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... thankful, madam, that you have come to your senses even at this last mo ment! There is not au instant to lose. Where is the letter?" She darted across to a writing desk, 'unlocked it and drew out a long blue envelope. "Here it is, Mr. Holmes. Would to heaven I had never .seen it 'How can we return it?" Holmes muttered. ''Quick, quick, we must think of some way ! Where is the dispatch box?" ''Still in his bedroom." . ':' "What a stroke of luck! ' Quick, madam, bring it here!" - . i , A moment later she had appeared with a red, flat box in her hand. I "How did you open it before? You have a duplicate key? Yes. of course you have. Open it!" j From out of her bosom Lady Hilda Lad drawn a small key. The box Hew open. It was stuffed with papers. Holmes thrust the blue envelope deep down into the heart of them, between the leaves of some other document. 'The box was shut, lo;j2J and returned to the bedroom. j "Now we are ready for him," said Holmes. "We have still ten minutes. 1 am going far to screen you, Lady Hilda. In return you -will spend the time in telling me frankly the real meaning of this extraordinary affair." "Mr. Holmes, I will tell you every thing," cried tlie lady. "Oh, , Sir Holmes, I would cut off my. right hand before I gave him a moment of sor row! There is no woman in all Lon don who lores her busbund as I do, and yet if he knew how I have acted liow I have been compelled to act-fhe would never forgive me, for his own lionor stands so high that he could not forget or pardon a lapse in another. Help me, Mr. Holme ! My happiness, liis happiness, our very lives, are at stake! 1 "Quick, short!" "It was a letter of mine, Mr. Holmes, n indiscreet letter written before my marriage a foolish letter, a letter of n impulsive, loving girl. I meant no liarm. and yet he would have thought It criminal. Had he read that letter 2iis confidence would hare been forever destroyed. It is years since I wrote It. I had thought that the whole mat ter was forgotten. Then at last I beard from this man Lucas that it had passed Into his hands and that he would lay H before my husband. I Implored his mercy. He said that he would return my letter If I would bring turn a certain document which he de scribed in my husband's dispatch box. He had wme spy In the office who had told him of its existence. He assured me that no harm could come to i my iusband. Put yourself in my posi tion, Mr. Holmes! What was I to do?" "Take your beband into your confi dence. j It, dr It madam; the time grows tnat agam woum mean a ession of the past. I came to you rrTrn?i S An 0rder to understand th full enormity of my offense. From thj Instant that I grasped it my whole niipd was turned to the one thought of 0 Uuv. iu.y uusDana-s paper It mist still be where Lucas had placed !lU1'11 was concealed before this sadful woman entered the room. If had not been for her mmin t DUJUm u;:ve Known where his hkl in i place was. How was I to get Into th 3 room? For two days I watched the pi ice. but the door was never left or en. Last night I made a last attempt W hat I did and " how I succeeded vou h. ve already learned. I brought the p: per baok with me and thoueht of d- stjroykig It. since I could see no way of rnmruiug it WItfiOUt confewiW tyw ilt.to my husband. Heavens, I hear step upon the stair!" v The European secretary burst excit edly into the room. fAny news, Mr, Holmes, anv newB he cried. "I have some hopes. Ah, thank heaven I" His face be- cAme radiant. "The prime minister is liinching with me. May he share vonr pes? He has nerves of steel, and yet know that he has hardly slept since ds terrible event.; Jacobs, will you 3k the prime minister to come up? as you, dear, I fear that this is a matter of politics. We -will Join you in a few u tinutes in the dining room." f The prime minister's . manner was s ibdued. But I could see by the srleam of his eyes and the twltchingg of his t ouy hands that he shared the exclte r lent of his young colleague. "I understand that you have some t ling to report. Mr. Holmes?": "Purely negative as yet," my friend answered. "I have inquired at everv point where it might be, and I am sure at there is no danger to be nnnw. ended." 'I could not, Mr. Holmes, I could not! On the one side seemed certain ruin; on th other, terrible a k seem ed, to take my husband's paper; still in a matter of politics I could not un derstand the consequences, while In. a matter of love and trust they were on ly v too clear s to me. I did it, j Mr. Holmes! I took an impression of his key. This man Lucas furnished a duplicate. I opened his dispatch box, took the paper and conveyed It to . Godolphin street." "What happened there, madam? "I tapped at the door as agreed. Lu cas opened it. I followed him into his room, leavin the hall door ajar behind me, for I fwtred to be alone with the man. I remember that there was a woman outside as I entered. Our busi ness was soon done. He had my let ter on C desk. I banded him the doc ument. He jrav me the letter. At this instant there was a sound at the door rm - " . xuere were steps in the passage. ! Lu cas quickly turned back the druozet. thrust the document Into some hiding piace tnr and covered K over. vvnat nappenea after that Is like come fearful dream. I have a vision of a dark, frantic face, of a woman's voice, which screamed In French 'My waiting is not In vain. At last, at last I have found you with herf There was a. savage struggle. I saw hLm with a chair In his hand; a knife gleamed In ners. I rushed from the horrible scene, ran rrom the bouse, and only t next morning in the paper did I learn the dreadful result. That night I j was happy, for I had my letter, and I had not seen yet what the future would bring. . ! "It was the next morning that I real ized that I had only exchanged one trouble for another. My husband's an guish at the loss of his paper went to my heart. I could hardly prevent my self from there and then kneeling dows" at nis feet and tellimr him what I ha But that is not enough, Mr. Holmes e cannot live forever on such a vol- ano. V e must have something defi nite." "I am in hopes of getting it That is hy I am here. The more I think of the matter the more convinced I am iiat the letter has never left this louse "Mr. Holmes!" ! "If it had it would certainly have been public by now." j "But why should any one take It in Order to keep it in this house?" 1 am not convinced that anv one Old take it." Then how could it leave the dis patch boxr j "I am not convinced that it ever did eave the dispatch bor "Mr. Holmes, this Joking Is very ill timed. You hare my assurance that it eft the box." Have you examined the box since Tuesday morning?" ! "No. It was not necessary." j "You may conceivably have overlook. bd it" "Impossible, I say ' ;- ' "But I am not convinced of ft. I bave known such things to happen. 5 I presume there are other papers there. H " may have got mixed with them." ; It was on the top." 1 i Some one may have shaken the box and displaced it." j "No, no; I had everything out." j "Surely it is easily decided. Hon." said the premier. "Let us bve the dispatch box brought lu." The secretary rang the bell. i "Jacobs, bring down my din.ifch box. This is a farcioal waste of time, but still, if nothing else will satisfv you, it shall be done. Thank vou. Ja cobs; put it here. I have alwavs hnd the key on my watch chain. Here are the papers, you see letter from Lord Merrow, report from Sir Charles Har dy, memorandum from Belgrade, note on the Russo-German grain taxes, let ter from Madrid, note from Lord Flow ers Good heavens! What Is this? Lord BeJlinger! Lord Bellinjrerr , xne premier snatched the blue .velope from his hand. I "Yes, it is tt-and the letter is tact. Hope, I congratulate you." t "Thank you I Thank you! What a weight from my. heart J But this is in conceivable-impossible. Mr. Holmes. you are a wizard, a soroerorl How did you know it was there? "Because I knew It mi nowhere eJse." - noiines turnea away smiling rroin the keen scrutiny of, those wonderful eyes. . ': ; ?"We also have our diplomatic se crets," said he, and, picking up his hat. he turned to the door. -i , ?' THE END. - MYSJtriY F DREAMS. Vhe Wondera tlie Brain Seei, In Fraction of a Second. It is not unusual to hear one say that he has been dreaming about something all night, when possibly his dream oc-' cupieu oniyt a very short time. Many attempts have been -made to measure the time occupied in a dream, and rec ords appear from time to time in the papers showing that often elaborate ones occupy, but a few seconds. The following Incident is told by a gentle man who vouches for its accuracy: j He was engaged one afternoon with a clerk in verifying some long columns of figures that had been copied from one book to another. The numbers, representing amounts in dollars and cents, were composed of six or seven figures. The clerk would read, for in stance, "Fourteen, one forty-two. twelve," making the amount of $14, 142.12, and the gentleman would an swer, "Check," to indicate that the copy was correct Page after page had been read as rapidly as the words could be uttered, each number receiv ing the "check." The work was drowsy, and it was with difficulty he could keep his eyes open. Finally sleep overcame him, and he dreamed dreamed of an old hors had been accustomed to drive twenty- urv wr tuirxy years ago. COLOR OF CIGARS. riie Black Weed Are Not Always the Stronet Ones. Probably there Is not one smoker in a thousand who Would not be surprised and, in fact incredulous if he were told that the color of a cigar 'is absolutely no guide to its strength. Yet such is the case and a fact well known to ci gar manufacturers and importers. The belief of smokers that cigars f dark color are strong and those of a lighter snade are milder is, in point of fact as fallacious as it is general. This is but one of many delusions harbored by consumers of tobacco which practical cigar men have smiled at and indulged from time immemorial. - A: maker of Havana cigars uses but one grade or blend ofj tobacco in the body or filler of his cigars. Exactly the same. stock is used in his conchas as in his perf ectos, in his claros as in his maduros. After the cigars' are mnriA however, his "selector" takes them in hand and classifies them according to the relative shades of the wrappers. This is done to effect a uniformity in the appearance of each box of cigars' and to enable the dealer to readily In dulge the whims of the self deluded smoker. ' - ' - . Inasmuch as the wrapper constitutes not more than one-tenth of the cigar, it will readily be seen that the degree of Its strength or mildness is very incon siderable in effect In this connection, however, it is interesting to note that tobacco tradesmen versed in. the intri cacies of the industry rigidly bar the light colored wrapper from their own smoking tables, knowing that it gener ally inaucatee that the leaf was prema Troubles Cured. Ha vmff compounded a poultice of wonderful absorbent and curative -properties for the positive and permanent relief of almost everv char acter of stomach troubles, the undersigned will jrladlv send, express pre paid, a complete course of free treatment to a limited number of suffer ers, the oxAj compensation asked is the privilege of referring to the ap FntheiVlocalitpUred) in corresPndin with the future prospective patients No Testimonials Solicited. No Names Published. All that is required is your, name, address, full particulars reardin" vour case, accompanied by t ils offer. flSSOCIftTBD DRUG STORES Salisbury Evening Sun. '. Lduisville, Ky. til .-ftiMilrt .Jf He could not recall any special incident connectwi with the dream except the looalirv a n, turely cut aoid improperiy cured and tb distinct sight of the horse and of that lt topafrs the flavor and burn of tike buggy to which he bad driven him. clSar- Cubans, who, by the way, He awoke suddenly and. as a numhor notably partial to mild tobacco. was ended, called "Check." v He was a,vokl smoking light colored cigars lust conscious of having slpt and of hav mg dreamed and said to the clerk: "Charlie, I have been asleep. How many of those numbers have I miss ed?" -None," he replied. "You have checked every one." Close question ing developed the fact that of the fie- ures $14,142.12 he had heard the fonr- Aenders of the fragrant weed. teen and the twelve but had slept and Whether cigar smokers will ever dreamed during the time occupied in awaken to the fact that a dark cigar Is rapidly uttering the words "one forty- anything milder and Invariably as they avoid eating a green orange or an unripe banana. - The prejudice of these natives and of tobacco tradesmen is a logical oneand serves to throw into bold relief a pe culiar misconception of facts which is Dotn amusing and embarrassing to two" He tried bv raiding rfh mr vuuaw. A-K bers to measure the time and thinks it could not have been more than half a aeeond. ' Another story is told of a man who st before his fire in a drowsy condi Oan. A draft blowing across the room Bet a large photograph on the mantel to swaying. A slender vase was " in front of it and the man re members , wondering, in a mood of whimsiral indifference, whether the picture won Id blow forward and send the vase to the floor. owwuwr ouu more axomauc tnan a light cigar remains to be seea. Tobac co Leaf. AT A MAORI FEAST. Otftf WelooiiM sad a. Slip on ttm Part o the Cook. , Telling of his experience at a Maori feast the New Zealand correspondent Of London Public Opinion says: j The Maori girls did a pretty welcom ing dance, singing and dancing slowly uacKwara all tne way till we srot to Finally a gust of wind did topple the inclosure around the meetinghouse en- parsure. ana it struck the vase. The man remembers having been curiously relieved in his state of drowsiness that at test the "kl thing was going to fall and be done with it" ; Presently he was in the midst of a complicated business transaction m a western city miles away. All the de tails of a new and' unheard of scheme wre coining forth from his lips, and a board, of directors was listening. The scheme prospered. He moved his fam ily west. Fragments of the JourneT thtther and glhnpsea of the fine bouse he bought came before bis vision. A crash woke him. The vase had struck th floor. He had dreamed an unlived life covering years, and all In tke time it took for the rase which he had seen toppling before he fell asleep to fall five feet and break. Youth's Companion. MAGIC IN TIBET. F"t o the WonM Workers of tfce I ..- d of Myirtrry. ! India and neighboring countries are the home of mystery and the black arts. Even in. the centers of civiliza tion there are fortune tellers and won der workers to' whom supernatural powers are attributed by those who seora superstitious belief. Says a writ er: "Tibetan reddlr (whare purie), where the speeches were" to be made. Then the older people cut amazing capers, shouted themselves hoarse and made the most repulsive races you ever saw by way, of welcome to their chief. Chairs were put for us on the veranda of the. whare, which was prettily decorated with beautiful palms. 4 After some time of this and the pres entation of mats, etxv we were invited . - into tne wnare to lunch. ' rt was laid most correctly on big tables with cloths, but the menu consisted of roast duck chicken, beef and sucking pig and, so it is said, potatoes, peas and Knemaroe (sweet potatoes), cooked in a Maori oven. I chose cold duck, with peas and potatoes. The duck arrived quickly, but the Maori girl who brought n? saw, witn Droad smiles, "The pota toes aren't cooked yet I" So my hinch wubwum or auck, bread and two oranges. Just as I finished the potatoes arrived in pretty plaited green flax baskets. OUR IGNORANCE. That It la Very Real the TlAnff8 We t lnt Know Prove After all are we not still ignorant of much which we feel we ought to understand? Apart, from the creat taws or electricity. Woman's Dress. i But, my dear, good Odo. a womnn'a nusoand is not the man a wifle dresses rer. bhe makes 'herself as attractive as she can for everybody worth know ing. You must be an extraordinarv person if you suppose that I am erinr in for the red and green transformation treatment for you simply for you. A woman who is really a woman and not a hockey player has to watch the fash ion as closely as a cook watches a not and the married woman of the present day must do all she can to look like the unmamed woman of yesterdav. It is the married women who are the most popular with men. It Is the married women who control politics, the army, literature and the stage. Therefore cant you see how necessary It is for them to do all they can to remain at tractive? lied hair and green eyes? ruue reetn and amber eyes if neoeseory or black teeth and white eyes London World. ; THE CENTO. What the Word Strictly Mean and What It Means In Poetry. A cento is strictly a coat made of patches. In poetry it Is a piece wholly composed or verses or passages taken from differept authors and so placed together as to form a new poem with a fresh meaning of its own, According to the rules laid down by Ausonius, author of the famous "Nup tial Cento," the pieces may be taken j-ruiu one poet or from several. The Empress. Eudoxia wrote a life of Christ in centos taken from Homer, and Al exander Ross used Virgil for the same purpose. The foilowtng are modern Instances: I only knew she came and went (Lowell) LIlfee troutlets In a pool (Hood. She was a phantom of delight fWords worth), And I was like a fool (Eastman). New Neck Bauds aud Buttons Sewed on Free of Charge, "One kiss, dear maM," I said and sighed (Coleridge), "put of those lips unshorn" (Longfel low). She shook her 'rtnglets round her head (Stoddard) . And laughed in merry soorn (Tennypon). Jnst a Hint. -Johii, slie said softly, "have you been saying anything about roe to mother lately ?' v is the Perfection of Laundering. Every trace of soil removed, the gar ment ironed to faultless smoothness, 4and no wear on the button holes, neck band or wrist ' bands-perfection, in a word. Do we get your next bundle? Antiseptic Laundry. Ill 1-2 S. Main. Phone 24 CASTORS Tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of n l mvr i light and beat over and over again that, living in the about which we know something, but mountains near the city of Lassa. ther not an, are we not - almost "I cannot believe my eves-!" He ran wildly to the door. "Wbere fa my wife? I must tell her that nil k wn HiWa! Hilda r we heard his vnW on the stairs. - The premier looked at Hbimea 4ffh twinkling eyes. Come, sir,- said he. There i rrr- icua uicrcris iu eye. now came the letter back In the boxr A- '' T " ' - ' : ; "I I ; lLQJjQjJLA OMWffB)E')M) Ban- tfeirssfiiiinigj ) sstBe sit WATCH THIS SPACE. I Salisbury, ; i ? V North Carolina. are" men possessing extraordinary pow- wre, ujuni rrom ana fr higher than tne ordinary lamas. These men cure the sick by giving tnem rice to eat which they crush out or tne paddy with their hands. Thev perform many other remarkable feats. We are told that a young Bengali in 18S2 testified before a number of re spectable witnesses . that while travel ing in Tibet, in the neighborhood of 'the lake of Manasarawara, he met one of these men accompanied by a num ber of chelae, or pupils. The master saluted him and, finding- that he had nothing to eat, gave him some ground grain and tea. As the Bengali had no means of ob taining fire the master called for some fuel and kindled it by simply blowing on It with his I mouth. He also cured a shepherd who was brought to him suffering from rheumatic fever, then and there, by giving him a few grains of riee crushed out of the paddy which be bad in his hand." ....... Tle Importance of Advertising Time was when advertising waa re garded as "blowing one's own horn," and ' there have been In it at am fakes and frauds, just as there havo ueea m otner lines of business. AH that has changed very Deroeotrhrr tn the, past three or four decades. Busi ness men .have realized that the WnrU is too large to ask the oeooie tn t bent around . and find out for ttwwrv eves what the manufacturer makes and what the merchant has to selL Th possible consumer must be found and tod about what . Is ' for sale and wtw be should buy it That Is all thep f to advertising. InUanapoMs Stai. " 1 hopelessly ignorant of some of the laws which govern the lives of animals? Do we Know, for Instance, what is the law which makes It possible for a bee car ried five or ix miles 'from her home, blind la a dark box. to find her way back to the hive? What Is the sense exercise by the antennae of the vir gin moth which, set out m a muslin box on lawn, attracts suitors from woodlands scattered away in all the country round? What is the attraction felt or choice decided upon by the tendril of the climbing plant which turns aside from the smooth wall to catch at and wrap round the nail or the ledge or the projection which Is to help U upward? t All that is unknown, hardly even guessed at, and if there Is so great an Ignorance of what can be seen, is it logically to be argued that loere is not a greater Ignorance of wnat is unseen? One thine at least is certain the reality of that ignorance- juonaon Spectator. urn i If it is a gocart, a room of Matting, an iron or brass bed, a pair of lace curtains or anything to fur nish or beautify the home then call on The SpenGer ouscfurnisIiinQ 60 SPENCER'S LEADING FURNITURE DEALERS. -T'PETtCE'R, JV. C. WE SELL FOR CASH O OPON FASY PAYMPNTQ O OR HOTEL Mf . I I. r 9e m Ovralars. It appears . that : the monarchies of tees, well governed as they seem to be, are afflicted nevertheless by organized criminal classes- sneak thieves and highway robbers.4 Some of these robber bees go to strong bands to . pillage and are able td storm and sack a hive. Aft er the slaughter they carry all the pro vislona home. Some colonies of bees nerer workj they, lire entirely by rob bery and murder, e , y Tbete ae also thieves who creep un percevwl mto strange hives to steal boney. If euccessfnl they, return after ward wta hordes of burglar bees, break open the honey safes and carry away the contents. - But the most curi ous faot is that these bees can be arO fidalry produced, according to Bucb ner. by feeding the larvaA nrvn hArm I wh hrandv. London Tlt-Btta. Broadway, 36 1 Herald Squal MOST CENTRALLY LOCATI i . r ;UI ' te l. UITS 2 f i ai - ;r REDUCED RATES f Abates tor rooms 810-and upward ; ir02nath $3- 4-00 and $5.(X oatn, 55.00, 6.00 and $8m single' room. Write for Booklet. SWEENE Y-TIERNEY HOTEL CC T1 W o i i jTOTT TTTh i
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