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The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-22

the world, and Wells, the British cham
pion.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
STONE MOVED BY THE SUN
Immense Mass Of Granite In Ohio
Cemetery Underooes Curious
Revolutions.

An Interesting object IL to be seen
In . cemetery Of Ohio large gran
ne stone weighing two tons, in the
shape Of . ball. which IL gradually
turning on its axis. During tho last
dve years. so it il said. this ball has
turned . fraction over Is inches
Whsn the ball vas placed in position
an unpolishsd spot six inches in diam
stsr was purpossly left tn the socket
oe the pedestal whereon It rested 4
nt1s latsr It was noted with astonish-
msnt that this spot was turning up
ward On the south side Of tho monur
ment This curious revolution OF the
polished BAH. 10 Lift which would ~
Quire . large derrick, 10 supposed to
BE- due to the suns action. in the fol-
lowing manner: Tho solar rays heat.
ing one side cause tho ball to expand
10 . certain degree whereas tho north
side, which rests mostly in the shade.
does not expand to the Same extent
thus causing tho bah gradually to
shift its position BY turning.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18

but that you were unhappy, and that
l had no right to help you. God
knows, thought you didn't want me
to help YOU
She held out her hand to me and !
took 1t between both of mine. No
word of love had passed between us,
but felt that she knew and under
stood. 1t was one of the moments
that come seldom in lifetime, and
then only in great crises, moment of
perfect understanding and trust.
Then she drew her hand away and
sat, erect and determined, her fingers
laced in her lap. AS she talked the
moon came up slowly and threw its
bright pathway across the water.
Back Of US, in the trees beyond the
sea wall, a sleepy bird chirruped
drowsily. and wave. larger and bold
er than its brothers, sped up the sand,
bringing the moons silver to our very
feet. l bent toward the girl.
II am going to ask Just one ques-
ton"
Anything you like" Her voice
was almost dreary.
WAS it-because Of anything you
are going to tell me that you refused
Richey?"
She drew her breath in sharply.
NO" she said, without looking at
me. mo. That was not the reason"
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
SYNOPSIS

Lawrence Blakeley, lawyer, goes to
P1ttsburg with the forged notes in the
Bronson case to get the deposition of
John Gilmore, millionaire. A lady re-
quests Blakeley to buy her a Pullman
ticket. He gives her lower II and re
tains lower 10. He finds a drunken man
In lower 10 and retires in lower
D. He awakens in lower and
ands his clothes and bag missing. The
man in lower 10 is found murdered Cir
cumstantial evidence points to both
Blakeley and the man who stole his
clothes. The train is wrecked and Blake
ley, is rescued from a burning car by
girl in blue. His arm is broken. The girl
proves to be Alison West his partners
sweetheart. Blakeley returns home and
hnds he Is under surveillance Moving
pictures of the train taken just before
the wreck reveal to Blakeley a man leap
ing from the train with his stolen grip.
Investigation proves that the mans name
is Sullivan. Mrs. Conway. the woman for
whom Biakeley bought a Pullman ticket,
tries to make bargain with him for the
forged notes. not knowing that they are
missing. Blakeley and an amateur de-
tective Investigate the home of Sulivans
sister From servant Blakeley learns
that Alison West had been there on
visit and Sullivan had been attentive to
her. Sullivan is the husband of a daugh-
ter of the murdered man. Blakeley's
house Is ransacked by the police. He
learns that the affair between Alison and
his partner is off,
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18

pers?" she asked, looking directly at
me for almost the first time.
Not yet. We hope to-"
"The-police have not interfered
with you?"
"They haven't had any opportunity.
I equivocated. You needn't distress
yourself about that, anyhow"
But l do wonder why you still
believe in me? Nobody else does"
Il WONDER" repeated, why l dol"
"If you produce Harry Sullivan"
she was saying, partly to herself, "and
if you could connect him with-Mr.
Bronson, and get full account Of
why he was on the train, and all that,
tit would help, wouldn't it?"
acknowledged that it would Now
that the whole truth was almost in
my possession, l was stricken with
the old cowardice. I did not want to
know what she might tell me. The
yellow line on the horizon, where the
moon was coming up, was broken
bit of golden chain; my heel in the
sand was again pressed on wom-
ans yielding fingers; I pulled myself
together with jerk.
"In order that what you tell me
may help me. If it WILL" said con-
strainedly. "it would be necessary,
perhaps, that you tell it to the police.
Since they have found the end of the
necklace
THE end of the necklace!" she re-
peated slowly What about the end
of tho necklace?"
1 stared at her. Don't you remem-
ber"-I leaned forward-"the end of
the cameo necklace. the part that was
broken of. and was found In the
black sealskin bag, stained with
with blood?"
Blood" she said DULY. You mean
that you found the broken end? And
then-you had my good pocket-book,
and you saw the necklace in it. and
you-must have thought"
II didn't think anything" !
hastened to assure her. II tell you.
Alison, never thought Of anything
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
CHAPTER XVIII.
Alison's Story.

Alfson's Story.
She told her story evenly, with her
eyes on the water, only now and then,
when I, too, sat looking seaward,
thought she glanced at me furtively
And once, in the middle of it, she
stopped altogether.
you don't realize it, probably" she
protested, "but you look like "a war
god. Your face is horrible"
81 will turn my back, if it will help
any" I said stormily, but if you ex-
pect me to look anything but murder.
GUS, why, you don't know what l am
going through with. That's ALL"
The story of her meeting with the
Curtis woman was brief enough. They
had met in Rome first, where Alison
and her mother had taken villa for
a year. Mrs. Curtis had lowered on
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
To Incline Toward Mercy.

Jim had been far from a good boy
during the day and toward niEhtfall
he realized the fact fully. Being well
acquainted with tho workings Of fam
lily discipline he essayed . little d.
plomacy.
"shall you tell father about msi'
he inquired Of his mother.
Certainly I shall toll him." respond
ed his mother. with sorrowful firm
ness.
Shall you tell him before dinner or
after dinner7" asked the culpr1t
After dinner" was tho announce
ment
Mother" and Jim gave . wiggle
of anticipation, couldn't you have 4
blueberry pudding for his dessert
Couldn't you do that much for me.
mother youths Companion.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18

the ragged edges of society there,
pleading the poverty of the south
since the war as a reason for not go.
ing out more. There was talk of a
brother, but Alison had not seen him,
and after scandal which implicated
Mrs. Curtis and young attache of
the Austrian embassy, Alison had
been forbidden to see the woman
"The women had never liked her,
anyhow" she said. "She did uncon-
ventional things, and they are very
conventional there. And they said
she did not always pay her-her
gambling debts. l didn't like them. l
thought they didn't like her because
she was poor-and popular. Then-we
came home, and I almost forgot her,
but last spring, when mother was not
well-she had taken grandfather to
the Riviera. and it always uses her
and we met them there, the brother,
too, this time. His name was Sullivan,
Harry Pinckney Sullivan"
81 know. Go on"
alone great deal, and they were very
kind to me. IL saw lot of them.
The brother rather attracted me, part
ly-partly because he did not make
love to me. He even seemed to avoid
me, and I was piqued. l had been
spoiled, suppose. Most of the other
men knew had-had-"
81 knew that, too," I said bitterly,
and moved away from her a trife. |
was brutal, but the whole story was a
long torture. I think she knew what
was suffering, for she showed no re-
sentiment.
1T was early and there were few
people around-none that 1 cared
about. And mother and the nurse
played cribbage eternally, until 1 felt
as though the little pegs were driven
into my brain. And when Mrs. Curtis
arranged drives and picnics. IL
slipped away and went. suppose
you won't believe me. but had never
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
Warned.

A serious-minded New Yorker. who.
because OF his dignifled outlook on
life. has sent his son, aged twelve, to
a particularly strict and proper board
ing school in New England, unexpect-
edly visited the school last week As
certaining the location Of his young
hopeful's room, he climbed the four
and entered. On q mammoth pla-
card suspended from a steel engrav-
ing Of Washington and Generals"
(presented to the youth as Christ
mas gift by his admiring parent) was
tho cheerful sentiment:
Don't spit on the ceiling. We have
lost our ladder
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
done that kind of thing before, and i

done that kind of thing before. and
well, l have paid up, l think"
What sort of looking chap was
Sullivan?' l demanded. l had got up
and was pacing back and forward on
the said. l remember kicking savage
ly at bit of watersoaked board that
lay in my way.
very handsome-as large as you
are, but fair, and even more erect"
l drew my shoulders up sharply. l
am straight enough, but l was fairly
sagging with jealous rage.
When mother began to get around,
somebody told her that l had been
going about with Mrs. Curtis and her
brother, and we had dreadful time.
l was dragged home like bad child.
Did anybody ever do that to you?"
Nobody ever cared l was born
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
{TO BE CONTINUED.D
Leaves Pennies in Church.

A Boston clergyman, commenting
on the large number of cents in the
average church collection, said that
when on recent Monday he had
offered newswoman outside the sub
way station Scent piece in payment
for a newspaper she threw up her
hand, remarking:
why is 1t that men never have
pennies on Monday morning? 1t 10
the only day in the week l have
trouble making change"
my good woman" replied the
clergyman, the reason is that on Sun.
day they leave their pennies In
church."
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
Her Wedding March.

A young girl who had never heard
of Mendelssohn's Wedding March,"
but was familiar with the more popu-
lar parody on it, was witness to q
wedding cermony in an uptown
church recently. AS the betrothed
pair walked with dignified tread to-
ward the altar to be wed, and tho or
gan pealed forth Mendelssohn's inspir-
ing march. the young girl was plainly
shocked. When she arrived at her
mony and innocently exclaimed:
What do you think, mother. they
played Gee Whiz! I'm Glad I'm
Free"
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
- nARY mBfkIc Rl(EHART
Ae020e a. ZAE EZRC1ZAR3 3Z3RG4aal

as l merely held it she let 1t lie warm
In mine. But when raised 1t to my
lips, and kissed the soft, open palm,
she drew 1t away without displeasure.
Not that, please" she protested,
and fell to whistling softly again, her
chin in her hands. II can't sing" she
said, to break an awkward pause,
"and SO, when I'm fdgety, or have
something on my mind, l whistle.
hope you don't dislike it?''
II love it," I asserted warmly. I
did; when she pursed her lips like
that l was mad to kiss them.
II saw you-at the station" she
said suddenly. "You-you were in a
hurry to CO." did not say anything,
and after pause she drew a long
breath. Men are queer, aren't they?"
she said, and fell to whistling again.
After awhile she sat up as If she
had made a resolution. II am going
to confess something" she announced
suddenly. you said, you know, that
you had ordered all this for something
you-you wanted to say to me- But
the fact is l fixed it all-came here,
I mean, because-I knew you would
come, and l had something to tell
you. 1t was such a miserable thing
needed the accessories to help me
out"
81 don't want to hear anything that
distresses you to tell" I assured her.
Il didn't come here to force your con-
fidence, Alison. l came because
couldn't help it." She did not object
to my use of her name
Have you found the-your pa
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
"Did You Marry Him7" | Demanded.

an orphan" l said, with a cheerless
attempt at levity. go on"
| "If Mrs. Curtis knew, she never
| said anything. She wrote me charm
| ing letters, and in the summer, when
they went to Cresson, she asked me
| to visit her there. l was too proud
| to let her know that I could not go
where | wished, and SOL sent Polly,
my maid, to her aunt's in the country,
| pretended to go to Seal Harbor, and
really-went to Cresson. You see l
warned you it would be an unpleasant
story"
I went over and stood in front of
her. All the accumulated jealousy of
the last few weeks had been fired by
what she told me. If Sullivan had
| come across the sands just then, |
think l would have strangled him with
my hands, out of pure hate.
"Did you marry him?" l demanded.
My voice sounded hoarse and strange
| in my ears "That's all l want to
| know. Did you marry Mm?"
mo"
l drew a long breath.
"You-cared about him.
She hesitated.
NO." she said finally. "I did NO,
| care about him"
| | sat down on the edge of the boat
and mopped my hot face. I was heart
| lily ashamed of myself, and mingled
with my abasement was great re-
| lief. If she had not married him, and
had not cared for him, nothing else
was of any Importance.
II was sorry, of course, the moment
the train had started, but l had wired
was coming, and I could not go
back, and then when I got there, the
place was charming. There were no
neighbors, but we fished and rode and
motored, and-it was moonlight, like
this"
i put my hand over both of hers,
clasped in her lap. 81 know l ac-
knowledged repentantly, "and-people
do queer things when it is moonlight.
The moon has got me tonight, Alison.
| If | am boor, remember that, won't
you?"
Her fingers lay quiet under mine.
And so,' she went on with little
sigh, "I-began to think perhaps l
cared But all the time | felt that
there was something not quite right.
Now and then Mrs. Curtis would say
or do something that gave me
queer start, as if she had dropped
mask for moment And there was
trouble with the servants; they were
almost insolent. I couldn't under
stand. l don't know when it dawned
on me that the old Baron Cavalcanti
had been right when he said they
were not my kind of people. But l
| perately."
"Of course, they were not your
kind" l cried. THE man was mar
riedi The girl Jennie, a housemaid,
was a spy in Mrs. Sullivans employ.
If he had pretended to marry you l
would have killed him! Not only that,
but the man he murdered, Harrington,
him hang by the neck yet if it takes
every energy and every penny l pos
sess"
could have told her so much more
gently, have broken the shock for
her; l have never been proud of that
evening on the sand. l was alternate
ly boor and a ruffian-like a hurt
youngster who passes the blow that
has hurt him on to his playmate, that
both may bawl together. And now
Alison sat, white and cold, without
speech.
! tTO BE CONTINUED)
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
Cause and Effect.

Il see from the papers," said Daw-
son. that there is great scarcity Of
chorus girls this year"
Il was afraid there would be-" said
Wiggles. IT'S only another case Of
cause and effect. The French cham
pagne crop has practically failed. and
Holsters are scarcer than hens teeth
this season."-Harper's Weekly.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
Among COLLEAGUES.

Among Colleagues
Il am afraid that man speaks before
he thinks"
Impossible"
"Why7"
He never thinks"
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18

WHEN RUBBERS BECOME NECESSARY
And your shoes pinch, Aliens Foot Ease, the Anti
septic powder to be shaken into the shoes is Just
thing to use- Try 1t for Breaking in New Shoes
Sold everywhere 23c Sample FREE. Address A. 9.
Olmsted Le Roy, N. Y. Don't accep any s1ibstttuts
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18

A woman can straighten up mans
desk in five minutes so efrectually that
he won't be able to find anything he
wants in five hours.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18

The longer we live the more W
realize what We might have done but
didn't
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18

PILES CURED IN TO Ik DAYR
Your druggist will refund money Il PAEO ONT
AHET fails to cure any case OF ItohinS, Blind
Bleeding Protrudins Piles In 70 u dAys. bQA
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18

Loud apparel naturally proclaims
tho man.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18

All druggists sell the famous Herb rem
edy, Garfield TIA. II oorrects constipation.
The Glenwood post., 1911-03-18
THE ONE DEFECT.

An heirloom" explained the farm
er's wife to her 13-year-old boy. "is
something that has been handed down
from father to son. and in some in
stances Is greatly priced"
I'D prize these heirlooms I'm wear
Ing" remarked the youngster. "a good
deal more if they wasn't so long in
the legs. -''-r~-'-''r"''r's Wagazine
MGAk n
~ =. s,'.-.'. uSasUn.
Reporter-Colonel, you and I know
there was money used In electing LIT
uebraye. How much did 1t cost himr
You may as well toll me, for I'm going
to find out
Politician-What makes you think
there was-er-bribery?
Reporter-Why. blame It. man. he
was elected.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-08
TRACK AND TIE.

W. ID. Blachley, district passenge,
agent Of the Pennsylvania lines n
Winnipeg was a visitors in railroad
circles today.
J. L. Bennett, travelling passenge,
agent for the Rock Island raIIroad
with offices in Minneapolis, spent the
day In Fargo calling at various rail-
road Offices.
w. Fl. Whitteker. district passenger
agent Of the Northern Pacific at De
troit, Mich. was visitor In Fargo
today, the guest Of COL J. Il. johnson
the local agent OF that road.
Ole Hustad, freight solicitor for the
Pennsylvania lines with Headquarters
In Fargo, has returned from a abort
trip in Minnesota, visiting some Of
the points he makes on his regular
weekly rounds.
w. G. Slyde, representing the west
ern Transit Co, was gate city visitor
this morning on railroad business.
HI. e. STILL assistant general freight
agent for the Northern Pacific rail-
road, Is in the city today to attend the
meeting Of the North Dakota railroad
commissioners at the commercial club
rooms
Ole Hustad, the freight solicitor for
the Pennsylvania lines In this Nfty. ID
back from his weekly trip to various
points he makes regularly In Minne-
sofa.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-08
Railroad News
EFFICIENCY OF
G. N. R. DETECTIVES
EFFICIENCY or The RAILROAD
DETECTIVE SERVICE is SHOWN
BY NUMBER or CONVICTIONS
FOR ONE YEAR MADE ON a. NJ.
DETECTIVE COMPLAINTS.

There Is an interesting item posted
In the Great Northern depot showins
that the special agents department
or detective service. Of that ROAD
secured between Aug. /, 1910 and
July 81. 1911. in the conviction ana
sentence to the penitentiary OF sixty
persons for depredatious.
The conviction for theft and fail
sentences were B1s persons. making
a total OF 573 convictions for the wear
along the entire line. while there are
SIN seven cases pending.
The number OF employees aischarg-
ca from the road for irregularities
during the year was 202.
This indeed speaks well for the az
hciency Of the Great Northern RAN
road detective service and shows that
It's agents have not been asleep AZ any
OF the time during the year. A great
many arrests and convictions in that
time were made right here in Fargo
and several Of the delinquents brought
into the Fargo courts were given iaiI
sentences by Judge Pollock.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-08
FIGHT FLOUR RATE
Eastern Be

Eastern Railways Seek TO Upset Lake.
and Rail Arrangements.
New York. sept S.-The eastarr
lines, all-raiI and lake-and rail. viii
hight the Minneapolis -four rate OF 21h
cents to New York, and at a meetins
Yesterday IL was decided to appeal to
the interstate commerce commission
It IL contended that, in the light OF
decision made in what is known al
the Jennison case. some time ago. the
commission. as a matter of consistency.
cannot afford to allow the Hill lines
to carry out their new rate announce
nent, because 1t would disturb the en-
tire rate structure covering grain and
flour.
This action is a sequel to a protest
made by eastern trunk lines against
the rate change made by western roads
and which provides for d rate OF 21H
cents a hundred pounds. to become eff
receive Oct. 8, on lake. and-raiI -four
shipments from Minneapolis to New
York. the all-raiI rate of % cents "a
naming unchanged The lake-and rail
lines were left the alternative of main
tanning a rate OF 315 cents under the
- $3.50 As1SS ~ "a AaSAAlE the OTBan1Ma-
ton OF competing lines, backed by
heavy western contributors OF -four
tonnage. The Anchor line, controlled
by the Pennsylvania Western Transit
company, owned by the New York
Central; Lehigh Valley Steamship
company, owned by the Lehigh Valley
railroad; Ruthland TRANSPORTATION
company, another New York Central
company, and the Mutual Transit COM
pany. serving the Laclrawanna, Lehigh
Valley, Erie and New York Central, are
all affected by the rate reduction from
2s to 21A cents. The new rates WIN
mean, on the basis of Duluth ship
ments, that the Minneapolis to Duluth
proportion will be cents and the re-
mainder of the through rate to New
York 1914 cents.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-08
GRAY HAIR MAKES
YOU LOOK OLD
a SIMPLE REMEDY BRINGS BACK
The NATURAL coLoR-pAN.
DRUFF QUICKLY RE-
MOVED.

Row often one hears the exnresaion
Sne - gray and beginning to look
oio II Is true that gray hair usually
denotes age and IL always assocIa ted
with age. You never hear ona re~
ferTed to as having gray hair ana
looking young.
The hair is generally the insav ~
age. II your hair Ii gray, you can't
paatne your friends for referring To-
you as looking old. You can't retain
youthful appearance il Won allow
your hair to grow gray. Many persons
or middle age jeopardize their fut,,ra
simply by allowing the gray hair "a
become manifest. If your hair he
become faded or gray, try wvatI,,s
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy :
preparation which a chemist Nv ~
name Of Wyeth devised few vaar~
ago. It is simple, inexpensive ana
practical and viii Danish tha gray
hairs In few days. 1t ii also rs,ar.
anteed to remove dandruff and nro-
mote the growth of the hair
It Is q pleasant DRESSING for tra
hair, and after using ii d few davs
itching and dryness Of the acalr 49, !
tirely disappear.
Don't neglect your hair. start ,,ainr
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur TO-DAY anS
you will be surprised at the quick
results.
This preparation Ii offered Ia tra
public at nifty cents 4 bottle. ana Il
recommended and sold BY all drur-
gfsts. Special agent, E'out d Porter
field 81 Broadway.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-08
R. R. men MEET HERE
State Railroad Commissions. wiz
Hold Important Business Session
Here Friday.

As has been previously announced IN
The Forum some time ago. the North
Dakota railroad commissioners VIII
hold an important session here. FRIDAY.
Sept. 8. The meeting will be held al
the commercial club at which time
some very important business win Be
considered in the matter OF apnlica.
lions for elevator sidings, new sta
tons and bridges.
Last night there were several az
the commissioners in this citv on
their to Wahpeton where a meeting
is being held this morning and a brisf
trip OF inspection is being made
Among those who arrived last NIGH
Were Com. w. III. Mann, Sec, Thomas
Hall Of the commission. and James
A. Little, the Duluth rate expert who
has been loaned to the state by the
Duluth chamber of commerce.
The commissioners will spend the
day at Wahpeton looking over an in
terlocking switch and other railroad
matters there, returning to the city
tonight. They viii be Joined at Wah-
peton this morning by two other mem
bers OF the commission.