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Cronkite set a chair opposite his own
in such wise az to expose any one occupy
ing it to the full light Of the lamp Then
he waited with the patience Of ono who
knows until the rap on the door came and
the Rev. Horace Blythe entered on neigh
borly duties intent,
Thought you might feelstranFc The FIRST
| night here" the young clergyman began.
"and perhaps be glad 70 have a little chat.
Miss Haworth tells me that you have come
TO Knevals to recuperate from oycrwork
There il a restful charm about the place
which / hope may hold you as it holds me,
Mr.. Kuhl."
"You are very good" returned tho de-
tective, warming despite experience to-
ward the frank, almost boyish face which
showed such single good will; but from
what that pretty girl next to me at the
table said this charm doesn't seem binding
in your case
aOh, you mean Evelyn Wharton?' cried
the clergyman, his expression explaining
before his word. -She is 40 ambitious
for me. lou will understand when ] tell
you we are affianced.
sAs for myself. ! know little about the
matter. | preached twice in the city, and
/ hear the church NAV call me. Personally
/ should prefer staying here; but | don't
know. Who can say what Benedick may
dor
The talk then drifted naturally first 10
the many beautles Of the little village Of
Knevals and then to tho many eyoellences
of Miss Haworth's boarding house, In
his graphic way Mr.. Blythe described the
yariou inmates. the schoolWasse", the
superintendent Of the mills and his wife.
the Two young fellows running n survey
across the country and Eysiyu's mother
bedndden in their pretty rooms on the
floor below,
IL was all very domestic and even .dyllic.
but the detective smiled grim!v when the
visit ended, realizing that the results q il
were mainly negative, Each md every
person in the house he had ALREADY sub
jscted TO the test Of his trained observation
with one exception, and NOT M" ~ them
deserved even passing consideration o.
the possible author Of the anonymous
letter to the Judge and the forged leitens
TO the church trustees,
Miss Haworth was a worthy type Of her
class. shrewd, capable, absorbed and
overburdened with household carcS. Tho
schoolmaster was an absent minded old
bachelor The superintendent and his
Utte were newly married and luxurious,
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The young surveyors worked hard by
day aud dissipated mildly al night.
Evelyn Wharton was a sweet young
girl, as Transparent as she was pretty,
enthusiastic truly over her lovers adj
vanCamput but too artlessly convinced
4 his prcemlnent and manifest greatn SO
and goodness 10 make even the most lau1-
able attempt to promote II. The young
clergyman himself at first glance had
seemadIf not hop, ful at least potential
that was why CTonkite had taCitly invited
his friendly Offices, but the faintest sus-
piciun Of duplicity on his part had gone
out Of the door before he had.
Who then remained? Why, Evelyn's bed
ridden mother, Mrs. Wharton, down on the
next floor.
Il was really an application Of the doc
trine Of elimination and the. detective knew
il. Kneva,s was a manufacturing village;
it's inhabitants, except those in the Haworth
hous,, we're mill hands.
The boarding house was a cuI-ue-saU
from which no possibility could escape
except by his will. II was a grab bag con-
tanning one prize, and since all the chances
but one had proved 20 be blanks the re-
naming chance must be the prize.
A sorry prize, thought Cronkite as he
composed himself TO sleep. Likely enough
the old woman, narrowed, embittered and
twisted hy confinement. had conceived
the precious plan Of helping her prospec-
tive spn-in-law through dlscrediting the
clergyman whom she wished him 70 sue
Good.
Such an existence led to many mental
anomalies. Of which anonymous letter
wiring might well be the one most readily
acquired. Given the habit the present
application Of it followed "a a matter Of
y.,,va, ntnf vuhaV "a lama and tmnpfnnf
conclusion 10 his yaunted mystery
The next morning on his way to break
fast CrOnkite saw a maid descending ahead
Of him take from her tray a letter and lay
it on the hall stand. A soon as she was
ont Of sight he caught up this letter and
after a swift glance hurried with II back
10 his room. for along the V of its back.
stuck in the dried mucilage here and there.
were shreds from a gray blotter,
He deity inserted the narrow end Of a
tapering penholder under the flap in the top
left hand corner Of the envelope, pressed
with address downward on the table, and
with a screwlike action on that side aud then
on the other raised without tearing the
gummed edge. Inside was a sealed envel-
p addressed 10 the chief Of police Of the
city whence he came. As deity, as rapidly,
he treated this similarly, The letter inside
read as follows:
Search Scotland Yard records Of eighteen
years ago for case Of Cuthbert Downes, II
you want the reward, accuse the Rev Dr..
Eliphalet Wyckof Of being the escaped crimi-
nal at a public meeting Of his church. lie
will not deny the charge.
And thereupon Cronkite abandoned his
purpose Of replacing the letter, seemingly
iuviolate and intact. so that il might be
duly collected by the carrier.
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III.

The detective cut the address from the
outside envelope In such wise that it APP
peared TO he a memorandum on a slip Of
paper. II was the address Of Daniel Pagan,
at Rear p. Country lane. in the city whence
il came.
This slip. together with the other plpers,
he put carefully away in his pocket and
then proceeded TO breakfast with an appe-
tita uni inquired by his violation Of the postal
laws, b. noon he was on board the train
en- route tor town.
80 noad for him to consult the records
o. S"otllni Yard. lie was familiar with
the casn of CulhJ rt D1wnos. as he was
with every other cause oclebre Of the English
courts within his time.
His retentive memory marshalled the
salient points the trial Of this clergyman
for the murder Of his wife and child by
s,nding them TO sail in a pleasure boat
which he had scuttled; his condemnation,
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they tended, and after a long call the doctor
departed. Mr.. Conant had finished his
work in that particular neighboThood a
couple u days later aud returned TO his
home.
Some time afterward one Of the men
whose business brought him into com
munication with the people Of the cypress
swamps met him one day and smiled as
no told him that he had been a wise man TO
leave just at the moment he did. The
deniZens had arranged to do" him, that's
all, for they had settled it "a a result Of
what they had seen him doing and what
the doctor had learned or hadn't learned
from him that he was a Government detec-
tive. and Government detectives weren't
popular among the Expresses and the
stills.
1t wasn't the only time his life was en-
dangered in the West. tie was known
before The wal as one Of those who some
times passed negroes along, and one night
he found one Of his fellow citizens rather
the worse for whiskey in the street and
helped him home.
The man, moved to gratitude, gave him
warning Of a plot to do him right there
in 81. Louis, And two Of the plotters
were beloved brethren Of my own church.,
said Mr.. Conant, brothers who regularly
attended prayer meeting there
He smiled grimly but without malice as
he recalled this, and added:
The war was all but on us then and feel
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NICE POINTS ABOUT TITLES.
American Women Responsible for Man,
Errors.

Many people make a decent living by
writing about hersldry and things Of that
sort without being In the least equipped
for the task, and 20 they make the most
ridiculous mistakes. The common alp is
with the sons and daughters Of peers OF
higher rauk, Their titles being those OF
courtesy the possibility Of error is the
more frequent,
Thus We are constantly told, says the
correspondent Of osn and country, that
the widow Of Mr., HAmmersly, who became
Duchess Of Marlborough and later Lady
William Beresford, IL Lady Beresford,
the wife Of Lord Beresford.H Also that
Cora, Countess Of STAFFORD (being tks
widow OF Lord STAFFORD another Lady
STAFFORD having suoceeded) Ia really Lacy
Cora STAFFORD, which " true would make
her the daughter OF q peer.
A lady OF great rank said the other day
that American women had introduced a
custom Ia England which has caused much
h~eartburLiuK among the stoklers, and
worse still, the custom has become general.
II Ia Altogether wrong 20 sign yourself
for instadoe, Cora STAFFORD The correct
signature Ia &C. STAFFORD"
Now one would suppose that this small
matter would make little difference in this
matter OF fact world, but II has made enough
difference 10 cause many learned men h
sit up late al night disputing the legality
Of the point and many reams Of ofhcial
note paper have been besmeared on the
subject.
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One glance down the street and Cronkite's
hesitation a. the sight and sound so ominous
within vanished. He closed the door. He
hurried just in time to intercept the Rev.
Horace Blythe and Evelyn Wharton at the
corner
'Oh, MIR. Kuhl.' cried the young lady in
deepest distress, Have you seen anything
Of mother? 1t Ia beyond belief, but she rose
from her bed, dressed herself, slipped out
Of the house, came to town. Horace and |
followed her; we have traced her. The doc
tors have warned her again and again that
the slightest eXertion must be fatal. Oh,
tell me, tell me"
Have faith in me, my child" returned
the detective solemnly. DO what | Say;
what am sure your lover will advise"
you cannot help your mother-if medical
skill can avail It will be brought to her,
But there is one to whom you owe ever more
the father whom you have never known.
who has suffered much. who may suffer
more through her fault unless you ave him,
Even at this moment, poor, sanity old
man, he ia about to he crncihed again, 1t is
DR.. Wyckon, Mr., Blythe
YES, come, Evelyn" urged Horace
Blythe. 81 have confidence in this man
he will explain as we go along" And the
half dazed girl suffered herself to 10 hurried
into a passing cab.
In the consistory room Of the church the
members Of the congregation we're con-
sidering a change in the pastorate for the
last time. The committee had already sub
- L.. 1900 A. ~ 49, A. l.. -
Of the evidence Of experts and the refusal
Of DR.. Wyckoh to explain or deny, il had
no other recourse than 10 declare him guilty
Of unworthy practices employed for the
purpose Of remaining as pastor al an in
creased salary.
The moderator was about to put the
question, when. moved by emotions uncon-
trollable he turned and looked pityingly
at the pathetic figure in the chair by his
side, it's white head bowed in shame. From
the audience as II at the vibration OF a mas
ter chord there came Sobs and cries ot
entrelty: Speak. pastor, and remove this
burden from your soul. from our souls!'
And in respOnse the Rev. DR.. Wyckoff
stood up, a dignifed clerical figure, though
his glance was far away
dear friends he faltered. There is
nothing | can say except, | love you
A short, thick Tan, Of Official cut, az
indescribaele as Il was unmistakabis,
hustled down the aisle and sprang lightly
uIon the platform.
no wonder he hasn't the nerve to speak
he announced, laying a heavy hand on the
clergyman's arm. u an the chief OF police.
az you know and | arrest him as Cuthbert
Downes, an English convict escaped from
Dartmoor after condemnation for the
murder Of his wife and child"
i am Cuthler Downes,' declared DR..
WyckoG.
And an your daughter Evelyn, my
poor, innocent father came a thrilling
voice, as Evelyn Downcs few up the steps
from the side and threw her arms about
her father. as If u. interpose her BODY
against the evils thu I assailed him.
A tumult ragged through tho auditorium,
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am not a scholar, and never have been.
Tho books mustn't be there 700
Mr. onant had painted or suggested some
hooks lying under or not far from Bee1hers
arm as he sat in a chair. He explained
to Beecher that the exigencies ~ compose
ton required something there, aud that
books were what went.
Beecher was obdurate. Conaut WIS al
ways a man Of resourcefuluess
Just look more attentively for a minute, v
he said TO Beecher. 'and you will see that
you are looking away from the books just
as you've done all your life
Beecher looked from the books to the
painter and said. An right; go ahead
When the portrait was finished Nlrs Beechtr
said: 4That's the way MIR Beecher looks to
his friends
Mr.. Conant has always had a di.incllna-
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TELEPHONES IN CANADA.
Manitoba Governments Way OF Running
the Business DIsplcases Many.

BelieYers in municipal ownership have
been pointing 10 the recent purchase by
the Government OF Manitoba of the tele-
phone plants Of the Canadian Bell Tele-
phone Company al a step toward Govern
ment ownership Of telephones in Canada
hut users Of telephones are not pleased
with several things that have already
happened in Manitoba. and the Govern
ment hello girls haven't been working
long either.
In the FIRST place, a man living in the
Thornlnll district ha! sl"ned a contract
with the (anati1n Bell Telephone Corr.
pany lust before II sold ont for . telenhnna
in his residence at 50 a year. Before IL
could he put In the Government bought
the company out, AMI in a few days II sent
word to the new subscriber that while tho
ate OF S24 would still hold good he would
have 10 dig his own post holes and string
his wi wires. He concluded 10 do with
out, as dii several other persons TO whom
the same liberal terms were offered.
A few DAYS ago the telephone admins
tration sent out notices that special rates
to doctors, dentists and nurses would he
cancelled and that newspapers would
also have TO pay the same as any one else.
This has furnished a loud cry against the
Government conducted telephone system.
which ia fast taking the share Of a political
Issue.
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THREE on ONE NAL DELIVERY.
Hut the Post once Department Doesn't
Pay the Two Dogs.

Pay the Two Dogs.
Persons living in one Of the districts
bordering On Prospect Park, Brooklyn,
are served by three letter carriers at the
same time, Only one OF them wears the
regulation gray uniform and blows a
whistle and draws Government pay.
The other Two S&TTio-g woST t=cTr Uni
forms which u into white on the legs,
and they announce their deliveries with a
bark. BY breed they are collies.
Much Of the district covered by this car
rier is along the Ocean Parkway. which in
oludes an automobile and carriage drive
way, two cycle paths, a bride path. truck
ing road and sidewalks. II isn't convenient
for the carrier to cross and recross the
parkway two or three times in a block.
The dogs solve the problem for him.
When a piece Of mail matter that doesn't
require careful handling is to be delivered
it goes into the mouth Of one Of the colies,
the master points toward the house where
the mail is to be left. and the dog trots of
to deliver it. When the dogs bark is heard
on the porch the householders know that
there Is mail for them,
II they do not answe the bark imme-
diately the dog runs around to the back
door. Neither Of the dogs will let 90 OF a
letter or 7 ewspaper unless the person taking
il is the front or rear door.
While the post dogs are plenty big enough
to take care Of themselves the other dogs
along the route appear 20 have entered into
a conspiracy to bark in chorus and with
great vigor as soon as the collies and their
master appenr As a result the post dogs
sometimes have trouble In making them
selves heard inside the house, while the
general barking which follows the first
round Of the three mail carriers at 7 A. NJ.
is not hailed with much satisfaction by per-
sons who arcn't through sleeping.
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Of him looks, He had had a similar ex-
p%erience years before.
1t vas when he first painted Lincoln.
Tie was living in 81. Louis and the presi-
dent Of the Iron Mountain Railroad wanted
him to punt a portrait Of Lincoln and ar
ranged for him 10 do 50.
u wasn't any TOO tickleI with the job
Me-. Conant said the other day. for | had
seen any number o. portraits Of Lincoln
and they all looked alike, showing his
holnely, expressionless face. | went up
to Springfield and to Lincoln's Office, which
he hal removed to a room in the old State
HOUSE, that building having been aban-
donei as a Capitol when the new one was
finished.
There was q group Of men down at
the other end Of the room listening to Lin
coin talk aud tell stories. lie was enjoying
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ton to paint the mere semblance of a mans
features without some characteristic Of
the man himself, his life; and the wooden
expression Of the martyr who sits for his
portrait to please some friends always
rubbed him the wrong wav. tie was
painting DR., McCosh Of Princeton one
time and the doctor looked bored to death
when he wasn't e~xpressionIess
Conant started him on philosophy. about
which the painter knew little and cared
less. and presently got the doctor going
so well that his face was full Of life and
interest, and that's the way the portrait
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himself and his face was Full Of life and good
to look at.
and when I toll him what | had come for
he made an appointment to sit at 10 o'clock
the nest morning. I came around early
and he was there in his Office, reading and
writing al the same time, and simultane.
ously, as it seemed, debating to his secre-
ary, Nicolay.
Promptly at 10 o'clock he Put down
his work and came over and sat down to be
painted. Every particle Of life had left
his face and il was the same old homely
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during which Abe Cronkite found occasion
to warn the chief that his present duty was
gone-a burst Of emotion blending ell fac
lions into a common devotion. Then II
was that Horace Blythe stepped forward,
and having explained the essential facts with
malice toward none, expressed the earnest
hope that it might often be his. pleasure to
exchange with DR.. Wyokoh during the
many years his pastorate was about 10
continue,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-09
MORSE TO FACE TRIAL.
Criminal Prosecution Will Be Start
ed Also Against Curtis.

NEW YORK. April 9.-Charles w
Morse. the former Ice king. trust builder
and owner of a chain of banks in this
city. will be put on trial next month. il
was learned last night i'm the criminal
branch of the United States court for
violation of the national banking law.
With him at the same time there viii.
be tried for a similar effense Alfred III.
Curtis. formerly president OF Morse's Ma
tonal Bank Of North America.
In the event of conviction the sentence
to 'be imposed on them Is likely to be
severe, 1t is said. as that pronounced on
that other national banker recently found
guilty of like crimes. John r. Walsh Of
Chicago.
In the meantime Morse and Curtis ara
fighting to win from the court some ad-
EMISSION that the indictments against them
are defective. To that end they appeared
yesterday, with their counsel. before Judge
Hough in the United States circuit court
here and listened while the attorneys ar
gued on demurrers to the charges.
The indictments charge that Morse il
legally used the funds of the Bank of
North America in stock speculation for
his own profit and that Curtis aided him
by overcertifying checks and conspirng
with him to perform other acts which he
well knew were in violation of the ma
tfonal banking law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-09
CONVICT KILLS HIS MOTHER.
Says He Meant to Murder His En-
tire Family.

NEW YORK, April 9.-Bernard Car
lin. released from Naponoch prison Tues
day, walked into his mothers home in
Brooklyn yesterday afternoon and shot
her dead. firing five bullets into her
body. He was captured in the street after
fierce fight by three citizens. and an
nounced that he would have killed his
sister. too. but for the fact that when he
reached the house she had baby in
her arms. Mrs. Carlin was fifty-two
years old.
They let me go to prison." said Car
lin. when they could have saved me- l
intended to kill the whole family"
The murderer is twenty-five years old
and has been thief from boyhood. His
family cast him off long ago. March "a
1906 he was sentenced in the Brooklyn
county court to term for grand lar
ceny.
When Carlin was freed from the re-
formatory the superintendent gave him
SO for new start in life. He came to
New York bent upon killing his mother,
Anthony all of whom live in an apart
ment on the first floor of the house at the
Quincy street address
When his mother opened the door in
answer to his knock he thrust the re-
volver in her face and fired five bullets
into her head before she sank to the
floor. He told the police that he killed
his mother because size was making me
do bits all my life" He declared that
she sent him to an orphan asylum when
he was sixteen months old and had kept
him in some kind of All institution most
of his life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-09
Brewster Wreck Verdict.

WHITE PLAINS. April 9.-An action
for the death of a passenger in the Brew
ster express wreck, near Woodla wn, in
which over a score of lives were lost, re-
suited yesterday in jury awarding Mrs
Ruby Merritt a verdict for $500 for the
loss of her daughter.
Mrs. Merritt. who lives al Pleasantville,
sued the New York Central for s1O0.GD
damages for the death of her daughter.
Sarah Merritt. who was high school
tea cher at Pleasantvile and passenger
on the train. The plaintiff is sixty-nine
years old. and her daughter. Who was her
sole support. was earning $3.50 a year "a
the time she was killed. Justice Arthur
S. Tompkins denied motion for a new
trial made by Lawyer Ernest NJ. WEIGH
for Mrs. Merritt. as he said he considered
the verdict fair and reasonable one.
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an average attendance approaching 80
at each of it's Sunday morning services.
The International Sunday School Asso-
citation at it's meeting in Toronto I'm 1905
took into consideration the matter of Or
ganizing an International adult depart
ment. This was formally done in the fall
of 1908 and January II. 1907. Mr.. w.
G. Pearce of Chicago was formally chosen
adult department superintendent of the
international Sunday School Association.
Rapid progress has been made by Mr..
Pearce in organizing the work throughout
the country, and the activity of the adult
department committee IN Washington is
In response to the general movement. 1t
is felt that the dinner next Monday even
ing will show how intensely alive the
Capital city Is to all good movements
throughout the country. Mr.. ]. HI. Han
mem. Colorado building. is the chairman
of the entertainment committee.