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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11

ate. He found himself with very little
money and no possible way of securing
more. What he had would not take him
very far from the scene Of his crime and
he was, afraid 20 venture near any of
the railroad depots.
His first move was to go to a section
or the city where he was sure TO be
unknown and secure room and board
for week. Being without baggage he
was Obliged To make the payment In ad-
vance and when his Iandlady's demand
was satisfied he found his available
money reduced 10 a mere trifie lie
spent the week IN the room tortured
with fear and remorse, and made rapid
inroads into his slender means by the
purchase of whisky the only peace he
knew was when under its influence he
forgot the past and had no thought for
the future.
Time never passes so rapidly as when
a man is approaching the end Of his
visible means of support. The weel. was
up before he realized the passing Of The
days. and he found that he was unable
10 make a second payment IN advance
IL was useless "a attempt to secure
credit where he was. and nothing re-
manned but 20 walk out AT the end Of
dinner on the last day. The first impulse
BlackfOrd had was 10 keep up his cour-
age by a free indulgence in whisky.
He found a third-rate bar in the neigh
borhood. and retiring 10 a back room
drank himself into q stupOr.
He was reused by the bartender when
the closing hour came, and ordered an
other glass Of spirits before leaving.
After drinking this he tried 10 think.
bat his brain was completely clOudcd.
and he could only remember that there
was some matter 10 be attended TO. He
had forgotten the fact that ke was with
out a sleeping place, and stood INSTEAD
lily by the table TO clear his thoughts
AT last the idea occurred to him, and
he asked the man 20 let him have a
paper ard pen. In his muddled brain
one thought was clear. He must write
TO Singleton and name "a hiding place.
The practice Of several weeks enabled
him 20 write the letter almost mechanic
ally The writing was not as firm as his
usual hand, bat quite legible Only a
few days before the shooting he had To-
Gated hiding place and mentally
framed the description of T. This re-
called itself 10 his clOuded mind, and he
was able 10 reproduce II on the paper
before him.
zone envelope viii be n the possession
OF man dressed In dark clothing and
clean shaved. lie will walk uU and down
a street the name OF which IS a mum
Der six less than one that is considered
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The
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS cHAprrRs.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
Major Robert 5. Blackford, a retired army
oiileer. dies at his country place near Wash
ington and leaves a will bequeathing his for
tune % hts daughter, Mrs. Alexander. ami
her only child, young girl A letter directed
90 the lawyer, NlT. Singleton saws that the
location Of the money win be found IN an
envelope mAsked with black arrow. which
- hidden between the leaves OF book ia the
llbfary. Mrs. Ale0ander's nephew finds the
letter and, disappointed because he has re-
ceiNed nothing from his great-uncle. destroys
the paper, Before doing he learns that
ne Ieal description or the hiding place is
cousin. Bessie Alexander Robert Singleton.
son OF the lawyer. Is engaged by his father
IN the book referred 10 by the major. II is
marked with a black arrow and contains IN
sIuCtohs 70 look about the streets OF WASH
lngton on the following Monday morning Tor
Tour envelopes marked IN the same peculiar
manner. The contents Of these letters VIII
disclose the true hiding place They are 10
De hidden by an agent OF Major BlackforI
who does not understand the significance OF
MS work. The lawyer believes this letter 70
oe the one referred 20 by his client and asks
MS son 70 engage IN the search. Inc YOUNG
man agrees 20 do so ~ his father VIII intro
duce him TO the family a detective. ana an
arrangement Is made Tor him 10 call al the
residence on Massachusetts Avenue 10 meet
the ladies and go over the situation with
them and his father. He learns that an at
tempt has been made 10 chlorOform Miss
Alexander. apparently with the object Of rob
eing her room The hrst lot OK clues do not
make sense because OF the fact that one OF
the envelopes has become mutilated.
Robert Singleton determines 20 capture the
man who is distributing the envelopes. he
succeeds in surprising him In the act OF
placing one IN the grounds OF the Capitol
but is accidentally injured IN a night with
the unknown. He makes an arrangement
with the detective force 70 apprehend the
man on the following Monday.
Young blackboard. in the meantime. forms
"A scheme To rob bis cousin with the assist
anee Of an acquaintance named stevenson
The Alexanders have learned that Robert
Singleton ~ the man they supposed 10 he a
detective.
Miss Alexander Is attacked on her way
home from evening services at nearby
church Singleton Is following her. and ar
rives IN time 10 save her from the two
men. Blackfori shoots him while he Is
struggling with Stevenson he IS wounded
and Stevenson Is killed Blackford gets sway
and Singleton IS removed GO the AleNan cr
home, where he is nuraed hV the young
lady, ana their acquaintance progresses Ia -
idly.
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HERoIsM OF RUSSIAN NURSES.

The bravery Of the Russian Red Cross
nurses is wildly illustrated by the fol-
lowing letter from a soldier:
While the fight CTasehichao) vas
going on, our wounded were being car
ried on 10 the field hospital. Three
women went right into the firing line.
and can tell you. compared with our
men who were frightened at their first
fight, they seemed like angels who
feared nothing When I got lift I Law
on my back. thinking every minute.
Now am dead. A beautiful lady
came up and gave me water. SAYING.
Biedni (pOor fellowD. A Jap shell
burst not ten yards on. and piece went
through her skirt, but she seemed no
more frightened than IL II was a stone
One woman stood quite close 10 the
trench while the Japs We're tearing on
at Us. but she stood there, though / can
tell you bullets were flying, until The
Japs drew of. and then came into the
trench and helped the poor men. One
man grOaned and cried. and. seeing he
WIS only "A boy, she said, Now. don't
cry, and you will have a kiss. "
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ten 10 you and failed to send or de-
stroy."
She handed It to him and he read it
aloud:
''One envelope will be mailed to a man
in care Of the General Delivery OF the
city postOffce. and will of course, lie
given to the first person who asks fer
a letter addressed 10 that man. The
name OF the man Is given ia the charade
below. His surname contains twice as
many letters as his given name.
Ny first is in face.
Ny second In vase
My ihird IS in winter cold rain
Ny fourth is in gas,
Ny NTH Is in pass.
My sixth in BLACK Arrow quite plain.
Ny seventh in danger.
My eighth IN the munger,
Ny ninth is found singiy in trees.
The whole is a name.
That youll find i'm "A game,
And when used takes the trick with
great ease.
NO" he said. that one never reached
me. That clinches the proof. but 1t was
not needed to implicate him. / wonder
how long he thought ne could keen IL
up. He must have supposed me a fool
TO be taken in with such a clumsy
scheme. But We are forgetting the
vault. Don't you want that opened?'
Not until you are stronger she re-
piled. Il will tell my mother that we
have discovered the secret. and in a few.
days We viii all SO together and fir.d
the hidden button. I think your father
should be present when it is opened and
take care OF the vamables."
Amt you afraid OF another delav2''
asked Singleton. How do YOU know [
won't become afflicted with desire Is
run on with the treasurer"
don't think YOU would run very
Tar from here, she observed smiling.
You mean .hat wouldn't leave %
he commenced eagerly. with a quicken
ing "a his pulse.
Il meant. OF course. that you are too
weak TO go far ia the present condition
or your health she Interrupted with
a demure look. But she did not con
unue the conversation. ana left the
room.
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Great Damage Wrought bU Vibrations

When the first snow of 1904 fell and
telegraphic communications were inter
rupted 20 such an extent that "A Chi
cago man sent a message around the
world in order 10 reach New York city.
many persons marveled at the damage
wrought because the wind did not APP
pear 10 be extraordinarily high and the
snow was not Of the heavy variety.
The DrOstrdtiOn OF many miles Of poles
and wires is explained on the theory OF
harmony IN vibration.
Assistant superintendent Herbert
Smith. Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company. Of Brooklyn. recently de-
sCribed the remarkable antics of these
harmonious vibrations
Mr. Smith said that in every break
able substance there IS an inherent tone
that responds TO certain yi5ra tons.
When the vibrations are attuned to that
inherent note. the substance breaks. if
Il Is easily broken.
For Instance, a scientific demon
strator will take a violin and sound its
strings up and down the scale until he
finally strikes the one in tune with the
breaking note OF the mirror, with the
result that the mirror is shattered to
pieces.
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IL IS that same response 10 vibration
that breaks the telegraph poles. al
though the vibration operates IA more
substantial manner. Mr. Smith saws
that every telegraph pole has a break
ing point represented by a certain note
or tone. or moment. which viii respond
10 vibrations IN unison WitE it,
For instance. there are fifty telegram
poles stretching across an open plain.
Every pole IS twelve inches in diameter
at the largest point and is capable of
withstandlnS a direct strain of LOCO
pounds. The wind that is blowing exerts
a direct force Of only 200 pounds, Just
one-hlth the strain necessary to break
the pole. So long as the wind blows
that 200 pounds unvaryinEly. the pole
viii stand there hardly disturbed.
But " hen the wind begins 10 blow
weaker and stronger with regular al
formations. the telegraph wires sus-
pended from the poles begin 10 sway
back and forth with a rhythmic motion.
With mile OF these wires swinging In
unison, the strain on the poles increases.
and when the vibrations reach a point
In unison with the moment, or note rep
resentiug the breaking point in the poles,
something gives way, and the telegraph
llnemen have TO get busy.
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Arrow

very unlucky, between It's intersection
by a thoroughfare named after a State
celebrated for It's mining industries, and
the point where IL is crossed by a street
the name OF which IS an ejaculation
The man viii give the envelope to the
first person who says "Have you the
Black Arrow He viii be on this street
between 4:s9 and $50 O'Clock on Monday
afternoon"
He fooled the paper and placed It in an
envelope addressed to Robert Singleton
and having paid mis- bill. staggered out
into the nisht His evening IN the sa-
loon had used up all but a few cents OF
his remaining CO ital. and he found that
he was unable TO secure a place to sleep
10 was too late TO try TO beg a night s
lodging, and Blackford was afraid tC
make the attempt If he should be ar
rested the police were very likely 10 rec
ognize him as the man they wanted for
murder.
Washington is not the best city in the
world in which to be left stranded with
out money. Vagrancy is a high INSIDE
meanor in the eyes Of the police. and
anyone found sleeping In the parks is
likely to be taken care Of without un-
necessary delay Blackford knew this.
and Notwithstanding his drunken condi-
tiCn, made no attempt 20 sleep in the
open. At last from sheer loneliness he
turned down to the lower part OF Penn
sylvania Avenue and followed the light
at the risk OF running into a policeman.
After walking along aimlessly for a
few squares he commenced to brood over
his situation and gradually acquired a
feeling of rCc1sessness. It was useless
10 attempt 10 leave the city withOu.
money or experience in the arts OF tramp
life. There was money I'm his poke.
sufficient TO purchase a good cigar and
his appearance was still gentlemanly.
lie decided 10 go TO the smoking room OF
a hotel and write 10 Singleton II would
not be necessary to give him better in
formation that tie name Of the hotel
70 insure capture. II was repugnant 10
bis tastes 10 spend the night IN a cell,
but he could doze az a table until morn
ing and then hang around until they
should come for him. He walked boldly
into the office OF the first hosiery he
reached and. purchasing a cigar. asked
for sheet Of paper and envelope From
sheer bravado he peuned one Of the Ca
miliar notices OF a hiding place for the
black arrow envelope.
"One envelope" he wrote. will be
sent up into the air from the top Of a
building at the corner OF Tenth and d
Streets at s o'clock in the evening OF
next Tuesday"
With a hand that shook Violently he
managed 20 sketch the outline OF an
arrow on the top Of the paper and ad-
dressed tie envelopes 10 the man who
had ruined his chance Of securing the
fortune that would have taken him far
from the scene OF his crimes. His last
scent piece was reached IN the pur-
chase Of a stamp and having mailed the
letter he secured a comfortable chair
and was soon doing II forgetfuIness Of
his pTecs.riOus positlce
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:. GRETNA GREEN ABOLISHED :.

4 POLITICAL lame duck, who.
~ persons think. Is deserving Of
~ the attention OF President
Roosevelt. is Squire Willard o.
Bales. Of York county. South Carolina.
He has been fired" by Governor Hey
ward for encouraging matFimOny
What got the squire into trouble was
the distribution Of handbils and eircu-
lars advertising his matrimonial ar
rangements, Here is a type OF the cir
culars ne has been spreading broadcast:
Call upon and visit the home Of
Squire Willard o Bailes on your bridal
tour 10 get married.
THE WORLDS FAMOUS PHILAN-
THROPIsT AND PROFESSIONAL
NUPTIALIsT.
His marriage fees are as follows:
ITO all those over 30 years OF age, Free
"To all those OF marriageable age
and not able 10 pay.........,--....Fre Free
'"ro all ministers and brother no
taries public.......-...... Free
''To all South Carolinians from over
a distance of twenty miles. Free
EVERYBODY GET MARRIED.
Regular colOred peoples price,. 800
Regular unable white people,. 100
Regular able aristocrats bon tons go
Regular complimentary fee re-
ceiVed very often. 800
Regular secret marriages always 1000
Regular rich mans price never
under .----... ---.-............-....... ZOO
Regular millionaires price any
thing exceeding. .................... 10000
Livery Accommodation Provided.
Also the accommodation OF a livery
at your service, and all parties by rail
met on short notice and taken from and
TO the depot. Pfneyille. n. c.. the near
est point TO South Carolina along the
Southern Railway. one mile from Squire
Bales, free Of charge. Also the erection
or completion OF a private telephone
line now shortly with a telegraph Office
and rural delivery Will give you all the
facilities OF communication with the
squire privately. The maximum of be-
ing married by this man nowadays has
aspiringly become famous The QUIET
less Of a noted ideal HON :, and an up
tO-date large residence, the latch string
OF which hangs ever on the outside. sup
piled with hne water. similarizes his
genial hospitality Squire Bales be-
lAfNt9 III ultAltlS lEleilG5 anu IA keeping
within touch Of the Golden Rule" and
virtue by marriage. which. like love it.
self, hides a multitude Of faults. There
fore it must be conceded normally that
l not only make a host OF friends, and
possibly may be the most well-known
marrying man known OF in all your
knowledge. and marry more people
than any one man you read about. but
Enthusiastically do a great deal of good
since my record shows that l marry an
average OF S65 people a year. Why not?
IL is q debt we owe old South Carolina
for ner liberty, and more people get
married in South Carolina, may God
bless her, 10 her population. than any
other State III the Union. Is il not an
honor, then, that We owe TO Squire
Bales and his mother country for our
liberty and free license. his philanthro-
ply and genial hospitality.
Call and see me. ! am not hard to find,
My ceremony Is easy. but binding and
treatment kind.
am sitU1ted most conveniently on
both sides OF the State line.
Eleven miles directly south OF Char
lOtte, and, as stated. find
Ne one mile west OF Pineville, North
Carolina.
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CHAPTER XIII.

Blackford had rot left town and the
reason was quite simple. In the at
tempt 70 secure the locket which had
been forlorn hope. ne had staked
everything on a turn Of fortune and lost.
By adding murder 20 his other crimes he
nal not improved the situation he was
in, which was rapidly becoming desper-
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A Matrimonial Psalm.

Tell me not IN idle Jingle
Marriage Is an empty dream.
FOR the glTi Is dead that's single,
ana things are not as they seem
Life IS real. lie Is earnest.
Single blesselness n fib:
Man thou art 20 man Teturneth"
Hath not been spoken OF the Tib.
Not enjoyment and not sorrow
is our destined end or way:
But 20 act that each tomorrow
FINDS as nearer marriage day.
Life Is short and youth Is fieeting.
And our hearts though light and gay.
atiil Ike pleasant dreams are beating
wedding marches all the way
IN the worlds broad field OF battle.
IN the bivOuac Of life.
BE not like ddmb driven cattle.
Re heroine and wife.
Lives Of married folks remind us
We can make our lives IS WELL
And departing leave behind ~
Such examples as shall tell
Such examples that another
wasting life IN idle sport.
Iofiofn, unmarried brother
seeing shall take heart and court
Let Us. then. be up and doing,
o. IN = neart on triumph set
sun cohtriRing, stiil pursuing,
ana each one a husband get.
A Thing Of the Past.
IL was nothing UNUSUAL to see a dozen
persons get married at Squire Bales
any Sunday. but this Gretna Green ia
q thing OF the past. brought 10 An ah-
rupt end By the governor OF the ststs
who explains his action in the following
language:
yesterday there was presented IA the
governor certain literature which NJ
Bales Is circulating generally. vbict,
the governor believes absolutely detr4-
mental TO the good Of society. a persssl
OF the literature shows a most rIdicuIoua
and absurd view Of the duties of a no
tary public IN reference TO the MARRIAGE
ceremony. An officer with the coneen-
uon OF the duties as exercised bv fl,is
ofncer clearly falls within the purvievz
81 section 662 OF the code OF laws OF
iso2. which authorizes the governor IN
remove at his pleasure a notary public
Tor the reason, as already stated, that
such conduct IS a menace TO social or
ganizatiou.'
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EXPLANATION OF PLAN

In todayS nSamn of tie story location of
placed that will have opportunity them.
The contained envelopes marked with broad black
The money will be available specified
No empoye of The Times member his family eligible
No who has found of the eligible thereafter
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Black

Fascinating Detective Story Which Points the Location of
Money Actually Hidden About the Streets of Washington
In Today's nstalment Are Clues to $500
If You Find 1t. It's Yours
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-04-27
No Important Engagements.

New Chwang, April 26.-The Rus
sian authorities here deny that there
has been any important engagements
recently on the Yalu river but report
the destruction of a few japanese
junks, by the Russian volunteers.
The japanese have not yet arrived
at the Yalu in force, according to the
Russians at New Chwang nor have
they crossed the river at any point.
The Russian forces are still in pos
session Of all points on the Manchur-
ian side of the river, consequently the
execution of the plan of falling back
from Feng Huan Cheng and Lao Yang
which was attributed to General
Kouropatkin has not begun.
The above authoritative information
seems to settle the CORY report that
has been sent out by totally IN
reliable alleged news agencies in
which 1000 japanese we're first re-
ported to have been killed, the num-
Der being later reduced to 1000. II
such battle had been fought and
such a victory won by the Russians
they would not attempt to conceal it.
1t is probably only another April
fool joke. Editor.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-04-27
Will Loop the Loop.

The rumor has gone abroad to the
effect that the LOOP the Loop" feat
will not be produced in Prescott.
This is a mistake unless some unfor.
seen accident should happen between
the present time and carnival week.
While there have been two serious
accidents on the loop Diavola, the staI
performer, who toys with death in
this manner is still unframed. As
the carnival was preparing for open
ing the season at Albuquerque, the
master mechanic of the loop in test
ing the machinery was thrown and
seriously injured. Diavola has also
had an understudy, and during per-
Torrance at Ell Paso, the former fail
ing to appear at tho time announced
for the performance, the understudy
undertook the act but on account OF
overlooking some particular thing
about the bicycle, met with. an acct
dent, producing three broken ribs, a
broken arm and a broken collar
bone. He is now in the FL Paso hos
pital, but as stated, Diavola is still in
the ring and if he escapes death in
Phenix will be in Prescott to perform
the daring act.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-04-27
Picture Exhibit.

The art section of the Monday club
have arranged with the Horace X.
Turner Co. of Boston to give an exhibit
of pictures at the auditorium of the
high school Wednesday evening from
8 to 10 o'clock and Thursday and Fri
day afternoon from to o'clock OF
this week. This company has been
most liberal in its terms with the club
and all over a small fee to he paid
them will go to the public schools of
our city and will be used for the pur-
chase of pictures to be hung in the
buildings. Gentlemen are Especially
invited for Wednesday night and the
hours have been arranged from 3 to
in the afternoon Thursday and Fri
day so that children may visit the
rooms after school hours. Admission
Is cents adults, children 10 cents.
Special musical program Wednesday
night.
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ing $50 ton stack at the oil smelter
adjacent to town and this important
improvement in the capacity of the
plant is taken to indicate that the oil
burner is a success. 1t is the only
smelter of its kind in the district and
some difficulty was at first exper-
fenced in blowing it in.
Perhaps the most interesting bit of
news is the fact that the Treadwell
company has begun relaying the old
narrow guage railway to the Hack
berry mine, the BOggs smelter and
the Boggs mine. Work is progressing
rapidly on the blackberry and the
Boggs mine, in each of which the
shaft is being sunk. II is the aspect of
the ore bodies in these mines which
has encouraged the company to go to
the expense of relaying the narrow
guage line. There are seven bridges
to be constructed along Big Bug and
elsewhere and timber crew has been
set to work on these bridges.