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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-03

plomatic sense-Strained. With ad- mirable presence of mind the nearest man to lubbock handed him a hand kerchief to put to his nostrils in place of that which the sufferer had already stuffed into his mouth. Then-like brave men who, having done their best and failed, sit down to wait death calmly-we sat and waited for that sneeze. It was a long time coming. At first it seemed so long that Hope told flattering tale, and we began all except lubbock, who still had the handkerchief stuffed in his mouth to breathe again. That he should breathe again was a matter of only secondary importance, and had he then and there had the decency and con- sideration silently to give up the ghost, he would assuredly have car ried our good wishes with him where- soever he may have gone But Hub bocks breath, so far as passing away in a last low sigh, seemed, as we watched, to swell up suddenly within him. His cheeks became hideously distended, the spaces about his now protruding eyes puffed up like blown
 
 hunched his straining shoulders toad wise, to his ears, and then-no, can not describe it. I got so far as to try to spell 1t phonetically, but when I saw the unholy thing which had thoughtlessly called into existence, tore the paper into fragments and then chewed them into a pulp that no other eye but mine might look upon it again.
 As the sound died away, we sat, as If frozen into dreadful silence, staring at lubbock with eyes of horror and re- proach; but when we saw by his fixed, upward-turned and prayerful eyes, dropped jaw and outstretched. imploring hand that second seizure was impending, we quailed as the sol- dier in the trenches quails before the coming shell.
 When 1t was all over, there was a deadly silence for half minute, and then we knew that the game was up.
 Did you hear that stocker?" said a voice in the room below. Did you hear that? And if so, what dye make ot it?"
 Stocker's mumbled reply was not audible, so we were not enlightened respecting his views.
 Quite so," went on the voice. "Tt didn't sound human, did it? And If I'd heard it at night, I should have said that this house was haunted, that's what I should have said. But being in the daytime, 1t can't be that Whats that you say? Very likely bird that's got nest in the roof? Don't tell me. Birds don't make noises like that. No. it isn't a wild animal that MT. Halls brought home from his travels either, unless it's an animal by tho name Of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-03
c0pyrighs, 1899, by Herbert s. Stone a ca

entrusted, in order that musical box might be placed inside, was easy enough. It was easy enough, too thanks to the thousand pounds which had recently pocketed-to persuade him to supply me with duplicate gong. The duplicate was to resemble the original in every way, and, like the original, it was to contain a mu- sical box, which, when wound up. would, at the expiration of ten min utes, play God Bless the Prince of WaleSi"
 What was not so easy was the sub stitution of my musical box for the in- fernal machine with which lubbock had promised to replace the original gong. That he would not effect the change until immediately before din- ner knew, so that had practically only few minutes in which to ac- complish my task.
 While the rest of the members were jn the reception chamber waiting the arrival of the prince, made my way to the dining-room, with the gong which had procured in Geneva under my cloak, and under pretense of look ing where my seat was placed, began to examine the tables. But as the walters were coming and going the whole time, no opportunity offered for making the exchange, finding which, determined to take the bull by the horns; so boldly walking to the head of the table, I lifted the gong, and began turning it round and round, as If curious to learn the mechanism No one but walters being in the room, and they, suppose, hesitating to in terfere lest they should be rebuked for insolence to 8 member, strolled- the gong still in my hands-towards the window, as if to avail myself of the light. Then turning my back for moment, contrived to effect the ex- change; and placing the musical box on the table, left the club with Hub books internal machine under my cloak, and having taken the thing to a place of safety, returned in time to be present at the dinner.
 l was present also next morning at the meeting, when lubbock had hoped to receive the congratulations of his l ellow-conspirators. Why the expect ed explosion had not taken place is no mystery to the reader: but Hub
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-03

pleasant-spOken gentleman as MT. Hall could a-got imposed upon to take such devil in his service can't think. A forged character done 1t, expect. That lubbock d stick at nothing. Fancy him being the man who is wanted for those murders, and all the country a-wondering who 1t was as done it, and crying out against the police for not finding out. This ought to mean promotion for you, ser- geant, when you've made the arrest, and shouldn't be surprised If MT. Hall came down with something handsome as we'll"
 An exclamation from the sergeant checked the voluble 6tocker.
 Some ones been a-writing in this room, and not very long ago." ex- plained the officer excitedly. 'The blot on this sheet of paper ain't dry. See, can smear 1t easy with my finger. I don't like the look of this, Stocker."
 No more don't I. sergeant" was the answer.
 Its very suspicious about those two doors both being fastened on the in- side. The windows was all bolted, too, as we know, because we tried lem. Ana II the ooors was fastened on the inside and the windows too, it looks as If them as fastened ,em must be in the house too. Ay. Stocker?"
 | It does that, sir" acquiesced the admiring Stocker. By Higgins. what 8 headpiece you've got!''
 "Stocker, I'm going to see this thing through that's what I'm going to do. Hush! what's that?"
 "Cistern in the roof a-gurgIing. | think, sir. That's what 1t sounded like"
 Perhaps so. Why, there it Is again. 1t is most extraordinary noisei"
 It certainly was, Even to us over head who saw it coming-if one may be permitted to speak of seeing a noise come-and knew to what 1t was attributable, the sound seemed weird and unearthly; but to those who heard the noise without knowing it's origin 1 the effect must have been mysterious in the extreme The day was, as have already said, windy, and wher Hubbock's eye was applied to the oper spy-hole in the roof, 1t was apparently struck by squalL" So at least w assumed from the red and watery as pect which the organ in question pre- scented when he returned to his seat That, however, was an infiction whicl the rest of us could have borne witt becoming resignation; but when cer l tain hideous distortions of the pa | Co. nI of seizure which we hoped at frs might mean only sudden death or ; l fit, but which we were alarmed to se developing into a sneeze. we felt tha l the situation was becoming-in di
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-03

books mystif1cation and modification were equally great.
 To have to report utter, If unaccount- able failure was humiliating enough; but the smiling incredulity with which Number Two refused to accept any other explanation than that lubbock had become Hurried, and in his haste had placed the wrong machine on the table, added immeasurably to the poor mans wrath. Grinning with impotent rage and irritation, he again and again declared that the failure was due to no mistake Of his.
 He might as well have talked to a brick wall.
 My good lubbock, my excellent lubbock, 1t Is quite unnecessary for you to excite yourself about the mat ter" said Number Two, smiling i'm perturbably Any of us might have done as you did, Outwardly the two machines-the musical box and the bomb-were exactly alike, and as the walters were no doubt inconveniently near at the time, 1t was quite easy to make the mistake. The muddle is un- fortunate. very unfortunate, but very natural, and we all admit you did your best"
 'I tell you I didn't muddle the thing" roared the unhappy lubbock, with tears of vexGtion in his eyes. T had marked the two gongs, so that I should know which was which, and I tell you put the internal machine upon the table"
 Stop moment" interposed Num- Der Six. "It is easy enough for MT. lubbock to prove himself right if he is right. When he changed the gongs, he kept one of them. Where is it? There were only two gongs, and if the one our friend here put on the table was an internal machine, the other one plays God Bless the Prince of Wales Let's have lcok at the thing, and MT. lubbock can prove that he's right. straight off"
 'Yes," said lubbock, almost crying openly now; "but that's just what l can't prove. After I had made the ex- change, and as soon as the dinner was far enough advanced for me to slip away unnoticed, I left the club needn't say that l didn't want to wait for the explosion. I cleared out, and took the other gong-the musical box with me. I meant to have kept 1t as a memento; but when I thought what hullabaloo there'd be after the ex- plosion, and the death of the prince, and that every one who was known to have been in the place would come under suspicion. thought I'd better not run the risk of having the thing found on me, so I went along the Thames embankment, and dropped it gently over into the water So I can't prove that I'm right. All the same, I'll swear that the gong set upon the table was an internal machine, though
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-03
CHATTER xxTI.
THE MAN WHO WAS "BLACK-
 RALLIED"


 Need I say 1t was who was answer able for the failure of MT. Hubbock's little scheme?
 have been member of the Ishmael club for 10 years. and have twice served upon the committee. When Number Two informed us that he was &dr. Rolandson Hall, I knew at once that had heard the name before, and Aad on one occasion confounded it with Roland Hill. What that occa- sion was, however, could not recall until Number Two's sneering and lying allusion to the Ishmaelites gave me the cue. Then recollected that when was on the committee of the club, a Mr Rolandson Hall had twice con- triyed to get himself proposed as a member. The first time he was sum- mariIy rejected on the qualification rule, and so did not even face the pre- lfminary stage of being up" for elec- ton. Twelve months after he became candidate for the second time, and nn this occasion he was apparently de- &ermined to succeed, for he made the support of every member, with whom lsr was on speaking terms, personal favor, and indeed left no stone un- turned to attain his end, and so man. seged to squeeze through the prelim- tnary qualification scrutiny When, however. the committee met for the inal consideration of candidates, MT. Rolandson Hall was for some reason, which no doubt was good, promptly bIackballed.
 This fact, while 1t accounted for the sneers with which Hall had alluded 10 the clubs made mo all the more re- solved to checkmate Mir. Hubbock's little demonstration.
 Rather than that the guest of a club, of which am member, should rome to harm under it's roof, I de- rided- should every other means fail to make known to the police the whole story of my connection with the sym hicate. But 1 was reluctant to resort to so extreme q measure unless com nslled, and as thought.I saw my way to a simpler solution of the difficulty, went to work accordingly To find tho instrument-mal at Geneva to whom the ten-minute gong had been
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-03

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

engines. rhia action has rs In
uulHa in the many alHaHtruHH foHs
eat flfea that are now raEtna over
the atnle and which It Il believed
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The fire situation today continues
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19
OFF FOR THE NORTH

The United states lighthouse ten
der cnlumblne. Capt Charles Kiehs
aHdaaH from AHsaFia on her say -
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morning she sailed fnr Alaska
.fhIa morning MAJ ianrlitt. Z. S
A ensiuesr Of The thirteenth light
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19
EDWIN FULLER
DEAD

TACOMA. Aug 10 Edwin N
Fuller. secretary Of the Washington
state Historical HaHietY. Il veteran
Newspaper man. aud widely known
throughout tho state a. well as IN
Tacoma. where he lived far - years.
died Last evening NJ d p o'clock at
hia residence. Ga South First street
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19
~ STAR DUST


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the command Of The department 81
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faaf caused hY the University u
ehleaso professors
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19
WILL DEMAND
PROTECTION
Especial The star

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latufe 60 pass btu ufubIhiIIHE the
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weather and making a regulation
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

The sleerage rate from Llverpaol
70 New York has been cut q So
That's So cheap It's q wonder that
lots 81 the women Who afe aieaXa
on the lockout for bargains don't
SC ever there fnaf e. make A cheap
trip back.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

after a brief illuaaa
Although nearly 80 years Of age
NJ. rullef WU hhle and hearty hlH
faculties unimnalfed. bis intellect
eiaar his memory Huud Ms pen
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fer treatment aud saHu recovered
go that within d feH hours he felt
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ina hume. uud this rs thought to
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aIaHa Saturday he has been steadily
failing. death coming laaI night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

Phoebe Tanks. tasXsa1#ald glfl
h. been mI=aiHR f#H he homie at
Hfemsftuu sine last SUNDAY Hha
lHfl there IN company #ifh another
ell abaaf her own nee. The Seattle
police aera notified Yesterday aud
efforts ate hsinE maaa to iasats the
feu
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

fhs steamer MERCER excursion
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

The anthracite operators haYa Of.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

CHANGE IN TIE ELDEBnERRY.
John Berry. sir. has been taxing
a treatment for curly half-Roek.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

Charges have been preferred
nxainNt = ChleAkn policeman Tor
ertnksnw beer 10 = saloon. Where
"a they expect him 10 drink IL
or what did they e1peet him %
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

The wrestling match At Monroe.
vile Saturday night between Chaa.
gelbeI and Albert Alderman result
81 in the match being awarded %
aeibel on a fouI-SorNalk TO-
Chronicle.
How did bis new flying machine
work."
First rate. He tested # yesfer-
day and made most successful
eacsut"
Il expected him 70 do that. But
how about the deseeutfs
Judge Parker must be a man uf
wonderful self-eoutrol. Ills accept
nnee address contains only 1000
words
The war department has changed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

The democrats are net worrying
about Henry & Davis saving any
thing foolish They know he'll LET
his money talk
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-19

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The war department has changed
The Southern farm gazette., 1904-10-01

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-16

TELEPHONE
MEETING

A public telephone meeting will be
held at the city hall on Tuesday af-
ternoon, December Goth, for the purpose
OF considering the cooperative plan of
building telephone lines. All parties
interested in securing better and cheap
er telephone service are requested TO
be present and discuss the plans. Rep
resentatives from the cooperative lines
in Yamhill, Benton and Polk counties
will attend, and steps will be taken to
appoint committees to meet with the
Greater Salem Commercial Club on that
evening. Farmers and business men
are urged to attend,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-16
COAST NEWS

The schooner Lucy went ashore on
Umpqua bar yesterday,
Jimmy Gardner defeated Jack
O 'Keefe in IL rounds at Butte last
night. Gardner forced the fighting from
the start.
The Pacific Baseball League has
raised the price of admission to games
to 35 cents. The circuit will remain
the same.
The LaGrande grange has adopted
resolutions against the portage road at
Cello, favoring the government locks
and canal.
A San Francisco firm has contracted
for the entire wool clip of Wallowa
county for the year 1905. The price is
16 cents.
James Morris, of Turner, died at that
that place on December 18th, aged so
years. He was a native of North Car
olina, and came to Oregon from Iowa in
1S45.
Seven buildings are completed and
ready for the Lewis and Clark fair
They are: Foreign Exhibits, Liberal
Arts, Agricultural Palace, Fire Depart
ment, Public Comfort, Administration;
Colonnade Entrance.
The Chinese are leaving John Day
City, as a result of the recent raids
made on the stores. Two proprietors
have been arrested and fined for selling
liquor to minors, and without a license,
and they are disgusted with the prose.
cutiOns.
Bert Yetter, who claimed that he was
fired on by hold-up men on the o. r. &
~, near Portland, and was wounded in
the side, now confesses that he commit
ted the deed himself in the hope that
he would be rewarded by the railroad
company He shot himself with a 80
calibre revolver and inflicted a wound
in his side that nearly proved fatal.
Bert Oakman is on trial at Hillsboro,
charged with the murder of Frank Ben
net, in Washington county last August.
The murdered man told a young lady
with whom Oakman was engaged to be
married that Oakman had confded in
him that he was already married, and
had wife living in the East. In a re-
vengeful mood Oakman stabbed Ben
nett to death.
Seymour Chipman, grand master of
the grand council Of Royal and Select
Masons of Oregon, and a Knight
Templar and Mystic Shriner, died at
his home in Corvallis Thursday after
noon, aged 67 years, He was native
OF Vermont, and had resided in Oregon
for II years. The funeral will occur on
Sunday. o. A. Deering, deputy grand
master, succeeds TO the place of grand
master of the grand council.