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bnk le > ok on hor old and haggard face facelie raceoUe facep110
oUe lie hiw come back at last at last lastfho lutlho Iast4vhf
vhf ho said saidJudgo IaiciIJuci nid nidJudgo
Judgo IJuci I Marcellus irIItq swung WU g around In hv hvswivel billTlwl hachair
swivel chair from bli bl boolw and sprang spranforward spranllOMarci sprangfrwnrd
forward with o tatretchod hands handsMy handao han3My
o My lv flear < cir Mii Mi4A Ii Doten ho cried ols 9 Is it itpowlhlc Itpo itsih1
powlhlc po sih1 lill that Egbert Inngford has re returned reI1lmed reflirnei
turned after all these thcl < 6 yearn yoari7 Do sit I < It t down dowanil downand downand
and fell mo 01 all about it itThn It1rn
Thn rtntely rtlltel old olcllndy lady Bat prim and upright uprightin
of the chair chairHohaftcoraebacltnherepcated chaIrolIo chairIlo
in < n tbo th very ory odjo
olIo Hohaftcoraebacltnherepcated Ilo hlll hMcomhtc1C como bactc 0 Mho repeated Alii Aliihwelf Alice Aliceh Altcehrelf
hwelf h telf brought mo tho news from the therillago tbeTillago therillage
rillago They are at work renovating the theold tbeld thenld
old ld hem houo o the servants are already there thereAnd thereAnd themAnd
And now Judge Jositih Marcollus remem rememter rememIotr mmcmher
her your promise promiseThe proIl 8t 8tThe
The Judge Judl fumbled uneasily with his hispapers blsparolI h1
papers papersI
I know he replied 01 I did promise promisehirt
hut after all Miss rlSA Doten is it well Eg Egliert Eghert Egbert
bert U L nn In old man old and brolcen re returning relurnlnr returning
turning home aftfr a lifetime abroad abroadto
to I t4 rlio rlioAnd ciloo dioAnd
o And you yourself pardon mo havn havnhut havnhut havahut
hut a fow mom years to live Why not notlet notlet notlet
let the end be peara pearaYou pealoYOII peaeYou
You are happy in the devotion of your youradopted yourtdopted youradopted
adopted daughter Alice her approaching approachingmarriage approachingX1arringe approachingnarringa
marriage to young Dudley Ray gives you youin youAIl youto
in agreeable Interest Why not then let letthe letIbe letthe
the dead rest in his hI grave You have haveonly havnonly haveonly
only a suspicion sUlplclontbere there is no proof proofI
01 I love 100 Alice Interposed Miss Doten Dotensoftly DotenIOrtly Dotenftly
softly ftly I would do anything for her I Ithink 1think tthink
think God sent her to me in such a strange strangeunexpected IItranltlunepected etrangeunexpected
unexpected way as a a consolation I hope hopeto
to find nd peace with her and Dudley DudleyBut Dud1eyBut Dud3eyBut
But first and her voice strengthened strengthenedu
u her face grew stern but ftrst fttBtbut fttBtbuttrstiio firstbutrstdo but butfirst
first trstiio do you think the dead would rest restIf reetIt metif
If I failed to avenge him Once for all allare aUare allIre
are you going to desert me mto to turn turnomr me meow meOTer
ow to a stranger strangerThe strangerThe trunprThe
The Judge touched a button on his desk deskImmediately deskImmediately deekIrnmedJtei1
Immediately a middle aged man stocky stockyof took tookof
of form stolid of face entered and bar barIng haTIn baytog
tog In bowed deferentially to the lady and in inquiringly InquirlDgly inquhingly ¬
quiringly to his master stood at atten attention attention attention ¬
tion tionOSlt
tionSit OSlt Sit down Cronkite amid Jd the Judge in inhia inbls inhis
his most formal manner T This aw you ytraknow youknow youknow
know is my esteemed client and dear dearfriend dearfrland deeitriacd
friend Miss Doten She Sh cornea on a most mostimportant moallmportant mostImportant
important and Intimate matter to which whichi
rot ou i best eadsarors = d = TOns
Tears ago go Ml Doten was the themm0e4 themm0e4wife thewife afflanoed afflanoedwife
wife of John Langford of Langford Hills Hillaop mu muup Hillsthe
than she shedoes lb lbdeesn01l shedoes
op on the Bound She lived aa
does deesn01l now a mile distant from the theWith estate estateWith etateWith
With John lived his younger brother brotherEgbert brothe1Egbert bretherEgbert
Egbert the warmest affection atrecUonulatinr apparently apparentlywlstlng appsnctlyxtttng
wlstlng between them though John had badinherited hadtnherit hadtoheritad
inherited tnherit d a a great fortune and Egbert only onlya
a pittance from their father After the theengagement theMgageJnent theegageinent
engagement was announced Mrs Law Lawrence rcwrance Ltwsnce ¬
rence an aunt who kept house for tie tieyoung tII tIIyoung theyotmg
young men gave a ball in Its honor honorIn oo o oIn
In the early morning both Jota and andEgbert aDdEgbert andEgbert
Egbert were W about the pounds round trine giingtim trinetho K Ktho
tho attentions of a host to their departing departingguests departlncgJeRte departingguest
guests but when all were lOne one John bad haddisappeared baddisappeared baddisappeared
disappeared Search wee made and his bisdead b1ldead hisdead
dead body was found in a drying room roomat roomat roomat
at the rear a bullet through the heart heartNearby blllnNearby heartNearby
Nearby was a a revolver which whtohIdentified WM WMidentified waiIdentified
identified aa II belonging to a groom named namedManter named1tfMter DSIflOdManter
Manter lately discharged for some fault faultHunters faulMnnters fau1Mantors
Hunters corpse and an upset up et boat which whichhe wblobhe whichhe
he used were picked up on the river the thenext tenet thenext
next day dayThere dy dyTer dayThere
There was never any question that thathe thatbe
Ter W neve a qutl tll tllhe
he was the murderer muensr Egbert Eber inherited inheritedhis iet inheritedhlsbmtherseatate
his h hlsbmtherseatate brothers estate ette entered ent into its it posses possession p poessian ¬
sion lon and ad went abroad aroa you might almost almostsay all alllY ahnoatsay
say lY to parts prt unknown unown whence wbec he has hasnever baanever
never returned rte until unt now nw No ooDe cue doubted doubtedI
I 11Y say except exceptLet 8cpt exceptJ4et
oLt Let me tell tll Miss Ml Doten Dte interrupted interruptedeagerly Itrped Itrpederly Interruptedeagerl7
eagerly erly fiercely ferely It was the te night nght after afterI am
I 11 was still st there ter with wth Mrs M Lawrence Lwce await awaiting awst awaitlag ¬
lag I the te funeral Cneml too to weak wok indeed Inde to go gohome gohot gohome
home hot too t griefatricken gerstricken to sleep sleepThe Ilep eeepThe
The Te body by was Wi laid in tho great rt hall halldownstairs bal haildownta1r
downstairs dowt and I sat lat watching wathing mourning mourningby morng morngb
by b the bier The Te lights Ighl were wer low the house housesilent hOelet hcuaesilent
let silent silent as 8 death det until unti I heard herd the stairs stairsoreak stll stllor stairscreak
creak or faintly ratly and then a little lte louder louderI loder
01 I looked up Egbert Egbr was WI descending descendingin decendg decendgI
in I hU bl long night nght robo rob and bare feet rot his hi band bandstretched bandIt bandstretched
stretched It rtched before him his hl eyes eye storing storingwalking ltring ltringwaling staringalng
walking waling in bis bi sleep sleepMy ale sleepMy p pO
O My y pocket pket piece he was WI muttering mutteringmy
my y silver slver dollar dolar of 1799 where wber is I it If I I Idropped Idropp Idropped
dropped dropp it ItI Itif if it should be b found foundHU roundooHl foundHis
oHl HU face was wa ghastly gbaty with wih dread drad with withagony wtb wtbIgon withagony
agony Igon his hi lips lp were bloody blody the tbe sweat swet shone shoneon honeon
on his hi forehead rorhead as a he passed pe mo by unheed unheeding unho unheedIng ¬
ing Something cold touched my band bandit ¬
it was 1 tho face of my beloved beloe as a if I ho had hadshrunk hadIhrnk hadshrunk
shrunk Ihrnk away awa as if he le h e had shivered shiveredThere fhhered AhiveredThere
o There there my dear interposed intrp0e the theJudge theJudge theTiidge I
remember that the law lawhas lawhas
Judge you ou must rmember I Iha I i
has ha no concern concer with the mystical mystcal Here is isthe i isthe
the point Cronkite CronkiteYears Cronkte CronkteYca1 CronkiteYcars I
Years Yca1 passed passe one day da Miss Ill Doten Dotn was wasrisking wasiIttng 8
risking 1ltlng Mrs Ir Lawrence at the old house housewhere houle housewhere
where h re she Fhe still ti lived 10 Miss is Doten Dotenchancel Dotenchance1 Dotenehancel I
chancel to pass p s through that same aae drying dryingroom dring dryingroom I
room In the rear of the house Men Io were wereen wer wereer I
en el RaRei nei in laying a new floor foor of concrete concreteChnnced oncreto concreteChrnced I I
Chnnced C1nco exclaimed eJcs ImE Miss fsl Doten Dotent I
At t nil 1 events cIim she passed paO through thru h at the theprwiso theJrtI theflrcctc
prwiso JrtI moment when bcn they were ere digging diggng at atthe atIh atthR I
the Ih < ppnt plt on which John Langfords lngords body by
had l lain A shovelful of earth erth was Wi cast at athpr athr I Ihpr I 1
hpr feet and ane out Olt from it rolled role something somethingflat Romethlngfnt omathtngftht
flat fnt round discolored discoloredShe discolore
She ShE Sh picked pickll it up and examined examine it pri privately prlTstcly privately ¬
vately It I was W8 Egberts EFberts pocket poketplte piece which whichhad wblchhad whichhad
had remained rlmalno hidden hldren In a crock crak of the pave pavement pae ¬ I Imlnt I Irnent
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I fee c Cronkite Cronkie reflected refcte Miss IS Doten Dotenbelieves Dotentelieves I IMlens
believes Mlens that Egbert murdered murderd John and andhn andCirn I Ihl
Cirn hn hl wants wnnll the crime fixed flr upon him himTliero himTllcrc himThcro
Tliero is ground for a moral morll certainty crtinty
I admit ndmit but hit positively pOlivelr no proof The TheKroom Th Thgroom h hrom
groom rom Mnnter Iantr may nll have 11 loft lef the coin coinroro coint cointirR
t tirR roro rf to avert suspicion 6u plciontlcr gbert may have havelost haVE havilct
lost I t it flays IS before beforeEglwrts heforehrti beforeEg1erLs
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Eglwrts hrti blcepwalkin t1 r may have 11ne been beenbut ben benhnt beenhut
but the unn In so 10 of grief his words vordH but the theMrvClit thePrveriity I Iporveoity
porveoity MrvClit of dreams But conceding cnClng his hisKiillt his1itho hisio
Kiillt 1itho how do io yottoxplain YOIplaln away Mentor Mentorthe i iHie IIle
the Ile groom rrom was wa a drunken drulkn fellow felowo the thoJudge theTurlp theTuclgc
Judge nnswerod nn werlci slowly fJowlr given g tn to prowling prowlinground prowlng prowlingaround I IIrolnci
round Irolnci tho river at night nllht His H death dfath may 1 mayhave i ihavp
have hlnollon licna n coincidence coincidenc it may ma have boon boondolihrrately hon honlhlmtlr hoendcljid1tCI
dolihrrately dcljid1tCI lhlmtlr brought hroliht about nholt No one n k owe owswh oah owewh
wh h t Egbert Jghlrt icrt wn wal was < doing dolnp that night Hn HI wan WI waslwr i iher
her hlr nnd there nnd everywheretho everywhere errwhrr th the same utimea Ilme
a 1 H brother hrt lrt her was wasMnnter wntdantor a allnlpr
Mnnter llnlpr nniM ml t lv 1 h eliminated rlmlnatNI concluded concludedrrmldte rncluded rncludedCrnkie eoncludedrrnkite
Crnkie rrmldte oWhlther Vhetlior accessory 1CC orr or victim victimif victimI
if I tnatoos mnlr no difference dl rnc to tw R At this thilate thilateen late latedny latedriy
dny en with the incident Incdent of the th coin oln our ou sole soleresource lol loltource soleresource
resource tource the th truth trth tan an only be b revealed revealedthroujh rvoe revealedthrouli
throujh one man through through one on man mannlone manlone manjjjjthjj425
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nloneAnd lone
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I manded mde tho th others othersThrough othe otherlbrough
Through Egbert Ebr Longford Ingo himself himself1For hl himselfFor
For the te flnt ft time te Miss MI Doten leaned leed for forward forward
ward war her lip Ipe lips parted pr aa if I the would woud at ateorb absorb
eorb the astounding astouding statement attent But 1ut th thJudge the tbeJud theJudge
Judge Jud turned ture pettishly ptti blr away awayDont awaylont awayIont
Dont lont run n wild Cronkite Conkte he warned warnedBut ware warnedBut
But why did dd he walk wak in I his hi sleep slep Why Vh Vhdid
did he utter his hi most mot secret aet thoughts thoughtsWhy tboughtl thoughtsWhy
1 Why did he desert der his hi home and exile exllihimself exilehimself
himself himelr for a a lifetime lfetme If I these th are no noinnocent not notInnont notinnocent
J innocent Innont vagaries vpro do they not prove prov sir sirthat lir lirthat sirthat
that conscience oonoieno doth make mso cowards cwardB of orm orOn i iall as aseli
all m 1
10n
On the tl other oter hand btd objeoted obJeote the te Judge Judgelong Judge9ong
long continued ontlue Immunity iut gives liv9 courage courageNot cou courageNot
Not a whisper wblpr of o suspicion sUpicon has over been beenbreathed bn bnbrethe beenbreathed
breathed brethe Almost mot all al of those present prnt at atthe nttbe atthe
the scene S0ne of the tragedy tgy ore a dead Public Publicinterest Publo PubloIntt PubiloInterest
interest Intt died with wit Mentor Mter The Te very v fact factthat factthat
that tat Egbert Egbr returns ltu home hoe voluntarily volunty
Ah sir you yo dont coct make mae allowance alowao for fortho torthe forthe
the homing homg instinct lntlot With Wit some sme exiles ee It Itincresaes Itinclsf Itincrcsaes
incresaes inclsf year e by year ya until it becomes becomesirresistible beconiceIrresistible
irresistible ircltble There Ter are a instances Intoe of fugi fugitives fugitivee ¬
tives from Justice jUlto Impelled Impled by nostalgia nostalgiato
to return retr to conviction cnvcton and Imprisonment ImprisonmentIn Imprnet ImprnetIn
In any case Ce Egbert Ebr Langford Jagor baa ba come comeHow cme cmeHow oomoHow
How then tbe will wU familiar raUla scenes Be affect sot him himWill h himwill
Will Wi not former rorer recollections rooleoM revive rvv Will Willnot Willnot
not forgotten rorgotte days be b lived live over again againWhat aac aacWhat againWhat
What kind knd of man mn is I it who in his prime primeat pre preat
at the crisis ci of his hi fate rat is I so moved by his hisown hI hisown
own deliberate deUbmto deeds de that tat he babbles of ofthem ofte oftheni
them te in his bi sleep Iep Is I he not of a nervous nervoustemperament nerous neroustmprentlalnt nervoustemperament
temperament tmprentlalnt imaginative capable cpble of going Iing
far and doing doll much muc when desperate depate but butordinarily butorry butordinarily
orry ordinarily timorous tmoua uncertain unn speculative speculativeas splatlvl
as to his soul eul apprehensive apreve of his hi own ownjudgment ownJudgent ownjudgment
judgment judgmentIs Judgent JudgentI
Is I ha not not too t amenable abe to t occult ot In Influences I inubncee ¬
fluences fuees ubncee a believer bov in signs lg and a portents portentsaa prt
aa a inquirer iir into Ito spiritualism spiritualismMy aplta
My God Go man ml manl cried e Miss M Dotes Dtj Tot who whoever whoeyee ¬
ever n described derb Egbert Eb Langford Lngor to t you youS youSo
80 S he was w to the teahao shadow of o a hair h when I Iflnt Ibt Iflrst
flnt knew kew html htmlThen btl btlTe htmlThen
Then Te how hw will w be b b be now no solitary IUti IUtifeble agedi agedifeeble aged4feeble
feeble feble tottering tt on o the brink br of that tt other otherworld otherworld
world wor where wb no secrete s are a bid Will WU not nothis notbl nothis
his bl own personality pnt prove prv his b wont wot enemy
May My lips he b pot p be b condemned ondeN out ot of his own ownlips own1p ownlips
lipsThis 1p
This T interrogative ttg form to of o discourse discourseCronklt dlJi discourseQonkite
Cronklt Ot said M the tedg Judge dryly < ly may mr seem seemeffective seemTective
ee effective to you U but bt it is 1 decidedly dede tiresome tiresometo dome domet tirseometexas
to texas me Suppose 8uppoeeyou down to
t me 8pp you get gt t toaplain toaplainstatement a plain plainstatement
statement ttet of what you TO propose prope to t do doI doT
I eingoing m solas to frighten Egbert Into eon
How HowThrough RowThrough
OHowTrg Through Trg this tacuT exclusive information Iotion re recarding regaMing
carding p the te lost Jo coIn ci He will w believe blle tha thaone that thatone
one on knowing kow so much mh of o hIs bt secret M mua muaknow must mustow
know ko ow all a ofTf ofTfBut ot It Itfluti t
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B det detYou we weYou uooYou
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me time t to t make m certain o essential et ential arrant arrantmeat arrangemeats
meat mt The T main mi question qUc now c IB 1 whether whetherI
with Wt I can a ma maAt m meAt rely rI upon 1 np this t lady ly to t cooperate cooperatewith ooopejatiiith
At A any time t in I any I way wT you TO may my sug suggest eugg l lu ¬
gest g asserted u Miss a Doten D with wt an air airof airof
of o gloomy dY tb triumph Z believe ble beUe you 0 are a on onthe onthe
the te right dt track trackI tok tokX
I couldnt odt have haf aa a s abler a assistant tt soneat so soearnest
earnest e neat so a resolute 1u so 1 wen wD advised av so sofree 80f sofree
free f from f from connections onon or C dependent dependentwhoso dende dependentshcse
whoso wh hcse Boliotaada IU might mt be b embar embarHold eb embsHold
Hold old on there t Abel Al Miss M Doten Dot has hasan bua hasan
an a adopted aopt daughter dt Alice O sweet n Alioe Alioethe Alioethe O
her the t loveliest 101 of girls pi most mt devoted deot to toher toh toher
herAn h
An A adopted ad daughter dl sir I dont dontwant dontwt dontwant
want wt to be b Inquisitive Iqad but bt might mbt I ask askOh ak akOh askOh
Oh theres no particular mystery about aboutit
te rter abut abutt
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it the t Judge Judg went wet on goodnaturedly rtuly goodnsturedlyltnow
Enow Kow then to that t one fine 1 morning mog about aboutelzteen abut abute aboutstateeti
elzteen e years r ago a Miss Ma Doten Dtn found fo on her herporch herprob herporch
porch prob a dear dea little Utto girl girlThe gl glTe girlThe
The Te child chid lay ly in a handsome bme basket basketwhich bak basketwhich
which hoh like lk her hr rich roh garments grent was of offoreign orforeig offoreign
foreign foreig make mk Miss Ml Doten Dotn volunteered volunteeredA volutrd volutrdFnoh
A French bonn had been
Fnoh be ba bn Inquiring loqull for forme torme forrae
me in il the village Ulg the te previous prevous day dy but butsearch butsarch butsearch
search sarch failed to discover dT any ay trace ta of her herAnd he herAnd
And was W8 there t not Madam Mnm any ay article articleleft srtloleleft Uole Uoleleft
left with her say 8Y for the purpose pups of future futureidentification futureidentfcton futureidentification
identification identificationThere identfcton identfctonTere identificationThere
There curious bracelet which whichAlice whichAlice
Tere was wal a orlol bmclet whlo
Alice Aice always wears r but it never occurred occurredto oOd oOdto
to me that tat it was WI left lef for such Fuoh an object objectAnd objec objectAnd
And you got no clue to her ber possible possibleparentage pssible pssibleronUg possibleparentage
parentage ronUg from the clothes of foreign foreignmake foreignmake
make mnk the French Fnch bonne bnne the fact that thatshe tbntehe thatshe
she had been ben left designedly ciellgedl at at your door doorI doorand doorand
I and with her a curious curou bracelet braclet the mate mateof mte mteI mateof
I of which may my have ha been ben retained retainedCorno retned retnedI retainedCome
I Come mo come ome Cronkite Cnkt the Judge ex expostulated exptuated expostulated
postulated ptuated Dont Dnt waste ute your ammunition ammunitionOne amunton amuntonOne
One problem at a time timE You should first firstconvince frt frtoonvln firstconvince
convince oonvln Miss MI Doten of your skill skl before beforeattempting brore broreattmptng beforeattempting
attempting attmptng to t elucidate another matter matterfor matterror matterfor
for her herVery herety herVery
Very ety well wel sir ftlro osssnted Issnted Cronkite Cnkte pa pai patiently
tiently tentr but I do most earnestly earesty ask ak Miss MissDoten MissDoten Us
Doten Dotn not to confide cnde our plans plas and pur purposes Tu TupSI rurposes ¬
poses pSI to her adopted aoptd daughter daugbtr Most Mostlikely Mst Mostlikely I
likely 1kely I am a over cautious cutous but there is i a achance achance I Ichao
chance chao that this lovely young younl lady all allunknowing al alunknownJ allunknowing
unknowing unknownJ to t herself hrelr may l be > e a hostage hostageagainst bOlug hostageagainst
against agart fear fearEgbert
IL 11Egbert
Egbert Langford Lngord aged decrepit decrpit his hisfaoa blsra hisface I
face ra furrowed by chronic chrono worry wr found foundthat foundthat
that a tales rass hope had beguiled beguled him back backto bok bokto backto
native and that did didnotabidothere
to his village tat peace pece dd
not notabidothere abide there ther at atleast least lelt not notinhisold in his hil old home homeThe hore horeTe homeThe
The Te familiar rnUar scenes scne but strange Itrcge faces facestho rncs rncstbo facesthe
the consciousness that the opportunities opportunitiesof opportunitee opportuniteeof
of the past pat were dead while whie its is conse consequences oonequeccel coneequences ¬
quences alone waxed waxd more mor vigorous ilrouI tho thoIsolation thoisolation I
Isolation Islaton with wih which his secret had marked markedhim markedhim markedhim
him oven as a Cain Cn had been bn marked all alljoined al alljoined
joined In making him hU feel rel like lke an unhappy unhappyghost unhappyghost unhappyghost
ghost doomed to t haunt a fatal ratlspt spot In order orderthat orderthat orderthat
that successive lucolh recollections rleotons might keep keeprendering kep keprnderng keeprendering
rendering rnderng remorse rmof the more agonizing agonizingAll anizng anizngAi
All Ai his hil former rorer friends rrends were dead except exceptMiss excpt excptlUs exceptMiss
Miss lUs Doten Dten and upon her he presently presentlycalled prsnty prsntycled presentlycalled
called cled as R in duty dut bound bund The lady was wascivil wascivil al alclil
civil clil but impenetrable as cold old M I irre irresponsive Ir Irspnsle Irresponelvo ¬
sponsive spnsle an 8 a marionette marionet of correct orc form formmight for formght formmight
might mght be beA b beA
A dignity dgnty however bowvr surrounded lurunded her hernot hernot hernot
not at all al artificial artfcal Impressive Impnlve with a vague vagueportent vage vageprent vagueportent
portent prent of power pwel calm Cm because bouse changeless changelesspatient cangele cangelepatont changelesspatient
patient patont because becaull sure ur As Kgbert EKbrt recalled recalledher rcaled recalledher I Iher
her her rigid figure fgur the set It of her lips Ipl lipsthe i ithe
the dull dul constancy ooJt ncy of her eyes eyel he felt the thetouch thetouch I
touch of that pame Iame terror vrr which bad chilled chilledhim chied chiedhim chilledhim
him yearn Yfl ago ag 1 a thousand thoulcd leagues Imlues away awaywhen Raywlln awaywhen
when wlln ho had stood before hfor a famous painting paintingof pnintnp
of the Three Thr Fates FaI > and ani had thought that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the longer the thread tre the to more mor certain orain it itwas i Itwas
Wi was to reach racb the inexorable Inexorble shears shearsOnn ftheam ftheamOn shearsOne
One On pleasant pleant memory memor however the old oldman oldman oldman
man retained rtsne from his call 01 and ad that wan WR of ofhis orhlf ofhis
his hlf meeting metng with wt Alice Alo It I seemed leed to him himthough himthough himthough
though he tormented torent himself hislf with wtb the thethought te tethougbt thethought
thought that tat he forced for it so to seem 8m yet yetit yt ytI yetit
I it did dde dideem seem to him h that tt the young 7U girlhad lhad girl had
looked loked upon uon him bl with wt an A unusual uua interest interestan Itrt Itrtan
an unconscious uconscou sympathy ty yes even i imute a amut amute
mute mut involuntary Invluntr promise promll of o assistance assistanceWas astO assistanceWaa
Was Wn it so O Could Culd it be b that his hi wild wilddesign wUddeRg wilddesign
design deRg rather the te last 111 I t resource rur of despoil despoilthan der derthan despairthan
than a settled Itted design deIg would serve aere him hlnin himIn himin
in the evil evi days when as Bomethlnf 8ttbll hoc hocwarned hadwarned
warned ware him he would be in sore lOr need nee 01 01a or ora ofa
a friend friendThe rrend friondThe
The evil evi days dy dayswere were they not already alreadyupon ay ayupon alreadyupon
upon him hithe himthe the evil eT days dya that were the theclosing thecoslog theclosing
closing days for the wicked manl A 4
coslog te woke man ml per persistent perslstent ¬
sistent BI nt impulse kept urging ug Egbert Eber to t pr prBI do dosomething do10methlng dosomething
something be knew ke not ct what wht to discover discoverto dTr dTrto
to avert avertIf avert1f
aver
If 1 he might mgbt only olly learn le the truth tt in some someway someway
way in any ay way no matter matt how unnatural unnaturalhow uatr unnaturalhow
how horrible horlblo aa a Saul SU had ba learned ler it as asMacbeth asMacbeth
Macbeth Mabeth had learned lered it then he b would wouldeither wouldeithor
either be b reassured reMur or prepared pre e And yet yetwith yetwith yetwith
with the thought of action aUon came ca dread dreadtlie dreadthe
the t1e dread drd that he bl might rght himself himU unwittingly unwitngly
lay 11 bare bre that which was Wl securely uely hid hidIt hidI hidIt
It I was after a sleepless slep1 night nght of such suchtorturing Boh Bohtoruring suchtorturing
torturing toruring doubts that tt Egbert Ebr Langford Langfordread Lgord Lgordread Langfordroad
read in the local 10tal newspaper new apr the th following rolowll
Item ItemAmong ItemAmon ItemAmong
Among the notable guests suut at Afton At Inn In Is IsMme isMme
Mme Cierome the thecelebratedrnedltrm celebrated ellbra d medium While WhileMme WbUeMml WhileMme
Mme Mml > lerome icromfllflstaylnctnour rrome II Is ta11DI II In our mldet for much muchneeded muohMIJfl muchneeded
needed MIJfl rest relt and nd recreation rerratoDwe ire are not Indis Indiscreet Indi Incuscrest ¬
crest oret In HUtlne 18tlni that she he is 1 Trilling w111i to t rive gfv ve the thobenefit Ihobenft thebenoflt
benefit of her marvelous
benft marl0ls powers to seekers seekersafter seekersafter
after ater truth trtb who may arrant am for a private privateseance Prvte Prvtea610ce privatei
seance i ance by b letter letterThe leter leterTe letterThe
The Te notice notce seamed aee a very Tr hand hd in the thedark te tedark thedark
dark to the te wretched wtbed m man m Ha H had bd al already a aready ¬
a
ready rdy heard ber something 80mtlg of Mme M Mm Qerome QeromeHe GeromeHo
He knew kew that her skill ak was w great gt in I reading readingand rll rlland readingand
and answering Iwrl a question qutln presented prt to her herin herin
in a sealed eeled envelope envelopeWhy fDvclope fDvclopeWhy envelopeWhy
Why shouldnt souldt he test tt it It7 Such Suh probe problematical probelematical ¬
lematical lemtca obar charm for powers pwe him himHe hi himHe bad ba always awa had b a strong strongcharm stDI stDIobar strongcharm
He was wa not nt a believer beUeh bCIIOTSIOh Oh no nory noryM nomerely nomerelyon nerely nerelyon
on inquirer loquier But granted gt that tt the woman womanwas womanwas
was wa an a impostor Ipstor she was shrewd awd keen keenup keenup
up to all I tho tb devices devo of her calling clig versed versedIn
In I current cunt gossip gossipIf I lp lpI
If I then tn she se should fall to connect cne him himin hi himIn
in any wise wie with wit that secret st which was wasbecoming wasbecoming
I becoming bmg an l intolerable Intlerble burden buen it would wouldbe wouldbe ould ouldb
be b pretty fair proof prr that tt not the te faintest faintestsuspicion tatet tatetuplclon faintestsuspicion
suspicion uplclon had ever ee been b breathed brted against againsthim qall qallhim againsthim
him pretty prett good reason In why hy at last lt bo bomight beDgbt hemight
might Dgbt find td peace peaceIt peaceIt K c
It I was an a overcast ovrt day dy when Egbert Egbertarrived Egbertarrived
arrived arved at Afton ACn Inn In in I compliance opUo with withappointment wth wthappointmen withappointment
appointment made the wind rising in
appointmen wd r1 puffs puffsand puffsand
and heavy hev clouds cud banking ba on o the th horizon horizonMore horizonMore pa paand
More gloomy glomy still si was wa the te room rr to which whichhe wbl whichhe
he was ws shown sowntbe shownthe the curtains oal folded rolde over overthe overthe
the te drawn drwn shades tade a single le candle cnde burning burningon bl
on the high hih mantel mantelAn mtl mantelAn
An A indefinite Indele figure f swathed lwed in white whitewaved wbt whitewaved I
waved wave him hi to a chair oai and ad presently Prty a hollow hollowvoice bUw hollowvoice I
voice voic aaked aed him bl what wbt was bis will willThere wl wloTe willThere
oTe There is I a question queion which wblo for no c per personal pereonal
sonal Inal reason ron out of interest Jter in a friend friendI fd
I am a anxious anoua to ask u faltered raler the te old man manand m manand
and in response rpon to a gesture letur be handed handedover bed bedover bandedover
over the te sealed le envelope envelopeThe evelop envelopeThe
The medium held the envelope before beforeher beror beforeher
Te meu enTlop
her be face rac for a moment rubbing rbbi it with withghostly wit withghostly
ghostly Ibostr fingers 1er Then Ten again aa she te spoke spokeThe apke spokeThe
The coin came the hollow voice as
monotonous monotnou aa a the drip dip drip dp of engul engulwater engulfing engulfingwater
water wter the silver sivr dollar doll of 17B9 111 has b bfound been beenfound <
found foud It was wa in I the crack crk of o the ooncret ooncretpavement ooncte oonctepvmetohdig ooncretepavement
pavement pvmetohdig of a drying room Walt WaitwaltI WaitwaltII WaltwaltI WaltwaltIseeI wait waitsee
see seeI I se M 3 it fall from trm the te pocket pkt of i iyoung a arO ayoung
young rO man as a he bends bend over the bleed bleedform bleeding bleedingform
form for of o eta a dead d deadbrother brother brer There Ter is a amok amokrevolver smoking smokingrevolver
revolver rolver in his hand bd and his bi face rac yes Y8 his hisface BL BLface
face fa is the face fa of the te one who wo now nowOb now nowOh
Ob God moaned Egbert I Imad
Obmy my Gl med Fber was wasmad
mad mad with jealousy disappointment disappointmentthe
m md wt Jeouy dpplt dppltthe
the prospect pp of o a life lIe of penury pnur and ad toll tollI toillI
I I to high Heaven I
never swear sr hlh Beve never neverThere nvr teverThere
There Ter was wa a bunt bt of gale lae without wlbout aa aathe ute asthe
the te stormbroke sor brok The Te wind shook aok the house houseit
it swept through troUh the narrow nrw opening opel of ofthe oftbe ofthe
the swep window wdow sending sndlr the shade abe clattering clatteringto
to the te top spreading spr wide wie the te curtains curtainsand Clrl curtainsand
and ad letting le log a glare glr of cold old light lht shine full fullon rUI fullon
on the medium mediumYou mediumYou
o meum meumo
You o you yul yoni shrieked ahrek Egbert Ebe shrinking shrinkingwith shrinkingwith
with wth averted avo palms pm as he recognized rl the therigid te terid therigid
rigid rid figure fgu the set lips Up the te dull du constant constanteyes contt contteyeI constanteyesas
the terror of inexorable fate
eyes eyeI eyesas an tror lzorale fat again againenthralled qamentred againenthralled
enthralled entred him 01 I always away felt I always alwaysknew aa aakw alwaysknew
knew kw that tt you would woud find fd me out outLivid outl outlLvd outlLivid
Livid Incoherent Incoherentprotestations inooberentprotestations
Lvd trembling trbling muttering mutn Inoobert Inoobertproteettons
protestations proteettons he backed bake until unti he fell against againstthe at atthe againstth
the th door dore doorhe he slipped lppe I through tbrughe throughbe he was wasgone wasgone
gone goneAbe gon goneAbe
Abe Ab Cronkite Conkte stepped ltpp out ou from behind bhd a ascreen aae asaeeri
screen ae in I the comer comerHe comerHe cornerBe
He said sid enough eough Miss MIl Doten he re remarked remarked ¬
marked mrked quietly quety but he would wud have hve said saidmore saidmore Id Idmore
more if It hadnt hadt Been t for that unlucky unluckyshade unluckyahlde unluckyshade
shade ahlde Now what shall Ihal we do doDo doDI doDo
Do DI panted pted Miss Mls Doten already alady tear tearIng teartag
tag Il off of her drapery drnpr We will wl follow rolow him himto himt himto
to t his house bou I will wi confront cOlrront him with his hiaguilt hi hisguilt
guilt gult admitted admtt confessed confeed out Olt of his own ownmouth ownmouthI
mouth mouthI I will wi deliver him over ovr to you a asworn asworn
sworn swor officer ofcr of the law lawVery lawYer lawVery
Very Yer good goo returned retued Cronkite Conkit as 1 be bestarted heItarted liestarted
started Itarted to prdor oror order tho carriage Clrr but if i what I Ihave Ibav Ihave
have bav reasoned rned out In I my own ow mind mid should shouldhappen ehouldhapJn shouldhappen
happen hapJn to come com true tr you will wi find Ind that ho hoban hohM hohas
ban interposed Intersed on a unexpected uoxpctd defense defenseThero derecl defenicThero
Thero was wa an In air ai of tranquillity traquilty of peace peaceabout peac peaceabout
about abut the old house hOUe an hour later when whenMiss whel whenMiss
Miss 16 Doten and the detective detlth1 passed plMed through throughthe throughthe throughthe
the the great grat hall wherein wherei the doad dcd man rn had hadbeen hadbn hadbeen
been bn laid so 10 many myyeR yearn before bror and mounted mountedtho mountedthe
the stairs Itals to the library lbrar The Te calm clm of se security seorlty socurity ¬
curity seemed med to prevail as if the
orlty pral al rage rge of offear offor offear
fear for had yielded to some pome mightier mghter power powerThey powerThey powerThey
They opened opned the library lbrr door dor they theyentered theyeterd theyentered
entered There sat old Egbert in his
eterd st Egbrt I ac accustomed aocutomed ¬
customed cu tome armchair wan wasted watd already alreadytouched alredy alredytouched alreadytouched
touched by death yet yt smiling snllg piteously piteouslysmiling pitously pitouslysmilog piteouslysmiling
smiling And by his aide a
smilog Ad lovely young younggirl youg youggil younggirl
girl gil was kneeling keelig ministering mitrg unto uto him himOb blmOh himOh
Oh my m dear der adopted adoptd mother cried criedAlice cied ciedAlce criedAlice
Alice Alce springing sprgg forward rorad dearer than any anyreal anyral anyreal
real ral mother could ever hare hr been bntbl beenthis this is ismy Ismy ismy
my father my father whom I have ba never nevers neverseen
s 8 seen en whom I never knew kew to exist until uti untila untilafew a afew arew
few moments mometl ago ag when he sent this bracelet braceletto
to ma Sod 801 The Te very ver duplicate duplcate of the one oneI
I have always nllays worn wo worni 1 He needs ne d me m poor poordear por porder roordear
dear der he needs ned you for some 80t help I know knownot kow kownot knownot
not what hat but you will wi grant gat it I know kow you youwill YOI youwill
will wil out of your ou love for me my love for foryou roryou foryou
you
Im sure sue I con c be of no further rubor use useMiss uaeMias useMiss
Miss Doten Dot said Abe Ab Cronkite Conkite and ad he hedeparted hedeprd hedeparted
departed deprd to report reprt the t conclusion onollon of the thematter thematter thematter
matter to the Judge JudgeKlur Judg JudgIll5 Judgehtag
Klur Ill5 Edwards Care of His la Horse Horsefrom HonN HorseFrota
from Rrirnoldfn Rvoldsl Vewtpappr XettapaperUnder VewtpapprUnder e11a1l
Under 1ndrr no 10 circumstances crclmfttancs Is any an horse hor e that thathas thathaa thathas
has been h hee cn employed emplo Ni In the Ih Kings KlnQs Kiog stables stablespermitted stablespermitted lbles lblesptrmltrd
permitted ptrmltrd when no longer lonSfr fit 1t for tho royal royalservice roaltnle royalservice
service tnle to be sold ld his Majesty laJe t having havlni a strong strongaversion stroni stronguverston
aversion unr ion tn his horses horde being blns disposed dlsposo of In Inany Inan Inany
any an war wa which whih would leave their future futuretreatment futurl futuretreatment
treatment uncertain uncertainThe uncertainThe uncertainThe I
The ruin rul Is to have them killed klrd on the thepremises thl thepremises
premises preml M In tho most merciful mercrul manner pos possible POE POEI POEelblr poesible ¬ I
sible and In pursuance purslanC1 of this regulation rlAllatlon one oneof I Ior Iof
of the Kings Rlngl horses hore was nl slatighterMi laIRh rN In the theroyal theroyal theroyal I
royal stables tbles at Buckingham lucklngham Palace on Mon Monday Menday ¬
day da A very VT powerfdl powfrrdl done or chloroform chloroformBBS hlorororr
BBS le administered admlnlslerfd to the thf animal nlmnl In a a specially speciallyconstructed speciallyonStructcl
IPrclaJy IPrclaJyfonstructrd
fonstructrd constructed masli rn h and In a fMV minute It
died dlr without wihoul a struggle struggleSnrXrr ftlrliutle ftlrliutleSar struialeSucker I I
Sucker Sar rr More Inrr > Than 20 Inches Inohrl lAn Len LenProni Ione Ionefrom i iro
from ro thr 1 d Clarion Ilriol Ilrmoernt IlrmoerntClarion 1n 1enirxr 1enirxrClarion Nut i
Clarion In I n I modest modlsl ounty not given RITn to toblowing tohlowlnR tohIowin
blowing its Il own trumpet trumpt but hero hlro Is a 0 fl th thloO fish fishstory h hstory
story loO that tat l Is not to bn sneered n rd at atA lt ltA at4t
A river sucker sucktr was caught In the Clarion ClarionRiver Clarlon ClarlonRiver I
River st lt or near nlar Piney Pin Eddy Ed last Iaet Friday by b bLe I
Lee Le Harrlger HarlQlr that measured meallr ni zg inches Ilcul front fronttip tromtp I Itip
tip to tip tP and It Is estimated ttlmate would welsh welshabout lelgh I Iabout
about tp but eight mh pounds pundl C U I Altroan and J M S5Qoodman MGooman I
Goodman Gooman or Beaver township twnllp wnsaIp saw the t flgi flgiwhile flBwhile
whie while on their teir war wa to t Clarion C lol that Ua day d f fI I
I
OFFICIAL OFFICIALREPORT OFFICIALREPORTOf REPORT REPORTOf
I Of a Special Committee of the theLEGISLATURE theLEGISLATURE theLEGISLATURE
LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORPL YORPLi YORI
t Endorses the theOppenheimer theOppenheimer I
Oppenheimer Treatment for Inebriates Inebriatesu
u The Te Following Folollnc Is I a Verbatim batm rteportjmadt neprelo In May IMS 1D b bT a Committee Commltr o ot the Lerlalature Letaure ot few Ne York TorkYour Tor TorYour YorkYour
Your Committee Cmitee appointed appited to Investigate invetgate the question queson of the treatment of inebriates inebrate respectfully resptuly reports reportsVarious repru repruVaious rcportaVarious
Various Vaious official ofjclal reports of this thi State have for years recommended recommnceG that some som action acton be b taken takn by this th State in the matter mt of treatmentof treatmentofinebriates tratentof treatmcntofincbrkates I II
I inebriates inebrate for the reason reasn that the present system has been ben found to be b unscientific unscietfic in its it method method unsatisfactory ualatifatory in n its it results esutt and at involving mvotv great greatexpense greatexpense tt
expense to the State Sta teo
In Ro Criminal Inebriates InebriatesThe
The ofllolil omoll report of the thl State Stit Commission or Prisons lrbois for inai 100 itntcai itntcairtmlntt Intee InteeJtm ttateelErocn
Jtm Erocn statslC statl5ttcs on one wouJI would b be fairly Alrl JutOtlln lu3tiSsd in flmalnr estimating thai nnthalt 01 th the ronIetIonS tlnns In The 1hecrmlal Thecflrntnal
rtmlntt court In thin lh State ar are r for to tie tile be Uncle oneiun ofenl ot 01InI011alon Implication The Th taxpayers tupa of Inc State Statejre Stlte Stltear Stateare
are crmlal annually curs subjected ubjeeted to lane lanr expense In tho tle t io arreat rrsl and an rrarrM reMrt of persons clurzcd clrred with wlh itt of offerte nltere offere
ferte tere ar Alnualy and much ot o the time tme of our criminal cltmlnalcoUrl court Is occupied OolJI > lrlln In their thrr trial trl8 Iron and about onebill oneolul of the theexpense theezpeLiei be beuDle
expense of maintaining 10allllnlol our JalU Jall IL and ld peuiunllarlrs peuUnlsra Is I canned enlle < by b tile maintenance mallenaneo of thlt Ihl claw cla ot of offeuders offuder Oftraders
traders fuder during their term ot 0 commitment When Wien a man ti I Intoxicated Inloaletel hi his reason rlon U I dethroned dethrurd for forthe tortbe forthe
the time me durnr being It Il ta often otln neceBsary neceHsar lor the protection prleeUon of the public pUblc tint he be taken Into cmtody cmtodyand cIlodrInt elltoIyso
and so receive Ielnr treatment at the bands had of the th Iiae State Tnls Tnl oltenae olene Drtinkeimew Irunkenne1 thould nut be treated treatedHrlctly trenledIrl reotedirtctiy
Hrlctly Int a a crime Drunltenneas tin ha In I It 1110 no element of malice The fh law lal should ahoul rerognUe e thla Ihl thittttottou dls dlstlnotton dl0
tlnotton Irl The crme present pret Dclne practice of sending eodln him to t Jail Jai or to the th penitentiary penltntar to contort with thieves thievesonly Ihle Ihleonly thievesOnt
only Ont 11100 degrade dClrae fie and discourages dcouraac pratce him and ad at the Mme ame time tme Infilcu Inlieta punishment unl hlnent and pnvailon 118t01 upon upn his hisfamily hl8fal hisfamily
family fal Some al wiser we method < of dealing leAnr with vlh thla h o Dense olense should obtain obtainOn obtn obtnO obtinOtt
On O tho inequality Ilqut of the present prtent system In Its It operation operton on the rich and ad the poor po the re report re reportturther ¬
port pturhe portturther further i 11S 11STe says saysme y a aThe
The man of mean pay s small One te and iuflers lufer no Inconvenience lclvenle while whie the poor man whether whetherhe II
mA men por
he 11 pars pr Te his hi line lie or foes roe to pr t prlaon pon lm brings brD privation paton to hlafamlly hlafamllySo hi faml amlty amltySo
So Important ImPrtt was w this subject deemed deemtd by the State Commission Ammllslon of Prisons Pleons tint Its Ia formal formalrecommendation rormatrecomendlton formatrcoxnrnendation
recommendation recomendlton wns wnsSection wnsSecUon witsSecUon
SecUon 5 Kertae 1 eiUUnc e U laws l relatlnc Iatnr to t the Ue treatment t alDent of drunlcen drnkenl drnkenlIn 4nhiiknaess 4nhiiknaessIn e s sIn
In Re Pauper Inebriates InebriatesUpon
Upon Investigation of this tbl subject from the thl standpoint standpont of pauperism r1m the recommenda recommendation recommendaton ¬
tion of the Innetsatlon General Secretary of the Charity 11arlty Organization Orcanlzton of the rup City of o of New York Yorknttbltahed 1604 1604ubllshed 114 114publhed
ton ubllshed publhed OlIOtTR under thetitle thette Principles Prlnople8 of Relief Relc further confirms the necessity necessiy for action aCllon as asOlIOtTR le asoliows I IfololA
fololA
There TMr are many with Wth whom hom alcohollim tchoUlm Id I esstntlally Cs esnttallTattsea3e ntlUT a disease dle3e and anl unfortunately tnortuaatetr very r often an anIncurable A anlecurebte I
Incurable disease dlaee The e unfortunate Intortunat victim vctn1 whatever whalr the circumstance under which the habit was waslistened wasfastened a
listened upon him may become b me an object of Infinite pity piy In the tod nd The h most mos Important Impranl single tnie step stepthat liI stepthat
that taslene could ulon be taken take blmls for the eradication erAleAIn ot the curse of Intemperance lotemperane ItencperincewOult wouM woul br bt the early recognition recognitionof recornllo1 I
of the symptoms of habitual habUua h drunkernitm drunkenes and nd the sentence of every cel person penon who has ha reached reAhed this thl stage stageRlther IlareItber stareeither
either th eytnptme to a hospital or to t the custody clodY of the competent com lenl probation prbAlon officer ometr until unll cured The substitu substitution sublluo sublluoton itIbStitution ¬
tion of t this tbl nlan plan bosplal for the present prent utterly uterl uselesa and absurd fines and nd short sentences sentenrr to Jail Jai or work workhouse ork orkhoue
1 ton houe house would S Dan b be fc bl both u th v hlmae humane and mwtA d aclenIOr scientiflu rlAntlni useeM HeUe i4eiief U 1I anl r Bhnflrl should ala8 l rn > hft be f coudlonalon > 1 Mrllf lunnl nn on 50le some cnmft nVnnltM nVnnltMand de deflifite deflifiteand nle
and radical rlicallop step toward towrls the Ibf curing eurin of the real re evil evilPursuant t11 t11Pruat evttPursuant
Pursuant 1 to the above abov recommendation ndato relative relatve to criminal clmlnllnebriatea Inebriates and Ind pauper aupr in inebriates Inebrit ¬ i
ebriates Pruat the Commutes have bIe reCm carefully CrAuly considered consldred the thl need of some action for the relief relct of ofthese ofthese
neo
ebrit these dependent de Cmmltel and delinquent classes und alto various methods mlthodsot of treatment ot persons pe ona
suffering anterlnQ from alcoholism Recognizing Recollzlni that many of these persona penl am suffertaff frontto fronttoease frorsdIsease
ease eae seine POl10 form of medical mPJcal treatment treatnel should be given nn Jft n the judgment euterRrrOI of ofthis ofthis j
this Committee Commitee the best treatment therefore is that of ofthe ofthe A
the Oppenheimer Institute J as it is strongly stronglyendorsed endorsed and andadvocated advocated i
i by largo 1110 numbers number of physicians pbslciao and business busine nitistrohglyendoradavpct and ad professional proCeionl men of high stand atd 1
lug national natonu repute reput and unquestioned unqucstono authority the treatment trtent itaolf itO being belnjEreported b beingreported t
reported as a prompt effective efectve and free fre from certain objections objecion inherent ihernt Iq lr other othersystems othersystems
cer ioter iotersrstoms
systems A further reason rlon for tho selection selecton of this treatment trtent is it ita especial especialadaptability epi 1 1adaptability
adaptability adaptablty to those tboe classes cllc specified specfed by the State Stt Commission Comion of Prisons Pri and andthe andthe
the Charity Charitv Organization Organizaton Society Socety on account of it it its ilmpllclty mplcry of opera optratlon opraron operaUoi I
ron no residence sldfncf at annttttutf an Inaiur InzUtuf being required and also because of its itaaty it itseasy
easy aty administration adminisrtion In each city ciy and county ao of tn the State StateFurthermore StatFarthermore StafPurtliermore I
Furthermore carefully elrernl compiled oompled report rtportl show ahof that tlit the Opprnholmer Institute IDltUi
hai h already treated tretf with wih marked sneer aUOINS a considerable eonaderabrl number nnmbN of this class oJa8 of ort IB IBrbrlatPi 4 4ebriates
rbrlatPi man lanr or them Ihfm at the tie Instance lntanee of court oOlr ootir and probation officer omofr both In K We ew w I
York ork Stmn llte and elsewhere elsewhereBelieving elehere elehereB clpewhereBelieving pobaton
Believing B Ityln that some action acton should be taken tken for the purpose plrpOe of making makIni posalble posalbleFirst vlble vlbleIna iossibIeFirst
First a more 10r humane humn treatment treAment of this thl class cli of unfortunates now classified and treated a as crtjm
ca nw clainel tttd
laJs Ina r and andSecond andSecond d c I
Second I onl radical rceal economies eolomleJ In the tb maintenance maltena of the be penal pnl pen and ad charitable chtable Institutions tostutona of this tb State StateTour Sl j jYour I
bi Tour Committee Commlt e would oud respectfully r pecttlly recommend the enactment Into law of the following followingAn toUcnln I IAn I I IAn
An Act to Provide for the Treatment of Inebriates InebriatesThe J
follows folowl The hn People of the State Stte of New e ew Tork represented reprrSnttd In Senate S lt and Assembly AIImblr doraaeta doraaetafollows do eeoa
Section 5elon 1 men any an person non shall Ihal b bo convicted cuncted a second ern1 time tme of intoxication Inlodealon or drunkenness drnlennt and ald
disorderly conduct In any aD court In this tll Stale Slle the committing commllor magistral maILtrKI or board bad may commit comml such suchperson suchperson I IperCu
person perCu no 0 convicted to Jail Ja or other penal pn1 or charitable charlabl Institution Instllulon In accordance nrdanre with the he law as if ifperson a aPlulbfn apunishment
Plulbfn punishment for sleh 511db ofeme oftenae or the rmmltlnr commttttog martap niscttrat or bard board mJ at Ih the lme time wlh or makint aatd aatdorder i
order c cC commlmtnl commitment mll mike an alternative or additiousl dl10181 order dlrelnr iirettng that upon the ronenl malr 0 of IUCI IUCIno iuc 1
person no BO convicted nthl I and committed such person be released from I such Ihallpn iwnal or charitable InstltntUim InstltntUimuponmtole InetitcttlelI1OO
t rdlb
uponmtole I1OO flIOC In the custody I S of oftlon omper p persona ne sppotted sId = I maRistrate or boafd urea Ii i the cudI r rlon
lion lon tint Ih t Mich Irh llch person pnon ao conv rnMed conieied take the treatment for tar rur 01 aleoholism lrhoUsm wuunl a aaadmlnletcredby admlnller cuu J lT i
the orPHMIEIMER OIPEIEUIER IVSTITVTE INITJTE a corporation olralo1 rilailnt rllnl under un < cr the Laws L of the Ih Stat 1 of New Neworlt Ne Neork
Vork orlt or an siti other treatment approved by h the he Stair tsIr Comntalon of Pruona
Aloohslle Aoe Craving overcome tt wltli wltliU tJ Institute InQtl No suffering rrla no Injection InjectionMo InJecton
Aoeu U 41 boon No detention detentionfrom OppenHeimer Oppenhele mer tu te t tfro
from fro u bulneif bulneifDowntown bui Mo bad ad after are rflectl rflectlBrooKlyn rfed rfedDowtown <
Downtown Dowtown Office Office17O Ofce 159 West 34th Street N Y City CityTELEPHONE BrooKlyn Offic ODc Offics
170 Broadwax TELEPHONE TEUOXE J173Sth Im3 44 Court St StTreatment St4 St4Treatment StTreatment
Treatment administered by Representative Representatve Physicians in each city of the th United States StatesAlbany StatesAlbany StateeAUonv j
Albany 12 State St NewarK 129 WicKliffe Wichlfe St Philadelphia Phiadelphia 841 North Broad St StATLANTIC St StATLA1IO I IATAmO
ATLANTIC orrr N NASSORT J 7 HARKIUimG DAHll5VG FA FAnOKESDALE I WIIKESOARBE WtKE ABE PA PAWILSON PAtABtTJ PAASDVRT
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STRANGE STORY OF A SOUTHERN SOUTHERNGEORGIA SOUTHERNGEORI SOUTHERNGEORGIA
GEORGIA GEORI ESTATE ESTATEorrenoy BSTUSleDo ST4TEjurrenoy
orrenoy leDo Deserted Dcer for 8 sa Tears Tear Because Becauseof
of the te Uncanny lnor Doings Dll of Invisible InvisibleAgenolea Im1Jbie Im1Jbieenoe InvisibleAgencies
Agencies enoe Manifestations MaetUoD Continued Continuedfor
for Months Montttent MonthItatCeflt Statement of a Witness WitnessThe Wln WlnTe WitneesThe
The Te strange story sor of ghost ghot haunted haunte and anddeserted andder anddeserted
deserted der Surrency Surne was 8 first ft told me by bya
a friend who ho is i one of the meet famous famousand faous faousand famousand
and brilliant brllt railroad rra lawyers In the South SouthThe SoutbTe southThe
The horrors born and ad gruesomeness greomene of the story storycaptured stor storcaptr storycaptured
Te much muchhesitation mucbbetton muchhesitation
captured my imagination Imginaton and after at r
hesitation captr I decided dolded to go to that thatdesolated thatdelat thatdesolated
betton desolated spot within fifty ffy miles mle of the thecoast the008t thecoast
coast 008t delat of Georgia ept and to get the facts ral in inthe Inthe inthe
Gerga for own sails satisfaction sailsfaction ¬
the remarkable remkable case oe my At
faction raoton writes wrtM Mrs Mr L I K Reno Rno in the Ao Nah Nahi Nahnil n nriUs
nil i Banner BannerOld Dann DannOld BannerOld
Old Surrenoyj BurnoYI the original orgin but now de deserted de delred dosorted ¬
sorted lred Surrency Suro was a in the beginning beginningbut bejlnnlng bejlnnlngbut
but the name of a 0 quaint small lml estate estatethe etate etatethe estatethe
the homestead home a of the Surrency Surnc family famiy in inSouthern inSouther inSouthern
Southern Souther Georgia OerjlR It I has ha grown grow now to tocover tocoer tocover
cover and include the community cmmunl of scat scattered scattered cat catteld ¬
tered teld farmhouses rarhoul wide wi do In extent and nndseparated andpeparated andseparated
separated peparated one from another aother by varying varyingdistances varyingdllstnnces aringdqtrmcc
distances dqtrmcc from one to several levlral mUM mtloiTliese mUMTh milesThese
These Th e homes home which have been bn deserted desertedfor deered deeredror desertedfor
for a 0 decade dCado more than a quarter quater of a a cen century cln clnturr century ¬
tury are all In ruins rln nnd of many of them themoriginally themorginaly themoriginally
originally orginaly only onl tiny tin frame rrme structures structur of ofone orone ofone
one or two rooms room not a vestige tg of timber timberor tmber tmberor
or stone remains The lands around aroune around them themtoo thmtoo themtoo
too are deserted dsrtod and untilled untle leaving leavingas eavlnga
as a bare wild wld and desolate dtoate a spot ApOtM as perhaps perhapsexists perhapaexi Perhapsexivis
exists exi t nowhere else eJ e on the earth today todayThe todayThe todavTue
The special interest Intcrt of tho strange and andmysterious andmsterlos andmysterious
mysterious drama which was 11 enacted here herethirtyfive heretblrhhe heretbirtytavo
thirtyfive tblrhhe yearn year ago centers center In tho > old oldhomestead oldhotMteHI oldhomestead
homestead hotMteHI The house waft WI a 1 double doubleframe douhleframE doubleframe
frame framE structure Itrcture two stories stOrM high with a awing awing awing
wing in the rear rer and ad was wa both lh roomy room and andcomfortable andcomfortable andcomfortable
comfortable and far moro mor imposing than thanany thannnr thananyotherintho
any anyotherintho other In the vicinity Though deserted desertedall deertP deertPal
all al these Ihe e years yeai and an bearing baing the unmis unmistakable Inml Inmltkable unmiatakable ¬
takable tkable scars acar of wind and storm and deso desolation dfo dfolatlon desolation ¬
lation it is nevertheless neerhele all al things con considered conIlderd considerecl ¬
sidered Ilderd in a state of preservation prrlnton scarcely scarcelyto sarely sarelyto
to have been expected expectedMr OJPMt
Mr Ir Surrency Surency who U I a living lvg witness wltn to tothe tothe tothe
the story tor ho told me la i possibly p lbly 50 S or orYOT 5S 5Syears 55years
years YOT of ago and possesses p5es the te quiet quet cour courtesy cur curtCY courtosy ¬
tesy tCY and dignityof manner manmr of tho true trueman tnleman trueman
man of the South Sut He has his charge carge of the tholittle tbeltle thelittle
little ltle railway riwa station IItaton Surrency SurrencyMy Surnc SurncMy SurrencyMy
My fathers fatherl name he said sid was a A P PSurrency PSUlency PSurrency
Surrency SUlency He built buit our old home there therein ther thereIn
in tile 40s 40 and he with my m mother motherbrothers motherbrtbel motherbrothers
brothers brtbel and sisters ftitoTII sistorslived lived P here bet1 many mnYPrA mnYPrAbefore manyyears manyyearsbefore years yearsbefore
before the trouble trouble came which finally finallydrove Inal finallydrove
drove us from the place placeOne plce plceOne placeOne
One afternoon in the summer Imor of 1870 1870my 18jOmy 1STOmy
my mother ateroon was I sewing Iwig in her bedroom bedroomwhen bedroomwhen bedroomwhen
when she heard herd an unaccustomed note noteAgain nol noiseAgain e egai
Again gai se and ad yet et again it came cme with wit ever everlewtenlng everleiosening < I IIMnlng
lewtenlng IMnlng intervals and when whe my IY mv mother motherInterested motherlotefted motherinterested
Interested lotefted in i spite of herself hell finally f0I glanced glancedup glncd glncdup
up fiho he was aR amazed amazd to see M tho pitcher pioher in inthe Inie inthe
the bowl on the washstand rocking back backand backand I Iand
ie
and forth rorh She got up and went over to tothe tothe tothe
the pitcher plchEr to see 10 if i any string or wire wirewere wirewere wirewere
were attached atached to it for a mother of nile mischievous mil nilechlevous ¬
chievous boys is rarely rrelr taken tken bj b surprise surprisebut 6Urr surprisehut
but blt ehe found none and investigation investigationassured Iveetlgaton Iveetlgatonalrd investigationassured
alrd assured her that all al of her boys were Wfr out outShe outof I Iof
of the hou house and that Ih he waH wa indod indoed alone aloneShe j jo
o She resumed her herformerseatend former scat flt and her new newins sewIng ew I Ii
ins i and Ind was Wi about to conclude mncude that that the I Istrange IBtrange Istrange
strange occurrence occurrnc would woud not be repented rpeatod rpeatodwhen repentedwhen i iwhen
when she he was aR amazed to see I the pitcher pitcherlift pltchrr1f
lift itself f several lvcrl inches from the thl bowl and andthen andthen
then 1f tb n settle tte down into It again Igain with wih a 1 loud loudnoise loudnolso loudnoise
noise This Tl was wa repeated ieveral 1lrl times timesthen tiniesthen I Ithen
then tho pitcher wan W lifted Irted entirely entrly out of ofthe orthe ofthe
the howl and placed plac with deliberate dolberto care carebeelde carebeside
beside belde it on the tlo washstand washstandImmediately washstandjmmediately lhetand
ohnmedllelO Immediately after nfr thi thl this the thE bowl was wasflung waaflng wasfitmg
flung flng from the washstand wahtad and nnr fell fel In i a shower chowerof phow r ror
of fragments fla moul at my mothers feet and in inquick i inquitk
quick qllk Hiioeew fUClon suecessioti < ioii the smaller lmler plerra plC of the theentire thf theentire I
entire entl toilet tniet sot t followed folowed and added their theirseveral theirolerilltlo theirseveral
several olerilltlo little heaps hopR to the diMirfa chri on the floor floorThen foor foorTon floorThen
Then Ton a ne I It dono by b Invisible inilho bnnils bnld the thnlarcer thelaner thelarrer
larcer pitclinr plchnr itclinr on the washstand wlhftanl was lifted liftedand 1fId 1fIdann liftednail
and ann nail poUed pov1 on IU It it side Oldl so that thl the clear clearspring dearlprln clearsprln
spring water wallr it contained tntlned was poured pourd slowly slowlyfrom slowivfrom
from frm it Iton on the carpet cretlnd and when quite quie emptied emptiedit emptl1 emptl1I I
it I was Wi lifted ltd high and rung Ilng t ung with much muchviolence mlCh mlChviolenc mitchviolence
violence violenc to the floor or wham it wan aR entirely entirelyshattered entrlv entrlvAhaterd entirelyshattered
shattered Ahaterd From that tht day da the peace peaa peacequiet anil anilquiet aa aaClulet
quiet of tho happy old homestead homet were werodestroyed weredetroyed weredestroyed
destroyed detroyed and ad were wer never again agai re reestablished r reestablished ¬
established establishedThe esthllhed I I IThe
The To very vr next day after atr its It first meal manifestation ml mlfetatic mealfestatlonwbon ¬
festation fetatic festatlonwbon when who all aI the t family raiy was w assembled lemble assembledi4
i4
for the midday middy dinner diner a door dor which whc open openon opened openedon
on the th wide gallery g gnlieryand lerad and which was wa standin standinopen siandg siandgopen standing standingopen
open begun bga to move slowly and ad was wa shut shulaa shutas lhul
aa l with calm cm deliberation delbrton liy 1IUlen unseen hands handsThat hada hadaTat handsThat
That Tat was wal done Bold sd mother quietly quiety
by b the thewind wind wd But she had scarcely aerol icaroelyspoken icaroelyspokenbefore spoken spokenbefore spken spkenbror
before bror the door was wa opened openN and ad was WI flung fug
back bck to Its il original position positon with great greatviolence Iret Iretvolno greatviolence
violence volno At the Name ae time tUe two windows windowsin wldos wldoslo
in the te room which whlo were raised rLod to admit admitthe admitI admitthe
the te keen ken breess br from the tie Atlantic Atatc were werelowered werelowered
I lowered lowr simultaneously Ilmultacous then in I quick quicksuccession qulcllucCSion quicksuccession
succession lucCSion they tho were wor raised r d and ad lowered loweredmany loweredmy loweredmany
many Union till finally as they foil into intoplace intoplace
my tmO tl Inal W tey Ito Itoplao
place plao several loyer small mal panes ne in i each window windowwere windowwer windowwere
were wer broken brken into ito tiny tl bits bitsThese his hisThOo tIltsTheso
These ThOo insignificant In igullcant beginnings heglonlg were only onlytho onlythe onlythe
the prelude prelude to larger Ilrgel and moro mor disastrous disastrousreaultfl disastrousrestlits
reaultfl rAult Frequently Frquentl it happened hapPlne when whentho whentho whentho
tho family fml was wa seated Felt d at meals milk mik water watertea watertel watertea
meas
tea tel coffee cneo and ad soup were wer flung fug into ito the thofaces thefac thefaces
faces several in inI instances
fac of various arioul members memt > TII In tverl
I stances stal Inflicting ifctIng painful pliful scalds sclds and ad burns burnsi
i and ad at lt the samo fUW tlma time the spoons IIpoonl wore wor broken brokenI brkfn brkfnI
I or suddenly Ruddenl twisted twi ted out of share in their theirI theirhands
I hands hd At other times tm tho tablecloth tbl clolh with withthe wih wihtho withthe
the entire enti service sllyleo and dinner dinlr would bo bopulled bepulled
pulled puled from the tie table and either filing fung on onthe onthA onthe
the floor foor or thrown thrwn through throuph the nearest nearestwindow near fleetestwindow t twindow
window and In either case CMe the savory BYory meal mealwith mealwith mealwith
with thin crystal crYtl silver tiIor and china was wasentirely wa waentlrh wasentirely
entirely entlrh mined minedAt nlinedAt ruinedAt
At first fr t tie th demonstrations demon HI rton were con confined cn cnfnrd confineci ¬
fined fnrd to the dining room und mv mother mothernbedroom motherhedroom mothersbedroom
bedroom but lifter nrer a few days they spread nprendi lpreadunti spreaduntil
i until unti there ther was wa not n room in the house hou o free freefrom frl freefront
I from the annoying nnnovllp and Ind frightful friphtful phenomena phenomenaAt
At all al hours hour of tho tJI day and ImJ night and and at the thomost th thI themost
most IO t unexpected Inlxrtt ld times door duol and lud win windown window windowe
I down would Ix suddenly and violently violentlyflmiR violentlytltmg
flmiR lmp open or shut hlt the thE heavy Iway old rosh fnshicmetl roshI fitchIcIneci
1 I icmetl furniture furiure would wOIII < creak clEak nnd and groan groanI groa
I then an a if moved bv no unse UMm unsicn > in giants giatf it itwould ItI itwould
would woul rush r h from its il plac place in a mad dance danceabout danc danceabotit
I about the room nnn nne would cither eihel move movequietly moyei covequietly
i quietly quiety back to it i its accustomed ccl lomcd place ploc or orI orwould
I would wOlld be h dashed cMhod to splinters Hplnterl on the floor floorwith foor foorwith floorwith
with a noise nni e like lke the concentrated tonL ntrated thun thunders thunderH thtinders ¬
ders of the tin InhelJ universe universeThere verso versoI
I There wan WIS of course OUrHI constant conFtnt and ad im imminent ImI irnminent ¬
minent danger dlln lr to 1 tho family fRmly in these the mani manifestation mnnlfetlton manifestatlonc ¬
I festation fetlton for scarcely cnoy n day passed without withouti withoutJictlires
I i pictures pictre > or mirror falling fulng from the walls wallsthe waUf wallsthe
the toppling tOJpln over and complete compllll wrecking wreckingof wtcklnp
of canopied beds bd great glent hoivy hOII OH wardrobes wardrobesand wardrobesand ardrobt
and and bureaus blrlu tables thlel and Iml chairs chlilrl and on onseveral onseyeral onseveral
several occasions seine MlO of the tie younger youngerchildren youngerchldrn youngerchildren
children chldrn being twin g esitiRht ilpht under tlder fnlllngobjects fnlllngobjectsreceived rlln falile g ohjctl objects objectsreceived
received rlclved broken limbs Iln8 serious eriolH wounds olude and andbruises andbrui andIruIees
bruises brui ei nnd an severe tnert nervous shocks while whilent whie whieat whileat
at other timed 11m other members membr of the thf family familybarely fRmly fRmlybrely familybarely
barely brely escaped eCupp1 death deathOne dthOn deathOne
One On afternoon nferoon in February just ns Of I Ientered Ientrred Ientered
entered the hall hal I glanced glllelnto into the sitting sittingroom sIttingroom Ittif
room and ad saw IW my elder brother Robert Robertsitting Robprtltlng Robertsitting
sitting at a n table reading adlog A low 0 fire fre was wasflickering Wa wasflickering
flickering flckerlnF ltlng in the open o n fireplace frplace and I noticed noticeda notcd notcda
a commotion rommotlou on the hearth To my IY stir stiri flr flrrrl8 stirpriso
priso i I law saw one of the 1 hl huge e nn atidirons ironR 1tf 1tfitself 1t lift liftitself i iItlp1
rrl8 itself Itlp1 from the th fire fre and anr bepin he 1 to move moveacross IOO IOOacro maYoacross
across acro the room It I Bothered jlthcrd momentum momentumas
as a it went and rose swiftly Iwifly in the air till tillit ti tillIt I Ia
it reached the level level of my brothers head headwhen htadwhen headwhen I
when it dealt deal him a I heavy hea blow on the thetemple thptemple thetemple
temple He sprang sprg to his hil feet stunned stunnedand thinnedand tmncd tmncdInd
and Ind bleeding while whie I grasped tho andiron andironin
in my mrhlnd myllafld4 band trying thu thus jraFpr toshleld toshleldmyhrother toshleldmyhrotherbut my mybrother mybrotherbut brother brotherbut
but I I mgt as IH tryng well wel have essayed > Ayed to hold a athunderbolt athuderholt athunderbolt
thunderbolt thuderholt for it i drenched renche itself i Clf free freefrom frO freefrom
from my grasp r lp and ad struck Itrucl my m brother brotheragain brotheragitin
head headRun hendRun headRun
again ajtln on tho I
Run I called taled to my m brother run rn for forkilled roryour foryour
your le life I It you SU stay here von 01 wi wiU be heidlled
killed nntl and nd I cannot help you The poorboy poor poorbov I
boy lel did d d run out of the room and the andiron andironfollowed adiron adironronowe andironfollowed por
followed 0 ronowe striking him with wih heavy hea blows blowstill blowstill
till the poor victim fell rIl unconscious InconFlous and andcovered andcovere andcovered I
covered ti with blood at our mothers feet feetThen fet feetThen
Then covere the andiron nioved moyf slowly Ilowly across the thehall thehal timehail
hall entered the sitting room and resumed resumedits rtumed rtumedI
hal its accustomed Iccuftmed place plice on the hearth hearthThe hearh hearhOThe heartThe
I The next day da my r father moved the theentire tbeentre theentire
entire family ramil to the other farm far moyl leaving leavingthe lealngthl leavIngthe
the entre thl old homo here closed cloRe We took nothing nothinghut nOlhlnghut nothinghut
hut our clothes cothe for the other homo was wasfurnished WI wasftirnlehed
furnished rUllshf and and mv ni parents plrents thought It best bestto het hetto bestto
to leave 110 everything nwrvth ng here undisturbed Indlurbed A Aexperience Alonp Along
long illness rolowtd folowd m my brothers rri frightful frightfulexperience htful htfulexprienc
experience lonp Inl1 with the andiron for several severalof 5elerl 5elerlof
exprienc of his wounds were werE ugly gl and the shock fihockproduced Ihock Ihockprduce shockproduced
produced prduce a a fever fCer whIch came very er near nrr to toproving toproin toproving
proving fatal fatalFor rataJFor fatalFor
For a week wek or ton days daY we WI enjoyed enjoyedubcnlntn enjovedIbolllo enjoyedabsolute
absolute Ibolllo freedom rrNdom and quiet qult Then quite quitesuddenly q quitesuddenly le I Iluddel
suddenly luddel the strange Itrango manifestation manlfestatlol began beganwhat htgan beganagain
a again alI w with th Incre inoreased power and perfl persictenru persictenrufliey > teuu teuuIel I
fliey Iel cld did not var vary much in character from fromhRt fromwhsh
what hRt we had experienced fxfnencI Soon after afer wo wemoved 1 1moved Ilood
moved lood from from tho old homo here Foster Fostertho Posterthe oster ostertho
tho great medium and clairvoyant of that thattime t thattinte hnttlml
time tlml called cal1 on my nn father fith to question cjutltlon him himn himluo him himabout
n luo about bout I the phenomena phenonwnl Mv h father fllhrr told toldhim tnll tnllhim tollhunt
him the whole story Ion and nr Foster ro tN became becameintensely hfne hfneIntenrl becameintensely
intensely Intenrl intereiten intt The news of our oursingular ourrlngllnr oursingular
singular rlngllnr misfortune mlafor110 nptvud pllc nfnr nfllrand and people peoplemany pople peoploninny
many of them distinguished dl In the vnrioim VlriOUN VlriOUNpo variotmM I Ipositions Ipositions
positions po l lons of life lfe name Ouno from all ni parts pll of the thocountry thecountry I IcUltr
country to nee fee and Investigate InvCtlguto for them themselves themfeC thornselves ¬
selves cUltr feC Among the prominent llrmncnt Georgianswho Ger1lan Georgians leorElonswho
who came for that purpose purose wore ere Henry HenryGrady HenryGry henryGrady
Grady Bridges Bridge Smith fmlo at one time tme Mayor Mayorof Maoror
Gry
of Macon and Henry Henr Pendleton editor eitor of ofthe orthe ofthe
the Maoon Telegraph TelegraphMr Telegrap1
Mr M Surrency Sumnc then assured asur me that tt a u
Why WhyHeLost He Lost Lst the te theYoung Young Woman WornanHe He Loved LovedThe Lve LveThe
The Love Lve Making Maing of the Wherein Reckless Rees He Automobilist Automobist Failed and the te One Oe Point PointWherein Poit PoiittWherein
I Reggie Rige Llghtbtdlt Lgbtt scion of the house hou of ofI
I Lightbullt IghtbuUt at DaffyontheHudson DafyntbeHudon felt feltI foltlur felteuro
I in his heart that the time was
sure lur he tht tie wa pro proj pr
j a pitlous pllo for lisping liping into the shelllike shellke ear of olAnnabel ofI ofAnnabel
Annabel Anbel Montmorenoy Motmornc the beautiful butul daugh daughter dugb dugbtr daughtar ¬
I that to tohim toI tohire
tar tr of Banker Bnker BUkmoro a syllable syllble tht
him would be b more fragrant rrgrnt than the balmy balmyperfume blmy blmyp balmyperfume
I perfume ume that hung about the heavy hea per portieres pr prtl perti ¬
tieres p tl ra ros in the drawing drwing room rom of the palatial palatls1Fifth pltl pltlFlh palatialFifth
Fifth Flh avenue home of the millionaire millionaireHis milonir
His Hs heart hCr beat bat fast rat as his Ideal id al ceased ceasedfingering o8ed o8edfgerng ceasedfingering
fingering fgerng the notes not of a ragtime rime melody melodyon meloy meloyon
on the piano piao and majestically mjesticly crossed co the theroom therom theroom
room rom How beautiful bautul she looked tonight tonightTo
To o him she was wa the typical tyicl American Americangirltall Aerien AeriengIrltali Americangirltall
I girltall strong trng lithe lthe copper ooppr tinted and andhair andhair andhair
hair like lke burnished burlbe gold lips lp of cherry cherryred cherryreti
red and smile that was sweetness ¬
I rd n smie swetness per personified pr prI perI
sonified sonifiedi
I sonlfed sonlfedI
i I Ho To had watched her on the links every everynerve everynerve
nerve and muscle in action acion but as he saw sawher sawher W Wher
her now it seemed to him that she nover noverlooked neverlooked
1 looked HO 10 queenly feome a creature creatur Sinoo Sinc she shei
i had como into Int his life l e he had looked lookl upon upona uponnw
a new world worldThe worldThE worldriie
The ThE sound oumlof of her herdulot herdulcettones dulcet tones roused him himI himfront
1 from hl his reverie reverieDearent rvlrle rvlrleDart reverieDearest
Dearest Dart spoke IJlko Reggie In I his hil manliest rnlMt rnlMtton manliesttones
1 ton tones > do you know kow Rgge why I have called calledtonlRht calledtonight
tonight tonlRhtBecause
toonllt toonlltDacul
Because Dacul its Itf cheaper cheapr than taking me meto meto
1 to the opera I suppose she purred purd in indreamy Indramy indreamy
opr eupps
dreamy dramy tones tonesNo tonel tonesNo
No darling darlng It was WI to tell tl you of some something lomE something
thing tblol answered answeredOh that is seared leard Into my very er soul he heanswered heanswer heanswered
I answer Oh mercy how perfectly preoty poetically poeticallysoon potcly potclyI
I soon son aa a his hi father became bce convinced cnvcd that thathe thathe thathe
he had not been 11n benefited benefte by the move moveha moveI movehis
ha had so recently rcntly made mde he decided deoded to toaccursed toabandon toabandon
I abandon both hou8 houses which whici seemed to him himacuTo hintacctirstd
accursed acuTo So he had a small aml seme cottage cttge built builta buit buita
a little ltle distance dilnce down the railroad railroadThe rirOd rirOdTho railroadThe
The house bOUHE is truly trly accursed aocur paid paidmy lald laldmy saidmy
my father and from rrm from this tllll day none non of us usshall usshaH usshall
shall enter here her again a lln That Tlat was thirty thirtyflvt thlr thirtyfive
five fr years eot ago and not one of us has ever evercrossed err errcros evercrossed
old home homeolnce homeoince homeaince
crossed cros r the threshold thrshold of tho
olnce oinceo
olnceMr o Mr Ir Surrency Sumnc I asked aake Oor wore any of ofyour oryour ofyour
your neighbors neighbor annoyed anoyed as a your family familywas fam
was wasThere wasThor There Thor Were wer ere the wildest widest rumors rmor afloat afloatand a1ot a1otand afloatand
and many of the inhabitants inbabitnt8 left the im immediate lolmeatc in inmecPate ¬
mediate mny neighborhood neighborhoo when we did and andtho andtbo andthe
the meatc homes home are either eiher In ruins or utterly utterlydestroyed uterly uterlydestroro utterlydestroyed
rM
destroyed was the reply But whether whetherthey whetherthe whetherthey
they destroro the left from rrm pure panic or because bcus of ofunbearable ofuoallble ofunbearable
unbearable experiences pnlo s of their own I Icannot IcRnot Icannot
uoallble
cannot cRnot say sy eXprien positively pslthoelr although I Incline Inclineto loclne inclineto I
to the latter lattr opinion opiniontie I
A As I ct cast a farewel farewell glac glance ovr over the lt ltte lit littie
tie estate ltate with its It I strange history hitor I said saidto eld saidto
strng
to te the owner ower Olt It Is a pretty prtty place plac and andthe andthl andthe I
the thl house could bo b made comfortable oomrorble and andattractive sndatrctlvo andattractive
attractive atrctlvo Why dont vou do that and andlive andIIe andlive
live IIe there MrSurrpncy MrSurrpncyOf Mr SUrncO SUrncOor Surrency SurrencyOf
Of course if I I did that and cultivated cultivatedtho culthat
cune
the farm it would bo h more to my advantage advantagein advnta advntain
in many mny ways he answered answer 01 I could couldfortable ould ouldmakl couldmake
makl make this place alone yleld yield me a om corn cornfortabie I Iforable
fortable income But ut I will wU not I would wouldnot wouldnot i inot I
not forable live Ih liveherenor here icome nor till ti this thi ground groud for all al the thomoney themoney themoney
money in the world worldMAKERS world1AKERf worldITAKERS
MAKERS 1AKERf OF Oifl FfR COATS BVSV BVSVMore nUSol nUSolIore IIUSYMere I
More of tr These Tese Garments Garmcnts Being Dele Made Now NowThan NowThan
Than Ever E Defore Deforefrom IleforeFrom
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from tfrnt n Wear ITeorBiislnns WrBII Wear13tiinti
Biislnns BII In fur overcoats ovrrConte developed developed to such suchuulnokcd suchuiiinoked I Iulino
uulnokcd ulino ke for proportions proportons laht llht winter a a as to toattract 10ltrct toattract
attract ltrct more than tho usual amount of atten attentlou att attentictu n ndnl
tlou dnl to t the fur vogue ogle That the fashion tlhlon will willattain wi willattain
attain Itsln great Ireat popularity poplarlt nU nxt winter l Is a fore foregnim foregnus
conclusion conclusionThe conclusionThe
gnus inn tlcluelon tlcluelonTh
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brought hroH ht f flrM furs r Into more general lntra use and ad the thedemand thecmlncl thedemand
demand cmlncl last II t vlnfr Intr for fur overcoats over oate wan al i io
50 o cr great rpat nt that I tho makers mlkrft were orn taxed tle to keep keepup leep Icepup
up the supply Inpph sIipiyezt I
Next SfJt ezt winter there thlrlshould should be hr nn In ample nina mimhor nllmblr ninaher
her blr for thorp are re more concerns concers making fur furgarment furgarnnta I
garment garmlntf now than hlu ever before beforeTlir hltor hltorTh beforeihi
Tlir Th styles which will wU prevail In tan tUrlhe the coin ooinIna coinIii nm nmInl
Ina Inl Iii M Hson > nr af < < the th various arlont crude Frde grades of mtiskrat mtiskratimtunxl IIfkrat IIfkratInlulll nuiskratmintursi
imtunxl Inlulll blended and black only fnl the backs backsnwl be bennd backsciii
nwl inn t the I 11PII ieiiles > M nnl being wlnl used u pd for linings liningsAnntlicr lnlnA lIningsAnother
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PI prUon notlrr Id the Ih llnliitf Inlll of all al expensive r garment garmentnolpctrd jarnllt garrnmitaeeiectd
nolpctrd coth cothfor flIct1 Mnrk tlk of dark dnr skins fklns AXIlI bring blInl the most mostFor mOlt mOltcoth mostcctly
For evening pnlnl dress d rtf the tll astrakhan a Is us used usedIts i iIts
IR Its long IOIA bine silky Ule curl clrl making maklnl a rich lining liningThn Inlnl linIngThe uN
The Thl collars colar ar are largo Ilrll curl Iurl Persian rrlan lamb in inone Inens
one otter 011 plrci plll skins and natural and Ind blended blendedotfpr blldN blendedotter
otpr otprThe The coats cat areTnade without 1ihout cuffs culs and ad the thegarment thl theJarmnent
garment Is cut generously 10neroulJy full with 1Ith a I very veryUrge ver verylarge
Urge sweep Medium Meilm weight wrilht superior quality qualitycloths qua qualItycloths It Itcloth
cloths cloth are used ud for the shell ahel
grand she lisped lispedDo lispd lispdDo lispedDo
Do not Jest jet dearest dea6t Providence Pvdenc has
been bn kind kid in permitting this occasion ba
Without Wltoutou Withoutyou you life le pnitting would be b bleak and oCCsio barren brD
I was W8 drawn toward towar you when first frt w wmet WA WAmet wemet
met on the links Ink Annabel Anbl I love you youi
10 love you with tb ths Intensity or my eou1 eou1Annabel
Anbl Annabel be went on i taking her hand su in inhis II
his 01 I will w1 make mke you the happiest hnpplelt of ofwomen orwomn I Iwomen
women womn I will wU love oe you in weal or wo o all allthe al allthe
the days dy of my life lfe Listen L ten to me mel I Iwant Iwant Iwant
want you as the inspiration Inlplrton of mv life lifePlease lo loPlee lifePlease
Please Plee stop atp Reggie Heggiethat Reggiethiat that is a I really realy
I am m flattered 1ttr her breast brat rose and fell fellwith rel fellwith
with deep dep inspirations insplmtonl I am flattered fattrd to toknow toknow toknow
know you toU ou have such a good goo opinion of ofme ofme h hme
me
meBut But you do have some feeling rrlng for me meho mebe meho
ho broko In InI I InI
01 I repeat I am flattered fttred but our 01U stations stationsin It
tone toneIn
in life lo ar are so far apart aprl Your family famiy tree treeJ tr t tthat
thatls that is to layou Rayyou have no tlue true ramiy family
tr tree J sho replied repliedI rpled I II
I 01 I admit nearest deareot mv family famlr tree tre is I not notas notI notas
as I high ns yours our but ft is equally eqly shady
ho answered answeri and an a she Rhf seemed femEc to waver waverI i iI
I I he burst burt forth rorh Annabell Annbl say 8 that you ou will wi 1 1give
1
jive he me hope You do care rm for me a aUtll alittle
little Utll dont you youYes YOI
oYef Yes Reggie RIple tie tll true I clutched mvpurse mvFure mv mypur30 I
purse and jewels more mor firmly frml when first firstI
Fure I saw 1 you YOI and I admit I adored you 011 when whenyou whenvou whenyou Irlt
you were arrested art1 for Hpeetlinc dln your Red RedDsvll RedsvIl
Dsvll svIl vl machine Ulchlne and I confes 1 loved you youi Rd Rdvl youwhen 01
i when you reduced reucd the worlds auto record recordi rcord rcordi I Ito
i to seven Iven seconds leconda but as 8 president pre81cent of the theI thisWomens
I Womens Maniac Ilanio Motor league Iagle with Ith a aI a arecord
I record rcrd of fiftyraven ffV1HOen accidents acldnts inchtcl inchtcling Inchldling inclmiing
ling ing seven Rlvn fatalities fata Iticl it pains plul me to pay I Icannot Imnnot Icannot
cannot wed we you 01 because bmlse you 01 have ha 0 yet to tokill toI
I kill ki your man manIATS mn mnIOT1 manLOTS
LOTS IOT1 Of LITTLE L1TT PtKK 11 Kf PERCH PERCHTwo PElCII PElCIITwo IERCIITwo
Two Mlllloni n1lon or Them lUtolictl Iltlher cut it ii In the theAquariums thl thlI theAquariums
I Aquariums Aqulrums Fish Hatchery Hatcheryj ltecl lteclThere lIstehci lIstehciThere
j There were hatched hatche out last 111t creek eckl in tit tif the theAquariums
I Aquariums fish h hatchery hatcher two million milion little llttlsrpike ltie i ipike
pike perch or wall wal eyed eyrd pike from eggs eggsreceived eggsreceived 6 6reolnl
received reolnl from the United lnlll States Iale fish flshI fh fhi
I i I hatchery at Swanton Vt VtThe Yti VtThe
i The period prio for hatching hatthing for pike perch percheggs percheggs percheggs
eggs is from seven to twentyfour dnysj dnysjaccording days daysI i iaccording
I according accring to the temperature temperatur of the water waterIn at r t tIn
In which they the are ar placed plac Pike perch percheggs ferch Percileggs
eggs are very er > small Emal and the tiny tn flshes flshesthat flshethat ahO
I that that emerge from them are ar at first ft not notmore nt ntmore no nomore
more than u 1 quarter qUlrtr or an Inch In length lengthi
i but two millions milons of f such little ltle fishes tlshe seen
In a bunch In a tank and all al alive and in inmotion I i imotion
motion moton make a wonderful wondrluleho show showA
A few of thee little ltle pike perch will wi b bl he j
kept at the Aquarium Aqurium but tho bulk of them themwill tbemwi l lwill
will wi be b turned ture over to the authorities aUlhorit80f aUlhorit80fthe autlioritiesofthe o of ofthe
the New York Fisheries FlhenE Forest Forlt and Oarno OarnoCommission Oan Oan OanCommission
Commission for dietribut ditributon distribution Ion in Stats Statswaters Statewater Statwaters
waters water
Extinguishing xttlulshlne nurnlns Dlrnln Gas Ga Well WellFrom 1tU 1tUFrom WellFrom
From Hit tit BarltearHle Barllc8dlr Examiner ExaminerThe raminerCite
The caroler cartle striking of a match It t a bl blgas hit hitgas
gas 1 well wel on 01 the Johnstonn lou lo lease e near DfR Battles Battlesvllle Brs Brsvle BattlesvIle
vllle vle Igiiltod 1lllltld the gas aw which whih burned bured a 0 week weokbefore
before It could bo extinguished extinguishedFour etlnlllbed etlnlllbedFour extinguishedFour
Four Urge boilers boier worn WelA grouped iroupei around aroundthe aroundthe aroundthe
the florcelr forctlr blazing bladnl torch torc which hleb deafened deafenedall deafene
all noises by b the reverberations of the
al nltS revtrbcratlols tie escap escaping escapIni eseapleg ¬ J
leg Ini gas ia One kept a stream dtrtam of water playing playingon plylnl
on the ground gound where the tll casing ca lni entered fntere thf thfearth thl th thearth
earth and from the others othprl three Inch stream streamwere streamswere trm trmwere
were directed dlr1cte at the th top of the tubing tublni with withtho withthe
tho end fnd In view of 01 breaking hrllklnl tOi the flow nol wlb thu thukilling thllklln thus thuskiiiing I
killing klln the blaze bln above aboveThis a aboveTiiia 10 e eThl
This method IIIthO failed but another anothe attempt attemptwith sttn1P attemptwith
with lh om 01 > end of the pipes plp turned turnl directly directlyup dlrectr directlytip
up with the th flow of ga gas succeeded and th thblaio the theb theblaze
111 blaze b was I smothered notherl However Iowvpr luccoe the victory victorywas vlcono vlconowa vIctorywas
was wa aZ short shor lived vo lor to within thirty minutes minutesthe mlnutethl minutesthe
the thl gas had caught Clulht aenln I rom tho overheated overheatedtubing ovrheate overbeetedtubing
tubing tublni 81 and ground ArOUld and wax M burning blrnlol fiercely lfrly
Monday morning mornlnl a dam was constructed constructedabout Con8r constructedabout
about Ibolt the well wel fo o a as to hold wafer atr and a aheavy shean aheavy
heavy stream was wal turned turne Into It The steam steataagain steamlaln steamagain
again laln extinguished nttnel ht the flame fsmM and this til tim tlratProsperity tme tmetb timthe
tb the accumulatN accumulated rater kept them dlwn dlwnProprlT down downProsperity
Prosperity ProprlT In Kcncdor Faador I Ifrom r ri riFrom
from Fo tSP I RMiMnpfon WHh In post pottEcuador PO POr postreusdor
Ecuador r ador n said atd ld V8or > lor Serann Srafn Wither Wthe r the newly newlyappointed nCY nCYapplntt newlyappointed
appointed applntt < Ch Chlrr Chsrg nr dARalrei < Afalra of ofh that Government Governmenthas GoVrmnt GoVrmnthas
has hft every rraum aon to accept congratulations ncrlnllo nn nI I Ipreirnt It Itpreltnt iii iiipreeat
preirnt rood rod condition rnlilon acid 8n < It Il Its outlook outnok for future futuregrowth fllr futuregrewib
growth rrlh and prosperity proiprrttvIn trtl
In point pnt of fertility te rl l the lands lanl < of our nlr rountrr rountrrore rul rulA outrYare
ore A unfxwUfd unexrUed and when brought under unde syitematlu syitematluagriculture systemititfteTtrtlliult lemat
agriculture 8Krelllf Kruedor Iuldor will wt produce 11odue every l kInd of ofrrop ntrrol oferon
rrop rrol In abundanre At present rubber rbhr ron rnt rntrro ecticu and andcocoa nrt nrtcoco <
coco rro are af our chief soiree olre of revenue revenueTwo fIIUt fIIUtTwo revenuetwo
Two things have brought brurh about abut our present presentfortunate prCIIt prCIItronuoale presentfortunate
fortunate niAtui 811111 statusa a stable Government Gnrment and a sound wundsystem lund soundsystem
8 system m Of f flaince Oace u h baa been b fifteen lnn sear rear aloes aloesthe Ile Ileth Statsthe
the country underwent uodennt revolution rluUon and It I e een eennow wrn wrnnow m m1OW
Ouotr
now th 1OW aa though we w were wr aa oerula rnlo of permanent permanentpolitic prmaeo prmaeopUUoa prrznsJmnmtponileat
politic pUUoa poses po aa an 11 are nation y