Pittston Gazette

              *■ ESTABLISHED! 8 RO. » VOL. XliVL NO. 1 t Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. AUGUST 9, 1895. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. t,,-8?rs?iiyCgfrM child, I see, or there's no doing anything 'with you. Now I'm off. Dou't you move from your chair till I come back again. Can't you see, you donkey, that if they want to be insured against the chance of your death that's their affair, not yours, and that they have insured themselves already a dozen times over with the Elizabethan Seadogf " AtuAun D»jurr.nner spent tnat winter partly in Paris, partly In Home. He avoided Venice. Though his pnlazzo on the Grand canal lay empty all that year, he thought it lnwt not to disturb Arnold's and Kathleen's felicity by interfering with their plans by obtruding his presence. But as spring came round he paid a hasty visit of a few short days to the city that floats in the glassy Adriatic. It seemed like old times both to Arnold and Kathleen when Uufus Mortimer's gondola, equipped as ever by the two handsome Venetians in maize colored sashes, called at the doors of their lodgings to take them out together for their day's excursion. In the evening Bufus Mortimer dropped round to Kathleen'b rooms. Arnold was thereby appointment. He read aloud a chapter or two for Mortimer's critical opinion. He chose the episode of the skipper's mnrriage pathetic passage where Ralph Woodward makes his last appeal to Maggie Holdsworth, nnd the touching scene where Maggie at last goes forth, with her baby in her arms, in search of Enoch. lie tiH.K u 11. i■ it- \'.i(u mm, not uaring to sit and read it on the Embankment. The very first, sentence chilled him. "When a man begins by doing good work, the public has a right to exix-ct good work in future from him. Mr. Arnold Willoughby, or whatever gentleman chooses to veil his unknown personality under that obvious p-tC ndonym, struck fresh ground, nnd struck it well, in his stirring romance of 'An Elizabethan Seadog.' He would have done lietter to remember the advice which a Scotchman in the gallery once gave to Boswell on a famous occasion—'Stick to the coo, monl' Mr. Willoughby, unfortunately, has not stuck to his coo. He has a distinct talent of his own for wild tales of adventure, in which he can well simulate a certain air of truth and can reproduce the style of a bygone age with extraordinary fidelity and historical accuracy. But the higher pathos and the higher constructive laeuiuy are nitugeiuei uejuufi the range of his not inconsiderable powers. To put It frankly, his three volume novel, in spite of obvious straining after the most exalted qualities, almost induces one to accept Mr. Willoughby's own improbable story of the finding of his manuscript in a Venetian cookshop, and to believe that he was really nothing more, after all, than the translator and editor of that excellent tale of buccaneering life in the  century." OLD TIME ROBBERV RECALLED which Booert Pinkerton afterward recalled so shrewdly to Evans's dieadvantage."WINDISH IN WILKESBARRE. THE DISTRICT CONVENTIONS. McClure's Story of the First National Bank Affair. The story would have a greater local Interest if it dealt with the Pittston robbery principally, instead of lnoldentally. It wonld be Interesting to secure for publication the remainder of Erans's confession, if there is any more of it, which pertains to the affair, especially that dealing with the preparations for the robbery and what transpired after the escape of the gang. There was a story current at the time of the robbery, and it ia still retained by many people here, that one of the robbers worked for some time In the paper mill, and that while there he Inspected the bank property, became aware of the nirround lngs, and of the time when the bank watchman, who also guarded ttie paper mill, made his rounds ; but Robert Green, who perhaps has the story of the affair as correct as anybody, says that there was nothing In the report. Officers McSweeney and Loftus Ar- Jones Scoops Up Little Charley in rived With Him Last Week. the Fifth. "Stop, stop a momentl" Arnold cried, tome new scruple suggesting itself, but Mortimer rushed headlong down the stairs without heeding him. He had a hansom in waiting below. THE CONFESSION OF AN ACCOMPLICE THE PRISONER WONT TALK MUCH BY A VOTE OF 25 1-2 TO 12 1-2. According to tlie Pinkerton Archives, It Was a Small Air Pump L«ft Behind In Still DenlfH Any Knowledge aft to How It Was a Great Victory for the Quay Peo "To Stanley & Lockhart's," he cried, fegerly, "near Hyde Park corner." And Pittston by the Robbers Which Led to Hi* Wife Met Deatb, and Kndeavors pie—Hastings People Capture the Second District Delegates hy One Tot*, and Also the Delegates In the Other Districts. Arnold was left alone to reflect with himself upon the oonsaquenoes of his now fairly irrevocable action. the Running Down of the Notorious Rather CInnislly to Account for Him- Dnnlap and Scott Gang. self at the Time of the Murder. —■*«-. * 1 pelled to sell all I have, like you, and give it to the poor or their modern equivalent, whatever that may be, iu the domiuant political economy of the moment. But somehow I don't feel iuclined to go such lengths for my principles. I lock them up in a cabinet as interesting curiosities. Still you, you know, rush into the opposite extreme. The past is past and can't, of course, be undone, though I don't exactly see that you were bound in the first instance quite so utterly to disinherit yourself—to cut yourself off with the proverbial shilling. The " Great Northampton Bank Bobbery" is the title of a thrilling deteotive story printed in the August number of McClure's Magazine, to which additional Interest is given oy reason of the fact that It Is true, the material being furnished from the archives of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The story is attracting special attention from people hereabout because there 1p incorporated in it many of the inside facts concerning the robbery of the First National Bank of this oity on the night of November 4, 1875, by the notorious Dnnlap-3cott gang of bank robben. George Windlsb, who la charged with the murder of his wife at their home In Hugheetown on ApTll 4, who disappeared at the time, and who was arrested at Monongah, Weet Virginia, last week, is now safe In the Lnzerne oonnty jail in Wllkeebarre. Detective Daniel McSweeney and Chief Loftae, who went to West Virginia to secure Wlndlsh, arrived home last evening. They came from Plttsbnrg on the Pennsylvania Road and at Northumberland took the DivwCon train whloh arrives at Kingston at abont 8:15 p. m The trip was without par-- tlcnlar incident. Althongh considerable interest has been manifested in the oaee, and It was publicly announced that Wlndlsh would arrive when he did, there were but few people at the station, and the prisoner, handcuffed to one of the officers, was taken in a cab from the Kingston station to the county jail without any difficulty whatever. In half an hour once mare Mortimer was back, guite radiant. "Now, that's a bargain," he said cheerily. "We've «ent it off to be duly stamped at Somerset House, and then you can't go back upon it without gross breach of contract. You're booked for it now, thank heaven. Whether you can or can't, you've got to write a novel. You're under agreement to supply one, good, bad or indifferent. Next you must come out with me and choose a typewriter. We'll see for ourselves which is the best adapted to a man with one hand. And after that we'll go straight and call on Miss Hesslegrave, for I shan't be satisfied now till I've packed you both off by quick train to Venice." The Legislative District Conventions in Luzerne county, for the election of dele* gates to the Republican State Convention, were held Monday. The Fifth District convention was held In Eagle Hall, this city. Shortly after two o'clock District Chairman Reeee called the convention to order. Thoe. R. Pierce nominated Dr. 0. J. Barrett for chairman, seconded by Joe. Wlntle. Theron IK wenport plaoed Gomer Tasker's name before the convention, seconded by Howell Williams. The «haiD appointed "Squire Whalen, of Avoea, Howell Williams, of Plttston, and Herritt Harding, of Plains, as tellers, after which the delegates presented their credentials.CHAPTER XXVIII. MOBTIMER STRIKES IIOME. ' When Arnold arrived at Stanley & Lockhart's, it almost seemed to him as if the sun had gone back upon the dial of his lifetime to the days when he wAs still an earl and a somebody. True, the shopboy of whom he Inquired in a timid voice if he could see one of the partners scarcely deigned to look up from his ledger at first, as he murmured in the surly accent of the anderling: "Isn't it lovely?" Kathleen exclaimed, with her innocent faith, as soon as Arnold had finished. "I tell Arnold he needn't be afraid of its reception. This is ten times as fine as the 1 Elizaljethan Seadog.' " "I don't feel quite certain," Mortimer answered, nursing liis eliin and conscious of his responsibility. He feared to raise their hopes by too favorable an opinion. " I don't seem to recognize It's just the sort of thing the public wants. Doesn't It lack dramatic interest? You and I may admire certain parts very much, and I confess there were pannages that brought tears into my eyes, but th»- real question is, will the world at Jartro lite it—will It suit the irreat public at Smith's and Mudie's? We must remember that VVillougbby's a quite new author. The very fact that the world expects from him something liko the Elizabethan Seadog' may tell against this simple domestic story. My experience 1b that when once a man has stood on his head to amuse the public the public will never allow him to stand on his feet again. And that's what I fear in this case. The people who read Master John Collingham may find Arnold VVilloughby slow and uninteresting."It will be remembered that at the time of the nfcbery, the First National Bank was located in the building on North Ualn street, now owned and oooupled by 0. M. Stevens, the grocer. It was then a onestory building. In the three-story brick building on the lower side, now oooupled by Harter & Go., Robert Green kept a boarding house, and the windows of the building on the upper side overlooked the low bank building. But the moment the answer came, "Mr. Arnold Willoughby," the boy left off writing, awestruck, and scrambling down from hi* high perch opened the low wooden 4oor with a deferential bow. "Name, pleased" "But as things now stand I think it'Bnot right of you, merely for the sake of pampering your individual conscience—which, after all, may be jnst as much mistaken as anybody else's conscience—to let Miss Hesslegrave live in such perpetual anxiety on your behalf. For her sake, I feel sure, you ought to make up your mind to sacrifice to some extent your personal scruples and at leant have a try at writing something or other of your own for Stanley' & Lock hart. You could publish it simply under your present name as Arnold Willoughby, without reference in any way to the Elizabethan Seadog,' and if in spite of all your repeated disclaimers people still persist in describing you as the author of the book you only translated, why, that's their fault, not yours, and I don't see why you need trouble yourself one penny about it." Arnold's head reeled round. Still he read on and on. It was ail in the same strain. Not one word of cold praise for his poor little bantling! The reviewer demolished him as though he were not a vertebrate animal. His plot was crude, ill considered and ridiculous. His episodes were sometimes improbable, but oftener still impossible. His conversations were unreal, his personages shadowy, his picture of fisher life melodramatic find unconvincing. It was plain he knew nothing at first hand of the sea. Everything In the book from beginning to end was bad, bad, bad, bad—as bud as it could be. The reviewer could only hope that In his next venture Mr. VVilloughby would return from this puerile attempt to put himelf outeida his own natural limitations to the proper sphere he had temporarily deserted. "I wonder," Arnold said, "if ever fiction before was so forcibly extorted by brute violence any man." "I don't know," Mortimer answered, "and I'm sure I don't care. But I do know this: If you try to get out of it now on the plea of compulsion—why, to prove you wrong and Bhow you're in every way a free agent, I'm hanged if I don't brain you." As they went away from the Bhop where they had finally selected the most suitable typewriter Arnold turned toward Corahill. "Well, what are you up to nowf" Mortimer Inquired suspiciously. There la no connection between the two beyond the fact that the same gang did both jobs, and that they were assisted by one J. G. Evans (the name is evidently fictitious) an expert In safes and vanlta. The celebrated Northampton bank robbery took place on Jannary 25,1876, when five mtaked men entered the house of John Whlttelsey, In Northampton, Mass. Mr. Whlttelsey was the cashier of the Northampton Nat onal Bank. To a long story short, the men so cruelly tortared the cashier that after three honra of agony, he surrendered the keys and revealed the combination of the vault. The robbers secured from the bank moneys and securities worth a million and a quarter dollars "This way, sir. I'll ask If the head of the firm Is engaged. Mr. Jones, can Mr. Stanley see Mr. Arnold Willoughby t" The vote for chairman resulted aa follows: Barrett, 30*; Tasker, 16*. Dr. Barrett waa declared elected and aasumed the office, making a neat speech of aoeeptanoe, In which he ealogized Senator Quay Jndge Charles E. Bice. That name was like magic. Mr. Jones led him on with attentive politeness. Arnold followed up stairs, as In the good old days when he was an unchallenged earl, attended and heralded by an ushering clerk In a most respectful attitude. Even the American millionaire himself, whom the functionaries at once recognized, scarcely met with so much honor in that mart of books as the reputed author of the book of the season, for Willoughby spelled money (or the firm just that moment. And the worst of it all was, as Arnold reflected to himself with shame and regret, all this deference was being paid him no more on own personal merits than ever, but simply pnd solely beoause the publishing world persisted in believing he had written the story which, as a matter of fact, he had only deciphered, transcribed and Englished. It was about 2 a. m. when Mr. Green, who slept lightly, heard a faint nolae. It was one of the explosions In the vault, so deadened as to be scarcely perceptible. He mentioned It to lira. Green, bnt they decided it was nothing of any consequence, and dropped asleep again. Again, Mr. Green heard the dnll nolae, and, now thoroughly arroused, he made his way out of the bouse only to find the bank building surrourded by the robbers, who, as hastily as possible, were making their escape through the rear and the alleys, with him at their heels. A Wilkesbarre Record man visited the jail shortly after the party arrived, and was taken to Windlsh's cell. The prisoner was fonnd only one or two doors from the oe'l occupied by Bowman, now nnder sentence of death. Wlndlsh waa stretched ont on his cot and waa at first very reluctant about answering questions. He was finally induced to get up and took a seat on the corner of his bed. Joseph Wintle, seconded by Howell Williams nominated E. D. Parker as secretary. He waa elected by acclamation. "I was thinking," Arnold said, with some little hesitation, "whether I oughtn't, in Justice to Stanley & Lockhart, to insure my life for £100 in case I should die, don't you know, before I finished my novel." Next Instant several people In Cheapstde were Immensely surprised by the singular spectacle of a mild faced gentleman In frock ooat and chimney pot hat shaking his companion vigorously, as a terrier shakes a rat. "I've thought of that these last few days," Arnold answered, yielding slightly, 1'*« ••D«» K«rmn */» nlon an* « con piot ior a projected story, out cnen u s, oh, bo different from 'An Elizabethan Seadog'—a drama of the soul, a very serious performance. I couldn't really Imagine anything myself in the least like Master John Collingham's narrative. I've no taste for romance. What I think I might do is a story of the sad lives of the seafaring folk I have lived and worked among—a realistic tale of hard toll and incessant privation and heroic suffering. But all that's so different from the Elizabethan buccaneer that I don't suppose any publisher would care to touch it." Chae. Waters, seconded by Theron Davenport, proposed Howell Williams, who wm elected without opposition. Arnold ljtfd down the paper, crimson. Very new authors are affected by reviews. He knew it, he knew itl He had been betrayed into attempting a tank beyond his powers by the kindly solicitations of that H"od fellow Mortimer. For Mortimer's sake* even more than his own, he felt it acutely. One thing he prayed—that Kathleen might not happen to see that review and bo made utterly miserable by it. He must try if possible to break his failure gvntly to her. "Oh, Mr. Mortimer, how can yonV Kathleen exclaimed, quite horrified. There being a contest in the Sonth district of Jenkins twp , the following wen appointed a committee on credential: Richard Evans, Jos. Wintle and A. Mc- Queen. M. Whalen, Jno. Derr and K. S. Harding were appointed a committee on resolutions. "He's quite right, Kitty," Arnold answered—it was Arnold and Kitty nowadays lDetween them. "I've felt that myself all along as I was writing it. The story'b so somber. It's better suited, I'm afraid, to the tastes of the generation that read 'Adam Bode' than to the pastes of the generation that reads Haggard and Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling. However, in patience must we possess our souls. There's no telling lDeforehand in art or literature how the British public may happen to look npon any new departure." And he went to bed that night in distinctly low spirits. Soon afterward the robbers made overtures by mail for the return ot the securities. A fact of much significance to the Plnkertons, who had charge of the case, was the rather remarkable interest In the case, and apparent familiarity with it, of safe expert Evans, mentioned above. The story in MrClure,'* goes on to detail the reasons for the suspicions which Tested upon Evans. "On a dozen different occasions," it says, "he Ulked with the president and officers of the bank regarding the robbery, and Insinuated quite plainly that he might be In a position to assist them in recovering their securities. A few months after the robbery he went so far aa to tell one of the directors that he oould name the members of the gang. * * * There was e»ery reason, therefore, for keeping a sharp eye on the safe expert Evans. As he studied the case, Mr Plukerton recalled a circumstance that had happened In the fall of 1875. On the night of November 4, 1875, the Pint National Bank of Pittston, Pennsylvania, had been robbed of $60,000, and Mr. Pinkerton had gone there to Investigate the case. He met» number of safe men, it being a business custom with safe men to flock to the scene of as important bank robbery la order to supply n®W sftfse the ones that have been wrecked. While tbey were all examining the vault, still littered with debris of the explosion, the representative of one of the safe oompanlee picked up a small air-pump used by the robber*, and, looking at it critically, remarked that he would have swora that It belonged to his company, did he not know that it was Impossible. The air-pump was, he declared, of precisely his company's model, one that had reoently been devised for a special purpose. At the time, Mr. Pinkeiton regarded this merely as a coincidence, bnt now the memory came to him as a flash of inspiration that the man who had remarked the similarity in tha air-pump represented the same company that employed Kvans.'D In answer to a queetion as to .when he first heard of his wife's death he said : In the counting house Mr. Stanley met blm with outstretched arms, metaphorically speaking. He rubbed his hands with delight. He was all bland expectancy. The new and rising author had come round no doubt to thank him in person for the check the firm had sent him by the last post of yesterday. "Now, look here, you know, Willoughby," the mild faced gentleman remarked in a low but very decided voice, "I've got the whip hand of you, and I'm compelled to use it. You listen to what I say. If you spend one penny of-that hundred pounds, which I regard as to all practical intents and purposes Miss Hesslegrave's, in any other way except to go to Venice and write this novel —whioh must really be a first rate one—I'll tell you what I'll do—I'll publicly reveal the disgraceful faot that you're a British peer and all the other equally disgraceful facts of your early life, your origin and ancestry."The robbers all escaped, but dropped considerable of their booty, ltcluding a large package of bonds and a cigar box full of bank notes, which Mr. Green gathered up and hid in the cellar of the Ford building. Of course there was great exeltement as soon as the news of the robbery spread. Robert Pinkerton, the great detective, was on the scene, but the thieves were never oaptured nor pnnished for this robbery, though they were finally lun down as outlined In the MoOlure story and served terms in the penitentiary for other orimes. " I did not know she was dead until Tuesday a week ago. Then I waa arrested and they told me ahe was gone and that they thonght I killed her." The following delegatea registered He went out again, to call on her and hint his desiHindency. After that, he thought, ho would go and see Stanley & I»ckhart to ask them how much they were losing by his novel. Avoea—M. Whalen, A. McQueen. " When did yon leave your home in Hugheetown and where did yon go»" Jenkins twp., Fourth dlstrlot, George Jopling; North district, Thoa. K. Pierce; Third diatriot, contested; Sooth district, Joa. F. Bntledge. Wlndlsh replied: "I left home on Thursday night, April 5. I came to WllkeabarTe and went from there to Plymonth. I did not slop but took a train to Northnmoerland and from there went to Harrlsburg where I took a train to Pittsburg. I worked on the river at Pittaburg for some time and went from there to Monongah, W. Va., where I secured work in the mlnee and stayed until I waa arrested. I saw a man I knew In Pittaton there named McGtann. I think MoOann told the officers. I was aire*tad and looked up and learned then that my wife waa dead. I was looked up till the detectives from Wilkesbarre came and then we started back," . "Charmed to see you, I'm sure, Mr. Willooghby," the senior partner exclaimed, motioning him with one hand to the chair of honor, "and you, too, Mr. Mortimer. "Don't you believe it," Mortimer aniwered, with decision. "They'd jump at it like grizzlies. Your name would be enough now to make any book go. f don't say more tbaq one. Jl your next should be a failure, you'll come down like a stick as you went up like a rocket. I've seen more than one of these straw fires flame to heaven in my time, both in literature and art, and I know how they born out after Utt A week later the manuscript was duly conveyed to London by Arnold in person. Kathleen followed a few days after, out of deference to Mrs. Grundy. Arnold was too shy or too proud to take the manuscript himself round to Stanley & Lockhart, but Mortimer bore it thitJ*r for him in fear and trembling. Scarcely had Mr. Stanley glanced at the book when his countenance fell. He turned over a page or two. His mouth went down ominously. "Well, this is not the sort of thing I should have expected from Mr. WlHoughby," he said, with frankness. "It's the exact antipodes, in style, in matter,in treat- He walked along with bnming cheeks* and as ho passed Kufus Mortimer's club that clever young Vernon who writes such stinging reviews for the evening papers turned with a smile to the American. Pittaton—lat ward, Henry Enowlsa; 2nd ward, Ohaa. Watsrs; 3d ward, Eoooh Evans; 4th ward, Theron Davenport; 5th, Howell Williams; 6th ward, lwist, Joa. Wintle, 2nd diet., Jno West; 7th ward, Wm. Stroh; 8th ward, Dr. Barrett; 9th ward, Wm. Wilson; 10th ward, Wm. Evans; 11th ward, E. D. Parker. Love'y weather, Isn't ltf Well, the reoepfion your book has had both from press and public la flattering, most flattering. We are selling It fast, still; in fact, this very 4*7 I've given orders to pull off another thousand of the library edition. I'm sum ft must be most gratifying to you. It's seldom a Ant book pomes in for such an ovation.""There goes your friend Willoughby," he said, with a waveof his cigarette. Have you seen what a dressing I've given that silly book of his In this evening's Piccadilly? 'A Romance of Great Grimsby' Indeed! 'A Drivel of Idiocy' he ought to have railed It." The practical consequence of which awful threat was that by the next day bv\t ope Kathleen and Arnold were on' their way south together, bound for their respective lodgings, as of old, in Venice, The cash booty waa never recovered, though some of the securities were returned by the thieves upon the payment of a goodly sum by the owners through third parties. CHAPTER XXIX. ARNOLD'S MASTERPIECE, Pittaton Township—Eaat diat, J. W. Zelgler; 6th diat, 0. W. Boaeoerana; 4th diet, Patrick Lydon; North diat., Thoa. Bojlen. '■ Arnold hardly knew what to answer. This cordiality flurried him. But after a short preamble he drew forth the check and explained in a very few words that he couldn't accept it. [to BB contwckd ] In spite of hard fare and occasional short commons that winter at Venice was a happy one for Arnold. For K«tM«en it was simply the seventh heaven. Every day of It was pure gold, tor women are not like men in their loves. If a man's engaged, he pines and frets to get married. He sees a goal ever beckoning blm forward. Whereas if a woman's engaged she Is amply satisfied to sit down in peace yith he? lover by her side to see him and Ktalk with him. That feminine Joy ICath m drank to the full through one delipious winter. What matter to her that perhaps at the end of it Arnold's projected book might prove a dismal failure—in which case, of course, they would be plunged onoe more into almost as profound difficulties and doubts as everf Meanwhile she had Arnold. She lived In the present, as Is thb wont of women, and she enjoyed the present a great deal too much to bo seriously alarmed for that pbaptom, the foD ture, Pesides, she had such absolute confidence |n Arnold I She knew he could write something ten thousand times better than the "Elizabethan Seadog." That, After all, was a mere tele of adventure"ysss taste q; tac moment. Arnold's novel, she felt certain, would be ever so much more noble and Novated in kind. Must not a man like Arnold, wbo had seen and passed through so many phases, who had known all the varied turns and twists of life from the highest to the lowest, whp had lived and thought and felt and acted, be able to produce some work of art far finer and truer and more filling to the brain than Master John Collingham, the Ignorant bully of an obscure village in Elizabethan Norfolk? To be sure, Arnold, more Justly conscious of his own powers and his own failings, warned her not to place her ardent hopes too high, not to credit him with literary gifts ho didn't possess, and above all not to suppose that knowledge or power or thought or experience would ever sell a book as well as novelty, adventure and mere flashy qualities. In spite of all he could say Kathleen persisted in believing in Arnold's story till she fairly frightened him. He couldn't bear to fix his mind on the rude awaken1 tng that no dodbt arwaltfcd her. Since the above was written, while overhauling the Gazetti archives, quite accidently a fi'e of the Pittston Comet was unearthed, the lopt paper upon whioh is dated Nov. $, 1875, the day of the robbery, rhe paper contain* a complete account of the affair i filling three oolumns, and It nakee unusually Interesting reading In connection with the above story. Mrs. Ohrlscene Campbell, one of Pitts ton's oldest residents, passed away at her home on William street on August 1st at nine o'clook, from old age and general debility. The deceased was born at Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 30, 1804, thns making her almost 91 years of asp. In 1828 she was married to Brooks Campbell, who died In 1M7, and after redding In Lancaster for a short time removed ~ to Baltimore and In 1852 came to Plttaton, where she has since resided. Sight children were born to th«HD, six ot whom are still living— Charles, Emanuel, of California; Brooks, John, Elisabeth and Gyrus. She was a faithful christian, a member of the First PresbyterUa church, and up to a short time ago was a regular attendant; upon the services of that church. Pentli of Mm. Campbell, Scarcely hnCl book M'h'.:i 'i'B Zt'anlcnaiict: fell. -i" ™ f . ,  Lafltn—Joalah Twist. YateevUle—Ohaa. Hale. Hnghestowo—D. P. Williams. Bear Creek—Benry Swainbank. 1 Mr. Stanley stared at him and rang his Hw|t Bell' ' ' " ■ - i "Ask Mr. Lockhart to step this way," ho Mid, with a puzzled look. "This is a mat" tor to be considered by all four of us in toonoll." • " Why did you leave home ?" "We had trouble," said Wlndlsh. "The day I left home we quarreled and I thought I could not live that way any longer and went away. I did not tell the folks I was going." Miner's Mills—John Burt, Jaa. Boyd. Plains—M. S. Harding, John Devlin, J. M. Derr, James QUes, B. Evans, Alex. Mo Gloakle, Samuel Hooper. • Mr. Lockhart stepped that, way with ehWfuf *1801117. and to him, too, Arnold Explained In the briefest detail why he had mused the check. The two partners klaneed at one another. They hummed and haWfed nervously. Then Mr. Lockhart said slow tones: "Well, this is a disappointment to us, I confess, Mr. Willoughby. To tell you the truth, though we desired to divide the prof- Its more Justly than they were being divid- W by our original agreement, as Is our habit in such cases, still I won't deny we pad also looked forward to the pleasure of publishing other books from your pen 014 subsequent occasions." (Mr. Lockhart Was a pompous and correct old gentleman, who knew now to talk th private life the set language of the business letter.) "We hoped, In point of fact, you would have promised us a seoond book for the coming season." The stories of Mr. and Mra. Green, and their oonneotion with th» discovery of the robbers, is told in detail. Parsons—L T. Lewis and 0.0. each one-half vote, D. J. Smith. "Now, all 11rant 1s jutt your rtgnaturt,* first flareup—a mere flash in the pan, a red blaze of the moment. But at any rate you could try. If you succeeded, well and good; if not, you'd at least be not a penny worse off than you are at present." Windish waa not disposed to talk much and had to be nrged to answer questions. He oomplaned of not feeling well and while the reporter was talking to him one of the keepers gave him a doee of medloine. Among the notee and incidents of the robbery in the Comet we find the following;,Books Twp.—Isaac Vaughn. Ool. 0. K. Campbell and CoL Asher Miner addresned the oonventlon. Th» committee on credentials mated Patrick Kennedy as delegate from the Sooth District of Jenkins. Nominations wen now In order for a candidate for delegate to the State convention. M. S. Harding proposed the name of Jos. Moore. Howell Williams named John M. Jones. Theron Davenport named 0. B. Smith. The resnlt on the first ballot was: Moore, 7*, Jones, 18, Smith, 12J. On the second ballot, the name of Moore was dropped, and the seoond resnlt was: Jones 35}; Smith 12$. Jones was declared the nominee of the convention. "Well, I've worked up my subject a bit In my own head," Arnold answered more cheerfully, "and I almost think I see my way to something that might possibly stand a chance of taking the public, but there's the difficulty of writing it. What cau I do with this maimed hand? It won't hold a pen, and though I've tried with my left I find It such slow work as far as I've yet got on with It." ,3^-Vfi4trDeWH—'V tinier " witn the quick practical sense of his countrymen. "You could work it with one hand, not quite so quickly as with two, of course, but still pretty easily." "All of the tools need by the burglars were left behind In their rapid flight, and theee Included jimmies, bits, screws, braces, hammers, bellows, sledges and other things. A fancy silk-woven skull oap, together with two suits of dark blue overalls were also fonnd. A News-Dealer man also Interviewed Wlndlsh and reports as follows: To the qnery where have yon been since yon left home ?" he finally said that he went to Plymouth, thence to Harrlsburg, Plttsbnrg and Monongah. »on*: and in imriioso, of the 'Elizabetbau Seadog.' I doubt whether it's at all the sort of book to catch the public nowadays. Seems a decade or two behind the times. We've got past that type of novel. It's domestic purely. We're all on ftdventui* nowadays." The fnneral of Mrs. Chrlstene Campbell took place on Monday from the family home on William street. Dr. Parke oon ducted the services and spoke, In substance, as follows, taking for his text Rev. 14:13, " Blessed are the dead that die In the Lord." "The nearest chamber whose window opens on the root, is ooenpied by Messrs. Ohamberlin and Lester, typos in the Comet offioe, and the idea that forces Itself upon their imagination now, that the oold, grey eyes of the ct lions-hearted cracksman who was on guard outside locked in upon ty** peaceful slumbers for two or three nights, is anything but pleasant." The Ohamberlin mentioned Is Charlie Ohamberlin, sow VP the staff of the Wilkesbarre  The Qomet says that Chamherlln studied the situation calmly from this window, and then joined the forces below with significance oomplaslance, " When did yon leave home ?" was asked. Arnold's face flushed flery reiL TW» •***" ' *'* j'--" —«.AiCi maue him positively angry. In a few forcible words he explained once more to the astonished publisher that he bad not written "An Elizabethan Seadog," fo»d that be doubted his ability "to write anything Uke it. In any case he must beg MDem to take back their check and not to Mpect work of any sort from him in future. The partners stared at him in blank astonishment. They glanoed at one another curiously. Then Mr. Lockhart rose, nodded and left the room. Mr. Stanley, left alone, engaged them in conversation as best he could for a minute or two. At the end of that time a message came to the senior partner. " On April 3rd. I think it was Tuesday.""So I was afraid," Mortimer answered, "but at any rate 1 hope you'll do the best you can for it now you've got it." Briefly, Evans was put nnder fire, with the result that he turned State's evidence, made a complete confession of his complicity with ths gang, how he had given them valuable tips as to safes and locks, as well as pulnted out " good jobs," and concluded by giving In detail the manner in which the Northampton robbeiy, the Plttatan robbery and other big "jobs" I were accomplished. The Pitteton robbery is characterized as the gang's most desperate adventure. The story, as taken from the oonfession of Evana. is as follows: " How long did yon stay at Northumberland ?" "I thought of that, too," Arnold answered, looking down. "But they poet £20. Andl haven't £20 in the world to bless myself with." " The occasion that has brought together this company of neighbors and friends today is not one that calls for mourning. This mother in Israel whom we have oome to bury out of our Bight had passed, by a decade of years, the time usually allotted to us on the esith. She had finished her work ; and the Master called her to oome np higher. She has simply entered Into rest after a life of labor, *nd received the crown of life promised to such as are faithful unto death. Why shonld we mourn for her? 'The Lord gave her and the Lord has taken her} blessed be the name of the Lord.' ' Blewjed are the dead that die in the Lord ' When the Lord's chariot comes for one of hid «gad wrvants who Is ripe for heaven, as he has oome for Mrs Campbell, we have reason for rejoicing rather than for mourning. " Qne night I went with another fellow to a hotel." "Oh, certainly," Mr. Stanley answered in no very reassuring voice. "Of course we'll do our level lDest for it. We've bought it and paid for it—in part at least —and we're not likely under these circumstances not to do our level best for it." The Vote was announced amid wild applause on the part of the Qaay men. Wbile they fnlly expected a victory, they were scarcely prepared for a two to one. vote, and they were wild over the result. " Who was the other man?" "If you'd let me make you a present of one," Mortimer began, but Arnold checked him with a hasty wave of that imperious hand. "I don't know. I met him at Plymouth. I guess he was looking for work. We went to Northumberland and he got me a hotel. He was to go to Plttsbnrg with me. He knew all about It. Tbe next day I could not find him so I went alone." "Willoughby retains an interest in It, you remember," Rufus Mortimer went on. "You recollect, I suppose, that he retains a 15 per cent interest in it." SECOND DISTRICT. "Not for her sake?" the American murmured in a very low voice. The Second District convention was called to order In Llewellyn's Hall, West Pittoton, at 9:00, by Lewis Jones, Distrlot Chairman. Credentials were called for, and every district was represented except Broderick and Forty Fort. For temporary chairman,"K. G. Mercur, of West Plttston, and Edwin S. Stackhouse, of 8hlckshlnny, were | named. Mr. Stackhouse was elected. For temporary secretary, A. W. Roberts, of Lnzerne borough, and and Robert Shaw, of Roes township. Mr. Roberts was elected. The temporary officers were made permanent. Nomination* being in order for State delegate,. James S. Slooum named Lewis. Jones. Alex. McDougall was named, m also were John D. Wood worth, of Shiekshlnny, and Dr. M. B. Hughes, of Shlekshinny. R Q. Mercur and J. 1. Shoemaker were appointed tellers. On the first ballot, McDougall and John D. Woodworth (both Hastings men} were elected, the vote standing as follows: McDougall and Woodworth, SO; Jones and Hughes, 29. And Arnold answered gently'. "No, dear Mortimer, you kind, good friend, not even for her sake. There are still a few prejudices I retain even now from the days when I was a gentleman—and that is one of them." "Oh, certainly," Mr. Stanley answered. "I recollect perfectly. Only I'm afraid, to judge by the look of tho manuscript, which is dull at first sight—undeniably dull—he hasn't much oLance of getting more out of it than the £100 we've paid him in advance on account of royalties.'' The spherical safe which has stood for many years In front of 0. M. Stevens's •lore, on Main street, Is one of the two whloh the robbers opened. "Was he a German?" was the next query. "Mr. Lockhart says, sir, could you speak to him for one moment?" "Certainly," Mr. Stanley answered. "Will too excuse me a minute, if you please, Mr. Willoughbyf There's the last review of Sour book. Perhaps you'd like to glance at Cu"' And with another queer look he disappeared 'mysteriously. 1 •' ''Well," be said to his partner as soon as they were alone In Mr. LoCkhart's sanctum,' . what on earth does this mean? Do you Quppooe somebody else has offered him high- Mi terms than he thinks he'll get from us? Jones & Burton may have bribed him. He's a thundering liar anyway, and one doesn't know what the dickens to believe •boat him." "The hank oocupled * one story building, covered With a tin roof, and the robbero decided to make the attaok from the roof. But there was a serious difficulty in the fact that in case of rain coming any time after they had begun operations, water might soak through the openings they bad made and betray them. Dunlap's ingenuity, however, was equal to this emergency ; and each night, after finishing their excavation, they carefully reiald the sheet] of tin that h*d been disturbed, protecting the joints with red putty which matched the roof in color. So. well did they put on this that, although it rained heavily the very day after they began, not a drop leaked through. ' No! I think he was an Englishman. He talked like one. He was no German " "Do yon know the name of the hotel." "No! we (the detectives and Windlsb) were then coming up " Mortimer rose from his seat. "Well, leave it to me," he said briskly. "I think I see a way out of it,'' and he left the room in haste, much to Arnold's mute wonder. •' FIVE CENT FARE TO ABBOT. This was disappointing nCwB to Mortimer, for he knew Arnold had spent a fair part of that hundred on his living expenses in Venice, and where he was to turn in the future for support, lef alone for the means to maryy Kathleen, Mortimer could form no sort of conception. He could only go on hoping against hope that the book might "pan out" better than Stanley & Lockhart supposed—that the public might see thing* in a different light from the two trade experts. A few bout-B later be returned, bringing with him in triumph a mysterious paper of most legal dimensions. It was folded in three and engrossed outside with big black letters, which seemed Vq imply that "this indenture" witnessed something really important.' For, after all, he hadn't the slightest reason to suppose he possessed literary ability. His inwnentafy vogue was altogether due to his lucky translation of a Vprk of adventure whose once real merit lay in the go and verve of Its Elizabethan narrator. He had been driven against his will into the sea of authorship, for navigating which he felt he had no talent, by Rufus Mortimer in dire conspiracy with Stanley & Lockhart. Nothing but disastrous failure could possibly result from such an undertaking. He dreaded to wake up and find himself branded by the entire critical press of England as a rank impostor. However, being by nature a born worker—a quality which he had inherited from Mad Axminster—once be had undertaken to supply Stanley & Lockhart with' a novel unspecified, he worked at it with a will, determined to give them in retutti for their money the very bewt failure of which his soul was capable. With this Intent he piled bin typewriter, prie handed, iporning, noon and night, while Kathleen often dropped In at odd moments to write for him from dictation and to assist him with her advice, her suggestions and her criticism. The Boaid of Trade Expects to Secure the Bed action. "What night was it when you stopped there?" was asked. This seemed to worry him considerably. The prospects are that before long the Traction Company will grant at least a portion of the demand of its Pitteton patrons for a reduction In the fare between this city and the villages below, A few days sgo President Harding, of the Board of and the members of the Transportation Committee of that organization went to Wilkesbarre and had a conference with Manager Qraham on the subject The demand of the Board of Trade is for a five cent fare that will accommodate the men who work in No. 14 shaft. Manager Qraham said that the matter wonld have to go before the board of directors for settlement, but from his expressions the committee gathered an idea that he was favorable for the establishment of a five cent fare to Abbot, by which the plaeeat the double curve just bielow No. 14 is known. This, while not benefiting the people of Plainsvllle and through them the business men of Pittston, would be better than the present schedule whloh ootppels the employes at No. 14|, as weU as the residents of Port Blanchard, to pay a ten cent fare. It is to be hoped that the Board of Trade will keep at the Traction ofHoers until the redaction is made. He at length replied: "Friday is on the register. It must be wrong. No, I wasn't there on Friday night; I was In the country near Pittsburg on Sunday and I had stopped two nights, one at Harrlsburg and one at Plttsbnrg; the register is wrong; it must be Wednesday or Thursday night." "The infirmities of age, as pointed to by the Psalmist and as described by Solomon, were Illustrated in the closing years of Mrs. Campbell's life. Still she waited patiently for the coming of her Lord. Life on earth did not cease tu have sweetness for her. ' She loved her homfe and a more dewtdmober to her children we have never known. Still, she felt thalj to de part and be with Christ was better. 1'here was light for her aproee the dark river. "Now, all I want," he said In a most businesslike voice, laying the document before Arnold, "is just your signature." "No," Mr. Lockhart replied confidently. •That's not it, I'm sure, Stanley. If he were a rogue, he'd have pocketed our check without a word and taken his next book all the same to the other people. It isn't that, I'm certain, as sure as my name's Lockhart. Don't you see what it lsf The fellow's mad. He really thinks now he didn't write the 'Seadog.' Success has turned his head. It's an awful pity. He began with the story as an innooent deception; he want on-with it afterward as an excellent advertisement. Now he's gone off his head with unexpected triumph and feally believes he didn't write it, but discovered it. Hpwever, it's all the same to M. I tell you what we must do—ask him If ever he discovers any more interesting manuscripts to give us the first refusal of his translation or decipherment." But when they returned a few minutes later with this notable proposition Arnold ooald only burst out laughing. "No, no," he said, really amused at last. "I see what you think. Mr. Mortimer will tell you I'm as sane as you are. You fancy I'm mad, but you're mistaken. However, I can honestly promise you what you ask— that If I have ever again any publishing business to transact I will bring my work first to you for refusal." Three days later Mr. Stanley came down to the office much perturbed in spirit. "My signaturel" Arnold answered, with a glance at the red wafers that adorned the instrument. "Why, that's just the very thing I'm most particular about giving." "I say, Lockhart," be cried, "I've been reading over this new thing of Willoughby's—this 'Romance of Great Grimsby,' as he chooser to call ft—what an odious ntiei—ana i must wif i ui uinnu we v® just chucked awaf our money. He wrote the 'Seadog' by a pure fluke; that's where It is. Must have been mad or drunk pr In love when he did it. I believe he's really mad and still sticks to it be discovered and transcribed that manuscript. He's written this thing now in order to prove to us how alDsolutely different his own natural style is. And he's proved it with a vengeance! It's as dirtl as ditch water. I don't believe we shall ever sell out the first edition," "What did you work at while you were away ?" "Oh, but this is quite simple, I assure you," Mortimer replied, with a persuasive smile. "This is Just a small agreement with Stanley & Lockhart. They covenant to pay you £100 down. Look here, I've got the check in my pocket already—theraerest formality—by way of- advance on the royalties of a book you engage to write for them —a work of fiction, of whatever sort you choose, length, size and style to be left to your discretion. And they're to publish it when complete in the form that may seem to them most suitable for the purpose, giving you 15 per cent on the net price of all copies sold in perpetuity. And if I were you, Wiiloughby, I'd accept it offhand, and I'll tell you what I'd do—I'd start off at once posthaste to Venice, where you'd be near Miss Hessiegrave, and where she and you could talk the book over together while in progress." He dropped his voice a little. "Seriously, my dear fellow," he said, "yon both of you look ill, and the sooner you can get away from this squalid village, I think, the better." "I worked in the soft ooal mines." "When did yon hear of the death of yonr wife ?" "On the night of November 4th, only one layer of bricks separated them from the top of the vaalt, and \t was decided to finish the work and da the robbery that night. Two honre' hard labor with 'drag' and ' jackscrew' sufficed to effxst an opening, and Scott and Dnnlap were lowered Into the vault. They fonnd three Marvin spherical safee protected by a bnrglar-alarm. Bet Dqnlap was somewhat of an electrical expert, and was able to jurrortod the bnrglar-alarm with heavy boards as to render it of little jor no danger. They experienced much difficulty, though, in blowing open the safes. The first attempted yielded og tli? second explosion, and they secured |500 In currency and $60,000 in bonds. The next one was far more troqhlceome, not less than ten explosions being required Vj make way into it. And jast as the task was at last accomplished, and they were on the point of seizing a great sum of money, there came a warning ory from Conroy, who was dctng sentry duty on the roof, and it was necessary to fly. "Mrs Campbell iDame to reside in Pitteton fifty two years ago, and at once became associated, by a letter from the Presbyterian Church, of Manch Chunk, with the First Presbyterian Chqrcb of Pittston. In the letter dismissing her her pastor said, ' you will find Mrs. Campbell faithful in maintaining the ordinances of God's house.' We found her marveonsly faithful In all the dntiea to which she was called, and In all the relations of life; al ways ready to do what she could for those who needed he\p; retiring, domestic, Industrious, obliging, unselfish and self sacrificing. A marked feature of her christian character was, love for the Sanctuary. So far as appeared, she could say with the psalmist, ' one thing have I desired of the Lord ; that will I seek after that I may dwell In the house of the (Cord all the days of joy life, to the beauty of the Lord a(id to enquire in his temple.' So long ae she was able to go out, heT pastor never missed her from her plaoe in the Sanctuary on the Sabbath or prayer meeting evening. In do one thing did she feel so keenly the deprivations of her 'shqt-in life' dnrlng the last ten years of her earthly soiourn, pa \n her exclu sion fro*", tho privileges of Qod'a house. Sne has left an example of conscientious living, woi t hy of Imitation, to her child reo, to her church, to her pastur, and. to all wltb wham has been associated In life. " "When I was. arrested." " Did you, live happy with your wife ?" At the First Legislative DUtrlct convention held in Wllkeebarre Monday night, the following namee were presented for 8tate delegate: Dr. W. G. Weaver, Sol. Baoharaoh, A. L. Williams, Hon. H. W. Palmer. The delegates were elected separately. Dr. Weaver by aoolamation, and A. L. Williams by the following vote: Williams, 27; Baoharaeh, 11; Palmer, 3. Both Weaver and Williams are Hastings men. With a great many remarks: "No; bei fore I went away we had a fight. We were always fighting. I went away from her before, bat did not stay. Last year I went to Europe, bnt eame back. It wonld be better for me If she had died ten or twenty yean ago." A good woman can admire anything the man of her choice may happen to do. To Kathleen, therefore, that first callow novel of Arnold Willoughby's, "A ltomance of Great Grimsby," was from its very inception one of the most beautiful, most divinely Inspired, most noble works of art ever dreamed or produced by the human intellect. She thought it simply lovely. Nothing had yet lDeen drawn more exquisite In its tender and touching delineation of thu seafarer's wife than Maggie Holdsworth's character, nothing -more stern or somber or powerful Chan the figure of the gaunt and lean limbed skipper. It was tragedy to her—rea| high clas* tragedy. When Arnold hin(e4 gently how The Hebdomadal Scarifier wtiftld laugh his pathos to scorn, and how The Antiquated Growler would find it "dull and uninteresting, not to say positively vulKar," thought it Impossible tCD believe him. Nobody could jead that grim story, she felt sure, without being touched by It* earnestness, its leality and its beauty. "We can get It all subcribcd beforehand, I think," his jDartner ansjvered, "on the strength of the'Sendog.' The libraries will want a thousand copies among them. And, after all, it's only the same thing us if he had taken the ? 100 we offered him in the first instance. We shall be no tooth out of pocket if this venture fails than w« should have been if he'd accepted our $heek lost summer." "What defense will yon make? Will yon try to prove yon were at Northumberland ?" "If I only knew that man I was with I'd be all right. He conld tell." Daniel Lloyd was chairman of the Third District convention held la KingHton, and D. W. Morgan, of Plymouth, secretary. The candidates for State delegate were William Oldfield, of Nantipoke; Chris. Wren, of Plymouth, and James Edwards, of Edwardsville Wren and Edwards, both Hastings men, were elected. THIRD, BIBTRKT. Chief Loftns says that on the trip home Windlsh was in various moods. Sometimes he was very snllen, and conld not be Induced to talk At other times he Would become very talkative and demonstrative, declaring again and again that he would not oare If, when they arrived home, a mob would hang him. Arnold read over the agreement with a critical eye. , "Well, we'd better pull off only ns many as we think the demand will run to," Mr; Stanley continued, wltl, caution. "It'll bo asked tor at first, of course, on the mer(ts of the 'Seadog,' but as soon as people begin to find out for themselves what feeble trash it rytlly is they won't want any more of it. 'I'oorpftp.'loaintl" So the interview ended. Comic as it waa fryin one point of view, it yet saddened Ai» 6old (oniewhat He coQldh't help being (struck by this persistent fate which made Mm all'through life be praised or admired for wtiat ne reany wsaor reaay nan (lone, pat for gome purely adventitious or even un; feal circumstance. He went away and re•nmed pnce more his vain search for work. Put as day after day wept by, and he found Hobody ready to employ a practically one »rmed roan, with no recommendation save that of having served his time as a common sailor, his heart sank within him. "I see," he said, "they expressly state that they do not hold me to have written 'An Elizabethan Seadog,' but merely to have discovered, deciphered and fcdited it." "Yes," Mortimer'replied, with a cheerful smug, "im rainer pfouu tnat ciause. I foresaw that that interminably obtrusive old conscience of yours would step in with one of its puritanical objections if I didn't distinctly stipulate for that exact proviso, so I made thein put it in, and now I'm sure I don't know what you can possibly stick at, for it. merely provides that they will pay yon 15 per cent on any precious Ijook you may care to write, and they're so perfectly sure of seeing their money again that they'll give you £100 down on the nail for the mare nrumiaa to ir. )i —- VETERANS WILL MKKT HERE. Preparations for tlie Annual Reunion of FOURTH DISTRICT. the Fifty-Seconil Regiment. Reese Lloyd (Hastings) was elected by the Fourth .District convention, which met in Hazleton. The annual reunion of the  Pennsylvnla Volnnteej Aaeoelatlon will be held In Plttatoa on Wednetday, Sept 18 X'4* president of the association, Major Leonard, of Wllksebarre, and, the Secretary, Col. Miller, of Kingston, were here yesterday making arrangements for the event. Jfiagle Hall haq been engaged, and there will be a meeting of the survivors and a dinner. It la expected that about 150 surylvoje wll| attend. The FUty-eeeond Regiment was organic |n Kingston, and WM composed principally of Kingston and Wilfeeaharre men, thongh there were some from this vicinity. Among the survivors are Cameron Ootl, Ed. Miller, Philip Kllllan, Noah Adams, Theo. Hallatead and William Hepler, of this plaoQ. The oklef met a number of Plttston people i,n West Virginia, besides Patrick McGann, who gave Windlsh up. Mr. ai.d Mrs. Baker, formerly of Hamtown, are keeping a boarding house there, and fony formerly in business here, is managing an installment house there. 8IXTH DISTRICT Bo the great novel wliich liad cost Arnold and Kathleen go pangs of production came out jn the eud in itw regulation three volumes just like any other. There was an Initial demand for It, of fiourse, «t Mudle's, that Arnold had counted upon. Anything which liore the name of the "editor" of "AU Eli*«brtuan Seadog" on tk; utTe page could hardly have fared otherwine. Hut he " .lted in profound n " v'"ji what the reviews would «ay ot It. Thin wan his own first iiook, for the "Sendog" was hut a transcript, and it would make or mar him as an orir/ inal author. The Sixth District convention was held in Ashley. W. J. Scott, of W«pwallojien, was chairman, and Mr. Feist, of White Haven, secretary. The candidates for delegates were. John B. Graham (Quay) and A. E. Detru. (Hastings). Detro was elected. Vote, to t. "When Danlap and Scott bad been dragged ont of tUa vanlt by their asso clatea, they were fonnd tcaroely able to run. Daring all of the twelve  of powder and dynamite they had never left the vanlt, bqt, oronehirg behind tbe that guarded tie burglar alarm, had remained within arm's length, o» explosions so violent the*t t*ey tore a,p«tt plates of we'C|den steel, and shook the whole hnlldtng. Worse than the Cjhock» of these explosions were the general ed by wMoh Scott and Punlap had to breathe. On ooming ont, their clothes were wringing wet with perspiration, and they were so weak that their legs totter* d nnder and their comrades had to almost carry them for a tlmo. Bnt, nevertheless, they managed to walk thirty miles that night to LMgh, where they boarded a train to New York. It was on this occasion that there was left behind in the vault the air-pump AH that winter through Arnold and his •ccasional amanuensis worked hard at the novel that was the man's last bid fora bare subsistence. He felt it hilSSel?. if that tvti Knew no hope was left for bim. He must give up ail thoughts of Kathlnen 07 of jtu must creep Into fein hole, like a wounded dog; to die there quietly. Not that Arnobt was at alj of q desismdent nature. On" he contrary, fow men were so light and buoyant, but the dlfflrulMen tmtountered nluc« he left off he)nu an earl made him' naturallv distrustful of what the future might nave in •tore for him. Nevertheless, being one of the sort who never say die, he went on with bU story with a valorous heart, for was not (or Kathleenf And if he failed, he thought to himself more thfui once with just pride, ho Would have  pf knowing that he had failed in spite of his liest endeavor. The fnult then would He not with himself, but with nature. The best of us can never transcend his own faculties. The weather grew colder, too, and his weak lung began to feel the chilly fogs of London. Worst of all, he was keeping J£*thleen alsp England, forjihe wouldn't Ssouth and leaVe iiim, liiougn her work manded that she should winter, as usual, fa Venjoa, where she could paint the rangu 6t Subjects for whtah alone, after the hate- Col fashion' of the pr»Dsent day, she could find a feady market. All this made Arnold hot a little anxious, the more so as his £50, DO matter how well husbanded, were be- Kfnning ]A run out and feave his exchequer fcmfjty.: Irt thfs strait' it was once more Ru fU* Mortimer, their unfailing friend, who pMne1 to Arnold's and Kathleen's assistafiise. He went round to Arnold's rooms Dike afternoon fufi of serious warning. "Look here, my dear \Villoughby," he pftfa, "there is such a thingas carryingconscientious scruples to an impracticable exoess.' I don't pretend to act up to my prinfitliles mvselt It I did. I should be com- ANNUAL SHOOTING MATCHKS. Re union of the 14.'id Regiment. The 29th annual reunion of the 143d Regiment, Penna. Volunteers, will be held in Shlokshinny on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Judge Alfred Dait* will be the orator and John S. McQroarty will read a poem. A business meeting will be held at 11 a. m , when arrangement* will be completed for the exonrslon to Gettysburg on the occasion of the dedication of the regiment's tablet on Cemetery Ridge, to mark the position held by the regiment In the second and third days' fights. Special rates have been secured on the D., L. & W. Road for thoee who attend the reunion. The fare from Plttaton will be eighty cents. Regimental anil Brigade Matchea tn Be- gin Aug. 2ft. "But suppose I were to die meanwhile," Arnold objected, still staring at it. '"What insurance tmild they-give: themselves?" The annual regimental and brigade rifle matches will be shot at Mount Gretna during the week beginning An 7. 2fi under direction of Colonel Asher Miner, general inspector of rifle practice. Each regiment team will coneist of four men and one reserve, and no commissioned officers eligible. Teams must arrive and go Into camp Ang. 26. Range open for practice Tueeday. Tents and mattresses will be provided, bnt the men must bring their own blankets. The regimental match will be shot Thursday, Aug. 29; skirmish match Friday, Aug. 30; brigade matoh Saturday, Ang. 31. A team to represent the state at Sea Girt Inter-State matoh, Sept. 2, will be ohoeen. The Ninth regiment team will probably be the same 'as last year—Hard' ing, Innes, Everett, Leldner. Rufus Mortimer seized his friend by the waist perforce, pushed bodily into a chair, placed a pen In his left hand and laid the document before him. Oddly enough, tbey had longer to wait fop reviews thnn in the cam) of Arnold Willoughby's first venture. It was the, height of the publishing season. Editors', tallies were with books of trnvvl, arid biographies, and three volume novels, and epochs of history bnilwl down for tlu» consumption of the la/.i est Intellects A week or two pussed, and still no notice of V Romance of Great Uriniaby. •• At last one afternoon Arnold passed down the Strand and stopped to buy an influential evening paper on the hare chance of a criticism. His heart gave a bound. Yes, there it was on the third page—"Mr. Arnold Willoughby's New Departure." A quartette from the First Presbyterian church choir tvfo beautiful hymns en titled "Jesus, While our Hear 9 ar$ Bleeding" and "Beet for To\llng Hand " The floral offerings were numerous and handsome The pall bearers were: Alexander Craig, Andrew Bryden, Alexander McMillan, John Anderson, Alex, hloan and James Monies, Sr. "Vpou my soul," W Rftid, half humorously, half angrily, "that irrepressible conscience of yours is enough to drive any sane man out of his wits. There! Not another word. Take the pen and sign. Thank fieaven, thet's donei { didn't ever think I could get you to do it. Now, before you've time to change what you're pleased to call yonr mind I shal) rush off in a cab and carry this straight to Stanley & Lockhart. ASRn MAN KILLED. Struck by an Engine at the Wllkesbarre Round House. Early on Saturday, H. W. Stnrdevaut. aged sixty Ave, of Luzerne, employed ax an inspector at the Lehigh Valley round house InWilkesliarre, was struck by an engine and so badly injured that he died fifteen minutes after bejUg taken to the Wllkesbarre Hospital, Dae Well's Laundry Bine, the beet bluing for laundry use Each makee two quarti. 15c. Sold by B. J. Durkln Shlloh's Cure, the great cough and cronp enre, is in great demand. Pocket sise contains twenty five only 25o. Children love "Sign the receipt for the £100 at once, That-'o HihU Ona miut tnat inn Ilka » It Sold by druggists.