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THE HAY MONITOR.
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MAY,
OKLAHOMA
TERRITORY TOPICS
New Bank at Lament—'The compt-
roller of the currency baa authorised
the First National bank of Lamont,
Obis., to begin buaineaa with 925,000
capital.
^ For Intcrurtan Linear — There (a
stroSg talk floating*' around That an
electrio Interurban line will be built
between Oklahoma City and Bl Reno.
Thoae who seem to know say the sur-
veyors will lay out the route about
the first of July.
fihoenfelt to Praetice Law.—Colonel
J. Blair fihoenfelt, retiring Indian
agent, and Clark J. Tlsdel, will form
a law partnership under the firm
name of fihoenfelt A Tlsdel, and will
begin practice July 1. They will fit
up n handsome suite of offices in
Muskogee In the McKIbban building,
which adjoins the Indian agency.
Colonel Shoenfelt’s resignation as In-
dian agent goes Into effect June 30
•720 an Acre at Tulsa.—Ten acres
of land adjoining Tulsa sold for
97,200, making the owner, George B.
Perryman, a snug nest egg from a lit-
tle strip Inherited from his father,
who received It as a part of his allot-
ment. This price, 9720 an acre, Is
probably the largest ever paid for
land In that vicinity. The ground was
sold to W. E. Campbell, of Tulsa,
who will use It for townsite pur-
poses.
Killed by Horse.—Charlie Kirkpat-
rick, the 11-year-old son of T. T. Kirk-
Patrick, living about ten miles north
of Stillwater, was almost Instantly
killed while driving a mare In the pas-
ture. She did not move fast enough
to suit him, so he ran up behind her
and struck her. The mare kicked
him In the abdomen, knocking him
several feet and inflicting Injuries
from which he died In a few min-
utes.
Association Files Bond.—The Stand-
ard Savings and Loan Association of
Detroit, Michigan, has flled its bond
with the territorial treasurer for
910,000 and the same was approved.
Immediately a permit was Issued
from the office of Territorial Bank
Commissioner Cooper allowing the
company to operate In Oklahoma.
This Is the first company to comply
with the provisions of the new Ly-
dick law compelling such companies
to give a bond.
Disguised as an Indian. — United
States Attorney Horace Speed has
flled suit against L. W. Myers of Ana-
darko, claiming 91.000.00 for trespass.
The charge is that Myers disguised
himself as an Indian and entered the
camp to collect money due his bank
after being ordered to keep off the re-
servation. Myers Is president of. the
Citizens National bank and Is large-
ly Interested In the First National
bank, both of Anadarko. This un-
doubtedly means a hard fought legal
battle before It Is settled as Myers
is able to employ the best legal talent
In the country.
Susa Reek Island.—Solon Stevens,
one of the most extensive farmers of
Union township, has flled suit against
the Rock Island railroad company for
93,000, which amount he claims to
have been damaged through an act of
the company. He claims that a dike
which the company constructed on
the South Canadian changed the
course of the river and caused It to
wash away a large part of one of his
farms. Joe Fuhring of Union brought
suit on a similar claim against the
Rock Island a few months ago, and
was given Judgment In the district
court.
Whole Family Insane.—One of the
saddest cases that has come up In the
United 8tates court for some time
was that of Mrs. Ester Hill, her son,
Clinton, 20 years of age, and daught-
er, May. 18 years. They were declar-
ed insane by a Jury and will be sent
to the asylum for Insane at 8t. Louis.
The family lived at Ardmore. They
were placed in Jail.
Report, Is Net Complete.—Although
Secretary Thoburn received from
Kiowa county the statistical agricul-
tural report for 1904, yet the same is
not complete and must be corrected.
It is incomplete for the reason that
the records for Mountain Park town-
ship, Including the towns of Moun-
tain Park and Snyder, were blown
away in the Snyder cyclone.
Catholic * eh eel Year Closes. —
Nazareth Institute, a Catholic Institu-
tion of Muskogee, closed with appro-
priate exercises. About flfty young
ladies took part in the performance.
The commencement exercises of Naz-
areth college, the school for boys, will
ho held In the college chapel. The
boys will put on a three-act drama
entitled "The Three Captives."
Work la Fre greening.—R. L. Puck
ett, superintendent of construct km of
the South Canadian river bridge, was
la n Reno. He says that work is
progressing nicely on the approaches
to the bridge aad that the riTer was
lower today than at aay time since
he began the bridge work. He went
to Wichita to secure some machinery
which ke seeds in dot nr the work.
IS Beebe's an Acre.—The barren
img of i bent began in enroewt in (for
leM «*sa*y The crew vil be of e*
cedent quality aad the yx Id win ft.O-
aMy be about 18 botheh per acr»
Foe Wklaky Peddling. — Deputy
Marshal Ballew came In from. Pawnee
with Jobh Burns, arrested fur whisky
peddling, nnd placed him In the fed-
eral Jail at authrle.
Harvest on In Foroo. — Harvest la
on in full force and the weather has
been favorable except that ihoro have
been several degrees more beat than
were appreciated.
Custer County Normal,—The thir-
teenth annual scaalon of Cuater coun-
ty normal Institute will bo held In
tht now school building at Arapaho
July 17, and will continue until Aug-
usj 11.
Comanche Sunday School. — The
fourth annual con vent ton of the
Comauche Sunday School association
will be held August 15-17, In a well
watered, cool, thickly shaded moun-
tain grove three miles north of
Cache.
Speaking In Missouri.—Hon. B. 8.
McGuire has accepted an Invitation
to go to hia old borne In Missouri
next month nnd deliver an address to
hla schoolmates and farmer friends
at a harvest home picnic to be held
there.
Sail For Philippines.—Troops A, B,
C and G of the Eighth cavalry, un-
der command of Lieutenant Colonol
Kingsbury, departed from Fort Sill
on two special trains for San Fran-
cisco, at which place they will sail
on July 1 for the Philippine Islands'
Chautauqua Opens. — At Oklahoma
City the opening exercises of the
Chautauqua were attended by 3,000
people. A groat many prominent men
with tbelr families from the twin ter-
ritories and Kansas are camping up-
on the grounds and a profitable week
Is anticipated.
Was Decoyed Away.—The military
authorities at Fort Sill deny having
given Geronimo permission to leave
the fort and attend the Bliss exhibi-
tion on Sunday last. Geronimo, It is
asserted, was decoyed away from the
fort. He refuses since his return to
talk about his trip.
Needs More Than a Month. — The
Comanche county district court
docket has become so congested that
five of the 'leading attorneys of Law-
ton went to Guthrie to go before the
supreme court and reach some agree-
ment whereby Comanche can have
more than one month of court this
fall.
Destroy Gambling Layouts.—Judge
Burwell, in the district court at Okla-
homa City, after calling up the gamb-
ling cases resultant from the raid
made by Sheriff Garrison some days
ago, made an order for the sheriff to
destroy all the equipment used for
gambling he secured. The day was
spent in securing a jury, on the com-
pletion of which the cases of the terri-
tory against William Bollno and Cecil
Proctor, charged with conducting a
gambling house, were taken up.
Cars of the Incorrigible.—Citizens
of Anardako are preparing to submit
to Governor Ferguson a proposition
for the care and maintenance of in-
corrigible youths in a home to be
built on land to be given for that
purpose by the town of Anadarko.
The last legislature appropriated
|5,000 a year for the care of Incorri-
gible youths, but the territory has
never been able to execute a con-
tract with a company prepared to
give satisfactory service.
Thrown Under Trolley Car.— Mrs.
Emma Cupps, aged 40 years, was In-
stantly killed, and her daughter,
Dovie Cupps, aged 14, fatally wound-
ed at Guthrie In a runaway. Their
horse became frightened, swerved in
front of a Springer avenue electric
car and threw the women under the
car wheels. Both were terribly man-
gled. It was necessary to amputate
both the girl’s legs, and physicians
Bay she cannot recover. Occupants
of the car say the motorman was in
no way to blame.
Farmsra Art Recovering.—The lin-
ers in the hail storm district are
rapidly recovering from the back-
set they received. Many have helped
them by donations of seed, groceries
and considerable money was raised.
Replanting Is the order of the day and
there is a good chance that they will
yet raise a fair crop.
Taxes Will Be Rebated. — On peti-
tion of the Snyder tornado sufferers
the commissioners of Kiowa county
decided that in the matter of taxe*.
where 50 per cent of assessed prop-
erty was lost, a quietus against the
1905 taxes will be issued. For 1904,
where loss is shown, time is extend-
ed till January 1 next, without penal
ty or interest.
Complain of Web Worms.—A mini
ber of farmers from the southeast part
of the county were In Anadarko and 1
reported a most serious condition of j
form affairs In their rertton. This Is
the portion of the county which stif !
fi red meet from the recent rain, wind j
aad hail storms. They replanted, and j
now the crop la being destroyed as j
soon as It is out of the ground by a |
sort of web-worm.
Didn't Swallow Amy. — The four- |
year old son of Arthur Liming, who
lives on the Dillingham farm ea«: of i
Jefferwm. got bold of a bottle of car .
holic acid and took a sma'.l quantity
in his month, let fortanatriy did not
swallow aay.
Cevnty Farmers* tratitate. — The
tncnal nxe iag of tfce Roster V 11s
courty farmers' institute will be krM
at P Oklr. Saturday. July 1.
IS**? at 1 p as. for tNe pngr* of
efec'iag a fall art of etterrs aad at
*e” .*ixc So swrh rtfctt t —?»•f si as
uj t me Itton It.
The cxeeutlvo enmmiitee of ths
•Ingle statehood advocates have Is-
sued a call for a convention to be
held at Oklahoma Oily and the plan
upon which delegates to same shall be
selected. Some prominent speakers
and statehood advocates will address
the convention.
THE MISSING
Bf MARY R. P. HATCH
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cepyriibs. IMP. by bee aad
VIIK < ALL.
By order of tiie Okluhnms-tndlan Terri-
tory sinxle stuli-iwod etecuiive commute#
on Inier-tcrrltoriul dclcgutc convention of
th# pr-opl# of sulti territories ie hereby
culled to m##t at 10 o'clock n. in. on
«**• '*
T*'. TuoitcT of TOutos authorized to
be elector a. suld convention is <WQ dylCr I
gates from tlio territory Ol '“•'.iliouu
nnd 800 delegates nom Indian Territory,
to Ire selected on . nlurduy, July nth. 1906.
by mass conventions ot the people us
heremafter designated.
Bald deleguKn and An equal number ot
alternates to said convention are hereby
apportioned among the several counties
of Oklahoma, and the several recording
dleti'irts of toe Indian Territory, as fol-
lows, to-wlt:
Heaver county, district No. 1............IB
Blaine county, district No. 2............It
Caddo county, district No. 2............34
Canadian county, district No. 4........W
Cleveland county, district No. 6........ It
Comunche county, district No. 4........ n
Custer county, district No. 7.......... It
Day county, district No. N.............. 7
Dewey county, district No. !>............ 11
Qurfleld county, district No. 10.......... 21
Urnnt county, district No. II............ 17
Oreer county, district No. 12............ 23
Kuy county, district No. 13..............2B
Kingfisher county, district No. It...... It*
Kiowa county, u.strlct No. IS............ IS
Lincoln county, district No. 10.......... 2t
Logan county, district No. D*............ 23
Noble county, district No. 18............ 12
Oklahoma county, district No. IB........at
Pawnee county, district No. 20........ it
Pottawatomie county, district No. 21., 25
Roger Mills county, district No. 22.... 10
Washita county, district No. 23..........12
Woods county, district No. 2t........... 3t
Woodward county, district No. 25...... 22
Osago and Knw Kes. district No 20...13
Payne county, district No 21............ 10
Apportionment ot delegates from Indian
Territory:
District No. 1 (Miami) ................IS
District No. 2 (Vlnltn) .................... 20
District No. 8 (Nowata)................18
District No. 4 (Cluremoro) .............. IS
District No. 5 (Pryor Creek) ............ 18
District No. f. (Tahlequnh) ............. IS
District No. 7 (Wagoner) ..............20
District No. 8 (Sapulpa)................20
District No. 9 (Okmulgee)..............18
District No. 10 (Muskogee) .............. 2!
District No. 11 v~alllsaw) ..............IS
District No. 12 (Kufnula) ...............20
District No. 13 . .Vewoka) ..............)S
District No. 14 (Poteau)..................20
District No. 15 (Bouilt McAlester)...... 22
District *,o. 16 (Ada) .................... 20
District No. 17 (Pauls Valley) .......... 18
District No. 18 (Purcell) .......... IS
District No. 19'(Chlckasha) .............. 2!
District No. 20 (Ryan) .................. IS
D. strict No. 21 (Ardmore) ..............22
District No. 22 (Tishomingo) ........... IS
District No. 23 (Atoka) ................20
District No. 24 (Antlers) ................ 13
District No. 25 (Durant) ................20
District No. 26 (Marietta) ..............18
Mass meetings for the selection of said
delegates and alternates shall meet at the
hour of 2 p. m. on the date suggested, at
the county seats In Oklahoma and at tho
recording court towns In said recording
districts of Indian Territory.
The purposes of this convention are
two-fold: First, to give expression to
the will and wishes ot Hie people of the
twin territories as to statehood legisla-
tion for us; and, in the second place, to
get tho American congress to provide for
the admission of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory to statehood at once, without
regard or reference to other territories of
the United ^.ates. The people of Okla-
homa and Indian Territory are particu-
larly called upon by the present exigency
of our situation to resist '•entangling al-
liances,” made possible by tne desire and -
Insistence of other territories to be ad-
mitted into the union. But in this mat-
ter. our duty begins and ends at home.
The boon of American citizenship under
state government is worth our best en-
deavor. The demand is pressing upon us
to make every possible sacriltce and use
all honorable means we can to reap the
blessings of statehood. The rights and
privileges therein vouchsafed are none
the less deserved or desired because so
long denied to us and to our children,
who, growing here are now fast coming
to man’s estate, have never yet known
anu enjoyed them.
Measured by every standard, Oklahoma
and Indian Territory, say we, nre entitled
to immediate statehood. The coming
campaign will try us In the eyes of con-
gress. first upon tne ten. of whether we
mean what we say. and last, whether we
deserve what we say we so much desire.
The opportunities before us invite, and
lessons of the recent past impel, us for-
ward. C. Cl. JON 158,
E. C. CASTLE, Chairman.
Secretary.
Alfalfa Acreage Large.—Secretary
Thoburn, of the Oklahoma board ol
agriculture, estimates that there are
50,000 acres of alfalfa in Oklahoma.
Reports have been made to him re-
cently from five counties — Garfield,
Kay, Lincoln, Payne and Pottawato-
mie.
Asylum Trustees Meet—The plana
are now ready for the remodeling of
the buildings at Fort Supply to be
used by the territory for an insane
asylum. The asylum board, compris-
ed of Governor T. B. Ferguson, Hon.
Otto A. Shultee, of El Reno, and Hon.
Ed. Marchant, of Aline will meet in
Guthrie for the purpose of ascertain-
ing what the authorities of the in-
sane asylum at Norman intend do-
ing towards the removal of the Insane
now at that institution to Fort Sup-
ply. "
Foundry to Locate. — Secretary h
F. Shinn of the Guthrie Commercial
club is in correspondence with some
capitalists of Kentucky, who desire
to locate a large foundry in Guthrie
with a capital stock of $200,000.
Flywhesl Exploded.—At South Mc-
Alester the plant of the Choctaw Elec-
tric Company was completely wreck-
ed by the breaking of a large fly-
wheel. A piece of the wheel weighing
a ton cut a large hole through the side
of the building and was thrown 300
feet. Engineer Warren had a nar-
row escape from death. The damage
Is estimated at 910.000. The city will
be without lights for two weeks.
Killed by Lightning.—Isaac Ham 11
ton was killed by lightning at his
home near Stroud. He was standing
by a partially open window. The
lightning struck (he roof and follow-
ed the Bail heads down the drop-riding
to the open window, where HsmiPoa
*£S *tsadlag. Hs wife ar.d son were
both injured.
Are Harvesting What — The har-
vest?
Oarfl
tut
of wbtat
i count y.
•t quality,
y It aim
U-n la earnest ia
The crop »..! it <4
aad the yield will
fifteen Inshcie far
CHAr'TCR II.
A Oreon-Halrtd Woman.
Amos Talbert, the comfortable, gen-
ial landlord of the Essex House, had
a wife and daughter; the latter un-
married, though not of uncertain age,
ts shq bad not Jess' objection t9
Any one's knowing that she wna forty*
two. With her bright complexion,
brighter eyes nnd manners, she was
one of the most attractive Indies In
Orovedale, and It was no task, there*
fore, for Mrs. Hamilton to chat with
ber for a few moments.
“Have you many guests In the house
now?” she asked Miss Talbert.
"Very few steady boarder*, but a
good many ‘transients.'”
“I wonder if the green-haired Indy I*
gone yet,” said Miss Chase, looking
up from her work with a smile.
“Yes, she went on the seven o’clock
train.”
"On the train with my husband,”
thought Mrs. Hamilton; but you may
be sure she did not say this.
Instead she repeated wonderingly,
as she looked at Miss Talbert with po-
lito Interest, “a green-haired lady!”
"I am not surprised at your sur-
prise,” said Miss Talbert, laughing.
“You would wonder still more if you
were to see her. She came on the
train last night and went away this
morning.”
“But you don't mean to say her hair
is actually green, do you?”
"Not a bright, vivid green, but n
sheeny emerald tint hard to describe.
The sea takes on such a color some-
times in the shadow qf an overhanging
cliff. You should see it, Mrs. Hamil-
ton. She is very pretty, has lovely
features, and a sweet voice. 1 was
quite charmed by her.”
“I think she knows Mr. Hamilton,”
said the dressmaker, “for she ran out
to meet him when he came down the
street.”
“Ah! perhaps you know her, too,”
said Miss Talbert, looking at Mrs.
old fogies, and lazy to boot. Wo put
too much on bis shoulders. I told him
so this morning. 'Cnrtor,' says 1,
'Vane's been working too bard.' 'I
know It,' says he. ‘Vans baa loqt
twenty pounds lately.'"
“Is that so?" asked Constance,.
Startled.
“So your uncle said. B'posed you
knew It. Well, this will never do,
stopping to talk to pretty women when
buslnese iq booming at the nil)/' find
the Jolly mill-owner passed on, leaving
Constance to pursue her way home-
ward.
How hollow the house sounded!
How still It was! What would life he
without husband or children? Grim
walls, staring pictures, lifeless furni-
ture do not make home, she realised
forcibly as she sank Into a chair and
folded her gloved bands on her lap.
“Two weeks pass so quickly," she
murmured. “Sometimes I can scarce-
ly realize they hake passed. When
he comes back I shall ask him all
about It I have never done It, but 1
will now. Secrets ought not to come
between man and wife. 1 will tell him
so. They might make trouble. They
do sometimes. Mr. Henderson thinks
It strange, I could see that, and bo
does Tony. I must tell Vane about
It when he comes back.”
As you may imagine, with such con-
tradictory thoughts, and so much
alone, Constance did not find the days
very swift In passing. Indeed, they
lagged terribly, though she made calls,
practiced her music and did sundry
odd jobs of sewing, the accumulation
of the winter months.
To add to her anxiety she did not
receive one word from her husband.
Meanwhile, she had seen and talked
with Mrs. Fry about the green-haired
lady. Mrs. Fry brought to Mrs. Ham-
ilton a basket of freshly ironed mus-
lins the day after Mr. Hamilton’s de-
parture, and immediately launched
forth in a description of the green-
haired woman.
*'l just want to ate Mr. Hamilton.”
Hamilton. “Her name was booked at
Mrs. Anderson, Newark, N. J.”
“No, I do not,” she answered, “and
I have never heard my husband speak
of a green-haired acquaintance.” "
This statement In regard to the
meeting of her husband and the green-
haired lady coincided with the glimpse
she had of it from her tower, though
at that distance she had not noticed
the color of her hair. An accidental
meeting, evidently; but they went on
In the same train together, perhaps In
the same car. If friends, undoubtedly
they rode together. Well, what ot
that? Friends meet each other at ev-
ery turn. Her husband might In the
past have done the woman a kindness
cr some little service. It would be
like him. He would tell her all about
It on his return.
And, with a pleasant adieu to Miss
Chase. Mrs. Hamilton went away.
She called at the Savings Bank In
passing, and Tony Osborn, with his
pen behind bU ear, came at once to
speak to her.
“Good morning, Tony; very busy, I
suppose."
“Awful, now Ham—Mr. Hamilton Is
away.”
"Did he tell yon Just when to expect
him back—what day, I mean?” asked
Mrs. Hamiltoa.
“No. In a week or two, be said.
But It’s all a Joke about my befog
busy, yoo know, tor everything waa
put la shape before ke went"
“I’a glad to hear yon are not driv-
en.” said Mrs. Hamiltoa. reflecting
that her husband always cleared the
way tor others, bat took the roughest
path himself. And then she went on
her way. Bhe met Mr. Henderson,
who stopped to speak to her. aad to
ask when her husband would be hack.
“Only been away six boars aad we
miss hla already? No oae caa aaa-
age like Vaao. Ia a week or twot
Yea. that’s what be told ae Mat, by
George; be aever told ae where he
was going. Strange’ Always gas*
off to May. Of coarse yea knew "
She auraured aoaethtag about Bos-
ton aad rant
“He aecds it. by Oeorge? Hope beH
get It. I shall nerd a res* when be
nil back. Oar bs» sees grows. Min.
Hamilton. It s doaSe rial it waa twu
rears men DMal realise It while
Tea# wae here."
He works too hare, Mr. Hewdee-
rea."
“The queerest sight! though there’s
no denyin’ she’s a dreadful pretty
woman.”
“I cannot see how a woman with
green hair can be pretty,” said Mrs.
Hamilton.
“You would the moment you saw
her. But you can ask Mr. Hamilton.
He saw ber and knew her, too, I
guess.”
“Are yon sure?”
“She spoke to him. ’Twaa Jest as
I was a cornin’ to the foundry an’ he
a cornin’ down the street to take the
train. ’You here?’ she says. 'You
are mistaken,’ says he. ‘Oh, yes,’ she
says, ‘I -did think,’ an’ she looked
round at me. Mr. Hamilton looked
at her pretty close, as if sort of thlnk-
in’ or studyin’ of her face, an’ then he
spoke again, but what it was he said I
didn’t hear, because, of course, twan’t
none of my business. Besides, he
spoke too low.”
“Probably she was Insane.”
“No, I guess not She seemed kind-
er troubled, though, and folks In
trouble always go to such folks as
your folks. Or else she knew him.
Whichever twas, she was a nice,
modest woman, an* a dreadful pretty
one.”
What Mrs. Fry told her was hat Ut-
ile more than Constance had already
heard, bat It gave her much to think
about for several days, indeed, aatil a
week had passed. Bat at the cad of
that time aa Incident occurred which
surprised aad .slanted her not a lit-
tle. .
Oae aorning, heartag the door-hall
ring. Mrs. Hamiltoa opened It her-
self. Tilly befog bnsy. aad was ear*
prised to see Tony Osborn standing
there. Idly ffleklag the dast flea hie
hoot with a snail cane.
“Ah. goad morning. Mrs. Hamiltoa
Jolly weather, isn't nV
"Very pleasant. Will yoe come ia.
Tony?"
"Thanks, an. I Jaat want to see
Mr. Hamiltoa."
"Mr. Ifaailtoa? Barely yoe have
forgotten that he la away."
“Bat hasn't he get homer
“Certainly not. I don't expect hla
for a week."
"He was at the bank last night.
Mrs. Hamiltoa. Of that. I am cer-
tain.'
“Then where caa he be towr
I deal )te« t nyTuri he waa
• Hre. ax? I caTieJ over to tee hia M
i
h« didst mm to tbe hash. Perhaps
be Is at tbs mill."
“Wltbeut coming boa*. Tonyf"
Young Osborn bit bis liys and
thought deeply, but each mcuitut grew
more bewildered.
“Did yoo speak to him?” asked Mrs.
Hamilton.
“Yes, nnd he spoke to mo. Busk-
ing hours arc over at four, you I::rw,
and It was Jnst after dark that I sr.w
him going Into tbe bank as I v.;i»
passing. 'Hullo!* I said. It won tho
first thing I thought to say. fer I '.“its
surprised to see him so soon. ‘Hullo,’
hs said, and laughed n little. ‘Dltiu t
expect me back so soon, did you?'
’No,’ I said, ‘I didn't.’ Then he went
In and shut the door aftor him, and 1
went home.”
“Tony, that couldn’t have been Mr.
Hamilton.”
‘‘It certainly was. It was his voice
I beard, and his form, features, g«:t,
everything. I couldn't have been mis-
taken.”
“ ''Tony," aid Mr*. Hamilton, la a
low, terrified voice, “I am sfrald you
have been deceived. It must have
been s burglar.”
"Oh, no, there Isn’t tho least doubt
In the world that it was Mr. Hamilton;
none at all.”
“Was everything right this morn-
ing?”
“Yes."
“Nothing missing?”
“No, nothing at all. All that sur-
prises me is that he Isn't here."
"He would certainly have been if he
had come home. That -makes me
think you have been deceived.”
For answer Tony took from his vest
pocket a small shirt-stud of unique
design and handed it to Mrs. Hamil-
ton.
‘‘I found it on the desk just as it
would have fallen if it had become
loosened from his shirt front.”
“Oh, Tony! What does it mean?’’
cried Mrs. Hamilton, with white lips.
“What can it mean? It is his. I gave
him the set myself, and had them
marked with his initials. See, this is
V.”
“I noticed it,” said Tony, quietly,
“and I was sure it was his. Now,
how did it happen to be on his desk
this morning, unless it dropped out
last night?”
“Perhaps It was laid there, unno-
ticed, since he went away.”
“Impossible. I have dusted and
put everything in order dally.”
Tony’s habits of order were incon-
trovertible. “Cannot you recollect
whether he spoke of missing one be-
fore he w-ent away, Mrs. Hamilton? ’
“No, he said nothing about mitsing
one.”
“Then you will find that I am right,”
said Tony. “Mr. Hamilton was at the
bank last night at about eight o'clock.
He must have been detained some-
where, and will, no doubt, be here
shortly. You may expect to see him
coming up the 6treet at any moment,”
he concluded, reassuringly, for he saw
that she was terribly shaken.
“I hope you are right, but I have
felt worried ever since he went away.”
“Oh, he's all right, sound as a
trump. I wouldn’t worry. If I were
you,” and Tony went down the stairs,
but paused to ask, “Shall I go around
to the mill and ask Mr. Carter if he
has seen anything of him?”
“Yes, please do, and ask Uncle Car-
ter to come up to see me, If Vane isn't
there.”
“All right,” and he turned away. “I
wish everything were all right, but
I’m afraid It Isn’t," he muttered.
(To be continued.)
COULD NOT BREAK AWAY.
Fascinations of Baseball Shown by
New York Incident.
Baseball has a charm all its own.
Last Saturday at noon a promoter
started down Wall street to take a
steamer for British Guiana. With him
was an Englishman who bad never
seen a ball game, having lived all his
life on his estate bordering the Esse-
quibo river. The promoter was going
down to buy from him for a syndicate
a vast tract of forest land.
A pack of youngsters from Water
street, chased by a policeman from
their native heath, began to play base-
ball on narrow Hanover street, just
when the promoter and his friend
should have been increasing their
pace. 8o ’they stopped along with
hundreds of others, ftom bankers to
pash cart men.
The field was a narrow cne; tbe
eight-year-old batter faced tbe City
bank; right field was blocked by
Brown Brothers, nnd left field by tie
Custom House. Tbe catcher's back-
stop was' the United State3 Lloyd *
building.
The piny wna scientific. The Eng-
lishman was an apt stuceut ar.d
Joined In the roar ns a three-bagger
Into nn Iron shatter of the Custom
House cleared the bases. Then fol-
lowed a home ram Into nn apple cart,
on Wall street; those who chose to.
celebrate the piny by picking up ap-
ples aad eating them did so.
The promoter finally dragged (he
Britisher sway. They atseed the!*
qt that, aad ft took a lot off
peraoastoa pins a yellow note lo get
a bnsy tug boat captain to give chase.
Off Bay Ridge they boarded their
liner—talking baseball—New York
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ant at ber right, bat n ana geaem.Tr
Mr. Cilai—toab That's right. A
»«« in always pretty sure that »
woaaa le talking.
Aftor Marriage.
"Did Chasapleigh marry the ri<7e
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