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Secret of the Locket
Continued from page 10

brilliant path through the deep shadow.
woman's head appeared
What is it, cried Valeska in terror.
is Miss Dalrymple shot?'
God knows!" Astro muttered grinly
Help me over the wall. Give me foot
up. Valeska. We're too late, as feared !;
but l must find out what has happened
Driver he yelled back over his shoulder,
go for doctor as quick as you can!"
In an instant he had mounted the top
Of the wall and dropped to the other side.
Valeska heard his footsteps running up
the gravel walk After that she waited
sometime in silence. The cab had driven
off with a clatter.
When, after a wait that seemed IN
-erminable. Astro returned, Valeska's
ewes stared to see him with Miss Dali
rymple. who was apparently unframed.
She wore a long macintosh cape, partly
covering her evening dress, and her hair
was disordered. A look of horror on her
childish face made her seem a woman
almost for the first time. She unlocked
the gate and put her slender white arms
about Valeska
What has happened?" exclaimed the
latter
What feared; only, thank Heaven,
not to Miss Dalrymple!" was Astro's
solemn response. Come this way and
you'll see.
He led the way past an apple tree at
the side of the house. A few PAGES
beyond this great hole was torn in the
earth, and, by its jagged appearance and
slanting sides, it was evident that it had
been made by some explosive. Behind
a syringa bush lay woman's body.
Fanny said Astro.
Miss Dalrymple sank beside the form
and began to weep silently.
do you understand now?" said
Astro to his assistant.
What a fend!' she cried. "She
meant this trap for Miss Dalrymple! She
buried an internal machine here! But
how was it exploded"
Astro pointed to the motionless body.
The reason why l did not caution Miss
Dalrymple not to show her maid the
translation of the cipher was because 1
wanted the second Mrs. Dalrymple to
believe that her hellish trick was going
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to be successful. / was afraid Miss Dali
rymple's curiosity would induce her to
dig under the syringa before l came,
Tonight l wrung a confession from her
stepmother revealing this whole fright
full business. That's why hurried. But
l had no idea of Fanny's dup1icity. Evil
IDENTIFY, though she was spy for the
Brooklyn woman she did not have her
confidence She thought she would get
the letter before Miss Dalrymple dug it
up, and perhaps use it to extort money.
You see how we'll she has succeeded
'Oh! is she dead?'' whispered Valeska.
Luckily, no; only stunned. Mrs.
Myra Dalrymple probably won't have to
go to the electric chair for it, though she
deserves it richly. But, at least, there
will be no more contest over the will. In
the first place. 1 got the letter from her
could prevent her opposition by our knowl-
edge of this crime. She'll leave the
country Tomorrow
THE cab was now heard. 1t stopped,
and the driver with a physician came
running up the walk.
There has been a little accident here"
said Astro suavely. "a buried gaso1ene
tank exploded, and this woman was in
jured, doctor. Garry her into the house
and do what you can for her.
Miss Dalrymple, who had been listen
ing wide eyed to the conversation, raw
ishing figure in the moonlight in her
charningly disheveled state, now put her
hand on Astro's arm.
But l don't understand at ALL" she
said, except that Fanny has been de-
ceiving me for a year. Do you mean
to say that Mrs. Dalrymple put that
cipher in the 1ocket herself and sent it to
me?"
Certainly" said Astro, land a very
clever trick it was"
but why did she do it that way?"
the young girl inquired, still baff1ed.
why was she so elaborate about it,"
Because" replied the Master of Mys-
teries, with lurking smile, - she knew
great deal more about human nature than
you do, and good deal less than l."
The next Master of Mysteries story, "Nnm-
Der Thirteen" uciH appear August 2.
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the reservoir of information possessed by
Mary's family; and there would be avail
able besides a wealth of data in chance
remarks, unconscious hints, unnoticed
promptings She had been too long in
search of personality not to grasp at the
opening now afforded. Focused thus by
suggestion,-that subtle, all pervasive
influence that man is only now beginning
to appreciate,-theba basic delusiona1 idea
promptly took root, b1ossomed, and burst
into an amazing fruition. Banished were
the spurious Katrinas and Willies In
their stead reigned Mary, no less spurious
in point of fact, but so cunningly counter
feiting the true Mary that the deception
was not once detected.
Mark too how suggestion sufficed not
only to create the Mary personality but
to expel it and restore the haplesS Lur-
ancy to perfect health If the response
bility for the creation rests on DR.. Stevens
and the Roffs, to them likewise belongs
the credit for the cure. Their insistence
on the fact that Mary's spirit could
and would be of assistance, was itself as
powerful a suggestion as could be hit upon
by the most expert of modern practi-
TONERS of acknowledgements; and in I'M
consciously persuading the spirit to
set a limit to its time of possession
they made another suggestion of rare
curative value. To the suggestionally
inspired fixed idea that she was not
Lurancy Vennum but Mary Rolf was
thus added the fixed idea, derived from the
same source, that during May she would
become Lurancy Vennum again, and a
perfectly we'll Lurancy 1t was as though
the Roffs had actually hypnotized her
and given her commands that were to be
obeyed with the fidelity characteristic
of the obedience that hypnotized subjects
render to the operator.
When the time came the transformation
was duly effected; though, as has been
seen, not without a struggle, period of
alternating personality, with Mary at
one moment supreme, and Lurancy at an
other. But this is a phenomenon that
need give us no concern. Exactly the
same thing happened in the last stages Of
the Henna case. Nor do the fugitive recur
rences of the Mary personality signify
aught than that Lurancy was still unduly
suggestionable. Note that these recur
rences, according to the available evil
dence. developed only when the Roffs
paid her visits, and that they ceased en-
tirely upon her marriage to man not in
terested in spiritualism, and her removal
to distant part of the country.
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MY MUSE

Ny muse is such tricksy sprite
| scarce know how to take her:
Outlines | grow respondent quite
And vow will forsake her.
For, ah! she is SO hard to WOO,
fear me she is tickle:
She flies my grasp when l pursue
And leaves me in pickle!
When 1 would write in tender strain
Of themes most melancholic,
She fills my poor bewildered brain
With thoughts of fun and froliC.
But when l strive, in merry MOOD,
To string some fancies witty,
The jade grows coy as any prude
And sings childish ditty.
All through the busy hours of day
Before my mind she dances,
And strives to lure my thoughts astray
With bright, poetic fancies.
She loves to tantalize my soul
With wild imagination.
Until rub my weary poll
And groan from sheer vexation.
But when the cares of day have flown
Like phantoms to their cloister,
My tickle goddess, chary grown,
Is dumb as any oyster.
Snc n1OeS the f11neS lain would seek,
Until you scarce could wonder
If l, in accents far from meek,
Should bid her 60 to thunder
But yet she has such winning ways
l cannot cease my wooing;
To her consecrate my days,
All other joys eschewing
I'll sing my simple lays despite
The critic or the ScOrner
Still hoping that the rimes l write
May fit some Poets Corner
Helen Whitney Cidrk
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THOUGHTLETS

V1ND words are the ready change by
~ which man pays his way to success.
Make it a rule never to say anything
you would be ashamed to have your
mother hear.
Fine feathers make fine birds; but they
don't make them taste any better.
A man who makes friends easily and
keeps them is sure Of enjoying life.
Harold yu,l Densen
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The Watseka Wonder
Continued from page II

1t is father controlling him. and / then
seemed to realize who l was and whom
was seeking. / began to be distressed in
nv lungs, and should have fallen if they
had not held me by the hands and let me
back gently on the floor. l was
in a measure still conscious of my actions,
though not of my surroundings, and
have clear memory of seeing myself in
the character of my dying father lying in
the bed and in the room in which he died.
1t was most curious sensation saw
his shrunken hands and face, and lived
again through his dying moments; only
now l was both myself, in an indistinct
SORT of way, and my father, with his feel
ings and appearance.
All of this Tout explained correctly as
1.-The dramatic working out, by some half
conscious stratum of his personality, of
suggestions made at the time by other
members of the circle. or received in prior
experiences of the kind"
In most instances, however, the original
self is completely effaced, and no con-
seriousness is retained of the performances
of the secondary self; but that an avenue
of sense is still open is sufficiently demon
strated by the readiness with which, in
hypnotic experiments, seemingly insen-
sible subjects respond to the suggestions
OF the operator.
Clue to the Mystery
HERE, therefore, we find our clue to
IL the solution of the mystery of
Lurancy Vennum. A victim of psychic
catastrophe, the cause of which must be
left to conjecture in the absence of knowl-
edge of her previous history, she was
placed in precisely the position of the adj
venturous Tout and of the inert subjects
of the hypnotist's art That is to say,
having lost momentarily all knowledge
and control of her personality, the char
acter her new personality would assume
from those about her.
Yet not altogether. Dr. Stevens de-
tailed record contains a reference which
indicates strongly that the "spiritistic !"
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and offers him. absolutely the only solution of the problem
Of meeting the mail order comp etition II shows the manu-.
facures how TO sell his product direct to the
the only complete position Of the science Of
selling by mail devised an the only Course endorsed
BY the largest makers of Office, Filing and Record Systems
in the world you wish to better yourself, Increase
mail order business, can help you. Write to-day for free
literature on Mail Order Method of Selling II will show
Frank l. McWade Pres. 30 Granite Bhs. Rochester N.Y.
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month they would never go
back to the sun dial or to
guessing the time by the
sun"
So with my cigars. I
don't want to sell you a
hundred now. I "just want
to leave them on trial..
Moreover, I will take them
away again if you don't care
to keep them after you
have smoked ten, and no
chc1ge for the ten smoked.
MY OFFER ISL will,
upon request, send one
hundred Shivers' Pana.
telas on approval to a
rea der of This Sunday
Magazine, express pre-.
paid. lie may smoke ten
cigars and return the re.
naming ninety at my ex-
pense, and no charge for
the ten smoked, If he Is not
pleased with them !; If he is
pleased and keeps them, he
agrees to remit the price,
$500, within ten days.
In ordering please inclose
business card or give per-
sonal references and state
which you prefer-light,
medium or dark cigars.
Ny Panatela cigar is hand
made, of Gle ar, Gle an,
straight, long Havana filler
with a genuine Sumatra
wrapper. 1t is the retailers
Ioc. cigar.
/ make other cigars than
the Panatela, ranging in
price from So 90 to $500
per hundred. If you prefer
some other size or shape, or
cigars, permit me to m;
catalogue, and explain mo
methods of supplying sn
cigars at wholesale prices.
HERBERT D. Sill
0l3 Filbert Street Phil
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tendency manifest from the onset of her
trouble was to some extent predeter-
mined. A few days before the first at
tack she informed the family that there
were persons in my room last night, and
they called 'Rancy, Rancy!' and l felt
their breath on my face; and the next
night, repeating the same story, she
sought refuge in her mother bed. These
fanciful notions, symptomatic of the
coming trouble and possibly provocative
of it, would act in the way of powerful
autosuggestion, and would of themselves
explain why there resulted an inchoate,
tentative, vague personality, instead Of
the robust, definite personality that
assumes control in most cases
At first, the reader will remember, she
sought vain1y and wildly and wholly SUBJ
consciously-it cannot be made too clear
that she was no longer consciously respon-
sible for her acts-for satisfactory self
of ghostly origin The aged Katrina, the
masculine Willie, and other imaginary
beings were tried and rejected; princi-
pally, no doubt, because her thirteen
year-old imagination was unequal to the
task of investing them with satisfactory
attributes From her relatives she OBJ
tanned no assistance in the strange quest.
They, disbelieving in spirits" persisted
in calling her insane "a comfortless and
far from beneficial suggestion. But with
the Intervention of the Roffs and DR..
Stevens everything changed. Not ques-
tioning the truth of her assertions, they
confirmed her in them, and offered her
into the bargain ready made personality.
Hypnotic Suggestion Did It
HERE at last was something tangible,
IL a starting point, foundation stone.
Mary Rolf had had real existence, had
had thoughts, feelings, desires, life of
flesh and blood. And Mary, they assured
Very we'll, let Mary come, and the sooner
she came the better. For knowledge of
Mary, of her characteristics, her relation
ships, her friends, her earthly career, it
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The Yankee clock peddler
of a former day never tried to
sell a clock.

He lust wanted to leave it until he
came around again, knowing full well that
after family had enjoyed clock for
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The McWade System
SELLING GOODS
BY MAIL

Taught by Correspondenee.l
This Course will qualify any
man to increase his earning Ca
pacity regardless Of his present
occupation. Il shows the mef-
chant how to increase his sales
and decrease his selling expense
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that he killed his vie sometime during
the afternoon and before the writer pas
sed down the mountain trail in front Of
the house. lie was ably defended by
Attorneys Woodburn and Deal, but the
evidence OF his bloody boots and other
circumstances convinced the jury Of lie
guilt. They tempered the verdict with
mercy and he was sent to the p~eniten-
tiary for life.
A double-barr relied shot gun, with
both barrels loaded, was found IN
the house the night Of the muir
der and the writer will always believe
that Mahoney WIS waiting Tor him tina:
afternoon and WON'T have killed him
had he seen the hDut al Mrs. MGhuuey
lying III the ruad mud nad gone to 1t.
ThIs may be 1t false belief, but is is iirrE-
~ fixed.
Tins Is II true account Of The murder
Tor which James MaLone, is dong tiuc.
Ii WIS most brutal and tile vcrdicl al
murder I'D the second degree fell short
Of justice.
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Law Is Questioned.

Judge O'Brien Of Tonopah will be
called upon in the near future to decide
the coustIt utionaIity Of the law PASSED
by the Nevada legislature which pre-
vents collecting in Nevada in favor OF
business houses outside the state. The
case has been remanded by the supreme
court for trial. It was taken 10
The supreme court by Attorney Clay
Tallman Of Rhyojte and oncerns tho
liberty Of a. E. BroeVe, who was ar
rested on the charge Of soliciting orders
for a mems clothing house. The case Is
o hRbens corpus proceed ing. Plaintiff
IN the action contends that the law in
uDconstit utiopal in that il interferes
with interstate commerce, aud that it
debars citizens Of another state from
the same rights OF citizens II his state
contrary 10 the constit utinn OF the
United States. The case will be watch
ed with intereet.
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Stargo, a New Camp.

\ prominent mining man who ii Just
in from that portion Of Nye Comfy ly-
ing between Hamilton and Topopah,
and some fifty miles south west OF Eure-
ks, informs the Record that Il new MIL
ing district Of remarkable promise hns
just been organized. The location Of
the new district is at the head Of
Fish Spring valley.
Veins Of lead, silver and gola 81 good
average value and astonishing dimeu-
sious have Desn discovered. The amp
was stumbled onto II few weeks ago by
a party Of experienced prospectors, who
have quietly taken up some forty or fifty
slams, and organized a district Of their
own which introduces itself to the pub
lie M Stargo.
1t Ii worthy ui note that this new
district is located IN one Of the proposed
lines OF railways from Ely tu CiolGlieId.
This would be the north liuc that passes
through Hamilton, Eureka aud then
Slargo on, via Moray and Tyho, before
reaching Tonopab.
Il vein 300 irri wide II ha d cnrbor-
atcs OF lend, carrying "Xccllcn, values
IN both COL and oliver is the principal
development, in the nov camp.
4 rush tc the new digglmgs in aptici-
pated NJ oOn aE wealth. conditions are
mur favorable. Ely Mining Record.
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When 10 Lift Your Hat.

In answer to the question, "Please
tell when and where are, or Is, the cor
rect time Tor IA gentleman to lift or re-
move his lat,' We reply: Without oon-
authorities of etiquette, in fact
giving it to you offhand, 30 &c speak, We
should say at the following tunes and
ON the following occasions, respectively
the Int should be lifted or removed as
circumstance indicate: When hopping
the brow, when taking n bath, when
eating, when gong to bed, when taking
up n collection, when having the hair
trimmed, when beng shampooed, when
standing on the head.-wichita (Kan
Beacon.
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WAS A FOR HIM.
Clerks Suggestion to Customer Who
Was "a Little Short"

John Brink pridcd himself on hav.
Ing the largest general store In tho
county. "lf man wishes It. and It In
made, have it, was the sign Over his
advertisements In the newspapers.
"Wtlltam,' said Mr.. Brink one morn.
!ng. rs he was giving instructions to
n green clerk; mo one must ever
leave this store without making Il pur-
chase. IT n person doesn't know
what he wants. suggest something.
Ana. remember. VI have everything
from carpet tacks to ~mausolcums."
Williams first customer was n leisure.
" appearing chap. who gazcd about
~curiously. but had no definite object In
view. Just looking around" he CX.
planned. Wouldn't you like 10 look
nj Our now line of postal cards?" sug.
Eostcd the ago clerk. mo. not this
iiinc.' answered tho stranger; "Tm
Just n little short this morning" "Ah."
urged tho nov clerk. who was lot ia.
milan with tho wonderful expansive.
ness OF the language; then. perhaps.
you'd Ike to look at u line Of now
aud handsome siretchcrs?"-IIarpcr's
Weekly.
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Charlie had Just returned from Sun
day school, when he asked his dOting
parent m astonishing question.
Mamma. what kind OF undcrclothcs
do angels wcar?" ho inquired sobcriy.
Observation-Disclosures. What I'm tho
world do you mean" Even Charlle's
mother. Injured 10 startling queries,
was stunned. well" murmurcd tho
little chap. evidently puzzled. teacher
said that Abraham entertained tho
angela underwear"
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1hrE UP ONO. CRY or ruLEno I
LUCAS tOt,Ery

Lucas cOunrv Is
FRhHK j. CuEaEY makes oath tia, hc
IL the senior partner ~ the firm of T.. J
CHENEY & Co. doing hugiDCes in hcCIty
OF Toledo, County lud Stntu aforesaid,
aud that sail firm will pa! the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOlILhl.S rns zach
aud cyory case u Ctlairh that "atnot
he cured 10y the usu oi ~liALi'a Chrhvgu
CURE. t'RNSK i. iiIENfI
Sworn to before INC md ~auir.rIad
III my p]fcscncc. tho 9th lHy 81 Dry.r ii.
Der, A. D., 1896. Wv. GLEasoa.
tsEALl N"lIry Public
Halle Cuiarfh Cure l., tat,,u in.
t%ornally and acts directly an dic blood
and mucous surfaces ~ ~" ayairm.
Send for tcstimnninls tree.
u. J. cheney & Co. rolcdo. ..
Sod hy all druggists.
tni,c Halls Family pllls fuf c~on4tiu,,ru,
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Notice Of Dissolution Of Partnership.

NOTICE IL HEREBY GIVEN TINT
the partnership heretofore existing be-
tween w n. Mayer and o. 9. MoCau
doing business IN the Town Of Deetb,
Elko County, Nevada, is hereby dis.
solved by mutual consent.
All outstanding accounts due sa;d
firm Of MAYER AND MCCALL are 70
be paid to MCCALL and SMILEY who
assume oh liabilities Of eaid firm of
Mayor and Mccall and who will here.
after conduct. and carry on said business.
".R. MAYER,
o. q. MCCALL,
w. J. SMILEY.
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Carrie Nation

certainly smashed II hole III the bar.
rooms Of Kansas, but Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup has smashed all records
as n cure for coughs, bronchitis, inhu-
enza md all pulmonary di ieases, 7. &.
IL, Horton, Kansas, writes: Il have
never found II medicine that would cure
a cough 50 quickly us Billiards. lIore-
hound Syrup. have used it for years"
Sold by ElkO Drug Co.
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When attacked by IL cough, or d c"id,
or when your thrOaJ IT. sore, II 10 rrr +
iooiishucsa to TAX" any o'hcT medicine
than king's Sew niaco very. -snyn G,
o. EIdridgc, m Empire, Ga 81 hnu
used Now Discovery s, ven y'nrs an !
know It ia the best remedy on Garth fur
coughs and colt, Group. and all throII
and lnng trouhl"r. Ny cliIdron are
subject to C-udp, but Nv# D]lacoyrry
quickly cures every attrrk- KNOW
the world over 81 The Krg ~ throa,
nnd lung rcmcdicr. Sold an ar guar
antoc at ElHo Drug Go. - and 100.
TrinI bottle free.
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AZ 10 the Scorchers.

DO many endurance race autos
pass horc?' asked tho city boardcr.
peering down the road. Yeas. gtran.
GER" replied the old farmer. "Thcy
are oil endurance q to us" "To
yon?' Sure. 1t is an endurance test
OF patience to keep from blazing away
at them every time they run over 4
COW or scare a horse"
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a Higher Health Lowell,

Il have reached a high health level
since l began using Dr.. Kings Now
Life Pills,' writes Jacob Springer, OF
West franklin, Name. "Ibey keep my
stomach, liver and bowels working Just
night II these pills Iii appoint you on
trial, money will be refunded ut Elko
Drug Co.'s drug store 25c.
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For Sale

Two aud Onc-hali c-ilencc lots on
Missouri Fiat. y tivs-room dr w~oillng ,
furnished throughout, y good barn and
other o%uthouses, and a good well are on
the promises.
Only $4,000 is asked Tor all this pro
pert. It's Il snap.
For further particulars inquire mt this
office.
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Mrs. Roosevel,'s Ambition.

Mrs. Roosevelt has chosen to ally
herself with that part Of society which
COOS in for uplifting. Sho has sedu.
lousy avoided the merely frivolous.
Her name ia on tho list Of patrons
OF art and music. She Ia pledged
when her husband leaves ONCE, TO aid
in the establishment OF a national
academy OF art and Of a national con.
~aeryatory. both TO DO supported by
government funds. 1t is understood
that abe wishes TO go down In white
house annals as tho most Intelligent
and conscientious collector Of his.
tcyio china that has over graced the
stately mansion.
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Drug Comply
Dealers in

Dealers in
Pure Drugs. Chem icals, Patent
Medicines, Toilet Articles,
Perfumcry, Liquors
and Cigars
Orders by Mail Given Prompt A~ttcnsions
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded From
The Purest Drugs.