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Put Wine in His Mix,
Non He Won't Marry Her

~ ECAUsE Mrs Elizabeth L.
X Bryan, Of Ocean Grove. \. j.
IL put wine i'm milk served Win
other refreshments, Daniel Debehhe-
knIe Keim refused To marry the WON
an al the appointed time
Mrs. Bryan is seventy. keim seven
tv-fye Both were previously married
hut have been long acquainted heim
saws he was once a hard drinker, out
reformed. and is afraid if he married
a woman who serves liquors. in her Fe--
freshments he viii take 20 drink asain.
Mrs. Bryan. who is an exponent OF
holiness and prohibition, says she pun
the wine in the milk only as a medi-
cine. She attributes his change OF
heart 10 the influence of the devil and
believes God will bring IL out all right.
I'm God IS. sight I am his wife, with
hands touching the Bible in the pres
ence of witnesses we called each other
husband and wife" said Mrs. Bryan.
Everything was ready for the we'd
ding. when a note from Keim said he
could not marry her.
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age OF bonds. and, taking C 'leTan's
arm he quietly added. with glance
AT the lfclcss man on the floor. Look
after that fellow. Jimmie, and then
sin around to my on;c-. say nothing
~ au about Wyknn, whom it is vain
10 attempt involving In this job as
presently viii show yyI. See me a
little later"
Coleman readily nodded. AID Felix
Boyd al once made hi5 way through
the crowd ar the door. md about ten
minutes later entered Fiskc's office
and coolIy tossed the package Of Sc
curities upon the bankers desk.
There are your bonds. Mr. Fiske. ="
sad he comrlacentiy. II think you
VIII find them all right"
Fiske uttered "a cry or amazement,
and spraps 20 his feet
Good heavens. Boydr' he exclaimed
You're wonder, And the man who
stole theme
The man who stole them is now on
his way to the morgue.' said Boyd
c0olly He played his little game.
ard has paid the price
For reasons Of his own. Boyd did
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r-t imrart many ~ the particulars.
and when Doe WAS about % -9 ae Was
asked by tae grateful banker.
.NpW. what d. I owe you Mr..
BOYD? Make gaur own price. ] beg
SAY. what do nUa yauE
Uayd's answer possibly may suggest
his relations with some of Jhe great
fiuanc..=s Of THAI locality the precise
nature " which cannot wisely Doe dis
closed.
You owe me nothing Mr. Fisze
Dee replied. smiling. 81 am paid by
rhe year. sir not rE the job II may
re year. YOU know. before ] have
another job Of this kind
In AIS own office a L-ue later. Boyd
explained 10 Coleman th- occasion Of
his caution regarding Wy,zon, as wail
IS tie shrewi deductions t-om watch
he So successfully had worked Boz the
case.
1T was curious. iE way set not
so very obscure" said be- Benson.
habit Of taking bonds 20 the sub
treasury evidently was known. 10
WykoT who very probably hast been
Informed by Fishes sten9Erapher,
Miss Dole The fact that tie amount
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Possessed Of Gambling Passion.

NANaA~--@~--1
THE elder DoeIy, as walter tol1 me-.
was Methodist clergyman With q
church either AT Cairo OF some other
Mace near IT, I don't just remember
where and the young man had come
West with a party OF engineers vino
were prospecting for q firm IN Wall
street
aDoelv vas a nne. manly chap ana
associated with few people al Ola
BEND Not that he Was proud OF
haughry. but he was usually a melan-
cbolv sort and fancied me hecause l
was biz gloomy-like myself some
times. DoeIy had one fault-he loved
TO gamble: and his favorlte pastime one
evening Ina each week was a Try az
poker down In the Silver Horn saloon.
one Saturday night / strolled into the
Joint and saw Doely sitting al table
under the Glckering glare OF bum
lamp. playing poker with TWO EFeaser7
and "a man whose back was 60 me
when I entered ,Jhe door.
Il was surprised On walking around
the table 20 discover that the player
with his back 20 the door was Belden
bad man doesn't generally take
such chances, ms too easy for AN en-
envy % enter and plug him full Of lead
before bee kno=s IL, but when ! looked
closer I saw that Belden was tahinE
mo- chances. as on the wall opposite
Ia where E- sat was . big iooluHs
gIass-tHa hrst II it's nd IN casa
Bond. I rcckon-and bv giancms int
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a months outing with MS family apd
a number Of Eastern friends in the
Yellowstone Park. While driving from
81. Anthony . the park Mr.. Baldwin
states that IN a short time they caught
twenty-five fish without the aid OF
hook, net or spear.
The fish. AR. Baldwin says were Of
sufficient size to make a meal for the
party Of twelve people and were
caught with pain, common bucket
and q horse whin. The bucket was
placed on IT'S side at the edge OF the
water and the fish were driven into Il
by means of the whip. By way Of fur
ther explanation, M Baldwin stated
that the fish We're In depressions in
the bottom of an irrigation ditch, from
which the water had been turned of
shortly before they drove along. Under
these conditions fishing was made
comparatively simple form Of exercise.
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ally h1j been ut work there. where
the Sob was Oh be done.
Upon meeting BersHu. WykoI
easily urged him into the vcsJbule.
ana bv curious chance Benson must
have SET Li7 U8s down precisely on
abe spot desired. Otherwise NykoI
would have f1Iud some excuse for
earaie-sly wuvirs IT, He then took
position directly in front OF Benson.
whose attention he briefly diverted
from the bias, and began drumming
on The step with the end OF his sIn-
brclla, making noise which German
probably heard and understood, and
which served also 10 hide any slight
sounds made by German when re-
moving the stone and opening the bag.
The gr1uud-slass window OK the office
Prevented German be.u- seen from
the street. and doubtless Wykof
spread open his I9-s rain coat To hide
the manipulation of the bag. ] be-
gan 70 suspect his iLe moment Ben
son stated that WykoG stood directly
in front Of him, aud kept up a con-
uuuous tapping with his umbrella"
Ell see" nodded Coleman.
ITO remove the bonds. TehuC.lle The
bag, and then replace tie sliding
stone. was the work OF minute only"
continued Boyd 1.-THE gold was
shreW1ly LETT IN the Dag. Jntt the
sht OF II might letI henson ID
suppose that the bag had not been
touched. Hence. when Inc loss was
discovered, Il would be l"posSlole Tor
HensoE L. positively state just "He"
and where me JheIt h'A 'etn com
mltied. "iicn "'H'd seriously e'.'.
piic'te matters was ''lN 'i'-'I,
however. assuming that heas'a lol'
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German came to his feet Ike a man
electrified. lie realized instantly the
ruse by which he had been duped.
His couyulsed features grew as
white as marble, and for the bare frac-
ton OF a second he shrank and hest
tateI
Then. without a wors, put as quick
as a lash hc drew az revolver and
Grrd poiutb,auk at Felix Boyd S head.
Boyd saw his move and duCkcd. the
bullet crashing against the wall be-
hind him; then he sprlng forward to
grapple with the criminal whom he
was particularly anxious u secure
alive.
But German darted to one side, drop
piag the bonds upon rne floor. and
aqam raised his weapon and fired
This time its report was mingled with
that OF a revolver In the hand of
Jimmie Coleman. now al the open
door; and the detectives bullet found
its mark
For German threw both hands into
the air, gave one convulsiye upward
leap. and then pitched face forward
to the floor shst through the head.
Good God. Jimmie" exclaimed
Boyd. aghast. for a moment You
have killed him."
cant help it," said Coleman blunt
Iy. "It looked Ike him or you. Have
YOU turned the trick?"
Just as / anticipated" cr;ed Boyd,
signing for the officers now at the
door to dispense the gathering crowd.
eli
ness. sergeant. and dispatch one of
your men for the a--ou'lnce. Mean
time. veu see how nearly I have hit
tile nail oa the head"
lie caught up Germans chisel while
speaking, and with - proceeded TO
rip out portion of the sheathing
against the yestibule wall
Tt came away quite easily. disclos-
ing the bare stone wan. a close eXami-
nation of which plainly revealed the
method by which the robbery had been
accomplished
With the chisel Boyd quickly lOos-
ened and removed a small narrow
block of stone, so carefully ground
and neatly fitted that it joiued the
others IN way that fairly precluded
detection from outside.
An aperture then was disclosed
through which a mans hands and
arms could easily be thrust and which
opened directly above the lower step
of the vestibule. prec,se:y where the
bankers clerk had placed his bag Of
securities.
There YOU are, Jimmie"' cried
Boyd coolly ITS as plain as the
nose on an elephants face"
Then ne stopped to PICK up the pack
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His -Four Aces Precipitated a Gun Play

Walt a minute, Hank he cried, Keep
ing his arms motionlcss and his right
hand away from his holster there Is no
use 20 endarRer any innocent lives let 3
give Ham here a chance 20 vamoose.
"Helden. SIN standin~ az the table.
his hand On the butt Of hts big revolver,
said nothing has only looked az Doely'
and as his arm drouped 90 his side ne
remarked. You're game. Young fellow
and like TO see such grit as your n. You
amt got a chance with me in gun
puilin match. cause I'd have my pop
per out and a niece Of lead in yer head
before you could think and m going 10
even up matters. See these cards hereT
running his hands care'esslV through the
musscd-up deck We'll, Wen pile EN-
uu nicely an then YOU an nell cut EN-.
The man that gifts the low card stands
IN again the wall an lets the other fell
low take "a shot at him. Are YOU game
.for that?'
Doely Cuts Low Card.
ANY way you say will suit me, was
Doelv's cool return 90 the daring prop
o-Ititn You're square. so am ]; let s
get 20 the business and be through with
it, Walter walked over % thc table and
gathered the cards up Do "A neat mack
and placing them m the ceEteT or 80
"a - stcu-eI back and said, You cut
first. Hank. CT shah T.
Cd. 40 difercTce go zee. the gun hghteT
said III cut though. 90 start the run.
D nose two desperate men. each as brave
as tho bravest were in deadly earnest ii4
their stirring acting and neither duiNefta
so much az an Cvel7sl OF went shade
nalcr LFank took the cards 80 MS lelt
hard AID lightly Iet lem fall one on
top Of The other hack into their original
position Then he cut and held aloIl q
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II A a little town called ella
~ Bend. In southern Arizona,
quite a few years ago when
I went West TO work on one
OF the sections Of the recently built
Southern Pacific railroad. witnessed
a scene which for force and intensity
goes far beyond the most thrilling eli
max In any lurid melodrama that l
have ever paid the price Of admission
TO see"
Ham Moses. grown grav in the rail-
road business, sat In the waiting room
OF the union station few nights ago
and between train times entertained a
policeman and the writer with yarns of
the old days.
There were the usual number Of train
hands. half a dozen greasers and tame
Apaches. a bunch OF professional gam
blers and three OF four bad men. the
worst OF whom was Hank Belden, said
TO have a private graveyard Of his own.
and known throughout the district as
a quick 'puller' and a dead shot.
I'D been IN the place a week or
more. wishing fervently for a chance to
20 East again. when 1 made the aC-
quaintance OF Walter Doely Doelv was
a Young fellow from southern Illinois.
and although he hailed from Yankee
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PorInr - nIYcrslon.

Porter" said the Pussy iady -H the
parIor car. Il wish you would open
this window"
The lady IN the seat directly across
the car heard the request and drew
a cloak about her
Porter. II that window IS opened"
she snapped testify. L shall freeze
to death"
and if the window Is kept closed, d"
returned the other passenger, u shall
surely sunocate."
The porter stood timidly between the
two fires.
Porter" remarked the commercial
traveller, your duty Is very plain.
Open the window and freeze one lady.
Then close 1t and suf0cate the other"
Puck,
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lcontlnuel - - -

Continued from Sixth Page)
but German DID not finch hairs
breadth
I'm "a boss mason here Dee replied
"Been here since the work began
"Oh. is that 500 You're an right
them. cried Boyd, with a toss OF his
head Its among the lab3ress Chat
we're after our game. We suspect
that one or more crooks have worked
their way I'M here and done this loo'
and now have hidden tho
While he spoke, he Uad raised ms
hand to his hat, a prearranEed signal
and what more re might have said was
interrupted by loud cries from the far
Their end Of the corridor, where most
of the policemen then were located.
Look out. thcrei stop him. Boyd.
stop that mani
Tbess were the vociferous cries, and
at the same morleut a roughly clad
fellow. none other than Jimmie Cole
man however. came pluuglng down
the dim corridor at brealIreck sneed
He appeared % be making for the
stairs. and was closely pursued by two
Of the policemen. who We're utter.ns
the above cries.
BOYD seeued O. take iu the situation
AT a glance He muttered an oath,
then sprane IN the corridor % head
Coleman of As he did SO, he flashed
one backward glance at German, ana
saw him stink quickly toward the ONCE
I'm which they had met that morning
as IL his interest there was greater
than in the excitement outside 4el
without pausinp. Bovd ran a rod or
more up the corridor. shouting AZ the
top Of his lungs;
Look out for him. boys. He's turn
i~- back. Down the side passase-
that wayl that way. III look OUT Tor
these stairs.
Then he turned sharDlv around ana
looked back German had disappeared
The confusion in the corridors during
these few moments was like JhaJ OF
bedlam
With movements as quick aad agile
as those of a leopard, Felix Boyd
darted back, hurled as:;e workman
who came from one of the Offices.
and in a moment ne has reached the
doorway OF the room abuttins the
street VesJibule. There vas but one
occupant OF the room.
Air. German, the boss mason. was
upon his knees on the tessellated floor.
With "a chisel he had pr'ed up one Of
the square stone slabs in the south
corner and from a cavity beneath 10
was at that moment taking-the pack
age of stolen bonds,
Good enough. Mr.. Gormanr' CRIED
Boyd Ia ringing tones. as De strobe
into the room. $50 YOU are the MAJ
precisely as I suspected, Let me have
them. If you please!~
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had added, as usual. his own weight
10 the tired mules already heavy load
the beast plunged and reared so vio-
lenuy that the man was thrown with
violence breaking his arm, while the
pack was flung off. Boiling then along
the torrent side. the mule was near
lag the bridEe at ScheTt at fun galloD.
when a PARTY of men barred the way.
Sa.i7r escape thus blocked and re-ap-
sure inevitable, with q return to the
O.J unDeLraUle cruelty, the animal
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Rather"
'I picked mp most OF these clues
very guekly.' added Boyd, "aud when
WySgn. after accostad him Iu "a way
that must have told him he was sus-
p-cted. showed no apprehension and
no signs o. attempting 10 commuuI-
cate with German. was convinced
that the sclmDs had their plans SO
Wei laid that they felt sure Of them
selves. and that some unexpected move
must Pc made for the immediate re-
carery oI tine bonds. That IS my spe-
cal line. you know. rather than that
OF securing criminals"
Yes. ! know, groWIed Coleman.
Pat l don't see why you stiu oppose
the arrest of Wykom and that girl"
81 should do SD. Jimmie IL you bad
not KILLED German" said BOYD. He
was our chief witness. for We might
have forced a confession from him.
But as the affair n9v- stands. we nave
M absolute case against Wykon and
Miss Dole Racy easily can deny an
acquaintance, ana Wyk0n can swear
thar his meeting with Benson was
purely casual. that be never saw Or
heard If Conan. and that the latter
must have done the job alone or WITH
the hep Of unknown parties. We
c5u,i not absolutely prove the con-
trlry- despite the clrcumstauJaI evil
derca."
-IumTh ] guess yau are right. Mr..
Felix Bed"
mo. ne. Jimmie. there IS uolhIng in
aTestrg Wykon az present. lie viii
know that he is suspected of a hand
in tbs job. but De certainly is a
9hrewd and nervy knaEe. and doubt
less sees his WAY clearly particularly
since German has gene under we yet
may bring him 90 the ringoolt, how
ever for ] rather feel that we have
not seen the last of him. Later. 1
must give F.ske a Quiet zip 20 ger rid
of his stea0gr3pher
Ply an means
In my opinion. Jimmie concluded
Boyd, reaching for his pipe. I'VE have
dealt with only a subordinate or A
hireliug. not the master. Mark me.
Jimmie, the master is not YET known
10 MS. TIE Is a much greater ana
more clever kulye th3u we know. Ny
word for f.. we have not heard the
last Of him"
In THIS Mr. FTii7 Boyd was right,
Is subsequent accounts Of his remark
able wor.1 viii disclose.
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The Cow and the summer Girl.

The COW charged upcu the s3untef-
ing summer girl. All ga the usual way
and was not a little disconnected when
the creature stood her ground.
why don't you take 20 your heels:'
demanded the COW. impatienuy. and
added with a palpable sneer:. Be
cause they are French heels, perhaps. %
80. ma'am," replied the summer
pIn with considerable -Sperity. IT'S
simply because my ParasoI is no red
der tEan you are Ny advice 10 you
IS 10 cast the beam out of your own
eve before you go cunning after the
mote IN your neighbours eye"
Now. by this the COW was so
crushed and aumillated that she forth
with retired % a dairy, CoEfessiug her
self unequal to the duties OF a farm
where they took miscellaneous board
ers--puCk
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qARlRDSU0G2[hID. lASTBGS
Get a Full Moon Hair Cut
And Save Your Falling Locks

residents Of that section, prides him
self upon a luXur-aHt growth OF hair,
and declaring that be d.G not feel
justified in permitting the secret 20 die
with him, he has explained how he re-
tains his SamEOn.an locks
'For "a number of years" said Mr.
Weber, Il have been getting my hair
cut on or about the first Friday 81
the full moon. ] started % do this
when 4 saw that my hair was grad
ually getting thinner. and was graft
fed "a see that. a not only stopped
falling out. bat that a new growth be-
gan % appear upon the bald spOts.'
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weeks later the lawyer. who had ac-
cCHmodated his friend. met him on
the street The prospect0r seemed
anxious to avoid his creditor. The
last time / saw You. ly-u were within
three feet of million dollars" re-
marked the lawyer What's the news
now2" ION. h." said ire prosrector.
Tn not within a million feet Of three
dollars THE Story az Montana"
by c. P. Connolly in the September
- McClure's
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One On he Doc

re told me I was on the blink
You're nearly iH I fear. DE said.
''l our .aTynX blue, has gotten pink
ana ReaIs WaTt " TWO. i think.
'But EJll I'll make you good as new.
Ill operate on you.' be said.
I'm cut your livid lung iu two
Twill cost q thousand piInks lo you"
but Doe" J said. '-Im very poorF'
DE eyed ne with amaze.
pray stop. he cried 'aII say no i1pre
Tie fTea d.spcnsaFy's next doors
.IUs plain enough be said. go tell
You thought this was the place
CO there aud get some e4-g-lel-
A dose or two VIII make yll We-l-
Puck.
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= AMEs COOK. of PiusburE, is a
drm believer in dreams. When
he dreamed. several nights ago,
that his wife. who eloped from
home July T. was in Harrisburg with
James "BuckshoJ' Frazier Captain
Of Detectives James Eagan took no
stock in his dream. Cook insisted
however, that he could not lee Rts-
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This Girl Finds Courage
To Desert at the Altar

groom was on deck, but the bride could
not be found After a long search by
the girls father and the distracted
fance. Miss Jones was found at the
home OF relatives IN Pittsburg.
81 thought 1 loved him dearly" she
explained. 'but when the time foI
the wedding came I found / did not
So 1 decided it would be better for us
not 10 marry"
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Shows Effects Of Liquor.

the mirror tnD ucEpffdfp coulN see NF-
eryone who passed through the door.
- -
Shows Effects OF Liquor.
"Belden. looking. up from HIS cards.
nodded casually 20 me, and Doeiy
greeted me warmly and asked me 70
take a seat and wait for the next round
Of drinks. which he was going 60 pay
for. The round, made up Of the fQaicst
kind Of ffrewater-suca stuff as used
70 set the Apaches on the war dance
when they got too much Of it-cume.
and another followed. and / noticed
with some uneasiness that my young
friend from Illinois was getting bit
husky I'm voice and "a little wabbly in
motion. Every time ned throw down
his cards / could see his body lurch
and sway far TO one side. and. conclud-
ing that he was well under the indu-
ence Of liquor, I tried To persuade
him TO give up the game and go %
the quarters
"Belden cast ominous glances in my
direction when / suggested 20 Walter
that il was time 20 turn in and. not
wishing TO have a run-in with such
"a notorious gun Fighter, 7 became less
insistent. especially as Walter himself
seemed bent on playing an night
TIA" two greasers, who hadnt entered
with much were cleaned up soon and
the game was between Belden and
Doely. D3eiy had about $50 worth Of
chips left and risked his pile on three
knavCs. IN the draw he got another,
and turning 20 me, borrowed all the
money / had IN my pocket at the time
S-5-to bet on his hand. Bel1en C1uliy
took the IS bet and on the call threw
down four aces.
'DJe,y stared in surprise, and as quick
as a flesh snatched up the balance OF
the deck and ran through the paste
boards 10 see whether there were any
more aces among them. having The idea
doubtless that Belden was cheating.
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OHE thought she was in love, but
she wasn't
y This is the explanation Eivcn
by Miss Myrtle Jones, the
seventeen-vear-old daughte- of the SUI
perintendgnt OF the water works IN
Berlin. Pa. because she failed 10 show
up for her wedding 10 Walter Z
Baker last "Wednesday
All the guests had assembled The
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She ELOpeS; He Dreams;
The Police Do the Rest

taken The dream was too solid
TO humor him, the Harrisburg police
were communicated with, and a few
hours later they wired back that they
had Fra ZieT and the wife.
The couple We're brought back 10
Pittsburg. Mrs CCok is heartily sorry
for her escapade. Cook TOW sings
constantly "N0thing's worth while but
dreams o. YOU" II is getting on his
NIrJ's nerves.
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Unknd.

LiIv-A man just went boy In ~ -
tomobue. He looked al me and said
what a beautiful woman
Juliette-IIeaVcns, he must have
been going fast,- Translated for Tales
from Neccendorfer Batter.
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This Utah Fish Story Wins in a Walk

"a FISH story that is entitled 70
IA enter che championship contest
I Is told by Charles Baldwin.
referee in bankruptcy, who has just
returned TO salt Lake City, Utah, from
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DaIeet

Let me have thirty dollars" said
p~ospectcr one day 10 lawyer
frie9d. 81 must n-ve powder and
grub. I'll ray YOU back within a
week. I've struck it rich I'm within
three feet of a million dollars.n Two