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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
CHAPTER XVII.
Thomas.

noTna&s
Mr.. Graffenried Thomas, private
detective for the insurance company
which had issued policies aggregating
two hundred thousand dollars on Ma
tales jewels. snapped pair Of hand
cuffs on the Due de Trouville-poor
little duke; I had begun to like him,
too!--then turned to John and Hap.
who stood looking on, and drew
cigar from q pocket Of his livery.
With your permission, gentlemen.
I'll smoke" he remarked pleasantly.
I've been servant in this house all
summer and I haven't dared to-"
Go ahead" John invited, and he
wasn't In the least surprised. You
simply can't surprise John about any
thing.
III l had stopped to think might
have known you were q detective or
something" said Hap. You're the
worst footman l ever saw"
It was just about that moment that
Mrs. Hazard and l came in, painting.
We had fairly raced from my sitting.
room. leaving the nurse and Doctor
Graham with 10. Laura had gone to
the telephone. and-gll give you three
guesses who II was she had called!
Winthrop! Right the first time.
Mrs. Hazard stared at Thomas In
his immaculate livery. smoking, &C
tually smokingl And at the poor
little handcuffed duke.
Thomas" she reproved sharply.
Then seeing that the scheme OF the
world was awry: What has hap
pened?"
You see it's like this, mother"
Hap explained chesrfully, and think
he was actually glad about the poor
little duke. Thomas isn't a footman
at all; he's detective for the in
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
Horse Up Z Tree.

Visitors to Ferry Bar were much
surprised yesterday morning to see q
horse up among the branches Of Z
tree. The animal had got in IL I'm.
comfortable position by falling ten
feet from bank that overtopped the
tree. The tree probably saved The
horses life.
Blocks and fail were fastened to Q
tree stump on top Of the hill and
leather belts we're wrapped about the
horse. When the work Of hitchins
the belts was completed 1t was found
that the animal could not be rescued
until several Of the limbs Of the tres
were cut on. This took considerable
time, during which the horse rested
and watched the work Of tho score o.
moro Of men who weFe trying 70 ~.
lease him. with tho removal Of III
last limb tho horse was slowly drsw1
TO the top Of tho bank from which b
had fallen. 4 dose snsmlaatioo ~
scaled that outslds q . lss
saratohss b w. uAAnsl-1Altimo
Amss4saa. I
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
He Shot at Me.

surance company. 1t seems HIS MODS
here"-and he indicated His Grace
has been stealing our pictures. and
Natalie's jewelry. and"
THE duke" exclaimed Mrs. Hazard.
Stealing pictures! What pictures"
She gave a quick look about the gal
lery. None of them is missing"
TT was substitution. Mrs. Hazard"
the detective told her. Il don't know
Just how 1t was done. but they have
been taking away the originals OF
the paintings here and leaving you
copies. That Van Dyke up there, for
instance, doesn't even look like Van
Dyke to me, and l don't know much
about art. An examination will prob
ably reveal the fact that all Of the
most valuable Of the pictures have
already been taken" He paused q
moment. 1T Just 10 happens that |
came in here a moment ago and found
the duke at work. He shot at me;
and tho result was as you seeA&
The skies had fallen! Our Wuke.
the bright particular star OF our sum-
mer, whom everybody had ansled for.
A thief, and in chatns-weli not chains
exactly, but handouts. His Grace was
silent: not a word had no spoken
s,nce We entered the room. He didn't
sneak now, he Just sat there chewing
his mustache violently. There was a
glitter of defiance in his eyes. It sud-
denly flashed on me where and when
had first seen him--an impression
had had from the beginning. Count
ral,x Won Drummer had pointed him
ant to 10 and mo at the Spring Exhi.
hilton, He had called him scoun'
drel instead of the Duo Do Trouville.
and that's why the name was not
familiar to me.
There was q rush Of footsteps IN
tho hail. and Adams. the other de-
tect,va. appeared in the doorway.
"Mr ADAMS" Thomas directed.
"please be GOOD enough " 'oo '"'>
Mrs. Cutler doesn't leave the house.
You understand" Adams merely
! nodded. and ran out.
"And Natalie's jswels!" Mrs. Haz-
| ard went on, after q moment.
10 state It briefly" Thomas saio.
| ~ ia possible to trace all the tnefss
| and robberies along the north shore
dur,np this whole summer to the duHe
hara. and Mrs. Cutler and the Duo
d'Aubisny, who has already served .
s.ntance Of several yesrs In q french
rr4son. It was a big conspiracy. ana
~. don't know yet the extent o. Hs
r.mincations. We DO know. however
that while the duke came mere ~
| your guest to steal these pictures ~
substitution. a. I have explained. ne
~ hesu working hand In hand win
d'Aubigny IN the jewel theft'' Als'
Cutler has been the actual inssla'
msut IN many Of the th1sa. ! ns'e
rnov> thsss thipss vaguely iee |.
! - Vlna. bsG i was nssssse0 .
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
direct proof. and now I believe I bsvA

direct proof. and now I believe have
that
For instance, In the case OF MiSa
Aeszsizs jewels. Since she has been
in this house she has lost first q ruby
pendant, then six bracelets, another
pendant and rope OF pearls. In my
capacity Of footman here I kept close
watch of Mrs. Cutler, and after each
theft l had searched her rooms. In
no case did l find any jewels. But
l did And, on my last trip to her
apartments, a receipt In the name OF
the Due de Trouville for box In q
safety deposit vault l coupled that
with the fact that Mrs. Cutler has
always found 1t convenient to 80 into
the city Immediately after the thefts
here, and l made inquiries, or rather
some OF my men did for me.
They found that Mrs. Cutler had
gone to the safety deposit vault time
after time and each time she had de-
posted something in the box. II l
am not mistaken, the various stolen
jewels. including the emerald bracelet
which was stolen from Miss Agazziz
before you opened your summer place
here. are in that vault, and the box
Is held In the name of the DUO de
Trouville. I think that is direct evil
dence. You're a lawyer. Mr.. Crownin.
shield. Am I right?"
1T the jewels are in the vault!
John spread his hands, indicating that
that was all there was to be said.
THE thieving. 50 far as this house
was concerned. came to climax when
1t became generally known that q
detective, this man Adams, was com.
ing here" Thomas continued. The
duke here, Mrs. Cutler and their &C
completes undertook then to make
the big haul. 1t was Miss Codman's
good fortune"-he turned to me and
bowed slightly-"to prevent the 40
complishment Of that haul; and incl
dentally 1t was my misfortune to
cause her to break her arm. It was
I who flashed the light In your face
and called you by name the night
you went headlong down the stairs"
he apologized Il had followed you
In the dark under the impression that
you were Mrs. Cutler, and when !
flashed the light In your face 1t was
with the purpose Of taking prisoner.
Instead Of Mrs. Cutler, however. l
came upon you; and you fell. I'm
sorry"
fTO pE roNTJNYTEN>
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
CHAPTER XVI.
Jos Story.

JOS Stosys
10 is q big woman. but when john
reached her he caught her up much |
aa II she had been kitten, and ran
actually ran-across the intervening
suace to the house. 1t was the mer.
est accident that no one saw her ex-
aept ourselves. John gained the back
stairs, and, although 1t seemed an
eternity before he brought her IN, 1t
was In reality only few seconds.
And what q wreck she was! Her
dressing gown was in tatters. and was
caught about her waist with a small
niece Of Irvine; her hair was tangled
mass. tied back with silk band torn
from her petticoat; her stockings
she had no shoes. were In rags, and
her feet were cut and bleeding. In
one hand she clutchsd the revolver.
Even now I'm not quite clear just
what happened. I know / went down
on my knees and prayed-or tried to
and I know that when John put Je
down tenderly he leaned forward and
caught her in his arms again and
kissed her; I know that Mrs. Hazards
eyes and Laura's eyes opened IN
smazement-Hap wasn't surprised.
Because he had understood.
10 was sobbing frantically, and she
could not have answered questions
even II we had dared to ask them.
We had only one object In life right
then--to get the doctor. 10 let the
revolver chatter to the floor. and bur
led her face In her hands.
II had to shoot him!" she moaned.
Fl had to shoot him!"
THANK God you could shootl" John
calculated fervensly.
'.It was horrible-horribls!" she
cried. 81 had to aim, oh! ] shot him.
deliberately shot himl"
The mystery Of the unknown man
at the bridge was no longer mys-
terry. We didn't know how 1t had
come about, but 1t seemed reasonably
certain that he was the man she had
shot. We didn't tell her he had been
found: we didn't do anything but
grow hysterical ourselves, and I'm
sure / don't know what would have
become OF US II II hadn't been FOL
our immaculate, muchiy starched
Miss Gibbs. the nurse. She knew ex
actly what to do. She began by put
ting us ell out OF the room. including
myself: and finally succeeded In get
ding 10 10 sleep.
FOR an hour We, ali Of u, were II
a fever OF impatience. / felt that !
John didn't quit pacing back ant
Sprth. back and forth, and Hap d1dn'
ouit smoking 50 many silly cigar
sttas rd scream. John said nrml.
that NO one must know Just yet tina
she had returned. The nswspape'
men would DO coming baek presently
ma ne wanted to know where sA'
- hem and what haA Aappsnsd Y
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
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keeping her return secret was S."'
pie after all, since no one but tne
family had seen her come in. Natalie
was IN town and Mtnette was WIN
her; we swore Celie and the nurse
to secrecy; and the doctors cothlhs
would cause no comment.
Doctor Graham was long tAne
coming. He didn't know what we
wanted. and didn't hurry When ne
did appear he anticipated our anxious
INQUIRIES about his unknown patient
Some one made nice clean loo
Of it." he said. "A hairs breadth
more and the bullet would nave
touched the 1ugular vein. He may
pull through. He's a husky chap. but
1t looks pretty bad. We got the Dull
let It's a thfrty-two."
JOS revolver was thirty-two.
Then we told him about 10: no
whistled Understandings.
Good work." he said.
Are you sure the man will der
I asked in agony. And what Will
happen to 10 If he does. She shot
him deliberately; she said 30"
IT don't think we'll have to worry
about that" John smiled grimly. He
got what he deserved"
ooh, but he must not die!" cried,
and seized Doctor Graham's hand
imploringly. as II he could prevent It.
You don't understand how she would
feel about It. She would never get
over it. She shot him deliberately
John has one beautiful character
isttc--he never stops to argue the
foolishness OF a woman's reason; he
merely accepts II. He turned to Doc
tor Graham and told him that the
man simply had to live II 1t took all
the money and every surgeon In the
state, and that's all there was to that
To which Doctor Graham replied. and
no one doubted 1t for moment, that
he'd pull him through If that's how
matters stood. Doctors are worse
or better-than lawyers for guessing.
After an interminabie time. It
seemed to me, Doctor Graham let US
in to see 10. She was propped up
on couch, her beautiful face flushed,
and there was a strange glitter In
her dead eyes For an instant her
gaze met mine, then shifted to John.
He dropped on his knees beside the
couch with tense, white face. And
from John her gaze travelled to Laura.
"Mr. Abbott" she began falter-
ingly, "Mr. Abbott" She stopped,
smiling yacantly.
Laura swayed q little. as II from
a blow. Hap noted it, and his teeth
clicked together as he went to her,
II think" he said gently, II think,
Laura, it would be better, perhaps
II you-if you went to your room. II
may be worse than We think"
II won't believe It? ! won't believe
III" Laura'S slender myers grlppeo
in her palms. ''rll stay-Ill hear ali
OF lei"
IF you'll please begin at the begin
| ming" John requested. ~Tell us al
Of 1t as you remember IL. all Of It yos
/ know"
Il was in Loulie's room asleep" j
spoke falteringly. as IL 1t were difficult
to compel herself to think connect
eddy. II missed her and got up II
see what had become OF her fount
her asleep on the couch here by tn
window. Everything was quite still
but I think I must have heard SOM
one moving about over my head.
slipped on q petticoat and my dress
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
STRANGE CLAIMS IN COURT
Law Suits Of Peculiar Origin That
Have Been Placed on the Rec
ords by lawyerA

The recent claim for damages
brought against a great London Eng
land) shop by q consumptive clerk.
on the ground that the insanitary state
Of the office had brought on his dis
ease. drew from the Judge the remark
that this was the first case OF the
sort that had ever come before the
courts.
Cases even more remarkable keep
cropping up at intervals. though. for
tunately, they are seldom Of so grave
q nature.
Some ten years ago, for instance, .
Birmingham commercial traveller sued
a chemist for compensation for the
damages done by special hair dye
which the chemist. its inventor, had
guaranteed would turn his customers
hair an enduring brown.
What it really did was to turn his
hair a curious blush tinge, with
patches Of gray. The chemist had Of
fered to compromise by supplying his
indignant customer with any recog-
nized make Of dye he wished for the
rest OF his life. But an action fol-
lowed, and the piebald traveller a.
cured damages.
One of the funniest cases ever
brought into court Of law was surely
that which tickled all Australia toward
the end Of the last century. A young
Sydney business woman had mixed q
secret drink cure with her brothers
breakfast coffee.
The brother found the effect ex.
tremely unwelcome. and when he real
ICED who was responsible for his fad
ing interest in strong drink, he was
ungrateful enough to sue his sister for
$1,000 damages for consequent loss
Of thirst" But an unsympathetic jury
took the sisters side
A case that ronsed great interest In
medical circles. az we'll AZ good deal
Of amusement, was an action brought
q good many years ago by . surgeon
at a London hospital against q cox
league for the loss Of an ear.
A diseased ear was to be amputAt,
ed. The patient. struggling under
chloroform. WA being held down. Just
then the tights went out The patient
tell OF the edge Of the table in his
struggles and the junior surgeon Ieant
over after him. The operator felt an
ear In bis hand. and thinking he might
not get another opportunity. the pa.
tent being 50 abnormaily restless
made one swift, neat slash. The oper
alton was successful, but the ear was
the wrong mans.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29

ing-gown, and took my revolver and
the fiashltghs I carry In the car.
and"
Again she stopped. I had dropped
down beside the couch opposite John
and was strokfng her hand. She
smiled at me.
Year" John urged softly
Z went along the corridor. and uu
the stairs to the gallery; some one
was inside. pushed open
the door suddenly aud flashed tho
light Three men were removing 4
canvas from . frame. Ono Of than
was the boy Henri I have seen around
tho tennis courts, and the duke
The duks!" Tho exclamation
came saznsltsaesusly from all az :.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
"Come on. Hap!" said John.

Come On, rap! bHld JOIN.
And the pair Of them went clatter.
ing up the stairs to the gallery. Hap
always spry on his legs. beat John
to the door and flung 1t open. On
the floor lay the Due de Trouville,
and sitting beside him, placidly
enough. with revolver in one hand.
was Thomas, the footman
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
M1ionDo||ar|nyention

Save your silverware-K istlers Inska,.
Silver Plate is the marvel of the aoth c..
fury. Il will silver plate instantly your "a
worn-oH s'lverware. It also can Be- auoaisd
on Brass. Copper and Bronze and & ~;ii
look like silver. It IS one of the ers.ss.s
household necessities in Americs ~
tools no skill. no electricity required. Sand
50 cents ia stamps, or a p. o. No..
Order tor trial can.
Distributors for ths Ssaes efA,s.,
y. ". -. N's'.' silvss P'.as Nj. Geo.,
~ SesAs Beak os1AaG LlGls - A..
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-29
STANDARD ROAD OF THE WEST

Idaho, Washington,
Oregon, California,
Colorado, Utah and
Nevada. A good deal
has been settled and
there's a good deal to
be settled yet.
If you will write to
r. A. Smith, Colonial
ton Agent, Union Pa
cific, Omaha, Nebraska,
and tell him what you
want, whether you
want one acre, five, ten
or a thousand acres, he
will tell you what the
soil will produce =
what it won't produce
where the best apple
country is-where the
best truck farming
country is, etc. and the
price.
The interest this great
system has in this country
is to settle it with people
who will be a credit to the
country and to see that
those people have a full and
complete knowledge of con-
ditions before they 60 out.
That's why 1t appointed
Smith.
After you have found out
all you want to know, 60
out there and see it. The
Union Pacific has made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-03
FIRE SWEEPS LEYEE.
A Loss OF Sf.5O0,o0O Is Sustained at
Savannah, Ga.

savannah, Ga, Feb. 3.-Damage esti-
mated at 81, SOC. 600 resulted from a fire
of unknown origin which swept Savan-
nah river front for two blocks, destroy
ing the wharves of the Merchant and
Miners Transportation company, sew
eral warehouses and the Planters rice
mill.
After four hours the fire was under
control without loss of life Several
firemen were slightly injured.
The greatest loss was sustained by
the Central of Georgia Railway COM
pany, owners of the Merchants and
Miners terminals and freight stored in
the warehouses. The loss to this COM
pany is estimated at $500, 900, covered
by insurance
The American Eteel and Wire COM
pany's warehouses were partly de-
stroyed with damage estimated at be-
tween $500, 900 and $4,000, also covered
by insurance
Estimates place the loss of the Plant
ers' rice mill property at 500, 600. Ware
houses and business structures of sew
eral other firms also were damaged
or destroyed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-03

mise" said Mrs. Carrie z. Cope, who
returned from Kansas City late Satur-
day night. THE jury stood ten to one
for me. I am perfectly satisfied with
the verdict-consider it a vindication,
which was all L wished. The bishop,
you remember, declared that I had
juggled, tricked and beaten the society.
I There was no evidence to show that I
had juggled. tricked and beaten the
society in any manner whatsoever.
During the entire trial there was no
evidence produced to show dissipa ton
of funds
And, by-the-way," added Mrs. Cope.
while the funds were in my hands as
treasurer of the corporation, the in
come amounted to over 81 ,0OO-a thor
oughly good business DEAL
Mrs Cope declares that she will be
perfectly satisfied if Bishop Moore de-
cfded to carry the case to a higher
court.
According to Judge Pollock's in
structionS in my case, before the jury
could bring in verdict in my favor,
they had to find as facts, first, that
the letter was libel on me; second,
that its statements were untrue; third,
that Bishop Moore was actuated at the
time he write it with actual malice
against me. Every one of these facts
the jury found in my favor and
against Bishop Moore. Every witness
for the defense, under oath said there
any way, of my character or reputa-
ton as a woman or citizen, and BiSh-
OPP Moore himself was most pronounce
ed in declaring that 1 was of good
reputation and that he did not intend
to malign my personal character. All
of their witnesses testified to the
same thing. I had believed that the
court should have instructed that my
private character, not being within
the perview of the investigation nor
drawn into it, was as a matter of law
in no way sheltered by the privilege
sought by Bishop Moore to protect
him. Nearly all the jury stood for
large damages against the bishop. 1t
was not money damages that I de-
sired but vindication. If the bishop
had made an apology in writing to me
as he stated it from the witness stand,
would have accepted it although it
were not ample or satisfactory. The
jury has said by their verdict that
was right and had been maligned by
the bishop, despite what he swore to.
If Bishop Moore is not content with
the verdict he may be flying to ills
he knows not Of if he gets this YER
dict set aside. I have proceeded all
along in this case, with much sorrow
and no anger. I have come out of this
case without a stain and the jury by
its verdict has put the stamp of ap-
prevail upon my conduct.
CARRIE e. COPE"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-03

Not only must the Democrats Sc
cure the passage of the 1. and r. and
the recall, but they must enact a
quadrennial election law, a fee and
salary bill, a Massachusetts ballot law,
a recording mortgage tax law, the
minimum hour and wage for women
bill, a bill for the publication of state
text books, the three-fourths jury YER
dict in civil cases, a REIMBURSEMENT OF
the judicial districts of the state, the
passage of law lifting the judiciary
above politics and political influence,
an administration bill placing the edu-
cationaI institutions under one board,
enlargement of the scope of the work.
mems compensation act-and above
all else, a reduction of taxes. That is
the situation which now confrontS the
administration forces in the state leg
islature. To accomplish this work they
must get together and must secure
Republican support for the submis-
sion of the constitutional amendments.
Can they do it?
This week a caucus of the Demo-
cratic members of both houses Will
probably be held and an effort to re-
store team work, enthusiasm and har-
mony will be made. 1t is even rumor-
ed that Governor Hodges may be
urged to take a hand in rushing the
passage of these party pledges.
Whether the possible interference of
the governor will be in the nature of
friendly conversations with members
who are called to the executive office,
or whether Hodges will send second
message to the legislature appealing
for the fulfillment of the 1912 prom
Uses, is only a matter of speculation.
But more than one-fourth of the
session is gone and only one of the 20
really important Democratic promis-
sorry notes has been redeemed.
Unable to agree on either the
house or the two senate bills which
.x1v ICY ion
to look after the affairs of tho state
educational institutions, the joint
committee on education has asked the
judiciary committees of the two
houses to prepare and present sub
stitute measure. 1t is probable that
when this measure is drafted that all
of the three administration bills now
in the hands of the committee will be
rejected.
mittees of the house and senate held
a three hour session in which they
listened to arguments from a number
of persons interested in the work of
the state schools. 1t was because of
have now decided to request a COM
promise bill.
In the new measure it is probable
that the committee will provide for
state board of administration COM
posed of three members, each of
whom shall receive $4,000 a year and
shall devote his entire time to the
supervision of the educational institu-
tions of the state. The bill will elm
mate entirely the boards of regents of
the various schools and will place in
the hands of the new board the right
and power to regulate or restrict the
work of the schools and commission
to make suggestions to the legislature
concerning all appropriations sought
by the several schools.
This new bill will probably be in
troduced in both houses sometime this