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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27
TRIES To prove
WOMAN DISEASED
Mrs. de SaUlles Returned to
Stand and Questioned
About Her Illness.

Mineola, y Y. Nov 27.-Contrary
to predictions yesterday, Mrs. Blanca
de Saulles, on trial charged with the
murder OF her husband, was returned
to the witness stand this morning
for cross examination by district at
torney Charles r. Weeks. who IS con-
Quoting the prosecution.
Weeks first question was in rela-
ton to her closing statement yester-
day that she remembered nothing
from the time she feared her former
husband would refuse to give her
custody Of their son until she awak-
ened in the Nassau county Jail. He
asked whether she testified to that
effect The witness answered in the
affirmative.
symptoms Of Disease.
Other questions brought a state
ment from Mrs. de Saulles that she
had suffered considerably from the
heat during her three months i'm
prisonment The defendant said she
had not suffered any lapses OF mem
DRY while in jail but that her finger
nails had been very brittle and that
her hair had fallen out TO an appre-
clable degree.
The defence maintains these symp-
toms indicate the disease OF thyroid
gland, hypOthyreosis, from which IL
Is claimed Sne was suffering al the
time OF the tragedy.
Reads AffectiOnate Letter.
After drawing from Mrs. de saul
les statement that It was Just be-
fore the war that she first believed
her husband was not faithful to her"
the prosecutor read a letter which
the witness identified, as having
been written by her. in which she
told her husband he had been such
a perfect, loving husband, and
sweet father"
DeSauIles, Duke and Beauties.
Mrs de Saulles's stO-y Of seeing
her husband aboard a yacht with the
duke Of Manchester, surrounded with
a -bevy OF Broadway's choicest beau
ties came into the examination at
this point.
Did you not know that Mr.. de
Saulles was then associated with the
duke in a deal TO furnish horses to
the allied governments and in which
your husband cleaned up S50,000?"
asked Weeks.
Z never knew that" replied Mrs.
de Saulles.
Another letter was read IN which
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27

Smokes the Boy8l FranceF the Stadium Thursday

letter. written by de SaulIes TO his
wife. in which he said Not only have
you refused to live with me for the
last four years. but you seem 10 glory
in the fact"
He continued:
'FYou have about reached the end OF
your tether with my patience" He ad-
monished her 'to turn over 2 new
Leaf"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27
Cards.

Mrs. J. 7 Coleman viii entertain
with a card party in X Of c. hall.
Saturday afternoon. from 2:3d to 5.
for the benefit Of the new school Of
the Guardian Angel parish. Assisting
Mrs. Coleman are Mrs. Earl AIaxOn,
Mrs. ". H. Carberry. Mrs. s Demo
and Miss Gertrude Cody.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27
CITY FEDERATION HEARS
REPORT OF STATE MEETING
CONTINUED From Page Eighth

our soldiers. We should use gar
ments Of material other than wool
whenever IL is possible. Every club
woman in Texas can start a move
ment leading 20 greater economy in
dress, in view OF the fact that all
phases Of economy which can be prac-
ticed in American homes. viii help
10 win the war.
Mrs 6. r. Scott was awarded the
cup for Nueces county. The COURT
house at Corpus Christi cost $3.50. 600.
this was Tor the best kept courthouse
yard.
'-On the 10Th the only important ses-
sion was the election of officers Mrs.
G W Connerys Of Fit Worth. presi-
dent; Mrs j. I. Mcdowell. Of Big
Springs vice president at large. Airs.
Bryan Snyder. Of Marshall. recording
secretary; Mrs. W. y Daniel. of san
treasurer, Mrs. Chas. W
Simpson, of WaNahachie. auditor. Mrs.
Conuerv chose as her corresponding
secre tary Mrs. W. II. Moore. OF Fort
Worth
The following are the district presi-
dents First district. Mrs. J. ".
Fields. HASKELL second district. Airs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27
HOW TO GET RELIEF FROM
CATARRH

II you have catarrh. catarrhal
deafness. or head noises 90 TO
your druggist and get ! OF. OF
Parmint double strength. take
this home add TO It y pint Of hot
water and OF. Of granulated
sugar. Take 1 tablespoonful 9
times a day.
This will often bring quick
relief from the distressing head
noises. ClogEed nostrils should
open, breathing become easy and
the mucous stop dropping into
the throat
It is easy to make, tastes
pleasant and costs little. Every
one who has catarrh should give
this treatment a trial You viii
leed.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27

j. L. LoFeloys Mckinney: third dis
uricL Mrs. Ben +. BOydston. Green
vile; fourth district, Mrs o. /. Clark,
Galveston; fifth district. Mrs. ". D.
Moore, Uvalde; sixth district, Mrs. !.
b. Heitchew, Abilene.
"A few minor changes were made in
the bylaws The most prominent fea-
ture connected with the meetings was
the fact that they wanted every dele
gate 20 carry back 20 her club the
great necessity OF cooperation with
the government and TO do everything
within the home organizations power
by conservation Of food. conservation
OF clothing raising and assisting in
raising the funds to carry on to a sue
cessful conclusion the great war for
democracy
Dr. c C. Young was also a speaker
az the city Federation OF Women.
Mr. and Mrs r. C.. Moore. Of Alamo
gordo. are AT Hotel Zeiger
Mr- and Mrs. II A. Lowe. OF Ros-
well, y NJ, are NJ Hotel Zeiger-
'Chiekering- Piano for $4,000.
Rosewood case. Second hand. but
good condition Payments $3.50 per
week FL Paso Piano Co. Every
body s Former BldE.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27

Mt and Mrs. H. A. Lowe. OF Eos-
Wei, y. NJ, are NJ Hotel Zeiger-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27

Dr. c C. Young was also speaker
at the City Federation OF Women.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27
Writes of n Dance.

Ny heart was broken when 1
wrote that letter, but / would not tell
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27

AAAAN AoE EslIsufis
Second hand. but
Payments $3.50 per
Piano Co. Every
ldE-Adv.
The Dermott news., 1917-08-09

"Oh, my God" said Meade, this is more than can bear"
 'I don't want to force you to do any thing you don't want to do and you are not in any mood to discuss these things" she said in quick compassion. "Some day you will come back to me"
 He stretched out his hands toward her over the grave.
 ''I don't know" he cried. "I dare not hope"
 With love like ours," she answered, ''all things are possible"
 "I can't bind you. You must be free" he said slowly. turning his head.
 You are breaking my heart. but shall live and fight on for love and you"
 God bless you"
 You are going away" she asked at last.
 Il must break with everything. must give you your chance of free dom."
 "Very we'll" said the woman. "Now hear me. You can't go so far on this earth or hide yourself away so cum ningly but that l can find you dnd maybe follow you. And I will. Now, l must go. left my car down the road yonder. Will you go with meT
 The man shook his head and knelt down before her suddenly and caught her skirt in his grasp. His arms swept around her knees. She yielded one hand to the pressure of his lips and laid the other upon his head.
 "Go nOw." he whispered. "for Gods cake. If look at you I must follow"
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and the letter had not been discovered anyway. He did not even regret tho bold falsehood he had uttered or the practical subornation of perjury of which he had been guilty In drawing. out and accepting and emphasizing Shurtliff's testimony.
 There had been no inquest over his fathers death. The autopsy had showed clearly heart failure. He had not been compelled to go on the witness stand and under oath as to that. AL though, If that had been demanded, ho must needs have gone through with 1t. Indeed so prompt and public had been his avowals of responsibility that he had not been seriously questioned thereon. He had left nothing uncer- tain. There was nothing concealed.
 He had inherited competence from his father. It was indeed much moro than he or anyone had expected. He had realized enough ready money from the sale of certain securities for his present needs. The remainder he placed in Shurtliff's care and few days after the funeral, having settled everything possible, he took train for the West.
 The whole world was before him. and he was measurably familiar with many portions of it. He could have buried himself in out-of-the-way cor
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Than to Live.
 ners of far countries, in strange cont. nents. These possibilities did not At- tract him. He wanted to get away from, out of touch with. the life he had led. He wished to go to some place where he could be practically alone. where he could have time to recover his poise. to think things out, to plan his future, to try to devise a means for rehabilitation. If 1t were possible. Ho could do that just as well. perhaps bet. ter, In America than in any place else. And there was another reason that held him to his Astive land. He would still tread the same soil, breathe the same air, with the woman. He did not desire to put seas between then.
 He swore to himself that thIkrce- dom he had offered her. thu he Ad in- deed forced upon her unwilling and re- jecting 1t. should be no empty thfp0 so far as he was concerned. He would leave her absolutely untranmeled. ao would not write to her or eommufli. cate with her in any way. He would not even seek her to hear about her and of course as she would not know whlther he had gone or where hs was she could not communicate with him. The silence that had fallen between them should not be broken even for. ever unless and until An, yes, he could not see any way to complete that unless and until" at first. but perhaps after q while he might.
 He knew exactly where he would go. Dick Winters, another classmate and devoted friend at Cambridge, had gone out West shortly after graduation. He had big cattle ranch miles from . railroad in young southwestern state. Winters, like the other member of the youthful triumvirate, Rodney. was bachelor. He could be absolutely de- pended upon. He had often begged Meade to visit him. The engineer would do 1t now. He knew Winters would respect his moods. that he would let him severely alone, that he could and do what he pleased, think out his thoughts undisturbed.
 To Winters, therefore, he had gone. He had an idea that his future would be outside of engineering. Indeed he had put all thought of his chosen pro- fession out of his mind and heart. at least so he fancied. Yet, spending an idle forenoon in Chicago waiting for the departure of the western train, ho found himself irresistibly drawn to tho great steel-framed structures, the sky scrapers rising gaunt and rigid above the other buildings of the city.
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in line of promotion has been given the level. One of the men went East last night. You can have the job, which is"
 II don't care anything about the de- tails" said the man quickly and gladly. It's the work I want"
 Well, you'll get what the rest do," said Vandeventer. "Now. as you just ly remarked, l have found that 1t is not polite out here to inquire too close ly into Il mans antecedents and l have learned to respect local customs, but identify you, make out your pay check and"
 Do you pay in checks?"
 No, but you have to sign check"
 Well. call me Smith"
 Nandeyenter threw back his head and laughed. The other man turned n little red. The chief engineer observed the glint in his new friends eye.
 I'm not exactly laughing at you" he explained. but at the singular lack of tnventiyeness of the American. We have at least thirty Smiths out of two hundred men on our pay roll. and if is bit confusing. Would you mind se- lectiug some other uame?"
 If it's ail the same to you" an nounced the newcomer amusedly-the chiefs laughter was infectious-'Im agreeable to Jones. or Brown. or"
 We have numbers of all of those, too"
 Really" said the man hesitatingly. Il haven't given the subject any thought"
 What about some of your family namesf"
 That gives me an idea" said the newcomer, who decided to use his mothers name, you can call me Rob erts"
 And I suppose John for the prefix"
 John will do as well as any, l am sure"
 We have about fifty Johns. Every Smith appears to have been born John"
 tit" dAd spu ai diiht n dNhtb other with daring freedom. for n rod man does not enter conversation on terms of equality with the chief en- gineer.
 Il got little pocke. dictionary down at the town with list of names and l went through that list with the Smiths, dealing them out in order. Well, that will do for your name" he said, mak- Ing a memorandum in the little book he pulled out of his flannel shirt pocket. He turned to a man who had come up to the level. smith" he said-"by the ! way this is Mir. Claude Smith. Mfr. Rob erts-here's your new rodman. You know your job, Roberts. Get to work" :"
 And that Is how Bertram Meade, q few months after the failure of the great bridge. once again entered the ranks of engineers. beginning, as was necessary and inevitable. very low down in the scale.
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CHAPTER <.
The New Rodman.

There are no more beautiful valleys anywhere than those cut by the waters of primeval floods through the foothills of the great snow-covered Rocky noun tains. The erosions and washings of untold centuries have flung out in front of the granite ramparts of succession of lower elevations like the bastions of a fortress. At first scarcely to be dis tingushed from the main range iu height and ruggedness these ravelins and escarpments gradually decrease In altitude and size until they turn into series of more or less disconnected softly rounded hills, like outflung earthworks, finally merging themselves by gradual slopes into the distant plains overlooked by the great peaks of the mountains.
 The monotony of these pine-clad wind-swept slopes Is broken even in the low hills by out-thrustlngs of stone, sometimes the hard igneous rock, the granite of the mountains. more ire quently the softer red sandstone of a period later. yet ineffably old. These cliffs, buttes, hills and mesas have been weathered Into strange and fan tastic shapes which diversity the land scape and add charm to the country.
 The narrow canons In which the snowbed streams take their rise grad ually widen as the water follows Its tortuous course down the mountains through the subsldlng ranges and out among the foothills to the sandy. arid, windy plains beyond. At the entrance of one of the loveliest of these broad and verdant valleys. short distance above Its confluence with a narrower. more rugged ravine through the hills. lay the thriving little town of Cor0- nado.
 Some twenty miles back from the town at a place where the valley was narrowed to quarter of a mile, and separating 1t from the paralleling ra- vine. rose a huge sandstone rock called Spanish Mesa. Its top. some hundreds of feet higher than the tree-clad base of the hills. was mainly level. From it's high elevation the country could be seen for many miles. mountains on one hand. plains on the other. It stood like an island In sea of verdure. Lit- tie spurs and ridges ran from 1t. To- ward the range 1t descended and con- tracted into narrow saddle. vulgarly known as "hog-back." where the granite of the mountains was hidden under a deep covering of grass.grown earth. which formed the only division between the valley and the gorge or ravine. before the land, widening. rose into the next hill.
 The people came from miles away to see that interesting and curious mesa, much more striking in its ap- pearance than Baldwin's knob. the last foothill below 1t. Transcontinental travellers even broke journey to visit 1t. The town prospered accordingly. especially n 1t was admirably situated ~s place of dsparturs for huntsest sx-
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CHAPTER xI.
The Valley of Decision.

Much water had run under the | bridges of the world and incidentally over the wreck of the International. since that bitter farewell between Bertram Meade and Helen Illingworth over the grave of the old engineer. Life l had seemed to hold absolutely noth- | ing for Meade as he knelt by that low mound and watched the woman walk 1 slowly away with many backward reluctant. He realized that the lifting of hand would have called her back. How hard 1t was for him to remain quiet; and. finally, before she disap- peared and before she took her last look at him. to turn his back resolutely situation.
 Father, fame. reputation, love. taken away at one and the same moment A weaker man might have sent life to fol low. In the troubled days after the fall of the bridge. his fathers death, the inquests, his testimony and evi- dence freely given, and that parting, something like despair had filled the young engineers heart. Life held noth- ing. He debated with himself whether it would not be better to end 1t than to live 1t. He envied his father his broken heart. Singularly enough. the thing that made life at least value was the thing that kept him from throwing 1t away-the woman.
 Striving to analyze the complex emotions that centered about his losses he was forced to admit. although 1t seemed a sign of weakness, that love of woman was greater than love of fame, that In the balance one girl out weighed bridge and father. That the romance was ended was what made life insupportable. Yet the faint. vague possibility that 1t might be resumed if he could find some way to show his worthiness was what made him cling to 1t.
 Of course he could have showed without much difhculty and beyond peradventure at the inquest over Ab- bolt and the investigation into the cause of the failure of the bridge-un- fortunate but too obvious--that the frightful and fatal error in the design war not his and that he had protested ags the accepted plan, if only he ha, Apd the letter addressed to his faf Ut that he would asvse a
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CHAPTER Ix-Continued.

"Shurtliif," said the young engineer. after the mound had been heaped up and covered with sods and strewn with flowers and the workmen had gone. "I have left everything 1 possess in your charge. You have n power of attor- ney to receive and pay out all moneys to deposit, invest, and carry on my fa- ther's estate. The office is to be closed
 and the house Is to be sold. My will, in which leave everything to Miss H. iingworth. Is in your hands. You are empowered to draw from the revenue
The Dermott news., 1917-08-09

points. and one of the great transcon- tinental railways bought 1t and began improving 1t to replace its original rather unsatisfactory line.
 The long wooden trestle which crossed the broad. sandy depression in front of the town. tho bed of the an- cient river, through which the Picket Wire and further down It's afYluent. the Kicking Horse. flowed humbly and m0destly. was being replaced by . great viaduct et steel. Ts< 1p tAs
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si Want te Stay Here . Little While
 by Myseif."

of the estate your present salary so long as you live. If anything happens to me you will have the will probated and be governed accordingly" "Mr. Meade" said the old man. and he somehow found himself transferring the affection which he had thought had been buried beneath the sod on that long mound before him. to the younger man. He had loved and served a Meade all his life and he began to see that he could not stop now. nor could he lavish what he had 10 give merely on a remembrance, "Mr. Meade" he said. "where are you going and what do you intend to do?"
 'T don't know where shall go. or what I shall undertake eventually" said the man. I'm going to leave everything behind now and try to get a little rest at first"
 "And you will keep me advised of your whereaboutsT
 "Perhaps-I don't know. One last Injunction: you are not to tell anyone the truth"
 'God forbid" said Shurtliff. i've have lied % preserve the honor and fame of him we loved who lies here."
 Don't render our perjuries of non- effect"
 'I will not. sir. haven't found that paper. l guess 1t was destroyed"
 "I presume so. And now, good-by."
 "Aren't you coming with me?"
 'T want to stay here little while by , myself"
 ShurtliR turned and walked away. When he reached the road. down which he must go. he stopped and faced about again. Meade was standing where he had besa. The old man took off his hat in rsversnt farewell.
 Meade was not left alone. Beyond the hlllside where his father had been buried ross . clump of trees. Bushes grew at thsIr feet. A woman-should man b. barred without woman's tears7 had stood concealed there waiting. Helen nhngworth had wept over the drearinsea, the mournfulness of 1t all. She had hoped that Meade might stay after the othea went and now that he was alone she came to him. She laid her hand upon his arm. He turned and looked ct her.
 T aasw aha. you would be here," he said.
 sDld you see mer'
 sI. felt your presence"
 listen." sold the woman. You are recking yoqr life for your fathers fame. A ma} khas a right perhaps to do with his o vA life what he will, but. when he lOveb woman and when he >as told her ko } nd she has given him .Aat wAsa hwreI Icks his iif': ' hsrA and he . right to iifs f~ sss1 .i N
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4 man Of Meade's ability will soon find place for himsslS ln any environment, and % k b with the young engineer. HIs new start In fife b dsseribsd In the next installment
(ro BE coNTNUEn)
svssst, Younp Thlno.

In . local theater, one evening -, gently. a powerful spotlight revealed . house hy crawling over the pow6a VI. surface of . pretty girls back. ',,h.
 lookie." whispered little girl. in tttesi that could be heard all aboue Mw.
 "lookie at the hyr' Flush. dear," tive child's mother cautioned. Thsrs w,a q moments silence. then the littlo Catl again whispered hoarssly: n spoa ( ~ fly thinks hs ts = . uasuAna1loU. .S Asl UHehanoA ~
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-07-13
ANOTHER KIDNAPPING
FOILED BY MOTHER
Gang Attempted to SteaI Baby
Of Rich Springfield Parents
Put to Flight.

Springfield, Mo-, July 12.-With the
details of the kidnapping and subse-
quent murder of the Keet baby still
fresh in the memory of the city, an
other gang mortified the city about
midnight Wednesday evening by at
tempting to kidnap Isabelle Hughes,
the 4-ycar old daughter of Lloyd
Hughes, of 571 West Locust street.
The attempt to steal the child was
frustrated by the mother screaming
for help, hurled herself through the
open window and attracted a large
crowd from the neighborhood. The
three men fled in buggy standing
near the Hughes home.
When Mrs. Hughes leaped through
the window. tearing the screen from
its frame, her husband was battling
the three strangers on the floor of the
bedroom.
Two men, who stood guard on the
outside, pursued Mrs. Hughes. They
were frightened by her cries and
chased her but a short distance.
As lights flashed up in the neigh
borhood, and while Mrs Hughes, in a
neighbor's yard, screamed for help, the
three men broke away. All three jump
ed out the window from which Mrs.
Hughes had torn the screen and drove
away in buggy.
Little Isabelle was sleeping in her
baby bed in the same room. When
Hughes awoke at midnight, two of the
men were standing over the child. The
third was guarding Hughes. standing
beside the bed.
Hughes is manager of the J. Fl.
Bridger store on East Commercial
street.
His father is a retired farmer of
immense wealth, and it is believed that
the trio attempted to employ the same
tactics as in the Keet KIDNAPPING, name
ly to hold the Hughes baby for large
ransom.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-07-13

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