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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
SYNOPSIS.

Giles Dudley arrived in San Francisco
g Join his friend and distant relative
Henry Wilton, whom lie was to assist
n an important and mysterious task.
'crry boat trip into the city. The re-
narkable resemblance of the two men
y noted and commented on by passen-
gers on the ferry. They see a man with
snake eyes, which sends a thrill through
Cuuiey. wilton postpones an explanation
VI the strange errand Dudley is to per-
toctn. but occurrences cause him TO
Know H. Is one of no ordinary meaning.
Wttton leaves Giles In their room, with
INSTRUCTION TO await his return and shoot
any one who tries to enter. Outside there
- heSrd shouts and curses and the noise
~ a quarrel Henry rushes in and at
ma request the roommates quickly eX-
,NsHge clothes. and he hurries out again.
hardly has he gone than Giles Is
startled by a cry of Help" and he runs
out to find some one being assaulted by
half dozen men. He sImmOns a polica-
man but they are unable to find any
trace OF crime. Giles returns to his
room and hunts for some evidence that
night explain his strange mission. He
nnds map which he endeavors to de-
cipher. Dudley is summoned to the
morgue and there findR the dead body of
his friend. Henry Wilton. And thus Wilt
on dies without ever explaining to Dud-
Iey the puzzling work he was to perform
4n san Francisco. In order to discover
the secret mission his friend had entrust-
cd to him, Dudley continues his disguise
ana permits himself to be known as
Henry Wilton. Dudley, mistaken for
wilton. is employed by Knapp to assist
10 stock brokerage deal. "Dicky" takes
inc supposed Wilton to Mother Borton's.
Mother Borton discovers that he is not
wilton The lights are turned out and a
5ree for all fight follows Giles Dudley
NndS himself closeted in a room with
Mother BOrton who makes a confldant
NJ hlm He can learn nothing about the
MYSTERIOUS boy further than that 1t is
rim Terrtil and Darby Meeker who are
after him. He la told that ''Dicky' Nahl
IL traitor, playing both hands in the
game Giles finds himself locked in a
room. He escapes through a window.
Che supposed Wilton carries out his dead
r'ends work with DOddridge Knapp. He
iaS his first experience as a capitalist In
ne Board Room of the Stock Exchange.
dudley receives a fictitious note purport-
ng to be from Knapp, the forgery of
Hhich he readily detects Dudley gets his
arSt aalrSt knowledge of Decker who is
e NMADp,S enemy ON the Board
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02

hectively. Those sales were all
right. Well, l was afraid you couldn't
get above three thousand. | didn't get
more than two thousand in the other
Boards and on the Street"
That was the best | could do" !
said modestly. They averaged at
sixty-tive. Omega got away from us
this afternoon like a runaway horse. -
Yes, yes" said the King of the
Street, studying his papers with drawn
brows. That's all right. I'll have
to wait a bit before going further"
l bowed as became one who had no
idea of the plans ahead.
And now" said Doddridge Knapp,
turning on me a keen and lowering
gaze, I'D like to know what call you
have to be spying on me?"
opened my eyes wide in wonder.
Spying? l don't understand"
MOI" said he, with something be.
tween a growl and snarl. We'll,
maybe you don't understand that, eth.
err" And he tossed me a bit of paper
felt sure that | did not. My
ignorance grew into amazement as l
read. The slip bore the words:
have bought Crown Diamond.
What's the limit? WILTON"
certainly don't understand" l
said. What does it mean?"
The man who wrote it ought to
KNOW growled Doddridge Knapp.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02

with his eyes flashing and the yellow
gray mustache standing out like bris
ties. The fangs of the Wolf were il
sight
We'll, you'll have to look some
where else for him." said firmly. 'I
never saw the note, and never bought
a share of Crown Diamond"
Doddridge Knapp bent forward and
looked for an instant as though he
would leap upon me. His eye was the
eye of wild beast in anger. If | had
written that note | should have gone
through the window without stopping
for explanations. AS had not written
it sat there coolly and looked him
in the face with an easy conscience.
We'll, well, he said at last, relax.
ing his gaze, Il almost believe YOU"
There's no use going any further,
Mr.. Knapp, unless you believe me al
together"
Il see you understand what l was
going to say" he said quietly. But
if you didn't send that, who dli?"
We'll, if | were to make a guess I
should say it was the man who wrote
this"
| tossed him in turn the note had
received in the afternoon, bidding me
sell everything.
The King Of the Street looked at it
carefully, and his brows drew lower
and lower as its import dawned on
him. The looE of angry perplexity
deepened on his face.
Where did you get this?"
| detailed the circumstances.
The anger that flashed III his eyes
was more eloquent than the outbreak
OF curses | expected to hear.
UNI" he said at last with a grim
smile. It's lucky, after all, that you
had something besides cotton in that
skull of yours, Wilton"
"A fool might have been caught
by it. ! said modestIy.
There looks to be trouble ahead"
he said. There's a rascally gang in
the market these days" And the
King of the Street sighed over the dis
honesty that had corrupted the stock
gamblers trade.
l smiled inwardly, but signifled my
agreement with my employer.
We'll, who wrote them?" he asked
almost fiercely. They seem to come
from the same hand"
Maybe you'd better ask that fellow
who had his eye at your keyhole when
| left the office this noon.'
Who was that?" The Wolf gave a
startled look. Why didn't you tell
me?"
He was a well-made, quick, 1.-THE |
fellow, with an eye that reminded me
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02

Of snake. I gave chase to him, but
couldn't overhaul him. He squirmed
away in the crowd, | guess"
why didn't you tell me-" he said
in a steady voice.
Il didn't suppose 1t was worth
coming back for. after 1 got into the
street. And, besides. you were busy"
Yes, yes, you were right: you are
not to come-of course, of course"
The King of the Street looked at me
curiously, and then said smoothly:
But this isn't business" And he
plunged into the papers once more.
There were over nine thousand
shares sold this afternoon, and l got
only five thousand of them"
Il suppose Decker picked the others
up" said.
The King of the Street did me the
honor to look at me in amazement.
'Decker!" he roared. How did
you" Then he paused and his voice
dropped to its ordinary tone. Il reck-
on you're right. What gave you the
idea?"
| frankly detailed my conversation
with Wallbridge. AS 1 went on,
fancied that the bushy brows drew
down and little anxiety showed be-
meath them.
had hardly finished my account
when there was a knock at the door,
and the servant appeared.
Mrs. Knapp's compliments. and she
would like to see Mr.. Wilton when
you are DONE" he said.
l could with difficulty repress an ex-
clamation, and my heart climbed into
my throat. | was ready to face the
Wolf in his den, but here was a differ
ent matter, l recalled that Mrs. Knapp
was a more intimate acquaintance of
Henry Wtlton's than Doddridge Knapp
had been, and saw Niagara ahead of
my skiff.
Yes, yes; quite likely" said my en-
ployer referring to my story of Wall
bridge. Il heard something of the
kind from my men. I'll know to-mor-
row for certain, l expect. l forgot to
tell you that the ladies would want to
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
MISSES EIeHT-eoRED SKIRT.

Paris Pattern No. 2439, All Seams
Allowed.-This new flare skirt is an
exceptionally good model for skirts
of linen, pique, duck, khaki, or in fact
any washable material. The center
front closing enables it to be ironed
without any trouble or fear of creas-
ing, and the inverted box-plait orna-
ments the center-back The wide
bias band of the material is all the
trimming that is required and the
buttons should be of the plain bone
variety, or linen covered, matching the
skirt. This pattern is in three sizes
13 to II years. For a miss of Is
years the skirt requires 5% yards of
material 20 inches wide 33s yards 36
inches wide, three yards AZ inches
wide, or 2s yards 81 inches wide,
one yard 20 inches wide, five-eighths
yard So inches wide one-half yard AZ
inches wide, or threeeighths yard 54
inches wide, extra, for bias bands.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly. and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02

He fell in line behind the band
That played Red, White, and Blue"
He sang to help the noise along,
Though the words he never knew,
Then to the Celebration Grounds
He marched with gallant tread:
And listened while a Wondrous Man
'The Declaration" read.
Then came the picnic dinner
Spread meath a great oak tree;
And little Billy ate his fill
While the band played Liberty
And all the rest the day was spent
In making fun and noise;
Shooting lots of tirecrackers off
With all the girls and boys.
And Nhen at eve he wandered home,
AS Tired as he could be-
He said: Il love the Glorious Fourth,
'Tis day what jest suits me-"
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snl - te. "a e7e
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
CHAPTER XII.

Two women rose to greet me as l
entered the room.
Good evening"" said the elder wom-
an. holding out her hand. You have
neglected us for long time" There
was something of reproach as we'll as
civility in the voice.
Yes l replied, adjusting my man
er nicely to her, 81 have been very
busy"
Busy? How provoking of you to
say so! You should never be too busy
to take the commands of the ladies'"
That is why l am here" I inter-
rupted with my best bow. But she
continued without noting it,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02

see you. They have missed you late
ly" And the Wolf motioned me to the
door where the servant waited.
Here was predicament. l was
missed and wanted-and by the ladies'.
My heart dropped back from my
throat, and | felt it throbbing in the
lowest recesses of my boot-heels as l
rose and followed my guide.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
SIZE,
Prophetic Dream Entitled

1t was stated at an inquest on a
Dean Forest (England) collier, who
had become entaluled in the machin.
cry, that on the previous night he
woke up his wife and told her he had
dreamed that while working with the
machine an accident occurred and he
had fallen into it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
Speed of EIec+rjoi4v

Electricity, where unretarded by at.
mospheric influences, travels at the
rate of 2SS,OOO miles a second. Alonr
a wire it is, of course, vastly slower:
perceptible period Of time is occu-
pied by the electric current in send
ing kilograms.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
Enouah to Keep Him Mai.inn

q.
Il hate to have my husband find a
horseshoe"
"Why?"
"F1e always brings it home, nails it
up and then waits around for luck to
strike him."
"Well?"
"And there never was such n man
tor finding horseshoes.'
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
The Livinu First

The things you mean to say when
they are gone, say before they go. The
flowers you mean to send for their
collins, send to brighten and sweeten
their homes before they leave you"
This we all know afterward! yet, 10.
these noxious herbs instead! Jean
Paul,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
THE ONE DAY.

sizz! Boom! Bang!
You can't get away,
So you may as we'll stay
To the big show.
IT will positively appear
But once this year.
Promptly at midnight
The red light
begins to burn
And no one dares turn
1t low
Until the last firecracker has been ex
ploded.
Hark, children, the day is loaded.
And you'll know it when you see it -
Unless your ear muffs fit
Pretty quick.
1t is the reflex action Of the big stick
The only and original Grand aggrega
tion Of noise.
Come and bring your boys.
SsAsS.-<w TensSs:EsS: : -. ;SSss.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
His Poor Memory.

"Citn you repeat the Declaration of
Independence" she asked.
Il used to be able to-" he replied;
but about all l remember of it now
Is: To be or to be, that is the ques.
tion.'"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
AN EXPLANATION,

why is Fourth of July anyhow
Eddie?"
why - er = you see - Christophe,
Columbus or George Washington dis
covered 1t in 1892, an so we dom
have no school on that day!"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
BoostI

/. II you cannot boost your own town.
better move to another. No one win
miss you IN
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
A Bit of Advice

Tie the thumbs on little Willie
AS he wanders forth to play.
1t may look a trife silly,
But he'll need the thumbs some day
He may chafe at the restriction
And protest against the plan,
But you'll have his benediction
When he gets to be man.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02

Paris Pattern No. 1929, All Seams
Acknowledgement in plain or
striped serge, checked tailor suiting,
or black-and-white shepherds plaid.
this is most stylish coat to wear with
the short skirt Of plain mohair or
Panama cloth. The side-frOnt and
side-back seams give long, graceful
lines to the figure. The high collar
revers and narrow turn-back cuffs are
bound with black or self-colored silk
braid, and the side-back seams are left
free for short distance from the low
er edge, doing away with the vent at
the center-back. The pattern is in
seven sizes-32 to Al inches, bust
measure. For SO bust the jacket re-
quires 5A yards Of material 20 inches
wide, three yards 36 inches wide, 21s
yards AZ inches wide or two yards 54
inches wide; 2A yards of braid to
trim.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
On the Glorious
Fourth
By MAUD WALKER

NTH many firecrackers in his hand;
w Some matches in his pocket;
Hip, hip, hurrah!" on his tongue;
And one immense skyrocket,
Thus little Billy wandered forth
Most joyously to try
70 celebrate in the right way
Tn Glorious Fourth Of July.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-02
ss14N--.AS'II1 0SrsI.,I.: 5 .:,Ssse,A !, -
Where to Draw the Line.

Where to Draw the Line.
We hear good deal about a sane
Fourth, but what is really needed is
the ability to draw the line between
harmless noise and a combination oj
train wreck, dynamite explosion and
war with the improved Implements O,
modern warfare. ..,..
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
Teddy Interested in Statue of Self

take any chances on fate or African
lions, so James +. Fraser. of New
York, who was commissioned to exc
cute it months ago. was ordered to
hurry up the heroic touches and sub
nit the design i'll plaster.
A few days ago he notified the
superintendent of the capitol build
ing that it was ready to be worked
into marble. and the command for
him to go ahead was about to be is
sued. when word came from Oyster
Bay that not another stroke of work
was to be done until the president had
looked himself over and was pleased
with the glad smile he was to hand
down to postcrity.
1t is impossible to learn whether Mr..
Fraser has nodded Mr.. Roosevelt as
the presiding officer of the senate, In
the uniform of rough rider. or in a
tennis costume. 1t is understood that
the sculptor is chiefly concerned over
whether he has the proper number Of
teeth showing and the presidential
glasses sitting at the correct angle.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
i At the National Capital {
III Gossip of People and Events
II Gathered in Washington
Coming White House Season to Be Cav

for young people, followed by a dance.
Occasionally the parents had few of
their friends in to dinner, but the so
cial and official programs Of the pres
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt left little
time on their calendar for any affairs
that Miss Alice might have had in
mind. So the little clique of which
the presidents daughter was a mem
Der saw to it that her seasons pro-
gram was full.
However. this does not promise to
be the case when the younger daugh-
ter of the White House blooms out AS
a full fledGed social flower. She will
have brilliant ball-the fairy story
writer's have fixed this important
event for early in January, just after
The official season opens-and from
that time until the curtain rings
slowly down" on the administration
of Theodore Roosevelt his young
daughter will be the center of bril-
liant whirl. Society even hopes that
her engagement will be announced be-
fore the close of her fathers term, al
though even the most daring social
gossips have not yet selected a life
mate for Miss Ethel
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18

r HAT the theory advocated by DR..
1 Osler, the distinguished scientist.
who, while a member of the faculty of
Johns Hopkins university, declared
that mans usefulness is at an end
after passing life siXtieth milestone, is
theory that will not stand the test of
application to everyday life. is the
firm belief of the vast majority of peo-
pie who have passed that age and con
tinuc to lead decidedly useful lives
and to take as keen an interest in af-
fairs as many younger members of
society. Not only this. but they give
the Osler theory a solar plexus punch
by achievements accomplished after
passing the allotted three-score years
and ten.
One OF the most notable examples
that interest in life does not cease at
the age of 60 Is to be found in Mrs.
Annie E. Philpott. who, at the age of
80. is still a most cheerful and eff
ticient employe of the government
bureau OF engraving and printing.
Mrs Phi1pott not only performs the
work expected of her by Uncle Sam
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
Niqht SweatS & Couch.

f. w. Walton, Condr. S. P. Ry., IL
Van Ness ST., San Antonio, Tex.
writes: During the summer and far
of 1902, my annoyance from catarrh
reached that stage where it was actual
misery and developed alarming symp-
toms, such as very deep-scated cough,
night sweats, and pains in the head and
chest. experimental with several So
called remedies before finally decided
to take thorough course Of Pcruna.
"Two Of my friends had gone SO far as
to inform me that the thing for me to do
was to resign my position and seek =
higher, more congenial climate. Every
ono though: 1 had consumption and L
was not expected to live very long.
"Having procured some Peruna, de-
cided to give it thorough test and ap-
piled myself assiduously to the task Of
taking it, as per instructions, in tho
meantime.
"The effects were soon apparent, all
alarming symptoms disappeared and
my general health became fully as goot
as it had ever been in my life.
II have resorted to the use OF Perun!
on two or three occasions since that
time to cure myself OF bad colds"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Lieut.. Col. Louis A. Lagardc, medi-
cal corps, has been detailed as mem-
Der of the army retiring board at Den
yer, vice Capt. George H. Scott, medi-
cal corps, relieved.
John l.. Wilson has been appointed
postmaster at Bonanza. Saguache
county. Colorado. vice L. F. Correll,
removed. p. G. Richardson and Guy
NJ. Stevenson of Denver are appointed
railway mail clerks
In the shooting tournament at Sea
Girt, New Jersey. the United States
Marine Corps won the Dryden trophy
match. Ohio finished second United
States Infantry third, New Jersey
fourth. United States cavalry fifth,
Maryland sixth, New York seventh
and the District of Columbia eighth.
The most important government sta
tions in Alaska are now in complete
wireless communication with the
United States. The signal corps has
completed the establishment of six
wireless stations at cost of over
100000, which will insure continuous
communication in every season of the
year.
At Fort Myer on the 9th inst, Or,
vile Wright made three successful
flights, breaking all aeroplane records.
The first flight, made in the morning,
in which the machine circled the drill
grounds at the fort fifty-seven times
in 81 minutes and 81 seconds. was sur
passed in the evening. when flight of
G2 minutes and Is seconds was nrade
Later Mr.. Wright took Lieut. Frank p.
Lahm, the aeronaut Of the signal
corps. for spin around the drill
grounds. making new record for
twO-man flight.
Bids were opened at the Treasury
Department on the 9th inst. for con-
struction Of public building at Sher-
idan, Wyoming. The bidders were:
Ferguson & Pearson, Sheridan. SAG
500; H. Weise. South Omaha, $751;
420.
Attorney General Bonaparte has or
dered an appeal tc the Supreme Court
of the United States from a recent de-
cision by the Court of Appeals at
Philadelphia declaring the commodity
clause OF the Hepburn act unconstitu-
tional. Special Counsel L. A. Wilmer
will prepare a brief to be presented
early in October.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18

WAsli'NGToN.-The return to
w Washington of President Roose,
welt and family will mean that the so.
cial season will begin within short
time after their arrival. Miss Ethel
Roosevelt has spent quiet summer.
the greater part of it being at her ia
theirs home at Oyster Bay She has
had a rest and is fully prepared for
the most notable year of her young
life-the year when she will be form
ally presented to society and will
reign as the first young lady of the
land" Regarding Miss Ethel's social
campaign in the coming season society
is deeply interested.
1t has been recalled that the then
Alice Roosevelt was given only one
entertainment by her parents in the
White House from her coming out
ball. This was a large dinner party
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
More Fresh Eggs for City Next Winter

article upon this subject 1t accused
southern merchants of shipping un.
desirable eggs to Washington
This was responsible for DR.. Wood.
ward directing Inspectors Mothers.
head and Hoover to make inquiries
That was two months ago After talk.
ing with the commission merchants
re:ail dealers and others who handle
esgs, the inspectors reported that con.
ditions were satisfactory From what
the merchants told them there was nc
truth in the article, they reported
Inspector Hoover's report was es
pecially interesting in view of the fact
that he said:
II have talked with retail dealers
anS they have informed me that their
eggs are all right and that they have
received no complaints from their
cuStomers."
Since then. however. there have
been complaints. The inspectors have
been directed to do more than inauire.
They are to make rigid investigations.
According to one official OF the food
division of the health department,
there will not be so many eggs turned
over to the cold storage to await
prices" when the health department
gets through with its work.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
IL OuSEkEEPERS in this city are to
IL have fresh eggs this winter.

IL OuSEkEEPERS in this city are to
IL have fresh eggs this winter.
Selling ancient eggs at as high
prices as fresh eggs has been prac-
tice under consideration by the health
officials for some time. Drastic meas
urcs are to be taken to break it up.
What Is particularly disapproved of
in connection with traffic in eggs Is
the fact that tremendous amount of
fresh eggs is shipped into Washing
ton and Immediately showed in cold
storage to keep until market prices
satisfy the dealer it is time to sell to
the public.
Laws are sufficiently broad enough,
it is believed, to cover this question.
From expressions OF officials of the
department they are determined to ap-
ply the law. The food inspectors have
already been given orders to enforce
II.
The sale OF bad eggs in Washington
has been commented upon. not only
in this city. but elsewhere. according
to on1cials. A leading medical and
health journal recently contained an