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The Washington times., 1906-11-04

IN one OF the private wards
OF the Grady Hospital 10
Atlanta. Ga, IS woman
who appears 10 be the hero
ine OF an American version
OF 'Ths Kreutzer sonata" 1t Is Mrs
J. II. Crutchheld. who was shot and
seriously injured by her husband
about ten days ago. A day or two
later It was found that gangrene had
set In and it was necessary to
remove one leg just above the knee.
The other leg was also badly wounded.
and there Is danger OF her losing both.
She did not rally after the operation
and the gravest fears are felt for
her recovery. She was IN very
weakened condition, and not strong
enough TO stand such an operation.
though it seemed the only way 20
save her lie.
The shooting seems 60 have been
the result ot that sex jealousy which
plays such a terrible part in The
Kreutzer Sonata" IN the ToIstoy
story. it VIII be remembered, the man
marries a beautiful gIG. Their mar
RCD life Is "a series OF scenes OF quar-
Fels, OF distrgst. Of reconciliation, OF
more unhappiness, and. apals. as a
climax. the man kills her. but IS saved
from the gauows BY a plea of .n-
sanity although he protests, tn. telling
his story I'm after years. that he was
NOT Insane. but was the victim OF a
passion beyond his control or under
standing
The Washington times., 1906-11-04

fields explanation that lt was the
result OF an acciSeat following "a
struggle over "a shotgun. They be-
Heve that Il was deliberate and pre-
meditated. and, although ne was held
on the charge OF assault with intent
to XIII. they believe that his intent
really was not TO XIII. but to ml.m.
They have evolved an astonishing the-.
ory that he wished TO shoot his wife
in such a manner as 10 MAIN her even
as male friend Of hers. Of whom he
was furiously Jealous. was MANNED.
both OF whose legs were cut Off In e.
railroad wreck
Early last summer. through court
proceedings. the public had a forecast
Of the present tragedy. Mrs. Crutch-
field then sued FOR divorce. alleging
cruel treatment. a few days after
the papers were fled man and a
woman visited the Offices % news
papers that had Published an account
OF tbs proceedings The woman. who
was a more than usually pretty blonde.
Of medium height. plump figure. and
heavy lidded blue eyes. said that she
was Mrs. Crutchaeld.
You published an account OF my
divorce proceedings. said she. They
were correct. but all wrong. too. We
have made up. There Is nothing 20
those charges nothing"
The Washington times., 1906-11-04
J. H. CRUTCHFIELD,

Assault With Intent to Kill
in this town with s.. and now am
making between $1,000 and $1,000
year. 1t was all an accident. ! went
TO my wife's house 10 get "a man. I
went there TO protect nay home. Il was
unfortunate, my wife coming UP when
she did. In the struggle the rife struck
against the house and nred. That was
all"
The Washington times., 1906-11-04

his family. Eugene Loudette. a broth
or. cf Columbia. S. c.. says that on a
visit there once. CrutchheId chased his
mother Mrs Laura p. I.oudette.
around the house with an axe. and
The Washington times., 1906-11-04

that while there ne braEsed about his
pull with the atlanta police.
Bat CTutchfeld says ae isn't in-
sane.
"Aic insanec he says. Il started
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23

was not customary for gentlemen to
cell ladies when they met for the first
time that 1t was like strain of for
gotten music'-not the first time"
Music never forgotten, then!" said
Franklin impetuously. This is at
least not the first time we have met.
In any ordinary duel of small talk this
had not been SO bad an attack, yet
now the results were something which
neither could have foreseen. To the
mind of the girl the words were shock
ing, rude, brutal. They brought up
again the whole scene of the battle
field. She shuddered, and upon her
face there fell the shadow Of an ha-
bituh sadness.
"You have spoken of this before,
Captain Franklin" said she, "and IL
what you say Is true. and IL indeed
you did see me-there-at that place
IL can see no significance in that, ex-
cspt the lesson that the world is
very small one. have no recollec-
ton of meeting you. But, Captain
Franklin, had we ever really met, and
IL you really cared to bring up some
pleasant thought about the meeting.
you sprsly would never recall the fact
that you met me upon that day."
FrankItn felt his heart stop. He
looked asice, his face paling as the
even tones went on:
"That was the day of all my life
the saddest, the most terrible. have
been trying ever since then to forget
It. dare not think of it. It was
the day when-when my life ended
when lost everything, everything on
earth I had. Because of Louisburg--
why, this-Ellisville! This Is the re-
suit of that day! And you refer to 1t
with eagerness."
Poor Franklin groaned at this. 81
know could have known" he blum
dered-T should not be SO rude as to
suppose that-ah, 1t was only you
that remembered! The war is past
and gone. The world, as you say is
very small. It was only that was
glad"
.Ah, SIR" said Mary Ellen, and her
voice now held plaintiveness which
was the stronger from the droop Of
the tenderly curving 1ips--"ah, sir,
but you must rememberi To lose your
relatives, even in a war for right and
principle-and the South was right"
(this with flash of the eye late PEN
sive)-"that In hard enough. But for
me It was not ore thing or another:
It was the sum Of q thousand mis-
fortunes. I wonder that I am alive.
II II no wonder that those of ~ LEFT
alive went away. anywhere ~ far ss
we could. that we gave up our coun-
try-that we came even hersis
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23

"By Jove, | Was the Guest!"
knows him. They had hardly met at
the appointed restaurant before par
ty of six men in dinner clothes sur
rounded him, and there were introduc-
tons to Ethridge.
"Just going to dine? Come and dine
with u.s." insisted the spokesman of
the six. So presently the double
quartet was ordering wine and high
priced delicacies, quarreling good ma
turedly as to who should pay for the
whole spread. The cigars, Ethridge
remembers, were long, glossy, brown
skinned beauties with no especial
trimmings in the way of silver foil,
but they cost SLIPS apiece. The bill as
a whole was pretty stiff, even for that
part Of town. BY and by 1t was decid-
ed tp hire a room, play few games
of poker and attend to the minor de-
tail of who should pay afterward.
AS soon as the game started kit
ty" was created to pay for cigars and
drinks. Because the kitty" paid
everybody ordered more champagne
The play lasted till near midnight
Then, as some of the party had to
catch suburban trains, the game broke
up, all declaring that it had been a
long time since they had spent such
an agreeable evening with good fell
lows. Ethridge had enjoyed himself
as much as any one. perhaps more.
The question of who should pay
came up again. Rogers grabbed the
check when 1t was brought, but two
of his friends piled onto him and
took it away.
Here, this is too much for any
one of us to stand" they said. The
items were: Dinner, SAT; wine, $35;
cigars, $3.50; sundries, IS. Total,
s103.50. LET the kitty pay for it."
The kitty" however, though a
well-fattened animal, came $40 short
of paying the bill. Ethridge had lost
$25 at poker, but paid another SIS to-
ward squaring the evenings fund,
each of the party bearing his share in
the deficit. Then, as they started
away, 1t suddenly occurred to Rogers
that the waiter had not been tipped.
We'll soon settle that" he said.
Here, cut the cards to see who gives
him S."
Ethridge lost and handed over the
tip. When he started home by him.
self he found that his remaining cash
amounted to $1.S7. The evening had
been so pleasant, however, that even
then he did not grudge the outlay.
But as he turned into his door a
thought suddenly occurred to him.
by Jove, was the guest!"-New
York Press.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23
Gar Arrested-For a Minute.

Motorists will be amused to hear of
an adventure which befel1 the czar
when he was staying at Darmstadt
short time ago. The car was driving
in a motor car with Prince and Prin-
cess Henry of Prussia and the Grand
Duke of Hesse, and, when passing
through Bockenheim, a suburb of
Frankfort, the car slipped on the
greasy cobble-stones and came in con-
tact with the wall of house. Happily
no harm was done. but the car had
hardly been backed into the road again
when a policeman stopped it and de-
manded the name of the owner. The
car replied 1T am the Emperor of
Russia" and the policeman was SO
taken aback that he let the car go on
without taking any further steps. The
czarina was much amused at the in
cident, and it is said that she has
made the momentary arrest of the
car the subject of one of her carica-
tures.-London Sketch.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23
steel, Dolls.

A factory In New Jersey has gone
to making steel dolls. A steel doll is
an indestructible doll that some par
ents may fancy is the right doll to buy.
lou can't yank the leg from steel
doll, nor dislocate its arms, nor twist
its neck, nor dent its nose. You can
have very little fun with steel doll.
L. may do to batter the piano legs.
or raise Jumps on the head Of your in
FAINT companion, but it can't be com.
pared with a rag dollie for genuine
comfort. Every normal child wants q
doll that can be punctured and that
will lose its stuffing through the pune
ture.
A steel doll, bahi What healthy
irfant outside of New Jersey would
care to coddle steel doll, or put 1t to
sleep, or dress it, or give it sugar pei
let's? Not one. No, indeed. The
nan who invented the steel doll was
no friend of infantile humanity
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23
Farmers Mechanical Figures.

Charles Coe, who lives in Killing
worth, has arranged curious set of
life-size mechanical figures, which are
attached to water wheel in a brook
near Mr.. Goes farm. These figures all
work on eccentrics attached to the
water wheel. They are made to go
through characteristic movements,
There are eight of these figures and
they cover space of some twenty-five
feet. There is an old negro NANNY,
who is beating time to her husbands
fiddle. This fiddle is strung with
wires and is heard to some distance
on windy night. There are two
pickaninnies swinging, &nd there are
two boys lettering on board. There
is also an old man saving wood.
These figures are made chiefly out
of natural crooks of wood which Mr..
Coe got from his woods, and they are
all dressed in appropriate costumes
and all work together with precision
They form queer spectacle and many
come to see them.-Clinton CORE
spondence Hartford Courant.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23
CHAPTER XIV.
Another Hour.

Another Hour.
But 1t seems as though I had al
ways known you," said Franklin turn
ing again toward the all figure at the
window. There was no reply to this,
neither was there wavering in the at
titude of the head whose glossy back
was turned to him at that moment.
1T was like some forgotten strain
of music!" he Numbered ON, feeling
how hopeless, how distinctly absurd
was all his speech. II surely must
always have known you, somewhere"
Mary Ellen still gazed out Of the
window. In her mind there was a
scene strangely different from this
which she beheld. She recalled the
green forests and the yellow farms of
Louisburg, the droning bees, the
broken flowers and all the details of
that sodden, stricken field. With
shudder there came over her a swift
resentment at meeting here, near at
hand, one who had had q share in
that scene of desolation.
She turned toward him slowly at
length, and SO far from seeming Sc
rlous, her features bore the traces of
smile. do you know" said she,
I think heard of stage-driver-
wasn't II somewhere out west-who
was taking a schoolteacher from the
railroad to the schoolhouse-and he
well, he said things, you know. Now,
he had never seen the schoolteacher
before"
Eyes, have heard of that story"
said Franklin. @T don't just recoIlect
all about it,
1T seems to me that the. stage
driver said something-er, like-may-
be he said it was like forgotten mu-
sic to him.
Franklin colored. .aThe story was
an absurdity, like many others about
the west" he said. "But," he bright
ened, "the stage-driver had never
seen the schoolteacher. before"
81 don't quite understand" said
Mary Ellen coldly. ''In my country II
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23

u adventures ended. For one hrieA
glorious season the nomad and no
home dweller shook hands IN amity.
not paCsing to consider wherein their
interests might differ. For both, this
was the West, the free. unbounded,
illimitable, exhaustless West-Homer-
ic. Titanic, scornful Of metes and
bounds, having no scale of little
things. The horizon of life was wide.
There was no time for small exact
ness. newspaper, SO called, cost q
quarter of dollar. The postmaster
gave no change when one bought a
postage stamp. A shave was worth q
quarter OF dollar, or a half, or
dollar, as that might be. The price
OF single drink was never estab-
lished. since that was something never
called for. BY day and by night.
ceaseless, crude. barbaric, there went
on continuous carousal, which would
have been joyless backed by vitality
less superb, an experience less young.
Money and life-these two things we
guard most sacredly in the older
societies, the first most jealousy, the
latter with lesser care.
The transient population of Ellis
Vile, the cattle sellers and cattle buy
ers and land seekers, outnumhered
three to one the resident or perma-
nent population, which catered to this
floating trade, and which supplied its
commercial or professional wants.
The resident one-third was the nu-
cleus OF the real Ellisville that was
to be- The social compact was still
II embryo. Life was very simple It
was the day of the individual, the
day before the law.
With this rude setting there was to
be enacted rapid drama of material
elsewhere seen; but first there must
be played the wild prologue of the
West, never at any time to have
more lurid scene than here at the
Halfway House of continent, at the
intersection of the grand transconti-
mental trails, the bloody angle of the
plains. Eight men in a day, a score
in week, met death by violence.
The street in the cemetery doubled
before that of the town. There were
more graves than houses. This SUI
perbly wasteful day, how could it
presage that which was to come? In
this riotous army of invasion, who
could have foreseen the population
which was to follow, adventurous yet
tenacious, resolved first upon indie
pendence, and next upon knowledge.
and then upon the fruits of knowl-
edge? Nay, perhaps, after all, the
prescience of this coming time lay
over Ellisville the Red, so that it
reared the more tempestuously ON
through it's brief, brazen day.
Ito be continued.)
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23

Franklin was fully conscious Of the
leaye-taking. Buford saw nothing out
of the way, but turned and held out
his hand. by the way, Captain
Franklin" said he, "I'm mighty glad
to meet you, sir-mighty glad. We
shall want you to come down and see
us often. It isn't very far-only about
twenty-five miles south. They call our
place the Halfway Ranch, and it's not
a bad name, for it's only about half
way as good place as you and I have
always been used to; but it's ours,
and you will be welcome there. We
shall depend on seeing you now and
then"
81 trust we shall be friends" mum
bled Franklin.
"Friends?" said Buford cheerily. the
smiling wrinkles of his own thin
face signifying his sincerity; "why,
man, here is a place where one needs
friends, and where he can have
friends. There is time enough and
room enough, and-well, you'll come,
won't your" And Franklin, dazed and
missing all the light which had recent.
ly made glad the earth, was vaguely
conscious that he had promised to
visit the home of the girl who had
certainly given him no invitation to
come further into her life, but for
whose word of welcome he knew that
ne should always long.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23

"You blame me as though it were
PERSONAL" broke in Franklin; but she
ignored him.
My father, my mother, my two
brothers, nearly every relative I had.
killed in the war or by the war-our
home destroyed-our property taken
by first one army and then the other
you should not wonder if am bitter!
1t was the field of Louisburg which
cost me everything. lost all-all-
or that day which you wish me to re-
member. Why, sir, If you wished me
to hate you, you could do no better
land | do not wish to hate any one.
wish to have as many friends as we
may, here in this new country; but for
rcmembering-why, can remember
nothing else, day or night, but Louis
blrg!"
You stood So" said Franklin, dog
gedly and fatuously, lust as you did
last night. You were leaning on the
arm of your mother"
Mary Ellen's eyes dilated. "It
MAS not my mother" she said. "We
we're seeking for my friend, her son.
Captain Franklin, know of no rea-
s'n why we should speak of such
things at all, but it was MY was te
have been married to the man foi'
whom we were seeking, and whom we
found! That is what Louisburg means
to me-"
Franklin bowed his head between
his hands and half groaned over the
pain which he had cost. Then slow
ly and crushingly his own hurt came
home to him. In his brain he could
feel the parting one by one of the
strings which but now sang in
unison. Discord, darkness, dismay,
sat on all the world
The leisurely foot of Buford sound
ed on the stair, and he knocked gaily
on the door jam as he entered.
well, niece" said he, Mrs. Buford
thinks we ought to be starting back
for home right soon now"
Mary Ellen rose and bowed to
Franklin as she passed to leave the
! room; but perhaps neither she nor
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23
BOOK III.
The Day of the Cattle.
CHAPTER XIV.
EIIlsvIIIe the Bed.

EilisviIle the Red.
Gourdlike. Ellisville grew up in a
night. 1t was not. and 10! it was.
Silently, steadily, the people came to
this rallying place, dropping in from
every corner of the stars. The long
street spun out still longer its string
of toylike wooden houses. The Cot
tage Hotel had long since lost its key.
and day and night there went on vast
revelry among the men of the wild.
wide West. then seeing for the first
time what seemed to them the joy
and glory OF life.
Land and cattle, cattle and land.
These themes were upon the lips of
all. and in those days were topics OF
peace and harmony. The cattleman
still stood for the nomadic and un-
trammeled West the West of wild
and glorious tradition. The man who
sought for land was not yet recog-
hised as the homesteader. the man OF
anchored craft, Of settled convictinns.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23
STEER FOND or FOX HUNTING
Animal In Pennsylvania Has. Dew,
oped Peculiar Habits

eJ.van's HasN OeveL
oped Peculiar Habits.
Animals sometimes develop stra.so
traits, and do things which seem 10 bo
entirely opposed to their natwa
Probably one Of the funniest eases .,
this kind is that of steer on a farna
in Lackawanna county, Pa, which has
turn for fox hunting and fence
jumping. There are four fox hounds
on the farm, and when Pete. which i
the name of the steer, was a calf ba
became attached to the dogs, and used
to run and below after them when.
ever they started after fox. He
would follow them till fence storhes
him, when he trotted back to tho
barnyard and acted as IL he was lone.
some.
One day the farmer put three
hounds on fox's track, and Pete, who
was In the barnyard when the hounds
gave tongue, rushed out down the road,
over fence and across the fields
The fox led the hounds lively chase
and played all manner of tricks to
throw them off the scent. He went
through swamp, ran on to a bridge.
then leaped Off the end and took a
squirt on wall, but could not shake
his pursuers off.
He ran through the front yard Of a
neighboring farm, and strange dog
Joined in the chase. Pete seemed to
think the new conner had no business
there, so he plunged at 1t, tossed it
over fence, then ran to join the
hounds, which had caught the fox, and
locked on contentedly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23
Teeth Generated Electricity.

False teeth have been known to
generate electricity in the mouth and
shock their wcarer painfully" said
dentist.
Only last week a gentleman came
to me and said he feared he was get.
ting a cancer on his tongue. .S,lCh
severe shooting pains attack me- he
said. that often utter loud oaths in
the most unseemly places-at teas, be-
fore the minister and SO on. 1t is like
KNIT thrusts. Do you think ana go
ing to lose my tongue
Il found that two different metals
had been used in fixing the poor man s
false teeth. These metals, combining
with the saliva, had formed a small
battery. Electricity generated in the
battery continually, and shock after
shock was administered to the tongue
I painted the metal with an in.
sulating varnish. Thereafter the man
had no more trouble"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23
pumas' Love for His Porthos.

Like Balzac, Dumas was fond OF his
own creations. Among them all he
loved Porthos best. The great, strong.
vain hero was child after his own
heart. One afternoon, 1t is related. his
son found Dumas careworn, wretched.
overwhelmed.
What has happened to you? Are
you sick?" asked Dumas fills.
NO." replied Dumas pere.
well, what is 1t, then?"
Il am miserable"
"Why?"
"This morning killed Porthos.
Poor Porthos! Oh, what trouble !
have had to make up my mind to do
It! But there must be an end to all
things. Yet when L saw him sink
beneath the ruins. crying 1T is too
heavy for mel swear to you that !
cried"
And he wiped away tear with the
sleeve of his dressing gown.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23
eamekeeper Captures an Eaq,e.

Many British gamekeeper has
ruthlessly shot an eagle, and even an
Alpine gamekeeper seldom secures
one alive. This rare exploit has Just
been performed by gamekeeper at
Albeuye, in Freiburg.
The bird had swooped upon a hare,
with which 1t was soaring to its eyry.
when the gamekeeper fired, and the
bird was hit in the wing just sufficient
ly to stop present flight without per-
manently damaging the limb. The
hare was killed by the shot. The bird
which is Royal eagle. was captured,
and the wing will soon heal. The
spread Of the wings is SO inches
London Daily Globe.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23
HIS LITTLE DINNER
NEW Workers. PLEASANT EVEN.
ING WITH FRIENDS.
Only After Expenses Were Paid and
JoIlity a Remembrance Came Idea
That Important Fact Had been Over
looked.

It seemed years since Ethridge had
seen Rogers, and when they met one
afternoon In Union Square the latter
wouldn't let him off until he had
promised to come and dine the next
night.
II don't know of anything that could
give me more pleasure, old man, than
to buy you the best dinner that can be
had in town." he said, and meant It.
So the next night Ethridge met Rogers
at one of the famous hotels uptown. 1t
was the first time this winter he had
been out anywhere, and the first time
he had worn his evening clothes.
Rogers is popular. Everybody
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23

A Berlin millionaire has created a
pension fund for working women
which promises to grow like milk-fed
squash. Aid is conditional on a mini
mum age Of 36. Show US the woman
who will plead guilty to that for
paltry ESQ marks year.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23

Judging from current history. IL
wsman would keep her husbands love
the thing for her to do is to keep him
poor. Most women seem to be doing
that, too, If their husbands are to be
believed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-03-23

A half-breed Indian who married
Pennsylvania girl has been sentenced
to fourteen years in the penitentiary
for brutal treatment of his wife. He
will have ample opportunity to reflect
with regret upon the good old times of
his forefathers.