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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23

7 d%ergarten work, and was cheerfully
shown the records. When he turned
to the pages signed Charlotte Farm
ham" the last doubt vanished and
assurance was made sure. The anony-
nous letter writer was found.
1t was just here that Matthew Brof.
fin fell under the limitations Of his
trade. Though the detective in real life
is as little as may be like the Inspector
Buckets and the Javerts of fiction, GER
tain characteristics persist. When he
found himself face to face with the
straightforward expedient. the craft
limitations bound him. He thought of
a dozen good reasons why he should
make haste slowly; and he recognized
In none Of them the craftsman's slant
toward indirection-the tradition Of
the trade which discounts the straight.
forward attack and puts a premium
upon the methods of the deer-stalker.
Sooner or later, Of course, the at.
tack must be made. But only an ap-
prentice, he told himself, would be
foolish enough to make 1t without
mapping out all the hazards of the
ground over which 1t must be made.
In a word, he must place" Miss Farm
ham precisely; make a careful study
OF the young woman and her environ
ment, to the end that every thread of
advantage should be in his hands when
he should finally force her to a con.
fession. For by now the assumption
that she knew the mysterious bank
robber was no longer hypothetical in
Brof1in's mind; it had grown to the d.
mansions Of a conviction.
With the patient curiosity of his
tribe he suffered no detail, however,
trivial. to escape its jotting down. To
familiarize himself with the goings
and comings of one young woman, he
made the acquaintance Of an entire
town. He knew Jasper Grierson's am.
billion, and its fruitage in the practical
ownership Of Wahaska. He knew that
Edward Raymer had borrowed money
from Grierson's bank-and was likely
to be unable to pay it when his notes
fell due. He had heard it whispered
that there had M been a love affair
between young Raymer and Miss Farm
ham, and that 1t had been broken off
by Raymer's i%nfatuation for Margery
Grierson. Also, last and least impor-
tant Of all the gossiping details, as 1t
seemed at the time, he learned that
the betwitching Miss Grierson was a
creature Of .fads; that within the past
month or two she had returned from a
Florida trip, bringing with her a sick
man, a total stranger, who had been
picked up on the train, taken to the
great house on the lake shore and
nursed back to life as Miss Grierson's
latest defiance of the conventions.
1t should have been a memorable
day for Matthew Broffin when he had
this sick man pointed out to him as
Miss Grierson's companion in the high
trap. But Broffin was sufficiently hui.
man to see only a very beautiful young
woman sitting correctly erect on the
slanting d~riving-seat. To be sure, he
saw a man, as one sees a vanishing fig
ure in a kaleidoscope. But there was
nothing in the clean-shaven face of the
gaunt, and as yet rather haggard, con-
.valescent to evoke the faintest thrill
Of interest-or Of memory.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23

She had risen to meet hin by the
time he had mounted the steps, and
he knew that her first glance was ap-
praisive. He had confidently counted
upon being mistaken for a strange pa
tient in search of the doctor. and he
was not disappointed.
"You are looking for Doctor Farm
ham?" she began. He is at his of.
fice-201 Main street."
Broffin was digging in his pocket
for a card.
Il know we'll enough where your
fathers Office is, but you are the one
! wanted to see," he said; and he
gave her the r~ound-cornered card with
its blazonment of his name and en-
ploymept.
He WAS watching her narrowly when
she read the name and its underline,
and the quick indrawing of the breath
and the little shudder that went with
1t were not thrown away upon him.
But the other signs; the pressing of
the even teeth upon the lower lip and
the coming and going of three straight
lines between the half-closed eyes
were not so favorable.
will you come into the house.
Mr." she had to look at the card
again to get the name-"Mr. Broffin 2"
she asked.
Thank you, miss; it's plenty good
enough out here for me II 1t is for
unnp hn rafprnnI honinntno m faar
that the common civilities were CIV
ing her time to get behind her de-
fenses.
Il guess we can take 1t for granted
that you know what ] want. Miss
%Farnham." he began abruptly. when
he had shifted his chair to face her
rocker. Something like three months
ago. or ~thereabouts. you went into a
bank in New Orleans to get a draft
cashed. While you were at the pay
ing tellers' window a robbery was
committed. and you saw it done and
saw the man that lid it. I've come
to get you to tell me the mans
name"
Il have told it once. in a letter to
Mr.. Galbraith."
Broffin nodded. Yes; in a letter
that you didn't sign. I've come all
the way from New Orleans to get
you to tell me his real name, Miss
Farnham."
why do you think l can tell your"
was the undistusbed query.
"A lot of little things" said the de-
t~ective, who was slowly coming to his
own In the matter of self-assurance.
in the first place, he spoke TO you
in the bank, and you answered him.
Isn't that 500"
She nodded again. you know so
much, it is surprising that you don't
know it all, Mr.. Brofin," she COM
mented. with gentle sarcasm.
THE one thing l don't know is the
thing you're goin' to tell me-his real
name" he insisted. That's what I've
come here for"
In spite Of her inexperience, which.
in Mr.. Broffin's field, was no less than
total, Charlotte Farnham had imagi-
nation, and with it a womanly zest for
the matching of wits with a man
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23
Knew Her Name,

had occasion to pass a little boy
a good many times one afternoon. He
was sitting on the steps and although
we were strangers each time I passed
he greeted with me with, Hello" and
l responded likewise. Finally the last
time I passed by he said: Il know
what your name is." and upon In.
curing what, he said: Mrs, Going
Back and Forth."-Exchange.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23

alone. The walking excursions had
led him most frequently up and down
the lakeside drive, but the doctors
house stood well back in its enclosure.
and there Vas much shrubbery. Once
he heard her voice: she was reading
aloud to someone on the vine-screened
porch. And once again in passing, he
had caught a glimpse Of a shapely arm
with the loose sleeve falling away
from 1t as 1t was thrust upward
through the porch greenery to pluck
a bud from the crimson rambler, add.
ing its graceful mass to the Chamber.
ing vines. 1t was rather disappoint.
ing, but he was not impatient. In the
fullness Of time the destiny which had
twice interviewed would intervene
again. He vas as certain of it as he
was of the day-to.day renewal Of his
strength and vitality; and he could af.
ford to wait. For, whatever else might
happen in a mutable world, neither an
ideal nor its embodiment may suffer
change.
AS If to add the touch of d~efiniteness
to the presumptive conclusion, a voice
broke in upon his ~reverie; the voice Of
the young woman whose most alluring
charm was her many-sided changeful.
ness, as If she had marked his preoc-
cupied gaze and OWNED its object:
You must have a little more patience,
NJ rr;ewold All tbipoe cop,a 70 hin,
who waits. When you have left Mere
side finally, Doctor BERTHE will some
time take you home to dinner with
him."
For his own peace of mind, Girls.
void hastily assured himself that 1t
was only the widest Of chance shots.
Since the day when he had admitted
that he knew Miss Farnham's name
without knowing Miss Farnham in per-
son, the doctors daughter had never
been mentioned between them.
"How did you happen to guess that
/ was thinking of the good doctor?" he
asked, %curiously.
you were not thinking Of Doctor
BERTHE; you were thinking Of Doctor
Bertie's only" was the laughing con-
tradiction; and Griswold was glad that
the coming of the man with the trap
saved him from the necessity of fall.
ing any farther into what might easily
prove to be a dangerous pitfall. 1t was
not the first time that Miss Grierson
had seemed able to read his Utmost
thoughts.
The short afternoon drive paused
at the curb In front of Jasper Grier-
sons bank and a moment later he
found himself bringing up the rear of
a procession of three, led by a young
woman with a bunch of keys at her
girdle.
Number three.forty-fve-A, please"
his companion was saying to the young
woman custodian, and he stood aside
and admired the workmanship of the
complicated time-locks while the two
entered the electric lighted safety de-
post vault and jointly opened one of
the multitude Of small safes. When
Miss Grierson came out, she was car.
rying a small, ~japanned document box
under her arm, and her eyes we're
shining with a soft light that was new
the man who was waiting in the
corridor. Come with me to one of
the coupon rooms" she said; and
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23
The Wedding Route.

1t is reported that the --latest thing"
in wedding invitations is an engraved
map showing the way to the church
and to the house. Grinding ~perplex.
ity is the mother Of innovations. 1t
is not so stated, but unquestionably
this helpful scheme originated in Bos-
ton. where wedding guests have been
known to lose themselves and wan.
der around for hours through the tan
gled highways, not reaching the scene
OF the festival until the rice and old
shoes had been thrown and everyone
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23

his rescuers to such q flow Of Ian.
guage that they put their fingers into
their ears.
That's what you are apt to get in
this business said the assistant man
ager in telling the story recently. III
we hadn't stumbled that man would
have choked to death. He had prob
ably swallowed a lot Of raw oysters
so fast that they completely filled his
aesophagus and overlooked into his
windpipe. Instead Of thanking us
for bringing him back to life he cussed
US for letting him fall.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23

and the man in the chair fell heels
over head downstairs. The mar fell
out Of the chair with a great bump on
the steps, From him came a cough.
ing sound. and those who were picking
themselves UP were startled to see
three large oysters fly from his
mouth.
Immediately the doctors face took
or a cheerful expression. He sent for
instruments and extracted several
more oysters from the mans aesopha.
gus, and the latter was soon complete
ly revived. Then he proceeded to treat
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23

The assistant manager hurried in.
A thick'set man lay back in a chair,
his face blue. The hotel physician
was sent for, and the body, still in
the chair, was moved to a less public
place.
The doctor hurried in and advised
that the man be taken downstairs at
once. He was smuggled around to a
back stairway and the assistant mana
ger and the waiter started to descend
with him. He was heavy, and when
they got half way the assistant manc-
ger stumbled. and he and the walter
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23
He Let II Go,

Fault Finder lin front of dairy res.
taurant)-I notice the word dairy on
your new sign is spelled diary.
Proprietor-I know it is. | was
going to have it changed, but the
painter convinced me his way OF SPELL
ing the word was more suggestive.
Fault Ffnder-More suggestive?
Proprietor-Yes; he said it con.
veyed the idea of putting things down.
Judge.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23
Hard to Stop.

PA. what is meant by freedom Of
the seas'?"
1T means that a nations merchant
ships have a right to go anywhere they
please"
DO they do that, pa?"
No, my son. There is no such
thing as freedom of the seas nova
days except for icebergs."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23
On an island.

Where can l buy a souvenir post.
card?"
You can't buy one on this island.
This island belongs to a nan who pos
lively won't allow EN- to be sold"
Hum" said the summer visitor.
Il see I am going to like this place
even more than ! expected."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23
NOT GRATEFUL FOR THE FALL
BUMP Saved Greedy Mans Life, and
no Immediately Began cussIna
His Rescuers,

The scene was at the BEDROOM at
the Waldorf and the time the close of
the oyster season. One of the as.
sistant managers was summoned there
hurriedly.
"A man has Just fallen over dead"
said the bellboy who brought the
word.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23
Watson 3. Coleman, Wash.
ington. DC Book free. High
How to Clean Stone Window SINS.

How to Clean Stone Window stills.
In the Woman's Home Companion
a Missouri woman told as follows how
to clean stone steps or stone window
stills:
Get five cents worth of the coars-
est sandpaper and rub stone steps or
stone windows stills briskly until all
marks are removed, then simply dust
them with a duster or a rag. They
will stay white much longer by using
this method than scrubbing them with
water. | always wear a pair of canvas
gloves, as they protect the hands
from any scratching"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23

81 saw your husband a. the ball
game yesterday"
What was he doing?"
Why. he seemed to be an interest
ed spectator"
That doesn't describe my husband.
He's a cyclone rooter."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23
Where He loses

THE man who is always punctuaI
in keeping an appointment never loses
anything"
No, only half an hour waiting for
the other fellow to show up"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23
The Reason.

Mrs. Jones has such winning
ways"
Yes; that is one reason why I
don't like to play bridge with her."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23

else was on the way home.-Provi-
dence Journal.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-23

Tell a woman that consistency is a
jewel and she will tell you jewelry is
vulgar.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE ADOPTS SCHEDULE
Magnates Had Lengthy Discussion New Waiver Rule Mrs Schuyler P Britton, Part Owner of St. Louis Club Addressed the Delegates-Frst Time Woman Has Taken Part in Debates of the Baseball Masnates.

New York. Feb. 10.-HaYing adopted the playing schedule for the coming baseball season soon after conVen1ng today, the National league club owners wound up the business of their annual schedule meeting tonight after a lengthy discussion on the new waiver rule. In future when a club asks for waivers on a player there cannot be a withdrawal, nor can a club withdraw a claim for a player under a waiver This was made hard and fast rule to- day by to 7 vote, New York ana Pittsburgh being the dissenting clubs. It was decided also that no manager can ask 1or waivers or claim a. player. Such action in future must be taken personally by a club president
 During the discussion on these points Mrs. Schuyler P. BrittOn, part owner of the St. Louis club, addressed the delegates. This was the first time that a woman has taken part in the debates of the baseball magnates Mrs: Britton was warmly congratulated upon her familiarity wit hthe waiver and draft clauses.
 The league did not announce what action, if any, was taken i'll regard 10 the request of the Internatoionai borough of this city, but President Tener said that written reply would be mailed 10 President Barrow of the minor organization tomorrow.
 Managers Herzog of Cincinnati and Moran Of Philadelphia have not yet completed the deal for Catcher Dooin, who has been signed by Cincinnati The Philadelphia club was to receive a. player in addition to a substantial cash Consideration for the catcher, and it is understood that the player will be Third Baseman Niehoff. Manager Bresnanan of the Chicago club, who is said to be anxious to secure the services of Niehoff, had d conference with the other two managers, but no definite agreement was reached.
 Miller Higgins, the St. Louis clubs manager and Terzog also had several talks today in reference to the closing of he deal by which Catcher Wingo goes to Cincinnati The transfer of another. player is to be included in this transaction, but who the man will be was not agreed upon tonight.
 The local American league club an-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-11
Why No. Recognize the FederaIs.


 Why not recognize the Federal League? is the sensational title of an article in the March issue of the Base hall Magazine. The article itself is loo long to quote, but the arguments used are at least plausible. The au- thor says that expansion Is bound to come every few years in baseball and that this expansion must be of the strictly major league variety. Minor league cities grow to major league size, and cities that can support one club grow to size that could support two. Some super cites Ige Chicago and New York could support three or more clubs.
 The article claims that the coming of the American league made baseball and that normal expansion would equally benefit baseball today The establishment Of a third major league, 1t is argued, would not cut into the business of the present majors, but 5n the long run would increase that business just as the American league increased the business of the Nation al The claim is made for the F7eder- al league tht it has successfully pass ed through the wildcat or experimental stage, that it's leaders are men of in tegrity and ability as well as financial l backing, and measure up to major league standard in every Way, that tllcg have fought fair considering the diff cuities in their way, and have proved game, c quality admired by all Amer Icans. The only obstacle in the way of granting them major league rat ing, so the article states, is the argu- nle7t that there are not enough major league players for three leagues This argument was Usec in the days Of riIe American league eEpaESion and ex- p.Oded by that league. With the enor- snous increase in professional players, the enforced cutting down of the roster of all major league clubs, ana other sources of supply, the article claims that enough players would be unearth- cd and developed in the course of a year or two to put three major leagues on a sound playing basis.
 Even if organized baseball wanted to continue q losing fight, 1t could do the Federal league the most substle injury ny recognizing them as 1t would then be free from any further raids on it's players.
 This is the only injury the Federal league can do organized baseball and 1t can be stopped only by recogniz- Ing the new league, which has proven itself . worthy competitor Even if organized baseball should succeed in killing the Federal league at an ex- pense TerGing on bankruptcy it would have the same fight OH it's hands at no distant day, for the question Is pure ly and simply one of logical growth Let us have peace" is the eist of the whole argument.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-11
Gene Mccann Very Active.

Our old friend Eugene McCann ern- ploye of Millionaire Morton Plant is Sumshoeing about New York these days stufflng some of the Gotham baseball writers full to the very orim
 to pull this stuff as he knows well none of the Eastern baseball writers would take him seriously and one thing that goes against Genes grain is to be made fun of when he wants people to think he is serious. eCTne spends much time confding in Joe Villa of the New York Sun and nearly every day the Sun springs a story coming from 9EcCann. Genes daily trips to New York to unload his mind and get into print have become a joke to Eastern baseball men. Some of the Eastern association naGnates wish that Gene would conine his work exclusively to the New London club and not butt into their affairs. Messrs- Carey and Clark in see no harm in McCann telling about his boss financing the Eastern association, but they do not see why McCann should go out of his way to explain details pertaining to the Hart ford and Springfield clubs and get poor old Ban Johnson all riled Up. Any way Gene is having plenty of fun trip ping to New York and talking baseball this winter. Perhaps before he con- cludes his trips he will tell all about the trouble he had with his New Lon don players last season and how they threatened to strike during the post season series.-EeW Haven Cu-on.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-11
LOOMS WON TWO EVENTS
 AT N., Y. A. c. CARNIVAL,
Chicago Athlete Had Exciting Tilt With Harry 9ar1Eise for Honers in High Jump-Mereditf Won 500 Yard Run.

New York, Feo. 1o.-The stirring finish to the two mile relay race, which the Boston Athletic association won by a yard from the New York Athletic club, was a feature of the annual indoor athletic meet of the New York Athletic club at Madison Square Garden here tonight
 P1att Adams, the Olympic champion, sienalized his first public appearance since his recent acquittal of the charge of professionalism by win ming the three standing jumps handi- cap.
 Joseph G. Loomis, the Chicago sprinter won the running high jump and the special 70 yard scratch race in quick succession.
 The teams were:
 Boston A A-Malroney, Ryan, Burke and Caldwell.
 New York |. C.-Freeland, Gordon, W. Anderson, Louis Gordan and Will liam Gordon.
 Boston led in the first two relays: Louis Gordon of the New York \. c. led in the third. Tn the fourth and down to the last lap William Gordon led until Caldwell by 9 pretty sprint caught him in the stretch, passed him and won by yard
 Joseph G., Loou1is of the Chicago Athletic club won the running high jump and the special 70 yard scratch race at the annual indoor athletic car nivaI of the New York Athletic club in Madison Square Garden tonight.
 Loomis won the high jump after a tic at six feet one inch with Harry Barwise of the Boston Athletic asso-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-11

citation. The bar was then raised to six feet two inches. but both men failed to clear 1t and it was again lowered to six feet one inch. Loonlis again cleared it, but Barwise failed
 Tn the 70 yard dash Loonis won in 3-5 seconds, winning by inches from Alvah T. Meyer of the Irish American Athletic club and F. L. Stevenson Of the Trinity Athletic club, who finished III the order gwen
 J. E. Meredith of the University of Pennsylvania won the 500 yard run for the Burueyer cup by one yard from Val Wnlie of Yale. Time, 50 3-5 seconds.
 The Baxter mile was won by NJ. A Delaney of Newark, \. J., who ran un- attached. FTeeland Gordon of the New York A. C. was second and Sid ney Leslie of the Long Island Athletic on0s. Two Boston Athletic association entries did not start.
 4. E. Clark of Yale university won the mile run handicap from the 50 mark in 4.25 Is seconds.
 F. Kautfmuan of the University of Pennsylvania, starting from the four yard mark, won the final heat in the 800 yard run handicap in B 3-5 sec onds.
 The half mic run handicap was won by A. 0. Barker of Yale, who started from the 30 yard mark Time, 2.0J
 George GouIdins, the Canadian American champion walker, won the special three mile walk in % minutes, 53 4-5 seconds. Last week at Buffalo. \. T., Goulding made a record for the distance in 20 minutes 42 seconds.
 Tonight Goulding walked against two men, Renier of the Irish American Athletic club and E. Renz, the Ameri- can champion, of the Mohawk club. Each man walked 1 12 miles against GoUlding.
 At the end of the first relay Gould ing was 5S yards ahead of Remer. but in the second relay Renz gained AS yards.
 The three standing jump handicap was won by Platt Adams, the Olyna- Die champion, of the New York Ath- 1etic club, from scratch, with 34 feet, 3-4 inches. It was his first public appearance since his recent acquittaI of the charge of professionalism
 The final race was q two mile relay between four men of the Boston Ath- letic association and four men from the New York Athletic club, each man running a half mile. Boston won the final relay by d yard after a pretty finish. Time, S.05 3-5