The evening world. Newspaper, August 26, 1912, Page 13

es NEMA e+ ra +o PoP THis Lit-TLe FELLAH CAN IMITATE A SHARK, Do YA WANTA See Hi Dor CTIVE ‘WRC278"*) SHERIDAN tana, Tg POR LITLE A Series of Articles Exposing the Every-Day WT WT wT' Deceptions of the Powers That Prey. (°Camera-Eye” Sheridan ie regarded as one of the deat detectives that ever exteted outesde of fiction. The feate of memory which gave him Ais nickname, when ross he was head of the Bureaw of Identification of the New Mork Potice Department, are proverdiol. It has deen said there is no man dn the United States with 20 thorough a knowledge of criminals and their @aye es Detective Sheridan, In thte series he gives the public many val- sable pomters calculated to save them loss by swindling.) (oprright, 1912, by W. W, Aulich.) —“THE SPANISH PRISONER” SWINDLE. EB Spanish Prisoner swindle is so rew a bunk that you'd think even the ‘ebildren woukin't fall for (t. And yet, year after year, and month after ‘mouth, reports come in of this or that estimable American citizen eased of Fel 4 familiar methods. . bind hafherphvehirs creoks have American etand-ins, who furnish the lists ne likely to yield. Sometimes the gperators in the Spanish & copy of an American telephone directory and make that ‘This ts working in the dark, but it cuts out the split, for the Spanish players. names, the gentleman in Madrid or Barcelona, or honors with his temporary residence, writes @ letter to # bilities. He usually leans to very thin stationery, and out of favor with the Government. He may describe etivities have umry ¢o frown. It would be possible, he writes, for him to ob- payment of « bribe to the Jailer. be writes, that in the past, @ relative of the per- befriended him, and this is given ag the excuse for writing. to pay that at the time of his arrest he has been in possession of ‘of @ million or so pésce—the amount varies according to the mood he (6 Tiss Of composing the-@Ptter-end this fortune tas been stored in an ville Inn, at which he stopped. jaa arrested he was given no opportunity to get at the trunk, 9 ‘house of the Jolly innkeeper, who, of course, does not know of |* coulg cantly write the innkeeper to open the trink and pend’ him the necessary to.bribe the jailer, but he fears to trust ghd hotel man.’ | with eo vaste fortune. Therefore, he ts writing to ths eon, népiéw, cousin, or &i t-relative of hie oki friend, and agiting that this favor be charges for storage on the trunt, during the year the Spaniard has|, such and such. The unpasd score contracted at the inn ts whole amounts to—whatever the swindler thinks the person g g § 3 3 g 3 g Q 3 Fy E s Now— ~ It good friend Americano will forward the amount of the charges to the . Qandlord, and give orders for the trunk @o released to be sent to the prison, the V incen t ’ s @reteful prieoner, after bribing the Jailer and securing his release, will return @he amount forwarded, plus a thousand pesos, oro—meaning gold, to the $1,000 s fre | Advice The Spanish prisoners put on a lot of extra frills in their letters, designed to foake the game sound plausible, but at best, st 1s about the shallowest stuff that ‘was ever put over. And ft surely Is put over, not once but often. The sucker, Other Men. ends the money to the address given as that of the innkeeper. This is usually A YOUNG man ome tough place where the ewindler gets his mail under any name he wishes. takes excep- You'd scarcely think that in this twentfeth century there would be gulls who tion to my wouk! let @ plent euch as this get by; but there ere. For one thing, the air of statement that an @i4-warid romance, which is artfully given the sorrespondence, has its effect. | unengaged girl has And thén, again, the “boob” ts of no particular age or period. @ perfect right to accept attentions from several young The May Manton Fashions tne stat " indignant one, “why @ young Uttle boys ts one man should pay of the very latest his attentions and styles. It combines a part of his sgiary coat blouse that 1s box | £2 itl who goes out with @ different pluited and doubdje.|Pe"son every night. My way of think- breasted with plain|!"S It 18 unjust to the young man.” trousers, The plaits| But !t seems to me that it's much extend from the shoul- | More unjust to tho girl to ask her to Jer seams to the waist | Confine her smiles to one youth who ha line tn the front but|exPressed no serous intentions—or the back is left plain,| Whom she doesn't choose to take seri- 9 finished | ously. coat collar and| Why should HE French sutt for girl love a man simply revers and the sailor | because he asks her to do so? Why collar may be worn| shouldn't he expect to prove his worth ov these or omitted | {n competition with his peers? Not that Uked, ‘The sleeves | *nybody compels him to act thus, If can be finished at the|he 1s disgruntled because he can't cor- wrists with tucks or| fal all the favors, he can always retire cut off, gathered and| from the fleld—and dance at the other Joined to bands, | fellow's wedding by and by, broad belt covers tho py Nae Ryd opneht i) +B. G." writes: “I was friends with @ Hee co man, but gave him up because of what collar and belt of blae| {, Reard about him, He denied the banded with white | Sores When I asked him about them, teriat or color suitable] 5° my information, as I would Uke to for little boys may be | 4 the affair straightened out?” used. If you wouldn't aceapt the man's word For the 8 year size ‘ore, what good will it do to bring up the suit will require | che matter again? 4 1-4 yards of mate- ~ rial 2, 81-8 yards 3% or) ,, ha hal me “4 2% yarde 46 inches| “A: ©” writes: "On nearly every oo wide with 1 yard 27] a#n that my flance goes out with me inches wide for the|"? Pecomes as chet some one sailor coll 'd belt | ise fs trying to pay me attentions, and 6 yards of braid | There 1s no reason for his suspicions. Do 10 mane U8) vou think our marriage Mkely to be Pattern No,| happy ; 7560 ts cut in sizes] A husband with such a fealous tem- Pattern No, 7560—Boy's French Sult, 6 to 19 years. fy saan of 6, 8 and] jorament 1s almost sure to make his A wife miserable, Call at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON FASHION ’ A BUREAU, Donald Bullding, 100 West Thirty-second street (oppo- The Wedding Ring site Gimbel Bros.), corner Sixth avenue and Thirty-serond street, “RB. V." writes: “Is a gold or a New York, or sent oy mail on receipt of ten cents in coin or4] lafinum ring more appropriate for stamps for each ;attern ordered, @ marriage ceremony?” IMPORTANT—Weite your eddress plainty end always specify A. gold ring 1s most commonly used. sive wanted, Add two cente for letter postage if In e hurry, a “A. RR" writes; “We have been Magazine, Monday, August 26, pi” Wee We We Geren) eo Boe The Evening World Daiiy oe o Sf o % By C. M. Payne eH RRR AAA AAA ARAL APPAR AAA AD ARRAS AA PD $A FAIR IMITATION ASFAR AS IT GOES . TRuT You KNow REGLA SHARKS BiTe Fours + “THREE SEARS LOGS OFF Ete. WHILE THIS OLD,Too, SBT he ws. Triangle Cupid By Charles Alden Seltzer (Aathor of ‘The Two-Gan Man’’) dventure Romance of the Big West You Ophelial & Camas) Bf By Dwiss Vve. & Nohon To To The CHILDRENS couRT’ wito 19 YOUR MOTHER, Anyway case For Me saw Tre Beat OF PooR CREATURE - Rerease You SYNOPSI8 OF PRECEDING INSTALMENTS. Dave Thompson, owner of the Cirle ‘Thompson’ for. ary ries in vain to’ Keep them day, discovering that, f This elles toget dreaking up the romanee, re been on a len! Ailingném to comply with Use ers. then discharges Lynch, The ‘iter moves inte a little cabin not far awa be inl ‘Thompem, in pervicxity, ‘Will readily dispose of Lynch, CHart’eR VI. The Thief at Circle Bar. TGGS stood up, the eurrycom> till in hie hand. ‘Mise Jane is comin’ home to-morrow,” he THEY OVGHT To Kite do te to look for Silver. be some disturbed if Silver “She sure would,” agreed “An’ If ahe found @tiver’é deen cun off by Lynch I reckon mebbe she wouldn't waste so much thinkin® about Lynch Thompson clenched his hands to steady himself, He began to eee what Jiggs wae hinting et. think @ heap ef Miss continued Jiggs. Agreed Thompeon, a Jang an’ Saver, “That'a right, little more positively, “An’ if they found Silver in Lynoh's corral they'd he pretty apt to git eome riled," resumed Jig@e, ‘Then I reckon you know what'd happen. Thompson's lips came together grimly, in't wot any love for “T reckon you owom frien’s,” re- turned on his heel and But presently he re- New York Hotels Fifty Years Ago 2, by The Pree Publishing Co, (The New York World). it of New York jstreet and occuptes an entire block. hotels had been prepared tt would/the rear of the hotel 1s Niblo's Theatre, The Fifth Avenue Hotel 1s a palatial » opened in 18%, t9| marble edifice of the most tmposing t of jextent and of the highest fashion, between Twenty- walked awa: eyes giittered coldly and set with decision, “Ite only ten ‘Th hin ips wore to Lynch's place, beon any moon for thi there won't be any to- I don't mind tellin’ you that if I 1d find & man who could keep his ut an’ could get Silver into ‘* corral to-night, I'd fll one of twenty-dollar * S wart Ms F, fitty years ago, of course,” he replied. the boy bring’ that dosen bam 1 gare the oldest and one of the very b those of the highest rank. It is @ mas-| covers sive granite structure of simplo but im-|third and Twenty-fourth streets on Fifth | posing destgn. Its facade extends trom |avenue, opposite Madison Squar: street to street, 20 feet, on Broadway, | idly as tho large hotels have been’ opposite the park, with its City Hall and| creeping uptown of late, the Fifth Ave- other public buildings and its great|nue outstrips all stands now higher up on the The St. Nicholas, one of the most/than any of its competitor splendid of &M hotels constructed in} perb house wa: ‘e in Broadway, Broome and Spring streets. path dane isa a fete, Jixks dropped his ourrycomb and § cupoee be Ge, ‘You ain't goin’ to have much of @ job findin’ @ man Iike t ond of Lynch's corral butts up againet a right smart cotton wood. hat handy place for Silver to get into He smiled with antictpa eure a fine pl “tins The Only Kind He Knew. Kast End school Croton fountain. “An’ that cottonwood’ to hang @ hose thle: NE of the lewone opened to the pubdlite in the fall of 199, The Prescott House ts a conventent front, according to its original plan,/and elegant building, feet on Broad- ts constructed of pure white marble; but| way and 1% feet on Spring atreet, It ts Includes the new brownstone] six stories high. The first story is wup- Dullding adjoining it, extending up to} ported by cast tron columns and the Tt 19 six stories high, | rest or upper portion te fashioned of the with 200 feet on Broadway, and t# 200! Anest brick. feet In depth. King and his eco An hour before dawn the following the Circle Bar wagon outfit rudely awakened by Thompson, The latter was laboring under great Jawa (icught deeply, and then ome grubby ald the muster, Spring street. cried Jimmy in triumph, “it's he informed the jon approached The Lafarge Houre ts a large and The Metropolitan Hotel is situated on} sumptuous hotel of the highest ¢ the corner of Broadway and Prince] It has an marble upon Broadway, and Amity streets, stroyed by fire the moment of it» com Quick Recovery. CLEVELAND lawyer and @ Cleveland mall : a theatre in that city, ‘hw resieoad man enw @ fiasily dressed, sed faced, aporty looking citizen sitting ta ane of | imposing facade of white between Bond It was entirely de 4o you reckon got him?" he questioned secretly engaged for six months, and wish to ahnounce it. for the gentleman to tell his flanc the announcement? We are both of age.” It is not necessary to speak to the ‘ut tt would be @ sra- ‘t any one around except Is it necessary ned Thompson. wustn of the at | Luke, I wouldn't think he'd ateal Silver as Silver is Miss Jane just breaking for the first ts tn the rear, trance on Broadway, through the hotel Hotel 1 one of the largest and moat fashionable tn the elty. on Broadway, extending Washington place [pince. Nearby ts the New York Uni and the Washington Park. hurch of the Messiah and Hope Chapel. corner of Broadway and Hleventh street, ts of unique archi- loped thelr horses parents first, cious thing to do, down the river tratl, out upon th could be ween, the gate of the horse Silver was discerned 1mmed- ely and whinnted With delight when approached him, Then the outfit “I am a business “A. M." write girl and my father ts well to do. young man who hasn't much money paid me attention, and as soon as I thought him becoming serfous I hinted that my {deal husband must give me a home as good as-my father’s. He went away and I discovered that I cared for He has returned, but now makes What shall I do?” I am afrald you have effectually | warg, ty discouraged him, The only thing you] Washington, erected July 4 can do is to be ai possible when chance brings you to-\ pat few yoara, is an im mented brick edifice fronting on Fourth avenue and the north It ts Gtrectly across, opposite ton Square Hotel, The Clarendon is yet higher up, on in the seventeenth! Fourth avenue, corner of Elghteenth It Is a recherche house of high mpliment for Bride, 4 and led forth. toward Lynch's come out of the door, niet relate @ striking 6a’ you for comin’ over to received from & Quaker The Unton Square Hotel ts ent upon the corner of Broad t¢ In front, north- a bronge equestrian statue of needn't.” declared ‘Thompson. no effort to see me. anything to be thankful in your horse corral,"* didn't think yo! so boss in | low vote. “What made you do It, Luke?’ ques. who stood well ett House, erected within the ed Olden Grocers. PPARTMENT stores would have exploded Lynch. ke me tired, “You fellows you think you're plumb smart tryin’ to A fool a fellow that-a-way! I don't know * about Silver, except that he's JOLLY FRLLOW (to the man ators why toon dragged from his bed b ing of his front door bell) | windows ty wide century unless their proprietors | st; could have induced Paritament to grant|fashion, in spectal favor with more privileges than allowed to other| travellers, shopkeepers, The articles that @ grocer were definitely currants, sugar, horse.” His face wrinkled Toanks, awfully, old maa,| slowly, as he repeated, “Miss Jane's you have your bead Fifth avenue Pearmm's Weekiy , and the St, Germain, way and Twenty: * wat Thompson, “Miss Jane's n’ he was found tn your Fifth avenue, DIFFERENT, Howell~Does powder, shot, match, tar, pitch, tt House, con- They are, like the ‘a, olives,|@ueted on the European plan, ‘Aimonde,| ‘The Julian, in Weshington pia candle | Broadway, is a fashion doarding-house, prunes, figs, Spanish white alabaster, alum, brimstone, lampbdlack Powell—Yea, but he doesn’t part with them philoeophically the cabin, At that oman came out of the cabin door, standing before & end the Woman's Home gente | dieitned aiding group of men with a emile. She came toward the men, beaming. Hats came off; the aes dose smiled; opened wide, “It'e Jane!" he gasped, hanging the pommel of his saddle, “What But by this time Lynch had seise@ | Miss Jane by the hand and had drawm her close to him. I'm introductn’ you to Mrs. Tate Lyne! he said. “We was married two days after Thompron give me my time. I rode right over to the Two Diamond an’ got her, and we got tle@ Up over In Cimarron. There wasn't weddin’ cards, But I reckon the weddia’ is legal anyway—Mra. Lynch is oves and I've had my eye-teeth cut Sow .,/ ight amart while” He turned to Thompson. “I'm gte@ you had my wife's horse brought over to her, father-in- She'll need ft, ridin’ over to the Circle Bar to see you ‘an her mother. An’ I won't have ©” to buy none.” Ha grinned broadly, yr holding out @ hand towatd Thompson while Mrs. Lynoh, smiled. ‘“Father-taa Ot law, aint we goin’ to get your blesein'?* Thompson turned and slowly surveyed the circle of grinning “I ain't sayin’ nothin’,’ sald, as bo slowly ail down from bis pony approached Mra, Lynoh. “What's bethe erin’ me te: hen I asked you is the day I give you your time if there, ‘Was an understandin’ between you an” Jane you sald there'd never been amyw thing said between you in words & reson, yea lied about that? ch leaned over and kissed , wife full on the Ii Werte “What's the use of talkin’, anywayT? py he sald, wh CHAPTER Vil. The Reformation of ‘Twoe: Gun” Harlan. in DING past the deserted bunts, . house, Harlan urged his pony’ tout and came on éown long the corral fence, dese to some squat outbull@iags and up to the edge of the porch that ross the front of the rapohe wae a rocking chatr om the porch near a acreen door; @ retler towel hung above a bench upon which was a tin basin half @led with wate, In @ lean-to addition to the ranoh-Rousg was another door—yawning open, Swarms of fies droned before it im the: cit white sunlight. There were mo signe st Ute. r larian’s lips w over his teeth marl, hia eyes snapped with « meen Ing contempt. “I reckon th eet,” he enid. sndbbebione There was @ eudden rustle of atitete 7% at the screen door; @ young woman came out and stood near the rockinge chair, gazing inquiringly heir was fseahly combed and lay elese dress vealed a figure that told of youth amd health and strength, Harlan ewept broad-brimmed hat from his head bi bowed derisively over his pon “Why, somebody's sure here, mingling @ slight trony with hi tended surprise, “an Ive a woman Was thintin’ that mebbe everybody had run off an’ left the place without @ The young woman's head went aowty back, the faint bloom akable resentment, said, her chin uptilting with disdetny her words directed toward @ point many feet above Harlan's head, “It's full of men who lack ordinary horse sense!’ This direct sarcaam did not affect Harlan to any marked degree. He eal orect, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, It was not a frank smile; Insolence shone in it cold cunning. He turned in hi throwing one lag car Pommel, while he gazed at the young woman from r level pH ads Are you the boss of this here ranch?* with subtle sia. irl's lps straightened, her o&imvs ptbly outwand, “Tf © coldly, “T would make” 1 here mighty unplei ” Without giving hin ere oy reply to this, sho t stepped over the thr door slamming v Je, his smile fading inte er. Then he threw back his head and laughed, Wheeling his Ps | he rode slowly down to the corral, @lg- | > mounted, and hitched the antmal te =) fop rail. Then he returned to the range , “| house He selected the door in the leans * 10, stepping boldly acroag thy threebotd,... and halting Just inside. Upon_e ehale ss near a desk a man of fifty was.) stretched out—sleeping. For a moment. - Harlan stood silent, contemplating te, > sleeping man with a felino smile. i he took two steps and laid a heavye” hand upon the man's shoul ter sat erect and faced the intr 1 I reckon thie is the Two Bar !4 Harlan, A Why, yea,” returned the man, sew fully awake, “it gure is.” “ sto Be ‘This country !3 going to ruin,” ene” #