Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1912 — Page 3

When the Sheriff Failed

By Chara Inez Deacon

(Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary Press.) It was such a trifling thing that on* would have laughed at the idea it would bring such results. Old Slade, who had been a gardener at the Elms for a decade, gashed his right hand on an old tomato can hidden in the grass and had to carry that arm in a sling. There was work for him to do, but as he couldn’t do it onehanded a helper was advertised for and came down from the city. The Elms was the home of Ashton, • the broker. There were only two others in the family—his wife and his daughter. Gertrude. That Miss Gertrude was engaged to young Mr. Davenport, the novelist, had not excited the country to any great exteijj, .He came down with the father every Saturday noon and remained over Sunday. He had written many a tale where the lover was a hero and the girl a heroine, and where romance and adventure were thicker than rabbit tracks on the first winter’s snow, but the course of their true love had been almost monotonous. They hadn’t even been attacked by a ferocious grasshopper while sauntering about the lawn. Theirs was a gentle, every-day cooing, and neither party suspected that an old tomato can was going to introduce thrills and throbs. Old Slade didn’t like his helper, who gave his name as Griggs. Griggs knew his business, but be was vain and conceited. He thought himself a Don Juan. He had read novels in which chauffeurs, gardeners-and stable boys married the heiress of the family, and he was on the lookout for just such a financial transaction. It was his hint to Old Slade that he was going to win the heart of Miss Gertrude Ashton Within thlrty days that got the old man down on him and made him rall out: ■ ‘‘You let up on being a conceited fool and attend to your work, or you won’t last here a day longer.” And then what does Miss Gertrude do but find out and in a spirit of mischief seem to encourage the hopes and alms of Don Juan? Just like nine girls out of ten, engaged or not! She paraded around; she sighed; she asked questions; she said she wished She twisted Don Jua'n into knots inside of four days, and if he ever doubted the truth of these novels he came to believe in them now. A shock awaited him just around the corner. z Griggs came on a Monday morning. Mr. Davenport did not come down the following Saturday. Old Slade could have dropped a hint the first day that Miss Gertrude was engaged, as (he matter was public property/ but he was suffering with his hand, and then it wasn't bls business to be dropping hints. By Friday of the'following week he decided to go to a hospital in the city and have his hand treated. He would be gone four or five days, and Griggs would have charge. That wasn’t the shock Griggs was to get; that was the glad hand. With old Slade put of the way there must follow declarations of love and an elopement and marriage. \ One of the first things he would do after the couple bad been forgiven and he had been installed as the sole and only son-in-law would be to break Slade’s neck and discharge him with a ha! ha! During Saturday forenoon he was too busy with the lawn mower to declare-his love, and shortly after lunch Mr. Ashton and the lover arrived. The lover was greeted with such cordiality that Griggs went tc the kitchen and asked, the cook: “Who is that jackanapes that came down with the boss?" “What! You speak of Mr. Davenport in that manner!”- yas exclaimed. “Then vho is Mr. Davenport?” “He's what they call the fl-an-say of Miss Gertrude, and you’d better look out what you say about him.” “Do you mean they are engaged?” “ffure thing. Goiug to be married as soon as her aunt gets, back from Europe. It’s a real love match.” Mr. Griggs’ wobbling legs wobbled him to his room to sit down and think things over. The cook was a liar! Miss« Gertrude was not in love with Mr. Davenport. He, Griggs, had met up with several young ladies who were in love, and they were not sighing and looking friendless. If Miss Gertrude were engaged, then she had been forced into it by a cruel father, who was hard up tor cash and was selling her to Davenport. Or the latter young man had caught on to a crime committed by the broker, and was demanding bis daughter’s hand as the price of silence. he left his room Griggs knew just what he would do if he got the chance, and he felt that be was a man to whom chances came. _ At 11 o’clock that night Mr. Davenport strolled in the grounds to smoke a cigar before going to his room. At about five minutes after the hour, as was afterward remembered, an auto stopped for a moment in front of the gate and then sped onward. ’ At ten minutes after 11 an arm was thrown around Mr. Davenport's neck.

a knee was prisssi into the small at his back, aad he was garroted as neatly as the job could have 'been done on the Bowery in its pelmiest days. Not a yell for help—not a struggle! He was gagged and shouldered, and when he had got his wits back he was in the gardener’s room. It look seme time for the victim to understand where he was. Griggs was.inr no hurry'to tell him. He sat and gloated over his captive for awhile, and then removed the gag and asked: “Do you know me?” A:?. “I think I saw you cutting the grass,” was the, reply. v/ -Tl. am Griggs, the second gardener, and you have crossed my path!” “But how r “Through some villainous plot you hope to marry Miss Ashton. She does not love you, and I propose to foil you. In fact, I shall marry her myself.” ■ , - -

"If you will untie these cords I will smile,” answered the young man. “You can do your smiling after Miss Ashton and I have eloped together. I have uncovered and shall foil your plot. Why, man, you deserve to be hung, and what can I say of the father who Is'aiding and abetting!” 3 ... “Ape you a fool, or a lunatic?” demanded Mrs Davenport after a silence in which he tried to answer the question for himself

"I may be either, but I’m not a black-hearted villain.” “Youcah besent to prisonfor this assault.” "But I sha’n’t ba You two unmasked villains will not dare to raise a hand. That’s all. Open your mouth to the gag.” The butler had remained up for Mr. Davenport to come in, so that the house could be locked up for the night After a eouple jf hours had passed he aroused the house and a hunt was begun. Griggs was called down, but he had seen nothing. The grounds were* gone* over, a horn blown and the missing man’s name shouted, but he could not be traced. When morning came the sheriff was telephoned to, and he came out with two constables. There was an allday search without result Then the auto was remembered and the sheriff gave it as his opinion that the missing man had been seized and carried off for revenge or to be held for ransom! Acting on that theory, he spent most of the night telephoning and telegraphing. Griggs had been very officious in the search, and just at'dusk he came in to find Miss Gertrude alone on the veranda. It was an opportunity and he whispered: “The villains have been foiled!” "What do you mean?” "Be in the arbor at 10 o’clock!” "You idiot, what do you mean!” the girl flung at him as she saw the grin on his face. "I love you!” And that settled Mr. Griggs. He had sufficient sense to see that he had made a mistake, and as he had nothing to pack he took the highway, at once. It was the girl, at a family council, that figured out that Griggs had had something to do with the strange disappearance, and she, afterward led the search of the outbuildings. Mr. Davenport was no more used up than a man that had been starved and gagged for twenty-four hours would nathratly be. and after a day or two was all right. They didn’t overhaul Griggs, because they didn’t want to, and- Mr. Davenport agreed with his fiancee when she said!: “Why, I think it’s positively nice that we can point to a bit of romance in our courtship! It was getting too humdrum!”

Job for Actors.

“One class of persons with whom actors out of a job stand high is the. managers of department stores,” said a theatrical agent "They covet them for floorwalkers. If men hanging around here looking for work wbuld take that kind of a job not many of them would need to be idle. "Managers in city shops offer them places, and country storekeepers write and telegraph for them. Actors make ideal floorwalkers. They are graceful, they are suave, they know how to please women. “But it is as much as a man's life is worth to mention such a job to the average actor. His pride is a precious possession, and he would rather go j hungry' than work in a store in New I York. Some of those who go broke J on the road sometimes accept a place as floorwalker in southern and west- j ern towns for a few weeks, but the • manager who can induce an actor to turn floorwalker in New York is smart enough to be elected president.”

Kisses Missent

James Rankin Young, superintendent of the dead-letter office, Is now getting on in years, but he sees more | of romance than almost any other ' man in this country. He looks through the love letters which are missent, either through wrong addresses or j through incorrect spellirg, by the Romeos of the United States. He came across one not long ago which had been in an envelope bearing the following address: "A Big, Blue-eyed Strawberry Blonde.” Although it is his business to try to locate, the senders of missent letters, bo can'make no progress in the work when the communications bear such signatures as "Your darling," "Oceans of kisses.” and "Your baby, dear.”— Popular Magazine.

An Objection.

"Why do you object to women in politics?” . -2-—3 ...... : “Because,” replied the statesman, *T put my faith tn the p'*!n people. And no woman will consent to be classified as plain."

Mackinaw Steamer Coat Pretty and Convenient

Photo, Copyright, by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.

The long coats have been foufad to be somewhat in the way, so the Mackinaw has become very popular. The various pockets are especially fascinating to the girl who never can have one even in her gown. The Bowler hat can be adjusted in many ways and on a windy day can be veiled.

HAT AND TIE SETS EN SUITE

Accessories That Add Immensely to the Effect of the Most Simple " Costumes. If you are a pretty girl, filled with the ambition to be always smartly garbed and have not an overplus of money, you can help out your wardrobe wonderfully by means of hat and tie sets. First of all, provide yourself with one of the new small frames of turban or bonnet shape—whichever most becomes you—and cover it with taupe or black velvet as either of those tones will Record, with any shade which you Tpaydesire to put with them. Then make several bands of precisely the length to fit about the crown of the hat and hook them under bows of broad ribbon. The band may be of fur, of feathers, of a single long plume, of embroidered net or velvet or of silk or worsted flowers, but it should fit tbe crown aa perfactly that it can be whisked off in a minute’s time and- replaced with another of a different sort Matching neckties are made of the same materials, but in two ways. A favorite model consists of a band twice the width of the one fitting the hat, and secured under the left ear with a long-ended and Short-looped bow of reversible ribbon velvet Another model consists of a wide band shaped precisely like a stock. This, closing in the back, fits the throat closely, and is trimmed with a fourinch wide plaited frill of ribbon or taffeta matching the bow of the hat band. ■

New Material.

One of the prettiest materials of the moment is soft crepe voile, patterned with Turkish toweling. The latter fabric has not, on the whole, much to recommend it as a summer choice, the coarseness of the ruffled surface giving a woolly effect, which makes it hardly ideal for the hottest summer weather. In a combination, however, of porcelain blue and white, the two fabrics look delightfully cool, the toweling forming a border to the hem of the skirt and the wide cuffs of the bodice, while above the hem, on the plain surface of the crepe, occurs a row of raised china blue roses in toweling.

Dainty Collar.

.To wear with colored linen dresses, a sailor collar of sheerest mull is most effective. It requires a half yard of material. After cutting the collar out, finish the edge with an inch-wide frill of finely pleated net to match may be made with rounded or square corners and edged with the pleated net If a touch of color is desired, a row of fea&er stitching where the net is Joined to the collar supplies it

Alliance Ring.

While the wedding ring is of the foremost Interest to the groom, yet it is often discussed jointly by the bride and groom. And to them a new wedding ring is being offered this year called the “Alliance ring." This appears to be one solid ring, but is actually two, the joints being invisible, and whenever engraved the ring is separated by inserting a pin In the inside pinhole, which separate the two rings, and the marking Is done on the inside surface.

GIFTS TO PLEASE BRIDESMAID

Originality Should Be Alm, and a Little Forethought Wilt Bring Desired Results. Every bride likes to have something original, and as the ideal gift should be something ‘ln an endearing forn\ and the tendency of the season is to have many bridesmaids, the question of expense has also to be considered. It is now quite smart to give a pair of gold or enameled hatpins with intertwined initials of bride and groom and the date of the wedding. Equally appropriate are these set with birthstone of the bride or the different bridesmaids. Small charms for watch or chatelaine in bridal emblems are pretty. These might be a tiny garter in deep yellow gold,a weddingbell with Initials of bride and bridegroom and date engraved on it, or any oval locket, plain or jeweled, bridegroom. On the right side should be a large monogram of the bridestwined Initials of the bride and brldegroom. Shoe buckles are attractive gifts, and particularly acceptable just now* Recently a bride delighted her wedding party by presents of oblong buckles studded with rhinestones. Gold or silver card cases are popular gifts just now. The real gift is one that can be worn for the wedding ceremony itself.

SIMPLE COIFFURE LIKED

While elaborate pins and ornaments are worn in the hair now, the tresses themselves are arranged with simplicity. The coiffure for the evening shows a large knot, low on the bead, encircled by a braid which is held in place by large rhinestone set pins and a barrette to match

Tired Eyes.

For tired eyes, try lying down for a half hour and putting cool compresses of boracic add solution over them. Make toe compresses by dipping pieces of sterile gauze into a pint of that has had a third of an ounce of boracic atid too* dughly mixed in ft.

HAPPENINGS IN THE CITIES

Swordfish and Sharks Fight to Death

NEW YORK. —That hardiest of hardy ship news annals, the story of the deep sea quarrel between swordfish and whale—lt was a shark this time —reached port in good order the other day on board the stanch ship Caledonia. It was a calm and beautiful Sabbath morn at sea. The Caledonia plowing her way through a bottle-green ocean, was 60 miles due east of Montauk Point. Captain F. H. Wadsworth was on the bridge. Passengers and crew lazed idly on deck. All was peace and tranquility. Suddenly some one with keen eyesight espied the perennial commotion in the water just off the ship’s bows. All eyes at once peered seaward, expecting to be rewarded with a view of the usual death struggles between shark and sworflsh. To their utter amazement and delight, what should meet their wondering eyes but scores—aye, scores—of swordfish and sharks frolicking in friendly play about the ship! It was easy to see that they were making a splendid Sunday dinner of bluefish, mackerel, porgies, flounders,

Sorority Girls Read Their Bibles

DETROIT, Mich.—Sorority girls have taken to reading their Bibles. The sixth verse of Solomon's eighth song is that part of the Holy Scripture, holding for them toe greatest meaning. “Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm, for love is as strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave; the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.” That’s toe verse fraught with a double meaning for each sorority co-ed who would peer into the future, and fine the name of her husband to be. How do they do it? Listen. First you get a small Bible. Then you get a door key and one-half yard of red twine. You open the Bible at the eighth chapter of Solomon’s songs and lay the key within (the Bible so that the round part of the key comes out over the side of the Holy book, and the other end just touches the word "heart.” Then you close the book and wrap it with the red twine. Then two girls support the book suspended by placing the tip of the third finger of the left hand under the round part of the key, never touching the book. A third person repeats the alphabet. A, B, C, and so on, and the key twists the

Boys Bat Revenge On Gid Teachers

ST. LOUlS.—Eight young women <rf toe Hawthorne school in East St Louis, who have been teaching the young idea how to shoot, atjempted the other day to show how to play baseball. There is a dispute as to whether they succeeded, the teachers maintaining they were victorious by a “perfectly awful score,” and the unabashed boy pupils declaring, "aw 1 , dem biddies don’t know nuttin’ about de game.” The fans gave the decision to the boys. * A quiet little rumor to the effect the teachers would appear in bloomers brought out hundreds of fans. After toe women appeared in skirts the crowd showed a seemingly unjustified-

How a “Dock” Waiter Served the Soup

BALTIMORE, MD.—Charles F. Mung phy, during the recent convention, deigned to breakfast in the main dining room of the Emerspn hotel. It was usually morp comfortable for r convention guests (if they had pull enough to get toe service) to dine in their room. But it was the quaint mood of Mr. Murphy to mingle with the masses. Mr. Murphy is one of the most scholarly looking person* in political life these days. He looks more like a college profeasor than Woodrow Wilson or George Harvey of the bar-rel-hooped spectacles ever did in their lives. Thus, then, be sat at one of the tables in the main dining room of the Emerson. Waiters were scarce bn Baltimore. A number of energetic, though unrefined, persons from the water front (more used to hand trucks and the bale hooks than toe napkin and toe MBs card) had been hired to fill toe emergency, and had been disguised in dress clothes. One of these, bearing a silver tureen

young halibut and other well-known varieties. The Caledonia’s passengers said the swordfish averaged 20 feel, in length, and that, while the sharks were not quite as large as that they were Just as numerous. Having feasted on the tat of the sea, the monsters of the deep frolicked some more, darting hither and yon through the salt sea waves. Playfully, the swordfish ran their swords beneath the bodies of the sharks and tossed them high in the air, then deft ly caught them and repeated the performance. The sharks, in turn, took playful swipes at the swordfish and chased them all around the ship. This continued for an hour, when one of the swordfish erred in his judgment of distance and caught a shark on the point of his bony nose, piercing the* shark and ending his career then and there. With the death of their schoolmate, the sharks, becoming infuriated, taro* ed upon the swordfish, and the battle which iff accounts—was indescribably horrible. One particular pair of fighters were watched by Purser Johnston, who said that the sword of the great fish broke off in ramming the side of the-Cale* donia after missing a vicious thrust at his enemy. Before the swordsman of the deep could save himself by flight the shark had killed and begun to devour him.

Bible around whenever the letter fck reached which spells the name of the “husband who Is to be." The while one must be repeating the verse quoted above. Last Sunday In the Eta Bits He sorority, three maids perched on the davenport In the living room. One was grave as an owl, for It was "her" fortune that was to be told. *: “A, B, C, D, B, F. G," tolled off the maid slowly, and the book hung suspended, motionless. “H" droned the maid, and, whiz, the key fairly turned Itself out of the girl’s hands. “He-he-he” giggled the maids and tried It again. In turn came the rest of the name “arryand as each letter was told off, there were more "hes, hes, hes, hes." Then began the last name, and letter after letter it spelled it output by that time it had grown too serious a thing to be giggled over.

desire to kill the umpire toe rest of toe game. Ross Crenshaw, pitcher for the boys, shocked and pained toe women by throwing the ball over the plate just as hard as ever he could. The outfield lay down and rolled over when one of toe women indignantly asked “How in the world could anybody Mt a little old round ball when you throw ft real hard?” The game lasted three innings. When one of the young women was called “out” at second base, her teammates were a unit in declaring the decision faulty, prejudiced, out of order, ungentiemanly and reversible. When the umpire gently Inquired why they took that view of it, they) answered “because.” He wps up against ft and allowed' toe runner to return to second. The game was called off at the end of tha fourth inning because the women were afraid they would get hit with, the ball—because their clothes were* getting dusty—because they were tired, and —because.

of beautifully red tomato soup, bore through the aisle of the tables along which sat Mr. Murphy. The waiter’s solar plexus and the shoulder of Mr. Murphy met in a head-on collision. The beautiful red tomato soup was spilled across Mr. Murphy’s coat just south ot and a few inches below his right ear. It was poured out with all the accuracy of a steam dredge discharging a bucket load of mud into adump car. But the dock front man met the crisis like a hero. He grabbed toe napkin from Mr. Murphy's lap and. scrubbed toe Tammany leader's shoulder with it “It's all right old pal,” be said soothingly. “It’s all right There’s no harm dons at *H, I’ll fly It ‘bo,’ ;*u fix ft-