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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-12
cHAPrER lv.-contInued.

Their carriage soon stops near the
two small bays upon which are stu
ated the lighthouses. At little land
ing place Barnes can just discern in
the mist of the water, which adds to
the gloom of the evening, a boat with
two seamen.
To be certain, he halls and is an
swered by Emory's voice.
ITS all right" he whispers to the
ladies' and springs out of the carriage.
The next moment Emory has run up
from the landing and is standing be-
side him. Emory whispers suspicious
ly to Barnes you get the ladies into
the boat quick. told my men not to
come near you unless there was dan
ger. l hear their steps coming down.
I'll see what they want" Barnes and
Edwin carefully escort their charges
through the gloom down the little
steps that lead to the boat. Their hand
satchels being placed beside them,
carriage robe is carefully tucked by
Barnes about Miss Anstruther.
Performing like service for his
wife, Edwin seizes the tiller. seats
himself at the stern and remarks COM
fortably: Now all's shipshape! AS
soon as your sleuth is on board we'll
pull out to the yacht" Then he asks
one of the two oarsmen: Have you
the Seagull's bearings?"
AYE, aye. sir. She is lying off about
a quarter of mile nigh due south of
here.
"All right" says Edwin, examining
a pocket compass he produces. "She
might have been difficult to find in the
darkness without her bearings. She's
a light up, of course?"
"a mast head anchor-glim, SIR" re-
plies the man.
Suddenly Edwin whispers to Barnes
We've boarders!" and springing up,
seizes a boathook and pushes the cut
ter away from the dock. Pull quick,
my men!" he commands, for the voice
of the American detective rings out
in the night air: Look out for your
selves!" and they hear the patter of
feet in the darkness running down the
walk mingled with couple of foreign
oaths.
Next there is splash in the water
and Barnes says, coolly: Hold up for
a minute, Edwin" and calls: is that
you. Emory?"
Yes, thank God!" answers the de-
tective, who is swimming after them.
Very well, If anybody jumps over
after you. think can catch him even
In the darkness" The Americans
pistol Is in his hand.
Twenty seconds after they drag the
dripping sleuth into the cutter.
you have nothing to wait for now"
says Emory, splitting out some salt
water. Get me to the yacht where
can find dry clothes of some kind
At this, Edwin orders the men to
give way. which the Scotch sailors do
with alacrity.
by the blessing of God, you all had
a mighty narrow escape" remarks
Emory, his voice quivering. Though
how the deuce the men who are after
potting you took the places of the ones
/ hired to guard you. is more than
can tell. When I heard the approach.
ing steps. l reckoned there must be
danger. / went straight to 'em and by
gum, they jumped me. Half a second
and was dead man"
"At my cry of terror" continues
Emory, "the dagger that was right
over my breast was stayed. and one
of them snarls 'Diavolo, this isn't
the accursed murderer. Barnes of New
York Then they whispered some
words to me that I don't care about
repeating before the ladies and one of
them held the knife over me and the
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-12


Not dan gerous enough to cause vou
to desert these ladies In their extrem
ity, You. an Americana have been
told you have very good nerve"
Yes, but this kind of an assasstnat
Ing In the gloom biz is mighty tickl,sb
however, I'll go you again. retutns
the detective, after few more wb,ns
OF his cigar. I'll risk 1t once more
for the sake OF the ladies'. With such
crafty devil agin you, what you want
to do is to suspect everybody contin-
ued the detective. You see You can
not be sure where such snaky fellow
will strike you II 1t hadn't been for
me fortunately walking up that path
wondering why my men came down
to you. they would have been upon
you while you were putting the ladies
in your boat, and would have had soue
OF you sure. / know you can shoot
quick and straight, but knives at close
quarters are better than reyolyers.
especially in the darkness. You can
bless God for having saved you to-
night. Suspect everyone"
Suspect everyone," Barnes mutters
to himself and turns his eyes about
upon the deck as he speaks.
"Oh. they're all safe here-those bra
Scotch sailor ladies. You saw the
mate, he is Scotch also and can be
trusted. If you'll put me on shore. III
be at that villa at Nice ready to tell
you everything when you make it.
Don't you think the LADY, mean An.
struther's wife--could stand voyage
to England through the Bay of Bis.
cay?" The detectives voice shows
how anxious he Is that his suggestion
be taken.
"As physician. don't think she
could" remarks Barnes. you see her
neurotic state has been added to by
the attack upon us at the landing. II
is not her fears for herself, but her
fears for her husband"
They are now interrupted by Edwin
THE lights over there are those of
Bandol We're in ten fathoms of wa
ter. | don't want to venture in any
further at night" Then the voice of
the young English officer rings out, or.
dering the cutter to be lowered and
manned.
Il go with you as far as the shore"
says Barnes.
mo. you stay with the ladies'" whis-
pers Emory. That's what you want
to look after. You're the point of dan
ger now. I'll only suffer If get too
nigh to you" AS the Pinkerton man
goes over the side, he whispers to
Barnes: Suspect everybody-even
your own emotions and doings, and
especially those of the women with
that crafty cuss who had his dagger
so cursed near my heart, working on
them"
Gould you recognize the mani"
asks Burton eagerly.
Hardly, but in the struggle my
hand caught his face. and felt scar
over his left eye."
Great Scott!" calculates the Amer
lean. He is now certain 1t Is Core
gio Cipriano Danella who is bent upon
revenge for the blood of his dead
brother
AS the Yankee detective is rowed
away, Barnes PAGES the deck
The night is very fine. though ex-
tremely dark, and they being near the
land, somewhat misty. The yachts
lights. however, burn brightly and a
careful lookout is kept. Barnes thinks
he has little fear from the sea while
the vessel is In command of Edwin
Anstruther. Still the detectives last
warning, Suspect everybody" fingers
in his mind.
Some remarks from the ladies in
the cabin indicate that they are not
coming on deck this evening.
TO BE coNTINUED)
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counts-the way the bow is tilted,
in manner in which the ribbon is
twisted, the exact angle of the feath-
ers and such little things that make
or mar fashionable hat.
Hats are really huge in size and we
see no signs of anything else. asked
fashionable milliner the other day
If he had any small hats. 20, yes" he
said, "a few for old ladies and some
plain ones for motoring.
That's all. We can't sell them If
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-12
In FASHIONS REALM
sEAsoN'e STYLE OF HATS ARE
HARD TO COPY.
Little Distinctive Touches Give In
dlviduaIity That the Amateur 10
Seldom Able to Duplicate
with Effectiveness.

The making of a fashionable hat at
home by inexperienced hands is no
longer an easy task. according to the
Boston Globe. The hats OF to-day are
an art in themselves. and unless you
are very clever copyist you are fool
fsh to attempt to waste goods.
You do not pay so much for the
material that is on the hat, but it is
the style that makes the cost run up.
1t Is that indescribable something that
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-12
FOR THE TOILET TABLE.
Useful Cushion Designed for Hatpins
and Other Articles.

When a pincushion is intended for
hatpins it should not be of very light
nature, or 1t may easily overbalance.
A useful little pincushion is shown in
our sketch that is not likely to over
turn. 1t consists of a small white jar,
on the outer side of which a pretty
little floral design has been painted.
A circular cushion, covered with vel
vet, is made to exactly fit the IN.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-12

tetrior, and this is fastened in with
glue. To finish off the cushion rib
bon with bow on either side may be
tied round the neck of the jar The
cushion should be filled with emeYy
powder, mixed with bran or sawdust,
to keep the points of the pins quite
smooth. 1t should be packed as full
as possible to make the cushion both
hard and heavy.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-12
Black Satin Costume.

1t may be mentioned that black
liberty satin very much on this order,
the bodice being an intermixture of
black satin and mousseline, with ad.
ditions Of jet to the passamenterie
empiecement. had special elegance
OF Its own, and bore distinct evidence
Of the extreme modishness this yeag
Of handsome black gowns.-Vogua
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-12
Evidently a Belle.

Pauline turns up her nose at offers
of marriage" why so?" "The only
things she considers are abject pleas" !"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-11
FIaq Day, June IA.

Next Friday, June IA, will be Flag
Day. the 13Oth anniversary of the birth
of the flag of the United States There
is less public interest in this day than
there would be if it were holiday, and
vet year after year it is getting to be
generally observed throughout the
country. The observance to be sure,
consists merely in a more general dis
play Of the national colors from public
buildings, places of business and private
residences. and to a lesser extent in the
meetings Of patriotic associations and
special exercises in some Of the schools.
All this is well, for there is little dam
ger that the people Of the country will
have less reverence for the flag
through greater familiarity with it.
On the contrary the more often they
see it, the more often they are told its
history and the better they realize
what the flag stands for the better
citizens they will be and the more
brightly the fires Of patriotism will
burn.
In some If the states, Connecticut for
example, the governors have issued
proclamations regarding Flag Day and
in many places churches are planning
to hold patriotic observances on the
Sunday following. Many Of us do not
realize the fact but it is nevertheless
true that although the United States is
counted as one of the youngest Of the
nations, It's flag is nevertheless one of
the Oldest In fact, no nation which
can be called world power has flag
as old as ours, for all of them have
been changed to a greater or less de-
gree during the past century, while
ours. except for the addition of stars as
new states have been admitted, is the
same as when adopted by Congress
Washington himself designed the flag
and that il was in part taken from his
family coat-of-arms has been disputed
like many other Washington traditions,
but whether or not this is true it is not
to be disputed that the flag had his
sanction and that beneath it he led the
American colonies to independence.
Let all good citizens therefore re-
member that next Friday, June IA, is
the 13Oth birthday Of the flag Of our
country and let us all do cur part in
making the celebration of that ami
versary a success by displaying the flag
from our homes and our places of busi-
ness.
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Wisdom Nuggets.

The man of grit carries in his pres
ence a power which spares him the ne
cessity Of resenting insult.
It is said that If Napoleon had spent
more time at his meals and Alexander
the Great had spent less, the life OF
each could easily have been doubled.
Worry and fret are fatal to the in
tneritv cf nerve and brain. Fear can
sting like a scorpion and torment like
a scourge.
1t is said that cavalry horses when
their riders have been shot in battle
will often come together at the sound
of the bugle call and go through their
customary drill from the force OF habit
The man who works by proxy is apt
to find himself in the position Of Miles
Standish, who sent his friend John Al
den to propose marriage for him to
Priscilla, and lost what he was after
Success Magazine.
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VOICES OF THE PRESS.
MIR. Stetson's Retirement.
CNew York School Journal.)

tNeW Ork ScnOOl JOufnai.)
Mr.. w. w. Stetson has resigned from
the State superintendency of Maine,
after a service of twelve years He
intends to give the next two years to
filling lecture engagements in various
parts of the country, beginning in July.
1t was his desire to be released from
his duties last January, but attacks
upon his official conduct by politicians
who wanted to crowd him out deter
mined him to stay and fight it out.
Governor Cobb, on accepting the resig
nation. designated June so as the date
when Mr.. Stetson may retire, and thus
keeps him identified with the State
Superintendency to the close of the
school year. The feeling Of the
Legislature was shown by its voting
seven to one in the House and unani-
mously in the Senate to nearly double
the salary of the state superintendent
The Governor in public letter ex-
presses his highest admiration for Mr..
StetSon. concluding with these words:
you nave done much for the cause Of
education in Maine, and | thank you"
Mr.. Stetaon has indeed done a great
work for his state. and the influence of
1t has spread over large part of the
country. His practical acquaintance
with actual conditions in the schools;
his keen common sense and his bright
and vigorous way Of presenting his
ideas. together with his absolute devo-
ton to the cause of educational i'm
provcment have placed him among the
honored educational leaders of this
country. The regard in which he is
held in the professional councils Of edu-
Gators was well shown by the unusual
support accorded to him as president
of the department of superintendent
Of the National Educational Associa-
ton.
How educational sentiment has de-
velOped in Maine chiefly through Mr..
Stetson's influence, may be guessed
from the fact that the highest salary
heretofore paid to the State superin-
| tenient was $500 a year. 1t has now
been raised to $4,000, which, for the
proverbially frugal Maine, may sound
pretty fair, but which is still made
| quate. The talk about the honor at
tached to the office is ridiculous APP
peal to the galleries. The State needs
ITS strongest educational expert in that
| office. a man of the type of Mr.. Stet-
son. The emolument ought to be such
as to encourage the best-paid city
superintendent in the State to give up
his position for it, Mr.. Stetson could
never have sustained himself for
twelve years had it not been for his I'M
| bounded popularity as a speaker al
| teachers meetings, which added to his
income and thus enabled him to give
to the State the good work which
STANDS To his everlasting credit. and fol
which the people of Maine can never
: thank him enough.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-11

The most remarkable race of the
year begins this week on the other side
of the world IT is the contest for
number Of specially fitted-up automo-
biles start on race from Pekln'
China. to Paris. The cars are freight
ed with paraphernaliL of every con-
ceivable description. FOR it is realized
that one some counlain passes they
will have to he dragged, and in other
places lifted completely from the
ground and carried on the shoulders or
natives. There will be deserts as well
as mountains to cross. and the whole
affair has been carefully and elabor-
ately organized. one of the greatest
difficulties encountered in making
preparations has been the hostility OF
the Chinese government. The manda-
rims nave feared that the motorists are
disguised engineers who have been
sent out by the European governments
10 plan for a diabolical railway system
without rails.
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The jefferson Davis Monument.

At the unwilling of the statue of JEFF
ferson Davis at Richmond, Va, last
week some of the speakers appeared to
forget that the war ended AZ years ago
and proceeded to say things which as
good American citizens they ought to
have been ashamed Of The country.
however. is charitable and tolerant and
is rather amused than disturbed at the
oratorical outbursts regarding the
Righteousness" of the cause for which
Jefferson Davis stood and his place in
Americas history. In most countries
such a monument as that which has
been erected to Davis in Richmond
would not be allowed and such utter
ances as were made at its base the 9TH
er day would be very severely punished.
ana on the whole its policy works out
in very satisfactory fashion.
Perhaps the South would do better to
forget Jefferson Davis and the unhappy
epoch in which ne was the leading IlS-
ure But another way to look at it is
that the monument in Richmond will
have its use as a warning to possible
traitors in coming generations. 1t will
stand as a monument to one of the
most colossal failures in history, 4 fail
ure which it is well to mark and which
the world should not forget. On the
base of the Davis monument is carved
in Latin the Inscription, God will
vindicate." 1t is not plain just what
is meant by this, but outside of a pos
sible little circle of unrecOnstructed
Southerners who still live in anti-bel-
lum days, no American believes that
God will ever Vindicate the cause of
the Southern confederacy or the chief
public acts in the life of the man who
was It's official head. The Davis mOnU-
ment, therefore, will stand not 50 much
as a monument to Davis as mnnu-
mcnt to the forgivng spirit of the
American republic and as warning to
all who would plot its downfall or in
iurV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-11
MAINE AT JAMESTOWN
Send in Your Cash to Help Names
Representation at the Exposition.

The unusual delay in completing the
jamestown Exposition will enable
Maine to be represented in the same
way as all other New England States
are to be-with a State Building, If we
but act quickly. The State commission
wants $4,000 with which to reproduce
the birthplace of the poet Longfellow'
and suggest popular subscription
The press of the State will receive
and acknowledge one dollar subscrip-
tions to this fund for State Of Maine
Building. You are urged to at once
send in one or more subscriptions 10
the Kennebec Journal. For each one
dollar received acknowledgment Will
be made in these columns. and
beautiful portrait mailed to each out
of-town subscriber or delivered over
the counter at the Journal office 10
those who call for them. This portrait
is a genuine photogravure printed on
the finest quality of plate paper 1872.
Cut out the following coupon ana
mail with one dollar to the kennebec
Journal today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-11

Now that the graft sensation is dying
down in San Francisco and no earth
quake shocks have been felt for some
time, the correspondents there are try
ing To make living by telling the
world about a great Japanese conspir-
acy which they have discovered. The
conspiracy Of course involves Il war
between this country and the Japanese
and exciting times are promised for
the newspaper headline writer's until
san Francisco uncovers some other
sensation
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-11
Increasing Unrest in China.

Prophecies of another outbreak even
rivalling the so-called Boxer rebellion
of a few years ago, come from the
northeastern provinces of China. Not
only in the country districts but in
som" Of the larger cities, notably Hong
Kong. Shanghai and Canton, riotous
mobs have gathered, killing officials,
resisting government authority and es-
pccialIy mcnacing the safety Of the
many foreigners there. In fact, the
chief activity Of the rebels seems to be
against the foreigners as it was in the
Boxer rebellion The ruling dynasty
of China is undoubtedly well disposed
toward foreigners and welcomes both
those who come for commercial pur-
poses and 10 help in developing the ma
terial sources of the empire and also
those who come to do missionary work
among the natives. The present en-
press, who is certainly one Of the
most remarkable women the world has
ever known. has been the chief factor
in setting aside the policies and the
prejulices which have prevailed in
China for many centuries and in open
ing the doors Of the country to the
commerce Of the world. But this pol
lev has been bitterly opposed by the
masses Of the people in the remoter
provinces and also by the lower Gle
ments Of the great cities and these ele-
ments are quick to take advantage OF
a rebellion or outbreak to loot and
murder both the hated foreigners and
the ruling classes.
Recent dispatches from the disaffect-
ed districts are not at all reassuring.
A few weeks ago five American mis-
sionaries were killed in the province of
Lien Chow and the hospital and other
missionary property were destroyed.
The Chinese government has an
nounccd that conditions are such in va
rous parts of the empire that it cannot
afford adequate protection to mission
aries and they must look out for them
selves This warning, which is doubt
less a sensible and reasonable one, will
make it difficult for this country or
others to collect millions for indemnity.
as was done after the Boxer rebellion
IT is all very we'll to say that China is
Weakening from the slumber of CEN
turtles but it had been sleeping so long
that there is much creaking of the
joints as the unwieldy monster tries to
get upon its feet. 1t may not come
| in our time or for centuries in the flu
ture. but it is moral certainty that
there will be exceedingly lively times
and the shedding Of much blood before
China solves the great problem with
hich il is struggling. Many students
of the situation freely predict that dis
memberment nf the empire is proba-
blity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-11

Yesterday was Georgia day down at
the jamestown Exposition and the
presence of President Roosevelt made
il one of the great days of the season
there. In his two addresses, one at
the dedication of the Georgia state
building, which is n reproduction of the
old Rulloch mansion in Georgia where
his mother was born and where she and
his father were married. and the other
before the session of the National Edi-
tOrial Association. he dwelt upon va
rinus matters of national Importance in
his enthusiastically vigorous fashion.
No matter how often the President
speaks in public he has something to
say worth reading and thinking over
with care And this is not merely be-
cause he speaks as the nations chief
executive, but because he is an original
thinker and puts things in a way that
commands attention. When he speaks
in public upon a matter of national i'm
portance and interest he never hest
tates to tackle it in forceful and fear
less fashion with no other desire than
to have the full truth known and fair
play melted out to all concerned.
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The Watcrville Sentinel has at Vari-
Gus times referred to the editor of the
Journal as "a captiuus n"ighbnr,"
"a reckless falsificr," "a nagging cur"
and by implication a skunk and a
disciple of Ananias. Indeed our usually
good natured contemporary has shown
dtplorable disposition, in times Of
special stress, to drop argument and
descend 10 erithct, adopting the
method Of the young lawyer who en-
deavored to make up for weak
cause by abusing the other fellow"
The Journal has not as yet retorted in
kind. because it has never vet thought
that the cause it advocates needed
that kind of bolSterng.