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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-27
Puzzle Department
Jumbled Chande,

Jumbled. Charade,
Ny, first /. in glass, also in grass.
Ny second Is in ham. also in clam.
Ny third Is In pillow. but not in teller.
MY fourth Is In hound. but not in found
Ny nth Is In seize. but not in seas.
My sixth. Is in tell. but not in zeal.
My seventh LIZ In never. but not In sever.
My eighth is in stole. but not in roll.
Ny ninth = In town., but not in round.
Ny tenth IL In knell, but not in sell.
My whole IL a famous mans name jun
bled.
JAMES HENRY JOINER.
GAIA, Botetouyt county, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-27

Dear Editor,-T will drop You a picture
which I drew, and I hope IL win escape the
for a long time. 80 I thought 1t would be
best to send you something. L Will close,
hcring to see my picture In the paper. Frori
your member. GEORGE SCHREINl;3.
az East Broad Street, Richmond, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-27

Dear Isditor,-Perhaps you can recognize
the answers to the three charades in SUN
r.. d.. C. c. when 1 say, / VIII drive
ELEPHANT to my ..surry'' when / 90 to
Jamestown. ETHEL c. TAYLOR.
Hardware. Va.
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Dear Editor.--I received MY prize and
thank you very much for it. 1t is u very
b.. fought for. I viii try TO win q few more
OF them myself. You VIII lind inclosed u
drawing entitled Ono OF the Eu KluN
INlan.'' In which l have cndeavored to IL
lustrate the strange dress of the member
OF that ORDER; also tho "Fiery Cross the
emblem OF that Same order.
Hoping to SEQ my drawing In the Chill
dien's Page" and once more thanking you
for the prize. l remain, you'd friend.
ALIEN. SHAltOYE. 1
al Bank Street. Petersburg, Va.
z. s.. Owing to certain circumstances I
cannot send you my picture now, but hope
to do SO at u later date.
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Mls. NOISES A

One day MI. Mouse met Mr.. Cat
AS ne was on his way to town.
Nov, sir.'' said Mr.. Cat. i've got you.
And Ill beat you blue and brown.
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Gala, Bo,etourt county. Va.

Dear Editor,-1 am sending n ship that
I drew. and hope you Will publish IT. Please
send me d badge. 1 live In Alabama. and
am visiting my grandma at Radford, Va
Your new member, GUY LAMBETH.
Radford, Va,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-27

Dear Edi.or.-In- Sundays pape you OF.
fered q medal for tho best illustrated Hal.
lowe'en story. 1 have written and illus.
trEted o story. and + hope II Will meet your
approval. fnc,osed you Will find the story
entitled. ''Emily's Halloween Party" Yours,
with best wishes, ESSIE T. COX. +
2517 East Grace Street, Richmond, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-27

Dear Editor,-I havo not written to you
for such a long time that / feel as IL I wai
Just Joining. The weather Ia cold and clear.
I en- waiting for that jamestown Page
I am very glad you stopped putting the So
called contest, for the best chewing gum
advertisement In our page; 1t was Just a
new way to advertise without putting 1t in
the right place: for I for one don't think
It's right to make q advertising page out
o. our T.. ID. Z. L. Please tell me how
many members there are. Enclosed Will find
tuniblcd charadc. Your member,
JAMES HEERY JOYNER.
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Dinwiddle. Va

Dear Editor.-I am going to write and
thank you for the beautiful prizc. which
received some time ago. I would have
written sooner, but 1 have Just returned
from tho exposition. I I'm sending a piece
of poetry which 1 hope Will escape Mr..
Wastebaskct- l remain. your member,
KATE HOWARD.
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Dear Editor,-I received the badge you
sent me, and thank you very much for 1t.
Enclosed you will find n story which I hops
TO see 1t in print Sunday. Your new mem.
bct', ALVIN COLEMAN.
40 North Lombardy street, Richmond.
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Dear Edltor,Ir would like very much TO
Joir your T.. D. G. @. and have a badge.
am ten years old. I go to school every day.
I have been rcadlug your page. 1 like 10
rend the letters and puzzles very much. Wa
lave one dog, hts name is Soro. 1 have ors
sister and four brothers. Yours truly.
GLADYS HAWKINS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-27

Dear Editor.--Inclosed please find my trip
to tho exposition. thank you for pub
hope to SEQ this in the paper. am going
to try and writo real often this winter. as
I hcps to win n prize. I Will close with
much love to all the members of the club.
JOSEPHINE c.. SPINDLE.
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Dear Editor,-Inclosed you will find q
drawing. I have been intending to send
you one before, but / am kept 80 busy at
school. / haven't had time. From your true
member, ALPHA CLEMENTS.
Newport News, Va.
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Dear Editor.-I've Just returned from
jamestown and other points OF interest. I
will write you a description OF my trip
next week. have never received a badge
I suppose II has been lost IN tho mails. I
am glad to welcome you back. and hopo
you had a delightful vacation. Very sincere
ly. RUTH EVERETT
~ Greenfield Va.
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Children's Letters

Dear Edltor.--1noloscd please md a pus.
Clio and q poem that I composed myself.
Hope II Ii good enough for the +. d, q. q.
page. I am trying To write every week now.
Much SUCCESS to all the club members. 7 fo-
main, your member.
PRESTON N. ANDERSON,
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THE EDITOR.

PRIZE WINNERS OF THE WEEK.
Payson Il. bruce, No. dOSk North
Eighth Street.
Josephine q. spindle, Lorctfo, Va.
I;sslc T. Cox, No. 1917 East Grace Street,
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.Hallowe en- Greeting to
Children Contributors

Dear Children ut tho Club:
/ hope you are all getting ready to
roast nuts, count apple seed and have
a good time generally on Halloween.
T1he editor loves to look back and re-
member tho enjoyment OF making
pumpkin faces, of cutting tho grinning
mouth with care, of FASTING the oiled
paper in place and adjusting the light
with great nicely 30 as to render the
lantern as spooky looking as possible.
The coming around OF Halloween
means fun and a holiday, and boys and
girls as clever us r. ID. g. c.. members
VIII, the editor believes, be- glad al
ways to seize hold of fun and have a
share In all the enjoyment that may
pc going on. One of the good uses of
halloween is that 1t Keeps alive tic
memory or merry, old-fashioncd games
and invocations. and invites young
people to be jolly enough to enjoy
them. 1t has been said that there are
no children left In the world, only some
young men and ome VINO nave never
learned ana do not know how to play.
Ent when the wltchery of Halloween
warns the blood, and the nuts are
roasting, and the apple. pnrings are
falling, the joy%ousness Of the moment
makes everybody young, n the sing
ing or u vIolin or the roiilcking notes
OF a piano are pretty apt to set young
feet n-dancing TO the measure OF the
TILE EroJrr0y
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Dear Edltor,-I WAS very glad to SEQ my
story In print, Hope to SEQ this one In prln.
also. MY brother aud 1 Will have to 20 Ia
school Monday. We arc going To Farnlvillu.
But will Keep up our drawings IL possible
/ Will lave my picture taken In FnrmviIl
and send you one. Hope to win n prize
soon. From your member,
ALMA 8. BoELrE.
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CONTRIBUTORS FOL. THE WEEK.

CONTItlUU FOX TIE NEElA.
Agec, Olive Guy, Emily May
Nnderaon, p. N. Harrison, Beatrice
Anthony, Blanche Hawkins, Gladys
Baber, Julian Il. Hite, Louise
Baldwin. Lucille IL. Howard, Kate
Beale, Sue Percy Joyncr. James IL.
Bingham, Myrtle Lambeth. Guy
Boelte, Alma g.. Sharove, Alex.
Galloway. +. II. Schreiner. gorge
Galloway, w. a. Spindle, j. G.
Galloway, C. Sydnor, Novella
Clements. Aphta Turnbull, Evelyn
Coleman ALVIN Taylor, Ethel C.
Cox, Essie r. Williams, Margare'
Craven, Mamie Williams, Robert
Edge, Gertrude Wells, Ruth
Everett, Ruth Young, Lawrence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31

Thinking Machine III take the bird for few
DAYS doctor if YOU don't mind"
And so it came to pass that when The Thinking
Machine returned to his apartments he was accom-
panied by as noisy and vociferous companion as
one would care to have.
Martha, the aged servant, viewed him with horror
as ne entered The perfeSsor do be gettIn old,
she muttered Il suppose thereu be a cat next
Two DAYS later DR.. Ballard called 10 the
telephone The Thinking Machine was at the other
end OF the wire
Take two men whom YOU trust and go down
TO Your grandfathers place" instructed the scien-
fist CURLY. Take picks, shovels. compass, and
long tape line Stand the front steps facing east
To your right viii be apple tree some distance
off that lot the adjoining property. Go 10 that
apple tree. boulder IS at its foot. Measure from
the edge of that feet due north by
the compass and from that po mt fourteen feet due
west You will find YOUR money there Then please
have some come here and take this bird away.
If YOU don't, I'll wiring its neck. It's the most
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31

The Parrot Does 'Rrhmete An Day Long" She Said.
DR. Ballard slipped the catch ON the sult case and
turned II upside down on tie laboratory table II
packed-literally packed-with United States
bonds The Thinking Machine fingered them idly
And there Is this too, said DR. Ballard
He lifted stout sack from the floor. cut the
string and spilled contents beside the bonds
IL gold thousands and thousands of dollars
DIR Ballard frankly excited about IT. The
Thinking Machine accepted 1t he accepted all
material things
How much is there of III" he asked quietly.
don't know replied DR. Ballard
And how did you find il p
As You directed twentv-siN feet north from
The boulder and fourteen feet west from that point
! knew that, of course snapped The Thinking
Machine but how il hidden
It's rather peculiar explained DR. Ballard
Fourteen feet brought the man who had measured
II 10 the edge of an old dried up we'll twelve or
fifteen feet deep. Not expecting any such thing
ne tumbled into II In his efforts TO get out ne
stepped upon stone which protruded from one
SIDE That tell out. and revealed the wooden box,
which contained all this j."
In other words, said the scientist the money
was hidden IN such a manner that it would IN time
have come to be buried twelve or fifteen feet below
the surface. because the we'll being dry would uti-
matelv, of course. have been filed in .
Dr. Ballard had been listening only hazilv His
hands had been pic wing in and out of the heap of
gold The Thinking Machine regarded him with
something like contempt about his thin Tipped
mouth
tlow-how did YOU ever do il" asked DR. Bal
lard n last
am surprised that YOU want 10 know" re-
marked The Thinking Machine Cuttinglv You
know how reached the conclusion that the money
was not hidden either IN the house or lot. The
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TO YOU that the money in existence, and his
last words were intended your curl
osty; to hang over you all the rest of Your
life and torment you You can imagine the
vindictive, petty brain like that putting thing
safely beyond your reach-but just beyond it-near
enough to tantalize, and Yet far enough TO remain
undiscovered. This seems to me TO be the mental
attitude in this case. Your grandfather knew that
YOU would do just what YOU have done here; that
is. search the house and lot. He knew too that
YOU would search banks and safety deposit vaults,
and with a million at stake he knew it would be
done thoroughly. Knowing this naturally he would
not put the money in any of those places.
Then what? He doesn't any other property,
as far as we know and we shall assume that he did
not buy property in the of some other person
therefore, what have left Obviously, If the
money is still in existence, IT IS hidden somebody 5
else property And the minute say that, we have
the whole wide world TO search. But again, doesn
the devltry and righteousness of the old man narrow
that down. Wouldn't he have liked To remember
as a diving thought that the money always Just
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31

That II, explained the scientist. as hl
the door p" SIN times four are twenty-four
add two. That's the table the bird q .r
know The thing is incOherent, except as am
To a peculiar method of remembering a uur If
That number tWentv-SiN. On one oCCa~r.
heard the bird repeat a dozen times, TWEEN <
feet 20 the polar star That could mean un. 3
except the direction OF the twentv-siN teet -
north One of the FIRST things / noticed the -i
saving something about fourteen feet to -a-
setting due west When set down WITH -r-
twentv-SiN ! could readily see that / had -e-
thing 10 go on.
But where was the starting pOInt> Again
There tree stone inside the lot. u
the apple tree which Your wOrkmen cut down
that was more than twenty-SiN feet from the -t..
ary of the lot IN all directions There was ONE rec
IN the adjoining lot. apple tree with bou e~ &C.
Its foot i knew that by observation And r.ere
was other tree, l knew also within severa. .-H-
dTed feet therefore that tree. or boulder rather.
as starting pOint-not the tree so much The
boulder, because the tree might be cut down. 1r
would IN time decay. The chances are the -t1 ne
would have been allowed 10 remain there ndetr re.I
Naturally your grandfather would measure 'rror2 g
prominent pOint-the boulder. That IS all ] gave
YOU the figures. You know the rest
For minute more, Dr. Ballard stared aJ airl
blankly How was IT YOU knew, he asked. that
the directions should have been first tweuty-slN
feet north, then fourteen feet west instead ot mist
fourteen west. and then twentv-SiN feet north
didn't know, replied The Thinking Machine
II YOU had failed 10 hnd the money by those dlrec
uonS. should merely have reversed the order.
Halt an hour later DR. Ballard went away carry
ing the money and the parrot in its cage. The bIrd
cursed The Thinking Machine rOundly, as d..
Ballard went down the steps
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a
within Your reach, and vet safely beyond
it, Wouldn't it have been keener
revenge TO have YOU dig over the whole
place while the money was hidden just
Sin feet outside IN spot where YOU
would never Dig 1t might be sixty,
or six hundred or SIX thousand But
then we have the law of probability 20
narrow those limits; So
Professor Van Dusen turned suddenly
and Strolled across the uneven ground
10 the property line Walking slowly
and scrutinizing the ground rs he went.
he Circled the lot. returning 10 the
starting point. DIR. Ballard had followed
along behind him.
Are all your grandfather belong
ngs still IN the house," asked the
scientist
Yes everything Just as he left IL
that IS except his dog and parrot.
They are temporarily in charge OF
widow down the road here .
The scientist looked at DR. Ballard So
quickly What sort OF dog is 1t he 5
inquired.
Ballard wonderingly
Do YOU happen to have a glove OF s.
something that YOU know Your grand
father Wore
Il have a glove YES
From the debris which Uttered the
floor Of the house, well worn glove
was recovered
Now the dog please" commanded
y short walk along the country road
brought them to house, and here they
stopped. The 81 Bernard, shaggy,
handsome, boisterous old chap. with
wise eyes was led out in leash The
Thinking Machine thrust the glove for
ward and the dog shifted at II After
a moment he sank down on his launches.
and with head thrust forward and up
ward, whined softly. 1t was the call of
the brute soul 10 its master.
The Thinking Machine patted the heavy co.
head and with the glove still in his hand mad
If 10 go away. Again came the whine. but the
sank down the floor, with his head between
forepaws, regarding him intenty For ten min
the scientist sought 10 coax the animal to 70
him. but still he lay motionless
Il don't mind keepin' that dog here; but
parrot Is powerful NOISY SAID the woman aft
moment She had been standing 10y watching
scientist curiously. There amt no peace in
house"
Nosy-how." asked Dr. Ballard
" He swears, and sings and whistles and
'rithmetic all day long the woman explained
nearly drives me distracted
Does arithmetic inquired The Thinking
chine.
Yes" replied the woman. and he swears
terrible Its almost like havin' a man about
house. There he goes now.
From another room came a sudden squawl
burst OF profanity, followed instantly by a win
which caused the dog on the floor to prick up
ears.
Does the parrot talk WELL" asked the scien
Just like a human bein replied the won
AN just about as sensible as some I've seen
don't mind his whStng If only he wouldn't sv
so, and do all his figgerin' out loud"
For a minute or more the scientist stood sta
down at the dog in deep thought Gradually II
came some subtle change in his expression
Ballard was watching him closely.
think perhaps it would be q good idea for
to keep the parrot for a few davs," suggested
scientist finally. He turned to the woman
what sort of arithmetic does the bird do ?"
All kinds she responded promptly He {
all the multiplication table But he am very 9
in subtraction"
Il shouldn't be surprised commented
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dog And IN the course of five Years under
these circumstances. a bird would have
come 20 that point where IL would repeat
only the words or sounds that the ID
man used
All this shows too that the old man
talked 10 himself Most people who i've
alone a great deal do that Then came
question as 10 whether at any time the
old man had ever repeated the secret OF
the hiding place within the hearing of the
bIrd-not once but many times because u
takes a parrot long time 10 learn phrases
When We know the vindictIveness Vhill
lav behind the old man 5 actions IN hiding
the money. when We know how the thing
proved on his mind, coupled with the -ae-
that he talked 10 himself, and was ue-
wholly sound mentally, we can imagine
HIM doddering about the place alone rJ-
peating the very thing of which he had
made 50 great a secret Thus the aird
learned H. but learned II disjOinted,v NOT
Connectedly; when l brought the rar-1-
here, my idea was 10 know by personal
observation what the bird said that iidD
Connect-that Is, that had no obvious
meaning, / hoped to get clue h.,h
would result. lust as the clue / did Ger lid
result
The birds tricI, of repeating tae aa.-
tiplIcatIon table means nothing ez..-- L
shows the strange workings of am 11a--
anCed mind And vet. there Is one czcep-
tion 70 tins In a disJOinted sort O.. way,
the bird knows all the multIphCatiou oles
To ten. except one For instance reu
The Thinking Machine crept s-o lsly
u a door and opened II softly few hes.
From somewhere out there cams ne
$, reechIng of the parrot For sevcr. r-
uteS they listened IN silence Ther
flood of profanity. a shrill whistle Two,
then the squawking Voice ran off r-r
monotone
SIN times one are SIN. SIX times -e
twelve, SIN times three are eightetr *
times four are twenJv-fOur-and adj
s II. explained the scientist as hc
SIN times four are twenty-four
That's the one table the bird 3D.
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plain logic of the thing told me that, before
the search YOU had made demonstrated It. Yol
saw how logic narrowed down the search, and You
saw nv experiment with the dog. That was purely
an experiment / wanted 70 see the instinct OF he
animal Would it lead him anywhere- perhaps 10
the spot where the money had been hidden: It d-d
not
But the parrot. That was another matter 1t
lust happens that once before i had Interes- (
experience with a bird-a cOckatOO which figured
in a sleep walking case-and naturally was inter-
ested in this bird Now what were the circ.rl-
stances in this casez Here was a bird that sed
exceptionally well, vet that bird had been ing
for five wears alone with an old man. 1t q act
that no matter how well a parrot may tails Il
will forget in the course Of time, unless There IS
some one around it who talks This old nan
was the only person near this bird; Therefore 5-ln
the fact that the bird talks. we know that ta I'D
talked; from the fact that the bird rene led
the multiplication table we know that the old man
repeated IL from the fact that the bird whi- les.
we know that the old man whistled. perhaps The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-14
FALSE RUMOR RUN DOWN
BY CHEF OF POLICE BUCK oAR.
RErr coNcgRNiNo Ed
BROWNS DEATH.

Ed Brown, the Ardmorc boy who
was buried In this city Saturday last.
was killed accidentally eighteen miles
north Of Abilene. Texas. by q gun in
the hands of the little four.year-old
son Of l.. $. Reed. formerly Of Ard.
more Chief of Police Buck Garrett
has just returned from Abilene. where
he went at the request of the dead
mans parents TO investigate the kill
inr because of the fact that sever.
al rumors had been started to the If.
feet that Brown had not met his
death accidentally.
Mr. Garrett stated to en- Ardmorc.
ite representative this morning that
he had thoroughly investigated the
case and found that Brown met his
death by being hit by bullet from a
% calibcr target rifle. The rifle was
in the hands of the four ycarold son
OF L. s. Reed
The information gathered by MIR.
Garrett. was To the effect that Brown
In company with Reed Reeds son and
another man were camping four miles
east of uowlcy, small town some
eighteen miles north of Abilene. ON
a hunting and fishing expedition. The
party had just returned from a hunt
and had laid the rifle on a small camp
table. The little boy climbed up on
the table and in handling gun acct
deutally discharged IT, The bullet
struck Brown in the right side of th"
body passing through the abdomen
and came out on the LEFT side. The ac
cident occurred Wednesday. August
7th Brown fingered until Thurs
day night when he died.
MIR. Garrctt's investigation of the
ease dispellcd what has been a mys-
terry 10 Browns friends and relatives
In this city