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Our material is rapidly accumulat-
ing" said he.
Three days later a message was
left scraWled upon paper, and placed
under a pebble upon the sun-dial.
Here il is. The characters are, as
you see exactly the same as the last
one. After that / determined to lie
in wait so / got out my revolver and
l sat up in my study which overlooks
the lawn and garden About two in
the morning | was seated Ey the Win
dow, all being dark save for the
moonlight outside, when I heard steps
behind me, and there was my wife
In her dressing gown. She implored
me to come TO bed. | told her frank
ly that | wished to see who it was who
played such absurd tricks upon us.
less practical joke, and that | should
not take any notice Of il.
IF ~ really annOys you, Hilton,
we might so and travel, you and /,
and So avoid this nuisance
What, be driven out of our own
house by a practical joker" said J..
Why, we should have the whole
county laughing at us
Well, come TO bed said she, and
we can discuss it in the morning.
Suddenly, rs she spoke, / saw her
white face grow whittier yet in the
moonlight, and her hand tightened
upon my shoulder. Something was
moving in the shadow of the tool
house. I saw dark, creeping figure
which cr&Wled round The corner and
squatted in front of the door. Selling
my pistol. l was rushing out, when
my wife threw her arms around me
and held nae with convuisiye strength.
I tried 10 throw her off, but she clung
to me most desperately. At last
got clear, but by the time / had open
ed the door and reached the house
the creature was gone. lie had left
a trace OF his presence, however, for
Continued on Page Three.)
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you to understand
She was very straight about it,
was Elsie. ] can't say that she did
not give me every chance of getting
out OF il if | wished 20 DO so. i have
had some very disagreeable associa-
tions in my life, said she, 1 wish to
forget all about them. l would rather
never allude TO the past, for it IS
very painful to me. Ii you take me-
Hilton, you will take a woman who
has nothing that she need be per-
sonaliy ashamed of; but you will
have to be content with my word for
it, and to allow me to be silent as 20
all that passed up TO the time when
became yours. IF these conditions
are too hard, then go back 10 Norfolk
and leave me TO the lonely life in
which you found me. It was only
the day before our wedding that she
said those very words TO me. told
her that I was content TO take her
on her own terms. and | have been
as good Us my word.
''Weli, we have been married now
for year, and very happy we have
been. But about month ago, at
the end of June, / saw for the first
time signs of trouble. One day my
wife received d letter from america
| saw the American stamp. she
turned deadly white read the letter,
and threy it into the fire. She made
no allusion to it afterwards and l
made none, for promise is prom
Use, but she has never known an easy
hour from that moment. There Is
always a look of fear upon her face
q. look as if she were waiting and OK
pecting. She would do better to trust
me. She would find that / was her
best friend. But until she speaks, l
can say nothing. Mind you, she is
q truthful woman, Mr.. Holmes, and
whatever trouble there may have been
in her past life it has been no fault
of hers. I am only q simple Norfolk
squire, but there is not q man in Eng
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Leads ali North Carolina Daios i'm News arr Circulation

place Any fresh face would case
COMMENT
"In the immediate neighbourhood,
yes. Eut We have several small water
ing places not very far away. And
the farmers take in dodgers"
''The.e hieroglyphics have evidently
a meaning. IF il is a purely arbitrary
one, it NAV be impossible for us to
solve it. If, on the other hand. it is
systematic. l have no doubt that we
shall get Co the bottom of it, But this
particular sample is so short that /
con 90 nothing, and the facts which
you have brought me are so indefinite
that we have no basis for an investi-
CATION / would suggest that you re-
TURN to Norfolk, that you keep a keen
lookout and that you take an exact
copy of any fresh dancing men which
may appear. IT is q thousand pities
that we have not q reproduction o.
those which were done in chalk upon
the window sill. Make q discreet in
duiry also as to any strangers in the
fieighbourhood. When you have col
leeted some fresh evidence, come to
me again That is the best advice
which | can give you, Mr.. Hilton
Cubitt. If there 3re any pressing fresh
developments, ] shall be always ready
10 run down and see you in your Nor
folk home"
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reputation in the county, and our
pride in our unsullied honour, and l
always felt it was leading TO the point,
but somehow it turned off before
we got there"
But you have found out something
for YOURSELF"
"A good deal, Mr. Holmes. I have
fresh dancing men pictures for you to
examine, and, what is more import
ant, l have seen the fellow"
What, the man who draws them %
Yes / saw him at his work But
/ will tell you everything in order.
When I got back after my visit to
you, the very first thing / saw next
morning was fresh crop OF dancing
men. They had been drawn in chalk
upon the black wooden door of the
Toulouse, which stands beside the
lawn in full view of the front win
lows. I took an exact copy, and here
it is He unfolded a paper and laid
il upon the table.
Excellent" said Holmes. Excel
lent! Pray continue"
when 1 had taken the copy, l rub
bed out the marks, but, two morn
ings later. q fresh Inscription had ap-
peared. / have q copy of it here"
And he exhibited it to me.
Holmes rubbed his hands and
chuckled with delight
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The interview left Sherlock Holmes
very thoughtful, and several times in
the next few days / saw him take his
slip OF paper from his notebook and
look long and earnestly at the curious
figures Inscribed upon it. He made
no allusion to the affair however, un-
til one afternoon fortnight or so
later. / was going OUT when ne call
ed me back.
You had better stay here, Wat
SON
why"
"Because I had wire from Hilton
Cubitt this morning, You remember
Hilton Cubitt, OF the daucing men?
He was 10 reach Liverpool street at
1929 He may be here at any mo-
mcnt. / gather from his wire that
there have been some new incidents
OF Importance.
We had not long to wait, for our
Norfolk squire came straight from the
station as fast as q hanson could
bring him. lie was looking worried
and depressed with tired eyes and a
lined forehead.
Its getting on my nerves this bus,-
ness, Mr.. Holmes" said he, as he
sank, like wea-ried man, into an
armchair. It's bad enough to feel
that you are surrounded by unseen,
unknown folk, who have some kind
of design upon you but when, in ad-
diticn to that, YOU know that it IS
just killing your wife by inches then
it becomes as much Us flesh and blood
can endure She's wearing away un-
der ft-juSt wearing away before my
eyes"
HAS she said anything yet?"
NO, Mr.. Holmes, she has not And
yet there have been times when the
poor girl has wanted TO speak ana
yet could not quite bring herself TO
take the plunge. I have tried to help
her, but / dare say l did it clumsily.
and scared her from il. She has
spoken about my old family, and our
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mentioned the matter to my wife
afterwards. To my surprise, she took
it very seriously, and begged me II
any more came TO let her see them.
None did come for a week, and then
Yesterday morning | found this popei
lying on the sun-dial in the garden.
l showed it to Elsie. ana down she
dropped in a dead faint Since then
she has looked like a woman in {
dream. half dazed, and with terror
always lurking III her eyes. 1t was
then that I wrote and sent the paper
TO you, Mr.. Holmes. 1t was not q
thing that | could take TO the police.
for they would have laughed at me.
but you will tell me what TO do.
am not rich man, but if there IS
any danger threatening my little wo-
man, l would spend my last copper
to shield her"
lie was 3 fine creature, this man Of
the old English soil-simple. straight.
and gentle. with his great earnest
blue eyes and broad, come'y face.
His love for his wife and his tru1t
in her shone in his features. Holmes
had listened TO his story with the
utmost attention, and now he sat for
some time in silent thought.
Don't you think, Mr.. Cubitt," said
ne, at last, that your best plan
would be to make q direct appear 10
your wife, and to ask hcr TO Share
her secret with you?"
Hilton Cubitt shook his massive
head.
"A promise is a promise, Mr..
Holmes. II Elsie wished to tell me
she would If not. It is not for me
to force her confidence. But | am
justified in taking my own line-and
I Will"
Then / will help you with all my
heart. in the first place, have you
heard Of any strangers being seen in
Year neightbourhood ."
NO"
u presume that it is very quiet
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to London for the jubilee and I stop
ped at a boarding house in Russell
square, because Parker. the vicar of
our parish, was staying in it. There
was an American young lady there
Jatrick was the name-Elsie Uatrick.
In some way we became friends, un-
til before my month was up | was
as much in love as man could be.
We were quietly married at registry
office, and we returned to Norfolk
a welded couple. You'll think it very
mad. Mr.. Holmes, that man of Il
good old family should marry a wife
in this fashion. knowing nothing Of
her past or of her people. but if you
saw her and knew her, it would help
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land who ranks his family honour
more highly than / do. She knows II
well. and she knew II well before she
married me. She would never bring
any stain upon it-of that l am sure.
Well. now / come TO the queer
part of my story. About week ego
lit was the Tuesday OF last week.
[ found on one of the window sills
q number Of absurd little dancing
figures like these upon the paper
They were scrawled with chalk. /
thought that it was the stable boy who
had drawn them, bat the lad swore
he knew nothing about it. Any how,
they had come there during the night.
I had thcm washed out, and / only
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~RETURN~S ~SHERLOCKHOLMES
by A. CONAN DOYLE.

Downright 1903 by A. Doyle Golfers WeekIy)
1Copyright 1905. BIZ Mcclure, Phillips Coz
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even if, for once in a way, he had
to be fly to gain his end.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-21
WANT DEPARTMENT

Want, Found, Fer Rent, Lost Notices,
otc, etc, will be published in this col
ann at the rate Of two cents per line
par insertion, INVARIABLY CASH IN
ADVANCE. Count six words to the line
Nothing accepted for lev than as centl
For Sale-New seven room brick
house, gas, bath, electric wiring, laundry
cellar and all modern conveniences. Lot
40xS2, situated on Lee street. near oth
Three minutes walk from the cour,
quire at the Telegram Office. 6may-tf
~s>>ee~e-0>co-oe~~o-.>e,>.-
For Rent-1o gentleman, nicely
furnished room with private family. Ap
ply at l66 West Pike street. jun2sdti
Wanted-Two good sewing machine
statesmen. Good salary; good men. Ad.
dress G. 7 Bullaid, Glen Elk Hotel,
Clarksburg, W. Va. octl9tf.
For Rent-Seven room mouse with
bath, cellar and attic; third house on
Mechanic east of Third street. Apply
to D. Lee Hedges, Robinson's jewelry
store. dec2str.
Wanted-Boarder and roomer at $50
West Pike st. ian3tf.
For Rent-New five room cottage, nall,
bath, hardwood finish, nicely papered.
Apply 1873 South Depot street, East
End. janl2tf.
s->~~~-~~~~---~~
For Rent-A good five.room house in
Point Comfort; large lot, desirable To-
cation. Inquire of DR.. E. n. Flowers.
janl3tf
Wanted-A position as bookkeeper or
other clerical work. Good reference.
Address H, care Telegram. l6ian6ts
For Rent-Nicely furnished front room
with bath and gas, in private family.
Terms reasonable. Call at III West
Pike street. ianlstf.
For Rent-SeveD room mouse on Lo-
Gust street Alexander, West h Co.,
Lowndes building. l9ian3t-
Wanted-Lady or gentleman of fair
education to travel for firm of $780,
600 capital. Salary $l.O72 per year and
expenses; paid weekly. Address II. Per.
cival, Clarksburg, w. Va. I9jan3t'
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Wanted-Two good sewing machine
statesmen. Good salary; good men. Ad-
dress G. 7 Bullaid, Glen Elk Hotel
Clarksburg, W. Va. oetl9tf.
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CRAMpED
CONDITIONS
Necessitate Immediate Relief

While It's true the tremendous
stock covering over seven thousand
feet OF floor space, yet after days
OF planning and adjusting the CON
troller finds ample room and has
arranged each lot with a placard
in plain bold figures, so thai with
a force of thirty extra sales people
you may be able to wait on yourself
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For Rent-Seven room mouse with
bath, cellar and attic; third house on
Mechanic east of Third street. Apply
TO D. Lee Hedges. Robinson's jewelry
store. dec2str.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-16
BRIEF. BITS OF NEWS.

Baron Sannomyia Yoshitane, grand
master of ceremonies at the imperial
court of Japan, is dead from cancer.
Fire at Bakersfield, Cal, destroyed
ten buildings, including Scribner's S
theater, the largest theater in town.
The president has modified his proc
lamation withdrawing from entry
lands in the Uintah Indian reservation
in Utah. 1t is understood he restores
$4,000 acres of the withdrawn lands.
R. W. Scott, Canadian secretary Of
state, has invited Baron Komura to
visit Canada after the peace confer
ence and the Japanese minister has
accepted if engagements will permit.
The suspension of gold and silver
coinage at the Philadelphia mint is
explained at the treasury department
by the statement that the stock of sill
yer bullion is entirely exhausted and
there is no call at present for gold or
minor coins.
The Calumet and Western Grain
Elevator company Of Chicago has
given notice to customers to transfer
open accounts to the firm Of Creighton
6, Co. The company's attorney said
that the company had become in
volved in outside complications.
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SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN VEL
LOW FEVER CONDITIONS IN
NEW ORLEANS.
DR.. GUITERAS MAKES A PREDICTION
SAYS CRESCENT CITY WILL BE
FREE FROM INFECTION IN
FORTY DAYS.

New Orleans, Aug. 16.-The number
rof new cases and deaths up to noon
shows a slight improvement in the
yellow fever situation in New Or
leans. New cases continue to appear
from day to day in the state, but
there is no general or violent spread
of the pestilence outside of the orig
inal center of infection. Alabama and
Mississippi continue free from the
disease, three suspicious cases at
Raymond, Miss, being pronounced
not yellow fever.
DR.. Gulteras, the expert, predicts
that New Orleans will be free from
the infection in forty days.
The second death above Canal
street in fortnight occurred during
the day. The victim was Joseph O.
Daspil, one of the brightest of the
younger branch of lawyers here.
Cases above Canal street continue
to be traced to the down town infec-
ton, indicating that there are still a
few of the disease laden mosquitoes
loose in the old infected area in spite
of the tons of sulphur that have been
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-08-16
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS
SION BEGINS FIGHT ON PRI-
vATE CAR LINES.
NUMBER OF ACCUSATIONS ARE MADE.
DISC IN RATES, UN-s
JUST CHARGES AND FAIL
URE TO REPORT.

Washington, Aug. 16-The inter
state commerce commission, on it's
own initiative and as result of COM
plants against private car lines, dur
ing the day unexpectedly began in
vestigation of the relations between
railroads and refrigerator lines, by
which it is charged that thesRct to
regulate interstate commerce is being g
violated in several specified particu-
lars. The complaint set forth by the
commission is directed against the
Armour Car Line, the American Re-
frigerator Transportation company,
the Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch
and the following railroads: st.
Louis and San Francisco; Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe; st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern; Central of
Georgia; Southern Atlantic Coast
Line; Seaboard Air Line; Pennsyl-
vania; Southern Pacific and Kansas
City Southern.
The railroads and refrigerator lines
are made respondents in proceedings
which require that specific answer to
all allegations be made to the inter-
state commerce commission by Sept. 5.
Charges Made by Commission.
1t is charged that by way of rebates
or other devices the refrigerator lines
are acting for the railroads as author
ized agents and the railroads, acting
through the refrigerator lines, are
collecting and receiving for the re
frigeration of fruit and vegetables
lower rates from some shippers than
they are contemporaneously receiving
shippers. This is held to be in viola
tion of sections and of the act to
regulate interstate commerce.
Another charge is that failure and
neglect to publish at shipping sta
tions and file with the Interstate CON-
merce commission the rates and
charges imposed for the refrigeration
of fruits and vegetables constitutes a
violation of section 6 Of the interstate
commerce act.
The commission alleges further that
charges published jointly by the re.
frigerator lines and the railroads for
the refrigeration of fruits in certain
specified territories are unreasonable
and unjust and in violation of section
1. The territories described are Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, Indian Territory
Texas, California to Eastern points
Louisiana, Kansas, Georgia, South
Carolina and North Carolina to New
York.
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c4seaED IMMENSE DAMAGE.
Severe >exn in Sections of Ohio,
.kehseSsN and Indiana.

lkeh and Indiana.
Cincinnati, S~ 16.-Reports re-
ceived indicate skthe recent severe
storm caused das estimated at
several hundred thldsand dollars in
Southwestern Ohio and less serious
loss in other parts of the state and in
Kentucky and Indiana. At Hamilton,
o., the rainfall reached two and
half inches, causing flood on the
Miami river, which washed away sew
eral small bridges. At Middletown
the rainfall reached 4.25 inches and
both traction and steam railroads were
washed out at several points near
there. Near Mansfield, O., Joseph
Finney, aged three years, died from
the effects of a stroke Of lightning,
but his parents, who were stunned,
recovered. Misses Nellie Smith and
Lulu Wilson were seriously injured
by lightning which struck farm
house nearsMarysville, o. Seven per-
sons were stunned by lightning near
Circleville, o., but all will recover.
David Waits, the fourteen-year-old
son of a wealthy farmer of Fayette
county, Ky, was perhaps fatally in
jured by bolt of lightning while
standing under a tree. The damage
to crops was especially heavy in But
Ter and Warren counties, O.
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prove the civil administration OF the
empire.
Second-Mutual obligation to evac-
uate Manchuria, each to surrender all
special privileges in that province;
mutual obligation to respect the ter
ritorial integrity" Of China and to-
maintain the principle of equal oppor-
tunity for the commerce and industry
of all nations in that province (open
door.
Third--The cession to China of the
Chinese Eastern railroad from Harbin
sOuthWard.
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HOPEFUL oF A VICTORY.
Russia Would Make Last Supreme Eff
fort in Manchuria.

New York, Aug. 16.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent of the Times says
that ''an important parsonage" de-
clared to him that if Japan did not
abandon her demand for an indemnity
the negotiations at Portsmouth would
be broken off this week
Every preparation, he said, had
been made for a general mobilization
with view to a supreme effort in
Manchuria in the present year. True,
the chances of victory were dubious,
but Russia would play her last card
before accepting dishonorable condi-
tions of peace.
TheAorder for the mobilization will
be issued in the middle of August
(old style) if peace has not previously
been concluded.
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scHWAB's EUROPEAN TRIP.
Goes to investigate Secret Process ot
Making Steel.


New York, Aug. 16.Charles M.
6chwab, who has returned to this city
from Braddock, Pa, revealed for the
1irst time that his trip abroad is for
the purpose Of Investigating in Ger
many a new and secret process for
the manufacture Of steel which may
have an important bearing on the fu-
ture of that industry.
| will be gone for three weeks and
the only country I intend to visit is
Germany Mr.. Schwab said. 81 am
going to inspect several steel mills.
One offers a new development in the
manufacture of steel. This has been
inaugurated by friends of mine over
there and l am going to see what it
ls like. Mr.. Johnson, general man
ager of, the Bethlehem Steel company,
is going with me-
, He added that there was a possibil-
ity of his visiting Andrew Car1cgie
before he returned and refused t1i.lis-
cuss his rumored contracts to con-
struct Wharves in Russia.
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PARADE AND BANQUET.
Taft Party Given Warm Reception
at IIoiio.

5rEa . +.
Manila, Aug. 16.-Iloilo rendered the
Taft party magnificent reception
during the day. The civic and mill.
tary forces paraded and at night the
party attended banquet at which
800 persons were present. The trans
port Logan will sail at daylight for
Bacolod, the capital of Occidental Ne
gros, where an inspection of the sugar
plantations will be made.
The dowager empress of China has
inquired through the Chinese consul
here desiring to know if Miss Roose-
velt will visit Peking. If so General
and Mrs. Corbin will accompany her.
The condition of Mrs. Dubois, wife
of Senator Dubois, who was injured
in runaway accident, is greatly i'm
proved.
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burned there.
Of the twelve deaths in the preced-
ing twenty-four hours seven bore Ital-
ian names, two English, two German
and one French. All were below Canal
street. Nineteen cases were handled
during the day at the Emergency hos
pital, where there have been to date
121 cases. Twenty-seven have been
discharged and many of the present
patients are convalescent. The hos
pital authorities say that confidence
in the treatment given in the institu-
ton is growing among the foreign
ces.,
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Shortage in Banana Supply.

Chicago, Aug. 16-With the visible
supply of bananas reduced to less
than half the usual amount because
of the restrictions on importations
made by the quarantine at New Or
ltans wholesale dealers along South
Water street are predicting a famine
in the fruit. Prices during the last
tive weeks have shown a steady rise.
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Will Investigate Transportation oi
Live Stock

Will Investigate Transportation of
Live Stock.
Chicago, Aug. Secretary of Ag-
riculture Wilson, accompanied by DR..
E. Salmon, chief of the bureau of ami
NAL industry, has arrived in Chicago
and will at once begin an investiga-
tion into live stock transportation.
"We have come to Chicago to learn
the actual condition of the live stock
traffic." said Secretary Wilson. eve
want to see for ourselves just what
the situation is SO we can handle it
intelligently at Washington The law
provides that cattle shipped in cars
which are not provided with con-
veniences for feeding and rest shall
be taken out and fed at least once in
twenty-eight hours. We want to de-
termine what conveniences are neces-
sary to feed and rest cattle in transit"