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THE MORNINO HERALD, v JANUARY 3ril914.
A Scarcity of Army ' How.
'. 'fhe'army quartermasters who have
to do with the purchasing of horses
for the military establishment say
that there is a realty alarming scar
city of animals. Of course, the war
department is morq or less hampered
by the fact that congress has net ap
propriated sufficient money tV enable
the quartermaster's department to
acquire horses in sufficient number
to suply -all the-mounted commands.
It is hoped that during the coming
fiscal year it will be possible, to make
good the shortage in horses caused by
the distribution of troops on the bor
der and elsewhere and by the increase
to war strength of troops serving
abroad. The price paid for horses is'
abmct the same it has been; indeed
thfl' contracts most recently awarded
are at prices less than they have been
for two years. With sufficient funds
the army could easily obtain ejiou;h
horses- to supply the commands at
peace strength. If there were " an
emefericy requiring "'a large number
of horses the war department, would
have great difficulty in getting them
even with the reasonable departures
from the official specifications; This
Is due ,in part, to the falling off in
the product of those who afe raising
horses. The automobile has finally had
Its influence on animals, despite the'
assertion to the contrary, and this is
observable to those who have the task
of .buying horsea ia-quantlty; ,The mo
tor trucks ' also seriously affect the
market for draft animals, hut that has
to do mostly with the mule so far as
Ihe army is concerned. The mule will
always be a necessity, despite the im
provements which have been madi in
the motor trucks. , The' animal must
be used with the troops in the' field.
The trucks will be used for supplying
t h ec p lumn in th eje a r . A r m y a n d
Navy Register.
Diners Ages Total 200.
Two brothers and a sister whoso
ages total 240 years had their Thanks
giving dinner here today.
The sister, who was the hostess, is
rs, Jerome Reynolds, and for years
he has been accustomed to have her
two brothers, William and Norman
Banks, dine with her on Thanksgiving
day. '
A complete family"" reunion would
not have been held today, however, if
William, a civil war veteran, aged S",
had not. walked J.5miles from-HflUEl.
Kisco to their place. Greenwich,
(Conn.) correspondence' New York
Sun. . ,
A sure sign that is was a Christ-
maf present is when you see a young
man carry h's watch in a chamois
skia case. . - '
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LOOK!!
Who is' here? Madam
Loraine and sisters are
. In your town for a short
time eo have your
hand read by the won
derful - English sisters.
The mind reader wishes
you good luck. Youe life
is in your hands and do
not be afraid to haive
your hand read by these
wonderful" ladiesThey
are able to tell you the
past, present and the fu
ture. Hours from 9 a. m.
to 10 p. m. Upstairs in
Q Wright Bldg. Cor. Main
and Corcoran streets.
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Happy
. New . Year
and Be.v, Wishes to all Our
Pa trf-rs - During
1914
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Miss Emma Belle Garrod, of B?.!U-
Mrs. W. K. Mo.Bane, of llillsboro,
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Norfolk, V.
more, who has been visiting hare., ro- 'pmt yesterday in tho city chopp'iig.
turned to her' home yesterday after- "!i;! iftuiin d lit her lirtmo- hi a!-."
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CHRISTIAN & HARWARD
J. J. LAWSON, Mgr.
t' ' FVeserfec Xaeth. I
Good. lbth.&oo& Health
"If I were asked to say w hclher mere Thys!oai doterior
. ation was produced by alcoh ol or detective teeth. I should
'" unhesitatingly say defeetivo t?th;- -DrCsler.
Ph ladelrhla Painless DentisW'lc.
NOTICE.
The regular annual' meeting of Jtjic
stockholders of the Home Savings
bank, of Durham." X. q., will be heh!
in its banking office. Loan and Trulst
building Wedncray. J a Hilary ?v
1911, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the pur
pose of electing directors and trans
acting such other business as may le
gally come before said meeting.
t HOME SAVINGS BANK,
T. B. PIERCE. Cashier.
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mm NATIONAL BAliil
Wishes you a prosperous
New Year and and advises
.you to open a Savings Ac-
count at
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i Pet Cent Interest
Capital and Surplus $210,000.00
Resources $1,300,000.00
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T. B. FULLER, V-President.
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DR. Lv M. EDWARDS,
Dentist, has moved his office over
Blacknall's drug store, opposite
First National Bank.
A large number o styles
at moderate prices to se
lect from.
See East Window display.
PUBLIC HARDWARE CO.
S- A.. THOMPSON. Manager.
Opp. Postoffice.
Phone 185
tt.kh MMii- HIS
NEIGHBOR
: ; BT ELSIE ENDICOTT. "
OFTEN used to won
der who and what my
neighbor was. His
name, of course, I
knew Mr. Edwards,
Mr. John Edwards,
but that was all the
Information I had.
Our villas. In the
quiet suburb, ad
joined each other,
and I often saw Mr.
.Edwards In his garden attending to
his rose trees.
One afternoon, however, my neigh
bor got Into the Tallway compartment
In which I was traveling down rrom
London, and of which we were the
only occupants. Mr. Edwards bowed
JBfnd smiled remarked that he knew me
well by sight, and we Immediately be
came friendly.
- We walked home together, and at
bis gate Mr. Edwards asked me to
come In and smoke a cigar with him
i. 'after dinner.
"I can give you a cigar," he said,
finch as I dare swear yoihave sel
idom smoked, never perhaps, because
uch weeds cannot possibly Ik pur-
chased through the ordinary chan
nels." F accepted the Invitation with pleas
tare, thinking In my own mind that the
pleasant-faeed man was probably a
chipper or importer. of cigars. I am
a great smoked, and I promised my
self an amusing evening and an In
teresting "tobacco talk."
. About 8:30 I rang the front door
Jill of Mr. Edwards' house, and was
: once admitted by a trim housemaid.
y host was waiting for me in his
' fltndy, and in a few minutes I was en
Joying an excellent cup 'of coffee and
a cigar which was the finest I had
ever smoked.
I remarked
bouquet and
mlled.
"I thought you would say so." he
eald, "and you would realise why, if I
-were at liberty to -say from what Il
lustrious hand they came to mine.
That, however, is not possible. But In
my profession, if I may call It so. I
occasionally receive valuable pres
ents." !
Mr, Edwards saw the question In
f$T face, though I was too polite to
ot It into words.
' He aralled. "Since we are neigh
bora," he said, "and are to be friends
KIM I hope, I must Jet you into t
upon the remarkable
flavor. Mr. Edwards
little secret. I follow no ordinary avo
cation, nor do I suppose there is any
one else L England who occupies ex
actly my position. I am, to put it in
four words, an exuert in murder!"
I started violently. Any one 'will
easily imagine my feelings at these
strange and yet deliberate words.
"Do not mistake me," said Mr. Ed
wards. "I neither commit crimes, nor
do I detect them in the ordinary sense
of the word. I have no official con
nection with Scotland Yard; but' I oc
cupy the position, as it werei of a
final court cf appeal.
"No one ever hears my name. I
have never given evidence in a court
of law In my life. But when every
thing else fails, when a murder casp
of more than, usual mystery occurs,
then I am consulted by the police or
by private persons who are interested.
'My Interest is -purely intellectuah
I have means of my own. but the
crime of murder the study r,f it I
mean, has. been my main Interest
throughout life."
I tat in the comfortable hock-lined
room smoking and sipping my roiTce
made In the Turkish fashion in a long
handled brass pot. The firelight rlay
ed upon all the gold and crirr.s- n of
the shelves, the lamplight fill?' th?
cozy room with Its mallow radience.
and I sat entranced till far i-.to the
night, hearing tale, of Strang, and se
cret crime.
"Yes!" said my host, "it Is indeed
true the world only hears of the mor?
ordinary and less subtle m ii'dnr3. Tli!
real artist in murder Is irHy found
out; it is the amateur on whose brhalf
we har the rattle of the permanent
drop."
"For my part," I replied with a lit
tle shudder, "if I wanted to commit a
murder. 1 6hould most certainly bs
found out A doctor, of course, might
kill any one easily enough, but even in
his case there wculd be risks."
Mr. Edwards nodded. "And yet." he
replied, "you have no Idea of the truly
fiendish cunning of some murderers.
"Take a case in point that of youne
Miss Pickering. She was never tried
for her crime, for reasons immaterial
to you. She was a pretty girl of 22.
of considerable i'utellectua! power, and
lived alone with a wealthy and Irrita
ble old aui, wbon she hated.
-Tbe-gtelfell .In ",ove with a young
fellow tn a neighboring town, a bad
lot wbo courted her lor the money he
expected that she would Inherit upon
the death cf the aunt TheVpld lady
would not hear ot the match, there
was a great scene, which ended in the
girl outwardly giving up her lover, and
by the aunt making a will in her
niece's favor in return for her docility.
.Mr. Edwards sipped his glass of
kummel and continued.
"Quite calmly and deliberately, pret
ty Miss Pickering then sat down to
think out a way of killing her rela
tive. And this is how she did it.
"She bought an ordinary tin pre
served salmon from the local grocer,
opened it and kept it in her bedroom
until It was putrid.
"Old Miss Pickering was a rose fan
cier, and was always pottering about
it's horrible!"
"Extremely Ingenious," said Mr. Ed
wards, -"and as you will observe, al
most impossible of detection. But' I
could tell you of even stranger cases,
and some in which the possibilities of
discovery were reduced almost to 'a
minimum. It is at such times that
people come to me. But I bore you
I fear?" he continued, with the ques
tion in his voice.
"Not in the least," I answered eager
ly. "It is most fascinating. If you are
not too tired by all means continue."
For answer my host rose from- his
chair, unlocked a drawer, and after
a short search handed me the some-
est case of murder I have ever known,
and it was only coincidence that en
abled me to bring him to justice."
"Tell me the story,", 1 beggod, gat
ing at the smug, well-dressed villain
who started out of the picture.
"Lawson was the son of a well-to-do
gentleman who lived in a quiet Bays
water street in which I also resided at
the time. He was the second son and
a great trouble to his father, being
p thoroughly idle and vicious young
dog.
"The eldest son, Osorge, was nearly
as bad as his broMser. but a the time
of the Boer War he redeemed himself
'n his fsthor's vps by .ioin!nr the yeo-
among
and ir
LAWSON HAD TRACKED THE EXPERT DOWN.
ot a manry and helping to defend nis coun
try.
her trees, clipping, gathering, i what faded cabinet photograr.h ot
uning. Her hands were very man. '
shaky, however, and she was always
pricking herself with thorns, though
this did not deter her.
"The girl, to cut a long sjory short,
annointcd all the top thorns of several
trees with the poisonous salmon. The
old lady pricked herself as usual, con
tracted blood poisoning In what ap
prared to b quite an ordinary fash
ion, and was dead in 10 days:
What do you make cf that?" bel "Lawson senior, who was troubled
asked me wun neari disease, ana imui
I looked at the picture. "The faceJ at any moment thereupon announced
of as crafty a scoundrel as I ever h.s intention of executing a will tn
saw " I answered favor of ni elle8t fe,Ti- ,caTin- onIy a
Ho nodded. "You "are right," he re- Ur, pittance to Fred though if
plied. "That Is Mr. Fred Lawson. for Georse was allied In Africa Fred
ihnm T p isr..mPntsl in obtaining! would inherit The existing will.
rv nn, 1,. i i-er i nid-4.rr Ceorgaxed ecmcd li is
a
igo. If prison has not killed h'.r.i he, p-st by going to the ar. left the
should now be on the point of rolu?c ; monry In equal shares to bcth broth-
I snuoaerea. wnai oreaaiui cun- should now be on the noi:
nlng." I said, "and in a young girl. "Note the fox-like face. th low fnrj- cr. .
too! How carefully thought out O. head. He renre.pntu oui'e the stra .- . "Young Lawson lived wun fcis ra
ther at the house opposite. I often
saw him going in and out and JU
liked tho look of him intensely."
Oiie day, it was just brfore Christ
mas, I wr.s in a largo Rodent street
toy shop, buying a present foi a lit
tle nephew. Close by me at the coun
ter was Fred Lawson, who did ii it
know mr. even by-sight. He was buy
ing a large and costly toy. a model
printtns press, quite a workable ar-r.-insomont.
and huiH its mechanism
f-xnlairifd to him in considerable de
tail. "The rascnMy-lookin? fellow h.i a
soft snot in him. nftnr all. I thoueht to
m:'F"!f. nnd f'iemfpe! tbo n-n'tnp from
mv n;m! rliHtfni-.ci rrtp?ei1 l,v
"One for,sy day in the new vear I
asain saw Lawson, this time in the
Nottinp- Hill District, ind under some
what rjOPIllirrn ciroiimnl.n.r. Tin
. - v iiu..iL,i,r. . 75. in.- v (tn
talking, earnestly to p npTrppriper lid
v' ".-wmi-a tninnie or pvenin;; nfipe s
under his arm. and the most flirinsr
heart of red hair I ever saw. Prrsont-
.!.'...'". 1-ao Tvenr nrr toft.-th"r and en
terl T).,h!le boue.
"It was, of course, none of r.iv busi
ness: but H seemr-i strange to me
2nd f could not. fo'?et ft.
"The landlady of the house c;irns:t
my house has toid m 5oniel-hicr of The
I.awson familv. though I did rot then
know as much a I have told ion cf
he'r nrlvte nVT)-,
"The next 'afternoon I was sitting at
home and writing. My taMe was in
tr low window, and commanded a
full view of the street, as nlso of the
Lawson house. I hnd put down my
nen to light a pipe, when I sr.w Fred
l.vfcn ccme quietly out of the front
door.
"Watching Mm. I can- tint he we'.nt
1 few vards. .ind wis net hv the r.-j.
hended news lac? et the pnrnT of 'he
street the ssm lad I had seei. h "i
with the dav boforf".
"Lawson took rr pnner from th? fel
low and entered the linn-o scnln. In
five minutes more hn one more
emerged, hurried do n the street, nil
disarncsred round tc('r. In two
or three minutes msre th fellow
was bark rirafn. and -nre more the
front door r!orcd rn him.
"Then camev th" la:! aci In the
drama The- red-hended newsboy
v-ilked n the street oiUinr out. "Soe
cljl edition!" at the too of bis voire
The d"pr of the Tiwson hoso openei
and a malil servant snpeared. She
rnrchis'd i piiT nrd went brk.
" onarter of an hoi"- "ttr th.-.
same rr-lrt -nrv- m of th? hp;;? n
J her cap anil apron, hailed a passing
i hansom, and was driven rapidly away,
; returning in a very short time with an
! obvious doctor; and finally," ccnclud
i ed Mr. Edwards, "all the blinds wero
i drawn down in an hour from then,
j Old Mr. Lawson was dead!" ..
! . I shook my head.
"I don't in the least see it, Mr. Ed-
w -da," I said.
"Nor did any one at the time," my
j host answered, "though there were
j grave suspicions. They came to me
; at last, and I set to work. My pro
I cesses do -ot matter, but owing to my
v ork everything was made plain at
Ithe.trial. And how simple it all was,
; yet how profound in its cunning."
j "Yes. yes!"
"Lawson had bought a model print
! 'ng press. He arranged with the red
haired news lad to meet him with a
ropy of the third edition of the Star.
Ho took the paper back, and in the
. blank sr.ace left for 'stop-press' newa
! the very latest telegram Ju"1. as the
) paper .cook to press he printed a
: short telegram stating that his broth
I or had been shct at Ladysmlth for
i treachery to tho enemy,
i "I'e returned the fake paper to he
j lad, and shortly afterward the maid
servant bought it. Young Lawson read
the false news to his father, and it
ki!led the poor old fellow in his then
i state of health, as surely as a bullet."
The perpirat:on was wet upon ray
face as I rose to go premising another
evening soon. The horrors I had heard
oppressed me. The assassin with knife
or bludgeon was as nothing to those
i evil. ice-Mooded . people I had been
' hr tins about.
T: i two murderers. Miss Pickerlnn
1 and Fred T.iwson. danced through my
dreams.- Mv niebt was a wretched one.
Once, ndeed. 1 rose and flung HT
bedroom window wide pn. leaning
out Into the moonlit r.ight I even
' tho;isht I saw a black shadow cross
; lng mv neighbor's lawn, and chiding
mvself for such fancies cf disordered
i nerves.' I once more sought my bed.
i i did not notice the time, but it must
' have been only a few - minutes after
! Mr, Edwards had been murdered,
j During the week of his freedom
Lawson had tracked the expert down.
On that very nlsht he executed hi
horrid vengeance was captured the
next day. and burled in qaick!:
within a. month.
: And I a'low no one to tell we sto
TiesTf crime now. 1 rerret that Ia
fo l'Ule of Mr. Edwards. He itruc
j me as !ne. a singular plearant and
I hospitable man.