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Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27
PARISH JEWS
Pointe- a-la-tiach.

MI. and Mrs. Frank C. Movers Jr..
were guests of their parents during
Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lionel Favret and
children returned home Friday after
spending some time with relatives
here.
Hon. Marc C~ogneyich was here a
short time today, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Meyer, of Prom
ised Land, were business visitors here
Friday morning.
Mr.. B. A. Favret made a trip to New
Orleans Saturday to attend a meeting
of the Knights of Columbus.
DR.. and Mrs. F. r. Singleton are
receiving congratulations on the ar
rival at their home of a little son.
Miss Annie Ellis is spending the
holidays at her home in Biloxi, Miss.
Notwithstanding the bad weather
quite a number of people attended the
midnight mass at St. Thomas church
Christmas night.
Miss Carmen Perroux is spending the
Christmas season at her home in New
Orleans.
The home of Sheriff Movers was the
scene of an enjoyable affair on Christ
mas day when the children of the
neighborhood were given a Christmas
tree and a visit from Santa Claus.
Miss Marie M. Purves left last week
for her new home in Lake Charles,
much to the regret of her many friends
here.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27

aE@ EHk-E HArE=. EAE-NEL - =
An energetic young priest had sue
ceeded in raising money enough to
build and equip a new church, all ex-
cept the bell. TO get enough money
for the bell, he held a meeting Of his
parishioners, at which the members OF
his building committee made speeches.
All except Mccarthy had spoken. One
mentioned their fine church; another,
their comfortable pews; another, their
splendid altar; and another spoke of
the steam heat they had in the church
and Of the coal in the cellar Tor the
furnace. They were all sorry they
sad. that they were without a bell and
hoped the members would be able to
make q further effort and secure the
money for that purpose.
Then came McCarthy's turn and he
spoke as follows: I'VE have q fine
church. Our pews is empty and our
altar is grand. 'Tis true We have no
bell. But we haye steam heat in the
church and plenty Of coal in the cellar.
The divvle wild the bell. Let's Put s
Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27
A CARD.

l take this method of thanking tn.
following paities for their kind hospi.
tally extended to me while on my can.
wasting trip for the Presbyterian Hos.
pital Free Clinic, viz: MI. and Mrs. Jo-
sepa Hingle, Mrs. P. Serkovich, Mrs.
Dimetry Buras, Miss Ada Cannon, Miss
!cseFhsEe NJ. Treadaway and Mrs.
FaVret.
Very respectfully.
AGATHA J.. LEE.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27
For Sale.

Gasoline Launch, ". A. Rodriguez,
excei!ently adapted to the oyster bust
ness. Can be seen at Dymond Island
in Bay Adam, For further particulars
apply to John Dymond Jr., Empire.
La.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27
The State Of Louisiana, Parish
Of Plaquemines.

Delmar Morand vs. Joseph Morand ct
ais. No. 1O65. Twenty-ninth Judic-
ial District Court.
BY virtue Of and in obedience to an
order Of sale to me directed by the
Honorable, the Twenty-Ninth Judicial
District Court in and for the Parish of
Plaquemines, dated the 10Th day of
October 1918, in the above entitled
suit ! have advertised and will proceed
% sell at public suction at the Court
house At Pointe a Ia Hache on Satur-
day the 10th day Of the month Of jan
uary 1913, at II o'clock a. M, the fol-
lowing described PROPERTY, to-wit:
A certain tract Of land, formerly
forming q part of the estate of Hippo
elite Morand, situated in the Parish of
Plaquenines, having and measuring
one arpent front on the Mississippi
River by forty arpents in depth, bound
ID below by the tract of land formerly
belonging to R. j. Morand, and above
By lands formerly belonging to Mrs.
Armantine Maurier, with all the build
ings and improvements thereon, and
rights, ways and privileges thereunto
belonging or appertaining. Being the
same property which was acquired
from the estate Of Hippolite Morand
by act Of partition executed before
Robert Hingle, Notary Public for the
Parish Of Plaquemlnes, on the first day
Of May, 1891, registered in the con-
veyancs Office Of the Parish of Plaque
mines.
Terms Of Sale: Cash.
FRANK C. MEYERS,
Sheriff Of the Parish Of
Plaquemiaes.
Z y. n. n, ]. 3, 10.
An entertainment will be given in
Home Place on Saturday, Dec. % for
benefit OF the Home Place church. The
public are cordially invited to attend
and help = good cause. An enjoyable
time u promised to those who attend.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27
Notice.

hereby give notice that I will apply
to the Police Jury Of the Parish of
Plaquemines for q license to operate
and conduct q co!ored barroom at
English Turn in this Parish.
JAMES II. DICKSON.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27
Growers Install Frost Apparatus.

Notwithstanding the fact that the
lemon growers CT the Tustin District
are supposed to be situated in the FROST
less belt they are rot taking any risks
during the present season ard are
rapidly equipping their orchards in
every way to fight Jack Frost. Last
year briquets were used to some ex-
tent, but proved unsatisfactory and
this year the citrus growers who have
their groves dotted along the foothills
southeast of Anakeim will protect their
valuable crops from the cold snap-if it
comes-by the use of STOP distiIlate
used in smudge pots, one pot icing
used for every tree.
In conversation with John Hickey,
who owns a valuable lemon orchard at
the foot of Hewes Hill, and whose crop
was damaged last winter to some ex-
tent, some interesting facts were learn
ed.
Mr.. Hickey stated that he is well
prepared to protect his lemons from
the frost that is likely to come at any
time now. He and one Of his neigh
boris, Herbert Walker, who also owns
a lemon grove, have erected a storage
tank at the rear of their orchards fer
the purpore OF keeping a large quantity
of distillate on hand. This large tank S
capacity is 25,400 gallons or four car
loads. The price paid fer this liquid
fuel is 77l-2 by the carload.
Mr, Hickey is today busy hauling his
large order Of smudge pots from the
depot to his ranch. This order consists
Of l,l00 pots, the cost of which is e
cents per pot, with no discount for an
order Of LOCO. These pots are manu-
featured at Riverside by the Riverside
Steel ard Metal Company, and this
company cannot begin to supply the
demand for its product. Orders are
being turned down daily, and in a sin
gle day an order Of 1000 pots was re-
fused.
These smudge pots have a double
covering and a short pipe extending
from the top. They are manufactured
from Baggage sheet iron, their capacity
being seven gallons. When necessary
to light them a gasoline torch is used
for the purpose, a person being able to
light them almost as rapidly as he is
able to walk down the rows of trees.
One pot is to be used for each tree and
there are about eighty trees to the
acre. The expense to the citrus grow.
er will aggregate a larger sum than
heretofore expended, but it will pay in
the end, for often a citrus grower
realizes from n picking over a thous-
and dollars from eight acres.
Mr.. Hickey said that he placed his
order for smudge pots last September
and has been unable to secure them UNI
til now. -Anaheim California Gazette.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27
FRANK C. MEYERS
Sii,eriT OF the Parish Of
Plaguemines.
d 20. q. ] 3, 10, II, p.
Knew Hts Nan.

0ibbs-'-That's . pretty rockyloet.
ting umbrella you have there. old
man. wouldn't carry one Ike mat
Ohbs-'1 know you wouldn't; that's
Ae reason carry It when You're
about
Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27
For Sale.

A tract of land about 8 arpents front
on the Mississippi River AMI 10 arpents
deep, a few miles above the Court
House and fronting On the she'll road.
Address Jos. Domengue, Nero P. O.,
La.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27
CARD OF THANKS.
Presbyterian Hospital,

New Orleans, December 9th, 1918.
Grateful thanks are hereby extended
to the following persons who SUBJ
scribed to the charity work of the
Presbyterian Hospital of New Orleans,
through Mrs. Agatha ]. Lee. Of the
amounts thus subscribed, $1O6.7S has
been paid in and turned over to the
Hospital authorities, viz:
Lower coast gazette., 1913-12-27
The State Of Louisiana, Parish Of
Piaquen1ineS.

Joseph Hingie vs.. Clement Bulot. No.
1047. Tw~enty-ninh judicial District
Court.
BY virtue CT and in Obedience to en-
order Of seizure snd sale to me direct
ed by the Honorable, the Twenty
ninth Judicial District Court in and for
the parish Of PIaquemmes, dated the
Sth day of December 1918, in the
above entitled suit. l have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction
at the court house
in Pointe a la Hache on Saturday the
oath day of the. month Of January 1914,
at ii O'Clock a. N. the following de-
scribed property, to wit:
A certain tract OF land situated lying
and being in the Parish o: Plaque
mines, OH the right bank of the Mis-
sissipgi river. at a distance of about
81 miles below the city of New Orleans
having and measuring Two and one
quarter arpents front Gu the M:ssissip-
pi River by Forty arpents in depth,
bounded on the upper line by lands be-
longing 10 ]. F. S~tockheth, and on the
lower line by lands belonging to George
Bendieh, together with all the buildings
and improvements thereon or ~tl,ereun,o
belonging.
Seized in above suit: Terms Of Sale:
Cash.
FRANK C. MEYERS
Sseri:f OF the Parish Of
Plaguemines.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22

Manager McGraw claims that tho
Giants are now in winning form.
Manager Miller Huggins would liko
to have few more Lee Magoos OF
his team.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22
CHAPTER XVII.
The End OF the Mystery.

The End OF the Mystery.
With one of the conspirators lying
in the undertaking shop of Miller
vale and the other safe behind the
prison bars In Ardway, the docu-
mentary evidence against him in our
possession reinforced by his full con-
fession signed and witnessed, Inspec-
tor Davis and I that same afternoon
hastened back to New York, where.
1t can be imagined, l lost no time In
reaching the Parrish home.
AS we waited for the train l had
telephoned Louise and she was ex,
pecting me. She met me in the lower
hall. One glance at my radiant face
told her that our mission had been
successful and she flung herself into
my arms while | rained happy kisses
on her lips, her cheeks. her glorious
hair. But thoughtful ever Of others
even In such moment Of ecstasy
she gently unclasped my arms and
whispered: THE papers-did you get
them?"
A little cry Of Joy came from her
lips as l handed her the envelope.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22

eral ordered him out of the house
and wouldn't let the daughter have
anything more to do with him.
tried then to get him in on the
scheme, but 1t was no so. For weeks
he kept trying to worm my secret
from me. | fired yellow letter after
yellow letter at the general. but he
kept defying me. and all the while
Crandall kept after me to make me
give up the papers. was afraid I'd
weaken. There are times the dope
gets me and l hardly know what I'm
doing, so l vanished. 1t struck me
that If the general wouldn't come
across maybe the daughter would. |
put 1t up to Crandall and we arranged
a meeting. was to put the papers In
her hands and she was to pay over
the money. l slipped up on the first
appointment and | guess you must
have spoiled the second"
l still was puzzled. What could be
the terrible mystery In proud old
General Farrish's life that gave this
miscreant such hold on him? 1t
was beyond my Imagination to con-
lecture, SO l put the question bluntly
to the prisoner.
why ask me?" he snarled. you've
got the whole thing-every paper
bearing on it In your pocket there"
Quickly I snatched the envelope
from my pocket and was about to rip
1t open. At last l was to know the
secret that had brought such unhap-
piness into the life Of Louise. At last
the mystery was to be cleared up.
But Just as my thumb went rudely
under the flap, Davis laid restrain
ing hand on my arm.
Wait" he said gently would 1t
not be Just as well to deliver that
envelope to Katharine Just as 1t is?
The fewer people know its contents
the less unhappiness there will need
to be-"
Davis was right.
was beginning to think he was al
ways right.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house in
great excitement over the attempted sui
eide of her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandall, suitor for Katharine. who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
nsh, had talked with Katharine oyer the
telephone Just before she shot herself.
A torn piece OF yellow paper Is found.
at sight of which General Parrish Is
stricken with paralysis. Kent discovers
that Crandall has left town hurriedly.
Andrew Elser. an aged banker. commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope is
found in Elser's room. Post Office In
the case. Kent is convinced that Gran
dali is at the bottom OF the mystery.
katharine's strange ontcry puzzles I'll the
Box It, Ardway, N. J. Kent goes to Ard
way to investigate and becomes suspi-
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel. A
yellow letter also figures In this case
Kent calls Louise on the long distance
telephone and finds that she had Just been
called by Crandall from the same booth
Cook" disappears. The Ardway post
master is missing. Inspector Davis ar
tigatIon. He discovers that tie dead
Louise telephones Kent lmploring him to
drop the Investigation Kent tnI returhs fIoI0 I0
Louise. He finds the body Of woman In
Central Park and more yellow letters.
He sees Crandall. whom he recognizes a. as
Cook" enter the Parrish home. Louise
again implores Kent to drop the invest
don. Later Kent sees Crandall and Louise
in an automobile. Kent returns to Ard
way Davis announces that he mas
planned to arrest the missing postmaster
and also the master criminal. While seek
ing the criminals. Kent comes across
oi,Isa and Crandall Pursued by Davis
the postmaster jumps off a precipice ana
is killed. Aleck Young. the master prT'ne oFin,
.tupor Louise tells Kent that she and
Crandall had come to get papers rom from
Young which gave him a strange hola
over General Parrish. 1t is shown that
CrandalTs only interest in the case was
to help Katharine recover her father 8
papers. Young is shackled and bound,
with morphine Just out of his reach. IN
an attempt to make him confess and give
up the papers After 4S hours of torture
from morphine hunger Young gives up
and reveals the blackmail plot.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22

They are all here" she exclaimed
with sigh Of relief as she passed
them to Crandau.
YES" echoed Crandall happily.
they are all here"
Burn them, Hugh; burn them n
once" she demanded.
Crandall, gathering them up with
the envelope in which they had been
encased. crossed to the crate where
cheerful fire was burning and one
by one fed the documents to the
| flames.
That vas three months ago. Louise
and | are married now and Katharine
and Hugh are on their honeymoon.
too, taking a six months European
trip. Though we never mention the
mystery of the yellow letters in the
presence OF our wives, for 1t recalls
too many sad memories unnecessarily,
my new brother-in-law and | had
good laugh the night before | mar
ried Louise AS | at first suspected
him of being one Of the consprators,
so It seems he had suspected me. 1t
was he who peered into the post Of
fee that night as | was examining the
books by the light of my electric
lantern. He knew that Young had
an associate and was trying to find
him.
The mystery of the disappearance
of the yellow fragments that had Civ
en- US the first clew is a mystery no
longer. 1t merely had slipped behind
the drawer in which Louise had put
it. Aleck Young Is serving we'll
deserved sentence of fourteen years.
as nonchalantly, | presume, as he un-
derwent his trial. So long as prison
keepers can be brlbed to keep him
supplied with his beloved drug, |
doubt If he bothers over his lack OF
freedom. Sometimes think his pun
ishment falls far short when | recall
all the misery and suffering he
caused, yet my new-found happiness
has softened my view of life.
AS for General Parrish, he died
three weeks after Young's arrest.
Before the end he regained his facul-
ties sufficiently to understand that the
papers that had menaced his peace
and reputation had been destroyed.
In his last hour he put Katharine's
hand into Hugh Crandalls.
What was In the documents that
katharine and Hugh Crandall burned7
What was the secret with which
Young threatened him for months and
months?
| do not know.
Louise does not know.
We never discuss 1t even among
ourselves. 1t is better 80 Only
Katharine and Hugh Crandall and
poor drug sot in distant cell know
what those papers were. | might
conjecture If | cared, and what would
be the use? After General Farrish's
death it came out that his vast estate
had shrunk to almost nothing. I'm
| fortunate Investments in his old age
had swept away his fortune. He was
the custodian of various trust funds.
1t may be that in a senile effort to
recoup his losses he had misused
| some one else's money and Young.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22

Come" sho cried jubllantly, lets
take It to Katharine at once! The
sight OF It win do more to cure her
than all the doctors In the world"
Together We hastened to Kath.
arine's room, where we found her sit
ting up In bed. much stronger than
when | had last seen her though a
nurse was still in attendance. Hugh
Crandall was seated in chair beside
the bed The Joy | read In the faces
OF Katharine and Crandall as Louise
handed her sister the envelope was
reward enough for all had gone
through since | had set out to solve
the mystery.
Frantically katharine tore open the
envelope and inspected three docu
ments It contained.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22

the ground saveagely with his bat
Later he showed his irritation again
when Catcher King called for threo
balls to catch Collins stealing when
Baker was at the bat. Baker than sim
glod through Chance, and the latter
fell on his face trying to stop the drive.
AS he came up with his mouth full OF
dirt he looked daggers at Killing and
openly accused the latter of sacrificing
the teams chances of winning in order
to protect or better his own personal
record behind the bat. After looking
at Killing for little while he yelled:
"You call waste balls on Baker for
fear Collins will get another stolen
base on you. You do that again and
you'll sit on the bench"
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22

Nearly every ball player on the
verge of n great series is extremely
nervous, irritable and ready to take n
poke at his very best friends, but tho
champion of them all is Frank Chance.
former manager of the Cubs and. now
leader OF the New York American
league team. AS every ball tosscr
knows. Chance Is chronic crouch
and one of the most superstltious men
that ever appeared on the diamond.
A photographer was lucky enough to
get the Cubs leader to smile when
posing for picture with Captain Da-
Wis of the Athletics before the worlds q
series started 1t was the frst time
the peerless leader had smiled In
weeks.
Shortly after the train bearing the
players left Chicago for Philadelphia
to start the series several men began
to sing. 1t was O. X. until they came
to the song Casey Jones" Chance
thinks that song is the Jinks. He i'm.
mediately jumped up from his seat
and announced that the first man who
sang that song again would be fined
$500 and suspended.
Leaning to that old superstition that
history repeats itself. Chance opened
the series with Orville Overall in the
box. In two other worlds champion'
ship contests Orvie won the first
game. But after the Athletics pound
ed Overall all over the diamond
Chance was In extra bad humor.
On opening his mail after the game
! Chance received n letter from n Chi
cago rooter which was dated 13 ant
In which the fan wished him luck. az
1t was his thirteenth season In fast
! company. Matters were made WORST
when he discovered that his berth wal
| No. 13 and that the check for $4,000
which he sent to the national commits
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22

with his dcvillsh ingenuity, had
found Il out. Certain It Is that whils
tho papers commented widely on tn.
small estate he left, in none Of them
was there the slightest hint Of scan
daL Equally certain am that neither
his daughters nor his BonB-ln.law be-
moan the lack Of an Inheritance.
Louise and I. know, have learned
that happiness lies not In wealth and
luxury. but In loving service each 10
the other.
And ono thing more.
Both Davis and myself have quiet.
ly withdrawn our accounts from tho
Million bank.
The cnshier'B name there Is Henry
Eberls
tTHE ESDI
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22

,lon as n guarantee that tho rules
would not bo violated was mailed on
tho 18th. Chance was IN such bad hu,
NOR that many OF the plnyora Bhunned
him as much az possible Al tho start
Of the second game IN Philadelphia tho
Cubs leader was harboglng terrible
crouch.
In tho second inning Of the second
yauo Chance lost his temper com.
plctely when Rlgler called strike on
him. and he said something 10 the
umpire that was not audible to the
people In tho grand stand and smote
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-22
CHAPTER xvI.-(Contlnued.)

As Davis finished reading the let
ter I took 1t from his hand and care
fully re-read 1t. There could be no
doubt that it was the same in form
as the scrap Louise and l had found.
AS I scanned the lines, the words at
the beginning of each, from the
seventh on to the thirteenth, were
the same as those over which we had
racked our brains. The context now
made them plain enough, but still |
failed to see what deadly import the
letter had or what sinister meaning
in 1t should drive its recipients to
desperation and suicide. Surely on
its face it appeared to present the
harmless whim of an old mans slight
ly unbalanced brain. l turned to
Davis for an explanation.
IAN ingenious letter." Davis was
saying. "And they fell for it,"
A look of pride came into the pris-
oner's face.
Wasn't it great" he exclaimed.
why, they ate 1t up like hot cakes!"
Just plain blackmail," said the in
spector.
mo, indeed-fancy blackmail," said
Young Indignantly. They never had
1t dished up to them quite in this way
before insist, II I've got to go to
Jail for It, on at least receiving credit
for new criminal invention"
Il fail to see,'' | interrupted, Just
how the letter was a criminal one or
why 1t should have bothered any
one"
I'm afraid you will never make a
good detective" said the inspector
pityingly. Don't you see how it
worked? Young devised this letter
He needed the cooperation of some
one in the post Office to send 1t out
without arousing suspicion. He tried
yellow letters first on General Far
rish to test the terrifying effects.
Satistled that his yellow letter plan
would bring results, he recalled his
acquaintance with Rouser. whom he
knew to be weak and easily led He
returned to Ardway-his old home
and found It child's play to enlist
Rouser's services. 1t was part Of his
general scheme for Rouser to send
and receive all the mail through a
lock box with a false name. His OBJ
ject in this was to enable him, in
case the postal or police authorities
got on his trail, to have all the docu.
mentary evidence point to Rouser
alone. Before his connection with the
letters could be established he could
make his escape with the money the
letters brought in"
81 still don't see," protested, how
these letters could bring in money.
They read exactly the opposite. They
promise to give away money"
That's the cleverest thing about
IT," the inspector said. and Young's
malevolent eyes glistened at this
tribute. Cant you see how It work.
ed2 Young and Rouser, from tax
lists, bank directories, from telephone
books-from a variety OF SOURCES
compiled list Of persons employed
IN positions Of trust and began send.
ing out these yellow letters broad
cast II one OF these should reach
an honest bank employe or cashier,
thtO ronspirators figured that he would
hush at It and tear It up. But SUD-
Dosa ors Of them fell into the hapdy