe horses on strictly natura! principles;
more speed obtained by proper shOeing. ke-
member my prices are the lowest for Dash.
Blacksmfthing in all its branches Horse
shooting q specially. Shop opposite Shorts
JOSEPH BUSSER, Bethel, ct
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

DOR SALE-One secondhand horse rake and
L one cheap horse. Norman B. Glover, Route
"a, Newtown, Conn.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

DOR SALE Heeberur Thresher, nearly
7 new; also beater in good repair. Chas. r.
Vincent. New Fairfield. Danbury F. r. D.
Route 10,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

The new presiding elder, Rev James
Montgomery, is announced to hold
quarterly conference in Sandy Hook
on Thursday afternoon, June 26, at
MapletOn. The members OF the quar-
teriy conference please take note of
this and arrange to be present.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

D. I. Andrews of Boston, a popular
shoe drummer, was in town, Monday,
calling on his local customers.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

GRASS FOR SALE-On about eacres at
U Foundry Pond near depot, II sold at once.
VIM O. johnson, NewtOwn.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

w. H. Conkling, who, holds a responsible
and one of the most estimable and popular
newspaper workers in the Elm City, Is with
his family for a brief sojourn at the Grand
greeting for his brethren of the country press
and we wish his visits were more frequent
nd Of Onuar Duration.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

DOR SALE-A hay rake in good condition.
L A. B. Curtis, Stepney Depot, Conn.
DOR SALE-The largest stock of Fireworks,
T for the 4th, in the State The F. E. Beach
Co., Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

10 years old, all right, perfectly safe for
women and children to drive. Must have the
money for him. Will sell very cheap. @.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

Miss Julia Peck, who has passed the
winter in Brooklyn, returned to hel
home in Sandy Hook on Wednesday.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

Miss Sadie D. Green is visiting at
Mrs Walter Glover's.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

0HklKAHksS OVEz11s
Shall be at my Barber Shop In 6uildin9 JON.
ing Munson Hail, Wednesday, Saturday and
sunday mornings. First Glass work guafAn-
teed.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

nor SALE-1 horse Buckeye moving ma
L chine in good order. F. G. Haeublein, Eas-
ton, OF.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

i John Finuell's house in Hanover district
partly furnished. Inquire OF w. A. Leonard
at NeWtOWn Inn.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-06-20

DOR SALE-About 1900 cabbage plants of
+ different kind, most of them Late Flat
Dutch" Per hundred. 25c; per thousand, 81.
Lads Simko. IsinglaSS SchOOlhOuSe Farm,
HUNTINGTON.
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Continued onsi1,een.h PaSel.
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man; and to this day. when my hair
too, is gray, and when I may win my
wealth and count my wealth and keep
my wealth with any OF the land l re-
call him as the only man for whom
have felt either confidence or real re-
spect
Yes; I heard much of the blood of
the truculent yet wise Roru: also of
younger ancestors who fought for the
Stuarts against Cromwell, against Mon
mouth against William; and later in
BON the Fifteen" and in the Forty
five Peculiarly was 1 made, to know
of my mothers close connection by blood
with the house of that brave Sarsfieid
who" as my father explained, fairly
withstud tn Dootchman at tn Boyne:
and later made him quit befure tn walls
of Limerick
There was one tradition of the renown-
ed Sarstield which the old gentleman
grew prone to relate, and on the head of
him who dstrusted the legend there was
sure to fall a storm. That particular
tale concerned the Irish soldier and the
sword of Wallace wight.
'.Thish William Wallace" my father
was won't 70 say. as he approached this
myth was a joint (gianD no less He
was nine foot 'Ieven inches tall and his
soord was eight foot foore inches long.
It's in Stirlin' CashtIe now an. there
niver was but one man besides Wallace
who cud handle it. TIL Black Douglas
an all av thin Scotchmen thried it an
failed Win. one day. along comes
Gin'ral Patrick Sarsfeld-a little bit av
felly, only FIVE fut siven inches tall
an he TUX that soord av William Wal
lace in one hand an me son. he made 1t
wnishtle. "
But I must press forward to my first
crime of cards or your patience will de-
sert. During those summer months On
Toms Run when the mines We're open.
and my father and his mates of the lamp
were earning their measre pay. 1t was
the habit of himself and four or five
ether gentlemen to gather in the Toms
Run salnen when Saturday evening came
on. and relax into that amusemet dear
to Irel:nd Known as forty-five. -zaal-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-27

,r;,,t 1902. BY Robt. Howard isu .'ss.,
f2ti,SS,a,s ,,rst at the unripe age OF W.,
80, left my fathers poor svtlassIe ;nto
,ra,,,,s Run and threw myseil nv
t,.,,rple sought PittshurS
r'.,aet promising theatre Oh ,.il
md a small place at nF;ca
wage as a sois ,o,.n es-
~. ana porter for a uoN l1rso ~
ti,,shment devoted TO 49, c,,t my
loh' ~ Ter that hard emporium We
fiillSStto't -, thereon. ] have aIeauS
~ - NV nv nature i was So
20 ,,a5 the needed Unborn N1iih'.
~ Games OF chance. ana u VS.
-. indeed. before ! fou"" i'is
Ea. - terms of more or less neal a.
,.a,,,,a,,co Win every card sharper % .ite
i-1, And ] became under ~ ,ort
,re an expert cheat mNse4. - 80
,,rds and at spcn devices a -. ,,,,.,,
,f,,,e 7 soon knew each devious u! ~
,,,as IN excellent qualification 10 Pr
my way 10 eminence If not 10 flches
p,,o,,, tho rirnhie- fingered nobility OF the
-, tal,,ns into which ! had coaNeo
I crowded my presence, Vast "as ina
s,hj,ion "a soar as a blacklcg, ana no
tuaent at his honest books burned Win
bnre fire 10 succeed. l became anltia'e
f,f such mysteries as the bug. the
tUHch, the Aplo-eul.
,i,nbIe,' or from the bottom; vas a
tx; master in those dubious inventions.
f.. snake" the END squeeze. and the
X a,ance top" could put back with .
,can dizziness that might deceive even
~ masters in evil doing; and with an
n like a hawk. read a deck OF marked
srds with the same easy certainty that
,eaa the alphabet. 1t was a common
Snplimcnt TO my guilty merit that no
litter craftsman at crooked play ever
talked IN Diamond Alley.
Nn as I'VE heretofore explained. there
hyned a day when / gave MP card
Enbling and played 40 more. It's now
Eonty years since wagered 50 much as
| two-bit piece in any game other than
be Wall Street game of stocks. And
81 It was no moral aroasai that drew
r from roulette. from farohank and FROM
Saw poker. / merely awokc to the truth
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-27
SYNOPSIS OF
FORMER IWSTALMEWTS.
DIR. A. CONAN DOYLE.

Sir Charles Baskerville was found dead
pnder mysterious circumstances that led
tbe credulous to believe that he had been
pursued 10 his end by a traditional enemy
o. his race in the shape of 4 helllsh
hound, that had relentlessly followed his
FACE since the days Ct The wild Hugo
baskerville DR.. Mortimer, the friend ana
family physician OF the dead man. caiieu
or Sherlock Holmes, the great detective
10 solicit his aid in solving the mystery.
He has given him all the details coTtMecleo
with Sir Charles death, lhcitaiiS tlS
G.'lVate one that the tracks Oh d t!"S
hound were visible within lie" SaII
pf where the dead man was found. de
eSks Holmes advice about "aiio"i''s ..
Eh.rJcs' heir to take UP the aboGe 1hat
has nroved SO fatal to his predecessors.
Gul,5es asks time to think the matter
ryc, and makes an engagement lor III.
Mortimer, and Sir Henry, the heir. 10
e:1l rpon him the next morning, when ne
n,..-q1ises 10 give them the benefit Of MS
khnrcht on the mystery
ss- Henry baskerville and DR.. Mortimer
,ieit Holmes. and the story OF his uncle
eeath and the circumstances are relalen
b. the Young man. Two remarkable mel
kentc have occurred TO him since ms ar
hyai IN London. one being the receiving
Of q warning not to so 10 ftaShelNi!ie
HAIL and the other the remarkable uls-
b,,-,earance of a new pair of boots from
r. l,ote1 Holmes and DR.. N atson, fol-
living young Baskerville and DR. Moru-
NOR when they leave, perceive that they
sro also being watched by n man with
sI5al heard in a cab He gets away, but
klinles gets the number Of his cab.
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CHAPTER VI.
~
ia skerville Hall.

Ctr rIenry baskerville and DR.. Mcrti-
r,sr We're ready upon the appointed day,
and we started as arranged for Devon
shire. Mr.. Sherlock Holmes drove with
me to the station and gave me his last
parting injuctions and advice.
Il will not bias your mind by suggesting
theories or suspicious. Watson. said he;
Il wish You simply to report facts III
the fullest possible manner to me. and you
can leave me to do the theoriZinS."
What sort OF facts?" | asked.
Anything which may seem to have
bearing however Indirect upon the case
ard especially the relations between
Young Baskerville and his neishhors or
any fresh particulars concerning the
death of Sir Charles. / nave made some
INQUIRIES myself in the last few days. bat
the results have. I fear. been negative
One thing only appears to be certain. and
that is that Mr.. James Desmond. Who Is
the next heir, is an elderly gentleman
OF a very amable disposition, Sc that this
persecution does not arise from him. l
really think that we may eliminate him
entirely from our calculations. There re-
main the people who will actually sur
round Sir Henry Baskerville upon the
moor"
Would 1t not be well in the first place
to get rid of this Barrymore coupler
..Ey no means You could NOT make
greater mistake II they are innocent it
would be a cruel injustice. and if they
are guilty we should be giving up all
chance OF bringing it home 70 them No.
no. we will preserve them upon our list
OF suspects. Then there is groom at
the Hall. if I remember right. There
ara two moorland farmers There Is our
friend, DR.. Mortimer, whom I believe
t. he entirely honest. and there IS his
" ife OF whom we know nothing. There
is fhts naturalist StapIetOn and there
is his sister. who is said to be a young
Ia iy of attractions. There is Mr.. Frank
lana. of Latter Hall, who is also an I'M
Known factor, and there are one or
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-27
By ALFRED HENRY LEWIs-Copyighted by R H. RUSSELL

nave been nothing more royal than the
mere king of a kale patch and probably
wore less of authority with still! less or
revenue and fewer subjects than belong
commonly with any district leader OF
Tammany Hall. At these base doubtinss
my parents wrath would mount. He
would wax vivid with picture of the
MAJESTY and GRANDEUR of the great Boru :
the nails wherein he fed and housed a
thousand knights compared with whom,
IN rlcheS ma gnificence. and Chvalrols
Keats, those warriors who came about
King Arthur's round table showed paltry.
mean and low. To crown narration, he
would ascribe to Boru credit as a world S
lrst law given and hail him author of
the Code Brian
Shure! he would say; "he called his
scholars and his penmen about him and
he made them write down as the words
tell from tn mouth av him tn whole
OF tn Code Brian: an this in turn
was a model of tn Code Napoleon that
makes tn law az Fr-ranoe to-day
was in vain I pointed out that the
French Code found its roots and as well,
its models, in the Corpus Juris Civilis
OF just!nian-I had learned so much
Latin from Father Glennon-and that no
where in the English law was the Code
Brian, as he called it. so much as ad-
verified to-
an that IN SaSSenach Jealousy 1v
thim. he would say. An who was
this Justinian? Who. indade but IL
thievn' Roman imp'ror who sthole his
laws from King Boru just as tn Dagoes
av now are shtealin' tn jobs at tn mines
from tn Irish an Welsh an English
TO whom they belong av r-rights.
After this I said no more; I did not
point out that Justinian and his Pan
dects and the others OF his grand body
of civil law We're in existence five cen
turtles before the martyred Boru was
born That discovery would have served
no purpose beyond my parents exaspera-
ton and earned for myself as well as
the worlds historians nauSht save a
cataract of hard words. You marvel
perhaps why dwell at such length on
the memory of my father. poor. blind.
ignorant miner of coal! / loved the old
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man! had vast pride il his Irish lineage
and grew never SO angry, particularly
il bit heated by his Saturday evening
cups, Is when one spoke Of him as an
offshoot of the rock land Of leeks and
sanity David.
''What!' he would cry; because I was
born in Wales. do you take me for an
on-on-eatng Welshman? Man, I'm Irish
and don't make that mistake again.
The vigor wherewith his mine-hardened
fist smote the table as a conclusion TO
this. carried such weight of emphasis
that 40 man was ever found TO fall
second time into the error.
For myself. the question whether my
ancestors were Welsh or Irish held little
interest l was looking forward not
backward, and an eager avarice TO hunt
dollars drove from my bosom the last
trace of concern touching a genealogy.
I would sooner have one years run or
uninterrupted luck at gambling table
than to know myself as a direct descend
ant of the PlaDtagenets Not so my
dear old father; to the hour when death
closed his eyes-aiready slgntless tor Ten
years-burned out with blast. they
were-he ceased not TO regale me with
tales of that noble line of dauntless Irish
from which we drew our blood For the
ten years following the destruction or
his eyes by powder. I saw much of my
father, for l established him at little
country tavern near enough to the ocean
to hear the surf and smell the salt breath
of it, and two or three times a week
I made shift to get down where he was.
And whether my stay was for an hour
or for a night--as on Sundays this last
came often to be the case--he made his
pedigree or what he dreamed was such,
the nroud burden OF his conversation
Brian Boru. l remember. was an orlgl-
nal well-head of our family. My father
was tireless in his settings forth of this
hero king of Munster; nor did he tan
at the close OF his story to curse the
assassin who struck Boru down at Clon-
tart Sometimes to tease him, I'd argue
what must have been the weak and
primitive inconsequence OF the royal
Roru. I'd suggest that by the sheer
narcowress and savagerN< of the hour
wherein that monarch lived, he could
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that the greatest simpleton OF cards IS
the professional gambler himself; and
with that l turned my back on the whole
scnlVy business and quit the faro dehs
for the exchange. And with no purpose
to preach. l say openly and with fullest
freedom that the game of stock spccula-
tion is as repiete of snareS, gins, traps
and pitfalls and of as false and black
leg character as any worst game OF
Ubiquitous faro that is dealt with trimm
ed and s2rded deck from 4 dishonest
bcX. As an arena of morals the stock.
exchange presents no conscious improve
rent beyond what is offered by the veri-a
est dead fall ever MADE elate with those
t,Ho rings at the bell which tells the
waiting inmates that some 'steerer" is
on the threshold with rustic victim to
BE- fleeced / once read that the home
stead of Captain Kidd the pirate, stood
tive. centuries ago on that plot of ground
row covered by the New York Stock
Exchange: and I confess TO a smile when
I reflected how the spirit of Immortal
ranirlc would seem TO hover over the
place The exchange is a fit successor
II the habitat Of that wild freebooter
who died ana dried in execution dock
when long ago the Stuart Anne was
queen.
During those earlier months in Pitts
burg. | was not permitted by my father
who had much control OF me even unto
the day of his death-to altogether aban-
don Toms Run. and the good. grmy
coal miner folk. its inhabitants. Ny
weeks holiday began with each Satur-
DAYS noon; from that hour until Mon
day morning was free; and thus. obey
ing my fathers behests Saturday even
ing and Sunday ! was bound TO pass
beneath my parents roof. It was during
one of these visits home when first
cheated at car9s-menorable event!-and
it was on another that my roGery was
discovered and won a proper punishment
AS already stated, my father was Of
Welsh extraction. 1t was no less the
fact, however, that his original stock was
Irish: his grandfather-1 believe it to
have been that venerable and l trust.
respected mountaineering to Wales
from somewhere ON the banks OF the.
BlacGwatcr and my father. excellent
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-27
THAT STOLEN ACE OF HEARTS-A THRILLING STORY

" they played for a dime a corner: on
occa sional rich evenings. the stakes
mounted dizztty as high as two-bits
though this last was not often.
Now I was preyed on by a desire 10
make one at this Saturday contention
OF forty-five. but my father would never
consent.
Jack he'd say; you'd only lose
your money shtre! you're nawthin
but a boy an not TT to pla-ay cards with
tn loikeS av Grown-up men"
But | persisted: I argued--to myself.
you may De certai.-while I might be
no match for these old professors of for
ty-flve who played the game with never
a mistake if I. like them. played hon
estly, that the cunning work I meditated
could not fail to bring me in the wealth.
At last, one of the others came to my
rescue
Let him pla-ay. AIishter Roche he
said. Lets win his money FROM him
an it'll be a lesson. He'll not lose nucfl
befure he'll be gla-ad to quit
All right. thin replied my father:
you can pIa-ay, Jack, till you lose fifty
cents; an tlatll do ye. Moind now,
when you lose fifty cints you shtop.''
and SO l was made one OF the circle.
AS I foresaw. did not lose the four
bits which my indulgenL iparert5 had
marked as the limits CT furthest sacrifice
u my ambitious innocence. Already I
had brought back to Toms Run Il curious
trick or two from Pittsburg. II soon
came tC be my deal ana the moment
l got the cards in my hands I abstract
ed the ace OF hearts, most doughty
creature in the game or forty-five.-and
dropped it in nay lap. Covering the fact
from the vulgar eye with a fcid of my
handkerchief. That was all the chicane
practiced: / kept myself in constant pcs
session of the ace OF hearts, played it at
crisis; and at once the wagere6 dimes
of the Others began to travel into my
Illicit pockets where they made u merry
jingle. warrant you The honest irish
from whom I was fiiching these small
tributes never once hethought that /
might play them sharp: they one and
all attributed my gains to luck and loud
was exclamation over my good fortune.
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CHAPTER v.
rnrr pP0KEN TEREADS.

!
Sherlock Holmes had in a very re-
sarlable degree, the power of detachirg
bis mind at Will For two hours the
strange business in which we had been
Involved appeared to be forgotten ana
he was entirely absorbed in the pictures
of the modern Belgian masters he
gould talk of nothing but art, OF which
b, had the crudest ideas, from our ieaY-
hr the gallery until we found ourselves
IT the Northumberland Hotel.
"Sir Henry Baskerville is upstairs eX-
,ac1fne YOU said the clerk He asked
ne to show you up at once when you
tarne.
aHave YOU any objection to my looking
II your register said Holmes.
Not in the least.
The book showed that two names had
een added after that of Baskerville. One
ras Theophilus Johnson and family, OF
newcastle; the other Mrs. Oldmore anG
Maid. of High Lodge. Alton.
surely that must he the same Johnson
rhon, j used to Know said Holmes to
h. porter "a lawyer, is he not, grey
,caded, and walks with limp"
No. sir. this is Mr.. johnson, the coal
r:ner a very active gentleman, not Older
han yourself"
Surely You are mistaken ABOUT MS
tade?"
NO. sir: he has used this hotel for
many years. and he is very We'll known
us"
All. tina. settles it Mrs. oldmore. too;
seem to remember the name. Excuse
nv curiosity but often IN calling upon
p7a friend one finds another.
she is an invalid lady. sir Her nus
,an6 was once Mayor of Gloucester. She
pways comes to us when she is in town. :
Thank you; am afraid | cannot
lain her acquaintance. We have es-
sblished a most important fact by these
nestions. Watson" he continued, in
my voice, as we went upstairs togethef-
I'VE know now that The people VINO are
n interested in our friend have not set
la down in his own hotel. That means
hat while they are, as We have SEEN
,nrv anxious to watch him they are
rually anxious that he should not see
hem. Now. this is a most suggestive