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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-09

was the medical guy. His dooty was to
get hold of a rubber hammer an tap
the chests of the policy-holders. An he
done It. When he hoped the border the
rest of the bunch got hold of a pair of
rubber shoes an tapped the chests of the
treasury. or course, the main squeeze
of the plan has only been dead thirteen
months, so they only shook down a
little more than twenty-seven thousand
out Of the investment, but the play was
on an ready for long run. There's a
whole lot of dead ones would like to be
aboard u band wagon like that. an no.
body's sayin n word about Addicks,
either. Pass the gasoline. Have one
on me.
want to tip you Off to this, though:
The bunch is jumpln'. An they're jumpin
good an high. Some OF emil be lucky
If they clear the bars before they get
through. Hendricks amt fooling this
trip. He's goin' to stir things up. The
future of the great Republican party
! amt goin' to be monkeyed with. an the
| Syracuse boys got permission to make
/, things hum. Didn't he butt into Wash
! ington to see how the land lie? OF, course.
When he gets through We'll have a few
| hliiu WINS lFpll JclDIut lue JOylul OF
! the Demon District Attorney. You amt
! goin' to pass him by. Don't fool your
self He sees now where he's gcttln'
| left. 10 amt been dom nothin but
| slcuth He's been chnsin' after the pool
| rooms with u toy AK, an while hos been
! dabblin' with the small fry. the Anal
gamate1 Society of Buccaneers has been
| shakin' down the people till their tectn
was loose. Now TINT he's on, you can
| bet your life he amt goin to let no
| Superintendent OF Insurance gather In
all the limelight II there's any sparks
| flynn little Willie'll mako play for his
| share. An he has n good Tammany
| view Of what his share Is. too. AT tho
Same time he won't make no kick IL he
| gets 1t all.
| It's hard to tell just who had the best
| OF this Equitable game One man draws
| salary for reslsnin', another for dyin'.
| another because he done nothin' am Hyde
rakcs in q hundred thousnndfa year be-
cause lie done 'em all, An he done 'em
good You don't want to forget Chaun-
| him the neach? Why, there's nothin to
| 1T; he's n regular apple blossom OF
| course itlswas too had the facts came
| to light before he had q chance TO make
| peace. He's Il great reacemaker is De-
| pew. An there's no greater art than
| MAXIM complete peace where you got a
| bunch of the swag every time the dove
] futters, All you do is to be a sort of
| legal director. That is, your cards reads
! that way. 'nhere Amt nothln' to direct,
except the dough. an'8thats all directed
! to the same place, What they'll all do
| now tho cats out Of the has Is hard
| to say. It's n cinch none OF en- will work
! for a livip' Everyhody's been done that
| could lie done, or course, there's a few
| policy holders left that hai to he at
tended to, bat they've switched things
| around now so that there's q committee
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All doubts Is removed, now, TINT cheap
grafters is out Of date. Skates shines.
polishcs. moons. an all other sorts OF
four fushers has got to sit back with
the footman. The highs class fnanciers
has 'em faded SO they don't have no
show. The plain facts is that the art
of graftin has reached that stage of adj
vanccment where mans ashamed to
own up he managed to shpke down
paltry ten or twenty thousand dollars,
let alone boast OF it. He feels like q
guy tryin' to indooce Dick Garfield to
start up u game Of penny anty There
amt no room for. him. He's not one OF
the bon ton set. He amt even one OF
the two for five babies. He belongs to
the Pittsburg stpgy outfit.
day that makes his Twin craclsln' safes.
BY his cards he was dealer In seeur-
tiles. or course, he was, though the
card, might be figured out as Il little
misleadin'. ! nst him how things was,
an he put up Il face as long as d bass
viol. There's nothln to 1t no more"
no says; I'm through. In fifteen years
I've only netted about fifteen thousand
dollars, an here's this guy, Depew. rpked
In twenty thousand n year for dom
nothin'. An he don't run no chances.
This Equitable game has me down an,
out. see where I'm on the wrong tack,
an amt above takin' tip when I'm
In wrong. The fellow that Won't take
tip when he's in wrong an tho facts
Is showed under his nose, amt got no
right to succeed in business. But I've
concluded that safe crackin Amt the
| best branch OF my game by a long shot.
used to think 1t was, but 1t amt, In
surance has 1t beat every way you turn.
Facts is the things that tells Where do
como In? Figure on me. Then look n
Hyde an Alexander an Depew an the
rest OF the bunch, not forgettin' George
u. Squire. tho financial manager OF the
outfit, DO you mean to tell me my game
has any show agin theirs? No chance.
Here's Squire. He got 100000 year for
his little, stunt, Then he resigns, an
his salary is redooced to 100000 n year.
Can You beat that? Where does an ordi-
nary CRATER come in II these guys can
make twenty thousand year BY resign
In?
When n man figures it ont so he can
quit the work an still hang on to the
| dough- hos the goods. 1T aln't no use
sayin' 1t amt equitable. Hendricks says
| 1t is an there you are. There's nobody
deliverin' the goods to mo If resign,
Safes don't open themselves. tell you
I'm goin' to quit. The business Is all
right aR a whole, but my branch won't do.
I'm going to make a pass to break in
| with the rest Of the boys"
THERE'S lots of others eSpressn' the
same sentiments, too. You'll hear en-
from all sorts of people--people that
amt allied with ths Same business at all.
An you cln't blame EN- Lambert
see, got $1,000 = year for dyin'. That's
the sort Of high finanee that's the goods.
II opens up a noe profession, Lambert
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ishcd tonight.
Nora. too was silent, drinking in the
beauty of the solemn. moonlit forest on
every side of her Her soul was elated.
She was in an ecstacy of contentment
and delight
AS for Noel. on the box, he was silent,
too.
Heaven knows what j ougst to feel
about IT." he thought. Il would not
have dear Cyrl's heart wounded, and
yet-bow shall I survive it if she ac-
cepts him. how shall live, where shall
1 love the, girl!''
Presently he heard the silence broken
in the slcdge behind him. Nora and
Cyril had commenced n conversation,
speaking softly.
Listen as intently as he would, Noel
could not catch more than half of
what his brother said; Cyril did not in
tend that he, should.
So ! haSe vcntured to ask
| YOU ~ he caught these words.
side, or 4. may hope that sweet
err word in short, Nora, can sou
and .- love !"
Morals answer came to Noel's ears clear
scxaltation, of concentrated. deep certain
feeling there was no doubt and no hest
tation: she spoke aloud and from the very
depths of her being, so 1t seemed to
Noel:
oh yes-yes,' she said, "call 1t love,
Cyril; with an my heart and soul love-
pig squeaki!ng 50 that Noel lost thar
one word the most important of all, had
lie known it, for him!
Poor Noel he listened no more. A dull
booming and thuddng had commenced
within his head and heart; he sat silent,
stricken.
suddenly Cyrll's voice broke upon his
miserable ,rehections:
L uNnol--lnolftb ja6 ~, ho rio
one-two-four wolves
Noel reused, himself with a start and
looked to right and Left And on the
s ,sa5 th foow he psb S1id no four yeand
Nora clapped her hands with delight
and excitement It was, indeed, a weird
sight. Lark, gray. notwithstanding Great
We're turned, running belly to earth, or
travelling at Handkerchief dark forms
against the white of the snow, threading
suing the sledge. yet all, as yet, At q.
respectful distance, and out OF range Of
| the breech-loader shot guns ready fer
them inside. the vehicle
Noel whipped up his ponies; they had
seen and scented the wolves, and We're
| already somewhat anxious.
"Shoot when you can Cyril" said Noel
~ Is five miles TO Gorka. Will see
moment later Cyril fred a shot
| Quickly stllled by ITS companions, which
| him down. The taste of blood excited
them; they came nearer, baying yelplng,
bowling as they ran. Cyril fired again
score seemed to follow on, though many
stopped TO fight over the rarcase,
II is serious Nora, hut do not ba
afraid; with Noel no keep the ponies to
wanted wolves, but there can be too many
Of them!n
Keep on shooting, Cyril" cried Noel
from tho box.
Cyril fred shot after shot, bnt tho
joiing disturbed his aim and he missed
several tiAes; worse thaR this ~ o4ls
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to look after them. Ryan amt so slow
either as a sort of general superirl-
tendcnt. Don'tayou think he was OH
to his game when he asst uncle Grover
to take n hand in the pie? Why. certainly.
II he was on the level why didn't he
invite Van Wyck? Van Wyck was the
greatest Mayor Moo York ever had. OF
course he knoo more about Ice than lle,
does about insurance, but that don't mat
ter. Cast your eye at this fellow Giles
pie, the chap with the hand painted eyes
brows. 81 t}it III
Hc didn't know anythin' about nothln'.
He was a stakeholder. He held FOR
Hyde An he got ten thousand a year
only people In the whole push who got
nothin' was the people that worked. Even
the outside policyholders got somethln'.
They got the razzlo dazzle An. tlley ain't
all paid up yet.
AT tho same time there amt no cora-
bination that can be sprung on EN- thllll
ever. be able to trim en- down us neat
as the James boys-.Alexander an HYDE.
Jessie and Frank has retired from blisi-
| ness. The gay Moo Workers had tho
greatest organization that was ever
the TIL for $4,000 at one crack ont &C
| the box. a crack at the safe amt In r..
An tll.y turned that trick on the Jap
bond issue Why. you can see tho Whole
up burnt ofrerlns to Mars OF Tuesdays.
| Wcnsdays an Friday jollyin' him to hils-
tie on another battle. There never was
missed. But you're got 10 set it clear clear
into your mind.
First there Is Hyde as Hyde. Then
there. Is Alexander as Alexander. l!ien
rest or the bunch. These forms tic party
Of the first part When they all sat 90
gethsr nm the, gong sounds taeyte the
part Well. the party OF the first part
horrows some money from the party 81
the second part. Then they buy soni1
bonds.
them. The bonds is handed over 10 one
Of the Hall Room boys, Then the gong
sounds an the push is turned into the
Freddy hobs up accordln to schedule ant
offers to sell the bonds for a million, IT'S
'n, 60 says ~, The party of the second part;
all switch back to beln' parties OF the nrst
part an, as such dlvvy np tlls swag. wiiiis
the policy-hoders sings COAX me, SO
on an Coax ms
The real chance Of the policy; holders
comes in when you got down 70 the legal
departmant Tho legal department is sap,-
posed 70 steer the game right an see IilIs
handed methods "a dyin' has 70 be resist-
ed IT amt part OF the poitcy-holder'a
| privilege TO die. That's the business Of tho
medical man, The legal department pres
vents any butt!n' in. rbe only dopty of q
(, pollcy-holder is to chip in an sing low,
| Ten per cent OF his anti goes TO tho legal
| department.. which sopks out hat he dOn's
| get none of II hack again. You can't 80
| Into tho whole of the sehenie, ~ taxes
| you few days to get the details lined
| ,lp But YOU can see at u glance shat its
! highly iIscouragn' 10 the Ordinary graf,
ter. He's like the coon In Bili Shaxess
pesre's show-his occupalson's gone,
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ut has been simply delightful, said
Nora Rousakof. Jumping out OF the
siedge at her own door. "siedging by
moonlight and through the forest would
be lovely in any case, hut hearing tht.
wolves howl was a new experience-yOu5
are quito positive they were wolves?'
She paused; both the brothers laughed.
3:'Nocl and ! know most things about
forest life." said Cyril. who stood with
her al the door. having assisted her from
the sledge II wish had an acre of land
for every wolf have heard howl-wercn't
you bit frightened, Nora?'
Not scra p-wnat, with two huntsmen
ofrenown like you and Cyril? You must
take me again one night.
'.Would you dare come with us II we
drove about after wolvcs-you might see
one or two" Nora clnpped her hands.
ooh, yes-ycs." she cried, Tomorrow
II you Will, or any evening; send me
word before and I'll be ready-good
night"
She gave Csril's hand a distinct squeeze
Goodnight, Noel" she added. 81 hope
you weren't dull up there on the boX?'
''Somehody must hold the reins.'' he
inurlnured. He would have liked to add,
God knows I would prefer to sit quite
close to you to hear your dear voice a
my very ear, but that's Cyril's privilege"
The brothers were silent for a few
minutes MS theydrove home,yards, sitting
side by side now. bothHcry thoughtful.
The brothers were silent for few
minutes as they drove homcwards. sitting
side by side now, bothtvery thoughtful.
II am almost certain It's you, BROTHER"
said Noel, presently; "she scarcely spoke
a word to me. and how merrily and
happily she chartered with you!" Cyril
did not reply.
A"Don't you think so, YOURSELF" con-
tlnued Noel, somewhat brokonly. n
I'm afraid It Is as you say, dear
brother Cyril replied, softly; God
knows am truly sorroy for you. /"
And God knows that since 1t may
not be !, am glad With all my soul
that you should be the blessed one; AM
not so mean as to grudge you happiness,
brother!"
Cyril said nothing, butrhe took his bro
theirs hand and pressed It. He did not
speak. because he dared not to tell Noel
the truth
Convinced as he was that Nora pre-
fered him.. the circumstances-<instead OF
dclightins him. as Noel Imagined
weighed heavily upon his spirits. Until
last autumn lie had believed himself to
he as much Nora's slave as Noel HIMSELF
both had known her and loved her from
boyhood, ana devotion to Nora had been
n kind Of tradition between tho brothers
70 rthe past dozen years; but this last
autumn Cyril had made the acquaintance
of an English damsel in ST. Petersburg,
nnd-Well, Morals predilection for him
had since weighed like n burden upon
his conscience.
"How peryerse are the ways OF love-
he reflected, bitterly; there is poor Noel
dying for Nora, and can't bave her bo7
cause Of me; and am dying for looro-
thy Osbons. and can't tell her. 50 hes
cause of Nora
'Eu toy you Mai Yen aeA bsother.'
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he said, presently. "Thc day after to-
morrow We'll take her after wolves; I'll
hold the reins and you shall sit by her
and tell her straight out that you love
her; we shall see what she will say!''
Bit Noel shook his head. THAT would
only make her wpctched, because she
would have to refuse me-" he sighed;
better that you sit by and tell her Of
your love; have lost her anyway, you
see, so that it will make no difference
10 me, and-she win be spared a painful
converse tom
Very well. be it So" said Cyril, after
a moment and the drive continued in 81
lence.
But though Cyril had seemed to en-
ter into Nocl's suggestion, he did not
intend TO carry 1T out He would have
a last struggle for freedom and Dorothy,
and at the same time do his utmost for
old Noel. He would plead for Noel; Nora
should at least know that Noel's splendid
heart was hers to take or leave.
During the following day Cyril babe
his younger brother ride over to the
Rousakof mansion in order to ask Nora
whether she would care to accompany
them in their noctural wolf-hunt. Make
all the running you can with her." said
Cyril, "for remember ! am to have my
innings tonight.
1T won't. be any good" Noel sighed;
besides I'm always such n fool when
she's there. and can't string two sensible
words togethcr!'
Don't come If YOU feel at all fright
ened about it," he told Nora presently;
"of course, there's an element of danger
whom there are many wolves about. .ns
there seem to be now"
= IN not in the least afraid" said Nora
"still, IL you would rather be without
the responslbility-''
"Oh, no: do GOMEZ Noel interrupted
hastily .I'm--1'm sure Cyril would be
drcadfully disappointed IL you didn't"
An expression of mpatencc--almost a
frown-passed quickly over Nora's face,
| but Noel did not observe 1t.
well, I'll come" she said. II shall
he ready Mt nine Tonight"
Punctually at that hour tho brothers
called for Nora. Noel sat on the box
seat. the girl took her place beside
| Cyril There was no need to ask whether
| they had brought a pig with them for
tho little brute was in fill voice. tied
AS he was In a sack With view to at
tracing the wolves BY his noise.
4 another speak," she cried, but Cyril re-
| piled that the pig would not maintain
his present level of noise production; he
| would quiet down presently. and would
perhaps even have to be shaken up.
later on, in order that his invitations to
tho wolves might be sufficiently press
Ing. If he falls asleep We shall get no
wolves" Cyril laughed
Then tho long drive began through
splendid pine forests lit up by n full
| moon.
Cyril was somewhat silent. consider
ling how he should commence to plead
for Noel. 1t was difficult because, sup
POSING that Nora preferred himself,
there was the danger OF wounding her
| by seeming 10 desire that she should
listen To No.'s suit, Nevertheless, the
! task nust somehow be begull and fin
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ishcd tonight.
Nora. too, was silent, drinking in the
beauty of the solemn. moonlit forest on
every side of her Her soul was elated.
She was in an ecstacy of contentment
and delight 800 st}s4
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TfiT E CAROLINA BR|GHTS CIGARETTES I 6SiR


occasion the ponies SHE'D so suddenly
from a daring wolf that made a dash at,
.coilided against a tree trunk Cyril
icutched at the girl bSihis side, and held
on to: her as the sledse righted itself:
but. the gun was thrown out with the,
concusslon. together with the pig in its
hamper;, and Noel's gun, which lay in
the straw at the bottom Of the sledgc.
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was darkened and lighted with silver
candelabla. The ceremony was per-
formed by the brides pastor. the Rev.
NJ. G.. ArroWood.
During the ceremony Loves
Dream VAS softly played on the
piano. The bridal party entered III
the followins order: Mr.. Newlin with
Miss Jessie Heritage, Mr. Leslie
Blythe, who acted as best man, with
Miss Cora Muse, Of Greensboro, VINO
was the brides maid. followed by the
bride and groom, Little Opal Nickel
son niece Of the bride, dressed in pure
white, was ring bearer. The bride
was "owned in white silk ana carried
Il large mouquet of white carnations.
The brides maid and maid of honor
were attired in lovely pink vaiilc
dresses and carried pink carnations.
\ sumotuous dinner was enjoyed
BY the bridal party before the cere-
mOn&.
After the ceremony and congratulate
tons the bride and room left on the
5:45 =. m. train for Fayetteville. y.
c.. their future home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-28
Gathering JEv.denc II Durham.

Especial 10 News ana ObsewerJ
Durham. II. c.. jan. 27,--Mr. w. &.
!3ramham. private secretary 10 Mr. r.
l.. Duke. accompanied by one of Mr..
Dukes Ncw York attorneys, Mr.. ).
Andrews arrived here this morning,
coming from New York. They We're
Tot accompanied by Mr.. Duke. He
is now somewhere IN the North, where
he will remain until his attorney and
secretary return to him. They will
,eave here tomorrow, probably in the
afternoon. The two representatives. OF
Mr. Duke are here making arrange
ments for the final hearing which will
take place next week. During the day
stenographcrs have been busy prepar
ing affidaviLs from prominent citizens,
ia which they tell Of the condition of
Mr. Duke. These will be used in the
fral hearing when the courts pass on
the question of Mr.. Dukes sanity and
decide whether Il commission shall be
appointed to manage his business af-
fairs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-28
WELCOME TO MRS. AYCoCK.
Woman's Club i'm GoldsbOro Hold Re-
ceDtion i'm Her Home.

The Goldsboro Argus has the follow
ing account of the reception given Mrs
Aycock on her return from the Execu-
tive Mansion to her home--Goldsboro.
II says:
THE Woman's Club Room was the
scene Yesterday afternoon of one of
the most successful receptions ever
held by that body. The invitations
We're issued to club members and
visitors, and were responded to by a
select crowd of Goldsboro's repre-
sentative women, eager and anxious
TO welcome to her home again, Mrs.
G. r. Aycock. The rooms were beaut1-
fully decorated with palms, ferns and
hyacirths. The guests We're received
by Miss Gertrude We'll and Mrs. W.
r. Peterson, and We're escorted to the
receiving lire, Mrs. w. H. Gordon, Mrs.
Aycock, Mrs. B. III. Griffin and Mrs.
Anderson, of Wilson. During the af-
ternoon punch was served by the
young ladies' Misses Kirby, Beaman,
Cohen and Spier.
THE entertainment was in the
hands of a music committee, and both
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SWayne's Trial FEBRUARY
Tenth.
CONTINUED from Page one.l

sent to the desk one appropriatinG
100000 to enable the Secretary Of
Agriculture to issue cotton reports
twice a month during the growing
and gathering Of the crop.
The amendment was defeated % 10
a.
An amendment was agreed to spe-
officially. appropriating and making
Immediately available $4,000 for the
investigation of rice blight and the
substitution Of other crops in rice
lands
The Army Appropriation Bill vas
sent back to committee, after Mr..
Williams lMiss.), had objected 10
unanimous consent to non-concur in
the Senate amendments and seEd the
bill To conference and after Mr.. HUI
had refused To make a motion to ac-
rept the senate amendment regard
ing retired army officers assigned to
active duty.
The House adjourned until toalor-
row
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-28
SUMMERS FOUND GUILTY.
Charged With EmbeZzling 400 from
the Singer Machine Company.
Especial to News and observer. )

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, y. c.. Jan. 27.-George
"A. Summers was found guilty by
jury this morning in Guilford Superior
Court of embezzlng 81 400 from the
Singer Manufacturing Company. while
he was manager of the company $
office in this city last May. After TAX
ing the money he absconded and was
arrested in Illinois. The trial of the
case was started Wednesday morning
and was hard fought all the way
through. The argument of counsel
occupied the session yesterday after
noon and last night until 10 O'Clock,
after which Judge Shaw charged the
jury. Sentence will not be passed be-
fore tomorrow.
Solicitor Brooks this morning took
a mol pross with leave in the case
against Johnson stroud, colored
charged with putting poison in meal
from which was made bread for his
family and causing the death of his
stepdaughter
Mrs l.. w. Hall died this morning
at the home of her uncle, Capt. II.
ID. Knight. after an illness of several
weeks. Her husband is expected to
reach here from Richmond tonight
and the remains will be shipped to
that place for interment Deceased
was + ere ON visit from Richmond
when she was taken sick. She was
u years old and is survived by q
husband and one child.
Mrs. G. c. Gorrell. who has been an
invalid for several years, died yester-
day afternoon at her home on South
Ashe street, at the age of II years.
For more than half a century she
had been loyal member of the Pres
byterian Church. The funeral viii
be held at the residence tomorrow,
conducted by her pastor, Rev. Dr. r.
w Smith