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said "COme right along in, Quigley, guess there's
no one at home."
"Tm herein the pantry" called Puggy, eager
iy.
Uncle Jim unlocked the door. "Hello. kid" he
grinned "Been dreamin' aganY
He gave Puggys nose twist, looked furtively
through the screened window of the pantry, and
motioned to his companion.
81 reckon that's him-Gastineau eh, Puggy,
said he nodding toward the Gastineau porch.
Quigey put cautious eye to the edge OF the
screen.
"She always works alone. A man is the las.
thing in the world she'd have hanging around"
he declared, after moment Il tell you there's
two of 'em and If we'd pinch em we'd not find Jen
NARROW within a hundred miles"
'The description Detroit sends us tallies pretty
we'll with what the neighbors say about the wonr
an persisted Rankin
"Yes, but it's womans description, not a
MANS" replied Quigley driy.
''The captain sure it was her work the other
dav at Carson's" argued Rankin who having
been lately advanced from a beat to the detective
force, was terribly anxious to make good. kadash,
meeting him few days ago, had told him casual
ly about the strange pair and he and Quigley had
come out to Vivian Court moro through curiosity
than suspicion
''Well don't worry about spending that five hun.
dred that's hung up for Jen, said Quigley, sarcas-
tically. For when you pinch her, you won't find
a man loahng around on the back porch"
Through the they inspected the little Mr..
Gastineau He putting airily away at his Gig
arctic his paper in hand, his longbiled cap pulled
over his face.
TT HEY had almost forgotten Puggy, who stood de-
sultorily by winding his toy. 1t had been pret-
ty morning and he fairly ached for somebody's good
will and comradeship. He had always been a bit
awed by his Uncle JIM Perhaps that was why
he persisted in heroifying him. The brass but
tons and helmet and club had lifted that gentle
man clear out of the realm of ordinary beings.
Now that he appeared a little less majestic in the
plain clothes he had donned since his promotion,
his sarcastic "dreamin again" cut deeper than
ever. But it only made the little fellows heart
ache all the more for sympathy and love Oh, just
for once to have shared with his uncle tiny part
of that intimacy which he so buoyantly and proud
ly assumed in his tales about him!
Suddenly Rankin turned and looked down at
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a creep which, to say the least was disconcerting
He carried IL in his pocket to a party at Spellmes
ser's when 1t first came and oosed 1t without ex-
planation All the ladies in the room gathered
their skirts and leaped upon their chairs--except
modest Miss Rachel Matrovich, who Mrs. Kadash
declared, had holes In her stockings The men,
however, simply sat still and laughed, It seemed
very strange to Puggy that women should be
frightened at little a thing as a mouse. He
had often wondered at It,
The coy ran off the board continually and re-
fused to go to the top. Puggy climbed up to pull
the board straight. Standing thus on top OF the
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THE Gastineaus are both back" said Vivian
Court But Puggy Kadash, regarding the little red
button from the knothoe in the fence, thought
IL out differently
He's married all NIT himself" he reiterated for
the thousandth time "Und he comes all back
NIT herself"
Il OR shouting across the street to Mrs. Matro-
witch and asking her in perfect good faith II her
first husband was indeed n goat--a statement he
had heard his father make without explanation
and at which even his imagination baked, Puggy
was locked in the pantry morning shortly
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whenever she did have occasion to go, she
not forgetful of the gay farewell wave to her nus
band who in the courts mind, stood at some
slightly drawn blind and looked after her with
loving solcitude
TT HOUGH he watched very closely indeed, Puggy
could never discern that slightly drawn blind
However, he did discover rear blind that was
up by mere slit. one day when he was searching
for ball he had tossed into the space
between the Gastineau's and the adjoining house
Instantly he glued his pug nose against the
window. The floors of the two rooms that were
visible were iare except for narrow strip OF
mating that lay between doors. There not
a single piece of furniture.
This time he conhded his discovery to his moth
only who, with the other neighbors had won
dered just when the Gastineaus had moved their
"stuff" In. He knew his mother so much better
He appealed to that Unsuitable curiosity of hers
which, by some maternal law OF compensation,
had mothered his imagination.
Il must maig a call on dot Mrs Gastneau Yes.
In the morning." she said Immediately, and II
the thought were quite apart from his trihing bit
MRS. Kadash called She rang the bell three
times with long waits between. Then, after sne
had experienced that peculiar feeling of being
stared at by invisible eyes, Mrs. Gastineau opened
I'm Mrs. Kadash. lif your house behint. I'm
call maigings."
"Come in" smiled Mrs Gastineau
Puggy had seen Alright The reception hail. too.
unfurnished
Mrs. Gastineau excused herself and brought
chairs from the kitchen
"Our things have been on the road for more
than a month. We're poor people and till they
come she finished her explanation with shrug
Mrs. Kadash gave cluck of pity. "Und your
poor husbant ist--ist-" she began.
"An invalid" said Mrs. Gastineau She raised
her voice "Jamesl" she called.
James gave sound whatever. Hes dropped
off to sleep again." said his wife.
She was a most ordinary looking little woman
very dark as to skin and very black as to eyes,
Her voice was gentle but held an unmlstakabe
note of decision Unconsciously she gave Mrs
Kadash an impression OF knowing vast deal OF
life.
And it was all she did give Mrs. Kadash. "You
haf to squeese dot woman to maig her talk was
that disgusted lady's remark when she got home.
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allei nib call tb the NHhS lluedu >.
Mrs. Kadash had gone to the
butchers where she was accus-
toned to spend an unbelleyably
long time selecting steak His
playmates had betaken them
selves out of the doleful lntlu-
ence of his Incarceration and he
was left alone with his mouse.
The trouble came about be-
cause Kadash was not an inn
aginative man. There was moth
ing In him that responded 20
his son. Figuratiye language
was strange to him. When, at
tempting the slang which he
comprehended so vaguely ex-
cept in it's significance as an
epithet, he had accused the de-
parted Matrovlch Of being
goat, he must have meant just
what he said. Had anybody
else made that preposterous
claim, Puggy would have passed
It by. He wanted to believe
that Matrovitch was a truly
goat, and in his fathers abb
sence there was still a chance.
IL was that chance which made
the crack i'm the wall OF his
present isolation. Through 1t
he saw numberless goatly Mat
rovitches and when he tired or
them he wound his mouse ana
ran 1t clear back to his Uncle
Roal, in Prague.
Suddenly he heard the front
door open. and voice he at once
recognized as his Uncle Jim's
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fence. he could look over Gas
tineau's kitchen curtains which
covered the lower sash only.
There was not much In the
kitchen. The shelf on which
the Rileys-who used to live
there-kept a clock and othec
things, was vacant. lie could
see the upper part OF the built
in kitchen cabinet where Mrs.
Riley put her pies and cakes
1t looked hungry now.
1t was six o'clock and Mrs.
Gastineau had just come home.
He had seen her hurTying along
the front before he climbed the
fence.
Suddenly he glimpsed the top
of her head in the dim light OF
the kitchen. While he watched,
It disappeared in the upward
swirl of a garment that looked
like skirt. The garment iiu-
mediately fell away, and when
the head again showed above
the curtain 1t carried the black
cap with the red button. Then
the door opened and little Mr..
Gastineau looked out, saw the
boy and slammed the door TO.
Puggy hoped down and COM
municated his suspicious to his
father. There ensued the pain
full scene which opens this story.
Mr.. Gastineau was not so fire.
quently in evidence after that.
Nor did his wife make her
downtown trips with her
accustomed regularity. But
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18
SHERIFF TELLS OF
CONFESSION
Defendant Declared Sheriff That She Was Glad She Shot Her
FaithIeSs Lover and That She Expected
To Hang

AUBURN, Cal, Nov. III killed
Joe because he threw me down. |
gave him money and did everything
for him and | told him | would kill
him il he ever gave me up. killed
him and I'm glad of it, and l expect
Iii hang"
Such was the confession of Alma
Bell. declared by Sheriff McAuley on
the witness stand today, to have been
made TO him by the girl the day after
the tragedy, when she was found
covering in her hiding place among
the poison oak bushes near High
Rocks, a few hundred yards from the
place where her lovers body was
found.
The sheriff testified further that he
had questioned the girl particularly
as to he relations with Joe Armes
for whose death she is now on trial.
Il asked her if she also had been
intimate with other men," he said,
but was shut off sharply by counsel
for the defense, who objected and
intimated that this reply was part of
a precOnceived plan between the
witness and the prosecutio nto bring
in, seemingly inadvertently, testi-
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mOny tending 10 blacken the charac-
ter of the defendant. The reply was
ordered ruled out
AS Mrs. NJ. F.. Fitzgerald, to whose
home Alma Bell came Immediately
after the shooting was out Of the
state. the prosecution introduced her
testimony from the transcript of the
preliminary examination.
This testimony recounted that
Alma Bell had called at the Fitzger
aid home and after telling Mrs. FitZ-
geraId that she had killed Joe Armes.
had said that she was going to Kill
herself also.
GO somewhere else, them" Mrs.
Fitzgerald testified she told the girl.
Il don't want any trouble around my
house"
The bullet that caused Armes'
death was introduced in evidence
the testimony of the physic-
ians who conducted the inquest. but
It's Introduction failed to awaken the
girl defendant to reptitiOn OF the
hysterical sObbing which overpower-
ed her yesterday when the blood
stained garments of the man she had
loved were exhibited before her.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18
CORNER OF MYSTIC
VEIL RAISED
Famous Sorceres Fires Up and Reads For Scbes The Hand Writ
ing on The Wall Revealing The Views of Dead Statesmen
From, The Curling Smoke of The Dying EmberS
Especial Cor respondent.)

irtt and knitted MaXsOn. He let Elan
uigan be thrown to the wolves. Ley
him ponder and beware.
who will win out?" asked the
News scribe anXiOusly.
You tempt fate when you seek to
rend the veil of futurity. Let my
words for this night suffice. rash
YOUTH"
You want the earth for three dol
lars?" said the Egyptian in tones
that registered some below zero.
There was 4 gust of cold air and
the fire fell and fickered moment
and left the hut in darkness. There
was another burst of the storm and
both men went out into the black
night
"Do YOU get any commission for
his steer?" asked The Appeal man
OF his companion.
Oh. go chase yourself, was the re-
ply and then they separated.
The Appeal man then returned for
private seAnce with the sorceress
and asked her why she gave the
News man information wlich really
had so little political value.
MY mystic book of fate can only
he read by those who have lived long
enough within my realms to exercise
he right OF suffrage" replied the
.;ceress and then the lights went out
and also the reporter as he remarked:
"COrrect eou are"
"a portion of the above story was
produced in this MORNINGS impress
sion of our contemporary. but The
Appeal today through its special cor
respondent gives the first authentic
account of the "Seance" held before
the mystic shrine last EVENING"
Ed. note.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18

Last evening about ten O'Clock the
editor of the News knocked at the
door Of The Appeal office and asked
an Appeal reporter TO accompany him
to the abode of the Egyptian SeereSs
who had date with him To invoke
the shades of departed statesmen who
had promised to give information re-
gardng the future of both political
parties in Nevada.
The invitation was accepted with
alacrity and in a few minutes the two
were in the presence OF the wild and
withcred oracle who relieved both
scrihes of a bogus dollar as she care
fully mixed the magic potion.
"Watch her smoke" quoth Monte.
as She cast the secret powders into
thc blazing Goals A thin wreath OF
Incense rose iazily TO the ceiling and
presently from the shapeless thing a
face appeared with black piercing
eyes and stern cOuntenance.
:Black Wallace as sure as fate
Quoti The Appeal scribe.
"Wouldst thou gather wisdom from
the doad?" said the woman who
crouchcd by the flame. "Question it
quickly for The time is short
we WOULD" came from both in one
breath. and then the face spoke.
"WAile | lived guided the demo-
cratic party along the path of victory.
led its warriors to the spOils. We
never knew defeat and our enemies
NalluWCd in the dust before us. While
III" iralcs last turned to red and gold
in the forest W. won another victory
Iut in the winter when we met in the
Of the law makers we
gave the enemy all the spoils of war"
As the spirit spoke darkness envel-
opcd tho room and the flame died
away as the voice of the wind SEEM
cd to drown every other sound.
"Wouldst thou hear morc?" said
the sibyl in kissing tones.
Both men coughed up another
dollar and the hickering flame rose
again from the brasier like the tongue
oi serpent and the smoke Of the
incense again rose in spiral curves.
Ont of its midst a face again appeared
and in a voice that seemed to come
from the tomb these words were
spoken:
Amy more fooishness like that
and the desert owls will build their
nests in the ruin; d battlements of the |
party, Farewell,
The face disappeared and another |
burst of the tempest shook the fraii |
building
"Wouldst thou further seek the
Iight?" said the seeress
The Appeal man thought he had |
nOugh but the News scribe fished up |
another dollar and again the living
lame darted from its smOuldering :,
'ed of Goals and as the sorceress
'hanted a wierd melody the familiar
ace of A. C. Cleveland rose from the
;moEe and spoke as follows:
II came to warn the party of my
adoption of the sin of seeking ALLAN
'es. The gods will frown upon Nixon
or giving succor to Newlands in the
asst campaign. He fiirted with Bart
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18
GRAND JURY FINDS
INDICTMENTS
Omsby County Grand Jury Begins Its abors Earnest This
ing and Grinds Out Several Indictments
During the Day

The Ormsby County Grand Jury
met again this morning in the office
of G. N. Folsom, Justice of the Peace
and proceeded to take up several
matters with view of bringing in.
dictments. Judging from the various
witnesses examined and the dispatch
with which the inquiry proceeded it
is fOregOne conclusion that an in
dictment was brought against George
w. James for an assault with intent
to XIII one, William McNey at the
Nevada state prison on or about the
1st Of November of this year with a
deadly weapon. At any raate some of
the prison officials were called before
the Grand Jury and offered their evi-
dence and came out of tle Grand
jury rom with a satisfied smile on
their faces. II is almost fOregOne
that they returned one or
two indictments against Stuck and
McIver although no one connected
with that secretive body would ad
nit the fact All Of the witnesses
connected with the case were called |
however, and we guess that indict- |
ments were found
1t is almost a certainty that George |
p. Pease was indicted upon a charge |
If burglary in the first degree as the |
evidence against him is of such !
character that no other result is ,
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18
BOY YWOULD
NOT KILL
Fifteen Year Old Bandit Would
Rather Be Killed Than

LAWRENCE, Kan, Nov. 17.-WIl-
lie Mickey. the 15-year-old Jackson.
fore Judge Means of the Juvenile
court here today, charged with rob
bling the EudOra State bank, in com
pany with Earl Bullock.
Young Mckay repeated to the court
the confession he made at the time
declaration that Bullock had threat
ened to kill him if he deserted.
Il would rather have been killed
the youthful prisoner.
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looked for by those who are familiar
with the facts in the case. The Grand
Jury kept up the grind during the
day and late this afternoon was still
at it. They will meet again tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock at which time
tial report Of their labors.
This morning Foreman Maute ap-
pointed the following grand jury
committees:
Fire department., Water Supply,
Public Schools, Orphans Home and
County BuiIdings-H. A. Lennon.
chairman. F. A. Regan. A. S Betten-
court and F. s. Cliff
County and City Books-W NJ Da-
vid, chairman, Denis Hurley and ].
A. Muller, Jr.
Poor Farm-JOseph Castle. chair
man, H. A. Wood. Ira L. Winters.
County Jail and Public Prisons
S. H. Day, chairman. A. NJ. Duncan.
Hiram Downs.
County Roads, Bridges and Sign
Boards-Peter Henreichs. Chairman
James Larson. George Thieie.
The Grand Jury late this afternoon
rendered a partial report indicting
Stuck on two counts, and James on
one. no report was made Oh the
McTver case or on the Pease case.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18
LEFT FOR MICHIGAN
OFF FOR RENO

John Cole left for his old home ir
Michigan last evening.
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Boyd and Salisbury Representing The Receiver and Charz The
First National Enlven The MonOtOny by Frequent Tits
Over The Admission of Evidence and End is Not Yet

l., H. Patrick was the most i'm
portant witness on the stnd during
the forenoon session of thedistrict
court hearing the citation in the Nye
n County bank matter. He testified
that the Nyc Il OrmSby County Bank,
by agreement of the directors. who
were to rcOrganiZc their branches in
To national banks, was to have u half
interest in each one of the reorganiZ-
cd banks.
George T.. Mills was called to the
stand first and Boyd. for the receiver.
asked for the minute book again
which request Chart opposed for Il
moment but later withdrew his OBJ
lection,
Mills was asked to read from the
minute book extracts from the min
utcs of various meetings of the di-
rcctOrs. He read statements made
by the cashier to the directors and
statements published of the Cond-
tiOn of the First National Bank at
the minutes of Dec. 2S. 1908. when
he cashier J. T. Marshall reported
to the board that he had bought the
ral and personal property of the
~ Il o. bank in Carson City for
$i4S9l.S1 and the furnitude and fix
lures for $3S04. which report was
ratified and approved by the directors
present. j. A. Raycraft. George T.
Mills, Henry Decker and Paris Ellis.
As to the manner OF payment the
cashier employed In the transaction,
Mills did not know whether Il was
cash or stock or notes or what 1t
was, nor who authorized the trans
action lie was unable to find the
fact in the minutes anywhere.
Boyd asked Mills to read from the
minutes Of the First National Bank
Of Sept. %. 1898 in regard TO the pay
mcnt OF $25,O0O cash toward the cap
ital stock. which the minutes stated
was paid in no part by notes or stock
or any other manner except as in .
cash, When Chartz objected to fur
thcr reading, saying that the govern
mont was satisfied and that counsel
should be. that the cash was paid +
In.
loyd replied that ic intends to
show that the directors OF the y.
n O. bank had agreed to reurganiZe
the branches into National banks, and
that The entire matter was in the .
hands Of Golden and that he was act
ting for the y. 4 o. bank solely, and
that all stock issued to him was for
tac n. 4 o. bank and owned by that
bank Chartz or Golden, denied taiS
and stated that the agreement
was simply street talk and not the
subject of resolution by the direct
Ors. The objection was Overrurcd
ana Mills continued to read the names I
Of the directors, the number Of shares
they took and said that he presumed
all the stock was subscribed for,
though his ten shares were given him
payment was made on the stock and
could not ten WHEN the $25oOo was
paid in he said that Marshall at
tended to It entirely. He didn't know
where the $25.OOO was deposited
though later he found 1t in the min
utes as deposited In the American
>-~>>~o>>>>~
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N. & O. BANK SHOULD HAVE
HALF OF FIRST NATIONAL
BANK SAYS |. |. PATRICK

Boyd had it identified by Patrick as
the minute book of the boar dOf d-
rectOrs of the Nye & Ormsby County
Bank.
Patrick then stated that the book
showed the determination to re-Or-
sanizc was reached Jan. Is, 1908, and
said that on that day the directors
met and appointed a committee on
which both himsel fand Golden were
named to carry out the determination
to reOrganiZe the branches
What did This committee decide
Confined on page fOur)
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CContinued on page four)
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UNI BRELLAS

Detachable handle so they can be
nut in your suit case, for ladies and
gents Also fine line for school child
IN at GOlden's JCwelry store.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18
PATRICK COMES

L. l.. Patrick of GOldfield arrived
in this city last evening from Gold
field, Nevada, for the purpose of at
tending the district court
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18

National Bank Of San Francisco
notice of which reached the Comp
troller Of Currency. ,Ir never hear,
where the $2j.0oo came from.
Chartz volunteered the Statement
thai Golden put up $15.o0o and Pat
rick put up $lO.0Oo. hut Mills coult
not confirm the statements He did
not remember the check of PatricE
for 10000.
povd asked Mil. If h, attended
III. nnxt meeting and when Mill,
started tn read from I'll. hook after
RovJ had b,rn nxcusrd from the
room. Chartz made another strcnu-
ous ohicction 10 further reading of
tha minutrs and carried tho hook to
tho hopch doc1arinp that Rovd in
to,d,d r., rood fran, nri,.,to tr,p.oc-
tions corcsruino clf,nts nf tho First
NotionaI Ranl, Th. court ofrrr ev-
,mi,i,c ~. hool instructed nn,d to
rooa or1, IN. n,r,ho,. of ,ot.. and
,h, total omou,, thoroof and rnt to
road tho ,ouo.. of ,bo mokors which
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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18
TO RENO

Mss Mary Leete took a little trip
to Reno this morning where she will
remain for a short time on business
affairs.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18
kOENIG COMES

Joseph HOenig Of Antelope Valley
spent yesterday in this city on his
way home from Bishop Creek.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18

Ray CrOwell left for Reno last
evening after spending the day here
with his family
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-11-18

Finest line Of the famous Pickard
hand painted china at Golden's jew
elry store.