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A SILENT MESSAGE MESSAGETrembling MESSAGElrembUng
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Trembling I went to gaze upon the dead deadWith deadWith I IWith
With fear some SOm nameless horror there to tosee tosee tosee
see seeBut seeBut seeBut
But to my heart Its sculptured silence said saidO
0 quick and strong be not notafrftld afraid of me meThere meThere meThere
There is no terror In this silence white whiteThis whiteThis whiteThis
This muted pause in lifes activity activitySpare actlvitySpare activitySpare
Spare expiation vow memorial rite riteBut riteBut riteBut
But for thine own hearts ease weep over overme overme overme
me meFast meFast meFast
Fast on my closed and heavylidded heav lIdded eyes eyesLie eyesLie es esLie
Lie youth love passion age eternity eternityThe etErnltyrTh eternityThe
The Th deep sea soundings of the centuries centuriesEen centurlesEEli centuriesren
Een life itself is but a part of me meTouch merouch meTouch
Touch me or not upon the lips and andbrow andbrowLove browLove brow browLove
Love will wi not wrong me In its memory memoryIcve memoryLen memoryLcvc
Len cannot pierce my m isolation nowGive now nowGive nowGive
Give to the living all thou owest me meMatters meIa meMatters
Matters Ia t ters it not the pyre pyr the sea the soil soilFor son sonFor soilFor
For this that was the mortal part of me meFearless meFtuless meFearless
Fearless take up thy th sacramental toll tollFearless toUCI
CI Fearless meets death lifes crowning crowningvictory crownIngvictory crowningvictory
victory victoryMarguerite victoryMarguerite victoryMarguerite
Marguerite Merington in New England EnglandMagazine EnglandMagazine EnglandMagazine
Magazine MagazineMy MagazineMy
My Strangest Case CaseBY
BY GUY BOOTHBY BOOTHBYAuthorof BOOTHBYAuthorof BOOTHBYAuthorof
Authorof UDr Dr Kikola The Beautiful BeautifulWhite BeautifulVhite BeautifulWhite
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Now I said to myself after he hehad hehad hebad
had gone gone this looks like developinginto developing developing1into developinginto
into an affair after my own heart heartI
I I am most anxious to discover who whomy whomy whomy
my mysterious enemy can be It Itmight Itmight Itmight
might be b Grobellar but I fancy he is isstill isstill isstill
still in Berlin Theres Tremasty Tremastybut Tremastybut Tremast Y Ybut
but I dont think he would dare venLure ven venture venture ¬ =
ture to England No when I come cometo com comto
to think of it this business does not notseem notseem notseem
seem to belong belong b to either of them themI
Q y I took from my pocket the watch watchwhich watchwhich
which was to have played such animportant an animportant animportant
important part in the drama and andconsulted andconsulted andconsulted
consulted it It was just halfpast halfpasteleven ImIfpasteleven halfpasteleven
eleven therefore I had exactly half halfan halfan halfan
an hour our to get to the rendezvous I Icalled IcaUed Icalled
called Wilson and congratulated him himon himon himan
on the success which had attended attendedour attendedo attendedour
o our efforts of that evening eveningIts eveningIts
Its a good thing you came out of ofIt ofit ofit
It so well sir he said s id They were werea
a nasty pair of chaps and would wouldhave wouldave wouldhave
have ave thought as much of outing outingyou outingo outingyou
o you as they would of drinking a pot potof potQf potof
of ale aleBut aleBut aleBut
But thank goodness they didnt didntsucceed didntsucceed didntsucceed
succeed I replied As the saying sayinggoes sayinggoes sayinggoes
goes a miss has never killed a manyet man manyet manyet
yet And now Wilson youd better betterbe betterbe betterbe
be off home to bed Turn out the gas gasbefore gasbefore gasbefore
before you go Good nightGood night nightGood nightHGood
Good night sir he answered answeredand answeredand answeredand
and then I put on my hat hat and left leftthe leftthe leftthe
the office officeJ officefound
J found when I stepped into the thestreet thestreet thestreet
street that the character of the thenight theDi theni
night Di ht had changed Thick clouds cloudsobscured cloudsobscured
obscured the sky and a few fe drops of ofrain ofrain ofwain
rain were falling At first I felt in inclined inclined inclined ¬
clined to take tak a cab but on second secondthoughts secondthoughts secondthoughts
thoughts I changed my mind and andputting andputting andputting
putting up my umbrella strode along alongin alongin alongin
in the direction of St Martins Martinschurch Martinschurch Martinschurch
church churchThe churchThe churchThe
The theaters were over by this thistime thistime thistime
time and the streets were beginning beginningto
to grow empty I passed the Gaiety Gaietywhere Gaietywhere Gaietywhere
where a middleaged gentleman de decidedly decidedly decideilly ¬
cidedly intoxicated was engaged in a aniiisy an6isy anfisy
niiisy altercation with a policeman policemanwho policemanwho policemanwho
who was threatening threatening t to take him to toBow toBow
b bBow
Bow street if he did not go quietly quietlyhome quietlyhome quietlyhome
home and at last approached the thespot thespot thespot
spot for which I was making I took tookup tookup tookz
z up my position on the darker side of offlolywell ofu
u a flolywell street and waited So far farI farI farI
I seemed to have the thoroughfare thoroughfareto
to myself but I had still some three threeor threeor threeor
or four minutes to wait waitAt waitAt waita
a At last midnight sounded and as I Ilieard Jheard Id
d heard it > I concealed myself more morecarefully morecareful1y morecarefully
carefully in my doorway and andwatched andwatched andwatched
watched I was not to be kept long longin longin longin
in suspense for the new day day wasscarcely was wasHcarcely was1carcely
scarcely three minutes old when a aliansom ahansom acl
cl hansom drove up to the other sideof side sideof sideof
of the church and a man alighted alightedHe alightedHe alightedHe
He paid Off 01 the man and wish wisheU wisliedhim wisliedhims eu him himgood himgood
s good night and then came along the theroadway theroadway theroadway
roadway at the back of the church churchFrom churchFrom churchFrom
From where I stood I could see his hisfigure hisfigurc hisfigure
figure distinctly d inctly but was not able ableto ableto
1 to t o distinguish his face He was wasdressed wasdressed wasdressed v
dressed in m a black cloak and wore a adeerstalker adeerstalker ai
i deerstalker hat upon his head That Thathe Thathe Thati
i he was the th man I wanted I felt sure surefor surefor surefor
for what would anyone else be doing doingthere doingthere doingthere
there at such an hour That he was wassurprised wassurprised
t 1 surprised at not finding his bravoes bravoesawaiting bravoesI
I awaiting awaiting b bhe him 11 m ivas was very certain for forhe forhe
he looked up the street down the thestreet thestreet thestreet
street peered ered into Holywell streetwhere street streetwhere streetwhere
where thank goodness he did not notsee notsee notsee
see me then along the th Strand in a awesterly awesterly awesterly
westerly direction and afterwards afterwardscame afterwardscarne afterwardscame
came and took up his position within withinhalf withinhalf withinhalf
half a dozen paces of where I wase was washidden washidden
e hidden Presently he took a cigar cigarcase cigarcase
1 f case from his lis pocket opened it se selected seJected ¬
lected a weed and struck a match to tolight tolight tolight
light it The flame illumined his face faceso
r so that I could see it distinctly If I Ihad Iltnd Ihad
had not lot had ha4 myself well under con control control control ¬
trol I believe I should have uttered utteredan utteredan
an exclamation of surprise that could couldnot couldnot couldr
not have failed to attract attention attentionThe attentionTheman attentionThe
r The Theman man who had set those rascals rascalson rascalson
on to try and get rid of me was wasnone wasDone wasT
T t none other than Mr Edward Bayley Bayleythe Bayle Baylethe Bayleythe
the managing man ging director of the Santa SantaCruz SantaCruz SantaCruz
Cruz Mining company of the Argen Argentine Argenine Argontine ¬
tine ine Republic KepublicHere RepublicHere RepublicHere
Here was a surprise indeed inde d What Whaton Whaton
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CHAPTER V VI VI VI
I must confess that the discovery discoveryI
I had made behind St Martins Martinschurch Martinschurch Martinschurch
church and which I described at the theend theend theend
end of the previous chapter had hadproved badproved hadproved
proved too much for me What pos possible possible ¬
1 sible reason could Mr Bayley have havefor havefor have1L
1L for wanting to rid himself of me meOnly meOnly meOnly
Only the morning before he had been beenanxious beeIlanxious beenanxious
anxious to secure my services in the theinterests theinterests theinterests
interests of his company aid now nowhere noWhere nowhere
here he was hiring a couple of ruf ruffians ruftians rufIans ¬
fians to o i prevent me from fr < doing oing my mya y
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I reached my hotel agruu again gain and went wentto wentto wentto
to bed I lay awake half ial the night nightendeavoring nightendeavoring nightendeavoring
endeavoring to arrive at tt an under understanding understanding understanding ¬
standing of it but try how I would wouldI
I could not hit upon a satisfactory satisfactorysolution satisfactorysolution satisfactorysolution
solution Upon one thing however howeverI
I had quite made up my mind As Assoon AsI Assoon
I soon as the city offices were open I Iwould I Iwould Iwould
would call at that of the Santa Cruz CruzMining CruzMining CruzMining
Mining company and put a few ques questions questions questions ¬
tions to Mr Bayley which I fancied fanciedthat fanciedthat fanciedthat
that individual would find difficult difficultand difficultand difficultand
and rather unpleasant to answer answerThis answerThis answerThis
This plan I carried out and at ten tenoclock tenoclock tenoclock
oclock I stood in the handsome handsomeouter handsomeouter handsomeouter
outer office of the company companyI companyM
M 1 should be glad to see the man managing managing managing ¬
aging director if he could spare me mea mca mea
a few moments I said to the youth youthwho youthwho youthwho
who waited upon me in answer to tohis tohis tohis
his question questionHes questionHes questionHes
Hes engaged sir at present the thelad thelad thelad
lad replied If you will take a seat seathowever seathowever seathowever
however I dont fancy he will be very verylong verylong ery erylong
long longI
I did as he directed and in the in interval interval interval ¬
terval amused myself by studying a alarge alarge alarge
large map of the Argentine Repub Republic Uepublic Republic ¬
lic which hung upon the wall I had hadpractically hadpractica1y hadpractically
practically exhausted its capabilities capabilitieswhen capabilitieswhen capabilitieswhen
when the door opened and a tall tallmilitarylooking taUmilitarylooking tallmilitarylooking
militarylooking roan emerged and andpassed andpassed andpassed
passed out into the street streetWhat streetWhat streetWhat
What name shall sha I say sir in inquired inquired inquired ¬
quired the clerk as he descended descendedfrom descendedfrom descendedfrom
from his high stool and approached approachedme
me
Fairfax I replied giving givingShim him my mycard mycard mycard
card I think the manager will willknow winknow willknow
know my name nameThe nameThe nameThe
The clerk disappeared to return a afew afew afew
few moments later with the request requestthat requestthat requestthat
that I would follow him Preparing Preparingmyself l Preparingmyself > repaiingmjself
myself for what I fully expected expectedwould expectedwould expectedwould
would be a scene I entered the directors di directors directors ¬
rectors sanctum It was a handsome hand handsome Im ld ldsome
some room and was evidently used usedas usedas usedas
as a boardroom as well as an office officefor officefor officefor
for there was a long table in the themiddle themiddle themiddle
middle surrounded by at least a adozen fidozen adozen
dozen chairs At the furthest end a agentleman agentleman agentleman
gentleman of venerable appearance appearancewas
was seated He rose as I entered enteredand enteredand enteredand
and bowed to me meIn meIn meIn
In what way can I be of service serviceto serviceto serviceto
to you Mr Fairfax he inquired inquiredafter inquiredafter inquiredafter
after I had seated myself myselfI
I am afraid there has been a a mis mistake mistake mistake ¬
take I answered looking about me mefor mefor mefor
for Mr Bayley I told the clerk clerkthat clerkthat clerkthat
that I desired to see the managing managingdirector managingdirector managingdirector
director directorYou directorYou directorYou
You are seeing him he returned returnedwith returnedwith returnedwith
with a smile for I am he heIn heIn heIn
In that case I must have misun misunderstood misunderstood misunderstood ¬
derstood the gentleman who called calledupon calledupon calledupon
upon me two days ago I replied repliedwith repliedwith repliedwith
with some surprise surpriseDo surpriseDo surpriseDo
Do I understand you to say that thata
a gentleman from this office called calledupon caUedupon calledupon
upon you youYes youYes youYes
Yes a Mr fr Bayley a tall ta good goodlooking goodlooking goodlooking
looking man of between 38 and 40 40years 40years 40years
years of age ageThe agerhe ageThe
The old gentleman stared as well wellhe wellhe wellhe
he might mightBut mightBut mightBut
But there is no Mr air r Bayley hirehe hire hirehe hrehe
he said We have no one of that
HE ROSE ROSE ASTENTBRED AS ASI T < ENTEREDAND ENTEREDAND AND BOWED BOWEDTO BOWEDu BOWEDTOME
u TO TOME TOMEname MEnam ME MEname
name nam name in 1n our ouremployI employ employ1I fear the man manwhoever manwho manwhoeyer
whoever who yer he was must have been beenplaying beenplaying beenplaying
playing a trick upon you ou I sincere sincerely sincerely sincerely ¬
ly trust he has done no damage damageMight damageMight damageMight
Might I ask what he called called upon you youaboufc youaboub youaboub
aboub aboufcHe aboubHe aboubHe
He called on me on on behalf of your yourcompany yourcompany yourcompany
company I answered answe ed He informed informedme
me that for some time past you have haveascertained haveascertained
I ascertained the gravest suspicions suspicionsconcerning suspicionsI suspicionsconcerning
I concerning the manager of your yourmines yourmines yourmines
mines in the Argentine He said that thatinformation thatinform thatinformation
information inform a tion had reached your ears earsto earsto earsto
to the effect that the man in ques question question question ¬ =
tion was in league with a notorious notoriousswindler notoriousswindler notoriousswindler
swindler in New York and though thoughyou thoughyou thoughyou
you could not bring any proved provedcharge provedcharge provedcharge
charge against him you were equal equally equally equally ¬
ly certain that he was robbing you youin youin youin
in order to fill his own pockets He Heappeared Heappeared Heappeared
appeared to be most anxious to per persuade persuade persuade ¬
suade me to go to the republic at atonce atonce atonce
once in order that I might inquire inquireinto inquireinto inquireinto
into matters and report to you I Iwas Iwas Iwas
was to be away three months and andwas andwas andwas
was to be paid D B 5000 and my ex expenses expenses expenses ¬
penses for my trouble troubleMy troubleMj troubleMy
My good sir this is really reay pre preposterous preposterous preposterous ¬
posterous the old gentleman re returned returned returned ¬
turned I can positively assure you youthat youthat youthat
that there is 1s not a word of truth in inhis inhis inhis
his assertion asser ion Our manager in the theArgentine theArgentine theArgentine
Argentine is an old and valued valuedfriend valuedfriend valuedfriend
friend and I would stake my life on onhis onhis onhis
his fidelity Nothing would induce induceus
us to think even of sending a detec detective detective detective ¬
tive out to spy upon him himI
I am beginning to believe that I Ishould Ishould Ishould
should like to meet Mr Bayley Bayleyagain Dayleyagain Bayleyagain
again I remarked He has H1S a fine fineimagination fineimagination fineimagination
imagination and from what you tell tellme teUinc tellme
me inc it seems that I should have havelooked have100ked havelooked
looked a fool had I gone out to toSouth to toSouth toSouth
South America on such an errand errandIt errandIt errandIt
It would have been exceedingly exceedinglyinconvenient exceedinglinconvenien exceedinglyinconvenient
inconvenient not only for you but butalso butalso butalso
also for us u said the manager I Ishall Is1u Is1lill
shall s1u l reportthis report this his matter at the board boardmeeting boardmeeting
meeting today todayVei1ust We must endeavor endeavorto endca ent1eavorto vor vorto
to discover who this mantis Inds isand and andalso andalsohisreaSln also alsohis
hisreaSln his reasuns Jolsti oroCtuza 1h i3l us done doner
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Should we hear car anything further furtherupon furtherupon Furtherupon
upon the subject sub jtret we will at once oncecommunicate oncecommunicate oncecommunicate
communicate with you youI youI
I should be glad if you will do doso doso doso
so I replied I should like to get getthis getthis getthis
this matter cleared up as soon as aspossible aspossible aspossible
possible There may be something somethingbehind somethingbehind somethingbehind
behind it that we do not under understand understand understand ¬
stand standI
I thanked him for the interview fttervievand interviewand i terview terviewand
and then took tookn Jtiy niy y departure more morepuzzled morepuzzled morepuzzled
puzzled by it than I had been by b any anything anJthing anything ¬
thing for a long time When TIlen I Ireached Ireached Ireached
reached my office I took the card caTdfrom cardfrom cardfrom
from from a drawer which Mr Edward EdwardBayley EdwardBaJley EdwardBayley
Bayley had sent to me and dis dispatched dispatched dispatched ¬
patched it by special messenger to tothe tothe tothe
the office of the famous mining com company company company ¬
pany That rha t afternoon another surprise sur surprise surprise ¬
prise was in store for me Shortly Shortlyafter Shortlyafter Shortlyafter
after lunch and when I was in the themiddle themiddle themiddle
middle of a letter to Kitwater a amessage amessage amessage
message was received through the thetelephone thetelephone thetelephone
telephone to the effect that the man managing managing managing ¬
aging director of the Santa Cruz Min Alining lIining Mining ¬
ing company whom I had sea seen a that thatmorning thatmorning thatmorning
morning was on his way to cali upon uponme uponme uponme
me
Something has evidently come 01ne to tolight tolight tolight
light I reflected Perhaps the themystery them themystery
mystery m stery surrounding Mr Edward EdvardBayley EdwardBa EdwardBayley
Bayley Ba lcy is about to be7 becleared cleared up for forI forI forI
I must must confess I do not like the look lookof lookof lookof
of it itA itA itA
A quarter of an hour later the themanager themanager he hemanager
manager was ushered into my prs prsence pr s sence sonce
ence enceGood
Good afternoon Mr Fairfax he hesaid hesaid e esaid
said I have come to ask you if ifyou ifyou ifyou
you will permit me a few questions questionsand questionsand questionsand
and also to tell you that I think we wehave wehave wehave
have discovered who it is that is mas masquerading masquerading masquerading ¬
querading as the occupant of my myposition myI myposition
I position You gave me this morning morninga
a rough description of the individual individualwho individualwho individualwho
who called upon you Can you recall recallanything reca11anything recallanything
anything particular about his ap appearance apLpearance appearance ¬
pearance Any strange s range mark for in instance instance instance ¬
stance Anything by which we weshould w wi we weshould
i should be able to swear to his iden identity identity identity ¬
tity tityI
I would swear to his identity identit any anywhere an anwhere anywhere ¬
where without a mark I replied repliedBut repliedBut repliedBut
But since you do mention it I re remember remember remember ¬
member that he had a small tri triangular triangular triangular ¬
angular scar upon his left cheek cheekThen cheekThen cheekThen
Then it is the same man after all allsaid allsaid allsaid
said the manager That is certain certainly certainIly certainly ¬
Ily ly extraordinary When our secre secretary secretary secretary ¬
tary spoke to me about him ll m after afteryou afteryou afteryou
you had left I had my doubts now nowhowever nowhowever nowhowever
however they are quite removed removedWhy removedWhy removedWhy
Why he h should have called upon you youin youin youin
in such a guise is a question I can cannot cannot cannot ¬
not for the life of me answer with withany withany withany
any sort of satisfaction satisfactionPerhaps satisfactionPerhaps satisfactionPerhaps
Perhaps you OU will be a little more moreexplicit moreexplicit moreexplicit
explicit I said You have not told toldme toldme toldme
me yet how h w it is that you have been beenable beenabJe beenable
able to locate the gentleman in ques question question question ¬
tion This morning you must re remember remember remember ¬
member you had no sort of remem remembrance remembrance remembrance ¬
brance of him himIn himIn himIn
In that case you must forgive me mehe mehe mehe
he replied As a matter of fact I Iwas Iwas Iwas
was so much carried away by my ex excitement excitement excitement ¬
citement that I could think of noth nothing nothing nothing ¬
ing else However I have promisedyou promised promisedyou pronpsedyou
you the th story and you shall have it itSome itSbm itSbme
Some Sbm years ago eight or ten per perhaps perhaps perhaps ¬
haps we had a young young man working workingfor
i for or us in the Argentine as an overseer over overseer overI ¬
I seer He was in many respects a abrilliant abrilliant
I brilliant brilliantyoung young fellow and would woulddoubtless wouldI woulddoubtless
doubtless have done well for fo himself himselfin himselfI
I
I in in time had he been able to go gostraight goI gostraight g
I straight Unfortunately however howeverhe howeverhe howeverhe
he did not do so He went from bad badto badto badto
to worse At last he was caught in ina inno ina
a flagrant piece of dishonesty and andwas andwas andwas
was immediately discharged When WhenI VhenI
I tell you that tha t that th t young man had hada
I a mark such as you described uponhis upon uponhis uponhis
his cheek c eek you may be able to derive derivesome derivesome derivesome
some idea of what follows followsMight foUowsMight followsMight
Might it not be a pure coinci coincidence coincidence coincidence ¬
dence I replied repliedNot repliedNot repliedNot
Not in this case I fancy he an answerecl answered answerecl
swerecl What makes me the more
I inclined to believe that it is the same sameI sameindividual
i I individual is the fact that our sec secj secretary
j retary retary met him in Leadenhall street streeti streetonly
i only a few days agor ago He looked old older oldler older ¬
ler er but had evidently prospered in inthe inthe inthe
the world As a matter of fact factWarner factVarner factWarner
Warner described him as being ir irreproachably irreproachably irreproachably ¬
reproachably dressed and turned turnedout turnedout turnedout
out I trust his good fortune was washonestly washonestly washonestly
honestly come by but I must own ownfrom ownfrom ownfrom
from what I know of him that I Ihave Ih Ihavemy
have h havemy ve my doubts doubtsBut doubtsQ doubtsBut
But Q t what possible reason could couldthis couldthis couldthis
this individual have for calling upon uponme uponme uponme
me and why should he have made mademe mademe mademe
me such an offer as I have described describedto descri ed edto
to ypu ypuThe ypuThe pu puTIre
The director shook his head The Thequestion Th Thquestion Thequestion
question was evidently beyond him himit himI I
I can assign no sort of reason for
it he said unless he has some s me hope hopeof Iof
of being able to get you out of Eng England Englandfor England ¬
land landfor for a time timeI
I dont see how that could benefit benefithim benefithim benefithim
him I replied I am connectedwith connected connectedwith connectedwith
with no case in which he e has any anysort anysort anysort
sort of interest interestYou int interestYou rest restYou
You never can tell the old gen gentleman gentleman ¬ i
tleman replied From what I know knowof knowof knowof
of him Gideon Hayle was alwaysGideon always alwaysGideon ahvajsGideon
Gideon what I cried springing springingto
to my feet Did I understand you youto youto OU OUto
to say sa Gideon Hayle HayleThats RayleThatsthe HayleThats
Thats Thatsthe the name of the young man manof manof manof
of whom I have been speaking to toyou toyou tosou
sou you he replied Butwhat But what makes makesyou makesyou makesyou
you so excited excitedBecause excitedBecause excitedBecause
Because I can understand every everything CTcrJrthing ever everthing ¬
thing now I declared Good Goodheavens Goodheavens Goodheavens
heavens What That an idiot I have been beennot beennot beennot
not to have seen seenthe the connection be before before before ¬
fore Now I know why GideonHayle Gideon GideonHayle GideonRayle
Hayle tried to lure me out of Eag Eagland E1gland E2gland
land with his magnificent offer Now NowI
I see why he set these roughs upon uponme uponme uponme
me Its all as plain as daylight daylightI
I am afraid I do not quite under understand understand understand ¬
stand said my companion in his histurn histurn histurn
turn But it is quite evident to tO me methat methat methat
that you ou know know more of Jf Hayles past pastlife pastlife pastlife
life than I do doI doHI doI
HI I should think I did I replied repliedBy repliedBy repliedBy
By Jove what a blackguard the man manmust manmust manmust
must be He robbed his two part partners partners partners ¬
ners of enormous wealth in China Chinaleft Chinaleft Chinaleft
left them in the hands of the Chinese Chineseto
to be tortured and maimed for life lifeandnow liferind lifeand
andnow rind now nowthat Ahat that he knows know that I am amactirig amactirlg amacting
acting b btlitir for them in order to recover recovertheir recoverth
their th ir 1rcQsureih reqsure he endeavors OS to put putTg
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me out ut 411 < sf the way But youvs notdone not notdone J16tdone
done it yet Mr Hayle I continued continuedbringing cOltinuedbringing cottlnuedbringing
bringing my fist down with ith a bang bangupon b bangupon ng ngupon
upon the table and whats more moreclever moreclever moreclever
clever as you may be you are not notlikely notlikely notlikely
likely to accomplish such an end endYoull endY endYoull
Youll Y ouJl discover that I can take very verygood vcr1good verygood
good care of myself but before very verylong verylong verylong
long 3oull oull find that you ou are being beingtaken beiI11taken beingtaken
taken care of by somebody else elseThis else1J else1JThis elseyThis
This is a strange affair indeed indeedMr indet indeedMr d dMr
Mr Fairfax said the manager and andit clndit andit
it is evident that I have been oX some someassistance someassistance someassistance
assistance to you I need Got ot say saythat flaYthat shythat
that I am very glad the more so be because because because ¬
cause it is evident that our company companyis companis
is not involved in any system s stcm of offraud offraud offraud
fraud I will 111 not disguise from you youthat youthat youthat
that I had my fears that it was the thebeginning thebeginning thebeginning
beginning of trouble for us all allYou allYou allYou
You may disabuse your mind of ofthat ofthat ofthat
that once and for all I answered answeredIf
If there is any trouble brewing it ifcis itis itis
is for our friend Mr Hayle That Thatgentlemans Thatgentlemans Thatgentlemans
gentlemans reckoning reckO 1 ing ng is indeed like likely likelj likely ¬
ly lj to be a heavy one I would not notstand notstand notstand
stand in his shoes for something somethingThere somethingTllere somethingThere
There was a brief and somewhat somewhatuncomfortable somewhatuncomfortable t tuncomfortable
uncomfortable pause pauseAnd pauseAnd pauseAnd
And now allow me to wish you a avery averj avery
very good afternoon the old gentle gentleman g ggntleman nt1 nt1man ¬
man observed observedGood obseredGood observedGood
Good afternoon I replied and andmany nndman andmany
many man thanks for the service you youhave youhave ou oubave
have rendered me It has helped me memore memore memore
more than I can say sayPray sayPray sayPray
Pray dont mention it my dear dearsir dcarsir dearsir
sir dont mention it replied tho thokindly thokindJy thekindly
kindly old gentleman as he moved movedtowards movedtowards movedtowards
towards the door I am very crj glad glatTto gla glato gladto
to have been useful to you youTo youTo youTo
To Be Continued ContinuedA ConUnu ContinuedA l lA
A MAN OF INTUITION INTUITIONThe
The Investment of n Small Sum of ofMoney oflloncy o4honey
Money That Was Made to GoodAdvantage Good GoodAdvantage GoodAdvantage
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I had just come back to the store storefrom storOfrom storyfrom
from my lunch one day said the themerchant themerchant themerchantas
merchant merchantas as burglarproof safes were wereunder wereunder wereunder
under discussion says sas the Detroit DetroitFree DetroitFr DetroitPrePress
Free Fr PrePress bPress Press when a middleaged man manwith manwith manwith
with a hardup look entered my pri private private private ¬
vate office after me The object of ofhis ofhis ofhis
his call was to strike me for half a adollar adollar adollar
dollar and I am surprised yet that thatI
I didnt di nt at once turn him down I Iguess Iguess Iguess
guess it was because he had the look lookof lookof lookof
of a firstclass mechanic out of a job joband joband joband
and because trade was rushing with withme withmc withme
me mod p 6 accede to his request I had hadto hadto hadto
to opvh my big safe and as I handed handedhim haudedhim handedhim
him two quarters he thanked me and andadded anddded andadded
added dded
ddedExcuse
Excuse me sir but isnt that safe safeof safeof safeof
of yours too dead easyHow easy easyHow easyHow
How do you mean I asked askedWhy askedVh askedSVhy
Why Vh its a fournumber combi combination combination combination ¬
nation but you have it set4only set only on ontwoT ontw ontwoIthink
twoT tw twoIthink T Tthink think I could open it in a acouple acouple acouple
couple of minutes minutesIf
If you can Il give you five dollars dol dollars dollars ¬
lars I said feeling a little nettled lit lithis Zlthis ttthis
his disparagement I shut and nd Ijfked Ijfkedthe l 1lekcdthe iked ikedthe
the door and stood back backfor for himnntl himnntlin him nnd nndin
in less than 40 seconds lie h had h 1 sVKmg sVKmgit sr to f fit
it open openI openI
I told you it was dead easy he liesaid hesaid hesaid
said without a asmile asmileBut smile smileBut smileBut
But how did you get on onto on to the ifcecombination1 t thecombination e ecombination
combination combination1Oh combinationOh l lOll
Oh its intuition I guess guess Bet Better Bttter Better ¬
ter call in a man and have the lock lockset lodil lockset
set l on four numbers It could fco fcoopened boopenel beopened
opened then but it might take an anhour onhour nohour
hour or two Thanks llanks again and good goodday goodda goodday
day dayI da
I didnt let the grass grow under undermy UndImy undermy
my feet continued the merchant merchantand merchanand merchantand
and from that diy on < 10 I carried a aheap aheap aheap
heap less money in the t le safe The man roanmight manmight manmighthae
might mighthae have been a mechanic but butsomehow buts butsomehow
somehow s mchOv Ive always had the idea ideathat i ideathat ea eathat
that he was a safe cracker and that thatI
I made a good investment when Ihanded I Ihanded Ihanded
handed over that 550 He mighthave might mighthave mighthaye
have got 2000 that night as easy ea5 an anrolling v vrolli asrolling
rolling rolli g off a log logA logA logA
A Sweet Seductive Voice VoiceYou VoiccYou VoiceYou
You can can talk all youve a a mind to toabout toabout toabout
about romance growled the man who whocan whocaD whocan
can caD never keep anything to himself himselfIve himselfle himselfIve
Ive had ha enough of it itWhy itVhy itWhy
Why whats the matter matterWell matterVell matterWell
Well you ou know I have always alwaysjudged alwaysjudged alwaysjudged
judged people more or less by their theirvoices theirvoices theirvoices
voices The other day I gqt a call on onthe onthe onthe
the telephone from somebody up on onConnecticut onConnecticut onConnecticut
Connecticut avenue and the voice was wassweet wassweet wassweet
sweet enough to make you dream of ofpeaches ofueaches ofreaches
peaches and cream It was a real realsweet realweet realw realsweet
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sweet weet coaxing kind of a voice I looked lookedthe lookedthe lookedthe
the house up and found there was one oneunmarried oneunmarried oneunmarried
unmarried girl living there with her herfather herfather herfather
father a widower and I got an intro introduction intioIuction introduction ¬
duction just on the strength of that thatvoice thatoice thatvoice
voice oice
voiceWell
Well she was 40 years old with a avoice avoice avoice
voice like a buzzsaw The girlwho girl who wh had hadcome hndcome hadcome
come to the telephone was the maid maidand maidand maidand
and she was about the color of good goodchocolate goodchocoln goodchocolateWashington
chocolateWashington chocolate chocoln teWashington Washington Times TimesOn TimesOn TimesOn
On IheStreets IheStreetsRngged tbcStJcctRagged tleeStreetsRagged
Ragged barefoot cheeks hollowed hollowedas
as if by hunger Mister he said saidplease saidp1ease saidplease
please buy my test paper I aint got gotno gotno gotno
no home and andNeither nndNeither andNeither
Neither have I said the mengwiiflly man mangiruffly meDgsruffij
giruffly and passed on onIt ODIt onIt
It was a wonder that the boy hadnt hadntnoticed hadntnoticed hadntnoticed
noticed that the man wwaalmost w is almost aa aaragged BINlgged asragged
ragged as as a himself himselfThe himselfThe himsCIfThe
The sanwj appeal a ppea I to two t wellkept wellkeptpassersby wel1lceptpassersbj wellkeptpassersby
passersby one of whom said as they theypassed theyPJlssed theypassed
passed om on As I was saying you never nevercan neveYcan nevercan
can tell when these people are deserv deserving deserving deserving ¬
ingThnts ing
Thnts generally gener Ilj the stand the th world worldtakes worldtaltes worldtakes
takes in these matters It never can cantell canten cantell
tell and hasnt time to be told toldBut toldBut toldBut
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GRANDVILLIAN GRANDVILLIANSTANDARD GR NDVILLI N NSTANnARD
STANnARD AND REGISTERED VOL 15 No 31141 81141Foaled 31141Foaled 31141Foaled
Foaled in 1894 Sired by Trevillian 208 by Young Jim by George Wilkes WilkeaDam WilkesDam WilkesDam
Dam Joan Pope by Hambletonian Mambrino grand dam Nellie Monroe dam damof f vea veaof pea peaof
of Greenleaf 210 210M and a d Tiptop 219 2 9 i by Jim Monroe by Alexanders AlexandersAbdallah AlexandersAbdallah AlexandersAbdallah
Abdallah son of Hamb Hambletonian etonian 10r 10 c greatgranddam greatgrand dam by old Baldstook Baldstookings Baldstookings aldstookings
ings son of old Tom Hal HalGRANDVILUAN HalGRANDVILLIAN HalGRANDVILLIAN
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GRANDVILLIAN is a blood bay black bl ok points no white and 158 hands handshigh handahl handshigh
high hl h His head is clean cut and highly finished ears thin tqin and pointed eyes are arefull aret arefull
full and prominent with an expression of great intelligence intellig nce His neck is is bloodlike blood bloodlike bloodlike °
like and nicely arched full mane man and tail shonlders muscular and sloping back bacldis backIe backi
is i strong and quarters are broad and powerful His legs are of abundant boneknees bone boneknees boneknees
knees and hocks extra strong He is a good rack racker er and walks well Individu Individually Individually Individually ¬
ally he is strikingly handsome His colts are ready sellers on the market marketGRANDVILLIAN marketGRANDVILLIAN marketGRANDVILLIAN
GRANDVILLIAN will make the season of 1902 at the Allen place nean < u
Bwalts Ewalt s Cross Roads Bourbon County at r rI
1 0 to Insure a Living Lavin Colt ColtMoney Ita Byat By Byiqt
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Money due when colt comes mare parted with or bred to another horse A lienwill lien lienwill lienwill
will be retained r on all colts till service money is paid paidL paidL oJ oJL
L C ASHCRAFT Kiserton Ky KyAOC1ULSI Kyt1J w we
t1J AcquaFada AcquaFadaBlack AOC1ULSI e ua FgLda FgLdaBlack a au r rBlack
Black Jack about 15 hands high imported by Berry Turner Will stand at gI RI8oo
800 to Insure a Living Colt ColtMoney W WMoney V VMoney
Money due when colt comes mare parted with vi ith or bred to another horse A Alien Hei Heion lien be beon heon
on colt for the season money
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Bay stallion foaled 1898 153 hands high weighs weighs 1190 pounds strong bone and andplenty a andplenty dI + t
plenty of size sizeSired SIze SIzeSired sizeSired
Sired by ASHLAND WILKES WILKES 217 14 14Sire t 4 4Sire I ISire
Sire of John JohnR R Gentry 200 2001r Sally S l1y Tol Toler r 2064 206 Bert Oliver 208 2083 etA etAG8In etc etc etcG8
G8 G8In in n 2 230 30 list I
1 dam Kathleen Rogers by
Dam of Nutlawn trial 212 212X > Marcie MarcieSimmons MarcieSimmons MarcieSimmons
Simmons trial 220 SlnorIta yearling
trial quarter in 38 seconds Joe Allerton Allerton1st Allertonlet
let prize winner In show ring rlDg
2 dam Bertha Bogers by
Dam of Dorris Wilkes 21 2H Cell Lawn Lawntrial Lawntrial Lawn Lawntrial
trial 222 222 Brooklawn Baron trial 224 224Nepos 224X 224Nepos
Nepos 2 J trial quarter quarterlu la 36 grand dam damof damof damof
of Ash Lawn 2243 224 22Ja
8 dam Lela Spragu > 236 2363 > i by1gm by
Dam 1gm of Edna Simmons 212 212X > Alice Alice O Otrial Gtrlal 0trial
trial 232 grand rand dam of Dorris Wilkes
2141 214 great grand dam of Ash Lawn r
2 224k 24k 24kdam 4Y 4Ydam
4 dam Constance by
Dam of Bjrook 8zooklawu218y rooklawo218i lawn 218 Lola LeI Leln Sprague Sprague28GXdam fPralue20014dam 8 rague rague286dam
286dam 28GXdam dfEdnaHimmons212ELno dfEdnaHimmons212ELnoradam dfEdnai fEdn lmmons212iE1no lmmons212iE1nora lmmons22 EIno EInora
radam ra dam of ofBay Boy Victor 280 Winnie Con Constance Constance Constance ¬
stance dam of Ethel Ray 2213 221 Jim JimLong JimLong JimLong
Long trial trlltlin in 36 sire of 2 in 239 iludra iludradam lludradamor Afudradaof
c dam damor of Mudrona 1R i inut udroa 226 2261 and Black Black Wal Walnut Walnut ¬
nut sire of one In 230b 230 230darn
6 darn grand dam of Rroouiawn 21834Jby 21834Jbyand 218 21814 by byand byand
and Lela Sprague 23ti
Sentinel Wilkes 2499
2499Sire
Sire of ofValleau otVal1eau ofValleau
Valleau 2d2 21 2t i irank
Frank < rank L 2U4K 2U4KThistle 2l4 2l4Thistle 2 141 141Dew
Thistle Dew Dew 217 t
13 others In 28 28Dams 2 2Dams 2Dams
Dams of 5 In 23 23Pretender 23Pretender 23Pretender
Pretender 1453
Sire of ofSalem ofSalem
Salem Salem 29H 209 209Hermitage 209Hermitage
219M 219MUosa
Hermitage 219x 219w j
RosaFollettc Rosa Follette 21Twentythree 21 21Twentythree 2f9 2f9Twentythree
Twentythree others in 230 230Gov 230Gov 2 30 30Joy
Gov Sprague 220X 2203 2203Sire
Sire ofCharlie of ofCharlie ofCtlarlle
Charlie P 211 211Sprague 2l 2lspragueoolddust 211S
S Sprague spragueoolddust pragueGolddust Oolddust t2ilK t2ilKKlug 21 21KlugSprngue 2aKiu
Kiu Klug KlugSprngue Sprague SpragueDams S rn uo 1 g al al981n ltl
48 981n 981nDams In 2 2Vams
Dams of of 40 46in In is V 1 I III IftStt IftSttHamlet l 230 230Hamlet 23UHamlet
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Loretta F 218 218A 21 2lA
A AVPantllnd V Pantllnd 22 22Six 22Q 2 2Six 10
Six in 280 280Dams 2 2Dams 280Dams
Dams of 31 3I1n in 230L 230 230L 280L
L I Blackhawk 24 24Sire 2t81re s sSire
Sire of Prince 224 g
Ash Lawn 224x 224 i traces twice to the mighty George Wilkes 519 19 twice to toMambrino toMambrino
Mambrino Chief 11 1 twice to PPot Jr 12 once o ce to Almont 83 seven times toHambletonian to toHambletouian t tHambletonian
Hambletonian 10 through successful sires and dams Each of tha aove above abovedam abovedamhave dams damshave damshave
have produced one with a fast record and others with fast authentic trialsAsh trials trialsof trialsAsh
Ash Lawn awn will ill make the season of 1 1902 02at at Brooklawn Farm two miles Ea Ease Easeof j I r rof
of Hutchison oh on the Bethlehem and Paris pikes at dJi k kSI I IS
SI S 15 1 5 t to Insure a Lov Live Colt GoliMares ColtMareswill It ItMares
Mares Mareswill will be kept on grass at 3 per month on grain at 8 The best of ofcore ofcore ofcore
core taken to prevent accidents or escapes but I will not be responsible should shouldan shouldan shouldany
any an > occur All bills must be paid before removal of stock stockS stockS stockS
S D BURBRIDGE Hutchison Ky KyTwoyearold KyvTIGGINS KyTIaGIma
vTIGGINS vTIGGINSTwoyearold TIaGIma TIaGImaTwo
Twoyearold Two year old Race Record of 2 21912 19 1 12 2 CoulcMrot Could trot at 2 years old in 2 213 213SIRE 18 18HIRE 18HIREOF
HIRE HIREOF OF RENA WisE WME3 3 221 22134 22134Brown 22134Brown 34 34Brown
Brown horse 153 foaled in 1893 1893BY 1893By 1893BY
BY ABERDEEN sire of Ky Union 207 14 Dentine 213 21314 14 Bessie Owens
213 21314 14 and 50 others in 230 2301st 2301st 2301st
1st dam dam Albina de Her 1tr r dam of Wiggins 2 219 12 and Mabel Mabei Moneypeny a i
220 second seconclin in 212 21214 14 her only colts trained by Stamboul 20712 207122d 207 12 122d 122d
2d damBelle dam Belle Blanche by The Moor sire of Beautiful Bells dam of 10 trotters in
230 list listBd listBd listBd
Bd dam Bell View Vi W Maid dam damof of Centre 229 22912 12 by Idol 177 1774th 177th 177tEth
4th th dam by Pilot Jr sire of dams of Maud S 208 84 JayEyeSee 206 20614 14 etc etcWIGGINS etcWIGGI etcWIGGINS
WIGGINS WIGGI S is a very handsome horse with the best feet and legs I ever saw sawHe sawHe sawRe
He was a very highclass race horse He won five straight races at 2 years qld qldwithout Qldwithout Qldwithout
without losing a heat defeating all the cracks of the year 1895 189 i He trotted the thelast thelost theLast
last end of a mile over n slow track in 15 12 and could have gone faster fasterWhile fasterWhile fasterWhile
While it is saying a great deal I assert that he is siring as much mlJ h and as uniform uniformspeed uniformspeed uniformspeed
speed as any stallion in Kentucky standing at any price He had bid only four colts coltsas colt coltsas II IIAS
as old as a88 8 years last season Bessie Brown was second at 2 years in 22012trotted 220 22012 22012trotted 13 13trotted
trotted a track in 215 Edna Earl same track in 223 228102 12 half in 108 Rena RenaWigwag RenaWise RenaWise
Wise took a 8yearold record of 221 and Black Arthur trotted in 226 to c rt rt rtWiRwag
Wigwag a 2yearold trotted a f 3 track in 228 2284 1 on 15th r of June and was sold sbldfor soldfor soldfor
for 2500 A yearling filly scarcely bridlewise trotted a mile to cart in 237 2 2373 373
They all trot
30 to Insure InsL re a Golf GolfLien GoltLien Go ft ftLien
Lien retained on colt till season is paid Grass at 100 per week Accidents Accidentsind Accidentand Accidentsfwd
and escapes at owners risk Address AddressDOUGLAS AddressDOUGLAS AddressDOUGLAS
DOUGLAS THOMAS Paris Ky KyAGENCY KyVVINN KYr KYAGENCY
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