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THE FATAL REQUEST
OR FOUND OUT
By A. L. Harris Author of "Mins Own Familiar Frland," «tc.
Copyright, 1 8 0 1 , b y C a I > e l I Fu bitching Company.
Copyright, 1 9 0 2, by Strict <£ Smith.
CHAPTER XI.—Continued.
“Know me? Of course he does!”
was the reply. “Didn’t I buy him of
a drunken old Irish woman, and mend
his broken leg tor him? And do you
think he’s going to forget that, though
he is only a duck?”
They remained pacing up and down
the garden paths until it was quite
dusk; the doctor persistently con-
versing on cheerful subjects, and re-
fusing to allow the conversation to
take a morbid turn.
At nine o’clock supper was served,
consisting of boiled fowl and sau-
sages.
“You’ll take a leg and a wing and
a bit of the breast?” said the hos-
pitable little man, as he piled his
visitor's plate. “You’ve got a trying
day before you to-morrow.”
CHAPTER XII. ,
The Other Passenger.
The inquiry into the death of Mr.
.Silas Burritt was held at the "Wheat-
sheaf,” in the long, low room usually
dedicated to the flowing bowl and the
promotion of social intercourse.
The same routine having been ob-
served as on that previous occasion,
Dr. Jeremiah Cartwright was called
to prove the finding of the body—its
position, appearance and subsequent
removal to the vestry of the old
ckurcb, and his examination of the
remains—resulting in the discovery
of a wound, with two orifices, showing
that the bullet which had caused it
had traversed the head completely.
Other scientific evidence followed,
which is suppressed.
Mr. Edward Burritt was then called,
and went through the form of identi-
fying the deceased as his father, Mr
Silas Burritt, merchant, of Timber
Lane, City, aged 50. He entirely nega-
tived the theory of self-destruction,
stating that his father, to his certain
knowledge, had not only never pos-
sessed anything in the shape of fire-
Sure and certain he was. “There
were two of them. He could swear
to it. Didn’t one of them, the taller
of the two, tip him handsome to lock
them in so that they might have the
carriage to themselves for the jour-
ney?”
"And did you lock them in, and are
quite sure that they were both to-
gether in the-carriage when the train
started?”
"Certain sure he was. He see them
both together in the compartment as
the train passed him, just before he
swung himself into his van.”
Being asked whether there was any-
thing about either of them that helped
to fix his attention upon them, he an-
swered that “the taller and thinner of
the two—though they were both of
them tall and well-growed—seemed
uncommon pertiekler about picking
out a carriage to his mind. He no-
ticed him looking into several before
he fixed upon that identical compart-
ment; and when he had, he beckons
to him (the guard) and says, ‘Look
here!’ he says, ‘me and my friend, we
don’t want nobody else getting in
here. We want this here carriage to
ourselves till we get to London. Take
this,’ he says, ‘and don’t you let no-
body else in whatever.’ So I says ‘All
right, sir,’ and locks the door, and
thinks to myself, ‘Anybody would
think as it was a couple of lioney-
mooners instead of two elderly
gents.' ”
“Could he identify the body of the
gentleman who had been shot as the
companion of the other?"
He both could and would; except
that there had been a sort of a smile
on his face then and he looked very
different now. In fact, he had struck
him (the guard)—in spite of the tip
which the other party gave him—as
being by far the agreeabler and most
pleasant-spoken gentleman of the two;
and he had been most uncommon sor-
] ry that he had, on recognizing the
1 body, because, you see, he had quite
“Know me? Of
arms, but had always been remark-
able for an unusual amount of nerv-
ousness, almost amounting to horror,
with regard to anything of the kind, in
consequence ol' an accident, with a
tragical termination, which he had
once witnessed. Dr. Jeremiah Cart-
wright, recalled at this juncture, here
stated his firm conviction that the
wound had not been self-inflicted,
which he proceeded to prove, to his
own satisfaction and the entire be-
wilderment of everybody else present,
by the aid of a great many polysylla-
bic expressions and a torrent of pro-
fessional phraseology, which swept
everyone oft' their feet, but which, on
being filtered down for the benefit of
the unlearned, merely amounted to
the following facts, viz., that the edges
of the wound, by which the bullet had
made its entrance, were torn and
lacerated, as well as blackened and
burnt by the action of the gunpow-
der, that the skin in *the vicinity of
(he wouml was blistered, the bleeding
slight, and chiefly from the orifice of
exit, and the two openings in the
scalp nearly opposite each other.
Dr. Cartwright, having brought his
evidence to a conclusion, now gave
place to another witness, and one in
whose power it might be to help to
unravel the mystery. This last was
the guard of the 4:30 train—an in-
telligent looking man, who, with a
bandage round his head and one arm
in a sling, bore tokens of the injuries
lie had received in jumping from the
train while it was in motion.
On being questioned as to what he
knew of the matter, he replied, with-
out any hesitation, that he remem-
bered the fourth carriage from the
engine well, and the passengers that
it contained in Hint particular com-
partment.
“Was he sure that there was more
than one passenger in that compart-
ment of the carriage referred to?”
course he does.” ,
made up his mind that he had es-
caped as well as the other one.
Being asked to explain himself, said
he didn’t see much what there was
to explain. What he meant was that
ke thought that if one gent got oft
scot free, the other might have done
the same.
“What did he mean by the other
having got off scot free, and what
was his authority for speaking as he
did?”
Why, it was simple enough. Being
in the rear of the train, he was con-
scious of nothing until he found him-
self thrown violently on the floor.
Recovering himself, he jumped from
!tis van and alighted on his feet, but
was struck by a fragment of some-
thing and knocked down. He rose to
his feet again, though suffering from
wounds in the head, hand an knee,
and saw a sight the like of which he
had never seen before. With his keys
in his hand, he ran up and down the
liue, hardly knowing what he was
doing. As soon as he began to get
his senses back, which had been pret-
ty well knocked out of him, he un-
locked all 1 ho doors of the carriages
that he came to, though they were
already unlocked on one side. After
he had done all he could, he went and
sal down by (lie side of the line, for
lie began to turn faint and dizzy.
While he sat there lie saw a tall,
rather thin, elderly gentleman mak-
ing his way slowly towards him, who
limped a little as ho walked. As this
latter came nearer he recognized him
j as being the same individual who had
given him the tip, and told him to
| keep anyone else from getting into
| tiio carriage.
Witness noticed that his face- was
| ghastly, and that lie breathed like a
man who had been running a race,
but naturally put it down r«i the ter-
J rlble shock and the fright caused by
: th accident. As lie came up to him.
he (vhe guard) spoke to him and I
said, “Glad to see you’re safe, sir! j
hope the other gent Is the same?"
But he only stared at him in a queer,
dazed sort of way, without making
any answer, and passed on down the
line.
At last, after some debate, the ver-
dict agreed upon was:
“Wilful murder against some person
or persons unknown.”
Ted Burritt and his friend the doc-
tor left the place together.
"What will lie your next step in
the matter?” asked the latter.
“First, to take my father’s body
home—then to look for bis mur-
derer!”
CHAPTER XIII.
Coming Home.
Early- in the evening of the su no
day Dr. Jeremiah was bidding his new
friend "good-bye” as he saw him off
from the station.
The train puffed slowly out of the
station, ami the last view Ted had
of the little man showed him stand-
ing at the end of the platform and
waving his spectacles after him. He
gave him a parting salute out of the
window of the carriage and then drew
in his head, sank back into bis seat
with a sigh and began to review the
events of the last few days.
“Wilful murder against 'some person
or persons unknown!”
And he had to break this, as well
as all that went before it, to those
two women at home. A grewsome
task!
Well, so much the worse for the
man who had been the cause of it all.
So much the worse for him when the
day came for reckoning up accounts;
the day that would see him in the
criminals' dock; the day that would
place a noose round his neck. And
the young man felt that that would
be a day well worth waiting for, even
though it might be indefinitely pro-
longed.
But he would never rest, and never
give up, until he had helped to bring
It about; for it seemed to him that
revenge would be incomplete and
robbed ol half its sweetness unless it
were his foot that helped to dog the
murderer and his hand that helped
to hurry him to a felon’s doom. Oh.
yes, he nust be an agent, if not the
chief, at any rate an important one.
He hoped among his father's letters
and papers—contained in a sealed
packet, which he carried about his
person—to come upon something
which might help to set his feet in
the right track.
Then the thought struck him. if he
could find that letter! The one that
came less than a week ago! If it had
not been destroyed! And why should
it have been? Unless—and he re-
called that, at the time, distasteful al
lnsiou of Dr. Cartwright’s—unless
there were something compromising
in it!
But he rejected the idea now. as
he had than. No doubt he would he
able to fiuil the letter. It was most
probable that it was included among
those oth<r papers which were even
now in his possession.
Meanwhile, at Magnolia Ixidge, the
days had dragged heavily along. Mrs.
Burritt having once taken to her bed
(a recumbent position being looked
upon by hyr as the most proper and
becoming one In which to encounter'
affliction) immediately upon receipt
of the sad tidings had not since-suffi-
ciently recovered herself to leave it
again. “Grief,” she said, “always had
a peculiar effect upon her spine, and
she didn’t know whether it was the
blinds being down, or the sight of her
widow's cap, but she couldn’t help
feeling thal she was not long for this
world. Anyhow, they must not grieve,
but be sure and bury her by the side
of their deur father.” All this could
scarcely be said to add to her daugh-
ter's spirits, ouly, there was so much
to be done, that she had, fortunately,
little time in which to indulge in
morbid reflections on her own behalf.
There wero letters to be written,
dressmakers to be Interviewed, and a
host of other things, which must be
done whether the house be one of
Joy or mourning.
It was about half-past seven on
Tuesday evening when she heard the
sotind of wheels. She hastened into
the hall and met her brother. The
first glance showed her the alteration
that had taken place in him. He
looked very worn amt full of trouble,
much older, and she thought, much
sterner. Sir; had been in the habit
of regarding him as a boy—was he
not barely three years her senior?—
now he looked a man, every inch of
him. A lia ;ty greeting passed be-
tween them, and then she went to
prepare her mother for his arrival.
Mrs. Burritt was dozing, and her
daughter hesitated for a moment be-
fore rousing her. As she stood, wait-
ing, she hear ! heavy footsteps ascend-
ing the staircase—footsteps of men,
who w< re carrying something of great
weight. She knew wliat it was. They
came on slowly past the door of the
room in whhlli she was. Then, after
a short time, zlie heard them descend-
ing the stairs again; the door of th*
house was closed, and at the same
moment her mother woke.
(To be cuntiuueiD
DON’T EXPECT STATEHOOD
But Indian Territory People Expect
to Be Allowed Delegate
ARDMORE: Advocates of needed
legislation are greatly encouraged by
tho statement just made by one of the
leading citizens of Ardmore upon his
return from Washington that, congress
in his opinion, would enact special
legislation for the people of Indian
Territory during the present session of
congress. Congressmen, he says, are
greatly interested in the Indian situa-
tion, and display a willingness to do
something in the way of legislation
that will relieve Indian Territory of
some of its burdens of unsettled con-
ditions.
“One point is well settled in my
mind,” observed the speaker, referring
to the question of statehood, “and that
is the sentiment in congress toward
admitting new states into the union.”
Congress, he states, will never admit
Oklahoma as a single state: that is,
without Indian Territory, and it is
doubtful whether Arizona or New Mex-
ico will come into the union at this
session.
The citizens of this section do not
anticipate any statehood legislation
real soon. The energies of the peo-
ple and the influence of leading men
are directed toward the fight for a
delegate in congress from Indian Ter -
ritory. President Sidney Suggs of the
chamber of commerce, who lias just
returned from a trip to Memphis, St.
Louis, Little Rock and other cities, is
very sanguine in his belief that con-
gress will provide for the election by
the people of a delegate from the ter-
ritory. He says that the chances for
a delegate measure to pass congress
are exceedingly bright. Much pres-
sure, he states, is being made upon
congress by the business interests of
the cities ho lias visited. The Little
Rock and Memphis boards of trade
have unanimously indorsed the dele-
gate proposition, and the congressmen
from these districts have been in-
structed to vote for the measure. Bus-
iness men of St. Louis have written
strong indorsements of the delegate
bill introduced by Congressman Curtis
and the committee on territories, Mr.
Suggs believes, will bring in a favor-
able report on it. He declares that
there is absolutely no politics in the
pending measure, and that, for this
reason there has been no opposition.
Mr. Foley, the representative from
Indian Territory, elected by a non-
partisan convention, is devoting his
entire time to the bill and is not, inter-
fering in the statehood fight.
DIETRICH CASE DISMISSED
The Senator Was Not a Member of
Congress When Bribery Took Place
OMAHA: United States Senator
Charles H. Deitrich and Jacob Fisher,
Aenordins to the Globe, the stead
ndraaslng lumber of departures frapi
Hew South Wales and Victoria fo’f
Danada, South Africa and even Great
Britain is beginning to awaken alarm
in the Commonwealth. During the first
six months of the present year. ac«,
cording to official reports, no fewer
than 16.327 persons left New South
Wales alone for porta outside the Com-
monwealth, the emigration exceeding
the immigration 2,116. In addition,
there has been a large influx of New
Soutti Wales and Victoria population
inlo Western Australia. This is one
of the immediate effects of Socialist
labor legislation in the mother state
and Victoria. The people who are
leaving Australia are no mere birds of
passage. They are mostly a class who
have been born or long settled in Au*
stralia, mauv being steady, competent
tradesmen; not a few belonging to tho
ranks of master craftsmen, others be-
ing pastoralists, farmers, station
hands—in fact, the very men of which
the Commonwealth stands in most
need .Scarcely any are trades-union-
ists. The non-unionist, under the new
order of things, lias no place in Austra-
lia. The New South Wales Industrial
Arbitration Court and the Victorian
Wages Board each refuses to recog-
nize his existence. He must either
join a trade union or starve. And this
in a land capable of supporting the
whole of tlie European population sev*
eral times over.
* A Physician's Statement
Yorktown, Ark., Jan. 11.—Leland
Williamson. M. I)., one of our cleverest
physicians, has made a statement, en-
dorsing Dodd's Kidney Pills and Bay-
ing that he uses t hem in his daily prac-
tice in preference to any other Kidney
medicine. His statement lias created
a profound sensation, as it is aome-
wlial unusual for a physician to pub-
licly endorie anything iu the shape of
a patent medicine. Dr, Williamson
says:
“After twenty years’ practice in a
sickly and malarious country I have
come to the conclusion that it is al-
ways best to use the remedy that will
relieve and cure my patients, whether
ethical or not.
“I have used Dodd's Kidney Pills
with uniform success in the various
forms of Kidney Disease, Pain in the
Back, Gout, Rheumalism, inflamma-
tion and Congestion of the Kidneys
and all kindred diseases; I always pre-
scribe Dodd’s Kidney Pills in such
cases and can testify that they in-
variably restore the Kidneys to their
norma! state and thereby relieve the
blood of accumulated poisons, produc-
ing prompt and effective cures.”
Ohio now grows more than four mil-
• ion pounds of tobacco annually. The
crop lias increased sixfold in a de-
cade.
postmaster at Hastings, Neb., were re-
leased from custody by Judge Van De-
vanter in the circuit court instructing
the jury to bring in a verdict of not
guilty of tho charges of bribery, etc.,
and the district attorney entered a
nolle of the indictments recently re-
turned against them.
Immediately after the convening of
court Judge Van Devantor handed
down a decision ou demurrer inter-
posed by the counsel for Senator Diet-
rich which had been made on the
ground that TVetricli was not actual- '
ly a member of the senate when tho
alleged bribery took place. The effect
of the decision is that a man is not
an actual member of congress from
the time of his election until he shad
have taken the oath at the bar of tho
house to which he is elected, and that
he is not amenable to tho law as a
member of congress and officer of tho
United States government.
TISHOMINGO: In front of a colored
restaurant in this city, Richard Dilling-
ham, colored, aged 30, married, was
stabbed in the left breast and instant-
ly killed. Kid Kelley, colored, was ar-
rested charged with the killing.
RUTH CLEVELAND DEAD
gothw flnyi Sweet Powder* for Chllitna
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurso
in the Children’s Home in New York, cars
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 80,000tes-
timonials. At all Druggists, 25o. Sample
FREE. Address A S. Olmsted, LeRoy.N.Y.
France produced 735,708 pounds of
Stmt sugar during the last season,
which ts a falling off of one-third
froiU the previous season. This is
a resuU of the ag'oeaieut in
the Brussels sugar conference. ‘
President Ttooseveft. coined the word
strenuous,” but it was an Oklahoma
firm that coined the word “Tarlex.”
The present crop of beet sugar Is
estimated at 260,000 ton*. Experi-
ments in spraying sugar beets with
Bordeaux mixture for the control of
leaf blight have been highly satisfao
tory.
To Cure a Cold In One day.
Take Laiatir* Broiuo Uulrine Tablets. All
drug silts refund money If It fail* tocure. i)u
Newfoundland is the greatest, fish-
ing country in the world. Two-thirds
of its people are engaged in harvest-
ing the ocean’s wealth amidst the
greatest perils. j
She Was the Eldest Daughter of For-
mer President Cleveland
PRINCETON, N. J.: Ruth Cleveland,
the eldest child of Ex-President Cleve-
land, died at the Cleveland home here
very unexpectedly, the immediate
cause of death being a weakening of
the heart action during a mild attack
of dlptheria. Dr. Wicltoff, the attend-
ing physician, said that Miss Cleve-
land had been ill with a mild form
of dipthoria for four days, and that
tlie heart affection was not anticipat-
ed. She was 15 years old. Thers arc
throe younger Cleveland girls and one
boy.
Tlie Cleveland household is grief-
stricken over tho death of the eldest
daughter, and many messages of con-
dolence are being received.
Donohoe Admitted to Bail
GUTHRIE: Judge Gillette lias ad-
mitted Oscar Donohoe to $8,000 bail,
all of which has been subscribed ex-
cepting $2,000. Donohoe was held
without bail after his preliminary bear-
ing, charged with killir.g Dick Harboit
at isevder ilir v weeks ago.
Tli* Wonderful Crwam Separator.
Does its work it* thirty minutes and
leaves less than 1 per cent butter fat.
Tlie price is ridiculously low, accord-
ing to size, $2.75 to $8.00 each, and
when you have one you would not part
therewith for fifty times its cost.
JUST BENI) THIS NOTICE,
with 5c stamps for postage to the John
A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wls.,
*nd get tlielr big catalogue, fully de-
scribing this remarkable Cream Sepa-
rator, and hundreds of other tools and
farm seeds used by the farmer. (W. N. U.)
Within ten years a net work of Tic#
farms has lieen formed from New Or-
leans to Galveston. There are now
070,000 acres in rice, $26,000,000 in-
vested in canals, machinery and mills
and an annual product of 4,500,000 bar-
rels, valued at $15,500,000.
When Your Grocer Says
he does not have Defiance Starch, you may
bo sure he is afraid to koep it until hla
Htock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance
Starch is not only better than any other
Cold Water Starch, hut contains 18 oz. to
tho package and sells for same monoy as 1J
oz. brands.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
says tlie farmers liave paid tho for-
eign bondholders.
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