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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-20
DEAD SOLDIER, MEMBER
OF PROMINENT FAMILY
Believed That -. f. WeIch, Who Died
Here Was Connected With Prom
ineut Boston Family


inent Boston Family.
NJ E. WEIGH, who died at the county
hospital appears TO be of a prominent
Boston family.
Delegated by the soldiers at Fort
Bayard. N NJ, E. T. Anderson arrived
in Ell Paso Tuesday. He told under
taker Peak, Of Peak & Lyons, that
Welch was g fayOrite at the govern
menf hospital, and that he would take
charge of the body. In the meanwhile
messages from the officers at the fort
were being received.
Then came a message from Joseph F.
OConneil, member OF congress from
Boston, Mass, asking for particulars of
Weich's death Later g. message arrived
from James A. WEIGH, a brother, who
lives in Boston, saying that he had
started for FL Paso TO claim the body.
The representative of the soldiers st
Fort Bayard did not return with the
body.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-20
Grand Trunk Strike
Is Becoming Serious


he
trouble has been
is mainta It's NOR butthe
the ii and complete
OF it's freght traffic
wheels tn soon the re
abandone
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-20
CHARGED WITH DISTURB


B. Bradburn was arrested Tuesday
night charged with being drunk and
disturbing the peace. He was locked
up and his bond fixed at 800. which
he was unable TO give. His case will
be heard Wednesday afternoon in DO
lice court
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-20
TAFT LEAVES EASTPORT
FOR BAR HARROR PORT

PASSPORT, Maine. July 2O-The May
flower. having president Taft on board.
left here at O'clock this morning and
is due at Bar Harbor this afternoon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-20
LANES III CRErE

Funeral services for James H. Greek
were held Wednesday afternoon In
terment was made in Concordia Gene
terry.
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the Others Ill the looking at him
as If he were suddenly crazed.
There was instant commotion, with
cries and EXPLANATIONS from all. Quick
as the others were. the old woman
was ut his side before them. snarling
with rage Her talonlike fingers sunk
into his arm, and her gaze went dart
ing about the room In a most convinc-
Ing way.
Baron Dangloss vas convinced that
the young man had seen the eye. With
out conjunction he began a search Of
the ROOM. the old woman looking on
with a grin Of glee.
Search! Search" she croaked. 1T
was the spirit eye! 1t is looking at
you now. my fine baron! 1t finds you.
yet cannot be found. No. no! Oh, you
fools! Get out! Get out! All Of you.
Prince or no prince, I fear you not.
nor all your armies. This Is my home.
my castle! Go! Cor
There was a man here. old woman"
said the baron cooliy. "where IL the
mani"
She laughed aloud, q horrid sound.
The prince clutched Tuliis by the leg
in terror.
There IL no window. no trapdoor,
% s~kylight." remarked the baron, pux-
xled. Nothing but the ~stovepipe. six
inches in diameter. A man couldn't
crawl out through that. I'm sure. Mr..
King, we've come upon a real mys-
tery-the eye without q visible body"
Suddenly the old woman stepped into
the middle OF the room and began to
wave her hands In q mysterious man
ner over an empty pot that stood on
the floor IN front Of the stove. Then
before their startled eyes q thin aim
Of smoke began to rise from the empty
pot. It grew in volume until the room
was quite dense with II. Even more
quickly than II began It disappeared.
drawn apparently by some supernat-
ural agency into the draft Of the stove
and out through the rickety chimney
pipe.
A deafening crash az Of many guns
came to their ears from the outside.
With one accord the entire party rush.
ed to the outer door. a wild laugh from
the hag pursuing them.
"There!" she screamed. There goes
all there was Of him! And SO shall we
all go some day. Fire and smoke!"
Just outside the door stood Lieuten.
ant Saffo Of the guard.
Good Lordw shouted Tullis. "What
is the matter? What has happened?"
1.-The storm, sir" said Sano. 1T is
coming down the valley like the wind
A great crash Of thunder burst over.
head, and lightning darted through the
black. swirling skies.
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milton. | nave thought it all out. Per
haps | an wrong. but ii seems to me
that | can almost see those firearms
stored away in the caves and cabins
outside of Edelweiss. ready for instant
use when the signal comes"
God. An uprising. A plot ST. hug,
as that he gasped. amazed. 1t is for
tunate that he was not facing the door
The same servant. passing once more,
might have seen the telltale consterna-
ton in his eyes. 1T cannot be posi-
BILE. Why. Dangloss and his men
would have scented it long ago"
II have not said that I am sure of
anything. remember that. | leave II
TO you to analyze. You have the foun-
on which to work. Id advise
you 10 waste no time. Something tells
me that the crisis Is near at hand"
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so unintelligible that ever he could
not gainsay the statements. Later
she bent her piercing eyes upon the
prince and refused to read his future.
shrilly asserting that she had not the
courage to tell what might befall the
little ruler, all the while muttering
something about the two little princes
who had died in a tower ages and ages
ago. Seeing that the boy was fright
ened, Tullis withdrew him to the back
ground. The Countess Marlanx came
next. She was smiling d~erisively.
you have returned from some one
whom you hate" began the witch.
"He Is your husband. You will marry
again. There is a fair haired man in
love with you. You are in love with
him. / can see trouble
But the countess deliberately turned
away from the table, her cheeks fam
ing with the consciousness that a smile
had swept the circle behind her grace
full back.
"Ridiculous.' she said and avoided
John Tullis' gaze. 81 don't care to
hear any more. Come. baron! You are
next"
Truxton King. subdued and troubled
in his mind, found himself studying
his surroundings and the people who
went so far to make them interesting.
His eye had fallen upon a crack in the
door that led to the kitchen. although
he had no means Of knowing that II
was a kitchen. To his ~amazement. a
cleaning eye was looking out upon the
room from beyond this narrow crack.
He looked long and found that he was
not mis- taken. There was an eye glued
close 70 the opposite side Of the rickety
door. and ITS gaze was directed to the
Countess Marlanx.
Without pausing to consider the re-
suit Of his action, he sprang across the
room. shouting as he did D. that there
was q man behind the door. Grasping
the latch. he threw the door wide open.
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he EANSENlLIo traitor to his cause.
PRINCE ROBIN: | could not be that.
for the sufficient reason that | only
suspect its existence. | am not in
any sense a part of it. | do not
know anything. | only feel. | dare
say you realize that | do not love
oun Marlanx-that there is absolute
ly nothing in common between us ex-
cept a name. We won't go into that.
r.
Il am overjoyed to hear you say this.
countess" he said very seriously. Il
have been so bold on occasion as to
assertion your private ear. of course
that you could not by any freak of
nature happen to care for Count Mar
lanx, whom | know only by descrip-
ton. You have laughed at my SO
called American wit. and you have
been most tolerant. Now. l feel that
/ am justified. I'm UNNECESSARILY glad
to hear you confess that you do not
love your husband"
You have never tried to make love
to me-" she went on. That's what |
like about you. l think most men are
silly, not because l am so very young.
but because my husband is SO ridicu-
lousy old. Don't you think so? But.
never mind! l see you are quite eager
to answer. That's enough. Take an
other cigarette and-listen to what l
am going to say" He declined the
cigarette with a shake Of his head.
After q moment she went on resO-
lutely: GAS l said before, l do not
know that my suspicious are correct.
l have not even breathed them to my
father. He would have laughed at me.
Ny husband is a Graustarkian, even
as ! am. but there is this distinction
between us-he despises G%raustark,
while l love her In every drop Of my
blood. l know that In his heart he has
never ceased to brew evil for the
throne that disgraced him. He openly
expresses his hatred for the present
dynasty and has more than once said in
public gatherings that he could cheer
fully assist in its utter destruction.
That, Of course. Is commonly known In
Graustark, where he Is scorned n
derided. But he Is not a man to serve
his hatred with mere idle words and
tnaction.
II am seeing you here In this big
room openly" she went on. for the
simple reason that II I am being
watched this manner Of meeting may
be above suspicion. We may speak
freely here. for we cannot be heard
unless we raise u voices. DON'T DE-
tray surprise or CONSERVATION. Inc
eyes Of the wall may be better than It's
ears"
you don't mean to say you are De
ing watched here In your fatners
house?" he demanded.
81 don't know. This ! do know-tne
count has many spies In
he is systematically apprised OF every
thing that occurs at court. IN the CITY
QEin-ths council chamber. nay-belore
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6ottGu " ouy SOOu-
II Is NoI FOR ME- by to him or had
~ nhihAf HEN willfully decided to
ignore him altogether. At any rate.
she entered the gates to the castle
grounds without so much as an in
different glance In his direction.
TruxtOn knew In advance that he
was to have a ~sleepless, unhappy night.
In his room at the hotel he found
the second anonymous letter, unques-
tionably from the same source. but
this time printed in crude. stilted let
tiers. 1t had been stuck under the door.
Leave the city at once. You are In
great danger. Save yourself"
This time he did not laugh. That It
was from Olga Platanova he had no
doubt. But why she should interest
herself 80 persistently In his welfare
was quite beyond him. And what,
after all. could she mean by great
danger-save yourselfv"
He INDUCED in a long spell Of
thou~ghtfulness. mo, by George, I'll
not turn tail at the first sign OF dan
ger. I'll stay here and assist Dangloss
I" "hAo'CiiiS LID IudttCAs Anu
go up to that witch's hole before I'm
a day older to have 1t out with her.
I'll find out where the smoke came
from. and I'll know where that eye
vent to-" He sighed without knowing
it. by Jove. I'd like to do something
to show her I'm not the blooming.
duffer she thinks l am"
He could not find Baron Dan8loss
that night o early the next day.
Hobbs, after being stigmatized as the
only British coward In the world.
changed his mind and made ready to
accompany King to the howell in Gan
look gap.
BY noon the streets in the vicinity Of
the plaza were filed with strange,
rough looking men, undeniably laborers.
Who are theyr demanded King.
There's a strike on among the men
building the railroad" said Hobbs.
They'd better look out for these fel-
lows" said King. very soberly. II
don't like the appearance Of 'em. They
look like cutthroats."
"rake my word for 1t, sir, they are.
They're the riffran Of all Europe"
Il hope Baron Dangloss knows how
to handle. themY" In some anxiety.
Ito be continued.)
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the Tde-t The city. He ga,I0pei along
beside the baron, a prey to gloomy
considerations. What was the use?
He had no chance to win her. That
was for story books and plays. She
belonged to another world far above
his.
The baron's dry, insinuating voice
broke in upon the young mans
thoughts. 81 think it's pretty we'll un-
derstood that she's going to marry
him" The little old minister had been
reading Kings thoughts; he had the
satisfaction Of seeing his victim start
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HE MEANS EVIL TO
pRJNCE ~
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Ing a swift smile of establishment,
turned quickly TO Prince Bobby.
The prince broke the ice.
Hello" he cried shrilly.
Hello responded the gentleman
readily.
John Tullis found himself being drag
ged away from the witch's door to-
ward the newcomer at the bottom of
the glen. Mr.. Hobbs listened with
deepening W to the friendly CONVEX
sation which resulted in Truxton King
going forward to join the party In
front Of the hut.
Truxton was duly presented to the
ladies and gentlemen Of the party by
John Tullis. who gracefully announced
that he knew Kings parents In New
York. Baron Dangloss was quite an
old friend. II one were to Judge by the
manner In which he greeted the young
man. The lady in gray smiled SO
sweetly and nodded so blithely that
Tullis. instead Of presenting King to
her as he had done to the Countess
Aarlanx and others. merely said:
And you know one another, of
course" Whereupon she flushed very
prettily.
Truxton King. scarcely able to be-
heve his good fortune. crowded into
the ioathsome, sQualid room with his
aristocratic companions.
Never had Truxton looked upou q
creature who 80 thoroughly INDICATED
the lifelong reliance he had put In the
description Of witches given by the
fairy tale tellers of his earliest youth.
She had the traditional hook nose and
peaked chin, the glitter1ng eyes. the
thousand wrinkles and the toothless
gums. He looked about for the raven
md the cat. but II she had them they
were not in evidence. At q rough
guess he calculated her age at 1O(
years.
"Grewsome lady. isn't shew whis
pered King.
Il shall dream Of her for MONTHS
whispered the lady in gray. shudder
ing.
would you mind telling me how
am to address your" whispered King
They were leaning against the mud
plastered wall near the little window
side by side. You see. I'm a stranger
In a strange land"
you must not speak while she Is
gazing into the cry stal," she warned
after a quick, searching glance at his
face.
Although it was broad daylight, the
low. stuffy room would have beer
pitch dark had it not been for the
pickering candles on the table beside
the bent gray head of the mumblinl
fortune teller, whose bony fingers
twitched over and about her crysta.
globe like wiggling serpents' tails
The window gave little or no light
and the door was closed, her grinnine
grandson leaning against 1t Imply.
The witch began by reading the
fortune Of John Tullis. who had been
pushed forward by the wide eyed
prince. In a cackling monotone she
rambled through a supposititious his.
tory Of his past. for the chief part
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soldiers. laughing gieefully In
the faces Of her stately, scorn-
ful guests. greatly to the irritation Of
Baron DanglOss, toward whom she
showed an especial attention.
Tullis was holding the prince In his
arms. Colonel Quinnox stood before
them, keeping the babbling, leering
beldame from thrusting her face close
to that Of the terrified boy. The Count
ess Marlanx, pale and rigid. her Won
drous eyes glowing with excitement.
stood behind John Tullis.
With incredible swiftness the storm
passed. Almost at its height there
came a cessation Of the roaring tenn
pest, the downpour was checked, the
thunder died away and the lightning
trickled off into faint flashes. The sky
cleared as II by magic. The exhibit
ton. II you please. was over!
at Is the most amazing thing I've
ever SEEN" Dangloss said over and
over again.
The Countess Marlanx was trem-
bling violently. Tullis, observing this.
tried to laugh away her nervousness.
Mere coincidence; that's ALL" he
said. You can't believe she brought
about this Storm"
at isn't that" she said In q low
voice. 81 feel as II q grave personal
danger had just passed me by. Not
danger for the rest Of you. but for me
alone. That Is the sensation l have
the feeling OF one who has stepped
back from the brink Of an abyss Just
In time to avoid being pushed over. l
can't make you understand. See! I
am trembling"
NERVES, my dear cOuntess-shad.
ows! You'll be over II as soon as we
J are outside"
Ten minutes later the cavalcade
started down the rain swept road to-
ward the city. dry blankets aving
been placed across the saddles occu-
pied by the ladies' and the prince. The
witch stood in her doorway, laughing
gleefully. inviting them to come often.
Come again, your highness!' she
crOaked sarcastically,
"The next time | come 1t will be with
a torch to burn you alivev' shouted
back Dangloss. To Tullis he added
Cad, sir, they did we'll to burn
witches in your town of Salem. You
cleared the country Of them-the
pests"
Down through the lowering shades
rode the princes party swiftly. ever
gayly by virtue Of relaxation from the
strain Of a weird half hour. No one
revealed the slightest sign Of appre-
hension arising from the mysterious
demonstration In which nature had
taken a hand.
Truxton King. for reasons best
known to himself, soon relapsed into
a thoughtful, contemplative silence.
Between us. he was sorely vexed and
disappointed. When the gallant start
was made from the glen of dead mems
bones" he found that he al to be cast
utterly aside. quite completely ignored
by the fair Lorraine. She rode OF with
young Count vos Tng6 Without 30
much as a friendly wave Of the hand
to him.
Vos Engo, being an officer in the roy
al guard, rode ahead by order of Colo
mel QuinnOx. Truxton, therefore. had
her back In view-at rather q vexine
DISTANCE. too-fQr mile after mile Of
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guiltily. King managed to control him
sell. asking with bland interest:
Indeed! 10 It q good match. baronrs
The baron smiled. II think 20. He
has been a tribe wild. but I believe
he has settled down. Splendid family.
He is desperately In love-"
II hadn't thought much about It u
she in love with him?"
"She sees a great deal Of him." was
the diplomatic answer.
Would you mind telling me just
who she Is. baronf"
DangloSs was truly startled.
do you mean, sir. that you don't
know herr" he asked. almost harshly.
II don't know her name"
"And you had the %efrrontery to My
excellent friend. you amaze mel ]
know that Americans are bold; but. by
CAD, sir, I've always looked upon them
as gentlemen. YOU
"Hold on. Baron Danglossg' inter.
rupted Truxton. very red In the face.
you'd better hear my side Of the
story first. She went to school with
my sister. She knows me. but refuses
to tell me who she is"
"Well. my boy, II she elects to keep
you In the dark concerning her name
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Copyright. 1909. BY GsosIs
Barr McCutcheon
Copyright. 1909, by Dodd.
Mead q Company
CHAPTER VI-Continued.

CHAPTER VI-Continued.
"Of course you will understand how
impossible It Is for me to come here,
countess. Your father. the duke, does
not mince matters. and I'm not quite
q fool"
ut is Of the prince that | want to
speak. Mr.. Tullis," she said. Il do
want to talk very seriously with you
concerning his future-I might say his
immediate future"
He looked at her narrowly.
Are you quite seriouyw
"Quite. I could not have asked you
to come to this house for anything
trivial. We have become very good
friends, you and l. Too good. per-
haps. for I've no doubt there are old
Tables in Edelweiss who are provoked
to criticism. You know what | mean"
1.-THE prince Is a sturdy little beg
gar" he began, but she lifted her hand
In protest.
And he has sturdy, loyal friends.
That is agreed. And yet She paus-
ed, a perplexed line coming between
her expressive eyes.
John Tullis opened his own eyes
very wide. You don't "a to say
that he is-he is in peril of any sort?"
She leaned nearer to him, dropping
the ash from her cigarette into the re-
ceiver as she spoke slowly. intensely.
II think he Is in p%eril-in deadly peril"
He stared hard "What do you
mean?" he demanded, with an %involun-
tary glance over his shoulder. She in.
ternreted that glance correctly.
THE peril is not here. Mr.. Tullis. |
know what you are thinking. My ia
Their is a loyal subject. The peril |
suggest never to Graustark."
"Never m to Graustark 2" he al
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IN o ST
You don't - Y o
can't mean your
your husband 2"
II mean Count
Marlanx." she said
steadily.
"He @ a evil to
Prince Robin? Good
heavens, countess.
II can't believe it.
/ know he is bitter.
~reyengeful and all
that, but
"He Is all that
and more" she said.
First you must let
me impress you
that am not a
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II Is not for me to
betray her. LAdies
In her position, !
dare say, enjoy
these little mys-
teries."
1t was dusk when
they entered the
n gates.
Above the castle
King said goodby
to Tullis and the
countess. graveiy
saluted the sleepy
prince and follow
ed Mr.. Hobbs off
to the heart Of tbs
city. He was hot
wit resentment.
Either she had for.
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Receipt 6ooks-Bound with stub.
Bookings date line. Books Of rs. 50
and 100 receipts. Call at Register
ONCE.
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CHAPTER VII.

IN the meantime our excellent
young friend. TruxtOa King. was
having n sorry time Of II. II MI be.
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CHAPTER VIII.
LOOKING FOR AN EYE.

LOOKING FOR AN EYE.
NHE witch was haranguing her
huddled audience. cursing the
soldiers. laughing gieefully in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-21

35,756,615 persons. of whom 1866
$50 were males and 1S,490,S35 We're
females. the excess of females over
males being 1.225.055. There were
26O.259 marriages. equal to rate of
14.6 per 1000 of all the people, but
this was below the rate in 1908 and
below the average rate for the pre-
vious 10 years. The births were near
lv double the number of deaths. There
were 914,621 of the former. equal to
256 per 1000. and while this was
lower than in any year on record. it
far exceeded the number of deaths,
51S,075. which was the lowest on rec
ord. No fewer than 99,454 deaths
were those of children under l year
of age. 1t is worthy of note that of
the total number of deaths 90 per
cent or 1O3.SS4. occurred in work
houses. infirmaries, hospitals. or pub
lie asylums.
"The recent report shows that
London is continuing to grow, for ii
was estimated that the population in
1909 was 4,S33,93S. The birth rate
in the English metropolis continues to
decline. as it has in nearly every
large city in the world, and this
doubtless accounts for the applause