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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-08-20
M ERC Err g LAWN.

In THIS she had decidedly Improved.
and the critic became interested.
There's woman he said. ''who will
one day make an actress" He ar
ranged in his mind the main points of
the criticism he would hand in to the
dramatic editor of his paper, and felt
bit of comfort in being able to thus
help a struggling actress, remembering
those he had been obliged to discour-
on the first act the audience felt re-
lieved the women chatting about social
tritles, the men going out for Whit
of tobacco smoke.
Miss Cheever retired to her dressing
room to weep. She knew that on this
first occasion of her playing a promi-
nent part she had made a dismal fail
ure, and that in the presence Of the
man who had warned her to choose an
other occupation. But, womanlike, she
illogically blamed Mcleod for her fail
ure rather than her want of histrionic
ability. From tears she passed to IT.
ritation and from irritation to anger.
The curtain went up for the second
act, and Miss Cheever took her place
on the balcony. Romeo spoke those
poetic lines beginning
He jests at scars that never felt a
wound
But soft! What light through yonder
window breaks?
1t is the east, and Juliet is the sun!
The man was splendid actor and
gave them beautifully. Juliet was be-
tween two influences. On the one
hand she felt the inspiration of the
scene, on the other she was in q rage
With Mcleod, whom she could plainly
see from her perch. Then came her
own lines:
Romeo, Romeo. wherefore art thou
Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name
Or. If thou wilt not. be but sworn my
love,
And I'll no longer be capulet.
Whether it was inspiration or def
ance she never knew, but something
prompted her to speak the lines in the
fashion Mcleod had tried to train out
Of her, and she gave them with alFthe
natural feeling the part, the scene, the
fmpelling recklessness impaired.
A hush came over the audience.
Romeo spoke the single line:
Shall hear more or shall speak at
this?
Miss Cheever hesitated a moment
before her reply, then went on as ma
ture, not art, had taught her, and from
that moment to the end of the scene
every eye in the audience was fixed
upon her, every ear listening for her
slightest whisper.
The understudy played the part Of
Juliet through to the end as she con-
ceived 1t, not as some one else had con-
ceived it or how the lines should be
spoken. On that night new star arose
above the theatrical horizon, and Miss
Cheever never played as an understudy
again. f. A. Mitchell
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-08-20

ut sometimes happens that when we
meet for a sociable time the police in
terrupt us. We need TO le;eud oUr-
selves ut times. Are YOU armed"
II never carry firearms" said Buck
ford. with the projects pistol hitting
his side.
They turned into What pulported 10
be Il hairdresser's shop y grinniaS
artist of the shears bowed them in ana
past him. They entered then Il large
room where several men Were gather
ed
"Ah! You have arrived" said one.
IN. lie President wishes to see YOU"
"Indeed." replied BuciSford's guide.
II will take my friend to meet NJ. le
President"
Unsuspectingly Buckford followed
him. He was led through corridor
and into small room where two men
stood waiting.
"Ah. Now we have him" cried one.
kill the hound"
whats this?' demanded Buckford
in alarm. Foul play"
The three closed in upon him.
you lying hound" now cried his
guide in a frenzy. You betrayed us
to the police! Did you think we accept
novices without trying them we'll? You
came here. learned part of the truth
and visited the prefecture. You have
not only failed to save those you wish
ed to save, but you have again come
into our hands-this time an enemy.
We will not kill you at once, for that
would simply carry out your own de-
sign. Torture, hunger. misery-all
shall be yours! And While you starve
and moan and cry for water to quench
your burning thirst, the tyrant you
sought to save will die by our hands"
advance toward me an inch and
will kill your said Buckford. drawing
his revolver. They stepped back in
sudden alarm.
"a police pistol! Proof of treachery"
The man with the wolfsh face made
sudden leap forward. Buckford, in
no humor to show patience, fired point
blank. and the fellow dropped. The
noise Of the pistol brought score of
others.
1.-The traitor! The traitor! He has
shot our secrstary" was the cry.
A dozen pistols were leveled at Wal
lace. He backed up against a door
that seemed to be locked and stood at
bay. Even if he killed man at every
shot he knew be must soon exhaust his
pistol and then fall an easy victim to
their hate. They made a rush at him.
He fired again. killing the foremost.
He stepped back suddenly, the door be-
hind him gave way and he fell through
1t. There came rush Of cooler air,
and he felt himself falling through
darkness. There was crash, and he
iay still on an earthen floor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-08-20
CHAPTER III
THE MURDERED MILLIONAIRE.

"a HE exit of Buckford Wallace
from that den Of thieves and
@NSSj cutthroats was so sudden and
80 Of so startling nature that it
might we'll be supposed that he had
fallen upon one OF those relics Of the
dark ages-a house Of mysterious az.
chitecture, in which the very walls re-
volve on pivots, trapdoors open where
no cracks can he seen and stone pillars
hide secret passages from .ne den Of
lniquity to another.
But. however plausible that theory
may be, it was not the case. The ex-
PLANTATION of the accident to Buckford
is astonishingly simple.
1t happened that very rich and
equally eccentric person named NJ. dc
Bullion had purchased large piece Of
ground in that quarter on which he in.
tended to build large mot>rn apart
ment houses. This piece of ground
fronted on three streets and adjo.ned
on the Rue de Mont-Roug: the building
in which the brotherhood Of crime held
its meetings. In making new and
complete survey it was discovered that
a portion Of that building really stood
on land owned by the person from
whom NJ. de Bullion was making his
purchase. 1t therefore must be incluG-
ed in the sale. The proper steps were
taken, and NJ. dc Bullion became the
owner of about 10 feet of the eastern
end Of the building.
When all the old buildings on the
newly purchased site We're torn down
to make way for the splendid modern
edifices. the ID feet were torn down
also.
This cut off two rooms Of that build
ing, and the door that had formerly
opened into one of these rooms now
opened out through naked wall of
dirty plaster over the cellar.
This was the door through which
Buckford had fallen. 1t was built to
open outward. When Buckford leaned
against it, it had given way and pre-
cipitated him into the old cellar.
Most unfortunately, as will be seen,
he struck upon some window sashes
which had been placed there for safe
keeping. These were smashed utterly
BY his weight, and pieces of the broken
glass cut his hands and face.
For a moment the young man was
20 bewildered that he did not know
really what had happened to him. he
fancied that he was in a place much
IKE that pictured in the opening lines
Of this chapter. he was In total dark
1ees. There was damp earthly smell
= the air. A rat rs0 across him.
Either the sashes broke his fall or he
vss possessed Of . veu hard skull.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-08-20
THE UNDERSTUDY
IOrigtnaL]

lOrigtnaL]
Dennis Mcleod. professional train.
er for the stage, paced back and forth
impatiently; before him stood a girl to
| whom he was giving Il lesson.
'Try once more; repeat the words as
I speak them, giving the intonation as
give it-thus:
20 Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
| Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my
love.
And I'll no longer be a Capulet."
The girl, who had already repeated
the words Il dozen times in vain eff
fort to please her preceptor and who
had become completely ratified" tried
again and made a worse failure than
before
THAT will do. Miss Cheever. 1t is
useless for you to proceed. To encour-
age You to go Oh would be to take your
mone:, knowing that ! can never edu-
cate you for the stage. You were not
born to be an actress"
At this the girl burst into tears and
the professor turned to his desk and
began to look over some, papers. The
occurrence was Il common one 10 him,
and although not devoid of feeling, he
could not afford to waste his time cod
ding failures" Besides. there was
nothing to be said. When he turned
again Miss Cheever had vanished.
Half a dozen years passed and the
professor had forgotten his pupil as he
forgot all those whose histrionic abili-
ties were pronounced by him unworthy
of cultivation. He had ceased to give
lessons and earned fine salary as
dramatic critic. One night he went to
see an actress who had made some rep
utation, ready to write her praises or
condemn her, as she suited his fancy.
The actress unfortunately was i'll and
her place was taken by her understudy.
The play was Romeo and Juliet" and
the understudy was the critics forgot
ten pupil, Miss Cheever.
Mcleod, when he saw her, had not
the slightest remembrance of having
ever seen her before. Not so Miss
Cheever. She noticed him sitting in
one Of the foremost rows directly be-
meath her and recognized at once the
man who had sounded her stage death
knell before she had ever trodden the
boards Perhaps it was because for
five long years since she made her de-
but in part usually given to super
she had met with little success. per
haps it was that a woman does not
take kindly to criticism. Be the cause
what 1t may, she had never for
given Dennis Mcleod. However. she
had made the most of the training he
had given her and had come to initiate
his methods in a parrotlike fashion
that had given her meager living.
Miss Cheever played to an audience
disappointed at having missed star
and obliged to put up with an under
study. She went through her part Ia.
boEiously, and a. she came to the dif.
ferent points in the play in which ~.
Leod had given her especial drilling
Old her best to honor his iustruc4ion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-08-20

~. a. u..... ...., Gil TIC iioor by TIE ices:
mans chair.
"Nly God.' exclaimed Buckford. 81
go from one horror to another; l seek
safety with a man and find him a
corpse. What under the sun Of heaven
am going to do now?"
Meantime the four who had been left
to watch had waited for the drunken
whistler to come up.
"Well," said one Of them us he drew
near. "This fellow can give us but
little help. He has been having fine
time. See how he takes the entire
sidewalk"
"Come, Bibbler.' said another. step
ping out to intercept the whistler.
(Which way have you come? Did you
See young man running away"
"Eh-ehv' stammered the Waterman.
"Young--man! see young man! Who
are you. my friend?"
"I'll show you who am if you don't
answer"
The watchman was not so drunk
but what his senses were alert with
sudden suspicion.
"Who are you, and what do you
want here?" he asked where is
that man 1 left in my placer
''Ho! What! Left in your place!
The man you left in your place! What
do you mean?"
"Police!" yelled the drunken watch
man. Police! have been robbed!"
What kind Of fool is this?" angrily
asked one of the four. "Come. idiot.
We are not going to rob you"
mo. but my keys! Where is that
fellow-your fellow robber, believe"
''Hold on! Don't shake the life out
Of him" exclaimed one of the four
who had not yet spoken. This fellow
has an idea. Let us get at it in quiet
way. Come, now, my friend! Who
are you, and what brought you here?'
who am 1! What brought me here!
Well, that is good. l suppose have
Il right to come, messieurs, since am
NJ. de Billions Waterman"
"Watchman! Are there two of you
then? Oh, you are that other fellows
relief. Now begin to see. Well, he
went to find you. He said you fire.
quently stopped at NJ. jacques. He
went there to look for you.''
"He went! He said what. He is n
thief, tell your
"Who is a thief? This is bewilder-
ing. We found Waterman here. He
said that his relief had not come ana
went to look for him. You must be
that relief"
II? Oh, no. I am no relief. I am
the Waterman. A fellow came from
the cellar and said he was pursued by
mob. He gave me s francs to drink
his health, and I loaned him my leath~
er jacket and SLOUGH hat And now,
please, where is that fellow? For nv
francs are gone and want my leath-
er jacket and SLOUGH hat"
Course you, your leather jacket and
SLOUGH hat!. roared the leader Of the
four. Here we sat an hour with the
man we wanted within arms length
Of us. oh, I've mind to kill you in
his stead"
Rather said the cooler speaker.
"let US hurry to Join our comrades.
It cannot be dimcult to trace q leather
Jacket and slouch hat tonight"
l1o - ooxznuxp.l
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-08-20
Zoo Much Areumanf.

Oars a good deal in argument butt
can also be overdone. Az long as
Uncle Moses believed In sulphur and
birthstone he let my cabbases strictly
alone. When had argyed him into
believtn' dat no sich place existed b
cleaned out my truck patch n enc
n1ght-Detroit Free Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-08-20
BY SEWARD Il. .Ot~ us
Copyright, 1899. by .Susn'i ". N"!'ans

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

opportunity to behold their brief glory.
1t must not be supposed that there
are any hard and fast" boundaries be-
tween the maXina and the minima, or
that they terminate Or begin abruptly.
1t is rather gradual transition just as
autumn gradually expires in the arms
of winter, or winter glides impereeptibly
into spring. 1t is q curious fact that as
a maximum period begins the spots ap-
pear on either side of the suns equa-
tor at distance Of 80 degrees or more,
and gradually move toward the equa-
tor, which, however, they rarely reach,
being lost in most cases at about 5
degrees on each side. 1t may be said
then that spots are confined to zones
extending from 5 to 40 degrees on
either side of the equator, and that a
narrow belt at the equator has few or
none, while in the wide regions beyond
40 degrees spots never make their ap-
pearance.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing
connected with the perlodicity of sun
spots, and the 9one in which we feel
most interest, is their apparent con-
neetion with phenomena on our own
earth. 1t has been observed in the
last few weeks, and the same thing
has happened before, that when there
is the greatest disturbance on the sun
there is likewise the greatest electrical
disturbance on the earth. This dis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

- HE recent manifestation OF spot
tedaess'' on the sun, and the wide
attention attracted thereby, lead
US to turn from the planets to consider
briefly these supposed freaks in old
Sol.
1t must not be supposed, as many of
our people and-even some writer's do,
that there is anything new or unusual
in the numerous spots seen upon the
sun. In fact, k-looking spots may
be seen at almost any time, though, of
course, there are periods when for
days, or weeks, there are few or more.
But at other times they are so much
more numerous that they excite con-
siderable surprise. 1t Is not, possible.
in this brief article, to consider at
length the questions as to what sun
spots are. So little is definitely known
of their cause and nature, and so many
conflicting theories have been advanc-
ed, that the student is rather perplexed
than enlightened. 1t is far easier, then,
to concern ourselves with their occur
renee and the attendant phenomenal.
trusting that the progress of inquiry
Will not be checked till the problem
has been fully solved.
The spots which observers have late
ly seen are perhaps not greatly differ
ent in size, character and motion from
those which have often been observed
before. They are frequently so distinct
that they can be seem with the eye
alone by looking through smoked glass,
or through dense fog or haze: or by
looking at the sun just before setting,
when its rays must pass through so
much Of our atmosphere as to lose their
excessive brightness.
Long years Of observation have es-
tablished the fact that although spots
may be found at almost any time, yet
there are periods. somewhat regular,
when large numbers Of them may be
found, and other periods when few or
none are found. These are the maxi
mum and minimum periods so fire.
quently referred to. The time from a
maximum to minimum period Is
about five or six years; and from
maximum to minimum again is about
twice that time; or, more accurately,
about eleven and one-tenth years.
However, the maxima are somewhat
variable, both in time and In number
of sunspots. Former maxima occurred
about 1882 and 1893. If the above Pc
Rod Is correctly given it would seem
that the present display is either a
'little too previous" or else it has not
yet reached its full magnitude, which
may be expected in 1904.
During maximum period the num-
Der of spots may be as great as TWEEN
ty-fve or fifty at one time. These
spots may be of all sizes and degrees
of development, some just forming.
some at their highest development, and
some fading away. There is tendency
to exist in groups, closely related; the
groups sometimes combining into one
or two spots, or scattering into more.
For some time before spot appears
there may be more or less active dis
turbance of the surface at the place
where the spot expects to break out"
The formation is, however. sometimes
more sudden and without much warn
ing.
The duration Of spots Is subject to
great variation. Some last, perhaps,
only q few hours, some for days, and
some even for months. The great spot
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Assessment District for Sewer on uni
versity Avenue, From Milton Street to
oxford Street.
Office of the Board of Public Works,
City of st. Paul, Mimi. Nov. 7th, 1903.
The Board. of Public Works in and for
the Corporation Of the City of St. Paul
Minnesota, will meet at their office in said
city at 2 p. m. on the 14th day of No
vember, A. d. 1903, to determine the Dis
trict within which property will be spe-
cially benefited by the construction of a
sewer on University avenue, from Milton
street to Oxford street, in said city, in ac-
cordanee with ethe Final Order of the
Common Council of said city, approved
Sept 10Th. 1908, to- ascertain what prop
-erty should be assessed therefor:
All persons interested are hereby not1-
fed to be present at said time and place
of determining said assessment District,
and they will be heard. -
President.
Official: R. L. GoRMAN.
Clerk Board of Public Works.
Nov S-1903-1t
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Episcopal.


ST. PAULS-East Ninth and Olive
streets; Rev. John Wright rector; holy
communion, a. M; sermon and choral
Can Men Be Reached?'' harvest home
festival, 7:30 p. m, special music and
no sermon.
ST. PETER S-Dayton's Bluff; Rev. c..
Herbert Shut. rector; II a. m, morn
ing prayer and sermon; subject, I'm
pressions of the Missionary Council in
Washington, D. ca 1870, evening prayer
and sermon. nsfi ~ $50
CHRTST-Fourth and Franklin; Rev. C.
d. Andrews, rector3 Rev. E: e. Madeira,
assistant; holy communion 8 a. M /;
morning service, II % clock, and sermon
by the rector; evening prayer and ser
mon, 1870 o'clock, by Rev. E. E. Ma
r. deira. g xS
CHURCH OF THE MESsIAH-Fuller
= street, near Kent Rev. A. Overton Tar
rant, rector; morning subject IL o'clock,
The Believers CONFIDENCE evening
subject, 1889, The Three Reckonings .
ST. MATTHEWS'ASt Anthony Park;
Rev. Isano Houlgate will preach and
celebrate the holy Communion at the II
O'Clock service. u
ST. .JOHNSLC Corner Portland avenue and
Kent street, as fellows: 8 a. M, holy
communion; II a. M, morning service
and sermon by rector; 1890 p. m, Sun
day school; 7:30I p. M, evening serv-
= ing service the choir will sing Men
delssohn's Hear My Prayer solo by
Howard Myers; in the evening the choir
u Will repeat 9SGarretts sFHarVest Can
tata," sung at special musical, service