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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04

! Flat out, don't. But Io .
shrewd guess that rlf md out bsfoyo
long.
| From 0ansett Jim
mo hope there. Hes an Indian.
your SAFETY"
| Now3 Whore do you expect -
ma hlmT
TN the vintage. = hope. L wouAdufs
DO tor you to come thsro. But wAne
YOU 20 20 to the spot whore you meo
the cfrcus-wagcn man. ana walt until
I bring Jim"
| II was long wait for the vorJle6
artist, IN the deep forest tlsaA .OousdsA
| thee onely road aao9g Hawlgtu HsAghts.
Ten o'clock 4Ad ch1nld ACRCa0 IT, hill
from the o0ton$ v10aBA. whom he
heard footstepAb end q . Oa1l from
Kent, stepped out 4nto the.clsAf bold
Ing the lantern above him. The Hight
watchful. keen. ready - . cat to
spring. stood with his4 eyao 0xe6 upon
the distorte6 fAcs OF the ~. nsoed.
Terror, rage, o~oSmaHtey9AG amaoo@
mont. ana tho1oul-paa30 Of IT, ADpeys
natural 1laFsd from el,o Nose~uh1Se
sYehalle % tha psgTo; ons&1e )nw an4
Cha Were 80 0sm IN th1 ae0ulUm q
Ne Indaan. n thak stsaa0s peoaa1
IsconMct OF emodons the heecse 0noo
l.tSain won. 0aasett Jinn's fsame rSs
Iaxod. He gSunted
Good boy, Jinl" CNDUtnr XAnco
voice, at She half-breed's ear. was the
voice OF one who soothaaAn a6Nghte4
horse dtdn't know whsAhsr POD
GOULD sand 4 or not Ycu 80. yoy
Dun'no what SOU mdan." grunteA
Gansett Jim.
And you mustn't shoot at ham any
Fmore. continued the scten3st. The
tone was SOFT a. womAnsSs but
6odgWick felt In II the tensity Of Z
man ready for any extreme Psrhape
the half-breed. too. felt the peril OF
head. Tive brought you hero - show
you why. Pay good heed now. A
man travelling In q wagon was met
here. a. he eayG. by a womAn-yop
understandable Questioned HIM and
then went on. He followed the trAil
Through the brush ana found the
before tho death. Here's the iantsrn.
Take his trail from here"
Without q word the half~bres6
snatched tho light and plunged into
a, by-path. After . few minutes Of
swift going he pulled mp short In an
open copse OF ash, and set the Lanterns
on the ground. Hound-like. he nosed
about the trodden earth. Suddenly
he darted across. and, ssistng esdg.
wtck's ankle. lifted his foot. a4mose
throwing him from his balance Gedg.
wick wrcnched himself free and. with
. swinging blow. into which he put
all the energy OF his repressed wrath
knocked the half-breed nat.
Hands of, damn your he gruwjed.
0ansstt Jim rot to his fest q littls
uasteadiiy. ExpectAnt Of 4 rush, his
assailant stood. with weight thrown
forward: but the other made no
slightest attempt at reprtsAl CATCH
Ing up the lantern, which had rolled
from his hand. he threw It's light upon
Sedgwick's forward foot. Then he
turned away. Kent whistied softly,
The whistle had purrine quality Of
content.
Not the same as the footprint.
CHI he remarked.
Footprint too small" grunted
aansett Jim.
How many people: two7"
Three
Three. OF course. / had forgotten
the cirrus-waeon man. He came
later. But Jim, you sec it wasn't
Mr. Sedgwick."
What he follow forr demanded
the other savagely.
No evil purpose. You can take
his trail from the circus wagon and
follow that. IL you want to satisfy
yourself further that he wasn't here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04
CHAPTER H.


Answers to tho kilograms Cheste,
Kent had dispatched arrived in the
form Of night letters, bringing infor.
nation regarding the Blairs Of Hedge-
row House: not sufficient information
to satisfy the seeker, however. There.
fore, having digested their contents al
breakfast, the scientist cast about him
to supply the deficiency The feet OF
hope led him 70 the shop OF Elder Ira
bennett.
Besides being an able plumber ana
tinker. Eldee- bennett performed, By
vocation. the pleasurable duties Of nm.
printed Journalism. That II to say.
he was the semi-oficial town gosssp,
A. Professor Kent was q conspicuous
figure in tho choicst titbit the NldeY
had acquired ~ stock Tor many years.
and - the Elder had been unable to
come 70 speech with him since the
inquest (Kent had achieved some s,ril-
ful dodg1nG). there was 10y In the
plumber tinker's heart over the visit,
UnhAppily. Il appeared that Kent Wa
there strictly on business. He did
not wish 70 talk Of the mystsry 81
Lonesome Cove. He wished his acsty-
lens lamp ixed. At snce. Il Hlder
bennett pleased.
Gium was tho face Of tho rld,r
~ he examined the lamp, which need
ed very little attention. It lightsnsd
when his visitor observed:
I've been thinking q little Of get-
ting an electric car to run about here
IN. There was q neat little one In
town yesterday
"Old Blair's," replied bennett. IT
seen you TN It. known Mr.. Blair
He offered me Z lift into town,
very kindly. He WAS Z stranger to
me" said Kent. truthfully, and with
intent to dscsiv& who did you ny
he wAs!"
Gosh salesl Don't you know who
Aleck Blair M"
'eBlalrf HlairY" said Kent inno-
oently. IL hAs the author OF Biair's
Studies Of Ne4ropterae 2"
Elder Oannett snOrted. Hes 4
uiilioaAiEe. thats Whist AA al AlAl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04

tcsasiassA fren Iast ssaaas.'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03

Don't be surprised if you have an
attack of rheumatism this spring. Just
rub the affected parts freely with
Chamberlains Eminent and it will
soon disappear Sold by Wilkinson &
Co Pharmacy and j. F. Kiedaisch &
Son.-Ady.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
keokuk Seems TO Have Now Kind
Of Criminal In tho Person Of
Pete, tho Window
scratcher.
NO CLUE DISCOVERED
Took Both Sides Of Main Street Down
In His Afternight Deeds
Of Deliberate Van
dalIsr.

There seems to be all kinds of
crimes being committed in all parts
OF the country. The newspapers OF
the various sections are full OF 1t.
Jack the Hugger" pops up at vart-
Gus points and then comes along
Bob the Ksser," and still worse the
villain with mania to murder wo-
men and mutilate their bodies. A
genius which might be used to advan-
tage In some useful occupation is
shown in some of these acts OF crime.
Then there Is tendency to injure
or ruin property. Keokuk has devel,
oped criminal genius recently who
may be known as Pete the Window
Scratcher. A species Of vandalism
for which there can be no earthly ex-
cuse or single extenuating circum-
stance connected with it but which
calls for extreme measures. Tuesday
night, probably, this new Keokuk
genius, with diamond or some other
instrument went up and down Main
street, cutting and slashing the plate
glass in the windows Of business
houses. From Seventh street down
some Of the windows are rather badly
cut with long curved lines made by
the vandal or vandals. It may have
been fun to the perpetrator OF the
criminal act of defacing and weaken
ing the glass in the windows thus
harmed, but it is not so pleasant tic
the owners Of the windows or to the
owners of the stores occupying the
buildings.
From appearances +. seems that the
vandalism was committed rather
early in the night before the people
had left the street and before some
OF the business houses were closed
The houses that usually keep opel
latest were unframed The work. toe
seems to have been done hastily an,
with a quick movement to avoid de
lection.
1t seems strange, however. tina
both sides of Main street from Sew
enth down could have been travele
by the criminal or criminals withou
being caught in the work at an hou
when the thoroughfares are suppose
to be patrolled by the police, Their
is no clue to the perpetrator of tn
outrage
1t is a piece of work that shout
not be permitted to be repeated an
every effort should be made to appr
bend the outlaws who perpetrated tn
piece of vandalism and when th
guilty parties are apprehended the
\ should have only justice; that wi
be punishment enough perhaps, Il
SO inexcusable an outrage, that
/ wilfully and deliberately injuring va
/ liable private property The very be
way to treat such outrages is to n
Il them in the bud. Merchants al
/ business men along Main street ar
Il elsewhere deserve and should ha'
the strictest protection OF their pro
erty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
THE FREE LIST
IS LONG ONE
Wool, Coal, Meat, Bread, Pies and
Perhaps Cash Registers and
Wire Fencing.

Omitted Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-Democra-
tic leaders today declared that the
Tower cost OF living antitrust" pro
gram demanded by President Wilson
will be adhered to.
1t was generally accepted that the
following articles will be put on the
free list to lower the cost OF living.
wool, coal, fresh meats, fresh fish,
breadstuffs, biscuit and pastry. How
ever, the question of free wool, de-
signed to decrease the cost of cloth
ing, may be fought out later between
the senate and house. Tariff revision
along full dinner pail lines may in
clude free -four, butter, eggs, cheese,
sugar and poultry.
Reductions planned along anti.
trust lines contemplate placing steel
rails, cash registers, boots and shoes,
wire fencing, agricultural machinery,
tools and printers supplies on the
free list.
Today the writing of the income
tax clause in the tariff bill occupied
the house revisionists.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
MILITARY HONoRs
FOR j. P. MORGAN
Was Member Of Legion Of Honor
and Therefore Entitled to
the Recognition.


limited Press Leased Wire Service j
PARIS, April 3.-Plans were com
pleted today by the French govern.
ment to render military honors to J..
P. Morgan when his body is transfer
red at Havre from the Rome train to
the steamship LeFrance which on
Saturday will sail for New York with
Morgan's body.
The financier was member Of the
Legion Of Honor and his rank as COM
mander Of the order entities him to
military recognition.
The government, after much delib-
Grafton and official consultation,
waived customary delays and hasten
ed telegraphic permits to allowing
Morgan's body to cross the frontier
without restriction.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03

Read The Daily Gate City, 10
cents per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
DIED LAST EVENING
AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
John Paganopas, Native Of Greece
Who Died Of Typhoid
Fever.

John Paganopas died at local hos
pital at $40 o'clock yesterday after
noon of typhoid fever He was ma
tive of Greece and came to this coun-
try only year or SO ago. He was
thirty-three years of age and has been
working for the G. B. & @. railroad
in this vicinity. He was unmarried
and the only relative he has in this To-
cality is one brother, Sam Paganopas.
His body was brought to the undertake
ing establishment of Crimmins &
Chase to be prepared for the burial
and where 1t may be viewed by his
friends
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03

Germs Of Disease should be prompt
ly expelled from the blood. This is a
time when the system is especially
susceptible to them. Get rid of all
impurities in the blood by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla. and thus fortify
your whole body and prevent illness.
ADV.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
From a quincy Man.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
SPRINGFIELD, H., April "a res
olution proposing an amendment to
the state constitution to provide for
equal suffrage for woman was in.
troduced in the house by George
H. Wilson of Quincy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Il don't believe It It's not true. I"
Roruv IorOhn6 ouo{n


We'll. that's only fair" she said
with an air Of debonair large-minded
ness. I've been telling you what you
say is lies and now you tell me what
say is lies. It's not, and you know
it's not. How would have found out
about all this? Do you think Domi-
nick told me? Men don't tell their
wives when they want to get rid Of
them. They're stupid. but they're not
that stupid"
Rose gave a low exclamation and
turned her head away. Berry was
waiting for second denial Of her
statements. when the young girl rose
to her feet, saying In Mortified muir
muir:
How awful! How perfectly awful"
"Of course" Berry continued. ad-
dressing her back, II was to under
stand you didn't know anything about
1t. l had my own opinions on that.
Fathers, don't go round buying hus
bands for their daughters unless they
know their daughters are dead set
on having the husbands. Bill Can
non was not trying to get Dominick
away from me just because he wanted
to be philanthropic. Neither was Mrs.
Ryan. You're the kind Of wife she
wanted for her boy, just as Domt
hicks the husband your father'd like
for you. So you stood back and let
the old people do the dirty work.
You"
Rose turned quickly, sat down on
the edge Of the bench, and leaned
toward the speaker. Her face was
full of quivering intensity OF con.
Germ.
"You poor, unfortunate woman!" she
said in a shaken voice. and laid her
hand on Berny's knee.
Berry was so astonished that for a
moment she had no words, but stared
uncomprehending, still alertly sus
pfctous.
"You poor souIr" Rose went on. IF
I'd known or guessed for moment I'd
have spoken differently. I can't say
anything. I didn't know. couldn't
have guessed. It's the most horrible
thing l ever heard of. Its-too-too-"
She stopped, biting her lip. Berry
saw that she was unable to command
her voice. though she had no appear
ance Of tears. Her face looked quite
different from what 1t had at the be-
ginning of the interview. All it's ami
able, rosy softness was gone. The
elder woman was too astonished to
say anything She had feeling that,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27

just for that moment, nothing could
be said. She was silenced by some
thing that she did not understand.
Like an amazed child she stared at
Rose, baffied, confused, little awed
After a minute of silence, the young
girl went on.
Il can't talk about it. I don't alto
gether understand. Other people-they
must explain. I've been-no, not de-
ceived-but kept in the dark. But
be sure Of one thing. yesterday was
the end Of 1t. They'll never-no one
that have any power over-win ever
make you such offers again. III prom
Use you that. I don't know how it
could have happened. There's been a
mistake, horrible, unforgivable mis-
take You've been wronged and insult
ed, and I'm sorry, sorry and humili-
ated and ashamed. There are no
words"
She stopped again with a gesture Of
helpless indignation and disgust, and
rose to her feet. Berry, through the
darkness of her stunned establishment,
realized that she was shaken by feel
ings she could not express.
CTO BE CoNTINUED.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
SYNOPSIS.

Bill Cannon, the bonanza king, and his
daughter, Rose. who had passed up Mrs.
Cornelius Ryan's ball at San Francisco to
accompany her father, arrive at Antelope.
Dominick Ryan calls on his mother to
beg ball invitation for his wife, and Is
refused. The determined old lady refuses
TO recognize her daughter-in-law. DOM
mick had been trapped into a marriage
with Bernice Iverson. stenographer,
several years his senior. She squanders his
money. they have frequent quarrels, and
ne slips away. Cannon and his daughter
are showed in at Antelope. Dominick
Ryan is rescued from storm In uncon-
scious condition and brought to Antelope
hotel Antelope is cut off by storm Rose
Cannon nurses Dominick back to life.
Two weeks later Bernice discovers In a
paper where husband Is and writes letter
trying to smooth over difficulties between
them. Dominick at last is able to join
fellow snowbound prisoners in hotel par
Tor. He loses temper over talk or Buford.
an actor. After three weeks. end OF i'm.
prisnnment is seen. kilograms and mail
arrive Dominick gets letter from wife.
Tells Rose he doesn't love wife, and never
Rose and Dominick embrace. father sees
them and demands an explanation. Roses
brother Gene is made manager OF ranch.
sad is to ger 1t II ne STAYS SOBER per
hicks position in talk with Rose. Domi.
nick returns home. Berry exerts herself
TO please him. but he is Indifferent, Can
non calls on Mrs. Ryan. They discuss
Dominick's marriage difficulties. and Can
non suggests buying off Berry Dominick
goes to park on Sunday with Berry and
family. sees Miss Cannon. bows to her
and starts uneasiness in Berry. In Mrs.
Ryan's name Cannon offers Berry $4,000
to leave her husband and permit divorce.
She refuses. Dominick sees Rose. Cor
nelia Ryan engaged to Jack Duffy. Cam
non offers Berry 100000 and is turned
down. Berry tells sisters of offer: Bu-
ford the actor. makes hit in vaudeville.
Rose tells Dominick that he must stick
TO wife, and first time acknowledges that
she loves him. Cannon offers Berry $780,
900 which she refuses, saying Cannon
wants Dominick for Rose. Gene wins. the
ranch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27

THE three hundred thousand dol
lars that your father offered me yes
terday afternoon to leave my husband
and let him get a divorce from me-"
Rose sat down on the bench and
turned startled face on the speaker.
Tell me that again." she said Il
don't quite understand IT,"
Berry gave little, dry laugh.
"Oh, as many times as you like"
she said with her most ironical air Of
politeness, "only l should think it
would be rather stale news to you by
this time. Yesterday afternoon your
father made me his third offer to de-
sert my husband and force him to d.
vorce me at the end Of a year. The
offers have gone up from fifty thou
sand dollars-that was the first one.
and, all these things considered,
thought 1t was pretty mean-to the
three hundred thousand dollars they
tried me with yesterday. Mrs. Ryan
was supposed to have made the first
offer, but your father did the Offering.
This last time he had to come out
and show me his hand and admit that
one-third Of the money was from him"
She turned and looked at Rose with
a cool, imperturbable impudence. TITS
good to have rich parents, isn't it,"
Rose stared back without answer
ing. She had become very pale.
THAT" said Berry, giving her head
a judicial nod, and, delivering her
words with sort Of impersonal
suaveness, els the way 1t was man
aged; you were kept carefully out
1 wasn't supposed to know there was
lady in the case, but Of course l
did. You can't negotiate the sale Of
a husband as you do that Of piece Of
real estate, especially when his wife
objects. That, Miss Cannon, was the
difficulty. While all you people were
so anxious to buy, I was not willing
| to sell. It takes two to make bar
gain"
Rose, pale now to her lips. said In
| a 6H voiced
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27

pound and it made me strong well wo-
man. l am very thankful that I fol-
lowed my friends advice and T shall
recommend 1t as long as live. Before
! took the Compound I was always
sickly and now / have not had medicine
from doctor for years. You may pub
fish nay letter. Mrs. EDWARD B. Hu-
BERT, Fleetwood, Pa.
Such warning symptoms as senseof
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread Of impending evil timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and inquietude, and dizziness,
are promptly needed by intelligent wo-
men who are approaching the period in
life when woman's great change may
be expected.
Ly.ie E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound invigorates and strengthens the
female organism and builds up the weak
ened nervous system. 1t has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
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Copyright 1905 BY The BobBs.hEPaLL 60.

her finger-tips, her figure bent forward
and motionless, she looked out into
the street as If she saw something
there of absorbing interest But she
saw nothing. All her mental activity
was bent on the problem Of Domi-
hicks telephone message. She did not
believe it. She was in that state
where trif1es light as air all point one
! way, and to have Dominick stay out
to dinner with a sudden and unexpect-
ed friend from New York" was more
than trif1e. She assured herself with
slow, cold reiteration that he was din
ing with Rose Cannon in the big house
on California Street. If they walked
together on Sunday mornings. why
shouldn't they dine together on week
day nights? They were careful of ap-
pearances and they would never let
themselves be seen together in any
public place till they were formally
engaged. The man from New York
was fiction. She-that immaculate,
perfect girl-had invented him. Domi-
nick could not invent anything. He
was not that kind of man. But Ber-
ny knew that all women can lie when
the occasion demands, and Rose Can
non could thus supply her lovers de-
ficiencies.
With her misunderstanding eyes fixed
on the white outside world, her men
tai vision conjured up a picture Of
them at dinner that night, sitting op-
posite each other at a table glistening
with the richest Of glass and silver,
while soft-footed menials waited OBJ
sequiously upon them. Bill Cannon
was not in the picture. Berny's imagi-
nation had excluded him, pushing him
out of the romance into some unseen,
uninteresting region where people who
were not lovers dined DULY by them
selves. She could not imagine Rose
and Dominick otherwise than alone,
exchanging tender glances over the
newest form Of champagne glasses
filled with the choicest brand of cham
payne.
A sound escaped her, sound Of
pain, as if forced from her by the
grinding of Jealous passions within.
She dropped the curtain and rose to
her feet. If they married it would
be always that way with them. They
would have everything in the world,
everything that to Berry made life
worth while. Even Paris, with her
three hundred thousand dollars to
open all it's doors, Would be a SAVIOR
less place to her If Rose and Dominick
were to be left to the enjoyment OF
all the pleasures and Injuries of life
back in California.
Unable to rest, fretted by jealousy,
tormented by her longing for the Of
fered money, oppressed by uneasiness
as to Cannon's next move, the thought
of the long afternoon in the house was
uncomfortable to her. She could not re-
main unemployed and passive while
her mind was in this state of disturb
ance. Though the day was bad and
there was nothing to do down town,
she determined to go out. She might
find some distraction in watching the
passers-by and looking at the shop
windows.
BY the time she was dressed, it was
four o'clock. The fog was thicker
than ever, hanging over the city in
an even, motionless pail of vapor. Its
breath had keen, penetrating chill,
like that exhaled by the mouth Of