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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-18
DOUBLE DROWNING
Two Boys Skate Through The Ice
Of Utah Lake.
BOIH MEET INSTANT DEATH.
A Party Of One Hundred Mon Organ
lied 10 Recover the Bodies and
Are Successful.


speaial to the Nrwsl
AMuuCAS fpRS, Dec. IS, $3.50 pun.
"A douu.r G'awuiuR IN Utah lake,
noaS here at o'cisck this aitefa0on,
CAUSED gteA, vxoilemeAt and sincere
sorrow. Tho victims are two boys,
o car Smith anu Daniel Peep IT.,
sged respectively 10 Sgi IA yesrs
T1e lads ware oiose companions and
schosimatps aud as the holiday vaca-
tisn IL already In effect here they put
ON their skates ald went iowa 70 toe
lake for m afternoons snort on mo
Ice. When giiling over Ns smooth
surface about thifd ola mile from the
shore, there vas u crash nnd they de
appeared only 10 come forth again
when ttelt dead bodies were 10.
covered.
Tue news Of tho sad fatality quickly
sptend ana In u short tine more than
ono hundred meu had gone TO the
rescue. Shortly after o'clock they
returned 70 toe city hall with
tho rigid and fftzsn bodies Of
tho napluss lAus who LETT
their homes In such n cheerful
mood a few h0urs before. The drown
ing occurred near Geneva aud Ia not
more than ak or seven feet oI water
An Inquest will be held tomorrow and
the funerals will PROBABLY take place
on Friday.
Oscar was the sou Of Thomos David
SMITH, n tesmsier In tho employ Of
the Chipman Mercantile company aud
his olmhde the ron oi DAVID Peep ST.,
OF this place.
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would be urged ~ the British ptets
that the President was not backed up
by his county, but only by his
own party. We have had n long time
to consider the Monroe doctrine, wo
may not agree with oil the details out
iiued by tue President asd Secretary
Oluey, but apy discussion hpfe Will
prove a help 10 those rctoes the sea.
hope the bill will past"
Hit moved the previous question,
but Urisp (Dsmocrat, Georgia. secured
permission 70 say word. He began!
81 spenk for all this side Of the
House, where there IL no division AZ 90
the propfiety OF passing tbs bill. lhis
government respectfully Invited IN
government Of Great Britain g. atD,'
irato the boundary question between
Ncnezuela anu British Guiana. Gfent
Britain has declined. M what nre
we 10 du2 II tho America people
have fixed opinion on any question,
they have a decisive opinion that 10
European countfy can acquire territory
on the American continent by lOfuv."
Hit cutfeated Cfup In view % tho
magnitude Of the Interests involved
not TO pfccipi,Ale any haHty uiscussiOl
VI AhNAAs
Crisp replied that the Republican,
had introduced the bill hr Attempted
~ btiag In yesterday, and continual,
tAyiHs tbs. II the boundary could nOi
hr .sctfi1iuvi Ny atulttati0n, with tue
participation VI Gioit Britain, the
Unted stgtos Ghuulj ascertain II a;
once.
"Aud when We have AscafisineC
vheiv % h, hc cInclu led, "we slgu d
iave ;hr ggJtagu ana tnu manhood g.
mniutalu IT,"
McCsoary Dem. KY.) and Bjuislio
wofO suuuuut iOl recognition, but
Hts refuses 70 yield the h1ot sud tue
previous qdrH,iOn wtB carried with a
shout q. "aycs," aui no spp.aing
voice.
A s,.piutiOn was adopted tlat tho
hOnday Viiuur usnt DO itom Friday,
December 20, 10 Friday, January o
the Hcutc NJ l2;iJ adjourned Until
Friday.
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TnE SENATE.

wAsufSGrUN, Dec. Ex-senator
Chandler Rcp. Nav Hampsnite) to-
day Introduced bill 80 strengthen
tue military armament"
ltdifocls this President 70 strengthen
the military force Of the United StalsH
ny hdding QUO million inianify flilel,
1000 guns for field artillery, anu not
exceeding 1000 heavy guns for iOitil-
cation. Tue sum Of Sl,uOJ.UJO Ia maze
Immediately available 10, tue purpose.
The Senate passed the resolution
directing the elections committee 10
Investigate the effort Of corporations TO
control tue election OF COngfessmen
and also 10 oonifol the legislation.
The committee IL directed TO report n
bill TO suppress such pracli ,es.
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Rasnlt Notes.

BAsALT, Idaho, Dec. Is, ls95.-Our
Bishops wife presented him with ten
pound son December sth, ana to say
he is pleased would DO stating Il very
lightly.
lBth, all those who had helped on our
messing house were given = free
lance aud supper by the Y. l.. M. LA.
The dance was inletsperHed with
songs, ETC., and a most enjoyable time
was spent,
On Saturday night surprise party
on Sister Ellen CrohB was held at her
ssn.in-law's, Charles CTiddle, whittier
ahe mad come expecting singing prac.
tlce, Bro. Solomon Edwards createj
much Amusement with his comic songs
nnd recitation, whicD, together with
games, caused n few hours u pass very
pleasantly.
Our debate OF Dec. Nth, was on
"Resolysd, that Columbus Is entitled
to more honor for discovering America
than Washington for defending It,"
The victory was awarded to the affirm.
Etive by the Judges, which was no at
variance with the Judgment Of the
audience that hereafter the decision
will DO left TO q vote OF tho audience.
On Dec. is besides DISCUSSIONS mock
trial (VlE that Of w. NJ Dye, vice
prssIdgnt " our society for neglect OF
du,y) will 10 held.
A rabbit hunt between the married
men aud tue single men has been at
Taugel for Dec. 20, the sing side 10
prnvide Tree dance anl supper.
Sunday, Dec. 10 wac "a cold, blus,or'
ing day. A little snow iel, Oul scarcely
enough to cover the ground, 1t
seems to have cleared up again.
kARALTER,
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NOTORIOUS CHINESE CUT ruEoA,
Tn. Alleged Murderer Of foar or five
victims.

NEW York, Dec. is.-rhs police Of
Newark have In custody Lem Tong
Sing, alias Charley Tong Sing, wbs,
the New York police say, 10 Que Of the
most notorious cut threats ever known
In Chinatown or the sluuis OF San
Francisco. Acting Captain YsuDg, Of
the Sixth precinct, New York has In.
formation from Lem Tong sings own
counlIymon, living ON Mott stIael,
that the priyoner IL Tesponsible for four
or five murdsfs that have been insii.
gated by the Highbinders societies Ia
the United States. Captain Young's
rren wsuld arrest Sing II he should
appear In their jurisdiction, for ha Ia
wanted by ihsIn on charges OF assault
and battery aud gambling. Charley
Tong Sing Ia a rOmarkAbls man ia
many ways. When he frst appeared in
ChinAtowu, early Ia the present year,
thp csuAtrymen Of the clique opposed
TO the Hip Sing Tong, or HighbindeTs
| society, At No. q, Chatham Square,
promptly became terror stricken and
some Of them asked thu protection Of
the police. Charley Sing 10 the name
that he 10 best known by. About
the fourth week Of his residence
in New York City no obtained a
great deal OF notorety Egby
making an application for appointment
as n special detective in Chinatown
He said that gambling was going on
constantly At nearly ascore OF places
in Mott, Psll and DOyor streets, and
that regular police were net able 10
suppress H.
To support his claim for the special
detsotive Job, Charley Sing produced
letters from Chief Engineer Melville,
OF this u. Il. navy, and from the Judge
advocate general, which purporied to
show that he WAS on the STEAMSHIP
Jeanette and later on the Thstis In
the Arctic region. He had tive
medals, one presented by Congress Il
survivOrs OF the Jeanette expoditlon
aud one presented by the navy depArt
| mrnt.
Guam MEX NAmm became the oh,
jeot Of attack on the part OF the high
binders, and price Of 81, 900 was al
legged 10 DO the reward for his derth
| Quan Nick Namm had been In SAr
francisco when Charley Sing wal
there and he gave Captain YouoR the
whole story OF ChsTley's career O.
eums. Guam N.sk Nsmm saya tina
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PANIC IN JERUSALEM
Christians Expecting a Wholesale
Massacre In The City,
THEY ARE WILLING 10 DlE,THOUGn
4 Letter from a Lady In Palestine 10
Her Brother 10 Brock
lJu.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-Seloma Du
uhau, an Arabian OF Brooklyn, has
Just received n letter from bis sister la
Jerusalem, telling Of a threatened
wholesale massacre In that place by
the Turkish government The letter
says;
"It England goes 10 war with Tur'
key Christians here will be murdered
by the MohAmmedans. America IL
the best place In the wsrld but We can
not 20 there now ~ II Ia too late. We
may all be killed In a few weeks. We
are willing TO die, though, for God's
holy Will. 1 am glad you are safu In
America. Take care ana don't come
back here. as you will surely be
killed.
"Aif. Wallace, tho American consul,
will soon start for tue United States
ana he would gladly take some OF US
along, n no only dared. IL We al
tempted 10 move from here the Turks
would become suspicious aud XIII us."
Mt Du Chan frequently takes
parties on expeditions through tue
Holy Land anu Egypt He has be-
come nh American cit.SSn and Tor the
reason feRrs ho may lose his lie n he
returns ~ his native country. He has
been In America at Intervals amount
log In all TO period OF sixteen yeare.
He was born In Klamath, Gllead, and
when four years old bis psfcnts moved
to JeTupaiom. He was educated at
Mount Zion In one Of the Eaglish
schools. He took party through
Palestine n few years ago.
Mr.. Du Chan declared las, night
can tourists TO the Holy Land the nfst
week la January, despite the fact that
his life may be In danger.
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prssld.n,lai possibliiu...

BosIoS, Dec. Is. - The Standard
PUT ishes all Interview with GsntrBl
II. q. Morgan, commissioner OF Indian
aiiaifs, under President HarElson,up5n
presidential possibilities. Ho sale:
"PAlrlotic sentiment has assumed suGh
dimensions In the West anu South
that it, influence will DO fnlt In ali
political combinations, AMI the political
overlufes In Kentucky Ia due TO that
IL flusnce. find strong undcrcut.
rent OF popular sentiment hvorng
General HafflsOn's nomination, Rnu
that Bradley OF Kentucky, IL favorits
for nomination for Vice President, or
Evans Of Tennessee, In recognition OF
the SOulh.D
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Beat the Railroad.

The case Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w.
Smith against the Rio GrAude Western
Railway company was up in Con.plis-
sioneT SommeI's court today. This is
the case wherein the plaintiffs sued ths
defendant corpora ion for damages, In
being elected from the cDmpany's
train near Bingham Junction Oh the
2uu inst, when they had paid their
tull fares 10 salt Lake. The amount
sued for by each was $3.50 80, ana iuig-
meat was rendered for each OF the
plaintiffs in the snIu OF S26 amt cOsls.
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HORROR. Ar ,.EsAREA.
Turks Kin Armeniass and Plunder
the iisusss.

CoSsTASTINopLE Dec. ls.-Reply-
ing to n telugTaphio message from
United States Minister Terrell, the
missionaries at MaTsoyan telegraphsd
yesterday that they were all sale,
guarded Dy troops.
A letter dated December 2nd has
been received here from sn American
missionary at CesafeA, giving hat-
rowing details OF the horrors Of the
previous three days. The writer says
the Turks Hwarmed into the honses,
stoning, clubbing and killing every
Armsnisn within reach. 1he Ameri-
can mission wah not harmed, evidently
owing to orders issued by the Turkish
officials, but, the missionary continues,
the barbaTlty practiced passes all
description. The Victims were literally
hacked 10 pieces anu u thousand per-
sons were killed on the afternoon Of
November 30. The missionary says
tho Turkish soldiers confessed that this
government gave them permitsis1 to
pillags.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-18

A Young Armsulsn CsiiootisE nossy
for itis geun,rymsn.

CHICAGO. Dec. is.-Benoni Tekirian,
a prominent Armonian Of this city,
has received u telegram fran n leading
Armenian Of Indianapolis saying n
young man claiming 10 be an
Armenian Ia there delivering Ad.
dresses and collecting money in behalf
OF the Armenian cause, and inquirlng
whether he IL authorized 10 do so.
President T. Il. khungiap, Of tho
Chioago branch Of the Armenian
Union, desires the Associated Press to
say for him that no authority has boon
given for such collections aud that all
funds for that purpose should be sent to
Miss Clara Barton, PRECEDENT OF tho
Red Gross society, NJ Washington, OF
TO Spencer Tfask, treasurer Of the
Armenian relief fund committee, No.
u Pine street, New YORK uiy.
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turned sut several other priests who
had been assisting the .esident pastor
In iorly-hour devotional exercise,
which had Just closed.
a deputy sheriff, with a writ Of fore
IDLE entry and dstainef, arrested q
dozen Of the oilsngeTs. They pleaded
not guilty before Cifc1it Com missionsT
Fraser and will be given n hearing.
Lawrence Price. speaking for the en-
tire party ssia: 1--WE claim 10 own this
property and all we want 10 eur right"
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Employment, isr waller. stspson.

wAsHIsGTOS, Dec. ls.-Paul Bray.
the step.son OF John l.. Waller, the
American citizen who 10 now held In
French prison, will enter the service
OF tho United States next Saturday.
Cong sAsmAu Curtiss ~ Kansas has
secured temporary place for Bray As
messenger In the psst ONCE depart
men'. Bray has been IN Warrington
for SIX months pleading his stepfAthet's
case before the state department.. Ho
~ without money, and his mother, who
recently came 10 Washington from
Francs, IL also without means OF sup
port.
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ruE vENszUELAN DISPUTE.
The Senate Commiigss on ForeiEn Re.
Intisns VIII gonsidsrIt.

The Senate Sumtntigae an EoreiEn re-
INtisns VIII consider IL.
WAsHISurON, Dec. lS.-fhe Senate
oomaitiss on foreign ttlatloan today
decided TO fit during the holiday re-.
rsss iof the consideration OF the Nons.
zuelsn question In lie entirety. IL 10
the intsHii9D 10 take II up In oil II,
phases anu 10 that end they Will nave
hsiors them all reports and dHoumenls
bearing upon the subject. Tho Tasult
OF this inquiry, In Nil probability, will
be a resolution defining the Doultion OF
inc United States ON the Venezuelan
dispute, coupled with = declaration Of
tho Monroe doctrine.
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u. ar. q. Passenger Agent.

sT. Louis, Dec. ISL hiss been m.
nounced that Thomas Il. swan, chile
clrtk In the general passengef office OF
the Missouri, Kansas d Texas Rail-
road, has been appointed assistant
passenger agent OF the ID. d Il. g., the
appointment TO become effective ON the
fret OF the year.
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Workman Fatally IpIursd.

SHAMOKIE, Pa, Dec. ls.-Four
wofkmen were fatally injured and
nine others badly hurt NJ Midyale
collisry this morning by tho wTscking
OF runaway work rain. A dozen
workmen saved themselves by jump
iur iuto tho brush while tue train
Dashed down the s,esp grade.
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Charley Sing killed man aud got bis
papsre, and has since that time passed
himself MS the original owner OF the
rapers. Captain Young says that
Guam Nick Namm is,truthful and hon.
est In every way, and that Lem Tong
sing will be prosecuted 10 the full e1-
tent VI the law.
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Fatal steam ripe Explosion.

New YORK, Dec. l8.-Fiys Elsn
were killed anu six injured this morn.
ing by the explosion Of sleasi pipe
on the AmsTican line steamship St.
Paul, at 7 I'M, while the vessel lay nj
the dock In the North river. At the
tins OF the accident there ware 80 men
in the fire room and ten In the engine
room, The accident IL believed TO have
been due TO a flaw In the pipe.
Preparations were being made for
sailing ai O'Clock, but fortunately no
messengers were aboard. Tho explo-
slon shook the big vessel from stem 10
stern.
The steam poured up to deck from
the engine room In clouds. Aes0on rs
possibls tho steam was turBed of. AL
most simultaneously four half-dead
men scrambled up the iron stairway
from the engine room and fell PROSTATE.
Two other men, terribly ecaldoi, were
found unconscious near tho bottom OF
the stairway. Five men were found In
the compartment soalded to death. The
faces and parts OF the body net covered.
looked M n they had been Parboiled
The explosion blew out portion OF the
bulkhead and shattered every glass
within a radius OF so feet
On investigation II was found the
main steam pipe had burst at a bend
near the bulkheAd, Superlnte nding
Engineer Clark said he did not know
exactly what the pressure wac, but he
was sure II was not sufficient TO cause
the pipe to burst. He was not able TO
tell whether there was not suficieu
room to allow the expansion or haw In
| the casting. CLARK said u would re-
| 1nira At lsaAt a week 10 pszke rsratrs.
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LANSING, Mich, Dec. 10. - The
Trouble between Father SlattsTy, OF ~,
Mary's Roman Catholic church OF this
city, aud number OF influential
members OF his congregation, uulml'
mated yesterday Ia proceeding which
caused the greatest excitement. About
dozen influential members OF the
church called at Father Slattory's real
uence, and demanded possession OF the
premises. Upon being refused they
loroibly ejsoted the pries, and alSo
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The Obituary List

MIDDLETowN, Conn, Dec. Is. -
Henry ID. Ward, n lineal descendant
Of General Artemus Ward, 10 dead.
lie was graduate Of Yale class OF
1872, anu OF the Harvard law school.
lie formerly lived In Detroit, where
he was engaged in lake navigation,
owning many vessels.
NV YORK, Dec. lS.-Ex.Consul
General to Ottawa Thomas w. Hotch-
kiss died at his home In Northport,
H. l.. last night OF heart disease. lie
WIS 10 yaars old.
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. l5.-Nelson
Dtggs, the most famous eOuntorfeiIor
OF his time, Ia dead. He was ut one
time said to DO worth nearly million
dollats, made by exchanging bad
money for good. He has spent many
JeaTs in the penitentiary, his longest
sentence being for fifteen years la
Joliet prison. For the past fivo or siI
years he had lived u retired life here,
attending TO his property ami manag'
Ing a road house.
WAsHINoTON, ID. O., Dec. 49,
Captain lssac Bassett, the veteran AS
tslant doorkeeper OF the Senate, died
this afternoon.
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wAsHIEoroS, Dsc. ls.-Thare was
9 giest deal OF anxiety in the Senate
concerning the Hit bill which passed
the House, and Considerable surprise
was expressed that II did net come
over In lime to be acted upop. Uuder
the new law all bills must bo printed
and this caused tue dslay.
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Dsbs wiihdraws from ths Brsihsr-
hsod.

TKRRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. ls.-Eu-
gene V. Deus has voluntary with.
drawn an 4 mombo OF the Brother
hood OF Locomotive FlremeB, of which
order hs was grand secretary for thir-
teen years and which he built up, He
went before the local lodge and made
q speech, In which he stated tina, ms
his path lay In different direction
from that pursued by the sremen no
folt It bis duty ~ retire.
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prestige OF the dag. Continuing, he
gave In dstAil the number OF vessels
now ready and those which could be
readily prepared for war, saying.
eve can count on "a now ready,
beaides SIX tufretcd monitors, six gun
boats anu two bAttleships now being
built, making a total Of 10.
Then there ale IL Of the old Efics-
son monitors that could be put In pre-
pRration by having their tufret ar
Management removed and two s'inuh
appearing and disappearing guns
placed In a barbelto in the mold, max.
ing them very formidable vessels In
the defense OF our bays and hnrbOr-.
"Fivo Of those turfstod vessels being
completed Just at the end OF the civil
war were nsver finished, the MainIon-
oman, Puritan, Terror, MonAdnock
and Amphfite. They are similar TO
the Monterey and very powerful vet
sells,
"rhefe could be eItsmp9rlEsd for
oruiIers anu commoroe dsstfoyers tho
New York, City OF Paris, 81. Louis
and 81. Paul. They would rank up 10
the top notch. 1t would require only
the time necessary TO iarnish them
with gupe. should think that within
30 days they could be put into shape"
THE FEELING IN LONDON.
LONDON, Dec. ls.-In spite OF tho
prominsnos oil the newspapers give TO
President Clevelsnd's message to Con-
gress on the Vsptzuslan boundary
question, the general public here re-
lures TO get excited or even Interested.
Those who road the correspondence
resent President ClevelAnd's attitude;
but the almost invariable apswor re-
ceivsd TO Inquiries for expression Of
opinion 10;
"what IL It all about, anyway"
The message, however, 10 bslpg used
on the stock exchange 10 hammer
American securities, COnHols also de.
eliped, but there was no excitement.
One newspaper remarked;
yankee lobuera are the only personl
Injured by the message and they have
lust ground for complaint"
The editorial comments Of the New
York World and the New York Even.
iug Post on the situation, are received
here with approval, ~ indicating the
American opinion.
The radical evening papers take s
most serious view Of the situation.
EiltOtially the Star TemAfks
at 10 difficult 10 sTsggorhts th,
gravity Of the situation. The United
slatos may DO assured thst English
mon, regardless Of party, will Abid'
firmly by Lord 5alisbury's claims ant
i will not submit to bounce"
"Publio opinion" says the West
minister Gazette, "will Unanimously
support Lord Salisbury, but It 10 pits
that he has enlarged dispute and At
tackled the Monroe doctrine.D
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YoEKERs, N. Y, Dec. lS.-The
mystery Of the disappes Iance Of Alex.
andvr Houston, Louis Bechtold and
Frederick Fisher, the three hat hnish-
efs Of this city, who Sunday went on q
hshing trip to tho jersey shore, under
TIC Palisades, was solved last night.
Ther bodies were found at the bottom
oiihe Hudson river, nj the foot OF Park
sieei, by employees OF the WHring hat
shop.
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BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ls.-lrving
NJ. scott, vice president and general
manager OF the Union Iron WORKS.
who has built some OF tue best war
shlps In the navy, expresses tho bellei
that, although the present strength OF
the navy IL not great, there could be
extemporlzOd a sufficient neet TO en-
ablo the u nitad States u mAihtAin ths
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-11-28

the ordinary in Pennstock. AS for
Miss Kingsley, she was surprised to find
that she took lively interest in the
preparations for the dinner, and when
Thanksgiving day dawned, with fros-
~ and nipping air, shewas inclined to
he proud Of the success of her under
taking in one respect. It had proved to
her that there was a pleasanter way of
passing her time than in brooding over
her sorrow. All day she was strangely
ibuoyalit and cheerful, as if possessed
~ presentiment that something very
pleasant was about to happen.
And that afternoon something did
happen something that was not down
on Miss Kingsiey's programme. The
|Ibusy young woman had entered the
Kitchen tc give some final directions to
1.-The cook, when she observed that
Estrangc man was sitting quietly in a
aehair on the opposite side Of the room.
&6he paused abruptly and stared at him,
Rwith flash OF startled recognition in
her eyes.
"A poor tramp, mum, what asked for
IA bite to eat" explained the cook,
IN But Miss Kingsley did not hear. The
|Ncolor was coming and going in her
|Echeeks, and she grasped the back of a
IHehair as if to steady herself.