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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18
UICIDE AT SEATTLE.
William M. Miles Ends Hts Life on
Account of Illness.

AccoGnt OF lttucs6s
SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. 17.-William
M. Miles, prominent in business and
social circles OF this city, was found dead
in bed at his club, the Rainier. at O'Clock
tonight. He had been in i'll health and
he had taken his own life, hav-
ing sho. himself through the head
with 38-caliber revolver, which he
grasped in his right hand when the body
was found. He was last seen alive during
the forenoon. Deceased was native Of
South Carolina, "a years of age and q
member of one of the leading families of
Charleston, his father being the late
Charles Richardson Miles. Mr.. Miles had
been q resident of Seattle about six years.
His estate consists OF much valuable real
property.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18
Yreka Repporican Joruaca.son.

YREKA, CAL, Aug. 1.-THE Republic
cans had great time in Gazelle Saturday
night. The campaign was opened with
red fire and plenty of oratory. E. Ii. Ed
son directed the meeting. The speakers
were: R. s. Taylor, r. T. Nixon, j. S.
Beard and L. NJ. Foulk. One-half of the
voters in the precinct signed the roll.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18
Woodlamd Brya,. and ss,,au club.

WOODLAND, CAL, Aug. ia Bryan
and Sewall club was organized Saturday
night at Capay with membership of
over a hundred names. ]. B. Nixon was
elected president, Messrs. Silberstein,
Stevens and Duncan vice-presidents, S. H.
Boyles treasurer, II. g. Duncan secretary,
and M, a, Nurse assistant,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18
senator Perkins Krecuses a Morsoaoe.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Aug. IT,
Senator George C. Perkins and wife have
lately executed mortgage for $50 600
TO Lloyd Tevis, secured by about 10000
acres OF land lying in the Guyana Valley
in this county and extending into San
Luis Obispo County. This mortgage Is
probably substitute for one recently
Cancelled by San Francisco bank and
covering the same tract of land.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18
SociaItst Labor Protest.

SAN JOSE. CAL, Aug. 17.-At its meet
ing last evening Section San Jose of the
Socialist Labor party condemned the ac-
ton of the San Francisco police in break
ing up the open meeting at the corner Of
Market and Seventh streets on Saturday
last. Resolutions were also adopted pro-
testing against further interference with
free speech
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18
a San Dieoan,s Daring jump.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Aug. 17.-Horace
Poole of this city jumped from tower SO
feet high into the ocean at La Jolla yes
terday before large crowd, alighting in
feet of water unhurt. The best previous
record is claimed to be SO feet some inches.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18
Prohibition In Tnlnre.

TULARE, CAL, Aug. 17.-Frank e.
Coulter opened the prohibition campaign
here tonight. Mr.. Coulter is chairman of
the State Central Committee. He was
fluent and interesting. A large crowd at
tended the opening meeting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18
q MDen,ocratac Popultst,, f0r congress.

PETALUMA, CAL, Aug. 1.-THE Peta-
luna delegates to the Democratic conyen-
ton for this Congressional district, E. E..
Drees and D. w. Ravenscroft, attended
the convention held at Napa and report
that Democratic Populist' will be the
accountable candidate for Congress.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18
EQUAL SURFACE IN MADEIRA

Ttcenty- Itco Clubs Working for the Elev-
essth amendment.
MADEIRA, CAL, Aug. 1.-THE Equal
Suffrage Club OF MADEIRA has completed a
most thorough and efficient campaign un-
der the leadership of Mrs. Ida Crouch
Hazlett of Colorado. OF the twenty 10 ur
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18

The theaters of London will seat so, 900
people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-12

The following real estate transfers were
made in kcnnebcc county during the past
week:
ACGUSTA--Fred G. Lishness to Rosilu
J. Nichols. land and buildings, 5000:
Jeremy H.. to Margaret r. Hysom, lana
and buildings, consideration; Jeremy y.
Tyson to Lorenzo 6. Haskell, land $50.
iNA-William II. Farris and Chester
II. Danforth land. 500
b. Allen, land, $500: William Cain to
John H.. and Mary Gibson. land. $1,000;
Esther A.. Decker to Abner Holt land.
So: Frank L. Mckinney TO George II.
Mckcnney. land. $3.50; Almeda b.. and
Appleton w. Reed. to Frank Fl. Orcutt
land $1,000. Ahbie b. S. Reed to Frank II.
circuit, land. 81 and other consideration
Frank II. circuit to Simon Fitzgerald,
land. $3.50.
FAYE,TTE--Henry s Balentine to
valorous r. Cooling. land. $500
LITCHFllIID-George T. and James
Kicker, and Elizabeth J. Boulder, land
and buildings 5000
MoNMOUTH-Addle. r.. and Fred A.
buildings. 81: Benson y. Gilman to
GARRETT O'Connor, land. $3.50.
MOUNT yERNON-Edwin v. Carr to
Harry S. Russ. land and buildings, 81
and other valuable consideration.
OAkLAND-C. Jesse and William A.
Blake to Lucinda Cochrane, land, 500
PITTSTON-Ili w. Adams to Caroline
V. Blodgett, land 1925.
ROME-Lorenzo II. Stevens to Lorenzo
A. Stevens. land and buildings. $3.50.
SIDNEY-Samuel D. Bragg to Susan
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-12
w. C. T.U. COLUMN.

MOTTO; For God and Home and
Every Land"
OBJECT: TO unity tho methods OF
womans temperance work the world
over
BADGE: A knot of white ribbon.
HOUR OF PRAYER: Noon.
METHODS: Agitate, educate. organize
DEPARTMENTS: Preventive cduca-
tionnl, evangelistic, social and legal
THE POLYGLOT PETITION has beer
circulated throughout the world and
signed by representatives of over fit,
countries. 1t asks for the outlawing OF
the alcohol and opium trade and the
system of legaliZcd vice. The CHIEF
auNliarlcs of the w. G. II. L. are The
United States, Canada, Great Britain
Australia. South Africa. India, japan
and the Sandwich Islands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-12

Jane Houghton. land, $3.50: same to
same land and buildings. SLIGO,
NASSALBORO-Rober b. Snow and
Frank \. Snow TO William Abbott land,
Sis; julia A., and Theodore NJ. Southland
to Abbie NJ Ranney, land, $500.
tENNA-Howard SeWall TO Henry :.
Baieutine land 500
NATERNlLLE-Pet Poolcr TO Daniel
Lihbey. land. S401; Caroline NJ. Iibhey TO
Peter Pcoler. land. 500. Joseph 70 Kate
Roderlck. land Slg0: l. G. Libby to
George a. pavian, land. $500
y EST GARDINER Albion G. Clark to
" lli1m u. Smith. land Sioa.
WiNIfiEoP-Fe Ferdinand Tinker -
Fier;t NJ Putnam. lap3 and huldings.
81 a9; Lizzie Z. Place, Charles William
T.. ana GusJayiis a. Thompson. ana
Mary J.tue iiatchelder, land, $i.p.
NfNlpSoli-Nahum ]. Pierce To Lew
et,sn $. Pierce. land and buildings, valua-
BE consideration.
NINSLOW-George Martin to Joseph
Gaudreau, land. 81. Harriet 70 Joseph $
Il lnlerick land 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-12
Married
FRANKLIN.

WiIlon-Aprn q. Walter $. Webb and
Miss Mary Il. Webster
HANCOCK.
FHsworth-April 20 George +. Davis
ami Miss Blanche T.. Wardwell.
Deer isle-Aprl 70. Alphcus Cole and
Miss Alberta Howard.
KNON
Rockland-April o. Simeon A. Adams
and Minnie b. Williams. both Of Rock
IL nd.
Rockport-April p. Fred w. Copeland
aud Bertha H.. Morang, both of Rockport.
ST. George-April p, Harvey ". kenney
Wa!dohoro-April p, Osborn Welt and
Ida NJ Racklin both of Waldoboro
Camden-April %. Joseph s. Muliin and
Miss Annie Il. Lamb, both of Lincoln
vile.
Boothbay Harbor-April %. Mr. Sidney
+. Bennett and Miss Nola Andrews,
Euglcy and Miss Ethel NJ jackson. both
of Naldoboro.
Cooper's Mills-April -. Mr.. John n.
Glidden, Jr. and Miss Minnie r. Brann.
both of jefferson.
SAGADAHOC.
Bath-April y. Frederick W. Crooker
and Miranda s. Davis, both of Bath:
A pril So Albion w. FIVE of Newcastle
and Annie S. NJ Pratt of Bath.
SOMERSET.
sl<owhogan-April 26 NJ Balaam Provost
and Miss Marie Beauiieu. both of Slow-
hogan; April Is. Willie H. Jcwett and
Miss Lenora A. Martin, both of Skowhc-
gan.
Madison-April ) Ernest " Emery Of
n adison and Efie G. Crouch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-12

Just received from oar Man
Wf0ctMrers, 20 ssobby suits Chcck
Skirts Vith RLaSer JNcKcf, the
prettiest line Of these goods ne
hare shOaUm this seasom aCith0ut
exception.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-12

ON the estate of d. +. Marston of
Monmouth, Judge w. 2. Whitehouse OF
Augusta. and Judge Sewall c. Strout
OF Portland, were appointed commits
sioners to decide upon the claim OF
James +. Champion of Portland
against said estate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-12
A Communication on The Library.

To the Editors of the Kennebec Journal:
The system under which books are be
ing taken from the I.ithgoW library has
now been in practice several months. and
if the many unfavorable comments
touching it are any indication OF public
opinion then it is far from satisfactory to
the people The trustees in adopting this
system were of course actuated by only
II desire TO preserve the library from IN
afford to the public the largest liberty
consistent with this object. Unfortunate
ly. as it seems to MANY. the result ap-
pears to be a saving of the books a a
sacrifice of the purpose of the benelicient
founder of the Institution, viz: free
circulating library. Mr.. L-ithgow I'M.
his muniiioent gift should be shared in
by the whole people. and not restricted
TO few The city gives cheerfuliy
from the taxes derived from , an lis It's
along the good work. having in view the
same object; The present system may be
well enough for a library Ike t mat I
ton of "A large city: but in q town OF TINS
size, and for people IKE ours, law
abiding. and as we all like TO think. a
little above the average of such munich
palities in morality and intelligence. it
would seem unnecessary to hedge about
books with rigorous, and technical rules
laton. 1t is not now necessary 10 refer
specifically to the difficulties which heset
those who try, to avail themselves OF the
lust what work they want when they
arrive there. They are obvious to those
who have gone through with the trial. The
running expenses have been largely in,
creased. yet the enjoyment Of the
books by the public has been diminished.
May not the trustees. with entire safety.
throw down the bars and allow the people,
under proper regulations. to have access
to the books? This would make us all
happy reduce the running expenses, and,
as ii seems to your correspondent,
actually make less work for our very
efficient librarian. T. A. SMALL.
Mr. r. r. Hall. the director of the
American Cadet Band of this city. is soon
to remove his family TO Portland. The
report that Mr.. Hall was to leave the
city to again assume charge Oh me
Waterville band is erroneous. and proba-
bly, arose from the fact that the band at
that place is negotiating with Mr.. Hall
with a view to obtaining him as an in
structor. If Mr.. Hall accepts this offer
he will not leave Portland but will go to
Waterville one day a week to instruct
the band.-Express.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Kcnnebec.

The following real estate transfers were
made in kcnnebcc county during the past
urnafs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-12

Wilton-.April q Walter $. Webb ami
Miss Mary Il. Webster.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-12
Soc :. 1928
Wash
Silk Waists.

Made to order, siIesin iuea
bOned WaiSf, Cambria Hned
steeres. no straimiaD ont IN the
seams. Special price,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-07-04
GREAT BICYCLE MEET.
Fifteenth Gathering Of the Illinois,
League of American Wheelmen.

League of American Wheelmen.
Peoria, Ill, June 25.-The greatest hi.
cycle meet held in the west for severai
years was inaugurated in this city to.
day, the occasion being the fifteenth
meet of the Illinois division Of the
League Of American Wheelmen and the
national circuit races. The speed con
tests will be held on the famous hall
mile track at Lake View, pom which
.twenty-fou.. worlds records have been
made. and which is recognized through.
out the cycling world as one of the
%speediest tracks ever built. Nearly all
of the fast men in the country Will
participate in the races, including the
crack teams controlled by the extensive
bicycle manufacturers. All incoming
rains were met this morning by q recep.
ton committee, and an elaborate pro.
gram of social entertainment and ex.
c~ursions has been planned in addition
to the daily races. Only l.. A. w. mem.
bers Will be recognized. and to them
everything will be free. This after.
Moons races will include: Amateur,
n mile novice; professional TWO mile
handicap; amateur quarter mile state
championship; professional half mile
open; amateur five mile handicap.
amateur one mile, 24O class; profession.
al one mile, 2:25 class; amateur two
mile handicap; boys half mile open
prize for every rider: professional one
mile open, time limit, 2:15. $40 per second
special for every second under limit.
The prize list foots up nearly S., 900.
Several thousand visitors have been at.
tracted to the city by the meet.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-07-04
Tho Storms Actual Work.

~ AAolAS INSloplNC. . #Ha.
The loss of property caused by the tor
nado, according to the Official estimate
of Mr.. Frederick, president Of the board
OF assessors, based upon q careful In
vestisation by expert assessors, Is s10,-
23s. 900.
This is IN enormous loss. but 1t repre-
sents a gratifying reduction from the
estimates hastily formed a few days
after the tornado and sent out In news
reports over the country.
But to the general public the part of
h report which gives a better idea of
the extent of the damage Is the state
ment of the number of houses damaged
and the space they would fill. The num-
Der of houses totally destroyed was 321.
Placed side by side they would cover one
side of a street for a mile and a half.
The total number Of buildings damaged
was S.512. a row thirty-three miles long.
Counting only five persons to the
house this number of houses would
make a city OF 10000 inhabitants. Ordi-
narily a town OF that many houses
would contain not less than so. 600 peo-
pie. If the damage inflicted In st. Louis
had been inflicted on a town Of that size
mot a house would have been %unscathed.
1t seems preposterous to rejoice over
such results. yet considering the demon
strated fury of the storm and the num-
Der OF houses damaged st. Louis has
cause for rejoicing hat the loss Of both
life n property was not greater. We
got out Of the hands of that Wind demon
with ekably little hurt.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-07-04
WORSE THAN FAMINE YEARS
Fifty Kansas Enthusiasts Are Anx.
ious to Return From Jerusalem..
Their Leaders, Appeal.

III iANIlsnS GIltLiusIlsbS ARC tAuA.
ious to Return From Jerusalem-.
Their Leaders, Appeal.
Topeka, Kas., June 25.-Three months
ago a colony consisting of about fifty citi.
zens of Smith county, Kansas, started fol
Palestine. their destination being Jerus.
llem. They were seized with a religion.
mania which, the leaders told them, indi.
Gated the end of the world in September
next. They were told that the Savior
would maxi his appearance in the Holy
Land, and hat only such of his people az
were found there on resurrection day
would enter into joy everlasting. Accord.
ingly, this little band started on the long
journey.
In the party was Miss Nellie Brown
who was bethrothed to n rich young farm.
er of Smith county, named Stewart. The
young lady did not want to go, but her pa.
rents compelled her to follow the band
After the colony had arrived at Jerusalem
and found to what depths of w~retchedness
they had descended, Miss Browns parent:
gave consent for the girl to write the story
to her lover. This she did. The next mai
,ack carried sufficient funds from young
Stewart to pay the girls way back te
Kansas. She is expected to arrive at New
York this week, where she will meet ant
marry Stewart.
j. A.. Dixon, an old soldier. who led Tho
Kansas colony into the wilderness, wa.
heard from yesterday. He writes tina
Kansas in her sorest hour of distress from
crop failure has been as a land flowins
with milk and honey compared with thu
desolate plains of Palestine. He continues
II am waiting for a remittance to ge
home with. If am compelled to stay here
1 want some money to pay my board bill
so I will have my pension to live or wher
] get 1t. If l have to wait for 1t l DON
think I will last long here"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-07-04
CONTINUED next week.,
Man.Eatine Plants.

Vampire vines, flesh and even man.
eating plants are products of recent
scientific discovery.
In a lecture delivered not long since
at the Brooklyn institute by Professor
Charles P. Riley. chief of the division oil
Chronology, at Washington. attention
was called to certain in%sectivorous
plants which "do digest and absorb the
fruit they cap IRE, while others absorb
the products of decay. For there is a
remarkable parallelism between tho
glands of some of these plants and those
of the stomachs of animals in the secra-
ton of their proper acid ferment."
Insect plants that feed on flies apd
wasps have been known long before the
time of Darwin but q m~an-eating plant
like some that have recently been
studied in central Africa, Nicaragua or
Tasmania is something new. About
Lake Nicaragua the vampire vine, which
seizes dogs, men and ven cattle in its
ample tendrils and sucks the life ont of
them, affords one of the chief obstacles
to the exploration of the country.
The following account OF "man-eat-
ing plant" is vouched for by an old res
ident in Tasmania (the scientific name
is bauera rubioides; it is a native Of
Australia and Tasmania and the mar
rator and a friend have been entangled
in its meshes and only escaped with
great difficulty: "The bauera is not q
creeper or climber but only a plant that
is weak in the legs, having a thin, fiexi-
bic stem, usually supporting itself on
its neighbors. A bauera scrub at the
outer edge Of the patch may be only
eighteen inches high but in the thick Of
it may reach ten to twenty feet; a
man may be enveloped even before he
is aware of it. and the tangled mass
surround him till movement IS impossi-
Bile. You cannot cut it with an ak, be-
cause it offers no resistance, and if cut
with q knife the rope-like stems only
fall more closely round you. You can
not see where you are going and only
struggle and founder on to your ex-
haustion. 1t usually covers low-lying
ground and throws up from the root a
number of slender stems, tapering
gradually, that become interlaced in ali
direction and to the solitary bushman
or explorer il is formidable. He will
perhaps try to wriggle along the damp
ground under it and to tear the stems
apart and struggle through. Then ex-
hausted with this he perhaps climbs up
some old stump and tries to founder
along on the top of the scrub but he
soon sinks helpless into the yielding
mass that quickly squeezes out his life"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-07-04
WILD cossAcK RIDERS.
Two Americans Saw Them Break Winter
Camp In Turkestan.

In the Century, Messrs. Allen and
Sachtleben, who went around the world
on bicycles, gives the following account
of one of their experiences in Turkes-
tan:
One of the chief incidents of our
pleasant soiourn was afforded by Gov
ernor Ivanoff. We we're invited to
head the procession of the Cossacks on
their annual departure for their sum,ner
encampment in the mountains. After
the usual religious ceremony, they filed
out from the city parade-ground. Being
u~navoidably detained for a few mo-
ments. we did not come up until some
time after the column had started. AS
we dashed by to the front with tho
American and Russian flags fluttering
side by side from the hnndlc-bars cheer
after cheer arose from the ranks, and
even the governor and his party dotted
their caps i'll acknowledgment. AT the
camp we were favored with a special
exhibition of ~horsemanship. BY a SIM
gle twist of the reins the steeds would
fall TO the ground, and their riders
crouch down behind them as a bulwark
in battle. Then dashing forward at
tuii SPCSh, ticJ WOuiu spring W IIlo
ground, and leap back again into the
saddle, or hanging by their legs, would
reach over and pick up a handkerchief,
cap, or a soldier supposed to be wound.
ed. All these movements we photo
graphed with our camera
OF the endurance of these Cossacks
and their Kirghiz horses we had a prac-
teal test. Overtaking n Cossack courier
i'll the early part of a days journey, he
became so interested in the yelocipede,
as the Russians call the bicycle, that he
determined TO see as much of it as pos
sible. He stayed with US the whole
day, over a distance of fifty-tive miles.
His chief compensation was in witness
ing the surprise of the natives, to whom
he would shout across the fields to come
and see the ton,asha, adding in expla-
nation that we were American gentle
mon who had ridden all the way from
America. Our speed was moi slow, and
frequently the poor fellow would have
to resort to the whip. or shout, "Slow-
ly. gentlemen, my horse is tired; the
town is not far away; it is not neces-
sary to harry So" The fact is, that in
all II experience we found no horse OF
even the famed Kirghiz or Turkoman
breed that could travel with the same
ease and rapidity as ourselves even over
the most ordinary road.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-07-04
Proving the Point.

The prosecuting attorney in the
breach Of promise case thought he would
make life n burden to the unfortunate
young nan who was the unwilling de.
PENDANT.
"Do you NEAR to say" he asked after
a lot of embarrassing questions, shat
after You had been absent for an entire
month you did not kiss the plaintiff to
whom you were engaged to be married
when you first saw her OF your returnp"
81 do" responded the defendant firm
ly.
"Will You make that statement to the
jury?'
Certainly, if necessary"
DO you think they would believe
youP"
"One of them would, 1 know"
"Ah, indeed. And why should he.
pray?n
because he was present when I first
saw her. He was Mt the gate when l
rode up and she stuck her head out OF
the second-story window and / told her
how dye and said I'd be buck to sup
per in half an hour. Pm no giraffe
and everybody in the courtroom smiled
except the attorney.--Detroit Free Press.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-07-04
"Adeane-Ceionel Adeane. But we."
with a sigh. ''have always called him

ford.
"Adeane-Ceionel Adeane. But we.n
with a sigh. ''have always called him
.Fraukv" -
At this point an awful thought came
into Julia Towards mind, an awful recol-
lection of what her sister had told her of
certain circumstances connected with
Miss Lavinia Staunton'sdeath How War.
ner had bent down to hear her mistress
murmured words when she had partially
recovered from the fainting fit with which
she had received the news of the robbery.
ooh, Frank Frank! to think that you
should have come to this. Oh, my Godi I
think it will break my heart"
During the few minutes which elapsed
between parting with Colonel Adeane aud
their reaching the house, Julia sat buried
in thought, turning the new idea over and
over in her mind, until she felt MS If she
could more easily take n leaf out OF poor
dead and gone Miss L%avinia's book, and
relieve her mind by going off into violent
Mysteries than she could take off her hat
and, in her state of burning curiosity, go
through the long aud formal luncheon
which was then awaiting them in the din
ing-room.