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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

| After that he threw the stable door
wide open, and dressed only, as | could
see, in n loose dressing gown and a
pair of carpet slippers, he led the horse
TO a stall that had half of a roof; cry
ing TO the maid 10 get her down to the
house of man he named, there TO beg
a feed of corn and the loan of boy.
But while he was doing it, he shivered
incessantly, and seemed eaten up with
fear.
"Tou appear 10 think that ] m put.
ting up with you, said l, when / heard
his orders, 50 there's no need to look
after the. nag-l shan't he here ten
minutes. -
Not ten minutes!' he exclaimed,
still with quavering voice. ''Oh, but
YOU will-wben you've heard my talk.
Would You see me murdcrcd9"
did not answer. being in the main
amused at his attempts to get the
horse out of tho trap. and particularly
TO unbuckle the very stiff belly band.
The girl had gone tripping off with
herself TO the village. as / thought; but
though at that time / had no intention
Of staying beyond an hour with him. /
unshafted the animal myself. and teth,
cred the beast to the rickety manper,
throwing my own rug across his loins:
then | followed Ladd through a black
dNu Sihpht' WdSUtu kllcncn 10 dlnuN
apartment near the hall, and, the place
being shuttered he kindled common
parafiin lamp, which might have cost A
shilling. but would have been dear at
two
"l III be getting the port" said he.
casting wistful glance at me. hoping
perhaps, that ] should decline his inviy
tation to glass "you II not mind re-
freshment after your drive?'
Thanks; you may be sure won I -
SAID ]. and while he was gone. 1um~
bling down the passage, ] saw that his
dining room had once been fine apart.
ment, oak-paneled and spacious; and
that ancestors. whose rubicund iowls
spoke of ''two. bottle men. now
seemed TO survey the economy below
with agony unspcakable. For the rest,
there. was little in the room but de-
pressing. Victorian chairs IN mahogany.
ana piano with a high back, such as
our grandmothers PLAYED upon.
When Ladd came back he had a
bottle IN his hand. ] smiled openly
when | saw that it was a pint: but he
dccanted II with fine show of gen
erosity, and pushing glass TO me. took
up the matter which Interested him at
once.
Where did you see my nephew ~,
he asked, while | slipped the wine with
satisfaction; ''it'll have been in Lon.
don. pcrhaps!'
''I saw him-if he was your nephew
at Pangbourne last night said |;
lac had pretty woman wIt., him, and
wanted 10 sell me two emeralds -
That must have been the wife he
married in San Francisco cried he,
but she has no sinecurc You didn 4
hear that | paid his passage abroad
last spring after he robbed me of a
thou.nd! Well, and it was emeralds
he w9htcd TO sell yon7'
1.-TWO of the finest I have ever seen. 81
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17
Jewel Mysteries-FrOm Dealers Notebook

the wooden gate Of tho drive was
broken down, and the garden land he
yond IL nothing but Il tanGlc of sway
ing grass, thistle and undcrgrowth. pre-
pairing ono for poor things 10 come; but
the house itself was massive and even
a grand attempt at a lowered and bat
tlcmcntcd structure, built IN stout stone
with Norman windows. and the pSctonsc
of a keep. which gave strength 10 its
air Of antiquity. When ! came near to
il. ! saw that many of tho gargoylcs
had fallen from thG roof Of the left
wing. which seemed TO he unfinished,
and the parapct was broken away and
dcrayiug above the porch; whilc-and
this WAS even more siugulur-lhcrc did
not sceJu Il single curtain 10 the house.
II WAS now upon the ho,,r of seven,
and a glimmcr Of sunlight shinin" rcdly
upon the latticcd easements lit up the
facade with greater brilliancc than
one looks TO see out Of Italy There
were rocks circhng and cnwInG in the
great Gins by the moat which ran round
three sides of the house; | could hear
the bayng of n hound in thc court
yard 10y the stablcs-but Of man or
woman ! saw nothing, though ! rang
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

yc have done with it straight OFF,
eyes said I, Leaning over from the
dog cart 10 spare my voice. Do YOU
know tall man with yellow hair who s
got two emeralds TO scll?'
At these words his fare whfcned
in the sunlight, and hc'opedcd his great
mouth TO speak. but no sound came.
Then quickly he drew a small box from
his pocket, such. as'I had seen in tho
hands of the yelvet-coalcd man, and
took a tabloid from It.
III he abou1 letting you in, SAID
he. us he went. to Shut down the case
mcnt.
But. said, ar think not. there s n
drive Of five n,iies 10 WhitchuIeb be
fore me, and this horse trips. w
For the love Of God. - cried he, sud
denly. putting Off all self restraint.
''don L go till. 7 We heard you-man
my life may depend upon it,.
" How s. thatl,,' said.I.
d" IN. going TO tcll- vou.' said he;
taud il We II stay we u crack. "A bottle
of port together, -.
He whetted my curiosity n6w, md
presently heard him uaggjng at the
pretty girl whu had first. grSetsd me
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

country tradcsmau will gossip like n
Gshwife, and asked the man for some
preparation which he could not possibly
find in the pharnacopocia. and so began
70 feel my ground
You re well ahead Of the times
here, said t. looking at his show.
case, which was wocfully destitute of
drugs 81 shouldn T have thought that
you d be asked for tabloids in a place
like Reading
"Oh, but we are. - said he, readily;
cts a wonderfully advanced town. is
Reading-vou won Z Get much in Re
gent street which is not here. | We
lived in Reading all my lifc-and seen
changes, sir, indeed ! have.
- You know most Of the people
lhcn2' said |, with purpose
"Ay,' said he, 81 We born and
buried many, so TO speak; seen
grow TO men and women. and
men and women grow 10 childrcn-you
wouldn I think il, pcrhaps!''
No. said ]. "vou don Z show IT.;
but your reputation, if ! may say So
goes beyond this place. was in Pang.
bourne Yesterday. where a tall. yellow
haired man was speaking Of you; who
is he ! wonder ~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

The trial of this woman, ane
acquittal by the Jury, are ts''
membered in Caversham; nor
mystery Of Jabcz Ladd s lever
their disappearance by any mea9
lufrequent topic for alehouses. |,
became of the precious stones
Arthur Vernon Ladd. the old
nephew, took from the safe On
night he murdered his uncle. 99'
alone lnows-and that is myseIL
people Of the town will tell yoe.
the moat was dragged and q
with no results. / myself Hs
body of the murderer-the
coated man of Panghourne; ps
though at least couple OF tno
pounds worth of Jewels were -
from the safe, there was 1ot
them about him, or to be founu
the concrete bottom of the lid:
which he had dropped with tn5
of Ladd fresh upon his hands
the police searched the girl.neI
was Rachel Peters, she saldLS'
boxes: equally in vain the o'd
was ransacked from top 20
The thing was a black nystery.s[
gossip, not only for the inns sn9
houses. hut for the county.
port of it spread even to Amell.
to this moment it has remain'
solved. ~.
The Jewels being undiscoveisps
Ladd having been murdered
knowledge BY his nephew' G
Rachel Peters, was, as | have ss
charged, She returned TO the y
for her boxes. and Immediately
pcared from the knowledge
county, Ten months later l
dancing on the stage OF an opei
in Florida, and she was we9'
of the seven emcralds which "a
lost. The spectacle seemed 80
to me that ! sought her o9t
the acts, and found her as ful'
and vervc as Partisan souprs.,
did she disguise anything
telling me everything over
with n relish and a sparkle va
astounding to see.
eyes, - said she-but !
story in plain words. for hel
telling it is not to he writer
II had known Vernon Ladd io
! doubt if there Was a worss
Europe; but I was frightenee
and / entered old Ladd' S sers'e'
Continued on Following fss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03

to "sft upon an Alp as on a thorn:
adducing as collateral argument Keats
well known admiration for the night
ingaie. and that birds familiar prac-
tice of artihcially stimulating the CEN
tiers 81 voice production by causing it's
breast to impinge upon a thorn or
similar sharp object. Leaving this
delicate problem to the competent con-
sideration OF the wise, we may safely
conclude that our first thesis is cor
rect, and that to sit on fence beside
a road is OF itself a satisfaction and
an inspiration. For, be it posted again.
the walker walks not to arrive, but to
be In the world. to contemplate the
sans. and to take sufficient leisure for
the formation OF his judgments. To
do $llis. he must sit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
SITTING on a FENCE.

An element of grave Importance and
unquestioned worth is the privilege,
nay. the imperative necessity, of sit
ting on fence from time to time, says
the December Atlantic. Literature
hints at this. Lewis CAROLS "aged,
aged man a-sitting on a gate" had, by
the sunset of his days, at least, &C
quired his wisdom. Poor Keats owned
to a hankering to ''sit uT.on an Alp as
on a Unconstitutional the German
school of critics. keenly sensing the
discomfort which inevitably disquaIif1es
mountain pinnacle for the scene Of
prolonged sessile repose. suggests met
atheists. and would amend the reading
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03

A post-election idea from VIII Pal
mer: When the country doesn't know
what it wants it gives the Democrats
another trial.
The sports at vermillion. Potta-
watomie county, presumably don't
theft town red.
Congratulations are extended by the
Jewell County Republican to the
Thanksgiving turkey because: AA1l his
troubles are over"
such dull times" walls the Ma
rion Record, as 1T contempiates the
fact that there is not a prisoner In the
Marion county jail.
A Winfield woman, reports the Free
Press, has become 30 expert with the
fly swatter that she can kill a fly ON
the middle of her own back.
We often hear a man say, 81 just love
to work" remarks the Hill City Re-
publican, but in reality it is what he
gets for the work that generates his
enthusiasm.
There are undoubtedly just as good
fish in the sea as have been caught,
remarks the Hill City New Era, but
You must remember that it takes bet
ter bait to catch them now than in
the past.
After taking a comprehensive view
OF the present political situation in
Kansas and the prospective fight for the
speakership of the coming house of rep
resentatlves the Marion Record con-
cludes that '''the Dove of Peace is get
ting ready for a hard winter
Wells. the butcher. discovered a
steer the other day, reports the Cove
County Gazette, which
slrayed from him several years ago
and was counted as lost, and but for
the brand Charlie would never have
been the wiser. This, however, put
him next to the fact that he had
bought his own property from a gen.
tleman who, innocent as to whom the
animal belonged, had kept and fat
tened him, and finally disposed of him
at good price to the rightful owner.
A school note in the Rush Center
Breeze: Children" said Miss Holmes
instructing the class in composition,
do not initiate any other persons writ
tngs or draw inspirations from others
wl9e 1 shod simply IN be yourself rt and ID
this advice, Charley Brusher turned out
the following composition: I'VE should
not try any flights of fancy, but write
what is in us. In me there is my
stummick, heart, liver. two apples, one
piece Of pie, one stick of lemon candy
and my dinner"
Hill City has some real freaks and
we can prove it, says the New Era.
We have girl not over Is years of
age who gets up in the morning and
gets breakfast while her mother rests.
We have another girl who is not seen
on the streets of the city more than
once day. We have a boy in town
who does not smoke or chew tobacco.
We have wealthy dnancieP and poll
tieian who owes for his county paper
and pa-= no attention to statements
sent Tim. We have a barber who new
er calks about the ball games. We
have a livery barn where drinking is
strictly forbidden. We have men in
the town who talk against waterworks
and fire protection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

Does q house burn up. or down?
No two socialists have the same opin-
ion.
One woman with her nose turned up
can ruin a reception.
There are dispositions that should be
barred from the telephone
A days work has been steadily de-
creasing for hundred years.
It's too bad that the nice women and
girls have SO little money.
Just before a bank closes at o'clock,
there is a rush to get in.
Congress is as big a hypocrite with
the people as man is with his wife.
The public takes care of many peo-
pie who are not in the poor house.
A good many of the bills introduced
in congress read like politicians talk.
The best way to honor Father around
the home is to reduce Current Expen-
ses.
AS long as a drinking man can keep
out OF jail he never lays his troubles
to whisky.
A party in Atchison costs from five
to eight dollars; in New York. from a
thousand up.
If a man should be suddenly changed
to a woman, he couldn't get his clothes
off.
Trying to figure out what a railroad
company is going to do is a common
way of wasting time.
Women who are invited to a party
are not satisfied: they want to be asked
to help receive.
Some people never admit to report
ers that they do not know anything;
they attempt something.
When boy breaks a window, his
first impulse is to rum And he has
the same impulse when he Is grown.
Don't be too anxious to correct q
man when you hear him make a mis-
take: he may not want to be corrected
We suppose people often go up to a
preacher, and say: THAT was a fine
sermon you preached yesterday
There ought to be a law Furnishing
the man who sells you a scheme which
win not work out as he promised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.

from the chicago NeWS.J
A girl with a dot cuts quite dash.
Distance lends enchantment to the
view-of cross dog.
Some men live long but short men
are in the majority.
Many a man never does but always
is going to save money.
Women would let out fewer secrets
if men were less inouisitive.
A boy gets more experience than
pleasure out Of his first cigar.
Don't try to make both ends meet
by leaving the middle empty.
People seldom realize what good
time they are having until it's over.
A dollar bill goes further than q
kind word when the rent collector
calls.
The girl of the period can make an
impression better than she can make
pies.
The play might have been the thing
in Shakespeare's time, but now it's the
box Office receipts.
Even If love is blind, Alonzo. that is
no excuse for your making spectacle
of yourself.
A Cincinnati policeman says that his
club Is no protection whatever against
his wifs's roiling-ptn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.
With the oculist success is always in
sight.
Is lady in waiting necessarily an
old maid?
Lots of US have our wits sharpened
just in the nick of time.
The man who feels that he is fully
appreciated has yet to be born.
F'lattery Is the yeast that causes a
man to rise in his own estimation.
AS man of the world Atlas must
have been the original hold-up man.
WHY'S it that spring poets always
look more sheepish than Spring lamb !?
No. Maude, dear; there is no SINH
larity between the Easter lily and the
eggplant.
If public ONCE is a public trust,
how can we consistently object to
trusts7
She-'It doesn't make any differ
ence who she is, can read woman
like a book" He-''Backwards 90
wigwag-"What is your idea of the
milk of human kindness?" Guzz1er-
1.-THE kind that goes into milk
punches"
Blobbs-"The taste in popular mu-
sic seems constantly changing" Slobbs
Except with young girls. There the
favorite air is always the millionaire"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

When duty conflicts with pleasure It
usually has to stand aside.
= X =
The best part about moneys great
talkative power Is that 1t is not of the
noisy variety.
~ n
The straight and narrow road may
get there but It is not an overly at
t. active one to follow.
x
More people would have better luck
in the game of life If they took few
more chances.
Il
Some folk waste a lot of valuable
time mapping out journeys they would
take il they had the money to travel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
LIKE THE MEDICINE.

Chickens have become dissatisfied
with the regular bill of fare OF corn,
worms and water, and want something
different. They intend to have it when
ever chance presents itself.
This column has already reported the
eating of dynamite left lying on the
ground, by a few chickens, and now
here is something from Cedar GroYe.
N. J. It showed on election day in that
place, and Wendover Young found his
chickens almost frozen. He took them
into the kitchen, placed them near the
fire and gave them some whisky and
ginger. 1t showed again several days
later, and when Mr.. Young opened the
door he found his chickens all lined ur
like soldiers, waiting for more "medi-
cine
Farmers should be careful what their
fowls eat and drink, especially if they
are to be sold. No teetotaler would buy
q bird that showed the effects of liquor,
nor would anybody take a chance with
the egg Of hen which has eaten dyna~
mite.-New York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
~
fHsz5:l'N|

If we go to that Stubborn Cinderella
thing, 1t will not be for the express
purpose Of seeing a preacher making
morse ike an actor. or his wife IN
preachers in vaudeville stun. and some
or their wives in hobble skirts.
Now. at last, It is definitely settled
tnat uppers shall be lower. This may
be vastly important as a reform, but
per berth used as anything but a stor-
age for excess bd-clothes. The ''lowsr
upper reform. so far as we know,
should be classed with other reforms
Resubmission would be Of no par
ticuiar benefit to Paris, which, like
North Topeka. sometimes goes wet
without giving the populace a chance
TO vote on the question.
A lot of perfectly good American
money has been loaned to the Chinese
government. 1t would be a good Joke
II the Chinks made an assignment or
asked Tor receiver. At receivers
sale, the whole lemon colored empire
would not bring 1888 in real money.
SAFE AND SANE TRAFFIC.
would like to live in Venice where the
streets are paved with water
AND are never excavated by the gas
leak hunters pick
Or the motorcycle Idiot can not 20
forth and slaughter
Peaceful citizens. or raise a cloud of
dust six inches thick.
l would gladly dwell In Venice, where
the pike is always sprinkled
And the auto-bug and trolley have no
chance to get your goat;
TO preserve your sacred coco from be-
coming bent and wrinkled
Is much easier in cities where thew
travel in a boat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03

door, and held up a warning hand.
II you come In, walk SOFTLY she
said. Mary Is sick-the doctor says
sne mas missed pneumonia by the mar
roWest squeak. She's sleeping now
IN the living room--with all the win
dows open. Air is the great thing,
you know
Anybody else would let her get 1t
feeling in her throat. Mabel was as
neat as could be, but her face was
strained and lined. her eyes heavy.
The eyes became suddenly vivid.
II 1t had been me Ill, you couldn't
nave driven Mary away-not If l had
had the plague" she said. when she
Is well enough. we are going to send
her to see her people up-country-
Archer has promised IT to me for my
birthday present."
Ada asked-by this time the gang had
decided that the Sandfords had by
unheard-of luck found the one per-
feet servant.
Mabel looked a little thoughtful
why, we shall get somebody" she
with my cooking. You know he's per-
fectly angelic"
The riddle remained until Mary was
leaving. Ada had volunteered to go
people. 1t appeared, lived on the same
line, so there was talk between the
two girls despite their differing sta
ton. Ada was above the snobbery of
patronage to any clean and simple
minded human being.
why. 1t was Mrs. Sanford her.
self showed me the difference be-
tween bad ways and good ones.''
Mary explained. "She knew a lot--and
bent her mind all the time learning
more. But she was that shy OF hav-
ing folks know it. most of all her hus-
band. Tt helps a man so to think he
has something soft and helpless to
take care Of" she told me once And
she'd laugh and say: Mary, we don't
know so much, both of us put to-
gether, but don't you think we can
learn. with love teaching us?'
Eyes. ma'am, she meant love OF
everything-your work, your husband
your home. She's the sort that will
make any girl worth her salt. You
just have to do the best that's
In you for lady that expects moth
ing else.''
That night Ada wrote L;nson a
long, long letter, and Mary's saying
was the text Of 1t. He answered 4
| In person; they went back to town
married. Mabel then gave a dinner
| not up to the double standard of her
self, plus Mary, but still more thar
| passab1e.
AS Linson and Ada went away he
said, patting he hand softly: :.
Mabel Is real home missionary
Wen go hunting an apartment with
real kitchen tomorrow."-(Copy
righted 1910 by Associated Literary
Press.1
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TRY THE FARM AWHILE.
FROM OFFER PENS
OUR soaABLE NAVY.

Captain Mahan and Brassey's Naval
Annual will please take notice, the
American flag is still in evidence on
all the Seven Seas. From Brest, in
France, comes the news that four SAIL
ors from the battleship Georgia were
attacked and robbed, but that a po-
lice dog was put on the trail and cap
tured French artilleryman, in whose
possession several American coins were
found. From London. England, comes
the news at the same time that the
corporation of the city has voted
$4,000 for a banquet at the Guild
hall, to the officers and men of the
battleship fleet now visiting English
waters. It Is news items such as these
that remind US, in the piping times of
peace, that we have fleets afioat flying
the American flag in foreign parts,
scattering American coin among impe-
cunious aliens ana vindicating the
American appetite at the table of Old
World monarchs. It Is reassuring
to hear such news after a succession
of reports about new Dreadnoughts
that have been launched, ambitious
naval programs outlined by rival re-
publics of the South, or valiant ma
neuyers executed by the sduadrons of
nations living across the briny deep.
What is more, the American people
are content with naval news of this
to hear that our Atlantic fleet had
bombarded the stronghold established
by Richelieu, or that mines were be-
ing laid at the mouth of the Thames
to keep Yankee gunboats from sailing
UP to shell the house of parliament.
It is the best sort of naval news, and
it emphasizes the fact that the navies
of the world have a mission in peace
perhaps even more important than that
which they fulfill in war. They are,
theoretically, the cartes de visite of
the nations. They convey the official
assurances of amity and fraternal feel
ing, and might periodically be called
the heralds of friendship. Such ac-
tivities are the most delectable sort of
marine iIigence.-Pittsburg Ga
zette-TimeS.