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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

Confused, and in state Of mind
bordering on frenzy, Mr.. Ransom re-
turned to the hotel and sought refuge
in his own room. He put no confidence
in what he had just read; he regarded
it as a newspaper story and a. great
this fact in itself was very disturbing.
For how could she have known about
It II she had not been it's author, and
IT she was it's author, what purpose
had she expected it to serve9 q,
He was still debating this question
when he reached his own room. On the
floor, little way from the sill, lay a
letter. 1t had been thrust under the
door during his absence. Lifting it in
some trepidation, he cast a glance at
it's inscription and sank staggering into
the nearest chair, asking himself if he
had the courage to open and read it.
For the handwriting, like that of the
note handed him in the street, was
Georgian IS, and he felt himself in
maze concerning her which made every
thing In her connection seem dream
like and unreal. It was not long, how
ever, before he had mastered its con-
tents. They were strange enough, as
this transcription of them will show.
You have seen what has happened to
me, but you cannot understand how 1
feel. She looks exactly like me. It is;
that which makes the world eddy about
me-. cannot get used to it. It is like
seeing my own reflected image step
from the mirror and walk about doing
you saw her you would call her Geor-
gian. And she says that she knows you,
admires you! and she says it in. my
voice! l try to shut my ears, but T
hear her saying it. even when her lips
do not move. She is as ignorant as she
| is afflicted and cannot leave her. She
cannot hear sound, tho she can talk
well enough about what is going on in
her own mind, and she is so wayward
and uncertain of temper, owing to her
ignorance and her difficulty in under
she would do if once let out Of my
sight. 1 love you'll love you-but I
must stay right here. s.
"Your afectionate and most unhappy
=" Georgian.
The sheet with its tear-stained lines
fell from his grasp. Then he caught it
up again and looked carefully at the
signature. 1t was his wife Is without
doubt. Then he studied the rest Of the
writing and compared it with that Of
the note which had been thrust into
his hands earlier in the day. There was
| no difference between them except that
there were evidences of faltering in
the latter, not noticeable in the earlier
communication. AS he noted these tok-
ems Of weakness or suffering, he caught
up the telephone receiver in good
earnest and called out Gerridge's num-
Der. When the detective answered, he
shouted back:
Have you read the evening pa
pers9 If you haven't, do SO at once;
then come directly to me. It's bust
ness now and no mistake; and our first
visit shall be on the fellow at the St.
Denis.' - .-.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

eyes; one who walked as if her shoe,
were VISIT fishf:,,'
toh, little while after the gentle
man asked his questions. y
Twas she dressed in brownies
That he didn't know. He didn :
look at ladies dresses unless there wal
something special.
But she walked lame and she cam,
from room 1922
Yes. He remembered that much.
Gerridge, with nod to the manager
stepped into the open compartment o,
the whirling door. ~, IN off, y said he
EXPECT to hear from me in twt
hours.' I'D
At twenty minutes to ten Mr.. Ran
som called up on the telephone.
Gone question, Mr.. Ransom.''
| Hello, who are you7' -.
"Gerridge." .-' - ,-,.@. =
"Al right, 90 ahead. - .a- RI
did you see the face of the woman
you spoke to in room No. 39' IT,.
"Of course. She was looking directly
;. fYou remember it, Could you iden
thy T IT. If t you say? ;s1 i again -
"That's all, goodby. - ..... :. ~. y
| IL.
Another intolerable wait. Then Their,
came a knock on the door and Ger
ridge entered. He held photograph
in mis- hand which he had evidently
taken from his pocket on his way up
Look at this,'' said he. "Do 20,
recognize the face9"N ::
| "The Lady,: ..,...:
"Just so; the one who said she hai
seen. no one come into No. 8 on thu
first foor:'' e.. :. 49,.
Mr.. Ransom IS expression of surprised
inquiry was sufficient answer.
"Well, it's a pity you didn' lool
at her gloves instead Of her face. 70,
might have had some dim idea Of hav
ing seen them before. It was she VIII,
rode to the hotel with you; not you
wife. The veil was wound around he
ward off rice.'' !
Mr.. Ransom staggered back agains
the table before which he had beer
standing. The blow was an over
Whelming one. rta. o.; .-i' ....
"Who is this womanq'' he de
handed "She came, from MI, Fulton .
house. More than that, from nv wife =
room. What is her name and what dit
she mean by such an outragegn
Her name is Bella Burton, and sh,
IS your wife s confidential maid. A,
for the meaning of this outrage, it will
ia e more than two. hours to ferre
out that: I can only give you the sin
gle fact I've mentioned.''
And Mrs. Ransom9'
"Shes Sheq'
"Dressed in her maids clothes. Oh
you III have to hear worse things thar
that before we re out Of this muddle
If you won It mind a, bit of advice from
a man of experience, I would sugges
that you take things easy. 1t 3 the only
way ,-.-
Shocked into silence by this cold
blooded philosophy, Mr.. Ransom con
trolled both his anger and his humilia
ton; but he could not control his sur
prise. ~. :. a..90:1 -,
"What does it mean?' he murmuret
to himself. What, does it all meanq,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

money and a case holding more than
one valuable jewel.
The eyes of the officer and manager
met in iH-disguised alarm.
.'She must have been under the most
violent excitement to slip away with
out these, - suggested the former. ct ID
better be at work. Give me two
hours,,' were his parting words to Mr..
Ransom. "By that time III either be
back or telephone you. You had better
stay. here; she may return. Tho don It
think that likely he muttered as he
passed the manager.
| At the door he stopped. "You can It
tel! lsH me- the color of that veils''
"Look about the room, sir. There g
lots of colors in the furniture and
hanglngs. Don't you see one some
where IT that at reminds you Of her veil or
The miserable bridegroom looked up
from the bag into which he was still
staring and, glancing slowly around
him, fuallly pointed at chair uphol-
! stored in brown and impulsively said:
"The veil was like that; I remem-
b per n9 sy; Brown, isn't it, dark
Eyes. And the dress9"
- can't tell you thing about the
d5essf But her her fgbloves1M remember
tight they gaped ' OPEN at ne the ~e Wris St.
Her hand looked quite disfgured.
wondered that SO sensible q woman
should buy. gloves at least two sizes
too small for her. I think she was
ashamed Of them herself, for she tried
to hide them after she saw me look
ing;,, 80,
This was in the cabs" -
" "Mat !. g you didn't i; speak word'''
.Iho she seemed SO very much cut
ono, she didn't seem cut up; only
GLOW tiredq'' "
"She sat with her head pressed
| against the side of the cab.''
.tAnd little turned awayq"
tsttAs if she shrank from yous'
"a little 500
,is "Di stos she f brighten when the car.
'tShe started upright.''
did you help her out?'' "
NO; l had promised not to touch
&. She jumped out after ,yous"
{: And never s;pokes"
| Gerridge opened the door, motioned
| Tor the manager to follow, and, once
IN the hall, remarked to that gentle
| man:
II should like to see the boy who
| took her bag and was with them when
| she S1lDnod -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

The telephone bell had rung again.
message from the office this time
A note had just been handed in for
MI. Ransom; should they send it upf
Gerridge was at the phone.
Instantly he shouted down, and
be sure you hold the messenger. It
may be from your lady, he remarked
to MI. Ransom. Stranger things than
that have happened
Mr.. Ransom reeled to the door,
opened it and stood waiting. The two
might not that note contain!
Mr.. Ransom opened it in the hall.
When he came back into the room his
hand was shaking and his face looked
drawn and pale. But he showed no fur
Their disposition to- go out. Instead, he
sank into chair, with a motion of
dismissal to the, two detectives. #r,>..
"Question the boy who brought
this,' said he. SIT is from Mrs. Ran
som: written, as you see, at the ST..
Denis She bids me farewell for a
time, but does not favor me with any
explanations. She cannot do differently,
she says, and asks me to trust her and
walt, Not very encouraging to sleep
on. but it's something. She has not
entirely forsaken me. - ~. ....
W. ANS ?" ACA o. olI uS tuIucu 'SldTpIy
towards the door. & take it that YOU
wouldn It object, to ;. knowing all the
messenger can tell you9'' ......., i
"No, no. Question him. Find out
whether she gave this to him with her
own hand,' - IL -
Gerridge obeyed this injunction. but
was told in reply that the note had been
given him to deliver by clerk in the
hotel lobby. He could tell nothing
about the lady -. j =
This was unsatisfactory enough; but
the man who had influenced her ia
this, step had been placed under, sur
VIGILANCE. Tomorrow they would ques,
ton him; the mystery was not without
q promise of solution. So Gerridge
felt; but not Mr.. Ransom; for at the
end Of the lines whose purport he had
just communicated to the detective
were these few, significant words:
Make no move to find me. If you
love me well enough to wait in silence
be Ours,''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
CHAPTER II
The Lady in Number Three.

The boy was soon found and proved
to be more observing in matters of
dress than Mr.. Ransom. He. described
with apparent accuracy both the color
and, cut Of the garments worn by the
lady who had fitted away 50 mysteri-
ously. The former. was brown. all
brown; and the latter was OF the
tallof-made variety, very natty and be.
coming: What you would call
swell, ;, was the comment, eff he1
walk hadn't spoiled the hang of it.
How she did walk! Her shoes must
have hurt her most uncommon. !
never did see anyone hobbIe so.V :
'How's that's She hobbled. and her
husband didn It notice itq''
'Oh, he had hurried on ahead. She
was behind him, and she walked like
The pantomime was highly express.
1"That' s a point" muttered Ger.
RIDGE Then with a sharp look at the
boy: "Where were you that you didn It
notice her when she slipped off9''
"Oh, but I did, sir. I was waiting
for the clerk to give me the kew, when
saw her step back from the gentle
man g side and,> looking quickly around
70 see IT anyone was noticing her, slide
"" An'o Cho reception room. L thought
she wanted a drink of water out of
the pitcher on the center table, but #
she did, she didn't come back after
she had got it. None of us ever saw
her again.
Ibid you follow Mr.. Ransom when
he walked thru those roomsq'' -"-.
mo, sir; I stayed in the hail.
"Did the lady hobble when she slid
thus mysteriously out of sight?''
"a little. Not so much as when she
came in. But she wasn't at her ease
sir. Her shoes were certainly too
small. - 80 wv
~ think 7 will take peep at those
rooms now" Gerridge remarked to the
manager: -.
Mr: Loomis bowed and together they
door: The diagram of this portion Of If
the hotel will give you an idea of these
connecting rooms. ''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

The next installment of ..The Chief
Legatee'' wiz be printed during the
week. Watch Tor II.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-15

erhorn at New College. The club was
founded, 1t seems in 1901, and origi-
nally consisted Of only six members,
banded together to set rules and rulers
at defiance by going on the tiles at
night in ways that those rulers had
never contemplated. The ex-president
claims that the sport is as fascinating
and difficult as the real thing OF Ter
matt and Grindelwald; and we can
quite believe that formidable spikes,
uncertain coping stones, tottering
gutter pipes, and dangerous heights"
require as much coolness In their ne
gotiation, especially by night as cor
nice, crevasse. and bergshrund. Fur
ther, 1t is pointed out that the hostility
Of dons and police introduces another
element Of risk unknown In the High
Alps. That is SO; the only kind Of
gendarme to be met with there Is one
that will leave the climber alone IL
he leaves him alone-the "gendarme"
of spiky rock. 1t Is satisfactory, how
ever, that Oxford mountaineering is
still purely an amateur sport; the pro-
fessional guide would be only too
likely to become the professional
cracksman.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-15
South Carolina. In the course of the

South Carolina In the course OF the
forenoon, the vanguard were met by
small body of horsemen, whose trav--
elworn plight and haggard aspect
showed that they had lately been en-
gagged in severe service. They were
now in quest of the very party whom
they had thus fortunately encountered
upon the march; and 1t was with Q
lively demonstration Of joy that they
now rode with the officer Of the guard
into the presence Of Campbell and his
staff Their report announced them 10
be Major Chandler and Captain john
son, Of Clarkes party, who with thirty
followers, had been despatched from
the western side Of the Allegheny, 70
announce to the confederated troops
the complete success Of that officers
endeavor to reach the settlement on the
Nolachuckie and Wattauga rivers.
Their tidings were Immediately COM
municated to the army, and the deep
and earnest interest which officers and
men took in this agreeable intelligence,
was evinced In a spontaneous acclama-
tion and cheering from one extremity
of the column to the other. The mes
sengers proceeded to narrate the partic-
culars Of their late hazardous expedi-
ton, and fully confirmed the most pain
full anticipations which the listeners
had previously entertained Of the diff
fculties, tolls, and sufferings incident
to the enterprise. Clarke's soldiers.
they further reported, were too MUCH
disabled to be in condition Immediate
ly to recross the mountain and unite I'm
the present movements against Fergu-
son; but that, as soon as they should
find themselves recruited by needf'il
rest. they would lose no time in repair
ing to the scene of action.
Towards sunset of the succeeding
day. our sturdy adventures entered Gil
bert-town. This post had been aban-
doned by Ferguson, and was now In the
occupation Of the two staunch WING
leaders, Brandon and Lacy, at the head
of about three hundred men, who mad
repaired thither from the adjacent
mountains of Rutherford, to await the
arrival of Campbell and his friends IL
was manifest that affairs were rapidly
tending towards a crisis. Ferguson
had hitherto appeared Indifferent TO
the dangers that threatened him, and
his movements indicated either fatal
contempt for his adversary, or an ig-
norance Of the extent Of his embar-
rassment-each equally discreditable
to the high renown which has been at.
tributed to him for careful and bold
soldiership.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-15
Had Choice of Sea or Jail.

To Arthur Westerman. seventeen
year-old boy who has been before the
court as many times as a centipede
has legs, was given an undesirable
preference by Judge Cameron In the
municipal court when. after being
convicted of larceny charge, he was
given the choice Of going to the coun-
ty Jail for one year or going to sea
for the same period. Westerman had
been stealing cows, junk and bottles,
and yesterday he was convicted OF
entering a junk shop and stealing old
iron. ~
(which do you prefer, young man?
Go to the county jail for year or go
to sea?" asked Judge Cameron.
Neither one; but I'll go to sea
rather than to JAIL" said Westerman.
well, 1 don't know; think II let
you go to sea you'll steal the rigging
off the ship"
mo, honest, I won't I'll try not
to steal"
TRY not to? Well, that's something
to your credit, anyway. Say that you
are sure you won't, and I'll see that
you get work under good captain"
"Yes, I'll detect good ship for the
boy" said Detective Hartman, who
had arrested Westerman.
"Well, get him on ship that Is go
ing around the cape, one that will be
gone for two years. If possible. And.
young man." turning to Westerman,
when you get back from that trip
you won't know yourself. But II. af-
ter you come back, you go to stealing
again, IN see that you get the county
jail sentence anyway" said the Judge
as he bade the youth godspeed on his
long voyage.-Portland Oregonian.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-15

A PRETTY STORY OF ADMIRAL DEW
EY.-A very pretty story has just come
to light In connection with Admiral
Dewey. The admiral, as Is well-known,
Is a strict disciplinarian, but 1t may
not be so we'll known that he Is pos
sessed of one Of the kindest Of hearts.
Just before the battle of Manila Bay.
when the order was given to strip for
action, the smallest powder boy on the
flagship dropped his coat overheard.
He asked permission to jump after II,
but was refused. He went to the side
of the ship, however, dropped over
board, recovered his coat, and was
promptly arrested for disobedience OF
orders a very serious offence In the
navy Admiral Dewey spoke kindly
to the youngster when he was brought
before him and the lad broke down
ard said that the coat contained his
mothers picture. which he had just
kissed, and he could not bear to see 1t
lost. The admiraPs eyes filled with
tears He fairly embraced the boy,
ard said, Release him. Boys who
love their mothers enough to risk
their lives for their picture cannot be
kept under arrest in this fleet"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-15

How MARTINIQUE Recovered
When on q May morning four years
ago an expedition which had been hur-
ried to the scene of st. Pierre disaster
brought the ruins into view, there was
so much of utter desolation, such drifts
OF scoria and volcanic ash over all the
scared and blasted regions, that the
generally expressed opinion was that
never a green thing could ever grow
there again. The writer, who was a
member Of that first expedition, has
been offered an opportunity Of visiting
the ruins again. And such marvels
has this tropical nature wrought
throughout these last four years;
greenness everywhere save in the
slopes Of Pelee itself and in, the deep
swale and elevations Of that lava river
whose turbulent brown billows look
as though they had been suddenly still
ed when In the moment of their utmost
action. Over the gray green things
have crept, bushes, some Of them
twenty and thirty feet in height have
sprung up in such rank proportions as
to make difficult a passage between
them, and beneath the grass is matted
two or three feet deep. A few years
more and the place will look more like
a primeval wilderness than the site OF
once popuIous city, and which Pelee
within a few moments converted into
cemetery of thirty thousand dead
Rochester Post Express.
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The prospector signed the paper
and said he would make 1t six
months. The cashier took him to an
outfitter's and the next day the man
left for the desert. All Of which Is
the story Of the discovery Of one OF
the best tourmaline mines In south
ern California.
There are scores of grub stakers
wandering over the desert; poor men,
men on small salaries, grub stake
men. These men often keep them
selves poor. hoping against hope;
many men have spent their lives
wandering over the desert without
making a valuable strike. Again
some of the best mines have been
found in this way.
The great Cajon Pass and the pass
of San Gorgonio, leading down into
the deserts of California and Mo1ave'
are the highways of the grubstaker,
and hardly a day but you may see
him following the track or on the road
and at the desert towns, as RAnning'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-15

OxFcRp's MOUNTAIN CLIMBER.
is the Daily Mail, Of course, that has OBJ
tanned a sketch Of the Oxford Univer-
sity Alpine club, from an ex-president
thereof, to explain all about that noe
turnal sport which has just eliminated
in the interrupted ascent Of the Spoon
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-15

TT It takes a man to talk economy
"a woman to practice It.
1T The deserving poor" does not
mean the people who deserve to be
poor
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-15
THE FAMOUS "HUeeING cAsE.H

TO BE CONTINUED.
The Holly chieftain., 1906-12-07
James Donigan,
1sham Barnes,
Tabitha Speer,
News Committee.
Need of a Pure Food Law.

The pure food law passed by the
5oth congress becomes effective the
first of the year. One of the provis-
ions is that impure foods shall not be
manufactured in one state and ship
ped to the markets of another. The
fine for violation of this provision is
a heavy one. In Colorado the people
may yet be imposed upon by the sale
of adulterated foods unless the COM
ing legislature gets busy and enacts
statutory laws against the manufac-
turing and sale of impure foods with
in the borders of the state. The state
board of health and other bodies in
terested in food inspection for the
benefit of the people can render val
liable assistance in urging the legisla-
ture to do its duty i'll this line of leg
islation. There are many reasons
why the Colorado legislature should
not failt do its duty-Fowler Trib-
unc.
The Holly chieftain., 1906-12-07

Reynolds, Zella Wood, Rena Wright
Room s-Etta Bell, Letha Shields,
Bonnie Jones. Margaret MeGlashen,
Ida Sayer, Grace Shelton, Major Ar
kin, Chas. Christopher, Harry Cu!'
lens, Frank Pierce, Lo Linvilie, Me-
ter Powers, Bessie Holberti
Room 4-Hazel Hamilton, Blake
Pierce, Elithe MeMurtry, Marie
Bryce, Ray Walker, Mildred Blom,
Delmer Haley, Adelaide Miller, Mil
lie Robson, Doris Miller, Ruth
Barnes, Katie Robson, Beulah Say
er, Clara Hare, Elizabeth Guffey.
The Holly chieftain., 1906-12-07
Highest Average.

Fifth grade-Mildred Blom, %;
Jeanette Mcpherson, o2.
Sixth grade-Ruth Demaray, 92;
Ruth Barnes, 88; Doris Miller, ~.
Room 3-Parke Athey, Myles Bun
mel, Jimmie Goss, Wesley Lyons,
Glenn Pinkham, Reuben Speer. Laur-
ence Roof. Joseph Schindele, Fran
ces Jones, Neva Brown, Ida Nc
Glashen, Mabel Rockwell
Room flames Baird, Leila Baird.
Esther Brainard. Helen Brainard,
Russell Bryce, Avis Cullens, Law
renee Debus. Willie Debus, Pearl
Golden, Walton Cores, Paul Horst,
Olen Horton, George McGlashen, OF
to McMurtry, Katie Rockwell, Frank
Schindele, Lorraine Tarbox, Gertrude
Van Petten, Nellie Vincent, Erma
Walker.
Room mabel Griffith, Beulah
Pugh, Anna Shindall, Birdie Hollis,
Raymond Miera, Eugene Miner, Har-
land Steel, Aurelio Chacon, Willie
Lcbeau.
Room No. 4 has not single case
of absence nor hardness last week,
the best record for the year so far.
Following is the report of the
schools for the month ending Nov.
2S, 1000:
The Holly chieftain., 1906-12-07
Changes of Science.

Doctor-What? Troubled with
sleeplessness? Eat something before
going to bed.
Patient-Why, doctor, you once
told me never to eat anything before
going to bed.
Doctor (with dignity)-ooh, pooh!
That was last January. Science has
made enormous strides since then.
The Holly chieftain., 1906-12-07
AT the Churches
Baptist.

Services Sunday in Dawlcy hall
Bible school at 10 O'Clock. Preach
ing service at II O'Clock. An invita-
ton to all to attend. The pastor goes
out to Coats schooihouse and con-
ducts services at 3 o'clock and 7:3o
o'clock. Prayer service al the pas
tors home Thursday evening at 7:3o
All are invited
The Holly chieftain., 1906-12-07
Be Charitable

to your horse as well as to yourself.
You need not suffer from pains of any
sort--your horses need not suffer.
Try bottle of Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment. It cures all pains. J. M. Rob
erts. Bakersfield, Mo, writes: II have
u.s., d your linimcnt for ten years and
md 1t to be the best ! have ever used
for man or beast" All druggists.
The Holly chieftain., 1906-12-07
Bring Your Children

To the Holly hotel, where DR.. Sa-
pero, the well-known eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist, will examine
their eyes and yours free, Monday,
December II. This is the last trip
until next June when he will return
from Europe.