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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-26
Juat I'm Time

"Am to understand" said the Young
man bitterly, as he rose to go, that all
is over between us?"
II am afraid that is the case" She
said calmly, slight tone of Jersey Civ
hauteur observable in her voice.
Then" he answered brislsly. reach
ing for his hat, you have toll, me n t
jusr rbc right moment, have recent
ly ordered a new winter overcoar, and +
will just have time to countcrmaud
those pockets under the arms"
Clothier and Enrnisher.
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BUSINESS Nor1oHs.
DIssoLUTIoN NOTICE.

Owing to the death of II. L. Mat
thews, Junior member of the firm of
Matthews & Brother, commissary deal
ers at the Salem furnace, the firm here
after will be composed of d. o. Mat
thews and c. r. Evans, cashier OF the
Roanoke Savings Bank, and be known
as d. c. Matthews &c Co. All persons
who are indebted to the firm of Mat
thew q Brother are requested to settle
tneir accounts Immediately. All debts
OF matthew Il Brother are assumed by
the new firm and will be promptly paid
at maturity. D. 0. MATTHEWS,
declOtf G. r. EVANS
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BUSINESS NOTICES.
DIssoLUTIoN NOTICE.

The firm of c. T. Whaling & Co.,
composed of c. 7. Whaling and C.
O'Leary, is by mutual consent this day
dissolved. c. T. Whaling has pur-
chased c. O'Leary's interest in said
firm. All debts due by said firm will be
paid and all claims due said firm are
payable to said C. Il. Whaling.
G. II WHALING.
c. O'LEARY.
Roanoke, Va, Aug. /, 1891.
Will continue business at the old
stand under the name Of c, II. Whaling
,S Co. CT. WHALING
dec20toiana0
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ONE CENT A. WORD COLUMN.

Persons at a distance desir-
Ing to insert advertisements in
the One-Cent-a-Word column
can count the number of words,
reckon at the rate of one cent
a word for each of the first
two insertions and half a cent
a word for each subsequent in
sertion, and remit accordingly.
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Great Advice.

Doctor Ito first MISUNDERSTANDING
from indigestion, eh3
Eyes. SIR"
"How about tobacco?" t
"Well, smoke" "a.
"Ah. and you'll have to give it up"
Same doctor Ito second visitor)-
Stomach trouble. eh?"
Eyes, SIR"
"How about tobacco?' a
81 don't use it."
"Well. you'd better smoke. "-Arlxan-
saw Traveller.
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PROPOSALS EuR LA11

i office OF the city clerk until noon OF Jan %
ls,s Tor plans specifications and Construct on of
a orick jail with steel cells, combined with
mayors ONCE and lookup, to be built on the pres
ent jail site 1ong the courthouse which is 80 feet
by 90 feet Mayors eficc and his court roo m and,
lookup with 10 or 20 Bcssemor steel cells ON the
mt floor Jailor's quarters over mayors Office
, 10 nave three or ionr living rooms. The Jail
prisoners and all cells outside OF lookup cells TO
DC built out OF properly hardened five ply steel.
Win proper arrangements for heating, vcntila.
ZION, sewerage, light, water, bath tubs, etc, etc.
Sumcicnt rooms for exercise in corridors, with
WINDOWS so arranged as to admit ample light
The appropriation for this work Is $1,000 The
right ts reserved to reject any or ali bids. Ain
Dids must be marked "Proposnls for Jail" Adj
dress all bids to GEO L. BENNET'P cIcrl< ~,
City Council. j. e. GRAVES "a
,, Chairman Public Property Committee.
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LOST AND FOUND.

OK REWARD WILL PAY A
R - reward Of S25 for tho recov.
cry OF the following jewelry, and $50
for the arrest and conviction OF the
thief who took it from my residence
Sunday night, December 90:
One cluster diamond ring.
One ladies' gold watch and chain,
pendant set with emeralds and rubies.
One sapphire and ruby ring.
One small diamond ring.
One gold neck chain, heart pendant
with diamonds.
One gold pin set with diamonds.
One gold bracelet set with diamonds.
w. c. OVERLY,
'4' dec24 lwk. Roanoke, Va.
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DEFAULT HAVING BEEN MADE BY THE
~ stockholders whose names appear below in
the payment OF assessments made upon the
stock subscribed for by them in the Transparent
rected by the board of directors OF said com
pany, ON THURSDAY, THE 18th DAY OF
the city courthouse in Roanoke. Va, sell at pub
nc auction to the highest bidder the stock of the
sitockholders named below, for the payment of
on such assessments - $1,000
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-26

SEAL PRESSES, PLAIN, SO. SELF.
~ linking rubber stamps. from rs cents
up to IS. Hand stamps, from rs cente
up. Self-supplying pads, IS to so cents.
Stamp supplies Of every description, as
low in price as any manufacturer in the
United States. Call on or address ].
HALL, 103 Third avenue.
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DIssoLUTIoN, OF co-pARTNER

The hrm of S. A. Rice & Co., conduct
ing billiard saloon and cigar stand at
NO. II Campbell street 8. W., in Roam
oke, Va, have this day by mutual con
sent dissolved. S. A. Rice will paw all
6ills due by the firm and all accounts
que TO the firm will be payable to him.
decl9-1aw4wks
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

There will be meeting OF the stock
holders Of the Commercial National
Bank held in the office of the CONNER
cial National Bank building 10 O'Clock
on the End Tuesday of January, 1892.
All stockholders are requested to at
tend. j. w. COON, President.
dec13-tdm.
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nIssoLUTIoN OF PARTNERSHIP

BY mutual agreement the firm of w.
ID. Mackay & Co., electrical engineers
and contractors, consisting of w. II.
been dissolved.
Al! bills due the firm and all debts
Will DO received and paid by w. H.
Mackay.
The business will be continued under
the name of w. II. Mackay & Co.
dec20-1aw-4wks w. H. MACKAY.
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NOTICE OF MEETINGS.
NOTICE.

NorfoE.
The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Virginia Land Com
pany will be held at the office OF the
secretary, in the city of Roanoke, Tues
day, January ID. 1899. at o'clock p. m
BY order OF the board.
C. A. MOOMAW,
december ~ 1891. Secretary.
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NOTICE.
The annual meeting of tho stock
holders of the Roanoke Water Power
ana Land Company will be held at tho,
office OF the Virginia Development.
Company, in the city of Roanoke, Va.
Oh Thursday, December 81, 1891, at 10,
O'Clock a.. M, for the election of a
BOARD OF directors for the ensuing year,
ana 1or the transaction Of such other
business as may como before Inc.
meeting. BY order of the president.
w. D. WILLIAMSON.
oeclo-law2wkS Secretary
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A l.. FUQUA, PLUMBER, GAS
As and steam filter; dealer In
stoves, ranges, heaters, iron and terra
Gotta piping, etc, at lowest lprices.
No. Ill Commerce street.
June1a-6mo.
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ANSWER BULLETIN.

THERE are letters at THE TIMEt
"A office addressed to sc D. E.
"Wanderer, III. Co." and Zinc"
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements in this column vim repay
porusal.

NJICELoDGING ROOMS, IS AND 81
In Railroad avenue, Cup stairsl.
Rooms % to SOC per night. Front and
back entrance. Prompt and polite at
tention.
8. A. COMPERT.
Fine ealoon on first floor, No. IS (Tug-
giles old stand).
Restaurant No. % Railroad avenue.
dcc16-6mo
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MUSIC.
ID oANoKE PAPER STOCK AND
METAL COMPANY.

Holiday street,near r. s. S. Depot.
Buy and sell hides. furs, rags. bones.
beeswax, old papers, iron. brass, cop
per, lead, ETC., etc. nove9-lyr
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SO CENTS PER MONTH.

IT is THE ONLY PAPER IN
WHICH YOU CAN FIND ALL THB,
LATEST AND MOST IMpoRTAN7
NEWS.
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NHERE WILL BE A MEETING OF
II the stockholders of tho buchanan
Land and Improvement Company, at
the office OF Francis B. Kemp, in the
city OF Roanoke, Va, January 9th. 1892.
All stockholders are requested to be
pr-sen; in person or by proxy. By
order OF the pI esident.
E. j. McCULLOCK.
declO3Ot Secretary.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

A general meeting Of the stockholders
OF the Transparent Ice Company will be
held at the office of the president, Roa-
noke, Va, on the 11th day OF January.
1892. Business of great Importance
will come before the meeting and it is
very important to have q full atten-
dance r. E. SCOTT,
w. +. DUPU4, President.
Secretary. declO-tdm
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DIANO-FORTES MOVED WITH
Il safety truck, and furniture trans
ferred by w. W. ROBINSON, office at
Massie & Martins drug store, Salem
avenue and Commerce street.
nOV21-lm.
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sIDELINcEn, photographer, aOl Jefferson.
WUERzBURGER. v. Il. Co.

dor SALE-20 SHARES AMERICAN
A. Bridge and Iron Works. 10shares
Jeanette Land Co. 10 shares Glens
Falls Land Co. 10 shares Central Land
Co., Buchanan. 10 shares the Grottoes
Co., Shendun. 10 shares the Roanoke
Iron Co. rs shares the Salem Imp. Co.,
Salem, Va. eco feet on Franklin road.
House and lot on Pine street. Address
&c E." TIMES Office. soct14-tf
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DIssoLUTIoN OF PARTNERSHIP.

The partnership heretofore existing
between j. Payne Thompson and w. S.
Gooch under the firm name of Thomp-
son & Co.. has boon dissolved by the
purchase by D. s. Meadows Of the in
terest and good will Of said w. S. Gooch
in said business. All debts due to or by
the old firm will be settled by the new
firm, which will continue to do business
at the same old stand, No. 80 Campbell
street, under the same firm name.
j. PAYNE THOMPSON.
w. S. GOOCH.
Roanoke, Va, Oct. 16, 1891.
d. s. Meadows having purchased the
interest of w. S. Gooch in the firm of
Thompson e Co., as stated above, and
with increased facilities for doing bust
ness, we feel assured we can give salts
faction in every particular, and will be
pleased to have our friends and the
public generally call.
J. PAYNE THOMPSON,
d. S. MEADOWS.
dec19-3Ods
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NOTICE OF MEETINGS.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

A special meeting of the stock
holders of the Henry Medicine Manu-
featuring and Land Company will be
held at the store of Fox & Christian.
Roanoke, Va, on the Goth day of Jam
uary, 1892. a full representation is Darn
estly desired.
r. C. STEARNES,
President.
CHARLES d. FOX,
oec23'td Secretary.
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=" ANTED Zinc, MAGNETIC
w iron, manganese and timber prop
critics. Apply to or address DR.. w. Nj.
CHATHAM, care L. l.. Powell & Co.,
Roanoke. oct1.tf
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OF ALL CHRISTMAS CARDS,
" photographs are the most well
como. During the holidays Sat home"
photographs by "flash light as we'll
as by daylight, arc specially with
the ROANOKE STUDIO, 100 Salem
avenue. my13-6m
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EREDERICK ]. AMWEG, C. E.,
II M. Am Soc. G. E. & Engr's Club
and builder, Commercial Bank Build
ing, Roanoke, Va -. Rspr22-tf
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CITY MARKET.

CHOICE MEATS.
BREADY (keeps the best, stall 6. Market House.
=. Is. GAIT, stall No. 4 (eausngc speciality.
j. w. HOGAN, Stall 3.
THOMAS NELSON, stall No. Q.
w. G. OVERBY, Stall IL.
W. N SALE, stall No. 16.
CURED HAMS, BEEF, LARD, &c.
T.. j. KEMP Especially beef tonguee), stall IA.
FISH; WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
@. NJ. MURDEN & co. Experienced fsherman),
cor. NelsOn street.
FRESH FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE.
d. E. ODELL BROS, City Market.
GAME, DRESSED FOWLS. vEGETA.
BLES, SC
8. j. AKERS. City Market.
j. w. SIMCOE, City Market.
PRODUCE, FISH AND OYSTERS.
HUDSON q DEAL. 10 Salem avenue n. @,
(wh0leeale and retaiD.
ROANOKE DRESSED BEEF CO.
N. RRNsCH, Stall No. 8.
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XXIALSAK'S NEW PLACE.-E.
w Walsak, the expert dyer and
cleaner. has opened now place at the
corner OF Commerce and Campbell
streets, and invites hls old patrons and
the public to call md sec him.
Suits cleaned for S1.50.
Suits dyed for $500.
Goods called for and delivered. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. nov29-6mo
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AUCTION SALES.


PYJ. BROCK,
ID l44 SALEM AVENUE.
Large sale of FURNITURE ON
THURSDAY, AT 10 O'CLOCK.
Wewill sell on Thursday at 10 o'clock.
one fine PARLoR SUIT. REAL OAK
BEDROOM SUITS, BUREAUS, WASH
STAND,CHAIRs, LOOKING GLASSES
and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
CARPETS, CROCKERY and GLASS
WARE and PICTURES.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-TO SELL A NO. !
w horse, good saddle or buggy, sound
and gentle. Can be seen at Williams
stable. For terms etc., apply to j. r.
SANDERSON, manager Baltimore
United Oil Company, city. decl1-tf
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DEAK ~ CO.,
Il Private Collecting Agency,
Times Building, lib Henry st.,
Roanoke.
Masonic Building, Church street,
Lynchburg.
Special attention to claims OF mcr-
chants, doctors, business and profess
ional men generally. No charge I'M
lees a collection is made. dccl-1mo
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THE ROANOKE TRANSFER
Il Company is prepared to do oil
kinds of hauling. They keep good
wagons, good teams and respon-
si6le drivers. Prompt attention.
Offices. Freight depot aud Jefferson
street, south. Telephone. 119.
oct1-1-yr
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIMES.

NOW IS THE TIME TO SUB
CRIBE.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-27
FRESH AND INTERESTING.

HENRY WARD BEECHER once said in a
sermon, Il have no sympathy with an
eight-hour man with a 14-hour wife.
THE Golden prize of $500 offered for
the best economic essay in England this
year was carried off by woman, Miss
Victorine Jeans, of Manchester
WoMES's names appear this year for
the first time on the list of vice-presi-
dents and on the board of directors of
the National educational association.
Eighty-one per cent. of all public school
teachers in the country are women.
THE Woman's Royal League of Bos-
ton has taken one step in advance of
other charitable organizations. 1t has
opened large house on Causeway
street and receives there free of charge
homeless women, providing them with
comfortable beds and meals.
THE dowager countess of Shrewsbury
thropists in England. She has spent
most of her time and money in improv-
ing the condition of the poor on her
estate, and has tablished several lodg.
ing houses and ''convalescent homes"
for the INDECENT and sick.
AT least two bacealaureate sermons
were preached by women this year
one at Swarthmore college, Pa, by the
dean, Mrs. Elizabeth =. Bond, the
other at the Central academy of Plain,
field, Ind, Mrs. Mary +. Moon, pastor
of the Friends church at that place
Both institutions are co-educationA
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has been q special providence 70 many
weary mother, or to the woman Of
few early advantages and large aspir-
ations. In our great cities women's
clubs have been the first to institute
social reforms and to call public atten-
ton to crying evils. They have con-
trolled superficial and selfish social Gus
toms until such customs have become
obsolete. In home government and the
training Of children they long ago
struck the keynote of a grand choral Of
reform which will become more and
more harmonious rs the years rolls by.
Out Of the selfish ego" they have
evolved the progressive I'VE" They
have strengthened two weak hands
with the com bined power of twenty or
a hundred: they have taken dull uncut
gem Of thought and polished it until it
has been fit for the purest setting in re-
fined gold: they have mastered great
difficulties, conquered absurd preju-
dices. and solved difficult problems; and
the grandest work of all has been to
teach the women their own POSSIBLE
tiles and the glory of their own her
itage.-Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods, in
Chautauuuan.
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Z EaxMS,le Success.

Miss Sophia G. Hayden, whose de-
sign for the woman's building at the
Worlds fair grounds was awarded the
premium of 81, 900 over the drawings of
all competitors, has returned to her
home in Boston. Mr.. Burnham, the
general architect Of Worlds fair build
ings, confesses that he was much sur
prised by the professional attainments
of Miss Hayden. Instead of being q
mere theoretical architect. as he at first
supposed she was, Mr.. Burnham says
he found her to be closely akin to a
genius and at the same time mistress
of all the details Of the profession.
Miss Hayden is still q very young
woman. Her father was New Eng
lander and her mother a Chilian. Miss
Hayden was born in Santiago. Chilli.
but was educated in Boston. After
completing the high school course she
studied for four years in the institute
of technology, from which she gradu-
ated last year She has been for a
number of years a teacher of mechan-
ical drawing in several Boston educa-
tional institutions. The successful de-
sign for the women's Worlds fair brild-
ing was made after her days work had
been finished. Post.
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THE MusTAcHE DROPPED.
Funny Experience Of Clergyman Ut I
COIored Couples Wedding.

Funny Experience Of Clergyman 1t :
CoIored Couples Wedding.
That poverty is no bar to the mar
rage relation is evidenced by the num-
Der Of impccnnicus persons who seem
DESTROYS Of sharing each others misery.
Among coiored people especially, it
seems to be held that two can fight the
wolf better than one. even when they
do not possess a dollar or the security
even Of steady employment. All they
have is spent in preparation for the
nupt;als Sometimes it happens that
they have not enough remaining 20 fee
the minister When Rev. Charles Cole
man. now popular Baptist clergyman
Of Phil adelphia. was pastor at East
New York. l.. l.. a young colored man
called on him one wet and dismal day.
and standing upon his doorstep while
the rain dripped from his clothing and
ran in tiny rivulets down the seams
made by smiles and grins in his other
wise smooth and ebony face. told him
he wanted to be married. But de
young lady" was not feeling very well
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In WOMAN'S BEHALF.
COOPERATION FOR WOMEN.

It Is Coming to BE Recognized as Neces-
sary for Mutual Help and Protection.
An organization is beginning in New
York city to be known as the Womans
Central Labor union. 1t will comprise
the woman cigar-makers. shirt
makers, cloak makers. book binders
and feathcrs-workera 1t will be
affiliated with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. The occupations
named are but a small fraction Of those
followed by women According to the
census there are three million women
in the United States earning their liv-
ing. The vast majority of these are
oyerworked and underpaid. the average
wages, outside of household service,
falling far below a dollar day. The
total lack Of organization is one cause
of this. So long as they are isolated,
they may expect oppression. Male la
Dor learned this lesson long ago. The
appeal of one man is not heard: the de-
mano of hundreds are listened to.
The corporation laughs at the individ-
ual grievances of its men, but when
they are supported by great fedora
ton it submits to arbitration. The
first step for women to take is toward
organization. 1t has been claimed that
1t is impossible to organize women: that
they have SO little idea Of discipline, SO
many jealousies such absurd ideas of
caste and SO little conradeship. That
there is some foundation for these
charges must be admitted, but it only
proves how much women have to learn
and unlearn. 1t used to be said that they
were not capable Of doing the steady,
sustained work of a man. but they
have demonstrated the contrary. They
will have to throw aside these foolish
ideas ana LOOK upon every fellow-work-
err as sister in the cause. Social dis
tinctions must be in measure obliter-
ated 1t is of vastly more Importance
that wages should be raised and the
hours of labor shortened. While wom-
en- have always shared in the curse, or
blessing, pronounced upon Adam, yet
for them to engage in the great wage
earning work of the world in competi-
ton with men. and with each other. is
a new order of things, and they must be
allowed time to adapt them
selves to the changed conditions
Attempts at organization have
been made with different degrees
of success in a number of places. While
it would be more to their advantage to
be connected directly with the mems
unions yet there are reasons why this
is not always practicable. although in
some instances, notably in the typo
graphical union, the experiment has
been a success It required many years
for men to attain their present status
of organization. and, although women
have mans experience and example as
guide, yet these things are a matter
of development and women are. COM
paratively speaking, only just coming
out of the chrysalis state. Give them
time and they will be equal to their OPP
pOrtunities. -IndianapOlis News
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CHAPTER III.

The pattering of the rain awoke me
the sky was overcast. l could not
think of "A trip to Monte Carlo. l re-
sauntered into the drawing-room later,
very much bored.
That large family, my neighbors at
table, had installed themselves there.
The portly mother sat there in her
morning dress. knitted and beat time to
a new duet which her eldest daughter
and the lean miss were practicing,
under various physical and mental diff
culties.
At the same time mamma kept strict
watch of her two youngest offspring,
who were studying half-aloud ut table
near by, and quarreled between times
for amusement. held the lady in the
highest esteem as a mater familias, and
only wished that her circumstances
were such that she could have private
room.
On small sofa Mt the window lay
Count Degenfeld, reading the Figaro"
had been introduced to him, and as
I greeted him in passing, he threw down
his paper and asked:
shall we play game of piquet,
baron?"
did not care much about it, but one
glance at the pouring rain decided me
to say ''yes!'
Good! Come upstairs with me, that
stunning here is unbearable!"
We went up to his room, one of the
finest on the first floor, with lovely
balcony. 1t scarcely looked like a hotel
room, it was SO full Of elegant things,
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which the count took about with him,
and seemed to consider indispensable.
Count Degcnfeld played an excellent
game. held poor hands. After we
had played awhile ! had lost quite a
round sum.
The count was in high good humor
and talked very interestingly of his
travels round the worldly the world
meaning of course Paris, Baden BADEN
and Vienna.
The past winter, on account Of his
wifc's ill-health, he had spent in Egypt,
and there found his ideal The mingling
of great luxury and refinement with
barbarisn and vnlgarity seemed to
please him beyond measure.
lie had not lacked adventures of the
most piquant nature, and he related
them with great freedom. He also
showed me his treasures in pictures