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The Cushing Herald.
VOLUME V
CUSHING, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, FRIDAY, AUG. 4, 1899.
NUMBER 3
CHAPTER IX.
She was seated in the breakfast
room, and alone, when I entered it
the next morning. She was pale and
subdued, but the languor had gone
from her manner, and an unmistaka-
ble crimson dyed the pure Ivory of
her cheek as she greeted nic. Now,
then, the explanation was coming.
"I—I want to speak to you, Mr.
Fort," she said hurriedly, with her
eyes on the ground. "I—I—wish to
consult you professionally."
I bowed and waited patiently. What
was coming? Miss Branscombe turned
to the window and ba<ck again.
"It is—about tho will," she went on.
"I want you to tell me what I can do
—legally—to alter it? I know that my
dear uncle"—falterlngly—"has made
me his heiress."
"You will believe, Miss Brans-
combe," I could not help saving, "that
I had no power, even had I the wish,
to alter this."
"Yes," she said, with another blush,
"'I believe it. I ought not to have
asked it of you. But now what can I
do? I want to give Forest Lea to my
cousin."
"That is impossible," I replied.
"Impossible^bow? It is mine, is it
;not?"
"Yes, but it cannot be alienated—
that is, it belongs to you and your
iheirs."
"I can make my cousin my heir. I
can execute a—a deed of gift." Mr.
Charlie had instructed her well!
"I believe not. I must look over the
will again to be quite sure, but I
.think—I fancy—by its terms, you have
no power to make a deed of gift. Will
you let me have the will?"
"I?" The surprise was well feigned,
If not real. "The will?"
"Yes; it is in the black bag which
you exchanged by mistake for your
own yesterday," I explained boldly. It
was possible that she had not yet dis-
lng, for the first time since my uncle's
death. No, not for the first time,"
she corrected herself hastily, as the re-
membrance of that rencontre at the
side door evidently recurred to her,
and a deep flush mounted to her white
forehead. "It was our first meeting
yesterday, and I know nothing of a
black bag, or of my uncle's will."
"Allow me," I said quietly, as I left
tho room. In a couple of minutes I
returned with the casus belli—the
Gladstone—in one hand and her dust
cloak and book in the other.
"You left these," I said, presenting
the last-mentioned articles, "behind
you in the carriage."
"My cloak!" she exclaimed, and, ex-
amining the volume, "This is mine,
too; but I have not seen either of them
for some days. And this bag I never
saw in my life."
I bowed. What else was left me? It
was evidently Miss Bransoombe's
pleasure to ignore the occurrence of
yesterday, and iiow could I press it
on her? She was exceedingly dis-
pleased; she rang the bell for her
maid.
"Will you take these away?" she
said to the woman, pointing to the
cloak and the book.
"And the bag," 1 suggested with a
persistency which was as stupid as it
was useless.
The woman looked at the Gladstone,
then at her mistress, and then at me.
"Shall I give it to Austin, or take it
to your room, sir?" she asked civilly.
My eyes were fixed upon Miss Brans-
combe. She stood, her slight figure
still drawn up In dignified silence, and
her face turned away, as if she had no
more to do with the subject.
The maid waited. She was a small
dark woman, just past her first youth,
with, as I noticed now, a certain keen-
ness of expression beneath the well-
trained civility of her manner—a per-
son of experience, I could judge. A
"MY CLOAK!" SHE EXCLAIMKD.
covered the substitution—just possible
—and in her presence my faith was ca-
pable of any 6tretch.
Her eyes—fixed full upon me—ex-
pressed nothing but the most unquali-
fied amazement.
"That—I—exchanged — yesterday?"
ehe repeated slowly. "What do you
mean, Mr. Fort?"
I had made the plunge; I was bound
to go on.
"When you left the carriage at Mol-
ton Junction yesterday," I replied,
"you took with you my Gladstone bag
In place of your own. You have not
discovered the mistake, evidently. I
will restore you your own property; it
is up stairs."
"Stay," she said, as I was about to
leave her. "I have not the least idea
what you mean. I was not at Molton
Junction yesterday; I have no black
bag Mr. Fort, why do you speak so
Btrangely? I do not understand you."
Her nervousness had disappeared;
she was simply astonished, not as yet
Indignant—that was to come pres-
ently."
"I hardly know, Miss Branscombe,"
I replied, "what you wish me to say.
If it were not for tVe bag, which, as
you must see, It la imperative I ■boul'l
recover, I should not allude to out
meeting of yesicrdny."
"Our meeting!"—and now her tone
was tinged with hauteur, and aho drew i
herself up with a dignity which mk
weJl on her. "We met here, last even- I
quick conviction came to me as my
eyes met hers—this woman was in the
secret, whatever it might be. She was
Nona's confidante and assistant. Nona
was indeed helpless in the hands of
her unscrupulous cousin and this art-
ful Abigail,
"Shall I give It to Austin, sir?" re-
peated Woodward; and at that mo-
ment Miss Elmslie entered the room.
"What is it?" she exclaimed. "Your
bag? Oh, I am so glad you have
found it, Mr. Fort! How did it get
back?"
"Unfortunately, this is not my lost
property, Miss Elmslie," I explained.
"It is—the lady's."
"How odd!" she ejaculated, turning
it around and examining it curiously.
"Have you opened it?"
"No; my key docs not fit, and I
have hesitated to break it open. I
hoped to restore It to tho owner."
"You will have to open it, will you
not, unless you get some news of your
bag soon? There may be an address-
information inside."
"Exactly!" I hailed the Idea. Hith-
erto I had been so fully occupied with
the cortainty that the Gladstone be-
longed to Miss Branscombe that I had
not thought of this simple proceeding.
"If you have a bunch of keys in the
house I might try them after break-
fast, and, failing that, I could firul n
locksmith somewhere, I suppose?" I
glanced at Miss Branscombe as 1
spoke; she showed no oomiclousneas.
"Oh, jtm, at limlnton! You c*«f
leave tho bag there and go. Wood-
ward," directed MUi Elmslie. "Nana,
my child, how pale you are! LM. mo
give you a cup of coffee; you should
not have come down to breakfast. I
wa surprised, when I passed your
room, not to find you. Here, dearest,
drink this, and let me see a little more
color in your cheeks."
Miss Branscombe obeyed so far a*
putting the proffered cup to her lips
went, but 1 observed that throughout
the meal she only played with her
food, and she did not address a single
word to me. She resented the want of
tact I had shown in regard to what, I
was now convinced, had been an ac-
cidental and—to Miss Branscombe—an
awkward meeting. She was evidently
determined to ignore the whole mat-
ter, and, but for the paramount con-
sideration of the missing will, I musl
of course have followed her lead. But
with that in the question, and Colonel
Branscombe's funeral fixed for tin
morrow, what was to be my next step1!
CHAPTER X.
The good old Colonel was laid to
rest in the family vault, and th«
neighboring gentry who assembled to
pay the last token of respect to the
man who had filled so honorable a
place among them were duly received
at the Lea, and left It again with little
gratification of their curiosity as to the
next owner.
I had made searching investigation!
at Molton. I had exhausted everj
means at my command In the unsuc-
cessful attempt to trace the missing
will. I lingered at Forest Lea for an
opportunity of making one more ef-
fort toward inducing Miss Branscombe
to solve the mystery of which she un-
doubtedly held the key. It came—the
opportunity—upon me suddenly, and,
strange to say, by Miss Branscombe's
own action.
It was the day after the funeral, and
I was gloomily pondering the awk
warciness of the situation, when a
shadow across the French window,
which stood open disturbed my medi-
tations. 1 looked up to find Mist
Branscombe, alone, looking in upon
me. I rose instantly.
"You have something to say to ma
Will you not come in?" I said im
pulsively, answering a certain appea.'
in the wiatful eyes—they looked larg>
er than ever out of the pale, sad face
She came in at once and stood on
the mat just within the door.
"Mr. Fort," she said, "you are going
away tomorrow, Cousin Emma tell!
me. Have you found the—the will?"
"No," I answered; "it is still miss-
ing."
"It was in the bag which you lost?"
she asked.
"Yes," I returned, briefly.
"But there is generally more than
one copy of a will, is there not?"
"Generally; but in this case thera
had not been time to make another
copy."
"If it should not be found, what will
be done?"
"I can bfrdly tell; there are two or
three courses open. But it must ba
found. Miss Branscombe"—I tried to
speak severely. "It is incredible that
such an important document should
be accidentally missing for any length
of time, and in the face of the efforts
I am making to recover it."
"But if it should be really lost, then
I cannot Inherit my uncle's estates? Is
it not so, Mr. Fort?"
"In that case," I admitted, "Lhera
would be—ahem—difficulties."
Never was a man in a more painful
position. Here was I, under tho eyes
of the woman I loved, forced either to
play her hand—which was showed, Id
her simplicity, all too plainly—or to
perjure myself In order to save her.
My lawyer-like tact and presence of
mind utterly deserted me.
"The will must be found, Miss Brans-
combe," I repeated weakly. "Its sup-
pression amounts to—to felony!"
My voice faltered as I uttered ths
veiled threat; I felt like a brute—with
that pathetic glance full on me, too,
and tho droop of the young figure In
its clinging black garments, telling so
eloquently of past and present suffer-
ing, straight to my heart. My dar-
ling—how could I torture her? She
bore my last stroke without a change
of countenance; she could not well be
paler, it Is true, but the eyes still
looked unflinchingly into mine. My
brutal Insinuation—as I now felt it to
be—had passed her by.
(TO be continued.)
To He Truitnd.
"Don't you think the American
masses can be trusted to think out
problems for themselves and arrive at
sensible conclusions?"
"There can't be any doubt of It,"
said the officeholder, "so far as the
American masses In my own locality
are concerned. They have been vot-
ing for me for years."—Washington
Star.
Nttiull lint Nfmng*
Mr. North—You say you like 8plr:
lted horses; what is your favorite
breed ?
Mr. South—Toe tell yo the trulh,
suh, a pony of brandy.
Assassination of President Heu-
reaux Result of Political Plot.
EXPECTING AN INSURRECTION.
CApt: IIavti, July 28.—Details of
the murder of President Ileureaux of
Santo Domingo received here are to the
effect that a financial crisis having
arisen in Santo Domingo, and an in-
surrection being feared owing to the
number of malcontents, President
Ileureaux went to tho north and west
of the island to prepare for
all eventualities. lie was about
to leave Moca for Santiago
de las Caballeros when ho was
killed. Booted and spurred, ready
to mount his horse, lie sat uuder the
gallery of a house in tho Rue Colon
talking with two friends at 4:30 in
the afternoon, when an old man ap-
proached to ask for alms. Just as tho
president gave tho old man some
money, Caceros, the assassin, rushed
forward quickly and fired twice from
his revolver. One bullet struck the
heart of the president, killing in-
stantly, and the other killed tho old
man by his side.
The crime was committed so rapidly
that the friends of the president were
not able to Interfere in time to pre-
vent it, but they fired a number of
shots at Caceros, who ran away, ac-
compauicd by several persous. The as-
sassin's party returned the fire of tho
president's friends, and Cacoros
escaped. It is not known wheth-
er he was wounded or not.
The authorities immediately sent
troops to pursue him. The
body of President Ileureaux was
taken to tho house of tho governor of
Moca. The news of tho president's
death spread rapidly and caused much
emotion among the inhabitants of the
islands. It is believed by many that
the murder was tho result of a polit-
ical conspiracy.
Vice President Figuereo has taken
precautions to prevent disorder, and
has taken command of the troops to
that end, but up to the present all is
quiet.
WILL NOT MIX UP IN IT.
Cleveland City Council Decline! to Ap-
point Strike Investigators.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 28.—Mayor
Farley purposes to finish tho cam-
paign against lawlessness in Cleve-
land on the lines he has laid down,
and he will not tolerate any interfer-
3ncc. That was made clear at the
special meeting of tho city council
last evening, when the attempt to in-
stitute an investigation of the strike
on the Big Consolidated street rail-
way lines by a special committee of
that body was defeated.
Mayor Farley opposed the proposed
action in a vigorous spoccii, in which
he declared that the appointment of
the special committee would interfere
with the plans of the executive for
the crushing out of disorder, lie said
the only result would be to keep alive
tho agitation, and that no good pur-
pose would be served.
The presence of troops has had a
depressing effect upon tho rioters,
and up to 10 o'clock last night there
had not been a single outbreak of vio-
lence. The cars were operated on
nearly all lines on nearly the usual
schedules, but in some parts of tho
city they ran almost empty, the boy-
cott of the lines by the working people
being almost universal.
Sent to Insane Asylum.
Chicago, July ~8.— Mrs. Lucy Par-
sons, widow of Anarchist Parsons,
appeared in the insane court yester-
day and testified against her son, Al-
bert It Parsons, whom she claiinod to
be mentally unsound. The jury ad-
judged him insauo, and he was ordered
sent to the Elgin asylum. Young
Parsons recently threatened to enlist
in the army, which moved his mother
to proceed against him.
■Iryan In Indiana.
Grbi'INfield, Ind., July 38.—William
J. liryan held three meetings here
yesterday, two at tho fair grounds
and one on the court house square in
the evening. Fully 15,030 visitors wero
in town and 13,000 people hoard him
on the fair grounds at each of the two
meetings.
For It Statue <>( I'arnoll
dubun, July '.'8—A meeting, con-
vened by tho lord mayor, was held at
the Mansion house yesterday to in-
augurate a fund for the erection of a
statue of Charles Stowart Pnrnell.
After a stormy session resolutions In
favor of tho Purnoll statue wero
adopted.
No Prnlfftii on Detroit Street Kallways.
Dkthoit, Mich., July .'8—Judge Lil-
libridgo of the circuit court perma-
nently enjoined tho street railway
companies to-day from carrying
freight over their lines within tho
city.
Killed on lilt WeriUliiK Day
Stkkator, III., July 28.—Areonaut
Thayer, of Niles, Mluh., foil 200 foot
from his balloon and was instantly
killed hero yesterday. Yesterday wus
to havo boon his wedding day.
CHARGES SUSTAINED.
Report of the Nebraska Investigating
Committee.
Omaha, Neb., July 28. — At the last
session of the Nebraska legislature a
committee of three was appointed by
the senate to investigate certain
charges relative to allegod irregular-
ities iu the recount of ballots on a
constitutional amendment relating to
Increasing the .lumber of judges of
the supremo court, as well as other
matters in connection with tho official
conduct of certain state officers. The
report of the committee was com-
pleted in this city yesterday and for-
warded to the governor.
The report embodies the history of
the investigation, substantially as it
was published while tho committee
was in session, and concludes with an
appeal to the governor to do his duty
and punish the parties whose guilt is
indicated.
The committee declares that tho
charges of fraud in connection with
the re-count of the constitutional
amendments havo been sustained by
tho most conclusive evidence as well
as by tho appearance of the ballots
themselves. It finds that ex-Govornor
llolcomb lias misappropriated at least
S77:i of the atnouut drawn by him on
account of house rent during his
terms of office and recommends that
the attorney general bo instructed to
take tho necessary steps to recover
tho amount and return it to the
treasury. The committee also com-
ments with some severity on the
action of tho state officials in rofusing
to aid its members in their investi-
gations.
Acting under tho directions of Gov-
ernor Poynter, Lieutenant (iovernor
Gilbert refused to place the report of
the senate investigating committee ou
tile in the executive office.
LUETGERT DEAD IN HIS CELL.
The Chicago Murderer a Victim of Fatty
Regeneration of the Heart.
Joi.ikt, 111., July 2i. —Adolph L.
Luetgert, the Chicago sausage-maker,
who was serving a life sentence in the
penitentiary hore for the murder of
his wife, was found dead iu his cell
yesterday. The officials wore unab'.e to
ascertain the cause of his death, and
an Inquest was held to determine
whether he killed himself or died of
heart disease.
Drs. Werner and O'Malley held a
post mortem examination. I)r.
O'Malley says Luetgert died from fatty
degeneration of the heart. Or. O'Mal-
ley found that tho heart was sur-
rounded by great masses of fat and
that it was really surprising, consid-
ering tho condition of tho heart, that
death had not come long before this.
Frank Fay Pratt, a member of the
Chicago bar, said that Adolph Luet-
gert confessed in February, l(«i>S, that
he had killed his wife.
ITALY WILL GET INDEMNITY.
No Wuy to Avoid l'nyliig for the I.yncll-
Inic of the Throe Foreigners
Washington, July 28.—Italy will
be paid an indemnity for tho lynching
of three of tho five Italians at Tal-
lulali, La., and the state department
will lay down tho principle for onco
for alt tliut an alien does not become
a full-fledged citizen of the United
States until naturalization papers
have been formally issued to him.
Of course the state department will
pursue tho regular legal course for as-
certaining all tho facts in connection
with tho lynching, and thero will
doubtless be considerable diplomatic
correspondence hot ween tho two coun-
tries before tho incldont is closed.
But state department officials appreci-
ate that there is no escapo from the
payment of the indemnity, No direct
demand has yet been made by Italy,
but thero havo been broad hints
dropped in that direction.
MARK HANNA SELLS OUT.
Dlnpoaes of Ills Mining and Transporta-
tion Internet*.
Ci.kvei.ani>, Ohio, July 28.—To-mor-
row papors will be passed by which
tho National Steel company acquires
tho well-known Chapin and Winthrop
mines and tho steel fleets of the Mu-
tual Transportation company and the
Menominee Transit company. These
properties aro familiarly known in the
trade as allied to tho Hanna interests.
Those two mines are great producers
nnd tho transportation companies ab-
sorbed own nine steel steamers with
aggregate capacity of carrying 1,000,-
000 tons per annum from tho mines to
the furnaces. The National Steel
company requires about H,000,000 tous
per unnuru and it now controls 80 per
cent of tho mines and transportation
companies necessary to supply this
quantity.
Tho National Steel company has a
capital of 858,001),000
Caxi-y Il.iyi n Stent Plant
Pittshi'no, Pa., July 28.— "General"
Jacob 8. Coxoy has purchased the old
stoel plant of draff, Bennett & Co.. ut
Millvulc, near here, and will remove it
to Massillon, Ohio It is his intention
to erect :i lar^e open huarth stool
plant ut u cott of #150,000. The new
works will give employment to
men.
Ml 118 AM
Filipino Trading Point Calamba
Falls to American Troops.
KILL FOUR REGULAR SOLDIERS.
Manila, July £8.—An expedition
comprised of troops from San Pedro
Macati, Pasig and Morong, under
ltrigadier General R. II. Hall, yester-
day captured Calamba, an importaut
tradi ng town on the south shore
of Laguna de Bay. In two hours'
sharp fighting four soldiers were killed
and twelve wounded. The trenches
commanding the harbor were under
water, but the swampiness of the laud
made the work harder.
The troops boarded canoos Tuesday
night. Tho foree comprised-100 of the
Washington volunteers, i50 of
the Twenty-first Infantry, 150 of
the Fourth cavalry and two guns
of the First artillery. These
and tho gunboats Napidan and Costo
assembled opposite Calamba Wednes-
day afternoon. Crowds of people in
carts and on foot were seen rushing
to the hills. Natives escaping from
Calamba in canocs said a hundred in-
surgents held the town. i
j A force uuder Captain McUrath of
the Twenty-first infantry and Cap-
tain Kltonherd lauded cast of the
town, but found a river intervening.
Captain McGrath and Lieutenaut
itatson swam the river under a lire
from twenty Mauser rifles. Having
crossed the stream, the officers pro-
cured a cascoe to ferry tho troops over.
Tho insurgents rotroated through the
town, shooting from houses and
bushes as they tied to the hills. The
throe members of the Washington reg-
iment waded from the coscoes through
swamps often shoulder deep, while
a group of Filipinos concealed in
hay stuclcs wore shooting at them, un-
til the Napidan focussed her 6-pound-
crs and Gatling guns upon the stacks
for a few minutes. Most of tho work
was done before the Washington vol-
unteers could reach tho town. The
Filipinos left three dead. Of the
casualties upon tho American side,
two of the killed and three of tho
wounded were members of the Fourth
cavalry and two killed and eight
wounded belongod to the Twenty-
first infantry.
There was not much shooting by
amigos, who emerged from the bushes
with white flags. After the fight a
dozen men holding up their hands
and shouting "Castlllanos'' mot the
American cavalry. liven Spanish
soldiers embracod tho Americans
hysterically. There were fifty Span-
ish prisoners at Calamba, of whom
some wero civil officials and same were
soldiers. Tlioy had been givon the
choice of joining tho Filipino army or
becoming servants to Filipinos, and
chose tho army, intending to surren
dor at the first opportunity. Most
of tho civilians reached the American
lines during tho fighting, but the in-
surgents took others away with them
in their retroat. General Hall cap-
tured twelve Filipinos with guns.
General llenry W. Lawton, Pro-
fessor I)ean C. Worcester of tho
American- Philippiuo commission,
Mrs. Lawton and Goncral Lawton's
son accompanied the expedition
in board a launch and sat coolly iu
in unprotected boat close to the shore
during the fighting, tho bullets
splushing about them.
A DESERTER BACK TO MANILA.
Han Fkancisco, July '-'8.—On board
the transport Ohio, which, with the
Newport sailed at midnight last night
for the Philippines, was Benjamin
Givens, private of Company H, Fourth
United States infantry, inanaclod and
guarded, to bo roturned to Manila
for trial upon tho charge of "deser-
tion in tho face of the enemy," the
penalty for which is doath. The
young soldier has been confined
in tho Presidio guard house
since Friday. lie was taken there
from tho transport Indiana.
Givens desortcd from his company
when it was stutionod at block house
No. a mile and u half north of Ma-
nila. The command was uuder tire
constantly from marauding bands.
One day in May Givens went to Ma-
nila, drank hoavily and cast military
obligations to tho wind.
TRYING TO ENGAGE MINERS.
Agents In the Kast for Men to Work
In Kiinms and MIstnurL
Pittsiiuug, Pa., July 38.—Employ-
ment ugonts from Arkansas, lCuusas,
Missouri and the Indian territory are
In Pittsburg trying to engage coal
miners to go to those stutcs and dig
coal. Tbey offered free transporta-
tion and $1 per ton for mining, and
eighty men had engaged to go, when
it was discovered" that a strike was in
progress thero and the miners' ottlola'..
induced the men to remain hero.
Ilreoitlng Sparrow« for the Bnaniy.
CmcAOO, July 27. — Up to July 1 the
treasurer of Van Buren county has
paid bounty in six months for the de-
struction of lf>,077 sparrows. It is
figured that at this rate tho spnrrow
bounty each year costs Michigan 850,-
000. It Is claimed that people aro
making tho breeding of the birds a
very lucrative one.
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