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INDIANS STILL RAIDING.
Rcdmcn and Cowboys Are Mt War
in Oklahoma.

Ell RENO. Okla, April 6.-Conficting
reports continue to arrive from the scene
Of the Indian battle with settlers and
cowboys. \ courier to the Indian agent
at Darlington gives the fatalities at
two, one white and one Indian Other
Information received to-day places the
number al five whites and seventeen In
dians. The latter Is considered reliable,
as 1t is thought to be the policy of the
military and Indian agent to suppress
the seriousness of the situation.
The malcontent Indians are gathering
in bands of fifty, and picking off smaller
bands of whites unable to cope with
them in battle. party of l5o cowboys
is said to be scouting the country in
the vicinity Of Segar Indian colony and
putting to death the Indians as fast as
found. The troops are sti!l in the field
from Fort Reno, and unless the maraud-
ing Cheyennes are Joined by the Kiowas
and Comanches 1t is certain the military
will subdue them in n few days.
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SCHOOL SHIPS CRUISE.
St. Marys VIII Visit Gibraltar, Lis
bon and Madeira.

The schoolship St. Mary's is all ready
for her annual cruise. which will be
quite an extended one.
Capt w. r. Field, OF the schoolship.
which is lying at the foot of Twenty
eighth street. East River told an
Evening World'' reporter to-day that
she would sail on April 20. month
will be spent cruising on the Sound.
The vessel will then go to the Azores,
then to Lisbon. then to Gibraltar and
Madeira and then home, arriving about
the middle of August. Until the middle
of October the vessel will cruise in the
Sound or along the coast.
The boys will return from their leaves
on Tuesday next, and on Wednesday
will undergo examination as to progress
in their studies during the Winter. on
Friday next they will give good-by
hop on board tho vessel.
The qualifications for joining the
schoolship are that boys must be be-
tween fifteen and twenty years old and
in good physical condition. They must
also have the consent OF their parents
or guardians.
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SWEPT BY A MONSTER WAVE.
British Stcamship Mareca Meets
storms, Gales and Icebergs.

The British steamship Mareca. Capt.
Tate, from Dundee, Scotland. March 10,
which arrived to-day, had tempestuous
voyage She became unmanageable
March 26 in terrific gale, during which
an enormous wave broke over the bridge.
carrying away the lifeboats and part OF
the lower bridge bulwarks
March %. in longitude 46 degrees AZ
minutes. latitude 43 degrees 20 minutes
the Mareca passed n large iceberg. The
next day she passed a smaller berg. ap-
parently only fifteen feet long. but TWEEN
ty-tive feet high.
Capt. Sander, " the North German
Lloyd steamship Trave, from Bremen.
March 27 which arrived to-day, reports
that April 4 at noon in latitude Al OF,
longitude bS.2l he spoke the German
oil tank steamer Willkommen, Capt.
SChaener, from Rotterdam March II for
fhiladelph la, with two blades of pro-
peller gone. She signalled that she de-
sired orders from her New York agent,
Gustave Heye. on her arrival at Cape
Henlopen.
-. The French steamer Charles Martel.
Capt. Bonetemps. which sailed from
Marseilles March 3 for st. Pierre
Miquelon, and which has been reported
overdue, passed Fayal TODAY,
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SHE KNEW HIM BY HIS CHILD.
So a Pollard Case Witness Saws Of
Col. Breokinridge.
1Iore Evidence I'm Rcbuttal-Lawyer
Carlisle Sworn.

wASHINGToN AnriI 6-Fewer spec-
,o,ar, ,,. T., ,t ,r, .h,, ,,,,,r,,o
'a'o'S were III inc court 'il'S '''o''l'i
when the NTH week of the breckenridge
breach of promise case began. than on
on,. o,bor .,,v or ,bo trial
"'S A,,nn "',' aa n"S dn,a' ~ ~ ,,o., porso,s
the friend Of Miss Pollard was pro-
,i,,a1 nc ,ho d., ,.,,ross ., tho Ioy
""'e'i as '"v III - "''''NS VI '"e ""'
for tn" pnin,in, in rehuttaL
After some legal sparring Or. Parsons
was oIIowed IN testify thot she bod
oflriatod at the birth Of the plaintiff :
child in February. 1885 had taken the
,,,r, =, ,,, u,a,,,,i,,., ,,,.,u,, hars,,,
'"''' W '"' i'"'''"''S N'' '"''' ".'
in cab, accompanied by colored
woman. Mary Mackenzie, who carried
:, hot, i,,o ,ho o.yr,r wbue he.
u'"' '"'' NV ''S '"''' "'"'
obr. l'acsonsD remained outside in the
cab
The matter Of the slim bearing the
buhv's name bring required To- Judge
HradIav said that sine. the d. Tense had
had The benefit If ali the entries in the
record concerning tho child thrr. seemed
TO br no iruproprl.tv in permitting the
sliu br. Parsons asserted thai the
rni,rr was In her handwriting, ana was
In, Identical on, which had been pinned
on tho rniI,i's clothing
In fh. ,ntirs. nf thr crOss-examInatIon
AtiprI,r. Sn.,hy read the -,ip: "Pleas Sc
name m, baby Dietz Downing"
rs MIrv McK,nzie now in court?'
IN ia, Stand "Sbr is" the doctor an.
.w,.rII ana n cnIurrd woman Of middle
,", ,vr,,,I,ad in "A bI.I,k shawl. took the
st.ni and t,stiirl in confederation of
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BURIED BY MANDAMUS.
Trustees Had Refused nm Intermcnt
in Union Cemetery.

Justice Pratt, of the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn, this morning issued n writ Of
mandamus compelling the trustees of
the Union Cemetery, Palmetto street.
Brooklyn, to permit the burial of the
body of John Graham in that cemetery
forthwith.
Graham was relative of William A.
Rolston, a lot owner in the Union Gem
etcry.
intention of Rolston to bury Graham s
body in his family lot. but he was met
with refusal on the part of the Gem
etery authorities
The question Gs to whether lot owners
have n right to use their lots for burials
at this time has engaged the attention
of the courts for some time.
1t f. now before the Court Of Appeals.
Grahams body will be buried, pending
the settlement of the controversy.
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LAST EDITION.
MARTIN AGAIN
ON The RACK.
The LeXOW Committee Goes
Deep Into Police Board
Matters.
CAPT. PRICES SMALL FINE.
The Commissioner Says It Was
Because There Was Doubt
of His Guilt.
KNOWS OF NO GAMBLING DENS.
Stands Invitation to the Public
10 Bring Evidence Against
Them.
KNOWS OF NO GAMBLING DENs.

Backed up with the appropriation OF
$4,000. passed at Albany yesterday. the
Lexow Investigating Committee resumed
its work OF probing into the affairs Of,
the Police Department with renewed
energy and confidence this morning
The headquarters of the COMMITTEES
had been changed since the last meeting.
and the members assembled in Part III.
Of the Superior Court to-day. the big
court room where the Fassett Commit
tee three years ago held so many mem-
orable sessions.
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BEGGS ACCUSED OF MURDER
Rcmnndcd on the CHARGE of Kill
Ing His wife.

William BegGs, arrested yesterday
upon the charge of having murdered his
wife, Lizzie, last Sunday night, was ar
raigncd before Justice Koch, in Essex
Market Court, this morning, and re-
r"anaed TO await the action of the
Coroner.
aue7s pleaded not guilty. Catherine
~ coiied On tnsgs on ths niobt IN
question. and that while she was there
Beggs picked up a yellow earthenware
bowl from the table and threw it AT
his wife 1t struck her on the head ard
she become unconscious and afterwards
died.
Beggs told Coroner Dobbs that his wife
fell while suffering from heart disease,
and struck her head on the sink. The
Coroner issued a death certificate, and
while the funeral was in progress yes
terday Detectives Hussey, Shalyey and
Capt Schultz entered and placed Beggs
under arrest.
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ROBBED HIS SWEETHEART.
GyIenhcimer Sentenced TO Sing
Sing for Three Years.

Charles l.. Gytenheimer was sentenced
to Sing Sing for three years by Judge
Moore in the Brooklyn Court of Sessions
this morning. The prisoner is tall,
handsome. well educated Swede. He
was convicted of stealing a gold watch,
valued at SO. from Annie Elfstrom
whom he had Courtei and promised to
marry. He took her "atch to be re-
paired and then deserted her.
Two ther girls sworc they had been
duned in the same manner. one of the
women lost $l65 and the other parted
TuIrc Moore said the prisoner was the
meanest thief he had ever seen.
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KENNY WANTS PARTICULARS.
Ellsworth Is Trying to Oust Hin,
ns County Clerk.

Gen. George W. WinSate, represent
ing John j. Kenny, County Clerk of
Richmond County, this morning asked
Justice Pratt the Supreme Court
BROOKLYN. 10 issue an order directing
John II. Ellsworth to furnish him with
a bill of particulars.
Mr.. Ellsworth claims that at the last
the Republican candidate for County
Clerk. He claims that Kenny, the
Democratic candidate for the Office
obtained Ia certificate Of election ille-
gally. He is now seeking to oust Kenny
by quo warranto proceedings.
Justice Pratt reserved his decision.
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LAST EDITION.
DEVERY WAS
SELF-ACCUSED.
His Report to ByTnes Showed
Grace Welch's TO Be
"CloSed" Sept. %.
PARKHURsT MEN THERE THEN.
Superintendent of Police Called
as a Witness Against Els
Subordinate.
DETECTIVE DENNETT'S STORY.
His Testimony DispelIed All Doubt
as to the Character Of 81
E!dridge Street.
DETECTIVE DENNETT'S STORY.

The direct testimony of the represen-
tatives Of the Society for the Proven
tion of Crime against Police Capt. Will
lam S. Devery in his trial for wlful
neglect Of duty requires but a few min
utes each in delivery. 1t is followed by
q long drawn out cross-eXamination by
Col. James, who devotes his attention
mainly to two points. First to an ef-
fort to break down the character of the
witness, and next to an attempt to
show that the Parkhurst Society did
not offer its services to the Police De-
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KILLED BY TROLLEY CARS.
Victims In Toronto Yesterday Were
IA Mnn and Roy.

TORONTO. April "a iiYe'year-old
boy named William Ration was run over
and killed by a trolley car at the east
ern terminus of King street last night.
Two hours later, at the western
Kinghorn. a master plumber of this city,
was killed by a trolley car;
He was sitting on the back step OF
tho motor when II gave lurch, and
trailer and was instantly killed.
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ATTACKED BY A STRIKER.
son of n Dyc-Works Workman
Knocked Down and Kicked.

PATTERSON, y. j., April G-Antonio
Roletti. an Italian striker, attacked a
boy who was carrying his fathers din
ner-pail to Weldmann's dye-works to-
day The boys father refused TO Join
the strikers. Rolletti knocked the boy
down and began to kick him.
A crowd collected, and there would
probably have been serious trouble had
not the police arrived and hurried Rol-
letti OF to the station-house. He was
held for trial.
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partment in convicting the alleged keep
ers of disorderly houses, nor respond to
q request for list of their witnesses
and the evidence they would give on
the trial of the alleged offenders.
The cross-examination has succeeded
but poorly in either line, and the facts
brought out by Assistant District-At
torney Barlow S. Weeks. showing that
Grace Welch did maintain a disreputa-
bic resort at 81 Eldridge street at the
time when Capt. Devery reported to his
superior officer that it was a private
residence, that the place was easy of
entrance, and that Capt, Devery did not
suppress 1t. were left unchaienSed by the
defence.
Supt. Byrnes took the stand when
the trial was resumed before Justice
miner this morning.
Twas II Self-Accusing Report.
'T ask you," began Mr.. Weeks. 'If
tween Aug. 10 and Nov. 90 1898, as to the
character Of the house at 81 Ei!ridge
street,"
quest of Mr.. Weeks produced the one
dated Sept. 23. That was the date of
one of the visits of three Parkhurst
agents TO the place, when the perform,
ances there were of the most abandoned
order and ingress to the house was as
easy as to a saloon CT theatre.
The report stated that the Captain had
intendent and had found 81 Eldridge
street and some twenty-five other houses
designated.
The report described the several houses.
transacted in them. All he alleged gam
bling houses hadn't been gambling
houses fSu since Capt, Deverry took Gnar$e Of
houses were either not in existence by
number, or were licensed saloons, cigar
stores and the like, or private reaidcnces,
been disordLsrly houses they were closed.
Grace Welchs house, 81 Eldridge
street was in this last class.
The Parkhurst Society and the prose
cution ella m that Capt Devery not only
ala not close up these places, but that
they ran openly and with his collusion
or permission.
No charge has been made that Capt.
pevery levied protection" or blackmail
from the proprietors.
Col. James, examining, elected
mat Aug 10, while SuPt, Byrnes was alb
was Actirs Superintendent, capt Devery
reported to him that he had detailed six
poncemen In citizens dress, and had, in
company with his two ward detectives,
visited all the places named in the Park
hurst communication
Failed to Discover Anything.
They had failed to discover any evi-
oence Of breaking, and the report
Soncluded with statement of the mum
Der OF arrests made during the preceding
year. that so os them We're of women
patrolllng the streets. Twenty-three dis,
orderly houses had been raded, and the
men of Capt. Devery's command lad
aiTays been instructed to be on the
lookout for violators of the law and tC
snppress the social evil wherever they
discovered II.
r,ihese reports were made every week
lneg We're all substantially alike, except
as 10 the remarks" at the conclusion
Inspectors Conln, Williams and McAvoy
appeaIed IN court as witnesses. They
were IN fuE uniform, and bazed witt
Roiden service stripes, buttons nnt
shields. BY the irony OF fate, the only
vacant chairs were located on three side.
III the chair In which sat the dimiAlu
I'VE almost frail, but dreadfully pluckS
aIn determined DE-, Parkhurst.
H"aently Capt. Devery will try TO
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Weather I'nrrcnst.

The weather forecast 'r The th.r'vsS hours
ending T. NJ 20. morrow Ia 'al Flr
stationary temperature, nor,hNc7tcrly to south
west winds
The following record shows the changes In the
temperature curing the mornig hours
"a M..,,N6 A. NOD A. M,,.i2 70 Mt
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TAORMlNA ARRIVES.
Overdue Steamship Reaches Port
All Right To-Day.

The Union line steamship Taormina.
from Hamburg, which was five days
overdue. arrived In port this morning.
She experienced a rough passage. but
met with no disaster.
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COXEY LEAVES HOMESTEAD
1t Is EstImntcd that lie Got Fift;
Recruits There.
Try Associated Press

HOMESTEAD. Pa, April 6-While II
Is at this time impossible to accurately
estimate the number OF recruits for tho
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A Drunkard Says:

can't stop This could truthiully he said
Until the fortunate advent o! the kEELEY
-uRE -
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As usual Uncle Dan Bradley was the
first member of the Committee to ap-
pear. lie left his snuff box on the desk
last Saturday when the session was
adjourned, and was overjoyed this morn
ing to recover it. The court officer had
found it and saved 1t for him.
1t was II o'clock when Chairman Lex
ow called the Committee to order. Sem
ator Cantor was the only other member
presen; at the opening. Col. Fellows
came in with De Lancey Nicoll, and
had "A whispered conference with him
before the hearing opened. They were
joined by Commissioner Martin, who, 1t
is said, desires to counteract the enect
Of some of the statements which ne
made last Saturday before the Commit
tee. by means Of "A Cross-eNamination by
Mr.. NiColl.
Martin Takes the stand.
lie took thewitness-stand at once.
hat Lawyer Sutherland wished TO ask
some more questions on the direct before
he let the Commissioner go.
Mr. Martin said, in regard TO the con-
vlctiou and punishment OF Capt. Price.
for falling to close disorderly- houses In
his precinct, that he regarded the Of
fcnse as a very serious one, and II there
had not been good deal OF doubt as to
the Captains guilt, he would have voted
for much seVerer punishment.
The doubt he said arose from the fact
that the testimony did not show that
any immoral acts were committed at
those houses after the order had been
given to capt. Price to close them.
Mr., Sutherland went over the evi-
irnce given in the trial very carefully,
when Mr.. Nicoll interrupted him and
said that he thought this sort OF tes-
tlmony was wasting the time or the
Committee.
went on Tor some time Senators Cantor
and Bradley joining in. and the new
Police bin was commented on by both.
chairman LeNow, finally cpt the discus
sion short and Mr.. sutherland went on
with the Price trial.
showed thtt no answer was made 10 the
ringing of the dOor-bell at any of those
houses. Detectives sometimes were able
20 got IN wh,u they wore dress suits hut
hey could get no evidence against the
Iic said he thought the ward men who
served under capt. Pyi.. ui The tne
wor" about as good IS any tAat could be
'lnni, although ,h,re ml~At he letter.
Tho tarce men who We're sent up from
he Detective Bureau at Police Head
,ulrters succeeded IN getting into those
,ouses and getting S'm- evidence. The
Commissioner thought that Supt.
Ryrnes's mrA wHrc more capable than
'h' ordinary ward men.
Remedy by Transfers.
The only step taken to remedy the
'yll NJ Martin said, was the transfer
f capt. Prices men to patrol duty.
He did not know Of any better way than
hat i'm vogue of increasing ;ho efficiency
If the force, or the ward detectives, The
latter were recommended by the Cap
aims and appointed by the Board.
why have YOU done nothing in tho
case Of capt Prices detectives" asked
Mr. Sutherland.
because it has not appeared they
were guilty of any short comlngs,"
During the examination Of Commits
sioner Martin his brother, Police Justice
Barney Martin, came in, Charles =.
Smith was also an interested spectator.
Going back TO Saturdays testimony.
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SMOKE 2-A-4 SMOKING TOBACCO.
ounces for cents. -
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No Doubt as to the House's Char
acter.

The rest of Dennet's story was ap-
Ing OF women of the class found in
nett told the story with many fourishes
left no doubt of the character of the
Under cross-cxamination, bennett
born in Concord. n. H., and had been
eighteen months for Watson, the printer
every Winter since. Six years ago he
tan Hotel in New Hampshire Sum
mer hotel. He keeps general store
there in the season also.
Col. James exclaimed joyously, when
young Mr.. bennett said that he had nut
out some little side lines. and was at
one time last October a Columbian Guar
at the Chicago Fair.
"Wa-are you?" exclaimed the Colonel.
"When was that"
bennett said it was for only four days
last October.
bennett said ne became detective for
the Parkhurst Society because he be-
ieved in that Society: that he was a
member of the Free viii Baptist
Church. His salary was sl5 a week
How many dsorderly houses have
YOU visited ar sl5 n wcek?" demanded
Col. Jan rs. The witness said twenty
five. To the next question he said he
hadn't drank liquor or beer in all of
them-orly part of them.
Recess
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There Chance Real Estate World 3EE

prove that he did not wilfully neglect his
duty, Tor there was In the Court House
corridor whole platoon of patrolmen in
fun uniform from the Edridge street
station. come to testify ds to what was
done under the Captains orders, towards
carrying out the Instructions of Supt
Byrnes, conveyed through Inspector
Williams to suppress the places com
planned of in DIR. Parkhurst's famous
letter.
The. Superintendent related how he
sent for Capt. Devery after the receipt
of the Parkhurst letter last August and
instructed him to make a thorough and
determined effort to get the facts, re-
port to him twice n week In writing
ana arrest every violator of the law
found In the places specified by Dd
houses.
Col. James also ELECTED that after the
second Letter of Dr. Parkhurst the Super
intendent detailed Detective Sergts.
Jacobs and Reap. of his Headquarters
stan, to make an Independent and secret
inquiry into he character of these places
and report to him every m ming, their
work to be done between 6 o'clock at
night and G O'Clock in the morning.
Justice O'Brien excluded these reports
from the case, however. as not bearing
lect or duty. The reports were marked
FOR Identification, however. and will be
used by the defense when Jacobs and
Reap are called to the stand to testify
as to their discoveries in the Eldridge
street precinct, when they were sent to
find out for Supt. Byrnes whether Capt.
Devery was performing his duty or
not
Supt. Byrnes testified that Capt. De-
verey's record as a policeman had al
ways been good, that he had been
obediont to his superiors. and no charge
OF neglect of duty had ever before been
preferred against him.
Arthur +. bennett who rooms at 279
Greenwich street, an agent Of the Park
Byrnes in the witness chair
bennett Found TIE Door Open. Too.
Mr.. bennett testified that he visited
Grace Welch's place, 81 IClidr!dge street
the evenig of Nov. 90.
Il found the front door ajar." said
Dennett | rang the bell andd was ad-
mitted by young colored girl, | asked
for the madame and she came. ! told
her | had some friends from Boston
whom | desired to bring around to spend
the night. She said 1t would be all
right"
Nov. % the witness visited the place
Again the door stood ajar. An Inmate
answered the bell. She tool; down the
chain on the door and let bennett enter
there was woman ingide called
"Grace."
q Grace asked the girl why she had
admitted stranger. l explained that
Billy q short young man, with n
small mustache, with about seven hairs
on one side and five on the other" said
bennett with much relish of his own
humor.
There were four girls besides Grace
ing and"-
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,s% ~ AeAeRlcAN eAfss AssoelAYlnao.

| knows what he's about. What COM
mand do you belong to?''
The pair had been slowly walking
side by side down to where the cavalry
man S horse was hitched to the limb of
tree. The Federal had quite accepted
henton as belonging to his side and was
planning TO do him q good turn by
guiding him to the reserve. Kenton
must avoid that. He had hoped to do it
by strategem, and he had excuses al
ready on his tongue when asked for his
command. Answer he must, but as he
did not know the exact location of a
single Federal regiment his answer
would probably betray him. He was
hesitating when the trooper repeated:
What regiment do you belong to, and
where is ii stationed?'
"I'm independent, replied the scout
as he suddenly snatched at the carbine
and twisted it out of the others grasp.
Now throw up your handsl Up high
or! l see you have a revolver, but il
you drop your hands by so much as an
inch l shall fire on youl Forward
March into the woods!'
by George, but you don't tell me
sou are rebel" exclaimed the aston
ished and bewildered cavalryman.
II don't know yet whether i am or
not" replied Kenton. I'm q Virgin
ian and in the Confederate army, and
whether we are rebels or patriots is a
question haven't settled. Keep to the
left"
And you may be the very rebel scout
we were hoping to capturel"
"You are pretty near right about
that. Keep right on-I'm comingl Now
halt and keep your hands still upr'
What are you going to do with me?"
asked the man as he was disarmed and
permitted to face about.
"How far is it to the nearest Confed-
crate outpost2'
About two miles down this road"
"Elow many videttes between us and
the post2"
Three or four. You are not going
to kill me out here in cold blood?"
''You may rest easy on that score"
replied Kenton. "A year hence war
will mean devastation. destruction,
murder and assassination, but mems
hearts are not brutalized yet. must
reach the Confederate outpost, but I
can't do it by the road"
II don't think you could fool all the
others rs you did me, I" said the cavalry
man, with a sickly smile.
The question is what to do with your
II set you at liberty You'll raise an
alarm,