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Its Jim Blake and Billy Blaney,'' said Ben.
1--WE don't want 'em along do we?'
ooh, they're all right. Hello, felers"
The new arrivals painted up What is it" they
asked.
DUNNO" said Chick. Some kind of picnic
maybe. Come Beat we to it,
The group broke into wild dash and soon overlook
the rearmost of the wagons. AS they neared it they
met with shrill cheers and much laughter with
cries from young men of Come on kid! Come on"
Ben, Chick Billy Baney, and Jim Blake fell on the
prize at the time. There wild melange of
Drowned legs and tousled heads gmy faces and
from the cloud of dust emerged the victor, with the
orange much mashed but at the same time his
Hey gimme bte!"
"They flung it to mel
leave it alone or Ill"
They squared off. blow struck. Another.
The of the orange dropped it in his efforts to
defend himself and the smallest of the crowd, who had
kept out of the trouble so far picked the fruit up and
vanished into the woods at side of the road The
combatantS his action forgot their enmy to each
other and dashed after him. But yell from the wag
stopped them, and they departed from their chase
of the thief to see what development coming.
Into the road had been flung paper box containing
when they bounced it and disrupted its contents
"a few sandwiches. They stuffed these into their
mouths and pursued.
Chuck us some more
"Say, who are yer"
the merry party the Baptist Bible class from
Greenville going over to Wiloughbys Pines for
picnic
kin we go?"
mo; we don't want kids around Get out!"
A few cuts from the rawhide whips of the drivers
made them realize that their company was not wanted
and they withdrew, cutting off through the woods.
"All right. l tell ye-les 60 swimmin'."
THE suggestion met with instant favor They dashed
through fields, copses, roads, up and down hills,
and at length found themselves at the shores of Will
loughbys Pond favorite swimming hole for boys of
the town: Shirts overals, and hats were flung into
piles and moment later seven small boys pad
ding about in the oozy depths of the little body of
water.
pers" and now and then they crawled to the shores
and spent a few minutes picking leeches from their
sunburned little arms and bodies 1t great fun;
the craving for variety soon possessed them
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A pair of stocky little fellows sat on rock at the
side of the pond toasting in the Their enthusiasm
ebbing.
Hey amt we comm in no more2" demanded
other from the middle of the water.
cav, what's the good?"
TRY swimnin' under water"
Jaw, we did. 1t amt no fun"
Come out"
The one in the water foundered to shore. "Whatn
do them"
Jaw, they amt nothn' to dol
A T the other side of the pond arose shout. They
looked. Four or five bowling wild men met their
view And the wild men were shrieking
"Hey, felers, come on over. We're goin' to play
sheriff an prisoners
The three plunged into the water and swan, found
cred, waded-anyway to get thereto the wild mems
side of the swimming hole. They padded through the
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bright eyes strained to find nest Overhead the
blackbrds screamed.
A STRIDENT "Toot-toot" broke on their ears.
They looked up smashing the catttas down to
see over them toward the distant road from which the
sound came Two big wagons met their keen eyes,
loaded with cheering young and young women.
Gee! What is t?" asked Chick.
LES 60 see."
The blackbrds sang glad farewell, the frogs came
back up through the ooze, that the monsters had
gone. The swamp took its summer peace once
more the bare legs scampered across field in the
direction of the wagons Sounds of gladness rang in
the boys they pursued, adding to their curl
osity to find out what it all meant. They reached
a stone wall at the road Skinned it, and started
along the dusty highway quick trot; for the
wagons were now distant in the dust A yell from
the rear made them turn their heads, and they
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They Amt Nothin' to Do"

A SMALL boy leaned on the front gate and looked
~ longingly up and down the dusty road In the
was very STILL very peaceful. The elms swung lazly
in the breeze and the rustic of their leaves the
only sound that broke the quetude except the distant
cracke of something that might be either locust
moving machine 1t was the perfection of peace.
But the small boys soul not attuned to its
roundings. He looked bored, miserable, ennuied. He
which crossed the street some distance away he
sufficiently aroused to look azly about him for a
to throw at the unoffendng canine; but stone pre-
senting itself, he had not the ambition to search for
one, and the yellow dog disappeared through hole
in fence without bombardment The small boy
yawned:
Jaw, go1ly!" he said. "They amt nothn' to dol"
The next instant he eaped into the air with shrill
and startled "Ouch!" and capped his brown hands to
the seat of his patched blue overalls "A bee, by
crckety!" he exclaimed and turned to look for the
insect. Something struck picket in the fence with
resounding whack and the small boy dashed for the
protection of the welhouse AS he peered round this
another something cracked against the panks and the
small boy ducked. Cautiously then the tousled head
crept above the edge of the wehouse and finally, with
AN accusing finger pointed at the hedge by the barn,
he said:
Jaw, out of that now, Chick Wilbur! 1
see vel"
The hedge parted and through it emerged the guilty
another small boy of the size and general outlines
of the first. They met
Gosh! but didn't you jump" exclaimed Chick,
laughing at the thought of it.
well, wouldn't you Jump if anybody hit you like
that? What was you frn'?"
"Aw, jest stones; but got double rubber bands on
her Try one
THE first small boy found no lack of energy in
searching for stone, and in moment he had
picked up couple of small round pebbles The other
lent him his singshot and, fitting a stone into the
leather part he drew the eascs back and looked about
for something to shoot at An old hen clucked about
the barnyard forty feet away, followed by flock of
chickens.
ling! Pick!
"Waw! Cuck cluck-waw-waw! Chip chip,
chp Mother hen, smtten the thick of her feathers
by the whzzing pebble, sounded her note of protest,
pain and alarm, and daughter chicks took up
the cry and the entire family disappeared behind the
barn; but at rapid speed than that developed
by the two small boys, from the barn the hired
to see what had happened.
The twain sped high fence, through growing
garden, to the utter confounding of in the
house to which the garden belonged and hurried
their rush of escape by the woman's pounding
the window with dipper; across the dusty road,
through another yard, fence and down the side
of steep hill. There, the edge of brook, they
paused to get their breath and goat their exploit
"Golly, Ben! but you did land that old hen'
did we see the hired man come out?"
"Eyah; and did we old Mssus Griggs look
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of mournful COM
plant. The merciful
boys took only one
each. They pierced
the eggs with thorns
and blew them, tuck
ing the fragile shells
away in their pockets
in little baking pow
der cans filled with
cotton batting, which
they always carried
for the purpose.
The thirst for col
lecting was now upon
them. The sharp cries
of blackbirds flying
overhead in the cat
tail swamp had not
till now attracted
them much; but now
their eyes were raised
aloft, to mark the
Greetings of the red
winged fellows, and a
moment later four
bare feet were plung-
ing among the roots
of the cattail reeds,
squashing in the mud,
thoughtless of snakes
or frogs, and four
bright eyes were strain
blackbirdS screamed.
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found for the job, His personality rcn.
dcred him accepted or acceptable in
any social group; thirty years expe.
ricnce in New York police circles had
acquainted him with most frst.cIass IS
crooks in the underworld; and finally
ne was personally known to and adj
mlred by many of the very men who
had so lately been victimized Lastly,
Vt was the type of criminal investipa
tion in which the ex-nspector most de-
lighted: lie realized at tho outset that
he probably had to deal with no com.
mon order of criminal; it would be
largely battle or wits, mind against
/, mind,
After pocketing a fat retainer. lis.
tening to the accounts of the various
roooerles, and securing fairly accu.
rate description of the chief articles
OF stolen jewelry. Valentines next
move was to call for lists of the house.
guests who had been present at the
various functions in both town and
country.
Many-indeed most-of these names
he was able TO ''blue pencil, at a
glance, as being, like Caesars wife,
beyond, suspicion, although sleuth like
ne made ample allowance for q we'll
known fact in criminal annals-that
even the wealthiesu sometimes have
strange obsessions and a queer indif.
terence to the rights of meum and
tuum. Naturally, also, he found the
same people appearing again and
again, at dance, or dinner, or house
party, and in one way that fact helped
to narrow the scope of his investiga
ton.
But after some davs and nights of
careful wlnnowing and elimination, by
a sort OF reverse process of natural
selection, the master detective was i'm
pressed by the fact that one man 3
name was invariably present on every
occasion whero the robberies had oc
curred-a name of almost national
reputation in old Knickerbocker so.
cleuy and affihations-that of Roslyn
Cavanna. Other men and women came
and went. some were guests on two
or three occasions yet missing on
others, But the name of young Cavan-
na was never wanting at those fateful
times.
Of course, the fact might be ascribed
to pure accident or the merest coinci-
dence, and yet-obviously it were wise
to look into The antecedents of MI
Roslyn Cavanpa, son of sire now
diseased, born to considerable wealth,
a CHG roller from his college daYs,
daring country rider, polo player
and Yachtsman-some said a reckless
gambler on the race track or over the
green tables. and daring but unlucky
speculator on 1.-THE street ''-reputed to
have long since dissipated a half mil.
lion Inheritance and reported TO be on
the lookout for d rich wife to recoup
his bankrupt fortunes
These and some other things Finney
Valentine jotted down in his casebook
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Of cash Been wrong on the market
lately, you know-or perhaps yon
don 7 know he explained, remember,
ing that his visitor was u foreigner
'Speculating In Wall street, and got
nIpped.
Herr Ritter nodded comprehcndingly
and beamed sympathetically through
his thick glasses on the speaker.
- Now, Cavanna went on, 81 we col
a few trinkets by me-old family Jew.
els, you know-which I've no use for,
and which | d be glad to turn into cash.
OF course. Dakin & Meekin would taka
them off my hands and allow me fair
price, but somehow [ ID rather not let
them know if the matter could be ar
ranged IN any other way. You under
stand?'
Quite So. my. dear SIR said Her,
Ritter, benming in an effectionatc and
almost fatherly manner 81 appreciate
your scrupies and they do you credit
May l-er-see these herlooms
For answer Roslyn Cavanna rose
and went into the inner room-pre
was q brief interlude of unlocking a
desk or other receptacle, and then he
returned bearing III one hand a small
chamois bag.
Pushing aside some ma gaines and
newspapers he cleared a space on a
small smoking. table and poured out
the contents, consisting of perhaps
ing roughly from one TO ten earata
apiece, four large pearls, and, bleam
ing ruddily in the midst of their
whlteness. magnificent ruby as big
as robin S egg
81 don't know as I'd care to dis
pose of all these said Cavanna non"
chalantly, "but if anything there takes
your fancy you might make me an
offer. -
Herr Ritter s eyes cleaned behind
his needless glasses, and it required
all his self-contro to disguise his ella.
! ton. Once again his intuition had led
him Alright. for in the half handful Of
cleaning stones before him he recog-
/ nized, from the descriptions which at
that moment reposed in hls pocket
book. the four missing Batterman
pearls and the Minor ruby The thief
and the plunder were at his mercy,
within his grasp!
For few moments Herr Ritter bent
over the jewels, lifting the larger ones,
weighing and appraising. With "a nut
tered ''Pardon me moment he rose
from his chair beside the table, the
ruby between thumb and foreinger,
and stepped TO the window. A moment
only he remained with his back to the
room
When he suddenly faced inward
leveled revolver glittered duly in his
outstretched hand, covering the aston
ished thief. Then came the fatefuf
words;
"Roslvn Cavannn. ] arrest you for
robbery-for stealing the BatIerman
pearls and The Minor ruby,'
course you for a sneaking houndl"
snarled Cavanna, leaping to his feet.
"Carefu!'' - continued Valentine.
GIVE got you covered. Better take it
quietly"
" You only think you We got me!'
sneered Cavanna. 9TH show you'll -
He made sudden movement, there
was another uplifted arm, flash,
report and Roslyn Cavanna sank life
less to the floor He had meted out his
own punishment.
Next week: lover the 'Phone.')
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A. earlier cases which came
y Valentine after establishing
,,ivate agency was one that
"a, bis files under the dual
J = this hi cabaIistic designation
,arr facts were these: For
iu r.saI and 4 half one of New
e~ seS smart sets-since the
SSarS En- McAllister the four hun
"s,o rown TO considerably more
tSousand-had been mysti'
.nycd by a series Of totally
EnO Oyobbefies, evidently per
s,s y some person of persons who
the entree or who knew
Aha habits of those forming
uhle began with a notable
tSsyv st Mrs. Alger s cotillon
tbe thief getting away with
tbousand dollars worth of
Esrt while Mrs Kcndig's din.
u were al table ''some one -
~ unstsirs apartments to. the
I'm as much. Then came the
nriceless balas ruby at the
.,nsion, said ruby having
- sround among the guests
.;or hut which never came
q i 4 owner S hands. These cases
= Town. But neither were
,ouptry places immune; the
shre at Wbeatley and the
Essmpr in the Adirondacks
-,Als instances where the loot
"a fabulous in value owing to
-~nt habit peculiar to Amer
m OF carving around with
a tbeir portable wealth in dia-
nssrls and rubies, even to
,inissible places as a so-called
~" in the woods.
d the losses must have to-
,'fly cool million, the pluto
a concerned had been content
a their losses without 'Ssqueal-
4 the regular police or at the
mtional uoioriety through ap-
b the Pinkertons,
.,e, patience ceases to be a
Fsu among those delectable
d possess more money than
q possibly spend-or. squander
4 after some months of bliss
4 during which period the
nae or the equally culpable
~ had been fattenirg on the
4, ths Bptterman "cottage" at
b wss Entered and its fair
|11PoiIed ef gauds appraised at
II million, the masculine ap-
L pf these fair ones resolved
thing had gone far enough -
d Al they dreaded that vulgar
11h "publicity"- occupy
eye in that way savors too
Bsno. But a rigid and Judi
15mg was determined upon;
[sreet but none the less mer-
1Ftstigator, Finney Valentine,
eeFor Of police, the task of
bot the guilty was committed
tier man could have been
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IN New York TO be re-strung indicated
that some of the loot remained in his
possession, waiting perhaps for ia
vorable opportunity to dispose thereof
after the hue and cry had died down.
nlngly delivered 10 Dakin s; Meekin
only forty.Gve pearls instead of the
original forty nine The othors he
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02
COVERED WITH SORES.

was afflicted with terrible blood
disease, which was In spots at first,
but afterwards spread all over my
body. These soon broke out into
sores. Before I became convinced
that the doctors could do me no good
I had spent hundred dollars, I then
tried various patent medicines, but
they did not reach the disease; When
| had finished my first bottle OF 5, 5, b
l was greatly improved, and was de-
lighted with the result The large
red splotchcs on my chest began to
grow smaller, and before long dIsap-
peared entirely. I regaincd my lost
weight, became stronger and my ap-
petite greatly improved. ] was soon
entirely we'll, and have been ever
since. II. l.. MEf EMO
SO Clinton ST., Newark, n. j.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02
By Frederic Reddale
Copyright, 1910, by w. G. Chapman,)

"But ] tell yon. Mcestairc Meclsin, +"
he was saying. ~ am not mistake
me, Pierre Danser. Non! he pearls
are identiquc-vat you call pairfat
match he shape, re weight, re coul-
cur! Nom de In noml Did ] not as
semble &c fairst necklace for Madame
Batterman2 Pouf In such matta,rs
you cannot fool Pierre Danser!' And
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Also the further item that for at least
three years Cavanna s name had been
linked with that of girl in his own
set, Miss Norine Pasmorc. whose blood
was as blue as his own but who was
as poor rs the traditional church
mouse. Smart gossip also opincd that
they could never marry, for financial
reasons, and that latterly Roslyn Ca
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might have sold; on the other hand
,many Of the stones-diamonds. mostly
products of the various raids, might
still be in Cavanna S Professionalism
settings, as affording an easy means of
detection, would of course have been
melted down or destroyed
Then. too, no trace had ever been
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TuIRrY-r1Rsr ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

The First Election District is bounded by
and within W 112th St. Lenox ave. W. 10th
The Second Election District is bounded by
and within ". 18TH st, 9TH ave. W 1lOth
The Third Election District is bounded by
and within diagonal line from the corner of
Ienox ave and w. 18TH ST. 10 the corner or
w. 18Th 81. and 9th ave, 9TH ava and w
The Fourth Election District is bounded by
and within ". Hath st. 9th ave, a diagonal
line from the corner of 9Th ave. AMI W. 18th
st to the corner or W il-th ST ana LenoX
The Fitth Eiectien District is bounded by
and within W 114th ST, LenoN ave, w. 112th
ST. and ST Nicholas ave
The sixth Election District is bounded by
and within St Nicholas ave, w. 18th st. and
The seventh ELECTION District is bounded by
and within w i15th St, Lenox ave, w 1l4th
The eighth Election District is bounded by
ard within ". 1t5th st, 9Th ave, W. 1l4th
The Ninth Election District is bounded by
and within diagonal line from the corner Of
5th ave, and W 117th st, 18th ave. ". 18TH
Tho Tenth Election District is bounded by
and within a diagonal line from the corner OF
" 1ITtb st and 18th to the of
Lenox ave. ana W 10Th st, Lenox ave. W.
The Eleventh Election District is bounded
W Ilfth 81. and IenoX ave. to the corner of
I'm 81 End en- aye shd 'h !, bounded
am WITHIN "A diagonal line from tho corner
of Ieuox ave and ". tisth ST. To the corner
from the corner OF 5th ave. and W. 1l7th ST.
to the corner Of Lenox ave. and W. li6th st.
T'hn Thirteenth Election District is bounded
by and within diagonal line from the corner
OF ~ I1sth 81. and Lenox ave. to the corner
Of W II8th 81. and 9th ave. 9TH ave. 10 w.
18th st, thence diagonal line to the corner
The fourteenth Election District IS bounded
by and within ". 10Th ct. to the corner of
5ft1 ave thence a diagonal line 10 the corner
OF w 1isth st. and Lenox ave. w llsth st.
The Fifteenth Election District is bounded by
ana within W 18th st, 9TH ave. W. li7th ST,
st Nicholas ave i-ieton n'' b,strict Is bnunSsd b
and within w. 10th ST. Sth ave. W listh st.
and Manhattan ave
a., ana within " 10th st. nth ave. W. 1ieth
g. the bsu Figb,eenth Election District Is bounded
nv ana within w 12ist St, 7th ave. W. 10th
ST and Manhattan ave.
The Niueteenth Election District is heuRa-A by
ana within ". i23d 81, 9Th ave, W. i2ist St.
Manhattan ave W. 10th ST. and MoTnngside
AVs 70 TentIeth Election District is bounded by
ana within W i22d St. Tth ave. W i2ist st,
am r on rSenty-frst Election District is bounded
by ana within W. l2.d at. Lsnex ave. W 10th
81 and 18th ave -,-., 49,. 4, =.
h. aus vitbin " 123d ST. Mount Morris ave
~ faatb Il to 9Th ave. q line through Mount
Morris PARK 10 the corner OF W i@0th St and
sih ace 5th ave W. 1i9th ST and fenux ave.
tn, T-a,anty- third Election District Is bounded
bv ana within ". f2id ST. Lenox ave. ". 1921
ST and sth ave. - rr,-.... ,,.-..,.. 4, :,
by ana within W t2tth st, Lenox ave, w
,S.. anu sth ave w 124th ST Mount Morris
ave avn ~ " ,sss 81 and Tth ave
The Twent,s-nfth Election. District u bounded