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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07
I ais, You | ,ose
BY JAMES HARRINGTON

shine. and fell With a musical tinkle.
You win, Digby!' cried Carson, a flush
mounting into his cheeks. Now you
twist her."
Digby did so. ''I'll take turn Mt
tails--iust for luck said Carson, And
the coin turned tails up.
Last time. Dig" said Carson. set-
ting the coin n-Whlrling once again.
ooh. stick to tails said Digby--
never like to hedge. you know" And
the coin turned date Zip.
"All right .Dlgby--good- by, and bad
luck to you" said Carson, wheeling
around.
With smile playing oddly about
his lips when his broad back was
turned. Digby solenmly marched upon
the house.
Meanwhile a pair OF blue eyes haA
been watching the young mon from
window, and pair OF red lips had
heen dimpling into smiles. and fair
brow wrinkling into puzzled little
| frowns. Harry and Dick, and to-
ecther---" ran the musings In the nut
brown head: and to-day when
| thought them far away. What does
| 1t meanY' Her heart--helped by sun
dry recollections of things said by
10th young men. and Of glances given
by hoth--soon whispered a reason for
| their appearance. F>xcitedly ringing
the hell for her maid. she flew to her
toilet table.
Dick Carson marched rapidly and
gloomily to corner saloon for n
bracer. AS he entered the place. he
heard a man say: See? leaves 1t to
Mike. here, IL ain't right, heh, Mike?
You take a silver coin and twill 1t
| like that on its edge: and nine times
ont OF tensit Will fall tails up. Sure;
! I've spun II dozen times here A
| "a III to ch a.
hand. Excuse me-" he said: but +
am more than interested. Here bar
| Keeper, a drink for this gentleman
What Is the reason for this behavior
on the part of tho coinY
why, you see---nixed ale FOR me.
Miks--on one side of tho coin there Is
/ this here head, with more weight in
1t than is one the other side. When
| you twirl 1t, why she falls heads
down. See?"
II certainly do. Where ia your tele-
! khone?" cried Dick Carson to the bar
keeper. And he made dash for tho
machine.
The telephone bell rang in the Car
rollton house Just as Daisy Carrollton
/. ran downstairs. and she went to the
| instrument. Just about that moment.
IDighy was waiting IN the RECEPTION
4 room.
"Helloy Is this tho carrollton
! house?"
81" 1t is--why. Richard Carson!
thought you were coming up the
drive
II was in too much OF hurry" said
l,Carson's voice. ''Daisy--answer me
this question--the most serious thing
i ever said In my life. Answer me
quick! Will you marry me. dear?''
4 There was n pause OF half a minute.
Then came the answer: Yes. Dick"
said Daisy.
I "Hurrah"' bawied Carson's voice.
making Miss Daisy's ears tingle again.
d When Harry Digby gets to the house
i Just tell him that tails don't win,
+ after all--wtll you. daring?"
Il Why, OF course!t 5cried Daisy. Here
i is Mr.. Dlgby now
Mr.. Digby stood In the hall listening
Hin" said he. TT seems case
OF tails Carson wins--heads or tails,
/ Lose. Sorry. Miss Carrollton, but I
z must be returning to town immedi-
h ately."
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doing my best with my violin; think
that nothing In this life creates
stronger love Of man FOR man than
such musical association.
AS I took a place in the crowd that
pressed behind tM policeman, my eye
happened to rest on Alfred Ustedine.
He was rubbing his hands together
and muttering; Time calculation! A
bulIs-eye! A bull's-eye! A bull's-eye!"
of Joy. cunning and deviltry.
Ills mother took him by the hand
and led him from the room just as a
sprang through the doorway, threw
the crowd this way and that, and
Dounced upon the corpse OF my dead
friend.
"Pounced' Is the only word to use
in describing any act of Captain
Junrez Loisa. Of the Chihuahua police.
Murder" he.said, pointing to raw
| edged bullet-hole In the old mans left
| side. you people clear out The Of
ticer and Will attend to matters here"
But as was going, his eye fell on
mo and he exclaimed: stop, Senior
Doctors! You VIII completely examine
to the mayor morrow and then,
/ as ! took off my coat to make what
superfical examination 7 could, Juarez
| darted from the house into the street.
Promptly at s O'Clock the next NOM
! ing CAPTAIN Juarez Loisa entered my
office. lie seated himself quietly.
II have the murderers, and merely
call for your report on the autopsy"
he began, yawning and stretching
1 himself. ~
"liot the murderels, Whotare 4they?'
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but not my soul-mate. You-you only
can sit enshrined there
Really" said a third voice. strange
and full Of malicious amusement:
"Aileen" it went on, what am in
terrupting?-One Of your usual soul
tragedies, or private theatricals."
why, Dick Harding! You blessed
old bear! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. --how
ever. did you happen to Gomez" Aileen
cried. rushing at the tall newcomer
and flinging herself upon his breast.
He put her away almost cavalier'y.
and said, holding her at arms length
and shaking his head: IT give you up!
Clearly you are incorrigible. Didn't
you promise me MOTT think of flirt-
ing--to give your, whole mind and
strength to getting well? Yet I find
Eou-flirting with--this." His eyes
measuring Falkner with amused con-
tempt. IL you he'd to do it, wasn't
there at least man anywhere around?
He looks like the usual pinchback
genius; surely you've had enough OF
them?"
Don't snarl so. old bearw Alean
said saucily. smiling up at him and
making to nestle to him. This time
he did not repulse her. Falkner stood
staring at them, his eyes narrowing
till they were but points of flame
He was tall. but SO slight 1t seemed
madness to measure himself against
the burly bgness OF this Insulting
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The Social Secretary.

Long ago it was found desirable to
place the work of factory Improvement
in the hands Of salared official called
the social secretary This person, man
where girls are IN question, serves as
where girls are inquestion. serves as
a point Of contact between the firm and
the workers, supervising what may
be called the domestic department of
factory life to see that abuses which
arise because of carelessness or other
causes arc corrected; that the man or
woman has every chance for doing
work in such a way as to deserve adj
Vancement and to see that 1t comes;
to protect the firm from the wasteful-
ness Of keeping on the payroll those
| who fail to give a days work for a
| days pay, in some cases adjusting sala-
| rifs according to capacity. Not In
4 the least in the nature of spy, the
! social secretary is concerned purely
with the business OF insurng fair play
for both sides. more particularly from
the employees viewpoint.
Firms which employ such a person
4 md the social secretary worth every
cent of tho good salary commanded
4 The Reader
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have been heaven, perhaps. knows, II
Evy had not CHANGED to come sud-
denly to her sweetheart's rescue.
Donald Falkner Behave your
self! Let go that mani" she command
ed. with stamp OF her sturdy foot.
VIII you never learn to curb your
temper? Loose that strange hold.
saY Don't you see! he's getting black
In tho face?"
Half breath Falkner kept his
deadly clinch, then slowly. loathly,
his fingers unlocked themselves slow
", loathly, he reeled backward from
Harding, and fell prone and senseless
at Evy's feet. She knelt and barred
his throat. saying with dry lips: Wa
ter! Bring water!" Then as Aileen
few to obey her, without raising eyes
or voice to Harding: II had to send
for you; you see you were Just II;
time. Take Aileen away with YOU
take her as your wife. They havo not
loved each other-not really-but af-
ter this
Aileen came back there. Evy bent
over Falkner dashing cool drops In
his face. He opened his eyes. and
looked past her to Aileen. Aileen
turned away her face. and ran to Hard
ings side. Being n woman she was
also contradiction. Until now Falk-
ner had seemed to her a Jest OF Fate.
a poor one, yet she walked away from
him feeling that II she let herself
! she could love him passing we'll.
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1t was one day In June. during the
siesta. when from IL to $3.50 o'clock
all shops close, that there came n
knock on the door. In response to my
Come in" SiGnora Ustedine, fine
lGokin s. woman Of middle-ege, entered,
holding by the hand young man OF
perhaps twenty-five years,
My call" said the lady, when she
had INTRODUCED herself and taken the
chair offered SIS for both social and
professional assistance. My boy
and here she turned loving eyes upon
the fat, high shouldered, six feet of
masculinity beside her--"my boy Is I'M
fortunate mentally. and 1t is one of
Ills peculiarities that he cannot en-
dure music long continued"
You are In the habit of playing
your violin at your window during our
siesta. and 1t annoys him greatly" She
continued,
"Abomiable! Abominible! Abomlna.
t'ble!" broke in the boy"
y feel that ! am somewhat imperti-
nent in making the request" resumed
! Mrs us.cdine, with smile that would
make any old bachelor doctor OF nfty
break his fiddle, hut / know that you
as physician, win understand"
II appreciate the situation" / re,
Piled, with considerable dignity. "ant
VIII see to 1t that there Is no furthe,
annoyance of the kind
Thank you." she said, with anothe,
HahRelic smile. Hle second and mali
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stranger Yet lie did not hesitate.
Straight at him he went, with the leap
Of a panther, the Iclinch OF a wildcat.
Harding had not even put up MS
lhnnds--this weaklng was equally be-
meath a woman's fooling and n mans
blow. or course he could stop him
catch him. shake him, II he would,
crush him. as dog shook and crushed
a cornered rat. Still he did not want
to hurt himA It was I'LL really, no
doubt, Aileen's fault. Wheeling half
about. he met the onset with a low
cred lunging shoulder, and was In
stantly sorry. Falkner's hands locked
themselves about his throat. Fnlkner
himself tugged and strained Mt tho
great bulk so hercely, SO mady, the
two Of them swaycd heavily and were
on the point Of falling to the floor.
Aileen stood supine--her hands over
her eyes, low wordless cries dribbling
over her lips. What tho event might
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07

George Rote and his half-bread
Yaqui. lean, across the way
why, mani cried ITS impossible!
Old Henkel was shot from above.
Rote. living on the ground floor OPP
positei him. could not have shot him
as he was shot. without going on the
house-top. and no one would have been
fool enough to do that"
Listen, Senior Doctor. Rote. as
every one In the street knows, was in
love with the old mans daughter.
Rote and the old man often quarreled."
but that doesn't prove that Rote
would do murder" I broke In.
amelia told me yesterday" he re-
sumed with a glitter in his eyes. that
the men had a bitter quarrel the seye-f
ming before. Henkel drove Rote out
with the threat that another should
marry Amelia within thirty days. and
Rotes parting words were that there
would be corpse in Gale de Tam
@pico before the wedding. Isn't there
the motive? It's enough for us IN
Mexico. anyway"
'Rote must have some explanation"
was all I could stamnler forth. for !
knew that O man once arrested must,
in Mexico. prove his innocence.
It is one OF my accomplishments to
be able to play and think at the same
time. and,ras ! sat In my window saw
ing away at the "Primero Beso," my.
mind was turning over the events OF
the past tWenty-four hours. Only the
day before the beautiful Sonora Uste-
dine had been in that very room. From
where sat / could see her fine house
on the opposite side of the street
She was a widow. beautiful. rich and
| still young. My bachelor life, full Of
professional duties though 1t was. was
devoid of much in the matter of COM
partnership and home attractions. Even
| the association with the old fute-play-
err Henkel, was at an end. and be-
| gan to speculate on home OF my
own. with Sonora Ustedine presiding
over At, for she had attracted me
strangely and strongly.
AS sat there turning out waltZes
and images of home with the hand
some widow as Its goddess, 1t sudden
lya occurred to me that was breaking
my promlsetthe very first day
7 arose hurrled!y, ASH did so, there
| came gunshot In the street There
| was sharp click as bullet tore
through the back OF the chair in which
| I had been sitting. looked down the
were standing In their doorway, but
| from a third-story window OF their
| residence smoke cloud was floating
away in the sunlight.
| mice calculation A bull's-eye! a
hulls-eye!H was ringing In my earE
as walked rapidly across to the Uste-
1 dimes. i,
Sonora" I exclaimed, IT have been
shot at from the third floor room of
4 your house, and there's no doubt but
/ poor Henkel was killed by the vii
lain now In tina. room. demand in-
stSnt admission"
= Il q i 4 : \
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Encouraging Neatucx..

The movement of the City Improve
n,ent Society in its offer to the young
people OF the schools toward neatness
about the schoo! grounds is one in
every way commendable. The incentive
that is thus held out to the young
people toward a better care of tho
surrounding territory OF the school
buildings will do much to prevent that
carelessness which Is proverbinl with
children, and from which thoughtless-
ness they can be turned by some such
inducement as that SO generously pro-
yided by the Improvement society
Newburyport News.
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t5..4 n It y a E RI
slipped fromyhis sent and .knelt be-
s SD his enchantress, murmurinG,
remptress! Do you know what yoti
are doing ~
Aileen shivered prettil$--it was n
rent zen that had cost her some practice.
nm-liying," she breathed rather
than spoke, looking at him through
half shut lids. 1T seems like n
dream, SHE went on, very low.
EVERYTHING before this-I, myself.
most of all a dream
My dream flies forward; it Is "a
dream of--us two" Falkner cried
softly, making to draw her to his
breast. She cludcd him deity, sprang
up, md darted to the other side of
the room, saying in voice of mild
reproof: You are forgetting your
sef---and Evy"
20! that I could forget Evy!" Falk-
ner Eroaned. "She Is MS good as gold
"a million times too good for me
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Gu, ..,.,.
s'e W itsu wii.e VIZ. in .a nhtion'
~ .'a upo .,,, ny poinainS ~ nc sinohe
go. 'iis tia
~ iuuoW. paue ~. 1n IT,, huuinR l,iat
ste1e vas ~ pne ~ t'ie mousse nave her
son anu hetsei
sprang up the stairway. Alfred
muttering: Calculation missed! Calcu-
lation missed" again and again.
Arriving at the third floor, / pushed
open door that led to the front
room.
80 ,;.+a.aa -.
,,ItL 49, q , s la 1,.e - $3.50 ~.
WI puun hi.u .ius. opoat pei,clisa
tu e,at' ,, an 'its nor Ilsels
,',aoh,nar, : start ,a ill., a..
aI,ar otn,e.i a,.,ar roau ispa.r
s"haa,s c,rnnia . NC ,3,irss too1a nv ~,
50 ., We .oois, ms
~ M - :,
EEL 1retagina ,h soio,,ad a',oaI.
bIs dan na IA M,u tiose ~
tha 9rnnt ,vindnw
tlte ifont "iiiuo~.
close TO the window was as diaboli-
cal contrlVance as mans skin coulds
well invent. And Alfred explained It's
operation 70 me with pride. and with
much repeut'on or terms and pro-
cesses.
In tho l'! curtain Of the window he had
cut q small circular hole Upon
wooden stand rising about three feet
from tne moor he mad fastened one or
Old rllles plcked up by his father. The
gun. muzzle- loader, was one OF those
when required a percussion cap about
as Dig as q kernel or corn But Alfred
| aidnt need the cap. He merely load
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years' practice as the
only English-s speaking physi-
clan in a Mexican town had
Il made me familiar with the pri-
vate lives OF most Of Its deni-
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The Advantages OF Renaing.

beg pardon, sir" said the weary
hobo as he stood at the farmhouse door,
but might ! sleep in your barn to-
nlghf haven't had roof over my
mead for ten days
congratulate YOU" spid the kindly
farmer. THAT Is a splendid thing, !
nave Just read in one Of my ten-cent
magazines that 1t ls not too much to
say mat to the delicate, highly strung,
sasllg knocked-up individual the ad
Sah'ases or sleeping in the oren air
are enormous. Pallid cheeks take on a
ruddy hue, colds are unknown nerves
arc forgotten, and irritability becomes
a phase OF the past, small plot
and a little perseverance are tho only
necessarles, and the result Is assured
iou are very welcome TO the use oI
my potato-patch, and my sky is a,
your disposal Judge
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However, where Il takos more than about
20 much rnuok-raking to bring the cGod.
me beautiful ana the true TO the surface,
ourselves with The goody-goody the prettv
ana ne conventional, and 10 the genera,
theke aasWer quito as wol--Puck.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07

IN Eden sin was yet without namc,
And man, thrice happy smiled--till
woman came" AZ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07

They were Sllent some time.
'~rhen you don't think you no-ways
could this nornin'?' sias moved Off
slowly. And MAYER a turn. turned he
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-02
RESULT OF LyN(nING SIX TRAINntN kIllfD
I've freilAi Ifsias (se6el ke~ f9t
VWtA Win fsta &eSsifS.

Fort Worth. Texas. April -~ tBe-
cause Of the failure to secure train
orders northbound cattle train
carrying thirty cars eoilided with
a sonthbound freight train. The tao
trains came together about 10
O'Clock yesterday morning IN sag
between TWO cuts seven miles south
OF this eity. Both were going down
grade at the rate OF 40 miles an
hour
Six men were burned TO death. .
cars Of cattle took fire. over 500
head burning.
Fire also broke out in the south
bonnd train. which was carrying
merchandise and eight cars were
burned
The dead:
Engineer Wooden and Fireman
Hines OF the southbound train.
Engineer Caldwell and Fireman
NJ. Selvage, Mendotta, Ill.
w. J. Callahan. Denison, Texas.
The southbound train had until
o clock to make Bedford. The oper-
ator Is said to nave cleared the
northbound train. according to the
statement OF the conductor.
The place where the wreck occur
red was in a deep cut, Both were
going 40 miles an hour down grade,
and the impact of the meeting utter
ly demolished both engines,
1t is not known whether either
crew had time to jump, but all SIX
men were buried under the debris.
One man, just which, 1t was I'M
possible to determine because OF the
roar of the fire at the time, was still
alive when the relief train from the
city reached the scene thirty minutes
later.
| 1t was impossible to dig into the
wreckage and the workers were
compelled to stand by. hearing the
agonized screams of the man burn
ing to death.
The conductor and rear brakeman
we're unhurt. and rushed to IN
ifront OF the train innmeAinteiy foi
llowtng the collision. Two boys rit
T'fing on the trains were also unnur
These tried to do what was QQsSihi,
Tna enGtne3f of - NJ
ltrain burned to death IN full view
!. the party. He was dead when the r
lief train arrived.
1t is thought all bodies we
burned, as the fire destroyed II
wreckage.
A few cattle escaped, runnfn
across the prairies.
The loss to the company will ru
into the thousands.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-02
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
Ison Lamb Arraigned for Trial in
District Court This Morning.

Isom Lamb was arraigned IN the
district court this morning for trial
on a charge of robbery. The offense
is alleged to have been committed
near Avalon on or about October Is,
1906 The prosecuting witness in
the case is Melvin Lang, a negro.
who claims to have been relieved OF
the sum of sl3.
The circumstances connected with
the alleged robbery attracted con
siderable interest at the time. In
the afternoon of the day the oitonso
is claimed 20 have been committed
a telephone message WAS received
from Avalon. stating thar TWO OF
three negroes had attempted To as
sault Lamb Officers went 20 the
scene of the trouble and placed the
negroes under arrest After the
blacks were brought 90 Jail they
stated that Lamb robbed them while
they were engaged iu 70 game Win
him Al paFtler were Indicted Tor
gaining. carrying arms. assault tu
murder and rohbcry rhr negroes
arr tn br tried az THIS term of oouf'
ou charges 90 assault tu murder.
The case uf Gus Barton. roloFesi.
a ho stands Indicted fof murder Viii
ae ralled foF trial iomefrow spa
egal yenife ~ sixts men hae beer
summoned from which f0 seleci
fnfv
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-02
DEPOSITORY SELECTED.
Citizens National Bank Custodian OF
the County's Fund.

At a special meeting Monday OF
the county commissioners the mat
ter of selecting a bank for a county
depository was up for consideration.
The bid of the Citizens National
Bank of Waxahachie, which was 2
per cent. was accepted by the com
missioners and that institution des-
ignated as the custodian of the coun-
tvs funds. This bank has been the
county depository for the past TWO
years,
Six Ellis county courthouse
bonds. which were paid OIL ana can
celled some time ago, were produced
in open court and burned.
The county treasurer was author
lied to pay the interest on all out
standing bonds
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-02
-FOUR YEARS IN REFORMATORi
Robert Ross Pleads Guilty in Two
Cases OF Burglary

Robert Ross, white boy, aged
fourteen years. appeared in the dis
trict court yesterday afternoon ana
entered pleas of guilty in two cases
Of burglary. He was given two years
in each case in the state reformatory
1T Gatesville There were three cases
pending against the defendant, but
when he signified his intention OF
pleading guilty To two of the charg-
es the other was dismissed. The two
cases on which the county attorney
elected TO try the defendant We're
for breaking into Jolesch 4 Chas-
ka's store and burglari1ing the Of
ice OF the Waxahaohie Graiu COM
pany From the former ne look
aboui 81 90 from the cash drawer
and from the latter two pairs ot
shoe were stolen. The office of 'he
grain company was hurglarizcd IN"
night the mattress factory ana
warehouse were burned
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-02
TEXAS FIVW MILLION CLUB
Enthusiastic Meeting to BE Held at
san Antonio April rs.

When the battle call of the Texas
Five Million club is sounded in San
Antonio on the 10th day of April,
es will decide the best means by
which the interests of the state may
be promoted through this organiza-
tion and the active campaign now
under way will be pushed all the
harder to its successful conclusion.
IL has always been the public poll
cy of the state to encourage immi-
grafton. even from the earliest days
when this was accomplished by the
giving of land grants. and later,
when Texas became power in IT.
self. these inducements were con
tinuod. and settlers were given
homes within its domains.
The San Antonio meeting will be
an enthusiasts one. for already re-
sponses go the requests 60 be pres
eut are coming In in "a gratifying
WAY The steps 10 promote the wei
fare of the state will bc taken sys-
t.matically and effectively the ac-
tive campaign nov being waged be
inE fovcruuner of the largest iu-
dustrial movement iu the history OF
the state
onc Of the most Important topics
to bc discussed at tnr meeting will
IL. that II the Diamoad Jubilee for
1911. on the seyeuf,-flfth anmyrr
sary uf Texas Independence. Thlf
wiu t.s commemorative ~ the m~n.
Who. whh their swords. achieved
the imsleps aaepre of Texas tiul uot
aul, will BE- celebrate ihe deeds "f
our forefathsrn. hat thos. ~ thn
magnificent prs~eu' 'he yoriinhif.
prosperous happ9 uuN
Ou fhs rpwutue nf thv san NufHH.
.o moetlmg Ieint banquet siii lv
hsfA eith fhe usus spagcrmi 60 IRE
static shen ihs proifrt win - 'niA-
"a aeuut snd fassi.d amd sseeff
ioln Offered f1r iis senerai better
arnl