Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 302, Hammond, Lake County, 11 June 1907 — Page 3

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Tucsda, June 11, 1907.

THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES.

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PURCHASED BY US AT A DISCOUNT OF NEARLY SO This is by all odds the most remarkable Skirt Purchase ever consummated by us and offers to the Ladies of Hammond and the surrounding towns the greatest opportunity to secure one or two fine Dress Skirts at a price that positively means a saving from one third to one-half of the regular price. What lends particular value to this announcement and makes it of such great importance is the fact that the CRYSTAL SKIRT COMPANY manufacture on their own premises the very finest kinds of skirts. The house is known in the commercial world for the high standard of their goods catering only to the business of merchants that are able to dispose of the highest grade garments and consequently are able to pay for their goods the prices that the Crystal Skirt Company is compelled to charge, for the reason that their goods are better made, their materials are of a finer, more exquisite type and their styles absolutely exclusive and original.

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The Materials are as follows : Taffeta Silks in Black, Navy, Brown, French Louisine Silks in Checks and Stripes in the popular Sunburst Effect, Suspender Skirts, in fine Peau de Soie Silk, trimmed in bias folds of Black Velvet, Fine French Voile Skirts in Black, trimmed in Silk Taffeta, Fine All Wool Chiffon Taffeta, All Wool Plaid Panama Skirts in light and dark shades, etc. etc. An endless variety of pretty styles in none but the latest and most exclusive designs, only two or three skirts of a style, no prettier skirts were ever shown in this town.

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Sale commences THURSDAY iYlORINIIVG, JUINE 13th at 9 o'clock: but in order to facilitate the selling and to give the ladies an opportunity to make their selections at leisure we will place the entire

lot on exhibition Wednesday, when selections may be made and goods will be kept and put away

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(1'ontluued from jfterdny. The boy himself -was apparently the most disinterested person present. While listening to Isaaestein. he again experienced the o;Id sensation of aloofness, of lofty domination, amid a commonplace and insigniticaut environment. The man was clever, of course, but his cleverness was that of the textbook, a dry record of fact .which needed genius to Illuminate the printed pagt. And the.-e lawyers, reporters, policemen, with the vacuous background of loungers, the friends and bottle holders of thieves and drunkards the magistrate, even, remote in his dignity and sense of power what were they to him? of greater import than the paving stones of the streets to the pulsating life of London as it passed. The magistrate glanced at Isaaestein and stroked his chin. Isaaestein gazed intently at the packet of diamonds and rubbed his sinuous nose. There was a deep silencu la court broken only by;

the occasional shuffle of feet among the audience at the back a shufiie which stopped instantly when the steely glance of a policeman darted la that direction. At last the magistrate seemed to make up his mind to a defiuite course of action. "There Is only one person present." he said, "who can throw light on this extraordinary case, and that is the boy himself." He looked at Philip, and all eyes quickly turned toward the thin, ragged figure standing upright against the rail that shut him off from the well of the court. The professional people present noted that the magistrate did not allude to the strange looking youth as "the prisoner." What was going to happen? Was this destitute urchin going to leave the court with diamonds in his pocket worth 50.000? Oddly enough, no one paid heed, to Fhilip's boast that he owned far zaore than that amount. It

was not he, but his packet of diamonds, that evoked wonder. And bad not Isaacsteln, the great merchant and expert, appraised them openly! Was It possible that those dirty white pebbles could be endowed with such potentiality! Fifty thousand pounds! There were men in the room, and not confined to the unwashed, whose palates dried and tongues swelled at the notion.

CHAPTER VI. PHILIP knew that a fresh ordeal was at hand. How could he preserve his secret, how hope to prevail against the majesty of the British law as personified by the serene authority of the man whose penetrating glance now rested on him? His was a dour and stubborn nature, though hardly molded as yet in rigid lines. He threw back his head and tightened his lips. He would cling to his anonymity to the bitter end. no matter what the cost. But he would not lie. Never again would he condescend to adopt a subterfuge. "Philip Morland," began the magis.trate. "My name Is not Fhlllp Morland," interrupted the boy. "Then what is your name. "I will not tell you, sir. I mean no disrespect, but the fact that I am treated as a criminal merely because I wish to dispose of my property warns me of what I may expect if I state publicly who I am and where I live." For the first time the magistrate heard the correct and well modulated flow of Philip's speech. If anything. It made more dense the mist through which he was trying to grope his way. "What do you mean?" he asked.

"I mean that If I state who I am I will be robbed and swindled by all with whom I come In contact. I have starved, I have been beaten for trying to earn a living. I was struck last night for saving a girl's life. I was arrested and dragged througtf the streets handcuffed this morning because I went openly to a dealer to sell a portion to sell some of my diamonds. I will take no more risks. You may imprison me, but you cannot force me to speak. If you are a fair man you will give me back my diamonds and let me go free." This outburst fairly electrified the court. Philip could not have adopted a more domineering tone were he the governor of the Bank of England charged with passing a counterfeit half crown. The magistrate was as surprised as any. "I do not wish to argue with you," he said quietly, "nor do I expect you to commit yourself in any way, but you must surely see that for a poverty stricken boy to be found in possession of gems of great marketable value is a circumstance that demands inquiry, however honest and er well bred you may be." "The only witness against me has said that the diamonds could not have been stolen!" cried Philip, now thoroughly aroused and ready for any war of wits. "Quite true. The Inference Is that you have discovered a meteoric deposit of diamonds." "I have. Some not all are before you." A tremor shook the court. Isaacsteln swallowed something, and his head sank more deeply below his shoulders. "lien I take it that you will not in

form me of the locality of this deposit?" "Yes." "And you think that- by disclosing your name and address you will reveal that locality?" Philip grew red. "Is it fair," he said, with a curious Iciness in his tone, "that a man of your age should use his position and knowledge to try to trip u boy who is brought before you on a false charge?" It was the magistrate's turn to look slightly confused. There was some asperity in his reply. "I am not endeavoring to trip you, but rather to help you to free yourself from a difficult position. However, do I understand that you refuse to answer my questions?" "I do!" The young voice rang

through the building with amazing fierceness. Mr. Abingdon bent over the big book In front of him au scribbled something. "Remanded for a week," he muttered. "Downstairs," g wled the court jailer, and Thilip disappeared from sight. The magistrate was left gazing at the packet of diamonds, and he called Isaacstein, The clerk of the court and two police inspectors Into his private office for a consultation. Meanwhile London was placarded with Philip's adventures that Saturday evening. Contents bills howled in their blackest and biggest type, news venders bawled themselves hoarse over this latest sensation, journalistic ferrets combined theory and Imagination ia the effort to spin out more "copy," Scotland Yard set Its keenest detectives at work to reveal the secret of Fhilip's Identity, while Isaacsteln. act

ing on the magistrate's Instructions, wrote to every possible source of information In the effort to obtain some clew as to recent meteoric showers. No one thought of connecting the great storm with the "diamond mystery." Meteors usually fall from a clear sky and are In no way affected by atmospheric disturbances, their normal habitat being far beyond the Influence of the earth's envelope of air. And so the "hunt for the meteor" commenced and was kept up with zest for many days. "Have you found It? became the stock question of the humorist and might be addressed with Impunity to any stranger, particularly if the stranger were a nice looking girl. No one answered "What?" because of

the weird replies that were forthcom- j ing. j The police failed utterly In their efforts to discover Philip's Identity or residence. Johnson's Mews, Mile End road, might as well be In Timbuktu for all the relation it bore to Ludgate Hill or Hatton Garden. An East End policeman might have recognized Philip had he seen him. but the official de

scription of his clothing and personal appearance applied to thousands of hobbledehoys In every district In London. Two persons among the 000,000 of the metropolis alone possessed the knowledge that would have led the laqulrersalongthe right track. Thedoctor who attended Mrs. An-xm la her last Illness, had he read the newspaper comment on the boy's speech and mannerisms, might have seen the coincidence supplied by the Christian name and thus been led to. make some further investigation. But his hands were full of trouble of his own account. X.

dispenser mixed a prescription wrong. Iy and dosed a patient with half art ounce of arsenic Instead of half an, ounce of cream of tartar. The subsequent inquest gave the doctor enough to do, and the first paper he had leisure to peruse contained a bare reference to the "diamond mystery" as re vealing no further development!. Ila passed the paragraph unread. - The remaining uncertain element centered In old O'Brien, the pensioner. Now It chanced that the treasury had discovered that by a clerical mistake ia a warrant the old man had been drawing twopence a day jn excesg of his rightful pension for thirty-three years. Some humorist ia Whitehall thereupon sent him a demand for 103 and 15 shillings, and the member of the Whitechapel division was compelled to adopt stern tactics la the house before the matter was adjusted, and O'Brien was allowed to receive the reduced quarterly stipend then due. During that awful crisis the poor old fellow hardly ate or slept Even when It had ended the notion remained firmly fixed in his mind that the "murdherin' government had robbed him of a hundred gowlden sovereigns an' more." As for newspapers, the only item ha read during many day3 was the question addressed by his "mimber" to the

chancellor of the exchequer and the brief reply thereto, both of which were fixed beforehand ly mutual arrangement (To be Continued.)

IP tlier Is a vacant bocif, apart

meat or room ia Hammond. 70a Ct I locate thxocsh the Lake Coumtr Tint.