'AGE SIX THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1912. A BIG FIND But It Proved to Be a Burden I I By REGINALD D. HEKON 2 My Interview with Hdtth's father was a stormy one He pave me to iiiidei'Htiuid that 1 could hare no daughter of his; tluit if I persuaded Kdlth to murry 1110 without his con sent he would never recognize either nt' us any more than If we were stran gers to him, nnd that the results of our folly and EdlUi'a ingratitude must he endured without nny assistance whatever from him. "What kind of a young man are you," he thundered, "for n gentleman to give his daughter to? Ah poor as n church mouse, you have come here in II hired carriage to see me." "Yes," I retorted, "and I'll go away in the carriage in which I came." "And 1 hope you'll stay away." We turned our backs upon each oth er, he to go into another room, I to go out and get Into the cab. 1 saw Kdlth at an upper window with a pained expression on her face. She kissed her hand to me. and 1 waved mine to her. Then 1 got Into the cab, shut the door witli a bang and was driven away. As It happened I sat down on the left side of the carriage, whereas I had come on the right side. The seat was uneven, but I was too hot from my recent interview to notice it for some time. Presently without getting my mind off the latter I endeavored to arrange the former. The hump re mained. I aroee and lifted the cush ion. There lay a package about scTcn Inches long by three wide, the wrapper being brown paper. 1 was not so ab sorbed In having been refused the girl I loved but that I removed it and levelled a package of bank bills. The one on top was of the denomination of $100. The next was $1,000, the next S'iOO, and so on of mixed denomina tions to the end.. I counted $50,000 in all. Here was a And a big find a deuced 1 g llnd. It would bo impossible to give the confusion of thoughts pass lug through my mind. I had stumbled upon the wherewithal to recoup. I dill, would yet be mine. Would the owner of the bills turn up? What vmld be the outcome? These were a few of the flashes upon my brain, but give only a faint picture of the tur iurII there. I can ouly say in justice to r.vself that almost Instantly all gave way to the fact that the money was not mine and its owner must be found. I Hiring the next few days I bought every newspaper Issued in the city where I lived and had found the bills, not doubting that their loss would be advertised. When the next morning after I had found them I saw no no tice of them I was surprised. When on the second morning no notice ap peared I was astonished, nnd on tho third morning, having gone through with a dozen newspapers without find ing what I looked for, I was amazed. On the morning of the eighth dny I received a telegram from my college chum. Floury Unrker: Como at once. The position Is vacant and cannot remain so forty-eight bourn. This was In response to a letter I had written a few days before to Har ker. who had succeeded his father as president of u large manufacturing es tablishment, asking him to give me a Job. I am not one to go buck on my proposition and began at once my hurried preparation to leave. But Vthat should I do with the bills I had found? Acting on tho principle "the least said the soonest mended," I had kept the matter to myself and the money under lock and key, I being the only one who knew where. I must act at once. I thought of depositing the bills in u bank. No; that wouldn't do at all. Fifty thousaud dollars of a stranger's money in one's possession Involved danger. It might land the tinder in jail. To give it to a friend for safe keeping would require deposit ing tho secret with him at tho same time. I spent hours turning over differ ent plans and finally settled on the following: 1 went to a safety deposit company and rented a box. it was the last thing I did before taking a train, and 1 was in a dreadful hurry. My plan was to use an assumed name, but in tho hurry of preparation I had not settled upon a name. When the cus todian, an old man, took out his book and asked "What name?" I gave him the first that came Into my head Ous tiivus Hall Williams. Ho wrote it down; handed me the key to the box; went with me to tho vault. I put away the bills, turned the key nnd for the tlrst time since I had found them felt relieved. Harker put me in n position that 1 had not been prepared to till. He said he knew I could learn tho duties as I went along. I did learn them, but my mind was fixed on theiu to the exclti lion of everything else. I thought of the fortune locked up in the safe de posit company once In awhile, but since there was nothing concerning it to think about more than when 1 left It my mental duellings upon It were very brief nnd less and less frequent. 1 had paid a year's rental for the box ami given an address that did not exist, fio 1 was not troubled with any com tnunicatlouH from tho company to re mind me of it. To tell the truth, I was more luter- pfded In Edith Ford than In some one el no's money which had fallen Into my posticssioh and which Instead of being n blessing was a burden, Harker ad vanced me rapidly. Kdlth remained true to me, and her father, baring been agreeably disap pointed In me, consented to our mar riage. All was ready for tho nuptials when one day n shabby man with a hangdog look about him came Into the olilce and asked to sec me. "This is Mr. George WlnchellJ" ho nsked. "That's my name." He took n dirty paper from his pock et, to which he referred, and said: "On the 112th of Norcmber, 11), John Flynn, drlrlng cab No. 58, took up a fare at the door of the Unlrerslty club nnd drore the gentlemati to 1M0 Sum mit avenue" "Never mind the rest of that," I said. "Tell If you are looking for any thing that was lost." Tho man appeared 111 at case. "Please don't speak so loud, sir. If you are the man who was driven that day in that cab from the University club to" "I was. Go on." "You may have found a package of bills." "I did." At this point the man hesitated, and, seeing that ho was not getting on with his revelation, I took him to a prlvato room and said: "Now, out with it." After much trouble I learned that he had got tho money I bn8 found from a gentleman to carry somewhere nnd had hired a cab for the purpose. Not daring to take tho blll out of the cab when he alighted, fearing an arrest, he left it under the Peat, taking note of the cab's number. He was arrested for baring stolen an overcoat and was sent to prison for a year. He had re cently been discharged, somo time hav ing been taken off his atay for good be havior, and had communicated with the man from whom ho had got the bills, nnd the two had set about trac ing them. The person who had employ ed him to carry the money was a caBh ler of some Institution, from which he had purloined It. I hnd had enough of the matter and agreed to a plan by which the amount could be returned to Its rightful own ers, they paying the rascals a small sum and guaranteeing their Immunity from prosecution. All the details had been arranged when it occurred to me that I had rented tho box In which I had deposited it In a fictitious name. What name? I could no more re member than I could repeat the book of Job. As soon as I could get away from my duties I took a train for my for mer home nnd on arrival drove to the safe deposit company nnd asked for the custodian. A young man stepped forward, and I asked for the old gen tleman who had rented me a box about a year before. He had died five months ago and the young man had been put in his place. My story as to tho renting of the box was told that I had not given my own name and had forgotten the assumed one. 1 was informed that 1 would find the number of tho box on my key, but I replied that, having been fearful of losing the key, I had put It In a very safe place, but where 1 had also forgotten. Then tho custodian looked grave. The money must remain where It was till I produced the name or the key. What was I to do? I had acknowl edged that I had found the lost bills and still had tbem in my possession. 1 was bound to restore them, and if I didn't I would bo sued for them and likely prosecuted criminally. Being about to be married, 1 was in an ag ony of fear lest the matter should come out and be printed in the news papers on the eve of my wedding. 1 went to Harker, who was more like a brother to me than an employ er, and told him of tho fix 1 was In. While he was ready to do anything for me in Ills power, there seemed to bo nothing definite for him to do. Ho could not help showing n slight suspi cion. This revealed to me tlint my story was not very credible. I was in agony. Meanwhile the parties con cerned began to grow suspicious of me. Then I was told that if I didn't pay over the mdney at onco I would be arrested. I realized that I must rulse 550,000 or go to jail, besidos losing Kdlth. I asked how long a time I would be given for the purpose and was told that I could have a week. I laid the matter licfore Hurker, and his nfTectlou for me conquered his doubts and his indisposition to pay out for me ?.r0,000 that he might nover get back. He drew a check for the money, payable to me, and I turned it over to the persons who were hounding me. But I realized that a wedge had been introduced between me and Harker that would uot bo removed uutll I could return the money ho had put up for me. A few days boforo the wedding I went on n visit to Kdlth to coufess to her tlio Incubus resting upon me. 1 told her the story, to which she listen ed eagerly mid, when 1 had finished, said: "I wonder if what I have upstalrt that you sent me long ago has any thing to do with the matter." "What did I send you?" Instead of replying she left mo and In a few minutes returned with a box uf trinkets, through which she began to hunt. There were bits of old Jew elry nnd odds nnd ends of all kinds. Presently she took out a little fiat bit of metal with Irregular teeth on one side. I made n dive for It, nnd, hold ing It up, 1 saw stumped on it tho number MM!. Then, like n flash, I re membered having sent n duplicate koy of my safe deposit box 1 had been jlveu two to Kdlth to keep for mo in uibu I should lose tho ouo I retained. EVERYDAY WAISTS. They May B Charmingly Altered With La 00 Coat. l X JM WllXf Bil l RWTJTEMATED AFTER NOOK BUTT. This clover little coat of lace and net dresses up an afternoon suit of blue worsted In a delightful fashion. There is a coat of the woolen stuff, nnd the bodice Is of blue chiffon, stitched with white silk. Engagement Announcement. There were twelve girls In a neigh borhood who had grown up together, and tho first ouo to become engaged mado the announcement in this way: Her elder sister wrote a brief history of hor life on cards, one for each guest, which made eleven, placed each card in an envelope dtcorated with cuplds and hearts and the name of the guest, so they served as place cards But they were asked not to open the envelopes until after the dessert had been served. Of course this piqued the curiosity of nil present and kept up a lively fire of conversation. Then the girl at the right of tho hostess was askod to open and read her card, which told of a little girl and her Qrst arrival hi the village and her first day at school. Tho next gave another In cident, and so on until tho maiden was brought to her debut and her meeting with n certain man The last card left off just right for the hostess to slip on her engagement sparkler, and so tho deiouement was made. Center piece was a loving cup filled with pink roses nnd forgetmcnots, which were divided among the guests, and the cup filled with claret cup or grape Juice, and all drank a standing toast to the happy bride to be This method is only practical where all know the bride well, and tho fun depends upon tho clever telling of tho story, bringing out episodes with which all are familiar Useful Flashlight. A useful little article Is a pocket flashlight. This is made on the order of the tungsten light and cau bo had In nickel or solid silver. It is con trlved to slip Into a man's pocket or a woman's bag so that In evening calls a card could bo read or a number soen or one's wutch looked at on any such small emergency, it Is about the size of a match box and the press button is of an artificial Jewel, a ruby or turquoise, which adds to the gen eral appearance of the article. In silver these cost $0 or $7 and are en graved; in nickel they can bo had for tl or $2- The tungsten lights are from about $1.50 up. Many people who live In a country house where there Is no electricity use them to go up and down stairs In the dark or to have by their bedside so that they can see the time at night without striking a match. Wedding Presents. A charming Idea that will lie useful to those who know and wish to mako offerings to the bride and bridegroom Is to give them presents that match A very popular young couple with many mutual friends received among their wedding presents recently two exceed ingly neat and very smart short stick umbrellas for country wear, exactly ullke save that one was Just a llttlo more attenuated In stature and bulk than the other. Mixing Them Up. A story about Slgnor Marconi has been floating about lately. Mr. Marconi, at a dinner In New port, was once seated beside a lady who. mixing him with his compatriot. Mascagnl, said: "Ob, I'd so love to hear you play your beautiful 'Intermezzo ' " "I'll do It," the Inventor answered promptly, "If you've got a wireless piano." Washington Stur. If You Can't Sleep. For lnsomnht lie straight nnd breathe leeply for fifteen mlutes, placing the lauds at the waist line and sending the treutu down, forcing the hands anart OH, YOU MILKMAIDS. Our milkmaids do not wear a hobble. They neod not strain to throw a curve. The hobble' ud out In the country To hobblo mules with too much nerve. Our milkmaids do not wear high heoU, Hut they don't have that Hroadway strut That makes one think of a etrarto Or fat duck waildllns In a rut. Our milkmaids are sweat, fair and roar. The beauty doctors they don't need. Tim city Klrls must nd and paint, ltecausn they quickly eo to scPd. Our milkmaids waste no ttma on fudge. The one thing city Klrls ran make, tint no one on the itn.it IiIk ball Can beat thrm on pie, bread and cake. Dur milkmaids do not hunt for bonux. Like city girls for men a-Kunnlng. The tov. 11 and country dudos light diiaH Kor milkmaids, they'ro so awful stun ning. Our milkmaids do not marry counts, Hccauao they only wed rol men. Tliclr husbands they don't have to buy, Iircnusi the mrn are stuck on them. Our milkmaids marry nnd raise boys That high position do attain. Tho town Klrls marry and parade With bull pups fastened to a chain. C. M. UARNITZ. VARIETY OF FEED TO MAKE GOOD. Seems awful for meu to work in u ni.h.er fai tury to skin, curve and mi; (lend luirM'--but their smeller getH 1 - eilw Knocked off. .Same way with u palate When this watchdog of the --. nnicli must taste the same food t'O day the dog llguratively kiyla 1 nd runs. Tho palate deadens on tho 1 mm), the appetite falls, and finally a M-uasto develops, and the food becomes l sgustlng. That's why boarders knock at that hateful hush and omnipresent prune. H uue with the hull. She has her likes nnd dislikes. Like man. the way to make her pony up Is through the stomach. Her natural Inclination is to select Just what her system needs. She will balance her own rntlon for best results If the variety is there to select from. If she wants to make eggs, mostly protein, and some bungler throws down corn, moro corn, all corn, lie will not feed her egg machine, but will clog it with fat. She will become hog fat, her stomach will rebel, and she will die of Indigestion or npoplcxy. The practical feeder feeds for a rea son. He wants Biddy to enjoy her food, to have a snappy appetite, no tries to feed so that her ration will not be one sided, but serves such n variety that her food may be well balanced be tween protein and carbohydrates. He feeds a mixture of grains, supplements these with byproducts, meat foods and greens. This increases palatabllity, promotes hen health nnd produces the maximum of flue eggs. FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS. Certaiu Pennsylvania fanciers have become so excited because some editors judge poultry at the shows nnd at tho same time solicit advertisements that they have Jumped to the coucluslou that under such circumstances these editors can't give exhibitors a square deal and so they want the A. P. A. to pass a law that no editor may Judge. Theso fellows are getting the "Ha! Ha!" everywhere. To como down to brass tacks, we'd sooner any day trust an editor with our chickens than a preacher. Little turkeys have more appetite than capacity and most turkey feed ers havo more generous kindness than sagacity. Tho result Is whenever a poult runs at them and peeps they fill him up, then he gets pain in his tum my and throws up his toes. The Young Men's Christian associa tion is golug In for instruction in vari ous phases of agriculture, especially poultry culture, a popular branch with the rising generation. The Pennsylva nia department of agriculture has been aiding some of the associations In this work, nnd It is a good move. We have lectured beforo a number of them nnd found much Interest taken In the sub ject. It Is claimed the zoo at Cincinnati has the only llvo wild passenger pigeon In existence. This Is questioned by certain old Michigan hunters who used to ship them from tho famous Michigan roosts by tho carload. Thure Is a ?1,000 reward offered for a real pair of these pigeons. But If fouud, where would they breed? On what would they feed? One reason the great flocks died out Is because the forests, their nesting place, were cut down. It Is remarkable how many hotels and restnurants buy cold storage eggs by tho case and sell them to their trndp for strictly fresh eggs. They are In the same class as tho grocer man who violates tho law, and loth ought to be prosecuted. Hero's one from the Canton Sentinel: "When subscribers bring us big eggs for tho purppso of having made of them mention In those columns, wo must request that the eggs be of ro cent origin. A little nnclent egg Is bad enough sometimes, If It Is broken, but a big egg Is simply a stench in tho public nostrls and resembles n church scandal." Wo recently atteuded a banquet where nearly nil tho guests were min isters nnd responded to the toast, "Chicken, tho Preacher's Special no ught." As the toastmnster was a Baptist preacher who nto heartily of chicken, we charged him with hetero doxy, for BnptlRts to be orthodox must eat waterfowl. lUwycrs, of course will stick to the fat goose. Marking turkeys by fastening n ring for n hog's snout to the wnttle Is n method tlint belongs way, way back when compared to punching tho foot web or slipping n bright nlumlnluin baud with your Initials on the turk's leg. OK INTKItKST TO WA.YNH COUNTY FAltMHP.S (Special to The Citizen,) Washington, Nov. 7. One of tho useful scientists of tho Department of Agriculture Mr. A. D. Shamol, who has been making n study for tho past three years In California of tho Individual characteristics of or ange trees, believes that he has es tablished a fact which will prove of tho greatest Importance to the grow ers of all plants and trees which are propagated by other means than seeds. .Mr. Shntnel by careful study and tabulation of the performance of Individual trees has demonstrated to his own satisfaction that bud variation is much moro Important In the doolopment of an orchard than has ever been supposed. It has been taken for granted by most fruit growers that a truo would produce fruit true to tho characteristics of the tree from which It was budded. Mr. Shamol has found that one tree, from a single 'bud, will sometimes produce eight or ten distinct varie ties of fruit. Perhaps ten per cent, of the trees examined throw off no sports and therefore are considered of especial value as sources of buds for propagation. "Our hope is," ho says," In an interview with tho cor respondent of this paper, "that In propagating from record trees of high production and the best quality of standard types we may be able to propagate and maintain a uniform standard type of eath variety, best adapted 'to the conditions of soil and climate In which they are grown." The importance of this investiga tion may be estimated from the fact that It was found In some orchards that fifty per cent, of'tho trees were not producing fruit true to typo, or in satisfactory quantity. Mr. Shamel has ininlo tentative In vestigations during the past summer in New York of peat h and apple trees which tend to confirm the de ductions he has drawn from his Cali fornia work. Apple Storage. Mr. A. V. Steubenraueh, who Is In charge of Pomologlcal Field Investi gations, is doing valuable work, on lines similar to those inaugurated by Mr. G. Harold Powell, when the lat ter was In the Department of Agri culture, to determine the best meth ods for apple storage, and when cer tain varieties of apples sho.ild be picked. He is centralizing his work at Portland, Ore., and has already secured data which will be of much value to apple growers and shippers. Apple Propaganda. The apple growers are pushing with vigor the propaganda of the fruit which started Eve on her dis covery of our great national institu tion, "moving day," and which led to unpleasantness on Olympus when Venus was awarded an apple In a beauty contest. "Kat an apple a day and you'll keep the doctor away," Is a slogan mauy of the apple men are shouting. It sounds all right, but a wag replied: "Yes, and if you eat an onion a day, you'll keep everyone away." However, the apple Is a fine fruit, and If more people ate It there would doubtless be fewer doctors' bills. In cidentally, the growers would find the market for their fruit improving very rapidly. 1 1 121 1 CHI2UISIH2I) SI2CIU2T. Little Jack, aged 5, had accom panied his mother on a trip to the city. When tho conductor catuo around to collect the fares he asked the usual question: "How old is the boy?" After being Informed the correct age, which did not require a fare, tho conductor passed on to the next person. The lad sat quite still, apparently pondering over something; then, con cluding that full Information had not been given, he called loudly to the conductor at the other end of the car: "And mother's 33." Harper's Bazar. TO THIS PUBLIC. Tho Joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to consider and report upon a revision of the corporation and Revenue Laws of the commonwealth, will hold public meetings, In Philadel phia on November 12, at Room 4DC City Hall, Broad and Market streets; in Pittsburgh on November 19th and L'Oth In the Chamber of Commerce; in Erie on November 21st in the Chamber of Commerce; and in Scrnntou on November 22nd in tho Lackawanna County court house. Meetings will commence at 11 a. m. All persons interested are invited to attend and express tholr v'ews and offer suggestions as to tho necessity for now laws or amendment of pres ent laws relating to the Stato's rev enue, or to cornoratlons. The committee desires to be In formed at onco of tho name and ad dress of anyone desiring to appear before them. All roquests should be sent to Francis Shunk Brown. Coun sel, 1003 Morris Building, Philadel phia. JAS. F. 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