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before her. Size found n ladies
broken open and small drawe: emp
ty. Evidently Fleming. unable to draw
a check while in hiding. had needed
ready money. AS to the jewels that
, had been disturbed in Margery's bou-
doir. | could only surmise the impulse
that after prompting him to take them
had failed at the sight of his dead
wife's jewels. Surprised by the girls
appearance. she had crept to the upper
floor and concealed herself in an empty
fore she got out. No doubt this was
the room belonging to the butler. Car
ter. which Margery had reported as
locked that night
She took key from the door of a
side entrance and locked the door be-
hind her when she left. Within a
couple Of nights she had learned that
Wardrop was coming home from
Plattsburg. and she met him at Bell
wood. We already knew the nature Of
that meeting. She drove back to town.
half maddened by her failure to secure
the letters that would have cleared her
husbands memory. but the wiser by
one thing: Wardrop had inadvertently
told her where Fleming was hiding.
The next. night she went to the
White Cat and tried to get in. She
knew from her husband of the secret
staircase. for many political meeting
Of the deepest significance had been
nOccihlo hr- ifc mt hn
locked. and she had no key.
Above her the warehouse raised it's
|, empty height. and it was not long be-
fore she decided to see what she could
learn from its upper windows. She
went In at the gate and felt her way.
through the rain. to the windows. At
that moment the gate opened suddenly
and man muttered something in the
darkness, The shock was terrible.
l had no idea that night Of what
my innocent stumbling into the ware
house yard had meant to a half crazed
woman just beyond my range Of vision
After little she got her courage
again. and she pried open an unlocked
window.
The rest of her progress must have
been much as ours had been q few
nights later She found window that
commanded the club. and with three
possibilities that she would lose and
would see the wrong room. she won
the fourth. The room lay directly be-
fore her. distinct in every outline.
with Fleming seated at the table. fac
ing her and sorting some papers.
She rested her revolver on the sill
and took absolutely deliberate aim.
Her hands were cold. and she even
rubbed them together to make them
steady. Then she fired. and a crash
Of thunder at the very instant covered
the sound
Fleming sat for moment before he
swayed forward On that instant she
realized that there was some one else
In the rOOm-a man who took an uncer-
tain step or two forward into view.
Continued on Page g.
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~ dead. fighting the death rattle in her
throat. There were pauses when for
five minutes she would lie in q stupor.
only to rouse and 60 forward from the
very word where she had stopped
She began with her married life.
and to understand the beauty Of 1t is
to understand the things that came
after. She was perfectly. ideally. H.
logically happy. Then one day Henry
Butler accepted the nomination for
state treasurer. and with that things
changed. During his term in office
he altered greatly: his wife could onlv
guess that things were wrong, for he.
refused to talk.
The crash came, after all. with ter
rible suddenness- There had been an
all night conference at the Butler
home. and Mr. Butler. in frenzy at
finding himself dupe. had called the
butler from bed and forcibly elected
Fleming and Schwartz from the house
Ellen Butler had been Mortified. sick
ened by what she regarded as the vul-
garity of the occurrence But her 10y
atty to her husband never wavered.
Butler was one honest man against
a complete organization of unscrupu-
lous ones. His disgrace, imprisonment
and suicide at the White Cat had fol
lowed in rapid succession. With his
death, all that was worth while in his
wife died. Her health was destroyed;
she became one of the wretched army
Of neurasthenics. with only one idea:
to retaliate. to pay back in measure
full and running over. her wrecked
life, her dead husband, her grief and
her shame.
She laid her plans with the caution
and absolute recklessness of diseased
mentality. Normally a shrinking, nerv-
GUS woman, she became cold. passion
less. deliberate in her revenge To dis
grace Schwartz and Fleming was her
original intention. But she could not
get the papers.
She resorted to bounding Fleming.
meaning to drive him to suicide. And
she chose method that had more near
" driven him to madness Wherever
he turned he found the figures eleven
twenty-five 9. sometimes Just the num-
Der without the letter 1t had been
Henry Buffers cell number during his
imprisonment. and If they were craven
on his wife's soul they burned them
selves in lines Of fire OH Fleming's
brain. For over a year she pursued
this courSe-sometimes through the
mail. ut other times In the most unex-
pected places. wherever she could brine
messenger to carry the paper. Sane?
No, hardly sane. but Inevitable as fate
The time came when other things
went badly with Fleming. as had al.
ready heard from Wardrop He fled to
the White Cat. and for week Ellen
Butler hunted him vainly She had de-
cided to kill him. and on the night Mar
gerry Fleming had found the paper on
the pillow she had been in the house
She was not the only intruder in the
house that night Some one. presurn
ably Fleming himself had been there
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commentary Tor six months on
some minor count. and when he eot
OUT after writing to Fleming and
schwartz protesting his innocence and
asking for enough out of the fortune
tney had robbed him of to support hts
wile. he killed himself at the White
Cat"
Margery was very pale. but quiet.
Sne sat with her fingers locked in her
zap ana her eyes on Wardrop.
1t was a bad business" Wardrop
went on YEARLY. Fleming moved
INTO Buffers place as treasurer and
TOOK Lightfoot as his cashier. That
Kept the lid on. Once or twice when
tnere was an unexpected call for funds
tne treasury was almost empty. and
schwartz carried things over himself
went to Plattsburg as Mr.. Fleming's
private secretary when he became
treasurer. and from the first | knew
things were even worse than the aver
age state government
schwartz and Fleming had to hold
together. They hated each other, and
the feeling was trebled when Fleming
married Schwartz's divorced wife,"
Margery looked at me with startled.
incredulous eyes. What she must have
seen confirmed Wardrop's words, and
she leaned back in her chair limp and
unnerved. But she heard and compre-
hended every word Wardrop was say
ing.
The woman was a very ordinary
person. but it seems Schwartz cared
for her. and he tried to stab Mr.. Flem-
ing shortly after the marriage. About
year ago Mr.. Fleming said another
attempt had been made on his life with
poison. Things were not going we'll
at the treasury. Schwartz and his
crowd were making demands that were
hard to supply and behind all that
Fleming Yves afraid to 60 out alone at
night. He employed a man to pro-
tect him. a man named Carter, who
had been bartender in Plattsburg.
When things began to happen here in
Manchester he took Carter to the home
as a butler
'Then the Borough bank got shaky.
If it went down there would be an
ugly scandal. and Fleming would 60,
too. His notes for half million were
there. without security. and he dared
not show the Cancelled notes he had
with Schwartz's Endorsement.
I'm not proud of the rest Of the
story. Margery." He stood looking
down at her. Il was engaged to marry
girl who was everything on earth to
me. and-I was private secretary to
the state treasurer. with the princely
salary Of such position.
''Mr. Fleming came back here when
the Borough bank threatened failure
and tried to get money enough to tide
over the trouble. A half million would
have done it. but he couldn't get it.
He was in Buffers position exactly.
only he was guilty and Butler was in
nocent. He raised little money here.
and l went to Plattsburg with securi-
ties and letters. 1t isn't necessary to
go over the things l suffered there.
brought back $4,000 in a package in
my Russia leather bag And-I had
something else"
He wavered for the first time In his
recital He went on more rapidly and
without looking at either of us.
II carried. not in the valise. bundle
of letters, five in all. which had been
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train. Just before It came laundering
along, however, he spoke again.
Il am going away, Knox. There
isn't anything in this political game for
me. and the law is too long. have a
chum in Mexico, and he wants me to
go down there. There isn't any longer
a reason why one part Of the earth is
better than another. Mexico or Alas
ka. it's all the same to me-
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-20

Santa Claus.
II went back five years. He. the soE
Of a railroad magnate, had dared to
fall in love with the bue.eyed daugh
ter OF locomotive driver on his IA.
theirs road-a man whose face and
hands carried grime-who dwelt In a
cottage-who had no society outside
OF daily toilers. And he had dared
stand before the father who thought
himself specially created and say:
Father, going to be married"
"Well?"
ITO Gladys Davis"
Never heard OF her"
The daughter OF one OF our en-
sineers."
There was a moment OF painful sus
pense and then the storm broke.
You shall not! You are either a
fool or lunatic to think OF II. An
engineers daughter Think OF your
mother-of me-oi your sister-th,
disgrace! You must have lost your
ctuStS,
But | am TO marry her" was the
steady reply.
Il say no! II the jade has trapped
you into an engagement buy her OFF
The father must use his influence OIL
take his discharge"
But We love and are promised &c
each other"
In the next half hour the father
stormed and caJoled. II the son in
sisted on such a marriage he would
be cast out by the family; he would
be ridiculed even By the common peo
pie. And the magnate ended up with:
Fred will have the engineer call
ed up here and give him check fol-
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-20

looking about him when a small, warm
hand was cuddlei into his and a
child's voice said:
Please take care OF mo TIL nam.
ma finds me-I'm lost"
II was little girl, and OH her face
was both a smile and a look OF en-.
treaty.
Why, OF course" replied the out.
law, pressing her hand and drawing
her back little. so you came here
with your mother after Christmas
things and got separated?"
That's It, only think she ran away
from me so that shouldn't know
what Santa Claus was going to bring
me tomorrow night"
II hope II will be something nice"
"Oh. 1t will be. Are you buying
something for your little girl?"
Moo"
Maybe she's deadT
Il don't know"
The girl looked up and noticed the
grave expression on the outlaws face,
and cuddled closer to him and said:
I'm sorry ii have hurt you. Nam.
ma says | talk too much. I've just
thought that may De you are not mar
ried at all?'
Il guess that's pretty near It," re.
piled the outlaw as he tried to laugh,
but made roor work OF IT,
We'll, ii you haven't got any little
girl ! haven't got any papa. What
YOU going 10 buy.
why whatever you say"
But not for me@'
Yes. for you Wen select some
thing. and then when your mother
comes I'll ask her II she'll let you have
IT,"
Il hope she will. You look to be
such a nice man that she shouldn't re
fuse. picked you out as the very
incest man that came along"
Thank you." said the outlaw as he
felt his heart grow big. Now, then
about this doll Real hair, eyes that
wink, pink shoes and almost as big as
you are She'll he "A sister to you
And how much Is IT,"
only ten dollars"
MY. but can You pay that much! II
you can you must be rich"
But you see have no little girl OF
my own"
That's so. Isn't Christmas nice
DO you lnow-there's mamma over
there Let me run and tell her"
The outlaw turned his back on the
crowd ana grittrd his teeth and
winked his eyes. He had been hi,
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-20
Made Il Work,

A week before the Christmas holl.
days an undergraduate wished to start
home, thus gaining "A weeks vacation
or the other students. He had, how
ever, used up all the absences from
the lectures which are allowed and
any more without good excuse would
have meant suspension. In a guam.
Diary he hit upon this solution; he
telegraphed his father the following
message:-
Shall | come home at my leisure or
straight home?"
The answer he received was: Come
straight home"
An exhibition of the telegram to tho
professors was sufficient.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-20

Love may always be right, but Il
can be SO Influenced as to be seem
ingly a mistake The marriage took
place and Fred Dillingham; was oStra
cized. He was not kindly welcomed
in the other stratum. II there Is a guilt
between the rich man and the work
ingman the latter resents intrusion
as much as the former. There was
love, but after a few months ii was
Influenced from both sides Both hus
band and wife were made TO fear that
grave mistake had been made. They
fought away the idea and sought to
hold their love, but that brought irri
tations and yeXations and eliminated
In misunderstanding and quarrels
After two years there was a separa.
ton Neither really desired IT, Il
was what the gossips had predicted,
and what they stroye TO bring about.
There was more sorrow than anger
when the young husband turned his
back on wife and infant year old
auh "'hl pAh lHNo Nlt WIN az u
wandercr The wife went back to
her fathers cottage, tut not TO 0trug.
gle with poverty, The husband been
generous TO her.
Five long years. and Fred Dilling,
ham had not been heard Of As an
outlaw without a family, whom should
he write to and why? At three years
OF age the child. who had been named
Patty, wondered In her childish way
why she hadn't papa. At five she
demanded to know AT six she stood
before the embarrassed mother in in
dignation and threatened to 20 out
and find one.
And al last the wanderer had re
crossed the sea and headed for his
home He was tired and weary and
lonely. Home? But he had none
He had left II when he left wife and
baby. This struck him like q suddc,
blow. though he had all along realize
It in a general way. No home-n;
wife--no child! That was why h.
had left the train and taken lodgings
He had no place to go. With none!
In his pockets. he was a tramp.
And to know that Christmas was a
hand. and to hear the Jingle OF sleigh
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-20
An Assurance.

Don't you think holiday Is more
cheerful when there Is large family
gathered about festive board?"
Il do" answered the sardonic per.
son. "A large family is a glad sssur.
ance that there Is not going to be
enough turkey left to supply the menu
for the next few days"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-20

bells and catch the shouts OF children
On the street--to wonder II his child
still lived, and TO wonder further what
old Santa Claus would bring her--why.
the man cursed the fears he could
not keep back.
A quarter OF an hour later the out
law was down on the street He
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-20

@ thousand dol
lars and tell him
that this non
sense must end
we shall be
marie d three
days from now,
was his answer.
In reply to that
the father point
ed TO the door, and
the son bowed and
passed out TO be
son no longer H
had money that
had been left him
by an aunt, and
the father could
not threaten him
usi,h nn,..r,,
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-20

would mingle With
the throng. He
would enter the
stores under the
evergreen branch
es and look about
him--aye. make n
purchase and be
Santa Claus TO
som g b ig-e y e Il
child on the street
lie was al out
law, but the world
should not crowd
him quite TO the
edge. He was al
most smiling as
he crowded his
way into Il big
store. and he was
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ND II had come tc
pass that on this
day before Christ.
mas q man not
old In years sat In
his room at u no.
tel IN a strange
town aud felt him
self OF all the
world the most
lonely. High and
low, rich and poor,
mingled In the
procession OF hap.
by shoppers with.
out He alone had
no thought for
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-20

hard. Inree CT
four minutes pass
go and then q
hand pulled at his
and n voice said:
Please, Mister
nice man, tell me
your name. that ]
may Introduce you
TO mamma. ]
think she will lei
me have the doll"
The outlaw turned
and gasped and
his face went
white.
"Gladys!"
Fred"
You here!"
And you!"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-20

And This Is our daughter?"
our Patty. Father was discharged
from the road and moved over here
TO take another run"
Ii was the next day. and Patty was
sitting on her fathers knee and the
happy mother was wiping tears from
her eyes, when the child said:
Say, mamma, just picked him out
as the very incest man In all that big
crowd. and | didn't make any mistake,
did !? Don't anybody sit down on my
doll and give her pain"
r~6
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S|D.uNS5
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-14
sTA55ING ARRAY AT
NORTH GRosVENoRDALE
Twenty Turks Arrested by Local PO-
lice in Search for Offender.

Putnam, Feb. 10.
A street drama that had something
Of the appearance Of South Ameri-
can revolution was enacted at Bug
bees corner Tuesday evening on the
arrival Of the 1876 car from North
(1rosvenordale, which was boarded by
Captain Murray and Sergeant Hayes.
The officers arrested about twenty
Turks, among whom it was expected
to find man who had stabbed another
Turk in a row at North Grosvenor-
dale, just before the car left that
place. 1t appears that five Turks
employed in the North Grosvenordale
mill We're leaving that place to re-
turn to the old country. About forty
Of their couEuymen gathered at the
trolley station to bid them farewell,
and many Of them to escort the five
TO Putnam where they were to take
the boat train. While waiting for the
car, a fight started and one of them
was stabbed twice in the head once in
the face and once in the back. Be-
fore the officers could be notified many
Of the crowd had left on the car for
Putnam, and a telephone message was
sent to the Putnam police to inter-
cept them. When the Putnam officers
got busy. there was a lot of excite
ment and a big crowd quickly gath
cred. The score of Turks arrested
were taken to the police station, but
no ore Of them answered to the de-
scription of the man who did the cut
ting, nor was the man who was stab
bed who was able later to come to
Putnam able to identify his assailant.
Later in the evening they were all re-
leased. Soon after ten o'clock tele-
phone message from North Grosvenor-
dale to the Putnam police brought the
information that four men implicated
in the affair had been arrested. They
win have a hearing this morning.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-14
TUBERCULOSIS Turks
IN THE FREE LUNCH
Commissioner Gunshanan Says Dis
ease May Be Contracted in Saloons.
(special 70 me Bulletin.l


Hartford, Feb. 13.-At meeting Of
the Holy Name society of st. Peters
parish in this city last evening, Tuber-
culosis Commissioner John +. Gun
shanan, in addressing those present,
told of peculiar incident in which a
workingman in sanatorium explained
how he contracted the disease.
Every noon the patient said he
would go to saloon near the factory
where he was employed and get a
glass of beer and sometimes a free
lunch which was offered. At the end
of the bar glass of cold water con-
tanned two forks and a spoon which
were used by those desiring some Of
the lunch. He often wondered how he
got the disease, as no one connected
with him was affected, but it was not
until he entered the sanatorium and
found a man there in the advanced
stage of the disease whom he remem-
bered as one who had also taken ad-
vantage Of the free lunch in the saloon
where he was frequenter that the
patient then became satisfied that he
contracted the disease from using the
forks and spoon after they had been
in the mouth of this advanced con-
sumptive.
The speaker said there are hundreds
of consumptive men throughout the
state whose existence is only due to
the free lunch provided by those en-
gagged in the liquor trade for the Gus
toners. The intentions of the dealers
are the best and they could easily
remedy this condition if brought to
their attention.
The utensils used after feeding con-
sumptives should be left in boiling
water for about five minutes to de-
stroy the germs which they usually
contain from the mouths of consump-
tives, in which are lodged germs by
the millions
The state is spending over one-half
million dollars at the present time
and local societies are also spending
vast sums Of money in trying to
check the ravages of the great white
plague, and men engaged in the sale
of liquor can help us if they will
abolish from their places such free
lunch as requires a fork or spoon to
serve, even if it is not comfortable
to think of eating free lunch out of
the same dish with men whose hands
and fingers need washing. No fair
minded man would take offense if the
free lunch counter contained a printed
sign which explained how easy it is to
contract tuberculosis by eating food,
and the tuberculosis association
would be glad to assist in this worthy
IToject If necessary.
The last legislature passed a law
prohibiting the use of the common
drinking cup and towel in public
places but the danger from their use
does not exceed the conditions al
ready outlined, said the speaker.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-14
sRANDEGEE CONDEMNED
BY HARTFORD LABOR MEN.
Vote Passed Indicates a Mlsunder-
standing of circumstances,
(speeial to ms Rulletin.l

Especial to The Bulletih.)
Washington, Feb. 13.-The Hartford
Central Labor union has adopted and
sent to each member of the Conneoti-
out delegation in congress resolutions
Ia which they strongly condemn the
action Of Senator Blandegee In voting
against the receipt of the Gompers
petition by the senate on Jan. 18th.
When seen this afternoon, Senator
Brandegee refused to comment on the
resolution. He said he had not been
sent a copy, nor had he seen them.
AS a matter of fact he did not vote
against receiving the petition of the
president of the American Federation
of Labor. The facts are these: The
vice president laid before the senate a
petition signed by the officers Of the
federation against the adoption of ma
chimes for printing the money of the
country. Senator Hepburn objected to
the receipt of the petition on the
grounds that Gompers was not a citi-
zen of this country. Several senators
engaged in the discussion that followed
when Mr.. Hepburn withdrew his OBJ
lection and the petition was accepted.
Then a motion was made to print the
petition in the record. This is not
. usual, and objections were made and a
vote demanded on the request to print.
1t was on this vote that Senator Bran
degee voted No, together with Senators
Gallinger and Hepburn.
Senator Brandegee said at that time
that he had no objection to the petit
ton being received by the senate; In
fact, he had presented several on the
same subject from labor unions in
Connecticut, but he thought this petit
ton should take the usual course, be
| accepted and referred to the proper
committee for consideration.