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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
HIS HARD LUCK.
A Valuable Ice Mine That Had . Heodee
In It Somewhere.

A Valuable Ice Mine That Had Heodee
In Il Somewhere.
The man with the negligee shirt was
talking OF hard luck. says the Buffalo
Express. Its just this way he said:
'sWken things get to going against
you there's 40 stopping them Luck
and hard luck run in streaIzs with every
man. and when things get to coming
your way there's no stopping them any
more than there is when they get to
going against you.
''As al illustration let me ten you Of
an experience l had. About three
years ago Ibegan to have hard luck. I
lost everything had one way or an
other, and got into all sorts OK trouble.
Finally + landed in Richmond, Va.
stone broke, without friend to whom
/ could apply for aid and nothing
ahead of me but turn on the roads as
a tramp / could get nothing to do
in Richmond, and / started out to
tramp up north.
''It was as hot as Tophet. trsmped
along day after day. sleeping on tho
ground and stealing what had to eat,
which was not much, let me assure
you. One day struck Stony creek.
which is in wild part Of the state. I
followed up along the creek until I
reached Stone mountain, and there /
made a discovery. / found an ice
mine. 1t was fully an acre in extent
and the ice was as clear as crystal ]
realized what the find meant. and after
taking my bearings carefully made
my way back to Richmond.
SIT didn't take me long to get some
capitalists interested In it, and we
formed stock company with me a.
president, to work the ice the next sum-
mer. It looked as if had fortune in
my grasp.
EARLY the next summer No started
to work it, but my hard luck came tod
ding along and did me up. There
wasn't month that summer when we
didn't have frost, and there was abso-
lutely no demand for ICE. That left
me stranded again and In worse shape
than before"
. II don't see why" put in the doubt
ing Thomas, who wore broad
beimmed straw hat. 'Whv didn't you
wait and work it the next summer"
81 told you was in hard luck, didn't
n" said the man with the negligeo
shirt, severely. "Well, was. AL
though the summer was cold the win.
ter was SO warm that it melted every
blamed bit of the ice and left nothing
but pool of water there, which was Of
no earthly use to anybody"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
FAULTS OF OUR HOTELS.

Foreigners Complain That the Bread,
Soup. Tea and Coffee Arc Poor.
Herr Freytagg, chef at the Rus
sian embassy in Rome for more than
thirty years, and afterward the pro-
prietor of the Hotel des lies Britain
niques in that city, told me, says a
writer in the North American Review,
that a good bed, good soups, good
bread and good tea and coffee were
the foundations for an acceptable ho-
tel, and he was right. AS a rule, tho
American hotel is failure in respect
to all of these essentials. It is true,
there are more good beds now than
there were formerly, but neither the
tea, coffee, soup nor bread has i'm
proved: if anything, they are worse
than thirty years ago; now there is
more pretense, i. e., attempts at
''style" at the expense of all comforts,
which have been banished from tho
average American machine hotel.
Capoul, the French tenor, in one OF
his published letters about America,
said: This is wonderful country,
with the Hottest mountains, the long
est rivers and the largest lakes, but
without a soup" Fifty years ago
Judge Grimhe, noted holder of cir
cuit courts in South Carolina, ordered
tea at backwoods hotel; shortly at
ter it was served he sent for the land
lady, and astonished her by saying:
Madam, if this be tea bring me cof-
fee, and if this be coffee bring me
tea" This command could, with pro-
priety, be given in nine-tenths of our
hotels to-day. The usual hotel coffee
would easily pass for some kind of
medicine, and often the supposed tea
dedes recognition. The general aim
seems to be to hoodwink patrons with
q show of great liberality-hence the
dinner bill of fare with from eighty to
one hundred and twenty-five items up
on it, and the breakfast menu with
from forty to seventy-fve. Such
spread of printers ink looks large,
panders to national vanity, and con-
vinces the native that he is not being
swindled.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
By DelegraoN.

KANSAS CRY. Sent. observation-disclosures lO4ao
ehipmcn,s 5lt0. Market steady. Texas steers 81 ID
Texas cows 81 2@2 ~. shipping steers 81 Citl5 90
natives II 80. but hers stock 81 75s4 o.. sto kers
and feeders s. Dos 80 bulls and mixed 81 iGb2 q.
HOGS-Recsipis !SO. sltlpnlentsa0' Market open
ia strong closed weak. Bull, OF sales 50 5tha5 ~
beayies and hackers 50 Gt@5 20. mixed s. G0.5 -
dghts 80 7sss d. Workers s. 3i.s6 ~. pigs - :50a
$50 SHb EP eceipts 400. shipments -. Market
seady, Lambs 81 a GO.
ST. Louis. Serr. B-CATTLE-R Receipts 4s0U ship.
ments ZOO. Market steady. Nntiv-4 81 40 be {
Texas steers 81 i5 HOGS Receipts 400. shipments
s. T5@5 s.. mixed &c 666 l5 light Sc TO- y.
rhEEP-He eipts iSsl Shipment 91l. Marker s rong
Top native shee. s. i5 best native lambs u b0s g.
Texans az 5D0l3 10.
CHICAGO. sept. observation-disclosures 1850
shipments ~ O. Ma ket active: natives strong.
others slow and wena. Top native $ eers s. GEO
IS medium q idopI -. Others s. 1903 10 Texans
- l5G2 80 westerns - 95et3 e. stockers and feed
rrs s2 0 4cg3 10. tOGS-ke.ei 2sD 0. shipments
i.iO0. Ma ket sctive; i6ol5c higher. Mixed and
packers s. SCOT 05. prime heavy and butchers
weights 81 6sgG ~ prime light and mixed ST 90 @
% seltcfad lights 50 a5&G Is. SNkEI-keoe.pts
l4ut0 shpmapts dtJ. Marker active LOG i5c ii, her
Natives 81 50@a g. westerns IS 1908 g. alnns s! %
80 %.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
DISEASES or MINERS.
Thsy Are Caused Maiaiy by PoAseasss
Gasss-

Te08Go00D
Gases.
The alarming prevalence Of minerr
consumption has directed attention 70
the necessity for scientific and
thorough inspection of mining
methods, so far as ventilation Is con-
cerned. the disease, which Is Of
modern origin, being declared 20 be
due 70 inhaliag poisonous gases aris-
ing from the use and combustion Of
high explosives. In which nitro
giycerine is the powerful constituent
This substance. discovered in 1915 has
come into mining use only within the
last Twenty-Five years, previous TO
which black powder was ernr3oyed. So
far as can be learned from study of
mining and medical records. S. il
stated, such disease as miners con.
sumption svas unknown until very
lately: aud il ~ for this reason that IL
IL supposed TO be due 10 the gases
arising from the use Of nltrogiycsrine.
The subject Is one calling FOR The mos.
wildly extended and -seiI-dsrec.ed In
vestjgatloa by physicians whose przc-
ficc is ia mining regsons. and II
definitely determined 20 be due - fhs
cause named the simple bat urgent
des.ds-atEm will ba thai of better
mine ventilation a1e how 20 Secure IL
The disease IL said 20 be one tia; -
closely allied fc eoa4E-aption. spFgzrs
70 be impossible Of cr-s. ard. 50 f@v ~
known. attacks 1sre BE-. setcraa
miners ~~h, r-~ naturally fhrsss @xhsx
hare beer most and longest exposed =,
the Influences presumed 70 bs tss
cause o! IL
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Ills Fusinesx.

The small boy selling palmleaf fans
had sat down 20 rest in the shade
Business must be bad. ventured the
policeman as lie moved in by the boy
and mopped his brow
NO. faint said the boy, ''is-s
cold day when I gets left Detroit
Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
Chicago tram and Produce.

Chicago. sept. R-Wheat-No . Spring cash
SAa.sasc, September tNiseg,ssc. October -. Ie-
snber $3.50 ,Stec. Ma 1y.s .Ssc Corn-No 2 cash
re. September acc, oci0ber +isc, December .2lsc
MAY i5ssc. oats-No cash 2ts. september ne
Timothy - . ~ Flsxsced 5: ESQ o51S rurk
cash sit 30 ID - September Sl6 -. October $l4 10
Lard cash IS 56eS 10. September IS o. October
y SIZE. Short ribs su 20. Sh. uIdeis a. ..st7 81
rhoit clear - 100 III ~ sugar Cut LOAF Csc cfanu-
Mated 3 as standard 5tsc. Blttci irner: cream
Fry 25S@Ssc, dairy l1eS-sc, Lsss frmer, sNictiy
sr sh lssl5c.
WHeat- ksceirts. 1Tl.nee shipments. l5,9N, Corn
-Receipts, .t0 on; shipments. ogsJJl Oats ike
eeipts 656.N0; shipments 4Si.CuJ.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
Kansas City Grain and Produce.

KANSAS CRY sept. 18.-wheat active higher,
No hard 5s6G5.ltc, No. red 5Sd5a. Corn very
nrm. 1sc hfgh r. NO. mixed al,tc Nc 2 white a5ISGa
be. Oats Father slow; No. mixed 2l6e2c No :
white 2s@2sc Rye scarce; No. noninaily sc
tlnxseed higher, 9i@.nc. Bran firm; 5:as ~ HAY
nrm timoiny s. COS ~, prairie S. t0s6 90 Butter
hrm; creamery lsG22c. dairy i.@l9,, Legs liz It
supply. and active; strictly fresh lac.
\ heat tec' ip,s. otlUl. shipments. Gu 30 Corn
-6cee ipts. q At; shipments. A.4UO oats-iteceipts
...., shipments .....
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Would Come, Too.

Twoaweek-Sir. / wish to marry
your daughter.
Gruff Father-My daughter, young
man, will continue under the paternal
roof.
Twoaweck-No objection will be
raised to that, sir.-Tid-Bits.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

Mrs O,RaEersy-oiCl have ysz know.
Mrs Doolihaa. that the O RaHertys
have always moved in the upper circle
Mrs Dooiihan-Yes indeed know
OF my ovn obser-a lion :sslt the scoosl
is sure TO rise 70 the top.-Iexas sift.
ingA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
IT. Ions Grain and Prosrc.

ST. LOUIS sept, S-Nheat wer. No. 2 red
Eish 6fjsc, September &C. October Gao. December
Sic, Aav Corn Adilec lower; No mixed
cash 4o.ps4lc. September .Slsc October SSc. Deem
Ter aS4c. May Osls Weak; No . cash .61sc.
sept. IL ter 26tsc. october &c, Nay go. Rye n re-
niand 4Jec bid. Barley trade Flaxseed firm;
&c. Hay in cd demand. unchanged. Butter
unchanged: separator creamery 2gaSGc, cauise
dairy 2ScS24c. Eggs lower istec, Flour unchanged
Pork steady; new jobbing 81, %. Lard nominnlly
IS 5loaS 81
Wheat-Iseceipts 81. N0l shipments 1900. Corn
EtceiIts b2.UU1. shipments 54,UJa Oats-Receipis
s., UUU, shipments 6DlEl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

hlet,aut reclining chair car. au AT trains ana
Pullman sirerars fr.m Nic,stta 10 kaiasas CRY and
Chicago without clangs might trains. Tickets
sold and baggage checked Through Ia ell points
nor,h. sant h and west. and steamship tickets
sold IT, nil t.arppean points az lowest rates Jfty
Ticket office lSo East douglas avenue corner Malta
street; passenger station corner Dc,tiaS snd Ahead
avenues. Telephone 10.
j. II. PEIrrips r7ca.t .,eas
rNo. SEPs STIAN. T. r h T.. A.. Ch!cago. Iii.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
New York Produce and Money.

NFw YORK. Sept IL
Money On call easy, ct 3&4 per cent, closed OFFER
ID at g.
friue raper sGl2 per cent.
Sterll & exchange weak and dull with actual
business at q. Sod. S511 for demand, and 81 S-1a@g
IS "a for Sixty day bils.
SLY er ,ert Hcaies fS14 a. &c
fetal Sale stocks toby, 1913 0tt shares.
tufiee->p"t Iii" stiUng. No. :. i.ssu.
Su.ar-Refiu-G firm.
Cut,on--Stcady. Middiing upland Sac middling
Orleans s1pc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

Judge Cowing-Why do you laugh
when ask you how many times you
have been married?
Witness--I have to laugh because it
is such ticklish question. Texas
Siftings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

Take Myers stage line at Wharton and
Orlando for Saltwater. Lewis Myers.
proprietor. OF
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SHEEP.
Wichita proa.ce sIarket.

Potatoes-Col0rado 75c. Eggs l0Sllc. Butter
First creamery 2ic. second Creamery 15c, othei
grades l5Gl l6c.
Cbickens-Hens Sc Der pound spring 6lfc; ROSTERS
&c. Ducks; cd &c. young ic: geese, CID &C. young
T.. turkeys SC,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

$50 you lire happily With yossr has.
hard
Yes BIZ, doE't. Ger heavens SAFE.
.elA hs1a --'Trgth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
DR. v. P. PARE.

Specialist in Chronic and Nervous diseases
and diseases peculiar to women Dcraneetl or
suppressed menstruation from whatever
cause speedily restev by that best OF remedies
Electricity. Speedy and Painless CUE. of
Structure and Private diseases Guaranteed
Thirty years experience. Consultation free
Correspondence invited. Residence il. North
Topeka avenue. Office go North Main street,
Wichita. Kan. d5,tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
DIR. Y. EMMA COHH.

Females rnd thtldlers ssseases II spec,ai,v
lsnt for indies during confinement strictly prf-
waite nlieii SO its,ied. also permanent hsnes Pm
xfaed tor children when desired Letters o; Iacus
~ tahfseiIta. and aswefed Promptly iion,e m
lda AyeIius Wichita. hi,lsts-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

Take stage at Noble for Tecumsen Bes
ana shortest route. WM. SHEAHEG
Manager
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
A WISE PROBATION.

Husband-Why, Amelia! What does
that mean?
Wife-Tre been suffering 50 much
with sore throat lately. dear, that
thought had better wear a boa fo
protection.-Puck
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

Wichita Horse Market.

Wheat No. 2. l9c. Corn .5c. Oats 20c. Baed
hay 50 20. Ground corn s39aSSc. Corn and oats
oi1xed &c. Bran iuc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
Heavy drHuChf 70
wichita Male Market.

Nhands. to years old, 70 Goa 6: 90
kle HANDS, 10 years old. 6 U0n SO 90
HhaGds. extra. 10 years old ..-... 70 Gt9 100 90
E1< hands good. 4to years old ....... 10 U9 ~ iJ
lt1t hands. extra. 10 years old 1i3 es l25 10
1b5t HANDS, good to years old NU UUa 10 0J
Tito lG1p hands. GOOD TO extra, Ia
years oiG.................... ....... 10 uC@l5
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
When Women Have Their Right.

Chairman Of the Board (readingl-
We have received q proposal
All OF the Feminine Members iris
iug)-W hich of us?-Truth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
An Accented Eehuks,

He pressed his lips upon her hand,
She said t was out Of place;
he rectiflcd the error
And kissed her on the faca
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

r. sToN. Sept i3-SaD,a Fe railways ask
BALTIMORE Sept. 13-Cofee firm; ltio Eo7 liza
Elac.
new ORLEANS. Sept la-Cottcr stesdy; middlnr
nplands l5-l6c. low middiing IL &C. good olGil,
ary o-l0c
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

sof an LFfsrns4Ne = fsaEFh~s-
when re. Ei5assers he was b1rset
in BIS kisougb.s-~
..ausnps, 4 shallow grave. ~--c1Ai-
caro- Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
A Fair Broker.

As with tie s.ocks- witl Ter
II Oft be.aIls:
People upca her list
She puis and Gala
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

Wichita BrcXdstuH Market
Elour-Best patent 81 81. second patent 81 60 ex-
ira fancy II 3j.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

NORTH AND EAST.
No. Ala Kansas City EXp'ss
No. 4G6 Chicago Nestibule
Fast Express. .-...........
No. s0S Missouri River EX-
No. 45S Englewood EXpr'ss
No. AIS Local Freight.
No. 46S Freight. $40. go.
SOUTH AND WEST.
No. 40. Oklahoma City and
to.t Worth Express. 49,.
No. 401 Caldwell and Pan
Handle Express. .........
No. 4o3 Fort Worth, Gal
weston and Texas thro'gh
Express ..................
No. Az Wichita Express.
Nc. 451 Euglcwcod Accom-.
No. AZ Local. Freight......
No. 4Gy Freight. ............
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

TRAINS.
NORTH AND EAST.

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FEE RR.
TRAINS ARRIVE LEAVE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14

WICHITA MARKETS
WICHITA, Sept. ID
CATTLE.

Tho quotations mere presented to give the
shfpr e- a n idea of the general range OF prices.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-14
REPRESENTATIVE SALES.
EGGS.
REPRESENTATIVE SALEM

The following are the saies of hogs
al.u.- H. rnra..a
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

An observant advertiser declares that "wha
every woman wants is something around her.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
Mistaking the Uniform.

The dreamy young man jumped on
the rear platform of Broadway car
last evening. He was on his way to
make a call and his mind had wandered
off to the home of his Margaret. In
stinctively he showed his hand down
into his pocket, pulled out a coin and
handed it toward brass buttoned coat
that his dreaming eyes had made out in
the darkness He was aroused from his
dreaming by gruff voice saying;
'l'm not the conductor. don't want
your money" ....
Pardon me, exclaimed the embar-
rassed young dreamer, 81 really did not
notice that you were fireman. just
saw the uniform, you know, and took
you for the conductor
That's all right" answered the fire.
man. mo offoase We fremen have
that happen to us every time we jump
on car If we go inside to take seat,
some woman is sure to hand us fare
and ask us to let her off at some street
or other, and if we stand outside, some
absentminded man goes and sticks a
coin in our hands, don't know but
it would be pretty good scheme if we
just accepted the situation and the
money and said nothing. New York
Times.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

The Venetian youths, like their cousins
in Rome, are fond of dogs, and the uglier
and more forbidding the dog so much
the more it seems to be admired. This
has very odd result. The gentlemen
wear their boots long in the sole and
curved upward, mode which does not
improve their personal appearance.
When very exquisite indeed, they further
attire themselves in tall silk hats, lemon
colored kid gloves and collars that rise
almost to their lips. Then, with dap.
per cane and poodle shaven so brutally
clean that no lock Of wool is left upon
it, save at the tip Of its tail, the gentle.
man considers himself completed for
promenade.
Up and down he goes, bowing zeal
ously to the right hand and the left,
ever and anon stopping to caress the
tips of the fingers Of a lady, and ever
and anon pausing to unwind the chain
Of his poodle from his elegant legs. He
is an expert at expletives; but the poodle
is used to them, and bears without one
whine Of objection all the abuse it ex-
cites. All the Year Round.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE.

1t is no easy thing to cure lung trouble
when it once fairly gets hold upon the
system. 1t can easily be prevented by the
use of ALIcocK's Porous PLAsTERs. Just
as soon as any intimation of soreness about
the lungs or stiffness of the joints appears,
put on one OF these plasters, and you will
be sure to gain great advantage.
So also with rheumatism. A cold is a
comparatively slight thing. The applica-
tion of an ALLooCK's Porous PLASTER to
any part affected by it will not only relieve,
but overcome it. If, however, the cold gets
a firm hold on the joints and muscles,
rheumatic pains are not so quickly over
come. To cure is good, to prevent is bet
ter.
BRANDRETH's PILLS will relieve rheuma-
tism.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
A HERALD OF THE INFANT fnAF

Clip the last thirty years or more from the
century, and the segment will represent the
term Of the unbounded popularity Of IIostet-
ter's Stomach Bitters, The opening Of the year
fresh Almanac Of the Bitters, In which the uses,
derivation and action Of this world.famous
medicine will be lucidly set forth. Everybody
should read it, The calendar and astronomical
calculations TO be found in this brochure are al
ways astonishingly accurate, and the statistics,
rich In interest and full OF proit. The Hostel.
ter Company OF pittsburg, pa., publish 1t them
selves. They employ more than sixty hands in
the mechanical work, and more than eleven
months In the year are consumed in Its prepara-
tion' II can be obtained, without cost, Of all
druggists and country dealers, and isprinted in
English, German, French, Welsh, Norwegian,
Swedish, Holland, Bohemian and Spanish.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

hunter breathed again and smiled, shak-
ing his head How did that filthy grave
yard bird ever arouse such fear in Nardo
Brizzi?
He opened bottle, emptied it in a
breath and went into the next room tc
lie down.
But scarcely had he laid himself on
the bed, scarcely had he extinguished
the candle which he had placed on a
chair beside him
"Chek! chekr
1.-THE devilr'
"Chek! chekl chekr
And the pecking Of q sharp beak on
the window post made the miserable fel-
low. who had for the moment regalned
his courage with wine, burrow his head
between the counterpane and the pill
lows.
"Againl Again Him!'
The red raven was there, leaning
against the window ledge picking
picking at the frame, and every blow Of
that furious, biting beak pierced the
very vitals of Nardo and inflicted a
quiyering wound
That was long night for the hunter
Of Opreno How many times in order 10
make an end to his atrocious suffering
did he think to bound from his bed
open the window, seize that accursed
bird by the neck and strangle him!
Morning came As the first glimmer
of light penetrated the room he leaped
from his bed-resolute, angry. feverish
With blow and salvo Of oaths he
opened the window
But the raven was no longer there
1t had divined his intentions and had
gone, taking refuge in path of the gar
den,
"Ah! Do you think / cannot reach
you, damned beast2 Wait u moment
and will settle your account
He seized gun, leaped down the
stair, was in the garden.
Nardo took aim. fired, the ball sped
The raven, in no wise frightened
hopping, peering, scolding came up to
him and stopped few steps away from
the gun that was still pointed at him
The second charge exploded.
II have finally blown you to atoms,
oh, accursed birdr howled Nardo.
plunging eagerly into the smoke of the
powder
But the raven, from the branch Of a
tree where he had taken refuge, answered
with croak, and, coming close to the
man who had twice tried to kill him,
planted his claws in his eyes and pressed
his face between his bleeding wings.
The man let fall his gun-fell--rolled
bowling in the snow
The assassin of Mastro LAMA had at
tempted an .mpossibility-he lad tried
to kill the consciousness of his crime -
Translated from the Italian by Harriette
Billings for Romance