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notepaper. folded and covered with small fine characters. The language of the writ ing was modern Greek. and at the bot tom was a diagram.
 With casual interest Harvey began stumbling through 1t, picking out a word here and sentence there, by the aid of reminiscent tags of school-boy readings.
 sudednly he sat ur and rubbed his eyes, for in the midst of the Greek he had come across some scattered English words. One was Raymond, the others lower down were Brsyford Grange. and some reference to a mill house.
 His interest was now thoroughly aroused. for. as he was well aware. these names were connected with the tale of a famous jewel robbery of the sixties, a crime with which the whole country had rung at the time. and for which an in- nocent man came near losing his life.
 In the summer of 1889 to be precise an old gentleman of eccentric habits and great wealth had taken the place known as Brayford Grange, on the Thames. He was collector and. among other hobbies, he had a mania for jewels which he kept unmounted fin trays in a large safe. The Raymond rubies were world-famous, and fabulous sums were spoken of as their valuation.
 Late one August night the house was broken open, the safe riied, and the old man brutally murdered.
 Hue and cry was raised, and the Scot land Yard people came into possession or information which enabled them to re- cover the greater portion of the stolen property The rubies, however, the most famous of all the jewels, were never found nor were the perpetrators of the crime: efforts indeed. were made to fasteu it on the dead mans butler; cir cumstantial evidence was piled mp against him. and a conviction had seemed immi- nent. when suddenly the case was broken down.
 Since then nothing has been heard of either jewels or murderer
 Harvey scanned the papers again with redoubled care: he remembered hearing that some people had maintained that the crime was the handiyork of foreigner, but the grabbed modern Greek was too much for his scanty memories of snatches from Euripides.
 Hang 1t au." he exclaimed. forgetting for the moment where he was: how the deuce shall I get at the meaning of the thing? I can't make head or tail Of 1t.
 He bent over 1t once more. drowning moodily. when a touch on the arm reused him.
 A little ferrety sort of man. who had been seated at the next table, was lean irg across toward him.
 ''Excuse me" said he, but I see that you are puzzling over some Greek writ ing; can l be Of any service? J-er-in fact. I used to be a schoolmaster and am tolerabIy familiar with the more modern form"
 Good man. then you might give me a
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 OUR TONIC AIR.

When the amazed European asks us what makes the sluggish mind of the im- migrant stir and waken in the Uhit d States. and then to climb. at first hesl- tatinsly, but soon with vigor and conh- denee. to the top round in the ladder ci success. We are accustomed to reply. "It's in the air" and we are right. The spirit which fired our fathers to cross the wide Atlantic. and which in less or equal de- gree still animates the thousands annU- ally seeking our shores. is fed and fannsi by the cold winds from the northwest.
 Tho cold wave. is born in the heavens
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hand with this. should be awfuly obliged.
 with pleasure. replied the other. and shifted his seat to Harvey's table.
 The latter pushed the paper across to the newcomer: but before doing SO. lu- stinct rather than any preconceived mo- tive prompted him to tear on the bottom portion containing the diagram The lit tie man glanced at the writing. hummed and had a little, and then looked up at Harvey.
 "This-er-is a most extraordinary docu- ment" said he. "Is it, pardon me. a jest of some sort, or may l ask how it came into your possessiou2" There was latent suspicion in his tone, and Harvey was immediately on his guard. It had been on the tip of his tongue 10 blurt out tho truth. As it was. however, he returned a vague and evasive answer. The smaller man bent over the paper again. Tt seems to be- said he. in the nature of era confession dealing with some crime and some-er-jewels, precious stones, that is. It is addressed to person call ing himself Georgeopouhlos at smyrna, and Is unsigned and undated. It begins abruptly. A curious document altogether, in fact. Shall l read it to you2'
 Fire ahead" said Harvey. with sus- pressed excitement.
 The little man readjusted his spectacles and began:
 'I am dying" he read Antonio also is dead. for We fought and l killed him. The red stones that is the literal trans latiou of the Words-.'the red ones are safely hidden. and to you it is left to and fetch them and sell them tO Massena the Jew They are worth the ransom of a king. It was Antonio who killed the old Englishman Raymond, against my wish, and because we killed him there has heen trouble and we were compelled to move cautiously. Many Of the jewels have been taken from us past recovery through Antouio's folly. The red stones alone are intact.
 We hid them in the old Min house, which is at the end of the park of the Enslishman known as Erayford Grange. which is by the river. and there you shall find them following carefully these in- structlons. Lose. therefore. no time, but come Immediately. On the lowest floor of the Mil house Is am opening with boards of wood on either hand, into this you must descend. using caution. The stones are wrapped in a bag of soft leather, which again placed in a covering of canvas. to which is attached a cord of strong silk. yet Of no great thickness The upper end of this cord is attached to a bar of iron. the whereab bouts oi which you will find plainly from the diagram. The water is of great depth Make no attempt 10 sell the jewels in this country, for there are many who watch. Antonio's brother is responsible for nay death. This debt I leave in your hands as also I leave the secret which will make you rich and of great conse- quence.l Hasten" That was all. no wor,
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THE RED STONES e~~=
BY E. N. ONNE


third however. the largest of all was less begrimed lie wiped it clean, and taking 1t gingerly. between finger and thumb lifted t up toward the light, and held it there in blank amazement, for. peering over the edge, his face twitching with excitement, was the man Nyse, the candle light sinting on his spectacles, and in his hand he carried, with obvious fear, a cheap nickel-plated revolver.
 "Oh." said Harvey, "so you're there. are you? How about the police?"
 The little man leveled the revolver with shaking hand.
 Give em up, give 'em up, curse you; they're mine"
 You internal little skunk" cried liar vey. Put that gun down at once. You will be blowing the mill down or some thing. Put it down. tell you, or I'll wiring your scraggy neca' land he reached upward to seize the weapon by the barrel
 What happened next is hard to say ex- aetly. Actuated partly by fright. partly by greed MT. Vyse pressed his trigger finger. and at the same moment grabbed at Harveys hand, in which lay the bag of jewels. There was a flash and a report as the bullet scared Harvey's forearm. He staggered, lost his balance, slipped and fell
 MT. Vyse shrieked with terror and lay groveling on the floor. and Harvey sank into the water with a dull thud and splash. The bag of jewels, being already opened. followed him. emitting a tink- ling stream as one by one the famous 1 Raymond rubies sank toward the softs shifting ooze of the river bed. When he recovered his senses-a matter of probably some five secouds-he was swimming mechanically in a calm back water with the Mill House behind him: and what is more, he still held the big ly-11f, 0Tr finbf1v- in hand Glancing about him, he struck out for the nearest bank and having reached 1t, began to swear vehemently. His arm hurt nm. for one thing. and he yearned for the blood of Nyse with almost unholy longing. He put his hand in his pocket with the futile idea of finding a hand herchief to dry himself with. He did not find it. but instead he discovered the two other large rubes which he had placed there not five minutes before. Then he began to laugh. After all. three rubies of such a size would, he knew. fetch a sum far in excess of any thing he would dare to have dreamed that afternoon. So far as he could judge by batting them and feeling them in the darkness the figure would run well into the thousands; but what amused him most was the mental vision of little, ferrety. bespectacled man running terror stricken through the dark night qulVer- ing with guilty remorse for a. murder which he had most certainly not com mltted-
 | He never saw MT. Vyse again; but he l sold the three Raymond rubies in-weli. | it wasn't ia England and got five thou ! sand odd pounds for them. 10 his own de- l lighted astonishment.
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gle 0f the water and inc occasional scamperinE of rats overhead
 He pulled out the scrap of paper con tainine the diagram. and studied it by the light of The guttering candle. With the text of the writing in his head. the drawing was now clear to him IL repre- sented the opening mentiouad and g cross set in the center of tine fourth ard down cn the lcft-hand side left no doubt that it was at that point the iron bar was to be founG.
 He lighted a second candle. and. walk ing deliCately as Agag. crossed the broad, rotting floor tin he found himself stand ing at the edge of a large, square open ing
 Bending down over this. he could just catch the gleam of dark. swift-howing water Across the opening at a depth of some six feet ran two parallel beams, slimy with winter floods. rotting with age and grown with weeds. IL was ob- vious that to get at the bar mentioned he must lower himself on 10 one of these.
 He set his candle down by the edge of the opening and taking the other from where he had left it guttering on the sill, he fastened the cord with a slip-knot be- meath his arms, and, having made the loose end secure 10 an iron ring in the flooring. cautiously lowered himself down.
 His right foot gropiug touched the beam and found a foothod. The next second he was standing firmly, peering at the board ed sides around him. The left side was clearly that immediately facing him With a quickened pulse and an uncomfortable feeling that he was to be disappointed, he selected the fourth board and attacked the end of it with his knife.
 IL yielded at the very first touch, and coming away. fell with a chatter and a splash into the black water underfoot, disclosing to view a rusted iron bar from which as he could clearly see by the candleIght, depended a thin. rotten-look- ing line.
 Very gingerly he caught hold of it and pulled in terror, lest worn with time it should snap in his grasp.
 It held, however and plucking up courage, he pulled more strongly. It re- sisted, gave a little, then caught again There was undoubtedly weight at the end of it. Finally. inch by inch. he coaxed it clear of the obstacle and hauled 1t in. At the end was what looked at first like a bundle of wood. and he was ready to fling it from him in disgust. However. by the feel of the thing. he could tell that there was something more solid than weed in the midst of it. and with trem- bling fingers he fumbled away till a com pact little dripping black bundle, sodden and nearly rotiing to pieces, lay in his hand
 A slash of his knife did the rest. The bag burst and exposed to view a quantity of small, dull, gritty-looking pebbles o varying sizes He selected some of tn, largest and eudeayored to clean them or his coat sleeve. Two needed washing be fore he could make anything of them, ant he slipped them into his pocket. Thf
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if the Vyse creature went to the nearest policeman with such an apparently cock and-bull story as he had to tell he would get himself into trouble; but. at the same time if he persisted in it. it was quite possible the authorities might investi- gate. in which case goodby to the rub.es,
 He glanced at a noighboring clock-it was just on eiEht-and took a sudden re- solve He had time, and time meant everything. He hailed a passing hanson and jumped in.
 "Paddlngton station. and drive like the deuce" he cried
 The caL whlrled off with a chatter and a jolt and 8ir. Vyse his face livid and distorted with rage, stood in the cafe doorway and watched it go.
 
 Brayford Grange is in Berkshire and Harvey was in plenty Of time to catch a late evening train. The excitement of his discovery had driven all thoughts of dinner from his mind Finding himself good to spare, he dashed into the restau- rant and snatChed a nasty meal By the time he had done SO and taken his ticket his funds were materially reduced. At the ticket office he tossed up-should he get a third return or a first single? Finally he decided on the latter. The whole thing was a sheer gamble when he came to look at the situation calmly Either he would find the rubies. in which case money would not matter. or he would not. and in that case the lack of t was equally a matter Of indifference. for 1t is as easy to starve in the country as in town. Meanwhile his soul hank cred after comfort.
 So he took first and tipped the guard half a crown for luck He had not taken his seat two minutes before he saw Yyses sneoking little face peer ing into all the carriages as he walked along the platform
 Harvey swore below hls breath. and concealed himself behind the evening paper. Vyse passed without seeing him. and in another minute the train was off.
 Arrived at his destination Harvey managed to procure some candies and d strong piece of cord; and. after a desul- tory chat on fishing prospects with the landlord of the local village pub. man. aged to slip in few guarded questions bout the Mll House
 'Yes, it was still unoccupied- Q ruin like No one ever went there. Why should they? Where was it? Why, just along the field path to the left half mile or more maybe-a glum kind Of spot Yes, there was plenty barbed about: chub. tob, and the like for them as cared '
 IL was just on II, as witnessed by the church clock in the village, when liar very, candle in hand aiighted on the NH House floor. having effected an entry by the simple means of wrenching off a ] rotten shutter from one of the lower windows.
 He stood stll for moment listening dut there was no sound beyond the gur-
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THE SIMPLER LIFE S
BY RNNIE s. SMEN


re made a bold plunge in order to save the situation
 Any cf you read book called The Simpler Life?' he asked with as lightly lronicai smile when the door was shut and he was alone with his men friends. They shook their heads. but one of them said he had seen it on the boOkstali. and thought it rot
 70. # is god enough as far as 1t goes, said Carslake with admirable ease. My wife got hold of it, and she thought she'd like to try the experiment. of the pIain dinners advised in 1t. Very good for the liver, doubtless, but ! think we shall all tell her we prefer the old style Of thing and let our digestions look after themselves
 It was passed of as a prime and anus ing joke in the dining-rOOm. but in the next room Biddy had a bad half hour, and when the end of the interminable evening came she was conscious of noth- ing but a sense of complete rout.
 When Carslake closed the door behind the last guest he did not return to her with the usual speed to congratulate her tIpon the success of the evening, and she was too miserable to seek him. He came presently and stood in front of her
 well. did you like it. Biddy?"
 No. I didn't; it was ghdstly, Tom she said "I don't want to rise to the higher platform I'm content 10 grovel along as before. i nearly died of mortihcation."
 ''I thought you were in your glory, he said sOiemnly.
 And when that Marchmont woman condoIed with me. and asked if the dinner was the work Of 'oblige lady. I was nearly finished Oh. Tom. don't let me try the simpler life any more IT haven't the courage Black and White
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oh" she cried That was a slip." A slip? question
 whereupon she seemed all maidenly in- decision.
 Yes or 'No""' he demanded. "One or the other"'
 And:
 Yes. dear.' she duufuily breathed.- New York Sun.
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moments. and the odd players of odder things invited apoplexy in their efforts to drown all else in an ocean of odd, aston ishing. bizarre. screechins laundering, squeaky and uncertain noises.
 Like it?- she uncertainty asked him as they flied out.
 And uncertainty he smiled on her. And uncertainty he and she filed out into sunny Broadway. Slowly. silently. almost distraitly. they sauntered Into Central Park and sat on one of the sunny benches. Behind them rustled the bud ding trees. Before them ran a bevy of laughing children. And from far oh in the distance came the sound of a jubH- ant hand-organ;
 If were what the words are
 And love were like the tune,
 With double sound and single.
 Delight our lips would mingle
 With kisses glad as birds are
 That get sweet showers at noon II I were what the words are
 And love were like the tune
 "Therer' said he. That's something like music"
 ''Yes. dear!" she dreamily replied.
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GLAND HARVEY was a gentle man by profession, with fine N taste in horse flesh. old wines and "A $ big game shooting These being expensiyo thinss. and his worldly posses sions amounting pEsoisely es Id. the clothes h-~$-SSd gb in. and a sheaf of l''sss'-fs-BIis, hf surveyed the world with ameRhat japndiced eye.
 hd Dc heen able to he would have ote Allowing another trade. but from ths' he was debarred by an expensively usees24 education and a parent who having f1ive6 as a rich man, died rich only the auathcmas bestowed cn his memry by the people whom he had de- irauei Rith considerable skill
 HaTey was lank. lean and bronzed, win fair mustache. carefully trimni npward at the ends. splendid healt and a blue serge suit growing He a contemplating a new start in lie Ger in his world or the next: he was Fartcuar which, And. being a man 1amhod he determined to do the 1s hingritHl th0roughpess. With es-odd he coleed that he could spend at least ne GzsSA, tuing, living on the fat 2 M ana land feasting suInptuously- < rie and fine linen and the outer Soul didn't banker After dinner age was hIs motto of tho mo snliough careless of appearances, - that his entertainment would be rnitis ff a mental diet were not ds H ahs bin of fare, and it was al nd that on a drizzly Thursday 2 5ose on o'clock he was stand
 itse a secondhand booksellers
 drtin lane idly turning over a-sred volumes.
 C them were trash. and these he
 aas kuch. for in literature also
 .gaired 8 taste for the bizarre.
 l7s found one which took
 guaiaf little volume bound and time-wor brown
 ring on it's title page the
 5 below a curiously elab- s=555 2 cut. It was dedicated to
 High and puissant the Mar
 Ioilles. gnd purpOrted to be
 loirs or period when to keep i4n ind{scret4 4pn. Harvey paid cT u ceppers, and. slip
 E pocket. moved ey-as- he intended somethinP better
 ueighboring cafe
 D Slass of Nermouth
 Sn to inspect his pur- : resting and not a little
 needless of the passage read maybe some 9
 rrlileg over a leaf. a slip
 itself 4nd fell hutter-
 esrs sssly enough and
 ..4heet of modern
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all sadly, sadly true.'
 idy as she laid down the
 What We need is a re- yf6 the simpler life-'
 it2 asked carslake, start ehind his paper He had
 good dinner. after a spe-
 work, and the atmos- ittle drawing room was dis sn asleep. lazy Tom!' she 4 playful forehnger at him. al some women, some even aI should sulk in a corner a alone ten hours of this st Vant a little entertaining rod want, Biddy? Shall we [ an the hill, or would you ra to a music hsll?'
 Hoy, it's after y O'CLOCK asy frock changed and we { Everything would be shut. ! e1 anywhere, if only you'll lsz5.sk 10 <fny plea for the
 4a an adorable dimple in
 had Aever looked more at the moment when she .ad a trifie eagerly on one .Ts C'arsiake had secretly ad- .nple: now he was at liberty abenly. and did with all hls staiuly a winsome creature and her fads and fancies "a of her charm. She was 4hem. They had been mar
 gears. and having no chill fled up the empty spaces a fancies aforesaid
 a about the simpler life. eare we're simple enough.
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ATE a cab" said he.
 ehs blushed with pleasure all Bay to her little finger tips
 How nice of you. Thomas" !" niurmured.
 ThomaE?" he complained kveii. tten-romg
 d sld1frshed again. standing there r- with the light shining on her ,ob .he dark red glass of the vesti- --,,sow pretending to be buttoning avas her eyes sparkling every time rs tbe restlve horse kick his heels
 --,ss and love and beauty in ',as og her-a sight for gods and rs he masterfuiiy cried. "Let me your glovesr
 vou thlak you ean-Iom" she asked
 <rhy not?s he demanded. .Tm afraid you might tear them! .Tea- tbem?" he erred tspeaking as one who has been asked to commit saeri- Ilsgs Tear thems" youre so strong" she gently en- ansd.
 Aaa then he blyhs1Snd there they
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carf ssIy enough and - heet of modern
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-12

James NJ. Geraghty is the new cor
poration counsel
The first official act of Mayor Dag
gett today was the sending in of
Mr.. Geraghty's name.
His second official act was the re-
fusal to act on the resignation of
Allan f. GIL as city engineer The
resignation of Mr.. Gill was rendered
just before the new council was call
ed to order Mayor Daggett said:
you can see by this whether the
promises made by Mr.. Gill were true
or--as some papers would have it
false. shall not act upon the resig-
nation at this time"
Mr.. Geraghty's appointment was
brought about by the resignation of
Corporation Counsel Dudley. Mr..
Dudley turned his resignation In to
Mayor Boyd before the latter gave
up his office.
Mr. Boyd sprung the resignation
at the last minute in the new coun-
Gil meeting and Mr.. Daggett immedi-
ately sent in Mr.. Geraghty's name.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-12
SEVEN DEATHS THUS far
in THE CHICAGO STRIKE

seriously injured. He was taken for
a strike breaker.
The department stores are adver.
Using extensively for transfers to
fill permanent positions. Most adj
vertisements state union or nom
union" men will be accepted Tho
employers today began to lay off men
on account Of lack of business
brought on by the teamsters' strike.
About a thousand pupils of the
Harrison school at Twenty-third
street and Wentworth avenue went
on strike today. When the Peabody
Coal company's wagons arrived at
the building to make a delivery some
of the boys threw stones at the nom
union drivers, which resulted in a
riot call.
The employers announced today
that they will not reemploy any
strikers. This places an effective
boycott on 1900 men and boys. AL
ready 2400 men have been put in the
places of the strikers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-12

Of the eight injunctional orders be-
fore Master in Chancery Sherman
was continued today.
Charles Johnson, a teamster, was
mistaken at midnight for a strike
breaker and set upon by crowd at
Twenty-fourth street and Wentworth
avenue and badly beaten. One eye
was knocked out.
John Bernard, a union teamster,
was shot in the hand and thigh last
night by a negro said to be a nom
union driver for department store.
Bernard was strike picket.
Twenty-one hundred police and
deputy sheriffs went on strike duty
this morning guarding 1000 wagons.
1t is feared the return of bright
weather today may encourage the
strikers to resume disorderly demon
STATIONS.
Walter ST. Clair, colored, employed
by Armour & Co., was attacked by a
crowd of strike sympathizers while
on his way to work this morning and