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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-02-27


"rve been snanghaied. and 20
know II. Where are we boundy'
Copenhagen
"well. for month or more you'n
beat me up whenever the opportunity
offers. But merely wish to warn you
Chat II you do you'll ind . heap OF trou-
BILE waiting for you the next time you
drop your mudhook in North Amer
lea"
"Is that soy' said the giant. eying
the spanner and the shaking hand that
held It aloft.
1T IL. I'll take your orders and do
the best can. because you've got the
upper hand. But, God IL witness.
you'll pay for every needless blow you
strike. Now what do you want me to
dor"
Lay down that spanner an come
on deck. I'll tell ye what t do. l was
goin' & whale tn daylights out O. ye:
{ ye're somethin' av man. Drop
the spanner first."
Norton hesitated. Al 1.-THE az q H.
ger the bulk OF man sprang at him
and crushed him to the floor, wrench
Ing away the spanner. Then the giant
took Norton by the scruff OF his neck
and banged him up the steps to the
deck.
Il amt goin' { hurt ye. had t
show We that no spanner ever bothered
Mike Bannock. Now. d. know what
q cooks galley is?"
Il do" said Norton, breathing hard.
We'll, hike there an start In with
peelin spuds, an don't waste 'em
neither. That'll be all fer tn present.
Ye were due for wallopin' but !
kinda like yer spunk."
So Jim stumbled down to the cook q
gallery and grimly set to work at the
potatoes. 1t might have been far
worse. But here he was, likely to be
on the high seas for months. and no
way Of notifying Jones what had hap
pened. The outlook was anything but
cheerful. But vague hope awoke In
his heart. II they were still after him
might It not signify that Florence
lived.
Meantime Braine had not been idle.
According to Vroon the girls memory
was In bad shape; so he had not the
least doubt of bringing her back to
New York without mishap. Once he
had her there the game would begin
In earnest. He played his cards ex.
ceedingly well. Steaming up into the
little fishing harbor with handsome
yacht In itself would allay any dis.
trust. And he wore capital disguise,
too. Everything went well till he
laid his hand on Florence's shoulder
She gave a startled cry and ran over
to Barnes. clinging. to him wildly.
"No. mol" she cried.
Nov what, my child?" asked the
sailor.
She shook her head. Her aversion
was inexplicable.
Come, my dear; can't you see that
It 10 your father?" Braine turned to
the captain. "She has been like this
for a year. Heaven knows II she'll
ever be in her right mind again"
sadly. II was giving her an ocean
voyage. with the kindest nurses pos
sible, and yet she jumped overheard.
Come, Florence"
The girl wrapped her arms all the
tighter around Barnes neck.
An idea came into the old sailors
head. "Of course, sir. we got proof
tibet she's your daughter?"
Proof" Braine was taken aback.
yes; somethin' e prove that you're
her father. got skinned out of a
sloop once because took a mans
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-02-27

lied his real danger. Norton! He must
be pushed on the board After this
episode he could no longer keep up
the pretense of being friendly. Nor
ton. by q rare stroke of luck, had
forced him out into the open. So be
1t. Self-preservation Is in no wise
looked upon as criminal The law may
have its ideas about 1t. but the in
dividual recognizes no law but its own.
II was Braine whom he loved and adj
mired, or Norton whom he hated as
a dog with rabies hates water. With
Norton free, he would never again
dare return to New York openly. This
meddling reporter aimed at his ease
and elegance.
He left the freighter as soon as q
boat could, carry him ashore. The
fugitives would make directly for the
railroad, and thither he went at top
speed, to arrive ten minutes too late.
''Free!" said Florence, as the train
began to increase its speed.
Norton reached over and patted
her hand. Then he sat back with :
sudden shock OF dlsmay. He dived
hand into . pocket, into another and
another. The price Of the telegram
he had sent to Jones wss Al he led
had in the world; and he had borrowed
that from = friendly stoker. IA the
excitement he had forgotten IN about
such Z contingency - tho abooluto
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

Of expression was in n state OF almost
complete incapacity and confusion"
For nearly the whole Of one night
Mr.. Candy's mind was occupied with
something between himself and you. 1
have got the broken words as they
dropped from his lips on one sheet OF
paper. and I have got the links Of my
W discovering which connect those
words together on another sheet of
paper. The product. as the arithmeti-
clans would say, is an ineligible state
ment-first. of something actually done
In the past. secondly, Of something
which Mr.. Candy contemplated doing
in the future IL his illness had not got
in the way and stopped him. The ques-
ton is whether this does or does not
represent the lost recollection which
he vainly attempted to find when you
called on him this morning"
"Not a doubt Of IT," I answered.
"Mr. jennings" I added, IL have not
treated you quite fairly. A serious
personal matter is at the bottom of my
visit to Yorkshire. / have but one ex-
cuse for not having dealt frankly with
you In this matter"
Without q moments hesitation 1 told
him the truth as unreservedly as /
have told 1t In these pages.
He started to his feet and looked at
me with breathless eagerness as l APP
preached the leading incident of my
story.
1T Is certain that / went into the
room," I said; 1T is certain that l took
the diamond. / can only meet those
two plain facts by declaring that do
what / might / did 1t without my own
knowledge. You may believe that i
have spoken the truth
Ezra Jennings caught me excitedly
by the arm.
"Stop!' he said. "You have suggest
ed more to me than you suppose. Have
you ever been accustomed to the use of
opium?"
II never tasted 1t in my life"
Were your nerves out of order al
this time last year? Were you un.
usually restless and irritableT
"Yes."
did you sleep badly?"
"Wretchedly. Many nights l never
slept at ALL"
WAS the birthday night an excep-
ton? Try and remember. Did you
sleep well on that occasion?"
Il do remember. 1 slept soundly."
He dropped my arm as suddenly as
he had taken it and looked at me with
the air Of a man whose mind was re-
lieved Of the last doubt that rested
on it.
This is a marked day in your life
and in mine," he said gravely. II nm
absolutely certain, Mr.. Blake, of one
thing-I have got what Mr.. Candy
wanted to say to you this morning in
the notes that l took at my patients
bedside. Wait; that is not all. l am
firmly persuaded that l can prove you
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25
On the Trail of a Mystery.
KNOW where to find Sergeant
Cuff, and l can but try"
Mr.. Bruff smiled and took up

-" KNOW where to find Sergeant
Cuff, and l can but try"
Mr.. Bruff smiled and took up
his hat.
Tell Sergeant Cuff" he rejoined,
that / say the discovery of the truth
depends on the discovery of the per-
son who pawned the diamond. And
let me hear what the sergeant's ex-
perience says to that"
SO we parted for that night.
Early the next morning l set forth
for the little town of Dorking-the
place of Sergeant Cuffs retirement. as
indicated to me by Betteredge.
Inquiring at the hotel, l received the
necessary directions for finding the
sergeant's cottage.
\ decent elderly woman opened the
gate to me and ut once annihilated all
the hopes / had built ON securing the
assistance of Sergeant Cuff. He had
started only the day before on a jour-
ney to Ireland.
I gave her my card. having first
written on 1t In pencil: Il have some
thing to say about the moonstone.
Let me hear from you as soon as you
get back" That done. there was moth
ing left but to submit to circumstances
and return to London,
What form was my next experiment
to take?
AS the event proved, accident came
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

to have been unconscious Of what you
were about when you entered the room
and took the diamond. Give m time
to think and time to question you. l
believe the vindication Of your inno-
cence is in my hands"
Explain yourself. for Gods sake!
What do you mean?'
In the excitement of our colloquy we
had walked on a few steps beyond the
clump of dwarf trees which had hith-
erto screened US from view. Before
Ezra Jennings could answer me he
was hailed from the highroad by u
man in great agitation. who had been
evidently on the lookout for him.
Il am coming.' he called back. 81
am coming as fast as l cam He turn
ed to me. There is an urgent case
waiting for me at the village yonder.
/ ought to have been there half an
hour since. l must attend to it at once.
Give me two hours from this time and
call ut Mr.. Candy's again, and | will
engage to be ready for you"
"How am l to waltz l exclaimed
fmpatiently. Cant you quiet my mind
by a word of explanation before we
partY'
This is far too serious a matter to
be explained in a hurry, Mr.. Bake. l
am not willfully trying your patience.
/ should only be adding to your sus-
pense if l attempted to relieve 1t as
things are now. AT Frizinghall, sir, in
two hours timer He hurried away
and left me.
1 roamed the lonely moorland u
try which surrounds F~rizinghall until
my watch told me that it was time at
last to return to Mr.. Candy's house.
/ found Ezra Jennings ready and
waiting for NE.
He was sitting alone in a bare little
room, which communicated by a glazed
door with q surgery.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25
PROLOGUE.

The moonstone had first reposed In
the forehead of IN Indian idol. As Gen.
turtles went by. I'll luck following 1t,
It passed into Mohammedan hands. but
always through the ages three Brah-
man priests kept secret watch over It
John Herncastle. al English officer,
during the storming Of Seringapatam.
stole the stone. killing its guardians.
Gabriel B~etteredge. house steward for
Julia Uady verinder) explains how the
stone came into the house In which he
serves. Master Franklin Blake. a
nephew Of Lady verinder. had been
sent abroad to be educated. On the
day he was expected home Penelope,
Betteredge's daughter. observes three
Indian Jugglers acting suspiciously.
Franklin arrives earlier than expected.
having eluded a dark stranger follow
ing him in London. Franklin has the
diamond, which has been willed to his
cousin Rachel as a birthday gift by
Colonel Herncastle. He puts the stone
in a bank. The jugglers max a secret
visit to the house. Rachel receives the
moonstone ON her birthday. Among
the guests is Mr.. Murthwaite. an In
dian traveller. The next morning the
diamond Is missing. superintendent OF
Police Seegrave is called in to investi-
gate, and the three Indians are fmpris-
oned. Suspicion also falls on Rosanna
Spearman. a servant, and Others. Ser
geant Cuff. a London detective, Is re-
tanned and begins his work. He Is
checked. however. when Rosanna. who
Lady Verinder admits has had q prison
record, refuses to have her room search
ed. 1t develops that Rosanna has WIS.,
tied n neighbor. Mrs. Golland. and bor-
rowed n tin case. This Sergeant Cuff
suspects she has buried in the scamp
secured by two dog chains. also bor-
rowed. Rosanna shows signs Of nerv-
BUSINESS. Sergeant Cuff asks hat Miss
Rachel be kept at home. He later Wis
fits Frizinghall to interview the three
Indians. On returning he ices q note
I'm which Rosanna tells that the quick
sand has become her grave. Sergeant
Gun suspects that Miss Verindeg and
Rosanna had a secret between them
relating to the moonstone. He wants
TO question her. but Lady Verinder OBJ
5ects, Offering to do the questioning
herself. She writes to the sergeant
that her daughter and Rosanna had
had nothing between them. at the same
time Diminishing him. Mr.. Septimus
Luker. dealer in gems. and Mr.. God
frey Ablewhite are victims Of an out
rage. Both had been bound and gag
ged by evident thieves. Rachel admits
she knows who took the diamond.
Rachel becomes engaged to Godfrey
and at the sudden Ceath of Lady Verin-
der inherits the Verinder fortune. She
later breaks her engagement without
apparent reason. Solicitor Bruff relates
how he was visited by one Of the In
dams. Franklin Blake narrates how
he found his nightgown hidden in the
quicksand by Rosanna Spearman be-
fore her suicide; also a note Of explana-
ton. Solicitor Bruff gives Godfrey II
key, enabling him to meet Rachel. The
young woman accuses Godfrey Of TAX
Ing the precious jewel. She says she
saw him take 1t. Godfrey is informed
that he had been secretly drugged with
opium and that he had not been re-
sp0nSible for his actions.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25
Wasting a
Few Minutes
In Laughter


Old Lady (having run upon a street
fghb-Dear, dear. can you tell me
what's going on there, my MANI"
Noncombatant-Ho, nufflnk, mum,
only the bloke wot works the steam
roller wants us coves to call i'm a
chauffeur.-London Passing Show.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

maze ner otek.
How about vanessa? Is she really
sickf r. r sAat z. 4E
"She was today. She has . hand
some young doctor and he called while
the maid had her false hair out for an
airlng."-Kansas City Journal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

A Heart Drama In Three Reels.
First.-Arthur Brown loved Gladi0la
links.
Second.-Arthur Brown was poor.
Third.-Gladiola Jinks Is nov Mrs.,
De Puy Puyster Observation-Disclosures
Gargoyle.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25
A Common Occurrences.

n Common Occurreuces
"Brutus certainly did N Of the most
contemplate things a man a posi-,
bly, do"
what was thatY
Cutting an old friend dead-"-Baltii
more American.
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Il Was Her Kick.

Merry King Art-Now, just what are
your reasons for wishing to resign
from the round table? I
Sir Lionel-My wife objects to thisl
knight work.-Pencan
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Strictly Professional.

StrtctIy ProfoootonaI.
"Jims anne to blows with the land
scape architect his wife employed over
his charges"
what ~happened?"
Naturally the landscape artist laid
him out.'-Baltimore American.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

Before we were married, Tom, you
used to drink in every word I said to
you"
Eyes, but your conversation has be-
come so dry now that I can't drink
it in."-Boston Traveller.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

We mortals have to swat and shoo
The flies from dawn till dark
Cause Noah didn't swat the. two
That roasted In the ark.
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

Mrs. Nexdore (angrily)-I want you
to keep your dog out Of my house; it's
full Of fleas.
Mrs. Naybor-Your house Is? Mercy!
I certainly shan't let Fido 60 In there
again!-Boston Transcript.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25
Looked Suspieious.

THAT cat must think she's prettier,
than / am"
"Why so, Vanessa?"
"She's always after me to have my.
picture taken with her."-Pittsburghi
Post.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25
Silent Love.

I'd love to love a dumb girl;
1t surely would be grand:
She couldn't scream for father
Because I'd hold her hand!
Princeton Tiger.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25
The Variable Sex.

"a designing man l hate" she said
With scornful head erect;
And yet within a year she loved
And wed an architect.
Exchange.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25
Heiaht Of

"I'm mad at my wife. To anger her
1 shall firt with some other woman"
"If you want to make her absolutely
furious ask some other woman to sew
on a button for you."-Kansas City
Journal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

A judges word must carry weight,
A minister's must marry.
But If a druggist lost his weights
What would apothecarry?
Cornell Widow.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

''That woman across the way treats
her husband like a dog"
Poor man."
"Oh, he likes it. She's always feed,
ing and petting him."-Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

II like moving pictures, but I can't
follow the plot Of this one."-Boston,
Traveller.
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His conceit.

Young Willie Green stood on his head.
And as his feet he twirled
He cried: "Ah, ha! Just look at mo
A-holding up the world"
Judge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

Ito be continued. i
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25

has lone it i~nnocently. If you will
look at the notes you will see that but
for his illness he would have returned
to Lady Verinder's the morning after
the party and would have acknowl-
edged the trick that he had played you.
Miss yerinder would have heard of 1t,
and Miss Verinder would have ques-
toned him, and the truth which has
laid hidden for a year would have been
discovered in a day."
/ began to regain my self possession.
"How was it done?" / asked. "Who
gave me the laudanum without my
knowing it myself?"
II am not able to tell you. Nothing
relating to that part of the matter drop
ped from Mr.. Candy's lips all through
his illness. Perhaps your own men,
DRY may point to the person to be sus-
pected?'
mo"
sit is useless in that case to pursue
the inquiry. The laudanum was Sc
cretly given to you In some way. Let
us leave it there and go on to matters
of more immediate Importance. Read
my notes if you can. Familiarize your
mind with what has happened in the
past. / have something very bold and
very startling to propose to you which
relates to the future"
Ito be continued
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-10-18
Foremost Manufacturer Will
 Spend Five Million

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16-The kelp crop of the Pacific ocean is to be harvested by a powder company to obtain an ingredient used in mak- ing ammunition for the warning na- tions of Europe.
 The statement is made that one of the foremost manufacturers of powd- CT had decided to spend five million in this enterprise in order to obtain the chloride of potash it needs to fill it's war orders, and which it can no longer obtain from Germany. This | is said will create an impetus a. long that line that may prove beni-
 icial to many as it will determine the possibilities of the kelp beds as far as in Alaska.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-10-18
DEATH CLAIMS
 CAPT. $. bRUNN
Master of s. s. Despatch Succumbs to Pneumonia
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Contracted Disease While Assisting
 At the Mariposa Wreck

Succumbing to a severe attack of pneumonia, Simon Brunn, commander of the S. s. Despatch of the Border Line Transportation Co.,, one of the pioneer navigators of Alaskan waters, and an old resident of this city, passed away to his final rest yesterday morning at nine o'clock at the Arthur Yates Hospital. Cap tain sBrunn contracted a severe cold about ten days ago when the De- spatch stood by the wrecked Mari posa and rescued her passengers and brought them to Ketchikan. The trip north was then continued, but on the return of the Despatch south bound last Saturday morning, Capt. Brunn was very sick man indeed. and was taken off here and brought to the hospital for treatment. But pneumonia, in most aggravated form had rendered his condition more serious than was previously suppos- ed, and he grew steadily weaker un- til finally claimed by death.
 The deceased was at one time 2 resident of this city, having lived here with his family during the early days of the camp. All who knew him were his friends, and he had legions of them. He is survived bv wife<and three daughters. T''e hody was prepared and shioped on the Al-Ki today for interment outside.
 Captain Brunn is said to have been born in Germany 52 on 59 venrs ago and came to this country when quite young.
 A coincidence worthy of notice in connection with his death is that he was stricken with the disease tha carried him into his grave on the 18th, his birthday.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-10-18
AT THE GRAND TONIGH1 l

Oubliette, a three reel productio by the 101 Bison brand and from U zen of George Bronson Howard, tl' we'll known novelist and playwrig who has a long list of works to Il; credit among them, Scars of | Southern Seas, Yorke Worry, ar Gods Man, recently published a referred to as the greatest nos of the year. Oubliette, is a SIG of the middle ages when castles dungeons with secret entrances 2 deep pits seemed to be necessary the days when Knights ruled j land. This picture is produced !. der thes-personal direction of Charle Giblyn and features Pauline Bur and Murdock McQuarrie.
 Ethed Grandin described at ,a Bonnie Chic beauty in filmdom, flea lures in a drama entitled, Love Victory, a pretty little home bough on the installment plan leads up | many trials, but at last the home paid for and happiness comes to MI and Mrs. Terry.
 Universal Ike Makes a Monke, of Himself, is the comedy that close' closes the show Adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-10-18
MET BY FORTY
 THOUSAND MEN French Troops Go Under
 First Fire i'll Macedonia BULGARlANS ATTACK
Repulsed Attack Inflicting Frightful
 Loss to Assailants


 LONDON, Oct. 18-Despatchcs from Athens say the French troops recently landed in Macedonia, re- ceived their first baptism of fire since their landing. An army of forty thousand Bulgarians attacked the French troops near Hudovilandov yesterday, but the report says that the fighting still continues without apparent advantage on either sids. Great confidence is reposed in {, Allies to make their way through and relieve the pressure that is being put upon the Serbians on three sides.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-10-18
ENGLAND IS
 REPRIMANDED
For Her Inactivity in The
 Zeppeline Raids


 LONDON, Oct. 18-Severe crit icism of the department of war is heard on every side. The criticism is due to the fact that the Zeppelins are allowed to continue their destruc- tive raids upon the city without exerting every power to prevent such dastardly work.
 At the inquest held by the Coron- or's jury over the remains of the dead, the result of the Zeppelins' last raid, the jury rendered a yer dict censuring the authorities fol their lack of attention to. the inno cents at home.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-10-18
, FAMOUS AVIATOR 
 VAS SHOT
His Wife Gets Ten Years
 For Complicity
SPYING IS CHARGED
Report Says Ghaham White Was
 Shot In London Tower

 ] WINNIPEG, Oct. Photographic news received here today say chat Graham White, the famous aviator, was shot in the tower of London last Saturday. The report further says that his wife who was with him, received a ten year sentence.
 It will be renembered that Graham White and bis wife were arrested charged with being spies since then very little has been heard from them. The news of his execu- tion has created great sensation throughout the land.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-10-18
WRECKAGE FOUND

ST. JOHNS, N. B. Oct. 16- Wreckage from steamer believed to have been the Norwegian collier Kronprlnz Olav, which has been mis- sing two weeks, was found today on the northeast coast of Prince Ed wards Island.
 It is believed that the Kronprina Olav went down in a gale that swept the Gulf of St. Lawrence Septemb 1T 27. She carrieda crew of 35 men who are believed to be lost.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-10-18
SPOKANE SOUTH

The Pacific Coast Co.'S. steamer Spokane went south yesterday, talk ng the following passengers from Ketchikan: Wm. Frobach, J. Grona- chan, Chester H. Obur, w. J. Kearns Lerry P. Reanor, W. H. Stafford, Mrs. w. H. Stafford, E. Wesbier, H. Richmond and two second class. She also took 5000 cases of salmon from the Fidalgo Island Packing Co.'S. cannery.