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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

ls----s-f NJ
Special 10 me 1lhette'
New. Orleans, La, Jan. J.-McElroy &
"a aav. Funires tho opanine liz.
-, -. 49,, ~, -
erpool showed A'euuy front pul Aolt-
encd before the closing, which was 2-Oid
lower thnn last nights prices. Spots
-. ..,a,,d,- ,,;tb solos oc 10 ono -,
1Sir't ,,,scoo ware i ,oj,,ts io,,,or INF
X, - 49, rc,,ni,od MI. "a, 80, ~.
alv ,nr rasij1ins iv iongs ~. -,
. as1, E disnnnoinfed nj iho foilnre of
thc market 10 advance materially in r..
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
Markets BY TELEGRAPH.


Ky Associated Prsi
New York. Jan. 5-fMs was a day of
rumor and denial Of rpmors on the stock
exchange The short interest had Gov
cred tho greater part of their coptrnetr
yesterday, and The higher RANGE Of val
ues established at the close OF business
last night encouraged professional hea .
10 attack the market today True 70
the traditions Of their class they brought
TO their aid false reports aud unfoundeil
rnmors. and officials Of nroprrtios affected
by these weapons were kent busy deny.
ing statements put forth as means Of
depressing prices Il was said that NJ
a meeting of directors Of tho NJ ~souri
Pacific held today steps would be taken
looking TO the appointment OF W. 5
Pierce, general attorney for the corplrl.
ton, as receiver. President Georgs Gould
pomptly denied the story. saying that
while the company's earnings had dc
creased in common with all other rail
roads Of the country. Il was earn NJ Us
interest charges, and he added that Feb
ruary coupons would be paid nt once
lesssix per cent interest, TO any douoting
bondholders
Bar silver. 6s 1.2o.
Mexican dollars "a lie.
Certificates. no sale,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
The Weather for
Next January7

The following conditions govern the
Fuessing;
lst Each guess must forecast the
highest temperature In Waco, Texas,
for zach Of the thirty-ouc days OF next
january. The award will be made by
comparison with the Official report OF
the United States weather bureau.
3D. Each subscriber TO The Semi.
Weekly Gazette who has credit on
It's books for as ruuch as six months
subscription from October 10, 1898 Is
entitled to one guess; Noredit OF one
year'a subscription from October 10,
entities the subscriber to two guesses,
Sd. Guessos will be received and Aled
up TO L. o'clock midnight December
81 next.
4;h, Tho Gazette will numbor the
gueascs as received and deliver the
numbered coupons, without names, to
the committee, which will make the
award.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
ST. LOUIS PRODUCE.


by Ashuluteu lress
st Louis, Mo-, ian 5,-Flour-,stcady
and unchanged
Wheat was unsettled and Irregular
early, dropping a.sc, then ralying lea
j-sc ana again declining 5-s6i:i-ic, only
to react 1-2c then turning decidedly
weak and losing Sic, finally closing 1-2c
below yesterdays final prices. Final
prices were stoadicd by European wealth.
&c cables. No. rcd cash. closed IS 3-Ie;
January, IS lie; May, 02i2c.
Corn lost h-Sc ON sales and lack of
demand No . mixed cash closed ~ 1-2c;
January, - Sac; May. So IS.
Oats were lfclcss No. .. cash. and
January closed IS 1-2c; May, 81 i-ic.
Steady at Sl.05
Whsky-Fim at St.l6
Bagging-l 3-462 IA pounds. 56fGr.
Iron cotton ties-95cdSl. 100.
chang.
changed. ''
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PRODUCE.
CHICAGO rRoDucE.

CHICAGO PRODUCE.
BY Associated Press
Chicago. Ill. Jan. 5.-wheat was IL.
regular today. and there were sharp due
tuations. II closed 1-2c lower on smaller
decrease in -four stocks than expected.
smaller export elearnnces and rather free
selling after May had gone up 10 O. 3-se.
Corn is 5.Sc lower.
Oats 3-Sc lower. and provisions closed
weak after sharp fluctuations
Leading futures ranged AZ follows
Wheai-.ianuary. opening, 81 3-Sc:
highest 02c; lowest, Gle: closing, Gle.
Corn-Se. .. January, IS 5-Sei IS 1-Sc;
oats-Se. 9, January, 2o7-se; Soc
Is i-se; IS 0-Sc.
porkJanuary, opening. So so;
81 50 II; SO 70; Si2 40.
Lasrd-January, s. 50 LII 81 50; $780,
Short rihs7llnuary, $500; So 60:
SO o. 10 SO. ~ H.
Cash quotations.
tloHr-Stesdy and dull.
NJ, epr.ng wheat Ole; No. Q, Csc;
No. rcd. Gle
Corn ., 81 7-sc.
oats-7No. 2, y 5-sc; No. white
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
rRrsH vEaETABLEs AND FRuIT

Vegetables Cabbage, Northern, pei
mound. . l-218e; potatoes. California
ne bnshel Soc; onions per p1npl
0yT5c: sweet potatoes, Northern. pei
hushei. $3.50: pumpkin yams, 81; sweet
pepper per halfshushel basket 40c; celery,
Noe per one dozen punches; beers,
per bushel, Sl.50i carrole, per bushel
rnd.shes. 2Od35c per dozen; lettuce, 2Od
25c per dozen.
Fruits-C California lines, per hoy. STA
| 90; Northern apples. per barrel. s. pei
bushel sl4 ~; lemons a,,, iqnry Ii' &
Riuefclds bananas. per bunch. 81 OlH
50: Concord rrnncs. per basket 80d3Ar'
noar4. nor hnlf-hnshel. 81 80; hushe box.
So 70. California erg hlums, per crate,
50 .2J: California Kelsey ulnms per
.rtfo. SO 90, California lrunes. per crate.
50 %: ounces. ner hushel. 81 90; Bart.
lett peurs, per box, 81, 2o.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
STAPLE PROVISIONS

Mtats-Dry salt, clear shorts, Z 3-ic;
Fxlacon, sAort clear, . Tie; bacon bellies,
-Nlc: dry salt btlhes, 8 -; medium
beuisiips, llc; large, hams 10 Lee break
~ rJ~,C5m9odnl, : lie; pure leaf
c,,u, 81 gar Standard granulated, i7-sc;
owdered barrels, lie; powdered.
l. ,R1 barrels, o lie; cut loaf iu barrels,
H 4c GGI loaf ,ri II half PAR G1Frei noc rs We
1NAcnune, he.
CHIC rOucl,les Ariosa,. q DC;
diLind, 81 l-2c; Lion. u lie; Alnro
h VA ~ l-2c; Jersey, - lie.
|ArA-2 -2c; choice % l-2c; fancy. DC; pea
hsry,. u lie; old government JAVA
Molarses- Barrel lots, new rrop
CNkhuey sugar house, ZOE: choice new crop
ier gallon. 35c; fancy syrup. per gallon,
lc: choice corn syrup, per gallon, 2ec
liver dip, per gallon SOC,
Bepns-Navy, 3 lie; Lima, z l-2c;
ayei, . lie; pink . lie; black eyes
r. RISe.Common. 384aic; prime, &c;
tiia knice, Z ,2dic; head rice, & 1-2c
Salt Fish New mackcrel, medium. No,
lar. hslf barrels. $50; No. ., lu-pound
ef hts, 81. %; Goldfish bricks, l.2c,
$500 heese-Fancy, full cream, one IN box,
512c; two in. box, l5c; Young Aneri'
STARCH Lump, 4e per pound; and I;
odnl packages, per pound. . lie; q
curd OGDEN boxes. Gc per pound; corn
,nrch, 70 and ~ pound boxes, cas- lie
'aiiii ess, Gle; l-pound packages to the
roo y i'isles- Bhls,, medium, $3.50; IL bills
nm, ncdtam. S3.25; hbs.. small $3.50: l..
|, psablsl, Sinall,, 81; 1O-gallon kegs, So; 5-gil
%a Nj pc Fac &c., E Si5 rs s sSf S pee
cE, ~; Am gal, per dOZ Sk2D; hpXu,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
CANNED GOODS.

uyttcrs -unepound, per loz., soc; No.
z. pef doI., Sl,oJ.
"A flsh--Alaska, No, /, salmon. per dozen.
itSi.4p: Columbia river M, salmon. p.f
4 si1aen. SLID: l-puuni mackerrl, per daz,
&I-i9; American sard.nes, LIS, per case,
.Sl4bO.
; lNeats-Poited ham, IA pound. per
!daftn. I5c; potied ham, IL pound. npl
d11eh. $50; Vienna sausage. IL ponnd.
I per dpzen. 81 D; Nipntn sApsage. l.nonnl
her dozen. S2.2o; iagch tongue. pound.
lifcr dozen. s -; chippel beef IL pound,
sptr iozen 50; chippsd beef, l-pound,
I(r dozen. $40
.Nfretahles Thrcc-uonnd tomatoes,
4I1b: 2-inund tomatoes. Si.10: 2,pnuni
81 l4fn choice, Sl.10; 2.puunl corn Fancy.
z $IEa 2.pound strllr neans. Doc; 2-pound
li1Ifowfsi peas. Sl,21
CAfornia frtitS--Tlvo and one-hali
'fdHfl pouches. 81 25s . I-a.nonnd npri.
tpIA sl.S5; > IL pound pear, So .
2 1@p0unl plums. Sl.S5, IL p iunl
tnnf<at grapes, Sl.S5; ? l2-pounl white
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

Retail list--nrilgcport, car lots. 1926
. TO 10 tons SfTJ;. ton, 500; Neal
ester. Jenny Lind. Rouse. Maitland, Rob
lnson nnil Walsenherg Goals. car lots.
Sl.I5: 2 to 10 ton lots SG.25; ! ton.
SG.75 one-hnf ton. sA5n: Monarch. Vic
tor. Santa Clara. and Fillmore Goals, car
lots. $3.50; 3 TO 10 ION lots. 5000: two
tons. 50 %; one ION. so ~; onehalf ton.
81. 80: Brinr Crock and NrIameS coal.
car lots. 81 2b. 2 TO 10 Ton lots. $500;
two ions. 81 =; one ton. 500 one-half
ION s., o. Monarch err. c1r lots, SlaA;
2 To 10 ton lots. $3.50; single ton. S5.T5;
anthracite ponnsylvanial car lots, Sll;
anthracite fOni'.t n 10 ton lots. So
single tons 5000: oneha,f ton. S.;
slack. i0c cnr lnads. Sl.23; Thurher.
rnr lots $3.50 ncr ton: Cameron. ner
ton. So. two tons. ST.75; 3 to 10 tons.
s. so
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
NEw YoRK pRopucE.


by Associated Press,
New York, Jan. 5.--wheat- Spot
opened quiet and closed caeyi No, >,
rod, store and elevator, 57c. options
steady market early weakened Lie on
local selling and adypnced sharply on
covering, hut when shorts were out, broke
lc, closing at &c net decline; No. red,
january, closed az Us i-Sc; February. Is
dds o-Sc, closed at Csc; May closed at
Il lie.
Corn Spot less active. closing steady;
No, ?, elevator, ~ lie; options opened
weaker on full car lots and good weather
Vest January, 70 l-SdA2 lie, closed at
AZ l-Sc
oAts-Spot quiet aud firm; No. .,
"a l-Sc; options opened firm, but turned
weaker later with wheat and closed IN,
changed TO lie net decline; January,3A
W2a i-le closed at 34c.
HIDES Steady.
Wool-Steady; domestic fleece, 1ed2jc;
pulled, 25O0,2Oi Texas, lOul5c.
AIolasse- Nominal.
Cotcc--Options opened stendy at from
unchanged prices to 10 points advance:
ruled quiet, but generally firm, and closed
steady AZ JN20 points net advance.
Snot colfce-liio steady, but quiet. No.
6 W 1851 mild market qu!et; Comoya,
Sngar-Dull and irregular: cortlfuga'
W test, I-Sc nskeN; denerara ccntrl-
tngal ui test, az hrcallwater to philadcl-
PIMA at 2f@l2c, frehned quiet
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

Cordagc- sisal rope. halfinch bosls
s lie: matlla rope. tcn-inch 1asis.
ton twlnr, lGc: 5-ply iute twipc. 80.
Rags "a inch. S.ouuce. 1-2c; 80
inch. S-ounce. q lie; ~ inch, 1O-ounce.
Il 20.
Sred-Rye. pcr hnshcl. SOC: tnrnln
seed, per pound, 25c; alfalfa seed. rer
huahel, SGF0, johnson grass seed. per
hushel. Sl25; miliot per hushel. G5c:
barley seed, per hushel, COO.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
OYSTERS, FISH AND GAME.

Oysters and Fish--Oysiers bulk. IJi
soc per 100 counts: tu'r dozen cans,
81! ~; dressed catfish, Zoe per pound
gulf fish, lOc per pound; shrimps. pei
pnund lIc: crabs, per dozen. Toe.
per dozen: uunils. 81 .OOSii 80 ncr dozen
Mnllarl ducks per pnir COO: Teal ducks
nov nni-. 35r: cnuvHshack ducks, per
pair. 50dG0r; rnhmis 81 per dozen; deer
saddles, per pound he.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

~ 1-:.aa0c; No While, 2s i.2a3lc.
Rye-No. ., 4ac.
Barley No, = nominal.
Oa6--No. .. IS Sc. No. . white,
- i'lef;iOe; No. , white, - l-2si3ic.
Pork Sia .I4Ml2. 81
lnrd--S7 BIO s .nn.
Short RIBS, So 90
Dry sal,Gl shoulders. s. 21liG 90.
Short clear Sides So, fali 90
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
KANsAs cIrY rnonrcE

BY Associated Press.
Kansas City, Jan. .. Wheat higher;
No. ,, hard, 50 lie; No. ., rod. 81
M50c
Corn scarce and half cent higher; No.
. mixed. 30 l-4Gt3O 1-2c: No. .. white.
~ l-iu;1 lie.
Qats-Half cent higher; No. 2. mixed.
q l-2d2se; No. ., white, - l-2a2gc.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
CASH PREMIUMS
To Subscribers.

Commencing October 10, register
has been kept OF each yearly cash sub.
sorlption received, and each one mum
bered In the order in which IL came,
The subscribers numbered as below
will receive Immediately on registra'
tlou OF tholr subscriptions tho sums OPP
posite tho numbers,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

Hides-Buyrrs are paying Dry lint
heavy, Sc; light. 4c; dry salt Be; green
salt, 2GL2 1-2c; butchers green. 25i3c..
Wool light medium. l5dlOc; low
medium. l2Ml4c: fnc. 12N1fc,
Boues--Hoof aud bones $500 per ton,
delivered.
Bees wax-15G15c.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
LIVE STOCK.
sr. LOUIS 1--we STOCK

By Associated Press.
st. Louis, Jan. 5.-Caulc markets.
Native 10M Toe higher: Texas Toe higher:
fair 10 good native, SO. S0qi. so: fed
Texans. steers, SO o0d3 20; grass 1'exns
steers, 81 4ON3. 80: COWS, 81 9O02 30
HoGs-Alarkot active and strong. butch.
or grades, 50 ,20u5 40; mixed. 500 rs
Eight, 50 10d5 30.
Sheep-AIarket 25c higher lambs, $40
GJ. sheep, 81 %.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

era CKERS. CAKES AND CANDIES.
Crackers Animals. l2c. Boston butter.
Sc butter. ~. creams, 5 lie. csackuels
l0ci cracker meal. Sc; oyster pearl. Gel
oyster excelsior, Sc, pretzcis. ide; cream
soda. Sc; snuwilukes igc: soda, DC.
Cakes aud Juinhles--lileven aud one
half cents, fruit sNltana. H., E.uger
snhps, s lie; graulma's cookies. Ice;
lemon snaps, sl3c; waters, loo; sugar
coOkies lUc; stage pianks. Sc.
Cundies--Caraneis. assorted flavor, 3.
mound boxes Zoe; sumdrops A L, as
sorted favors, 5-ponnd box. 4nc; lapagl es'
strips, cocoanut flavor, 1-pound box, Ojci
rock. assorted and white. Ujc; French
kisses, per box, 6lc. chocolate creams,
Al, poe; lemon drops. Frosted. per hos,
Csc: burnt almonds, ger box Ouc. creams
nnnd made. twelve varieties noe; pea
nus block Csc; peanut bar, per boA, I5ci
lozenges. assorted con. 5-pound boz,
zoe; mnrsh-mallnws. cherry brand, D
pound box, .Sl,2J; mixed candies. pals,
nor pound. LIE. crystal cut. Sc, daisy
II Vi creams, lie; stick caudy, in pals
Z lie.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
EXCHANGE At NEW ORLEANS.

Now Orleans, La. jan. 5,--(special -
Sterling Commercial, 60
days.. .,.........,.,.4 s2llGli 500
Fra1es--C ommeroiai % days,5 2lls
Now York sight Bank. see. par
Commercial. ....s..... ,..... bOp
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

In addition to this novel contest the
Semi.Wcekly Gazette offers the fol
lowing
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

The price OF The semi.wsekly "a.
aotts, isiuod on Tuesday and Friday
OF each week, eight pages, ility-si1
columns to each number, is only
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

This is companion Offer to tho
FIRST and holds good until midnight OF
December 81.
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THE MARKETS.
local MARKETS.

I fcolton-Low mlddiing, ) 15-ioc; strict
. nidd,ing, G3-lOc; middling. OI-lOc;
Arict midlllng, G9-1Gci rood tuiddlingr
l1-1Cc.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

Liverpool Jan. D. Especially -Cotion
futures closed barely steady, 10 points
lower
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
RECEIPTS AT u, S. PORTS

MOVEMENT Al INTERIOR TOWNS
Galveston Tex, Jan ).
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06

cherries, $3.50 ? i-2pouna black cher
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FREIGHTS FROM GALVESTON
Galveston, Tox.. jan. a Especially
by steamship from Galveston, ToX.
10 liverpool tn-Gid.
10 Continent. ,........., 800. 80. ~ ~.
To New York i8c por 100 lbs
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why rot utilize your knowledge TO
win tho
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-13
THE wokLp: SATURDAY EVENING, oCToBER Is. lse4

to great advantage at st. James's Hail.
A good deal OF snap has been intro
duced into the performance, which Will
be appreciated by all who like this good
old-fashioned form OF entertainment.
Comstock has secured some very clever
people. and the singing In the nrst part
Is admirable. Some novelties are prom
Used for the coming week.
Dan Mccarthy. in the Irish drama,
THE Pride of Mayo" will be next
weeks attraction at II. X. Jacobs The
atre. The company will be very good
one. MIR Mccarthy will have the sup
port OF Charles Set y icrs and NlIi LOU
Ripley. a gyHi Deal of catchy music
VIII be irtrnducca and the Irish tnrp
and Scotch bagpipes Will be heard. The
OF a good Irish play.
''In Old Kentucky" will remain for
another week at the American Theatre,
where 1t has been doing extremely well.
Miss Laura Burt. who has recovered
from her accident. will resume her part
of Madgc Briefly next week. The play
Is well staged. and though New York
has seen good deal OF II. Its welcome
has not yet been exhausted. a new
melodrama called "a Man without a
Country" Will be the next play at this
house.
AT the Germanla Theatre "The New
York Brewer and His Family" Adolf
Philips latest comedy OF German
city, has been well received. II will
undoubtedly draw crowds for long
time to come. for Herr Phillip estab-
lished his reputation as a German Har-
rigHn when he produced the Corner
Grocer OF Avenue a.
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Employment
Obtained.

the girls history, and of the life that
year in and year out, was one long
round of monotonous toll, and had
made mental arrangements for herself
and her widowed mother to take up
their quarters permanently in one OF
his vacant cottages.
Regardless of her protests as to the
expense, he saw her, her brain still a
whirl with the events OF the evening,
into cab, and with a promise that he
would write to her mother the very
next morning, he waved her CHEEKY
AS he turned round to stroll back to
his club, he came face TO face with
"HSiio! Custance." cried Buiger;
you're a gay dog, you are. Every one
thought you We're down in the country,
and here l find you in Lincoln Park
seeing a lady"-Bulger grinned-"lnto q
hanson. Oh. yes, it's no good pretend
ing you weren't. saw you Just now.
you SLY dog"
cpstanGe shook him on with difficulty.
Pm not at all sure" he soliloquixed.
as he turned into the club, that I
haven't made an Internal idiot OF my
self Buyers the Veriest old gossip In
existence, and every man and woman
of my acquaintance will know by next
week that at 10 Z. NJ on an August
night l was seeing an ugly. badly
dressed--yes-lmp9ssible little SRI into
Fellows win laugh, Oh! yeil. ~ done
way. she Was Rjrased. "-chicaeo NAL
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s s You Want Work? Word A in The World Costing Cents Will &c

smelling cigar between his teeth, who
had halted a few PAGES away from his
neighbours chair. and, with an air of
undisguised insolence, was taking a de-
liberate survey OF her plnched-up little
face.
The incident could hardly have lasted
a few seconds, and then the youth, evil
IDENTIFY dissatisfied with his examination,
continued on his way. But when Gus
lance ventured TO steal another glance
at the girl, the light had died out OF her
eyes and an undeniable tear was trick
ling down her cheek
Poor little thing" he thought, read
ing her mind; fancy being disappointed
because brute like that didn't speak
to herr"
And then, CustanCe never quite I'M
derstands how It happened, but some
how he found himself asking the little
girl whether she would not like to take
a stroll with him.
And when, thrown into q state of
hopeless confusion by this unexpected
offer, she had managed to gasp out a
half-frightened. half-proud yes" he
offered her his arm as deferentially as
II she had been the highest lady in the
land, and mingled with the rest of the
promenaders, to the utter amazement
OF the young ladies and the hopeless
discontinue OF the strawhatted youth,
who passed them, hemmed in between
two portly damsels OF uncertain age.
What they talked about Custance
doesn't clearly remember, but when, TO
the strains Of Cadets March," they
walked still arm in arm towards Clark
street. he bad learned all the details Of
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Custance ere long vacated his seat 10
join the promenaders. He was sufficient
ly conspicuous in his evening clothes
which the light overcoat he wore in no
way disguised. to attract considerable
attention from the feminine portion OF
the company, many OF whom lavished
their glances on him freely enough Ia
show him that to make their acquaint-
ance he had My to claim It, Bnt though
many OF the girls he passed were I'M
deniably pretty, and carried themselves
with a grace and style that would have
shamed many a titled dame, he was
for time too interested In his sur
roundings. as whole, to consider any
one OF them In particular.
IL was in a somewhat different man
ner that his interest was at last aroused.
He had dropped for a moment into
another chair further on than that which
he had first occupied.
As he sat down he noticed that next 10
him was young girl whom he had
already passed two or three times In the
course OF his promenade. She apparent
ly had no friends among the prone
naders. nor did any OF them evince any
desire to make her acquaintance. In
deed, she was such an uninteresting, In
signincant-lookinE little thing, and her
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rusty black frock was so distressingly
shabby that even In that not too Well
dressed mass she looked obtrusively out
of place.
She had not even the advantages of
looks to compensate for the defects OF
her attire. Her cheeks were OF that un-
prepOssessing yellow-white tinge that in
dicaLes anaemia and weary hours spent
in the Vitiated atmosphere of the work
room. her eyes were dun and heavy.
The struggle for life had left its UNI
mlstakable traces on her face. she
seemed little better than a machine as
she sat there beneath the tiickering gas
light-impassive, motionless-but a ma
chine which had done its best work and
was already half worn out.
Custance noted her curiously. She
seemed To have so little in common with
the gay chatterlng throng thai passed
and repassed before her that he Won
dered what had brought her out to listen
to the rollicking strains OF the last
comic opera and the light laughter OF
the young ladies and their attendant
SWANS.
And then all at once he marked a sud
den change came yer her hitherto eX-
presslonless features. Her eyes lit up,
a flush stole over her cheeks, her lips
quvered. She seemed to have been
transformed In one short moment Into "a
veritable living woman.
Custancs eyes, following hers curl
ously, fell on an understood, narrow
chested. mean-looking youth, with a
straw hat jammed down viciously over
his syes. and the stump of an eyil-
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the back of the head, and seemed at any
moment ready to fiy away altogether.
What surprised him most was the alb
solute decorum of the proceedings. The
code OF manners was not. perhaps, that
practised In society. but. such as II was.
1t was rigtdly adhered to. For a young
man to address young woman the pre-
liminary an introduction by third
party was deemed unnecessary, and
chaperons were an unknown quantity;
II the lady was certain that she did not
know him the young man took his an
swer like a hero. and renewed his prom
enade till ne found an affinity whose
memory-or imagina tion-was more pill
able. An affinity having been discov-
cred, no objection was made by the
young lady to the young man sitting
down with his arm around her waist, al
ways provided the gaslamp was not in
too dangerous proximity. And though
there were exceptions to this rule. and
occasionally a couple were TO be OBJ
served with arm and waist intertwlned
in the full glare OF the lamp. IL was EVIL
dent. from the disappearing glances Of
those In the Vicinity. that such conduct
was not countenanced. rather discur-
aged.