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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14

ou,ck resolve--rd tell Williston II I
could reach him without creating a
scene, and between us We might con.
coct some scheme for hiding the
corpse So I went round to the rear
and got in by the door of the gun.
room. Once inside sent man for
Williston. When he came bolted the
inner door and told him just what
had happened and how. OF course he
was dreadfully cut UP to hear that
Dabney hadn't been dead after all,
but I really believe the old boy was
clad to know that I'd done for the
beggar.
".Let's go and have a look he sug-
gested.
80 we went out together, but when
we got to the clump Of rhododendroms
there was no sign Of body! lit
some matches and by their light we
cou)d see the impression in the dew.
laden grass where Dabney had fallen,
but that was all. Completely mysti
fed, we went back, Williston to join
his guests and make my excuses,
to rush back here and telephone to
YOU. Now what do you make Of it,"
Before replying Valentine, who had
listened impassively to the vivid mar.
ratiye carefully selected a perfecto
and lit it with provoking delibera.
ton. Then:
You're sure you killed him?" he
drawled.
why of course I'm sure. Didn't
tell YOU | broke his neck! When
hit l hit hard"
Valentine nodded as though COM
pletely satisfied on that point. Then
again:
you knew Yancey Daubeny quite
we'll SUPPOSE
Never set eyes on him, as it hap.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14

Cake will not stick to their tins If
placed on damp cloth when removed
from the oven.
In making crusts of any kind, do not
melt the lard in the -four. Melting will
injure the crust
When making fruit pies, damp the
edge with milk instead of water. II
holds better. and the juice is not liable
to boil over
Before preparing vegetables or fruits
that stain the fingers, very good plan
Is to previously rub the thumb and
fore-finger with little grease, which
will prevent the stains that are so
unsightly and difficult to remove.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14

pened, for good and sufficient reasons
which you can appreciate"
Valentine nodded again. still puff
fing serenely. Then third question,
indicating the little package on the
table:
Those letters are the real thing,
suppose"
We'll, l haven't read them, Of
course, but Id swear to the hand.
writing as being genuine"
Another and a final nod as Valen-
tine rose:
You'll put me up for the night?-
thanks. Now, Steve, I'm going to
bed, and you'd better DO likewise. On,
just tell your man to have the car
round at six O'clock
Dawlish was both amazed and dis
gusted and showed it.
mot another word tonight" said
Valentine. 81 want to sleep on the
matter. Tomorrow there may be
some news for you--and for Miss
Williston."
And that was all he would say.
Steve knew from past experience that
further protest would be useless. Fin.
ney Valentine would not and could
not be hurried; he worked according
to his own methods and theories or
not at all. So he was shown to his
room, where he slept the sleep of the
Just until the streaks of dawn pene-
trated the curtains Of his room.
And although Dawlish was racked
and tortured with anxiety-remorse
for Whit he hal done was non-exist-
ent-after tossing feverishly until the
stable clock chin,ed two-confdence
in the great detective finally brought
mental calm to the supposed assassin,
and he slept long and late. When he
awoke in response to a thunderous
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14

appearance of the body in so short
time looked fishy to NE. Dead men
cont get up and walk away, you
know. Secondly, you had never met
Yancey Daubeny, and consequently
could not recognize Pill Dabney. sup
posing your blackmailing visitor had
been he.
Il sized it up that Dabney had real.
ly been drowned, or died later, in
company with his pal Toler. The lat
ter proved TO be the correct guess,
and that's how Skinny got the let
ters, and also learned that you and
Dabney had never met. So, while lay
ing low after the escape from Sing
Sing, he plotted to blackmail either
Miss Williston or her father by let,
ter, or yourself in person should q
favorable opportunity arise. That
chance was provided by the announce
ment of your marriage to the lady.
He and two Of his pals came down
mere several days ago to look over
the ground; they'd been putting up at
a cheap roadhouse on the Cold Spring
road After you hit Toler last night
and left him for dead his chums crept
over the grass, loaded him into light
wagon and drove away. ! found their
tracks this morning and traced them
to Sim Teeple's place.
81 guess that when they saw me
they sensed the game was up. All
that was necessary was confession
and to confront Toler with Miss Will
lston. That's all there is to tex,
cept, Steve, my boy, it strikes me
you're not much of success as 4
murderer-and I'm glad of it! What
time do you usually nave breakfast
here? I've been running abcE. these
beautiful roads Of yours since five
o'clock, first after Toler and then to
fetch Miss Williston and her father
and I'm hungry enough to tackle a
whale"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14

ner with quite party, and drove over
in the car by myself At the front
steps one of Willistons men took
the motor round to the garage. lit
a cigarette, being early-about seven
thirty-and stood on the gravel drive
admiring the night.
There's wide sweep of lawn and
ornamental shrubbery in front OF the
house, and while l stood there a big
sweater-clad figure wearing a cloth
cap came lurching toward me from
behind one Of the tree clumps. AS he
crossed the drive ! got good look
at him by the lights from the windows
at my back. He came right close and
said:
"'Guess you're the man I'm looking
form. Stephen Dawlish? There
was a nasty sheer in his voice which
| didn't like, but l kept my temper
and said:
That's my name What's yours,
and what's your business WIN me
nere?'
"The fellow laughed like a fiend
and almost pushed his face into mine.
Just two words to answer two
questions he growlcd, Bill Dabney!
Il was too astounded to speak for
the moment, for instantly | saw all
the devilish complications. AS though
he READ my thoughts he went On:
Guess you catch on, all right,
pard. If you don't believe me, here's
some of her letters written while
was waiting trial and he half drew
small packet from his pocket. There
they are, by the way, pointing to the
library table. Then he went on: You
come across here out of those lights
and I'll talk
He led the way back to the lawn
and behind clump of rhododendroms.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14

AS an avocation during leisure hours
From him the writer learned that vac
cination is crime; that doctor who
administers cslomei to a little child
deserves to be shot; that the germ orr
gin of disease is more than doubtful;
that the medical profession has been
grossly remiss in not adopting hyp-
notism into everyday practice, and
that medical ethics are an abomina.
ton on the face of the earth.
In exchange for all this information
the writer asked questfon-namely:
What should be said of medical man
who has never studied music-except
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14

by mail, perhaps-if he should volun-
teer the opinion that the music Of
Beethoven is devoid Of merit; that the
banjo is more musical than the violin,
that "ragtime" is superior to the mu-
sic of Edward Mcdowell, and that
music is not SO much Of an art after
all?
The trouble with lay critics is that
they mistake the complexity Of the
physicians problem for inability on
the part Of the physician himself.
Doubtless medical n en-. as class, are
about as intelligent and honest as any
other class Of experts. and it Is the
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
Chicken Ericassee.

Take one good sized chicken and cut
in pieces ready to serve. Wash and
wipe dry, roll in -four and fry in chick
en- fat or butter until a golden brown.
Have stew pan ready and as the
chicken is fried put it in the stew pan,
rinse the frying pan with enough boil
ing water to cover the chicken, then
add one onion minced very fine, tiny
piece of garlic, one cup of strained
tomatoes, dash Of cayenne and black
pepper and salt enough to suit taste.
Set on back of stove and let simmer
till done. stirring frequently so as not
to burn.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14

There's a slight resemblance, GER
tainly," said Grace Williston, speak
ing for both, "but we neither of us
ever saw him in our lives until half an
hour ago."
"A rank impostor!' exclaimed Mr..
Williston.
Are you quite satisfied, Mr. Daw-
lish?'' inquired Valentine suavely
with a grave twinkle in his eyes.
But Steve was yet too astounded to
speak. All he could do was to cross
the room to Grace's side and put his
arm across her shoulders.
Then l guess that'll be about all
we need of you, Toler," said Valentine,
pointing to the door. Remember
what told you-one word, one
squeak, out of that rat mouth Of
yours, and back you, go to the pen!
You know mel"
The iailbird skunk to the door, pull
ing on his greasy cap as he went. In
& few seconds his giant bulk-he had
been dubbed Skinny" by his pals in
pure derision-went past the window
and down the drive, to pass out OF
this story and out of the dilemma
which he had created for Stephen
Dawlish.
But what's the explanation?" in
sisted Steve almost as soon as the
door had closed on Toler. How did
YOU work it out?"
Finney Valentine was ever 10th to
disclose his methods either by thought
ar action, so the explanation which ne
could not in this case defer or deny
was Enthusiastically brief and
terse
"The case was simple enough-there
were two serious holes in your ver-
sion of last nights happenings. First,
Won had no actual proof that you had
killed your mantle subsequent dis
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
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following. When we were out of
sight and sound from the house he
turned and said:
Thought / was dead, didn't you!
Well, l wasn't, and what's more, l
amt! Now, I'm wise to what's going
on, Mister Stephen Dawlish. You're
welcome to my wife-I never cared
rap for her-'twas the old mans
money l wanted most-but you can't
have her unless l say so! See! |
guess you do! That being so, here's
my proposition: You hand me fifty
thousand before the wedding and I'll
go dead and stay dead this time! If
you don't-well you know whatll hap
pen!'
For a moment the cool audacity
of the proposal took my breath away.
Then, too, it flashed across me that |
could ecsily pay the money and no
one be the wiser. But also / saw just
as quickly what a hell of uncertainty
and constant fear I'd be letting myself
in for. Such an unprincipled devil
could no more keep faith than fly.
These thoughts took but a second or
two of time Then my gorge rose and
| sprung at him.
"'You dirty Matchmaking hound' |
shouted. My fist shot out with all my
weight of body and shoulder behind
it. / landed square on the point of
his jaw with squash-he was soft
as putty-I heard his teeth click and
his neck snap. Then he went down
in a heap.
Its an awful thing to kill a man
like that, Valentine, with your bare
fist, and see him lying before you all
limp and llfeless. knew l must hide
the body, but before anything else
wanted those letters, so just grabbed
them out of his coat. Then | went up
to the house. On the way l made
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
Fairly Wet World.

The Pacific ocean covers 6S,o00,0o0
miles, the Atlantic 30,Ooo,OOo and the
Indian, Arctic and Antarctic 42,oOO,OOO
To stow away the contents Of the Pa
cific it would be necessary to fill a
tank one mile long, one mile wide
and one mile deep every day for 44O
years. Put in figures the Pacific
holds in weight 94S,0oo, 900 100000
100000 tons.
The Atlantic averages depth OF
not quite three miles. Its water
weighs 325 600, ooO, 10000, 100000 tons,
and tank to contain 1t would have
each of it's sides 430 miles long. The
figures of the other oceans are in
the same startling proportions. 1t
would take all the sea water In the
world 100000 years to flow over
Niagara. News.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
RIDES TO TOWN IN CAB00sE
MIR. Morgan Stops Long Freight Train
50 Bishop Could Keep an
Engagement.

Bishop Potter was spending Sun
day afternoon with Mr.. Morgan at the
latter's country place at Highland
Falls. The village Of Highland Falls
is way station on the West Shore
road, a few miles below West Point,
and the fast trains pass it without
stop on their first long jump away
from New York. This is not mat.
ter of much concern to the tinancier.
who always goes back and forth on
his yacht; but on this occasion 1t
troubled the bishop. He was loath
to travel on Sunday, but he had an
important engagement to keep in the
city that night, and he remarked that
he would have to take local train,
which left little while before supper.
"Oh, no." said Morgan, there's a
train after that one. OF course, you'll
stay to supper"
~ don't see any train," objected the
bishop. land l really must get to town
in time to conduct an evening serv-
ice"
There's an express" replied his
host, disposing Of the matter-"lll
have it stopped for you"
An hour or so later, in the thick
darkness of an autumn evening. Mr.
Morgan took the bishop in his car
rage down the steep road to the rail
road station. No lights shone from
the, building. The coachman got Out
and tried the door and ratified It
Then he came back and reported that
the agent had gone home for the
night.
The sound of an approaching train
was heard, family, but growing loud
err
Break in the door," ordered Nor
gan, impatiently-"get big stone and
smash it," He and his visitor got out
of the carriage and looked on; finally
the door gave way. Morgan went In
side, and after scratching a number
of matches. found lantern and lit it.
AL right, bishop!" he called cheer.
fully. come ahead" and he walked
out to the middle Of the track and
waved the light.
With horrid screeching and
squeaking the train stopped. 1t was
freight; very long freight Out Of
the cab leaned the surprised engi'
neer, and from the caboose some
where in the faraway darkness the
conductor came running up. very
angry.
What do you mean by stopping
this train?" he demanded tiercely.
Mr.. Morgan. still holding the Ian
tern, told him who he was.
II don't care a whoop-in-blazes who
you are (the conductors language
here becomes so unprintable), you've
got no business-why," he choked,
there's an express train followin' us
you'll have collision-"-but Mr..
Morgan paid no more attention to him
or his remarks.
"All right. bishop" he was saying
gently, you get right in the caboose
and ride to New York"
Which the bishop did.-Metropo|i'
tan Magazine.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14

her obtained from Tasmania were re.
duced to pulp and declared by ex.
perts in London to be suitable for
making good paper, either for sta.
tionery or printing purposes. The
waste timber of the Tasmania saw.
mills would be used for obtaining
wood alcohol, acetate of lime and
aceteone by the destructive distilIa.
ton of wood. Tests have already been
made of Tasmanian timber sent to
Canada, which yielded rather high
er percentage of alcohol and acid than
the Canadian maple and hemlock, and
it was also somewhat richer In tar.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
knocking on his door It was nine

knocking on his door It was nine
o'clock.
On descending to the morning. room
a strange tab!eau met the astonished
gaze OF Stephen Dawlish. There, with
MS back to the fire, his coat-tails
warming, stood Mortimer Williston,
ny the window, facing into the room.
stood Finney Valentine, grim smile
on his usually immobile lips. But
wonder of wonders, as Steye's gaze
travelled from one to the other and
around the room, he beheld on the
further side Of the room, seated un-
comfortably on the edge Of another
chair. the bulky and burly form of
the man he had supposedly killed
twelve hours before, Bill Dabney!
Too dazed for utterance, young
Dawish could only cross the room and
silently grasp the hands of Grace and
her father But as he looked into the
girls eyes he missed all trace of the
grave concern one would naturally
have looked for under the circum
stances.
AS a last resort he turned to Fin
ney Valentine with a question on his
lips which the detective forestalled by
speaking first
Mr.. Dawlsh, let me make you fur.
cher acquainted was a stress
on the word further ME make
you further acquainted with Mr.
Skinny Tolcr, late of sing Sing and
er--elsewhere."
But what" Steve was beginning
when Valentine again took up the
tale:
Miss Williston and Mr.. N'illiston,
will you kindly tell Mr. Dawlish
whether our friend here bears any re-
semblarce to a gentleman whom you
once knew as Vance: Daubeny?'
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
Strawberry Jam,

Allow for each pound of stem,med
berries a generous three-quarters Of
pound of sugar. Put the fruit over the
fire in preserving kettle and cook
half an nour, stirring often Add the
sugar, boil 20 minutes, skim carefully
and place in alright jars while boili.
ing hot. The berries should be rips
and solid and of'good flavor.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
Hold Back SUGAR,

Good cranberries can not be made
if the sugar is allowed to boil in with
the berries. After the cranberries are
soft and strained through coIandsr
add scant pound Of sugar to quart
of berries, bring to boil and cook
four minutes. Put three.quarters of a
pint of boiling water on the berries
when first cooked.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
Pcncche Cake.

Two cups brown sugar, half a cup
of butter, half cup of swest milk.
two eggs, three cups sifted -four, two
teaspoonfuls of yeast powder, half q
cup of chocolate filled with half a CUP
OF hot water, added last.
Fillins.-Two cups of brown sugar.
half a cup Of sweet milk, ore cup of
chopped nuts, butte, size of IN egg.
If filling becomes too stiff to spread
upon cake add a little milk.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
Salad QrAssinn

One egg, one-half teaspoon of salt.
one teaspoon of mustard, three tea
spoons of flour, two tablespoons of
sugar. Beat we'll together, add three
quarters cup lemon juice, one-half cup
of water, small piece of butter. Cook
in double boiler, keep stirring until it
thickens. When cold you can add
little milk If you like it thinner.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
Rhubarb Jam.

Allow to each pound of rhubarb cut
in half-inch pieces one pound of
sugar and one lemon. Peel the yellow
rind OF the lemon Off thin, remove the,
white part and slice into a bowl, re-
moving the seeds. Turn the rhpbarb
over the lemon, add the sugar and al
low to stand over night. In the
morning boil three-Quarters of an
hour IN the preserving Kettle, Stirring
often. Cool slightly after taking from
the fire, then pour into air-tigbt jars
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
AMATEUR WHO KNOWS IT ALL
Usually It Is the Practice OF Medicine
That Engages Hts Valuable
Attention.

It is astonishing how many amateur
physicians one meets nowadays. Brief
" defined. the amateur doctor is a per-
.on who has never studied medicine
At all, but who believes he knows
more about such things as smallpox.
the use of calomel, ETC., than the men
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
Mock Lemon. Pie.

One cup sugar yolks of two eggA
one heaping teaspoon cornstarch.
Beat we'll together, add one teaspoon
lemon extract and one cup thick sour
milk. Beat we'll with an egg .beatc.
all together and bake in one crust.
Beat whites of two eggs stiff. sweeten
and spread on pie. Set In oven just
a minute or so to brown
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14

part of wisdom for the outsider to
stick to his own business, relying
upon the men of medicine to solve
their own peculiar problems without
the assistance or hindrance OF anna
te,,rs-I,os Angeles Herald.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
paner pulp From tasmania.

An application has been made to
the parliament Of Tasmania for a Dill
TO confer upon ministers powers to
orant reservations of land to COM
nany which proposes to use Tasmania
euca,vntus timber for the maputsc-
ture OF paper. Twelve tons OF TIM
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
who have studied and worked at these

who have studied and worked at these
problems for a lifetime.
Usually the amateur doctor is
specialist His speciality may be anti.
vaccination, or the danger of calomel,
or the interference with the relief of
suffering In its broadcast sense by pro-
testing laboratory experiments upon
animals under anesthesia.
But now and then we run across a
general practitioner. Recently the
writer met one, musician by profess
sion, who studies medicine in the
new thought" magazines and criti-
cisea the regular medical profession
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
Look Up.

Look Up.
II suppose you'd love man II he
had an aeroplane"
well, I'd certainly look up to him"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-14
By FREDERIC REDDALE
Copyright By ". g. Cha pmap)

lLTHOUGH it was after
eight Of an evening in
mid-O October, and long
past the usual hour for
closing his Office in the
Flatiron building, Fin
ney Valentine was there
alone, finishing up some
details demanding per-
cono1 attention CrddoD-
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-19
The EIeur-de-Iia.

The feur-de-lis, the we'll known em- blem of France, Is said to have been brought from heaven by an angel to King Clovis, he having made a VOW that if he proved victorious in an im- pending battle with the .Alemanni near Cologne he would embrace Christian ity. It was the national emblem until the revolution of 17S9, when the tri- color (white, red and blue) was adopt ed. The royalists in 1871 tried to re- store the old emblem to the flag, but without success.-New York American.