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of 1B Li en y v7 te vy is - 5 d In a ° ° . J : ] j ) Beon Changed.) arxopais or ben sot Ah CHAPTERS, fon re ad ne oe 10 @ cab wea, fe ti ae nt : Conran, 1004, ha National Presa , CHAPTER I1I. 100 Pounds Reward. Marder, £100 Reward. a HEREAS, on’ Friday, tho 27th | dl W day of July, the body of @ nan, name unknown, was und in a hansom cab, And, whereas, tat Gn inquest held at Bt. Kilda, on the OMh day. of July, a verdict of wilful | whi munler, against eome person unknown, ‘way brought in by the jury, The de- eased is of medium height, with a @ark complexion, derk hair, clean @haved, has a mole on the left temple, and. was jirersod tn evoning dpess, Notice ts hereby given that a reward | Goay of £100 will be paid by the Government for such information as will lead to the conviction of the murderer, who Is Presumed to bs a man who entered the hansom chb with the deceased at the corner of’ Coliins and Russell Btreots, on the morning of the 2th day of July, CHAPTER IV. Mr, Gorby Strikes the Trail—“ Who Is the|* Murdered Man?”—A Strange Advertise- ment—Oliver Whyte ! “ ELL," ald Mr. Gorby, ad- W Gressing his reflection in the looking-glass, “I've been find- ‘out dhings these last twenty years, ut this is a pusziér, and no mistake.” Mr, Gorby was shaving, and as _ @lg usual custom, conversed with his ‘Teflection. Belng m detective and of an ‘extremely reticent disposition, he never talked outside about fis business or made @ confidant of any one. When the did want to unbosom timself he re- tired to his bedroom and talked to his fefiection in the mirror. ‘Mhis method of procedure he found to ‘work oapitally, for it relieved his some- “times overbumiened mind with absolute @eourlty to himself, Did not the barber of Midas, when the found out what was undér the royal orown of his master, fent and chafe over his secret, until one ring he stole to the reeds by the giver and whispered, "Midas has ee aas's care?" In ke manner Mr, Gorby felt a long- fam at times to give speech to hfs in- Secrets; and, having no fancy for chattering to the air, he made his mirror his confidant. & far it had never betrayed’ him, while for the rest it énjoyed him to see his own jolly red face nodding gravely at ‘tim from out the sttining surface like a mandarin, ‘This morning the detective was un- tusually animated in his confidences to hi mirror, At times, too, q pussied} came expression would pass over his face. ‘The hansom-oab murder’ had been placed in his hands for solution, and he ‘was trying to think how he should make @ beginning. Ht!” he sald, thoughtfuniy| @tropping his razor, “A thing with an ond must have a start, antl if I don't get the start how am I to get the end?” ‘As the mirror did not answer this) @uestion Mr. Gorby lathered his face and started shaving in a somewhat me- chanical fashidh, for his thoughts were with the case and ran on in this man- ners ‘Here's a man—woll, say a gontle- @man—who gets drunk, and, therefore, don't know what he's up to. Another gent‘ who is On the square comes Up @nd sings out for a cab for him—firet he saya he don't know him, and then hb shows plainly he doee~ho walks away in @ temper, changes his mind, comes back and gots ps Re Pas to drive down ti nen polishes the ohlorotorm, gets pe into another, and ou! #8 ROMA, stregt, m—that’ th riddle I've: Pi ett tnd doe n't think the Sphinx ‘Phere are ai slecgrere el Eset third, wad Jn iT ae elo or of the first the tH dr two won't be very hard to. find Heit GES attatel RaYSE Manet te ethe| by’ a Me Te should ‘be Kot off tha The man that murdered that mist howe her? ind aut atrong sie aust res ead Tove? No, it wasn't that in B tove Nt t go to euch lengths Lit oie do in novels and but T've never ween it ocourring in may experience, Robbery? Nu, there was ee of money in his pocket, Revenge? Now, really it might be that t's a eFcina of thing that carries most further than they want to Meee a ne jaauenes fed, fpr fits weren't torn, 40 he must ha Been, taken priden, and before he know the other wes WW) B the ay, IT ‘gent think’ T examined ie suMolently, there mirht be out them to give a clue; it’s worth looking after, msi rit, vil) is cloth es rn ng atosned and reakfasied,” dled quickly to, the Comes to remind us That “knowledge” {s one Of the greatest of blessings Under the sun, You need it in order To develop your mind, All kinds of instructors To-day you can find Through Yesterday's Sunday World Want Directory, - of a Hansom Cab is By Fergus Hume. ‘(in ‘This Version of Mr. Hume's Great Story Considerable. New } Material Hae, Boon Added and Some of the Original Characters Have . a La hs It baba Feat A ty wet out a ati Y jearly days—days when the making of lice station, where anke flothes of the di Vy is be eontts Be Aso he Fonivog fers Oe ret.red And. ueniced AN ex ce was nothing. remar! wa pineaile toto Mr. ‘Goiby” a t Aside and Here he told {somthing te a ‘him, in the nage ot aie on the ief-hand alde and § tit ‘npide of iow, writ if this for?” apd Mr, Gorby, wpe pel ice? end; Sn haen ia pocket en Nahe Anslds ‘Owate 3 ina! conn the fie c, greatly sxelted, ‘nie, a eg orks he Ay be id I ton, "Now fat the rouble to male nt te nePapelt #0 that no one else fa ino Hee te ala ; thee | a had to oarry tt TE en en he wore evening. joa, AI here's a tear on the side nearest the outelde of the walstooat; ing Ree been pulled out rough! a Ate, now. Tbe dead. man enensed | Cke, ing wh! the gtier want-| The extremely graceful dacriage of ee eee ie ace tcim| Profemsional boxers ia almost proverbial, into the ‘ea with te ti et what ho wanta, and tries to ‘man fF kills him by i hich h Sin Seto a aL AUP fat | me ts otten ereoneon Srne, i ‘) vanis ‘out of the p nepal 80 quickly that Rie wren ae ia fa Ha thaie. the: wate en 3 | the part of tis opponent, With the oor- off, That's clear erat ut th quea-|reot body and foot balanoa, too, the tion js, What was it he want be case with females Not It could h been anytl 80 apa or th deed man oul, neva ave. arried It] carriage which le most aptmetive to pomething fat, which cou easily” ite (00% upon. {n the pocket—-a paper—some valuable paper wnich the assassin wanted, for which he killed ra PHO ase Gore nN all yery well, ae ali two ber ation * with @he feot firmly planted on the floor—heelless tennis shoes are best ‘for many girls bave for bedroont ami neg- Ugee use-and place your fett foot in advance of your Nght anywhere from clear, or else eome ‘aint eight to elghteen inches, according to ‘neen sure to recognize him be your hel the. deeription given rewa ight and length of etride. Now me ce i fo tan dae v roland Swing the body back and forth 3, few No, he med #0 that you are perfectly easy Well, Hive nace {ng jnaultieg, ere ata, mist have | ON yout feet ‘and find that your body tad'a dengiaays or i lon, unless he | swings well with your feet so ‘far apart, slope Hs Wie geen. fe ‘can’t ave | Always tlace cho feet #0 that the body aa te Glrate fe Soot swings easily, ‘This te a fundamental tion, Tule, and must he borne {n mind al- os ways, It ds neceasary ‘at all times to t| Madntain a verfect balance, with the “or tit it the body divided bind on hotel in bade he nig ed him from clally we the wee nce with murder. iy Ay more ile, and a jand| read the: papers and went she'd hares all ator thme, if he did five, a8 a in buat’ ile nets and ei Mons a: B- | The left foot should be placed fiat qulet, 1 its a ok pan ‘tines ihe cue On the floor pointing straight out in de been | front toward vour opponent's left. And cnt Mid ns should be held with the heel an inch or 60 Off the floor, behind the 1 surmise, the er leo stranger, ahe wil not ae Sins there. il fai ‘thus ‘affording immediate op- fore, under there to swing quickly in any di- eet nlaa ht SY dol | ron the tll the fae Pras lak a the J the newspape! e tice this attitude first standing still, cwepaper \catesfladl Bal AB wed ene then moving the body quickly to avoid i ose columne tn wih mien |{maginary blows until perfect and com- Ui: ‘Rande t me o) eer edranttge My hear plete balance established, Lote ged Jeft hand, not the right, bd rally a Nr red anid, Me Mr, agony ‘a main dependence, It Is to himself, ‘rer Friday morning, pe-| the left hand that delivers tie blows, tween 1 and? oreo BO Ci vay thé “right tand and ‘anh being * held pyre cal Mae re ‘ths | 8et08s the body to revelve and counter han would begin t ik ‘uneasy, ‘BOdY hldwe, ‘and go protect thé stomach, (yet op ome ghee ont be teil for} the abdomen and the short ribs. Hold nine hie tat finger down’ the column your left hand up towaml your oppo- “Wednesday It is,’ tt did not in MMA Tnent's chin, just as though you were fete Ae Mt " ‘Thurstey’s, im Fytday’s legue, trying to land one on ‘her face or to give if her an uppercut under the chin with after “the murder Mr. ay nnddenny your knuckles, Study this out and prac. following advertisement: "It one "oliver § Whyte does not return Berane he wiles Kind Lit ae Kilda, before, the end 8 00) rooms be let again—Rubina Hableto I er wHOne hytte,’ Hepented »2te. “Gorty pom. me aN fe imttale on the et ndkerchiet which was proved Rave helongen to ang “Site hte "e Wy Now, 1 won Hebleton knowa any ghoul iat matter? At any rate,” gal utting on’ hig hat, “as Im Mona bt soar breexes, T think I'll go down and oall at Possum Villa, Groy street, St, Kilda.’ reaping the fruit of her early industry sho was obliged to toll more Malduously than ever. It was little consolation to her that ehe wae but a type of many women, who, hard-working and thrifty thempelves, are married to men who ere nothing but an incubus to thelr wives] and families, Small wonder, then, thax Mra, Hableton should condense all hr ‘knowledge of the male sex into the one bitter aphoriem, ‘Men ts brutes.” Possum Villa was an unvretentiods- looking place, with one bow window and & narrow veranda in front, It was sur- rounded by a small garden in. which were @ tow sparse flowers—the especial delight of Mrs, Hableton, It wes her way to tie an old handkerchief round her head and go out into the garien’and dig and water her beloved flowers wn- til, from sheer desperation at the ovel whelming odds, they gave up all at- tempt to grow, She was engaged in this fayorite occupation about a week, after her lodger had gone, Bhe wonderéd he was, witaint drunk in a publie-’ouse, T'll be pound,” she sald, victously pulling up a weed, “a-spendin’ ‘Is rent and a-spilin’ ‘Is inside with beer—ah, men drat ‘em! Heer she said this a shadow fell across the garden, and on looking up she saw a man leaning over the fence, iT, Oa be she said, sharply, rising from her knees and shaking her trowel ‘at the intruder. "1 don't want no apples to-day, an 2 don’t care how CHAPTER V. Mrs. Hableton Talks Too Freely—‘‘He's Deadl” “7 Can Kill You, and If You Marry Her I’ll Dolt!” RS, HABLETON was a lady with M a grtevance, as anybody who happened to become acquainted with her soon found out, It is Beacons. field who snys in one of his novels that no one Js fo Interesting as when he js talking about himself, and fudging Mrs, Nableton by this statement she was an extromely fascinating individual, as she never by any chanes talked upon any other subject, What was the threat of a Russian invasion to her so long ag sho had her special grivance. Once jet that be removed and she would have time to attend to such minor details ap affected the colony, Mrs, Hableton's particular grievance | cheap you fells n ePvdently labored une was want of money, Not by any means eortie asta te hat the man Was & an uncommon one, you might remind her, but she snappishly would tell you that “she know'd that, but some people weron’t lilo other people.” In time one hawker, but seeing no hand-cart with he changed ‘her mind, matte tall’ a hin of . ro ae auRe. hee ain't nothin’ to "cause came to learn what she meant t needn joons as belonged to Py thls, Job, the sliver epodvin’ gone down my She had come to the Colonies in the fil hy A Munna: 3 throat tong Ber ue ane vad money to buy more,, rid aay you to leave the fence T ought i my own, ‘ard earned money alone, an git ba eton stopped short for want money In appreciable quantity was an easier matter than It Is now. Owing toea bad husband, she had failed to favo any, The late Mr, Habletonceter | Mrs. Hab! fd atood shaking her trowel, ho had long since departed this 1ith—| Oh Prenen eike a fish out of wal ter had beon addicted to alcohol, and. at). “My dear lady.” said the man at the Are yO fence. mile, retarted Mrs, Hableton, those times when he should have been earning he was usually to be found in @ drinking shanty spending his wife's “No, T ain't. fiercely. the ‘Ouse nor teacher, to a school T'm ® woman earnings in “shouting” for himself ana |answer your questions, i taxes, and don't his frends, ‘Tho constant drinking and | %% Pays my rates fu Hibbtehin’ newae ouslp nor napers, nor care how. #0 git out, “Don't read the papers? the man, dn a. sutisfed tone, inccounts for ft.’ Hatieton stared susplofously at the hot Victorlan climate soon carried for the Russings, no him off, and when Mrs. Mableton haa seen him safely under the ground in tho Melbourne Cemetery she returned repented “An! that home {o survey her position and seo] Mrs, how It coyld be bettered, She gathered | the need en, He eee Lesiedd an, with ‘a jovial re a together a little money from the wreck |ihaven. and his. sliarp, shrew-looking of her fortune and, Jand being cheap, | gray eves twinkled Iike two stars, Ho \purchased a small “section” at At. | was well-dressed in a Aut of light c clothes, and wore a ly starched Bie) and built 4 house on It. She |r valstcoat, with a magsive gold supported herself by going out charing, |chain stretched. across it, Altogether he gave Mra, Hableton finally the Im: pression of boing a well-to-do trades man, and she mentally wondered what taking in sewing and adting as a sick nurse. S80, among this, multiplicity of occupations she managed to exist fairly he wanted, well, “What d'ye want?" she asked abe And in truth It was somewhat hard | ruvtly upon Mrs, Hableton, Por at the time ‘Does Mr, Oliver Whyte live here?” when she should have been reating and [sakes the (to's hig and to such @ #olence have they pushed this matter of body balance and correct ats, upon whioh the other attitude that the man who ts quiok upon with bin, and being| his feet and quick in his body move- To take the correct attitude stand| Practice, or the Chinese slippers go}: ee ee tice it carefully, for each step must he fully mastered ere vou take up the next, In boxing dt is the fist. the clinched hand, not the flat, open palm, ‘that gives the blows, and it \la quite imgortant to learn how to double your’ fist to the beat advantage, | In closing the fist bring the tips of the fingers well over the ‘palm’ of the hand, with the thumb turned inside and. over the first joint of the first.or Index finger. Here arp a few simple positions and manoeuvres for girls beginning to box: 1, Stand in an easy attitude, left foot advanced about eighteen inches In front of right; left toe pointed straight; weight resting equally on both feet, Hold the shoulders back and keep the head erect.’ Lhe right forearm shauld bo held lightly eeross the body, the fist be- ing over, the eolar. plexus. ‘hand in a position to guard a blow 2. Bring forward the left arm in a perteotly strulght line, letting the left shoulder follow {t and at the same time rise aligitly on the right tov, 1p very simple “T ain't neither a member of i keeping the left foot flat, “left lead" and should be delivered not’ see ata glance the unlimited amount * of fun that Is to be had gith this rangement, It"tequires two persons, a piece of drapery and a pair of shoes (the langor the funnter), This can be worked to best advan- tage by moving ‘a table close to a doorway, as shown in the ploture, Take positions as shown in the first pte- ture, then have some one carefully ar- iii the accompanying picture you can The Russian Post-Offlee Administra tion hoe just issued four now stampa, of which reproductions are given here, ‘They are printed in four different com- binations of color. Those in red and greon are worth 3 kopeks; in violet and yellow. 5 kopeks; in blue and pink, 7 Kopeks; in blue and yellow, 10 kopeks— (@ kopek is worth about one-half a conte ‘The lett arm should be slightly advanced, the id = hh Her ‘Health by Boxing, A Halt Was a Day with the Gloves Will Give a Girl Seif-Contro!, Buoyancy and Grace, only with the Jef arm’ but with, the body, right fiat th similar fashion, egain rising on the right heel and wringiig tho whole body into oo-nperation. Keep thi knees rigid in both these positions, 4. Bending the right Knee, lead with | i the left fist for your opponent's solar plexus, bringing the shoulders forward and ratsing the right arm high enough to protect your head and face, 6, Bending the right knee again, lead with the right fst for your opponent's heart, raising the left arm to protect the face. Do not/léan forward awk- wardly nor twit the body to one side, nor in any way disturh oe ‘perfection of your balance, Uy Let. your, opponent lend with the left for your face, Aw she dos #0 move your head to the right, just far enough to avoid the blow, and at the same time load with your lett for her face, bring: Ing your left arm around outside her extended left arm, Ht een ip hind Bor, rectly her blow Eel i your’ herd, while your glove aoe wi fina The Making of a Dwart. “Science” in range the drapery and you are ready to begin your fun, Success greatly depends on the man vehind, as most of the fun must be created with the hands, and, of course, the feet come in for a share of the ‘work, To add to the fun, take an old derby hat and lower the crown, or wear an old high hat, then, sing a song or de- liver @ funny speech, Russian Charity Stamps. Each of these four stamps is to be sold for 5 kopeks more than ite fae value, and the sum resulting from this difference is to be devoted to the chil- dren of soldiers killed in the present Russo-Japanese war, This idea of the charity stamp, which exploits philatel- ism in the Interests of philanthropy, te finding favor with several Kuropean countries, co-ordination of every muscle of the ry 1 Now, keeping the arm as it was In the first. position, bring forward tha/ HERD are you going - “We to = night, Mr. Nags? It is a more than I am, you vy? Oh, start quar+ me! You don't want Bo, that's how it js, tolled with pdme of the very best peo- plo tn Brooklyn. Ther Mehta: came for years to quarrel with me! son. Bo. trae ot RY TRoy Ls MeCardall fo tt, Mr. Nage? I am mot. good enough to quarral with, eh? Well, I will give you to understand that I have quar- isn't any one T ever met that I was atrald to quarrel ain) with, Amd my own dear mother would] clo ¢ Not take a back seat from anybody || when it came to wtanding wp for hee | Som As for my poor, dear papa), who haa gone to his long home, iho) haa SOMES to say a kind word of any one, and yet when he passed away peop’e miles around to go to, his funeral, And to think atter ali the have been together, after all ZT have done for you, that wo cannot have a happy itte misuntenstanding because vou treat mo like the dirt un- der your feet and scom moe and refuse} "I Well, tt ts no} Na forgotful themeelves band baek to vote, “Drother Willie ta’ ims and yet you hate Hoda peor’ boy becatige Jolly Pallbearers fe high woclety Itko Robble ihe est: “hrother () self some day, bie the ‘Te wonder, All these vears I have been| \ sitent and patient, and that’s the rea- “I remember when’ my poor, dear Papa was alive he belonged to several 10S, & H, Green Tradia Stamps ag) elven free at any depot of Sperry & Hutehingon fn hs H for the label and wrapper from each 200; bottle of i eae rus ou ould New Fone’ you aay’ you, Ldonel, you are a port = HOLBROOK’S SAUC Hilhiont Al irted We * mee nitty ver aantn ! mp every lady to pind i$ tocher moving hea e itt Gr? nt fe the the’ two Y tend cio: fe Tol the d anoe - practice veal i, for, ack: Stages not eoeteivol ‘Dal iat but nm ty iF onpanent i i thro’ hou! forward t ind ein int ht, i head the blow. ee ahh vote heat "to fe ts rt It forward in a sem ret | TE to allow oat Abid ‘head. Thi sere ae ae eer of t Be a EER TA THE o @t once step back out taking a step bt hi Lad bereecct anans the ie if again ‘This eure te ore Zen out fot the way of @ return srecagn Mom vid) Corn Juice, ‘By Alice Rohe, "MI" enepred the Pessianists “aclence is golden,” "You mean ‘silence t# gold- oorrested the Philosopher, T moan exactly what 1 say,” ex ploded the Peasimist, 7 Philosopher, ' “That's not aurprising,” snapped the Popslmist. ‘I aay nolence ts golden (Christian Belence, of course, If you. rend the papers you wouldn't be so (lenge, ‘It's getting to be a regular «old cure, Didn't you read about that {n- ebriate being cured through Christian Sclence? ‘Oh, you moan that woman,” mata the Philosopher. “Of course it was. @ woman,’ said Wha Peeiimist, ‘You dont think a» man would let a fad or fancy interfere mith his thirst, do you?" "But I read about a man over In Jersey who ways he was cured of the drink ourse,”" said the Philosopher “Well, you myst exouse any m: anything when he Ilves in Jerse: commented the Pesalmiat, ‘Women are the great onen to chase atter something unusval, but I have my suspicions about the efficacy of eubstituting & dose of ledenve and health for a highball.”” ‘But the woman says she's lost the Gcnire for Mquor," argued the Phi- 's cortainiy @ome good In Chriatian Science after all,” said the Pessimist, “if the lady can get herself into a frame of mind that convinces her @he isn't thirsty, It is a great “Tt's a thing a lot of people would give a tatm to be able to do, especially when they're stranded in a blue-ribbon district where the maraschino cherry groweth not and the growlers do not growl.” “Just think of It,” sald the Philoso- pher, ‘When this lady feels the de- sire to take a nip coming on she just dips into Mary Baker Eddy's ‘Science and Health,’ Thet paralyzes her thirst," “Yes,"' sald the Pessimist, “but some day she's going ‘to get a thirst on that even falth won't quench,” “Heavens!"’ wad the Philosopher, suddenly. What an @wful thing it would be If they'd Mal this new drink cure in New York, on Ua eee basis, What would happer “T couldn't even thin act ft," said the Pessimist. “It certainly would put corn julce industry on the bun. a dangerous thing to bother with, @ trouble ahead for the men.’ eit de the Lahey Oya ite 8 ne he At a aye oa wife running, around ae ‘det Seine tbe worth ena to ae World’s nae berleenreitaces — "Then } don't follow you," maid the |. BOIn Performance Rouyenlr Mat, Maruh 3 hn MOTOR-BOAT AND: AMER CAN. Garden SPORTSMEN'S SHOW|3 erage Day & ve.t0 A.M.to 11 p.a| 84, PASTO C mond COLONIAL ‘PHL, OLE Aes BIJO DAVID. WHT fBhsean WARFIELD i road iW FLO rere arr ai sto IH et LESLIE CARTER’ METROPOLIS | > Rees @ eat, 142d ot. & 3d av. bug Trio, cts and Ryan, B50, to $1. Hosts Ra Bush, __ tt Ha leet Weak Ch th ie Now Pi ADREA, } Lox. Av, & 107th, Mat, To-day, S NEW vita Welch in Cohen's Luck See ate On ‘County Roe airman par ‘weet, Fi INDAY © AMPHION. 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