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Under the Rose ... ,o'- The Ten-Thousand to°" Dollar Bill IfNNEY ýtto g,.gator By FREDERIC REDDALE (Copysrtit by W. G. Chapman) N A certain Saturday in October, just before bank-closing time, the cashier of the Wall street brokerage firm of Seybel & Loser handed to a young messenger named rritz Krull a do posit-book. between the leaves of which was a ten-thousand-dollar bill, with instructions to hur ry around to the Na iJpfdelity Bank before twelve l Krull--u he had often done ~ Ckbttoned the book inside his 11W sad went whistling down the Sfht of steps to the street. go the last seen of him by the Sst the following Monday morn o efact that be did not return Je degsag-time on Saturday ap mF y passed without notice; the F-e was only seventeen-had al S eaws his week's pay. Swhen the office opened on the Sfollowing IFrits Krull and his r-wothy, middle-aged Ger l ere waiting in the hallway a ost astounding story to the Sthaet. In some unaccountable SFri.ts had lost the ten-thous laggr biill somewhere, somehow, ugt the office of Seybel & Loser SM dMelity Bank! There was * y" bankbook, that was all! , bak-notes of that esie and de - do not grow on every tree, y few firms could be expected ouch a loes without a qualm. 1t e cashier and then Mr. Bey SAd Mr. Loser took Master Fritz icr a thorough grilling. But ./sat ot information they elio Sem of them said, you could a yuar eye and never notice it. bey testified that he had gone to the bank. When he ar IrIe the bill was missing! No, ast geme tntoany other ofce, be stopped to speak or skylark of the boys, employed in ofomes. Rrue, he had package of chewing-gum at kept by Tony the Greek, but 'iet take a minute. Asked a 'it report the loss imme Fults squirmed a bit and smefaeedly, which caused Kris to break in by saying bey was too frightened. He sralght Lome remaining in SgSaturday night sad Bun i4gegiese between the heads of ,aad the cashier elicited the Ow the latter had fortunately ipre ation to keep a memo ad the series letter and the of the missing bill. which ." 0o, pending a de what should be done with to all banking Arms and hboues was sent out t(Uher, and a reward of five delars offered for retuar of bamkote. The great danser o ate being seat t o of the it to have been the two men above named Fitts grll and his parents ht without tangible result. At letter shed for Flnney Valen ~M Mr. Seybel, which was no Sgguted than done. k eeetor PFnney Valentine's Vr known and respected the financial district. He 4 et his official career, who the famous "dead-line" 'M hitae street, below which mred to be found. Many had se mer of fraud or embezzssle the part of defaulting cash Valestite and his men had NOW that he was retired and tiier the aegis of his own it was perfeetly natural for Liser to enlist his aid in a the mystery surrounding rall and the ten-thous hief of detectivee, then, trightened messea i strase story over agan - ild or fourth time Perhapr - tthing a bout the matter there wasu so little to tell. _, three possible uexplana iat that the note had been hat somewhere on the street; tt PIs hakd been robbed by lkpeoaket; third, that he sat Id had voluntarily * bll to some outside con the latter supposeition was the uniform honesty of thu far. W ever again Valdhtine i - that brief etoppeage at the --- y stand of Tony the mld obtain nothing fur has been already narrated. we who are in the secret tat the Greek formed Val Malth point; he was known b'a of that partloular dia Shatte bein almost under eo the 8tock Exchange it l a to the regular police Bred street. But they iBto his discredit,-he was erpetnaUly smiling and cun and earringed native YO MAKE YOURSELF btm Le Resolves itself Into Muh and Demand Little r u ageous soul, near or beautiful career- Itself finally Into just ahe of yourself. It has to do with conditioms this Mytas arried the th these who heard tt hem me who, despite ~rl thwr~a~ spred So. convinced that Tony the Greek might bear watching.-perhaps be cause he was the only person to whom young Krull had spoken on the fateful occasion,-Valentine had him shad owed. Almost immediately the great detective's prescience bore fruit. The Krull family lived in one of a block of tenements in East Twenty eighth street near the river. Further down the block a sign in a parlor win dow of the first fiat announced that "Professor Abel Pennant, Clairvoyant and Palmist." dwelt within. To Valen tine's surprise the trail of Tony the Greek led to the professor's door on the Wednesday night following the mo mentous Monday. Inquiry among the neighbors elic ited the fact that Profesor Pennant, a slight, dapper, rather feminine little fellow,-had quite a local reputation. Besides being skilled as a "seer" and a reader of hands, he also posed as a "medical healer," and had been known as a public exhibitor of hypnotic phe nomena. A rather handsome girl, said by some to be Pennant's daughter, but believed by many more to be really his wife, was also more or leui in evi dence, and helped the professr now and again. Further, Tony the Greek was a frequent visitor. This was Thread Number One. Thread No. Two was this: Valentine made an early call upon the Krull fam ily, being desirous of seeing Fritz and his parents In their home life. Appar ently they were all that they seemed to be,-decent, God-fearing, industrious folk, the father a skilled watch-maker or repairer employed by a prominent firm in Union Square. But one important fact was learned at this call, resulting from closer ques tioning of young Fritz as to what he did and where he went during his spare time evenings. Then it trans pired that he was intimate with Pro fessor Abel Pennant and his pretty "daughter" down the street, whom the boy spoke of quite Skmiliarly as Con nie. On being asked what went on during his visits at the Pennant flat, Fritz laughed rather shamefacedly, squirmed, and showed the first sign of embarrassment. Finally he confessed that "the prof" did lots of funny things-tricks with cards, gazing into a big crystal globe, and sometimes gave him shocks from an electric or galvanic battery. When Connie's name was mention ed more particularly, Fritz blushed painfully, but all he could be got to admit was that she was "awful good fun." The facts last narrated give Valen tine an idea. Keeping himself care fully in the background, he sent a trusty subordinate to call on. Prof. Abel Pennant with the pretense of ar ranging for some public hypnotic ex hibitions in near-by towns. The bait caught some bigger fish than the in spector had hoped for. Not only was Pennant quite willing to go into the thing-for a considera taon--but he let out the fact that he had a capital "subject."-a young fel low, innocent as a girl, who was one of the best he, the professor, had ever met. Promising to see him later. Val entine's man reported progress; the chief immediately jumped to the con clusion that the "subject" was none other than Fritz Krull But even so, where was the connection between Prof. Pennant and the theft of the ten thousand-dollar bill? Was it Tony the Greek? Was it possible that- The suspicion suddenly born in the detect tive's mind was so startling as to de mand serious and careful considera tion. In all his talks with young Fritz the inspector had been unable to secure an admission on the lad's part that Pennant had ever "put him to sleep." That might have arisen from crafty concealment a the boy's part, or it might have proee*ded'from ignorance or forgetflineas. Valentine was in clined to credit it to the latter. But the point had been reached where even his wide knowledge was at fault. So he took unate himself a certain wise one, an expert in the most advanced hyLpnotlc science of the day, to whom he propounded certain queries. The answers received determined the next step, and an appointment was made with 1w. Guy Ramle for the next even ing. Telling Frlts that be wanted him to call on a certain gentleman who might be able to trace the missing banknote, the two presented themselves at the doctor's rooms. A quick scrutiny of the lad by the latter elicited an en couraging and amrmstive nod in Val entine's direction, as much as to say: "He'll do, I guess!" After some brief conversation in which young Krull was made to repeat his story of that eventful Baturday, his mind thus being brought to bear on the subject, Dr. Ramle drew his chair in front of Fritz and made the usual "passes" with his hands. To Valen tine's surprise and the doctor's evident delight the boy fell almost at once and of his own volltion into an attitude of repose. It was as if the preliminary process was to him a familiar one. In three minutes Fritz Krull was in a hypnotice trance, eyes wide open, but utterly oblivious of his surroundings. sunshine and courage incalculable whenever she came. Not what she oould get out of life, but what she could put into it, concerned her--ad the measure of what she found to add to mere living brimmed over. There is yet another rule of great value to apply to life when it seems most diacult. It is to give geo measure of all desirable thinp, anad demand but lttle. Modest demands- socal, inancial, domstio-help to solve the problem of coatet. Do you chae to remember the fal pai gPrah is T'mtol'rs "Anna aeminaiar "He'* been there before!" said Dr. Ramie under his breath to Valentine. "not once, but many times. A better subject or better control I never saw in all my professional experience. Ask him anything you want. lie's good for half an hour at least. Don't raise your volce,-speak to him in an ordl nary tone." Thus bidden. Finney Valentine be gan his inquisition. "'rits, my boy. I want you to an swer my questions. Do you under stand what I say?" "Yes, I hear you," came the reply in the curiously fiat and monotonous tones common to hypnotized persons. "Very well, son. Now, what did you do with that ten-thousand-dollar bill a week ago last Saturday?" "I-gave - It - to - Tony - the - Greek.' "When you were on your way to the Fidelity Bank?" "Yes-air." "Why did you give it to Tony?" "Be-cause-the-prof-told - me -to." "How did the prof. know that you would have the bill in your possession just at that time?" "He-did-n't-he-Just-told - me -to-gve-the--frst-big-money -I -got--to--Tony." "When was this, Fritz?" "Oh-lots--of-times-I--guess." "At his rooms?" "Sure-Connle-was-there-Say, - she's-awful--nice!" Valentine gushed back his chair and rose, mopping his forehead. For the moment, although his daring theory had been tested and found not want ing, he was astounded at its success. He had secured the vital info'rmation needed. Plainly, the crafty Pennant, aided by his winsome daughter, who had probably made shameless love to the artless Frits,-had stumbled on the fact that the boy was highly suscepti ble to hypnotic influence. Probably the plot had been long and carefully ý -ms ý ,/ i. iii I f " i " f~ZzYY; r~r fý c"Ioerter. azrwci Z'2ý CcW e TQ2, 22 507 JZ, f cI I /~rP ten r4* ~ ~'0 hatched. The use of a confederate like Tony the Greek was especially clever, and tar less dangerous than having the boy bring the money direct to the charlatan's fiat, especially in view of the fact that Fritz knew Tony very well and bought of him every ay in the year. "Satisfied?" queried Dr. Ramie. "Perfectly," said Valentine, "thanks to you. I've got all I needed in the way of information. But how do you figure that Pennant worked the game?" "Help me get our young friend ow the lounge yonder-he won't wake up yet awhile, and when he does he'll think he's merely - had a little nap, and I'll give you my theory. "Pennant and the woman got Fritr in the habit of running tl and out. Then the rascal put him to sleep-not once, but many tlmes--nd in that state found out that he frequently car ried large sums in currency. If he had asked the boy such questions in his wa k state he might have started somae suspicion, for ar young friend is no tool. '7hen, having found out what he w ted, Pennant probably put him to sleep again, and told him that next time he carried a lot of money to the bank he was to give it to Tony. This ,the boy would infallibly do--without question and without remembering aft erward what he had done, the partlcu Levin who records it, had found It diaicult to supply himself with a rea son for being; and, after thought, study and experience, he gives us this solot-i: "My inner life has won its liberty; It will no longer be at the mercy of events, and every minute of my existence will have a meaning s-e and profound, which it will be a my power to impress upon every en gle one of my aetlons-tbat of being geod." If thee worm set down here sound trite and chltish, read Ia ce -tion with the whets geat movel -e of the preatest of the lint qe lar action being associated emtrely with his sub-conscious mind. The Greek had of course been warned what to expect and to be on the look-out. When Fritz slipped the bill to him you may be certain that Tony hustled it out of sight and later passed it on to Pennant." Valentine nodded complete compre hension. Dr. Ramie had simply voiced his own theoretical imaginings, yet in scientific terms and with the authority of an expert. "What's your next move-if I may inquire?" said the doctor. "Arrest 'em both as soon as I can get the warrants. There's no fear of their skipping, I guess; Pennant doubt less thinks he's covered his tracks too well." Next morning, the instant court opened, Valentine swore out warrants for the arrest of one Tony the Greek and one Professor Abel Pennant on the charge of grand larceny. He wanted to make both arrests himselft; so while he went downtown to nab the Greek he left a man on watch outside Pennant's flat. Safely lodging master Tony in the Tombs, the ex chief went after the larger game-the master-mind in the clever conspiracy. In fact. But what was his disgust to find that the bird-both birds in fact, the professor and the woman named Con nie, had flown. The tat was empty. In some way Pennant had been "tipped." Perhaps he had got wind of Fritz's visit to Dr. Ramie and sensed that danger was in the air. How had they got away? The man on guard had been furnished with Pennant's de scription, and swore that no such man had estered or left the fiat. "Two wo men came out just before you arrived, one of them carrying a grass suit-case, but-" "Damnation!" exclaimed Valentine. "Which way did they go?" "West. We can catch 'em all right 'less they've took a trolley car." But they hadn't, as it turned out. In response to Valentine's "Come on!" the two started on a run in the direc tion named. Across Second avenue, then Third avenue, they pelted. Mid way between Lexington and Fourth, Valentine's companion grunted heoare ly: "There they go!" pointing out two female figures hurrying on a quarter of a block ahead. As he spoke they disappeared down the steps of the up town Subway kiosk. "That'll do," said Valentine, slow ing down to a quick walk. "Go back to the house, ia case it's a ruse, and watt there till you hear from me." At the ticket-window, owing to a long queue of other passengers, he came up with the two.women, eoe of whom carried a grass suitcase; the other was at the window buying a tick et, or tickets. A local train came In Twenty-eighth is not an express sta tion-but only one of the two women boarded it, the one carrying the suit case, and who were a heavy automo bile veil wound around her head in several thicknesses. Valentine caught the muffled words, "Be a good girl," from the one about to ride, but was suddenly smitten with indecision. Which one should he follow? If it was a get-away with the stolen bill, then it was a hundred chances to one that it was in that sult-case or on the person of the traveler. And yet His momentary hesitation nearly tury-they have profound value.-Har pern' Weekly. Oxygee for Athletes. Athletes in Ragland sometimes in hale oxygen to strengthen thbir muscles and to increase their sthength. Recently a professional boxi' engaged in a boxing match with a novice whom chie defect was lack of traini·g. Aft er the frst rnud the novies was as eshbatsd that be was abaot to abe don the match. A doctor who was pm eat administered a few whifb of pse earjs and the novine 1minea ti r1 kcit him the traL. The doer was h the act of slidain to, sad the eommdo tor had "given the bell" when Vales tine just managed to squmesse aide the door to the accompaniment of the nasally-droned words, "Watch-yeaJ. step!" so familiar to Subway riders. Local trains are seldom very crowd ed. and Valentine was fortunate to se cure a cross-eat facing the woman he was watching. He tried to peer through the ne-meshed folds at the automobile vell, but the light was tooee poor. Then, it must be remembered. he knew Pennant and Connie only by description. The woman sat Perfectly still, the grass suit-case on the floor at her side. It dawned upon him that the woman facing him was Abel Pennant if dis guise, making for the Grand Central Station and a train that would bear him far away! In all likelihood there was a change of men's clothes In that suit-case. In a few second doubt became cer tainty in Valentine's mind. Yet how to prove it? He must make no mis take, of course. Chance, however, gave the opportunity desired. Now, to understand what followed in the next few minutes the reader must remember that the veiled woman sat on the insidsMe of her seat next the win dow; Valentine sat facing at the aisle end of his neat Just as the train started from Thirty-third street the pretended wo man dropped her handkerchief. The strong current from the open windows and doors-It was as oppressively warm autumn day on the street-blew the bit of cambric into the aisle. Val eatine leaned over to pick it up, in tending to restore it to the owner and perhaps hear what kind of a voice Na ture had blessed "her"-or "him" with, when in the act of stooping an other quick thought smote his brain. He remembered reading somewhere that if you toss anything to a womat seated she is very apt to catch it In her lap without moving her limbs; her skirts afurnish a erective and - dent net. On the other hand, a sa under the same conditions lavariable brings his knees together smartly. The experiment may be tried a hundred times with less than tea per esta. lo taillres. So, asting on the luspbDtion, t es of politely handing the hamdbsrshiof to the suspect opposite, Vilmntiae di an laexcusably rude thing-frm his position half out In the aisle he "balled" the handkerstiet sad litmlt tossed It at ts surprised ownmer. ire the bit of aompressed white b tic tell. the "woman" brought her knees together quick as wilng! In that single Inastant Valentine mew that his suspidoi was correct. The person before him was evidenatly "n lady." He made no further move until the train slowed up at lPrty4emoad street Then he rose and waited for the dbar to precede him to the platform. Ones there, clear of the push and eruh, he stepped alongside the hurrying gare with the beg oaught one arm trnly by the elbow, sayling quiet: "Game's up, professor. I arrest ye for rand laceny. btste so mes qei ly and pt those shirts o!" And sewed is the pocket of a p of trousers in the slt4ass a wsarwob e realed the stoles tm-thosaasd bill! WII! covered his normal stmsgtb, and it an impetms not anrmaL se rmtumed to the game. ad Just mimedt gis the hasekeut blow sto a very powmvednt adversarey. Te potiema of them .m et prve that shabsIt s an e m able the sptaimu to atWa li si - mm et his viet aud m4 ms. As a resat it this dabsser easia resarvers wi senw 5 # M bees pissed on a r the sportmsn, V iem -ens eages" n he 1ltSA ism S .i isd wafte.-neper' Wes. PRESSED WOOD IS NEW FUEL Rapidly Uoomsg Popular in Sout ern California and Commands Good Prices. Los Angeles.-In California. "press od wood" Is a new fuel that is rapidly 1 becoming popular. Pbel for domestie purposes has always commanded te orMtant prices in southern Calfornia, bituminos coal selling at retail at from $12 to $14 per tea. and wood cut lb stove lengths at about the same flgure per cord. In the high price of fuel, some invrdhtie genius pereetived the opportuanity to win wealth from waste by utlsing a part of the eo moni quantity of shavings and saw Pressed Weed for Fuel. dust that is annually wasted, or 1 best used to poor advantage. In saw mills, planing mills and similar estab lishmeats. So he patented a maehine for pressinag shavings and sawdust to molds. A string throgh the ous tar of the mold helps bold the mate rial t.gether, and the heavy pressure to whie It is subjected accomplishes the rest. Prom the molds the "pressed wood" (as the product Ito called) comes out looking like a giant cannon eracker, 12 inches lba and three ches In diameter. Owting to its compressed state, the wood boter slowly, but with intense heat, making it much more desirable for use in stoveq than ordinary wood. It is claimed that ts fuel value per tea Il fully equal to that od the best grade t bitumitnous coal, while its cleanl. aees makes it preferable to oat. By the toa It retails at the mame pis as coal, and the favor with which it has been received by the public seems to presage a great future for "pressed wood" as fl. IS BUILT FROM DRIFTWOOD MeUoe the Like of Whilh Does Net Exist In the Portland, Ors.-This novel boose, the like f which does not etist In the country, was begun as a cabin In 1887. Frm a single room with low eelling it has grown datil it is now a good sled house of many roomsa. The driftwood was gathered and worked into building material by unskilled hands, and later the furniture was made sad the fenoes built of the same So Ml 1 Ther euge " waste . msr . tLh" rw as aesow're used, the Joet. btemg Wth tho esoepIes S the wtndows a• d dors mad the besprtings the bome nd its fardnts ale eeam pesee S woods that have eine from msay ao s d theo eatry se sk e .w comtsrle of the ww,, The sd e ul ns din s te als aI efr oet a ~h tldeo mark a the P, iese eesa, a ipw miles eorth S the ColaMls river.. Aolds le "Tugs SeetWi Lado-n.-A seo esgulatlon has bees mde ander tu pe - an d nhrmer sat retin to the soe c mlpaulo al (vitriol), attiae s lad. h ly rio aid (tlephts S mste), sad solUle sats t esale ad.d. It states that the vesselrd tin which the aid is idt must be stls t Iht b b toh from ee eary contaner sad muot be A retailers thes, acids wko fet to smt, with the aelatio wil be Mable to p--lity. Atlasta. @a-The etoalc ralway e.msn Tins Vwoeb 414 vabsnt erw i O'Iwar, WI be peeservod in ag agny eass T ad bIsgl at Oges Prkin t o srty, aeed eto an Iases s- ss -s the eia, toa ria sa s taspk ".Ui 4bv W aa rW. 8. w.-- et ,.n ,.s, svswhole with th* at odl il ms t a peMi agreese deM e a t yap seat a e agA~llar oi ha srms Hioods Sarsaparilla Is the specific remedy for that tired f etng so common in the spring or uon the return of warm weatker. It purifies and enriches the blood. Gea it toy, in m liqid forsm e a satl dtablt clled Sarsata.-. WHY YES, SHE GOT THE NOTE eautiful seeps Appreselted, Iut There Wa a "Ily in the Olotmnat." A youns ma whose gallantry is tI exceesof his mearm tot to remedy this detest uad to save the expeaus of the masy requlred for the pu chase o Sotrs ior his lady loves by arranging ylth a grdener to lot him have a bouquet hror time to time, 1s return for his aetoE clothes. So It happened that sae day he received a bunch of besotitl rees, which be at ones dispatched to her house. In sure aatiseiptlam at a friendly web comb, be eae d on the young worsa that easitag. He got a troaty recap. "Dida--dtd you get my lowes todary?" be was Smdl fored to ak. "Tea, sa the note that went with them." "Notet Why did I send a note?' "You did. A digaoetal nets, srawled with a bluat pencil, ea diru paper. Here t is. I doa't unmerstad It, and I dest think ye arme very hamoreus." The note read a follows: "Here's your Sowers, but you me a hari at pants for 'em.-Cleve. land Plain Dealer. t Say, 'as, mle James se be I real alseumd and we waI to ps oreu a u hed II i I him ai ibsut ~o if ft, i an ii he' e. a ig mnmto ee iLLII aI . The uMet seateo Thin. A aewaer eastly l t. s readers to state to a w wead' whet they esieedwse the mst besam" thing i a the wial. wTe Sirt pd e was awanded to the sn4er of the as dresm a that whiMe we to M Iapeesbie" ugestmtd as ws. . tds breasg him sni prise- Lat I' i oet a- el i tli o was that whicb tsr "The amst her tiful thiat Is the verld is to see a - carryfag his motr lelw erein' a daagerusw tar wIes askies ea stte Ii to drIp her is." A WalkI4a teno ii thoe "Dnt ta p erat! Thest aeld s d t eat Isr weet ever day. The Iri w amk' as bih as chines n' aesl a porn ma at o a M ImII', tohe hsII-5ud -"i, Id IdtI h. I ba It III , I. 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