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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-27

%HE other evening I was having
dinner in the al fresco restau-
/ rant Of a pretty Long Island
TOadhouse- Pretty soon a big,
expensive. red automobile dashed up.
and its four occupants came in and
seated themselves AT the table next 70
the one at which I sat. so close that I
could not choose but hear their con-
versation-
There were two men, middle-aged. fat,
prosperous, sleek. man-of-the-worId
looking. and with them were two little
fragile, childish-IOoking girls, neither
OF whom could have been more than
eighteen years old The girls were OBJ
viously poor little working girls Their
clothes were cheap. their pathetic little
efforts at adornment tawdry. They
looked HI-nourished, Underfed. Their
little thin, 5abyish arms stuck out,
bony and angular, from she excessively
short sleeves Of their 70 5ent, imitation
lace-trimmez shirtwaists
They We're silent, shy, III at ease
amid unfamiliar surroundings. They
did not know what to do with so many
knives and forks. nor such an array of
glasses And they kept glancinE at the
men IN a half-frigntened way that
made me think Of a helpless little bird
fiuttering and twittering. repealed and
yet drawn on by the snake that is 20
deVOur IL
The men ordered an elaborate dinner,
with much wine Walters scurried in
and placed silver buckets Of ice with
cold bottles buried Ia tham 20 the neck
at the mems sides Then they set
cocktails before the party The little
girls looked dOUbtfuIy al the amber
Martins. and then, urged BY the men,
began 10 sip They made WY faces
over the drink that evidently tasted 10
them ike medicine, and the men shrek
ed with laughter and guyed them for il.
and little by little ting girls slipped IN
tis the glasses were empty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-27

The Continuation of This Story VIII
Be Found In TomOrrOu,s
Issue Of The Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-27
Those Unkind
Letter Writers

Now, ] want TO say a few words for
the benefit of the puzzlers whose letters
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-12-02

pad way. Not jury in the country
would stand out against the stains,
the stiletto, and the murdered mans
pocket-book in your possession"
Then you think Sullivan did it?" I
asked.
OF course" said Mcknight con-
fldently. Unless you did it in your
sleep. Look at the stains on his pill.
low, and the dirk stuck into it. And
didn't he have the man Harrington's
pocket-book?"
But why did he go off without the
money!" persisted. "And where
does the bronze-haired girl come ing
Search me-" Mcknight retorted flip
PANTY. inflammation of the imagi
nation on your part
Then there is the piece of tele-
gram. It said lower ten. car seven
It's extremely likely that she had it.
Inat telegram was about me, Richey.''
I'm getting headache" he said,
putting out his cigarette against the
sole of his shoe. "All I'm certain OF
just now is that if there hadn't been
wreck, by this time you'd be sitting
IN an eight by ten cell, and feeling like
the rhyme for it."
But listen to this" I commended, as
he picked up his hat, this fellow Sui
l1van is fugitive, and he's lot more
likely to make advances to Bronson
than to us. We could have the case
continued, release Bronson on bail
and set watch on him."
Not my watch" Mcknight protest
ed "It's family heirloom"
You'd better go home" I said firm
ly. go home and go to bed. You're
sleepy. You can have Sullivan's red
necktie to dream over if you think it
will help any"
Mrs. Klopton's voice came drowsily
from the next room, punctuated by a
yawn. ooh, forgot to tell you," she
called, with the suspicious lisp which
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-12-02

and fancy I groaned. There is no
use expatiating on the friendship be-
tween two men who have gone to-
gether through college, have quar-
relied and made it up, fused together
over politics and debated creeds for
years; men don't need to be told, and
women cannot understand. Neverthe-
less, / groaned. If it had been any
one but Rich!
Some things were mine, however,
and I would hold them: The halcyon
breakfast, the queer hat, the pebble in
her small shoe, the gold bag with the
broken chain-the bag! Why, it was
in my pocket at that moment.
got up painfully and found my
coat Yes, there was the purse, bull
ging with an opulent suggestion of
wealth inside. I went back to bed
again, somewhat dizzy, between effort
and the touch of the trinket, SO lately
hers. held it up by it's broken chain
and gloated over it. By careful atten-
ton to orders, ought to be out in a
day or so. Them could return it to
her. really ought to do that; it was
valuable, and l wouldn't care to trust
it to the mail l could run down to
Richmond, and see her once-there
was no disloyalty to Rich in that
I had no intention of opening the
little bag. I put it under my pillow
which was my reason for refusing to
have the linen slips changed, to Mrs.
20 dicyoo
ing the morning, while lay under a
virgin field of white, ornamented with
strange flowers, my cigarettes hidden
beyond discovery, and Science and
Health on table by my elbow, as il
by the merest accident, slip my hand
under my pillow and touch it rev.
erently.
Mcknight came in about II. heard
his car at the curb, followed almost
Immediately by his slam at the front
door, and his usual clamor on the
stairs He had a bottle under his
arm, rightly surmising that had been
forbidden stimulant, and large box
of cigarettes in his pocket, suspecting
my deprivation.
WELL" he said cheerfully. "How
did you sleep after keeping me up half
the night?"
l slipped my hand around; the purse
was we'll covered.
"Have it now, or wait till get the
cork out?" he ratified on.
II don't want anything" protested.
II wish you wouldn't be so darned
cheerful, Richey." He stopped whit
Ting to stare at me.
"I am saddest when I singh" he
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-12-02
SYNOPSIS.

laurence Blakeley, lawyer, goes to
.! Lah With the forged notes in the
P ,I<oor, case to get the deposition Of
b 5,yr Gilmore, millionaire. In the latter's
JoI .ae he is attracted by the picture of
A0o 6r1 whom Gilmore explains is his
aImad.nqhter, Alison West. He says
s! ga ether is a rascal and friend of
L nc, farger. A lady requests Blakeley to
, In, her a Pullman ticket. He gives her
. guy eleven and retains lower ten. He
t ensa @ man In a drunken stupor in lower
..n ona goes to bed in lower nine. He
on,oEpns in lower seven and finds that
a., bag and clothes are missing. The
.. NV IN lower ten is found murdered. His
name il develops, is Simon Harrington.
Tho man who disappeared with Blake
,,,Ss clothes is suspected. Blakeley be-
~ interested in a girl in blue. Cir
o,r,ataDtial evidence places Blakeley UNI
.ar enspicion Of murder. The train is
r,acked, BIakeley is rescued from the
trrning car by the girl in blue. His arm
:, broken. Together they go to the Car
Tor farm for breakfast. The girl proves
:, he Alison West, his partners sweet
,ssrt Alisons peculiar actions mystify
t5s LAWYER She drops her gold bag and
pI2keIey unnoticed, puts it in his pocket.
He returns home and learns from his
iandlady Of strange happenings.
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I Knew That Bit of Chain.

quoted unctuously. Its pure reac-
ton, Lollie. Yesterday the sky was
low; l was digging for my best friend.
To-day-he lies before me, his peevish
self. Yesterday / thought the notes
were burned; today look forward
to good cross-country chase, and
with luck we will draw" His voice
changed suddenly. "Yesterday-she
was in Seal Harbor To-day-she is
here"
Here in Washington" l asked, as
naturally as 1 could
yes Going to stay week or two"
"Oh, l had little hen and she had a
wooden leg
And nearly every morning she used
to lay an egg
"Will you stop that racket, Rich!
It's the real thing this time, l sup
pose?"
Well" he said judicially, since
you drag it from me, think perhaps
it is. You-you're such a confirmed
woman-hater that l hardly knew how
you would take it,
Nothing of the sort" I denied testi-
ly Because a man reaches the age
of 80 without making maudlin love to
every"
I've taken to long country rides, ;"
he went on refectively. without listen
ing to me, land yesterday / ran over
a sheep; nearly went into the ditch
But there's Providence that watches
over fools and lovers, and just now I
know darned we'll that I'm one, and I
have a sneaking idea I'm both"
''You are both,' I said with disgust
ment, I wish you would tell me why
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| Comstock had never thought to in
vite the girl to join their game.
Il could get him for fifty dollars, %
Virginia went on rapidly. II am
sure that is a great bargain. Now,
there is my birthday money that
father gave me, fifty dollars, and II
Is all mine to spend as I choose.
Father would think I was silly to put
it all on a dog. He thinks all dogs
are alike But if some one gave him
to me he couldn't object, could he?"
go on" commanded Burton, I'M
willing to commit himself
Il would pay for him and see about
everything, and all you would have
to do would be to give him to me.
Won't you, please?"
+ II wouldn't very likely give you a
fifty dollar dog. Your father would
surely see through the trick
81 should think you would" plead
ed Virginia. you are in business
with father and you spend so much
time at our house. People always
feel indebted to their hostesses, and
/ am your hostess. If you don't want
father to think you bought the dog
you could intimate that he was yours
and you didn't want him and you
thought / might 1t wouldn't be a
Alb, because / can have him sent right
to your rooms"
Something-caution or discretion
was at work within Burton West
but this new feeling Of pity for the
lonely girl and anxiety to make her
happy. led him, with little further
delay, to agree to his end of the bar
gain. He knew we'll enough how
stern Mr. Comstock was in spite Of
his love for Virginia.
The next morning Virginia went to
the pet store with $50 in neatly folded
bills. please send him to Mr. Bur
ton West" she told the dealer. CIV
Ing the young mans address. BE
sure to have him there by FIVE o'clock"
That night Mr.. Comstock was some
what surprised and distinctly pleased
when his Junior partner put In his
appearance shortly after dinner for a
game of cribbage. He never came
more than two evenings week and
Mr.. Comstock had sometimes feared
that young West was growing weary
of the older mans society.
Don't mean You are ready for an
other game" said Mr.. Comstock,
warming up with pleasure. We'll,
well, Burton, you can stand more
cribbage than any other man / ever
saw"
When they had settled down to
their game and their cigars, Virginia
slipped into the room.
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CHAPTER XII.
The Gold Bag.

TIC 00iA 1GS'
have always smiled at those cases
of spontaneous combustion which, like
fusing the component parts OF a seld-
litz powder, unite two people in a bub-
hing ephermeral ecstasy. But sure
surely there is possible, with but a
single meeting, an attraction so great,
a community of mind and interest so
strong. that between that first meet
ing and the next the bond may grow
into something stronger. This is es-
neciallv true, / fancy, of people with
temperament, the modern substitute
for imagination. 1t is nice ques-
tion whether lovers begin to love
when they are together, or when they
are apart.
Not that l followed any such line
of reasoning at the time. l would not
even admit my folly to myself. But
during the restless hours of that first
NIGHT after the accident, when my
hack ached with lying on 1t, and any
other position was torture, found my
thoughts constantly going back to ALI
son West, / dropped into a doze, TO
dream of touching her fingers again
IN comfort her, and awoke to IND l
had patted teaspoonful or medicine
ont of Mrs. Klopton's indignant hand.
What was it Mcknight had said ABOUT
making an egregious ass of myself!
And that brought me back to Richey,
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One cool autumn evening as Bur-
ION West was leaving the Comstocks.
after his usual game of cribbage with
his senior partner, Virginia was wait
ing for him on the porch.
Hello, jimmy" said Burton, some
what surprised. Where have you
been?"
Haven't been anywhere" was Vir-
ginia's answer Just waiting for
you"
Virginia started down the stone
steps from the door and beckoned
Burton to follow.
II have something to tell you," she
exclaimed. II don't want him to
know" She cast a furtive glance at
the house to indicate her father, Mr..
Caleb Comstock
She drew close to Burton's side and
spoke eagerly. tits something
want you to do It would be the most
natural thing in the world and 1t
won't cost you a penny. Say you'll
do It'll" She looked steadily at him.
It struck Burton quite by force that
her eyes were pretty and that the
child" Virginia had grown to be
quite woman.
go on, child" he said. II won't
premise till / know"
There is a perfectly lovely terrier
one of those nice, little brindle Bos
tons with little round brown eyes that
make you want to hug him-and he's
going at $50 I saw him at the deal
er's today and I want him dread
fully"
Virginia checked herself with q
deep sigh. He'd keep me from get
ting lonesome. know I'd like him. D
"You lonesome, Jinny!" exclaimed
Burton with sudden sympathy. "Why
didn't you ever let us know before?'
He recalled guiltily that he and Mr.
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s. lou think he changed the tags on
seven and nine. SO that when YOU
vs-o uaek to bed you thought you
yaon- crawling into nine, when it was
'sS oil seven, eh?"
~. pSifooably-yes."
beav LEU toward morning, when every
he IVA, was asleep, your theory is that
left t .S the numbers again and
renro esn I think of any thing else," l
5Ove, what game of bridge that
Inc would play! 1t was like finess-
Tbsr elght-spot and winning out.
yon would scarcely have doubted
NE r n'o the tags been reversed in
1'Fning, He certainly Lett you in
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CHAPTER xl-Continued.

Is she talking still? or again?" he
asked, just before the door closed.
There was a seconds indecision with
the knob then, judging discretion the
better part, Mrs. Klopton went away.
Now, them" Mcknight said, set
ting himself in a chair beside the
bed. spit it out. Not the wreck
know all I want about that. But the
theft. can tell you beforehand that
It was a woman"
! had crawled painfully out of bed,
and was in the act of pouring the egg
nOg down the pipe of the washstand.
paused, with the glass in the air.
"A woman!" I repeated, startled.
What makes you think that?"
You don't know the first principles
Of a good detective yarn" he said
scornfully. "Of course, it was the
woman in the empty house next door.
You said it was brass pipes, you will
remember. Well-on with the dance;
let Joy be unconf1ned.">
Sol told the story; I had told it so
many times that day that I did it au-
tomatically. And l told about the girl
with the bronze hair, and my suspic-
ions, But did not mention Alison
West Mcknight listened to the end
without interruption. When I had
finished he drew a long breath.
Well" he said. That's something
Of mess, isn't it? If you can only
prove your mild and childlike dispo-
Stlon, they couldn't hold you for the
mmder-Which is a regular ten-twent-
th!rt crime, anyhow. But the notes
that's different. They are not burned,
anyhow. Your man wasn't on the
rain-therefore, he wasn't in the
wreck. If he didn't know what he was
@Alng, as you seem to think, he prob
ably reads the papers, and unless he
IS tathead, he's awake by this time
70 what he's got. He'll try to sell
mem to Bronson, probably"
Ut to us" put in.
We said nothing for a few minutes.
Mcknight smoked a cigarette and
stared at photograph of Candida
over the mantel. Candida is the best
pony for a heavy mount in seven
states
l didn't go to Richmond" he OBJ
served finally. The remark followed
my own thoughts so closely that l
started. Miss West is not home yet
'fom Seal Harbor."
receiving no response, he lapsed
aSaIn into thoughtful silence. Mrs.
Noplon came in just as the clock
S"ucH one, and made preparation for
'He night by putting a large gaudy
.0iN'oItaOIe into an arm chair in the
|eSSlng room, with a smaller, stiff
'ScAeu chair for her feet. She was
"0Hoefluliy attired in a dressing gown
.I"' was reminiscent, in parts, of all
NC ones she had given me for a half
~C's1 ChrlstmaSes, and she had a pur-
s s'V veil wrapped around her head, to
r,Ue heaven knows what deficiency.
w NV examined the empty egg-nog
S S,"SS' inquired what the evening paper
-a1 sad about the weather, and then
r 1~a into the dressing room, and
a.'p"I med, with much ostentatious
'saNAs' to sit up all night.
r. we fell silent again, while Nc
ba- lSD' traced a rough outline of the
T,,.I on the white tablecover, and
40 I-1leu II out slowly. 1t was some
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Jolly.

They met in the Hereafter OF F1c-
ton. Fifteen men on the dead mans
chest!" beloved Stevenson's Pirate.
"Ha, Jolly old football song, that!"
exclaimed the hero OF the college
novel which, though ~@"anf. was al
ready dead.-Puck.
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characterizes her at night, somebody
called up about noon, Mr.. Lawrence.
1t was long distance, and he said he
would call again. The name vas
she Sullivan"
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NAVJA10A11U1v9 ~. 0.1&EXXNER .
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The Delta independent., 1910-08-26
. A. NJ. Lawrence returned Monday
evening from his trip to New York

A. NJ Lawrence returned Monda,
evening from his trip to New Yorh
State.
Miss Mayme Gray left Wednesday
morning for a short visit at Waunit,
Hot Springs.
H. r. Bennett returned last Sun
day evening from his visit to Blaine
Washington.
Miss Josephine Blackwell left
Wednesday morning for a visit with
friends in Cripple Creek.
Mrs. d. w. Thomas left Monday
morning for Salida, where she will
be with Mr.. Thomas during his op-
Grafton for appendicitis.
Mrs. T. A Ashmore left last Mon
day for Salt Lake City, taking ad-
vantage of the low rates.
]. d. Smith and son Seth, left on
Monday morning for Oregon where
they will make their future home.
Miss Lizzie Gunther left Monday
morning for six weeks visit with
relatives in Indiana.
]. C. Murphy of the Delta Ice Co.,
was here the first of the week at
tending to some business matters.
Mrs. l. B. Woodward was operat-
ed upon last Sunday morning for
appendicitis, and is getting along
nicely.
E. S. Bobbitt and wife returned
last Tuesday evening from visit
with Mr.. Bobbitt's parents at Leon
ard, Colorado.
Born to Harvey Sare and wife,
last week, a big boy. We did not
learn of this fact until too late for
last weeks issue.
Eddie Webb came in from Rifle
Monday evening to be with his
father who is very i'll and not ex-
pected to live but a short time.
G. G. Giller and wife returned last
Friday evening from their visit to
the northern part of the state. Mr..
Giller appears much improved in
health.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-26
HOTCHKISs.
North Fork Times.J


G. w. Weyrauch, w. A. Weyrauch
Frank Hinman and E. H. Hubbard
o! Austin, were Hotchkiss visitors
on Wednesday.
Miss Clara Whistler, of Ell Paso,
Texas, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Ed Thompson, left for
her home Monday morning. Mrs
Thompson has also been enjoying a
visit from her mother, Mrs. Sarah
burlington of Delta.
Miss Shaffer of Cleveland, Ohio
who has been visiting her parents o
Redlands mesa, left last week for
her home. Miss Shaffer is a priv
ate secretary of John D. Rockefeller
and can tell many interesting things
about the old gentleman whom she
says is a very pleasant and sociable
man.
Jack Leeming and Ed Jenkins
Somerset miners. were badly injured
Sunday by the igniting of gas in the
mine where they were working. They
were rescued alive, but not until
they were so badly burned that theil
lives were for while despaired of
Later we learn they will entirely
recover.
Hanson mesa will soon hold the
record for boy babies. The latest
bids fair to be a first class printer
If he follows in the footsteps of
his father, Frank White of Delta. Tn
young man made his appearance las
Friday and Frank is still in bewil-
dered frame of mind as to whether
he will return to his job or stay at
home and rock the cradle.
Emroe Martin Winters, was born
Oct. 25, 1882, and died near Lutes.
vile, Missouri, August IL, 1910. TIL
above came to Mr.. Dickson, with
whom he was a partner while in
Hotchkiss. Mr.. Winters had many
friends here, in fact all who were
acquainted with him were his friends
for no one could know him without
liking him. He made a hard fight
against the great disease, the great
white plague, but nothing. not even
the healing climate of Colorado, was
able to break the firm hold 1t had
upon him. The sympathy of his Colo.
rado friends go out to his bereaved
relatives !n their loss of a noble son
and brother.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-26
PAONIA.
IPaonia Newspaper. l


George A. Pomeroy of Rockford
ILL.,. came in last Friday. to spend
o part of the summer here.
Messrs. w. E. Galley, II. E. Hick-
man and w. l.. Rose of Delta, were
business visitors in our city last Sat
urday.
Hon. NJ. d. Vincent was a passen-
ger on Monday mornings train for
Denver after a few days visit with
his wife and boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wise are the
proud parents of baby girl, which
arrived at their home up the river
last Friday evening. Everybody get
ting along fine.
Mrs. E. j. Lewis of Denver, ar
rived in Paonia Wednesday evening
for an extended visit at the Mark
Skinner home on German mesa.
Prof. and Mrs. H. S. Hussong,
returned home yesterday from Neb-
raska and other points, where they
have been visiting the past two
weeks
Mrs. l.. r. Shellenberger arrived
In Paonia the first of the week to
S'AAA hSA huoDdhu, Jul tOW IL euBlue
II. Morehead and daughter of Re-
public, Kansas, came in last Satur-
day evening for a visit with old-time
friends here.
Mrs. Annie Marsh of Denver, who
has been visiting at the home of
Charley Pace across the river, re-
turned to Denver Monday.
Horace Curtiss, of the Fruit Ex-
change bank arrived home from Pit
kin Monday evening, where he has
spent two or three weeks visiting
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Underwood
twin boys. who arrived on Monday
night, the 18th; weight 3 and
pounds respectively. All concerned
doing nicely.
August Klingbeil of Sterling, Colo
rado, was here q few days the past
week looking over our wonderful val
ley with Taylor & Bird. He express
sed himself as highly pleased, and
left intending to return this fall.
Mrs. c. w. Flint and son OF La
Crosse, Wis, stopped over a few
days in Paonia on return trip
froIn San Francisco, California, for
short visit with Mrs. F1int's rela-
tives, the DeWoody's.
A. Major arrived in Paonia Sun
day evening from Kansas City, to
visit his wife and sons and look
after his Stewart mesa ranch inter-
ests. The first of the week, the
family will take trip to Salt Lake
City and other points.
Mcssrs. Robert Berdel, county
clerk of Arapahoe county, and Rob
ert Nelson of Littleton, Colo, were
in Paonia the first of the week look
ing over the country. These gentle
men were well pleased with the
looks of things and may return In
the near future.