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CHAPTER xix.
who Fired the Shot?

I = 49,
!, The next morning at an early hour
a. pistol shot rang out sharp and quick
on the. still air surrounding the up
noer norton of Grovedale. It was heard
by many, and commented upon, but
not unpleasantly. Some sportsman had
been out early and was returning,
they said Others wondered idly who
it could be, and what he had secured,
or whether he had just en1ptied his
gun by firing in the air. One or two
experienced men, however, heard the
shot with some dismay, and made
their way at once In the direction of
the sound. q
e. It appeared to be. as I have said,
at the upper end Of the village, and
two or three men turned into the
streets approaching Mr.. Hamilton
house and walked toward It together.
These were the men who had fol-
lowed the sound. When they reached
the grounds of the house they saw a
group of people standing about a fig
consisted Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton
land Mr.. Carter. who stood back at
their approach and plainly revealed
to their gaze the form Of Primus Edes
Lying, face upward, on the ground.
aa!stWho did it," asked one Of the men,
MIR. Green, excitedly.
~ ."That's more than we can tell" said
6AlEs StI lCIs ACoi ~ q oAAoS e|AASA
Jumped into my clothes and came
down. Vane had got here, somehow,
before I did. and my niece followed
me. That's all we knew about the
matter"
i .s 'Shot himself, most likely" said
Mr.. Dawes, a grocer on Main street
bEdes has looked downhearted for 9
long time. I wonder where the pistol
ls?. It can't be great ways off, if he
hi aa1f -
That's So" said the other man,
.er3 But the grass was short, there was
mo place where pistol could be hid
den from direct gaze except behind a
row of rose bushes a few feet away.
Green moved toward them to look,
and, to his surprise. saw a small pistol
plainly in sight in front of. not be-
hind, the rose bushes.
1T is a wonder we didn't see It the
first thing" said he.
Il at is a wonder said Mr.. Hamil-
ton, taking the pistol and looking it
over. There Is no mark on it."
/ toll belong to Dan Fry" said Mr..
4 Green. II sold him one like it not
| long ago."
said Mr.. Carter, aghast.
mo, don't; think he shot him.
self"
'swell. am sorry to have had 1t
occur here" said Mr.. Hamilton, glanc-
ing at, his wife's terror stricken face.
Hitherto she had not spoken, but
now her tongue was unloosened.
''Why don't some Of you see If he is
really dead?" she cried. Because a
man is shot it is no reason for think
ing that he is dead
"Sure enough, sure enough, Con-
stance. Bless my sou1i why didn't we
think Of that? Til run for the doctor
myself" said Mr.. Carter.
~-- But Mr.. Hamilton quietly knelt ami
laid his hand on his breast.
It beats feebly. He may rally. 1T
II not cold here. We will not risk tifs-
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w ~ y NEITHER marriage be abso-
NAV solutely or not Is some
wv thing to be decided only by
those who have tried 1t,

rrSw ~ NEITHER marriage DO aDSo~
NV solutely or not Is some
" thing to be decided only by
those who have tried 1t,
and am no femme Don
0uixote, fitting against windmills.
am simply an observer. seeing happy
marriages, and unhappy. and some
times finding what Is evident to all
except the persons most concerned,
'.the little rift within the lute," which
has made its music mute.
It might be said at the outset that
the fact of asking all over the world
af marriage Is failure Is not proof
that It Is a success, nor is the excel
lence OF an institution proved by the
few cases but by the many. The few
but prove the possibility OF success
where there Is more often but slight
measure of 1t.
No one who has considered the
matter thoughtfully can doubt that
marriage at It's best Is the perfect life,
ideal In its relations and In Its devel-
opment of the best type of man and
woman, but, unfortunately, that
thing may be Is not the same as that
5ts5s.
TO an outsider, one Of the strongest
arguments against matrimony Is the
number Of those who try to get out of
It. Being tied Is in itself condition
trying to an erratic temperament, for
you are never SO eager to get away as
when you know you can't.
I,have watched devoted lovers grow
Snto Indifferent partners, and also
have seen most beautiful marriages
grow from rather commonplace WOO
ings, SO the advance stage seems not
much of an indication what the future
will give.
One Of my girl friends said to me
OF her fiance: "I am not one OF the
silly girls who cannot see faults In
those they care for. I can see them
all the palmer because love, and tho
have hunted very hard for them, I
can't see a fault in Joe, and SO
know he hasn't got any" She and
Joe got married and went their loving
way. Some years later met her, and
In the course Of conversation she sur
pr1sed me by saying: mo, Of course,
don't tell Joe everything the way I
used to. Men are SO stupid they
never understand. so 1t is foolish tt
tell them and get into a fuss"
'Do they grow stupid after mar
riage?'' y
ssWeI1, they may not, but they seem
to. why, Joe nearly went wild over
the most innocent letter that a man
sent me. and he happened to find
I've told the maid again and again
never to bring my letters to the table
but to put them in my bureau drawer
but she is so careless. One often ha!
letters she doesn't wish her husband
to see, bills and things Of that sort. >
n
Now, it is hard for me to imagine
q marriage a success in which on
party to the contract has such a feel
ing as that Marriage, it seems to me
is one Of two things, either a bushes
contract, or union founded upol
sentiment, and If deceit enters Into l
one party or the other Is not Twin,
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MAN SWALLOWS
HIS OWN TEETH
Later the Lost Molars Are Removed
from His Stomach.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Nov. o.
Frederick C. Smith has had two false
teeth removed from his stomach.
Smith swallowed a plate with the
teeth on it Friday night, in a fit of
coughing. He went to Buffalo where
friends advised an operation and Dr.:
Roswell Park was called in.
Two operations were performeds the
second being, successful. The x-ray
was used to locate the teeth. The
stomach was then cut open and the
teeth removed. Mr.. Smith is doing
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= 20 - & o. - =: :,
4; $50 I see,,'' said the sick man, de-
jectedly.@ But he: started up in "a mo-
ment and asked, enly,g Are you de-
ceiving me? Is she dead or very sick2
Has anything happened to her, or to
the children ?'' ooe.eo
mo, they are all right, all of them.
There amt nothin'a the matter with
none Of them"
Then she must come to see me,
for am not able to go to her.
He spoke with a decision new and
alarmed.
But don't you see, Mr.. Edes, it
wouldn't look well, she bein' a mar
ried woman SO, an you a single man. .
Are you crazy, my good woman?
My. name is not Edes and am not
a single man, tho I know very well
that she is a married woman" s
5'.I'm sure you told me that your
name was Edes, and that. you were
never married ~
~@.sI never told you so. Edes! never
heard the name until now in all my
life.''s
well, then, what is your name %
a return to: her aequiescent manner.
.tyane Hamilton, as you very well
know so. 49, 50
...All right, and now will you have
your drops? The clock is just strik-
ing the time" -
Eyes, If you will go over and ask
my wife to come to see me-
'tI'll ask her."
"Thank you. It is only little way,
and she. won't mind the walk. One
ought to see the house from that win
dow ~
.You can see it plain" and Mrs.
Fry gave him the drops, and then
went and stood irresolutely in the
| middle Of her kitchen for several min
utes. $50
| IT promised, an it won't do no
great hurt" she said to herself at last.
ut dooz beat all what's got into the
man, claimin' to be Vane Hamilton,
an he with Almost black hair. He's
crazy as a, loon.
Taking the sunbonnet from It's nail
on the wall she closed the door care
fully, and then called to her next
door neighbours to ask her to keep
house. a little while for her.
| Don't disturb Mr.. Edes unless he
wants somethin'," she said and then
! she hurried to the house Of Mrs. Ham
ilton; and was admitted by that lady
herself, who had seen her coming.
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'OUND DEATH IN A STREET PUDDLE

in twenty rods Of his home. The un-
fortunate man received 1000 volts and
died instantly.
The accident was peculiar. A tele-
phone wire fell from pole and came
in contact with one Of the main feed
ers Of the city lighting system. Proba-
bly, dozen persons passed the pool
of water where the wire was hidden,
but none stepped into it. Yerrick's
foot slipped into the puddle and he
was almost instantly killed., receiving
the full force of the current.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-23
ITP-TO-THE- MINUTE
FASHIONS.
A Daily Hint Of Practical Value
to- Journal Readers Of the
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily in
this department are eminently practi-.
cal, and the garments pictured can be
reproduced easily from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
trifiing cost thru The Journal. The
models are all in good style, pretty
and original in effect and not too
elaborate for the ambitious amateur
TO reproduce.
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st. Louis Police Authorities Plan s
Novel Campaign Against Worlds
Fair Mendicants.
New, York Sun spooi.l Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
ST. Louis. Mo-, Nov. 23.-The st.
Louis police department is preparing
to cope in strenuous fashion with the
threatened invasion OF eastern beg
gars who are expected to flock to- the
worlds fair city in the next six
months. Many plans for entertaining
these unwelcome guests have been
suggested and considered, but the one
which meets with the approval Of all
the heads of departments, from the
president of the police board down to
sary to write inches or years"
Pattern for this garment will be
sent postpaid on receipt of 10 cents.
Be sure and mention number of pat
tern. Address
PAPER PATTERN DEPARTMENT,
JOURNAL, MINNEAPOLIS.
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but didn't you know me? Didn't
you ever see me pr
2 Eyes, I saw you at church and here,
and' occasionally in other places
: did ever speak to you?"
= Eyes, several times"
L "And your
-. 81 spoke to you, but did not know
YOU
/: Am I so changed, then?"
For answer Constance went into the
adjoining room and brought q small
mirror to him. He took it and held it
before him.
. "A cry broke from his lips.
Bring me another he said; s'this
is good for nothing.
-Obediently she went into Mrs. Fry's
bedroom and. brought him another,
larger and better.
What does it mean. Constance ?''
he asked, lifting a wild, haggard face
to hers. "Is my hair a dark brown,
or is it the fault Of this damnable
glass ?"
your hair. is a dark brown, Gers
tainly-almost black"
Can such things come to pass ?''
What things 2"
"Can a mans hair turn from light
to dark ?''
HGNST-kHSW IudI II COulQ.
WELL it has, whether any such case
was ever known before or not; but
when did it happen?"
- II cannot say, for know nothing
about the matter in any way. But
you say you are Vane Hamilton. How
can you prove it 90
:, Say that T am Vane Hamilton? Is
not that enough? Don't you know
that I am % and he looked at her evil
IDENTIFY greatly astonished.
mo, I don't know that you are.
Strange things have happened since
my husband went away. He did not
return as we expected, and
strange tn rumors started up mean
ly 1t was said he went
away with woman named Lenora, a
beautiful woman with emerald-co1-
ored hair. Do you know her?''
81 have heard of her, he replied.
eyasively.
Then she continued, claiming her
emotions with a strong hand, and en-
deavoring to speak composedly, while
Mrs. Fry sat an aWestruck listener,
for she had crept silently back, lit
was feared he had been drowned in
the river, or: had met with some foul
play, for a body was found in it that
1t was CnOuSnL might De HIS. ILLS
idea followed the bank troubles"
What bank troubles?"
ut was said that my husband en-
bezzled the funds, that he altered two
notes to ten times their value, and got
the money on them.
cit is false false! I never did it,
never! It is a conspiracy to rob me
of my good name.
almost the exact words Of an
other, thought Constance, who. how
ever, continued by strong effort of
will to speak of the main facts of her
husbands disappearance.
s.An investigation was made and mo-
considerable trouble was found at the
bank, except as regarded the altered
notes., which, it was believed, my hus-
band returned to the bank to get a
week after leaving Grovedale. He
left on the desk a shirt-stud. one of
a, set that I gave him; another was
found near the riversby an Italian en-
ployed son the new railroad, as it was
believed. My husbands travelling
cap was also found among the bushes,
on the bank"
She paused for a moment to look at
the pale-faced man on the pillow,
who listened with wide-opened eyes
and flushed cheeks.
To be continued to-morrow.
:
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NATURAL BUT NOT LOCAL
-
PHILADELPHIA Ledger,

Il
! John Kendrick Bangs told the fol-
lowing story on himself at a recent
dinner: "Just after my unsuccessful
campaign for mayor Of Yonkers, a.
friend of mine came UP to pay me a
visit. He inquired my address of a
policeman, and I am glad to say the
policeman did not know me. My
friend thought that a corner saloon
keeper could surely tell him, but I am
glad to say he also did not know me.
A constituent of mine, happening to
.oVerhear his inquiry, asked:
Bangs, Bangs. do you name that
Bangs that was just after runnin' fur
mayor 2"
=. My friend told him that I was the
same one, but explained that that was
not Mr.. Bangs only attribute to fame.
He went on to: say. that Mr.. Bangs
had written several books, one Of
which a man In California had read
from beginning to end, and that a.
large family in Salt Lake City had
read another of his books. In fact.
he said, Mr.. Bangs reputation might
well be called national.
- We'll, broke in the Irishman, his
reputation might well be called ma
tional, but OIL be hanged II it's los
CAL
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Oakland Man Carelessly Steps Into
q Puddle, Strikes a Live Wire
and Is Electrocuted.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
San francisco, Nov. IA pool Of
water concealing: heavily charged
electric wire In Oakland brought
death to Clark Yerrick, assistant SUI
perintendent Of the Oakland, San
Francisco & San Jose railroad, with
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IF you DO NOT KNOW
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
THAT.

Y. The Usage Indians certainly do not
deserve, the soubriquet of ''poor Lo.''
There are about $50 Of them and they
have to their credit, some $10,000,O00'
in the treasury, and own about 1,5O0,-
900 acres Of good land.
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Must borrow robes from Beauty;
Life must rise above the mart,
Faith and love are al Ideal.

Beside the loss OF all poetry out
Of the mutual life, another cause for
the unhappiness in marriage that
makes it seem failure is lack Of
courtesy of the consideration that is
given instinctively by the sweetheart
who counts it no bore tos1isten to her
lovers stories, nor finds it difficult to
laugh at them, tho she hears them
over and over. Courtesy will do much
to smooth the walks of life, more
than love itself, If love lack that sweet
grace, and forgets that
Still in mutual sufferance lies the secret of
true living; rs -
That scarce Is Love which never knows
the sweetness of forgiving.
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THE WEATHER

10 s.-s --s- d.
Misunderstanding tonight and
Tuesday; colder tonight in east por-
ton with cold wave in northeast por-
ton, rising temperature Tuesday;
brisk northwest winds, diminishing
tonight. Observation-Disclosures fair
tonight and Tuesday; colder tonight,
cold wave in north portion; high
northwest winds diminishing Tuesday
morning. Upper. Mi higan Threat
ening with snow tonight and near
Lake Superior Tuesday; cold wave
Tonight; high northwest winds to-
night. diminishing Tuesday morning.
IoWa--Fair tonight. and Tuesday:
colder tonight: il east. and central
portions; fresh !. : northwest winds.
North Dakotaa--F'air tonight and
Tuesday; warmer Tonight; variable
winds. South aDakota-Partly cloudy
tonight and Tuesday; variable winds.
or, snow Tonight and
Tuesday; warmer tonight; variable
winds.
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PATTERN. NO. :: !:

.CAUTIo Bescareful. to.xgive cor
rect Number and Size Of Patterns
wanted. When the pattern is bust
measure measure. you need only mark 81, 81,
waist measure, a22,S24 &c. or what
ever 1t may be. When y misses or
ehiId's pattern, write only: the figure
representing the age.E Itais not neces-
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Until the beginning Of the eigh-
teenth century, Great Britain's ma
tional debt was never over s3,50O,000;
since: then, by reason Of her wars, she
has gotten well beyond the $780,
100000 mark. Wonder if wars really
pay. tt.ZZ.55..s ,ss-.f;.
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Texas has some particularly. rich
districts. There is a. patch in Burnett
county of five acres where may be
found nickel, gold, silver. lead, tin.
ceriuna. lanthanum, erbiunn, taorium
and uranium; not to mention several
other valuable but: unspeakable
metals. = cc.a-:-;s.: -
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= The ideal child of 6 weighs Is pounds, is -
inches high and has a chest measurement Of
231a inches
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Once every fifteen years we get real
close to Mars almost speaking dis
taIlce, something like 35,000,000
miles, The rest Of the time we are
only ii 100000 miles away from it.
The Arrnenians about whom we
hear SO much these days, have been
a so-called Christian nation without
break for 1900 years aad have been
in constant rows with THEIR neighbors
since. long Before that period. They
are a very old race. We find mention
Of them in the cuniform Inscriptions
Of Babylon and Assyria and they are
mentioned by Xenophon and Ezekiel.
changed and passed away but they re-
main. spite of fire and sword, I'M
changed scrappy. and nonogannistic,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-23

The oldest known poem is the
Song of Merriam
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The great desert Of Sahara is 3,1O07
miles long and 600 miles Wide on its
greatest axis.
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labor mart, and she cannot do both
It Is no easier than 1t Is to serve God

labor mart, and she cannot do both.
It Is no easier than 1t Is to serve God
and Mammon.''
It Is true that the happiness of mar
ried life depends good deal upon
the woman-more, think, than upon
the man--because her strength lies
in just and proper using Of the powers
of heart and spirit. or course, men
sometimes are trying and dense, but
l have seen most unpromising mate
rial made into husbands who were
delightful and the envy Of women who
what was theirs to build with.
One cannot be happy with an I'M
bearably jealous man who suspects
his wife at every turn, but the man
with minor faults, such as asking
What did you do with the so cents
! gave you last week." may be cured
that done.
1t may be hard to be happy If you
have black eyes and hair, when your
husband takes pleasure in calling your
attention to beauties with blue eyes
and golden hair, and tells you how he
always admired that style of beauty.
but think what a compliment he paid
you In preferring you In spite OF his
ness. 49,
- .,.c-ss.s :,
Jealousy, brutality and vulgarity
are so strikingly offensive that all the
world admits there. is no chance for
happiness with them, but they wreck
few lives comparatively. If marriage
is failure it is not in any great meas
ure because Of these, but because 1t
is allowed to become commonplace.
Those who keep touch Of romance
in their relations do not find welded
bliss myth. It is well to preserve
ones illusions.
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name is Hamilton, and he talks about
Constance an. the children jest for all
the. world as if he had a right to.
You won't mind it. I tell you What
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-10
JEWS PLAN A MEMORIAL DAY.

Chicago, ILL.,. July 1.-THE Jews OF
Chicago nave arranged to observe to-
morrow as memorial day TOR the
massacred Jews OF Kishineff Services
will be held In all synagogues, and
there will be addresses and special
prayers. The appeals to the Jews to
observe the day says in part Os fol-
lows:
The massacre at Kishineff pro-
Voked the horror and Indignation of
the whole civilized world without re-
gard to religion and race. Everyone
who was able contributed literally to
the relief OF thOs stricken people. The
American press without exception did
all that civilized press could do.
We Jews did all we could to collect
money for the sufferers. but now is
the time to do something on the side
OF morality to remind our people that
Such occurrences are not spontaneous.
mere are no consequences without
causes, and it is time to discover the
causes OF such outbreaks that we may
be able to prevent them in the fu-
ture.'
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GRAND ARMY VETERANS
TO MEET IN FRISCO
The First National Encampment Ever
Held on the Pacific
Coast

San Francisco. Cal, July 1.-THE
members Of the local committees on
arrangements express the opinion that
the coming national encampment Of
the grand army Of the republic in this
city viii be the most significant, the
most interesting and one Of the most
largely attended reunions held in re-
cent years by the veterans of the civil
war. And so indeed it will be if
present plans, now well toward com
pletiOn. are carried out in detail.
1t will be the first national clio mp
ment ever held on the Pa~Zc coast
by the gerat organization and as a
consequence the entire state of Cal
ifOrnia is taking an interest with the
city of San Francisco in arranging
for the reception and entertainment
Of the visitors. The expert testi-
mOny of passenger agents whose roads
reach San Francisco directly or in
directly is that the crowd will be
the largest ever entertained in this
city.
Commander-in-Ch Stewart and
his associates Of the executive COM
mittee have chosen four days-Aug.
IS, 19. 20 and 21-as the period Of
the national convention. The enter
tainment of the veterans and their
guests, however, will cover about a
week The whole city will be hand
somely dressed for the occasion, the
crowning feature being an illuminat-
ed court of honor in a conspicuous loo
cality in the business section.
Advices already received indicate
that large delegations will be on hand
from the middle west and also from
the eastern section of the country,
DESPITE it's distance: while the states
west of the Missouri river will un-
doubtedly be more largely represented
than at any former national encamp-
ment. School houses and other public
buildings will be utilized, to accomO-
date the visitors, while those veter-
ans who prefer it may be housed IN
tents. a large number of which Will
be erected in a convenient part OF the
city.