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The crops Of 1889 in the South were
the largest ever raised. Il is estimated
by the Manufacturers Reo0rd that the cot.
ton yield will reach 1850 900 bales, and
this increase, in connection with the
higher prices ruling, as compared with
1883 will make the value Of the crop of
1889 probably $50, 900, 900 more than
that Of 1883. Though the official figures
of the corn crop Of the year are not vet
available, it is known that the yield was
the largest on record, aud estimated al
40, 600, 600 to 10000, 600 bushels moro
tnan the crop Of 1883. or fruits and
vegetables, such crops as the South pro.
duced last year were beyond ANYTHING
known before in the section, and many
millions Of dollars wcrc drawn from the
North and West to pay for early Southern
fruits and market produce. A conserva-
tive estimate would place the aggregate
value Of the souths aricultural product,
in 1889 at not less than $3.50, 600. 600. or
more than 800 900, 600 in excess Of
1888
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SHOT DEAD ON HIS CAR.



While collecting fares on State street
ear, IN Chicago, Conductor John r. Moore
received from George Jordan colorcd man.
q one-dollar bill. In return he gave the pas
aonger three twenty-fvc.ccnt pieces and two
dimes Zone NJ these quarters is no good /.
its nickod said tho colOrcd man ~ do not
want it,
"All right hero you are returned the
conductor, as hc took back Tho Objectionable
piece Of money and deliberately counted ont
twenty five Onc-rcnt pieces
'Arc you trying ~ make n monkey NJ mct
yelled Jordan. with an oath. at sight Of tho
copper pieces 'Im mo- chump md The man
rose from his seat and violently struck tho
conductor in the face The Inter stepped t0 thc
rear platform Jordon. possibly fearing That
the conductor intended attacking him with "a
car hook drew n revolver aud. taking do
hberate aim fired The ball lodged in Moore
lungs inhictng fatal wound
The cOlored man jumped from the car and
few down tho street lie was captured, az
Ter on exciting chase.
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The full text of the North Dakota
prohibition law has been made public.
It imposes penalties for the first offense
of 5000 to $1,000 fine and imprisonment
not less than ninety days nor more than
year. Tie second and each succeeding
offence is heated as a felony, with pun
ishment by imprisonment in the State
prison for period not exceeding two
years and not less than one year. There
is a proviso permitting registered phar
macists 10 sell for medicinal, mechanical.
scientific and sacramental purposes An
places where intoxicants are sold are de-
clared common nuisances, and the sheriff
of the county Is which such places are
is empowered to abate them and DESTROY
all intoxicants and fixtures found there.
IN. Tie law went into effect January
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HIS FUN STOPPED.

a Desperate Who Shot at Citizens
Strung Up by Them.
An unknown Desperate had for some time
bson torrorizus ths mining camp ot George
own, Now M3xico by shooting ~ inoGen-
i've citlzony A few days ago, at attempt
vas made 10 arrest him but h9 got tho
lrOpn on the OH sers and n1ie his escape in
~ the mountains Emboldoned by his sue
cess he returned and began shooting at SOW
eral citizens when q posse was organized
which effected bis arrest While the prison
or was being taken 70 jail number of masked
men seizo1 him and going with him into a
neighbOring grove, hanged the fellow tO a
trce and riddlo1 his body with bullets,
Nothing is known Of the man, except that he
was a companion Of tho notorious Moxican
OUTLAW Plar, who infested the locality in tho
yicinityof Silver City for several months
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About eleven of the eighty eight
United States Senators are millionaires,
Mr. Stanford, OF California, leading with
$50, 900, 900. Mr.. Cameron, Of Pennsyl-
vania, is credited with 81 5, 600 900, and
MIR. Sawyer, of Wisconsin, with $40, O0O,- :
600. The others range between FIVE
millions and one million.
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IN THE EVENING"

In the evening OF our days,
When the first far stars above
Glimmer DINNER, through the hazS
Than the dewy eyes of love,
Shall bs mournfully revert
To the vanished inorns and Nav
OF our youth, with hearts that hut
In the sSsaing Of our days.
Shall the hand that holds your own.
Till the twain are thrilled as now,
BE withheld, or colder growns
Shall my kiss upon your brow
Falter from its high eStates
And, in all forgetful ways
Shall we sit apart and wait
In the evening OF ou- daysl
III
Na'-, my wife-my life the gloom
Shall enfold ms velvetwise,
And my smile shall be the groom
or the gladneSs Of your eyes;
Gently, gently as the dew
Mingles with the darkening maze,
shall fall asleep with you
In the evening OF our days.
James Vhitcoiab Riley, IA Lippineotl
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THE Portuguese Cabinet resigned. and the
republican press tried ~ incite the people
against the monarchy.
THE body Of women was found at Cru.
ennc. in Hungary with the throat cut and
otherwise mutlatod The crime resembles
those committed in tho Whitechapcl district
of London.
DURING The absence Of her husband. Mrs
Alexander Austin. of Carleton. New Bruins.
wick n paralytic. was burned ~ death iu
her homo
a WOMAN and three children were sufo-
Gated by escaping gas nt Bew. Hungary
Their dead bodies we're found lying together.
COLONEL VOEmOFF an officer OF the
Car oi kussias body guard and some
other officers Of The same corps committed
suicide To s supposed that they were impli
Gated in recently discovered plot AGAINST
the life ~ the Gar
TuE steamship Herschei whici arrived in
New York from Brazil brought now from
Rio Jaueiro that in a military revolt in that
city moro shan 100 Of the uautineers were
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WOMEN WITH AXES.
Eight ofThcm Chop aud smash a. a
saloon

Saloon.
40 Hatton, n small town north Of MAY
vile South Dakota the saloons have had h.
oil their own way for some time. and oponlv
dobed the law. The other night eight
women from the country whose husbands
have been spending nearly an their time boa
these places prepared Themselves with axes
and other weapons, marched in q body to
the saloons and began chOpping and smash
ing. The leader wasa auiet and unaseupino,
woman, but when she learned that she had
signed mortgage ON the farm Boo order that
2 saloon bin could be- paid shc could stand it
no longer and got together seven. other
women and made the raid.
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George FrancIj Train

Mr.. George Francis Train, or, as he
calls himself, Citizen Train, has long
been called the greatest crank in Amer
lea. Indeed he SO calls himsclf.r
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LAST year Germany granted only SgH
pensions against England's 0T70 aud the
United States 20, 400. The number granite
Ia Germany has fallen OF 911 ia ave years.
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A Ngw YORg manager has offered Henry
NJ Stanley 5000 a lecture for fifty lectures
b. be dalivegod iu America during next win
ter, and the great explorer has not yet sgs
aihcd whether he will accept the offer OF not.
This is probably the biggest offer ever mado
Tor a series OF lectures in this country.
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A MAD MOTHERS ACT.
She shoots Her Children and Poison,
Herself

"II' 7WVOT7 TIUF VNIIUTon NnU TOIsOnf
Herself
Postmaster Mclean. 81 Warsaw. Mimi
got ont of bod early In the morning to build
fire i'm the kitchen. and while - was gon,
his wife bolted the bedroom DOR. and TAX
ing revolver from n bureau drawer sho
three ~ her children. Two of them die,
instantly The third, mere baby
was shot through the lung with fata
eject The mad woman then pourc
carlOic acid down the throat NJ her fourth
child. and completed the tragedy by swal
lowing n dose of the poison herself
Tho child tO whom the acid was admins
tered was Boo critical condition Mrs Nc
I<s bad hoot doe o1d~ut 49, ,ou. t.,
-piie Time but d. was not thfdght that het
mind was affected Tho Postmaster ram O,
the bedroom door al. soon as be- heard tho
shooting bat was unable 90 force an cntrauc
until the tragedy was finished
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CHAPTER ".
LISTENING.

One afternoon week or so later
while | was at work washing my brushes
in my studio somebody began to sing IN
the room above. The voice was feInl-
nine. a deep and sweet contrelto. and l
took for granted that the s1ngcS aust Dc
Miss Eczardy. l listened with a good
deal of interest, as well rs a good
deal of pleasure, for beside that the voice
was in itself agreeable the song she sang
seemed to me 10 be very curious as well
as very pretty Though the words, OF
course, were quite indistinguishable l
guessed that it was Russian song, per-
kaps a folk song. 1t had much Of that
savage impetuCsity OF rhythm and that
almost barbara 5rilliancy of color which
we feel in some OF the compositions Of
Rubinstein. It WAS swift. merry, jubi-
liant even. in its movement; yet pro-
lorged minor vail seemed 10 run all
through it. giving a secondary effect Of
sorrow. Here aTfd there would occur a
repetend. consisting Of succession Of
tense high notes; every new departure and
variation OF the tune always finished by
bringing up at this same repetend; the
influence Of II upon the bearer was very
strange. 1t sounded Ike hilarious laugh
ter. vet at the same tine ii sounded ike
wild. passionate sobhing. AMI II moved
the nearer at once 10 pain snd 10 pleas
ure in a vav that was very strange.
Gradually rs / listened the rhythm
arr4ared to become more regular, the
ecoentricity Of the melody TO moderats
a little. at begins" l thought. TO re-
semble something that have heard be
fore. What? All. remember; it is a
good deal ike that song OF Carmen 5
whereby poor Don jose is made 10 lose
his heart TO her. There Is the same
effective usa OF the chromatic scale. She
does it beautifully. Ishould immensely
ike To see her. can fancy the way her
eve flashes. the way her cheek fiushes-
She must Be pretty No woman could
sing with 50 much fire. and spirit unless
she wers pretty Hello! what Is thisg-
The floor over my head had begun q
vibrata 70 the measure q a dance; the
singer had begun 70 dance u time to heT
music. Ii struck ne al az once that
this was a EttI4 singular. Could Mis-
Ecza-dy not only sing but dance with
her father II unto death II the neKt-or
for al knew. II the sa-ne-roon:
was bordering this enigma IN ny mind
when somebody raped upon ny door.
Come IN. - / called.
TIE exter1uina;or entered He g..
terei on tir5oe. u If fearful % rnakiEg
ri,s l..zst -ns.Se. I'D III h<s fInGs,
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raised, his bps plrSed i.-au his brows
knitted, as if TO enjoin sdeacs upon me
as well looked up, puzzled, and wait
ed for him TO vouchsafe an explanation.
He advanced very close to me, when,
bending forward. and protecting his
mouth with the open palm of his hand,
he demanded in whisper: "Eh, you
hear that:
Yes, I hear it," I confessed.
"Well, the ole feller-you know, the
ole Teller, her fazair:''
Eyes. Well? What about him:"
well, he feel better. Ca va mieux.
You understand"
"Ah, that's it, is it, I exclaimed.
'Dr. Eczardy feels better, and hisdaugh-
ter celebrates his Improvement with a
song and dance"
Eyes, that's it. She sing and dance
for him, and that show he feel better.
Whenever e feel pretty good Railways e
mex her to sing and dance Helikeit."
well he may. She has a sweetvoice
and she sings with spirit"
Eyes, you right; she sing first class.
Bot you bought to see her dance. She
dance! En-, / never seen anybody dance
like her. It is magnificent. l go op
stairs now TO congratulate them. be
cause e feel better, you understand.
Then mebbe they hask me to walk in
side and mex visit. Then mebbe she
go hon to dance, and set there and see
her. 1t is as good as q theatre II Is
wors FIVE dollars. Well. goo'-by."
And waving his bsdiamonded old claw
at me he accomplished his exit. fel,
as though should not at all object 70
following him. was beginning to be
nightly interested in Miss EeEardy;
and am sure l should have surpassed
the excarminatOr himself in apprecia-
ton of her dancing if l, too, had been
permitted to witness it.
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apartment
TIE EXTERMINATOR.

The young mamie was in his shirt
sleeves; he emitted an aroma that trans
ported me in fancy to Marseilles, and he
spoke like a Frenchman who had picked
up his English on the Bowery- the
Young man said. walk into lie awfus
and set down; L go call de bose"
THE boss?" 1 queried. That is Mr..
Musellel"
Sure. the young man responded.
The Office into which he ushered me
was a section partitioned off from what
had of old time been the drawing room
of the Il .oe A large desk stood be-
tween the windows and behind it sat a
snub nosed young lady with rudy hair
writing in a huge leather bound account
book. | took possession of one of the
half dozen chairs that We're ranged in q
row along the wall, and waited expect
antly for the exterminatOr to material
lie.
| did not have to wait very long, and
then of course | saw that he CORE
sponded i'll no particular with my pre-
conception, being neither roly poly nor
bland Of countenance nor fiercely mus
tachioed But | saw also and instantly
that he was vast Improvement upon 1t.
He looked precisely as though he had
stepped out of French vaudeville. In
deed, if an accurate portrait Of him had
been shown TO me beforehand l could
never have believed that it represented
real man in real life. ! should have
taken for granted that it was either a
fancy sketch. or a cancature, or bit
from the theatre.
He was tall, spare, erect and manifest
" very old. He had the fsce. and espe-
tially the hands. of a very old man. His
hands were emaciated and discolored
upon the backs with freclIles and large
yellOwish hlOtCheS, rs hands hardly ever
are until old age comes on. and the skin
hung loosely from the bones and the
veins stood out dark and why, and the
finger rails were p8rched and CoTrugat-
ed in a way that signined Enthusiastically
advanced old age. his cheeks were
sunken, his hollow eyes were framed in
by network Of wrinkles; from each
side of his Jaw and beneath his sharp,
prominent chin the notified skin sagged
downward and formeda dewlap over his
Adams apple. Yes, he was manifestly
verv old; at a charitable guess say 10.
And vet by the employment OF sundry
ready enough devices he had contrlved
to turn himself into . most Srotesque
simulaCrum Of ...giShneSS. de wore
a wig of ali liant curling hair, IN color
that = dry reddish brown which one
sees except in wigs. His csvernous
d cheeks were painted carmine. HIS
wrinkles We're half filed up with pow
der. He was dressed in the latest and
most youthful fashion. wearing a nattv
cutaway coat. White linen walstcoat, q,
tower like standing collar. a modish blue
cravat and trousers that had been care
fully creased IN a straight line down the
front. To give his toilet the finishing
touch he had loaded himself with as
much jewelry as there was room for on
his person. His scrawny fingers gilt
tered with rings set with diamonds, ru-
bies. emeralds and sspphireS; his cufTs
puIled down well over his wrists, were
Fastened with buttons Of amethyst; &
massive golden watch chain. with de
pendencies Of charms AID iaekets
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CHAPTER VII.
ABsESCE

On Monday morning tho post brought
me letter. II wa a better caat had
been expecting FOR good While, AMI
other things eQual. y ought ~ HAYS
caused Iae TIE Evs.fsst pieasurA II wss
a letter from LIr Archibaid Winthrop.
a wealthy ciIf-sn q Baaon. inviting rs
20 come end s-Sy ~ his h0use AID paint
the portraits 81 his wife and iis two IN
married daughts-s y reght - hsvs
afforded Iaa ttis h.s'iest p0aGbls salts
faction, for II Ensaut . god lot q naonsY.
and II meant also. what was more am
portaut. tbs first serious step u my cs~
reer. Yc.. a. q mater - fat, Il Afforded
ule 10 sarLsfacriou whHtsyeT. but only
verztiOn and rrgr-t or oourz. I o0uld
not think o. fayiag 10 20 =: that vronld
Be % fly il tie f-.e q ProyllLelce. But
II SAID yes D. u ga0u'i have 20 ies~q
New York and rsEas3n away for . co8pls
Of months a. tie s1oTtes-, and for rea-
sorz which the reader vii divisss I va
10th % lezye Ssw York sssn Tor > sgven-
night
However. hike n tr1s Arns-isaa-ths
band and ss0t.ms1, an ne othsT--i cast
the ch0tca in favor - businesz. and iva
DAYS lar found NE aboard The astrFs
noon exp-szs TRAIN bound fqr BoesOn.
Tia erta-uaiaator arld had IA a. ~.
feotiorA.s partlpg. and I hsa exsCted
from hsrl q yro-a5ee Tat - wo1id writs
20 Ius and lst ls kaow bow tElnEr
vsut q I'D u5s mention lis b
Ea-5y's nsrns - hlzn. bat fs'i SIRE That
when hs wrote - uss L-s letter would
contain rcys u -
OF ny s1io1Fa 10 BsStoa w.sch lsstsd
oa IT, zft@@ New fea-'r. ! vi ooly So
two izor,3s-.. teEga. Ezs Inc iTuta ~
The sSs-~ sDoEt Eesr1as faaklraz ffae
hasrt NV fga1s- sa1cgbt 80 mech
q Lilss E<zs-e7. zzT Sssgfsfzi 5'Als fscs
wa ~ rfe-n r.ztrsa brSg-o EzJ tzza2S7-
naaca: ~ Y=as---ale.T r@grst-sd
The yva~-ed l~----r.l.y haA lad .
nlahe L~- a=caazl-sss1a - sa-gEzsy
ioaksd f-~4aTf - Cny rrtzrn - NV
YORK. WIS rGzzsst have EaothsE o2cor.
,ru5.r. I b4pad I'D b-lF-z.i. taRs ~
All b. l,rz4- 90 rezE5zs VIA. seemed
very sssa-g-. "a ! sTzs noG amply -.
te-ested l. asz. 5zs thk; I 50 u lovs
slaa ~. Yss. ts-@t i wss is I've. ksasc
orer cas- II i1ye WITH = ygzzE vuzz@a
b.-tzs~u ~hozz AzA Eay-asi rsyser = word
hAd ben sr>a4a<eA 49, = b. GozaDsi-ss.
va sazrcsly nv t1sls A2lf 11zn-sozs o:
nv e1.s1r1ee
Ee4a rf.ile. I ~. - an 7-isly f7r -
I~sssz Ass>Ile Aaa -sazzsa3 - 'STiis H.
b: davs FTew Ale sss1f. Al We-Es
Eers ls-lsy.t sss--s, f7-5 r-sgs-lt.asaa - lri-
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Sophia PaulOVDa Eczardy.
By HENRY KARLAND.
Copyright. All rights reserved.I
CHAPTER l.
CURIOSITY.

CURIOSITY.
In September, 1882, I came back to
New York from FIVE years residence
as an art student in Paris, and took a
studio with living rooms attached in
st. Marks place.
The house, which had formerly been
= private dwelling, was owned and the
three lower floors were occupied by an
old Frenchman named Archimede Mu-
selle. A large sign under the drawing
room windows read as follows, in let
tiers Of gold upon sable field:
ARCHIMEDE MUsELLE,
EXTERMIEAroR or INSECTS.
l CHANGED to be passing through st.
Marks place one day shortly after my
arrival here, when that sign caught my
attention. 1t struck me as delightful.
Exterminator of insectsl In its ingenu-
GUS incongruity, its fearless blending of
the terrible with the minute, it seemed
not only intrinsically pleasant but very
agTeeably and characteristically Gallo.
halted and stood still before it, wrapped in
contemplation, wondering the while what
sort Of parsonage this externinator might
be. My imagination pictured a ROXY
poly little fellow, French to his finger
tips, with a glossy bald pate, blandly
benevolent Countenance, an ELUSIVE
manner and then a fierce defiant black
mustache, waxed and curled upward at
the ends-un Roland Furieux, mais bien
petit, as Grinchette is described in the
play. Anyhow, he would be, like his
ensign, anticlimacterio; droll mixture
of ferocity and mildness, of the beEicose
and the bourgeois; breathing simulta-
neoUsly fire, vengeance and gentle odor
Of soupe aux chOux. | almost wished |
had some insect to offer up for exteru1i-
nation, so that l might make an excuse
for paying him a visit and scraping an
acquaintance. In default of any l was
at the point of moving off and continu-
ing my journey when | happened to OBJ
serve another and smaller sign, suspend
ed below the big one, advertising a
Studio Apartment to Let"
A studio apartment! The very thing
was hunting for.
L climbed the steps, rang the bell and
told the young man who opened to me
that l should like to look at the studio
apartment.
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aud there she kept her promise to maEa
a place for me by ordering CHAIR 10 30
brought and planting 1t at ono SIDE Of .
tiny table, the Opposite sids Of which
was already IN commission.
set there, she bade me. You'll b
all right"
obediently seated myself there; husK
did so with beating heart, for the occu-
pant Of the other side OF the table was
Miss Eezardy.
Well. there we sat, facing each other
across that tiny table throughout that
long Italian table d'hote, and aee our re-
spective dinners in solemn, unhroken
silence. WANTED desperately 20 begin
q conversation with her, but I Lacked the
har6ihood 70 speak the first word. and
Of course / could not expect ths FIRST
word 10 come from her. thcuEht cat
= doren possible I1aneuvezs by which
the ice might be broken and the CONVEX
sation started: bat when it came to the
rub Of putting any one q them In opera
ton ny heart failed me, my tCngus
Glove 60 the roof of my mouth. | fAncled
had got my courage quite screwed up
10 the point o. asking her 20 pass tho
vinegar: thst. it seemed 10 me, would
be a natural opening and one that might
lead TO something; but then st the
eleventh hour il occurred TO me that the
vinegar cruet stood WITHIN easy reach Of
NV own haad. and that Il would be in
hnItely ridiculous 70 impose upon her the
supersrogarory task Of passing il. and 50
! dared not. This was utterly absurd.
There was no reason why we shoUld
not chat togethe-. she knew who was.
| knew who sh> 49, We were members
OF the same go, jewellers under the
same roof tree; VT Aad even correspond
ed together-Chd l not hold in my pos
session one Of her visiting cards, with a
note written on il by her hand for my
eyes2 There coald have bean ID earthly
harm or wrong IN cur speaking 20 each
other and making friends. Il would
have been unconventional. II Jon like.
but not unconventional in any bad sense;
and beside, isn't Ur1convennonAiity II
their mutual intercourse the privilege OF
artists Yet there We sat vrs-a-vis. dis
tant not more than eighteen inches from
each other, and my childish tfInidity
tied my tongue and prevented my max
ing the first advance.
AS time went ON and / saw the mo-
msnt drawing near and nearer when she
would have finished her aknner and be
ready 10 leave the restaurant my ankle
ty to speak to her waxed more intense.
but net SO my courage. wondered
whether she appreciated the situation -
/ did and perceived my faint hearted
ness. and was laughing At me m he-i
sleeve. / stole 3 glance az her BEAUTIFUL
white face; II was iuscruSable. Present
" sine rose froIsl her char. put on her
mantlea and moved of into thsotherroon.
into the street
The chance wns gone. It WIS too late.
now. Such chance might never occur
again. rsviled myself with cL-sss not
loud but deep.
CHAPTER VII.
AREyNCE
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CHAPTER III.
THR NTHuIST.

A fortnight later found me established,
with my household gods and painting
tools around ME. at Monsieur Muscles,
and ON the best of terms with my land
lord. who, by the way, had turned out
TO be perfectly ordinary. good natured
and simple minded French bourgeois,
with no other noticeable idiosyRcrasy
than that childish vanity which imPelled
him to make guy of himself IN ont
ward appearance, but which manifested
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Yes. you right; it's hodd- Bot her
mother she came from the south OF
France. she was Frenchwomsn- Miss
Eczardy spik French as good as me.
From which conversation it sppesred
that my far fetched conjecture had not
been altogether mistaken, after al.