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Who is he, and how do jou happen to know him?" "He is consul general and minister plenipotentiary at Sofia, Bulgaria. There Is not an attache in Europe to day who has not an inquisitive eye cocked at Sir Mortimer Brett." "And his claims to distinction?" "Two only, my dear fellow, but they are sufficient to make any man notor ious. First of all, scandal has been busy with his illustrious name. How ever I am afraid that's a very or dirany sort of notoriety. But when I tell you the sober fact that if he just winked war would break out in the Balkan peninsula you will grant that he is a factor In the game of European politics." "I have heard enough to have my curiosity excited. Tell me more of the man who controls the destiny of a n tion. The scandal, for instance. Is it a matter of common newspaper pub licity? I have figured in the papers myself lately, and I feel a certain sympathy for a fellow-sufferer?" "Oh. the newspapers have made him squirm, a bit. no doubt. But my sources of information are more ac curate than mere newspaper gossip. You see, I happen to be the Ameri can consul here." "Then your gossip of the embassies ought to .be worih listening to." I settled myself in my chair and lighted a fresh cigarette. "My dear chap., you are asking too much of me really you are! The situation in the Balkans! Good Lord, that's too appalling a subject to be discussed between two friends who have just met." "Locke." I replied diplomatically, "I suppose you wish to discuss me and my unfortunate affair. Well, I don't If you wish to show me that you be lieve me not quite so black as I am painted, ignore the matter complete ly" "Or course, of course." he hastened to assure me. "And you really wish to understand why wav would break out to-morrow in the Balkans if Sir Mortimer Brett lifted his little fin ger?" , "If such a knowledge is the prelude to the scandal that concerns him." "Very well." he agreee good-naturedly. "But don't despair if you are still muddled after ten minutes' talk on Balkan politics; Count von Buiow has said that the man who comprehends the situation in the Balkan State does not exist. But to understand how Sir Mortimer's influence may pluqge Europe into war to-day, just as surely as when Madame de Pompadour twisted Louis XV about her little fin ger, you must know something of the trouble that seethes and bubbles in Turkish-Macedonia " "Even the word Turkish-Macedonia is a mere geography name to me." "Hang it, have I got to give yoa a lesson in geography as well as in his tory?" growled Locke. "Well, Mace donia is actually no state or country. term to designate a It is simply a strip of Turkish territory immediately to the south of Bulgaria. It is with in dependent Bulgaria and insurgent Macedonia 'that our friend .Sir Morti mer Brett is concerned. In a word, the situation is this: Bulgaria, long freed from the Turkish joke, would help struggling Macedonia to gain her freedom. "Macedonia itself is an extraordin ary hodgepodge of races Greeks. Turks. Serbs, Bosnians, Bulgars there are a dozen dirty little races, and half a dozen fanatic sects all ready to fly at each other's throats if they were not too busy struggling for their freedom. But Greek, Catholic, Jew, they are all ready to die cheer fully if they can down their Turkish oppressor. It is just this sublime struggle for freedom that gives a touch of nobility to mongrel, snarling, snapping Macedonia. These Mace donians for years have been putting up one of the pluckiest running fights imaginable. The House of Commons indulges in solemn pitle aboutwhat they choose to call y-tiMT-Balance- of Criminality. In other words, they pro fess to think that the atrocities com mitted by the Turks 'and the Mace donians are equally horrible. But. as n matter of fact, English knowledge of Macedonian affairs is doled out by the London Times, which in turn gets Its facts from the English embassy at Constantinople, professedly pro-Turkish in its sympathies. "How do you account for that? I demanded with a show of interest. Locke's lecture was not thrilling, but I listened patiently; forNI realised that his information was necessary If I would understand Sir Mortisiers predicament. The missionaries," centinued Locke, "know only too .well that the unspeakable Turk is an even greater ' scoundrel than Mr. Gladstone chose to believe him. Bat the Foreign Omce. yen will understand, does -not Intend to risk the peace of Europe- because the ariasioaaries rave about the oat- ragtag and slaughter of a few thous ands of Macedonian women and chil dren. "For several years they hare con tinued a guerrilla warfare If yoa can dignify the dynamiting of a railroad or a bridge and the stealthy slaughter of anarmed bands as warfare. The Macedonian campaign has been man aged by a bodyoLmen who have their headquarters at Sofia, In Bulgaria. They fight in bands. Their arms are hidden in the fields or in the caves of the 'mountains. When a Turkish host 'surrounds one of these bands it finds peaceful peasants herding their sheep on the hills or tilling their fields." "Such a hopeless struggle as this might continue for years," I interrupt ed. "Where does Bulgaria come in?" "Bulgaria come3 in right here with a flourish of trumpets, and Prince Ferdinand is at the head of the pro cession. "Actuality Bulgaria is independent; nominally, Ferdinand does fealty to the Sultan, and at the same time is under the thumb of Russia. He is a petty princeling with as inordinate a sense of his own importance as a can nibal king in a top hat. He has sur rounded himself with more state than a czar or a kaiser. Ferdinand's great ambition is to be crowned king. Now he only rejoices in the title of prince. He has vainly implored his great mas-, ter Russia s permission to assume that title, but Czar Nicholas prefers that little Ferdinand be humble. 'Then if you won't let me lie king.' says Fer disand. 'I won't clay with you any The Situation in the Balkans! Good Lord, Thafs Tee Appalling a Sub ject to Be Discussed." more.' So Master Ferdinand is most anxious to exchange the doubtful friendship of Russia for a more indul gent nrotector. He has decided that he would like ESIail to behnt pro- "-"" I iAljk 99 But what has this to do with Bul garia's going to the assistance of Macedonia?" I exclaimed, impatiently. "Simply this: Ferdinand knows that before he dare assume the title of king, he must make himself more popular with his subjects than he Is at present. Macedonia affords a con venient means of accomplishing this. But before he flings his army into Macedonia territory, he dust be sure that he will have a free hand. Let England once assure him of her moral support, -and Ferdinand will invade Macedonia to-morrow." ' "It is at this juncture. I sup'pose, that Sir Mortimer Brett, consul gen eral and minister plenipotentiary, holds the center of the stage?" "Yes. it is about his diplomatic, head that the elements rage. But a Jewish banker of New York city runs him a close second in importance." "A remarkable statement, tuat." "And this little Jew is a remarkable man. A Macedonian by birth, he .has ;made five score, of millions In Amer ica. But he remembers his country in the time of her need. It is he who. offers to clothe, arm; and feed the Bul garian nanny, if it fights for the free dom of his race. His one condition Is this: the invasion must have a rea sonably sure chance of success. That is assured, he thinks, when England agrees to stand behind 'Bulgaria." "And the name of this Jewish banker?" "Otto Kuhn. One must not forget him." CHAPTER IX. TRv atpBaMv W XHV tswJJtWIu Mi . We are aow ready for the extraor dinary episode of Sir Mortimer Brett." Locke resumed. "I think you will find that the aarratlve grows more later- V-I-trast so," I "Sir MorUaer is a comparatively young man, I understand. Bat" he has already had 15 years to his 'experience as a diplomatist. He has-been trusted implicitly by the British foreign office. He 'has 'been nqthing less than a dic tator in Bulgarian' affairs, so far .as England is concerned. There have been .repeated attempts to bribe him. Bnt he has been strong enough to re sist all pressure whether it be ex erted by the saltan or by Ferdinand. But after an unblemished record of 15 years this Bayard In politics has fallen a victim to a vulgar Intrigue with 4i political adventuress. "Countess Sarahoff la the adves turess a woman of marvelous charm and beauty. It Is said she is the friend of Prince Ferdinand; perhaps it is he who first Incited her to entice Sir Mortimer from the path of recti tude. Certain it Is that she has been successful In bringing Sir Mortimer supinely to his knees before her, if the gossip of the embassies is to be believed. "Now I can give you the situation in a nutshell. If, Sir Mortimer Js recalled, it is all up-with Macedonia so far as Immediate help from Bulgaria Is con cerned. Sir .Mortimer's successor, as consul general will certainly be 'the present vice-consul, and he Is known to be strongly adverse to the Mace donian cause. Our Jewish banker will 'refuse his loan to Ferdinand; Ferdi nand will be unable and unwilling to subsidise an army; Macedonia's strug gle will come to nothing for the pres ent," "This banker must have remarkable faith in Sir Mortimer," I suggested, "to think that he can influence the British foreign office when his reputa tion is already tottering." "My dear Haddon, I have been let ting you behind the scenes. Our banker friend in all probability has no 'inkling of Sir Mortimer's impending fall. ' There is nothing to damn a man politically because he is in love with a woman. It is true that there have been innuendoes in plenty of the pa pers. But who believes the papers?" "And a king's messenger has al ready been sent to Sofia to demand Sir Mortimer's recall?" I asked, thoughtfully. "So they say, and now I come to a really humorous phase of this episode of Sir Mortimer Brett. When the king's messenger arrives at Sofia he will be unable to deliver his dis patches; he will find that his bird has flown." "What! Sir Mortimer has left his post, and with this woman?" "Less than a week ago Sir Mortimer was seen with Countess Sarahoff here in Lucerne. He had left Sofia sud denly under the plea of sickness, whether real or assumed. And now he has disappeared again from here, and has left absolutely no 'trace of his whereabouts." "So that when the king's messenger comes here he will still be unable to deliver bis dispatches. As you say, it is an extraordinary state of affairs. I suppose that Sir Mortimer continues to be" a properly credited ambassador, until he receives those dispatches?" "Undoubtedly." J - Jg-?SJgrJpz5igfc&s . Jemtt J5.w5! Blind Man Becomes Inventor IdwabFtfIs,na?fnmrIAb'bott. the blind piano tuner of" this" city, has turned inventor, and is exhibiting the working model of a heat regulator for a chicken Incubator on- which he has applied for ' patent The .regulator gives the alarm when the heat in the iacubatbr becomes too high or too low. The regulator! Is set for let degrees, and when the heat varies a few de grees above or below this mark the tegulator rises or falls, and, breaking a circuit rings an electric hell until the owner regulates the heat to the proper temperature. Mr. Abbott has been blind all his life. The Heart W' Not .long ago a fond and rather ro mantically inclined father was ap proached by a young man, whose In tention was to ask the parent's con sent to the marriage of himself and the other's After the older mea ahnenad the iwsum there it a huo.and cry for him 4j "My dear fellow, I hnve ioW1 yoa repeatedly thai yoa arevhehtad the scenes: OsteaslyVSir; Mortimer has gone to the moantainsfcirhis health. But the arrival here! la Lucerne :of the mother and daughter is significant.' "They come to rescue aim from the influence of Countess Sarahoh '' of course. But if she has disappeared with Sir Mqrtiaw, , c "I awy6Vrtinwrtti;her at the kursaal -about an, hour ago," said Locke, smiling at "me grimly v CHAPTER X. The Death-Maak. I had raised my glass' carelessly to my lips. I placed it slowly on the table. I met Locke's steady gaze not merely In surprise, rather In complete conviction. That was' precisely the kind of woman I had determined she mnst be. But I had no intention of discussing her with Locke. A plan was already seething in my brain a plan Infinitely more thrilling than res cuing a comrade in the battlefield or a traveler lost in the mountain-side. ' I Intended to keep' that plan to myself. In the meanwhile I must have further details of this escapade of the miss ing ambassador. "We will speak of Countess Sara hoff presently," I said, returning his smile coolly. "But tell me, why should England adopt the slow and clumsy expedient of sending a king's messen ger, as you call him, across Europe, instead of demanding the instant re call of the minister by cable? That is my first question, and my second is this: are you my dear Locke, in the secret councils of the British for eign office that you know so much of their plans?" "A king's "messenger," drawled Locke, "is supposed to have a brain between his shoulders and to exercise his discretion. The foreign office would wish to be quite sure that the scandal was not a clever ruse of a secret agent of Russia or Turkey. Even if the scandal exists, there might be mitigating circumstances." "You wish me to infer that this king's messenger is given discretion ary powers of delivering or withhold ing his dispatch? But how do you know that? That brings me to the second question." "My dear chap, I can put two and two together, can't I? I can see a church door, as Benedict said, when I am standing in front of It" "Oh, then, you are simply guess ing," I cried, disgusted. Locke spread the tips of his fingers together, and regarded me humorous ly. "You forget I am consul at Lucerne? I, sir, am a personage.' "Rubbish!" I exclaimed, brusquely. "American consuls are not as a rule deeply In the confidence of the min isters in Downing street" Locke laughed, looked about him cautiously, then whispered: "It's something of a secret, Haddon. Before I was consul at Lucerne I was a newspaper man. Yes; don't look shocked. I am not averse to eking out the magnificent Income allowed me by the United States government by sending a budget of news occa sionally to my old chief." "I understand; you newspaper men are ubiquitous. Before the mysterious knowledge of the press I am silent" "I need hardly say that what I have told you is strictly between our selves." ' "Of course." "So far I hate not breathed a word of this extraordinary story. I wish to make a grand .coup. I am waiting for the finale of the story the dra matic and perhaps tragic denouement' For the end is not yet" So saying, Locke produced his pock etbook. From its voluminous folds he extracted an envelope. He held it toward me in silence. I took it curi ously. It bore an unfamiliar stamp. "It is the stamp in the corner I wish you. to examine carefully. In ten years a collector wilj-pay a pretty penny for this stamp. Already it Is as rare as strawberries in January. It was issued less than a month ago to mark the anniversary of Ferdi nand's succession o the throne. Yes. It Is his likeness 'and that of his son you are looking. at- But Ferdinand would pay half a million francs if he could buy up and destroy that Issue of stamps. In Bulgaria that is a sim ple matter. His secret agents are on the lookout In every capital of Eu rope. But you see they are not wholly successful." As Locke had suggested. I looked critically at this double stamp which had caused Ferdinand so much anx iety. Two heads were depicted. They were placed side by side, a man of middle age and a handsome, boy. It appeared to me a rather ordinary sort of stamp. "Hold It upside down," commanded Locke, impatiently. "Cover the left hand corner with-your hand, so. Now, do you see that a portion of the heads of the father and son makes an un mistakable death-mask? And the death-mask is that of Prince Ferdi nand." TO BE CONTINUED.) eh lently upon him. He rose and placed one hand upon the youth's shoulder ia a kindly way. "So. so. Yes, after ail, I guess my little girl is grown up. and must have a mate," he said. "TeU me frankly, young man. is it her heart or her money that you are after?" The young fellow blushed paiafuUy, bat with a thrill of pride, threw out his chest and answered. "I already have her heart in. my keeping, sir!" In the Wrong Shea. "Doctor." said the visitor with the fur-lined cellar, "there's something the matter with ma." "Well." .responded the doctor. "I knew that when f saw you as Hamlet last night, hut I can't do anything for you. Caring hams Is put of my line Truth. Paste this in your hat: Te thine era self be false, and it must follow, aa the night the day. thou canst net "And in, the MAN WHO BROKE - UP THE MOLLY '. MAGUKEGANG Eventful Career of James McParlan. Well Called : Greatest of Detectives. - Thifty-Fotir Years After Hie Wender flrJ Achievement 'In Pennsylvania, He Is the Center of Interest fer Hie Weric That Was Responsible far the PreaeM.Sanaational Trial at Beise, leehe Lived far Years Amena 'the "Mellles," Where His Life Literally "Hunt by a Thread.' Philadelphia. WhUe there Is bnt alight resemblance between the horri ble crimes committed In the mining re gions of Idaho and Colorado and the bloodcurdling deeds perpetrated in the mining regions of Pennsylvania a gen- i eration ago, there Is this extraordinary link betwen them, that the same man was instrumental in procuring the most important evidence for the gov ernment in both cases. James McParlan, easily the greatest of living detectives, did more than any other one man to break up that terri ble organization known as the Molly Maguires. James McParlan, 34 years later, drew from Harrm. Orchard in the Idaho penitentiary a "confession" of more awful crimes than the Mollies ever dared to contemplate. Membership in the Mollies was not confined to miners. There were saloon keepers, tradespeople, artisans, office holders and men of no occupation in the organization. By whom it was started, and for what purpose, have re mained secrets. Its motto was "Friendship, Unity and True Christian Charity," and the meetings of the lodges and of the county conventions were opened with prayer. Then, after prayer, the business -of making plans for assassination would be taken up. It was not,, however, until in the early 60s that murders became fre quent. Some boss of a mine, some ob noxious policeman who had clubbed a drunken Molly, some miner who had incurred some displeasure of a mem ber of the order, or some citizen who had spoken of it disrespectfully would be either beaten within an inch of his life, or murdered occasionally. But the crimes were sporadic. During the civil war they increased rapidly in number, and by 1S71 there was a reign oi terror in tne wnoie anthracite re-. gion, extending over five counties. During, that year and the year follow ing there were 48 murders and in numerable assaults and crimes against property. McParlan' Becomes a Molly. Gradually the enmity of the Mollies was directed .toward the mine owners and the railroad corporations. One boss after another, who had inade him self unpopular with the miners, was murdered. Mines were blown up or filled with water. Railroad property was burned or destroyed. Finally President Gowan, of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron company, seeing that the city and state authori ties were powerless, determined to call on the Pinkertons for aid. They sent McParlan to the scene.- That was in 1873, when McParlan was 29 years old. McParlan came from the Pinker tons' Chicago office. He was born in Ireland, had come to this country when a young man and had had con siderable experience with the world. Short and slightly built but muscular, of fair complexion, with dark hair, broad forehead and gray eyes and wearing glasses, he presented a gen tlemanly appearance. He had been coachman, policeman, clerk In a liquor store and had finally gone into busi ness for himself. The Chicago fire wiped him out Then he went to work for the Pinkertons. Following his Instructions to learn all he could about the Mollies, McPar lan went to Pottsville, Pa. He changed his name to McKenna. He got ac quainted with everybody. He was looking for work in the mines He could sing a good song, dance a jig. pass a rough joke, be polite and at tentive to the girls, drink his share of whisky and pay for it and was always ready for a row or shindy of any kind. " He got a job in a mine. He insisted on working in his best clothes. Soon his coat was thrown aside, then his vest and finally his shirt. He per spired and suffered under the unwont ed toil. He soon learned, however, that it was not as the skillful miner or as the industrious laborer that admis sion to or influence in the Mollies was to be obtained. So he gave that up and cajoled a half-drunken saloonkeeper into divulg ing some of the secrets of the organi zation. He got a few of the signs and passwords. With these he was enabled to palmhimself off as a Molly, saying that he had been a member of the or ganization elsewhere, and had been obliged to leave the place on account of a crime he had committed. This , Ji,i ri-iiirMwuxWAmji. f& DAN WAS A FINANCIER. Had Clements That Make a Monarch ef the "Street Dan Lee, colored, who styles him self "jaaltah to de mayah," is a wor ried African. Last December, a week I two De(or Christmas, Dan was ia ueeu or iunas. or course, he had a place to eat, a place to sleep and plenty good clothes to wear, bat he didn't have much Christmas money. For a while Dan dida't know what to do. Dan, however, ia not n man who gives up easily. He set his brain to work and soon thought out a plan whereby he might obtain a little extra money. One morning he came down to the city hall and announced that he would rafee his rife. Nobody knew Dan had a rife, aad nobody around the haU Is aura of It yet But Dan as-. aured them that he waa the possessor at one, and he set about, the work of ininr 'jphfy11 He ..procured a lot ef Utile envelopes, and taking a, hun dred atfns, ot jnaer numbered from 1 ia !.-ha sealed; them up.f These he of to hia friends to the ball. .. "".Si . ... raised htm m the esteem ef the Hoajand he was admitted to fnB berseip aid to their cenMenca however, to he Initiated or eavMNsi coata -net the deliberations of oth. J - - --- A. iV "V dlvisloaa. . srVPewsweBseS awe TfcswBf eaTBajfs To attain his ends McParlan found that he would have to out-Molly the Monies., He inteaained. the. character he had tret assumed. He became 'a loud brawler. He boasted of having committed an crimes, from petty lar ceny to murder. He was ready to drink, atng, eaace,'court' n girl or lght He pretended sympathy with the perpetratorr of a crime after Its commission, which he had been, unable te prevent aadthefmU eatalhrot which he waa anxious to discover. He he came secretary of his - division. At meetings of the order he waa the loud est tatter and the biggest' Molly ef them an. Bnt he never asked a man to Join the order, and he never by word or deed suggested or encouraged a crime. Circumstances compelled him to drink a great deal of bad whisky. He became sick in coasequeace. His hair fell out He lost his eyebrows. His eyesight became impaired. He looked like a freak with his greea spectacles, bald pate, -rough shirt and old linen coat swaggering through the streets. No one suspected Jim McKenna, or dreamed that he was at work night J&Z5&M8LMT and day gathering evidence that was to bring to a close the awful reign of terror. Every night his reports went to the Pinkerton office in Philadelphia. That is the strangest part of the whole strange experience. He was in con stant communication with his employ ers and for more than two years he was never once suspected of being a detective. He warned many men who were doomed .to death by the Mollies He attended all 'the meetings of his division. He kept on the best of terms with everybody. Suspected at Last. Whenever he was detailed 'by the Mollies to commit some crime or to participate ia the commission he al ways found some plausible excuse. But events moved swiftly. The evidence which he was furnishing gradually tightened the colls, around the Mollies. One arrest followed another. And by and by it became apparent that some one was giving to the government all the secrets of the organization. One morning all the signs and passwords of the Mollies were- published In every newspaper. Then there was no doubt that they bad a traitor among them. Suspicion fell upon McParlan. He had accidentally dropped a letter on the street. The Mollies accused him of treachery. He became indignant and brazened it out He persuaded them that he was a terribly abused man. They begged his forgiveness. At least they all did except two of his brother officers in the order. The evi dence against McParlan was too strong to be doubted. So they deter mined to kill him, not the next week, or the next day, but right off. But McParlan gave them the slip, escaping only by the skin of his teeth. Sixteen men lay in wait to murder him, but he was warned just ia the nick of time. Still he kept at his work, although he had another enemy to - MWWMWAM They paid an amount for each chance equal to the number in the envelope drawn out of the bundle. Dan soon had a pocketful of moaey, and whea Christmas morning came he was there with the real old loud "Mahry Chris'mus." And it came from bis heart, too. Several weeks passed and there was no rafte. People around the haU who held chances began to woader whea the big event would come off. To ail their queries Dan simply smiled and said: "Dee wait now." Weeks more passed and still there waa no raflle. Thea a couple of chance holders grew impatient "Look here, Dan," said one. "How about that rafter Dan put on his happiest smile. "Dea wait now," he replied. A "Walt nothing." said the other Im patient chance holder. "We want to know when you're going to hold that raffle." Dan grew serious. "Ah guess Ah bettah tell yo'." he said. "Ah'a akae hed day ilh't goto' tar he no rafte." "Wha.!" came from the two chance holders. "Data right," said Dan. psa ' fllAfiHBHBftfflH 1 0fBmta gmmlhmC .w8 gfLmT ma! ammmavPsf I ammmmmmnmmmamaX sGmmBmR&8RmmwF F HbsS'V. ikTnmmV r W-X. I ... - . baJ- - v.' v." mm m bvh a sk. mmm t BiLa n h.h . -v. vigilance commateas n lueaaatr ea - s . - ... -T? the Mollies. an active leader of the ia from the MelMea. but alee 9 ewV aeva nsa sPewVwVamW Flaafly. suspected. by hated and feared by cM sens who did not knew his real. acter. and half sick from tan strain of the work, he begged to he "I am afek and tired of thai wrote to one ef his reports. "I hearer murder and bloodshed In all dteee- Theair la polluted. I cant k much longer." Indeed, he would surely have been kffled sf he remained, far the feeling was igafaat aim. So, toward the end of 1175 he returned to Philsdel paia and waa warmly welcomed by tan Pinkertons. Ia the following spring came the trials of about 5t men accused of mur der or of complicity In murder. In the course of his opening' for the govern ment the district attorney startled the audience la the courtroom by lauoun dug that among the witnesses who would' be offered by the state was n man who for years had lived in the county, had associated with the Mel Ilea, had been a member of the order. was familiar with ita Crimea aad waa prepared to Identify the murderers. This witness was known to the peo ple of the coal regions as James Mc- Kenna. bnt his real name was James McParlan. and he was a detective, said the district attorney. When McParlan was called to the witness stand the au dience could scarcely believe that the quiet gentlemanly, yet cool and reso lute detective was the wild aad reck less Jim McKenna they had known.' Eleven Mollies Hanged. McParlaa was on the stand four days. He told his story simply aad amazed every one by bis revelations. The most searching cross-examiaa-tion failed to find n flaw la his testi mony. When he told the story of his being suspected of being a de tective, intense silence prevailed In the court room. For the first time the prisoners manifested uaesainess. There were many Mollies present, and they listened with blanched cheeks to the recital. At the close of the trials Pres Gow an paid a fine tribute to McParlan. After warning the public that if there was another murder in that county by that society there would be "aa in quisition for blood with which noth ing that had been known in the an nals of criminal jurisprudence could compare." he added: "And to whom are we Indebted for the security we now have? To whom do we owe all this? Under the divine providence of God, to whom be all the honor and glory, we owe this safety to James McParlan, and if ever there was a man to whom the people of this county should erect a monument it is James McParlan. the detective." As a result of the trials 11 men were hanged, and about 40 others sent to state prison. That was a death blow to the Mollies. They have aot been heard from since then. Aad now, after a generation. McParlaa is one of the central characters ia the great drama, one of the scenes of which is being enacted ia Idaho. rf "Well. then, we get our moaey back, eh?" said one of the white men. "Not ezzactly. Yo' see. Ah done found out it 'ud be agin de law ter hoi' dat raffle." "Well, why doa'f we get our money back?" Dan smiled pleasantly again. "Cause Ah doa' dea know whah dat money am." he said. The two chance holders scowled. "You get that money for us." one of them said. "Dan's face grew solemn aad hia voice assumed a pleadiag tone. "Now look a-heah. geatlemena." he said. "Yo'se is oaly out 'bout 25 er 59 cents each mebbe up to a dellaa each. If Ah gives dat money hack to all yo'se gentlemens Ah's goto' ter he out mo dan fifty dollaha. Yo' wouldn't make' a poah old uiggah lose me daa fffty dollaha fo a poah. meanly fifty cents er theherhouts yor Dan's argument- chaace holders went away toughing FinanctoUy the rafte still raemtea a grand success far Dan New Or- '-:i ' Mi 4- jn ?. tr -&i Vfl fl c i i . t ,. Mw C ,r4t, v j. j . .,i .,; . tr-,' 4 '! v v r ?4?Viit ji.r j . irjT-J.-'. -rfVV '. ? "- - rn.. -, r-t-ii -
