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tor was summoned. Antrim going Cor
him himself"
He added this last a little pointedly,
but Annerly only nodded and made no
comment
We'll, the doctor came-oid DR.. SUIT
ton from Rosston. a man IN whom my
uncle had great confidence. He con
tinued 20 grow worse. and the doctor
stayed all night. Both Antrim and
were in and out OF the room until mid
night, when my uncle Insisted that we
both go to bed. did not see him again
until morning"
who cared for him during the
nightT'
Il don't know, sir-probably Jeffer-
son. Directly sitter breakfast DIR. SUIT
ton and Mr.. Antrim rode into Rosston,
Sutton declaring that his patient was
better. but tina, he was still in a most
precarious condition. He said this
more than once, and insisted that some
enc stay in the sick room all the time
in order to administer certain rene
dies instantly should the patient grow
worse
Antrim himself asked me to stay in
the room with my uncle until his own
return from Rosston. He is very
sick I remember he said Ten to
one he don't get well. Foster I re-
member that ii occurred to me that he
had been more attached TO my uncle
than I had thought possible.
Major Fairfax was hardly a man to
attract love. Mr. Annerly-gratitude
possibly. but hardly any warmer feel
ing" He scowled a little. anu the old.
sullen look came back to his face. He
was not very good person 70 be I'M
der obligations to; I know that"
Annerly looked him straight in the
face.
Rather too fond Of reminding one
OF ones indebtedness to him. Ell, Eos
ter?'. he said, sympathetically. IT
know the breed, lad, and their name is
legion"
Young Foster nodded and his boylsh
face cleared a little.
Exactly. sir" he said We'll. I
went straight to his room, Of course,
as soon as the two men went away
Antrim and the doctor. mean. eIy
uncle was quite alone, and nc one else
entered the room while I was there.
He was a little light-headed. I
CNNsos POI NAg II OAAA NlAt lever WHICH 0aQ
come back and partly from the medi-
cine His brain was clear enough at
times, but every now and then he
would drop into a doze and talk like
all possessed"
He looked at the detective curiously.
Part Of the time he talked rather
oddly, sir he said.
For instance
For instance. he kept talking about
something that some one was trying to
make him do. I can't say that IL
is all a lie any way. II would not
be the first one that she has told me. -
"She?"
Yes. sir. He did not call any names
at any time while I was ia the room.
Wants to constitute herself my
guardian. I guess,' he said rnce Wen,
/ will show her. and Kim. too. The
law can administer on my estate. He
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again and again, out heard no answer.
The woman stirred, groaned. and
opened her eyes. She looked old and
sick.
Has Benny gone to town. she
asked. ''Was It true-the story you
told me Just now?"
He nodded.
What about it?" he asked, earnest
". But she only closed her eyes again
and her lips settled back into the old
sullen lines.
Il have got nothing 20 say" she
persisted. land can take care of
myself. You had better co.
He walked out of the house and
climbed the low rail- fence a little
slowly. The dogs shifted at him. ag-
gressiveiy, but did not attempt to hin
der mis- departure.
He was sick at heart over the failure
Of his mission as he went 1t seemed
that disappointment was fated TO dog
his every footstep. It seemed to him
that he might as well throw up the
whole thing and go back to town. His
steps made no sound on the soft moss
and the dead leaves. Suddenly he
passed from behind the screen OF
swaying grape-vines and came out in
full view OF the little spring
1t was no. deserted now. A young
girl with soft brown hair and a knot
OF scentless violets at her belt bent
above It. Beside her, with her hand in
his. a man was standing looking down
at her
Come away with me, Statia," he
was saying II cannot leave you again.
dear, TO the mercies OF those brutes.
Let me take you home"
Annerly stepped upon a twig, and
the charm was broken. The girl
turned. her face flaming, and made as
If to fly but the man restrained her.
He, too. turned and faced the detec-
tive, a little startled.
1t was Walter Foster.
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Through a Young
Girls Strange So
journ at the Bogare
Cabin the SnarI
Grows More Tang-
led--Foster els of
a Peculiar VIII.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS
Annerly, detective, has been called by
Major Fairfax. of The Orchards. to make
some investigations. Arriving at the sta
ton. he r. met by Antrim. the majors sec
Rotary. who tells him that Fairfax died
suddenly that morning. Foul play is sus-
pected.
Tho family at The Orchards consists OF
Major Fairfax's sister-ia-law, Waite and
Rosamond Foster. and Laura and Jeanne
Fairfax, all orphans. children OF the majors
own brother and sister, There are also ser
wants, a housekeepar Cdrs. Edmundsl, and
Jefferson. the majors body-servRnt.
Reynolds, q lawyer OF uncertain reputa-
ton, conducts the inquest. Mr.. Dalton is
OF the opinion that the major was poisoned.
Mrs Fairfax Is certain that the death was
caused by one OF the household. ostensibly
the beneficiary OF the majors Will, which
AdolDh Myers. the family lawyer. has charge
OF. At the inquest Myers discovers that he
has brought away from his office the wrong
papers, and the will Is not read. After the
10 town. The lawyer speaks OF the mutual
hatred Of Mrs. Fairfax and the hOusekeeper.
and declares that there has been a cruel
wrong in the entire proceeding on the
prcctpitated into the stream. Myers Is
killed and Annerly barely escapes With his
life
Jean Fairfax. meeting Annerly tells him
OF a secret visitor she says Major Fairfax
received at his front door the last evening
he was alive. and who told him Of some
mysterious woman whom he had found for
Fairfax al Qulverlng Bayou. Miss Fairfax
had been an accidental eavesdropper. She
was quite certain she knew the visitors
voice. Annerly goes 10 QuiverinR Bayou.
where she finds a man and woman with
imbecile child. News OF the death Of Fair
fax throws the woman into commissions.
He enters their hut 70 get some medicine.
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said. sincerely. 81 haven't said so
much as the others. Mr.. Aunerly-
That Is all right. said the detec-
tive. easily. The fact is, Foster.
there is no doubt that your uncle was
murdered. And you were an inmate OF
his house-a member Of his family.
You must know
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OctOb er 6. 1907
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
PROBABLY NOT ON PAY ROLL
Fathers Occupation Would Likely Be
News to Lord Glare.

"The late Frederick McNally had oc-
casion," said a Chicago lawyer, ITO
consult me about an infringed copy
right. Mr.. McNally said he thought
there would be no trouble about cor
reeting this infringement. The thing,
he believed, had been innocently done.
The man who had done it was an anna
teur in publishing -unsophisticated-
like a girl his father used to tell about
in Ireland. This girl was the daughter
of poor man, and every week or so
she used TO come to the village rec
tory with pheasant or a hare to sell.
The price she asked was low, and
for time the pastor bought of her.
Then somehow, his suspicious were
aroused. The next time the girl call
ed, he said to her sternly: 1t Is good,
fresh game you bring, my dear, and
your price is always reasonable; but
do you come by all these pheasants
and hares honestly?' oh, shure, yes,
yer reverence said the young girl.
My father is poacher to Lord Clare. y
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
FOR PERFECTION IN KISSING.
Magazine Writer Gives One Pointer
Worth Remembering.

Why OSCILLATION has received so lit
tie attention from wise men we can
not tell says the North American Re-
view. 1t may be that thinking and
kissing 60 not well together; II so.
few Of US would require long time to
choose between them. Or, possibly,
the subject has seemed to require too
delicate handling; or it may have
seemed trifling. We neither know nor
care. The most valuable practical
lesson to be derived from experience
and now set down is that closing of
the eyes Is essential to perfection in
kissing. Aside from this hint to those
of congenial spirit, we would merely
direct the attention of those who may
decry the Importance of the topic to
the influence of the charm in retain
ing hold upon one worth keeping, and
rendering less frequent and hazardous
those absences which are only too
likely to make the heart grow fonder
of some one else.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
ICE HAD PRESERVED MAMMOTH,
Remarkable Discovery Made in Frozen
Siberian Bog.

Sixty-one years ago young Russian
engineer, Benkendorf, saw the River
Lena in Siberia release dead NAM
moth frozen ages ago In the bog.
There had been exceptionally warm
weather in the north of Siberia, and
the river. swollen by melting snow
and ice and torrential warm rains,
swept out of its old channel and carv-
ed a new one, carrying to the sea vast
quantities of its former banks and fur
rowing up the thawing boys over
which 1t raced AS he made his way In
a steam cutter against the current
Benkendorf saw the head Of man.
moth appear above the flood. Rush
upon rush of water more and more
released the body. Its hind legs were
still imbedded when he saw 1t, but
"a hours liberated these. The NAM
moth had sunk, feet first, into a bog.
The ooze had frozen over It; success
sive tides had heaped soil and vege-
tation upon it. Bone and flesh and hair
were perfect. They secured it: they
cut of its tusks; they dissected 1t and
found in its stomach the last meal 1t
had eaten, young shoots Of the fir and
pine and masticated fir cones. They
were still at work when the river,
spreading farther, engulfed them. The
men escaped, but the waters surged
over the mammoth and carried it for
carrion TO the sea.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Boosters Barred in WaItham.

The board of health is determined to
have its rules relative to the keeping
of fowl lived up to. as was shown at
the meeting last night, when man
living in the west end had his license
revoked because he kept a rooster,
which is contrary to the rules Of the
board. A man may keep few hens,
but ROSTERS are excluded, 1t is UNI
derstood that the rooster in question
was bantam, but In the eyes of the
health board rooster is rooster,
no matter how large or small he may
be.-Waltham Letter to the Boston
Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Wore Out the Snow.

My old friend Crabtree Of the real
early Oklahoma days tells this tale
about an early day snowstorm: "One
day after many days Of dry weather
a big snow came and visited our
drought-stricken land. The faces OF
the farmers we're all smiles, because
1t meant a wheat crop. But alas! an
old-time wind came up from the south
that blew about 40 miles an hour and
drifted the snow northward for a day.
Then came an 80-mile-an-hour wind
from the north that drifted 1t back
south again. This condition Of wind
continued daily until the snow storm
was blown and worn out and not a
snowflake could be found anywhere in
the county."-Watonga Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
AS EXPLAINED BY THE EDITOR.
Drastic Action Evidently Was Neces-
sary, and II Was Taken.

The Buies Creek Is. CO. Index to
the Times recently came out with a
double-leaded editorial as follows:
I'VE wish to make our abject apollo
gies to Hon. Hezekiah Z. Kinney
for having said Of him in our last is
sue that he 'fumigates his garments
What we meant to say was Eliminates
his arguments We have had our eye
on the printer ever since he twisted a
phrase which appeared in an editorial
of ours from full of internal rotten
ness and dead mems bones into In
ternal rattlesnakes and dead wren's
tones. And as soon as our eye lit
upon this gratuitous insult above to
the Hon. Hezekiah f. Kinney we
armed ourselves with our repeating
shotgun, sought out the guilty party
and shot him down in cold blood, not
withstanding the fact that the now
deceased was the only support OF a
widowed mother and possessed large
and flourishing family We wish to
assure the Hon. Hezekiah +. Kinney
that in the future his person and his
speeches will be handled in these col
umns with respect. New York Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Streets With Queer Names.

Edinburgh has some queerly named
streets, among which are Jacobs Lad
der, Gabriel's Ladder, Coffin land and
Cuddy lane. 1t is, however, in the
close that this ancient city figures
best. There are, for instance. Hole
in the Wall close, Little Jack and Big
Jack close, Lady Stairs, Heave.Away
and Long closes. The last is one of
the shortest of these, and in that re-
sembles Crooked and Turnagain lanes
in London, the former being as
straight as a die and the latter so
narrow that vehicle in it cannot pos
sibly turn again.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Legends of Goblin Hounds.

Conan Doyle's Hound of the Basker.
villes." a 'fearsome animal" Is said
to have its origin in the legends Of
packs Of spectral hounds which are
popular in various parts of England
and Wales. In the north of England
these apparitions are known as Ca.
briefs hounds" In Devon, the "Wisk,"
"Yest," or Heath hounds" in Wales,
"Cron Annwn," or "Cwn Wybir." and
In Cornwall the Devils Dandy dogs"
They are supposed to be evil spirits
hunting the souls of the dead. Gen.
orally they are only heard and seem
to be passing swiftly along in the air,
as they usually choose cloudy nights
for the pursuit Of their prey. Their
yelping is said to be terrific, resem-
bling the note Of bloodhound. All
Of which tends to show that the origin
Of these legends Of goblin.hounds is
to be found in the terrifying noises
made by nocks of wild geese.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Power OF Imagination.

Illustrating the strange power Of
the imagination, e. F. Benson, author
OF "Dodo," tells this incident A doc
tor he knew had found 1t necessary to
give patient for many evenings an
injection of morphia to enable him to
get some sleep. After a while the
doctor thought 1t advisable to stop the
morphia, and for two nights his pa.
tient was unable to sleep, owing to
great pain. On the third night the
doctor, being still unwilling to ad.
minister morhpia, injected plain water
instead. The man slept perfectly and
awoke In the morning with what is
known as a morphine mouth.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Church Built BY One Man,

Stivchall, near Coventry, England
possesses piece Of worship unique
among English churches. In 1910
John Green, a mason of strongly re.
ligious turn of mind, laid the first
stone Of the edfice, and seven years
later he completed the building. In
all that time he had no assistance, do
ing all the work with his own hands
until the church was ready for its in.
terror fittings. The building accom-
modates a large congregation. The
church derives a considerable revenue
from the contributions of sightseers
who are drawn to the place by curl.
Jsity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24

The finest coffee substitute ever
made has recently been produced by
DR.. Shoop of Racine, Wis. You don't
have to boil 1t twenty or thirty min
utes. made in minute" says the
doctor. Health Coffee" is really the
closest coffee imitation ever yet pro.
duced. Not a grain Of real Coffee in 1t
either. Health Coffee Imitation Is
made from pure toasted cereals or
grains, with malt nuts, etc. Really 1t
would fool an expert-were he to I'M
knowingly drink 1t for coffee. Joseph
M. Ayres.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
LIES Sails,

Some day when you go down to
the shore of a large body of water,
make a little study Of the sailing ves-
sells you see. OF course the wind
blows in the same direction over every
part of the water, but youll notice
that some vessels go one way and
some another. This because the sails
are set in different ways. Set your
life sails-your ideals. purposes, esti-
mates Of what is most important to
you-in one way, and life's expert
ences will send you on the rocks OF
destruction. Set them in different
way, and the same experiences will
send you into the harbor of heaven
Wellsprlng.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Walker Cnn he Extrndit.d.

HARTFORD, Conn, Dec. 21.-As-
sistant States Attorney Buck said that
under the treaty with Mexico made In
1899 there Is ample provision for the
extradition Of William II. Walker, the
defaulter, and he does not see how the
prisoner can make any extended fight
against coming to Connecticut. The
treaty makes special provision for ex-
tradition for forgery, and it even GOV.
ers attempted forgery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Compromise M,n,on Dollar VIII Case

KANSAS CITY, MO-, Dec. ia
suit to break the will Of Robert M.
Snyder, whose estate was valued at
$1,000 900, was compromised. The suit
was brought in behalf Of Stanley, q
grandson six years old, son of Carey
D. Snyder, who is supposed to be
dead. BY the compromise Stanley Sny-
der gets $4,000 outright.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new
Laxative, stimulates, but does not ir.
ritate. It Is the best Laxative. Guar.
anteed or your money back. Quin.
lan's Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
10 W P RlC Ed
ADvER Isl NG
WANTED.
TO REM.

ITO RENT-Jan. /, house at los Dewey St.
near Main All modern improvements
Including gas. Very desirable. Inquire % W,
T. Putnam, NJ. d. 2ltf
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
A Celebrated Cl0ck.

The art Of the clockmaker has
achieved many remarkable triumphs
during many centuries. Sometimes it
Is a clock wonderful for. the complexi-
ty Of it's movements and its busy popu-
lation Of automatons that attracts our
admiration, like that in the Cathedral
Of Strassburg. At other times the i'm
mense size Of the machinery and the
dials excites astonishment. This is the
case with the celebrated clock in the
tower Of the Church. of st. Rombaut at
Mechlin. A writer in La Nature thinks
this clock possesses the largest dials
that exist in the world. There are four
Of them, one on each side Of the great
square tower, and their extreme diam
eter is nearly thirty-seven and one-half
feet. The figures showing the hours
are nearly six and one-half feet high,
and the hands have length Of nearly
twelve feet.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Promises to the Diving
\ clergyman, discussing unhappy

A clergyman, discussing unhappy
love affairs, said:
Many love tragedy is caused by
husbands promise to dying wife
that he will not marry again. He
thinks when he makes this promise
that it will be easy to keep. Whether
IT Is easy or hard to keep, it is a
promise rarely if ever broken. Time
and time again widowers have sought
me out for advice on this subject.
They are in love, but they promised
their dead wives not to marry again.
Shall they break or keep this promises
I can only advise them to do as their
conscience dictates. At the same time
/ think 1t is selfish Of dying wives to
extract such promises from their bro
ken hearted husbands. Such prom
ises, by the way, are rarely extracted
by dying husbands from broken heart
ed wives. But, then, when the dead
husbands will is read it is usually
found that if the widow marries again
the money is all taken from her. So
it comes to the same thing in the end.
doesn't it?'-New York Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
No Rhyme For Tipperarx,

A poet once jumped to the conclusion
that there was no rhyme to Tipperary
and said So, Whereupon an Indignant
1rishman, who CHANGED also to be bit
Of versifier, pounced upon him and
poked fun at him in lengthy poem.
every other line of which rhymed or
was supposed to rhyme with the place
in question. Thus:
"A bard there was in sad quandary
To find a rhyme for Tipperary.
Long labored he through January,
Yet found no rhyme for Tipperary;
Toiled every day in February,
But toiled in vain for Tipperary:
Searched Hebrew text and commentary,
But searched In vain for Tipperary.
And so on through many scores of
stanzas, ending up with:
He paced about his aviary,
Burnt in despair his dictionary,
Z Blew UP sky high his secretary,
And then in wrath and anger sware he
There was no rhyme for Tipperary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
A Robust Ghost.

John Leech and member of the
Mlllais family once stayed a night at
Cowdray hall, in England, where, many
guests being present, the two friends
had no alternative but to accept rooms
In an isolated wing supposed to be
haunted. In the middle Of the night
Millais awoke, believing that some
giant was shaking him violently by the
shoulder. This was supposed to be
the favorite device Of the ghost He
rushed into corridor and found Leech
sitting there trembling and declaring
that he would not for the world go
back to his room. They spent the re-
mainder of the night in the corridor,
but in the morning said nothing Of
their experiences. In the afternoon
there arrived an evening paper telling
Of violent earthquake in the locality.
The earthquake was what the two vis-
itors believed to be their ghost.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Famous Collection of Ant1ers.

OF the famous collections of antlers
formed in the seventeenth century only
two or three have escaped the general
fate of CONGREGATIONS, sieges and pill
lage. One Of these is in Moritzburg,
the king of Saxony's historical hunting
castle, near Dresden, while in the cele-
brated gun gallery in Dresden itself
are to be seen in an unrivaIed show
the wonderfully inlaid arms used by
the elector. The great banqueting hall
Of the castle of Moritzburg is one Of
the sights with which no doubt many
Travelled reader has been charmed. |.
It is chamber Of noble proportions,
sixty-six feet long by thirty-fo wide
and thirty-eight feet high. On it's 9TH
erwise unadorned white walls hang
seventy-one pairs of magnificent ant
lers, which one may describe as the
most famous Of their kind in the world.
Not single one carries less than
twenty -four tines or is less than 200
years old, while some are probably
double that age.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
some old Time. Giants.

Cajanus, a Swedish giant who was
nine feet high. was on exhibition In
London in 1742, and several old hand
bills still exist which set forth the
measurements of this freak Of nature
Thirty years later we have Charles
Byrne, who was eight feet four inches
in height in bis stockinged feet. He,
however, died young, at the age of
twenty y-two, from hard drinking. Cot
ter OByrne, another Irish giant, fol-
lowed a few years later. He was
born at kinsale in 1851 and at the age
Of fifteen was eight feet high. This
by the time he was twenty-three had
Increased to nine feet four inches, and
then he changed his name to O'Brian
in order to make people think that he
was descended from King Brian Bo-
roihme and went on exhibition. At
that business he, of course, soon real
lied very comforta BILE fortune and re-
tired, dying at Clifton on Sept 8, 1904
His will especially provided that his
body should be thrown into the sea in
order to prevent the surgeons from cut
ting it up.