Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1910 — Page 2

— ll* - j A Bit of i 1 Detective Work i J By an American Girl Who J Was Engaged to in J Englishman. J ! By BEATRICE TUCKER. ! 2 — • 2 Copyright, 1910, by American Pre* • Association. , .»»»•••••••••••••••••••••• Among the marriages of American girls to titled Englishmen was that some years ago of Miss Emily Kltson to the young Earl of Hartmore, The earl came over to claim his bride, bringing with him his cousin, who was best man. Harcourt Berks, the earl, and this cousin. Stanwood Berks, had been brought up together from ehlldhotxi. Harcourt was an only child, and Stanwood stood next in line as heir to the title. The wedding occurred at the home of the bride’s parents in New York, all the arrangements that pertained to the groom being performed by his best man. After the ceremony Stanwood conducted the clergyman to the library, pointed to a desk on which there were pen and ink, and there the marriage certificate was written. Stanwood received it from the clergyman and took it to the bride. The earl and his lady sailed Immediately for England and after a tour in Scotland settled down on the family estate. A son. Lord William Berks, was born to ilie pair, who grew up to be a fine fellow. He was extremely fond of his mother and said that when he married he would choose an American wife, claiming that he owed much to his mother's broad American views, so different from those of Englishwomen of birth, who lived very narrow lives Eate brought him and Dorothy Sands of Chicago together on the eve of his majority. She was a merry little elf. at times appearing very stay . . other times showing gr.t Im s. They met in Naples n..< a. e engaged in Rome. Fro.a . l.e went to England to inform In nine of his engagement to one i r >wu countrymen. He found • ~;ff ring under a blow that i had f I . n flu:' ig his absence. On L-<ij 1. "tmore's arrival in Eng-1 land m r her marriage in New York she 1; ollected a number of papers and a other articles that must be kept, but were not likely to be needed, and put thorn in the vault kept for the storage of valuables. Having occasion to use an old document, she had gone to the vault to look for It. There she saw her marriage certificate. Opening kt, she was filled with astonishment. There were only the printed letters, none In writing. Having informed her husband of the circumstance, a thorough search wag. made through the family pavers

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•• -AM* ■«■ I ■ *aw*i»ina»m tw* ■ in theT <.* ■ . .ng a certificate that had been led < m and signed by the oCiclating Jergyman. Lady Hartmore remendiOi'od Stun wood Berks, l«rst man nt thu wedding, handing her a marriage . ertif, :.te and remembered looking nt It and seeing that It had been duly executed. She also remembered ph- :;tf It on her arrival In Enft land In the treasufe vault. Nevertheless here wns a form for a marriage I certlfica'e that li.id apparently tier?* been executed, and there was no other I nt hand. Lady Ilartmore wrote to a brotnet I in New York asking him to discover it the marriage had been recorded and I received a negative reply. The painful fact that no evidence of 1 the marriage between Lord and Lady ilartmore existed stared the couple in the face. And how explain the mystery? Xiatiwood Berks was appealed to and said re could remember nothing I about the matter except giving Lady Ilartmore nti executed certificate. Ho I had since been married and had sev ernl children, his oldest son being a few years younger than Lord William. The position was this: At the death of Lord Hartmore, since there was no i evidence of his marriage with his wife, Stanwood Berks could claim the title and the property as next of legitimate kin. Lord William on his arrival at home went at on. e to find hfs mother to tm notince his engagement. He found li >r sunken in gloom. To have to tell her son that so far as his inheritance was concerned he was Illegitimate was a painful task. Naturally the blow fell upon him with equal severity. lie had proposed to ? T, ss Sands as the rightful heir to finai title and estate and If Stanwood Berks or after him his sou chose to claim both they could substantiate their right to inherit and he would be a beggar. ' Miss Sands was to be in London within a month, ami it was decided between Lord William and his mother to await her arrival before mentioning the change that hail come over the family fortune :. To write her love letters without showing that there watrouble at hand Lord William found Impossible -It any rate, the young lady, suspecting something had gone wrong and having been educated on the American method to take care of her own affairs, persuaded her mother to go with her at once to England. Lady Hartmore and Lord William met Miss Dorothy in London and gave her the situation. “Well," she said after hearing it. with a bit of that which the English : people call American twang and with a businesslike air. "the firat thing to be • considered Is, What are we going to live on If you’re turned utit? Fert,’.j nately father is wealthy, and 1 have something in my owe right frem grandma. So that’s settles. Next. I’ve always had a faacy for defective work, and 1 would like io iatcruat myself in getting at the bottom of this mystery.” There was something rafrashisg 18 this Yaivkee keartimw*. and I.*Ay Hartmore, who recog*iaa4 the igrgiMi American girl, smiled for tke ta*: time in mouths. As for tie y»»ag lord, he folded his haui.ee ia ki* »ra» Miss Dorothy so>eut several hsurs

one morning wltli Lady Hartmore, notebook and pencil in hand, asking innumerable questions and noting the replies. Then alio asked to be Introduced to Stanwood Berks. He was invited to dinner. Dorothy when the function was over said she didn’t like him. The Hnrtmores went to their home in the country, and Dorothy remained in London. What she did there she kept to herself. After awhile she wrote Lndy Hartmore that she and her mother were going to follow out their itinerary in a trip to Scotland. The Hartmorcs hnd relatives in Edinburgh, and Dorothy risked for n letter of introduction to them. The letter was sent, nnd Dorethy went to Si otland. Thcro she chatted glibly w.th the branch of the Ilartmore family to whom she hnd been introduced and when she departed was spoken of as "that inquisitive American." Lord William was to meet Dorothy in London, nnd Dorothy wrote him to bring the blank certificate of his mother’s marriage with Idm. When he arrived he asked her what she intended to do with it. She put her head on one side and. looking at him saucily, said: "Don’t you wish you knew?" "But surely you will tell me, your fiance.” “Do real detectives go about telling people of their clews?” "I won’t tell any one." "Certainly not. because you won’t know. They say a woman can't keep a secret, but a woman detective must.” He got no satisfaction and was obliged to content himself with the part of a lover, leaving whatever wan serious to his "American girl,” as be called her. One morning Mr. Stanwood Berks received a letter from Miss Dorothy that sent hitn to London posthaste, and he was closeted with the young lady for an hour. What transpired between him and her she kept to herself with ail the rest of the mores she was making. When Mr Berks returned and again met his cousins, the Hartmores, be was very much changed. He had aged ten years. He was silent, distrait and had lost all that was genial In him. He got away from them as soon as possible. Dorothy's last move had been made, l and she was ready to report results, I She wrote that if convenient for Lady Hartmore she would spend a few days . with them, when she would have something of importance to communicate. Ixdy Hartmore responded favorably, and one morning the detective appeared. Gathering the earl, his wife and their son in a room and locking the deor. she Mild to them: ’Tve wonked it all out.” "What have you worked out?" asked the eoufctoM. ”I*vw did you de it?” asked Lord "Come, toil oa,” laid the ouri impatiently. yea knew, I get a let of in forsttUon before I started la truia yon, laiity Kartuiore. I eeusolUd lawyeas end fuuod out all about the maryvage laws in your eouutry. Something I learned put me bi mind of yuur visit w ta-otiaud soon after your marriage, ao, as you know, 1 went there. I met a lot of people who remembered your vtait and asked many questions. They called me the Inquisitive American. Wasn’t It funny? At last I found an old friend of yours, Lord Hartmore. to whom you introduced Lady Hartmore as your wife. That, according to the Scotch laws, made her your legal wife.” "Upon my word, you are right!” exclaimed the earl, delighted. “Wbe wa* the man?” “John Murchison, a classmate of yours at Oxford.” “John Murchison! Will he swear it?” “Here is his affidavit.” While the earl read the paper there was a triangular embrace among the others; then Dorothy continued: “You know, I didn’t like Mr. Berks and got an idea that he had tampered with the marriage certificate. I stated the case to chemists, and one of them told me that a certain—here It is,” drawing a slip of paper—"solution of iodide of starch when used for writing appears much the same as ordinary ink, but completely disappears in the course of a few weeks, and nothing will restore it. Having learned from you that Mr. Berks had taken the clergyman after the wedding to a desk of his own choosing on which to fill out the certificate, I concluded that he had filled the inkstand with this iodide of starch. 1 asked the chemist if it would leave any trace, and he said It would. I took your certificate to him. He tested it and found traces of what I expected.” Dorothy was interrupted here by ex- ■ clamatlons of surprise and Indignation and on the part of the earl one of mingled pain and sorrow. "I sent for Mr. Berks.” continued Dorothy, “and showed him what I hnd done. On my promise to tell this to no one but you three nnd to pledge you not to prosecute him he signed tnls confession." Berks hnd yielded to the temptation, ‘ thinking that In case his cousin died before him he could claim the title ; and the property. Dorothy Sands became Lady William and In time Lady Hartmore. The family swear by American women. ’ A Test of Friendship. A gentleman tried the following peculiar way of probing the ties of friendship. He sent letters to twentyfour intimate friends asking for a loan of a pound. Thirteen of the two dozen friends did not reply at all. five de- • cllned to lend the money, two promised to send It on the next day and did not do it, one sent his "last 10 shillings,” and only three sent the full sum asked for. The supplicant and all the “friends” he had written to are well off.—London Mall.

A WOMAN’S TACT. The Actress Spoiled a Scene, but Soothed the Angry Star. There Is a pretty story of Modjeska and n new lending woman who wns to piny the part of Elisabeth tn SeliUler’s dreary play, “Mary Stuart." The new loading woman, who was to assume the part of the red haired sovereign, wns a beautiful young person whose acting experience hnd been limited to n few seasons in modern society plays. On the night of the first performance, in the most important scene of the dramn, where the captive Mary confronts Elisabeth In Fotlierlngny park, nil was not well. The new lending woman, wearing a wig for the first time In her carver nnd looking uncomfortable In the high Elizabethan ruff, was 111 nt ease in the beginning, nnd, losing one of the chief words and thereby the meter from her opening lines, she began to flounder and soon "dried up” completely. This left Schiller's unhappy Mary standing in the center of the stage waiting to be adequately Insulted. But Elizabeth's mind wns a blank, madam could see that. and. jumping to her Inst speech, the curtain was brought down. Everybody on the stage was distressed. But Instnntly the beautiful young woman, disguised as the irate Elizabeth, rushed to the star’s side and said: "Denr madam, I am so sorry, but you know you do look so lovable in this part It was impossible for me to say those terrible things to you!” For a second there was a mixed expression on Modjeska’s face, and then she forgivingly patted the speaker’s cheek and walked away.—Metropolitan | Magazine. THE STAGE DRINK. Some Sarcastic Comments Upon Its Terrific Potency. What we have always noticed about the stage drink Is its terrific potency. That there are other points of Interest in this thing we do not deny, and we are inclined to agree with a writer in one of the weekly papers who says 1 that “our actors, even the best and , most experienced of them, haven’t the i faintest notion of how to drink natI urally nnd with the air of men who are enjoying the process.” And we have frequently noted that curious unspillable quality in the musical comedy ■ drink. In this particular type of potation, which is set to music and which we may call the gay drink, the j careless gestures of the flagon holders. - who do not actually drink until they have waved the goblet upside down, have been known to make strong and thirsty galleryites burst Into tears, j eoinmUigled with reproaches. When ; falsely accused Frederick suffers a mo- : meuXury attack of depression and decides to set out fer territories exclusively saniue he pours into a small liquor glass a little very retie brandy and with a desperate cry of frenzy and despair, drinks It at one go. Sometimes li is half a glass of uoncorporeal claret. But the result is the same. Falsely accused Frederick Instantly starts his Apaube dance with the grand pianoforte, and friends who believed in him, Mitering at that moment, say, “Good heavens, he’s drunk!” The drink is potent. It cannot always be a case of weakness of bead. —London Globe. No Beggars In Copenhagen. Copenhagen Is a city of 500.000 inhabitants. During a week’s stay I have seen no seller of matches or boot luces, no gutter merchant, no blind or other affikted persons about the sti'eets asking for alms—not one single sign of distress due to poverty. I have explored the artisans’ quarters by day and late at night. There is not a single spot in the whole of Copenhagen that could be compared even remotely to the slams in our large towns. There are no unemployed hanging about the street corners, no unkempt women standing idly at the doors, no ragged and dirty children playing in the gutter. There are no dirty houses, with dirty or broken windows, mended with bits of paper, and a ragged apron or a torn bedcloth doing duty for a curtain.—Denmark Letter In London Express. An Ancient Greek Relic. As a memorial of their victory in their final and desperate struggle at Palatea to hurl back the Invading east the ancient Greeks made a tripod froffi the golden cups of the Persians' table and the bronze of their soldiers’ armor, i It bore on its sides the names of every ■ city whose soldiers fought and fell in the supreme moment of a nation's life. That tripod still exists at Constantinople, a national relic which has endured longer than the states whose deeds It consecrated. The Seventh Son. “Yes,” said the despondent man, “1 was a seventh son.” ! “And didn’t it bring you luck?” asked the superstitious one. “Well, If being obliged to wear the I castoff clothes of six other brothers is luck it did,” replied the despondent man.—Philadelphia Record. The Dear Friends. Miss Thin—Don't you think my new dress is just exquisite? Fannie—Oh, lovely! I think that dressmaker of yours could make a clothes prop look graceful. His Chance. Little Boy—l want a dose of castor oil. Druggist—Do you want the kind you can’t taste? Little Boy (anxious to get even)—No, sir; It’s for mother. Silence Is one of the hardest arguments to refute.—Billings.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG MERCER AVENUE Notice is hereby given that on the , 18th Day of December, 1910, > at " o'clock p. m„ on said day, the 1 ' common council of the city of Deewtur, | Indiana, at the chamber of the eon: ' mon council of said city, will receive 1 ; and hear remonstrances of all persons against the amounts asseeseu ‘ against their property respectively on the assessment roll hereinafter described and will determine the qties- • tlon as to whether such lots or tracts of land have been or will be benefltted by said improvement in the amounts named on said roll, or in any sum at which place and time all the owners of such real estate may attend In per- ' son or by representative and be heard. Said improvement is of Mercer av- : enue from Second street along said i Mercer avenue to the south line of j Grant street in said city. All property within one hundred and fifty feet of said improvement will be liable for assessment. The preliminary assessment roll with the names of owners and description of property subject to be assessed with amounts of prima facie assessments is on file and can bp seen at the office of the city clerk of said city. If any property within the benefitted district has been omitted from said roll, or where a prima facie as- . sessment has not been made against ! property Lable to be assessed and which should be assessed, the same at | such time and place of hearing will be | placed on said assessment roll and be assessed with the special benefits ■ accruing to same by reason of said 1 improvement. Said assessment shall be final in the matter of improvement. Witness my hand end the seal of said city this Sth day of December, 1910. HUBER M. DeVOSS 259t7 City Clerk. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. i State of Indiana, Adams County. In the Adams Circuit Cclirt, November Term, 1910. OH Adams County Bank vs. The ' Decatur Filler Company. No. 8005. , To the creditors of the Decatur Filler Company: Notice is hereby given that by an I order of the Adams Circuit court, ‘ made and entered in the above cause i all creditors are ordered and directed : to file their claims with the undersign- . ed receiver, appointed in said cause, within thirty (30) days from this date. Dated this 10th day of December, 1910. F. M. 9CHIRMEYER, Receiver. A. P. Beatty, Heller, Sutton & Holler, Attorneys for Receiver. 291118 GOOD PROPERTY FOR TRADE. Want to trade the property, house and barn, corner First and Jefferson streets, Decatur, Ind., for a farm. Inquire G. L. Bobilya. Willshire, Ohjo. 293tf i LOST—A gold chain and locket, either at the school house or between Central building and Mr. Miller's residence. Please return to Dr. ' J. M. Miller or this office. Money for Christmas Don’t let the Christmas stockings of your loved ones go empty simply because you are temporarily short of money. Call on or write to us. We can help you fill ; them. We will loan you the monley in any amount: from 310 to SIOO, on household goods, pianos, organs, teams, fixtures, etc, with- ; out removal. You can have from one to twelve months’ time in which to pay it back, in small weekly or monthly payments, as you prefer. $1.20 is the weekly : payment on a SSO loan for fifty weeks; other amounts at the same porportion. Remember this: Our - dealings are confidential. You get the money without delay. Our t rates are most reasonable. ; i If you need money fill out the , following blank, cut it out and mail it to us. Our agent is in De- ' ' catur every -Tuesday. | NhlW ... I Address ’ Ain't Wanted Kimi of Security Reliable Private , H l oan Company EMsbltrhed 189# Room S See- 0 1 end Floor, 70# Calhoun Street, fe Home Phone, BSS. * Fort Wayne, !nd £

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