VOL- xxxiv
AFTER STOCK TAKING
WE FIND A CRI .AT MANY Ol>l> LOTS OF SHOES
IN OUR STOCK WHICH WE ARE GOING
TO SELL AT
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS.
THE BASIS ON WHICH OUR LARGE RETAIL
SHOE BUSINESS WAS BUILT—SAVE PEOPLE
MONEY, GIVE THEM GOOD HONEST GOODS
AND THEY'LL PATRONIZE YOU.
A Big Cut in MEN S FINE SHOES.
WOMEN'S FINE SHOES. In finest Fatent Call; was *5.50, now $4.00
One lot was #3.50, now *2.50.
One lot reduced from $2 and £2.50 to One lot calf, was f5.00 and -00,
only fi.25. now
One lot reduced from fj.;o and #3.75 One lot heavy shoes, was #1.25 and|i.so
to $2.00 and $2.25. now fi.oo.
One lot reduced froni SI.OO and $1.25 Mer.'s Fine Shoes, were ii.25, nov. !
to 75 cents. 95 cents.
Women's Black Aii Wool Gvergaiters,
Mi.X STITCHED, CLOTH FACINGS-TO CLOSE OUT AT 15 CENTS.
Bargains in Misses' Shoes. Bargains in Boys' Shoes.
50 ceuU, 75 cents and *i.cxx We will ?5 Cenlß> centS| suoo atul f1 . 25>
save you 50 cents on every pair. Bargains in all.
Children's Shoes. _
, Our Slippers
At 25 cents, 40 cents and 50 cents. rr
Baby Shoes at 10 cents to 50 cents. to close, and also all our Felt Shoes,
WOOL BOOTS AND RUBBER FOOTWEAR BARGAINS.
All kinds at lowest prices—Arctics, Storm Alaskas, Overs, Croquet, Storm Boots —
all at prices greatly reduced. Women's Rubbers at iSc, 20. and 25c, Misses' Rub
isers at r6c, 20c, and 25c. Yen's Rubbers at 40c, 50c, and 60c. All shoes direct
from factory to your feet.
Butler's Leading i> p IITTCri TAVT Opp,
Shoe House V/* IIU 3EL/1 Uli Hotel Lowry.
' T. H. BURTON'S
Greatest Sacrifice Clothing
Sale 6ver /Vlade in sutl<?r.
COMMENCING JAN. 7th and con
tinuing for 15 DAYS, at Actual cost.
360 MEN'S SUITS, 300 BOY'S SUITS,
400 CHILDREN'S SUITS, 150 OVERCOATS.
1,000 FAIR OF PANTS; Hat?, Caps, Shirts and Underwear. This
is no fake sale— Reason a change in business April ist.
COME ONE AND ALL
And get a Suit or Overcoat at Manufacturer's Prices.
DON'T FORGET THE DATE AND PLACE.
T. H. BURTON,
120 S. MAIN ST. BUTLER, PA.
IB
| %&Sbi\
GLOVE SALE
JAN. 27, TO FEB. 6th. W
Black Casbraer Gloves yc were 25c
Black Caslimer Gloves 29c were 50c
Biack and Colored Kid Gloves 75c were fi.'M
Black and Colored Kid Gloves SI.OO were *1.50
Black and Colored Kid Gloves ti.25 were f 1.75 I
Biack Silk Mittens c
Biack Cashmer Mittens 9c were 25c j
Clack Cashmer .Mittens 19c were 41*:
Infants Mittens 9c
BARGAINS IN UNDERWEAR
AND -Uml
HOSIERY.
M. P. & M. MARKS,
113 to H7"South Main Street, !!■ I
TRY AN ADV. IN
THE CITIZEN.
Tr-IE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Constipation
! Causes fully half the sickness in the world. It
retains the digested food too long in the bowels
and i roduces biliousness, torpid Ever, IL<U-
Hood's
gestion, bad taste, coated F , .
L# ||i
sorunia, etc? Hood's Fills 111
cure constipation and all it!"
results.easily and thoroughly. 25c. All druggists.
Prepared hy C. I Hood ft Co.. Lowell, Mass.
The onll Fills to lake with liood'a Sarsaparilla-
Tlii. I» Tour Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cr sh cr stamp".
& generoii ß sample will be mailed ot ibo
most popular Cat;- ar 1? I -ver Cure
(Ely's Crenm Balm snflicient to demon
strate the uiexi.M of the rsiaedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
66 Warren tit, New York City.
Eev. John-Tr.,of Gr>atFalls.Mont.,
recommended ray's Cream B: to TEC. I
c»a emphasize Lis statement, "It is a posi
tive cure for catorrn ii as director 1 "
R«sv. Francis W. Pool*, Pastor Central Pres.
Chnrcb, Helena, Uont.
Ely's Cream Balm in tli" aclnnTvledgpd
euro for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, 00 cents.
RAILROAD TIMI TABLES.
PENNSYLVANIA R ROAD.
Westitn Pennsylvania Division.
Schedule in effect N--v. 1G ls&ti.
•South. —' — Week Days
A. M. *■ >i A. w. r. M. f *
RUTLKK.. . ...Leave 'A &uo 11 jo 2to i> c '•
S^jeoiiburtf. . Arrive 6 M *'Jo 11 43 310
Jc't.. ** 727 fit*' lj 07 > :i5
Butler Jc » . ..Leave 7iO hi* 1? u ,jr.
Natrona.. ..Arrive* £0 858 1221 345 ♦i.
Tarentum 742 uO3 12 26 J r 2 c "
Mpriugdalc 750 912 12 38 iO2
Ctaremont 'j*s 1253 410 r2"
Sfcarpst-Org SO7 031 10l 4—'
AJlejpUeay City H2O 9 4;; 115 43» ♦; 4::
A. a: A. M. r. M. r. M. r. A.
sl.'Klui TRAINS L< .ivo Hutl'-r lor AUe
th» uy City ami Drtneip.il intermediate stations
7:40 A. M„ '..30 aati 5 00 F. M.
MortL. Week Hays— *—
». «. *. M. A.M. p M. P, M.
Allegheny City.. Lv. 7 o>v yoo i i /*" ~35 sao
ttLarpptniri; 7ii 'i 12 n :<7 -o ...
CUreuiOnl 918 II ; • 268 ..
a|M°lHKU<tl< > • #3O II A» 3li 587
1 r"-' Ulli 732 U39 1 os - * fi "7
Vatrwfm 7 91- 12 '<• i «, i
!iU' -r.Jot AT 74j U .'XI 12i'f 34s C lio
BntierJGft I.v 7 « 950 12 31 :: 4s i;
SaAOlihiirg "< lo lo 15 12 M 113 li 14
llFfJki! Ar. *35 lO 3X 125 I .'in 710
A M . » St. p W, P. M. r. '■•
S''MiAV TWAINS l.f..ve Allctfh-oj 11V ftr
Uutler -IIKI pi melp-il iiil<-rni>-<loite suttlous
A. >l.. 123.) and 7:15 I'. M.
Week Itaj-s "or t,Le Ki' i Week I»a; -.
a tu a. m. p m p. v .
11 20 025 Lv BCTLKB. .Ar 120
12 07 727 Ar Ilmler Jc't Lv 12 '.'A
3 i3j;ni7 45 Lv llMler Jc't Ar 830 12 M
318 749Ar 1 reeport.. Lv 828 12 30
322 753 " Jc't " 824 12 2;
333 804 " Leechb " 812 12 12
350 821 '•l'dulti.n(Apollo" 750 1155
418 851 '* naltcborg "7 32 11 32
450 922 '• B:airiivilie..." 700 11 00
458 !» 30 "lilairsvi!lelnß'n"s 18 10 1")
650 11 35' Aitooca "325 800
100 310 " L r, »rrisbu;g..."ll 45 310
430 623 •' Philadelphia. '9 30 1120
a. m. p. in. a. m p. ui
On Sunday, trail l leaving Butler 7:10 A.
tl., connecth for llarri-hurg, AUooaa, au-i
Philedelpbit.
Through trains lor the ia .1 leave I'ittn
bnrg (Union .Station) a fo'lown:—
Atlantic Ejipresti, daily 3 10 A. M.
Penaiylva'iia Liniitbil " .....7 15 "
Bay Kx.prcp", " .....7 30 '•
Main Line Kxpre„. " b' O
rhiladeipbin Ltpreas " .4 30 P.
Kastern Kxpress " ...*.7')5 "
Fast Line " 8 i'l "
Fbiia<.'a Un'i, tsur.ilay ot.ly 8 4'.' • >l<
F'W de*aile:l iiilw"■ - lion :i.l-j, • \'Lut..
K. Watt, Facd. Ags. Wb.tU.i-n ui.-'rict, to-
I'ilt'j Ave. tr:! Hr"ilhficld bt , Pii'^l-'-rg,
g.\. rßtvooT, J. K wooi>,
(je.iera! V»'iope <«•:: I'i-
UITTSHUKG & WiiSTEUX
*• Railway". Allegheny
Line, tclietlule in effect, July 19,
iXyO.
Huf'.erTlx.ie, Depart. Arrive
Allegheny Accommodation 62A a.ir, "
Flyer ■f l.< uui 10 uoitoi
Akron .Mall. H i mi 7 :;<i ..in
New < .ulle Aceorno t I . «u.
Allegheny Au oino 10 "shiiiil2 2U |>m
Allegl eny Kxpress 2 55 pin 4
Chleai'o lCxpri-sh i ::. pUi U -0 ~!■
Mall <; ti-- inn i ;o !in
Kllwootl Accomo i; pin 7 :» pm
t I icaao hxp.'i »► Ii ur, pie I i'i .ill!
Allegteny Kxpiet.. - '»> ; ...
Ki.ne ana lirmlloij Mail... lij if. am . •
Clarion Aceomo 5 I'ipin 9 60 ein
Koxburg Ac«)tno 7 35 (.m H 05 »m
SI'NKAY TRAINS.
DeKolt-hl Jet. Accomo 8 It arn 7 :o pill
Allegheny Aecomo In i/i air.
Cliirago Express 3 3", pni 4 ' pin
Allegheny Accomo (i 05 [.in 4 s'< p:n
I'uilmaa Bulftt lix-plnr i:»i .n«l .!»>.' • ) •
')ay Co.ifne ii .in through l.ei v, eer. H'ltler
Chicago lallv.
Kor Uir.. u <li ilck'-tu •■, fx>l.-.:>. tin '
Northwest or Southwest apply to
A U. CBtIUCH, AKCIII
Butler, Pa
Trains leave tbe H i' O. depot. In l'iithu: (
:or Ihu Ka»l aslollotv^.
ior Washington !»• Baltimore, I'tllaci !
plila, in.l New York. 7:3() and 9'JW I". I
•'omberl.md. ',:40, 7 - ID, a.m. I :M p. tl. <
O'-:IVHie. f'ili, 7SJ.I, ,i. Li!. 1.10. 4.30, 4.1J, 5.'J0,!(. .
,) in. C'nloutowri, 7 «a. m ,1.10,1.311 .v.j. i<. i:
LDlontown.MorK.il tows and I airtnoiu, 7,3'',,.
111, and 5,30 p. in, Mt.l'leasant (!.40, 7. .le a. i-J
.10 and 4.50 pm. Wahhlngten, I'a., ".111 ami
30 a. m., 4.00.1 45 end 9.i»'. II 55 p. 111. vsmel
rg, 7.40. and 9.30 a. u.. and 4.U0. 9.U0. 11 *>• n.
.. ' Itii Inuiltl, bt, "IM I oluniUUs :uid Ml "
•srv 7.40 a. rr. 'l.tu|>, tn.
r"rClik:a"o, .'.40 and 9..» i p. in.
1 arlor aud aloeplie'cnrs 10 Baltimore "■ ■<
'"loctnn iU and cnic.wo.
H. O. IlirsKLK, Con. Sapt, F ■
V. W. lIA.'iaKTT, A U.F.A , Allogli-'-iy, I'..
U. F. REYNOLDS, Bupt.. Fox'oarg, Fa
mlliC WTTSHURG, SiIMNAN
GO & LAKH ERIK RAILROAD
TIMKTaHLE —In eOcoi Sunday, Dec.
30, Trains are r in by Standard On
tral Time (KOlh Meridian).
llol.N'li Noktii. OOlSd H'H.TII
I 14 I 12 STATIONS I 11 1)
p./njpm . p.m. Arrßußalo I.v'e i.m. a.m. " m
.... 5 4o 2 30 1.. S.«,M s S .15 II 1.,
... |4 51 . N.Y..c\*st.l ;5 35 12 K
p.u.a. m,
1 m s 27. Wallace Juuct 11 -4« 110
1 I-: s 25 cilrard II 45 4 4.;
I 1 I»j! <1 0> .< raneivllie. ,!j i)V .
iToi f OK'i v .Coil lie a" • lv. .111 "| H'
.. | 1 47| U UDar ar 1 1 47' 1, n
II s<, 7vi ir.. Ulllon 1/ i.: 04 •, o
.... 112 44 j7 15 .. Miadeland |I2 2'i 110
~I 2 »i 7 12... riprlnghoro ii 2 21 , IV
•12 21. ■3l .(Jonnoaui VIUm 112 ■, ,
Q|7| .2. I<| V 15... Mea'v'lo Jet |l2 s(ij 5 !•:
it OOif. 7 :!' - '. l <*r. Seville lv . iT:in
~..|12 4«; 7 251 v 11 r .... II 40 5 wo
210 12 no; 0 4oiv .Conu't l.nk.* Jl2 t.t .
. . 1 1 Oii 7 s,!*r ar 1 I 07 u tin
I I'll .) Ii 051 v.. Mead villi- lv .1 \
. j I :»2I s 1.1 r ai . 1 ; i
Ko - :.' bi • . iun.i.v. ... Vol I 1:1 ii 0.
- .-nsvlilD 1 11 1; 1 .
V'■ Osgood • 12 r. il
•; 2'» 11 4'J ii Oreenville ... 030 1 >, r, :•>,
0 19'11 29 0 ....Shcnango.... 1i.42| 1 4'.i
1 Go,ll 01 Kr" loiila.. 7 ■ ui
r, r: 10 47 Mercer... . 7 in •1'
5 2HIO 3" "ardoe . . 7 'O, i .im
51-UI 23 «,ro" t il> 74< , 4*
5 ofi|fo 19 . Viarrlsvllie.... 1 v , o<i
4 6i|,'j IV •!!• ! die , « Ooj 4 o>i' . ...
. 53! 9 57, .V.. .heln.ers h ID! . 1.
4 3*'! 9 41' . . ..Kill-lid 522 ;i ■/
1 !••[_• in| Barter.. • 1 ...
220 720 hlligiieny, iwwii i» 7oi ...
p.(aid.in a. m 11. m ..
I. T. i.i.AIU. Ueneral Muling' . ' ieenvl,u • .
W. <i. bAIWi'K.'NT '" A.. Mcadvllte. »'
5 BUBINEBH
\ff J/h» rr'/ COLLfiOB >
f \JyjV/g!n America lor oh- r
C t-4^ S'jfjf-fT /tx mliilns a biead >
J V J M) Ml winning <sd 11 c« C
/ U v JSft' i ' orc ' rcu J
\ . outr 4 sows. PITTSBURG. PA, >
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, ISU7.
THE MIjfSRESS
of the Mine.
%r A Wong ItUrycnci.
ICopyrlght. «BQS by Roterl Harr ]
CHAPTER XV HI.
Ken yon was on his vir to lunch noxt
day when lie met Went worth at the
door.
"<"oLng to cat?" r.sked tlie latter.
"Yes."
"Very veil; TO go v.-ith you. I
couldn't stay last night to have a j
•with you o. -r the meeting, but what
did you think of it?"
"\Yteoicideriii;.' the u-iticies which !
nppeared in the morning. and consid- !
erintr also the exhibition I made of rrv- j
self in nttj nijttiiip to explain the n. ■■ ■ - >
of the mine-. I think things went off |
lather smoothly."
"So do I. It doesn't strike you that j
they mat off a little too mocthly,
does it?"
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know exactly what I i mii.
I merely v.anted to pet your opii ion
about it. You see. I have attendee! a
great many gathering's of th..-. sort, a;:d
it strtick me there WHS a certain cut-ard
driedness about the meeting'. I can't
Bay whether it impressed me favorably
or unfavorably, but I noticed it."
"I st'll don't understand what you
mean."
"Well, as a general thing, in such
meetings, when a man gets up and pro
poses a certain action there is some
opposition, or somebody ha . a sugpet;-
tion to make, or something better to
propose, or thinks he has, and so there
is a good deal of talk. Now when King
got up and proposed calmly that Mel
ville should go to America, it appeared
to me ralher an extraordinary thing
to do, unless he had consulted McJville
beforehand."
"Perhaps he had done so."
"Yes, perhaps. What do you think
of it all?"
Kenyon mused for a moment before
he r. "As 1 aid b. fore, 1 thought
things went off very smoothly. \\ bom
do you"biLspect—\ ung Long»\orth?"
"I do not know whom I suspect.. I
am merely getting anxious about the
shortness of the time. 1 think inyf<-1f
you ought to go to America. There is
nothing to lie. done here. You should
go, see Von Brent, and get a renewal
of the option. l>on't you :ve that when
they pet over there, allowing them a few
days in New York, and a day or two to
get, out to the mine, we shall have little
moie than a week after the cable dis
patch comes in which to do anything,
should (hey happen to report unfa
vorably."
"Yes, I see that. Still, it is only a
question of facts on w hieh they have to
report, and you know its well as 1 do
that no truthful men can report un
favorably on what we have stated. Wa
have understated the case in every in
stance."
"I know that. I am perfet tly w ell
aware of that. Everything is all right if
-—if I/ongworth Is dealing honestly
v/ith UK. If he js not, everything is all
wrong, and I should feel a deal
easier If we bad in our possession an
other three months' option of the mine.
We are now at the fag end of thin op
tion, and it seems to me, asnprotection
to o.irai lves, we ought cither to write
to Von Brent--by the. way, haw; you
ever written to 1 im?"
"I wrote one letter telling him how
\v« were f'tting on, but have received
no answer. Perhaps he is not in Ot
tawa at present."
"Well, I 'lank you ought to go to the
mines with J.ongworth and-Melville. It
is t hs- onjune' ion oft hose two men that
liuil.i ine : i,.-picious. 1 can't tell wihat
1 suepe.-t. 1 can give nothing definite
but I !iij.ve a vague itne: ines*> w iu-n 1
think that the man who tried to n i.s
-- ail us regarding the value of tin* min
i ral i - going witb the man who bos led
UH into all this expeiiM-; he who refused
to go iiito the matter in t in- first place,
pretended he had forgotten all about It
in the •••'•ond place, and then suddenly
de\eloj>ed an interest."
John knitted his brows and said noth
ing.
"1 don't want, to worry you about it
but 1 do want your candid opinion.
W hat had we. better do?"
"It seems to me," said John, after a
pause, "that we can do noticing. It i.i
a very perplexing situation. I think,
Jtpwevcr, we should turn it over in our
minds for a few days, and then I can
get to America in plenty of time, if nec
essary."
"Very well; suppose we give tnem
ten days to get to the mine and reply,
if no reply comes by the eleventh day,
then you will still have eighteen or
nineteen days before the option ex
pires. Put it. at twelve days. 1 pro
pose, if you hear nothing by then, you
do over."
'•Bight," said John; "we may talc;
that n:> settled."
"By the way, you pot an invitation,
did you not?"
"Yea."
"Are you going?"
"I do not know. I should like to
go, and yet, you know, I tun entirely
unused to fashionable assemblages. 1
should not know what to say or do
while I was t here."
"As I understand, it is not to 1«- a
fashionable parly, but merely a little
friendly gathering which Mi s I/Ong
worth gives because her cousin
tfi about to sail for Canada.
1 dou't want to Hatter you,
John, but I imagine Miss Xxjng
worth would be rather disappointed if
you did not put in uppearanee." He
sides, as we are partners with Long
worth in this, and at) he is going away
on account of the mine, 1 think it would
be a. little ungracious of us not to go."
"Very well; J will go. Khali 1 eall
for you, or will you come for me?"
"I will call for you, and wo will go
there logether in a cab. lie ready ab iut
eight o'clock."
I he mansion of the Lougworths win
brilliantly lighted that night, and John
felt rather faint-hearted as lie stood
on the steps before going in. Tlmj
chances are. he would not have had tin
courage to announce himself if hi ;
fi.eiid \\ en* v oil h had not been with
him. 'ieorgc, however, had no such
qualms, and was much more used to
thi kind of thing than his comrade
Ho they v .-'fit in together arid were
warmly greeted by the younp hostess. I
"It is j-o kind of you to eor:ie f * # she j
Said, "0., such short notice. I was |
afraid you might have had some prior j
engagement a;. I would have found i» '
lnijjo ible to ;. r et b' re."
"You intr t not think that of me." 1
said Went worth. "I was certain to !
come; but I mu.it. confess mv friend j
Kenyon here v rather difficult t'. |
manage. He seem - to frown on fusli
ionablu as: emblogcs, and actually had !
the coolness to propose that we should j
both haw prior engagements."
Edith looked reproachfully at Kei.
yon, who flushed to the temples, as j
w as usual with him, and said;
"N'oiv.W' ntworth, that is unfair. You
mu t not mind what he says, Miss hong-
o»,a; ne IIKCS to Dimg confusion 011
me, and he knows how to do it. I cer
tainly said nothing about a prior en
frarrpment."
"Well, now you are here, I hope you
-.vill enjoy yourselves. It lv quite ai
informal little gathering, with noth
ing to abash even Mr. Kenyon."
They found younp Long-worth there
in company with Melville, who was to
1-e his companion on the voyage. He
»'.<iok hands, but without exhibiting
tie pl< nsure at meeting them which his
' cousin had shown.
"MY eousin," said the younar man.
: "seems resolved to make the poing' of
| the prodigal nephew an occasion for
, the fatted calf I'm sure I
I don't know v hy, uuless that she is
j giml to be rid of me for a month."
Edi*h laughed at thi ; and left the
I ni en together. Wentwjarth soon eon-
I tri\ed to inake himself very npreeable
| to the young ladies who were present'
I but John, it must be admitted, felr
j awkward and out of place. He was
, not ci, joying bin ' -If. He caught hiin
| self now and then following Edith
I.i "irworth with his eyes; and when lie
i realized he was doin r r h** abruptly
looked at the tioor. In her handsome
evening dress she appeared su
premely lovely, and thin John Ken
yon admitted to himself with a
sigh, for her very loveliness seemed
to place her further and further
away from him. Somebody played
something on the piano, and this was,
in a way, a respite for John. He felt
that nobody was looking al him. Then
a yonng man pa-.e a recitaliou, which
was very well received, and Kenyon be
gan to forget his uneasiness. A Ger
Inan gentleman with long hair sat
down at the piano with a good deal of
importance in his demeanor. There
was much arranging of music, and,
finally, when the lea\es were settled to
his satisfaction, there was a tremendous
crash of chords, the beginningof what
was evidently going to be a troublesome
time for the piano. In the midst of this
hurricane of sound John Kenyon be
came aware that Edith Longworth hud
sat down beside him.
"I have got every one comfortably
settled with every one else," she said
in a. whisper to him. "and you seem to
be the only one who is, as it were, out
ir the cold, 1 • 1 you See I have done you
the honor to come and talk Ut you
"It i.< indeed an honor," said John,
earnestly.
"Oh. really," said the younp woman,
laughing very sof 1)3-, "yon nm: t not
Ink' things so • riously. 1 didn't mean
quite what T said, yon know - thn; was
only as trie children say, 'pretended,'
but v on take one's lifrht remarks as if
they were most weiphi.v senlrnees.
Now, you must look as if you were en
tertaining me charmingly, whereas I
have sat down beside you to hue a
very few minutes' talk on business. I
know it's very bad form to lull, busi
ness at an evening party, but you see I
have 110 other chance to speak to you.
I understand you have had several
meetings of shareholders, and vet you
never sent me an invitation, although
I told you that I wished to help you in
forming a company, but that is the way
you business men always treat a
woman."
"Really, Miss Longworth," began
Kenyon, but she speedily interrupted
him.
"I am not going to let you make any
explanation. I have come over'here to
enjov scolding you, and I am not to lie
cheated out of my pleasure."
"I think," said John, "if you knew
huv. inueli I have suffered (lu_..'ntf this
last day or two, yoa v on id be veiy
lenient with me. Did you read that ar
ticle uj-on luc in the Financial Field?"
"No; I did not, but I re.,'l your reply
to it this morning, and 1 think it- was
excellent."
"Ah, that was hardly f:i!r. A person
should rca<i both .'ides of the question
before passing judgment."
"It i . a woman's idea of fairness,"
said Edith, "to read what pertains to
1% JL?L
tJL * % h 5
f ■ \
- j- '
ir.» *«.
" Wi/y do you not u > U> Am^rlcaP**
her friend, and to form her judgment
without hearing the other sitle. But
you must not think I am going to fore
go scolding you because of luy sympa
thy for you. Don't you n niemberyour
promises to let xne know how ycur
company was getting on from lirife to
time, and here 1 have never heard a
word from you; now tell me how you
have been getting on."
"1 hardly know, but I think we are
getting on very well, indeed. Yon
know, of course, that \ our cousin is go
ing to America to report upon the
mine. As I have stated nothing but
what is perfectly true about the prop
erty, there can be no question as to
what that report will be, r=.o it seems to
me everything is goingon nicely."
"Why do you not go to America?"
"Ah! well, I ain an Interested party,
and those who are thinking of going
with us have my report already. !tfs
necccKsary to corroborate that. When
It is corroborated I expect we shall
.have no trouble in forming a com
pany."
"And was William chosen by those
men to go to Canada?"
"He was not exactly chosen; he vol
unteered. Mr. Melville, here, was the
one who was chosen."
"And why Mr. Melville, more than
you, for instance?"
"Well, as I said, I am out. of the ques
tion because I am 1111 interested parly.
Melville is a man connected with china
works, and, as such, in a measure, an
expert."
"Is Mr. Melville a friend of yours?"
"No, he Is not. I never saw him until
he came to the meeting."
"lio you know," she said, lowering her
voice and bending toward him, "that
I do not like Mr. Melville's face?"
Kenyon glanced at M--l\illc, who wea
at 1 he ui her side of the l oom, and Edit h
went on: "You must not look at people
when 1 mention them in that way, ot
j they will know we are talking about
i tin ui. I do not like his face. He is too
handsome a MNII, and I Uyii't like liand
j some men."
"Don't you, really?" said John,
j "Then you ought .0 -" I'oiLh Itiughcd
I softly, a low, musical laugh that was
j not henrd above the piano din, and was
! intended for John alone, and to hi*:
I ears it was the sweetest inusic he had
ever heard.
"I know what you were going to say,"
! she snid; "you were going to say that
i in that case 1 ought to like you. Well,
1 do; that is why 1 am taking such an
interest in your mine, and in your
friend, Mr. Went worth. And so my
coni-in volunteered to go to Canada-'
Now, I think you ought to go your
self."
"Why?" said Kenyon, startled that
she should have touched the point that
had been discussed between WentwortU
and himself.
"I can only give you a woman's rea
son, "because I do.' It seems to me
you ought, to i>e there to know what
they report at the time tht\v do re}>ort
Perhaps they won't understand the
mine without your explanation, aud
then, you see, an adverse report might
come back in (>erfeeT g0..:! faith. i
think you OI:;;!;I to LO to America, Mr.
Kenyon."
"That is just w hat (Jeorge Wentwort.'i
says."
"Docs he? I alway thought he w&« ]
a very sensible young man, and now I ■
am EUIV of it. Well, ' must not stay ;
: here gossiping w.'h you on business. J
I see the proie- or i s going to liais'n, ,
; and so I shall have to look after my
other guests. If I don't see you pgaiu I
| this ev ug, or have another oppor
tunitv of speaking with you, think over
I what- I have said." And then, with the
• most, charniin "' hypocrisy, the young
woman thar' ed the professor for the, ,
music to which she had not listened iu j
"Well, how did you enjoy yourself?" 1
!:n:d Wentworth, when they had got j
outside again. It was a clear, star |
I't/-ht niirhT. anil they had resolved tc I
walk home together.
'I -. ' ivcd myself very well, indeed," j
answered Kenyon; "much better than
1 expected. It was a little awkward at
first, but I got over that."
"I noticed you did —with help."
"Yes, 'with help.' "
"If you are inclined to rave, John,
now that we are under the stars, re
member 1 nm a close confidant and a
sympathetic listen -r. I should like to
I.ear yo;. rave. Just to learn how an ex
asperatingly sensible man acts under
the mania."
"I shall not rave about anything,
tieorge, but I will tell you something.
I 11111 going to Canada."
"Ahldid she speak about that?"
"She did."
"And, of course, her advice at once
decides the matter, after my most
cogent arguments have failed."
"Don't be offended, George, but—it
does." .
CHAPTER XIX.
"What name, please?"
"Tell Mr. Wentw orlh a lady wishes to
see him."
The boy departed rather dubiously,
for he knew that his uiessnire was de
cidedly irregular in a bns'ne. ,: 'i office.
People should give their names.
"A lady to see you, sir," he said to
Wentworth, antl then, just as the boy
h:u! expected, his employer wanted to
know the lady'.-, name. Ladies are not
frequent visitors at the offices of an
accountant in the city, so Wentworth
touched his collar and tie to make sure
they were in their correct position,
and, wondering who the. lady was,
asked the boy to show her in.
"How do you do, Mr. Wentworth?"
she said, brightly, advancing toward
his table and holding out her hand.
Wentworth caught his breath, took her
extended hand somewhat limply, then
he pulled himself together and said:
"This is an unexpected pleasure, Misa
Brewster."
Jennie blushed very prettily and
laughed a laugli tlmt Wentworth
thought was like a little ripple of mu
sic from a mellow flute.
"It may lie unexpected," she said,
"but you don't look a bit like a man
suffering from an overdose of pure joy.
You didn't ejtp-'-ot to see me, did you'/*'
"I did not, out, now that you arc
here, may T ask in what way I can serve
you?"
"Well,.ln the first place yon may ask
me to take a chair, and in the second
place you may sit down yourself, for
I have come to have a long talk with
you."
The prosjieet did not seem to be so
nllurine' to Wen'lworth as one might
have ,1 :! when the announcement
was n,:.de by a girl ; > pretty and dressed
in . ii'-h exquisite taste, but. the young
man promptly offered her a chair, anil
then sut down with the (able between
them. She placed lu'.r parasol arid a
few trinkets s'i:- had been carrying on
the table, arranging tlieni with some
cure; then, having given him time to
recover from his surprise, she flashed a
look at him that sent a thrill to the
! Anger tips of the young man. Yet a
j danger understood Is a danger half
i overcome; and Wentworth, uncon
| sciously drawing n deep breath, nerved
' himself against any recurrence of a
feeling he had been trying to forget,
with but indifferent success, saying
grimly, but only half convincingly, to
himself: "You are not going to fool me
II second time, my girl, lovely as you
nre."
A glimmer of a smile hovered about
the red lips of a girl, a smile hardly
perceptible, but giving an effect to her
cleiir complexion, as if a sunbeam had
| crept into the room and its reflection
had lit up her face.
"I have come to apologize, Mr. Went*
| worth," she said at last. "1 find It n
very d'fHcult thing to do, and, as I don't
know j 11st. how to begin, I'll plunge
right into it."
"You don't need to apologize to me
! for anything. Miss Brewster," replied
Wentworth rather stifllv.
"Oh, yes, I do. Don't make it harder
I than it. Is by being too frigidly polite
i rbout it, but say you accept the
apologv, and that you're sorry —no —I
don't mean that—l should say that,
you're sure I'm sorry, and that you
know I won't do it again."
Wentworth laughed, and Miss
Brewster joined him.
"There," she said, "that's ever so
I much better. I suppose you've been
•• I w»nt you to toll »u<; Mouiemlmr about your
mine."
j thinking hard things of ine ever sines
j we last met."
! "I've tried to," replied Wentworth.
".Now that's what I call honest; be- |
sides 1 like the implied compliment. 1 I
. think IL'M very neat, indeed. I'm r« ally
j very, very borry that 1 -that things '
I happened u.> they did. I wouldn't havj j
1 blamed you if you had ui eil exceeding- I
• ly strong language ul*out it- at the
| time."
I "I must confess that I did."
"All," said Jennie, with a fiigh, "you
I men have so many comforts denied to
! us women. Hut I came here for an- ■
i other purpose; if I had merely wanted \
| to upologi/.c 1 think I would have writ
ten. I want Mime Information which
j you can give me, if you like."
The youiif.'' woman ret:ted lier elbow* '•
I
on tno table, with her chin in her
bands, gazing across at him earnestly
and innocently. Poor George felt tha*.
it would be impossible to refuse any
thing of those large beseeching eyes.
"I want you to tell me about your
mine."
All the geniality that had gradually
come into Wentworth's face and man
ner vanished instantly.
' this is the old business over
again,' 'l.
"How cau j. «?;v that!" cried
Jennie, reproachfe • asking
for my own satisfaction i-uii.v . . :.d
not for my paper. Besides, 1 tell you
; frankly what 1 want to know, an 1
i don't try to get it by indirect means—
by false pretenses—as you once said."
"How can you expect me to give you
information that does not belong t i
me : ';e? I have no right to speak of
! r business which concerns others with
out their permission."
"Ah. then there are at least two others
concerned in the mine," said Jennie,
gleefully. "Kenyon is one, 1 know,
i wli the other?"
"Miss Brewster, 1 will tell you noth
! ing."
"But you have told 111 c something al
i ready, l'lease go 011 and talk, Mr.
I Wentworth -about anything you like
I —and 1 shail soon lind out all I want to
I know about the mine."
j Sue paused, but Wentworth re
mained silent, which, indeed, the be
wildered young man realized was the
only safe thing to do.
"They speak of the talkativeness of
women," Miss Brewster went on, as if
soliloquizing, "but it is nothing to that
of the men. Once set 11 man talking
and you learn everything he knows —
besides ever so much more that he
doesn't."
Miss Brewster hi.d abandoned her
very talkative attitude, with its sug
gestion of confidential relations, and
had removed her elbows from the ta
ble, sitting now back iu her chair gaz
ing drepinilv at the dingy window
which let the light in from the dingy
court. She seemed to have forgott*in
that Wentworth was there, and said
more to herself than to him:
"I wonder if Kenyon would tell me
about the mine?"
"You might ask him."
"No, It wouldn't do any good," she
continued, gently shaking her head,
"lie's one of your silent men, and there
are so few of them in this world I Per
haps I k: 1 better go to William Long
worth himself; he is not suspicious of
mo."
And as she said this she threw jx
quick glance at Wentworth, nnrl the
unfortunate young man's face at once
told her that she had hit the mark.
She bent her brow over the table and
laughed with" such evident enjoyment
that Wentworth, in spite of his help
less anger, smiled grimly.
Jenuie raised her head, but the sight
of his perplexed countenance was too
much for her, and it was some time be
fore her merriment allowed her to
speak. At last she said:
"Wouldn't you like to take me by the
shoulders and put me out of the room.
Mr. Wentworth?"
"I'd like to take you by the shoulders
and shake you."
"Ah! that would be taking a liberty,
and could not be permitted. We must
leave punishment to the law,you know,
although 1 do think a man should be
allowed to turn an objectionable visit
or into the street."
"Miss Brewster." cried the young
roan, earnestly, lenninjf over the tabic
toward her, "why don't you abandQn
your horrible inquisitorial profession
and put your undoubted talents to
some other use?"
"What, for instance?"
"Oh—anytliiiiK-"
Jennie rested lier fair cheek against
her open palm again and looked at the
dingy window. There was a long si
lence between them. Wentworth wua
absorbed in watching iier clear-cut, pro
file and lier white throat, his breath
quickening as lie feasted his eyes 011
her beauty.
"1 have always pot angry," she said,
at last, in a low voice, with the quiver
of a suppressed sigh in it, "when other
people have said that to me—l wonder
why it is I merely feel hurt and sad
when you say it? It is so ensy to say,
'oh —anything'—so easy—so easy. You
are a man, with the strength aud de
termination of a man, yet you have
met with disappointments and obsta
cles that have required all your cour
age to overcome. Every man has, and
with moat men it is a light until the
head is gray and the brain weary with
the ceaseless struggle. The world is
utterly merciless; it will trample you
down relentlessly if it can, and if your
vigilance relaxes for a moment it will
steal your crust und leave you to starve.
When I think of this Incessant, sullen
contest, with 110 quarter given or taken,
1 shudder and pray that 1 muy ilie be
fore I am at the mercy of the pitiless
world. When I came to Lontlon I saw
for the first time in my life that bodi
less melancholy promenade of the
sandwich men, human wreckage drift
ing along the edge of the street, as
If they had been east up there by the
rushing tide sweeping past them.
Tliey—they seemed to me like a tot
tering procession of the dend —and on
their backs was the announcer: ut of
a play that was making all London
roar with laughter- the awful comeOy
and tragedy of it! Well, 1 simply
couldn't stand itl I had to run up a
side street and cry like the little fool
I was, right in broad daylight."
Jenuie paused and tried to laugh, but
the effort ended in a sound suspiciously
like a sob, and sliu dashed her hand,
•with quick impatience, across her
eyes, from which Wentworth had never
taken liis own, watching them dim as
the light from the window pro>'«id too
strong for them, anil finally fill as she
ceased to sjieak. Searching ineffectual
ly about her dress for u handkerchief,
which lay on the table Ix.-side her para
sol, unnoticed by cither, Jenuie went
on, with some difficulty:
"Well, these jK>or, forlorn creatures
were ouco men—men who had gone
down, and if the world is <»o hard on
a man, with nil his strength and re
sourcefulness, think —think what it is
for a woman to lie thrown into this
inhuman human turmoil —a woman
without friends without money—
Hung umong these relentless wolves
to live if she can —or—to die —if she
can."
'J'he girl's voice broke, and she burled
luer face in her arms, which rested on
I thu table.
■ Wentworth sprang to Ids feet and
j came round to where she sut.
"Jennie," lie said, putting his hand
011 her shoulder.
! The girl, without looking up, shook
j off tli' hand that touched her.
"Go back lo your place!" sho cried,
iu a smothered voice. "Leave me
alone!"
"Jennie," persisted Wentworth.
The. young woman ro«e from her
chair and faced him, stepping back a
• pace.
"Don't you hear what I say? Go
back aud sit down. 1 ennui here to
talk business; not to make a fi>ol of
myself. It's all your fault, and 1 hate
you for it—you aud your silly ques
tions."
Hut the young man stood where he
•.vos, in spite of the dangerous sjiarkle
that lit up his visitor's wet ayes. A
frown gathered on his brow.
"Jennie," he said, slowly, "arc you
playing with me again?"
The swift anger That blazed up !n her
face, reddening her cheeks, dried the
tears.
"How dr_re you say such a thing to
me?" she cried, hotly. "Do you flatter
yourself that because I came here to
talk business, 1 have also some personal
interest in you? Surely even your self
conceit doesn't run so far as that.'"
Wentworth stood silent, and Miss
Brewster picked up her parasol, scat
' tering. in her haste, the other articles
on the tloor. If she expected Went
worth to put them on the table again
: she was disappointed, for. although
his eyes were upon her, his thoughts
were far away uj:on the Atlantic ocean.
"I sliall not stay here to l>e insulted,"
she cried, resentfully, bringing Went
worth's thoughts lack with a rush to
l-ondon again. "It is intolerable that
you should use such an expression to
inc. ['laying with you, indeed!"
"1 had no intention of insultmg you.
Miss Brewster."
"What is it but an insult to such
a phrase? It implies that 1 either
care for you or—"
"And do you?"
"Do I what?"
"Do you care for me?"
Jennie shook out the lace fringes of
lier parasol and smoothed them with
sonic precision. Her eyes were bent
on what she wasdoing,«nd consequent
ly they did not meet those of her ques
tioner.
"I care for you as a friend, of course,"
she said, at hist, still giving much at'
tentioii to the parasol. "If I had not
looked on you as a friend I would not
have come here to consult with you,
would I?"
"No. I supi>ose not. Well, lam sorry
I used the words that displeased you,
and now, if you will permit it, we will
go on with the consultation."
"It wasn't a pretty tiling to say."
"I'm afraid I'm not good at saying
pretty things."
"You used to lie." The parasol be
ing arranged to her liking she glanced
up at him. "Still you said you were
sorry, and that's all a man can say—or a
woman either, for that's what 1 said
myself when I came in. Now, if you
will pick up those things from the
floor —thanks —we will talk about the
mine."
Wentworth seated himself in his
chair again and said:
"Well, what is it you wish to know
about the mine?"
"Nothing at all."
"But you said you wanted Informa
tion."
"What a funny reason to give! And
how a man misses all the fine points
of a conversation! No; just because I
asked for information, you might have
known that It was what I really want
ed."
"I'm afraid I'm very stupid. I hate
to ask boldly what you did want, but
1 would like to know."
"I want a vote of confidence. I told
you I was sorry because of a certain
episode. I wanted to see. if you trust
ed me, and I found you didn't. There."
"I think that was hardly a fair test.
Y'ou see the facts did not belong to me
nlone."
Miss Brewster sighed, and slowly
shook her head.
"That wouldn't have made the least
<lif?< renco l£ yon h«-"l really trusted me."
"Oh, I say! You couldn't expect a
man to—"
"Yes, I could."
"What, merely a friend?"
Miss Brewster nodded.
"Well, all I can say," remarked Went
worth, with a laugh, "is that friend
ship has made greater strides in the
states than it has in this country."
Before Jennie could reply the useful
boy knocked at the door and brought in
a tea tray, which he placed before his
master, then silently dejwirted, closing
the door noiselessly.
"May I offer you a cup of tea?"
"l'lease. What a curious custom this
drinking of tea is in business offices.
I think I shall write an article on 'A
Nation of Tea Tipplers.' If I were on
enemy to England, instead of being its
greatest friend, 1 would descend with
my army on this country between the
hours of four and live in the afternoon,
and so take the population unawares
while it was drinking tea. What would'
you do if the enemy came down on youi
during such a sacred national cere
mony?"
"I would offer her u cup o< tea," re
plied Wentworth, suiting the action to
the phrase.
"Mr. Wentworth," sold the girl, arch-
Jy, "you're improving. That remark
was distinctly good. Still, you must
remember that 1 come as a friend, not
as an enemy. Did you ever read the
'l3abes in the Wood ?' It is a most in
structive but pathetic work of fiction.
You remember the wicked uncle, sure
ly. Well, you and Mr. Kenyon remind
me of the babes, poor, innocent, little
things, and Loudon—^this part of it—•
is the dark and }>uthless forest. lam
the bird hoierlng about you, waiting to
cover you with leaves. The leaves, to
do any ought to be checks flutter
ing down on you, but, alas! I haven't
any. If negotiable checks only grew
on trees, life would not be so difficult."
Miss Brewster sipped her tea pensive
ly, and Wentworth listened to tha
luusical murmur of her voice, which
had such an entrancing effect on him,
tha Jic paid less heed to what she sai l
than man should when a lady is speuk
iiij#. The tea drinking had added u
touch of domesticity to the tete-a-tete
that rather went to the head of th-j
young man. He clinched and un
clinclied his hand out of sight under
the table and felt the moisture on his
palm. He hoped he would be able to
retain control over himself, but the
difficulty of his task almost overcome
him w hen she now and then appealed
to him with glance or gesture, and he
felt as if he must cry out: "My girl, my
girl, don't do that, if you expect me to
stay where 1 am."
"I see you are not paying the slight
est attention to what 1 am saying," she
said, pushing the cup from her. She
rested her arms on the table, leaning
slightly forward, and turning her face
full upon him. "I can tell by your
eyes that you are thinking of some
thing else."
"I assure you," said George, drawing
a deep breath, "I am listening with in
tense interest."
"Well, that's right, for what I am
going to say is important. Now, t>
i wake you up, I will first tell you nil
j ahout your mine, so that you will under
stand 1 did not need to ask anyone for
| information regarding it."
Here, to Wentworth'* astonishment,
| she gave a rapid and necurate sketch of
the negotiations and arrangements be
tween the three partners and the pres
«iit position of affairs.
"How do you know all this?" he
' asked.
"Never mind that, and you mustn't
ask how I know what 1 am now going
to tell you, but you must believe it im
plicitly und act upon it promptly,
j Long worth is foolinjf both you and
1 Kenyon. Ho Is making time, so that
No o
.your option will run out; then ho wl]|
l>av cash for the mine at the original
price, and you and Kenyon will be left
to i>ay two-thirds of the debt Incurred.
Whore is Kenyon?"
"He hns gone to America."
"That's good. Cable him to get the
option renewed. You can then try to
form the company yourselves In Lou
don. If he can't obtain a renewal, you
have very littie time to get the cash to
gether, and if you are not able to do
that then you lose everything. Thiß
is what ! fame to tell you, although I
have been a lons' time about it. Now I
must fro."
She rose, gathered her belongings
from the table, and stood with the para
sol pressed against her. Wentworth
came around to where she was stand
ing, his face paler than usual, probably
because of the news he had heard. One
hand was grasped tightly around one
wTist In front of him. He felt that he
should thank her for what 6he had
done, but his lips were dry and some
how the proper words were not at hi 3
command.
She, holding her fragile lace-fringed
parasol against her with one art \ was
adjusting her long neatly-fitting • ' >ve,
which she had removed before t. u. A
button, one of many, was dlffi nit to
fasten, and as she endeavored to ; ut it
in its place her sleeve fell away, i iiow
ing a round white ann above the glove.
"You see," she said, a little bictith
leesly, her eyes upon her glove, "it Is a
very serious situation, and time is of
great importance."
"I realize that."
"It would l>e such a pity to lose
everything now, when you have had so
much trouble and worry."
"It would."
"And I think that whatever is done
should be done quickly. Yon dhotlld
act at once and with energy."
"I am convinced that is so."
"Of course it is. You are of too trust
ing a nature; you should be more sus
picious, then you wouldn't be tricked
as you liave been."
"No. The trouble is I have been too
suspicions, but that is past. I won't
be again."
"What are you talking about?" she
said, looking quickly up at him.
"Don't you know youil lose the tnine
if—"
"Ilang the mine!" he cried, flinging
his wristfree and clasping her to him be
fore she could step back or move from
her place. "There is something more
important than mines or money."
The parasol broke with a sharp snap,
and the girl murmured: "Oh,"'but the
murmur was faint.
"Never mind the parasol," he said,
pulling it from between them and toss
ing it aside. "I'll get you another."
"lleeklcss man I" she gasped. "You
little know how much it cost. And I
And ru be Lady Wentworth yet"
think, you know, I ought to have been
consulted—in an—ln an affair of this
kind—George."
"There was no time. I acted uj>on
your own advice —promptly. Y'ou are
not angry, Jennie, my dear girl, are
you ?"
"I sttppo :e I'm not, though I think
I ought to l>e, especially as I know only
too well that I held my heart in my
hand the whole time, almost offering it
to you. I hope you won't treat it as
you have treated the sunshade."
lie kissed her for answer.
"You see," she said, putting his neck
tie straight, "I liked you from the very
first, far more than I knew at the time.
If you—l'm not trying to justify my
self, you know —but if you had—well
just coaxed me a little yourself, I would
ne\er have sent that cable message.
You seemed to give up everything, and
you sent Kenyon to me, and that made
me angry. I expected you to come
back to me, but you never came."
"I was a stupid fool. I always am,
when I get a fair chance."
"Oh, no, you're not, but you do need
some one to take care of you."
She suddenly held him at arm's
length from her.
"You don't imagine for a moment,
George Wentworth, that I came here to
day for—for tills."
"Certainly m»t," cried the honest
young man with much indignant
fervor, drawing her again toward him.
"Then it's all right. I couldn't bear
to have you think such a thing, espaciol
ly—well, I'll tell you why, some day.
13ut Ido wish you had a title. Do they
ever ennoble accountants in this coun
try, George?"
"No, they knight only rich fools."
"Oh, T'rn so glad of that, for you'll
get rich on the mine, and I'll be Lady
Wentworth yet."
She drew his head down until her
laughing lii>s touched his.
[TO SB COTT!*U*».J
The New Woman In Polities.
The dark-haired candidate for pres
ident of the Amalgamated Women's
CIUIMS had made the direct assertion
that the auburn-haired candidate once
took in washing for a living.
"There is more than one way to nail
a eam]>algn lie!" exclaimed the auburn
haired candidate, briskly scratohinf tho
other's face.—Chicago Tribune.
The Mcorrher.
"Why do they call a fast bicycle rider
u scorcher, papa?"
"Because he goes a hot pace, makes
pedestrians boiling mad, warms up tho
police and vets roasted in court. The
scorcher thinks It a burning shame."—
Detroit Free Press.
In H«arrh of Information*
"I'd like 1o ask one tiling," said the
cross lniarder.
"What is It, please?" usked the land
lady.
"How did you get this steak cooked
so hard without even getting it hot?"
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
K*en That.
"Ah!" sighed the disconsolate wife,
"marriage Is a sad, sail failure."
"Haven't you realized your hopes in
wedded life?" asked a sympathetic
friend.
"No; ever, my bridal veil was Illu
sion."—Washington Times.
At Midnight.
Mrs. Brown (in an awed whisper)—
Bh-h! 1 hear a burglar in the pantry.
I believe he is going to steal the cake
I cooked to-day.
• Air. Brown (sleepily)—l'oor devil, ho
have M family, to^. —Up-to-lJatft.