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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24

she'd be most gratifed-or at least.
she ought to be-"
At which l smiled, preferring that
she should adopt that theory In pref
erence to any other.
She spoke frankly. as a pure honest
girl would speak She was not jealous,
but she nevertheless resented-as wom-
en- do resent such things-that should
fall in love with al friends photograph.
There was a mystery surrounding
that torn picture; Of that ! was abso-
lutely certain. The remembrance OF
that memorable evening when ! had
diued on board the Lola arose vividly
before me. Why had the girls por-
trait been so ruthlessly destroyed?
Hour by hour the mystery surrounding
the Leithcourts became more inscrut-
able, more intensely absorbing. / had
searched a copy of the London direc-
tory at the Station hotel at Carlisle,
and found that no house in Green
street was registered as occupied by
the tenant OF Rannoch; and, further,
when | came to examine the list Of
guests at the castle, found that they
cietv. Leithcourt seemed to possess
long pocket and smiled upon those
parasites, officers of doubtful COM
mission and younger sprigs OF the
pseudo-aristocracy who surrounded
him, while his wife, leen-eyed and OF
superb bearing, was punctilious con-
corning all points OF etiquette. and at
the same time interchangeable that her
mixed set of guests should enjoy a
really good time.
Next day | shot with the Carmichaels
of Crossburn. and about four O'Clock.
after a good day. took leave of the
party in the Black Glen, and started
OFF alone to walk home. distance OF
about six miles. 1t was already grow,
ing dusk, and would be quite dark.
knew before / reached my uncle Is
house My most direct way was to
follow the river for about two miles
and then strike straight across the
large dense woods, apd afterwards
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
! Listened, Trying to Distinguish the
Words Uttered.

over wide moor full of treacherous
boys and pitfalls for the unwary.
My gun over my shoulder, l had
walked on for about three-quarters of
an hour, and had nearly traversed the
wood at that hour SO dark that / had
considerable difficulty in finding my
way, when-of a SUDDEN fancied' |
distinguished voices.
l halted. Yes. Men were talking
in low tones of confidence. and in that
| calm stiffness of evening they appeared
nearer to me than they actually were.
l listened, trying to distinguish the
words uttered. but could make out
nothing. They were moving slowly to-
gether. in close vicinity to myself, for
their feet stirred the dry leaves. and
could hear the boughs cracking as
they forced their way through them.
OF sudden, while standing there
tray my presence, a strange sound
fell upon my eager ears.
Next moment realized that was at
that place where Leithcourt so persist
emily kept his disappointed tryst. hav'
ing approached it from within the
wood.
The sound alarmed me, and yet II
was neither an explosion of fire arms
nor startling cry for help.
One word reached me in the dark
ness-one single word of bitter and
whitening reproach.
Needless of the risk l ran and the
peril to which l exposed myself.
dashed forward with a resolve to pene
| trate the mystery, until came to the
gap in the rough stone wall where
Leithcourt's habit was to halt each day
| at shutdown.
There, in the falling darkness, the
sight that met my eyes at the spot
| held me rigid. appalled,, stupefied.
In that instant ! realized the truth
truth that was surely the strangest
| ever revealed to any man.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24

cry-thst single word Of reproach-
sounded In my ears. and 1t seemed
plain that she had been struck down
ruthlessly after an exchange Of angry
words.
felt in my pocket for my vestas.
but unfortunately my box was empty.
Yet Just at that moment my strained
ears caught a sound-the SOUND OF
someone moving stealthily among the
fallen leaves. Seizing my gun. l de-
| manded who was there.
There was. however. no response
The instant l spoke the movement
| ceased.
1t seemed evident that tragedy had
occurred, and that the victim at my
feet was a woman. But who?
OF a sudden. while l stood hesitat-
ing, blaming myself for being without
matches. | heard the movement re-
peated. Someone was quickly receo-
| ing-escaping from the spot. sprang
through the gap, straining my eyes
| into the gloom, and as / did SO could
| lust distinguish dark figure receding
| quickly beneath the wall Of the WOOD
| In an instant dashed after it. Down
the steep hill to the Scarwater foi-
lowed the fugitive. crossing the old
footbridge near Penpont. and then up
wild winding glen towards the
Cairnmore of Dough. For couple OF
miles or more l was close behind, IN
til. at a turn in the dark wooded glen
| where it branched in two directions. l
lost all trace of the person who flew
| from me. Whoever it was they had
very cleverly gone into hiding in the
underground of one or other OF the two
elens-which, / could not decide.
| stood out of breath, the perspira-
ton pouring from me. undecided how
to act.
Was IL Leithcourt himself whom ]
had surprised?
| That idea somehow became i'm
pressed upon me, and ! suddenly re-
solved to go boldly across to Rannoch
and ascertain for myself. Therefore.
with the excuse that | was belated on
nv walk home, ! turned back down
the glen, and half an hour afterward
entered the great well-lighted hall OF
the castle where the guests, ready
ner.
I was welcomed warmly, and just
then Leithcourt himself joined his
guests, ready dressed in his dinner
Jacket, having just descended from his
room.
"Hulloa. Gregg" he exclaimed heart
lily, holding out his hand. Had long
day of it, evidently. Good sport with
Carmichael-eh?"
Very fair" l said. Il remained
longer with him than l ought to have
done, and have got belated on my way
home, SO looked in for refresher."
Quite right" he laughed merrily
You're always welcome. you know
I'd have been annoyed if l knew you
had passed without coming in
(TO BE CoNTINUED)
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course she told me nothing of her own
feelings or affections. yet recognized
in both her words and her bearing a
curious apathy-a want of the real en-
thusasm of affection. Woodroffe, much
her senior, was her fathers friend, and
it therefore seemed to me more than
likely thai Leithcourt was pressing a
matrimonial alliance upon his daugh-
ter for some Interior motive. She was
perpleXed; she longed to confide and
seek advice of someone. yet by reason
of some hidden and untoward circum-
stance her lips were sealed.
tried to question her further re-
garding Woodroffe. of what profession
he followed and of his past, but she
evidently suspected me, for | had un-
fortunately mentioned the Lola.
Martin Woodroffe did not rejoin the
house party at Rannoch. Although
remained the guest of my uncle much
longer than l intended. indeed right
through the shooting season, in order
to watch the Leithcourts, yet as far as
we could judge they were extremely
well-bred people and very hospitable.
We exchanged good many visits and
dinners. and while my uncle several
times invited Leithcourt and his
friends to his shoot with al fresco
luncheon. which the ladies' Joined, the
tenant of Rannoch always invited US
back in return.
Thus ! gained many opportunities of
talking with Muriel, and of watching
her closely. l had the reputation of
being confirmed bachelor, and on ac-
| count OF that it seemed that she was
| in no way averse to my companion
ship. She could handle rock rifle as
well as any woman. and was really a
very fair shot We often found our
selves alone tramping across the wide
open moorland, or along those delight
| full glens of the Nithsdale, glorious in
/ the autumn tints of their luxurious
foliage.
Her father, on the other hand,
seemed to view me with considerable
suspicion, and could easily discern
that was only asked to Rannoch be-
cause it was impossible to invite my
urcle without including myself.
His pronounced antipathy towards
me caused me to watch him surrepti-
tiously, and more closely than perha ps
I should otherwise have done. He was
man Of gloomy mood. and often he
would leave his guests and take walks
alone. musins and broodipg. On sew
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
BROUGHT ACTION TO AN END
Appearance Of the Deceased" In
Chancery Court Blow to Army
Of Lawyers.

1t was a suit in chancery, and there
was a great gathering OF the de-
ceased's family. quarreling, as rela-
tives will. over the division of the
spoils. The lawyers engaged chuckled,
for the suit seemed likely to be pro-
longed and complicated.
There were many lawyers, too. and
the Judge marveled at the immensely
Of the deceased mans family as silk
and stun rose in rapid succession. in
Producing themselves with the usual
formula: And l, my lord, am for the
nephews, or nieces, or fifteenth cousins
removed. as the case may be. of the
deceased" The procession seemed in
terminable. but at last it came to an
end. Then small voice was heard
timidly saying from the back of the
court. May l be allowed to speak. my
lord?"
ship adjusted his spectacles and asked,
rather dejectedly. Who are you?"
The answer was, to say the least
unexpected.
Il am the deceased. my lord" said
the modest voice from the back of the
court. That ended the action.
Quite unknown to his relatives, the
deceased" had turned up from the
wilds of Rhodesia, Obviously a man
Of humor. he must have taken a de-
light in watching how the best-laid
schemes Of mice and men gang aft
agley."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24

And you will probably spend a
good deal Of time yachting?" l sug-
gested. my eyes fixed upon her in or
remark. But she controlled herself
perfectly.
'Mr. Woodroffe has gone up to town.
your mother says"
Yes. He received a wire. and had
to leave Immediately. 1t was an awful
bore. for we had arranged to go for a
picnic to Dundrennan abbey yester-
day."
But he'll be back here again. won't
he?"
Il really don't know. 1t seems quite
uncertain. l had a letter this morn
ing which said he might have to go
over to Hamburg on business. instead
Of coming up to us again.
There was disappointment in her
voice. and yet at the same time I
could not fail to recognize how the
man to whom she was engaged had
fed from Scotland because of my pres
ence.
AS we passed along those graveled
walks it somehow became wildly i'm
pressed upon me that her marriage
was being forced upon her by her par
ents. Her manner was that of ono
who was concealing some strange and
terrible secret which she feared might
be revealed. There was distant look
of unutterable terror In those dark
eyes as though she existed in some
constant and ever-present dread. OF
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
SURE HE KNEW HER NAME
Betty's Indignant Outburst, However,
Came at Time That Was
Most Inopportune.

Scottish minister was once busy
catechizing his young parishioners be-
fore his congregation, when he put the
usual first question to a girl whose
father kept a drinking place:
What is your name%
The question having been repeated,
the girl replied:
Name O. your fun, sir; We ken my
name weel enough. Dye no say when
we come tae DOR hoose at night, Betty,
bring me some toddy'?"
The congregation, forgetting the sa-
credness of the place, broke into a
loud laugh, and the parson looked dag.
gers-London Tit-Bits.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
SYNOPSIS.

The yacht Lola narrowly escapes wreck
IN Leghorn harbor. Gordon Gregg. locun
tenens for the British consul is called
upon by Horribly. the I>ola's owner. and
dimes aboard with him and his friend.
Hylton Chatter. Aboard the yacht he ac,
eidentally sees a room fun OF arms and
ammunition and a torn photograph OF a
young girl. That night the consurs safe
In robbed and the Lola puts suddenly to
sea The police find that Hornby is
fraud and the Lola's name false one.
Gregg visits Capt Jack Durnford Of the
marines aboard his vessel. and IS sur
prised to learn that Durnford knows,
Lola. ut concerns n woman" In Lon
1on Gregg is trapped nearly to his death
by former servant. Oiinto. who repents
In time to save him, but not to give a rea-
son for his treachery, Visiting In Dunn
tries Gregg meets Muriel Leithcourt,
who is strangely affected al the mention
Of the Lola. Hornby appears Muriel in
PRODUCES Hornby as Martin WoodrofTe.
her fathers friend
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
CHAPTER v.
Contains Certain Condolences.

Contains Certain Condolences.
As l dashed forward to the gap in
the boundary wall of the wood, near
ly stumbled over a form lying across
the narrow path.
So dark was it beneath the trees
on, what it was until bent and my
hands touched the garments Of q WON
an. Her hat had fallen OF. for l felt
1t beneath my feet, while the cloak
was a thick wooden one.
Was she dead. wondered? That
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
AT THE FIRST SIGNS
OF Falling Hair Get Cuticura.
Works Wonders. Trial Free.

Touch spots of dandruff and itching
with Cuticura Ointment, and follow
next morning with hot shampoo OF
Cuticura Soap. This at once arrests
falling hair and promotes hair growth.
You may rely on these supercreamy
emollents for all skin troubles.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24

Not Gray Hairs but Tired Eyes
make US look older than we are. Keep
your Eyes young and you will look young
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co.,
Chicago, Sends Eye Book on request,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
No Occasion to Stoop.

Il think you are the man who
stole my shirt" said Pat one day
when he met very suspicious looking
foreigner knocking about his house.
DO you think l would stoop SO low
as to take your shirt" said the
stranger.
You hadn't to stoop at all. it was
hanging up"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
charley's Compliment.

Little Charley was saying good
night. After kissing his grandmother,
uncle and father. he came to his man.
ma. why do you kiss me Iast?" she
said. "Oh, WELL" said the little fel.
low, you see don't want your kiss
to come ID"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
Not in This Case.

What did your wealthy father-in.
law give you for wedding present."
asked the intimate friend
"A clock" answered the disappoint
ed bridegroom, who expected check
And yet, they say time is money"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
Too Sudden.

Sad affair about Jones having con-
cussion Of the brain, wasn't it,"
What was the matter?"
He was struck with an idea Yale
Record
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24

If man cannot get on the melon
side of the political fence he had bet
ter work for living,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24

To keep clean and healthy take Dr..
pierces Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24

Ten smiles for q nickel. Always buy Red
Gross Bag Blue; have beautiful, clear
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
The Dancer.

Il am half afraid to try this new
scalp tonic
why are you afraid"
1T is really a hair-raising expert
ment, you know"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-24
Piles Cured in & to 14Dav.

Druggists refund money il PAZO OINTMENT
fails to cure Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. First application gives relief soc.
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FAKEDOCTOR PICKS
PATIENTS POCKETS
Fifteen East Side Residents
Victims Of Ointment That
Wouldn't Dry.
MAN WITH RECORD HELD

A resident OF the lower East Side
opened the door OF his Nat TO admit
short. we'll fed gentleman with medical
odor who said he represented the Boari
OF Health. The fat dweiler was com
manded TO remove part OF his clothing
and lie on the bed. his back uppermost
his face in the pillow and submit to
physical examination.
The medical man. in pursuance OF his
duty, ano.nted the patients back with
greasy preparation calculated to bring
the physical defects to the surface and
commanded the patient to lie quite still
until the ointment dried When his pa
thence would endure no longer the pa
tient rolled over. the grease still not
dried. The medical man was gone ana
so was the little wad OF bills that the
East Side man had worn next to his
skin.
Last night the police arrested Joseph
Krowl. &c. OF 1896 Fortieth street
Brooklyn. and charged nm with being
the bogus medical man in this little
scenario, which has been played with
proft in at least fifteen homes In the
East Side below Fourteenth street
Krowi is at Police Headquarters charged
with grand larceny. The police say he
has a record. that he Is No 2V,ll2 IN
tho Rogues' Gallery and that no has
been to Sing SING.
Jacob Fe!n. 50 Eldridge street. said "a
he the father OF Dopey Benny. the
Rangster, says the medical person 6o'
Sss from his trousers when the scene
was enacted in his home Annie Ruben.
| field, 81 Wiilett street. says she missed
81 after the examination, HERNIA Z
Godel. b5 Avenue u. save when he de
cided the ointment on his back woulo
never dry $40 was gone from MI
| trousers.
Abraham Dutch. 90 Goerck street. lost
500. The next day Dutch got 'hi'
letter:
II herewith return $50 Of your money
II Is OF no use to me. Tho other Wv
will follow DOCTOR
The 500 Dutch had treasured In his
wallet was good and lawful money. The
$50 returned was brand new stage
| money.
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TWO SAFES ROBBED OF $1,000.
RaiiroRd Ticket Agent Gone; a3OO
Taken From Theatre.

An amateur burglar got $500 from a
efe in the New York Central Railroad
station at l55th street and Eighth ave-
nue. yesterday and four professional
craftsmen took 5000 from safe In the
Mount Morris Theatre, ll6th street and
Fifth avenue
When Melville G. Wooley, station
master at the Manhattan terminal OF the
Putnam division. arrived At the station
in the morning he found the safe lying
IN the middle Of the waiting room. with
the door open. The $500 paid in on the
day before for commuters monthly
tickets was missing. The police found
tina. the safe had been opened by some
one who knew the combination and that
y had been drilled as we'll They said
u was the work OF an amateur
The police found that Spencer Roberts.
Is years Old, Of 81 Macombs place, the
night ticket agent, had disappeared from
his homo. leaving this note for his wife.
70 whom he was married last December
y am In trouble. Good-by."
George Ellington. night Waterman AZ
ne Mount Morris Theatre. was making
he rounds In tho second balcony early
N the day whom he heard a peremptory
Hands up" and turned TO ind four
masked men pointing four revolvers at
h's head. He put up his hands. They
tied him to . front scat In the orchestra,
With the remark that he would probably
Enjoy tho show
Ellington saw them blow the office
eafs and take $500. When Edward
Bromer came 10 sweep out the theatre
Two hours later he found Ellington still
staring at tho asbestos curtain.
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F. W. FUTILE KILLS HIMSELF

brooklyn Manufacturer. Cancer
sufferer. a suicide In Atlantic CITY
ATLANTIC CITY, May 3.-Frederick w
Tuttle OF Brooklyn. vice-president OF the
futile 4 Bailey Manufacturing Company
Of 7s Madison street. New York. killed
himself to-day by inhaling gas In his
apartment at Maryland and Pacific ave.
nues. He was a sufferer from cancer
OF the throat and had endured the
agony for nearly three years.
Mr.. Tuttle was SO years old. He mar
ried twenty-five years ago. and two
years later entered the manufacturing
firm founded by his father and was
actively connected with its management,
until two and a half years ago. when he
became ill., on the advice OF his physi.
clan he went to Atlantic City a week
ago.
!, He was a member OF the Lambs and
Calumet clubs and a commitment OF
Plymouth Church He Is survived 10y
his wife. Mrs Il. A. futile: four sisters
and a brother. Clifford Turtle OF Engle
wood, y. j. The latter and Mrs. futile
last night brought the body OF Mr.. Tut
tie to his late home at 2ss Dekalt
avenue
Funeral services will be held or
tomorrow evening. The Rev. Or. Iohr
Williams. pastor OF Calvary Protestant
Episcopal Church on Bushwick avenue
lifelong friend OF Mr.. futile. vii
oaiciate Interment will be in IN,
/ family plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
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which has n catch lock. swung shut, and
there I was out in the hall in my night
dress with gentlemen in evening dress
who had been attending uhe soiree at
my DOR. They sympa thized with me.
but II was all dreadfully humiliating.
II ran to the elevator and went down
TO the ninth floor to get away from
the chauffeur and all the people. The
chauffeur followed to the elevator. but
the house attendants took change - him
and got him Out.
II remained In the cold hallway on
the ninth floor for fully thirty minutes
before they found a key man who could
open the door 10 I could get in my own
apartments.
I'm get taxi and will 20 down 20
court Tomorrow morning l don't be-
l.eve any Magistrate would object to q
woman who was dragged from her owr
home in her nightgown from defending
herself against such a chauffeur as thai:
1t vas perfectly outrageous The way
was treated"
Mrs Harold added that she intended
TO prefer charges against the chauffeui
when she gets to court for what she
called his outrageous treatment In
dragging her in her nightgown out 81
her apartment just before the door
slammed shut.
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L0ZER SUES MISSING WIFE.
Petition for Divorce.

HAcHESsAcK, y. J., May 3-When
Sheriff. Heath made affidavit to-day that
~ d'd not believe Mrs. Lillian Iozier was
IN the State OF New Jersey II was learned
for the first time that a suit for divorce
from the missing woman had been fled
oy Cyrus j. Lozier, banker and builder
o. Ridgeneld Park. On making the am
oarlt the Sheriff returned the papers
" the suit to Mr.. Lozier's lawyers.
Mrs iozier disappeared on the eve
mig OF April II. The divorce papers
,ams Harry I, Vanderbeck, the closest
Fend 81 the banker. and also a builder,
s2o eft his wife and home on the dag
mat Mrs Lozier went away.
Ny. l.ozler charges that Mrs. Lozle-
shd Nanderbeck were together at the
noe Holland, Beacon, Duchess county,
y T. on April Ia and - This was in
me with rumOr that the two were
gong 20 the Panama Exposition In Van
o'y0ecks automobile.
Tho banker in his petition also men
Noh' dates prior to the alleged elope-
nent.
=. IN the road along the Hudson River
'and"rbeck mailed TO his wife deeds for
~ OF his real estate in Ridgeheld Park
valued at 100000. but this had beer
Already attached by Sheriff Heath for
uenl'ors OF me builder.