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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

panion and bound them with their
ropes. They then robbed Joe of all
his money and his arms and left him
stretched on the ground after gagging
| him. Before mounting his horse the
friend" thus addressed his unfortunate
victim
MY friend, I am going to leave you
here to mediate over all your evil
deeds I've got your money and your
wife. The lady will have the salts
faction of having a man for her new
husband for / intend to marry her ac-
cording to the good old Texas prairie
fashion As soon as It Is dark the
coyotes will come and gobble you up,
so you won't suffer for any length of
time. Now, by-by. Don't fret; I'll
take care of your pretty wife. BY the
way l forgot to tell you that her new
name Will be Mrs. John Carl, for I
am the well-known public character
who bears that honored brand"
The shrieking Birdie was handed to
him by one of his companions, and all
rode off laughing at the leaders, jocose
speech.
They had scarcely disappeared
around the thither end of the island
when tall, rather aged man emerged
from the copse and came to where the
unfortunate Joe was lying. He carried
a IlSHiy illlt anu TWO 4O-CHllDeT OOlJ
revolvers. He looked at Joe a moment
and then cut the ropes that bound him
and assisted him to his feet
You be in kinder hard luck, strang-
err" was the newcomers salutation.
WAS that gal Jack Carl toted off your
squaw?"
"She was my wife" was Joe's prompt
answer.
She's in mighty bad hands now.
What air youse going to do to try to
git her back?'
What can 1 do?" exclaimed Joe pite-
ously.
you can fight for her" answered the
stranger. Air you game to help me
tackle them three towards this very
night?"
Yes a thousand times yes" shout
ed joe
Wal then, as I hev a grudge agin
Jack Carl, I'll help you. Wot serprises
me is heow you got in such company.
He is a mean robber and a cowardly
cut-throat. He was never known to
fight fair or to give Teller a chance
If he once got the drop on him. So I'll
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

/ help you eout. Two brave men Is NOR,
than enough to handle three towards
Say, does We know how to handle thls?'
pointing to his Henry rifle.
D Joe confessed that he did not.
Wal I'll show yer" The stranger
empted the chamber that contained The
cartridges and showed Joe how to man.
age the piece. In a few moments the
neophyte pronounced himself com.
petent. The stranger again loaded the
rifle.
"1 intend to ambush them villains
this very night. I'll use my two re-
yolvers and you must do your best wild
der Henry. Come, let's be Jogging err
long. Say" he added suddenly, whats
yer name ?"
Joe Swayne," answered that worthy
promptly.
wal my name is Nick Jones. NV
enemies calls me ole Nick, but my
friends knows me simply as Jones.
Come, now. let's be goin'"
After carefully enjoining upon his
tenderfoot companion to be very care
ful and make no noise by either tread
ing on dried sticks or rustling through
the rather tall grass which carpeted the
forest, Nick led his companion through
the copse. Just before they reached
the edge he pointed to a column of
smoke that was rising i'm their i'm
mediate front, and whispered:
Thar they be. | hope they amt
camped far from ther trees"
Unfortunately for the outlaws ap-
prehensive of no Interruption, or of the
presence of enemies, they had camped
within fifty feet of the edge of the
copse. One of them was feeding the
fire with small sticks, and another was
heating cold tortillas and roasting the
strings sof jerked beet over the Goals.
Carl was seated near the disconsoate
Birdie, and was telling her how happy
she was going to be under his careful
guardianship. Suddenly the sound of
two shots rang out on the night air.
Carl dropped over sideways and one
of the robbers fell forward into the
fire. AS the other sprang to his feet
another shot tumbled him over AS
Joe was about to rush forward nick
pointed to Carl, who had struggled to
his knees and had drawn his revolver.
Again Nick shot. The bullet shattered
the outlaws hand his pistol dropped
and he fell over groaning. Then Joe
dashed forward, and in an instant the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
COULDN'T SIT DOWN

st beg your pardon, but I'm in trou-
ble," said a man who was we'll dressed
and plainly excited to- Sergeant Tenn
perly at No. 8 police station, Armour
dale, yesterday. "Can you help me
out?"
"I'n do my best" answered the
obliging sergeant. "Sit down and tell
me about it,
mo, 1 simply can't sit down. said
the man, nervously.
Must be serious to affect you like
that" said the sergeant. What is it?"
You see it is this way" said the
man. Il come in on an early train
from the west; and as / got up late,
when the train was but few minutes
from the Union depot, l dressed in all
haste. 1 had some business to attend
to In Armourdale right away, and I
paid my street car fare from some
change / had in my overcoat pocket.
But when 1 was standing at the corner
of Fifth and Kansas a moment ago, for
the first time / unbuttoned my over
coat and looked inside, and found"
THAT you had been robbed while on
the train?" broke in the sergeant, in
terestedly.
NO, said the man, 'I found that I
had put my trousers on backward, and
1 can't sit down. What / want is a
private place to change EN-"
He got it.-Kansas City Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

of separation. Mrs Mutrie, in her ex-
citement, came near fainting, and,
without thinking, hung UP the tele-
phone receiver.
An instant later she was pleading
with the telephone operator to find out
to whom she had been talking. She
pleaded and begged, half hysterically,
but all she could learn was Party has
hung up"
citement and the shock of her dis
covery, tried to call up her brother
James, but the wire was busy. In de-
spair she hunted the book over and
over, seeking the name of F. x. Moran,
but could find none, as his telephone
was in the name of his company, of
which, of course she knew nothing.
Fifteen minutes later, when she was
crying hysterically, the telephone bell
rang. Her brother James called up
and said:
Say, Kate some crazy guy who
says he is our brother Frank has
been talking to me on the wire and
wants to come right up and see u.s."
Francis had remembered the tele-
phone number that Katherine had been
trying to call and, when he discovered
himself cut off from his sister, had
called up his brother.
Two hours later there was re-
union in the fiat in One Hundred and
Sixteenth street. The brothers and
sister compared notes and discovered
that, beyond doubt, there had been no
mistake.
So there are three people in New
York who bless the telephone service
and never quarrel with the girls when
they get wrong numbers.-Chicago Tri-
bune
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

The renown Of the famous silver Ttn.
a young war leader of the Comanches.
had long before reached the Yuma VIII
lage, so Pascual politely desired the
warrior to alight and immediately
called a council of the old men of the
village, who unanimously agreed that
Bright Eyes should be re-adopted into
the tribe, which ceremony was prompt
ly performed.
Charlie, or Bright Eyes, as the
Yumas always called him, was a re-
markable specimen of manly beauty
His features were singularly prepos-
sessing and his form was absolutely
faultless He was, i'm fact, a cinna-
mon-hued Apollo Belvedere, and soon
became the idol of his tribe Manv
comely maidens sighed to enter his hut.
but before he had picked out a wife
he be, lme acquainted with the re-
nowned Joe Goodheart. He promptlv
joined that worthy's band, and became
prime favorite of that celebrated
outlaw. He followed him faithfully and
acquired great reputation along the
border, and, as was related above, was
one of the two survivors of Joe's once
terrible gang.
For year subequent to the destruc-
ton of their band, Birdie and Charlie
roVed through Arizona and New Mex
leo. bound together by ties of the most
platonic but close friendship. Event
ually Birdie was informed that her
former husband had procured a di-
vorce, so she promptly proposed to the
young brave, who as promptly ac-
cepted her. They were married by a,
wandering missionary. Then the BLUSH
ing bride informed her husband that
she knew where poor Joe had buried
a valuable moiety of his spoils. The
two exhumed the treasure and retired
to Los Angeles where they became
law-abiding characters and models of
rectitude. Some two years afterwards
they both were converted by an timer
ant Methodist minister. Subsequently.
Bright Eyes became a missionary him
self, and accompanied by his equally
pious spouse, Travelled through the
scene of his former misdeeds, preach
ing the gospel in mining camps and at
lonely ranches.
In 1890 Charlie was accidentally
killed by fall from his horse. His
death was regarded as local disa ster
and when he was laid in his tomb more
than thousand sincere mourners
stood by the grave of the former
Comanche war leader and bad man
but subsequent saint, who had pointed
out the way of salvation to numerous
sinners who, but for him, would have
never left the broad way that leadeth
to destruction.-New Orleans Picayune.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
How to Become Accomplished Society Leader of DAY

She must know how to walk well
An ungraceful walk will ruin the pros
poets of any woman that ever lived
when it comes to a question of social
leadership.
ITO cad your set is the ambition of
every woman nowadays. That is why |
am studying it.
81 talked with a woman &C much ex-
perience in society the other day. ]
said to her: How can lead society?
"She replied: Tt is easy if you will
observe a few things. Be graceful, be
well dressed, be groomed.'
Then she went on to tell me that
brains also counted, but they We're as
nothing to the three commandments
laid down: Be graceful, be well
groomed and be well dressed.
"a society leader is always bright,
but never sharp. She says nice things.
but she never says clever ones. She
understands that her tongue must be
nimble, but 1t must not cut.
THE society leader is always in good
spirits; this means she is always
healthy.
"The society leader dresses her hair
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

and pirate life and took him home to
live with him. He did not connect
Pierre Lafitte with his grandfather, as
he did not know Jean Lafitte had been
a pirate. Showing the tumble of mum :
bers left him by his grandfather one
day. Pierre, the old pirate promptly
translated II with the aid of the code
the buccaneers had used. 1t then read:
Jean Clarkson when you are 25 years
of age, at the end of line 900 feet east
from the front doorway of Bordeaux
manor, dig for your inheritance"
With the aid of the old corsair Jean
dug one moonlight night and hauled up
a rusty brass bound chest from a spot
that was covered by water at high tide.
The pirate touched a hidden spring
which revealed the contents-tewels
and gold to the value of thousands of
dollars.
For several minutes the buccaneer
and his nephew stared at each other
unable to speak. Finally the pirate
tottered and fell dead. The rush of
memories of the free past had proved
too much for his weakened heart.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

tinction against the British. Presi-
dent Madison not only confirmed
Governor Claiborne's pardon, but
offered Lafitte a commission in the
navy. This was refused
History next tells of Lafitte as be-
ing respectable man of affairs in
Philadelphia. From Philadelphia he
moved to Sewelrs Point on Hampton
Roads, near Norfolk, where he built
home he called Bordeaux manor"
Here he died in 1850, leaving ali his
property except Bordeaux manor" to
his daughter, Mrs. Clarkson. Bordeaux
manor and an undeclpherable combi-
nation of numbers scrawled on a sheet
were left to Jean Clarkson, his grand
son. The civil war and the dishonesty
of an attorney named Dean reduced
the Clarkson estate to poverty Jean
made several attempts to decipher the
puzzle that was part of his inheritance,
but without success. About 1866 he fell
in with an old man, Pierre LATTE,
who had turned up in Norfolk quite
by chance Clarkson was pleased with
the old mans tales of his wanderings
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

James saw or heard of Francis. The
Doorleys. it appears now, lived in
Long Island City for about year after
taking the baby into their home and
then removed to Springfield, Mass,
where the head of the family, after
accumulating some money and pur
chasing a comfortable little home, died
and left his widow in the care of her
"son'--as Francis was referred to-
Lost All Trace of Brother and Sister
Francis had learned his foster
fathers trade of machinist, and when
his foster mother died, about six years
ago, he seized the opportunity to be-
come a district manager for a big ma
chine factory in Springfield, with head
quarters in New York. He remem-
bered indistinctly about his babyhood,
and Mrs. Doorley had told him of his
mother and father, of his brother and
sister. She had lost all traces of them.
If, indeed. she ever had had possessed
their addresses after they left the in
stitution. Katherine had married, when
about % years of age gas company
superintendent named Morgan Mutria
While James had embarked as a team
ing contractor assisted by his foster
father, and made a success of it, He
had remained single and lived with
his sister and her family on One Hun
dred and Sixteenth street, in Harlem
They often spoke of their lost baby
brother but although they frequently
had tried to discover some trace of him
they had failed.
That was the situation when in the
last week of May Mrs. Mutrie stepped
to the telephone and called Harlem
1175-3. She wanted to speak with her
brother James, to ask him If he had
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

beautifully. That is the first character
istic you note.
THE society leader never wears very
low necked gowns, nor does she go to
any other extreme. Her gowns may be
comparatively few. but they are per-
fectly chosen.
When you mt a real leader of So
ciety you will noe her voice. 1t is per-
fectly audible, but it is soft and low.
You never have to ask her to repeat a
sentence
THE real society leader is eXquisit ely
graceful Just what she does to keen
up this degree of grace, which is just as
pronounced at 60 as at 20. none but her
self can know. She works at it all the
time and she never seems to be tired
of trying to be graceful. 1t becomes a
sort of second nature to her.
There are various ways of keeping
your figure graceful. 1 am exercising
with shotgun now. / go through gym
nastics with it just as though | were
handling dumbbells.
MY hands and wrists are becoming
deliciously supple, and / notice that L
am beginning to move with accuracy
and ease, something like a panther in
that I can glide around without knock
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
Romantic History Of Famous Old Buccaneer of Colonial Days

girl Lizette Fondac. She threw her
self in front of LATTE in a duel in
which he became involved through his
infauation for her and the bullet in
tended for him pierced her heart. La
fitte was so maddened with grief at
her death that he was with difficulty
restrained from suicide. He turned TO
piracy as being the only occupation
fierce enough to obliterate his grief.
The vessel in which he begun his pir-
atlcal career was headed for the Car
ibbean sea, where for many years he
was the terror of all nations Finally.
after many years of prosperity, he was
captured by a British man of war. He
was released by his brother Pierre,
who was one of the crew of the war
ship The brothers then began buc-
caneering on larger scale than ever.
Not long after his escape from the
British ship Jean Lafitte had several
well armed ships manned by despera-
does from all lands. The republic OF
Cartagena gave a commission to him
TO serve against Spain. With this to
give semblance OF legality to his oper-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
ROCKEFELLER GROWS CARELESS

John d. Rockefeller, If anybody, might
be expected to show shrewdness In any
transactions of a business nature. and
yet he has adopted, or has allowed to
be announced in his name, a plan for
clearing his Tarrytown estate of snakes
that Is almost sure to make him the
victim of fraud-almost sure to deprive
him of certain moneys for which he will
receive no return. He offers. in effect,
25 cents for every snake that may be
brought to his superintendent. The
tacit understanding on his part of
course, is that the snakes are to be
caught in the great mans own wide
expanse of field and forest, but when
before was Mr.. Rockefeller content with
a contract that bound himself tightly
and left the other parties under no re-
straint except such obligation as they
might feel to treat him with scrupulous
fairness and honesty? We do not know
I'VE would not even hint a belief--that
there are in or near Tarrytown boys or
men capable of catching snakes any
where the creatures can be found and
allowing Mr.. Rockefeller's superinten-
dent to assume that they are the out
put of that gentleman's own snakeries
or serpentaria, or whatever may be the
right and elegant designation.-New
York Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

anything at all. She has a pleasant
chatty manner that is delightful
But she never gossips and she Is kind
and liberal as to her judgments. She
has a wise way of looking at things;
she is what you might call broad
THE society leader does many things
which other women do not do.
"She always looks at you in an ami
mated manner.
She remembers your faults and your
fads; she recalls your relatives and
keeps track of you generally.
"She manages always to look diff
ferent and always to look pretty. She
is varied-that is one of the secrets OF
her charm.
THE society leader of today puts in a
third of her time studying her good
locks. If she did not study them, she
would go down; if she did not she
would grow heavy and coarse.
"She puts in hours and hours upon
her beauty books, and she has more
creams and lotions than any other
woman alive. She has lovely hands,
she has fine wrists, she has a perfect
skin and her set-up is beyond any kind
of reproachful suggestion. - New York
Sun,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
:. !.

ing things over or by making much
noise.
THE real society leader is known by
several things She sits down well and
she rises with a sort of glide She does
not double up when she rises, but she
manages to get out of her chair prettily
and with accuracy She knows how to
walk and she can take your arm with
grace.
The society leader has plenty of tact.
She has trick of leaving unsaid the
things she ought to have left unsaid.
and of saying the things you want to
hear; and it is a pleasure to talk with
her.
''The society leader knows everything
That is one of the quaint things about
her. She never reems to read and she
isn't pedantic. yet she knows just
enough.
She can listen to all you've got to
say, and she can understand it all. She
has way with her which makes you
think that she comprehends.
''The society woman is an excellent
talker, but she doesn't say much; she
merely suggests. She is a woman who
can say a great deal without saying
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

attended to an errand with which she
had intrusted him.
Within a few seconds she heard q
voice which, somehow, sounded famil-
lar, and, without hesitation, she said
''Hello Is that you, Jim?"
Mott is not JIM" replied the voice
You must have the wrong number
Il beg your pardon" said Mrs
Muthie. II wanted Harlem 1775-3
These telephone people are very care
less. I wanted to speak to my brother
Mr.. Moran"
This is Mr.. Moran" replied the
voice.
Quit joking, Jim. 1 want to speak
to you-'
This isn't Jim Moran" replied the
voice, its Frank Moran. You have
the wrong number
Il guess I have the wrong Moran
said Mrs. Mutrie. I'VE all ought to be
related, anyhow, we Morans. I'm
sorry l distubed you"
please don't mention it, I'm glad to
talk to a Moran at any time. 1 know
so few of them
Heard Brothers Voice Over Telephone
You say your name is Frank
Moran? We had a brother once named
Frank-Francis Xavier"
That is my nome"
our brother has been lost many
years."
Hello! Hello Did he live with a
family named Doorley?"
Yes"
Then I'm your brother. was
adopted by family named Doorley.
You're my sister,"
Right there a thing happened that
might have caused another long period
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
ICT M learning how to be a society
leader.n said a girl a m nitinn


leader" said girl ambition
Il may not marry title, but ]
can lead, at least, the society l move in.
ITO be society leader is I art. She
may not be perfect in feature, but she
is exquisite in dress.
She does not wear such expensive
clothes, but they are beautiful. She
never overdresses. but she knows how
to wear her clothes.
Il know a woman WHO wears $1,000
gowns, but the.' look as though they
had been given to her They do not
seem to belong to her. OF course, she
doesn't lead society, and she doesn't
even lead her own set.
I'm learning how to wear my
clothes That is a lot to know. Few
women understand it at all
The society leader is always of good
figure. She may not be sweetly angelic
IN countenance, but her figure is always
good She may not be tall, but she is
sure to be slender. There never lived a
rat society woman leader.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
OMANCE and history of the mos


in the history of Jean Laftte.
a famous buccaneer who spent the
last years of his life in a house that
stood where now rises the eastern
wall of the manufactures building of
the Jamestown Ter Centennial expos
ition to be held on the shore of Hamp-
ton Roads near Norfolk, Va, in 1907.
A hundred yards to the east his treas
ure chest containing several hundred
thousand dollars in gold and Jewels
was dug from the shore of an adjacent
inlet after his death.
Jean Lafitte, pirate. slave trader,
soldier in the service of the United
States, naval officer in the service of
Cartagena and last of all gentleman of
leisure at Norfolk, vas born at Bor-
deaux, France. in 1880. He made a
trip 10 the island of Mauritius i'm 1903
and ther fell In love with a beautiful
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

In the history of lean Laftte
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-15
BOSTON MARKET
Special to The Herald.

sold at auction TO-DAY Inc
mar Ike S
SS05; Clover Xc
$S1O Cghor
& F.
Whtt $685. Alpha xf Iiyerd @
Head l. Lyon Son. 2S Tiger HEAD
Palm ST. Highlander
Pride
exchange $685. Fernando ley
Tunnel ch SemTop exchange $40 t GoS
Fruit co. Fruit $3.50 Red Keystone
$780, Pet
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Riverside exchange
Blue Globe
exchange $16O
KingF Co,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-15
EASTERN CITRUS FRUIT MARKET
NEW YORK. M
NEW YORK MARKET
Enecial to The Herald.

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f.
$685. Blue
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Fruit $65 Warrior Stewart Fruit $500 Blue Globe 1
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Bear &C 2-H
275 Lochinva 275 Gold Buckle, xf r. n
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Co. $780, Camea xf ecu Redlands Juncton $40 Vista % @ o
Rednds $685. Camelia CCU Heo-
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Butterfly CoVna
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Riverside
Lemon -Ave Co.
xf Camelia,
Buckle Fower " r. f.
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Fiesta Riverside exchange 2O sunfower S ecu Req I9nds 1Hc
Laurel xf Call Fruit $780, La Mesa x River
exchange, $780,