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MYSTERY OF THE
BVkYOV WOODS
ByVAXKER KENNEDY.
CHAPTER XIT.
Early the next morning wh/m
Warde went to his room the landlady'
informed him thnt .Fr«nklin' and •«
companion had been T!H*TV at three I
o'clock in the corvine «-«-i;ino' him.
He quieted V-v •'• "- '•••v '''.
safety unO i' • •• i;-!t\
in taking a room at the hotel that
night.
How he begun to rind tbe possession
of that paper a nightmare. He knew
case.
that tremendous pressure aud re~
sourccM, which he could not anticipate,
would,be brought to bear to
wrest it from him, and thus prevent
its being used to save .the Wright estate;
for the perusal of the paper
which HifJsmun had handed him satisfied
him that he held a safeguard
against the plot that had been laid to
steal a fortune. He began to have
aa inkling of the nature of the combine
tioti which had been formed, and
he wa* much cone*reed lest the paper
which waa worth so much to the
Wright* should he ha some way filched
from him. Be feH that he wee making
this fight for Miriam, and he waa
doubly concerned over the result. Be
knew that the paper ia*utkom« aad
fortune to her; it meestt also perhaps
the happhjaisa tlkefe had^been so long
desded her; aad. it weald secure the
triomph of justice over deuberatcj
vfthriny.
Of coatee plans would be at once
laid to recover the paper, and Irving
divined the necessity of putting it immediately
oat of reach oa* the conspirators.
It was eight o'clock, and Mr. Everett
was just stating dewn to his
breakfast.
the lawyer finished his meal In a hur
ry and at once led the way to the
library. Here the story was soon told
and tbe paper handed over to the
lawyer, who locked it up in hia safe.
"Now," said he, "I must leave for
the courthouse, aa I have a case at
nine o'clock. Can you come here tonight?"
,. "Yes."
"Well, come about eight o'clock.
And during the day avoid HiUsmen If
you can, and if you run across Franklin
bluff him but, I don't want to
see you about my office, either."
"Suppose they 'should ask me for
that paper?"
"Why, remember that you were on
a spree last night, and your recollection
of anything that happened ia
very indistinct. 'You will not be much
annoyed by Hlllsman to-day, fdr it
will take him some time to sleep off
last night's experience. Be on your
guard against Franklin, and do not
give him any satisfaction."
As a matter of precaution, the two
men separated at the gate to prevent
if possible anyone from, knowing- that
they Lad met. Irving took a roundabout
way, and as he passed a corner
not far from Mr. Everett's residence
he observed a man leaning idly
against a lamp post. The man's appearance
was strangely familiar, even
though he, wore a patch-over bis' eye.
Irving could not stop to dissect hia
make-up, and it was not until he bad
got three or four blocks away that
his memory responded, bringing back
that dreadful experience on the river,
and he recalled the powerful physique
and cat-like tread of Old Tom. As
soon as he made that discovery he
retraced his steps, but his antagonist
of the river .had gone.
At the office he found a note from
Franklin requesting him to call upon,
him as soon as he received it. To
this Irving at first concluded tbat he
would pay no attention, but he
thought better of it and went directly
to Franklin. He found that gentleman
engaged with Merivale at the
time, but he was cordially invited in.
"What I wanted to see you about,"
said Franklin, "was a paper which
that fool Hilisman stole from this
office. Last night when I wet you——"
"Met me?" aaid Irving, in blank
amazement.
"WelL perhaps you don't remember
it," said the colonel, smiling, "for I
must confess you were very happy
last night when I saw. you. But, at
any rate, I demanded the paper of
Hilisman. He denied having it at first,
but I think I scared him pretty badly,
and after you had gone he aaid he
had given it to you. Have you got
the paper?"
"I have not. What was the nature
of u r
"It is of no importance, tbe nature
of it. You have not seen the paper?"
"Possibly I have seen it, but as you
have not told me what it is—"
"I thought at the time that fellow
was lying, and that he thought of you
as a shield ior himself."
"Is this all you wanted to see me
about?" said Irving, with apparent
disappointment.
"Oh, by the way, yoa did not spead
the night at your rooms'*
"Vo," aaid Irving, foditfcretrtly.
"How was that?"
"See here, colonel, doesn't it occur
to yoa that yoa are taking a vast deal
of interest la my affairs?*'
-WelL you see, I like yoa, Warde."
"Thanks."
"And yoa might aad it to year interest
to know something eboat the
paper."
"It is veleeele, thear
"Are yoa sure ,?w don*t know *»y-
Copyright, net, br A.». KeUosf »*wai«isw O*thing
about the paper7"
"Bother the paper! Why, if I had
it in my pocket now, do you suppose
that I would give it to you -without
having a description of it?"
"I'm sorry that you can't help me
about it, as it is of great importance
to some friends of mine."
"By the way," said Irving, "is there
any news tn the Wright ease?"
Tbe colonel looked at him penetratingly
for a moment and then replied:
"Why do you rsk? I am out of the
"I thought you took a deep interest
in H on account of the "family."
"1 think I ought to ask you the
news about it."
"It's a trifle stale, now, but I sappose
the people will wake up when
the trial begins. Have yon any idea
what the line of defense will bet"
"None whatever. In feet other
hnataoss ot a very important character
has occupied all my attention, of
During this conversation Merivale
yawned repeatedly aad looked iaanseawely
bored, as if he washed Warde
weed* go sad give him est ofportvaaity
to resusne beaiBees with PTaaUha. He
toyed with, a newspaper for a while
impatiently, aad sme:how Irvhsg received
the iaapreaakMt that this hapatieiwe
was hargely —nmed fer the
oeeasioB.
At last Warde left the two mea
alone. They looked at each other iu
silence. Them Merivale spoke with a
•sneering laugh: "That youag nas
has outwitted yoa completely, Frankha.
He has., jpvr paper pat away
Safe; probably it is ia Bverett's possession.
And there is another thing
that is perfectly apparent— that
young fellow was as sober last night
aa you are thia minute. It fas now
Irving reached the houee just at
this time, and when he was announced ten o'clock. We know that he was in
hia room at eight, and at Everett'*
shortly after, and there is not tbe
faintest sign of dissipation about bim
Fm surprised that yoa have allowed
yourself to be so easily deceived.
Well, I have advanced considerable
money to you to carry oat this enterprise,
and have asked no questions
regarding the way B was expended;
but I tell yoa now I must have some
results."
"But we ere oa the very brink ci
success, and if you throw It np now
yon will lose everything. Nothing
bat a series of unfortunate event*
could have prevented the accomplishment*
of our designs. If yon desert
n»e now I am simply mined."
"Well, IU stick to you a few wionth*
longer, not because I care anything
about you. 1 have no time for synv
pathy with individual*; besides It
isn't business. I only care for the
success of movement*. If your
scheme could be carried through it
would save me several millions; thai
would be a clear pick-up. If yon
fail I shall try a scheme of my own
One thin# is surv: Warde must be
jrot away from here. I'll *ry anil get
bim an opening in New York."
Late that afternoon Warde ran
across Hilisman, who bad just got
up. The debauch of the night before
had told plainly upon him, his nushec
face and bloodshot eyes bearing conclusive
evidence against him. He did
not Allude at all to the meeting of
the previous evening, and it was evident
that dissipation had drawn a
veil ever all thai had happened and
left in bis mind merely a blank
Warde was considerably relieved on
this score, for at present he did not
care to complicate matters by having
to consider Frank as an element ia
them. '
At eight o'clock Warde pnd Mr. Everett
were again closeted together,
and the paper that had caused such a
vast amount of trouble was taken
from the safe and carefully read. It
was dated 20 years before the time
of this atory. The handwriting was
bold and plain. The following were
the contents in full:
AGREEMENT BETWEEN JOHN T.
WRIGHT AND JAMBS FRANKLIN.
John T. Wright has this day made th<
following transfers of property with\ the
subjoined understanding with James
Franklin: The Wright homestead. 5«
acres, all Improvements. The Magnolia
plantation, 2.000 acres, in parish,
Louisiana. The Coahoma plantation, 8,-
€70 acres, ia Mississippi. The Queen City
plantation, 11,960 acres, in Arkansas, A
lot on Maine and Boulevard in tbe city
of Nilus. » by ISO feet. A lot on Linden
street, near the Bayou. 100 by 300 feet
A let on Front row, near Madison, 40 by
150 feet, with improvement*. All to the
SheN>y Real Estate and investment company.
A tract of land In Young county,
Teaaa, 6,867 acres, to tbe Shelby County
Real Estate and Investment company.
A tract of land In — county, Colorado,
5,000 acre*. To the Diamond Mining company
of Denver, Cel.
These transfers are made to protect
the said John T. Wright from sundry
suits at law, which threaten to grow
out of tae difacutty that terminated la
the death of Jeremiah Baxter at the
hands ot the said Wright. Regrettlsg a*
he dts* the necessity of taking human
Uf*. the s*3d Wrlgat » not wSJMas; that
welfare of ha* msatly Jeeparded;
these tTwnsfers are saade with the
tlaet u*Kle**tA^dtn*T that whenever
said Wvadrt desires to revest these various
peouertls* tn his own name the saM
Jams* rrsaaan wttl t*>* steps to at
once tarn over all the oepT* wtth which
a* 1* Intrusted, sad that a* wm at once
•score saM Wright tn ike possession of
his property. Ths rensUsi ailon alleged
la these various deeds was never paid
over. James Fraaklte Maes htuisstf a* a
man off aoaor and a ret snd ef /she T.
Wright to mMrftoUy foHttl the terms of
tals sew tans aw t whenever ta* *aM Wright
JOHN T. WatlOfrT.
JAX&H rRANKLn*.
permitted entrance to the next aparV-
"That is certainly one of the most ment, which was a sort of lounging
remarkable documents that it bas room for the lawyer. There were a
ever been my fortune to consider," great manv easy eh airs therein, a
said the lawyer, his keen eyes snap­
tbe country and who bad bought that
tract of land fer Wright; and a* soon
as he learned of its possibilities he
wrote to Wright telling him that tie
probably bad a large fortune in it, if
he had continued to hold it. Wright
wrote back that the land was still
his, and that the taxes had been paid
upon It regularly. This letter has
been secured. Of course the news of
tbe discovery of this valuable vein on
Wright's land created intense excitement,
and Frederick Merivale, the
largest stockholder in the adjaeewt
mine, at once placed himself In correspondence
with James Franklin.
Just what has taken place between
them is merely a matter of surmise,
but this is doubt leas the cause of
Merivale's visit to Nilus."
"No wonder they were willing and
ready to spend nv>ney, and to employ
all sorts of means to thwart the investigation
of the truth. It is now
only too plain that the murder of
JoMn T. Wrlgbt was simply'a part of
a great conspiracy to get possession
of the mines."
"Not a doubt of it; and there is no
reason to suppose tbat the conspirators
will quietly allow this paper to
remain out of tbeir possession. They
will do some dark scheming to get
hold of it. I think, therefore, that
we had better take a copy of it."
The lawyer got from his desk a
piece of paper, old and somewhat
soiled, which could very easily be
taken for the paper on which the
original agreement had been written,
and then he instructed Warde to
make a copy just as much like it as
deft penmanship could contrive, Irving
was expert enough to make one
that could hardly have been told from
its prototype. This was held before
the fire so as to dry the ink and
draw out its blackness. It was then
folded and backed with the words,
"John T. Wright's Copy of the Agreement,"
just as the original had been.
Hardly had this task been accomplished
when the door bell rang and
soon afterward the servant announced
that Col. Franklin desired
aa audience with. Mr. Everett. The
lawyer saw that it would arouse
Franklin's reapedoas if he destraed
aa Interview, and he waa aot averse
to a contest of wits with tbat estate
individual. At first he was puzxled
to know what to do with Irving. It
would not do for him to go out ia
the hall snd risk being seen by the
colonel.
The left side of Mr. Everett's library
we* covered with book shelves,
hat one of the eases was a revolving
doer and bookeare combined., A
'•"'V t nur.> ft *M*w*y* and
lounge, aiA all the facilities for the
ping with relish for a novelty in le­ dreamy recreation of reading. When
gal literature, "Have you any idea the lawver wanted to work he occu­
•i What the paper is jwortk?"
pied the library; wben be wanted to
"I should say two or three hundred, v e & i\ he nought the luxurious chair in
thousand dollars," Kaid Irving. T t h e i 0, j n t ring room.
"It is nearer ton or twelve mil­ " i t wa* the work of a moment to
lions," declared the lajvyer.
throw back this door, which had been
Irving's eyes betrayed a daaed sur­ contrived purely as a convenience,
prise as he gaspingly repeated the and not for the purposes of wt-ird
words after Mr. Kverett. The latter romance, and thrust Irving into the
smiled and said: "1 haven't the next room.
slightest doubt that Frederick Merivale
would give at least $1,000,000 for
A moment afterward Col. Franklin
and. Mr. F.verett confronted each
the rights secured in .-the. Wright es­ other like two intellectual gladiators
tate by this oaper."
in the library. The latter was cool,
"But—how can it be?" asked Irving keen and collected. He hud his wits
in a whisper.
well in hand and his emotions firmly
"Before I explain this part, let me in check.
tell you this; that the Shelby County There was a glitter in Franklin's
Real Estate & Investment company dark eyes,-.and • a-suppressed excite­
and the Diamond Mining company of ment in bis manner which placed him
Colorado are virtually and practically at a disadvantage, though he was
.Tames Franklin. These facts were aware of it.
not
discovered by Fenton, who at my Franklin had an intense personal­
suggestion has examined the records ity. . He was full of the magnetism
in tbe register's office, and learned that.'r'Jpels. Even men of the stead­
the exact state of the case. It was iest nerves and most phlegmatic tem­
easy sailing about the real estate perament were surprised to find
company, but the facts concerning themselves trembling in his presence,
the mining company were harder to not from fear, but aftuply from the
get at. It became neecaoery to hav? disturbing atmosphere that seemed
a thorough m>eatigat4on, aad wtth to surround the man. The persona!-
this end in view Fenton went to Coloity et some men is pacifying and
redo aad ther* he sooa learned that soothing, whits that of others is irri-
the local incorporator* ja the Diatatf>g and discordant. Frankhn'*
mond Mining eeaapaas/ were dnm- aoauaating nature came in the latnaVes,
aad that Jesses FrankHn owned ter category. Everett was aware of
a large proportion of the saeetc. this qnaHty in hia antagoaatt and he
These two companies were evidently at once forced himself to beeosae f*-
created by Wright aad Frankhn for ndaar withJt, in much the same way
^tlse 0?orpoee of more thoroughly that the bather mures himssdf to the
cealtag tae real natare of the cold" water by placing first Maana,
fata made. Fenton paid a visit to then a leg aad gradually the whole
body into ft. The chtll, once accustomed
to, is virtually worn oft*.
Ia a few minutes Everett had thoroughly
neutralized the mesmeric
quality radiating from Frankha, and
the Wo men were now on even terras.
But Everett was hardly prepared for
the reckless audacity of the man,
who, without any concealment, went
straight to the object of hU buai-
the Colorado tract of land, and ft
proved to he in the x
heart of a rich
mining arcana. Originally Wright
had bought it for a song and had
looked upon ft as a very indifferent
speculation; but in 20 years great
changes have been wrought, mines of
vast richness have been worked, and
now it terns bat that the eyes of all
the gold diggers In Colorado are
turned greedily toward this tract of
land situated among the hMls, To "I presume," said Franklin In his
the northeast of the tract a very most overawing manner, "that you
successful mine has been conducted are perfectly aware of the object of
for a number of years. Recently the my visit?"
vetn of ore became richer and richer Mr. Everett came very near being
until finally it ran dead against a tre­ thrown off his guard, but he recovmendous
wall of solid sandstone, ered in a second and replied Jndrffer-
which some upheaval of nature had eatly: "Not being a mind reader,
thrust into the precious vein. For colonel, I should not undertake to
days and days the miners sought to say what the object of your visit
discover the broken thread, but ih was. Be kind enough to explain your­
vein, until an old fellow who owned self.'*
a "dog" came along. The "dog" la
M
I came after that taper."
some kind of mystic apparatus Which
(TO RE COSTIXUEO)
will indicate the whereabouts of gold,
just a* the witch-hazel is said to point
out a subterranean stream of water.
Well, this oW fellow climbed Over the
great wall of sandstone into a rocky,
reach of land; and as he was going
about with his "dog" he soon discovered
violent symptoms, salt were,
of gold. Tbe vein wa* continued with
apparently double richness on the
other side of the intervening sandstone.
Fenton was fortunate enough
to meet an old fellow out there who THEY OJEETED "OLD JACK."
had gone west from'this section of
Soaewatl Jaekses't Ce>ntr«4 Over Mea
111 Wat raited e>y mm Aste-Belluaa
incident.
The power which was iu tbe personal
presence of "Stonewall" Jackson and
his influence over those with whom he
associated is well illustrated by an incident
which happened early In 18CL
The convention which was to decide
the att'tude mt Virginia In the coming
conflict was in session in Richmond,
As is well known, both the union and
the secession parties were strong ia
the state, and the delegates to the convention
were correspondingly divided in
sentiment, saya Youth's Companion.
The students aad professors of the
Virginia military institute, altuated in
Lexington, Va., were almost unanimously
in favor of secession. At Washington
college, now Washington and Lee
university in the same town, the union
sentiment prevailed.
One Sunday morning it was learned
that the national flag which had floated
over Washington college had been pulled
down In the night, and was lying In th£
mud. The students suspected that the
students of the Virginia military institute
were responsible for the outrage,
but having no proof, contented them­
selves with cleaning the sag and re­
placing it.
It waa not long before a group of students
from the Virginia military institute
stopped on their way by, and, in
the light of open day, undertook to haul
the flag down. Thia time the Washington
boys were on the alert, and, falling
upon the depredators, handled them
somewhat roughly and beat them from
the grounds.
The report that a number of Washington
men had beaten one cadet without
provocation threw the Institute Into an
uproar, and the whole corps immediately
turned out to avenge their comrade.
Arming themselves with whatever they
could lay their hands on, they formed tn
battle array and r/raeeeded toward
Wash Ingtoa college. Their adversaries,
although not so weil drilled, armed
themselves in like manner, aad awaited
the attack.
Jickson, theaamajor, was ta ehereh,
but -n excited whlsaerfwj«afri*ihtea*d
cltUrn who had harried sa
him of what had liuppeaod.
rose ax1 passsd eat, to find
earns coning up tae street la much disorder,
hut with battle In thear faces.
One glance at the scene, and hmdecadoa
As quietly as he had kft the
he placed himself at the sa^^as^etr Oaf tsarS
corps, aad sauna to grve
rooking to the better ofeer of the eatman.
The hoys were roaaad ta the
sia^ettehofeaa
ersbia of "OH Jack,- and ware qatte
ready to kill every Washington boy wno
rr).„„-,-,• •av-'.. Promptly e3:r«
r ^.-o-j-r* ccEmand* for the'.r forward
movement, and the citizens stood aghast
Little by little tb* eacets fell into perfect
order, pnd little by little their obedience
to romsiand became automatic
BEAT THEM FROM THE GROUNDS.
Tramp! tramp! on they went to battle
for the southern confederacy, aad to
avenge the comrade who had suffered in
its cause.
The consternation of the dtJsens fa*
creased. The corns would scon tm ia
sight of Waaabagtee college, sad blood
would suddenly be eaed.
"Halt!" rang eat Mai J*
! atarch!" came in
aad the
inarching fat *ju*her ejection. At the
repeated, aad tastaatiy obeyed, asm the
faces of the cadets were town
matrtate. tc which they natrehed ta
feet order.
They aaid sfterward that they
been so intent ea oaeytag Old Jack**
comntaads that tawye^ayAreattMvhat
waa hapaeaiag aatfl he e3ssjer*ed them
at the institute.
enti'ifni ta iatis mt
Whea Admiral Fsria*^ a hearth
suffering from the coattaeed strain ef
his labors aad anxieties, and frosn the
climate of the stlssfsadpei vaHey and Mobile
hay, he wrote; 1 am as weUa*a
man can be who can aertber sit, walk
nor stand five minutes at a time on account
of Job's comforter*. Bat, thank
God (I have ao much tb be thankful for
that I en thanking Him all the time),
1 am otherwise ta pretty good coadK
t!on."-~Cu!cas«j Post
mt ta*
The Farmer (ia the sideshow, took*
tag around ta sJnrm)—Oosh! whore's
all the rattteaaakea?
Tbe Lectarer—Don't he alarmed, say
friend. It's only our Irving sketctotv
who hi aufieiing from the ague, yoa
hear.—Jadge.
Sessifc Aaasrtcas)
The aaricnltural eapartaient at Wa*>b>
tagtoa is inquiringInto the statement of
Consul General Richard Guenther that
a new plant has been discovered in South
America which promises to supplant the
mgar cane and the sugar beet. Scientifically
the plant is known aa theerupatoriam
rebandlum, and it contains a large
amount of saccharine matter and a high
percentage of natural sugar properties
which sie easy to extract. According to
Mr. Guentber, a lump the size of a pea
will sufficiently sweeten a cup of coffee,
is the product made from the plant is
from 20 to 30 timee sweeter than cane or-
>eet sugar. It Is said to be easily cultivated
in countries having climatic cendi-
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portions of the United States.
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A good way to winter bees in singlehives
b to remove them to the south
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close together, and cover with dry straw
oh top and sides, and pat a few hoards
over the straw to turn rain and snow.
The entrance should be left open, for
the bees need fresh air in winter as well
as summer. The little worker* do not
mean to be shut up, so would certainly
cause a disturbance. All the bees that
die during winter ieave the hive, GO, IT
closed, tbfs would be impossible. When
spring opera they should be removed totbe
stand, where they are to remain the
rest of the season.—L. A. E. Blackwa^
ter, in Farm and Home.
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