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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-19
LOS ADELANTos DE UNA INvENCION

FL gran lexic6grafo, Noah Webster,
define la palabra "telegrafo" diciendo
que "es un aparato procedimiento pa
ra comunicarse rapidamente entire dos
puntos distantes, especialmente por me-
dio de senales visibles preconcertadas
que representan palabras signos y que
Sc trasmiten por el electro-magnetlsmo. I
FL aparato que hace el trabajo deiY
nido en- las anteriores hneas, fu6 lnven-
tado el ano 1888 por ell professor Samuel
Finley, Breese Morse, un pintor hlsto-
rico, como dice el Washington Star
Morse, que hab1a estado varios amos en-
Europa eierciendo su profession, al vol
yer q America concibi6 durante ell viaJe
la idea de construir un aparato para
registrar de una manera permanente en-
una tira de papel ciertas senales, hechas
abriendo cerrando repetidas veces ct
circuito electrico, cuando lego a
Nueva-Y Y ork, hizo 81 primer aparato,
que consist1a en- I'm marco de un cuadro
viejo sujeto una pequena mesa, ell me-
canismo de un reloJ para que llevara l&s
tiras de papel por debajo de la armada
ra Q p6ndulO, una pesa que, al soltar4e
ponfa ell mecanismo en- movimiento, yum
electro-iman.
La lave del transmisor la hizo de una
regla de metal vieia en- ella coloco los
caracteres del alfabeto, hechos de tlras
de plomo que pasaban por debaJo de los
puntos de contacto por medic de un sis
tema de dientes y un manubrlo; u1Aa
bateria galvanica Y unos cuantos plRs
de alambre de hero, unidos al mech
nismo anterior, eompletaban ell aparato
que demostraba practicamente 10 que
hab1a ideado Morse para trasmitir a lar
ga distancia las senales que Sc hacian
abriendo Y cerrando el circuito en- la
estaci6n trasmisora. No obstante de
haber dado buenos resultados ell primer
ensayo, pronto Sc observe que al aumen-
tar la longitud del circuito, el electfo-
imam, que estaba hecho de un potco
de alambre enrollado sobre una barr5ta
de hierro, perdfa tanto de su fuer4a,
que deiaba el aparato cas1 inservible.
Un amigo aconsej6 despues Morse
que hiciera otro electro-inan usando
alambre mas delgado para obtener ma
yor resistencia y para que Sc pud1@ra
hacer funclonar al aparato desde MAYOR
distancia. Tambien introdujo en- el
transmisor una mejora, que eonsistia
en- sustituir la regla que seryfa de lave
con una varita de metal flexible que te-
MA a la punta IN pedazo demadera d@ra
que le servia de mango, y el contacto5 Sc
hac1a oprimiendo Ia punta hbre haci$n-
dola tocar en- una tachela unida lai h
nea telegrafca
Eli professor Morse habia, pues, log5ra-
do adaptar un sistema de telegraf1a a
Ia ignorancia de aquella 6poca y despp5s
de haber hecho con buenos resultados
una serie de experimentos, puso su ma
quina de exhibici6n en- Nueva-Y ork. Ell
ano 1885, pero no saco patente de in
vencion por ella hasta 1910.
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EMILIO zOLA
Ell ATAQUE DEL MOLINO

(Ccntinuaci6H

Puesto que los dos chicos, seglIn los llama
ba, habian salido salvos del combate, pensaba
en- Il otro obieto de su ternura, 81 eual habia
sufrido singuiarmente 4 Ia verdad. E inclIna-
do sobre el gran armatoste de MADEIRA, estudla-
ba sus heridas con aire contristado. Cinco
paletas estaban hecbas astillas 81 maderaIe
central hecho una criba. Meta los dedos en-
los oguieros de los balazos para medir su pro-
fundidad. Pensaba en- 81 modo como pudiera
componer todas esas avertas. Francisco le en-
coutr6 tapaudo ya grietas con los resfduos y
con musgo.
Padre q usted le Iaman.
III Gu lloro. al referirle 10 que acababa de
or TT to Merher mene6 la cabeza. No Sc
fus;aba las geutes asf como asi. Era menes-
ter verlo para creerlo. " entr6 EN- 81 molino,
con su aspecto siltncioso y apacible. Cuando
II Official Is pidi6 where's para sus hombres con-
test6 que las gentes de Hocreuse no estaban
acostumbradas 4 las brutahdades, que NADIA
- obtendria de elias 81 se empieaba Ia violen-
cia
III ~ encargaria de todo, pero condicion de
cue rs deiasen obrar solo
Fl Official parecid enfadarse al pronto con ese
tono tranquilo; luego cedi6 ante las palaibras
breves claras del vieJo. Hasta ie FoiVlo
lamar para preguiltarie: 100
Aquellos boscues az ala entrente' como
los lamais
Los bosques De Sauyal
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en- IA barca, que Sc eneontraba en- una tipcO-
NADIA.
-Pero debe haber ALI centinelas -dib j.
.-Uno solo, en- frente, al pie del primer
- Y 81 me v6, 81 grita
Francisco temblo Pusole en- la maao un
cuchillo que habfa bajado consigo. H}bo un
breve silencio.
lY TT padre, y td3-repuso Dol injngo.
Pero no. 70 no puedo huir. Cuando syb no
estuviese aqui, esos aoldados os asessnf brian
tai vez- No los conoces. Ne han prof7l|esto
el perdon, 81 consentfa guiarlos por q bos-
que de Sauval. 81 no me encontrasen toh ca
PAGES de todo.
Lo joven no Sc detuvo discutir Ret9ondi6
sencnlamente todas las razones de el.
-Huye, por mi amor. 81 me arnas bdmin-
go, no te quedes aquf un minute mas
Luego prometi6 volver a subirse s,s tuar-
TO- No Sc sabria que ella le habfa aVuE3do.
Aeabo por cogerle entire los brazos, peg bora
zarle, para convencerle, con IN arranc5l4 eZ-
traordlnario de passion. Qued6 vencidos Ia no
hlzo mas que una pregunta
% Me iuras que tn padre sabe el psasd que
has dado, y me aconseja huir
MI padre es queu me envia-tzo ttesto
audazmente Francisco
Mentls.. En- csc moment0 no terfa sino una
nnensa uecesidad, Ia de verle salv9, Ia do
hbrarse del horrible pensamiento del que Ia
sallda del sol Iba ser Ia senal de su 5nElerte'
Cuando 81 estuviese leios, podfan caec lsobre
ella todas las desdichas: fe parecerfan dIllces,
desde Ell nomento que 81 vivierfa. FL eghismo
de su teraura queria, ante todas las cosa;, que
qnedase Il vivo.
-Esta bien-dijo Domingo-hare ld que
gustes.
Y no hablaron mas. Domingo fu6 ds abrir
de nuevo Ia ventana. Pero, de repeilta, TN
ruido los dej6 helados Movi6se Ia fusrta y
creyeron que iban d abrirla.
(Coaa' 'I4arO
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-19
la Democracia
FL TlBlCO ! LOS PRESJPTESTOS

Por a iltimo correo de Ia Metro
poll nos hi llegado 81 proyecto de ley
de presupuestos presentado 4 las
Cortes por ell senor Ministro de Ul-I
tramar.
Aim no tuvimos tempo para eXa-
minarlo detenidamente, pero a la
simple Iectura es facl comprender
los perjuicios que tanto al comerclo
como z Ia industrial causara un pro-
yecto en- el que, con preteXto de ha-
Ger economics, Sc gravan descons1-
deradamente las 1nicas fuentes de
riqueza con que cuenta este esqu1l-
mado pals.
Muchas anomalies encierra el pro
veto del senor Romero Robledo,
como por eiemplo, suprimir la Au-
diencia de lo criminal de Mayaguez
aumenta q $4,000 pesos una par
tida destinada 4 las obras delpuerto
de Ia Capital, que 81 bien son una
meiora necesaria para aquella clu-
dad, no favorece en- NADIA q las de-
mas poblaciones de La isla.
Nosotros creemos que esas obras,
pues que redundan solamente en-
beneGcio de la Capital, ,deberfan ha-
cerse por cuenta de aquel munich
pio Y no por cuenta de la isla, 81 6s-
ia Sc ha de perjudicar en- sus inte-
reses locales, como sucederia en-
Mayagiiez, que, con la SUPPRESSION de
la Audiencia, no solo pierde en- Inn
portancia social, 81 que tambi6n EN-
Ia pronta resoluci6n de los asuntos,
tanto mas hoy que la crimlnaldad
va extendi6ndose por la bella cludad
del Oeste
Tales anomalies obedecen princi-
palmente al desconocimiento que de
nuestro pals tienen los ministries de
Ultramar, que en- estas cuestiones
suelen asesorarse de los dIputados
cuRey0s, tan desconocedores de nues-
tro modo de ser como los mismos
ministries.
Contando estos con la aquiescen-
cia de nuestros Representatives. en-
Cortes,-si es que puede represen-
tarnos la legion an6nima, -acos-
tumbran adoptar, respecto de esta
isla, resoluciones ruinosas, que a
Ia postre han de Ievarnos 4 una de-
cadencia inminente, 81 no sacudimOs
Ia inercia Y oponemos q esas injus-
ticias nuestra protesta energlca Y
decidida
Y que este no es una question de
partidos politicos 10 demuestra el
que Ia misma prensa Unconditional
ha levantado Ia voz dando el alerta
al comercio, combatiendo el proyec-
to del senor Ministro de Ultramar.
En- ese proyecto fgura Ia increi-
bic prohibition de exportar nuestro
tabaco para Cuba, prohibition injus-
ta, que es Iln golpe de muerte q Ia
industria tabaquera, fuente impor-
tantisima &c Ia riqueza p6bica
No parece sino que EN- la mente
del senor Romero Robledo Sc agita
Ia idea de Ia destruction de Puerto
Rico. Por 10 mismo que este ha
sido siempre un pals sufrido y re-
signado, Sc quiere acabar con las
pocas fuerzas y energ1as que adn
nos quedan, para que de csc modo
pueda mas facilmente imperar aqui
81 caciquismo.
Cuba es hoy uno de los mercados
en- que mayor entrada tienen las
classes hnas de nuestro tabaco, y Sc
nos cierra ese mercadO.
En- cambio nos dejan la Peninsu-
Ia, donde el tabaco esta estancado,
donde ell Gobierno 10 monopoliza,
pagandolo q precios muy bajos para
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saffo en. que quito la vida al famoso Gu
ra Romero, el fundador de e. CoyreO
Esba00l. de Buenos- Aires.
FL tefegrafo nos trae ahora la noticia
de 81 muerte. Decanse en- paz el que Sc
agito tanto.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-19
LITERATURA
sOMBRAs Y CREPUSCULOS

La Naturaleza y el hombre estan. D
gados por lazos invisibles. |
Por ESQ existe una perfecta seme5a
"a entire los fen6menos naturales y lb
psicol6gicos.
3Quer6is NADIA mas hermoso que bn;
puesta de sol? /
Mientras el cielo Sc adorna con varia
dos matices Y las nubes semejan jen
guas de fuego que Sc pierden en- eli ds
pacio, la tarde, la melanc6lica tatde
languidece en- brazos de Ia noche. !
La brisa, los pajaros, el Oc6ano, fod
canta, todo forma un himno de ALGERIA
hasta las feras Sc adormecen comp Is
adn resonase en- sus oidos la Ira mGste
ROSA dc Orfeo.
Ahora bien: Jqu6 es Ia esperanto Kin
una puesta de sol en- el cielo de nueFtr,
alma?
Observad Ia hsonomfa del creyeElte
del que espera yer convertida en- rtali
dad alguna illusion querida.
ST es el amor, ese tirano def 1a
almas grandes, el que le inspira, s5l
mejillas Sc encienden colorean cdn! e
rosaceo tinte de la aurora; en- sus las35o
iuguetean las sonrisas como las nj Iari
posas en- las corolas de las flores, i d.
sus ojos brotan las miradas, languidas
ardientes, como los rayos del s4l 8
ocultarse tras las montanas.
iSubHme espectaculo el de un flm;
enamorada! iMagnifca puesta de sPl,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-19

Ahora va tienen los incondicionales
de Coamo un general en- jefe para sus
escaramuzas electorales.
Va no hay tenor de que triunfen los
autonomistas en- el distrito que nos eli
gio hace dos amos.
va don Polo responde la Fortaleza
del triunfo, cueste 10 que cueste y val
ga 10 que valga.
va pueden cantar el Tie Damn A4H-
aanluS los que quieren veneer a toda
costa en- las primeras elecciones.
GQue valen las mayorfas inmensas de
Juana-Diaz y Barros
u Barrios rurales de Coamo
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Al pensar en- la partida
De un alcalde tan eximio,
De TN funcionario tan recto,
7 de un hombre tan querido,
Sc nubla el cielo, Sc eclipsa
FL sol, hay luto tristisimo,
Y corren mares de lagrimas
Por las playas de Arecibo.
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Pero cambiad el paisaie.
Los elementos Sc desencadena
furiosa lucha.
La Naturaleza, antes tan risuent
cubre con IN manto de tristeza. e
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-19
iPobre Arecibo!

iPobre Arecibo!
Tan satisfecho con su alcalde!
Tan ufano de don Policarpo!
5Como Sc consolara de una perdida
tan enorme?
9Como lloraran a lagrima viva Ledes
ma y sus Partidarios2
Pierden un hombre integro, inteligen-
te, probo, capaz de encontrar en- cual-
quier kugar un escondite de bombas
explosives de armas peligrosas; enc
migo de imponer su criterio despotico;
suave en- las formas; ignorante de los
manejos sucios de las torpes concu-
piscencias- --
Jay! Areci6o ne beut Sc c0nSoLer a,s
aebart q L'LySSe, es decir de Policarpo.
Correran los amos y en- los medanos
de aquella costa Sc alzara la estatua del
benem6rito mandarin. forjada en- bronco
corintio sobre pedestal de marmol pen
thelico.
Nos duele que una localidad tan sim
patica no contin1e disfrutando los bic
mes que reporta un alcalde asi, tan listo,
tan ampliamente democratico tan rec
to en- sus actitudes y en- sus resolucio-
nes
No Sc explica de que suerte todos los
vecinos, todos, excusan presentarse al go
bierno para que revoque su decreto y
permita q los arecibenos vivir mOrir
baiO ell palo de don Polo
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a DIESTRO Y SINIESTRO
Habla la Gaccta..

"Para ell cargo de alcalde de Coamo,
que resulta vacante, el Excmo. senior
Gobernador General, por decreto de esta
fecha, Sc ha servido nombrar a don Po-
licarpo Echevarria. "
Esta de enhorabuena la villa central
Alcaldes como ell senor don Policar-
po, cumPlidores fdelisimos de la ley,
indulgentes con sus sti6dItos, tolerantes
con la agena opinion, llenos de transi-
gencia y sobrados de bondad, resultan
muy apetecibles en- la epoca ben1ita de
los consumes, de los monopolios y de los
apostatas.
No Sc sabe 81 a1n va Perez Lucia pc
regrinando por los montes y las barria-
das de Coamo; pero presumimos que
no pasaran tres meses sin que el dsScu-
6riaor de cuarta-t terra ande a la huzma
de conspiraciones fraguadas en- la SOM
bra con fines tremeudos, y de rebeldes
escondidas en- las cavernas apocalipticas
de Hayales y San Ildefonso. ~
Las costumbres viejas no sc olvidan
ty iguay de los que osen combatir en-
sus dominios al 1nclito restaurador de Ia
patria, al auxiliar insigne de Palacio y
de Escudero; al fel conmiliton de Ga
Hart y de Diez Ulzurrum!
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u Barrios rurales de Coamo.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-07-16
A MEXICAN REGULARITY.

There is one peculiarly about the
Mexicans in their social and family
relations which | doubt exists among
any other people on the globe, said P.
H. Hiel, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the
Lindell. While it is true that ma
jority of those occupying the highest
social and political positions in the
country are descendants OF the proud
old aristocratic Spaniards, yet it is
equally true that great many others
of wealth and acknowledged leader
ship haye come up from the lower
ranks by some sudden turn of the
wheel OF fortune or eruption. Unlike
the American, the Mexican who ac-
quires fame and fortune forgets or
neglects his poor kin. And unlike
the American again, he treats his more
impecunious relatives in queer way
He takes them into his household as
servants, gives to them the most meniaI
service, but never denying the relation
ship or attempting to conceal it.
know of many instances where a rich
Mexican's mother is his cook, hi:
sister his house girl, and his father OF
brother his butler. The American
would either disown them altogether
or put them on an equal footing witt
himself. In this regard, you mus
admit, the Democracy of Mexico il
purer than that so loudly boasted o
in this country.-G. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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THE OLD SPECKLED HEN.

John Highow lived not fifty miles from here,
Was large Of heart and in his faith sincere,
He was farmer very well to do.
And had a wife devoted, kind and true.
But yet one sin life's devious ways beset,
She was inclined to worry and to fret
Bout this or that, servants or hired men,
But just now bout poor old speckled hen.
The rounding year had on their efforts smiled,
The great barn loft with sweetest hay was piled,
The yellow pumpkins meath September's skies
Had grown TO more than their accustomed size.
The honey bees had bOuntcOus sweets distilled
And rip'ning apples all the orchard filled.
But in her heart there was no joyous song;
The hen with many speckles had gone wrong.
The various crops in garden and teld
Had given forth more than generous yield,
The sheep and cattle both had multiplied,
And in the house and barn were laid aside
A good supply OF all they made or grew
To meet their wants the coming winter through.
Yet she could find no comfort night OF day,
The speckled hen had laid her eggs away.
And SO one day when to her house there came
An aged friend, We will not call by name,
And frankly asked how they were prosp'ring nov
Poor Mrs. Highow knit her anxious brow,
And bowling down her discOntented head,
Forgetting all the blessings round her spread,
Declared that she was awiully distressed,
The speckled hen had gone and hid her nest.
And so it is too many souls possess
The same great weakness that caused her distress
The little ills that Iifes pathway beset
We magnify, and o'er them fume and fret,
With eyes downcast and hal despondent tread,
We overlook the blessings oound US spread.
Tis true alike or women and of men,
And every life has its old speckled hen.
THOMAS +. PORTER.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-07-16
COMPLAISANCE TO MOBS.

Nothing Is more remarkable In
America than the complaisance to
mobs shown by the alleged authorities.
Where the mob is caused by hunger or
by discomfort on account of political
grievances, sudden and violent action
against it is not compatible with free
government. 1t has long been the rule
among English speaking people 10 give
such mobs time to reflect before fore
ing issue with them. Although the
four Georges in England were almost
absolute, :hev could not lawfully begin
killing the members OF mob without
the formal reading of the Rssas. =. :,
intention of which was to give
member of the mob time to think be-.
fore taking violent measures for uphold
ing authority.
In this country the authorities, COM
plaisant enough to all mobs, are especi
ally complaisant to murderous mobs,
which have no other purpose than that
of denying trial by jury and other law
full rights to accused persons. To such
height has this complaisance been
carried that 1t was recently campaign
issue against Sheriff that he had been
impolite enough to carry a prisoner
into another county when he knew
mob was coming to storm the Jail. In
Nashville recently the mob, after being
politely shown through the Jail, pro-
ceeded to the police station, expect
ing to find their victim. They were
met by the police IN double column
with firearms presented. This looked
like show of the authority and dignity
of the State, and, naturally enough, the
mob fell back at once, as mobs always
will fall back from determined authority
prepared to maintain itself. But after
this the authorities, fearing that they
had been guilty of impo,iteness, escort
ed select COMMITTEE of citizens"
through the station house to satisfy the
mob that there was no use of putting
itself TO the inconvenience incident to
usurpaticn of the States authority.
Complalsance could not go much
further than this.
1t Is not a special case, however.
The rule Of authority, to which excep-
tions are very rare, is either to sur
render aprisoner to murderous mobs, or
what is as bad if not worse for society,
to spirit the prisoner away and then
show the mob through the Jail as a
means of persuading them there is no
need of storming it. Under such con-
dltions the government is that of the
mob, with interregnums of temporary
and uncertain lawful authority, existing
only when the mob is not Gin session.
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Chicken pie! he cried gleefully
and then he added soulful WOW
as his eager eyes fell upon a plateful
OF hot, exuberant, voluptuous dough-
| nuts.
Yes, we are both glad to get back,
said Lutte.
But l am afraid, suggested En-
timidly, that grandma's cooking has
spoiled you.
Little Moses (bless him)! howled
an indignant, youthful remon-
STRANGE. Grandma cant cook worth
a cent! said he.
En- expected Lutte to be deadfully
shocked. but he wasn't.
| wouldn't have her know it for all
the world, remarked Lutte, conhdenti-
ally but mother has lost her grip on
cooking. At any rate her cooking
isn't what it used to be; it has
changed.
Then En- came bravely to the
rescue. No, Lutte, says she, and
she meant it; your mothers cooking
hasn't changed, but you have. The
man has grown away from the boy
and the tastes, the ways and the
delights of boyhood have no longer
any fascination for the man.
Maybe you're right, said Lutte.
AT any rate, Pm free to say that
your cooking beats the world.
Good for Lutte Virtue triumphs
and my true story ends. But first
an explanation 10 concinnate my
narrative.
| should never have known this
true story if Lutte himself hadn't told
it to me at the last dinner at the Sons
OF New England-told it to me right
before EN-, that dear, patient little
martyred wife OF his. And knew by
the lovelight in Ems eyes that she
was glad that she had endured that
martyrdom for Lute's sake.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-07-16
What are you
Golng to do about
Clothes this Summer

1on % "f ;s' the Item about Railroad Fare at the
'10,l, Wo,, 1.,,s aoVer}sement Be sure to read it.
49,; you Know this famous Old Corner for Good
er in5 S4 t. III tn the cotton busness nor gushing
selling Clothing made by mserablv naid nor
lhe1es re only one way to Good Clot1ina at Low
ans t manufacturer selling to the wearer That
pu.s the dealers profit out of joint. That it saves
money TO you we needn't tell YOU 1t shows on it's
nee. besaes 1t lets us make just the Clothing that
you like best >'e''' 'ne sooos
/ heres more money for us in selling thousands
o. M SUITS at small profit than hundreds at high one
Mhat " prices Well, for $40 S12, $3.50, SIX and up
ihat Two or three dollars under usual city prices
very nice Dress Suits for SIS This is the
greatest store III existence for Dress Suits.
your dollars increasing
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-07-16

The issue of standard silver dol
lars last week was 445,395.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-07-16

We agreed on this. Mother wrote
the name on the card and sealed 1t in
the envelope. | knew it was Vene
Wrght's name, SO decided to ina
CINE that Vene was there In person,
and so we commenced the week.
Monday night came. That was the
night of the German club ball; but l
staid at home and talked to mother.
Then l played drafts with her for
awhile, and we managed to have a
very enjoyable evening.
Next morning mother met me at
the table with smiles and about the
best breakfast l had eaten for a long
while.
You must imagine that your wife
saw to this breakfast, she whispered.
Gong to the city this morning who
should get into the bus but Miss Beau.
fort. l bowed to her gracefully, passed
her fare to the conductor, and was
about to sit down by her side when l
happened to think of my imitation
wife at home and kept my seat by the
door.
Married men have no business talk
ing to the young ladies, said to my
self.
Miss Beaufort look at me rather
queerlg, but said nothing, and 1
thought the bus would never get to
the city.
Thursday was the evening l was to
call on Vene, and | forgot 10 send her
an excuse. Ga Friday note came
from her which mother took the liberty
OF opening it as she thought | would
not care. and she felt like representing
my wife in the desk. 1t was tender
missive and somewhat surprised me
when | saw It. But what could | do2
Married men have no business getting
tender notes from young ladies. Inas-
much as | had contracted 10 carry out
mothers plan for two weeks, l left the
note for mother to answer. she is a
very truthful woman, but IN answering
the note she prevaricated.
She said that l was very sick, and as
natural consequence Vene called
that afternoon to see me, bat was at
business, and mother had to invent
another story. Then she had to come
all the way to the office so to keep me
from coming home my usual way for
fear Vene mi ght catch US.
l laughed a good deal at mother,
and Vene did not find US out, but Mrs.
Jones-an awful gossip-met her. and
Vene told her I was SICK next
all my socle pnd,