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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-30

Miss Ruth Attabury of 1901 east Rio
Grande street and Miss Elsie Delaney,
of Osceola. Ark. left Monday on the
Golden State Limited for a trip through
the east eThey will be gone six weeks
and before returning will visit friends
in St Lbuis and Chicago
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-30

". A. Pence. manager for the Nor
r1s Packing company, of Midland. Tex.
IS in the city looking over the prospects
for a plant here
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-30

Miss Dorothy Long leaves tonight
for Fort Worth. Tex where she VIII
visit her sister, Mrs. Malcom Ross,
until the beginning Of school
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-30

Little Miss Doris Littell. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. ". J. Littell, has gone
to Los Angeles to visit her sister. Mrs
Charles T. Beresford, who will be re-
membered as Miss Adele Littsel, OF Il
Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-30

Stafford Freeman. assistant ticket
agent at the Union station at Birming-
ham. Ala, is spending his vacation in
FL Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-30

B. Prosrina. a representative of the
Bank Of Sonora in Chihuahua, is in
the city and will remain until condi-
tions are such that he can resume his
business in Mexico
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-30

Take advantage of ArdOfn,s low
rice on meats tomorrow.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-30

who has been the guest of Mrs BY
Clemens. OF Alameda avenue for tn
past week, has gone to join her hus
band in Bisbee, Ariz-. where they vii
make their home.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08

.nf course Of course" said Stephen
Maitland, you are your own mistress
anyway, and having no mo.nei-
Ends mother had died IN nei a..
fancy-'I suppose that / could not ~
terfere or object if | wished TO- Du'
no marrying or giving IN nafi'ae0'
Remember that
Nonsense, father" answered tue
Young woman lightly. Il am hoe ala
ions to assume the bonds OF "eo-
lock-"
well that settles it," said Robert
Maitland. We'll give you a roya'
good time. must run up 10 view s
York and Boston for Few Gays ou'
shall be back In week ana can
pick you up then :.
What is the house In Denver 10 !.
er-may ask, provided with all moo
ern conyeniences and" oesan 1ns
elder Maitland nervousiy.
| Robert Maitland laughed.
"What do you take us for, steve
do YOU ever read the western news
papers? o,
Il confess that ! have NOT s1se'
mnch thought to the west since
studied geography and-the Ph1lade!
mia papers have been thought sum
Gent for the family since
Good Lord" exclaimed Maitiane
"The house cost half a million 40
!, lars. Ii you must know 1t, ana II tner
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08
ultimate day from his business d.
mand to ride with her on the hrst
stage of her journey 70 the mountains.
CHAPTER III.

The Game Played in the Usual Way
The road on which they advanced
into the mountains was well mace
and well kept UP. The canon through
the foothills was not very deep--lof
coIorado-and the ascent was genlie.
Naturally 1t wound in every d1recSson'
following the devious course Oh ehe
| river. which it frequently crossed iloAh
ono side to the other on rude ios
bridges. A brisk gaIlop of half mile
or 60 on a convenient stretch OF com"
naratively level going put the TWO III
| the lead far ahead Of the iumperlns
wagon and out of sight of those others
| OF the party who had elected 10 " "a
horseback. There was perhaps tacla
| agreement among the latter not To
break In upon this growing frlenosn1p'
or. more frankly, not to interfere III q
developing love affair.
The canon broadened here ana
+hera at long intervals and ranch
houses were found in every clearing,
but these were few and far between
and for the most part Armstrong ana
Enid Maitland rode practically alone
cave for the passage of an occasional
lumKar wagon. u
you can't think" began the man.
as they drew rein after splendld
gahop and the somewhat tired noFses
readily subsidized into Walk, noSS
!. hate to go back and leave you.
sand you can't think how loath an
to have you return" the girl flashed
ont at him with sidelong glance from
her bright blue eyes and W1tchlnt
smile from her scarlet lips.
"Enid Maitland" said the man
"you know | just worship you. u
: like to sweep you out Of your saddle
lift YOU to the bow Of mtne and It'd
away with you. can't keep my nand
off you, l."
= Before she realized what ne Wout
: : be about he swerVed his horse toWar
her. his arm went around her sue
I denly. Taken completely of her guar
she could make no resistance, 1ndee
she scarcely knew what to expect VI
til he crushed her to him and k1sse
: her, almost roughly, full on the lips
:. "How dare you cried the girl, he
= face afame, freeing herself at las
= and swinging her own horse almost
- the edge of the road which here re
- on an excavation some fifty feet abo'
or the river.
in "How dare II" laughed the aud
cious man, apparently no WI
abashed by her indignation. When
nt think of my opportunity l am amaz
=. at my moderation"
- your opportunity; your model
ar tion?"
~. Eyes. when had you helpless
ar took but one kiss: might have he
MT YOU longer and taken hundred.
he (TQ BE CONT1NUED.)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08
Woman Let in Bogus Gas In
spector, With Gun, Who Gagged
and Tied Her
TURNED ON ALL GAS
Bold Intruder sneered at s1a She
Gave Him, Shipped Her Tresses
and Left Them Behind in
Package, She Says.

New York.-Mrs. Geitel Chariot.
who came to this country from Odessa
with her husband, Joseph, and their
four children less than a year ago, was
found on the floor of the living.room
of her home on the second floor Of the
tenement at 1859 Prospect place.
Brownsville, the other day by neigh.
Dor. Her hands and feet were bound
and her hair had been cut off short.
The gas was turned on in the room
She said that man had come
and robbed her of all the money she
had, $18, and then, Disguised with the
smallness of the amount, had cut oil
her hair.
Charlton is shoe cutter. He got Oh
at noon, and in the afternoon took
| their youngest child, Shunie, four
years old, to Manhattan with him to.
see an oculist and then to visit sis.
ter of his wife's. The other children,
Abraham, seventeen years old; Morris,
fourteen years old, and Louis, eight
years old, were out playing.
| About four o'clock, Mrs. Chariot
said, man raped at the door. Her
husband had told her not to let any
one in unless she knew him. She
peeked out at the man and ne said
he was from the gas company, so shs
let him in. The man looked at the
gas meter, she said, and then IN the
, kitchen demanded money and pointed
a revolver at her. Mrs. Charlton at.
tempted to get away and says that the
man grabbed her by the throat, Then
she gave him SIS, the rent money
which was all she had.
II didn't come for such small 1o g01f
. she says the man said. He threw he.
into a chair, she says, stuffed a toWe
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08
He Began Cutting Her Hair.

in her mouth and bound her manu- "
with another towel and her feet WIN
a niece of cord he had in his pocRel
Then, with a pair of scissors, also y. g
ken from his pocket, he began cu.eu y,
her hair, remarking that ne couia u s. )
something out of that. Mrs. chall Y.
gave her age as ffty-three, put Y, Y,
looks much younger than that anu l =.
fine long hair of dark brown coi Z,
When the man had finished citpp' 4
her hair, she says, he turned o. =
the gas jets in the room, clossa e &
locked the window and then went oas
locking the door on the OUTSIDE ane Z
king the key with him. 4. q i
He left the hair in the room, ~ I
in a package.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08
~ r,ons EIGHT Policemen.

St. Louis, Mo.-Their uniforms n
almost torn from Patrolmen M. .,sy
Conner and Patrick Dolan when "a =.
battled with II dogs in the eeilas -
meath the home of Mrs. s .,s
Thompson at 5oOs Columbia a ',sla /,
Two of the dogs were kil V, 4. \
blows from baseball bats Whioa a,tss,
patrolmen used to protect 1helu's aadL
with. Later it was found farse a. j.
tional dogs had been injured =
yerely that they had to De SUI. - 4.
Mrs. Thompson Telephones l ..hba,.
lice that all the dogs IN Tug AsAs
hopd had invaded her celI saad d III
Conner and Dolan reported e0 M
Mounted District Police stalion a,erst
they had engaged in one OF Tug '
fights in their careers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08

Is anything that modern science can
contribute to comfort and luxury that
isr't In 1t. don't know what At IS
ST I'll 1t be the house In DenvI ! or
til ranch, or real camp II Itne
Wasds, Enid?'
"First the house In Denver" said
Enid, land then the ranch and then
the mountains"
"Right-o; that shall be the pro-
gram"
.'Wtlg my daughters life be perfect
/ " safe from the cowboys, Indians ana
| desperadoes?
"O1,tte Safe" answered Robert, with
/ deep gravity. 1.-The cowboys no longer
shoot I'D the city and 1t has been years
since the Indians have held up even
a trolley car. The only real desperate
in my acquaintance is the mlldest gen
tie old stage driver in the west.
DO you keep up an acquaintance
with men Of that class Silly ASKED
his brother in great surprise.
.You know I was sherlH III DOE
der county for a number OF years
and"
But you must surely have with
drawn from all such society now.
}, "Out west" said Robert Maitland
) when we know a man and ike nlin
: when we have slept by him on tn'
plains, ridden with him through LII
mountains, fought with him agalns
: some border terror, some pad MAI
/ thirsting to kill, we don't forget nlin
, we don't cut his acquaintance, and
| doesn't make any difference Wnetne
a the one or the other of US Is rlcn Q
DOOR | have friends VINO can IRAN
: a grammatical sentence, VINO haoleua
0 ly eat with their knives. yet VINO ar
h absolutely devoted to Inc ana l
e them. The man Is tie tnlns ot
there" He smiled and turned I
D. Enid. always excepting the 81
l. premacy of woman" he added
n "How fascinating" exclaimed u
r girl. "I want to go there right away
o. And this was the train OF even
n which wrought the change. Benz
h the young lady astride OF a morse i
ia the first time in her life IN divide
IN skirt. that fashion prevalent elseWne
n not having been accepted by the be
n. eouestriennes Of Philadelphia. 81
* was riding ahead Of numbering mou
,s- tain wagon surrounded by other II
"a ers. which was loaded with baggas
Ill drawn by four sturdy broncos and i
III lowed by number of obstinate lit
II. burros at present unincumbered wi
nd nacks which would be used when tn
40 got further from civilization and t
ok way was no longer practicable for al
nd thing on wheels.
Miss Enid Maitland was clad In
lid way that would have caused her fatt
-. a stroke of apoplexy If he could ne
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08
CHAPTER l.

rha YOUNG Lady From Ph''aoe'p'"n.
nr,s. Enid Maitland was nlsniy
enac,altzed product of the far eas..
w., tsr viewing Colorado as poin'
~ denarture. not as Identifying nel
Wv, no orient. The classic snaoes
or Rryn Mawr had been the u, ,,a
of Academus where win oio
~ h.d walked" incidentally durlns
har completion OF the exhaustive .u.
~icu,um of that justly famous insulu
zion she had acquired at least w."
a.. .,nuaintance with other masters
of the mind.
Nor had the physical in her eouca-
eton been sacrificed to the meh'a, 49,
har at least the mems saha anu NV
corpore sano were alike IN e'iuens
cha had ridden to hounds many tilnee
0n tho anise-scented trail OF the "ess
chester Hunt! Exciting tennis ano
leisurely golf had engaged hei 49,. ~
+tnr IN the courts and greens Oh ING
Marion Cricket club. She mad ouhe'eo
"o,d Oceans gray and meiahcnoiy
,.aton nm the beach at Cape May ana
at Atlantic City.
s,,r,+ral,v she was devoted mem'
her of the Episcopal cnurcn' "a N
variety that abhors the WORD rfo.es
mt" In connection Herewith. ALTO
1ether she reflected great credit upon
har nastors and masters spiritual ahe
tamporal and her up-bringing lh .n'
49, s,ortnoants of life left little u
be desired.
unon her graduation she had beei
). Of once received and acclaimed by tn
M "Assembly Set" OF Philadelphia, U
83 which indeed she belonged unques
q toned by right of birth and position-
opd there was no other power unoe
heaven by which she could nave @
fected entrance therein at leas
that ia what the outs though
of that most exclusive circle. ID
old home OF the Maitlands ovel
looking Rittenhouse Square ma
been the scene of her debut. l
ali the refined and decorous gaities
Phfladelphia's manifestations societ
she had participated. She had eve
looked upon money standardized re
York Id it's deIirium OF extrayaganc
at least in SO far as sedate and wei
born Philadelphia family could coul
tenance such golden madness. DuriQ
the year she had ranged like COZ
ouerer-pardon the masculine appeli
tiou-between Palm Beach In IL
south and Bar Harbor in the mort
Philadelphia was proud of her, al
she was not unknown In those u
fortunate parts of the United Stat
which lay without.
In all this she had remained iran
free, unspoiled young woman. LII
- YVES full of zest for her, and she
loved 1t with the most un-Pennsyl'
nlan enthusiasm.
The second summer after her CO
ing out found her in Colorado. Robe
Maitland was one of the big men
the west. He had departed from Fl
adelphia at an early age and had
tied In Colorado while 1t was still
the formative period. There he b
grown up with the state. The Il
adeIphia Maitlands could never und
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08


must have been, they argued, a feVei-
sion to an ancient type, 3 tnro"oach
TO some robber baron Iont Iantecedent
to William Penn. And the speculatlon
was true. The blood of some Aa"less
adventurer of the past, dlscreetiy LOT
cot by the conservative section OF the
family, dubbed in his veins uncneckea
by the repressive atmosphere OF LAS
home and immediate environment.
He had thoroughly identified him.
self with his new surroundings and
had plunged into all the activities OF
the west. During one period OF MS
life he had actually served as sher1n
| Of one of the border counties, and II
was rapid bad man" indeed, VINO
enjoyed any advantage over MIN "nen
| It came to drawing his gun. Ills
| skill and daring had been unques"
toned. he had made name Tor n1m-
self which still abides, especially IN
the mountains where things yet re-
NAMED almost as primitive as they
had been from the beginning.
| His fame had been accompanied by
| fortune. too; the cattle upon tnou-
sand hills were his. the treasures OF
mines of fabulous richness were at
his command. He lived IN Denver IN
one of the greatest Of the bonanza
na,aces on the hills OF that city, con
fronting the snow-capped MOUNTAIN
range.Es For the rest he held eiook IN
all sorts OF corporations, was q Oh
, rector in numerous concerns and 80
on-the reader can supply the usua-
catalogue. they are all alike. He mac
, married late In life and was the fathel
:, of two little girls and boy, the OLD
est sixteen and the youngest ten.
: Going east, which he did not love
r on an infrequent business trip, n
: had renewed his acquaintance VIII
t his brother and the one eve lamb
t his brothers flock, to-wit, the afore
9 mentioned Enid. He had been struch
: as everybody was, by the splendi
personality of the girl and had strive
n earnestly to disabuse her mind OF tn
It prevalent idea that there was nothln
y much worth while on the cont1ner
n beyond the ALLEGHENY except seener.
Y what you need, Enid, is 2 rig
g, across the plains. sight OF real moul
i tains. beside which these little foo
J. hills in Pennsylvania that people BAG
g here make SO much Of wouldn't {
/ noticed. You want to get some or IT
B. spirited, glorious freedom Of the we
e into your conservative straight-lace
little body."
~ I'm my day. Robert" reprovtngly r
u marked his brother, Ends fathe
% freedom was the last thing a your
lady gently born and delicate
H. nurtured would have coveted"
=, "Your day is passed, Steve"
- turned the younger Maitland wi
shocking carelessness. Freedom
what every woman desires now, esq
cially when she Is married. You a
10 not in love with anybody, are ye
~ Enid?"r t.
a. with not SOUL" frankly ~repli
IN the girl, greatly amused at the
ad loouy between the two men, WI
Ill though mothered by the same woms
er- were as dissimilar as-What snail
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08

been suddenly MADE aware VI noA
dress. Ii she had burst into the draw
ing-room without announcement icr
instance. Her skirt was distinctly
short. she wore heavy hob-na1led SHOES
that laced up to her knees, she hao
on bright blue sweater, kind OF
| can known as a tam-o-shanter was
pinned above her, glorious hair, winch
was closely braided and wound
around her head. She wore a SILK
handkerchief loosely tied around her
! neck. knife and revolver hung at
her belt. a little watch was strapped
to one wrist, handsomely braided
ouirt dangled from the other, a PAIR
Of sDurs adorned her heels and most
| discomposing fact Of all, by her slde
| rode a handsome and dashing caVa-
Iier.
How Mr.. James Armstrong might
| have appeared In the conventional
| black and white OF evening clothes
was not quite clear to her, for she
/ had as yet never beheld him In that
obliterating raimenr, but in the habit
of the west, riding trousers, heavy
boots that laced to the knees, blue
shirt, his head covered by noble
. "Stetson," mounted on the fry FESTIVE
broucho which he rode to perfection
he was ideal. Alas for the vanity OF
human proposition! MT. James Arm
, strong, friend and protege these many
wears of Mr.. Robert Maitland, mine
owner and cattle man on a muc1
smaller scale than his older friend
was desperately in love with ENC
/ Maitland, and Enid, swept on her Zee
by q wooing which began with pre-
cipitant ardor so soon as ne laid eye:
on her, was more profoundly moves
by his suit, or pursuit. than she coult
have imagined.
Omne ignotum pre- magnifico!
She had been wooed in the conven
tional fashion many times and OF o.
; the sands of Palm Beach, along tn
: cliffs of Newport, in the romantic glen
= of Mount Desert, in the old-fashlone
\ draWing-room overlooking Rittenhous
Square, She had been proposed to !
i | motor cars, on the decks OF yacht
but there had been touch OF sam
4 ness about 1t all. Never had she bee
made love to with the headlong ga
! lantry, with the dashing precipitatic
of the west. It had swept her fro
her moorings. She found almost o
fore she was aware of it that her pa
experience now stood her in lit
- stead. She awoke to sudden real1z
ton of the fact that she was pract1c'
" pledged to James Armstrong aft
an an acquaintance of three weeks
lat Denver and on the ranch.
IS Business of the most fmporta
VI and critical nature demanded Ar
lie strong's presence east at this junctu
and will-he-nill-he there was no W
aio he could put off his departure long
zen He had to leave the girl with an
easy conscience that, though he q
TO her half way promise, he had her (
half way won. He had snatched
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08
N;ananaa q Monkey.

New Woodworking q h1.is NJ
key suspended from her ns1A iiandsi
Millicent Miller OF London IL III
here from the steamer Cearis. s .aa,hs
naped the little fellow from his ~
in Africa.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08
BAR Raatlne Dances.

Paris.-No American rag'lus orav u
FOR the international Acau .sars y
Dancing Masters. The arDi's, MID
terpsichore have barred ens u. bssrs
trot bunny hug and the sEiA1'' -
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-05-21
Death of Mr.. Henry Todd.

Mr. John Henry Todd died Of cancer
on Monday morning at 11.30 o'clock
at the residence of Mr.. W. w. Cald-
we'll, two and half miles from the
city. He was in his 55th year and had
been suffering with this dread disease
for about a year, having been to the
Columbia hospital for treatment last
June About the middle of last De-
cember he grew worse and Was con-
fined to his room until death relieved
him.
He was twice married, his first wife
being Miss Alice Merchant. His sec
ond wife was Mrs Nora Singley, the
daughter of Mr.. Henry Cannon, of Lit
tie Mountain.
Mr.. Todd is survived by widow
and seven children-two by his first
and five by his second marriage. He
is survived also by a mother and one
sister.
The burial will take place Tuesday
noon at the old Hunt graveyard, SER
vice by the Rev. ]. E. Carlisle.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-05-21
YOUNG LINEMAN ELECTROCUTED.
Chester Foster Met Death While
Working on Telephone Cable On
Main Street.

Chester Foster, a young white man,
employed on construction force of
the Southern Bell Telephone company,
was electrocuted shortly after 5
o'clock on Friday afternoon, when he
came in contact with one of the city's
electric light wires rI;n:ng parallel
with and under the cable he was
working on. The accident happened
on Main street, between the stores Of
Paul tombstone and E. Hugh Summer
Foster, it is said, had just told the
negro on he ground, who WAS pulling
Foster along the cable with Il rope,
chat he could turn the rope loose, that
ne could get along by himself. Short
ly afterwards he was seen to tumble
over, the live wire having touched him
somewhere below the wais. His belt
was attached to the cable and he
swung head downwards, with lis feet
and legs entangled in the wires. Line
man l.. A. Keller, who was working
on the same line, about forty yards
below Foster, Immediately cut the
electric wires, and went Up on the
cable where Foster was suspended,
and lowered him to the ground with a
rope. Mr.. Keller displayed remark
able coolness and presence of mind
Drs. Mower, Pinner, Settler and Pei
ham worked with the young man for
about an hour in the effort to resus.
citate him, but without avail, and at
o'clock they gave up furthe. efforts.
Foster was a son of Mrs. Della Fos-
ter, who lives in the High Point Sec
ton of Newberry, and was her chief
source of support. He was l3 years
of age. In addition to his mother he
is survived by a young sister, Ruby.
He was an excellent young mar and
was we'll liked here He had been
working for the telephone company
only since the big freeze, in the early
part of the year. His father was BILL
ed in Mexico in a railroad accident
some. five years ago while engineer in
charge of a train He was grandson
of Mr.. john Foster, Of the county.
formerly engineer at the Newberry
cotton mills
The remains were inferred at Rose"
mont cemetery on Sunday morning at
10 o'clock.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-05-21
CALL DIR. E. PENDLETON JONES.
Congregation of First Baptist Church
Unanimously Decide to Invite
Virginian to PastOrate.

The congregation of the First Bap-
tist church on Sunday morning unani-
mously decided to extend a call to DR..
E. Pendleton Jones, of Hampton, Va.
The congregation has been without a
pastor since the resignation of the
Rev. George A. Wright, some time ago,
after 21 years of continuous faithful
service. DR.. Jones was the Memorial
day orator in Newberry this year. and
delivered a splendid address. While
here he preached tvs sermons at the
First Baptist church.
DR.. Jones has several brothers in
the ministry, among them DR.. Howard
Lee Jones, of Charleston.