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blue OF their owner in the La Fiesta
Derby. while Cadmus. Candid and Bridal
Ven have been entered in the handicap
events. The Spreckels string is thirty
strong and ara trained by Cy Mulkey. an
old pioneer Of Los Angeles County. The
string will be shipped to Chicago at the
conclusion of the Fiesta meeting.
A crack lot OF horses are going south
Monday for the rich events offered
Among the horses entered are such well-
known performers as Royal Flush, Cam
didate, Duke Stevens, Blizzard, Venus.
Whitestone, Tim Murphy, Midas, Gal
liant, Pat Murphy, Contribution, Robin
Hood IL, Realization. Garcia, Thelma
Polaski, Lizzie Hampton colt, Emma
Mack, Red Root, Captain Coster. Han
ford, Eckert, TObey, Playful, Trix,
Grand Lady, Gussie, Ike L. and q score
OF Ewo-year- olds.
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Hold Up a Train Just Out Of the
City Limits of Victor, Col.
GOT NOTHING EXCEPT THAT TAKEN
FROM PASSENGERS.
-Four Firemen Lose Their Lives While
Battling With Flames at Denver-
Business in the Southern States Re-
ported TO be Showing Healthy Inn
provement-Diamond Robbery at
New York
SpecinI to the RECoRD-UNIow.


Victor Coli, March 24.-Masked rob-
bers held up the Florence and Cripple
Creek southbOund train just outside the
city limits last night, but did not obtain
much plumber.
Two robbers boarded the train at Vic
tor. One entered the sleeper, and at once
began to wake up the passengers and
seize their money and watches. He got
about $1,000, including the Pullman car
conductors receipts.
The other robDer got onto the blind bag
gage car at Victor, and climbed over the
tender into the engine, compelling the
engineer to stop the train at q point one
and half miles south of Victor, where
four or five other robbers were in waiting.
The latter party commenced work on the
mail ana express cars. and soon had them
open, but 1t is said they found no valua-
bic packages.
The robbers were dressed in miners
clothes. and wore slouch hats and masks.
They were jOvIal in their treatment of the
trainmen, but hurried through with the
work, enforcing their commands with q
ready display of firearms.
Alter the robbers left the engineer
started the train back 10 Victor, but the
robbers objected and commanded the en-
Eineer to pull out south. which he did.
Immediately all officials of the surround
Ing towns were notified by TELEGRAPH
and the robbers will be given a merry
chase
a special train came in this morning
with the bloodhound that did sucn good
work recently at Walsen berg tracking
the Italian murderers. The train held
up was fairly well filled, quite number
of ladies being on board. Besides large
number OF valuable watches, rings and
diamond pins, about 81, 900 in money was
secured.
The job was doubtless done by part of
the same gang that robbed John Hargan
the night before in his cabin here in
town.
The dog, upon being placed on what
was supposed to be the trail of one Of the
bandits, madea straight shoot for some
cabins near the Strong mine in the out
skirts OF town.
Tonight Bob Taylor, an ex-Deputy
Sheriff and employe of the Strong mine
who shot bartender at Pueblo during
the railroad trouble last summer, and a
young man called The kid" working
Tor the same company, we're arrested by
Constable Lambert of Cripple Creek
The KID Is alleged to answer the de.
scriptlon of the man who climbed over
the tender and held up the engineer
They were taken TO Cripple Greek, and
will be brought back for a preliminary
hearing tomorrow.
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WEATHER IN EUROPE,
Terrific Gale Still Prevailing In Great
Britain.

1cTE1llC SclS SUN t-reNali1D2 IN Great
Britain.
LONDON, March pa terrific gale set
in late last night, and is still prevailing.
The storm is general throughout Great
Britain. There has been damage to prop
erty in many towns. Roofs and ohimneys
OF a number of churches were blown
of, and many houses were similarly dam
aged. In many places church services
were suspended. a great mum Der of trees
were prOstrated by the gale, and much
damage was done to the dwelling houses.
In many parts of the country the te!e-
graph lines are down. A few minor
casualties are reported from along the
coast. Many people have been injured
by falling debris.
\ wall collapsed in the east end of Lon
don, and three persons were crushed to
death beneath it. Three turrets of the
pinnacles on the west front of the Peters
Doro cathedral We're blown down. Other
buildings were damaged, and q mum Der
of people were injured. The roof OF the
railway station at Stratford-on-Avon was
blown off. and number of monuments
in the churchyard were blown down.
At birmingham the gale was felt espe-
ciaily severe, a man and three children
were killed. The property damage to
the town is estimated at thousands OF
dollars. Two men and girl i'll Leicester
were struck by falling debris and almost
instantly killed.
At Wolvsrhampton one person was
killed and twelve injured.
In Walhall two chimney stands were
blown over. They crashed through the
roof OF hospital, broke through the
flooring and carried nine beds, with pa
tients III them, into a room beneath. For
a time the excitement in and around the
hospital was most intense ana the wild
est sort OF rumors were a1ioat, some hav-
ing it that a dozen persons had been
killed. AS quickly as possible the work
of clearing away the wreckage was COM
Inenced and it was soon found that no.
body had been killed. The nine occu-
pants OF the beds were eXtrcated alive
but badly injured. Immense damage
was done TO property. 4 great mum Der
of fine trees and several farm buildings
at Sandringham, the country residence of
the Prince of Wales, near Kingston, were
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A PASTOR REsIGsNS.

DR.. Mackenzie VIII No Longer Preach
at the First Presbyterian Church.
SAN Francisco, March q. - Rev.
Robert Mackenzie, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, the wealthiest con-
gregation of that denomination on the
Pacific Coast, has resigned his pastorate,
and will hereafter be pastor emer-
titus. DIR. Mackenzie is also a pro-
fessor in the Pacific Theological
Seminary, receiving $1,000 annually from
the college and $1,000 from his church.
There has been objection to his draw
ing the double salary for some
time, and he was given the choice of
relinQuishirg one or the two appoint
ments. lie has thereupon decided to re-
tire from the pulpit. He has been a pop
ular preacher, but is about 90 years OF
age.
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FATAL FIRE AT DENVER.

ct. James Hotel Burned-Four Fire
men Lose Their Lives.
DENVER, March 24.-Eour firemen lost
their lives in fire at the ST. James Hotel
this morning. They were: Harold w
Hartweli, Captain; +. S. Brawley, Lieu
tenant; Richard cambridge, fireman;
Steve Martin, fireman. All were mem
bers of hose company No. and all ex-
cept Captain HartweIl were colored men.
They Went down with the floor of the
Totunda and were horribly mangled and
burned.
There were l65 guests in the hotel, all
OF whom escaped unlniured. The GAM
age by the fire amounts to $4,000 about
half of which is on the building and half
on the furniture.
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BIsMARCK's BIRTHDAY.
The Reichatag Refuses to send Hir
Congratulations.

The Reich9tag refuses to send Him
Congratulations.
BERLIN, March 24.-Before the orders
of the day were taken in the Reichstag
yesterday Herr Won Levetzow, the Presi-
dent, requested the House to formally
authorize him TO congratulate Prince
Bismarck on his birthday in its behalf.
The vote on Herr Won Levetzow's pro-
posal was rejected by l63 to l46.
Herr Won LevetZow, Immediately after
the result was made known, announced
his resignation. causing an extraordinary
scene, the Right rising in body and
cheering vociferously and clapping their
hands in approval. Even the galleries
expressed satisfaction in the most open
manner. When the excitement had sub
sided Herr Won Levetzow again arose aud
formally handed over the Presidency OF
Inc ReIchstag 10 Baron Won BuehI, the
senior Vice President.
Inc House then took the minor vote,
ana adjourned until Tuesday.
Ihe result of the Reichstag vote was in
stantiy conveyed to the Emperor, whose
intense annoyance can be Judged by the
IolloWlng telegram, which he immedi-
ately penned to Bismarck:
u have to convey to your highness
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snecial to the RECoRn-uNInx-

| E7letldl 10 tne fSEGOktD-O MON
| SIMoNosEKI, March 24.-As Ii Hung
Chang, the Chinese peace envoy, was re-
turning to his lodgings in this place to-
day, after having attended a conference
with Count Ito and Viscount Mutsu, the
| Japanese peace plenipotentiaries, young
| japanese fired a pistol at him. The bullet
sped straight, but most fortunately did
I no more harm than to inflict wound in
| Ii Hung Changes face. At the time OF
| sending this dispatch it is impossible to
learn whether or not the wound is seri-
! Gus.
| The attempt to assassinate the repre-
sentative of the Emperor of China caused
| great excitement, and on every side were Q
heard deep expressions of regret. The
would-be murderer was arrested. 1t is
said he was prompted to commit the crime
by misguided patriotism.
JAPAN WILL SUFFER.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The news of
the assault on Ii Hung Chang caused a
sensation in diplomatic circles in this
city. The opinion here is that Japan will
suffer greatly as a consequence of the as
sault, and that the position of China will
be so strengthened that she may be able
~ OOLd1A O0LL6I lGI Ills Ludl SIG COuIu
otherwise have secured. The incident
may lead to the breaking off of the peace
negotiations, or at least may postpone
further action in this direction until the
Japanese have guaranteed the safety OF
China's ENJOYS.
No news of the attack on Ii Hung
Chang has been received by the Japanese
legation here, and Minister Kurino is
unwilling 70 discuss the occurrence. The
members OF the legation realize that it ls
a serious matter, but hope that the first
reports may prove to be exaggerated.
They say no one Will deplOre the matter
| more than Japan. The Chinese legation
! received prompt notice of the matter,
but their adVIces contained nothing not in
the press dispatches. Minister Iaug Yu
did not care to discuss the subject. 1t
was stated at the legation that it was not
believed that 1t would lead to the total
breaking off OF peace negotiations, al
though 1t might cause them TO be inter-
rupted for a time.
JAPANESE LAND MORE TROOPS.
YOKOHAMA, March 24.-It is stated that
on Thursday last the japanese occupied
Fisher Island, one Of the PescadOr grouD.
Sailors were landed on the coast. and
| these were followed by troops. The Chi
nese made no opposition. The papers
say here that Japan has purchased two
warshipS from Chile. An Official return
that has just been issued shows that the
total Japanese loss during the entire cam
paign has been only l,654 men killed.
EXCITEMENT AT YOKOHAMA.
YOKOHAMA, March 24.-The news of
! the attempted assassination OF Ii Hung
! Chang created much excitement. The
/ Emperor and Empress will send a mes
senger TO Shimoeski to express TO tn o
distinguished Chinese statesman their
regret at the unfortunate occurrence.
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FiendiSh Act.

WICHITA (Kas.), March "a. - During
the absence of his family early this morn
ing tiendish attempt to roast alive
Fritz Schneitzler, one of the wealthiest
men in Wichita, in his house was made.
He was sleeping, when every avenue
leading to his room was saturated with
coal OIL and set on fire. Before the fire
had obtained much headway the firemen
arrived and dragged Schneitzler, who
weighs over 400 pounds, from his room.
Two 1iremen, as well as Mr.. SchueitzIer,
were badly burned. There is no clew to
the perperrator. and no reason is known
for any one committing the deed.
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Big Catch OF Burglars.

Fort WAYNE qnd.), March 24.-The
biggest catch of burglars ever made in
Northern Indiana was made to-day. For
six months burglars, highwaymen and
cracksmen have piled their work here,
and also at Wallin, Cherbusco and other
places. Captain Bergman and the police
surrounded the entire gang in house
here and captured them. Among them
We're George Dolan and Wm. Thompson,
pals OF the notorious Marvin; Jack Guy,
Henry Lacy and AdoIph Reyking and a
locksmith. One confessed 10 thirty Jobs
The house had thousands of dollars worth
Of stolen property in it.
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JEwELRY STORE Ronui.n.

Diamonds 10 the Value of six Thou
sand Dollars stolen.
New York, March 2a-Tho jewelry
store OF Constant Lucius was robbed
yesterday afternoon and diamonds to the
value OF 81, 0J0 stolen. IN unknown man.
who was we'll dressed, drove up in a
buggy to the store and beckoned to the
clerk, Mr.. Frederick, TO comelout to him.
Although Frederick was alone in the
store at the time, he did SO, and the
stranger. taking q handsome gold watch
from his pocket, engaged him in CONVEX
satlon regarding some trouble in the
movement. When Frederick returned
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SHOT BY 4 FOOTPAD.
An Editor of a Stockton journal Ser
Ously Wounded,

An Editor Of a Stockton journal SerIa
ously Wounded.
SAN Francisco, March 24.-Walter B.
Blake, city editor of the Stockton Iade-
pendent, was shot by a footpad about
midnight tonight in an an alley back .of
the Palace Hotel. Blake is the Stockton
correspondent OF a San Francisco morn
ing paper and had just left the editorial
room OF that paper on Mission street,
and was proceeding to the Grand Hotel
AS he turned a sharp corner tall form
barred his passage with an order to
throw up his hands. Instead Of comply
ing, the plucky newspaper man brought
his stick DOWN on the robbers head with
all his strength. Ihe footpad howled,
and then, drawing his revolver, fired at
the retreating editor. The bullet passed
through his body, coming out near the
navel. The attending physicians think
the abdomen was not penetrated, and
that Blake may recover He came from
Stockton with his wife to spend Sunday
here. Blake is well known on the coast.
having worked on papers in San Diego,
Fresno, San Francisco and the Puget
Sound cities. The 1oOtpad escaped.
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the expression of my most profound in
dignation at the resolutions which the
ReichsIag has just adopted. 1t is in most
complete opposition to the feeling of all
the German princes and people.
"WILHELM."
ne Emperor received at 7:15 this even
ing the following reply to the message
which he sent to Prince Bismarck:
''To HIS Majesty, the Emperor and
hr2g: | pray your majesty to accept the
respectful expression of my gratitude for
the message graciously sent in which
your majesty has transferred the action
OF my political opponents, concerning
which | am not yet fully informed, into a
source Of joyful satisfaction.
"BISMARCKn
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Burned to Death.

OMAHA, March 24.-Cornelius Nc
Guire, well-known Omaha NATAL
smith, was locked i'll his shop to-day and
burned to death. He slept late. and was
awakened by the flames. Rushing to the
door, he found it barred on the on tsi(ie,
When his sufferings made him deIirious,
he rushed through the flames into the
street and died. The door and windows
had been locked by an enemy.
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Smallpox Practically wtned Ont.

MILWAUKEE, March 2f.-The smallpox
cases which were for weeks last summer
and fall epidemic in this city, and which
has Kept the health department busy all
winter, is practically wiped out. There
ara now only six cases in the city. In
nine months there have been 1,OIl cases
and 26S deaths,
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Did rot Fire on the Columbia

New YORK, March "a. - The Pacific
Mail steamship Columbia. from Colon,
March 10th, arrived to-day. Captain
Henderson reports that at 2:25 P. NJ. on
the 10Th the Columbia passed Cape Maysi,
about three and half miles off shore.
Shortly a1terward the officer on the
bridge sighted q Spanish man-of- war
about seven miles ahead, steaming toward
the north side OF the island of Cuba. The
war vessel showed no signals, and no at
tention was paid to her by the officers OF
the steamship, which proceeded on her
usual course.
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Desperate Ffcbt 7yItb q 7Tortoo

PARIS Mo-, March 24.-Sberiff Um-
steadt and a posse, while attempting to
arrest Thomas Moutaw, the maniac Iiv-
ing near here, was forced to shoot him
and beat him into insensibIlity. Moutaw
fought like tiger, first with shotgun
ana afterwards with large corn knife.
several OF the posse were injured before
the maniac was overpOWered.
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Evidences of Foul Play.

HUNTINGTON (W. Va.), March 24.-Sev-
eral days ago two boys, aged and 9, re-
spectively, suddenly disappeared from
their home here, and it was thought they
had been kidnapped. This morning Bev-
erly Blakey swOre out warrant for the
arrest OF John Ringo, colored. who is
their father, claiming that he had dis
posed Of them by foul means. Blakey,
who Is former lover of Rings wito,
claims that he can prove that the Chill
dren were murdered and thrown into the
river.
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OUR EXPORTS TO JAMAICA.
1nt1mation That Hereafter They Will
Suffer an Income Tax,

Suffer an Income Tax.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-There is an
intimation of the levying of an import
tax on American exports into Jamaica in
a copy of the annual message to the Legis-
lative Council by the Governor of that
island, transmitted to the State Depart
ment by United States Consul Eckford at
kingston. The significant part reads as
follows: "The withdrawal of the Gov
ernment Of the United States of America
from the reciprocal agreements with this
colony entered into in 1891, and the reim-
position OF duty on sugar, leaves us free
TO restore to our tariff some of the sources
OF revenue abandoned under that agree
ment."
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Sunday Closing at St. Lonts-

ST. LOUIS, March 24.-The Parkhurst-
ian crusade against the st. Louis saloons
inaugurated some time ago, was openly
disregarded to-day, and saloons and bar
ber shops were run wide open. A few
test cases will be made by the Sunday
Closing Association tomorrow. the re-
suit OF which will largely influence tho
CrnSnda- -
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John L. sullivan.

BosTON, March 24.-John L. Sullivan
rested comfortably at his home to-day.
His physicians say if they can keep him
IN doors for few days longer all danger
VIII have passed. Sullivan has been con-
fined 10 his room for four days, and on
Friday night his condition was consid-
cred serious
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SEISMIC DISTURBANCE.
Distinct Shock Of Earthquake Reported
in Colorado.

IN NDIOFaUO.
DENVER, March pa letter from
Steamboat Springs, Col, which is far
from railroad or telegraph lines, dated
March I'D, says: To-day at l o'clock q
distinct earthquake shock was felt in the
1ampa Valley, from Pleasant Valley,
about twelve miles south OF Steamb boat
Springs, to Hayden, about twenty-five
miles west OF the town. The shock was
accompanied by report resembling the
oIschaise OF a blast IN a IuIne, accom-
panied by . long, low rutahIing sound.
The sound was accompanied by dis
tinct vibration of tGe earth rom east to
west and violent enough to cause win
dows 10 rattle and dishes and spoons 10
dance
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Brutal Attaek Upon Man and WIZ

Brutal Attack Upon q Man and Wife.
BIRMINGHAM (AIa.), March 24.-Isaac
W. Tankersley, Isham Falls, John Rob-
erts and Jack Falls, negroes, are in jail
here charged with a brutal attack upon
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barr last night.
There Is intense excitement, and some
talk Of lynChing. Barr, who has q store
at Iuskaloosa, was returning home last
night with his wife, having in his pocket
the proceeds of the days sales. The
couple were attacked by four negroes,
and they were beaten into insensibilty
and probably fatally injured. Mrs. Barr
Bar identified Tankersley as one OF the
asseilants, and he confessed, duplicating
the other three.
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Gored hy q. Bull.

SAN JOSE, March 24.-Morris Martinelli
died at an early hour this morning from
injuries received in a slaughter-house at
Santa Clara by being gored by q steer,
which charged upon him when brought
in to be killed,
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FataI Mine Accldent in oklnhomn.

GUTHRIE ok, March 24.-At Harts-
horn this morning two miners named
Lee Bailey and Steve Ellsworth were
working in the room of the Indianola
coal mine. Each fired a blast. One
shot went off and the other failed. The
men disputed as to which fuse failed to
ignite. and Bailey went to his. Just as
he got there the explosion occurred,
blowing Bailey's head OF and fatally iu-
Jur!ng Ellsworth, and seriously wound
Ing two other miners.
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sPRECKELs' STRING.

They VIII Soon Go to Los Angeles and
Then East.
SAN FRANCISCO, M..c. 224-It has lust
leaked out that the entire racing string Of
A. b. Spreckels. now at Sacramento, is to
be shipped TO Los Angeles in the course
OF week, where they have been liber-
ally entered in the stake events of the La
Fiesta race meeting. Gallant and Pat
Murphy are to carry the red, white and
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Chicago Strike Leaders.

WASHINGTON, March 24.-The habeas
corpus of Eugene V. Debs and others of
the American Railway Union, who were
engaged in the Chicago strike last sum-
ner, will be argued in the United States
supreme Court on Monday. Debs and
those associated with him contend that
the [ United States court had no iurisdjc-
ton while sitting as a court of equity to
restrain them by injunction proceedings
with the strike, and ask for a writ of
habeas corpus Tor their release.
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to the store, to his dismay he discovered
that in that brief time someone had en-
tered the store and taken from the show
case two trays of diamonds valued at
$4,000.
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Death OF a Military Officer.

PITTsBUEG Pa, March 24.-General
Walter Greenland, eX-Adjutant-G q General
OF Pennsylvania, died at 1880 O'Clock last
night ,iat his home at Clarima Park, after
a lingering illness.
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Fire in a Chicago Theater.

CHICAGO, March PA fire tonight
nearly destroyed the Empire Theater.
Tho loss viii be about $50 600; fully in
sured. Tho theater has not been in use
Tor several weeks, and the fire, it is
thought, was incendiary.
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Ii CHANGES MARROW ESCAPE.
Attempt to Assassinate the China
Peace Envoy at Shimoesk1.
SHOT AT AND SLIGHTLY INJURED
IN THE FACE.

A Terrific Gale Prevailing in Great
Britain - Damage to Property In
Many Towns-A Man and Three
Children at Birmingham Killed
1he Reichstag Refuses to Send Con-
gratularions to Prince Bismarck on
the Anniversary OF His Birth.
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Death of an Ex-supreme Court Justfce

OsIALoosA (Ia.), March 24.-Ex-Chief
justice Severes, late OF the Iowa SuReme
court, died to-night.aged 70, of paralysis.
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1Iie Hidden spirit.

Last night i saw a pictured girllsh face;
A tiny square OF cardboard, common
place
Enough that passed from careless hand
And won alike from all a word OF grace.
j saw, and wondered first how II could be-
That one so gay. so bright. so blithe az
She
The very morriest soul of all her band
Should show IA face so sanity grave TO
me.
The eyes were upward cast, az IL a
thought
OF prayer had suddenly within them
wrought
A change from mirth 10 heavenly serious.
ness
And then another change my vision
caught.
Something beyond the cameras intent.
And something that the artist had not
meant.
And more han / can here with words ex.
press
A swift. straight message through the
picture sent.
Only a passing likeness to a friend.
But the odd fancy TO the evenings end
Still followed me, that | had caught some
CLEAN
or that intelligence which spirits lend.
I heard a voice, above the voices near
There's time enough for fame. be pa.
t~ient-dear"-
All. time! what wounds ye make, what
walls ye rear!
Il. T.. Knapp In the Boston Transcript.