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The Lamar register., 1906-02-14

Listen, Constance" said her uncle.
quite patiently, though he inwardly
wondered that women could be so un-
reasonable. THE proofs were over
whelming before; they satisfied every
one else; but when Lows letter came
to the president of the bank. then a
telegram stating details, we had to
believe. If more proof were needed, it
was supplied afterwards when another
altered note, this time altered from
four hundred to four thousand, came
IN. For day or two ii looked as if
the bank must fail. The trustees is
sued circular to the banks of the
country to send in any deposits they
might have of their paper, but ther
was no res pOnse, so ii is likely no
other notes were offered. That is ex-
actly as the matter stands. Constance.
| thought it wrong TO leave you in
Ignorance any longer. You know how
| hate unpleasantness or trouble of
any sort. and that | would not have
told you If IL could have been avoided" !"
know, Uncle Carter. you meant
to be kind said Constance in low,
restrained voice. Il am sorry spoke
to YOU so sharply, but was upset by
having the matter broached when |
had set 1t one side. | don't believe it
Row, and | am sorry that you do. But
no matter" as he opened his mouth
10 speak. you cannot help it, perhaps.
You did not know him as | did.
an, sorry about the money, but Vane
will reimburse you If he is living. If
not, l WILL and Constance took up
some sewing, and, selecting.a needle
already threaded, took few tremu-
lous stitches,
Her uncle went out the door and
Gown 10 his office Illuminating.
She has doubts, | can see that but
she won't give way to them. There
are deeper feelings at work in her
heart than her words show. Poor Con-
stance, What a brave soul she has.
And to think he should desert her, 1t
is hard to believe all this of Vane
Hamilton"
Hard, indeed. but how many IN
stances like 1t are on record. Institu-
tions for savings have been proved
necessary The most trustworthy men.
as they are supposed to be, are placed
nearest the money center. Response
BILE men, in most cases personal
friends. are held as sureties under
heavy bonds. And yet what Is the
result? 1t can be read almost any
day in the newspapers in the records
of bank defaulters. in the history of
mon whose honesty was slowly con-
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Plans for the historic arch which is
10 be erected at one of the entrances 10
,he old Cambridge (Mass.) common by
.he national society, Daughters of the
Revolution, have been approved. and
,he work will begin Immediately
When the plans were first presented
10 Mayor DAILY of Cambridge the pro
Nosed site for the arch was Mt the en-
trance to the common near the his
ioric Washington elm. However. sf-
Ter the various committees had been
consulted in the matter the site was
changed TO the entrance al the inter
fection of Gardner street and Massa
chusetts avenue. very nearly opposite
Christ churoh h.
The plan for the arch is suggestive
of colonial architecture, llanked on
either side by law walls. that form n
recess. On each of the side walls are
lpS stone s:sts. Between the two
Large gatepi.sfs is a wrought iron arch,
bsviDg in the center the seal of Massa-
G ciusttts.
Tho arch will cover an area 80 feet
II length snc 10 feet In depth. The
gate opening Is about eight feet AMI
the arch will he 10 feet high. Gran
i.e is to be used for the stone work,
ond the recess is to be paved with
franolithic blocks.
Or the walls at either side of the
gate posts there will he two handsome
lIonze tablets setting forth the pur-
rose OF the memorial. On one tablet
Is the seal o; the society and figures
presenting Justice and Prosperity
with the inscription: Near this spot
Washington took command OF the con.
t'nental army July 5th. i775." Erect
CO by the Daughters of the Revolu-
tlon" (the date TO be added. The 9th
er tablet has a portrait OF. Washing
ton. with the continental flags. ani
figures representing peace and war.
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Historic Structures of .ass.,,s.ssasssa=ss ss. sa=s.
the Shenandoah Valley


Within radius of one mile of the
little village of Leetown. w. Va, aud
in the most beautiful portion of the
Shenandoah valley, are still standing
three houses which once sheltered
three of the most famous characters
in American history. Being somewhat
out of the line of ordinary travel.
these historical houses have passed
comparatively unnoticed. To the stu
dent of revolutionary war history they
possess a patriotic interest not to be
found in any other buildings reminis-
cent of the early days of Americas
struggle for freedom.
One of the houses was occupied by
Gen. Charles Lee, the daring but i'm
pulsive commander whose rashness
at the battle of Monmouth gained him
rebuke from George Washington
Lee, in rage, retired from the serv-
ice and sought the seclusion of the
Shenandoah. Gen. Horatio Gates, who
aspired to rival Washington and whose
hopes were dashed by defeat at the
battle of Camden. also sought the
peaceful valley, where he nourished
his grievances, real or fancied. for
nearly the balance of his life. In a
third house lived Adam Stephen, once
an intimate friend of Washington, and
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Perhaps Lee has been too much
blamed. and was perhaps not such
great offender as the world supposed.
His error at Monmouth was not want
of courage. but of Judgment. for he
had fought with the most reckless
bravery on two continents-this sol
der of fortune who had all 10 lose
and nothing but life 10 gain. But the
brave man abandoned a cause which
he regarded as having outraged him
and refused to take further part In
the war He was court martialed an!
his commission taken from him. He
went back to his estate and busted
himself in growing tobacco. declaring
it the best school for a general.
After years of weary existence Gen.
Lee moved to Philadelphia, where he
died.
While George Washington vas rta-
toned at the town of Winchester en-
gagged in his work of surveying he
formed the acquaintance of Adam ste.
phen, and later on when Washington
became commander of the forces on
the frontier. Adam Stephen received
his first commission. He was com.
mandant for some time at Fort Cum.
berland. then the furthest advanced
post of the border, and Immediately
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The idea of this arch was suggested
to the national society. Daughters of
the Revolution, by Mrs. Adeline F.
Massachusetts.
The reasons presented by Mrs. Fitz
were these: 1t was in New England
the American revolution had its birth
1t was in Cambridge that Washington
took command of the American army.
whose integrity, skill and undauntei
patriotism accomplished our country's
freedom"
again, we feel" said Mrs Fitz.
that to place memorial in a com.
munity where thousands would gath.
er inspiration and thousands of visit
ors from all lands revert the deeds of
the founders of our republic at the
birthplace OF freedom would be II giori-
Gus accomplishment for or society"
This recommendation having re-
ceived the approval of the general So
ciety. Mrs. Fitz brought the matter
before Mayor DAILY of Cambridge ask
ing that site for the proposed me-
mortal arch be granted at the entrance
to the old Cambridge common. near
the Washington elm. The matter was
referred to the city council and the
plans have since been under consider
alton by the municipal AIT aid rark
commissions and other committees
having jurisdiction in such matters.
Notwithstanding that up to the pres
ent time the plans have been some
what tentative. during the past few
months something over 400 was
raised toward the fund of $1,000 ncces-
| sary to complete the memorial.
AS the members of the society IL all
parts of the country have undertaken
to raise, this sum as part of their pa
triotic work the coming year, it IS
hoped that it will be realized early in
the spring.
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sumed by proximity to temptation, the
incident to great trusts.
Bruce, MEANWHILE, was pursuing his
Investigations in his own manner.
By strenuous endeavor Bruce sue
ceeded in discovering the fact that the
woman with the emerald-tinted hair
got off the train at Mechanic Falls. al
though Libby professed to recollect
that she bought a ticket through to
Portland.
The detective further learned that
she went north that night, when Con-
ductor Stone was in charge of the
train, to Island Pond. She staid all
night at the Stewart House, and in
the morning took train for Coaticoke.
ostensibly, but as he shrewdly sur
missed she was quite as likely to have
stopped short of her supposed desti-
nation. Thus far he was enabled to
track her. but no farther. In fact, he
knew nothing about her after she left
Island Pond.
Bruce was at his wits ends. The
fifteen hundred dollars held out by
the bank president, together with pro-
fessional pride, made him unwilling to
relinGuish the undertaking. and he set
himself to finding out what he could
about Hamilton's past life, the portion
of it which was compressed into the
two weeks in each May which. since
his marriage at least. he invariably
spent away from Grovedale.
As his Investigations progressed,
Bruce grew more and more excited.
and il is not too much 10 say that he
was completely mystified as well. For
IL was in the most questionable streets
and among the most dishonest haunts
that he found the surest traces of his
presence. He had his photograph, he
had the assistance of other detectives,
and as the search went on, it was
proved that Vane Hamilton, or his
double, was the frequenter of places
which the honest people of Grovedale
would have shuddered to contemplate,
even in Imagination.
Bruce went West again. for he was
in hopes to discover that Hamilton
had retraced his course to the States.
If involved in dishonest schemes iii
western towns now, as Bruce felt con-
vinced that he had been in the past.
he was likely. he thought. to return
any day. for prudence is not common
" the characteristic of a rogue.
First Bruce went to Valparaiso. a
in Kansas. where he fancied tidings
were to be found of Hamilton's opera.
tious.
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mounting his horse, he rode away. first,
however, having left a note affixed to
his front door Ohe only one) saying:
NO MEAT COOKED HERE TODAY.
It is said that Washington came and
knocked in vain; but when he read
the paper he silently rode away, rec
ognizing the bitterness of his form er
companion stronger than ever.
Gen. Lee was called the Boiling
Water" by the Mohawks, to distin-
guish his restless temperament-n
temperament which led him oyer Eu-
rope and other countries before ae
found final residence in America. se.-
tling in Virginia in 1878. He became
an ardent Republican, and was one
of The original major generals of The
revolutionary war. When Washing
ton rebuked him on the field of Mon
mouth and charged him with ill-timcd
imprudence, Lee quickly retorted: /
know of no man blessed with larger
portion. of imprudence-that rascally
virtue-than yourself" 80. -- 's !,-1j''
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GREAT STATESMAN AS HE WAS.
Portraits OF Washington Have Not
Uone Him Justice.


"Napoleons cynical definition of
history as "A lie agreed upon has a
erect appl' cation to the general ac-
ceptance OF a most inaccurate port
Iait of Washington. Whatever the
father of his country may have looked
like, he certainly did not resemble
the popular Stuart " This rather
startling assertion is made by Will
lam Curtis Taylor the text of an in
teresting study in the Booklovers
Magazine. Els method of proof is
"to secure scientific confirmation of
the agreements and comparative eff
facement OF the disagreements of the
original artists" for whom Washing
ton actually sat. After a careful study
CT over 1900 engravings and num-
ter of original paintings and various
coins at the mint, final reference
was made 20 composite photography.
three applis ations being made. THE
selections for the several groupings
we're not arbitrary, but were guided
ouly b. the point of view of the feat
uIes.' The resulting Washington is
remarkable ir its definiteness of out
Enc and lifalike appearance. The re-
productions OF the original paintings
which accomra any the article are very
helpful in following Mr.. Taylor's in
terestiug discussion of the individual
conceptions o, the different artists.
Washington gave at least forty-five
sittings to over score of aspirants.
besides posing for several shadow sill
houettes. How he regarded this tax
en- comfort he remarked in letter to
a friend: "I am so hackneyed to
the touches of the painters pencil
that / am now altogether at their
beck and sit like Patience on monu-
ment while they are delineating the
lines of my face. At first | was as
impatient at the request and as rest
i've under .hc operation as a colt is
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HOUSE OF WASHINGTON RELICS
Hasbrouck Home in Hewburg. N. ",
Full Of Revolution Reminders.

Hasbrouck Home in Eewburs. N. ",
Full Of Revolution Reminders.
The beautiful city OF Nepburg. on
the Hudson river, has honored itself
and conferred a priceless boon upon
the state by preserving the old Has
brouck house, which served as Wash
ington's headquarters from April 4,
1882 to Aug. IS, 1888.
Built by Jonathan Hasbroucli in
1850, 1t has the comfortable look of
the unpretenticus story-and-a-half
house of the period, and stands finely
on the sloping bank of the river. The
walls of the house are of stone, two
feet in thickness, An old-fashioned
Dutch stoop or porch opens upon the
first floor. with its six rooms in addi-
ton to the kitchen. The ceilings are
low. with heavy timbers of hewn
wood. which SUPPORT the nosrs of the
upper rooms, originally only four in
number The sloping roof Is sustain
ed by long timbers of roughly hcwn
cedar wood which still gives ont the
pleasant odor peculiar to that tee
While some changes have been nee
essary, the house to-day is very ear
ly just what . it was when Ger, and
Mrs Washington occupied it with.
their military family.
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The Howling Mob.

Jones is the father of thirteen chill
dren, and lives at Widnes. Last weel
he took them all to one of the thea
ters at Liverpool On the way to the
station he headed the small process
sion. and his wife brought up the real
with the youngest boy.
Upon entering the station one of the
porters rushed upon Jones and asked
him what he had been doing.
Poor Jones, amazed. stared vacant
ly, and answered:
Nothing. Why"
Then what's the blooming crowd
foIIering yer for?"-LiverpooI (Eng.
Mercury.
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IL YOU go on that way. Your husband
is dishonest man, there!" blurting it
out and mopping his face energetical-
ly. 81 meant to have broken it to you
easy. but you wouldn't let me-" he
said in a complaining tone. But ne
was alarmed directly by Constance
falling back in her chair. Her hand
dropped beside her and an ashen hue
covered her face. Her uncle thought
she twas dying. He flew to her SIDE,
prasped a tumbler of water and was
about to deluge her with it. but she
put up her hand and said weakly;
No. not that, | am so cold. She
was shivering now, and her teeth chat
tered audibly.
what shall 1 get you?" cried her
uncle.
Nothing. I shall be better soon. ]
am better. You were saying, uncle
she said feebly.
mo matter what said. Folks get
mistaken. Forget it all. would. Don't
bother your head about it.
She motioned to her work basket
Get that paper" she said.
He looked and saw a neatly folded
newspaper. the Boston Globe. contain
ing. as Mr.. Carter saw directly, full
account of the bank examination, un-
der sensational headlines.
Why" gasped her uncle. Il thought
you knew nothing about it.
Il did not until yesterday. and
would not believe it. The paper was
over week old, and l thought that 1t
related to the first suspicious. but
that since then all had been proved
right"
Matters were set right at the bank
by his bondsmen paying the amount
that was missing, Constance.
You were one of them, uncle.
yes"
well. when Vane comes back he
will pay you"
What folly is this, Constance" said
her uncle, sternly. Henderson and
held out till we could do so no longer
The proofs were overwhelming; the
account you have read is true
But because he went away ana
sIoes not return, is that criminal? he
lay be i'll somewhere. People ire
-quently have brain fever and cannot
tell so much as their names"
But Vane was well on the 2sth OF
May He was at the bank the "a.
He got five thousand dollars at the
national. bank in Boston on note
which he presented himself.
But hadn't he a right 10 when ne
Is the trcasurer?"
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and was a man of rude jest and Wild
revel, but with brave and patriotic i'm
pulses. He worthily fought many
fights for the people he loved and his
home. In his will he disposed of
large area of lanh and requested that
his remains be laid to rost at certain
point in the edge of Martinsburg--n
location which Is now included IN
the estate OF former Senator Charles
Faulkner, and in the northwest corner
of the beautiful grounds which front
his home. The general also provided
in his will that certain sum of money
be expended in erecting a substantial
monument over his grave, but the ex;
ecutors of the estate never got further
than placing a few hugh stone bowl
ders for foundation. Somehow, as is
sometimes the case in such matters.
the money was, not forthcoming, amt
to-day the large stones. for the fpyndzs
tipn of the monument are all that
SHOWS where the great fighter and Ind
etar citizen is burieds'c't :, .'r sr
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CHAPTER v.

MIR. Carter Breaks the Matter Gently
In less than two weeks the injunc
tion was removed from the bank
bondsmen paid the sum for which they
we're obligated, and matters rapidly
took on their usual aspect.
Mr.. Carter and his partner were do
ing well at the mill, but it could not
be denied that the loss of money and
Vane's detection were hard to bear
Plying his niece deeply, he could not
bear to add to her grief by telling her
of the terrible suspicious entertained
now almost universally. and so he sat
generally quite silent at his meals
spending his remaining time at the
office. under the plea, correct enough
of press of business.
But one day he decided to tell his
niece the whole matter, and so after
tea one evening he sat down in his
arm chair beside her and said. Are
you too busy to talk little to-
night"
Il am always busy. for | find so
much to do, and | want TO get every,
thing in order before Vane comes.
But / am ready to talk with you. for
you have seemed too tired lately for
conversation. You have really earned
a rest, and when Vane comes | am
sure he will insist upon your taking
it"
Constance" he said gravely, has
1t not occurred to you that your hus-
band may never return?"
He isn't dead! You don't mean to
tell me that?" she cried in a sharp,
wild voice, clasping her hands and
looking at him with wide eyes and ter
ritied gaze.
No. no. child. don't mean that, but
maybe it is as bad"
"As bad, Nothing could be as bad
as to lose my husband, uncle. could
better lose all else besides. | have
thought about it a great deal since he
went away, and ! am convinced that TO
lose Vane would kill me-
"Oh, come, now, Constance,
wouldn't go on like that. Women's
husbands die every day, and they don't
feel like that; the most of EN- get
married again. | only wish your hus-
band was as well off as theirs"
las well off as theirs-dead' What
do you mean, Uncle Carter?" said Con
stance, rising with indignant face.
crimson where it was pallid before.
Are you crazy?"
You will make me crazy, Constance.
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of the saddle; now no dray moves
more readily to the thill than to the
painters chair"
Few distinguished men of our
day." Mr.. Taylor asserts. IF they we're
painted by so many different artists.
would show without variation in such
a range OF portraits the kindly pna.ses
OF character which are reflected from
the canvases that we have been con
sidering. We can no longer believe
those historians who tell us of the
habitual statelincss and reserve of
Washington. When not on his profes
sional dignity. ne must have been
geniality itself"
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who fell into disgrace by his abrupt
withdrawal from the army. All three
were trial by court-martial and dis
missed from the service.
Tradition has it that after Lees re
buke by Gen. Washington at Mon
mouth the latter sent note stating
that he would call upon him on ce.'
tain morning, and that he hoped all
past contentious and bitterness had
been forgotten. Lee could not eradi.
cate the old anger he felt for his al
versary. and, unlike the ordinary man,
he could not make commonplace
excuse for not desiring to see him. He
had to do 1t out of the ordinary-do
IT as no other person would. So on
the day fixed for the visit of Gen.
Washington, Lee sent away his Italian
servant and all the negroes and thea.
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confronting Fort DuGuesne. He COM
manded a battalion sent to the aid OF
South Carolina by Virginia. Soon af-
ter this he abruptly left the service,
returning to his home to spend tho
balance of his days. Gen. stephen held
large landed possessions and gave to
the contry the land on which Martins
burg now stands.
1t is said that Stephen, like Morgan
and other soldiers of the period, was
much given to the wine cup: and. un-
like his neighbor. Lee. he loved com
pany and was never happier than when
he had his friends around him, From
his cabin there was often the sound
of revelry in the long hours of the win.
ters' nights. Stephen kept open houEe
all the time. He loved the wild woods
in which he lived he loved his people,
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Just about nine miles up the De.a
ware river from Trenton stands an
old house. untenanted and lonely.
where only ghosts and memories keep
Christmas revels in this year of grace,
but where, 100 years ago, there wnS
held the mcct mementors Christmas
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Valley Forge, the site of the his
toric encampment of the continental
army under Gen. Washington VII!
soon be added to the various places
of famous revolutionary ground now
set aside ~ state and fede'rl govern
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gathering this continent has ever seen
when the heavy booted aides OF Wash
ington came trapmling in. taking Il
swig or two of mine hosts steaminr
punch before, with Merry Christmas.
they hurried cut again on thei: way
to Trenton.
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ment in remembrance of the grea.
war of Independence and the men.
who fought therein. Already fair
sized portion of the old bivouac field
has been acquired by the state ot
PENNSYLVANIA.