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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-18

Springfield Mass oct. 1.-THE Yale football
team defeated the Dartmouth eleven at fiaHp"'h
Park to-day. 81 to 0. in fairly good game pi''y'u
before $50 spectators The first half was twenty
five and the second twenty minutes lon-' twenty
one points being scored in the first ana thir'ee"
in the second. Yale presented substitutes at quar-
terback and fullback and at both tackles Inc
Dartmouth Inc held Yale we'll and the gains OF
the New-llayen men were made entirely by th"ir
backs dashing around the ends. Dartmouth hau
the ball In the first half against n heavy Will
She got twenty yards on the kickoff. ana after
the ball had changed hands twice NILS maze d
sixty-yard run for Yale around dartmouth iielt'
and laId the ball at Dartmouth's ten-yard me,
from which De witt made a TOUCHDOWN ,eiSi'
minutes after play began. No goal VAS Nchc,i.
After about i've minutes more or play, III W.
course OF which Thorne made an unsucceSslui
attempt at a drop kick at goal. NILS maze sccon,
touchdown. and fIickOk kicked goa! score; ~
to a. Five minutes latcr. after Dartmouth had ma
the ball on Nae's thirty-Nard .ine, Thorhc mace
a goal from the Held. putting The score at !, To ~
Just before the end OF the half Thorn" mahe an
other touchdown. from which goal was maze
leaving the y to o.
In the second half, three scores wer" made nj
intervals OF about nyc minutes. the first being
drop-kck made by Thorne. and the second "a
touchback. by Folsom Dartmouths quartcrback
and the third touchdown, by DE Witt Ntt"r
another hy" minutes. play was stopped. with the
bali on Yales hfty-yar1 line The lineup
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won1ns nIcYcLE REcoRp nnoKEX

Hamilton ont oct. IL ~ the DO key club tr1cH
here this afternoon Harley Davidson. 81 Toronto.
the sensational class rider - tn" year am holder
% seven worlds records FOR distances from quar-
ter 10 a mile. attempted TO lower the quarter ana
half-rnil. records paced and unpaccI standing and
flying start. II. was paced hy P"nseyres. Lron"rt
and Wc!nlg OF Buffalo. AMI Mcclellan. ~ Toronto.
On "A quadruplct. The track vas IN good condition.
hut there was 4 strong soufhWr-trrly wind. David
son succeeded lowering hl- own previous frc1r -
for each distance attempted and kH"c k"i - sec
onls off the worlds record for half -inl'. stand
ing start; which he reccl OF in IS seconds
His time I'm the other trials was. Hair mile. nyins
start uaced run IN - - seconds. within second
OF brating the worlds record. quartcr-milc. nying
start covered In q As seconds "Qualing he worlds
record; quarter. standing starr. - seconds.
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,rtryOys yETERIyS PROTEST.

Chicago. oct 1.-THE report OF the United states
Commission which appointed to survey the pro-
posed National park the site OF the battle OF
Chickamauga does not please the Grand Army vet
Grams in Illinois especially those who were members
of the Army OF the Cumberland. They are Indignant
because the report assigns the post OF honor and
danger during that battle on the extreme right or
the Union Army to an Ohio regiment whereas the
9Sth IlInois Infantry Volunteers held that position
from start to finish Formal protests have been
sent to the commission.
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BEATEN RY 4 SECOND ELEVEN.
AMHERST PITS Up \ WRETCHED GAME AGAINST
INRi ARD At CAMBRIDGE

AMHERST PITS Up \ WKi.i'liElp GAME A'NlNHI
HARVARD At CAMBRIDGE
Cambridge. Macs. Oc:. II (SpecaD.-Iiarvarl de-
featcd Amherst today by a score ~ 30 to o. in
game which was poorly Played on both Sides. AM
horsi was by long odds tho weakest college team
Witch has met Harvard this fall Harvard played
a'mosi entirely q second eleven. majority OF the
Varsity players being Laid up with injuries Both
side fumbrl badly though Amherst vas the
chief OF, nicr. Harvard VAS weakest wn"n running
with the ball The defensive wDrl; was really
c1mmenlablc except in the ccsa " Moulton. left
end. who has not played So poorly this year
Wheeler. who was tried at Jeff ,ackl". surprised
the know inc ou"s 10y his good work.
The game hli tao sensational features the
first was when Johnson lefl hdifback for Amherst,
ran aroEr! Moul;on for tweniy-nye y1ri1' ana
then sprut'l away from the hr.i behind lidf-
YARDS goal Unfortunately. however. b." pui one
foo. outside the line n Nnrvards thirty-yifd me
THIS W. Amher'ts only crelitabe performanc"
The play that pleased IN" crowd vas Wittren's
touchdown near the close Of tla game Hamlcn
had pun;,l down the hrld - Amhrr-ts fu.ihack
Tia. latter muffed the BAL Wai;trcn seized IL IN
mllair. AMI away across the goal line before
the Amherst payers were iarly awake. The teams
xr.r .l4 r. Oh
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TWO RECORDS BROKEN At PROVIDENCE.


Providence, oct 1.-THE Narragansett track was
fast and the track record was twice broken to-
day The l:4S mark for mile was lowered 10
l:42a, and y. seconds clipped from the record
Summaries
First race purse $500 six furlongs-IIibernia
Queen 100 III JOnes) ; to !. won handlly by a
length: sappho 9liz welsh. u TO !. second; and
Blue Mass l04 Blake. TO !. third. Ime-l'l''4
ia Joya Milan. Venusberg and Irene Is. also ran
Second race purse 500; mile-Annie Bishop.
100 (Rlakc) 4 to /. won. driving. by half Length
George Dixon. % (McClain). % to J. second. and
plenty 10, III Jonesj. l. to !. third. Tlme-l;GH.
DR. C;arnett Disappointment, Speculation Aure'an
and Soundmore also ran.
Third race purse 500, seven fnrlones-Thc Queen.
III (Snedekerl , to l. won handily by two lengths,
Billy Roy. 40 n jones'. to j. second ana i'y
love 40 Welsh. 6 TO !. third. Time l:2Jt B"i
wood BIondy's Victim. Void, Our Maggie. Onward,
Reginald and Hardy Fox also ran
Fourth race. purse $3.50 five and One-haf fur
lonpsEHermanita. 10 Clark, 6 70 J. won diiv-
Ing by a head: Lady Richmond. III (Clerico) . to
l. second and Relief. 10 welsh. y to thrd
Time-l:lO Milwaukee. Belden. German. Monarch
Abingdon Buckeye and Tweedledum also ran
Fifth race purse 500; mile and sixteenth,Bal-
brigpan ~; CMcGlone), to J. won. driving' by a
length: Darkness. 100 H3allardl. 10 2 Secohm ana
ToW or Never lO3 U}urrelD. TO ., third Time
III Laurel, Corners and Herkimer also ran
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COIL,

10 have missed their calculations and TO nave
dropped into the wrong city.
The promoters OF the scheme 10 brlhg on an
Their baseball revolution appear 70 be compose EN-
managers, and half dozen reporters VINO care
more for space than they DO for truth AMI accuracy
The local I.eaguc men are not DIT worried over
the situation, and seem to think that II me new
baseball consniratOrs get rope enough they VIII
quickly hang themselves. The assertion that BEl-
falo md Providence would join the proposed assoc
ri
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RRoKE HIS THIGH AT FOOTBALL.

Edgar T.. Rernett, while playing tootphH q" '"e
larq. green I'm Central Park yesterday afternoon
,,s tro,k.J down in a scrlmmage and had his
i.rt .hfyh homo broken. Policeman Sweeney sum
r,.red thc park ambulance. and mad the Doy Ee-
moved 10 the PrcfhS tcrIAn Hospital
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THE WINNERS AT CUMBERLAND PARK

nashville. Oct. l7.-This was the third day OF the
1V'ung meeting at Cumberland Park The weather
was delightful and the track fast, but the attend
eace was small Faustcll. at prohbtive odds, was
Sayed heavily to win the yearng trot: but she
.enaved badly. and beaten out by both Indra
saa Rutherford. in slow time. The Hermitage
s.ahes for three-year-old trotters. brought out
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school team The freshmen outpayed the schoo'
boys in almost every respect ana naa - no. V 10
10. nc,,lllar decision 10y the referee, MT nr"2h";
an in sructor In the school they would nav tpi'H
~ much larger figures Scorc-Columpa i'eS''"o"'
T.: - Paul School, D.
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CAME At TIE POLO GROUNDS TODAY.

The second game between the New-York and
Roston football cevrns for the professional cham
uionship will be played at the Polo Grounds to-
Iav AT 39O o. m Gavin and Pennycook expect TO
be able play. and this VIII strengthen the New
York team materially. The teams will line up
ohnut follows.
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BROWN DEFEATS PHILLIPS ACADEMY.

Anl7v.r Mass oct 1.-THE football game this
afternoon between Brown University and Fhii.pS
Academy was an interesting contest Brown won
by a score ~ II - q.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-18

From present indications the alleged baseball
association with which certain persons proposed to
give battle to the National League will probably
0zzle out in a few days. The arrival in the city
Yesterday Of A. G. Buckcnberger. the deposed man
ager Of the Pttsburg club. and one l.. de Roy
ticket speculator from Pittsburg. started the ru-
mors that a meeting OF the mythical association
would be held at the Sturtevant House last night:
Buckenberger' and De Roy however, appeared
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THE PACEHORSE LARCHMONT KILLED.

Washington. oct. IF. T. Miller's aged bay
horse Larchmont, by Longfellow-May Day was
killed on Long Bridge this morning 10y Dcihs
,ierced through the chest by the shait OF "agoh'
pphile being taken to Alexander Island racetracK
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cTrvr\S BEATS RUTGERS.

The football teams OF Rutgers College, OF ~"
Hri,nsvick - j. and Stevens institute. OF HoooKen'
mo, q, tho :, George Cricket Grounds. Hoboken'
YESTERDAY afternoon TO play for the Middle states
championship and Rutgers won by the score %
~ - q Thu. teams lined up ~ fOlo"S'
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Countrn Doaro.

PRIVATE FAMILY. living in lonkers. 80 minutes
n from York having most lovely home overlook.
ing IN. Hudson will take leman gentleman ana
wife 10 nari every comfort references exchanged.
Address MERCHANT Box -. Tribune Office
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AN INTERESTING RACE AT POuGlikEtfSih'

Poughkeepsie y. Y, oct. II (SpeciaD-An inter
esting race took place at the HUDSON RIVER DRIVING
tarL todav II was the 2:25 class pacing race. for
a nurse of $500 !. Hurd. who drove Alex New,
h,rger's chestnut mare Smilax won the race ana
inu,ered m. mares record five seconds Summary:
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WILLIAMS s. TROY LAUREATEs O..

'Trov \ T. oct. 1.-THE Williams College foot
hall eleven played an exciting game this afternoon
with the strong Laureate toat club team OF TINS
c,,v ON the latters grounds The college Sickers
MON the score being 10 o. Huyck scored WILL
iams's first touchdown ceven minutes after play was
",',aL erred" Draper and phil Draper were
largely responsible for the score by their excellent
line breaking.
COLUMBIA FRESHMEN WIN AT FOOTBALL
The Columbia freshman eleven played their first
game yesterday at Garden City against the st. Paul
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iUintcr ncsoris

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latest improvements and conveninces located $50 feet
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nd abundant facilities FOR ONT ard indoor sports For
booklet and particulars address until November 2oh.
- A. IINSLFN. Fifth Ave. HCel, N"w-forN CITY; aier
that date. Augusta. Ga.
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eight starters The Keller Belle b. FLY. Onoaua. the
favorite. won handily Ryand r. the brush
horse surprised the knowing ones in the free-for-
all trot by winning from the favorite Azote In
straight heats. The Village Farm colt Rex Amer
icus took the 2:2S trot he pleased Distance was
waived in the last heat and Geers the stallion
out for record. He was joined at the first quar-
which lowered his record by five seconds.
4 number of horses sent against their rec
ords the results being follows: Berkshire Belle.
beat $50 went in 2:22is McCurdy. jr to beat
2:3O went IN 2:25i%: Ralph Wilkes TO beat 2:09is
went in 2:0sl.: Expedition, to beat 2l9a.. went in
2l59t: Mercury. 20 beat 2:30. went in 22 Sum
mares:
GLEN MAYO STAKE-FOR YEARIING TROTTERS-
PURSE Sl00O-MI.E DASH
Indra /: Rutherford. .; Faustell g. Time :39&.
HERMITAGE STAKES-2:35 TROT-FOR THREE
YEAR-OLDS. s5.ooo-BEsT TWO IN THREE
Onoqua
Red :"
Catherine .
Charming Chimes
Dentine
Time l2i.. a:12a,
TREE-FOR-AII. TROTTING-PURSE 81 COO
Rvland
Phoebe Wilkes .'...........'.... 3
Time-2:l0 cOSa, 2:OSs.
COS CLASS TROTTING-PUR 81 900.
Rex Aneilcns '.....'.......'.'.
Time-2:2oa 2:191 2:llt.
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GOOD RUNS AT SPRINGFIELD
VALE DEFEATS DARTMOUTH BY DASHES
AROUND THE ENDS.
EXCELLENT WORK OF THE NEWHAMPShlhh
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ROLLS Up III"
SCORE AGAINST LEHIGiI-
OTTER GAMES

Yale ~ Dartmouth o. Georgetown - 'a'i''n
Pennsylvania 90. Lehigh A. e. D. = ,o. n
Harvard -. Amherst y. Williams l3ur'h,rS W.
I,ov,Inin y colby o. RUTGERS % Stevens ~
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Autumn Resorts

Or. S1T ( g}f,'3 zrs, SS5A.NTITA%3lyM,
popular resort FOR health rest change or recreation
the year. Ele.a.or. electric bells steam heat sum
parlor and promenade the roof suites Of rooms with
baths. Dry tonic air Saraoga waters ard winter SPOTS:
Massage electricity, all baths and health appliances:
new Turkish and Russian baths Send for illustrated
('fr,li
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THE LEAGUE RECORD.
The standing o, the League race u GATE IL ~

tOIIOWN. :
W Lost &c lubs Az.
h., ki,n .....i $40 lhhal"lphia .''; ~ ~
- 5 ,si1 Washington ....l .-''
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u1,T TURFMEN TALK OF.
COMING MEETING IN VIRGINIA.

,covs WHO THINK THERE WILL BE
~ JERSEY AGA1N-TIIE PROSPECT
r,,r ADOPTION OF TIE ANTI
c,,,rrr%G AMENDMENT.
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WORKING HARD FOR THEIR CANDIDATES.

INTEREST IN THE CONTEST FOR THE NEw-YoRK
l.. A. W. PRESIDENCY.
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RESCUED WITHAR ROPE.
Mrs Lary's Thrilling Escape
from Death at a Fire.
Brave Fireman Ryer's Perilous
Climb to Reach Her.
Timer Floor of Big Flat House in
Harlem Burned.

fire was started this morning In the
furnace in the basement of the flve-story
eat-house at 2278 Seventh avenue. corner
of one Hundred and Thirty fourth street
BECAUSE of faulty fues, fire soon after
wards. about $50 o'clock. appeared at
the roof of the building and when gro
Gerry boy had noticed the smoke and an
alarm had been sent out the flames had
acquired quite a hold ON the woodwork
about the chimney.
Thomas Pryor, a contractor, lived In
The top fiat He was about to change his
residence, and his goods were packed,
ready to move. The smoke speedily
drove him and his family out.
Mrs. Il. G. Larry, an elderly woman,
who had lived with the Pryors for long
time, remained behind TO look after her
parrot, and when she went out, finally
II was by way of front window and
with the assistance of rope and a fire.
man. 49,. $500.
thrilling incident upper Seventh avenue
has witnessed for a very. long time
TIE woman stood at the window, lean
ing far out to escape me ihiSR sn Ske
rope, held by strong, hands, dan
gled from the roof, but sne was III no
condition to use It,.
Dennis Ryer,. of Engine 50, appeared
suddenly at the window of the next
Nat south and stepped upon the sill:
the sash of the window where Mrs.
Larry stood, he managed to work him.
self into the burning fat. He fastened
the rope securely around the almost
suffocated woman, passed her safely
to ready hands next door, and then
repeated his own perilous trip from
window to window.
x great crowd watched the rescue
breathlessly and applauded 1t heartily
when all was over.
The flames eventually Quilted the top
fat of the house and made wreck OF
the roof. Two alarms were sounded ana
torrents of water from half dozen
engines poured through the building,
soaking the fats under the burned one
and flooding the drug store of Albert L..
Baltz.p, on the ground floor. Consider
able moisture also found its way into
the flats at 2276 Seventh avenue.
Frederick Beck. the wallpaper man.
ufacturer, of Twenty-seventh street and
Ninth avenue. owns the building. His
loss is estimated at about $4,000 The
Pryors carried an insurance on their
goods, but Mrs. Larys personal effects
were total loss.
MIR. Baltzly lived in the first fiat, over
his drug store. The second fiat was &C.
cupel by j e. Bradley and family. The
fiat under the Pryors was vacant. Will
lam C. Raymond lived on the ground
floor, in the rear Of the drug store.
Post-Of1ice Satisfaction A was located
in Baltzly's drug store, and was tempo
rarily thrown out of the service by the
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things IN the mantelpiece. and in doing
so my eyes fell on the box of cigars.
There was only one left. My friends had
not stinted themselves.
"Only one. | picked 1t up mechanically.
II was well made ana nicely finished.
tested il hy the nose and by the ear 1t
was dry and had a delightful smell. To
the eye IL was nei, her 100 light nor too
dark. In "A single word, IL WAS really
choice cigar. But | dropped 1t back
into the box a II 1t burned my fingers
ami shut my eyes the better to escape
al this moment | heard the quarter
chime. 'ThTcC-quarters OF an hour still
to walt | grOwled, and began beating
tattoo with my foot. Then | went
back to the chimney, and Immediately
my gaze fastened user on the for
hidden object, picking up the cigar
again, l began playing with it-one Is
sometimes seized with Sudden mad
ncss-l bit 1t with my teeth, | held a
lighted match to II, and, throwing my
SELF into, an easy, chair, l began to
smoke. II was delicious.
In few minutes | had thrown back
my head, half closed my eyes and given
myself up to the enjoyment OF the mar
sweet sensation which Is not sleep but
belongs 60 that huzy border country
where thought ends and dreaming be-
gins. Suddenly / was awakened by a
/ slight odoT, as Of something sco.Ching.
II looked around the room nothing.
went to the curtains, ! examined the
draperics, felt my froCk coat. waistcoat,
but discovered nothing Bah, I've been
dreaming. | pulled out my watch
Great ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS minutes
past /!
"Selzing my hat and gloves, l de-
acended four steps at Il time and jumped
| into the cab that was waiting.
"fhc concierge was at the door as !
passed out. ON seeing me he burst into
| a laugh, In which the Cabman joined.
"'Theyre amusing themselves at my
expense thought /, because l happen
20 be late
Reaching the house OF my prospee-
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HIS LAST CIGAR.
1t Caused Catastrophe and Broke Up
o. WeddjnC

"A romance? Let us hear 1t, then, I
beg OF you"
Apparently my neighbor wanted moth
ing better than TO be asked to narrate
his story He bowed slightly to our host
as much as to say: Willingly. / am
only waiting your good pleasure" and
without further pressing he began:
AT five and twenty / was, to say the
least, a well-made young fellow, proud
of my curly locks, and prouder still OF
a very handsome mustache, which grew
thick and silky over the upper lip, taper
ing off on either side and finishing with
magnifcently daring curl
1.-The boys would poke fun at me about
the way curled my mustache. 1t was
the curl of my mustache,' they would
saw which did so much damage, wound
ing the hearts OF all the fair friends OF
my acquaintance.
evidently they must have exagger-
ated. I didn't catch all, but certainly
hooked some.
Eat this time used to smoke great
deal, and my friends whenever they met
me in the evening would say:
! "'Hello. here's Philip; got his mus
tache lit up as usual
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tive father-ln-law, took the stairs at
bound.
John, who opened the door, gave a lit
tie start at seeing me Then hndng his
Everybody has gone. monsieur. after
waiting for monsieur. Mile. GeneYieve
did not seem very well satisfied. but she
left me her orders, monsieur. ! was told
another minute, but to follow without
delay. | have given monsieur my COM
mission,
IAN the time he was speaking and
plasteriug me so pleutifully with
! monsieur I could see the fellow was
nearly bursting with laughter, -, ,,u
What are you laughing ut me Tor
:" Monsieur is Joking. Monsieur knows
that | would not do such thing in the
presence of monsieur and besides.
what pleases mademoisellc, and II mad
emolselle likes them in that style
Il had no time 70 waste over this
idiot l went down the stairs even more
quickly than | assembled them,
In the courtyard found the house
servants looking curious and eNpectant;
but quickly as, ] passed the row Of
ings ard smothered laughter
+" Decidedly grumblel ! in I'll humor,
II would appear that those 'nlncoms"
see something funny in bridegroom
running after his bride
The coachman whipped W. the horses
at 2lO | was at the town hall.
1.-The registry office for marriages?''
bawled | TO the beadle
" For marriages? Not for your self,
perhaps
" Yes, 1t is for myself
For you. Ell? Well, she's a good
sort, she is and letting himself fall on
to bench he held his sides
- don't know what kept me from
contended myself with asking, In a
voice which admitted of only one reply;
"'Will you direct me--yes or no-to
the registry OF marriages.?
"He made an emphatic gesture To
the right, monsieur-end of vestibule. ;
Then, failing back in his seat. he re-
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All "HO& and Home AdvE IooroWS World Go Into The Evening World IL Free

peated the words, She's good sort.
. ran to the door indicated and en-
tered
All. at last! Here he isl exclaimed
my father-in-law.
II had rushed in suddenly and was
advancing quickly, when very thunder
peal of laughter smote upon my ears.
At the same instant handkerchiefs APP
peared as If by magic, and every face
was buried in their snowy folds, while
on every side | could hear: oh, obi
An All, Good gracious! How very
The Mayor was choking in his arm
chair. Genevieve, her face hidden in
her hands, was shaking violently. Her
mother half sullocated, was gesticu-
lating franticaly.
Il stood there like n fool, knowing
nothing of what il was all about. till.
taking COuntenance at last, l said:
- hat are you all laughing for like
this"
to me, said in a voice OF solemn Sc
=" Monsieur, everything is over be-
But what is it, monsieur? Explain
to me-
1T is this, monsieur, Marriage is
not assisting at a carnival
still | didn't understand.
! " Look al yourself in the glass, then.
~ went 10 the oVevmantel and uttered
| a cry of mingled horror and surprise.
IAN the right side of my mustache
was burned away | asked for no fur
Their explanation. 1t sutticed, / skunk
Off as quietly as possible without even
| a thought of returning.
DO you understand now why I no
lon!ser smoke. oigors".
and is that an?" said I, "The story
! is not finished surely?"
mo, for six months after met Gene
We've again. | appeared before her with
clean upper Up, We had mutual
| explanation and
''She pardoned you?'
Yes she pardoned him." said one OF
! the guests sitting opposite me.-Mililon.