/
a« 'k a c h o a
men who w ere‘(¡oncenled. and at that
slguul tboy were to arrest the persoua
whom he designated.
As the clock struck 0, the two thieves
approached from different direction*,
uud met ut the corner.
One of them curried a satchel, which
wus apparently very hcuvy, Judging by
the way lu which he carried It.
i IBWHDB b F
As they stood a minute, miking, a
t
drunken nuiu camo rolling dowu the
111» <n»ni |»t leni lull ot
street, uud lu endeavoring to puss them,
1.
"Well, what news?”
gave a lurch, uud struck heavily
a r a w a a ry ln g b eyo n d d e a
O you wish to become a detect
"Nothing much," said the other man, against the man carrylug the satchel,
o rlp tle n a n d th a y In d ic a ta
ive?"
“except that 1 have lieeu uuuble to dis almost kuoeklug him dowu. uud caus
■ ini
"Yes. sir."
pose of all the swag."
r a a ! tro u b la s o m a w h a re ,
ing him to drop It.
"I suppose you consider yourself able
"How much money have you raised?”
"Whasser tucuu, sir, by thlct get'n In
K ffa r ta lo b e a r tb a d u ll to give points to any man In the force, “Oue thousand pounds.”
u geiitl'm'u's way? Ycr drunk, sir
“Good! You have some of the Jew thio."
Is a very m r r (rouble, but
p a b i a r a b a r o la , b u i th a y don’t you?”
doubly. or M pparetel). an opraiu
"No, sir. 1 am only anxious to have elry still?"
"You fool, you're drunk yourself! «io
d a n o i e v e ro o m e I t a n d
or brillo*. tlo*r* 1« no remedy
a fair trial. 1 believe that 1 can be
“Yes. 1 only sold the diamonds."
brina n the equal of
ou about your business!”
tb a b ao baob aa co n tin u a come
a useful member of the force
"Do you think you cun get rid of the
So saying, the thief stooped to pick
u n t i ! t b a o a u a a l a r e - after I huve hud u little experience.”
rest safely?"
up his sutchvl, when a violent push
m ovad.
"Well, sir. 1 mu not foutl of employ
“No,
not
Just
now.
I
think
we
had
from
bchlud threw him tint upou the
I
ing green men; but as you seem to huve better divide them Just as they art1, and pavement.
j^Lydto E. Ptnfchsm’« Vcgstbls Compound | u modest oplnlou of yourself, 1 huve when the excitement Is over we can
At the same liistunt a shrill whistle
some hope of uiakiug something of you. dispose of them."
rung out upon the night air, und before
The chief bus requested me to give you
"All right. You say you huve one the two thieves fully realized wliut had
d o a a tb la m e r e o a rta ln ly a trial, and so 1 shall have to do so. 1 thousand lu cash?"
hiip|M>ued they were securely hand
th a n a n y o th e r m a d lo ln a . shall give you a tough case to begin on, "Yes. Conic down to John's and I'll cuffed und ou their way to the station.
If you make a success of It you give you your share."
Behind them walked Iiot>. carrying
9t b i a b ean doing I t f o r and
shall huve a permanent position ou the . The uicu then sturted dowu the road the satchel, uud entirely recovered
tfd r t J y e a r s , I t la a w o - force.”
together.
I l,a Only W ay.
from the effects of the liquor from
m n n ra m a d lo ln a f o r w o ' "Thank you. sir. I shall do my best." No sooner had they moved off tbitn n which he wus apparently suffering only
Mrs. Bowers--1 shall select a neck
"The only clew which 1 can give you figure emerged from a »lark doorway a moiiieut before.
m a n 9 a Ilia , I t b a a dona
tie (or you when 1 am lu tow n today,
m u c h f o r tb a h e a lth ot is this paper. It came luto uiy posses and followed them nt a distance.
The next morning Bob appeared a'. ' John.
A m a rfo a n w o m a n . R e a d sion entirely by accident. It was seen The figure was that of Bob West the Inspector's office. carrying u Mr. Bower*—Before you select II
fall from the pocket of a man who brook.
w'll you have the clerk blindfold yon?
satchel.
tb a g r a t a f u l le tte r s fro m to
had been Implicated In several burg
Mrs. Bowers—Blindfold me? Are
The men entered a door in front of
The
Inspector
looked
up
from
Ills
w om an c o n s ta n tly a p laries, and one of my men, who hap which hung a red lamp. Following
desk, ut which he was writing, and you crazy?
p e a rin g In tb la p a p e r ,
Mr. Bowers— Nol By being blind
pened to be standlug uear, picked It up them Bob also entered.
said:
folded
there is a chance that you may
and handed it to me. I think there Is
He found himself lu a room which
"Well. Westbrook, what have you
Hdra, P ln k h a m co u n s els more in it thau appears ou the surface. was partly a public house and partly a captured? Somethlug worth the trou strike oue that I could wear!— Puck,
w o m an f r e e o f c h a rg e . Take it with you, and see what you restaurant. Ou oue side of tlie room ble. 1 hope?”
The news from Lick observatory that
were several stalls. In which were ta
H e r a d d r e s s l a L y n n , can make of It.”
“I don't know that It’s much of a the North star, 288,000.000 mile* away
Bob Westbrook took the envelope bles nud seats. Curtains covered the capture, sir,” said Bob.
M ass,
from ua, ha* been found to be not on,,
which the Inspector—to whom he hud front so that the occupants were con
“Well, what was It?”
star, hut three—swinging around in
cealed from the view of those lu the
"Only the robbers of Fairchild's Jew-1 great orbits like the muon, earth sud
Metal never rusts in the waters of made application for a position lu the
room.
detective
force—gave
him,
and
left
the
dry.”
►mi—is another remarkable result of
lake Titacaca. A chain or anchor can
As Boh entered he saw the men
The Inspector grasped him by the the application of photo-spectroscopy
be left in it for two weeks and it will office.
He had never done any detective whom he had been following enter one hand and shook It warmly.
to the telescopic study of the heavens.
be as clean and bright as when it carue
“My dear fellow, permit me to con
from the foundry, which is probably work before, and hud only been on the of the stalls. Ordering a milk punch
Spectroscopic and other observations
owing to action of some of the chemical police force about eight mouths, but he he took his seat In the stall adjoining gratulate you! You have disco.cred
i was very ambitious, and desired to be- that which the men had entered.
what has puzzled some of the best men show the fixed stars to bv self-lnmiuuua
■alts in the water.
As he seated himself he heard the In the force. How did you do It?"
bodies—suns to the other systems of
' come a detective.
S H A R K IN TO Y O l l l 8HO KS
Going home, he retired to his room,
Bob then reluted his experience with planets. An analysis of their light in
A lie n 's F o o t-E a s e , a p o w d e r fo r t h e feet. and proceeded to examine the letter.
the letter and his subsequent adve:i-1 dicates the presence of the same chemi
I t c u r e s p a in fu l, s w o lle n , s m a r tin g , n e r v The direction was as follows:
cal elements that exist in our own aut
tures.
o u s fe e t, m id in s t a n t ly ta k e s t h e s t in g o u t
and
earth, together with others u’>
When he had Mulshed his story the in
MR. ALBERT SINCLAIR,
o f c o r n s a n d b u n io n s . I t's th e g r e a te st
known in our solar system.
c o m fo r t d is c o v e r y o f th e a g e A lle n 's F oot-
General Postofflce,
spector said:
E a se m a k e s t ig h t o r n e w s h o e s fe el e a sy .
London, E. G.
“Westbrook, from this hour you are
I t is a c e r ta in c u r e for I n g r o w in g N a ils ,
If all the dressmakers known to ex
detective, attached to the regular force.
The
postmark
was
that
of Bayswater,
s w e a t in g , c a llo u s uud h o t. tire d , a c h in g
ist
in America worked 24 hours of each
fe e t. W e h u v e o v e r 30.000 te s tim o n ia l* . and the date Jan. 10. Inside was the
I think the thieves will have cause to
day fur a whole year without stopping
T r y it today. Hold by a ll d r u g g is t s a n d
rue tlie day.”
following letter:
s h o e store*. By m a il for 25c. in s ta m p s .
for sleep or meals, the)' would still be
The Inspector was right. Many n
T r ia l p a c k a g e F R E E . A d d r e s s, A lle n ¡5.
Bayswater, Jan. 10.—Dear Albert:
able to make only oue dresa apiece for
O lm s te d , I.e K o y , N . Y .
criminal has Bob since brought to Jus
Meet Mary Owen as you promised me,
less than seven-eights of the women it
tice, and often have the criminal class America.
i and ask her to come at noon the day she
In males, the average weight of the gets the message. 1 have made a eorner
es had cause to rue the day when he
full-grown human brain is about 49 ot in some of the securities of which I spoke
was made a detective.—Spa re Moments.
The meteorological department of
50 ounces; in females, 44 ounces.
when at Tottenham the other week. If
the government of Iudiu has now four
you court her, the house in Gloucester
GENTLEMANLY WARRIORS.
first-class observatories, 174 genera’
road shall he yours soon. On Monday, I
stations,
and 2,280 rainfall stations
expect to spend the evening with you
H a v a c c x H u p iille il T h e ir K n e tn le s w it h
from which regular monthly statements
without fail, and at that time I shall
F o o d a n d A m m u n it io n .
are received.
bring nine others. Ex[>eet us at 8 o’clock
We are accustomed to apeak of the
sharp. I shall then indicate to you how n o w M IT II MONEY H A V K YOU R A IS E D ?
l'iso's Cure for Consumption is an infal
huiuuue uud chivalrous manner in
we had better divide the work, so that
lible medicine for coughs ami colds.— N
men ou the other side of the thin board which modern fighting Is curried ou, W.
the protits may be large as possible.
H a m vxi ., Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17,
partition conversing In low tones.
and to congratulate ourselves upou the 1900.
"JIM." C.
__________ ______
“The terms were share and share advance which bus been made In this
Bob read the letter over carefully sev
Experiments
by E. Klein indicate
eral times, but could tind nothing sus alike, so there are £500 for your share.” respect, says the London Mnll.
■■■■MaRRRSto
that,
contrary
to
common ladief, suck
“How much do you think the rest of
But Is tills udvuuce as great and ns germs as those of the cholera, typns au<*
picious about it except the tlgure "G”
real as we Imagine? For example, how
in the lower right-hand corner of the the stuff ought to be worth?”
G enuine
"Fully £2,000, I think. \Ve made a do our present-day customs of war com diptheria do not survive more than
page.
three or four weeks after burial in the
pare with the old-time fighting methods ground.
This puzzled him not a little, and as big haul this time."
"Yes, and it was well done, too. I of the Maoris, the natives of New Zea
he studied the letter more the convic
Mothers w ill find Mrs. W h itlo w 's Sooth
tion grew upon hint that underneath wonder how old Fairchild looked when land? It will surprise a good many
Syrup the best remedy to use for thetv
this apparently Innocent communica he came down to the office lu the morn people to bear that when a baud of ing
jhildren d uring the teething period.
Maori warriors was going to fight the
tion there lurked some mysterious com ing, and found his safe opened?”
"He must have felt pretty bad, for 1 warriors of another tribe It wus not
-
C o n a n le n t lo „ a .
munication, which might prove the key
see
by the papers that the police have unusual for the numbers It was pro
"I suppose you w ill vote according
to a deed of villainy.
M u s t B ear S ig n a tu re of
In vain he puzzled over the letter; In no clew to the fellows who did the Job." posed to place In the field to be com to yonr own conscience in th:, m atter?1
“I don’t think I ever did such a clean municated to the enemy; moreover, one
“ I w ill,” answered Henatot Sorghum
vain tried every combination which his
Job or such a safe one. But wbeu shall side often provided the other with arms “ And my conscience tells me that 'it it
ingenuity could suggest. He applied
we.divide the Jewelry?”
and provisions, so that the enemy always wrong to waste good money.r
heat in hopes of bringing out a sympa
"Meet me at the same place to-mor might not be placed at too great a dis —Washington Star.
thetic Ink; but again in vain. He went
row night as you did to-night, and I advantage.
See Fac-Similé Wrapper Below.
T o n W ill N ever K n n .'
to bed that night thoroughly puzzled
will bring the swag with me. We can
Here are a few stories which Illus what good ink is unless you use C arter’s
and
almost
discouraged.
▼ary sm a ll a a d »» eoay
then go somewhere and divide."
trate the generosity which the Maoris It costs no more than poor ink. Ah deal
In the morning he again started to
to ta k e a s ««gar.
"All right. What time?”
of former days displayed toward their era.
work, but in a more systematic manner.
“Nine o’clock—same as to-night."
In Belgium orgHU grinders are com
enemies. A chief was asked why when
FOR HEADACHE.
He tried every other line with no re
“I’ll be there. Good night.”
pelted by law to play each morning be
on
a
certain
occasion
he
had
command
FOR DIZZINESS.
sult; every third line, then every fourth
So saying, the men left the saloon of the road, he did not attack the am fore the police magistrate, who must be
FOR BILIOUSNESS.
line, and so on, but still with no result and separated.
munition and provision trains of the satisfied that their instruments are ia
Then he began and tried every other
FOR TORPID LIVER.
English. The Maori, utterly astonished tune. An orgun which is out of tuns
word, but he met with failure.
FOR CONSTIPATION.
II.
at such a question, exclaimed: “Why, must be put in order before a license i
Just at this point the mysterious fig
FOR SALLOW SKIN.
Bob felt that he had made an Import you fool. If we had stolen their powder issued to the player.
FOR THE COMPLEXION ure 0 caught his eye. He started, as a ant discovery. About a week before a and food, how could they have fought?"
Rome of the wooden churches of Nor
O K ie v x m x m u b t n a v i a tu h x .
sudden thought struck him. Could this diamond and Jewelry mcrchnnt off Hol-
Another chief, who considered thnt
rarely TegetaMe.xW^»^^^*
be the key to the mystery? He would born had been robbed of a large amount he had been Insulted by the chief of a way are fully 700 years old, and ar-
try, and accordingly he began, and of Jewelry. The thieves had left noth neighboring tribe, said that the other ■till in excellent state of preservation
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
then, with the first word, took every ing by which they could be traced, and chief, had he not been much the strong Their timbers have successfully resist«
the frosty and almost Arctic winte'
sixth word of the letter.
although Mr. Fairchild, the owner of er of the two In arms and ammunition,
The result was certainly startling. the place, had offered a large reward, would not have dared to act In so In because they have been repeatedly coa
ed with tar.
When he finished he found that he had they had thus fur escaped detection.
sulting a manner. This speech came
the following communication: »
Senator Culberson, of Texas, said re
The following morning Bob walked- to the ears of the neighboring chief,
Dear Albert: Meet me at the corner of Into the inspector’s office.
who thereupon divided Ills nrins and cently that 15 years ago he had his
Tottenham Court road, Monday evening
ammunition Into two equal parts, and picture taken and a sudden death fol
“Well?” said the Inspector.
at 9 o’clock, to divide profits.
JIM.
Ten years ago
"I should like to have the use of sent one-half, along with an Invitation lowed in his family.
There evidently must have been some three officers, In plain clothes, this to fight, to chief No. L
the same coincidence was note'I, and
powerful motive of concealment here, evening, sir.”
On another occasion a chief who was since then the senator avoids the
else why should this note have been
“You have discovered something, fighting against us, and who was sho t camera.
written, and the true meaning so care then?”
of guns and powder, sent this niessafc.*
The hottest mines in the woild are
fully hidden?
to the governor: "My custom with rJ
"Yes, sir.”
the Comstock. On the lower levels
Bob felt much elated at his success,
gard
to
my
enemy
Is,
If
he
have
not
v.
"What Is It?”
the heat is so great that the men can
and determined to make one of the par
"Will you be kind enough to permit weapon I give him one, that we ms’
ty at the corner of Tottenham Court me to defer an explanation until to fight on equal terms. Now, 0 govern not work over 10 or 15 minutes at a
time. Every known means of mitigat
road on Monday evening.
morrow morning, sir? I wish to com or, are you not ashamed of my defense ing the heat has been tried in vain.
On the appointed evening, a few min plete the Job before I mako any re less hands?" A clergyman who llvctl
To fall j In trod nc« our F am ous “ B O U T H E R X '
melts before it reaches the bottom
B E I .I .E CIO A R M ” we give to each per .on bujrinf utes before 9 o’clock, a man was walk port.”
a long time In New Zealand relates hoM Ioe
of
the
shafts.
a box of 60 cigar» for $2.60 and axpreaa charg e., an elegant
ing up and down the pavement at the
“Then you expect to capture the crim In one of the Intertribal wars the bo
alckelplatecaae.atem wind, ite m aet, open race W a t c h ,
American make, which with proper care should laat rendezvous named In the letter.
sieged sent word to the enemy that
There are 46 states and six territories
inals tonight?”
fo r years; also a plated watch chain and charm , fiend ua
your name and fu ll address—no money. W e w ill send
He
was
evidently
expecting
some
oue,
in
the Union, not including our new
they
were
short
of
provisions,
and
the
“Yes.
sir.”
cigars, watch, chain and charm. I f , aftsrexam ination, yoa I
besiegers at once handed over a supply possessions. Utah was the last state
are aatUded, pay your agent $2.60 and axpreaa charges. and every few minutes would look at
“If
you
do
so,
I
shall
have
to
acknowl
These goods sent any where In the C . 8 . at these terms. The
to be admitted into the Union, the
his watch Impatiently. After he bad edge that you are a born detectIve. You of food.
“ Southern Belle' la as good as many 10c cigars now offered
AddressNatlOnal C ls a r C o ., .
StLoulx.Mo.
date of admission being January 4,
w h ea ordering please give the name ofthls paper without fail been waiting about ten minutes, anoth shall have the men.”
R i c h P e o p le In B e r l i n ,
_______________
er man walked slowly up the street.
That night Bob stationed his men out
Berlin has fourteen persons whose aa> 1896.
The one who had been waiting ad of sight near the doorway where he nual Income exceeds $250,000.
According to the Iowa State Register,
vanced hurriedly, and seizing him by had hidden himself, on the preceding
that state has 200 more financial ins I»
t Cough Syrup. Tastes Gorki. Use I
the arm, drew him Into the shadow of night, and waited for the arrival of the
There Is electricity In a kiss, says ■ tntions than any other state in the
J
In time. Sold by druggist«._____ |
one of the houses, and aald, In a low, thieves.
scientist. Perhaps that Is why kissing union. The banki are generally sm all,
eager voice;
He had arranged a signal with the ■hocks some folks.
however-
of
W om en
How Bob Came
to Be a Detective
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