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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-28
planning . new campaign, and beg Of

planning 4 new campaign, and beg Oh
her few days indulgence until
could 60 over matters. She had tola
me that she was to be at home that
evening, and 1t. had been understoou
between US that ! was to be with her,
therefore, at eight o'clock l arose anu
called for her number. The VOICE VI
Janet answered re, telling me, tna'
her mistress was not at home.
With an overwhelming presentmen'
Of more misery to come. vainly I'LL
plored some information as to Where
she had gone and at what hour she
was expected to return. The answer
that I received was click that tolo
ME of the hanging up of the earplece
and my further voicings brought only
the ringing silence of an unanswerlns
wire. l sank into my chair again.
In the midst of my stupor ! hearo
the ringing of the door bell and mo-
ment later the sound of light footsteps
ascending the stairs. There was a tap
at my door, and at my listless re-
Spouse LeDuc quietly entered. sa"
him run his eyes quickly over me as
he tossed his hat upon the bed ana
drew a chair close beside mine. tie
said nothing, did not even smile as
was his habit, and in my misery
did not offer him any greeting. fol
perhaps a minute he sat without
speaking and then addressed me with
unwonted gravity: tom, l have the
proofs"
I started slightly and raised my
eyes to his. fancied they were full
of regret, even sorrow, but his mouth
was firmly set. My head was hot and
my throat dry, and cleared the lat
ter before I spoke. Then | asked
him hoarsely where they were.
He laid them on the table before
me. They consisted of silver card
case, a bookmaker's ticket, bit or
steel, a soiled piece Of paper and
small lump of some grayish substance.
Stupidity stared at them.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-28

him and her on the subject, and they
still insisted with a positiveness that
could not ignore that their original
statements were absolutely correct;
namely. she denied that she had ever
loaned him the key, and he asserted
that he had no knowledge OF ever
having it in his possession. | made
them rehearse all their actions when
together for some days previous to
the robbery, and finally thought
came to her. She remembered that
short time previous while she and
Bruce had been strolling together that
she had slipped her pocketbook con.
tanning the key into his side coat
pocket for a few moments While sne
was putting on her gloves. And that
in turn suggested an idea to me. HAD
the pocketbook been partially un'
clasped, the key might easily enough
have fallen from 1t into his pocket
and not having any occasion to use
u for the next few DAYS she naturally
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-28
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been drusged. But VII, MN. ~
that IN a moment. Having secured
tnis Information, which of course
eliminated him as the active burglar
went to him and told him uphill and
oo"n mat ne was making a blank fool
Oh himself When he learned that !
had uncovered his whereabouts m Tho
nleht IN question he made a clean
breast OF it. While he had been
plunged in despair by the crash vet
ne mad taken but two drinks that dav,
o''e icing a cocktail with you in a
care soon after the last drink he
haa become stupefed, which fact he
attrlouted to the reaction from his
hlsnly nervous state, but ! came to
a to.ally different conclusion, although
l sa'a nothing to him about 1t at the
Tune. With your assistance he en-.
tered cab, and remembered numb.
ling direction to the driver to take
him to his rooms; yet when he awoke
IN the morning he found himself at a
place Where he had no desire to be.
rear OF Miss Winton's displeasure had
maue MN resolve to remain silent
rather than hurt her by the confession
tnat ne mad got drunk, as he imagined
he hao' and gone to such place.
could not understand why the cabman
hao taken 1t upon himself to convey
him to this resort against Bruce's d.
rectlons, SO came back at the driver
hard. By the dint of more questions,
aided by a few judicious threats,
drew out the information that the
chanse in address had been given by
a certain party whom the driver knew
to De friend of his passenger from
the TACT of having seen them together,
and who had stopped him and given
new instructions as to where to con.
vey the sleeping one inside. That ex.
planned the drivers peculiar actions,
and things We're becoming decidedly
interesting. Although practically sat
isfied now that Bruce had had nothing
even indirectly to do with the matter,
nevertheless went a little further in
my Investigations. I was very much
Interested to find out where he had
secured the money which had enabled
him to resume his operations on
change. When I had convinced him
that would keep the information alb
solutely secret, he told me that it was
furnished him by woman client who
did not care to have her name men,
toned in connection with speculative
matters. l traced the story to its
foundation and learned that it was alb
solutely true. That left only one mat
ter to be explained so far as Bruce
was concerned"
u suppose you mean his possession
OF the key and his denial that he had
it, coupled with the possibility that
some one else had somehow come into
possession of it," I said, breaking the
moments lull. LeDuc nodded.
Exactly. l was almost certain from
the time that Miss Winton announced
the loss of her key that it had some
how got into the possession of her
sweetheart; for its disappearance
from her keeping convinced me that
YOU had not been mistaken when you
said Bruce had exhibited It or its
a. I3ea{e. I had several -tx1ks WITH
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-28

enough had DOT missed II. So We
got the coat he had worn on that
occasion and went through 1t. We
found a small rip in the bottom Of the
| outside pocket, and going further dis.
covered the key In the bottom lining.
That solved the mystery. AS for hi:
having pounded on the table with it
and afterwards denied it, that was
| easily accounted for by the fact that
in his worriment e had unconsciously
drawn it from his pocket and used it
as you described and then replaced 1t
mechanically without noticing what
he had held or remembering the in
| cldent. accepted this as the correct
solution of the key incident, and then
and there dismissed Bruce from all
connection with the matter. For had
| he entered into collision with any.
one else and loaned him the key for
the night, the other person most GER
tainly would have been a professional
who owned his own tools and knew
how to use them, and that idea as you
know, I had already abandoned. DO
! you get me9'
y think SO. And having eliminated
Bruce, whom all along told you was
| innocent, you turned your attention
| to Richard Mackay as the next pos
sibility." My companion smiled faint
ly, thrusting his hands into his peck
cts and leaning forward in his chair.
Yes, for about ten minutes, At the
end of that time had reasoned him
out of the case. The man who
strangled your uncle was described
by him as q large, strong man who
coughed peculiarly. That description
fitted Mackay to dot, and further.
more there was a possibility Of his
having been informed, through his
more or less familiar connection with
Mrs. Dace's establishment, of the
money being in the safe at this partic'
ular time. Then, too, the incident OF
your having left your keys there for
some days furnished possible way
by which he could have secured a
duplicate through a conspiracy with
one Of the household. But that he
did it personally was absurd. He is
far and away above It. He is not
burglar; he is a boodler. He has q
million dollars Of his own, and would
no more risk himself in an act like
this than you would for handful OF
silver. And having previously strick.
en- out the professional cracksmen be.
! cause Of the crudeness of the job,
was now compelled to eliminate
Mackay and his friends because of
the same reasoning that l had applied
in Bruce's case. Had he turned the
job over to some needy friend Of his
from the underworld, that person
certainly would not have been bun.
gler. You see what that brought me
to-"
I arose in my chair with a mingled
sensation of heat and cold climbing
my spine and stiffening my hair. do
you mean to say as the last remaining
possibility you fastened your suspi
cions upon me?" gasped. One Of
his hands fastened upon my wrist
with the swapping grip Of steel trap;
his fingers, biting like teeth into my
flesh. 1As.inrsour school days felt
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-28
CHAPTER xV.-(continued.)

At the first corner a shrieking news
boy nearly ran between my legs, and
above the uproar of the street
heard him shout sentence that
caused me to gasp and clutch at a
lamp post for support. Snatching a
paper from him threw him a coin
and began to read. the paper shaking
Ia my hands like wind-thrummed
reed. Two paragraphs told me the
hideous truth. Upon information that
had been given him. by Richard
Nackay. who had been frozen out OF
the combination by his co-conspira-
tors, the states attorney had filed a
quo warranto proceeding in which he
attacked the very life Of the fran
chise of the underground system.
Should that official be able to sub
stantiate the attack and prove that
he grant had been obtained by fraud
and trickery, as Mackay stated, the
courts might deprive the corporation
OF all its rights and privileges, take
away It's power to act and render 1t
hopelessly impotent. Under such a
frightful condition Of affairs the stock
would become absolutely worthless,
and beneath this stab at It's heart 1t
lad already fallen with a crash that
had carried half Of those who had rid
den upon It to ruin. My meager mar
gins had been wiped out as quickly AZ
q guilty schoolboy scours bis slate.
and I had been made a bankrupt IN
the time which It takes to tell 1t.
dropped the paper and staggered into
. doorway, my hands pressing my
temples.
The world swan drunkenly before
me in a hideous gray mist, through
which men with faces lined and hard
ened by hopes long deferred. passed
ghostlike as they plodded silently
along with strained eyes In search OF
the sordid necessities which bind the
soul and the body together. The roar
Of the street came to my deadened
ears like the sullen grumble OF thun.
der. From out Of the gloom weary
shop girls and ragged newsboys stared
euriously up at my drawn face, none
scorer than I. none half 30 wretcbad.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-06-28
Unnecessary Advice.

A Boston school teacher, on stti1
ing after 40 years service. had these
suggestions to make to young women
teachers: "A little harmless flirting
With nice people with whom you are
acquainted will do much to rest the
tired mind after the arduouS duties
Of the schoolroom: be live wire o.
ery minute; do no. eat too much"
Advice is given to those who need ~
II is easy to guess what young Boston
school teachers are Ike .
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-12

Bryanrs Messengers. Phone 5of-5o2
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-12
LOCAL AND Personal
TINE WEATIIER.

Tonight fair; not 50 cold east por.
tlon. saturday fair and warmcr.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-12
MATSORS BIG SALE
IS TO START
TOMORROW
Prices Cut to Shreds for An
nual Clearance Event at
Popular, Local Book and
Stationery Store.

when Matson. the statloner. an
nounccs sale. the thrifty people OF
Albuquerque invariably sit up and
take notice, They know from expert
ence that Matson sales are the real
things IN the prlcc-cutting line, ana
they Will hear with delight that the
annual Matson clearance sale. one Of
the big merchandising events of the
year, begins tomorrow and will con-
tlnue through next week
The big bargain menu II introduced
with a straight forty per cent reduc-
ton on the entire Matson stock Of
cut glass--and everybody knows that
there is no more perfect or artistic
cut glass In town.
And here's another item which
can't fail 10 draw women who appre-
ciate big values. a straight forty per
cent r. 10 be knocked off the already
reasonable prices on chatting dishes,
oasseroles. baking dishes all brass
goods and leather goOds--the leather
items including handbags. bill books,
card cases. pass cases and coin purses.
There IL forty off also on toilet
sets, manicure sets. military brush
Gets and other toilet accessories.
In the book line the slaughter Is
simply frightful Here arc some OF
the big values:
One-third OFF en--all --guisoellaneou Gus
books. including gift books, all the
| juveniles and the standard writer's
either In single volumes or IN sets.
All late copyrights sell for one dol
| lar
All popular copyrights must go al
80 cents
And here IL the last and best. Al
fancy box writing papers Will sell at
exactly one-half their Regular marked
| prices
These are only suggestions. You'll
| have to go to Matsons yourself a.
find out what splendid bargain
event this sale h going to be. but
youll have to hurry Better get ir
tomorrow and be sure OF getting JUS
what YOU want.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-12

Marsh OF Beien. n. NJ. are the guests
Of Mrs A. r. Morrisette OF this city
n. O. snyder. agent supervisor for
the Mutual Life Insurance company
returned last evening from a trip.
Mrs. John Gilbert. Mrs. Lucia Gill
bert and Mrs, q. T. Unislll are mem-
bers of a party here from Malone,
N Y.
Santiago Garcia and Atlantic Tapia
arrested on charge OF cattle steal
ing at tuscaloosa. were released yes
terday on bonds Of $3.50 each.
Frank Mckee. cashier OF the FRS,
National bank. returned To the city
last night from visit with his fam
ily at crown Point, oregon.
II. l.. Baca. member-elect OF tho
legislature from Santa Fe county, Ia
In the city today on business. Mr..
Baca is being urged BY his friends
for speaker Of the house.
Regular services will be held IN the
Temple Albert vestry rooms az 7.i5.
Or. Meadcl SLIDER will preach on the
subject. The Moral Siglnificancs Of
Horedity and Environment"
Col w. $. Hopewell returned TO his
homa last evening on delayed train
from tho east He has boon In Chit
cago and other points on business
matters.
Horse shooting. blacksmithlug, hsr-
ness repairing. carriage trimming
This department given our careful
personal attention. Workmanship
guaranteed hrst class and lowest Of
prices J. Korber s. Co. Phone SIS
Special s0Hyocation OF Rio Grande
Chapter No 4, r. A. NJ, tails evening
at 1880 o'clock for work In the NJ. p.
M and N y. VI. degrees. Smoker
and lunch All visiting companions
are welcome. by order Of the A. =.
Harry Braun, secretary.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-12

WANTED.
Experienced Male SienOEraplief.
Must he cuunpelent. l.. u. PUTNEY.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-12

Bebber Co, OpticlanB Phone f09.
william A. Upton Is In the city
from santa Re.
Mrs c. l. Browne Of Westminster.
Mich. II a visitor In albuquerque.
RAN. Walker. an officer OF the
O. $. agmy, is in the city on official
business
C. G. RoyRt Is IN the city on a short
business trip from his home IN silver
City
Ii Virginia BLOCK, Jennie Block and
Beatrice Block OF Jemez Springs ar
rived Ia the city last night
Mira. SaEfuei Cotton and sister, Mrs.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-12

Former Governor Miguel a. Otero
came In last night from Boswell where
he went TO visit his son, Miguel a.
Otero, Jr., a cadet In thu Roswell Mil
itary Institute. The son and Antonio
Luna. also q student of the institute,
came IN with Mr.. Otero and will oc-
company him TO santa Fe tonight "a
be present at the Inauguration of Cow
ernor Mcdonald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
TREASURE ISLAND
Stevenson Received Only $3 Column
 for His Great Adventure Story

London Correspondence Denver Re- publican.
 Some rather interesting. and. be- lieve, not hitherto published details about the first appearance in print of stevenson's Treasure Island" were given me the other day by N. F. Hen derson, the veteran proprietor of "Young Folks" one of the oldest pa- pers for boys and girls fin this coun- try. Henderson, who published Treas ure Island" as a serial story, is act ing at present as treasurer of a fund for the benefit of perhaps the most popular of all authors, Stevenson not excepted. who have contributed to Young Folks" in the person of a former editor of the paper, Richard Quittenton. who is now 7S and in bad health. Quittenton took charge of Young Folks in 1872, and edited 1t for 20 years, during which time he wrote the Tim Pippin" stories. which were a craze with the rising genera ton in this country between the years 1872 and 1876. These stories, which Quittenton wrote under the name of Roland Quiz." described the adven- lures of vaiorous dwarf. and even now letters are received at the offices of Young Folks" asking where they can be had. Among those who have contributed to the Quittenton testi- monial are Conan Doyle. Rider flag gard and Arthur Cutler Couch. each of whom Is now Sir
  You may be interested to hear" said MT. Henderson. apropos of reference
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

of the house, has been made. A gi- gantic tank, filled by pumps with spring water, has been constructed. Work on the club house proper will be begun in the immediate future. The plans have already been drawn.
 The grounds have received the at tention of an expert landscape gar dener The golf course, destined to be one of the finest in the south, is at the present time being developed under the supervision of H. H. Bar ker, the we'll known English golfing expert, who was until recently in charge of the world renowned course at Garden City.
 The "spring house," from the out ward view, is artistic. Within it is ideal for the purpose to which it is to be adapted. It is prepared for the man. It's flooring is of tiled brick. Its walls give an idea of rugged pictur- sequences. Its decorations are simple and apropos and altogether fetching.
 On the first floor baths are pro- vided-a dozen of them. This will be the home of the golfers and the loungers after the play. On the first floor will be the buffet and individual lockers.
 Upstairs the finish is just as ef- tive. There are rooms for lounging and for informal entertainment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

Fronting the second floor is the veran- da, from which one of the most beau4 tiful views of natural scenery is of- fered.
 From the "spring house," in the di-. rection of Birmingham, leads an ar- tistic step paved with brick. It ex- tends an hundred feet. At the end of the step will stand the club house.
 The club house will resemble those weirdly constructed and altogether charming buildings with which the mountains of Switzerland are dotted. Within will be all the comforts de- manded of the ideal club. There will be two floors. On the first will be the reception room, and the dining room, and the ball room, offices for the su- perintendent and other officials. Up- stairs will be the dressing rooms, reading rooms and lounging quarters.
 
 Tn the immediate environ of the club grounds are handsome residences. The Fulenwiders, the Morrows, the Smiths, the Saunders, the Fryes and others live there. Other buildings are going up. The residents are satisfied, delighted, in fact. Those who are mak- ing the club are enthusiastic. Mir. Fulenwider says that the prospects are fine. MT. Barker states that the golf course will be as excellent as any other in the United States. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
PASSES FOR THE FAITHFUL
Iron Mountain Railroad Will Give
 Annuals to Old Employees

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
 As reward for faithful service the management of the Iron Mountain rail- road will issue annual passes to employees who have worked for the company 15 years or longer.
 It is estimated that about 1900 employees will receive the passes as a result and they are included in every capacity of the service.
 Employes who have served 15 years will have passes for themselves over the divi- sion on which they are employed; for % years m annual pass for the employe and his wife. and after % years transportation for the employe and wife over the entire system.
 It is said that more than 300 employees in Arkansas and Louisiana will be the re- c:pients of the new benefaction of the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

curtains, come delightful breezes. Your companions are good fellows, and the great majority are willing to buy. Perhaps a photograph is grind ing as painfully as a freshman cram ming on the eve of examinations. And you hear much about certain rag time band-awful slangy, the world might say-or certain mysterious rag, the accurate conception of which has never been determined, or how somewhere, somehow,' everybody doing something you can't tell what everybody's doing to save your life.
 It's fine. There's an army of oblging servants whQ scurry when the bell is pushed, scurry away and scurry back with it. You recline in an easy chair. Your feet impose bur den on the window sill. Your hat is on the floor. A boy has your coat hung away. To the side, temptingly tingling it's thin restraining bounds, a block of ice is working overtime. A breeze is doing business through your hair. A thin line of smoke partially obscures and renders fantastic far distant scenes of woodlands cool, of little hills that undulate and thus pro- test against the common place. You may speculate. You may philoso- phize. You may rhapodize. Or you may dream. Dream. You wave a wand over the tiny bottle just cast up by the sea. The cork springs out. A dense column of awe-inspiring smoke ascends the skies. The genie appears. q am the slave of the bell" says he, land ever ready to do your bidding"
 The only danger is in waking up.
 There is a freedom, laissez-faire, which is the handspring of action and which even infects the speech. Every body says what everybody pleases-- not that which necessarily pleases everybody. The club is the native haunt of that ubiquitous "but' which has ever stood between mere man and the archangel.
 It is hardly fair to claim, as some have claimed, that the club is another invention of that astute Beelzebub. We would dislike to credit even one man who knocked his own town. But If twas Beelzebub, then Beelzebub knows his business. Each morning he throws open his door and whistles. Men come. He generally pushes them gently forth at midnight. He does something, or says something, or shows something which pleases. At any trade, he would succeed and with cut the aid of clever advertising.
 If Beelzebub is the man who laughs, if he is the man who sings and dances and claps his hands; if he is the man who put the grass upon the lawn and the rainbow in the sky; if he is the man who doesn't frown, or fume, or fret, whose business cannot pursue him even unto the limbo of the globe; if he is ''hail fellow well met" re-