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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-01-27

his, Sam Webb, was scared to q cali
his soul his own. He held something
over Sam, and treated him like a
dog" s>'f7
Hazard turned to Curtis. r..
Were you here at any time on the
evening Of the thirtieth-Decoration
day."
Before replying the young fellow
hesitated and glanced uneasily at his
sister. She urged him with nod to
answer. Then
II tried to hide it," he returned,
but I suppose might as well tell
Yes, I was here. saw my uncle
lying dead on the library foor.''
Here's the way of it," Curtis pur-
sued. Uncle Henry knew how I
liked to play pinochle, and he hired a
shark to teach him so he could win
my odd bits of change-after he'd
robbed me and sister Of what was
r1ghtfully ours, too! We'd play two
or three times a week, and other
nights he'd be taking lessons from a
fellow named Nick Blackburn. Nick
got him job on the Andrew Cole
started to work day before yesterday
-e21 be couldn't have feeled with
the old man any more"
Are you sure he went to work on
the thirtieth?" Hazard interrupted.
Yes, sir. l saw him off in the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. day."
Paradis then recounted, in so far as
he was concerned, what happened at
the house on the fatal night.
II came in like always did, hoping
1 might pick up a piece of change
from the old man. The house was as
still as a cemetery. Sam was gone;
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For some moments the man scru
tinized the pretty face opposite his.
According to the newspapers that
was an accidental DEATH" said he
Il don't know much about it, though
I'll tell you about it. For my
neighbours sake interested myself in
the case; I've gone as far with it as
I can without mans assistance
You're to be the man."
What she recounted may be briefly
sketched.
On the morning of May 31st the
lifeless body of Henry Paradis had
been found, under peculiar circum
stances, at his North Halsted street
residence. In the middle of the room
used by the old bachelor as a. library
stood table-desk, and lying on a
rug in front of this and underneath a
protruding drawer the body had been
discovered by the households sole
servant, a middle-aged negro named
Sam Webb.
There were numerous factors that
tended to veil the fatality in mystery
On the surface these factors sug-
gested that Henry Paradis had
opened a drawer of his desk and i'm
mediately fallen dead from bullet
wound inflicted by his own revolver
BY way of mute testimony, there
was the partially open drawer half
full Of neatly tied packages of let
tiers, together with papers and docu.
ments of various sorts, upon top of
which lay the weapon. It's cylinder
contained five loaded cartridges and
one freshly exploded shell. The re.
volver was of well-knoWn make, 49,
caliber, and just below the dead
mans heart was a small purplish
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-01-27

On the records of the Sutherland
Detective agency Helen Berteps name
was only one of several after which
appeared the word, "Stenographer."
AS matter of fact, in certain spe-
.cial lines Of work this uncommonly
pretty, self-reliant girl was one of the
most capable operatives the CON-
pany ever had in it's employ. Although
F'el1x Hazards lean, haWklike visage
fwas too we'll schooled to betray any
mint of his deeper feelings, neverthe-
pess sometimes while looking at her
fhis dark eyes took on an intense
tglow that shook the girls poise. She
twas wont to chide herself because
this look had the power of agitating
her, and she would discourage it in
different ways-sometimes by treat
ing Hazard with cool reserve, another
time by poking fun at him, or, most
effective of all, by making some
abrupt, unexpected appeal to his
Friendship. They never quarreled;
they were much too good pals for
that.
So on certain June morning-the
first, to be defnite-when Hazard
found a note upon his desk in her
handwriting, which was as familiar
to him as his own, he forgot every
thing else until he had read it some
half-dozen times
AS he tore open the envelope and
spread out the single sheet therein
contained, two objects fell out and
futtered to the floor. He picked them
up. They were in the corners of
two playing-cards, the knave of dia-
monds and the queen of spades.
These he laid carefully aside and
read:
My dear Felix:
Take me to luncheon today and I'll
tell you about the enclosed relics.-H.
For possibly a minute he gravely
speculated upon the card fragments;
but they only leased his curiosity.
The ragged torn edges exactly
matched, demonstrating the two cor
ners had been held tightly together
when the balance of the cards were
torn away: this was the sole infer
ence he was able to draw from the
"relics."
Promptly at half-past twelve Helen
Bertel's animated face appeared at
Hazards doorway. She was a tall,
graceful girl, fond of tennis and of
being both on and in the water, for
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on OF South State street, q region
whose population is mostly colOred.

Hazard and his companion were
conducted supatw flights fof stairs and
down hall to a room where the ne
gro halted and threw open a door.
When they came up with him so they
could see within, he pointed dramat-
ically to figure lying upon a bed.
There" he solemnly averred, III
the man who killed Mr.. Paradis."
The man rolled his head round and
looked at the intruders, two Of whom
recoiled in establishment.
Lineament for lineament line for
line, his face was a facsimile OF the
mans who had brought them hitler!
"Yes,'' confirmed the man on tho
bed in a weak voice, II done it. I'm
Sam Webb. And I'm about all in:
I'm bad hurt"
Sans double spoke.
my names Clifford EsrNa.. I
knew you wouldn't believe me unless
Sam and me was together, so /
wouldn't talk.
Were first cousins, Sam and me,
though we might be twin brothers by
the way we look alike. W. stfo a.
ways being mistook fe c2e another,
and it seems like the resemblance has
landed me in peck O. trouble.
"Sam can't talk much; I'll have to
talk for him. Last night he was hit
by an automobile, and the doctor says
his spine is broke. He wont live
long.
1T was like this. Sans boss had
treated him so scandalously for so
long that Sam just couldn't stand It
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"There" Averred Paradise!

any more; so when the old man drew
the money from the bank the devil
just naturally got into Sam.
Sam he plans it all out. I'm chef
on a Great Northern dining car, and
he knows I'll be in Chicago over Deco
ration day. He has me go to a COL
| ored folks bail on Twenty-eighth
street, where he's invited, and make
| out like I'm him. We've often done
that just to be skylarking, and I
thought nothing of it till I saw the
papers next afternoon. Then I real
lied what a position was in, pre-
tending to be Sam, because right
away felt it was him that had killed
his boss.
Il was scared We favor one an
other so close, if the police was look
ing for Sam, like as not they'd pick
me up instead of him.
Il was wild to find him. When went
to where he'd been working there was
lady and gentleman there, and by
the frightened way they acted at sight
Of me was surer than ever that folks
knew Sam was guilty.
"Then I met this gentleman, and I
thought was gone for sure. reckon
l. oughtn't to have run; bat Just
| couldn't help it.
by and by some colored folks told
me about the accident to Sam. went
| to the hospital and had him brought
| here. After I'd talked to him a while
| he promised to tell everything and
give back the money he'd taken"
AS he finished speaking he went to
a dresser drawer and took out a long
thick manila envelope. This he hand
| ed to Hazard.
You'll find all the money there just
like Sam got it-$2,so0."
Sam Webb's story was not long.
His plan to s1ay his employer and d.
vert suspicion from himself was
simple. He knew Paradis would be
alone tho night of the thirtieth, and
also was familiar with Blackburn's
frequent visits to the house and their
object. He also was cognizant of Cur
It's visits. He did not, koUever.
know that Blackburn had left tho city
on the Andrew Cole that morning,
and that, when he interrupted the old
mans dummy-hand game and shot
him with his own pistol, suspicion OF
Blackburn would rebound from dead
wall and alight upon the real culprit.
| You're duck, Felix" Helen Ber-
tel assured him when once more she
could breath the sooty but more IA
miliar Loop air. "You were kind
enough to take me to lunch today:
II a girl should invite you to be her
guest at dinner tonight, would you-"
ASK mel" Felix Hazard inter
rupted.
: tCopy,1ght. 1915. by W. G. Chapmaa.l
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-01-27
by Charles Edmonds Walk

This story throbs with real.
ism in the words narrowest
meaning. It Is a faithful rem
derine Of an authentic expert
ence In the career Of a high
official Of a detective agency
whose name is a household
word throughout the English.
speaking world. Real names Of
persons and places are some-
times disguised. In all other re.
spects the amazing, often thrill.
ing, always gripping facts arc
recorded just as they happened.
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couldn't raise my uncle-nobody at
all. This seemed queer because the
front door wasn't locked.
AS soon as lit the gas in the Ii
brary saw Uncle Henry on the floor
dead. I was pretty badly scared. A
p1nochle deck was on his desk with a
lot of melds spread out, as if he'd
been playing a game with somebody
On top OF the cards was his gun. 1t
looked like whoever had shot him had
reached across the desk and poked
the gun right against him, then
dropped it and run.
Right away I thought, whoever
found the cards spread out like they
Were-anybody knowing how much
we'd played together-would think I'd
shot him.
II dropped the gun into a drawer
that stood open, and put the cards in
my pocket
The balance Of Curtis Paradis'
story agreed with what Hazard already
had heard, and likewise explained his
movements when leaving his uncle's
house and proceeding south on Hal.
sted street.
"Just before turning of the gas
saw two cards in the old mans hand
Believe me, it was worse than being
shot at to stoop and snatch them
away; yet I might as we'll have left
the rest as those two.
"Well, l snatched them, and the
corners tore away. I was too ratified
to stop and get the corners; 1 was
scared stiff. I beat it as fast as ]
could"
Knowing of Blackburn's vacated
room, he had slipped into it from the
alley and remained there hiding all
night. He it was who had left the
pack of cards there.
A period was put to the colloquy by
the hall door opening and the fright
ened negro reappearing upon the
threshold. Mrs. Pell and Curtis re-
coiled before him in obvious alarm
the latter exclaiming:
Sam! What's been the matter with
you?"
The intruder addressed himself to
Hazard
BOSS, I can't explain myself very
well-not here. I reckon you are q
police officer; l want you to come
with me, If you please" He paused
and as Hazard only continued to eye
him steadily, in moment added:
II can take you to the man who
killed Mr.. Paradise"
Mrs. Pen and her brother were LEFT
in charge of the house. On the way
down town Hazard and the. negro
were Joined by Miss Bertel, to whom
the former had telephoped. The jour
icy ended among the Twenties JUS
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-01-27

Mrs. P:en and her brother were left
in charge of the house. On the way
down town Hazard and the, negro
were Joined by Miss Bertel, to whom
the former had telephoped. The jour
ley ended among the Twenties Just
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II thought it was that crazy mig.
ger coming back" he amplit1ed. "He
nearly frightened my sister to death"
At this juncture a pale-faced. ter
r16ed woman appeared in a doorway
opening into the houses farther re-
cesses.
Don't hurt Curtis she pleaded
TREMENDOUSLY. Hes innocent. Are
you an officer? Oh, I'm glad-so
glad! Let us tell you all we have to
tell about this terrible AFFAIR.""
As this proffer exactly met the visit
or's desire, he was soon listening to
both of them excitedly talking at
once; but for the purposes of brevity
and clearness their recitals shall be
disentangled here.
The woman declared her identity as
Mrs. Pell, the dead mans niece, and
confirmed Helen Bertel's assertion
that Henry Paradis had been q
gambler in his younger days-"a card
sharp" she expressed it. Her father
and Curtis'-Henry's brother, had
owned considerable property and
money; in an unhappy moment he
had appointed Henry his administra'
tor, without bonds, and then died.
I'VE only want our rights, Curtis
and l." Mrs. Pell passionately averred
eve had agreed to relinquish all
claims for a certain sum, and we com
promised On $4,000, which Henry
promised to pay me the night he was
killed. never got it; nobody an
swered when I rang the bell.
He was a devil, Henry Paradis
was. Why, even that old niger Of
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-07-20
EYES TOO MUCH NEGLECTED
Residents Of Cities, in the Aggregate,
Are the Chief Offenders, for
Various Reasons.

The farmer at work In his fields all
day long has much better eyesight
than the city resident. Farmers, as
rule, have no need OF artificial aid to
the eyes until old age comes upon
them.
On the farm the eyes receive more
rest than in the city, because they
work at more natural angles. The
farmers work Is not right up under
his nose. In cases of most city pco-
pie their work is over books or ma
chimes, and they have habit Of stoop-
ing over 1t.
This affects the eyes SO that glasses
are necessary for relief. Nine-tenths
of the people who are suffering from
headaches and who wonder what the
trouble is can blame them on the treat
ment they give their eyes. Not enough
city people wear glasses. Perhaps one
in fifty wears glasses where the av-
erage should be about one in every ten.
Children are affected In this way.
Most children lean over their desks
and have their eyes close to their
books. Teachers should prevent them
from doing this. Where children are
forced to wear glasses 1t Is not neces'
sary that they should have to wear
them all the time. When the children
are at play they ought in most cases,
to be allowed to go without their
glasses.
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Medals for A B c Diplomats,

Miss Janet Scudder, one of the
leading sculptors Of this country, will
design the three gold medals which
are to be presented by the United
States to Ambassadors Naon of Argen-
tina; Da Cana of Brazil and Suarez
of Chile, commonly known as the "A
B c mediators." Secretary Lansing
awarded the designing to Miss Scud.
der.
The medal will bear an inscription
stating that they are presented to the
ambassadors for their generous serv-
ices as mediators in the controversy
between the government Of the Unit
ed States and the leaders of the war
ring parties Of the Republic Of Mex
ico."
Miss Scudder lives in New York and
takes prominent part in suffrage
work.
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amazed when | learned that this pre-
cious consignment represented near
ly a million dollars.
| was notified to meet a freight at
Hopeton at noon one day and present.
ed myself to find the train stationary
On a switch at the end of the yard.
Beyond this was the residence Sec
ton and open country. My car was
No. 1921 A, | recall. | saw to the
seals, made memoranda of the
transit card and mounted to my post
On the top of the car. 1t had small
grated window at either end and a
movable yentilator trap about the CEN
ter of the car | opened this and In
vestigated the interior of the car, for
1t was a slow run of some eighteen
hours. In case of rain was at liberty
to go inside. | flashed my electric
tight tube down into the dark void be-
Meath, made out what from expert
ence | took to be a shipment of bro
cades and velvets and marked out
the spot where | would rest If driven
to shelter by the elements.
A call from the brakeman down the
track sent me toward the iron ladder
at the side of the car Just as l
reached the edge Of the roof to de-
scend | drew back. A stranger, as
cending, fairly forced me back. In
wonderment | faced a beautiful young
IL l., ,,>I liefpa tn1 1nnk-
ing. She was gasping for breath and
directed frightened glance back over
her shoulder. She sank to the car
roof as though exhausted. ! noticed
that the filmy dress she wore was
torn as if by brambles or fence wire.
She wore no hat or wrap and her hair
was disheveled.
"Does-does this train start soon?"
she painted out.
why, yes,' | answered, "but not
with regular passengers"
Il know, | know" she breathed hur.
riedly, but couldn't | stay here and
ride just little? | wouldn't make
any trouble. I'd keep real quiet she
added, with eyes full OF plteouS ell
treaty that stirred my heart. Just
then the signal whistle was repeated.
81 will be back in minute and see
what can do for you" | said, marvel
ing greatly for at glance discerned
that this was no girl tramp or that
genus and was at loss to sense the
cause of her distraction.
When | got to the ground down
near the caboose the conductor was
waving a paper. 1t proved to be or
ders to belt road the car was in
when we reached a certain junction
Just as | completed reading it red
faced, excited man rushed up Pomp
GUS, irascible, | think he had the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-07-20
FOLLOW THE ANCIENT RITUAL
sannaritans of Today Observe tho
Passover With All the Traditional
Ceremonies Ordered.

"The Samaritans stood close togeth'
er to prevent the Mahometan specta'
tors, who delight to torment them,
from snatching even bit of wool,
which would remain over and thus
cause them to break the command,
'Ye shall let nothing of 1t remain until
the morning." says writer in the
Christian Herald.
After cleansing the lambs they re.
moved front leg of each, and these
were set apart as the priests portion.
A long wooden pole was then threaded
through each of the prepared lambs,
and was carried thus to the pit near.
by, wherein large fire, which had
been kind,ed early in the evening, had
burned down, leaving bed of redhot
Goals at the bottom. The poles, pro-
tected by metal at the lower end, were
stuck into this bed OF Goals, being long
enough to reach to the top of the pit.
the lambs thus suspended about half
way up. A mating was placed over
the mouth Of the pit which In turn
was covered with earth, making sort
of improvised oven, for the law de.
mands that they be roast with fire,
not sodden with water
The sheep were left to roast until
midnight-the appointed hour-and all
but the guards retired to their tents
during the interval
Being the guests OF the KAHN. we
went to his tent, and he edited us by
reading the various laws In Leviticus
concerning the sacrifices, besides the
chapter which gives the narrative OF
the first Passover"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-07-20
Presidents Of Mexico,

Mexico had no vice president until
1907; up to that year the secretary of
foreign affairs was empowered to act
for the president In case Of the sud-
den illness or necessary brief abb
sence of the chief executive. In the
following statements the dates given
are to be understood as the beginning
of the year: 1901 to 190S-President
General Porfirio Diaz; Secretary OF
Foreign Affairs, Don Ignacio Mariscal.
1908 to 1911-President, General Por.
firio Diaz; Vice President, Don Ramon
Corral. October l, 1911. to February
10, 1913-President, General Francisco
l.. Madero, Jr.; Vice President, Lilo.
Jose Maria Pine Suarez. From the
murder OF Madero, on the last named
date, to the recognition of Venus.
tiano Carranza as chief executive OF
Mexico by the Pan-American confer.
ence. October 10, 1915, Mexico had
only provisional" presidents: VIC
toriano Huerta, until July IL, 1914;
Francisco Carbajal, for four weeks af.
ter that; General Eulalio Gutierrez,
Rogue Gonzales Cara, and Francisco
Lagos Chazaro. successfully, none OF
them recognized as president Of
Mexico.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-07-20
CultlvatInQ Beauty.

II the busy housewife can spare an
hour or so each day in the exercise
necessary to retain her youth and
beauty, all we'll and good. But If not
each daily task can be utilized to im-
prove some part Of the body. Dash
ing cold water, followed by hard rub
bing, tones up the skin and prevents
colds, improves the circulation and
takes no more time than languid rub
with wash cloth. Even dressing can
be made useful in this respect when
the housewife leans down to button
her shoes. The knees should be kept
rigid and the bending should be en-
tirely at the waist. Instead Of sitting
to dress the hair, hang the mirror at
a convenient height and as you put
in the pins rise and fall slowly on the
toes, keeping the chest we'll up. This
strengthens the back and ankles to
great extent.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-07-20
OXFORD BIBLE WIDELY KNOWN
From Thirty to Forty Copies Are
Printed by the University Press
Every Minute.

The Oxford Bible Is widely known
mendous scale on which 1t is produced.
The Bible publications of the Ok
ford University press have been is
sued for 300 years, and can be pub
lished in $50 languages and dialects.
Every year fully six hundred tons Of
paper are used for this purpose alone.
Orders for 100000 Bibles are quite
common, and the supply of printed
sheets Is SO great that an order for
half million copies can be readily
filled. On an average, from thirty to
forty Bibles are furnished every min.
ute, and this number can readily be
doubled.
There are no fewer than 10 differ
ent editions of the Oxford Bible in
English, varying from the magnificent
folio edition for pulpit purposes to the
brilliant" Bible, the smallest edition
of the Scriptures in the world. OF the
revised version, IA editions are pub.
lished. More than one million copies
of the revised New Testament had
been ordered before the day of publi-
cation in May of 1881, and 1t Is
claimed that the workingmen of the
establishment refused bribe of some
$4,000 to furnish copy Of the book
before the day of issue.
At a banquet held at the four hun.
dredth anniversary celebration of the
beginning Of the art of printing in
England by Caxton, Gladstone took
into his hands and exhibited to those
present copy Of the Bible which had
been printed and bound entirely since
midnight of the preceding day. The
preparation of the india paper" used
by the Oxford University press is a
business secret of great value. Al
though frequently initiated, 1t has
never been equaled. The largest folio
Bible printed in Oxford measures 10
by II inches, and no erratum has as
yet been found In 1t. The Brilliant
Text Bible" measures 3% by 2h
inches and is three-quarters Of an inch
thick, and. bound, weighs less than
three ounces.
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Borrowing a Plano.

Suburbanites are indulging in vari-
GUS cooperative measures In their
thirst for economy, and neighbors are
getting accustomed to an extension
of the borrowing principle. But one
man, who lives not far from Man.
chester, at least thinks the idea has
gone too far He was surprised the
other day by a request for the loan
of a piano by neighbor who was CIV
ing a musical evening to some friends.
II have patriotic reason" he ex-
planned, "as l have sold my piano to
buy Exchequer bonds" When he was
refused he played another card.
well. perhaps" he said. you wouldn't
mind me bringing my friends here for
some music. c."-Manchester Guardian.