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Show -'- V . 9 any other living man. Jack Glenarm, but can t think of it. I have my own troubles, and. moreover, you've got to stick it out there alone It's part of the game the old gentleman set up for t you. as 1 understand it Co ahead, your fortune, and then, if I haven't been hanged In the meantime, we ll join forces later There's no chap any- where with a pleasanter knack at spending money than your old friend wdth my foot on the tep, I waved farewell to lArry, who stood outsl watching me. In a moment the heavy train w moving slowly out Into the night up its westward journey. 1 ctd-lee- 10 CHAPTER III. . of a Thousand Candles Aunat.dale iS3fives its chief lmpo L. D tanee from the fact that two rallwi He grinned, and I smiled ruefully, lines intersect there The Chicago e knowing that we must soon part again, ptess paused only for a moment while for I.arrjr was one of the few men I the porter deposited uiv thing beside hail ever called friend, and this meet- me on the platform Light streamed from the open door of the station; a ing had only quickened niv old affec-tioBy MEREDITH NICHOLSON ' few idlers fur him paced the platform, staring "1 Antbmr at "THE MAIN CHANCE ZELDA suppose,'' he continued, you ac- Into the windows of tjie cars; the vll UAMEAUN." Eic. rept as gospel truth what that follow lage hacktnan languidlv solicited my tells you about the estate I should be business Suddenly out of the shad ' pl : I. Ill 1.a UJ a litle warv if I were you. Now, ve ows came a tall, curious figure of a been kit king around here for a couple man clad in a long ulster. As 1 write, CHAPTER II. Continued. Til lint chap in the lead la my of weeks, dodging the detectives, and it is with a quickening of the sensa incidontdllv reading the newspapers tion I received on the occasion of my I friend Hn kenti-- c answered, and Hei haps you ilou t understand that first meeting with Hates. His lank, Earn turned Ins heal slightly. this estate of John Marshall Glenaimj gloomy figute uses before me now, Ye- e suppi j mi werent look has been talked about a good bit and hear ms deep melancholy voice, ing at the wow tt li ohsetved drily "1 did ti t know as. touching ills hat respectfully, be s ml lanielv it "1 ill so rv mill 'n't se the obiect of i I't" et "You know when couldn I.ali' the-- e men'' you were, said Join lb-latl 'I'e.l (,..! on a pardon Mr is tins Mr Glen-aimI t non ll, hut coining from the Meditt rnin'-aI am Hates from Glenarm Hut the house nut there and was aloadv mi Iluti'ng from 'im steaniei Mr Hu kertng wlied me to menu rv tli erur f - ot the ulr! in ' tie tpysteinius d sapi earanoe of the Hi use meet you, lr In i i our have been ibiiv Mat k il h phut ot piopeity Yes to lie sure. I said I Kohl in h r an ek inn was cer- Youte evnltntlv an oblecf of some Tl.c hai kman was alia. uiv gathering tainly findim; he pP o.im plans m public intei t st," and he tliew from this tale ol ' n s. ami l I' im heart tils pot kot a newxiidper cutting up mv tiaps. ami gave him my trunk ( hecks. He read hot a r.n i t li'tu It huits this seeing Here's a simile itt m "How far Is It'" I asked, my eyes n the Glei, of 'John giand-naim a man you hi e succeetl ' w lol.n Marshall e the u hei y (ileuaim eccentric resting, a little regretfully. I must Ins; la e f nl d ou the tear lights of the vanisht Why il.dni Mw pn'-eme' I tl millionaire who tiled smblt nh in last summer anivttl on the ing Irani like to inik the e uaintarice of a ft x Two miles, sir." Hates replied. I mav Maxinkutkee fiom Naples representative Xmer.tans, 1'nder the teims of his grandfather's ' There s no, wav over but the hack In need t'leni to iro hill lor me for winter In summer the st atner comes "Pli ktilut d hit see me, for one will, Glenaim Is iiqimed to thing uni foi anoth"t he wouldn't go a year at a curious house established right into our dock. "My legs need si retelling; I'll walk, bail for ton or me if lie did. He isn't )v John Marshall (ilchatm near I.ake nnandale, Indiana built tjiat ay " suggi sted, dihwing the cool air Into "This provision was matte, at cord- - my lungIt was a still, starry Octosmile I qul77ieally You needn't exp'atn further The Ing to friends of the family, to test ber night, and its freshness was gratesight of the lady has shaken you. She young Glenarm's staying qualities, as ful after the hot sleeper. Hates aclie has, since his graduation from the cepted the suggestion without comreminds me of Tt nuyson: Massachusetts Institute of Technology ment We walked to the end of the The star like sorrows of Immortal five years ago, distributed a consider- - platfoim, where the hackman was al- - THE HOUSE OF A The Hou-- e - 1 I I 1 -t ' 1 '' g e-- sl t t 1 I ' tn-v- hkl con-fes-- Vet-niun- nt te-ii- ie ; ' and the rest V of It ought to be a solemn warning to you, many Miew swords and died, anti calamity followed in her train Hah' those women! I thought you were pas' all that' I dont know why a man should be . past it at 27! Hostile, Pit kerings friends are strangeis to me. Hut what became of that Irish colleen you used to moon over? Her distinguishing feature, as I remember her photograph, was a short upper lip You used to force her upon me frequently when we were in Africa Humph! When I got back to Dublin I found that she had married a brewers son, think of It!" Put . ot your faith in a short upper lip. Her face never inspired any confidence in me. That will do. think you. I'll have A bit more of that mayonnaise If the waiter Isnt dead. I think you said your grandfather died In June. A of the fact reached you at Naples In October. - Has it occurred to you that there was quite an Interim there? What, may I ask, was the executor doing all that time? You may be sure he was taking advantage of the opportunity to look for the red, red gold. I suppose you didn't give him a sound drubbing for not keeping the cables hot with Inquiries for you? He eyed me In that disdain for my stupidity which I have never suffered from any other man. Well, no; to tell the truth, I was thinking of other things during the Interview. Your grandfather should have provided a guardian for you. lad. You oughtnt to be trusted with money. Is our bottle empty? Well, If that person with the fat neck was your friend Pickering. Id have a care of whats coming to me. Id be quite sure that Mr. Pickering hadnt made away with the old gentleman's boodle, or that It didnt get lost on the way from him to you. The time's running now, and Im In for the year. My grandfather was a fine old gentleman, and I treated him like a dog. Im going to do what he directs In that will, no matter what the size of the reward may be. that's the eminently Certainly; proper thing for you to do. Hut, but keep your wits about you. If a fellow with that neck cant find money where money has been known to exist, It must be burled pretty deep. Your grandfather was a trifle eccentric, I judge, but not a fool by any manner of means. The situation appeals to my Imagination, Jack. I like the idea of It. the lost treasure and the whole business. liOrd, what a salad that is! Cheer up, comrade! You're as grim as an owl! Whereupon we fell to talking of people and places we had kdown In other lands. We spent the next day together and In- the evening, at my hotel, he criticized my effects while I packed, in his usual ironical vein. .. ..Youre not going to take those He Indthings with you, I hope! icated the rifles and several revolvers which- I brought from the closet and threw upon the bed. They make me homesick for the jungle. ' He drew from its 'cover the heavy rifle I had used last on a leopard hunt and tested Its weight. Precious little use youll have for this! Detter let me take It back to The Sod to use on the landlords. I say, Jack, are we never to seek our fortunes together again? We hit It off pretty well, old man, come to think of It, I dont like to lose you." He bent Over the straps of the rifle-cas- e with unnecessary-care- , but there was a quaver in his voice that was not like Larry Donovan. Come with me ijow!" I exclaimed, wheeling upon him. I'd rather be with you than with - - GUO THE NORTHWEST ADDED Mina, Nev. Every one of Buttes gn at army of workeu are being paid In actual money, and he will not he asked to or take clearing house certificate rhecks Issued liv bank cashiers for his wages W. T Guinn, a well known contractor of Puyallup Wash, was instantly killed under a coal l ruin on the Northern Pacific ten miles eaht of Tacoma. He w:as !0 years qf age and leave a widow and three sons Without tooting their own horns, the (itlons of Montana owe tt to themselves to call the worlds attention to the fact that there Is not a Ly In tins state that is not upon a ash basis says the Butte Miner A movement is on loot in Helena looking to tire renewal of water trans-irtatlon, which, hetoie the advent ot i.tiiroads. si i veil to entry all supplies and food stufls required h one of tha most active gold ni. mug stalls in tha ninth west The seeretaiy of the Wyoming Woolgiowns assoiia'lnn and the executive yommltteo of the Albany t oiintv Btieep and Wool Growers' association. have ananged the program lor the state meeting, to tie held at aramle January 10 and 11. (told mines may he found other places than in mountains, jdnee Mrs. ( H. llumphrevs, who lives Just out of Caldwell. Idaho, reilied an Income of ItG.o fiom one lu re of strawberries ol l lit; (Leu Mar variety For tlie second crop alone she received 3150 '1 hi1 jury in the case of Gibson charged with minder for killing Eu gene Matinsi 11, the mtning engineer, at Goldfield, in March, reported tc Judge Langan that they were unable to agree, and were disiharged. The jury stood eight tor conviction on the i harge dt mm dor and four for acquittal. The J22.000 worth of pay checks for the miners and coke men of the Carbon Coal & Coke company, of Trinidad, Colo., whb h were lost from the stage that runs betwpen Longsdale and Cokedu lo, were found by a couple of hoys and returned to the company. Tim driver had been accused of the theft. William I). Haywood, recently tried for the murder of of Idaho, has purchased a home In Denver, for which he paid 33,000. Strange as It may seem, Haywood saved the money while in prison, as his salary was continued by the federation and the state paid hi board. At the inquest In the case of V. 1 Kline, who was shot while in the act reof robbing the Nevada-Goldfielduction works, at Goldfield, Samuel H. Jones, night watchman at the mill, testified that Ralph Olpple, Klines alleged accomplice, had confessed. to him that he helped to rob the Gardner mill. Fifty horses were safely taken from the Langlols stables in Butte during an early morning fire. The building, one of the landmarks of Butte, waa occupied twenty years ago as a theater, under management of John Maguire, and many of the famous show people of the country have appeared President F.ocsevet Signs Proclamation Thai Makes Cne State of Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Washington -- A new star was add P'l to tile Ameilcaii flag on Saturday. November 16. by the admission into the Union of thd skate of President Roosevelt, at Oklahoma. morning, o'clock Saturday it; suneil the proclamation adding the btritortes of Oklahoma and Indian Tt irttory jointlv as one of the states, l.lttle formality attend-- r I the ceremony which meant so g'uh to the people of the two terrl-t.iiiin appending his signature to liuiKlamation the president used a a formed fiom a quill plucked from ii wing of an Amt! lean eagle. The with the Okl l ti will be deposl'ed ,i Historical sock ty ii'otirie, okla On mot a n of Wil ' oi Mimav, pi sliletit the Oklahoma ititii n. il convention was ad i it-sine die Saturday ulternoon j.m, '1 w lf d of the nu ndii rs met on stc , ,,i ip,. (u n l io librarv ami pcil the resolution piopustd b I i Am-ei.ia- s i ' t. i -- I .1 ; i flit ci 1 decision not to ad Uio cnuMit.pion via-s- , v I In the President t netted in tub cole int at the conclu: 'on of Its St's e conventions , i, Ji. aUv tin- - bio.. In re (lovimor Haskell has Issued a call the byisl.iune of ttn new state of Oklahoma to meet on eti mlu r 2 lot NO AID FOR THE JEWS. Russia's Big Problem Not Likely to Be Settled Soon. St Wi'h tl.e ndkent lvtt Of the third dtima, the settlement of tlie Jewish problem enters upon a peImriod of furfjier ImU finite delay. mediate pleasures of relief form no part of tlie programme of the and tin views of mauv are fianklv l'riBidi nt Khoniv akofl In an Interview said that this question could scarcely be considered by the duma before 1IHI1L Personally, ho said, ho favored the abolition of a number of restrictions of the civil right's of the Hebrews, notably the hording of Jews within the, pale, which is foolish and needless, under present conditions. But the Jewish question, he continued, has no direct connection with the Russian people, and he asserted that It Is of secondary Importance to the great problem affecting the basic principles of the present government and must give way to them. Octo-berist- anti-Semiti- TRAGIC END OF POLITICIAN. - I Supposed You Werent Look! able fortune left by his father In contemplating the wonders of the old world. It Is Veported That will do! Signs and wonders I have certainly beheld, and If I spent my .patrimony I submit that I got my money back. I paid my hill and took a hansom for the ferry, Larry with me, chaffing away drolly with his old zest As the beat drew out Into the river a silence fell upon us, the silence that Is possible only between old friends. As I looked back at the lights of the city, something beyond the sorrow at parting from a comrade touched me. A sense of foreboding, of coming danger, crept into my heart. Hut I was going upon the tamest possible excursion; for the first time in my life I was submitting to the direction of another, albeit one who lay in the grave. How like my grandfather it was to die leavMy ing this compulsion upon me! mood changed suddenly and as the boat bumped at the pier I laughed. Hah! these men ejaculated Larry. "What men? I demanded, giving my bags to a porter. These men who are In love, he I know the signs, mooning, said. silence, sudden Inexplicable laughter! I hope I'll not be In Jail when you're married. Youll be In a long time If they hold you for that. Here's my train. We talked of old times, and of future meetings, during the few minutes that remained. "You can write me-a- t my place of I said, scribbling rustication, W&bana county, Indiana, on Now If you need me at any a card. time I'll come to you wherever you are. You understand- - that, old man. Good-by.- " Write me, care of my father he'll have my address, though this last row of mine made hiirf pretty hoL" I passed through the gate and down the long train to rny sleeper. Turning ig at the Woman, He 8aid, Dryly. ready tumbling my trunks about, and we had seen them piled upon Ills nondescript 'wagon I followed Hates down through the broad, quiet street of the village. There was more of Annandale than I had Imagined, and several tall smokestacks loomed here and there In the thin starlight. Brickyards, sir, said Bates, waving his hand at the stacks. Its a considerable center for that kind of business. "Bricks without straw? I asked, as we passed a radiant saloon that blazed upon the board walk. Beg pardon, sir, but such places are on which remark I the ruin of men, based a mejital note that Bates wished to impress me with his own' rectitude. He swung beside me, answering questions with dogged brevity. Clearly, here was a man who had reduced human Intercourse to a basis of necessity. I was to be shut up with him for a year, and he was not likoly to prove a cheerfuL jailer. My feet struck upon a graveled highway at the end of the village street, and I heard suddenly the lapping of watpr. It's the lake, sir. This road lead right out to the house, Bates explained. I was doomed to meditate pretty steadily, I imagined, on the beauty ot the landscape In these parts, and I was rejoiced to know that It was not i all cheerless prairie or gloomy woodland. The wind freshened and blew sharpljf upon us off the water. "The fishing's quite good In season. Mr. Glenarm used to take a great pleasure In It. Bass, yes. sir. Mr. Glenarm held there was nothing quite equal to a black bass. I llkedtpe way the 'fellow spoke of He was evidently a my grandfather. loyal retainer. No doubt he conld summon from the past many picture of my grandfather, and I determined 16 encourage Ids confidence. . (JO BE CONTINUED. after -- ' .. in It. Lest Wealth and Diet In Poverty. Sacramento, Cal. Joseph Reott, a well known business man of Spokane, was found dead in this city Saturday morning in a hotel. His clothing gave evidence that he was In financial straits. He arrived here on the 8th of this month, and worked as a laborer. He waa taken sick a few days ago, and expired from heart failure. He had stated to friends that all oi hiB funds were gone, and that he could not ensure the sneers of his former business associates. Against Increased The news comes from Butte that the Silver Bow Trades and Labor assembly, comprising the Western Federation of Miners local and the Butte Central Labor Council, comprising the blue label. or American Federation of Labor locals, will shortly consolidate. They separated two years ago because of internecine disputes. In a whirlwind game of handball for the championship of two states, John Etchebarren defeated Andrew Rlpa at Reno, Nevada. Etchebarren the champion of Nevada, while his opponent holds the championship ot California. The game was a match for 31,b0 a side, and a large amount of money changed hands over the result. N. M. Rulck, as United States attorney. has brought action at Boise, Idaho, against the Oregon Short Line r for violation of the limit law, which prohibits keeping livestock , In cars longer than that period without unloading to feed and water William Mason and Joseph Vander-weidwho have confessed to the shooting and killing of Joseph A. Walker, the Denver United States ses cret service operative, at the coal mine at Durango, Colo., have teen released on ball in the sum of 320,000 each. No more women can be elected county superintendents of schools In Washington unless the new direct prl- ii ary law Is wiped out, is the contention of Attorney Gordon Mackay of OIjmpi.i,' who has prepared papers fn another suit attacking the validity of tiie new law. J. O Van Orsdel of Wyoming was last week appointed Judge of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, in fulfillment of a promise made to S uator Warren by the president at the time Mr. Van Orsdel went to atassistant Washington to become " ' torney general. About twelve of the leading lumber companies of Flathead county, Mon- - , tana, have filed suit In the United States court against the Great Northern Railway company, seeking tt) prevent the putting Into effect of proposed advances In freight rates on that commodity. Woriand, the terminus of the Burlington rallro&d extension into the Big Horja basin of Wyoming, and the center of many new Irrigation enterprises, has been almost totally oe-gtroyed by fire, which started in a grocery store, the loss being estimated at $100 ooo. 1 Hauling Rates. Ing. of Mexico City. Representatives the big smelter companies from all part of Mexico are In this city in order to appear before the tariff commission and fight the proposed Increase in ore on the Mexican Central. The Cepftral has asked within the last few months for ternil-sloto raise Its rates on a great many commodities In order that It may protect Itself against the in higher creasing cost of mateilals. wage and the cost Of many neces twenty-eight-hou- rsss Hes-IKru- sary Improvements. Taylor Would Get Fair Trial. Indianapolis. Augustus E. Willson, of Ken Republican governor-elec- t tucky, with Mrs.. Willson, wha.are on their way to Washington, stopped here Sunday with relatives. In an Interview Mr. Willson said that If Wil llam 8. Taylor, former governor ol forKin ley, Kentucky, and Charles mer secretary of state, under indictment tor complicity in the murder ot William Goebel, return to their native state, he intend- - tq see to it that their live are protected and that they get mr absolutely fair trial. Say Professor of Columbia University Attempt Murder and Then Suicide. Redding, Conn. Crazed temporarily j as the resalt of financial trouble dur- ing the last month or two, Lucin Un- - j derwood professor of botany at Co-lumbla university, New York, Satur- day afternoon attempted to kill his em tiro family, and after cutting his wife throat, coded his own life by stabbing himself tuder the right ear. Mrs. Underwood will recover. Professor Underwood hid made his home here for the last year, and had been connected with Columbia for eight years. He was 46 rears old. j 1 mftk 'mawr b 1'xiT Cop) right Byron WU1U" Fate. ' G. - 1 in in a bout! Tins oven oal your I avvori Hhoukl N- now mini her summer past! I (omit mv mone im and o Hut countlm, doesnt make It more' Vlas' 1 Vt I pass' Vltliouich It sin. Id the no spring I I'ii get u!u ad , oal la worn and old. (rum (lie biting (old sold. And l.iix a in w one. soft and htaek. With fur Inside ail 'intind (he link I w nk io VV I li.-- P. II n.l ii f .. IK dgs will Vnd s,i . irn and store i ' nilHtonoIri v Mil, now nu f, . tots will wink M. ! In I in I. n k .cel think ' ' iqr I n !e V - (is h i k lie lii s w Ilf Mill broke t n i Is oi Ills o . i, oo i I . m s. i cn it , k ' to kn iw, bo, ago! ,orst or sl I I, ltd (ImiIv io! oMi i all The puv is sum 11 I hear tie makes but torlv Tm bod Oh sad' r To lie too poor to buy a To shield vmir throat WIitH-vdiilt- s year'" 'Thou i oat cold rs Is growing hold Hut, In the way, I say, lld v on HI Krause, K' r build it house And have enough' good ruin tn title To buy a winiir ovir.oat Idle Thought. woman doesn't mind a man getting mad about her new drcaa, if A s her the money. What she objects to Is a smile that doesn't giv down! A man's love Is a coaling station. A woman's love is the end of the line, the round house and the officers' headquarters. Adam and Eve would have a hard -time finding an apple to eat this FalL 8teu-nenber- g Demented bf Financial Reverses Ht Murder, Then Suicides. Santa Crux, Cal. Maj. Frank Mo Laughlln, the well known Republican politician, one of the beat known men In the state, shot Ms only daughter, Agnes, through the head, inflicting a fatal wound, at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning, and a few minutes later drank a potion of prussic acid, and died within a few minutes. The daughter lingered until 6:30 oclock Saturday night without having regained consciousness, and then died. Major McLaughlin had met with financial reverses, and it Is supposed he suddenly became Insane. Yea, NOTES Two Goldfield men whose Identity Is unknown were killed In the wreck of a freight train loaded with ore near 010 FUG 1 vv tyts IS THOUSAND CANDLES , STAR ANOTHER 1 x It is bard to be a humorist and hoy fifteen tons of coal. ' It is a blamed sight easier to get a wife than to manage her afterward. When a man loves a woman sa much as he loves himself, she should' take him. It wont happen oftener than once in a lifetime. Some people keep their conscience so well whitewashed that they can live with It without quarreling. Sometimes when the day it done - - - many a raw thing latao. On the other hand there la sometimes a wart. The girl no longer wears her rings to match her costumes, says s Detroit newspaper. "She wears them to match the weather. This lets the Chicago girl out unless she carries her jewel case along with her when she goes shopping. A consumptive who is shipwrecked On a cannibal Island always dies of consumption, doesnt he? Or is it double consumption that gets him? Anticipation is a queer thing. Now, when a man has a tooth to be pulled, he doesn't anticipate it with ardor. When be Is about to get married Ah, the rosy aurora he spcb ahead. And yet when the tooth Is pulled, the trouble is all over, while, on the other hand, after the wedding, the trouble has Just begun! And now the baseball umpire is cast off to find his way to the Home of the Friendless for a winters visit! Wise is the young man who finds his wife's biscuits are even better than tfPse mother made! A Motto. Detroit business man has motto on his desk: A 2 this many highballs will Drive you to the 3 halls. A Near Death. Tom Johnsons cow ate thirty sticks' of dynamite that were left ly th railroad builders on the right of. way. The cow died near the place. The result is a law suit. Hinckley (La.) Press. Narrow Escape. Indian Territory boasts of a resident of the name of Cy. Klckushere. It is a good thing for Mr KJckosher ' that he isnt in the newspaper bust- -, ness or most everybody would.- |