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fTHE BROWNSVILLE DAILY HERALD
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 1 19 i
moke
' ill
. Steady
r why
At a Bargain
IK fififl A PEJQ Hidalgo County five miles from (Mia-
10 UUU AI'IILO phi and four miles from the irrigated
lauds of the ITidalgo ('anal Co. 100 per cent tillable
aud the soil just like that bought by William J. Bryan at
Mission. Good house plenty of shallow -water good fence
around the property. Adjoining land sold for (50.00 per
acre last week when a tract of 1000 acres Avas sold for
04000.00 to be planted in pecans. Write or call for fur-
ther information. Do it now as a quick sale must be made
of this property. Trice 10.00 per acre.
Ct A fl APDCC S0(l near Mission north of track
UT-U AullLu for sale at a bargain. All under fence and
every foot tillable. This property can never be bought so
cheap again and is on sale now for only ten days at
11.50 per acre.
.ILL lJTMATON
By
COfVaGftT 907.
. . . . S
it
640 ACRES
of fine cane land near Jlarlingen P..
miles from the station platform and
one mile from the Ilarlingen canal. Special price for quick
sale 35.00 per acre.
( fl fl A '('ss tM:ui yni m('-s $Vinn ' i-ownsvilIe and
lUU MuFii-O a large percentage has been in cultivation.
For sale at 110.00 per acre. This is a Aery fine tract of
land Avhich has made some record breaking yields. Can
show you the property at any time and it will only take
half an hour of your time. Call in and get particulars. It
is all under irrigation and is near the sugar mill.
7 ACRES
three and a half miles from Brownsville.
Soil Laredo silt clav loam aud a water
contract goes with the land. All under fence. For quick
sale SI 10.00 per acre. land adjoining sold for 125.00 v
acre onlv last month.
(Continued from yesterday.)
"You want ray "blessing do you Miss
i Barrack? Some people don't think
Brassy Van Torp's blessing worth
much young lady but you're welcome
to it such as it is."
He patted her thick hair and smiled
as she looked up and her eyes were
dewy with tears.
"That's all right my dear" he said.
"Don't cry?"
She smiled too because his tone
was kind and standing up she took
out her little leathern bag again quick-
ly emptied the twists of paper into
her hand selected one by touch and
slipped the rest back. She unwrapped
S a large stone and held it up to the
a ' light turning it a little as she did so.
Sj ' Van Torp watched her with curiosity
i and with an amused suspicion that
j she had perhaps played the whole
g i scene in order to mollify him and in-
; duce him to buy something. So many
i people had played much more elabo-
j rate tricks in the hope of getting
money from him. and the stones might
be imitations after all in spite of Lo-
; I gotheti's penciled line of recommenda
tion.
But Barak's next action took Van
Torp by surprise. To his amazement.
: . she pressed the ruby lightly to her
heart then to her lips and last of all
to her forehead and before he knew
energetically as on tne iitsi occasion.
At that moment it occurred to him
that he might sell it to a dealer and
give the proceeds to Lady Maudtfor
her good work and taking his hat and
gloves he went out immediately with-
out even telling Stemp that be was
going.
He walked up at a leisurely pace
from his hotel by the river to Piccadil-
ly and Bond street and entered a jew- j
eWs shop of modest appearance but j
ancient reputation which had been in
the same place for nearly a century
and had previously been on the other
side of the street !
Outside two well-dressed men were I
looking at the things in the window; ;
v'Iiin a broad-shouldered smart-
look '-- ran with black hair and ;
dressed in perfectly new blue serge ;
was sitting by the counter with his .
back to the door talking with the old 1
j-v.eler himself. He turned on the
c iair when he heard the new-comer's
svp and Mr. Van Torp found himself '.
face to face with Konstantin Logo- :
tneu whom he had supposed to be in
Paris.
"Well'' he said without betraying
the surprise he felt "this is what I
call a very pleasant accident Mr. Lo-
gotheti." The Greek rose and shook hands.
and the American did not fail to ob-
do you smoke heavy nerve-
wrecking Havana cigars?
A fine domestic cigar part
Havana part domestic leaf
gives you the Havana pleas-
ure and satisfaction with-
out the harm. Try a
Tom Moore
Miid 10c Cigar
THE SOUTHWEST CIGAR CO. Dallas Texas Distributors
what she was doing she had placed it . r';. nu"l" " 7u OT
j . . . "... i tissue paper on which .lav an nm-m
' .'.JJ-J-A A AAA AJLj. JLJ.JLA. Jj AAA A Xi-J-J- .
4-1 4V- .'.J.J
I. S. & M. II CROSS
in his right hand and closed his fin
gers upon it
stone much larger than the one he
U MllllLw under irrigation and Avell drained. Ideal
tract for a sugar plantation. Price 75.00 per acre.
CHAS. M. ARMSTRONG & COMPANY
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS
I!
WALL STKKKT QUIET.
Little Trading in Stocks Com and
Cotton Drop.
New i'ork Oct. 1. "the opening
of the t-tok market today was ir-
regular. Fluctuations were within
a narrow compass although dealings
were active.
During the day the market be-
came ery quiet and there was lit-
tle of interest in the trading. The
closins was very dull.
presents likf that. AVhy it's worth a
; thousand pounds in Bond street anv
i day!"
But she put her hands behind her
i hack and shook her head to show that
1 she would not take it back. Then with
I her empty hand she again touched her
j heart her lips and roihead and
' turned towards the door.
j "Here stop!" said Mr. Van Torp
going after her. "T can't take this
Thing! See here. I say! put it back
into your pocket!"
J She turned and met him. and made
I a gesture of protest and entreatv. .ih
f.Ads for this column strictly -asii if earnestly b-gging him to keep the
in advance. It is only by saving gem. He looked at her keenly and
bookkeeping and collection excuses lle was a judge of humanity and saw
that The Herald can make the cht-an I iw .f k. - .
v - ...... ...... " l ni.i icniam ilti
It was a thank-offering. ; ' lut u"e ne -S
"Nonsense!" objected the million- Tlr . 3
iare. smiling but holding out the stone " in ny hurry'" said Lo" 3
to her. "It's vorv sweet of you but ?othetl Politely "I don't mind waiting 4j
you don't mean it. and I don't 'take !n he Mr" Pinne' and 1
in mc uiiast 01 a aisrussion tnat may
LUM
Whcle?ale arid Retail Dealers in
I LUMBER SHINGLES DOORS
BUILDERS' HARDWARE
Buyers of Hides lAoois Skins and Produce.
fircw sviilc T xa
HERALD WANT ADS
iicui uuu ana 1 oeiieve neitner of us
hag anything in the world to do."
Mr. Pinney smiled benignly and put 1
in a word in the mercantile plural -!
which differs from that of royalty in fl
being used every day.
'"The truth is. we are not veiy busy
just at this time of the year." he
said.
"Thafs very kind of you Mr. !xgo-
theti." said Van Torp. answering the
latter "hut I'm not ieally in a hurry
thank you."
The stress be laid on the word "real-
ly" might have led one to the conclu-
sion that he was pretending to be but
was .not He sat down deliberately at
a little distance took off his hat. and
looked at the gem on the counter.
Office Matsmorcs. Mex. Cor. Abuuel Gonzalc
-W TV "T T-rV Z
Grain Market.
Chit ago Oct. I. The colsing quo-
tations. Wheat Corn Oats
..90- 567.m 3S-
.102
Oct.
Dec.
May
Situation Wanted.
POSITION WANTED Young
woman bookkeeper and typewriter;
experienjeed ; any town in the vallev.
! 9-28-tf
For Sale or Trade.
1 a last resource he took out his nnpV.
et-book and showed her a quantity of I don t know anything about such i
j folded hank notes. ' things of course." he said in a tone of j
I "Well" he said "since yojinsist ref!ection "but I should think that 1
Miss Barrack I'll buy th 'stone of ! was quite a nice ruby "
you but I'll be everlastingly jiggered I Sain Mr. Pinney smiled benignly '
j if I'll take it for nothing." . j for Van Tojp had dealt with him j
Barak's eyes suddenly flashed in a i toru years
most surprising way. her lower lip;! 1LB a vcr une stone indeed sir
I Brownsvilk . umber & Manufact ut in
I L umoer bhingles bsh Dcors eic.
I Give us a trial before ymi buy.
g e can pleasi' you.
j Office Phone 226
I Office and Yard West Brownsville
E H 0 0 I
BLINDS I
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o 1
a
Cotton Market.
Liverpool Oct. 1.- Cotton spots
we.e fair demand. Prices 7 to 11
points lower. American middling
fair. Closed at 7.7 Id.
FOR SALE 40 acres of the fin- pouted and hercfeeek faintlv chanced i ne said' an(1 then turned to Logo-
est land in the valley 3-4 of a mile I color as a drop of scarlet nometrranalo M theti again. T think we can under-
41 f ronl the depot. Land all cleared i juice will tinge a bowl of cream take to cut it for you in London" he
M.nw un.i.iiuu. uuiwuic iui i ane made one step forwards plucked SUIU- 1 win weign it anu give you
irui'K lorage or sugar cane. l.oca-
tion and soil must be seen to be ! the tone from his fingers rather than
appreciated. I have more than I l0OK ana wlth a quick but girlish
Not Heard I'Yom.
AVillinjc to . igl't ierf
Not oHard From
(Jalveston
can handle. Dr.
Ilarlingen Texas.
Mount C. Wild
0-20tfrw
( Kor Itcnt. (
FOR RENT Furnished rooms.
Apply corner Adsrns and Ninth.
S-24-30d&w
FOR SALE Good mules 15 to
ISvfe hands. Address W. L. Stoner.
Victoria Texas. 9-22 26t
Bv Associated Press.
San Francisco Oct. 1. James J.
Jeffries wouiu like to fight. Jack
Johnson In Galveston ace iding to
Sam oerger jeimes manager wuo ; FOR SALE Two teams mules
is bere -'Kerger received a cable- Jersey cow implements household
gram 'today saying that Jeffries will go0(is etc. C. W. Telie Santa Ma-
leae Paris for New York on October ja Texas 3-2712
IC I 1 -
I
Ads as
Reputation
W9 Props
Let us build you an inch
ad. in this paper; a col-
umn adM a page ad. or
any old size ad.
Let it tell in forceful tenns:
. "hat you've got to seil
kJYhst it's worth
Chji it's best at that price
advertisement
feoer will bring
aardlykr.ew
;fore you
ly awkward movement threw it to
wards the window as hard as she
could stamping angrily with her little
foot at the same moment. Mr Van
Torp was extremely disconcerted as
he sometimes was by the sudden ac-
tions of the sex he did not under-
stand. Fortunately the stone hit the
wall instead of going out of the win-
dow. "I'm really sorry Miss Barrack" he
said in a tone of humble apology and
he went quickly and picked up the
gem. "I hadn't quite understood you
see."
She watched him and drew back in-
stinctively towards the door as if ex-
pecting that he would again try to
give it back to her. But he shook
his head now bowed with all the
grace he could affect which was little
Wanted. i auu "y wa 01 maKing uer leei mat
A FEW BOARDERS who can an- hf accepted the gift he pressed it to
preciate good home cooking. Mrs. 1 nis heart as she had done and to his
C. B. Blowers Cor. Levee and 9th ! 1'PS but not to his forehead because
Street. 10-1-6 i he was afraid that might cause some
i new mistake as he did not know what
the gesture meant.
Barak's face changed instantly; she
smiled nodded and waved her hand
Have purchaser or renter for 10-
acre tract near town. Give price
terms commission etc. Box 413.
9-1G-09
a careful estimate."
As a matter of fact before Van Torp
entered Logotheti had got so far as
the question of setting the gem for a
lady's ring but Mr. Pinney like all
the great jewelers was as discreet
and tactful as a professional diplo-
matist. How could he be sure that
one customer might like another to
know about a ring ordered for a lady?
If Logotheti preferred secrecy he
would only have to assent and go
away as if leaving the ruby to be cut
and he could look in again when it
was convenient; and this was what
he at once decided to do.
"I think you're right Mr. Pinney"
he said. "I shall leave it in your
hands. That's really all" he added
turning to Mr. Van Trop.
"Really? My business won't take
long either and we'll go together if
"NO Cut I thought you might be
within six months and I gave her sev
eral cards for people I know. So she
; found you out! She's a born ferret
she would find anything. Did you buy
anything of her?"
"No. I'm not buying rubies to-day.
! Much obliged for sending her all the
J same. You take an interest in her I
j suppose Mr. Logotheti? Is that so?"
I "I?" Logotheti laughed a little
i "No indeed! Those days were long
j ago. I'm engaged to be married."
I "By the bye yes. I'd heard that
!-':hett V'l.i his conm; i :
s'i:y of the rub) nnnesubs-t iir .
as it was narrated at the begmc tg - f
this tale not dreaming that Van f p
had perhaps met and talked with a
man who had played so lar- a p. t
in it and to find whom Bar.ika Ld
traversed many dangers and Vii-
come many difficulties.
"It sounds like the ArbUu
Nights'" said Mr. Van Torp as f .e
found it hard to believe.
"Exactly" assented Logotheti Ar i.
oddly enough the first of those -.t - 3
and I meant to congratulate you. I do
now anyway. When is it to be? Set- 1 is about Samarkand which is n jt
tied that yet?" far from Baraka's native villag
"Some time in October I think. So I seems to have taken the girl ab ju
you guessed that Barak is a girl." year to find her way to Consiarnn
"Yes that's right I guessed she ' Ple and when she got there she r.at r-
was. Do you know anything about. ay supposed that it was thf i.p tJ
er?" i of the world and that her man. m
Thank ycu very much Logotheti very great and very rich than us 0
answered. "Since you ask me I see I her must of course live there So s:e
i no reason why I should not dine with
1 you if you want me."
j They agreed upon the place and
' hour and each suddenly remembered
: an engagement.
! "By the way" said Mr. Van Torp
without apparent interest "I hope
Must Submit Data. Soou.
Washington Oct. 1. The board
of directors of the National Geo- to him to say that it was all right
graphic Society at a special meeting I an3 that she was quite satisfied. Then
today determined the attitude .t 1 6ne made a sort of salute that he
tnougnt very graceful indeed as if she
shall assume toward Dr. Cook dur-
ing his visit next Sunday when he
will deliver a lecture on Arctic ex-
periences. It was decided that Cook
shall not now be recognized in an
official way. It urged both Peary
and Cook to lose no time in sub-
mitting data to a competent scien-
tific commission in the United
States which must be done
before the society will accept the
conclusions of either explorer. Tht
society takes this position not from
any distrust of the personal integrity
were taking something from near the
floor and laying it on her forehead
and she laughed softly and was out of
the room and had shut the door before
he could call her back again.
He stood still in the middle of the
room looking at the gem in his hand
with an expression of grave doubt
"WeU" he said to himself and his
lips formed the words though no
sfound articulated them "that's a queer
sort of a morning's work anyway."
He reflected that the very last thing
you like and have a little cha . I j Mme. Cordova is quite well? Where's
only came to get another of thosft ex- she hiding from you?"
tra large collarstuds you make foi me
Mr. Pinney. Have you got another?"
"We always keep them in stock for
your convenience .sir" answered the
famous jeweler opening a special lit- j so I'm roving till it's over. That's my
tie drawer behind the counter and ; personal history at this moment! And
producing a very small morocco case. ' Miss Donne is quite well I believe
Mr. Van Torp did not even open it ' thank you."
and had already laid dotf n the money-; "I notice you call her 'Miss Donne'
searched Stamboul and Pera lor h o
during seven or fight months Se
lived in the house of a good oic" F-r-sian
merchant unf r the protectior of
his wife and learned that then as
a world called Europe where he aa
might be living and cities call- d I r'.s
and London where people pa Ti'i-
loua prices lor precious stones
sian merchants are generally u
cated men you know. At i.-
made up her mind to dress lk.
of either explorer but because many 1 he had ever expected was a present
calculations enter into the determi
nation of the location of the pole
"Pony" Moore Died Today.
By Associated Press.
London Oct. 1. George Wash-
ington Moore the founder of the
Moore and Burgess minstrels well
known in sporting circles as ' Pony--Moore
died here this morning.
of a fine ruby from a pretty heathen
girl in man's clothes recommended to
him by Logotheti. Though he almost
laughed at the thought when it oc-'
curred to him he did not like the idea
of keeping the fjtone; yet he did not
know what to d6 with it for It was
more than probative that he was never
to see Barak againTVmd if he ever did
it was at least likrfy that she would
refuse to taie baeffc her gift and as
for he knew precisely what it cost.
"Thanks" he said. "You're always
so obliging about little things Mr.
Pinney."
"Thank you sir. We do our best.
Good-morning sir good-morning."
The two millionaires went out to-
gether. Two well-dressed men stood
aside to let them pass and then en-
tered the shop.
"Which way?" asked Logotheti
"Your way" answered the Amer-
ican. "I've nothing to do."
"Nor have I" laughed the Greek.
"Nothing in the world! What can
Just now the h'ding-place is Bay-
reuth. She's gone there with Mrs.
Rushmore to hear 'Parsifal. I be
lieve I'm not musical enough for that 1 she picked up an honest Turk s
servant who had been all over
with a diplomatist and could
some French and English as
Tartar she got a letter of rei
Uation to me from a Grt k
through the Persian who dtd b
with him joined some Grek
were coming to Marseilles hy s
here she is. Now you know 1
as I do. She is perfectly fearb
as much more surr of hfrs 1
any man ever was as some
per-
when you speak of her" said Van
i Torp. "Excuse me if I made a mis-
1 take just now. I've always called her
j Mme. Cordova."
I "It doesn't matter at all" answered
s Logotheti carelessly "but I believe
'. she prefers to be called by her own
1 name amongst friends. Good-by till
; day after to-morrow then."
; "At half after eight."
"All right half-past I shall re-
member."
' . But at two o'clock on the next day
hut one Logotheti received a note
1 brought by hand in which Mr. Vari
rr 1 i a. a 1 - - 1
anybody find to do in London at this 1 lorp sam laal 10 ms greal resret ue
time of year?" . ad been called away suddenly and
"I'm sure I don't know" echoed Van ; noped that Logotheti would forgive
Torp pleasantly. "I supposed you i him. as the matter was of such urgent
were on the continent somewhere." importance that he would have al-
"And I thought you were in Amer- ready left London when the note was
lea and so of course we meet at old
Pinney 's in London!"
"Really! Did you think I was in
America? Your friend the heathen
girl in boy's clothes brought me your
card this morning. I supposed you
taew I was here"
received.
This was more than true if pos-
sible for the writer had left town
wo davs earUer. very soon after he
aad parted Irom Logotheti in ran
Mall although the note had not been
.4llTrd tJU 43 hours later.
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nss
1 nd
tMtl
' ' 'CDS
women can be in this queer woi . Of
course she'll never find the bnr wbo
thought he was leaving her to bf mur-
dered by her relations but if evtr
did she would either marry hi in oj c t
his throat"
"Nice amiable kind of girl" re-
marked Mr. Van Torp. who remem-
bered her behaviour when he had re-
fused her proffered gift "That s very
interesting Mr. Logotheti. How long:
do you count on being in London this
time? Three or four days maybe "
VI dare say. No longer I fancy "
"Why don't you come and taito din-
ner With me some night?" asked tha
American "Day after (o-raorow.
perhaps I'd he pleased to hav you.-'
Continued tomorrow
THK HfltVLI).
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