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The Washington times., 1906-09-23

or moment they stood in
Egyptian darkness. Then Bayd
cautiously drew open the section lac
had discovered and by the yellow
ish glare of an iucsndescent Hight
there then was revealed Il subter-
raHean passage. fully nifty feet long
and running under the area back Of
bruger.s shop. AT the farther end Of
II could be seen another foundation
wall. partly broken away: but not a
sign Of any person was in evidence.
The knaves have done big Job.
and done IL Well whispered BOYD
That farther wall is that of the Trust
biding. and the break In it is Just
under the rear of the vault. The
scoundreis even have tapped some
wire. 10 light the place. But where
the dickens are they now?"
mot IN sigh:. surely" growled Cole
man, under his breath
We u see where the passage leads.
There may be a divergent section. in
which they are now at work. Fol-
low me Jimmie. ana nave your gun
ready
Ready she Is. Felix"
Together the two men men LETT
-raN.- ~ NfAAtAAs ana eALtlfQ the tun-
mel Yet they scarce had set foot in
II when the prediction or Felix BOYD
was verified.
There came an explosion which SEEM
ed 70 shake the earth. and with ii
binding flash or light. As he reeled
backward under the sudden nwfuI
shock. BOYD saw the distant wall give
way for several feet. and a section Of
the vault floor ruptured Ike so much
tissue paper.
For several moments a thick veu Of
smoke ohscured the passage. Before
It fairly had begun to clear. however
a voice which Boyd instantly recognlz-
ed TO be that of Paul Wykof rang
through the farther end of the pas
sage.
This way. pals." he shouted.
triumphantly. "The Jobs donei Tn,
plundcr is ours. for a ducat"
Through the veil of smoke. BOYD
saw his tall. 1.-THE figure. as he came
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1 Who Vanished BY Scott Campbell

You wait here" said Broger. Il
don't know either OF. you"
I'VE are In disguise. you blockhe3d.
do you come from the Sig
Finger here last. and who"
I'm not answering questions"
snarled BToger rescntfully- You wait
a bit. I'll call Wykofr. aud see if"
You have a look at this instead,'
Boyd sternly interrupted. selling the
mans arm and quickly thursting a re-
volver under his nose. "Careful-do
not open your mouth. Brogcr, II you
do. I'll send "a lead pin down your ras-
caIy throat. which youll never digest
IN this world. The bracelets. Jimmiel
Both hands, BrogeT; II you please.
Now you're right and secure as a
drum. Run him at once. Jimmie, and
turn him over 10 Clancey.~ Hurry
back. old man.
When Coleman presently returned he
found Felix Boyd on his knees at the
rear Of the shop. peering through a
trap door at a ladder leading down TO
a dark cellar.
The lamp, Jimmie" " he quickly
whispered. "'Ill go down ahead. then
YOU pass me the lamp and follow"
AS Coleman descended through the
trap, two burly central office men ap-
peared at the door, and softly entered
the shop. At each corner OF the
square occupied by the Trust building.
moreover. two officers then were wait
ing and watching.
BY the light Of the lamp, Boyd
glanced sharply around the cellar.
Huge mounds of dirt on all sides con-
hrmed his suspicious.
There's a tunnel here all right.
Jimmie. he whispered. And tho en-
trance TO 1t must be through the rear
wall Bring the lamp this way"
The foundation wall at first appear
ed to be intact. yet Boyd's keen eyes
soon discovered the break.
There's a light beyond this wall.
Jimmie. he muttered. Hal here's a
section that swings this way. Put
out the lamp, old man."
Out she goes" chuckled Coleman,
sofuy.
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Gould Not Believe Him Dead

Even then she could not bring her
self 20 accept the doctors statement
that he was dead. They had looked
forward to at least a few years Of
happiness together. and she would not
believe that they were never TO taste
or it. The family. her family as well
as his. grieyed for her. believing that
grief had unhinged her mind. Final
ly crazed by the feeling that the man
she loved was not really dead. Miss
Godfrey, whose home is in Denver.
came to Kansas City, during the first
week OF May. and begged the family
20 accompany her 70 the vault
It seemed best TO humor her. and
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day. He was-wonld have been-ahs
did not know which term 20 use
twenty-one years old that day.
And stin he lay ike a log, ire
rTonaive. md whether living or dead
no man could tell. Labor lay came
around, end tho suffering mother
unused on what he had done last
Labor Day, and which OF the merry
parties Cf young people that were
streaming past her door, he would
nave joined II Her heart was near
70 breaking. but her vigil. though she
did not know Il. was drawing N a
close For The next day, September 4
eight months. lacking five DAYS. after
ms death. her boy came 70 life. Her
faith was justified.
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Continued from Third Page)

dark. when compared with the life and
IIal,- an other precincts Of the city.
AT tveIve-thirty. Boyd and Jimmie
Coleman. both ln disguise, came I'"H
the alley oDposlta Brcgcr's shop, ana
quietly crossed the street The win
dows of the shop were covered Win
wooden shutters. yet ehink OF hEhI
showed that n lamp burned Ieeoly
within. and Boyd at once raped softIy
on the door.
For q moment silence only followed
the knock. Then. much as If some one
within had paused briefly 20 listen,
and felt reassured by the cautious
quietude over the floor, a voice whls-
pered sharply through the kyehole OF
the door:
Who's theree"
Boyd bent down to answer. crying
softly;
"Is that YOU, Broger?'
Yes. What do you wautf'
I've got message for one of the
gang-Wykon,' whispered Boyd. TAX
Ing a chance of hitting the nal on
the head.
He's here. but-but who sends you?"
me TO answer through an oak door,"
Boyd hIrshly growIed. open It. YOU
dog, ana TN tell you"
His authoritative accents had the
desired effect, for Broger now opened
the door few inches. disclosing his
frowsy head. ana quickly demanded:
! want Wykon. When was the Big
Finger"
"The Big Fingor-yes. of course,
Let as I'm! Do you want me to blow
the whole business out OF doors2 I've
got a message for Wykon. Where Is
he2"
A eleam OF mingled fear and sus-
picion rose In Broger's eyes when the
two men pressed into the dimlv light
ed shop, and his involuntary glance
al the floor some feet away, when
he replied. told Boyd In what direc-
non To seek the man mentioned.
-
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SAID SHE MIGHT

The Eastern manager Of a large West.
eIh manufacturing concern has a be-
nl6nly clerical appearance that cana
mands confidence. He was standing
on a corner I'm the shopping district OF
Philadelphia, waiting for a car. when
woman, handsomely gowned. and evl-
IDENTIFY stranger, approached him and
said, inquirlnsly:
4 wish to 90 TO the Broad street
station"
Instantly he replied in tone OF in
CuIgont seriousness:
Very well, you can go this time, but
don't ever ask me again. Human Life.
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family followed. as he was popular,
He was. and still is, a fine fellow.
lightly built, with fiery black eyes and
hair.
But his hancee. Miss Lillian Godfrey.
did not know that, and would have It
that he was not dead. lie could nst
be dead. She didn't care II animation
and respiration had ceased She
wouldn't believe that he was really
dead. She wept ana moancd. and for
three days watched by his coffin un-
I'll finally was hidden from her view
in the family's tightly closed vault.
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NUNLBER OF THINGS.

Astronomical photographs show starr
to the number OF 6S.00.0ll.
There are 1L0o) daily papers publish
ed in the English language.
An expert cigarette maker viii ron
$500 cigarettes a dav.
In Rome's cemeteries over 5000. 900 pso-
PIE are buried
The Greenland whale often lives Gn
years.
There arc 200 kinds Of patent horse
shOes.-Life
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tains bin or something worse II suoA
can be possible.
The letter contained but a few simple
words. but how expressive they were.
The pith of il was that a mistake had
been made The letter he had received
should have been sent u some one else.
Would he please pardon the error?
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'I think so. too. Felix" admitted
Coleman; yet I'm rather averse 70
taking SO much credit for your own
remarkable work
Take il and welcome. Jimmie. "
laughed Boyd. Il still have my head
To consider. remember that. while I ar.
seeking that obscure party dubbed tn-
Big Finger. Neither WykOn nor Bro
ger. though they now are booked for
Sing sing. viii hCtTIy their C0ufcd-
crates. thuts already plan enough. As
Tor Kramer. GrImshaw. and the 0tng.s
concerned IN this job, they have van
ishcd like bubbles Yet I have an idea
that we vet shall land them. one and
all-indeed. I havei'
copyrighted, l9a4. by Street & Smith,
Next Week, "The Case Of the Big
Finger"
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her persistent faith had awakened a
tiny little hope In his mothers heart.
OF course. her boy was dead. but stilI
-. And so with "a sort of shame
faced easerness. the elder woman ac-
eompanied the younger one. They
went these two who had loved him
best. 90 the cemetery, where four
months before they had left him. En-
tering the family vault for the first
time since his burial. they paused as
founded at the door. The elder woman
leaned in the doorway almost fainting
The younger one felt for a moment
that new sorrow was IN store for
them. The caslIet was open-and she
The Washington times., 1906-09-23

frederick ]. HARVEY, OF
Kansas City. after being
x dead and burled-dead for
nearly eight months. and
buried for about four OF
them-ls now on his wedding
tour. No. there aren't two Frederick
J. Harveys-or II there are. they aren't
involved IN this story The Frederick
J. Harvey who died and was buried
early last January is the same Fred
erlcl J. Harvey. who was married
early this month, September .. to be
exact He is the son Of Barnard Har-
vev and grandson of the late Fred
erlck Harvey. the millionaire owners
of all the eating houses on the Santa
Fe line. and most of them on the
Frisco. The family is well known
throughout the United states.
And there was nothing queer about
his death either. lie was consumptive
In the first place. lie had spent
months travelling In New Mexico AID
Arizona IN vain search Of health. He
came home 70 spend Christmas with
his family In Kansas City, contracted
a severe cold which developed into
pneumonia. Ills system. already weak
ened by tuberculosis. could not throw
A1n the additional trouble. and on Janu-
- 8. 1906. the attending physicians
pronounced him dead Three days
later ne was buried in the family vault,
and for four months lay on a marble
slab with the casket Of his aunt on
one side OF him and the casket Of his
father on the other.
His funeral occurred at 3 o'clock on
Friday January Z. and was recorded
in the Kansas City Journal a long
notice OF his many friends and devoted
The Washington times., 1906-09-23
REAGnN WHY

Say" growled Mr.. Subbubs. Della
knows We always want dinner prompt
" at o'clock, doesn't she?"
Yes" replied Mrs Subbubs.
'Well. then, you ought 20 ask her
why she doesn't have it ready at that
hour"
4 did. and she said she didn't have
to-"-PhiladelDhia Press.
The Washington times., 1906-09-23

their way stiU marveling. The time
came when Miss Godfrey had 10 re-
turn 10 her Denver home. and the
mother was left to keep solitary vigil
by the side OF her beloved son. Sum
mer waSed and waned. Ono burning
August day the mother remembered
bitterly that this was her sons birth
The Washington times., 1906-09-23
30 Notices That Reperse the Usual Course of EUeuts
~ PAPERs, JANUARY. 10. loo.

FROM KANSAS CITY PAPERS, JANUARY. TO- 1905
Of his Euclid
j. Harvey yesterday afternoon
consumption which caused lingering illness past
years
He returned from extensive visit IN New Mexico
hadh hoped regain week. being
twenty years months
leaving prostrated mother, father sister,
Lily Godfrey Friday
al o'clock
FROM KANSAS CITY PAPERS, SEPTEMBER O. 1905.
Married-At the his parents avenue
yesterday afternoon Frederick Harvey Lily
frey. daughter George Godfrey Chicago
fornia papers please copy
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-01
Transport sheridan Ashore.

A dispatch from Honolulu says that
The United States army transport Sheri-
dan went ashore at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning upon coral reef at BARRIERS
Point. the sopth western extremity Of the
Island Of Oahu,
The Sheridsu's main steam pipe 10
broken and the vessel is helpless so tar
as her own power is concerned. The
breaking of the pipe occurred just before
the steamer grounded, and the crippled
condition of her engines was the cause
of the accident. Immediately alter the
vessel struck the reef the lifebosts were
lowered and efforts made to reach the
shore.
The position of the steamer Is alarm
iuy. but her boats have not yet been
able to find a place where they can land
The natives are now getting to the
vessel through the surf in canoes. Cap
tain Peabody says that if power is ap'
| piled quickly he believes the Sheridan
can be saved, but otherwise there is
little hope for the transport. The swell
is heavy and the coral rocks are very
sharp. Good order is maintained on
hoard the vessel. The transfer ol
Messengers either to the shore or to other
craft so they can be carried to Honolulu
| il a serious problem.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-01

Not Only Do We Get Inspiration From
Nature, But Hsaith 60 Well.

For people who are rundown and nerv-
ous. who suffer from indigestion or dys.
pepsia, headache, biliousness, or torpid
liver. coated tongue with bitter taste In
the morning and poor appetite, II be-
comes necessary TO turn 70 some ionic OF
strengthener which will assist Nature
and help them TO got on their feet ana
put the body into its proper condition. It
Is becoming more and more apparent tnst
Natures most valuable health giving
agents are 10 be found In forest plants
Nearly forty years ago, DR.. e. Pierce,
now consulting physician 70 ths lnyalids
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at bpnsio,
N. Y, discovered that oy sclenuncsliy
extracting and combining certain meolcl-
nal principles from native roofs, taken
from our American forests, he could pro-
duce a medicine which was marvelousiy
efficient in curing cases OF blood disorder
and liver and stomach trouble as well ss
many other chronic, or lingering all
menfs. This concentrated extract OF
Natures vitality he named "Golden Med
ical Discovery" 1t puriiies the blood ny
putting the stomach and. iiver lnto
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digestion and assimilation Of food winch
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II you have coated tongue, with bitter
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aches. belching of gas, constipation, OF
jrregular bowels, feel flashes Of heat al
ternating with chilly sensations, or kin
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which the "Golden Medical Discovery
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All its ingredients printed in plain Eng
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The sole motive for substitution Is TO
permit the dealer to make little more
profit. He gains; You lose. Accept no SUB
stitute for aGolden Medical Discovery"
Constipation causes and aggravates
rosnv serjnus diseases. 1t Is thoroughly
cured by Dr. Pieces Pleasant Pellets.
Ons laxative: two or three are cathartlc-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-01
stabbed by a Young Woman.

4 fashionsbly dressed girl OF about
nineteen years entered 8 street car OF the
Columbia Railway at Fifteenth street
and New York avenue northwest Wash
ingtcn, last night, aud drawing knife
stabbed the conductor, Thomas Stall
liugs, in the left shoulder. Before she
could repeat her attempt, which was
witnessed BY several hundred persons.
the motorman had drawn her away, aud
beld her until the police came. The
vonng woman accuses Stallings of SLAM
dering her. The Washington pelice say
the rirl is Viola Strahau, and that her
father is the superintendent OF the Ben
ning race track. On March 80 Miss
strshsn drank carbolic acid in the wait
iug.room of the Columbia Railway, at
Fifteenth and II streets northeast. Her
life was saved by the administering oi
an antidote. At that time her father
said he knew of no reason that would
| lead her to make an attempt on her life,
but the girl said that she had tried to
commit suicide, and that she wanted to
end her lite. She was then In school al
Bsnning, and it was said that an un-
fortunate love affair was the cause oi
her trouble.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-01
AUCTION SALES.
samuel Il. Lunt. Auctioneer.


Samuel H. Lunt. Auctioneer.
DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
u made by Alfred r. Lake and Rosa V.
Lake, his wife, 70 the Trustees Of the Ger
man Cooperative Building Association, No.
5. of Alexandria, Virginia, bearing date On
the 30th day of April, 1902, ans Of record IN
the land records Of the city Of Alexandria.
Virginia. in Deed Book No. 46. page ZS3.
and by direction Of the Board Of Directors OF
the said association, default having been
made in the payment of the amount secured
by the ssid deed Of trust, the undersigned
srustees of the said association Will offer for
sale at public auction on
THURSDAY,
the 9th day Of September, 1906,
at 10 O'Clock a. m., in front Of the Royal
strset entrance to the Market Building, In
the said city, the following described real es'
"a AL THAT LOT OF GROUND WITH
THE BUILDINGS THEREON, IN the said
city Of Alexandria, and bounded - follows,
to-wit: Beginning on the south side OF Duke
street 43 feet inches west Of Columbus
street, and running thence west on Duke
street 20 feet; thence south parallel 70 Column
bus street SIS feet 10 an alley feet wide;
thence east on said alley 20 feet, and thence
north in a direct line 86 feet to the beginning
with sll sppurtenances.
Terms Of sale cash. Ali cosls OF convey
ancing at the expense of the purchaser.
JOHN D. NORMOYLE,
HENRY BLADDER, Trustees.
P. n. BRADSHAW, }
au20 ID
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-01
HICKS FOR SEPTEMBER.

A regular storm period is central on
the 1st, extending up to the 4th. The
month promises to come in with areas OF
high temperature, low barometer and
storms making their transit from west to
east. The climax or elimination Of this
period will fall on and touching the End,
The date of the full moon. The moon
does not pass celestial equator, coming
north. until the 9th, strongly indicating
tina: high temperature aud threatening
electrical storms may not subside en-
tirely at the end Of the frslperiod. The
LIST to the 4lh is also probable seismic
period.
A reactionary storm period is GEN.
trail on the 7th and Sth and this fact
most probably will cause storms that
originate on the 9th TO continue over the
7th and 8th.
A regular storm period is central on
the 18th aud covers the 10th to the 10Th.
This period is coincident with the Sep
tember magnetic crisis, which the earth
passes annually from September 9th to
10Th. This, as we have often explained,
is because earth's magnetic poles are in-
clined to the equator, Look for high
TEN perature, low barometer, Threatening
storm clouds and severe electrical phe-
nomens, centering progressively en- the
1lth TO 14th. h :,
A reactionary storm period is central
on the l7th, 18th and 18th. This
period will carry the earth to the CEN
Ter of its autunnal equinox. 1t will be
prudent to heed all indications OF equs.
torial storm periods. We figure that
such storms will be heard from within
sixty hours of noon on the 18Th. The
moon is in perigee, or nearest the earth,
ON the 2lst and this fact will greatly
increase the tendency to tidal waves
at this period.
A regular storm period runs from the
22d to 26th, being affected by Mercury,
earth and the entering of the Venus
period. From the 2Sd TO 26lh is time
of maximum storms probability. Look
for a commingling of tropical and boreal
conditions, bringing rain, wind aud
thunder in some parts, with possible
sl.et and early spurts of snow 10 the Tar
North. A reactionary disturbance is
central on the 29th and 3Oth, causing
low barometer and general change to
storm conditions as September goes out.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-01
CoIorcd Brakeman Killed.

Pierce Moore, a colored brakeman en-
the Norfolk and Western Railway, was
shot from ambush and instantly killed
near his home, in Roanoke Thursday
night while passing through an alley
with his wife aud sister-in-law. Stewart
Strause, another neglo, is suspected OF
the murder, and be is being bunted by
the police. Moore's wife aud her sister
were arrested yesterday aud locked up,
charged with being sccomplices. AT
the coroner's Inquest, number OF VIII.
nesses testified that they had heard
Strause say he was going to kill Moore
before the week was out. 1t 10 SAID
Moore's wife had made preparations 10
leave Roanoke Thursday night with
Strause. Moore's vile was ut neigh
boris house when Moore called tor her,
and they were on their way tn The Mome
home when the shot was fired in the
dark. The bullet passed through Moore's
heart. Witnesses lay they saw Strarse
running away from the scene of the
tragedy. Strsuse's watch was found near
the spot where Moore fell dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-01
Woman Cause of Tragedy.

A woman is said to have been the
cause of the shooting Of John Fridinger
nv Robert NJ. Simons, at Petersvllle,
Frederick county, Md Thursday. The
woman is SimODs' sister-in-law and lives
at his home. Fridinger bad been pay
ing attention to her, TO which 5lmons
objected, and the two men had quarrel
ed about the matter, it is said, on sever
al occasions. After the shooting Thurs
day Simous told an acquaintance that
the quarrel at the postofiice was due to
this dispute between him and Fddinger.
Fridinges's father, Jerome Fridinger, OF
Roanoke, Va, arrived at PetersVille
Yesterday morning and took charge OF
the body. Fridinger died in the road,
where he fell after being shot, though
his death did not occur until an hour
after the shooting, at $3.50 O'Clock in the
morning. After his death the body was
covered with sheet and LETT lying in
the road until 2 O'Clock in The afternoon,
when it was removed to the home OF
his sister, Mrs. Luther Meek, with whom
he had been living.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-01
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