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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-11-06

Perhaps this not hearing may act
in the way Of a preparation for the
shock which must come to him sooner
or later. Let US hope so. Miss Scott"
Her eyes filed.
Nothing can prepare him." said
she. Then added, with yearning &C
cent. II wish were older or had more
experience. ! should not feel so help
less. But the gratitude owe him will
give me strength when / need 1t most.
Only l wish the suffering might be
mine rather than his"
Unconscious OF any self-betrayal.
she lifted her eyes. startling Sweet
water by the beauty Of her look.
II don't think I'm so sorry for o.
valid Brotherson," he murmured to
himself as he left her. He's q more
fortunate man than he knows. how
ever deeply he may feel the loss OF
his first sweetheart"
That evening the disappointed
Sweetwater took the train for New
York. He had failed to advance the
case in hand one whit, yet the counte-
nance he showed Mr.. Gryce at their
first interview was not q wholly
gloomy one.
Fifty dollars to the bad!" was his
first laconic greeting. "All ! have
learned is comprised in these two
statements. The second o. B. 10 fine
fellow; and not Intentionally the
cause OF our tragedy. He does not
even know about 1t. He's down with
the fever at present and they haven't
told him. When he's better We may
hear something; but / doubt even
that"
Tell me about It."
Sweetwater complied; and such Is
the Inconsistencies with which we
often encounter the pivotal circum-
stance upon which our future or the
future of our most cherished under
taking hangs, he omitted from his
story the sole discovery which was OF
any real Importance in the unraveling
OF the mystery In which they were SO
deeply concerned. He said nothing
of his walk in the woods or Of what
he saw there.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-11-06

ner too marked not to excite her curl
osity. Would he look up again when
he came back? She was waiting there
to see. Why. she did not know. She
was not used to INDUCING in petty
suggestions of this kind; her life was
too busy, her anxieties too keen. The
great dread looming ever before her
the dread Of that hour when she
must speak-left her very little heart
for anything ASSOCIATED with this
coming event
But her interest had been caught
today, caught by this stranger, and
when during her eager watch the
small messenger from the Works
came to the door with the usual daily
supply Of books and magazines for
the patient, she stepped out on the
porch TO speak to him and to point
out the gentleman who was nov rap
idly returning from his stroll NJ the
road.
~WbO d that Johnnyi- shs ssksa
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-11-06
ro BE coNTINUED)
speedy courtshIp.

A man recently In New York laid
a wager that he would WOO, win and
marry within an hour q young lady
whom, With his companions, he had
iust seen arrive at the hotel where he
was living.
There Is nothing in the American
marriage Law to prevent this dispatch.
He introduced himself to the damsel.
she smiled upon his suit q minister
was called In. and they were married
within an hour.
The wager. Of no Uncomfortable
amount, Wa handed to the BRIDE
groom, who left with his bride the
following day. II was shortly after
wards discovered that the couple had
been man and wife. and that they had
bean travelling about playing TIE ans
trick At various hotglA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-11-06

derstood this at once from the doc
tors expression; and, fearing hasty
rebuff he proceeded to supplement
his request with a few added argu-
ments, urged with such unexpected
address and show Of reason that DR..
Fenton's aspect visibly softened and
in the end he found himself ready to
promise that he would do what he
could to secure his visitor the inter
view he desired II he would come to
the house the next day at the time
of his own morning visit.
This was as much a. the young
detective could expect, and having ex-
pressed his thanks, he took his leave
in anything but q discontented frame
of mind. In the time which must
elapse between that happy hour and
the present, he would circulate and
learn Vhat he could about the pros
pectiVo manager. But be soon found
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-11-06
CHAPTER XIV.
The Oval Hut.

That night DR.. Fenton had q visitor.
Sweetwater, who knew when to be
frank and open, as well as when to
be reserved and ambiguous, made no
effort to disguise the nature Of his
business or his chief cause Of interest
In Oswald Brotherson.
His first word, therefore, was
plain announcement
"Dr. Fenton, my name 10 Sweet
water. am from New York, and rep
resent for the nonce, Mr.. Challoner.
whose name / have simply to mention,
for you to understand that my bust
ness il with Mr.. Brotherson, whom l
am sorry to find seriously, II not dan
gerously iii. Will you tell me how
long you think It will be before
can have q talk with him on a sub
feet which l will not disguise from
you may prove a very exciting one"
Weeks, weeks" returned the doc
tor. ''Mr. Brotherson has been a very
sick man and the only hope ! have
OF his recovery Is the fact that he IL
ignorant of his trouble or that he
has any cause for doubt or dread.
What then, II any intimation should
be given him Of the horrible tragedy
suggested by the name you have men
tionedf The man would die before
your eyes. Mr.. ChAlloner's business
WIN have to wait"
THAT see; but II knew when !
might speak"
7 can give you no date. You had
better return to New York Later,
you can write me II you wish. or Mr..
challOnsr can. You may have conf
denco IN ny reply; It win not mislead
susstrstsr mutisrsd bis thanks
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and rose. Then he slowly sat down
again.
'Dr. Fenton," he began. you are n
man to be trusted. I'm In a devil OF q
fix, and there Is just possibility that
you may be able to help me out. It
is the general impression in New
York. as you know. that Miss Chal-
loner committed suicide. But the cir.
cumstances do not fully bear out this
theory, nor can Mr.. Challoner be made
to accept It. Indeed, he Is so con-
WINGED Of its falsehood. that he stands
ready to do anything, pay anything,
suffer anything. to have this distress
ing blight removed from his daugh-
ter's good name. Mr.. Brotherson was
her dearest friend, and as such may
have the clew to this mystery, but
Mr.. Brotherson may not be in a con-
dition to speak for several weeks.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Challoner must suf-
fer from great suspense unless" q
pause during which he searched the
doctors face with q perfectly frank
and inQuiring expresslon-"unless
some one else can help US out DR..
Fenton, can your"
The doctor did not need to speak;
his expression conveyed his answer.
mo more than another" said he.
Except for what Doris felt compelled
to tell me, l know as little as your.
self. Mr.. Brotherson's delirium took
the form Of calling continually upon
one name. did not know this name,
but Doris did, also the danger lurking
In the fact that he had yet to hear OF
the tragedy which had robbed him
of this woman to whom he was SO
deeply attached. So she told me just
this much. That the Edith whose
name rung so continuously in our ears
was no other than the Miss Challoner
Of New York Of whose death and its
tragic circumstances the papers have
been full; that their engagement was
q secret one unshared so far as she
knew by any one but herself. That
she begged me to preserve this secret
and to give her all the help could
when the time came for him to ask
questions. Especially did she entreat
me to be with her at the crisis. was.
but his waking was. quite natural. He
did not ask for Miss Challoner; he
only inquired how long he had been
III and whether Doris had received
letter during that time. She had not
received one, a fact which seemed to
him; but she carried It of
30 gaily (she Is wonderful girl, Mr..
Sweetwater-the darling Of all our
hearts), saying that he must not be
30 egotistical as to think that the
news of his illness had gone beyond
Derby, that he soon recovered his
spirits and became q very promising
That Is all ! know about
the matter; little more, take It. than
you know yourself"
Sweetwater nodded; he had ex-
pected nothing from the doctor, and
was not disappointed at his failure.
There were two strings to his bow.
and the one proving valueless, he pro-
ceeded to test the other.
you have mentioned Miss Scott,
as the confidante and only confidante
Of this unhappy pair" said he. Would
Il be possible-can you make 1t pos
sIble for me to see herr"
1t was a daring proposition; he I'M
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CHAPTER xxIv.-contInued.

CHAPTER NNlV.-ContInued.
His rise had been rapid. He had
come from the east three years be-
fore, new to the work. Now, he was
the one man there. OF his relation
ships east, family or otherwise, moth
ing was said. For them his life be-
gan and ended in Derby, and Sweet
water could see, though no actual ex.
preston was given to the feeling.
that there was but one expectation
in regard to him and Doris, to whose
uncommon beauty and sweetness they
all seemed fully alive. And Sweet
water wondered, as many OF us have
wondered. at the gulf frequently ex-
listing between fancy and fact.
Later there came a small excite
ment. The doctor was seen riding by
on his way to the sick man. From
the window where he sat. Sweetwater
watched him pass up the street and
take the road he had himself so lately
traversed.
And so an hour-two hours passed.
Others we're watching the old horse
now. The street showed many an ca
ger figure with head turned north
ward. From the open doorways wom-
en- stepped, looked in the direction Of
their anxiety and retreated to their
work again. Suspense was every
where; the moments dragged like
hours. A sudden change took placs
in the aspect Of the street; he saw
people running, and in another mo-
ment saw why. The doctor had shown
himself on the porch which all were
watching. Was he coming out? No.
he stands quite still, runs his eye over
the people waiting quietly in the road,
and beckons to one of the smaller
boys. The child, with upturned face,
stands listening to what he has to
say, then starts on a run for the VII
lage. He Is stopped, pulled about,
questioned, and allowed to run on.
Many rush forth to meet him. He is
painting, but gleeful. Mr.. Brotherson
has walked up conscious. and the doc
tor says, HE will live"
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when nothing but q blunder on his
part should hinder him from sounding
her young mind and getting such an
swers to his questions as the affair
in which he was simply interested. de-
handed.
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SYNOPSIS.

George Anderson and wife see q re-
markable docking man come out OF the
Clermont hotel. look around furtively'
wash his hands In the snow and pass on
Commotion attracts them TO the Slermont.
where Il 1. found that the beautiful Miss
Edith Challoner has fallen dead. Ander-
son describes the man he saw wash his
hands In the snow. The hotel manager
declares him to DO Orlando Brotherson.
Physicians md that Miss Challoner was
stabbed and not shot which seems to
clear Brotherson OF suspicion. oryce' an
aged detective. and Sveetwater his as
sietant. take up the case. MT. ChalIoner
tells OF batch OF letters found ~ MS
daughters desk. signed 20. B." All are
love letters except one. which shows that
the writer was displeased. This letter
was signed by Orlando Brotherson. And
erson goes with Sweetwater TO identlIy
Brothersen, who is found In a tenement men snt
Yentor. Brotherson tells the coroner Miss
Challoner repulsed him with scorn when
he offered her his love-. sweetwater re-
calls the mystery OF the murder OF
washerwoman in which some details were
Toner admits his daughter was deeply In
terested. II not in love with Brotherson.
Sweetwater gets lodgings In the same
building with Brotherson; He watches
the inventor at work nj night and 10 de-
tected by the latter The detective moves
TO a room adjoining Brotherson's. He
bores a hole in the wall to spy on Broth
erson. He visits him and assists the In
water with Edith Challoner's letters Is
ordered out by Rrotherson. He declares
fhe letters were not written by him.
Sweetwater Is unmarked by Brotherson.
who declares he recognized him at once.
The discovery IL made that the letters
signed 20. B." were written by two
different men. Sweetwater goes TO Derby
I'm search of the second 10. b." whom he
expects to locate through one Doris Scott.
mentioned in the letters. She IL found
acting as nurse for Oswald Brotherson,
who Is critically sick and calls the name
of Edith In his delrlum.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-04
HALE RET|CENT ON
MEXICAN AFT AIRS
Wilson's Unofficial investigator
Has Conference With Him
and Bryan.

WASHINGTON Sept 4.-william
Bayard Hale. who spent the last
three months studying political con-
ditions in Mexico. laid before Presi-
dent Wilson today information he
gathered about the Huerta govern
ment and also conferred with Secre-
tary Bryan.
He declined to discuss his visit with
the administration officials, but. 1t is
understood. gave them an intimate
description of the negotiations con-
Quoted by John Lind and the Huerta
officials up to week ago today, when
he left Mexico City.
So far as is known, Mr., Hale's con-
nection with those negotiations was
unofficial and informal.
Dispatches from Mexico City saying
prominent Mexicans believed Huerta
would resign in favor of Geronimo
Trevino and thus make himself an
eligible candidate for the presidency,
lacked confirmation here, but the
news was not surprising to admins
tration officials.
While they are still hoping for a
definite assurance that Huerta will
not be a candidate. they realize that
a plan to install him in the presi-
dency has been under way for some
time.
No inkling has been given as to
the administrations future policy
should Mr.. Lind's efforts to obtain a
definite assurance of Huerta's eli1ni-
nation prove fruitless. but develop
ments of either an affirmative or
negative character are expected soon,
which will affect the Washington
governments policy materially.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-04
ENGINEER TELLS
OF FATAL CRASH
Coroner's Inquest at New
Haven Being Held Behind
Closed Doors.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Sept. 4.-The
formal inquest into the wreck of the
Bar Harbor express, which cost the
lives of twenty-one passengers. be-
gan behind closed doors this morning
in the Office of Coroner Eli Mix. The
facts adduced will be turned over to
the States attorney as basis for
criminal prosecution, should they
warrant such action.
That premature publication of these
facts might prejudice the States case
and the interest of justice was the
reason given by the coroner for hold
ing the inquest in secret. He de-
clared that such procedure had been
his practice in criminal cases during
his eighteen years tenure of office,
and that the law upheld him.
H. w. Belknap, chief inspector OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
which will begin a public inquiry here
tomorrow. was present at the IN
quest,
Commissioner McChord. of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, left
Washington today for this city to
conduct personally the inquiry be-
ginning tomorrow morning.
A. B. Miller, engineer of the White
Mountain express, which crashed into
the Bar f1dfDOF tram, anu L id5Ahoil
Charles H. Murray, of the doomed
express, the most important wit
nesses. were the first celled. Both
have been locked up since Tuesday
night without BAIL chiefly because
the coroner wished to make certain
that neither talked about the case for
publication until after testifying. The
coroner was ready to accept bail for
them as soon as they had told their
stories.
The condition of five of the injured
who were last night lowering be-
tween life and death was described
by the hospital surgeons this morn
ing as critical. All but two of the
bodies of those killed have been
shipped to their homes. Two of the
critically injured are the Misses Edna
and Jeanne Annett, of Bayonne,
N. j.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-04
GROSSCUP HAS
INSPIRED FOUNT
1t Speaks Like DeIphic Oracle
When Chairman Is
Silent.

State Chairman Edward e. Gross
cup, of the State Democratic Com
mittee, has confidential man down
Trenton way, who speaks for him
when he isn't around to speak for
himself or doesn't care to engage in
political conversation at all.
Now there springs from this fount
of knowledge some new substance and
casts it's sprays among the people. 1t
says, that is to say, when concen-
trated into talk or printed matter, 1t
says that Mr.. Grosscup doesn't want
to be chairman of the State commit
tee-'don't want it, nohow."
He was only chairman to fill in a
gap, and not because he loved or liked
the job. Mind you, he doesn't say all
this. Not necessary that he should.
His Trenton spokesman says 1t.
The same source suggests other
prominent men who would make
a capable chairman, seeing that Mr..
Grosscup won't have it; but there is
not such a stamp of authority for the
use of their names.
After all that is said on behalf of
Mr.. Grosscup there arises a doubt as
to whether his Trenton fount of
knowledge had the exclusive power to
propose and dispose, for the State
chairman himself said, and no
later than today that he had never
said anything on which the assump-
ton could be formed that he was not
a candidate for chairman. He Will
not say, however, whether or not he
is a candidate, nor will he express
himself until after the election for
State committeeman.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-04
VISITS GRAVE OF
W|FE;;TR|ES TOD|E
Seeking Death, Albert Bollinger
Swallows Four Bichloride
of Mercury Tablets.

Returning from a farewell visit"
to the grave of his wife in Fairmount
Cemetery last night. Albert Bollin~9r.
81 years old, an aged cripple, attempt
ed suicide at his home, II Hunter don
street, by swallowing four bichlt ride
of mercury tablets,
I'm tired of life," he told the CITY
Hospital surgeon this morning. I
hope God takes me before night" His
condition is verv critical.
Mrs. Mary Stoneman, in hose
house the man boarded. states that
Rollinger was so weak last right thf t
her husband had to essis him to
bed. He complained of acute pain
during the night, and this morning
confessed to Mrs. Stoneman that he
had swallowed the poison in an at
tempt at suicide. DR.. r. Hunter
Scott, of II Gould avenue, was called
in and ordered the mans removal to
the City Hospital, where the stomach
pump was used in an effort to save
his life.
Bollinger has four sons in the city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-04
NO CALM AFTER PLACING
OF OIL ON THIS WATER
Instead Mbun Orange, Essex County Mosquito and State
Fish and Game Commission All Get Mixed Up in a Merry
WrangIe Over Campbell Reservoir

A Millburn reservoir, polluted with
putescent fish and covered with a
scum of kerosene figures in a merry
little wrangle involving two towns,
the Essex County Mosquito Extermi-
nation Commission and the Fish and
Game Commission.
The city of Orange is taking hand
because it draws its drinking water
from the series of reservoirs in Mill
burn, of which the Campbell reser-
voir is one.
Millburn is interested because it
does not want to be afflicted with
malarial mosquitoes.
The Mosquito determination League
is involved because it put oil on the
Campbell reservoir, which had been
found to be the most prolific source
of the mosquitoes.
And the Fish and Game Commits
sion is angry because it believes the
oil killed all the fish in the reservoir.
So therei Yon can take your
choice-Orangeites who drink the
water, Millburnites who get bitten
by the mosquitoes, and the poor fish,
which have only the Fish and Game
Commission to champion them
The Campbell reservoir is the low
est in a series connected by brook.
1t is designed to be used only in
emergencies and as a storage reser-
voir.
In dry weather the water in it falls
to a very low level. The stagnant
water is a breeding place, not for
the ordinary, mosquitoes, but for the
malarial kind.
Last year the mosquito commission,
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without protest of any kind, oiled the
reservoir. When the same procedure
was followed this year the Fish and
Game Commission promptly COM
planned that all the fish in the reser-
voir had been killed. 1t was argued
that this was not only hard on the
fish but bad for the water.
The question was taken up by the
Millburn Board of Health at 'ts
mesting yesterday. DIR. Wellington
Campbell, the township physician.
stated that, in his opinion, the Fish
and Game Commission and the Or
ange Water Board were both wrong
in their vigorous protests.
THE water which is used for
drinking he said" is taken from
the brook above the Campbell reser-
voir, and, at this time, cannot be
affected by the condition of the water
in the reservoir. The fish were killed
not by the oil, but by the suns heat,
which made the shallow water left
in the reservoir so warm that the
fish could not live in 1t. Those pools
left in the reservoir when the water
is low are the worst possible breeding
places for mosquitoes.
Several Orange physicians will be
invited to visit Millburn and inspect
the reservoir. The Millburnites are
determined that they will keep down
the mosquitoes at any cost. even If 1t
kills all the fish in all the reservoirs
and fiavors with oil every drop that
Orange drinks.
The secretary of the Mosquito Ex-
termination Commission said today.
however, that 1t is never necessary to
oil a reservoir in USE because mosqui-
toes cannot breed in it, since the
water is turned over so frequently.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-04
BURGLARS, AT BAY,
SHOOT MERCHANT
Leave Paterson Storekeeper
Dying After He Surprises
Them in Shop.

PATERSON, n. J., Sept 4-Shot in
the abdomen when he surprised two
burglars in his store. Peter Medina,
OF Midland Park. was brought to the
Barnert Hospital, in this city, early
today. MEDINA is in a serious con-
dition.
= The thieves before beginning opera
tions had cut all the telephone wires
in Midland Park, near here, in order
to prevent an alarm from being sent
out through the surrounding towns
and cities.
MEDINA described the burglars as
young men and said they wore
masks. They escaped safely
1t was shortly after midnight when
Medina was awakened by the ring
ing of a burglar alarm in his store
beneath his dwelling apartments. No
sooner was Medina inside the store
than someone called: Hold up your
hands!' Medina was confused by
the unexpected order and hesitated.
Before he could throw up his hands
pistol shot rang out in the darkness.
The next instant the grocer had fallen
to the floor of his store, semi-con
scious.
MEDINA managed to give the alarm,
in spite of his injury, and in a short
time the whole neighborhood was
aroused Friends called DR. Taine, a
local physician, who placed the victim
in his automobile and brought him to
this city.