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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02

ing-snd unusual." said dryly. and
slipped past him as he barred the
way He was not pleased; heard him
mutter something and come rapidly
after me. but / had the voices as a
guide, and ! was not going 20 be turned
back like a child. The men had gath
cred around a low stone arch in the
furnace room. and were looking down
short flight of steps. into sort of
vault. under the pavement. A faint
light came from a small grating
above. and there was a close. musty
smell in the air.
Il tell you il must have been last
night" Dallas was saying Wilson
and were here Sefore We went TO
bed, and I'll swear that hole was not
there then"
1t was not there this morning,
sir" Flanagan insisted. 1T has been
made during the day
And il could not have been done
this afternoon" MIR. HARRISON said,
quietly Il was fussing with the tele-
phone wire down here. would have
heard the noise"
Something in his voice made me
look at him. and certainly his express
sion was unusual He was watching
us all intently while Dallas pointed
out TO me the cause OF the excite
ment From the main floor OF the fur
mace room. a flight of stone steps sur
mounted by an arch led into the coal
cellar beneath the street The coal
cellar was of brick with cement
| floor, and in the left wall there gaped
an opening about three feet by three,
| leading into cavernous void. perfect
! ly black-evidently a similar vault be-
| longing TO the next house.
The whole place was ghostly, full Of
| shadows, shivery with possibilities IL
was Mr. HARRISON finally who took
| Jim's candle and crawled through the
| aperture We waited in dead silence.
| listening 20 his feet crunching over
the coal beyond, watching the faint
| yellow light that came through the
ragged opening in the wall. Then he
called through 20 US.
Place is locked, over here" he
said Heavy oak door at the head
| OF the steps Whoever made that
opening has done n prodigious amount
of labor for nothing"
The weapon, n crowbar. lay on the
ground beside the bricks, and he
picked II up and balanced Il on his
hand Dallas florid face was almost
comical in his bewilderment; as for
Jimmy-he slammed a piece of Stag
at the furnace and walked away. Al
the door he turned around.
why don't you accuse me of it?''
he asked. bitterly. Maybe you could
find lump OF coal In my pockets II
you searched me"
He stalked up the stairs then and
left us. Dallas and | went up togeth
or, but we did not talk. There seemed
TO be nothing to say. Not until | had
closed and locked the door OF my room
did | venture TO look at something
that | carried in the palm Of my
hand. II was a watch. not running
gentleman's fat gold watch, and II
had been hanging by its fob TO a mai
in the bricks beside the aperture.
In the back OF the watch were tn,
initials T. II. II. and the picture OF q
girl cut from a newspaper
II was my picture
CTO BE CONTINUED
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02
SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
by his friends. Jimmy was rotund ana
looked shorter than he really was; Hls li
ambition In life was 10 be taken seriously,
but people steadily refused TO do so, ms
art Is considered a huge joke, except 10
himself. IL he asked people 20 dinner ev.
eryone expected frolic. Jimmy marrles
Bella Knowles: they live together year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range 10 celebrate the first anniversary
OF his divorce. The party is in full swing
when Jimmy receives telegram from ms
Aunt Selma, who will arrive in four hours
TO visit him and his wife. He neglects 20
tell her OF his divorce. Jimmy takes Kit
into his confidence. He suggests that hlt
play the hostess for one night, be Mrs;
Wilson pro TEN. Aunt Selma arrives ana
The deception works out as planneeo' eo
Jim's Jap servant is taken III. Bella,
Jimmy's divorced wife, enters the house
and asks Kit who is being taken away In
the ambulance? Belle Insists IL is jim.
Kit tells her Jim is well and is In the
house; HARRISON steps out on the porch
and discovers a man tacking card on
the door. He demands an explanation.
The man points 10 the placard and Har,
on il. He tells him the guests cannot
leave the house until the quarantine Is
lifted. After the lifting OF the quarantine
several letters are found In the mail box
undelivered. one is addressed TO Henry
Llewellyn, lquique Chile. which was
written by HARRISON. He describes MI
nutely Of their Incarceration. also OF his
infatuation for Mrs. Wilson. Aunt Selma
is taken iii with la grippe. Betty acts as
nurse. HARRISON finds Kit sulNng on the
roof She tells him that Jim has been
treating her outrageously. Kit starts
downstairs, when suddenly she Is grasped
In the arms OF man who kisses her sew
eral times. She believes that HARRISON
did IL and is Inundated. Aunt Selma tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and
other articles OF iewelry have been stolen
She accuses Betty OF the theft. Jimmy
tells Aunt Selma all about the strange
happenings. but she persists in suspecting
Betty OF the theft OF her valuables
HARRISON demands an explanation from
Kit as 10 her conduct towards him. she
tells him Of the incident on the roof he
does not deny nor confirm her accusation.
One OF the guests -devises a way TO escape
from the house. They set fire TO the re-
ception room and attempt to leave the
house from the rear. The guards dis
cover the ruse and prevent them from
AscaDinu
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02

while | located the sounds under
my feet. The men were all in the
basement, and something must have
happened. ! flew 10 the basement
stairs, TO meet Mr. HARRISON at the
foot. He was grimy and dusty, with
streaks of coal dust over his face, and
he had been examining his revolver.
was just in time to see him slip 1t
into his pocket.
What is the matter?" demanded.
rs any one hurt?"
mo one" he said coolly. We've
been cleaning out the furnace"
with a revolverl How interest
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02
Then Silence Rsiuned.

The boy terror was ip evidence
again His parents had invited some
friends 10 dine. among them being
his sisters beau. who took the incor.
rigible on his knee.
During a lull I'm the conversatlon
the young hopeful suddenly yelled
out:
'Mr. Brown. is as heavy as sis
ter?"
But no one seemed 10 hear him!
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02
rel part of his hot-air cabinet. and yell.

TEL part OF MS nOl-AI Caplnet, anu yen
ing for a doctor?
Bella came TO a dead stop on the
upper step. with her mouth open. She
looked at Jim, al the inadequate bar
rel, snd from them she looked at me.
Then she began 20 laugh. one OF her
hysterical giggles. and she turned
and went down again. AS Jim and
stared at each other we could hear
her gurgling down the hall below.
She had violent Mysteries for an
hour, with Anne rubbing her forehead
and Aunt Selma burning feather out
OF the feather duster under her nose.
Only Jim and ! understood. and we
did not tell Luckily. the next thing
that occurred drove Bella and her
nerves from everybody's mind.
At seven o'clock. when Bella had
dropped asleep and everybody else
was dressed for dinner. Aunt Selma
discovered that the mouse was cold,
and ordered Dal 20 the furnace.
II was Dals day at the furnace;
Flanagan had been relieved Of that
part of the work after twice setting
fire TO chimney.
In five minutes Dal came back and
spoke a few words 10 Max, who fol-
lowed him 10 the basement and in ten
minutes more Flanagan puffed up the
steps and called Mr.. HARRISON.
am not curious. but | knew that
something had happened. While
Aunt Selma was talking suffrage 10
Anne-who said she had always been
tremendously interested in the sub
ject, and If women got the suffrage
would they be allowed 10 vote?-l
slipped back TO the diningroom
The table was laid for dinner, but
Flanagan was not in sight. could
hear voices from somewhere, faint
voices that talked rapidly, and after
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02

done credit 20 Jack Johnson, but the
bee ducked Unlike Jim Jeffries, he
was able 20 come back and did.
B-u-z-z-z. he went, az he circled
around Felix's head, and Felix let out
two terrific left-arm jolts that did not
jolt anything but Felix.
"Arair end again 'R'd' pumble Bee
returned 10 the attack. His antago-
mist was finally worn out Laying
aside the picture book, Felix leaned
back against the door and folded his
arms In complete resignation 70 his
fate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02

Great Author Cwho sells by subscrip-
ion)-so you are a book agent. eh7 /
presume you meet with a good deal
Of ill treatment
Agent-Yes. every day.
II don't see how you stand H."
We'll. you see. know II isn't be-
cause folks dislike me personally us
because they have such a contempt
for the books. New York Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02
Was Willing to Be Stung

he can still look az pictures. Not
long ago gave Felix a copy Of an IL
Illustrated weekly and he sat in the
door OF the general store 70 look at
Il and marvel.
Now. down in my state they have
bumblebees even in the winter time,
and soon one Of them began buzzing
around Felix's head. He was too a.
terested 70 look Up. but gave vicious
right-hand swing that would haze
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02
CHAPTER XIV. (contlnued.)

Every one went up on the roof and
left him to his mystery. Anne drank
her tea in a preoccupied silence, with
half-closed eyes, an attitude that bod
ed i'll TO somebody. The rest were fe-
verishly gay, and Aunt Selma, with
pair of arctics on her feet and hot
water bottle at her back. sat in the
middle of the tent and told me ia
miliar anecdotes OF Jimmy's early
youth chad he known, he would have
slain herr Betty and Mr.. HARRISON
had found a medicine ball, and were
running around like a pair of children.
1t was quite certain that neither his
escape from death nor my accusation
weighed heavily on him.
While Aunt Selma was busy with
the time Jim had swallowed an open
safety pin, and just as the pin had
been coughed up. or taken out OF his
nose-I forget which-Jim himself ap-
peared and sulkily demanded the pri-
vacy of the roof for his training hour.
Yes, he was training. Flanagan
claimed TO know the system that had
reduced the president to what he is,
and he and Jim had a seance every
day which left Jim feeling himself for
bruises all evening. He claimed to be
losing flesh; he said he could actually
feel it going, and he and Flanagan
had spent an entire afternoon in the
cellar three days before with potato
barrel. a cane-seated chair and lamp.
The whole thing had been shrouded
in mystery. They sandpapered the in
side of the barrel and took out all the
nails. and when they had finished they
carried it TO the roof and put 1t In a
corner behind the tent. Everybody
was curious, but Flanagan refused
any information about 1t, and merely
said it was part of his system. Dal
said that if he had anything like that
in his system he certainly would be
glad 10 get rid Of 1t.
At a quarter to six Jim appeared,
still sullen from the events of the
afternoon and wearing a dressing
gown and pair Of slippers, Flanagan
following him with a sponge, bucket
of water and an armful of bath towels.
Everybody protested at having TO
move. but he was firm, and they all
filed down the stairs. | was the last,
with Aunt Selma just ahead of me.
At the top of the stairs she turned
around suddenly to me.
That policeman looks cruel" she
said. What's more, he's been in a
bad humor all day. More than likely
he'll put James fat on the roof and
tramp on him. under pretense Of train
ing him. All policemen are inhu-
man"
He only rolls him over a barrel or
something like that" / protested.
James had lump like an egg over
his ear last night" Aunt Selma in.
sisted. glaring at F1annigan's uncon.
scious back. Il don't think it's safe
to leave him. 1t is my time 10 relax
for 80 minutes, or I would watch him
You will have 10 stay" she said. fixing
me with her imperious eyes.
So I stayed. Jim didn't want me-
and Flanagan muttered mutiny But
II was easier 10 obey Aunt Selma
than to clash with her. and anyhow
wanted 10 see the barrel in use.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02

"'wall, I'll be burned he pathet-
ically exclaimed. III jest let the
pesky critter sting me 20 get rid of It,
Soon Mr. Bundle did that very thing
and few away happy and Felix re-
sumed looking at the pictures. ~
Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02

George-lt's funny how Aunt Jane
insists that pies made from pumpkins
grown in her garden are better than
all others
Linda (late Of Vassar) No. George.
II isn't at all funny n you had ever
cared 20 go deep enough in the matter
you would find that even pumpkins are
temperamentaL
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02
eSaB Life in the Ages Gone by

shoes cost him seven cents; sheep
ten cents; a fat hen about one and
one-half cents; rs codnsn. ten cents;
a wagon load OF frewood, delivered
~ cents; an ell Of the best homespun
cloth. II cents; bushel OF rye. about
Is cents-From "The Story OF
France" by Thomas r, Watson
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02
MountaIneer Resumes Looking at Pic
lures After He Let Bee
Sting Him.

Down in my state" said Represen-
tative Randall Of Texas-and he al
ways begins stories that way-"down
in my state there lives mountaineer
ns.ed Felix. Like most OF those
folks. Felix can neither read nor
write. but. despite the loss Of one eye.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02

Didn't you hear all of the profess
sor's lecturer"
why. no. lie began by saying
that sleep Is the secret Of right liv-
ing-and then came home and went
Co bed"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02

10000 Seals Captured by One Boat.
London Eleven steamships OF the
Newfoundland sealing feet have had
fair catches, the Bonaventura, the first
20 return 70 81. Johns, bringing back
10000 seals.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02
The EemlnInn Comeback.

Mabel--That story you just told Is
about 80 years old.
Maude-And you haven't forgotten
I'm All that time.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02
An onlnion.

An Opinion.
He was reared In the lap Of
luxury"
III that's the case al have 10 say
is that luxury Is mighty poor
resrer."
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-06-02

CTO BE CONTINUED)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-15
JUSTICE MUST SHOW CAUSE
Gave Injunction to Company for
Which B. B. Odell Is Receiver

Hugh NJ. Hewson. OF the law firm OF
Alexander, Watriss & Polk. No. 90 Liberty
street. yesterday made application to the
Appellate Division in Brooklyn for an
alternative writ Of prohibition compelling
Justice Arthur s Tompkins. Of the Sit
preme Court. TO show cause why all pro-
ceedings under his order preventing the
collection Of a Judgment for $1,000 against
the Thomas McNally Company should nor
be declared null and void. Decision will
probably be rendered to-day
In November. 1905. the United Building
Materials Company fled a lien for SIS Oo)
and attached $500 due the McNally com
pany, which was building a part of the
Catskill aqueduct system. A Judgment was
obtained and an execution awarded 70 the
United Building Materials Company against
the receivers for the McNally company
former Governor p. Il. Odell and William
r. Paine. The Appellate Division confirmed
the lower court. and the Court Of Appeals
dismissed second appeal as frivolous.
This was in June. 1910. and next day Mr.
Hcwson says, Justice Tompkins granted
an order to the receivers restraining the
United Building Materials Company from
issuing an execution. This writ is return
able June Il in Newburg. but Mr.. Hewson
It, pending his own application. He ba sed
his application on the ground that Justice
Tompkins had usurped his authority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-15
NOVA SCOTIA LIBERALS WIN
Sentiment for Reciprocity Shown
by Government Victory.

Halifax. y. S. June 1.-THE provincial
general elections took place to-day and re-
suited in a victory for the government,
which has carried twenty-seven OF the
thirty-eight seats In the province. Halifax
elects three Liberals, with a majority for
the highest of 1856 and for the lowest Of
705.
The Labor candidate in Halifax polled a
total of 2.7il votes, compared with ASS for
the highest government candidate. Cape
Breton elects two Conservatives, but that
party confidently expected at least four.
A notable feature OF the election Is the
defeat Of three members of the govern
ment G. Chisholm, Commissioner of Works
and Mines; 3. +. Pearson. in Colchester,
and DR.. lie Blanc, in Yarmouth. Premier
Murray has a large majority in Victoria
and his colleague also has a big lead.
The Liberals I'm this province will now
have five years more to add 10 their
twenty nine years OF rule. The Opposition
i'm the last Legislature numbered five. They
will now have eleven, and they have the
advantage OF having with them c. l..
Tanner. the. former Opposition leader
To-days election was the first held in
Canada since the proposals for reciprocity
with the United States were presented, and
the results of the balloting show the drift
of public feeling on the measure, as reel
procity was the principal issue debated
during the campaign
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-15
IL HELD AS "WIRETAPPERS'
One Will Apply for Writ of Habeas
Corpus to Make a Test Case.

Twelve of the thirteen men who were ar
rested on May as alleged "wlretappers"
through the efforts OF Charles Mcdonald.
"A Philadelphia contractor were arraigned
IN the womens night court last night and
held In $3.50 bail each for the grand fury
on a charge OF attempted grand larceny.
The thirteenth man, James Morton, WAS
turned over to the federal authorities last
Monday TO he sent 10 Council Bluffs. Iowa
where he Is under indictment on a charge
OF swInding Thomas w Ballew. of Prince
ton. Mo, out OF $4,000
Mcdonald met some men last MAY who
enticed him TO a supposed poolroom in
West 6lst street whore he was 10 Furnish
money Tor bets after they had "tapped ,ha
wires" and learned which horse had won
Mcdonald knew they wanted to svindie
him and played his part aiding the uoiire
in making raid on the place
since the men were arragned there hsvo
been many adiournments. Eleven ~ ,ro
men were admitted to bail last nirht ~,
Jacob tohen's counsel said thar he wouid
not obtain bail. ~ he Intended "a ,Vni,'
Tor write OF habeas corpus 10 MAKE n
test case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-15
TO RECOVER NAMES D[Al
Within Week or Ten DAYS Bath.
ship Will Be Dry.
PUMPS BEGIN AGAIN TO-DAY
After Two thirds Probably W.,
Be Entirely Separated from
the One third Forward

Havana June 14.-Before surd,
morrow the work OF removing the
from the cofferdam inclosing the -
Of the battleship Maine will no
10 point low enough to reveal -. ''
OF the wreck submerged for ,h,.."
years, including a part II the mia,
section Immediately affected nv a.
plosion, the whole quarterback
portion OF the berth deck. in whit,
Is believed. lie the remains o, mo..
the undiscovered victims OF the -.
tragedy. go"
This was determined after . corfe.,
to-day between General Bixbee
Colonies Black and Patrick, follows.
minute examination OF the wrecs ;,
board of officers being fully satisfied a.
the stability Of the cofferdam war,,.'
them In proceeding with the puc,.'
operations.
1t is believed that within a wee.
ten days sufficient progress win b,.
been made to permit the recover a, a.
the remains Of the dead.
The water I'm the cofferdam this s,.-
ing stood at the four ana a HAZE o..
level Tomorrow morning the r...
powerful pumps will be put TO wo,,
with the object Of reducing the level A.,
ing the day to a level which will perr,,
the partial exploration Of the upper n.,,
OF the after section from the s,e,, :.
Immediately forward OF the engine roo..
space, where the explosion severed m.
forward section. including the ten.jne.
turret on the starboard side.
All this latter portion Of the vess., b.
submerged many feet in excess of ~.
afterpart, and probably will not be p.
vealed until the dam is comnlets,y
emptied and great quantity Of mud ex.
cavated. The present intention Of n.
board is 10 permit the water 10 rema,
at the ten-foot level. possibly for ssy.
eral days, for the purpose Of making Oh.
servations and tests Of the coferdan u
determine beyond question its ability 10
resist the tremendous inward pressur.
when completely emptied. Nothing Nd
to the present has been observed thai
suggests any possibility Of insufficient
resistance Of the structure.
Colonel Patrick said tonight that the
board believed it quite feasible to SEP.
arate the after two-thrds Of the sso
from the forward third, seyerng q.
parts shattered by the explosion BY ID.
use Of an acetylene blast. on the con.
pletion of the separation Of the paashis
intended to dissect the forward section
by acetylene blasts into portable tras.
ments, which will be taken out piece.
meal After that. in default Of further
orders from Congress, il is the intention
to build a bulkhead across the rear sec.
ton, float II out from the dam. bring Il
alongside a wharf in the harbor, make
complete examination and finally tow (.
TO sea and sink 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-15
BIDS PUPILS SAVE WATER
woman Principal Names l,4O0 to Act
as Monitors in Their Neighborhood.

During The Flag Day exercises nj Public
School -. Lexington avenue and esth street.
FeS'eru'y morning. Miss Mary A. Magoy-
erh' Inc principal. appointed each OF the
li" pupils of the school monitor to pre-
vent the waste OF water In their district.
me enthusiasm with which the pupils re-
celVed 'heir new appointments interrupted
the programme for several minutes.
we may all aid the city i'm preventing
'ne waste 81 water" said Miss Magovern.
u we each look after our own hvdrants
ana a'so Keep an eve on our neighborhood
eh'ia II u nm excellent idea In appoint
each 81 you censor or monitor and rharge
f ,us, 70 'o"k sharp toward your assignment.
We DO not sufficiently anprer,,,d a,u , ,o ,s ,er
Ssappiy gu, we VIII II this threatened water
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-15
ITO GET IN AND OUT OF U. S.
Canadian Naturalization Papers Loaned
TO Facilitate Entry Here.

ST. Catharines. ont. June 1i.-At the
opening Of the Court of General Sessions
here County Judge Carman created some
thing Of sensation by refusing applica-
tons made by several foreigners for nat.
uralization papers.
Many of these people" said the Judge.
come here and ask for naturalization
papers, though they never intend 10 be.
come citizens Of Canada They simply use
the certificates If citizenship for CONNER
cial purposes and an aid to get IN and
out OF the United States
"A man To whom We granted naturallza-
ton papers some time ago came To the
clerk and asked for another certificate, he
cause the one We gave him was worn out.
No doubt he had loaned it 20 other foreign
ers for use in travelling between Canada
and the United States at 90 many dollars
head. Tho clerk was not even sure II was
the same man to whom the certificate had
originally been granted"