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,VOL. XXX], x0. 13.
CIVHCAGO. ILL” SATURDAY. MARCH
5:2,. E;1‘Cl!‘-JG Lu NEXT W:-‘.(::;'.-'3, .5202‘:
28, 1903i
Single Coples 5 Cents.
NEE MY%llEERl ml
By T. C. HARBAUGH.
(Copyright, 1903. by ‘V. D. Bn)'ct- Co.)
a real metropolis. no one lfroketl lilr
blockade.
The largest hotel ln Preston was The In!-
perlal. where the prices were high and the
Cuisine excellent.
in all ports nt
the country. and in A short time he (‘H1119
to know them
s .
who had observed Josoph lhtrly
s
r h
the flnest Rowers to be (ound in Preston.
When the belated 10:30 came in that nlght
the 'hus brought e layer a he m-
pel-ini but one passenger, who nllghted. with
was is man with a rare 0!
take. while B third salt! he lookrd llke some
one he had seen in the United Slums Sen-
ale
Joe greeted this personage in his most
cordial rnsnner, vus e t a register to.
ram: h m, and politely handed him :1. pen.
.,g.s.w:,,....1,.
men! he forgot Illlmlns am] his millions.
wolnml u ll drlve everything
A
‘I
s
-s
-t
2.
. t en wont ovor Io he pro-
.rntor, (olonel llt-ll, nho was reading the
nlnrnlng p:l[er.
““'hnt, not Aim liilzlzlns, the lzoltl butt?"
ej:It'Ill:l1wl lhe Cnlnlli-l. l0( ltlnl: up in the
r "Vvhore tlld yon nut him?"
n .
"ll’s all rlghi, I gut’-55. Hus he been down
to l)rt=lll((ut=l?"
" don't ltnaw. lmt I'll are."
The clerk inquired, llllil discovered that
v
“Dead! And murdertd at tllatl"
To the t-lerlt's observation that thetrnln
‘its late. the new guest simply bowed.
on the page, and.
him, asked to be shown 8 once to his
room.
The polite clerk agalil sized up his guest.
and. Malling the drowsy bell boi. ordered
)1 to take (he gentleman to Room 88.
is to be called. Elf?" asked .706, as
the guestwith the little alligator sltin grip
moved an
"No call was the response, in clear, but
qulck tones. "I sn se you let a (snow
sleep here hs lots as he pleases?"
"Certlallll slr. Henry. see that the room
well-heated and the gentleman properly
cured !or."
The t>leV'll!0l' shot cut of eight Wllh its
land llnd Joe lame to the reglsler and
looked at the name. the lnl-1 of which still
gllstencd on the D389.
"1 3.1)’. Lamon," he said to one or th
three lnungvrs mentltmetl above. ““'hal did
you guess him to be?" .
men, n Younglsh man with a bias: look.
(‘lime forward with B Bmlle
tor.
S
tel in l:‘l‘eaton.
second-class one
‘:1 thought he was is United states Sena-
" ssia h
“Just look st that name. will you? united
tales Senator be hanged!“
“Why, C! Old Hlgglns!"
“HKSEIHE. the man who
:1 city property than
I've heard of him 8
but this ls our first meet-
H3,
t he should stop at the best ho-
Re s’enernllY puts up at the
.' - Has queer
- is a sort of miser. despite his enor-
' alth. and. most or the time reslslers
If he's really Higgins, the nllltlonalre. 1
Ca ‘t ullrlerslan lh" Femare man. 3
he l-ellghted hls Cl er and soon afterward
bade the (lerk good night.
Y!
B
c
The next morning there was found to 17
ore snow on un
little in
mountains that hemmed the cit- in were
ulle While. Mrs.
s she passed in to
arller than common. and the clork though!
or more charming Lhan ever. For the mo-
"W
mnn lIll!?“’(‘l‘lnK hls ilcscrlptlon of the
late EHOFI had boon lo lhe dlnlng T00!!! [hill
m0rr“l'KL
"Mllylle Enlnelhlnlfa h:ll'll'>eIlt>d to the old
blokv." 09. n5 he relollled the Colonel.
"Shall 1 in up?" .
when-um-n (he t>lovl1lor carrled the night
clerk to the xonrth floor, and in a
tea he was ra pins at Room sx.
whs no rospolnxe. though he rapped a llllla
louder the $el‘0nd llme. -
“S(lmetl'Illlg‘9 lhc nl3M(’l' in them," said
h h moment he a drawn
no mlor no ram is ace.
not (like long I
down slalrs. And It took less tlme for the
In
3;
:
E
'5
.
tially dresscd. He had been
llrlel examination showed s rug
K3883?!‘ Wound OTC!‘
blood had trlckled from
dyed the whiteness ot the covers.
( 0
“Old Illzxln
“You might." ‘ l ,
hnnh 88?.
l
h : and nlurtlered at that!" exclalmed .
“ is is 3
to be opened to 8. lot of
elated guest lay across the bed par-
desd some
l(-d whenever they hehrn that “Hlg," as he
was rnllsd. was operating BKRIIL
hour
rsis the trailed)’ thrilled Preston In
ll hm! nevi‘-r b-‘on lhrllleil.
It was
In li-‘ss than An
ltnmvn all over the country.
