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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

Except for few sovereigns-less than
k5o-there was nothing In sight after the
nnarai. and / have managed to live on
That these last six months. / am sure
there Is a dreadful mystery somewhere.
and this Is my reason for writing you. be-
ing informed that you undertake to un-
yevel family troubles like this. Perhaps
ought 10 add that grandfather left in
my care a very old parrot, who talks In
: wonderfully clever way. He (grandfa-
ner), always babe me to be careful OF
capt Bob" Chats the parrots name),
and always mind what the bird said"
know this must sound very silly to busy
gentlemen in the city-but / can't help
thinking that Capt. Bob knows q great
zeal He certainly does talk very strange
y. but can't make head or tail Of what
ne says. Please pardon this long and
rambling letter. / have told you but lit
ue after all. I find; but IL what have
SAID prompts you to help me in any way.
shall forever be.
Gratefully yours,
MURIEL PENDRAGON.
The then resident manager of BULL
wants, In King William street, Lon
aon, handed me the foregoing epistle
With the quizzical words:
What do you think Of that, KEEP
pel?"
4 was about the youngest member of
the stan. and so perhaps the natural
recipient Of hopeless assignments.
fead and re-read Miss Pendragon's
srtless letter under the guns OF the
managers eyes. then made answer:
I'm not saying much at this dis
lance. but 1t strikes me there must
nave been something queer about old
John Pendragon."
Vueer" exclaimed Callister, II
'ancy you'll discover something more
than queer"
1hen--' l was beginning. when he
finished the sentence for me:
mean you to undertake the case,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

and of such varied tongues than the
capital Of the Argentine Republic. Al
together the number of dailies. week
lies. monthlies, and irregulars pub
lished aggregates $50. Besides. OF
course, the national language" with
its wide Emergencies from Spanish,
there are papers published in Catalan,
in Italian, French, German and Eng
fish, in Basque, in Norwegian and in
Danish, in Arabic, Syrian. Hebraic,
seryian, and in several dialects, while
in the Chubut territory Welsh organ
has considerable sale and influence.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

Diamonds and Spadesl Diamonds anc
spadesi Diamonds and Spadesl Now
listen: King Arthur's cave second gallery
under Mark OF Crown who finds keeps
But In order that the process may
be clear to those who have read thus
far | append the actual working out
of the old miser's cryptogram, which
should be read in connection with the
alphabet already given:
Although Miss Pendragon had rep
resented her grandfather as very In
telligent and weIl-read man, doubted
his ability to evolve. so intricate a
cipher unaided; he had probably
picked 1t up In some book or newspa-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

She placed her finger tips on my palm,
and in this way We progressed. stoop
ing as the arched roof lowered. until
we were crouching low. But suddenly
the ceiling rose again, after going per-
haps a hundred feet. and we found
ourselves in another. though much
smaller cave.
III this is gallery No. 2. wen so-1
know the best--or the worst" l s-7d
with chuckle. Lets light the 9TH
er lantern and some candles" This
! did. sticking the tallow dips in the
rocky creyices here and there, so that
in five minutes we had regular H.
Elimination. Then consulted the CT.
pher once more. although really
knew the thing by heart.
Look for the sign of q crown. Miss
Pendragon," / called out. "You take
that side; I'll take this
So round we went, scrutinizing ev-
cry foot of the smooth rock, raising
and lowering the lanterns at viii
Suddenly her slender girlish treble
rang out:
%Here It Isl I've found it,"
I hurried to her side, and there
sure enough. breast high. was rude
drawing Of ive-pointed crown.
Under the mark It said" / quot
cd. getting down on my hands and
knees. Miss Pendragon did likewise
and there we were, our heads nearly
touching. looking for we knew moi
what. But even as we knelt there the
floor gave way, or rather the slab on
which we knelt. tilted. one-half goini
into cavity In the floor. the othel
rising fully two feet in air.
I'm hold it," exclaimed. while
you lower the lantern" 1t took boti
my hands to balance the huge flag
What do you see?" / inquire,
hoarsely.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
was the awed answer as the cir
raised her startled eyes to mine.
was afraid she might faint. though
have since been told that I was |
goose to dream of such thing, so
gave vent to a cackle of laughter. an,
cried out: Three cheers for the par
rot!"
This made her laugh and broke tn,
tension. l let the stone fall back oil
its pivot. and after blowing out tn,
candles we made hand in hand for tn,
trap-door. and the kitchen of Tintage
Priory.
Well, my quest was ended-thank
to the baldheaded old gray parrot
you'll say-but at any rate It was
who unraveied the cipher. That night
between dark and dawn, we removes
all the treasure-it consisted entirel.
Of gold guineas and sovereigns, AM
great heap of silver coins, valu
about 920.000-and next day helpe'
Miss Pendragon deposit her fortune h
the Falmouth bank.
OF course Bullivants was pleased
and received my need Of praise fror
headquarters, trust, with becoming
modesty. But the story does not en'
here. Remembering the closing word
CT old John Pendragon's queer ciphe
message: who finds keeps" 1t cam
about that had found not only a yer,
respectable monetary treasure. bu
one unspeakably greater. For ST
months later Miss Muriel Pandragol
became Mrs. Mason Keppel
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

per, and by one Of those freaklsh men
tai pranks which the old sometimes in
dulge In, had worked out his message
and entrusted il to the parrot rather
than make 3 WIN. fully believing that
his granddaughter or some helper like
myself would succeed in unraveling
the secret. II is further my private
belief that the old rascal had come by
much of his money in questionable
ways. and was secretly afraid to pub
lish the amount of his wealth by
means Of a written viii or testament.
However. my next step was mani
testify to communicate my discovery to
Muriel Pendragon-for although had
known her but two short days. al
ready l had come to think Of her by
her pretty Christian name.
My first question after the usual po-
lite greetings was:
do you know Of any locality near
here called King Arthur's cave?"
why, surely" she answered. "Ev-
cry Cornishman on Mounts bay could
direct you. It's an old srnugglers'
refuge. Why do you ask. Mr.. KEEP
pel?"
parted this question by another.
'Is 1t far from here?"
"Yes, and no." was the answer
"Arthur's caves-there are several Of
them, really--extend for miles under
the cliffs Some of them can only be
entered at low tide, but 1t so happens
| that there is an entrance TO one Of
| them from under our own kitchen
| floor by means Of g trap door. I've
never been down, but l know it's
there, because grandfather often used
to take a lantern and disappear for
hours at a time. But why"
Again gave query for query
Would you trust me to so down
with lantern, Of course?"
"Oh, you mustn't think Of that-go-
| ing alone, mean! People have been
lost and starved to death down there
In former days. There was lovely
| concern In her voice which brought an
altogether adorable color to the girls
cheeks. Then suddenly she ex-
| claimed:
You're keeping something from
me, Mr.. Keppeli What Is it? Have
you discovered grsndfather's secret?''
Seeing no other way out of It told
her the truth and read the parrots
message as had deciphered II. She
listened with bated breath and palpi-
| tating bosom.
But we mustn't be too sure" con.
tinued. The whole thing may be a
hoax, you know"
"Ah, but you didn't know poor old
grandfather" she commented. 1T was
his forethought for me which caused
him to take this roundabout way OF
concealing and then revealing his Sc
.cret wealth"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

with English-speaking common schools
and courts, New Mexico is only able
to report a slight leavening OF the
Spanish speech among the people OF
Latin blood who live In the lowland
country. We are now teaching Eng
lish in the Philippines. but it is safe
prediction that after hundred years
Of assiduous work We will find that
the Filipino still cherishes his native
tongue.
Buenos Aires is called the town Of
many languages. There are few cities
In the world having more newspapers
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

Now, II the reader has followed me
thus far it viii be seen that such
words as 'cue" and Jay and kay
being taken down phonetically. stood
for Q equaling the queen; equaling
the jack; and X equaling the king,
the color being given as prefix-red
or black for diamonds or spades. Also
/ found that the cipher depended on
an alienation Of the two colors, and
that the word double" was used
where two similar letters followed
each other.
The early midsummer dawn was
stealing through my open windows ere
had unlocked the cipher. working now
backwards, now forwards, and with
sundry checks. But finally was able
to interpret the parrots message as
follows:
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24
Experiments In Flowers.

II have found that. in general, most
white garden flowers are black, or
nearly so. in ultraviolet light" writes
Prof. Robert William Wood in "A New
Department in Photography in the
Century. Next summer am going to
raise some white flowers under glass.
which win screen them from the ultra
violet rays during their development,
and see II this makes any difference.
for It has recently been found that the
color of flowers is related to the color
Of the light which fall upon them"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

well, somebody must co." insist
ed. The directions are plain enough.
Give me a lantern and q supply Of
candles. I'll guarantee not to get lost"
"No," she decided with blushing in
sistence. you are doing this for me,
Mr.. Keppel; viii not hear Of your
running into danger on my account.
Well go togetherl"
That suited me, for didn't really
take any stock in the perils OF King
Arthur's cave Where an old man Of
so could go youngster Of six-and-
twenty might surely venture. So we
started BY lifting a square Of carpet in
the old kitchen beneath which were
revealed the outlined cracks OF trap
door about three feet by two. This
we pried up by means Of pickax
from the garden. and saw at our feet
a Narrow stairway of rude slabs.
Down we went, rush Of cold, damp
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24
CooYyrlsh.. IslO. by ". Q. chapnanl

1rur HE regular course Of busi-
BZz1 ness one day brought the
bM1 following peculiar letter to
ldH the London office of Built
MO wants Limited 1t shall
w serve to introduce one of
EA1 the queerest cases which
the great inquiry agency ever under
took to elucidate:
Tintagel Priory Near Penzance.
June %, 1s-
Gentlemen: have been advised to ad-
dress you by the curate OF this parish.
the Rev. Mr.. Penmar, in the hope that
YOU can help me unravel a very puzzling
mystery.
nv name Is Muriel Pendragon, and I
am the granddaughter of the late Mr..
John Perdragon. who died six months
sgo. My grandfather was very eccentric.
ana although he was always kind to me
cannot but admit that he was queer at
fimes. BY our few immediate neighbors
ne was accounted a miser-Just why /
have never been able to learn. We al
ways had enough to live on. and he sent
me 10 good schools for some years after
nv parents died. Since then I have kept
house for him. One OF grandfather's pc
culiarities consisted in an aversion to ma
king a will. although Mr.. Penmar always
told him he should do so. But henry
erandfether-would laugh and say there
was plenty Of time for that. Well, some
how gained the idea that he was quite
rich-not that l ever saw much money,
but because whenever gold or silver was
needed IL was sure TO be forthcoming.
Then, I knew that he inherited several
fhousands Of pounds from his father
which would have come to my father had
be lived. Well. last Christmas eve grand
father died in his sleep. and since then,
although the house has been searched
from attic TO cellar. we can find neither
rapers nor any secret source Of wealth.
Nj Penmar has inquired OF the banks in
Penzance, St. Ives and Falmouth, II
grandfather had any moneys deposited.
but the answer is no in every case. But
stIli I am sure-and the popular belief
bears me out In this-that poor GRANDPA
fher was really wealthy man AS / am
hIs sole heir. and all alone in the world.
you VIII see how deeply ! am interested
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24
Feminine.

A local ironworker who has been
married couple OF years always de-
clared that his first son should b
named Mat, after one Of his best
friends.
Learning that the ironworlzer and
his wife had recently been blessed
with a charming baby, the friend
smiled all over his face when he greet
ed the father on the street
We'll" he beamed. how is little
Mat?''
Mat. nothing" answered the "a
Their; fits Mattress. youngstown
Telegram.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24
The Vitality of Language

these islands there is but one family
that talks the English language III its
home. All the rest are as true to
their inherited tongue as they are to
their racial hue.
For a hundred years the creoles of
Louisiana have been subject to Amer
lean influences. yet the ratio of those
who talk English at all is disappoint-
ing. French Is their habitual language
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

at home and their customary language
abroad. The French Canadian wants
to remain French and usually succeeds.
He speaks the Gallo tongue in the
privacy OF his domicile. he keeps
books. breaches. traffics and swears in
French. Yet he has been under the
English flag and English laws for
more than century and half
The Spanish tongue has shown great
staying powers in New Mexico and is
yet the dominating language in the
plateau section of the territory. After
81 years Of territorial organization.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

air In our faces. The steps were IS In
number, with half circular turn mid
way, finally landing US In a dry and
airy arched chamber.
raised the lantern and looked
around, saying:
rs this it,"
"This is King Arthur's cave, GER
tainly," Miss Pendragon answered. Il
should say 1t was the first gallery"
Then we must travel bit farther"
/ responded. for the cipher distinctly
calls for the second gallery Give me
your hand. / don't want to lose you.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24
" C''nes to q Race with as Much
Tenselty as Does Its Ma
tive Color.

Nothing clings to race more tena-
slocsly than its native tongue. unless
y De It's native color. After so years
" enort to spread the English Ian
saage the home tongue of the full
.'oooed Hawaiian is his aboriginal Jar
soh' Exclusive Of the half-whites In
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24
That Ancient Judge.

The ancients certainly were great,
as we can learn by reading. There
was a Roman magistrate who fined
himself for speeding. He gave him
self dressing down, eyincing due re-
pentance: acquired lot Of cheap re-
nown and then suspended sentence.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

Teacher have been trying for
some time to get the room SO quiet
that we could hear a pin drop. l have
dropped the pin several times but
you have been making so much noise
that 1t has been impossible to hear IT,.
What do you think we had better do,
children"
Reddy Backrow-Tie dumbbeIl to
1t next. time. teacher.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24
The Popular n. o.

F1int--Have you any divine healers
out your way. old man?
F1yrte--Haye we? Say. there's .
young woman doctor next ho' that's
q peacherino.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

v eye ta bic Com
pound and Sanatige
Wash have done me-
i live on a farm and
have worked very
hard. / am forty
five years old. and
am the mother OF
thirteen children
Many people think
1t strange that / am
not broken dow
with hard work and
.fho caro- ~ INV fam
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24
OWES
HER
HEALTH
To Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Scottville, Mich.-"I want to tell
you how much good /, ydiaE .Pinkham's
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24

It. takes more than mushy manner
to make one minister Of the bread
of life.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-04

Choice Glover seed for sale 4
Wheeler's elevator, at $500 per
bushel.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-04
Commissioners Proceedings.
Tyndall, S. D., April 2,, l e11

Board of County Commissioners met
pursuant to adjournment. Present,
Jos. V. Wagner, Chairman, Philip
He'll, c. N. McCollum, H. G. Gum,
Chas. Dirks, c. E. Stoddard County
Auditor and C. J. Kelley sheriff.
The bond of w. R. Shipman for
S250O 90 was read and on motion ap-
proved.
On motion duly made and seconded
The chairman of the Board was author.
lied to sign a contract with w. Il.
Shipman for the construction of the
Libertin Drainage Ditch.
Moved and seconded that the T. v.
Ptak Lbr. Co. be awarded the contract
to furnish the metal culverts for the
Libertin Drainage Ditch according to
their proposal dated April oath 1911,
motion carried.
On motion the Board adopted a re-
solution levying an assessment for the
CApcuHS VI tuc cSldbllSullChp oLo Soh-
struction of the Libertin Drainage
Ditch upon the lands benefited there
by.
Quarterly report of R. M, Cotton, ].
of F, iii case of Eugene Luke accepted
and following bills allowed
Mrs Alonzo Luke witness So 10
Roscoe Rishel 2 10
CO Kelley sheriff 6 20
r M Cotton J. of p. 5 as
Report of r. M. Cotton j. of P. in
case of Jas. Stanicek accepted and fol-
lowing bills allowed
r NJ Cotton Of P IS
Report of R M Cotton j. of P. in case
of Jas Stanicek and Eugene Luke were
rejected.
On motion board adjourned to ]
O'Clock p n.
Attest: Jos. V. WAGNER
CE Stoddard Chairman
Auditor
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-04

Miss Arlie Logeman who has
been spending the winter with her
aunt in Lead, is expected home
today.
Ed. Brandstedt, who has been
spending the winter with his sister
in Kansas, returned to Scotland
today.
At the last meeting Of the city
council j. r. Smith rendered his
resignation as city auditor, and 0.
J. Bruhn was appointed for the en-
suing year.
Atty. Wilcox formerly of Spring
field but now holding a homestead
near Colme in Trip county and
practicing law in the town, was in
Scotland today.
Rev. Hartman of Springfield
was in town Saturday on his way
to Armour. He says he was over
at Gregory last week and they had
just had a magnificent rain in that
section which was the first good
rain for overs a year and farmers
were feeling very iubilant.
A bali game between the Tyn-
dali high school and Scotland high
school teams was played on the
Scotland grounds last Friday. The
score indicates that it was a pretty
good game. especially for the Scot
land boys, as the score stood 5 and
| in favor Of the home team.
The Mission services that had
been conducted in the Catholic
church here for over a week, closed
Tuesday evening. Rev. Father
Monaghan of Sioux Falls, was in
charge of the services the last few
nights, aud Tuesday evening he
was assisted by Father Bartick, of
baskerville. Father Monaghan is
an able speaker and succeeded in
arousing much interest IN the
meetings.
Last Tuesday Marshal Baird re-
ceived q message asking him to be
at the depot on the arrival of No. l
to take an Indian from the train
who was drunk and disorderly.
With the assistance of M. T. Brown
the fellow was finally landed IN the
cooler but he vas a husky fellow
and it took some force to land him.
His name was John Irving, a
Yankton Agency Sioux, and after
he got sobered up lie proved to be a.
very intelligent and gentlemanly
fellow. He has been in the govern
ment service for several years and
was on his way to Aberdeen to act
as interpreter at g murder trial
He was all right on the following
day and continued his journey, ac-
companied by Mr.. LePlant of
Lade Andes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-04


j. o. Mason went to Sioux City
last Saturday.
Mrs. Dimock and daughter Of
Memo, we're guests of the Logeman
family yesterday.
Jack Hughes from near Tyndall1
was here Monday on his way to
Sioux City to buy some stock to.
put on his farm.
Dr.. Koobs is attending Mrs.
Meyers, wife Of the hardware
merchant at Kaylor, who .is very
sick with typhoid fever:
The stork, evidently driven by
the storm last Sunday, sought a
refuge at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Philip Becker, where it left bright
little girl.
MIR. August Koenig Of Tyndall
Was here Monday on his way to
Aberdeen where he was summoned.
al ajuror IN the term Of federal
court now ID session.
Senator Cooley from near.
Springfield, was ia Scotland Fri
day night. He Was On his way.
home from Chicago where he had
been with 4 large shipment Of
stock
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-04

Clyde Holman who is running a
lumber yard at Mt. Vernon, spent
Sunday with his p arents west of
town.
Philip Schmierer returned last
Saturday from his trip to Montana
in the interest Of his real estate
business.
W. g. Haynes has purchased
the half section of land near Kay
Tor owned By Maj. Robert Dollard,
possession to be given next spring.
Mr.. Dollard still owns a fine half
section of land south east of town
which is not on the market.
Frank EPilaattslsar bought a haif
car load of hogs on the Blaha mar
ket last Friday to fill out his ship
ment. He says he had TO bull the
market in order to ges them SO he
created q little furry on the board
Of trade.
Thos. Libertin who has lived Tor
many years At Tyndall, but has for
some time been a heavy land deal
OF weRt of The Missouri, was here
Friday with q car load OF emigrant
goods. moving 10 Cottonwood where
he will be nearer his land.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-04
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