Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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V
ROY STUART
BUILDING CONTRACTOR
TF you sontemplate building a home or
A business house, I am prepared to furnish
all material and give you a “turn-key” job
at the lowest possible prices consistent with good ma-
terial and first class work. Office corner of Commer-
cial street and Nelson Avenue, t t Phone No. 161
Shop at Fields-Porter Lum-
ber Co. Yard. Phone No. 125
How Minnie
Shadowed H.
Sylvester Jones
By Mary E. Holland
(Copyright, 1909, toy Daily Story Pub. Co.)
A quiet, unobtrusive looking automo-
bile drew up before a third-floor de-
tective agency on a certain side street
of down-town New York. A heavily
veiled woman descended, spoke a few
whispered words to the chauffeur, and
made her way to the grimed door, on
whose glass panels appeared the
legend: “Sharp & Son, Private Detec-
tives.”
“Do you handle divorce cases?" she
Inquired, bluntly.
The brisk, nervous man before her
swept his eyes over her quietly
gowned figure. \
“That depends upon the character
of the case,” he rejoined, cautiously.
The veiled woman took a quick step
toward him. “I wish evidence that
will procure me separation from my-
husband. Can you furnish it?”
The brisk man pondered. “Have you
reason to believe that your husband
is—er, unfaithful?”
“On the contrary, I have every rea-
son to believe that he is not.”
The brisk man pondered again. “You
are setting us a difficult problem, my
dear woman. Such cases, you must
know, involve heavy expenditure. I
may say a very heavy expenditure.”
He paused as he darted another
shrewd glance toward the veiled client
before him.
“Will you name an estimate of that
expense?” she asked, quietly.
“Certainly; we could not conduct
such a case under $5,000.”
The woman drew a roomy purse
y TV&W y&tr To gs-t
“And what do I get?" she asked.
The detective held up the ten yel-
low-backed bille. “These are yours
for the affidavit. You know where to
go for the clothes. I will telephone
you if we make arrangements for to-
night. If not, we’ll try for to-morrow
night. We are bound to succeed some
time—and then it is up to you.”
As it happened, on the third even-
ing H. Sylvester Jones stepped out of
his automobile and entered the Fifth
avenue theater. Five minutes later
a stylishly dressed young woman fol-
lowed him down the aisle and slipped
into the next seat. It was Minnie—
but a very different Minnie in evening
dress and rouge, an altogether charm-
ing and fascinating Minnie. Two min-
utes before the orchestra began, she
dropped her handkerchief. H. Syl-
vester Jones extended it to-her po-
litely. She smiled and he looked at
her again. She was a girl to no-
tice.
Before the close of the first act, he
had made a hesitating remark, and
she had answered it, and he had made
another, and before the close of the
second act, they were chatting ge-
nially. When the final curtain de-
scended, they left the theater together.
An agent of “Sharp & Son,” loitering
in the corner, noticed the circum-
stance and reported it to his chief.
The latter smiled broadly and the next
morning eagerly awaited Minnie’s ar-
rival. When noon came and she did
not appear, he looked worried. When
'evening came without her, he sent for
his agent and the two conferred to-
gether. The next day he received a
note. It was a remarkable note, and
under it was the scrawling signature
of Minnie:
“I do not want your $1,000, and I
hereby resign my position.”
The detective swore and called for
his agent again. The latter looked
glum and started on a search for the
missing girl. He found her the next
week at a fashionable suite of apart-
ments, with two servants, a pearl
necklace and an array of diamond
rings that dazzled him.
“The chief wants your affidavit,” lie
began, curtly.
“He can’t have it, and I don’t want
him to bother me any more.”
The detective bounded from his
chair and Minnie tossed her head. “Mr.
Jones has asked me to become his
wife and I have accepted his offer!”
The statement was true. The scheme
of “Sharp & Son” had indeed proven
a boomerang. The millionaire had
fallen in love with the girl who had
been sent to trap him, and had ten-
dered her not only his wealth, but his
name. The fortunes of the detective
agency, however, were only under a
temporary cloud. H. Sylvester Jones
bluntly told his wife that either he or
she could go to South Dakota and re-
turn single. Mrs. Jones took the west-
ern trip and a few weeks ago the de-
cree of divorce was granted.
H. Sylvester Jones married Minnie,
and everybody is satisfied, with the
exception of “Sharp & Sons.” They
haven’t got their remaining $9,000 yet,
and there doesn’t seerr^ to be any rea-
sonable prospect of their ever being
called to receipt the bill.
DRIVERS HAVE PET BELIEFS
Rarely Do You Find a Chauffeur Who
Is Not Extremely Super-
stitious.
Who would credit the keen, alert,
lynx-eyed men one sees dashing
round the automobile track, or other
places where motor records are
broken, with possessing supersti-
tions ?
Yet, if yoij see an otherwise
smartly attired chauffeur wearing a
disreputable looking hat which
would disgrace a tramp, you can de-
pend upon it that the tattered head-
gear constitutes a mascot, without
which the driver would only very
reluctantly take the wheel.
One driver of note had an un-
shakable belief in the power of a lit-
tle pearl pig which he hung upon
his watch chain. One day he lost it.
And, curiouB to relate, he has never
won a race since, in spite of the fact
that during the time he possessed
the pig he frequently passed the
post first.
Further, when you find the driver
who will not balk at crossing a
funeral, you will have found—well,
a marvel.
itJ
from her cloak and counted out ten
yellow-backed bills.
“Here is $1,000. If you will bring
me evidence that will secure a di-
vorce, I will increase it to $10,000.”
The brisk man smoothed the bills
caressingly. “And who is your hus-
band, madam?”
The veiled woman hesitated and
then pronounced a name that brought
a low, involuntary whistle from the
other’s lips. It was that of one of
the best known men of Wall street.
The detective gazed after the de-
parting figure of his client, with puck-
ered brows. But he did not realize
until a week’s “shadowing” of H. Syl-
vester Jones had proved ineffectual,
just how difficult was the problem she
had left him. To all intents and pur-
poses, H. Sylvester Jones was a
model husband in the eyes of the law.
On the eighth day a bright idea came
to the head of “Sharp & Son.” For a
moment he sat with a broad grin on
his face. Then he pushed a bell and
a young woman in a plain dress and
with a careworn face, entered from an
inner room.
The man spoke a dozen curt sen-
tences, straight to the point.
“I want you to get acquainted,
Minnie, with H. Sylvester Jones.”
Minnie opened her tired eyes very
wide.
“I fancy that your best method of
approaching him is at the theater,”
continued her employer, briskly. “I
happen to know that he is a continu-
ous, not to say an enthusiastic patron
of the drama.”
“You mean the show girls?”
“Not he. That is where I need your
services. At the psychological mo-
ment, we will secure you a seat. That
seat will be directly next to our dis-
tinguished gentleman. You will oc-
cupy it for the better part of three !
hours. Do you catch the point? If
you will manage your cards right,
when you leave the theater, you will
be acquainted with him, very well ac-
quainted. After that point you will
make your own plans. What Mrs.
H. Sylvester Jones wants is an affi-
davit of infidelity.”
The detective paused.
Minnie stiffened her shoulders and
a quick flush sprang into her pale
cheeks. A keen observer might have
seen that under certain conditions she
might be- beautiful. Gradually the
tired eyes dropped and the bent shoul-
ders relaxed. Minnie had conquered
.herself. She was thinking o. sick
»:;-!otb®r and little sister.
Too Much Idealism In China.
Reviewing “China,” by Mortimer
Menpes and Sir Henry Arthur Blake,
a writer says: “The root fallacy of
the Chinese political idea, which alone
is responsible for the low place to
which the country has sunk in the
scale of nations, is the disrepute of
the soldier. The gradations of the so-
cial fabric are: (1) The literati, for
mind is superoir to matter; (2) the
agriculturist, for he produces from the
soil; (3) the artisan, for he is a ere
ator from the raw material; (4) the
merchant, for he is a distributor; (5)
the soldier, for he is but a destroyer.
So China is a sad example of what
excessive idealism may do for the na-
tion. Her armies have been, for the
most part, mere hordes of undisci-
plined men, sometimes commanded by
robbers reprieved for that purpose on
account of their supposed courage.
Yet a 10 per cent, levy on the popu-
lation of China would furnish an army
of forty millions.”
Furious Fun in English Society.
Now for the game the most popular
at country houses this autumn. You
may call it a variation on the old game
of consequences. Each guest has a
strip of paper and pencil. Each
writes:
“Why is -” (choosing the name
of some well known person, or a
friend or acquaintance known to the
general company), and then turns
down his strip of paper and passes it
on to the next guest.
Now each writes: “Like a—
(choosing what simile he will). Again
the strips are passed on. The third
time each guest writes the answer:
“Because he or- she -.” Thus:
“Why is Winston Churchill like a
piano organ? Because he flies from
pillar to post.”—The Gentlewoman.
Stage Villain's Lively Time.
In Alexandre Bisson’s new play,
which will be performed at Paris for
the first time next week, an additional
scene has been created in order to
introduce two police dogs. They chase
the villain up and down, across and
under the stage, and finally capture
the bad man. The dogs enter so
heartily into what they seem to con-
sider a great lark that the unfortunate
villain has expressed the hope that the
play will be short-lived.
Admiral Seymour, discussing fog at
one of the Hudson-Fulton banquets,
said, with a laugh:
“Off the Newfoundland Banks, you
know, the fog is often so thick that
he captain has to get out and lead the
MAKING HIM USEFUL
Voice from the Bridge—I say,
Charles, as you’re down there, you
might have a look round for my
goggles!—Punch.
LAKE CHAD.
Mr. Knight’s proposed expedition
to the interior of the Sahara will
concern itself chiefly with that still
unsolved mystery Lake Chad. Re-
cent explorers have signally failed
to agree as to the shape and size- of
this extraordinarily situated sheet of
water. Apparently the lake is di-
vided into two by a belt of islands
and reedy swamp land, but whereas
the maps of the French explorers
show an open channel across this
belt a late expedition has declared it
impassable. And that is not the
only question to be solved, for there
are very varying accounts of the size
of the lake. It is said to be shrink-
ing. There is even a theory that it
contracts and expands within a cer-
tain cycle of years.
MORAL CONCEALED HERE.
When the thrifty master departed
this globe of joy and strife and sor-
rows, says the New York Times, he
left behind him a snug sum to be
distributed thus: To his wife,
$5,000; to his sister, $5,000; to his
shiftless son, $1. The contents of
this will only served as a bellows to
the jealousy, lust, hatred and ambi-
tion that lurked in the coals of the
family forge. Consequently these
beneficiaries clashed and fought it
out in the courts. When the law
had settled this dispute the final di-
vision of the money was thus: Wife,
$2,000; her lawyers, $3,000; her sis-
ter-in-law, $2,000; her lawyers,
$3,000. The shiftless son owes his
counsel $50.
YOU WILL FIND HERE
HIGH.
He smote, with clenched hand, his
heart. “Shall I swear by high heav-
en?” he cried. A deepening of her
color showed that her heart was
somehow touched.
“As high as you like; our family
has always been ritualistic J” quoth
she, shedding upon him a glowing
look.—Puck.
OH!
“He says you never fail to scatter
sunshine.”
“Sure enough? Isn’t he a dear!”
Yes; he says that no matter how
much sunshine a person may be
basking in when you appear on the
scene you scatter it.”
THEN WHAT?
Mrs. Hoyle—My husband doesn’t
care for money.
Mrs. Doyle—That acids to the
mystery as to the motive for his
rrfhrriage.
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