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HBSoSSI i i A 1 I.- I 11 ff ' IV ! "I j ..: . f:.:m J. . ffif ;. SPECIAL FACTORY ADVERTISING SALE OF PIANOS WILL BE SOLD PROFITS NOT CONSIDERED. TERMS TO SUIT H AN IMMENSE ADVERTISING CRUSADE THE REASON WHY It is our desire to meet and become personally acquainted with every possible Piano purchaser in Columbus and vicinity, and realizing that a Satisfied Customer is the most permanent advertising a firm could have, we have succeeded in interesting the numerous factories of which we are the General Western Distributors, to make us Special Discounts on all Pianos sold during this Advertising Campaign. These discounts we propose to give you, if you will interest your sell sufficient to call, examine and secure one of the many strictly artistic Pianos carried as samples of the Piano Manufacturers Highest Achieve ment and offered for sale during our stay in Columbus. These Special Discounts, together with our well known method of buying in very large quantities for spot cash, as well as selling as many Pianos in 10 days as the average small dealer's total yearly business enables us to save you from 50 to 100 good big dollars besides securing a strictly standard Piano, backed with the personal guarantee as well as the factory if you will purchase now whilethis Special Sale is in progress but remember "delays are dangerous" by waiting you miy miss the opportunity of a life time. We sell such celebrated makes as Weber, Gobler, Buer, Lindeman, Mehlin, Schiller, Ludwig, Bachman, Winters, Rudolph, Steck, Schaff and our own The Peerless Matthews PiaM Buy Now and Secure A Piano 2sTot OrLl3T G-ood. IZTcrw "bu.t lO, IS, "STes 25 "STeaxs Hence Pianos that would sell regularly at retail for $250.00, $300.00, $350.00, $400.00, $450. OO to $500.00, will be sold at this sale at such extremely low prices as $138 00, $165.00, $190.00, $210.00, $280.00, $310.00, $345.00 to $400.00 on terms of either all nash or small oavment down and a smaller amount each month with legal interest on the U actual time you use the money, POSITIVELY NO DISCOUNT FOR CASH. Il Our over 20 years of Piano experience in Nebraska coupled with ample capital- operating five stores in mis state enaum us iu quite uut-strip competition. h SALE OPENS SATURDAY, JULY 21st. SALE CLOSES SATURDAY JULY 28th, Special Day n Notwithstanding the Exceptional Low Prices just to start things moving and start it right AT ONCE, we will allow a Special $10.00 Discount on any Piano sold the opening day. vSave that too. Every hody (especially Musicians) are invited to call and hear the celebrated Linder man Self Player Piano execute the greatest masterpieces as well as popular music. MATTHEWS PIANO COMPANY O. R. 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Dack. tdU!MiJLMM Special Reduced Excnrsioi fates To St. Paul, Minn., July 24-26, re turn limit August 15, one fare plus 2.00. To Minneapolis, Minn., August 8- 13, return limit September 30, one cent per mile. To Milwaukee, Wis., August 11-13, announcd later. One fare plus 12.00. To Toronto, Canada, September 11- 14, return limit October 24. One fare plus f 2 00 : Summer Tourist Rates June lit to September :50th to Cnicago. Madison, Milwaukee, Waukesha, St. Paul, Min neapolis and other points in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, also to Now England and Canadian points Homeseekers Excursion liates. On sale every Tuesday from Columbus, David City and points east to points in South Dakota (east of Missouri river) North Dakota, Minnesota, Northern Wisconson, Michigan Peninsula, Alber ta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and west ern Ontario atone fare plus $2.00 for the round trip good returning twenty- one clays rrom date or sale. For folders, descriptive circulars, rates etc., address S. F. Miller, A. G. F. & P. A. C. & N; W. By.. Omaha, Neb. For wedding stationery, ?is itiug cards and Ine stationery eall on the Col unions Printing & Specialty House tf Dr. Campbell, Dentist Journal ads bring remits. Smoke the Lumo 5 cent cigar. Smoke the Lumo cent cigar. Oasrin's market for fresh meats. ;. Return off.... j Sherlock Holmes j MI am" sorry Toryou,Xady' Hilda. I have done my best for you. I can see that It Is aU in vain." He rang tbe bell. Tbe butler entered. "Is Mr. Trelawney Hope at home?" "He will be home, sir, at a quarter tol." Holmesx glanced at his watch. "Still a quarter of an hour." said he. "Very good; I shall wait" The butler had hardly closed the door behind Um when Lady Hilda was down, on her knees at Holmes feet; her bands outstretched, her beautiful face upturned and wet with her tears. "Oh, spare me, Mr. Holmes! Spare me!" she pleaded In a frenzy of sup plication. "For heaven's sake, don't tell him! I love him so! I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his nobfo heart" Holmes raised the lady. "I am thankful, madam, that you have coma to your senses even at this last mo mcutl There Is not an instant to lose. Where Is the letter!" She darted across to a writing desk; unlocked it and drew out a long blue envelope. "Here it Is, Mr. Holmes. Would to heaven I had never seen it!" "How can we return it?" Holme, muttered. "Quick, quick, we must think of some way! Where Is the dispatch box?" -Still In his bedroom." "What a stroke of luck! Quick, madam, bring It here!" A moment Jater she had appeared ram from the boose, and only next morning In the paper did I learn the dreadful result That night I waa nappy, for I had my letter, and I had not seen yet what the future would bring. "It was the next morning that I real ised that I had only exchanged one trouble for another. My husband's an guish at tiie loss of his paper went to my heart I could hardly prevent my self from there and then kneeling down at hl feet and telling him what I had don. But that again would mean a confession of the past I came to you that morning In order to understand the full enormity of my offense. From the instant that I grasped It my whole mind was turned to the one thought of getting back my husband's paper. It must still be where Lucas had placed It for It was concealed before this dreedluL woman entered. theroora. If IF had not been for" her coming. I should not have known where bis hid ing place waa How was I to get Into the room? For two days I watched the place, but the door was never left open. Last night I made a last attempt What I did and how I succeeded you have already learned. I brought the paper back with me and nought of de stroying It. since I cook! see no way of returning It without confessing my guilt to my husband. Heavens. I hear his step upon the stair!" The European secretary burst excit edly Into the room. "Any news, Mr. Holmes, any news?" he cried. "I have some hopes." "Ah, thank heaven!" His face be came radiant. "The prime minister Is lunching with me. May he share your hopes? He has nerves of steel, and yet rsBBBBBBBSBBs nflS31BBBBBBBBBBBBl BBBVmBBBBBBBBNt!w BBMBBrmBf BBBBBBBBBBBs9mmBBB WBWmBBI SBBBBBMBSSBSBBflfBBJBBB BSVVSijKuaw BBKVBSjaABBBKUBBW P i 'SSl2( i VrUL C'"w I cz Copyright by Comer's Weekly. THERE. SURE ENOUGH. WAS A GREAT CRIMSON SPILL UPON THE FLOOR. Willi a red", flat-box inTierTiuiiuT. "How did you open it before? You have u duplicate key? Yes, of course you have. Open it!" From out of her bosom Lady Hilda bad drawn a small key. The box lieu open. It was stuffed with papers. Holmes thrust the blue envelope deep down into the heart of them, between the leaves of some other document. The box was shut locked and returned to the bedroom. "Now we are ready for him," said Holmes. "We have still ten minutes. I am going far to screen you. Lady Hilda. In return you will spend the time in telling me frankly the real meaning of this extraordinary affair." "Mr. Holmes, I will tell you every thing," cried the lady. "Oh, Mr. Holmes, I would cut off my right hand before I gave him a moment of sor row! There Is no woman in all Lon don who loves her husband as 1 do, and yet If be knew how I have acted how I have been compelled to act he would never forgive me, for his own honor stands so high that be could not forget or pardon a lapse in another. Help me, Mr. Holmes! My happiness, his happiness, our very lives, are at stake!" "Quick, madam; the time grows short!" "It was a letter of mine, Mr. Holmes, an Indiscreet letter written before my marriage a foolish letter, a letter of an Impulsive, loving girl. I meant no harm, and yet he would have thought It criminal. Had he read that letter his confidence would have been forever destroyed. It Is years since I wrote It I bad thought that the whole mat ter was forgotten. Then at last I heard from this man Lucas that it had passed Into his bands and that he would lay it before my husband. I Implored his mercy. He said that he would return my letter If I would bring him a certain document which he de scribed In my husband's dispatch box. He had some spy In the office who bad told him of Its existence. He assured me that no harm could come to my husband. Put yourself In my posi tion, Mr. Holmes! What was I to do?" "Take your, husband into your confi dence." "I could not, Mr. Holmes, I could not! On the one side seemed certain ruin; on the other, terrible us It seem ed, to take my husband's paper; still in a matter of politics I could not un derstand the consequences, while In a matter of love and trust they were on ly too clear to me. I did it, Mr. Holmes! I took an impression of his key. This man Lucas furnished a duplicate. I opened his dispatch box, took the paper and conveyed It to Godolphin street." "What happened there, madam?" "I tupped at the door as agreed. Lu cas opened it. I followed him into bis room, leaving tbe hall door ajar behind me, for I feared to be alone with the man. I remember that there was a woman outside as I entered. Our busi ness was soon done. He bad my let ter on bis desk. I handed him th. doc ument He gave me the letter. At this Instant there was a sound at the door. There were steps In the passage. Lu cas quickly turned back the drugget, thrust the document into some hiding place there and covered It over. "What happened after that Is like some fearful dream. I have a vision of a dark, frantic face, of a woman's voice, which screamed In French: 'My waiting Is not In vain. At last at last I have found you with her!" There was a savage struggle. I saw him with a chair In his hand; a knife gleamed in hem. I rushed from the horrible scone, she would read his very soul. Her band was on the bell, but she had for borne to ring It "You are trying to frighten me. It is not a very manly thing. Mr. Holmes, to come here and browbeat a woman. You say that you know something What Is it Unit you know?" "Pray sit down, madam. You will hurt yourself there if you fall. I will not speak until you sit down. Thank you." "I give you five minutes, Mr. Holmes." "One Is enough, Lady Hilda. I know of your visit to Eduardo Lucas, of your giving him this document of your Ingenious return to the room last night and of the manner In which you took the letter from the hiding place under the carpet" She stared at him with an ashen face and gulped twice before she could speak. "You are mad, Mr. Holmes you are mad!" she cried at last He drew a small piece of cardboard from his pocket It was the face of a woman cut out of a portrait "I have carried this because I thought it might be useful," said he. "The policeman has recognized It" She gave a gasp, and her head drop ped back in the chair. "Come, Lady Hilda. You have the letter. The matter may still be ad justed. I have no desire to bring trou ble to you. My duty ends when I have returned the lost letter to your bus band. Take my advice and be frank with me. It is your only chance." Her courage was admirable. Even now she would not own defeat. "I tell you again, Mr. Holmes, that you are under some absurd Illusion." Holmes rose from his chair. As we left the house Lestrade re mained In the front room, while tbe re pentant constable opened the door to let us out Holmes turned on tbe step and held up something In his hand. The constable stared Intently. "Good Lord, sir!" he cried, with amazement on his face, nolmes put his finger on bis lips, replaced his hand In his breast pocket and burst out laughing as we turned down the street. "Excellent!" said he. "Come. Friend Watson, the curtain rings up for the last act. You will be relieved to hear that there will be no war. that the Right Hon. Trelawney Hope will suf fer no setback in his brilliant career, that the Indiscreet sovereign will re ceive no punishment for his Indiscre tion, that the prime minister will have no European complication to deal with and that with a little tact and manage ment upon our part nobody will bo a penny the worse for what might have been a very ugly incident" My mind filled with admiration for tills extraordinary man. "You have solved It?" I cried. "Hardly that, Watson. There are some points which are as dark as ever. But we have so much that It will be our own fault If we cannot get the rest We will go straight to White ball terrace and bring the matter to a head." When we arrived at the residence of the Euroiean secretary it was for Lady Hilda Trelawney Hofte that Sher lock Holmes inquired. We were shown Into the morning room. "Mr. Holmes,"' said the lady, and her face was pink with her indignation, "this Is surely most unfair and ungen erous upon your part I desired, as I have explained, to keep my visit to you a secret lest my husband should think that I was intruding into his af fairs, and yet you compromise mo by "here and m stowm Hurt there relattSB between us." "Ihfortunately, madam, I had no poartbla alternative. I have been com missioned to recover this Immensely Important paper. I must therefore ask yon, madam, to be kind enough to place it u my hands. The lady sprang to her feet; with the color all dashed In an instant from her beautiful face. Her eyes glazed. She tottered. I thought that she would faint Then, with a grand effort she rallied from the shock, and a supremo astonishment and indignation chased every other expression from her fea tures. "You you Insult me, Mr. Holmes." "Come, come, madam. It la useless. Giro up the letter." She darted to the belt The butler shall show yon out" "Do not ring. Lady Hilda. If you do, then all my earnest efforts to avoid a scandal will be frustrated. Give up the letter and all will be set right If you will work with me I can arrange everything. If you work against me I must expose you." She stood grandly defiant a queenly figure, her eyes fixed upon his as if 1 know that he has hardly slept since this terrible event Jacobs, will you ask the prime minister to come up? As to you. dear, I fear that this is a mutter of politics. We will Join you in a few minutes iu the dining room." The prime minister's manner was subdued, but I could see by the gleam of his eyes and tbe twitchlngs of his bony hands that he shared the excite ment of his young colleague. "I understand that you have some thing to report. Mr. Holmes?" "Purely negative as yet" my friend snswered. "I have Inquired at every joint where It might be. and I am sure that there is no danger to be appre hended." "But that Is not enough. Mr. Holmes. We cannot live forever on such a vol cano. We must have something defi nite." "I am In hopes of getting It That Is why I am here. The more I think of the matter the more convinced I am that tbe letter has never left this house." "Mr. Holmes!" "If It had It would certainly have been public by now." "But why should any one take It In order to keep It in tills house?" "I am not convinced that any one did take it" "Then how could It leave the dis patch box?" "I am not convinced that it ever did leave the dispatch box." "Mr. Holmes, this Joking is very ill timed. You have my assurance that It left the box." "nave you examined tbe box since Tuesday morning?" "No. It was not necessary." "You mny conceivably have overlook ed It" "Impossible, I say." "Put I am not convinced of it I have known, such things to happen. I presume there are other papers there. Well, it may have got mixed with them." "It was on the top." "Some one may have shaken the box and displaced it" "No, no; I had everything out" "Surely It Is easily decided, nope." said the premier. "Let us have the dispatch box brought In." The secretary rang the bell. "Jacobs, bring down my dispatch box. This Is a farcical waste of time, but still. If nothing else will satisfy you. It shall be done. Thank you. Ja cobs; put It here. I have always had the key on my watch chain. Here are the papers, you see letter from Lord Merrow. report from Sir Charles Har dy, memorandum from Belgrade, note on the Rosso-German grain taxes, let ter from Madrid, note from Lord Flow ers Good heavens! What Is this? Lord Bellinger! Lord Bellinger!" The premier snatched the blue en velope from his hand. "Yes, it Is lt-and the letter Is In tact. Hope, I congratulate you." "Thank you! Thank yonl What a weight from my heart! But this Is in conceivableImpossible. Mr. Holmes, yon are a wizard, a sorcerer! How did you know it was there?" "Because I knew it was nowhere "I cannot believe my eyes!" He ran wildly to the door. "Where is my wife? I must tell her that all Is well. Hilda! Hilda!" we heard his voice on the stairs. The premier looked at Holmes with twinkling eyes. "Come, sir," said he. "There Is more In this than meets the eye. How came the letter back In the box?" Holmes turned away smiling from the keen scrutiny of those wonderful eyes. "We also have our diplomatic se crets." said he. and, picking up his bat be turned to the door. the mro. Coal and baled hay awlays on top at Newman A Welch. tf Try a Journal "want ad" if you have anything to buy or sell. WAT UP is used by all who desire a fine quality of patent flour. The Co lumbus roller mills makes it. Thn Fame tf a lame. "Luxus" was one of more than a mil lion names that were submitted to the Fred Krug Brewing Company of Omaha, for their new bottled beer. It is already famous as a result of the novel plan by by which im name was chosen. 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