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The evening world., 1894-04-14
Mr.. CANNON OFF FOR EUROPE
Delaware and Hudson Nicc-Presi-
dent Goes Abroad for Health.

Vice President Cannon, Of the Della
ware and Hudson Railroad. has been
suffering for several weeks from severe
attack OF sciatica. and the additional
strain entaicd by the unsettled condition
Of that corporations affairs has so un-
hermined his health that he has been
compelled to take rest.
Before he sailed to-day for IIavre he
wrote a letter to his associates on the
Proxy Committee and reiterated his
claim that the stock holders are entitled
to n just share OF the accumulated earn
!ngS.
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TRYING TO SAVE FALES.
Court of Pardons Considering the
Hoy Murdcrer's Case.

The Court OF Pardons and Gov. werts
met this morning In the Chancery Cham
bers, Jersey City, to consider the case
of Robert Alden Fales, the Newark boy
murderer who is under sentence to be
hanged on May 10. Judge Henry and
Lawyer McDermit. counsel for Fales,
jurors who convicted Fales, asking that
his sentence be commuted
The strongest point raised In the petit.
tion Is that Fales Is of weak intellect
and has showed signs of insanity since
he was convicted of killing Messenger
Hayden. two years ago. 1t is the opinion
Of many that Fales's sentence win be-
committed.
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To Attend Mr.. TicId'. Funeral.

Ily Ats7cIated Frfssl
BUFFALO April li.-Tracy C. Beck
sr, President Of the New York State Bar
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Chemist Martin Seriously III.

President Wilson, Of the Hoard Of Health 70
cCIved a letter from chief chemist Edward W
Martin this morning. requesting two weeks fur.
ther leave OF absence Accompanying tho letter
was n physlcan's certificate. stating that It would
he exceedingly dsngrrou, for Mr., Martin to un.
dcrgo journey North In hiS present state II
hrath. He has hecn absent sick leave since
April |. The letter will he prrscnted to the 'nil
Hoard NJ Health on Monday. and the request will
undoubtedly he granted.
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Fortune for n Chicngo Prisoner.

iDy Associated PreEsl
CHICAGO. April h-Jacoh Goldman. who has
been working for a saloon keeper. was arrested
Thursday night In the latter's place. He learned
since he was locked up that he had fallen heir to
S. 900 marks. LEFT him by his uncle. wealthy
distil!er In schlesyiE HnHtcin. The German Con.
sui had been searching for Goldman. but unsuc-
cessfully, until policeman noticed his name on a
docket sheet. Goldman proved his Identity, and
the German Consul said the money would be paid
to him In few days
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ALARMED OVER TYPHOID.
Hospital OvercrOwded and One Man
Insane from Worry.

MONTCLAIR, n. j.. April 1.-THE ty-
phoid fever scare seems to be at It's
height, and the Inhabitants are greatly
alarmed lest the disease become cpl
demic.
King De Hart. whose wife and child
are i'll with the disease has become in
sane through worry ana loss of rest.
He appeared AT the office OF DR.. Shell
ton on Thursday night, and acted so
queer that the doctor had him taken
TO the Mountainsdc Hospital. That in
stltution WAS so overcrowded with ty-
phoid patients that he had to be taken
10 Newark.
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TOOK sa,2oo,Ooo OF GOLD.
One Days Exports SIX Times Great
or Than Weeks Imports.

The steamship La Gascogne to-day
took oGt s2,7oO,OeO in gold Hrd the I'm
bria $5o0"l0 in gold. This disposes OF
the supposit'on that some of The gold
would b" withGrdWi.
The iEports Of specie at tho port OF
Now NcrX for tn" week were SN972
Of which $j2G,@9i were gold and s22,5Sl
silver The imports for The correspond
ing week last year were S9l, ,0S5.
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BRUTAL HUSBAND CAUGHT.
Michael Curley Held on n Charge
Made by His Wife.

NEWARK, N j., April l4.-Michael
Curley. ffty-seven years old, OF $50
Adams street, was held for the Grand
Jury to-day by Judge Preisel, upon n
charge OF atrocious assault. Curley
knocked his wife's eye out and brutally
assaulted her, II is said. ten months ago
She was taken to the hospital where she
mQlncl under treatment for five
months.
'Curley ran away ard went to DAYTON
o.. where he entered the Soldier g
Home. He came back last night and his
wife had him arrested.
The evening world., 1894-04-14
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
One of the Old school Writer" who
liz Now Eighty-FiNe.

Oliver Wendell Holmes will be written
about In the Sunday World" tomorrow,
His stories are familiar to al readers OF
fiction, and some OF his verses will live
through the centuries. His strong char
acter has made its impress on many a
student mind and the pupil has been the
better for the aCouantan"c and for the
Xper encr under Us pr tesso' hip.
The evening world., 1894-04-14
THIS ACTION A TEST CASE.
Brooklyn Sues for Money Paid for
Entertaining Aldermen.

Suit is to be brought by the city OF
brooklyn to-day at The direction of
corporation Counsel Mcdonald against
George F. Miller. proprietor of the
eHeIter House at Prospect Park, for the
aecpVery of sl,2s9.50 paid for wine. cigars
esu eiu dinners for Aldermen and their
ton. Wv
Ell me suit is test case and II success
iul others will follow
The evening world., 1894-04-14
WHERE is POTTER?
Newark Creditors Anxious to See
the Liveryman.

NEWARK. N. j.. April 1-.-Ephraim
Potter, the proprietor of the Great East
ern Sales Stables, Of this city, has been
missing since Tuesday and a large num-
Der Of creditors would like to know
where he Is.
property by a number of people yester-
day. but they found there was very little
to attach. Potter resides in Madison, N.
T., where he keeps an extensive estab-
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I'M" burglar Was disappointed.

.ooert Edwards twenty-one years old, OF 40
"A'eh street Brooklyn, was arrested by Rounds
@" nrlen at o'clock this morning as he was
.O"'he out OF side door Of Matthew Breens
Oon' " Columbia street, o'Brien found that
tha sL .si mad forced open the side door entered
bsp t Ttt and broke open the drawers behind the
las, ih ihe proprietor had removed all the money
say, ua, and so the thief got nothing. Edwards
inia ,ut st ne found the door open, and was going
eating his record 'sN' iHe po''s a'e '"'es"
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BARGAINS IN BREAD.
Brooklyn Leads the World with
n Brapd New cut Rate" Fad.

The barga,n-hunting craze, which has
been prevalent during the hard times
has taken n new turn in Brooklyn.
which within the past few days mas
s..anGed the course of women hunting
for goods "at less than cost from the
biz dry goods stores to an enterprisins
bakery on Fulton street, between the
CITY Hall and Fiatbush avenue.
Pedpstri on Fulton street were INST
attracted to the idea by large sign IN
front of the door reading:
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BIG STREET RAILWAY DEAL.
Eighty Miles OF Road In Detroit
Acquired by Jerseymen.

Thomas NevIns & Son, of Orange, N.
j.. have. 1t is said, signed contract for
the purchase OF a street railway system
IN Detroit, Mich, which is eighty miles
in length, thirty miles of which are troll
loyei. -
sentcd by $1,000 OOD stock and 81, 100000
h5nIs II is said a company will be or
ganizei with a capital OF SlO,0oo,Ooo to
operate the system,
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Judge Caldwell for President.
my Associated Press. }

KANSAS CITY, April li.--Grand Judge Samuel
T. Scott OF the Knights OF Reciprocity. says the
organization. which Is said to have a membership
of 2, 600. 900 In the United States Is to work for
the norlination OF Judge Caldwell. OF the United
states Circuit Court, for the Presidency of tho
United states at the next National Republican
Convention. meeting has been called for May
Is to perfect campaign plans.
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Preparing 20 Hang Andrews.

BELVIDERE. N. j.. April 1t.-shertn Ben
jamin schwarts has issued the Invitations for the
execution OF George Andrews. the wife-murderer,
In the Court House at this place on next Thurs
day. Andrews Is to be hanged between the hours
OF A. ". and l2 noon. The Court Of Pardons
has refused to commute the death sentence, and
the condemned man Is preparing to meet his
The evening world., 1894-04-14
M'GARRAHAN WORN OUT.
Famous Washington Cinimnnt Vow
In n Hospital.

WASHINGTON, April li.-WilIam
McGarrahan, the famous McGlrrahan
claimant whose face and figure have been
80 familiar In Washington for many
years. was received as pa; ent IN
Providence Hospital In this city, last
Wednesday. a wreck from nervous pros
tration.
anxiety In battle for the obtaining OF
his claim have completely worn him out
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In Memory OF Ills Son.

MURRAY hill, y j.. April t-Carl Schultz,
Of New York. whose son was killed in the acct
dent N the nolHwerc, LackawaTua and Western
Railroad in the meadows accident several months
ago II EplnE t. cree lAn.lF m4usuleum near
his summer residence at this place in honor of
his s,n
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Robbed on st. PatricIs's Day.

Detectives MichHels and Dale MraiEned Hattie
Miller, alias johnson. alias Kehoe. twenty-elBht
years old, OF 477 Seventh avenue In forkvllle
Court to-day on charge Of having robbed Hugh
i. Pratt, OF Fifty-second street and Eighth ave-
aus Of Sl03 on March II last. She NAA held
for narther sxAmlpAtlon In $50 ball. es~--
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S75,OOO ms n Surprise.

MILLBuRN. n. j., April rL-John d. Park-
hurst, superintendent OF the Fandanso Pasteboard
NH, has been notified that he has been left q
fortune estimated at SIS 900 by distant relative.
The money comes from his fathers cousin who
went to Texas and amassed 4 fortune and has moe
been heard OF In thirty-fve years
The evening world., 1894-04-14
Delayed the Opening of the Road

NEWARK. n. J., April 1.-THE storm Of TIE
last few days has delayed the opening Of tho
electric road between this city and Jersey City.
officers OF the Company decided that q thorough
overhaung OF the road will be necessary 70 So
what damage the rains have done. The road viii
be formally opened one week from to-day.
The evening world., 1894-04-14
Two Kentucky Men Tired of Life.

lIIy Nssoclate1 FTthAI
HARRODSBuRG, Ky, April 1.-two formerly
wealthy citizens committed suicide yesterday BY
shoating Thomas + Alexander, prominent
stock dealer, was nrst found dead n lis room.
prI the other victim OF self murder was rAtriek
IL Best Both we're actuatei by financial troa-
The evening world., 1894-04-14
Prominent Anntomist May Die.

ANN ARDoR, Mich. April 1.-THE venerable
Or. l.. C. Ford. connected with the medical de-
partment Of the University Of Michigan for NOR,
han forty years, has been stricken with apopleSy
and lies In n critical condition. As an anat.
omist Dr. Ford stands in the front rank In Amer
The evening world., 1894-04-14
Richmond nnd Dan,illc to Re sold


GO. NN'p'lA'r4 lFrss
RICHMOND Va, AprlI u judge Con. s't'rG
in the Tinted states Cugrt yesterday o'for"d
decree for N, foreclosure ani rg'r of ,la Rt.h-
UCUi FtG Lany lie RaITpai.
The evening world., 1894-04-14

Dr. Holmes has reached the ripe age
of elghty-five years. His career will be
reviewed and his genius anaiyzed by
Nym Crinkle in an article tomorrow. II
YOU love TO know the home life, the sur
roundings, the incidents that have deve!-
oped the character OF q man whom you
admire, read this graphic account.
The evening world., 1894-04-14
Mining stocks.

The follow ng are the closing quota
Ions OF mining stpcts a; the C1psoli-
lated Exchange to-day:
The evening world., 1894-05-01

They receive $1,000 a year. A bill Ia
awaiting the action OF the Governor al
lowing them 49, 900.
-. q: T. Meyers, Attorney for Collec-
tion NJ Arrears Of Personal Taxes, has a
Dill pending increasing his compensation
from $1,000 to 5000. The Brooklyn
Bridg policemen are interested in a bill
giving them the same pay as the mem
bers OF the Brooklyn police force, and
the doormen OF the park police In the
rate OF a bill fixing their compensati ton
at sl.UD. They are paid 5000.
Among the bills before the Governor
are several creating new offices. One in
creases the numDer OF deputy sheriffs
from twelve to fifteen. This Will give the
politicians three more places at $500 a
year each.
Another bill provides for two coal in
spectors at $1,000 a year each. Assembly
man Sulzer had a bill passed providing
that the District-Attorney shall have sew
eral ass. stants to take charge of collat-
eral inheritance tax matters, one TO be
known as Transfer Tax Assistant at
$40 a year; a Transfer Tax Clerk at
-, 400. a S~urrogate's Process-Server at
81, 2O and $500 for the expenses OF the
Office. A bill providing for more Cor
oner's physicians was lost in committee.
The term of the Board OF Electrical
Control wa extended for three years.
The expenses Of this Board. about $50. 900
a year. are paid ~ the electrical COM
panies.
The evening world., 1894-05-01
FOR THE SCHOOL LIBRARY.
Entertainment to Replenish the
Peck Memorial Fund.

Entertainment to Replenish the
Peck Memorial Fund.
A committee Of citizens Of the west
side is arranging for a splendid enter
tainment Friday night. at Carnegie
Music Hall, Fifty-seventh street and
Seventh .'cnue. The object is to re-
plenish the Peck Memorial fund, which
supports the library Of Grammar School
No. 81. Seventy-seventh street and Am
sterdam avenue.
This library had a somewhat pathetic
beginning. Freddie w. Peck, the twelve
year-old and only son Of Walter J. and
Nellie w. Peck. of 123 West Seventy
third street. was its founder. He had
saved UP a considerable sum of money
add shortly after attaining his twelfth
birthday. he fell sick. While on his
deathbed, he requested his parents to
turn this money into a fund for the es-
tablishment Of a library at his school.
He died Jan II. 1892.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peck have faithfully
CO rried out their child's dying request,
Of volumes
The programme for next Friday night
will include an exhibition drill by volun-
teers from the First Battalion American
aided by the Drum Corps OF Grammar
School No. &C, K~ingsbridge. New York
There will be a flag presentation by
F; Ell Sr Dix A1 Sest' No. in 1856, behalf e. 4. & e
Lafayette Post, No. 140, G. A. r.. and
the Sons of the Revolution will take part
n the ceremonies of presentation.
,h Five ,en hun ,dI,1do children HID su a. are ,,S so ins s sSoy'
and from 81 for parquet to 30 cents fol
balcony seaus.
The evening world., 1894-05-01

Yale has good reneon 20 be proud that Ameri-
cas- greatest physician was one of her first
graduates in medicine.
Prof. Edward f, Phelps, NJ. D.. LII D., to
whom It has been we'll said the world owes
longer life and more freedom from sickness
than to any other man or school Of men. had
studied with Prof. Nathan Smith, of New
Haven. and graduated in medicine q. Yale only
a few years before he began to lie known as one
OF the mot remarkable men in his profession.
In maturer years. after his researches abroad.
his brilliant professorship at Dartmouth and
his wonderful discovery of what has come to he
known as Pnines celery compound. the remedy
that makes PEOPLE we'll. the remedy that In this
spring season is IN greater demand than any
other medicine in the world In his maturer
years Prof. Phelps often expressed his high es-
innate of the value of the schoolday training he
had received. His early IL s.ructors were men
Of even .emper; healthy. strong. clear-brained.
hard working.
Oui school teachers to-day are every now and
then accused by parents Of being irritable and
even unjust toward their pupils.
"If this were so, is 1t at ali wonderful, "
asked Prof. F. W.. Draper in his lecture before
the school teachers, when We consider the
fearful strain on body and brain TO which they
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PICKED UP UNCONSCIOUS.
Keefe Had Been Blending tho
Crab on n Bowery Fire-Escape.

AhSCAo Ah"O DSS
Crab on a Bowery Fire-Escape.
David Keefe. a bricklayer. forty-two
years old and single, was found in the
rear courtyard of the Uncle Sam House.
276 Bowery, this morning with a frac-
tured skull. Keefe had been lodging at
the house four months.
Keefe's room was on the third floor,
In the rear. lust off his room there is a
fire escape. At 5 o'clock this morning
Joseph Yello, who lives in an Elizabeth
street tenement-house, back of the hotel,
was surprised to find Keefe on the fire
escape doing what In acrobatic circles
Is known as bending the crab"
Yello watched the mar for a few min
utes, then went into another room to
eat his breakfast. Halt an hour later,
when he again looked from the window,
Keefe was not On the fire scape, but
looking into the yard. Yello saw him ly-
ing apparently unconscious on the
bricks. He went around to the hotel
n notified the proprietor.
went into the back yard and picked
Keefe up. The man was unconscious.
An ambulance was called. and the sur
geon said his skull was fractured. He
had evidently fallen from the fire es-
cape.
Nothing is known at the hotel OF
Keefe except that he seemed poor and
has been acting strangely for some
weeks. When his room was searched
showing he had 800 on deposit.
At St. Nincent's Hospital. where
Keefe was taken, 1t was said that he
would probably die.
The evening world., 1894-05-01

Remarkable revival services have been held
at ST. Bartholomew's Mission during the past
three months by Col. IIadley. the superintendent
assisted by Miss Sara Wray. e1-Adjutant OF the
Salvation Army. Since Feb. l the attendance has
been 6s.ll2, and 2.SOS drinking men have come
forward for prayers. In recognition OF her ser
vices the Superintendent asks all her friends. the
friends OF the Mission and Rescue Workers every
where to be present at the mission. Forty second
street and Third avenue. this evening to units
IN a grand jubilee and song service. A special
programme has been prepared. including an
organ recital Of twenty minutes by Prot. Hayden.
Miss Wray will speak and sing. Miss wray IL
National President of the Young Ladies' Auxiliary
OF the Christian Mems Union: also superintendent
Of the Win One Chapter Of the Kings paugh-
tiers, and she cordially invites the members OF
these organizations TO be present.
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"There is nothing to tell. I am teach
ing school. But you: we have always
wondered, all OF us, how you were get
ting on. Some OF us said that you were
always so smart that you would do very
very well In New York. Have you done
well?"
The young man laughed.
ASK my friend here" he said.
HE has done very we'll" said the
gruff man. VERY well, indeed. lie is
going to retire from business for n few
weeks Just now, and rest up a bit"
How lovely! Have you made your
fortune. then. George"
We'll, | am on the road"
He Is going 10 live in one OF the
biggest houses in the State said the
gruff man.
How fine"
Smart boy. Is George" chuckied the
other man.
Suddenly there was a jolt as the
train stopped. and a newspaper which
had been carelessly spread over the
knees OF the two men fell on the noor.
The evening world., 1894-05-01

The estimated sum of $1,000, 900. before
referred to, Ia to be spent for land for
new parks, which are to be located as
follows:
Colonial Park. on lands bounded by One Hun
dred and Forty-ffth and one Hundred and Fifty
NTH streets and Broadhurst and Edgecombe ave-
nues.
st. Nicholas Park. on lands bounded by st.
Nicholas avenue. One Hundred and Thirtieth and
One Hundred and Forty-first streets, Convent ave-
nue. and One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street
and Amsterdam avenue. and one Hundred and
Thirty-sixth street.
Another park. to be located on the east side, be-
tween One Hundred and Eleventh and One Hun
dred and Fourteenth streets. and First avenue and
the river.
Also. for the establishment OF a public place at
the southeasterly projection OF Cedar Park.
The usual aid was made on the Leg
islature by officials for increases in sal
aries. Building Superintendent Brady
asked for a raise from 5000 to 1900.
but the bill was lost in the shuttle. A
bill fixing the salary of the clerk of the
City Court at 5000 Is now before the
Governor. The salary at present Is
The Governor also has under consid-
Grafton bills increasing the salaries OF
the Tax commissioners and their depu-
ties, the police and the hostlers and
drivers In the STRENGTHENING Depart
ment.
The increase for the police would
amount to $780, 900 a year and about
$4,000 g. year for the hostlers and dri-
yers The latter now get 5000. They ask
Police surgeons want more pay. too.
The evening world., 1894-05-01

The young girl gave an exclamation of
terror. for there sat the men hand
cuffed together.
The young man recovered his suave
manner"
Don't be alarmed. Oracle" he said.
you can now understand what he meant
when he said that he was going to a
big house. ! am going TO take him
there. | am a United States Marshal
and he is a criminal. That Is all. so
cheer up. my girl"
The other man gave a grunt and a
snort.
well, am bowed" he said,
what has he done" she asked. ey-
ing him with terror,
"Oh. not very much He is a gener-
ally bad man lie would as soon bur.
giarize AZ sandbag a person: he would
as soon pick YOU pocket as run n faro
bank; he would Just as soon enter the
front door and help himself as he would
to climb a porch. He Is simply q good
natured. all-around crook. and am taxi
ing him TO jail"
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are sub ected. with hardly 4 let-up during the
day 2"
The ordinary conditions OF the unrene we'd air.
forty or nifty children crowded into the average
public school-room. are enough to as'onish one.
The sudden orening Of windows and The violent
changes IN temperature, the hard work of
modern discipline, the worry 81 constsnt eN-
Rmina,ions. visits of parents, the schnty Iny
and the dishearteninE efforts to urge thc slow
and careless nlun Z the tedious road to knowledge
is II strans e that teachers SEEN at times uetu.
liant, nervous. even unTcas enable
1t IL roughly estimated bv a careful rhystCinn
that IN FULLY foui-hf'hs of the schools Of This
country, including village. district and rity
high SCHOOL,, Paine \ celcrv co,npould Is doing
q world of good. enabling .. vs6i mum bcr of
teachers and schOinrs to stand the strain and
stress of their bard work.
Professor Phelps was for years himselfe hard
working instructor at Dartmouth College. HIS
experience showed him the IeCullar dancers that
menace q teachers health. His whole life was
devoted 10 this very question OF the nerves and
their relation To diseases OF the BODY until he
discovered Phine's celery compound. the greatest
nerve regulIior and blood purifier the medical
world has Yet known and recognized.
The small teuinrings Of neI vou-ness, rhle.
thin blood. growing lrritability ana depression
are speedily checked by paine's celery COM
pound.
Az woman ia normally leas full bloo1ei than
man she Is relatively in more danger OF Decom.
ing thin bioodet than he. Faine'S celery com.
pound Is prescribed bv medical men thrOughout
the country as peculiarly capable OF giving
new, rich blood. increased weight and . fe cling
OF returning health 10 Just such pale. thin
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"Whew! whew"' whistled the Other
man, Regarding the young fellow with
0mazement.
But don't be alarmed, my dear. He
won't he ugly to-day. lie knows tina
I've got him and he'll keep quiet. Just
hand me that newspaper. will you? II
Is as well that people should not know
what bad company I'm in"
well. Nv" II good notion to punch"
began the other man,
How long II he sent up for?" asked
the young lady.
"Only Ave years, but he deserves ten,
and l wish they hal gwen 1t to him.
"ls It possIble'"
YES. In 1889 he robbed a house OF
1858; IN 1855 he escaped jail; in 1885 he
sandbagsel a man AMI took his watch,
two years after he was running o
crooked gimbling-house, and now he Is
sent up for forgery. He is capable OF
ell the small vices and a good many OF
the Utg ones,"
By this time h train had arrived at
the station where the girl was to leave