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The Southern herald., 1913-01-17

"Have you given her any presents,
or made appointments with herr"
Never"
"All the better, for It simplifes mat
ters. Another question. Do they play
baccarat at Madame J-'s?"
Yes, three or four times week. +"
did you play?"
Yes, but l gave up because"
You found you lost too much?"
You've guessed it. / did lose"
How much?"
About two thousand dollars"
Just what expected. have re-
ceived some queer reports about your
friends. Madame is reputation is
far from good, and 1 suspect her salon
to be trap to swindle people like
you. Bernard T certainly did in
herit some money last year, but he
ran through 1t; and he is now the as
sociate, and possibly the tool, of pro
fessional gamblers. AS to the vicomte,
there is some mystery here, and l dis.
trust mysteries. And now, my dear
Mr. B., l am afraid | must say
something that will upset you. You
have undoubtedly an enemy-not that
Bernard-but a man, or woman, who
has a more potent interest in ruin
ing your reputation. Look into the
past, and see whether you can detect
any such person"
Mr.. B. stared at me in amaze
ment.
"An enemy" he cried. Il, an en-
envy? have never stood in anybody's
way, and no man in mine. AS to wom-
en-, they have played no part in my
life. / have fallen in love only once
and that with the girl was to have
married" he added with a bitter
smile.
"You will not be the first to have
made such startling discovery. 9th
ers have made it; and in this very
room, too. l see / cannot look to you
for assistance in this business. Keep
quiet until you hear from me. l hope
1t will be SOON"
/ do not know more villainous Of
fense than that Of sullying a mans
reputation, to rob him of what is dear
er to him than life-his honor. And
resolved to use all my energy to come
to this poor fellows assistance; espe-
cially as the conviction grew upon me
that my young friend was the victim
Of plot a flendish conspiracy, and
The Southern herald., 1913-01-17

to give me some details about the
disturbance caused by Martha D..
She had, 1t seems, smashed a window,
using threatening language, and the
vicomte had applied for a summons.
/ sent for her, and little before six
she was announced; a tall, dark-eyed
girl, who played an insignificant part
In the new farce at the Folies-D -Dramat-
iques. She was very self-possessed,
and asked what wanted Of her
"And so you had scene with your
friend, the vicomte?"
She turned sharply around, and her
eyes grew warlike.
my friend you call him? l can
dispense with such friends. When a
man borrows money from a woman,
and does not pay her, the least he can
do is to be civil to her!"
THAT is true. why did he borrow
money from your"
81 don't know. At times he has
plenty Of cash, and at others not a
cent"
81 suppose he CANDLES a bit?"
You bet! Since he goes to that
new club in the Rue Maubeuge, he is
always flush with money. He has
been wonderfully lucky there; too
much 80, / fancy"
why too much so?"
"Oh, don't know!" And she shrug-
ged her shoulders.
l did not think it prudent to press
the point.
IF he borrowed money from you,
and, as you say, has now plenty, why
does he not pay your"
HE might have done so; but he has
his silly pride. He was annoyed that
l alluded to it in the presence of his
friend, an Englishman-although that
man did not understand a word Of
FTencb-and he had specially asked
me to come that evening. l would
have done better to have gone away,
as was getting cross at their talk
ing English all the time"
Possibly he, too, was cross, if the
Englishman paid you too much atten-
ton"
NO" she laughed, "he is too fond of
himself to notice such things. And
the Englishman was too absorbed in
what the Yicomte was saying"
In the course of my career | re-
member having only twice assumed a
disguise, and this was one of the oc-
The Southern herald., 1913-01-17

casions. do not aspire to rival NJ.
Gemier or Mr.. Beerbohm Tree in the
art of making ones self unrecogniz-
able; but, with a few touches about
the eyes, the nose, with a dark wig
and dyed eyebrows, l felt pretty safe
as / issued forth to enter the enemy's
camp.
At ten O'Clock in the evening pre-
seated myself at the "Club" in the
Rue Maubeuge. AS l expected, l was
informed that only members had a
right to enter; but the doorkeeper
took my card, after which a gentle
man came downstairs, eyed me mar
rowly, asked me for my address, and,
apparently satisfied with my appear
ance, remarked that could Join as a
country member.
ut Is not quite regular" he said,
for me to admit you before you are
properly introduced; but, as you do
not reside in Paris, and intend to re-
turn soon to Limoges, we will allow
you to come in now, on payment of
the entrance fee. Nou must be duly
proposed and seconded"
l knew the old story; had heard
1t before.
l then entered the baccarat room,
where, around long table, covered
with green baize, dozen persons were
seated. l looked about me. II was
still early, and the business of the
evening had not begun. The players
were of the ordinary type. The ma.
1ority of them were pigeons ready to
be plucked, the rest bore the undeni-
able stamp of the professional gam
bier. My attention, however, was CEN
tered on the oroupi0r.
Few people-even those in the habit
of risking their money in fashionable
clubs or in casinos of well-known wa
tering-places-have remote idea of
the important post this official holds.
With a long, fiat, wooden scoop
something like crlcket,bat-he rakes
In the counters from the losers, and
pays the winning side.
In great clubs, these men are careful.
~ watched to avoid any trickery; but
in the small gambllng-dens their role
is altrgethersa different one. When
some one opens one of these dens,
which, being clubs, can be raided only
The Southern herald., 1913-01-17
WERE DEALT.

that those who slipped the incriminat-
ing cards into his pocket were only
the instruments of scoundrels who
would remain in the dark, unless
l dragged them into the light.
During his narrative Of the tragic
scene at Madame is house, had
not been favorably impressed by the
attitude of this vicomte, the self-con-
stituted president of the impromptu
tribunal of honor. therefore decid-
ed to leave the fiery Bernard alone
for the present, and take the mystic
rious nobleman in hand, after having
first found out who he was.
l confded the latter micsion to Mich
olas, one of my men, whom his col
leagues had nicknamed the "Diver,"
because of his wonderful skill in div
ing" into peoples pasts, and unearth.
ing the most hidden secrets. l did not
see my diver" for two days; but
when he turned up he looked happy,
and handed me his report. 1t was one
OF his weaknesses. He had started
life as a writing-master; and as he
wrote beautiful hand, he seized
every opportunity of displaying It.
The report read as follows:
SO.
Hector st. =. born in Paris in 1850,
from Greek parents Enlisted at nineteen
in the Papal Zouaves. Three years later
emigrated to Australia. In 1876 was In
Italy, where received the title of vicomte
from the Pope. In Florence eloped with
the wife Of a well-known banker. Came
to Paris, and in 1879 was implicated in
turf scandal. For reasons that did not
transpire, was asked to resign his mem
bership Of the Y Club. Remained two
years In England, after which he re-
turned to Paris, Has small apartment in
Rue Labordere. Is well known in the
baccarat world. Is one of the support
ers of new gambling-cho opened month
ago in the Rue Maubeuge. Goes there
nearly every night. Means unknown; but
is not believed to have a fixed income.
''P. S.-The night before last, at half
past twelve, sent for policeman because
Marthe D., his former sweetheart, was
creating a disturbance outside his place."
The Diver had acquitted himself
well Of his task, and / told him SO.
But what he could not know was that
the most important part of his report
vas in the postscript.
l went to the police commissary in
.he vicomto's district and asked him
The Southern herald., 1913-01-17
Too Bad.

He bought his wife the finest clothes
She didn't have to pray for thdm
What brought about his later woes
Was that he couldn't pay Tor them.
The Southern herald., 1913-01-17

thing in your power to extricate him
from the horrible position in which he is
placed. can vouch for his honorable
ness.
"Yours gratefully,
az. de -
The Southern herald., 1913-01-17
(Copyright BY J. B. LpplncOtt Co.!

HE following letter was
from a gentleman hold
ing a high position in
the diplomatic world:
Dear Monsieur Goron:
/ earnestly beg Of you to
come to the assistance Of
my friend, who has met
with a disastrous adven-
ture. Please do every
The Southern herald., 1913-01-17

Each pack Of fifty-two cards Is ar
ranged In the following order, face up-
ward. The noughts represent either court
cards or tens, which in baecarat, are val
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-13
SHIFTING SOIL
Real Estate Transfers Reported By
J. z. Keel. AbstractOr.

Frederick w. Karl ct ux to M. e.
Schneider, ne u 5-13-S, $1,000.
C. w. Roehman to Fred Bee1her.
lots 10, Is, blk 9, Dillon, $275.
George Dobson to Bert M. Hart,
lots II to SO in blk. 6, Gels add
Solomon, $500.
T. T. Sullivan ct ux to Fred Lamka
s Y lots 20, "a and W u 8 Y lot
rs, 9Th street, Solomon. $4,000.
J. A. Dodds ct ux to J. w. Houser,
4k ne Y 11-12-S, $1,000.
H. L. Humphrey ct ux to Fannie
ADpleman. lot 20. Cedar St. L.
& r. add, S25.
David s. Strole ct TX to VIM. T. MIN
niger, lots 9, 10, blk 4, Ner Ma
varre, s1z5.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-13

out the second time and got about
IL miles when they broke the sec
ond axle, costing them another $50.
While in Phoenix we also met the
owner Of the Case car again. In
talking among the different tour
lists believe that $55 week ex-
penses would just about strike it
right. Gasoline runs in price from
zoe to zoe, averaging about S5c.
The seventy cent gasoline is where
1t is freighted eighty or over hun
dred miles.
If you wish to come from Kansas
to California it is cheaper to come
by rail. But If you wish to see the
country It is cheaper to come by
auto. believe we VIII know more
about California when we get
through than most Of its inhabi-
tants as we will miss very few places
in southern California. Even some
win not believe that there are such
places as we describe them.
In my next letter win try and
tell you something Of California
roads where 81 takes one and one
hall days to eet five miles
MRS. BDNARD FATToN,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-13

"A 1a-ta n..n IN hard ground the
am - ehnek holes II tray-
~ sson INIT by auto they
-. - .r,oc,h Rut Il showed more
1870. ...r 1. az Aand. The sand
-. .n,,,, 4 - 4 inches deem. On
\, ~ go ,.sa We cou,a travel 40
, s 4. Mont nm hirh The stan
s. ~, e.,a had vide tires 40
!. - 80 =. ~. = maaa su,ooth SAILING for
8 p,,t whau Ne reached the road
u. -, -. ~. !, lvasona traveleF,. also. we
'r.,.,S hava ~ 81 an low One team
sa,;,S n,,n ION aas,ar ON the auto
sssa a. ,ha aara than ssix horses
.sa,a MI, ,cn an tha wagon road
~. - course me Uaeons couldn't
800, ~ .r,o vosda - they could
-. a.a.. tha auto hTidees be-
a., /, : ! tcid ,vo,, what an auto bridge
-. M so,na NAV have forgotten.
wa hsa oyr f,rsk axperience in.
,,.,v Mav,co AZ most az Won know
a.. !. raneb country One large
nsst,ra sftar another. II would be
a,,,,s ~ ~ hothar 10 atop and
ar,er ga,as. acme gates might be
~, 49,, ons,, whan thew should be shut
y. - mi male a more pleasant to all
concerned auto bridges were built
over the wire fences. These bridges
consist of Sxe's with sides 2x4's or
2xe's. built like a flat bottom pig
trough. The approach to the bridge
aIanfs from the ground to the height
Of the wire. The bridge proper is
about four to six feet wide. One
trough is made for each wheel and
that IL ali the floor there Is to the
bridge. Now imagine a bridge 10
feat high and from 40 to 60 feet.
Iong hniit i've that. would you
fool sbakv IN one? If one Of those
ssl,ruv ,aoo,rinp cohstrnction WIN car
~ HE stanley steamer and nine
,,.ssongers snnnose II win carry
~ r has bean my misfortune to
have goqgv davs when every wish
- n,ctrre something ont Of the or
s,narv 40 I can't show you what
things are like. i am no good at
describing so the other party will
see It like / do.
W. orr,vad IN winslow Arizona,
~. 20 1a19 we STAYED At the
,.s,,,a :, ~ Tnd,on tradar for IL
49,. W. had n,,,,a ! chance to
49, a. Navo,os and Honi or Moki
TsSs. The citizens q = whole
80 ra;,roat,era Thev spent most
- .ba,, tima and money IN the sa-
,aass "a thor comn,ain because the
,.a,,.asa doosr,t nav them enough
:, 80 a..a -, = snnnort their ffamilies
80, uy,rs,ow 5wa travelled west
th~o,,eb TIagstaff Williams. Ash
rort end tben south to Prescott. Ar
,,sad ~ prescott New Years day.
15.ssoott Ia son,a vary clever peo-
- rha or+omohila club Of Pres
-. h,,,t for,v mile bouIeyard at
i. ss -. 49,, axrorse = made a bean |
1
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-13

NoitQN ApAAt~tt.' 1''- ~ =. "a . ~
continuation o. the stoEy y sy'e y
che owner Of the Case car
fThe next morning ioAoea -
with gasoline snd drove oAoh =
Qpemado. ] knew they haa peen
alright that far as the owner OF tne
finn had told us about them getsink
their dinner there the day We reacn-
ed Quemado. Upon inquiry ionnc
that the Ford man had taken els
road that lead to Salt Lake. start
ed In that direction but hadn't gone
far until IT started to snow ana piow
and get considerable colder ABOUT
10 or Is miles this side OF SAT- Lake
met them coming back Tney nau
reached Salt Lake alright put We're
out Of gasoline They couidnt puy
any gasoline 80 they filled up yitn
naptha and were trying TO make the
trip with that We emptled the
naptha out and refilied with gaso-
line, and started back. we naan !
gone more than mile until tne
engine Of the Ford was smoking 20
beat anything. Upon examination
we found that while we were pusy
changing to gasoline the raditor nao
frozen and bursted. by TINS time
It had showed enough that we conia
gather pp the snow IN our nanos.
We would drive q little way tnen
stop and fill up the radiator WIZ
snow. BY that slow process We I'm -
ally reached that steep grace Dack
there. You remember, the one that
was about q % per cent grace. by
the time we reached that grade the
snow was SO deep we couldn't MAKE
It. We had to get out and snovel
the snow off the road for about 2
half mile. AS you see we finally
reached Springerville and expect 70
leave in the morning"
Let us now follow the Ford man
ON his way back to Magdalena. the
travelling man was one Of those rus
sy, srouehy fellows, who think that
he is the only one in the world that
every had any bad luck. The Ford
man and the travelling man started
out the next morning but had gone
only "a miles when the axle OF the
Ford car broke. But as luck would
have it freighter was coming with
d load from Magdalena to Springer
Vile. The freighter agreed to I'M
load his freight and haul the travel
ing man the 20 miles for $40. TO
be sure that was the most outrag-
eous thing the travelling man ever
heard tell of. Twenty dollars to
haul two men 20 miles. But he
wouldn't do it for any less SO they
had to pay. Now all that freignter
had to do to earn that $40 was to.
unload his load, drive his team ~
miles, pay 80 for his supper, break
fast and nights. lodging, 81 for the
keep OF his horses, spend the next
day driving back to his load ana
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-13
Adversad Nan.

For week ending March 10, 1913;
Istfers. II. B Baker Chas Z.
EMS. BIZ carteh. ST. Anado Cal
lardo, T. v. Hodge. r. Knox. WI
liam Montgomery, B. z. Medley,
John parks. 3. O. Peterson. J. J.
spangler.
Cards: G. J. Baker, ID. Chap
man. Lou Dunn, EIizabesh Jarrett,
MS Pearl I.oria, Mrs.. =. y. Rsy-
sids c. y. HARGER. Pm.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-13
First published in Abilene Weekly
Reflector February ~, 1919
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

State Of Kansas. Dickinson County.
ss:
IN the matter Of the estate Of
Catherine Graham, deceased. late Of
Dickinson county, Kansas.
Notice Is hereby given that on the
18th day Of February, A. d. 1913.
the undersigned was By the probate
court 81 Dickinson county, Kansas,
duly appointed and qualified IS adj
minfsffatOr Of the estate Of Cath
airline Graham, deceased, late Of
Dickinson county, Kansas. All per-
sons interested IN said estate win
take notice and govern themselves
= WILLIAM W. GRAHAM,
.sfe AdminigtrstoY.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-13

weeks ago was taken to Salina Sat-
urday. 1t was found that the shout
der was dislocated and broken. She
was taken to st. Barnabas hospital
and the dislocation was reducedsand
the shoulder set. Mrs. Slaughter Is
reported as doing nicely.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-13

Mrs. Slaughter of Carlton who in
jured her shoulder three or four
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-13
Public Sale
Welcome Stock FARMS
Poland Chinas
At Private Treaty
30 Head Of SONS, Bears and GiltS

consists q 20 head bred 70 herd bears WecOne
IRON clad ana ana star March, April and May filters 10
head Of extra good fan boars ereabe This stock
is all eligible registration.
consisting Of team Of blacks one mare ane
vedng bred old and one eoce
gray saddle mare DID, all the gats
TERNs-cash FOR 10 months at 10 per cent Dod
wben due only s per centW arged
miles north Of Elmo and II niles
south Il Abilene Inspection hogs been free from
disease.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-03-13
HAS SHOULDER D1sLoCATED.

Carlton Woman was Taken to st
Barnabas Hospital.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-02-01

the deep-rooted native grasses the
green alfalfa now greets the eye.
Heavy-laden fruit trees dot the land
scape, while the general prosperity is
proclaimed by the frequency Of mod
err residences and spacious barns.
And this will be repeated over and
over again when the waters of the
Coumbia are brought into direct com
a tition with the railroads of the
West.
Where now exists an irrigation dam
its height will be doubled or new
one installed When the supply Of
water in the streams is requisitioned
by the increased acreage improved,
new dams will be constructed to store
up the winter supply of these same
streams against the drought OF sum
r,er. SO with the proper inducements
capital will seek this old field of new
promise for the installation of new
dams in streams not now used. Far
inland, where the fertile valley lies
yet undiscovered, the life-giving
stream will pour out upon the thirsty
land to bless another community with
the Joy of living. So with the in
creased production new facilities for
caring for the output will be found,
new towns and new industries will
spring up throughout the Northwest
Nor will the influence Of this nav.
igation be confined to the immediate
territory along the streams. With
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-02-01

by the depth of water required and
the amount of clearing ont done by
the government. For the Columbia Is
more a ship canal than river, and
requires only the application OF mt
tic dynamite here and there. From Ce-
lilo Falls to the international boundary
only two more serious obstacles pre-
sent themselves, namely, Priest hap'
ids and Kettle Falls. These places
will require canals and locks. me
Snake River enters the Columbia at
a point 10 miles from Cello and is
oren far inland above this point.
This. then, is what the Columbia and
il tributaries are and will be. Nor
will the development OF the waters
cease with these two streams, for
the Spokane and Pend O'Reille VIII
he cleaned out and the territory fur
tier extended.
To attempt to measure the benefits
that will come to the entire country
tributary to this system Of water
WAYS is to undertake the task Of the
seer. A few of the results are ap
parent and require no gift of prophecy
The railroad conditions of the North
west are matters of common knowl
edge. All lines running to the coast
are parallel and cross the same range
of mountains. In many instances the
expense of transportation is high, ant
the shipper of course pays the bill
Not only is this the case, but man,
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-02-01
An Open River for the Northwest

the encouragement and stimulus given
to all industries, branch lines will be
found necessary to tap new and fertile
territory. Timber districts now lying
idle, too far from transportation to
be available for the world will be
opened up. For the timber of the
country is now confined to the Pa
citic Coast states, all other sections
having practically exhausted their sup.
plies. Mines of precious metals, of
coal and iron, as yet undiscovered,
viii yield their wealth to this new
order of things. With the problem
OF transportation solved the location
Of factories far inland will no longer
be questionable venture, for the
river waits to bear its output to the
trade ports Of the world
And why these immediate and
enormous returns for the opening up
of riverR Because in no waterway
Of the country are the lines of least
resistance followed as they are in the
Columbia and Snake River basins
And this line of least resistance fol
lows parallel with the railroads that
now bear the produce of the empire
to the sea. No other section is taxed
50 heavily for its service because the
railroads climb the high mountains
the heavy expense of which is borne
by the shipper So the cost Of i'm
provement will be small compared with
the great benefit to be derived from
following this line of least resist
ance. Every foot of improvement
means increase in the value of the
products of this empire, for though
climbing the mountains is very pic
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-02-01
MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY l,

times the produce of this inland EN-
pire does not move immediately be.
cause of car famine, and the ship
per loses good market. The open.
ing of the Columbia would establish
competition in transportation, with re
sultant lower rates, and, in its final
analysis, the whole plan for opening
up the rivers is merely matter OF
perpetual reduction of freight rates
to the end that great percentage OF
the peoples money may stay in theii
own pockets.
For years the richness Of the In
land Empire has been pointed out
But of what benefit to extol the rich
ness of the country when its birth
right is still beyond its reache Ma
ture blazed the trail for transporta
ton to follow when it hurled the
seething waters of the Columbis
through the Cascades. Here lies the
natural outlet to the sea. Dormant
it serves the purpose of no one. Sub
dued to the use of man it will bt
the channel for undreamed of develop
ment. The thousands of acres OF
virgin soil now lying waste in thu
deserts of Idaho, Washington and Ore
CON will Immediately fill up with set
tiers because of the knowledge thai
they can market their produce ant
retain the profit therefor. Such al
outcome is obvious to the man whit
has passed through the fertile valley
and seen the result of scientific .ap
plication of farming principles. Wher'
once stood the uninviting .sagebrusl
he sees the well titled field Wher'
once the only vegetation visible wa
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-02-01

ent appropriation is looked to to
hring the completion of the passage
in sight.
With this canal completed the Co.
lumbia River will offer passage to
ships for distance determined only
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-02-01

turesque it is not profitable with a
sea level route available The growth
of the Pacific Northwest has been
very rapid, but with the transporta-
ton problem settled the most san
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-02-01
81, 100000 Appropriation by Congress Will Go

Lewis
of Cello
completion the
hurried But opposition
and