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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18

woman prettier than the beauties OF
art calendars. and a black man with
a white towel on one arm His nose
seemed unnaturally white; he knew
1T had been washed I: he lifted one
hand to his head. and felt a bandage
there. The doctor tnterfered:
Careful, mFAn1an! Rest easy now
Please pcllucidate II growled Lon e-
some Tom. his gaze resting NOT upon
the doctors face, bnt upon the young
woman's eyes. $1 s5ssj
/. Rest easy now y. repeated the
Tsicfan on rs learn III about II
later. 5s;s
III learn all about It right now
declared the tramp, with as much We
llemence as his weakened condition
would permit. For to his mind. these
people belonged to snobs. and they
were his natural eniee. '.I air't
never done ncthin to be a subject for
5,VtFlsection:I don't owe the bloody
human race nothin. What did Won do
With my arm and nv brains p
ne doctor smiled a patronizinE
smile It wa s evident that to him a
strsTnp vas a tramp.
But the young woman, Of course
was much Eentlert person. She stem
ned to the side Of the bed. and sat
down. She leaned toward Lone
4Tom. and said in "a low sweet tone
was all my fault. I had charge
Of railway gasoline car which ran
you down. The wind was In your
face. and you didn' t hear us cominr-
and it was on a sharp curve. We
We're moving fast. even though Ne
were all looking along the side or the
track for n diamond necklace / must
have dropped out OF the car window.
Yes. 1t was all my fault. We are now
IN little place called Bosdale, and
there Is no hospital here. But we'll
take care OF you. because It was all
my fault that you were hurt One Of
ye,rt-.I 10 fractnraI nd VOW ], e.1d
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The next day the ira mp stole from
the private car. and went to the Office
OF the most infuenti n1 LAWYER Ia aBos-s
dale ga This lawyer, natural III. antcdS
los work to his own betterment Of
course: little later Lonesome Tom
and the lav.yer went TO- interview the u
president OF the big new railroad. 4
SseFera l days later. Thornton Blair,as
private Z. car pulled up before the stA-8
ton t at louisville. The citizens of
mat little city were expecting &c. sex-
$pectlng to be told that they would
ssla me ailroad. and we're gathered
# ~, lne en-. al OF them loudly cheering.
sinen thornton Blair and we'll
i t uEessed man with hts golden beard
. I'm King Edward fashion. q high
an nat In one hand came out upon
ne Y ~. platform
~ s1i,, began Thonton Blair.
yice-preside lent Of the 3. q N. NJ sRaii-
w. At Thomas K. Limbaugh.
A h aN'a some me Of you no doubt remem-
\ D'ST -. as This Is his home town Il
q strange silence settled down upon
the spopntace. All too well thew re-
n1embered Thomas X tnebauRh. @
You haven't forgotten. have you.
louisville doomed the voice 81
Lonesome Tom. about deecin' my
father and sendin him down into the
graveEof = pauper7 Nor have you for
gotten about turnin' my mother out
of your society dofn's after she be-
came poor. Nor have you forgotten
about cufffn' me about your streats
as q boy or out OF your city as man.
You don't get the a.. 81 n. w Rail-
road, and 4 am Eoin' to pit my Senor-
nous wealth and my. great influence!
against the Job o. eettin this one rail-
road out .o' here. Now take that, you
dirty snobs ~ st
Lonesome Tom went back into the
car. His triumph was complete.
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arms abovesher head. 5tH pm:
That nj ght, instead OF fEhttng her
\ bedroom candle she went to the win
dow through nose uncurtafned
frame the moonliE light poured in. It
was still i upheld by the volume OF
fFThackeray and by the high-heeled
slipper. The October nj ght air Was
quite chilly, there was too much of
1t. Kitty thought, while she was get
ting ready for bed. she ed close it from
below, and profit afterEard.
So. staying the sash With her Eht
she tried to- extrlcate the
slipper and the book! But alas! the
slipper eludcd her and tumb led heel
first into the path below r..
Kitty's first thought was to run and
fetch it back. But shc ii was utterly
sleepy. Oh. pshaN. yawned she.
what's the use? III get at IN the
morning. Itsisn'ts going to rain: the
sky'.s cram full Of stars l!2i
Tho next morning. very 1T early
Prince. the hi g collie, came runninri
in to- his master, waving his tail e.
fcitedly. and dropped somethinF atlhis
feet. Then, looping his #taWny len 9th
upon the hearth-rug he eyed him sex4
ipectant1y Us
Professor Thornton looked az the
thing which Prince had deposited ar
his feet, without touching IL.
4 It WAS aSslipper, he saw now. Burs
how incTed bly, tiny TT III looked o. Isl
sexpanseE OF floor. how helpless and
4fs&
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pockets. His strunE-up tomato-cant
banged his right hip with TN %onted.
rapidly as his footsteps trod the
gravel beside the tracks and made a
noise like the noise a mule makes
when chewing hard corn. Then his
fiery eyes caught sight or a sudden
sparkle in the gravel just ahead Hs4
stopped and picked ZIP diamond
necklace worth many thousand OF dol
lars! He thought or the special that
had passed him. going toward JOINS
vile, I'VE minutes before; that WAS
part OF the answer.
Vengeance was III hiE hands at last.
For money would buy vengeance. He
would go to a big city. sell one of the
very smallest OF the diamonds. dress
himself neatly with the proceeds. then.
sell the other stones and go to hated
townsville. He would work out the.
rest or 1t more leisurely. Then he
realized that the necklace would be
missed. and that they would search.
his clothing il they found hinnand 1t
was plain to him that they would
find him SO Lonesome Tom put the
valuable thing In his tomato-can.
pressed the tin together at the top.
crossed a fence. walked across a.
meadow, and threw his find into the
middle or thick briar copse.
Then he Went back TO the railroad.
and set out for village he had
passed through ITO hours before: he
would wait there until the excite ment
died down. The wind was higher, and
it was now in his face. He turned
his coat collaru up as high as it, would
go. and pulled his shaggy, yel1oWIsh
head downward for the sake OF
warmth. M 5
4 He came to SO gradually that he
was hardly surprised to find himself
lying in a bed in the private car OF a
railroad president. Above him burn ed
q bright light: about him stood two
big men with pointed boards q rnnr.
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IL atistere features.
e. got to wait here two days
lie said III am TO be joined here by
ether railroad men 4 and NE are 10 de-
eide ether the biggest ailroad in
the South is to run through this town.
Rosda1e or through townsville. a little
city eighteen miles south or here.
IAN np owe on to Townsville where We
will leave rnr1 81 ~ hospital
hospital IN Townsville Ions
some Tonlts face showed Al great bit
tsrness Take him to hospital III
hated Jnhnsyill lie, He cont timed I'D
rather die han 10 MA to a hosnital in.
that ondy- town That was where''
Then he told II Thornton Blair all
ahout his hatred for the little cit
everything And Blair appeared to
understand nerfectIy Then an Idea
nj great bri1liancr entered tire aching
p r--Ss's 2rsf q - fsnr1ea' en-. #
Listen here. he said The rail
road goln through townsville would
make it--wonld he the maxim Of
zJchnsril le-- onldr 4 lit, 2? 9
Certain y 4. agreed Thornton Blair.
Veil. what's your opinion about
the railroad goin' that way? III. Lone
some Tom pursued !. s
We've desifded once on iBosda1e.
and once on IohnsvIll en- said Blair.
This time Will tell .,,
~ You lost fine diamond necklace,
didn't you III. the tramn groWIed.
Very fine. indeed !" exclaimed the
magaate. 1T belonged to my dead
wife. We have searched everywhere,
and have never found Il. M IN
I've got ~ ID said Lonesome Tom,
his blue eyes shining @ Eff #
=aEy- IG1s
eddy. Where is il? Where is it?,,tt
You don't find out vet, not on your
bloody ] ife.'' and the tramp smiled
grinl1y. You'll get the necklace
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By Annette Angert

Waswas considerably damaged How
60 Tou feel now 2. =. @ EN- $
The blue eyes or Lonesome ON
stared straiEht into the blue eyes of.
the young woman. and there was u
sneer ia the gaze or tn tram;
oh. feel flne or course. .- he
snapped. = VIM here with feeler5
smashed. and my b .sins ozin @ort by
the barre1fn1. feel fine Why didu.t
.you-$wa tcht where ron was Eoin With
your blood gasoline car 81 va: s.
~ .t r'r'c- F-sn rsaIsre efesrei.
The :;oung woman d opped a tear
or two. # ii m 70 sorry.ts she said.
Cry baby Cry babs; tainted
Lonesome Tom 81 ba by. Saohi3
Snoh 353s
sf1reEdness In hiding the necklace
Then he closed his eyes and went 10.
sleep.
When he awcke the followtn 4 morn
inE.4the doctor and the railroad presl-##
dent were standing beside his bed
cts your move, Doc he sneered
to the physical NJ. II don't want to-
catch you around here anymore. or
may break a@slat Tor YOU ,nd der
stand that Doc77 N-ou've done al Won
can do: catch afreight. don't like
YOU bloody bit. Z
Nevertheless the doctor puttered
about over, him for some fifteen min
sntes before he left. The big railroad
man still stood looking down upon
him. and there was queer twinkle In
the deeply set gray eyes. # hi
We'll. IA tabhed the tramp, spit IL
out Tell it. Throw 1t from you. Get
1T out o. your system What is Iii? Z
ailidn't ask for your bloody hospita1ity,
did u o. ts y, #
Now Thornton Blair: was not ac-
.customed to being ad dressed thus But
"a look OF forhearance. and not look
of ace Get lr++ Tasr. lsl.a-- HI = usual
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after certain things happen. other-a
wise All 81 the torture IN Hades
:;wonldnft get 1t ont o. me. If you'll
turn the biz new railroad through
Bosdale instead ot Townsville. and
dress me Il . after a King Edward
fashion. and take me to townsville IN
this private car. and introduce me to
the citizens o. the place as Vive-Pres-.
iilent Thomas LinebauEh. and let me
tell em why they don't get thesbig
new railroad. and then make out a
naner to me Teadfn hen the such
and-sucl, railroad runs through
townsville. til AS state, hereby. OF my.
own free viii u bind ms self to pay 70
Thomas Limbaugh the sum q one
hundred thousand dollars tn en-,
and only then viii you set the bloody ~
nacklacei
Thornton Blair was pale. Pc
scribe the necklace lie demand leg.
Lonesome Tom described It I'll IL -
Are YOU aware OF the fact that a
can send you to prison for this ~ nut
tered Blair.
rs es:, admitted Lonesome Tom:
But that won't get the necklace Tor
Syoii. I'd like to do q little time, any
! way. e And about that paper well
have to have disinte rested witnesses
we can get EN- here In Bnsdale.
where the people are crazy to get the
big new railroad.
All the threats and grillinE OF which
the magnate was capable did not make
an impression or Lonesome Tom
Neither did the tears and the plead
inEs Of Blair daughter prevail upon
him He4wa determined. "a He Was GO
ing to wreak vengeance upon the
people who had cuffed him about on
their streets as boy. and kicked him
out OF the town limits az "A man.
Weak as water In other lines. the
tramp was veritable Gibraltar OF
strength In this one. 5
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By Will il | . Se e: ! n

Blane's manner that the money was:
all light, but he was convinced that it
had not been there yesterday. twas
all s,s SO ss obvious. vet somehow the
colonel could not see it
Blanefthrew the door wide open and
was startled out of his In.
difference. With the exception Of an
envelope and q small pile OF rupees
the safe was empty. He turned to the
colonel. There ought to be over
3.00O2rupees. sir III;
Blame smiled mR1iciously.
You're quite right he remarked.
There certainly ought to be. A Then
contemptuously ignoring the adjutant,
he drew from the envelope some notes
and showed them to the colonel
Three notes of IA thousand each. sir;
and there ought to be about SO rupees
in cash. " 5l
Macdonald turned away angri1y. 1t
vas too bad hat this young black
guard should get off scot free owing,
to Il piece Of stupid bbungling
The colonel withdrew the key and
examined it
How many are there,
N Two. sir. Blanc replied.
1. And who keeps the other ~,
The adjutantSTe depressed an impatient
exclamation. He had answered these
VERY questions only A few minutes
ago. IA
do said Blame. producing the
other. Hi ss4 n. BIS
The colonel examine Cd sth en- side BY
side.
Clumsy great things, aren't they
he remarked. and slipped them quietly
into his pocket hat is all, a think.
ntlemcn,. and everybody saluted as
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/ the trap. Do you understand 2"

in the trap Do you und erstand q.
Yes. sir @
hen what are you waiting for?''
Il he says so. sir. II won Gomez
Tell him have just got check
from England forlet me see-for
=. 40O. u rs 3
Four hundred pounds p
Yes. That's about 6. 900 rupees.
Tell him want 1900 and he can have
the rest. Say that IL he is not here
lin half an hour will send for an
y Well, within the appointed time
Ramsawmy Chiefly stood salaaming in
the doorway. a fat, obgequious. greasy
little man. with Watchful eyes that.
never smiled. He was not surprised
to learn from Blanc that no check had
arrived @ Nv
All demands for money he met with
hfm refusal, none too polite; for.
i like his kind. his best manners were
reserved for hisyriche Ter clients.
However. Blame still held his trump
card and his glance rested for a mo-
ment on the little pile OF kilograms
before he asked
How much do ii owe you n s
The Chiefly named the sum. 1t was
far greater than Blame expected, but
II he let that pass. for he had no inten-
ton OF. paying 1t. ss.i
here is no money in the regi-
mental cash chest Blame continued
The Chetty's face expressed aston
ishment. though he felt none. It
would have surprised him more lie
there had been any. ~ #
When the olonel discovers this to-
morrow morning i shall be placed IN
der arrest trie ed by court-nartia1 and
Kicked out OF the service. Then thera
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est may throw some light 81

chest may throw some light on the.
subject
The position OF the new command
ing officer is always little difficult.
especially il he has been promoted
from another regiment. In a way. he
is on trial. This Merryweather had
anticipated, and he was prepared to
meet it,. It was Afacdonald's attitude
that caused his disap
chosen for his zeal and energy; not a
brilliant man but thoroughly reliable.
MerryM Gather knew the type and
was satisfied with him. He sighed
and turned his thoughts back to
Blane's delinquencies.
Anything else for me this morn.
ing?"
Nothing at present. SIR replied
Macdonald. rising YEARLY.
"Then5-I shall be of to breakfa ST, q
and he adjusted the straps of his Sam
Brown belt. 20, by the 4WaF.I will In
spect the cash chest al tomorrow
morning.
The victory was won, It had been,
long struggle, but Macdonald had.
got his own way at last.
Seven o'clock. Very good. sir"
4'. les. Put it in orders, will you?''
Theswo rds were spoken quite casual
Nv. but they startled Macdonald out of
all Gecorum.
..tWhat?'' he exclaimed.
..Put it in orders was what q said !. VI Z
and Merryweather strobe away down
the veranda. zj Il! III
Macdonald pursued him.
Colonel. Coloneli' y
J wv ell. what is it ?,' derryweather-
5er's foot was In the stirrup.
Don't you see sir, lat il u put II
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in orders 1t won't be surprise IN.
spection?.
yves. see that 4 and the ghost Of y
smile hickered for an instant on the.
colonel's lips.
Well. sir, do you still want it put
In orders p
Yes, please And the colonel can
tered away. leaving Ills ad1utant gaE-,
ing after him.
Macdonald returned to the Office
nj It's no good trying to help him, he
3muttered.
Lieut.. Blane's quarters gave no evil
sdence or the critical state OF his
finances Like his colonel. Blame was
confronted with a problem that offered
many different solutions, and he.
frowned thoughtfu11y at a row of boots
extending the whole length Of his bed
room Which OF those boots should he
wear today?
The question OF boots was still un-
settled when servant entered with
the regimental order book and stood
holding it open while Blame glanced at
the contents.
No parade tomorrow. Good! Moth
ing else, ! hope. He#ran his eyes
down the page. Treasure chest.
What's this =" and selling the book he
read the order at a glance.
That's Macdonald, he shouted,
and thrustinE the book into the serv-.
ants hands he began striding about
the room. 4:
For i've years he had been devisinga
schemes to- raise money and meeting
crisis after crisis. Now his training
stood him in good stead.
Take tho dog TT, drive to the ba-5
szarEand tell Ramsawmy Chiefly want
To- see him at once. Bring him back
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betrayed an irrita bic mpatience.
ma. in his bearing. though his eyes
At last the drumming ceased and the
colonel spoke.
don't like the idea that one of
my officers would do such a thing
OF courae not. sir. Most unpleaE
ant. Butt thought it my duty TO men
K ton my suspicious.
You we're quite right, Macdonald.
but it is a nasty business and I don't
know what to do s
Macdonald was one Of those for-s
4tunate men who see only one path be-
fore them and see that clearly. Doubt
[ and hesitation were quite tncomDre-1
/ hensible TO him.
y A surprise inspection or the cash.
chest, slT.-as i suggested. don't see
what better action you can take. n
n T. don't 4 like it, II don't like even to.
appear to suspect him. After all.
there is no proof.
s.ss$f Everybody knows that Mr.. Blame
lost heavily at the last two race meet
5dngs. ct his stables are full"
HAS he any private means 2"
Ss S \" None sir. Not a penny
THAT is what everybody is asking
Nd expect the money lenders ins the ba-:
5zarHcouldstell something If they chose.
and perhaps the contents Of he cast
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wont be any pay for you to attach
From beneath a paperWeight hestools
the little pile of kilograms and passed
them to the Chiefly They were adj
dressed to various banks and money
lenders and stated briefly that he was
being prosecuted for debt. and il they
wanted a share Of the spoil they must
look sharp.
When all these shark come down.
on me at once Il wonder what your
share will be ~
The moneylende began to whine.
Sir. am a. poor man. How can il
lose SO much money? But Blame cut
him short.
Three thousand down at once
The Chiefly was grove1ing on the
floor $sS FAX
Half an hour later Blame returned to
his bungalow and threw himself into
an easy chair. These financial crises
always took 1t out Of him: yet in q.
way he enjoyed the excitement.
Col. Merryweath Their. his AID utant and
a clerk waited In the shade Of the
guard-room Everanda:
The colonel looked at the safe, a.
heavy iron chest, chained to the wall,
s. low many keys are there 2" he.
asked.
Two. SIR
And Blame keeps both r 0
1. 8 ss Yes .5@6sss 5 58S
Blame. mounte \ on an Arab II polo
pony. drew up. dismounted and walk
ed quick to the yeranda.
Sorry IN late, SIR he said, salut-
Ing. Then he turned to the cash
chest.
{ Macdonald watched the proceedings
fEarr
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Ing Mrs. Barnes place he saw q DAN
5ty little figure In white att the gate
She raised her lovely erred eyes IN
RECOGNITION. $Ss as
Fould you mind inquiring for my
mail she asked Both her manner
and her words werenu 4 Al sdisaTming
ssimp1 lefty. - Iiss Graham q my name
7-K City Graham q Il s
Miss Graham Kitty Graham, q rts-s
speated he Erayely, vi courtlys
bow. Then he stopped short. ana re-
saTded the girl with absorption sal
wonder growing In his eyes. - Il 3 Il
Graham, a. said she;; I'd yonsseyer wea !.
slippers 2? r.!
What Ia questi lon q ask as ggirl::i;s.s 81
laugh Kitty some weeks later: &. Ana
what an amusing WI y to- begin =
courts shin 80 s{ 555ts
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VI W - - n
Il Woull Sot Fay C harEes.f

s4 He was an impecunious noblemanl
With air astles$ in sunny France Il:
.er much deliberate lon he sent the FOL
lowing note to the pretty heiress:
4 Dear Miss love you but do rot
know how to express myself. HeWS
would you drises sss
OUNT DEsBusT.t.
II And the helress psnned the follow:
ing: hit W .i3
Dear CoUnt: express yourself arr
way YOU wish except e. D. as YOU
aresnot worth the charges.
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I + -
ycl1oWish beard he wore a coat that
< had been an orcrcOat. a vest that had
been an army blouse. no shirt, trous-
ers and shoes OF the common fashion
of trampdom. 81.
But to the we'll. whatever 1T was.
AFTER all, vengeance was the predomi-
mating thing In i'll When he was a
boy, his father had sold the very An
est est arm in his county and moved to
nearly town, where they had been
into the best society long
enough TO be 1eeced. AfterFten years
OF unavailfnG struggling. the father
had died very poor. and soon after
Ward .he mother had gone. too, leav-
IN an their one child to be cunfed about
Ike any ordinary street arab Then
Ion inebaugh had become tramp.
y He = rent back to the little city every
three or four years, always in the
winter. for the little city was In the
southland he didn't know Why he
went back. for they kicked him out OF
the tbs city limits each time! And Lone
some Toma few other tramps who
knew him called him that because
he wasn't very soctal--would have
sold the immortal part cf him to the
Ruler of. the oldtime fiery Pit to get
even with the people OF .Tohnsville
Lonesome Tom was again on his
way to ] townsville. In fact. he lacked
but twenty-five miles of being there
His blue eyes were g1ittering now.
He forgot to si1iyer at the biting wind
His dirty lists were c1enched In his
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small Wine dow and Ga looked across IS At
the pine woods. It was oae. q those
country win dows. to open which de-
nands strength hich is as the
.strenzth Of ten. and which when
opened. refuse to be closed, gain save at'
with the archaic force OF a battering
Fan. XXI III
Even though 1 do live in IA Harlem
hat, poadered Kitty ham. We e:
been accustomed to wind oWs that re-
NAMED up without z ny visible means
OF support. Since I've come 70 the.
si..rE shsres I've learned better: Seems
TO me that one volume OF I'll ckeray
doesn't keep tho wiilLow up high
enough She Gazed searching!y
i about the room. Il reckon one OF my
heeled slippers will shout do it,
aud she inserted that bit OF personal
s:srnperty With no mean skill. so that
! The heel raised the sash tN'o or three
Ffric:1e hi CHI Ell
hat isn't r-nch.' she concluded.
rife war; with the eScrtion. but
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was 49, beautiful.
day iar3 Miss Gra;-
ham was sitting by
the oncn window
Wrltir.s 10 some.
oE.,.
5 When size mad.
finished icr letter
and laid her pen
4 tioM.-t she Sumter - y. re
ca iniloielltly 10 the.
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3! q. n y
PAl5E TEN
= T9ezI5E isst5 Y NM -, n 5F,-7-fi' ~

I'm a phrenologtst
might have found al
prominence On one
portion OF the
4 tramp's Uranium.
FHs appearance. OF
curse. was hardly
worth the mention
Ing. He had a pair
Of sleepy blue eyes.
VI and. MI Ia straEEiinE
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lie colonel sat drum
\ ming a devils tat
too on the orderly
room table and
gazed abstractedly
through the door
way at the sun
baked Indian land
scape. Beside him
stood his adjutant.
varr stiff and for