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MISS FLUFFY RAFFLES .
WILL BE HERE MONDA Y
Continued from Fags Ons. ^
Ionia and luui bar challenge to the
people hart. Tha Georgian will offer
a raward of «aa for liar detection. Tha
Georgian believes Ailanlana ara just
a Nt kaanar than cltlaena of other rlt-
laa, and believes tha raward will not
ri> long unclaimed.
Mlaa Fluffy Raffles la coming, hut
aha will be treading upon dangerous
around. For her reputation an a baf
fler, bulldert bv singular adventures in
• Itlea all over the country, la likely to
be shattered here when aha Is un
masked.
HOW MISS RAFFLES
WAS FOUND.
By WARREN SCHALL.
■ >r the afternoon Friday. March *.
a frowlifd headed messenger boy
stamped notsely Into my office In the
Trrtnent building and banded me tble
telegram: •
"Locate Miss Winnie Vaughan im
mediately and get from har full details
of her plan far har appearance in At
lanta aa the mysterious Miea Fluffy
Raffles.
(Signed) "THE GEORGIAN."
I bad Just finished '•nn(S»tu'atlng
myself that everything In a none tine
hnd been "revered" for the day when
all good latantlona and pleasant antici
pations wars knocked rky-ldgh by the
contents of the telegram which sudden
ly happened my way.
"Find Winnie Vaughan," 1 repealed
aloud. In iny lonesome den. "Why,
what Is tha cnance of locating her?" Rut
It was up to me aa special correspondent
to accomplish what waa desired and
allho 1 anticipated no easy task ahead
of me, I slammed on my hat. donned
my ulster and a few momenta later had
started to carry out the Innocent-look
ing Instruction! contained In The Geor
gian telegram.
It is almost a dead certainty that
svtry man. woman and child In any
section or Boston has hoard of Winnie
Vaughan. I figured that among our
mutual acquaintances I would speedily
r t a line on the myatcrlous character
waa after, ami then the rest would
be easy tailing.
Newspaper Office Visited.
A< little (star : In the The Transcript
building I wag, inquiring of. dim Mur
phy. aportlng editor of one of the dol
lies.- who. by the way, la one of the
brightest sporting editors In the "Dean
City,* where I could And Miss Fluffy
Raffles, all of which caused Murphy to
laugh outright as he answered:
"Why, man alive, how do you expect
me to know where she Is: she comes
In here at the most unexpected Inter
vals. makes a dive for the police rec
ords.* and then la lest for a couple of
months. Rhe was up here a couple of
weeks ago. but w here site is now Is a
question far beyond iny reasoning."
To make a long itoty short. 1 visited
several newspaper offices that after
noon and night In an effort to learn
the wherenbouts of Miss Winnie
Vaughan, and I suppose the object of
m.v acnrvh was noised about consider
ably. because at about noon next day a
young woman entered my office and
located on the boulevard. I followed
Miss Raffles, who entered the gate and
then the doorway with an accuracy
which told me she was on perfectly
familiar terms with her surroundings.
Miss Raffles led the way to the rear
room, where, to my surprise, I dlscov-
vlthout mincing matters asked If 1 f ered a line uld New England supper all
wss the man who was looking for Miss
Fluffy Raffles. I promptly answered
that I whs very anxious to locate tbat
young lady.
"Well, I guesa you will hear from
Fluffy Raffles oil right this afternoon,"
said my visitor, ami she departed as
quickly as she had come.
Fluffy Raffles Found.
Two hours later, while still wonder
ing what connection my sweet-faced
caller nad to 'do with my search for
Miss Raffles. I revived the following
telegram:
"l.ynn Mass.. March T. tSOS.
"Warren fschalt. Tnmtont Block, Bos
ton, Mass.
ready, and which looked to me aa If It
had* Just that very moment been placed
on the table, yet there waa not tbe
sign of another human being In tbe
house save mine host and inyself. Ap
parently heedless of my wondering
glances. Miss Raffles began serving the
various dishes, meanwhile keeping up
a running How- of questions concerning
my mission to l.ynn.
Talk With Miss Fluffy Raffles.
"You see." site remarked quitilcally,
"when I heard last night that a heavy
built man was hunting Tiround for ms
In Boston. I began to wonder who It
might be."
After dinner Miss Raffles led the way
eral new costumes to my wardrobe, and
It will be up to me to work along aa
beat I ran and for as long a period as
possible; but right now I fall to see
any material way lo escape almost Im
mediate capture.
"The fart that The Grorglan will of-
I guess Ths Georgian need not bother
much about the chances I will tnkt In
Atlanta.'
Rxcualng herself on the pretense of
wanting a glass of water. Miss Raffles
left the room, only to return a moment
fer a reward to the first man or woman later atttred precisely as she waa when
who can identify me after the date of I met her earlier In the evening at tha
iny official disappearance will provide, Lynn station. During this mar velous
change, Mrs. Vaurhan eat quietly knl(-
an Inducement worthy the considera
tion of every resident of Atlanta, and It
la needless for me to say that the
whole town will he on my heels within
Hng. i t
"That Is simply one of the numerous
•rtlflees I resort to In tight places,"
a doeen hours after the start of teou- sinned the woman of mystery da she
*>!»• ^ . , I again seated herself nt the table, "nmt
i have been In your company now* yet it Is one that has saved me hun. .
for about two houn. You have failed dreds of times when capture seemed?
almost certain,
to notice, and 1 have watched you
rather closely, the make-up of the dress
I am wearing. It would hardly seem
possible that I eoull entirely alter niy
"Take, for Instance, when I am work
ing In large crowds. Retry person
, .. .. * . P«***«« In »h« gathering Is there for
personal appearance In less then twen- the specific purpose of effecting my
ty seconds, but I will do It for you— capture and at ths same time collect
Meet me Narrow Gauge station at I*° 11 cogy little room -n the second
Lynn « o'clock tonlglu. W. V.” ! poor, which was lilted ur as a loung-
, Keen on the trail of my day's routine j In* «"• »»'' * h **V» »' ndow
11 luckily caught the 5:30 boat for the j *•* * p 0 * 1 ' l*^> *•*
; Narrow Gauge to Lynn, where I arrived duced to ms by Miss \ aughan as her
I a fotv 6 o'clock. Olmn - ( nioUMr.
Inr About the Inrlonute between the*. * n *! wv * 1 ,* 0 m *’ , * u< ‘ r y wcfrnhjl
I tr ain shed and station proper I ws. j her proposedImmrementa In Attajrta |
I somewhat startled b> Ami standing [ ***** "**** brought outa '*>*/.( bmi- j
! within m few feet of me the MVFfl* ! bon*, ftivli iwttni Jier.^elf oppoette roe j
faced young lad-* who had called on roe : MtoUiSTSJjS^of her Santa tuner* I
in my fUeeton office at noon. j "*" w * n * P°r«°n* or hex Atlanta ftlner- j
It was exactly a o'clock and as I > ,r F' ..-. .—...a- -h. •
started forward. ! heard n familiar ‘ 'i"
•why The Georgian Is so anxious to get
details of my plans. What difference!
docs It make how I operate?"
Will Offer Reward.
•in ti e first place. ytVit v im to un.
demand that my workings In a city |
whirling away In Fluffy's I the site of Atlanta mean certain cap-j
to Pwampsc .it. Half so hour tater'iure In a very short space of time.*
approached a trim little cottage Fortunatetv for me. I have added lev.
voice over my shoulder remark: "Well,
If you are not the limit." and as I
turned Involuntarily I heard Fluffy
Raffles, for It was she. remark: "All
right. Mr. SchalL We will proceed to
Rw nmpKcntl." and the next Instantiate
w ere Noth ^Ril^H
now watch.
The next Instant Miss Raffles was on
her feet and walking directly around
the tabic paused possibly ten seconds
back of my chair and then quietly re-
aumed her seat.
The transformation. If such you care
to call lb waa simply tbe most remark
able I ever witnessed. Instead of the
ejegantly-dreased. keen-looking, bright
eyed w<)inan with whom I had been
talking a few momenta previous. I now
beheld a woman many years older. I
started Involuntarily from my choir
and rapidly glanced about the room,
folly expecting lo uiee Miss Raffles
standing In a n rnrr laughing at my
cnnaternatlon. but there was no one
else present but we three.
Makes Quiek Change.
The next Instant the old lady bad me
by the arm laughing quietly as ahe
said:
the reward. > have had liundreda of
chances to end the game were It not for
the fact that In crowd work 1 am al
ways more than alert, and when I deem
It necessary I make just such a change
aa you witnessed a few moments aeo."
On the way to the depot she said In
answer to mv question as to when she
would start Routh that It would dapend'
entirely on the Instructions she re
ceived from The Georgian, aa she wax
ready to begin operation# at a mo
ment's notice, and after my brief asso
ciation with the woman of mystery I
am confident that when she does make
her appearance tn Atlanta she will have
one of the greatest experiences tn the
history of her truly remarkable game. >
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guc anteed te!
cure any case of Itching. Blind. Bleed- j
Ing or Protruding Piles In < te !< days 1
"Well. If 1 can puzzle you. Mr. Schali, or money refunded. IOc.
FEDERAL COURT
WAS OPENED MONDAY
Judge Nowman opened the I'nited
States court for the March term Mon
day. charged the Federal grand Jog'
and began work or a criminal docket
that will keep judge, juries and attor-
neys buny for at least two week- and
probably three. .
Assletaht District Attorney Ansier
wax busy all the morning with ths
grand jury and presented a number ‘
rnaea to that body, most of these being
charges of revenue law violations H'
will probably finish with the grand Juiy
Tuesday.
District Attorney Tale and Assistant
District Attorney John V\\ Henley coni,
menced on the criminal docket and
tried several moonshine cases bef"i>‘
the adjournment of court.
The corridors of ths court house pt»-
sented n busy scene, and there wbs ms
usual array of mountaineers, either
charged with moottsblnlng. or there n
help the government or their friend*
Resd Georgian Want lads, today for *"'•
thing wanted or used la the Manny Mutin
COURT RULES
FOR MAYOR SCHMITZ
SAN FRANCISCoT March 10.—r r-
mer Mayor Eugene Schmlta was agn’n
favored with a ruling by the state w
prenie court which held that he v e*
unlawfully convicted of extortion ■■no
ordered his discharge. There are ot ■
er Indictments, however, against tit
Ritef and Bchmlt* may make an fa“»
move to get out of jail.
$200 REWARD
=FOR THE CAPTURE OF* *
MISS WINNIE VAUGHAN
The Mysterious
Raffles
Any man or woman making the capture will receive the reward offered. The mysterious woman
who will walk the streets, visit the prominent stores, parks, and places of amusement, will arrive in
Atlanta in a few days.
CONDITIONS OF REWARD
Should you recognize the Mysterious Miss Fluffly Raffles at any time, address her as follows:
“PARDON ME, ARE YOU THE MYSTERIOUS FLUFFY RAFFLES OF THE ATLANTA
GEORGIAN?” , ,
SHE WILL AT ONCE ADMIT HER IDENTITY, and by showing proof you will receive the
reward as follows: *
$200 to a Yearly Subscriber. $150 to a Six Months’ Subscriber
$100 to a Daily Purchaser Having a Paper of the Last Edition at Time
of Making Capture.
All Boys Under the Age of Seventeen Eliminated
Under no circumstances will anyone connected directly or indirectly with The Georgian be al
lowed to receive the reward.