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(Copyright. 19fl, by George Barton.)
By George Barton.
inN'FJI. hmA tllKt Arvliha hi. ..m-
Bl ond cup of coffee and wai lying
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Washington square apartment
when he received a telegram stat-
Ing that Abernethy, who evaded the cus.
toma with the South African etones. n
on the Pelican. The chief Inspector lit a
stogie and stood at hla window looking
down at the marble arch In the square In a
reflective manner. The metropolis waa
aslsrp yet, but the old man realised that If
he waa to accomplish any results that day
he would have to be out and doing.
With a sigh and a Mat glance at hla com
fortable room the chief hurried out Into tha
cold air of a January morning, nancy
Joined him on the boarding tug, and the lit
tle craft, though hampered on all sides by
ragged blocks of Ice, ploughed Its way
bravely toward the aea.
Barnes wore a fur cap and a seasonable
ulster, which reached down to the tops of
his fashionably clad feet. There wax a
lustre In hla eyes which might have been
caused by the nipping air or the subdued
eagerness which he always felt at the pros
pect of a clash with his natural enemy the
smugglers. Clancy looked at him Inquir
ingly once or twice, but forebore to ask the
question which quivered on the end of hla
tongue.
"Who are you after?"' finally queried tha
curious assistant, after a long silence.
"Abernethy," said the old man, shortly.
The name was Oreek to the young one,
but he persisted.
"Is he a professional ?
"Yes," aald Barnes, meditatively. "Ha'g
got a specialty It's unset diamonds.
"Does he anticipate trouble?"
"Well, he's not tha chap to hunt for It,
but he ll get hla wit to work the moment
he sees that warning." And the chief
pointed significantly to the blue and white
revenue flag which, floated oramandlnglr
from amldshlp.
"Abernethy might know you'd spot hla
name on eight"
"True; but I'm told he's dropped hla dis
tinguished cognomen and la now travelling
under tha alliterative If not alluring nam
of William Woodslde. However, that's ta
be proved. Hello there! I believe the
Pelican' In sight"
A great mass of black, bow, obscuring
the h orison, was hearing down upon, them
slowly and majestically. The tug piped out
three shrill, tenor like shrieks. The steamer
replied with three rumbling roars. For a
moment there waa danger of a collision.
The great unwieldy steamer, like a huge
bully of the sea, seemed about to crush the
diminutive government craft. But the
pilot on tho boarding boat waa not Idle.
He gave his wheel a sudden twist, the
tug executed a flank movement and drew
up saucily alongside the Pelican. For a
middle aged man, careful of his dignity,
Barnes went up the rope ladder with amas
Ing swiftness. Clancy was at his very
heels. Salutations had scarcely been ex
Changed with the captain before the chief
was examining one of the printed pas
senger Hats. He nodded triumphantly to
Clancy and placed hia linger on a particu
lar line. It read thus:
"Stateroom No. 13 (outside), William
Woodslde." '
A half do ten Inspectors, following the
chief and his sssistant, seated themselves
at the heads of the tables In the dining
room, prepared to take the declarations
of the passengers. Men from the stew
ard's mess went through the vessel ring
ing dinner bells and calling on the travel
lers to appear before the customs officers.
The Inspectors work expeditiously. The
vessel moved swiftly, too. but by the time
th spires and roofs of the city appeared In
sight the declarations were finished.
When they - were compared with tho
steamer lists on; name was missing Wll
llsm Woodslde.
Barnes looked significantly at Clancy.
Tha captain's attention was called to the
omission. He swore softly.
"He's a queer chap. He's acted mys
teriously all the way over'. Scarcely ever
appeared In the dining room or on deck.
Come with me and I'll rout him out."
Barnea and Clancy accompanied the
captain to room IS, which was located near
the stern of the boat. The door was
locked. The chief gave three vlgoroua
knocke.
No response.
Clancy kicked with the heel of his boot.
Nothing but the echo of the blows.
x The captain called out at the top of hla
Justy voice.
Only dead silence.
The three men looked at one another.
Barnes' answer was characteristic.
"Break down the door!"
Three pairs of sturdy shoulders effected
Immediate results. The lock broke and the
door flew open. They all rushed in. The
next moment the three faces were a study.
The room was empty!
Burnes wss the first to recover his wits.
He made a hasty survey of the stuffy little
apartment. The upper berth was undis
turbed. The lower one waa In disorder,
showing that It hsd been occupied the night
before. A soft felt hat and a coat lay on
the bed. A pair of rough looking shoes
were beneath the bunk. A Areas suit case
of cheap material waa spread out on the
floor. It contained a few pieces of soiled
linen. The large window of the stateroom
was wide open. The space between the
window and the rail on the side of the boat
wax less than two feet In width. The Iron
bar on top of the rail held a bit of torn
cloth, corresponding In texture and pattern
to the coat In the stateroom. These things
were apparent at a glance. A newspaper,
crumpled up, lay In a corner of the room.
Barnes examined It minutely and then
placed it carefully In his Inside pocket. He
turned to the washntand and noticed a
sheet of note paper partly covered with
writing. The chief picked It up. Clancy
and the captain peered over bis shoulder
anxiously while he read ai follows:
O magic sleep) O comfortable blrdl
That broodest o'er the troubled sea of the
' mind
Till tt Is hushed and gone
Barnes smiled grimly at these unfinished
lines, and ejaculated one sarcastic word:
"Poetic!"
Clancy, laboring under great excitement,
threw up his hands, and, unable to restrain
V himself, cried out:
f "Suicide!"
The captain's rage was terrible. The
profane thlngi he said need not be re
corded here. It should be remembered that
he was a rough seafaring man, as Jealous
of the reputation of his ship as any lands
man could possibly be of his good name..
The Pelican had reached Its landing place
and the work of docking tt was now In
process. The captain hurried to the pilot
house. aiAoyed at being away from his
post for even those few minutes. Clancy
had the air of a man whose day's work Is
finished. Barnea waa S'-Ul pottering about
stateroom No. U.
Unlucky number that," aald Clancy,
suggestively.
Barnes smiled la a way that meant
nothing.
"Probably reraoree. Insisted Clancy, "or
he thought the Jig waa up and decided to
end It ail I Davy Jonee locker.
Barnea aUoofc fcl feaftAj but tha motion
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"Curious," cried Con. "why. I never in
my life saw a mutilated newspaper that
I wasn't filled with the most Intense long
Ing to find out what had been cut from It."
The cab pulled up In front of th Dully
Banner office. Con, eager to participate In
the search, reached the counter first.
"Have you a copy of the Dally Banner
of June 16, 1905?"
The clerk, engaged In writing, mode no
answer; he did not even look up. Clancy
repeated the question with some emphael.
The young man tugged away at an In
cipient mustache, and. pausing for a mo
ment, smiled indulgrntly at hla questioner.
"Why, that's lust year."
"You don't have to tell me that." said
Con, Irritably; I want to know If you have
It?"
The clerk drew himself up haughtily.
"We only keep papers for a week back."
Barnes stepped tip to the counter. His
voice waa polite, but It was positive.
"Of course you keep the Banner In bound
files. I would like to see the file for June
of last year."
"Certainly," with alacrity; "we keep the
bound copies up stairs. I'll see If I can
And June. You see some of our files were
, destroyed by Are."
Barnes' heart sank. If he failed to find
the paper he might as well give up the
hase. But he said nothing. He wslte.l
with Infinite patience. Five, ten, fifteen
minutes passed. When the tension was be
coming unbearable the clerk returned with
the bound volume for June. The chief
face brightened. He turned to the book,
opened It hastily and began turning the
leaves feverishly. June 15 was reached at
last. He turned to the fourth column Of
the fourth page and compared It line by
line with the clipped copy In hla possession.
His search was rewarded. This was what
he read:
PERSON AI. Money ndvanced arid highest
prices paid for silver and gold and for
diamond.', set or unset; transactions con-
ducted In the strictest confidence. Anply
to W. Wicker, 1987 Hllbert street, city.
"Copy It!" he shouted to Clancy. In ex
ultant tones. A hurried word of thank to
the aatonished clerk and they were In the
cab, scurrying post haste toward 197 Hll-
bert street.
The driver lashed his horses, but even
that did not satisfy the two men burning
with ImnAtlencn. Mot a word nasned be-
tween them until they came In sight of. umnvu gursi. i n. ni moment w..
Jert on the end of the counter.
"Hannah 1" he cried sharply, "take that
cake Into the dining room. The store la no
place for It."
"No," echoed Barnes, mockingly, "suoh,
carelessness Is Inexcusable."
' The womin frowned at the visitors, end,
picking up the rake, carried It Into tha
other room. Almost simultaneously Barnes
hurried around the end of the counter and
foll.iwed her Into the apartment. The
dealer clutched him by the sleeve, his face
as pallid as a sheet.
"What do you mean by this this Intm-
slon?"
"Pardon the Impertinence," said the chief,
bawlng low, "but my friend and I," point"
Ing to Clanry, "went to Impose on your
hospitality for a moment."
"Yes, yes." marmured the dealer, feebly.
"Hannah get the the gentlemen a glase
of wtne. They look look cold."
As they seated themselves at a small
round table there wss a clatter from tha
yard In the rear. It sounded as If some one
wss scaling the fence. Clancy rose Im
pulsively and started for the hack door.
Barnes detained him with a look.
"Stny here; this Is more Important."
The man and the woman, thoroughly
nlarmed. stood as If petrified. The Jeweler
wss the first to reco-er.
"Hannah." he s;ttd Irritably, "I asked you
to get the gentlemen some wine."
The woman went to the sideboard and
with trembling hands poured wine Into two
tiny glnsses. She was so nervous that
drops of the red liquid fell and dlsoolored
the white linen covering. Btlll shaking,
she carried the glasses over to the round
table and placed one In front of Bamea
and the other before Clanry. The man had
partly recovered his possession by this
, time. He filled a glass for himself, and
lifting It ssld, with assumed Jocularity:
"Gentlemen, your health; I hope this wilt
warm you a bit."
Clancy drank It down with one gulp, but
Barnes did not tou. h his glass. He looked
up nnd spoke In his smoothest accents:
"I dislike to Impose on your hospitality
so much, but really a small piece of calie
would go good with this wine."
The dealer was so startled by this re
quest that he laid his glass on the table
untastrd and gased In a frightoned way at
the goal, and then Barnes said, simply:
"I hope we're not too late."
Hllbert street wss a curious little thor
oughfare, where A great deal of unique
business was transacted with very little os
tentation. Jewelers, opticians, money lend
er and lapidaries were most conspicuous.
Many of them occupied but one apartment;
Indeed, some were content with desk room.
No. 1687 was a store and dwelling com
bined, and It was eVldent that the entire
building wit occupied by "W. Wicker"
for business and domestic purposes. Be
yond the name the only thing to distinguish
It from Its neighbors was a small, rusty
tin sign, which notified the passerby that
"We buy, sell and exchange Jewelry of all
eves of every one In the group turned to
the sideboard, where the cake lay. It was
of medium site and artistically frosted on
top. . As no one moved, Barnes arose, as If
to reach for It.
The denier ran over and stood In front of
him, exclaiming excitedly:
"No, no, you can't have any of that."
"Why, I Just love Devonshire pound
ral:o."
"You can't have It"
The chief looked him In the eye with
a cold, relentless glance. Outwardly he
was unmoved. When he spoke It waa to
sry:
"What a miserly host."
Without parleying any further-he thrust
descriptions." The windows were dirty and the man aside and going over to the cake
the Interior quite dim. A dull gas Jet
threw a yellowish light over a showcase
containing watches and diamonds. A tall,
thin man, with parched skin and .faded
brown wig, stood behind the counter. As
Barnea and Clancy entered the shop they
heard the scuffling of feet and some one
picked it up and laid It on the center of
the table. The others stood about as If
transfixed. Clancy found voice to sayt
"Would you like a knlfeT"
"No." The vole rang clear and tri
umphant, i
Barnes stood ceremoniously before, the
KAN WA2 CROUCHING IN THE CQRIJLR. oF THE. WARDROBE.
conveyed no more Information than his usual manifestation of emotion on the part lined up like man-o-warsmen. The chief handed It to his assistant The young man
enigmatic smile. The passengers were col- of this self-possessed man.
disappeared In the little living room be- UDle. h, leaned over and extending hla
hind the showcase. The tall man leaned open hand laid his palm flat over the
over the showcase, and, rubbing his hands center of the cake. He gave a quick
together, inquired blandly: glance about him and then pressed with
"What can I do for you, gentlemen V au the strength of hie wrist upon the
'W. Wicker, If I mistake not?" Interro- frosted confection. It must have bean very
gated Barnes. stale, for 't dissolved Instantly Into a mass
"At your service," was the smiling reply. of crumbs. The result was truly amet-
"What are you paying for diamonds infi for mingling with the crumbs and
today?" sparkling In the gloom of the dimly lighted
That depends entirely upon the else and room were hundred of little diamonds.
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turned w the fo.eman anu ...4 m nig curl thought that under the circumstances this Quality of the .tone, wa. the professional UB.,t nd of the most exquisite cut,
lectlng their small baggage and the deck
hands preparing to lower the gangplank.
"Get the name of every passenger and
see that each one is identified," came
shsrply from the chief Inspector.
To make doubly sure, Barnes stood on
the wharf and shrewdly scanned each per
son. As the last tourist ulighted he heaved
"He complained of being 111, sir, and I
dive him leave of absence without pay."
"Who wag he?"
"His name was Brown, sir." f
"Did you know him? What did he look
like?"
"Well, sir, we take so many of 'em on at
way:-
"Count 'em."
The foreman did so, wondertngly. A he
concluded a look of perplexity clouded hi
face. He counted a second time.
"All there?" queried Barnes, sarcastic
ally. "Yes," stammered the foreman; "all here,
sigh of disappointment and slowly .made every port that 1 confess I didn't know lr."
his way back to tha deck of the vessel.
"Chief," said Clancy, meekly, "there
don't seem to bo any doubt about this be
ing a suicide."
Barnea stamped his right foot In angry
Imputience. But almost Inetantly he re
covered hlmvelf and was the suave gentle
man. "We will look a little further Into the
matter. Mr. Clancy," was his formal reply.
this one. As to his looks, sir well, ho was
Buffering from neuralgia and his face waa
covered with bandages"
"Did he take anything ashore?"
"Only a package of cigars, a bundle of
old clothes and a pound cake--"
"The devil!" ejaculated Barnes.
Oh, sir," cried the foreman, "there was 'n"r men are here."
nothing dutiable, sir; I can take oath to "But, sir." said the man, haltingly, "If
that. I gave a personal examination, and any of 'em ever go ashore its always wlth-
"Brown, too?"
"I don't know, sir."
"Call Brown."
The foreman obeyed. An unkempt look
ing man stepped forward.
"You see." said the chief, with a sar
donic laugh, "Brown didn't go ashore. All
.- , ..... B,..ni, reply.
It dawned on him that this was the news- "But you buy 'em?"
nurxpr that haA hottn nlrktvl lin on the floor un "
nf sitatnMnm Vfi 13. 14a rlnrirtii nvr the
Journal carefully. It wa a copy of the fldentlal?" quoting
Dally Banner of June 16, 1905. It did not P.iiy.
seem to have any particular significance. "Have you bought any this morning?
To make sure Con went over It page by "No," with a curious .tare
page and column by column. Barne. sunk "v any . -
f . . . . ,. .,.,. ... The man drew himself up to his
him with a qulsilcal smile. ' Suddenly and frowned-which did not add to
nianrv b-hv an exclamation of Burorlse. ' o urauijr.
transections are perfectly con-
the advertisement.
full
A little section of the fourth column of
"Sir," he said, angrily. "I have no time
the fourth page about an Inch deep was t0 trlfle wltn ou "
Con was ahout to speak when the chief ' can assure you that he only had the old out pay."
broke out suddenly with:
"What's at?"
Following 1he range of his pointed Anger
Clancy saw a rope gangway rar the oth
end of the steamer. The foreman of the
deck hands, responding to the call of
Barnes, came' up and saluted.
"What" that for?" repeated the chief,
pointing to the offending rope.
"For the deck hands."
"Any of 'em gone ashore?"
"Only one, sir."
Barnes groaned aloud. It was an un
clothes, the cigars and the cake." Fathead!
"What did he want with the cake?" Barnes muttered the word. He hurried
"Well, you see, sir, his mother was a to the end of the wharf. Clancy by hla
Devbnshire woman and he was taking side. A passing cab was hailed. They en
home a cake made in her old home. A tered. The chief poked his head out of the
bit of sentiment, sir. That was the ex- window.
planatlon he made to me. sir." "To the office of the New York Dally
"Summon all your men on the after Banner hurry like hell!"
deck," said Barnes, rwtly. The vehicle rattled over the rough stones
Clancy looked .on with torn curiosity, nlong the wharf side. Barnes sat with his
missing. It had been neatly cut from a
column of small advertising headed "Per
sonal." Con turned to his companion.
"Did you notice this?" .
"Certainly."
Clancy waa silent tor a moment ;then he
turned to his companion:
Clancy gasped for brsath.
The man and the woman stared until
their eyebsll protruded from their
socket.
Bamea alone waa calm. He pulled a big
chtmola bag from his pocket and, tossing
it to Clancy, said In businesslike tones:
"Gather the gems carefully and leave
nothing fur our hospitable friend but hla
crumb."
Clancy began his unique task Immedi
ately. The dealer turned to the chief, with
hands olaaped, and cried out In a suppli
cating manner:
"I swear that I'm not concerned tn this."
"No," said the chief cynically, "you
didn't quite have the chance."
Clancy put the last diamond In the bag.
He waa walking away when a movement
on the part of the chief caused him to
halt Barnes opened his ulster and un
buttoning hi Inside coat threw back the
lapel" and - disclosed to the astonished He turned to his superior.
dealer a glistening badge. The man peered "What about the chap that Jumped the
at It closely, noted the gold eagle and the fence?"
wh.i md vou scentlcal about the monogram of the government. Barnes laughed and waved hie hand
suicide? The evidence was conclusive . custom?" he whispered In a toward the gems.
"It was too conclusive; that made mo husky voice. He was superfluous; w have all we
doubtful" Barnea nodded. need tn thl room."
"Did this cut newspaper Influence you?" "I be Vur pardon." said the other, ab- After that the chief wa till, a If In
"Sure A man may write poetry when J"' an(l hl" iip 'rmblea "P01"' 0MP 'nought. From time to time his gate
he I. "nih queer t?u l ot m!nd T which "I gW. you any Information In my wandered to the other side of the room.
precede. .Mf-destructlon. but he I. hardly P" .""V. ,B hU
iiu-iv .i advertisements from a new.- A. ne spoke me scarea wnue isce or a -"" ... - '"'nni or oiotn.
The old man often did queer things and eyes closed. Presently, remembering that paper. Now, the Important thing to nna woman pwerru i i
k. u-hut th( it mnu. muni riiii wo with him he nut his hand In nut is what waa cllDDed from this paper, tains Dciuna me counier.
In five minutes all of the deck hands were his pocket, and, pulling out a newspaper. Don't you feel curiou?"
The dealer siw
her and at the same moment noted an ob-
Bunch of Short Stories That Point a Moral
on the Lawyer.
VKTFBAN member of the Ba.lt!-
jf I more bar tells of an amusing
I croas-examlnatlon In a court of
that city. The witness had
seemed disposed to dodge the
question of counsel for the defense.
"Sir," admonished the counsel sternly,
"you need not state your impressions. We
want facts. We are quite competent to
form our own impressions. Now, sir,
answer me categorically."
From that time on he could get little
more than "yes" and "no" from the wit
ness. Presently counsel asked:
"You .y that you live nsxt door to the
defendant r
"Yes."
"To the north of hlmr"
"No."
"To the aouthr
"No."
"Well, to the east, then?"
"No."
"Oh," exclaimed the lawyer sarcastic
ally, "we are likely at last to get down
to the one real fact You live to the west
of him. do you not?"
"No."
"How Is that, air?" the astonished at
torney asked. "You say you live next door
to him. yet he Uvea neither to the north,
south, east or west of you. What do you
mean by that, sir?"
Whereupon the witness "came back."
"I thought partis pa you were competent
to form the Impression that we live In a
. tat," aald the witness calmly, "but J see
I must Inform you that hs lives next door
above me." New York Times.
After Pleaer Speaking.
O'Connor, tha Irian politician, began an
after dinner speech in Philadelphia In
this way: "I must confess that I dread to
make after dinner speeches. At the most
sumptuous dinners, even at such a dinner
as this one, I know that at the end I
must make a speech; I am nervous, I
have no appetite, I find little to admire in
the best efforts of the chef. In truth,
gentlemen, I can readily imagine Daniel.
If he was at all of my mind, heaving a
sigh of relief as the Hons drew near to
devour him heaving a sigh of relief and
murmuring: 'Well. If there's any after
dinner speaking to be done on this occa
sion, at least it won't be done by me.' "
Chicago News.
Is Paid With (ins Cora.
William H. Berry, state treasurer of
Pennsylvania, was talking In Harrlsburf
about graft.
"Grafters seem to thrive at first," he said,
"but retribution overtakes them in the end.
It is like the two newsboys and the bad half
dollar.
"Two newsboys had a counterfeit half dol
lar, and after discussing for some time the
best way to get rid of It. they decided to
try to pass It off on a theater. ,
"So they took their placea on a cold night
In the long line before the gallery door of
a popular theater, and the first one held the
bad coin In his hand. It was their Idea that
tn the hurry and confjslcin the ticket seller
would not take time to examine the money
handed to him.
And they were right. When the first boy
reached the box office he man accepted the
half dollar without question, and In return
banded out a ticket and a quarter change
"The second boy. grinning with Joy, then
hsnded forth a dollar for his own ticket.
Us got tU. 'mu d','ij rjjj-11
quarter In change." Minneapolis Journal.
Flylaa Throagh a Flood.
A story Is told ubout the first run which
the now famous Twentieth Century limited
train made from New York to Chicago.
The story goes that when the fireman low
ered the chute which scoops up water from
between the rails and fills the reservoir in
the tender he failed to gauge correctly the
capacity of the tank, and the water, over
flowing, ran through the full length of the
vestibuled train, so powerful was the force
which Impelled It against the door of the
first coach.
The railroad company sought to remedy
this trouble, and on the next run a blind
coach, one without a door opening next to
the engine, was used. This proved to be a
prevention of the flood trouble.
One night, after the Twentieth Century
had made a name for Itself, a tramp
climbed aboard the platform of the first
cosch as the train waa leaving Cleveland,
lie knew that the next stop was at Toledo,
more than 10 miles away, and saw an op
portunity to travel undisturbed on a lim
ited train, but the fireman saw him as hs
con.fortaMy settled down for the trip.
When the train took water a few miles
ntu the tank overflowed quit profusely,
and again the deluge occurred Just before
entering Toledo, and the engineer tells
that while he waa spending a moment with
his engine in the depot in Toledo the most
wsahed out specimen of humanity he had
ever Keen came up to him and aaid: "Hay,
mister, what wss the name of them two
Ivers we went through?" Army and Navy
Journal.
Why He Looked that Way.
A northern man visiting In a southern
town announced that hs could tell a man's
political tendencies by looking at his face.
His auditors looked at one another with
incredulity.
"Well. I seldom miks a mistake. You."
he said. Indicating one of the group about
him, "are a McKlnley man."
"That's right." said the man referred to.
"You." pointing to another, "are a Cleve
land democrat."
"Yes, that la so," answered he. And the
crowd began to sit up and take notice. t
"You." addressing a third, "are a Bryan
man."
"You're wrong there. I'm sick; that'
what makes me look that wsy.'t-Harper'a
Weekly.
lawyer Ottwlls Jodg.
A magazine editor was talking about W.
W. Jacobs, the humorist.
"I went abroad this summer," he said,
"to try and get Mr. Jacobs to write for
me, but I found that he had all he could
do for six or seven yesrs to come.
"lie is a quiet, modest chap. When I
praiyed his wonderful skill In the writing
of short stories he said It was only their
surprises that made his stories take.
"Then, to Illustrate what he meant, he
told me a story wherein the surprises
came fast and furious.
"He 'said that a lawyer defending a man
accused of housebreaking spoke like this:
" 'Your honor. 1 submit that my client
did not break Into the house et all. He
found the parlor window open, and merely
inserted his right arm and removed a few
trifling articlea. Now my client' right arm
Is not himself, and I fall to see how you
ran puninh the whole Individual for an
offense committed only by one of his
limb.'
" 'That argument,' .aid the Judge, 'U
very well put. Following it logically, I
sentence the defendant' arm to one year'
Imprisonment. He can accompany It or
not, as he chooses.'
"The defendant emlled. and, with hi
lawyer' assistance, unscrewed his cork
arm, and. leaving It In the dock, walked
out." Indianapolis Btar.
Wkss Boston Is lacked I .
Secretary of War William H. Taft has not
a very high opinion of Boston a a plaoe
to have a good time In, Judging from his
answer to sn Invitation extended by John J.
Csdogan, the real eatate man, when the
effort was being made to arrange for tho
nation's taking over part of Deer tslsnd.
"Caane down to Boston," suggested Mr.
Csdogan, "and ' we'U take you down the
harbor, give you some good fishing and a
good dinner, take in a tbtater and"
"Then put me to bed," continued the
secretary, laughing, "t understand you
lock the town up at 11 o'clock. Boston
Hers Id.
Pairs Early and Often.
A number of years ago at a small town
In Maine an Important local election was
to take place, and there wa strong rlvr.lry
between the republican and dtmoriats.
Old Hiram Morse, the blacksmith,, waa a
strong democrat, but many of the farmers
were republicans.
On the morning of the election a farmer
cams to have hla horse shod. . The black
smith said to him. "We're both busy,
You're a republican and I'm a democrat.
Lt' pair off. We'll neither of us vote,
snd It will smount to ths same ss If both
went to the polls."
This was agreed upon. After election It
waa found that Morse hsd paired off with
five republican farmers.-Boetoa Hrald.
rdobe
He examined It carefully and then exhib
ited it to Clancy. The young man recog
nised It Instantly.
"The bit of cloth w found on the rail
outslds of stateroom No. II on the 'Peli
can.' "
The chief nodded and, turning to tha
lealer. ..Id:
"Thar a line piece of furniture over
there."
The article waa a large wardrobe, reach
ing from the floor almoat to the celling.
The tall man wa too much agitated
. in-iriy nuuuca ait ncaa in aaserit.
The chief walked over to the ws
, wa i-iiuieu, out ins tan or a coat pro
iruaea rrom beside the hinge. Barne
held hi sampls of cloth against the frag
ment of garment.
"A perfect match," he murmured Insinu
atingly. The next moment bl whole appearance
changed. Hia face became hard and stern.
He grasped tlu handles of the door and
threw them open.
, 'A man waa crouching In the corner of the
wardrobe. He came shambling out In a
daaed Sort of fashion. Instantly the chief
had seised hi wrists and fastened them
with a pair of 'silver handcuffs.
"Now, Mr. Abernethy," h exclaimed,
"your professional career I ended!"
"You've got m!" sullenly retorted the
smuggler.
"I have," was the triumphant reply, "and
you ran thank yoursetlf for overplaying
your part."
' Clnncy looked St the d-aler and hfs wife.
"Any arrest here?''
"No," replied Burnes. "We'll treat 'em
as dupes, although they showed a wllllag
ners to become accomplices."
He started from the room.
"Oh, thank you' Think you!" cam In
a duct from the n?.n nd woman.
The chief made no teply.
The dealer summoned a speck of courage.
Hs pointed to the two tVlrd glsre on the
tabls. He spoke timidly:
"Won't you have your wine?'
LMnie. in the doorwsy with his prisoner,
milled Ironically.
"You and Hannah," b Mid, "ma Artak
It U my health."