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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-30
A LIBERAL REWARD

The picture held her firm. She could
not take money for that.
In the end she allowed herself to be
persuaded to remain until the rain
ceased and to drink cup of tea.
Here's Tom, you must meet him.
exclaimed her hostess proudly, as the
door swung open and there entered the
original of the photograph.
One look from Myra and then her
lashes dropped in embarrassment. The
others discussed the watch and its re-
coyery. At first Myra could scarcely
follow what they said, but they We're
so kind, so full of interest. about her
and her little experiences, that she soon
found herself chatting freely. and
laughing at Toms funny sayings. still
she rose in trepidation to find how
late it had become.
Tom (she had not discovered his
other name) insisted that as his auto
mobile was at the door he would take
her home.
.'oh, no." gasped Myra in distress.
turning to her hostess. I'D rather
take a car"
Don't you like motors?" questioned
Miss Shepherd kindly.
Twelve never tried one." admit
ted Myra.
Then that settles it." exclaimed
Tom, and Myra found herself hurried
to the door, with Miss Shepherd ex-
acting a promise that she would come
again.
'sYes, dol" urged Tom. as they went
down the steps. She really means it.
Isn't she jolly?"
She's very kind! How happy she
must be-so pretty and such a beautiful
home, and-and you"
Myra had not meant to say that at
all; 1t just slipped out.
you bet; she's the best sister that
ever a fellow had,
your sister? ?" stammered Myra: and
somehow in her surprise she nearly
missed the step of the motor car. but
Tom caught her.
"of coursel What else did you
think?"
Myra felt her face flush hotly. She
trembled little, but she did not say
just what She thought. In fact. she
did not tell him until the following
Christmas Tom had presented Myra
with what had once been the desire
Of her heart-a gold watch.
z II can't take anything so handsome, =
she had said. shaking her head earn
estly.
Tom only laughed. The case flew
back, and there was the one face in
all the world for Myra.
Sweetheart, claim a liberal re-
ward" said Tom. please take me.
too"
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some OF the fine tan or sawdust which
Is strewn over 1t to prevent the ath-
lete from slipping. Have i told the
ruth, Mr. Gilchrist?"
The student had drawn himself erect.
'.Yes. sir 1T is true" said he.
Good heavensi have you nothing to
add?" cried SOames-
Yes, sir, I have, but the shock OF
this disgraceful exposure has bewil-
dered me- / have a letter here, Mr..
Soames, which / wrote to you early
this morning IN the middle Of a restless
night Tt was before i knew that my
sin had found me out Here 1t is, sir
You will see that have said, i have
determined not to go in for the exarni-
nation. / have been offered a commits
sion in the Rhodesian police. and am
going out to South Africa at once"
Il am indeed pleased to hear that
You did not intend TO profit by your un-
fair advantage" said Soames. But
why did you change your purposeT
CiIchrist pointed to Bannister.
ssThere is the man who set me In the
right path said he
3C,one now, Rannister," said Holmes
ssIt will be clear to you, from what I
have said, that only you could have
let this young man out, since you were
left in the room, and must have locked
the door when you went out. ASto his
credible. Can you not clear up the last
point in this mystery and tell US the
reasons for your actionz
cit was simple enough, sir, II you
had only known, but, with all your
cleverness. IL was impossible that you
could know. Time was, sir, when I
was butler to old Sir Jabez Gilchrtst.
this young gentleman's father. When
he was ruined came to the college as
a servant. but I never forgot my old
ernployer because he was down In the
world. watched his son all 1 could
for the sake of the old days. Well. sir,
when I came into this room yesterday,
when the alarm was given, the very
f1rst thing / saw was Mr.. Gilchrist's
tan gloves a-lying in that chair. I
knew those gloves well and under
stood their message. If Mr.. SOames
saw them, the game was up. Topped
down into that chair, and nothing
would bulge me until Mr.. Soames he
went for YOU Then out came my poor
Young master, whom / had dandled on
INV knee. and confessed it all to NE.
Wasn't it natural, sir, that I. should
save him. and wasn't 1t natural also
that / should try to speak to him as
his dead father would have done. and
make him understand that he could
not profit by such a deed2 Could you
blame me. sir?
mo, indeed" said Holmes, heartily,
springing to his feet. We'll, Soames,
7 think we have cleared your little
problem up, and our breakfast awaits
MS at home Come, Watsoni AS to
you, sir, trust that bright future
awaits you in Rhodesia- For once you
have fallen low. Let us see, In the fu-
ture, how high you can rise"
(The End
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one can accuse you of being callous
criminal. Perhaps it would be easier
for YOU If I We're to tell Mr.. Soame3
what occurred. and you can check me
where l am wrong. Shall l do so?
Well we'll, don't trouble to answer.
Listen, and see that do you no in
Justice
From the moment, Mr.. Soames, that
you said to me that no one. not even
Bannister, could have told that the pa
pers were in your room, the case be-
gan to take a definite shape in my
mind. The printer one could, of course,
dismiss He could examine the papers
in his own office. The Indian l also
thought nothing Of. If the proofs were
in rcll he could not possibly know what
they were. On the other hand, ii
seemed an unthin1able coincidence that
a man should dare to enter the room
and that by chance on that very day
the papers were on the table. I dis
missed that. The man who entered
knew that the papers were there. How
did be know?
When / approached your room l ex-
amined the window. You amused me
by sCppos:ng that l was ccntempJat-
ing the possibility of some one hay-
ing in broad daylight, under the eyes
of all these opposite rooms, forced
himself through it. Such an idea was
dDSuIO. l. WIS IH6dSuIlHS uON ldl d
man would need to be in order to see,
as he passed, what papers were On the
central table. 1 am six feet high and
could do il with an effort. No one less
than that would have a chance. AL
ready you see 1 had reason to think
that, if one OF your three students was
a man of unusual height, he was the
most worth watching Of the three.
Il entered and / took you into my
confidence as to the suggestions of the
side table. OF the center table / could
make nothing, until in your descrfp-
ton OF Gilchrist you mentioned that he
was long distance jumper. Then the
whole thing came to me in an instant
and 1 only needed certain corrobora-
tive proofs, which 1 speedily obtained.
What happened was this. This
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E Copyright, 1904, by Ethel Barrington)
EEP in the heart of each man
and woman lies some unfulflled
] ambition toward which his eff
forts tend as a goal. With Myra
Darling it was a gold watch.
Her days were passed behind
counter where a variety of neckwear
was displayed. The remuneration
was small and served only to provide
her with a home" and the simplest
of. gowns. The watch for which her
soul hungered might. have been the
moon or the roc's egg. But more try
ing than the privations she endured
was the cheapness, the narrowness OF
her life, SO different from the gentle
surroundings of her girlhood.
1t was her birthday, her eighteenth
year. and Sunday-aJ day free from
the aisle-walkers espionage, a happy
combination which Myra enjoyed TO
the full. A long afternoon in the
crisp, cool air of the park was hap
py climax.
1t was turning dusk as she left the
park. The city lamps already shone
in long line down the avenue. On
the side streets the shadows fell black
and ugly, causing a few buildings to
stand out in bold relief. Suddenly a
flash from a passing automobile struck
a small, round object that glittered
near the curbing. Myra bent over TO
pick 1t up. Had some benehcent fairy
godmother thrown the gift at her
feet? 1t was watch, and on her
birthday. She seized II rapturously
and looking neither to the right nor
left fed UP the steps Of her boarding
house, never pausing until she stood
in. the hall room she called her home.
you little beauty" whispered the
girl, as she caressed it with her fin
gers. Then, with woman's curiosity,
she tried to open the back. 1t was
difficult, but at last Myra gasped with
surprise. The face Of a young man,
with honest eyes and kindly mouth,
looked into her own.
She passed her evening rocking
slowly in her chair, with q magazine
between her fingers. the gentle tick
tick of the watch counting the passing
hours. That night she dreamed not
of the watch, but OF life which the
watch typified, and through the dream
Etalked man whose face was the face
In the watch.
She awoke little after, to revel
IN the delight of knowing the exact
hour. and turning luxuriously over for
another fifteen minutes.
All day she thought about her won-
derful acquisition and smiled happily
to herself. The other girls noticed It
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you please tell US the truth about yes
terday's incident.
The man turned white TO the roots
Of his hair.
i have told you everything. sir"
Nothing 10 add?"
Nothing at all, sir"
Wei, then, must make some suE-
gestiOns to you. When you sat down
on that chair yesterday. did you do so
in order to conceal some object which
would have shown who had been in the
room?'
Bannister's face was CHASTITY.
NO, sir, certainly not"
1T is only a suggestion said
Holmes, suavely Il frankly admit
that / am unable to prove it. But it
seems probable enough, since the mo-
med that Mr.. Soamers back was
turned, you released the man who was
hiding in that bedroom"
Bannister licked his dry lips.
There was no man. sir"
''Ah, that's pity, Bannister- Up to
now you may have spoken the truth.
but now ] know that you have lied
The mans face set in sullen defiance.
There was no man. sir."
Cons. come, Bannisteri"
No, sir, there was no one"
In that case, you can give US no
further information. Would YOU
please remain in the room. Stand over
there near the bedroom door. Now.
Scames, am going TO ask you TO have
the great kindness to so up TO the room
OF young Gilchrist and 70 ask him to
step down into yours"
An instant later the tutor returned,
bringing with him the student. He was
a fine figure OF a man, tall, 1.-THE and
agile, with springy step and pleas
ant, open face His troubled blue eyes
glanced at each of US and finally rest
ed with an expression of blank dis
may upon Bannister in the farther cor
ner.
Just close the door," said Holmes.
Now, Mr. GilchTist, we are all quite
alene here and no one need ever know
one word. Of what passes between US.
We can be perfectly frank with each
other. We want to know, Mr. Gil
chIiSk,. how you, an honorable man,
ever came to commit such an action as
that Of yesterday"
The unfortunate young man stag
gered back and cast lock full OF hor-
rOr and reproach at Bannister.
NO, no, Mr.. Gilchrist, sir, 1 never
said a word-never one word." cried
the servant.
mo. but you have now" said
Holmes. Now, sir, you must see after
Bannister's words your position is
hopeless and that your only chance lies
in a frank confession"
% For a moment Gilchrist, with up
raised hand, tried TO control his writh-
ing features. The next he had thrown
himself on his knees beside the table,
and burying his face in his hands. he
had burst into a storm of passionate
sobbing.
"Come. come said Holmes kindly.
1T is human to err. and at least no
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young fellow had employed his after
noon at the athletic grounds, wnere
he had been practicing the Jump. he
returned, carrying his jumping snoes'
which are provided, as you are aware
with several sharp spikes AS ne
passed your window he saw oy
means of his great height. these
proofs upon your table and -con1ectured
what they were. No harm would nave
been done had it not been that, as ne
passed your door, he perceived the Key
which had been left by the careless
ness of your servant. A sudden inpulse
came over him to enter and see III tney
were indeed proofs. 1t was not a dan
gerous exploit, for he could always
pretend that he had simply looked IN 10
ask question.
..WeI. when he saw that they were
Indeed the proofs, 1t was then that ne
Yielded 10 temptation. He put MS
shoes on the table. What was 1t you
put on that chair near the window!
Gloves" said the young man.
Holmes looked triumphantly at Ban
mister. He put his gloves on the
chair and he took the proofs, sheet by
sheet. to copy them. He thought the
tutor must return by the main gate,
and that he would see him. As we
know, he came back by the side gate
Suddenly hei heard him at the very
door, There was no possible escape.
He forgot his gloves, but he caught up
his shoes and darted into the oeoroonl-
You observe that the scratch on tnat
table is slight at one side, but deepens
in the direction of the bedroom door.
That In itself is enough to show us
that the shoe had been drawn In tnat
direction and that the .culprit had
taken refuge there. The earth round
the spike had been left on the taole
and a second sample was loosened and
fell in the bedroom. 1 may add that L
walked out to the athletic grounds this
morning, saw that tenacious black ciay
is used in the jumping pit and carried
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9Ethel Darlington

and twitted her in their good-natured
If rather coarse way. Myra laughed.
but guarded her secret. and hurried
home to pass another evening of de-
lightful possession. Three days passed.
and though the watch itself was a
never-failing source of delight. as the
actual realization of her dreams it
was the picture that crept into her
honest eyes and called him dear
friend" He seemed somehow to un-
derstand her every whim.
THE whole world could trust you.
and-Pd trust you absolutely she
told him one night very softly. The
other girl trusts you, too? The other
girl! How sorry she must be to lose
your picture"
Then suddenly. without any warn
ing. Myra awoke to the truth. The
watch. the picture were not hers. She
had no right to keep them. She turned
to the window and looked drearily out
over the roofs of houses.
That noon she spent half an hour
running over newspaper files in the
library. She found the description in
the Lost and Found" column and
grown misty.
"Can see the lady-the one who lost
the watch?" she asked, and was at
once shown into room with luxurious
appointments. There was a log fire in
the crate, with comfortable lounging
chairs and books in every available
space. 1t carried Myra back to those
other days now dim in her memory.
You have found my watch? How
glad / ami" The speaker came close
to Myra, with outstretched hands and
eager smile. She was as beautiful as
any of the women whom Myra served
during business hours.
The girl laid the watch In the others
hand. Surely with all Miss Shepherd
possessed she could have spared this
toy, but 1t was hers and she must have
It.
'It was my mother's.'' said Miss
Shepherd softly. That is why can
not thank you enough. And you will
accept this little acknowledgment? p
she said, trying to press a roll OF bills
into Myra's clencfed hand.
No." said Myra. ITS yours-I want
nothing"
"But I promised liberal reward"
And had it-all the week-the
watch was, such good company" She
did not mention the picture.
And to all Miss Shepherds arguments
and eutreaties Myra reiterated NO.
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E Copyright. 1904. by Ethel Barrington.)
EEP in the heart of each man
l and woman lies some unfulflled
L i ambition toward which his eff
forts tend as a goal. With Myra
Darling If WAS gold watch
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copyright, 1905. by Belle Maniates-)
A@ ONE, pa" commanded Jane
Tivy in bright, sharp tones.
He Titus Tivy, a meek, un-
dersiZed man, responded
~ to the summons and stood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-22
WORK WITHOUT men.
Machine Takes Place of 100 on Fifth
Ward Sewer.

A thirty-five ton excavating machine
is at work on the Fifth ward sewer.
The machiEe was put into operation
Tuesday afternoon for the first time at
the corner of Fifteenth and Monroe
streets. This is the first time that an
eXcavating machine has ever been used
in sewer construction in Topeka and it
is consequently an experiment. In ap-
pearance the machine does not look
very much different that a good sized
steam road roller, though the engine
and boiler are of the upright type The
eXcavat ton is carried on from the front
part by a series of sharped toothlike
miniature plOughs attached to an ele-
vator run on an endless chain system
Buckets are fastened to this chain in a
ike manner and the excavated earth is
removed from the trench and transport
ed to another elevator arranged hori-
zonta1 to the engine. This latter ele-
Vator shoots out the excavated earth
10 the side AS excavation is carried
trench
The machine was working at a depth
OF nfteen feet and was making progress
at a rate of 35 feet per hour. At depth
OF 10 or II feet the engine usually aver
ages 4OO feet for working day of eight
hours. This same amount Of work
would require the labor of 100 men,
Whlle 1t takes but three men to run the
the machine. The work is all done in a
uniform manner as accordS with ma
chine methods and works with compar-
atively good results in hard substance
as well as soft. The engine is the prop
erty of the Municipal Engineering and
Contracting company and the sewer
contractors, Brooks & Gilmore. make a
second contract with the former COM
pany in having the excavation done by
this method. On this account there is
probably not any particular saving over
the old method of hand labor; there is.
however, g particular saving in the
point of time.
The machine will probably be placed
on the Sixth ward sewer as soon as the
present contract is completed. 1t is
adaptable to depths up to 21 feet and
widths of feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-22
TOLD TO KILL FIVE.
More Sensational Testimony in Hargis
Hearing in kentucky.

Lexington KY, March 22.-Dr- Cox,
Jim Coclxrill Mark Cockrill, Attorney
Vaughan and Marcum We're to have
been shot by Anderson White, in the
court house during the trial of Tom
.Cockrill for killing Ben Hargis, in obe-
dience to orders given by James Har-
gis according to a sensational story
told today by White in the hearing OF
the motion for bail for the Hargises and
Callahan.
Anderson White is the brother of Tom
White. who is under life sentence for
the murder of J. B. Marcum. White
said that prior to the killing of Cockrill,
James Hargis took him to the Hargis
store. gave him pistol and told him
he wanted him to return to the court
house where the trial of Tom COckrill for
killing Ben Hargis was in progress and
he ready to do as Judge Hargis told
be ready to do as Judge Hargis wanted
him to shoot five men, White being or
dered to shoot in the event that any
trouble started. The men he was to
shoot were DR.. Cox. Jim Cockrill. Mark
Cockrill, Attorney Vaughan and anoth-
er. the witness recalled to be Marcum.
'.Kill all of these or any one of them
is what White said Hargis told him to
do. He said he declined to do this and
returned the pistol Hargis told him
that he would probably be needed as a
witness and told him to return when
sent for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-22
SITE IS CHOSEN.
Devlin Lots at Tenth and Jack.
son Are Purchased.
Two Story State Printing Plant
to Be Located There.

The state printing plant will be To-
Gated on the Devlin lots on the south
west corner of Jackson street and
Tenth avenue. across south from the
state house square and Just west of
the heating plant. The state printing
plant commission this mornin-~ def
nitely decided to purchase the two
corner lots of c. J. Devlin for $4,000
and take an option on the third lot
for $4,000 more, 50 that If the next
legislature decides that more room is
needed it can be purchased
There is talk of asking the execu-
tive council to purchase the extra lot
Immediately, but it is uncertain
whether such, thing can be done.
for the purchase of a site. and the le-
gality of the executive council pur-
chasing an extra lot has not been de-
termined.
If only the two lots are purchased
the building will be SO by 13O feet
1t will be two stories and a basement
in height, the basement to be prac-
tically one story. as it will be only
three feet below the ground The
presses and other machinery will be
put on the basement floor.
There is a possibility that if the
plant works well some future legisla-
ture may decide that it would be a
good thing for Kansas to print its own
oCAOO4 DOOfS, anu AAAC OU44QliiS Will DS
put up SO that it can be added to in
order to make more room if this plan
is ever carried out.
It will probably be September or
October, possibly later, before the new
plant can be installed and will be
ready for service in the new building.
State Architect Stanton will prepare
plans for the new building at once,
but it will take ten days or two weeks
at least to get them ready. Then the
commission will have to advertise for
bids, so that it may take until well on
towards the first of June before the
contract for putting I'D the building
can be let. The building will be of
brick. 1t win require several months
time to put it up and it will very like
ly be October L before the building
can be completed and the plant in
stalled. The installation of the plant
will be no small task.
In the meantime George A. Clark
will retire as state printer and T A.
McNeaI will succeed him on July 1.
The present arrangement for doing the
printing will go out of existence and 1t
is a question how the states printing
will be done in the meantime.
While that matter has not yet been
formally discussed by the commission,
it is said that there is disposition to
buy the present plant of Mr. Clark,
provided it can be secured at what
the commission believes is reason
able figure Then Mr.. McNeal can
step in and begin doing the printing
on the new plan in the present quar-
ters of the plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-22

Major A. NJ Harvey, Former Chess
Champion, Has an Experience.

Major A. NJ Harvey of Topeka.
who until this year held the title of
chess champion of Kansas. has long
been prominent in state politics and
served a term as lieutenant governor.
He cares little. however, for political
honors and would rather be referred
to as a good chess player than as a
past master in the art of politics.
When Major Harvey goes on a trip
he always looks up a chess devotee f
there is one to be found Last week
he attended the oil meeting at Inde-
pendence and was directed to the office
of Judge j. J. Shea who, by the way,
is the whist champion of the middle
west But Judge Shea denied any
pretensions to chess.
It played 90 years ago. said he.
but I quit long ago. However, the
children at home play some and I
have a 10 year old boy who would like
to have game or two with you
So the board and the boy were
brought to the Office. Tom Shea who
is really II years old is a beautiful
carelessly about his high intellectual
forehead He is small for his age but
active and alert He was naturally
excited at the outset and Major Har-
vey took the first game handily in
short order. When the second game
started the boy chess player had re-
covered his equanimity and the former
chess champion had become some
what careless and. overconfident. He
gave his child adversary some instruc-
tions as the game progressed but
after he had lost his queen, castles
and rocks he began to realize that
something was happening. But it was
too late. Tom Shea had the game
well in hand and in few more
moves had checkmated his skillful an
tagonist.
This is a story which Major Harvey
Will not tell unless pressed to do SO.