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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

that time he told me repeatedly that he had no
relatives in existence with the exception OF the most
distant cousins Indeed, he has often dePlored
the fact"
The New-Yorker shrugged his shoulders. Il
guess I am here" he pointed out
Tell US what are the facts Mr. Bradshaw, SAID
the Coroner. Have you never made yourself
known to Lord Arnclfe?
WHY. ves-and that's what's puzzhng me. l
wrote Lord Ar1cliffe from New-Hork nearly two
months ago, introducing myself, but received no
replv l wrote again ten days ago, saying that
| was coming to Europe and would call upon HIM.
1t appeared to me- added the witness dryIy, that
as | neither wanted nor asked for anything, Lord
Arncliffe might be reasonably glad to become
acquainted with the son of his only brother.
The Coroner bent his brows in legal trown-
the inquiry had reached bounds he had never fore
seen.
I suppose, Mr.. Bradshaw" he said, you are
nreDared to srbstantiate your claim to be Lord
Arncliffe's nephew"
''Of course I can do so, though l don't know
that il would be any particular advantage under
the circumstances I understand he held only a
life Deerage, and in any case I have no use for a
title"
If he can't prove it. I can. sir" broke in old
CirnDson The gentleman standing there might
be his lordship's son; only that he IS taller and
more strongly built he is the himmlge-
oh do be quiet" snapped the Coroner
Brading handed up vet another note, and during
q brief interlude it seemed that an exaggerated
Importance had been attached to the evidence OF
this witness.
you were naturally surprised, Mr. Bradshaw,
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If SOr7lphOdV pursuing undeThanded course
Considering all the circumstances, this new evidence
points to the deliberate suppression of certain
of Lord Arnciffe's letters, for had Lord Arncltte
bv anv chance received them direct, he would
surely have communicated such news to his solicit
tors and probably to the young lady he had
chosen as heiress of his vast wealth In cOnclu-
sion | NAV say that none of these facts will be
lost sight of in the police Investigations which
must, of course, follow and if l may indicate
the lines of your verdict, | think you will best
aid Justice at this stage by finding that Lord
Arnc1ffe died from the effects of arsenic, but how or
bvwhom administered there is no evidence to show
That's all very well, Mr. Coroner, objected the
foreman; but it seems to me that II we find the
person who kept back those letters we shall not be
very far off the murderer.
''Of course" assented the Coroner, in a case OF
this sort anybody shown to be guilty OF such an
act would naturally be regarded with suspicion
But letters pass through so many hands that 1t IS
extremely difficult to fix responsibility. For IN
stance Miss Holt tells she had charge OF Lord
Arrciffe's correspondence Yet 1t is possible that
before the mail reached her hands 1t might have
passed through those of the fOotman or some OF the
maids However as l have told you, gentlemen,
none OF these matters Will be neglected. nor do they
really concern you, and you may retire to consider
YOUR verdict IN confidence that everything possible
viii be done to further the ends of justice.
Tures usually do as they are told sooner or later,
and although the obstinacy of the foreman was
responsible for an unconscionable waste of time
the twelve wise-heads ultimately returned verdict
on the lines suggested by the Coroner.
Lester and the young American remained to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15

administered on such occasions. He would tell
the truth the whole truth, and nothing but the
So help me, Cod"
The witness looked with some disfavOr upon the
Book its soiled cover reeking OF contact with the
lips Of many liars, which the CorOners officer handed
TO him. Then he raised his hand aloft after the
Scottish fashion.
Go ahead, Judge" he said.
The Coroner bent a frOwning glance upon the
lean-faced alert young man, but seeing nothing
OF studied disrespeCt IN the cool indifference
which met his scrutiny, checked the Impending
Tebuke.
What IS your name"
William Lincoln Bradshaw
Il understand you able TO give certain
material evidence regarding Lord Arnchffe
DEATH"
4 don't know anything about Lord Arnchtte
death. beyond what I have read in the papers
reioined Bradshaw. 4 am rather on the look
out for some information in that direction my
self
Yes. yes" said the Coroner inPatiently. 90 But
the object of this inquiry IS 10 elicit information
not to iapart 1t. You bear the same family name
as the late Lord Arncliffe. Am l to understand
that YOU are a relative:"
Yes. sir. Lord Arnclitfe was my uncle
Angler sprang up promptly Bradlng had
r7reDared him for this staggering statement, but
he felt that legal veto must be registered forth
with.
4 should Ike to be allowed to saw sir, he
exclaimed that I enioved Lord Arncfe's con
tidence for the last twenty-five years, and during
The synopsis of preceding chapters will be
found at the end of this instaITnent on page l9
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at receiving no reply from Lord
Arncliffe?" said the court.
Not so much at the time,
because I thought he might
possibly be away; but I am
much surprised now that learn
he must have received my
letters. I have only recently
discovered the relationship, but
he wrote so affectionately up
to the date of my fathers
death that it seems incredible
that he should have utterly
ignored my communications"
That will do for the present,
Mr.. Bradshaw. Call Samuel
Barnes.
An asthmatic old man hobb1ed
forward.
You act as village postman,
l believe, Barnes?
Yes, sir, forty years come
Christmas
Never mind that. Do you
remember having delivered any
letters at the Hall recently,
bearing American stamPs?"
Yes. sir, there was two of
'em-one a few days ago, and
one sometime back. l noticed
them because We don't often
have letters from Ameriky.
Forty years come Christmas"
You can stand down,
Barnes, - interrupted the Cor
oner. Now can anybody tell
me whose duty it would be to
receive such letters as were
delivered at the HalI?"
Mine" answered Edith at
once, for the shock which
caused her faintness had appar-
emily passed. Il went through
all Lord Arncliffe's letters unless
they were marked private, but
I am positive that I saw none
from this gentleman, nor indeed
any bearing an American post
mark"
This closed the evidence, and
the Coroner resumed his in
terrupted summing-uP:
It can hardly be said, gentle
men. that the statement of Mr.
Bradshaw throws any light upon
the mystery Of Lord Arncliffe's
death, but it is important in so
far that it indicates the presence
suing an underhanded course.
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NE AOIOucI dIlIlouIICt-
ment naturally centered
attention upon the Wit
ness from New-York, and only
Two people out OF the whole
audience knew that Edith had
tainted where she sat. Those
TWO were Brading the detective
and Lester. They watched the
girl from widely different mo-
tives, and each IN their own way
chev were conscious OF a mutual
distrust. Testers first instinct
whether the instinct OF a lover
OF Of a medical man he did
not seek to discover TO
rush to her assistance. But he
realized that Edith's over
wrought condition was due to
something more than the mere
ordeal she had undergone And
the suspicion came to him with
a chilling shock that people were
presently going 10 regard this
bright and charming young
woman not only as Lord Arm
cliffe's heiress but as his muir
deress as we'll.
And so Lester sat still, watch
ing IL an agony Of apprehension
for the dropped head to rise
again from its resting place on
Mrs. Angler : ample shoulder.
Only IN the last resort would he
draw the attention Of the eager
crowd. already gorged with eX-
element. to this fresh evidence
Of agitation on her part. In
. moment nature asserted itself,
for Edith was normally as
healthy a girl as ever breathed-
The blue eyes opened slowly
and rested on the new witness
with something OF amazed IN
ouirv. Then the color came
back 70 The blanched cheeks
with q rush. and Edith sat up,
scarcely conscious Of her mo-
mentarv lapse, but much awake
70 the astounding incidents
which were taking place
For the stranger had repeated
the quaint formula OF the oath
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CHAPTER VIII.
The Nephew
From America

THE Coroner 5 announce
ment naturally conferred
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
The eroom,s Argument.

The late ex-senator Ransom of
North Carolina was in early life
famous planter His plantation was
a model one, and from all over the
state visitors came to ins ect it,
After the war he reduced his plant
ing operations considerably. but he
still kept UP handsome estate. He
would often talk Of the dissatisfac-
ticn of the reconstruction period and
of the naive views about salary tSat
the freedmen of the time held.
"In my stable, for instance = he once
said. Il employed skilled coachman
and an unskilled groom. To the coach
man. Of course, | paid the larger
wages. The groom, as soon as he
found this out, complained to me all at
il.
"What for, he said, do you pay
Henry more than me, sir?'
Because, l answered, Henry ls
a skilled, experienced nand.'
"But then the work said the
groom. should come to kim good
deal easier than it does to me. -
Kansas City Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-04

Not till ufe's heat is cooled.
The headlong rush slowed to quiet
And every purblind passion that has
our noiseier years. at last
Snurs MS in vain and weary OF the race.
We care no more who loses or who
An NOT tin all the best of life seems past
The best Of life begins
To toll for only fame.
Handclappings and the tickle guests OF
For Mace or power or gold TO gild name
Above the grave whercto
All paths viii bring us, were 10 lose our
we. on whose ears youths passing
bell has tolled.
In blowing bubbles. even as children do,
Forgetting we grow old
But the world widens when
such hope of trivial gain that ruled
Broken n among our chEdhood's toys. for
We win to self -controls
And mail ourselves IN manhood, ana
Upon US from the vast and windless
height
Those clearer thoughts that are unto the
What stars are to the night,
Spectator.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
Copyright, 1904. BY Daily Story Pub COD

shadow with averted face. The man
hesitated and his heart told him how
completely at his mercy this trem'
bling girl was, and yet-he loved her
and his whole self cried out, "Lattis,
Lattisl" A tinid touch aroused him
and two soft lips whispered in his
ear, "Stsy" Then because of his si-
lence she drew back and cried with
abandon, "God, what have done?"
The man crossed to the door and
went out without a single backward
glance, nor did he utter cne word,
though he heard the girls dry. heart.
breaking sobs.
Late that night Lattis rose from
her couch where she had been lying
tossing and sleepless, threw on a
loose gown and dropped into d chair
before her open window. The brilliant
moonlight shone into her room Sud
denly from out the shadow on the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
Booth and the Cream Pat.

Il once saw Edwin Booth have a very
trying experience" said well-known
actor
1T befell him while he was having q
quiet little stroll all by himself in one
OF the small cities where he was acting
Seeing some particularly delightful
looking cream puffs in a conspicuous
part OF a restaurant, he stepped in and
purchased one without stopping tc
ponder upon the peculiarities OF cream
puffs. Mr.. Booth, in the most calculat.
ing and enthusiastic manner, bit exact.
" in the center Of the spongy delicacy
OF course, a small stream of cream
oozed out at each side of the bite T
gathered itself together on Mr.. Boo 4,
cheeks. Just at this juncture some ON,
in the shop recognized the traged.aI
and cried out; Why that's Edwi
Booth
Half a sccre Of people crowded abou
and eyed the figure with interest. 1
was trying position for great trag
cdian, who was conscious OF being il
anything but tragic role But b
went calmly on with his refreshment
eating with us much unconcern and en-
jcyment. apparently, as if he were ia
from the maddening crowd
but. he said afterward, with
twinkle in his eye, 4 mover did a bet
ter bit OF acting in my life"
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veranda a form appeared and befoE~
she could move or cry, kneeled be-
side her and ciasped her close.
"I.attis," a voice she knew well
whispered. ''Lattis, | have come,
dearest; I have come"
Jack, you must go-I want you to
go-my heart is breaking. If you love
me, go. GO
"You don't love me" He used mans
old reproach, the subtle weapon a
man always uses to win the woman he
covets or loves.
Il do, dear, and you know it. And
because l do not want to hate you
bid you leave me at once"
This was not the logic he expected.
and it startled him little. Then all
Ms manhood uprose.
"Lattis, you are queen; your heart
is the purest in the world. Because
love you in the best way man can
love, / will go. Good-by-dear--
his voice broke into sob. He pressed
his hot lips to her hand and went
quietly away.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
HOW TO KEEP YOUNG.
Growing Old Is Largely Habit Of
Mind, Says Writer.

How old are you? The adage says
that women are as old as they look
and men as old as they feel. That's
wrong, says writer in the New York
Times. A man and woman are as old
as they take themselves to be.
Growing old is largely habit of the
mind. s'As a man thinketh in his
heart SO is he If he begins shortly
after middle age to imagine himself
growing old he will be old.
To keep ones self from decrepitude
is somewhat matter Of will power.
The fates are kind to the man who
hangs on to life with both hands. He
who lets go will go. Death is slow only
to tackle the tenacious.
Ponce de Leon searched the wrong
place for the fountain of youth. 1t is
in ones self. One must keep ones
Aelf young inside. SO that. while 'the
outer man perisheth, the inner man is
renewed day by day"
When the human mind ceases to
exert itself, when there is no longer
an active interest in the affairs of this
life, when the human stops reading
and thinking and doing, the man. like
blasted tree, begins to die at the
top
You are as old as you think you are
Keep the harness on. Your job is no
done.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
ITO BE eoSrISuEp.i
INFORMATION WANTED.
The Young Man wanted to Know
whether she'd Gone or Not.

The Young Man wanted to Know
whether she'd Gone or Not.
Here is a story the dear girls arc
telling with many hitrhes quick in
drawings of the breath and giggles:
"Oh. you know, there is yoanc
country fellow. an Irishman. and he
went to a ball and dressed up At tc
kill. l s'pose he thought OF course
none Of the girls would dance With
him. and he asked every one. So he
went to the belle of the ball and asket
her to dance with him, and she wonle
not, and guess she answered ain
pretty short Anyway, he got rea.
mad. OF course, you know. he thought
he was dressed all right and he goi
tired OF being told no all night. Sc
he told herr ,-er-go somewhere. you
know. Wen. OF course, she didn't llks
that. so she went to her brother and
told him that So-and-So he'd tcld her tC
ergo somewhere. You know she
didn't know the fellows name. liG
didn't know anybody there and he't
been asking girls to dance without any
introduction, you know. and, yol
know. that was why they didn't wan
to dance with him. Girls wouldn't. o
course, you know.
$50 this fellow, the girls brother,
mean. went up to the other fellow m,
said to him. Did you tell my sister t
20 somewhere? and he said Yes H.
she gomez ~ Exchange.
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could afford to be generous. / drew
Viola close to me.
Dearest ] said, II will try and get
rid of my prejudice viii try and for
get that this man loved you, and would
have made you his wife. ] will try TO-
cease from wondering why, when he is
so good noble and clever, you should
have chosen me-"
Viola laid her soft cheek against
mine. Julian, my husband" she
whispered. "are you not all that Eus-
tace Grant Island more? love you"
With her words all my doubt, all my
fear of Eustace Grant. fied-neyer,
hoped, to return With Viola's arms
around me, her kisses ON my lips. /
could afford to pity my unsuccessful
rival. When We were installed in the
compartment of the train which was
by yenal arrangement Of the guards,
reserved to ourselves, l fell to consid-
ering how | should best make known
to Viola that the name by which she
had hitherto known me was assumed.
| was beginning, or fancied | was be-
ginning, to know something of my
wife's true nature; and / told myself
tha- the task before me was not SO
easy as ! had once imagined it would
be. My confession was hurried on by
question she herself asked me.
Julian. what name was it you signed
in the book at church,"
l hoped that in the agitation nat
ural to a bride who signs her maiden
name for the last time, she had not
noticed my autograph. But she must
have done so, although she had said
nothing about it until now
So | made the plunge and told hel
all; told her my true name; told hel
Of the beautiful house in the ives
which would be ours; told her OF thu
life, free from care and anxiety as t
the future, which stretched before us
Then besought her forgiveness fo
keeping her in ignorance of thesi
things had. be it said given her t
understand that was man with al
income just enough to live upon il
comfort
Grant was right. He knew Vlol
when he told me that, by revealing m.
deception. he might destroy the fabrl
of my happiness. She said little, bu
her look told me she was hurt an
wounded verify believe her frs
thoughts were that she would rather
had been what | represented myself I
be than to have the power Of sharin
such hcme and so much wealth wit
her How little men understand won
enl-perhaps no two women are alike
But Viola forgave me- A woman al
ways forgiyes the man she loves. bu
knew that she was sad at the though
that | could have dreamed that richie
might have influenced her. Neyerth'
less It was days before l could get he
to join me unresrainedly in th
schemes which l woye for our futuI
life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
ATMOSPHERE AS A PRISM.
Refracts the SUMS Rays and Produces
the Peculiar Green Color.

Refrscts the SUMS Rays and Produces
the Peculiar Green Color.
The green ray at sunset is sufficient
ly weIl known to make unnecessary
any mention of the beauty Of the spec
tacle and the ordinary conditions OF
its observation. The ray may be seen
on beautiful evenings on the seashore
and elsewhere, although the intensity
is variable; in general, it is necessary
that the state Of the atmosphere be
such that the horizon may be clearly
distinguished as the solar disk sinks
behind it,
In explanation of the green ray re-
course has been had to the theory OF
an optical illusion, due to the yellow
orange light Of the sun, which at the
moment Of the disappearance OF the
last small portion Of the sin becomes
affected by the complimentary color,
green-blue.
This has not been satisfactory, and
il has been suggested. says writer
in La Nature, that the atmosphere
acts as a prism, refracting the last
luminous ray from the sun at the
time OF it's disappearance and decom-
posing and spreading it out according
to the succession of cclors of the spec
trum. The red, orange and yellow rays
are the less deviated and are confused
with the solar point of which they
have the color, but the eye perceives
clearly the green and blue rays while
the indigo and violet. which are the
most dispersed and the most luminous
cannot be seen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
prove property and Take Away.

This winter weather reminds me
of a story about Mayor Mcclellan" j."
said Representative Spaulding OF
North Dakota, at Washington.
1T was delightfully."- pleasant out
in my state when that young blizzard
struck New York early in November,
E>stern people are always sympathiz'
ing with the Northwest on account
Of it's Dakota billiards, so the mayor
If Bismarck telegraphed Mayor Nc
clelIan. offering his sympathy and
asking if he could do anything to
help New York out
Eyes wired back Mayor McClei
Ian come and axe your damned
blizzard away"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
~ soNrA AMERICAN REPuRLIcs.
Two Are Becoming Powerful Civil
led Nations, Says Writer.


lied Nations, Says Writer.
For eighty years the South Alnerl'
can republics have worked cut in
strife. tyranny and anarchy the fate
imposed upon them by the premature
assumption of rule by peoples uaL- e
pared for such responsibility, says a
writer in the London Chronicle, and
out OF the welter of dishonesty and
violence there are now emerging at
least two powerful civilized nations
which will lead the way to peace and
prosperity that even Verezrela, the
least reputable Of them ALL must fin
ally follow
Chile and the Argentine Republic,
the former with its immense seaboard
and varied climate, the latter with its
Fuego to the torrid zone. have appar-
emily done with revolutions. and are
advancing with great strides.
Bolivia, cooped up in the Andes and
deprived of her only port, holds with
in her rocky bounds wealth beyond
the dreams of Ophir, yet inaccessible
for want of roads, Colombia, with It's
vast Cauca valley of fertility unimag-
Unable. and its mineral resources fabu-
lous in their extent; Brazil, with its
thousands of miles Of unexplored hin
terlands of forests and waterways;
Peru with its Inca mine still unex-
hausted- these may all be richer than
Argentina and Chile in the wealth that
comes quickly but they are for the
future rather than the present, and
their best hope is to win stability and
security as the two leading republics
are now rapidly doing.