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somewhat sallow. with very high forehead and small
deep set eyes He dressed in ordinary evening
clothes, the details of which, however, betrayed
his status. He wore heavy gold chain, dinner
coat, and made-up white tie, with the ends tucked
in under roll collar. He appeared to me objection
able but far from dangerous.
You still a trihe anxious respecting the
interior of my room,' | remarked, pushing him
gently back.
He spoke to me for the first time He spoke
slowly and formally and his accent struck me
being a little foreign. Sir, he said you
may not be that the person of whom
in search is dangerous, an exceedingly dan
gerous, character If he should be concealed in
your room, the consequences to yourself might be
most serious"
Thank you l said. Il am quite capable of
taking of myself
Both men standing as close to me as was
disposed to permit. | fanced that they looking
me over, as though to make estimate of the pos
slbe amount of resistance | might be able to Offer
should they be disposed to make a rush The odds
if any, must have seemed to them somewhat in
my favor for taller by head and shoulders
than either of them, and lifelong devotion to ath-
letics had broadened my shoulders and given me
strength beyond the average. Besides, there was
the revolver in my right hand which took occasion
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could have that my feet were brushed by
the skirts of woman's gown, and that a Whit of
perfume-it like the scent of diving volets-
hoated past
withdrawn the bolt, was flung suddenly open, and
almost simultaneously my fingers touched the knob
of the electric light fittings. The whole place
flooded with light. | looked around half dazed but
eager to what had become of my assaiants.
Both rooms were empty, or apparently so. There
was no sign evidence of any other person there
myself. On the threshold of my own apart
ment standing the night porter.
Have you let them go by!" called out. Did
you see them in the CORRIDOR"
who, SIR" the porter asked stolidly.
1.-Two men who forced their way into my room
Look at the door. One short and stout and
wore glasses the other was taller and thin. They
were here few seconds ago Unless they passed
YOU, they in of the rooms now
The man came inside and looked around him.
Il can't see anyone sir There wasn't soul about
outside
Then we had better look for them!" l exclaimed.
Be careful, for they armed
There one in the adjoining room. We had
searched it thoroughly before l suddenly rernem-
bered the visitor who had been the innocent cause
of these exciting moments.
by Jove" l exclaimed, there's wounded
man by the side of my bed! l quite forgot him, l
was so anxious to catch these blackguards'
The porter looked at with distinct suspicion.
"a wounded man. SIR" he remarked "Where?"
ION the other side of the bed answered. Its
the all this about"
| hurried round to where | had left my terrified
visitor hiding behind the bed curtain. There was
no one there. We looked under the bed, even in
the wardrobes 1t obvious when we had fin
ished search, that not soul in either of the
rooms except our two selves. The porter looked at
me- and l looked at the porter.
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CHAPTER II.

T COULD see at once that neither of the two men
L who confronted me had really believed that the
room into which their victim had escaped
already occupied by any other person than the one
OF whom they in pursuit. Their expression of
surprise was altogether genuine. / myself was
perhaps, equally taken aback. Nothing in their
appearance suggested in the least the midnight
assassin. / turned toward the who had leaned
the door up against the wall, and addressed him.
MAY ask to what l am indebted for the pleasure
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declared.
1T is" the porter agreed.
you can see for yourself
that that door has been bat
tered in," l remarked, point
ing to it.
The fellow smiled in such a
manner that | should have
liked to have kicked him. Il
can see that it has been bat
tered in " he said. "Oh, yes,
| can see that!"
You perhaps don't believe
my story?" | asked calmly.
4" 1t isn't my place to believe
or disbelieve it" he answered.
Il certainly didn't meet any,
one outside-much less three
people. | shall make my
report to the manager in the
morning, Sir. Good night"
So | was left alone, and,
extraordinary though it may
seem, | was asleep in less than
half an hour.
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of this unexpected visit! l
inquired.
The man took out a hand
kerchief and mopped his fore
head. He was short and
stout, with a bushy brown
beard, and eyes which blinked
at me in amazement from be-
hind his gold-rimmed spec
tacles. He wore a gray tweed
travelling suit, and brown
boots. He had exactly the air
of a prosperous, middle-class
tradesman from the provinces.
Il am afraid, sir" he said,
THAT we have made a mistake
in which case we shall owe
you a thousand apologies. We
are in search of a friend whom
we certainly believed that we
had seen enter your room"
Now all the time he was
talking, his eyes were never
still. Every inch of my room
that was visible they ran
sacked. His companion, too,
was engaged in the same task.
There were no traces of my
visitor to be seen.
You can make your apol-
ogies and explanations to the
management in the morning..
l answered grimly. Pardon
mel"
| held out my arm across
the threshold, and for the first
time looked at the other man
who had been on the point of
entering He was slight and
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CHAPTER III.

T WAS awakened at about
l nine o'clock the next morn
ing by loud and persistent
knocking at the door of my
room. sat up in bed and
shouted, Come inn'
A waiter entered, bearing a
note, which he handed to me
on a salver. l looked at him,
around the room, which was
still in some confusion, and
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
LOCK YOUTH IN A PIG STY
French Peasant Takes Unusual and
Revolving Method of Caring
for Idiot Son.

London.-From st. Nazaire comes
news of an almost incredible atrocity
committed by a farmer in the neigh
borhood on the person of n Of his
sons, who is now % years of age. The
unfortunate man is said to have been
put into an empty pig sty on Christ
mas day and kept there until this
present date in a state of the most
revolving filth. The meager fare al
lowed him was passed through an
aperture and he was bound and hand
cuffed all the time. Once a day the
wretched victim was taken out for an
hours exercise, being led, still man
acled, by a rope, as if he were some
savage brute. 1t is added that when
the gendarmes visited the farmer he
related these miserable facts with an
air of the utmost uncOncern, explain
ing that the unhappy wretch was idi-
otto and that as he required careful
supervision he had thought this the
simplest course to adopt. The rest
of the family sat by and listened with
extraordinary Indifference, not appear
ing to realize the enormity of this
sequ~estration. The judicial authOri-
tiea at st. Nazaire are going to pay
a visit to the premises and in the
meanwhile sharp watch is being kept
on this extraordinary family.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
The New Pension Law.

State Auditor T. M. Henry, who is
.x-oficio Pension Commissioner, has
addressed a letter to each of the county
boards of pension examiners relative to
the pension law. The new law does
not become operative for the next dis
tribution. There is no substantial diff
ference in the new and the old law ex-
cept that the new law creates another
class of pensioners, thatOf blind widows.
The Auditor holds tn 1t as the next dis
tributiOn cannot be made until after
October l, when the new law is in eff
feet, that it was evidently the intention
Of the legislature that they should
share in the next distribution and should
be placed on the lists to be forwarded
the Auditor by the county boards in
September.
The status of the old pensioners now
on the list is in nc way affected by the
new law, nor do they have to file new
applications. 1t is only such persons
as desire to become pensioners and who
are not now on the county lists that
have to file applications.
There has been a good deal of confu-
sion and misrepresentation relative to
the pension law, Snd the circular letter
above referred t o vas sent each county
board SO they would know how to act.
The amount to be distributed is the
same as last ~year-S250, OO0-and it is
not believed there will be much reduc-
ton in the amount received, as it is not
thought there will be much of an in
crease in the number of pensioners.
The pensioners got $50. 10 last year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
GARBAGE TO LIGHT TOWN.
Alcohol Made from It Will Bo Used
as Fuel at Sioux City,
Iowa.

Sioux City, Ia.-At q meeting If the
city council recently a resolution was
carried requesting City Chemist w.
Lee Lewis to make an investigation
into the possibility of making dena-
tured alcohol from the garbage collect
ed in Sioux City, the alcohol to be used
as fuel to operate light engines in the
city buildings.
Alderman MaXiener subsequently de-
clared that with Chemist w. Lee
Lewis he took two buckets of garbage
from his bakery kitchen, and they
made a quantity of alcohol, fully equal
and to all appearances as good alcohol
as was eve made from any kind of
wood" AS soon as inventions are
completed to make it possible to use
alcohol to run the light plant in the
city building and library building, the
city of Sioux City proposes to dispose
of the garbage of the entire city by
converting it into fuel fluid.
The potato Feelings and biscuits,
chicken bones and apple cores, old
rags and cherry seeds, will all be
boiled up together and converted into
power for thousands of electric lights.
Mr.. Lewis, who is professor of chem
istry in Morningside college labora-
tory, said regarding the plan: Il am
sure it is practical. Garbage, when
properly treated, makes the best kind
of wood alcohol. / believe the garbage
of Sioux City would run the municipal
plants and the plant necessary to
make the alcohol. 1t is certainly an
economical proposition, rivaling the
idea of Victor Hugo that France loses
$4,000, 900 every year by allowing the
sewage to drain into the ocean when
it should be put in the VINEYARDS.
81 shall prepare the plans for the
Sioux City plant, and we will be. in all
probability, the first city in the United
States to have such a plant"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
CATS ABLE TO STOP TRAINS
Engineers Say Eyes of Feline Family
Are Like Signal Lamps
at Night.

Brookfield, Mo.-'Did you ever see
a black cats eyes when they were in
the line of an electric light?" asked
Ben Woodlief, travelling engineer for
the Missouri division of the Burling-
ton road. "If n steps on the rail-
road track ahead of the engine and
looks up the engineer sees two vivid
lights ahead Of him a. large and
clearly defined as any signal service
lights ON the road. Sometimes they
are red, but most generally green or
white. In the night time, of course,
the engineer can't see the cat, and
all he can do is to run in obedience
to the cat-eye signals. If they are
white he goes ahead, without slack
ing; if green he is cautious; If red
he applies the air to make a stop.
Sometimes a train is brought to a
dead halt before the engineer learns
what's up against him. The running
men tell me that the eyes of p~olecat's
and rabbits are almost as perfect sig
mails as cats eyes. No, there's been
no talk of training cats to act as sig
nalmen. Engineers would stand for
it, because they hate cats on general
principles, and If they had their way
would be happy to lay the universal
feline on the rails in front of their
locomotives and crowd on all steam
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
BACK TO PULPIT.
What Food Did for a Clergyman

A minister of Elizabethtown tells
how Grape-Nuts food brought him
back to his pulpit: "Some 5 years ago
l had an attack of what seemed to be
La Grippe which left me in a COM
plete state of collapse and I suffered
for some time with nervous prostra-
ton. My appetite failed, lost flesh
till l was a mere skeleton, life was a
burden to me, l lost interest in every
thing and almost in everybody a
my precious wife.
Then on the recommendation OF
some friends 1 began to use Grape
Nuts food. At that time 1 was a mis-
cradle skeleton, without appetite and
hardly able to walk across the room;
had ugly dreams at night, no disposi-
ton to entertain or be entertained and
began to shun society.
81 finally gave up the regular minis
try, indeed l could not collect my
thoughts on any subject, and became
almost a hermit. After I had been
using the Grape-Nuts food for a short
time l discovered that / was taking
on new life and my appetite began to
improve; I began to sleep better and
my weight increased steadily; I had
lost some so pounds, but under the
new food regime I have regained al
most my former weight and have
greatly improved in every way.
81 feel that I owe much to Grape
Nuts and can truly recommend the
food to all who require a powerful re-
building agent, delicious to taste and
always welcome"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich, A true natural road to
regain health, or hold it, is by use
Of a dish of Grape-Nuts and cream
morning and night. Or have the food
made into some of the many delicious
dishes given In the little recipe book
found in pkgs.
Ten days trial Of Grape-Nuts helps
many. There's a reason"
Look in pkgs. for a copy of the IA
NOUS little book, "The Road to Well
yille."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
PENNY POSTAGE COST HIGH
British Postmaster General Says
Change Means $500, 900 Extra
Outlay Yearly.

London.-"There is no nation with
which we would rather see the facil-
tiles of communication extended than
with the great republic on the other
side of the Atlantic" said Chancellor
of the Exchequer Asquith to a deputa-
ton of members of parliament who
called on him and on Postmaster Cen
eral Sydney Buxton relative to the
proposition to establish an Anglo
American two-cent postage rate.
Mr.. Asquith added frankly that he
had no money to give for the purpose
and that there was no evidence that
the United States government was de-
sirous of making the proposed change.
Mr.. Buxton remarked that it was
entirely a question of morsy, so far as
he was concerned. 1t would cost $780,.
600 yearly to make the change
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
r O WAS TO BLAME.
Weather Prophet Had Simply Put
Faith Where He Believed He
Had a Right.

James Wilson, the secretary OF agri-
culture, was discussing IN ANTICIPATED
kind of farming.
ut is about as profitable and logi-
CAL" he said, "as the weather reading
of a Connecticut farmland l used to
know.
This farmland claimed that he
could read the weather infallibly. On
a walk with me one afternoon a frog
croaked, and he said:
I'VE will have clear weather for "a
hours. When a frog croaks in the
afternoon you may be sure of "a hours
of sunshine
I'VE walked on, and in 20 minutes
or so a heavy shower came up and we
were both drenched to the skin.
You are a fine weather prophet
said l, as we hurried homeward
through the downpour. You ought to
be ashamed Of YOURSELF
80, We'll said the farmland, the
frog lied. It's to blame, not me. Am
l responsible for the morals Of that
particular frog?'"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
Miss ANNIE HENDREN, Rocklyn,
4V4 Wash writes.

81 feel better than 1 have for over
four years. l have taken several bottles
of Peruna and one bottle of Manalin.
81 can now do all of my work in the
house, milk the cows, take care of the
milk, and so forth. ! think Peruna Is
q most wonderful medicine.
81 believe l would be in bed to-day
if l had not written to you for advice.
l had taken all kinds of medicine, but
none did me any good.
"Peruna has made me q we'll and
happy girl. l can never say too much
for Peruna."
Not only women of rank and leisure
praise Peruna, but the wholesome, USE
full ONE engaged in honest toll
would not be without DR.. Hartman's
world renowned remedy.
The Doctor has prescribed it for many
thousand women every year and he
ever fails to receive a multitude of let
tiers like the above, thanking him for
his advice, and especially for the won.
derful benefits received from Peruna.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
Negro Baptiste.

Bishop E. Cottrell of the @. M. E.
Church, in addressing the negro Baptist
State convention in session at jackson,
said: 81 have collected during the past
four years $35, 600 from the negroes OF
this State, purchased land at a cost OF
$4,000 and wrote a check for that
amount Immediately after the contract
had been made, and erected a building
at a eost of $50 1000, and every cen of
it was paid when the contractors turned
over to me the keys. We are here and
are here to stay. Let us make the best
of our opportunities"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28

Once upon a time there was a very
small boy who had lever been away
from the hard, dirty brick pavements
and cutters of a downtown street,
was taken into the country. When he
first saw a rolling lawn, over which
waved the sweet, green, fresh grass,
he lay down on it and began to pick
blade after blade, carefully boarding
the accommodating bouquet and deaf to
all which would take him
away from the new experience. This
little chap had never seen grass be.
fore and he was almost nine years OF
age.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28

Marcus Cato divorced his wife, the
mother Of his children, In order to
oblige his friend Hortensius, who was
in love with the lady and wanted to
marry her. Then Hortensius died, per
haps to oblige his friend Cato, where
upon the rugged Roman took her to
wife again along with the enormous
fortune left her by Hortensius. It was
q good stroke of business. Love and
lucre both got their dues. These noble
Roman ladies and gentlemen were the
Pittsburgers of the ancient world.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28

This pretty experiment shows that
platinum wire may be kept red hot
without the agency of actual fame. 1t
seems incredible, but try it and see.
Heat a bit of the wire in a Bunsen
burner until it is redhot, then turn Off
the gas SO that the flame is out, and il.
stantly turn the gas on again, holding
the wire in the same position. The
wire will remain redhot as long as you
hold il so.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
The sea occupies three-fifths of the

The sea occupies three-fifths Of the
surface of the earth. At a depth OF
about $500 feet waves are not felt.
The temperature is the same, varying
only a trille from the ice of the pole
to the sun of the equator. If a box six
feet deep was filled with seawater and
allowed to evaporate there would be
two inches of salt on the bottom. TAX.
ing the average depth of the ocean to
be three miles, there would be a layer
Of pure salt 230 feet thick on the bed
of the Atlantic.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28

A 1,000-acre tract of wornout, billy
Maine land in the neighborhood Of
Bangor that does not yield sufficient
nourishment to support a COW through
the season will feed two or three rab-
bits to every rod and furnish hoops for
all the lime casks that are sent out Of
the state. As a %byproduct of the bar.
rem ground, the men who cut hoop
poles and snare rabbits make some
snare change killing the foxes that
some along to assist in controlling the
rabbit population, so that the gray
birches may not be wholly extermin.
ated.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
All FareG Alike.

Quite a number of persons were 0
victed in the circuit court at Columbia
of selling whisky. Some of these par
ties are white and occupy prominent
positions in society and business, but
Judge Cook gave them the surprise of
their lives when he assessed them with
a fine of $500 and ninety days in Jail
for each case where convicted of sell
ing whisky.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
Bail for Robinson.

Jerry Robinson, Jr., who was indict.
ed by the grand jury of T%allahatchie
county for the killing of Smith Murphy,
was granted bail in the sum of SIS, OOO.
Murphy was a prominent planter, and
at the time of his death was a member
of the levee board.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28

The Citizens League Of Chicago
prosecuted several saloon keepers who
have been in the habit of selling liquor
to drunken husbands. The record for
continuous sprees was set by G. w.
Mathena, 80 years of age, a fish ped
dler, whose wife testified that he had
been drunk $50 times in the last year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
The Boil Weevil.

Cotton growers in Mississippi can
find at least a small degree of encour-
agement in the statement of experts
that, even if the boil weevil should
make its appearance in the State, it is
now too late for the dreaded pest to
cause any injury of consequence to the
present seasons crop.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
Would Not Paw.

Frank Reed. a brick-making expert,
inspected the Rankin county clay ada.
CEN to the State prison property, and
as a result the State of Mississippi will
not at present engage in the manufac-
ture of brick. 1t was thought that in
the seasons between crops the convicts
could be used'to advantage t the State
in this work, but after investigation it
was found it would not pay.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28

Professor Crooks, of the Chicago
university, insists that an income OF
$1,000, 900 is Swollen to unwholesome
proportions and far beyond proper linn
its" What has the newspaper frater.
nifty ear done to Professor Crooks
that ne should go for them in that IN
grateful way?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28

The English are said to have drop
ped from their dignity far enough to
allude to our multi-millionaires as
"multies." Your Englishmen can af'
ford 20 be pleasant. He has made a
good many American investments, but
he has seldom been loser.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28

According to a story sent out from
Iowa, Sarah Bernhard was born in
that state, and began her stage career
playing Little Eva" with an Uncle
Toms Cabin" show. Her anne was
originally King, and she married a Mr..
Bernhard.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
Municipal Improvement.

Municipal improvement is the order
of the day in Mississippi. Never be.
fore have so many towns been engaged
in building electric light plants, street
RAILWAYS. waterworks. paved streets, etc.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
Plenty of Levee Work.

There will be plenty of work for levee
contractors in the near future. On the
Both of this month Capt. Geo. M. Hoff-
man will open bids at Vicksburg for
the construction of l,655.OO0 yards OF
levee work. On the 3lst bids will be
opened in Greenville by the levee board
for 1000. 900 yarIs of earth work.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28
Another Hotel for Jackson.

1t is said that Joel johnson will build
an eight-story modern hotel on the old
Spengler property in Jackson. 1t is
estimated that the building as contem-
plated will cost approximately Sl1S,OOO
exclusive of equipment and furnishings.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-07-28

A Copenhagen clergyman has asked
the police to prosecute a newspaper
proprietor for distributing copies Of
his journal to people as they were go
ing into church. He complained that
the congregation read the news instead
of listening to the sermon.