Gold Hill news., June 25, 1910, Image 2

I ruabtsl a fte r him and met him on iha
H e turned In eurnrlae, un<t flung
out hla urine u,
me off. The dcv-
II'» tic k , w ith Ite pnsnn-fantf protrud­
ing. wmm In my <ru«p, and in throwing
out hla arm I wound«d hint in the palm
Of the hand, thua
IM vtd took me devll-atlok tifm ly In
n la g ru a p amt cohipreaa« d the handle.
At once the Iron longue, with Ita drop
of venom appeared
W ith the aharp
point he made an Irregular wound on
the palm of hla hand, and caat tha
d«vU-atlck on the table l*efore hint. A
moment afterwarda. amid the allent
horror of the crowded court, h a *ol|
do w n —•<! eu J .
Wand of Sleep
The Devil-Stick
By the Author of
*The Myotory of a Heoaom Cah,M Bio.
O w , t was the astonishment through- I H o w le r * Y l ? a
n*’ b“ ‘
* ,O" e
C l i A P i E I t X X II
• «turally, n lv trarlc end of th*
counsel for the d..f,■„<•<• created a great
acneatlon. The trial « is brought lo a n
abrupt conclusion,
the
court
wua
cleared, and the body of the dead man
taken to the residence of M ajor Jen.
n hie rooms at Deanmlnster was found
the oeafeaston signed by him . and
»nich was substantially the same na
that which he had made In court. At
“’’ ce Dr. Etw ald was »et a t liberty on
the Charge of murder.
he returned to Ills house
? i.,, “ * h n o,hlng had happened. Mr*.
Dollas and Isabella came back to 'T h a
wigwam." but Without Dido, (in ;hs
tb,> ,rlul «crodnated In so
« c a manner the negress disappear-
Stone"*1 * W*lh *>er ,h*’ fj,1,ou* Voodoo
■¡very man thinks hts brutality Is
tact."
Fishing seems to be the favorite
form of loafing.
Any woman closely associated with
a man can make or break him.
None of us realise how much peo­
ple talk about us behind our tracks.
Every shiftless man Is a liar; he
acquired the habit tn giving excosea.
We despise a man who doesn't ap-
predate a friend; friends are so rare.
Talk with any man flvs minutes, and '
he will say the trouble with him Is,
he Is too meek.
Fine Care
Fine H air
h ’s fine care that makes fine
hair! Use Ayer's H a ir Vigor,
new improved formula, sya-
te m a flc a U y , cousdenilouhly,
and you will gel results. Wc
know it slops falling hair, cures
dandruff, and Is a most elegant
dressing. Entirely new. New
hoftle. New contents.
Out of one hundred people who try ;
lt » f t n»! t k a n f I Kt ce/w , / /A,
to save money, ninety five will make
FotMiau with »AW* bulli»
the attempt very feobly.
f »haw n ««
‘
4< ciup
Even when tlmee are very good,
A a h b is « a b « « il | | ,
things will not couie your way unless
lh a a 4 a * • b a s a i •
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you carefully start them.
There are eo many kinds of mean Ayer * ,,a lr Y '/orr ■’ ni’w n «dc from our
• u t the - --
neighborhood
when » It Decani
been,
persuade' Dido to I
2
J " *’“ hBr
s.vrvsu wimn
k
now n
n that
th a t Dr.
D r. E
E tw
ld . t the
h e clever
. l e v e r p hy­ I « a i d . "
d
*
“
E«
know
tw a
ald.
sician, of Deanmlnster. had been ar-
M“ J?r went at onc* *°
"The
rested on the doublt charge of murde
snd theft o f a dead body. M ajo r Jen W igwam . but. notwithstanding all hl*
* P,,e ° f ,h ” t* a r* and lm -
worked
hard
to procure evidence u S ” " ’
h a l * 1'“ - «” • negress post-
against the prisoner, and David Sarby th e ly declined
.h.« peep,.
«at* .bout the
to say a word against
vrwa«
worked Just as hurd to obtain m aterial
meanest
kind W
of 1 meanness
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T ” • r ■ - - • z e-w
ery ’ »«7
h **1
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flair preparation ever placed upon the
the Great Master.
Z s “* ? * * * *
T h « »ttltudo taken
People nearly always predict d ta o nurfcet. l or falling hair and dandruff it
S io Z? ” ? e d“ t bl*
hab d® Voodoo
P by the young barrister astonished
ter for their own town, and tall how *
on#
medicine,
everyone, and was universally
con- * “? •' 1 d° no‘ " l n - n o t h ln ’ “ she said.
a H df » n i r . ‘ hlS ob* Un“ «» position they
weil other town, are doing
~~
” " *•* °
* * * • " • M*“ —
w m ned.
a
ll
failed
to
move
her.
. ^ A ?.Tr that Me,n°ra b le Interview In
It Is easy to say to a man, "Ha ~
"
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Stone”
^
dO"
.i
>O"
*
e‘
*h’
VoOdOO
the library, when E tw ald was accused
She l i l d . t Care.
scnstble." But half the time a man
lf >ou ,d o re
“
■»
and arrested. Arkel took away hts p ris ­
does not knos- what Is sensible.
Mrs. Httiyvrssnt Fish, at a luncheon
o;rX a “ r
i>a“ a-- —
o ner In custody by virtue of the w a r­
good-humored
«„i 5 ? U h. 1 * could have caught her."
An Eastern man Is teaching people I d
n New York, said with goud-hun
ra n t, and left M ajo r Jen alone w ith the
Ah. |f i hab dat voodoo Stone. 1 be m ir r e f
.
’ 8 h * l »«"- how to kiss by means of a correspond
counsel for the defence.
When
the
of ,ho • uff"a « « e e :
Bin
L
Kr'‘“.
'
~
d<
queen
ob
tbe
debbles.
m ltted perjury m order to get Dr. B t- ence course. As though everyone does
sound of Etw ald'a carriage had died
f *“* y k*',p on’ ,ha,r outlook, real-
Hut he no let It go!”
h ith e r, " . the distan<‘e- Jen. who had
eee
* " d ’ h* OU* I,, ’ «' baV* not knowl
j ’ *• wl11 ««Home as naively selfish as
vou°X.nnd1* ee ° r E ,w a ld ' « " 'I «•» him b been
punished for her wickedness. It
T v k.*’ Pt sllence- raised his head
n
f Ve evld,,nce »gainst him un
has been a terrible affair. M a jo r"
and looked at David.
X
?
K,ve*
>ou
th«
stone.”
b r ^ ’n * i h<>
" ° " loohln« " ld and
to hi.elV r : .
aald- ln an lcy tono
This suggestion came from Isabella
broke,, down, agreed with a sad shake
to hla adopted son. “I am w aiting for
hut o f It Dido took no notice. W ithout of h l* grey hesd.
,h ‘* Ven' « ‘ " o rd in a r y
? ° 7 ' . i O. m o,h«T or daughter, who fuiiM »e
tad* " aald he- ln • * “ 'c«
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; ,y Ilu le ,ady Indulgently, and said
were both In tears, she left the room,
Our experience Is that an artist who with a sigh
Ih ,,M,hoa- "E lrst one and then
* haV* n° expIanat,ol‘ in the afternoon she was nowhere to th e
^
‘ f a ^ / ” ‘h*',n b° ‘ h
«hla Is not appreciated la Just about as
'You do look nice In that frock,
“W h a t!" cried his guardian, rising. be found, and both Mrs. Dallas and Is a ­
disagreeable as It Is possible for a dear, but It reel me a heap of money/
D o you dare to sit there and tell me bella came to the conclusion that she •Do you' pltyr*Mr. Ita rb y ?"'" ’ Urprla* hunuu) to ba.
" You dear old boy.’ she cried, ’w hat
th a t you are a traito r, a coward an had fled to avoid being forced into g iv ­
ung ratefu l man? W h a t w ill every'on" in g Incrim inating evidence. They fell
do I care for money when It's a qu«qp
W hy not?" answered the M ajor
Into
one
a
n
o
th
e
r*
arms,
and
were
be­
tlon of pleasing your**
say. when they learn th a t you Intend
u ilv ' h , T ° my ",lnd h0 ne, da " ’-ro
side themselves w ith terror
A ll the Pity that poor Maurice. The lad was
to defend Etw ald?”
d° ne. * 7 1)1,10 and E ,w ald ««•«"«□ io r 'u n | " ,a d ? J' J- Iou>y and hc * * •
aa 7oho h Wl" “ y almo»‘ as cruel thing*
P re fe rre d le P a r .
UpOn ,h e lr '"«Pnent heads. 7r?m
• a you have said,” returned David still
X D ‘J° ,O « ’ "’» ‘ I «he
A little miss riding on a Brooklya
Mr“ * , . th<‘re ls hope.” said Isabella, crime. The cause of all these troubles.
composed. “But I do not care
the
t o ^ e nm f, * l l” PUW,C- 1 act “ W ording
trolley car the other day tendered the
w e w ill speak to M ajo r Jen. and ask
,,n1* p‘?<‘‘ or' '• n»« Dr. Etwald. ut
conductor half fere.
Î h l V dlcta,ea of m y own conscien :e. him to send the police a fte r this caught"
W ,Uh’ * * ‘ah
“ ,l' ld h*
wrenched woman."
"How old are you. little girl?" he
I have an excellent excuse"
This opinion was at once acted upon,
to 2 * k r “ “ ■ u 1 may be
h»1«« aa
queried, gingerly handling her faro.
Dido was never caught. Rhe was
and a messenger was sent to "Ashan-
She pursed her lipa for a moment,
too clever to give th. poll,-, a chance
”
i . bUt MaJor Jen wus from home,
of laying hands or, her. Like a stone
then calmly opened her purse, dro|p
t0. ‘ eI1 yOU a t Present."
and It was not till t o'clock that he
reason o f
1 e v e r ,o le a r n th e
cast into a wide o- ean she dlsappeure 1
ped two more pennies Into the con­
reason o f your extraordinary
beha- presented him self at “The W lgwura" from Deanmlnster. and. possessed »
ductors extended palm, snapped hef
and
heard
the
story
of
Dido
i
♦ u ------- flight.
th e \oodoo Stone, po.rslbly took her
purse and demurely replied:
Ye». M ajor.
You shall 1 ^ ™
, J U; she c a n t be verY fa r aw ay.”
son a t - t h e tria l
I s h a Y eTola^n
^ . ? Opef“ ,,y ’ " I saw her In way to her native Ashantee. there to
"You have your fare, sir; my statin
reason
e,omJ8
«he
high
priestess
tn
the
hor­
I “
make
mv
n<>»nminster. and thought she
had
J‘ n^ rhen
“ 1
“* • m
j/speech*7 " S ’X '
tlca are my owe — Brooklyn Ufe.
rible ictlsh-w orahlp of Africa
gone there w ith a message from you.
F o r the next two days M ajo r Jen
A a la r e
■ M a a le r .
t r » ^ Vld' there ls 8ome«h'ne Very ex- But even lf we had forced her Into stayed In the bouse and watched ovsr
A great, broad, consoling and runda*
S u l d ?a ry , ln your behavior, and you court, she would not (give given e v i­ the corpse of David, The whole scene
«•fuse to give me your reason, there- dence against the holder of the Voodoo was but a repetition of that which hail
mental fact remains that In a large
stone.”
majority of dises.*«* which attack hu­
taken place when Maurice had died
.................... .
■“ftrfw M lllT I IIUHIW
manity under »0 per cent of the unfn
H a t h y u u m l l W .ll ’TOd’yertel i i'il f n mt the
door.
already IUIU
told you
you 30
so
effecta of the Infernal African poison.
v o r a b le Infltrn nces w h ic h a ff e c t na n e
— “Yes. I have ~ *-s.c«uy
The three people turned, and saw Both hud perished In the bloom of
In m y speech for the defence you w ill
ture w ill effect a cure If not too much
b e fu lly satisfied that I have good eause Dido, w ith an expression of triumph youth; and on the right hand of each
Interfered with. As th * old proverb
on her dark face, enter the room
to act as I am doing.”
was the fatal wound which hud c or­
has It. "A -man at 40 Is either a fool
"D id o!" cried Isabella. •'You did not
-T h e n 0 '. g K °o " replied Jen- calmly. run aw ay?”
rupted the blood. But the corpse of
or a physician." and Nature Is a good
Then j , ha„ K y nothlng (Q a„
David was here. The corpse of M au ­
deal ovsr 40 and has never been ac­
"No. missy, I tell de truth against
about your very curious behavior. I
rice.
where?
O
nly
Dr.
Etwuld
could
cused of lacking Intelligence.— Woods
shal! w ork hard to secure the condem­ dat man.”
But the Voodoo Stone," said Jen. answer the question, and he, releas-d
Hutchinson. M. D.. In Delineator.
n ation of this scoundrel. You can do
on the charge of murder, was now >ut
■your best to save him. B ut against wondering w hat she meant.
on ball for the theft of the corpse.
Dido opened her clenched fis t The
A T r a a ttw J W o m a n .
, . ° r f.Or you- 1 * ahal‘ «•<>« open my
W h ile the M ajor was wondering what
Voodoo Stone lay in the palm of her
"A man »»Iked out of hie home la
gnouth. A t the tria l I shall expect an hand.
would be the outcome of all the te r ri­
•explanation."
this town and was goo* for two yean."
ble events which had filled the last few
How she became possessed of the
"You Shall have IL ”
" hot excuse did he make whan be
Voodoo Stone, Dido refused to say. weeks. Jaggard entered the library,
"But." added Jen. "as u ntil that ex­
got back?"
Jen had learned from Inspector Arkel and announced that Mrs. Dallas and
planation we are enemies—although not
her daughter wishes to see him. A l­
"Said he’d been alttlng up with e
that E tw ald wore the talism an on his
openly so— I shall require you to leave
though he was unwilling to speak to
tick friend."
w atch-sharm , and he wondered In what
m y house.”
those
who
hud
caused
these
troubles,
fashion Dido had contrived to penetrate
“ Haw! hawl T h a t’e rich."
" I expected that you would do so.”
into the prison and to obtain It from Jen had no reasonable grounds for re­
"Yea; and what’i more, he aetually
rejoined David, bowing his head. "In -
fusing
an
Interview.
Therefore
he
gave
the doctor. The whole result of the
convinced hl* wife that hla friend wae
<Jeed, you can act In no other way. T o ­
tria l depended upon the transfer of the orders that the ladies should be shown
a ehronlo Invalid."— Birmingham A g *
d a y I shall take lodgings in Deanm ln­
stone. I f E tw ald kept It. Dido would Into the drawing-room. When he re­
Herald.
______
s te r and w a it for the trial. I shall de­
not dare to give evidence against him, paired thither, however, he found to
fend E tw ald to the best of my a b il­
and so, ln the absence of Incrim inating his surprise that Mrs. Dallas only was
ftomebotlr
flu rry .
T
he
back
view
of
th
i,
little
drest
li
,o
ity ; and then you can decide whether
w aiting for him.
details, he would go free. As It was
attractive that it deserves s word all by
Sunday School Teacher—Now, chil­
I am fit to re-enter this house."
"
I
could
not
get
Isabella
fu
rth
e
r
than
the stone was now In the possession of
Itself.
z dren. the lubject la the story of the
A rkel had sought out as witnesses Dido, and for some reason, which Jen the door of your house?" exclaimed
T h e jackety l . b at thè waist, and th* Prodigal Son
Can any one tell me
against E tw a ld seven persons. Firstly, was unable to fathom, she was quite Mrs. Dallas, who was In deep mourn
cute II»rie kno» of the girdle that rruthe*
M rs . Dallas, who was to prove that she
who
wag
glad
when
the prodigal re­
Ing.
whether
for
M
aurice
or
David,
or
content to betray her share In the plot
up to it, are very distinctive.
turned?"
was hypnotized frequently by Dido. By changing hands the Voodoo Stone for the loss of Dido, It ls Impossible to
In front, the overskirt hniihe» in s
say,
Secondly, Isabella, who was to depose had transformed Dido Into a traitress.
The father, ' was the unanimous re­
deep point.
th a t before the murder her mother had
"W hy did she not come ln?" asked
sponse.
However, as the advantage derived
been sent by Dido to "Ashantee” to
"And who wts sorryT’ asked the
from the transfer was all on the side Jen, coldly, for he did not feel very
steal the devil-gtlck, which under the of the prosecuption, Jen did not think am iably disposed towards the widow.
teacher.
Influence of hypnotism. T h ird ly, B a t­ It wise to inquire too closely Into tile
E LE C TR IC A L NOTES.
I don’t know. She Is a strange girl,
"The fatted calf," promptly re­
tersea. who was to give ev.dence that ntea is which Dido had employed to re ­ M ajor, and the events of the last frw
sponded a H tlle g irl,— P itts ton Gazette.
he had found the devll-stlck w ithin the
Ixrndon has a trackless trolley.
gain the talisman. H e saw nothing of weeks have shaken her nerves."
grounds of Mrs. Dallas. Fourthly, Meg David, who pointedly kept out of his
'T h e y have rrhs’cen mine," retorted
III. K s h a a a lla e M ea ta l L abor.
Monorail systems have proven suc-
who was to prove the offer o f B a tte r­
way. H e made no Inquiries of Dido Jen, grim ly. “Hut we need not discuss
,,
yo,i bttve ‘ »X ‘ rode or occupa-
sea to sell hoc the stick. F ifth ly , M ajo r and simply Informed the Inspector that these things. Mrs. Dallas. M ay I ask eessful In India.
“wh'v J k?d th * w,,man
‘ be house,
J fn , who could explain the engagement the negress was ready to explain E t- why you have paid me this visit?"
The old horse car lines of 8t. Peters
why don’t you follow It?”
o f the dead man to Miss Dallas, and wald’s secrets, w ithout telling him why
"To tell you that we are going away. burg, Russia, are to be electrified.
"Ma'am," said Tuffold K n utt, with
the riv a lry of his assassin. Sixthly, she was w illing to do so.
Back to Barbadoes,” replied Mrs. D a l­
*■ * WOr“ four,een bour'
Buenos Aires has authorized the con­ ? ie ™d“v . "
Jaggard, whose evidence would tend to
When the tria l came on, and after las. with a sigh. "Y es. M ajor, a fte r
show that Dido had drugged him for the evidence had been given, everyone
w hat has taken place here, I can stay struction of an electric subway under
" H o w ? At what?"
the purpose of stealing the body. And w ithout exception, looked upon the no longer In America. I shall sell my the city.
•Wit' ma mind, ma'am, same es ag
seventhly, the most im portant witness prisoner as guilty, and they considered house and leave for the West Indies
Wireless telegraph apparatus is pro­ de great Inventers do. I'm try ln ' r
o f all. Dido, who was to depose to the It futile when David Sarby rose to de­ with my daughter w ithin the month.
hibited
In
British
India
except
upon
tlrlnk
up a subs’toot for Injy rubber."—
m anufacture of the poison, the re -flll- liver his speech for the defence. The
I think It Is the best thing you can
Chicago Tribune
government license.
Ing of the devll-stlck, and the giving
do,"
said
Jen,
brusquely.
young man was even paler than usual,
o f It to Dr. Etw ald. so th a t he m ight
Oxone generators are advocated for
(T o Ire continued.)
and when he rose laid down the devll-
P r e e o e lo a . P o r e .la h l.
perpetrate the crime. W ith these seven stlck, a t which he had been looking
the subway cars In New York to in
"Tommy," said the teacher, "yon
witnesses Jen did not see how Etw ald When on his feet he glanced round thé
crease the oxygen In the air.
N e w V » e f o r lin k e d H e n n a .
have made some Inexcusable mistakes
could escape the gallows.
court and caught the gaze of Isabella,
A neatly dressed woman rushed Into
A French syndicate has contracted In your geography lesson."
"Are you sure that all these people who was staring eagerly at him. Then
w ill speak out?" asked the M ajo r of he turned to his client. Dr. E tw ald a Euclid avenue grocery yesterday and to develop the water poweri In Uru­
Yes m ,' said the precocious youth.
A rke l when the H it wag submitted to smiled coldly on his counsel. David priced the different sizes of pots of guay to furnish light and power to the “When I'm a man I'm goi ng t0 b#
him .
explorer. I want to avoid the minute
shuddered, and picking up the devll- baked beans that the grocery keep* Inland towns.
" I am certain of all save one," re­ stlck, spoke sharply and to the point.
put up hot ready to take home and
•ccuracy which will lead people to
The
City
Council
of
Cincinnati
is
plied A rkel, In a dissatisfied tone, "and
"M y lord, and gentlemen of the Jury serve.
planning a subway to connect the busi­ discredit ray observations."— Washing*
the worst of It Is that Dido Is the one."
You have heard the evidence, which
"I guess the small size will do," she
r
"Does she refuse to give evidence makes out that m y client Is guilty.
ness section of the city with the out­ ton Star.
said, hesitating.
against Etw ald?"
lying
residential
sections.
T h a t evidence Is wrong, as can be
T
h
e
O
b
lls
ln
a
r
U
r
a
n
S
m
o
t
h
e
r
.
“ How many do you desire to serve?”
" I should thin k so. Sim ply because
proved by one witness. I am the w it­ Inquired the clerk, ready to advise.
Lightning will strike more than once
"You will have to let me off for a
he Is the holder of the Voodoo Stone.
ness. In my rooms there Is lying a
"Oh, I'm not buying thorn to serve,” In the same place. A transmission line day or two In April, ma’am."
T h e only change of getting the negress
confession, signed and
witnessed
"Why, Nora, what for?"
to confess the whole truth Is fo r either
"Of course I In Colorado was recently struck five
which sets forth th a t I am the guilty the customer replied.
you or I to gain possession o f that
" I must be s ic k a bit, ma'am."
shall use them, but I ’m getting them times In the same place.
person.
I
t
was
I,
not
E
tw
ald,
who
•ton e.”
eick, Nora?”
murdered M aurice Aylm er.
Yea
I to keep my hands warm on the car. I
Cincinnati boasts the only church
"W here 1» It?”
was ln love w ith Miss Dallas, and came away from home without either on wheels. I t Is a large electric bus nf,T n remmat nl- rm th’ * ran<ln«othe»
"E tw ald carries it on his watch therefore was Jealous of Maurice.
r an office boy who wants to git off
I muff or mittens.”— Cleveland Plain which Is loaded with singers
and
chain.
I saw him the other day |n knew th a t Dido possessed the devll-
an see t l ' openin’ ball game, ma'am."
Dealer.
speakers and Invades the slums every
prison, and he showed It to me. A stlck— and I bribed her to give It to
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bunday.
common little black stone It Is, but me. I pretended to go to the c ity on
A ft h a r p D on*
D ido would k ill him w ith pleasure to
Penley— I only want to live until I
the night of the murder, but. Instead
a t l . u n r l e r .t o o d ,
The development of the water pow­
g et It.”
of doing so, I remained In the grounds become famous.
Mr». Hoyle— One of my ancestors
ers ln California has helped boom the
“K ill E tw a ld !" ejaculated Jen. Then of Mrs. Dallas, where I obtained the
Miss Keen—Ah, but we don’t have state by bringing new Industries and was a signer of the Declaration of In­
a ft e r a pause, he added: " I believe you
d evll-stlck from Dido. I saw M aurice
are rlghL A rkel, for It is not tha — " meet w ith M is t Dallas. I saw them Methuselahs nowadays, Mr. Penley.— holplng old Industries with plenty of dependence. Mrs. Doyle—Whose d|.
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