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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12
CHAPTER xI-Continued.

as she talking still? or again?" he
asked, just before the door closed.
There was seconds indecision with
the knob, then, judging discretion the
better part, Mrs. Klopton went away.
Now, them" Mcknight said, set
ting himself in a chair beside the
bed, spit it out. Not the wreck--I
know all want about that But the
theft. l can tell you beforehand that
1t was a woman"
l had crawled painfully out of bed,
and was in the act of pouring the egg
nog down the pipe of the washstand.
paused. with the glass in the air.
"A woman!" I repeated, startled.
What makes you think that?"
"You don't know the first principles
OF good detective yarn" he said
scornfully. "Of course, 1t was the
woman in the empty house next door.
You said it was brass pipes, you will
remember. Well-on with the dance;
let Joy he unconfned"
Sol told the story; 1 had told it SO
many times that day that did it au-
tomatically. And l told about the girl
with the bronze hair, and my suspic-
ions. But / did not mention Alison
West Mcknight listened to the end
without interruption. When had
finished he drew long breath.
We'll" he said. THAT'S something
Of a mess, isn't it? If you can only
al; H.
sition, they couldn't hold you for the
murder-which is a regular ten-twent-
thirt crime, anyhow. But the notes
that's different. They are not burned,
anyhow Your man wasn't on the
train therefore, he wasn't in the
wreck. If he didn't know what he was
taking. as you seem to think, he prob
ably reads the papers, and unless he
is fathead, he's awake by this time
TO what he's got He'll try to sell
them to Bronson, probably"
COR to us" put in.
We said nothing for few minutes.
Mcknight smoked a cigarette and
stared at photograph of Candida
over the mantel Candida is the best
pony for a heavy mount in seven
states.
Il didn't go to Richmond" he OBJ
served finally. The remark followed
my own thoughts so closely that /
started. Miss West is not home yet
from Seal Harbor"
Receiving no response, he lapsed
again into thoughtful silence. Mrs.
Klopton came in just as the clock
struck one, and made preparation for
the night by putting large gaudy
comfortable into an arm chair in the
dressing room, with a smaller, stiff
backed chair for her feet. She was
wonderfully attired in dressing gown
that was reminiscent, in parts, of all
the ones she had given me for a half
dozen Christmases, and she had a pur
pie veil wrapped around her head, to
hide heaven knows what deficiency.
She examined the empty egg-nog
glass, inquired what the evening paper
had said about the weather, and then
stalked into the dressing room, and
preparmed, with much destinations
creaking, to sit up all night
We fell silent again, while Nc
Knight traced rough outline of the
berths on the white tablecover, and
puzzled it out slowly. 1t was some
thing like this:
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12
The BIo Show.

The personally conducted tourists
were viewing the Egyptian pyramids.
Goodness graciousl" calculated
Mrs Newrocks, "it must have cost a
pile of money to build them"
"Surest thing you know" said Mr..
Newrocks; "but don't imagine for q
moment that any one tourist agency
stood for all the expense-it was
probably a jackpot AFFAIR.""
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12
DIscourauinu.

George" said her husbands wife,
II don't believe you have smoked one
Of those cigars 1 gave you on your
birthday"
That's right, my DEAR" replied his
wife's husband. I'm going to keep
them until our Willie wants to learn
to smoke"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The River Jordan is to be utilized
for irrigation and the development of
electric power. 1t is hoped, however,
that there will be enough water left
IN It to keep the Dead Sea from be
coming mere hole In the ground
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

A statesman of Indiana proposes to
discipline young girls for giggling.
why not abolish the tribe of young
girls altogether? That would be the
effective method of accomplishing the
first purpose.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

Bandits who beld up a train Ii
which a number of millionaires were
travelling in New Mexico got $11.20
The porter had probably beaten them
to 1t.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

Chicago is to have theater which
will make a special appeal to the
women. The management will doubt
less devise some means of keeping
people from going out between the
acts.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

A Des Moines man who tried to
commit suicide with razor was saved
by his double chin. This, however,
won't make the double chin popular
with those who have one.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The woman who keeps a pet boa
constructor II feet long cannot justly
blame her husband if he puts himself
in a condition for seeing large num-
her of other varieties of snakes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The name of the new King of Siam
is Chow ia Maha Vaajravauch. Carry
ing that name around should have
given him the practice he needs to be
a strong king.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

One of the physicians claims that
drunkenness can be cured by surg1,
cal operation Perhaps it is one OF
those operations which make work
for the undertaken.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

Some inventor would do the world
a great service and he might at the
same time become very rich by in.
venting some way to conserve tho
energy of those tropical storms.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The people of Portugal are inclined
TO think they would like government
modelled after that of the United
States. Evidently they don't believe
all that has recently been said about
this government.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

It is not absolutely necessary to GO
to Europe to have ones mind broad
ened by travel On Chicago's streets
many vagaries of fashion can be seen
walking UP and down.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12
1 Knew That Bit Of Chain.

her at night, somebody
called up about noon, Mr.. Lawrence
It was long distance, and he said he
would call again. The name was
she yawned-"S Sullivan
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

Mems thoughts run to flying in this
particular period of time, and yet the
man-birds have almost a whole cen
fury to work in.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

1t seems appropriate that the high
flyers should demand high prices for
engaging in their special line of ac-
tivity.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

A Chicago woman is suing her hus
bands affinity for $4,000 damages
Some people are always trying t.
make it unpleasant for affinities.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The number of deer killed this year
Is said to be smaller than usual. The
number of hunters shot by mistake
comes nearer the average.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

Another lesson learned from the
aviation field. If you start out after
o high-flying record don't leave your
Paragraph at home.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The Treasury Department mas de-
cided to print more dollar bills. II
appears to be the unanimous opinion
that they are needed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The woman who shot a burglar with
her eyes closed is inclined to be.
heve that her closed orbs saved
her life.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

1t is pretty difficult to get people
who have no boys of their own to take
a very decided stand against foot
ball
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The hobbies that women wear are
merely an exaggeration of the pegtops
that the men more few years ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

Save your bacon, exclaims the Chi
cago Tribune. That's up to the 9th
er fellow; most of us haven't any ba.
con to save.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The Dominion wilderness is very
roomy and balloonists will hereafter
avoid it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The hobble skirt is making 1t neces-
sary for good many women to Fletch'
erlze when they walk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

Uncle Sam is getting out 100000
new dollar bills, but you'll have to
earn 'em if you want EN-.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The airship hanger is trying to
drive the auto garage out of busi-
ness.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

A few shivery shakes are quite
sxcusable these mornings.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

No aviator has as yet been fined
for exceeding the altitude limit
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

The more we read of ballooning the
better we like walking.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

Sleeping between blankets has been
popular in this winter resort climate
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12

Jack Frost found the corn in the
bin.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12
Letter to
DR.. Kilmer q Co.
Binxhawton. N. Y.

Prove What Swamp Root WIN 30 For You
Send to DR.. Kilmer 4 Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. 1t Wll
convince anyone. You will also receive
Q booklet Of valuable information, telling
ell about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty
cents and one-dollar.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-12
SAMPLE BOTTLE OFTEN
PROVES BENEFICIAL

I derived so much benefit from the use
Of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root that be-
lieve it will be most important for the
public to know of It's worth.
Last November I was suffering severely
with kidney and bladder trouble. / had to
urinate every few minutes day and night.
The burning pain was terrible. sent
70 you for one trial bottle of Swamp Root
and it relieved me in about two hours.
After taking the small trial bottle could
urinate az freely as ever could and felt
no more pain, so purchased one ffty-cent
bottle 1T DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root. After
taking the contents have not felt one pain
FROM the kidneys or bladder since.
You are at liberty to publish this testt'
uonial should you wish to.
Yours very respectfully,
w. H. WARREN.
Gainesborough, Tenn.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
W. F. Dodson, enacted Justice of the
Peace of jackson Co, Tenn, this 14th-
day of July, 1909.
The new era., 1911-04-06
WESTERN

A bill making the sale of cigarettes
In Utah misdemeanor was disap-
proved by Governor Spry.
Robbers blew open the safe OF the
Bank of Prue in the southern part OF
Usage county. Oklahoma, securing
$1,000.
Many eastern states have been Wis
tied recently by destructive wind
storms, accompanied by snow and
sleet.
Bert Ness, a rich farmer, was found
frozen in field near his home at Bed
fields, S. D.. He evidently had become
lost in storm.
After swallowing poison and cutting
his throat, Wesley Churchill, aged
forty, leaped from the top OF the
eleven-story Story building in Los
Angeles.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
has forwarded check for $40 to the
general Chinese relief fund. The
check brings the total Denver contri-
buttons toward helping the starving
Chinese forwarded through the Cham
ber of Commerce up to 1886.
Ammunition is being loaded aboard
the scout cruiser Salem, the gunboat
Tacoma and the three transports in
port, at Galveston. Every prepara-
ton is being made for war even
though the mobilization of troops and
war vessels results in nothing more
than war play.
A high wind, rain, snow, sleet and
dust swept over Kansas and western
Missouri In many Kansas towns the
wind tore down wooden supports and
canvas awnings. Telephone and tele-
graph poles were blown down, inter
rupting service and delaying trains.
In northwest Kansas snow fell.
The reports from a new oil field
twenty miles north OF Denver where
the Coal Creek Oil & Gas Company
is operating show that the first well.
which is down about 1000 feet, is max
ing considerable gas. The odor of oil
can also be distinguished and as the
baler is brought to the surface and
dumped, the gas bubbles breaking
shoot out stringers of oil.
The new era., 1911-04-06
COLORADO STATE NEWS

| The Santa Fe railroad is surveying
for circle road for hauling freight
around Pueblo. instead of through the
business section.
The increase in the number OF
names in the Denver city directory
this year over last will be $3.50. ac-
cording to the publishers.
The young ladies of Black Hawk
raised the sum of $125 for the pur-
chase of a flag to be presented to the
Black Hawk fire department.
For the purpose of organizing
wool growers association. Walter Du-
pree. a sheepman of Fountain. will
make a tour of the Arkansas valley.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has been placed under the jurisdiction
Of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion by an order from Washington,
issued March Goth.
Michael Henry Murphy. the slayer
of Anatolia Wunderle, his former
sweetheart at Denver, was taken to
Canon City to serve life impris-
onment at hard labor.
Three skeletons, said to be the re-
mains of immigrants bound for Cali
fornia in 1871, were unearthed on the
Sand Kuhl ranch by Benjamin Crane
and brought to Pueblo.
The following Colorado applicants
have been appointed railway mail
clerks; Edwin C. Lighter, Fort Col
lins; Albert Bellows, Canon City;
Members Of the Indiana Club Of
Colorado and ex-residents of the Hoos-
ier state will hold their annual dinner
at the Savoy hotel in Denver, Satur-
day night. April 1st, at 6:30 o'clock.
In the condemnation suit of the
Loveland Ditch Company against the
Grover Land & Irrigation Company
for right of way for a ditch across the
land OF the defendant, judgment was
rendered in favor of defendant.
The committee on mines and min
ing Of the Denver Chamber of Com
merce is considering the establish
ment in Denver of a bureau where
can be kept on file full and reliable
particulars VI Soioiduo LuiuiuS prop
critics, from prospects to producing
mines, offered on lease and bond or
straight sale. t1
1t looks as if Colorado will have
another big fruit crop this year. Mar
tha A. Shute, secretary of the state
board of, horticulture, has already
through district inspectors, reports
from number of the big fruit pro-
ducing counties of the state and the
opinion is almost unanimous that the
prospects for large crop were never
better.
The new era., 1911-04-06
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

From Paris comes news that tlying
Blanc purchased some years ago for
100000. is dead. e59 e rs e-
The club house and outbuildings of
the Hyde Park Country Club, promi-
nent golf organization of Cincinnati,
burned. Loss $4,000.
Safe-blowers set off five charges
of dynamite in the Bank of Curryville,
No., wrecked the building and safe,
and escaped with $4,000. ,a.
State Senator John Broderick was
found not guilty by jury in the San
canon county, Illinois, Circuit Court,
on charge Of bribery. The jury was
out twenty minutes.
The sudden collapse of the Hon
duras National railroad with its
promise of dividends of 100 per cent
year has left scores of small invest.
ors, chiefly Methodist ministers and
churchmen in America, minus an even
s1,oOo,ooO.
The American public held more
than 100000, 100000 telephone con-
versations over the Bell systems
wires last year, says the annual re-
port of the directors of the system.
The average cost of each conversa-
ton was a little more than two cents
business circles when it was rumored
that giant merger of steel, iron ore
and shipping companies will be per-
fected at Duluth, to compete with the
United States Steel Corporation, with
Duluth men and others at the head,
including Thomas F. Cole.
Louis ]. Duveen and Joseph Duveen,
members of the art importing firm OF
Duveen brothers. of New York, plead
ed guilty to charges of conspiracy to
defraud the federal government by
making differentiation of imports of
art objects. They were fined $4,000
each.
What will go down in history as the
fire disaster Of Washington Square"
New York, entered upon its after
math with eighty-two of nearly $50
victims identified. The official death
list has been lessened. rather than in
creased. A revised count shows 14l
dead, with twelve women and girls at
deaths door in the hospitals.
Two men were killed and twenty
persons were injured by cyclone
which swept through Alabama. At
Jones' Mill, Stephen Byrd and Alex
ander McCroy, farmers, were killed
and fifteen persons hurt.
The new era., 1911-04-06
New Postal Savings Banks.

Washington. = Postmaster General
Hitchcock has designated forty-five
additional postoffices as postal savings
repositories in as many states and
territories, mostly industrial centers,
where there are many wage earners.
1t is Mr. Hitchcock's intention to
confine the offices as nearly as posi-
BILE to industrial centers really need
ing such banking facilities, particu-
larly giving consideration to geo
graphical location, postal receipts
foreign money order business and gen
eral efficiency of postmasters. Among
the new offices designated are Bisbee,
Ariz.; Santa Cruz. Calf; Canon City
Colo; Manhattan. Kan: Kalispell
Mont; Tonopah, New; Silver City.
N. M; DEVILS Lake, N. D.; Astoria.
Ore; Temple. Tex; Bingham Canon,
Utah; Hoquiam. Wash, and Rock
Springs, Wyo.
The new era., 1911-04-06

Magazines and other bulky periodi-
Gals, after July 1st next, will be trans
ported by the Postoffice Department
in carloads as fast freight.
The national forest reservation COM
mission is ready to begin purchasing
land for national forests in the Ap-
palachian and White mountains.
With the departure for Mexico
City of Francisco Leon De La Barra,
Mexican ambassador. who was ap,
pointed minister of foreign affairs in
the new cabinet of President Diaz.
official Washington believes the ini-
tial stage of an era of peace in Mex.
leo has been inaugurated. President
Taft and Secretary Knox, as well as
the members of the diplomatic corps.
it is known, share this belief.
Before deciding upon location for
the headquarters of the proposed new
railway mail service division, which is
to be composed of the states of Ne
braska, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.
the postmaster general will hear rep
resentatives of the cities competing
for the place, Denver. Omaha, Chey-
enne and Salt Lake. The interests Of
the postal service will be given consid
Grafton over the ambitions of the sew
eral cities.
The Mexican situation has cleared
considerably at Washington. The at
titude Of the United States government
has been made plain and there need
no longer be any doubt, it was said by
administration officials, regarding the
Presidents policy. Mr.. Taft has an
nounced he will do everything possible
to maintain friendly relations between
this country and Mexico. Any rupture
must come as the result of some over.
act on Mexican soil.
Sunday work in postoffices through
out the country is to be discontinued
so far as consistent with rapid trans
mission of the mail. 1t is not proposed
to close important postoffices entirely.
Certain work to prevent congestion
and delay must be done.
Secretary MacVeagh has approved
an order which will place a woman
in charge of all the mints and assay
offices in the United States, for short
intervals at various times within the
year. She is Miss Margaret V. Kelly
of the Mint Bureau.
The new era., 1911-04-06
Minor Mention.

Minor Mention.
Nate R. Car, a pioneer Of Aspen, is
dead.
Jacob Buck of Denver, a pioneer
is dead.
kersey will soon have an up-to-date
ice plant.
John Washer. pioneer of Ault. is
dead. aged IS years.
A branch of the Boy Scouts has
been organized at Fort Collins.
Hon. l.. H. Dickson was found dead
in bed at his home in Longmont.
Lee Lockwell, resident of George
town for thirty-five years. is dead.
The Colorado Postmaster's conven'
tion will be held in Denver May 18th.
One day was recently devoted to
cleaning up the city of Grand juno
ton. .-
A large number of conyicts have
been put to work on the road north OF
Pueblo.
So far as known Ault has the only
boys band in the county. 1t was OF
ganized recently.
An examination of fruit buds in the
Palisade country shows the crop has
not been damaged.
H. X. Mcclure was found dead in
his cabin in South Cripple Creek by
neighbors, recently.
A two-hour service from Fort Col
Inns to Denver has been promised
over the Union Pacific.
David Fander is dead in Cripple
Creek from injuries received in j
mine explosion recently.
1t Is not generally known that there
is an artesian well being drilled with
in four miles OF Salida.
The Rocky Mountain Limited on
the Rock Island will be resumed out
of Pueblo April End.
Sales OF about $125,000 worth of
Colorado land in the Greeley district
have been made recently.
Havoc has been wrought by the ap-
pearance of harem skirt in the win
dow of store in Greeley.
Archie Marston of Cedar Ridge has
been appointed assistant inspector in
the bureau of animal industry.
The War Department will permit
three Colorado National Guard Off
GERS to attend the war maneuvers in
Texas.
The postoffice department has is
sued an order establishing an addi-
tional postoffice station at Colorado
Springs.
Farmers of the Keota country are
planning to hold a fair next fall and
will pay especial attention to certain
plots on which they expect to raise
prize vegetables and grain.
The new era., 1911-04-06

Weld Reservoir Company against
State Engineer C. w. Comstock and
users )of water from the Platte river
in eastern Colorado, should prove il
Eliminating in water rights contro-
statewide interest.
Judge Gamble issued an injunction
against the state engineer and his
subordinates, restraining them from
continuing to enforce between Octo-
ber 1st and April lst an order issued
last May to close down the headgate
of a reservoir at Fort Collins, owned
by the Laramie & Weld, Reservoir
Company, which limpounds its water
from tributarysof the Platte river.
The state engineer Justified his ac-
ton in closing the reservoir head
gate by the law of 1901. which pro-
vides that the owners of reservoirs
shall not impound any water what
ever when the water Is required for
immediate use for direct irrigation
in bitches or in reservoirs holding
senior rights. a eA
The farmers in eastern Colorado
justified their use of the water by the
contention that water was needed for
immediate use for winter wheat and
alfalfa, and, being direct irrigators
through bitches, they asserted a right
TO the use of the water superior TO
the rights of the reservoir owner.
The act of 1901, according to New
York, London and Paris lawyers, is
unconstitutional; but Judge Candles
decision did not annul the statute, ex-
cept in SO far as he defined season
for the storage of water in reservoirs,
which constitutes the first precedent
on record. This season commences in
October and continues until April.
The remainder of the year Is the ir-
rigation season and the water, under
present law, cannot be stored as
against the rights Of those who have
immediate use for it in bitches.
The Carpenter bill in the Senate.
which has been prolific of spirited
debate for the last ten days, aimed to
repeal the law of 1901 concerning the
impounding of water in reservoirs.
Senator Parrish presented an amend
ment to the Carpenter bill which
gives to the owners of reservoirs,
holding rights acquired prior to other
water rights, full authority to fill the
reservoirs at any time of the year so
long as senior rights are not in
fringed. This amendment was
adopted by the Senate.