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with whom Walls was known to have
been friendly, and who had part in
the activities of the faro gang. This
woman's correspondence was watched,
and it was soon discovered that she
was sending letters to and receiving
letters from a man in Detroit, Mich.
Tracings of the mans handwriting
were made as the letters came through
the post Office, and when compared
with that of Walls, the resemblance
was convincing.
The writer of these letters gave his
address as lock box. A special agent
went to Detroit, but the box had been
given up. Two months later more let
tiers came to the same woman from
Grand Junction, Colo, and also from
a lock box. The postmaster was able
to describe the man holding the box
and the description suited Walls. But
he moved again before a detective got
there to identify and arrest him.
There was chase of six months on
such clues, always through the same
woman, but Walls was still at large.
EtNVntudlAy LAC4O ARPC6tCu 0AAOh6
death notices in New York the name
of Edward T. Walls. subsequently
Mrs. Walls went from her boarding
house in Boston and took charge OF
the body. Suspecting that this might
be trick to throw them of their
guard, the special agents took every
precaution to identify the body. Event
ually they were convinced that the
man they had pursued so diligently
was dead. The case was closed.
The three principals in this case,
Tollman, Kelliner and Mansfield,
were given Is, Is and 10 years re-
spectively After their conviction
both Tollman and Kelliner talked
freely to Billy Gard of the whole case
and threw some interesting sidelights
upon it. Kelliner told particularly of
the inception of the plans of the faro
gang. He said it came into being at
Atlantic City where he and Mansfield
and Walls happened to be spending a
week end. Kelliner at that time al
ready had line on Tollman and 9TH
er possible victims were deemed
ready Tor the plucking.
With these prospective victims in
mind the faro gang was organized.
Money had to be raised for the fitting
up of the establishment in Twenty,
eighth street, which was only used
when victims were in tow. This alone
cost $4,000. Then there was the nee
essary expense money of tie members
of the gang while they were develop
ing their victim. There must be cash
in the bank to be won when those vic
Tins made their first appearance. AL
together it was a business that had
to be capitalized for something like
$4,000 before it could begin opera
tons. But, as it afterwards turned
out, it was profitable investment if
viewed from the standpoint of Toll
man alone; and there were other vic
Tins.
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and great care is necessary to avoid
confusion in gathering the leaves and
berries, for a very small number Of
leaves of the wrong kind will material.
ly affect the quality of the finished
product.
The leaves of the myrica acris ara
from three to five inches in length.
The round berries are about the size
of a pea and contain from seven to
eight seeds. The bay rum which is
made from a combination of green
leaves and berries is of better aual.
ity than that distilled from dried
leaves or from the leaves without the
berries. The berries are very difficult
to gather, however, and they cost
from 10 to 20 times as much as the
leaves.
The basis Of bay rum is Jamaica OF
st. Croix rum, made from the skim
mlngs of the sugar boilers, scrapings
of sugar barrels, and the washings
from sugar pots.
For number OF years much of the
bay rum of American commerce has
been manufactured in this country,
the ingredients usually being about
one-half the bulk alcohol, One-sixteenA
Jamaica rum, 40 drops of oil of bay
to the pint, 20 drops Of oil orange, 4
few drops of oil of mace, and the re-
mainder distilled water, all of which
is allowed to stand for several weeks
and is then filtered through magneSis.
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,ba Tollman case. It required some
weeks to find her. When she was To-
Gated it was found that Tollman was
not with her. He had been there I'M
iii the night before. They had quar-
relied and he had gone away. me
cause of their quarrel was the fact that
Tollman had no money. She had cast
him on as a dead husk. She did not
know his whereabouts.
In practically every case OF other
wise well-executed crime these devel-
ops some element of unexpected folly
the criminal does some one thing
that seems, from what would be sup
posed to be his standpoint, inexcusab'v
stupid. Gard was therefore not eur
prised when 1t developed that Toll
man had not so much as a thousand
dollars out of all he had taken from
the bank. He had made no provision
for the time which he must have
known would inevitably come when he
should be detected. This, however,
was not the browning folly from a
criminal standpoint. Despite the dash
and cunning and the determination he
had evinced In his lootings, he lost his
nerve when bis woman threw him out.
He purchased, with the proceeds OF
pawned jewelry, ticket to Balm
bridge, Mass, went there, and gave
himself up to the police. His nerve
was broken.
The theory of ''find .ne woman" was
applied in the case cf the third of the
offenders, John r. Mansfield, the Bos-
ton gambler. The apartment of Mrs.
Siddons where the faro game was,
upon occasion, set up, and the woman
herself, who was suspected of being
particularly intimate with Mansfield,
were watched. The watch was not eff
fective, however, for the woman dis
appeared with no one seeing her.
The janitor at the apartment house
reported that in going she had taken a
particularly heavy trunk. Special
Agent Stephens undertook to follow
expressmen of Boston before he found
the man who had taken the trunk
away. This man stated that he had
taken it to the Back Bay station at a
certain time, and that it had been
weighed and found to be in excess of
the baggage passenger might carry
free of charge. This singled it out
from the mass of trunks. The ex-
pressman remembered that it weighed
225 pounds, and that the baggageman
had marked it for so cents excess.
According to the rate book this would
have been the excess charge for that
weight to New York. The trunk was
thus located with sufficient definite
ness that its number was procured.
In New York it was found that the
excess trunk had been sent on to
North Philadelphia with the charge c..
o. d. Here the record showed that
the trunk had been called for by q
Mrs. Price, living at an address on
Broad street, and the agent remem-
bered that she had been accompanied
by 3 man. At this address a Mr.. and
Mrs. Price were found to be living.
Special Agent Stephens watched the
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He Anticipated Her.
truthteller:

'Do you love me?" murmured '"'
beautiful girl.
81 do. Also I'm strong for sulLl'7 >,
like your poodle and think l can 50
along with your ma" -,
But she didn't accept him al'e'
A girl doesn't like to nave all her gu
lions Observation-Disclosures O"0i''-
Journal,
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IMPORTANT ACCESSORIES OF DRESS.

tom with a narrow hem. A second
hounce is set IN I'm the same position
and turned up over the ruche of silk.
il is gathered in at the waist and
forms deep pun below the ruching.
The silk bodice is also covered with
a drapery OF net that Is extended over
the shoulders and wells the sleeves. A
deep frill OF doubled net is set In UNI
der the ruche of silk about the ell
bows, which is included I'm the mes veil
ing the sleeves
In selecting a finishing touch the
designer chose as exactly suited to
the gown, a gardenia and loops and
ends OF narrow ribbon in Natter blue.
Such pretty afterthoughts OF the
designer often seize the attention be.
fore u rs attracted by the gown itself.
They nearly always betray "a sense OF
fitness and a painstaking attention to
detail that command admiration But
tey have been known % betray q Iacl,
of these things in gowns otherwise
above criticism
The gown pictured was designed for
taller figure than that of the model
posing tn &C. A silkclad ankle and an
elegant low shoe are needed TO be I'm
keeping with &c.
Capes and fchus and many dainty
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collars find themselves important
among the accessories to be worn with
the spring suit or coat. They are also
designed for indoor wear on practical
one-piece suits. Now that open
throat lines are established for the
coming season much of the new neck
wear conforms to this mode. But
high collars have not abdicated and
they are well represented with cape
attachment, or the vestee, or without
either
Crepe, chiffon. wolfe, organdie and net
are the fabrics that are used for all
sorts OF neckwear. Hemstitching. lace
and embroidery and very small tucks
make up their decoration, with the
tiniest Of buttons serving often a
double purpose. In high collars they
provide the means of fastening. and
an ornament, and they are often used
merely for their decorative value.
A high and a low collar are DOR
trayed in the picture above. At the
right small cape is finished at the
edge with hemstitching and bordered
with two narrow tucks. A wide stand
ing turnover covers the neck and
throat. finished with a small cravat
bow at the front. This model is espe-
cially becoming to the thin woman.
good pattern, shown at the left
and center in two views, begins as a
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Anything from the establishment of
Jenny, in Paris, may be counted upon
10 interpret the mode with delightful
refinement. In the productions for
this season here is a leaning toward
black, in this house, which is especial
ly apparent in models for evening
gowns. One OF them, in which silk
net and taffetS are combined in a way
that will please the discriminating is
shown in the picture here. II has a
full round skirt of the silk, shirred at
the waist and finished with a ruche Of
the silk about the bottom and about
the hips. There is bodice of the tat
feta, with midvictorian shoulders and
puffed elbow sleeves, finished with a
full ruche of the silk 1t is draped In
surplice fashion at the front.
If the designer had stopped here
there would be nothing lacking to
make this an acceptable afternoon
frock OF simple and attractive sort,
but with nothing about il to bespeak
the genius that is expressed by modes
from the house of Jenny. Therefore
the designer did not stop, but proceed
ed to veil the whole frock in a mist
of net. and did this most artfully.
fiounce OF the net is set on under
the ruche about the hips and allowed
to fall until 1t reaches a length more
than two inches greater than that OF
the silk skirt. II is finished at the bot
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The City of Numbered DAYS
Il W By FRANCIS LYNDE w
81 Copyright hu. Sem "

merely looking out for the maturing
paper. How much more time will you
need to enable you to get returns from
your shipments? Sixty days? All
rISht, you needn't make out new notes +;
III mdorse the extension on the back
OF these, and III undertake to get
Cortwright's approval myself. No: not
a word, Mr.. Massingale. AS long as
you're borrowing. you must be loyal
ana oorrow OF us. Good afternoon.
come again when we can help you
out"
David Massingale turned away.
oazed and confused beyond the power
on speech When the mists of astound-
ment cleared he found himself in the
street with the thick wad of bank
notes still in his pocket. Suddenly.
out OF the limbo into which two years
or laborious discipline and self-denial
mad pushed it stalked the demon of
the ruling passion. mighty, overpower-
ing uncomfortable. The familiar
street sights danced before Mas
s1ngale's eyes, and there was a drum
ming In his ears like the fall of many
waters. But above the clamor rose
the insistent voice of the tempter, and
the voice was at once a command and
an entreaty, gnawing hunger and a
parching thirst.
by cash! I'd like to try that old
system o. mine Jest one more time!"
he muttered. "All it takes is money
enough to foller it up and stay. And
I've got the money. Besides, didn't
Br'uillard say l was to get an extern
sion if l could?"
He grabbed at his coat to be sure
that the packet was still there. took
two steps toward the bank, stopped.
turned as if in the grasp OF an invisible
but irresistible captor. and moved
away, like man walking in his sleep.
toward the lower avenue.
1t was the doorway of Haleys place.
the Monte Carlo of the Niquoia, that
finally halted him. Here the struggle
was so fierce that the bartender. who
knew him, named it sickness and led
the stricken one to a card table in the
public bar-room and fetched him a
drink. single swallow OF whisky
turned the scale. Massingale rose.
tossed coin to the bar, and passed
quickly to the rear, where a pair of
baize doors opened silently and en-
quilted him.
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door OF Haley's place. and when David
Massingale's daughter made as IL she
would go in, Brouillard protested
quickly.
NO. Amy" he said firmly. you
mustn't go in there. Let me take you
around to the Metropole, and then I'll
come back alone"
1 have been in worse places" she
returned in low tones. And then. with
her voice breaking TREMENDOUSLY: BE
my good friend just a little longer. Vic
tori"
He took her arm and walked her
into the garishly-lighted bar.room.
bracing himself militantly for what
might happen. But nothing happened.
Dissipation of the western variety sell
dom sinks below the level OF certain
rude gallantry, quick TO recognize the
good and pure In womankind. Instant
ly a hush fell upon the place. The
quartets at the card tables held their
hands. and group OF men drinking at
the bar put down their glasses One, a
Tri'-Circ' cowboy with his back turned.
let slip an oath. and in a single swift
motion his nearest comrade garroted
him with hairy arm, strangling him
to silence
AS If guided by the same unerring
instinct which had made her choose
Haley's out of the dozen similar bells.
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CHAPTER XVII
The Abyss

1t was at early candle-lighting in
the evening of the day of renewed and
unbridled speculation in Mirapolis
front feet" that Brouillard, riding the
piebald range pony on which he had
been making an inspection round of
the nearer Buckskin ditchers' camps.
topped the hill in the new, high-pitched
road over the Chigringo shoulder and
looked down upon the valley electrics.
Brouillard let the pony set it's own
pace on the down-hill lap to the finish.
freshened himself at his rooms in the
Niquoia building, and went to the
Metropole to eat his dinner with Muir
ray Grislow as his vis-a-vis. The buz.
Fing throngs in the Metropole cafe and
lobby annoyed him, and even Grislow's
quiet sarcasm as applied to the davis
bubble-blowing failed 70 clear the air
At the club there was the same atmos
phere Of unrest; an exacerbating over.
charge of the suppressed activities i'm.
patiently waiting for another dav of
excitement and opportunity. Corner
lots and the astounding prices they
had commanded filled the air in the
lounge, the billiard room and the buf
fet, and after a few minutes Brouillard
turned his back on the hubbub and
sought the quiet OF the darkened build.
ing on the opposite side of the street.
lie was alone in his Office on the
sixth floor and was trying, half absent.
ly, to submerge himself in a sea Of
desk work when as distinctly as II she
We're present and at his elbow, he
heard, OF seemed to hear, Amy Mas
singale say Victor. you said you
would come II / needed you. | need
you now" Without a moments hesita-
ton he got up and made ready to go
out.
The Massingale town house was one
OF a row OF succeed villas fronting on
the main residence street. which be
yond the city limits became the high.
road TO the Quadjenai bend and The
upper valley Broulllard took a cab at
the Metropole. dismissed II at the villa
gate. and walked brislly up the path
90 the house. which was dark save for
one lighted room on the second floor
the room in which Stephen Massingale
was recovering from the effects OF Van
Bruce Cortwrights pistol shot.
Amy Massingale was on the porch
waiting for him. as he fully believed
until her greeting sufficiently proved
her surprise at seeing him.
you. VictOr?' she said. coming
quickly 20 meet him. Murray Girls.
low said you had gone down to the
BucksHn camps and wouldn't be back
for two OF three days."
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CHAPTER xvI-cOntinued.

There's one thing-and I've got to
spit it out before it's everlastingiy too
late. See here, Victor Br'uillard-Amy
likes you-thinks heap of you; a
plumb blind man could see that. But
say, that little girl o. mine has lust
natchurly got to have free hand when
1t comes to pairin' up, and she won't
never have IL she finds out about this.
You amt allowin' to use ii on her.
Victor?"
Rrouillard laughed.
III make a hedging bet and break
even with you, Mr.. Massingale." he
said. That check is drawn to my or
der. and have Endorsed it. Let me
have it again and I'll get the cash for
you. In that way only the two OF us
need know anything about the trans
action; and IL 1 promise to keep the
secret from Miss Amy, you must prom
|dse to keep it from Mr.. j. Wesley Cort-
wright VIII you saw it off with me
that way ?-until you've made the turn
on the ore sales?"
David Massingale shook hands on 1t
with more gratitude, colored this time
with hearty imprecation. Dad burn
you, Victor Br'uillard. you're a man
ever single mill-run of you!" he burst
out But Brouillard shook his head
gravely.
NO. Mr.. Massingale. I'm the little
yellow dog you mentioned a while
BACK" he asserted, and then he went
70 get the money.
Left alone in the small retiring room
lpf the bank where the business had
Deem transacted, David Massingale
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SYNOPSIS.

Brvufrlzrd, chief engineer Of the NId,rota
Irrigation dam, meets j. Wesley Cort-
wright and explains the reclamation vDrN
Go him Cartwright organizes a COMPANY
and ohtatnH government contraets to fur
ntah power and material Steve Massin-
gale threatens to start a gold rush ~
Broufllard does not use his infh1encs 90
bring q railroad branch to the place thus
6us9n mine ore Brouillard tells Amy
Mnssfpgale OF his need for noney 70 nav
on his dead fathers debts. She tells him
70 De true 40 himself He decides for the
extension mirapohs, the city OF mum
osred oAyas oooms. Cartwright persuades
Bruufuard to become consulting engineer
OF the power company IN return for 500 .
200 stock Stoppage OF work on the rail-
Fo1d threatens panic Bruuiflard spreads
the Mzsztngzlle story of placer gold in
tha Tfver bed and starts a gold rush
which promises to stop the reclarrca ton
pro1eet Amy tells BrOuillard that Ter
father Is In CoTtvright's fnanial
clutches He tells her he has made S1OO,-
600 and declares his love. She loves him
but shows him that he has become demon
allied A real gold find is made Brouil-
lard sells his stock but does not paw his
father's debts. Cortwrieht's son shoots
Dave MasSingale Brouilard threatens
Cartwright with exposure II he pushes
Massingale TO the wall The u1aRuate
promises to give the old man a free field
Stories OF the dams abandonment revive
Foreclosure on the Little Susan Is i'm
pending and BrouiTlard loans Dave Mas
singale his 100000 to clear him.
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Gas in Photography.

Photography by gaslight-not only
the work of the camera itself, but the
printing of the picture-has been given
an interesting demonstration by the
Photographers Association of Amer
lea.
George Graham Holloway of Terre
Haute, Ind, has been using gaslight
in his studio for two years and reports
enthusiastically OF it's success. With IL
a photographer can work as well in a
ground-foor room as anywhere else;
he is not hindered by gloomy days or
rainfall; he can take pictures at night.
and the incandescent nantes give him
a light that resembles sunshine more
nearly than any other. 1t is not SO
sharp as electric light. which generally
loses the soft shadows and falsiies
color MISUNDERSTANDING
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VIZ CHAPTER XVIII M
The Setting of the Ebb

Contrary to the most sanguine ex
pectations OF the speculators-con
trary, perhaps, even to those of Mr.. J
Wesley Cortwright-the upward surge
in Mirapolis values. following the visit
Of the distinguished citizens" proved
to be more than a tidal wave; II wal
a series of them. Day after day the
curb" markets were reopened, with
prices mounting skyward; and Yhef
the news of how fortunes Gould be
made in a day in the Miracle city OF
the Niquoia got abroad in the press dis
patches there was a fresh influx Of mad
money hunters from the East.
Now, II never before the croakef
was wrathfully shouted down and 81
fenced. No one admitted. OF seemed 70
admit, the possible impermanence OF
the city.
To the observer, anxious or casual
there appeared to be reasonable
grounds for the optimistic assertion. II
was an indubitable fact that Brouil.
lard's force had been cut down. first &c
one-half. and later 10 barely enough
men 70 keep the crushors and mixers
moving and to add fresh layers Of con.
crete to the huge wall OF sufficient
quantities 90 prevent the material-ir
technical phrase from dying" The
Navajos had been sent home 20 their
reservation. the tepees we're gone. and
two.thirds OF the camp shacks were
empty
Past these material facts 10 was
known TO everybody in the frenzied
market place that Brounlard himself
was. according to his means. one OF
the most reckless of tho plungers. buy
ing borrowing. and buying again as n
the future held no threat of a possible
debacle 10 was an object lesson for
the timid Those who did not them.
selves know certainly argued that
there must be o fow who did know
and among these few the chief of the
reclamation service must be in the
very foremost rank
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took the sheaf OF bank notes from his
pocket with trembling hands. fondling
Il as a miser might Twice the old
man made as II he would turn toward
the door Of egress, and the light I'm his
gray-blue eyes was the reminding
Sezzs OF a passion long denied. But
- 10 asia ne thrust the tempting
aheef hsok ,nto the inner pocket and
went rs3okqtely 10 the cashiers coun-
ter window iiudi0g schermerhorn. the
president sitting at the cashiers desk.
I've come 10 take up them notes o.
Eoino wft J0Aa Wes' name on EN-. "
massingale began. pulling out the thick
Eheaf Of redemption money.
''Hn, yes here they are. Brought
the cash. did you? The Little Susan
has begun TO pan out. has &c? / didn't
know you had commenced shipping ore
YETI"
We haven't" David Massingale
made the admission and regretted &c I'm
one and the same breath.
You've borrowed to meet these
n0tea?" queried the president. look.
ing up quickly. THAT Won't do. Mr..
Mas5lngaies that won't do at ALL We
can't afford 20 loso an old customer
that way What's the matter with our
money Doesn't Sc look good to you
any mor89"
Mag8inRaie stammorod out some.
thing about Cashier Hardwick's per
emplory demand OF q few hours earlier.
Dut be was not permitted TO finish.
"Of course. that IS all right from
sardwicks point OF view lie vas
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AMERICAN HABIT A BAD ONE
That as a Nation We Are Addicted 20
Concentrated Pleasure 10 Un-
doubtedly True.

Pleasure IS limited by the time 20
enjoy it; IN enjoyment. time IS more
than money
10 IS forgetfulness OF this fact which
makes much of our American spending
banal and sterile. with much money
90 spend and few hours ln which 70
spend 80. we become addicted t0 quick,
concentrated. expensive pleasure. We
cannot initiate The placid fruitful
economy of the Deuton who takes his
beer and music inexpouslveiy and a.
his leisure Nor are we Ike that alb
stemious German professor Who on
his vacation. travelled on the slowest
Bummeizug because O. way the Joy