VOL. I-NO. 8
dan LEDGER
EVENING
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1914.
PRICE ONE CEJSTT
BOY BRAVELY WAITS
END OF LONG BATTLE
TO SAVEBDRNED LEG
Little Hero Hopeful That
Removal of Bandages To
day Will Show He Is Not
to Be a Cripple.
&2si ? '.aHHel
I.VU
TRAIN ENDS LIFE OF
DALLAS, $20 CLERK,
SUED FOR $60,000
Wife and Several Hundred
Persons See Him Virtually
Cut in Half at Sixtieth
Street Station.
DON'TS FOR CHILDREN TERSELY TOLD BY THE CAMERA
KENNETH REDAMAR
A wide-oed and hopeful little boy sits
on an Invalid's chair in the sunlight at
tho Frankford Hospital today. With a
toy dog clasped tightly In hi" arms ho
mutely watches white-clad surgeons and
nurses as they so from cot to cot com
forting and relieving. With impatience
he Is waiting until tho? come to him
and unwind bandages from hi less; for
what is found beneath will determine
whether or not the little boy -will ever
walk and play like other boys or be a
hopeless cripple with one leg cruelly
bent.
The child's name Is Kenneth Redamar
and he Is onl.v six ears old. He lived
with his parents at 6031 Torresdale ave
nue until early last Februnrywhen he was
carried Into the hospital with one leg
charred and burned and swathed in
soft stuffs Plalng with schoolmates
about a bonfire, lOnneth had cither
fallen or been accidentally pushed into
the blazing rile Frightened, his little
comrades ran away crying, and Kenneth
was left alone In terrible agony until a
policeman carried him home.
For a long time physicians feared Ken
neth would not get well. The child lay
still and white among the covers".
Nurses sometimes cried because he suf
fered so much pain. Persons marveled
a.t the bravery and patience displajed by
so small a Doy uaer sucn trying cn
cumstances. BRAVERT WINS DOT'S BATTLE.
It was this bravery and patience which
finally turned the tide in favor of the
child's recovery.
Kenneth began to convalesce. His laugh
of gle over gifts of fruit or flowers
brought cheer to other little patients in
the ward. His sunn smile was a lesson
In fortltudo He became a great favor
ite of all persons at the hospital. Sick
folk raised their heads and spoke to him
a sthe boy was wheeled by on his way
to the sun parlor
Then came the dav when Kenneth tried
to walk What was eNpected to be foi
him the dawn of happiness was turned
Into a day of despair, when the watching
doctors saw the child's leg was bent.
Skin had contracted underneath the kne
and Kenneth was unable to suetch hi
leg out straight.
His grief was pathetic. He tried hard
not to ciy, but thf thought that he
might for all time bo a cripple was too
much, and the little patient buried his
head in the pillows, and gieat sobs
shook the wasted and frail body. For
a time he could not be comfortnd. Even
the toy dog which had been his constant
companion was forsaken and left stand
ins like a forlorn sentinel on a table.
SCRGL'ONS TO THE UESCCE
Then the surgeons took counsel to
gether, and decided as a last resort a
rare and delicate operation would bo
performed in an endeavor to straighten
the bent leg. Kenneth wh3 told he still
had anothei chance His mother, who
had been almost a dally visitor to the
hospital, and whose grief was even si eat
'er than that of her sun when it was
feared lu would be permanently lame,
sat b the child's cot and held his hand
while the two talked of the new chanc
for complete recovery. The small pa
tient oncn more took an interest In hla
toys Again his childish laugh rang
through the ward
Day after day as the time for the
operation approached Kenneth lined his
wooden soldiers in battle array, saving-
he, too, would some day be a. colonel
and have a real regtment of his own.
Then he left the toy dog to watch the
army while he dlepu
At last the day for the operation ar.
rived "It is true that I am going to
run and play again, isn't It doctor?"
tremulously asked the child. And the
surgeon who had heard so many ques.
tlons just like Kenneth's smiled at the
boy and said, "We'll see "
CHILD'S SACRIFICE
Po they wrapped the littlo sufferer In
blankets and wheeled him to the operat
ing room There in the presence of men
of science small pieces of skin were cut
from the good I of the unconscious
child and grafted where the skin was
drawn and contructed, underneath the
knee of the leg which had been hurned.
This was last week.
Today the bandages will be removed
and both Kenneth and those who hava
taken such an inteiest in him will know
whether or not ho will ever be able to
run and play again If the condition of
his (eg shows the operation to have been
a success, the boy will be out of the
hospital In two or three weeks.
', THE VITAL QUESTION
' It. Chicago business man, with many
relatives, some of whom were well-to-do
but grasping, recently sought the
services of his lawyer to draw up his
will When, after much labor, the docu
ment was completed, the client asked:
'Have you fixed this thing as I wished
It, tight and strong?"
' I luve done ni best." said the law
jrr HVH cntinurd the client. I want
t -!; r, an-nliei ilium not profes
! -- i" ft-iw vei A- a frn-nd and mun
, r, , ,,(. ,),, xu think stands the
l '( -hv- of cutting the croDerty when
Death under the wheels of nn elevated
train at the 60th street station In full
sight of his wife nnd several hundred per-
I sons this morning ended the financial
troubles of John J. Dallas, of 1M5 North
did street, tho former bookkeeper w I
, whs being sued for JC'O.OiX) by the L. I'
, v tilte Company, Jewelers, of Ninth nnd
Cheatnut streets. Dnllns fell beneath the
Main In such n. way that both suicide
I and accident theories aie tenable
I Dallas and his wife were on their way
I to Norrlstown for the second day of the
eiulty suit They were walking slowly
a long the platform of the 01th ntieet sta
tion nf the elcnted. As a westbound
train dtow Into the station Dallas stepped
to the edge of the platform nnd turned
until his back was to the rails. Then ho
toppled over Two cars passed over his
body, virtually cutting him in half.
Mrs. Dallas turned just In time to eeo
her husband's body dropping over the
edge of the platform The nejet Instant
tho train shot past her. She became
hysterical and was taken to her homo
bj witnesses. The tnutlltatcd body waa
taken to the morgue.
FALL- SEEMED DELIBERATE.
Men and women who saw Dallas fall
to his death from the eastbound plat
form say that his fall seemed to have
been dollberately planned. They declare
h" guaged the distance carefully so that
his body would fall directly over the far
track where he could not escape the
wheels. The heavj train was under
brakes at the time and was slowing up
Owing to tls weight the motorman had
not tho slightest chance to prevent the i
killing.
Passengers In the first two cars who
felt the bump as the wheels went over
the body and heard the terrified shrieks
of women witnesses on both platforms
rushed from the train. Traffic was tied
up for some time until a patrol wagon
arrived and the body could be removed
Several women were taken away from
the scene on the eige of collaps.
DALLAS FACED TWO CHARGES
The two different actions were under
one against Dallas, one the equity suit
and the other on criminal charges. He
was under a total of J.VO0 bail on the
charges of attempting to blow up the
jewelry office where he had been era
ploed, and embezzlement. It is be
lieved that the fear of facing these
criminal charges led him to take his
life. A deire to softtn the blow to his
wife is thought to have made him try
to make his death look like an acci
dent. Judge Aaron S Swartz. of the Mont
gomeiy County Court at Norrist'.wn, '
where the equity case against Dallas was
resumed yesterday, adjourned oouit to
day, folliwing the receipt of news that ,
the defendant was dead Just what !
action will be taken now, atloinev for
the plalntitts could not say this morn
ing. It was mggested that terms in set- '
tl ment oftered by Dallas lat June,
might njw be accepted from the estate.
Dallas had soiie real estate, aero, ding
to attorneys for the complainant .that
has been tied uo In the chll suit.
Thf equltv case against DaiUs to le
cover $5ft,Wi he was. alleged to have em
bezzled was started last spring at Nci
ristown, but after one day the court ad
journed for the summer. Immediately
aftci that offers of settlement were made
hy fiallas and were rejected as unsatis
factory. OWNED AL'TO ON (V A WEEK.
Dallas was, a bookWp3r in the employ
of the jewelry Arm. In the testimony
estorday it was biought out that ap
pnently on nothing nut his small salary,
SX a week, lit lied in sumptuuus stjle in
Aidmore and owned un automobile. Dal
las explanation was that lie made money
on the side by acting as an expert ac
countant to several Philadelphia fltms.
His case was given a seveie blo.v when
ieprsentatlves of these firms denied that
he had ever been cmplojed by them.
Every shred of paper containing evi
dence of allesrd defalcations by Dallas
has been lemoved from the books of the
company, according to the testimony yes.
terday. The belief that Dallas would
try to shift the blame to Robert I
i oates, manager of the White concern,
was made more substantial yestordaj bj
the testimony taken.
The story of the attempted blowing up
of the White office was not brought
out vesterday. Mr i'oates began to
tell it, but was halted bj counsel for
Dallas,
In tre pieliniinary criminal proceeding
blark gunpowder bought by Dallas was
Idrntlfled by the man who sold It to him
This gunpowder, according to the testi
mony, was found In a "bomb" thnt Mi
f oates found attached to a burning fuse
In the oWce of the jewelry Arm.
Dallas had no children. Since the be.
ginning of the two actions against him
he had given up hi fine home at Ardmnre
and moved to ni"-re modest dwelling at
the 62d street address.
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GUBAN GOVERNMENT'
TO PENSION WIDOW l
OF NOTED FILIBUSTER
Wife of Capt. Sam Hughes,
in Need Now, to Bo
Helped by Country Hus-
band Befriended.
GEM SMUGGLING
MORE PROFITABLE
UNDER NEW TARIFF
Increase of 25 Per Cent, in
Business of Defrauding
Government Since June
First, Experts Say.
RAILROAD DANGERS
SHOWN BY PICTURES
FROM REAL LIFE
Friendly Talk to Boys and
Girls Who Risk Their
Lives Thoughtlessly in a
Spirit of Fun or Adventure.
GOOD HEAVENS!
An elder! gentleman living In the north
of England was passionately fond qf par
roti,, says !ondon Ideas,
Having both time and money at hs
disposal h TSanlifd a parrot show, a
five-pound note to be given to the owner
of the bird whhh on the most auspicious
day said the most appropriate thing.
The show day arrived All sorts ind
conditions of paifts wero arriving Just
at the last moment a beautiful gray blid
was brought in Qazing around in
amazement, it save a shilll whistle anij
exelalmed
"Oood heavens, what a thundering lot
of parrots'"
N'cedletg to say. its owner got the cqv
eted rtve-pound note.
To save you from injury and possibly
jour li'3, the Home and School League,
children, have taken a number of photo,
graphs of chlldien in dangerous posi
tions, These small people may be playmates
of yours. At any rate, jou will see, that
many of you have done tho same foolish
things that the boys in the pictures are
doing.
Trro is the little lad climbing up tho
signal tuivor. His small dug wants to
follow him. but can't. He may tamper
with tho signals and the fuglno ilrivi-r
then will becomo confused and wreck
n'a.v follow which may cost many Hies,
and many a hoy and girl will lose a
father or a mother.
Another picture shows two little boys
trying to learn how cars are coupled.
There is a locomotlie at the other end
of tho train, It will start the cars mov
ing and the boys will bo lucky If they
aro not hurt.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
"Are you aa perfect physically as you
sem to be''' he asked
"Certainly." she replied
"lias there eer been any insanity in
your fanillj ?"
"NVvir "
"Have you a deprav! last? of any
Kind?"
"Certainly not"
"Are your teth in good condition and
do you see and hear perfectly t"
"Yes "
Are ou ever bothert4 by insomnia or
headache or indigestion?"
' Not at all "
"Thank Heaven. Now let'B ms.k love a.
little while."-Chlcao Rord-r!li
PANonnora plav.
Po ou see the boy with his foot fas.
toned In the track If he had not been
walking on tho railroad this would not
haie happened. Should a tram come
along befom ho could be freed this
biy would surely lose his leg and per
haps Ills life, lib Is only 5 years old, loo.
Now do jnu tee the two boys stealing
a ride. IVrhaps you would not do m
foolish a thing. Onu boy has one font
in tha s tin up and the other on the jour
nal box right against the wheel The
least Jolt will throw him under the train.
The other boy is leaning out in such n
way that lie may be struck b a car on
the other track. Iloth tho boys may be
killed for their folly.
HEED THE SAFETY' GATES.
Bvtry school boy or gitl will remember
how they crowded about the safety gate?
to watch a train pass. Here is a pic.
'turo taken Just after school was dis
missed. All the boys and gir;s aro close
to the gates. They wanted to get on
tho track to see the train and to wave
their hats to tho passengers. A police
man Is keeping theni back. He Is a big
and good-natured looking policeman, at
that, and bo probably has at home chil
dren JuBt about your age, arid he knows
how dangerous It is to get close to the
fast-rushing trains which pass In a cloud
of dust.
hen the grates are lowered do not go
on the tracks, even though jou can't
lee a train In sight AH these "letures
are real pictures of boys and girls., and
the camera reported them doing Just such
silly things that a boy or girl will do
SUDD? JOL.T MSA MS DEATH ?
when they have not been told how wrong
It is.
WARNINGS KOH CIROWN-PPS.
The league also has a message to the
paients. It is not told In pictures, how
eer, but Is in cold tpe, with llguies to
substantiate every statement.
The geneial conception is that nine
tenths of the persons killed walking along
the tracks are tiumps. Not 23 per tent,
are tramps. The tramp knows the danger
of trespanslng upon the railroads and,
although he uses them ns his highways,
he is cautious.
riovcnty-tlve per cent, of the persons
who are run down by trains ate chll
dien, artisans, laborers nnd professional
men, who attempted to use railroad prop
eity as a shoit cut home or to work. It
Is estimated that the productive -alue
of a human life Is $13.onc). As 25 per cent,
of the deaths are tramps, the value of
the life of each trespasser Is reduced to
a value of J10.000. The loss of llfo by
railroad trespass In monetary figures in
productive wealth is estimated at 3,V).
fflO a year These figures do not show
the burdens that are thrown on society
or the homes which are ruined when a
biendwlnner Is taken away.
All manner of safeguards ar thrown
about Industrial workers nowadays be
cause from an economic standpoint life
Is worth mone. All tho big factories aie
teaching the "safety first" movement.
A grown person does not learn a les
son easily, but the Home and School
League hopes to reach the children and
through hin educate the parents.
There are 10.CW persons killed each year
! the trains More than half are killed
while trespassing. That means that
every day In the year 15 persons are
killed In the I'nlted States for nelng
where they had no right, and where they
Piobahl.v would not have ventured If they
had thought of the danger or had It
P .luted out to them
THE CORRECT TIME
Professor Turner had been spending the
Christmas vacation in Egypt to super,
vise the erection of a telescope at
lielouan. Captain Lyons, who was In
charge of the instrument, said that he
had found that at noon every day a
gun was fired, and was anxious to know
how the sjstem worked. Accordingly, he
Interviewed the gunner and asked how
he knew when to give the signal
"Oh. I look at my watch," said the
official.
"And how do you correct your watch?"
asked the captain
'I take it to the maker in Cairo, and
he tells me the error."
Forthwith Captain I.ons interviewed
the watchmaker and asked him how he
checked the en or of the watch.
"I gt the ccrrect tune from the gun,"
said that simple rraft'inn And thus
time a told to Egypt-JJIontreal Standard.
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, Sept 2.'.
For Kastern Pennsylvania: Fair to
night, slightly warmer in ninth poitlon;
Wednesday Inci easing cloudiness and
somewhat lower tomperatuie; moderate
-outh winds.
For New Jersej : Fair tonight; Wed
nesday Inci timing cloudiness and somt
what lower temperatute In the nftetuoon.
The eastern aiea of high bammeter has
decreased rapidly In size and eneig din
ing the last 21 hours, and In consequence
the temperatures hove ilsen nliglitly at
most plates in the northeastern poitlon
of the country. The centro of the west
em distill banco has moved noithfastwnid
across the Gi eat I.akts, but a long trough
like depression xtemlb fiom theme
south A'cstwnid to Mexico, causing show
eis lu the western Mississippi Valley
States, followed b ft inpld full in tem
lerntute. The change hns been 30 do
grecs or mote In Nebuiska and purtlons
of South Par.oin, .wiiiiirwuin, ..,. ......
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NO HARM DONE
Her friends had asked their young host
ess to play for them, and she was per
forming a difficult selection from Wagner.
In the midst of It she suddenly stopped
In confusion.
"What's the matter?" asked one of the
visitors.
"I I struck a false note," faltered tho
performer.
Well, what of lt" erled armther
guest. Qo ahead Nobody but Wasnet
The 20 per cent, duty Imposed upon tho
importation of diamonds has placed n
premium 'upon tho smuggling of such
stones, In tho opinion of illnmond ex
perts of this city. George , A. Moore, of
J. H. Caldwell & Co., believes that the
Inciease In diamond smuggling since June
1 has been at least 25 per cent., and that
before the end of the year It will have
leached 50 per cent,
A great number of arrests have been
made in this countty lecently, and they
show that the inventive genius of smug
glers has been stimulated by the great
opportunities for largo pioflts that aro
offered undei the tariff, a point which
is well lllustiated In one of tho recent
ai rests, vvheie the smuggler had con
cealed nn extremely valuable consignment
of diamonds hy imbedding them In the
plaster molding of a large picture frame.
K. J. Dei let, of Maxwell & Herlet, was
severe in his ciitlclsm of tho tatlff, point
ing out that tho Government's income
under a 10 per cent, tailtf was $1,000,000
anuuall), while under the 25 per cent,
tniiff Imposed on these stones a number
of ynars ago this Income dropped to $101,
000. a fact which he attributes to tho
larg increase in smuggling and for the
lenson thnt Individuals purchased their
precious stones abroad, rather than in
America.
That tho inn cased cost of diamonds
would decrease their sale to nny maiked
extent or that the war would lead to
any seal city of the stones weie Ideas
si outed by both expertb, who say that
the demand Is steady and thnt them is
a sufficient supjilj in tills countiy to
last for two or thtee years. Neither
of them believes thnt the war will lead
lo the opening of an extensive diamond
cutting Industiv In Amiricn. They say
the cost of labor Is too high to peimit
competition with the foreign cutters. If
the scene of that Industij Is to be
changed they believe that London will
lit the city to tect'lve it, although they
doubt that the war will cause tho per
manent tessatlon of the trude In Bel
gium, wheie some 15.CM 0 cutters aro om
rloved. The use of reconstructed and synthetic
stones as substitutes for such ptoclous
stonis as rubles and omeialds Is thought
ici ne prooaoio by seveinl experts, who
say that they have nntivtd u growing
tendency In the buying of Jewels by
socloty women in this country. ,
(
ALWAYS PAID EOR
Aptopos of the ircent strnln on
Colonel noosevlt's health, Dr. Lyninn
Abbott said in Now York.
"Populaiity must nlwsys be paid for
paid with time, with liertltli. with
work."
Pr. Abbott added:
"There's u story about nonulat Ity
Lafayetto's popularlty-whlch, like n
paiable, bus a universal application.
"Lafayette, at u funeral nftrr th
Revolution, was tuinenilotisly npptauiUd
by the people, who finally look his
horses front his carriage and drew him
home to his hotel themselves.
- 'Vou must have been pleased.' a
friend said to Lafajetto afterward.
'"Yes, I was' he answered; 'only
I never saw my horses again.' "-St.
LouU Cilobe-Pemocrat.
TURN ABOUT
"What makes vou itart tight in tatin'
'lasses when you sits down to de table'"
exclaimed Aunt Daphne to lm j,j'u
"Seem like de education I btvn gittiu'
jou aln' doln' no good "
"Don' you know de Good Uook say
df fun" shall be las '"
Cuba will bo asked within a few daji
to pay a part of the debt sho owed t0
the Into Captain Sam Hushes, the king
of filibusters, whoso gun-runnlnn- ...
,. . ,, '-rtl'tlll.
. nun, more man anything else, mado
possible tho freedom of tho Island
rhlladUphlnns who wero waim perl
finnnl frtnntla nf r,...itu .... . .
7T "" " ""i-iuiii iiugnes (luring
his filibustering days and later when h
was captain of the pott here, have "sug.
Bested" to tho Cuban Government that
n nnnnlmt 1, f.,.n,...i Lt ...,
I "- "" "in widow, left
I deslltulo because Captain Hughes was
u generous ana lmptovident rallor,
AVhen Captain Hughes died on July
14, Inst, ho left behind him only unpaid
bills. Ho had mado several fortunes dur
ing his filibustering days. His widow has
been an Invnlld for several years, sho
went to Thornmount, Green Island, Bel.
fast, Ireland, a year ago to visit Captain
Hughes' mother. The mother of the fill,
buster died two months before him, but
Mrs. Hughes hns remained there at Bel
fast. Sho does not know that tho Cuban
Government probahly will grant hor a!
pension.- Friends recently learned that
tho captain left nothing for his widow.
SUGGESTS CUBAN AID
George F. Sproule, secretary of tha
Boattl of Commissioners of Navigation,
nn lntlmato friend of Captain Hughes for
20 years, suggested the Idea of a Cuban
pension to J. J. Luis, Cuban Consul here,
who frequently served as agent for th ,
Cubans In the flllhustoiing.
The "suggestion" was sent two weeks
ago to General Emillo Nunez, tho most
powerful member of the present Cuban
Cablnt nnd 1'iesldont Mcnocal's principal
advisor. General Nunez was the man
to whom Captain Hughes sold the arms
and ammunition In IMC, 1907 and 1003,
sometimes directly and sometimes through
Mr. Luis.
".Mr. Sproule came to mo with the ad
dress of Mrs. Hughes." said Mr. Lula
today. "Tho Cuban Government wanted
to send her a letter of condolenco Mr.
Sproulo said that n pension would bo
better, as Captain Hughes had left noth
Ing. I was surprised, but was glad to
Inform General Nunez of Mr. Sproule'a
suggestion.
"General Nunez was commander of tho
nrmy Captain Hughes supplied with
arms nnd ammunition. He Is now Sec
retary of Agrlcultiuo and piesldent of
tho Veterans' Association. I, of courje
could do nothing ofllclnlly, but General
Nunez will ptobably ai range It."
Mr. Spioule todiv explained that
Simon Gratz and Dr. J. CaJetan Flynn.
of 122.5 North Sixth street, also vvera
parties to tho "suggestion." Dr. Flynn
was Captain Hughes' physician for
many years.
The filibuster whose memory Cubi
will honor in a substantial manner was
born In Belfast, nnd went to sea when
a boy on the Samuel Louther ships
fiom Belfast. He camo herein 179 and
shipped with tho Mei chants nnd Miners'
Line, on the old steamer William Ciane
He commanded nt vaiious tlmea the
Oceana. Bernard, Beimudn, which waa
believed to have boon blown up at plr
10 In the Delaware Blvcr In August,
lUM, and the I.aiimda, the ship in which
he engaged In filibustering. The Lau
rada wns named nftor his two daugh
ters. Lama and Ada, who are now dead.
MADE CAPTAIN OF TOUT.
At the oittb'ieak of the Cuban war
Captain Hughes enlisted In the Ameri
can navy and wns given the rank of
lleuttnnnt. He performed valuabio
services, as ho was familiar with the
West Indies wuteis. He commanded
the Bermuda after the war. and after
It Sank llP nrTdllfPll MlA nicttlr... F HIaP
bmrer of tho United States transport
jusime, unaer i nminiind of Captain
Scott. He was Inter appointed tom
rmmder. When he came back to this
country he was appointed captain at
mo jinn in I'liiianoipiiM
Captain Hughes' widow came from tha
same senf.ii lug people us th iil'ti iMfr,
She has two brntlieis living, Captain
Thomas A. Farkhill, a retired shipmaster
of Belfast, and James i'arkhlll, of cliHa'
dlplil.
She was with her husband nn s-veial
ol his tllbiitPilng expeditions. On ona
occasion, when the I'nlted Stnl.s autnor
Ules weie suspicious of Captain Huches,
she accompanied him when in. left Phila
delphia with u caigo of arms and am
munition. The port officials, although
they had been ordered to wnt h lilm,
let hlrn pass out tho Bieakwater wliert
they saw his wife on deck, sdii) vva nt
back when tho Bahamas were re.i h d
tliueral Nunc Is nivaie of the wrv
Ices which Mrs, Hughes heisrlf renrteied
the Cuban Government, and the "ban
consul here Is dally expecting a fmoia
hie i only to the letter he sent his lov
crnment. In the meantime, the old fi! nd
of Captain Hughes nro assisting h r.
ONE ON THE STAR
Booth Tarklngton. the well-known
author, was talking lecently ubu a tn
stage.
"There weio two young women in at
early l'lay of mine," be said "'i
very beautiful. The le tiling vvmii H
verv thin. fJno dnv. -it ieln.i-l n
(plan cleil with the other woman
fill effort to end the iuancl slu
" 'Itcmenibcr, please, that I
str.'
"'Yes,' was tho answei. 'I Ki"
tuc llifc star.' Then, otlii tin
woman's long, slim lUuit. -in
limit tl:
" 'Von ne certainly the tai i"i
look luHtt-r. ny dun, H m)U w i'
meteor.' " I-ipiilncott's
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