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Body Found in Creek.

John Henry Stockslayer, 70 years
old, committed sticide by drowning
in the Antietam creek near Letters
burg, Saturday last. His body was
not found until Sunday morning.
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Slight Fire.

An overheated stove in the home of
Mr.. Jos. Moser near this place, set fire
to the wainscoating around the room. A
clock setting on shelf nearby and the
shelf were burned and but for the heroic
work of Mr.. Moser's daughter who was
alone, the house and contents woula have
been destroyed.
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t9- FARMS FOR SALE. I have a
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state of cultivation. Good buildings and
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dress
CHAS. C. WATERS,
Attorney-at-la
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is good for little burns and big burns,
small scratches or bruises and big ones.
1t is healing and soothing. Good for piles.
Sold by James K. Waters.
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County Statement.
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
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Of the stones, so that had a free hand in the
matter II Reggie had not been so indscreet as
TO leave the poor child"
But what could do?' the man called Regsis
protested "Never was so cruel piece of bad
luck. Who should come down but Langford?'
But you were so carefully disguised that Lang
ford could not possibly have known you,' the
woman said.
81 admit it, | positively had forgotten the fact
for the moment The sight of Tangford was such
shock to me. On the spur of the moment !
made my excuses and departed"
Leaving the little girl uneasy and suspicious" "
said the woman, so that she came up to her
room where / was and walked off with the gems.
was very near to taking her by the throat and
half stranglng her But there were greater is
sues at stake and ] had TO restrain my feelings.
] had to smile and nod and play my part whilst
the little lady was sending the jewels off to the
safe custody of the hotel clerk. l could have
danced with fury, / could have wept with rage.
But what was the good?'
1he Rajah swore roundly and passonately He
could be seen from the drawing room strdng
about the place and muttering as he went.
at is more than unfortunate" he said. "If
we could have got ho1d of those jewels we should
have had fortune in our grasp. We were quite
justified in robbing Richford, who only serves me
for his own ends. He is bully and coward
and he must pay the price lie says that he has
no ready money, that his affairs are more despe-
rate than we imagine. And yet he could find the
cash to buy those diamonds"
"They always mean cash" the woman said. "It
is good thing for the wife of speculator to be
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gentleman went out in cab, and came back
about half past two with friend who had big
box on the top of the cab. That's all l can tell
you"
"Ah, perhaps that is more important than it
seems" Bennington muttered Anything to-
day."
Nothing today, sir. Oh, yes, there is. The
parlormaid reported to the man who is doing
day duty here this week that the house would
be closed till Saturday, and that the police were
to keep an eye on the place at night. Looks as
if they've gone, sir.
Bennington swore quietly and under his breath
1t seemed to him if he and Field were going
to have their trouble for their pains,
II should like to go and have a prowl around, =
Bennington sad after pause IL suppose il
did, l shouldn't have any offcious policeman to
reckon with"
Mackln calculated that he would reach .he
same spot again an hour or so later--about eleven
o'clock to be exact The hour tailed precisely
with the coming of Field, and in the meantime
Bennington free to make what he could OF
the house opposite.
But there was precious little to be gained in
that respect. The house fastened up, there
were shutters to the windows on the ground
floor; the garden was tried next but there was
no litter anywhere such as might have been
caused by hasty removal Clearly if the house
was closed up it only for day or two, as
the parlormaid had told the policeman.
At the end of an hour Bennington was not a
whit wiser than before.
He crossed over the road and there on seat
under the trees was sailor like himself, Field
did not assume to be asleep but was pulling at a
short clay pipe.
Come aAd sit down. sir" he said. "I've Just
come. AS anticipated, am being watched.
But ] managed to give my shadowers quite a
wrong impression and l passed from the house,
where I keep few stock DISCUSSES, under their
very noses. They imagine that they are follow
ing me up west by this time
81 am afraid all the trouble has been wasted, /"
Bennington said irrtaby, "The birds have
| flown"
'Indeed, sir. And who did you get that valua-
bic piece of information from?"
"From my friend the policeman that told
you about. The house is shut up for a few days
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in possession of a lot OF fine diamonds 1t would
have been a precious good thing for us, too, if
Reggie had not lost his nerve last night"
Have you any idea who those people are?''
asked Bennington of his companion.
Not personally" Field replied, "but | have a
pretty shrewd idea. 1t is very good of them to
come here, just nature made them, and with
out disguses. Surely you know what they are
talking about? The discussion is over Mrs.
Rlchford's diamonds which she nearly lost, as
she told me. Unless | am greatly mistaken, we
are listening to confession of the way in which
that robbery had been planned. Stripped of
their very clever DISCUSSES, these two people yon-
der are no other than Countess De La Moray and
General Gastang"
Bennington nodded wondering why he had not
found them out before. From the dining room
came the sound Of match, as the Raiah lighted
another cigar.
I'VE shall have to go back to our original
scheme'" he was saying " There was never any
thing better. We must get the other man into
this. He must be frightened. Send him the
salt"
There was another rattle of the latchkey, and
the watchers were not in the least surprised to
see Richford come in, with the air of a man who
is quite at home. He was looking white and anx-
ious and little annoyed as he took off his coat
and entered the dining room. Unhappily he
closed the door behind him, so that no more con-
versation could be heard,
That's unlucky." Field said in vexed tone.
"What does that salt allusion mean? You recol-
lect telling me that Richford was frightened by
finding that salt on his plate?"
Its kind of Indian dodge" Bennington pro-
ceeded to explain. ut has to do with caste and
religious observances and all that sort of thing
Don't be deceived with the idea that you are on
the track of an anarchist society or anything OF
that kind"
SIS it something more or less on the line OF
Free Masonry, then?" Field asked.
'Well, yes, you can put il that way if you
like" Bennington said thoughtfully. 81 made a
special study of that kind Of thing in India. II
seemed to me to be more religious than anything
else, though in one or two instances it was at
tended by tragedy. There was young native
prince who was a great friend of nine and he
was about to be married to a princess She had
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Deen educated, like himself in Europe 50 that
they were free from a deal of superstition and
prejudice. The prince was dining at nv bungalow
one night when noticed a little bullet Of salt
on his plate. My friend got dreadfully pale for
moment, but he turned it off and he thought
no more about the matter. But the next day the
prince was found dead in his bed; he had shot
himself with revolver"
And you never got to the bottom Of t."
Field asked with pardonable curiosity
Never. What's that noise?"
There was sound like the rumble Of wheels
along the hall, and presently appeared a kind of
invalid chair, sef-propelled by its occupant,
little man with pale face and dark eyes. He
paused before the dning-room door and ratified
the handle.
Evidently the master of the house, Berring.
ton suggested. "The lame man who can't walk.
1t was he who sent the message to Richford"
Somebody opened the dining-room door at this
moment and the lame man steered himself in.
Where he had come from was mystery, as the
house had appeared to be quite empty when Ber-
rington and his companion entered it. Clearly
the man could not have come from the upper part
of the premises, for his physical condition dis
posed of that suggestion.
''Well, my friends" the newcomer cried gayly,
every glad to see you all safe and sound again.
So little scheme has not been failure.
Rchford, judging from the gloom your brow,
you have not had the luck you desire. You must
be content with the knowledge that virtue brings
its reward. And yet if you only knew it
you are the most fortunate of men. For your
sweet sake we have undertaken difficulties and
dangers that"
"Oh shut up Rchford growled. IL don't un-
derstand what you are driving at Anybody
would think that you were more than silly
child who had nothing to do but to attend to
your flowers and stick your postage stamps in
your album. And yet"
And yet l can give my attention to more seri-
Gus matters" the cripple said with sudden
stern expression and in voice that had metal
lie ring in it. "You are right And if you two
have eaten and drunk enough we will get to busi-
ness"
There was little stir amongst the listeners the
Raiah pitching his cigar into the crate and COM
ing forward eagerly Evidently something was
| going to happen.
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thing is worked" said Bennington. "A moment
| ago there nothing on that table, and now
look at it. 1t would have taken the staff of a
large hotel half an hour to arrange a meal like
that. The flowers alone would have occupied the
time. The servants here"
'You may bet your life the servants know
nothing about it," Field said. "They have been
sent away right enough ] feel quite sure that
they are innocent of everything. 1t would never
do to let domestics talk of these matters"
The Rajah was pacing up and down the dining
room talking to himself. moment later there
was rattle of latchkey and two persons came
in. The first was young man with the unms-
taxable stamp of the actor on him, smart, well
groomed, clean shaven, the society actor of to-
day. He was followed by an exceedingly pretty,
fair-hared woman, who might have belonged TO
| the same profession. just for the moment it
occurred to Field that these were ordinary guests
who knew nothing of the mystery of the house.
There was nothing about either of them to con-
meet them with crime mystery.
They pitched their wraps carelessy on the
hall table as if they had been there before,
and made their way to the dining room. The
Rajahs face grew eager
"Well, my children" he said in excellent Eng
glish, "have you had any luck? Cora, dear, tell
me that you have succeeded"
The woman's pretty face grew hard. She pulled
chair up to the table and sat down.
"Give me some of that pate and open a bottle
of champagne" she said. what with this dou-
bling about and covering up ones tracks, I've
had no time to think of food. The same remark
applies to poor Reggie here. Haven't we succeed
ed well enough for you?"
'Well, yes, you managed the big thing all
right, but that's not everything You managed
the big thing so we'll that the police are utterly
baffled and don't know which way to look. But
the stones, the sparkling stones What of them"
The woman gave a shrug of her ivory shoulders.
"The deplorable luck was against us" she said.
"I actually had my hands upon the stones and
nearly snatched them away under the very eyes
of the adorable Richford. / said to myself we
are not going to do his work for nothing. He
followed me to the room where the stones were
and we talked You see | had business in the
room as you know. And Reggie here down.
stairs, making himself agreeable to the fair owner
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If those people went early today there would be
very little fire. in fact the range would have been
out long ago. And what do we find? A hot
wall that tells of good fire all day, good fire
at this moment or these bricks would have
cooled down before now. If you listen you will
hear the boiler gently simmering"
I'VE are going to take risks" Field whispered
"If we discovered we shall be given into Gus
tody as two drunken sailors. given into the Gus
tody of your friend Macllin and his sergeant
from whom we shall probably escape. Come
along"
Field strobe around to the kitchen window
The shutters were up, but not so in the larder
which had no bars, and was only protected by
square of perforated zinc The inspector took
a tool from his pocket and with great care and
dexterity, removed the zinc from its place. Then
lantern famed out.
"Come along" said Field Eve can easily get
through here. We shall be safe in the kitchen
for we know that the maids are not in the
house"
For the present everything was absolutely
plain sailing. And as Field had anticipated, there
was nobody in the kitchen and nobody in the
corridor leading to the better part of the house
All the same, big fire, recently made up, was
roaring in the range, showing that the place was
not quite deserted. And yet it was as silent as
the grave.
1t was the same in the hall, and the same in
the living-rooms, where no lights cleaned. From
somewhere upstairs came a sound if somebody
were gently filing some soft metal. The noise
ceased presently, to be followed by the rattle Of
typewriter or SO it seemed. The two adven
turers stood in the darkness of the dining-room
listening; it seemed to them as if that rattle wa,
getting closer. Field flashed light into the
room, but it was quite empty the polished ma
hogany of the table reflected the flowers on it.
Then suddenly the rattle grew louder and
Field hid his light under the slide. As suddenly as
his light had faded out, the diningroom glowet
in perfect bank of shaded yellow light, as if by
magic the table stood with a perfect meal, q
dainty cold supper with glass and silver and crys
tai and god-topped bottles upon it; the Who'll,
thing seemed most wonderful piece of conjur
ing. AT the same instant there was the rattle Of
latchkey in the front door. Field pulled hi,
companion into the darkness of the drawing room
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and the authorities have been informed Of the
fact. ! have been all around the house and it is
as silent as the grave
We'll. that might he merely blind after
oil, Field said cheerfully. when did they go!
so far as | can gather from Mackln, they de-
parted early this morning"
Field chuckled but said nothing. little while
later there was thud of heavy boots on the
pavement, and Mackin and his sergeant came,
together. The latter was about to say some
thing but Field produced his card and the effect
was instantaneous.
mo, we don't want any assistance at ALL" the
Scotland Yard official said. "All you can do is
to go about your work as if nothing taking
place. You may notice something suspicious
presently at No. 100, across the road, but you
are to ignore it, You understand"
The sergeant nodded and the two passed on
while the sham sailors crossed the road Very
quietly Field proceeded to the back of the house.
II was little dark here, and he guided himself
by pressing his fingers to the walls. Presently
he stopped and low chuckle came from his
lips.
Discovery the first, sir, he said press your
hand on the wall here. What do you notice"
But Bennington noticed nothing beyond the
fact that the wall was quite warm. He said so,
and the inspector chuckled once more.
THAT should tell you a story, sir" he said
"Ihat house is supposed to be empty; nobody
has been here since early this morning. If you
will look up. you will that the blank wall
terminates in high chimney obviously the
kitchen chimney. This wall is quite hot, it is
the back of the kitchen fireplace-so obviously
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liquid reireshment, do strange things Merchant
scamen let us be- from tho ship Severn, Just home
from South America. Good afternoon, sir
rendezvous. He was disguised as a sailor fresh
from tramp steamer, his clothes were dirty and
erimy, and the cap in his hand had decid,1
naval cock. So far as he could Judge there wert
no lights visible at No. 100, opposite He waited
for Macklin to come along which presently he
did The police officer looked suspiciously at
the figure on the seat, and passed before him.
Now. then" he said, sharply. What are you
doing here? Come out Of that"
Bennington came unsteadily to his feet and
bnked into the lane of light made by the police.
mans lantern. He was rather proud Of his dis.
guse and the way in which it was passing scru.
tiny.
"All right, Nlackn." he said in his natural
voice. ITS Colonel Bennington Not quite the
same sort of disguise that tried to pass into 'lc
Madi Halta camp with when you were on guard
that night. Still il took you in, didn't it?"
at did, indeed, sir" Macklin said, not without
admiration. And might beg to ask what man
of game the Colonel of my old regiment is
up to in London at this hour"
''We need not go into details, Macklin," Ber-
rington said Regard me as your senior office,
comment. As ] told you yesterday, ] am inter-
ested in that house opposite. Have you found
out anything"
Nothing worth speaking about, sir" Mackln
replied. They seem to be just respectable peo-
pie who have plenty of money and very few vsi-
tors. Last night about half past eleven the old
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lent results
Eve will not trouble Mrs. Richford any more
at present." he said, and bowed himself out, fol
lowed by Bennington. The latter asked what the
inspector was going to do.
"ln the first place / am going down to the
Yard" Field explained. IL am then going to
get rid of my correspondence and have my din.
ner. Once it is really dark, ! intend to go as
far as Wandsworth Common and learn something
of the gentleman who is lame and has private
hanson painted black. You see, sir, the scene OF
the story is changed. The next act must be play
ed out at Wandsworth'
"You have some settled plan in your mind?"
Bennington asked.
"Indeed ] have not, sir. l may make no more
than few simple inquiries and come home again
On the other hand, before morning | may find
the lame gentleman as my prisoner. 1t is all in
the air."
"By jove," Bennington cried, 81 should like to
go with you. As an old campagner, and one with
some little knowledge of strategy may be useful
Anything is better than sitting here doing moth
ing. Would you very much mind, Inspector"
81 shall be delighted sir" he said heartily,
with one proviso-that you regard me as your
senior officer and commander in this business.
l shall start from the Yard before ten o'clock,
and even then j shall not make my way to
Wandsworth direct. | shall disguise myself, and
you had better do the same. Then you can meet
me at eleven o'clock where you like
That's a bargain" Bennington said eagerly,
IN go over to Wandsworth pretty early and
try to see my police friend, Maeklin, At eleven
o'clock I shall be under the trees opposite Audey
Place. waiting for you Probably l shall assume
the disguise OF a sailor"
"Um, not bad idea" Field remarked 1--WE
will both be sailors just paid off from ship and
with money in our pockets Sailors, in that con
dition who have assimiated a fair amount Of
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doorway. A came in, peeled of his coat
and entered the dining room. Field gasped.
What is the matter?' Bennington asked. "Do
you know who it isT"
Rather" Field replied, 'I should say that
do. Why! that's no other than the Rajah Of All.
bad! Well, if this doesn't beat ALT"
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flash, warmth and light there, to say nothing
OF the tasteful extravaganza of the supper table.
Bennington could see the fruit and the flowers,
the dainty CONNECTIONS and the costly wines
The Raiah could be seen standing moodily in
the doorway chewing cigar.
As one who knew India, Bennington was in a
position to judge the man fairly well. As mat.
ter of fact, the newcomer did not look in the
least like a Eastern potentate True, his skin
vas dark, but not more sallow than that of
many European. His hair was thick, but his
eyes were dark blue, and his dress was emnently
that of man about town. With his public
school and university education, the Rajah had
passed for an Englishman.
The Rajah stood there biting his nails impa-
tiently, as if waiting for somebody. He crossed
over to the table and opened bottle of cham.
pagne, to which he helped himself literally.
'Id give half my pension to know how that
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Oh A APTER XIV

YTNSPECTOR FIELD took up his hat and
|tHI gloves from the chair where he had
|sssA.% deposited them. He was satisfied and
|s4sNSS1gI more than satisfied with the interview
In a short time he had achieved excel
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{ H AP TER XIV

as he was to quick scenes
n aud dramatic changes, Bennington was
-. surprised for the moment The thing
4%SI was like some bewilderng Eastern Wis
ion. A moment ago the place had
been dull and dnrk md r,n,,. liEn a.
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OOL and collected as he usually was,
Field was excited now. He crept as
near to the drawing-room door as he
dared, and peeped into the ring of
light, eagerly. He popped back hur-
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TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY
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CHAPTER XIlI-Confinued

} make a long story short said Cad.
Bennington, 81 followed Richiord's cab
and traced him to No 100 Audlcy
Place, which is somewhat at the back
of Wandaworth Common. There | was
Warren sheaf., 1907-09-26
WOMAN SLAIN BY A ROBBER.
Chicago kindergarten Principal Found
Choked to Death. "

Chicago, Sept. 21.-Mrs. Lillian
White Grant, 40 years old, a widow
we'll known in Hyde Park and princi'
pal of a Kindergarten, conducted in
the building of the University Congre.
gational church, was found murdered
Ii her room at $500 Madison avenue
Friday. .r..
Every article of jewelry owned by
Mrs. Grant was missing and it is
believed robbery was the object OF
the murderer. i51;ii Her body Vas found ly.
ing across the bed dressed only in
night clothing. One of her own gar
ments was twisted tightly about her
neck and knotted under her left ear
Death had been caused by strangula'
ton or broken neck!
The imprints of the fingers of the
woman's assailant were found on her
neck, which was broken by the mur.
derer. A colored man who had been
assisting Mrs. Grant in preparing to
move is being sought by the police.