Record and Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1910 Page: 2 of 4
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A residence fire starting in the E.
W. Terhune home caused a $ 15,00i
loss at Greenville.
Vice-President Sherman spoke at
Guthrie, Ok, to a large crowd and
defended the tariff law.
A, Ray, the Texan woo killed C.
P. Welch at -u Paul, was exonerat-
ed by the coroner's jury.
Naw York insurgent republicans
will ask Vice-President Sherman to
withdraw from the race for tempo-
rary chairman of the state conven-
tion.
Southwest Texas got its iirst gen-
eral downpour in three months on
Wednesday, extending from south jt
San Antonio to Corpus Christi and
Laredo.
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DALLAS OIL AND REFINING CO,
DALIAS, TEXAS
for you now; that would not be true President Roosevelt was selected to make tbs dedicatory speech for the perk
or fair. But you were my inspiration
in the beginning, your words, your
presence. Miss Haldane, I have some-
thing to say to you.
"First of all,” he began, "where are
you taking me?”
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they are entitled to
rather than a stingy
offer to compensate them _
rate of twelve cent8 a day for their
Fearless Riders and ths Dangers »nd
Hai drhips They Faced.
Perhaps toe most picturesque figure
on the old trail was the pony express
rider.
slow for mail and express in Its flight ■
from the Missouri and the Pacific ;
True, it had cut down the mouths of .. ..
the old ox team to twenty-five days, ently undaunted He waved his hands
L. H. Leggett of Tarrant county
shot and killed Wm. L. Milam, i.
Dallas business man, in Dai.as Wed-
nesday afternoon.
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Every town in Denton county, we
believe, now has received Its first
bale. The liberality of Denton and
of the other towns of the county
has been noticeable, too, In com-
parison with most other Texas towns
and cties.
and still there wns a clamor that the
east and west be brought closer to-
gether, and It wns done,
ent the time to ten days.
Those who were personally acquaint-
ed with the famous pony express of
those days could never forget the In-
trepid rider who braved all peril, for-
getful of self, intent only on the
speedy delivery of his precious mo-
chlla to the next hardy horseman.
Hard and fnst be rode over mountain
and plain, across scorching desert end
icy snow, through sunshine and rain,
past friend, away from foe, to the
final achievement—the safe delivery
of his charge.
Forty fearless horsemen in saddle
riding west, as many more riding east
—and this novel but useful enterprise
was in motion. For two years the
pony express carried messages of busl
ness and love across 2,000 miles of
western mountains and plains, over
a country peopled with a hostile race,
destitute of cultivation or develop-
ment, through a region wild, desolate
and little known.
It was in 1859 that the pony express
wns established. The route, briefly
stated, wns <JU* west from St. Joseph
to Fort Krnrney. up the Platte to
Julesburg, thence. by Fort Ijirnmle
and Fort Bridger, to Salt Lake City,
thence to Camp Floyd. Ruby valley,
the Humboldt. Carson City. Placer-
ville and Folsom, to Sacramento and
San Francisco by boat.
The Intention of the pony express
wns to carry letters only and not more
than ten pounds at a trip. It was de-
cided that the safest and easiest m<sle
of carrying the mall was to make four
pockets, one in eneb corner of the uio-
chlia, a covering made of heavy leath-
er for the saddles and generally used
by the expert Mexican and Spanish
riders. Tbe mochila was transferred
from pony to pony and went through
from St. Joseph to San Francisco, the
pockets containing the mail being luck
ed and opened only at military posts
en route and at Salt Lake City. These
precious letters were wrapped In oiled
silk to protect them, but arei, this pre-
caution sometimes failed. Rivers hud
to be eroesod; home and rider swam
together.—W. C. Jenkins tn Natlonnl
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This seems a great year for the
steam-roller business and In al-
most every state one has been put
into use. So common have the J's
machines of torture become, indeed,
that even some of the districts are
bringing them into requisition.
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A Copenhagen dispatch sayB that
Dr. Cook Is en route again (sic) to
• the North Pole, according to Green-
land advices, and moreover, the
Greenlanders believe that Dr. Cook
really reached the Pole. Such In-
nocence an.1 confidence are refresh-
ing.
Tbe woiiipu of Osawatomie, Kan., pureliaiied the ground where the fauied
battle bearing tbe name of their town was fought flfty -four years ago under
the leadership of John Brown and presented it to tbe public. On -tbe battle-
services to' the old flag is almost
insulting. If the State's apprecia-
tion of the ffray veterans were as
scant ns its reward is niggardly,
- there would be more excuse for the
present parsimony than there reallv
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Let us have your grocery busi-
ness for September. Prompt deliver-
les, courteous treatment, fair prices,
and quality of gooda. Phones No. 7
D. R. TURNER
uldermen, and boldly appeared on the
outside steps back of Gormly. Ha
was recognized at once. The mayor
stood quietly, a little pale, but appar-
Tba officers and crew of the gov-
ernment launch Florence, which It
was feared had been lost in the
Gulf storm, have been found, safe,
having been sheltered from the wind
by an island. A total rainfall was
reported of 5.72 inches.; but no se-
rious damage.
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With some stations reporting as
gnat as 8-5? Inches of rain in twen-
ty-leu r hours, it seeing strange that
sone could not fall over Texas. Ths
Atlantic Coast states, we are sure,
did not appreciate the superfluity
and would have been glad to spare
us some of It.
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At Ossawatomie, Kan , dedicating
the John Brown National park, Col.
Roosevalt outlined his politcal creed
Wulch put aim squarely with the
progressive republicans and ll>e op-
ponent of every form of “special
interesta.” Ha characterized the
big issue of the day as “the struggle
of free men to gain and noid the
right of self-governmenC as against
the special interests who tw.st the
methods of free government
machinery for defeating tjft
lar will.”
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Life on Panama Canal
has had one frghtful drawback—
malarial trouble—that has brought
suffering an<i death to thousands.
The germs cause chills, feverB
a<ue, biliousness, jaundice,
tude, weakness and general debility.
But Electric Bitters never fall to de-
stroy them and cure malarial trou-
bles. "Three bottles completely
cured mo of a very severe attack of
malaria," writes Wm. A. Fetwell of
Lucama. N. C , "and I’ve had good
r health ever since." Cures stomach,
liver and kidney troubles and pre-
-vent typhoid. 50c. Guaranteed by J.
W. Raley A Co.
August futures closed on the last
day of tbe month at 18c, with ao
excitement. A few thousand bales,
rushed from the mills for the fancy
price, were sold In New York.
VELYN. did you ever see an eelT” Inquired daddy as she and Jack
<-ame running up for the usual story at bedtime.
"No, but Bridget told me about ’em. and we’re going to have
'em for breakfast some time.” replied Evelyn, -febe said they were
good to eat."
"I sa-w one in the brook at Uncle Samuel’s once.” said Jack. "Be was
very thin and shiny.”
“Well, this story is going to be about an eel and a suaka Of course yoi
both seen snakes, and 1 suppose Jack will be bragging of killing them ow
these days You know there are snakes of some varieties that are fond of
the water, and It's rather bard to tell this sort of snake from an eel. When
I was about ten years old and my brothers and I used to go swimming in
that creek behind your Uncle Samuel’s bouse we often caught eels, and i liked
them first rate when they were cooked and seaaonod well. Sometimes we’d
skin them and fry them on a fire we’d build down by tbe creek, where we
bad a little but. and then they tasted twice as good as when they were pre-
pared at home.
“One summer a distant city cousin named Ben was visiting us, and when
be went swimming or fishing or anything we often fooled him on things be
was green about because h« bragged so much and thought bo was so much
better than we. being a city boy. Be seemed to think we didn’t know any-
thing at ail. One day in swimming we boys saw something wriggling along
in tbe water whicb we all thought was gn eei at first. Wo caught it, and it
proved to be a snake, but we didn't let on to Ben. We let him think it was
an eel and fine eating, and be was eager to try how it tasted. We skinned it
and got him to take it to tbe house to be cooked for bls dinner. We bad a
servant who didn’t know tbe difference. She put the snake in tbe frying pan
and cooked it brown and served it with butter and pepper and salt all done
to a turn We boys were just choking with laughter all tbe time, but of
course we never meant Ben should eat any of it. When be was just going
to take a bite we told him it was a snake. Yon should have seen bow pale bo
turned and bow angry he got. Maybe it was a little mean, but 1 don’t think
we’d hare done it if he hadn’t been so smart 80 when you go to the country
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so terrible and so menacing. The
mayor, not without good sense, came ;
to the rescue.
"So long," he said in his powerful, '
finely modulated voice, "as these peo- !
pie do nothing, they shall not be Inter- 1
Born, to Joe Jeter and wife, Aug. I
22, a boy. r
Mrs. Grlsson has returned to her
home in Oklahoma .
Born, to John Loard and wife,
Aug. 21, a boy.
Pressed from choice cotton seed. Carefully and scientifically refined.
Absolutely the beat shortening on the market.
the public.
t be character, reputation or standing
SA aaTttnn; indivlduai or corpo’ratlo n which may appear in th. columns
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. don’t put on any city airs or your friends in the country may get even by
playing tricks on you.
"And when you're tempted to think you know more than fanners' boys or
girls because you've lived in a bigger place Jost remember about tbe snake
and tbe eel.” ;
for silence. Gormly assisted him in
i quelling the tumult The mayor
The pon? : stepped to the extreme edge of the
| portico; but before he could begin his
i speech, the same burly voiced man who
had been such a useful adjunct to
Gormly Interrupted him.
“We don't want to hear any speech
from you tonight. Mr. Gormly” he
roared, his great voice compelling at-
tention. and as he spoke he sprang up
on the steps of the automobile and
faced the crowd, “we want you to ask
the mayor of this city If he's going fo
sign the bill granting the franchise.
But before you do that we want you
to tell him what we citizens of New
York think of the proposition.”
Through the crowd at this moment
came charging a platoon of police, at
the head of which was the chief him-
self. The men handling their sticks
shouldered their way roughly through
the people groaning, raging, swearing,
about them. Connell laid his hand on
the speaker and sought to drag him
from the automobile. . The man struck
back violently; clubs flashed in the
air. The multitude In another instant
would have been a mob. Gormly it
was who came again to the rescue.
"These,” he promptly Interposed,
raising bls voice, "are peaceable cHL
sens discussing a great public ques-
tion. I appeal to you as mayor of
this city to call off the police. Take
your hand off that man’s collar, Con-
nell,” he shouted, "or by the living
God I’ll turn this mob upon you and
there won’t be a rag left of you and
your Muecoats!”
He stepped down to the body of the
car as he spoke; and before the chief
realized what he was about he seized ,
him by the collar and threw him back- I
ward. It was a magnificent exhibition
of strength and nerve and courage. 1
"Cail them off," he shouted to the
mayor, "or I won’t be answerable for |
tbe consequences!”
As soon as he stopped, the roar of
tho mob began. Some were there who ! w
thought they had never heard a sound j lng ht“other“ma^s\houF
« __ . and )n h)g exc|t.en>ent and eager-
i ness almost jerking him Into the city
hall
and his party were doomed,
took some other course, they
still have a fighting chance,
mayor rose to the occasion.
"Gentlemen," he said, “my
shall be dictated by yourselves.”
"Answer! Answer! No speech!"
roared the crowd.
"Every man la entitled to his
chanoe,” said Gormly, "and I beg you
to hear.”
“I will pledge you my word,” con-
tinued the mayor, “that so far as I
have power the Issuance of this fran-
chise shall be determined by the ejec-
tion. If I am so fortunate as to re-
ceive a majority, I shall take It u a
sign that you indorse the policy which,
with an eye single to the public inter-
est, believes that it demands the
granting of this franchise to the
Gotham Freight Traction company,
which has already served you so well.
If on the contrary, my distinguished
opponent shall prevail, the matter will
be left for hla determination.”
“You won’t sign the bill if It comes
to you thenY’ asked some one in the
crowd.
"I will not, and I will use what influ-
ence I have to see that It is not pre-
sented to me,” waa the answer.
"Nothing,” said Gormly, “could be
fairer than that The issue is clearly
and sharply drawn. If you want to
perpetuate the power of the Gotham
Freight Traction company, you have
only to re elect the present mayor. If
you want to resume your own control
of affairs, you have only to elect me.
I don’t ask you now which It shall be.
I don't want any more cheering. I
want you to go to your homes and go
to work. Good night.”
He sank down in the automobile,
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TFen'lemen—" be held up • piet* ~thoroughly aroused, hls voice rIng 1 hg
of paper. One of the tall lights in the
square illuminated his face and figure.
His every action was distinctly visible
to the multitude—"I have here in my
hand a check, certified by the City of
Gotham National bank, for two and
one half millions of dollars. Before
tk!s ordinance was passed this eve-
ning not ten minutes ago, I offered
this sum of money as a forfeiture,
binding me to pay ten millions for the
franchise in question. I offered to
subscribe to an agreement whicb
would limit my own returns to six
per cent upon my Investment; and
promised that the people should have
every cent of profit over and above
that legitimate amount The offer
was refused; that check was declined. Of disapproval arole that it was like
but It still holds good. I make the 1 the breath of the gods and fairly
shook the ancient stones of the hall.
"Now, air," said Gormly, "you see
what our masters the people think.
They wish me to put to you a ques-
tion If such a meaaure comes be-
fore you, will you veto it or will you
not?"
The mayor was in a dilemma, a
fearful one. He was quick enough to
see that his whole political future,
the future of his party, practically de-
pended upon his action. If be did not
declare his purpose to Jreto the bill, he
If he
would
The
way, now entirely dark, it suddenly
stopped In obedience to a signal from
" > tonneau. A hand was laid on
J Gormly’s shoulder, and a voice' he
1 knew and to which he thrilled spoke
to him.
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Mies Haldane Listens to ■ Declaration.
For some distance the automobile
sped onward. Before one of the big
wholesale buildings on lower Broad*
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ly at Gormly, he gave an order to hla , '
man. and. followed by tha curses and | .k"’
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Yes, Vice-President Sherman waa
eminently correct, and, as he said,
' insurgency is on the decline." Vide
report of republican convention in
s ' bleeding Kansas,” where the Al-
drich-Payne tariff bill was con-
demned—which a T*xas democratic
legislature, by the way, hesitates to
do—and “Aldrlchism" anj “Can-
nonlsm,” which most of us regard
as synonyous with “republicanism,”
was utterly repudiated.
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Tbe circulator requests that
the attention of subscribers again
M called to the postoffice ruling
whereunder all subscriptions over
three months in arrears must be dis
continued under penalty of endan-
gering second class mail entry.
Without that second-class mall
privilege the Record and Chronicle
any other paper, is up against
So if your subscription is throe
months behind and i8 stopped, you’ll
understand the reason and not take
offense at the circulator or the
management. The best . „y, any-
way, is to keep the subscription
paid up, for that gives you
privilege of raising sand If you
to get the paper on the dot.
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BACK TALK.
Confederate
the next
but it still holds good,
offer not merely to the cringing, sub-
servient, whipped-into-line aidermen,
but to you, the people.”
"What're you going to get out of
HF' asked a voice.
“I am going to be elected mayor of
New York by you men,” answered
Gormly. "I am going to get the con-
sciousness that I have an opportunity
to give New York a clean, decent,
a law abiding administration, without
graft. I am going to put the people
in the enjoyment of their rights. I
made my money here. Every dollar
of It you gave to me. I am giving it
back to you. We worked together to
make It; I by selling you good goods
and telling the truth about it, and you
by paying a fair price for it and com-
ing back if you were not satisfied.
We will work together in the same
way now. If you give me the oppor-
tunity to administer the affairs of the
city, I pledge my business honor, at
which no man can point a finger, that
I will do It honestly and honorably to
the satisfaction of honest and honor-
able men, or you can throw me over.
“Now, remember,” the speaker con-
tinued as wild cheers greeted this an-
nouncement, "that clamor and glamor
don't win elections; that shouting and
cheering are all very well in their
way, but it is votes that count,
must see that your votes are
posited, and then you must see that
they are fairly counted. I beg that
you will disperse now, go home, and
make it your business to see your ai-
dermen about this franchise. Do it
quickly and do it hard.”
"Well see them now!” yelled one
voice after another in quick succes-
sion.
“Let ’em come out here!”
"We'd like to talk to 'em!"
"Give us a chance at them!"
"Where’s the mayor?”
The square Was in a tumult again,
which even Gormly for the moment
was helpless to control.
Now Hen. Peter D. Warren was In
the city liaH. He had heard all that
had been said, and witnessed all that
had been done Although he was a
briber and a corruptionist, he was
not without courage. It seemed to
him that the psychological moment
I for his advent had arrived. Therefore,
he hastily made his way through tho
Tbe overland stage proved too ;
were there. Miss HAidane!" bn
exclaimed.
"Didn’t you see soar' asked the girl,
a note of disappointment in her voice.
"And didn’t you see met' put In
Mias Stewart opportunely.
“Well, girls,” said Uvlngstone Hal-
dane, "bow long are you going to
keep up stopping here?”
”1 was about to suggest," said Miss
Stewart, “that Mr. Gormly and I
change places. I don't want to talk
to you particularly; but I know that
Eleanor wants to apeak to Mr. Gorm- ;
ly, and—”
The words were not out of her
mouth before Gormly had leaped to |
the street and opened the door. He |
assisted Miss Stewart to the place he I
had vacated, and took her place in the |
big roomy tonneau. Aa soon as the ex- |
change had been effected, I I
started up the street again.
“I am sure now that I was aware
of your presence, Miss Haldane," said
Gormly quietly. "And because of that
I know that I never spoke better.”
"It was a great occasion," waa the
reply, "and great occasions make
great speeches.”
“That and the consciousness—uncon-
negatlve was put,^when such a roar, scious, If you will, if I may use such
> a contradiction—that you were listen-
ing—dare 1 not saj*sympathetically?—
carried me through.”
“It was glorious. You played upon
those people as I might play upon—”
"Me,” said Gormly softly.
“Upon an instrument of music,” con-
tinued the girl. “I think your election
is sura.”
"I think so too." was the answer;
“but I am not indulging in any over-
confidence, and there is to be no
weakening of effort until the last
minute.”
They had by this time reached Four-
teenth street. Although It was long
after the ordinary time for the issu-
ance of the latest editions of the news-
papers, newsboys were already crying
accounts of the episode on the streets,
and papers wem being bought eager-
ly on every hand.
"Mr. Gormly," she turned suddenly
full upon him, "why have you said to
my brother that I must not come to
the store any more to consult you on
business matters?”
"My dear Miss Haldane,” said Gorm-
ly. “I did that for your sake.”
"But whyf
“I have ascertained that I am be-
ing shadowed by practically all the de-
tectives of the city ball force; that
I, am watched constantly ; that all my
visitors are noted; and I did not wish
to Involve you In any notoriety what-
soever. Therefore, although I had no
knowledge that you would come or
that you wanted to coms, I thought It
proper to advise you through your
brother not to do so."
“Of course I wanted to come,” salfl
the young woman, earnestly. “I have
read every scrap pertaining to the
campaign. I have done what I could
among such friends as I was able to
Influence to get them to aid you. It
was through me that Ldvingstone
proffered his services. I even tried
my father, but I have been unable to
make apy impression upon him; and
I wanted to hear from you directly
how things were going.”
"I realize all that you have done,
and you can't Imagine, Miss Haldane,
how great a deprivation it was to me
to send such a message, and how hard
a course it was to decide upon.”
“I made Livingstone bring us both
down here tonight. But I never
dreamed that I was going to be the
spectator of such a scene as that
which has just happened. I don't be-
lieve there was ever anything more
dramatic or splendid in tbe history of
American politics. Why, ft waa like
a new Declaration of Independence!
When that multitude surged back and
fortii, crying, yelling, threatening, and
muttering, I followed every emotion in
my own heart. I never was so thrilled
in my life. I am glad to have lived
through this, to have seen it, to have
been a small part of it.” ..... - -i - - --
“You can't imagine,'.’ said Gormly, field stands the monument erected to the memory of tbe champion of tbe
“how great a part of it you have been. Slaves^and near by is tbe cnbln where Brown resided at the time of the battle.
I will not say that I am doing it all
fered with. March your officers up '
here to the steps of ths city hall,
chief!" he cried. |
There was nothing for Connell but
obedience. Shaking his baton fierce-
like a trumpet, “that you have no
need of police protection in the pres-
ence of the people of New York.”
"Let me speak!” said the r^ or.
“No!” thundered the cro^ “Wo
don’t want to hear you speak!”
"Mr. Mayor,” said Gormly, "these
people want to express an opinion to
you. Fellow citizens, thoae who are
in favor of indorsing the action of
the council in granting the franchise
to the Gotham Freight Traction com-
pany will say aye.”
Every henchman, everx, follower,
every ally, every official present, cried,
"Aye!"
It made a hravd. showing until the
For its Confederate pensioners
Texas expects the next quarter'y
payment to-^reach ,tha mun..icienr
sum of $10.50 per cap.ta. Forty-
two dollars a year for a man in
indigent circumstances arm unable
to make a living ia an indecent
recompense, and the rich . .ate of
Texas ought either to make the
pension worth while or stop mak -
ing a pretense at granting pen-
sions Tennessee, whic^ contribut-
ed more men to the Federal army
than to the Southern, gives its ex-
Confederate pensioners $3Oo a year,
and that's not any too much—
Record and Chronicle.
Certainly the present Confederate
pension appropriation ig grossly
inadequate ana penurious. If the
old soldiers, the worn and weary de*
fenders of tbe Confederacy, are en-
titled to monetary reward at all,
they are entitled to a generous
bounty. To
—1 at the
/ Pectoral
covered with perspiration and trem-
bling with nervous excitement.
Amid tumultuous cheering and ap-
plauding, tho crowd opened a itne
through which the big automobile
slowly moved over toward Broadway
and then sped upward through the
night.
Connell turned to the mayor. “Shall
I drive these dogs out of the square?
Curse ’em!” he cried.
Nothing would have suited the
mayor better; but policy would not
permit.
“No,” he said', "just picket the ap-
proaches to the city hall. Let the peo-
ple alone. They will disperse now.”
Indeed they were already beginning
to break away.
“Well, you’ve gone and done it now,
for sure," said Connell, giving the nec-
essary orders. "Unless you get eleo»
ted, the Gotham Freight Traction com-
pany’s busted.”
“We’re all 'busted,' as you say," said
Warren gloomily, "unless I am
elected.”
The maypr turned away and walked
Into the city hall. Rutherford met
him at the door.
‘1 want to congratulate you,” h^
said, "on your course.”
“Do you approve of it?”
"Approve! It was the nerviest sort
of a thing for you to do, but the only
thing. That damned Gormly had you
dead to rights; but you took the wind
out of his sails."
“I don’t know,” answered the mayor,
nervously. “What will Llffey and Ben-
son and ehe rest say?”
“I don't know,” returned Ruther-
ford; “but whatever they say, it was
the only thing on God’s earth to do,
and they ought to be glad that you
had the nerve to do it. Now, we've
got to win the election”
"Yea,” said the mayor; "but how?”
Outside the city ball a slender, quiet,
but shrewd looking man edged his
way carefully through the rapidly dia-
persing crowd until he caught sight
of Connell standing on the steps
scowling at the multitude, black rage
in his heart.
"Well," said tbe chief, as the man
came close to him, "any news?"
"I have a clue,” was the answer.
"Come In here!” said the chief, lay
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