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The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-02-13

oulletin-board, returned to tho win.
COWS and watched the feluccas sail
past as the great bridge opened: and
uufihs all these aimless occupations
out a single thought busted her mind:
"hat could a man like Horace see in
chit like Fortune?
IL was an hour and a half before
the Major put in an appearance. He
was out OF breath and temper.
Come up to the room" Once there.
ne sat down and bade her DO likewise.
III here's the devil to pay. You heard
1ocdy speak of the niger who guard
ed the Holy Yhiordes. and that he
wanted to get out Of Cairo before he
turned up? Well, he turned up. He
rooled Hoddy to the top OF his bent.
so Tar as | could learn, Fortune and
Hoddy and Jones are all in the same
boat, kidnapped by the Mahomed. and
carried out into tho desert, headed.
God knows where! Now, don't get ex.
cited. Take 1t easy Luck is with
us. for Hoddy left all the diagrams
with me. We need him, but not so
much that We can't go on without him.
You see, these Arabs are like the Hin.
dus; touch anything that concerns
their religion. and they'll have your
hair of. How Fortune got into it |
can't imagine, unless Mahomed saw
her with Hoddy and jumped to the
conclusion that they We're lovers. All
this Mahomed wants Is the rug; and
he Is going to hold them till he gets
IT. No use notifying the police. No
one would know where to find him.
None OF them will come to actual
harm, Anyhow, the coast is clear.
Kate, there's a big thing IN front No
nerves. We've got to go to day. Time
is everything. Our butler and first
man cabled this morning that they
had Just started in, and that every,
thing was running Ike clock-work.
Well get into New York in time for
the coup. Remember, was against
the whole business at the start, but
now I'm going to see it off.
Feverishly Mrs. Chedsoye prepared
for the journey. She was irritable to
Celeste, she WIS unbearable to her
brother, who took a seat in forward
compartment to be rid Of her. 1t was
only when they went aboard the
steamer that night that she became
reconciled to the inevitable. At any
rate, the presence Of Jones would
counteract any influence Horace
might have gained over Fortune. That
the three of them might suffer UNI
heard-of miseries never formed
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as the nimble fingers of the maid flew
o'er ner' The silly little fool: and
at a time like this." Not that 20.
morse OF any kind stirred Mrs. Ched.
soyes conscience; she was simply er.
tremely annoyed.
ohe hastened out into the corridor
ana knocked at the door of her broth.
ers room. No answer. She few
oo"n'stalrs. and there she saw him
coming IN from the street. He greet.
ed her cheerily.
IT'S all right, Kate; plenty OF room
On the Ludwig. We shall take the aft
ernoon train for Port Said. She sails
at dawn tomorrow instead of to-
night What's up?" suddenly
noticing his sisters face.
Fortune did not return to her room
last night"
What? Where do you suppose the
little fool went, them"
lhey both seemed to look upon For.
tune as little fool.
Yesterday she threatened to run
away"
Run away? Kate, be sensible.
How the deuce could she run away.
She hasn't penny. 1t takes money
to go anywhere over here. She has
probably found some girl friend, and
has spent the night with her. Well
soon find out where she is." The Ma
Jor wasn't worried.
Have you seen Horace?" with dis
cernible anxiety.
NO. I didn't wait up for him. He's
sleeping off night OF it. You know
his falling
Find out II he is in his room. Go
to the porter's bureau and inquire for
both him and Jones"
The Major. perceiving that his sister
was genuinely alarmed, rushed over
to the bureau. No, neither Mr.. Ry-
anne nor Mr.. Jones had been In the
hotel since yesterday. Would the por-
ter send some one up to the rooms
Of those gentlemen to make sure? Ger
tatnly. No; there was no one In the
rooms. The Major was now himself
perturbed. He went back to Mrs.
Chedsoye.
Kate, neither has been IN his room
since yesterday. II you want my
opinion. it is this: Hoddy has seques,
tered Jones all right, and is some.
where in town. sleeping of the effects
Of a night Of IT,"
He has run away with Fortune!"
she cried. Her expression was tragic.
She couldn't have told whether 1t was
due to her daughters disappearance
or to Horaces detection. Did he not
threaten"
"Sh! not SO loud, Kate"
"The little simpleton detled me yes
terday, and declared she would leave
me"
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Il have known him for years." said
Mrs. Chedsoye sweetly. ut was at
his own suggestion that we take the
house over for the month. He really
insisted that We should pay him moth
Ing; but. Of course, such an arrange
ment could not be thought Of. Oh.
good-by, Mr.. Wallace" tolerantly.
I'VE hope to see you again some
day"
Wallace, taking up his role once
more, tipped his hat and rushed away
for one Of his favorite haunts.
"Bounder!" growled the Major
We'll. well; a ships deck is always
Liberty Hall"
You have turned your belongings
over to an eYpressman?' asked the
agent. These were charming people;
and any doubts he might have enter
| tanned were dissipated. And why
| should he have any doubts? Jones
was an eccentric young chap, anyhow.
An explanatory letter written by the
Major in Jones careless hand),
backed up by a cable. was enough
authority for any reasonable man.
Everything is out Of the way" said
| the Major.
Then, il you wish, can take you
right up to the house In my car. Your
butler said that he would have lunch
ready when you arrived
Very kind Of you. How noisy New
York is! You can take our hand-lug-
gage?" Mrs. Chedsoye would have
made St. Anthony uneasy of mind; :;
Reynolds, young, alive, metaphorically
fell at her feet.
Plenty Of room for It"
II am glad Of that. You see, Mr..
Jones intrusted fine old rug to us
to bring home for him. and shouldn't t
want anything to happen to it."
The Major looked up at the roof Of
the dingy shed. He did not care to
have Reynolds note the flicker Of ad.
miration in his eyes. The cleverest
woman OF them all! The positive
And he would not have thought of It
touch to the whole daredevil affair!
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could turn the trick without Hoddy's
assistance: only. it seemed rather
hard Tor him not to be in the sport
He told me that nothing would give
him greater pleasure than to stick his
fst IN the first bag Of yellow boys
mere was something mysterious in
'he way he used to chuckie over the
thing when I first sprung 1t on him
lie saw joke somewhere. Let's 60
into the smoke-room for a peg. 1t
won't hurt either of US. And that
poor little girl. It's a hell Of a world,
eh?"
The Major admitted that 1t was;
but he did not add that Fortunes vel
fare or ill-fare was OF little or no con-
Germ of his. The little spitfre had
always openly despised him.
They were drinking silently and mo-
rosely, when Mrs. Chedsoye pale and
anxious, appeared in the companion
way. She beckoned them to follow
her down TO her cabin. Had Fortune
arrived? Had Ryanne? She did not
| answer Arriving at her cabin she
| pushed the two wondering men inside,
and pointed at the floor. A large
steamer-roll lay unstrapped. spread
| out.
Il only just opened it, she said.
never thought Of looking into 1t
at Cairo. Here, 1t looked so bulky
that | was curious"
| why, it's that damned Yhiordes!"
exclaimed the Major wrathfully.
| What the devil is 1t doing in For
tunes steamer-roll?"
THAT Is what I should like to
know. If they have been kidnapped in
order to recover the rug, whatever
will become OF them?" And Mrs.
| Chedsoye touched the rug with her
foot, absently. She was repeating in
| her mind that childish appeal: You
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-02-13

don't know how loyal should have
been"
They took the first good sailing out
OF Naples. Twelve days later they
landed at the foot Of Fourteenth
Street. There was some trifling diff
Guilty over the rug. 1t had been de-
clared but as Mrs. Chedsoye and her
brother always declared foreign resi-,
dence. there was question as to
whether it was dutiable or not Being
copy, 1t was not an original work
of art, therefore not exempt. and so
forth and so on. 1t was finally decid-
ed that Mrs. Chedsoye must pay a
duty The Major paid grumblingly,
very cleverly assuming an irritablity
we'll known to the inspectors. The
way the United States government
mulcted her citizens for the benefit of
the few was a scandal of the nations.
A smooth-faced young man ap-
preached them from out the crowd.
rs this Major Callahan"
Yes. This must be Mr.. Reynolds,
the sgent?'
YES Everything is ready for your
occupancy. Your butler and first man
have everything ship-shape. I could
have turned over to you Mr.. Jones'"
mot at all, not at all" said the Ma
jor. "They would have been strangers
to us and we to them. Our own serv-
ants are best"
"You must be very good friends Of
my client?"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-02-13

had he lived to be a thousand. "One
might as well disembark In stable,
he said aloud "Ah. We are ready to
CO. them"
They entered the limousine and
went off buzZing and zigzagging
among the numbering trucks. The
agent drove the car himself.
Where Is Jones now?" he asked
the Major, who sat at his left.
Haven't had line from MIN for a
month"
Just before we sailed" said Mrs.
| Chedsoye through the window, over
the Majors shoulder, "he went into
the desert for fortnight or SO; with
| a caravan. He had heard of some fab
ulous carpet"
Touch number two The Major
grtnned. Zones Is one Of the best
judges I have ever met. He was off
at bound. l only hope he will get
back before we leave for California"
The Major drew up his collar. 1t was
a cold blustry day.
The agent was delighted. What luck
q fellow like Jones had To wander
all over creation and to meet charm
ing people! And when they invited
him to remain for luncheon. the vic
tory was complete.
Mrs. Chedsoye strollod in and out
Of the beautifully appointed rooms.
Never had she seen more excellent
taste Not too much; everything per-
Yectly placed, one object nicely bal.
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.Oho!", The Major fingered his i'm
perial. THAT puts a new face to the
subject. But Jones He has not
turned up. We cnn not move tiil
we find out what has become OF him.
7 know. III jump into carriage anu
see If he got as far as the Engilsn'
Bar"
Mrs. Chedsoye did not go upstairs,
hut paced the lounging-room, 1.-the ana
nantherish. Frequently she paused
as If examining the patterns IN inc
huge carpets. She entered the recep, :.
tion.room, came back. wandered on
into the ballroom, stopped to inspect
the announcement hangin& upon tn0
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thought in her mind. 1t appealed to
her in the sense Of comedy which
ANNOYED rather than amused her.
They were greeted effusiyeiy by
Wallace, he of the bulbous nose; and
his first inquiry was Of Ryanne. Brief
" the Major told him what had hap
pened and added his fears. Wallace
was greatly cast down. Hoddy had
90 set his heart upon this venture that
# was a shame to proceed without
him. He had warned him at the be-
ginning about that Internal rug; but
Hoddy was always set in his dare
devil schemes. So long as the Major
mad the plans. he supposed that they
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CHAPTER xVII.-(Contlnued.)

CHAPTER xVlI.-(Contlnued.)
We might as we'll get Fortunes
things out Of the way. too, Celeste
Yes, Madame"
And bring my chocolate at hall
after eight in the morning. 1t Is quite
possible that we shall sail tomorrow
night from Port Said. If not from
there, from Alexandria. 1t all depends
upon the booking, which can not be
very heavy going west this time of
year."
AS madame knows" came from the
depth of the cavernous trunk. Celeste
Wa no longer surprised at least she
never evinced this emotion. For
twelve years now she had gone from
one end Of the globe to the other. upon
he shortest notice. While surprise
xas lost to her or under such con-
tol as to render 1t negligible, she still
snlVered with pleasurable excitement
~ the thought Of entering port,
4adame was so clever, SO transcen-
aently clever! II she, Celeste, had
aot been loyal. she might have retired
"ns ago, and owned a shop of her
~n IN the busy Rue de Rivoll. But
!aM would have rleant a humdrum ex-
uence; and besides, she would have
srown rat, which, Of the seven hor-
fors confronting woman, so madame
sald, was first in number.
BE very careful how you handle
mat blue ball-gown."
IN. Madame!" reproachfully.
IL Is the silver braid. Do not
press the rosettes too harshly."
eieste looked up. Mrs. Chedsoye
saswered her inquiring gaze with q
thin smile
lou are wonderful, Madame"
ana 80 are you, Celeste, in your
Al ten o'clock Mrs. Chedsoye was
.eSay for her pillow. She slept flt.
.uny; awoke at eleven and again at
s"e'Ve. After that she knew nothing
!. ~ofe I'LL the maid reused her with
~ cup of chocolate. She sat up and
Vpeo slowly. Celeste waited at the
~ eu''ae with the tray. Her admira-
Nen for her mistress never waned.
S": Chedsoye was Just as beautiful
- a'snabille as in a ball-gown. She
!. s'lneo the cup, and as she turned
~ = replace 1T upon the tray, dropped
with clatter. startled cry coming
nom her lips.
Madame"
fortunes bed!"
-. ~ mad not been slept in. The
s..samer-cloak lay across the counter
s .ue exactly where Celeste herself
~ au laid it the night before. Mrs.
sedsoye sprang out of her bed and
h ~ barefoot to the other. Fortune
tine. ~ 'n' 'oon s'noe uinn'
Celeste, dress me as quickly as
ssine. Hurry! Something has
apps1fsd 20 Fortune"
Never. in all her years of service,
m.. MN she recollect such a toilet as
lns~m made that morning. And
~, .0r before had she shown such con.
|msu, u over her daughter. 1t was amaz
M, ne little fool! The little fool!"
cnedsoys repeatedly murmured
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-02-13
SYNOPSIS.

n.o,,, Percival Algernon Jones. vice
vsHsnt of the Metropolitan Oriental
e. company of New York, thirsting for
.Sm.nce, sSs is in Cairo on business trip.
EEorsce Ryenne arrives at the hotel in
Ss,o with a carefully guarded bundle
Sysnne sells Jones the famous holy Yhi-
~. r1,g which he admits having stolen
S s,om q pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Gsior Callahan and later is introduced to
Enttune Chedsoye by a woman to whom
~ snuns months previously, and who turns
anti c~t 10 be Fortunes mother Jones takes
Sn chedsoye and Fortune to a polo
mnA Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. Mrs.
mTntsrious enterprise unknown to the
E"Shter Ryanne interests Jones In the
Ensd Romance and Adventure com
mny. q concern which for price will
f,,arge any kind Of an adventure to or
Callahan, Wallace and Ryanne, as the
tinted Romance and Adventure company,
slsn q risky enterprise involving Jones.
hyanne makes known to Mrs. Chedsoye
Es Intention to marry Fortune. Mrs.
Th.dooye declares she will not permit It,
ibr home Ryanne steals Jones letters
snd cable dispatches. He wires agent in
Nv York, in Jones name. that he is
renting house in New York to some
friends. Mahomed. keeper Of. the holy
carpet, is on Ryanne's trail. Ryanns
promises Fortune that he will see that
Jones comes to no harm as result Of his
purchase Of the rug. Mahomed accosts
kyanne and demands the Yhiordes rug.
kyanne tells him Jones has the rug and
Msgests the abduction Of the New York
merchant as a means of securing its re-
trrn. The rug disappears from Jones'
room Fortune quarrels with her mother
when the latter refuses to explain her
mysterious actions. Fortune gets mes
nse puyporting to be from Ryanne ask
III her to meet him in a secluded place
asking him to meet Ryanne at the English
Bar the same evening. Jones Is carried
Oh into the desert by Mahomed and his
nccompiices after a desperate fight. He
discovers that Ryanne and Fortune also
e,s captives, the former is badly battered
and unconscious. Ryanne RECEIVERS con-
sciousncss and the sight OF Fortune in
captivity reveals to him the fact that
Aahomed intends to get vengeance ON
him through the girl. Fortune acknowl..
sisss that she stol the rug from Jones'
II he will free all three OF them. Ma
honied agrees to liberate Fortune and one
OF the men In return for the rug. A cour-
fer 10 sent to Cairo for the rug, but re-
turns with the information that Mrs.
Chedsoye and her brother have sailed for
New York. Fortune spurns offered free
dom which does not include her two COM
panions. The caravan continues the jour
hey toward Bagdad. Ryanns tells Jones
tmusgler Of the age. and Is overheard by
Fortune The three captives are rescued
eT Henry Ackermann. who is in charge
q 4 carpet caravan Mahomed escapes
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The border vidette., 1913-07-05
SOME SCHOOL BOOKS.

The state board of education held it's closing session Satur day and settled the school book matter by awarding the contract for the supply of the school books of the state to the McNeil company of Phoenix, it having been foundsthat the price offer ed by the local house was actual ly less than the publishers had agreed to sell the books to the state.
 The total number of books needed to equip the schools of the state will be 262,O19 which will cost outside of the freight, SS9, ,951.7O at the contract price at present listed. The entire shipment will amount to approx mately 189, ,258 pounds, which will be shipped from New York, Boston and Chicago, according to the publishing house from which the books are purchased. The Arizona Republican.
The border vidette., 1913-07-05
ARIZONA IS PROSPEROUS.

The mining industry of Ari- zOna was never on a SOunder foundation than at the present time, and never was there great confidence manifested in the stability of our mines than is shown throughout the state.
 The schemerS who would float 'wild- cats" have sought other fields and in their stead are capitalists who are investing and pursuing legitimate methods erecting reduction works and reaping rich rewards. An au- thority, who keeps in close touch with every department of the mining industry of Arizona, tells us that the mines are pay ing out wages at the rate of eighty dollars per capita for every man. woman and child in the commonwealth. The Pros pector believes these figures to represent a very conservative estimate.
 There are but few, if any idle miners in Arizona, if they really want work, and the compensa- ton is considered ample; we are without labor troubles, free from agitators and mischief makers, employer and employe vie one with the other that the close friendships now existing may be strengthened and the maximum of good result for the many. The present conditions are perfectly satisfactory, the future appears roseate with eX- pectations of still greater re suits, and Arizona will continue to grow, prosper and demon strate to the world that ours is the greatest mining field that the sun ever shOne on and su- perior to any adverse claim of a fanciful dreamer. - Tombstone Prospector.
The border vidette., 1913-07-05
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culled From Our
 Exchanges.

Men who are not doing man
 ual la abOr will not be subject tC
 the provisions of the eight hour law when the revised code goes into effect, October 1.-Gazette.
 Barley hay is expected to be high and scarce this fall, on ac- count of frosts of the winter which damaged the California crop seriously. Crops every where were more or less affect | ed Tucson Citizen.
 The 'Artesian says: What bids fair to be, when completed, one of the largest, if not the largest, artesian well in the valley, is being drilled for J. M. Barnes two and one half miles east of town by the Farmers Go Operative association. At 0 depth of 5SO feet the flow is proba bly, in the ne;ghborhood of 25O gallons, and it is increasing with deeper drilling.
 Frank Sutherland, a cattle man of the neighborhood of Tucson, and Irwin J. $. Loeb, sporting editor of the Tucson Citizen, were in Yuma Sunday on their way to San Diego, travelling by automobile. The trip was partly for pleasure but they were also paying close at tention to the condition of the road and the features of the country for the purpose of boosting the Borderland High way.-Yuma Sun.
 At the New Keystone retim- bering of all the drifts has been completed. As there has been no work in the way of develop ment performed during the past year the ore reserves are still estimated at 2,5OO,OOO tons of 2.25 per cent ore. The delay in treatment of Keystone ores is accounted for in the existence of so much oXydized ore in the property, rendering treatment of the Keystone reserves by the usual methods uncertain--I Globe Silver Belt.
The border vidette., 1913-07-05
Notice for Publication of Settlement / of Account, and the Hearing of
 Petition for Final Distribution.


 In the Superior Court of Santa Cruz County, State of Arizona.
 In the Matter of the Estate of c. Christensen, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that Samuel l.. Kingan, the EXecutor of the Estate of C.. Christensen, Deceased, has rendered and pre- sented for settlement, and filed in said Court, his final account of his administration of said es- tate together with his petition for final distribution of said es- tate; and that Friday, the 11th day of July, 1913. at 10 o'clock a. m., at the court room of said court, at the court house, in the City of NogaleS, in Santa Cruz County, has been duly appointed by the judge of said court, for the settlement of said account and the hearing of said petition for distribution, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions in writing to the said account and to said petition for distribution, and contest the same
 Dated June 17th, 1913.
 EDw. l.. MIX, Clerk. First pub. June 21-3t.
The border vidette., 1913-07-05
ARIZONA'S PROGRESS.

Every sign marks the pro gross OS the day in almost all parts of Arizona. The Sunta Fe Railroad company has just disposed of all it's land interests in the state at S25O.OOO. This will open the property to actual settlement and increase every branch of business. During the month of May there were ship ed from Tucson cattle worth S5OO,OOO. The total movement of the spring amounts to II, 6O2 head, and the prices range at from S2o for yearlings, S2O for twO-year- -olds, to S34 for three year-olds. Twenty years ago three-year oldS were worth S7. 50
 Near BiSbee local capitalists are planning a summer noun tain resort on one of the highest peaks at cost of S1OO, ,OOO. The plan includes a railroad from the bottom of the valley to the peak where the hotel is to stand
 So fast has been the growth of Phoenix that the city water works is distributing 3,7OO, 1000 gallons a day. At Phoen1x the building plans include one store building at a cost of S75, ,OOO, a hotel to cost $15, 1000, ware house S4O,OOO, a railroad office building $75, ,OOO and a hotel and store $76,OOO. No wonder realty values are advancing. A piece of property bought three years ago at S1O,OOO was sold the other day for $36,OOO
 Plans for the cotton gin at Mesa are well under way and and there are 1000 acres of Egyptian cotton now growing. Ranch property is in active de mand, one piece selling the other day at S123, ,O0O.-Los An geleS Times.