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started to hurry across the little yard
to where the rear of another fiat
showed. l stepped off the porch,
made my way to the side of the house,
then, with gasp, rushed back.
II had seen a shadowy form-two
of them-three. The thieves had ar
rived. Like the little fool that l had
been, had allowed myself to be
caught, had spoiled everything.
tgave one wild glance about me in the
dim light, then jumped for the rear
porch again. A dumbwaiter had
shown before me- A leap and / had
climbed into it, closed the slide, and
was praying, yes, praying, that the
child In my arms would remain as
quiet as she had been-a whimper
would have meant death for me.
Maybe there's something in pray.
ers," Miss Clement added thoughtfully
THE baby turned in my arms the
least bit, it raised a tiny hand that
touched my throbbing throat, then 1t
settled back to sleep again. | heard
step on the porch. Muftied voices
came from few feet away.
Dye think I'd better shin it to
the second story?'
"A voice from the door answered In
whisper:
No need of it. It's connected
joint. Family affair. Old man and
his wife on the first floor, two married
daughters and their husbands live on
the other floors. All connected with
stairway; We can get into from
down here. Hand me the nippers.'
There was grating, scratching
of metal, soft cursing. The man at
the door seemed to have turned.
Cant nip the key. Gimme the
jimmie ...
Hurry up came from the other
man.
"'Signal Bill and the gang to come
on was the reply; we're goin' in
There was a rending sound, a
cracking, a snap. The lock had been
forced. | heard one of the men step
to the edge of the porch and whistle
softly. A second later the answering
tread of soft footsteps sounded on the
porch. A few words. The door closed
All was STILL"
The music of the cafe had faded for
me, too, now. Only the woman's face
was before me, the face that was
echoing the tense agony of that mo.
ment of the past Ny cigarette burned
my fingers; l dropped 1t to the tray
almost unconsciously. My eyes were
straight ahead. ..s.
"And then" prompted.
The diamond pendant seemed to
have planted its rays in her eyes.
They were swapping electrically.
Them" She laughed a bit queerly.
Then l prayed again. l knew a thief
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"QUICK, SERGEANT

in the darkness to where the little
secondhand shop reared its leprous
form-thinking and planning and
scheming for some way to find that
face again, to catch the man l hated.
Alice Clement cooked no supper that
night. Early morning still found her
sitting by the window. still thinking"
The music of the cafe was loud
now. There was laughter, there was
singing from the cabaret vocalists who
lounged at one of the tables. But the
detective did not hear. She was liv-
ing in the past. One hand was tap
ping the table Iervously. Her head
was forward, her body tense.
Il had seen men with suit cases go
into that little secondhand store be-
fore, usually at night. That fact weigh
ed on my mind. l worried about it,
figured out every possible reason, but
no solution came. Yet there was
something, some reason; l knew it.
The next day I studied the wall of
the building below me. Only one
window appeared, dark, shade-drawn.
u6 uTG SSCdpS leu "llLiu q 1OOI VI IL,
right at place where the walls of the
fiat in which l lived was blank of
windows A chance was there-a
poor chance, but l determined to take
It.
Might came, and with it l put my
child to bed and clothed h5self for
long vigil. Then l stepped out on the
fire escape. Slowly, cautiously, l
made my, way down to where l might
crouch by that little window, and
there, baffled by the closely drawn
shade, 1 felt the tears coming to my
eyes and a choke in my throat as
realized that my chance of learning
the secrets Of the little building were
fading. But suddenly, the inspiration
came. climbed back up the fire es-
cape and set out to find hardware
store that by some chance would be
open. In two hours was back on the
fire escape, with a glass cutter In my
hands.
From within there came sounds,
loud sounds, but indistinct. I was
thankful for the nervousness; 1t would
hide the grating Of the glass cutter.
Slowly 1 began to trace circle on the
| pane. The scratching sounded like
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GET EVERY MAN YOU CAN AND COME WITH ME-"

had been placed to watch just within
the door; 1 knew there was one
shadow which might aid me-but
that the first wrong step would bring
the watching man laundering upon me.
l knew the child in my arms might be
aroused by my first movement and
that she might cry. l knew that my
was crying out to me to remain
where l at least stood a chance of
safety-and l knew l must fight that
impulse down. Something warm
coursed its tiny way on my chin.
had bitten my lips to bleeding. Some
thing cold gripping my heart, some
thing steel was seemingly binding my
brain into dumb, helpless lack of
thought. l shuddered. Then, like one
plunging into an icy sea, l stepped
forward.
Step by step l made my slow way
down in the shadow. No word came
from behind, no sound. l had passed
the first watcher. I turned quickly to
the blind side of the building and
crept along the fence. l knew it was
impossible to retreat by the front
way, for there would be a watcher
there also, somewhere in a dark cor
ner. One by one l felt the panels of
the fence. Lower and lower my
heart sank. Then, suddenly 1t leaped
had found a loose board
"a vacant lot was before me.
Crouching low, stumbling, my dress
catching and pulling, twigs striking
against my face, made my way
through the high weeds, shielding my
baby as best could, hoping, praying
against that 1t would not awaken. A
light flashed before me as l hurried
into an alley. Tears came to my eyes,
and yet l laughed, laughed with all
the nervousness, all the anguish of re-
lief that a woman could know. I saw
the sign ahead:
POLICE STATION"
"The old desk sergeant started as I
entered, my hair flying, my eyes wild.
A patrolman attempted to stop me.
pushed him out of the way.
"'Quick!' 1 gasped. Sergeant, get
every man you can and come with
met gF
HE looked at me as though he be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-02
lieved me crazy. He did not move.
rushed to him, seized him by the
cnof c1oaua

lieved me crazy. He did not move. |
rushed to him. l seized him by the
coat sleeve.
"Quick! l urged again. There are
set of thieves in fat not two
blocks from here. You've got time to
surround the place and get every one
OF them. They think they're safe;
they've got two watchers, but l know
where they are. I saw them get into
the place-won't you come-cant you
see the need to hurry-sargeant?
Can't you
There was no need of further plead
Ing. The sergeant was already on
the way to the door. Three patrolmen
had sprung to their feet and were
following him. I saw the TALLER and
hurried to him.
Hold the baey. &omnanded, and
laughed somewhat Historically at his
surprised face. Yhen l whirled and
was gone to join the sergeant.
"a half hour later six shadowy
forms skunk forth from the side of
the fiat building There was half
glitter as four revolvers were pointed
ahead, sharp command, shot as
one of the men attempted to run, and
then the hands of the gang of robbers
went into the air With the capitula-
ton there came frightened little cry,
the sound of the sobbing voice of a
woman-and I'm thinking right now
(there was twinkle in the eyes
across the table, that the voice was
that of Alice Clement"
She paused, and once again she was
the simple little woman, listening to
the music of an after-the-theater or
chestra. She tapped her fingers idly
on the table to the rhythm Of the song,
and there came the smile that has
made her famous in the police world
of Chicago.
"And that was the making of little
me-" she said with a laugh. 81 found
out that night that while my work
might have been crude, 1 had the in
stinct of detective in me. The next
day went to the police station. l
learned that the secondhand shop had
been raided, that the Jews had been
arrested and with them ten other
men, 1 learned also that something
like $4,000 worth of loot had been re-
covered, and then-well, then I went
down into the cell to see the man
whose memory had caused it ALL
"'How do you like it?' I asked him
as he paced about his cell.
"The man, who had given the name
of Mitchell, turned and glared at me.
"Tve seen you BEFORE he said,
shortly.
"'Yes, last night answered. You
saw me before that, too, only l guess
you don't remember. The next time
you slug a man and rob him, take care
that there's not a woman around.
That's ALL I laughed at him, happily.
He, in turn, only glared.
What? he snapped.
Nothing in particular I answered,
and left him"
The orchestra and the cabaret were
reveling in the sympathetic tones OF
the Sextette from Lucia. l lit another
cigarette.
Revenge is sweet-sometimes, l
ventured.
Its sweet to the extent of eighteen
years in Joliet for the honorable Mr..
Mitchell" she answered, and then,
humming softly, while the tapping fin
gers again kept time with the music
she looked around the cafe.
isn't it just awful how some OF
these Chicago women paint?' she
asked innocently.
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the grinding Of car wheels to my
nervous ears. paused. The laughter
and noise from within continued l
lifted the glass cutter again. Again |
made the circle. The edge had cut
deep. The crucial time had come
the time of chance If luck was with
me the glass would hang in it's socket
as gave the blows that would free
1t from the main body. II luck was
against me-!
Il trembled. lifted an edge Of my
dress. and placing 1t against the pane
to deaden the sound, raped the glass
gently at the lower end with my
knuckles. My lungs seemed devoid
of breath, my heart had stopped beat
ing. l raped again. The glass gave;
l felt that my hands had recoiled, then
reached forward graspingly. A great
wave of relief shot over me. The cir
Gle of glass had hung! 1t had swung
In the center, as though on pivot,
my fingers had clutched it, and now
it lay within my hand while l, dazedly,
stared straight ahead.
Words were coming from within,
in voice that recognized. A thrill
shot through me. I placed an ear
close to the hole in the window. That
voice had heard before, in the years
that had gone, tense, cursing. as he
had sent down the blows which had
felled my husband. 1t seemed the
revelry had ceased now. They were
discussing something more important.
1 heard the voice of the Jew, then the
voice l recognized again:
We'll, I'm not goin' to go at this
thing alone, and I'll tell you that right
now -. it's got to be too quick
haul; there's enough of us to make
a cleaning of the whole place; we
can get in while they're at the show,
do the job in half hour, then get
out. 1t it's going to be done at all,
it'll have to be done that way. That's
all there is to it, and if you guys
want to try it some other way, we'll
Another voice had broken in.
GA fine set of dubs we'd be, a
whole gang Of us, paradin' out there
like circus mob! What d'you want,
an army?'
'Which'd be worse, six of us han
din tn thing right an gettin' away
with tn junk in a way we wouldn't
be noticed, or one or two guys luggin'
lot Of stuff an gettin' pinched for
Investigation came the voice that
knew.
"a third chimed in.
THAT'S right"
How her eyes flashed, as the pic
lures of the past came before them!
Once again she was huddled on that
fire escape, listening to the formation
of plot beneath. Cafe, lights, music.
all had faded for Alice Clement. She
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-02
SCENE WAS TOO REALISTIC
Victim of Hazing on Stage Sues the
PIaywrisht-Used Clippers on
His Hair.

Columbus, Ind.-Too much realism
has caused trouble for Roy w. Emig
of this city. Bert Kocher, who took
the part of the wiretapper in Emig's
play, "Scalplock of Stony Lonesome %
has sued Emig for $500 damages. In
the play, which was produced here,
Kocher had the role of Brown coun-
ty wiretapper. After a bunch Of
make-believe Indiana university stu
dents had tied his hands and feet they
"hazed" him. To make the scene
more realistic they used clippers on
his hair. Kocher filed suit in JUS
tice Kinney's court asking damages.
He says the hair cutting gave him a
cold, and that he was Inundated in
the sight of his friends.
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was what her profession made her,
tracker of men again. The story went
on.
Il knew that sooner or later the ad-
dress would be spoken, for the expla-
nation of everything had come to me
now. This secondhand shop was
that only in name. In reality it was a
fence for thieves, meeting place and
rendezvous for robbers-and I had
stumbled into the knowledge of their
plans! Oh, if some one would ask
for that address! If some one would
speak it! I felt numbly that l was
cold, that l was shivering, that my
fingernails were biting into the flesh
of my tightly clenched hands. Just
for the address, just one word!
81 started. l pressed closer against
the window. The men, who evidently
had been sitting at table, were
moving around. sprang to my feet
and hurried up the fire escape. The
address had come!
There was a maze of few mo-
ments in which neither knew nor I'M
derstood what l did, nor why. When
l came to myself, l was turning the
corner of Chicago avenue and State
streets on half run for a street car,
with my baby in my arms. What
was going to do, did not know. The
thought of the police had not touched
my mind; all l knew was that l must
get to the house they planned to rob
before they got there, that l must
find some way to circumvent them.
The street car stopped. l boarded 1t.
1T was not until I reached the
block in which the fiat was that 1 be-
gan to realize the risks I was taking.
1t dawned upon me then that l was
carrying my baby into place where
1t would not only be In danger, but
where 1t might cause danger for me.
What If there was no one at home, no
one could warn? The realization
flashed upon me that there would be
no one, for knew that in the plans I
had heard the robbers felt sure they
would be safe In their work, for a
while at least. hurried to the fiat.
1 rang the bells, one after the other.
Not a tube answered. l circled to the
back. l pushed the buttons for the
servants. There came no reply. l
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quarrel, and told of the butcher knife,
Mrs. Scheibler told of the words she
had heard spoken, of the sudden
scraping of chairs, the slamming Of
the door, the screams of the children.
my son is telling the truth" said
Mrs. Scheibler MY husband had a
terrible temper He would fly into g
rage over the least little thing. He
tried to kill me about year ago
actually shot at me, but missed, and
then cooled down. He wasn't drink
ing man, just hot tempered. Once he
was arrested for cutting woman with
pair of scissors because she criti-
cised his work"
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Cow Raises Brood Of Pigs,

Rouzerville, Pa.-On the Benjamin
Shockey farm are three little pigs
which some time ago adopted cow
as their foster mother. They were
quickly favored by the cow and al
lowed to draw their sustenance regu-
larly. Now that the pigs have grown
up they manifest so much attach
ment for the cow that the owner Is
compelled to keep them in separate
Yards. Whenever the pigs can man
,ge to do SO they escape and race for
he cow for more nourishmeRt. 49,
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He'd Rehead All Brewers.

Philadelphia.-You could get com.
plete prohibition if you did the same
as the Chinese do in stopping the
opium traffic. They behead farmers
who persist in growing opium" This
was the plan proposed by the Rev.
David 8. Spencer in an address before
a Methodist conference in this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-02
law Affects Divorced Couple.

Chicago. Judge Kavanaugh has
ruled that divorced persons could
not legally marry again in ILL.,
nois within a year, whether the d..
yorce was obtained in Illinois or In
another state. The decision may az
feet the status Of large number of
remarked couples.
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REGULARLY EMPLOYED.

Inouisitive Old Gent-And what a..e
you digging for, my good man?
knight of the Pick-Money.
/. o., G.-You don't say! And whrn
do you expect to find it?
K. Of P.-Saturday night.-Judgs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-02
EnterprislnN Citizens.

Pueblo, Colo.-Enterprising citizens
gilded several hundred of the new
buffalo nickels and passed them od
az FIVE dollars gold pieces -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-02
Duel Over Tin.

Munich.-A waitress was instantly
killed when two of them fought re-
volver duel for the possession of q
$3.50 tip left by a hotel guest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-02

PAIR of large, dark. limo.
cent eyes glowed laugh,
ingly at me from across
the table. There was a
smile, too, on the childish
face, an appreciation OF
the goodness of life and
the joy of living in every
feature. Those about us
in the cafe, where the
lights glittered and the
walters hurried forth seem
ingly from nowhere, to
stand a moment at their
tasks and diSaDpeor a gain
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-02

Editors Notion the payroll of the
nunicipal detective department of the city
eff Chicago appears the name of Alice
Clement, sleuth. To the crackers of men
who make their headquarters at the bu-
Feau at 179 North La Salle street, she is
hHown as alice of the Smile" Fearless.
Tesourceful. dangerous In a hundred sim
PIE little DISCUSSES which mask her, yet
% not hinder her, she has found the evil
sence which has sent many man ana
many a woman to the penitenttary. There
is hardly a dangerous dive of the great
ety which she in her twelve years OF de-
tective life, has not visited. More than
snce has her life been in danger. many
fines has she been compelled to use the
dirk or the revolver that she carries Tor
protection And yet, through IT ALL she
has remained pretty, vivacious. fun OF
afe and the love of living-and always
deserving of her name, Alice, or the
Smile" Too, she has always remained re-
iicent. communicative about her ad-
ventures. until Mr.. Cooper persuaded her
90 tell her adventures for the first time.)
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master goes fishing along the shore
of a lake, he will grab up the pole
when the bob disappears in the water
and run along with it until the fish is
on land.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-05-10
STRIKE BONANZA AT JASPER
Mizer Tunnel Shows Richest Strike in
The Entire District

An almost fabulous gold strike
was made last Thursday in the
Mizer property at Jasper. The
vein disclosed is Is feet wide and
contains a high grade streak of
tellurium ore and bronze calaverite
which assays S32,61S 70 per ton.
The high grade streak varies from
! to q inches in width. Exclusive
OF this streak, the quartz on each
side, which is also of very high
grade, will average better than SIG
to the ton.
The work in the Mizer was
stopped about three years ago by
a great cave-in. The present les
sees of the property found the
rich vein commenced just back of
the cave-in.
On Thursday evening, May 8,
word was received in Monte Vista
that development along the vein
had been continued and that the
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-05-10

was inferred in the Monte Vista
cemetery.
Although unhurt by the collision
the shock has rendered Henry
Chapman almost insane. For a
time he was violent and had to be
restrained into steel jacket. He
was affianced to Miss Moody. Chap
man is considered one of the most
careful of drivers and was not run
ming the machine fast when the
accident occurred.
The horse that was struck by the
machine was 80 badly hurt that it
had to be killed. The Mexican was
hurt but not seriously. The car
had the glass of the wind shield
shattered and the frame bent back
ward, the left seat was torn loose
and the gas tank which supports
the seat was torn open. ALI marks
on the car are upon the left side
showing that the driver was turn
ing toward the right to pass the
team.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-05-10
AS KIDNAPPERs

Two young men, Wayne Barbe
of Missouri and Thos. Bowden
who gives his home as New JERSEY
were arrested Tuesday by Marshal
Alternately charged with "kidnap-
ping" They were apprehended
several miles east of Monte Vista
on the road to Alamosa. The COM
plant was lodged against them by
two OF the prominent citizens of
Monte Vista whose daughters were
alleged to have been entioed away
from home. The girls were over
taken east of Parma and brought
back to town and it seem that all
four were on their way afoot to
Alamosa. 1t is reported that one
OF the young men had four railroad
tickets in his pocket good from
Alamosa to Denver.
Feeling became intense around
the City hall in the evening after
the men had been lodged in Jail
and the prisoners were spirited to
Del Norte by the sheriff to guard
against mob violence.
The story has gained a good
deal of ground that the men are
white slavers." 1t is also said
that Barbe has been run out of
Chicago, st. Louis, Kansas City
and other places.
Date for trial has not been set
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-05-10

high grade ore has been exposed
for 20 feet in length and 30 feet in
height, without reaching an end,
thereby proving that the discovery
is not a pocket but is continuous
vein of great extent.
The strike has caused great ex-
citement here, being authentic, and
inquiries have been received by
the JOURNAL from Goldfeld, New
ada, and Denver. This newspaper
is in position to vouch for the
truth of the facts as stated.
The property is being operated
under lease and bond by Earl
Kennedy, Frank Chandler, George
Hook, Harry Morrison, G. w. Fos-
ter, G. A. Moody, V, g. Moody and
FL. j. Moody.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-05-10
SUGAR BEET CULTURE AND
ITS EFFECTS ON AGRICULTURE
BY B. F. ARENDT
Continued from Last Week.

weather II there Is ample moisture
in the ground, but when the mois-
ture decreases, especially in the first
few inches of soil so that 1t heats up
badly the plant is apt to suffer. The
outer leaves turn yellow and die and
the plant begins to wither. The beet
may, and usually does revive over
night and appear vigorous the next
morning, yet If the hot weather con-
tinues and no supply of moisture is
Forthcoming, 1t turns woody, dries
out, and II small burns up In the
ground. Beets will wilt and show a
yellow leaf here and there in land
with plenty of moisture IL the ton
soil becomes heated, but under such
conditions will seldom suffer serious
ly and always make a good crop.
Because light soils dry out quick
ly the beets are apt to suffer more
than in the better moisture retain
ing lands. While beets will survive
these sudden hot spells of weather.
they are not desirable and the effect
VIII be seen in drawing out of the
leaves and a yellowing in the color
OF the foliage, a condition which is
overcome, however, with the coming
of normal weather If such spells
can be counted on at certain periods,
early paintings to get the beet as far
ahead as possible before they come
Will prove very advantageous.
In general, the conditions govern
Ing the plants growth with refer
ence to sudden change OF weather
may be summed up as (a) cool
weather forces growth; (b) hot
weather forces ripening.
Irrigation
IL your land sub-irrigates, dig
some holes over the field and put
some boxes In same 50 you can tell
where the water level is in the
ground. Put the water In your sub
bitches early enough to bring the
water level up in the ground to a
distance from the top 80 that you
know you can raise 1t in a few DAYS
to where II will give your beets suf-
hcient moisture to keep them grow
Ing all the time. Keep them moist,
but not too wet.
lf you have to surface irrigate, do
this by making burrows enough
through the beets with your cult
vator shoyels, but do not crowd the
dirt on the crown OF the beets while
doing 30. Then run the water down
the rows without flooding the land,
II possible. Do not allow the water
on the land too long at any ono
time.