The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1905 Page: 3 of 8
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THE MISSING MAN
By MARY R. P. HATCH
Author of "The Bank Tragedy*"
Copyright. J8 *. by 1-ee and Shepanl
CHAPTER XVIII.—Continued.
' No, strange as it may seem, I am
not. The first claimant looks more
like my husband, the other seems
more like him in his ways, manners
and speech."
"Have you tested them by inviting
their recollections of incidents known
only to yourself and Mr. Hamilton?"
"I have."
"And the result?"
' Neither has failed. Perhaps the
recollections of Mr. Edes (I will call
him so) are quicker. He claims to
have recovered all his memory up to
last May, while Mr. Hamilton, as he
is called, owns to a vagueness, some-
jtimes, regarding names and incldruts.
But there is one thing in the other s
rfavor. He explains why he went away
ievery year in May, and Mr. Hamilton
■does not."
"Indeed."
"Yes; he went in search of his twin
brother stolen in childhood and sup-
posed to be dead by all save his motii-
•er, who exacted on her death bed the
promise that he would spend two
weeks each year in seeking for his
■brother."
"Does this look like a plausible ex-
planation, Mrs. Hamilton?"
"It does, in some respects. Mr.
(Edes also claims that Mr. Hamilton is
really Victor Hamilton, his twin broth-
er, for whom he searched so long."
: "An Ingenious story! Well, I must
see this Edes, who may, or may not,
be your husband, and talk with him.
I confess I am beginning to feel great
interest in the case, and will under-
take it if I see my way clear. What
do you say, Stevens?"
"I agree with you. Perhaps Mrs.
Hamilton will give us other facts
which may be of use to us. Have you
any other good and cogent reason for
thinking that Primus Edes, so called,
Is the true Vane Hamilton?"
"One, but I should prefer not to
speak of it to you. I never have to
any one."
first claimant was unrecognizable in
this way."
"Yes, sir; though he looked exactly
like my husband, spoke like him,
walked like him, wore his ring, car-
ried his note-book and papers. I mis-
trusted him, and for this reason."
"And the other claimant?"
"The other's shoulders, as seen in
church, reminded me of Vane; his
eyes, also."
"But the odor?"
"That was familiar, sir; I noticcd
it almost from the first."
"But you did not speak of it."
"No, sir. I did not speak of it. I
could not compel myself to until it
seemed as if it would be wrong to
withhold the fact any longer."
"There is good reason for jour
hesitation, as you must own, Mrs.
Hamilton, when you view the matter
dispassionately. The sense of smell-
ing is a noble one. If most people
possess it in a small degree, It is
because we do not need it so much,
perhaps, as the other senses. No
doubt it could be cultivated."
"You are very kind," said Constance,
simply, "and I think you are right.
Still, to ordinary people the matter
would appear strange, absurd."*
"We shall not speak of it, nor make
it any part of our case, unless similar
circumstances can be discovered to
throw light upon yours."
"I think you are right," and Mrs.
Hamilton arose from her seat and
soon after quietly left the office.
"Which does she favor, Mr. Ste-
vens?" said Morley.
"Edes," replied his partner,
promptly.
"You are right, undoubtedly, and
the reason she has just given us."
"Well, it is a strange case."
"Granted. We shall certainly gain
notoriety, if not the case," said Mor-
ley, laughing. "Mrs. Hamilton Is a
smart woman. Both sides are of in-
terest to her."
d
iHfe
The Trill.
Mrs. Hamilton looked confused and
embarrassed.
"You will think me absurd."
"Never," said the lawyer, gallantly.
"Mrs. Hamilton could not be absurd,
even in thought."
"Well, I will tell you. Is your olfac-
tory sense very keen?"
"I think not particularly," replied
Mr. Morely, politely, and repressing,
severely, an inclination to smile.
"Is yours?" turning ao Mr. Stevens.
"I think I may say it is. I have been
told so."
"Then perhaps you will understand
me. Mine is particularly acute, so
much so that the perfume of a flower
which I have not smelled for years
will waft my recollections back to the
last time, perftaps the only time, when
I ever held such a flower in my hand.
"Now," she said, with more hesita-
tion, "have you noticed that each per-
son has a physical odor which is ex-
haled from his body?"
"I confess I never thought of it,"
said Mr. Stevens.
"But you know a dog will track his
master in the midst of a multitude
by means of it."
"True."
"Dogs have a more acute sense of
smell than people, but many people
have this sense iu a far greater de-
gree than others. You will admit that
you, for instance, can smell better
than Mr. Morley, just as some people
can hear or see better than others."
"Yes, your reasoning is good."
"I can smell scents that most people
cannot. To me each person has an
individual odor, peculiar, personal and
characteristic of them."
"Mrs Hamilton, do your words Im-
ply that you have detected your hus-
band through the means you describe
so interestingly."
"Perhaps it would be too much to
say, sir."
"I think not. At least such recogni-
tion on the part of a dog of his mas-
ter (pardon the comparison) has been
given full weight, many times. Please
tell us what you thought when Mr.
Hamilton, so called, returned."
"I thought it was he. I never
doubted it until I recovered conscious-
ness, for I fainted at the sight of
him, in Mr. Allen's office. He knelt
beside me and—and this odor of
which I have spoken was strange to
me. Had it been familiar, I should
never have doubted—never. It has
been the means of making me mis-
trust his claims."
"This is marvelous, marvelous!"
said Mr. Morley. "You say that the
"Well, they are about even, though
I did think No. 2 hadn't the ghost of
a chance."
CHAPTER XIX.
The Claimant.
"Go to Morley & Stevens, I think
they will listen to you," was all the
note contained, but to the recipient
it brought great joy, proving as it did
that Constance had been quietly work-
ing, if not in his behalf, to give him
an opportunity to prosecute his
claims and prove their title to be
either true or false.
Immediately after the receipt of the
line from Constance, Edes repaired
to the office of Morley & Stevens.
They received him with seeming re-
spect and listened to his story with
attention. It is well known to my
readers by this time, and I will not
repeat it. When he finished, both law-
yers observed that he said nothing
about Constance's recognition through
the olfactory sense, and they judged
rightly that he was unaware of it.
They saw, therefore, that it bore no
part in his determination to prosecute
his claims. After the matter had
been discussed at some length, Mr.
Morley said:
"Actions against tenants will ap-
ply to your case, Mr. Hamilton (call-
ing him so for the first time), for they
provide for any case where one per-
son is in possession of any land or
tenement belonging to another, and
wrongfully withheld from the owner,
whether the relation of landlord and
tenant ever existed between the par-
ties or not. The plaintiff claims to
be the owner of the estate. Vane
Hamilton. As such he has a right to
it. Otherwise he has none. The
sole issue to be tried is the identity
of the plaintiff with Vane Hamilton."
"Exactly. Now, in what name shall
the writ be issued against him—Vic-
tor Hamilton or Ashley?"
"I don't absolutely know that it is
either."
"That makes no difference. A fic-
titious name may be used, even,
when name is unknown. In this case
you can use which name you choose,
but afterward the court may amend
It."
"I see. Well, issue it against Vic-
tor Hamilton. I don't care to estab-
lish his identity with Ashley."
"It may be your best hold later on.'
"I hope he will not contest my
claim."
"But he will. He has nine points of
the law in his favor, he will reason.
That is possession, you know. I
think we may as well begin to look
Into the case at once. Can you prove
that the twin brother was stolen, and
that you made search for him?"
"I think I can, but I shall be com-
pelled to go to Elmira. At last ac-
counts th? nurse from whom the child
was stolen was alive, though very
feeble."
"That wculd be a point gained.
Then if you could prove that you went
in search of him it would be sot
against the assertion of the defendant
that he had no brother, and his re-
fusal to tell why and when he went.
If it could be shown by any means
where you lost your sense of personal
knowledge, how the defendant pos-
sessed himself of your ring, or any
point of similar consequence, it would
be of material aid. Something th?t
somebody may have noticed occurred
perhaps on the road to Portland or
afterward. An advertisement might
bring out something. What do you
say, Stevens?"
"A good idea. Insert one."
"We will, if you ijay so, Mr. Hamil-
ton "
"I do; but you say nothing to me
about costs, Mr. Morley," said the
claimant, anxiously.
"Mrs. Hamilton, anxious to have
every fact brought to light on her
own account, will be responsible,
though I judge she does not care to
have the fact known."
"No, that would be best."
"You of course ec;\ Mr. Hamilton,
that this suit, wbrcver recovers, will
not end the matte:-. The natural out-
come will be a sui for perjury and
forgery. Then there is the bank
mystery still unsettled. One matter
follows the other. You have, no
doubt, considered all this."
"I have," said the claimant, firmly.
"Well, call in to-morrow. By that
time we shall have arranged the mat-
ter somewhat in our minds, prepp-ed
the writ, and so forth. You must
study the matter yourself, do not for-
get to mention any point that, bears
011 it. It will be a hard fight."
"I know myself, Mr. Morley. I
know that I am Vane Hamilton, and I
am determined to regain my family
and my estate."
"We will do the best we can for
you," said Mr. Morley, shaking hands
with him. Mr. Stevens did likewise,
and he left the office.
"Well," said Morley, after a long
silence, "it will be a hard fight, as
you said."
"There are some things in his favor.
We are to present the evidence on our
side of a claimant trial. That is the
way I mean to look at it for the pres-
ent. If we see reason afterward for
not continuing the charge of it, we
can give It up."
"I suppose so."
It will be seen by this conversation
that, however encouragingly the law-
yers had spoken to the principal, they
were by no means sure of the issue,
nor, indeed, of the wisdom of con-
ducting the suit. The claimant had
thus far failed to touch their sympa-
thies; whether he would succeed in
doing so remained to be seen. But he
had excited their interest, and curios-
ity thoroughly, and they plunged into
a consideration of the case that very
day. The writ was issued, the adver-
tisement engaged the tentative facul-
ties of both lawyers, possibilities and
probabilities were weighed in the
balance of common sense and equity,
and when the next day arrived they
were well equipped to meet the claim-
ant and to converse with him further
(To be continued.)
Right in Line.
"That 'ere 7-year-old nephew o'
mine," said the Old Codfeer. "is likely
to be noted some day on account of
his originality. Adam and Williiyp
Tell and Sir Isaac Newton and my be
loved little nephew, just last night,
all had adventures with apples, and
tile result in his ease was as different
from that in any of their eases as
their s were different from each oth-
er. —Puck.
Wear on Wooden Pavements.
In provincial towns in England the
"reosoted soft wood pavement has ti
life of from twelve to fifteen years
and hard woods from fifteen to eight-
een years. At St. Fancies, London,
where there Is a traffic of 411.318 tons
per yard of width per annul'., the
greatest wear oi the Australian wood
jartah was 0.18 Inch, it less than oik-
fifth of an Inch per annum.
Narrow.
"The bigotedes." man I ever know
ived in Newark." said ('apt. Hill.
"Ona day he tf-as caught In a squall,
and he looked around for ihelter. The
door of the Raptisterlan church s'ood
open right near, but he was a Presby-
versalist, bo he pushed on in the rain
and was struck by lightning in the
next block, expiring l:i great agony."—
Newark Evening News.
Poetry for the Open Air.
Of books for the open air, volumes
•if poetry are the very best. A line
pregnant with thought, a verse of
lovely lyric, raise us to a fit mood lor
the contemplation of natural beauty.
Just as a strain of music might do.
Tl'.s poets have been the closest in-
terpreters both of Nature and the
heart of man.—The Countryside.
Worst Housekeeper.
"To-day the English lady Is the
worst housekeeper in the world. Two
hundred years ago she was the best.'
This Is the essence of a striking In
dictment of modern women by Mrs.
Huth Jackson In an article on house
keeping and national well-being in
he nineteenth century.
World's Great Debt fo the Dreamer
Ao Many Glorious Deeds Fathered
by the Man of Vision as by
Man of Action Is Hell Called
the Pilot.
. nights havi been Bald, doors have
sbu t.
And feVfp <>'« r the houxehold has reign;
•\nd I at in> table, have put
My hand to the paper again.
For all through the evening of mirth.
Of which my light banter was part,
A Vision more fall than all earth
Has whispered Its Word to my heart.
Ask not whence the Vision, nor why;
Ask not would it <|Ufstion or tench;
I can s"« it. I lit not with the ye.
It s; eaks. yet 1 licni not its speech.
Only n w. In th* night ami alone.
With tin in •• id ifld eat th lost t" > low.
It eotr.es. with a g! j;ce all its own
And I Know that mj «hearnings are
Through a I ti e long \«ars of my mil
V.iti- 'atkei (1 with tuiln and despair
1 have given the world Its eo is«- spoil.
Yet e!ut « to a tr« asui •• im re fat:;
Anil hidden It sacredly deep.
And prayed, in the strtss and the strife;
"O Uou! ( i\e me stnni;th still ti keep
The grace and the b«auty of Life!"
Sweet Vision! Fade now. If thou must.
But neither the world nor Its way
Shall weak* n my heart to dlstiuat
What my Soul has held fast to this
day.
And though barbarous schemes shall b«
laid
To quench the high Anna s >f Desire,
I shall go on my way unafraid
Though I bear but a spark of thy fire!
'Tin better, far better, to hold
The DreaRl. though hi seeri t 'tis held.
Than to let the high Spit It grow cold
I" ii 111 'neath a brute bludgeon 'tis
t\ lied.
Though \\« su(T< < more lulls in one hour
Than the sordid biute feels in all life,
God knows that in us Is the power
Hullding beauty fiom sorrow and strife.
The In earner shall pilot the world
Ai l father Its glorious d. eds!
IClwyti JlolTman.
Indians Fear Curse of Angry Goddess
Finls'j #ruat you are (loins t§
though that thing was the crowning
work of your life.
T.parn to suppress the Irritation
thai comes from doing the uncongen-
ial but necessary thing.
The Infant Mind.
"Say, papa," queried Harold, look
Ing up from bis book, "do they planl
bird seed when they want to raise
sparrow grass?"—Golden Days.
Thousandn of Bracelets. Which
Rumor Said Would Bring
Death to the Owners,Destroyed
—Superstition Dies Hard.
A South Indian correspondent
writes: Recently a very singular re-
port has been abroad among the worn-
t n of this district respecting the
bracelets they wear. The report is
to the effect that certain bracelets are
very dangerous, i. e., those thai are
made of "Bombay" glass and have
small moons and crescents, etc., im-
bedded in them. It is affirmed that a
certain small worm bores its way out
of this class and bites the wearers
of these ill-fated bracelets, and that
whoever is bitten by the worm be-
comes nfllicttd with iilp.gue or some
equally fatal disease und dies. Tho
worm is said to be a small ona with a
very ha id head.
The report arose In Plthapuram,
where three women are said to have
died from the bite, and spread with
great rapidity over the whole of the
Godavery district. The result has
hern that thousands of these brace-
lets have been destroyed during tho
last few weeks. The report goes on
to say further that this glass was
"mined" Jn a quarry where there was
an idol of a certain goddess, and that
in getting the glass from the mine the
Idol was broken, and as a consequence
the goddess has been very angry and
has sent this disease as a punish-
ment.—Indian World
World's Olidest Garment Now in Boston
Sheep's Wool as Barometers.
Shepherds believe the wool on a
sheep's back Is an unfailing barom-
eter. The curlier the wool the finer
will be the weather
Ceremonial Waistcoat of Egyptian
Prince First Donned Thirty,
three Centuries Ago Still in
Good Preservation.
At the Roston Museum of Fine Arts
there has lately been placed on exhibi-
tion the most wonderful garment in
the world. It Is the oeremonlal waist-
coat of Prince Mai her-prl of Egypt,
v no ived about 1,400 years before
Thrist.
This leather garment Is, therefore,
about 3,300 years old. Yet so perfectly
Is It preserved that a person might
put It on and wear it to day. Not a
aiesh Is broken; It Is not even discol-
ored, except arourd the waist, where it
ad been darkened by perspiration tm-
r a belt when «orn by its ancient
owneii at the time of the building of
the Temple of Karnae.
At first glance it looks like a woven
garment with a border of leather
round the edges. But closer examina-
tion shows that it Is made out of a
whole gazelle skin. What look like
woven meshes are really rectangular
holes cut or punched in the skin.
This garment was found in one of
the rockeut tombs near Thebes by
Theodore M. Davis, tho eminent archa-
eologist of Newport, in his excavations
in Egypt about a year ago. Though
this leather jacket had withstood the
passing of thirty-three centuries in its
burial place in Egypt, It would soon
mildew and fall to pieces in our moist
climate, so It has been placed in an
lir-tlght cose at the museum, and can
now be looked at only through glass.
HAD TO SWALLOW AND PRAISE.
Boastful Innkeeper Carried Bluff
Through to the End.
Dr. John E. Russell of New York,
whose emulsion of fats and com-
pounds of vegetable juices has done so
much for the cure of consumption,
said at a meeting of physicians that
he did not wish to praise too ardently
his discoveries.
"For they who speak overhighly of
their owr work." he said, "are always
a little ridiculous, and sometimes they
stumble, like a certain innkeeper, into
a pitfall.
"This innkeeper, a New Hampshire
man, was notorious for the bad quality
of his beer.
"A joker from Sunapee, a gentleman
named Perley, said one day that he
would put up a trick on the innkeeper
and as he sat at a table with some
friends In the inn he poured a lot of
vinegar and pepper into a glass of
beer before Aim.
"Then Perley made a horrible face
and roared out:
" 'Dreadful. It's a shame. This Is
not beer. It is poison.'
"Pale with rage, the landlord hur-
ried in.
"What's the matter with you, Per-
ley?' he said. 'That beer is all right.'
" 'AH right, is it?' said Perley, wink-
ing at his companions. 'Well, just
taste It and see if it's all right.'
"The landlord put the full glass of
doctored beer to his Hps. He drained
the vile mixture to the last drop. Then,
determined to stand up tor himself at
all costs, he said:
"An excellent glass of beer. I never
tasted a better.' "
Our Great
Sensational Sale
WE HAVE PURCHASED AB0UT-
On to Him.
"Did he have any luck flshirg?"
"Well, he says he caught a number
of fish, many of which would weigh
three pounds."
"Yes, I guess it wguld take a great,
many of the fish he caught to weigh
three pounds."
The Great Essential.
"Then you don't consider him an
expert fisherman."
"Of course not. Why, he hasn't
any Imagination whatever."
Worth of Dry Goods, Notions, Etc.,
v/v/ from Max Herskowitz, wholesale
dealer of Oklahoma City, at this auction sale, at about 50c on
the dollar. These goods are all brand new and seasonable and
we will sell them at the following prices:
Men's Linen Collars, usually sold at 15c, our price....8o
Men's black and fancy S cks, usually sold at 10c
per pair, our price 5o
Men's black and fancy Socks, usually sold at 25c
per pair, our prioo 12o
Ladies' black and fancy Hose, usnallv sold at 85o
per pair, our price 19o
Ladies' black and fancy Hose, usually sold at lOo
per pair, our prici) So
Ladies' black and fuuey Hose, usually sold at 15o
a pair, our price 80
Ladies' black and fancy Hose, ui-ually sold at 25o
a pair, our price 12o
Ladies' black and fancy Hose, usually sold at 800
a pair, our price 19o
Misses' and boys' black and fancy Hose, usually
sold at 10c per pair, our price _.8o
Misses' ami boys' black and fancy Hose, usually
sold at 15oa pair, our price 80
Misses' ami boys' black and fnnoy Hose, usually
sold at 25c a pair, ourprioe 12o
Misses' and boys' black and fanoy Hose, usually
sold at 30c tier pair, our price -19o
Child's black and fancy Hose, usually sold at 10c a
pair, our prioe 80
Child's bla< k and fancy Hose, usually sold at 15c a
pair, our price - 80
Child's black and fancy Hose, usually sold at 25c a
pair, our price 12c
Men's Overalls, usually sold at 50c per pair, ourprice2io
Men's Overalls, usually sold at 7oc a pair, our price 89o
Men's Overalls, usually sold at $1 00 per pair, our
price 4#o
Men's Jumpers and Jacket;., usually sold at 6O0
each, onr price 25c
Men's Jum|>ers and Jackets, usually sold at 75c
each, our price.— 89c
Men's Work Blurts, usually Bold at 25o each, our
price „15o
Men's Work Sliiris, usaally sold at 50c each, our
price 25o
Men's Work Shirts, usually sold at 75o each, our
prioe 39c
Boys' Percale Waists, usually sold at 25courprice....t0o
Men's Pants, usually sold at $1.00 a pair, our pri<e..49o
Men's Pants, usually sold at $1.50 per pair our
price „75o
Men's Pacts, usually sold at $2.00 per pair, our
price 98o
Men's Suspenders, usually sold at 15c ]ier pair, onr
price 80
Men's Suspenders, usually sold at 25c per pair, our
prioe 12o
Men's Suspenders, usually sold at 75o per pair, our
prioe 89o
Boys' Suspenders, usually sold at 10c per pair, onr
prioo 5o
Boys' -uBpenders, usually sold at 15o per pair, our
price 8c
Boys' Suspenders, usually sold at 60c per pair, our
prioe 25o
Men's Knit Underwear, usually sold at 35c, our
price 19o
Men's Knit Underwear, usually sold at 50c, our
price 25o
Choice of any Suit in onr Men's Clothing !-tock,
worth up to $15, at per unit $5.00
Meu's Summer Coats and Vests will be sold at 40o
on the dollar.
Ladies' fancy trimmed Hats, usually sold at $1.50,
our price 25o
This Sale Is Now On and Will Last 15 Days
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