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A LoNs RAoR.-Two ships arrived
in New York harbor within twenty
four hours Of each other. One on
Friday and the other on Saturday.
They are in the Chinese trade and
were laden with tea. They both
sailed from Yokohama for New York,
and had run $4,000 miles. This is
said to be the longest race on record.
It does not appear, however, that the
captains of the two ships agree that
there was any race at all, as the ships
we're not in sight of each other after
they got to sea. They left Yokohama
on the 24th of May, and were under
steam nearly the whole time, lassing
through the Suez canal in one day
and i've hours. Tea ships usually
make quick time, and as the cargo Is
valuable and often varies great deal
In q week or two, the ship that secures
tho advantage Of 80 much time ahead
OF all rivals may thus secure fortune
for herowners, hence voyage assumes
the feature Of q race, while there
has been no race. 1t has long been
thought strange that ships do not fol-
low ono course and keep nearer each
other. But this does not seem to suit
sailors; they prefer most to enjoy the
whole ocean to themselves.
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DELINQUENT PosTMAsTERs.-Forty-
three postmasters Cat presldential offices)
have failed to render their quarterly re-
ports to the Post-ofice Department for
the quarter ended June 80, 1881, within
the required time. There are only two
or three post-offices in Delaware thai
come under the rule Of appointment by
the President, and none are included in
the delinquent List, nor Is there any in
Maryland. Unaer the rule adopted BY
Postmaster.G General James these post.
masters have put themselves In peril o.
iosing their places.
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TIE .TsyxasAL MACHINES. ~

TIE sTNBKRNAL MACHINES. 1T
b 10 be hoped that the Irish citizens Of
the United States have no hand in the
shipping Of the ''infernal Machines"
which man in Illinois by the name
of Grove says were manufactured and
shipped on board Of English vessels to
destroy them and their crews. This
d nothing short Of attempting the
most horrid murder Of innocent men,
women and children; and it may re-
suit in the taking of the lives of peo.
pie who are a. hostile to the laws Of
England as the authors of the system
Of assassination themselves. In fact
tho people who may be murdered by
the explosive machines on English
ships may not be Englishmen at all.
Aside from this the effect of such
shipments If they are to be continued,
- Grove asserts, may have . bad re-
sul. upon the commerce of the nation.
It 10 hardly likely that ships will seek
our hArbors for freights either of cot
ton, grain or anything else if they are
. 10 bs made to run the risk of being
blown up by "infernal Machines
There is not generous-hearted Irish
man in the land that will approve Of
thus numbering the innocent to take
vengeance upon the guilty.
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nOrICEs.
DROPOsAIs FOR GRADInG.
OFFICE OF THE srRrEr COMMISSION
ER. No. .sk East sixth Street: 90!

oEElCE OE AE 6IkELE OOAAl06IOE-
Err No. 8k East sixth strect: Il
WILMINoroN, DEL., august 2, 1881.
Sealed Proposals viii be received in the
box 10 the City Council Chamber until
Z 80 O'Clock, p. M, FRIDAY, August 9th /,
1881, for grading the bed OF lombard st .,
betwe. n Twelfth and ThirteeAth streels,
and Twelfth streetbetween ombard and
Poplar streets. The amount OF material to
{ removed will be about $40 cublo ynrds,
and II must be talkon aud deposited on
Thatcher street betNeen Twelfth and
Thirteenth ktieets. TIE work must be
done under the direction and supervision
OF the Street Commissioner, and must be
competed within twhnty days from the
time the contract ID AWARDED by City
Council for every day Thereafter the
contractor must pay TO the City ofWn
mington the sum OF ten dollars per day
unless q written excuse is furnished. ap.
proved by the Street Commissioner. A
bond with security In the sum OF one
hundred dollars must acct mpany each
proposal for the good faith OF the bidder
and the person tr Lersons to whom the
contract may be awarded must give z
bond with security in the sum of three
hundred dollars for the faithful perform
amos OF the contract. The committee re-
serve the right TO reject any bid that they
do not think II will be 10 the interest o.
the city to accept, ALI bids must bt
properly signed, sealed and endorsed
proposals. for grading Lombard street
and Twelfth street"
L. P. LYNCH,
Street Conmtssi0ner.
By order of the Opening Streets Co IA
B. F. TowNsxNp,
aug2-it Chairman.
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THE SENATORS AND CLERKS TO RE-
cRIvR THEIR PAY.-Comptroller Law
romeo has decided that when the Office
Of Secretary Of the Senate is vacant
the Secretary Of the Treasury may
with the approval Of the comptroller
direct the United States treasurer, a,
general disbursing officer, to pa,
members, officers, clerks and othe
employees Of that body. When ther,
isa Secretary Of the Senate he is ex'
clusively the disbursing officer. Tht
death OF Mr.. Bureh will not cause an,
delay In the disbursements ON accoun
Of the Senate.
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MR. CoNKLINe STILL POWER -
1t appears that Mr.. Conkling and his
friends are still q power in New York
which, according to the anti Stalwart
Republican press, is alert and very
dangerous. It is said that they will
still manage the ''maohine" notwith-
standing Judge Robertson may have
his hand on one part Of it.
We are not well versed in New
York Republican politics and depend
very much upon the Journals of that
party for learning what we can Of the
"ways that are dark" in the mysteri-
GUS movements in the politics Of
Gotham. A Republican oontsmpo-
rary, however, leads off in language
that is calculated to make the average
reader suppose a great battle was to
be waged in the Republican party be.
tween the friends of Mr.. Conkling and
his enemies during the coming fall.
1t says:
"It is q great mist AXE to suppose
that the defeated ''Stalwart" faction
have retired from the field they are
beaten but not conquered, baffled but
not dismayed, and are secretly pre-
pairing to recover the ground recently
lost. In New York City the Republi.
can Committee is in the hands of Mr..
Conkling's friends, and they propose
to dictate the local nominations and 10
have an influential voice in the max
ing of the State ticket, or make
trouble. In fact IL will shortly be
| discovered that the old ''machine" is
still not only in running order, but un-
| pleasantly vigorous at the primaries,
and in the preliminary, county and
State conventions. And what will
Collector Robertson do about 1t Z Un-
questionably great power lies within
his grasp he can mako or break
"slates," and indirectly WELD an i'm
mense influence. He will not be able,
even If disposed, to keep aloof from
the contest. He will be under hy-
draulic pressure, 80 to speak, both
from within and without. Nearly
twelve hundred places are at his dis
posal, and he need not make clean
sweep to utilize this power. A wink
is as good as a nod to the average
revenue place holder, and he is always
quick to look out for his own interests.
The outgoing Collector occupied Q
different position from his successor.
He was sort of political Janus, look
ing both ways and preserving the
peace but Robertson is not that kind
of man. He is positive, alert, ann
bitious and shrewd. aid not given to
heaping Goals of fire on his enemy's
head, nor to binding up his wounds.
Moreover, he is man Of strong con-
victions, and sincerely believes that
Conklinglsm and all that the name
implies should be torn up by the roots
and cast into the fire. 1t is difficult
to see how such a man can keep from
taking momentovs and decisive part
in this contest about to be renewed In
New York. Meanwhile the friends
of civil-service reform will prudsntly
prepare to add an inch to the band Of
| mourning on their hats.n
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NEW CAsTLlc 9 COUNTY, S.a

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, 81
The State OF Delaware TO
4 spAu the Sheriff OF New Castle
cEAA county, Greeting; Whereas,
-. Mary o. Chase, by her petit :
lion TO the Judges of our Superior Court,
nled In the office Of the Prothonotary OF
the said Court, in and for tho county OF
New Castle, for the cause Of complaint
therein alleged, has made application to
our said Judges that decree may be pro-
nounced dissolving the marriage exist
Ing between the petitioner and her hus-
band, Thatcher Chase.
We, therefore, command you. as You
nave Deen heretofore commanded, that
you summon Thatcher Chase so that he
be and appear before the Judges of our
SAID Court at the next term thereof, TO be
held at Wilmington on Mond ", the
twenty eighth day OF November next, to
answer the allegations of the said petit
tion, and also 70 show cause, IL any he
mas, why decree of the said Court
should not be made dissolving the mar
riage existing between him and the said
petitioner according 10 an act of Assem-
bly,, In such case made and provided, and
also 70 do and receive whst the said
Court sha ii then and there consider con.
cerning him ih this behalf, as TO the
Court shall seem meet and c0nsi stent
with the provisions of the said act OF AS
sempiy J and have you then and there
this writ. n
Witness the Honorable Joseph p. Com.
eggs Esquire OF Wilmi ington, the twen-
y-nitn day az May. A. d. Eighteen hum
GEO. A. MAX WELL.
Prothonotary.
issued. June II 1881. ills u os.
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Ex-GovERNoR SAuLsBURY's FU-
NIRAL will take place in Dover, on
Thursday afternoon, from. his late
residence and proceed to the Old
Methodist Cemetery. Invitations have
bssn extended to many friends in vari
ous parts Of the State, and the funeral
win be one Of the most numerously az
tended that has ever taken place in
Dover.
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30 oR-
GRADING.

Il --T0R-
GRADING.
OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER
No. 81< EAST SIXTH STREET. Z
WILMINGTON, Del. August 2, 1881.
Sealed proposals will be received In
the box In the City Council chamber un-
III 7.30 O'Clock p. m Friday. Aukusa 6th,
street from the south side Of sixth street
down 10 the Quarry the distance being
about l5O feet and containing about loo
cubic yards OF dirt and stone. The dirt
that the Street Commissioner may d.
rect providing the distance is not great
or than four Aquarex. The stone must ne
broken small enough for the stone break
or, where IL must ba taken and deposited
by the contractor. The WORK must be
done under the direction and supervision
o the Street Commissioner, and must De
completed within 6D days from the time
the contract 10 awarded by the CITY
contractor must pay to tne City OF VIII
mington the sum OF ten dollars ,un less a
written excuse is furnished signed by
the City Commissioner. A bond with Sc
lars must accompany each proposal for
the good faith OF the bidder. Ard the
person or persons ID whom the contract
may be awarded must give bond with
lars for the faithful performances OF the
contract. The committee reserve the
right to reject any bid they do not think
1t Ill be 10 tie Interest OF the city to &C.
cept. All bids must be properly signed.
scaled and endorsed, proposals for Ora
ding Van Buren, street"
For further in formation apply to
l.. P. LYNcH.
Street Commissioner.
By order of the Opening Streets Com
mittee, b. +. TOWNSEND,
Aug. 2 A.. Chairman.
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y TnH rapidity with which children
ere dying this summer in New York
md Brooklyn Is subject of consid-
siderable concern. Malaria on ali
sidsa, however, ID very prevalent, and
thoussnds Of adults are suffering who
paysr fslE it, effects before. The
Hsrsld says every one is asking,
ssWhat Il the causs p
The daily gazette., 1881-08-03
EsE.T TTEsDA Az AND FRIDAY.

EvEkx
T. TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
DIR. JAMES TODD, OF PHILADELPHIA,
VINO for many years has been emInen ly
successlul in the treatment OF CHRONIC
DISEASES, has opened an ONCE at
so2 MARKET ST., WILMINGTON,
Where he can no consulted on Tuesday
and Friday OF each week, between the
hours ofe A. M. and p. M. Persons suf-
fering from Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Loss
OF Appetite, Classification, Nervous Weak
ness, General Debility ,Catarrh, Neuralgia,
DEAFNESS, Roaring Sounds In the Head,
bronchitis, ,Asthma, Diseases ofthe Throat.
Lungs, Liver, spleen, Kidneys, Womb
and Urinary Organs, 6out, Rheumatism
Brlghps Dlsease. Hciataca, Lumbago,
Chronic DiarrfIna and Dysentery, Hem
Orrh0ids or Piles, Functional Diseases Uf
the Heart, certain stages of Marasmus
and Lung Congumptien, scrofula, Pim-
pies on the Face, Diseases OF the Blood
and Skin, Scald Heal. Ac.. Ac., will nnd
II greatly TO their advantaGe To call. Al
they will be told with certainty what
Ais them, and when Q cure II promised
you can rely upon it. Consultation free.
Jyl8 6m.
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d E9IsTER's ORDER.

RE0IsTER's OFFICE,
New Castle county, July 10Th, 1881.
Upon theapplication OF VIM. IL .stradley
Executor OF William l.. Bolton, late Of
Pencader Hundred, In said county
deceased, 10 is ordered and directed by iie
Register that the Administrator aforesaid
give notice OF the granting OF letters
Parliamentary upon the estate OF the
deceased, with the date OF granting there
Of, by causing ad advertisements u be post
ed within forty days from the date OF such
letters, in six Of the most public places oil
the county Of New Castle, requiring all
persons having demands against the es-
tate 70 present the same or abide by an
act OF Assembly IN such case made aud
provided. And also cause the same 10 be
inserted within the same period In the
WILMINGTON GAzETTE,a "A newspapefpub-
Iished In Wilmington, and to be eontln-
ued therein three weeks, (e o d).
,~. Given under the hand aud seal
l.. IS. of offiee OF the Register aforesaid,
t-~~~, al Wilmington In New Castle
county, aforesaid, the day and year above
written. b. q. BI4GS. Register.
NOTICE.
All persons having claiihh against tht
| estate of the deceased must present the
same duly attested 10 the Executor
on or before July 28th, 1882, or abide the
act OF Assembly In such case made and
provided.
WILLIAM Ii. STRADLEY.
| Execut r.
Address wood, Del.
Jy26-3weod
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MChOR LINE

UNITED STATES MAIL sTEAS.E9g
Sail every Saturday.
NEW YORK 70 GLAeG01 ~.
CABINS, $50 TO $50 SrEEkACE, VI.
These steamers do not c'rf! cattle, she oI Iagt
- And every sa,grd ya,-.,,
NEW YORK 70 LU: 10. HlIF Z,
CABINS, &51 to fsS5 Excursion al i.6t'.ded ...,t
Passenger accommodations ere unsurpassed
A.. sta terooms OF Main Deck,
Passengers booked at lowest rates to or from al
S.ilroad Station in Europe or America
DIafs nt lowest rites payable ttree Oi ehhfirJ
throughout England Scotland and Ireland
For books o ofiniounstion. plans, &C apply 10
aNDEGsos BRorHss BowLna GREEN ~ J.
Or IN SAMUEL. " .Rgrra. A iams W.
presa. Wilmington, Del. nnrHn-i"
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NOTICE.-Dr. KMue's Great Nerve
Rest )rer is the marvel Of the age for al
Nerve Diseases. All fits stopped free.-
Send 70 931 Arch Street, 'Phils tslphia,
oct 20-lv
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NOTICE-NEW SERIES-THE PER-
IN PETUAL SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION Is Issuing new series.
This association loans four hundred dol
lars on each share, and, instead OF deduc-
ing the premium when the lean 10 made,
collects the same monthly with other
dues. LEA PUSEY,
President,
NJ. L. LICHTENsTEIN,
July 2-lm. Secretary.
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PUBLIC SAIL ES.

SALE.OF COWS. ~
o. the Subscribers will SzNxD
sell at Public Sale, at. Red y3l{V
Lion. East Marlborough,
Chester county, Pa, GuSD4zk
MONDAY, AUGUST sth, 1881,
At O'clock p. M,
FORTY HEAD OF FRESH COWS AND
5PRINGERS, TWENTY HEAD
OF FEEDERS, LOT OF
YOUNG BULLS,
SILL q BAILEY.
L.W. stidham q Son, Auct'rs.
july8-N
NJ ARYLAND FARMS FOR SALE.
No. l-205 acres large yelling, kaAa
DJ';s,s.s. M SAScas 10 acres : ordinary III
No.3-about 40 acres no buildings.
Each within q mile of Denton, county
seat; VIII be sold cheap. Write for par
WIN. A. STEWART,
Attorney.
Denton, Caroline Co., Ma.
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TAXPAYERs, TAKE NOTICEf
j CITY AND SCHOOL TAXES FOR 1881.
The undersigned Receivers Of Taxes
for the City OF Wilmington, will be At
No. 10 East Sixth Street,
between Market and King Streets on and
after the FIRST day pf July, 1881, between
the hours OF and l2 In the morning, and
from te In the afternoon, for the pur-
pose Of receiving taxes.
On all taxes paid during the month OF
July there will be deduction OF five per
cent. on every dollar, and on all taxes
paid on or after the first day of August, up
To and including the first Tuesday Of
September, the face OF the bill will be re.
quired. and all taxes unpaid ON the next
day after the first Tuesday OF September
shall be. Increased by the addition OF i've
percentum on the amount thereof
EDMUND PROVOST,
Receiver No rthern District,
Including all North OF Sixth Stseet.
DENNIS KANE,
Receiver Southern District,
Including all South OF Sixth Street.
| Jy 7-tf
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n,HE ARTIzANs SAVINGS BANK.

NNHE ARTlZANS bAVIN0S BANK.
6O2 MARKET STREET,
INCORPORATED JANUARY 24th. 1881.
Open to receive deposits daily nom y A
NJ, until p. NJ, and on Tuesday and Sat
urday evenings from7 to 8 o'clock.
SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND,
When diyilsnds are not withdrawne
they are accounted as deposits. Thus per-
manent deposits compound their fnteres'
twice In each year.
Clement Fl. smyth. George w. Bush.
Chas. w. ToWnsend George q. Capelle,
Nathan,i n Henson, M. L. Lichensteln,
Henry r. Dure, Edward Darlington
w. Hastings, job Il. jackson,
Edward Pusey, VIM. II. Swift,
Anthony Higgins.
GEO. W. Bl fSH, President
EO. 8. CAPELLE, Xtct President
fsbN-lv %. TTAYLOR. Treasure
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-25
The wild Sheep of the Sierra.

At the base Of Sheep Rock, one of the
winter strongholds of the Shasta focks,
there lives a stock-raiser who has the
advantage of observing the movements
of wild sheep every winter; and in the
course of conversation with him on the
subject of their diving habits, he point
ed to the front of lava headland about
a hundred and fifty feet high, which is
only eight or ten degrees out of the
perpendicular. "There," said he, 81
followed a band of them fellows to the
back of that rock yonder and expected
to capture them all, for thought had
a dead thing on them. l got behind
them on narrow bench that runs along
the face of the wall near the top, and
comes to an end where they couldn't
get away without falling and being
killed; but they jumped off and landed
all right, as if that were the regular
thing with them"
"What !" said /, dumped a hundred
and fifty feet! Did you see them do it ??
"No," he replied, 81 didn't see them
going down, for I was behind them
but 1 saw them go over the brink, and
then 1 went below and found their
tracks where they struck on the loose
debris at the bottom. They sailed right
off, and landed on their feet right side
up. That's the kind of animal they is
beats anything else that goes on foul
legs"
On another occasion a flock that was
pursued by hunters retreated to another
portion of this same cliff where it is
still higher, and on being followed they
were seen jumping down in perfect or.
der, one behind the other, by two men
who happened to be chopping where
they had fair view of them and could
watch their progress from top to bot.
tom. Both ewes and rams made the
frightful descent without evincing any
extraordinary concern, hugging close to
the rock and controlling the velocity oi
their half falling, half leaping move.
ments by striking at short intervals and
holding back with their cushioned, rub.
Der feet upon small ledges and rough.
ened inclines until near the bottom,
when they " sailed off, into the free all
and alighted on their feet, but Will
their bodies so nearly in vertical posi-
tion that they appeared to be diving
| Scribne3'S
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The Origin OF the Name "Artemus
Ward -

There has been not a little specula-
tiorl as to how Brown came by his non,
de plume, " "Artemus Ward" DIR. Shat
tu',k says, that having some confidential
bl Isiness with him during one of his
lF st visits to Waterford, he took the oc-
oasion to inquire in particular about it.
Brown said it was in this wise: While
engaged at the Plain Dealer Office, in
Cleveland, Ohio, he made the ac-
quaintance of an eccentric old gentle
man whose actual name was Artemus
Ward, though assuming some more pre-
tentious titles. This man was in the
show business, having a few "wax
figgers," birds, "snaix," and q kanga-
roo. While waiting on the printers for
his bills he amused Brown by telling
an. endless number of anecdotes, all Of
hich were duly treasured up. Among
tnese were some of the incidents in
Browns article entitled edwin For
rest as Othello." He referred to the
following as one of the contributions of
the original Artemus Ward:
"Ed was actin at Niblo's garding,
( but let that pars. 1 sot down in the
Z pit, took out my spectacles and COM
Z liltllCCtl DtIOOSlA VIC DIll.
! = 4 AS was peroosin' the bill, a
grave young man who sot near me axed
me If I'd ever seen Forrest dance the
Essence of Old Virginny.'
" He's immense in that sed the
young man. He also does fair
i champion jig, the young man con-
tinued, 'but his big thing is the Es-
sense of Old Virginny.
"Sez 1:
"' Fair youth, do you know what I'd
do with you if you was my sun?'
"No, sez he.
"'Wall,' sez I, 'Td appint your
funeral tomorrow afternoon, and the
korps should be ready You're toe
smart to live on this yearth.'" ,"
The old man claimed himself to be
the hero of this story. Brown, however,
wanted the credit of correcting the
spelling and of dressing the stories up
in good literary style. Pleased with
the name, he attached it to several OF
his comic productions, and finding that
it took with the public, adopted "a
Ware" as his own. .-Scribner.
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"Tm a deposed queen" said she; 'Fbut

'Tm a deposed queen" said she; "but
/ will be obeyed p
Imogen, dropping her own oar with
scream, hastened to the rescue, and
struggle ensued, during which the frail
boat upset, and all three of the women n
were in the sea.
Not one of them could swim Tut,
fortunately, rescue from the shore was
nigh at hand. Mr.. Parker pulle 4 out
in his fat-bottomed fishing boat. and
stout Israel Peck was not far behind.
"Well," said Mr.. Parker, s0!ratchine
his head, when he had got/the stout
young female, now all wet ard dripping.
into his boat, and saw that Is rael had been
equally fortunate with tie two Misses
Poyntz, cts good thing she hadn't
killed 'er. She's as mad as n March
hare, poor dear It's my wife's sister
AS we thought, sea air and plenty of
fresh milk would be better for her than
the asylum fare. But if these are the
capers you FIRE going to cut up, Adeliza
Mary, you'll have to 90 back again.
And so peaceahIe as she's been of late,
too ~
Il thought it was Miss Eglantine,
the poetess," said poor Imogen, with
blue lips and chattering teeth.
"Bless you, miss, no." said Mr.. Par
ker. "The trunks are here, but she
don't come down until next week."
While Aexia, sitting under the same
rug with Israel Peck, had not word to
say upon the subject. And they all went
home to hot tea, bottles of boiling water
and well-warmed blankets.
Adeliza Mary Stubbs went back to
the asylum. Miss Eglantine came down
the ext week, an elderly lady, in blue
spec'iacles and cap, whom Imogen
Poy ntz pronounced decidedly stupid, !"
and Alexia became engaged to Israel.
''He saved my life" said she, "when
we were out in that horrid little boat
with the crazy woman. And he's so
good and ubstantial-worth a dozen
city dandies, according to my TASTE"
And Imogen's enthusiasm about au-
thors and authoresses is considerably
/ lessenpd,