The Hallett Herald. (Hallett, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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A Night of Surprises
JUSTICE FOR POOR Carving* for more than 500 vessel*
were made by William Houthworth,
who recently died at Bath. He mad*
According to th« paper, a few min-
utes sfter Finigan had gone on his
beat the previous night, having re-
lieved Officer Jack OBrien. he had; ——;7~""V
made tbe discovery that tbe rear door splendid deed to credit O* * apecialty of the ca g, -j..
of the Hill mansion mas open, and; new york lawyer. heads for many years, and bomes^
noiselessly entering the building had, NEW Y°"K LAWVER- did one. were the product of hi.
surprised ten housebreakers, collected
X
By DON MARK LEMON
**
IBUI (1119m KU UWUOVUJ «T«av.l *, —
in the dining room about a basket of . ^ Emjnenc# -t the Bar ^ted
wine
Covering the men with his revolver
and pressing the electric burglar
alarm, he had held the entire party at Woman
bay till relief arrived, when the ten
His Tim* and Money to Defense
of Unfortunate, Fri*nd-
sklU. The rise of commercialism ha*
blotted out the poetic significance of
the figurehead and few figureheads ar*
aeen nowadays.—Kennebec Journal.
. Cl>'H
►AZO eiSTIlkM'i«*v r Bi« l to ev- arj
of lt<-blri*. Bllim. <.r JT- troam* l'ii« ta
PF.BKV IiAVIS" FAINKIM.M
tMU rciiitl' frpoU-tti
u grimlv amusing fact had subsequently old story of a husband s infamy and a 'iaibLJrS
,ce come to light The housebreakers bad wife's sorrow, of a tragedy in which eutcbea.ett.Se.x^aaa:*. A' a
of bver seven ij fxnut
sciatica. ulmrtsj
" (njinu.
If you are ever beaten It will be by
your own s*lf. Nobody else can beat
you.
(Copyright, 1* . by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
Jack OUrien gathered his ponce-] through the door that had bevn forced m^n were handcuffed and taken to the I A shrinking woman in the shadow tu i4Saj.ur-<-ej^adasjim.
roans raiacape closer about his shout only a fe* minutes before. station. Only one shot bad been fired. ^ electric chair, or certainly of aj when a man trades bin money for
ders and yawned drowsily, as tor tar j Would you notice it!" murmured wj,jch Pln'gan bad been forced to ei- prison cell, with a little girl clinging WperieBCfl> jt u difficult to con
fifth lime he left Mulberry street and O'Brien "I'll Just lay by a bit and ^nd on iegl Df £ne 0f the bouse- to her. was a spectacle in the New h<tn a falr exchange la no
crossed into the shadow of Hampstead wait till they fetch the piano wagon " takers, who had objected to his York criminal court that fixed the at robbery
avenue, with its one arc light every I He now removed his helmet and capture. , tention of the city and. in a way. of
two squares . laughed softly into IL "It's the boys Tbe paper went on to state that a tbe nation. It was a character in the
"Nothing co-nig* Nothing do-!ng " playing a trick on me. that's what it
his $> boots seemt-d to pad solft y. a? is! But the devil a bit will I notice
he paced tbe tower half of his beat., it! I'll get back on my beat and let effected their entrance to the Hill the woman was strengthened by des-
and the Capping tai.s of his raincoat : em fool Finigan with their kiddin ' mansion in parties of two. without the peraUon and sent to his death the
took up the retrain— Notb ng doinc" He spring over tbe wall to the road subtest suspicion that they had been brute who assailed her and stood
Kotfc r.R doing! —till perhaps Ce ; Mike will be waiting for me at the preceded or were to be followed by forth with blood upon her hands, al
would have fallen as-eep as he walked box Twill be the laugh en him and others on a like mission though not in any real sense a mur ck r whjte efctbes are a sign that th*
from sheer moootcny, had he no' s'.:d a warm bed for Jack O Brien." Imagine their astonishment—wrote derer. housekeeper use* Red Blue,
denty caugn: a glimpse of a shadow Shaking a few leaves and twigs ^ reporter—when each pair found Here was one of the cases that P*cilA*e< 5 ttaU.
ecooching beneath a rear window of i from his cape he started down the tbat the same night had been chosen 0ften are railroaded through the The more . Ik it takes to run thinga
the Hill mansion i rctad his accustomed pace. The by four other couples bent on a like court*. Only a woman of lowly sta- the slower they move.
Ottnea was a green hand, having sound of laughter now came from the robbery. and their still greater sur- tjon- without a string of friends or In
bee* placed on tbe force only tbe H:!l mansion, and peering over the prw wben officer Finigan had held fluence. without gilt-edged or. indeed
week previous. yet he was shrewd stone wail through an opening In the lbem up in a body. an, otj,er kind of counsel, she seemed r<- *•«
enotgh not 10 racse In his measutvd ^-edge he saw two more ahdows steal Finigan. the paper went on to state. fated to go to death, or at any rate When somo neonlc talk it la a waat*
pace, but continued down the ave- j across the lawn and disappear through bad already been recommended for (0 immurement in a cell and her child ^ time to vawn
sue a* if wholly unconscious of that the open door at the rear of the promotion, which he so richly merited. to be left to the buffeting of hard for-
• il prorortK>n *d shadow crouching be- , house When O'Brien had finished thia re- tune. But in New York, so careless
neatb the wttx}o« Nine to one he O Brien w'ped a broad grin from his p^ bis appetite for breakfast waa o( the individual in its competition for
face "The boy* will know me better qujte gone. From his place of con- |lfe and poguion; in New York, where
cealment under the hedge he had wit- poverty abounds and suffering is reck
nessed tbe Icipience of tbe whole buai- one<j jn grand totals; In the great
ness, aDd had be taken step* to arrest American metropolis was set the ex
; tbe men his came would now stand amp]c of giVjn|S lhe fullest Justice to
brscketed with glory instead of the the poor Instead of the court assign-
wes being watched himself, either by
the shadow or that thief, pal coa
seated some*here in the Immediate
neighborhood
He made hi. accustomed turn at tbe
■en comer, when noting that he was
no longer under the observatiot of
the shadow beneath the window and
that save for himself the road before
aad behind him wa. deserted, be n
creased hi* pace for a few yard, and
•prang uron tee .tone wall that ran
along the rear of the Hill mansion
In another siomect be had dropped
■nder the wet shrubbery on the in
aide of the wall, where he could com
maad a view of the rear and right of
the mansion, yet remain wholly con
sealed from observation
lie wa* confident that the shade*
he bad seen «as that of a man. and
be was not mistaken As be watched,
this shadow suddvn'y lengthened itself
and now noiselessly opening tbe win
dow beneath which it had crouched,
disappeared into the mansion
O Brie* wa::ed a good two minutes.
tben thrust hi. beimet from the bedt;
with the imectiun c? To.lowing when
be was atayei by tbe appearance cf
tbe tbiera pa! He crept into view
from around tbe left side of the house,
kuggmg (be «all till be reacn<>d the
open window, through which be cits
peared with tbe alacritv of a monkey
O linen felt for hi. pistol, band
cuds and
and deten
until tbe l
occupied
would be
ou* five minutes and be would bave
them both handcuffed and on
way to ike .ration bouse
Now again be thru.1 hi. helmet from
the hedge and wa. about to quit hi?
pl.ee of cooce:ilmenu *ben a third
figure appeared suddenly from tbe
front of tbe mans en keep ng close
to lhe right wail, and stole to the
came of Michael Denis Finigan.
ing for the woman's defense some fail-
-But who the devil would have ure „ tncompetent. with a pit
thought that ten Jin.m!e* would hit taoce of a fee. to do the perfunctory
on the same night to break into
house" growled O'Brien, sore as
mashed thumb.
S*-.- .*-? •
work of making a defense, one of the
leading lawyers of the city was given
the case, with a fee of 1500. With as
much ability as he would have dis
NEVER TOUCH THE SURFACE played in the defense of a million
■ dollar client—perhaps with even more
What Happens When Drop. ®f bean—he built up the woman s plea
Water Are Scattered on Top of aB;j| |t wai made a bulwark of secur
a Hot Stova. itjr about the frail life.
Then the jury was given the case
It is impossible to throw a few drops For ,en minute# jt ^-mained out To
of *ater on a redhot stove The water aeijberate upon her guilt or inno
can never touch the stove at all What CPUCe? ^ no mtans but to rai.e a
Is seen is a few drops rolling rapidly .,urie of i500 with which to send ber
(o*er the surtace, gradually getting ^ fro,,, ,j,e ball of stern determina
] sm-iller until they disappear. It the ,:ns jnto the sunshine and solace that
drops aie on a perfectly level P1*1* jwould bring a woman seeking to
take up again the thread of a broken
life and make that life count for the
good ot her child. Tbe big lawyer. tor
hom it meant a persona! coat of
II.000 to prepare the case. h.-._ the
use of his fee already planned. He
will give it to the woman who is debt-
alter thia rflght," be said But I'm
right sorry for Ficigan' He'd better
* one can see under them to the other
5ide of the room, thus proving that
they are not in contact with the stove
it«e!f
What actually happens Is that the
: Icttom of tbe droj changes at once
i 'o steam or vapor on coming close to
he hot surface, and this vapor is sup- !or him for her liberty Well might
plied by th. drop as ft gradually goes }0rem,B of ^ jury thjDk him in
away So 'he drop rest, on a cu.hion of {he c)Jen. f&f h|# fine spirll
more
The Army of
Constipation
I. Growing Smaller Every Day.
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS «r
lapoonble—Iticy u
ooly giw relief—
tiier permsnently J
cwe Co «iM-.i
t «. Nyv
lns> we
th-mior
attt, l=iir«ti<*. Sick Htidieke. SA
SMALL PILL SKALL DCSL SMALL fUa
GENUINE must bear ripiahire :
Carters
ittle
PI LIS.
full." grinned O'Brien "Ti. a *'
nlgfct you'll h.ve, Mike, and wetter
outside than inside. I n thinking"
her
adequate de-
is the nobleat
n nice the ev erts or the law yen can
have, ''oing*- queried Finigan T#e tBe aro? „ Dol Im. h ^
their . Wbo ' rwD haDd like lbe otlM>r mediately evajn-ated or changed to
man end as -ager to make a record 5teaB u ^ ver7 interesting The ?** UB«)rotef,«?
I get proiroted in town , „tfr T.,cr tfc . lnterxenes between *^r
You might pull tbe noon, if he s j?4 surfac, and the redhot store
I (*ri«lfuw4 fl'Dpiatw - Ti* ■ *. f , ,
u a very bad c >rdoctor of bft: tsd
con^quently the full Intensity of the
heat cannot get Into the water itself.
Formation of Deaert
Whole provinces of the Tibetan bor-
<o V,... -u. aioie IO uie v ' ^ ^ °f Chi"£ taTe ***
rear, where, opening a second w.ndow. n'"T ***' * *bk for thb pur- :r.-o uninhabitable sandy deeert. which
_ - - po « —Th- Sunday Magax^ie cent arte* ago were fertile and well-
while O'Brien moved off toward the
station Here he caught the last eke
L-ic and soon was relieved of a!! du
tie* by Capt Sleep
At hia ten ociock breaJ^aat tbe
cert da) O Brien opened tbe noreiu
paper, smiled to think that the Joke customers
might be out on Finigan. when he al' -tresr> r
but fell from hi. chair as hta vision
wa* confronted with the headline.:
MIKE FINIGAN A HERO.
A Surpr.sa
Party Very
prised.
Uwch S.r
Intrepid OfPcer Arrcn. Ten House
breaker^
S.-jieHaraed Holds Thieves at Bay
Till Rtl e# Arrives.
The uouhle column that fallowed
waa a detai'ed gkMilcatios of Michsei
Denis Finigan and his gre*t coup
this figure aiao disappeared into the
mansion
"Why tbe devil d'dn t be uke tbe
other wiBdow " wondered 0'Brten
"Sure, they must ail belong togeiher
A low whistle came from thia sec
nod window, and a fourth ahadow de
lac bed itself Irom a shade tree set
half between tbe building and the
.tone wall os the nghL and crossing
tbe lawn disappeared into the window
whence tbe whistle sad proccrded
O'Bnen reached for his helmet.
which in hi. asrocshmeBt had fallen
from hia bead ~S;ir*. It loofcs like
business.' he med tated Sha'i I
pinch em myself, or call id FiairanT"
He decided on the former coarse
Though there wou'd be more danger
entailed, there wo.id be more br.'ior
gained He might even sjeceed in
landing all 1 onr th e v-s. alng f ?zl*i
— m<1> a feat as J'.a Ma uou .. • -..t
accomplished-and be a maraed mac
from thsl light
Ag^in be ft It for hia pis-.oL bi*
l-aadcaffa aad t-Hy. and • aa about to
rone tram the hedge, wfcen be was
stajed by a fifth and vxth shadow. ■
thai stole together :ro around tne mevpent.ve Costgie. - a
left side of the mans oa to a rear Furnishings *f
door which they now Ijroed aad
tend the bcx.se
"Sure. I'll call *p Flaigaa' ' decidod W* re accustomed to iblc. of ru
O'linen "And 111 send in a too* lor culme dress as to-day much simpler
• dries of tbe bey. aud a patrol It. and much >s*s costly than a handres
a gang th*t s s v ftped oB lhe aerv year, agi This may be trwe. but
nnu are awa> and bave ome around thefe were eicep :n la "Tbe Ta
to clea* out the place ~ «rn and Tarsptsea of Biand'ord 8
He backed towards tbe stone wall t*. Uood prtnu an inventory ot th*
with tbe intention of putting this p'an clothing an* bc^M-be d guods ot C«<
nlo effect, wbea aga a he • a. stayed. Samcri s o;-e: who taC served h:«
Ibis time by two men leaping over the own in the war as weil as ta po'ttiea
stone wnli only a lew yards Irom t matters
where be was concealed Samuet Stoper was not armyed ta
Those men after croaching for i ' k'eg s garments Hi* tntentory mad'
minute is the shados of a hedg*. \ tn IWJ. cootaineo no mention ot aword
hugged a low croaabedr* is a poaitioa
opposite the rear wall of tae bouse.
Irom where they stoK across tbe aar
row strip of lata aad disappeared
watered and supported rich cities ap
Th* Pa-tegular Cat. patently in lonseqoecc e of the de-
t r-ay rat **t on a shell In rtrjetion of forest The fonaatioc of
and fish shop gazing desert is dae in the first plnce to the
The h
the Uttl<
solemnly down on the fish and the destruction of forest, the consequent
formation of a barren, sandy area and
she eat the fish?" asked the subsequent spreading ot the dl -
one c; the r_#letter*. rase" or "desert ulcer" by the blowing
"Never." said the mat: She of tbe fatally exposed sa^d. Sand
wouldn't touch a piece of fish If you desert* are tot. as uced to be aup
cooked it and rot It ap for her 1 posed, sea botrom* from #hich the
don't know why Possibly because ahe water baa retreated, bat areas of de-
fees so - any ar and she gets tired of struction at vegetation—oft«n both it
them, i?be won eat aaything bat central Asia and north Africa started
liver, that cat. and she s mighty par- by the deliberate destruction of for
ticalar Bow US
yon."
<>ted. too. Ill teli
by man. either by artificial drainage
starving tbe forest, or by the simple
use of the ax or fire.
Mary smokers prefer then to 10c
cagarv Tell the dealer you want Lewis'
S:r?«^e Binder. Factory, Peoria, Illinois.
Worms
Mistres.—I. ttat yoong man I saw
ow with yesterday your lover. Ellen'
Ma!d—Set fxacily my krver ma am
le walks oot w tt ae. but it niat got Uwae. Pa
o waistin' yet* following a
Cavei" S*i 3«s Tr*c and Yard.
A novel mine accident occurred a<
during tbe night when
ivein ic the Black Dia
mood co'.kcry. the entire front yard at
■"Caacsrets are certainly Sor. I pw • frtm*
enr m lx> lhe doctor « treating htm for cwacer
t* tbrstoasch. The next mdrnioc be puwl
lour (Mecesof a tape won* He then (.4 a tua
wd. in three dar*V passed a tape-worm 45 fax
U was Mr Matt Prick.of Willnwbu-x,
•pfetw Co.. Pa. I am quite a wvrte- tor CaacW-
mt I wae thrwBrarlfawd finJ then bmet. Wl
fee twoat any disease cawaed by lap-jre blood."
Chaa E. vcodoe. Uwutce Pa. (kl^m CoJ
Truly a Man of Simplicity
, „ „ „ CTT Tins OIT mall tt with your ad-
the residence of N C Honeywell, an drrss to 1>medy cnapany. Chi-
Household
•yrgn*r On*
Hundred Year a A9*.
ralr old velvet treecbes." worth M
cents. te tancy cotton vest. |1.
one striped rutin vest.* SS cenu;
; cne patr ot bar breeches." |1 io. nnd
I one pair of wooden hose That was
all He mast have bees a man of slm
p ictty
His boaaebold goods were pu n af
1 airs. too. aad seem to indicate that
be had gtten ar the bas new* of pab
k boftt before I * demise, sice fee
w'ted possessed ot bat tao bedsteads
and 1 ear dlsuis cbslra. a tboagh bi>
attcben toasted af aiae chairs
not even a gun a or bacfttas nor any
silver ornaments of any kind, nor
si lhe* stockings, only a hat vaiaad ai
.f ceata. on* unan ahrn at 4«. one
apple tree JS feet high a coal shed
the fence, two cellar walls and a large
lorticn of the cellar entirely disap
peared. Not even th* topmost
'. ranches of the* apvU- uee are visible
Fortunately tbe bouse, although
rreatly aLaken sio>h1 and the ocru
pants were able to get out safely
m the morning they abnedroed It.
Tbe subsidence Is row 3d feet deep
' It Is srrending slowly and it Is fewnd
iljo'dng residence* will be effected
Worship.
I te always thought tbet ef | bad
•ny choice, an' my life could cipreas
•j-^e *or*hlp I d choose for it to t« pmlsc
—Sonny'.
iter
Fath. r in Century Maga
weigh tors used tn com in and 00
capy them and chnt together, perhaps
fhere were an)y a half cotea knives
cd • as aad >thee nraahenuaa of M ,ch Yowf ,e ' Com#t
.aa 10. as aac parapnernaaa o. lf vaat lo ^ aortal don't
taiag room and k.tchea to correspond wn|e . ^ Re e,,t>er Halley and
—Sunday Magaiine of lbs Fituburg ff, ,our t.ame hiuhcd to a cx.aa*.-
utspatch I gomeri lite Journal
ut itn miiuii m
Far (He baby ohm means rat lor
both mother and cUd. lotrfr one*
| l^e it loo -d's ae palatable to take.
Fire ti on opiate*.
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Illinois. at d receive a hawdsome
souvenir gold Boa Boa Ht>UL HJi
OLD SORES CURED
A > I (Wvhff i"t hrvfiK t Wrs. «.*
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