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Raffles had insisted that l should in

Raffles had insisted that l should in
sist on the point, so we We're together,
I think, without suspicion, though also
without any object that 1 could see.
-,n the Sunday afternoon l was
asleep in my berth-the lower one
when the curtains We're shaken by
Rallies, who was in his shirt sleeves on
the settee.
Achilles sulking in his bunk!"
"What else is there to dog" l asked
him as stretched and yawned. l
noted, however, the good humor Of his
tone and did my best to catch it.
Il have found something else, Bun
n.y.
II dare say!'
"You misunderstood me. The whip
persnapper's making his century this
afternoon. I've had other fish to fry"
swung my legs over the side of my
berth and sat forward, as he was sit
| ting, all attention. The inner door, a
grating, was shut and bolted and cur
tanned like the open portfolio.
1--WE shall be at Genoa before sun
set" continued Ratiies. Its the place
where the deeds got to be DONE"
$50 you still mean to do it!'
did l ever say didn't?"
you have said SO little either way"
"Advisedly so, my dear Bunny. Why
spoil pleasure trip by talking unnec-
essary shop? But now the time has
come. 1t must be done at Genoa OIL
not at all"
"On land?"
mo, on board, tomorrow night. To
night would do, but tomorrow is bet
ter in case of mishap. If we were
forced to use violence we could get
away by the earliest train and nothing
be known till the ship was sailing
and Won Heumann found dead OF
drugged"-
mot deadv' l exclaimed.
"Of course not" assented Raflles
"or there would be no need for us to
bolt. But, il we should have to bolt
Tuesday morning is our time, when
this ship has got to sail whatever hap
pens. But don't anticipate any
violence. Violence is confession OF
terrible incompetence. In all these
years how many blows have you
known me to strike? Not one, be
lieve, but have been quite ready tc
kill my man every time If the worst
came to the worst"
/ asked him how he proposed to en-
ter Won Heumann's stateroom unob
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THERE WAS A. j. RAFFLEs.
Posed by Kyrle Bellev

gentleman IMAM ner Jnen COMMANDER
or better fellows thanhis officers. This
much at least let me have the grace to
admit hated the voyage. 1t was no
fault of anybody connected with the
ship; it was no fault of the weather,
which was monotonously ideal. Not
even in my own heart did the reason
reside. Conscience and l We're di-
vorced at last and the decree made
absolute. With my scruples had fed
all fear, and I was ready to revel be-
tween bright skies and sparkling sea
with the light hearted detachment Of
who prevented me, but not Raffles
alone. 1t was Raffles and that colo
NAL mink on her way home from
school
What he could see in her-but that
begs the question. OF course he saw
no more than did, but to annoy me,
,or perhaps to punish me for my long
detection, he must turn his back on
me and devote himself to this chit from
Southampton to the Mediterranean.
They were always together. 1t was
itoo absurd. After breakfast they
would begin and go on until II or II
lat night. There was no intervening
hour at which you might not hear her
nasal laugh or his quiet voice talking
soft nonsense into her ear. OF course
1T was nonsense! Is it conceivable
that man like Raf1les, with his knowl-
edge of the world and his experience
of women-a side of his character upon
which have purposely never touched,
for it deserves another Volumes it
credible, ask, that such man could
find anything but nonsense to talk by
the day together to giddy young
schoolgirl? ! would not be unfair fol
the world. l think I have admitted
that the young person had points Her
eyes, suppose, were really fine, and
certainly the shape Of the little brown
face was charming, so far as mere
contour can charm. admit also more
audacity than / cared about, with en-.
viable health, mettle aud vitality.
may not have occasion to report any
of this young lady's speeches (they
would scarcely bear iD, and am there.
fore the more anxious to describe her
without injustice. / confess to some
little prejudice against her. I resent
ed her success with Raftles, Of whom,
in consequence, saw less and less
each day. It is mean thing to have
to confess. but there must have been
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like our forefathers on the stage or in
the old fashioned fiction? For his
part he enjoyed himself on all squares
of the board and liked the light the bet
ter for the shade. My conclusion he
considered absurd.
"But you err in good company, Bun
ny, for all the cheap moralists who
was the first and worst offender of you
all. l back myself to climb out Of
Avernus any day like, and sooner or
later shall climb out for good.
suppose can't very we'll turn myself
into limited liability company, but
could retire and settle down and live
blamelessly ever after. I'm not sure
that it couldn't be done on this pearl
alone.
''Then you don't still think it too re-
markable to sell?"
1--WE might take fishery and haul
1t up with smaller fry. 1t would come
after months of i'll luck, just as we
were going to sell the schooner. By
Jove, it would be the talk of the Pa
cificw
'Well, we've got to get it first. Is
this Won What's-his-name formidable
cuss?"
More 80 than he looks, and he has
the cheek of the devil!'
AS he spoke a white drill skirt fut-
tered past the open stateroom door,
and caught glimpse of an upturned
mustache beyond.
"But is he the chap we have to deal
with? Won't the pearl be in the
purser's keeping?"
Raff1es stood at the door, frowning
out upon the Solent, but for an instant
he turned to me with sniff.
"My good fellow, do you suppose the
whole ships company knows there's a
gem like that aboard? You said that
it was worth 100000; in Berlin they
say it's priceless. doubt if the skipper
himself knows that Won Heumann has
it on him.
"And he has?s
Must have"
"Then we have only him to deal
with?"
He answered me without word.
Something white was fluttering past
once more, and Raffles, stepping forth,
made the promenaders three.
do not ask to set foot aboard finer
steamship than the Uhlan of the Nord-
deutscher Lloyd, to meet kindlier
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that we can afford to chance it. No,
1 can't have you there to make sure.
The great point is that neither of us
should be seen from the time we turn
in. A couple Of ships boys do sentry
go on these decks, and they shall be
our witnesses. By Jove, it'll be the
biggest mystery that ever was nader
IF Won Heumann doesn't resist"
Resist! He won't get the chance
He drinks too much beer to sleep
light, and nothing is so easy as to
chloroform heavy sleeper. You've
even. done it yourself on an occasion
Of which it's perhaps unfair to remind
you Won Heumann will be past sen
sation almost as soon as l get my
hand through his ventilator. l shall
crawl in over his body, Bunny, my
boy.'
"And II"
you will hand me what / want and
hold the fort in case of accidents and
generally lend me the moral support
you've made me require. It's luxury,
Bunny, but found it devilish difficult
TODD without it after you turned pi!"
He said that Won Heumann was GER
tain to sleep with a bolted door, which
he, of course would leave unbolted,
and spoke of other ways of laying a
false scent while riflng the cabin. Not
that Ratfles, anticipated tiresome
search. The pearl would be about Won
Heumann's person-in fact, Raffles
knew exactly where and in what he
kept it. Naturally asked how he
could have come by such knowledge,
and his answer led up to a momentavy
unpleaSantness.
otis very old story, Bunny. |
really forget in what book it comes;
I'm only sure of the Testament But
Samson was the unlucky hero and one
Delilah the heroine"
And he looked so knowing that |
could not be in a moments doubt as
to his meaning.
$50 the fair Australian has been play,
ing Delilah?" said l.
''In very harmless, innocent sort OF
way"
She got his mission out of him?"
Eyes, I've forced him to score all tilG
points he could, and that was his g:'aa.
stroke, as hoped it would be. lie has
even shown Amy the PEARL
"Amy, eli! And she promptly :ol.
your"
Nothing Of the kind. What makes
you think so? / had the Creates
trouble in getting 1t out of her.
His tone should have been a SUI
ficient warning to me. had not the
tact to take it as such. At last llneN
the meaning Of his furious Irritation
and stood wagging my head and sllak
ing my finger, blinded to his frow.'
by my own enlightenment.
"Wily worm!" said l. Nov SCI
through it all. How dense I've been"
Sure you're not still?"
mo: now / understand what ha'
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served, ana even through the curralneo
gloom Of ours his face lighted up.
"Climb into my bunk, Bunny, and
you shall see."
l did so, but could see nothing. Raj
fies reached across me and tapped the
ventilator, sort of trapdoor in the
wall above his bed, some eighteen
inches long and half that height. 1t
opened outward into the ventilating
shaft.
That said he, sis our door to for
tune. Open it if you like. You won't
see much, because it doesn't open far.
but loosening couple of screws will
set that all right. The shaft, as you
may see, Is more or less bottomless:
you pass under it whenever you go to
your bath, and the top is skylight on
the bridge. That's why this thing has
to be done while we're at Genoa, be
cause they keep no watch on the bridge
in port. The ventilator opposite ours
is Won Heumann's. 1t again will only
mean couple Of screws, and there's
beam to stand on while you work.
But if anybody should look up from
below"
Its extremely unlikely that any
body will be astir below-so unlikely
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-19
In the counterfeIters, Den.

The evening before the beginning of
the insurrection, Lang visited Schiller
and explained TO the king that he was
ready to go to work. requesting that
Schiller give him permission to visit
me counterfeiting den. AS 1t was
known that Louis was q printer and
that he would presumably make a
valuable addition to that force, his re-
quest was granted and he obtained
his pass, which he presented at the
door of the den" very early the next
morning.
Lang was met at the door of the Of
flee by the chief counterfeiter in per-
son, who was none other than Marcus
Milton, one of the shrewdest rascals
ever born. He has been instrumental
in flooding certain districts in the
United States with counterfeit money
to such an extent that good" money
is thrown out as worthless. It is es-
timated by experts that he and his
gang have succeeded in placing fully
one million silver dollars on the mar
ket that are not known from the gem
ulne, containing full weight metal, but
at profit of over 100000 He was
caught in the act and sentenced to
Auburn for thirty years, but managed
to escape. He was engaged at the
present in the. manufacture of $40
notes under the protection of the city.
Milton read the order presented to
him by Lang and very graciously con-
Quoted Louis into the office" where
they chatted together about Chicago
and things in general.
81 am printer" said Louis, but l
have never seen any bills of the char
acter of money printed
THE printing of money" said Mil
ton, who liked to air his knowledge
about the business, is never seen by
any but trusted government officials
and perhaps no one man sees bill
printed in its entirety By printing
] mean llthographing, the making of
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Hlnkv nlnk and Rarrle.

H. G. Wells of England, the fore
cast-novel man and sociologist, met,
an interesting person in Chicago and
in a magazine article tells all about
the experience. 81 made" he says,
"the acquaintance of Alderman Ken
ma, who is better known found
throughout the states as Hinky Dink,'
saw his two saloons and something of
the Chinese quarters about him. He
is compact, upright little man, with
iron-gray hair, a clear blue eye and a
dry manner. He wore a bowler hat
through all our experiences in COM
mon and kept his hands in his jacket
pockets. He filled me with ridicu-
lous idea, for which l apologize, that,
had it fallen to the lot of ]. M. Barrie
to miss university education and
keep saloon in Chicago and organize
voters, he would have looked own
brother to Mr.. Kenna."
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Looking out through the grated WIN
COW OF ms ONCE Milton saw tne troops
getting ready TO hre upon the walls
ana government buildings
a riot! he exclaimed Guard tne
plate whiie bring IN the numbering
nacnine' ana ne lelt tne piate WIN
Lang while he ran into the pressroom
ana Drought In the numbering ma
cnine' This little machlne Is VIVA.
makes our DIS goou' ne auueu' IL
L was not on 70 the system OIL NUMBER
ing tne pllis they would De easily ue-
tected. me system Oh numbering Is
more intricate than tne slgning' WHICH
is very easy OF lniieation Wnen you
Know now WINE taiklhs Mli'oh Iaiu
down the machine peside the ehgraV-
ing OF the 'front.' OIL the note upon tne
TOP OF the SAFE, whlle ne reached down
ana began TO turn tne KNOB OIL tne saie
10 form the combination
cannon pail thrown from posi-
tlon near the rlght wan OF tne town'
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-19
substltutes and It's DANGERS.

Only yesterday one of the typo subs
on this paper asked O'Sullivan why he
kept continually harping on substitu-
ton.
O'Sullivan said: Substitution is a
snake in the grass; one of the meanest
things you have to deal with" How
ever, in our particular business we see
that it Works disaster to the other fell
low.
"True enough, old man. said the
sub; only last night friend and l.,
when hungry. visited one of our Bos-
ton hostelries and ordered sirloin
steak They put up a steak, but it
was not a sirloin. The amount was
taken off the check, and we don't. go
there any more for sirloin steak
Boston Globe.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-19
Miss KteMsDOnald

More than likely you speak the same
words yourself, and no doubt you feel
far from well. The cause may be easily
traced to some arrangement of the fe-
male organs which manifests itself in
depression of spirits, reluctance to go
anywhere or do anything, backache,
bearing-down pains, hatulency, nerv-
business, sleeplessness, or other fe-
male weakness.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead, and unless
needed life of suffering or serious
operation is the inevitable result
The never-fail;ngr remedy for all these
symptoms is Lydia e. Pinlham's Veg
etable Compound.
Miss Kate Mcdonald of Woodbridge,
N. j., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham;
I" Restored health has meant so much to me
that cannot help from telling about il for
the sake Of other suffering women.
g For long time l suffered untold agony
with female trouble and irregularities,
which made me physical wreck. and no one
thought would recover, but Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has entirely
cured me, and made mo well and strcng, and
feel it my duty to tell other suffering women
what splendid medicine ii isn
For twenty-five years Mrs. Pinkham,
daughter-in-law OF Lydia n PinlSham,
has under her direction, and since her
decease, been advising sick women FREQ
OF charge. Her advice is free and
always helpful Address, Lynn, Mass.
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door of the printing office demanding
admission.
Louis grew impatient. He did not
wish to be seen carrying off the plate.
1t had been his intention to make his
escape unnoticed from the rear in the
confusion.
Milton grew nervous. Something
made him hesitate. At the final turn,
instead of unlocking, he turned the
lock wrong and quickly sprang to his
feet. Louis saw by the expression OF
the mans face that he suspected the
plot, and then came hand to hand
struggle Milton hurled himself
against Lang.
Il see it ALL" snarled Milton. This
is plot to rob me of the plate 1t
is now your death or mine!"
Even when the final struggle came
Lang did not like to kill Milton. Time
and time again as the combatants,
locked in each others embrace. wrig-
gled and turned and bit and clawed,
scuffied around the room, Lang tried
to hit his foe upon the head with the
butt end of his revolver, but each time
Milton parted the blow.
Milton was a strong man, but his
work, although not combining, had
made him slow of action. He was
possessed of but one thought, that of
killing Louis though in doing SO he
gave up his own life.
The convicts had heard the scufile
on the inside; they grew tired of wait
ing for reply to their summons, and
brought a battering ram to play upon
the door, SCATTERING the door into
fragments
The combatants on the inside had
managed to throw themselves out of
harms way and Milton had Louis
pinned up against the wall, slowly
squeezing the wind out of our hero
Up to this time Louis had refrained
from trying to Kill Milton, The time
for desperate action arriving, Louis
thrust the gun against the counter
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fading away and finally SO weak that
for six months / could not get OUT
of the house. was nervous, restless
and sleepless at night, and lame and
sore in the morning. Sometimes
everything would whirl and blur be-
fore me. / bloated so badly could
not wear tight clothing, and had to
put on shoes two sizes larger than
usual The urine was disordered and
passages were dreadfully frequent. l
got help from the first box of Do.n's
Kidney Pills, however, and by the
time / had taken four boxes the pain
and bloating was gone. have been
in good heath ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster.Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-19
rnlstou,n lateat Work.

Count Tolstoy has completed new
work entitled: "The Divine Human"
The characters depicted include the
principal revolutionary leaders in Rus
STA during the years from 1880 to
1890. He is already engaged upon
the work of dealing with current
events in Russia.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-19
Both stuck.

Bil-what's the matter with Far
mer Furrow?
Jill-Oh, you know that balky
horse of his?
Indeed, do"
"Well, he traded it off for an auto
mobile and now the machine won't
go any farther than the horse did.
Yonkers Statesman.
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Sublime Faith.

Nothing short of true faith will sep
arate a bald-headed man from the
hard-earned price Of bottle of hair
restorer.
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Tine CONVICT COJT17TTgl1s
Qzg F'BQIH17INGMwe@ FI[IL[LlON
BY CHARLES NORRIS BUTLER
10Sar az Zr 2eSesse Of /aoc n 1aa7a0( zsee.|zaNsEG
CHAPTER XVII.
III. Regaaae o( AakNe" N ZlaeNzez/ Mzee.

Copyright 1905, by charles Morris Butler.
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worked hard IN my
time and have been
exposed again and
again to changes Of
weather. 1t is no
wonder my kidneys
gave out and l went
all to pieces at last
For five years | was
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wOMEN's NEGLECT
sUFFERINGrHEsUREPENALTY
Health Thus Lost Is Restored by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

How many women do you know who
are perfectly well and strong? We
hear every day the same story over and
over again. 81 do not feel well l am
SO tired all the time -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-05
JOTTINGs FROM JUDS0N.
Everybody Had a Good Time on Christ
mas Day; Other Notes.

From SATURDAY DAILY.
Minnesota people must say that Cal
ifornia is not in it at all for winter
weather. This beats anything the old
settlers have ever seen and stock seems
to rejoice over the fine sunny weather
and are doing fine.
Christmas is once more among the
things of the past, and the little folks
are commencing to figure out how long
it will be before Old Santa will again
pay them visit.
The Christmas tree and services at
school house No. 90 turned out very sat
isfactorily under the management of the
teacher Miss Katie May Price. The
pupils went home more than pleased.
Esther Davis spent Christmas at Cam
bria with her sister, Annie.
Conner Evans has returned home from
Minot, n. d., where he spent the sum-
mer farming his claim and reports crops
splendid up in that part last fall,
and that land is increasing in value rap
idly. He expects to 60 up again in the
spring and probably will buy tickets for
two.
r. o. Roberts has moved onto H. r.
Roberts place, formerly occupied by II.
A. Jones.
Evan Roberts has bought brand
new red geared top buggy, which proves
u conundrum among the young girls as
to which of them shall ride in it, but
we think Evan has that question decid-
ed.
Art McGiveney is kept busy at his
rock quarry these days having gotten
out about fifteen cords already this
winter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-05
SUIT OVER SCHOLARSHIP.
r. j. ToIand Seeks to Recover on
Note Given by Prospective Stud mt


The suit of F. j. Toland VS.. John +.
Laingun of Lake Crystal was tried be-
fore Judge Comstock today. The plain
tiffs sues to recover on a note forS50 Civ
en- the defendant as tuition for a course
at the plaintiffs business university, less
S. paid on the same. The defendant did
not attend the university, but instead
enrolled himself at the Mankato Com
mercial college, where he is at present
student The note was given last July
18th and fell due Nov. LIST. Judge Ply
mat appeared for the plaintiff and Harry
Volk for the defendant.
The defense was that an agent for the
plaintiff miss-represented the facts
garding the advantages of the two col
leges and that he took the scholarship
under misapprehension. This the plain
tiff denies. The case was tried without a
jury and took up most of the day.
The Judge decided in favor of Toland.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-05
ENCOURAGE RIFLE SHOOTING.
Congressman Dick Has a Plan to En-
COURAGE It's Study.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Under the lead
ership of Senator Dick of Ohio, a move
ment is being projected for the encour-
agement of rifle shooting throughout
the country, much after the manner in
which the same thing was done in Eng
land after the Boar war by the organi-
cation of rifle clubs under the leadership
of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Senator
Dick has prepared a bill which it is eX-
pected will, if it passes, cause the ma
tional guard in every state to take the
lead in the study of Workmanship, and
the example thus set will be followed
by the organization of civilian rifle
clubs, under the patronage of the ma
tional government.
Senator Dicks bill appropriates 3d.
100000 for general militia purposes, but
provides that a portion of this sum shall
be used for the promotion of rifle prac-
tice, including the acquisition, construc-
ton, maintenance and equipment of
shooting galleries and suitable target
The same bill will be urged in the