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THE YELLOW FLOSS.
Camille Darpon Seeks What She
Forgot and a Queer Death
Is Explained.

With the terror Of death pressing close
upon her, with the vision Of policemen
Judges. Jurors and executioners t~hrongin1
end vhirling after in a witches dance,
Camille Darpon hurried in the hanson to
the station.
Through the force OF habit, blindly'
automatically, she paid her fare and LOON
L seat in the proper car on the right Train
Tor her suburban home. 1t was only aiter
the greeting OF the guard. the kindly d
Of ~neighbors and the succession OF familiar
scenes had combined into the old associa-
ton Of security that her veins began TO
warm with the hope Of escape and abe wa
able to concentrate her pretty brows into
connected thought.
She had not meant any harm, she had
been most unduly punished II she had n
wrone-such was the inevitable plea In
abatement OF a spoiled child. 1t displaced
horror with a sense OF injury. 1t justified
what she had done and what she must DO
10 avoid detection.
She had gone that morning to tho city
to spend the day with friends. All straight
and aboveboard that, with her mother
knowledge and approval. She had lunched
with the friends and about 8 o'clock had
started for the station in order to do some
shopping on the way. Again perfectly
proper, and indeed just what her mother
Rad asked her to do.
But-what a dreadful word, a d~isjunctive,
indaed, tearing her universe asunder che
had slipped like a shadow through the ladies'
entrance Of the Stencil House; she had
eided into the reception room. meeting
Q~AtR@ M ana thArQ Hhn had
gone to the mirror to straighten her hat
surely any girl with any pride would do
that on any day.
She had seer the reflection Of the fascinat-
ing stranger, the prince charming not
altogether in disguise. az he paused on
the threshold, as he entered exultantly
with extended hands. She had swung
about 20 meet him, when. oh when. In an
impossible instant, the impossible had
happened.
For another wen more impossible in
slant she had bent over his dead form on
the floor; and then like Q ghost In q dread
tul dream had sped away, leaving nothing
behind, meeting no one, seen by no one.
abe vas sure, oh, abe vas sure; until che
had come 10 herself on the homeward
train-had come to this moro dreadful
reality.
Why had che done 20 unmaidenly a thing
II she were 70 satisfy the self that wal her.
self but yesterday. abe would cay Be
cause" But now, with this new self, 20
strained, 40 vigiiant, she must try 70 answer
logically and In order.
Well. then. she had resented certain
remarks on the subject Of frivolity which
Sydney Plaice had seen NJ TO make the
evening before. general remarks, but with
a sting 10 them Notwithstanding. He
took too much for granted just because
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in she said. 'He sat near me and kept
looking. but didn't speak.
~Afterward when we reached town he
helped me out Of the car when it jolted.
I thanked him, and then he said, all OF a
moment, in q whisper, II l would only be
in the ladies' reception room at the Stencil
House at o'clock he would tell me reasons,
most important reasons why we should
be friends.
90 romantic; he was 30 polite, 80 hand
somewhere was the harm2 | did go.
mo one was about when e~ntered-no
one in the reception room. l stepped to
the mantel like this. I fixed my hat a bit
in the glass. Then ! saw him coming in-l
swung about sharp-and oh, oh, my hatpin
few like a fash. striking him in the eyel
That's all right. my child said Egbert
Hance tenderly, while Cronkite shrugged
his broad shoulders and whistled low.
sYou don't believe me'' Camille rushed
on. See here is the very key you were
talking about-it's marked Asbestos In
my excitement and fear Of leaving some
trace behind l must have swept it into my
bag with my handkerchief and the pin-l
found it there when l got home.
Il tell you hstpins do fly like that some
times; every girl knows It; it's the twist
they get, / think, you wouldn't believe with
what force. Here is one like that awful
one, but not the same, oh. heavens, not the
same. Let me %try-look, lookl"
She stood before the cheap little glass.
Strengthening her hat on the thick, heavy
coils OF her hair. She held up the hatpin,
long, golden, with a weighty, jewelled bulb
at the end, and thrust it through material
and tresses, bending 1t for purchase.
Then she swung about, letting &c sud
denly. And 10. like q dart the pin shot
through the air and quivered deep In the
door opposite.
As II in answer TO the thud the door
opened. Entered Judge Marcellus and
Sydney Place,
you t%elephoned, Cronkite, that your
little plan had begun 10 work, began the
eminent jurist. "Ah, what's this? Ca
mile Darponi Always an unexpected de-
light. ,
7 told you it was true sobbed the girl
unheeding. And now bring on your
derby hats and dungeons"
you spoke practically, Judge" sug-
rested Cronkite with a meaning glance,
when you said that our interest in this
case lay with our clients rather than with
the public At large. That interest requires
that the matter remain the mystery II 10
with the single explanation, which can be
readily arranged, that the dead man at the
Stencil House was Maurice Hance. q cousin
OF Egbert Hance.
This gentlemen here lie Mr.. Esbsrt
Hanoe, who has had a rough experience
through the treachery Of his cousin. may
say o~onhdentially that that same Maurice
Hanoe was an all around villain who richly
deserved the fate he met by a ourious mis-
chance.
sHe tried, II seems. 20 involve Miss Oar
non in an intimacy with him, in the hope, /
believe, Of having an anchor 10 the %windward
In case his Vaccinations against Egbert were
discovered But enough Of that excepting
TO say that through Miss Darpon's rare uh-
| selhshness and devotion 70 truth we have
recovered the key 10 the compartment In the
Asbestos Surety Company, where doubtless
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FISH HATCHING BACKWARD.
One Erect OF the Cold Spring Noted At the
Aquarium.


Fish hatcheries. public and private, all
over the country, have this spring been
about a month behind in their output, this
being one Of the innumerable effects due TO
the seasons unusually cold weather.
The Matching period Of fish Eggs depends
largely on the temperature OF the water In
which they are placed, the colder the water
the longer the time required: and with the
temperature Of the water kept down by the
continued coldness OF the weather fish hatch
ing has everywhere been correspondingly
delayed.
The fish hatchery at the New York Aqua-
rum forms no exception TO the rule. This
little model hatchery. which usually closes
about June 10, has now in its troughs. q
gift from the Tuxedo Club, 1000 steelhead
trout eggs which are expected 70 hatch out
about July 4, and there are still expected
here 5000 black spotted trout eggs from
the United States fish hatchery at Duluth.
Mimi, with the Matching Of which this
hatchery will close for the season, about a
month later than usual.
The continued GOODNESS OF the water this
season had another effect az the AQUARIUM.
Here IL lie necessary in summer artihcially
tanning the trout, salmon and whitehsh.
These fishes would in nature, as summer ad-
vanced, seek cool depths Of water and the
cold water adjacent TO spring holes; they
could not be kept alive IN aqusrlun TANKS IN
water Of the temperature at which in sum-
mer IL flows from the city mains.
So here there is installed a refrigerating
plant for the artificial cooling OF the water
when it's natural temperature becomes too
high, which lie anything over 90. BY means
Of the cooling apparatus the water in these
tanks is kept through the summer at a tenn
perature OF between 81 and IS, and so until,
with the fall, the natural temperature OF the
water has gone down again TO 90 or under.
Usually this refrigerating plant rs started
month ,br not much later, the water has come
TO be 90 warm that lie use 10 needed.
In 1904, for instance, 1t was started on
May 10; In 1905 on May rs, and in 1905 on day
%. In the present year, with its backward
streams, the Aquarium refrieeratinE plant
was not started up until Juno ~
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came from the same house in England, for
which Adam designed them and were Of
course meant to servQ as candelabra.
The pictures in the formal reception room
are paintings by Romney. Lawrence and
Gainsborough. The living room is forty
feet square.
The large hall, which occupies the centre
Of the house. is still more spacious. The
steps, which are Immediately opposite
the entrance. occupy n OF the spaces
between the columns that form one side
Of the hall. The dining room, which is
wainscoted in oak taken from an old house
in England, is opposite the living and re-
ception rooms.
One detail OF the design is original. On
either side Of the entrance on a small COR
ridor that leads into the hall are two small
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rettringM rooms. They serve as dressing
rooms for guests who come to the many
entertainments given there.
The sunken garden shown here is an
other Port Chester beauty spot, 1t is part
OF q house that was built more than thirty
years ago. Naturally none Of the W
places about there has such luxuriant
greenery. That is something which all
the landscape gardeners in the world can
not supply on demand.
Even the trees brought down from New
Rochelle to be put into the New York yara
OF a rich man cannot equal the beauty OF
those about the grounds of this house
These imported growths all died soon after
they were transplanted into the uncon-
genial soil Of Fifth venue.
Their owner is still ignorant OF the TACT
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tennis court is the casino. Here is the
gymnasium and here are half a dozen
bachelors rooms.
There is a court for tennis and handball
in the casino as we'll as ~plunges, Turkish
baths and A small ballroom supplied with
a stage. all the buildings are designed
with the sumo fidelity to the model Of
Georgian dTys.
Adjoining the hall on the right are the
formal reception room and living room.
The reception room, which is the smaller
OF the two apartments, is in pure Adam
style.
The furniture, which CAM from an old
house in England, for which it was de-
signed by Robert Adam, is supposed TO
represent ths finest achievements Of the
Adam workmanship The electric fixtures
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JndIcIal FloEgInE In ndIa.

Humanitarian in Reyroids's acEsr0pcr
Let me draw the attention OF the public 70 a
shocking state OF ahairs which exists under
the criminal law OF India.
In 1907, the last year for winch nE,uur 80
available. no fewer than 2j,lSn Judicial nog,
gings were inflicted upon adult male and
female offenders for petty theft aud the like
According 10 Sir Henry Cotton, NJ ?, ~
=. l., who has published a pamphlet on ttls
subject. these degrading forglngs are ad-
ministered publicly over the bare BODY.
The trian giles are an unpleasant ieltl!"
outside every criminal court IN luuil Sir
Henry SAYS. have known Of fog 2iHEs 80
severe that tho victims have died on the
trian giles TO which they were tied.
And this horrible torture is inflicted Tor the
slightest offences,
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from abroad, the stiletto murder, as 1t ha'
been dubbed at first by sensation mongers
proved far less than a ten day wonder
Notwithstanding the possibilities OF th'
case, the murder OF a young Englishmai
Of wealth and refinement by means o.
a stab through the eye with some hne
sharp weapon, at an instant, which coulc
not have been ~foreseen, when no witnessed
were near. il was soon relegated 70 thai oacl
shelf on which 80 many mysteries acoumu
late the dust Of oblivion.
Abe Cronkite lost no time in settling
himself in the mean tenement among pool
surroundings. known as S Flanders Court
In the front room he set up a decent. trust
worthy woman in the ~ostensible work oil
l~aundress: while in the rear room he himself
watched and waited with the confident
patience of genius.
Nor for long. however. By noon the mex
day there came a rap at the front door
and a young man entered with a curious hes
itancy which seemed to betray a struggle
for ~eelf-control.
A comely' young man, Notwithstanding
one who would naturally attract, were only
the blur OF bewilderment, worry. fear,
perhaps even remorse, effaced. A problem
then to the intent detective; not to be
solved except through thorough test and
verifcation.
is this Della Quinn'' the stranger asked.
yes sir, IL lie sir" the woman replied,
part perfect.
How does 1t happen, then. that you are
not at your work in the Stencil House?'
Il lost Il, sir. be reason Of the inkwitch. y
All" the stranger drew a long breath
Of relief. Il am not to ask questions, he
said haltingly. 1 have here this ten dollar
bill 10 exchange
You're not to ask questions, sir, sure
enough; but you're to say what you wants
before you gets IL. I'm a respectable.
honest woman. I'd have you know, for all
Of thin
The stranger wiped his brow perplexedly.
what / want?' he unconsciously unused
aloud. How can I cay for certain2 But
yet, but yet. He did not have time to
dispose Of any Of them. Nothing was
found among his effects. He must have
put them in a safety deposit; it might have
dropped from his pocket-Ah, yes, madam
certainly. your precaution is reasonable.
/ am seeking q key a small. fat key
At this instant there was a timid rap;
the door opened sven more timidly. and
Camille Darpon stood on the threshold.
Does Della Quinn live heref' abe faltered
sAre you shef Oh, excuse me, I see you
have company-1 will come again.
A stout, resolute a pressing forward
from the rear, drew the girl into the room
and closed the door.
Excuse me, Mise, he said. but you may
be interested in seeing me arrest the muir
derer OF Egbert Hanoe.'
And he laid his hand on the strangers
shoulder.
Don't say anything, my man." con-
tinued Cronkite, flor 1t will all count against
you. There never was a palmer case. You
murdered FOR gain. You were too hurried
or frightened to rife your victims pocket
and now you have taken a desperate chance
TO get the key OF his strong box
Il will say something, notwithstanding, '
answered the stranger quietly, gazing al
the aeonized face Of the girl, and seeming u
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Maurice Hance stored away the stolen
securities"
Always the unexpected, and always a
delight" ~solloquized the gallant Judge,
AT the same time, y i~nterposed Mr.. Sydney
Place, lit seems to me that a wholesome
lesson might be drawn from this painful in
cident, intoxicating a determination for the
future to be less frvolous-"
But Camille. with an appealing glance
toward Egbert Hsnce, turned her pretty
back on her fathers junior partner.
ooh, you darling" murmured Hance.
pressing to her side.
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murder. 1t might also be a matter most
important to you and one which you would
not care to have made public
Il should say not cried the banker.
Whatever your process you have managed
to hit upon the exact situation.
@Hance should have delivered to us three
days ago securities. many Of them negotia-
BILE, OF vast value. Their loss II known
might ruin US. No wonder when we heard
Of bis death we folt justified
in urging the Coroner to q his
investigation ~discreetiy. sir? All, / see why
the proceedings seemed ~perfunctory.'
1t was better So MIR. Plaioe continued
bearing Brothers back us up absolutely in
what we have done. II you succeed In
tracing the securities It is almost inevitable
that you must also discover the murderer.
Thus in the end justice will be subserved.'
very true, sir; but what IL the signs lead
the other way? What II IL proves easier
TO find the murderer than TO recover the
securities7 What II they can't be recov-
cred except through him? Would justice
then be subeerved, sir?"
Wen cross that bridge, Cronktte, when
we come to it,, i~nterposed the Judge hastily,
always bearing In mind that our first duty
is TO our clients, not to the people at large.
Evidently you think you have a clue 10
the perpetrator Of this dastardly crime,
Out with it, my man. I must confess that
the evidence as / read 1t seemed singularly
barren.
There were no eyewitnessee, every per-
son on the ground floor, apparently, having
been drawn TO the basement by q trifing
fire.
sLet me read you this excerpt from the
testimony Of Della Quinn, sir, the maid in
attendance on the reception room, who dis
covered the body" and he read:
@. Did you zee or End any article near the
body or In the room which had not been there
when you went 10 inquire about the fre'
A. No, sir. nothing at all. sir. Nothing
Of the sort. sir. No. nothing, cir.
1You will OF course recognize such
cumulative re~iteration, Judge, as sus-
pIdous,S Cronldte went on. 1T was plain
to me from seeing and hearing the witness
that she was an innocent sort OF a girl,
accustomed 10 consider any small matters
left In the room as her perquisites. She
had picked up something which she deemed
OF no account and wa too frightened to
admit it,
But Just frightened enough to have
disposed Of It by this time objected the
Judge. .
Very likely, air; ! shouldn't in any event
attempt with tHN poor creature that modern
reverEion 10 MEDIEVAL torture called the
third degree. The point is this:
slf that article &c !ncHminAtory, no one
knows IL 20 we'll q the murderer. He
read the evidence closely, he realizes the
necessity Of his recovering what other
wise may cost him his LIE
what would be the harm, sir, in insert
ing in the evening papers a personal Gd.
yertisement that would mean nothing at all
TO the general public, but might mean
everything 10 the guilty matchmaking
like this;
Thai which was lost and found may be re.
gained for 80. and no questions asked by
Ipquiring OF ID. O.. S Flanders Court.
III.
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V.

"You dear little thing soothed Esbsrt
Hancc, your ~sympathies are too much for
you"
Il should say So" snorted Cronkite.
'They are worse than a general jail de-
livery
But Camille. with the impatient gesture
Of one who will not be restrained, turned
20 the mantel and. after n swift in
evitable glance into the cheap mirror swing
nj above II. went on, imprisoned.
Il met him, that man, On the train coming
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WCSTCHESTER SUMNER HOMES
TYPES or Tx HOUSES NEW
WORKERS ARE BUILDING.

One New Structure . Georgian Mansion
DeSIKied on the Proportions OF PAlANeS
In Eur0pe-E. &. ConverSe'S CountrT
HOue-"Ork of Landscape Ssrdeaer''
The houses shown tere are typical OF
the country homes that now dot West
chester county. With one exception they
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This IL Mr.. Sydney Place, Abe said
Judge Maroellus the next morning. Junior
member OF the Arm Of Darpon d Plaice,
the well known bankers, and respected
clients Of ours. Mr.. Plaice wants your
services in a matter which must be as secret
az II lie important
A wise comprehension spread gradually
over Cronkite's somewhat stolid face.
referring, sir, 10 the murder OF egoert
Hance at the Stencil House, he hatarded.
'Ah, I Thought likely. Luckily I attended
the inquest, and, therefore, oan name some
Of the things don't and undone which tended
10 make IL the mystery Il is
III y~oucontinue AZ goodinyour guessing
Mr.. PlAies reflected, surprisedly. we ought
70 get at the bottom Of it,
AN intelligent guess, sir, 10 nothing
more than attributing a Illogical effect 70 q
known cause.
For instance. among Mr.. Hance's soant
belongings al the hotel was found a cipher
cablegram from bearing Brothers, the Eng
llsh bankers. This. in connection with His
recent arrival from abroad, might reason
ably mark him as their confidential agent.
why may he not have been their mos
senger 10 your Arm, bringing papers Of
great value which are missinei Their theft
would furnish q possible motive for the
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he wa her ftther's partner. trusted by him
almost as a son.
Besides, ths stranger was a gentleman,
handsome. mysterious, gallant. He had
assisted her on alighting. He had pro-
tested that he could explain satisfactorily
his extraordinary request, and. having
made it with eyes that pleaded far more
than lips, had gone his way.
How could she be harmed by stopping
for a moment at 4 O'Clock in the reception
room at the Stencil-a regular old grand
father OF a hoel. with a dozen clerks and
employees within calling distancei She
had wanted to hear what he had TO say,
and 80 she had done it,
Where did sne stand now? In deadly
peril. What might have been explainable
could not lonter be explained. Besides,
who would believe the truth-the impoe-
sible TRUTH She must continue TO prao-
tise deception; snce only in ia tangled web
was safety to be found.
The quiet Of the village helped TO hearten
the girl anew. Surely tomorrow must
be as yesterday had been; with to-day
dropped out like a horror which had In
truded and got its deserts, She had e.
cdpou' unbeen' VutThceu' WY ehou'u Wv
not forget?
She was actually blithe as abe passed up
the walk TO the veranda, where her mother
was awaiting her, actually planning what
she was going to do In the good old way
when whstever che did had been 80 agree
able.
Back again, on time, Camille said Mrs.
Darpon, cheerly. That's right. ] hope
you remembered to bring the yellow floss
with you'll just can't 60 on with my en-
broidery without it,"
And Immediately the horror Of the day
stretched out endleeely before Camille
Darpon, for she had left that package OF
floss on the mantel in front Of the mirror
in the Stencil House, and each skeln bore
the name Of the firm from whom she had
bought II.
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Ia8er powerful influences at home and
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Two Ways Of Fixing the Cereal TO Keep
-Ahp1seey sslch Used BY TrauDers
-SOnoey an Acquired Tahto-StOTing
Up Food supplies for Go winter.
The Washington times., 1907-05-18
TECHNICAL CREW
DEFEATS PREPS
High School Oarsmen Win
Race by Scant Quarter
of ength.

The crew Of Technical High School
won its second race 81 the season yes
terday when IL defeated TIE Georgetown
Prep eight on the upper Potomac by a
scant quarter Of length in lnile-and-
a-half race.
The race was close and interesting
nearly the whole length OF the Journey.
Poor steering Dy Mckinney, Technicafs
cOxswaln. enabled the Prep boat 10 take
a lead OF two lengths shortly after the
start. but the advantage vas gradually
cut down BY the High School boys and a
quarter OF a mile from the finish the
boatsS were On even terms. The last
part OF the race was nip and tuck,
Technical winning rigat at The end, be-
cause OF greater stamina.
TechnicaTs oarsmen wer5 heavier than
the Props and stronger. and. considering
the bad steering. the High School boys
made good time. covering The mile and
a half in eight minutes and forty fiv-
seconds.
The verandas OF the Potomac Loaf
house were packed with the followers OF
the crews. and gay banners and pretty
women lent spice TO he occasion.
The officials were: Referee and starter,
John Hadley Doyle: timer. Mr.. Thatcher;
Judges AT the finish, Mr. Underw GOD,
Mr. Woods. and Mr.. Stuart
Following is the lineup OF the crews: