Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 50, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 November 1898 — Page 3

A FELON'S LOVE.

BY HENRY W. CHAPTER I It is .1:r.t fifteen year.- or MN since the quiet, bund rum little village of Sledgemere became famous f r a brief period, on account of th'- commieaion of a dreadful crime. fftedgemere is an out-of-;iie-way spot in SMms, h.tviug to this day no railway station within nino miles, and boasting only two gentlemen's residences and a ricarage. For nt arly thirty years the parson hail preached, and hit? parishioners bad listened. Thor- had been sqnabi tei betweea the Vicar and the Sqnlre abonr ehaacel rights. There had been good seasons and had; nine-day seanbüs had been cherished and nursed: hnl never before had the sober. stOWgoias people of the Tillage beta o atterlj startled froan iheir dreamy, ev-ery-day existence as they were on that mnm: Hde Hftorning of the 14th of July. 18About ball a mile from tie- Squire's house and on the opposite side of the viilan there wis a pretty old mansion called HYoylca, ah Ich had been occupied for a conaiderablc tlm y an elderly hachclcr named Hughes. Very little was known of him. although when in Ural cane into the aehjhborhood he brought with him Introductkats to the Hon ire. from whom be rented the house. Considering that he lived almo entirely alone, he kept up a anew srge establishment. Oecas an elderly maiden-lady name ! .M.., yecrnft. who was suppoaad to be lis niece, camp and paid Mm a ;hree or four months" visit: !mt the old man was of suck retiring habits that lie could not endure for any length of time aa9 intereferen.ee in his ways of life. So Miss Pyecroft's j visits invariably terminated in a stormy eruption on his part. caused by ; some fanc ied liberty he Imagined her to have taken in the ordering of the ! household. Of by some grumbling on I the j. ait of the servants, who by no means relished her trespassing noon their preserves. Mr. Hughes opent his time chiefly mottf, ins books and coins, of both of which he prii'.ed himself noon having a large and valuable collection. His household consisted chiefly of a hntler. a footman, a rook, and two maid-servants, besides two out-of-door men. the coachman and gardener, in such a lull spot it was no easy tank to Ket indoor men-servants to remain. The Mater of the house very seldom entertained, and even deplored having to preside at the two or three annual dinner-parties, at which the Squire, the Vicar and the local dot-tor. accompanied by their respective wives, werf hi.- chief and generally his only guest. These dinners were indeed but slow affairs, for the only post-prandial diversion ever offered was an inspection of Mr. Hughe-' coins, which were displayed in their glass cases all around the du wing-room. After th1 depart an of the gttests, these Irtan area were re-deposited in the great taken eabineti in the library, to lie by until the next festive occasion, Anions: them were many valuable SUtiqUC gold and silver pieces, and it was a common remark of the squire's, when he dined at Froyles, that he would not like to keep so DDtii h bullion in his house, for fear Oi waking up SOUM line morning and finding his throat eat! Habit, however, had become a second nature. and the possession of them coins esmsed Mr. Hughes no anxiety. TlrS WW not things people could steai, he always declared, MS the real value consisted in their antiquity, and it would be a haul matter to dispose of them. "Bitt you might melt them down." the Squire suggested. 'Meb voir u. vandmorher down!" Mr. Hughes bad replied irritably, as if the very motion of melting BOWS sack treasures for the sake of paltry dross were offensive to him. it is necessary, in toiler to tallow the revelations contained in thee page-, to be particular as to the descrip' ion of the inmates of Mr. Hughes' estabUahaieai at the time the narrative commences. The cook, Mrs. Young was an elderly woman, who had been five years In her present situation. The two maids, Barak and Anne Dodaon, were sastera, both young women, and natives of the village of Sledgemere. The footman, Edward Bsrtlett, wai a yowtk of nineteen, and bad lately been engaged with an exeelleat two years' character from hhi former msstoi. The butler. William Luke, was a man of over forty rears Of age. who had entered Mr. Hughes' service about the same time a- Bartlett In consequence of the dl faculty he had experienced In obtaining servants. Mi. Hughes had taken Luke into his servict witkout character. The man had bee discharged by his late em- j ploys r for urnperthteaee and ssmpeeted pilfering Of wine; but Mr. Hughes liked his looks, and. after cautioning ' him SS to his future behavior, eon- j Bented to engage him. Of the COachmafl and the gardener II Is scarcely necessary to say any- j thing, beeaass at the thaw of the i dreadful event about to be described the; were proved to be in their houses 1 with their respective wives and children. 1

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On the 13th of July. 18, Mr. Hughes gave one of hi; solemn dinner parties. As usual, the coins were displayed after dinner, and the old gentleman held forth with more thru his ordinary zeal upon their history, value and merit. After the guests had taken their departure. Luke, the butler, assisted by Edward Bartlett, removed the eases, under Mr. Hughes' supervision, and placed them In the cabinets in the library where they wore ordinarily kept. It was supposed that Mr. Hughes did not retire until long after midnight. He was in the habit of sitting up late and jotting down the occurrences of the day. ami writing out Ofden for tho ervaats to carry out on the following Boraiag. He was heard by the cook to be moving about down-stairs after tho clock struck one: and the under-house-maid, Ann- Dodson, declared in her evidence that she heard her master come- npstalrs and go into his bedroom just as the s'eat hall clock chimed the t hree-qtiarters after one. This witness moreover declared that. Ohe was suffering from toothache on thai Bight and could get no rest, so .-he was trying to read herself to Bleep. Hearing Mr. Hughes' step on the -tairs. she looked at her watch and was astonished to find that it was so late. Soon afterwards the clock below atrach two. and this fact impressed the time upon her mind. ('II PTBR II. On the 14th of July, the eook. Mm. Young, was the first person to come downstairs. She called the maids by rapping on their bed-room wall, as was h".' custom, and then knocked at the door of the room where Edward Bartlett, the footman, slept. Mrs. Young came down at half-past six. She was not in the habit of calling the butler, as he was generally very punctual in rising. On tlii particular morning, however, he happened to be unusually late. After having lighted the kitchen fire. Mis. Young proceeded to open the library shutters. Upon doing so she noticed at once the extreme disorderlinens of the room. A c hair lay broken on the floor, and with it a table-cloth heaped with books and other articles. as if it had been dragged suddenly off the writing-table. Upon .loser investigation she found near the chair a large pool of blood and pieces of what looked like human hair. Horrorst t icken, she searched on. More traces of blood were upon the oak boards and the stone flags of the hall outside. They seemed to lead across to the drawing-room opposite. while upon the library door were 'he smeared marks of a nan's blood-stained hand. T rrified .o'urly out of her senses. Mrs. Young had not the courage to let the light into the drawing-room. but. rushing to the foot of the staircase, she screamed loudly for help, and then fainted. When she recovered eoaseloosaess, she found ;tll the servants running about wildly, and she learned that her masters body had been found in the drawing-room with the hack of his skull beaten in and his throat cut. Luke, upon hearing Mm. Young's screams, had rushed down-stairs partially dressed, ami without his boots. It was he who li.st opened the abutters in the drawing-room. and. in tloing so. had broken a pane of glass. Upon the arrival of the police Luke iippeared so In 11 and confused, so unahle to lTe an at count of himself and his dOlagS St the time he had gone to bed on the previous night, that he was arrested on suspicion. Moreover, there was Ithxitl upon his shirt ami trousers, ami also upon bis socks. H.- declared afterwards that his socks were stained from his having trodden in the blood when he Hist came clown-stairs, and the other marks Dual have come from the cut in his band when In broke the window in tip drawing-room, His confused state, he owned, was caused by his drinking off a i it t it- of sherry which he had purloined the night hefore, after the guests had left the dining-room. The cabinets in whic h the COlttS had been placed WCTC fOOttd broken open ami ransacked, and no i races of Mr. Hughes' treasures were to he found. Near the body of the murdered man lay a short New Zea lander's club, with blood upon it. This usually hung in the hall, with similar aeapons, which composed a trophy. Hut the fact which told most against Luke v as a large clasp-kaife whlek was knows to have belonged to him buried in tin dust-heap out in the back yard. The stains upon this also bore witness to th" purpose Tor which it had been used. At the trial William Luke pleaded Not Gailty;" but circumstances pointed v rv suspiciously against him. Edward Bartlett, the footman, gave evidence which told greatly against tiie prisoner, though 'he young fellow showed an evident wish to say all he c on Id in his favor. Inder cross-exam laatloa, Bartlett had to own that he had several times hard Luke sav that -it was quite time 'he old beggar - hie BjagtCT was knocked in the head, and that if he had a heap of coins like Mr. Hughes'

he would not be long before he sold

them and went off to Australia." The dav before th nimtor t.uk. hart been notch .nil h hta neuters finding fault at the way in which the I siiver was kept, and he said r0 Bartlett in the pantry that he had had i mough Of Mr. Hughes' nonsense, and he did j not intend to put up with it much longer. Bartlett swore that Luke was j much upset throughout the day on which the dinner-party had taken place, and had been chinking freely, though he had not taken enough to make bis behavior noticeable. The two maid-. Sarah and Anne Drdson, also gave evidence, but there was nothing particular to be elicited from them. The jury, after prolonged trial. brought in a verdict of "Guilty,1 and William Luke was condemned to death. A week before the execution was to ; take plate, however it was rumored that the police had fresh suspicions, ami that there was reason to believe that Lake was SOt the guilty man after all. So far did these rumors prove correct that Lake was reprieved, but detained during her Majesty a pleasure. .Much to the world's astonishment, rospiciOB scorned to have fallen upon the young footman. Edward Bartlett, and still more were people surprised when it was reported that neither he nor Anne Dodson. the under-house-raaid, was to he found. The day after the conclusion of the trial they had left their respective lotlgingr? in Lewe, ami nothing more was known of them. Week oassed by and still the police were unable to discover the slightest trace of the miss- :., hi-, antu iuu MUUitu. Sarah Dodson. the elder sister, WSS arrested on a charge of complicity; but she was c-oon set at liberty again, as there was not the slightest evidence against her. She persisted in her original statement, that she was in total Ignorance of the whereabouts of Edward Bartlett and her sister. Anne, and also lenied any knowledge of there ever haviug been any more than ordinary friendship between the pair. Had there been any love-making between them. Anne, she declared, would have been tsure to confide ijj her. Meanwhile the public grew elamoroua for the pardon of William laike. as fresh evidence of his Innocence came to light ami circumstances which had been overlooked during the trial and which pointed most auspiciously towards the guilt of the niissIng couple were now brought forward. Luke was accordingly pardoned, ar ; his many sympathisers raised money enough to purchase for him the goodwin of a small business in London. Much was said and much was written to the papeis about the inefficiency of the police. How two people could suddenly disappear without leaving a trace behind them was a mystery which caused not only perplexity to the chiefs at SScotland Yard, hut uneaaiacga to society in general. A reward of one thousand pounds was at last offered for any information which might lead to their arrest, and a minute description was niven of them and posted up in every town and seaport of the kingdom Kdward Bartlett was described ss being nineteen years of age. with fair hair, good features, and grny eyes, and five feet live inches in height. Anne Dodson was twenty-one years of sge, of a dark complexion, with large hazel eyes, dark brown hair, and a dearly-cut profile. Her expression was described Bi pleasing" and her stature as "tall," she beinK five feet seven laches or i hereabouts in height. Hut neither the tempting one thousand pounds nor the sibes of the press at the failure of the police brought forward any information regarding the missing couple. Edward Bartlett and Anne Dodson had disappeared as completely as if the earth had opened and swallowed them eip. (To he Coatiaued.) HOW TO MANICURE It Is Very tCmy to 1 When Von Know How. Get a .small bowl or linger glass and dissolve therein ;i small piece of pure soap in some hot water, says the St. l.onis Globe-Democrat. Then soak the linger tips for five minutes, wipe dry and 1 lien witb a knife or ivory manicure implement gently loosen the layer of skin around the root of the nail, so that it can he 1 rimmed ulf with cuticle .-.eissors (especially curved scissors for the nail), ami press the skin well back to distinctly show tho i half-moon or onyx." This may not be possible at once, when the nails have been neglected. Still, two or three manicure treatments will show S marked improvement. With the ivory Implement remove any din from under the nails. Trim them ova shape with cuticle scissors, rub down any uneveniies with prepared toilet emery paper, then apply the nail powder with a chamois polisher. Rinse the- nails in warm water, wipe well and rub the nails again with polisher or with the palm of the hand, ami do this after washing, which will serve to keep them polished for a week. If the nails are brittle and dry rub a little vaseline over them each night. Perfect cleanliness is the greatest adjunct to beauty, but, for all thai, do tot wash your hands loo often. Wash eti seldom but thoroughly, they will keep in a far nicer condition than if they weif continuously being "rinsed," as it were, which simply serves M grind the dirt into the pores. Whet, gloves are worn at night be careful that they are perfectly clean inside, otherwtss the griine and dirt are absorbed by the overheated glands and the effect is opposite from what was desired.

j HELEN KELLER TODAY

MARVELOUS CAREER OF MUTE SCHOLAR. She N CrrtitiniT t li MMt R-m:t rk:0le Ucat, Daab ;ind Blind PttMt )'!,t Ras Ever Lived- -No Knowing VFhal sie Hay I et Accomplish, ELEN K ELLER, noted and 7 , ;i ' accomplish shed deaf. WL 1 dumb anil blind person in the world, is now a striking looking girl of IS with mental powers far beyond her years. She has astonished even those who know her best and has been a surprise to her teacher in her preparation for entering college. Her at uteness of perception hi phenomenal and her courage strong and unfailing. Tasks that would almost dismay a girl of her years with "eyes to see and e;;rs to hear." are met i,y Helen Keller with sctual pleasure, she seems to delight in overt oming obstacles. She is very prodceni in tl different languages ami has made remarkable progress in Greek. A typewriter with Greek characters was made expressiv for he:- use. and she and Miss Sullivan, her teacher, find some way of oncoming the seemingly Insurmountable oomtmciea tai present tnemseives in K, i a M -a a. : ei t.reat interest ls Mted in her progress by the . most prominent educators, by whom ! she is regarded as a marvel of clever-

Bess. Phillips Brooks and Oliver ' to be with me in a down-town busiWeadel Hohnes were deeply interest- j ness oflie win re her atlention wacs at-

ed in her ami their death was a great sorrow to her. She is of a most affect.jnate and gentle disposition, with a heart overflowing with gratitude to those who have Interested themselves in her behalf. Naturally enough her sympathy for others afflicted as she is is very great and she has always been HELEN KELLER AS particularly Interested in Tommy Stringor. a boy of il y. ars. who iis also deaf, dumb and blind, and who is heIna educated in Hosten by contributions from those who arc charitably disposed. Heien Keiler has been instru- : montiil in securing a good deal of money for "poor little Tommy," as j he calls him, and she is determined that be shall have the bcit education that ean he given him. He is a remarkably bright boy, but is not gifted ; wim Helen Keller's phenomenal intellectuai ability. Both he and Helen Keller have been taught to speak, but their voices are very harsh and gut tural and no' always intelligible to those who hear them for the first time. Tommy Stringer prefers the sign language and sonn- times will noi speak at all. I. aura Bridgeman was regard 'd as ; 1he most remarkable blind and de:::" mute of her day, but Helen Keller far surpasses her or any other ib-af. dumb snd blind person of whom there is any J record. A brilliant future in the world of letters is predicted for her. Ocier F.mptoy itifiits. Veneer cutting is a trade in itself; veneers are both band cut anil machine cut: the former are generally considered the best. A leaf of veneer is no more than one-sixteenth of an Inch thick; overlaid with it. common deal become to all appearances oak, walnut. Rati B Wood, rosewood or mahogany just as yon phase. Sixty square feel of veneering can be turned out by a machine within the minute; an inch of wood will yield thirty-two veneers. In this country a specially thick veneer is cut: Instead of papering the walls of a house, they are sometimes veneered with mahogany, walnut or bird's-eye maple. This veneer is so thin that it must be bached up with paper to give it strength. The best wood for the purpose is got from trees that have grown slowly in poor soil. Richly figured veneers are obtained from the roots of trees. There is a good marke ft), them smong the makers of pianoforte cases. One of the pieer occupations of mankind is that of fragging for lost snchOJ '. It is carried on in bays and rivets and even in the open pp-i fflonw th r ' r

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' schooners are engaged almost exrtn lively in the pursuit. The hunters are . at- familiar with the ground where anchors are to be found as fishermen are wi;h th favorite haunts of the living ; inhabitants of the sea. The matter of ' fishing for lost anchors is most sim- : pie. a chain i let down in a loop long enough, to drag aiong the bottom, and the vessel goes on her way, with , all hands on board air; - for a bite, and a bite usually ends In a catch. The recovered anchors are generally sold again at a price of about Ö cents a : pound, which is a penny ander the

market price for new anchors. A big anchor will weigh G.aoo pounds, so that tho fishermen make -52."0 out of it. Ifore often, however, the anchors fished up weigh from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds, and there is a pretty even then. profit in the busines DIDN'T RECOGNIZE PORTRAIT. .1 ii t Bm unter Sil, II. -Ml t Ii summer in Coaaecl it tit. uevt r before so thoroughly realWbat women must put up with I used when they go away lor tae summer solely for the sake of their children," said the head ;f a family to Star reporter yesterday. "Now. take the case of my wife, for Instance. Barl) in the summer she took our three little ones up to a small village iu Conaccticnt U) set away from the ho: Weather here, and only returned to the city a few days ago. While ehe was away she often wrote how dull and stupid it was ami how completely she seemed out of the world. Only the echoes of the war excitement reached her, bhe said, but I always thought she was making it out a bit worse than it reallv was until yesterday. j when I learned better. She happened trat teil to a picture hanging on the wall. Whose face is that?' she asked. 'There's something strangely familiar about it. and yet I can't seem to quite phico it.' 1 suppose she was having a mild sort of joke at rny expense, an1' you can imagine my surprise when I found r;he was really in earnest. Whos Sill': NOW APPEARS. portrait was it? Why. it was a capital steel engraving of a man by the name of Schley, who made a pretty big hit down Santiago way some months ago. j And sb didn't recognise it. Next summer I shall not insist on her going back to Connecticut." Washington s-'tar. OSMAN D1CN A, DERVISH ElYIIRj 'l b is is the only picture of the dervish emir. OsBUU) Digua. He ls a .gentleman srhose manipulation of the slave trade cost England both blood HIS ONLY PHOTOGRAPH, and money. The picture was taken in Suakln tor Miss Gordon, daughter of the famous general. Variety Ih the Spice of Life. For one gallon of soup hash up very fine three onions, two green peppers. ! nie stalk celery, one small piece of garlic; put the above in a mucepan with two ounces of clariBed butter and saute to a golden color. Tahe three iptarts of fresh tomatoes, bash up very line; one quart of stock or bouillon; add pepper, salt, one teaspoonful of sugar and some nutmeg; place it all together on the fire, and to it add the other ingredients, previously sauted. To this add 21 ounces rice. in.-d

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i MASONIC. PLYMOUTH KIL WINING LODGE, No. !.i9, F. and A.M.; meets first and third Friday evenings of each month. Daniel McDonald, W. M. Tolm Corberly, Sec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No -.9, R. A. M.; meets second Friday evening of each month. L. Southworth H. 1. J. C.Jilson, Sec. PLYMOUTH COMMAND'RY, N026K. T.; meefj .econd cad fourth Thursdav of each month D McDonald E. C.S L. Tanner Ree PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No :6, O. E.S.; meets first and third Tuestlavs of each month. Mrs. Mary L. Thayer VV. M.Mra. G Aspinall. Sec ODD FELLOWS. AMER1CÜS LODGE, No. 91; meets every Thursday evening at their lod-je rooms 00 Michigan st. Ed Campbell N. (i. Cha. Shearer Sec KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. HYPERION LODGE, No. 117 meets every Monday night i: Castle Hall. Eon Allman C.C Chas, S, Price K. of R. ami S. FORESTERS. PLYMOUTH COURT, No. 199; meets the second and fourth Frid iy evenings f each month, tn K. of P. hall. Elmer Weruti C. R. Daniel Cramer bee. HYPERION TEMPLE RATHBONE SISTERS, meets first and third Friday of each month Mrs J. G. Davis, Mrs. Reus Armstrong K. 0. T. M. PLYMOUTH TENT, No. 7; meets every Tuesdav evening at K. O. T. M. hall. 'Dan. Jacoby, Com. James Hoffman, Record Keeper. L. O. T. M. WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 67; meets every Monday night at K. O. T. M. hall on Michigan street. Mrs. Flora J. Ellis, Commander. Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper. HIVE NO. 2S; meets every Wednesday evening in K. O. T. M. hall. Mrs. Maggie Fogde, Com., Alma E. Lawrence, Record K eerier. ROYAL ARCANUM. Meets first and third 'Wednesday evenings of each month in Simon's hall. Moses M. Eaner, Regent. Francis McCrorv, Sec. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in K.of P. hall. C. M- Kasper, C. C. Joe Eich, Clerk G. A. R. MILES H. T1BBETS POST, G. A. R; meets every first and third Monday evenings in Simons hall Dwtght L, Dickerson Com,. Charlie Wilcox, Adjt. SONS OF VETE9AN&. Meets every second and fourth Fri day evenings in G. A. R. hall J. A. Shunk, Captain. Cora B. North, ist Lieut. CHURCHES. P E s it v T E H I A N CHURCH Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath school at noon. Junior Endeavor at 4 p. m. Senior Kndeavor at 6 p. in. I'rayer meeting every Thursday evening. Teachers meeting immediately following. Kev. Thornberry, I'astor. METHODIST, Class meeting every Sunday morning at Ü"30 o'clock I'-eaching at 10:.'5 a. m.. ami 730 p. m Suruiny school at 12 m. Kpworth leaguu ai :. p. ni. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 700 p, m. I.. S. Smith, pastor. J. VV. Wiitfong, claai leader. I). Frank !edd, sabbath school superintendent. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. St Thomas' church. Kev. Wtn. Wirt Kaymood, rector. Sunday services, 10:30 a nM 7:30 p. tn. Sunday service, at noon. Services Wednesday evenings st 7:30 Communion on holy days at It) a. in. CHURCH OF GOO (Jarro ami Water sts. llegular services 10:30 a. ni.. each Sunday. Third Sunday in each month preaching i y ,1. L. Wince; fourth Sunday by IL V. Heed. 10:30 Sunday morning and 7:30 Sunday evetune. Sunday schooH at 12 o'clock; lira itsilSOSCh Snpt. Prayer meeting at 7:30 eseh Thursday exening. INI TE I) BRETHERN. Sunday 9:90 a. m., elan meeting. 10:30 a. m.. and 7:20 p. nv, preaching by the pastor 11 :30 a. in., Sunday School, a "00 p. n Junior Y. P.C. I . meeting. '-00 p m., Senior Y. P. IX U. BMeting. A cordial Invitation is extended to the public. CATHOLIC ( ill PCII Church is held on Sundays as follows : 1-"irst mass at 7 30 a ., second mass at K) a m Vespers at 3 p. n. '. eek day mas9 at 7.1.". Pat her Moeuch pastor. ARE YOU ALIVE

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