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About Mosier bulletin. (Mosier, Or.) 1909-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1911)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK TWO PROMINENT FIGURES IN WORLD’S PEACE MOVEMENT. Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. Qwncral Return« o f Important Event Presented In Condensed Form for O u r Busy Readers. President T a ft says he will stand bv reciprocity, even at the cost o f votes. Diaz’ promise to resign as soon as peace is restored is having little effect on the people. A San Francisco laborer has a fam ily o f nine children, the oldest being less than nine years. Armed sluggers are active in the Chicago machinists’ strike, and police are unable to stop the disturbances. It is decided that a strike o f rail way mail clerks would be punishable the same as any case o f obstructing the mails. It is predicted that the Hill rail roads will be extended south from Oregon to Los Angeles, and thence eaBt to Denver. Alaska coal miners and others who need coal are planning to work the vast deposits there in defiance o f the United States government. Mexican rebels become mutinous over delays in the fighting and attack Juarez, many bullets falling in Amer ican territory and five American spec tators being killed by stray shots. A rancher near Eugene, Or., un earthed an ancient Indian bowl made o f blue flint and used by the Indians for grinding com and roots. It is well carved and weighs about 50 pound* The Steel trust has purchased the Rlsdon Iron works o f San Francisco. Cam igie has given Cornell univer sity $60,300 for a new chemistry building. A scheme has been presented to the British parliament for state insurance for working men and women. Seismographs at Santa Clara, Cali., recorded an earthquake in the Pacific ocean o f one and one-half hour’s dur ation. Delegates from Oregon and Wash ington were prominent in the meet ings o f the Northwest Development league at Helena, Mont. Ila r o n l> 'l‘X < > u r n r llr a d e C u antan t. UNITED STATES IS NOT GREEDY Taft Denies Ambition to Ex tend Domain. Allusion is to Mexico— Says V/e Know What War Means—Want None o f It. negie and more than a dozen leaders in the movement for world peace sat Baltimore, May 4.— President T a ft on the platform with the president. in his Bpeech ut the opening o f the LABOR WAR RAGES. Third National Peace conference here today, said the United States would keep hands off and not Beek to extend Chicago Workers Forced to Flee for Lives—Strike Spreads. its domain or to acquire foreign terri For the second time in a woek a vessel entering San Francisco harbor encountered a school o f whales, one Chicago, May 4.— Professional slug 60-foot specimen being bumped se tory. He made no mention o f Mex gers and hired “ gun men” ran riot in verely by the steamer. ico, but to those who heard him it was the city today, while government and evident that he referred to the south state officials, architects, building Citizens o f Cordova, Alaska, threw ern republic. contractors and international labor un several hundred tons o f British Colum ‘ ‘ One of the difficulties the United ion officials worked in an effort to re bia coal into the bay, as a protest States finds is the natural suspicions store harmony in the industrial field. against T a ft’s persistent ignoring of that the countries engaged have o f the Late tonight all negotiations be the Alaska coal land qusetion. motives the United States has in ten tween the freight handlers and the dering its good offices,” continued the PO RTLAN D M ARKETS. railroads were declared off and a president. ‘ ‘ Asseveration o f good strike will probably be called tomor Wheat— Track prices: Bluestem, faith helps but little where suspicion 92c; club, 86(r;;87c; red Russian, 85c; is the rule, and yet I like to avail my row. This will involve the territory in an area from the Canadian border valley 87c; 40-fold, 87c. self o f an opixirtunity in such pres to New Orleans and the Pennsylvania Barley— Choice feed, $28 per ton. ence as this to assert that there is not It w ill also Millstuffs — Bran, $24( k .24.6U per in the whole length and breadth o f the line to Western Iowa. bring in the teamsters in all affected ton; middings, $31; shorts, $25.5fl(f/j United States among its people any cities. 26; rolled barley, $29.50(<£30.50. desire for territorial aggrandizement A new element o f discord was in Com— Whole, $29; cracked, $30 and that its people as a whole will not jected into the troubled building per ton. permit its government, if it would, Oata— No. 1 white, $29(0,29.50 ton. to take any steps in respect to foreign trades situation when the Otis Eleva Hay — Timothy, Eastern Oregon, peoples, looking to a forcible exten tor company hired elevator construc tors to take the place o f the ma No. 1, $21.60(n22.60; light mixed, sion o f our political power.’ chinists who have been doing the $19((£29; heavy, mixed, $17.60(u “ We have had wars and we know 18.60; alfalfa, $14(<£15; clover, what they are. We know what re work for two years. Sluggers work $12.50ft£13.60; grain hay, $13.50(0 sponsibilities they entail, the burdens ing for the machinists who were ous ted by the company raided a number 14.60. and losses and horrors, and we would o f buildings and attacked the elevator Fresh Fruit— Strawberries, Florin, have none o f them. We have a m ag-, $2.25(<£2.50 per crate; Ix>§ Angeles, nificent domain o f our own in which , constructors, with the result that one $1.76(<il.85; apples, fancy, $2(</2.50; we are attempting to work out and man is in the Alexander Brothers’ choice, $l(r£1.50; commons, 76c(o$l show to the world success in popular hospital and a number o f others are seriously injured. per box. government, and we need no m ore, In the plumbers and stearrvfitters’ Vegetables- -Asparagus, 90c(u $ 1.75 territory in which to show this. B u t' per crate; cabbage, new, $2 per hun we have attained great ^prosperity and war, international association steam- fitters were driven at the points o f re dred; cauliflower, $1.60(ol.75 per great jxiwer. We have become a i dozen; celery, Caifornia, 75o/90c per powerful member o f the community i volvers from two school buildings dozen; cucumbers, $1.50(u,2.25; e g g o f nations in which we live and there where they were employed. plant, 16c per pound; garlic, 10<«/ 12; is, therefore, thrust upon us necessar lettuce, 50c; hothouse lettuce, $1.50 ily a care and responsibility for the Woman Mayor "M eets” Alone. @ 2 per box; peas, 7(di8c per pound; peace o f the world in our neighbor Hunnewell, Kan.— Hunnewell's new peppers, 30((£85c; radishes, 15c dozen; hood, and a burden o f helping those mayor, Mrs. Ella Wilson, has clashed rhubarb, 2}(u;3c per pound; sprouts, nations that cannot help themselves, with the city council. On Mrs. W il 9c; tomatoes, $2(<£3.25; carrots, $1.25 if we may do that peacefully and son's motion the council voted last 6£1.50 per sack; parsnips, $1.25(u effectively. ” week to meet in a local hotel. The 1.50; turnips, $1.25(<cl.60; beets, The president spoke to several five councilman went to the hotel to $1.50. thousand persons in the I.yric theater. hold their meeting, but Mrs. Wilson Potatoes — Oregon, jobbing price, Cardinal Gibbons, Secretary o f War “ met” in a feed store. She had the $2.50 per hundred; new, 7<5t7Jc per Dickinson, Senator Gore, o f Okla clerk’s journal and other papers, but pound. homa, Count Leo Tolstoi, Andrew Car- as she alone was not a quorum, neither Onions— Jobbing prices: Oregon, session transacted any business. $3 .50 per hundred; Australian, $3.50; Letter Brings Fortune. Meanwhile two women who were to Texas, $2.25 perorate; California, $2. I.eipsic, Saxony— A t an autograph have been appointed city clerk and Poultry— Hens, 16Jc; broilers, 30c; sale here a letter written by Martin marshal, still lack their commissions. turkeys 20c; ducks, 22(<£27c; geese, Luther to Emperor Charles V’ was nominal; dressed turkeys, choice, 25c. Grange is Most Practical. Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 20(o bought by a Florence dealer for $25,- 500. The purchase is said to have The grange is just a plain, ordinary 21e per dozen; case count, 19Jc. It goes Butter—City creamery extra, 1 and been made for J. P. Morgan. The organization for the farmer. 2 pound prints, in boxes, 24c per letter, which is in Latin, was written with him and the rest o f his family in pound; less than boxes, cartons and in 1521 during the reform er’s return all walks o f life and has its influence journey from Worms, describing the in every community where one is or- delivery extra. proceedings and defending his attitude anized. The grange is the parent o f Pork— Fancy, lOotlOJc per pound. Veal— Fancy, 85 to 125 pound, 10J before the diet. The epistle was en the farmers’ institute and institute trusted to an Imperial herald, who workers say the can tell when they (i£llc per pound. Hops— 1910 crop, last sale at 204c; gave Luther safe conduct through the are in a grange community by the in Thuringian forest. terest taken and the intelligent ques 1909 crop, 15c; 1911 contracts, 20c. tions asked. The Washington state Wool— Eastern Oregon, nominal, 12 Rain ie Aid to Farmers. grange has been established 23 years, fd)14c per pound; valley, 12(u 15c; mo Walla Walla Breaking a month’s and has safely passed tho experimen hair, choice, 37Jc. Cattle — Prime grain-fed steers, dry weather, rain began falling here tal age. It has accomplished much. $6.75(<u7; hay-feed steers, $6.i0(»' Friday and has continued at intervals Rainfall Insures Crop. 6.80; choice, $ 6 . 2601 . 6 . 66 ; good, since and a continuation o f showers is Spokane Another rainfall wet About a quarter o f an $5.76(>£6; fair, $5.60o/6.75; common, predicted. $4.76(<£6; prime cows, $5.50oi6; good, inch has fallen in this city. The rain down tho l’alouse and North Idaho re $5(i£5.25; fair, $4.75«/.5; poor, $4.50 is not general throughout the valley, gions and it was sufficient to satisfy (<£4.75; choice heifers, $5.60«£6.75; however, and outlving districts, par everyone. In the Big Bend and Cen choice bulls, $4.76 ol 6, good, $4.5(ko ticularly Eureka Flat, report little or tral Washington regions, however, the 4.76; choice light calves, $7.75(./M; no precipitation. Towards the foot rainfall has not been heavy. Watcr- good. $7.5(Vo.7.75; fair, $7(0,7.50; hills the rainfall was heavier and ville reports enough moisture in the Wheat was ground from winter snows to insure a choice heavy calves, $5.60«i.6: good, grain was well soaked. county. $.V«i:5.50; choice stags, $5.25ft(5.75; badly in need o f the moisture, and bumper crop for Douglas Grant, Adams, Lincoln and Chelan farmers are pleased. good, $4.50(ii,5. county wheat fiehls need rain, which Hogs Good to choice light, $6.75<« Indianapolis Waxes Indignant. is prom isod by heavy clouds. 7; choice heavy, $6.25ei6.60; good, Indianapolis The Merchants’ asso $5(r£6; common, $5(<r.6; stock, $7.60 Frenchwoman is Spy? ciation o f Indianapolis passed resolu ft£7.76. Cologne, Germany Mme. Thirion, Sheep — Grain-fed wethers, heavy, tions "unequivocally demanding that a $4.606|5; choice yearling wethers, most thorough investigation he made an attractive Parisian resident here, grain-fed, $5(r£5.50; old wethers, $4 i , i into the recent charges which connect was arrested charged with being a spy 4.60; good shorn wethers, $4.25ei Indianapolis with the many dynamit and obtaining the secret mobilization 4.60; cheiee ewes, grain-fed, $4.60 m ing outrages which have taken place plans of the German army from an 4.75; fair ewes, $3.76of4; good slairn throughout the country in the last two army officer. The prisoner offers the ewes, $3.76(i£4; choice wool lambs, years.” The association also offers romantic defense that she had asked grain-fed, $6.50M.6.76; good. $5.25w its support to city and state officials in for the plans in order to test the honor 6.60; good, $5oi,5.25; fair, $4. 76 m all legitimate efforts to discover and o f the officer, who was a suitor for her hand. punish the guilty parties. 6.26; culls, $2.60«{3.60. SSL£_ ^ZOUIfdOJIPHifafCL, C O P Y S M3MT 1 90 7 — T H ( R O B M - W t M i L L CO. S Y N O P S IS . " M a i l " D an M aitland, on rea ch in g his N e w Y o rk bach elor club, met an a ttr a c tive you n g w om an at the door. J a n itor O’ H a ga n assured him no one had been w ithin that day. Dan discovered a w om an's fin ger prints In dust on his desk, alon g w ith a letter from his a ttorn ey. M aitland dined w ith llannerm an, his a t torney. D an set out fo r G reenfields, to get his fa m ily Jewels. D u rin g his w alk to the cou n try seat, he m et the young wom an In g ra y , w hom he had seen le a v ing his bach elors' club. H e r auto had broken down. H e fixed it. B y a ruse she " lo s t " him. M aitlan d , on rea ch in g home, surprised lady In g ra y , cra ck in g tho sa fe con tain in g his gem s. She, apparently, took him fo r a w ell-k n ow n crook, Daniel \nlsty. H a lf-h y p n otized . M a itlan d opened th erefrom the Jewels, and g a v e them to her, first fo rm in g a p a rt nership In crim e. T h e real Dan A nisty, sought by police o f the w orld, appeared on the sam e mission. M aitland overca m e him. H e met the g irl outside the house and th ey sped on to N e w Y o rk In her au to. H e had the Jewels and she prom ised to m eet hint that day. M aitlan d received a "M r . S n a itli,” Introdu cing h im self as a detective. T o shield the g irl In g ray, M aitland, about to show him the Jew els. supposedly lost, w as felled by a blow from "S n a lth 's " cane. T h e la tter proved to he A n isty h im self anti he secured the goms. A n isty. w h o w as M a itla n d ’s dou ble. mnstpieraded ns the latter. The crim inal kept M a itlan d 's en gagem en t w ith the girl In g ra y . H e g a v e her tho gems, a fte r fa llin g in lo v e at first sight. T h ey w ere to m eet and d iv id e the loot. M a it land re v iv e d and regretted m issing hls en gagem en t. A n isty. m asqu erading as M aitland, n a rro w ly avoid ed captu re through m ysteriou s tip. T h e g ir l In g r a y visited M a itlan d ’ s a p artm en ts du ring hls absence and returned gem s, being dis covered on return. M aitland, w ithout cash, ra ile d up hls hom e and heard a w om an ’s vo ice expostu lating. A nisty, disguised as M aitland, told her hls real ,len til v en d rea lizin g h im self tricked tried to w rin g from her the location o f the gem s. Th en he proposed m arria ge. A rash w as heard at the fron t door. M a it land sta rted fo r home. C H A P T E R X I.—Continued. In the cab, Maitland, turning to watch through the rear peep-hole, was thrown violently against the side as the hansom rocked on one wheel Into hls street. Recovering, he Beized the dashboard and gathered himself to gether, ready to spring the Instant the vehicle paused In Its headlong career. Through the cabby's misunderstand ing of the address, in all likelihood, the horse was reined In on Its haunches some three houses distant from the apartment building. Mait- land found himself sprawling on his hands and knees on the sidewalk, picked himself up. shouting: ‘'You'll wait?” to the driver, and sprinted madly the few yards separating him from hls own front door, keys ready in t&ai. Simultaneously the half-winded po liceman lumbered around the Fifth avenue corner, and a man, detaching himself from the shadows of a neigh boring doorway, began to trot loutish- ly across the street, evidently with the intention of Intercepting Maitland at the door. He was hardly quick enough. Mait land did not even see him. The door slammed in the man's face, and he, panting harshly, rapped out au Im precation and began a frantic assault on the push button marked “ Janitor." As for Maitland, he was taking the stairs three at a clip, and had his pass key in the latch almost as soon as his feet touched the first landing. An In stant later he thrust the door open and blundered blindly Into the pitch dark ness of his study. For a thought he stood bewildered and dismayed by the absence of light. He had thought, somehow, to find the gas jets flaring. The atmosphere was hot and foal with the odor of kero sene. the blackness filled with strange sounds sad mysterious moving shapes. A grunting gasp came to his ears, and then the silence and the night alike were split by a report, accompanied by a streak of orange flame shooting celllngward from the middle of the room ■rsa lts light, transient as It ws3, gave him some inkling of the situation. Un thinkingly he flung hirnseK «-ward, ready to grapple with that wi. . t first should meet his hands. Something soft and yielding brushed against his shoulder, and subconsciously, in the auto-hypnosis of his excitement, he was aware of a man’s voice cursing and a woman's cry of triumph trailing ofT Into a wall of pain. On the instant he found himself at grips with the marauder. For a mo ment both swayed, dazed by the shock of collision. Then Maitland got a foot ing on the carpet and put forth hls strength; the other gave way, slipped, and went to his knees. Maitland's hands found his throat, fingers sinking deep Into flesh as he bore the fellow backward. A match flared noiselessly and the gas blazed overhead. A cry of aston ishment choked In his throaat as he recognized hls own features duplicated In the face of the man whose throat he was slowly and relentlessly constrict ing. Anisty! He had not thought of him or connected him with the sounds that had thrilled and alarmed him over the telephone wire coming out of the void and blackness of night. Indeed, he had hardly thought any coherent thing about the matter. The ring of the girl’s “ N o !” had startled him, and he had somehow thought, vaguely, thatO'Hagan had surprised her In the flat. But more than that— He glanced swiftly aside at the girl standing still beneath the chandelier, the match In one hand burning to ward her finger tips, in the other An isty's revolver. Their eyes met, and In hers the light of gladness leaped and fell like a living flame, then died, to be replaced by a look of entreaty and prayer so moving that his heart in its unselfish chivalry went out to her. Who or what she was, howsoever damning the evidence against her. he would believe against belief, shield her to the end at whatever hazard to him self, whatever cost to his fortunes. Love is unreasoning and unreasonable even when unrecognized. His senses seemed to vibrate with redoubled activity, to become abnor mally acute. For the first time he was conscious of the imperative clamor of the electric bell In O’Hagan's quarters, as well as of the janitor's rich brogue voicing his Indignation as he opened the basement door and prepared to as cend. Instantly the cause of the dis turbance flashed upon him. His strangle hold on Anisty relaxed, he released the man, and, brows knitted with the concentration of his thoughts, he stepped back and over to the girl, lifting her hand and gently taking the revolver from her fingers. Below, O'Hagan was parleying through the closed door with the late callers. Maitland could have bleased hls hot-headed Irish stupidity for the delay he was causing. Already Anisty was on hls feet again, blind with rage and crouching aa If ready to spring, only restrained by the sight of hls own revolver, steady and threatening in Maitland'« hand. For the least part of a second the young man hesitated, choosing hls way. Then, resolved. In accents of determination; "Stand up, you hound!” he cried. "Back to the wall there!” and thrust the weapon under the burg lar's nose. The move gained Instant obedience. Mr. Anisty could not reasonably hesi tate in the fare of such odds. "And yon," Maitland continued over hi* shoulder to the girl without remov ing hls attention from the burglar, “ Into the alcove there, at once! And not a word, not a whisper, not a sound until I call you!” She gave him one frightened and piteous glance, then, unquestioning, slipped quietly behind the portieres. To Anisty, again: "Turn your pock ets out!” commanded Maitland. "Quick, you fool! The police are be low; your freedom depends on your haste.” Anisty’s hands flew to hls pockets, emptying their contents on the floor. Maitland’s eyes sought In vain the shape of the canvas bag. But time was too precious. Another moment's procrastination and— “ That will do,” he said, crisply, without raising hls voice. “ Now listen to me. At the end of the hall, there, you'll find a trunk closet, from which a window— ” “ I know.” “ Naturally you would. Now go !" Anisty waited for no repetition of the permission. Whatever the mad ness of Mad Maitland, he was con cerned only to profit by it. Never be fore. had the long arm of the law stretched hungry fingers so near his collar. He went, springing down the hall in long, soundless strides, vanish ing into Its shadows. As he disappeared Maitland stepped to the door, raised hls revolver, and pulled the trigger twice. The shots detonated loudly In that confined space, and rang coincident with the clash and clatter of shivered glass. A thin cloud of vapor obscured the doorway, sway ing on the hot, still air, then parted and dissolved, dissipated by the en trance of four men who, thrusting the door violently open, struggled Into the hallway. Blue cloth and brass buttons moved conspicuously In the van, a grim face flushed and perspiring beneath the hel met's vizor, a revolver poised menac ingly In one hand, locust as ready In the other. Behind this outward and visible manifestation of the law’s majesty bobbed a rusty derby, cocked jauntily back upon the red, shining forehead of a short and thick-set per son with a black mustache. O’Hagan's agitated countenance loomed over a dusty shoulder, and the battered silk hat of the nighthawk brought up the rear. "Come In, everybody,” Maitland greeted them cheerfully, turning back into the Rtudy and tossing the revol ver, shreds of smoke still curling up from Its muzzle, upon a divan. “ O’Hagan,’’ he called, on second thought, “ Jump downstairs and see that all New York doesn't get In. Let nobody In !” As the Janitor unwillingly obeyed, policeman and detective found their tongues. A volley of questions, to the general purport of “ What’s th’ meanin’ of all this here?” assailed Maitland as he rested himself coolly on an edge of the desk. He responded, with one eyebrow slightly elevated: “ A burglar. What did you suppose? That I was Indulging in target practice at this time of night?” "Which way’d he go?” "Back of the flat— through the win dow to the fire-escape, I suppose. I took a couple of shots after him, but missed, and, Inasmuch as he was armed, I didn't pursue.” Hickey stepped forward, glowering unpleasantly at the young man. “ Yeh go along,” he told the uniformed man, “ 'nd see 'f he's tellin' the truth. I ’ll stay here ‘nd keep him company.” His tone amused Maitland. In the reaction from the recent strain upon his wits and nerve, he laughed openly. “ And who are you?” he suggested, smiling, as the policeman clumped heavily away. Hickey spat thoughtfully Into a Satsuma jardiniere and sneered. “ I s'pose yeh never saw me before?” Maitland bowed affirmation. " I ’m sorry to say that that pleasure has heretofore been denied me.” "Uh-buh,” agreed the detective, sourly, ” 1 guess that's a hot one, too.” He scowled blackly in Maitland's amazed face and seemed abruptly to swell with mysterious rage. ‘‘My name's Hickey,” he Informed him, ven omously, “ and don't yeh lose sight of that after this. It’s somethin’ it won’t hurt yeh to remember. Guess yer mem’ry’s taking a vacation, huh?” "My dear man," said Maitland, “ you speak in parables and—if you'll par don my noticing it— with some un called-for spleen. Might I suggest that you moderate your tone? For,” he continued, facing the man squarely, “ If you don’t, It will be my duty and pleasure to hoist you Into the street." “ I got a photergrapht of yeh doing It,” growled Hickey. “ Still, seeing as yeh never saw me before, I guess it won't do no harm for yeh to connect with this.” And he turned back his coat, uncovering the official shield of the detective bureau. "A h !" commented Maitland, polite ly. “ A detective? How interesting!” “ Fire-escape winder’s broke, all right.” This was the policeman, re turned. "And some one's let down the bottom length of ladder, but there ain't nobody in sight." "N o," Interjected Hickey, “ 'nd there wouldn't’ve been if you’d been waitin’ in the back yard all night.” “ Certainly not,” Maitland agreed, blandly; “ especially If my burglar had known It. in which case I fancy he would have chosen another route— by the roof, possibly." “ Yeh know somethin' about roofs yehself, donchuh?” suggested Hickey. "W ell, guess yeh’ll have time to write a book about It while yeh— ” He stepped unexpectedly to Mait land's side and bent forward. Some thing cold and hard closed with a snap around each of the young man's wrists. He started up, face aflame with indignation, forgetful of the girl hidden in the alcove. "What the devil!” he cried, hotly, jingling the handcuffs. “ Ah, come off,” Hickey advised him. "Yeh can't bluff It forever, you know. Come along and tell the sarge all about it, Daniel Maitland, Es-qulre, alias Handsome Dan Anisty, gentle man burglar. Ah, cut that out, young fellow; yeh’re foxy, all right, but yeh’ve pushed yer run of luck too hard.” Hickey paused, perplexed, finding no words wherewith adequately to voice the disgust aroused in him by hls pris oner's demeanor, something far from seemly, to his mind. The humor of the situation had Just dawned upon Maitland, and the young man was crimson with appreciation. “ Go on, go on !” he begged, feebly. “ Don't let me stop you, Hickey. Don’t, please, let me spoil it all. Your Sher lock Holmes, Hickey, is one of the finest characterizations I have ever witnessed. It is a privilege not to be underestimated to be permitted to play Raffles to you. But seriously, my dear sleuth!” with an unhappy attempt to wipe his eyes with hampered fists, “ don’t you think you're wasting your talents?” By this time even the policeman seemed doubtful. He glanced askance at the detective and shuffled uneasily. As for the cabby, who had blustered in at first with Intent to demand his due in no uncertain terms, apparently Maitland's bearing, coupled with the inherent contempt and hatred of the nighthawk tribe for the minions of the law, had won hls sympathies complete ly. Lounging against a door jamb, quite at home, he genially puffed an unspeakable cigarette and nodded ap probation of Maitland's every other word. But Hickey— Hickey bristled bellig erently. "Fine,” he declared, acidly; “ fine and dandy. I take off my hat to yeh, Dan Anisty. I may be a bad actor, all right, but yeh got me beat at the post.” Then turning to the policeman; “ I got him right. Look here!” Drawing a folded newspaper from his pocket, he spread it open for the officer's in spection. “ Yeh see them pictures? Now, on the level, is it natural?” The patrolman frowned doubtfully, glaclng from the paper to Maitland. The cabby stretched a curious neck. Maitland groaned Inwardly; he had seen that Infamous sheet. “ Now listen,” the Jetective ex pounded with gusto. "Twict to-day this here Maitland, or Anisty, meets me. Once on the stoop here, 'nd he’s Mait land ’nd takes me to lunch— see? Next time It's In Harlem, where I’ve been sent with a hot tip from the c'mmis- s'ner’s office to find Anisty, 'nd he’s still Maitland 'nd surprised to see me. I ain't sure then, but I ’m doin’ some heavy thinkin1, all right. I lets him go and shadows him. After a while he gives me the slip ’nd I chases down here, waitin’ for him to turn up. Com ing down on the car I buys this paper ’nd sees the pictures, and then I'm on. See?” “ Uh-huh,” grunted the natrolmnn, scowling at Maitland. The cabby caressed hls nose with a soiled fore finger reflectively, plainly a bit pre judiced by Hickey’s exposition. “ One minute," Maitland Interjected, eyes twinkling and lips twitching. "How long ago was it that you began to watch this house, sleuth?” "Five minutes before yeh come,” responded Hickey, ignoring the insult “ Now—” “ Took you a long time to figure this out, didn’t it? But go on, please.” "W ell, I picked the winner, all right,” flared the detective. “ 1 guest that'll be about all for yours.” (T O BE C O N T I N U E D .) HISTORICAL RECORD OF RINGS H ave Im portant Part In the Annala of the W orld. The ring began when man thrust hls finger through a hole In a pretty shell, and later learned to make rings of jet. The ring is very magical. Lord Ruthven, who helped to kill Riz- zlo, gave Queen Mary a ring which was “ sovran” against poison, and she generously replied with the prerent of her father'» wonderful jeweled dagger of French work, no longer In exist ence. Whether Ruthven tooled with this magnificent weapon in the affair of Rizzlo or used a cheaper article Is uncertain. At all events Mary based on the ring that was an antidote to poison a charge of sorcery against Ruthven. The Judges of Jeanne d'Arc regarded with much suspicion her lit tle ring of base metal, a gift from her parents. Inscribed with the sacred names Jesus Marla. It was usual to touch the relics of saints with rings; Jeanne d'Arc said that her ring had touched the body of St. Catherine, whether she meant of the actual saint or a relic of the saint, brought from Sinai to Flerbola. The ring might contain a relic, or. later, a miniature. I fear that I do not believe in the virtues or vices of poison rings. Our ancestors practically knew no poi se n but arsenic, and Carthaginian science can scarcely have enabled Hannibal to poison himself with a drug contained under the alone of a ring.—Andrew Lang, In London Poat. W hera F r u it Is Cheap. Fruit Is cheap in Morocco. The warm African sun la there tempered by the Atlantic breezes which the west wind wafts obligingly all the summer. These are rivers which flow through the country from the great range of mountains which form its eastern wall and shut It off from the hot sands of Sahara. It has a soil so rich and fer tile that with no further cultivation than that afforded by the wooden plowshares which have been In use for 1,000 years three crops a year can be garnered. Grape cuttings stuck roughly In the ground will in a few years yield good fruit without care be ing bestowed on them. Last year the best black grapes cost only one cent a pound and figs one cent a dozen. Melons can be had for nothing. O beying the Im pulse. Slowly, almost reverentially, the young clergyman who was taking hls first trip scrota the Atlantic bowed hls head over the vessel's rail. “ I'm doing this.” he muttered with pale Ups. "in reaponae to an Inward prompting.” Thereupon the other* drew away In silence and left him communing with the great deep
