THE COMMERCIAL
OUINN * DAILY, Piibllaht'ru.
J. W. OUINN, Editor.
ClIELfll'A, • IND. TEH.
IN TWILIGHT LATE.
With drunxy airoku and loitering hum
'I lie i. Ui jil' U i'lut'k tells lull,
And iiu ulur-huali iif brooding ctlu
lulla mi I Iiu liuuula ut Uisll.
IVnclUil (ijulnol iIiu alcd-gray sliy
Tin. |iii|..,iin *wuy und awl nil;
V lii'ic liliU .iiij in. sung "puru' l/y <1*y,
The IruvM, now twittering,
H ike fur tbemsolvM a nickering iuna,
Willi nillll) ii nilllllll and "rr*t,"
•A* tiii- iiroi -f il.it  urs 1I141M j>!inMi'n on
To Ilk lluim- lit the silent Kcil.
Mil stur ujiprnr  In tb  distant depths.
Nor iiiunii null the crescent run,
4lut durkri', blacker loom I ho loaves
Alliwirt the deepenlm; dim.
•J'lio rlvor makes murmuring chorda
O'er Ha gravelly, slmlluw 111 ti;
H'lio notes rise high ua the wind ia uruiig.
And full tthen It* force Is done.
Ilftlf-ahii|ii*d to wurila the nit'I low 1.|| liar a
Hint ixl sonio sung well known,
And. Moating on the changeful brooxe.
Sing It In soothing tune.
My mind, attuned, Interpret! tltua
In the twilliiht. lingering lute;
"Love swells to tnore, I.lfo sink■* to Ices,
lute not; btlll wult—uyu wait."
And eye and ear. In the quiet hour,
Harvest their tale of rent:
Hushed In my heart the ini.-snR> sleeps.
And peace Is my grscloun gue.-it.
—Q. J. C. Scott, In Chamber's Ji-urnal.
Ml Inn .unrtt ua the malrg rather main till you heave yersalf. A nice
1 butt Join a party of which I wan it young mm >nu are to walk out wltb
itBinli. r. I tried to oulu.o my vanity it gal, ami never avou waut to giva bar
by tclliug m>sttir 1I1 at this might b*L hiss."
Uu# to somti tustluut win eli wurned I "That's soon put right," was the ra-
1 hem that thoy and I were not upon ply, and fruiu the sound, which rearlid
ilia nanio social plane; but iu tlie only my «ar , I Itavo caiiae to miiUMiao that
member of the man who was at all I Henry wo* as en id ua hie word I
Inclined to accept my advaucc* a Lmnably, however, PMo.cipation of
w Up 01  hcuIIi ry-niAld named Amelia, soiimi sorl I untied to umko lilm leaa
rill0? 1'fr-l-u-iitly anubbod, Itmorou* Until usual on ibis trcaalon
niid to whom I beard tliom allude a* for whuu Amelia n«*i spol.e there was
Of no class, It warned likely 1b.11 a ring of diaapp iutm«ut in her voice
«' H"  iltould bavo I -D'ye call that a U1m7 Why don't
I
protest
Scoundrels £ Co.
ByCOULSON KERNAHAN
Author ol "Captain Shannon," "A Book o!
Strains Sla , "A Dtti Man'i Disry." Etc.
Copyright, 1899, by Herbert S. Stone 4 Co.
that each
caro a par
1 CHAPTER VIII.—Continued.
""So bad as that. Is it?" said the col-
lider. "Poor chap. How far off do you
live?"
"A long way," I replied. "I couldn't
get there if I traveled all night."
"Why? Where do you live, then?"
"Nowhere," I answered, thinkim
vaguely that It was possible Number
Three might be lurking within ear-
•shot, and that I had best sustain the
*ole 1 had assumed.
"Great heavens! And they call this
ia Christian country! Never mind.
V.'e can make up a bed for you at my
place, and then I'll see what can be
•done. Are you out of work?"
"Yes," I replied. "I was one of Lord
Cranthorpe's mill hands and we're all
■out on strike."
"What!" he cried, "are you one of
•that rascally, skulking crew?—a sei
of ruffians who are driving the trade
-out of the country into the hands of
'Germans, and cutting their own throats
into the bargain, at the bidding of a
lot of scheming agitators who wouldn
fee tolerated for a moment anywhere
4>ut in England. If I'd have known—
fcut there, I expect you're more fool
than knave. That's my house just
past the lamp-post. I am the blood-
sucking tyrant, Lord Cranthorpe, who,
• according to your friends the agita-
tors, am battening and fattening
'the brow sweat of the starving poor.
Here, lend a hand—you with the cfcrt
I mean—and we'll carry this poor chap
•over. We'll make up a bed for him
somewhere in the basement, so that
•he won't have to strain his foot by
Gobbling upstairs. You take his head
and I'll take his feet. It's the first
house past the lamp-post, and be care-
ful how you go down the area steps."
JWy foot was so painful that I winced
nervously as he sioo]>ed to raise me,
feut no woman could have been defter
of hand or more tenderly considerate
fthan he, and my transit was accom-
plished painlessly. They carried me
through a sort of passage opening upon
<he street, to an inner room, where I
was propped tip on a huge wicker
chair, my injured foot resting luxuri-
ously upon another chair. Then Lord
Cranthorpe explained the situation to
the servants, telling them that I was
to remain in the house until my foot
■was healed, and giving strict injunc.
■tiona that they were to make me as
-comfortable as post.I'.iie during my so-
journ under his roof.
Comfortable, hov/ever, I cannot say
4 was, for, with one exception, the
vhole irta.T of servants appeared to re-
cent my advent a3 an intrusion. They
vere civil enough in attending to my
V3nts, and In their own phrase,
* passed the time of day with me" when
>they had cause to enter the room
where I was located. But though I
<lid my best, for obvious reasons, to
•eet upon good terms with them, they
«ever seemed at ease in my company.
This was especially noticeable in the
•natter of meals, lor once or twice,
•when I asked to be allowed to take my
rfood with them, their awkwardness
■*i:d silence were moat oppressive.
"They watched me furtively, as if to get
 tn opportunity of conveying fork,
spoon or l.nife to their mouth3 at the 1
praise moment when my attention
was enga&ed elsewhere, and on one!
©cuiJon 1 Cfitetlcd the cook in the act I
been the other way about, and Hint yor iflve u  a real ug?"
I. OS Wall as A undid, was considered An ardent lowr, whoa the object of
maybe -whatever that [his adoration t litis coyly capitulates,
a.. 11' 1 1. 1 *#•! Dives lilm to understand that the
n n 1 f,*  a<i more uvors she has to bestow aro bis (or
ban disposed to be friendly, and It I tlio atdilna, might reasonably be ex-
"" Irom her that 1 learnt certain petted 10 snatch bar passionately to
acts which had no unimportant bear- himself, and to cover bar lips, hair
lug upon my enterprise. The most and chooka with burning klssea but
significant was that she was engaged Mr. Talbofrt reply to Amelia's tempt-
to marry a "har.lst "-which engage- log InvliaUm. consisted, so far
ment having only been recently could gather, of a mumbled
formed, nhe was burnlug to couimunl- about having to be going now
cate to somo one. I •• '«,« ..„,n ..." ' ,,
'An ,lhriil"?i ' 8Uld wKh Kom" 8Ur- "Happed the si I g hied maiden, "III give
r r .11 ii ? announced this piece you yer old parcel back and wish you
of fashionable Intelligence; "an artist, good-bcveiilng; aud perhaps you'll
eh How did you come to meet him?" lin.i another young woman to walk out
Yes, lies a harilsi, she replied, as-1 wltb another time."
sertlveiy. "He draws the most lovely "o Lord love us, what a lot you worn-
pictures you over see In chalk on the I en are!" grouned Mr. Talbot in a voice
pavement and hi. colors Is hexqulslto. I which, though Intended to be persua-
h  t n « ^e square one night, and slve and conciliatory, sounded to mo
He,, J 1811 ln l0Ve WUU me moro ll,e «   uiati to whom
n I? . t, i i 11 wo,,l<1 llave bcun aivIntense relief
„* i * 1 J*rew ''10 stor>' ot her 'par his own and perhaps Ills com-
hartist lover from the silly but un-1 panlon's hair. "Lord love us! I never
suspecting girl, and when I learnt knew such a fool as you are In my life.
night he entrusted to her 1 didn't mean anything, my dear. You
■ I r ii 'i h ,be ca"e<1 'or early I know I iovo you better than—lumu
the following morning—which par, el sugar. I do," and from the noises whkh
was supposed to contain clmlks—I be-1 ensued, 1 gather that he was bestow-
gan to feel that the case was develop- ing "real tigs," with an ardor, which.
... . . ,, It assumed, was sufficiently ursine to
Tnnrv M •!• n- I. nam° W°S SatlslJ' 11,0 raOSt CXUCtiUg of maidens
Enery-Mr Lnery Talbot-llves a Here was my opportunity. \viy
long way hoff, she said, "so. > sed, quietly I reached over, and took Mr
wots the good of is luggin' his chalks Henry Talbofa parcel of chalks from
along with 'im hevery time? So e the drawer. As 1 held the pacSe
Just leaves em for me to take caro of with a hand which haste and ucrvous-
at the harea door of a night, and as ness made none loo steady, something
I m up fust in the mornin' I gives em metallic rattled ominously; and when
Im out again when e calls. But It with thumping heart, I laid my ear be-
am t so much to save 'isself trouble side the thing to listen. 1 distinctly
as to ave a word with me as he does heard the clock-like beating of an In-
t L as good as told me so last night, fernal machine. Repressing the in-
ough e is mighty particular about sane but perhaps natural Inclination
his oie parcel all the same." t0 dash the horrid object away, and
I was beginning to get interested in | mastering, by sheer will-control, the
i blln(1- unreasoning rush of p'anic-
fess, that had I known, during -the stricken impulses that sprang up witil-
th ree nights I had already passed un- in me. 1 tiptoed across the room and
der Lord Cranthorpe's roof, that his lifting Mr. Talbot's coat, I stuffed the
hospitality had been extended by proxy parcel Into the pocket.
to articles in the possession of my How long I sat in my chair, looking
friend Number Three, my slumbers in a sort of frozen horror of calm at
would have been less childlike and a dirty brown bowler hat and a grease-
peacefui. soi|ed yenow overcoat, reeking of bad
•My foot was practically healed, and tobacco and stained with beer—neither
I was only hanging on as Lord Cran- of them objects to be associated readi-
thorpe's guest for my own purposes. 0 with tragedy—I cannot say. To me.
But now that I knew that the base- "'ho fancied as I sat there that I could
ment of his lordship's house wa.s be- hear the stealthy working of that
ing used as a sort of cloak room fori devil's plaything and hour-glass, tick-
the storage of parcels containing a ing away the lives of human beings-
deadly explosive, my natural delicacy I of whom it was possible I might my-
made me feel how very desirable it I fie'f be one—it seemed a very eternity
was that I should not outstay my wel- before Talbot said, "Now get me my
come, or trespass unduly upon my I c°at and hat and I'll be off."
host's hospitality. But when, some minutes after, a
Hence I decided that the following dull echoing roar, as of the distant
morning should witness my departure, I discharge of musketry, set the windows
but as I preferred making my exit by rattling In their sockets like teeth in
means of my legs rather than with the a skull, causing Amelia to drop a plate
assistance of dynamite, and as I pro- w'th a crash, and to scream out, "Wot
posed moving only to the next street, hever's that?" I knew that Number
and not—on this occasion at least— | Three of the infernal brotherhood had
right away to the next world, I came to handed in his papers to no earthly
the conclusion that I should sleep more I chief, but to that arch-conspirator
peaceably if, before retiring to rest, | w*10 '■ the master of every murderer.
I could satisfy myself that on that par
Numlwr Two, who was ambitious
assuming tha d«nd rhlaf i mantle, was
i learly an unai riiptiluua rascal, but
thai be bad any spat-ial Rllts as
crganl/Kr and director bad jet to b«
proved. The fact that wlieu urrung
Ing for the meeting which was uboij
to takd place, lie bud forgotten to git
instruction* upon atu'h iiu|Miriaiit
points as the ron I mi to be talon, was
u signlflciint testimony of his Im-tipa
hiliiy for details, Hucb an omission
could never have taken place under the
chieftainship of Number one. Had
that art 1st in crime been in tho head
ot affairs, It is very doubtful whath«
I should Inn o been allowed to put foot
Inside the bouse at Passed Hipiare
i.or would the little maneuver by
which 1 had frustrated tlio attempt to
wreck Lord Criinihorpe's rnsldenco
have l e n quite so easy of accomplish
ment.
I did not forget thai Number One
bad not failed to discover my pres
• lice In the Southend train on the
very first occasion on which I had at-
tempted to personate the dead con-
spirator, nor that he bud penetrated
my disguise nt it glance; and though
the struggle which had taken place be-
tween us that evening had resulted In
I,Is defeat, It was luck more than skill
that had constituted me the victor.
The game of chess which was being
played between myself and the Syndi-
cate of Scoundrels was at present lu
my favor, Inasmuch as I had suc-
ceeded ln removing from the board a
queen and two pawns, to wit Number
One, Number Three and Number
Seven. But ns I had only one ptecu
to lose, and as the contest became more
difficult and more dangerous us the
number of combatants grew less, I
felt—when I knocked for the second
time at the door of the gipsy wagon
on the Leigh road—that I should have
to be both wide-awake and wily were
I to come out of the business alive.
I had scarcely joined the pnrty,
which now consisted of five. Including
myself, when one of the conspirators,
whom I recognized as Number Two,
held up his hand, as a sign that be
wished to address the meeting.
'Those of you who have seen the
INDIAN 'iEIIRITOKJ NEWS.
Herklni, fur l*rwhtbMt«<n.
The preacher* in Indian territory are
going to bring this country into state
hotel ns a prohibition' state. If ih y
can. Kvldenti of this lies In ii call
that has been sent to every minister
lu the territory In which It l  request-
ed that lie give his views us to tha
best linn and plao, for calling a con-
vention of minister* at which a terri-
torial organisation will be formed • bat
will have for Its purpose the prohibi-
tion of saloons, when Indian territory
(i lues In as a state,
n nearly avery town In the territory
there Is a Milliliters' ulllli ICO, The one
lu Miismh.iv nus taken the lead mid
nnt out a call to ministers of othor
towns ask tog that a convention b«
called before October I. Each church
Is to have one representative delegate
nt this convention ami the church Is to
pay bis expenses. At this meeting will
be organl.nl u territorial association
with iiii executive hoard corresponding
to a state committee, and thl* commit-
tee will have charge of the anil-saloon
crusade, Ii Is prtqiosed to have a see-
retnry-ai 4 good salary und he will
have two stenographers. There will
In a finance commute,, to rulse the
money to defray expenses and the cam-
paign Is to be conducted as a strictly
non-partisan move.
In their call It Is slated that the min-
isters will avoid uny discussion of
single or double statehood, hut that
they are opposed to the Hamilton bill
In Its present form, nnd unless II is
freely amended shall work ror Its do-
" at. Ministers are urged to preach
from their pulpits the necessity of pro-
hibiting the saloon from the new state
and a petition wJll he furnished to each
one to he signed by his congregation
and friends looking to that end. These
petitions will be sent to the territorial ^
secretary nnd will be forwurded by
him to congress,
This Is h unique move and one that
will be an Important element when It
comes to legislation admitting the two
territories to statehood.
   Indian terrl-
mornlng paper," he said, "will scarcely ,ory has 'he strictest prohibition laws
need to be told that our number is forco anywhere in the I'nited States,
while*Oklahoma has about as liberal
saloon laws as any stale. The preach-
ers have seen this and do not propose
to have Oklahoma's saloon law imposed
on Indian territory, where there has
never been a saloon.
now complete. Death has removed
another member of the council since
our last meeting. On that occasion I
undertook with the asslstance of Coun-
cillor Number Three to obtain posses-
sion of the dynamite that was con-
cealed at Fassett Square. I have kept
my promise; but 1 regret to say that
through some wretched bungling on
Ills own part, my unfortunate assist
nivliliiiic the Districts.
The republican organization in In-
dian territory has started detailed work
ticular night, at ail events, Mr. Henry
Talbot's parcel contained nothing more
dangerous than chalks. So, instead of
hobbling off at nine o'clock Into the
little room where my bed had been
prepared. I remained chatting with
Amelia. By-and-by she began to get
fidgety, being, as I could see. impa-
tient for the moment when bj carry-
ing a lighted candle three times past
the window, she could let her lover
know, according to the signal which
had been arranged between them, that
the other servants were at supper and
the coast clear.
The signal had scarcely been given
before there came a gentle tap at the
area door, and leaving me in the inner
room, hurried out Juliet-like to greet
her Romeo.
"Here's the parcel of chalks, pretty
one." I heard Mr. Talbot say. "Put
them away carefully for me, darling,
and I'll call for thsm as usual in the
morning."
Amelia had left the door leading into
the passage slightly ajar, so that I had
been able to play the eavesdropper
without leaving my chair, which was
fortunate, for the next instant she
stepped coqiiettishly into the room with
a brown paper parcel in her hand,
which she popped into an open drawer,
and then, with a saucy nod to me,
popped out again.
Her lover seemed to be in a hurry
this particular evening, for I heard
Amelia say, "Wot, you ain't goin' yet?
Put down yer 'at aud coat and give ua
a kiss."
Presumably the obedient Henry put.
down his hat and coat as directed,
whereupon Amelia snatched them uj.
playfully and running once more Into
the room where I was sitting, threw
them upon a chair, ar.d returning to
Henry said triumphantly:
"There! you shan't ave em back
CHAPTER IX.
A DIABOLICAL PLOT.
The day after the explosion was the
day appointed for the council meeting,
p.id as I intended to be present, I
ant lost bis life. You have seen in I by dlvfdlnS the twelfth recording dis-
this morning's papers the account of a ,ritt ,nto V0,i-iK precincts. This ia
singular occurrence which happened the ,lisI-rict which Eufaln Is gie re-
last night. A man, carrying a coat over lording court town. The move to dl
his arm, and walking somewhat hur- I v'<le lht' district into voting precinct*
riedly, was observed to stop suddenly j was Inaugurated by the appointees i
—as if in alarm—and to feel In the 'edernl officials. This movement is to
HE FLU NO THIS COAT FROM HIM.
oade adieu to Plantagenet Square and
its master, and took train for Leigh.
The Syndicate of Scoundrels was
fast resolving Itself into an associa-
tion of common-place criminals, with
very little claim to anything like orig-
inality. Under the direction of a mas-
ter-ploiter like Number One, it had no
doubt been a formidable and powerful
organization; but since that arch-
fcroundrel had, through my Instrumen-
tality, b°en sent to his account, the
wbole company seemed falling to
pieces for want of ft capable head.
pocket of the coat. The next Instant
he flung the coat from him and started
to run, but he had not gone three
paces before there was a tremendous
explosion. As the affair happened
somewhat late at night, the man carry-
ing the coat was the only victim. But
according to the newspapers, he waa
blown to pieces so literally that iden-
tification is thought to be impossible.
"Fellow councillors, there Is every
reason to suppose that the victim of
the explosion was our colleague Num-
ber Three. I had thought It wise, aft-
er securing the dynamite which was
concealed at Fassett Square, to make
two parcels of It, entrusting one to
my collaborator and retaining the
other myself, so that, in the event of
either of us falling into the hands df
the police, this council would still be
In possession of sufficient dynamite to
carry out any project which has been
lormed. Number Three was to have
brought the explosive here to-night,
end why he was carting it about the
streets last night I cannot say. The
only supposition I can put forward Is
based upon the fact that the explosion
occurred quite close to Plantagenet
Square: so I am Inclined to think that
Number Three had. upon his own re-
sponsibility, decided to make an at-
tempt to anticipate the decree of the
council, and to blow up Lord Cran-
thorpe's house—with what result you
Blready know."
Except for something between a
gasp and a groan on the-part of one
listener, and on the part of the others
a simultaneous sigh which bore evi-
dence to the painful interest with
which they had heard the narrative,
there was a dead silence for some time
after Number Two had ceased. Then
a councillor said somewhat uneasily—
"And the dynamite which you re-
tained in your own possession?"
"It's here." replied Number Two
shortly, holding up—with what I felt
was quite misplaced and unnecessary
energy—a brown leather hand-bag
which he had been carrying in bis
hand.
LTo Be Contluucd.]
be followed all over the territory and
while It looks innocent upon its face,
is of great moment politically. Demo^
crats say that the republicans have no
more right to divide the districts in-
to precincts than has a Philippine is-
lander. Democrats allege that repub-
licans hope to do a little gerrymander-
ing that will not only give the'ma-
chine complete control of primaries,
but will enable republican judges to
have a tremendous power as to who
has the right to vote
To Make It Ta.tuhlp.
The department of the interior has
recognized the fact that changing con-
ditions in the Indian territory have
matle a vast amount of property tax-
able, and taken it from the possession
of the Indians. To remedy this mat-
ter and create a fund that will be need-
ed for various purposes, mainly
schools, whether there is self-govern-
ment in store for the territory or not.
Secretary Hitchcock has sent George
H. Hollander as a special representa-
tive to look the situation over eare-
tully. He will report with a sugges-
tion as to some sort of a system to be
devised to the end of taxing the prop-
erly in the territory which has passed
out of the nontaxable class.
Took Poison li>- Mistake.
Noah L. Greening, who resides on ft
farm north of Vinita near the Kansas
state line, is dead at his home from the
effects of taking a dose of carbolic acid
b> mistake. Mr. Greening was sick
and reached up to the medicine shelf
near his bed for a bottle of medicine
he had been using nnd by mistake got
a bottle of carbolic acid and took a
dose; he soon discovered his mistake
and called his wife, who at once dis-
patched a messenger for a doctor, but
the unfortunate man expired in a few
minutes and before medical assistance
could be secured.
The Feminine View.
"I can't imagine anything more
dreadful, said he, "than for a woman,
after mending her husband's coat, to'
find In one of the pockets an old love
letter from a former sweetheart"
Fortunately, th3t could never hap-
pen," said the lady. "Tb.s woman
would find the letter first and then ahr.
would not mend the coat"—N
Tribune.
Y.
A Dronnlntr \>nr Talis.
An unidentified boy was drowned
in the Arkansas river near Tulsa and
w-as burled there at public expense. The
lad was ." feet 6 Inches tall, had black
hair and a scar on the lip under the
nose. He was about 18 years old. Be-
fore found, the body was carried down
the river about three miles.
Ardmore Is IT Yrnrs  l,|.
Several thousand people attended
the first day's celebration of Ard-
more's seventeenth anniversary. The
feature of the day was the great In-
dian pochofa feast. A large number,
including Indians, were served at noon-
time.
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