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NEW SEWES VOL. XIII, NO. 36.
PALATKA, FLORIDA, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1905.
$1. Per Year.
For Sale-Houses, Lots, Vacant Lots and anything in Real Estate. H. M. de MontmoIIin.
These are hot times and we have made
HOT PRICES
for the purpose of clearing out the sum
mer stock in our big store.
Everything that UEH and BOYS WEAR is now
being sold cheap Awfully Cheap. We are
going to clean out our summer stock
while there is yet demand for the goods.
Fearnside Clothing;
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C. J. SMITH,
Graduated Optician and Jeweler.
Correct vision is important. We test your eyes and if you
really need glasses we can carefully, properly and scientific
ally adjust them.
Watch and Jewelry Repairing. All work guaranteed.
Pine line of Watches, Clocks, Jewels, Sil
verware and Bric-a-Brac.
C. J. SMITH,
Next to Kupperbusch's Restaurant. Palatka, Fla.
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Annually, to fill the positions croated) ty Rail
rirful and Telegraph CmnpfUilea. Wit want
YOUNG MEN snU LADil S of good liftblUt to
Learn Telegraphy
AND R- R. ACCOUNTING.
We furnish 75 percent, of the Operators and
Stntlon Agents In America. Our six wIhmjIh are
the largest excliiHive Telegraph SchnolH IN
THK WOKLU. EHtubllrthed 'M years and en
dorsed by all leading Railway OfllrlalM.
We execute a f'ifiu Boml to every student to
furnish him or her a imtdtlon paying from $t()
tti ss a month In 8; alee eaut of the Kocky
Moiintilus; or from $75 to $oo a month lit States
west of the Btckieit, liutuedlutely upon
(m riutttton.
Student can enter at any time. No vaca
tions. For full particulars regarding any of
our Schools write direct to our executive oillce
at Cincinnati, O. Catalogue free.
The Morse School of Telegraphy,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Buffalo, N. Y.
Atlanta, Oa. I.aCroHse, Wis.
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Notice!
AH persons desirous of having any
corrections made in thi assessment roll
for the year 1905, whether in the listing
valuation of property or otherwise, are
required to file with the Clerk, on or be
fore the meeting of the City Council, to
be held September 6th, their petition or
complaint addressed to said Council in
writing setting forth speciiically their
objection to said assessment and correc
tion desired to be made.
"he citv Council will meet In the
fundi chamber for the purpose of hear
ing such petitions or complaints on the
&tn day of September, A. D , 11)05.
f. N. Elackwkll, City Clerk.
Notice !
The Assessment Roll of the City of
ralatka for the year 1905 will 'bo open
ir Inspection In the offlee of ihe Assess
"'.city oouncil chamber, from August
ttl to September 5th, Inclusive. Kuudav
fm.?,1, from 8 " ia 12 m and
from a p m. tl 4 p ffl
N. Blacbwjm, City Assessor.
The Values Are Big!
Palatka, Florida.
A Card.
Til TniC HFS1NKSS MEN' OF PALATKA '.
I have resigned my commission s
captain of company "D," and 1st
LiiiMitf nant It. naymonu Price has
been elected in my stead. I wish to
thank you for the splendid support
von have given both the company
and ;n.vself, and ask that you assure
my successor the Baine cordial sup
port you gave me. It is necessary
that the bovs of company "D" should
be permit ted to attend the encamp-
ment at, inianiio, a ia., on octouer u.
The success of the company depends
upon its eillciencv and standing nt
this encampment, as orders require
the minimum number or omcers ana
men of the company to be present at
camp. 1 ask that yon permit your
employees who are members of the
company to go to this camp and do
all in your power to loster military
enthusiasm, in order that, we may
keep the company on n, high military
basis and assure its ultimate success.
Thanking you again for the many
courtesies extended me, I am,
Yours very sincerely,
K. N. Calhoun.
The Best Exercise
tc he had is in a game of Box
iln.ll. It's a muscle builder
and an appetite provoker.
Most people tell us that our
Alley is the finest they've
ever played on. We take
their word for it. Ladies play
free Tuesday afternoons,
Maurice Lamon,
Central Lemon Street.
Chamberlain's
COLIC. CHOLERA AND
Diarrhea Remedy
A few doses of this remedy will
Invariably enre an ordinary at
tack of diarrhea.
It has been nsed in nine epi
demics of dysentery with perfect
success.
It
can always be depended
i in fh more severe
npon,
attacks of cramp colio aud chol
era morbus.
It is eqnally successful for
smuiner diarrhea and cholera
infantum in children, and is the
means of saving the lives of many
t!hildrenHCh year.
When reduced with water and
sweetened it is pleasant to take.
Every man of a family should
keep this remedy in his home.
Buy it now. It may save life.
Pmc, 23a Large Size, 50c.
FOR WALK Horse and Wagon.
Apply to Martin Griffiu.
taa
Company,
IHU:iIllii;IIH!illl
Balance on Wrong Side.
Here aro some figures that may
interest you. They surely will if you
are a tax payer in Putnam county.
These figures have to do only with
the one item of county expense
known ns "feed of prisoners" at the
county jail.
In his article, published in the
News last week, Hon. M. I. Coxe,
county judge, stated that 'seven
tenths of all the crimes prosecuted
in Putnam county are traceable di
rectly to drunkenness for which the
bar-rooms are responsible."
During the twelve mouths ending
July 31st, last, Putnam county paid
for the feed of prisoners at the coun
ty jail the enormous sum of $3,247.75.
By months this amount is divided as
follpws: 1!K)4-August, $166; Sep
tember, $163,110; October, $326.70; No
vember, $479.80; December, $492 30;
1905 January, $283.90; February,
$221.20; March, $215.20; April, $240.25;
May, $234; Juite, $213 70: July,
$215.40.
Putnam county receives directly
$1,500 a year as license money from
its six bars.
Judge Coxe states that it costs the
county (approximately) $3,000 a year
to prosecute Its criminals, of which
amount $2,100 represents what it
costs the county to prosecute the
crimes for which the saloons alone
are responsible.
), this $1,500 revenue which the
county receives from the bar-rooms
annually is not all profit, not by a
considerable.
And when you come to take from
it the amounts paid out to provide
for the product of the saloons the
balance seems to be on the wrong
side of tlie ledger the tax payer is in
terested in.
Nothing Is less In our power than
the heart, and, far from commanding,
we are forced to obey it. Rousseau.
A Mulnul Arrnmcemcnt.
A certain pott made a good deal of
money, but being extravagant, bo was
always. In debt. Then be wooed, won
aud wedded u young woman of great
wealth. Thereafter time were better
With him. At breakfast during his
honeymoon the bride said to the poet
tenderly, "Does the fact that I have
money," dearest, make nny difference to
you V"
"To be sure It docs, my love,", the
poet uuswered. ,
She drooped a little, perplexed,
alarmed. ,
"What difference?" she asked.
"Why." said he, "It is su.-U a com
fort to' know that If I should die you'd
be provided for."
"Aud ir I should dier said the bride.
, "Then," he returned, "I'd b pro
vided for."
Notice of Incorporation and Ar
tides of Incorporation of the
Maull Manufacturing
Company.
We the underslgued hereby associate
ourselves together and become a body
corporate, under the laws of the State
or Morula, and do hereby make, adopt,
declare, aud subscribe the following as
tlie Articles of our incorporation,
article 1.
The name of this corporation shall be
tlie ftiaull Manufacturing Company.
The general offices and principle place
of business shall be at the City of Palat
ka, County of Putnam, State of Florida,
but such branch offices and other places
of business may be established, as the
Directors of this corporation m ly from
time to time determine,
ARTICLE 2
Nature of business to betiansacted by
said company.
The general nature of the business to
be transacted by paid company is to
manufacture box, barrel, crate, and any
and all other hoops, used by the trade
generally. Also the manufacturing aud
dealing in crates, boxes, barrels, crate
material, box material, barrel heading,
staves, etc; To manufacture lumber,
and buy and sell the same and to deal In
lumber, timber, lands and real estate, In
connection with said busiuess and its op
eration, and to convey the same by deed ;
To manufacture, buy aud sell machinery,
and supplies, for the benefit of the bus
iness of said company; To maintain and
operate lumber yards, aud wood yards,
in connection with said busiuess; To
make contracts, of ary kiud whatso
ever, for the furtherance of its puiposos
and business. To make and exeeute mort
gages, bonds, and notes, for the purpose
of raising money, to borrow money, and
give security for the loan of money, up
on the property of the company, by
mortgage or otherwise, and to exer
cise such powers as may be incident,
convenient or necessary In the carrying
on and conductiug of the business of
said corporat on, and to have and enjoy
all the rights, powers and privileges in
cident to corporations organized and ex
isting under the laws of the State of
Florida. Said corporation shall have
and use a common seal, and may Issue
and sell Us stock and bonds, as from
time to time may be necessary.
article 3
Capital Stock.
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be ten thousand dollars to be divid
ed Into one hundred shares of par value
of one hundred dollars, each, per shaie,
and nil of the stock subscribed by the In
corporators In these articles is fully paid
in) and nonassessable, and all stock not
subscribed to-wit: Twelve Shares, shall
remain iu the treasury of the company
as a part of Its assets, and shall be used
aud treated as such.
ARTICLE 4.
Term of Existence.
The term for which said corporation
shall exist shall be ninety-nine years.
ahtiolb 5.
Officers and Directors
The busiuess of said corporation slm 1
be conducted by the following officers,
to-wit: a President, a Vice-President,
a Treasurer, and a Secretary, and a
Hoard of not loss than three, or more
than live Directors. Tlie offices of Sec
retary and Treasurer may be held by the
same person, but for the present pur
poses of this incorporation the offices of
Vice-President aud Treasurer may be
held by the same poison. The Direc
tors shall be elected by the stockholders
at each annual meeting. All other of
llcers of this corporation shall be' elect
ed auuually by the Directors. The an
nual meeting of thiscorpoiation shall be
held on the first Tuesday In April A-
D. , HKIC. and in each year, thereafter, on
siiid first Tuesday iu April, uutU the
same may be changed.
The affuirs of said company shall be
regulated by certain rules and By-Laws,
to be made and prescribed hereafter.
Uutil the officers elected at the first an
nual meeting shall be qualified the bus
iness of this corporation shall be con
eucted by the following officers, to-wiu
E. N. Maull, President; Charles Kupper
busch, Vice-President and Treasurer; O.
A. Maull, Secretary ; and said officers so
named shall constitute the first Board
of Directors of said compauy. The first,
or organization, meeting, of the stock
holders for the purpose of completing
the organization and adopting by-laws,
shall be held on the 20th day of Sep
tember, A. D., 1!W5, at eleveu-o'clock
a. in., in the C ity of Palatka. Florida.
ARTICLR 6.
Limit of Indebtedness.
The highest lndebtedn-ss or liability
to which this corporation shall at any
time subject itself, shall be six thousand
dollars.
ARTICLE 7.
Names and residences of incorpo
rators, AND SHARES OF STOCK :
E. N. Maull, Palatka, Fla, fifty shares
subscribed and fudy paid In; Charles
Kuppeibusch, Palatka, J: la., twenty
shares f ubscribed aud ful'y paid in ; C.
A. Maull, Paatka, Fla., eighteen shares
subscribed and fully paid iu ; twelve
shares of capital stock not subscribed
for and held as treasury stock.
In Witness whereof the subscribing
Incorporator have hereunto set their
hands and seals this 30 day of August,
A.D.. t'.H)o.
E. N. Maull, (Seal)
CHARLFS Kuiterhusch, (Seal)
(1. A. Macll, (Seal)
State of Florida, )
County of Putnam, (
On this day "personally appeared be
fore me, E. N. Maull, Charles Kupper
busch and 0. A. Maull, who are well
known to me to be the persons desiribed
in and who executed the foregoing Ar
ticles of Incorporation, aud severally
acknowledge that they executed the
same for the uses and purposes therein
contained and expressed.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my band a id affixed mv official seat
at Palatka, Florida, on this 30th day of
August, A. D., 1W5.
Seal It. Batmond Price,
Notary Public,
State of Florida at large.
Oommisslon expires December 9th, Ho5
Stenography and Typewriting;.
Full course in Ben Pitman's stan
dard shorthand and Fuller's touch
system of typewriting Address It.
care Mrs. Trevell, Palatka, Fla,.
Capt. Calhoun Resigns.
At a business meeting of the Gem
City Guards last Tuesday evening
dipt. K. Noble Calhoun tendered his
resignation as commanding olllcer
of the company and First Lieutenant
R. Raymond Price was elected as
his successor pending the approval
and issuance of commission by the
governor.
The meeting was one of the most,
enthusiastic and successful ever held
iu tlie history of the compauy.
Captain Calhoun made a farewell
address to the company, thanking
them for their loyally and adherence
to military discipline, and assured
the members that he would do all in
his power to aid and foster the suc
cess of (Jo. "D" in the future. The
newly elected captain, amid loud ap
plause, made nfew remarks in which
he thanked the company for elevat
ing him to the coveted post of com-1
mander and promised them a pains,
taking mid impartial administration
Capt. Calhoun the retiring olllcer
enlisted as a private in Company "C
4th Batallion, F. S. T., under Colonel
H-. M. de Montmolliu. He then at
tended the Florida State College and
upon his resignation from that insti
tution wbs senior captain of the
cadet batallion. Iu April, 1902, he
was elected 1st lieutenant of Co, "D"
2d Inf., and on July 3d, 1903, captain
of the company, succeeding Captain
John D. Points.
It is needless to say that Captaiu
Calhoun has proven himself a most
excellent officer. That is well-known
to all, and the company under his
able administration has prospered
and assumed high rank in the state
troops. At Camp Jennings in 1003,
and at Camp Talliaferro in 1901, the
Guards' made an enviable reputation.
Lieut. Price is one of Palatka's
most promising young men and with
his ability and prOgressiveness, to
gether with his intimate knowledge
of military affairs, is eminently
qualified to fill with credit the im
portant position of chief otllci r of the
Guards. He enlisted as a private in
Co. "D" In October 19o3, and on July
10th, 1004, was unanimously' elected
1st lieutenant to succeed J. D. Buky,
resigned. The News congratulates
Captain Price npon his election and
company "D" upon its selection, and
prophesies that the company under
his command will make a splendid
record at the approaching encamp
ment. The Second regiment, of w hich Co.
"D" is a unit, will go into camp at.
Orlando on October 51 h.
Saloons and Taxes.
That the beverage liquor tralllc is
responsible for a large part of the
court costs in any county, thereby
draining the revenues and increas
ing taxes is shown from the follow
ing figures given out by Hon. I. J.
McCall, clerk of the Circuit Couit
of Hamilton county. We give his
letter in full:
"For the sake of those who desire
information along this line, I desire
to submit a few facts. 1. Should
we have a saloon in Hamilton coun
ty the revenue received from each
saloon Is $250 per year, which amount
goes into the general revenue fund.
2. L herewith give you a tabulated
report, taken from the records in my
oflice, (which are public property)
showing the cost to the circuit court
for the lust two years that we had
open saloons in our county ; also for
the first two year3 since the saloons
have been closed :
1897 "vkt"
Jurors, grand Juror witnesses $2518 00
Ol her witnesses 782 70
Sheriff's and clerk's costs. . . 1347 86
Total for year 1897 $4047 66
1898 "wet"
Jurors, grand juror witnesses $2042 90
Ot her witnesses 1055 10
Sheriff's aud clerk's cost 1HB9 00
Total for the year 1898 $1477 00
1899 "DRY"
Jurors, grand juror witnesses $1184 30
Other witnesses ,876 70
Sheriff's and clerk's costs . . . 693 86
Total for year 18U9 $2244 35
1900 "DRY"
Jurors, grand juror witnesses t 845 90
Other witnesses 21 '8 30
Sheriff's and clerk's costs... . 496 46
Total cost for the year 19001560 66
Total cost of the courts for the last
two years we had saloons, $9,124.66;
total cost of courts for first two years
without saloons, $3,795.01 a total
saving to the county of $5,329 56.
Someone says tlie saloons didn't
cause the difference, that it was the
mill and turpentine negroes, who
committed all this crime.' We, to
day, have eleven sawmills, nine tur
pentine farms and two crostie camps
in Hamilton county. We worked
more hired labor during the years
1899 and 1900 than in any two previ
ous years iu the history of the county.
Something has caused this differ
ence! What is it? I. J. McCall.
Clerk Circuit Court.
Jasper. Fla., Dec. 7, 1901.
Maklae tli Averaar.
At a woman's club meeting In New
York recently a woman who bad made
a witty speech about men in general
was asked by one of the members if
she could tell Just what was the mean
ing of the expression, "An average
man." "Of course I can," she prompt
ly replied. "I think an average man is
one who smiles and looks pleasant all
day at the office, but when be cornea
home acta aa cros as a bear with a
aore head, just so he can make up the
averaue."
The City Council.
Attho regular meeting of the city
council on Tuesday night hut little
new business was accomplished but
several matters were gotten under
way.
In the matter of the 9th street fill
bids are to be invited for the work
and the same will he opened at a
recets meeting to be held next Tues
day nhfht.
There was complaint, of cit izens at
the condition of Third street at tlie
intersection of Madison. There is n
sink hole in tlie street that holds
water so long that it becomes sf ag
nant the water not the hole. The
complaint was referred to the street
committee with .Instructions to re
port as to who is responsible for the
hole at next Tuesday's meeting,
when something will he done to cor
rect the condition.
Principal I. I. Mimes of Ihe high
school wanted some needed repairs
made to the building. His request
was referred to the property com
mittee with request that il make
specifications of the repairs nei di d
and report next Tuesday night, when
the council will probably do the
proper thing.
V,. N. Maull was granted permis
sion to erect a frame factory for tlie
Maull Manufacturing company on
the river front near the old G. S. & F.
pier, and P. Green, a colored man.
was also given permision to build a
bungnlo of tile regulation Afro
American variety.
The clerk was instructed to corre
spond with an experienced .electri
cian and ascertain what he would
charge to come to Palatka and ex
amine tlie wires of the lighting com
pany and report their condition to
the board.
Contractor llryiin, wnose bid se
cured him the contract for building
he sewer house connections, was or
dered to be notified that, the city
wanted him to execute a bond for
$5,000 and present, the same to the
board, in accordance witli tlie pro
visions of the agreement for the ac
ceptance of his bid
P. J. Hecks, contractor for the city
building was asked to appear next
Tuesday night with a view to final
settlement and transfer of the build
ins. The usual bills were paid and offi
cers reports read.
School Board Meeting.
The September meeting of the
C 'linty school board was held at the
court house on Monday, nil the mem
bers being present but Chairman
llilbnrn who is taking a vacittion
trip to the Pacific coast.
The board canvassed the returns of
the special tax district election in
precinct No, 1, and provided for a
consolidation of tlie Denver aud
Crescent City schools iu accordance
with a petition from patrons of tlie
first named place.
A letter from Miss Carrie M.
Green, assistant, principal of the Put
nam High School, asking for a year's
leave of absence was read and
granted.
LATE STATE NEWS.
Owen Loadholtz, the cur dude of
Jacksonville, who ruined Miss May
Brown of that, city and who after
wards shot and killed her in sclf
defense(?J hns been convicted of ag
gravated assault.
Earl lleunett has been held to the
grand jury in Jacksonville charged
with tne murder of Frank (4. Pur
nell. The testimony at the prelimi
nary hearing went to show that Ben
nett was iu the habit of meeting a
lady, clandestinely, who wore a veil,
but who had the carriage of Purnell's
wife, and that Bennett had made
threats of killing Purnell.
Yellow fever seems to have fasten
ed on Pensacola. So far there have
been 16 cases and one death. The
fever is in a section of the city occu
pied by swell people.
Jacksonville has decided to aban
don its carnival for this year. The
proposition met with a cold tecep
tiou throughout the state owing to
the previously announced State Fair
at Tampa with dates of which the
carnival would have conflicted.
I. J. McCall, former county clerk
of Hamilton county hns been found
short about 3,0WJ in his accounts
with the county.
For daring to question the state
ment of the State Board of Health
that yellow fever existed iu Pensa
cola, and charging that the present
scare was for the purpose of graft,
l)r S. M. Gonzalez of that city has
been arrested at the instance of tlie
board. Dr. Gonzalez served in Culm
during the Spanish-American war
and was on the government staff that
cleaned up Havana, a work for
which he received much praise. But
that don't count; he has dared to
criticise the state board of health
and probably will be drawn and
quartered for his effrontery.
Cured of Lame Back After 15 Years
of Suffering.
"I had been troubled with lame back
for fifteen years and I found a complete
recovery in the use of Chamber ain's
Pain Balm," says John G. Bisher, (ill
lam, Ind. This lintmeut Is also without
an equal for sprains and bn.iees. It U
for sale by Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.
If you want to get your monej'a worth
and see a good I 'OLD knock-out, use
1'wk a riue Tar Syrup. tf
A DOUBLE WEDDING,
Gertrude Brett was an heiress. Heir
esses are usually described as fearful
that they will be married for their
money, but Gertrude bad always been
used to the possession of wealth and
did not appear to realize Its value. Be
sides, she was Ingenuous and confid
ing. Henry Dexter, the son of wealthy
parents, loved her, but after delibera
tion she gave her heart to Clarence
Hawlcy. At any rate, she accepted him.
Gertrude hud an Intimate friend,
Edna Clarke, and those who knew
Hawlcy best declared that If Miss
Clarke bad been the heiress, Instead of
Miss Brett, Miss Clarke would have
been Mrs. Hawley. . What every one
else saw Gertrude did not appear to
see that her friend wanted her lover.
But Edna, while she was ostensibly
Gertrude's friend and confidante, con
stantly accepting favors that Ger
trude's wealth rendered possible, se
cretly hated the girl who was to wed
the man she herself wanted.
But a still greater surprise was In
store for them. When It was an
nounced that Gertrude, who hud no
near relatives living, had made a will
leaving half of her fortune to Edna
im.l the other half to Clarence Haw
lcy, people considered It time for some
one to lnt"i-fere. t'nfortuuntely, there
was no one near enough to the heiress
to go to her and remonstrate. Since
she was of age there was no authority
to forbid the disposition she had made
of her property.
The next fhiug in this chain of aston
thmeiits was Gertrude's sailing for n
trip abroad, accompanied only by Ed
na. It v.us considered a frightful in
ducement to crime. Edna, loving her
benefactress' alllanccd husband, inher
iting half of her fortune, while Haw
lcy was heir to the remainder, would
have every opportunity to get rid of
the one who stood between her and
wealth mid love.
Strangely enough, there was nt least
every appearance that this extreme
view of the case had come about. Iu
Switzerland the two girls Joined a
party to ascend a mountain. Gertrude
insisted on making a detour alone with
a guide and separated for some time
from the other tourists. When her
guide rejoined tlie party he came with
out Gertrude, who, he reported, had
slipped aud fallen Into a crevasse thou
sands of feet deep. This was the story
that Edna brought home, and with it
she brought ample documentary evi
dence of Its truth. Nevertheless there
were those who refused to believe It
While legal proceedings were being
taken to divide Gertrude's estate be
tween the heirs it was announced that
Hawley and Edua were engaged. Of
course no one was surprised. It was
imply considered an Inevitable result
of Gertrude's infatuation and that if
murder hud not been committed she
had at least Induced murder.
Meanwhile Henry Dexter, who sin- .
eorely loved Gertrude, went abroad
secretly to look Into the matter of the '
accident. But his departure became
known. Since it did not seem to
trouble the heirs, who were preparing
for the wedding, the suspicions that
clung to Edna were much allayed.
Cards for the wedding were Issued,
us usual, some time before the event
was to come off. The wealth they
were to receive did awny with the
prejudice against them, and people
were looking forward to a brilliant
nffalr. But one morning a week be
fore the day set society met with a
shock. Some one It was supposed
through malice mailed a number of in
vitations to the wedding of Henry Dex-'
ter and Gertrude Brett, to take place
on the same day and hour as that of
Clarence Hawley and Edua Clarke.
There was great Indignation nt this
outrage, as It was considered, and it
was supposed that when Henry Dexter
returned ho would take pains to dis
cover mid punish the perpetrator. The
bride aud groom expectant gave every
evidence of being deeply wounded, arid
feeling, which had been against them,
was turned In their favor.
The .Dexter curds named the resi
dence of Mrs. Whiting, a wealthy
friend of Gertrude, as the place of
the wedding, and society was sur
prised ut the report that preparations
were being made there for some im
portant event The night before the
weddings, as announced, a startling re
port was circulated that both Dexter
and Gertrude had been seen in town.
The last link In the chain was the
putting up of awnings leading from
the street to Mrs. Whiting's residence.
At high noon the next day both wed
dings took place. The clergyman bad
scarcely pronounced Clarence and
Edna man and wife before they wore
assured that at the same hour Henry
and Gertrude had also been made one.
In a twinkling their anticipations of
wealth tumbled like air castles abont
them.
It turned out that Gertrude bad not
been so stupid after all. Suspcotlng
her lover and her friend, she had kept
her own counsel and laid a blun by
which they should have every oppor
tunity to prove or disprove her sus
picious. During tho mountain climb
she had purposely separated herself
from the party, bribed her guide to
leave hor at his home with his wife
and report the fictitious accident.
After Edna's engagement she had
written Dexter, who Immediately went
to her. It was then that she and Dex
ter came to a decision as to their re
lations, and the forthcoming wedding
was announced. The ouly revenge
(she considered it rather a punishment
for her friends' duplicity aud Haw
ley's Intention to marry her for money)
that Gertrude cared to take was tb
double wedding.
AUSTIN A. K1XGSIXT.
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