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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-11-24
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with a scream from
Dorothy March in the opera box of Mrs
Missioner, a wealthy widow. 1t is oc-
casioned when Mrs. Missioner's necklace
the floor. Curtis Griswold and Bruxton
Sands, society men in love with Mrs. Mis-
sionsr, gather up the gems. Griswold
steps on what is supposed to be the cele-
hrated Maharanee and brushes It, A Hin
doc declares it was not the genuine. An
expert later pronounces all the stones
missing diamonds is found in the room
of Elinor Holcomb, confidential compan-
ion of Mrs. Missioner. She is arrested.
not wit Mrs Mssioner's belief
up the case. He asks the cooperation of
down the real criminal. Britz learns that
duplicates of Mrs. Missioner's diamonds
were made in Paris on the order Of
Elinor Holcomb. While walking Britz is
seized. bound and gagged by Hindoos. He
makes his escape. Britz discovers an in
sane diamond expert whom he believes
was employed by either Sands or Girls
void to make counterfeits of the Mission
er gems. Two Hindoos burglarize the
home of Sands and are captured by Britt:
On one OF them he finds a note signed
s ey inastns and addressed to 1esnt
Deiaroche. to whom Griswold has been
paying marked attentions. The Swami at
tends ball at Mrs. Missioner's home, but
nonds. Britz disguised as a thief visits
the apartment Of Millicent. He finds
box that once contained the missing dia-
monds. but 1t is empty. The detective
concludes that the Hindoos have antici-
pated him In the recovery of the Jewels.
He visits their quarters and has an ex-
citing experience with a snake. The
Swami returns all the real diamonds to
Mrs Missioner. except the Maharanee,
which he insists must be returned to the
temple In india, whence 1t was stolen.
Britz gives his theories to the chief of po-
Ids. showing how Griswold has devised
the whole plot. placing the blame on
Elinor
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sides, rolled the heavy furniture
about, and .prodded every locker. In
vain. If the diamonds were on board
the yacht, they were not in the
saloon
Gordon went to the wheel, while
Hicks, who had some knowledge of
machinery, watched and regulated
the feed of the motor. Silently as a
giant swan. and as smoothly, the
yacht threaded the cut to the broader
stretch beyond the Spuyten Duyvil
creek and, passing under the long
railroad bridge on which the famous
little Dolly Warden train toddled from
bank to bank, swung downstream in
the Hudson and headed for the Bat
terry. The yacht was off Grants Tomb
before an idea occurred to Fitch, for
which Britz not only gave him full
credit, but blessed him heartily.
See if any one of those men is
wounded. lieutenant" Fitch suggested.
Britz and Manning looked the Orien-
tails over, and made them walk up and
down the cabin. The Prince halted
slightly in his gait for an instant. then
recovered control of his muscles, and
strobe as steadily as his low-caste
compatriots.
'That man has the Maharanee, +"
Fitch declared. You'll find It in the
calf of his leg"
Britz seized kananda by the collar
and shook him savagely.
eff you don't give up that diamond,
your finish will be the operating
table," said the detective.
Kananda forced another laugh.
Britt, Manning, and Fitch seized him,
and barring his leg to the knee,
searched for marks Of wound.
Strangely enough, there was a little
lump in the calf. The detectives
looked at the doctor.
Here's slight protuberance, doc
tor" said Britt. II guess the rest is
up to you
Fitch took out a pocket instrument
case, and selected a tiny knife. Ka-
nanda, on the point of beginning an
other struggle to escape, was choked
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deck, Britz, Fitch and Manning, leav-
ing Gordon in charge of the captured
Indians, surrounded the other two
and disarmed them. Breathing heav-
lily from the short but sharp struggle,
the captors marched their prisoners
to the far end of the cabin and seated
themselves between the Hindoos and
the doors. They were still on the
alert to prevent an attempt to es-
cape on the part of Kananda or ALL
The other two Indians being hand
cuted, it was less likely they would
make a squirt for liberty, but the po-
liceman took no chances.
Nov, Mr.. Kananda," said Britz to
the Prince cheerily, II reckon We'll
have those diamonds"
Perhaps you will be good enough
to explain" parted the Prince with
his most blase Cambridge manner.
Explain nothing!" shouted Britt
1--we fenced with you fellows long
enough. We've caught you now and
we want the goods
"Since you are resolved to carry
this miserable farce farther" said the
Prince, Il suppose we shall have to
submit"
You'll submit to a search, that's
what you'll dol" interrupted Man
ming II don't blame you, Britt, for
losing your temper with this crowd;
fresh Is no name for it."
The Chief nodded to Gordon and
Hicks, and they began a search of
the four prisoners that left nothing
undone to find the diamonds. When
they had examined every article of
the Indians apparel, from the Orien-
tai costumes Of the low-caste Hin
docs to the conventional attire of the
Prince, they looked to Manning for
further instructions, for they had
found nothing.
Then all four of the detectives, with
the Chief and the doctor, ransacked
the cabin, fore and aft and from star
board to port, as thoroughly as the
Indian burglars had gone through the
apartments of Griswold and Sands
They even lifted the carpet on all
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-11-24
Louis Napoleon In America.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)

1t is noticeable that Princess Caro-.
line, who subsequently knew the EN-
peror SO intimately makes no refer
ence to the visit of Louis Napoleon to
America in 1897.
He was for two months in New
York, where he lived at the Washing
ton hotel, Broadway.
It is interesting to know that he
made the acquaintance of Washington
Irving, whom he visited at Sunnyside
Irving had also met Mile. Monijo.
On the occasion of the emperor's
marriage, in 1853, he wrote: Louis
Napoleon and Eugene de Montijo.
emperor and empress of France; one
of whom / have had as guest at my
cottage on the Hudson; and the other
of whom, when q child, have had on
my knee at Grenada. "-Footnote to
Princess Murat's Memoirs.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-11-24

and held powerless by Britt and Man.
ming. Gripping the Princes leg firmly,
the doctor worked his scalpel gently
into the small lump in the fiesh-a
wound SO recent that 1t had been
bound together by pieces of court
plaster the color of the skin. Then he
triumphantly extracted something
which, though ruddied, sparkled in the
CLEAN of the incandescent lamps with
which the cabin, despite tbs daylight,
still was illuminated.
"The Maharanee diamond" cried
Britz and Manning together
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-11-24
HOW She Hur, Her FINGER.

What's de matta1, Miss Clara ?"
asked Rosa, the Browns colored laun-
dress, seeing Miss Clara nursing her
finger with a panied lock on her face.
Il bruised my finger witn the hammer
the other day and it hurts STILL" was
the reply Il has dat, tool exclaimed
Rosa, eagerly. feels like tinglin all
down de palm of my ham, but mine
ies' comes from slappin' de chulluns
on de h2id"
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CHAPTER XxlV.-Continued.

"Oh, that was only a precaution on
their part. They took the chance
might have recovered the Maharanee,
find In my possession something that
would give them a clue to the where
abouts Of the stone. Then, once they
got me, they thought they might as
well keep me out of the running until
they got what they wanted. 1t was
no part of their plan to let me find
the jewels and turn them over to
Mrs. Missioner"
You had a close call there, lieu
tenant" observed the physician.
"Close enough" said Britt calmly.
But it's all in the days work"
AS Britt finished there was a seaid
tap on the door. In response to Man
nings curt Come I'M" Donnelly and
Carson crossed the threshold, and
did their best to stand at ease in
front of the lieutenant's desk.
"You sent. huh, for us, Chief?"
YES" said Manning. Lieutenant
Britt wants you to attend to little
matter for him."
Yes, Donnelly," said Britz coolly;
eff you have nothing better to do just
now, suppose you run up to Curtis
Griswold's' apartment, and tell him
the Chief wants to talk to him"
Suppose he won't come" said Don
nelly who evidently did not yet sus-
pect 1t was desired that the clubman
be taken into custody.
Bring him, then" said Britt. "You
haven't forgotten how to show a gen.
tleman down to Headquarters, have
you?"
Donnelly WINGED under the lieuten-
ants scorn, and Carson turned gray.
"And you, Mr. Carson" said Britt,
renewing his instructions, "be good
enough to take a trip to the Hotel
Renaissance, and ask Mrs. Delaroche
to come down to see us for a little
while"
Carson, in the crisis, felt he could
not be too precise.
Suppose she declines?" he asked.
Bring herr" said Britt.
Fitch laughed aloud at the con-
sternation in the faces Of the two de-
L
nelly and Carson were so far from
the facts in the mystery that not only
had neither of them dreamed OF ma
king a prisoner of Griswold, that
suaye society man who had volun-
teered SO much assistance to them In
their efforts to weave web OF cir
cumstantiai evidence against Elinor
Holcomb, but that they were abso-
tutely ignorant of the existence of
such a person as Millicent Delaroche.
They shuffled their feet with tncreas-
ing nervousness as they felt the eyes
of their chief upon them. Donnelly
shot a glance of ill-repressd hatred at
Britz as the lieutenant, at ease In his
revolving chair, faced the crestfallen
detectives with a satirical smile.
Once or twice Donnelly essayed to
sneak. but each time he caught the
frozen expression on the faces of the
Chief and Britt. and the words died
IN his throat Nothing remained save
for the two brilliant crime-hunters 70
carry out the lieutenant's orders. AS
they turned to go their discontinue
was augmented by the real detec-
ttve's mock solicitude.
You'll find 1t an easy job, boys.
Just ask the two of them to come
down here quietly. and II they don
want to come, make 'em. Show tneM
your shields. you know, and all that
sor. of thing"
When they had gone. Britt In
dulged his amusement to the extent
OF a laugh; Fitch joined him, ana
Manning. after brief attempt 10
Keen his face straight, also laughed
heartily.
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has Gods hand under him.-Indianap-
oils News.
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cHAPTEs XIV.

TIE Attack on the Yacht.
Britz. Manning and Fitch Waiheu
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
GOING OR COMING

a train was reported forty min
utes late, and after the time had
elapsed a would-be passenger in
quired:
How late is that train?"
''Oh, about an hour late"
The hour passed and the query
was repeated.
We'll. they'll be about an hour and
twenty minutes late here"
Patience reigned until the query
was justly renewed and the railroad
man replied:
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
Innings OF sToLEs.

The. Innings of stoles are nowadays
occupying more than a little attention,
says the New Haven Journal Courier.
The fur is not heavily lined thus
avoiding weight i'm even very long and
wide pieces. but is luXuriouslY finish
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
La GRIPPE COUGHS.

Strain and weaken the system and If
not checked may develop into pneu-
monia. No danger of this when Fol-
ley's Honey and Tar is taken prOmptH.
1t is a reliable family medicine for all
coughs and colds. and acts quickly
and effectively in cases of Group. Re
fuse substitutes.
Elvey & Hulett.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13

We'll, sir. l think that train will
be near two hours late"
Whereupon the passenger said:
Say. mister. will you kindly tell
me which way that train is going2"
Portland OregOnian
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13

ed with first lining of liberty satin.
covered. il may be, with a silver net
and edged with a full plating of the
silver net or tulle.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-13
Our Great Remnant Sale

Should not be overlooked Good many pennies and
dollars be saved by getting of these
cellent pieces of merchandise. There Lawns
Ginghams. Dress Goods. Linens Curtain Materials
Burlaps Cretonne and ScTims. Four large tables
full Of desirable goods marked at mere fraction
of their
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-11-29

We'll, I'll be plumb gosh darned!"
was Daylight's comment. "No ill-will,
no grudge, no nothtng-and after that
lambasting! You're sure a hummer,
Bob"
He had taken liking to the animal,
and repented not of his bargain. He
realized that Bob was not vicious nor
mean, the trouble being that he was
bursting with high spirits and was en-
dowed with more than the average
horses intelligence. 1t was the spirits
and the intelligence, combined with
inOrdinate ROBUSTNESS, that made him
what he was. What was required to
control him was a strong hand, with
tempered sternness and yet with the
requisite touch of brutal dominance.
Throughout the week Daylight found
himself almost as much interested in
Bob as in Dede; and, not being in the
thick of any big deals, he was prob
ably more interested in both of them
than in the business game. Bob's
trick of whir1ing was of special mo-
ment to him. How to overcome it
that was the thing. Suppose he did
meet with Dede out in the hills; and
suppose by some lucky stroke of fate,
he should manage to be riding along
side CT her; then that whirl of Bobs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-11-29

the young woman with the controlled,
subdued office face.
Il didn't know you rode" was one
of her first remarks. 81 imagined
you were welded to get-there-quick
machines"
Thus, and to his great relief, they
launched on a topic Of mutual inter
est. He told her about Bob's tricks,
and of the whirl and his scheme to
overcome it; and she agreed that
horses had to be handled with a GER
tain rational severity, no matter how
much one loved them. There was
Nab, which she had had for eight
years, and which she had had to break
of stall-kicking. The process had been
painful for Nab, but it had cured her.
you've ridden lot" Daylight
said.
II really can't remember the first
time I was on a horse" she told him.
II was born on ranch, you know, and
they couldn't keep me away from the
horses"
And thereat she told him more of
her ranch life in the days before her
father died. And Daylight was hugely
pleased with himself They we're get
ting acquainted The conversation
had not Jagged in the full half hour
they had been together. When she
talked, he listened and followed her,
and yet all the while he was follow
ing his own thoughts and impressions
as WELL 1t was a nervy thing
for her to do, this riding astride,
and he didn't know, after all,
whether he liked it or not. His
ideas of women were prone to be
old-fashioned; they were the ones he
had imbibed in the early day, frontier
life of his youth, when no woman was
seen on anything but a side-saddle.
He had grown up to the tacit fiction
that women on horseback were not BIZ
peds. It came to him with a shock,
this sight of her so manlike in her
saddle. But he had to confess that the
sight looked good to him just the
same.
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went on hastily. ''Iney can't serve
you. l refuse to let them. This is our
last ride, and here is the gate"
Ranging her mare alongside, she
bent, slid the catch, and followed the
opening gate.
mo; please, no." she said, as Day
light started to follow.
Humbly acquiescent, he pulled Bob
back, and the gate swung shut be-
say, and she did not ride on.
Listen, Miss Mason" he said, in a
low voice that shook with sincerity;
I want to assure you of one thing.
I'm not just trying to fool around with
you. l like you, / want you, and
was never more earnest in my life.
There's nothing wrong in my inten-
lions or anything like that. What
mean is strictly honorable"
But the expression Of her face made
him stop. She was angry, and she
was laughing at the same time.
Dede Mason had quick, birdlike
ways, almost fitting from mood to
mood; and she was all contrition on
the instant
Forgive me for laughing" she said
across the gate. !:It wasn't really
laughter. 1 was surprised off my
guard, and hurt, too. You see, Mr..
Harnish, I've not been ;"
She paused, in sudden fear Of COM
pleting the thought into which her
4Vff xy0I
her.
What you mean is that you've not
been used to such sort of proposing"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-11-29
~ Like You, | Want You and Never
Was More Earnest In My Life"


Daylight said; "a sort of on-the-run,
'Howdy, Acknowledgment
ance, won't-you-be-mine proposition"
She nodded and broke into laughter,
in which he joined, and which served
to pass the awkwardness away. He
gathered heart at this, and went on
in greater confidence, with cooler
head and tongue.
There, you see, you prove my case.
You've had experience in such mat
tiers. I don't doubt you've had slath-
ers of proposals. Well, haven't, and
I'm like a fish out of water. Besides,
this amt proposal. It's a peculiar
situation, that's all, and I'm In cor
ner. I've got enough plain horse
sense to know a man amt supposed
to argue marriage with a girl as rea-
son for getting acquainted with her.
And right there was where I was In
the hole. Number one, I can't get &C
quainted with you IN the Office. Num-
Der two, you say you won't see me
out of the Office to give me a chance.
Number three, your reason is that
folks will talk because you work for
me. Number four, just got to get
| acquainted with you, and just got to
get you to see that l mean fair and
all right. Number five, there you are
on one side the gate getting ready to
go, and me here on the other side
the gate pretty desperate and bound
to say something to make you recon
slider. Number six, I said it. And
| now and finally, just do want you to
| reconsider"
He was such a boy, this big giant
of millionaire who had half the rich
men Of San Francisco afraid of him.
Such boy! She had never imagined
this side of his nature.
'How do folks get married?" he
was saying "Why, number one, they
meet; number two, like each others
| looks; number three, get acquainted;
and number four, get married or not,
according to how they like each other
after getting acquainted But how in
thunder we're to have a chance to find
out whether we like each other
enough is beyond my savvee, unless
we make that chance ourselves. I'd
| come to see you, call on you, only I
know you're just rooming or boarding,
and that won't do"
TITS getting late now, anyway"
| Daylight hurried on, "and we've set
tied nothing at all. Just one more
| Sunday, anyway-that's not asking
much-to settle It In"
She gathered the reins into her
hand preliminary to starting.
Good night" she said, "and-"
Eyes," he whispered, with just the
faintest touch of imperativeness.
"Yes," she said, her voice low but
distinct.
At the same moment she put the
mare into a canter and went down the
| road without a backward glance, In
tent on an analysis of her own feel
| ings.
CTo BE CONTINUED
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would be most disconcerting and en-
barrassing. He was not particularly
anxious for her to see him thrown for
ward on Bob's neck. On the other
hand, suddenly to leave her and go
dashing down the back-track, plying
quirt and spurs, wouldn't do, either.
What was wanted was method
wherewith to prevent that lightning
whirl. He must stop the animal be-
fore it got around. The reins would
not do this. Neither would the spurs.
Remained the quirt. But how to ac-
complish it? Bob always whirled to
the right. Very we'll He would
double the quirt in his hand, and, the
instant Of the whirl, that double quirt
would rap Bob on the nose. The horse
didn't live, after it once learned the
lesson, that would whirI in the face
of the doubled quirt.
More keenly than ever, during that
week in the office, did Daylight realize
that he had no social, nor even human
contacts with Dede. The situation was
such that he could not ask her the
simple question whether or not she
was going riding next Sunday. Thus
he found another card in the hand
the mad god had dealt him. How i'm
portant that card was to become he
did not dream, yet he decided that it
was pretty good card.
Sunday came, and Bob, out in the
Piedmont hills, behaved like an angel
His goodness at times was of the
spirited, prancing order, but other
wise he was lamb. But no Dede did
Daylight encounter. He vainly circlea
about among the hill roads, and in
the afternoon took the steep grade
over the divide Of the second range
and dropped into Maraga Valley. Just
after passing the foot of the descent,
he heard the hoof beats of cantering
horse. 1t was from ahead and coming
toward him. What if it were Dede
He turned Bob around and started to
return at a walk. The canter came
nearer, but he faced straight ahead
until he heard the horse behind check
to a walk. Then he glanced over his
shoulder. It was Dede. The recogni-
ton was quick, and, with her, accom-
panied by surprise. What more
natural thing than that, partly turn
ing his horse, he should wait till she
caught up with him; and that, when
abreast, they should continue abreast
on up the grade? He could have
sighed with relief. The thing
was accomplished, and so easily.
Greetings had been exchanged; here
they were side by side and going in
the same direction with miles and
miles ahead of them.
He noted that her eye was first for
the horse and next for him.
ooh, what a beauty!" she had cried
at sight of Bob. From the shining
light in her eyes, and the face filled
with delight he would scarcely have
believed that it belonged to the young
woman he had known In the Office,