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The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-23

The many friends of Mr.. H. B.
Elder regret to learn that he con-
tinues i'll at his home on South 9Th
street.
The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-23
In .Arid Alabama. ;,

The prisoner is charged with hav-
ing a thirst What has he to say for
himself?"
He says, your honor. that all he
Graves is spring water"
well. in that case. wen have to
turn him loose"
The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-23

Mrs. Blanche Tanner of Birm-
ingham, IS the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Muslin.
The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-23

Mrs. Fl. A. Minor of Macon, has
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
III. Carter the past few days.
The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-23

Pete Seymor at Lake Park this
week, talks, and talks, and talks,
causing one to laugh all the time.
The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-23
Given Time to Think.

Condemned to death, prisoner In
Greece is kept in confinement for two
years before the sentence is carried
out
The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-23
West House

Now open. Board and lodging
81. 30 per week.
Mrs. y. L. West.
The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-23

Read the Sundays issue of the
Commercial for all the news.
The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-23

Entered IN Columbus. Miss, Second
Glass mail matter.
The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-23
Advertising Rates

Advertising Rates made known application at the
Business ONCE.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28

long are you going to continue for
cling your way into this of1ce?"
81 didn't force my way in she said,
quietly. 81 didn't expect to come in.
The clerk said you wanted to see me-"
The lawyer frowned and scrutinized
her closely. After pause, he said:
Il want to tell you for the fiftieth
time I can do nothing for you"
"Fifty?" she echoed. Fifty did you
say? Really, it doesn't seem that
much"
Judge Brewster looked at her quick
ly to see if she was laughing at him.
Almost peevishly, he said:
For the last time, I repeat I can
do nothing for YOU
Not the last time, Judge" she re-
piled, shaking her head. L shall
come again tomorrow
The lawyer swung around in his
chair with indignation.
You will
Annie nodded
Yes, sir" she said, quietly.
You're determined to force your
way in here?" exclaimed the lawyer.
Eyes. sir
The judge banged the desk with his
fist
But l won't allow it, / have some
thing to say. you know. l cart per-
nit this to go on. l represent my
CLIENT, Mr. Howard Jeffries. Sr.. and
he won't consent to my taking up
your husbands case
There was a shade Of sarcasm ii
Annnie's voice as she asked calmly:
Cant you do it without his con
sent?"
The lawyer looked at her grimly.
q can" he blurted out, but
won't"
Her eyes flashed as she replied
quickly.
Well, you ought to"
The lawyer looked up in amaze
ment
What do you mean?" he demanded.
It's your duty to do it, she said,
quietly Your duty to his son, to me,
and to Mr. Jeffries himself Why. he's
so eaten up with his family pride and
false principles that he can't see the
difference between right and wrong
You're his lawyer. It's your duty to
put him right It's downright wicked
of you to refuse-you're hurting him.
Why, when 1 was hunting around for
q lawyer one of them actually re-
fused to take up the case because he
said old Brewster must think How
ard was guilty or he'd have taken it
up himself. You and his father are
putting the whole world against him,
and you know it"
(TO BE CONTINUEDl
BELL PHONE II6.
VIII get You q buyer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28
CHAPTER XIV.

Annie entered the presence of the
famous lawyer pale and i'll at ease.
This sudden summons to Judge
lBreWster's private Office was so unex-
pected that It came like a shock For
days she had haunted the premises.
sitting in the outer Office for hours at
q time exposed to the stare and
covert smiles OF thoughtless clerks
and Office boys. Her requests for an
interview had been met with curt re-
fusals. They either said the judge
was out Of town or else that he was
too busy to be seen. At last, evil
IDENTIFY acting upon orders. they fiat
ly refused to even send in her name,
and she had about abandoned hope
when, all at once, a clerk approached
her, and addressing her more politely
than usual, said that the judge would
see her in a few minutes.
Her heart gave a great throb. Al
most speechless from surprise. she
stammered faint thanks and braced
herself for the interview on which so
much depended For the first time
since the terrible affair had happened,
there was a faint glimmer Of hope
to the Tombs and tell Howard the
joyful news so he might keep up cour-
age! 1t was eight days now since
Towards arrest, and the trial would
take place in six weeks. There was
still time to prepare strong defense
if the judge would only consent to
take the case She was more sure
than ever that a clever lawyer would
have no difficulty in convincing jury
that Towards alleged confession"
was untrue and improperly obtained.
In the intervals of waiting to see
the lawyer, she had consulted every
one she knew, and among others she
had talked with Dr. Bernstein, the
noted psychologist, whom she had
seen once at Yale. He received her
kindly and listened attentively to her
story. When she had finished he had
evinced the greatest interest. He
told her that he happened to be the
physician called in on the night of the
tragedy, and at that time he had
grave doubts as to it being a case OF
murder. He believed it was suicide,
and he had told Capt Clinton so, but
the police captain had made up his
mind, and that was the end of it.
Towards confession" he went on,
really meant nothing If called to the
stand he could show the jury that
hypnotic subject can be made to
confess" to anything. In the inter
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28
I'LL UIuII i'll IsUl Copyright 1910, By
lit IIEIUIl lit Tilt G. W. DIlng ham Co

not His manner discouraged her. He
would begin to ask questions, Ques-
lions which she could not answer
without seriously discriminating her
self. But her conscience would not
allow her to stand entirely aloof from
the tragedy in which her husbands
scapegrace son was involved. She
felt a strange, unaccountable desire to
meet this girl Howard had married.
In quick undertone to the lawyer,
she said:
II must see that woman, Judge. 1
think I can persuade her to change
her course Of action. In any case
must see her, 1 must" Looking at
him questioningly, she said: You
don't think it inadvisable. do your"
The judge smiled grimly.
81 think I'd better see her first" he
said. Suppose you come back a lit
tie later, It's more than probable that
shell be there this afternoon. I'll
see her and arrange for an interview"
There was a knock at the door, and
Alicia started guiltily, thinking her
husband might have overheard their
conversation. The head clerk entered
and whispered something to the judge,
after which he retired The lawyer
turned to Alicia with a smile
TITS just as I thou ght," he said,
pleasantly, she's out there now.
You'd better go and leave her to me-"
The door opened again unceremon-
iously, and Mr. Jeffries put in his
head:
Aren't you coming, Alicia?" he de-
manded, impatiently. In lower
voice to the lawyer, he added: "Say,
Brewster, that woman is outside in
your office Now is your opportunity
to come to some arrangement with
her"
Again Mrs. Jeffries held out her
hand.
"Good-by, Judge; you're so kind
1t needs a lot of patience to be
lawyer, doesn't ftp"
| Judge Brewster laughed, and added
in an undertone:
Come back by and by
! The door closed, and the lawyer
went back to his desk For a few mo-
ments he sat still plunged in deep
thought. Suddenly, he touched a bell.
The head clerk entered
| SHOW Mrs Howard Jeffries, Jr., in"
The clerk looked surprised. Strict
orders hitherto had been to show the
lunwelcome visitor out He believed
that he had not heard Alright
did you say Mrs. Jeffries, Jr.,
judge?"
Il said Mrs. Jenries, Jr.," replied
the lawyer, grimly.
Very well, judge" said the clerk.
! as he left the room
Presently there was timid knock
at the door.
Come fn!" called out the lawyer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28

TITS a matter of principle with me.
Her devotion is not the question"
With a mocking laugh he went on:
@Sentimentality doesn't appeal to me-.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28

est Of truth, justice. and science, he
said. he would gladly come to her
aid.
All this she would tell Judge Brew
ster. 1t would be Of great help to
him, no doubt Suddenly, a cold
shiver ran through her. How did she
know he would take the case? Per
haps this summons to his office was
only to tell her once more that he
would have nothing to do with her
and her husband. She wondered why
he had decided so suddenly to see
her and, like q flash, an idea came to
her. She had seen Mr. Jeffries, ST.,
enter the inner sanctum and, in
stinctively, she felt that she had
something to do with his visit. The
banker had come out accompanied by
a richly-dressed woman whom she
guessed to be his wife.
She looked with much interest at
Towards stepmother. She had heard
so much about her that it seemed to
her that she knew her personally AS
Alicia swept proudly by, the eyes OF
the two women met, and Annie was
surprised to see IN the bankers wife's
face instead Of the cold, naughty
stare she expected, wistful, longing
look, as if she would like to stop and
talk with her, but dare not. In an
other instant she was gone, and, obey
ing a clerk, who beckoned her TO fol
low him, she entered Judge Brew
ster's Office.
The lawyer looked up as she came
in, but did not move from his seat.
Gruf1y he said:
How long do you intend to keep
up this system of-warfare? How
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28

Continued From Yesterday. }
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28
EXPLOSION THROWS MEN
q

Clifton, AriZ., May 28.-E. L. Martin,
a machinist with the Shannon Copper
company, had narrow escape on
Shannon hill, where, with two Mexi-
cans he was doing some blasting in
a cut on the Shannon Arizona railway
in back of the smelter Approaching
too near a charge they thought had
gone off, the three men were hurled into
the air. Fortunately no one was Sc
rfouSlv hurt
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28
By Charles Klein and
Arthur Hornblow

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
Howard Jeffries marries waitress
while at college and is disinherited oy
rich father. Stepmother visits apart
ments of her old flame, Robert Under
wood, to try to prevent him ending MS
life when pressed by creditors. Howard
visiting Underwood, a former college
mate, seeking a loan, is asleep in the
apartments during the interview ano
as stepmother leaves, Underwood shoots
himself. Howard awakens and is ar
rested and. by police third degree meth
DDS, is made to confess TO r.e crime
His wife seeks aid of his family. Goes
to see husband a prison. He tells her
he is not guilty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28
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Dr. Mackeys Office Visited By Many Who Are Awaiting
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Much comment has been excited by the temporary
offer of Dr. Mackey the specialist OF give FREE MED
ICAL SERVICE (medicne excepted) for month
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16

"Did YOU yer notice the differ
ence between a mans dinner and a
woman's?" asked the observer. A
mar takes you out to dinner. He
orders a steak or roast beef, spa
ghetti, potatoes in some style, sliced
tomatoes and pie or pudding. 4
woman gets sweetbreads, a~rtichokes,
truffles. mushrooms or some other
expensive delicacy, lettuce or apple
salad and the fanciest kind of an
ice cream dessert. A man never
thinks Of having anything but good
solid food, while a woman must
have something different, and it
usually takes the form of high
priced, non-nutritious dishes. If
they are ont of season, so much the
bettcr.-NeW York Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
The British Speaker.

Not only does the speaker Of the
house of commons enjoy the mate
rial benefits Of a lordly residence at
Westminster palace, a salary Of f5,-
900 a year, 600 a year for station
cry and two hogshead of claret and
1000 ounces Of plate on election,
but he enjoys the less substantial
advantage of taking precedence Of
all other commoners. By an act Of
1859 it was provided that the lords
commissioners of the great seal not
being peers SHALL have and take
place next after the peers Of the
realm and the speaker Of the house
of commons."-London Chronicle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
The PaIindrome.

a palindrome is a line or phrase
that reads lsc same backward as
forward. The Latin language is full
of such linguistic freaks. The Eng
fish has but few. One, at least. is
inimitable. 1t represents Il first
parent politely introducing himself
to Eve in these words: Madam,
Pm ADAM
From the Latin we have, "Roma
tibi subito motibus hit amor
(Rome, love will come to you sud
denly, with violcnce).
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
Siun of an Euotist.

Toward the latter days of George
D. Prentice as the editor of the old
Louisville Journal IA thief got into
the editorial room one night and
stole the big dictionary. As soon as
the loss was discovered Prentice
said to his amanuensis: GO on.
and purchase another copy of the
dictionary. A man who will attempt
to edit a newspaper without an un.
abridged dictionary is an egotist,
and l do not belong in that cate
CORY"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-11

Steele was sad and gloomy. Some
thing wrong with him. sure." was the
comment banded about among his fel-
low musketeers.
True. he had been sharply repri-
manded by the captain for his delin
quency OF the day before He had
promised Wolf back in the forest. up
the river. that he would not delay if
given permission to stop few mo-
ments to talk with Il young lady. He
had failed to keep his promise to the
letter. for he had not caught up with
the squad of backwoodsmen under
VOLTS command when they reached
their boats at the rivers edge.
They had waited and hallooed for
him. He did not appear and had been
compelled to walk the entire way to
the camp arriving after midnight,
thus firing him for the work OF the
day In which every ounce Of energy
he could command would be required.
Yes. the captain had been angry
with Gilbert. but his good points were
80 we'll known that he was not penal.
lied in any way Therefore the lads
associates were certain that this sub
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-11
The utter rout Of the attackers was
imminent unless support arrived

The utter rout of the attackers was
imminent unless support arrived
speedily.
Hand to hand. face to face. arm to
arm. man to man. fought the stubborn
grenadiers who won at Waterloo with
the Wboned. uncouth. unframed be-
roes OF the back woods.
Back. back they Surged.
But it was not the backwoodsmen.
the fur capped squirrel hunters nor
VOLTS sharpshoters that fell back.
The British grenadiers gave way be-
fore the onslaught Of men who. hav-
ing nothing but their lives to offer
their country. freely offered all they
had.
In the fore part of the supporting
column Gilbert Steele sped headlong
into the fray. Grasping his musket
by the barrel with both hands. he
| welded the stock into the faces of
! his foes. Of sudden it shattered into
! pieces against the appraised gun Of an
Irish giant. and he drew from his belt
! a wicked curved bladed dirk which he
had purchased at wharf in New Or
leans from seaman who had brought
| it from Morocco.
On he lunged. distancing his nearest
| friend. until he was practically alone
! In struggle in a small group of the
| enemy at one side of the main conflict.
Eyes and nostrils dilated. nerves
! a-quiver, Gilbert Steele was superman
! when something struck him-some-
where-he could not tell just where
| or how-and u great blackness de-
scended over the eyes and the brain of
! the young patriot.
He gasped for breath. clutched at
his bosom and fell choking to his
| knees Then his head bent forward.
and he lay huddled in motionless
pile beside a dismounted cannon.
! A sallow faced. pockmarked Brit
Usher reclaimed from the Whitechapel
) slums and who had seen service in
India mopped blood from the side of
his jaw and mumbed to the man be-
side him:
"'E was game, but l broke his neck
with my bare fist"
| Thus speaking. he stumbled on. kick
ing vengefully the PROSTATE body of
: Gilbert Steele as he went.
! And many miles away there was one
who watched and hoped and prayed
! for the return of Gilbert Steele.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-11

earthen mound and coolly aimed at 4
point above the belt line of a red uni
form. He was one of VOLTS sharp
shooters, and he meant this day to
justify the reputation Of that. careful
~ picked band of patriots-men who
could shoot the left eye out of wild
turkey ut fifty PAGES!
And live up to that reputation he
did.
Heard suddenly from the. lips OF
Gilbert's commanding officer was the
cry of Ready, men. Form into line!
Fix bayonets! Go at them. boys!
Charge
Almost before he realized what had
happened Gilbert found himself In the
van Of wild. triumphant dash across
the open death zone that separated the
trenches from the enemy.
The Britishers. having been re-en-
forced by two regiments Of frest,
troops. concealed in the forest beyond,
had shattered the attacking force OF
Americans. kept their flank from be-
ing turned. had maintained their gen.
eral alignment and held their position
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-11

tho bent old servant had remained
where had once been the splendor Of
Valette. the one too delicate, the other
too slow to be of assistance. And now
1t was morning again.
Lemaitre had come from the woods
-Lemaitre. who played the organ In
the chapel. Aunt Marguerite saw him
Ing as be neared the house. He an
swered the look Of eyes. shaking his
head. ill.,
She cried softly:
"My poor brother!'
'Come. ma'm'selle." said Louise;
lone must not give up hope that she
has been safe all the time"
"Safe!" exclaimed Mile. de Valette.
Little Madeleine alone In the forest!
And all | may do Is to pray that my
brother has found herv'
Louise shrugged her bent shoulders.
THAT cold bIooded NJ. Raoul there
he does not need any one to pray
for him: See him! How calmly be
sits on the porch yonder! He gave
up the search pretty early. eh? All.
that is one sort of bridegroom! And
| think If one sort Of misfortune has
befallen him he deserves it."
'One sort Of misfortune" repeated
Mile. de Valette. "What do you mean
by one sort Of misfortuney
Il have my ideas,' replied old
Louise sagely. Nov it is more than
twenty-four hours that Mile. Made
leine has been lost. Ha! If she had
| wished to be found. she would have
been. She went away without telling
anybody. have though to myself:
Why did she do that? Was it be-
cause she did not like this marriage,
perhapsy You want the answer. |
think you can see it, sitting on the
porch yonder'' -"
"Silence." commanded Mile. de Va
lette angrily You're fool!'
The old servant watched her 60
She did not see NJ. RaouI de Valette
as he left his chair upon the porch
and came toward her. He was be-
side her when. at length. she repeated
to herself:
"Foolr'
He said. smiling at her shoulder:
| Il trust you address yourself. good
woman
She turned
ut might he that l spoke to the
| blind NJ RaOuI"
And who is blind here?"
She shrugged her shoulders.
"All OF you perhaps" she returned.
| because we have not found Mile.
Madeleine|'
"Perhaps because you search only in
| the woods for her"
He asked slowly:
"Where do you think we should look
for her?''
She answered deliberately: .:
| "Nowhere where you are. M'sieur
Raoul." =
Then" he said musingly. you do
not think that she is lost"
"Oh. maybe"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-11

ject was not the one that was worry
ing him
Perhaps. after all, it was the girl
that the men with Wolf had seen him
with who was responsible for his
dropping spirits. Yes. that must be
it. the men finally reasoned. But they
could not understand why Of all men
Gilbert Steele should be disturbed over
girl. Surely youth of his makeup
and personality would never lack at
tention from and admirers among the
| women folks No. indeed: OF this
| they were assured.
Forward. march, At last the well
hours now would pass ere the momen-
tous issues at stake on that day would
be decided
The detachment to which Gilbert
had been assigned was to occupy a
line Of trenches outside the earth
works which partially protected New
Orleans. An attack was to be made
on the right flank Of the British line;
then these attackers would fall back
behind the Notifications. 1t devolved
| upon Steele and his associates to aid
in covering the retreat of the attack
ing division and to repel the onslaught
| of the Britishers. which, it was we'll
calculated. would follow.
The maneuver. as briefly Indicated.
was one of great strategic importance
| to the American side. General Jack
son had outlined it to his staff, and
they unanimously Endorsed it.
The onslaught began. The Ameri-
cans valiantly assailed the forbidding
lines of grenadiers. Cannon thunder
ed. rifles spat. their deadly missiles,
swords glistened before the brightness
| of blue steel became dulled with
blood. men and horses writhed and
screamed in the death agony. prayers
and curses were heard on every side
amid the awful din. men who had
souls and men who had lost their souls
went down in the hellish holocaust to
sin no more. fathers stabbed fathers
and rode them down with sharp shod
chargers, towards killed brave men
and brave men killed towards. all on
a springtime morning. for the ghoulish
imp of misrule was running amuck
among mankind, eager for the harvest
of tears. suffering and death
A false king had decreed that honest
men should murder one another in or
der to support his dishonest govern
ment. and so his men went forth to
battle, singing hymns in a cause they
little knew was unholy.
| Gilbert Steele lay in the trench.
barely deep enough to shelter him
from the singing messengers of lead
that threatened him.
The exultation Of the fighting man
combating his mortal foe sent his
blood a-tingling. thrilled his throbbing
heart. captured his soul.
The fears 0f'yesterday. the Fremont
tons of the night. were gone. He
was going to win. and he was going
to live-for Madeleine
The impulse to jump from the mud
dy trench and to rush single handed
across the bullet swept field before
him to the succor Of his hero com
rades. who were hand to hand with
the foe. almost controlled him for the
moment-then be gritted his teeth and
mastered himself
He loaded his hot barreled match
lock. Again and again he laid the
smoke blackened barrel across the