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-HH I H I 1 I 1 I I I I I III 1 1 I HI
H THE INSPECTOR'S!!
ROMANCE
? j Its Ending and the Event ;;
That Led Up to It. ::
By CLAUDE PAMARES.
I-H-I H H H I 1 1 I I 1 W-l I I I H
Once every two month?? now ? day
or two earlier and now a day or two
later? Inspector Cranforth had entered
the different postofflcee on hl? route
and checked up and atralgbtened out
affairs. There were postmasters who
had aeen him grow old and gray since
hla appointment They had alwaya
found him a pleasant spoken and a Just
man. but all atood In awe of htm. In
no department of the public service Is
Uncle Sam more particular than In the
postal. The cash must balance to a
cent with the postmasters, and any
man or woman who attempts to play
tricks with his letters are certain to be
pursued with relentless energy.
Inspector Cranforth was generally re
garded aa a flint hearted man. It was
understood that he was an old bachelor
and had never known what love was.
He accepted no excusee from poetmae
ters and Indulged In no flirtations while
traveling. At fifty years of age he had
got to be part of the route, and no one
knew him for Just what he was Out
side of hla officialism he had a heart as
warm aa any man's, and one reason?
and perhaps the main ooe? why be had
not married was the fact that he had
always maintained a home for a moth
er and a crippled sister. Ilia salary
could do no more. One day a windfall
came In the shnpe of a legacy, and if
the Inspector had dreams of matrimony
and a fireside all his own no one could
blame him.
Those who looked upon the man as
flint hearted did not know the Ins and
outa of the case at the Dover post
office. An old soldier bad been post
master there for years When he died
his widow took his place. When she
died her daughter, Mary, who had
known the Inspector since her baby
hood. was left motherless, fatherless
and almost penniless. It was the In
spector who paid a part of the under
taker's bill; It was the Inspector who
had Uncle Billy Smith appointed; It
was the Inspector who got Msry Wil
liams a clerkship that practically made
ber postmistress and financially Inde
nendent.
Even the girl did not know the ex
tent of his kindness. When he found
himself flaking why he did It he found
himself replying that In two or three
years more he hoped to be In a posi
tion to marry. At present his feeling*
toward the girl were merely paternal.
What they might be In the future he
wouldn't dlscusa with himself.
It was said that Inspector Cranforth
took more time for Inspection at the
Dover postoffice than anywhere else.
Some of the village gossips said It was
because of Mary Williams, who regard
ed him as a friend and waa always
glad to see him come, and other* wild
he had his eye on Tllile Langton. the
daughter of the village lnnkee[>er. It
was the talk that the two girls were
rivals, and the innkeeper's daughter at
least came to believe It and to feel bit
ter toward the girl In the postoffice.
The situation of afTalrs was Just right
when there came an official complaint
against the Dover postoffice.
William Pen field, aon of Deacon Pen
fleld, was In the habit of sending his
old father money from Iowa every
month or two.
William was of an economical turn
and did not want to pay a registry fee
or the premium exacted for a money
order. The bill was simply inclosed In
a letter. The father waa Inclined to be
garrulous and to look upon It as a
smart trick to get ahead of Uncle Sam,
and so In time every one In and around
Dover came to know what would have
been more prudent to be kept secret.
A money letter was mlsstng. Old Mr.
Penfleld haunted the postoffice for a
week and then wrote to William. Wil
liam made affidavit that he wrote and
Inclosed a ten dollar bill on a certain
date. It was the business of Dncle
Sam to send out a tracer and for one
of his lnseotors to follow It up. In
?pector Cranforth took his time about
It, but he finally traced the letter Into
the Dover postoffice. By that time
there was great ado in the town. Old
Mr. Penfield hadn't hesitated to ex
press his opinions that "some one'
right In the home postoffice had cribbed
his letter and abstracted the money,
and of course he referred to Mary.
She claimed to be Innocent, but there
were those who held to the contrary,
and when Inspector Cranforth arrived
to carry hla Investigation further there
waa great excitement To the Intense
Indignation of hundreds of cltlaena the
Investigation was held within closed
doore? that Is, Mary was questioned
only In the presence of a Justice of the
peace. She waa nervous and excited
and ahaken. She admitted her belief
that ?uch a letter had arrived at about
?uch a date, but what had become of
It, if not delivered, she could not say.
The establishment was a combina
tion grocery and postoffice. A person
could have sneaked Into the postoffice
part from the grocery, but he would
have had to look over all the general
delivery mall to get the Penfleld letter.
He would have also had to hit the
exact date of Its arrival.
Every Incident of the day waa re
called. but suspicion could not be di
rected against anybody. The letter had
arrived, but what had become of it
was a puxxle Two honra* talk was
leavtng the Investigation Just where It
tiad begun when the outsiders demand
?d Hint th? gtrl'l thmn at her boarding
place be searched. She went pal* la an
Instant, And a? the lostitctor not I red It
a suspicion loflfctd 10 tits heart. ?'heu
asked If she were willing abe beeltsted
and OssUy decline*). Kven the good old
Justice, wbo waa her Mend, looked at
ber with pity In bis fac* Tile Inspector
?tared Into vacancy ? moment and
then hta mind waa made op.
"Mary, bar* you a lea dollar Mil In
your trunk?" be aaked.
"I?P? abe stammered.
"Hare you or bare you not?"
"Yea, but? but"?
'TtMtt you took tba latter T"
"Oh, I couldn't bare done It? I never
did Itl" abe walled.
"Then where dtd the Mil come from ?"
"I can't tall yon. f'leaae don't aak ma
anything mora. I didn't take tba Pet
Held loiter, but 1-4 cant tell your
"Poor girll" sighed tba Justice aa be
walked serosa to tbe hotel with tba In
?pec tor.
"I've got a duty to do." waa the reply.
When the Inspector bad readied bis
room he sat down and wrote out his
resigns Won. to take Immediate effect
8ome one else would bsv? to arreat
Mary Williams. It waa the hardest
blow of his Ufa. He bsd been thinking
of ber for s month past aa hla wife.
It aeenicd Impossible that ahe could be
guilty, and yet the Inspector sent <ft?
to tak?? bis place must arrest ber on
her own showing. Tba man waa feel
ing moire sore st heart than ever before
In bis life when be heard two femala
voices In the neit mom. There was a
vacant atoveptpa bole Just a bore hta
head ttat let every word float through
The women were tha innkeeper's wife
and hla daughter, and be heard tha
mother say :
Tlllki, where did you get that ten
dollar Ml changed V
"At the butcherV was the reply.
"And what did you do with tba let
ter T"
"Burned It up. Don't yon go to fret
ting ovor things. Tbay aay that Mary
will lose her place, but nothing else
will happen. I want to get Mr. Cran
forth In the parlor tonight and sing and
play for him."
Ten minutes later the Inspector waa
at the tutcher'a. aaktng questions. Hs
went from there to the poetofflce for a
few mlnutea' talk with the accused
girl When be had asked a question
or two she remembered that on a cer
tain date when ahe had half a down :
letters la her hand abe had been called I
Into the grocery part In a burry and i
bad left the letter* on the connter for
a moment bealde the Innkeeper's I
daughter.
"And now about searching your j
trunk?" asked the Inspector.
8be handed him the key In a ahame- ,
fsced way snd ssld:
"1 dont want you to. but if yon must
then yon will And the bill In a letter.
Read the letter."
The Justice waa taken along. The
letter and money were found, and both
read th'? letter and replaced It and
want out of the room almost on tiptoe i
The lnapector had never heard that ;
Mary even had a beau. The letter |
proved that she was engsged to a
young man In a neighboring town snd |
he had sent her the money to save op
with more sgalnst their wedding.
"Why didn't you tell me this be
fore T' a*ked the lnapector of the girl
that evening
"1? I didn't want to hurt you," ahe .
replied.
"Hurt me? bow??"
"1 know you were railing in lore
with me, and you are so old. you know,
and I'd have to aay no, you see"
"I understand," he flnlshed, with a
sigh, and, going Into his own room, he
tore up Ills resignation snd sst down
and figured It all out sod aald to him
[ ssif :
The flrl to right The man of Hfty
' who baa a rnm?n? la an ?M fooir*
lie waa not entertained In the Ian
parlor that evening He never atop*
there now The thins w** ?oraehew
fixed np between the landlord and ofcl
PenBeld and the government bat It la
whlapered around that It mat the for
mer a tbouaand dollar* and that Tlllle
la likely to die an old maid
luMilut* Silver.
When the altrar waa rounded np at
the and of the day'* work the maater
of the pantry sorted oat elevea ?poooa
engraved with the namaa of other raa
tauranta and boteto
"And thai la retting ofT pretty well,"
aaid be. "Theae were l-fr by custom
era who awlped aome of onr own "liter
Waltera bare become *o ex|>ert at
counting at Joat one gian?-e the pierce
of silver they reraoi e from a table thai
the areraee pilferer I* a?hamed to ae
crete a fork or *(m?oo nniM? be ba*
something to replace It with Eye*
aharp enough to take In the nnmher of
plecea cannot read nime* and mono
gram* at arm a length <? Ihe ?ub*ti
tata I* pretty sure to prerent deter
tion. Souvenir flend* who go to Mg
reetauranta with the Intention of cart
Ing off a part of the silver hare got
?mart enough to leave other spoon*
that the; hare got tired of lu It* place
to fool the waiter "-New York P*?
Qlaaa Bottemed Beat.
A glaaa bottomed l?>at now building I
at Camden. N J . for nae In sctentiftc
expedition* la a dl*tin> t novelty. It
la sixty feet long and haa a bottom,
from atem to atern, of plate glaaa folly
an Inch thick. A anhinarlne radio light
will lllnmlnate the ocean deptha be
aeath. and in addition there are tn be
Incandescent lam|>* which can be low
ered for more particular oheervatlona
tt la expected that the craft will be
oeefnl In examining wrecka. Mean
while It la to he need thla winter for
marine exploration In the gulf of Max
Ico and about the Bahama Islands. It
may point the way for fnrther develop
ment of submarine veeeela. making
tbero nsefnl tn peace a* well aa war.
ORKAT CLBARAKCB BAI.K
Sold at a loea! Malt Ralnlar, 2?
centa per bottla. Eapeclally prepar
ed for sick peopla and Invalid*, and
excellent for nursing mother* Only
two barrel* left. After that, price
will be SS centa per bottle.
Pa*k Train Bar.
Bonded whtekiee? fMbenn, Moon
I Vernon and Belmont. The beat of
Beer ? Blue Ribbon, Budweleer and
Pale Rainier, at the Maacc* Tele
phone <7. tf
ORAM) Ricnrt-rioN balk
The Pack Train la now celling a
big lot of Oood Oooda at reduced
price* aa they are getting too old
to bold and aell at a profit, T ours,
tf Merman Grimm
FIVE G000 ONtS TO DRAW TO.
For S Sc. you can get a w hoi aome,
home cooked meal at the New Home
Reetaurant, 6th aveune. Just off of
Broadway.
Hand painted dinner earda, farora
score cards. In water color or oil
original and exclusive deelgna and
local aubjecta. Supply on hand o
special work executed on short
notice. Mr*. Loulae Mlinea, with
J. Ikuta, Skagway Mall ordera re
ceive special attention. tf
riinrmmovAi. rAitiw.
Attnreeye
H. R I.K FKYRK
Attom?y>At-f<a?r
CoiamiMloDcr For Yukon Territory
to Tm? Affidavit*
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Curiot, IroTf Carving*
Indian Baikeii
CHINA AND cut: CLASS
Official Watch Imygrt or lor ll?
W. P. A Y. Rout*
Mail Ordert prcmp? rare
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SEATTLE. WASH.
Trade At Home
IT is a hard thing to convince some people, who have acquired the
mail order habit, that it is to their advantage to trade at home The
green field# far away appeal to them, no they tend their money out of
town for something that is no better than can be found on the local
merchant's shelves. The money is thus gone where they, nor any one
of the community, will ever see it again, and where it can do nobody
good but the person who has it and he is hundreds or thousands of
miles away.
THE MAIL ORDER PEOPLE
are not the only offenders who are blind to the interests of the commu
nity. The merchants are just as bad. Many of them send away for
their printing, while at the same time argue against^mail order business.
SEE THE DRIFT?
TRHD6 AT HOWE
AND
GET YOUR PRINTING AT HOME