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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

cou1d,' Marshall replied, 'Fbut they haven't got anything yet
 Its been two months now since the coming of the red card,'' Wainwright unused
 ''The longer the better!' the detec- tive exclaimed energetical1y. Its be- ginning to look to me as if the chaps nerve might be petering-as if you'd never get that black card, the one to mean real business. Take it from me, MT. Wainwright, it's just one of those cranks that are always annoying pub lie men, Why, it stands to reason when you come to think of it. You see, the sender of those mysterious cards claimed to be Henry Allen s brother. Well, now, that fits in with my theory, because nobody ever heard of Henry Aliens brother at any other time. If there really had been such a brother he would have appeared to aid Henry at the time of the trial.''
 Wainwright was not in the least convinced. He remembered the fact that the unknown enemy had in fact used every endeavor in Henry Allen s behalf before the trial and throughout it's course.
 Marshall, content that his theory had proved acceptable, changed to another phase of the subject.
 "And as I remember you got the warning red card the next day after your nomination for governor
 "sWell?''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

she had left him, with moody eyes staring unseeing into space, and the in tensity of his emotion was shown in the harsh grimness of his face.
 But at last that expression vanished in an instant. In place of it there was revealed a malignant exultation fright fu1 to see. The black hate of him glowed from his face, burned cruelty from his eyes. He hurried stealthily to the large table where was lying book he had seen Wainwright reading often, a book of love poems.
 The Master Mind took from an inner pocket card of pasteboard, blank, which he placed between the leaves of the book, in such fashion that it pro truded noticeab1y, and so left it lying there. For a long minute he stood look ing~down in sinister gloating; then, with a sardonic cfuckle, he turned and went out.
 The card was black
 
 Marshall, the Pinkerton detective en- gagged by Wainwright to ferret out the mystery of the cards by tracing them to their, source, had wholly failed in accomplishing anything whatever in that direction.
 
 under the guise of participant in Weinwright's campaign work, as he had done frequently hitherto, in order yet once again to review with his prin- cipal the facts of the case in final desperate hope of chancing on some neglected item that might suffice as a Flew to definite Information
 Well, what do you think of, it?'' Wainwright demanded in his (ibrary. The detective's face, too, indicated a like depression of spirit.
 Might as4Wen be frank" he said reluctantly '1 must confess, MT. Wainwright, that this thing has got me stumped'
 Cant we get any help from the post office inspectorsg' Wainwright sug- l gested.
 They've been doing what they
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

Luke McLHiee Says:
 Somehow or other a white horse al- ways looks as if 1t ought to be sent to the laundry.
 Boy babies learn to talk first. But girl babies make up for the lost time after they grow up.
 When corn fed gets on pair of scales and discovers that she has lost three pounds she always looks around the room to make sure that she hasn't m1s1aid any of her shape.
 A man likes to boast about his me chanica1 ability. But it takes a woman to sharpen a lead pencil with a pair of scissors.
 The man who is so deaf that he can't hear his wife asking for money never has any difficulty in hearing the rustic of a skirt when he IS out of the house.
 Sometimes a woman acts proud and calm and contented during church serv- ices because she doesn't know that there is bug crawling around her black velvet hat.
 Before she gets him she asks him all sorts of questions about affairs in gem eral and gives him the idea that he has Solomon looking like a pfker when 1t comes to wisdom. But after she gets him she wouldn't believe he was right if he told her that 1t was raining out side.
 Anyway when a widower marries a widow they do not have to rehearse for the marriage ceremony like the an- ateurs.
 Nobody planes souse for imagining that he can sing, but the trouble is that the souse also 1magines that you are from Missouri.
 TTIE.1 41IO F. you have to- tell a dozen more to back it up.
 The high cost of living wasn't such a much in the old days when a woman was satisfied to go downtown with a lump of chalk tied in corner of hel handkerchief. Nowadays she wants g five dollar vanity bag and has to buy about $6 worth of cosmetics to i'll the blame thing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
NOTICE

conducting business at the ear7e CId location, corner of Main and Jofrl streets, streets, Bridgeport, Conn, and 0uF EF1vatc Sank has been established ana paid out on demand without mo- nce millions of dollars of money de- posted with us and we continue fu receive money subject to deDosifor'g Check at sight, on which we allow three per cent per annun1, credited 10 each account monthly. We solicit the accounts of individuals, business men, firms and corporations, and all who want a bank account where they can deposit money, checks or drafts, and leave it for one day.Ono week, ons month or one year, and draw interest We give to the business OmF careful personal attention as the oldest ffrrB of private bankers i'm this gte6a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
CHAPTER XII

THE detective and Wainwright
 now sat rigid and staring in | silent wonder, touched with. an
 A almost superstitious fear. For long minutes there was not a word between them, nor any movement.
 It was Wainwright who at last took the initiative. Of a sudden he aroused himself to cast the torpor of dread from his spirit. He was a brave man, weakness into which he had been sur prised by this uncanny trick in the presentation of the black card. Here finally was a new point for concentre- ton of his intellect on the mystery. He felt 8 curious sense of relief as the thought occurred to him. and forth with his keen mind began to concern itself with the facts in the event and to reason from them.
 He relaxed his posture and looked up at the detective sharply. His voice was crisp.
 ''Marshall,'' he said rapidly, '.just before dinner had this very book in my hands, reading from it a certain quotation. The black card was not there then.'' He laid the card within the volume. "See!' he continued. ''It is longer than the leaves. It must project beyond them. Had it been in the book must have seen it."
 The detective nodded agreement ''So, then, my enemy has been here in this house, my own house-ton1ght. And this card means that the end is ht hand. Yes, and the man himself is here to fulfill his promise to me. In my own -tonightT'
 ''But how? What do you expectT
 ''If knew that I might plan to pre- vent him. Wainwright answered short Iy, ttin whatever thing his evil mind has plotted. But I am half convinced of one thing-that he does not mean to kill me outright Murder has never been committed by him as far as any one knows
 ''Just the same," Marshall suggest ed, tits well to be prepared" He took an automatic pistol from his pocket and held 1t out.
 ''Vety we'll" The pistol was accept ed and bestowed in a pocket just as the butler entered the library.
 Ibid you ring, sir?"
 ''No,'' was the concise answer.
 Pardon me, sir," Andrew said. ''I thought I heard the bell, and, as knew Parker was busy upstairs, I''-
 Quite so! Yes, I see, Andrew '' Then he introduced the vital subject: ''Has anybody been in this room to- night except the members of the fam i1y7'
 l ''Yes, str,'' was the reply, which 1 Wainwright had by no means expect ed. "A person called to see MT. Walter, though I did not see him my self"
 (To Re ContinuadN
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
FOR SALE

I must sell at once all of the real estate of Burr & Knapp, and can offer it at a liberal dis count from former prices. Lists may be had at The Title Guar anty and Trust Co.,, 993 Broad street.
 JOHN C. CHAMBERLAIN.
 Trustee.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
Names Is Names. Ca1lie Coe lives at Portsmouth, O.

The Wrecked Bridge. A corn fed working girl secured a dandy job one day As brakeman on freight train on the x. '. 2. and A. She weighed 400 pounds, and when she started run She found that walking box car roofs was anything but fun. But this girl needed money, and she stuck right to her train, And stood on top of freight cars and held with might and main. One day the train was speeding from Grass Crossing to Hay Ridge, The girl was standing up on top as they approached a bridge; It was a. brand new bridge, but she did not know 1t was there, And when the train passed under it she hit it fair and square The bridge could not withstand the shock and fell down with crash, And, as it fell, it runnpled up the corn fed girls new sash. A wrecking train arrived, and there an awful mess was found, But at her post of duty stood the brave girl. safe and sound. The boss mechanic said: ''See, here,
 you're fired, you big fat cob For you have wrecked this bridge and you must hunt another job The girl climbed down from that car roof, and tears was in her eye, And she faced that brutal man she made this here reply:
 CHORUS didn't mean to wreck your bridge or
 block your railroad track I didn't see the bridge at all, I hit 1t
 with my back Just give me one more chance, kind sir;
 don't i'll me with alarm. Don't fire an honest working girl who
 didn't mean harm!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

Perhaps there's nothing significant in that fact,'' the detective admitted; !; ''but I wanted to verify my memory Now there's one other thing I must speak of.'J Marshall hesitated, with evident embarrassment. ''It's a deli cate point to touch on with a man, he explained, "but I've got to do it''
 Wainwright nodded consent
 ETts about your wife, the detective declared constrainedly. She's worried about something.''
 For a moment stern displeasure flashed from Wainwright's clear gray eyes; then the expression died as swiftly.
 ''Ah, you've noticed that,'' he ex- claimed. A troubled frown bent his brows. 'FYes," he said duly, at t, it would seem so, perhaps. I, too, e noticed-somethtng
 Have you ever told her about the cards ?''l Marshall inquired.
 q did not wish to worry her.''
 f'Have you questioned her?'
 E'Yes. shall not tell you precisely what answer she made. It would have no bearing. It is enough for you to know that it was merely a pretty little sentinqental >reason-one that seemed natural enough too.''
 'FWeIl, we still seem to have nothing definite to go on,'' the detective grum- b1ed. Anyhow, I'm much inclined to believe the thing is actually done with
 Wainwright moved uneasily in his chair and dropped one hand carelessly on the table beside which he sat. His fingers touched the book of poems from which he had been reading re- gently. He picked up the volume idly. t@Then, you really think he continued list1essly, that the gentleman who sends the cards is just a harmless crank?'
 s'Yes,'' Marshall said confidently. "I think that's really just about the size l of this enemy of yours. It's been somebody masquerading as the Mas ter Mind. The chap will never go any further Wainwright listened cour. teously, but the detectives words car fied no conviction to him. He was re fecting on the fact that an ordinary harmless lunatic would be little likely | to display the ingenuity and the re source and the pertnacity that had ! characterized his enemy in the matter of following him everywhere with the cryptic cards. The timing of the send ing of the cards, one to reach him al the time of his triumph of love, an other at the time of his triumph o1 ambition, was enough to proclaim the dfabolicaI cunning of his foe and tc augur i'll of his abilities for the future 1 At the thought of the red card Vain wright moved nervous1y. The fingers that gripped the book closed tightly or it. In the movement their tips touch ed something that projected beyond the leaves. Mechanically, without any curiosity whatsoever, he glanced down Then, very slowly, he stiffened in his ] chair, staring fxed1y toward the vol ume. His face lost it's clear color 1 ing and swiftly showed a dull pallo1 and set in new 1ines-lines of dread 'sWhy,'' Marshall continued, q once knew a very similar case, in which, He halted his speech abruptly, for he 1 had chanced to look up at the man op pos1te him and was astounded. "Goo6 God!'' he cried. Whats the matter manT'
 Wainwright made no answer ir words; only raised the book and drew forth from between the leaves blank | black card and rested motfonless, hold 1 ing it stiff1y in front of him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
FOR SALE

An of the real estate of Burr & Knapp, consisting of cottages, two and three family houses and vacant lots, located in Bridgeport, Fairfield, StPat- ford and Milford. Also one-third in- terest in the factory property located at the northwest corner of South Ave nue and Water Street. Lists may be obtained at The Title Guaranty and Trust Company. S9S Broad Street.
 J. o. CHAMBERLAIN,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

The Foreign Trade Commission ot Pittsburgh received an inquiry ask ing that Pittsburgh manufacturers be requested to bid on 100000 shells large quantities of shrapnel castings and other war munitions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman of the National Relief Board of the American Red Cross, issued an ap- peal for an endowment of $5,O00,000 to maintain the organization as eff cientIy as any other in the world.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

Some Tightvwad. ''They tell me that Smith is an awful tightwad,' said the wise guy. "He sure 1s,'' replied the grouch. ''Why, if that fellow killed two birds with one stone he would want the stone back.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

For one bass, not ten inches long, $125. That's what it cost Chfisto- pher Glenn. of Paterson. to catch one smaller than the game laws of New Jersey allow. He went to jail in de- fault.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

Because it made a protest against the sinking of the Lusitania, the So- cia1ist newspaper "Goerlitzer Vo1kzeI- tung' was ordered by the command CT at Posen, Poland. to suspend pub ncation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

Secretary Daniels appointed a spe- cial Board of Inquiry to investigate the alleged irregularities in connec- ton with the examinations at the Naval Academy, where several test papers were stolen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
Seorchina.

Scorchine. The speed hend was fool, VOW, To scorch was his delight. One day a tire blew out and now He's scorching day and night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RICK 6 SOP
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
QuchI

OuchI It's easy enough to be pleasant When with your woes you are stricken, | But the man worth while, Is the man who smile
 When his wife catches him with a, chicken.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
CERTILAX The Certain Laxative

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
Wall Papers

LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE LINE in Bridgeport. Wholesale and retail painters supplies. James J.
 ConIin, 70 and 72 Elm St., Bridge port, Conn. S Is all"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
Bits of Byplay By Luke McLuke Copyright 1918, the Cincinnati
 EnQuire1
Paw knov~s Everything.
By Luke McLuke

Wf11ie-Paw, what made the wild man of Borneo wild?
 Paw@t must have been his wife, my son.
 Maw-W11le, you come into the kitchen and take dose of medicine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

NO JOB LOTS we carry in st-ck, only high grade goods. tiffany blonds, leather effects. grass cloths, etc. Also fancy mou1dings, large assort- ment- Edward B. Bursey, AT John St. U 22 ale
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

WALL PAPER Sc and 1Oc the roll St. B 20 ~tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
TODAY'S WANTS

WANTED-$1, 800 Mortgage, short time, good interest; first class se- curity. Address Manufacturer, P. O. Box 342. D 4 s&p PHONE S2so. day or night, Automo- piles for lire. Aston Garage.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

Our Daily Special. When you are prepared for 8 rainy day it never rains.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RICK 8 SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

How to Make a Coroner's Cocktail. Mix two girls and two men. Add beer, wine and booze. Squeeze into an automobile. Add dash of joy. Shake well. Serve at fifty miles an hour.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
Advice,

Advice. Don't get your head swelled by applause, And common sense don't lack;
 There's room up at the top because It's easy to slide back.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

Things to Worry About. Spain has more hunchbacks than any other country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07
Wanted-To Buy

WANTED TO BUY-second hand clothing. Send postal, will call. Yale Mtsfit, ess Main St.
 2s as~p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-07

WANTED-To buy all kinds of sec- ond hand furniture. Geo. F. To- tams, Redfie1d's old stand. AZ Har- E1son St. Telephone 2544-2.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07
Advice for New Auto
Drivers to Follow

Edgar ApperBon secretary and treas
urer of Apperson Brothers Automobile
company, In discussing the trials OF new
drivers has this to say;
Take your time during the first month.
keep cool and have reason for every
thing you do. and above all thinl-do not
forget it--think-and you win get along
all right
What each pedal is for-know what
each button will debut be sure about
stand do not lose your head. Then you
win not set into any trouble.
"D&riy morning a the best time to
learn the rudiments OF driving. 60 slowly
and keep to the right Get in the habit
Of watching for street cars. both on the
street you are driving and on the cross
streets
After a short period. when you feel
satisfied you have mastered the elemen-
tary things, drive later In the day wher
the traffic is heavy. But be careful
This VIII accustom you 20 the crowds
During the learning period drive slowly
Do not speed up. Most OF the Aroubls
comes from driving too fast
Find out all about your car and treat
u with consideration Watch lubrieatiou
You do not 60 without food for severn
Gays. nor should you allow your car I,
be without sufficient oil and water
And remember your car IL a piece o.
machinery. II IL not infalIfble- Do no,
expect the impossible OF it."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07
New MOline-Knight
Remarkable Value

Those who have had an opportunity to
see the new Moline-Knight forty at 81 as,
product OF the Moline Automobile com
pany. East Moline. H., pronounce It one
of the most remarkable values ever Of
fered the public.
Officials of the Moline company main
tain that II is an unusually easy riding
car, and this claim is substantiated by
dealers and consumers who have ridden
in 1t. Its easy riding qualities are made
possible by an entirely new rear spring
suspension, unlike any other now In use.
It is a double cross. semi-elliptio device
that prevents side swaying and gives the
body only a natural up and down move
ment
The two semi-elliptic springs are
clamped together, the lower one being
shackled to the rear axle housing, while
the upper one is shackled to the frame.
In addition TO being an unusually flexible
spring. this now method saves consider
able excess and unnecessary weight
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07
Quartermasters
in Army Experts
in Choosing Cars

There are no more expert purchasing
agents IN thu country than our army
quartermasters. II Is their business 70
buy rlght and to test thoroughly before
placing their order. and tho Paige com
pany can consider Il quite a feather In
their cap thai one Of their cars has just
been bought by Major Undertake. quar-
termaster OF the United States Military
academy az West Point
When a motor car Is wanted the one
car that comes nearest 10 filling the
specifications Is sought II must pass
minute examination and every mechani-
cal part must be the bcs. OF liz kind II
Is then put through Its pacos, and n the
performance proves satisfactory II Is
bought regardless OF price
Sales Manager Krohn OF the Paige COM
pany. In speaking OF the matter. said:
II am more pleased with this order from
Major Undertake than orders from a
dozen opera stars. governors. OF other
prominent personages In order TO mako
this sale. we had TO show that our car
was right all the way through'-it was
not the color OF the paint or the lines OF
the body. or the popular price that
Major Tlmberiake wanted-lt was serv-
Ice