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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

snatching at the bedclothes. Am
dead, then, and you my other self
come to haunt me?"
mo, no." said Mrs. Fry, soothingly,
"nobuddy sha'nt shant you, not If /
know it. He just come to see how you
was, that's ALL"
His name is Hamilton, you say"
"Lor', now, did /? It's Hammerly.
| meant, our minister" said Mrs. Fry,
alarmed at tie growing excitement of
her patient and lying with a glibness
surprising to herself
Mr.. Hamilton, meanwhile, had left
the room and stood waiting for Mrs.
Fry at the outer door.
odd what ideas sick folks take,"
she said. "He amt as well as |
thought he was"
mo, | am afraid his brain has been
permanently injured" said Mr.. Hamil-
ton, who seemed to be not little dis
turhed. Il viii not go in again. my
presence seems TO agltate him"
Mrs. Fry kept out of her boarder's
room for an hour. and when she en-
tered she saw that he was asleep. He
slept long time, and appeared drow-
sy for awhile upon waking, but after
wards he looked about the room,
clear-eyed, though silent, and Mrs.
Fry softly went out. fearing that he
would question her. But he did not
try to talk with her at all until the
next morning, when he said to her,
quietly:
Il want to talk with you, Mrs. Fry.
Why am I sick here instead of at
homer"
"Oh, twas more convenient"
Il should hardly think so. Such a
short distance. Who was that man
who called to see me yesterday"
"Mr. Hammerly. our minister. He's
a dreadful nice man."
Il mistook the name at first, or yor
did. Any way he looks enough like
me to be my twin brother. Where is
Constance-and the children"
Constance" said Mrs. Fry, star
/ ing at him with all-her might.
Yes; is there anything strange
about my questions?"
mo- oh. no. not q mite. Constance
is over home, an the children. too
most like"
"You say Constance is over home
Why does she not come to see me?"
She's dreadful busy"
He started up in a moment and
asked. keenly. Are you deceiving
me? Is she dead or very sick? Has
anything happened TO her, or the chill
dren?'
NO. they are all right. all OF them.
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the woods after leaving the boat.
These surmises and the search kept
the persons engaged in them from OBJ.
serving the great agitation of Mrs
Hamilton and her husband. They
soon entered the house together,
where Mrs. Hamilton suddenly faced
him and asked, excltedly:
do you know how he was shot?"
"Assuredly | do not, Constance.
heard the shot and jumped out of bed
at once. Being quicker than Mr.. Car.
ter | reached the spot a moment
earlier, but | saw no one, and was
sure from the first that he shot him.
self"
But the pistol! 1t was not in his
hand"
Doubtless he threw 1t before he
fell to the ground"
But you were angry to have him
come here"
Il was angry, and told the man
only yesterday to keep away. But he
came this morning, it seems. Served
him right"
But he is different from other peo.
pie, and he meant no harm, | am con.
vinced."
Primus Edes did not die. Indeed
he began to mend rapidly, though his
mind wandered, the direct result OF
the injury to his brain. Constance
though she felt much anxiety, never
went near him, nor to the house, but
Mr.. Hamilton called each morning
and questioned Mrs. Fry regarding his
progress in recovery.
HE seems better to-day" said Mrs
Fry. nearly three weeks after the
shooting. "He looks brighter and
takes notice of things. But. somehow
he acts a little mite queer"
How? Doesn't he know you?"
"Yes, he called me Mrs. Fry, but he
asked me why he was at my house
and told him because he was fetched
here, and then he wanted to know
why he wasn't taken home instid.'
ut Is but natural that his mlnt
should wander" said Mr. Hamilton.
Il wish you would just step in ant
look at him."
Mr.. Hamilton hesitated for a mo
ment and then followed Mrs. Fry tC
the comfortable apartment where lay
Primus Edes on his bed, pallid ant
emaciated, his dark hair cropped
short and his eyes shrunken.
"Mr. Hamilton has called in to see
you" said Mrs. Fry, approaching ant
Strengthening the bedclothes.
"Mr.-who?" asked the sick man
staring at his visitor, and at her, will
a wild look in his eyes.
"Mr. Hamilton" she repeated
Are you my ghost?" asked Edes
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sLeps IN SUMMER cLlMcs.
Strange Kind Of Vehicle Used in the
Island of Madeira,

At Funchal, in the island of Madeira
the traveller finds one of the strangest
kinds of vehicles that the world af.
fords. He sees waiting quietly near
the wharf q number of sleds, with
sleek, dun-colored oxen yoked to each
1t is always high summer time in Ma.
deira and to see a conveyance which
he has ever associated with snow and
ice and zero weather is at first dis
concerting. The stranger rubs his
eyes and asks what these things are
for but he soon finds that they are
the public hacks and that unless he
cares to walk he must step inside,
ensconce himself on the cushioned
seat and wait for the driver to prod
his slow steeds with the goad that he
always carries. Very soon the vehicle
begins to slip, very slowly to be sure,
but surely over the smooth little cob
blestones with which the streets are
PAVED. At any particular difficult
turn Of the road or when coming
to rise of ground the driver places
a little bag of grease under the front
of the runners which makes 1t compar-
atively easy for the sturdy steers to
pull the sled.
Even up long steep hill these oxen
will slowly make their way. In coming
down again no such tedious process is
used, but, getting into wide, finely
upholstered sled with wicker sides,
the passenger trusts himself to the
tender mercies Of two more or less
villairous looking guides as steers
men. Each one of them holds a rope
tied to the back of the sled, and when
the toboggan, as it is often called,
gets to jumping and bounding too
hilariously the guides jump OFF and
pull with all their might at the ropes
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Lively Business Done on a Dime,

Harvey Ransom, native of Kings
ton, was for years lobster fisherman,
and during the summer lived in a
shanty at the Gurnet. | frequently
landed at the Gurnet when / was
cruising. and would always plan to
call on him.
One day he asked me If | would
buy his shanty and lobster traps, as he
was getting along in years and want
ed TO retire. | asked him why he
didn't open bar, and he said that he
had tried that scheme one day.
He had some liquor in his shanty
and another fisherman had liquor in
his shanty, Ransom went to the other
fisherman's and bought drink with
ten cents, and then the other came to
Mr.. Ransom's shanty and bought a
drink of him for ten cents. They
continued these sales all day. and he
said that they both got pretty well
filed up on ten cents.-Boston Her
aid.
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kIeptomsnlae M. P's.

A myterious outbreak of kleptoma-
MIA has invaded the house of COM
mons. The origin of the disease has
been traced TO a case which happened
two or three weeks ago, when six
cakes of house of commons soap were
found bulging out of a legislator S
coat pocket.
Since then the malady has spread
with alarming persistency, One mem.
Der of parliament, who In n fit of men,
tai abstraction took a pair of hair
brushes stamred with the royal arms,
was taken before the sergeant at
arms and gently admonished, but even
then the disease was not extermi.
mated.
Table napkins have been myste.
riously spirited away by one over.
worked legislator, while another un.
consciously took somebody else
check book.
Recently the kleptomaniacs have
confined their attention to silk hats
and so many have disappeared that
some members now think it necessary
to put skull caps in their pockets as a
safeguard against going home bare
headed
Every night now when the cry is
raised of Who goes homer" II is
found that there are not enough hats
to go round.-London Express.
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There amt nothin' the matter with

There amt nothin' the matter with
none Of them"
Then she must come 20 see me,
for | am not able 10 go to her"
lie spoke with a decision new and
strange. Mrs. Fry began to grow
alarmed.
But don't you see, Mr. Edes, 1t
wouldn't look wen, she bein' a mar.
ried woman so, an you a single man"
Are you crazy, my good woman7
My name Is not Edes and am not q
single man, though | know very well
that she is a married woman"
I'm sure you told me that your
name was Edes, and that you were
never married"
Il never told you go. Eldest I
never heard the name until now in all
my life"
We'll, then. what is your name?"
she asked, endeavorlng to quiet him
by return to her acquiescent man
ner.
"Nane Hamilton, as you very well
know"
"All right, and now will you have
your drops? The clock is just strik-
ing the time"
yes, IL you will 20 over and ask
my wife to come to see me-"
'Tll ask her."
Thank you. It is oaly little way.
and she won't mind the walk. One
ought to see the house from that win.
dow"
'You can see it plain" and Mrs.
Fry gave him the drops, and then
went and stood irresolutely in the
m,d,.e cf her kitchen for several
minutes.
Il promised, an 1t won't do no
great hurt" she said to herself at
last. ut dooz beat all what's got into
the man, claimin' to be Vane Hamil-
ton, an he with Almost black hair.
He's crazy as loon"
Taking the sunbonnet from its nail
on the wall she closed the door care.
fully, and then called TO her next-door
neighbor's to ask her 20 keep house"
a little while for her.
Don't disturb Mr.. Edes unless he
wants somethin'." she said, and then
she hurried to the house of Mrs. Ham.
ilton, and was admitted by that lady
herself, who had seen her coming
ITO be continued.)
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MAID WAS TOO TRUTHFUL.
And the Result Was Family Wen,
Without Sunday Dinner.

Without Sunday Dinner.
David Wilcox, the president Of the
Delaware and Hudson company, was
opposing the idea that a coal strike
would occur again.
There will be no danger of a
strike" he said, "as long as the oper-
ators and the miners are perfectly
open and fair and reasonable with
one another. And they must not sud
denly leap up with unexpected de-
mands that require Immediate an
swers. They must give one another
time for thought; they must give
plenty of warning when they have in
contemplation any change.
Should they make sudden, unex.
pected demands, it should not DO for
them to excuse themselves with such
specious argument as that which a
certain kitchen maid employed upon
her mistress.
This maid said, calmly, one Sun.
day afternoon:
81 don't see how | am going 10
cook the dinner, ma'am. There is no
coal
"'No coal?' cried the mistress.
Good gracious, Maria, why didn't you
tell me befe-e?'
''The maid answered, calmly:
"T couldn't tell you there was no
coal, ma'sm, when there was COAL +"
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Too Critical.

At a Sunday service in one of the
Georgia colored churches the preacher
was giving an eloquent discussion OF
the creation, and the congregation was
evidently greatly interested.
First de Lawd made de heaven and
de earth, and all that in them is" he
exclaimed yehemently. Den He
made mantle made him OF de dust OF
de earth, and stood him up against a
fence to dry"
At this point Deacon Jonson rose
from the back of the room and asked
suddenly:
"Brudder Jackson. who made dat
ere fence?"
Put dat man out! Two. tree mo
such questions as dat would spoil all
lie t'eology in DE worl'."
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Wise BROOKLYN Detective.

Now mind you. don't say this is a
true story. | don't even declare 1t to
be a new one. But they are telling IL
on certain Brooklyn detective, who
was recently sent to a bakery which
had been robbed the night before. He
was instructed TO get all the facts in
the case and report them to head
quarters.
When he came in with his report he
was asked who owned the bakery.
ITS a woman" said he, Il don't
know how you'd pronounce her name.
but here's the way she spells 1t. |
copied IL from sign on her window. .
He handed over slip Of paper up
on which he had written: Charlotte
Russo. Brooklyn Eagle.
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Put Rembrand. in the shade.

Dudley Hardy; London's artist, says
he admiros American art and likes
some American artists hnt not ALL
When asked 10 say more than this he
tells story 10 show which hind he
does hot like. Here IL Is:
1T was at Etapies, and there were
two OF them AZ the table next mine
two quite pretty girls, they were
and they talked Art at the top of their
voices. First IL was Titan. lie failed
10 find approval for anything Then
IL was Velasque2. He was worse than
Titan, II possible. Then II WAS Rem.
brandt, and for a moment thought he
was going TO Lo Endorsed. But II was
only partial
'Rembrandts all slieh enou-h
sometimes admitted ono of the lS.
dies. but you jes' ought 10 see tie
juicy sketch did this morninr
II swallowed my soup ,ae VIZ ae
way and DIED." adds Mr. Hardy.
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down on the innocent pleasures ol
these childlike people.

down on the innocent pleasures Of
these childlike people.
But the automobile flies on. and at
noon we have reached our objective
point-Mont st. Michel. Mont St.
Michel is, or was, an island thrown up
apparently by some volcanic eruption
just off the Breton coast. II towers up
like volcano itself. to a sharp point
many hundreds of feet above the sea
level. Until within the last five years
the island was connected with the
mainland only at low tide by long
stretch of sandy shore. At high tide
1t was entirely cut off from commuh-
cation with the mainland by the
ocean, which at this place rushes In
twice daily-at high tide-with swift
ness that excels that of the fastest
horse. Indeed. men have been known
to lose their lives in the surf, through
ignorance OF both the times of the
tides and of the rush with which the
water rises. Within the last few
years, however, a bridge has been con-
structed, which connects the island
with the mainland and over which
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Not a Fair Show.

! was stopping with a farmer over
night, and that evening two or three
other farmers dropped in, and there
was good deal of talk about how
much grass man could cut in a day
If he went at 1t with proper ambition,
says writer in the Cincinnati En-.
quirer. Mine host didn't enter into
the conversation much, and when the
men had finally departed ! said to
him:
do you believe that statement
about a man moving five acres a
day?"
Il didn't have a fair show" he re-
piled, as he shook his head and
heaved a sigh.
How do you mean?"
why, up TO last week ! would have
claimed that | once moved seven
acres between sun and sun"
And what happened last week."
Il attended camp meeting and got
religion, and | can't do any more ly,
ing, you see."
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"Ars you my shost?"

ing at his wifes terror-stricken face.
Hitherto she had not spoken, but
now her tongue was unloosened.
why don't some of you see If he is
really dead?" she cried. Because a
man is shot it is no reason for think
Ing that he is dead"
.Mr. Hamilton quietly knelt and laid
his hand on his breast.
1T beats feebly. He may rally. II
is not cold here. We will not risk
disturbing him until the doctor comes.
Help me with the harness, Green"
Working together, one of his horses
was quickly harnessed, and the quar-
ter of a mile distance to DR.. Peck's
quickly covered.
The doctor was at home and re-
turned in the buggy. and in few
minutes was kneelng beside the re-
cumbent figure.
"The wound Is a bad one, but not
necessarily fatal" he said, after he
had examined with great care the
hole made by the bullet in the tenn
pie. HE will have to be taken some
where"
"He boards at Mrs. Frys." said Mr..
Carter.
Very well. He must be removed
there at once" said the doctor, and
then | will probe for the bullet"
A door was taken from its hinges
and four men carried the insensible
form to his boardlng-place. where he
was tendcrly cared for by Mrs. Fry.
The bullet was extracted by DIR. Peck,
and the wound thoroughly attended
to. Then the physician left the house,
saying he would look In at his patient
in an hour or SO.
Meanwhile an excited group OF men
were searching the groun6s and
woods about the Hamilton place for
traces OF a would-be murderer, sup
posing the AFFAIR not to be an attempt
at suicide. Many declared II most
certainly was that, the inclination OF
the wound being upward proved that
his own hand fired the shot. unless II
was done by some. person who stood
near him at the time.
On the other hand. the river was
near. and there were indications OF
a boat having been lately drawn up
among the alders that fringed the
bank. and later one was found little
below the village. where II had come
TO a natural moorage under an over
hanging limb of an immense tree. The
river was much shaded; it. was not
impossible for a person to have es-
capped that way while attention was
being paid to the wounded man; and IN
that case he had most likely taken TO
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CHAPTER XIV.
Who Fired the Shot7

VINO ftred the Shot1
The next morning at an early hour
pistol shot rang out sharp and
quick on the still air surrounding the
upper portion of Grovedale. 1t was
heard by many and commented upon.
One or two heard the shot with some
dismay, and made their way at once
in the direction of the sound.
II appeared to be, as have said,
at the upper end of the village, and
two or three men turned into the
street approaching Mr.. Hamilton s
house and walked toward it together.
These were the men who had followed
the sound.
When they reached the grounds OF
the house they saw a group of people
standing about figure lying on the
grass, The group consisted of ~
and Mrs. Hamilton and Mr.. Carter.
who stood back at their approach and
plainly revealed TO their gaze the form
Of Primus Edes lying, face upward,
on the ground.
Who did it," asked one of the men.
Mr.. Green. excitedly.
That's more than we can tell" said
Mr.. Carter. Il heard a shot and
jumped into my clothes and came
down. Vane had got here, somehow,
before I did, and my niece followed
me. That's all we knew about the
matter"
Shot himself, most likely" said
Mr.. Dawes, a grocer on Main street.
Fades has looked down-hearted for
long time. l wonder where the pis.
tol is? 1t can't be great ways off. II
he did 1t himself"
That's So" said the other man
looking about
But the grass as short, there was
no place where a pistol could be hid
den from direct gaze except behind a
row OF rosebushes .few feet away.
Green moved toward them to look.
and. to his surprise, saw a small pls.
tol plainly in sight in front of, not
behind, the rose bushes.
1T is wonder we didn't see 1t the
first thing" said he.
1T is a wonder" said Mr.. Hamil
ton, taking the pistol and looking il
over. There is no mark on it."
NO; but If don't mistake that pis
tol belongs to Dan Fry" said Mr.
Green. Il sold him one like it not
long ago"
You don't think Dan shot him %
said Mr.. Carter. aghast.
mo, I don't: / think he shot him
self"
well am sorry 70 have had n
occur here" said Mr.. Hamilton, glanc
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named from the saint Of the vision
Immediately, in response to the com
mand, the monastery and church be-
gan to rise, and in course OF time were
finished. and devoted to the service OF
God. For centuries the chant of
praise or prayer of repentance ascend
ed from this Isolated peak 1t seemed
as IL this might be place truly
founded upon "A ock" to endure for
ever. But as time went ON, and re-
ligious wars shook the world the
monks abandoned the monastery and
church. and In the eighteenth century
the State used It as political prison.
Such use seemed Dissertation. yet
when we were shown the dark dun
geons beneath the monastery, where
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Not overwheImed BY Honor.

DIR. Maurice Francis Egan. profes
sor OF comparative philology In the
Catholic university at Washington.
has been decorated by King leopold
OF Belgium ''for distinguished literary
merit" When the decoration arrived
Dr.. Egan was away. Mrs. Egan, who
has small yeneration for royalty. for.
warded 1t TO him, saying in letter
that she was sending him "a sort OF
trousers button" which had Just come
from Europe
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Society Youths Refuse to Dance.

Young men of the New York swell
set no longer dance and the girls are
frantic over TIE situation. When q
youth is invited to a social affair OF
any kind he makes careful inquiries
about the dancing end of the game.
When he finds out that this is to be a
feature he says "Good-by!" He is
willing to cut up a goose or sit out
In the open air and sing songs o.
even go to the show, but he'll be dog.
goned If he will dance with anybody
He is becoming so selfish that he
will not even play cards with am.
ateurs.
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suggestive and Arproprlate.

Mrs. Poultney Bigelow," New
York woman said, lis a favorite in
English society. At Cannes, in Lon
don, and in the country she is equally
popular. Mrs Bigelow is a moraist
witty moralist. A millionaire whis
ky dealer showed her one day photo
graph of new house that he had
built in Herts.
Tell me what to call It, won't
YOU" he said. I am hesitating be
tween Gore Hall, Paget Hall and Stan
ley Hall. What do you adviser
~ would advise Alcohol" Mrs
Bigelow said calmly.
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~ At Mont St. Michel
Cd Breton Monastery and Church Said
10 Have Been Raised at Divine Command
Especial corrospondence1

We we're tired of the hustle and
heat of the French capital and planned
to rest on the coast of Brittany, in the
little town of Dinard Dinard is
favorite resort CT English people, and
the town Is full of English men and
women, gayly chatting in the pretty
little tearooms-for wherever the Eng
!lsh are. there the tearoom springs UP
as II by magic-or walking in bright
afternoon costume on the plaza past
the Casino, where the mystic plays
and the young people gather.
After cur experience with bust
ling, crowded, noisy hotel on the main
street we found the quiet and rest
we sought in the Regina, where the
very Frenchy little hostess. courteous,
kind, car able, extended to us her per
feet hospitality.
1t was a beautiful Sunday in early
fall when our hostess arranged for
our automobile trip 20 Mont st. Michel,
the point OF great interest, II not of
greatest interest, In that part of Brit
tany. Following the coast line we
fairly swallowed up mile after mile of
the white road. while the windmills
tapped their wings at us, and the
village dogs harked furiously, and the
little donkeys Looked askance at the
flying terror. And as we passed
through village after village, the peas
ants shook their fists or scowled un-
pleasantly, for the Breton peasant has
no love for the whirlwind. which
crushes his chickens and frightens his
animals and disturbs his quiet and
passes on uncaring.
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Child couahs up ssIl.

Last October, Thelma Thornton OF
Denver, four years old, swallowed a
nail. 1t lodged in the lower part OF
the left lung. Since then the doctors
have been treating her for pneumonia
and bronchitis and would not believe
the little sufferers story ef the nail.
Finally an abscess formed and when
II broke the nail was coughcd up.
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Then He Stopped.

A certain preacher in small town
had reputation for his long and "dry"
sermons. One Sunday he was living
well up to his standard aud one by one
his congregation left the church. I'm
dismayed, the preacher continued, ur.
i'll finally all had left but the faithful
sexton. At last the old sexton came
forward and, putting the keys on the
pulpit. said:
Say. doctor, when you're through
lock up, will ye?"