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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1903)
""'";. Ii?"' m- JUmUm MMtiwftfWMtitd1"' ",ln tn ntr,i hcH' '"""tfini") Ti SLICK MEN Bf DAVID FLEMING r j. Ciwurtoht, tool, bi T. 0. MeOur t,m4Rr'M Hundreds of people knew Chnrlle In vttli ah n cluliiunn Itavlntr bachelor rooms nnU living lit fnir style. Not ono in111, howover, could mora tliAn guess tlio source from whence his In couio wnn ourivod. lie mm heon a captain Id lior majesty's service, but hnd been obliged to resign for Inek of funds to go tho pnee, There wero hints nbout n rich mint at home, a richer undo In Australia, nomo sort of nn luvrstmont In the United State's, but no one had nuy certiilii Informs lion. Dnvlds wns n gentleman, and there was no doubt that he stood well with mimt mothers who hnd marriageable luiuglitera. Tho men who hinted Uint there wns anything crooked nbout tho excnptnln would have been takdn to tank at once, nnd yet thero was ono limn In lAindon who firmly believed It and iiicunt to provo It That innn wiui McNulty, nn old Scotland Yard de tective. On a certain occasion while he was piping off a receiver of stolon goods ho k'ot sight of Charlie Davids (n confidential confab with tho man. Ho did not know him .then, but he at once t out to learn who ho was. In tho course of a few weoks he ant down and summed up his cnao as follows: "Davids Is croolcod liecauso ho has1 tiUHlnrsa with 'fences.' His Ineotno Is h liberal one, but cannot bo traced to any houirflt source At threo different country houses to which ho has bce.ii Invited thero havo been robberies. Ho lias not on to tlio fact that I am pip. liitf him off. I Rot his vnlot drunk and pumped him, and the man wns prompt y dlftrhnrgcd. Ho will kIvo mo a long fight, but I will tnip him." Duvltlrt iiIho sat down and reasoned. "McNulty saw mv talking with old Hones," ho mused, "and that was rea son enough for him to spot me. Ho hns followed mo on tho street and pumped my man. He Is evidently bub- plctous. Ho knOws of tho robberies, nnd while ho cannot connect mo with them he will not traps for mo In fu ture. Look out for McNulty." From that day on for tho next six months It wns McNulty versus Dnvlds Davids versus McNulty. The fact that suspicion rested upon hlm oven In tho mind of ouo man served to mako tho ex--apnln bolder than before. I'our or five robberies occurred during tho six mouths that left no doubt in Me Nultyn mind as to who was tho per petrator, and yot ho could get no hold on tho man ho was shadowing. For Instance, Dnvlds accompanied Lord ItoiliHny home In n enh nfter tho the. nter nnd n dlnuur. My lord wns drow. y nnd couldn't tell who his frlond wns next morning, Ho had been robbed BK HAW CIMnt.T8 DAVIfiB IN CONFIDEN TIAL OONfAU WITH TUB MA. of n watch, pin, rings nnd purse, but bo would havo knocked McNulty down had tho detective suggested that Da vids reaped tho benefit of tho plunder. What tho dotoctlvo looked for was a straight ciibV, and, being backed In it by tho Yard, ho wna given nil neces sary assist unco. It thus enmo to lilt notice that Charllo Dnvldu was Invited down to Sijulro Huntington's for two weeks' shooting, nnd ho hnd n list of all other guests. Among them wns I.ndy laabol dray, who novor moved out of her own .house without carry ing n pock or so of Jowolry with her. When it was suggested to Squlro Hunt Ingtou that somo of tho "fancy" from London might trouble him during the party ho willingly permitted McNulty to oatabllsh himself In tho house ns a footman. A second man from the Yard was given it temporary berth Id the stables nnd the now assistant par lor maid was ono of tho sharpoat fa male detectives on tho staff. They wero nfter it slick man. McNulty wns so well disguised that his own wife didn't know htm, and Charlie Davids walked smilingly Into the tnip prepared for him. Cnro wbb taken not tn arouso tho slightest sub filijlon on his part, and it was arranged without the squire's wife bolng any the wiuor that hla room should bo fte ono directly above tfrot of Lady drily. He was athletic ami nervy, and n shoot dropped f,rom his, wlhdijw would en- - was o uo mrowii nt inn iiono, bo to spwitt, whUu McNulty wntched outside rind tlio nimlnlnnt parlormaid kept vigil III the liull. Udy drny's rubles nttd dlniiiondn wore worth n fortune, and nil McNulty thought oi thorn ho chuc kled to lilniHolfj "Thnre Isn't m innii on top of tills cm rtli who wouldn't muko n try for thorn umior tlte circumstances. I nm ns rturo to Iny hands on Dnvlds its I nm to see tlio sun rlso." It didn't turn out ho, however. I0v ery night for toven nights tlhf double watch was titatloncd rind nothing came of It On tho afternoon of tho eighth dny, while tho me wero nil In tho covers shooting nnd tho women sent tnred about tho hbuse, and while I.ndy (Jrny wns lying down in her room for n brief nap, her wholo outfit of Jew elry was taken ns if by Invlslblo bnnds. livery male guest wns In tho flold with gun In hand; every servant could ac count for his or bar time to a second, Lady Gray's door wns locked, nnd tho Jewels hnd been token by nomo one finding on trance nt tho opcil window. A gardener hnd been engaged nil tho nfternoon trimming n rosebush that grow under thnt window nnd n pnrt of the time ho hnd used n Indder. He do clnrud thnt ho hnd not left his work for a moment. Ho wns senrched nnd questioned, but o'ren tho chagrined nnd Indignant McNulty believed in his In nocence. Inquiries cautiously mado in regard to Charllo Davids brought out life fact thnt ho was a mile away nt tho moment tho robbery occurred. Tho haul Amounted to about 400,000, nnd Hcotland Yard got the worst black eyo It over received, Mix months later tho ex-captain, for good and sufficient reasons, took up his permanent abodo In 1'aris. Ho hnd been thero a year or moro when ho nnd McNulty met on tho street ono dny. Tho detective was Invited to hnvo ' a smoke nnd n drink, and ns they sat in Dnvlds' luxurious quarters the baf fled ofllcer musingly observed: "Davids, that robbery nt Henderson's wan a very queer thing. Tho slick ono has got clear off with tho goods nnd rnn novor bo meddled with, but I should like to hear what you think nbout it" "I have often thought of tho mntter," quietly replied tho ex-cnptaln, "and it Is qulto clear tn mo. In tho first place, tlio thief, whoever he was, spotted you In splto of your dlsgulso. Then ho got on tn tho other two. Then ho saw that things had been mado too easy. Ho waited till nil tho men wero In tho fli'ld, nnd then, although ho was not missed, ho slipped aside, donned tho dress of a gardener nnd mado for tho houso. Ho reached it ns tho man nt work on tho rosebush went to tho barn for n moment to drink with tho coach man. The man was not absent for flvo minutes, but ho lied nbout It In that flvo minutes tho thief nscended to tho room, got. tho box of Jowcls nnd descended nnd mndo off, nnd he wns lucky enough to don hla own dress, se cure tho box nnd rejoin tlio bunt with, out lutvlng been missed. Luck docs attend some folks, you know." "Y-c-s, I know It does," slowly re plied McNulty as ho uodded his head and drew at his cigar a little moro vig orously. "Anything else?" asked tho ex-cap--taln aftor a long pause. "No, nothing else," was tho reply. "I havo Accepted your view of tho case, and I shan't let ft worry me any lon ger, particularly as tho thief la no lon ger living In England." Hnther Tainted Till. Tho following Incident la told of a popular and woll to do bachelor, who Is a patron of a circulating library: "I nm going on n short trip, Mlns Dlank," ho said to the youtfg lady at the desk, "and want to take n couplo of Interesting novels, but I enn't makoa up my mind which two to Beloct. Couldn't you help mo out?" "1 am afrnld my selections might not provo IntorcHtlnf to you," replied Miss lllank. "JusKplclt out two books for mo nnd I'll Kunrautec to like them',' he ro Joined Knllantly. "Havo you rend Uurrlo'a or Iloade's novela?" she nBked. ".No; Kct ino ouo of each nnd I'll bo 8ntlslled," he replied, She Detected two nnd handed them to her Hpousolcss acquaintance, who, after warmly thanking her for tho favor sho1 had done him, turned .up tho backs of tho books and rend theso titles: "When a Man's Single," "It la Ncvor Too Lato to Mend." Philadelphia Ledger, Hell llo. City JGdltor (to now reporter)--If a ten story building should fall down whnt would you do? Now RepoftcrWrtto ft up,- of course. New York' Times. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD , fptoalnat.l When1 the looming at Sumter fired altko the northern' and tho southern heart, precipitating, civil war, and me' of both Bides 'werei marching to th front, there waa otid' uiiwlllluif voluu h teer, For a young xriau MirrtHi. Rl,?tu . .. , too a Voir Jmiicd0M tfcw tr$ struggle. He had a tlieory that if the cause of" tho war, slavery, wero let nlono It would die n natural death', a.viuivsv , nwo fw nni;iii vi. inu (leoplo to slaughter each other about It Holding theso views, ho took no decid ed Interest In the struggle and did not sco why ho should ciltcr a contest of which ho did not approve Hut there to ono thing nbout which no ono In philosophic love. Martin wns very much in lovo with Kthcl Dlrdsoy, Kthcl caught the war fever nt onco, and, not bolng a man to sacrifice her. self, she thought it her duty to sacrifice the man alio loved, and that won Mar u. "Martin," alio said, "It will break my heart, but I must let you go." "Qo where?" "Why, to tho wnr, of course." "Ilut supposing I don't want to go to tho war?" Kthcl looked nt him for a moment !o blank surprise, then turned nnd wnlkcd awny, snyiiig, "To think thnt I have loved n coward," Martin stood looking at her not only with astonishment, but ait to the heart. Up had not considered tho matter lb this light He hnd so deep a reverence for the girl ho loved thnt It flashed upon him her words might be true. "Ethel, I consider w'ar a barbarous way of settling a question." "JSut think of tho heroism." "Tlio generals got all that" "Well," sho said, turning nway ngnln; "wo 'don't seem to think nllko In the matter, so there's nn end on." "II tit, Ethel, there is somcuilng moro to me Just now than the great question involved In this wnr." "What's that?" she asked. "Hla very." "Why, I thought It was firing on Fort Bumtor." "What Ib most to mo is your lovo. I nhnll go for your sake." And so it was that Martin volun teered nnd mnrched away td the wnr, Kthcl wnvlng hlm a Inst ndlcu, tears streaming down her emotional' cheeks. Four years passed and the war was ended. One day n man got off a train at tho town from which Martin Ulgg hnd volunteered nnd wnlked up the main street. Passing through the vll- lagc, ho struck n rood leading to the right nnd tho left nnd stood deliberat ing. Just then n mnn drove by In n hay wagon, and tho stranger nuked of him: "Can you tell me where I'll find Mltu Ethel IJIrdscyr "V can't find no stch pusscn; she's married." "Married?" Tho stranger started. 'YiHt. ulin rtinrrl.1 iwn rnnri nm The stranger Btood looking like one A dlatinct racial type aa marked aJ win i...m . !,,. in,.v f, .,r,.. ' " that of Rzij European people nnd found tho purpose has no exist-1 -certainly been evolved In the UnlU cucc I ed States, but it doea not bear any par- "What y' want with her?" asked the! J1" I.c.mb,fUfi0 .U, i,nd!nnAt--farmer It la not difficult to designate an Amer- "Well, I havo a message for her- n man or woman In Europe, and ihnt u i hn.t n mcMra for imr h,, Americana abroad aro recognized not bo long as she's married"- "Who was it from?" I "A soldier of the Into wnr. Wo mot In Andersonvllle stockade." "What was his nnmo?" "Martin Itlggs." "Oh. ves. I roinemhAT. Elliot ., hlra off to the war. She wan very pa , trlotlc in them days. Bho wantetl me to go, but I told her I thought I'd con tinue to do my flghtln' on tho farm with the array worm nnd slch vnr mlnta as destroys crops. How's Itlggs gittin' nlongr "Ho's dead." "Dead? What a fool ho waa any way. How'd ho die?" "Well, ho wns all used up. no wna nothing but skin nnd bono, and then ho got nick, and with sickness came nostnlgln, or homeslckuess, nnd to cheer him up I proposed wo should tunnel out Wo did so nnd escaped, but the guard discovered ua nnd shot nt us. Ileiilt Ulgg nnd I carried him on my shouldor to n hldlnc nlnce. where ho died. Just Ik? fore the end ho told mo that ho had been fighting for tho. lovo of Kthcl Ulrdscy. "'If you evor got out of this nnd go north,' ho said,, 'see her and tell her that 1 dlod tn trying to bo worthy of her.'" ..: Tho ntrnngcr paused for a few mo ments, then ndded: "Thero wns ouo Uilug moro ho nnld, but I don't like to repent thnt. It's sncrctl." "I'd llko to henr It, atranger. I wont toll." .. " 'Jim,' ho whispered', 'matte tho dear girl happy. Tako my place.' " Tho farmer Bat Bllcnt with tho loose reins In hla hand. lie seemed to be thinking hard. "Stranger," he paid presently, "ef you'd 'oj como hero nnd found Ktbel Bluglo alitt'd V been J 1st tho, gal to cry over RHJiN nnd bo consoled by you. Rut Fecin Bhe'anrried th'ore'a no con Bolln' to bo dope; lenatnway nono In the female' line. Et hoi's' husband wouldn't mind n little o' Hint sort' o thing. iTr'aps you) might n)r.ke it deal with him to leave tho field open to you and bco how eho'd tako thp message rind Rlgga' plan o' makln'rhcr happy. Ilcr man's been tryln' to do t for nigh on, to three years, nnd tho ;more he'a tried the moro mts'nbl'e he'rf jnnde hor." "You seem to knowsall about her." t "Why shoildnt I, stranger, aeeln' 'a I'm her husband?" The farmer gave tbo. relna a melan cholyn shnke nnd drove ton. The BtntHger Jtirued and tbpk thp next 4 v,..... ,...... narutid train. JOSEPH II, KING.' MMMMtaHttUUairtai '-"-"mfcr AHfi'trikm ' ) ""E8 AWP gON' , Blr 8, Tatton Sykcs, the richest bar enot In JJnglnnd, has n passion for over. bUttWI H11U L?UH H I1UW OHO VTCTJ TVCCK J, Pierpdnt Morgan has ono of bis country homes situated in wilds so re mote thnt deer from the adjoining for est nibble tho honeysuckle decorating Its veranda. Bcnntor Thomns Tnttorson of Colo rado nays that ouo of tho most enjoya ble periods of his life was the two weeks hd spent traveling with a circus in southern Michigan. Harry Dehr'fl big brother William la a sort of major domo for tho Astor family. He arrangea its entertain ments, issues invitations and looks aft er its recreations generally. Giovanni Orcgllo, n ncphow of tho Itnllan cardinal, is chef nt tho Victoria hotel in Ban Francisco. He has lived In this country eighteen years nnd ffaya ho has no desire to return to Italy. Senator Honr is well to do. His fa'tn lly has been in comfortable circuta stnnccs for generations. Ho has lived carefully, though well, and his posses sions have increased moderately with timo. Only threo of the famous elcctdral commission of 1877 survive cx-Bcnator Edmunds, Benator Hoar nnd General Eppa Hunton of Virginia. All o'f the flvo Justices of the' supreme court are dead. Hon. Kntaoka Kcnklchl of Tokyo Japan, president of tho lower house of tlio Japanese parliament, is a devout Christian mad nnd holds meetings in his house, where tho principles of Christianity' are explained. Captain Abncr Ilandall of Portland, a native of Harrington, Mo., is one of the old time wilts. He Is eighty-four nnd still continues in the coasting servlco as skipper of tlio schooner Genera! Danka. Hla mato is eighty-two, and the schooner herself is forty. J. B. Haggln, tho noted horseman, has raised some of tho greatest raccra of which the American turf can boast but he has never been heard to yell at the closest finish, nor does ho oven smile nt victory. Ills record for taci turnity la almost without parallel. rie'rro Cclessln Ccrf, a member of the firm of La Grange ct Ccrf, tho greatest advertising contractors in Franco, who has Just died, wna scv-cnty-sovcii years old. M. Corf was In timately bound up with the history of tho French press in tho last half cen tury. Ho bad In many Instances aided papers by paying them an nnnunj suui for their entire advertising space. Ob YaaVe Raelol Typo. ,ll-r on account of tliclr clothes nnd "Pcecn aua externa manner, nut uj that .tomothlng distinctive In faco and tom ftnd temperament which we call rncc- u ta truo that thorc nro ccrtaIn superficial differences between eastern wwiem unencaM, uoiwecn uoriu- ernera and southerners, but it Is a curi ous thing that In a country of such length and breadth and of Buch dlvcreq climatic conditions, in a country peo pled by descendants of so marly branch ea of the Caucasian family, a national racial type that ia fairly uniform and predominant should have been pro duced in a few generation and should be able to aaarfmllate to ltaelf the vast' horde of foreign elements which la con tinually being absorbed Into It Har oez'a WftoVlv. Lacier Trrelr. The Egyptians counted "12" as their most propitious number, and so did most of the anctont nations. Lord Kelvin Ana the Teapot. Domestic science has of recent ycara adopted the phraseology of tho labora tory and become hu favorite Held of chemists and economists. Mapy years ago, however. It was still n novelty to be treated not flippantly, perhaps, but wltli lesa seriousness thati It receives today. It was with something like Joy therefore that a few Btudcnts admitted to the somber meetings of tho Itoynl Scientific society' of Edinburgh heard. Lord lCclvin announce "Tea Ccwlea" ua tho subject of his paper for tho even ing. In thatibleak land, whore the after noon aip-of tea is the. universal habit, tho pa'rfpled hood to slip over the tea pot nnd arrest tbo dissipation of ita heat la everywhere In use. Lord Kel vin had mude an exhaustive study f of radiation, in proportion to the sur face of the 'teapot and wished to .show thot the surfaco of the teapot might be reduced to a also where the coxy would no longer keep it warm, but mako It actually colder. The boy on the back seat listened eagerly. Here at last wb a! practical us4 for science. Dy manufacturing teapots of' scien tifically exnet proportions the cumber boiuo tea cozy mtght be dispensed with and one's fortune made. Through end? less formtll:i the lad tried to follow the cotlrso of" the argument At last Lord Kelvin reached his conclusion. "The proper fHm( la short, for .the Ideal ten pot,''' hoirihriounced, "la approximately that of oi'c ordluary garden pea,"-1-ttarpcr'aVWeokly. yu. - '' " 3ta- R-I-P.-A3Ns Tubule Doctors find A good prescription For mankind . The 6-caat packet is enough for usual occasions. The famllr bottle (60 cent-,) contains a supply lor year. All drug 'ills sell them. WANTED-SEVEttAL INDU8THI ous perroat'.n esch elate to travel for hnuie established eleVen years nnd niih a large capital, to cal( upon mercbuiiU and agents for sncceitffol and profitable line, Fermanentengsgement. Weekly Ch talary ol $18 and nil traveling ei pviises and hotel bills advanced in cask each nook. 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MAtiir ntxD, 0100 THE new York world TDBICB-A-WEEK EDITION Read wherever the English Language is Bootees The Thrlee-A-Week World was a brilliant softeeMi in the begianiag and hp ben stesdily rrowiajc ever slaee. Time is the lest of all tblBf , and ha set it seal o( approval on the Thrlee-a-VVfjl World, which is widely clrcnlated In cvrv State and Territory of the Ua-y Iqn, Hint whereever there are people who cu ritfld oar mother tongae. Thi papr for the coming winter and t)- yi'r 1008, will make its news cer vire! it possible, more extensive than evi r. All events of importance, no mat f? where they, happen, are re- i-irted acearately and promptly. ' Hie sabtcriber. for only one dollar a 'v-ar. gets three papers every week atxt uiore news aau general reaainf 'nan oaf Rrpf.t dailiee caalaraUh tilvor six tinina thfl-arke. Thb Tbrice-a-Week-Werld ia abso inteiy fair ia its aalUieaL news. Par ,. titan bWsle taever ltewel to aSeeisita '- n wa rolasshs, and Deaaeerat aad Re ptibliean alike eaa obtaiu ia ita pftee trnthfnl acebnnte of all the great pollti cJ campaigns. In addition to all the news, the Thrice-a-Week-World tarnishes the beet serial fiction, elaborate asarkvt reports and other featares of iaterett. The Thrice-a-Wefk-World'-j regular mbecrlnUon pricn it only 11.00 per year land this pays for ISO pspers. We oJmt tnis uneqnaled new apitr auu w eexiy, COAST MAIL together one year for, ,2.00 ' x JThe regnlarsnbecrlptloH price ol the I no papers is 2.e0 as. M .. V' - UVI.r.). l HI iflVl 1 1 II 1 1 II I III! II l'f'!g -"'! . ' V.., . V X" - Xf'i o ) V-' . 1 . t;mn miim nrWFTVi"irnris yryinniiiii iiMpTTiiinir