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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-26
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Holmes rubbed his hands and chuckled
with delight.
"Our material is rapidly accumuhat-
ing said he.
Three days later message was left
scrawled upon paper and placed under
a pebble upon the sundial- Here It is.
The characters are. as you see. exactly
the same as the last one After that !
determined to lie Ia wait SO I got ont
my revolver. and ! sat up in my study
which oYerlooks the lawn and garden
About IN the morning ! was seated
by the window, all being dark save for
the moonlight outside, when / heard
steps bs.sind me. and there was my
wife IN her dressing gown. She inn
plored me 10 come 10 bed told her
frankly that I wished 20 see who IL
was who played such absurd tricks
upon u.s. She answered that Il was
some senseless practical joke and that
/ should not take any notice Of IT,
"'If 1t really annoys you. Hilton, we
might 90 and travel. you and /. and
so avoid this nuisance
What, be driven out Of QUE own
house by a practical jokerT said l.
Why, we Shouts have the whole ooun-
" laughing at es'
"'Well. come 20 bed. said she. and
we can discuss 1t in the morning
Suddenly, as she spoke, ] saw her
white face grow whittier yet 40 ne
moonlight, and her hand tightened up
on my shoulder Something was NOV
ing ia the shadow OF the Toulouse !
saw a dark, creeping figure which
crawled round the corner aud squatted
ID front Of the door. SeiEing my pistol,
/ was rushing out whom my wife threw
her arms round ne and held me with
cenvulsire strength ! tried % throw
her oG, but she chung 10 me most des-
pcraiely az lass J got clear. but BY
the Tine had opsued tie door and
reached tia house ihe ereatio fjas
gone re Fad lert irace 81 rs pni
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-26

Holmes bent over this grotesque
frieze for some minutes and then sud
denly sprang 20 his feet, with an ex-
clamatlon Of surprise and dismay His
face was haggard with anxiety.
1--WE have let this affair go far
enough, said be. "is there a train TO
North Walsham tonightY
I turned up the time table. The last
had just gone.
Then we shall breakfast early and
take the very first Ia the morning.
said Holmes. "Our presence Is most
urgently needed. Ali, here is car ex-
pecied cablegram one moment Mrs.
Hudson; there may be an answer No,
that Is quite as / expected This mes
sage makes IL even more essential that
we should not lose an hour ia letting
Hilton Cubltt know how matters stand.
for Il IS a singular and dangerous
web IN which our simple Norfolk squire
is entangled"
So indeed Il proved. and as come TO
the dark conclusion Of a story which
had seemed 70 me 70 be only childish
and bizarre / experience once again the
dismay and horror with which / was
filed Would that / had some brighter
ending 10 communicate 10 my readers.
but these are the chronicles OF fact
and ! must follow 70 their dark crisis
the strange chain u events which Tor
some days mad5 Riding Thorpe MANOR
a household word through the length
aud breadth OF Englaad"
We had hardly allghted az North
Wal8ham aud mentioned the name 0f
our destination when the station mas
ter hurried toward pc. Il suppose that
you are the detectives from London 2
said be-
A look Of annoyance passed over
HOlmes' face
''What makes you think such
thinGT
because Inspector Martin from
Norwich has iqsi passed through But
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hilton Cuhifl shook hif
"a promise Is a promise
II Elsie wished to tell mC
n not. it Is not for nae to fort
idencA But ! am Justified
my own llne-aBd / will.r
Thcn ! viii help You with
heart In the first place. h1
heard Of any strangers being
your nelghborhoodT
mo"
Il presume that Il is q yer
place Any fresh face woull
cOmmcntT
In the immediate neighborig
nff NO hnr-a cr,sfn.nf r,,,,ff II
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prank II consists or a numser o. oD-
surd little figures dancing acroSs the
paper upon which they are dfawn. Why
should you attribute any Importance to
So erote sQuo an obiectYe
Il never phould, Mr Holmes but my
wife does. u Is Tightening hes to
death. sShe says nothing, but eau see
terror in her eyes. Ihaf0 why y want
O. aiit the matter % the bottom"
tiolmes held up the paper 90 that tie
suplisht shone Gun upon IT, It was a
page torn from 3 notebook TIE mark
ings were done ia pencil and ran in
this wny;
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fCrtFiftf a4Ci Nf IfLi-fa. FhNiff q AsJ
R ! !: !. !: -. s.. i. !. &: :::. ..: :::
- cufved over n chemical
fkiittfsl vessel IN which ne was
Ngf dTiB brewing practcularly
malodorous product His
head was sunk upon HE breast, and he
lo1ked from NY point OF view ike a
strange. iank bird with dun gray plum
age and a black toplnot.
$50. Watson saidshe suddenly, 'you
do not PROPOSE TO invest in South At
rican securitesT
gave r start OF astonishment Ac-
customed as was TO Holmes curious
faculties. this sudden intrusion into my
most intimate thoughts was utterly in.
expiicable
"How on earth do you know thAtf'
asked.
He wheeled round upon his stool with
a steaming test tube In b.. hand and a
CLEAN OF amusement IN his deep set
eyes
'Now. Watson, confess yourself ut
terly taken aback,D said he.
Il am
q ought to make you gn paper to
that effect"
''Whyy'
Because in five minutes you will
say that it is all so absurdly simple"
Il am sure that / shall Dsv nothing
of the kind"
you see, my dear Watson'-5e prop
ped bis test tube in the rack and began
TO lecture with the air Of professor
addressing his class-''it is not really
difficult to construct a series Of infer
ences. each dependent upon It's prede-
cessor and each simple in itself. IT,
after doing 80. one simply knocks out
all the central inferences and presents
cne's audience with the starting point
and the conclusion, one may produce
~ startling though possibly a meretri-
cious effect Now. 1t was. not really
dlmealt hr o.. inspection of the groove
between your left forennger and
thumb to feel sure that you did not
propose TO invest your small capital in
the gold fields"
Il see no connection"
Very likely not, but I can quickly
show you a close connection. Here are
the missing links of the very simple
chain: First, you had chalk between
your left finger and thumb when you
returned from the club last night; sec
ond, you put chalk there when you
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"Weu, Mr.. Holmes, iohat do you make
Of thcso2
play billiards to steady the cue; third.
you never play billiards except with
Thurston; fourth, you told me four
weeks ago that Thurston had an op-
tion on some South African property
which would expire in a month and
which he desired you TO share with
him; fifth, your check book is locked in
my drawer, and you have not asked
for the key; sixth, you do not propose
TO invest your money il this man
ner."
How absurdly simpler I cried.
"Quite so,r said he, a little nettled.
every problem becomes very childish
when once II Is explained to you. Here
Is an unexplained one. See what you
can make of that. friend Watson" He
tossed a sheet Of paper upon the table
and turned once more to his chemical
analysis.
looked with amazement at the abb
surd hieroglyphies upon the paper.
Why, Holmes, it is a child's draw
AAE. 4 tllCu.
"Oh, that's your ideaw
''What else should II beT
'That Is what Mr.. Hilton Cubitt OF
Riding Thorpe Manor, Norfolk, Is very
anxious 70 know This little e0nun-
drum came by the first post. and be
was TO follow by the next train.
There's a ring az the bell Watson.
should not be very much surprised II
this wero be"
A heavy step was heard upon the
stairs. and an instant later there en-
tered a tall rUddy. clean shaven gen
tleman whose clear eyes and horid
cheeks told Of life led far from the
fogs Of Baker street He seemed to
bring a whin Of bis strong fresh. bgac-
ing east coast air with him as he en-
tered. Having shaken hands with each
Of us. he was about to SIT down when
his eve rested upon the paper with the
curious markings which ] had just ex-
amiued and left vpon tile table
~Weil. Alr Holmes, what DO you
make of thesef be cried. "They told
me that you were fond Ok queer mys-
ieg'es. ana I don't think you can lpd
a qacerer one than that ! sent the
paper on ahead. 10 that you might have
time 10 Study Il before / came"
ut Is certally rather a curious pro-
drcliop' said Holmes AT 1rt slt
it would appear % - some childish
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"Since 4 o'clock"
"Any one elseT'
Eyes. the constable here"
and you have touched nothing"
Nothing"
You have acted with great dlscre-
ton Who sent for youf7
"The hgusemaid Saunders"
"Was II she who gave the alarmT
"She and Mrs. King, the cook"
"Where are they nowT
"In the kitchen, believe"
"rhen think we had better hear
their story at once"
The Old hall oak paneled and high
windowel had been turned into q court
Of Investigation. Holmes sat IN a
great. old fashioned chair. bis lnexora-
bic eyes cleaning out OF his hacgard
face. / could read Ia them a set pur-
pose TO devote his life 20 this quest
until the client whom he had failed 10
save should az last be avenged The
trim Inspector Martin the old gray
headed country doctor, myself and a
stohd village policeman made up the
rest OF thet strange company.
Cro be continued tomorrow.
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w ~ f-ilifi fAhIsfs Hsy
3iA.ES had been seated
cor some houYs 10 silence,
with bis long. thin back
cufved over n chemical
vessel ~ which he was
brewing a practicularly
malodorous product His
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"EXcellentP' said Holmes. "Excel-
lent! Pray continue"
when had taken the copy rubbed
out the marks. but two mornings later
a fresh inscription had appeared.
have a copy of It here"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08

Old Toni lay sick in his tent, and
Anita sat upon her feet by his cot,
waiting for the gorgio doctor whom
she had herself gone to summon, all
the herbal remedies of the camp hav-
ing failed. Toni was ninety years old;
and Anita was twenty, the daughter
of the old gipsy's youngest son, who,
with his wife, was dead, both having
died the same year, The oldest daugh-
ter of Toni was queen of the band,
but hers was a more than ordinarily
sordid nature, and there was little
time she had to spare from the bust
ness of getting silver from the gor-
gios. So, old Toni had come to de-
pend upon Anita for every attention
Anita had the shapeliest foot and
ankle in the world, the most exqu1s-
itely rounded form, the prettiest
hand; and her eyes cleaned like twin
stars from rose-tinted velvet sky.
Sander Costello, the young musician
of the band, never tired of looking at
her. But the girl feared him. He
was lazy, and earned absolutely moth
ing. His violin alone made him toler-
able in the camp, for he affected the
dandy" in his dress, and a sinister
leer lurked habitually in his eyes.
AS Anita sat by her grandfather.
waiting for the coming of the doctor,
Sander came and gazed in upon them.
If Toni should die, he co lid force the
girl to marry him. And why should
he not die? He was old enough.
Anita looked up when Sander dark
ened the tent opening. But when she
saw him she shuddered and looked
again into the face of her grandfather.
But presently, Sander was nudged
gently aside by the doctor who en-
tered the tent. A scowl from the mu-
sician's eyes followed him, and again
the gpysy's form darkened the door
way. DR.. Graves felt old Toni's
pulse. Then he turned toward the
front of the tent and motioned Cos
tello away.
Give us light here" he said stern
ly.
The man glided away, but his hand
caressed the handle of a small sti-
letto as he did So Anita saw this
movement and shuddered again.
Toni was very ill. and the doctor
shook his head doubtfully. But he
prepared something and explained to
Anita how it should be administered.
81 will come again tonight" he said,
and turned to take his leave.
Then Anita caught his arm and de-
tanned him. Old Toni had fallen
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08

When the wise woman is asked by
the friend of her heart, How do you
think this gown fits?" she edges away
from the precipice which yawns at her
feet and takes refuge in platitudes.
Its beautiful gown" she says, and
then, with animation, Aren't we hav-
ing lots of Strawberries this year, and
the fruit people say the crop of
peaches will be abnormally large"
says the Baltimore News.
The wise woman has learned how to
answer such questions by sad sad ex-
perience- There was time when she
would have replied, after much
thought: why, the seam which
should go down the middle of your
back is little awry, and one armhole
is larger than the other
She remembers the time when she
was innocent and thoughtless, and she
did this for the benefit of her dearest
friend who had implored her to be
perfectly frank.
She remembers that the friend gave
her one look of scorn and swept from
the room, remarking frigidly as she
did so: There certainly must be
something the matter with your eyes.
for this gown was made by the smart
est cutouirere in the city, and l think
it is quite the prettiest and best-fitting
l have seen this season"
This page knowing these things,
came the other day upon friend in
her boudoir wearing a new and tip
tilted hat and an absorbed and anx-
ious expression.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08
ORIGIN OF FLY FISHING
Sport Dates Back to Classic Times. as
Shown in Greek Writings of Third Century

under the water, fearful of disturbing
the surface and so soaring away his
game. Then he comes near the shady
side of the fly, gapeS and sucks him in
just like wolf snatching a sheep
from the fold or an eagle a goose from
the yard. This done, he disappears be-
meath the ripple. The fishermen I'M
derstand these manOeuvres, but they
do not make any use of these flies for
a bait for the fish; for if the human
hand lays hold of them they lose their
natural color, their wings fray and
they become UNBEATABLE to the fish.
So for this reason they make no use
of them, disliking them because their
nature forbids their capture. So with
angling craft they outwit the fish,
devising a sort of lure against them.
They lap lock of reddish wool round
the hook, and to the wool two cocks
feathers which grow under the wat
ties, and are brought to the proper
color with wax. The rod is from six
to ten feet long, and the horse hair
line, has the same length. They lower
the lure. The fish is attracted by the
color, excited, draws close; and
judging from its beautiful appear
ance that it will obtain a marvellous
banquet, forthwith opens its mouth,
but is caught by the hook, and bitter.
indeed, is. the feast it has, inasmuch
as it is captured"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08

when he died. Or. Graves sat on q
camp stool a few feet away. and Anita
knelt on the ground beside the cot
All had been silent for some moments
in the tent, when the old man raised q
finger, pointing toward Anita, and
turned his eyes toward DIR. Graves.
The doctor drew near, for the old man
had something to say The words
came in a whisper
Her mother was gorgio." said old
Toni. Take care of her."
DR.. Graves dropped 4. his knees be-
side Anita.
Give her to me for my wife, Toni, {"
he said eagerly, at the same time tax
ing the girls hands in his own
Tears filed Anita's eyes, but she
looked through them trustingly into
the eyes of the man beside her And
thus they remained for some mo.
ments, while old T,4i's dying eyes
looked from one to the other slowly
At last he nodded his head in assent
and breathed his last.
Presently DIR. Graves drew ANA
into his arms and gently stroked her
dark hair, as her head rested confid-
ingly against his breast
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08
Her Rival.

She hasn't much beauty to boast of:
Her mouth is too awfully big;
Her hair. which she should make the
most of,
Suggests. to my notice. a wig:
She goes in the awfuleSt rig:
The colors she wears are distressing
She hasn't the sense of pig,
L think, in the matter of dressing
She's awkward-the way that she walks
Gives sensitive people spasm-
I know that whenever she talks
/ feel l must yawn like a chasm
Her humor's a mere protoplasm
That hasn't developed all:
Her wits-well. I doubt if she has 'eu,-
At least they're remarkably small
So how she could be an attraction
/ can't for the life of me see
1 know, to my great satisfaction,
She can't hold candle to me-
But tastes do not always agree
And then there's the blindness of Cunid
I'll never believe it be,
But men are so terribly stupid.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08

The attorney for the denfense shook
his finger at the complaining witness
and raised his voice a little higher
Let us get this right" he said.
you state on oath that you had the
defendant arrested because he was
bounding you with threats to do you
up. Is that right?'
Yes, sir"
you repeat the assertion that he
was bounding you?"
Yes, sir
t.You saw the weapon that was
found on him when he was arrested,
didn't your"
Il did,
The attorney rose to his feet, leaned
forward and glared at him with an
expression terrible to behold.
Now, SIR he Numbered, will you
please tell this jury how the defend
ant could possibly have bounded you
with a bulldog revolver?''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08
ANTIDOTE FOR SNAKE BITE
Fluid That Is Used by Mexicans Sup
posed TO Be Secret Remedy of the N1olxi Indians

Supt. B. F. Daniel of the Territori-
al prison, who has been in the city
for the last three days, says the Ar
izona Republican, told while here of
a certain cure for the bite of the rat
tleSnake.
He had heard of it while he had
been engaged in mining in Mexico,
and since he became superintendent
of the prison he has seen two or three
Mexican convicts who had been cured
and who had the scars to show that
they had been bitten. On the hand
of one of them was the trace of cen
tipede, whose poison also yields to
the remedy. It's existence, however,
is not widely known, even in Mexico,
and is supposed to be entirely I'M
known out of that country.
There is in every rattlesnake a
small sac, about the size of Mexican
bean, attached to the inteStines. This
is filed with a brownish or black
fluid, and that fluid is the cure for the
bite If it is applied Immediately the
patient will not even suffer any swell
ing and will entirely avoid pain.
Many Mexicans carry the fluid with
them at all times when they are in
the mountains or on the desert. These
Mexicans kill all the rattlers they can
find, and most of them store the fluid
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08

in a bottle made of rifle cartridge
shell which is tightly corked-
In anatomical descriptions of the
RATHER no mention is made of this
particular sac, though air sacs are
members of the snake family. But
there is no doubt of the existence of
it, for Mr.. Daniel said he had seen
Mexicans remove it frequently
1t may be that this fluid is the Sc
cret of the Moki Indians, and accounts
for the immunity that they enjoy from
the poison of the RATHER. Those who
have attended their annual snake
dances and have seen dancers bitten
have wondered that the bites were
not fatal
At any rate, the secret of the i'm
munity is one of the most carefully
guarded secrets of the rites of the
Mokis and is kept within a select or
der of the priesthood. DIR. J. Miller
for years annually attended these
dances and made study of the GER
emon;es. The Indians formally adopt
ed him, not only into the tribe, but
advanced him in the priesthood The
doctor wanted chiefly to learn the Sc
cret of the poison antedote, and he
was told year after year that the next
year he would be put in possession
of the secret. But he died without it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08
LOCOMOTIVE IN THE GAME.
Baseball Story Told So Many Times
Maryland Believes 1t.

In the baseball annals of Texas
Baltimore county, is an incident
which, whether an actual occurrence
or not, has been repeated SO often
that it is invested with a force of fact.
On hot Fourth of July back in
the sos, when the catcher held his
and the pitcher knew of no curve or
toe plate, there was a game of ball be
tween the Texas Sluggers and the
Timonium Little Potatoes, But Hard
to Peel
The Sluggers had got in some good
stick work early in the game, and the
visitors were just feeling the big
Texas pitcher. 1t was the fifth inning
and the Little Potatoes had two men
on the bases, one on second and the
other on first, when one of their home
run hitters, who had been asleep up
until the moment. struck the ball
1t cleared the entire field. and
would have fallen on the railroad
came along and the ball disappeared
in the smokestack of the engine.
The train was going at a lively
speed up grade, and the force of the
puffs elected the ball. The momen-
tum of the train carried it until it fell
into the third baseman's hands, and a
double play was the result.
After much kicking from the Little
Potatoes as to whether the play was
fair, the side was retired, as the
double play made three hands out
Baltimore Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08

Probably few fishermen are aware
that fly fishing dates back to classic
times, says Forest and Stream. A
minute description of the artificial fly
as used by Macedonian anglers is
given by Aelian, Greek writer of the
third century A. D., as follows:
there flows a river, Astraeus by name,
and there in it fishes of a spotted col
or; but by what name the people of
those parts call them it is better to
ask Macedonians. At any rate, these
fish live upon the native flies which
fall into the river, and are like no flies
of any other part; one would neither
call them wasplike in appearance, nor
would one reply to a question that
this creature is formed like what we
call the humble bees, nor yet like the
honey bees themselves. 1t has really
the proper fashion of each of the
above. In audacity it is like a fly, in
size it might be called humble bee,
in color it rivals the wasp and it
buzzes like the honey bees. All COM
mon creatures of this sort are called
horse tails. These pitch upon the
stream to seek the food they affect
but cannot help being seen by the
fish, which swim underneath
$50 whenever one of them sees the
fly floating he comes softly, swimming
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08
CALLED WIZARD OF JAPAN
Inhabitants of N1ikados Empire Honor Shino-
of Most Powerful Explosive

The story of Dr. Clan Shimonose
and his wonderful gunpowder is told
by Yone Noguchi, in Success" The
following brief quotation gives an
idea of the great Japanese inventor
and his work:
Japan is honoring DIR. Clan Shimon-
ose the inventor of the Shimonose
gunpowder which the Japanese navy
is using in the war with Russia Rus
STA herself frankly admits the power
and effectiveness of the Japanese
balls.
Dr. Shimonose is 46 years old He
married when he was &C. He is the
father of one son and one daughter
His wife is said to be remarkable for
her sympathy with her husband
work. The japanese sentimentaliy
call him one of the great inventors OF
the world, not merely of Japan
He was born poor and without any
support for his education While at