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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-17
CHAPTER XXI.-tContinued.,

OhAHIER AAl.-tCOntinued.)
$50 you have been a rich woman,
Pauline" he said, turning to her kind.
~. He did not know yet how far this
arrangement had been intentional on
her part, and he would give her the
Deneht OF the doubt. II, too, have fallen
on prosperous times. Now, what are you
gong to do? Shall 1 see you home? Or
snail call on you tomorrow, when you
Will be quieter and calmer? Or will
you come and look at my little place
now?"
linen, for the first time, Pauline raised
her mead; and again Jack saw the ex-
preston of the carved tigers heads as
she answered her husband.
VIII not accompany you anywhere;
would sooner kill myself-for I hate
your
Inc shocked clergyman would have
spoken; but Polling stopped him cour-
teously but firmly.
lou must pardon me; but this is my
a1alr' as you must acknowledge, and
mine only. Then turning to the raging
woman, he went on: I'm those circum-
stances further discussion would be use
Tess; and only Jack, who was watch
ing MIN closely, guessed what wonderful
oel-eontrol he was exerting to keep him
seh from exposing and upbraidiny the
woman TO whom he spoke II will give
you the address of my solicitor, and all
future communications must be made
Inrougn hlm. He wrote the address on
q leaI OF MS pocketbook, tore it out, and
paced IL ON the table beside her. "And
now, Mrs. Pelling, may see you to your
cab?" 'N
one rose and drew herself up defantly,
and then swept from the vestry: and
feillng followed her in polite attend
anee. lie returned in few seconds.
And now, Mr.. Dornton," he said. "if
you will favor me with your companv 7
snan be glad to give and receive explana-
tons"
After wishing the clergyman "Good
morning. the two men jumped into the
cap which brought Polling from the sta
uon' ana drove to hotel. They talked
on lndlherent subjects until they were in
possession of private room, and the
waiter had finally retired, after receiy-
ing orders for luncheon in half an hour.
linen Pelling turned to Jack and be-
gan:
~ seems to me that you and I are
rated to cross each others paths. Mr..
Dornton. | have heard you spoken of
pretty often lately by a Mr.. Mallett. a
particular friend of mine"
indeed" said Jack, uncomfortable,
not rellshing this sudden and intentional
introduction of the Malletts' name: for.
since his conversation with Lord Sum
mers, Jack felt less proud than ever
OF MS own share in the rupture with
hthei. He thought, too, that Mr.. Pell-
ing would not have heard much to his
credit from that source.
Il see what you are thinking" Pell-
Ing observed; but you are wrong. Mr..
Mal!ett has spoken of you to me only
as promising man In your profession
The other matter that Is in your mind
took the liberty Of finding out for my
self. Now, 1 have proposition to make
to you"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-17
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@EOS91Ms By CHARLOTTE M BRAEMR

By CHARLOTTE M. BRAEMR

thlngs quietly, you would have given a
good deal never to have seen her at all,
and wished you had behaved differently
to Miss Mallett.
Jack jumped up, his face beamins,
and wrung Pellings hand
Il could not say it myself, but that
is really just how it has been with me.
l am not good at expressing my feelings;
but l know you are behaving very we'll
to me-much better than l deserve--and
thank you. And now what do you wish
me to do?"
Go right away for a few months.
Write to me now and again, and l will
take care that Miss Mallett hears what
ever is likely to be of use to you. Give
her time to forget the indlgnity you have
put on her and her love. l shall be
on hand In the character of a benevolent
patriarch, and the moment 1 see signs
favorable to our plot l will bring about
a meeting. The rest will lie with your
self"
How can I thank your"
You owe me no thanks. Relieve your
mind on that point. What l am doing
| do out of my sincere wish for Miss
Mallett's happiness. If you really think
you owe me anything pay it in kindness
to your wife after you are married. Here
is luncheon. We will talk by and by
of your immediate plans"
When they had finished luncheon, and
Jack had left, Polling laid down on the
hard horsehair sofa, with his hands under
his head, gazing steadfastly at the cell
ing; and it was not until the evening,
when the waiter came to light the gas,
that he was reused from his deep rev.
erie. He then pulled himself together,
called for his bill, and having settled it,
went out into the wretched night.
When Pauline left her husband at the
church door she knew that her schem-
ing had been futile, and that she could
never again show her face at Mailing
ford; but 1t was not that which caused
her the agony of mind she was suffer-
ing.
She had lost Jack. The one pure, I'M
selfish cup Of joy she had longed to taste
had been snatched from her lips at the
moment of raising. She was stunned
with despair.
She paced up and down the platform
at Charing Cross station, watching for
Babette and connecting plans for OBJ
tanning what ready money she could be-
fore the grand denouement came. She
knew her jewels must be worth at least
five, thousand pounds, and, though some
of them were heirlooms, and others had
been bought with money obtained by her
dishonesty, she would not scruple to APP
ply them to her personal use. Then she
would draw at once two thousand from
her bankers. She would 60 and do this
personally lest they might scruple to pay
so large a sum on a check. And SO she
laid her miserable plans, refusing to
listen for one moment to the prompting
OF her better nature, which would even
now. suggest her return to the husband
whose only sin had been his poverty.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-17
Americas Largest Land owner.

William Cornell Green is known as
"the largest landowner In America. j"
His holdings in Arizona and in the
State of Sonora, Mexico, amount to
about 100000 acres, including some
of the most valuable copper-producing
land on the continent. 1t was while
raising cattle in Arizona that he be
came interested in some mines which
Senator Clark, Of Montana, and other
big copper men refused to purchase
The properties turned out to be enor
mously rich, and now Green is many
times a millionaire.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-17
Sure Cure for Vanity,

did you see my picture In this
mornings paper?" asked the public
man.
NO" said the wit, shrleking with
laughter. What were you cured of
Ha, haH
"Of vanity. after saw the picture
answered the other, sadly-Clevelan
Leader.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-17

How are you coming on with yom
new system of weather prediction"
WELL answered the prophet cheer
lily; Il can always get the kind of
weather all right, but l haven't quite
succeeded in hitting the dates exact
ly."-Washington Star.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-17
He Waited No Longer.

"You may refuse me now" said the
persistent sutton, "but l can wait. All
things come to him who waits"
Yes" replied the dear girl, "and I
guess the first thing will be father;
hear him on the stairs. "-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-17

Didn't you used to board with us
up to Mrs. Gadfiy's?' asked the thin
necked man.
YES" replied Brightman, CURLY.
"Why, don't you board there still?"
Because l was" Philadelphia
Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-17
Said at the Breakfa.t Table.

Explorers say there's something
awful in the silence of the polar re-
gions."
"Well' why don't they take their
wives alongT-Atlanta Constitution.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
State News

Bridgeton merchants complain
that during the holiday shopping
rush more goods were carried off by
shop-lifters than ever before.
The members of Trinity M. e.
church, Millville, presented their
pastor, Rev. William Mitchell, with
a $40 gold piece Christmas night.
Mrs. Sarah Van Hook, an aged
woman, fell down stairs at the home
of her son, Harry Van Hook, in Mill
Vile. and sustained serious injuries
Wednesday.
Hammonton fire companies in
joint session elected Gottlieb F.
LEM as chief of the department, to
succeed John Walther, whose term
expires January l..
Maurice river was frozen over for
the first time in many years on Tues
day, and hundreds were able to skate
for nearly q mile along the wharves
in Millville.
In the Camden court Thomas Pol
lard was acquitted of a charge of as
saulting twelve-year-old Jeanette
Blackman, also colored, in his home
in Haddonfield.
A slippery pavement caused John
r. Fitzgerald, colored, aged sixty
three years, of No. 1914 Miller
street, Camden, to fall and break a
leg. He was taken to the West Jer-
sey homeopathic hospital.
Falling beneath a handcar at the
Tenth street crossing of the Penn
~sylvania railroad in Camden, Gelma-
dine Showl, a laborer, of No. 511
Catherine street, Philadelphia, had
an arm crushed.
A three-year-old son of Thomas
Minch, of B%ordentown, while running
with a stick in his mouth fell, the
stick decorating the roof of his
month and injuring his palate. He
was taken to st. Francis Hospital
at Trenton.
At the opening of the December
term of the Cumberland county
courts Wednesday Justice Trenchard
announced that he would not preside
over jury trials, but the list would
be referred to Judge Endicott, of the
Circuit Court, for trial.
Owing to the rapidly increasing
population of Bridgeton there is not
a vacant habitable house in the city,
and landlords have given notice that
rents are to be increased at least 20
per cent. A large number of houses
will be built in the spring.
While at work on a new wooden
mill in course of erection at River
and Marlton avenues, Camden, VIII
liam Rass, fifty-nine years old, a car
penter, of No. 232 North Twelfth
street, Camden, had a leg broken by
some machinery which fell on him.
He was admitted to Cooper hospital.
AT the close of the Sunday school
cantata Christmas eve Rev. DR.. r. B.
Stephenson, pastor of st. Paul NJ. e.
church. P~ennsgrove, was presented
with a SIS gold watch by H. ].
Blohm on behalf of the official board
and his many friends. The doctor
was overcome with surprise and
Gratitude
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28

SCHOOL nOARD MEETING.


AT the meeting of the Board of
Education, held Wednesday, increas-
es in salaries and equal pay for equal
work, SO far as the employees of the
schools are concerned, we're formally
approved. Increases in salary were
granted to a large number of the
clerks, stenographers and other EN-
ployes and the sa1aros of the janitors
in this borough, together with those
in Brooklyn and Queens, were placed
upon the same basis as the salaries
in Manhattan and the Bronx. For
ove a year the teachers of the great
err city have been conducting a cam
paign for increased compensation and
for equal pay for equal work, but as
yet have not secured the approval of
the Board of Education. While the
justice of the claims of the employees
including the j%anitors to higher sal
aries is not questioned, it is submit
ted that the claims of the teachers
to increased salaries are also Just.
One of the chief interests was the
equalization of the janitors. Hereto
fore the janitors in this borough,
Brooklyn and Queens have received
20 per cent. lower salaries than jani-
tors in the other boroughs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
sUpREME COURT TERM.

A term of the supreme court will
begin at the county court house, in
Richmond, Monday. January Z. JUS
tice Frederick s. Crane will occupy
the bench and he will be the first of
the newly-elected judges to sit in
Staten Isl 7rd. The followi- re the
grand and petitjurors from this place
and vicinity, drawn on Saturday for
this term of court: John w. Cole,
116 Amboy avenues; Zachariah ].
Graham, 321 Amboy n this
place, for grand jurors; John e. La
Forge, 10 Sleight avenue; Dewitt H.
Pepper, &C Bentley street; William
H. Hewitt, % William street; Robert
d. Brown, 104 Main street; Andrew
Abrams, 33S Amboy avenue; Daniel
B. Skidmore, 116 Bentley street, this
place; Nathaniel Butler, Beach street,
Richmond Valley; Frank Engert,
Fresh Kill road, Rossville; Frank T.
Dixon, Bloomingdale avenue, Pleas
ant Plains; Alonzo Polhemus, Sc
guine VENUE, Pleasant Plains, and
Frederick J.. Parkhurst, Princes Bay
avenue, Princes Bay, for petit or trial
jurors.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28

CML.MKRATING CHKISTAlAS.

The correspondent of the NEWS
dropped into the K. of P. hall Thurs
day afternoon to witness the enjoy
ment of the children of the Episcopal
Sunday school in this their Christmas
occasion. We vert very much I'M
pressed with the name adopted by
tho Rev. II. NJ. P. Pearce for the en-
tertainment of the children, n
think it equal if not superior to the
ost Christmas entertainments In
vogue at this time. The children
were all gathered in the hall with
their teachers, the seats had been re-
moved and they we're playing blind
mans bluff and Il number of games
that are played by children. In the
center of the stage platform stood a
finely decorted Christmas tree and
every one seemed to be enjoying the
occasion. We were informed that
after the games the children would
have n collation. of cake IL ice
after which the children would
pass out in single file to their homes,
each receiving a box of candy and an
orange.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mary, aged Two years and four
months, daughter of John and Mary
Takaes, of As D. street, died yester-
day. Interment took place this after
noon in Woodbridge.
Timothy J.. Nevill was in Newark
yesterday afternoon.
Postmaster Louis Sd born was in
Perth Amboy yesterday.
The Roosevelt Mandolin and Violin
Club met last night in the rooms of
the M. S. & A. Club in Woodbridge
avenue,
Foresters of America, Court Car
teret, held their quarterly meeting in
Firemen's hall last night. Several
candidates were initiated.
Reason & Bracher, proprietors of
the Carteret livery stable, announce
that they will retire from business on
January 5, on which date the entire
contents of the stable, including
coaches, horses. etc, will be sold at
auction.
Miss Grace Sheridan, of Railway
n has returned to her home
after a weeks stay in Utica, N. Y.
The funeral of Louis Sadonis, the
two-year-old son of Mr., and Mrs.
Louis Sadonis, took place Yesterday
afternoon. Interment was in Wood
bridge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
LOCAL ITEMS.

Messrs. Percy Craig, Carlton Ayers
and James Riddle assisted in the or
chestra for THE Messiah" given in
the New Brunswick opera house last
night III L
Mr.. d. W.. Letson has recovered
from his recent illness.
The grading of Main street greatly
improves dts appearance.
Miss Irene Mason Is attending the
wedding of a friend at 1rvington.
Mrs. Henry M. Alden is entertain
ing her son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Murray, of Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Foulks visit
ed relatives in Camden on Christmas.
Miss Shankle is at her home in
Pennsylvania !,
The Misses Colburn are guests of
relatives in town.
Miss. Elizabeth Decker has a
month"; vacation and will spend II
with her parents in Woodbridge w
nue..
Miss Julia Glenfield and Mr.. VIII
liam Dennis were married at Lake
wood last week; both are we'll known
in Metuchen.
Mrs. J. l.. Tonnelli entertained a
house party over the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. H. Spear and fam
ily spent Christmas at Avon with Mr..
Spears mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Edgar attend
ed grand opera Wednesday evening.
Miss Grace Orion is enjoying the
holiday vacation at home.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
WOODBRIDGE.
TOCAL ITEMS.

The following well-known business
firms were not mentioned in the list
of donors to the w. A. A. fair last
week. The thanks of the club are ex-
tended to Messrs. Henry Phillips, Ed
ward Cohen, William Bedman, E.
Hewes and C.. Christensen & Bro.
The New Years dance in the w. A.
A. clubhouse is indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Demarest, oil
Seattle, Wash, are the guests of Mrs.
William II. Demarest, in Upper Green
street.
Mrs. Sherman, who has been spend
ing several months with Mrs. W. H.
Demarest. has returned to her home
in Seattle, Wash.
Miss Helen Brewster has returned
from spending a few days in New
York.
Miss Anna Johnson is able to be
out after her recent illness.
Mr.. Aston Voorhees,, of Edgar's
Hill, spent Thursday night in Spring
Lake.
Miss George Brokaw has returned
from spending Christmas in New
York.
MIR. C. Etter is i'll with the grip at
his home in Green street.
Miss Dagma Therkelsen, of Perth
Amboy, is the guest of Miss Minnie
Johnson.
Mrs. w. H. Demarest has returned
from visiting her daughter, Mrs. John
Gage, in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Budd, of Newark, was in town
Thursday.
The Misses Anderson have return
ed to their home in Elizabeth after
visiting Mrs. J. H. T. Martin.
Mrs. Ahern, of Boston, was in town
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson, of Brook
Ign, have returned to their home after
visiting Mrs. w. H. Jackson, in Rah-
way avenue.
Mrs. w. T. Ames, of Brooklyn,
visited friends in town Thursday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
INyITED THEIR NEIGHBOR.

A note vas left al the home OF the
NEWS correspondent for publication
and we give 1t as newe verbatim as
possible. Captain John Gormley n
his wife, of No. 20 George street, pre-
pared a very fine turkey dinner with
all. the other necessary Filings to
make the dinner a success, on Christ
mas day, and they invited their old
neiahbor next door to dine with them.
The old man says that he scarcely
had entered the house before he was
fully satisfied that Annie, toherwfse
Mrs. Captain Gormley, knew just how
to get up a first class dinner for a
Christmas occasion. The old neigh
Dor says they are just the persons for
friends; may God bless them for help
ing to make an old man happy at the
Christmas time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
PLEASANT PLAINS.
THE SEWER

A gang of men of the highway de-
partment, under Foreman Nance,
were at work yesterday cleaning out
the catch basin of the w that
crosses Amboy avenue from Station
avenue, this place. This is the sewer
that the board of health took some
action on some time ago and now a
petition is being circulated for a sys-
TEN of sewerage. Several more names
have been added to the petition,
which is in the hands of w. ]. Pen
ton, of Amboy avenue, in regard to
the establishment of a system of sew
erage through the several streets in
this place by the city of New York.
The petition will be presented to the
local board at their next meeting. 1t
is hoped by that time that most of
the prominent business people and
residents of this place will have sign
ed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mrs. Nilsson Fried, of Perth Amboy,
spent Wednesday with Mrs. Harry
Talbot, in Lafayette place. 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Wood, OF
Sprague avenue, are receiving con-
gratulations on the arrival of a baby
boy this week.
A large number of the young peo-
Pile from here %journeyed to VOLTS
pond, in Princes Bay, to skate yes
terday afternoon. w
o. w. Boyd, of Amboy avenue, has
Just received a full line of the Victor,
Columbia and Edison January rec
ords.
Miss Bessie Kane and Beatris ST
Miss Bessie Kane and Miss Beat
rice Ecksteih have returned to West
New Brighton after a visit with the
Misses Cook, in Wood avenue.
Frank Quayle has returned to his
home, in Elliott avenue, after a few
days with relatives in Brooklyn.
Alfred Finley is home from college
for the holidays with his mother, Mrs.
William Smith, in Broadway.
Jack Fair, of Oradell, N. j., form
erly of this place, visited friends in
this place last night, IN,
The arc lights were out for a time
last night.
. John Robedee, of Main street, was
a Perth Amboy visitor Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Wesley Androvette, of Main
street, has almost entirely recovered
from her recent illness.
Mrs. A. M. Sprague is seriously i'll
at her home in Butler avenue.
George P. Allen, a teacher in pub
lie school No. /. left today for Stuy,
vesant, Columbia county, New York.
for a few days visit with his father
in that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Berlett, of
Fisher avenue, and Mr.. and Mrs. Neil
Magee, of William street, spent
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Dixon, in Bloomingdale avenue.
Mrs. j. F. Bedell, of Main street,
and Mrs. George w. Moore, of La
fayette place, attended a reception in
Brooklyn last night.
John s.. Elwood, his mother and
son, Ellis Elwood, of Stockville, Her
kimer county, N. Y, are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Allen, in
Sprague avenue.
Mrs. Henry Hachemeister, who has
been at Lakewood, N. j., for the past
several weeks, has returned to her
home in Central avenue, this place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
LOCAL ITEMS.

Charles Lorenz, of Washington ave
nue., who cut his left hand several
weeks ago while pruning trees at his
home, is improving slowly.
Albert Staudt, of Bloomingdale
avenue, has returned to his home
again after a pleasant time spent in
Brooklyn the past few days.
Harrison O~hlorrogge has returned
TO his home In Manhattan after a few
days visit with friends here.
Edward Herman has left town for
his residence in New York city, after
a pleasant visit with friends.
William List, of Seguine avenue,
who has been seriously i'll with pneu-
monia, is slowly recovering.
Mrs. Harry Helnes has returned to
her home in Jersey City after a pleas
ant visit with her parents in this
place.
William Bogardus is home with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bog
ardus, in Bloomingdale avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Winant return
ed home yesterday afternoon after a
few days visit with friends in Pater-
son, n. j.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
GIN CLIrR TO SHOOT.

The Columbia Gun Club will par
ticipate in Il shooting match on their
grounds, on New Years day. fol-
prizes which will consist Of a gun and
a number of chickens. Blue rocks
will be used. A number of out OF
town people will visit the grounds
and perhaps some will enter the con-
test to secure prizes. If these match
are held morally and legally they
should be encouraged as it makes
good marksmen of our young men.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
METuCHEN.
QUIET HOUR CLUB.

The Quiet Hour Club held its first
open meeting" Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. e. H. Spear.
Most of the club members were pres
ents and many of their friends. All
we're g~raciously received by the host
ess, and coffee and cake were served
during the intermission.
MIS-. Mason, president of the club,
was leader for the day. Mrs. William
Mccullough. a guest of the club, read
some of her charming poems. Mrs.
Harolds Edgar gave an interesting
paper on Child Literature. Miss
Ackenarecited in her bright, attrac-
tive way, and all members responded
to the roll call with bright sayings of
children. Mrs. Harry Johnson, Mrs.
STEELE Manning, the Mesdames Pric-
kett pleased all with musical selec-
tons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28

LARCHMONT. n. Y, Dec. 2S.-
Thomas Harris, widely known as the
negro millionaire who has received
200 letters from colored societies re-
questing his signature to a petition to
have the dismissed negro soldiers re-
instated, announces that, after reading
the testimony, he is compelled to stand
by the president. 81 was born in the
SOUTH said Harris, understand the
southern negro question, and despite
this | believe Mr.. Roosevelt exercised
good Judgment and did what l would
have done under similar circum-
stances. l have refused to sign the
petition for reinstatement