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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08

he might've done II he hadn't been a
scatterbrain-an Irishman.
Then he wrote me a letter. got
ii weeks after his death-saying he
felt he was about to go out, and that
the Pool of Flame was mine. He
went on TO explain that the box con-
tanned a monstrous big ruby and gave
me its history, as far as he knew IT,
"It seems that there's n certain
highly respectable temple In one OF
the Shan States of Burmah cts me-
self forgets the name Of iD and In
that temple there's an idol. a Buddha
of pure gold. It's said. It would be a
perfectly good Buddha, only that 1t
lacks an eye; there's an empty socket
in its forehead. and 'tis there the
Pool Of Flame belongs-or come from.
In the old days the natives called this
stone the Luck OF the State, and
maybe they were right; for when II
disappeared the state became a Brit
ish possession.
"In the war Of 'eighty-fve, says the
O'Mahoney, a small detachment Of
British troops out OF touch with their
command. happened upon this temple
we're speaking Of and took 1t, dispos-
sessing priests and populace without
so much as days notice. The officer
In command happened to see this eye
In the Buddha's forehead, prled it out
and put It in his pocket. In less than
an hour the natives surrounded the
temple and attacked in force. The
British stood them OF for three days
and then were relieved; but in the
meantime the officer had been killed
and the Pool Of Flame had vanished.
For several years it stayed
quiet, so far as is known. Then the
curse Of the thing began to work, and
it came to the surface in a drunken
brawl In the slums Of Fort Said The
police, breaking into some dive to
stop a row, found nobody in the place
but a dead Greek; they say twas a
shambles. One Of the police found the
big ruby in the dead mans fist and
before his companions guessed what
was up slipped away with the stone.
He was murdered some months
later In a Genoese bagnio, by a French
girl, who got away with it somehow.
The O'Mahoney came across
the thing in Algeria, when he was
serving with the Foreign Legion. He
was in Sidi Bel Abbas one night, off
duty, and wandering about when he
heard man cry out for help in one
of the narrow black alleys of the
place. He thought he recognized a
comrades voice, and surely enough,
when he ran down to aid him, he
found a Dutchman, man of his own
regiment, fighting with half a dozen
natives. He was about done for, the
Dutchman, when the O'Mahoney came
up, and so were three Of the Arabs.
The O'Mahoney took care of the rest
of them, and left seven dead men be-
hind him when he went away-the
six natives and the Dutchman, who
had died in his arms and given him
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08

Then we've saved me the bother"
He prepared 10 rise and capture her.
She retreated brlskly. Read"
she commanded Read about the
Pool OF Flannel"
He stopped short, thunderstruck.
The Pool OF Flame?" he reiterated
slowly. What dye know about that?"
What the letter tells memo more
What has become of III"
But he had already withdrawn the
enclosure and tossed the envelope
aside, and was reading absorbed, e1-
cited, obllvious to all save that CON
yeyed to his intelligence by the writ
ing beneath his eyes.
II was a singularly curt, dry and
business-like document for one that
was destined to mold the romance OF
his life--strangely terse and tritely
phrased for one that was to exert so
far-reaching an influence over the lives
of so many men and women, Upon a
single sheet of paper bearing their let
terhead. Messrs. Secretan and Sypher
solicitors. OF Rangoon, Burmah, had
caused to be typed a communication
to Colonel Terence ORourke, inform
ing him that on behalf Of a client who
preferred to preserve his incognito
they were prepared to offer a reward
of one hundred thousand pounds ster-
ling for the return, intact and un-
marred, of the ruby known as the
Pool of Flame The said ruby was
when last heard Of, in the possession
of the said Colonel O'Rourke, who
would receive the reward upon the
delivery of the said stone to the un-
dersigned at their Offices in Rangcon
within six months from date. Said
delivery might be made either in per
son or by proxy. With which Messrs.
Secretan and Sypher begged to re-
main respectfully his.
The Irishman read it once and again.
memorizing it's import; then deliber-
ately shredded It into minute parti-
cles.
so it's come" he said heavily, Just
as the O'Mahoney foretold it would"
He sank back in his chair. and his
wife went to him and perched herself
upon the arm of it, imprisoning his
head with her arms and laying her
cheek against his.
What has come. my hearth"
"One hundred thousand pounds,
he said. Treble its worth,
double what the OMahoney expect
ed. :"
who is the O'Mahoney, dear?"
He reused. "An old friend, Beatrix
an old comrade. He died some years
back, on the banks of the Tugela,
fighting with a Boer commando. He
was lonely man, without kith or kin
or many friends beside meself. That,
l D. esume, is how he came to leave
tho Pool OF Flame with me-" He
wognd an arm round her and held her
close. 'Hearken, dear, and I'll be
telling ye the story of it.
Behind them the Internal glare lit
up the portentous skies. Thunder
echoed between clouds and sea like
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08
AecordInn ID Evldenoo.

A remarkably brief and effective
summing up was once quoted by Lord
James in an after-dinner speech. It
was delivered by an Irish judge trying
man for pig stealing The evidence
OF his guilt was conclusive, but the
prisoned insisted on calling a mum
Der of witnesses, who testified most
emphatically to his general good char.
acter. After hearing their evidence
and the counsels' speeches, the judge
remarked; Gentlemen Of the Jury,
think that the only conclusion you can
arrived at is that the pig was stolen BY
the prisoner, and that he is the most
amiable man in the county."-LondoR
Chronicle.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08
$1,000 Miles Of Postage Stamps Year

I'm the lower denominations. Thus the
oue-cent ana the eightcent are differ
ent shades Of green: the threo-cent
and hfty-cent different shades Of pur-
pie; the hve-cent and the ffteen-cent
different shades OF blue, Tn the rapid
handling Of mail matter one denomi-
nation Is very apt TO be mistaken for
another especially under artificial
light The first six stamps are OF
sufficiently contrasting colOrs,
The department Is now arranging 70
print the remaining i've with different
border designs. Further. the frst six
Will bear the head Of Washington,
while the remaining Eve win bear the
head Of Franklin. The one-cent and
two-cent stamps will also be altered 20
express the denomination In numerals
instead Of m words, thus making them
conform 10 the other stamps Of the
series. Thus they will show the head
Of the first president on the first six
denominations and that OF the first
postmaster general. with a different
border design, on the last Eve. The
new designs win be issued within the
current fiscal year.
The growth of the domestic money
order system has been tremendous.
In 1865, when It was first put IN oper-
alton, there were but 419 money order
Offices In this country; today there
are 51,SO9, and they issued last year
H0,747,557 domestic money orders,
having a value Of sS,373,57S,7S9.
There were f,5OO700 paid registra.
tions at the New York city postolice
during the last fiscal year, an in-
crease Of nearly three per cent over
lhe previous year Chicago New
York's nearest competitor, showed but
2,1150S5 Registrations. There we're
1,O43,44O letters and parcels sent by
registered mail during the year rep
resentng a value Of $3,OO2,215,452.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08
HOW HE EVOKED THE WINDS

tense interest in religious philosophy
on which she has written a great deal
in letters, is so great that she has
library devoted entirely to books on
the subject. In her travels in Eng.
land and in Europe she has visited
old book shops and has collected old
Bibles, translations of the histories
written about the early Christians,
works in pen by the old monks. She
usually has had with her connois.
seur on such books and also has EN-,
ployed scholars to translate the books
to her and to discuss with her the
meanings Of the different writer's. For
all those things she has paid highly,
and her lavish spending Of money Ger.
tainly startled the scholars who al
ways have been content with small
remuneration for their services.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08
She Flung Herself Upon Him, soDblno.

heavy cannoning. The wife shrank
close to her beloved. 81 am not at all
afraid" she declared, when her voice
could be heard-"with you. :.
Tell me about the Pool of Flame"
"The O'Mahoney left 1t with me
when he went to South Africa" ex-
planned O'Rourke. Twas a paste
board box the size Of me fist, wrapped
in brown paper and tied with bit OF
string, that he brought me one even
ing, saying he was about to leave, and
would ! care for it In his absence.
knew no more Of It than that twas
something he valued highly, but put
II away in safe-deposit vault--which
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08

the Pool of Flame with his last whis-
per
That's how it came to me, said
O'Rourke
"And where is It now?"
Back in Algeria, If Pm not mistak-
en-. Ye remember Chambret
-he was with us In the desert and
wanted We to marry him afterwards? {?
He has 1.-THE dear man; love him
like a brother. He sickened Of
Europe when he found his case with
you was hopeless, and went to AL.
giers, Joining the Foreign Legion"
But how
"Well, we were fond Of each other.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08

~ ~ - - - - -
Chambret and /. | helped him Out
OF some tight corners and he helped
me along when me money ran short
AS 1t always did. and will. I'm
thinking. After a while / got 10 won
dering how much I owed the man
and figured IT up; the sum total
frightened the life out OF me. and
made him take the ruby by way OF Sc,
curity-and never was able to redeem
II, for twas only a little after that
that | came into me enormous patri.
mony and squandered II riotously get
ting married to the most beautiful
woman living.
He warned me to hold the stone,
the O'Mahoney did. saying that the
time would come when some native
prince would offer TO redeem the Luck
of the State as an act Of piety and pa.
triotism. He prophesied a reward OF
at least fifty thousand pounds. And
now it's come-twice overt"
And now what can you do?"
"Do?" cried O'Rourke. Faith,
what would I be doing? Dye realize
what this means to me, dear heart? ?
II means you-independence a little
fortune, the right to claim my wife!"
He drew her to him. DO? Sure, and
by the first train and boat I'll go to
Algeria, find Chambret, get him to
give me the stone, take It to Rangoon,
claim the reward, repay Chambret
and"
And what, my paladin?"
Dare ye ask me that, madame? ?
Say, will ye walt for me?"
She laughed softly. Have l not
waited, Ulysses?"
Tell me-" he demanded, have ye
talked with anyone about this letter."
only to Clara Plinlimmon!"
Good Lord!" groaned the Irishmsn.
only to her! Could ye not have
printed broadsldes, the better to make
the matter public?"
did l do wrong?"
Twas indiscreet-and that's put
ting It mildly, me dear. Dye know
the woman's walking newspaper?
How much did ye tell her? Did ye
show her the letter."
mo" She answered his last ques-
tion first And l told her very little
only about this reward for a ruby
| didn't know you owned We were
wondering where to find you"
And she Gold no one-or who do
you think?"
The woman looked a little fright
ened. "She told-she must have told
that man-Monsieur des Trebes."
THAT blackguard!"
He was with us on the yacht, one
of Clara's guests"
"She has a pretty taste for COM
pany-my word! How dye know she
told him? He asked you about it?"
"The letter? Yes. He wanted to
know the name of the solicitors and
their address. | wouldn't tell him.
-disliked him"
Had ye told Lady Pllnlimmon?"
NO
Praises be for that!"
"Why?"
Because ." O'Rourke paaused,
vague suspicious taking shape in his
mind. "Why did he ask about Cham
bret?" he demanded. How could he
have learned that the jewel was with
him?"
He jumped up and began to pace
the floor.
His wife rose, grave with conster-
nation. What" she faltered-"wh
makes you think, suspect"
Because the fellow lied to me about
you this very night. Ye were with
Lady Plinlimmon in the Casino, were
ye not? Faith, and didn't l see ye? l
was in chase Of ye when the man
stopped me with his rigmarole about
representing the French government
and having a secret commission for
me- Ye heard him just now.
And when | asked him was he of your
party, he denied knowing Lady Plin-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Monte Carlo with
Col. Terence O'Rourke, Il military free
hotel Leaning on the balcony he sees a
beautiful girl who suddenly enters the
elevator and passes from sight At the
gaming table O'Rourke notices two men
watching him One Is the Hon. Bertie
Glynn, while his companion is Vlscount
Des Trebes, a duelst. The vlscount tells
him the French government has directed
him to ORourke as a man who wouid
ment O'Rourke, who had agreed 10 un-
dertake the mission, finds a mysterious
letter. The vlscount arrives, hands
sealed package TO O'Rourke. who is nor
10 open it until on the ocean. pair OF
dainty slippers are seen protrudlng from
under a doorway curtain. The lrishman
hnds the owner OF the mysterious feet TO
be his wife, BeatriX. from whom he had
run away a year previous.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08
Llberal m ExpendIture for Fad.

Emile Grigsby, whose arrival in this
country with 1ewelry amounting to
$s0O,OOO again put her in the public
eye, is an ardent collector Of prayer
books and RELIGIOUS rituals. Her In.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08
cHAPTER lV.-tcontInued.l

She shook her head sadly, wistful.
ly. How do | know? How can tell?
Surely, dear, no two people we're ever
happier than we-yet within a year
from our wedding you you left
ne. ran away from me. =. Why?"
We'll ye know why. dearest, and
well ye know twas love OF ye alone
that drove me from ye. Could | let
Il be said ye had a husband who was
Incapable OF supporting ye? Could I
let 1t be said that your husband lived
ike a leech upon your fortunes?
Faith, didn't have to go for your
sake?"
NO" she dissented with a second
weary shake of her pretty head; Il
think It was love of yourself. a little,
Terence-that and your pride.
Why should any of our world
have guessed you were not the rich
man you fancied yourself when we
were married? Who would have told
them that your landed heritage in
ireland had turned out profitless? Not
|, my dear"
Il know that" he contended stub
bornly, but | know. too, sooner or
later it would have come out. and
they would have said: There she
goes with her fortune-hunter. the ad-
venturer who married her for her
money"
And If so? What earthly differ
ence could it make to us. sweetheart?
What can gossip matter to us-if you
love me?"
If" he cried, almost angrily. 'If!
An. but no. darling! tbs your
self knows there is no If about it, that
I'm sick with love of ye this very
minute-sick and mad for ye :"
Then" she pleaded, with a desper-
ate little break in her Incompatible
voice; and again held out her arms
to him-"then have pity on me. oh, my
dearest one-have pity on me If only
for a little while"
And suddenly he had caught her to
him, and she lay in his arms, her
young strong body nodded to his, her
ups " Ai9t hGA eyes uell-fS1ltu5 ln0
sweet fragrance of her-too well re-
Notwithstanding him; lay su-
pine in his embrace, yet held him
strongly to her, and trembled in sym
pathy with the deep, hurried pounding
Of his heart.
In the south the horizon famed
ivid to the zenith, revealing a great,
black wall of cloud that had stolen
up out of Africa; beneath 1t the sea
shone momentarily with a sickly silk
en- luster Then the dense blackness
of the night reigned again, as pro-
found as though impenetrable, eternal
Later dull growl of thunder rolled
in across the waste. With it came the
first fitful warnings of the impending
wind storm.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08

Twas ye who sang to me, dear.
est?'
Who else, you great silly boy?
And when you followed me to
the door, making as much noise as a
young elephant, Terence-I was mind.
ed to punish you little, very little,
my dear So | merely opened mine
and closed it sharply"
There was woman in the hall"
Il saw her, dear, and laughed, think.
ing how puzzled you would be.
Was cruel, my heart? But | did not
mean to be. I'd planned this surprise,
you know, from the minute found
our rooms adjoined"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-08

And this letter"-O'Rourke fumbled
in his pocket and got it out-"ye
brought it to me?"
1T came to me In London, dear. two
weeks ago; we were together-Clara
Pliniimmon and lat the Carlton
waiting Tor her yacht to be put into
commission Meanwhile she was max.
ing up the party for this Mediter-
ranean trip. had no idea
where TO send you the letter Have
you read it?"
Have had time, sweetheart OF
miner"
There was an interlude.
In the distance the thunder rolled
and rumbled.
Resolutely the young woman dis
engaged herself and withdrew to lit.
tie distance
Read monsieur,s she insisted, per-,
emptorily.
i've better things to do, me DEAR"
be retorted with composure
You'll find 1t interesting"
Il find me wife more interesting
than How dye know | will?"
Perhaps have read It,"
oRourke turned the letter over in
his hand and noted what had thereto
fore escaped his attention-the fact
that the envelope, badly frayed on the
edges through much handling, was
open at the top.
$50 ye may" he admitted
1T was that way when received 1t.
and have read It How could help
it2"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-06-28
Notice of Sheriff. Sale on Foreclosure
of Mortrare.

Notice of sheria's Sale on Foreclosure
of Mortgage.
The Caldwell Building and Loan
Association. Corporation, Plaintiff,
VS.. A. P. Hendren, Grace Hendren.
w. +. Kelleher, and M. J. Devers, CO.
partners doing business under the firm
name of Idaho Lumber Company, De-
PENDANTS.
Under and by virtue of an order of
sale and decree of foreclosure, issued
out of the District Court of the
Seventh Judicial District, State of Ida
no, in and for the County of Canyon,
on the 10th day of June, 1912, in the
above entitled action, wherein The
Caldwell Building and Loan Associa-
ton, a Corporation, the above named
plaintiff obtained decree against A.
T. Hendren, Grace Hendren, w. P.
kelleher and M. J. Devers, co-part-
ners doing business under the firm
name of Idaho Lumber Company, de-
PENDANTS, on the 4th day of June, 1912,
which said decree was, on the 10th
day of June, 1912, recorded in Jude-
ment Book of said court, at page
227, | am commanded to sell all that
certain lot, piece or parcel of land sit
uated in the County of Canyon, State
of Idaho, and bounded and described
as follows, to wit:
Lots nine (9) and ten uO) in Block
sixty-three (63) of Devers' Addition
to the City of Caldwell, according to
the plat thereof now on file in the Of
flee of the County Recorder of the
County of Canyon, State of Idaho, to-
gether with all and singular the tene-
| ments, Entertainments and appurte-
nances thereunto belonging or in any
wise appertaining. H1
Notice is hereby given, that on the
10th day of July. 1912, at 2 o'clock p.
m. of that day, in front of the Court
House Door in the City of Caldwell,
County of Canyon l will, in obedience
to said order of sale and decree of
foreclosure, sell the above described
property, or so much thereof as may
be necessary to satisfy plaintiffs de-
cree with interest thereon and costs
to the highest bidder for cash lawful
money of the United States.
J. w. WATKINS, Sheriff.
BY E. c. Payne, Deputy
Dated June 10, A. D. 1912. j28jyl9
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-06-28
CANYON HILL cEMETARY.

The Canyon Hill cemetery is getting
to be one of the beautiful spots in all
this region. The people are taking
more interest than ever before and
now since the city dads have supplied
the hallowed place with ample water
for all purposes, many are the impro-
vements that are being made. The
yellow roses which saved they day all
through those trying years when wa
ter had to be hauled in tanks or car
ried in pals, are yet in evidence as
of yore and no one ever turns from
her quiet and abiding sweetness to
lavish their affections upon the rarer
and more delicate blossoms of recent
date.
The mounds which were first made
and which were placed with little
idea of regularity, are now conspic-
ious for their rustic geography and
around some of them still remain the
evidence of our early pioneer ideas of
remaining love and loving ties. Lava
rock upon which time has had no eff
feet has been used for walls and mon
uments, and the quiet sleepers be-
meath know no difference between
the markers of their silent resting
places, and the more elaborate shafts
which tell us a rich man has gone to
his reward
The isolated corner where strangers
are buried, the which the High Priest
of old instituted with the money for
which Christ was betrayed, is slowly
but surely filling up. Twenty-four
bodies are there now. Two each year
take up their silent vigil in this dark
charnel abode and some where relat-
ives are wondering whatever became of
Joe, John or Ben, while Ben, and John
and Joe sleep unmolested where your
reporter hopes to see the city place a
monument on which the names of
every stranger may be carved, and are
lost forever to those who once gave
them their only full cup of devotion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-06-28
MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS

The candidacy of Judge Alfred
Bulge for the supreme court, is being
received with evidence of marked
favor. He has been on the district
bench for ten years, during which
time he has proved his eminent fit
ness. He has never been reversed in
a criminal case, and his reversals in
civil cases have been remarkably few.
He is fitted temperamentally for the
position, as we'll as by legal learning
and experience. No better selection
could be made, and those who are in a
position to appreciate the great benifit
Of clean and able state court of last
resort are numbered among his warm
est supporters.
Measured by any standard, he meets
all requirements. He is mentally and
morally sound. He is at the zenith
of vigorous manhood, able to meet
any demands that may be made upon
him. His life, public ard private,
practically all of which has been pas
sed in Idaho, is without reproach. He
is clear headed, calm and dispa ssion-
ate, firm without being austern, and
ever careful that the rights of all shall
have protection. The vote which he
will receive at the primaries will be a
great compliment to him, and des-
erved tribute to his. worth American
Falls Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-06-28
VALUABLE INVENTION.
Nyssa Man Patentee Of Importan
Mower Attachment.

Ira c. Benson is patentee of an at
tachment for moving machines, being
manufactured at the Edwards shop
in Nyssa, says the Journal. Those
having grain and alfalfa seed to har-
vest this year are taking considerable
interest in the invention. The claims
made for the attachment are the COM
plete saving of all the grain, includ-
ing the portion that usually skaters
and is lost in cutting by any other
method. The grain is punched and
dropped out of the way of the sue
ceeding swath, an item Of importance
in harvesting seed alfalfa. The cost
of cquipping moving machine is
slight. The attachment is easily re-
moved when not needed. All the
parts are of steel and galvanized iron,
and are not easily destroyed or dam
aged.
This invention will. if all claims
made for it are good, revolutionize
the harvester business in the Snake
river valley. A demonstration will be
given in few days.