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TOE^GOUDENTIDOLTi
f3"V FERGUS HUME. „ C
Bynopsls of Preceding Chapters—T>ie
soene opens on Fletmouth Pier, where
Norah Warton is awaiting the arrival o:
her lover, I,ieut Jayne, just home from
Chinese waters. Among other things the
young sailor has brought with him Is a
six-inch idol of beaten gold, which Norali
seizes eagerly io place on the mantel
piece, Accidentally, however. It gets
dropped into a tall Chinese jar. which,
for the time, the tale leaves it. Next
tlay Lieut Jayne is missing, and Nor.Ui
remembers that on the pier he had no
ticed a Chinaman waiting, and that alter
wardß he had seemed less willing to give
her the idol. A boat is found on the
beach somewhat damaged, and with
blood marks on the white paint. Rowland
Gaskell, a cousin of Jayne's, who also
loves Norah, threatens to foreclose a
mortgage on Jayne's property. He also
suggests that Philip Wharton, Norah's
brother, is responsible for Lieut. Jayne's
disappearance. Norah meets her brother
Philip, and. distressed at his appearance,
sells the Golden Idol to provide him
with money. She receives a mysterious
Intimation that on surrender of the idol
•Payne would be released.
CHAPTER XV.—Continued.
I>yke blinked and plucked at his lip,
looking searchingly at Teddy the while.
"Tin re is something very Btrange about
Oil thi^," said he. "How do you." witli
emphasis, '"come to know .so much, Mr.
Vyse?"
"Because whe:i you and that detective
gave it up, 1 followed on. on my own ac
count. You see, I am very anxious to
find Lieut. Jayne."
•'But—for all we know—he is dead."
"No, he Isn't. Just listen. Mr. Dyke,
and see ii you don't agree with me."
Mr. Inspector nodded, and composed
himself to listen, whereupon Teddy, in his
excitable, boyish way, detailed his dis
coveriea and theories from his examina
tion of Dinch's boot to his gaining of the
Information that Fairy was in London
Port. "Now what do you think?" he
asked, triumphantly, at the conclusion.
"1 think there is a great deal in what
you say, Mr Yyse. But if the idol is at
the bottom of the whole affair, it rather
points to the Chinaman, Jinfou, as the
man who wants it, in which case it would
follow that it was he who kidnaped
Lieut. Jayne and murdered Gen. Burn
ley to get it. Now, as to the kidnaping,
1 happen to know—through Maiker, the
officer who procured the information from
Mr. Rowland Gaskell—that Jinfou was
asleep In a low crib at the time Dinch's
boat was stolen. As to this murder, Jin
fou has lu-en absent from Fletmouth for
ronie weeks."
"He might have returned."
. "Hardly, without my knowledge. Flet
inouth and Oldport are neither of them
very large, and my men are very alert.
Besides, a Chinaman is a noticeable ob
ject." \. .
"There are dozens of Chinamen about
Fletmouth," argued Teddy.
"True enough. But Jinfou had only
one eye. By that alone he would be rec
ognized. No! It was not the Chinaman
who committed this murder."
"How was the general murdered, Mr.
Dyke? I haven heard the particulars."
"Neither has any one else save the po
lice," said Dyke, dryly. He rose and drew
aside the blind on the right-hand window.
".You see the glass is broken. Well,
Gen. Burnley was shot from the outside
—shot through the heart. We found his
body lying there," pointing to the blood
stain. "It had fallen face downward
.toward the window. Shot through the
heart,." repeated Dyke. "Death must
have been Instantaneous." . .
"Shot! Did no one hear the report?"
. "No one. That is the queerest part of
the business. The housekeeper and the
.servant were sleeping at the back of the
house; yet I should have thought that a
shot would have roused them. But they
heard nothing—knew nothing— Mrs.
Lazenby came In at 8 o'clock to rind her
master dead, and that broken window
open." ■-; ..
"Open! Then the assassin must have
entered the room, but he would do that,
of course, to get the idol. Is anything
else missing?"
"Well, we can hardly say." Dyke look
ed round slowly. "As a matter of fact,;
until- you came here, Mr. Vyse, I didn't
even know that the idol was missing!"
"About what time did the murder take
place?" . - . -,\ .•
"Humph! We have only circumstan
tial evidence on that • point, since the
housekeeper and servant did not hear
■ the shot. The doctor says it must have
been about a quarter or half past It. 'i he
body was quite cold."
Teddy sat there with his hands in his
pockets, whistling softly to himself.
There was a self-satisfied expression on
his face which did not escape the Inspec
tor, who asked him rather sharply what
was in his mind.
. Vyse answered very simply: "I'm
thinking that this murder will take all
the trouble of further search off my
shoulders,' he said; "for, now that you
know how the idol is mixed up with th's
affair, you will be forced to search for
Mr. Jayne."
"I would have searched long ago if i
had known what you' tell me now," re
plied Dyke, sharply.
"I'm not a detective to supply the au
thorities with information," said Ted
dy, rising. "Well, I'll say good-day now. !
You have my address on the card I sent ;
In. You may rely upon my turning up
when I'm wanted. Good-day."
"Good-day to you, Mr. Vyse; and you
will oblige very much by keeping your
own counsel about this matter."
The young fellow nodded and left. As
he came out. the crowd stared at him
with interest and awe. But deep in his
own thoughts, he took no notice of the
commotion he created. On getting clear
away his procedure was somewhat pecu
liar. He made straight for the Pillar,
and. having arrived there, proceeded to
walk round it several times. He seemed
deep in contemplation of some scheme.
Then he went to one stationer's shop
In the one street of Oldport, and bought
a bottle of stickphast, a ball of string
and some brown paper.
"I'm going to make a kite." he volun
teered to the woman who served him. "
•A kite, sir'? Oh. but the ordinary
brown paper won't do for that, sir will
It?" SPSS
"Oh. yes. it'll do. It's an idea of my
own." said Teddy.
His purchases made, he carried them
home. His mind seemed much more at
ease now, and he sat down to a late
breakfast.
The old retainer, as Teddy called him.
was burnnig with curiosity, and fussed
about the room in the hope that his
young master would take, him into his
confidence. But that was exactly what
his young master did not do. On the
contrary, he ordered him to leave the
room. The breakfast which he managed
to devour demonstrated more clearly
than anything else could have done, that
If he had been worried when he went
out he most certainly was not so when
he cams In.
The same afternoon he called at Tra
falgar Villa, to learn that Mrs. Wharton
and Norah had gone out. visiting, and
that Fancy had not yet returned from
school. He decided he would go into tho
drawing room and wait. But after half
an hour he got restive and rang the bell.
Ja-1 appeared and took his message. The
paragon was not looking her best, he
thought. Heavy circles were under her
eyes, and she appeared generally worn
and anxious. But her manner was emi
nently respectful, not to say unctuous:
and while he had been taking stock of
her she had not failed, on her part, to
notice that Mr. Vyse appeared to bo
more than usually well pleased with him
self today. And so much did this seem
to strike her that for some time after
he had left the house she remained at
the ,door staring after him. He looked
round once or twice, and wondered why
she was tilling him. It took very lit
tle to arouse his suspicions now,
"Queer sort of girl," he reflected.
"Marks recommended her. And Marks
wanted to buy the Boojum from the old
general* Humph! Wouldn't be a bad
Idea to look up Marks," ; ;
Teddy's intention had been to call for
Fancy and hear from her what the
Wharton family thoug-ht of the new sen
sation. But on rounding the corner
of the street now, he almost ran up
against Norah. She was alone, and evi
dently troubled.
"O Teddy, I'm so glad to see you!"
she said, taking his arm. "I have just
left mother, and I was wondering wheth
er I should come across you."
"I've been waiting at your house for
tlie last half hour. I thought you might
like to see me about this affair. Terri
ble, Isn't It? I left a message with Jael.
By the way, that girl looked very
strange, 1 thought, Norah."
"No wonder! Mother had a dreadful
scene with her at luncheon today. She
gave all kinds of impertinence, so, of
course, she was told to go at once. She
leaves tomorrow, and Martha Is coming
back."
"Oh, so Jael's going, is she?" said
Teddy, slowly. "Humph!"
"Yes; if you'd only heard mother! She
did give it to her! You know what slie
can do in that way when she likes. But
never mind Jael. Isn't it awful, Teddy,
about the poor old general?"
"Very terrible." assented Teddy, so
berly. "He was shot right through the
heart, poor old chap. And from the gar
den, too!"
"It's that Idol, Teddy. I knew it would
"What's the danger sign for?"
"So cranks can see how near they can go without breaking through.'
bring him bad luck. I sard so again an<J
a pain. I feel positively guilty now for
iiaving sold it to him. But he came after
it first himself, didn't he? There must
be something very momentous about the
thing for it to be the cause of such a ter
rible crime!"
"Now, tfll me, Norah, what makes you
think the Idol vas the cause of the
crime?"
"Because it was stolen. Didn't you
hear about that?"
"Oh, yes, I heard about it. But I'm
wondering how you oame to know."
Norah stopped short and stared at him,
"It's very simple," she said. "Nebby,
the newspaper boy, came round about
eleven and told Jael. He didn't bring i
the paper till all hours, because he'd.
been hanging about the scene of the
murder.''
."Oh, that was it, was it?" Teddy sakl j
no more, though he thought a good j
deal. Until he had informed Dyke of the
fact, no one had known that the Boojum
was missing; and Dyke kept that in
formation to himself. Yet Nebby knew,
and Nebby had told Jael!
"Jael told us all about It at luncheon."
chattered Norah, resuming her walk, j
"In fact, it was that that made mother!
fly out at her. Yoa know how easily ar>- j
noyed she is. But. O Teddy," and herj
eyes filled with tears, "all chance of
rescuing Leonard is gone now that the
Boojum'fl bectystolen!"
"Oh, no: not a bit of It. We'll rind
him, Norah, even" so. belleye me. But.
there are a lot of queer things that'll
have to be sifted first!" And Teddy nod
ded ever so wisely.
RECOVERIES FROM GRIP.
Mrs. E. I. Masters, at her home In
Monitor, Ird., used Dr. Miles' Nervine
and Pill 3to cure after effects of gr.p.
Mrs. A. E. Lopeer, in the little town of
Mcdelia. Minn., used Dr. Miles' Tain Pills
find Nerve and Liver Pills and was well
in a few days.
George J. Flannery was relieved of the
awful pains in his head in fifteen
minutes, by the use of Dr. Miles' Pain
Pills. New he- is rapidly recovering at
his home in Buffalo, N. T.
J. C. Helfrey, foreman of the Westing
house factory in East Pittsburg, had a
severe attack of grip, but he used Dr.
Miles' Nervine aivd Fain Pills and was
scon back in his place.
Rev. C. Body was in a serious condition
at his home in St. Paris, 0., but Dr.
Miles' Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills
pulled him through all right.
Xo Hutclict TliroTving- at Wichita.
WICHITA, K;>.n., Feb. 24.—A public
mass meeting of the citizens of Wichita,
under the auspices of the Ministerial
association, was held today and a resolu
tion passed elemanding the enforcement
of the. prohibitory law. No specified time
was set. for the jointists to close their
places and doubt is expressed that the
citizens will over adopt hatchet smashing
as a measure compelling them to quit
business. The meeting was surprisingly
terr-perate and of the thousand people
who atteneled many were disappointed at
its tameness. The resolutions svill be pre
sented to the mayor, county attorney and
sheriff tomorrow. It is said that no "efforc
will be made by these officers to change
the present system oif allowing saloons
to run for city revenue.
TO PREVK.\T THE GRIP
Laxative Bromo-Qutnine removes the
cause.
"I was in bed five weeks with the grip
nerves shattered, stomaoh and liver badly
deranged. Was cured with Dr. Miles'
Nervine ano Nerve and Liver Pills."—D.
C. Walker, Hallsville, O.
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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1901.
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BY CALLING EVERY BET THIS MAN
WON IN ARKANSAS
CITY
OLD MAN GHEEKHTJT AGAIN
He Describes* the Unorthodox Way
in Which"One McCarthy Be
; C. '"■■ hayed, mud the Flsht
That Followed.
" 'Taint a matter of record," said old
man Greenhut, with a reminiscent look
In his eye, "that any stranger has ever
come to Arkansas City with any notion o"
doin' up the town what got away with
the proposition an' any consid'aT>le rem
nant o' the wad he had with him when
he arrove. The citizens o' this town is
mostly capable men, what is well Quali
fied to drink red liquor straight an' set
into 'most any sort of a game without
drawin" weepons, 'less there's some
provocations, an' when it comes to draw
poker it's universally acknowledged up
an' down the river that there ain't no su
perior game played anywhere. The ga-
IT SEEMS SO.
loot that comes here with a notion in his
nut o' makin' a everlastin' fortune out
o' such hands as a merciful Providence
may allow him to hold in two or three
nights' play is gen'ly considered to be
runnin' in great luck if he gets out o'
town without havin' a subscription took
up for his benefit about the time the next
boat ties up.
"There has been a good many times,
true enough, when things looked doubt
ful. Players has come that had new
wrinkles in the way o' holdin' out, or
stackin' the cards, or some new system
o' play that puzzled the boys for a while.
An' there's been some come that sure
j knowed the game an" played ft almighty
I skillful. But none of 'em, as 1 said, ever
I reely got away with the proposition.
"There w~as one feller, though, that
I showed up here about six years ago that
I come monstrous near breakin' the record.
| That is to say, If he'd have understood
j the first principles o' poker he?el ha' bust
, ed the town wide open, an' the mortifyin"
; thing about it was 'twas poker he was
playin'. That is, 'twas called poker, an'
he sure did win; but the way he played
it was one o' the seven wonders o' the
j world. We talked about quite some, after
| he left an' the unanimous verdict was
, that if he'd ha' knowed what he was
j doin an' how to do it he'd ha' just ever
| lastinly skint the entire crowd out o'
I what money there was, instead o' com
]in out consid'able ahead, an' him not
; knowin' just how he done it or what
hed (.one. It sure were bewilderin', an'
welll eallated to make a man lose his
faith m Providence, 'thout he was one
that stuck to his religion spite of any-
♦>," T uPUZzlin' thing about jt were that
the time, an' the rest o' the party was
tlie time, an' the rest o' the party was
Playin it for all they knew ' but he were
either playin' on a system that was en!
™'v! y unbeknownst to everybody in this
pa o the world, or else he were that
outrageous i°rant °" the first principles
An- would disgrace a half-grown hoy
An yet he won! Some of 'em was in
clined to think at first, that it were a
new system, an' there was a good deal
0 speculation on how it would worh
Played constant, but nobody had the
nerve to try it seem' it were plumb eon.
tiary to all science as poker is under-
S.tti*"' *« ey couldn * up that
childlike confidence in heaven's mercy
that would lead em to look for over
whc-lmin 1 luck in the . matter o' cards
at the critical moments o' the game
"The way of it was this. He just land
ed from the boat one day an' walked up
the levee a bit, lookin' round, an' sav
in' nothin' to nobody. There didn't seem
to be no reason for nobody to pay any
attention to him, an' consequent nobody
did, for he want a man that looked
like a sport, nor yet a business man.
Just 'peared to have got out f'm some
wncres, on' didn't know his way back.
After he'd looked 'round a spell he sort
o' drifted in to the hotel an' wrote his
name, absent-minded like, on the regis
ter, an' said 'yes' when the proprietor
ast .him if he wanted a room. Then
he just sat 'round for a day or two, say
in' nothin' to nobody all the time.
Didn't appear to have ambition enough
to eat his meals, for he'd wait till ev
erybody else was most through 'fore he'd
go into the dinin' room. An' even when
he took a drink, which want often he
did it all alone without seemin' to take
no interest In it. •
'"Long about the third day he began
takin' short walks, an' bimeby he got as
far as to come in here an' look 'round.
Seem' the bar, he called for some red
liquor an' drank it, an then seem' a
chair he sot down. There hadn't been
much doin' for a week or two, an' I
says to Jake Winterbottom that it
mought be a good idea to start a game
o' poker. 'This here stranger," I says,
'don't look as if . he knosved one card
from another, but 'taint likely he's
quite as simple as he looks, an' mebbe.'
1 says, 'you might get him into the game.
Don't make it too stiff right away,' 1
says, 'an' who knows but you might get
a small stake out o' him? 'Taint very
promisin" I says, 'but some men is like
crooked cattle. There's more meat on
'em than they looks.'
"Well, Jake, he didn't think there was
nothin' doin'. He looked the stranger
over an' sort o'. turned up his nose, but
things - was quiet, : an' finally he says:
'I don't recken he's got $60 in the world,
an" If we win that we'll only have to
chip in an' send him away. There aJn't
the makings of a citizen into him, no
way I can figure it, an' we don't want
fiim settin' around forever. But we
might take a shy at it, just to pass the
time.'
"So him an' Sam Blaisdell an' George
Bascom kind o' got together an' played
a few hands, thinkin' the stranger might
show some interest an" propose to join
the game, but he never stirred. Just sot
still an' chawed his tobacco like he didn't
give a damn for nothin'. So finally Bas
com he spoke up an' says: 'This Is pret
ty slow playin' three-handed. We'd
oughter have somebody else in the game,'
an' then waited a minute to see if tha/
would catcii him, but he never even look
ed 'round. So Winterbottom says:
'Wouldn't you like to play?' an' the
stranger he says: 'Yes,' just the same
absent-minded-like way he'd spoke to
the hotel proprietor, an' he went over an'
sot in.. I sold him $10 o' chips, an' they
dealt him cards. It were a table stakes
game, an' each man had put up ten.
"The stranger, he talked like a Yan
kee an" looked like a Frenchman, but his
name on the hotel register was Dennis
McCarthy, an' for all the interest he
showed in the cards after he got 'em he
might have been a Chinee. He just put
up when it came to his turn, an' drawed
cards every time, but he never made a
bet till his ten was ail gone, an' then he
bought ten more as calm an' collected
as a knothole in a board fence.
"Well, he played along, If you can call
it playin' poker, just like that until his
third ten spot was gone, an' he bought
ten more worth o' chips. Then he caught
a hand that seemed to interest him
sum, for he studied it a long time after
Boscom had bet ten on his cards, before
he said anything. Then he said, 'I call,'
an' shoved a ten dollar bill into the pot.
They showed down an' the stranger had
a pair o' queens. Bascom, he had three
sevens, so he raked the pot, o' course,
for Wintevbottom an' Blaisdell had pass
ed out.
"Well, that there McCarthy, if his
name was McCarthy, just sat there and
called every bet that was made after
that for three-quarters of an hour. I
never see such a thing before nor since.
'Peared like he'd on'y just found out that
he could call, an' hed been playin' along
afore, that on the idee that all the other
feller had to do to win the pot was to
make a bet, an 1 as if he'd got in his
head that callin' was all he was 'lowed
to do under the rules. Whatever his fool
notion was, I don't p'tend to say, but
that's just what he did. Just called
every time it come to him.
"Just naturally that looked easy, an'
I will say for the boys that they didn't
try to play it low down on him for a
good while. All they did was to wait
for a pretty strong hand an' then bet
it for what it was worth an' wait for a
call. As there was three o' them to one
o' him, they naturally outheld him as a
rule, but somehow or other he man
aged to scoop a pot just about often
enough to keep him even. He'd bought
S2E after he lost his first fifty, so there
was over a hundred on the table. The
boys wasn't pushin' him very hard, so
they only bet fives an' tens an' once in a
while he'd show down thejjest hand an'
scoop a pot. An' bimeby we was all sur
prised to see he was gettin' ahead. Still,
twan't no game to speak about. They'd
all got the idee 't he hadn't got- much
of a wad, an' they was playin' more for
the fun o' the thing than to do him
«P.
"Pretty soon Blaisdell he caught a
lour J:ush in a jackpot an' the stranger
he opened it. Blaisdell stayed an' the
others dropped out. They each drawee!
one card an' the stranger he bet ten.
Blaisdell looked at his draw an' found
he'd filled a ace flush, so. he raised
it for his pile, which was JoO, an' the
stranger called. He showed down a full
house an' Blaisdell had to go diggin'.
"Next hand Bascom opened the jack on
a pat straight, an' the stranger he come
in an' drawed one card. The others
stayed out an" Bascom bet his'pile, which
was twenty odd, an' the stranger he
called an' showed down a flush, so
Bascom was obliged to dig.
"Then 'twas W 7interbottom's turn, as it
happened, an' he. op*ened it on threes.
They was play in 1., a jack again on ac
count o' the hands showed, an' I'm blam
ed if the same thing didn't happen. The
stranger he come in an' drawed two
cards. Wlnterbottom bet his pile, hav
in' three queens. The other two dropped
out an' the stranger he called an' showed
three kings.
"It looked like a most amazin' run o'
luck, but the stranger never turned a
hair. He did call for the drinks all
around, as a sort o" recognition, but he
sot as calm as ever, waitin' for his cards,
an' lookin' as if he didn't know what to
do with 'em when they come. The others
had bought fifty apiece when they come
back, so there was money enough on
the table to make it worth while, an' the
bets got stronger. First, Winterbot
tom he bet twenty on two pairs an' the
stranger called on one pair. Then Bas
com he bet ten- on a pair of queens an'
the stranger called on ace high. Then
Blaisdell bet twenty-five on three jacks,
Bascom saw it on aces up, Winterbot
tom stayed out. havin' nothin', an' the
stranger called on a nine-high straight.
No matter what he held he wouldn't
raise.
"Blaisdell kind o' got huffy this time,
an' seem' the stranger was still pretty
well to the good, he began cussin' a lit
tle an' proposed" to take off the limit. The
others said they was willin', an' they
ast McCarthy if he was, an' he said
'yes.' Blamed if it didn't 'pear like 'yes"
was 'most the only word he knowed in
the language.
"Well, the l>ets was heavier after that
an' the stranger lost what he had in
front of him in the next three pots, call
in' on the most ridiculousest hands you
ever see, but he stayed right along in
for the next deal, so they knowed he
must have more money in his clothes. It
were his first say, Bascom havin' the age,
an' he dug out two silver dollars, an'
come in, the ante bein' a dollar. The
others stayed, an' McCarthy drawed three
cards. When it come to the bettin' he
bet a dollar an' W Tinterbottom put up
fifty, havin'. filled a flush. Blaisdell
dropped out an' Bascom raised it fifty.
McCarthy never said a word, but he
pulled out his wallet an' fished up a
hundred dollar bill. Winterbottom
raised it fifty an' Baseom raised jt fifty
more, an' the stranger laid down an
other hundred.
"It looked like his finish there for sure,
for o' course nobody thought he had
much of a hand, an' the boys thought
all they had to do was to keep raisin.
They knowed he'd keep callin', for he
hadn't . done nothin' else for nigh an
hour, an' all they had to do was to keep
up the criss-cross an' whipsaw him out
of his pile. 'Twa'nT certain whether
Bascom or Winterbottom would win,
but one of 'em was sure to an' the
money would stay right here.
"Well, the kep' it up for five minutes,
I reckon, till Bascom come to the end of
his wad. He only had six or seven hun
dred in his ctotkes, an' Winterbottom
wasn't much stronger. It didn't look
worth while for Bascom to send for more
money, for the. stranger's pocketbook
was empty an' he'd fished out his last
hundred from one.of his pockets, so Bas
com just made good when Winterbottom
raised, an' the stranger got his chance
to call, nobody supposin' that he had
more'n perhaps three of a kind, an' like
ly not that, he havin' called on every
hand he held whether 'twas good for
anything or riot. ■■■
"It were a fatal mistake, an' Bascom
seen it as soon- as he's done it, for the
stranger dug again an' flashed up a
thousand-dollar bill. 'Stead o' raisin'
Winterbottom, as any other player on
earth would ha> dbne, he just done his
fool act over a^aiji an' called. Then he
showed down four- deuces an' scooped in
the pot as cool--as'if 'twas eight dollars
instead of a little over two thousand.
"Hascoin sort o" gnsped, for he seen
what a mistake he'd made, but Winter
bottom, he realized that somethin' hal
to be did an' to be did quick, an' he
reached out with one hand for the
money. 'You never got them deuces
honest,' he says, pullin* his gun, o'
course, as he spoke. He knowed It
meant fight, but he wasn't lookjn* no
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more than any of us for the kind o'
fight that came.
"McCarthy, he was quicker than chain
lightnin', an' reachin' over with one
hand he grabbed W 7intcrbottom'3 gun,
while he put his money in his pocket
with the other. Then with a queer sort
o' a twist he wrenched the gun out o'
Winterbottom's hand an' threw it plumb
through the window. We was all stand
in' ready to see that Winterbottom had
fair play, not considerin' it etiquette to
interfere unless he should set the worst
of it, but Lord bless you, he hadn't no
show at all. The stranger he just rose
out o' his* chair an' gave a leap like a
bucktn' bronco clean over the table.
He come down with both hoels on Win
terbottom's chest an' Winterbottom wag
out of it. Blaisdell an' Bascom both
drawed on the instant, but 'twan't no
use. That stranger was all over the
room at once, b watt in' Fascom behind
the oar with his fist, an 1 kickin' Blais
dell under the chin, at the same time.
I didn't think it was worth while to take
a hand myself, seem' how things was
goin', an' belli' some in years, so I step
ped behind the bar an' waited.
"Well, them three men tried for a
lAlnute or so to get up, but they couldn't.
McCarthy was on top o' the whole heap
o" 'em as fast as they moved, an' he had
'em all whipped in less time than it takes
to tell it. I heer'd afterward that ho
lived in Paris some, an' had learned some
outrageous foreign way o' boxin' with his
feet- that no Christian cd ever stand
up against. They all give in after a lit
tle, an' I didn't blame 'em, havin' seen
for myself what the stranger cd do.
"Well, that was the end of it. The
stranger he walked out after the scrim
mage was over, lookin' as cool as tver.
He looked back when he got to the door
an' says 'Good night. See you again.'
But we never did. He left town the next
mornln' on an early boat. I've often
thought, though, that it were- a merciful
dispensation that he didn't know enough
poker to raise instead o' callin'."
"I had the grip three mor.ths; could
not sleep; pain all over and headache
very bad. Dr. Miles' Nervine. Pain Pills
and Liver Pills made me well."—Mrs.
E. C. Bowlby. Waterloo, !n:l.
WHEAT FROM WASHINGTON.
Coast Slate 'I urns to Chicago as a
''■!...... .. Market.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 24.—Julius Lin
pitt, a warehouse man of Colfax, Is ar
ranging fen- the first extensive shipment
of Washington wheat to the Chicago
markot. The grain now being loaded
from Lippitfs warehouse at Diamond.
Wash,, is of the Sonora variety, new to
this section. Six thousand bushels will
constitute the first consignment and 14,000
more are to follow on l^ippitt's order.
The grain first shipped will weigh sixty-
AMUSEMENTS.
'PEOPLE'S CHURCH.
•**■" SEMBBIOH
Eve., Feb. «*■"■"»■«■■
27, at 8:15 OPERA CO.
1 "'""" Under Direction of C. L. Graff.
Pronrl rimes. Sembrich & Wattfeld.
UidliU MM. deLara, Bensaude.Rossi,
Operatic D"°-°"""-
_ Conductor, siznar Bevignani.
Concert. GRAND ORCHESTRA.
Seat Sale at Dyers'.
WSEYEfiSSSII ITIMI L- N - scott,
pETnUPOLITAgI ! Lcsw^nJ M,«*er
TONIGHT. Matinee Wed., 250-500-750-$!
fir. Clarence M. Brune Presents
MRS* BRUNE and an unusually strong co. in
' Sardbu's Great Th*»Of?fV*!S. Or Her Last
play iUCUUU»a, Race.
Introducing the dramatic sensation, a 4-horss Roman
standing race. Night prices, 25-50-75-$ 1-$ 1.50.
Next Sunday. Seabrooke Opera Co. in "The Round
ers." March 7, 8, 9—The Christian.
CntlA BARTLEY CAMPBELL'S
llfiiflCh C! ,21*^^5-5
A Melodram- W il/l^'l Id
atic Triumph. ,^___ — rT7
No^ro^M [ MAT, WEDNESDAY.
STAR THEATER at! n«
ALLU/EEK, Daily
Largest production of ths season, 1,175
IRWIN'S BIG SHOW Seats at
— INCLUDING— #^l«
8-CARNELLAS-8 f a ff
World's Famous Acrobats. - *na '
Next Week— *%n~.
BUTTERFLY EXTRAVAGANZA CO 4UO
' ■ : '
Empire Theater.
THIRD AND WABASHA.
WM a TRIAL BY JURY.
1 ill& .. Lewis & Greene, Le Fevere Sis
-11/CCL' 1«rs ' Odell and Gilmor, HaywarJ
VV CCIV and Hay ward, Clara Raimund,
'' '. ... ■ ■■ ■ Fred Shaw. Adml*3lon 15c ;
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CASTORIA
ffiftf^i^^
The Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been
•in ; use for over 30 years,* has borne the signature of
?/injf s/t?A m an& has been made under his per-! -
C^a^^yT^^^Ji^ eonal supervision since its infancy; I
' '"i *\w, ' '^*««*r* Allow no one to deceive you in this. Y!>
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but'
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
t What is CASTORIA
Castoria. is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age Is its guarantee. It destroys Worms i
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation, 1
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea— Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
__ M ' THe CIWTAU" COMPANY. T7 MUBRAT BTWEET. NEW YOUR CITY.
five pounds to the bushel, is extremely
hard and firm and will be used exclusive
ly for the manufacture of cereal foods.
Local warehouse men are following
Lippitt's lead,, and continued shipments
to Chicago are to be made. All Wash
ington grain has heretofore been market
ed on the Pacific coast.
"My stomach was affected by grip and
I could eat nothing but crackers and
milk. 1 began taking Dr. Miles' Nervine
and Pain Pills and the troubje disappear
ed."—Mrs. J. Llndsey, Montrose, Minn.
The best way is good enough! Use the
Minneapolis and St. Louis to Omaha.
DEATHS
MARKHAM—In St. Paul, at St. Joseph's
hospital, Saturday Feb 23, at 4:30 p.
m., Mrs. Bridget Markham, aged forty
four years. Funeral from 610 Conway
street, Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 8:30. Serv
ice at St. Marys church at 9 o'clock.
MORGAN—In St. Paul, Saturday, Feb.
23, at 4:10 p. m., Mrs. Minnie Morgan,
aged forty-one years. Funeral from
late residence. 251 Duke street, Mon
day evening, Feb. 25. \fhen remains will
be taken to Milwaukee, Wis., for inter
ment.
JENKJNS—In St. Paul, Feb. 23, 1901, Ada
line Wilson Jenkins, aged fifty-nine
years, wife of Charles T. Jenkins. Fu
neral from the residence of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Conrad T. Sanders, 419 Wheeler
avenue, Merriam Park, Wednesday, Feb
27, 10:30 o'clock a. m. Boston, Mas!;
papers please copy.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
A CARD OF THANKS—Mrs. H. F.
Brtggs, and his father, mother and rel
atives, desire to extend their heartfelt
thanks to all their friends, and partic
ularly to the mail carriers of the city,
for the kindly sympathy and feelings
shown on every hand, in the loss of
their only son.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
LOST—On street car, old interurban line
leaving Minneapolis late Saturday nig-lit,
package containing large leather book
with papers and memorandums. Find
er please return to either Grand Opera
house, St. Paul, or Bijou Opera house,
Minneapolis, and receive reward.
SEA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED.
_ Principal Office in the United States
New York. (Commenced Business in the
United .States 1876.) Chubb & Son Gen-
I eral Managers in the United States At
torney to Accept Service in Minnesota,
Insurance Commissioner. Deposit Cap
ital, $200,000.
INCOME IN 1900.
Premiums other than perpet
ual $500,409.92
Rents and interest....; 15,555.50
Total income $515,865.72
DISBURSEMENTS IN 1900.
Amount paid for losses $257 776 17
Amount returned to home of- "-.:':
fice ;... „., 113,229.£8
Commissions, brokerage, sal
aries and allowances to ■-'
agents 67,115.53
Taxes and fees 17,635.78
All other disbursements, in- ;Vi;
eluding deposit premiums re
turned and payments to
scripholders (6) and rents.... 10,699.90
Total- disbursements $466,456.71
Excess of income over dis- :--"
bursements $49,509.01
ASSETS DEC. 31, 1900.
Bonds and stocks owned $437,565.50
Cash in office and in bank.... 58,252 £9
Premiums in course""bf collec
tion 59,669.94
All other admitted assets 55,473.07
Total admitted assets $610,964.50
LIABILITIES.
Losses adjusted ' and unad
justed $67,139.00
Reinsurance reserve 82,971.17
All other liabilities . 48,780.43
Total liabilities $198,896.C0
Net surplus, including deposit
capital $412,067.90
RISKS AND • PREMIUMS. 1900 BUSI
., NESS.
Marine and inland risks writ
ten during the year $194,217,115.00
Premiums received thereon... 1,022,351.13
Net amount in force at end of
the year $13,529,778.00
BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA IN 1900.
Inland.
Risks written • $21,867,448.00
Premiums received 165,398.00
Losses paid - 91.864.00
Losses incurred 91,804.00
Amount at risk.-.... 12,000.00
Whereas, the Sea Insurance Company,
Limited, a corporation organized under
the laws of England, has fully complied
with the provisions of the laws of this
State, relative to the admission and au
thorization of insurance companies of its
class. .. --,
Now, therefore, I. the undersigned, In
surance ' Commissioner, do hereby em
power and authorize the said above
named Company. to transact its appropri
ate business f>t .Marine Insurance in the
State of Minnesota, according to .the
laws thereof, until the 31st day of Janu
ary, M D. 1902, unless said authority be
revoked or otherwise legally terminated
prior thereto. .„. ... ; ■_■ •
In testimony;, whereof. I havo hereunto
set ray hand and affixed my ■ official -seal
at St. Paul, ■ this 20th day -of February,
A. D. ISO].- .t ELMER H. DEARTH,-. .
•>-:. v;. - . . Insurance Commissioner. •
If I had Grip I would
use Dr. Miles' Pain Pills
and Dr. Miles' Nervine.
Sold at all druggists.
OR. W. J, KURD, S% j
91 E. 7th St., St. Paul. &Jx -
specialist Painless Extracting /JjKH^t
Filling, Gold Cfjwns [mSP^
and Bridge Work. W
... MAHUFAOTUHBD BY ...
CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO.
WKOTE THE NAME.
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS.
ttl, you, "se for paper plates or films 1
Universal Developer and also the Green
Hypo Fixing Bath made onl,-,by
Picture making will be plain sailing and
your work will be commended. For saia
In every city of the United States.
BROWN'S CAPSULES^^^
SC.\ INSURANCE OFFICE.
Principal office in the United States,
New York City. (Commenced business
in the United States, 1882). J. J. Guile,
General Manager in the United States.
Attorney to accept service in Minnesota,
Insurance Commissioner. Deposit capi
tal, $200,000.
• INCOME IN 1900. /
Premiums other than per
petuals . $1,515,£67.79
Rents and interest... ...... 100,484.06
Profit on ledger assets over
book values 14,162.82
Total income ,630,514.47 '■
DISBURSEMENTS IN 1900. |
Amount paid for losses $1,057,922.33
Amount returned to home
office 3,033.04
Commissions, brokerage, sal
aries and allowances to
agents ; 401,632.77
Salaries of officers and em- ,
ployes 91,343.45'
Taxes and fees 63,941.13
All other disbursements in- \
eluding- deposit premiums
returned and payments to iS*
scripholders (6) and rents... 70,555.03
Total disbursements $1,657,479.15
--" • '■ - — i .
Excess of disbursements over i
income $56,964.63
i
ASSETS DEC. 31, 1300.
Value of real estate owned... 1250,000.00
Mortgage loons 188,009.00
Bonds and stocks owned 1,0*5 710 00
Cash in office and in bank.... 11.7 654.42 !
Accrued interest and rents.. 21,113.15
Premiums in course of col
lection 79,824.0
All other admitted assets 144,159.01
Total admitted asset 3 .... $2,F>3C,4(i1.5j
LIABILITIES.
Losses adiusted and unad
justed $180,547.18
Losses resisted and disputed 13,763.00
Reinsurance reserve 1347 855
All other liabilities 13,783.85
Total liabilities f1,55-;,940.et i
Net surplus, including deposit
capital : $030,520.91
RISKS AND PREMIUMS 1900 ~BU SI
NESS.
Fire risks written during the
year .......... $207,438,897.00
Premiums received thereon.. 1,900,372.26 .
Net amount in force at end
of the year $311,959,98^'!
' BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA IN 1900.
f' ' ' Fire Risks.
Risks -written '... $1,462,919.00 |
•Premiums received • 25,098.00 •
1 Losses paid 19,450.00 ;
1 Losses incurred „M 20,912.00 \
: Amount at risk :.......:. 2,013.594.00
Whereas The Sun Insurance Office, '<
a corporation organized under the laws
of England, baa fully complied with th© •
provisions of the laws of this State, rela- I
tive to the admission and authorization :
of insurance companies of its class. <■ '■
Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, In- j
surance Commissioner, do hereby em- !
power and authorize the - said above ;
named Company to transact Its appro- i
priato business of Fire Insurance in the '
State of • Minnesota, according to the i
laws thereof, until the thirty-first day \
of January, A. D. 1002, unless , said au- '
thority be revoked or otherwise legally '
terminated prior thereto. - ' i
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto I
set my hand and a'lixed my official seal /
at St. Paul, this 20th day. oi February-'
A. -D. '■• 1301. ■■■- •, • - ,
ELMJT.R H. DEARTH, / }
. Insurance Commissioner. ■