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The evening world., 1911-10-18
FOUGHT FATAL
DUEL CAFE;
DINERS PANIC
One Man Fell Dying From
-Four Bullet Wounds as
Guests Fled.
n MAN ESCAPED.
Owed Down Dumbwaiter
Shaft-Woman Held as
Witness.
OTHER MAN ESCAPED.

Shot four times by an assaiiant who
stood across the aisle In the Colonia.
restaurant. No. So Seventh avenue, and
then escaped by diving down the dumb.
waiter shaft. Charles Rossi. tweny-.
four years old. OF No. 81 East -Four
tsenth street. known also in the Ten.
derloin - Charles Young. IL though,
TO be dyins In New York Hospital.
Three n(n and . woman we're ar.
rested 90 Witnesses. The woman Is
Alice Ellsnhorn. who gives her address
as No. La West Forty-hrst street. She
wal sittins at the table with the man
who escaped. The three men witnesses
are: Jacob Alexander. twenty-four. who
says he 10 . courtroom man living at
No. ] West One Hundred and E,lgh-
teenth street: James Pellagrino. twenty
four. . barber. Of No. IL Avenue A.
and william Duffy. twenty-eight. a
clerk who lives at the Mills Hotel No. ..
Alexander was discharged in court and
the others were held in 1000 bail each.
The AFFAIR 10 tho second OF the kind
that has occurred In the Colonial res
taurant within . week. 1t 10 the place
into which Eugene johnson. manager
OF . line Of taxicAbs. was pursued on
Oct. ~ by seven men who wanted his
money. A free for all shooting ARRAY
followed.
The usual midnight throng wa IN
the restaurant last night. Al . table
half way down the room sat tho fugi-
tive. with q man companion. The wom-
In came in. addressed the fugitive as
SAM" and asked him II he had seen
"Charies Young" The man replied tina,
he had not.
The woman sat At the table with the
two men and was talking with them
when Rossl entered.
BEGAN SHOOTING As SOON As
MAN ARRIVED.
without - wordptSa, man addressed as
gam Jumped up. Ual,sd q revolver
and began TO shoot At the newcomer.
Rossi drew his own weapon and re-
turned the rre. but the bullet went wild.
His assailant continued to fire until he
had emptied his pistol: then, with his
companion. ran to the rear OF the res
tsurant. jumped into the dumbwa!ter
shaft and slid down to the kitchen. both,
according to the cook. who did not in
terfere. making their way over the
fences into F'o%rty-irst street.
When Rossf was picked up he was
found to have one bullet wound in the
right thigh. q second IN the right wrist,
= third in the right lung and q fourth
In the left side Of the abdomen. DR..
Baker. who came with the ambulance
from New York Hospital. rays that his
chances for recovery are slight. Tech
nically he 10 . prisoner.
When Rossi WAS asked who shot him
The evening world., 1911-10-18

CoNsTANTINoPLE by Post to the
Frontier. DOT. III; IL believed here
that tho Turkish fleet has gone to
uinnn.d. al the eastern extremity OF
the Sea OF Marmors for gun practice.
The evening world., 1911-10-18

World Real Estate Ads. Show the Bargains
That's Why They Are So Much Used. s,
Well Read and So Generally Answered
The evening world., 1911-10-18
FIND BOY AND STOLEN WATCH
Eleven-Year-Oid FuGitive In shack
with Gang ~ East New York.

With Cans ~ East New York.
When the detectives who had been
looking for eleven-yesr-old John Moran
Jr. since he disappeared from his home,
NO. I'll Ridsewood avenue. East New
York. Monday, found him to-day In a
shack al Hemlock and Etna streets
they learned what had become OF the
gold watch which the boys blind father
missed.
With young Moran was Harry Boyce,
seventeen. OF No. 1872 Hale avenue. In
Boyce's possession Detectives Burke
and McKeon found a pawnicket for
the watch. The Moran boy told tho
detectives he had crept into his fathers
room Monday night n stolen the
watch.
The evening world., 1911-10-18
NOBEL PRIZE FOR EDISON.
Award for Physics Reported Sc
Apart for IwventOv.

STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Oct. Is.-It is
stated that the Nobel Prize for Physics
will be awarded this yes ~probsbly to
Thomas A. Edison. American electrician
and inventor.
The evening world., 1911-10-18
A Sign.
from the Washington Star.

IRON the Washington Star.l
Women will one day be recognized a.
greater artists and musicians. than
men," said Mrs. Barring Banners.
II shouldn't be surprised" replied her
husband. Even now it comes more
natural to them TO wear their hair
long."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-12

| familiar all the time, but couldn't for
the life of me connect up. You're
Christie Maclaire."
Am II" her eyes filed with curl
osity-
"Of course you are. You needn't
be afraid of me if you want it kept
secret, but know you just the same.
Saw you at the 'Gaiety' in Indepen-
dence, maybe two months ago. | went
three times, mostly on your account.
You've got a great act. and you can
sing too"
She stood in silence, still looking
fixedly at him, her bosom rising and
falling, her lips parted as if to speak.
Apparently she did not know what to
do, how to act, and was thinking
swiftly.
"Mr. Keith" she said, at last in de-
cision, Il am going to ask you to blot
that all QUITO forget that you even
suspect me of being Christie Maclaire,
of the Gaiety."
why, certainly; but would you ex-
plain?"
| is lllLlS SuOuSu W SApldIu IL
is sufficient that l am here alone with
you. Whether l wish to or not, | am
compelled to trust myself to your pro-
| lection. You may call me Christie
Maclaire, or anything else you please;
you may even think me unworthy re-
/ spect, but you possess the face of
gentleman, and as such | am going to
| trust you-I must trust you. Will you
accept my confidence on these
terms?"
Keith did not smile, nor move.
Weak from hunger and fatigue. he
leaned YEARLY against the wall.
| Nevertheless that simple, womanly ap'
peal awoke all that was strong and
sacrificing within him. although her
words were so unexpected that, for
the moment lie failed to realize their
full purport. Finally he Strengthened
up.
II accept any terms you desire,
he gasped weakly, tiff you will
only give one return"
| "One returu?-what?"
Food; we have eaten nothing for
sixty hours"
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of column, next to reading matter, in
your invaluable Trumpet Blast of
Freedom?"
tried to see it, but somehow my
minds vision seemed all blurred, and
1 told the pigs milt expert so.
What" he exclaimed. Don't see
how important it will be to tailors and
clothiers to keep this quiet? Don't
see how, if this should get out and
abroad, the winter overcoat and the
winter suit market would Just go bang
to smash, and ruin stare the tailors
and the clothiers in the face? Why!
Days alive, man! They'll pay to keep
this dark Go to 'em with it. Say
to 'em, Here! Column ad., six
months, full rate, or see this go in
the paper! Come across!' Will they
come? Say! I wish l had time to
handle this for you myself, but
haven't. I've got to get right back
home. But don't laugh at me when
I tell you that l will turn the whole
cinch over to you for the ridiculous
figure of two dollars. for I"
Just then the Office door opened
and in came Shippers, the tailor, and
Joback, the clothing store man.
''Put it in the Trumpet Blast locals
this week." said Joback, coming
straight to business, that Shippers
and Joback has fined stores and il
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CHAPTER TX.
The Girl of the Cabin.

TIC OIil VI AtiS SON''''
He saw Neb drop down before the
blazing fireplace, and curl up like
tired dog, and observed her take the
lamp, open the door into the other
room trif1e, and slip silently out oL
sight. He remembered staring vaguely
about the little room, still 1llumlneo
by the flames, only half comprehendlng,
and then the reaction from his des-
perate struggle with the elements
overcame all resolution. and he drop
ped his head forward on the table, and
lost consciousness. Her hand upon
his shoulder aroused him, startled IN
to wakefulness, yet he scarcely real
lied the situation.
81 have placed food for the negro
beside him." she said quietly, and for
the first time Keith detected the soft
blur in her speech.
you are from the SOUTH" he ex-
| claimed, as though it was discovery
"Yes-apd your"
my boyhood began in Virginia
the negro was an old-time slave in
| our family"
| She glanced across at the black
now sitting up and eating voraciousIy.
81 thought he had once been a
slave; one can easily tell that, | did
not ask him to sit here because, II
you do not object, we will eat here
| together. have also been almost
as long without food. 1t was SO lone
| ly here, and-and l hardly understood
my situation-and l simply could not
force myself to eat"
He distinguished her words clearly
enough, although she spoke low, as II
she preferred what was said between
them should not reach the ears of the
negro, yet somehow, for the moment
they made no adequate impression on
him. Like a famished wolf he began
on the coarse fare, and for ten min
utes hardly lifted his head. Then his
eyes CHANGED to meet hers across the
narrow table, and instantly the gen
| tleman reawoke to life.
(TO PIE CONTINUED
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Establishing a Reputation

IF | knew how to go about it, |
would have every dog in my store
tried before a judge and jury for as
sault and battery" said the animal
dealer. UNLESS he was convicted and
executed / could get about three
prices for him.
Every time a dog is hailed to court
on the charge of having bitten some
body | attend the trial and take part
In the reception the beast holds after
his acquittal. A dog that has enough
class about him to precipitate a law
suit couldn't be bought for love OF
money, but If his master wished to
sell him he could do so dozen times
over before leaving the courtroom.
Even If it has been proved that
the dog does show his teeth once in
while there are people willing to
take chances just for the sake of own.
ing a dog that has so much charac.
ter. Selling dogs being in my line, |
have studied up good many ways to
advertise, but trial by jury is the best
way so far discovered"
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Early School Books.

The horn book invented In 1850 and
used considerably up to the close OF
the eighteenth century was the usual
textbook of the elementary school A
thin slab of hard wood was covered
with parchment, on which was printed
the capital and small letters, numerals
and some elementary syllables and
words.
Over this thin sheet OF transpar
ent cows horn was placed and firmly
bound so that no moisture could pene
trate. To this the Bible and the sam
pier on which little girls painfully
stitched the letters of the alphabet
some Cody saying" and border Of
herring stitch, or some conventional
pattern of impossible flowers and foil
age and the legend Mary Smith. hel
sampler" or the like, were about al
that the children used up to the be
ginning of the eighteenth century.
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Day Was Warm, but Fashion Mentors
Trousers Hadn't Been Pressed
for Two Days.
sixty hours,

Delos Odd is a clerk in the office
of a broker. Now, Delos has been
pronounced by certain authority as
the mans fashion mentor of the town.
Some time ago the broker had a rush
order to I'LL in the sale of some
bonds The wasting Of few min
utes might mean that the sale would
fall through and that the broker
lose a fat comr- ission.
"Delos. run to the bank and get
those bonds Be quick" The boss Or
dered.
The bank was less than half
block away. The weather was quite
warm. With deliberation Delos slipped
on his coat and ther his overcoat and
Went out. In a few minutes he re-
turned with the bonds The sale was
made and the customer left
Now, will you kindly tell me, Mr..
Odd" the broker asked, after a pre-
liminary sputter o. two, Just why
you stopped to put on your overcoat
to so such a short distance, and espe-
cially when the weather is so warm %
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A GREAT SCHEME
NIPPED IN THE BUD
The GeeviIle Trumpet Blast of
Freedom Stands Pat.
Ry-Product of Pork Fails Utterly
as a Weather Prog
nosticator,
BY ED MOTT.

Cold weather had cone on quite
early that fall, and | was writing q
hurry call for stove wood on subscrip-
ton to the Trumpet Blast of Freedom,
to go in the paper that week, when
one of the latest men I ever saw
came into the office. He was in his
shirt sleeves, and wore broad
brimmed straw hat Without noticing
my surprise, and before I had time
to recover from it, he came up close,
and in a mysterious undertone said:
Am correct in assuming that you
are the editor?"
told him he was.
And publisher"
YES" l said. "And publisher"
Business manager went along with
1t, l assured him. He then said:
Then we can come to business. l
see by scanning the columns of your
estimable paper that you are not run
ming any clothing store advertise
ments. The local tailor shops seem
TO ignore you. The patronage of the
show up bit in your paper, which
l see you furnish at the ridiculously
low price of one dollar a year, in ad-
vance; one fifty if paid at the end Of
the year. Worth three times the
money. say see the, shops that
make clothing their business don't
seem to have discovered you"
There was only one tailor and one
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goose bone and tho woodchuck bur
row and the corn husk covering and
the muskrat nest and all the rest of
the old weather prophesying stand
bys would find their occupations gone.
Infallible? Why, say! Tor forty
years, whenever XIII my pigs in the
fall, have read the sign of the milf
the very first thing, and then | know
a thing or two. That's what I've done
this fall. When l killed my pigs the
other day l directed my attention as
usual to a spot under the diaphragm
of the most prognostic-looking pig l
had, and removed the viscus from the
left hypocondrium. Now, in going
for the pigs milt in its unfailing ca
pacity of weather prophet, let me tell
you in passing, just notice If the big
end of it, the small end of it, or the
middle of it is bigger than by nor
NAL condition it ought to be. One or
t'other of 'em is bound to be so.
eff it's the big end, get things ready
for the coming in Of an early winter,
and a winter that'n make things
crack. If it's the middle part that is
exaggerated, you needn't count on
| having any fun skating or sleigh
riding with your girl not before the
flag end of January.
That's the way the pigs milt casts
the meteorological horoscope. l have
looked it over for this year, and l
want to tell you that the small end
of the milt has a nub on 1t bigger
than a prize rutabaga. So you can
keep right on wearing your last sum-
mer's clothes until almost time for
johnny jump-ups to push their noses
up, and then you can tide over the
weather that may drop down for
spell about then by taking the old
ulster from the peg, for it'll be too
late to buy any new winter clothes.
Too late. No use at all.
Eyes, yes. Put your trust in the
viscus situated in the left hypocon-
| drum, under the diaphragm, and-do
you follow me? See the cinch? In
your minds eye do you see the tailors
and the clothiers on the run for head
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-12

In South Africa is to be found the
champion snake killer of the bird fam
bird.
The name seems an odd one, but
the bird received its name from
crest or tuft of plumage rising from
the back Of its head, which reminds
one Of secretary or bookkeeper with
a bunch of auills stuck behind his
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-12

| ready-made clothing store in Geeville,
and it was true that neither Of them
! had taken advantage of the Trumpet
Blasts columns to boom their trade,
in which particular, however, they
were in no way unique among the
| tradesmen of Geeville.
NO" said 1, smiling at the protest
against this delinquency of the cloth
ing men that seemed to lie in the
mysterious strangers manner, they
haven't come in yet"
We'll" said he, with no little posi-
| tiveness, well bring 'em in! Just
| listen to me and act, and We'll have
the tailors and the clothing store men
tumbling over each other to get here
! first with their ads. I've got cinch
on 'em that is yours If you'll listen
and act. I've killed it and it's all
right"
This startled me some, anu looked
up quick. The man didn't look crazy,
but l thought he certainly must be.
Anyhow, I kept cool and said:
"Killed it? Killed what?"
"My pig" replied the man, glancing
around as if he was eager that by no
chance the matter should go any fur
Their. give killed my pig. It's all
right. It's got nub on the small end
bigger than a prize rutabaga."
was sure now that the man was
loony, but l thought it best to humor
him, and l said
your pig has a nub on the small
end bigger than prize rutabaga?'
mo, no!' exclaimed the man. mot
the pig! It's milt. The pigs milt-
but, there! Maybe I'm way ahead of
myself. Perhaps you are not aware
of the pigs milt?"
1 had to admit that 1 was aware
Of the pigs milt orly in general
anatomical way.
Don't know it as a weather
prophet" said the stranger.
mot the slightest as a weather
prophet" l replied.
All" said the man, showing salts
| faction. Few do know the pigs milt
as a weather prophet. There's where
this cinch of mine is. That's what's
going to make the tailors and the
clothiers come across to you If you'll
| listen to me and act Yes. Weather
propheting That's about all there
really is to the pigs milt have
known it intimately for forty years,
and that's all the use I've ever dis
/ - h TN4r
there is any other use the pigs milt
puts itself to, see the dictionary. Look
it up"
The man seemed so eager that
should know, and 7 wanted to keep
on the right side of him so much until
help of some kind might come in
that I turned to the dictionary and
the "milt." The principal duty OF
milf, according to the dictionary,
found to be this:
"Milt; viscus situated in the left
| hypocondrium, under the diaphragm
see melt"
But you needn't see melt" said
the man, nodding his head as / read
from the dictionary. eff you see melt
it will merely advise you to see milt.
Having seen milt, you will of course
serve no purpose by calling On il
again, and you have learned all there
is to learn in the dictionary about
milt. But long familiarity with it and
perennial observation of it have
taught me that pigs milt is a weather
prognosticator so infallible that, il
folks only knew it, the Kentucky
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Snake-Killing Birds

AS a rule it attacks smaller snakes
in preference TO the very powerful
ones, and in doing so uses every pre-
caution against contact with the pois.
onous fangs or strong cells. 1t does
not attack its prey suddenly. but, aft.
er walking round the spot occupied
by the reptile. suddenly spreads its
wings and gives the reptile sudden
but sharp blow OF the head with fits
very hard and sharp talons. This Is
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! frightened brown eyes, with long lash
es half hiding their depths, looking di-
rectly into his own; only now she had
slightly changed her posture, leaning
| toward him across the table. Like a
! flash he comprehended that this was
| reality-fesh and blood-and, with
! the swift instinct of a gentleman his
numbed, nerveless fingers jerked off
his hat. and he bowed bareheaded be-
| fore her.
Pardon me-" he said, finding his
voice with difficulty. Il fell over the
step, but-but l didn't expect to find
a woman here"
He heard her quick breathing, mark
ed slight change in the expression OF
the dark eyes, and caught the glitter
of the freight on a revolver in her
lowered hand.
What did you expect to f1nd?"
Il hardly knew" he explained lame
| ly; I'VE stumbled on this hut by acct
dent didn't know there was a
cabin in all this valley"
Then you are not here for any
purpose? to meet with any one?"
No; we were lost, and had gone
into camp up above, when we discoV-
cred your light"
Where do you come from?"
Keith hesitated just an instant, yet
falsehood was never easy for him, and
he saw no occasion for any deceit
now
Carson CITY,
What brought you here?"
I'VE started for the Bar x ranch
down below, on the Canadian; got
caught in a sand-storm, and then just
drifted. l do not know within twenty
miles of where we are"
She drew a deep breath Of uncon-
cealed relief.
Are you alone?"
THE negro and Ives; and you
haven't the slightest reason to be
afraid of us-we're square"
She looked at him searchingly. and
something in Keiths clean-cut face
seemed to bring reinsurance. conf
dence in the man.
II am not afraid" she answered,
coming toward him around the short
table. only it is so lonely here, and
you startled me, bursting in without
warning. But you 1Jok all right, and
am going to believe your story.
What is your name y"
"Keith-Jack Keith"
"A cowman?"
"A little of everything, l reckon" a
touch of returning bitterness in the
tone. "A piainsman, who has punched
cattle, but my last job was govern
ment scout"
You look as though you might be
more than that" she said slowly.
The man flushed, his lips pressing
tightly together.
We'll. IL may have been" he con
fessed unwillingly. Il started out al
. right, but somehow | reckon | jus'
went adrift It's a habit in this coun
| try"
Apparently those first words Of com
ment had left her lips unthinkingly. fol
: she made no attempt to reply; merel!
e stood there directly facing him, hel
, ! clear eyes gazing frankly into hi:
) own. He seemed to actually see he
! now for the first time, fairly-a sup
\ pie, slender figure, simply dressed
| with wonderfully expressive brown
, eyes, s perfect wealth OF dark hair,
: clear complexion with slight oliv'
: tinge to it, a strong, intelligent face
: not strictly beautiful, yet strangel,
| attractive, the forehead low and broad
/. the nose straight, the lips full and in
j clined to smile Suddenly . vague re
4 membrance brought recognition.
: why, l know you now"
4 Indeed" the single word a note o
g undisguished surprise.
!, Yes; l thought you looked oddl
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The Lily Eaters.

This beautiful spring weather"
said James Wilson, the secretary OF
agriculture, at a luncheon in Washing
ton, sends one, in thought at least
back to the farm"
Mr.. Wilson smiled.
81 heard of a farm the other day"
he said, ito which a certain congress
man sent a gift of rare lily bulbs from
the department. The farmers wife
acknowledged the gift thus:
Dear Sir-Thank you so much foI
the particularly fine onions, which
we're greatly enjoyed with last eve
nings steak"
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SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith, a Virginian. now a Dor
der plainsman, is riding along the Santa
Fe trail on the lookout for roaming war
parties of savages. He notices a camp
fire at a distance and then sees a team
attached to a wagon and at full gallop
pursued by men on ponies. When Keith
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
acred two men and departed. He searches
the victims finding papers and locket
with a wOmans portrait. He resolves TO
hunt down the murderers. Keith is ar
rested at Carson City, charged with the
lnurder his accuser being a ruffian named
Black Bart. He goes to jail fully realiz-
ing the peril Of swift border justice. A
companion in his cell is a negro, who
TENS him he is Neb and that he knew the
one of the murdered men was John
Stoley, the other Gen. Willis Waite, for
merry an officer in the Confederate army.
me plainsman and Neb escape from the
cen, and later the two fugitlVes become
lost in the sand desert.
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Up in Maine.

Hsskins was speeding merrily over
the Maine road when Hippleigh, his
guest. noticed that a smaller car was
following in their train.
THAT car has been trailing US all
morning" he said.
Yes" said Haskins. ct is my ex-
ira car. have it back there to catch
me when / come down when one OF
these Maine road eobble1 hurts
me up into the air. We save time
and many hard bump by having It
there "--Harper's WeeA-
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I'D gladly lend you ten dollars
Jones" said Narrowly, "but really In
busted. We've Just moved out into
the country and I've had to buy a ma
chine"
Really? Runabout or touring-car?
asked Jones.
Neither" said Narrowly. Nov
ing."-Harpers Weekly