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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-03-28
Mule Sense.

A New Jersey mule drank gallon
OF whisky and then kicked itself to
death-the which but goes to show
that even a mule sometimes displays
more sense than a great many men
eyince.-Norfolk Virginian-Pilo
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-03-28
CHAS. WINN,
THE MODEL BARBER SHOP.

THE MODEL BARBER SHOP.
Under the Y. T. Martin hardware store, corner
High and Vine streets Mineral Point.
TJnsorial work done in the latest styles of the
art Satisfaction guaranteed. Call AT the model
barber shop.
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GEORGE PRiDEAUx.

basement Penhallegon building. corner High
and Chestnut streets, Mineral Point. Latest
STYLES OF work. Give Us a call.
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BARBER SHOPS.
ED. ELLiNGEN,
CENTRAL BARBER SHOP.
.SHIONABLE BARBER SHOP.

CENTRAL BARBER SHOP.
I am prepared to attend to tonsori i work in
satisfactory manner. will continue the River
side laundry of GAINESVILLE and will run the
Bath Rooms in connection with nv shop.
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CONTRACTORS.
LAWRENCE GIBBONS.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDI

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Estimates furnished. Job work will receive
prompt attention.
Shop In the Ivey building Common Stree
Phone ia.
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HERMAN WiESEN,
FASHIONABLE BARBER sHol

South side of High Street. Mineral Point Wis
Patronage respectfully solicited and satisfac-
ton guaranteed.
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lTo pE Continued
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-03-28

The Art oS the Orient.
=" ~OME," said Orme to me, "let
MS so into the shade. for
ind your Virginia morning
warm "
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

planning a new campaign, and beg OF
her a few days Indulgence un1ll
could 90 over matters. she mad toio
me that she was to be at hcme that
evening, and it had been understood
between US that ] was TO be with thef,
therefore, at eight o'clock arose ana
called for her number. The voice OF
Janet answered re, telling me that
her mistress was not at home.
With an Overwhelming presentmeht
of more misery to come, valnlv I'M
plored some information as to where
she had gone and at what hour she
was expected to return. me answer
that I received was a click that toid
HE of the hanging up of the earpiece
and nv further voicings brought only
the ringing silence of an unansWerlng
wire. ! sank into my chair again.
In the midst Of my stupor heard
the ringing of the door bell and mo-
| ment later the sound of light footsteps
ascending the stairs. There was tap
| at my door, and at my listless re-
/ sponse IeDuc quietly entered saw
/ him run MS eyes qulchiH ofei Ah0 az
/ he tossed his hat upon the bed ana
| drew a chair close beside mine. tie
said nothing. did not even smile as
was his habit, and IN my misery l
/ did not offer him any greeting. For
! perhaps a minute he sat without
! speaking and then addressed me Win
unwonted gravity: tom, I have the
proofs
/ / started slightly and raised my
eyes to his ! fancied they were fuil
of regret even sorrow, but his mouth
was firmly set. My head was not ano
my throat dry, and cleared the lat
ter before I spoke. Then | asked
him hoarsely where they were.
He laid them on the table before
me. They consisted of silver care
case, a bookmaker's ticket, bit O
steel, a soiled piece of paper and
small lump of some grayish substance
Stupidity I stared at them.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
SYNOPSIS.

NJ
At,ner Halliday, a miserly millionaire.
ID found Gagged bound and insensibfe in
i,fa room his safe rifled and 100000 mss
Ing The thread OF the story is taken up
by his nephew Tom, Living In the same
house are other relatives; reckless bruce
who Al q bond broker. has been trying TO
raise $4,000 to put through q deaf ana
save himself from financial rum he mas
applied to his misery uncle and 70 otners
FOR the loan but has been refused: rom
sends for william LeDuc. an old5n i lls
friend connected with detective agency W.
IN relating the story Tom reYerts 70 MS
acau8irltance With&a Mrs. Dace, Weaitng
wfdow. whose business agent IS fsicnara
Mackay, a boodler and political boss IS.
Tom IL Jealous or Maclsay and is deeply
In love with Mrs Dace. Bruce HalHday
warns him to shun her as an adventures.
Tom sees Mrs, Dace and Mackay togetn-
or. He afterwards meets the woman ~
q horse race, and, happening to mentlon
that Bruce had a tip on the winner she
gires him $500 to place on the race me
lin goes wrong and she loses her money.
Later Tom invests In stocks lie makes
aprne money, and returns the lost S5o0 70
Mrs. sDace. IT ls ct this iuncture that t Y,
day occurs. LIE Due meets Clare ana
Bruce. He learns that the key which
Glare had to the house is missing. Mac
kayss dealings with Mrs. Dace make Tom
more jealous, The. detective lntlmates i, q
suspicion against Bruce Halliday as the
thief. This Glare Winton Indignantly re-
pudfates Mrs Dace accepts Tom as her
fiance. and encourages him to invest IN
d certain stock. Tom hos q row with
Macisay and the latter threatens revenge
covered important clews as to the thief:
1t looks as il MacAay had got hold OF
Toms key to the Halliday home and
nisht have been the burglar.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

him and her on the subject. and they
still Insisted with a positiveness that
| could not ignore that their original
statements were absolutely correct
namely, she denied that she had ever
loaned him the key, and he asserted
that he had no knowledge Of ever
having it in his possession. | made
them rehearse all their actions Wnen
together for some days previous TO
the robbery, and finally tnongnt
came to her She remembered that q
short time previous while she ana
Bruce had been stroliing together tnal
she had slipped her pocketbook con-
tanning the key into his side coat
pocket for few moments while she
was putting on her gloves. And tnaI
in turn suggested an idea to me- HAD HAD
the pocketbook been partially IN,
elasped, the key might easily enough ll
have fallen from it into his pocket
and not having any occasion TO use
IL for the next few days she ma: nasurally
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

the piano wire strength of his tendons
and clinched my teeth between the
fierceness of the clasp.
'"Tom Halliday" he returned stern
! ", "you stole your uncle's money
G1aring at him, quivering under an i'm
pulse to tear myself from him and
strike him down, first swelled my
muscles for the effort then letting
them subside sank back with an ex-
ciamation Of supreme disgust.
So that was your ultimate analy-
sisi' said, with bitterest scorn. OF
4 all the absurd. asinine idiots 1t was
ever my misfortune to come in con
tact with, You are the most complete
you, an alleged detective. But you
might as well finish your dream.
/ will compel myself to listen. / turned
! my head from him contemptuously
became aware that something cold
and metallic was snapped around the
wrist which he held and leaped to my
feet only to find myself handeuffed tt
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

been drugged But will come 20
that in a moment Having secured
this information, which OF course
eliminated him as the active DuFgiaf,
went to MIN and told him upn1ll anu
down that he was making plank lool
of himself When he learned that J
had uncovered his Whereabouts on the
night in question he made cream
breast Of it, While he had oeen
plunged in despair By the crash, yet
he had taken but two drinks that day.
one being a cocktail with you IN
| cafe. Soon after the last drink ne
had become stupefied which fact ne
attributed to the reaction from MS
| highly nervous state, but l came 10
totally different conclusion, although
| said nothing to him about It at the
time With your assistance ne en-
tered a cab, and remembered mumo-
/ ling a direction to the driver TO take
him to his rooms: yet when he awoke
1 in the morning he found hlmsef al d
| place where he had no desire TO pc.
Fear of Miss Winton's displeasure had
made him resolve to remain silent
rather than hurt her by the confession
/ that he had got drunk, as he imagined
he had, and gone to such place. i
could not understand why the cabman
had taken it upon himself to convey
him to this resort against Bruce.s Oh
rections, so came back at the aflVer
hard. By the dint of more questions,
r,t s,,Ii trio 4
drew out the information that the
change in address had been given by
certain party whom the driver knew
to be friend of his passenger from
the fact of having seen them togethef,
and who had stopped him and given
new instructions as to where TO con
vey the sleeping one inside. Ihat ex
planned the drivers peculiar actions
and things were becoming decidedly
! interesting. Although practically sat
isf1ed now that Bruce had had nothing
ven indirectly to do with the nlateer
nevertheless went little further IL
my Investigations. I was very mucr
Interested to find out where he had
: secured the money which had enapiec
; him to resume his operations or
change. When / had convinced Mn
that | would keep the information an
: solutely secret, he told me that It wa:
) furnished him by woman client Whs
/ did not care to have her name men
3 toned in connection with speculative
: matters | traced the story to IT.
i foundation and learned that it was 3
E soIutely true That left only one mat
ter to be explained 50 far as Brnc'
i, was concerned.
t 81 suppose you mean his possession
t of the key and his denial that he fa'
e it, coupled with the possibility tina
d some one else had somehow come int
O possession of it, ! said, breaking tn
V moments lull LeDuc nodded.
/ Exactly / was almost certain fror
> the time that Miss Winton announce
! the loss of her key that it had some
g how got into the possession of ne
d sweetheart; for its disappearance
" from her keeping convinced me tha
!, YOU had not been mistaken when 70
ID said Bruce had exhibited 1t or i
b duplicate | had seyeral talks wit
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
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wouldn't it be nice within a week Or ~
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
CHAPTER xv.-tcontinued.)

At the first corner shrieking news
boy nearly ran between my legs, and
above the uproar OF the street /
he II him shout sentence that
caused me to gasp and clutch at
lamp post for support Snatching
paper, from him threw him coin
and began to read, the paper shaking
Ia my hands like a Wind-thrummed
reed Two paragraphs told me the
hideous truth Upon information that
had been given him by Richard
Mackay, who had been frozen out OF
the combination by his co-conspira-
tors, the states attorney had filed a
quo warranta proceeding In which he
attacked the very life of the fran
chise of the underground system
9heuld that official be able to sub
stantiate the attack and prove that
the grant had been obtained by fraud
and trickery. as Mackay stated, the
courts might deprive the corporation
of all its rights and privileges. take
away its power to act and render it
honelessly impotent. Under such a
frightful condition OF affairs the stock
would become absolutely worthless,
and beneath this stab at its heart it
had already fallen with crash that
had carried half of those who had rid
den upon it to ruin. My meager mar
gins had been wiped out as quickly as
q guilty schoolboy scours his slate
and I had been made a bankrupt III
the time which it takes to tell it.
dropped the paper and staggered into
a doorway. my hands pressing my
temples.
ghe world swan drunkenly before
me in a hideous gray mist, through
which men with faces lined and hard
ened by hopes long deferred, passed
ghostlike as they plodded silentl.
along with strained eyes in search o
the sordid necessities which bind the
soul and the body together. The roal
OF the street came to my deadenet
ears like the sullen grumble Of thun
der. From out Of the gloom wear,
shop girls and ragged neWsboys stared
curiously up at my drawn face, nom
goorer than |. none half 80 Wretehed
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

A Boston school teacher, on atfir
ing after 40 years service. had these
suggestions to make to young women
teachers: "A little harmless flirting
With nice people with whom you are
acquainted viii do much to rest the
tired mind after the arduous duties
ar the schoolroom: be a live wire ev.
ery minute, do not eat too mucn.
Advice IS given to those who need II;
1T is easy to guess what young 69Stoa
school teachers are Ike.
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i For they had abided in#the depths and i
had not seen the star Of hope shining !
close above them, whereas ] had been
hurled from the battlements of heaV-
en- in the tWinkling ofan eye. Dead !
ened of senses and seeing but vague
ly, I went stumbling towards my
brokers' Office, my only hope being
that | would awake and find that
had dreamed nightmare.
His doors Weras lngk Already
rabble stood before them vainly clam
oring for admittance. and realizing
the uselessness Of remaining here. |
rushed down the stairs and towards
the floor of the exchange. The shrek
ing uproar of the pit was unintelligible
to me, but in the midst Of it with his
collar torn from his neck and his coat
1 split down the back was my agent.
still dancing about insanely with
| wild thrusts of his fingers into the
| air. The frenzy upon his face left me
30 yestige of hope. and turned away
with my brain spinning. Four steps
4 further and l almost ran into the arms
of Richard Mackay.
His teeth showed beneath his
heavy mustaches:: his eyes burned and
4 his face was stamped with the vim
] dictiyeness that had brought this in
ferno about. He saw me at once and
a brutal laugh of satisfaction burst
| from between the half-sealed lips
which my fist had split. Il did it
4 ho4 iS nv
satisfaction to you. But / am not
through with you even yet. puppy,
he said in my ears, as he passed. Too
broken of spirit to resent the insult
other than by look I passed him in
! silence
| How / got through that terrible af
ternoon / am still uncertain, except
in vague way. I dared not keep my
luncheon engagement with Mrs. Dace
and tell her all; but instead kept
mumbling to myself that would cal
her up that evening when | had q
chance to think over what | should
say.
/ There is always q chance, though
4 it be only one In a million, that some
thing will be saved out of wreck
and come what might matters coult
not possibly be more hopeless a
4 nightfall than they were now. Ant
perhaps by then could think OF some
thing to retrieve myself temporarily
something which would eventual,
start me once more along the prim
rose way. Scarcely conscious OF wha
i was doing I wandered to Bruce's OF
fee He was not there, but his clerl
told me that my cousin for some rea
son had closed out all his holding
the, day before at handsome prof
and had announced himself as through
with speculation. The bitterness Q
the contrast between him and mysel
brought the tears to my eyes. Shoul'
he carry out this resolve and stick t
his commissions, as had little doub
that he would under Clare's persus
. sions and the weight of his promise
his happiness was in his own keeping
} He had undoubtedly again gained
i modest competence, had good bus
: ness and the love Of .sweetly beaut
| ful and contented woman. Verify tn
I richest gifts of the gods reposed i
the hollow of his hand.
went nome and threw myself hear
lily upon the bed. At the summon
! to the evening meal j failed to n
!, spond burying my face in the pillo'
instead, as for the hundredth time
/ rehearsed what was to say to Mr.
. Dace. could only tell her that ha
/. received a severe setback but Wa
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

enough had noa missed It. SO we
got the coat ne had worn on that
occasion and went through it. We
found a small rip in the bottom OF the
outside pocket, and going further dis
covered the key in the bottom lining
That solved the mystery. AS for has
having pounded on the table with II
and afterwards denied 1t, that. was
easily accounted for by the fact that
in his Worriment e had unconsciously
drawn it from his pocket and used It
as you described and then replaced II
mechanically without noticing what
he had held or remembering the III
cident. l accepted this as the correct
solution of the key incident, and then
and there dismissed Bruce from all
connection with the matter. For had
he entered into collision with any
one else and loaned him the key Tor
| the night, the other person most GER
tainly would have been professional
who owned his own tools and knew
| how to use them, and that idea as you
| know, | had already abandoned. 10
you get me?''
| 81 think So And having eliminated
Bruce, whom / all along told you was
innocent, you turned your attention
to Richard Mackay as the next pos
| sibility." My companion smiled faint
1 ly, thrusting his hands into his peck
/ cts and leaning forward In his chair.
YES, for about ten minutes. At the
! end of that time I had reasoned him
out Of the case. The man who
strangled your uncle was described
by him as a large, strong man Wne
coughed peculiarly. That description
I! fitted Mackay to a dot, and further
more there was possibility OF MS
having been informed, through his
more or less familiar connection WIFI
Mrs Daces establishment, of the
money being in the safe at this partlc
ular time. Then, too, the incident O
your having left your keys there TO-
days furnished possible wa.
by which he could have secured
duplicate through conspiracy witt
& one of the household. But that ~
q did it personally was absurd. He i
far and away above it. He is no
burglar; he is boodler. He has
million dollars of his own, and Woul'
no more risk himself in an act Xix
, this than you would for handful Q
silver. And having previously strlcR
en- out the professional craftsmen be
cause of the erudeness of the JOB,
was now compelled to eliminat
: Mackay and his friends because 9
, the same reasoning that had apple
in Bruce's case. Had he turned tn
!, lob over to some needy friend OF n
! from the underworld, that perso
t certainly would not have been a bun
, gler. You see what that brought m
3 to-
arose In my chair with mlngle
i sensation of heat and cold cllmbln
j my spine and stiffening my hair
! you mean to say as the last rema1nln
r possibility you fastened your susE
e cions upon me % gasped. one
t his hands fastened upon my VIII
II with the swapping grip Of steel traI
5 his fingers biting like teeth into II
b flesh. AS in our school days Te
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
Work Begets Work.

George w. Perkins, the New York
f1nancier, was talking about the scar
city of the $4,000 year man-the.
man actually worth $4,000 salary.
1.-THE advantage Of the $4,000 4
year man. he said, is not alone that
he works splendidly is also that
under him everybody else works SPLEEN
didly. There's a Chinese proyerb,' he
said, chat expresses exactly what I
mean:
eff a farmer Is diligent the soil
will not be lazy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
RlissfuI Ignorance.

..Have you seen Joe lately e
.sWhy, yes; / saw the old chap Wv
terday. And, what do you Think.
he's going to be married. "
.Can it be possible? To whom
Hes going to marry Mary Merle.
what! Why, didn't know thela
knew each other"
They don't. That's why They're 81
ing to be married.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

A man feels as Ill at ease in 9 gig
goods store as woman does f433
bacco shop. -
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

For liver and kidney troubles, nothing
quite SO mild, pleasant and effective =
Garfield Tea.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
Wheat Goes Down.

De Broker Hear about De Curops
De Ledger-No. What's happened
to him?
De Broker Knocked fat.
De Ledger-You don't say 50. Wa Vac
he caught by the drop in wheat e.
De Broker-We1 yes; sometime
like that. A barrel Of -four ten ny Cd D
him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

I want every Iers VI
who is bilious, coa ~,
pated or has any ass's Y
ach or liver ahmens z =
send for a free pscsssi Nh N
Of my Paw.PaH III
I want to prove IN, I.
they positively cus IN y
digestion, Sour s1; !S.s
ach, Belching =
Headache, Ns =. = !. Il
ness, sleeplessIless M w
are an infallible I'VE sa;s
for Constipation. lp u.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

this am willing to give millions OF Tres pS
ages. take all the risk Sold ~ aEl l,ses.
for 25 cents vial. For free package 80 49, /,
Prof. Munyon 53rd Jefferson Sts.. laae'oss..-
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Unnecessary Advice.

{To BE CONTINUED.