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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-06-21

tor. Louisa Enderby was standing
there, and smiled as appeared.
II have kept my word" she said.
'fWill you please sit down.
found myself impelled to sit. "You
see," she said triumphantly, that to
certain extent you are in my power.
You are wondering how | came here,
but that does not matter. | warned
you that you would do yourself no
good by interfering with me. Yet
you have used your influence today
to put Constance against me. You
are doubtless aware of the value Of
the young life which you seek to pro-
tect. /. as the only child of my moth
err, inherit nothing but a miserable
pittance, and even that is not mine
while my mother lives"
made no reply, and she continued
to stare at me. TN order to infiu-
ence you," she said, II shall have to
tell you my story. My father died
when / was four years old; he died
in lunatic asylum, where I may fol-
low him some day, but not yet, If l
can help it. After his death l lived
for a time in this house with my
mother, but at the age of seven was
sent to France to be educated. The
lady who had charge Of me was a pro-
found student of mesmerism. She
discovered that / was medium, that
I had extraordinary occult powers;
she encouraged them and trained me.
/ became, after a year or two of her
manipulations, very valuable clair
voyant. Shortly after my eighteenth
year came back to England; my
friend had died, my mother was anx-
ious that I should live with her, and
I came to the house which she now
inhabits. My uncle, my mothers step
brother, the heir to this vast property.
had Just been married. hated him
for living at all. But for him should
have been the heiress Of Queens Mar
vel. Perhaps you have heard that
my Uncle Gerald died when out fish
ing. being found drowned In Lock
liverpool, which is part Of our river
about two miles from here. Well,
win tell you how he really came by
his death"
She hesitated: curious blank look
came over her face, vague terror
that shone in her eyes and drew deep
line around her mouth. She crouched
slightly downwards. became rigid for
an instant, as II she were going to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-06-21
CHILD SERVANTS HARD LOT
What the Little "Slavey" in England
Had to Accomplish in Fiji
teen Hours.

The other day was in the north OF
England. / was asked by friend to
look up a girl who had written offer
ing herself for situation. The house
that she was in at that moment was
lodging-house with five floors.
Gertie is aged fifteen and a half,
and here is her "time table,: She
rose at six, lit the kitchen fire. and
'tdid" the dodgers rooms. There were
two medical students lodging in the
house and a clerk, and the landlady
with her four children, occupied the
basement.
Gertie "took up the 'breakfases' :
to the two young gentlemen" on the
third and fourth floors, and the
young fellow on the fifth-it was in
this way she described the dodgers
"All 'ad 'breakfas' at eight o'clock.
Between s and $3.50, when the youna
men went off, she went three times
up to the top Of the house, carrying
the breakfast in two detachments, the
boots, which she had previously
cleaned, and the newspaper, and
made the same number Of visits ID
the third and fourth floors Then tbs
children chad to be seen to- given
their breakfast and set on the way to
school. Then she started on her own
meal, and after that ''did" the work
Indescribable were the household
crafts in her hands. But then, there
was mo time for doing things prop
erly" She had to make" six beds,
carry down trays, "tidy" bedrooms
All the time Gertie, in shoes too big
for her, in which she slouched all
over the place, would be running up
and down to open the door to the dust
man, to run errands for the landlady,
to find the gas mans card, and so on.
Then the evening program began
teas, babies to be put to bed, supper
to be taken up, and the crockery for
seven or eight persons, use to be
washed up" as the operation was
called, between the hours of and II.
At IL the wearied little creature
usually managed to get to bed. It
must not be thought that Gertie is an
exceptional worker Child servants.
horribly overtaxed, are to be found
everywhere, and in all probability
their bitter experience colors not only
their subsequent attitude on the sub.
ject of service" but even more their
Interpretation of home, marriage and
maternity.-London Mail.
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ana regained my chamber by means
of the servants staircase. went in,
shut the door, and sat for some time
thinking over the position of affairs.
Whether Miss Enderby was mad
or sane, my plain duty was to ac-
quaint her relatives with the occur
renee which had just taken place. Il
was not safe to have such a woman at
large. Doubtless even now she
thought was dead, as / assuredly
should have been but for the discov.
cry Of the secret door at the back OF
the safe. After resting for an hour
changed my dress and went down to
the ballroom. heard the merry
strains of music, and entered the bali.
room by one Of the side doors. The
first person saw was Constance.
She looked radiant In her white
dress; the light of youth and happi
ness shone in her hazel eyes. When
she saw me she smiled; she was,
knew afterward, perfectly unconscious
OF the terrible deed she had just com.
mitted. / did not trouble her with
any remark. but went further into the
room. ] stepped up to an open win.
dow, and partly concealing myself be
hind curtain, began to look around
was now able to watch Miss Ender
by without being, seen myself. She
was dancing with handsome man
and talking to him brightly. But ]
observed that, notwithstanding her as
sumed mirth, she was the victim OF
an uneasy terror. Seen closer, her
face looked haggard. could not re-
sist the temptation to stretch out one
of my hands and lay it on her shout
der. She was talking to her partner
at the time, and they were in the act
of resuming the waltz. She turned,
her eyes met mine, an expression OF
horror came over her face, and she
retreated backwards, gazing at ma
with distended pupils. have not the
least doubt that she thought / was a
ghost-it was impossible for her to
believe that could have found my
| way out of my living tomb. With q
shrek she sank the next, moment in
a sort Of fit at my feet. Some PEG
pie rushed forward and bore the faint
| ing woman out of the room. I fol-
lowed and did what could to restore
her to consciousness, but when she
finally opened her eyes knew by
their wild glare that the woman was
mad.
Within week from that date Miss
Enderby died, without ever having
one CLEAN of returning sanity. The
shock of seeing me when she thought
I had quilted the world had complete
~ overbalanced her alrGady too-ex'
citable brain. With her death the ne
cessity for disclosing her frightful So
cret no longer remained, and was
my own counsel.
AS to Constance, she is my special
friend, and to her dying day she will
never know what narrow escape she
had from taking my life.
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ut was about my father. Dr. Hall
fax. He was my grandfather's oniy.
son. He married when he was only
twenty-one, and he died months be-
fore was born. He was drowned
while fishing about two miles away
from Queens Marvel; he fell into
Lock liverpool. Mother nearly went
mad at the time, and grandfather
shut himself up and would not see
any one for years. It Is only lately
that he has got over it. You see, he
had no other child except Aunt Kate.
and for some reason she was not q
favorite of his"
Then who inherits Queens Mar
vel?" I asked.
AT some very far distant date I
do" was Constance's response.
The evening which followed was all
that was gay and entertaining. MISS
Enderby was, notwithstanding her
plainness and peculiar physiogomy,
the life and soul of the party. In the
drawing room she gave us some
music, and / sauntered over to her
side. Suddenly she stopped In the
midst of sonata, raised her full
greenish eyes to my face, smiled, and
rose from her seat at the piano.
Il have played enough" she said.
and left the room. When I sought my
apartment again that night my mind
was still running on the strange per-
sonality of Miss Enderby. / fiatter
myself that am not very susceptible
to the control of other peoples
glances, but I could not conceal from
myself that there was something in
her eyes that exercised an odd influ-
ence over me- The admission annoy
ed me. and went to bed resolved to
dismiss Miss Enderby and all her
works from my thoughts. / was not
long in falling asleep, but once again,
as "a hours before, / awoke suddenly
with the same odd impulse forcing me
to arise. There was no thought Of
resisting the impulse in my mind; /
turned on the light, entered the sit
ting room as / had done on the pre-
vious night, and once more encounter
ed the fixed gaze of my sinister visi-
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have e cataleptic fit, but making .
great effort Strengthened herself once
more.
why do you drag my soul from
met" she asked hoarsely.
II ask for no condolences" / re-
sponded. "All the same" l continued,
looking firmly into her eyes and real
.izing that her will was weakening,
you will tell what / want to know"
YES" she painted. Il cannot help
myself; the truth for the first time
crosses my lips. The uncle whom I
hated, who stood between me and this
great property. did not meet his death
by accident, often went with him
on his fishing expeditions Although
no one knew it, was with him on
that special day. He waded into deep
water, and ] sat on the bank and
watched him. Suddenly the demon
which seemed to have got into me at
my birth took mastery of me.
"'Uncle Gerald cried, I wish you
would get me that green fern which
grows right In the depths of the rock
above Lock liverpool
with pleasure he replied. He re-
turned to the shore. and without re-
moving his waders went along the
edge Of rock which jutted out over
the pool. His gaff lay on the bank,
his back turned to me; followed
him cautiously madness doubtless
In my soul--and struck him heavy
blow WITH the iron instrument on the
back of his head! He fell as II he
were shot, bounded against rock,
and sank like stone to the bottom
of the pool. threw his fishing rod
on the water and rushed home. No
one had seen me leave the house, and
no one had seen me return. Not the
faintest suspicion was ever attached
to my name. committed the crime
for the sake of the property, but in
the end Fate went against me. for my
uncle's widow, unknown to me, was
about to give birth to a child. Three
months after my uncle's death Con-
stance was born; she is in the direct
succession and will inherit the bulk
of the property. By and by she will
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marry, and her husband will take her
name. DR.. Halifax, / mean to get
Constance under my influence. l do
not wish to commit murder a second
time, but l must have Constance Pc
rowne as my tool. If you dare to defy
me you will suffer"
She stopped speaking and stared
past me toward the wall. Her express
sion changed again, she looked at me
in a confused manner.
'What have I been saying?" she
queried. ooh, yes, came to tell you
to go away from hereto leave me
alone"
Here I interrupted her and pointed
to the door. Leave me-" l said
sharply. "You have delivered your
message; now CO."
She obeyed, backing slowly to the
door, and pausing on the threshold.
Il warned you" she said From
now on you are in peril" She
waved her hand and disappeared. ]
went back to bed, but my slumbers
were disturbed by unQuiet dreams.
When the dawn began to break /
dressed myself and went out. The
day beginning was the one before
Christmas. Against my will wander
ed in the direction of Miss Enderby's
house. Suddenly saw her turning a
corner and coming to meet me- She
approached and wished me Good
morning" in a pleasant, everyday
voice. | came to the point without
hesitating.
miss Enderby," / said, why did
you visit me twice in the dead of
night in the sitting room which is
connected with the panelled bed
room?"
81 never visited you," she cried, her
face turning pale. TELL me what you
mean"
ION the first night of my arrival"
I answered. you compelled me to
arise, you compelled me to go to my
sitting room. You were there wait
ing for me; again last night you Wis
tied me, and on that occasion you
told me"
"Told you what?" she interrupted
IN voice which was almost hiss.
What did say?"
"You told me the secret Of Lock
liverpool"
She uttered q low cry. II feared
this" she gasped. Something told
me that you were exercising an awfui
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-06-21

Why, the fact that advertising pays
can be as clearly demonstrated every
day as that the sun rises. Select
the proper mediums, advertise intel
ligently and your fortune is made.
You must have new ideas for the
changes of fashion spent S650.000
in advertising in one year and it paid
US well. Good goods, good advertis-
ing and plenty of 1t, is my advice to
ambitious commercial men.-T. ]. Bar
rant.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-15
MUST FILE STATEMENT
,temized Statment of All Expenses 10
Required by law

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Rock.-Every candidate for
United State Senate in Arkansas and
every candidate for congress must file
not less than 10 nor more than Il
days before the primary of March %
with the secretary of the senate and
clerk Of the house of representatives
respectively "a full. correct ard item
Ted statement of all moneys and
things of value received by him or
anyone for him with his knowledge
and consent from any source, in aid
or support of his candidacy, together
With the names of all those who have
furnished the same in whole or IN
part
Each candidate for senator and con-
gresham must also give an itemized
account OF "all moneys and things of
value given contributed expended,
used. or promised by such candidate.
or by his agent. representative. or
other person for and in his behalf,
with his knowledge and consent, to-
gether with the names of all those 10
buttons. payments, or promises were
made, for the purpose of procuring
his nomination or election"
Each candidate must also file such
statement within Is days after the
primary election.
This new law limits the amount
that may be spent by candidate for
congress to $1,000 and the amount
that may be spent by a candidate for
the United States senate to $4,000.
but there is excepted from this limitl
money spent TO meet any assessment
or fee levied upon a candidate by thea
laws of his state or for his necessary
personal expenses for travel or SUBJ
sistence, stationery and postage, writ-
ing and printing (other than in news-
papers) and distributing letters. cir-s
culars and posters and for telegraph
and telephone service.
Arkansas candidates will not there-S
fore have to account for possibly theiFS
largest expenditures, the money spent
in travelling over the state or then
congressional districts, in sending OUT
their literature to the voters and Tor
telegraph and telephone service.
Candidates for the senate or for con-
gress in the March primary are the
ilrst ones TO come under the pro-
visions of the new federal publicity
law in Arkansas.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-15
WABASH CONTINENTAL LIMITED
DERAiLED NEAR WEST LEB-
ANON, ND, GOES IN DITCH.
BROKEN RAIL is The CAUSE
About to Step TITO Diner When
Coaches Roll Down Embark
ment-Hosptal Crowded.

Danville, lll.-Four are dead and 90
injured in wreck on the Wabash
railroads Continental limited, bound
for st. Louis, two and half miles
west of West Lebanon. Ind, a small
station II miles east of Danville.
The limited, Ell route from New
York. left the track on curve at
The entire train, consisting OF seven
cars. left the rails, the engine passing
over in safety
The train was in charge of GonGue-
tor Grant and Engineer Newton NJ
Dukes of Peru, lnd., and was running
one hour and thirty minutes late The
engineer, seeing the train was leav.
ing the rails. put on all steam posi-
BILE and broke the engine loose from
the rest of the train.
The seven coaches were crushed
into pile at the bottom of a high
embankment leading to creek, and
ii is feared that more dead may be
beneath the crumpled cars Wreck
ing crews with steam cranes worked
far into the night to remove the
wreckage and recover any persons
who might be beneath the debris
The snow and Ice made the work
of clearing the wreckage slow and
dangerous, but those on the scene be-
lieve that few. if any. bodies are held
in the broken cars.
The dead
Mrs, v. G. Good. boarded train at
Fort Wayne. Ind. en- route to st
Louis, back broken; died almost in
stantly.
Mrs. II. s. Grant, of Adrian. Mich,
Mrs. Goods sister
Pullman porter, name unknown
Two unidentified men
The train was travelling forty miles
an hour when rail broke under the
weight of the engine The three sleep
ers were empty, \ parlor car had
about thirty persons. some Of whom
were badly injured. Passengers es-
capped through windows.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-15
MADDERO SAVES NEARLY $4,000
BY REMOVING FUNDS TO
Ell PASo INSTITUTION.
JuAREZ SALOONS ARE CLOSED
Another Battle There Is Probable
Torreon Engagement Still is An
ticpated Where Deceive
Contest Is to Take Place.

FL Paso, Texas. - Seeking the
funds of the Maderista government in
the BaGco Nacional in Juarez. owned
by the Creel and Terrazas' interests,
rebels b6w the vault with notrogIy-
cerin and are said to have taken
$4,000 Of the bank money, none of
which it is said belonged to the gov
eminent
For two days teh rebels worked on
the vault. it is declared. A court mar
tai was held by Gen. Rojas to try
some of the men who had the night
before attempted to set into the bank.
The bank had nearly $4,000 on but
all OF the funds except the amount
taken by the rebels were brought to
an FL Paso bank.
All SALOONS in JuareZ have been
closed By Gen. Rojas to prevent sol
diers from resuming the drunken loot
ing campaign. The soldiers show
signs of becoming restles.
An exodus OF Juarez people started
and it is feared that serious trouble
will result if the rebel troops are not
controlled at once.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-15
DENIES SENDING MESSAGE
CLAIMS TELEGRAM TO OYSTER
BAY WAS FORGERY.
Charge Made in Washington Paper
That Roosevelt Campo On Man.
ager Sent Wire on Treaties.

Neutrality-suspicious. the first time
IN the present heated political
campaign, in which friends of Presi-
dent Taft are lined sQuarely up
against those of ex-President Roose-
welt, the charge of forgery was made.
IL came from Senator Dixon of Mon
tana and was in reference to a state
ment in the Washington Post that
Senator Dixon had telegraphed Col.
Roosevelt a boast over the action
taken on the arbitration treaties.
In a letter sent to John r. Mclean.
publisher of the Washington Post,
Senator Dixon said:
Il can not conceive it possible that
you were cognizant of or personally
had knowledge of the deliberate for
gerry OF telegram purporting to
have been sent by me to Col. Roose-
welt which was printed in the Post.
The telegram read
THE senate has ratified your con-
tention in regard to the treaties. Our
Democratic friends have come to our
rescue. JOSEPH NJ. DIXON
NO such telegram or any other tel
egram of similar import was sent by
me to Col. Roosevelt. ! sent him a
brief wire merely apprising him of
the vote of the senate Be
lieving in your own personal attitude
OF fairness, | trust you will see that
the Washington Post makes proper
amends for this absolutely unwar-
ranted action.
Yours very truly,
JOSEPH NJ. DIXON"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-15
Yours very truly,
JOSEPH NJ. DIXON. "
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT HOLDS
Massachusetts, Legislature Defeats
Bill to Abolish Death Penalty
Richeson Not Informed

Boston-Fearing a nervous break.
down, Sheriff Quinn took steps
to prevent Rev c. Y. T. Richeson.
awaiting execution for the murder of
his sweetheart, Avis Linnell, learning
that the legislature has defeated the
bill abolishing capital punishment
"Rieheson is in as good health as
can be expected said Quinn, but
do not want him unduly excited He
has only a short time to live, and
do not care to have him know of the
legislatures action"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-15
Is Charged With IrresuIarity
With Funds--.TriaI to
Be Later.
MUST FILE STATEMENTS
Candidates Must ltemize Expenditures
of Their Campaign and Within
Certain Time.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
ragould.-County Judge Jason L.
Light, who was removed from office
in December as the result of indict-
ments brought by the grand jury
charging embezzlement, larceny and
malfeasance in office, was reinstated
by Judge ". j. Driver of the Greene
County Circuit Court. Judge Driver
last week sustained a demurrer to
the embezzlement charge, and. in re-
Installing Judge Light, held that the
felony charges cannot be sustained.
Judge Light has prepared a state
ment covering every item of receipts
and disbursements in the office of
county judge during the time re served
in that capacity, and declares he has
saved the county 500 by an economic
distribution of funds. He declares he
will ask Judge Frank Smith at the
May term Of court to appoint an audit
ing committee TO verify the statement
he has prepared concerning the hand
ling of the county's funds
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-15
SUED FOR MARRYING MINGR
Benjamin Windsor. Farmer, Files an
Action Against Rev. Palmer
for $4,000 Damages.


Montgomery City. Mo,-Benj amin
Windsor, a farmer, is suing Samuel
Palmer. a young Baptist minister, for
$4,000 for performing a wedding cere-
mony in which his daughter, Frances
Windsor. aged Is, was united to VIII
liam Boone, aged 10.
The father alleges Rev Palmer
knew his daughter was under age,
and that he was performing the GER
emory against the parents wishes;
that he. the parent. had repeatedly
refused to give his consent to the
marriage. but that the preacher, UNI
der the protest of the plaintiff will
fully and maliciously performed" the
ceremony.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-15
SLAYER MAKES CONFESSION
Samuel Cheatham, Arrested on Re-
turn From East, Describes How
He Murdered PaWnbroker.

St. Louis, Mo.-Samuel Cheatham
was arrested here and confessed two
hours later that he shot George Wurz-
burger on the night of January 81,
dragged the dying man to trapdoor
and dropped him to the basement
After mortally wounding Wurzbur-
ger, Cheatham stopped over his un-
conscious victim, observed a diamond
scarf pin in his tie and coolly re-
moved it. Later he had the stone set
in a ring and paSned it in New York
for 500
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-15

Pine Bluff c. !. Langston. forlaeE
master mechanic for the Cotton Ben
here, who for more than 10 years h.
been engaged in developing his silyeF
and lead mines in the state of Chihun-
hua. Mexico. has arrived in Pine Blulz
and will probably remain here Wit
relatives until after the reyoluti14
in that country subsidies. He left =;
colon, Chihuahua, Mexico. on Febf0s
airy 9, on the day the last passenGek
train left that place for Ell Paso A.
spent several weeks In III Paso in nor
of being able to return to his MI