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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-17
MANY DOORS OPEN
THE POLICE DON'T KNOW HOW
1T HAPPENED, BUT 1T DID.

At police headquarters this morning
the police reported that during the
night they found large number Of
residence doors in various parts of the
city wide open. They do not know
how shs doors came to be left open,
unless they were not securely fastened
but know that the doors were open,
something unprecedented IN the histo-
ry Of the city to such an extent as
found last night.
Mrs. Mary K. Shelton, o. ct. Louis,
who has been visiting in the city, re-
turned home today at noon.
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Gov. Durbin FavOrs Indiana
Senator for Vice President.
A $40, 900 Blaze Started at Huston.
vile BY Lightning-Kentucky 4
Insurance Men.
SOME WATER AT PITTsBURG

DURBlN FAvORS FAIRBANKS.
WASP hington, d. O., Nov. 17-Gov-
ernor Durbin, of indiana, says he is
for Senator Fairbanks, for vice presi-
dent, il the latter will consent to &C.
cept.
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BOY IMPROVING - The little
son OF DIR. Fisher of the Benton road,
who was severely burned last week is
now improving ana it is thought will
recover.
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You've seen these horses. gentlemen" said the
salesman with backward sweep of his hand toward
the line of tossing heads and streaming names.
When you know that they are bred by Mr.. Jack
Flynn. his place in Kildare, you will have guar
of their quality They the best that Ireland
produce and in this class of horses the best that
Ireland produce the best in the world every
riding knows well. Hunters carriage horses,
all warranted sound and bred from the best stock.
There seventy in Mr.. Jack Flynn's string. and he
bids say that if any wholesale dealer would make
bid for the whole lot time, he would have
the preference over any purchaser"
There a pause and whisper from the crowd
in front, with expressions Of discomfort. BY
single all the small dealers had beenput out of
it. only a org purse which could buy such
a scale that. The salesman looked around him in
quiringly.
Come Mr. Holloway said he at.last. You didn't
come here for the sake of the scenery You may
travel the country and not see such another string Of
horses. Give us starting bid
The great dealer was stI rafting his pencil upon
well said he at last they are a fine lot of horses
and don't deny it They do .Sou credit, Mr. Flynn
I All the same didn't mean TO I'LL a ship
at single bid in this fashion. like to pick and
choose my horses"
"In that case Mr.. Flynn is quite prepared to sell
them in smaller lots" said the salesman. 1T was
rather for the convenience Of wholesale customer
that he was prepared TO put them all up together.
But if no gentleman wishes to bid
fine horses. these and will give you bid start
seventy
There was rustic as the crowd all swayed their
heads to catch glimpse of the speaker. The sales
leaned forward.
May I ask your sir?'
"StreIlenhaus-Mr. Strellenhaus Of Liverpool
ITS new firm" said Dodds' neighbor. Il thought
I kne wthem all. but never heard of him before"
The saesman's head had disappeared for he was
whispering with the breeder. Now he suddenly
Strengthened himself up.
THANK you for giving lead sir" said he.
"NOw. gentlemen. you have heard the offer OF Mr..
Streenhaus of Liverpool 1t will give a base to
start from Mr.. Strellenhaus has offered 20 pounds a
head
"Cuineas.' said Mr.. Holloway.
Bravo Mr. Holloway; I knew that you would take
a hand. You not the man to let such a string OF
horses pass away from YOU The bid is 20 guineas a
head"
twenty-five pounds" said Mr.. streDenhaus,
"Twenty-sx.'
Thirty"
It London against Liverpool and il was the
head of the trade against outsider. Still the
had increased his bids by fves and the other
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only by ones. Those fves meant determination and
also wealth. Holloway had ruled the market so long
that the crowd delighted to find someone who
would stand up to him.
The bid now stands at 30 pounds head" said the
salesman. The word lies with you, Mr.. Holloway
''Thirty-one, said Holloway with the air of man
who has gone to his extreme limit.
''Thirty-two," said Strelenhaus, promptly.
Holloway grew angry at this persistent opposition.
His flushed redder still
''Thirty-three.' he shouted.
''Thirty-four, said Streenhaus.
Holloway became thC,[shtful and entered a few fig
AT the end of your rope Mr.. Holloway" asked
the salesman. with the suspicion of sneer.
Thirty five. cried Holloway gruiy.
''Thirty-six," said Strellenhaus.
Then 1 wish you joy of your bargain" said Holo-
I dou't buy at that price, but should be glad
MI strellenhaus took no notice of the irony. He
still looking critically at the horses The sales
man glanced round him in perfunctory way.
'Thirty-six pounds bid" said he. Mr. Jack
IS pounds head. Going-going--
Forty" cried a high, thin, clear voice
A from the crowd and they all OF
tiptoe again. trying to catch glimpse OF this reck
less buyer Being a tall man. Dodds could see over
the masterful ana aristocratc beard Of the
ond stranger in the coffee sudden personal
interest added itself to the He felt that he
the verge of something-sOmething dimly
seen-which he could himself turn to account The
two with strange the kilograms the horses
what was underlying il all?
Jack Flynn sitting up with his white whiskers
bristling and his eyes twinlxng was the
which he had made in his fifty Of expert
ence.
What name, sir?" asked the salesman.
Mr.. ,Mancune."
'Add1ess?"
Mr.. Mancune of Glass )w."
Thank you for your bid sir. Forty pounds head
has been bid by Mr.. Mancune of Glasgow Any adj
upon fOrty?"
'Forty-One.'' said StrellenNaUs.
Forty five" said Mancune.
The tactics had changed and it was the turn of
Streenhaus to advance by ones. while his rival
sprang up by fves. But the former was dogged az
"Forty-siX," said he.
Fifty" cried Mancun
1t unheard of. The most that the horses could
possibly at a retail price much these
willing to pay wholesale.
AS a matter of business. gentleman said
the salesman. lit is usual in such put down
small deposit a guarantee of bona ides You viii
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There was" writes Abeiard. referring
to the time of his sojourn in Paris when
he was about IS years old, and at the
height of his fame as a lecturer in the
schools. there WAS in Paris young
girl named Helcise. the neice of "a canon
Fulbert. 1t was his affectionate wish
that she should have the best education
in letters that could be procured. Her
face was not unfair and her knowledge
was uneqUaled. This attainment. so rare
in women, had given her great reputa-
ton.
Il had hitherto lived continenCy. but
now was casting my eyes about,
and l saw that she possessed every at
traction that lovers seek nor did re-
gard my success as doubtful. when ] con-
sidered my fame and my gOOdly person,
and also her love of letters.
Doubtless he was misled by love of
his Liece and my good reputation. Well,
what need to say more? We were united
first by the one roof above us, and then
by our hearts Our hours of study were
our words were of love rather than phil
osOphy;e there We're more kisses than
aphGrisus, and love was Ofteler reflected
in our eyes than the lettered pages. o
But the studentsi what groans and
laments arose from them at my distTac-
tion. passion so plain was not to be
concealed; everyone knew II except Eul-
bert. A man is often the last 10 know OF
his own shame. Yet what everybody
knows cannot be hid forever. and so aft
err some months he learned all oh. how
was the grief Of the separated lovers
How ashamed ] was and afflicted at the
affhction of the girl And what storm
of sorrow came over her at nv disgrace,
Neither complained for himself but each
grieved at what the other must endure.
x
Abelard continues: zone night. as we
agreed on, when Fulbert was away. I
bore her off secretly and sent her 10 my
own country. Brittany. where she stayed
with my sister till she gave birth to d
son. whom she named Astral1bius.
THE uncle. on his return 10 his empty
house was frantic. He did not know
what TO do to me.
IL will be remembered here that Abelard
was a clerk a CleriCus. in virtue OF his
profession Of letters and theology. Never
having taken orders, he could marry, but
while a clerks slip could be forgotten.
marriage might lead people to think he
had sighted his vocation. and would Ger
tainlv bar the ecclesiastical preferment
which such a famous cleric might patur-
,mliV look forward 10. The situaticn-so
frankly medieVal-is not without modern
parallels within the Catholic church.
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CONDENSED from the article In the Inter-
national Review BY Professor Henry
Osborn Taylor of Columbia University
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hand. With an effort he mastered his emotion, put
the paper into his pocket and walked out OF the ROOM
This was enough to excite less astute and mag
NATIVE man than Warrington Dodds was there any
connection between these two messages, or was II
received two kilograms Wltnih rev minutes VI
other each of considerable length each in cipher and
each causing keen emotion to the man VINO received IT.
One turned pale The otner spranS eXclteuty 70 MS
feet II might be coincidence but IT was a very
curious one II II was not coincidence Cheh WlldS
could IT mean? He puzzled ana puzzieu' put couiU Quiz
find no satisfactory solution to the problem All
breakfast he turning it over in his mind
When breakfast he sauntered OUT into
the market square where the horse sale already
in progress. The yearngs were being sold hrst-
They were largely OF tnoroughored oood ana were
being bought by English dealers. who would invest
few pounds what they might sell for % gum
cas- i'm year If al went Well one man WIN rudy
face and yellow OvercOat took them by the dozen
with much froid if they had been oranges
entering each bargain in a olOated note DOCK ne
bought forty fifty during the time that Dodds was
watching him
"WhO Is that he asked his neghbor, whose spurs
and CATERS showed that he likely to know.
The man stared in establishment at the strangers
ignorance
why that's Jim Holloway the great Jim HOllo-
way" said he; then, seeing by the blank look upon
Dodds that this information had not helped
him much he into details. Sure he's the head
Of Holloway & Morland of London said ne. he
the buying partner and he buys cheap and the other
stays home and sells, and he sells dear He owns
horses than any man in the world and asks the
best money for them"
It was not TO buy young horses. however. that the
great Ireland, and the real business
of the fair commenced when the and 5-year-Olds
reached-the full grown. perfect horses at their
prime and ready for any work and any fatigue Sew
enty magnificent creatures had been brought down by
a single breeder comfortable looking, keen eyed,
ruddy checked gentleman who stood beside the sales
man and whispered cautions and precepts into his
That's Flynn of kildare said Dodds' informant.
Jack Flynn has brought down that string Of horses
and the other large string yonder belongs to
Tom Flynn, his brother The two of them together
are the first breeders in Ireland"
crowd had gathered in front of the horses. BY
common consent q place had been made for Mr. Hol-
lOway and Dodds could catch glimpse Of his horid
face and yellow coat in the front rank He
had opened his notebook and was tapping his teeth
rehectively with mis- pencil as he eyed the horses.
The salesman had mounted upon chair. and his
keen clean shaved face overlooked the crowd Mr..
Jack Flynn's gray whiskers were at his elbow and
Mr. Holloway Immediately in front.
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shortly after. having ia the night crlc-
brated our vigils IN a certain church We
were married ut dawn in the presence Of
her uncle and some of his and our friends
VIC left at once separately and with Sc
crecy. and afterwards saw each other
only IN privacy, 50 as TO conceal what we
had done. But her uncle and his house
hold began at once to announce the mar
riaec and violate his pledge of secrecy;
while she. on the contrary protested We
hemenuy and swore that it was false At
that he became euragcd and treated her
vilcly.
when I discovered this sent her to
the convent OF Argcnteuil. near Paris.
where she had been educated. There I
mad her take the garb of a nun. except
thu veil Hearing this, the uncle and his
relations thought that 7 had duped them,
Kidding myself Of Heloise by making her
SO. having bribed my servant, they
came upon me by night when was sleep
Ing aud took on me n vengeance as cruel
shameful. Two % the perretra tors were
pursued and vengeance taken.
In the morning the whole town was
assembled. CRYING and lamentlnS my
plight. especially the clerks and students,
at which ] was afflicted with more shame
than 1 suffered physical pain ! thought
of my ruined hopes and glory. and then
SAW that by Gods just judgment | was
punished where I had most siuned. and
that Fulbert had Justly av'ased treaehery
with treachery. But what figure l
should cut IN public, how the world would
point its finger at me, ] was also con-
founded at the thought of the Levitical
law. according to which I had become
an abOminatiOn TO the church. IN this
misery the confusion of shame confess
it-rather than the ardor of conversion.
drove me to the cover Of the cloister after
she had willingly obeyed my command 70
take the veil.
II became a monk en- the Abbey OF st.
Denis and she nun in the Convent Of
Argenteuil. Many begged her not to set
that yoke upon our youth. at which.
amid her tears she broke ont i'm COrnc-
las lament: @ great husband undeserN-
ing of my couch Has fortune rights over
a head so high, Why did I. impioJs. mar
~ thee to make thee wretched2 Accept
1 these penalties. which I gladly pay Witi
these words. she went straight 10 the
altar. received the veil blessed by the
bishop. and took the vows before them
all"
Abelard the monk of Clunv died IN me
year 1l42, aged 6S. Twenty-one years ar,
erward the holy Abbess IIeloise diea ~
the same age and was buried in the sumo
! tomb with him at Paraclete.
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Abelard and He1oise

My love for thee is truth. being free
from all error. Who among kings or
philosophers can vie with your tamet
What country. what city does not thirst
to see you? Who. I ask did not hurry
TO see you appearing IN public and crane
his neck to catch last glimpse as YOU
What wife. what maid did not yearn
for YOU absent. and burn when you were
present. What queen did not envy me
my joys and couch?
'In the name Of God 70 whom you
have vowed yourself, give me that Of thee
which is possible. the consolation of Il
letter. 1 promise. thus refreshed, to serve
God more readily. When of old YOU
would call me to pleasures. you sought
me with. frequent letters, and never failed
with thy songs to keep thy HelOise on
every tongue; the streets, the houses re-
echoed me. How much filter that you
should now incite me to God than then to
lust? Bethink thee what thou owest.
heed what ! ask, and a long letter / will
conclude with a brief ending; farewell
only one.'
20 profane a shrine-had the man pro-
famed that sinner He had not always
wOrshiped there. HclOise knew this tor
in phrascoloEy which had been brutal
lied through the morbid denOuncing
spirit OF Latin mOnastieisIn. How truly
she puts the situation and how clearly
she thinks withal, discerning as it were
the beautiful and true in love and mar
riage. The whole letter is well arranged
ard written in style showing the writ
er's training in Latin medieval rhetoric.
1t was not the less deeply felt because
composed with care and skill Evident
~ the writer is Of the middle ages; her
occasional prolixity was not of her sex
but OF her time; and she quotes the an
clients so naturally: what they say should
be convincing. How the letter bares the
motives of her own conduct; not for
Gods sake. or the Kingdom of heaven s
sake. but for Abelard's sake she became
a nun. She had no inclination thereto;
her letters do not Indicate that she ever
became really and spontaneously devoted
TO her calling Abeiard was her God.
and as her God she held him to the
end. though she applied herself TO the
consideration of religious topics. as we
shall see. Moreover. her position as nun
and abbess could not fail TO force such
topics on her consideration.
Is there another such love letter set
ting forth a situation so triple-barred and
hopeless2
Outside OF Imaginative literature. in the
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the master of the world. would honor me
with marriage and invest me with equal
rule, IL would still seem 20 me dearer
and more honorable TO be called thy
strumpet than his empress. He who Is
rich and powerful Is not the better man,
that is a matter Of fortune. this of merit
And che IS venaf who rnarries q rich man
sooner than a poor man. and Nearns for
"a husband s riches rather than for him
self
Such a woman deserves pay and not
affection. She Is not seeking the man but
his goods, and would wish. il possible,
TO prostitute herself to one still richer.
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have any glory through me when she
should have made me ineiOriOus and
should have Inundated botn herself aud
ne.
what penalties would the world exact
from her II she deprived it of such a
luminary: what curses. what damages TO
tn, church what lamentations OF ahilos-
ophers. would follow on this marriage
How Indecent how laInentable would ~
be FOR man whom nature had made Tor
all to declare that he belonged TO one
woman and subject himself to such
shame
saws Abelard. 1seaNlng our son IN my
sisters care, We stole back to Paris, and
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THE LOVE STORY THAT
SEEMS TO BE IMMORTAL

Abclard at once set out TO fetch HelOise
from Brittany to make her his wife
1isapprcved ard urged two reasons
against the marriage. to-wit the danger
vOlVc me Shc' SWore-aud so IL proved
thar no satisfaction would ever appcase
her uncle. She asked how she wSs 10
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the word mistress (amica) was Away
swocter to me. or even-be not angry
concubine or harlOt; for the more ] low
cred myself before thee the more I hoped
To gain thy favor. and the less I should
hurt the glory of thy renOwn. This thou
didst graciouslv remember, when con-
descending 10 point out I'm that letter TO
friend some Of the reasons tbut rot AID
why I preferred love to wedlock and lib
ertv to a chain
81 call God to witness that If Augustus.
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been a passion between man and NO
man more. famous than that which
brought happiness and sorrow to the lives
of Abeland and HelOise. Her fame IS
just. 1t was "A great love, and it's course
WAS a perfect souls tragedy Abelard
was a celebrity the intellectual glory
of an active-minded epoch. His love story
has done as much for his posthumous
tame as ali his intellectual activities He
loise became known in her time through
her relations with Abelard; i'm his songs
her name was waited far. She has come
down to us as one of the worlds love
heroines.
Yet her fame has not made known to
all who have been touched by her story
the fact that Heloise was great wO-
man. possed Of an admirable mind, a
character which proved its strength
through years, and, above all, a ca
pacity for loving-fOr loving out to the
fun conclusion of loves convictions
and for feeling in their full range and
power whatever moods and emotions
could arise from an unhappy situation
and passion as deeply felt as it was
deeply thought upon.
Abelard was not a great character
aside from his intellect. lie was vain
and inconsiderate. a man who delighted
I'm confounding and supDlanting his teach
ers and in being a thorn in the flesh
OF all opponents. But he became chast-
ened through his misfortunes and through
Hsloises high and self-saerificinE love
In the end. perhaps. his love was WOr-
thy of the love Of HelOise. Yet her love
from the beginning was nobler and deep
er than his love of her. Love was for
him an incident in his experience. then
an element in his life. Love made the
life of Heloise; it remained her all
Moreover. in the records of their pas
sion. Heloise's love is unveiled as Abe
lard's is rot. For all these reasons the
heart Of HelOise. rather than the heart
of Abelard. discloses the greatness of
a love that went itself out In the twelfth
century. and il is her love rather than
his that can teach us much regarding
the medieval capacity for l0ving. Hero
Is a story of medieval womanhood. and
sin and repentance parhans. with peace
at last. or at least the lips shut close
ard further protest foregonc.
Abelard's stormy intellectual career and
the story OF the love between him and
the canon's daughter are well known.
Let Us follow him in those parts of his
narrative which disclose the depth and
power of Heloise's love for him We
draw from his Historic CaIamitatuul p
written Ito a friend. apparently an open
letter intended for circulation.
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CONDENSED from the article in the Inter-
national Review by Professor Henry
Osborn Taylor Of Columbia university
THUS wrote the immoral Abbcss OF
Paraclctc. HcloiSc. To- Abelard. the
famous monk OF CIuuy. in years be-
f,re her lover and husband;
..-ro her master rather To father, TO
17rr husband. rather TO a brother his
rraid OF rather daughter, his wife or
rather sister. to Abclard, Heloise-
YYout letter beloved, written 60 COM
fort a friend CHANGED recently 70 rS1CI,
me- s., ing by its first lines from WhoiI
jt vas. j burned 10 read II tor the rove
bear the writer, hoping also from ~
words TO recreatc The image OF III,
whose life have ruined lhose WIS Gs
dropDed gall and absinthe as they brousht
back the unhappy story OF our lHtS.
course and thy ceasetess crosses, - my
only one. Truly the letter must HdE
convinced the friend that his trouole9
were light compared with yours as ~
showed the treachery and persecutiol9
of enemies and the burning o. your gloF-
ious book. thc Vaccinations OF ialse
brothers and the vile acts Of those worm
less monks whom you call yoUr SONS.
~No one could read 20 with CRY eyes.
Your peTils have renewed my grleit mere
We ali despair of your life and each day
with trembling hearts expect news or
7our death Ia the name OF christ. who
50 far has somehow preserved thee tor
himself. deign with IrcQuenl letters 10
let these weak servants Of him and thee
know of the storms overwhelming the
swimmer. 50 that we who alone remain
10 thee may be participators OF thy pam
or JOY.
Dearest thou knOwest-who knows
uot2-how much I lost I'm thee, and taat
an infamous act of treachery robbed me
OF thee ana of myself at once. The
greater nv grief the greater need OF con-
ISOLATION not from another but from thee,
that thou who arc alone my cause o;
grief may be alone my consolation. ~ IS
mo-, alone that canst sadden me or glad
den me or comfort me.
And thou alone owest this to me, es-
Deciallv since I have done thy VIII so
utterly that. unable to offend thee, ! en-
dured to wreck myself at thy command
God knows I have ever sought in thee
only myself. desiring simply thee and
not what was thine. asked 10 matri-
inonial contract looked for no doWryi
NOT nv pleasure. nor my Will but thine
have striven to fuifiil. And If the name
OF wife seemed hOlier or more potcat.
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Outside of Imaginative literature. in the
rude regions of facta there has never
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France Declares War on Germany"
by Jove." cried Warner. "Old Dodds was right
after ALL"
Copyright by Mcclure, Phillips & Co.