THE SCBANTON" TR IBITNE FRI DAY MOBSTfifG, DECEMBER VJ, 1895.
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By A. CONAN DOYLE
tCopyrig-ht 1800, by BacbaUar,
- CHAPTER I.
It hu struck me that tome of you,
rhen you have heard me tell those lit
tle adventures of mine, may have gone
way with the Impression that I was
conceited. . There could not be a great
er mistake than this, for I have always
observed that really . fine soldiers are
free from,' this failing. It Is true that I
have had to. depict myself sometimes
a brave, sometimes as full of resource,
always as Interesting, but then it really
was so, and I had to take the facts as
I found them. It would be an un
worthy affectation If I were to pretend
that my career has been anything than
. a fine one. The Incident which I will
tell you tonight, however, Is one which
you will understand that only a modest
man would' describe. ' After all, when
one has attained such a position as
mine, one can. afford to speak of that
Which an ordinary man would be
tempted to conceal.
Tou must know, then, that after the
'Russian' campaign the remains of our
poor army were quartered along the
western bank of the Elbe, where they
might thaw their froien blood and try,
With the help of the good German beer,
- to put a little between their skin and
their bones. There were some thing
which we could not hope to regain, foi
I dare say that these large commlsarlat
fourgona would not have sufficed to
carry the fingers and the toes which
the army had shed during that hor
roble retreat. Still, lean and crippled
a we were, we had much to be thank
tul tor when we thought of our poor
comrades whom we had left behind,
and of the snow fields the horrible,
horrible snow fields. To this day, my
friends, I do not care to see red and
Whit together. Even - my red cap
thrown down upon my white counter
pane haa given me dreams in which I
have seen those monstrous plains, the
really tortured army, and the crimson
smears which glared upon the snow be
hind them. Tou will coax no story out
Of me about that business, for the
thought of It is enough to turn my wine
to vinegar and my tobacco to straw.
Of the 500,000 who crossed the Elbe
in the autumn of the year 12 about
40,000 Infantry were left In the spring
of 13. But they were terrible men,
these 40,000 men of Iron, caters of
horses, and sleepers in the snow; filled,
too, with rage and bitterness against
the Russians. They would hold the
Elbe until the great army of conscripts
which the emperor was raising In
France should be ready to help them to
cross It once more.
But the cavalry was In a deplorable
condition. My own Hussars were at
Borna, and when I paraded them first
I burst Into tears at the sight of them.
My fine men and my beautiful horses
it broke my heart to see t.Ve state to
which they were reduced! ' But,-courage,"
I thought; "they have lost much,
tut their colonel Is still left to them!"
I set to work, therefore, U repair their
disaster, and had already constructed
two good squadrons when an order
came that all colonels of cavalry should
repair Instantly to the depots of the
regiments In prance to organize re
cruits and the remounts for the coming
campaign.
You will think, doubtless, that I was
overjoyed at this chance of visiting
home once more. I will not deny that
it was a pleasure to me to think that I
should se my mother again, and there
were a few girls who would be very glad
at the news; but there were others In
the army who had a stronger claim. I
would have given my place to any who
had wives and children whom they
might not see again. However, there
la no arguing when the blue paper
with the little red seal arrives, so with
in an hour I was off upon my great ride
from the Elbe to the Vosges. At last
I was to have a period of quiet. War
lay behind my mare's tail and peace in
front of her nostrils. Bo I thought as
the sound of the bugles died in the dis
tance, and the long white road curled
away In front of me through plain and
forest and mountain, with France some
. trher beyond, the blue haze which lay
Upon the horison.
It I Interesting, but It is also fati
ruing to ride In the rear of an army. In
the harvest time our soldiers could do
Without supplies, for they had been
' trained to pluck grain in the fields
aa they passed, and grind If "for them
selves in their bivouacs. It was at this
time of year, therefore that those swift
marches were performed which were
the wonder and despair of Europe. But
now the starving men had to be made
robust once- more, and I was (forced to
draw into the ditch continually as the
Coburg sheep and the Bavarian bul
locks came streaming past with wagon
loads of Berlin beer and good French
cognac. Sometimes, too, I would hear
the dry rattle of the drums and the
hrlll whistle of the fifes, and long col
umns of our good little Infantrymen
Would swing past me with the white
dust lying thick upon their blue tunics.
These were old soldiers drawn from the
garrisons of our German fortresses, for
It was not until May that the new con
scripts began to arrive from France.
Well, I was rather tired of this eter
nal stopping and dodging, so that I was
' not sorry when I came to Altenburg to
And that the road divided and that I
could take the southern and quieter
branch.. There ,were few wayfarer
FOR BABY'S SKIN
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Scalp and Hair
., i t'ibrt &ta wirlfylnf and beau
ri 'p fat tit wot 14, u well as purest ,
4i ' A for toltot, bath, and nursery,
r inf facial eruptions, pimples,
' WKatkms of the scalp, dry, -v,
I t . f bah, red, rough hands,
1 fmpW runes and blemishes
. J.K baieolutely Incomparable,
' iM-Mi t. Kt.
t, - w-ItwiMg. JVnaa
Briplcr
Johnaon and Bachell.r.
between there and Orels, and the road
wound through groves of oaks and
beeches which shot their branches
across the path. You will think it
strange that a colonel of Hussars
should again and again pull up his
horse In orch'r to admire the beauty of
the feathery branches and the little
green new-buddtd leaves, but If you
had spent six months among the fort
resses of Ruerla you would be able to
understand me.
ThtfTe v.-as something, however,
which pleased me very much less than
the beauty of the forests, and that was
the words and looks of the folk who
lived In the woodland villages. We had
this Ono Would Have Neither.
always been excellent friends with the
Germans, and during the last six years
they had never seemed to bear us any
malice for having made a little free
with their country. We had shown
kindness to their men and received
them from tho women, so that good
comfortable Germany was a second
home to all of us. But now there was
something which 1 could not under
stand In the behavior of the people.
The travelers made no answer to my
salute; the foresters turned their heads
away to avoid seeing me, aand In the
villages the folk would gather Into
knots In the roadway and would scowl
at me as I passed. Even women would
do this, and it was something new for
me in those days to see anything but a
smile in a woman's eyes when they were
turned upon me..
It was In the hamlet of Schmolln,
Just ten miles out of Altenburg, that
the thing became most marked. I had
stopped at the little Inn here just to
dampen my mustache and to wash the
dust out of poor Vlolette's throat. It
was my way to give some little compli
ment, or possibly a kiss, to the maid
who served me, but this one would have
neither the one nor the other, but darted
ft glance at me like a bayonet thrust
Then when I raised my glass to the
folk who drank their beer by the door
they turned their backs on me, save
only one fellow, who eried: Here's a
tocst for you, boys! Here's to the lnt
ter T!" At that they all emptied their
beer mugs and laughed, but It was not
a laugh that had good fellowship In It.
I was turning this over In my head
and wondering what their boorish con
duet could mean, when I saw, as I rode
from the village,. a great T new-carved
upon a, tree. I had already seen more
than one In my morning's ride, but I
had given no thought to them until
the woi ds of the bt-er drinker feave them
an Importance. It chanced that a respectable-looking
person was riding
past me at the moment, so I turned to
him for Information.
"Can you tell me, sir," said I, "what
this letter T Is?"
He looked ut It and then at me in the
most singular fashion. "Young man,"
said he, "it's not the letter N." Then
before I could ask him further he
clapped his sruis Into his horse's ribs
und rode, stomach to eartha upon his
way. '
At firnt his words had no particular
significance In tiy mind, but as I trot
ted onwards, Vlolette i-hanccd to half
turn her dainty head and my eyes were
caught bv the gleam of the bvacen N's
at the bridle chain. It was the emper
or's marl:. And these T's meant some
thing which was opposed to It. Things
had been happening In Germany, then,
during our absence, and the giant
sleeper had begun to stir. I thought of
the mutinous faces that I had seen, and
I felt that if I could only have looked
Itno the -.carts of these people I might
"Voting Mon,!
l.attsr
have had Borne strange news to br
into France with me. It made mehe
more eager to get my remounts ana to
see ten strong Squadrons bchlndmy
kettle drums once more.
While those thought were parsing
through my head I had been alter:
walking and trotting, as a man would
who ha a long journey before
willing horse beneath Him. The
were very open at this point and
rid a
oods
eslde
the road there lay a great heap
far-
got. . A I passed there came
sharp
sound from among them; and
flanclng
round,' I saw a face looking
mo a
hot red face, like that of a nn who is
beside himself with exortement and
anxiety. A ?coni glancetold me that
it wa the very parson with whom 1
bad talked an hour before Jn the village.
"Come nearer," he hlfr.ed. "Nearer
till. Now dismount and pretend to be
mending the itlmtp Uataer. Bple may
IB
fiuitsi at mm aiua all
be watching us, and It means death to
me If I am Been helping you.
"Death! I whispered." From whom?
(To be continued.)
INDUSTRIAL.
It is understood, says the Btock-
holder, thut the chief railroads center
ing In Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania,
thK Iteadinc and the Lehigh Valley,
have been acumulatlng money in anti
cipation of the new year, ana are now
in easy shape financially. Good esti
mates are that the Pennsylvania lately
had In bank between IltMXHUrtW ana
$12,000,000; the Heading somewhat more
than Jl.000,000: the Lehigh Valley not
far below S4.0O0.C00. The Lehigh al
ley, by the way. ts expected before long
to resume dividends on the stock. A
curent theory ts that an announce
ment In this collection will be made
prior to tho annual election.
Eastbound shipments last week
amonnled to CS.312 tons against 74.505
for the preceding week, und 34.182 for
the corresponding week of last year.
The roadd curried tonnage as follows:
Miehigun Central, S,HU; Wabash. 3.41V;
Lake Shore, 9.3S4; Fort Wayne. 5,158;
Pan Handle. 0.441; Daltimore and Ohio,
6,538; Grand Trunk. 3,001; Nlckle Plate,
7.U50; Erie, 6.0U9; Hig Four, 3,210. Total.
.'H.oll'. The toiinare was muue up as
follows: Flour, 2.711; grain and mill
stuffs. 27.372; provisions, lard, etc.,
11.. -; dressed beef. 7,575: flaxseed,
1.423; butler, 1.031; hides, 1,530; lumber,
3,560; miscellaneous, 601.
A dispatch says that a valuable cnal
field has been found In Altoona, Clin
ton county. N. Y. For several years
past Farmer Flanders has discovered
stray pieces of coal on his land. About
two weeks aRO he discovered It In
greater quantities and sent for an ex
pert coal miner. A vein from seventy
to eighty feet wide has been discovered
extending for several miles. The coal
burns as well as any of the Pennsylva
nia product, anil the country round
about Is wild with excitement.
Pecchwood coliery, operated by the
Reading Conl and Iron company, at
Mt. I.allee, Schuylkill county, has been
worked out and will be abandoned
within the next six or eight weeks.
This Is the oldest coal operation in that
region and has been operated for be
tween forty and fifty years. In Its
time it was one of the best paying
operations of the Heading company.
Primrose colliery, near Mahanoy
City, which has been Idle for a year, re
sumed yesterday, giving employment
to 800 men and boys. The colliery is
owned and operated by the Lehigh Val
ley Coal company, and Is one of the
best In the resrlon. Extensive im
provements have been made during the
suspension, which will largely Increase
Its output.
The Lehigh Vallpy railroad has given
notice that $339,000 of Its Issue of 1,
000,000 sterling, or $5,000,000, 6 per cent,
class A consolidated mortgage bonds
have been withdrawn for redemption
and would be paid off at par at either
Hip office of the company in Philadel
phia or at the counting house of Mor
gan & Co., London.
Pennsylvania railroad officials report
general freight and passenger tralfflc
as very large and steadily increasing,
and a marked Improvement in general
business Is noted by the Philadelphia
and Heading company.
RAILROAD NOTES.
"Wheelmen who are complr.lnlng
against a charge for the transportation
of bicycles may perhaps find some com
fort In the new ruling," said a railroad
official. "The exaction of a fee for
carrying wheels makes the companies
liable for the care of the machines and
If one is broken through the careless
ness of on employe the road must pay
for it. The charge, therefore, acts as
an Insurance on the wheel while In
transit. Heretofore on many Western
roads releases exempting the carrier
from liability In case of damage to
wheels have been required, and the
wheelman whose machine was smushed
in a baggage car had no recourse. The
causes leading up to this charge are
apparent and need no discussion."
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The report is curent that A. A. Mc
Leod will be presented as a candidate
for the Heading presidency at the an
nual meeting in January. An effort
was made to Klve a color of truth to
the rumor by the assertion that he will
be suported by the Monetary Trust,
Henry Clews, the Wormsers and other
large New York and London holders
of the stock, who have not yet sent in
their proxies to President Harris.
The Southern Pacific Railway com
pany Is said to have determined to re
quire each conductor In Its employ to
give a bond of Jl.OOO secured In the
Kansas City Hurety company. The
Surety company will send out "spotters"-
to watch the conductors when
deomed necessary, and assume any
losnes the rnilruad company may sus
tain through dlHhonest employes.
The rate committee of the Southern
States' I'asenger association has de
cided to reduce rates to the Atlanta
exposition from December ID to 25, In
clusive, as follows: Over 250 miles 50
per cent, off first class fare; 100 to 240
miles, 60 per cent. ; 25 to 99 miles. 1 cent
per mile; under 25 miles, one fore for
the round trip. All tickets will be goo-J,
The Erie people are reopening the
block towers on their lines which were
closed as an economical measure two
years ago. Each tower gives employ
ment to two men and there is a good
deal of rejoicing among the men who
formerly operated these towers, and
who. In many cases, have been re-cm-ployed.
I
Y-
The Heading coal tonnage for tho
first week In the present fiscal year
that Is. for the week endlng'Deceniber
7 amountd to 252,686 ton" an Increase
over the corresponding' week of last
year of 36,410 ton.
The blgyest pay In t'i history of
the Delaware nnjJrHuds,'. Canal com
pany were mad' for the month of No
vember worr It was a record month
also In tut matter of coal mining and
shipping
NT.EKXING MARRIAGE.
the Philadelphia Record.
world Is full of unhnpuy marriages.
doubt. As Tolstoy declares at the out-
of "Anna Karenln.i." oil marriages arc
nhnppy; they only dlf.'er In the causes of
nhnpplness.. The fact Is that no two hu
ian beings could possibly agree perfectly
In a union of tart as, ideals and sentiments.
Marriage Is a arrillcejf civilisation. Msn
and wife should saci Iflrc earn to the other,
and .should romproml.se their Inevitable
differences. When-either fr.Hn to do this
the responsibility, of unhapplness lies at
his or her door. The great trouble Is that
too many rush Into marrlnge or delay too
long. Too many marry through the sen
sual Impulse, upon which Tolstoy lays too
trreat stress hi tho "Kreutzer Sonata."
Then there are the matrimonial bargains
for money, title or social .rank. And, fin
ally, there are the mistaken marriages,
due to post-matrimonial deceit or mas
querade. At the altar the mask Is dropped.
Divorces there will always be so long as
men and women shall continue to deceive.
But the chief unhapplness of wcdloek
arises not from the Institution of mnr
Mage, a the "New Woman" and "Wo
man Who Did" novelists contend. The
fault lies in tho reckless and careless view
so many youngs people take of marriage.
The reform must Ho In the correction of
the prevalent abuse of 1 the ' Institution.
As for the Institution Itself, Its saaredneas
should be .redoubled, not broken ' down.
In the sanctity of tti home reet Ut pur
ity asd tl futur of tb race.
THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
Stocks and Bonds.
Now York. Dec. 12. Stocks were ir
regular again today. Industrials were
less prominent In the dealings. Total
sales of the day were 195,000 shares. As
a matter of fact the operators trans
ferred their attention to the railway list.
In the early trading London was a seller
of the bankrupt Btocks and Louisville
and Nashville and new low records
were made for Union Pacific, northern
Pacific stocks. The anthracite coalers
were stronger than of late and under
purchases to cover short contracts Jer
sey Central rose i per cent.; Lacka
wanna, 2; Delaware and Hudson, 1H;
Pacific Mall. 1. Sugar was active and
ranged between 105 and 106. Specu
lation closed irregular. Net changes
show losses of 14 per cent, outside
of the anthracite coalers, which gained
i3 per cent.
The range of today's prices for the ac
tive storks of the New York stork mar
ket are given below. The qaotutlons are
furnished The Tribune by Will Linn. Allen
ft Co., stock brokers, 412 Spruce street,
Scranton.
Op'n- High- Low- Clos
ing, est.
Am. Tobacco Co...,. 71 W4 71
Am. Cotton Oil 18 18 17 174
Am. Sugar Re'g Co.lO'.l. Wi'i 1U5'4 Wr
Atch., To. & S. Fe.. K 16i 15s W
Ones. & Ohio 17 17 17 17
Chicago Oils 6Sy 68T, 8 68-i
Chic. & N. W 1M . W n
chin., b. & q m m
C. C. C. & St. L. 0i 404 40V4 40Vi
Chic. Jill & St. P.... 74 74 74V, 74
Chic. R. I. & Par... 73 Ti 73 73
Del. & Hud 128 12Si 128 1294
!.. L & W 15 187 165 1M
Dlst. & C. F 18 18'i 14 W
General Electric 31 31 29 Vi
111. Central 7 97 7 97
Lake Shore U.0 1M 150 150
Louis. & Nash 52 62 51 51
M. K. & Texas Vi 12 12 1
Manhattan E'.e 102 102 102 102
Mich. Central 100 KK) 100 100
Mo. Pac 29 2 i .28
Nat. Cordage 0 6 Vi C
N. J. Central 1M 110 1W W
N. Y. Central 99 ! 99 99
N. Y.. L. E. VV... 12 12 12 12'vi
N. Y.. 8. & W., Pr.. 31 31 30 30
Nor. Pao 4 4 3 3
Nor. Pac., Pr 14 14 14 11
Oontario & West 15 15 15 15
Pac. Mail 31 32 31 32
Phlla. & Read 8 7 8
Southern R. R 10 10 10 10
Tenn.. C. & Iron 31 31 Si 31
Texas TacHle 8 8 8 W
ITnlon Paclfl 7 7 6 o
Wabash 7 7 7 7'i
Wabash, Pr 17 17 17 17'
Western Union 8S 89 88 88
W. L 13 13 13 13
V. 3. Leather 10 10 10 KW
U. S. Leather, Pr.... 61 62 60 02
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PRICES
Open- HI eh- I.nw- Clos-
TV1T1SAT Inir. et est. Ins.
Mav 61 61 61 61
OATS.
May 19 16 19 19V4
COTIN.
January 26 2C 2(1 25"
May 2S 26 28 28
i. a rtn.
January 5.22 6.22 6.22 5 2?
Mav 6.42 5.47 6.12 ' 5.4;
I'OIIK.
January 8.35 8.40 8.33 8.3"
May 8.75 8.80 8.72 8.7T.
tcrnnton Board of Trndo F-xehanR Ono
totlons-AII Quotations Based on Par
of 100.
Name. Bid. Asked
Green Rldga Lumber Co 110
nltno Den. l)la. Bank 130
Scranton Lace Cur. Co.... M
Nat. Boring & Drilling Co S
First National Bank 650
Thuron Coal Land Co 90
Scranton Jar & Btoprar Co 25
Scranton Glass Co . 65
Lackawanna Lumber Co 210
Spring Brook Water Co lo:
Elmhurst Boulevs.M Co IOC
Scranton Axle Works 80
Third National Bank 35
Lack. Trust and Safe Dep. Co ... 169
Scranton Packing Co 10V
Scranton Savings Bank 200 . ...
Lacka. Iron & Steel Co 150
Weston Mill Co 250
Scranton Traction Co , 75
rionta Plate Olaas Co 10
Scranton Car Replacer Co 100
Rennomv Steam Heat and
Power Co 50
BONDS.
Scranton Glass Co 100
Economy Steam Heat St
Power Co 100
Scranton Pass. Railway first
mortgage, due 1918 110
Scranton Traction Co . ti
People's Street Railway, first ;
mortgage, due 1918 110
Scranton & PIttston Trac, Co. ... 99
People's Street Railway, Sec
ond mortgage, due 1920 110 ...
Lacka. Valley Trac. Co., first
mortgage, due 1925 90
Dickson Manufacturing Co.... ... 100
Lacka. Township School 5 10'.
City of Scranton Street Imp i ... 102
Scranton Axla Works 100
New York Produce Market.
New York, Dec. 12. Flour Steady, un
changed. Wheat Dull, easy; No. 2 re
tore and eUvntor, 69c; afloat, 7lc;
f. o. b., 7014c. ; No. 1 northern, 68c; option?
lull, unchanged; January, 66c; March.
'.Sc; May, 67c; June, 67c; July, 7c:
December, 66Vc. Corn Steady; No. 2,
34c. elevator; 35c. afloat; options
steady; December and January, 34c;
May, 35c. Cuts Dull, steady; options dull,
unchanged; spot prices, No. 2, 22a22c:
No. 2 white. 24e.; No. 2 Chicago, 23a
.'3c; No. 3, 22 '4c; No. I white, 23c;
mixed western, 24a24c,; white do. am'
white state, 24n2ao. Provisions Steady,
unlet, unchanged. Lard Quiet, steadier;
western steam, 85.45; city, $5; December,
.45; refined, quiet; continent, 15.90; South
America, S6.30; compound, 4c. Pork
Dull, easy. Butter Firmer; state dairy,
2a22c; creamery, 19a26c; western dairy.
10al7c; do. creamery, 18a27c; do. June
16a22c; do. factory, 9n18c; Elalns, 27c;
imitation creamery, 14a21o.; rolls, llalSc.
Cheese Steady, fair demand, unchanged.
Eggs Steady, dull; state and Pennsylva
nia, 24a28c.; southern, 21a23c; western
fresh, 21a2tc.
Bnf fnlo Live Stock.
Buffalo, N. Y.. Dec. 12. Cattle Receipts,
1,300 head; on sale, 140 head; market closed
quiet and easy; early sales, light steers,
J3.10a3.10; old to goo fat cows, $2a2.75; light
to good bulls, $2a2.30; late sales, Illinois
steers, 83.75; veals closed dull at $7a7.50.
Hogs Receipts, 8,600 head; on hale 8.200
head; market closed steady and firm; early
sales generally at 13 for mixed and York
ers of good weight; light Yorkers, $3.03;
pigs, $3.70a3.75; roughs, $3u3.10; stags.
$2.50a3. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 4.409
head; on sale. 10.500 head; ma-' active
and 5 to 10 cents higher; early ea.cs, prime
to fancy, H.40a4.M); good to choice, t4a4.3.i;
light to fair, t3.46a2.9Ti; mixed sheep dull
and lower; good to choice, I2.40s2.85; culls
to fair, t1.25a2.25; wethers, t3.26ail.lfi: late
sales export sheep dull at W.JOaI.50; few
rancy, t3.60aa.65; Canada Iambi steady and
firm; good to choice, t4.46a4.5S; light to
fair, I4.S0a4.4O; culls, I4.30a4.l5; heavy Cana
da sheep, t3.4Oa3.C0.
Chlcnso l.lv stock.
Chicago, Dee. 12. Cattle Receipts, 12.000
head; market slow; common to extra
steers, t3a5.60; stockers and feeder, 82.25a
8.65; Cows and bulls, ll.60al.50j calves, 3a6;
Texas, t2.70aS.3O.- Hogs Receipts, 88,000
head; market steady; heavy packing and
shipping lots, 83. 40al.55;N common to choice
mixed, l3.S5nS.fi2H; choice sseorted, t3.45a
8.50; light. f3.S5a3.S3; pigs, I3.90a8.45. Sheep
Receipts, 18.000 head; market steady; In
ferior to choice, tl.75tt.60; lambs, tta4.40.
Totoda Qrnln Market. '
Toledo, O., Dee? 11 Receipts, 6,000 bush
el; shipments, 31,000 burfcels; dull; No.. I
red cash and December, 4c: May, Io.;
No. 1 red cash, C4e. Corn Receipts, 6.
000 bushel; shipments, 44,006 bushels; dull;
No. 8 yellow cash, 2Sc. Oats Receipts. 15.-
000 bushels: shipments. 10.0UO) bushels;
nothing doing. Cloverseed Receipts. W
bags; shipments. Sou bags; firm, prim cash
and December, 84-40; Janu. 14.42;
March. 14.601
Oil Market.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 12. Oil opened and
highest, 11.56; lowest and closed. 81.52.
Standard company's price, 81.50.
uu city. ra.. Dec. 12.-OI1 ooened and
highest, 11.56; lowest, tl.51; closed, 1.52.
Phllndeln'iia Ttl'nw Mirkit.
Philadelphia, Dec. 12. Tallow ts dull and
lower. We quote: City, prime. In hdds.,
4c.; country, prime, in 4bls., 4c: do. dark.
in cois., 3"tc; canes. 4"4c; grease. 3c.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW.
Tom Mason, In Truth.
"You are so late."
It was nearly one o'clock in the morn
ing and Mrs. Dlmpleton looked re
proachfully at her husband, who but a
moment before had stealthily entered
the house. Dlmpleton turned quickly
and. putting his hand under his wife's
chin, lifted her rueful face to his own
and then put his arms around her.
"Ah. my dear," he said, softly, "do
you suppose I have been happy away
from you? When I met Wlnkleton,
purely by chance, and he Invited me to
spend the evening with him, it took a
great deal of will power, I can assure
you, to accept the Invitation. It was
only the thought of business, and that
it really meant more for you in the end.
that compelled me to. . How unhappy
I was as we bought the ticket and en
tered the theatre! Your face was con
stantly before me. How I longed to
tear myself away from that brilliant
scene and follow the promptings of my
heart! I applauded mechanically, my
laugh was forced, and then at the sup
per, afterwards, how miserable I was!
I pictured you sitting here alone with
out me. I"
"Hut I wasn't alone," interpolated
Mrs. Dlmpleton.
"Not alone!" echoed her husband.
"Who on earth was with you?"
His wife smiled, loftily, as she re
plied: !
"No one has been with me, strictly
speaking. Only if I had known that
you were going to be so late, I would
have stayed at my club half an hour
longer."
In Clover,
From Fulton on to Faraway
For Joy they're rollln' over
Not in the usual crop o' hay
But exposition clover.
An' all the country's feelln' fine
An' every soul Is slngln',
The world with Dixie Is In line
An' all the bells are rlngln'.
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