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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30

roady Gaming 70 hart
~ChnNlinel Christinei-
AZ We could hear what vas sid a
ehs neat ruoms snere was no reason
why my compassion should net De
heard 81 his turn. Neverthelesa the
Yiscount had to repeat his cry time
after time.
AZ last. faint voice reached %.
Il am dreamingi" II said.
-cbristins. Christine Il = 4
RaouIi"
A silence
"But answer me. Christinei
In heavens name. II you are alone
answer mel"
Then christine's voice whispered
Raoui's name.
'Yesl Yesl It is II II is not a
dreaml Christine. trust mel
We are here to save you
but be prudent! When you
hear the monster. warn us!"
Then Christine gave way to fear.
She trembled lest Erik should dis
cover where Raoul was hidden; she
told us In few hurried words that
Erik had gone quite mad with love
and that he had decided to kill every
body and himself with everybody II
she did not consent to become his
wife. He had given her till eleven
O'Clock the next evening for refiec-
ton. 1t was the last respite She
must choose, ss he said, between the
wedding mass and the requiem
And Erik had then uttered phrase
which Christine did not quite under
stand:
Eyes or no! II your answer Is no.
everybody will be dead and buried!
But / understood the sentence per-
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fectly, for 1t corresponded in ter
rible manner with my own dreadful
thought.
Can you tell us where Erik isr'
asked.
She replied that he must have left
the house. ~ aGl3a
could you make sure?"
mo. am fastened. ! cannot stir
a limb"
when we heard this, N. de Chagny
and gave yell OF fury. Our safety.
the safety Of all three OF us, depended
on the girls liberty Of movement.
But where are your" asked Chris
tine. There are only two doors In
my room, the Louis Philippe room OF
which I told you, RaCul; door
through which Erik comes and goes,
and another which he has never
opened before me and which he has
forbidden me ever to go through, be-
cause he says 1t is the most danger
GUS OF the doors, the door OF the tor
ture-chamber!"
Christine, that is where we are!"
''You are in the torture-chamberT
Eyes. but we cannot see the door.
"Oh, If could only drag myself 80
far! would knock at the door and
that would tell you where 1t lie"
rs 1t a door with a lock to itT
asked.
"Yes, with a lock-"
'.Mademolselle," ] said. 1T il abso-
lutely necessary that you should open
that door to us!"
But how?'' asked the poor girl
tearfully.
We heard her straining. trying TO
free herself from the bonds that held
her.
81 know where the key is" she said,
in a voice that seemed exhausted by
the EFFORT she had made. But am
fastened SO tight. On tne
wretch!"
And she gave sob.
"Where is the key?" asked, sign
ing to M. de Chagny not to speak ana
to leave the business to me. for we
had not a moment to lose.
I'm the next room. near the organ
with another little bronze key, which
he also forbade me to touch, They
are both in little leather bag which
he calls the bag Of life and death. .
Raotil! RaouIl Fiyl Everything u
mysterious and terrible here. ana
Erik viii soon have gone quite mao,
and you are in the torture-chamhsr'
Go back BY the way you
came. There must be a reason WY
the room is called BY that name!
sChristine." said the young man.
eve WIN 60 from here together or Ole
toeetheElF
ave must keep cool" whispered
aWhy has he fastened ycu, mademoi
selle2 You cant escape from nii
house; and he knows ~"
Il tried to commit suicideE The
monster went out last night, aftel
carryInR me here fainting and hall
ehIoroformed. He was going to his
banker. 80 he saidl When hs
returned he found me with my faet
covered with blood. had
tried 70 Kill myself BY striking MI
forehead against the walls
aChristinel" groaned Raoul; and h
began to sob.
aThen he bound me. an
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upon some unoRending citisen. no
one was let into Il nut wretches con-
domned 70 eeatA. And. eyen then.
when these had ''had enough they
were alwayH at liberty 70 put an end
% themselves with q Pun1ah lapsp or
bbwlstrink, lslt tor their use at the
foot Of an from Tree.
Ny alarm, Therefore. ives great
when / saw that the room into which
n. ls vicomis De Chagny and ! had
dropped was an exact copy Of the
torturechamheF Of the rosy hours Of
Maxsnderan. AZ our feet, found the
Punjab lasso which had been dread
inr an the evening was convinced
that this rope had already done duty
for Joseph Buonet, who, IKE myself,
must have CAUGHT Erik one evening
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- h.d ,,v.d N TndIa and ACQUIRES

Ha had lived in India and acquired
an incredible skill in the ART OF
strangulatIon. He would make them
lock him into a courtyard TO wnicn
they brought q warrior-usuaiIy' =
man condemned to death-armed win
a long pike and broadsword. MIA
had only his lasso; and II was a.
ways Just when the warrior thought
mat he was going TO fell Elk WIN :
tremendous blow that we heard 0e
lasso whistle through the air. WIN
a turn of the wrist, Erik frightened
the moose round his adversary's neck
and. in this fashion, dragged him Do
fore the little sultana and her women,
who sat looking from a window and
appIauding. The little sultana her-
self learned to WELD the Puntab lasso
and killed several OF her women and
even Of the friends who visited ner'
But prefer to drop this terrible SUD
ject OF the rosy hours OF Mazenderan'
have mentioned 1t only to explain
why. on arriving with the Vicomte
de Chagny in the cellars OF the opera
| was bound to protect my companion
against the ever-threatening danger
OF death by strangling. MY pistols
could serve no purpose, for Erik was
not likely to show himself: but Erik
could always strange us. had no
time to explain all this to the Wis
count; besides, there was nothing to
be gained by complicating the posi-
ton. / simply told M. de Chagny to
keen his hand at the level OF his eyes,
with the arm bent, as though waiting
for the command to fire. With MS
victim in this attitude, It is impos-
sible even for the most expert strang-
Ter to throw the lasso with advantage.
II catches you not only round the
neck. but also round the arm or hand.
This enables you easily to unloose
the lasso, which then becomes harm
= less.
After avoiding the commissary OF
police. q number of door-shutters ana
the firemen, after meeting the rat
| catcher and passing the man IN the
| felt hat unperceived, the viscount and
l arrived without obstacle in the third
cellar, between the set piece and the
scene from the Roi de Lahore.
worked the stone, and we jumpNd into
the house which Erik had built him
self in the double case Of the founda'
! tion.walls of the opera. And this was
the easiest thing in the world for him
to do, because Erik was one OF the
chief contractors under Philippe Gar
nier. the architect Of the opera, and
continued to work by himself when
the works were onhcially suspended
during the war. the siege Of Paris and
the Commune.
\ ! knew my Erik too well to feel Of
all comfortable ON jumping into his
house. knew what be had made Of
a certain palace at Maaenderan. From
being the most honest building con
ceivabIe, he soon turned It into
house OF the very devil, where you
could not utter word but 1t was over
heard or repeated by an echo. With
his trap-doors the monster was re
sponsibie for endless tragedies Of all
kinds. He hit upon astonishing in
yentions. OF these, t6e most curious
horrible and dangerous was the so
called torture-chamber. Except II
special cases, when the little sultans
amused herself by intiicting suffering
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transformed, distinctly grated ont
these metallic syllables:
What have you done with my
bag?"
Continued next week.
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-, allowed to die until eleven O'Clock

not allowed to die until eleven O'CLOCK
tomorrow evening"
"Mademoiselle," declared, tine
monster bound you and ne
shall unbind you. You have only TO
play the necessary part! Remember
that he loves you'll"
"Alas!" we heard. Am likely to
forget it," -
"Remember it and smile to him
entreat him tell him
that your bonds hurt you"
But Christine Daae said:
"Hush! hear something
in the wall On the lake! It
is he! Go awayl Go awayi
Go away"
I'VE could not 60 away, even II We
wanted to-" i said, as impressively as
could. I'VE cannot leave this! And
we are in the torture-chamber!"
"Hush!' whispered Christine again.
Heavy steps sounded slowly behind
the .wall,. then stopped and made the
floor creak once more. Next came q
tremendous sigh, followed by cry
of horror from Christine, and we
heard Erik's voice:
81 beg your pardon for letting you
see a face like this!' What q state l
am in, am not? It's the other ones
fault! Why did he ring? Do | ask
people who pass to tell me the time?
He will never ask anybody the time
again! 1t is the sirens fault"
Another sigh, deeper, more tremen-
dous still, came from the abysmal
depths of soul.
"Why did you cry out. Christiner
Because am in pain, Erik"
II thought l had frightened you"
ERIK, unloose my bonds. /.
Am not your prisoner?"
"You will try to kill yourself again"
"You have given me till eleven
o'clock tomorrow evening, Erik"
The footsteps dragged along the
floor again.
after all, as we are to die together
and l am just as eager as you
yes, have had enough OF this
life. you know. /. Wait, don't
move, will release you. You
have only one word to say: MOI And
It will at once be over with every
body! You are right, you are
right; why wait till eleven o'clock
tomorrow? True, it would have been
Rrander. finer. But that Is
childish nonsense. We should
only think Of ourselves in this life,
Of our own death the rest
doesn't matter. You're look
ing at me because am all wet? .
oh, my dear, it's raining cats and
dogs outside! -. Apart from
that, Christine, l think ! am subject
TO Authorizations. -. You know,
the man who rang at the sirens door
lust now-go and look If he's ringing
at the bottom Of the lake-weIl, he was
rather like. There, turn round
are you glad? You're free
now. Oh, my poor Christine,
look at your wrists; tell me. have
hurt them7 That alone de-
serves death, Talking Of
death, / must sing his reQuiem!"
Hearing these terrible remarks,
received an awful presentimept
| / too had once rung at the monsters
door and, without knoWine
Il must have set some warning cur
real IN. motion. And Iremom-
bafed the two arms that had etnefged
from the inky waters Mnai
poor wretch had strayed TO that shore
this timer Who was the other one.
the one whose requiem We now heard
sung?
Erik sang ike the god OF thunder
sang a Dies Irae that enyeloped as a.
IN 4 storm. The elements seemed
to rage around US. Suddenly. the or
gan and the voice ceased 30 suddenly
that N. de Chagny sprang back. o.
the other side Of the wall, with emo
ts6n And the voice, changed sud
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ABu.ESBs sousT1na-

RoyAI. ARCH HfAsoNe- Cyrus Chap
ter No rs meets Ii Masonic hall on the
second and fourth FridAys Of each
month r. w. Morse, II. p; Joseph n
Keel, secretary
TRIPLE TIE BENEFIT ASsoCTA-
ZION, Abilene Council No. IS, meets on
second Thursday evening OF each
month. visitors welcome. Beatrice
Young. president; John c. Roger. secre-
A. r. q A M-Benevolent Lodge Nc.
Ss meets first and third Monday even
ing in each month at EaEonfc half cor
ner Third and SnruCs. II Il Covert. ".
n. J. II WORLEY. secretary; visiting
brethren weleome.
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On the other hand, / resolved % act
avathout further delay, as far a. J
auvaa concerned. The chances were IN
nv favor that Erik. at that moment,
WAS thinking only Of his captive. This
hyas the moment TO enter his house
enough the third cellar; and ! re
,uoived TO take with me that poor lit
Hla desperate viscount. who, at the
mrst suggestion, accepted, with an
amount OF confidence in myself that
aouched me profoundly. ! had sent
my servant for my pistols. gave one
a the viscount and advised him to
Aold himself ready TO IRE. for, after
All Erik might be waiting for US be-
And the wall. We were TO 60 by the
Communism road and through the
zrapdooE. p
seeing my pistols. the little We
count asked me y We were going q
@ght . duel. ! said: ats
~YSs, and what : dneli"
But q couraS, I had no time to ex'
uialn nnythina . hlAE. YhS Ettle VIZ
Gsomnt ma brave fellsw. but hes1nsN
eaadly aRythinS about his adRsFsAzg;
and Il was % much the better. Ny
aEoat fear was that be vas alroa1g
momswheFe neqF us. preparing the
Runiab lasso. No one knows bette.
chan be how 70 throw the Ppnjen
anaso, for he Il the king Of sEranglers
even as be Is the prince q coniurors.
when he had finished making the NJ
ne sultana laugh. at the time Of the
f'rOay hours Of Mazenderan," she her
self used TO ask him 70 amuse her
~ giving her = thrill. II was then
chat be introduced the sport Of the
1''-r'ab lasso.
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RAILWAY TINE TABLES.
UNION PACIFIC
Eastbound

1853 Local Freight" ....
*Daily except Sunday.
WestbOund
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15s Local Freight :. $3.50 a. M.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-13
Funeral of irving ounther

The funeral on Irving Gunther.
whose death was mentioned last week,
was held on Sunday afternoon from
the residence OF his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred ciunther A very large
number of the school and family
friends of the deceased boy attended
the funeral ceremony which was
held in the NJ Z. Church with Rev
VIM. poyseor officiating.
A large contribution Of floral em
blems were in evidence, the school
mates OF the deceased and tho X. OF
F. 5 as well as the neighbors and
friends OF the family contributing
generously TO show their kindly feel.
ings towards the unfortunate young
man
Irving was generally liked by every
one. He was a promising youth OF
kindly disposition and excellent man.
ly traits that quickly endeared him
TO his associates.
The remains were inferred in the
Crystal Falls cemetery.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-13
Talk Of New Train

There is much talk OF new train
being put on over the Copper Range
road that, IL the changes are as rail
road men claim. will make a big diff
erence with Crystal Falls people who
wish 20 20 to points on the Ontonagon
and Copper Range roads Tne present
train. connecting with the main line
passenger and running through Amasa
an Sidnsw TO Calumet will be dis
continued. In it's place train will
leave Chicago at 500 O'Clock p. IN.
and run through the copper country
via the Copper Range. This train
will pass Channing about 200 o'clock
a. m. The return train will leave
Calumet about o 90 O'Clock p. M. pass
Charming about I 100 O'Clock n m.
and arrive at Chicago at 1 100 p. nj.
Persons wishing to go to any OF the
points on the Ontonagon branch or
Copper Range from this city must
leave here the night before and stay
nc Charming all night or ride
freight. rhe arrangements are de-
cidedly bad for Crystal Falls.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-13
Bridge Of Concrete

The board of county road commits.
sioners met at the court mousse last
Tuesday and let contract TO the
Illinois Bridge Go. to construct the
two bridges on the Beechwood road
out of concrete Tne price for the
concrete structures was only S4O0 mere
than the steel type Of bridge aud the
commissioners figured that they were
getting much better bridges ont Of
the conrcete than out of the steel.
One of the arches will be sixty.
foot span and the other will be a
forty foot span.
The work Of grading the new line
is moving along nicely and it is hoped
that the road will be finished and in
so this fall
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-13
Death Of Peter Kieren

Peter Kieren, father of Henry Kieren,
died at his home at the Bristol mine
location on June 25th after linger.
ing iluess of eight years
Mr., Kieren was born near Trietse.
Germany in 1885 making him little
over 70 years Of age at the time of his
death He was married in 1862 TO
Miss Julia Meyers and together they
came to America in 1865. The deceas-
ed is survived by widow and six
children; Joseph Kieren OF Virginia.
Minn. Frank Kieren OF Miami. Arlz. !;
Conrad Kieren Of Appleton, Wis /;
Mrs Chas. Muck, Of Negaunee and
Henry and George Kieren OF this city.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-13

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Crystal Falls Building
& Loan association was held at the
council chambers last Tuesday evening.
The report of Secretary Kelly showed
te ASSOCIATION to be- in prosperous con-
dition. The total assets of the society
amounts to 81. 925. 90 OF which about
si.70O are out ON loans 10 home owners.
The association has been in existence
bat a few months 10 that the showing
made Is an excellent one
The old officers were reelected for
another year.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-13
A TERRIFIC STORM
cloudbust, Accompanied BY An Electric
Storm, Burst Over Crystal Falls

OlouuDurSt accompanied by An Electric
Storm, Burst Over Crystal Falls
Crystal Falls was visited by tine
heaviest downpour OF rain it has wit
messed since the terrible storm about
ten years ago when the railroad cross
ing on Superior avenue was washed
out
The storm Monday came after sew
eral days of extremely not weather in
which the thermometer registered way
mp around the 90 spot. The first signs
of the storm appeared about the mid.
die of the afternoon and when it burst
IL came with a rush
The pavement on Superior Avenue
was covered 20 a depth OF two inches
across its entire width with raging
torrent Of water that washed every
thing out of the way. Several beer
kegs stood on end in front OF Nathan
Warshawsky's place and so great was
the force Of the water that the kegs
were washed down the street like
ohaff.
Washouts were reported all over the
city and several close calls from
lightning were reported
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-13

CrystalyFalls cripples went 10 Nor
way last Saturday to play the league
leaders. Owing TO accidents at Iron
River the team was shy a pitcher,
catcher and third baseman and it took
a hurried securing of the community
to get men to fill the gaps and make
such showing that the team will be
a drawing card in the league a man
was borrowed from Green Bay ,auother
was picked mp at Iron Mountain and
the third. Cullen who played with
Crystal Falls against Iron Mountain,
was brought from Marinette. They
were all dubious quantities, the whole
three of them not being the equal Of
Oswald. or of Ball or of Richard. the
services of whom the team was robbed
Of by accident.
Well, after all this maneuvering TO
get a respectable team in the field SO
that our Norway friends might turn
out and see two teams about evenly
matched play the game, Crystal Falls
played TO a 81 house on Saturday and
a S47 house on Sunday, and Norway
friends are protesting the game be-
cause CRYSTAL Falls played so many
paid men.
Crystal Falls is striving harder than
any team in the league to get away
IRON the paid men team but upon
occasions where a team is severely
crippled there is excuse for playing an
extra man or two
The funny part of the story is that
Norway won the day the paid
pitcher worked while the day School
worked Crystal Falls won.
The games az Norway were not OF
the extra variety not near as good as
the two games which the locals played |
with iron Mountain Norway comes
here today and tomorrow for couple |
OF games and 1t is hoped that we will
be able TO even up with them but in
the present crippled condition IL is
hard to say what will happen.
The score of the Norway games by
innings is rs follows:
Saturdav'o oarna
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-13

Owing TO illness in my family | am
obliged Co discontinue my present
business To "a, ont of business at this
season of the year means q great saori-
flee but the health of my wife means
more to me than silver OF gold l will,
therefore, dispose OF my confectionery
and Ice ceam business, one of the finest,
most mp TO date and prosperous in
Iron county, at mighty sacrifice
The location of this place gives ~
many points of vantage it is ia one Of
the principle business blocks Of the
city, close TO the post office and Is only
three doors from the Uno Theatre.
whose after show crowds always pat
ronize this store very generously. II
Is safe 30 say that the ice cream trade
alone will pay tor the business before
the summer is over. This q ~ golden
opportunity tor somebody 10 procure
going, prosperous business at the lowest
figure Call in and talk the matter
over with me.
Very truly yours.
Diamond Drill Bldg. Nm. Jacobs
Sam Bridges was business visitor
AT Amasa last Wednesday.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-13
Conductor Mccutcheon Dead

r. b. Webb received word last Mon
day that Conductor McCutcheon OF the
ST Paul had died suddenly at his home
in Milwaukee, The cause Of his death
was a stroke of paralysis.
Mr. McCutoheon was we'll known in
Crystal Falls rs he had the Charming
run for number Of years and was
at one time thinking seriously of NOV.
ing here.
The remains were taken TO Albion,
Mich for burial.