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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
A VIRGINIA. RAILROAD SOLD.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 20.-The Virginia
Midland Railroad sold To day at public auction by
the Hon. J s Barbour, Commissio 10 Messrs r. T.
B'Id win, J. Wilcox Brown and Robert Garrett, for
2j60OOOO The purchasers represent the syndicate OF
creditors. The first bid Of S4O00O00 made by j.
". Burke, Of Burke 81 Herbert. # his city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21

The Southern Democrats IN Congress ought
10 support me EdmunGs Dill Tor c0un ing the electoral
vote instead the Morgan rule, for me sImle reason
that n Is "A State Rights mea.ure. When IL was INST
Democrats MAD party reason Tor OppOs
ing IT, but that no longer exists Iherc Is no
ground for cOntesjing Mr. Garucids elecuon' ana no
marry advantage eau De gained b. adopting The Morgan
rue TAe Enunds bill refers disputed elections 10 the
tribunals OF the states IN winch hey occur VIII some
Democratic organ which sui believes IN state Rights
kindly inform Us why the Edmunds bill should De OPP
Insed hN Danucr.lsl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21

TRIBUNE OFFICE. Dec 81 n m.-The movement In
the barometer remained steady until D. m. when he
movement was downward. Partly cloudy weather with
snow tIe latter quarter prevailed. The temperature
ranged between 26' and $50 The average t294' beng
7 lower than the corresponding day last year, aud
80 higher then Sunday.
Cloudy and threatening weather, with rain or snow,
and slight changes IN temperature may be expected IN
this CITY and vicinity to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
NEW ETIDEyCE IN THE TALM4GE TRIAL

meeting of several of the ministers of the
Brooklyn Presbytery held last week to consider
new evidence relating to the testimony of the Rev.
f. DE Witt ralmage in his trial for deceit and false
hood in which he was acquitted BY the Presbytery.
Among those present were the Revs. DR.. Van Dyke.
:. L. Halsey. Arthur Crosby, j. u. Wells, A. y.
freeman. l.. X. Foote and Alexander McCulagh.
DR.. Van Dyke stated that lac knew OF certain facts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
DEPUrT-N4RSH4L WING4JE DISCHARGED.

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 20.-In the United
States Court morning the OF George Wlngte,
Deputy United States Marshal election day, VINO had
arrested by the State authorities the charge Of
disordery conduct tie polls but whose re-
moved TO the United States Court writ of haDeas
corpus dismissed By Judge Bradford, the ground
that the offence charged against Wingate was not an
mdictabe one ana therefore not within the coltemp a.
ton OF the Uuited states statutes Tie has eEc
great interest here having caused direct cOuhlct
between the Federal ana Oc Il authOrl ties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
POOLING GRANT AND FITZ JOHN PORTER
I'm l.Inhe. IcLnncrQi Lcnl

The Cube Democrat Is q good prophet. we
sad sestcrd ~ haJ DEMOCRATS would attempt 10 get
the FilZ john Porter bill passed dlOnE WITH the Gaht
bl By pooling ISSUES, a. Il were The senate DEBATE
yestfrdy showed tnis be the scheme Intended. We
hone II won't succeed. II Graut cannot be restored TO
DISTINGUISHED services without at the
same rue restoring a who dismissed from the
Army AS a traitor let him remain civilian during the
hall a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
JUDGE THOMAS BENNETT.

BoRDENTowN, n. j., Dec. 20.-Judge Thos
Bennett Of this city. died here tO-day. He sixty
three years old. Mr. Bennett was Mayor OF this cit
several times under the Democratic administration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21

To facilitate his removal uptown Mr.. Bass
ford OF the Cooper Institute, -elng OFF his whole I'M
mense hOuse-furns hlng goods cutlery silver
china. glassware and everything forced sale Besides
great reduction price, discount is taken of each
purchase. For Dartlcu'a rs his announcement. =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
LATE STEAMSHIP ARRITAL.

PORT OF NEW-YORR..--..ARRIVED DEC 90 1880
str CITY Atlanta woodruff Charleston days with mdse
and passenger 10 Jas Ouintard q Co.
FOREIGN PORTS
HALIFAX, Dec 2O-Auved, str ProDtus, from Galveston
sailed strs Nova scotan for liverpool Beta for Jamaica;
sandman, Tor POston: Outan0. Liverpool.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
READING CREDITORS ORGANIZED.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20.-The stockholders
and boudnoders OF the ScnuYIull Navigation Company
have nzed for the purpose Of contesng the
pursued by the OF Philadelphia aud Read
ing Railroad in scaling the canal obligations Of the rail-
ROAD company, and have appointed persons 70 confer
d lNLrs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
SHARON BAssETT.

WATERBURY,. Conn, Dec. 2O.-SharOn Bas-
sett Of the pioneers in the manufacture OF bolts
and well known throughout New England died Of heart
dseaae al birmingham Conn., this afternoon where he
has lived thirty He was seventythree years
old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
OBITUARY.
ALEXANDER c. DE LEVY.

QUEBEC, Dec. 20.-The Hon. Alexander C..
De Levy, member of the Legislative Council Of Que
bee, dled to-day, at the age OF sixytwo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

asram the oaometdca arstgns in nis BY eats Of
by The mercury hour The soft line represents
th In Indicated b. The tneruJ meter a. hl
Pharmacy, 2l8 Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
.JuerlIl N1nte5
BramIall. Deane & Co
Christmas Appeal Tor Poor Childr,

STFAM-HEATIN,- APFA tATUS OF ALL KINDS.
Ia I'm ates and specifications turn shed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21

The ber cold and snoWstOrms OF winter COMM 30 eaY
Will remind the tho thousands OF tia ch.
orK f1eniess. without
shelter Dng storm and fest ha clad anu bare
footed and sleeping cellars atfics growing
Ley reach out nads OF silrst
appeal 10 the this c1uutry whom Providence Las
biessed and ~ 81 sympathy
VINO viii help the eli tLDh tH'S AID -OtlEl1 70 MAKE
CHRIT Mas happier these unto tuuale niue Oue3i The
best Christmas alit a II ONE.
FIFTY DOLLAts viii send three HON ess chi dfen -
homes the country. on FL NDRED DOLLARS Will put
shoes little boys girl. on fDhED
DOLLARS will give 100 hung y children hot meal Tor
month.
surely those friends ana comfort
vii enjoy Christmas feeling that they have made
happier the homeless ieuul 81 orphan.
December is-. &. l.. BIZ AtE. secretary,
Chldren's Aid society. - East lth-st Aet-N0rk.
Gifts OF clothing AMI DrOvs Doe sent o the Cenrh
once 10 4th--t New Y0rk viii be called for n tho
address be forwarded
money De nclOsed 70 either ot the under
gued II they are Once oriers taey
he payable ID order George Ircasu4cr.
WIN. a. BOOTH. President.
Thru National BANK. 20 Nassau-st.
GEORGE =. coz Treasurer.
American Exchange Y atiOnal Bank. rs Br0asgay,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
L. l.. BRACE. HccItlIF.
10 East ltb-sf.. New York
WORK Of THE YEA Y.

There during the past year In our six Lodging
Houses 1868 i'm rent boys and girls 2J23-4 meals AM
$50 81 lodgings uppliea In ,he q Day aud Even
60 children who were taught ard patty
fed and clothed t0u4 y war meals were slppled 5fpt
goo1 homes mainy IA the West -, - were
aided with foot medicine, through the sick Chdrens
Mission 1904 children eulOved benefits Of the Sea
about ZOJ week 81 girls have
in the 0f the sewing machine m the ers
Lodging in the InCUstual schools Thsre have
been 73 orphans the LOigGg Houses Ss6"l % have
been deposited the Penuy Savings Banks. Total number
uune 81 d he the 45T.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21

The mails for enGag sAfu iOA Y. Decem.
Der -. 1850. VIII close az thus 0hce on tt E-DAN az
IN. AflOna. tlueenstOwn
WEDN ESDAY az $50 a. w.. tor Europe. ~ steamship
Gaia Queenstown Correspondence for France
specially anuFeses. 6.)O % Tor France direct
steamship Labrador via Hayre On TIT keDAl. az A.
BY steamship Celtic. Queenstown
spoudsnce for Germany and Fiance be specially adj
desseuG ana at $50 m Tor Europe b' steamship Su"yA
via P.y-.Outn, CherOourg and Hamburg SAiI kDAl,
a IN. Tor EUROPE, by steamship city of Chester.
Tor Germany and scotland
be specially addressed AM a. a. m Tor SEQ iand dE c.
steamship AlchOril Glasgow 10 Bel.
by steamship Wscsland- Antwerp and
10 Esrope. DOnau -Outhauaptpn
the mails Denmark. sweden Norway
by Hamburg Bremen steamers only The
spinwall and south Pacific leave New YORK
cemDel ~ The IA ais for Hayu leave Ne~lork DecemOsr
The mails for Jamaica Sayana, &C. leave Sew YORK
% The mails Havana aud Mexico leave
York December 23 The mans Tor Venezuela Carac .
leave New. YORK December -. The mails FOR China aAi
Japan leave Francisco January !. Tho mails
tie francisco January Is.
rHOS' L. lAhE-, Fascinated
pnSI OncP. NeM.Y nrE. December IL. ls,,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
Christmas
AT 81. BARNABAS.
ON md sffH2 kFrUR.ar.rr -


and 3U6 Mulberry.st.
p. u.
VIII the friends OF Earnabas remember the Christ
tor the children they dd The Thinks
giving dinnerl Will they also bring send gfs of gold,
gOod garments, etc. 81 the STChILD m the per-
these HIS representatives 10 De distributed from ina
Christmas Of the house aud suud 3 school N
please 10 SISTER ELLEN or the Row G. I. WOOD.
RUFF superintendent NewYOrk Protestant Episcopal city
Mission society.
DeerfoOt Farm-sAUsAGEs received daily and orders
the other products OF TINS we'll known farm ny
ACEER. dERRALL & CONDtT, 6th and jTth-st. Eli
LINGHAUS y * CO. No l,212 BTOa.wav. II. y. KIRK.
No. 7O7 Broadway ). II. WILLIAM9ON No. 80 Broadssy
Henry A. Daniels NJ ID. IA exngton-aye. near 2ethss
Hours 10 and % :.
Attention a. gentlemen.
Mineral Winters.
CONGRESS WATEkIhe purest aud safest ~ al cathar
Avoid all irritating waters freign aud
domestic they impair the digestive organs aud ndneys
New Designs in
GAS FIXTURES CLOCKS, BRoSZES LAMPS. AID
ORNAMENTAL METAL WORK.
Artistic STYLE materials lai worsmaashp
offered by
MITCHELL VANCE & 90,
s36 ana s3s Broadway New-yocs.
Plies permanently eradcntcd within three weeks No
kpilr, hglturc All TAI Diseases cured Circu
lars containing references DE- HoEf ~ West 2tth Sc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21

Plies permanently eradicnted within three weeks y,
kptlr. hgatc causIc Al re- TAI diseases curHL tircu
containing references d. hDEf ~ West 2tths
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04
Our Discoverers

IL is 3SS years since Christopher
Columbus discovered the new or west.
ern world. He is commonly mentioned
as the discoverer of America, meaning
this continent, and many intelliecnt
persons are udder the impression that he
was such. But the well known fact is
very different. Tse first land that
greeted his sight Oct. -, 1902, was one
Of the Bahamas, now know as Waiting
island. 1t WAS long thought that he had
landed on Cat island, but the latest in
vestigations show this 10 have been q
mistake. Columbus gave TO the first
land he had found in the western hemi-
sphere the name of San Salvador, which
has since been officially so called. After
discovering several others of the West
Indies, including Cuba and Hayti (San
Domlngo)-lle chrstened the latter
llispaniola-he returned to Spain, sup
posing Il ose islands were on the coast
of India, and consequently named the
natives Indians. His second VOYAGE
made him acquainted with the Caribbean
islands, also Jamaica and Porto Rico,
and he then sailed back, after founding
a colony at Hispaniola, which he had
imagined 10 be the Ophir of Solomon.
His third Voyage took him to the mouth
of the Orinoco, which he thought to be
the great River Gihon, having its rise in
the Garden of Eden; TO the coast OF
Para, TO Trinidad, Margarita, and Cuba
qua. On his fourth voyage he merely
explored the coasts Of Honduras an d
Costa Rica, having been turned from his
original purpose TO secure passage
uniting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
by the mutiny of his crew, bent on find
ing gold, and was obliged by various dis
asters to return to Spain. He died N
poverty and neglect, and in entire igno.
rance of the grandeur of his exploration.
lie had no id ca that he had discovered
Il new world; the belief that tho places
he had visited were part OF India he re.
tanned to the last.
The discovery of the coast line Of this
{ euiineut is geneyIlly attributed TO John
Cabot, long o resident OF Bristol, and
virtually an adopted Englishman, though
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04

of this widow, as we thought she was,
but YOU wouldn't heed my warming"
"Don't throw that up TO me. lts bad
enough without 1t. admit have secn
a fool.n
"All right, then, Algy. / won't men.
tion the warning; but last night Mrs:
jenkins came 10 me and told me all
about IT, / don't know how II happened,
but took Mrs. LOyelacc TO be widow
when she first came here-l suppose It
was because she wears mourning-and
told you she was such. Somehow Mrs.
jenkins heard it, and she told Mrs.
Loveace that we understood her to he
widow and so she thought 1t a
capital idea to pretend 20 be one. Sac
is young, you know, and lively, and she
thought it fine fun"
at was no fun for me- puts in the
young man.
"You might have guessed she was
only flirting. ANY one with halt an eye
could have seen that.
"But ] hadn't even quarter OF an
eye. was in love; and you know love
is blind.
"Poer fellow!'
"Don't make fun of me-" exclaims he,
stopping in his walk. Elsie, you don't
know how bad | feel over this
Pm sure you must feel awfully. 1t
puts you IN a terribly awkward position;
but then, Algy, you are not as bad off as
you might be, for she has promised
| faithfully not to mention II TO soul,
and Mrs jenkins has done the same.
| Mr.. Lovelace knows nothing at all about
\ - I haar hn rotI.r SrrnriSpd n
! your confused manner when he was in
troduced to YOU, and ut your hurry to
get out OF the room; but really he docs
not know of the filtration, and you may
rest assured his wife will not tell him,
for they say he is exceedingly jealous.
lie is Mrs. Jenkins's nephew, and has
been abroad for several months, some
thing about the estate of an uncle's who
died some time ago, and for whom Mrs.
Lovelace is in mourning. He returns.
hear, with quite legacy. Mrs. Lovelace
has been looking ior him for three
weeks, ever since she came here. Yes
terday she received a letter. saying by
what steamer he was coming, and find
ing the steamer was due, she left in
structions at The telegraph Office to no
tify her of its arrival. She got the tele-
gram just after dinner, saying il had
passed quarantine, and SO she was in the
parlor awaiting the appearance OF her
lord when you made your proposal
Now you know all about it. Surely you
will not think Of going away. You can't
afford to leave such a good boarding.
house on this account"
''No money would pay me to stay" he
said, resolutely, taking up his overcoai
and putting it on. 81 am bent on going
Elsie. In this case, have will Of my
own"
An hour later and Mr.. Johnson has
gone,
MIS-. Jenkins has lost a boarder.-
Poier's Monthly Magazine.
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04

vrcroR Huoo at homo is described as
follows by NJ. Albert Wolff "rhe hotel
ot Victor Hugo is at the bottom of the
avenue d'Eylan, Paris. 1t is small; the
saloen is on the ground floor, hung from
top to bottom with stufis of harmonious
tone. On Thursday evening that house,
whose intimacy is so charming, that
artists nest, is open 10 the good friends
and 10 some Of those on whom the
master lets fall a little OF his kindness, as
title Of glory and of pride. Before the
great fireplace, hidden under the hang
ings like all the rest of the apartment,
stands the poet, in a dresscoat; white
foulard, ted clrelessly, replaces
the horrible white cravat which is de ri
guetir in our evening costume. The gall
liant poet kisses the finger tips of the
ladies as do the heroes of his pieces clad
in silk and velvet; the young daughters
of his most intimate friends contribute
to his salon the grace of rhefr eighteen
years, and il is a sweet sight to see that
youth blooming forth under the eye OF
the master, which scars over life so
long and so great that its BEGINNINGS
already belong TO history, while the
present has already passed down to pos
terity. Iht dining room, separated from
the salon iy small ante. chamber is also
very homely; in the middle is the square
table ON which the twelve candles of a
brass lustre shed soft light; on the
walls some old ictures; profusion ot
shifting colors all around. The master
places himself at the head of the table
after having kissed the hand Of the lady
TO whom he has offered his arm; he will
do the same at the end Of the meal after
having led her back to the salon. The
dinner passes inunpreteBtious chat; the
guests bring to the poet The echoes OF
the great town, the gossip OF the bo,ile.
vard, the event of the day, the scandal
of the morrow. Victor Hugo. like all
men of superior intelligence, has the gift
Of knowing how to listen, and it is that
which gives SO Great charm 10 his hos.
pita5le house; ii the new conner is not a
fool, he feels at once that ii would he
absurd to seek effect and round off his
phrases in this milieu bon a.fdnt. After
dinner, the poet installs himself in the
big armchair to the night OF the fire
place, aud conversation begins more
freely between the master OF the house
and that guest whom he has signed to
Lit beside him."
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04

presumably Venetian, by birth ma.
son Sebastian has often been cr.,,, nis
with the discovery. but on unsne; eToiteo
grounds. 1t Is remarkable that ulg.ent na;,e
John Cabot's age nor the place or re,tner .;
of his birth or death should br , ume
veiy known. A noteworthy fact PoSili.
the man who discovered the wos % .nat
world, the man discovered .Ss~ln
America, and the man whose nome NorIn @
given in this eontincnt-Amer;an wa, was
pucci-should have been natiye,' yes, "
Italy. Vespucci has been mnch VI
understood and maliened. lie has hons o,s'
unjust.y REGARDED as an unprincinIei yeen oa
venIurer. But he has many attainmaaa,us au'
was an honest, concientious nnvico,os
and had nothing to do with the na,ro So
America, which probably came 'su TO-, =,
Germany, Martin WaldseemulIer w, =,
Frieburg. having called this con,;nouo.. y.
Americi Terra as early as as 1907. Wv -ss
pucci was close friend of Colpmhn.
ir the latter years Of Columbus hle ana
evidently bad no intent to rob his friend
of any honors that belonged TO him.
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04
Au Eve Fountain.

The eyesieht OF the ear is said TO havc
beel greatly improved bv simple rem.
cdy consisting OF clazoni doue1e, ~
eve fountain, throwing a tiny jet OF dell'
cate spray a yard and half into lhe sll,
The temperature of the water Is llxeu u.
eighty degrees Fahrenheit, ana the sprs!
is allowed to beat against the eyelldsr n.y. ~,
ninety seconds, night and morning. ING
remedy seems at first rldiculously slmple
but it has for several years been success
fully employed in Russia. For. the nv nv
erary man or jaded beauty, gong Wi's
weak and weary eyes to rest, 'he.I -
said to he nothing more refreshing lla,
to bend for moment or two over
gla2onl douche. The eyes recoNtoa
strength in an amazing manner IRON Wv
fine but powerful impact Of the inyigoi,,
ating spray, and there is none OF .'as -
Oppressive reaction succeeding the use v
tonics.
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04
The Challenge to the shows and shams.
John Swinton's Travels.

The mobility of republican politics in
France is in striking contrast with the
political stagnation of many other coun.
tries. The gravest questions are kept
open: and the whole world is put under
inquiry. fhe state, as it stands, is chal-
lenged; the church is challenged; go arc
property and capital; so are forms and
laws and institutions. They must, at
their peril, demonstrate by their fruits
that they have the right to exist.
This perpetual challenge of the funda.
mental shows, shadows, and shams OF
the world, is conducive TO freshness and
freedom of thought, aud has much to do
with that marvellous intellectual activity
which appears especially in Paris. but
also in other pmts'of France. The spirit
of which IL is the expression belongs 10
all mankind; bat it obtained a peculiar
momentum in France at the time OF the
first republic, when oil things we're in
solution.
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04

ASour midnight, just after the acci.
dent in the Consolidated Imperial mine,
Nevada, the wife OF Mathew Winnie
was found on her way to the works. She
said she had been awakened just before
by her husband, who came all mangled
10 her and told her he had been killed
In the mine. She got up. die's her
sell, and started to ascertain the truth of
what she was only too well convinced
was true. There had been terrible &C
cident; Mr.. Winnie Was indeed killed,
and the trembling woman went back to
her children and her desolate home.
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04
DISTANCE.

o.potless silver ship
50 tar awayi
While In the hasy b're
Thine outlines stay
30 Geek or cav Il seen.
But float anear,
And many a seam and coil
euaightway appear.
ohope that lies serene
In distant light
No blemish mars thy grace
To longing sight;
But hope by longing met
Enchanik no more
Then coarse and common ships
Beside the shore.
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04

4 snxpr looking man applied to Gal
weston candidate for ten dollars. He
saij few friends Of the candidate want
ed to make preparations already to cele-
hrote bis election. "But suppose sm
1odH "Well, then, we can use the
= colohEHiing your not being
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04

He was lying in front OF the s,o,d us
door when the merchant came ou', ans
stirring him up with the toe OF bis poy'; o,~;
said: "Are you drunkY "Yon peu
"Then yon move of from here" az az
yon drunk" queriel the inebrla's;, i,nss;
"No; am SOBER" was the inslsi'a,tf NJ
response. "rhen you can move u
from here darned sight easier INA" :
clu."
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04

Tnr BARRIERS apprentice is usually
strapping fellow.
The Osceola times., 1880-12-04

The next morning there was gentle
knock at Mr.. Johnson's bedroom door.
lie has Just given the finishing touches
TO his hair preparatory to descending to
look for Mrs. jenkins, and to inform her
that he has decideu to change his place
of abode. He is rather surprised that
any one should wish to see him thus
early, and hastily pulling on his ccat he
proceeded to open the door. II is his
sister-in law, who with face enshrouded
in sympathy, trips quietly in, and seats
herself on one side of the tumDled bed.
with YOU before you 20 TO break fast"
she says, in low tone"
But I'm not going to breakfast" an
swers he, standing with his hands in his
pockets and looking very determined.
"Iwouldn't go into that dining room
lain for any amount Of money. After
the fool T.
There, there" Interrupts the lady,
''don't say word. know all about
it,"
"You do? Yes, of course; knew you
would Everybody has heard it by this
time. | won't stay in the house min.
ute longer than can help. don't care
to be the laughing stock Of fifteen board
ers Yes, Elsie, Pm Of Immediately"
Don't talk so loudly; you'll waken
the folks in the next room, and l don't
wish to have any one know I'm paying
you such an early visit"
Algernon lowers h,s voice.
"Well," he says, beginning to walk up
and down the room "what is the chat 10
be about?'
~ want to tell you," replies Mrs.
johnson. "ail about this little hoax. To
begin with, you remember warned you