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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-23

The adult course tickets have been
placed at the low price of S2 for the
Ave entertainments, single admission
IS cents. To school children the
course will be 9l.50, with single ad-
mission ct IS cents. The course should
be literally patti onized by every man,
woman and child within easy reach oil
the city. The Redpath people, who
are known all over the world, guarantee
the course to be one OF the most meri,
t0rious ever given In this part of the
country.
Following Is q list OF the entertain
meuts, with the dates SO far as known:
Oct. 6-Houston, the Magician, as
sisted by his wife.
Nov. 22-Father John B. DAILY OF
Milwaukee.
Jan. 20-Grand Concert by the
Ramos Spanish Orchestra.
March 7-Concert by the Gertrude
Goodwin Miller Concert Co.
The closing entertainment will be q
lecture BY the Hon. Geo. w. Thomp-
son, subject and date to be announced
later.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-23

Comfy and Son sell the Akron Ice
Cream.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-23

I can Of perfumed talcum powder.
| cabinet Of assorted hair pins.
! dozen kid curriers'. large size,
| bottle Of vaseline.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

At the Lyceum theatre, "Wednesday
evening, April 14th, William A.. Brady
and Joseph r. Grismer's production,
I" The Man of the Hour. will be seen
in this city, and as the thestre-goers
have heard and read so much of this
great play there is no doubt standing
room will be at a premium. While
George Broadhurst, the playwright, has
taken for his theme certain conditions
which exist in every large city, still
there is said to be interviewer in sc The
Man Of the Hour" a delightful love
story. The plot, in brief, concerns a
yohng millionaire who has been, re-
fused by his sweetheart because he has
done nothing worthy" He then en-
tiers politics and is elected mayor of
his city. After assuming the duties
OF the office he manfully refuses to bow
to the political boss. One of the first
bills brought to him for his signature
has to do with franchise grab and Is
prompted by the uncle of the girl with
whom he is in love. 1t looks to the
new mayor as if his refusal would cost
him all the friends of his family, but
after pursuing the rough road, in the
end he wins his sweetheart and dem
onstrates that honestly always pays.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
Grows cuban Oranges.

A former well-known Morris county
man visited Morristown and Mend
ham, day before yesterday, just as Ed
gar w. Dennison says it, to look
them all over again." During the
early development of the telephone in
this county he was active here as the
manager of the New York and New
Jersey Telephone company, extending
the trunk lines in all.directions, especi-
ally to Bernardsyille and Dover, as
well as all of the territory around
Lake Hopatcong Now he is growing
oranges on a plantation four miles
from the city of Havana, Cuba, where
| a dairy on the same place also supplies
many of the hotels in the city with
milk. cream and butter.
He started to return home yesterday
and says that he will live there for an
other seven years. He has made three
trips to the United States as secretary
of the Publicity League Of Cuba, which
is an organization made Of the princi-
pal business men of the island who are
interested in having Cuba known
abroad. Each one of these trips has
been more than 1000 miles in length.
Mr.. Dennison is the United States
correspondent for the old Spanish
newspaper, La Lucia which is one
of the important government organs
of the liberal party. He feels sure
that Cuba will be all right under the
new president, General Jose Miguel
Gomez, because of the strength Of
that official. He wants to have all the
New Jersey people who go down there
stop at his Office in the National bank
building and let him give them the
benefit of the three years he has been
down there among the Cuban citizens.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
Rn,nad BY Gasolena.

Richard Morgan, jr.. who is in
charge Of the local agency of the S. &
5. rubber company with offices in the
Wells Fargo express store on South
street, was washing his hands in gaso-
lene in uhe>rear OF the store Wednes-
day afternoon. The gasolene caught
fire and blazed up burning the man
about his face and arms. He was
taken to Memorial hospital for treat
ment and later went home. His.burns
were superficial and will not be serious.
The chemical engine was called to
extinRuish the resulting fire from the
burning gasolene. The damage to the
building, Whichis owned BY DIR. Will
liam G.. Sharp. was slight.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
CHANGES In LINKS.
Morris County Greens Committee to
Make Extensive Alterations.

Morris County Greens Committee to
Make Extensive Alterations.
Alta meeting of the greens commit
tee Of the Morris County Golf club
held last week important changes in
the clubs links were decided upon.
They include among other things the
introduction of railroad ties in big pit
at the seventh hole. Rough sketches
have been prepared calling for the adj
dition of twenty-three bunkers which
are to be pot affairs and not raised
bunkeTS.
Because of new land secured two
holes, the seventeenth and eighteenth,
have been shifted, being the only
changes in the course in eleven years.
Among the alterations to be made
are the cutting down one half of the
cross bunker on the third and at $50
yards or about eighty yards from the
green pot bunkers will be put in. On
the fourteenth two cross bunkers are
to be cut down SO as to allow a long
player to reach the green in two shots.
1t is about 445 yards
The changes are to be made at once
so that everything will be completed
long before the fall tournament.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30


A feature of the quarterly reception
of Miss Mildred A. Logan's dancing
class last Wednesday evening was a
very clever skirt dance by Miss Bea-
trice Seymour, Of Rockaway, a pupil
of Prof, Charles Burned, of Dover.
Miss Seymour. who is only twelve
years old, made such hit with her
dance that its repetition was demand
ed and she gracefully complied.
In the cotillion, led by Miss Logan,
there we're 100 members of the class
and their friends. Pretty decorations,
refreshments, good music and the fine
floor all helped to make the affair a
successful one.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
Noted Horse Comes Here.

AT the dispersal sale of Willis J
Bests' hackneys in New York on Tues
day, CIV. jenkins purchased the noted
hackney stallion, Monte Ray, one Of
the best known sons of the famous
Matchless of Londesboro. Monte Ray
will 60 to the Silver Lake farm, Green
Village. Mr.. jenkins also bought Hill
dred promising four year old daugh-
ter of Monte Ray.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

Tapkaows Defeats Orange Bowlers.
In bowling contest between a
team from Orange and one of the Tap
kaow club on the latter's alleys Tues
ing evening the visitors were defeated
three straight games. The teams and
The totals Of the games were Orange
Thomas Harry. D. B. Smith, Ell.
Smith, A. Watson and H. McCracken,
the scores being sos, 727, TOP; Morris
town-Maynard Day, William Osmun,
Lewis G. Parker, Clifford A. Rutan
and David P. Mcclellan, scores S51,
83l, 922.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30

DR.. Julius Ward, of New York, adj
dressed fair-sized audience Wednes-
day evening in the Methodist church
upon Lincoln aud the Civil War
The lecture, which was chiefly histor-
zeal, described Lincoln's career, es-
pecial emphasis being given to his
connection with the Civil war. Stere-
opticon views were used to illustrate
the address and were much enjoyed,
although tine lecture was curtailed
owing to the stereOpticon breaking
down near the close. The lecture was
given under the auspices of the Ep-
worth league Connected with the
church,
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-27
CHAPTER XVIII.
A Tramp and the TOOthache.

~ HE bitterness toward the dead
president of the Traders Bank
seemed to grow with time. Never
popular, his memory was eXecrated by
people who had lost nothing, but who
were filled with disgust by constantly
hearing new stories of the mans grasp
ing avarice. The Traders had been a
favorite bank for small tradespeople,
and in its savings department it had
solicited the smallest deposits. People
who had thought 10 b. self-supporting
TO the last found themselves confront
ing the poor-house, their two or three
hundred-dollar savings wt1ed ave..
All bank failures have this element,
however, and the directors were trying
to promise 30 per cent. on deposits.
But, like everything else those days,
the bank failure was almost forgotten
by Gertrude and myself. We did not
mention Jack Bailey-I had found
rothing to change my impression of
his guilt, and Gertrude knew how l
felt. As for the murder of the bank
presidents son, | was of two minds.
One day / thought Gertrude knew, or
at least suspected, that Jack had done
it; the next | feared that it had been
Gertrude herself, hat night alone on
the circular staircase. And then the
mother of Lucien Wallace would OBJ
trude herself, and an almost equally
good case might be made against her.
There were times, of course, when ]
was disposed to throw all those sus-
picions aside, and fix definitely on the
unknown, whoever that might be.
| a my greatest disappointment
when it came to tracing Nina CARING
ton. The woman had gone without
leaving a trace. Marked as she was, II
should have been Easy to follow her,
but she was not to be found. A descrip-
ton to one of the detectives. on my
arrival at home, had started the ball
rolling. But by night she had not been
found. / told Gertrude then about the
telegram to Louise when she had been
i'll before; about my visit to DR.
Walker. and my suspicious that Matte
Bliss and Nina Darlington were the
same. She thought. as / did, that there
was little doubt Qf 1t.
] said nothing 90 her, however, Of the
detectives suspicious about Alex. Lit
tie things that / HAD not noticed at the
time now came back to me. I had an
uncomfortable feeling that perhaps
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-27

No, indeed. A skin like a baby's,
But perhaps you will know the initials.
She gave I4uclen a handkerchief and
forgot it. 1t was very fine, black
bordered. and 1t had three hand-worked
letters in the corner-F. B. A."
NO" / said. with truth enough. "she
is not a friend of mine" F. b. A. was
Fanny Armstrong, without a chance
of doubt
With another warning to Mrs. Tate
as to silence, we started back to Sunny
side. So Fanny Armstrong knew OF
Lucien Wallace, and was sufficiently
interested to visit him and, pay for his
support. Who was the child's mother
and where was She? Who was Nina
Darlington? Did either of them know
where Halsey was, or what had hap
pened to him?
On the way home we passed the little
cemetery where Thomas had been laic
to rest. l wondered If Thomas could
have helped us to find Halsey, had he
lived. Farther along was the more
imposing burial ground, where Arnold
Armstrong and his father lay in the
shadow of a tall granite shaft. OF tho
three | think Thomas was the only one
sincerely mourned.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-27

ing to strike me. He grew livid, and a
small crooked blood vessel in his tenn
pie swelled n throbbed %curiously.
Then he forced a short laugh.
"Who Is Nina Darlington" he asked.
Il am about to discover that" / re-
piled, and he was quiet at once. 1t
was not difficult to divine that he feared
Nina Darlington a good deal more than
he did the devil. Our leave-taking was
brief; in fact. we merely stared at each
other over the waiting-room table, with
its litter of year-old magazines. Then
l turned and went out.
"To Richield," L old Warner. and on
the way thought, and thought hard.
Nina Darlington. Nina Darlington"
the roar and rush of the wheels seemed
to sing the words. Nina Darlington.
N. C." And | then knew, knew as
surely as if | had seen the whole thing.
There had been an n. c. on the suit
case belonging to the woman with the
pitted face. How simple it all seemed
Matte Bliss had been Nina Caring
ton. 1t was she Warner had heard in
the library. 1t was something she had
told Halsey that had taken him fran
tically to DR.. Walkers office, and from
there perhaps to his death. If we Could
find the woman we might find what had
become of Halsey.
We were almost at Richfeld now. so
I kept on. My mind was not on my
errand there now. II was back with
] Halsey on that memorable night. What
was it he nae said to Louise, that had
sent her up to ~Sunnyside, half wild
with fear for him? l made up my
mind, as the car drew up before the
Tate cottage, that I would see Louise
If l had to break into the house at
night.
Almost exactly the same scene as
before greeted my eyes at the cottage.
Mrs. Tate, the baby carriage in the
path. the children at the swing-all
Were the same.
She came forward to meet me. and
I noticed that some of the anxious lines
had o out of her face. She looked
young. almost pretty.
II am glad you have come back"
she said. 81 think I will have to be
honest and give you back your money"
"Why?" [ asked. Has the mother
Gomez"
No. but some one came and paid
the boys board for a month. She
/ tdlhtu 10 min LOT u lODS time. out when
| asked him afterward he didn't know
her m
"A young woman"
Not very young; about 40, | sup
pose. She was small and fair-haired.
just a little bit gray. and very sad.
She was in deep mourning. and l think
when she came she expected to go at
once. But the child, Lucien, interested
] her. Gna faIknI m him for a long tfpoa
and. indeed, she looked much happier
when she left
You are sure this was not the real
mother"
20 mercy, no. Why, she didn't know
which of the three was Lucien. l
thought perhaps she was a friend of
yours, but, of course, I didn't ask"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-27

And I'm sure DR.. Boyle's been trying
to take it out for years" .
There was no laudanum and Llddy
made a terrible fuss when l proposed
carbolic acid, just because.I had put too
much on the cotton once and burned her
mouth. Tn sure 1t never did her any
| permanent harm; indeed, the doctor
said afterward that living on liquid diet
had been a splendid rest for her stonl-
ach. But she would have none of the
acid, and she kept me awake grooming,
so, at last, | got up and went to Ger
trude's door. To my surprise, it was
locked.
went around by the hall and into
her bedroom that way. The bed WAS
turned down and her dressing-gown
and nightdress lay ready in the little
room next, but Gertrude was not there.
She had not undresscd.
l don't know what terrible thoughts
came to me in the minute L stood there.
Through the. door L could hear Liddy
grumbling, with a squeal now and then
when the pain stabbed harder. Then,
automatically. l got the laudanum and
went back to her. 81
It was fully a half-hour before Eid-
dy's groans subsidized. AT intervals I
went TO the door into the hall and
looked out, but l saw and heard Moth
ing suspicious. Finally, when Liddy
mad dropped into a doze, 1 even ven
tured as far as the head of the circular
staircase, but there foated UP to me
only the even breathing OF Winters, the
night detective. sleeping just inside the
entry. And then, far off, I heard the
rapping noise that had lured Louise
down the staircase that other night,
two weeks before. 1t was over my
head and very faint--three or four short
muif1ed taps, a pause and then again,
s%tealthily repeated.
The sound of Mr.. Winters's breathing
was comforting; with the thought that
there was help within call, something
kept me from waking him. / did not
move for a moment: ridiculous things
Liddy had said about a ghost-I am not
at all superstitious, except, perhaps. in
the middle of the night, with eyery-
thing dark-things like that came back
to me. Almost beside me was the
clothes chute. / could feel 1t. but I
could see nothing. AS / stood. listening
mtently, / heard a sound near me. 1t
was vague, indefinite. Then 1t ceased;
there was an uneasy movement and a
grunt from the foot of the circular
staircase, and silence again. / stood
perfectly still, hardly daring to, breathe.
Then L knew l had been right. Some
one was stealthily. passing the head OF
the staircase and coming toward me in
the dark. l leaned against the wall for
supFort-my knee $ were giving way.
The steps were close now, and sud-
denly l thought Of Gertrude. Of course.
I ~ IUaC -..& 80, L.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-27

! sitting on the carriage block. When he
saw me he got up.
Miss Innes." he said, taking off his
hat. do you know where Alex, the
gardener, isl"
why, no. Isn't he here?" / asked.
He has been gone since yesterday
afternoon. Have you-employed him
long?"
only a couple of weeks" ,
rs he efficient? A capable man."
Il hardly know" I said vaguely.
The place looks all right, and l know
very little about such things. 1 know
much more about boxes of roses thar
bushes of them"
This man." pointing to the assistant,
says Alex isn't a gardener. That he
doesn't know anything about plants"
That's very strange 1 said, think
ing hard. why, he came to me from
the Brays. who are in Europe"
Exactly The detective smiled.
Every man who cuts grass isn't a gar
dener, Miss Innes. and just now IL is
our policy to believe every person
around here a rascal until he proves
to be the other thing"
Warner came up with the car then,
and the conversation stopped. AS he
helped me in, however, the detective
said something further.
Not a word or sign to Alex, if he
comes back" he said cautiously.
went first to DIR. Walkers. | was
tired of beating about the / .sh, and I
felt that the key to Halsey's disap-
pearance was here at Casanova, in
spite of Mr.. Jamieson's theories.
The doctor was in. He came at once
to the door of his consulting room, and
there was no mask of cordially in his
manner.
please come in" he said CURLY.
Il shall stay here, | think, Doctor
/ did not like his face or his manner:
there was a subtle change in both. He
had thrown off the air Of friendliness,
and / thought, too, that he looked
anxious and haggard.
DIR. Walker" I said. 81 have come
to you to ask some questions. l hope
you will answer them. AS you know,
my nephew has not yet been found"
80 / understand" stifiy.
Il believe, if you would, you could
help us, n that leads to one of my
questions. Will you tell me what was
the conversation you held with him the
night he was attacked and carried OFF,
Attacked Carried off,, he said
with pretended surprise. Really, Miss
Innes. don't o think you ~exaggerate?
l understand it Is not the first time
Mr.. Innes has-disappeared."
You are quibbling, doctor This is
a matter of life and death. viii you
answer my question"
Certainly. He said his nerves were
bad, and ! gave him a prescription for
them. / am violating professional
ethics when / tell you even as much
as that
! could not tell him he lied. | think
! looked It. But | hazarded q random
shot.
Il thought perhaps / said. watch
ing him narrowly, that 1t might be
Iabout-Nina Darlington
AML.E. A
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-27
CHAPTER XVIII.
who Is Nina Darlington.

GT~7HE four days. from Saturday to
the following Tuesday. we lived,
or existed, in a state of the most
"ileadfuI suspense. We ate only when
yiady brought In a tray. and then very
letue. The papers. of course, had got
nod Of the story, and we We're besieged
zffaf newspaper men. From all over the
ountry false clues came pouring in and
aised hopes that erumbled again to
Ching. Every morgue within a hum
red miles, every hospital, had been
SISTED without result.
Afr. Jameson. personally, took charge
II the organized search. and every eve
&.ding, no matter where he happened to
5e; he called useby long-distance tele-
hone. 1t was the same formula.
Nothing TO-DAY. A new clue to work
II. Better luck tomorrow" And heart
Errx we would put up the receiver and
fgit down again to our vigil.
The inaction was deadly. Liddy cried
Ill. day, and, because she knew I OBJ
+ iected TO tears, SMILED audibly around
he corner.
rEA"For heavens sake, smilei" I snapped
1T her. And her ghastly attempt at a
.y<rhl, with her swollen nose and red
Esyes, made me hysterical. I laughed
vsnd cried together, and pretty soon.
IKE the two old fools we were, we were
sasitting together weeping into the same
handkerchief.
Things We're happening, of course,
III the time. but they made little or
Il 20 suppression. The Charity Hospital
ffca1led up DIR. Stewart and 'epnrted
that Mrs. Watson was in a critical con-
6ition. I understood also that legal
fsfeps were being taken to terminate
my lease at ~Sunnyside. Louise was out
Of danger, but very iii, and a trained
nurse guarded her like a gorgon. There
WAS a rulnor in the village, brought up
TPX .Liddy from the butchers. that a
s,Wedding had already taken place be-
tween Louise and DIR. Walker. and this
rQused me for the first time TO action.
ION Tuesday, then, | sent for the car
xaEd prepared to go put. As I waited at
,pQrte-cochere saw the under
.gAgdener. an ipoffensive, g~rayish-haired
Imam, trimming borders near the house.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-27
Copyright 1908,
The Bobbs-M Merrill Company.
CONTINUED From Yesterday

Two private detectives had arrived in
: ny absence, ind it was a relief to turn
9ver to them the responsibility of the
house and grounds. Mr.. Jameson, they
rsaid, had arranged for more to assist
cor the search for the missing man, and
CERT shat time the country was being
eoured in all directions.
.,ghe household staff was again de-
r nIeted that afternoon. Liddy was wait
2 as to tell me hat the new cook had
zone, bag and baggage, without waiting
> be paid. No one had admitted the
isitor whom Warner had heard in the
itrary, unless. possibly, the missing
!. cook. Again l was working in a circle
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-27

You bunkoed me into buying your
business!" exclaimed the angry vic
tim.
I'm what way, my dear sir?" asked
the big man in the white vest AMI
red tie. i
why, you told me your business
was, going like clockwork and now I
find 1t is all wound up"
Wound up? Well. my dear, sir,
don't vow find clockwork wound upfss
The Florida star., 1909-08-20
What the Editor Cannot Do.

Don't think because the reporter
sees you getting on the train thatb be
ought to know who you are and
where you are going or if he sees
you greet some friends that he
knows who they are and where they
are from. We aim to get all the
news, but YOU may be the one we
don't happen to know. We try to
become familiar with names and
faces, if possible. But during the
years past We have been to church
and failed TO see YOU there. We
have hung around the town pump,
but some of YOU weren't there. We
have loafed on the street. We've
even risked our reputation on back
streets on a dark night, but YOU
weren't all there. And we'll be
hanged if We know where to find YOU
all. So if you are going or coming
or know anybody cutting up queer
capers let us know.-Norton (kan.)
Telegram.
The Florida star., 1909-08-20
George Washington No Sailor.

4 Baltimore schOolteacher had
encountered such a degree of igno-
rance and mental obtuseness on the
part of one of her boys that she be
came disheartened. So it was with
considerable sarcasm that she said
to the yOungster;
81 wonder if YOU could tell me
whether George Washington was a
soldier or a sailor :"
The kid grinncd. Gle was a sol
der, all right" was the reply.
How do YOU know asked the
weary teacher.
Because l seen a picture of him
crossin' the Delaware explained
the boy. ANY sailor d know enough
not to stand up in the boat ship
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