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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19

rush was made for the stairs and
soon the whole building was in an up
roar. But when this especial room was
reached, It was found locked and on
the door a paper pinned up. on which
these words were written: Gone to
New York. Will be back at $50!
Words that recalled circumstance to
the janitor. He had seen the gentle
man go out an hour before. This ter
minated all inquiry in this direction.
though some few Of the excited throng
were for battering down this door just
as they had the other one. But they
were overruleA by the janitor, who
saw no use in such wholesale destruc-
ton, and presently the arrival Of the
police restored order and limited the
inquiry to the rear building. where 1t
undoubtedly belonged
Mr.. Gryce," (here Sweetwater laid
by his notes that he might address the
old gentleman more Directly, II was
with the boys when they made their
first official investigation. This Is
why you can rely upon the facts as
there given. / followed the investiga-
ton closely and missed nothing which
| could in any way throw light on the
case. It was a mysterious one from
| the first, and lost nothing by further
| inquiry into the details.
"The first fact to startle US as we
made our way up through the crowd
which blocked halls and staircases
was this: A doctor had been found
and, though he had been forbidden to
make more than a cursory examfna-
ton Of the body till the coroner came,
he had not hesitated to declare after
| his first look, that the wound had not
been made by bullet but by some
sharp and slender weapon thrust
home by a powerful hand. (You mark
that, Mr.. Gryce.) AS this seemed i'm
| possible in face of the fact that the
door had been found buttoned on the
inside, we did not give much credit to
his opinion and began our work under
the obvious theory of an accidental
discharge of some gun from one Of the
windows across the court. But the
doctor was nearer right than we sup
| posed. When the coroner came 20
look into the matter, he discovered
that the wound was not only too small
to have been made by the ordinary
bullet, but that there was no bullet to
be found In the woman's body or any
where else. Her heart had been
reached by thrust and not by shot
from a gun. Mr.. Gryce. have you
not heard startling repetition OF
this report in case nearer at hand?
up three flights from the court
with no communication with the ad
joining rooms save through a dool
guarded on both sides by heavy pieces
of furniture no che person could han
die. the hall door buttoned on the in
side, and the fire escape some fifteer
feet to the left, this room Of death ap
peared to be- as removed from the ap
proach of e murderous outsider as the
spot in the writing-room of the Cler
mont where Miss ChaIloner fell.
Otherwise, the place presented the
greatest contrast possible to thai
scene of splendor and comfort. haC
not entered the Clermont at that time
and no such comparison could have
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19

hung a wet cloth, marking with its
lugubrious drip on the boards be-
meath the first heavy moments of 81
lence which is the natural ACCOMPANY
ment of SO serious a survey. On the
floor to the right lay half-used cake
OF soap just as 1t had slipped from her
hand. The window was closed, for the
temperature was at the freezing point,
but 1t had been found up. and it was
put up now to show the height at
which It had then stood. AS we all
took our look at the house wall oppo.
site, a sound OF shouting came UP
from below. A dozen children were
sliding on barrel slaves down a slope
Of heaped-up snow. They had been
engaged in this sport all the afternoon
and we're our witnesses later that no
one had made hazardous escape by
means of the ladder OF the fire escape.
running. as have said, at an almost
unattainable distance towards the left
"And that is as far as we ever got
The coroner's jury brought in verdict
of death by means of stab from some
unknown weapon in the hand of per
son also unknown, but no weapon
was ever found, nor was 1t ever set
tied how the attack could have been
made or the murderer escape under
the conditions described. The woman
was poor, her friends few, and the
case seemingly inexplicable. So after
creating some excitement by its pc
culiarities, it fell of its own weight
But I remembered 1t, and in many q
spare hour have tried to see my way
through the no-thoroughfare 1t pre-
scented. But quite in vain. Today, the
road Is as blind as ever, but" here
Sweetwater's face sharpened and his
closer to the older detective-"but
this second case, so unlike the first In
non-essentials but so exactly like it In
just those poipts which make the myS
terry, has DROPPED thread from itz
tangled skein into my hand, which
may yet lead us to the heart of both.
Can you guess-have you guessed
what this thread is? But how could
you without the one clue / have not
given you? Mr.. Gryce, the tenement
where this occurred is the same Wis
tied the other night in search OF Mr..
Brotherson. And the man character
lied at that time by the janitor as the
best, the Quietest and most respect
able tenant in the whole building, and
| the one you remember whose window
opened directly opposite the spot
where this woman lay dead, was Mr.
Dunn himself, or, in other words, our
late redoubtable witness, Mr.. Orlando
Brotherson."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
CHAPTER XII.
Alike In Essentials.

"Mr. Gryce, am either fool or
the mckiest fellow going. You must
decide which"
A grunt from the region of the IL
brary table, then the sarcastic Yr-
mark:
I'm just In the mood to settle that
question. This last failure to my &C.
count ought to make me an excellent
Judge of another's folly. I've med
died with the old business for the last
time, Sweetwater. You'll have to go
it alone from now on. But what's the
matter with you? Speak out, my boy.
Something new in the wind?"
mo, Mr.. Gryce: nothing new You're
not satisfied with the coroners YER
dict in the Challoner case"
mo. I'm satisfied with nothing that
leaves all ends dangling. Suicide was
not proved. There was no blood-stain
on that cutter-point-"
Nor any evidence that it had ever
been there
mo. I'm not proud Of the chain
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struck my mind But have thought
of it since, and you, with your expert
ence, will not find it difficult to pic
ture the room where this poor wom-
an lived and worked. Bare walls, with
Just a newspaper illustration pinned
ND here and there, a bed-tragically
occupied at this moment-a kitchen
stove on which boiler, half-6lled
with steaming clothes stin dubbed
and foamed-an old bureau large
pine wardrobe against an inner door
which we later found to have been
locked for months, and the key lost
some chairs-and most pronounced of
an, because of its position directly be-
fore the window, pine bench support
ing wash-tub of the ord sort.
.As it was here the woman fell, this
tub naturally received the closest ex-
animation. A board projected from
its further side, whittier it had EVIL
IDENTIFY been pushed by the weight of
her falling body: and from its top
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mans testimony, and, In purSuu OF
this plan, he not only motioned to MI.
Brotherson to reseat himself, but be-
gan at once to open fresh line OF ex-
animation by saying:
You will pardon me, IL press this
matter. 1 have been given to under
stand that Notwithstanding your
break with Miss Challoner, you
have kept up your visits to the
Clermont and were even on the spot
at the time of her DEATH"
"On the spot?"
'Tn the hotel, mean"
There you are right; / was In the
hotel"
"At the time of her DEATH"
VERY near the time. / remember
hearing some disturbance In the lobby
behind me, just as I was passing out
at the Broadway entrance"
you did, and did not returnT
why should / return? / am not a
man of much curiosity. There was no
reason why / should connect sudden
alarm in the lobby of the Clermont
with any cause of special interest to
myself"
This was so true and the look which
accompanied the words was SO frank
that the coroner hesitated moment
before he said:
Certainly not, unless-weu, TO be
direct, unless you had just seen Miss
Challoner and knew her state of mind
and what was likely to follow your
abrupt departure"
Il had no interview with Miss Chal-
loner."
But you saw her? Saw her that
evening and just before the accident?'
Sweetwater's papers ratified; it was
the only sound to be heard In that
moment of silence. Then
What do you mean by those
words?" inquired Mr. Brotherson, with
studied composure. 81 have said that
/ had no interview with Miss Challon-
err Why do you ask me then, If saw
| herr"
Because I believe that you did
From a distance possibly, but yet di
rectly and with no possibility of mis-
| take"
'Do you put that as question"
81 do. Did you see her figure OF
face that night?"
Il did"
Nothing-not even the rafting Of
Sweetwater's papers-disturbed the
silence which followed this admission
From where?" Doctor Heath asked
at last.
From a point far enough away tc
make any communication between us
! impossible. l do not think you will
require me to recall the exact spot"
EFF 1t were one which made 1t pos
sible for her to see you as clearly as
! you c.Iuld see her, l think it would be
very advisable for you to say So"
"It was-such-a spot"
"Then l think l can locate it FOL
you, or do you prefer to locate it your
self"
81 will locate it myself. l had hoped
not to be called upon to mentor
what 1 cannot but consider a mos
unfortunate coincidence. | met Miss
| Challoner's eye for one instant from
the top of the little staircase running
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19

up to the mezzanfne. I had yielded
thus far to an impulse / had frequent
ly combatted, to seek by another in
terview to retrieve the bad effect
which must have been made upon her
by my angry note. / knew that she
frequently wrote letters in the meZ-
canine at this hour, and got as far as
the top OF the staircase in my effort
to join her. But l got no further.
When l saw her on her feet, with her
face turned my way, ] remembered
the scorn with which she had re-
ceived my former heartfelt proposals
and. without taking another step for
ward. turned away from her and fed
down the steps and so out of the build
ing by the main entrance. She saw
me. for her hand few up with a
startled gesture. but ] cannot think
that my presence on the same floor
with her could have caused her to
strike the blow which terminated her
life. Why should I? No woman sac
rificas her life out Of mere regret Tor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19

Mr.. Gryce Finds an Antidote for Old
Ade

Mr.. Gryce Finds an Antidote for Old
Age.
"Sweetwater, how came you to dis
cover that Mr.. Dunn OF this ram
shackle tenement in Hicks street was
identical with ehe elegantly equipped
admfrer of Miss Challoner"
"Just this way. The night before
Miss Challoner's death was broodina
very deeply over the Hicks street
case. 1t had SO possessed me that ]
had taken this street in on my way
from Flathush. walked by the place
and / looked up at the windows. No
inspiration. Then / sauntered back
and entered the house with the fool
intention of crossing the courtyard
and wandering into the rear building
where the crime had occurred. But
my attention was diverted and my
mind changed by seeing man com
ing down the stairs before me, of so
fine a figure that l involuntarily
stopped to look at him..
my interest, you may believe, waa
in no wise abated when / learned that
he was that highly respectable tenant
whose window had been open at the
time when half the inmates of the two
buildings had rushed up to his door
only to find paper on 1t displaying
these words: Gone to New York;
win be back at $50. Had he returned
at that hour? l don't think anybody
had ever asked; and what reason had
l for such interference now? But an
idea once planted in my brain sticks
tight, and kept thinking of this man
all the way to the bridge. Instructive
ly and quite against my will, / found
myself connecting him with some
previous remembrance In which
seemed to see his tall form and strong
features under the stress of some
great excitement. But there my mem
DRY stopped, till suddenly as / was
entering the subway, 1t all came back
to me. had met him the day / went
with the boys to investigate the case
in Hicks street. He was coming down
the staircase of the rear tenement
then, very much as / had just seen
him coming down the one in front
cTo BE CONTRUED)
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19

In this model is given a handsome,
dress for the miss and small woman.
The garment has vest, and this, with
the sailor collar and turned-back cuffs,
is fashioned in contrasting material
The revers are made of another fab
rlc, striped goods being nice for this
purpose The skirt is a three-gored
model, with an insertion of fabric.
matching the revers.
/ The pattern (6077) is cut in sizes
IA, 16 and IS years. Age 16 requires
AS yards of SO inch material and Is
of yard of q inch silk.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper,
Write name and address plainly, and be-
sure to give size and number of pattern,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
SYNOPSIS.

George Anderson and wife see 9 re-
markable looking man come out OF LnC
Clermont hotel. look around furtiveiy
wash his hands in the snow and pass on
Commotion attracts them to the ClerfnonI
where IL Is found that the beautirui MISS
Edith Challoner has fallen dead Anoer-
con describes the man he saw wash ms
hands In the snow. The hotel manager
declares him to be Orlando Brotherson.
Physicians find that Miss Challoner was
stabbed and not shot, which seems to
clear Brotberson of suspicion. Gryce. an
aged detective, ami Sweetwater, his as
sistant. take up thu case. They believe
Miss ChaIloner stabbed herself. A paper
cutter found near the scene of tragedy is
believed to be the weapon used. Mr. Chai-
loner tells OF batch of letters found In
his daughters desk. signed 20: B." Al
ara love letters except one which shows
that the writer was dispieased This les-
ter was signed by Orlando Brotherso1.
Anderson goes with Sweetwater to idcn-
tify Brotherson, who is to address nle6 L
ing OF anarchists The place IL raided Dy
the police and BrCtherson escapes with
out being identified. Brotherson Is fount.
living In tenement under the name OF
Dunn. He is an inventor. Brotherson
tells the coroner Of his acquaintance with
MfRg ChallOner
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Not TrlpIets.

My little grandson was told by his
mother to run across the street and I'm
,ouire of lady who was going by with
three little babes in a cart II they
were triplets. He soon came back,
hooking much disappointed, and said:I
mo. they are not triplets They were
horn the same day, but two of them
are girls and the other one is a boy"
Exchange.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19

This blouse is made with removable
chemisette and long or short sleeves.
The sleeves are set In deep armholes,
and are finished with chic cuffs. There
is dainty rundown collar and o.
frill OF edging adds completion.
The pattern (6066) is cut in sizes
81 to AZ inches bust measure. Medium
size will require 21a yards Of SO inch,
material and 1 yard of edging.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
Ito Pattern Department" OF this peper.
Write name and address plainly, and be-
sure to give size and number of pattern.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
SIZE


"Woa, dar, Pos%cian!" shouted old
Brother Bogus to the animal he was
endeavoring to drive In the way It
should go. "Woa, dar, dad-souse 20
ornery picter, or Pll-Sah? Wy
uh-kee! hee-sah, calls dis yuh mule
Politician uh-kaze de minute yO' takes
yo' eye off'n de bodacious scoun'el
right den he's into devilbent. Uh-yaw!
haw! haw!"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
-s,s w;l,iam Tell Did 4 Bum Job

Harrodsburg, Ky.-Jack Coleman, q
would-be civilian Tell" bet Henry
Marshall that he could put rife bull
let through Marshalps hat without
touching his scalp. Marshall accepted
tba wager. and won 1t, the bullet miss
ing hat and passing through his skull
killing him instantly. Coleman - un'
der arrest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19

mayor telegraphed for gendarmes
from Fontainebleau
After prolonged search a plumber
named Xavier Martignon was discov-
cred hiding in the garden. He is mar
ried. with three children. He explained
that he had only come there to wash
his clothes. Inquiries showed that the
plumber was in the habit Of dressing
up in woman's clothes, and that his
wife might not pillage his wardrobe
he concealed it In the empty villa. He
was washing it when interrupted by
the villagers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
Eternal Feminine.

Margaret, aged seven years, was
olaying housekeeper. AS she pretend.
ed to wipe the perspiration from her
face she turned from the toy wash
board upon which was rinsing out a.
handkerchief, and, addressing her
brother. year younger, said: There
YOU are sitting at your ease and me
breaking my bones doing your wash
ing"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
Gold Very Scarce in France.

Paris.-A prominent subject of con-
versation has recently been the phe-
nomenaI scarcity of gold coin through
out France, during the past few
months. Even at the banks and
money changers Americans have COM
blamed of the inconvenience in getting
change for checks, letters of credit
and drafts solely in notes and silver,
the latter being mainly the heavy and
cumbersome fve-franc pieces. Fianace
minister Klotz states that the chief
reason for the shortage Ia the large
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
MAN DRESSED AS A WOMAN
Wears Feminine Apparel and, to Pre-
vent Wife Discovering Disguise,
Washes Own Clothes.

Paris.-A middle-aged plumber. IA
Their of family, was the cause of q
kind Of opera-bouffe siege of an empty
villa at Samois-sur-Seine. near Paris.
A neighbor saw light in the empty
house and informed the police. Fifty
people, armed with guns and pitch
forks, surrounded the villa, while the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
n i4+la Mia,,nderatnnd

One morning Miss Lillian De VIM
cent, leading lady Of When Mans
Married" No. 2 road company, con-
cluded she would press some collars.
Bring me a hot iron," she told the
hallboy, who answered the bell In
a few moments he returned empty
handed. Il can't get it for you, lady.
The bartender says as how there's
lots OF them fancy New York drinks
be adn't never learned how to mix"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
YOUNG Lion Claws Boy.

Rome. - The young lion which
Princess Radziwill, nee Miss Deacon.
of Boston, recently took to fancy
ball in a chariot, was being exercised
in the geological gardens when he
broke loose and sprang on the infant
SON OF Count Macca, formerly Italian
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19

A bundle of clothes found on the
second floor contained sixteen che
misses. other lingerie, two white
blouses, pink dressing gown. six
pairs Of stockings, eleven white petit
coats and two chest improvers. They
were all seized by the gendarmes and
the plumber was taken into custody.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19

reserves which are being laid up on
all sides through fear of political
crisis or even of war. The second
cause is the large expectation of gold
to other countries.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
COLLEGE Girls.

"Grace is writing thesis Of real
interest"
"On what theme?"
"The influence on modern life Of the
ice cream soda"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
How About III

It is hard to reconcile the theory
that all things come to him who waits
with the fact that so many people
want the earth
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minister at Buenos Ayres, inHicting
serious wounds on the boys forehead
with his claws
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A.ked and Answered.


"Is life worth living?
"Not IL you have nothing better to
occupy your mind than such questions
as that"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-20
THEY CbUNG A CLING
TO THE BLACK DANUBE
COLORED FOLKS FRET IN lat
I-T CLUTCHES At END OF
BARBECyED Day.

About 800 years ago when the
brothers Of Joseph yanhcd Joc's
sweater from him. dipped it into the
blood OF % orttsr and showed it to
Father Jacob. they thought they had
done some coIoring. But nobody who
was curious enough Go attend the big
negro celebration and barbecue yes
terdly across from the old Athletic
ball park. knows that they didn't
know the FIRST principles Of dyeine.
The real amusement came In the
dance last night. and with 500 or 700
negroes in attendance. the walls Of
the New Jerusalem had nothing on
the lnsurrection Of colors or personal
there seen. The discern
able phyllcteries of self. coupled 20
the Eva Taneuay Scotch plaid High
land nlns scul-costume - Scotch
plaid scmi-lliehland fling. rather
aI of the pigment Of the
rirhov. .,snd it looked Ike the time
when Kink Haakon discovered the
llay pole.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-20

quietly to preach the Gospel in the
churches and to live upon the earth
a thousand years? My Bible does
not contain such doctrine.
There are signs that this is all to
come about soon and more important
that riches or influence is the prep
Grafton for this hour. To the unpre-
pared it will be time of great fear.
To those that love and look for the
appearing il will be a wonderful hour.
Are you ready in Tulsa? Is there
one here who is ready and looking"
And then the woman with tho Won
drful smile sang again: Il shall see
him face to face and the little
crowd melted away into the darkness,
as quietly as it had assembled.
Tonight the Prophetic History Of
the World" viii be the subject for the
study and tomorrow night Signs Of
the Times"
Elder Mcdonald is assisted by
Elder W r. Hanson Of Enid and the
wife ana daughter Of the latter. The
meetings viii be continued several
niehts.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-20

But they danced, there's no denying
that. They worked the kunoodley
klutch to a fare-y -yuu-well. The cur
rycomb cling, the monkey wrench
wreak and the grizzly grab were all
put over with more or less eclat, and
when the Black Danube was struck
up-no, the Blue-slowly but surely
came that luscious, mbrcating, lag
riug, dreamy dragging waltz-step
that put white folks to shame at every
turn. 1t was some worry like safe
to lose the combination in that paraf-
riue parade ana the Spanish ship
Alloy.
But it was the end Of barhecued
day. the first celebration Of Emanci-
patton Day in the good year of 1913,
with another due ON August 4.