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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-01-04
The Little
Marcy
by M. J. Phillips
(copyrisht. 1911. BY Associated Literary Press


The little Marcy"
John Burden smiled as he said it
to himself. Geraldine Marcy sue
cumbing to the craze and buying
Christmas presents! He had sup
posed her almost as immune to such
frailties as himself; but there was no
question that she had succumbed.
Abrahams' great store had en-.
quilted Burden, drawn him in and
tossed him about among the bewil-
dering aisles with thousands of
others like chip in a whirlpool. He
had come in search of his particular
brand of drawing pencil. Presently
he found himself drifting past the
handkerchief counter, where the cur
rent of eager women shoppers fairly
boiled.
There he had seen the familiar
little tailormade figure, and his heart
gave throb of recognition. He had
passed close to her-had almost
brushed her shoulder as he struggled
to free himself from the entangle-
pleted her purchase. 1t was a heart
shaped box of handkerchiefs, the
cover decorated with sprigs of holly.
The clerk was handing her card
for the address, Christmas card
which would inevitably be recognized
as coming from the store of the
canny Abrahams, si2ee one corner
had been cut off.
Burden worked his way to the exit
and out into the crisp winter air,
just fading into dusk. The Little
Marcy" he repeated again. He could
not reconcile the Christmas frivoling
with her daily air at dinner among
the babbling, CHEEKY actor-folk that
made up, with the exception of Miss
Marcy and himself. their boarding
mouse circle.
She would sit there like a weary
princess, engrossed in her own
thoughts, the piquant little face
masked by indifference. Occasional
ly the childish chickering's or equally
childish display Of vanity OF the
actcrfolk brought flicker OF
mischievous mirth to her eyes. When
Burden surprised that look he won
dered whether he really understood
the girl after all.
Burden loitered in the streets for a
time before going home to dinner.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-01-04

They were crowded with eager holi.
day crowds. There was snow under
foot, and an occasional fake was
floating down. He had never seen
so many smiling faces in the city
before. He found himself smiling,
too, and feeling vaguely excited,
though he expected neither to buy
nor TO receive any presents.
Every one was in high spirits at
dinner. The actorfolk had been
through a matinee and were soon to
hurry back for the evening perform
iance, but they babbled constantly Of
the Christmas tree which WIS TO be
set up in the dining-room latter the
show" Even Miss Marcy had a
light in her Indifferent eyes, and 9
delicate color in her cheeks Burden
realized with start that when she
looked like that she was pretty.
He did not feel in the mood to &c
out, so he retired to his room with
a book. But in half an hour the
landlady came knocking. She de
manded his help to set Up the tree
decorate 1t, and arrange the variou:
presents. "We1l surprise them pool
things" she said, with more kindli
ness than grammar; they'll be al
tired out when they come in, and it..
quite a task to dress a tree"
So they set up the tree, decorated
It with candles and geegaws and
started to arrange the packages. The
sight of a familiar one attracted his
attention. 1t was a light. heart
shaped box, decorated with sprigs o.
holly. The card on it-a card with
one corner Topped off-bore these
words: ITO Miss Geraldine Marcy
with best wishes for merry Christ
mas"
Burden excused himself abruptly
Downing hat and coat he went out
into the street. So she had to buy
h-sr own Christmas presents. Nc
! friends 70 send her trinkets; no Joy
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-01-04
RURNING
aS9DAYLIGHT
Buick LONDON
.fntlioy of "7he Cal of the H'ild,"
.W'hae Fang" Martin
Eden" etc.
Illustrations by Dearborn Melvill
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Illustrations by Dearborn Melvill
saggasags;s

SCpytikhts hSAos ~ abc ANcW hOAh sheh~'o WI
Copyright, 1910. by the Macmillan Company
Then the grin died away, and his
zee grew bleak and serious. Leav-
ig out his interests in the several
Western reclamation projects (which
'ere still assessing heavily, he was a
uined man. But harder hit than this
,as his pride. He had been so easy.
hey had gold-bricked him, and he
lad nothing to show for it. The SIM
)lest farmer would have had docu.
nents, while he had nothing but
sentlemans agreement, and a verbal
,ne at that. Gentleman's agreement!
lie snorted over it. John Dowsett's
loice, just as he had heard it in the
telephone receiver, sounded in his
ears the words, ION my honor as a
gentleman" They were sneak-thieves
and. swindlers, that was what they
were, and they had given him the
double-cross. The newspapers were
right. He had come to New York to
be trimmed, and Messrs. Dowsett, Let
ton and Guggenhammer had done it.
He was little fish, and they had
played with him ten days-ample time
in which to swallow him, along with
his eleven millions. OF course, they
had been unloading on him all the
time, and now they were buying Ward
Valley back for a song ere the mar
ket righted itself.
And Daylight sat and consumed
cocktails and saw back in his life to
Alaska, and lived over the grim years
In which he had batSled for his eleven
millions. For awhile murder ate
at his heart, and wild ideas and
sketchy plans of killing his betrayers
flashed through his wind Daylight I'M
locked his grip and took cut his auto
matte pistoL-a biz Colts A. He re-
leased the safety catch with his thumb,
and, operating the sliding outer bar
rel, ran the contents of the clip
through the mechanism. The eight
cartridges Slid out In a stream. He
refilled the clip, threw a cartridge into
he chamber, and with the trigger at
iul cock, thrust up the safety ratch.
ct. He showed the weapon into lie
side pocket Of BE coat, ordered an.
other Martial, and resumed his seat
At ten O'clock he arose and pored
,ver the city directory. Then he put
IN his shoes, took cab, and departed
nto the night. Twice he changed cabs,
md finally fetched up at the night of
Ice Of detective agency. He super
ntenfcd the thing hiuca1f mid dou,
money in advance In profuae quanti-
les. selected the six men he needed,
md gave them their instructions.
Never, for SO simple task, had they
be9n so we'll paid; for to each III ad-
dition to Office charges, ne gave a five
hundred-dollar bill, with the promise
of another If he Succeeded. Seine
time next day, he was convinced, il
not sooner, his three silent partners
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-01-04
Fer a While Murder Ar,zt Hs ;.le.rt.

~ WING Mproer rT-<T hM rFSart.
would come together. To tes,ch one
wv, ,v"s OF ~ detectives were TO be at.
tach' Time ahd place Vas all he
4eted u learn.
sop at nothing, sSSys," were his
final innstructioas, Il must have this
Information, Whatever you do.
Whatever IHap@ens. I'll see you
Through"
Returning TO his hotel. he changed
Cabs as be,6re, went up to his room,
and wi1h Sne more cocktail for night
cap. wefit to bed and to sleep. In the
mofGsfig he dressed and shaved, order
ed sfeakfast and the newspapers sent
up, and waited. But he did not
drink. BY nine o'clock his tele-
phone began to ring and the reports to
Come in. Nathaniel Lection was taking
the train at Tarrytown. John Dowsett
was coming down by the subway. Leon
Guggenhammer had not stirred out
yet, though he was assuredly within
And in this fashion, with map cd
the city spread out before him, Day
light followed the movements of his
three men as they drew together. Ma
thaniel Letton was at his Offices in the
MutualSolander Building. Next arrived
Guggenhammer. Dowsett was SELL In
his own Offices. But at eleven came
the word that he also had arrived, and
several minutes later Daylight wai
In q hired motorcar and speeding fol
the Mutual-Solander Building
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deal. You done your darndest, and 1t
was all right. But this is my deal, and
it's up to me to do my darndest. In
the first place, you-all know me. I'm
Burning Dsylight-savvee? Amt afraid
Of God, deyil, death, n2c destruction.
fhsnl's my four aces, and they sure COP.
Ger year bats. Lock at that there
living skeleton. Letton. you're sure
afraid to die. Your bones is all rat
ting together yol,re that scared. And
lccs e that fat Iew there; This little
weapons sure put the lear Of God in
his heart. He's yellow as a sick per
s!mmon. Dowsett, you're a cool one,
fe1.all amt batted an eve nor turned
d hair. That's because yeu're great
On arithmetic. And that makes you-all
dead easy in this deal OF mine. You're
sitting there and adding two and two
together, ana yoa.all know / sure got
you skinned, You know me, and that
amt afraid Of nothing. And you-all
adds up all your money and knows
YOU amt a-going to die if you can help
1t, ~, ,a's'sssS.ss!a ,s>s-~'" ..--.-----.--
MA see you hanged was Dow
sestS rctort.
"Nct hy q damned sight, When tho,
fun starts, you're the first plug. IN
hang all right, but you-all won't ave.
to see it. You.all die here and. &ow
while III die subject TO the laws delay
sawyer Being dead, VIII grass
growing out of your Taroasses, you
won't know when / hang, bat I'll sure
have the, pleasure a long time OF
ka9wing you-an beat me to it,"
'You surely won't kill us?"'Letton
asked in queer, thin voice.
Daylight shook his head,
Its sure too expensive../ You-all
amt worth it. I'd sooner have my
chips back. And l guezs you-all d
sooner give my chips hack than so tic
the aead-house."
4 A long silence followed
We'll, I've done dealt. It's up to
you~all to play. But while you're de
liberating. l want TO give you-all warn
ing: IL that door opens and any one
of you cusses lets.on there's anything
unusual, right here and then II sure
start plugging. They Amt "a Soul I
get out OF the room except feet first.
A long session OF 'threeihours follow
ed. The deciding factor was net the
big automatic pistol. but the certitudt
that Daylight would 'use'it Not alone
were the three men convinced of this
but Daylight himself was convinced
He was firmly resolved to kill the mel
II his money was not forthcoming. /
was not an easy matter. on the spur o
the moment, to raise ten mil
lions in paper currency, and there
were vexatious delays. A dozen times
Mr.. Howison and the head clerk wer,
summoned into the room. On these oc
casions the pistol lay on Daylight's lap
covered 'carelessly by a newspaper
while he was usually engaged in roll
ing or lighting his brown-paper Gig
arctic. But in the end, the thing wa
accomplished. A suitcase was brough
up by one of the clerks from the wait
ing motor-car. and Daylight snapped
shut on the last package Of bills. HI
paused at the door to make his fina
remarks.
There's three several things / sur
want to tell you-all. When get out
side this door. you-alrll be set free 4
act, and ] Just want to warn you-al
'about what to do. In the first place
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ceptions to this; and. such was the rig
or of his discipline, that if no had a
dinner or conference before him in
which, in business way, he encoun-
tered enemies or allies and planned or
prosecuted campaigns, he abstained
from drinking. But the instant the
CONTINUED next week.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-01-04

Negative Announcement
you said you were not a. candi.
date" 'h~bsFNaHNN
YES" replied the statesman. I'D
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-19

Lord Young Company to Make
Early Beginning on ke-
Wal0 Reclamation

Work on the big Kewalo recIama.
ton scheme. the first of the territory's
plans for. sanitation work under the
law passed by the last legislature,
will start within few weeks. BY the
end OF two months, the Lord Young
Engineering company expects to have
a big dredeef well under way and to
be ready TO start IN the filling-in of
some 362, 900 yards 81 dirt into low
lying lands thAt are now proven
menace TO the health of this city.
The Lord Young company, .anticipat-
ing that the supreme court would de-
clare the revolving fund act valid
and thus uphold their contract with
the territory has been ready for
weeks TO assemble the big plant that
IL required to do the work. The
great dredg6 that is to be constructed
is put togethef-0n paper-and as
soon as the supreme court handed
down its decision eablegrams began
flashing to the mainland ordering the
component parts of the plant, which
will be rushed here and assembled in
a hurry.
The contract Is for approximately
$leQ,000 and the beginning Of work
under its terms marks an important
step In territorial sanitation here.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-19
G0URIEHAi OUT
new SECRETARY
HAS Been NAMED

George r. Clark, former stenograph-
er for Governor Frear and at present
clerk in the employ Df The Depart
ment OF Agriculture and Forestry, has
been appointed private secretary to
the Governor, to assume his new du-
ties next Monday morning.
1t has been generally understood.
since the departure OF Norman B.
Courtenay on the U. s. s Maryland
in company with the two cabinet nin-
listers. that q new private secretary
would take his place. It also was
generally understood that Courtenay's
removal from the ofllce was not made
voluntarily by him, though this has
not been confirmed by the Governor.
The new appointee is a native of
the Territory and well and favorably
known here. He has the reputation
Of being steady, hard worker, relia-
BILE and capable. After some service
under the Governor about year ago
he accepted position as court stem
ographer and later, on the appoint
ment of w. NJ. Giffard as president
of the Board of Agriculture and For
estry, Clark was taken into that de-
partment on high recommendations
from the Governor. 1t is generally
thought that in the appointment of
this young man Governor Frear has
made an excellent selection, and one
that will be likely to meet with the
approval Of the people generally.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-19
Post -InteIIigencer and Star
Bulletin Talk by New Mar
conf System

Effective wireless communication
between Seattle and Hawaii has been
established by the new Marconi sys-
tenn, and an interchange Of greetings
between the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
and The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
marks the first opening of the Mar
conf system.
The Seattle station is at Gate
wood, and for some time past expert
mental messages have been flashed
back and forth by the MarcOni eX-
ports. The Marconi system is ulti-
mately to build here one of the most
powerful stations in the world.
The acknowledgements message,
the first to reach Honolulu direct
from Seattle, was sent to the editor
of The Star-Bulletin as follows:
To Riley H. Allen,
Editor Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, T.
H.
The Post-Intellingencer extends
greetings and best wishes to you, and
through your valuable paper, to the
people of Honolulu and Hawaii in this,
the first direct wireless communica-
ton between Seattle and the Hawai-
ian Islands. May the further deyel
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PINEAPPLE COMPANY
TO ERECT BUILDING

October, that threatened in the
early part of it to turn out dull in
building operations, now appears like
ly to loom up as one of the best
months of this year in that respect.
One hundred thousand dollars for
the new building of the Hawaiian
Pineapple company, mentioned the
other day, and $4,000 for an office
building for Cation, Neill company
are two items that will go to swell
the record. A store and office struc
ture, to cost $oov0, to be erected on
Merchant street by the Waterhouse
Investment company, together with
two permits to T. H. Davies e Co.
amounting to $54S0, will further en-
large the new business architecture
account
Manoa's credit for beautiful homes
is receiving an addition in a dwelling
for E. w. Sutton to cost S4450. Punch
bowl tract as lately plotted in mo-
dern LAYOUT continues to build up
with snug homes, and there is no let
up in the construction of cheap cot
tages on all hands in substitution of
the huge tenements that have given
much trouble in the past.
Permits issued by Building Inspect
CONTINUED on page 81
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HITCHCOCK HURT
IN HARVARD
=... 7Es IS
FOOTBALL ;:
T0 0"WA ~ +-. 81
= .-s
-
o1 - IL

J Rex Hitchcock, the former Puma
hou tackle. and all-around athlete,
sustained painful injuries during foot
ball practise in the stadium at Har-
ward, on October 8. He was forced
to leave the field in the middle of a
scrimmage with a badly wrenehed
shoulder. 1t is not known how badly
he is hurt, but his injury is a painful
one and may keep him out of the
game with Holy Cross. .@..
Hitchcock is a junior at Harvard
and holds the position of left tackle
on the eleven. He was one of. the
most brilliant football players that
has ever gone to college from Hawaii
and played in several of the big
games in the East last year. He, was
captain of the Punahou eleven in
1910. .
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-19
GETS FENCE CONTRACT

J. c. Axtell has been granted the
contract to construct a wire fence
around the Moiliili school, his figures
being as follows: Bod No. l, $1S7s,
for the fencing specified, $15 each for
gates and 60c per lineal foot for any
fencing BEYOND the amount specifid;
bid No. 2, $2195, for cyclone fencing,
SIS for gates of the same material,
and 60c per lineal foot of extra fenc-
ing. Weymouth and Zelinsky made a
tender of 1895 for the fencing; SIT
per gate and &c per lineal foot for
extra fencing; William Laa, bid
$4162.5O for the fencing, $3.50 per
gate and S1.90 per extra lineal foot.
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SEATTLE AND HONOLULU I'M
T. EXCHANGE OF \NIRELESSES

op1nent Of the wireless spark lead to
a never-ending exchange Of friendship
between the United States and its
fairest Territory.
POST-INTELLIGENCER.
Promptly went back to the Gate
wood station the following reply:
To Scott c. Bone, -.,:
Editor Seattle Post
The Honolulu Star Bulletin .acknow-
lodges your kind greeting and con-
veys to you the aloha" of the people
of Hawaii. May the bond of friend
ship and unity set up by the first in
terchange of Marconigrams between
Seattle and Hawaii grow stronger as
the wonders of wireless teIegraphy
annihilate trans-Pacific distances.
RILEY H. ALLEN,
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Considering the fact that noun
tains intervene between Seattle and
the ocean, r. H. Sawler, assistant
manager of the Pacific Coast division
of the Marconi company, says the re-
suits obtained at the new station are
highly satisfactory. The station has
worked both ways with the liner ST.
IBERIA when she was 1920 miles dis
tant. 1t has coppered messages sent
from Duluth to Chicago and messages
from Japanese naval stations and
from some new Russian station, the
situation of which is not known here.
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Loan Fund Commission Draws
Supervisors Attention to !.
Necessity for Action

H If the advice of H. Stuart Johnson,
.engineer of the loan fund commission,
be taken, the new sections of the
Oahu bet road will not be permitted
to fall into disrepair from the time of
their completion. In a letter to the
board of supervisors, presented at a
meeting last night, Mr.. Johnson drew
attention to 1.-The immediate necessity
of providing material for the future
maintenance of that portion of the
belt road being constructed by the
Lord Young. Engineering company,
Including 10.5 miles of the, road from
Kipapa gulch to the end of the pres
ent macadamized road in Waialua
district.
HE said it was essential that a.
sufficient amount of No. 2 and
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ENGINEER URGES new BELT
. : ROAD Be not NEGLECTED.

crushed stone and crusher sand be
delivered in stock piles every quar-.
ter of mile along this stretch OF
newly completed road before the con-
tractor completed the road and re-
moved the crushing plant. Unless
done at this time there would be no
available material for the proper up
keep of this section of road except
at a considerable cost tor transporta-
ton. He recommended that con-
tract be made with the Lord Young
company for the purpose mentioned.
His letter was referred to the. road
committee. So Fl h
A recommendation OF Engineer
Whitehouse was adopted which set
ties the dispute, with the Schuman
Carriage Company in regard to the
penalty for delay in delivery of fve
wagons 1t was that the contractor
be paid for the five wagons at the
contract price, less $50 penalty. )
(Cont!nued os, Pado q ,
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w. T. Reynolds, ex-soldier, former
" with "F'' Battery, Second Field Ar
tiIlery, stationed at Fort William Nc
Kinley, about seven miles distant
from Manila, Philippine Islands, was
aot sent 10 his death by bullet from
a gun aimed by "a sleeping man, I'M
1ergoing the horrors Of nightmare" I"
but on the other hand was deliber-
ately shot by one now believed in Gus
ody, of whom it is claimed, engaged
in a series of rows and angry words
preceding the shooting at the aban
doned Iwilei quartermaster corral.
This shooting was no dream" was
D succinct statement volunteered by
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angry WORDS PRECEDED SHOT
THAT KILLED SOLDIER REYNOLDS

John Hollerson, and William OBrien
when brought before Chief Of Detec-
tiyes McDuffie this morning.
Dan Logan, an employee with the
United States quartermaster depart
ment and with the First Infantry sta
toned at Schofield Barracks, Is now
detained at the central police station
awaiting the termination Of an in-l
vestigatfon OF the death Of Reynolds
to be conducted by Coroner Charles
Rose this afternoon.
Logan was positively identified BY
both Hoilerson and o'Brien, who are
Continued on page 5.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-19
Gamblers Plot The Defense
Tsneeial star-Bulletin cabIel

.ss. Especial STAR
VIEW YORK " Oct Two witnesses called % q: asi:n.s
that srd1sv Wsbber
underworld characters who eonfssesd ~
kill Rosentha o.
orudae
in the police onelal
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SUGAR

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19.-Beets:
SS analysis, 9s. Sd. Parity, 1893 cents.
Previous quotation, IS 4d.
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Cholera is epidemic in Yokohama,
and a case of yellow fever has been
discovered In New Orleans.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-19
Roosevelt Out Next Monday

-
CHICAGO nj.
satisfactory that 4 was announced today he VIII pc able e
Monday The
stating that he eonyassns satisf,e
torily.
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u. S. Cruisers To Mexico
1snac,a1 star-Rr1lletin canle1


1eTo the Mexican eress the
ordered Iapco and
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JACK JOHNSON TO FACE TRIAL FOR ABDUcl


tsThe trial Jack Johnson the charge Of
November
given the charge Of dordery conduct
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-19
.S25.OOOOOO LOSSES
IN TERRIBLE STORM
Small Steamers And Many Sailing
Craft In Roadstead Sunk And
Beached--P Property Destroyed
TAsactfatcyi l1rss Caolsl

million dollars
terrific which
eoains and 100 small sailing
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Balkan Armies Close For Battle
rAssoclatsa Press cablel

LONDON fs-craduaIy otuanzinu
around AdranopI which regarded the
dsrmlned sttaekto their fnvaas armies an
tt At advantageous point
field from the ct
meagre
TURKISH TROOPS MOVED T0WARD BULG GARIAN FRONTIER
coNsTANTiNopLE turkey, army -
PhIe
Rounsia a9...>(
that Turkeys rst blow struck = 8I|4
BuLGARs CAPTURE AN IMPORTANT TURKISH CA
SOFIA snoara
rave eA<1
GREECE FORMALLY DECLARES WAR ON OTTOMAN
fspeI
to-day
formally declared Turkey.