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ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT.


CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
As Oncer Dnnerlein OF the Seventeenth precinct
was patrolling his post late on Friday night he saw
man attempting break into the cigar OF Philip
yaldes No. As Second avenue. The man had removed
a pane OF glass and just creeping through the
opening when the officer seized him At the station
house he gave his name James RUSSELL OF No. go
Mott street He was held in s., 600 bail to answer
GRAND LARCENY
On December Is Addle Wild, of Forsyth street,
had stolen from her gold lockct and chain valued at
$50 Rose Weld. who lived in the same house, sub
sequcntly pawned the articles ana therefore
rested Tor the larceny. She Yesterday held IN
$500 bail TO the complainant being sent to the
House OF Detention.
RESCUED.
Yesterday morning man tumbled OF pier No So
into the East River. 0nlcer Van Ranst, of the Thir
tecnth Precinct seeing The occurrence, jumped into
the river and succeeded in rescuing the The
officer took him to the station house where he gave
his Edward Chester, OF Southside, l.. l. In
court he stated that he was intoxicated and tumbed
into the river. Judge Kasmre gave HIM ten days for
reflection.
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ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.

Detectives King and Lyon, OF the Central once,
rested William johnson, Martin Kelley William Daily
and Isaac Franklin yesterday on suspicion of stealing
a quantity OF raw silk from parties unknown. The
officers, who walking in Allen street, noticed the men
putting trunk on wagon, aud, judging from their
demeanor appearance that ali not right deter
mined 10 search H. They found IN IL seventy -fivc
pounds OF silk and the men, not being able 20 q,
a reasonable account OF how the same into their
possession were taken into custody The property
was taken the Central Office and the prisoners
locked up IN the Tenth precinct station house.
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THE LAWRENCE FORGERIEs.

The OF Charles L. Lawrence, charged with com
plciiy in the silk smuggling frauds called in the
United States Circuit Court before Judge Benedict,
yesterday when the District Attorney said he had
filed his replication TO the plea OF the defendant
Messrs Stanley, Brown X Clarke, Lawrenccs counsel,
then submitted his rejonder which he reafrms his
plea that the offence Tor which he Is arrgned Is not
the same for which he surrendered by the British
authorities Issue Joined and the case set down
for trial on Wednesday next
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THE EXAMINATION OF MRS. WATSON.

Mrs Watson, widow OF the late County Auditor Wat
son, who was TIE only remaining witness to be exam
ned for tho defence the Tweed 50 900 00) suit and
who on account OF illness unable TO give her iosti
mony in court was examined yesterday at her rest
dence No. 2o5 West Twenty-third street. before lhe
referee, Jamos q. Courtney. MessrS Charles OConor
aud J. C. Carter appeared for tho people aud David
Dudley Field for the defendant
In response TO questions put by Mr.. Field she stated
that she and Charles T. Loew left coadminstra-
Tors her husbands estate Mr. Locw gned and she
ls soils trustee Her affairs managed by Mr. Lewis
and her counsel Messrs Gillette and Strahan She did
not know whether all her husbands debts had been
paid or not she did not know that Mr. Pcokham was
paid s., 900 in June, lS73 The money received by
her IN June 1873, spent for household expenses
aud other things She urther stated that Mr. Lewis
managed all the affairs OF the estate and kent tho
rounis Among the real estate was the broadway
House corner oi Broadway and Forty-sccond street,
when vas very heavily mortgaged and another piece
on Broadway, near Forty first street The Madison
avenue house belonged herself and not TO the estate
Aftcr the suits against her husband Mcssrs Lewis,
Gillette and Strahan told her thai she was 'ail right
uirh the city and could be nj rest She had received
the money that was IN the Trust Company, and paid
out some OF Il on mortgages real estate. She did
not thpk hat all the de u chareeabc 10 her husband
had been paid up 10 October last The assets oil the
estate were IN tho possession OF Mr.. Lewis
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Court motion to dismiss the complaint in the suit
OF David Ogden Fernando Wood. Tho action is
brought TO recover some SIS, 600 which, II is alleged
Mr.. Wood received from Mr. Fowler TO procure him
the othco OF Corporation Attorney, and which, II Is
claimed, was paid TO the injury OF Mr. Fowers cred
itors, who had judgments against HIM at the At
the close OF the argument Judge sedgwick took the
papeFs.
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ROBBING THE MAILS.

On Friday last John Donnclly and Peter Eichart,
who were driving wagon toward Yonkers, saw the
mail bag for Yonkers thrown of the train at Kings
bridge station, and Immediately picked It up, threw II
In their wagon and drove of, They followed by
the police and arrested The bag and its contents
were found IN their possession. Yesterday they were
brought before United States Commissioner Shields,
who held them for examination on Tuesday next in
ha each
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SUDDEN DEATHS.

MrS Peterson, aged forty Ave. of No 81 Delaney
street. was found dead bed last Friday night having
apparently been dead two or three days
Jacob Hocffer aged sixty-seven, OF No 81 washing
ton street. found dead in bed by his wife Yesterday
morning
Thomas Monahan OF No 81 Montgomery street. re-
ported yesterday morning al tho seventh precinct sta
ton house that his daughter Catharinc three months
old, was smothered IN bed some time Friday night
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SHERIFF. CONNER ATTACHED.

An attachment for contempt OF court against Sheriff
Conner has been issued by Judge sedgwick, holding
Special Term OF the Superior Court The basis Of the at
achmcnt charge that judgment having been rendered
'or the plaintiff for g. $685. IN suit brought by Jacob
Brown against John 7. Conover. and the same duly
1anscribed and ned the llth OF November last In
he Office Of tho County Clerk, execution issued
q the sheriff and that ho failed 10 make any return
inch execution Upon these allegations order
,bta,nod w the first place 10 show cause why
achmcnt should not against him tor contempt Of
snoe In response to this preliminary order Judge scdg
wick Yesterday granted the attachment as stated The
Attachment made returnable next Saturday, whom
The sheriff will have opportunyto 30 tell his side Of
the story.
THE FERNANDO WOOD SUIT.
There was a lengthy argument yesterday before
gudgs sedgwiek hOldng Special Term Of The Superior
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well able to support herself The wife refused the
shelter prorcred. The Court ordered him TO pay 80
per week toward the support OF his long neglected WIFE,
lie is said TO bo worth nearly $4,000 but he claims
that he Is not worth anything
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MUNICIPAL STATISTICS.

The police made !, 5s7 arrests during the week.
The vital statistics for the past week are;-pea'ns
651 births, 5o3; stillbirlhs, As; marriages lo2
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POLICE CouRT FINES.

Major G. w Cooney, Secretary Of the Board Of Police
Justices reports the following sums Of money received
n, the various police courts for the month Of Feb
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funeral FROM the above named church, at nafpast one
O'Clock r. NJ lnterment in Calvary Cemetery.
snIrh-ln London, England, February 10 Mis-
JosKPHA SMITH, aged 81 years.
Inferred IN Kcnsal Green Cemetery.
TAYLOR suddenly, on Thursday, March 2 WILrAH
D. TAYLOR, in tic 69lh year OF his age.
Relatives and friends are invited TO attend the fu.
neral at the Church Of the Holy Communion, 9th av,
corner OF 10th St, Monday, March O. at halfpast ten
A. NJ
vALSrINE.--March 4, at her late residence 202
Prince ST., Brooklyn, aner brief illness, MARY T.
NALiNTiNE, daughter OF the late John Valintine, Of
New York city.
Funeral on Tuesday, the 7th inst at three p W., al
the Fleet street Methodist Episcopal church Reative
and friends are invited 10 attend
VAN RENSSELAER,. suddenly, In Brooklyn, March
Mrs ALLIE NAN RENSSELAER, widow OF Sanders Val
Rensselaer, OF Albany.
VuLrEE I'm Brooklyn, suddenly, on Thursday even
ing. MARY IouIsE, widow OF Henry V. vultce
Funeral services at 3l3 Schermerhorn ST. on Sunday
9th inst, at three O'Clock i. NJ
WARREN- uddeniy, IN Hull England on Februar,
10 HENRY y. WARRES, OF this city
Milwaukee ana Chicago papers please copy
wILLAMs--0n Thursday, March ? Of typhoid pneu
monia' MARGARET WILLIAMS, relict OF John Williams
In the 10th year Of her age
Tho relatives and friends OF the family arc invitod "a
attend her funeral. Sunday March at two ocIock
IL West SD st. -
WILSON S-On Friday, March 3, aftera long and main.
ful illness, ISABELLA STUART, daughter of William c.
and Ellen Wilson, in the 9th year OF her ace =
Funeral from the Church OF the Redeemer Astoria
L. l., on Sunday, 9th inst, at two T. NJ
WOOD On Friday March 3, ANTHONY woop aged IS
years.
me relatives and friends of the family are invited "a
attend the iunera sunday az one o'clock from the
tfesi.enee OF ms sonin-law, John X. Hcac No 42s
- iAIES-hrs MARIE YATES, relict Of the late b. s
Yates, aged 9l years and months
heatNes ana friends are invited to attend the
,,unersL on Monday, at hafpast two p NJ, IRON
her iase residence y Fillmore place, Williamsburg
aged II years
INC funeral will be held Sunday, March s. at tho
UrOOmQ = .afh A
nalpast twelve 7. NJ. Relatives and friends are ra-
spec1lully invited to attend
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Now, there does not appear to be any natural
reason why the mortality In Washington should
not have decreased in the same ratio during
the last three years "a In the other five citi es
named, and thus have Oeen reduced from 2U.3 to
1894 per l,0D thus maint iining Its old cna ac-
ter for superior health. But there Ia obviously
vi unnatural cause for the increase OF It's death
rate TO 21.U that Is to III g above he natural
rate. That cause lies. unquestionably, IN the
stupid manner IN witch the recent so-cGiled I'm
DrOvements of the streets aud sewers have been
devised and executed. such results were fore
seen and confidently predicted. The Increasing
mortality commenced, and has kept pace with
that work. and 1t must newt bly, continue to
operate with increasing virulence until The
whole system shall be radically changed. For
proof Of the increasing nali9nancy OF Its action
on health, the RECORDS OF the last three years,
and such weekly reports Of the Board Of Health
for the present year as have come to hand. on
the 24th Of June last, the death rate for the
week ending on that day had reacbed ESQ per
1000 for the week ending July 10. the deaths
were 1913 that IL. g. 12b per loo ler anuum.
In view Of facts Ike tn ese, tue truth OF which
any member OF Congress may any day verify, at
all points what Importance can be attached to
the vulgar. rambling. deceptiye, aud manifesily
false statements Of the starr II Is, withs exteu-
sively believed, and with good reason. that the
assumed population of l10O 80 for this city j. too
high that II has been adopted for Kng pur-
poses that 1t should be- only 1000 On This
basis the death rate would be propor,ionately
higher, the last written, 6s.72o. would become
II So per loo per annum. Il. SEvEnSON, Z. Il.
WASHINGTON, July ~, 1879.
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THE ROBBERY OF THE PoOR.
What the Receiver of n broken Savings Bank
has TO See and Hear.

Judge westbrook recently said that il
panied him deeply 10 hear Of the terrible suf
fering and hardship caused by the failure Of the
Third Avenue Savings Bank amoog Its poor de-
positors. he spoke OF his own experience, as
related In The SUN OF Thursday last, and then
said: why, IL was only tue other day that
heard from the receiver OF the bank, Mr. Hurd,
Of an old negress. entirely blind, who had earned
several hundred dollars by knitting, and had
every dollar Of 1t In thus bank when 1t faiied.
There are many cases OF the kind as sad as this,
no doubt. that have come to tue knowledge Il
the receiver" The Judge volunteered to say, IN
speaking OF MIR. Hurd, the receiver, that he APP
pointed him upon the recommendation Of
judge Donohue, Surrogate Calvin, aud others.
:" believe him." SAID he, ITO be thoroughly
honest man"
Acting upon the hint OF Judge westbrook, the
reporter called upon the receivers clerk, and
from him taned the follo~ing facts which
tell their own story OF tue extrdNagance and
treAcherv OF the managers OF tbat broken saw
ings oaBk:
A man entered the once Of the receiver OF the
bunk recently; he had Two hooks Of deposit. one
bsionsln1 TO ms WE ana the other to hs
week. Ny daughter lies dead IN the mouse aud
have not money enough to bury her aud he
burst into tears. he two books called for
a poor domestic had 500 on deposit In the
bank She was taken sick, aud on this .ccolnt
and recovered. After her release from tbs hos
pital she had neither food nor money. Sue
could get nothing from the bank, but the clerks
ia the receivers ONCE gave her money 10 pay
her fare to Boston, where her friond- lived.
An aged colofod woman had S6J on dep sit,
which ane hal earned by washing. she could
not pay her Tett last winter, All Ter landlord
turned her into the stree. Another colored
won an had several hundred dollars tn { sue
bad earned by skOyeliug snow and washing.
Men and women, bsrefo )tcd and ragged, have
oesiesed the receivers Office olalnoring for their
money.
rhe books Of the hank show that one d. ST.
Lee, stAuoner. Of Third avenue, was paid $40
3U, IN SIX years fJr " stationerS," &c. There
were other charges for stationery to other per-
IN spencer h. Green. Pres den 81; l.uD cigars,
<2O 400 cigars, SOL. Eight items u advertising
with Hooper * Co.,, upward OF 5000. April 10,
1855 paid Bank Department for Specia4 reports,
~. FIG 81 Dec. :. lsds paid heye-, Deputy
sApef NIX ndent Hank ID Nm ~ MI. ll6.
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mALARToUs HARRINGTON.
The Result OF What are Called Improve
ments-Facts for Congress.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: Most
OF the representations OF the Ring press IN re-
gard to the health OF the CITY Of Washington are
grossly untrue. For instance, the Washington
star, commenting wildly and abusivey ION a
plain and true exposition Of the facts as set
forth In The SUN, says; THAT Washington Is
one Of the most healthful cities in the Union
has been repeatedly Inserted and as often
proved by reliable statistics. While the death
rate has increased In other cities, there Is
slight falling on In the mortality list Of wash
ineton." Yet on the next page of the Star II Is
stated by DIR. Bliss, tho Health Oficer, that " the
death rate for the last week lending 18th inst.)
was 49, a larger number than ever reported be-
fore; which Is equal to g.. 725, instead OF only
40 per 1000, as indirectly represented by the
Star.
Now, that honorable members Of Congress
may DO no longer imposed upon by such gross
misrepresentation. the following statistical
facts, drawn mainly from reports VI the Board
Of Health, are submitted. The board state TIT
our total population, as per census OF 1870. was
13l7uO, aud assume 1t to be now 10000. aud on
this base their calculations as to the ratio Of
mortality. In their report for 1874 IA a table
showing the average annual mortality of many
OF the largest cities In 1872, from which II ap.
pears to have been cons derably less In wash
inRton than in any OF the DeiRhbOiing cities.
But while tho report for 1915 shows that for the
last three years there has been gradual de-
crease In the death rate OF the other cities, 1t
has greatly increased In the city OF Washington,
n "a fullOwa.
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THE cHow-cHoW ,iIS,s STORY
What the King of Thrce-Card Monte says
About his Experience.

Edward Valentine, the Chow-C Chow man,
who had been convicted Of being u common
gambler, was yesterday sentenced 10y Judge
Moore to one year Ia the penitsntary. His con
federate, William q. Buuce. was given twenty
days In the RAYMOND street sweat BOX. Valen-
tine after he had been re uruod TO the prison
pen. said, i've been piayln' monte now for
twenty years, but this ia tho first time I've had
to 90 to prison. wouldn't be hero now II it
wasn't that this was put up job by the detec-
tyes to get some uotoriety. lis big thing to
catch the ChoN-Chow ~ N. ! get tnut tme
from nay winter Nccu iLtiOn, maAiDg chuw-chow
at ten shliugs AZ lion.
" I've mace lots - money, mOre'n you ever
saw, but the faro banks nave tkeu II all. They
catch me, you see, Just like other monte md
u Coney Island three years agp WAS arrested
there Tor gamUliug. Was chught IN the act
then, aud judge Moore lci me "A on my promise
not to 20 there any more. went TO Rock way
next, and wore gogEles--ihey caught suckers,
YOU know. Talk about NY cheatin'. why. those
PLAYED with would cheat worse than would
sight worse. bHt-ul valentine slaced his
incsd-" they couldn't fool the old man.
usei 10 turn up the come OF the cards an /
look the other way while the smart Aleck woull
mark the Jlker-stick pin IN or somethin' an
then I'd Tool them.
know all the tricks, cr'mping, marking, an 1
cutting. we got nothing 10 learn IN mo' -
playing. ! can throw the cards with one IA u
in the d7ik. aud fool any one. I'm not tho only
man IN tie business. There a game now every
day on the beach by the wreck ON Coney Island.
Why don't the doteCtiyes disturb III Answer
that. | never pAid detective a cent to let up
on me hut there's a certain on ial IN ihis Ct q
who, fourteen years ago, used T. hold the boi
Tor me fcr seventy -nNe cents ANA doll tr IA
Most of my monte PLAYING WAS me- Oh the VI
sissipui steam BOATS before the war.
Valentine Is brlgh eyed lsfaellte, about nj
years OF age, aud Is one OF the sharpest gam
bers la the country.
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ron scnonSNINa, rnE swIMM1R.
Prussian Army Education that hns been
Made very Useful In New York.

Augustus Miller, youth of fourteen.
fell overheard while nshlng at Est Fifty. nth
street on wsdne.dAy last. aud Ernst Won >cboen-
nius, the young swimming II Aster in Mr. Aliens
uath-. SPA. .u.. tie cddying current to catch
hiu.. tut ross without HIN. Then the bystsnd-
ers ,u the stufe poiuted to where air bubbles
w,.t sing, ani Won Schoenning went down at
90 8. o.. Nii, Z "a. down u- saw young Miller
lie rrssped hiM, nut could not rise, Tor young
4i'"r was cluchlng tue r Ky bottom with
de.psrailou. Planting his feet on both sides Of
Young Miller, Won Schn. nuinS tore MIN from his
hold. and bore bin unconscious to the shore.
IL was resuscitat,I ~ith difhculty.
\ few hO4rs later MIR. Mefkle, the Fifty-nf,h
street brewer, WAS seized with cramps while
SchptutinA swtu out 10 AID him. Mr. Merkle
caught 10 u ~ Nnn >cnUrnuiug, and bog IA TO
cimb dpt1hi Shoulders. Won mo- nnius told
hin 10 & both must dfo~n 4 lac dii not grt
down. Mr. Ntrhle obcyed, and a yawl arrived
just as Won sen, ennug was giving out On
thursday morning MIR. Metkle. " 10 IL deemed
yer, rich. sent Won Schoenn,ngs5. Won sehoen-
mn Enclosed toe money IN note aud seat 1t
E,ust On schoenning. though only twenty
one, aud II -4isit frame, l. very muscular. He
na, fsir cou' iexi u. dark.ued somewhat by
ana mousIacne. lie Is the OulS sou Of a Ger ran
mott lemHn, Whose hereditary estate Is IA Ponce
flr-i Regiment - prg.slan Drsgoohs as Second
lie tenant. ENtW Iru,sian caTrack mas is
s~ilpmins scnuoi. wherein TIE members of the
re-'nelt are taufbt 10 swim luity accoutred.
Lieut.. = norpniug ocink regarded as the urst
-sibuer smong the cioeT-, the superin-
teudent Of tbs school. la October, le,2, after
he bad been only few months IN the
regimen he bad a difi uty with a COM
rade Win whom he shared MS quarters. l. cut.
ON Schoenuin. AMI his f,ienu's troop became
entanslei A. a paTtue. and insuliu. wurds
passed from ono ~ thc other. he subject Was
referred to tho Board II Honor" Of the regi-
ment, aud they decided that duel most bs
fought. ON tue 24th ~ November IN the gray
Of the morning, tut. Won S'hornuiuy and his
former freud Ia 81 oLe smother. pistol IN hand.
At the frat re Lieut.. Won SCREENINGS ady-r-
sar, 4eli, PIE Ced through tue let breast. Lieut..
Win i've yesrs' leave OF absence, Obtained
through his fllAer's mi lence NeeAs before the
duel Won Srhnenuing iett Iei lin Oh the 2Jtn.
few da.- LATER hls adversary aied. Won SChuen-
mug saws mat he became n teacher Of swim
Lllng, because he cannot keep away from the
water. lie viii ret INTO Berlin aud rel lin his
regiment Hi er the expiration OF MS leave VI alb
seu,e. He has saved twelve lives In the neigh
IorhOOd OF Mr.. Aliens l.itus
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THE 4RGUMENT FIESD.
Tbs Final Disappearance Of u Man who Had
IA Giob--NRlNo Attachment.

AS rule" said Mr. Maguihu, ~ don't
enjoy funerals there is almost Invariably some
depressing feature about them. hut we h I'd
one from our house Yesterday that was posi-
lively enliveuing. We have planted tho Argu-
meut FeDd, and with any kind OF weather the
Dictionary crop l. likely 10 be Immense.
He was not a bad man. He was a flithfui
husband and kind father, and he meant well !;
but he was forever laun hing iuterminsble ar
guu slts on subjects that nobody cared any
tning about Ht would throw out proposition
something like this: suppose a man starts TO
walk around the world; the man moves aud
lac earth moves both In the same direction.
Which goes the foster, and which wi get there
first. the man or the wOrldf Perhaps II wa Mt
Just that, but even sensible men were soms-
tn es beguilcd iutO f-uitless and aggsayating
al, ussiou Of some equally sensee-s problem;
and. once started. the Argument Fieud would
talk until his hearers were prompie e. look
round at the back Of his head expecting to ses
there eluoe-Ntlve at schmeut NlIed with III
Tor The necessary iubricatiou Of la. tongue.
" At last the versatile Mr. Magrpdcr nit upon
pliA FOR r,Hef. IL WAS * eusiS-. tut we all
subscribed CheeTfullY, and chartered he talking
machine. Malruder smuElled II into III house
and Ne set 1t up IN the paiior. In THIS warm
-ea-on the bOaIders have been accustomed 10
coagrvgate In tue . irlOr after dinner ana 1T
without lghts, anxious for quiet ana rest, and
al signing TOR cOolness aud for nothing else,
Fieud's talk was more tnan the bOarders felt
called upon to endure. On the nisht that the
talking machine was placed in position,
AatTuder opened with some trivial ~
mark, and the Argument fiend replied vigor-
ous!y. After few minute.' discussion Magru-
de. ceased To use MS own voice, aud wneR
cal Ell upon to speak ha turned the crank and
answered with the talking machine. Hereto
foro the Argument Il nd mad usually found
that within an hour or 80 his opponents would
give w, acknowledge themselves beaten, ana
withdraw but here was foeInan wortny - ms
power, and he pted argument on argument and
sentence on sentence, and words, words, W rds
over all, and tine vigilant AagrIder KEEP. up his
enu with the talking machine.
shortly after midnigh. Magruder was relieved
at tue crank, and tho unequal contest was
oeaseessly continued. Along toward morning
II WAS thought that perhaps after all the Argu-
msut Fiend could out-ttlk even the talking a
chine, and very gloomy feeling pervaded The
house, for with the coming Of daylight IL would
be necessary to cover up the IN tchine, and thus
the Argument f1end would have new Lease OF
ME, and the bonders another days fDretasle ~
death but Just AS the FIRST faint SHAFT of light
quivered In the eastern sky biz word stuck in
the Argument Fieni's throat and he chokrd to
dean before any body could fetcn a outkscfeW.
" Yesterday we nut bin In the ground. The
crop NAV break tue dictionary market, cut tie
boarding house Is at rest