FLOY'S
By ADA
Somebody was helping himself from
the valuable stock at Vane & Hunt's
big dry goods store and nobody knew
who or when or how. The employes
had been asked to use extra care and
Vigilance, and the most light-hearted
tfirl there felt worried and uneasy.
Was It a clever shoplifter? Could
there be a thief among them? Did
the firm susr.ect any one? Was there
perhaps a detective watching them
ven now? And did detectives not
ometimes make mistakes? Every one
was painfully nervous, and impatient
to have the mystery cleared up.
"And I believe you know some'hing
about it, Floy," said Jennie Burnham,
under her breath, to a fellow clerk.
"Why, what makes you thfnk that?"
Floy asked, startled.
"I know it. I know by by the way
you hold your tongue when we are all
puzzling about it. Now what is it?"
"No," said Floy Irving, very slowly,
as if weighing every word, "no, 1 do
not know any more than the rest of
you about this. I don's even know
what is missing."
"But you have a suspicion. Now own
P."
"No," even more slowly. "And if I
had, it might be doing a great mis
take to tell."
"Oh, you obstinate little mule! I
wish there was an X-ray so we could
look through people's heads and find
out what they knew."
But some one came up just then,
and Floy seized the opportunity to
Blip away, with a deep breath of
thankfulness. For she did know some
thingonly, had it anything to do
with this case? If she spoke, all in
the store or all but two, perhars
would say at once, "That solves the
riddle." But would it? Or would it
ouly practically convict one who might
after all be innocent?
Oh, If, there were only some X-ray
by which one might look into a eouI
and see if it were true! There he stood
at an opposite counter, quiet and faith
ful, although he must know that one
word from her would concentrate ail
this dark cloud of suspicion on his
head.
yfet why should Bhe not say, "I do
not know who is the thief now, but I
know who was responsible for a simi
lar course of petty losses a few years
ago, and not so many miles away. H3
calls himself Robert Murdock now, hut
he was sent to the reform school then
under the name of Bob Jamleson. "
Yet was it quite fair to conclude,
that because Bob Jamleson, ill-fed, ill
clothed and ill-advised by an unscrup
ulous stepfather, had robbed the em
ployer who provoked the act by re
fusing to pay fair wages, therefore
Robert Murdock, some years older,
wiser, and to all appearance strictly
honorable, was equally guilty?
He had been in the store some
months now, and apparently she alone
knew of this old troubl:. She hardly
knew why she had not to'd that he
was an old schooh.iate of her own
partly, perhaups. because so miuh had
been said o' 2 girl's lna'l'Hy to V:es? a
Becret, and she resented the Idea, bu!
more on account cf a Mr.d'.y reluct
ance to make trouble for one trying
to start anew. No one bit himse'f
knew that the had ever met before.
Murdock's behavior had been fault
less almost too good to be natural, it
eeeraed to Floy. Still, this might
mean only that he was determined
to retrieve his good name and bury
the old diBgrace from sight forever.
What injustice, then, practically to
convict him of this new theft, with
out one particle of proof, and make
the cloud above him darker than
aver!
' Yet the word once spoken could
never be recalled. And there before
her eyes every day stood Robert Mur
dock, waiting the word thnt should
hurl him to destruction yet neither
by word nor look appealing for mercy.
She slipped out hurriedly, when the
day's work was over, lest Jennie should
overtake and ply her with more ques
tions. She did not want to talk or to
think. What was the use of puzzling
one's brains over a problem one had
not facts to solve? But before she had
fairly reached her boarding place Bhe
was stopped by one of her comrades in .
the store, with a piteous appeal:
"0 Floy Irving, I'm in such a both
er! You'll help me out, won't you?
There's a darling! My head aches fit
to split, and there was such a crowd
at our counter I couldn't begin to keep
things straight, and some of the ladies
pulled the laces all round and got
them into such a tangle! I do believe
one of them was the shoplifter that
la making us all so much trouble. I
didn't dare take my eyes off her, and I
Just shoved the whole tangle back in a
drawer, out of sight, till I had time
to straighten them out. And my head
ached so that I forgot them entirely.
O Floy, would you go and put them
away for me like- an angel? I don't
feel as if I could stand it to go back
myself tonight."
When did Floy Irving ever refuse
to do a favor? The Jolly old olght
watchman would admit her readily
. enough, she knew, even if the book
keeper had finished and gone and
often one or another of the clerks was
detained.
60 In a few moments later she re
entered the store by the rear door,
How ghostly and empty it looked in
the dim light! There was no sign of
,m,,,iiaiiiAiiiiiiiiw
SILENCE.
FERRIS
life save the watchman's whistle away
up in one of the gulleries. She hur
ried toward Annie's counter, and turn
ing a comer, came sharply upon Rob
ert Murdock!
How often she had wished for a
chance to question him! Here it was
If she only knew how to use it.
"Did I frighten you?" he asked, civ
illy, for she had given a startled cry.
"I merely stepped out to see who was
.coming in. Mr. Hale asked me to stay
and help unpack some new good to
night." Floy briefly explained her own pres
ence in turn. No one at Vane &
Hunt's wanted any suspicion attaching
to their movements just now. Then
for she dared not let this golden oppor
tunity pass she added hurriedly, "I
1 want to ask you one question." In
voluntarily she caught his arm, and
turned his face toward the light.
"V'ell?"
"Is Robert Murdock your true
name?"
"My true name. It was my father's
before me. Jamieson was only my
stepfather. Is that all?" For she had
dropped her hand and turned away
with a gesture of hopelessness.
"Yes no! That 'is, what's the use?
I know what you would say either
way! There's no use wasting time."
"And you wouldn't believe anything
I said cither way! No, it's not much
use talking," she said bitterly.
"I I don't understand!" gasped
Floy, startled.
"You think, 'Once a thief, always a
thief.' Well, you won't believe me, I
suppose. I don't know why you have
ke;t my secret so long, unless you
liked to play with me as a cat does
with a mouse. Nevertheless, I will
say this as heaven hears me, I know
nothing whntever about the thefts
in this store. I am as innocent of
them as you are."
"I believe you!" Floy exclaimed, ex
tending her hand eagerly. "And I
don't believe that horrible old saying.
Don't be angry with me, please. I
didn't mean to be hard or cruel. I
never thought you cared to have ma
speak to you. I wasn't playing with
you. I kept still because I thought it
was right and now I know It was.
You may trust me."
He controlled his voice by an effort.
"Forgive me, I should not have spok
en so. You have a right to choose
your acquaintances."
"The watchman Is coming; I must
go at Annie's laces. But I know what
to believe now," and she hurried on
breathlessly. A moment later she was
hastily bringing order out of chaos,
even while explaining her return to
her friend, the watchman.
"She's a careless one!" the old man
growled. "I'd let her do her own
straightening. Tisn't your business."
"She was sick, you know," Floy
said, excuslngly. "I don't mind help
ing her a little." She glanced uncon
sciously over where Murdock was now
arrnnring the new goods on the
"If 'twas any of the other girls,
row, I'd just wonder if she hadn't an
idea that Bub Murdock might offer to
tee her home," chuckled the watch
man. "But I 'never saw you show any
weakness in that line."
"Oh, you don't see everything!" Floy
laughed, although her cheeks flamed.
"But I'll be done and at home long
before he can get away."
"Oh, If you spoke to him tonight, I'll
warrant it wag the first time."
At which suggestion Floy's nervous
fingers only flew the faster. She did
not care to talk more with him to
night. Yet she was very glad she had
come. Her doubts were setled now.
Only she wished she had been a lit
tle less cautious and a little kinder
a little more just, perhaps. But at
least she was" thankful that she had
not spoken out her doubts.
But when she entered the store the
next morning, the air was heavier
than ever with doubt and dread. More
losses had been discovered. The girls
huddled together, exchanging wild
guesses in frightened whispers. The
firm had not given out any word, but
there was unwonted hurrying to and
fro, the senior partner had been sum
moned by telephone, and now was
closeted with Mr. Hunt, the Junior
partner, one of the floor walkers and
the head bookkeeper. And with them
was a sharp-eyed little man no one
know a detective, perhaps. Mr. Hale
and the watchman had been called be
fore them, as the last persons in the
store the preceding night. It seemed
that matters were to be thoroughly
sifted at lust.
"They'd better ask who else was
here last night," Katie Maguire whis
pered, venomously. "Mr. Hale wasn't
the only one."
"You don't mean Mr. Murdock? Why
you might as well accuse a parson!"
cried two or three at once.
"No, I don't mean Mr. Murdock.
Somebody else was here after hours,
with a mighty poor excuse somebody
that holds herself quite too high and
mighty to go with ordinary folks."
"Floy Irving? 0 bosh! She came to
oblige Annie. Floy's one of the nicest
girts In the store."
"Maybe, but if I was Mr. Hunt I'd
look into her obligingness a little.
Of course this waa not before Floy's
face, but she caught enough aide
glances and incautious words to make
her very uncomfortable. "It's only
Katie's spite." she told herself, but she
went to her work flushed and nervous,
cot forgetting, however, to give Rob
ert Murdock a nod and a smiling
"Good morning!"
How gravely he returned it! But of
course this suspense was even harder
for him than for the other. A little
later she saw him entering the private
office.
A particularly exasperating customer
taxed her attention to the utmost for
the next quarter of an hour, but her
long breath of relief as the woman de
parted was cut short by the ominous
words:
"You are wanted in the private of
fice, Miss Irving."
"I? What for?" Floy gasped, in
dismay.
"I do not know. No doubt they will
tea you." Was it only her fancy,' or
was the tone frosty with suspicion?
She saw the girls around exchange
startled glances, heard Katie's exult
ant whisper, "You see! Didn't I tell
you so?" and Jennie's indignant
"Hush! That doesn't mean anything."
Of course it did not, Floy told her
self. It was only their excitement
which gave significance to such a
trifle. To be sure, girls were not sum
moned to the private office often. But
why should she be nervous? What if
she had seen Robert Murdock entr
ing that private room just a little
while ago? The villain in a story
book might make a false accusation to
rid himself of a troublesome witness,
but in real life If only her cheeks
would not burn so! I was enough to
make any one suspect her, and the
very thought made them burn hotter.
All this flashed through Floy's mind
as Bhe walked quickly from her coun
ter to the door of the private office;
but if her heart beat so fast that it
seemed to choke her, she carried her
head bravely.
Inside the dreaded portal she passed,
outwardly calm, inwardly fighting
down a panic. The partners and head
bookkeeper were in clOBe consultation.
Kindly, Mr. Hunt nodded to her, bid
ding her sit down, but nervous Mr.
Vane snapped out shortly:
"We hear that you were here after
hours last night, Miss Irving. How is
that? And how did you get in?"
Floy explained briefly why and how
she had returned, forcing herself to
speak steadily, although all the time
something seemed whispering In her
pr, "How should they know that un
less he has forestalled you by throw
ing suspicion on you? Why did you
let yourself be convinced bo easily?
Iidn't you know that a man who
would steal would He? Why didn't
you speak out at first? After he has
once accused you, your story will
sound .like a weak attempt at self-defence.
And she could only tell herself, des
perate, "1 told him he might trust
me. I can't break my word unless I
am sure."
"How long were you here? What
did you do? Be exact, now," Mr. Vane
demanded, while Mr. Hunt leaned
lack, watching her with an odd,
amused eir that bewildered and
alarmed her, as if he were expecting
shi did not know what. Certainly
not the matter-of-fact answer she
gave.
"Not over 20 minutes, I think. I
striped to exchange a few words with
Mr. Murdock maybe five minutes. I
put the counter and drawers In order
as quickly as possible, and went out
es I came In. The watchman spoke to
me while I was at work, but that did
not delay me."
"And what were you talking about,
if I may .ask?" Mr. Vane snapped. Mr.
Hunt's eyes twinkled as he waited for
her answer.
That voice seemed to roar in her
ears, "Tell it all !You will never have
such a chance again. Can't you see
that he has accused you to save him
self?" But she said, steadily, "Oh, the
watchman teased me about comlmg
back so as to talk with Mr. Murdock.
We told each other how we happened
to come back to the .store, and"
And what?" Mr. Vane demanded
sharply, as Bhe hesitated.
And complained a little about how
nervous these mysterious thefts were
making us all," she finished, boldly.
What do you think about these
thefts. Miss Irving?'.' Mr. Hunt asked,
suddenly, his eyes twinkling more
than ever.
Once more Flow desperately fought
off a great temptation. "I don't know
what to, think."
He chuckled, rubbing his hands to
gether in satisfaction.
You understand stenography and
typewriting, I am told?"
"Yes, sir!" gasped Floy, staring. She
had taken great pains to learn, hop
ing to find a better position, but so
far none had offered.
"Well, I am without a private clerk
this morning. Sit down there and put
these letters into shape, if you please.
TheBe to be answered according to
the notes I have scribbled on them.
You know the proper form, of course."
Floy obeyed, feeling perfectly dazed.
The partners went out and were gone
some time. She was just finishing the
tas'c assigned when Mr. Hunt re
turned. He looked over the letters,
tested her skill in shorthand, then
thoroughly confounded her by saying
"How would you like the place of
my private clerk and typewriter, Miss
Irving? I have been obliged to part
with young Greydon. He talked too
freely of my business affairs. You
don't write quite so fast, but I see you
know how to keep a secret to perfec
tion." "I? Keep a secret?" Floy gasped.
He laughed and patted her shoulder
in his fatherly fashion. "Let me put
your mind at ease about Bob Murdock.
I know all about that Jamleson affair.
Tha boy told me himself when ha ftnrt
ackad for work. His father and I wen
old friends. 1 don't think I'll regret
giving him a fair chance. And now
the myBtery of the thefts Is solved. It
was the janitor of the place next door.
He found a board loose In the partition
between the cellars, and thought he
had discovered a benanza thought he
never would be suspected. But when
he tried to dispose of the things he
was caught.
"Tut, tut,' child, don't cry! You've
done splendidly. I expected every day
that you would speak out, and have
every one thinking Bob was the guil
ty one. But you didn't, so I think I
can trust you to hold your tongue
about other matters, too."
"But I almost said it 20 times,"
Floy gild, honestly.
. indeed! Why didn't you quite say
it?"
"Because I was afraid it might be
doing Injustice and 'A word once
spoken, a coach and six horcs can't
bring back,' as grandpa used to tell
us."
"Then if you once make up your
mind, after careful consideration, that
it is right to tell other people my busi
ness secrets, you will do it, will you?"
he asked, dryly.
"Why yes I suppose so," Flay fal
tered. "But not till then?"
"Oh, no!" Bhe said, earnestly.
"Well, if you wait till then, I think
we won't quarrel. Consider yourself
engaged. And you may tell Bob Mur
dock, if you like, that I have taken
you on his recommendation." Youth's
Companion.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
American bumble-bees are wanted
in the Philippines to sting the clover
plants into fertility.
In the colony of Japanese in New
York city there are about one thous
and men and but thirty women.
The new German law prohibits any
person under 18 years of age from
driving an automobile or motorcycle.
Calico printing was a new Industry
in Japan twelve years ago. Today a
single firm has factory buildings cov
ering nearly four acres.
The corn cob pipe Isn't the only
pipe made in Missouri. The pipe fac
tory at Louisiana made and shipped
315,000 hickory pipes last year, and a
pipe made from a section of a hickory
pole is said to be just as good a pipe
as the much-glorified cob pipe.
The Goliath beetle is a Samson
among insects.' It is found in South
America. Between the neck and
shoulder this curious creature has
enormous strength. Anything placed
within the aperture is tightly gripped
and. If breakable, snaps. A key which
was inserted in one as an experiment
was bent out of shape.
In Hawaii even private lands in for
est are sometimes administered by the
Territorial Board of Agriculture and
Forestry. Some of the lessees of pub
lic land within the Koolau Reserve
have turned over to the Board for ad
ministration both their leased mid
their private lands, amounting in all
to 27,000 acres.
David Davis, an old man of Cincin
nati, was seated on a twelve-foot wall
with a number of companions today,
swapping funny stories. The old man
laughed so heartily at one of the tales
that he lost his balance on the wall
and toppled over into the street.. Ow
ing to his advanced age the injuries
may prove fatal.
The fire which destroyed the old
British Houses of Parliament broke
out on Oct. 16, 1834. The present
building, termed the Palace of West
minster, was opened on Nov. 4, 1852.
It stands on a bed of concrete twelve
feet thick, and covers an area .of nine
statute acres. It contains 1100 apart
ments, one hundred staircases, and
two miles of corridors and passages.
The great Victoria Tower, at the
southwest extremity, is 346 feet in
height.
The origin of eating goose on Mi
chaelmas day dates from the time of
Queen Elizabeth. On her way to Til
bury Fort, on Sept. 20, 1589, she dined
on roast goose and Bergundy wine.
With the last glass she drank "De
struction to the Spanish Armada."
As she drained the glass news came
of the destruction of the Spanish fleet
by a storm. Thereupon she ordered
that roast goose should be served
for her every year on that day, and
the custom soon became general
among the people.
Thieves Steal a Whole Church.
ThieveB of Chicago and vicinity, no
torious for many remarkable deeds,
eclipsed all previous efforts some
time yesterday when they stole bodily
the Presbvterlan churcn. seating zuu
neoDle. from River Grove, on the Des
plalnes River. The church had no
regular pastor, but itinerant ministers
would address the farmers in the eai
fire occasionally.
This morning Z. A. Rosl, a farmer
living across the river, missed the
rhiirrh. He rubbed his eyes and call
ed his family. Then they crossed the
river to make certain the church was
enne. It bad been stolen, down to the
last splinter, and there is no trace of
it, although active search has Deen
kept up all day. Chicago Inter-Ocean
Which machine of the type Invented
by Guillotin was first put to Its dread
n sb la not known, but that used to
the execution of Marie Antoinette til1
exists in Berlin.
CZAR'S CHARMED LIFE.
Miraculous Escapei ot Nicholas II From
Violent Deatb.
Emperor Nicholas may be said to
near a chnrmed life, and there la no
monarch in modern times nor prince
(of the blood, who has had so many
hair-breadth escapes. For it now
turns out that the wreck of his steam
yacht Standart was the result not ot
accident, but ot deliberate design.
The channel where the mishap oc
curred is notoriously dangerous, eo
much so that the little passenger
Bteamers running from St. Peters
burg to the neighboring Finnish
ports, and drawing a third as much
water as the imperial yacht, are
strictly forbidden to use it. This
prohibition is known to everybody in
Finland and is a matter with which
every navigating officer of the Musco
vite navy is acquainted.
Yet In spite of this the most ex
perienced Finnish pilot took the huge
imperial yacht Into the channel at
full speed, of course ripping up her
bottom on several rocks, which, in
spite of what has been said to the
contrary, figure on every chart, Rus
sian as well as foreign. The boat
was going at the rate of fifteen
knots when she struck, and the force
was so great as to give her a heel of
twenty-four degrees. Fortunately
the sea was absolutely and phenome
nally calm. If the ordinary fresh
Finnish weather had prevailed it
would have been a matter of the ut
most difficulty to have taken off the
women, and especially the children,
In boats.
The commodore In command of the
boat was the captain of that solitary
cruiser of the ill fated Baltic fleet
which managed after the victory of
Admiral Togo to escape northward
and to convey to Vladivostok the first
news of the destruction of the Rus
sian armada in the Sea of Tsushima.
The arrival of that one battle scarred,
storm beaten cruiser in the bay at
Vladivostok in view of the crowds
assembled on the neighboring heights
to witness the advent of the great
Muscovite fleet which they had hoped
would break the naval power of Ja
pan, turn the tide of the war and
transform defeat Into victory, but
which proved to be such a messenger
of evil, has furnished the inspiration
of several striking marine paintings.
The Czar's escapes, so far as they
are known to the public, have been.
to say the least, dramatic and well-
nigh miraculous, and there are many
others which from motives of policy
have remained shrouded In mystery.
One of the most sensational was the
wreck of the Imperial special train
at Borkl, in October, 1888, when the
destruction was so complete that it
seemed Inconceivable that any one
could have escaped alive. Twenty
one were killed outright, including
several of the servants, who were in
the act of serving dishes to the late
Czar, seated with his wife and his
children at dinner. Grand Duchess
Olga's nurse was found with her skull
shattered, holding tightly clasped in
her arms the child, whose only Injury,
beyond the terrible shock to her ner
vous system, was caused by a dinner
fork, the prongs of which had pene
trated deeply into her arm. Alex
ander III also sustained some slight
injuries, tut the present Emperor,
then a lad of twenty, suffered no
harm at all. I need hardly add that
the detraction of the imperial train
at Borkl was nothing more nor less
than a carefully organized attempt
to wipe out of existence at one blow
the late Emperor and all his children,
for no more deadly spot could have
been selected for the purpose than
that where the wreck took place.
Then there was that attempt upon
the Ufa of the present Czar in Ja
pan, when a crazed and fanatic Ja
panose ex-noble struck at him with
one of those terrible old two-handed
Japanese swords, the blades of Which
are so keen and so finely tempered
that they will slice without effort a
silken handkerchief thrown up into
the air, and cut through tissue and
bone, inflicting the most frightful
wounds. Nicholas, thanks to the in
tervention of his cousin, Prince
George of Greece, who hit the would
be assassin a terrific blow on the
head with his heavy walking stick,
escaped with a glancing wound on!
the head. Had the sword struck!
true, and had it not been for Prince
George's Interference, it must have
cleft the head of Nicholas to the
chin.
Then, two years ago, when the Em
peror, the Empress and his othet
relatives were presiding at the cere
mony of the blessing of the waters
of the Neva, the guns used in firing
the salutes across the stream from
the opposite bank were found to be
loaded with shrapnel instead of blank
cartridge, and several members ot
the imperial entourage standing in
the Immediate vicinity ot the Czar
and Czarina were struck, while many
of the windows of the Winter Palace,
including the two at which the im
perial children were standing to wit
ness the ceremony, were shattered.
Now we have the wreck ot the yacht
Standart. Truly the escapes of the
present Emperor of Russia from vio
lent death may be described as mi
raculous. Marquise De Fontenoy, in
New York Tribune.
Meat Drying Increases.
The development of the meat dry
ing (jerked beef) industry in Brazil
is proceeding rapidly, apparently at
the expense of the industry in Ar
gentina and Uruguay. The following
figures are given for killings for tha
first five months of tha present sea
son: Argentina, 148,300; Uruguay,
412,000; Brazil, 674,000.
BUSINESS CARDS.
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UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral cars. Main street.
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Drouth continues in India.
Germany has 40,000 postofflcea. f
Tasmania grows the largest apple.
H. O. Havemeyer, the Sugar King,
died of Indigestion.
In Algeria the horses outnumber
the human beings.
Smith Africa Is becoming: a great
field for musical instruments.
Municipal elections In England anr
Wales brought defeats to the Soda!
lets.
Amateur aeronauts in Paris hfc.
lost interest in the snort since thf
sudden flight of the Patrle.
Hog cholera In virulent form pre
vails near Marshalltown, Towa, some
herds being entirely wiped out.
The Salvation Army antl-sulclde
hnreau reported more suicides recent
ly in New York City than ever be
fore. Extensive denoslts of pig Iron have
been discovered along the line of the
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, near
Fort William, Canada.
Several New York City Arms for
merly allied with the Milk Trust
abandoned the Trust's nine-cents-a-quart
rate and sold for eight cents.
Work on the Northern Nigeria
Railway Is now In active progress.
Rails from England have been landed
and 2000 men are at work laying
tracks.
George H. Richmond, who nuld
$1225 for tho book known to biblio
philes as "John MMtnn's Family
Bible," has concluded that it is not
genuine.
A Rome pnirr ptifd 1 0P. 000 Ital
ians who hn'l 'nt"id'd tn emm to thl?
country will ftp'- In lla' white 200,
000 more than usual will return from
America.
Mental capacity Is the need of thf
British House cf Lords, declare influ
ential Liberals who are urging the
Prime Minister to create a number ot
new peerages.
James Hazen Hyde offered to com
promise for $1,000,000 the Equita
ble Life's suits against him to compel
restitution, but Attorney - General
Jackson refused to acquiesce,
FEMINIZE NEWS NOTES.
The engagement of Miss Theodora
Shonts to the Due de Chaulnea has
been announced.
Members of the faculty of New
York City Normal College refused to
allow the girls to form a basketball
team.
Fran von Pr.nn. Berlin's first wom
an driver of a taximeter cab, took ,
$30 in fares on the .first night of her
new career.
Many of the sailors oc th Pacific
cruise will carry Bibles, gifts from
Helen Gould, with her name person
ally inscribed. .
Gown valud at $10,000. the prop
erty of Miss Florence Todd, of New
officials in New. York.
The engagement, waa announced in
New York Cltv of Mri. Paul Leices
ter Ford, wldotf, of the novelist, to
marry Dr. L. Ri"WUliams.
The Rev. Lucy C. McGee, all
dressed in whito, was ordalnd , as
nastor of the Church of the Hleher
Life in Huntington Chambers Hall.
Boston.
Mrs. David Bentty, the lato Mar
shall Field's daughter, was robbet of
$25,000 worth of lewelrv at her m
English country honse at Me'ton
Mowbray.
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan and
her younge daughter sailed from
New York Cltv on the steamshln to
Frieancn fler Grosse. Tnov eTpoct
to make a torn1 ?t the Holy Tnd.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie nlace M.
Ida Lewis Wilson. keeper of th
Llmerock light ho"1"", r r Vewnorr.
who baa saved ieM(n lves. on his
private pension lnt at 30 a month.
Mrs. Ar,eta R. MrP-pa, tM flrst ,
woman lsndiro -Mropt in thl
country, in 1 "T-'nl land-scan
archltprt for tn fit. prnl road, a
consulting landarnne architect t
other Western ron
Chancellor Day at Syracuse an
nounced that he had declined an offer
from a lecture bureau for a debate
on socialism with Gaylord Wllshlra.