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The Irish standard., 1908-10-17

against the evidence OF his senses,
even in the face Of the worlds con-
demnation; and to prove that he, too,
cared-cared for her as his attitude
toward her had taught her to care.
Ever since leaving him in the dawn
she had fed her starved heart with the
hope. faint hope though it were. that
he would come to care little, that he
would not utterly despise her, that he
would understand and forgive, when
he learned why she had played out
her part, nor believe that she was the
embodiment Of all that was ignoble,
coarse. and crude: that he would show
little faith in her. a little faith
that like Pickering taper might light
the way for-love.
But that hope was now dead within
her, and cold. She had but to look
at him to see how groundless 1t had
been. how utterly unmoved he was by
her distress. He waited patiently
that was all-seeming so very tall, q
pillar of righteous strength, distin.
guished and at ease in his evening
clothes; waiting patient but cold, dis.
passionate and disdainful.
Il am waiting, you see Might sug.
gest that we have not all week for
our-our mutual differences?"
His tone was altogether changed;
she would hardly have known 1t for his
voice. Its incisive. clipped accents
were like knife to her sensitiveness.
She summoned the reserve of her
strength. stood erect. unsupported, and
moved forward without word He
stood aside. holding the lamp high,
and followed her. lighting the way
down the hall to the study.
Once there. she sank quivering into
chair, while he proceeded gravely to
the desk, put down the lamp-super-
fluous now. the gas having been
lighted-and after moments thought
faced her, with contemptuous smile
and lift Of his shoulders, thrusting
hands deep into his pockets.
"Well?" he demanded, cuttingly.
She made little motion of her
hands, begging for time; and, assent.
ing with a short nod, he took a turn
up and down the room, then abstracted-
ly reached up and turned out the gas.
when you are quite composed I
should enjoy hearing your statement"
T-have none to make"
"So!"-with his back to the lamp,
towering over and depressing her
with the sense Of his strength and self
control. THAT is very odd. isn't IT,"
Il have no-no explanation to give
that would satisfy you. or myself"
she said. brokenly Il don't care
what you think" with a flicker Of de.
fiance. Believe the worst and-and
do what you will-have me arrested"
The Irish standard., 1908-10-17

to jiggle the hook and call central to
order. when-something crashed
heavily. He could have likened the
sound, without strain of Imagination,
to chair being violently overturned.
And then woman's voice. clear, &C.
cents informed with anger and pain:
"No!" and then
Say, that's my mistake. That line
you had's out of order. had call
for them a while ago. and they didn't
answer. Guess you'll have to wait"
Central! Central!" he pleaded,
desperately. II say, central, give me
that connection again. please"
"Ah, say! what's the matter with
you, anyway? Didn't tell you that
line was out of order? Ring off!
Automatically Maitland returned the
receiver to its rest; and rose, white
Tipped and trembling. That woman's
voice!
The Irish standard., 1908-10-17


that the gentleman be shown into tho
reception room.
At 10:46 he skulked out Of the club
by side entrance, jumped into cab
and had himself driven to the East
Thirty-fourth street ferry, arriving
there just in time to miss the last
train for Greenfields.
Denied the shelter alike of his lodg-
ings. his club, and his country home,
the young man in despair caused him
self to be conveyed to the Bartholdi
hotel, where, possessed Of devil of
folly, he preserved his incognito by reg.
istering under the name Of IN. Dan.
iels." And straightway retired to his
room.
But not to rest. The portion Of the
mentally harassed. sleeplessness, was
his; and for an hour or more he tossed
upon his bed (upon which he had
thrown himself without troubling to
undress), pondering, to no profit of
his, the hundred problems, difficulties
and disadvantages suggested or GRE
ated by the events Of the past "a
hours.
The Irish standard., 1908-10-17
CHAPTER TX,
ProcraStInatfon.

The cab which picked Maitland up
at his lodgings carried him but few
blocks to the club at which he had, the
previous evening, entertained his law.
yer Maitland had selected it as the
one of all the clubs of which he and
Bannerman were members, wherein
he was least likely to meet the latter.
Neither frequented its sober precincts
by habit. Its severe and classical
building on corner of Madi-
son avenue overlooking the square, is
but the outward presentment Of an In
stitution to be member Of which is
a duty, but emphatically no great
pleasure, to the sons of a New York
family Of any prominence.
But in its management the younger
generation holds no suffrage; and is
not slow to declare that the Primordial
is rightly named, characterizing the
individual members of the board Of
governors as antediluvians, prehistoric
monsters who have never learned that
laughter lends q savor to existence.
And so it is that the younger genera
ton (Which is understood to include
Maitland and Bannerman), while it re-
ligiously pays it's dues and has the
name of the Primordial engraved upon
its cards, shuns those deadly respec-
table rooms and seeks its comfort else
where.
Maitland found it dull and depress-
ing enough, that same evening, some
thing before seven. The spacious and
impressive lounging rooms were but
sparsely tenanted, other than by the
ennuied corps of servants; and the
few members who had lent the open
doors the excuse Of their presence
were of the elderly type that hides
itself behind a newspaper in an easy
chair and snorts when addressed.
The young man strolled disconso-
lately enough into the billiard room.
thence (dogged by specter of lone
liness) to the bar, and finally, in sheer
desperation, to the dining room, where
he selected table and ordered an
evening paper with his meal.
When the former was brought him,
he sat up and began to take new in
terest in life. The glaring headlines
that met his eye on the front page
proved as bracing as a slap in the
face.
"'The Maitland Jewels" he read.
The Irish standard., 1908-10-17

He laughed sardonically. "Oh, we
won't go so far as that, guess; harsh
measures, such as arrest and impris.
onment, are SO unsatisfactory to all
concerned. But I am interested to
know why you are here"
Her breathing seemed very loud In
the pause; she kept her lips tight,
fearing to speak lest she lose her mas.
terry of self. And hysteria threatened;
the fluttering in her bosom warned
her. She must be very careful, very
restrained. II she were to avert that
crowning misfortune.
Il don't think I quite understand
you," he continued, musingly; surely
you must have anticipated Interrupt
tion."
II thought you safely out Of the
way"
"One presumed that" He laughed
again, unpleasantly. But how about
Maitland? Didn't you have him in
your calculations, or"
He paused, unfeignedly surprised by
her expression. And chuckled when
he comprehended.
'By the powers. l forgot for mo-
ment! So you thought me Maitland,
Ell? Well, I'm sorry I didn't under
stand that from the first. You're 80
quick. as rule, you know-I confess
you duped me neatly this afternoon
that l supposed you were wise and
only afraid that I'd give you what you
deserve. II they had sent any one but
that stupid ass, Hickey, to nab me, I'd
be in the cooler now. AS it was, you
kindly selected the very best kind Of
house for my purpose; went
straight up to the roofs and out
through building round the corner"
But the shock Of discovery, with its
attendant revulsion of feeling, had
been too much for her. She collapsed
suddenly in the chair, eyes half closed.
face pallid as a mask Of death.
Anisty regarded her in silence for .
meditative instant, then, taking up
the lamp strobe down the hall to the
pantry, returning presently with q
glass brimming with an amber-tinted.
effervescent liquid.
champagne" he announced, licking
his lips. Wish had Maitland's
means to crafty my palate. He knows
good wine. Here, my dear, gulp this
down." placing the glass to the girls
lips and raising her head that she
might swallow without stranglin9.
ITO Bs Continuedl
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half aloud: Daring Attempt at Burg
larry. Mad" Maitland Catches Hand
some Dan" Anisty in the Act of Crack
ing His Safe at Maitland Manor
Which Was Which? Both Principals
Disappear
A dull red glow suffused the read
er's countenance; he compressed his
lips, only opening them once, and then
to emit monosyllabic oath, which can
hardly have proved any considerable
relief to his surcharged emotional ma
ture.
The news-story was exploited as a
"beat;" it could have been little else,
since nine-tenths of its exclusive de-
tails" had been born full-winged from
the fecund imagination of busy re-
porter to whom Maitland had refused
an interview while in his bath, some
three hours earlier. Maitland discov-
cred with relief that boiled down to es-
sentials it consisted simply of the
statement that somebody presumably
himself) had caught somebody (pre-
sumably Anisty) burglarizing the H.
brary safe at Maitland Manor that
morning; that one of the somebodies
(no one knew which) had overpowered
the other and left him in charge of the
butler, who had presently permitted
his prisoner to escape and then talked
for publication.
It was not to this so much that Matt
land objected. 1t was the illustra-
tions that alternately saddened and
maddened the young man; the said H.
lustrations comprising blurred half
tone reproductions of photographs
taken on the Maitland estate; a dia-
gram Of the library, as fanciful as the
text it illuminated, and two portraits,
side by side, of the heroes, himself
and Anisty, excellent likenesses both
Of the originals and of each other.
Mr.. Maitland did not enjoy his din
ner.
Anxious and preoccupied, he tasted
the dishes mechanically; and when
they had all passed before him, took
his thoughts and cigar to a gloomy
corner of the smoking room, where he
sat for two solid hours, debating the
matter pro and con, and arriving at
no conclusion whatever, save that Hig-
gins was doomed.
At 1915 he began to contemplate
with positive pleasure the prospect of
discharging the butler. That, at least,
was action, something that he could
do; wherever else he thought to move
he found himself baft1ed by the blank
darkness of mystery, or by his fear
of publicity and ridicule.
At 1920 he decided to move upon
Greenfields at once, and telephoned
O'Hagan, advising him to profess ig-
norance Of his employers where
abouts.
At 1922, or in the midst Of his ad-
monitions to the janitor, he changed
his mind and decided to stay in New
York; and instructed the Irishman
to bring him suit case containing a
few necessaries; his intention being to
stay out the night at the club, and so
avoid the matutinal siege of his lodg-
ings by reporters and detectives.
At 10:45 club servant handed him
the card of a representative of the
Evening Journal. Maitland directed
The Irish standard., 1908-10-17

q liunted' SHADOW through the alcove.
through the bed chamber, thence down
the hall toward the dining room and
kitchen Offices.
The outer door was being opened
ere she had reached the hiding place
she had in mind-the trunk closet
from which, she remembered remark
Ing, q window opened upon a fire.
escape. It was barely possible, a
fighting chance.
She closed the door, grateful that
its latch slipped silently into place,
and fairly flung herself upon the win.
dow, painfully bruising her soft hands
In vain endeavor to raise the sash. 1t
stuck obstinately, would not yield.
Too late, she remembered that she
had forgotten to draw the catch
fatal oversight! A sob of terror
choked in her throat. Already foot
steps were hurrying down the hall; a
line of light frightened underneath
the door; voices. excitedly keyed,
banded question and comment, an un-
mistakable Irish brogue minging with
. clear enunciation which she had but
too great reason to remember. The
pair had passed into the next room.
She could hear O'Hagan announcing:
mo wan here, sor."
Then it's the dining room, or the
trunk closet. Come along!"
One last, frantic attempt! But the
window catch, rusted with long dis.
use, stuck. Painting, sick with fear,
the girl leaped away and crushed her
self into a corner, crouching on the
floor behind heavy box, her dark
cloak drawn up to shield her head.
And the door opened.
A flood of radiance from the re.
lighted student lamp fell athwart the
floor. The girl lay close and still, hold.
ing her breath.
Ten seconds, perhaps, ticked on into
eternity; seconds that were in them.
selves eternities. Then: mo one
here, O'Hagan."
The door was closed, and through
its panels more family came: Faith,
and the numbering divvle must We
flew tn coop afore ye come in,sor.'
The girl tried to rise, to make again
tor the window; but it was as though
her limbs had turned to water; there
was no strength in her; and the black
ness swan visibly before her eyes, ra.
dating away in whirling, streaky cir
cles.
Even such resolution and strong will
as was hers could not prevail against
that numbing, deathly exhaustion. Her
eyes closed and her head fell back
against the wall.
It seemed but an instant (though
It was in point Of fact full five min.
utes) ere the sound of voice again
reused her.
She looked up, dazzled by gush
of warm light.
He stood in the doorway, holding the
lamp high above his head, his face
pale, grave, and shadowed as he
peered down at her.
"I have sent O'Hagan away" he
said, gently. IF you will please to
come, now"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-08-28
Leslie Wheeler Dead.

Leslie Warren Wheeler, son of Mr..
and Mrs j W. Wheeler, Of Shoshone,
died August "a, 1908, aged u years. G
months and days
Funeral services were held at the
residence OF the parents on the after
noon Of the 25th Rev Howard Bowler
officiating
Mr. Wheeler had been away on a trip
10 Chicago and only returned home on
the evening Of the 22nd. The lad Les
lie was not well but was not considered
very sick till Dr. Din was called in
some time during Sunday The doctor
at once pronounced the disease portion
tits and advised taking the lad at once
60 the Boise hospital The father acted
on the physicians advice and boarded
the evening train with the sick lad in
the Doctors care and reached Boise in
the early morning, After being placed
in an ambulance and a start maize for
the hospital the boy spoke encourage
ingly to his father, but died before
reaching the desired haven After be-
ing embalmed the body was brought to
Shoshone for burial
Thus a bright and promising youth.
the pride and hope of loving parents.
has passed beyond the reach of human
love and beyond the need Of earthly
sympathy. But his life has not been
lived in vain Aside from the promise
Of Immortality for the departed, his life
on earth. though short. was fraught
with blessings that the world in which
he ivedvould not dispense with.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-08-28

Rev. G. p. Holman, the newly ap-
pointed poster Of the Methodist church
Of shoshoue. has served fer several
years as superintendent Of the Idaho
Anti-Saloon League andis well known
throughout the state He has spoken
several times IN Shoshone and is a
forclbIe and pleasing speaker Some
years since he was popular pastor at
HALEY. During his superintendeucy Of
the Antisaloon League he has made
his home at Caldwell His family con
sists Of q son and daughter who are just
ready for college. shoshonc will vel
come Rev. Holman and family with
open arms
Rush Haddock and wife were in
Gooding the first Of the week and made
a purchase Of fine residence property
IN that booming city. Mr. and Mrs.
Haddock will probably move there in
the near future and the long contem- (
plated branch Of the Haddock Land and
law firm will be established in Gooding
That Bush Haddock is an attorney az
law as well as q stenographer and gen
eral man Of business may not be gener-
ally known as he has had no occasion
as yet TO apply for admission to the
Idaho bar, but his diploma from the
University Of Washington,
D. c.. may be called into requisition
when he locates in the new town But
hey viii be missed from the social
,ircles Of Shoshone.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-08-28
A Card of Thanks

We desire to express our thanks and
heartfelt gratitude to the many kind
neighbors and friends who gave us so
freely of theirassistanee and sympathy
during the sickness, and after the death
of our son, Leslie, and we take this
occasion to remind them that their
Kindness TO US and to the departed are
remembered and appreciated
Mr. and Mrs. j. w. WHEELER.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-08-28
Yellowstone Park Excursion Sept. 3

Rates include Hotel and Stage expen-
SEES IN addition to railroad fare. This
will be the last excursion for the sea
son Of 1903. See 0. s. L. agents for
rates and further particulars.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-08-28
Annual Teachers Institute.

Lincoln County joins with the other
counties Of southeastern Idaho, in hold
ing joint Teachers Institute in Poca-
tello, Aug. 81, Sept l, 2, and 4.
The law requires every teacher to at
tend.
Leah M Burnside,
County Sup't.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-08-28
10 The Ladies Of Shashone.

ihm't fuss over a hot stove nak ing
desert for ypug Sunday dinner Call az
Ne lFnn the Bell phone. Starfh the
~ creani man and be viii helm YOU out.
he has i quick delivery system nov.
lee Cream on Sherbcts delivered In
neat little packages AZ moments no
ties.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-08-28
Pure Bred Shropshire Bucks
For Sale.

have for sale at the Blue Lakes
Ranch forty yearlings and sixty spring
lambs. Call on or address l. b. Perrine,
Twin Falls, Idaho.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-08-28


Reogi
Mss Minnie Yaisa hs been gi-.,in.
iris Weck Is heybea
Cigars tobsses Pipes smokers
goods 3, Toad Nsw Resort
MFs. ieas a. RaNsile county supt,
made ifip % roatalls Wednesday
rps. Thsmnon has riagea 10 tbe
hleh eeheol raem 8 fofss-dollsf desk
thai daAag
WtNTFn Span mares 800 lbs eye
or years see z88i4 j W Pan.
hery Clear Lake r @.
W b Garlock came over from Twin
Fails TIE foge part 81 toe week and viii
spcnd some tims With his family
nsuiege hssnce was issued oy the
county auditor Aux n % Frank x
silva ard Katie Barnett buth 81 Good
ar
Why bus your furnishings away from
beme when ne ean soli yon Sc well 10
style ana better on paces stoekgfov
ner Co
ben Darlah ADD Tom Geodirg arrived
fana from Chicago iast SUNDAY where
ihsy had gone Nlth iheif summer con.
enmea, q lambs
Miss Dorothy Crawford IS holding
Teachers examination 10 the capital 81
Lincoln county this week Ia the absence
- srpi Burnside 10 pocstello
chas. j Manning. who Is preparing
fol biz things III real estate business at
Gooding. made a dying trip to the
coan,y seat Wednesday morning.
Mrs. " f. Dubcs eeiurned from her
Camas Prairie cutting, the fore part Of
the week much improved n health aad
delighted with the freedom Of ranch
If.
Mrs. a. clonRley ell start tomor.
row for a visit in her ga home ia Tolc-
40. Ohio, and viii MAKE stops on the
way At ogden, Salt Lake City. Denver
and Kansas City.
Are sou a kodsker2 II not. why
mott Ask Starrh the Druggist. He
has al kinds u kodaks and viii be
pleased 70 show how they work Price !
the same a. 10 New York ID
Lpsr ore light bay mare, years :
Oh branded On left -tiac lindlstinet). 3
one front tooth brokon off. weight d
iipa pounds. Ten dollars reward for
reiaru 70 S. g. ArHeRroN, Miner. Ida. +
Mrs T. !. Mcmahon accomr anied
b Min Trees and Master Truman.
sent 70 Twin Fails, "Wednesday ia
ompsr1 with Rev and Mfs. a. w. l.
PARKER Their visit in that city win a
'fobeply ast tiil next Tuesday
D ~ faria. contractor II Boise Is o
9 lhs eliy this wses booking up tho ~ 8
'oriunities afforded hr q growing !
peuly seat town located 10 the midst =
I Row irrigation projects for con g
rector ~ experience 70 locate ia
a sure cure ore sou can depend up-
i. Hickory Bark Coagh Remedy. a
ace cure, and IL purei Use e Tor all e
Ine tropble coughs, colds. honrseness
ad sore throat Fer sale by r. ~
iargh ard dealers everywhere
Yellowstone Pat excursion scplem
~ ad Rates lrelude hoielaad stsfe
spcnsg n addition g railroad fare. 90
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-08-28

None out the contemplate are ap.
rrshcusive OF contempt Rochefou.
cauld
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-08-28

(In every detail Shoshone's Leading Store).
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-18
B|NFORO QUITS
SENSATIONAL RACE
Brother of Democratic Candi-
date May Get Place.

Indianapolis, Sept. 1S.-Following
the receipt of a letter by Republican
State Chairman James P. Goodrich
from Elmer Binford of Greenfield,
nominee for joint senator in the dis
trict composed of Rush, Fayette and
Hancock counties, containing the lat
ter's withdrawal from the ticket be-
cause of ill health. Charles A. Fra
e e republican chairman in Rush
county and w. II. H. Rock, republican
chairman in Hancock county met at
state headquarters in the Claypool ho-
tel yesterday and decided upon Sept.
"a as the date for the special joint
senatorial convention to select a sue
cessor.
The convention will be held at Con-
n%ersville. The indications are that
Thomas K. Null of Manila, Rush
county, probably will get the nomin-
alton. Lon Null of Manila, a broth
err of Thomas X. Null. has been nom
mated by the democrats of the district
for joint senator. Others who are
mentioned as possible successors are
Fred l.. Barrows, mayor of Corners
vile and Will Hough Of Greenfield.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-18
Senator Wood Would Not Have
Governors Chair Lyceum
Advertisement.
SPEECHES SHOULD BE FREE
NO CHARGE SHOULD BE MADE BY
GOVERNOR FOR ADDRESSES
MADE DURING TERM OF OFFICE
FINE FOR VIOLATION.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. Ex-senator
Will Wood of Lafayette, governor
Hanly's former law partner, arrived
yesterday with a bill which he intends
to introduce if any legislation other
han that decided upon at the confer
ences last night is taken up.
Senator Woods bill is considered a
direct shot at Governor Hanly. 1t pro-
vides that it shall be unlawful for the
governor of the State of Indiana to
deliver any public lectures of addresses
anywhere for compensation during his
term of Office. 1t provides also that
for the first offense q fine of from 500
to $500 shall be assessed upon con
viction. For a second conviction a fine
of not more than 81 900 is provided.
1t will be remembered that Governor
Hanly and Senator Wood fought one
another bitterly at the session of the
legislature in 1907, and the senator
from the floor of the upper house de-
nounced the governor holly for veto
ing a measure introduced by Wood be-
cause as Wood said, he Wood would
o support the governors insurance
program.
Il am decidedly opposed" said Sena-
tor Wood yesterday, in referring to his
bill, ito making the governors Office
in this state an advertisement for a
lyceum bureau"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-18
SPLIT IN THE PARTY
Independents of Georgia Diff
fer in Views on Elect
oral Ticket.
STATE CAMPAIGN FIRST.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 1s.-A serious
split developed in the Independence
party of Georgia Thursday when
Chairman Bernard Sutler of the state
executive committee announced no
electoral ticket would be put in the
field. At the same time National Com
mitteeman Clapp filed with the secre-
tary of state a list of electors from
every congressional district in Georgia
and two from the state at large.
Following a meeting of the state ex-
ecutive committee an official state
ment was given out by Chairman SUIT
Ter, declaring it was more important
to wage a state campaign Off governor
than to put an electoral ticket in the
field.
Yancy Carter, Independence nom-
inee for governor, declined to COM
ment on the action.
Chairman Sutler had this to say:
The action of our executive COM
mittee means that our candidate. Mr..
Carter, will support Bryan and Kern
in the national election. 1t means
further hat Mr.. Carter is an indepen-
dent democratic candidate for COVER
nor.