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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29

Enid" he asked, and his easy use
Of the name was a revelation and an
illumination to Armstrong. who IL
this man, what has he done?"
1t was Armstrong who replied. X
Newbold were in the dark, not SO he;
although they had never spoken, ne
had seen Newbold. He recognized
him instantly, indeed, recognized OF
not, the newcomer could be no 9TH
er man in the mountains. He had ex'
than he. There was doubtless no 9TH
pected to find him when he approach
ed the hut and was ready for him.
To the fire of his ancient hatred and
jealousy was added new fuel that
increased its heat and flame. This
man had come between Armstrong and
the woman he loved before and had
got away unscathed; evidently he had
come between him and this new wo'
man he loved Well, he should be
made to suffer for 1t this time and by
| Armstrong; own hands The In.
slant Newbold had entered the room
Armstrong had thirsted to leap upon
him, and he meant to do it. One or
the other Of them, he swore in his
heart, should never leave that room
alive.
But Newbold should have his chance.
i Armstrong was as brave, as fearless.
as intrepid, as any man on earth.
There was much that was admirable
in his character; he would not take
any man at disadvantage In an en-.
counter such as he proposed. He
would not hesitate to rob a man Of his
wife If he could, and he would not
shrink from any deceit necessary to
gain his purpose with woman, for
good or evil, but he had his own ideas
Of honor, he would not shoot an en-
envy in the back for instance.
Singular perversion, this, to which
some minds are liable! To take from
man his wife by subtle and under.
hand methods, to rob him ct that
which makes life dear and sweet
there was nothing dishonorable in
that! But to take his life. thing Of
infinitely less moment by the same
process-that was not to be thought
> Of. In Armstrong; code 1t was right
it was imperative, to confront man
with the truth and take the consequent
. ces; but to confront woman with liz
and take her body and soul. If so be she
might be gained. was equally admir-
able. And there are other souls than
Armstrong; in which this moral in.
: consistency and obliQuity about men
and women has lodgment!
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29

Ing against desperate odds, he had no
knowledge of how much she knew, or
"here she had learned anything. Ev.
cry one about the mining camp where
she had lived had known of his love
lor Louise Rosser, but he had not sup.
posed there was single human soul
VINO had been privy to its later devel.
opments, and he could not figure out
any way by which Enid Maitland could
nave learned by any possibility any
more OF the story than he had told
her He had calculated swiftly and
with the utmost nicely, just how much
ne should confess. He was a keen
witted clever man and he was fighting
for what he held most dear, but his
eagerness and zeal, as they have Oft
en- done, OVERRIDE his judgment, and
ne made another mistake at this juno
ture. His evil genius was at his ell.
bow.
You must remember" he continued
that you have been alone here in
these mountains with a man for over
a month; the world
What, what do you mean?" ex-
claimed the girl, who indeed knew
very we'll what he meant, but who
would not admit the possibility.
ITS not every man." he added,
blindly rushing to his doom, that
would care for you or want you-aft-
er that"
He received a sudden and terrible
enlightenment.
You coward" she cried, with up
raised hand, whether in protest or to
strike him neither ever knew, for at
that moment the door opened the sec.
ond time that morning to admit an.
other man.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29
CHAPTER xxi.
The Last Resort Of Kings and Men.


The sudden entrant upon quarrel
between others is invariably at a dis.
advantage. Usually he is unaware
of the cause of difference and general
ly he has no idea of the stage of de-
velopment of the affair that has been
reached. Newbold suffered from this
lack of knowledge and to these dis.
advantages We're added others. For
instance, he had not the faintest idea
as to who or what was the stranger.
The room was not very light in the
day time Armstrong happened to be
standing with his back to it at some
distance from the window by the side
of which Enid stood. Six years nat
urally and inevitably makes some Diff
ference in a mans appearance, and it
is not to be wondered that at first
Newbold did not recognize the man be.
fore him as the original of the face In
his wife's locket, although he had stud
led that face over and over again. A
nearer scrutiny, a longer study, would
have enlightened him of course. but
for the present he saw nothing but a
stranger visibly perturbed on one side
and the woman he loved apparently
fiercely resentful, stormily indignant,
confronting the other with an up.
raised hand.
The man, whoever he was, had af-
fronted her, had aroused her indigna.
ton, perhaps had insulted her, that
was plain. He went swiftly to her
side, he interposed himself between
her and the man.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29
Enid" he cried

EnlQ! ne cried.
Naturally he thought the look of ex-
pectant happiness he had surprised
upon her face was for him and he
accounted for its sudden disappear
ance by the shock of his unexpected,
unannounced, abrupt, entrance.
She warm color had flushed her
face, but as she stared at him her as.
pect rapidly changed. She grew paler
The happy light that had shone in her
eyes faded away and as he approached
her she shrank back.
"You!" she exclaimed almost in ter.
ror
Yes" he answered smilingly, 81
have found you at last. Thank God
you are safe and we'll. Oh, If you
could only know the agonies l have
gone through. thought loved you
when | left you six weeks ago, but
now"
In eager itupetuosity he drew nearer
tc her. Another moment and he
would have taken her in his arms, but
she would have none of him.
Stop" she said with cold and
infiexible sternness that gave pause
even to his buoyant joyful assurance.
why, what's the matter?"
"The matter? Everything, but"
mo evasions, please" continued the
man still cheerfully but with a grow
ing misgiving. His suspicious, in abey-
ance for the moment because Of his
joy at seeing her alive and we'll. arose
with renewed force. Il left you prac-
tically pledged to me-" he resumed.
mot so FAST" answered Enid Matt.
land, determined to combat the light.
est attempt to establish a binding
claim upon her.
isn't it true?" asked Armstrong.
Here. wait" he said before she could
answer, II am half frozen, / have been
searching for you since early morn
ing in the storm" He unbuttoned and
unbelted his huge fur coat as he spoke
and threw it carelessly on the floor by
his Winchester leaning against the
wall. Now" he resumed, Il can talk
better"
you must have something to eat
then" said the girl.
She was glad Of the interruption
since she was playing for time. She
did not quite know how the interview
would end, he had come upon her so
Unexpectedly and she had never for.
what she would say to him,
that which she felt she must sayI She
must have time to think, to collect
herself, which he in his part was quite
willing to give her, for he was not
much better prepared for the inter-
view than she. He really was hungry
and tired, his early journey had been
foolhardy and in the highest degree
dangerous. The violence of his admir-
alton for her added to the excitement
of her presence, and the probable near.
ness of Newbold as to whose where.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29
CHAPTER XXI.
The Odds AGAINST Him.

The noise of the opening OF the
door and the thrush of cold air that
followed awoke Enid Maitland to in
slant action. She rose to her feet and
faced the entrance through which she
expected Newbold to reappear-for Of
course the newcomer must be he
and for the life of her she could not
heln that radiating flash of JOY, the
momentary anticipation of which fair
ly TRANSPORTED her being; although If
she had stopped to reflect she would
have remembered that not in the
whole course of their acquaintance had
Newbold ever entered her room at any
time without knocking and receiving
permission.
Some of that Joy yet fingered in her
lovely face when she tardily recoga
nized the newcomer in the half light.
Armstrong, scarcely waiting 10 close
the door, sprang forward joyfully with
his hands outstretched.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29
Chance for one.Armed Man,

I'm looking for one-armed man."
said the patron of New York restau.
rant. III you know Of man who has
only q right hand l can make him Q
good business proposition-one that
will save him a lot of good dollars and
save me the same amount. His right
hand, however. must be a No. ~.
Its this way: Several months ago
I sprained my ankle and for many
months was obliged to lean heavily on
cane. To protect my left hand !
wore a glove on that hand, but did
not use one on the right. The result
was that l wore out dozens Of LETT
gloves, but the right hand ones new
or nut on"
The Detroit times., 1912-07-18
c. 0. P PROGRESSIVES WILL i
MEET THURSDAY NIGHT
Delegates Will be Elected to
Convention to be Held at
Under the Oaks

Wayne county Republican Pro-
gressiyes will hold their first meeting
Thursday evening at o'clock In
the banquet room OF the Griswold
hotel. At that time q delegation
will be chosen TO go tn Jackson Sat-
urday for the state convention OF the
National Progressive party, which
will be held under the oaks" where
the Republican party was born.
city Clerk Charles A. Nichols, the
Roosevelt state chairman. announced
Wednesday that all Progressives who
are interested in the movement to
elect Theodore Roosevelt president
of the United States are invited to
attend the meeting Thursday even
ing. While arrangements have not
been made In advance, IL Is thought
likely that the Progressives will
choose for their presiding officer At
torney Frank Renaud, who was
named at the recent Progressive con-
ference at Lansing as the Detroit
member OF the state committee OF
the new party.
Wayne county will be entitled TO
1872 delegates In the state conven-
tion and the trip to Jackson will
probably consume only day. A pre-
liminary committee has been work.
ing on the question OF transportation
and will submit at Thursday night s
meeting two plans for making the
trip. leaving Detroit by steam or
electric railway Saturday morning
and returning the same evening.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-18
TOO VALUABLE TO NAVY
TO Be SPARED IN PRISON
Submarine Machinist, Convicted
in United States Court, (.
Will Get off Lightly

Being enlisted as machinist on
a1United States navy submarine at
Seattle was a point much In the pris-
oner's favor when John G. Jensen
pleaded guilty in the federal court,
Wednesday, to the charge OF obtain
ing Wabash railroad transportation
fraudulently from Detroit to Chicago
by pretending that he was In the mai.
service, Jensen Is Port Huron boy
who was formerly weigher OF mails
at the Detroit postoffice.
United States Marshall Joseph r.
II. Jacoby, OF Seattle, who with Dep
uty Marshall Frank Albert brought
Jensen to Detroit, stated that he
would appear before the court before
sentence Is passed, and plead for leni-
ency on the ground that the young
man Is a valued employe of the navy.
oIcials find II very difficult to obtain
men to undertake the dangerous trips
In the submarines and that recently
they paid $3.50 each to eight citizens
for making trip. Jensen. however.
belongs to a class Of employees that
gets 81 per trip In addition to their
regular wages and when the officials
get a man who Is satisfactory for the
work, they dislike very much TO lose
him. It II understood that he will
not lose his position II he Is able TO
return to Seattle at once.
Jensen went west more than year
ago and made use Of his familiarity
with the manner-in which mail weigh
ers are carried by the railroads to
get a ticket to Chicago. There, how
ever. he lost his nerve about getting
transportation farther west by the
same means, and made no further ef-
fort to impersonate a government ein
ploye. II was not until four months
ago that he was located in Seattle and
arrested on federal grand jury In
dictment returned at Detroit, and
much of the interim has been con-
sumed in efforts made by the navJ
men in Seattle to avoid his being
brought to Detroit.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-18

haps. for efficient and satisfactory
service. but they are too, high for tho
service We are getting. and | propose
10 let the commission know about II
I'VE don't hear people complaining
primarily against the telephone rates
In effect in Detroit SO much as we
hear complaints OF the inadequate
service. The Michigan State Tele-
phone Co. assures US that when II
obtains possession OF the Home Tcle-
phone Co.'s property. the latter's Inn
proved equipment will enable tne
company TO give the city better ser
vice. II the representatives OF the
telephone companies before the com
mission agree to give US adequate scr
vice. l will accept their agreement.
But, | am going TO say to the commits
sion that II the service does not I'M
prove and become satisfactory very
shortly, this city Will come right back
and petition the commission TO come
TO Detroit and investigate the coldi-
tons. We are going to have better
The Detroit times., 1912-07-18
WOULD DRILL FOR OIL
IN MONTMORENCY COUNTY
From a Stoff Correspondent.

LANSING, Mich, July 17-Repre-
sentatives Of the Rotts OIL and Fuel
Company, OF Pittsburgh are here nego-
taiting with The Public Domain Com
mission for the purpose Of securing
permission to drilr for oil and gas on
the state lands In Montmorency
county.
According 70 the proposition submit
ted to the public domain commission,
the company would drill number OF
wells and II oil or gas Is found the
state will receive percentage OF the
profits. Residents of Montmorency
and adjacent counties are said to be
anxious for the state to enter into the
contract as they claim that should
anything of value be discovered 1t
will greatly boost the valuation or
their land.
A. J. Dougherty. of the Public Do
main Commission. said this morning
that he favored the proposition, and
It is expected that contract will be
closed soon.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-18
PAIR OF SHREWD CROOKS
PICKED UP BY POLICE

The Fire Alarm Kid" whose right
name is Joe Brown. and who is known
from coast to coast, was arrested by
Detectives Larkins and Reid, Tuesday,
and Is held in central station. The
kid" has a habit Of turning in fire
alarm, and then robbing houses from
which the occupants pour to see the
engines, He was picked up on the
street, and will be ordered out of
town.
William Stiles, alias kid Sher-
man" hotel sneak thief and all round
crook, was also arrested by Larkins
and Reid, charged with entering six
rooms in the Hotel Fairfax with
false key, and stealing the contents
Of suit cases, which he deftly slit with
knife.
He is an ex-convict, the police say,
having served a term In Rochester,
N. Y, He is held on a charge OF lar.
ceny.
Job Printing Done Right. Times
Printing Co., IS John R.-st.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-18
.PINCHOT KICKS BECAUSE
HIS TAXES ARE TOO Low
First Wealthy Man in Country
to Admit Assessment Dodg-
ing, Says George

WASHINGTON, July 17.-Gifford
Pinchot, former chief of the forestry
bureau, and ardent Roosevelt support
er. was pointed to today by Repre-
sentative George, Jr., OF New York,
wealthy man In Washington, II not In
the United States" to confess to tax
lodging. George made public an ex-
change of letters with Pinchot, fol.
lowing the ex-forester's complaint that
he has unwittingly escaped payment
Of $500 annually on taxes on his pa.
latial residence here. He expected
George to adjust the inequality.
Your committee, learn, has de-
yeloped the fact that small owners or
property In the district are assessed
far greater than large owners" Pin
chot said In his letter "In this way
the poorer men are taxed most heav-
lily. and those who are richest pay less
In proportion"
.Pinchot asserted that he engaged
real estate experts to value his resi-.
dence. and found 1t Is under assessed
$4,000.
This Is unjust" the letter con-
tinued, "and leave the facts In your
hands for such use as you may see
fit." Thanking Pinchot for his pub
lie spirited letter." Representative
George replied:
You are entitled to all honor and
to the unique distinction of being the
first wealthy man In the city, II not
In the United States, to come for
ward and volunteer the information
that his property is grossly under.
valued"
The Detroit times., 1912-07-18
.CHLOROFORM flEND
SWALLOWS FATAL DOSE
Dead Body of George Wilson,
Vaudeville Performer, is
Found on Belle Isle

The body OF the man found dead
on Belle Isle. Wednesday morning,
neaI' the Muir fountain, was identified
BY Morris II. Luther, a travelling
Snowman, as that OF George Wilson.
"a years old, OF Pittsburgh, Pa, a
vaudeville performer known on the
stage as NAT" Wilson, the Happy
Tramp, :or the past week employed
in Wyandotte picture and vaude-
vile thcater.
According TO Luther, Wilson had
bee addicted for years TO the use OF
choloroform as stimulant and when
told that tow tow-ounce bottles with
the label OF that drug had been found
by the body, he said 1t would be hard
TO determine whether the young man
had merely swallowed an overdose
OF the drug or deliberately taken his
own life. One of the bottles was
empty, the other half.flled. A third
bottle was found empty in one OF the
bridge motor buses, in which Wilson
is supposed to have ridden over to
the island.
bulHol bays Wiiooh . lolheI 10 uedu
but his mother lives in Pittsburgh, Is
a member of good family and high
ly respected.
Wilson's body was found, Wednes-
day morning, by Alvin Gardner, No.
293 McKinstry-ave., and Fred Weld
busch, No. 500 Chestnut-st, en-
ployes of the park, while on their
way to work on the island
Wilson's wife is appearing at the
Colonial theater in Detroit at the
present time under her maiden name,
Pauline Palmer. They had separated,
and she says that while she regrets to
to hear OF his end, he had long been
dead to her,
The Detroit times., 1912-07-18
Wilson Seeks Ou,etnde
To Prepare Battle Plans

SEA GIRT, N. j., July 17.-That he
will be obliged to find some place
where he can keep his presence a
secret In order to prepare his speech
and letter accepting the Democratic
presidential nomination was the state
ment of Governor Wilson today. He
made II plain that while he welcomed
the many visitors who called to pledge
support, and was glad they came, he
believed he would have to secure abb
solute quiet so he could get these Inn
portant matters out of the way. The
governor said he expected to confer
with National Chairman McCombs to-
morrow and that the treasurer and
vice-chairman OF the national COM
mittee would then be announced. II
is generally believed that Henry Mer-
genital, of New York, will be treas
urer and that William @. McAdoo will
be vice-chairman.
The governor said that his running
mate, Governor Thomas r. Marshall,
of Indiana, will not come to visit him
next Saturday as had been planned.
The entire Democratic house repre-
sentation is to come here at that time
and because Wilson wants to talk the
campaign over at length with the In
diana executive, he has been asked to
defer his visit to a later date.
Gov. Wilson and Congressman Un-
derwood, planning the formers Dem
ocratic campaign for the presidency,
have decided Wilson will carry these
"debatable states"
Wisconsin, Missouri, Maryland,
kentucky, New York.
They make reservation that there
will have to be some campaigning
done In Missouri, and that while New
York was pretty certain to go Demo
cratic, the Democrats there would
have to be on their guard and not feel
TOO sure: and made list OF the
states where they will have to fight
for votes with good chance OF car
ryjng them. Ny
In this list they placed hrst the
great middle western states OF I'LL
,nois, Onic and Indiana; from the
Now England group they put down
Meine ard Connecticut. Along the
Mason and Dixon border they made
note of West Virginia. In a class by
itself they placed Pennsylvania and,
last OF all, they jotted down New
Jersey as debatsble, although Massa-
chusetts was left Republican.
West Virginia, of course, Is de-
bntabie ground - said Gov. Wilson.
Missouri, II developed. was dis
cassed In detail by the governor and
Speaker Champ Clark when the lat
ter was here last Saturday AT that
une the speaker Is said to have told
The Detroit times., 1912-07-18
(OST $l,65S,5l8
| TO ELECT TAFT TO
| PRESIDENCY IN 1908
}. p. Taft Subscribed $4,000,
Andrew Carnegie $4,000 and
VIM. N. Cromwell $25, 200
)UPONT'S $4,000 TURNED
BACK, SAYS HITCHCOCK
Manager of Campaign Declares
No Funds Were Received
From Corporations

WASHINGTON, July 17.-Postmas-
er-General Frank II. Hitchcock, who
vas Republican national chairman in
sos, today wave the senate committee
which is investigating campaign con-
ributions the first detailed accounting
pf campaign finances 1t has yet OBJ
ained.
The total contributions for Taft's
Presidential contest amounted to ST.
t55,5lS, Hitchcock testified. OF the
otal amount $620.15O was collected
by finance committees in states and
vas expended In the state campaigns.
He said the net amount of the ma
ional campaign fund was $1,350,36
large contributions, he said, were re-
eived only at the beginning OF the
campaign. Among those who sent
money were:
Charles p. Taft, the presidents
brother, $4,000; william N Crom-
well, $4,000: Mr.. and Mrs. Lars An
tlerson, $4,000; Andrew Carnegie.
b20, 900: VIM. Smith Cochrane, $4,000
hnd Frank A. Munsey, Whitelaw Reid
hnd M. G. ID. Borden, each $4,000
I'VE received very few large con-
|ributions during the campaign" said
Hitchcock, "and / think there were
bot more than 20 or 80 as high as
$4,000. II was necessary to have
Funds at the beginning OF the cam
paign. and We accepted those liberal
contributions"
Hitchcock surprised the committee
by declaring in answer to question
by Senator Clapp. that complete rec
BIRDS OF the campaign were at It's dis
|posal. These books, he said, gave the
hame OF every contributor In the 1908
campaign and amount given. There
|were further records, he said, ac-
counting for every dollar Of expendi-
ture. These will be delivered to the
committee.
Large additions were made to the
general war fund" by sending letters
to $4,000 men OF means in all parts Of
the country asking each OF them to
contribute $50. This plan produced
amounting to between
$500, 900 and 100000, Hitchcock said.
Were any contributions made by
asked Paynter.
There were none," Hitchcock an
swered. Congress passed law In
1907 prohibiting the acceptance OF
contributions from corporations"
do you remember Of any contribu-
tions refused by the national commit
teeY asked Senator Jones.
There was one contribution OF
$40. 900 that was placed in our treas
ury by General Coleman Dupont, OF
Delaware, who was a member Of the
executive committee" the
postmaster-general replied.
II told him that we ought not to
receive the contribution because the
had pending q civil suit
against the corporation OF which he
was president. He explained that he
felt that he was not doing his share
OF the work as a member OF the ex-
ecutive committee and had decided TO
do his share by making large contri-
button. The Dupont contribution was
returned to him and 1t never entered
either the national or state cam
paign."
The Detroit times., 1912-07-18
RAILWAY COMMISSION TO
HEAR SERVICE is ROTTEN
Corporation Counsel to Place
Phone Conditions Before
Board at Merger Hearing

The telephone service given its
patrons by the Michigan Telephone
Co. is rotten" said Corporation Coun-
sci Lawson. Wednesday noon. prior
to his departure for Lansing to repre-
sent the city in the hearing before the
state railroad commission on the pro
posed telephone merger.
IT will lay the facts before the COM
mission and Insist that conditions be
improved" continued Mr.. Lawson.
Personally, l think their rates are
excessive compared with the service
the company Is giving The pubic.
The rates would not be too high, per-