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tKOW FIRST
ASERIES OF SHORT STORIES
By J. Marsden Sutcliffe,
ENTITLED
THE ROMANCE OF M INSURANCE OFFICE,
Beiko Passages ix the Experience of Mr. AUGUSTUS WILLIAM WEBBER
Pormerly General Hanager to the Universal Insurance Company.
ALL BIGHTS
Tjib Mystery Bt Clump
CnttagE.
Travelers by road between Oxford and
London have often been heard to say that
there tre few prettier towns in the South of
England, and none more romantic, than
the ancient and picturesque borough of
P.issborough.
Rissborough-stands on the banks of he
Thames. The impression that it invariaby
'i eaves on the mind f the visitor who sees it
for the first time, is that of its striking re
semblance to an old Flemish town. Its
long and roomy, though somewhat tortuous
High street, flanked on both sides by rows
of curious-looking shops, with quaint
gables, interspersed with still more curious
looking residences, many of them ivy
grown; its venerable Guildhall, standing
in the center of the spacious street, with
high-pitched roofs and dormer windows sur
mounted with four glittering vanes, fixed
on slender iron shafts, one at each corner,
and a richly embellished mediasval cross,
with old-fashioned climbing crests immedi
ately in front of the hall, look as if every
detail had been copied from some old Plan
ish picture. At e'ither end of the principal
street there is a church, whose lofty embat
tled towers seem as it they had been built
as -watchful sentinels to keep guard over the
ingress and egress, east and west. The
town remains very much as it was in the
days of the Tudors, when its main portions
were built.
As seen from the river, which runs strictly
parallel to it and here attains to one of its
noblest reaches, Eissborough loses nothing
of its peculiar charm. If the visitor hap
pens to be rowing or punting, or better still,
if he happens to be fishing from the opposite
bank, he will see the whole town mapped
out before him. bending from right to left
with the slightest imaginable curve. All
the houses are red-tiled, and-the gardens on
the south side run down to the river, whose
glassy surface reflects as in a mirror the
shades casj by tall elms and huge chestnuts,
with here and there a graceful biroh and
drooping willow, which grows at irregular
intervals on either bank.
Beyond the town the eye rests on a lovely
landscape of spreading meadows, green and
fertile, picked out with many a fair wood
land bit, running up to a fringe of low
lying hills, clearly defined against the sky
line which fjlls in the background of a
N perfect picture of still, country life,
V, The highest of the hills (which are sot
fcnore than five miles awav). whose summit
p covered with a thick growth of" larch -anil
Scotch firs, forms a notable land-mark for
miles round, and is known in the locality
as Five Mile Camp in allusion to its esti
mated distance from Eissborough. It is
said that from this hill the gray walls of
Windsor Castle, with its massive center
keep, and the splendid gothic pile of Eton
can be seen distinctly on a clear day.
Bat with this we have nothing to do.
The scene of our story lies fonr miles out,
oa the way to Five Mile Camp.
The old coach-road as it leaves Eiss
borough strikes out straight for the ridge of
hills just mentioned, and finally disappears
over one of the lower crests. A few hun-i
dred yards before the ascent begins, the
road sweeps past Clump Cottage. Between
Eissborongh and Clnmp Cottage there are
no .signs of human habitation except an oc
casional farmstead, standing in the midst of
rich grass-lands, with now and again a
patch of arable breaking in npon the emer
ald enamel. A lonelier 'situation whereon
to build a house, despite its proximity to
the highway, could scarcely have been
chosen by a recluse.
When it was built, Clump Cottage was a
substantial and attractive-looking villa
residence, standing in the midst of a luxuri
ous piece of park land of some 22 acres a
house which entirely belied its modest
name. There are no shrubs growing above
the low oak paling, and there is nothing to
obstruct the view from the road., ftTfce
former owner knew that he had nothing to
fear from the prying of too curious neigh
bors, for neighbors he had none, as for the
chance wayfarers, they were too few to ex
cite any dread of being overlooked. A
broad and perfectly straight carriage drive,
entered by handsome iron gates (there was
nolodze), and frimly kept, led to thehouse,
leaving the front and the stables, which lay
to the right, exposed to view. An important
particular, as will appear hereafter,
The house stood on an irregular piece of
land. There was little depth behind, the
land lying principally to the right and left.
That to the left had been little disturbed,
bevond the removal of some old fences and
the planting of a large number of fruit
trees, giving to that side an appearance of
half meadow and half orchard. The land
on the right had been brought into cultiva
tion by a free use of the plough and the
spade," and converted into an extensive
kitchen garden, with forcing houses and
conservatories. Such was Clump Cottage
when built, and down to the period of the
events now to be described.
This pleasant dwelling, however.Jpresents
a sadly altered appearance to-day. From,
the circumstances now to be related, it has
acquired an unenviable reputation as the
scene of a foul and terrible crime. Popular
rumor asserts that the house is haunted, but
that may be dismissed at once as "just the
clash o' the-oantry."
Given a house situated in a lonely situa
tion as the scene of a dreadful tragedy
which long baffled all efforts to unravel, and
the superstition of a country side as yet un
penetrated by the modern spirit of research,
and all the materials required wherewith to
construct a thrilling ghosfc story are sup
plied. The simple facts are, that after the
details of the crime had been brought to
light, the dark memories which ever after
clung to it, acting in combination with the
retired situation, proved sufficiently re
pressive to deter intending tenants from
taking possession. It was consequently
abandoned-to neglect and decnyuntif every
thing except the bare walls fell into ruin,
leaving it to wear the utterly drear and for
lorn aspect it wears to-day.
Thirty years ago an advertisement in a
country newspaper announcing what auc
tioneers are wont to call "an elieible piece
of building land for sale," met the eye of
Mr. Kenneth Prazer, attorney-at-law, as he
sat in his rooms in Einsbury Circus. It
was described as a forced ale, in conse
quence of the intention of its Owner (a small
ircsholder who miilri iitlipr lira rleoentlv
norstarve on the land) having decided to I
&x. ima pastures ana a aore rapid way to
fortune in the -colonies, i ' .
Mr. Kenneth Eraser, wfc TuA few awdi-
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tating a retirement from practice, and who
knew the neighborhood well, cade to the
conclusion that he might do worse than pass
the remainder of his days in a spot which
seemed as if made to agree with his quiet
tastes, especially as he thought that the land
might be had cheap. The price proved so
low as to offer an irresisltable bait, and in
the long run he became the purchaser of the
little farm, and having given orders for the
immediate demolition of the low straw
thatched farm house, proceeded next to the
erection of Clump Cottage on its site.
Hither Mr. Kenneth transferred his belong
ings, which included a rare and choice col
lection of old books, and here he settled
down to the enjoyment of his Elzevirs and
tbe pursuit of horticulture, of which he was
passionately fond.
2fow. at last, he was happy. There was.
however, one "fly in the pot of ointment.
His only surviving relative, Ered Cameron,
the son of his widowed sister, who had been
born under his roof and brought up by his
uncle after the death of his mother, refused,
when the time came for a decision, to follow
his uncle's profession. This was a heavy
blow to the old man, who had continued to
follow his avocations beyond the time that
pleasure or interest dictated, solely with the
view of his nephew succeeding himin one
of the most lucrative connections in the
city, including the rich perquisite of legal
adviser to the Universal.
Eor ten years of his life Mr. Kenneth
Eraser had simply been acting as a warm
ing-pan for his nephew. It annoyed him to
think of his wasted years, and he was still
more exasperated that Ered should throw
aside such a golden opportunitv. Buthe
was still nftre provoked at Ered's own
choice of a calling. Eor Fred had chosen
to be an artist, and, although Mr. Eraser
was much too highly cultured not to hold
art as a product in the highest estimation,
he held the producers in sovereign con-
r tempt He was himself a man of the great
est regularitv in his habits, and of a correct,
if not stately, deportment; apd the Bohe
mianism affected by most art students
offended his sense of the fitness of things.
It was not unnatural, perhaps, that when
he condescended to employ terms of severe
opprobrium in his strictures on the "paint
ing tribe," that his nephew should fire up
and retort angrily with some not very well
chosen remarks on the noble profession of
the law, in which allusions to pettyfogging
attorneys found too conspicuous a place.
This was an insnlt which Mr. Kenneth
Eraser was the last man to brook. His
Scotch blood tingled in his veins under the
gibe, and a bitter quarrel ensued, which
ended in young Cameron quitting his uncle's
roof the s.ime night, with a threat of disin
heritance ringing in his ears. A small leg
acy bequeathed to him by his mother was
sufficient for his wants while pursuing his
art studies.
Bnt long before the young artist had
painted his first picture Clump Cottage was
built and occupied. Whether Mr. Ken
neth Fraser found his lite a little more dnll
than he had bargained for, or whether his
heart began to yearn over the only living
representative of his race is not known, I
since oc never aroppeo. any mm on tne eud
ject Certain it is, that before the recluse
had completed his first year's residence in
his new home, Ered received and accepted a
pressing invitation to visit his uncle. From
that time bis visits were frequent, and Mr.
Fraser began to take a keen interest in
Fred's pursuits, even to the extent of be
coming a purchaser for extravagant sums of
the earliest of Cameron's crude and imma
ture work. Ered protested that it was sheer
robbery to take his uncle's money for such
daubs, but Mr. Fraser, who was no mean
judge, saw clearly enough that the lad had
talent, if, indeed, the sfronger term genius
might not be employed, and Ered was com
pelled to take his uncle's checks.
Alas, it was fated that the good under
standing which had grown up between
them should receive another check with re
sults tragical and fatal to Mr. Eraser. On
the occasion of one of Cameron's visits to
Clump Cottage, when uncle and nephew
were dining tete-a-tete, the same evening of
Fred's arrival, the latter suddenly blurted
out:
"Uncle, I am going to be married."
"Moneyl I presume," Mr. Eraser replied
laconically, slightly arching his eyebrows,
while a droll smile lurked round the cor
ner of his mouth.
"Well no, there is no money in the case,"
Fred said. "What made you suppose I
should look after the dollars?"
i "Because I never knew a young painter
chap make a, living out of art until after
many weary years of work and waiting;
and , "you affect 'high art," I believe, which
is only another word tor the ar which
keeps a man 'low down in the world, and
gives him plenty of time to enjoy the
luxury of empty pockets.
"You are wrong, on both points, Uncle,"
Ered cried, gaily. "I am getting on ,fa
mously. My pictures sell well, and Mary
Harmer will have little more than the
clothes she stands in." '
"That she certainly, will not, if she be the
daughter of John Harmer, who is clerk to
Bracegirdle and Hamlyn," Mr. Eraser said
impressivelv. Fred, who was not slow to
interpret his uncle's moods, felt as if he was
piloting his bark through strange currents
-whose shallows were unknown to him. It
was plain enough to be seen that Mr. Har
mer was not in very good odor at Clump
Cottage, though why that was so, Ered was
at a loss to conceive. But now that he had
broken the ice he was bent on having the
matter out So he continued after a pause:
"I was not aware that vou knew Mr. Har
mer." "That I can quite believe," the lawwer
replied, grimly. "John Harmer would not
be very likely to mention Kenneth Eraser's
name to Kenneth Eraser's nephew. Doyou
happen to have made any inquiry into John
Harmer's antecedents ? It would be a nat
ural course to take before deciding to ally
yoUrself with his family."
"Well, no; I cannot fay that I have;"
said Ered, beginning to grow a little nettled
by his uncle's sarcasm, which was more
evident in his caustic tone than in his
language. "I believe he has been un
fortunate." '
s "Unfortunate, ehl gad?" Mr. Eraser said
with it chuckle. "Unfortunate you call it?
When a man has been posted a defaulter to
the tune of 30,000, and owes it to my mercy
that he. did not stand behind a criminal
dock, you say he has been unfortunate? I
think he has been dencedly lucky to escape
transportation, and that I am the unfortu
nate. Such is, at least, my opinion. Master
Freddy. And now pass the claret."
"Is this really true, uncle?" asked Ered
in a maze as he passed the wine.
"Is what true? Since when have I begun
to tell what is not, true? You can have the
facts if you wish; they are in -very small
compass.
"John Harmer was once my friend. I
trusted him, helped him on; lent him money
at his need. .'.How did he pay me back?
Listen. He ease to me one day, saying that
he was in urgent need of 5,000. Within a
week he declared I should have themoncv
returned, and with it other 5.000 in which
lie was already Indebted to me. He told
me a plausible tale, and J. gave mm what lie
wanted. The week came to an end and
John Haraer'i BSie was posted on the
Stock Exchange as a defaulter. His liabil
ities in all were about 440,999. fHwa his
affairs came to be looked into, it turned out
that the whole 10,000 he had obtained from
me were got out of me bv fraudulent repre
sentations. I felt I could not prosecute the
man -who had eaten my bread .and at whose
table I had often sat. Old-fashioned notions
of hospitality restrained me from that, but
I could not forgive the deception, and I
never will. Since then" the name of Har
mer has been tabooed with me, and so it
must remain."
"This is painful in every way, uncle,"
Fred said, when Mr. Eraser had finished
his story. "I confess I had not suspected
this. Still it is not right thatthe innocent
should suffer for the guilty."
"Ain't the innocent suffering for the
guilty every day of your life, Freddy?"
"That may be, uncle, but circumstances
alter cases. Am I, for instance, to break
Mary Harmer's heart because her father
has been a scoundrel?"
"You will do as you please about that,
Ered," the lawyer replied, with growing
hardness in his'tone. "We had better have
a clear understanding. You must choose
between Miss Harmer and me. We have
only bad one disagreement, 1 only refer to
it now to say that I hope we may never
have another, and to remind you that I then
made a threat which I did not mean to
keep. But now, you must break through
this entanglement made in ignorance of
the facts or I will never willingly look on
your face again.
And so the subject was dropped for the
moment, Ered moodily drinking his wine
and turning over in his mind the cruel
dilemma in which his uncle's decision had
placed him. ,
To do him jnstice, he was not the sort of
maito -wait for "dead men's shoes," and
his'uncle's wealth, which was considerable,
occupied the lowest place in his considera
tion. He was sincerely attached .to his
uncle, and, as he iad been just reminded,
there had only been one quarrel between
them, and the pain to both while the
estrangement lasted bad been too great for
him to contemplate the prospects of a final
rupture without something like agony
wringing his heart. His heart was gener
ous and affectionate, though his temper,
like his uncle's, was' somewhat hasty; but
he had all the high chivalrous instincts oft
the true artist, which led him to despise
what he held to be the stupid prejudices of
a narrow, social code.
Tt was precisely here where the danger to
the continuance of his relationship with his
uncle lay. Mary Harmer was a sweet, lova-
ble woman, and when Cameron fell in love
with her it was with one of those consuming
passions which brooks no impediment being
placed in the way of realizing its sweet
fovVaVHiIs
'was revolted! the edict-which dWed thatH4 . .loreseihaUuMwroHl4 mBver.he..
was revoltcdiit the edlctwhlch decreed that"
Mary Harmer should suffer for her father s
sin. If she had not spoken to him of the se
cret of her father's disgrace, it was because
she had not known it It had been buried
in silence, as such, things are best buried,
for the sake of those innocent young lives
whose peace of mind would be wrecked for
ever did no veil ever fall to hide the memory
of past shame. Cameron knew that the
shamehad beenkeptfrom Mary's knowledge.
He had such entire confidence in the per
fect loyalty and truthfulness of her love
that he knew she would never willingly
permit him to ally himself with disgrace.
Was he to be the one to tell her this shame
ful secret which had been withheld from
her knowledge with such jealous care? He
felt that be could not do it There remained
a faint chance that his uncle might yet be
won over.
The next evening when uncle and nephew
were sitting in the library, Fred brought
down his portfolio and began to show Mr.
Fraser the nature of the Subjects he was
working at The two fell into talk, and
Mr. Eraser's delight was so evident over
the increasing signs of his nephew's ability
that Fred thought he might persuade the
old man into relenting.
"Who is this?" Mr. Fraser said, after
they had been examining the drawings for
some time, alluding to the picture he was
then holding in his hand.
It was a little water-color sketch of a fair,
fresh English face, witha forehead of great
capability, shaded bv crisp brown hair, and
soft dreamy eyes looking out from a huge
sun bonnet wreathed a garland of natural
flowers.
"I do not think I ever saw a more beauti
ful face," Mr. Fraser went on, without wait
ing for Fred's reply.
Cameron was in truth in no hurry to re
ply, for on the next few minutes great issues
hung. He joined with his nncle in praise
of the girl's beauty, spoke of her as an im
age of truth and innocence, and avowed
that he had not done half justice to the ex
quisite face, but promised that when next he
came down he would bring with him a
finished picture of what was meant to be no
more than the rough sketch, until he con
trived to inoculate Mr. Eraser with some
thing of his own enthusiasm.
"But all this time you do not tell me the
name of this paragon," Mr. Fraser said,
managing at last to interject a question.
"That is Mary Harmer, sir," Ered ex
claimed, in a low tone, while the hot blood
rushed to his face.
Mr. Fraser drew back, and then with
tightly-compressed lips replied, as he re-
E laced the sketch in the portfolio, "I might
ave guessed as much. You have taken
me oft my guard by a kind of trick; Wit I
recall nothing of what I said last night Do
not speak of it again."
And Ered, seeing that his uncle was ob
durate, bowed a stiff assent, and the prohib
ited topic was not again referred to.
A few months later Ered and Mary Har
mer married, and Mr. Eraser was duly in
formed of the event by his nephew.
Cameron's letter was a manlv, outspoken
utterance. He told his unele that though
he knew that he had disobeyed his -wishes
in the, step be had taken, he had acted on
the best counsel which his judgment and
conscience afforded in a case of divided
affection and duty. He could only trust to
the influence of time to soften his uncle's
opinion1, and bring him to believe that in
flying in the face of his wishes, he had not
rushed upon undutifulness with a light or
-willul heart If bis uncle would retnse to
look on the step he had taken with favor,
he begged him to believe that he -would ac
cept the verdict with pain, and continue to
.cherish the most grateful and affectionate
remembrance of his past kindness.
There was a pathetic ring in Cameron's
pleading which might have touched a
harder heart than Kenneth Eraser's. "It,
however, failed of its effect The next post
brought a reply without formal address or
signature. It ran as follows:
"You have taken your own course, and I
have this.day taken mine. You niav be in
terested in knowing the contents of the will
I hyae just signed. I have left sundry sums
to charities. The raft is divided between
my faithful servants, John Eorbury -a&d
Defeerah.Bist" - - t.
Am. co. two years passed by, Bringing tw
to the year when Mr. Kenneth Frafer was
treacherously murdered.
No communication had passed" in the in
terval between Ered Cameron and his
uncle.
i One morning late in May Mr. Fraser was
standing at his gate, when the luckless Ered
passed by. The unexpected meeting dis
armed the old lawver, whose wrath had had
time to cool. Probably it was nothing more
than,old habit reasserting itself which led
Mr. Fraser to stretch out his hand instinct
ively in kindly greeting. Anyhow the
thiug was done befors he had time fo think
about it, and Mr. Eraser was not the man
to draw back and copfess he had made a
mistake. The next moment Fred was ex
plaining that he had accepted a commission
to paint some landscapes lor a distinguished
patron who had selected Eissborough and
its neighborhood as the scene of Fred's ar
tistic exploits. The subjects had been left
to his own choice, and he was on his way
"prospecting."
His uncle took it as a matter of course
that Ered would make Clump Cottage his
headquarters, and for the month which
Ered's stay lasted no reference was made to
the subject of the quarrel. Mr. Kenneth
made no allusion to Ered's marriage, 'and
Cameron, thinking that if his uncle were
allowed to take his own time old affection
would probably end in reasserting itself,
diplomatically refrained from mentioning
his wife's name.
The morning came when Ered had com
pleted his sketches and when he made
ready to return to town. He had sent in
his traps the night before to Eissborongh,
and proposed to walk over, declining his
uncle's offer that Eorbury should drive him.
At the last moment Mr. Kenneth pro
posed that Eorbury should drive them both
to Eissborough, alleging that he had some
business there which he would like to get
through while it was on his mind, and that
if Ered abandoned his intention of walking
it would give him a little more of his
nephew's company.
Fred, of course, assented to the proposal.
As they drove toward Eissborough, Mr.
Frazer broke silence by. saying, "I have dis
inherited jou, Ered."
"Yes," Fred answered. "You told me so,
if -vou remember. But I care most for your
affection, unele. Ifyougiveme a little of
that, you must do as you please iu other
respects."
"I please to have that matter put right
without delay. Mind you that, Master
Freddy. It must be put right before you
leave Eissborough. There is no knowing
what may happen."
Did some prevision ol the impending
tragedy cross his mind? Had the gift of
hold the light of another sun: that before
midnight he would be lying stark and stiff,
cruelly done to death? Who can tell?
They drove into the quaint old High
street at Eissborongh to -Mr. Vellum's
office. Here Ered remained in the little
four-wheel while his uncle went within.
Mr. Fraser prolonged his visit to the Eiss
borough lawyer until it was too late for
Fred to leave by the train he had appointed,
and there was not another for three hours.
Mr. Fraser decided to send Eorbury back
without waiting for him, intending to walk
back after FraPs train had left. Meanwhile
uncle and nephew adjourned to the Phoenix.
Here Fred was shown tho will which his
uncle had that morning executed.
"Vellum wanted me to have it properly
engrossed," Mr. Fraser said, "but the
particulars are so lew and simple thatjt
insisted upon having it done at once on a
sheet of brief as you see. If he likes to
make a job of it afterward he can do so, but
until he does this -will serve every purpose,
and it makes you right, Freddy Bead it,
my lad." And so saying Mr. Eraser thrust
the will into Ered's hand.
The terms of this new will, as Mr. Eraser
remarked, were few and simj le, but straight
to the point, as Fred soon perceived. After
revoking all previous wills, it appointed
that such servants as might be in the tes
tator's employment at the time of his de
cease, being of adult age, should receive a
legacy of 50 each and three years' wages.
The rest of the property, real and personal,
was bequeathed to "my dear nephew and
only surviving relative, Frederick Malcolm
Cameron, of Maida Vale, London." Ered
was appointed sole executor.
"Uncle, this is very generous of you," he
exclaimed warmly. "It is 'heaping coals
of fire on my head' indeed." And he re
turned the document to his uncle.
" 'Coals of fire do yon call It, Freddy?
That is making too much of our little dif
ferences. I don't think you ever meant to
vex me, lad."
"Indeed I never did," returned Fred
heartily. "You cannot "believe what
a trouble our estrangement ha3 been to me
during the past few months. NWhen we had
our little tiff before I did not so much mind,
for I was young and foolish then, and I did
not expect it -would- last But when I
offended you the second time, I thought,
somehow, you meant it"
"Yes, yes." said Mr. Fraser, "I was a
testy old fool, and did mean it for a time
at least. But I soon repented, and then
Freddy, you must forgive your old uncle I
was too proud to write and say sol"
"God bless you, uncle," and Cameron
wrung Mr.. Eraser's hand, while the tears
stood in the old man's eyes and began to
(fricide down his cheeks. The tears were
soon standing in Ered's own eyes.
"You will come and see me again,
Freddy?"
"That I will."
"And soon?" i
"Yes, soon."
"And, Freddy, you'll bring your wife
with you. John Harmer's daughter, I
mean."
"Uncle Kenneth, this is best of all. I
know you will love her; nobody could help
loving my Mary," and the yohng artist
again seized his uncle's hand and shook it
heartily, while the tears rushed Into his
eyes.
"I know I shall," the lawyer replied in
broken tones. "I shall love her for your
sake, Freddy, and I hope a little for her
own. Yon -will bring her down to see me,
mind, as soon a' you can get away again."
"Thatlwill."
"And here Freddy, on second thoughts,
this had better be in your keeping than
mine." drawing forth the will from the
pocket in which he had replaced it after
Ered had returned it "It is indeed 'my
last will and testament' There is no fear
that 1 shall ever make another. You are
the principal person interested in its con
tents, and you will haye to prove It after
my death." '
'Which I pray will not ba for many,
many years to come," Fred replied, i
"The wish is dutiful, and I thank, vou
for it, for I know it is sincerely .meant.
There isn't a- mercenary thought in" you,
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Bswered,gaiIy.aThey liseemifcr
some time longer lingered, in fact, until
Cameron missed the midday train. There
was'not another train until the evening,and
Fred would not consent that bis uncle
should remain in Eissborough as . the old
man -wished. At last a compromise was ar
rived at They agreed to have early lunch
at the Phoenix, and Ered would then walk
out with his uncle part of the way to Clump
Cottage and return to the Phoenix to dine
before taking the journey to town.
Two days later Ered Cameron was sitting
in his studio adjoining his house in the new
district of Maida Vale when a visitor -was
announced.
"ifame of Jorkins, sir," said the new
comer, treading closely on the, heels off th.e
servant, before the domestic had time to an
nounce his presence.
"The name is quite new to me," Ered
languidly replied, looking up from his
easel. .
"1 dare say," sir," Mr. Jorkins replied,
taking bis seat in the darkest corner of the
studio, where his own face would be in the
shadow, whilst Fred Cameron's was in the
light. Scanning his face closely, as though
to mark-the effect of the sentence that bad
occupied much study, and with which he
intended to burst on Cameron like a bomb
shell, Mr. Jenkins-went on:
"I came from Eissborough. I am super-,
intendent of pqlice there. I have come to
see what light you can throw on this affair
of your uncle's! Mr. Kenneth "Eraser, who
was murdered some time on Tuesday last"
Ered, who had giveii a quick, nervous
start when Eissborough was mentioned,
turned pale when he heard the awful tid
ings, and rising from his chair strode to
ward the superintendent of police with his
hand pressed over his brow and his eyes
dilated with a feeling which the astute of
ficer took tp be panic fear.
"What is- this you say?" slowly broke
from his lips. "My uncle murdered?
murdered by whom?"
"You have the deceased gentleman's will,
I believe," Mr. Jorkins said, ignoring Cam
eron's question, and construing his agita
tion as an infallible sign of guilt.
"Yes, I have it here," he replied, point
ing to a bureau that stood in one corner of
the studio,
"Allow me'to look at it"
Ered, who had not recovered from the
stunning shock ot the tidings that Mr.
Jorkinshad brought, did"not move from
the position in which he was standing until
the officer urged his demand in a perempto
ry tone.
"I must see the will," he said.
Cameron, rousing himself at the sharp
ness in the officer's tone, contrived to pull
himself together, and going to the bureau
took out the will and handed it to Mr. Jor
kins, who quickly made himself familiar
with its contents.
"This will leaves you everything," he
said after a pause.
Fred Bimply bowed by way of answer.
"You ordered dinner for yourself at the
Phoenix last Tuesday?"
"That is so."
"Which you did not reach the Fhcsnix in
time to eat?"
Ered gazed curiously at the officer, as if
bewildered, and yet half suspicious of the
drift of this catechism.
"Youarrlved too'late for it," the inex
orable Jorkins went on, "and reached the
Phoenix in time to pay for the dinner which
you did not eat, and then had to hurry into
the 'bus to catch the last train to Padding
ton." "Good heavens!" cried Cameron; "do you
mean to suggest that I murdered my
uncle? 1?'
"I don't mean to suggest nothing," said
Jorkins, cautiously, "but perhaps you will
be kind enough to explain how you passed
your time from leaving the Phmnix with
the late Mr. Eraser, until you returned to
it tbo late to eat the dinner you had or
dered." "That issoou done. I walked out with
mjyujacleJierhaps.two. miles, orjinref Jin Jiis
"way home, --when I left him by his own re
quest I turned aside to add a few more
sketches to my book of that bit of woodland
on the left of the road you know it, I dare
say ?"
''Yes. Eisely Wood, we call it There
is a deep pit there, full- ot water, in a dis
used quarry."
"The same," answered Ered. "I spent
some time there sketching, and then went
fnther a-field. Here the sketches are; yon
can see them if you like. I Jost count of
time, until my attention was arrested by
finding the sun setting. I had to hurry
along then, and, by dint of hard walking
and a good deal of running, I managed, to
reach the PJicenix just as the bus was about
to leave for the railway station.
Cameron was plied with many more ques
tions, principally relating to the place
where he had left his uncle, the terms on
which they had parted, his past relation
ships with Mr. Frazer, their old quarrels,
and much other matter, some of it relevant,
and much of it highly irrelevant
His explanations of the manner in which
he came to be possessed of his uncle's wiU.
though they might have satisfied an un
biased mind, failed, to satisfy Mr. Jorkins,
and at the close of his examination he
stoutly declared that Fred's answers were
most unsatisfactory, and that he must con
sider himself under arrest
"Do you mean that I am to go with you?"
Ered asked, with a blink face, expressive
of mingled anger and despair.
"Well,I suppose that is about it," Mr,
Jorkins answered.
'In my presence, certainly. I can't let
you out of my sight"
The same night Fred Cameron slept in
the common jail at Eissborough on sus
picion of the murder of hi3 uncle, Kenneth
Fraser; while Mary Cameron, -who, against
Ered's protests, had ' accompanied him to
Eissborongh, was consulting with Mr. Vel
lum and-devising means to effect, if pos
sible, her husband's release, and to estab
lish his innbeence of the dreadful crime that
Mr. Superintendent Jorkins was engaged
in moving heaven and earth to bring home
to the young artist
(To be concluded,nnt Sunday.) ,
TRUSTS AEB NOT HEW.
An Edict Issued by the Emperor Zeoo 483
A. D.
Canadian I&w Times. ;
In 483 A. "D,, the Emperor Zeno issued
the following edict to the pnetorian prefect
of Constantinople (Code v., 69):
"We command that no one may presume
to exeroise a monopoly of any kind of cloth-
ing, or of fish, or of any other thing serving
lor rood, or lor any other use, whatever its
nature may beL either ot his own authority,
or under a rescript of an Emperor already
procured, or that may hereafter be procured,
or under an imperial decree, or under a re
script signed by our majesty; nor may any
persons combine or agree in unlawiul meet
ings that different "kinds, of merchandise
may not be sold at a less price than they
may have agreed upon among themselves.
Workmen and contractors for buildings and
all who practice other prolcssions, and con
tractors, for baths are entirely prohibited
from agreeing together that no one may
complete a work contracted for by another,
or that a person may prevent one who has
contracted tor a work from finishing it; full
liberty js given to any one to finish a work
begun and abandoned by another, without
apprehension: pf loss, and to denounce all
acts ot this kind without fear and without
-cost- And if anyone shall presume to
practice a monopoly. let his tironertv hn
forfeited and himself condemned to perpet-
"' ic .nuu ui icaiu h ma priucipus
of other professions, it they shall venture
in the future to fix a price upon their
merchandise, and to bind themselves by
agreenients.not to sell at a lower price, let
them be condemned to pay 40 pounds of
gold.- Your court shall be condemned to
pay 60 pounds of god if it shall happen
through: avarice, negligence, or any other
misconductthe Provisions of this salutary
constitution ".'orthe prohibition of monopo
lies ana agreement., among tne auterent
bodies of. merofa&ata, shall pot'fee carried
Into fcet.Vrf-V.w ?-.
OFSTCIAL-PITTSBTJRG.
An QMaSA3?cE-AO'i!adBliiiNG the,
eradtegu paving and curbing Ot Boston
"reetfrom, Fifth avenue to Beelen street; in
tno IroQrte'.uith ward f TifoT.,-
Whereaci, It appears by the petition and
uuuai.i. uu mo iu mo omce or tne v;ierK ot
Uoancilf that one-third in interest of tho own
ers ot property fronting and abutting npon tho
said ctreet have petitioned the Councils of
saidedtyto enact an ordinance for tbo grad
rags paving and curbing of the same; there-
lore,
'dectira J Be it ordained and enaetecLby the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and ComraonlCoun
tols assembled, 'and it Is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same. That
tbe Chief of the Department of Public
Works be, and is boreby, authorized and
alrectea to advertise in accordance with the
acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania andvthe ordinances of the
said city of Pittsburg relatinc thereto and
regulating the same, for proposals for the
grading, paving and carbine 0f Boston street,
from Fifth Avenue to Beelen street, the con
tract therefor to be let In the manner directed
by the said acta of Assembly and ordinances.
Tne cost and expense of the same to be as
sessed and collected in accordance with the
provisions of an act of Assembly of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act
authorizing and directing Councils of cities of
the second class to provide for the Improve
ment of streets, lanes, alleys and public high
ways, sewers and sidewalks, rpqninngplans of
streets, providing for the appointment of a
Board of Viewers of Streetlmprovements, pre
scribing their duties, granting appeals to
Councils and Court, providing for tno assess
ment and collection or damages and benefits,
authorizing the use of private property and
pro-Mdinfor filing liens and regulating pro
ceedings thereon, and prohibiting tbonseof
public streets without authority of Councils,"
approved the lh day of June. A. D. 1887.
AIT ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
grading and paving of Sapphire alley from
Jsabella street to Minerva street, Sixteenth
ward, Pittsburg.
Whereay, It appears by the affidavit aad peti
tion on n'.e inlhe office of the Clerk of Councils
that ODe-third in Interest of the owners of
property fronting and abutting npon said street
bave petitioned the Councils of said city to en
act an ordinance for the grading and paving ot
tho same, therefore,
Section-1 Be it ordained and enacted by tho
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same. Tbat
the Chief of the Department of Public Works
be and is hereby authorized and directed to ad
vertise in accordance with the acts of Assem
bly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
the ordinances of the said city of Pittsburg re
lating thereto and regulating the same, f dr pro
posals, for the grading and paving of Sapphire
alley, from Isabella street to Minerva street, to
pe paved with cobble stone, the contract
therefor to be let In tne manner di
rected by the said acts of Assembly and
ordinances. The cost and expenses of the
same to be assessed and collected In accord
i ance with the provisions of an act of Assembly
i je . Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, en
titled lAn act authorizing and directing Coun
cils of cities of the secondiclass to provide for
tbo improvement of streets, lanes, alleys and
public highways, sewers and " side
walks, requiring plans of streets, pro-
55F ,or thB appointment of a Board
pr viewers of Street Improvements, prescrib
ing their duties, granting appeals to Councils
and Court, providing for the assessment and
collection of damages and benefits, authorizing
the use of private property and providing for
filing liens and regulating proceedings thereon,
and prohibiting the use of public streets with
out authority of Councils, approved theHth
day of Jnne. A. D; 1887. fe27-19
A
N ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
. grading, navine and curhinu- at Tfsrmn
a-vonue, from Center avenue to Thirty-third
street in the Thirteenth ward of Pittsburg.
t uereas, it appears oy tne petition and am
davit on file in the office of tho Clerk of Coun
cils that one-third in interest of the owners of
property fronting and abutting upon the said
street bave petitioned the Councils of the said
city to enact an ordinance for the griding,
pavragand curbing of the same, therefore,
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same. That the
Chief of the Department of Public works be
and is hereby authorized and directed to adver
tise In accordance with the acts of Assembly of
tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the
ordinances of the said city of Pittsburg relat
ing thereto and rosulating the same, for pro
posals for the grading, paving and curbing of
Herron avenue, from Center avenne to Thirty
third street, the iwmrraet-theref or to be let
In the mannetTHrected by the said acts
of Assembly and ordinances. The cost
and expenses of the same to be as
sessed and collected in accordance
with the provisions of an act of Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled
"An act authouzing and directing Councils' of
cities of the second-class to provide for thn im
provement of streets, lanes, alleys and public
highways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring
plans of streets, prbvlding for the appointment
of a Board of Viewers of Street Improvements,
prescribing their duties, granting appeals to
Councils and Court, providing for the assess
ment and collection of damages and benefits,
authorizing the Use- of private property, and
providingfor filmg liens and regulating pro
ceedings thereon,, hni prohibiting the nse of
public streets without authority of Councils,"
approved the 14th day of June.-A. D. liS7.
feZ7-49
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
paving and enrbingof Fifty second street,
lrom Dresden alley to Duncan street In the
Eighteenth ward of Pittsburg.
Wberes, It appears by the petition and affi
davit on file in the office of the Clerk of Coun
cil3,ithat one-third in interest of the owners of
property abuttinglupon the said street, bave
petitioned the Councils of said city to enact an
ordinance for the paving and curbing of the
same; therefore
i Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same. That
the Chief of the Depirtment of Public Works
be and is hereby authorized and directed to
advertise in accordance with the acts of As
sembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, and the ordinannes of tho said
city of Pittsburg relating thereto, and reg-
umuug me name, ior oroposais ior tne pav
ing and curbing of Fifty-second street, from
Dresden alley to Duncan street In the
Eighteenth ward, P.ttsbtn-g, the contract
therefor to be let It. the manner directed by
said acts of Assembly and ordinances. The
cost and expense of the same to be'assessed
and collected In accordance with the provisions
of an act of Assembly of .the Commonwealth
of. Pennsylvania, entitled "An act authorizing
and directing Councils of cities of the second
class to Provide for the lmnravemant of
streets, lanes, alleys and public highways.
sewero mm ciuewai&a, requiring plans OX
streets, providing for the appointment of a
Board of Viewers of Street Improvements,
Srescrlbing their duties, granting appeils to
ounclls and Court providing for the assess
ment and collection of damages and benefits,
authorizing the use of private property, and
providing for filing liens and regulating pro
ceedings thereon, and prohibiting the use of
public streets without authority of "Councils,"
approved the 14th day of June, A. D. 1887.
fe279
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
opening of Frankstown avenue, from
Fifth avenue to city line.
Section 1 Be It ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, In Select and Common
Councils assembled and it Is hereby or
dained and enacted by the authority of the
same. Tint the Chief of the Department of
Publio Works be and is hereby authorized and
directed to cause to be surveyed and opened
within 60 days from the date of the passage
of this ordinance, Frankstown avenue, from
Fifth avenue to city line, at a width of 0 feet.
In accordance with an ordinance locating the
same, apptpved October i, 1SSS. The damages
caused thereby and tho benefits to pay the
same to be assessed and collected in accordance
with the provisions of an act of Assembly of
tho Commonwealth of Pennsjlvnnla, entitled.
"An act anthorizlng-and directing Councils of
cities of the second ilass to provide for the im-
Erovementot streets, lanes, allejs and public
ighways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring
plans of streets, providing for the appointment
of a Board of Viewersof Street Improvements,
prescribing their duties, granting appeals to
Councils and court, providing for the assess
ment and collection of damages and benefits,
authorizing tbe use of private property and
providing for filing Hens and regulating pro
ceedings thereon, and prohibiting the use of
public streets without authority of Councils,"
approved the 14th day of June, A. D. 18S7.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
construction of a boardwalk on Kcar
sargc and Uelonda streets, from Grace street
to Mason street ,.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted bv tho
city of Pittsburg, Jn Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it Is hereby ordained apd
enacted by the authority ot the same. That
the City Engineer be and Is hereby authorized
and directed to advertise for proposals for the
construction of a boardwalk on the northwest
side ofEearsarge andBelonda streets, com
mencing at Grace street; thence along Kear
sarge street to Belonda street; thence along
Belonda street to Mason street, and to let tbe
8amointhe manner directed by an act con
cerning streets approved January 6V 1864, and
tho several supplements thereto and ordinances
of Councils relative to the same. Tho cost and
expenses of the seme to he assessed and col
lected in accord&pee with tbe provisions of an
Act of Assembly, entitled. "An Act concern
ing streets aad sewers in tbe city of Pitts
burg," approved January 8, 184, and tbe tem
ai sttBBiesieH w tsete w . .. ieai-
OFFICUL-PITTSBTJHG.
AN ORDINANCE-AMENDING AN OR
DIN ANCE entitled "An. ordinance au
thonzing the opening of Clawson street, from
Grazier street to north line of Pennsylvania
.Railroad," approved August 7, 1888.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg; in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and It is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same, that an
ordinance entitled an ordinance authorizing
the opening of Clawson street Ipem Grazier
street to norttfline ot tbe Pennsylvania Rail
road, "approved August 7. l&y. which reads as
follows": An ordinance authorizing the open
ing of Clawson street from Grazier street to
north line of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by tbe
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by tbe authority of tbe same. That the
Chief of tbe Department of Public Works be
and Is hereby authorized and directed to cause
to be surveyed and opened within 60 days
from the date of tbe passage of this ordinance,
Clawson street from Grazier street to the
north line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at a
width of 40 feet in accordance with an ordin
ance locating the same, approved October 25,
1887. The damages caused thereby and the
benefits to pay the same to be assessed and
collected in accordance with the provi
sions of an act of Assembly o the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania entitled
''An act authorizing and directing
Councils of cities of tbe second class to pro
vide for tbe ln-provement of streets, lanes, al
leys and public highwaysewers and sidewalks,
requiring plans ot streets, providing for tbe
appointment of a Board of Viewers of Street
Improvements, prescribing their duties, grant
ing appeals to Councils and Court providing
for the assessment and collection of 'dam
ages and benefits, authorizing the nse of pri
vate property and providing for filing liens and
regulating proceedings thereon, and prohibit
ing tbe use of public streets, without authority
of Councils," approved the 14th clay of June,
A D. 1SS7. shall be and tbe- same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
An ordinance authorizing the opening of Claw
son street, from Grazier street to north line
oi property oi tne Pennsylvania Kailroad.
Sectioii 1 Be it ordained and enacted bv the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and It is hereby ordained and
Thief of the Department of Public Works ba
anu is nereDy autnonzea ena directed to cause
to be surveyed and opened within 60 days
from the date of the passage of this ordinance,
Clawson street, from Grazier street to the
north line of property of the Pennsjlvania
Railroad, at a width of 40 feet, iu accordance,
with an ordinance locating1 the same,
approved October 25, 1887. The dam
ages caused thereby and tho ben
fits to , pay tbe same to be
assessed and collected in accordance with the
provisions of an act of Assembly of tbe Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act
authorizing and directing Councils of .cities of
tbe second class to provide for the improve
ment of streets, larfes, alleys and public high
ways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring plans of
streets, providing for tho appointment of a
Board of Viewers of Street Improvements, pre-
euriuiug lueir uuues, granting appeals to coun
cils and Court, providing for the assessment
and collection of damages and benefits, author
izing the use of private property and providing
for filing liens and regulating proceedings
thereon, and prohibiting tbe use of public
street witbout authority of Councils,"- ap
proved the 14th day of Jnne. A D. 1887. f e27-a
AN ORDINANCE-AUTHORIZING THE
Erading, paving and curbing of South
Twenty-eighth street from East Carson street
to Jane street, in the Twenty-fourth ward of
Pittsburg.
Whereas, It appears by the petition and affi
davit oa file in the office of tho Clerk of Coun
cils, tbat one-third In interest of the owners of
property fronting and abutting upon the said
street have petitioned the Councils of the said
city to enact an ordinance for the grading,
paving and curbing of tbe same; therefore,
Bection 1 Be it ordained and enacted
by the city of Pittsbnrg. fh Select and
Common Councils assembled, and it is
hereby ordained and enacted by the au
thority of the same. That the Chief of
the Department of Public Works beandjs
hereby authorized and directed to advertise in
accordance with the acta of Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the ordi
nances of tbe said city of Pittsburg relating
thereto and regulating the same, for proposals
for the grading, paving and curbing of South
Twenty-eighth street from East Carson street
to Jane street, tho contract therefor to be let
In the manner directed by the said acts of As
sembly and ordinances. The cost and ex
Senses of tbe came to be assessed and collected
i accordance with the provisions of an act of
Assembly of tbe Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, entitled "An act authorizing and direct
ing Councils of cities of the second class to
provide for tbe improvement of. streets, lanes,
alleys and public highways, sewers and side
walks, requiring plans of streets, providing for
tbe appointment of a Board of Viewers of Street
Improvements, prescribing their duties, grant
ing appeals to Councils and Court providing
for the assessment and collection of damages
and beneUts,autborizing the use of private prop
erty and providing for filing liens and regulat
ing proceedings thereon and prohibiting thense
of public streets without authority of Coun
cils" approved the 14th day of June, Aj D.
1887. fc27-49
AN ORDINANCE-AUTHORIZING 'THE
grading, piving and curbing of Halket
street, from Fifth avenue to Wilmot street
bridge, in the Fourteenth ward of Pittsburg.
Whereas, It appears by tbe petitioned affi
davit on file in the office of the Clerk of Coun
cils tbat one-third in Interest of tho owners of
property fronting and abutting npon the said
street, have petitioned the Councils of said
city to enact an ordinance for tbe grading, pav
ing and curbing of the same, therefore.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common
Councils assembled, and It Is hereby oruained
and enacted by the authority of the same,
Tbat the Onlef of Department of Public Works
be and is hereby authorized and directed to ad
vertise, and in accordance with the acts of As
sembly ot the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and tne ordinances of the said city of Pitts
burg relating thereto and regulating tbe same,
for proposals for the grading, paving and curb
ing of Halket street, from Fifth avenue to
Wilmot street bridge, the contract therefor
to be let In the manner directed by thd
said acts of Assembly and ordinances.
Tbe cost -and expense of tbe same to
be assessed and collected in accordance
with the provisions of an act of Assembly of
tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled
"An act authorizing and directing Councils of
cities of the second class to provide lor the
improvement of streets, lanes.alleys and pub
lic highways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring
plans of streetn. providing for tbe appointment
of f. Board of Viewers of Street Improvements,
prescribing tbeir duties, granting appeals to
Councils and Court, providing for tho assess
ment and collection of damages and benefits,
authorizing the use of private property and
providing for filing liens and regulating pro
ceedings thereon, and prohibiting the use
of public streets witbout authority of Coun
cils" approved the 14th day of June, A. D.
1887. feZT-49
AN ORDINANCE-AUTHORIZING THE
grading, paving and curbing of Chestnut
street, from Locust to Bluff street, in the Sixth
ward of Pittsburg.
Whereas, It appears by tbe petition and affi
davit on file in the office of the Clerk of Coun
cils tbat one-third in interest of tbe owners of
property fronting and abutting upon tbe said
street bave petitioned the Councils of said city
to enact an ordinance for tbe grading and pav
ing of the same; therefore.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
city ot Pittsburg. In Select and Common
Councils assembled, and it is hereby ordained
and enacted by tbe authority of tbe same.
That tbe Chief of tb'aDepartment of Public
Works bo and is hereby authorized and di
rected to advertise in accordance with tbe acts
of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania and the ordinances of tbe said city of
Pittsburg relating thereto and regulating tbe
same, for proposals for the grading, paving
and curbing of Chestnut street, from Locust
strceMo BlnfT street, the contract therefor to
be let in tbe manner directed by the said
acts ot Assembly and ordinances. The l
cost ana expenses oi tne same to be
assessed and Collected In accordance
with tho provisions of an Act of Assembly of
tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled
"An Act authorizing and directing Councils of
cities of the second class to proviue for the im
provement of streets, lanes, alleys and public
highways, sowers and sidewalks, requiring
plans of streets providing for the appointment
of a Board of ieweTS of Street Improvements,
prescribing their duties, granting appeals to
Councils and court, providing for the assess
ment and collection of damages and benefits,
authorizing the nse of private property, and
providing for filing Hens and regulating pro
ceedings tbereon, and probibiting the nse of
pnblic streets without authority of Councils,"
approved the 14th day of Juno, A. D. 1887.
te27-49
AN ORDINANCE-ESTABLISHING
tho grade ot Boston street, from Fifth
avenne to Beelen street.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted br the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common-Councils
assembled, and tt Is hereby ordained and
enacted by authority of the same, that tbe
grade of the center line of Boston street, from
Fifth avenue to Beelen street be and the same
is hereby established as follows, to wit: Begin
ning at the west curb of Fifth avenue at an
elevation ot 174.98 feet; thence rising at the
rate of 15 feet per 100 feet for the distance ot
125.86 feet: thenee by a vertical Curve for a dis
tance of 340 feet; thence rising at the rate of 7
1 et perJ.00 f eetzor the dletaaee of S&SS feet to
the south curb of Seelea street at an aaeleva
Me 0232.99 feet - , . . US-t
OFFICIAI-PITTSBUKG.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THl fyj
, grading, paving and curbing of Jioat-HR.S
trie street, from Fifth avenue to Forbes ave- SZ.A
nue. in the Fourteenth ward ot Pittsbnrg. . flfcfi
Wherftna. Itannparhr th nt1Hfiv, ,tt,S r!. J
f,w4 .-. 41a f.. t... mARsa r9 Wa ft, , ..
ells that one-third fn Interest ot the owners of
property fronting and abutting on the said
street have petitioned tbe Councils of said city
to enact an ordinance for the grading, paving .
and enrbingof tbe same: therefore,
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by tb
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Conn-'
ells assembled, and it 13 hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same. That the
Chief of the Department ot Public Works b
and is hereby authorized and directed to ad
vertise in accordance with the acts ox Assem
bly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
the ordinances of the city of Pittsburg relating
thereto and regulating the same, for proposals
for the grading, paving and, enrbingof Moul- .
trie street, from Fifth avenne to Forbes ave
nue, the contract therefor to be let in the man
ner directed bv tbe said acts of Assembly and
Ordinances. The cost and expense of the same
to be assessed and collected in accordance with
the provisions of tbe act of Assemblyof tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled, "An
act authorizing ana directing Councils ot cities
of the second class to provide for tbe improve
ment of streets, lanes, alleys and public high
ways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring plans ot
streets, providing for the appointment of a
Board or Viewers .of Street Improvements,
prescribing their duties, granting appeals to
Councils and Court, providing for the assess
ment and collection or damages and benefits,
authorizing the use of private property and
providing for filing liens and regulating pro
ceedings thereon, and prohibiting tbe use of
public streets without anthority of Councils,"
approved the 14th day of June, A D. 18S7.
fe27-49
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THB
grading of Keystone street from Fifty
fourth street to Fifty-fifth street, in tha
Eighteenth ward of Pittsburg.
Whereas, It appears by tbe petition and affi
davit on fileln the office of the Clerk of Coun
cils that one-third in interestof the owners of
property fronting and abutting npon the said
street nave.petitioned tbe Councils of said city
to enact an ordinance lot grading of same,
therefore.
Section L Be it ordained and enacted by tho
city of Pittsburg, in Selectand Common Coun
cils assembled, and it" is'bereby ordained and
enacted by tbe authority of the same. That tho
Chief of the Department of Public Works, ba
and is hereby authorized and directed to adver
tise in accordance with the acts of Assembly of
tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the
ordinances of said city of Pittsburg relating
thereto and regulating the same, for proposals
for the grading of Keystone street, from Fifty
fourth street to Fllty-flf th street, the contract
therefor to be let in tbe manner directed by the.
said acts ot Assembly and ordinances. Tha
cost and expenses of tbe same to be as
sessed and collected in Accordance with tha
provi3ion8of an act of Assemblyof the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania entitled "An act
authorizing and directing Councils of cities ot
tbe second class to provide for the improve
ment of streets, lanes, alleys and public high
ways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring plans of
streets, providing for the appointment of a
Board of Viewers of Street Improvements, pre
scribing their duties, granting appeals to Coun
cil3 and Court, providing for tbe assessment
and collection of damages and benefits, author
izing the use of private property, and provid
ing for filing liens and regulating proceedings
thereon, and prohibiting the use of publio
streets, without authority of Councils." ap
proved the 14th day of June. A.D.18S7. feZ7-49
A N ORDINANCE-AUTHORIZING THB
OL grading, paving and curbing of Carnegia
street, from Fifty-fourth street to Fifty-fifth
street, in the Eighteenth ward of PitUburs.
Whereas, It appears by the petition and affi
davit on file in the office ot the Clerk ot Coun
cils that one-tblrd In interest ot tbe owners of
property fronting and abutting npon the said
street, have petitioned the Councils of said city
to enact an ordinance for the grading; pavins
and enrbingof the same; therefore.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by tha
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and It is hereby ordained and
enacted by tho authority of tbe same. That tha
Chief of the Department of Public Works ba
and is hereby authorized and directed to adver
tise in accordance with the acts of Assembly
of tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
the ordinances of the said city of Pittsbnrg
relating thereto and regulating the same, for
proposals-f or the grading, paving with cobble
stone and curbing of Carnegie street from
Fifty-fourth street to Fifty-filth street,
the contract therefor to be let In the
manner directed by tha said Acts of
Assembly and ordinances. The cost and '
expense oft the same to be assessed and
collected in accordance with the provisions of
an Act of Assembly of toe Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled, "An Act authorizing
and directing Councils of cities of tho second
class to provide for the improvementof streets,
lanes, alleys and public highways sewers and
sidewalks requiring plans of streets, providms
for the appointment of a Board of Viewers of
Street Improvements,prescnbing their duties,
grapting appeals to Councils and court, pro
viding for the assessment and collection of
damages and benefits, authorizing the use of
private property, and providing for filing liens
and regulating proceedings thereon, and pro
hibiting tbe use of public streets without
authority of Councils," approved the 14th day
of June. A. D. 1887, fe27-49
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THB
opening of Dithndge street, from Fifth
avenue to Center avenue.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by tha
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common
Councils assembled, and it is hereby ordained
and enacted by the anthority of the same.
That the Chief of tbe Department ot Publio
Works be and is hereby authorized and di
rected to cause to be surveyed and opened
within CO days from the date of the pas-aga
of this ordinance Dithridgo street from Fifth
avenue to Center avenue, ac a width of SO feet,
in accordance witb an ordinance locating tha
same, approved November 24, 18d. The dam
ages caused thereby and. the benefits to pay the
same to be assessed and collected In accordance
with the provisions of an act of Assembly of
tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled,
"An act authorizing and directing Councils of
cities of the second class to provide for the
Improvementof streets, lanes, alleys and pub
lic highways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring
plans of streets providing for the appointment
of a Board of Viewers of Street Improvements,
Brescribing their duties, granting appeals to.
ounclls and Court, providing for the assess
ment and collection of damages and benefits,
authorizing the use of, private property and
providing f dr filing liens and regulating pro
ceedings tbereon, and probibiting the us of
public streets without authority of Councils,"
approved the 14th day of June, A. D. 1887.
feZ7-49
AN ORDINANCE-AUTHORIZING THB
opening of Home street,! rom Bntler street
to Plummer street.
Section I Be it ordained and enacted by
the city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common,
Councils assembled, and It Is hereby ordained
and enacted by tbe anthority of the same. Tbat
tbe Chief df the Department of Public Works
be and is hereby authorized and directed to
cause to be surveyed and opened, within 60 days
from the date of the passage of this ordinance.
Home street from Butler street to Plummet
street at a width of SO feet in accordance with
plan of the boronghof Lawrenceville, approved
by the borough Councils, March 22; 1867. Tba
damages caused thereby and tbe benefits to
pay the same to be assessed and collected ia
accordance with tbe provisions of an act of
Assembly of tbe Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, entitled, "An act authorizing and di
recting Councils of cities of the second class to
provide for the Improvement of streets, lanes,
allejs and public highways, sewers and side
walks, requiring plans of streets, providing for
the appointment of a Board of Viewersof
Street Improvements, prescribing their duties;
granting appeals to Councils and Court, pro
viding lor the assessment and collection of
damagia and benefits, authorizing the nse of
private property, and providing for filing liens
and regulating proceedings there.on. and pro
hibiting the nse of public streets without au
thority of Councils," approved the 14th day of
June.A. D. 1887. fe27-9
AN ORDINANCE-AUTHORIZING THB
construction of a boardwalk, on Joels
lane, from Grand view avenue to Omaha street.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by tha
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Cpmmon Coun
cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enactefd by the authority of the same, Tbat
tbe City Engineer be and Is hereby authorized
and directed to advertise for proposals for the
construction of a boardwalk on the east side of
Joels lane, from Grandview avenne to Omaha
street and to let the same In tha manner di
rected by an act concerning streets, approved
January 6, 1S64, and the several supplements
thereto, and ordinances of Council relative to
the same. The cost and expense of the same
to ba assessed and collected in accordance
with tbe provisions of. an act of Assembly
entitled, "An act concerning streets and sewers
In the city of Pittsburg," approved January V
1S34, and the several supplements thereto.
fe27-4tt
1 K ORDINANCES-VACATING PARTS"7'
J of Valley street and Banner alley, boat &A
situatein tne oevenieema warn. j-
Sectlon 1 Be i$ ordained and enacted by the.
city oi. .riiisours, -in. oeiccii au'i vuiuiuuh ! m
enacted by the authority of the same. That "
that part or Valley street in the Seventeent
ward, situater between the east side of Forty-.
first street and the "west side of Forty-seco4.
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DUCGI twin t,u M. .tuv " a- w.j-ovwwu m,
and tho west side of of Forty-third street aad.
that part of Banner (formerly BatesY alley!1
said ward. sKuate between the Besth wall e
Seaaaa, SteeO. Black's roll f oasry ami thai
north sMe ot said Valley street B aad , I
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