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CHAPTER xXll-Continued.

sat for a few minutes thinking it
over. But what did he mean by say
ing he hadn't seen the notes for ten
days? And why is Bronson making
the overtures?"
81 think he was lying" Hotchkiss
reflected. Bronson hasn't reached
his figure"
ITS a big advance, Mr.. Hotchkiss
and l appreciate what you have done
more than / can tell you" | said.
"And now, If you can locate any of
my property in this fellows room
well send him up for larceny and at
least have him where we can get at
him. I'm going to Cresson tomorrow,
to try to trace him little from there.
But I'll be back in couple of days
and We'll begin to gather in these
scattered threads"
Hotchkiss rubbed his hands togeth-
err delightedly.
That's it," he said. That's what
we want to do, Mr. Blakeley. Well
gather up the threads ourselves; if
we let the police in too soon they'll
tangle it up again. I'm not vindictive
by nature, but when fellow like Sui
livan not only commits a murder, but
goes to all sorts of trouble to put the
burden of guilt on an innocent man
/ say hunt him down, sir"
you are convinced, of course, that
Sullivan did it?"
"Who else?" He looked over his
glasses at me with the air of a man
whose mental attitude is unassailable.
well, listen to this" | said.
Then | told him at length of my en-
counter with Bronson in the restau-
rant of the bargain proposed by Mrs.
Conway and finally of Meningitis new
theory. But, although he was inn
pressed he was far from convinced.
ITS a very vivid piece of magma
tion," he said, drily; but while it fits
the evidence as far as it goes, it
doesn't go far enough. How about the
stains in lower seven, the dirk and the
wallet? Haven't we even got motive
in that telegram from Bronson?"
EYES," l admitted, "but that bit of
chain"
POOH" he said, shortly. Perhaps,
like yourself, Sullivan wore glasses
with chain. Our not finding them
does not prove they did not exist"
And there | made an error; half
condolences are always mistakes. l
could not tell of the broken chain in
Alison Vests gold purse.
1t was one o'clock when Hotchkiss
finally left. We had by that time ar
ranged a definite course of action
Hotchkiss to search Sullivan's rooms
and if possible find evidence to have
him held for larceny. while l went to
Cresson.
Strangely enough, however, when l
entered the train the following morn
ing, Hotchkiss was already there. He
had bought a new notebook and was
sharpening fresh pencil
81 changed my plans, you see," he
said, busting his newspaper aside for
me. TITS no discredit to your intelli-
gence, Mr.. Blakeley, but you lack the
professional eye, the analytical mind.
You legal gentlemen call spade a
spade, although it may be a shovel"
A primrose by the rivers brim
yellow primrose was to him,
And nothing more!
quoted as the train pulled out.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21
CHAPTER XIII.
A Night at the LaureIs.

/ slept most of the way to Cresson,
to the disgust Of the little detective.
Finally he struck up an acquaintance
with kindly faced old priest on his
way home to his convent school, armed
with roll Of dance music and sur
reptitious bundles that looked like
boxes of candy. From scraps of con-
versation l CLEANED that there had
been mysterious occurrences at the
convent ending in the theft of what
the reverend father called vaguely "a
quantity Of undermuslins.' l dropped
asleep at that point and when reused
few moments later, the conversation
had progressed Hotchkiss had dia-
gram on an envelope.
with this window bolted and that
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21
Hla claim to Prominence.

At social gathering certain man,
Intent on knowing every one, was in
troduced to Senator julius G. Burrows
of Michigan.
"The name Burrows is very faDlil-
lar to me-" he said. 81 am certain
that you are a man of some promi-
nence."
"Yes," replied Senator Burrows, IT
am the man that died at first just
before Casey came to bat in that cele-
brated ball game in Mudville. Sue
cess Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21
WEAK KIDNEYS WEAKEN THE
WHOLE BODY.

No chain is stronger than its weak
est link. No man is stronger than his
kidneys. Overwork colds, strains, etc.,
weaken the kidneys and the whole
body suffers. Don't neglect the slight
est kidney ailment. Begin using
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21

In spite of their frantic efforts to
keep apart, Peru and Ecuador are al.
lowed to. go on making faces at one
another. r
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21
Il Would Depend.

would you marry a man who wore
side whiskers?"
81 might If thought it would be
worth while to reform him."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21

1t is only short distance from New
York to Philadelphia, but Aviator
Hamilton found 1t farther going back
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21

had an abscess of the kidneys and an
operation was advised. l thereupon
began the use Of Doan's Kidney Pills
and gradually improved. Soon an op-
Grafton was unnecessary as my kid
neys were well"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a,
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21

Scientists announce the production
of edible roses. And are American
beauties going to be cheaper than
pigs feet?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21

Doan's Kidney Pills.
at once. They are
especially for sick
kidneys.
Ted Hiatt, Oswe-
go, Kans., says: For
many years I suf-
fered from kidney
disorders. 1 was
treated by specialists
in Kansas City and
Chicago, was told I
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21
their own Race the Enemy.

1t has been found in Nova Scotia
that the Holsters chief enemy is not
the doghsh but the lobster.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
Her Worry.

Mrs. Hoyle-You seem unhappy.
Mrs. Doyle-I am; l don't believe
that if were to die my husband would
wear as deep mourning as he did for
his first wife.
Good Law That Should Be Enforced.
Anticipating ordinances, laws and
regulations in more than five-eighths
of the cities and towns of the country
are not enforced as they should be.
alleges the National Association for
the Study of Tuberculosis in recent
report. While most of the larger cities
of the United States have such laws
on their books, in the great majority
of cases they are ignored or over
looked. The report covers in detail
the enforcement of the anti-spitting
ordinances in 80 of the largest cities
In the country. During the year 1909
in these 80 cities, 3,421 arrests were
made for violation of the laws regard
ing splitting in public places. Over
1900 convictions were secured and
$4,100.87 was collected in fines.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
MISCHIEF MAKER
A Surprise in Brooklyn.

An adults food that can save a
baby proves itself to be nourishing and
easily digested and good for big and
little folks. A Brooklyn man says:
When baby was about eleven
months old he began to grow thin and
pale. This was, at first, attributed to
the heat and the fact that his teeth
were coming, but, in reality, the poor
little thing was starving, his mothers
milk not being sufficient nourishment.
"One day after he had cried bitterly
for an hour, suggested that my wife
try him on Grape-Nuts. She soaked
two teaspoonfuls in a saucer with q
little sugar and warm milk This baby
ate so ravenously that she fixed Sec
ond which he likewise finished.
1T was not many days before he for.
got all about being nursed, and has
since lived almost exclusively on
Grape-Nuts. Today the boy is strong
and robust, and as cute mischief.
maker as a thirteen months old baby
is expected to be.
I'VE have put before him other
foods, but he will have none Of them,
evidently preferring to stick to that
which did him so much good-his old
friend Grape-Nuts.
use this letter any way you wish,
for my wife and can never praise
Grape-Nuts enough after the bright
ness it has brought to our household
Grape-Nuts is not made for baby
food, but experience with thousands OF
babies shows it to be among the best,
81 not entirely the best in use. Being
a scientific preparation Of Natures
grains, it is equally effective as body
and brain builder for grown-ups.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. "rhere's a Reason
Ever read the shove letterS A new
enc appeara from time to time They
are genuine, true, aad fun OF hHna1
Interest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

en- as a rule are the savers rather
than the spenders, and when the pen
ny is laid by on its way to the dollar
mark the saving is generally due to
her economy.
Another man holds that it is the
part OF the ideal wife to keep herself
neat and tidy. It is; but too many
men throw the whole burden of the
household drudgery upon q woman's
shoulders, without once, rejecting that
maid-of:all:work cannot keep her
co1nure, her complexion and. her: at
tire as immaculate a. the lady Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
NEW THEORY IS .
RAPIDLY SPREADING
OVER COUNTRY

L. T. Cooper's theory concerning the
human stomach, which he claims to
prove, with his new medicine, is being
given more respect and comment
every day.
Cooper claims that 80 per cent. Of
all Ill health is due to stomach trou.
BILE. When interviewed about his theory
recently, he said: "Stomach trouble is
the great curse Of the Goth century so
far as the civilized races are con.
cerned. Practically all of the chronic
Ill health of this generation is caused
by abnormal stomachic conditions. In
earlier days, when the human race was
closer to nature, and men and women
worked all day out of doors, digging
their frugal existence from the soil,
the tired, droopy, half-sick people that
are now so common, did not exist.
ITO be sure, there was sickness in
those days, but it was of a virulent
character, and only temporary. There
was none of this half-sick condition
all the time with which so many are
afflicted nowadays.
Il know positively that every bit of
this chronic i'll health is caused by
stomach trouble. The human stomach
in civilized people today is degenerate.
1t lacks tone and strength. This weak.
ness has gradually come through sed-
entary existence. further know that
few people can be sick with the diges-
tive apparatus in perfect shape. The
sole reason for my success is because
my New Discovery medicine tones the
stomach up to required strength in
about six weeks time. That is why
have had more people come and thank
me wherever have gone to introduce
my medicine, than I have had time to
talk WITH
Among the immense numbers of peo-
pie who are now strong believers in
Cooper's theory and medicine is Mrs.
M. b. Delano, prominent resident of
the suburb of Brookline. Boston, Mass.
She says: For several years I was
broken in health, caused primarily by
stomach and nerve troubles. gradu-
ally became worse, until recently was
compelled to 60 without solid food for
days at time. I had sour stomach,
palpitation of the nerves of stomach
and heart, dyspepsia, and extreme ner-
vousness. suffered terribly with in
somnia, and my liver, bowels and
whole system gradually became de.
ranged. felt instant relief the first
day began this Cooper medicine.
now feel like new being. Today I
walked all over town, shopping-some-
thing I have not done for years.
II make this statement wholly from
a sense of duty. feel owe it to any,
one who might find relief and renewed
happiness as have DONE"
Cooper's New Discovery is sold by
all druggists. If your druggist cannot
supply you, we will forward you the
name Of druggist in your city who
will. Don't accept something just as
good."-The Cooper Medicine Co., Day.
ton. Ohio.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
His Wifely Ideal

A Philadelphia clergyman collected
and read from the pulpit on a recent
Sunday number of letters from hus-
bands model husbands
bearing on the model wife.
One man wrote that the ideal wife
should not spend $25 a week when the
income was but $50. He probably
meant that, in any event, $25 was too
much, and only an extravagant house
keeper would lavish any such sum
upon the home. It was a man of this
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

leisure, who may loiter as long as she
likes before the mirror and the toilet
table in her boudoir. It is a source OF
unhappiness in many a home that the
man makes disparaging comparisons
between his careworn and preoccupied
wife and some airy fairy Lillian whose
chief concern is whether her white
shoes are spot1ess and. her gloves
quite clean.
Another man believes that the ideal
wife is one who does not harassz the
life and soul out Of a man." Hsckling
or henpeckng at home Il. beyond per
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

sort, who when he got of the old and
trite remark about the bread that
mother used to make, was tartly told,
We'll, you don't make the dough that
father used to make"
The hardest domestic experience
for woman is to have her husband as
scribe to her lack of thrift the fail
ure to lay by money against a rainy
day, when the real reason is that his
own earning capacity is; Inadequate t.
supply the elemental requisites. Won.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

adventure, the contir dropping that
wears away a stone, but it is only fair
that the man should ask himseif a
few searching questions before he
blames his better half. Has he been
kind or cross after the days worri-
some business? Has he been thought
ful or negligent about the minor items
that in life's appraisal make up the
major portion Of the inventory! The
man who finds fault with his wife viii
sometimes find that ION his own head,
in his own hands, the sin and tAo
saving lea" -s s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
II Seemed So.

The little son of the family hap
pened to be idling his time in the
kitchen when the colored porter came
up out of the cellar, where he had
been shoveling coal into the heater,
grasped the white towel hanging on
the door and passed into the hall. For
an instant the youth gazed awe
struck at the coal dust Impressions left
on the towel, then yelled after the re-
treating negro:
'Oh, Sam, your color's coming OFF,"
-1,,Ipo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
O, Those Tears!

$50 you are going to marry Mr..
Glimson?" smiles the first fair young
thing. II was engaged to him last
year. He positively wept when I
broke the engagement"
Il know he did," answers the other
beauteous creature. HE told mo
that he wept-for JOY"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
a S[51W 9UYl[{ an f2AEauA<1X[ AZ!

In the same
U r q ctio n.
Nc Don q ! d
and Culber-
son drove as
rapidly a .
possible to-
ward Man.
gum, tn q n
a b o u 5 0
miles away,
c h a n & 1 n &
horses once
on the hard
journey. The
town W a 8
well-nigh de-
serted, a 8
nearly every
o n e W b o
could get a
gun had gone
to the scene
of the kill
ing. Capt Bill
therefore es-
ia b l / s h e d
himself a 8
guard of the
j a IL where
the cowboy
was confined,
and waited
results. Moth
ing of conse-
quence hap
pened. The
c o u n t r y
q u l e t e d
down, Cul-
berson a n d
Capt. Bill
presently re-
t u r n e d to
Quanah.
But a few
days la err
when the at
torney 6 n
eral had ar
rived in Aus
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

ids, MINI.
Brookville, Ohio.-"I was irregular
and extremely nervous. A neighbor
recommended Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to me and have
become regular and my nerves are
much better. Mrs. r. kINN1sON,
Brookville, Ohio.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or HARM
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
are on file in the Pinkham laboratory
at Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form Of
female complaints, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her.
self to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a trial.
you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it.
1t is free and always helpful.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

A p + AIN BILL boarded q
train one day in Fort Worth
just as 1t was pulling out Of
the station. He noticed two
MISUNDERSTANDING charac-
tiers crowding against a we'll
dressed old gentleman and
an instant later heard the
latter exclaim:
II have been robbed!" At
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

TN, q q p t. B Ill re-
ceived a package by
express, prepaid. On
opening it he was stu
pefed to find that it
contained a plug"
hat of very fine quail
1ty. 1t was the first
silk hat in the Pan
handle, where the
soft wide-rimmed cow
boy Stetson predom-
mated, and it took
more courage to wear
1t than to face an as
sault with intent to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29
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W.
ALBERT
.BIGELO~
PAINE

short order. This posse followed the
track of Lewis and Crawford beyond
the Wichita river, to a place where
the robbers had taken to the thick
brush overgrowing the river bottom.
Here the trail was lost.
Capt. Mcdonald, returning from the
Fitzsimmons-Maher contest, via Fort
Worth, had got as far as Bellevue In
the adjoining county when he was met
by a telegram, containing the news
of what had happened that morning at
Wichita Falls. He Immediately wired
the authorities at the Falls to have
horses in readiness for himself and
men.
The Rangers reached the city about
two in the afternoon and mounting
the horses, already waiting, dashed
away in the direction the robbers had
taken
Presently they met the local posse
coming back. The posse had given
up the chase but was able to furnish
information Capt. Bill and his Ran
gers learned where the robbers had
disappeared, and pressed on in that
direction the posse followed, re-
spectful distance behind
1t was now getting toward evening
and would soon be dusk. 1t was de-
sirable to make an end of matters by
daylight, if possible, and the Rangers
wasted no time. They picked their
way as rapidly as possible, into the
thick underground Of the bottoms, and
suddenly in bend Of the river dis
covered the Clydesdale horses tied
close to the bank. Their riders we're
believed to be close by, and the Ran
gers expected to be fired upon at any
moment. Without waiting for any
such reception, they charged in the
direction of the horses, with no other
result than that Ranger Sullivan
broke a stirrup, fell, and with frac-
tured rib, retired from action.
Lewis and Crawford had abandoned
the horses, and their trail led down
the river bank. Finally the tracks
led to the river where it was evident
the bandits had crossed
Eol>~ I,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-29

WHEN YOUR JOINTS ARE STIFF
and muscles sore from cold rheumatism or neural
gia when you slip. strain or bruise yourself use
Perry DaviS' Pdinkiller. The home remedy 70 years.
The proper place for low-cut gowns
is on the bargain counter
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng. softens The gums reduces in
nammation, allays pain. cures wind collie. 2c bottle
The smaller the man the bigger the
horn he tries to blow.
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s.2%
AFTER /! |: : ! | j.: :.
SUFFERING. !
FOR YEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable COMPOUND
Park Rapids, MIMI

luu.-x was SICK IOS
years while passing
through the Change
of Life and was
hardly able to be
around. After tax
ing six bottles Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound I gained 20
pounds, am now
able to do my own
work and feel
we'll. Mrs. ED.
LA DoU, Park Rap
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

In 1885. fearless of danger, proceeded
to Naples and remained among the
cholera patients. who were dying at
the rate of a thousand daily.
The pope has sent instruction to all
the bishops in the infected territory to
employ every means in their power to
aid in combating the scourge.
The gravity of the situation in the
province of Bari Dele Puglie is thor.
oughly appreciated by the Italian gov
eminent.
OF the deaths last week 1878 were
reported from the district of the Don
Cossacks. 1867 from the district of the
Kuban Ccssacks. LOIS In Ekaterino-
slav province, 759 in Samara pro-
vince, 416 in Voronezh, All in the
Terek Cossack district. $50 in Kher-
son province, 334 ia the Crimea,
where Russians resort for the summer
months; 1913 in Tamboy province and
325 In Stavropol province.
The official announcement of the ex-
istence of the epidemic by the gov
eminent will, 1t is thought, have q
good effect by putting a stop to the ex-
aggerated accounts of the epidemic
which have frightened the ignorant in
habitants of southern Italy almost into
a panic.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

that the Ohio congressman, long
time friend and supporter of Cannon
issued it, but that it was not given to
the public until after a series of con-
ferences with President Taft and
other leaders that have called here
and that the president was acquainted
with the context of the statement in
advance of its publication, and that
Vice-President Sherman likewise was
informed Wednesday of the contem-
plated move and gave 1t his tacit ap-
prevail
1t is said by high authority that
Mr.. Longworth's statement is only the
first of a series that will be issued of
a like nature in all sections of the
country by Republican candidates for
congress. The plan is to make it
clear that Mr.. Cannon cannot be re-
elected speaker even If the next house
of representatives be Republican.
Danville, ILL.,, Aug. 19.-'1 have no
quarrel with Longworth as to who
shall be speaker OF the next house,
and there is no room for disagreement
touching this matter between Repre-
sentative Longworth and myself" said
Speaker Cannon after reading a state
ment by Representative Longworth.
IF any Republican candidate for
congress feels that his position on the
Republican ticket would be strength
ened by pledging that he will not sup
port me in a Republican caucus l have
no objection to his making the
pledge"