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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-30
WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT. TUESDAY JULY 30. 1907

police will not listen to you. NJ. Alfred has special discretion. It Is no affair of mine," she repeated, "but if l were monsieur would go"
 Duncombe rose slowly to his feet and, summoning waiter, paid his bill. The man produced second one, dated a few days back, for large amount.
 "What is the meaning of thisT he asked. q do not owe you anything"
 Monsieur was here with party last Thursday night" he said glibly. He promised to pay the next time. I will call the manager"
 Duncombe tore the bill in half and turned away. He bowed to the lady at the desk.
 T see that you were right" he said. q will leave"
 Monsieur Is wise," she answered, without looking up.
 He left the cafe without speaking to any one further. When he reached the pavement he slipped five franc piece into the hand of the tall commission aire.
 "You know most of the young ladies who come here, suppose?" he asked.
 "'But certainly" the man answered, with a smile Monsieur desre?'
 q want the address of a young lady named Mermillion Flossie, l think, they call her." Duncombe said.
 .'Thirty-one Rue Pigalle," the man answered promptly. But she should be here within an hour. She never misses"
 Duncombe thanked him and hailed a carriage.
 Shall I give mademoiselle any mes sage?" the man asked confidentially.
 q am going to call for her." Dun combe answered. If do not find her will return"
 To drive to the Rue Pigalle was an affair of five minutes only. Duncombe climbed couple of flights of narrow stairs, pushed open a swing gate and found himself in front of an office in which an elderly woman sat reading.
 "Can you tell me where to find Mile. Mermillion?" Duncombe asked.
 Next floor; first door on the left, v the woman answered. "Mademoisello is not often in at this hour though"
 Duncombe thanked here and climbed another flight of stairs. He had tq strike a match to look for bell or knoeker and then found neither. He knocked on the door with his knuckles There was no reply. He was on the point of departure when he noticed that the door was ajar. After moments hesitation he pushed 1t open.
 He found himself in a narrow pas sage, with dresses and other articles of apparel hanging from a row of pegs in the wall. The place was in com plete darkness. He struck another match. At the end of the passage was an inner door, also ajar. He rapped upon it and finally pushed 1t open Just then his match went out.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-30

T um pcTu sOTTB, monsieur, But tonlght
 cuery place ts tdien." Once she waved the men and girls who stood talking to her on one side. and Duncombe fancied that it was because she desired a better view of him.
 Suddenly he was startled by a voice close at hand. He looked up. The wO- man at the desk was speaking to him.
 Monsieur would be we'll advised ,- she said. If he departcl"
 Duncombe looked at her in amaze ment. She was writing rapidly in her book. and her eyes were fixed upon her work. If he had not actually heard her it would have been hard to believe that she had spoken.
 But why. madame?" he asked. "why should I goI I am in no ones way. I can pay for what I have"
 She dipped her pen in the ink.
 T know nothing of monsieur or of his business she sad. still without even glancfng toward him. but know that M. Alfred does not wish him to re main"
 The devil take M. Alfredr' Dun. cOmbe answered angTily. -I am wait ing tO sFeak tO some one who come here rezularsy. and I shall stay uati they come"
 The woman wrote steadily for a mo nent Then she plotted the page O1 which she had been writing and. rais ing her bead. looked at him
 Tt Is 10 affair of niae.' she said sbut N Alfred has sent fOr the police They nay say that y0a have hal to1 much wine or that yO1 owe mo7eT- h either case y0g will be rem5xed @a-
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o'clock he returned to the hotel on the chance that message might have been sent there. He read the English newspapers and wrote letters until midnight. Then he ordered a carriage and drove to the Cafe Montmartre.
 He mounted the stairs and passed through the little bar which led into the supper room. M. Alfred came for ward, with a low bow.
 "You can find me table, l supposeF Duncombe remarked, looking round. Where shall sit?"
 NJ. Alfred shook his head slowly. His hands were outstretched, his man. ner sad, but resigned.
 q am very sorry, monsieur, but to- night every place is taken. have had to turn others away already" he de- clared. "A thousand regrets"
 Duncombe looked at him astonished. The place was more than half empty.
 'Surely you can find me a small ta- ble somewhere" he said. T was here last evening, you know. If 1t Is be- cause I am alone I will order supper for two and magnum of wine.'
 NJ. Alfred was immovable. He re- membered Duncombe well, and he was proud of his patronage, but tonight it was impossible to offer him table. Duncombe began to be annoyed.
 "Very weH," lie said; T will stay in the bar. You can't turn me out of there, can you?'
 NJ. Alfred was evasive. He desired NJ. Duncombe to be amused, and the people who remained in the bar-well. 1t was not possible to get rid of them. but they were not fitting company for him.
 There Is the Cafe Mazarin," he add ed confidentially, "a few steps only from here, a most amusing place. The most wonderful ladies there. too-very chic and crowded every night. Mon sieur should really try it. The con- missionaire would direct him-a few yards only"
 Much obliged to you." Duncombe answered, turning on his heel. T may look in there presently"
 He seated himself at small round table and ordered a drink. The people here were of a slightly different class from those who had the entree to the supper room and were mostly crowded round the bar itself. At small desk within few feet of him middle aged woman with cold, hard face sat, with book of accounts before her and a pile of bills. There was something al- most sphinxlike about her appearance. She never spoke. Her expression never changed Once their eyes met. She look ed at him steadfastly, but said noth- ing. The girl behind the bar also took note of him. She was very tall and slim, absolutely colorless and w.sh coils of fair hair drawn tightly back fr:m her forehead. She was never without a cigarette, lighting fresh one always from its predecessor, talk ing all the while unceasingly, but. with out the slightest change of expression
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-30

0 INCOMBE laQ tle nerves ana E h temperament of the young
 Englshman of his class, whose life is mostly spent out of doors and who has been an athlete all his days. But nevertheless at that mo- ment he was afraid. Something in the stiffness of the room oppressed him. He could see nothing. hearing nothing, except the clock ticking upon the man. telplece. And yet he was afraid.
 He fumbled desperately In his pocket for his matchbox. When he had found 1t he discovered that 1t was empty. With a sense of positive relief he back ed out of the room and hastily de- scended the stairs. The old lady was still in her sitting room reading the paper. She set it down at his entrance and looked at him over the top of her spectacles.
 Pardon, madame" he said, remov- ing his hat. q find the rooms of ma demoiselle are open, but all is in dark ness. cannot make any oae hear."
 Madame took up her paper.
 "Then mademoiselle Is probably out" she declared. Tt is generally so at this hour. Monsieur can leave his name."
 But the doors aie all open," Dun combe said.
 T go presently and close them" ma dame answered. "The careless hussy"
 Duncombe produced small piece of gold. Madame laid down the paper at once. She looked at it as though ready to snatch 1t from his hand.
 Madame would obllge me very much if she would ascend with me at once.," Duncombe said. ''I should like to make quite sure whether the young lady is there or not"
 Madame was on her feet with re- markable celerity. She accepted the coin and carefully placed it in a purse drawn from somewhere among the folds of her volumlnous skirts.
 We shall need a candle" Duncombe reminded her.
 She lit lamp. talking all the while.
 Monsieur Is very generous" sine de- clared. Mile. Flossie is a charming young lady. No wonder she has many friends. Iherc was one" she continu. ed. who came here with her this aft ernOon, but he left almost at once" she added hastily. aware of her indiscre. tion. "Ah. these stairs! They grow sleeper for one so corpulent. At lastr'
 She pushed open the door and went sideways down the narrow passage Directly they had entered it they had view of the room beyond. Madame cried out, and DuncOmbe felt all his vague fears spring into a terrified ap { prehensiOn of actual evil.
 The curtain before the window had been hastily drawn. but the lamT which the portress carried was sufh cient to feebly Illuminate the room. Ths tablecIOth and a broken vase lay upot the floor. A few feet of was an over turned chair. Upon the canopied beS lay q pr0strate figure. the head throwI back at an unnatural angie. the eye open but gIazel Dunconbs dared d 10 more than cast one single hOrrifieS glance at IL Madame set down th' lamp upon the table and made the It tie room hideous with sbrieks
 Good Cod she cried. it Is the It tie one who Is deadr-
 Dunconbe himself fetched In tn sgendarI8es and waited while they tool voluninous notes Of the occurTence The murder seemed to them and | madame to be one of a very commOI class The assassin had left 10 eiev whatever behind hin The poor girf' rings had been torn from her fingers
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(To Be Continued).

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-30
CHAPTER x.

~ UNCOMBE had the nerves and N A temperament of the young . Englishman of his class, whose
 life Is mostly spent out of
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CHAPTER TX.

= DLLE. MERMILLION was not NA warmly welcomed at the v Grand hotel. The porter be-
 lieyed that Sir George Dun
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-03
SO
BROADWAY
A Timid bridegroom.

A large number of readers, includ-
ing many clergymen from all over
the country, have entered the clerical
anecdotes competition of the Church
Family Newspaper. The first prize
goes to the Rev G. Emery, rector of
Penmaer, S. o., Glamorgan, for this:
''At a village church wedding
was fixed for a certain date. The
happy morn arrived, and in due
course youthful swain and faire
ladye presented themselves at the
chancel steps.
"rhe service proceeded smoothly
as far as the question, wilt thou
have this woman to be thy welded
wife?' Whereupon the supposed
bridegroom stammered blushingly,
please, sir, I'm not the right man.
Not the right mani exclaimed the
clergyman, aghast. Then where Is
the right man?'
He's down at the bottom OF the
church. sir. He's asheeamed TO come
up"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-03
Golden Voices.


Does music pay as a protessionY
This question is one of the Oldest in
the history of art, and 1t has been
variously answered. A direct and
convincing reply to it is now fur
nished by the announcement that
Senior Caruso, the star tenor of Dl-
rector Conried's company, has just
signed a contract that binds him to
THE same service for four years longer
lat salary of 100000 francs a
year, equivalent to about 100000
four times as much as the United
States pays its president.
OF course, Carus0s are rare. Even
near Carusos are not very abundant.
Yet in these days of liberal patronage
of the musical art there are many
singers who command salaries OF
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
There are a great many more who
get from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
The managers are constantly on the
watch for exceptional voices, and the
chorus girl who can sing better than
her sisters is fairly sure of chance
to step upward on the ladder.
However. the question of music as
paying occupation is not confined
to the stage limits Those who have
prejudice against dramatic vocalism
as calling and are possessed of we'll
trained vocal organs can usually find
opportunities In other lines. The con-
cert field is wide and the churches
are more liberal than ever in their
compensation of professional choris-
tiers.
But it is only the best singers that
get the high pay. Only the best wins
out anyway. in the long run, what
ever the line of work. And in the
realm Of vocal music it is always to
be remembered that the days of 3
singer are not limitless. Caruso will
not indefinitely command his princels
salary Of 100000 year. In few
seasons, perhaps. we shall be hearing
less of him, and maybe in a decade
he will be teaching instead of de
lighting great audiences with thu
songs that now cost his employers
hundreds of dollars Wash
ington Star
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-03
REV. B. RUDOLPH
ANSWERS SUMMONS
Popular Cumberland Minister
Dies Suddenly
Had Charge of -Four Growing Church
es in This and Adjoining
Counties.
THE BURIAL THIS MORNING

The Rev. Elmus Rudolph, 80 years
old. one of the most prominent Cum
berland Presbyterian ministers in this
section, died Sunday morning about
6 O'Clock at his home on the Cairo
road, after an Illness of only a few
days of malarial fever. He was strick-
en- less than a week ago and Satur-
day had a physician, but was not
thought to be seriously i'll. Towards
night he grew worse, and early Sun
day morning the physician was called
again. He never rallied, passing away
shortly after o'clock.
He was born near Oakland, Ballard
county, and was ordained minister
soon after attaining his majority. He
worked in this and adjoining coun-
tiles, and at the time of death was
pastor of four churches as follows:
Highland, this county; Smyrna,
Graves county; Province, Marshall
county, and New Hope. this county
He leaves father, Mr.. Jordon Ru-
dolph, and mother at Oakland; a
wife and child, three sisters and one
brother. The latter, Mr.. Ben Ru-
dolph, of Oakland, and Mrs. ID. w.
Fooks, of this city, wife of the we'll
known minister; Mrs. Terrell ID.
Fooks, wife of the manager of the
Fooks-Acree Lumber company, Of the
city. and Mrs. Leona Orr, of Fulton.
The funeral was held at IL O'Clock
this morning at Oakland. The burial
will be in the family cemetery.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-03

Read not to contradict and con
flute, nor to believe and take. for
granted, nor to find talk and dis
course, but TO weigh and consider"
IL you have been reading these
little chats on Osteopathy, ! trust
you have weighed and considered
them. If you are among the ailing
you should have investigated
have had just any number of
Paducah people you know to inves-
tigate Osteopathy, investigate by
taking the treatment, and should
like to refer you to any one of them
for testimony Of what 1t has done
for them. / have very successfully
treated chronic cases OF rheumatism,
asthma, eczema, liver and bowel and
stomach troubles, nervousness, lum-
bago, neuralgia and headaches and
general debility. In all these all
ments the Osteopathic is tho most RAJ
tional treatment known to science
today.
There is nothing occult about the
treatment It is merely a drugless
system Of medicine seeking in the
human body, structural normality Of
its parts upon which their vitality
and proper functioning depend. It
does this by scientific manipulation,
recognizing and using diet, air, wa
ter and exercise and other hygienic
measures.
Its results are quick and sure and
never attended by the illness that
usually accompanies the use Of
drugs. should like to talk to you at
any time about Your illness. II you
ARE III My Office hours are from 3 70
az and 1880 to 5 p. m. Phone 1907,
lonice SIC Broadwax. upstairs, DR.. G.
lB. Froage.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-03
THE SPENDTHRIFT is A
BENEFACTOR.

This beautiful and worthy senti-
ment was culled at random from wis
dom's own flower garden, sown in the
editorial column Of local newspa-
per. Cut from the stalk and stripped
of the leaves of reaspning, this fair,
white blossom OF living truth loses
half its beauty. Every professional
gambler and bawdy house keeper in
Pajucah will subscribe TO the conclu-
sion and approve the argument of
the following:
"Munsey's Magazine las contrib
utor who attempts to startle the
world with the statement tina it
spends yearly $4,0OO.O0Ol for base
fall sport. Well, what if it Goes? Don't
the ball players have to live and
haven't the people who paA for the
'fiddling' a right to dance? Such sta
tistical statements are interesting so
far as they show what the people do
with their money and what the ball
players get for their 'stunts' but
when made to persuade the public
that it is a waste of any kind then it
becomes foolish, to say the least.
Money was made to spend and those
who have II must and will spend II;
they must that it can be kept in eit-
culation and answer the purpose Tor
which it was made. and they will be-
cause it is a right which is theirs.
Statistics are objectionable at best
but when secured and given out with
the aim to convince any part of the
people that they are foolishl spend
ing their money and should cease do
ing so, then they are calculated to Of
fend. Let the people spend their
money for what suits them best, SO
long as they harm no one in doing
so, for then they do much more good
than If they should hoard it up. A
miser is criminal; a spendthrift is
benefactor."
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-03
GRAVES COUNTY.


About 40 feet of the north wall
of the wholesale house of Covington
Bros, on North seventh street, fell.
The parties building the new house.
at the side of the building. had dug
the ditr underneath the wall prepar-
atory to putting in a more substan-
tial base, and had left It, After a
heavy rain the wall gave way and
fell directly north. 1t left about 40
meet of the wholesale house exposed
Reports are coming in of more
plant beds being robbed. Mr.. Ar
Ibucle, of near Pryorsburg, was ready
to go to setting his plants Thursday
morning and when he went after
them, found some one else had been
a little earlies. He thinks he knows
who it was.
Mr.. Sloyis, of Pennington, found
that his plant beds had been sowed
in clover and as soon as 1t came up,
he bad to pick it out Mr.. Dowdy,
living northwest of Maytield, had his
bed sailed, which destroyed his
plants.
Mrs. A. M. Seay died at the home
of her father, j. II. Weaks, in Win
go, Saturday morning at 4 80 o'clock.
She was a member OF the Cumberland
Presbyterian church and a popular
teacher, having taught several schools
in the county, the last one in the
Bracey district, in 1904 She was
born August goth, 1877, making her
twenty-nine years, nine months and
ten days old. She was grand
daughter of the Rev. j. G. Webb and
a niece of j T., w. b. and FINS
Webb
The residence of the Rev. Barrett,
pastor of the Colored Presbyterian
church, was destroyed by fire Satur-
day night, while he was in Owens
boro. The loss was $1,000; insurance
$500.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-03
sTRArEGY on THE CAMPAIGN.

OlhAl FL VI ftE IAN ALUM
Ability to rightly estimate inciden-
tai results and comprehend the de-
tails of general campaign marks
the difference between a great mill
tary leader and an ordinary soldier.
The latter sometimes magnifies the
Importance of a minor victory, or
fails to appreciate at all an essential
advantage. The former is satisfied
with consistent results, but never
contented with a mere incidental vic
tory
Strategic position means much In
a campaign, and here the difference
in ability again asserts itself. Mere
temporary advantage, unrelated to
the ultimate objects OF the campaign,
some times result in a diversion that
defeats the very purpose of the move
ment
Higher ground is always an advan-
tage, and when a leader allows him
self to be decoyed from his position
he Is playing into the enemy's hands.
In politics and the other phases of
civil life the same rules apply that
apply in warfare. 1t is the man, who
takes the higher ground that wins In
the end The campaigner. who Is
right need not go out to meet the
enemy The strategy Of his position
is to intrench and fortify. He is the
defending party. The one who as
sumes the morally wrong position is
the aggressor.
Any movement on the part of the
defense to come down from his high
position to seek some temporary adj
vantage, to gain the votes of this ell
ement or that, to placate this party
or that, TO harmonic interests that
have no business obtruding in mat
ters that concern the whole people, Is
contrary to the cart of War"
It Is that position, which the Re
publican party of Paducah now oc-
cupies with relation to municipal af-
fairs. Casting about for a candidate
the party must shake off petty IDEAS
that creep into the consideration of
petty matters.
There is a great policy of abstract
right to be fought for. BY the course
of events the Republican party has
been placed in the position of de-
Tending it. The battle must be fought
on higher grounds If it Is to be won.
The Democrats are devoting all their
efforts TO harmonizing factions. trust
ing in the advantage a poll OF the
city gives them to win.
The Republicans must assume
such position that they will not
lose a vote of their own. while gain
ing al that desert the opposition.
Mere personal popularity OF the
candidate, of the handshaking, back;
slapping variety will not meet the
need Temporizing with various ex-
tremists and radical elements, will
serve to repel as many as 1t wins.
A candidate must be chosen. whose
record is free from reproach; whose
personal and property interests are
such as to assure all citizens that he
Will do nothing 70 the detrimeut OF
the commercial development Of the
city: whose reputation IS such as to
insure the exact enforcement Of the
laws, and an unyielding attitude to-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-03
LIFE TENURE FOR FEDERAL
ITTnGEC

LIFE TENURE FOR FEDERAL
JUDGES.
Upon retiring from the bench
Judge Wallace. of the United States
circuit court in New York made a
speech at a banquet in his honor In
which he deplored the radical tenden-
cies of the times and earnestly COM
bated the suggestion that the life
tenure of federal judges should be
abrogated and that they should be
made elective instead of appointive
officers. He declared that the plan,
If adopted, would be blow at the
judiciary and that II was provoked
among other things by 1.-THE courage
of these judges in restraining the
lawless acts of trade unions"
He is thoroughly sound on the
question of the tenure of office. For
popular government is in need at all
times of a restraining force such as
is afforded in this country by the
federal bench. Though the judicial
checks are irritating, though thex
are sometimes exercised inexcusably
and clearly favor private as against
public interests, these are but the
possible flaws I'm a system that is far
preferable to the proposed substi-
tute.
II is to be hoped that they will
always be thus independent. and
that to this end they may enjoy the
protection that a life tenure gives.
SO much is desirable as a preventive
of the tyranny of the mob and a
kind of revolutionary chaos. At the
same time It is desirable also. that
judges should be broad-minded men
with warm, popular sympathies. It
should be recognized that there Is a
great difference between keeping a
mob in subsection and thwarting sal
utary reform movements. And fort
unately the federal bench is not
lacking in the right kind of men.
Some of the recent decisions of the
United States supreme court have
been great helps to political progress.
They have set forth the principles
that should prevail in a democracy
far more convincingly than the most
imprisoned speeches of campaign
orators.-Chicago Record-Herald.