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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1910-05-26, Page 15TUN WIN JUNE 2 11'1u m ac iV w J'7n yor 04000 mn aJ Broedlhurow 45ruece=ruZ Pl 3' BY WWERT TYSON Edi Grows , ADHURST shuddering. "I can't stand this. 1"— "Oh, I made you think me a para - igen!" resumed the youth. "You took -'to testing my honesty„and loyalty in • clever ways that you-rttiought I'd never -discover. I stood the tests. Then you trusted inc. You fool! As if the fact that I wasn't a crook proved I wasn't' ,your enemy! You could see no farther than dollars and cents. when I didn'j, ..steal those or sell the market tips you .gave me you thought I was incorruptl= ble and devoted to your interests. And all the time I"— "You were listening at the keyhole that day last summer," broke'in Etor- irigan, "the time I pulled the office door .open, and”— "Then and always," answered Thomp- son, "and," he added, his eyes return- ing to Wainwright's, "I copied every ,confidential telegram or letter you sent. .I took down in shorthand every private `interview of yours. I tracked the checks that completed your deals, and when they came back from the vaults ,as vouchers I stole. them. I've got ;proofs, I tell you—proofs-of every •"crooked transaction you have dabbled do for nine years. I've secured proofs •of every step in this borough franchise bribery, arid I've turned them all over to the mayor here. That evidence will send you to state prison! To state prison, I tell you! To a cell, with "cropped hair and striped suit! I'll send you to prison, where you'll break your heart and be branded forever as a . couvict! And when your term is up I'll be waiting for you, and I'll kill you! Do you hear me, you foul crim- , inti ?" lie shouted, screaming hyster' 'Meetly and foaming at -the mouth in his =abandonment of insane fury. "I'm go- ring to kill you! To kill youl" CHAPTER XVIII. NDER the maniac fury that • blazed from Tbompson's eyes Wainwright shrank back in panic dread. "He's—he's mad!" cried the financier, • ".'Don't let him at me!" For Thompson seemed about to hurl sliimseif on his foe. "Go easy, son," adjured Phelan, lay - sing a restraining hand on the secre- 'tary's shoulder. • The latter, recalled to himself' by the .pressure, relaxed his tease, menacing .attitude lrnd, with hysterical revulsion of feeling, souk into a chair. burying: 'his face in his arms on the table before "Nino horrible years!" he sobbed bro. konly. "Nine awful years of slavery, of debasement! Watching, hating, •longing to crush him, and, oh, the time has come, thank God! Thank God!" "You're all in, lad!" muttered Phe- lan, passing an arm about the shaking youth and lifting him to his feet. "Come with me. I'll Send out and get you a bracer." Thompson, exhausted by his emo- tions, obeyed mechanically, but at the farther door paused for a moment and again fixed his wild, bloodshot eyes on Wainwright's haggard face. "Remember," he threatened, his Voice, dead and expressionless, "when ,you get out of jail I'll be waiting for you. And as sure as God's justice lives 'll kill you as I'd kill a dog! Nine Years waiting and—I'll murder you as you murdered my"— Phelan had forced him over the threshold, and the slamming of the .door behind the two seemed to break the strange spell that Clad fallen on all. Wainwright straightened himself, glanced fearfully about, tried to re- gain bis shaken .composure and opened his mouth to •speak. But the hurried entrance or Williams prevented \him. "Mr, tlorrigau," gasped the excited Pelee:rifler. "i've been looking every - Where for sem!" "What'§ wrong now?" snapped the ,boss, "The Borough Borough hIll's come up at last, "I'I1e gallery crowd's rough housing: •,tilt! place? Then"— , "No. they!; quiet as death: too quiet And thin, have long I01108, ntld .stringing t11111, over the"- "Call 111 the pollee. then!" ordered Ilor'rlg:ln. 'NUtv's the bale for them'. "I don't Aare," protested VVCifaine •"Those glen 111 the gallery are desi ur ate. They've deiI ('1Y10e. if"`- "rhe poll i'?" interrupted Beuuett sharply. "!'list are .yoa talk Mg about? "My (r:'('.t'rra" returned llurrigan. "1 Scut nx.7l t tt Tell them t 1" do it!" NM) mantled Bennett in anger. "Do as I 'siis,IIIIams!" counter - jarred on his be- lief In the Inevi- table triumph of good. After all. was the dreary, s e 1 f sacrificing battle against aa unconquerable foe worth while? Could the great god graft ever be checked in hls mastery of the earth? If— A rustle of skirts startled Alwyn from his dark thoughts.. "Dallas!" he cried, unbeliev- ing, as he sprang to his feet half "I love you!" she said. dazzled at the. wondrous light that transformed her face. Slosify she came toward him, her glorious dark eyes on his, her white hands outstretched iu irresistible ap- peal. At last she spoke. "I love you!" she said. TUB END. • The Blizzard of 1888. "I was living in O'Neill, Neb., at the time' of the great blizzard in 1888," said a Nebraskan, "and had just left the office to go home for dinner when the blizzard struck. I started to cross the street to a drug store, but when I reached the other side I found myself halfway down the block from my des- tination. The fine wind driven snow- flakes filled the air so that I couldn't see my hand before me. I finally work- ed my way back to the drug store, where a number- of other men had taken refuge from the storm. School had just been dismissed for the noon recess, and we knew that nearly 300 children were out in the storm. Se- curing long ropes, the crowd started out to rescue them. We found them huddled in doorways and by the sides of buildings. The children caught hold of the ropes and were led to shelter by their rescuers, whose sense of direc- tion irecttion gradually returned to them. Every one of the 800 school children in the town was got home in safety. But seven schoolteachers were frozen to death in the country during the bliz- zard and thousands of cattle died. The "thermometer fell from abput the freez- ing point at noon to 20 degrees below zero that night. It was the worst bliz- zard I ever saw, and I never want to experience another like it"—Des Moines Register and Leader. Knew Wife and Dog. A men's voice husky with anxiety, called up police headquarters the othcr night at about 2 80 a. m. It was a dis- traught husband begging the police to help him fiad his wife who had been missing since 8 o'clock in the evening. "What's hor description?" asked the official at the 'phone. Har height Weight?" "Er—er-about average, I guess," stammered the husband. "Color of eyes?" A oonfused burring !sound oame back over the wire. "Blue or brown?" prompted the °fa- oial. "I-1 don't know!" "How was she dressed? "I guess she wore her coat and hat— she took the dog with her," "What kind of a dog?" "Brindle bull terrier, weight 14 1-2 pounds, four blank biotohes on his body shadowing from grey into white; a round blackish, spot over left eye; white stub of a tail, three white lege, and the right front leg nicely brindled all but the toes; a small nick in the left ear, Rohl filling in his upper right molar, a silver link collar with—" "That'll dolt' gasped the offhlal "We will find the dog!"—Paok. Demagnetizing Watches. Very often an electrioisn or an engin- eer, or even a visitor to an electric light plant disoovere after a few days that his watch is losing a half hoar a day, or more, from becoming msgnstizai by the dynamos - In the newer stations where the most modern machines are used there is not eo mach danger from these "stray" magnetic fialds as there is around older types of machines. The apparatus need by jawlere for ()correcting this trouble consists of an "eleptfoal piece of soft iron with a hole in the oentre large enough 16 permit the watch to be inserted. Over the iron are a number of layers of fine insulated wire. Alternat- ing current is sent through the wire and When a man unfortunate it there is gene handy' an additional his fair-weather think they device known as a polarity changer mended Horrigan."Have them in and"— "Phelan," interposed Bennett as the alderman, having left Thompson in oth- er hands, came into the room, "go to the sergeant in charge of the pollee Mr. Horrigan sent for, Tell him I say be must keep his men "where they are and take no orders except from me. Understand?" - "I sure clot" grinned Phelan, with a delighted grin at the wrathful Horri- gan. ` An' I'll see they"— "You need not trouble!" croaked Wainwright, his throat dry and con- stricted with fear. "The bill is with- drawn!" "That goes!" corroborated Horrigan. "Do you hear that, Williams? Mr. Wainwright withdraws the Borough bill. Attend to it in a rush, man. Never mind about the police." "Well, Friend Horrigan," blandly ob- served Phelan as Williams hastened out, "I told you I'd cross two sticks of dynamite under you some day. Like- wise'I done it.". "What had you to"— "To do with smashin' you? Only that I put his. honor on to the bill in the first price an' then sicked him on to Roberts an' discovered Thompson an' turned him over to Mr. Bennett. That's about all. But I guess it's enough to linake your p'litical career feel like it bad a long line of carriages driyin' slow behind it. Chesty Dick, my old chum!" Horrigan had turned his back on his victorious_ tormentor and was facing the mayor. "Bennett," said he, "you forget I've still got that report about your father, and"— "Tomorrow's papers will publish it" supplemented Alwyn. "No, they won't," contradicted Hor- rigan. "That • would be bad politics. The report will hold over till"— "You're mistaken," interrupted Ben- nett calmly. "I've sent a copy of that report today to every paper in the city, and have accompanied it with a state- ment that I shall make good to the city treasury every penny overcharged in the library and aqueduct contracts. So"— Horrigan was staring at him open mouthed. "Bennett" he muttered in genuine wonderment, "I don't know whether you're the craziest fool or the cleverest politician in the state." "Your honor," humbly pleaded Wain- wright, who for several minutes had been trying in vain to draw Bennett aside for a private word, "I am an old man. Is there no way of—of showing me mercy in my"— "Yes," y','"Yes," retorted 'Alwyn. "Yots shall receive exactly the same mercy you have always shown to your own finan- cial enemies—no more, no less." "Oh, cut out the whine, Wain- wright!" sneered Horrigan in high con- tempt as he linked his arm in the ,broken financier's and hauled him roughly from the room. "What's hap- pened to your nerve? You're almost as bad as Gibbs. You're still rich, and as long as you've got plenty of ensh no law In America need ever bother on. There's lots of talk about Indictments, and arrests, and investigations. rind prosecutions, and all that sort of rot But I don't see any millionaires going to jail. Come on across to my law- 'yer's" ' The boss and financier departed with- ottt n backward look, leaving Fhelar: and Faineett alone on the tate sepal' "I }• rir lionor.'' ohsei'v('(i tae ;tt (L0:•rnnn slyly, "there's one very Impar• tint el:gl'.gement you've elenn Hermit .i;g:t ',!'here you ;1r'(" r1 minute :in l•II heall lee pose in here rant 1t'e 1i:al ,1,.S Mete in stn pm till you "0U n' :.1 in 0'1. 1101 %1' tli(i I't rile a tilt'.. He'll have to ni' • • "• Y•°' Iri•% 1t1"•• 11111111 to r1L', t'! 1.o): EJa1' Rl' eulrlin'1" The alderman sped on his mission. leaving Alwyn seated alone, detected, miserable, in the deserted committee room. Now that the crisis was past, his heart was strangely heavy. He had eon. But at what cost? At the loss of all he held dear. Alwyn Bennett knew, too, that the real fight was but just begun—a fight that had waged since the world began and must last to ,judgment day—the hopeless, uphill battle of decency ttgainst evil, of honesty against graft. llorrig11i1's sneering words, "I don't see any millionaires ,going to jail," stet` disagreeably in the young [nay of s memory. Their brute], bald truth becomes friendo have done their duty when they. say: 'Ain't it a shame!" A writer estimates the annual cost to Germany of tile Mt:obelio liquor con• stirred by her people at nearly $756,000,- 000—more than twioe the combined Dost of the army and navy, more that! four Mimes the post of 'workmen's insuranoe, gtenets a- th and ('bent five timed as e e to. til outlay for publio elementary edtb, must be used with direct current. With very little trouble and no expense sty - Otte may demaanetiza his own watch by a eilapler method. 'fake 'a heavy cord about two feet lona and tie the ring of the watch to It, Hold the string by one end and tarn the watch around until the string is twisted about fifty tnrnt+. Alio,* the string to ,unwind and ad the watoh revolves pass it slowly back and forth about two lnohes above the fields of a mater or dynamo, not smaller than a quarter h orse•p ower r white the m .. chine le running. . Great a m ust be taken to keep the watch revolving oon• utanth, while His over the motor, --Pop. tttAr Eleotrioity. �n i3E'S 7llatir; (.7 L.l ,tiT. Reason Why the Tc,.l of Co.m.;s r dint(' Away From $un, let'tiuse the tall of 0 00110 111: eNuses In Sple0tlur as; the mut) is 11p - preached and because 11 'availably points away from 111!' sun, no matter wller'e fila.comet may .bs' 1!r Its orbit, it follows that some solar Cols.(' more powerful than 41111 111!)) 1111) tuns! drive Matter from tn('. li('n.1 20 t'n"lit the trill: 11 is only recently that 0 salisfeetury ('xplautttiuu has Peet; foiled for this omaly. An in—Wreathed of force tuts been discovered to which we may at- ti'ibtite sora(' of the vagaries of 11 com- et's tail. That force is clothing le)- than the erof light, it ist ratprherssustaertling* til letu<n at tills late ally that he sunbeams which play upon green. Mass and blue water ole actually pressing the 'earth, Yet that pressure has been so accurately meas- ured that we know now that the earth sustains a light load of no less thau 150,000 tons, Why is It tbat.we do not see objects pushed into space by the solar effulgence? Simply beenuse light pressure acts not so touch or masses as on surfaces. The less the mase and the greater the surface the more pro- nounced will be the effect of light pressure. Divide a ball of lead weighing one pound into 1,000 little balls. The total weight remains the same, but the sur- face has been increased. Divide each little. ball again lnto 1,000 smaller balls. The resulting 1,000,000 balls still weigh one pound, but the surface has been enormously augmented. Carry this subdivision so far that leaden par- ticles are obtained measuring one twenty -thousandth of an inch in diam- eters Each one of these particles, if placed into interstellar space, will re- main stationary because its weight (gravitation, will exactly counterbal- ence the light pressure of the sun. If subdivision be carried beyond !lint critical diameter light pressure will wrench each particle from the !grip of solar gravitation and hurl it into space.—Circle Magazine. The Beet as Food. The beer beats all. it is one of the most valuable of cultivated plants. The sugar beet is a main source of sugar and alcohol.. The large forage beets supply an excellent food for cat- tle, and the red garden varieties pro- vide savory table vegetables. The usefulness of this valuable food has been increased by the production of an edible flour from sugar beets. The desiccation of sliced sugar beets is practiced in Germany on an extensive scale, but the product is employed ex- clusively as fodder for cattle. In Bel- gium a meal is made from dried beets. It is entirely free from the distinctive flavor of the beet and is suitable for cakes, puddings and pasiTys, .,Ass 3t con- tains about 65 per centof sugar, it can often be substituted with advan- tage for sugar in somewhat larger quantities. The processes of desicca- tion and grinding not only cost less' than the extraction of sugar, but pre- serve all the sugar of the beet, part of Which is rejected in the form of mo- lasses in the process of sugar making.! Chicago Tribune. French Artisans as Soldiers. Avoidance of military duty need not necessarily be a symptom of physical cowardice. It is frequently an essen- tial condition of industrial self preser- vation. William Jones, a member of the Society of Friends, who was in France at the time of the Franco-Ger- man war, relates a typical instance. He was accosted by an artilleryman in the Loire district. "Look at my hands, monsieur," exclaimed the man. "Well," remarked Mr. Jones, "they are hard and black enough, if that is what you mean." "Precisely," was his reply. "I am a watchmaker and was a highly paid workman. "But now, after han- dling those big guns and heavy shells, I have lost my delicacy of touch and can never go back to my proper "busi- ness. In short, I am a ruined man. There are more than 10,000 men in the army of the west alone," he added, "taken from the light trades of Paris whose case is much the same as mine."—London Chronicle. Ant Enl,rirea-. In a recent book about ants Rev. H. C. a'IeCook gives some surprising facts about the mound making ants oe the Alleghenies. Ile has measured some 'rounds more than thirty feet in cir- (tumf(trence, although rarely more than three feet 01 height. But around these there are many new mounds in course of construction only a few inches in height. They are found in groups, one of which, near Hollidaysburg, Pa., contains 1,700 nlound:e within a space of fifty stares. 'Their total population is enormous, and each• group of 'mounds appertrs to constitute a coni- munity—tin insect kingdom or empire, ln,,regnrd to their lnunbers Dr, Forel is quoted as saying that these ant kingdoms have in all probability froth 200,000,000 to 400,000,0011 inhabit."rnts, "all forming a single coplmunity and living together in active and friendly intercourse." Mussels Are Wild Animals. The rnunty council of Laneashire, hneland, has foiled it eeeessnry to am - pent to the board of ngriculture and fisheries to !,•rant trovers to prohibit OP taking of mewls for human con' etlntptiull from beds known to be don= ster'nusly rnntau11pa1ed. When the t'otuu'il approached the owners of the foreshore they were met by the ob- jection, which had been tlnbeld, that mussels were 'wild animals and there u'ds no pronet'ty In them until they were Captured. Ottehundred minion mussels are annually consumed in .Lane! etisbira. I DREAMT THAT i DWELT IN; OVERALLS. • 1 dreamt thatI dwelt in overalls, With nater° nU around mei And the smiling countryside is thralls Of deep affection bound me. I loved to milk and do the chores Around that si!Siple dwelling, And 1 didn't give a whoop outdoors Iiow grocsrics were selling. I_ dreamt that 1 dwelt In overalls, With hired men to serge ins And something when misfortune. fall9' To happily preserve; me. I heard the lowing of the kl'he As deep toned as an organ, And the thrill of ownership was mine. The, same as Mr. Morgan. T dreamt tbat I dweltin overalls, As all the railroads want me, And the city arid its gloomy walls Were nevermore to haunt me. I lived on something mere than crusts, with nothing. much to fret me, And 1 hopped around and dared the trusts To come out there and get me. ° —St. Louis Post -Dispatch. The Kind. De Critic—What kind of a cast is this? De Hamlet—Sort of a blue cast. The .tuanliger just skipped with all our sal- aries. The Triplets. An old soldier who had served his term oe twenty-one years, having ob- tained bis discharge at Portsmouth, went to the railway station with his wife and three children. He asked for two full tickets and three halves, the latter, of course, for the children. "How old are they?" inquired the booking clerk somewhat suspiciously. "Eliyin years, all av them," replied the man. "They are triplets." "Fine children, too,' pursued the clerk— "very One children, indeed, for their age. Where were they born, now?" The Irishman straightened himself as he glanced at his offspring with pride altd answered, "Well, Pathrick, there, was born in Cairo, Bridget was born in Bombay, and Micky was born over in Dladras."-Dundee Advertiser. Honor. "Some men," said Andrew Carnegie at a dinner, "have very queer ideas of honor. "I was once riding from Pittsburg to Philadelphia in the smoking com- partment of a Pullman. There were perhaps six of us in the compartment, smoking and reading. All of a sudden a door banged, and the conductor's voice cried:. "'All tickets, please!' "Then one of the men in the com pertinent leaped to his feet, scanned the faces of the rest of us and said slowly and impressively: "'Gentlemen, I trust to your honor.' "And he dived under the seat and re- mained there in a small, silent knot till the conductor was safely gone."— Minneapolis Journal. Questions and Answers. What becomes of the breakfast •when an only son eats it? It vanishes into the empty heir (air). Where are two heads better than one? In a barrel. What is that which increases the more It is shared by others? Happi- ness. What is taken from you before you get it? Your portrait. Who are the men who have made their mark? Those who can write. What is the oldest piece of furniture in the world? The multiplication table. —Boston Herald. At the Reception. "I understand, Miss Araminta," said the professor, "that you are inclined toward literature?" "Yes," said the blushing spinster. "I wrote for the Bugle Magazine last month." "Indeed! May I ask what?" asked the'professor. "I addressed all the envelopes for the rejected manuscripts," said Ara- minta proudly.—Harper's Weekly. The Best He Could Say. Mrs. Starvem—How do you like, the chicken soup, Mr. Newbord? Mr. Newbord—Oh—er—is this chick- en soup? Mrs. Starvem—Certainly! How do you like it? Mr. Newbord—Weil—er—it's certain- ly very tender.—Catholic Standard and Times. Contributing to Woman's Happiness. , He—You shouldn't speak of that man in that way. Ile has done ranch to contribute to the happiness of your sex. She—I'd like to know what he hes done. "Why, he's a mannfncturer of look - Ing glasses!"—Yoril:ers Statesman. The Degrees. "What are the degrees of a stings ban's married life?" "1 suppose they are matrimony, par- :tintony. testimony and (alimony." Baltimore American. Unwise Neglect. -ct . !lever twice oft tomorrow the collar' you should change today. -y Chicago Ii'llU1.11111111111111111,111111(1111111111114111111111111nen I s;' I1101IIIMUMI1IMICl/ .VegefablePreparationforAs- simitating theroodandRegoa- ring the Stomachs andBoweis of WWII I alms I 1R Promo! s'Digestion,Cheerful- nessandRest,Contaiils neither O nlln,Morpliine nor illinerat. J I:Yr NNiT,47,' Cl o'fi'IC. aerorara.nrZtra/-, i nnL 2 I3tm nc Sauk, Aix:Senna ! adalla Saks - Adre Sesd Peppermint - Jfi1lir ccd -'a mt a P `1'tvm feed - Jy C[:�nsih€d Sugar ilulrkyrro b Fsnw . 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