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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-23

been drugged. But I will come to
that In a moment. Having secured
this information, which of course
eliminated him as the active burglar,
/ went to him and told him uphill and
down that he was making blank fool
OF himself When he learned that
had uncovered his whereabouts on the
night in question he made clean
breast of it. While he had been
plunged in despair by the crash, yet
he had taken but two drinks that day,
one being cocktail with you in
cafe. Soon after the last drink he
had become stupefied, which fact he
attributed to the reaction from MS
highly nervous state, but l came to
a totally different conclusion, although
I said nothing to him about 1t at the
time. With your assistance he en-
tered a cab, and remembered numb
ling a direction to the driver to take
him to his rooms; yet when he awoke
in the morning he found himself at
place where he had no desire to be.
Fear of Miss Winton's displeasure had
made him resolve to remain silent
rather than hurt her by the confession
that he had got drunk as he imagined
he had, and gone to such place.
could not understand why the cabman
had taken it upon himself to convey
him to this resort against Bruce's d.
rections, so I came back at the driver
hard. By the dint of more questions,
aided by a few judicious threats, l
drew out the information that the
change in address had been given by
certain party whom the driver knew
to be a friend of his passenger from
the fact 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 were becoming decidedly
interesting Although practically sat
isfied now that Bruce had had nothing
even indirectly to do with the matter,
/ nevertheless went little further in
my Investigations. l 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 l 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 it's
foundation and learned that it was alb
solutely true That left only one mat
ter to be explained SO far as Bruce
was concerned"
Il 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," / said, breaking the
moments lull LeDuc nodded.
Exactly 1 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 it's disappearance
from her keeping convinced me that
you had not been mistaken when you
said Bruce had exhibited it Or it's
duplicate. l had several talks with
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-23
SYNOPSIS.

Abner Halliday, a miserly millionaire,
is found gagged, bound and insensible in
his ROOM his safe rified and 900 miss
ing. The thread of the story is taken up
by his nephew Tom. Living in the same
ihouse are other relatives: reckless Bruce
who is a bond broker, has cen trying to
raise $4,000 to put through a deal and
save himself from financial ruin. He has
applied to his miSerly uncle and to others
fer the loan but has been refused. Tom
sends for William LeDuc, an old-time
friend connected with detective agency
In relating the story Tom TeVerts to his
acquaintance with a Mrs. Dace, wealthy
widow, whose business agent Is Richard
Mackay. a boodler and political boss.
in love with Mrs. DaCe. Bruce Halliday
warns him to shun her as an adventures.
Tom sees Mrs. Dace and Mackay togeth-
er. He afterwards meets the woman at
a horse race, and, happening to mention
that Bruce had tip on the winner, she
gives him $500 to place on the race. The
tip goes wrong and she loses her money.
Later Tom invests in stocks. He makes
some money, and returns the lost $500 to
Mrs. Dace. 1t is at this juncture that the
theft of the SAC. 600 from OLD A6ner Hall,
day occurs. lie Due meets Clare ana
Bruce. He learns that the key which
Glare had to the house IS missing. Mac
kay's dealings with Mrs. Dace make Tom
more jealous. The detective intimates a
suspicion against Bruce Halliday as the
pudiates Mrs. Dace accepts Tom as her
fance, and encourages him to invest in
q certain stock. Tom has a row with
'Mackay and the latter threatens revenge.
The detective announces that he has dis
covered important clews as to the thief.
1t looks as if Macl<ay had got hold of
Toms key to the Halliday home and
might have been the burglar.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-23

enough had not missed Il. so we
got the coat he had worn on that
occasion and went through 1t. We
found small rip In the bottom of the
outside pocket, and going further dis
covered the key in the bottom lining.
mat solved the mystery. AS for his
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 it
mechanically without noticing what
he had held or remembering the in
cident | 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, l had already abandoned. Do
you get me?"
Il 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 a 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 boodler. He has a
million dollars of his own, and would
no more risk himself in an act like
this than you would for a 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 a steel trap;
his fingers biting like teeth into my
flesh. As in our school days l felt
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-23

him and her on the subject, and they
still insisted with a positiveness that
could not ignore that their or1glnal
statements were absolutely correct
namely, she denied that she had ever
loaned him the key, and he asserted
that he had no knowledge or ever
having it in his possession. L MADE
them rehearse all their actions wnen
together for some days previous TO
the robbery, and finally a thought
came to her. She remembered tnaI
short time previous while she ana
Bruce had been strolling together tnat
she had slipped her pocketbook con-
tanning the key into his side coat
pocket for few moments Wnlie she
was putting on her gloves. AND tnat
in turn suggested an idea to me. Hao
the pocketbook been partially un-
clasped, the key might easily enough
have fallen from it into his pocket
and not having any occasion 10 use
1t for the next few days she naturally
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-23

the piano wire strength of his tendons
and ciinched my teeth between the
fierceness of the clasp.
tom Halliday" he returned stern
". "yo'- stole your uncle's money"
GIaring at him, qufvering under an i'm
pulse to tear myself from him and
strike him down, first swelied my
muscles for the effort, then letting
them subside sank back with an ex-
clamation of supreme disgust.
$50 that was your ultimate analy-
sis," l said, with bitterest scorn. "Of
all the absurd, asinine idiots 1t was
ever my misfortune to come in con-
tact with, you are the most complete
you, an alleged detective. But you
might as well finish your dream. l
will compel myself to listen" turned
nv head from him contemptuously;
became aware that something cold
and metallic was snapped around the
wrist which he held and leaped to my
feet only to find myself handcufed to
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-23
CHAPTER xV.-(Contirued.)

At the first corner shrieking news
boy nearly ran between my legs, and
above the uproar of the street l
heard him shout a sentence that
caused me to gasp and clutch at
lamp post for support. Snatching
paper from him | threw him a coin
and began to read, the paper shaking
In my hands like wind-thrummeG
reed. Two paragraphs told me the
hideous truth. Upon information that
had been given him by Richard
Mackay. who had been frozen out of
the combination by his co-conspira-
tors, the states attorney had filed
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
the grant had been obtained by fraud
and trickery, as Mackay stated, the
courts might deprive the corporation
of all it's rights and privileges, take
away its 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 its heart it
had 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 as
a guilty schoolboy scours his slate,
and I had been made a bankrupt in
the time which it takes to tell it. |
dropped the paper and staggered into
g 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
curiously up at my drawn face, none
noorer than |. none half so wretcheo.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-23
(TO BE &C
Unnecessary Advice.

A Boston school teacher. on attir-
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 a live wire ev'
ery minute: do not eat too much"
Advice is given to those who need it:
it is easy to guess what young Boston
school teachers are like.
The evening world., 1912-04-19

ssvsasys1vp ~ ssoA g - Veasa
sAved he'd bssa wtoswsd ~ ~ daain1
Of the TftAnic.
The evening world., 1912-04-19

D@eo Dur1e0 at . .
0oB0osrs H~oitshauser. Winter bottom
~ ud,sn stein. and CoronsrS Physi.
oioo Albert T. Weston were at the pier
m the Carpathia arrived. but when
the1 tsarned that none Of the Ttahic's
hUssea awsy.
0Dsoa0 wintsrbotom said that Capt
RaUoOm told him two meu and q
woman hai len buried ~ SEQ He sAid
thas Y any Of the survivors dc In this
citv white star Line ofhcials viii ~
su0posnaed for examination.
- Udlsd that Capt. Rostrom told INN
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05
The ThriGe-A- Week Edition
OF THE
New York World
Practically Daily at the Price of a
Weekly.
No other Newspaper IN The world gives
so much Mt o.low price.
]. G. shaffer, Z. @

The great Presidential campaign will
soon begin add you will want the news
accurately and promptly. The w orld
long since established a record for I'M.
partiality, and anybody can afford it's
Thtice-a- Week editions, which comes
every other day in the week. except
Sunday. 1t WILDE of particular value
to yeu now. The Thrice-a-W Week World
also abounds in other strong features,
serial stories, humor, markets, cartoons;
in fact. everything thatis to be found
in a trst-class daily.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only Sl.OO
per year, and this pays for 156 papers.
We offer this unequalled newspaper and
The Rural Retreat Times together for
one year for $3.50, The regular cub
scrIption for theprice two papers Is $500
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

professor Chamberlain thinks
tho discovery OF the South Pole
will make itpossible for scientists
to predict the weather for weeks
ahead !" We trust they won't
predict such weather as we have
had during the last two MOI this.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Tho ministers VIE VINO testi-
fled in court that she had bad
thirty homes in eight years is
competent to sym2 athize with
the Methodist preachers daugh-
ter who used to toll her friends
Shat sAs was o1rn all along the
South Shore.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05
In The Clerks Office OF the
Circuit Court OF Wvthe County
On tie 23rd day of March 1912.
Ollie Bland Plaintiff,
against

~ otfF -O'A OfAy VI ESidiCu 1J1G
Ollie Bland Plaintiff,
against
Floyd Bland, Defendant.
The object OF this suit is to obtain an
absolute divorce.
And an affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendant Floyd
Bland i; not resident of the State of
Virginia, it is ordered that he do appear
here within Is days after due publca
ton hereof and do what may be neces-
sary to protect his interest in this suit
Aud 1t is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published once a week for
four weeks n Rural Retreat Times, and
that copy be forthwith posted at the
front door of the courthouse OF this
county. A copy-Teste,
c. G. Tate. Clerx,
By r. w. Williams, d. c.
J c. Shaffer. Z. @
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

A ixteon-inch gun that will
shoot fourteen miles will be a
powerful argument for arbitra
ton in the minds of agovermenJ
which do5s possess any such
weapons.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

One disquieting thing about all
these straw votes is that they
may afford an excuse for raising
the price of hats next summer.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

The speaker of the new Ari-
IONA legislature is a railroad
switchman; but what the baby
state really needs is an engineer.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

"The kentucky legislature has
fooled a lot of persons by select
ing blue grass as the official flow
or of the state, instead Of rye, 7"
opines the Pittspurg Gazette
Tines. Or mint?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

j, P. Morgan told Lin Cavalier
that he wished to know her beau
ty secrets. Well sir, the Sunday
papers cost only nickel.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Prof. Scott of Evanston, says
if your feet are cold, you are dis
pleased with something. Perhaps
the weather.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

KAISER changes b i S m i d
twice in one.day, says aheadline
What great candidate WAS lost
when lie was born king!
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Chairman Lovett OF the Union
Pacific Railroad says, that there
is q general feeling of prosperity
in the air." Most Of us, howev-
or, would rather it was of the
earth earthly.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

When we read adispatch from
Jualez that "the favoribe cam
ho ne in front today" we can't
tell whether it refers to race
horse or one of those retreatins
revolutionary yoiar,ls.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Three-fourtbs Of the people of
Brooklyn are aliens, most Of then
having emigrated from N W
York.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Latin Americans can show
Secretary Knox good time even
though they do kick dollars dip
lomacy's dawg around.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

For the Sacred honor of the
press, we deny that any editor
has kicked against the proposed
tax on incomes over 5000 8 a
personal hardship.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

How appropriate that while it
is yet in its infancy the Chinese
X public is t o establish kinder
gartens.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

The subscription price is Sl.00
per year IN ADVANCE. and
whenever the time expires to
which subscription is paid, it
will be discontinued. The Postal
Laws requires this, and we must
comply with them in order to get
the benefit of the postage rates,
otherwise the One Dollar would
not much more than pay the
postage.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

What Will we dash fer now,
since both poles have been dis
covered.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

At Indianapolis they will now
proceed to the shifting down of
all these bomb rumors.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Whether Captain Ampdsen
beat Captain Scott to the South
Pole o. not, he certainly beat him
i'll the race back.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

The peace treaties now look
like Doc Cooks North Pole story
after Peary got through with it.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Our own weather IS bad enough
but IN China they are having a
reign of terror.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

There is no reason why the
United States should follow the
example Of Europeal, nations III
coal strikes.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Our idea Of pessinlist is the
man who is worring about how
hot it is going to be next August.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Give Spring chances enough
and she will get here in all her
radiant glory.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Only a fire, cyclone, cataclysm,
oract ofCongress will save Wash
lngton, declares Doc. WILEY. Well
we have no preference.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

The more a trust magnateWant;
the less the other fellow get.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

1t takes a man of originality to
pose as a successful liar.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Chicago reports the marriage
of Miss Annie Rooney. Now,
boys don't all start whistling at
once.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Trial subscription, three months, %
cents.
II out of town send let stamps for the
amount
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

A woman never thinks her
husband 50 unreasonable as when
he expects her to be reasonable.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Note--Each correspondent is neel re-
sponsible for the contents Of his COM
munica ton.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Itmakes a girl awfully asham
ed to let man kiss her without
first putting up some sort Of
bluff
Cap Hobson should cheer up.
The Panama 6 anal may be blown
up by the volcano before the Japs
decide to take it.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05
SECRET SOCIETIES

MT. AIRY LODGE NO. 226. Ancient Free
/V\and Accepted Masons hold their stated
communications on the second Saturday night
in each month at 30 pm
Visiting bretheren, in good standing, always
welcome
WI. SPRINKLE. W. NJ
j. H. WILSON. SECRETARY
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Don Migual has forever relin-
quished his claim to the Portr-
guese throne, thus putting him
self at one swoop IN the same
class with Manual,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Entered at the postofiice at Rural Re-
treat, as second-class matter, Aug. 4.
1905
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GA fourteen-year-oltl cis

A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS clga-
rette sucker with a pistol IN his
pocket is a good subject for home
missionary work" With the
woodshed as the place for deliv-
ering the address.
Mexico's attitude towards
American citizens is evidently to
be the means of that country's
losing it's most valuable and on
ergetic residents.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-04-05

Meets on the first and third Saturday nights OF
each month. Odd Fellows in good standing
rom other Lodges always welcome
J. H. HUBBARD. N q
j. j. HaPr, Secy
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FRIDAY, APRIL 5 1912.
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DARA z. D0AK, Editor And Manager !.
N. OMAR DOAK. Assistant.
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