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EVENING IEDGrEB PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY MARCH 2(3, 1915.
THE BLUE BUCKLE
A BAFFLING MYSTERY AND BREATHLESS TALE OF ADVENTURE
By WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE
Author of "Tho Red Mouso," "The Running Fight," "Catspaw," Etc. .
(CotTtllht. 1014. MeD-lde, Nsst & Co.)
BTNOPS1S. ,
On board s, transstlsntla llntr. relurnln;
from fftifnn. (Mir nuths-rford falls In
lovs with a wornsn, , Mra. TMeott.
She
with . woman, a Mrt. Tstcoti. on
ltmi In ba troubled h somMlilniC. mitre
fuses (its help, and upends n of tho tune
with her Invalid husband. Alto "?,.
U J Baron llelderman, an unscrupulous
financier, who makes a business proposition
to Rutherford, and In a conversation saya
that he suspects the Taleotts of lt "
It directs attention to s, bluo BcK'KJ1Sr1"
by Mrs. Taleott. Later Held-rmsn bribes
the wireless operator to let him taxe a
nessattf. .. . ..-,...
. The messaa h takes is inai '"","
diamond n-Alaco Is belnn mul!(t.mS
this, country. An elderly man and a young
is ui-
jirs.
this, country.
unm .illlv saln KUSDlclon
..l.' . Tjr.r VL- &-..,.. t.4lir
icctca iiiinsi 1110 ienvuti" - . - .
Taleott Is attacked by a ruffian, wno altera-)-
to snatch the blue biickls from tier.
Crnfr hutherford rescues her. Fl'""15
the. woman ho loves he eatches a allmpse
of her In Iteldcrman's suite with her arms
about his neck. . , ,. .tcnii
.At tho dock. New York, Mrs. TO
forces her way Into CralK's cab and asks
him to drive her home. Aa they examlnj
H houee.Crals; attempts to declare his
lote. but Mr. Talcott's voice Is he-iru,
wsmln htm of his orejence, .
, cralic then finds that he has ."yidrS
tool for the smugglers. In his pockets aro
the blue buckle and the strlns; of diamonds.
Ruma-M break Into the room, and again
th ,0lce of Mr. .Taleott saves the day.
Crnls- keeps the blue buckle for safety
and turns tho diamonds oyer to the secret
cervlce agents. They tell Mm that He der
man has been seen at his homo eery "'
for the last twr. weeks. Cral Roes lilmself
to Investigate, and through the glass wan
of Hclderman'a house ho sees that Kemie
man parading up and down. urnlK iir
on h m. Helderrnan exhibits his .logs, two
bloodhounds, which are absolutely under
Ms control. They talk about tho smug
citna; Incident. ., . ... ,. wt.n
Hutherford finds out that the men who
have attacked both him and Mrs Tjleott.
re ernpiojed by MIi Arany ha i
a so on the boat with hint, m,m.. i fnin
confesses that sho Is really Mis-. HIHIo
Italian! ne. There are; two hlue buckles,
each of which beara half an InicrlP'ton.
The whole Is a cluo to a hidden fortune
In connecilon with which is n. .raPer .
Inn her father from suspicion of "wlnW;gi
Craig, Insisting that he w III help MIW
Uallantyne to tho foitune which Is right
fully hers, contcssej his love for '
Helderrnan Impersonates a lawyer net ng
for the llrm which has the w-cond b u
buckle, and attempts to got the Inscription
from Miss Uallantyne's buckle, but Is re
fused His villainy Is discovered when ins
real lawyer appears
CHAPTER XlX-(Contlnucd).
Miss Ballantyno wondered how tho boy
could know who she was so quickly, and
If It wero customary In largo ofllcos llko
this to tell an otnee boy so accurately of
expected clients. In a moment he was
back, asking her to follow.
"Mr. Cowen Is glad he waited a mo
ment longer, ho says."
The boy seemed disposed to trent Her
llko an old friend, nlthough she could
not remember having seen him before.
Perhaps all Now York office boys were
free and easy!
There wero two men seated In tne
room. Into which sho was ushered. One
she recognized as Mr. I.eclcrc, peering
at her from behind his heavy glasses.
Tho other was evidently Mr. Cowen, as
ho sat behind a desk piled high with
papers. Mr. I.cclerc arose. Sho np
proached him with hand extended.
' "You aro hero on time, Mr. Leclerc,
sho Bald, pleasantly.
"You are back. Miss Dallantyno? ho
remarked, not noticing her hand at first.
than ,taklng it as If her greeting rather
surprised him.
"Back?" she repeated. "Why, I haven t
been away," , ,
"No?" said Leclerc, seemingly puzzled
at her presence.
Mr. Cowen had risen from his place
behind tho desk.
"Is there something further we can do
for you. Miss Ballantyno?" he Inquired,
courteously.
"Further?" she questioned, smilingly.
"This ls.Mr. Cowen, I believe?"
"Certainly'.' -Jie replied, looking keen
ly at her. "I thought wo agreed that
everything was properly adjusted."
"So I understood you to say, she an
swered, her mind reverting to tho tele
phone conversation, "and I havo come
for the blue buckle."
"The bluo buckle?'1 r,eclcro repeated,
while Cowen appeared to listen to this
strange conversation without compre
hending It.
"I came for It, as you suggested, tho
girl said.
"And you got It, as I promised,
Leclerc replied.
"I got It!" Bllllo exclaimed, In aston
ishment. "The buckle," Cowen interjected. "Wo
gave It to you half nn hour ago.
"Why, Mr. Cowen, I have only just
come!" she protested.
"You have only Just come back, ot
course. But you were here half an tour
ago."
The girl's eyes opened wide and sho
gazed from one man to tho other.
"Am I dreaming or are you? Ynu
told mo at first to come at three "
"Which you did. Miss Ballantync," ob
served Cowen, with lawyer-like preci
sion. "Indeed, r did not. I obeyed your tele
phoned Instructions to come at four In
stead," she answered, with gentle In
sistence. Mr. Cowen stood silent a moment; then
he said; "Miss Ballantyne, I did not tele
phone you."
"Not this mornlng7"
"Not this morning or any other time."
TJlllIe listened to his calm tones, as If
(n a trance. While he spoke It came
to her that his voice was not at nil like
the one she had heard over the tele
phone. "But you came at three. Just the same,
and we turned over the buckle to you,"
Leclerc Interposed. The conversation
seemed to him meaningless and futile.
"You mean that you have delivered the
buckle to somebody?" she cried, start
ing forward.
"We delivered it to you don't you re
member? Why, here Is your own receipt
for It!"
Mr. Cowen advanced from behind the
desk, holding a slip of paper In his
hand. She came to meet him, and the
bright light of the desk lamp, the only
artificial light In the roam, made neces
sary to overcome the shadows from the
neighboring sky-scrapers cast by tho de
clining sun, outlined the graceful gray
figure and the winsome face clearly.
"Why, you are not the woman to whom
we gave the buckle!" he cried, aghast.
"You are pot Miss Ballantyne!"
Realizing that she stood upon the
threshold of some terrible mistake, the
girl stood silent, with quivering lips,
While the lawyer continued to survey
her, as though she were an apparition.
Ilia keen eyes went over every detail
of her costume, from tho broad, black hat
with Its quaint plume running out and
then under the brim, to the velvet gown;
and thence t,o the trim slippers orna
mented by their old-fashioned silver
"buckles, Every detail was the exact du
plicate of a costume worn by an earlier
calller; yet he knew this was not the
cam woman.
Leclerc, excited, worried by this new
complication, came close to the girl and
peered Impersonally Into her face, through
Ills thick glasses.
'Good heavens, Mr. Cowen!" he ex
claimed, "this Is the real Miss Ballantyne
-1 one I met up at the hotel!"
-And the other woman has the buckle I"
Cowen almost groaned.
In their excitement they had given no
thought to the menial anguish of the girl.
Cower. last words seemed to exhaust
the last bit of her fortitude, already se-
verely tried, that day. With a stifled
'Ob1' che collapsed Into a pathetic heap
up-ja ttio floor.
The two met lifted her clumsily to the
nearest chair, and brought her a glass
at water. They laved her temple, and
tjlie opened her eyes wearily, but at first
ttttire4. H word, either of complaint or
tMk, She. ww tlunhlajr, la dumb
jijry, of tier father awaiting her re
iifu with V'O kwdil. the ciew to their
ui ofMsrf r and lil uwtswii honor. itw I
it artpPn f lM.rttj& away by tjiat
MvUi-aT viyi tJetJsjrwui had wanted '
her. and whom Craig had repeatedly
soon! It was gtne forever!
Leclerc and Cowen looked nt each
other In undisguised alarm. Bends ot
perspiration stood on tho Canadian's fore
head, ns ho thought of what ho had In
advertently done.
"It was my near-sightedness," he pro
tested. "In height and general bearing,
the woman was llko you. And In drcsu
exactly as you wore the other day as
you are now. She seemed so fully In
formed about tho buckle and tho Ballan
tyno estate "
Mr. Cowen Interrupted his colleague's
miserable monologue by seizing tho tele
phone and ringing up a detective agency,
requesting them to detail to him tho best
man on their force.
"Como cornel Wo mustn't loan any
more time!" ho said, energetically. "We'll
seo If wo cannot get hold of this woman
and Ihe buckle!"
"If you cannot I'll never know what
was on It-the Inscription, I mean," said
Ulllle, In a pathetic llttlo voice. They
wero her first words after her collapse.
"It isn't qulto n.i bnd as that!" l.cclero
exclaimed with somo rcliet.
He picked up a piece of paper, and rap
Idly printed In tnpltal loiters tho follow
ing stranss words
DOT UI.AT'SINE KBAN 1MMIA.
"There, Miss Ballantyne. aro the sym
bols on tho second bluo buckle," he said.
"And tako heart ng.iln! Ono buckle Is
valueless without tho ottur. nt tho pliieo
tihprp they are to be presented. ou
still havo the other?"
Bllllo nodded, and took the pt offered
paper eagerly, clasping It In her globed
hand as though It wero the most precious
oblect In tho world.
"My letters and nffldavlts-nll the proofs
of my Identity-" she asked, fixing Implor
ing eyes upon Leclerc.
Ho was obliged to tell her the truth.
"1 turned them over to tho other
woman, believing my part In this strange
transaction ended, and knowing they
would be needed In claiming tho fortune.
Her features trembled pitifully; but In
alt her own misery she divined something
of the wretchedness or spirit nnicii
Lec'erc was enduring, and she tried to
cover her grief.
"Let me know if you hear anything
else pleaFe'" she managed to whisper,
and then fled to the waiting cab.
Sophie gave a llttlo cry as she opened
the door at home. So drawn and haggard
was the girl's mce. In contrast to tho
buovant look of hope with which she had
started on her mission downtown, that
the French woman wns frightened. With
out a word she hurried her mistress up
stairs, und undressed her and put her to
bed, as though sho weio n tired child.
"You nre so good to me, Sophie," her
mistress snld, gratefully, "and tho rest
of the world Is so hard!"
XX
THE FORGED NOTE
The slow days of convalescence were
naturally tedious ones to Craig Ruther
ford, active In body and mind as he
normally wns. However, ho schooled his
soul to pntlrnce. being aided thereto by
the repeated warnings of his physician,
thnt every care must be exercised at pres
ent to prevent a recurrence of his old
attack.
One of his few diversions was the reud
Intt of the nowspapers, and the managing
editor of one of them could not have
glanced through the current files more
assiduously than he did. A lot of amuse
ment was derived from taking nn ordi
nary story, and comparing the different
version-) In various papers. It was
astounding how widely these versions dif
fered. Even the portraits used to Illus
trate them often failed to bear tilt re
motest resemblance one to nnother. Crulg
wns accustomed, like all other good Amer
ican citizens, to treat the newspaper with
lenient tolerance Just bororn election, or
any such time of national stress. Ha
knew beforehand that they could not bo
expected to give unbiased versions of any
political movement either for or against
their particular creed.
But this lack ot agreement in the ordi
nary run of news this printing of stories
with a wealth of detail one day, onlv to
have them denied In toto the next, was
disturbing even more than diverting. If
Craig had been familiar with newspaper
offices, or had oven visited ono during the
busy hours ot make-up, witnessing tho
stress and strain of collecting and sitting
Items from all over the world, he would
havo understood how easy It was for
errors to creep In, and would have mado
more allowance for features which to tho
layman seem absurd.
Every newspaper every day was brought
up to him by the devoted Mike. Conse
quently, ho was In a position to notlco
what otherwise might havo escaped him.
In one lssuo a small item almost hidden
in the closely printed column brought his
wandering attention sharply back to his
own affairs.
GOES TO FLOIIIDA
Helderrnan, tho Financier, Oft
For u Needed Rest
J, Baron Helderrnan, that enterprising
New York financier, goes to Florida this
week to spend considerable time. Ho nays
ho Is driven to It by fatigue. "I'm dog
tired," ho said -csterday when tho re
porter found him In a Stli avenue store
bujing a now wliito ynchtlng cap. "I'm
the kind of man who can do 12 months'
work In eight, but I can't do 12 months'
wotk In 12. That's my stylel" Tho last
sentence was addressed to tho salesman
In reference lo tho cap; but 11 fit. the
eccentric financier's way ot doing things.
Ah for the cap ho bought It! and Unques
tionably It wns his style and fit.
Beforo Hutherford hnd ceasod to ponder
oer this Item ho picked up another paper,
tho columns of which were more financial
In character, and giving Importance only
to news thnt affected business, directly or
Indlrecliy. Here he again encountered tho
name of Helderrnan.
J. Baron Helderrnan to Pay a
Flying Visit to tho South
Financial circles wero Interested today
to learn that J. Baron Helderrnan had
suddenly decided to pay a flying visit to
tho South, perhaps going ns far ns nor
ma. At lils office no Importance wns at
tached to this trip, but It can hardly bo
taken for his health, ns ho In tho picture
of energy nt present, having recently re
turned, from a sojourn nbroad. It Is
known, also, that ho Is Immersed In sov
cinl Important denls now pending, which
will necessitate his presenco In tho city
within a very fow days. Tho hasty trip
South, therefore, has set tho Street to
wondering as to what now venture, per
haps In the Southern field, ho may havo
In mind.
Hutherford worried ovor theso two con
tradictory stories, with tho unreasoning
concern ot nn Invalid denied his usual
employments. Ordinarily he would havo
paid llttlo attention to tho goings and
comings of llelderman. whether for busi
ness or for pleasure, but theso llemt
struck him us pccullnr. In the same day's
nows n financial paper wns nttachlng Im
portance to n Hying trip South, in the
fnco of detaining engagements In New
York; while the banker himself was mix
lous to create tho Impression thnt ho wni
going away for a needed rest nnd would
be ubscnt for somo time.
Long beforo this, Crnlg realized that
ho himself had become Involved lit n
curiously complicated series of events.
Whether he wished to or not, ho must
play tho game to the end; and these two
innocent-looking newspaper Items enmo
to him llko n challenge a call to nrras.
Ho owed It to himself, even though tho
girl he had championed had proven un
worthy, to learn moro about Heldennan's
contemplated move. Yet what could he
do? For some dn".s et no telling how
long he would bo confined to his bed.
He shook his fist savagely at nn Imngi-,
nary lleldermnu, before him. If llelder
man wero only there!
"Did you do this to me on purpose;" ho
said aloud.
Mike stuck his head In at the door.
"Beg pardon, sor, did you call me?" ho
asked.
"No. Mike, I was Just paying my se
sperts aloud to a friend of mine!" ho
said.
"Well, If he's the same chap I'm think
ing of asking our pardon just tell him
I'd llko to see him, too!"
Seldom did master nnd man understand
each other better than theso two. Few
words were necessary with them to con
vey thought.
"What I wns just coming In to say,
sor." continued Mike, "wns thnt a young
lady was waiting downstairs to see you.''
"A lndy? I can't seo her here'"
"Sho says It's very important, nnd she's
sorry to disturb you. but asks that you
see her, nnyway. She has been hero bo
fore, sor."
Craig defied the doctors. Ho struggled
up from his bed, and made tho protesting
Mlko help him Into a bedroom robo and
draw a big rattan chair with him In it
Into tho living-room. Ho confidently and
wonderlngly expected to seo Miss Ballan
tyne. Mlko wiped tho perspiration from hl3
brow nnd went back to the reception
room where tho visitor waited. A fow
moments later she appealed In the door.
a slender, distinguished-looking flguro In
a gray gown and a big, black hat, with a
bunch of violets nt her wuist. Then tho
light brought the oval faco Into lellcf,
and Craig, who hud half risen, sank back
again.
"You, Miss Arany!" ho exclaimed, not
heing able In his Hist moment of sur
prise to conceal his disappointment.
"You expected somo ono else?" Miss
Arany asked, In her turn.
"You will excuse my not ilslug," Huth
erford ialci, courteously, but without
noticing her Inquiry. "You see I am
rather Incapacitated.''
"Oh, I urn so 'sorry!" sho exclaimed,
with such a pietty show ot real concorn,
that he felt pleased by her sympathy, In
spito of a vague distrust her presence al
ways Inspired in him. But what ordinary
man Is proof against the interest dis
played in him by a young nnd attractive
woman!
"1 bcllevo you said that ou had busi
ness of Importance " he htiggchted.
"Indcd, I cannot consult my own Inter
ests until you tell me what has happened
to you!" sho protested. "Is it an acci
dent, or an Illness?"
"Not exactly cither and I bcllevo that
I owo tho fact I am not worse oft to your
good offices."
As ho fired this chance' shot ho watched
her cxpresslvo faco Intently; but sho only
replied, as If In pleased surprise:
"To me! How havo I unintentionally
been of somo real use to you?"
"You telephoned tho doctor In the nick
of time which wns about 3 a. m.' he
answered.
"I, Mr. Rutherford?'' she raised large
and really beautiful eyes to his, meeting
his gazo with the frankness of a child.
"I? Oh, If I 6nly could be Of service to
you, I should bo glad! But Sou wilt not
see this you formal American! And this
time you give me credit for kindness I
do not deserve. WJ)d told you that I
telephoned In your lielmtf ?"
"No one," he answered. frankly, "t
wns Informed at first that It was nnother
person "
"Miss Ballantyne?" sho Interrupted,
quickly. "That might well apply to me,
for I nm Indeed Miss Ballantyne. But the
ono of whom you speak Is tho pretended
Miss Ballantync or, rather, Miss Ballan
tyne, the pretender."
"Just what do you, mean. Miss
Arany?" asked Rutherford coolly. "Of
courso you aro not Miss Ballantyne."
"Of course I nm Miss Ballantyne," sho
retorted defiantly. "I nm Miss Ballan
tyne, tho daughter of thd woman with
whom Geoffroy Ballantyno was In love.
I nm the rightful heir to his fortune; and
this Miss Ballantyne, nllas Taleott, who
Is trying lo rob me, has not tho least
claim. She's nn Impostor."
Tho lovely eyes sparkled and flashed,
ns tho woman spoke with Intense feeling.
It was clear that she fought back an
emotion that almost overcame her.
"Look!" sho said, holding out to him
a mass of papers. "Surely you will trust
your own eyes! These will establish my
claim nnd forever quiet the false preten
sions of the girl who poses ns Miss Bal
lantyne even duplicates my costumes!"
Craig looked at tho documents which
sho spread out beforo him. There was a
birth record, and thoro the marrlngo cer
tificate of Arthur Elwood Ballantyne nnd
Margaret Horton, tho mother nnd father.
Ho recognized tho papers. They wero tho
ones he had seen on the ten-table nt the
Hltz-Carlton.
"Miss Arany," ho said quietly, "t saw
somo of theso papors In tho possession of
nnother person. I bcllevo they apply to
her, and belong to her.''
"I know you do. You hnvo faith In tho
protended Miss Ballantyne such fnllh
that you havo more than once overlooked
the testimony of your own eyes!"
Crnlg winced In spite ot himself, but
Miss Arany vehemently hurried on:
"f ndmlt that you saw theso papers In
the possession of tho pretended Miss
Bnllnntync; but they have at last been
secured nnd returned to me, the rightful
Miss Ballantyne, from whom they were
stolen. You remember that they wero
placed In the attorney's nands to Investi
gate? The lesult Is a3 you sect Ho
hns returned them to their rightful
owner!"
Hutherford wns startled and puzzled by
this conflicting chain of evidence. It
came, nlso, nt n loychologlcal moment
when he was disposed to distrust, not
merely Blllle Bnllantyne, but tho wholo
trlbo of womankind In general. This
woman told her Rtory glibly; but was not
she the person who, he had been informed,
hnd sent the men to search his apart
ments? Peeing that he still looked doubtful,
Miss Arany hastened to produce her
crowning bit of evidence.
"Hnve you ever lccclved any written
communications from Wilhclmlna Ballan
tyne?" she asked.
"Why do you wish to know?"
"Becnu.se, If vou have, you must recog
nize her handwriting. Here is a noto
from her to ou, which explains Itsolf.
It Is the cnuso of my visit "
She produced a large, square envelope
which Crulg recognized nt a glance wns
precisely like one ho had In his desk,
from Hiltic. rclntlng to the Canadian ad
vertisements. And the writing In nppear
nnco was tho same. Ho took tho letter
and opened It. with the boat iow of un
concern that he could muster. Yes, thcro
was the same monogrammed device, In
embossed clinrnctcis, and below he read
tho following communication:
"My Dear Mr. Rutherford:
"I know you will consider this a straugo
request, but when 1 see you If I ever do
ngaln I will try to cxplnln moro fully.
Special Easter
Trains to
Atlantic City
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Stone Harbor
Wildwood
Cape May
Easter Leaflet showing all trains at
Ticket Offices.
ri'IXMAN rATtLOn. CAIt SEATS
nettimlnr from Atlantia City Easter
Hunday I. M. can be arranged for nt
Chestnut St. Terry and City Ticket oaice.
13th nnd Chestnut fits.
$-fl Sunday Excursions
J-eave (iirstnut anil South 8t,
1'errles 730 A. M.
lor All Above 1'olntH.
1
fin ii ift
Hr
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This Week
Queen Elizabeth
Spoon
On Sale with 450
Dealers in Philadelphia
and Near-by Towns.
BXtis'i
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mm?
Next Week
See Announcement of
merman,
Enlarged Picture
Actual Size 6 Inches
English, Belgian
War Hero Spoons
Wm. A. Rogers, Ltd,
The lawyers who Investigated my cisitn?
say that there Is nn error some dreadful
mlstako somewhere-and that I nm not
entitled to tho Ballontyno estate. Bo I
am writing you to aslt you please to turn
over the blue buckle In your possession
to tho lady you have known ns Miss
Arany. She will show you the papers
and you will know that sho Is tho right
one. I nm terribly sorry to havo given
you all this trouble, and will be always
grateful for your kindness. Believe me,
"Sincerely.
"WIMIEMflNA BALLANTYNE."
lie read this amnslng communication
over n second time, to make sure that
ho understood Its meaning. His worst
fears were renlltcd, thenl The girl had
played her desperate game ns far as sho
dared, nnd was now trying to undo some
of the harm, possibly In order to avoid
arrest. And yet, despite this damning
ovldenco, Craig caught himself Inventing
excuses-still wishing to shield herl How
willingly would ho have seen tho posi
tions reversed, nnd this woman standing
with eager, expectant look beforo him,
proved tho Impostor!
"So you havo come for tho bluo
buckle, Miss Arany?"
Ves, ns the noto Indicates," she re
plied. "Miss Arany "
"Miss Bnllantyne, If you can accustom
yourielf to It," she suggested, smiling.
"I nm used to tho other," he respond
ed, coldly. "In a mailer of this Im
portance t must proceed cautiously."
Site flushed angrily.
"Isn't thcro enough before you to sat
isfy even your caution? Thcro nro tho
papers. I havo told you bofore about the
Inscription on the buckle. And now I
bring you n written request from tho
rival claimant. Hurcly, that Is enough!"
"Possibly, Mies Arany, but I realize,
as well ns you do, that this buckle In
volves a largo proprty. I am taking
only the piecautlons that you would tako
In a llko situation."
"And what nre those?" sho naked
quickly.
"I hax'o not myself determined them.
However, It you will call tomorrow, I
will "
(CONTINUED TOMOIUIOW.)
"COPS" SURPRISE CROOKS
Blueconts Arrive Just in Time to Seize
Hold-up Men.
Two policemen met nt tho ends of their
beats nt 23d nnd Pearl streets, this morn
ing. Two men were ngalnst a wall, hold
ing up their hands. Two other men were
expressing a dcslic for looso change.
Tho two policemen grabbed the two
highwaymen, the two victims put down
their hands nnd all six men marched to
the 20th nnd But ton wood streets station.
The prisoners gave their names as Sam
uel Scott, of 2225 Raco street, and John
Collins, of 331 North 23d street. Tho vic
tims, who had J1.25 between them, sold
they were Thomas Daley and Kobert Mc
Clcnry. both of 2111 Vine street. Tho
policemen wero Casey and Dermody.
Mnglstiate Beaton held the prisoners In
$600 bnll for court for attempted highway
robbery.
Favor "City Flag DajM
A "City Flaff Day" I advocated by
Walnut Street Business Men's Associa
tion, which has sent a letter to Mayor
Blankenburg, asking him to Issue a flag
day proclamation. Tho business men, In
their letter to tho Mayor, suggest that
ho Issue a proclamation to tho merchants
nnd residents, requesting them to fly
tho Walnut Street Business Assocla
anniversary ot the day on which City
Councils determined on a city flag.
Demand Road Improvement
morn whosA linm nr kta. .. .
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nancasier pmo nro protesting ag-ftlrijt th
lanuro oi mo Dorougn authorities to I
elst upon Mio oiling of that thorough,,
Letters havo been sent to Charlt. -
Olather, president of the Lancaster XvA
nuo Improvement Assnelniin. t... 'J
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dltlon of tho road. con
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