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Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-09

Certainly Edwards, ring the bell"
A minute or two later the servant entered.
Porteous told her to bring the child down again.
When the boy came, his father took him on
his knee and kissed him. The men turned their
backs and examined the pictures on the walls.
"Dickie," said the wretched man, you will
have to 60 in few minutes. You will be a
good boy with your unce"
"Yes papa" the child answered, "and when
will you Gomez?
'Now, run along ladde," he said The boy
trotted across the floor, then turned as he reach.
ed the door
"What do the fowls say, papa? Use forgotten,
"Cluck cluck, cucl<, cluck" Porteous replied,
"and cocl<-a-doodedoo Goodbye, Dickie."
The boy laughed and capped his hands. Then
he vanished.
'T am ready"
Three weeks later John Porteous was SEN
tenced to fourteen years penal servitude. The
Judge found no eXtenuatng circumstances A
man of high position had abused the confidence
placed in him. The prisoner could not even
plead poverty as an excuse.
The money had not been taken TO save a home
from ruin nor to replace losses incurred in a
moment of reckless speculation. 1t had been tax
en- deliberately and consistently for some pur-
pose which the prisoner declined to disclose
The Judge had no doubt but that the prisoner
had been keeping up a second establishment lie
laid particular stress on the fact that the anony-
NOUS letter which had put the bank on the scent
of the fraud was in a woman's handwriting.
All attempts to discover the writer had failed
This was clearly case where a mans own sin
had found him out, and where the woman, for
some unknown motive, had perpetraed a swift
and terrible revenge.
Through all the summing up, John Porteous
stood white and silent, with his hands on the
rail of the dock He alone knew who had writ
ten the letter which had brought all his plans
crashing down about his head.
He did not wish the world to know. From
false motives of honor he hugged the secret to
his breast He did not then realize how in the
long years to come that secret would cat away
the best part of his soul and heart and brain,
and leave an empty house for all the devils that
come up to earth from hell.
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81 The Black NJ rear

brick with no glass in the suffered windows.
just the hidingplaee for secret foe
Lady Agnes looked at it on this particular
afternoon, and smiled at the remembrance Of
her childish Iancies Yet she was still child
enough to regard the place with some suspicion.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the dog,
who yhurIiedly scrambled from her side and
brushed his way through the bracken, barking
cheerfully. In few moments Lord Harry ap.
peared. She arose and waved her hand to him.
He strobe through the bracken and smiled But
for all that there an unwonted look of
anxiety on his brown face.
am sorry, Agnes, to keep you wating,'' he
said, as he climbed up the heap of stones to her
side, but really, these politicians are most in.
sstent people. Ny head is going round" He
sat down by her side and looked so earnestly at
her that she turned her eyes away to the north.
I've been all right, Harry" she said T
have been looking at the red castle, the home
of our ancient foe" The young man laughed
Its been let" he said. "No more room for
imagination in that quarter. I rode out there
the other day. There was glass in the windows,
and the garden is being cleared up with
scythe."
who's taken itY" she asked
81 don't know" he replied. ga stranger to
these parts, I should say. It is eight miles
from shop, you know"
Thus end the dreams of childhood the
girl said, with smile. "I have no doubt he is
worthy man and will come to garden par
ties. Do you recolect, Harry, how we pictured
him. tall red-bearded scoundrel, with yellow
teeth and rusty amor? If | remember right,
he always crept, or SUNK, orr crawled
'Yes, | remember" he replied gravely
The thread of the conversation was becoming
slightly tangled
agnes" he suddenly blurted out Then he
stopped, and his brown hand closed over her
slender fingers The color flushed to her cheek
agnes" he repeated softly and tenderly.
But before he could say another word the thun.
der of wheels and hoofs, the rafting of chains,
and the hoarse cries of burst upon their
ears.
Lady Agnes started to her feet glad of the
opportunity to from somewhat embar.
RAISING position, and ran down to the wall
Lord Harry followed her, cursing at the inter
ruption
Looking along the road to the south, they saw
three great horses with heads down, tearing
madly along in cloud of dust, and behind
them an enormous dray, swaying from side to
side and a standing up and leaning back
on the reins with all his strength
ga runaway" cried Lord Harry. keep back
from the wall, Agnes, for heavens sake and
he pulled her away with some violence
To BE Continued Next Sunday
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- unobserved to the bottom of the
garden
AS she reached the gate, which opened out
through a thick yew hedge into the park be-
yond, there was rustling in the bushes by the
edge Of the patch, and her favorite Irish terrier
came sheepishly to her side.
20 Ginger" she said, in tone Of reproach.
Come along, you old villain she said, holding
the gate open for him to pass through, and then
the two went together down the sloping grass.
lands of the park
They emerged into a small open space thickly
overgrown with bracken Beyond it lay the
stone wall, which bordered on the road. Every
where else the copse touched the wall, and the
explanation of this open space was not far to
seek.
In the centre of it lay the ruins of a small
cottage, mere heap of gray Stones almost hid
den by the ferns which sprung up round it.
Lady Agnes brushed her way through the
bracken, and, climbing up to the highest part of
the ruins, looked out over the wall.
On the other side of the road flowed slug
gish brown stream several yards in width.
As children she and Lord Harry had sat se-
cure in their broken stronghold of gray stones
and looked out toward the east, watching for
the enemy that never came, though they firmly
believed that he lay hidden somewhere beyond
the muddy creek.
Often of an afternoon they would spy his
movements in the white sail of distant boat
in the stir of some rushes, in the rustling of
bush in the sudden flight of heron or some
wild duck. But they never saw him, though
they knew well where he lived. To the north
east, and distant some eight miles as the crow
flew, a small stony hillock up against the
sky On the side of it stood large red brick
house.
1t was almost invisible from their fortress,
but both of them had explored the long road
which ran to it between two creeks. The house
had always, as far as they could remember,
been unoccupied 1t a gaunt pile of red
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When the council had finished its deibera:
tions, Perigord took leave of his friends INFORM
ing them that circumstances of a private ma
ture had arisen winch commanded his imme-
date presence in Hungary, but he promised that
if he lived he would before long seek them out
again.
No news had been CLEANED by the most care
full inquiries concerning Miss Elliott or Madame
Niyella The cables had flashed insistent mes
sages to all the Mediterranean ports. but no
steamer had seen the missing ones, nothing had
been heard of them and although Cressingham
spent month in Perigord's yacht with Desire
and Oeltien searching the coasts he was forced
at last to the conclusion that they had persisted
in the open sea-
It became his sad task to convey the intelli-
gence of their expeditions hopeless failure to
poor old Colonel Elliott who was doubtless
waiting word from him in pitiable anxiety On
reaching Nice he dispatched to Francne's faith
er a long letter of commisera tion and condo
lence and ordering the yacht to return to Spez-
zia he proceeded with Oeltien and Desire by easy
stages across France to England. They spent a
week in Paris in order to show the girl the
wonders of that gay city, then arriving in Lon
don on September IA Cressingham placed De
sire in the care of a favore old aunt of his
1t was with feeling of strange unreality and
deem heartfelt sorrow that the young man re-
! visited his old rooms in Jermyn street.
He entered his old drawing with the
! sense of one returned from the tomb of ages to
find the worlds landmarks unaltered but the
| faces of his compeers changed, and with bitter
heartache he recognized that from that moment
new. uptried and desolate existence stretched
out before him
Oelten respected for awhile the musng silence
into which he had fallen, but at last saddened
by his friends grief he tried Loyalty to cheer
him and rouse him from his melancholy mood
Laying his hand gently on Cressingham's shoul
der he said softly: Dear friend, | know what
your thoughts must be, | know their unutter
able sadness, but should YOU give way to them
The past is past and in the march of destiny
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Continued From rrecedins Page

other policeman. and his eyes were fixed on the
window John Porteous moved quickly away
and glanced at his child Then he laughed.
"Quack, quacl said the child in a piping
voice. and waited anxously for his father to re-
sumo the pleasing sound.
The maid re-entered the room.
'"The gentlemen say they must see you, sir,
she said 'they have come on business from the
bank b"
'"Ther names ?" he asked
Before the servant could reply, two men
pushed past her into the room. They we're
both strangers. One Of them kept his hands in
his pockets
I'VE should like word with you, Mr.. Por-
teous," said one of them, and then looked at
the servant.
"You may go. Mary" he replied, "and take
Master Dick with you"
'No. no, papa" yelled the child. He was
picked up kicking and screamng and carried
forciby from the Porteous went to his
desk. and half opened one drawer as though he
round to the two men
"XVell. gentlemenY he said. One Of them
stepped forward and produced a paper
John Porteous,' he said. 81 arrest you in the
name of the Queen, on a charge of embezzlement
and forgery, Do you wish the warrant read to
you?'
"You need not trouble Porteous replied IT
have the authority to act on it, Unless, indeed.
you are playing practical joke on me. Doubt
less there has been some mistake.
eve have a cab outside the door, the other
man said ingling something in bis pocket, will
you come quietly. or must
Porteous stealth.y moved his hand toward
the hafopen drawer, but before he could slip
his fingers into it he found himself covered by
a revolver.
"Close that drawer" the man said sharply,
"the game is up. Edwards, put on the hand
cuffs"
Porteous closed the drawer and buried his
face in his hands. Resistance was useless. He
knew now why there were three policemen in
the street below him. Edwards advanced to-
ward him, the handouts clinkng as he walked
''I will come quietly he said. MY wife was
buried yesterday. My little boy is going away
with some relatives today. / expect them here
every minute. Let there be scene. See here!
He locked the drawer and threw the key in the
fireplace.
.'Very we'll. SIR" the replied. He had a
wife and child of his own. He realized the pa
thos of the scene the arrest Of the man the day
after his wife's funeral.
my child said Porteous, in a low voice,
"may see him?"
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finely tmbered park and across several miles
Of unlulatng wooded country. Behind it the
grouytd slopes gently down to high stone wall.
Beyond that lies the main road running north
ward into Suffolk and beyond that creek,
and beyond that again a waste of marshand
stretching to the sea-
II Hcatherstone Hall itself was built by the first
Lord Ileatherstone in 1130, and replaced a
smaller but more picturesque building Of red
brick, which had served as home for the
family since the days of Queen Elizabeth.
Inside, every thing was the grand scale. l he
first Earl had spent most of his life in royal
palace where he had discovered many ways of
ma king money. and his views of a house, suit
able for private gentleman had been modelled
on the ideas of kings. The reception'rooms
we're enormous, and so numerous that half of
them were only used once or twice a year
One glorious summers day, twenty years after
the events narrated in the last chapter Lord
Heatherstone was giving one of his three annual
gardenparties.
Lady Heatherstone was a confirmed invalid,
and had not left her room for two years, and
the duties of hostess devolved ON Lady Agnes
Chffe, Lord Heatherstone's only daughter by
former wife.
The party was, as Lord Harry Guy dryy OBJ
served to Miss Cynthia FoxStAnton, only a
semi-state function, and Lord Harry had come
in flannel suit and panama hat.
Yet it was no ordinary entertainment. 1t was
III TACT, sem1pontlCal IN character. bye-elec-
ton of unusual Importance agitating the
whole of the eastern part of the county.
Lord Heatherstone Represented Toryism in its
most solid and uncom promising aspect Only
two classes of people had been asked to the
party, those whose views were unmistakably of
the right sort, and those who had views at
all.
Lord Harry Guy, the young man who refused
to take the gardenparty seriously, had been
chosen by Lord Heatherstone to represent the
Conservative hopes of the district He was a
younger son OF the Marquis of Gorehaven, whose
estates joined the north side of the Heatherstone
property, and was a general favorite in the
county. A genial, careless young sportsman
was Lord Harry Guy, and his chief recommen-
da tion to parliamentary honors lay in the fact
that he was not likely to do anything startling.
Lord Harry Guy was and rritab bic,
and looked furtively around as though stud wing
safe line of retreat. Finally, he retired to
the extreme edge of the lawn and pretended to
look for lost tennisballs.
While he was engaged in this engrossing occu-
patton a shadow fell on the fower-bed he had
chosen for the scene of his operations, and he
turned sharply round his knees.
Hello Lady Agnes" he cried cheerfully,
'.have you come to lend hand?"
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and Immediately disrupted; for with
out the recognized leadership of one powerful
chief and with no one ready capable to as
sumo the vacant office, the various scattered
lodges composing the society were bound to as
sumo independent action and administration,
and thereby dwindle into separate insignifcance
Perigord did not remain the island of At
tala longer than was necessary to transport his
late fathers trea sures and belongings on board
the yacht, to cut the secret cable, and there
after to blow up the castle with dynamite and
gun-cotton.
When the work of annihilaton was complete
he steamed to the Gulf of Sighs, near Spezzia
where a final assembly of his council had been
convened to meet in the Count d'Attalas villa
On that occasion he redeemed as far as possible
his promises to Cressingham and 0eltjen.
With regard to the vast treasures of the Count
DAFT ala the council commanded them to be di.
vided into three equal portions, of which
was to be placed at the disposal Of Cardinal Car
nito to be expended in charity, the second was
conferred upon Perigord, together with the villa
the King of Italy which created him and his
heirs Counts of Attala-a title which he had of
all the world the greatest right to bear, The
third portion was handed over to Cressngham
in trust for Desire, the young man, at Pergord S
request, having been appointed her guardian un-
til her marriage with Ludwig Oeltjen, whc i
had been fixed to take place three months
hence in Berlin, the Kaiser gracously consenting
to the nuptals and promising to be present al
the ceremony.
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"We must go, Agnes" Lord Harry said calm.
ly. let me see you after all this business is
over ] have something rather important to
discuss with you In about an hours time. |
will be down by the old cottage near the East
wall You know IL"
They stroled up to the crowds of people that
had gathered round the great Lord Heather
stone, and separated.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-09
HA p TER v

HEATHERST0NE HALL.
EATHERSTONE HALL the seat of
the Right Honora BILE Earl Heather
- stone, is one of the show places of
Is8MSI Essex.
WiEUD 1t stands on the summit of a small
hill and its great west front looks over a
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-09

uecOIdUOn,
Dining room - feet by 10 feet, and kitchen
10 feet by 12 feet, all rooms are well ventilated
and very cool in the summer months.
There are four large bed rooms on the second
floor with a very large hall which can be fur
nished, Interior finished in hard wood giving
fine chance for decoration, Bath is not pro
vided at, estimate given below
All the rooms have Plenty of closet space
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| fell, deep beneath the still white sand of the
island of his name.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-09
CHA PIER XIV
FRANCINE.

the old Count d'Attala had predicted,
his capture and death were alone suff-
cient to cause Nihiism as a united and
coherent organization to be completely
and immediately disrnnted; for with
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HAP TER VI
%-A-@&-
MR.. ARTHUR HoLME

1HORTLY after six o'clock most of the
guests had departed, and Lady Agnes,
1 released from part of her social du-
ties, cut the rest and slipped away
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-09

HIS two story cottage is frame with
ceiling height 8 feet. First floor con
tains living room 10 feet by 10 feet
with large fireplace and open stair
way giving a fine chance for interior
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-09

Estimate cost as here shown:
Stone work .........-. ."... ....,$l5O
bnckWork ''..--'. ',,.-... .,........ 80
cement noor .-...,,.... .....,.- 4O
Digging ''',.. -..''',..... ......-..'.. ~
AIillwork and Carpentering ............ 945
Paper and nails .....,. .....,........ 20
Hard ware ........... ............. 70
Lumber ....... .......... .......... 600
Painting and glazing ...........-..... 250
Pastering .,......,.......... .,.. ...... 275
Plumbing .......,,, ................ 200
Hot air heating ....... .....,........ 1875
Range .......-.,. ......,........... 40
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I he
CHAPTER Xxx Vl-Confinued

Cardinal was deeply shocked, but
after few minutes reflection he un'
reservedly commended his friends de
sgMMl termination and expressed his own in
tention of at once approaching the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-20

SUPERINTENDENT COUNTY SCHOOLS
Dec. u Watson B. Matthews. AIS s75(
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A. j. Frefz. .,.... 800
s. e. Bird ......... 1890
So 60
cHILpREN's HOME

Jan 10 Nj. State Hospital S5.07017
Nj. State Village. 1881
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Nov j, q. White s 600
e. p. Borroughs n Son 80 90
John X. Dalrymple IS 90
Abr. kyerson, Shf. $50 90
Geo. e. Jenkins rs 30
VIM. H. Mott 7n0
Dec. lS j G. White 5072
#. II. Tippett l406z
Horace Ford % 90
Abr. Ryerson 20 90
Chas. McCollum % so
0. N. Hughson IS 90
Daniel LOsey IA 90
1. Is. Dickinson go 90
4. Y. Ward " 90. 10 90
Geo. X. Jenkins n So
John A. Farrell 100
q. G. Hopper, agent 1915
Jan. 10 j. G. White 80 so
II. w. Armstrong n 90
II. A. Henriques 900
Il. Il. Totten II 90
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26

vived by one sister, Miss Anne
Maria Harrison, of this town.
Miss Harrison, was most beautiful
Christian character, and lived out
her long and useful life in Lees
burg in the love and esteem of
her many relatives and friends
life that was spent in the service of
her God and for the good of those
with whom she came in contact.
Her surviving sister has the warm
sympathy of all in the loss Of her
constant and loving companion of
many years, companionship
that was beautiful i'm its simplicity
and affection.
Her funeral took place on Sun
day afternoon, and her remains
were followed by many loving
friends to the old Episcopal Church
yard, and buried with her relatives
who had gone before. Rev. Mr..
Burkhardt, of the Episcopal
Church. of which she for many
years faithful member. ofiiciated.
-Leesburg Mirror.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
Cured Of Brisht'S Disease

Mr.. Robert o. Burke, Elnors, n. Y,
writes: Before | started to use Foley
Kidney Cure bad to get up from twelve
to twenty times night, and l was all
bloated up with dropsy and my eyesighi
was so impaired l could scarcely see one
of my family across tine room. had
given up hope of living, when a friend
recommended Foley's Kidney Cure,
One 80 cent bottle worked wonders and
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symptoms of Brights disease" For sale
by all druggists.
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BIaine and an Apnron-,a.,...

When James G.. Blaine was sneaker
OF the house he cleverly got through a
resolution approprIating $4,000 to the
needy widowed daughter of President
Zachary Taylor. This lady got as far
as Washington on her way to Paris To
see a sick daughter and, being destitute
OF money, appealed to her only friend
at the capital, General Sherman. His
purse was always open to the distress
Ell, but he had not funds at all ade-
quate to relieve her necessities. In this
emergency he thought Of Blaine. The
man from Maine entered into the spirit
or the occasion as soon as he heard
General Sherman's statement. He
called another TO the chair and made n
i've minutes speech that fairly eIect~i-
ned the house, which passed the reso-
luton Blaine had penned only a mo-
ment before. He took the resolution in
person TO the senate, where IL was also
Immediately passed, had the president
to sign 1t the next day. and on the fol-
lowing day the beneficiary got the
money. General Sherman always in
sisted that Blaine would have made
the grandest actor that ever lived and
In adapting his career to politics he
robbed the stage of born star.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
OLD PUZZLE ABOUT CHECKS
when They Could Not he Drawn Il
Favor OF Any one Person.

when They Could Not he Drawn In
Favor OF Any One Person.
Discussing. at the London Kings col
lege Gnbart lectures on banking. the
rise of the bank check system. Sir
John Paget. X. c.. had the following
TO say:
''The origin OF crossing checks is
well known. IL began in the clearing
house for the convenience Of those en-
ployed there. and then it began TO be
adopted by the general public. There
was no statutory Interpretation, no
statutory sanction; still. when done by
the drawer of 4 check. IL had some ef-
feet II man drew n check on his
banker and wrote across Il the name
OF another banker he obviously meant
his banker 10 understand something by
it. He meant 10 convey something to
his banker. Following the analogy Of
the clearing house and looking at the
natural meaning OF writing another
bankers name across the check, one
might be inclined to say that the rea-
s0nable Interpretation was that the
customer forbade his banker to pay
the check except to or through the
medium OF that banker.
But I'm those days and indeed later
judges and lawyers could not reconcile
this Interpretation with the continued
negotiability Of the check. All checks
were up TO 1853 made payable to bear
er. and the objection was: How can n
check be ut the same time payable TO
bearer and only payable 20 n specified
bankerl IL it be payable TO n banker.
why cannot the bearer demand pay
ment OF IL himself over the counterY'
We know better now. We know that
no crossing. except the Not negotiable
one, in any way affected the full ne
gotiability Of the check. but in those
days the problem was terrible Stun
bling block Consequently, as pointed
out by Lord Cairns in Smith and the
Union bank. the crossing prior to
statutory enactment amounted only 10
n caution or warning to the paying
banker to exercise special care IL he
paid the check otherwise than 70 a
banker for they drew no distinction
In the days prior TO 1853 between a
special and 4 general crossing.
THAT was so even after the first act
in 1856 All that the crossing. whether
special or general, amounted to was,
as / say. to warn the banker to be
careful If he paid the check direct to
the bearer. If he took no precautions
he might be liable TO his customer on
the ground Of negligence If the pay
ment were TO n person with no title
and the customer suffered loss there
by"