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I Local News of the Week. 1
We print visiting cards and
stationery of all kind.
Lucile Phillips visited relatives
at Strong this week.
T. G. Moore of Strong was here
Wednesday on business.
M. H. Claybaugh was on the
sick list several days this week.
Dr. F. O. Mahony was at El Do
rado Monday on business.
H. A. Sharp was up from Eros.
La., Sunday visiting his family.
Miss S. Berrarris of St. Louis
was here this week visiting friends.
J. R. Sims is visiting with his
mother at Warren, Texas, for two
weeks. __
Eorn to Mr and Mrs.W.R.Dicker
son on last Monday morning a fine
little girl.
Miss Elvia Sutcliff of Monroe
was the guest of Mrs. D. A. Keas
ler this week.
Miss Leona Gullatt of Dubberly.
La., is here visiting her sister. Mrs.
Ernest Spencer.
W. H. Wheler made a business
trip to El Dorado and Ruston the
first of the week.
Mrs. H. D. Bowers of Texar
kana is here the guest of her sister.
Mrs. F. W. Miles.
Louis Gartall is home from an
extended visit with relatives and
friends in St. Louis.
Miss Grace Fike of Cecil. La.,
was here Sunday enroute to Rus
ton, La., to attend school.
Miss Susie Brown of El Dorado
was the guest of Misses Lorena
and Pearl Woolley this week.
F. T. Carroll is now employed
buying staves and country produce
for Luther Burnside of Lapile.
J. A. Woolley and family have
moved into the house recently va
cated by E. M. Cabanissand family.
W. L. Watkins, jr.. returned to
his home at Tyler, Texas, Monday
after a visit with his brothers here.
Milton Winham of Texarkana,
a stockholder in the Union Saw
Mill Co., was here last Friday on
business.
Oscar Woolley was at El Dorado
this week attending the teachers'
institute being conducted by Coun
ty Examiner Murphy.
Francis, the sweet little 2-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Cunningham, who formerly lived
here, died in Camden Tuesday of
last week.
We treat Piles successfully with
out knife or chloroform. Refer
ence and information on application.
Drs. McCall & Williams.
Lawson, Ark.
The editor of this rag was at
Little Rock this week attendin'
the maitin' iv the Democration
State Conyenchun which convaned
in that dty, and we have done oui
best with this issue.
The Iron Mountain trains com
menced running via Collinston
again Monday. They have had to
detour via Huttig for some time on
account of the high water on the
other side of the river.
There is no longer any Republi
can party in Louisiana. It is now
officially dead. As less than 5.000
Republican votes were cast at the
spring election and this is less than
the 10 per cent of the full vote as
required by law, the party losses.
its franchise and is no longer en
titled to the privileges given by the
state primary law. The only way
candidates can run now will be by
filing special petitions.
A French scientist has proved
that ordinary sulphur in powdered
form is a valuable fertilizer. It
aids plant growth not directly like
the mineral fertilizers but by killing
the microbes in the soil which in
terfere with growth,
Tom Calloway and G. S. Farmer
are both back in this country from
Brazil, South America, where they
went last fall to work for the
Southern Brazil Lumber Co. Tom
is visiting his parents at Hodge.
La., and Gus has arrived in Huttig
and accepted a job of sawing at
No. 2 mill.
J. 0. Moore of Strong and Miss
MatUe Murphy, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. G. Murphy, of El Do
rado, were united in marriage at
the home of the bride’s parents at
1 1 o'clock last Sunday morning.
They will make Strong their futire
home. The News joins their many
friends in wishing them a long and
happy life.
Here is a bright little school
girl’s composition on men: "M' n
are what women marry. They
drink, and smoke and swear anc
have ever so many pockets, bu'
won’t go to church. Perhaps it
they wore bonnets they would.
They are more logical than women
and always more zoological. Botl
men and women have sprung fron
monkeys, but the women ceitainly
sprung further than the men.'
The artificial silk industry is now
so flourishing that the supply can
not keep pace with the demand
the latest invention of this sort b
an artificial silk made out of spui
glass. The glass filaments art
only l-18thasbig as a hair ant
are almost imperceptible to the
eye. The fiber can be spun, twist
ad. braided, woven, etc., the samt
as natural textiles and it is madr
so cheaply that it costs only a little
more t^an cotton. It is believec
that it will be a very serious com
petitor of both silk and cotton fo
fine fabrics.
Can Improve Nature's Methods.
Nature takes a century to grow
a forest and make the old field once
more fertile: but man with his
plows and harrows, aided by the
action of water, frost, air and sun
shine. can unlock the combination
in which nature keeps her precious
plant food and by growing the
deep-rooted legumes he can draw
from the stores of fertility below
the reach of his plow and catch the
costly nitrogen from the breezes
that blow across his field, and have,
in ten years, a soil richer than the
newly cleared forest—Agnew
Webster in The Progreisive Farm
er.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pay $50.00 as a reward to any
one. not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This let, day of February. 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
Secy, and Treas.
Excellent Cough Remedy.
A good 0|j fashioned cough remedy
Is made of slippery elm, sugar and flax
seed. Soak a gill of whole flaxseed in a
half pint of hailing water. In another
dish put a cup of broken hits of slip
pery elm and cover this with boiling
water. Let them stand for three hours,
then strain them separately through a.
thin cotton cloth into a pan containing
a pound and a half o; granulated sugar
Squeeze out all the liquor possible and
stir into the sugar until ail is melted.
Now boil it until it turns to candy.
After it has cooked ten minutes add
the juice of two lemons. When can
died turn out into a well greased pan
and mark into squares before it hard
ens. The children like it.
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—The story opens with a
•cream from Dorothy Marche, a charm
ing debutante. In the opera box of the
wealthy widow. Mrs. Doris Missioner, at
the Metropolitan Opera House in New
York City. It is occasioned by Mrs. Mls
sioner's diamond necklace breaking and
scattering the string of rare and costly
gems all over the floor. Curtis Griswold
and Bruxton Sands, two society men,
both of whom love Mrs. Missioner, gather
up some of the diamonds, but the gem
of the collection, the celebrated Mahar
anee. is missing. Griswold steps on the
apparent missing diamond and it crushes
under his heel, a HiYidoo conies from an
adjoining box. and picking up a flake of
the crushed gem pronounces it a fraud,
not the genuine Maharanee, but—paste.
CHAPTER II The entire party proceed
to the elegant mansion of Mrs. Missioner.
where she takes them to a room having
a safe containing other diamonds. She
afterwards sends for a Mr. Rascome. an
expert, who pronounces the stones ah
copies, substitutions, of the original gems
CHAPTER IIJ Bruxton Bunds tele
phenes police headquarters and two de
tectives. Donnelly and Carson, arrive on
the scene. They examine the safe and
decide that the theft of the original dia
monds was accomplished by some one in
the house. The servants are questioned,
but without result. Then they learn that
Miss Elinor Holcomb, the confidential
ornpanion of Mrs. Missioner, has a dupli
ate key to the safe and they send for
her.
CHAPTER IV—The detectives Incline to
the belief that Miss Holcomb Is Involved
in the robbery. They search her room
•*.nd in a cabinet, wrapped in tlsrue pa
per. they find one of the original dia
monds. Mrs. Mlssioner protests that
Elinor is guiltless, but the delicate girl
is marched off to prison.
CHAPTER V Meantime, in an up-town
mansion, the Hindoo of the theater episode
who is known as the Swami. and a Hindoo
pr.nce. Kananda. discuss the arrest. They
are in the L nited States to recover the
Mahar.nce. which is a sacred relic of
Incia. and are puzzled at the discovery
of the imitation.
CHAPTER VI—Detective Britz, an ex
pert of the police force, now takes up th«
ase He interviews Elinor who is pros
traded by the cloud resting on her. Thr
detective evidently believes the girl Inno
cent.
CH \PTER VII Dr. Lawrence Fitch
the ham f* of Elinor, visits her in prison,
.ihe is remund^d for trial on suspicion ot
being the thief. Britz talks encouragingl.'
to Pitch and asks his co-operation in
running down the real criminal.
< HAPTER VIII—The detective advises
that Elinor does not seek bail until they
have located the real culprit. He makes
a close investigation of affairs at the
home of Mrs. Mlssioner.
CHAPTER IX Britz learns that Mrs
Mlssioner while visiting Paris had the
diamonds with her. He cables the police
ther** and they ascertain that the dupli
cates were made from drawings of the
original stones The person ordering the
substitutes gave the name of Elinor Hoi
comb.
CHAPTER X—The detective has an In
terview with Miss Marche. He learns
who of Elinor's friends can draw. H*»
clumsily draws a picture of the safe
Griswold offers to assist him, allowing
skill as an artist. Eater as the detective
la walking through Central Park he is
suddently seized and thrown into a closed
automobile.
CHAPTER XT—A wild ride ensues and
Britz finds he has been made captive by
three Hindoos. He endeavors to escape
but is bound and drugged.
CHAPTER XII His captors Imprison
Britz In a deserted house. He Anally
manages to get free from his bonds, es
capes and reports at headquarters now
■ onvlnced that the Hindoos are materially
nterested In the case.
CHAPTER XIII Pretending to be a
newspaper reporter. Britz Interviews the
Swami as to the rare diamond* of India
After he leaves the Swami Informs
Prince KanantAn that he has penetrated
the disguise of the detective.
CHAPTER XTV Mrs. Missloner visits
Elinor in prison but is dissuaded from
balling her out until her innocence is
proven Britz learns of an insane dia
biond expert on Ward’s Island and asks
Fitch to go with him and interview' the
man
CHAPTER XV The Insane diamond ex
pert tells enough to lead the detective to
believe that either Griswold or Sands em
ployed him to make counterfeits of the
Mlssioner gems.
CHAPTER XVI—Griswold. Interviewed
by Britz. Intimates that Sands is on the
verge of failure He evidently wishes the
detective to believe that his rival In love
may have something to do with the dia
mond robbery.
f’HAPTER X\ II Two Hindoos burg’ar
ize the home of Sand* evidently thinking
that he ma\ have the Maharanee dia
mend Rrttz captures them and on one
discovers a note addressed to “t’urtis"
and signed "MlllWnt” which tbev have
found somewhere in their wandering
search for the g*»ms.
CHAPTER XVIII The Swam! visits
Mrs Missloner and trie«; to solve the mvs
terv of the diamonds Eater at h»s
own house he directs his Hindoo allies to
continue their search for the mysterious
ly missing gem.
CHAPTER XIX Britz locates a woman
named Millioeut Ddaroche He 'learns
that secretly she is affianced to Cnrtts
(Irisw'old.
f'lIAPTKR XX The Swam! attend* a
bull at tb* Imme of Mrs. Misstnncr but
tilt's not loam anything fnrthor at,out tin.
diamonds Tits detei-tlve watebes flria
wnld hoping to gain a flow to tho mys
terious Mllllcent.
rHAPTKR X X T Rrlt?, dlsgnlssil as a
burglar visits til* apartrnonl of Millloopt
IVlaro'-he who ho ia satisfied is keeping
tho stolon dinmorids for (i-jawold ||o
lltnls a box that oiiss oontalrtoii thorn, but
It Is empty.
HI IPTKII XXII Tho Retentive non
eludes that tho Hindoos have antirlpated
him In wresting the diamonds from Mtill
*■ oitt. He and hTtoh visit their quarters,
find the plane deserted and have a ten!
bl• evporienoe with a poisonous snake
"Right hero,'' Rrifz proceeded. "Is
whore an Interesting side feature of
the mystery rnrnes In Griswold would
have probably been more alert If he
had known that men ten times as
adroit as he, and a hundred times
more unscrupulous, had Journeyed half
around the world to get one of those
very gems he was preparing to steal
from the woman he hoped to marry.
I don't know exactly what's at the hot
tom of the Interest those Hindoos
have in the great Maharanee dia
mond; hut I do know they're willing
to go pretty dose to the electric chair
to get It. I understand It was not
really bought from the wife of an In
dian prince, as Mtssfoner told hl«
wife It was My best Information Is
that it came from a Hindoo temple
Yon know those savages set great
store by their Idols At any rate,
from a half dozen to a dozen Indians
of various degrees came here from
Calcutta ^omo. time aga aii<i. ca_mjj_e d
on the traif of the Maharanee dia
mond They played a waiting game
and. apparently, they were on the point
of making a grand efTort to get the
stone when the head of this organlza
tlon happened to be in the box next to
Mrs. Mlssioner at the Metropolitan
Opera House on the night when the
necklace turned out to ho a fake. He
then learned that the oris'nal dla
ntonds were not In the widow s keep
ing any longer.
"tlrisw old also was In the Mission
er 1-ox that night, as you know, and
he must have noticed the Oriental
who butted in during the search for
the diamonds."
Fritz paused a little, and then re
Burned:
“These Hindoos worked about as
fHRt as I did. They must have made
up their minds pretty parly tn thp
gamp that Miss Holcomb know noth
ing about the necklace, and, of course,
nobody would be foolish enough to
suspect little Miss March. Our dark
friends from the East concentrated
their attention on Griswold and
Sands For a long time. All had been
in Mrs. Missioner's employ. He
wasn't, howpver. Mrs. Missioner's em
ploye In the true sense of the word
He was there as one of the subor
dinates of this Swam! chap. along
with the other Oriental fellows, one
of whom calls himself Prince Kanan
da In fact. All was on the job from
the day he became a member of Mrs
Missioner's household He was sent
there for the precise purpose of pip
Ing off the place, apd either retting
the hip diamond himself or tipping
the Swaml and all the rest of them
when It would he safe for them to
make a try It stands to reason Mrs
Mlsslnner watched her lewpls prettv
closely, and that her safe was a Hm
dandy, since that necklace In all
rhose long months could not he lifted
by the Hindoo servant He would
have been perfectly willing to throt
Me her in order to get It had he felt
reasonably sure of a getaway a«
easily after a murder as after airob
bery.”
"You must have been reading-about
Vli Baba and the Forty Thieves
Hritz," said Manning with another
harsh laugh. “This sounds * aUogeth
er too much like the Arabian Nights
to be the goods.*'
"Well, there weren’t as many as
forty of the thieves, and the All in
this case wasn't an honest man. I'm
giving it to you straight, Chief. ]
haven't worked day and nigho on this
proposition for nothing. Youfll find it
just as I'm telling it to you, and If
you'll suspend Judgment until I get
through. I'll deliver the goods all
right."
'1 think." remarked Fttch to Man
nlng, "we shall find that. Lieutenant
Britz comes pretty near knowing
what he is talking about. I've seen
him work on this case, and I know
something of the facts he has dis
covered. If you have ever studied
the ways of Orientals you'll be stir
prised al nothing they do. They look
at life from altogether a different
angle Life Is about, the cheapest
thing in life to them .”
"Very good," said Manning "I'm
willing to he convinced, but it seems
hard to believe that a woman worth
a hundred millions could live for
months with death hanging overjher
head In her own household, and} vet
know nothing about it What's the
use of being a multi-millionaire If
you're no safer than In an elghneen
dollar flat? For my part, I don't itake
much stock in your Hindoos.”
“You'll take a lot of stock in them
before the morning Is over. Chief, if
you stav with us." Britz retorted ‘Ttn
going to show you not only the Hln
doos tn the act of attempting to get
away, but I'll ttirn up the goods In
their possession They have the dia
mond now. hut I'll have both fhem
and the diamond in a very few
hours I"
I heUeyp you. ‘ fitch chimed 1n.
You see, Chief," he explained to
Manning, "this lieutenant of yrfhrs
has marie thp capture of the Hindoos
more or less of a personal matter.”
A choppy laugh from the detective
Interrupted the physician.
"Yes," he agreed, ”1 don't mind tell
ing you that I'm almost as eager to
get those fellows as 1 am to rerover
the widow's Jewels. They got just a
little hit too car with me for their
own good.” lie (lushed slightly as
he reralled how utterly he had been
at the mercy of the Hindoos when he
lay like a holiday turkey on the floor
of that bare room in the unoccupied
uptown apartment.
"The Hindoos," said Prltx, ‘'went
through the apartments of Sands and I
Griswold with what Sam Weller j
would oall a double million magnify
lug microscope. They didn't leave a
postage stamp unsearchod. They
looked Into every hole and corner,
ransacked every drawer, and turned
every place Inside out I caught 'em
at It—two of them, anyway—In
Sands' room, and they're now in the
West Thirtieth Street Statton They j
must have gone through Griswold's
apartment first, for It wms there. I
guess, they found this note from Mil
Hcent to ‘Curtis dear,’ and It was i
this note that gave me a line on how
brother Griswold stood with the lady
of the Hotel Renaissance. I knew
Griswold was in the habit of visiting '
that hotel, but T didn’t know whom
he went there to Ree. I felt pretty
certain when T (tot the note that it
came from somebody In the Renais
sance. and I got Rawson to send the
hunch out on the hunt so that T
could make certain I d made no mis
take
"One of the men reported there
was a Mmc. Oelaroche at the Renais
sance. That looked good enough to
me I went there thRt same night,
with the doctor on the sidewalk, as
the lookout I did a little burglary
stunt that would have landed the
jewels If the Hindoos had not got
there ahead of me. In some way or
other, those fellows learned about
the acquaintance between Griswold
and the Oelaroche lady about the
same time 1 did. or perhaps a little
earlier. One of them got into her
apartment by the fire escape route
ar d sneaked the Jew els from under
her pillow What's more, he content
ed himself with the diamonds them
selves. and didn't, even take the casket
they were In The jewel case was
still under her pillow when I got
there, and it wasn't until after the
lady, tinder the Impression the gems
were in the case, gave herself away
more or less, that I found the little
boy was empty. When I looked out
on the fire escape, I saw the handker
chief the dark skinned cracksman had
dropped In his hurry. That sent 11s
hot footed to the Swami’s house.”
When Brltz had sketched the his
tcff} of the Missloner case. Manning
and Fitch looked at him admiringly.
Both his hearers were thoughtful for
a minute or two. Then the Chief,
though he realized Brltz had solved
the mystery, could not refrain ^JTTn
picking flaws.
"You have not explained fully,” he
said, "how Griswold contrived to
smuggle the small diamond Into Miss
Holcomb's room."
“Nor how the old curiosity dealer
had the visiting card of Bruxron
Sands,” suggested the doctor hesi
tantly. He disliked to seem over
critical of a man who had done sc
much for Kllnor.
"Neither have you worked out an
explanation of the fact that it was a
woman who gave the order to the
jlt.hree French Arms for the manufac
Irtnre of the false diamonds, and that
j(she gave the name of Rllfror Hoi
jeomh," Vanning pursued. 'You'll
have to make that Hear to/Mott, I'm
thinking."
”1 don't quite understand^why the
Hindoos kidnaped you, lieutenant,*'
added Fttch tentatively.
Brltz ffmlled
"Mere details.” Brltz replied ' "First,
Griswold did not smuggle- thw dlv
| “You Sent, huh, for Ua, Chief/'
* 'ond Into Miss HolcombVf room.
'’hat little trick was pulled off by
All. He was the only one who> could
lave done it, and his reason forvwant
lug to throw suspicion on the woung
■unman Is plain He was In the house
to get the necklace and he also want
< d to rrake a sure getaway. There
fore. he figured. If the jewel.m should
he missed before he was ahlrt to get
’hem out of the house. It wouftd help
his chances of escape to havt» mispl
• Inn thrown on the secretary. The
diamond that was found -among her
things did not hplong to the cnllanette.
Hut Its size and luster matched any
■one of a dozen of the stones In that
magnificent setting, so that all of us
»ook It for granted It was Mrs. Mis
loner's property.”
1 "Very good," parried the chief.
"How about the other points?"
"ft needs no vivid Imagination."
said Hrltr, "to picture Curtis Griswold
employing a young woman to take the
drawings to the French manufactur
ers and tellirg her to introduce her
self as Bllnor Holcomb, or by any
other name he desired "
Manning nodd«d reluctantly, Fitch
approvingly.
"As for o'd Martin's possession of
Sands' card," continued the lieuten
ant. "I see no explanation about that
except that Griswold handed It to
Mm There seems to he a streak of
malicious mischief In our club friend.
As a side exploit in pulling off a big
crime, he would enjoy making trouble
for another especially for a man ha
had reason to fear as a rival, which
was the case with Sands It may he
he even hoped to cast suspicion per
manently on the millionaire, though
that seems hardly possible. Kven
when Sands acted so mysteriously In
regard to that letter he recovered
from the Hindoo Ihirglar. he did not
make me suspect he had stolen the
diamonds, the strongest suspicion I
had was that he might be shielding
the thief, and that didn't last lon^."
"And your own little adventure
asked the chief of detectives with a
trace of malice.
“Oh, that was only a precaution on
their part. They took the chance I
might hare recovered, the Maharanee,
f suppose. Maybe they expected to
And In my possession something tbit
would give them a rlue to the where
abouts of the stone Then, once they
got me, they thought they might as
well keep me out of the running until
they got what they wanted. It was
no pan of thetr plan to let me find
the jewels and turn them over to
Mrs. Misstoner.”
"You had a close call there, lieu
tenant." observed the physician
"Close enough." said Brit?, calmly.
"But ft's all tn the day's W’ork.”
As Brit? finished there was a timid
tap on the door. In response to Man
ning's curt "Come in!" Donnelly and
Carson crossed the threshold, and
did their best to stand at ease in
front of the lieutenant's desk
"You sent, huh, for us. Chief?"
"Yes," said Manning. "Lieutenant
Brit? wants you to attend to a little
matter for him."
"Yes, Donnelly," said Brit? coolly;
“If you have nothing better to do Just
now, suppose you run up to Curtis
Griswold’s apartment, and tell him
the Chief wants to talk to him."
"Suppose he won't come," said Don
nelly, who evidently did not yet sus
pect It was desired that the clubman
he taken Into custody.
"Bring him, then,” said Brit?. "You
haven't forgotten how to show a g n
tleman down to Headquarters, havn
you?"
lionneuy wincen unner me neutcn
ant's scorn, and Carson turned grav.
“And you, Mr. Carson,” said Rritz,
irenewing his Instructions, “be gcod
enough to take a t-ip to the Hotel
Renaissance, and ask Mrs. Delaroche
to come down to see us for a little
while "
Carson. In the crisis, felt h» could
knot be too precise.
' “Suppose she declines'’'' he asked
| “Rring her!” said Brit*
Fitch laughed aloud at the cep.
sternation in the faces of the two do.
tecttves. It was manifest hoth non
nelly and Carson were so far from
the facts In the mystery that not on 'y
had neither of them dreamed of tea
king a prisoner of Orisw-i'.d. that
jauave society man who had volun
teered so much assistance to them In
Iftheir efforts to weave a weh of rtr
jkuimstanttal evidence against Filnor
JHolcomb, but that they were ahso.
Jlntelv ignorant of tbp evistence of
fstich a person as Mllltcent nelaroche.
They shuffled their feet with increas
ing nervousness ns they felt the eyes
of their chief upon them Donnelly
shot a glance of 111 repressd hatred at
Britz as the lieutenant, at ease In his
revolving chair, faced the crestfallen
defectives with a satirical smile
Once or^twire Donnelly essayed to
apeak, but each time he caught the
1 frozen expression on the faces of the
tf'hief and RriiV. and the words died
fin his throat. Nothing remained save
fpr the two builllan* crime hunters to
cwrv out the lieutenant's orders. As
they turned to go their discomfiture
was augments*! hy the real deter
live's roook solicitude.
"You'll find it an ea=y joh, hoys.
Just ask the two of them to come
dmvn here quietly, and if they don t
want to cone, make ’em. Show them
j! your shields, you know, and all that
I sort of thing/'
When Jhey had gone. Rritz in
| dulged his- amusement to the extent
• f a laughJ Fitch joined him, and
i Manning, a tier a brief attempt to
keep his faivt) Btic^ght, also laughed
heartily.
*3CHA.TER XXV.
The Att Irk on the Yacht.
Brit?, Wan. (ng «nd Fitch walked
briskly around the corner and board
ed at Bleecker street a subway train.
At Fourteenth Street they caught the
first uptown \ ’f n Cortlandt express
of the morning, and they made good
time to Two ‘rTt ndxcd and Twenty
fifth Street. Tb -re they left the
train, and v/nlko4 qui'Jd'’ along the
edge of a gra&sa bluff overlooking
the government cut that now con
nects the Harietn'. and Hur,*Son rivers
hy a ntone rfireet, route thanf the old
Spuyten Hnyvll creek- A f'*" hun
dred yards beyvrn I tlie low fen to that
separates tbie mna <iiw from the .vtreet
they cante ui>t*n a netn standing c ose
behind a large tr# o. Ilp was screened
from the lit do. 1 dree* and front the
bridge that s;,;a - It hy thi-?k under
hrush When, lie stehted Rrltz he
lifted his han tt warmngly and beck
oned. The t arx e men went within
the shelter of ilte hush.
“Anything atw, Gordon" inquired
Brit?..
"Yes," sat J ,the other detective
•■They have ^ ¥* aboard.’’
"Where's I ll,-i v!"”
"Pown th> (r* j atir the water, piping
them off."
"Are thejj on <’ eck?"
"No, In five eat '»i *-bpy Prpt’
ty httsy, too,"
Gordon looked „ S the skv It was
growing brighter e
Stepping with n
derness on the g
every leaf and tv
v*-v minttt*
K solicitous ten
nd avoiding
might give
m, A'
\t thaf i
forth a slight cr; ick\e. the lour men
made their way , ^waly amort the
bushes to the spo f-wYif ’* 1 Tlfte*5. lyIwjg
at full length v j), ),js Net"! only
little way abo\ _ ^ j,,, R)i on J
waiting and. at tlje SHtnp ,,m(.
,r- a n aphis.* yitB-lt of mor(
a
und. was
V. at eh
llrtn
(To Be^ Comtinuri
Next Week.)
Y jU will find c t sale at the
Union Saw iv,j!| company store,
the Union hotel and Beil’s creem
parUr four diff*?• «it loc.’l post card
views in colors. If these sell well
the publisher ',<>-pe-.ts to add s, v
jral other vivw:; to the list. They
'ill Le cold, at tv. o for five cents.