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THE , CAIRO BULLt flN, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1904,
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We have opened to the public one of the finest and most complete Hard
ware Stores in this section of the country, filled with hardware of all kinds.
Dresden, Amalhyst, Granite, Tin and Galvanized Ware.) J Cutlery,
and Nicklc-platcd ware. We are sole agents for the celebrated
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Heating Stoves
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For hard and soft coal. The "Estate" is recognized as the BEST Heating Stove
made; will hold fire 48 hours and is a fuel saver.
We purchase all our goods direct from the Manufacturers by the car load. Thus en
abling us to make prices that defy competition. ' , i
We extend a cordial invitation to the Housewives of Cairo to visit our store. Our sales
men in charge will take great pleasure in showing you through and make prices that will
make you feel like buying. Both Phones, No. 101. 1015-10171019 Ohio Street. Free delivery to
all parts of the city.
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Kilns now broke tlio m'nl of tlie I'li
vvloite ooiitaliiins tlio nddirss mid di
riH.'t"d tlie stately foot ma u to drive
hlui to I5ox rourt. oponliiK iff the
HtrMiul. It Bwnu J na If the place wore
not nt nil unknown to tlm inan.'for lie
liMikcd it :i lU and bilged a repeti
tion of tl order. It wn Willi a heart
full of firm that Silas mounted into
tlie luxirious vehicle nnd was driven
to IiIm deatluntlun. Tlie eutruiue to
I'.ox court was tx narrow for tlm pus
mige of n coneli; it was a mere foot
way iHtwet-n ralllns-'s, with post ut
cither Midi. On one of tliene postH was
Dented a uian, who nt once jumped
down nnd exchiiiiKf-d a friendly .nijfn
with the driver, while .the footman
pened the dour nnd imiulreil of fcilas
TTln'tler -im eho.nl(taUe down the Sar-'irtn-
.aju!. to 'what nuniber 1t
t-hould l,e earrh-d.' ' T ' " T ' '
If you pleHw," snid Sllan. "to No. 3."
The fiK.tinfln nnd the tniin who had
U-en sitting on the ptist, even with the
nld of Hilax liiniHclf, hml hhr.l wurt to
carry In'the trunk, and Ix'fofc ft -ns
ilcHslted at the door of the Iioiikc in
incKtion the yomiK American was hor
litt'd'to find a acore of loiterers looking
on. Hut he knoi-ked with as Rood a
countenance as he enuld uiuntcr up and
prtucnted the other cuveloo to him
w ho orened.
"H is not at home," enld lie. "hut If
yoij.wlll tea vp, your letter nnd return
tomorrow' tdrly I idTalJ 1.li!e t,ln-i
form you whether and when he enh re
reive your visit ? Would you like to
leave your box?" rp nddei.i
"iHvirlyr Tied tiltis. And the next
moment he rvponW his precipitation
and dt-clared wllh equal rmjihasls that
he would rather curry the Ikis along
with Uinj to the hfitel.
The crowd Jeered at his Indeeislrin
and followed h!m to the earriape. with
iiiHulliuK i-eniarks, and Silas, covered
with hame and terror, implored the
fHTvaiits to 4Hndttrt him to some quiet
and covnfortable lio;ne tf entTtaln
uiiut in the iimneilkitc neichliorho.I.
Hi" irin-e's (xiuiOT dejowitcd Siia
at the Craven 1km'1, ii Craven street,
and Imuwdhitely drove nwny. leaving
tin alon with the Tfnnts nf the Im.
Thu ;i!y vacant rrma. it appeared, wns
lat!.' den np four pairs of stairs and
looking toward the luck. To this her-
lUHiii-'e, WKti Inliulte troulH'e nm( Cdin
pialnt. n pair of Ktout porters carried
the Sarntojin trunk.
It is needless to mention that Silas
kent elosely nt their heels, throudioiit
tlie nseent and had his heart l;i hi
mouth nt every corner, A single false
Step,. ho I'eiii eti'd, and the box niltrht (;)
over 'tlie bnlnster.s .uuil land Its fatal
contents, plainly discovered, on the
pavement of the hall.
Arrived In the room, ho sat down on
the edjto of his bed to recover from the
nsony he had Just endured. bi:t lie had
hardly taken his position when ho was
recalled to a vnw of bin peril by the
action of the booU, who hud knelt l.w
wlde the trunk and was proceeding otfl
cioiiMly to undo Its elaborate fasten
ln's. 'Let it bel" erled Silas. "I shall want
nothing from It while I stay here."
"You nilxht have let It lie hi the hall,
then," Kiowhd the man; "a thins n
big and heavy ns a church. What you
have inside I cannot fancy. If It Is ail
money, you nre n richer man than me."
"Mouev?" rets ated Silas. In il sudden
lily rM ,, -MtfifWA,.)
SILAS KEPT CLOSELY AT THEIR HELLS.
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perturbntion. "4hat do you inesn by
inotiey ? I have no money, and yu are
speakinliUe n. fool." i
"All riht. captnili." rciorlcfl the
boots with a wiiilc.- "There's nolmdy
will touch your lordship's money. I'm
us sivfe as the bank," ho added, "but us
the bos is heavy I shouldn't mind
drlnkliiif fiomethliij; to your lordMldp's
health."
Silas pressed two napoleonn upm hU
neceplunce, itpoioxi.ihS at the sunn!
time for belus obliged to trouble him
with foit'ixn money and pleading his
recent arrival for exi'itse. And tlie man.
sruitibl'ins with "even greater fervor
(i lid looking contemptuously from the
money In . his hand to the Saratoga
trunk nnd b;o k aulti from tlieSino to
the other, at. Inst coiiKenteJ to wilh
draw. ,
For. nearly ,two days the dead lody
hail 'Ihmi packed Into Kilns' 'box, and
ns hoc 11 ns he was alone the unfortu
nate New ' 1:11c lander nosed nil tlie
er:ie! n-nd npenlnss with tin- tuoiat pas
sionate attention. Hut tho,woather was
cool, and the trunk still iiiaun-ed to
eimtaln his sho. i;itis secret.
He took n chair beside it and burled
his face in Ids hands nnd his mind in
the most profound retlectlou. If he
were not SfMHslily relieved, lio ifiiestiou
but he must t speedilv, d:s.n red.
Alone In a t ratine city, without 'friends
or accomplices if the diw-tor's Itflrodue
tion tailed him.' lie w.iH InilnliiLibly a
ht N-w Liifclatider. lie rethvted jwi
theticnlty over his aiiiMt'oun de:isns
for the future. He should not now In--come
Hm hern nnd siil,esninu of hU
native place of I'.ansor, Me. ; be kIioji!1
not, as he had fondly nuticipnit-d. move
on from nfli e to office, from hotir to
liOiior; lie miKht as w II divot himself
at oi.ee of nil hos of I x i 1 1 tT ai-ebiine'd
president of the I'nUed Slntcs and
leaving' Isdilnd a ftiilue ti the wor-t
ls;Kible t-tAle of art to adorn the capl
tol at Wiedjinstoii. Here he was, chain
ed to a dead Englishman doulihd ii
Inside a Kirato-n trunk, wUihii he nui-t
fret rid of or h 1 ish from the rolls of ba
tiiinal plory!
I 'should le afraid to chronicle ih
lancus'e ctnployU Ity this youus man
to.tle- d'-t"r.,to the murdered nisli, to
Ime." Z phJ riiic, to'the Intots .f lln
hotel. the prince'a wrvants nniL in
a word, to nil w ho had lin ever so re
motely f-olrtMi'tiil With his borri'i leliii
fortmie. II- slunk dn n t'i dinner
alsmt 7 V l- k at nisht. but the yellow
coffc rarD apwilll him. tlie cyc of
the ther dlii'-f s cincd to n-t on him
WiMi su;i!ciMii, and his tnfnd rcmalie-d
L'pstr.iy w ith fie Snrntit:i trunk.
When the flitir enme to T'T hi'n
chee-. bis nerves were air..e!y t"i
much h cdi;e th;rt be lenm-d br.lf way
nnt rf lo cViir and up-et th r 111:1:11
Vr ,t n '-"it of f 11 1 n ft-- ti'l-
cloth.
The fellow offered to show him to
the Kinoklns room when he had done,
and, although he would have .much
preferred to return nt once to his peril
ous treasure, he had not tho eonniKe
to refuse and was shown downstairs
to the black, pisllt cellar which
formed, nnd possibly still forms, tho
divan of the Craven hotel.
Two very sad bettlus men were
playing billiards, attended by a moist,
consumptive marker, nnd for the mo
ment Silas Imagined that these were
the only occupants of thd npnrtnient.
Hut tit the next ulance his eye fell Upon
a person aiunkliiK in tho farthest cor
ner, with lowered eyes nnd a most re
spectable nnd modest aspect. He knew
at once that he had seen the face be
fore, and In Hplte of the entire clumsi
of clothes recosni'.ed the man whom
he had found seated on 11 pot nt the
entrance to I!ox court and who had
helped blni to carry the trunk It nnd
from the carrlane. The New Enshind
er simply turned nnd ran. nor did he
pause until lie had locked nnd IsiHed
himself n his bedroom.
There all niyht Ions, a prey to tlie
most terrible Imaginations, he wtitchi'd
lieslde the fatal boxful of dead flesh.
The suuucstlon of the boots that his
trunk vyas full of sold inspired Llm
wltli nil manner of new terrors If he
so much' as dared to close an eye, nnd
the presence In the sinoklis; room, and
und'-r an obvious dissulw, of the hlter
T from Itox court .couv iiiccd him that
h was once mote the center of .obscure
machinations. , i I '
Midnight had soumlcd f"'0ie timo
when, Impelled by , uneasy suspicions,
Silas opened his iH'droom door nnd
Iocred Into the pasture. Ittwus dimly
llluniinnted by a single Jet sf cas, nnd
Koine distsnce off he is?rcei'd a muii
shaping 011 tho flixr lit the estuine of
a hotel iK-rvant. Silas drewi near tho
man on tiptoe. He lay parOy 011 his
Isick, partly on his side, and his rlsht
forearm concealed his faoc from reo
osnltlon. Suddenly, while the AmerK
can was still lx.nO ins over him, the
sleeiKT reimive.1 ids arm mil oientl
his eyes, and Kilns found ldu-If once
nior fiice to face with the loiterer of
liox court 1
. "Gsd night, sir," said the man
pleasanHy.
I'.ut hilas was too profouislly moved
to find an answer and regained his
rr.un In silence.
Toward morulas, worn out by appre
bciisioti. he Ml asl.H-p on his ihair.
with his bend firward on the trunk.
In spite of so Hisfrnhs d an ittitub
and such a sis-ly jiiilow- h;s sluuiUr
wss souisl ami lirolon"l. Slid be was
only n akcoed at a late lMur by a
i,!i.'f tappins :it the i(ir.
IK- hnrrinl to 0-n and found the
Always Kwnrber tbt Fnll Nm
laxative Rromo Quinine
Cores Cod LiOaa Day, Crtpw 2 Dyt
a every
hot. 25c
boots vmiioHt.
"You uro tho gentleinnn wl culled
yesterday at Uox court?" beiaskeU. V-
Silss, with a shiver, admitted Unit
he had dotiv So. ' -
"Then this note Is Tor yot' added
tho servant, proffcrins fl sealed en
velope. ' '
Silas tore it open and found inside
the words, "Twelve o'clock."
He was punctual to tlie hnur. The
trunk was carried before hlui bjAsev
eral stout wervants. and he was hi jwelf
usheriMl Into a rsm w here a tnaiAsat
wnrtnlns himself before the tire, with
his back toward die door. The sou ud
of so many persoint entering and leu -Ins
and the scraplins of the trunk as h
was depositiHl iisti the bare boards
were Hike nimble to attract the notice
of the occupant, and Silas stood wait
ins In nil agony of fiitr until he should
deisn to recognize hls.prcsence.
Perhaps live nilimtehud elapsed be
fore 'the man tiu'iust leisurely about
and disclosed the fen Hires of Triuce
l'lori.el of I'.ols iiiin. .
"So. sir." he said, witlr great severi
ty, "this is tho inntuier In which you
abuse my polit'Miess. You Join yourself
to jiersons or condition. I iK'reelve, for
no other purpose than to escaie the
conseouene'S of your crimes, and I
can readily uuderstaial your emUir-
rassment when,! addressedNmysi'IfJ to
you yesterday." , , 1
"IndiH-d." erie-Asilas, "I nuiV'jno.nt
of everything except nilsforluia-r '
, ..And .i.t u hiirrliil voice and fwlth Hie
crenteKt liiS'tnatusia'ss he'mvsnnti'dMu
th jslrfce the Wliotorfii story of his ca
lamity. "I see' I litTve' tewmlsfnkeH"lRald
Ids hi'shncss when hclhud hcirdf him
to an end. "You arc no otheritlBin a
v h i 1 111, and, since I 11 in not toi'tunish.
you may Is; sure I xluill do tuyVituiost
to heli. And now," In ontlnuitl, "to
business. icu yur box at om-e and
let tne see what.'lt contains." y
Ml.is chans-ltcolir. , t
"I almost feu r to lk niwmiit." li-cx-
Cl.lillli-d.
"Nay." replied the prince, ."have'you
not .Niked at it already T This Is nlforin
of siitiiueut:ility to be rcalMed- .The
slht of a sh k Iiimu w hom we ni.le lp
shoiild opi-:i iMorexlins'tly tn-the fc-l-
Inss than that of a dead mam w hois J
cipjally beyond help or hanil. .Ioe 'ir
tiatrol. Nerve youin'lf. Mr. fccuddu
more." And then. m-ln tlutt Silas
still hesitated, "I do 't dcslir to give
soother name tu iy repiet,' he
add.tl.
The youns AliieiliMn awoi.eas if out
of a dnum and. with a shiwr of re
ItinrnarMf, nddresseil himself to hw
tlie straps and injei tlie l. k of the
Karatosa trnnk. The prim-e st'jod by
watcbius. with a csuifeI counte
nance and his bamls behind Ids back.
The ldy was quite stiff, and It cot
Pllas a reat elTmrt. Isth jnortil and
physbal. to dlslodse It from Its ri
tion afrl di-oef the face.
"--ja I Winl started bsek withfa"
pxchuiintion of painful imprise.
"Alas," he cried, "you little kno",
Mr. Scuddamote, w hat n cruel gift -you
have brought me! iTiiifctas. yuijns man
of iny own (suit, the brother of my
trutil friend, and it' was upon mat
ters of my own service that he lias
Jthus in -rls bed at tho hands of violent
nr.d treacherous men. "1'nor Oeraldiuc,"
heweut on. ns if to himself, "In what
v-orfld 11 in I to tell yoti of 3'our brtither'd
fute? How can I excuse mvself iu rour
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
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