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The Red Cloud chief., 1907-08-16
CHAPTER XXIV.

IN uNcoMBE unfostened thechain
~ and bolts Of the ponderous
A% front door and looked out into
the darkness. 4 carriage and
pair of horses were drawn up outside.
a man and a woman, both dressed in
long travelling coats, were standing
upon the doorstep.
This is Duncolfbe Hall. / believe"
the man said. lis Sir George Dun
combe at home?"
II am Sir George D%uncombe," he an
swered. will you come insidef'
They crossed the threshold ut once.
The man was tall and dark, and his
voice and bearing were u~nmistakable.
The woman was fair, petite and appar-
emily very sleepy. She wore magnifi-
cent furs, and she had the air Of being
in a very bad temper.
I'VE really are heartily ashamed of
ourselves for disturbing you ut such al
hour, Sir George" the nan said, but
you will pardon us when you under
stand the position. / nm the Marquis
de st. Ethol, and this is my wife. l
have n letter to you from my friend
the Duke of Chestow, with whom we
have been staying"
Duncombe concealed his astonish-
ment as well as he was able. He bow
ed to the lady and led them toward the
library. Spencer, who had heard them
coming, had hastily concealed his re-
volver and was lounging in an easy
chair reading the evening paper.
II am afraid that my servants are all
in bed" Duncombe said, land ] can
only offer you a bachelors hospitality.
This Is my friend, Mr.. Spencer-the
Marquis and Marquise de st. Ethol.
Wheel that easy chair up, Spencer, will
you;"
Spencer's brow had betrayed not the
slightest sign of surprise, but Dun
cOmbe fancied that the marquis had
glanced at him keenly. He was hold
ing a note in his hand, which he offer
ed TO Duncombe.
MY errand is so unusual and the
hour so extraordinary he said, that
! thought it would be better for Ches-
tow to write you a line or two. VIII
\ yeu please read it?'
j Duncombe tore open the envelope.
Chestow, Wednesday Evening.
NY Dear Duneombe-.My friend De st
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-08-16
CONTINUED

~ though, It best to let you know
he said, that IL carriage has stopped
III the lane. II | can be Of any as
~sistance | shall be hcre-and ready"
Duncombe nodded and closed the
door. The girl was sitting upright In
her chair with the old look of fear In
her eyes.
who was that?" she asked quietly.
Spencer" he answered. "He dis
covered your presence here, but he Is
perfectly discreet. He knocked to tell
me that a carriage has stopped In the
lane outside"
She was white with fear, but he
only laughed and, STOPPING down.
would have taken her hands once more.
But at that moment an unexpected
sound interviewed. The deep silence Of
the house was broken by the ringing
OF the front doorbell.
Duncombe started back. The girl
half rose to her feet.
"The front door!' he exclaimed.
"The servants will have gone to bed.
/ must answer it myself"
She chung to him with a sudden
abandon. She was white to the lips.
Il am afraid" she moaned. Don't
leave me alone"
He glanced toward the window.
by Jove, it may be a trap!' he G.
claimed. Let them ring. I'll stay
here with you"
They stood hand In hand listening.
His head was turned toward the door.
but the gentle pressure of her fingers
drew him round. Her face was up
turned to his. Something of the fear
had gone. There was an eager. almost
desperate light in her softened eyes
and a tinge of color in her checks. He
lips met. She disengaged herself al
most Immediately.
~ don't care" she said, with a little
laugh. "'That Is the first kiss / have
ever given TO Il man, and very likely II
will be the last. You won't he able It
say that | have gone away without
paying my bill. Now go and open the
front door, Sir George"
He hesitated for Il moment.
SAY only the word, Phyllis, and M
one in the world shall ever take yor
away"
She did not ever answer him. HI
left her with n little sigh.
Spencer" he said, IF you hear the
slightest noise in that room go in ant
shout for me-
Spencer nodded. The front door bel
rang again.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
FLEET READY TO FIGHT.
But Evans Does Not Fear Japs as Much
as He Does the "Frisco
Gang"

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-'This fleet of
sixteen battleships and other vessels will
sail from Hampton Roads on December
16. l don't think anybody will stop it,
for | know the men and | know the
ships. You won't be disappointed in the
fleet, whether it proves to be feast, u
frolic. or fight"
That is what Admiral Robley d.
Evans, who is about to depart in COM
mand of the United States battleship
squadron for the Pacific, said at a dinner
given by the Lotus club in his honor.
1T would please me very much to take
the fleet to Yokohama" he said. Il know
the Japanese and l know that we would
get welcome there. / know it would
not be the welcome we would get from a
certain gang in San Francisco. | do not
fear the flower shows and the dog
shows but l do fear the hospitality of
those western people
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
ROOSEVELT BARS CATS.
Refuses Ashes of Feline, Left to Him by
Woman Who Killed Her
self

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.--Publc Admin
istrator William M. Hoes has disposed of
the entire legacy left by the late Mrs.
Lulu 3. Glover, excepting the ashes of
a cremated kitten. President Roosevelt,
to whom Mrs. Glover, who committed
suicide, left her estate, has firmly refused
to add the funeral urn which contains
the ashes of the feline pet to his stock
of curiosities.
Mr.. Hoes said today that he had found
the estate was valued at more than $4,000
and that within the last few days Presi-
dent Roosevelt had notified him that he
would give the money to charitable in
stitution.
But the urn which contains the ashes
of one of the many cats of which Mrs.
Glover was fond is too much like a white
elephant to appeal to the president. He
notified Mr. Hoes last week that he eX-
pected him to find a resting place for
the ashes of the kitten.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
rRn1cdX.V
GROWING SUGAR CANE IN TEXAS.
The Lone Star State Ahead of Hawaii in
the Production of Sugar

Sugar-making appears to be one of the
destined large industries of this prolific
state. The lower valley of the lilo
Grande, for a distance of 100 miles in
land from the gulf, is said by sugar
cane experts to be the most favorable
spot in the United States for the culti-
walton of that plant. Owing to it's ex-
IRENE southern latitude, 400 miles south
of the Louisiana cane fields, the crop
may develop fully without danger of
frost Planters in the lower Rio Grande
valley give their cane full twelve
months to mature, against eight or ten
lin Louisiana, where frost is always
menace later than October. The COM
bined richness of the Texas soil, I'M
equaled even IN Cuba, and favorable eli
matte conditions, place the yield of this
region above that of Hawaii. A planting
of cane Joints" will yield in Texas prof
itably for eight years. against three years
at the extreme, in other cane growing
sections of the United States.
Texas has great plans for coming into
the sugar market of the United States,
and coming in strong. Great plantation
companies are being organized, and the
most extensive irrigation works on this
continent are under process of construc-
ton in the Rio Grande valley. Rehneries
are Spripging up there. and the com
panies building them are offering every
inducement and assistance to industrious
men of small means to come IN and begin
producing cane. The poor mans chance
lies down there today on the Texas from
tier.-G. w. Ogden in Everybody's.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08

Swimming q river for living may be
said to be one Of the most striking ex-
amples Of the utilization of waste. This
is done In Paris. There Is one indi-
vidual, at least, in the French capital
who makes it his daily business to skim
the Seine. He is out at early morning
in an old fat-bottomed boat armed
with skimming pan. With this he
skins off the surface of the river the
grease which collects there during the
night. and which he disposes of to a
soap factory. Generally he makes a
quarter or so by his mornings work,
which enables him to live.
In Paris also there are number OF
people who make q living out of waste
corks, which they fish from the Seine.
They collect on the river bank at day
break, each with a short pole, at the
end of which is q small improvised net,
They set to work to gather in the float
ing corks, subsequently selling them to
the cork merchants in the neighbor-
hood
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
JOHN D, SUMMONS
QUASHED IN OHIO.
Rockefeller Need Not Appear in Court
in Findlay Antitrust Cases
Charges Stay in Bill.

FINDLAY, o., Nov. 4.-Judge Dun
can in common pleas court today quashed
the summons served upon John ID.
Rockefeller in Cleveland last summer.
His opinion is that Mr.. Rockefeller repre-
sents a foreign corporation that is not
doing business in the state of Ohio and
that Mr.. Rockefeller's visit to this state
was purely a personal one and not Tor
the transaction of any business.
The motion to Quash the summons
served or the Solar Refining company of
Lima, O., is overruled. Motions made
by the Buckeye Pipe Line company, the
Ohio Oil company and the Standard Oil
company to strike out certain allegations
in the petition are also overruled. The
decision denies an individual the right to
bring quo warranto proceedings and says
that can only be done by the attorney
general or a prosecuting attorney III the
supreme or circuit court.
The decisions were rendered i'll the
case of George II. Phelps against the
Standard Oil company in which Phelps
sought to have receivers appointed for
the Standard Oil company of Ohio and
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
and to have their businesses wound up.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
PAID IN CHECKS,
MINERS STRIKE,
Four Thousand in Illinois Demand Cur
rency and Quit Upon Being Re-
fuSed-Every Mine Idle.

DANVILLE, ILL.,, Nov. 4.-Four thou
sand miners employed in the coal mines
at Kellyville, Steelton, and Westville,
towns n few miles south of DanviIle are
practically on strike as a result of the
financial trouble. Last Thursday night
the miners We're notified that on next
Thursday, the time for the regular bi-
monthly pay day, they would be paid
in checks instead of currency, the usual
way.
Friday only portion of the men were
at work and Saturday the entire 1000
failed to show up and a mass meeting
of the men was called for Saturday
afternoon. The men decided not to go
to work today until assured that they
would be paid in cash and the mines are
idle.
1t is said that the strike will entail Sc
rious results if it is continued for any
length of time. 1t is stated that Dan
vile itself has not more than three days
coal supply. In addition to this the big
plant of the Illinois Steel company at
Joliet, ILL.,, according to information,
would be required to close down within
week, if the strike continues that long
or longer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
CHAPTER NN.

'The woman you want went in there !"
1t was Mendotti, one of Cassagne's men,
who spoke to his employer, as both stood
in the deep shadow of a tree, whose fur
thest branches spread over the narrow
street and beyond Il high brick wall OPP
posite.
"She went in there, not twenty minutes
ago" repeated Mendotti, pointing with
his finger to wooden door, which was
let into the wall. Il at once sent you
message. l have not moved from here
except to do that. She's in there yet. |
don't know whose house it is"
'But | do. 1t is the residence of Col
bert Remplin, the rich banker of the
Place de rOpera. That door leads into
his garden. Tell me how she got in. Did
she have key?
mo. a woman admitted her."
what kind of a woman was she ?"
AN elderly woman. She looked as
though she might be housekeeper or an
INNER servant. l crept up near enough
to hear her say, My mistress is busy
now, but she will see you in few min
utes. Go into the summer house.
Cassagne thought deeply for minute
or two At last he said:
"Run around in front of the house and
see what is going on. The house is well
lit up. The Colbert Bemplins are not
peonle who entertain much; but there
must be something on tonight. DO l
NOT hear the sound of music? Whoever
is to meet the woman" continued the de-
tective. lis to meet her in the summer
house. Oh. to be able to scale that wall,
and get into those grounds y
Looking around him his quick eye fell
upon the tree Immediately over their
heads. along the branches of which he
thought he might possibly work his way
and so drop into the garden
The night was tolerably dark. But
few people we're passing in that fashion
able quarter. After a moments heslta-
ton he determined to attempt it. After
first instructing Mendotti to await his re-
turn. he then climbed upon his assistants
shoulders, and was just able to reach 1he
lower limb of the cedar.
II am all right" he whispered, and he
commenced to work his way very eau
+ionslv along one of the branches. 1t
bent tremendously with his weight; but
no nut UP his hand and drew down an
INNER bough. Thus distributing the onr-
den he managed to pass the wall, and
continued to creep along the branches
until. they gradually bending with their
load he was enabled to drop noiselessiy
into the garden.
Il will go and wait for my lady In
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
HER "BEST FRIEND"

A Woman Thus Speaks of Postum.
We usually consider our best friends
those who treat us best.
Some persons think coffee a real
friend. but watch it carefully awhile
and observe that it is one of the mean
est of all enemies for it stabs one while
processing friendship.
Coffee contains a poisonous drug
caffeine-which Injuries the delicate
nervous system and frequently sets up
disease in one or more organs of the
body, if its use is persisted in.
Il had heart palpitation and ner-
vousness for four years and the doe
tor told me the trouble was caused by
coffee. He advised me to leave it off,
but l thought I could not" writes
Wis. lady.
"On the advice Of a friend I tried
Postum Food Coffee and 1t so satisfied
me | did not care for coffee after few
days trial of Postum.
LAS weeks went by and l continued
to use Postum my weight increased
from 9S to 11S pounds, and the heart
trouble left me. | have used 1t year
now and am stronger than ever was.
| can hustle upstairs without any heart
palpitation, and l am cured Of nervous
ness.
my children are very fond of Post
um and it agrees with them. My sis
ter liked it when she drank it at my
house, but not when she made it at her
own home Now she has learned to
make it right, boil it according TO di-
rections, and has become very fond Of
it, You may use my name If you wish
as am not ashamed of praising my
best friend-PoStum."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," IN pkgs There's Reason"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
DETECTIVE SHOT,;
MINERS ARRESTED.
JOSEPH WALKER, U. S. SECRET
SERVICE, KILLED NEAR
DURANGO, COLO.
CLAIM OF SELF DEFENSE.
Authorities Doubt Story, but Motive for
Deed Is Not Seen, Save Land
Fraud Cases.

DENVER Colo, Nov. A United
States secret service man, Joseph Walk
er, was shot and instantly killed Sunday
by an employee of the Hesperus mine, 10.
Gated several miles west of Durango
Colo. The shooting occurred at the mouth
of the air shaft of the mine, and is said tC
have been done in self-defense.
1t seems that the government agents
have been in the Durango country for
several days gathering evidence to be
used in prosecuting persons indicted for
fraudulent entries on coal lands.
1t being Sunday, no work was in frog.
ress in the Hesperus mine, and several
miners were strolling over the company
property, and on approaching the ali
shaft, isolated from the rest of the work
ings, a man who was standing at the
mouth of the shaft ordered them to halt.
The miners thought he was joking and
did not obey, whereupon the man fired,
tho bullet passing close to the head OF
one of the miners. The latter whipped
out Il revolver and returned the ire, kill
ing the man instantly. This is the story
told by the miners, Thomas Mason, SUI
perintendent of the mine, and Joseph
Vanderwide. Both have been arrested.
Authorities Not Satisfied
Three men were down in the mine.
They were John Chapson, a government
geologist, T. j. Callahan, special agent,
and Thomas Harper of Pagosa Springs,
Colo, an expert on coal veins. Luclen
G. Wheeler, chief of the Denver branch
of the department of justice of the feder-
al government, has received a report Of
the affair from his men, but is with
holding the contents. He intimated that
he would not be willing to accept the
claim that Walker was wholly to blame
for the shooting. Wheeler said that
Walker had been in the government serv-
ice for seventeen years and while he al
ways went armed, he never had occa-
sion to use a weapon. lie also said that
Wheeler had not been out Of the Du-
range country for ten months and was
well known to everybody, particularly
the people around the coal mines. Fur
thermore, Vanderwid was a witness ut
the grand jury hearing in this city and
must have seen and known Walker.
Miners Story Does Not Stand.
A late telephone message from Du
range contained information based on
the authority of Harper, entirely at vari-
ance with the statement coming from the
Hesperus people. Harper was the first
to communicate with Durango authori-
ties, going several miles to reach tele
phone. He stated that he and his two
companions, who went into the mine did
not learn of the killing of Walker until
they came out. Harper said that four
bullet wounds were found in Walkers
body. Mason is said to have said that
Walker fired two shots at him and had
been killed by Vanderwide in defense of
Mason. Harper says that Walkers re
volver shows but one cartridge dis
charged and that this was exploded in
shooting at q mark yesterday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
STRAIN KILLS BANKER
ALABAMA MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
IN HIS HOME.
Fearing Run at Huntsville, He Breaks
Down-Books Found to Be
All Right

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Nov. 4.-Yield-
ing to the strain under which he has
labored for the last ten days, James r.
Boyd, cashier of the Huntsville Bank &
Trust company, killed himself at his
home today, firing a bullet through his
brain. He was dead when his wife
reached him.
Intimate friends of the dead man say
that he labored under high nervous strain
for several days and feared that a run
would be made on his bank and that
there would not be enough money to
weather the storm. Boyd's suicide caused
sensation in financial circles, but an
examination of his books proved them to
be all right. Boyd was president of the
Huntsville city council
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
PRESSMEN IN TROUBLE,
Typothetae Claim That international Or
der Has Violated Injunction
Served Against 1t.

CINCINNATI, O., Nov. A viola
ton of the injunction against the officers
of the International Pressmen's union
was alleged in a paper filed in the United
States court here today by attorneys for
the United Typothetae of America. Or.
application of the Typothetae the federal
court recently issued permanent in
junction, forbidding the union officials
from advising an eight hour strike
prior to January /, 1909, or from recon-
mending strike for a closed shop at
any time or from paying strike benefits
in connection with any such strike.
1t is now charged that in the circula-
ton of a general circular to local or
CARNATIONS this injunction has been vio-
lated Judge Thompson set November
II for hearing the matter.
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Mrs. Ellen Nagle, Ala 4th street, Green

Mrs. Ellen Nagle, Ala 4th street, Green
Bay, Wis, writes.
Il have often heard Peruna praised
and it is more widely known here than
any other medicine, but l never knew
what a splendid medicine it really was
until a few weeks ago, when l caught
bad cold which settled all over me.
THE doctor wanted to prescribe, but
l told him l was going to try Peruna
and sent for a bottle and tried it.
II felt much better the next morning.
and within five days l had not trace
of any lameness or any cough.
II consider IL the finest cough
remedy"
PERUNA TABLETS Some people pre-
fer to take tablets, rather than to take
medicine in a fluid form. Such people
can obtain Peruna tablets, which repre-
sent the solid medicinal ingredients of
peruna.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-08
The Roupell Mystery
q r a n " lie

Here, little girl. Twelve lost my ap-
petite"
Give it to me-" cried the gaunt wom-
an. will divide it fairly"
NO, let the children have that" re-
piled the man with the bag. Cut an
other slice for madame"
The woman burst into tears. Even
the man with the cap and apron was
ahected; but it was at the generosity of
the man with the bag.
1t was getting late. The Rue Ban
qulere was becoming deserted. The buck
STEERS outside had covered up their wares
and were beginning to take their depart
ure
Ihe man with the bag however, still
loltered in the cook shop He had made
a few purchases, and had chatted pleas
antly with the man in the cap and apron
on the latest local sensation, a raiding
which had resulted in the death of two
officers.
Not burt what it serves them right. ;"
remarked the man with the bag "Why
don't these swells of the police let Belle
vile folks alone?"
~NHN aACy AluSL nave KNOWN inc KIM
of place into which they were going"
added madame, speaking for the first time
The man with the bag applauded her
sentiments. OF course they did Madame
was woman of good sense. If madame
had her way, perhaps, she would have
the police let the people of Belleville
alone altogether, and never come near
them. Madame was emphatic that she
would, "for some of the worst of them
were her best customers" she remarked,
laughing.
II am in the door and window bust
ness" replied the man with the bag, sig
nifcantly.
Il thought you were not in a straight
line when | first saw you," said the cook
Your hands amt rough enough, and you
look altogether too fat. Workmen don't
live as you've lived"
oh they feed us we'll enough where
I've just come from" replied the work
man; and he kept his eyes steadily fixed
on madam's face. 1--WE just spent five
years in the prisons of Toulon-why,
what's the matter, madame? You never
had anyone there, did you-no friend of
yours?"
But madame was deadly white, and
clutching systematically at the greasy
counter.
at is nothing" she gaspcd at length.
1T is the heat--it isl am not we'll
Monsieur will call again. l hope he will
be good customer. We have many like
him"
And I'm all right, you know" said
the man with the bag. The police can't
touch me, for I've served my time"
He slung his bag over his shoulder,
picked up his parcels. and wishing the
pair good night, passed out on to the
nearly deserted street, with the hang-dog
look of man who had been hunted often,
and dreaded to be hunted again. He
trudged on to the top of the Rue Ban
Quiere, and gained a broader thorough
fare. Immediately around the corner
there was a cab in waiting. The man
with the bag entered it, and raising the
trap door in the roof, said to the sleepy
driver:
"Home!' And as he ratified along on
the pavement, he said to himself: Men
dotti was right. The woman is undoubt-
eddy Madame La Seur. OF course she
would change her name when she mar
red again. How she blanched when 1
spoke of Toulon. And another thing I'm
sure of she never bought that house and
lot she owns by cutting up buildings in
Belleville She must be watched and
followed night and day"