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warning. He laughed but he did no
look so much in Madame De Yille'l
direction after that.
Several months passed by. Moth.
ing had happened and | was begin
ming to think 1t all a scare over moth
ing. We were West by that time,
showing in Frisco. II was during
the afternoon performance and the
big tent was filled with women and
children, when l went looking for
Red Danny, the head canvas man,
who had walked off with my pocket
knife.
Passing by one OF the dressing
tents | glanced in through hole in
the canvas tho see If | could locate
him. He wasn't there. but directly
in front of me was King Wallace In
tights, waiting for his turn to go on
with his cage of performing lions.
He was watching with much amuse-
ment quarrel between a couple of
trapeze artists. All the rest of the
people in the dressing tent were
watching the same thing, with the
exception of De Vile, whom | no
ticed staring at Wallace with undis-
guised hatred. Wallace and the rest
were all too busy following the quar-
rel to notice this or what followed.
but | saw It through the hole in
the canvas. De Vile drew his hand
kerchief from his pocket. made as
If to mop the sweat from his face
with 1t Git was a hot day., and at
the same time walked past Wallace's
back He never stopped but kept
right on to the doorway, where he
turned his head, and shot swift
look back at the unconscious man.
The look troubled me at the time for
not only did | see the hatred in IL,
but / saw triumph as well.
DE Vile will bear watching /
said to myself, and | really breathed
easier when | saw him go out the
entrance to the circus grounds and
board an electric car downtown A
few minutes later | was in the big
tent where | had overhauled Red
Danny. King Wallace was doing his
turn and holding the audience spell
bound He was in a particularly
vicious mood and he kept the lions
stirred up until they were all snarl-
ing and growing around him--that
49, al VI IiiSul ShtGDI OlQ augustus,
and he was just too fat and lazy and
old to get stirred up over anything
Finally Wallace cracked the old
lions knees with his whip and got
him into position. Old Augustus,
blinking good-naturedly, opened his
mouth and in popped Wallace's head.
Then the jaws came together, crunch,
just like that"
The Leopard Man smiled In a
sweetly wistful fashion, and the far
away look came into his eyes
And that was the end of king
Wallace, he went on in his sad, low
voice. after the excitement cooled
down | watched my chance and bent
over and smelled Wallace's head
Then | sneezed
Tit Wasp ! queried with
hating eagerness. ikgN "N
"Snuff that De VILE dropped on
his hair in the dressing TENT Old
Augustus never meant to do it, He
only sneezed.
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JACK MUNROE
HEART-BROKEN

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81
Munroe was around this morning,
none the worse for last nights ham
mering A slight cut on the lip is
the only visible evidence of the pun
ishment received. He is heart-broken
over the miserable showing he made.
He has made no plans for the flu
ture as yet.
Jeffries did not retire until
o'clock this morning. He entertained
number of friends at a restaurant
after the battle. When he went to
bed he left orders that he was not
to be disturbed under any circum-
stances. He arose at noon today
He has planned nothing beyond a
visit to his home in Los Angeles.
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of them bit into his skin.
THE clowns had to pull the knives
out to get him loose for he was PIN
ned fast. so the word went around
to watch out for De Vile and no one
dared to be more than civil to his
wife. And she was sly bit of bag
gage too, only all hands were afraid
of De Vile.
But there was one man, Wallace,
who was afraid of nothing. He was
the lion tanner, and he had the self
same trick of putting his head into
the lions mouth. He'd put 1t into
the mouths of any of them, though
he preferred Augustus, a big, good
natured beast who could always be
depended upon.
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DIDN'T LIKE THE
DETECTIVES TALK

"You step on my foot again and
I'll swat you one in the face" are the
words in which Detective Fitzgerald
addressed Frank Wyse, of Milton, as
he was coming from the circus
grounds last night. Because of this
manner of address and because Wyse
thought Mr.. Fitzgerald was drunk,
Judge Griffin let Wyse off with IS
fine. He was charged with being a
disorderly person in that he took ex-
ception to Fitzgerald's method of
addressing him.
BY accident Wyse stepped on the
of1cer's heels, and after being ad-
dressed in what he thought to be an
insulting way, he took his jack-kn
from his pocket and kept watch on
the officer in citizens clothes. How
ever, he did not escape arrest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-08-27
ALBERS BROS. TO
START BUILDING

This afternoon a building permit
was issued for the 500-barrel cereal
mill to be built by Albers Bros. on
Dock street. Brick will be the ma
terial used in the construction of
the new mill, and when complete the
building will cost about $4,000.
Besides the main building, which
is to be 80 feet long, so feet wide
and SO feet high, two wings two
stories in height will be added for
storage purposes.
The finished product of the mill
will be rolled oats ana other break
fast foods. A -four mill will also be
added to the plant next spring or i'll
the fall.
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by sweet and gentle sadness, the
weight of which was as sweetly and
gently borne. For an hour l had
been trying to get story out of him,
but he appeared to lack Imagination
To him there was no romance in his
gorgeous career, no deeds of daring,
no thrills-nothing but a gray same
ness and an infinite boredom.
Lions? Oh, yes, he had fought
with them. 1t was nothing. All
you had to do was to stay sober
Anybody could whip lion to a
standstill with an ordinary stick
He had fought one for half an hour
once. Just hit him on the nose
every time he rushed and when he
got artful and rushed with his head
down, why, the thing to do was to
stick out your leg. When he grabbed
at the leg you drew back and hit him
on the nose again. That was all.
With the faraway look in his eyes
and his soft voice he showed me his
scars. There were many of them
and one recent one where a tigress
had reached for his shoulder and
gone down to the bone. / could see
the neatly mended rents in the coat
he had on. His right arm, from the
elbow down, looked as if it had gone
through a threshing machine, what
of ravage wrought by claws and by
fangs. But 1t was nothing, he said,
only the old wounds bothered him
somewhat when rainy weather came
on.
Suddenly his face frightened with
a recollection, for he was really as
anxious to give me a story as | was
to get it.
81 suppose you have heard of the
lion tanner who was hated by another
mann" he asked.
He paused and looked pensively at
sick lion in the cage opposite.
Got the toothaohe," he explained.
well, the lion tanners big play to
the audience was putting his head
in lions mouth. The man who hat
ed him attended every performance
in the hope that some time the lion
would crunch down. He followed
the show about all over the country.
The years went by, and the man grew
old, and the lion tanner grew old,
and the lion grew old. And at last,
WV he9 olbLlll6 III q IiOuL seat ut
saw what he had waited for The Ii
on crunched down, and there WASH t
any need to call a Doctor"
The Leopard Man glanced casually
over his finger nails in a manner
which would have been critical had
it not been so sad.
Now that's what call patience, -
he continued, "and it's my style. But
it's not the style of fellow / knew.
He was little, thin, sawed-off, sword
swallowing and Juggling Frenchman.
De Vile he called himself and he had
nice wife. She did trapeze work
and used to dive from under the roof
into a net, turning over once on the
way as nice as you please
de Vile had a quick temper, as
quick as his hand, and his hand was
as quick as the paw of a tiger One
day, because the ring master called
him a frog eater or something like
that, and maybe a little worse, he
showed him against the soft pine
background he used in his knife
throwing act so quick the ring mas
ter didn't have time to think, and
there, before the audience, De Vile
kept the air on fire with his knives,
sinking them into the wood around
the ring master so close that they
passed through his clothes and most
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NGEfVuII RkN
First Play at the Lyceum.

con the Bridge at Midnight" a
comedy drama, will open the season
of 1904-05 at the Lyceum theater
Thursday evening, September 1. The
story deals with the weary search of
heart-broken mother for her long
lost child and is said to be full of
human interest from start to finish.
This play will be given four times
Thursday, Friday and Saturday eve
nings and Saturday matinee.
''Peck's Bad Boy"
Theatrical people are watching
with interest the venture of Lawrence
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-08-27

Russell's stock company at the Edi-
son theater. A season of miniature
comedies and dramas will begin with
the production of "Peck's Bad Boy"
tomorrow afternoon. An up-to-date
version of this old play, full of real
boy life and trimming over with fun
ny situations, will be given. During
the season Mr.. Russell intends put
ting on some original comedies as
well as popular plays and dramatiza-
tions of the late novels.
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eral committee of adjustment for the
conductors fthe Northern Pacific,
and at the time of his death was
secretary and treasurer of Mount Ia
coma division No. 249, Order of
Railway Conductors.
He leaves a widow and one son,
Charles H. Johnston. The funeral
will be held Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock from Mellinger's chapel on
Tacoma avenue.
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$50, 600 SIDEWALK CONTRACT IS
PASSED UP BY LOCAL CONTRACTORS

The contract for the construction
of cement sidewalks in the largest
improvement district yet created
went begging for bids at the office
of the commissioner of public works
this morning. The cost of this big
improvement, which will now proba-
bly, be laid over until next spring, is
estimated at S51,170. The district
is known as the North Thirty-first
street district and takes in large
number of the streets in the North
End
The improvement is so extensive
that the work would continue far into
the rainy season, and for this reason
the contractors did not take to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-08-27

job.
A contract to grade South Eighth
street from Junett to Lawrence was
awarded to ]. T. Stops today on a
bid of $1,741. The engineers esti-
mate was S2,14S.
Despite the fact that no bids were
received today on the big North
End contract, this has been a busy
week in the commissioners office at
the city hall. Besides letting con-
tracts aggregating in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000, the engineer has
completed estimates of the cost of
other improvements which will re-
quire the expenditure of $4,000
more.
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FOUL PLAY
FEARED

CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-As the re-
suit of suspicious of foul play in the
case of Mrs. j. H. McVickar, who
died in Pasadena Thursday night, her
attorney today notified the Chicago
banks not to honor any drafts against
her estate. An autopsy is being held
today. Her steep-son and her attor-
ney are determined to make a thor
ough Investigation.
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AUTO RECORD
is SHATTERED

NEW YORK, Aug. 27--J. A. Ellis
and A. G. Schmidt Of Chicago have
broken the automobile record be-
tween Chicago and New York, re-
ducing the time 3 hours and IA min
utes. They left Chicago at o'clock
In the morning on August "a and
arrived at Weehawken at SAC this
morning.
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NIinstrels Coming.

Gorton's Minstrels will come to the
Tacoma theater September 1 and 2
with an entirely new, novel and
thoroughly up-to-date attraction. The
wardrobe, stage and scenic effects are
said to be elaborate and expensive,
and the company comprises only the
best and most capable performers. A
street parade will be given at noon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-08-27
CLUB MEN PLAY BALL

A ball game is on this afternoon
between members of the Union club
of Tacoma and the University club
of Seattle, at the Eleventh street
grounds. The Seattle club defeated
the locals in the annual game last
year, and the Tacomans hope to turn
the tables this afternoon.
Following the ball game, the Wis
itors will be guests at banquet at
the Union club.
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SOUTH TACOMA NOTES.

While the family of Dan Mclean
were away for the day yesterday,
their combination store and apart
ment house at Lake Steilacoom
burned to the ground. The cause of
the fire is unknown.
R. P. Herbold, who represented the
local machinists at the annual con-
vention held at st. Paul, has returned
home.
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Sister Fernando, aged 81, died
this morning at st. Joseph's hos
pital. The funeral services will be
held at the chapel in the hospital at
8 o'clock Monday morning, Father
Hylebos officiating Interment will
be in st. Georges cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-08-27

Fernando Hansen. piano and organ
teacher, will be in her studio after
Aug. 20, where arrangements for les
sons can be made. Term opens Sep
TENDER LIST. @%%
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Clean or Dye portieres, rugs, lace
curtains, table covers, all goods in
silk, wool or cotton. Our work sec
ond to nine. Parision Dye Works,
1109 G st. Tel. Red S75.
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OLD RAILROAD
MAN is DEAD

Joseph B. w. Johnston, one of the
most prominent railway men of Ia
coma, died yesterday at one of the
city hospitals, after an illness of six
weeks.
Mr. Johnston had been resident
of Tacoma for the past 13 years, and
during that time he was at the head
of the schedule department of the
Northern Pacific.
He was also chairman of the gen
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Patronize the o. X. Baths. Seven
BARRIERS; no waiting. 1917 Pacific av.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04

the mans powers of acting. for 1 was not
DIlnd to the hidden meaning of his words.
Yes, viii do what cam said slow
ly, vaguely wondering at my own weak
ness.
THANK youv
save myself and Mr.. Orton. Every hour
l expected to hear Of his sudden de-
parture. l was tortured with doubt as
TO the course of conduct / ought to pvr-
sue. Justice to the murdered woman
demanded that l should speak. There
was nothing to withhold my denunciation
OF the man save a pity which had taken
obviously suffered much; it was an awful
thought to know he was in my power. I
felt could not use my knowledge for his
downfall; he trusted me- That same even
ing l received a note from him. 1t ran
thus:
'You know my secret-I feel you know
/ read it in your eyes-I am in your
no attempt at flight If you knew the
whole story, you would pity the sinner,
perhaps, a little. Though l have not the
courage to give myself up to justice
will allow you to do so if you desire it,
/ destroyed the letter, and kept silence
glVeneSS. George Orton and I never met
again, but some few years later 1 receiv-
ed a letter from him, posted from some
lonely spot on the west coast of Africa.
In 1t he told me ne was spending his life
in the service of others, hoping thereby
to atone in measure for the crime which
had darkened his life. He concluded with
myself, Once more was glad that / had
held silence. I had wronged no living
soul, and believed / had helped one man
on to better things.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04

of New York; Virginia Lippincott, Of
Philadelphia; Harriet Hammond, Anne
liza Cutler and Lucia Cutler, of this city.
Mr.. Moreau Delano, of, New York,
was best man, and the ushers were Mr..
James Crosby Brown and Mr.. James I.
Lineaweaver, of Philadelphia Mr. Ed
ward S. Hardness and DR.. William
Perry of Williamstown, Mass; Mr.
Franklin M. Crosby, of Minneapolis;
Mr.. Winthrop G. Noyes and Mr.. D.
Raymond NOyes, of this city.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
John Crosby Brown and Miss Brown
of New York; Rev. and Mrs. Edward
c. Moore. of Cambridge, Mass: Mr.
and Mrs. Rollfn S. Saltus, of Cam
bridge, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Delano, Miss Susan Delano and Will
liam Adams Delano, of New York:
Henry L. de Forest, Superior, Wis;
Daniel N. Kirby, of st. Louis: Thomas
L. Clarke, of New Orleans; Mrs. Cand-
ace Wheeler and Mrs. Keith, of New
York
A small reception for the members
of the wedding party only was held
mony, after which Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
left for the East. They will reside
in New York.
The reception given by the Central
high school juniors to the seniors, at
Cambridge hall, last evening, was one
of the most elaborate affairs ever Civ
en- by high school students. The hall
was beautifully decorated with the COL
ors of the two classes, blue and 0rhite
for the seniors and maroon and gold for
the juniors. AS all the other social
functions of the students have been
discontinued by order of the board of
education, the students were able to
devote all their time and energy to
this one affair, and the result was a
success from every standpoint, show
ing careful attention to every detail
on the part of the student hosts. A
programme of twenty dances was gone
through with and light refreshments
were served. The teachers of the school
and the wives of the members of the
school board acted as chaperons, and
the arrangements were in charge Of a
committee of five from the junior
class, composed of John Bunker, chair
man, Karl Knoche, Miss Lynda Reed.
Miss Vera Putz and Horace Halde-
man, president of the class.
THE alumni association Of the Cleve-
land high school will tender a recep-
ton to the graduating Glass Friday
evening, June 10, at the school assem-
bly, hall. The following committee has
charge of the arrangements: Martin
Ernst, chairman, Mrs. John Patrick,
Elizabeth Spetzman, Ellen Nelson,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04

4 S a hospital nurse Of many years
IN standing, I have been through
some strange experiences, but per-
haps none quite so thrilling as the one I
am about to relate.
[ was nursing private case in the
vicinity of Bloomsbury square. My pa
tient was asleep, and stepped into the
adjoining room intending to write some
letters. The room was not lighted and
feeling all at once disinclined to write
L drew a chair up to the window and
Hooked out into the night. The window
faced one Of the side streets off the
square. 1t was terribly clustering, and
1 was on the point of drawing the cur
tains when my attention was attracted
by the solitary figure of a man. He was
We'll dressed and wore an opera hat. He
3atrHclS me as being i'll or excited. He
paused suddenly in his walk and looked
suspiciously up and down the street. Then
he crossed the road and let himself into
the house just opposite.
My curiosity was strong In the house
across the road, and / saw one of the
rooms lit up suddenly. I saw the man
pass before the window and throw him
self into a chair The door of the room
opened and I saw woman much be-
jeweled and in evening dress. Presently
sfIes arose and pulled the blind down
sharply
4no SHADOWS OF the man and woman
were clearly cut against the blind, and
what 1 saw sent cold shudder through
me. They were both standing now, she
erect and stiff, and he with an arm
raised as If TO strike. The blow fell, the
woman staggered under it. She put out
her arm to stay the second blow, which
fell with horrible precision. 1 thought
l. heard a faint scream. Presently the
lights were extinguished and silence
reigned I saw the house door open and a
man step out into the street. As he
passed the window 1 said in a clear voice:
you brute!'
He started and his face was CHASTITY
as he turned it for a moment in my
direction, and then he turned and ran.
The following day the papers gave an
account of a murder I realized that
l had witnessed the preparation of the
crime and the murderer had escaped
There was no clew as to the assassins S
identity. I felt uncertain as to my abil-
ity to recognize the man again and so
l decided to leave the matter in the hands
of the police
1t was three years since the crime
One dayE was telegraDhed for to attend
a case Sat Manden hall in York
shire. One of the guests-a stranger to
me-met me at the station with a dog
cart. He briefly explained that there
had been a gun accident His name
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IN Q-Q- -s4-A-Qo
learned was George Orton, and I dis
covered later that he had an antipathy
to hospital nurses
One afternoon I was sitting with my
patient, now convalescent, when the
men, who had been out shooting came
in. was retiring when my patient called
me back.
Don't go, nurse" he said laughingly.
#"Come and tell us one of your old ex-
perienceS.
Smiling 1 seated myself and glanced
at my audience. My eyes met Mr.. Or
toms and again 1 felt that queer feeling
that he and had met before. Then quite
suddenly 1 recalled that night in Blooms
bury square. Il will tell you about muir
der / once saw committed without knew
ing that it was one said =
B "Ah! that sounds exciting, = said the
men in chorus. Only Mr.. orion was 81
lent, and / felt his eyes fixed on me dur
ing my narrative.
|. do you really mean to say you could
not recognize the man again?" cried one
of the party.
"By Jove! What horrible experience, y
remarked another.
II mo. I do not think I could be suf-
thoughtfully. ssYou see, only caught
"a fleeting glimpse of his face in the flick
ering lamplight when he turned in my dt
:. He saw you, then?" said one of my
listeners. T4..-, ,'.
Yes, ne saw me. 1 spoke aloud as
he passed under the window called
him a brute, and--"o r4 l.sl.s-
There was a crash of, broken china.
Mr.. Orton had risen suddenly, and in
doing SO upset small table containing
cups and saucers. All eyes were turned
to him; mine must have been the most
eager, most startled, for / knew in
stinctively that he was the man whose
shadow l had seen on the blind that
night, three years ago.
His face was livid, his hands were
tightly clenched to hide their tremor.
Whats wrong, Orton? asked the
men. Only I was silent and motionless.
Ny eyes were still riveted on him in a
kind of horror, for his guilt was depicted
on his face. The mask had fallen; he
could act no more.
Yet. in spite of all, 1 felt a pang of
pity for my victim, for his was not the
face of a criminal. His crime must have
been the result of intoxication or heated
anger, not of cruelty. Did he read the
softer look in my eyes? / cannot TELL but
the muscles of his face relaxed he seem
ed to breathe again.
The men were still pressing him for
some reason of his unusual behavior,
and | saw him pull himself together with
an effort.
"A touch of my old heart complaint"
he said lightly. Nurse, shall want your
aid. thinlp" he added, looking me
steadily in the face.
I was silent.
'WilI you undertake my case?" he
questioned, with a smile. I marveled at