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PRES. L H. HAZARD. Cui.*. R. E. SHINE. V.-Pres 0. C. SANFORD. Asst. Cashier A. J. SHERWOOD. A Woman’s Wit G e t t i n g at A F IR ST N A T IO N A L B A N K Secret OP C O Q U IliliB , O R B G O p . T r a n n a e t s f t G e n e r a l B a n k in g B iia in e H e By DWIGHT NORWOOD By EDITH V. ROSS Board of Director«. Corrotpondeaii Jim H a th a w a y und 1 w ere not only R . O. Dement, A. J . Sherwood, I t w as on a b rlg ty m o rn in g in De N atio n al B ank o f C om m erce, N ew Y ork C ity L. Ilarlocker, L. H. llazurd, C ro c k e r W o olw orth N ’l B ank, S an F ra n cisco cem b er th a t Mrs. G arlan d decid ed to chum s, b u t occupied room s in th e sa m e Isaiah Hacker, K. E. Shine. F irs t N atio n all B ank o f P o rtla n d , P o rtlan d sen d h e r little boy to th e sid e w alk to bach elo r a p a rtm e n t house. Jim wus g e t th e fre s h air. She p u t ou h is o v er a se cre tiv e ch ap an d esp ecially fond of co at an d his to q u e and his gloves und m ak in g a m y stery o f w h a t w as au took him o u t on to th e stoop T hen, o rd in ary happening. 1 poked fu n a t g iv in g him a kiss, she told him to run him for d oing so, b u t th is seem ed to a b o u t for aw hile. Jim m ie w as six huve uo effect iu sto p p in g him from y e a rs old, a n d his m other, w ho w a s a co n tin u ally try in g to im p re ss m e w ith his ubility to do th in g s w ith o u t my s e lf re lia n t w om an, had d isc h a rg e d his huv iu g uuy kno w led g e of them . T hen Is u se less m oney. I f you n u rse. w hen th e d en o u em en t cam e he would Jim m ie did n o t re tu rn , a n d h is m oth h a v e an y cash th a t isn ’t w o rk u ssu m e au a ir of su p e rio rity a s m uch e r w e n t o u t to look fo r him . H e w as a s to say, “ 1 d o n ’t go ab o u t blabbing in g p u t i t to w ork f o r y ou as n o t on th e stoop or on th e sid ew alk . of m y a ffa irs.” you w o rk ed fo r it. O pen a In d eed , he w as not in s i g h t H is m oth T h e re cam e a tim e w hen 1 believed sa v in g s acc o u n t w ith th is bank e r w alk ed h u rried ly up a n d d o w n the th a t Jim had an uffuir ou h an d w ith a s tre e t, ex p ectin g every m om ent to girl. T h e reason w hy I cam e to th is an d y o u r m oney will a t once ca tc h sig h t o f him . b u t sh e did not. conclusion w as th a t he began to show b eg in e a rn in g in te r e s t f o r you F in ally sh e a sk e d som e ch ild ren p la y a co n tem p t for wom en. “T h e best an d will k eep a t th e ta s k 24 in g n e a r by, an d they told h er th a t th in g a fellow can do w ith a g irl,” he th ey had seen a little boy—d escrib in g w ould say, “is to let hgr alone. By h o u rs a day , 7 d a y s a w eek Jim m ie—go o f f w ith a m an. d oing so lie av o id s th e ex p en se df th e an d 52 w eek s in th e y e a r. Do T h en Mrs. G arlan d knew th a t her a t e r tic k e ts an d flowers, only to find i t today. boy had beeu kidnaped. By a stro n g o u t la te r th a t sh e ’s e n co u rag in g som e effo rt o f tb e will she k ep t her head o th er fellow ” 1 w as not in te re ste d in an d q u estio n ed th e ch ild ren closely as J im ’s love affairs, but 1 sa w no reason to th e ap p e a ra n c e of th e m an. T hey w hy he sho u ld ta k e p ain s to deceive and d escrib ed a sm all, poorly d ressed p er me in th e m atter. H ow ever, it did son, his tro u se rs patch ed a n d his e l not tro u b le m e th a t he th o u g h t proper b ow s in rags. H is h a ir w as w h a t to d o so. 1 w as very fond of him th ey called brow n T h is is all they an d co n sid ered his id io sy n crasy of uo real im p o rtan ce, uot d o u b tin g but th a t could rem em ber. M rs. G a rla n d , th o u g h in agony ab o u t 1 had o th e rs m y self ju s t a s ab su rd . Jfu i and 1 occupied a com m on living h e r boy, being an u n u su ally se lf co n ta in e d w om an, very soon b ro u g h t h er room, au d one ev en in g w hen w e w ere s e lf in to a co ndition to th in k w h a t she a b o u t to go o u t to d in n er to g e th e r Jim A n il A u to L in e sho u ld do. W hen a child is kid n ap ed pick ed up a n envelope th a t had been it is usu ally fo r m oney. T h e p a re n t is le ft by tb e p o stm an d u rin g th e day, Inform ed of th e fact an d n eg o tiatio n s u n sealed , an d took o u t a booklet ad r.eavt a M y rtle P o in t 8 p. m . o p en ed for p a y m e n t Mrs. G arlan d , v ertisin g som e kind of goods. I no A rrives R o seb u rg ,......5 p. in. w ho w as a widow , m ade up her m ind ticed him looking a t it. o r som e p art L eaves R o s e b u rg ..... 6 a. m . to a w a it th e k id n ap er’s d em an d b efo re of it, w ith a p p a re n t in te re s t; th en he A ir. M v itlc Pointl»y 6 p. m . to ssed it iu th e w asteb ask e t. ta k in g an y action. T b e u ex t m o rn in g 1 h appened to go A nd y e t one can n ev er be c e rta in M ake reserv atio n s in ad v an ce a t 0\>l w hen a ch ild h as d isa p p eare d th a t he to th a t sa m e w asteb ask e t to recover a D rug S to le , M arshfield. w ill e v er be beard from . T h e re a r e bit of p a p e r I had th ro w n in it con ta b lin g au ad d ress. 1 stu m b led on the m any d isa p p eara n ces th a t re m a in fo r Catrymg Baggage and United Stales Mail e v e r m y steries. It is th e re fo re th e envelope c o n ta in in g th e ad v ertisem en t an d noticed th a t it w as ad d ressed in a J . L . L A I R D , P r o p r ie t o r m ore re m a rk a b le th a t th is m o th er sh o u ld h av e co n tain ed h erself an d a ct fem in in e hand. 1 th o u g h t nothing ot Office at T.aird’s I.ive ry Batti, M y r lle P o i n t , Bolli P h o n e s this, sin ce g irls a re u sually em ployed ed in a w ay th at would affo rd th e g r e a te s t n u m b e r of chances fo r g e ttin g to ad d re ss a d v e rtisin g m atter, and w as h e r boy safely back She reaso n e d th a t h u n tin g on for my p ap er w hen I raked . > ry- ry- r> (O S S ty If th e boy’s loss w ere p u b lish ed in th e up th e ad v ertisem en t. It gave a list n e w s p a p e rs th e k id n ap er w ould read of a rtic le s th a t would alone In terest a |j O L D R E L IA B L E —E Q U IP P E D W IT H W IR E L E S S It an d , ta k in g frig h t, m ight rem o v e h er w om an. T h is set m e to th in k in g why boy to a d istan c e, i f no notice w ere it should have been ad d ressed to a m an. W hile m ed itatin g on th is I no ta k e n of th e m a tte r he w ould w rite. Ou th e th ird day a f te r th e k id u ap iu g ticed som e lead pencil m arks on tin* $ A L W A Y S OH T IM E tlie p o stm an handed in a le tte r w hich booklet. T h ey w ere a. 10. 7Mi- Now, had it uot been for w h at I as soon as M rs. G arland looked at It Sails from Coos Bay sh e knew w as th e one expected. It h av e said ab o u t Jim and his m ysteries A pril 5 th 12:30 p. m .; 12th, 0 a. in.; littli 12:30 p. in .; 20th 8 a. m . ]| w as ad d ressed sim ply to th e s tre e t an d It would uot h av e occurred to me that From Portland 8 a. m. n u m b e r an d w ritte n in E n g lish us a n th ese figures w ere not m erely som e tiling put th e re by som e unknow n per Italia n w ould w rite E uglish. T h e kid A pril 2 n d ; Hill ; Hi; 23; 3d; o a p e r d em an d ed $5.000 for th e re tu rn son for som e very o rd in ary purpose 1 Ticke's on sale at Portland City Ticket Office 6th 8°Oak St. of th e child. An Italia n n am e w as but in ten d ed for a cipher. F irst, ud signed, th e w rite r s ta tin g th a t a reply v ertisem en ts o f especial in terest to wo tìi P. L. STERLING, Agent Phone Main 181 could be sen t to th e g en eral deliv ery men a re not u sually m ailed to men d ÆS: --t C ? j j r t J . - V - t , Æ ?. <Cç Æ li. a t th e postofflee, hut w hoever called T h is su g g e sted th at th e booklet hml for it would have n o th in g to do w ith beeu received by a w om an and had been used for cip h er purposes by tin- th e ease. M rs. G arlan d d eterm in ed , if possible, recipient. W h at b etter m ethod for com to win th e confidence of th e k id n ap er. m uniention could th e re be? W hether So sh e replied th a t her only wish w as th e figures had a m ean in g or uot, l re to recover her child. She could raise solved th a t if I ev e r got a girl whose hut $3.000, w hich she would be glad p a re n ts would uot p erm it me to visit to giv e if tb e person would In stru c t her 1 w ould use this plan of com m uui h er w h ere to m ake th e delivery. She cation I tried hard n o t to pry in to J im ’s af also said th a t she had uot rep o rted her W A G O N S A N D B U G G IE S R E P A I R E D loss to th e police an d had no inten tio n fairs, but th e puzzlq w as too fu scinat of d o in g so She p re fe rre d to pay au d mg fo r me to let alone. Besides, th ere w as th e tem p tatio n to b eat Jim a t his recover her boy. T h e k id n ap er w rote th a t he would own gam e. W hat 8. 1(5. 7% m eant acce p t th e $3,U00. Ou a certain av en u e h a u n te d me till 1 hit upou th e fact that b etw een tw o s tre e ts w as a v a c a n t lot. the p resen t m onth w as A ugust, the A t or n ear 11 o’clock ou a ce rta in eightli m onth in th e y e a r . T h e present n ig h t Mrs. G arlan d w as to leav e th e day w as th e 12th. Did uot tbe fig m oney in a c ra c k e r box sh e w ould find u res co n tain an appointm entV If so. it All Kinds of Castings Repaired by Oxy-acetylene Welding in a co rn er fa rth e s t from th e s t r e e t w as for Aug. 1(5 at h alf p ast 7 (probu W ithin tw o d ay s a f te r th e re c e ip t of bly in th e evening) 1 could uot q u ite b rin g m yself to th e m oney th e boy would be p laced on tb e s tr e e t n ear Ills borne. Mrs. G arlan d sh ad o w my frien d on th a t evening, but w ro te back th at th e cond itio n s w ere d u rin g th e n e x t m onth or so 1 noticed C. tv . G A R D N E R , M a n a o k h H O M E P H O N E 4«3 accep ted , except th a t h er boy w as to th a t he received a n u m b er of adver lie retu rn e d w ithin tw elv e h o u rs a f te r tise m e n ts on which th e re w ere lead 1 did uot try to d r th e d ep o sitin g of th e fu n d s. A le tte r pencil m arks. cip h er any of th em in d eed . 1 had not c a m e ag reein g to th is stip u latio n . Now, ou th is last le tte r Mrs. G ar d elib erately tried to d e c ip h e r th e first lan d noticed a sta m p th a t h ad e v id e n t one. I had com e upon it by accident, ly b€‘en placed on a n o th e r envelope it had got into my head a n d I co u ld n ’t au d rem oved. T h e s ta m p w as soiled, g e t it out till 1 had solved it W h at 1 U nder N ew M anagem ent in d icatin g th at som e one w ith d irty did w as to buy a w edding p resen t and h an d s had en d eav o red to m ak e it stick. leave it w here Jim could see it H e w as Having leased this well-equipped hotel, I propose Mrs. G arlan d took up a m a g n ify in g ab o v e a sk in g me w h a t it w as for. so I told him th a t it w as fo r a frien d who g lass au d discovered th u m b m ark s. to conduct it in such a manner as to merit pat T h u s fa r no n o tice of th e k id n a p in g w as ab o u t to be m arried , ad d in g th a t ronage and give satisfaction to the traveling l could not nam e th e perso n since the h a d a p p e a re d in an y n e w sp ap er, and th e police w ere ig n o ran t o f M rs. G a r en g ag em en t w as a s e c r e t public. T h e reaso n why I co u n ted pn Jim s la n d ’s loss. On th e a p p o in ted night sh e w en t to th e v a c a n t lot and d e com ing m a rria g e .w a s th a t it is difficult p o sited bills to th e a m o u n t of $3,000. if n o t im possible for tw o m en to live T h e n e x t m o rn in g a t d a w n th e re w as to g e th e r one of w hom is en g ag ed w ith a s h a rp rin g a t th e doorbell. Mrs. out th e o th er know iug it. Jim never told me o f his en g ag em en t G a rla n d ra n d o w n s ta irs a n d opened th e door, an d th e re sto o d Jim m ie. H e ¿ill a couple of w eeks b efo re th e wed ding. T h e re had been no reason w h a t said lie had been left th e re by a girl. H a v in g got h er ch ild back sa fe nnd ev e r fo r th e secrecy a tte n d in g th e nf w ell, M rs. G arlan d w e u t to th e office fair ex cep t such as Influences young of th e police an d in fo rm ed th em of th e couples in sim ila r cases an d J im ’s idio case, s ta tin g th a t sh e had o b tain ed sy n crasy . T h e g irl’s p a re n ts w ere fro m U n ited S ta te s tre a su ry officers m uch p leased w ith th e m atch , und By in s ta llin g a d ay M orse code te le g ra p h o p e ra to r a t $3.000 in c a p tu re d c o u n te rfe it ten nnd J im ’s p a re n ts w ere not living. Jim M arshfield o u r long d ista n c e lin es h av e b een teliev ed tw e n ty d o llar bills. Since th e y had probably w ould h av e kept th e se cre t o f m uch te le g ra p h busin ess. I t m a k e s possible a q u ic k e r been paid to an ig n o ra n t Ita lia n he from m e longer, b u t he w ished m e to an d I te t t e r long d ista n c e co n v ersa tio n se rv ic e b etw e e n w ould u o t likely know th a t th ey w ere be Ills b est m an . an d it w as proper Coquille an d B andon an d Coos B ay p o in ts. -:- c o u n te rfe it and lie m ig h t b*.- c a u g h t th a t lie sh o u ld g iv e me tim ely notice. T he ev en in g b efo re th e w edding 1 try in g to puss them . I n s tru c tio n s b ear ta r rie d th e w ed d in g g ift I had pro ing on th e case w ere sen t o ut, a n d a girl w as sp o tted offering one of th e cu red to th e b rid e’s home. Jim w as bills. She w as follow ed to a sq u alid th e re , an d w h en I opened th e box in Coos and Curry Telephone Co. room in a ten em en t b uilding, an d ev- w hich It w as co n tain ed Jim s ta rte d as e ry one found th ere w a s a rre ste d . if he had been sh o t. I lau g h ed , ex ( All b u t n few o f th e c o u n te rfe it bills p lain ed th e Joke to th e bride, and we w ere tak en , and a m an a rre ste d w as \ all laughed to g eth er. But I kep t th em j found to be th e k id n ap er. T h e ch il w o n d erin g fo r m any m o n th s before I I d ren who had seen him ta k e Jim m ie told th em how 1 had got on to th eir ; aw a y w ere not ab le to s ta te p o sitively ! secret. th a t he w as th e person th ey bad seen T h a t cu red my frien d of m ak in g m ys *! 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"S erd lca is my R om e" w a s an ac tu a l sa y in g of C o n sta n tin e , w ho w as a lm o st ce rta in ly born not f a r off. a t N ish, for tb e claim of York to be bis b irth p la c e Is generally a b an d o n ed B ut “C o n sta n tin o p le ” w ould n ot have m e a n t w h a t It has if it h ad been fixed a n y w h e re b u t on th e B o s p o ru s —Lon don S ta n d a rd . O W do flies live th ro u g h tUe w in te r? A few lazy, logy flies can be fo u n d ball’ dead, b u t still living, a ro u n d cb iin u ey s a n d w arm p laces in tb e b o u se o r stable. T hey | Will com e to life Ju s t us soon a s tb e Doys begin p la y in g m arbles. I f no g a rb a g e o r filtb w e re to be found tb e fe m ale flies w ould d ie und tb e sto c k m ig h t be lost. W e m u st k eep th in g s clean to keep flies fro m b reeding. W hen th e y h ave com e w o ca n c a tc h them w ith fly p a p e r o r fly tr a p s o r kill th em w ith fly Iioison. W e c a n keep th em o u t o f tbo bo u se by k eep in g tb e w indow s an d doors screened. T h e y cra w l in to th e su g a r, th e m ilk I ne Baa »oiaier. an d tb o bread. T h e y h av e J u s t beeu In oue of th e b arra ck room s a sol c ra w lin g in to o th e r places. T h ey get dier, not h a v in g m uch tim e to d ress ty p h o id germ s a n d g iv e you typhoid. fo r g u a rd , h ad cleaned his boots very T h ey g e t c o n su m p tio n a n d sp re a d it. w ell In fro n t, b ut hardly a t all behind. O ne of his chum s, noticing this, sa id : “ W hy d o n ’t you clean th e back s ot your boots. P a t? ” “O b,” sa id P a t, clapping on his hel W ith o u t th e su p p o rt o f u u n ite d und a g g re ssiv e public se n tim e n t s a n ita ry m et a n d h u rry in g out to p aru d e, “a law s will avail b u t little in th e co n good so ld ier never looks b eh in d .” in c o n seq u en ce the a d ju ta n t a w a rd se rv a tio n of public h e a lth —a good r e a son w hy you should becom e a n a c tiv e ed F*at th r e e e x tra p arad es, an d a few w o rk er in th e anti-fly cru sad e. T h e re ’s d a y s a f t e r h is chum , seeing a g re a t room for everybody In tb e ra n k s of d ifference in h is boots, rem ark e d , “ I th o u g h t n good soldier n ev er looked th e arm y of d ise ase fighters. behind, P a t? ” “No,” replied P at. “b u t tb e a d ju ta n t does.”—L ondon A nsw ers. 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