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Conclusion Of Tic .Tmafeur
diamond Ohfe/s Pursuit
of tho Sloyy Of Slnas.

Graft. who had been coppn' chips from
the boord since he was able to reach, butt
into our last jack pot.
There was an even chanct that MIR Badger
might make good, and t'roo restorin' the
Glory of Sinde to oud Talbot itS rightful
owner. wild his beaUChus daughter Eunice
and thin live and die in n SanCt mOn us
odOr, the same amy other high financier
Mine the task, thin, to down this deuce
OK maChina, as the sayin' IL, whether me
superior officer, ben' invalided and con-
sakentlv me4ly-nout ed, wished il or not
What kind of a man is Graft, amy way?"
| asst with ulter'or purpose. "Is he true
to his pal, the same as me an you: or wud
he give rramer, for instance, the grand
t'row down, il he cud git the Glory of Sinde
without him"
Hes daft arter that great di mond.
which | was fool enough onct to show
him, Mr.. Badger answered bitterly, that
he'd sell his own soul for it, if he had one.
and t'row in all the odder souls in the uni
verso To boot.
There ken a rap at the door. ! opened
it in mo best style. and bowed in the main
squeeze, Col Crantley. Recognizing that
me comp'ny was sure to be ordered on de-
tached service put me bist fut BACKYARD
and bowed mesilf ont.
Down in the servants quarters found
old GratH. rartaking of Porshuns Of luke
warm bottle and a half-cold burd sech
ben' the Sabine prog Of a gintleman's
gent in a country house. He waved me to
a seat with a drumstick, while he poured
out draft Of the spill and INTRODUCED him
silf as Mr.. Cramer's man
TUX all tree Of thin: mutterin' hechune
gulps and mout'fulS that | accepted Mr.
Badger as me masther for lack OF better.
Av coorse | knew that he knew; for the
name had been common property since my
interview with the Colonel in the marnin
And so by 1ingin' it out sorter careless
with the bit of snecr attached, not unly
freed GRATIS mind from amy slspishun
that might be aware Of his relishuns with
NIr Badger, but assured him that me own
were those easily broken vans that are
called strained.
It worked like a bridbatch in front Of
an oven. Gradually, stip by stip, the ould
man KEEP leadin' me on, from a grlmble
about wages to a cuss about hard names
and no tanks, until up and declared that
il was the .cantiness of the pummage and
nawthin ilse that pervinted me from pick
ing Badger clean and vamoosin' to parts
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must be prepared for the wust"
Safe and id by this time" ! replied,
'or soon will be-" And thin explained how
| | had sint him on a bee line to the shaft
into the desarted mine, whose intrance was
Klvered over with bushes and known unly
tous bot "Requiescat in pieces, Iadded.
"Fust thief and thin a mudderer," he
cried wildly. No, no, it shall not be-"
1t isn't mudder, sir" l exposteiated,
| its sooicide free and simple. Isn't he
doin' Of it all hisself? Besides" added
with suddint recollicshun, isn't whose
diggeth "A pit bound to fall therein; and
| hasn't he been tryin' his bist to put you in
a hole?"
But it was no use; he was wild. shakn'
me off like bit of dust and tearin' outer
the house. ! folered as well as cud; hut
me legs are stiff. ! was distanced he the
weight of years.
Whin reached the shaft ould Graft was
not to be seen, but Mr.. Badger lay on the
underbrush, his hand prissed to his side,
his face ghastly in the moonlight, which
somehow put me in mind of the yellow
radjunce Of the Glory of Sinde; his shut
front drppin' red from the busted wound.
Il cart him jest in time, Mickandy, on
the very brink" he whispered. Tank
Gawd he's gone safe on his way thet kin
niver more he mine. Eunice--it was not
to be-
And thin, and thin, he croaked,
| lift him alone there in the saft moon
light, kinder, far. in soothin' his sleep,
than the divilish rays of the Glory of Sinde
which he'd beguiled him on and on to his
ruing, and, like oud Gratz, !, too. wint
safe on me way, which nivermore cud be
hiG Anl I y -.
the main road, leadin' iveryw here and gon'
nowhere-the cadgers land. the ould lag's
presarves-1 REFLECTED someat on his un-
to'ard career.
He cudn't stand the racket-that is his
epitaph. gintemin buggler must I've a
failure in wan or the oddcr respict, and he
ginerally is in bot
II you cud Grass a sheep and a goat
the proginy, I'm sure, wud be w,Iss than
the meanest sort of goat. IAkewlsely,
there can't be such ting as clean pole
cat. II may be clean in seCshuns but as
for the rist look out.
MIR. Badger tried to ride two horses at
onct, and he fell down bechune That's
what an amateur ginerally gifts for tryin'
to work both inds aR inst the middle. Whin
you reminders that the cleverist crook
livin has spint the better part of his days
In the pig what chanct do YOU t'ink n rank
outsider kin have in sech a race. wit the
time allowances and the handicans all
on wan side?
The better part of his days. / said, and
! said it adwisedly; for, howiver we'll the
game is played, it isn't wuth the candle.
Easy comes, easy goes, and artcr the
Professional has raked the pot and hlowcd
1t in on false frinds and wimmin that will
cariss him with wan hand while they 60
t'roo his clothes with the odder. arter he
has known pursuit, and slapeless nights.
and hungry days, with betrayal "a the
nivitable ind ] tell you he stritches his
self out on his DOODLE bunker with contin',
welcoming the sound Of the night watch
man, IA he swings along tier after tier,
tryin' each gratin' and findin' it right auiS
tight.
Listen, thin, to the rartin wud 81
Mickandy, the crook, who orter know:
The sportin life, like war, is hill.
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"All right old Mike says l. Have your
way, and digs into him and away we goes
up the old roaC.
81 heard Bill Mcmillan holer: Come back,
you damn drunken fool but jest whoops
and on we go,
IAN | remember after that i' hang ing
10 Mikes name anC damn near drowning
when we swum the river. And he pulls up
at camp with me soused to the skin and
sound asleep,
The Greasers got Bill Mcmillan at the
ford, where they'd been laying for us. They
plugged him once in the back and once in
front. They found him on the edge OF the
water, dead as your hat. Don't you suppose
Mike knowed?'
There was pause. Then Frisco spoke
from a sea Of dreams.
"Whnt happened to the GreaserS?'
''rhe last thing was their funeral said
Texas.
How about Mikc?"
Texas chucked away the infinitesima
butt of his cigarette and rested his fore
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would reach ont and nip him good and
plenty on the neck and then YOU bet he
turned.
Not saving but those points is in any
good COW pony, but Mike kind Of had
liking for doing it. I've watched him many
a time when we was driving.
He'd mark an old COW that was on the
tail Of the bunch, kind of laggin' like. He'd
drop his old head and poke along kind O.
like he was asleep, Wouldn't think he had
interest in the world.
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and drink" said Texas, But no drinks
for memo more until get home.
Lord, think Of it! Gods country again!
Come on down to Reillys-he'll cash it
for me--drinks for the whole outfit-1'm
starting tomorrow night"
Texas was incoherent with joy. They
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THE DRuNKs.'
old Mike, you'd be no good in the COW coun-
try with that knoe--no more snap in yor.
Is there any money in this game?" he added
to the cabman.
There's living" said the cabman.
Its all the way you work it. II you know
enough to keep your eyes open and catch
plenty of drunks-they're the money in
this business the drunks-there's more.
he grumbled.
"Come away, I'm hungry, "whined Frisco.
Make it two-ninety, said Texas.
ITS yours" said the cabman. Let's
see your money"
Texas waved Frisco toward the cab.
Ten dollars left for a feed" he said.
Climb in and ride like a gentleman to
Rileys while l cash this order. Me and
Mike stays in this man size country"
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out long envelope.
Here's one came to-day" he said. And
I've put off the pleasure of reading my
little quarterly lecture. But here goes.
| sure do admire that man."
He held up the envelope to the electric
light and tore it open. A piece Of blue
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22
A Pleasant Way to travel.

rhe above is the usual verdict Of
the traveller using the Missouri Pacific
railway between the Pacific coast and
the east, and We believe that the serv-
ice and accommodations given merit
this statement. From Denver, ColOra.
do Springs and Denver there are two
through trains daily to Kansas City
aAd ST. Louis, carrying >PullmAn's lat
est standard eloetrie-hghted sleeping
ears, chair ears and up-tO-dato dining
cara The same excellent service is
operated from Kansas City and St.
Louis TO Memphis, Little Rock and Hot
Springs If you are going east or
south. write for particulars and full in
formation.
w. c. M'BRIDE, Gen. Agt,
lsi Third ST.. Portland, Ore.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22

After a while he reacheth a crisis in
his career and he doffeth the swadling
clothes of infancy for the knickerboek-
ers of the enfante terrible, which he
He becomes an explorer and locateth
every fruit tree and melon patch and
bird nest within his bailiwick, and he
longeth to join circus. Anon he ac.
quireth a disgust for short trousers
and shirt waists and soon spOrteth
shirt with a tail and trousers that
greatly elongateth his perpendicular
ity and he haunteth soda founts. He
thinketh somewhat of the girls and
spendeth much Of his time before his
dresser and gazeth with interest into
barber shops. lie walketh much by
himself and softly whistleth old bal.
lads and committcth to memory many
love speeches. Soon he singleth ont
one girl and spendeth all his change
for flowers and tolu and ice cream, and
eventually receiveth kick from the
one girl, and he imagineth
that his life is wrecked and decideth
he will blow his brains out; but later
he discovereth that he is an ass, and
goeth TO work instead. In course of
time he falleth in love again and
and settleth down to a siren.
uous grind that he may keepeth the
wolf from the door, and has sundry
experiences with grocers, butchers,
bakers. plumbers, milliners, and such,
and later decideth he is a sucker, and
a lobster. lie goeth the route and is
thoroughly domesticated as the nomi.
nal head of large household, and
finally giveth up the ghost and is
buried in a trust made coffin; aud his
friends sayeth unto the widow, "He
is better of. -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22
A Kanuck Fish Story.

A fisherman on LAX San Clair,
Bout six mile out from shore,
He fsh hard one, two three, -four hour,
Bimeby he fish some more.
Sometimes he fish with old, dry bait,
Sometime he fish with wet:
The dry bait he give to the fish,
The wet bait nit, you bet.
Long time some fish did never come,
Then one, two three pass by;
They look at that old dead dry bait
And wink the other eye.
Hmeby one great, big bass come long
Bout five, six, seven pound weight.
SO old be neither smell nor see
He eat that old, dry bait
The fisherman stand very still
And reel out yards of line;
Tie work that poor old black blind
bass
SO very, very fine.
Bimoby the FISH began to pull,
Bimeby he pull some more;
And then was fun on LAX San Clair,
Bout six mile out from shore
The fish he plunge like one mad horse,
And then he pull like ten;
lie tow that boat nine mile an hour,
Big boat and four big men,
He pull like bass bout six foot long,
Maybe he be bout seven
Maybe IL not pull out right quick,
He grow 10 be elevenl
Bimeby he pull the bass half out,
Bimeby he pull some more;
And LAX San Clair fell four, FIVE feet,
Bout six mile out from shore.
The Lime. Kilu crossing got so low
The boats they could not pass;
And Dan he says the river fell
When he pull out that bass
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22
Man

Man that is born Of woman is of
Few days aud full OF adultcrated food
and other things. He cometh into the
world with squall and taketh to the
collie like duck TO water, aud the
upotheoary smileth and winketh TO
him self and looketh well 10 his sup.
ply OF paragoric, He groweth apace
and cryeth agallop, and soon has an
idea that bis mouth is the receiving
window OF junk shop and into it he
putteth all portables within his reach.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22
GIRL WILL MARRY
AGED MILLIONAIRE

The young woman who is soon to
become the wife of a multi-millionaire,
while quite well known in the Win
throp park section, has never taken
a very prominent part in local society
and the neighbors say that they never
knew of her keeping company with
any young man. Her present love af
fair is evidently her first one, not from
necessity, but from choice.
All who know her speak of her in
praise as a quiet, refined young lady
80 who minds her own business. She
is Of an attractive personality, al
though not fashingly beautiful, her
charm of manner being her chief mark
of distinction. She is faithful conn
municant of st. Cecilia s Roman Cath
ollie church on North Henry street,
where the wedding is to take place
And all Winthrop Park is counting
on that wedding. Although it is to be
a quiet one, it is nevertheless expect
ed to be the most notable that ever
took place in the parish, for multi
do not often get married
over there
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22

1t fills the arteries with rich red
blood. Makes new flesh and healthy
men and women. That's wha. Hollis.
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea will do.
35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Stone s
Drug Store
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22
"A Matter
OfHeaMh

There is a quality in Royal
Baking Powder which makes
the food more digestible and
wholesome. This peculiarly
of Royal has been noted by
physicians, and they accord
ingly endorse and recon-
mend it.
ROYAL o.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22

A correspondent from Tangent says
that Italian prunes and tho earliest
kinds Of plums will be almost fail.
ure in that vicinity.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22
MODEL OYSTER HOUSE.
444 Court Street.

Che best meals in the city for 'as
price. Quick service, care and eleani
nsss cur motto. Phone 2646 Main.
MRS. JENNIE HEADRICK, Prop
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22
From Tenement to Palace.

The young woman about whom all
Greenpoint is gossipping lives with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. V. Ben.
nett, ON the third floor of the frame
tenement at 2la Nassau avenue facing
Winthrop park, few doors east OF
Russell street.
The Bennetts have lived in this
house for about II years. They are
very quiet, respectable people Of whom
everyone in the neighborhood who
knows them speaks most highly. Be
sides Miss Anna there are two other
daughters ia the family, one being an
adopted chhd about n years old, who
attends school at public school No. 81
ON Norman avenue. There is also an
older daughter who is married
Mr. Bennett is foreman in Fleiseh
mana's yeast factory at Peekskin
The story Of the family's slender re.
sources aad the statement that Miss
Anna was the main support of the
family Is absolutely unfounded.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-22


a quiet one, it is nevertheless expect
ed to be the most notable that ever
took place in the parish, for multi
millionaires do not often get married
over there.
All Reporters Are Barred.
The Bennett family is not courting
publicity; in fact they seem deeid-
edly averse to it. Since the engage
meht became public, reporters and
photographers have focked about
that humble tenement like flies around
sugar barrel. But none of the news
gathers has yet been admitted to the
Bennett house. Not a word comes from
there either in affirmation or denial
of the engagement and its several
rather sensational details
ALL sorts of devices have been prac.
ticed by the yellow newspaper re-
porters to get an interview, but all
have been in vain. One enterprising
young man sent Miss Bennett a fake
saying that Mr.. Whitney de.
sired her to come to a nearby tele-
phone. But Miss Bennett didn t
bite. - In a few moments the aged
lover, himself, put in an appearance
in hanson cab and passed hurriedly
into the house.
The visits of this hanson are what
first set the neighborhood to speculat-
ing. They began about two weeks
ago, Miss Bennett being accompanied
home every night by Mr. Whitney and
always in the same cab with the same
lriver sitting up behind as grim and
as craven image.
Hansoms are not very commonplace
vehicles in this section, so that neigh
Dors began TO wonder who the distin.
guished looking old gentleman was
who seemed so solicitous as to the
Young lady's safe Homecoming. The
'ab always stopped opposite John X.
Weigand' 5 undertaking establishment
At the corner Of Russell street IN order
10 attract as little attention as pos
'ible, the occupants evidently thinking
that cab standing before an under
takers would not be so conspicuous.
He Looks Like Grover Cleveland.
Mr.. Whitney is described by those
who have seen him on the occasions
,f his visits as a tall, well-built man,
apparently about 80 years of age. One
If the neighbors thinks he looks a good
ieal like Grover Cleveland He is al
ways Immediately dressed, wears
glasses and silk hat, and carries a
sane, but withal as debonaire as
Young man in his teens.
Since Miss Bennett resigned her po-
'ition with the telephone company last
Saturday, Mr.. whitney's visits to
ireenpoint have become more FIRE,
luent. He now drives over in his cab
,very morning about IL o'clock, takes
Miss Bennett away with him TO Man
haitian, and returns with her in the
evening at : or o'clock. After stay,
ng few moments he takes his de,
parture.
Miss Bennett had just returned from
,ne Of these trips to Manhattan last
aight when star reporter called TO
nv his luck at interviewing the Ben.
nett family. But even the magic
name of the Star failed to prove the
open sesame it generally does in
ireenwpoint homes. In the language
II the street, "there was nothing do
NJ in the interviewing line
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09

With many others Of the same kind.
extended over period of several years
during which falSehood was continually
resorted to; that one or the other of you
have repeatedly forged instruments,
imposed upon the officers of the land
office and that you have repeatedly vic
timized the citizens of this common
wealth is proved. In the history of the
crimes of this country, there is no one
that l know of that has developed so
complete system and so skillful an
INTERVIEWING Of falsehood, perjury and
forgery.
You had abundance of time to re.
fleet; you are both men of mature years
You knew the effect of your conduct
You knew that you were imposing upon
the men who indicted you. You knew
that you were reaping gains in this un-
lawful way and that you were imposing
on the department at Washington and
deceiving the officials in Missouri. You
knew you were unsettling the land titles
in thzt state and giving to the citizens
Of this commonwealth an entirely
worthless title and were getting from
them as much money as you could by
a system Of false dealing. We regret
the position you are in, and that the
evidence was not such as would have
warranted the jury in doing otherwise
than they have. We do not desire to
continue our remarks in a way to LAGER
ate your feelings, but it is our duty to
administer the law as faithfully as we
can. William Burns, sentence you to
pay fine of $500 and to serve seven
years at hard labor in the Allegheny
penitentiary and Addison Burns, the
same sentence is imposed on you"
Father and son were led away to
solitary confinement and the curtain
was rung down on the greatest con-
spiracy of it's kind Of the century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09
Continued from Wednesday.
By CAPTAIN PATRICK D. TYRRELL

that the shot fired by Guiteau on the
railway platform at Washington had
proved fatal, a prominent government
ofacial said to me:
Nov that Garfield is dead there is
little chance of convicting the land
leaguers."
This statement was made on the as
sumption that President Arthur was
friendly to the Grant element; but this
turned out to be an erroneous surmise.
In answer to it said:
"The republican party cannot afford
to stand sponsor for these men"
Fully as realized the strength of the
political movement in favor of the
criminals | was scarcely prepared for
the sudden turn which affairs took.
The cases had been brought in the
United States court. Suddenly it be-
came whispered about that the fed
eral law governing land patents had
been construed in such way as to re-
lease the conspirators This construc-
tion was to the following effect: That
land patent once issued was valid so
far as the government was concerned
without reference to the manner in
which it had been obtained-in other
words, if the fraud was not discovered
before the patent was issued it could not
be used to nullify the patent nor punish
the guilty.
Here was pretty how'd ye-do. After
q years hard work had revealed crime
involving the clear theft of from 6,00O.-
600 to 100000 acres of valuable land
from the government aid thousands of
individuals had been robbed, the pro-
Inoters of the plot were to be restored
to liberty and their former places in
society because a Judge claimed to have
discovered a possible construction of
the federal law that would attain this
result There was no claim that the
land leaguers had not committed the
acts with which they stood charged, but
their friends claimed-and unfortunate
~ they found reas:y support among gov
eminent officials-that the discovery of
this technicality justified the dismis-
sal Of the cases.
My position was that merely Of the Of
fcer who had been largely instrumental
in planning and carrying out the inves-
tigation at the orders Of my superiors.
But was determined that the criminals
should not escape if it was in my power