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NOTES From WEBSTER

Webster, T'sNas. August 26.-Cotton i'ck-
ing IS now well under way and promises
4 very large yield, Tho weather Is all
that could be desired.
During the past two weeks occasional
lirht s7owers have visited the vicinity and
growing a good soaker ls now IN ordef.
however. to facilitate the planting 81
straWb rr!e9.
Tho sock and household goods OF Or.
/. ". Mblinson. who LEFT Webster some
ule since, were 4Oli al public auction on
Monday 10 satisfy mortgage held ~ @.
NJ Whitcomp. Very low prices were OBJ
Last night at o'clock about thirty
couples vi Webster people renIrzvouset
q, tho corner OF Jcssanine and Texas ave
rncs and marched IN a body tp 'lc r.fi-
dcn-r Of MIR. Charles Cole, where they
complCiely SURPRISED tn" Old gentleman
IN. occasion was the seYeuty-ifth nnni-
y rrary of his birth, and happy and en-
.oyable evening was spent, tGc entire
community Joins IN the wish THAT he may
have maay happy riurns Of the lay.
Mr. l.. r.. sparrow, an ar'dltect 81 ,idl-
y.elor. visited friends IN town last week,
Nr. ~ J. Burfooi who has been con
And o. fAe hou.e 10y illness during the
Ilsi ~ Ok is improving and expects 70 be
but again soon.
number II teams went 70 North cal
ttstgu last week and returned with loads
OF trick 10 be used In the eonstfucNoN bi
the Prcshgt riin church
Tho Int rational Katy 81 81 sun cur
unuc the slaughter OF cattle ~ the wilson
,Ntn'c rrosslUg
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WORK SrSpENnEn.

ToNarkapa Ask.. August 2b.-Construc-
ton work IN the Kansas CITY, littshure
and Gu'f railroad VIII he SUSPENDED on
August 81 An order has been received
10y the head of the construction depart
mont to suspend all work ou the s-uth
clld of tho rad nft' that cate. The
order comes from olnr ais Al Kansas C'ty
ami throw $3.50 men and 1900 teams ont If
stf, eH-iou Is the -o-callrd tree silver Graz
aud tho continued aritati.u of the tn1r-
cal an .-i.ou and want of coniideure nm
Ia fiifur, outlook By inv stors. The c7t-
.rrurtt,n vt,lt will rsman suspen led I'M
III aeiar the Nov,mh.r elect en-.
General Manager v. 4 Williams, when
,sLcd 1L1rt II. said that appropriate
N,t .,r~ voted for thc W rk now being
d're. ao,t m, present contracts would I've
,irs-heI up. Init hc doubted u any new
work would ae lct :, the contracts no"
IN force had bccG c]np''itI u.
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BANKERS TO MEEr

sne' Texas, August ~. Hon. J. G..
W. President Of TN Abilene National
wv chairman OF the executive COM
INC Texas Bankers association
\ r Eleventh DISTRICT of Texas, ha., is
kpsss.. following call Tor m e,ins at
r. s'ae, Tcxas, August \ m ,etin.,
|4ticn NUS ,I 'i ne Texas Bankers as
lAes ..'Strri No. II. including ,hs
|SAsps tlpr. I'ttAh'n. f.asi and.
t'ss shac kelford, rhrockm0r,ou.
N NJ, Sloncwau, Nolan. IN. r..
fas rsrr," ''urrv, Lynn, Anlrry, $.
i aseot lodkum. Midland. Gt.ur.
d Cara lun 'raua Toward. Dor
n ,be mart n ami Dawson. win 10.
t4S,v w oi Ahilone on Wednesday,.
ktu are SI ntonh T. next.
fA II 49, ~ requested TO he repre-
3gss r" me eIlest Of Secretary
ltsinr saul''h, ! shall nsk that IN"
[lhs + We t.nas he discussed.
Fiict en-. Hg,ipro'a! Drafts" Us A
q The sqGgesled Mr.. l.. o. Price. cash
tftgs Ia rHsl Nu'iouN tank If a..
m AID NJ dl a paper on ~ rcoiprocai
| As ~ l. ar otto ". S..fffns r.t'ao1i
N M nst National hiuS al ,i,''i',...'' a.. 3,
f9sg ol the district .lr,r,i,,, ,.,,, W.
nsshA ~ hankers /. The 80 ,.tr,'t7 ~"
fssily ,S,.t " The association or nv. ar.
''''e! To DE rra SAT-. " ''''' 80 q
sa e. Executive co4 \ q. to-, Lowd b'n ,r,.,
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NOTES AND PERSONALS.

L. J. Polk, general manager Of the santa
lie. was IN the city Yesterday.
pan rrseol general baggage nrcnt Of
tn" santa PEE, was 10 the city Yesterday.
w. J. Lawson. travelling passenger agent
81 the Missouri, Kansas and Teas. has
no North.
", A. Reinhardt. travelling passenger
rant Of tie lItEcrn Paciic. Is ont in the
tar, far West
,. = J. Martin Of san AntNio. Foneral
and IS at the Capitol Hotel
A rartS of Russian immigrants ut the
H'ah1 tcntla' dep I attragi". consider
lpute to Brenond and S,guiu.
j. w. Chatham, general freight ami
passenger agent OF the sherman Shrcvc-
port and southern railway was I'm the
Guy yesterday ana went down to Calves
TON IN the afternoon.
A. r. Wansbornush. who has boon n,
TIM head ci the liouston freIrht lureaI
io' SOM TIM. ~ now chiD rate clerk IN
iLc general freight office of the Houston
Fast ana West lcNas galway.
10. e. Weathcrby who for the past eight
l'als has been representing the Amer
ic0n Refrigerator Transit company i'm thif
state aui whose headquarters have a.,
ne. past year been " this city lefi last
VIII engage In business on hie own ac-
count lie resigned his position some
weeks age.
Tho Toxas roads are finding that the
ErSe number If summer cNcure.on rates
whtch they have from TINE ia time au-
tnorl2ed. are proving troubles me. as all
the brokers are vel SUPPLE win nor
tiuus Of the round TRIP tickets and are able
To- cut regular unc-wuy rates as much as
% D. q cent. and there seems no way to
STOP It until the tickets expire. Strong
practice Of running home srrkers' anG
other excursions Whenever any Of tn"
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ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Inquiry CONCERNING the Missing Dr..
II Mcilcl.
\ RATHER ECCENTRIC CHARACTER
No Light Shed on Ills Mys,"rions bisap-
pearancc Gratu Hiochad" Avrrtrd.
Notcs mt Personal Mention.
RATHER ECCENTRIC CHARACTER

NO. 4 .s
Ios, contained d. di-ratch from clcl,rne,
Texas. s'auns thar a. A. W'iFe' q ''''-
| Nrsiun rhl sivmn mad Arrived In mat town
"a few .iav, irrvton4 aud had put up at
/ =, n.,, ,..,,,.I.,...
| ''' ''"''' ''''' '""' ~ '''''''''' ~ INV
Some hon "s cominE rud engage iho At'-
v.N, of lhr 81 boys. promlnlng to PAY them
g.. u.o,,, c,.n tina, IN, yy,pt amt ,,, q.
90 "o''N '''' '"'' NV '' '"' '''
| walk and tho last seen 90 MN Nc W''a
Walking oiong a creek. ana that roui llhy
$3.50,
VIZ ''''''''
Tho doctors name did no, appea7 In IN"
row city directory and the I'ost man has
bs,n cndeavorue to lc,ru of the Galy,.
, ION 'H,S,' ~ 'l' "o,ip', in3t"uFP VA,
~, :, w., '' ,...r',i,,, S,i",' o n1n'i G,rn,,n
y M"@ 'S1' Itnl,r1 ,l't ~ "F,, ,',t u, , ~,
1870 "nH XVI 's5,tni,,e, ,i , Az,
, ~ g., g. ' 'l Ky, ,. ,tt, ain,,,
tbro,. WING neo ,r,d.r n r. nort,1 "nIi"I
at the siciuhon Residence qua made In
Gu'ries VI Miss Mary Sielnhoh concerning
shr ,ni1 mat DR. Wol,cl had .toppod
At their house during Tho month Of july.
ne hung out hiN shlngle a. q lricuuon,,r
VI medlcln" hni 40 patients anne, ~
'nmlhhlu'u OF me lH'k ~ appi thIul d"
| nv eklIl ma 4 'r"lnihfN l"ii At wv onl W.
| me month Nhrn hr "peh"i my Once u"
.hsHt"l 'ut'' p'iNH pi""la'nt '" 10Y 'i' I'D
N0 a month "heh. ono nj lh's" hpNs &c
used ~ a day office hoy. one ~ "glRht
Once hnT ana inc othrr whh 10 ItNt
"hhfbe ~ Two rae" horses whlrn ne .'lI
ho intended having brought ~ ''1iN'E'oa
lh9 auilrs OF ,nr inuut o"9as 'o1 vi ,.
went with lhc 10 tor fvcrywhcre hc went
and was his constant companipn wnllr
he night oince boy Hlopi WIN MN hr
w Yylb'' w, - S,"i ", II n-'' ''
W., h. ,,' in,h h. .ntt h. ,.a. yo,nr, IN
l., WJn m1ae,i,iv ~ MnSi"o '''''' "
III i,l'' ~ t "' h,,,, ,,,, fl, + ,uis.
ne mimi .ihl nus i,u't w ~ ,.'u,a
wig, M Witt ne raw ~ ""l al ,,u,
nnsm,ttn 80 tt 81, ,,p % i,',
We'll s'ip, H., NIX this w"riis GOOD. I'M
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lN'F't''N NiNIif Ntl' ifNl lt'W HAAA.
BURIED ny rlil. COUNTY.
At y M. ycatordnA Jtsticc Finn hold
an inquest on the body OF George Andre.
Il Frcnchmnn. who's CORPSE Was round IN
very dH,ntnpriNd condition IN Il hollow
| h'tN"rn ihe sa1d hils ou the b-ich. about
| two and ON haif miles frcm the city. II
| Wa te1Un'd thHt rho decreased ~ odd
| Jobs 'n 'hr city nnt that he used lt1lt, 20
| rNtoss ana exposed himself in the sun
| Ih0 NerN'i was ACCORDINGLY Andre Nqs
weight about 40 pounds ana has ntl' gray
htard llc was hurried by the ,ou,dy.
NOTES ANp PERSONALS
Wll tunsfnrl ~ ~. san nt1nio EN-
prcH e. r The ei!
s. ClrN,'pd al vita u1usiou aro
n the teach no1 wan rcp.n tot soma
Hcy re,hcr W. 0unar' vice president
! 81 th" 81 hiw 'rd's college IN Austin, Is
here ou hu+inc.g
fr.d ll.nn noble grand orch q the
lolfe of u'.f' orirr
Gvman Nu rym cuifcue' association
wlu uWct ~ ~ SuudiV 40 cons der mat.
tcr7 ron,'rnur ihd APPROACHING election
\ bin OF snlo ha l.cn med with ihe
for sHo, irouefcrs his lease ON tho build
twenty fourth street. together with thu
bar ana RESTAURANT fixtures
~ Gm rlA m0rwne a mr. was dlscov-
/ ered Ia tho hnfgag rir owned hy tina
! Gult colorado Aud Santa Fc The ear was
attndlnS ln tHc company Yards sat The timn
| aph Tho blaze was distinguished WITH 1T
, tie diniculty Damage Elgh
| W. 4. Cleveland. Oliver cleveland AMI
G. =. cleveland of Williamson county
havr given A. A John Of Gcorrrtuwn
- ptr1ic powers nf attorney to nc for
Them In ccriain matters pertaining to thu
arttmcut Of Tho estate Of their father.
G. l.. cleveland. deceased.
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and and great possibilities of the state of

Texas. ''''es vi ''e s'a'e OF
me book. was gotten out by the rail
Ipans Tor distribution IN the North and
.;fdst win view of attracting imrigr
ion. IL = coptously and handsomely il
ustrated. so that the prospective iiuml-
grant cnn not only have a cNrrvc. idea
or me landscape scenes of many ,..its of
INC state. but also Of the many Tin wing
manufacturing enterprises of ;hc prin-
c'lul cities aud towns
II is really IA valuable contrlhui ON to
INC current literature Of the day and is
State of TEXAS
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Daias. Texas. August 25-Frel Me
meyer. colorod. who recently was given
years imprisonmen, ana fine OF $50
FOR short changing keniufk IN named
A NJ McMarthy, had a new trial today
AID MS sentence was reduced 10 years
Imprisonment
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Paris, TcXas. August 26.--M. Norton.
dealer in boots ard SHOES conveyed his
stock IN mis- city and also the one in
Gainesville under = decd of trust, 10 +.
M Potter Of gainesville, for the bcnccit
OF his creditors.
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IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
The Cotton Weighing Bureau Was
Abolished Yesterday.
LITTLE GIANTS MOVE TO MAIN STREET
fhe Recent Rulings OF the snu,hvr.,e,,
irahic A~s"ciaion-rcrsonai and
General Mention.

Ihcfe was II special meeting of the ex-
evullve board of the Texas Car Service
association he'd al association houduua.
tors yesterday IN Tu!-g to take into cnn-
ga rat on tho ACCESSIBILITY OF resembling
certain 3ciicH taktr one week ago as
1871 'td In The P9st at that time Al the
meeting it vas decided that IN. a,eocj,.
In ud undertake the wcic hing of
cotton in Texas uud the Jurisdiction of
the Southwestern Traffic association. but
objections having been raised. Manas. ,r
i'tck called d special II Getting Of his
board and the action Of August 10 was
ioseinded. and it was resolved that /, was
ineNpcdient for the Texas car Service AS.
ation to undertake the weighing of
cotton for tbs season.
This ends It so far as the car service Is
concerned. and thu several parties who
had been promised stun ions as cotton
neIghels are doomed TO disappointment.
This action does not IN any way ntor-
fore with the TEXAS Car Service associa-
ton. which continues to do business a..
the old stand
SOUTHWESTERN TRAFFIC RULINGS.
The Southwestern board Of adminstru-
t!on has authorized tho following chGnl %
In RAGS TO Texas and Mexican points.
On Walaut logs, from Texis common
Ichts to hamburg aud llRNre. Via al!
rt"t, $. ioc PEI 400 pounds, except NhrIc
local ihrut IN tipiN ston may make less.
On cotton seed cake ana meal. from Lit
tie Rock, fne Is ulf aHi Bliukoy Ark.
T. GalN, st5n. s. per ton ~ 2-i1 pounds.
NEcrncdHte rates TO b. affected.
IN poplar lumpyr, carloads from Ar
karsaS points 10 Texas common points,
&3o per lo pounds, with class y diflcrcn-
uals 80 and from otnur POINTS.
1t has he II agreed that authorized
wheat rhics shah apply upon shipmcu,s
OF hpminy feed. also that The minimum
weieht on straight or mixed carloads IT
car ANA me except rns u the Western
CLASSIFICATION have been amended accord
ingly.
ne authorz d rates from Texas points
70 Mansfield Junction have b IN IS nh-
Nshed To ManefId proportion ac ruling
70 the Mansfield Trinsportat.o on company
j iW on the Two points not to exceed lOc
and ic pcr IN pounds n less shan carload
ana carload shipments. respectively.
Agrcu'tuunl imi meut lales have hoen
authorized on shipments of cane mills
rom ChattAuooca, Tom. to Monterey.
Mexico. and n rate of SIZE has been made
.ifrctiN" on gr On tropical fruits from
lahtepcc, Cordova aud Puohla. Mexico.
10 The same territory In the United States
as mat 10 which the same Iate TO tina
city of NJ 81 o already app IS.
REDUCTIONS have been made In rates on
heer cattle from roiuts IN Northern aud
Western r rXas 10 s.. Lpus. Kansas CITY
nnI chicago TT, action hoing rendc-o1
nee csa ny by tho Indian Territory lhles.
WIN some time ago reduced their rates
to t3ece Northern markets.
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ties viii vote for the republican nom-
mers, thsi y 4 IN tue repth hawiey :
nominated. In the Twelfth. OF course.
| They VII support Nocnan. In the Ninth
uiSulct 'Ncrc Is tr.tNr.iic fusion scheme
on ioot which tontcmplatCs " thdraw Al
q Andrews. the populist nominee, to give
Makemson clear ncld Andrews t,cla
ulsppSed TO hang on. however, and .hcre
track dgains his viii, as there is every
| reason 10 believe nov that he viii be.
In the Seventh district Antony has been
nominated for congress by the llAtdyilcs.
u IS not expected that he VIII win. Int
II Is believed that by running he can
mako the defeat OF iientN. Tue demo-
the race Antony can more materially help
i}ouih u. the .roruiist nominee, than
would an open fusion. The same schcmc
VIII evidently be tr'ed in the Eighth dis
ire; rs 4 convention has becn called to
meet AZ S'ephens>Hic at an cawy cate
" hose candidacy ctn do nothing but help
Jcnki0~ aga nSt l.unham.
Tho colcEntos from tho Firth district
the matter Of calling congressional con-
voWton to their congress ana, executive
committee, but rcoommended that T. g;
Foster OF sherman. the veteran railroad
Attorney. he nominated
The idea seems to be to rct after Joe
ia ley IN the same way a. II is proposed
10 hnrRss il"nry and l.anhHm. In RailcN's
district. however the pOnuNst bosses VIII
have to carry out their threat OF pulling
down Gordon no doubt. before The Hardy
it's act, ns Gordon has come out flat
footed for Bryan and SowbG AID de-
clncd to attend the Galveston couvcu-
ton
The campaign committee OF tire has
cN-communlca,cd him ~ Consellrnce and
aunounccd that { would side crack HIM.
hut so Gar nothing has been done about y.
In the Sixth district ;hc situation Is
somewhat peculiar. and tho ldcslton ~
how to help Gibbs host. The d"lcgatcs
from that diSWc, nv, last might, and
talked the matter over and I Developed
thst they lacked erca; deal or hc,nS
uuanlmously euamorod OF the crcAt mud
sillcr To prevent a ruction the question
was RELOCATED go the district exc, utiNe
committee without In strgc,ions or rceo M
mondatipvs.
In me. the policy to be- pursued m con
ArosSirua' clWpliEHs NV the liarivitHs
VII I've t0 make uomtpati us where tie
contest Us close. in the expect IN "
draNpg away enough goAl votes from tNr
democratic nominee go enable tie r-pulst
60 slide I'm, IN IN other ccgcs to ,niorse
.t'lo the populiat or the republican, nom-
tnee.
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Asa matter Of fact tho only suro enough
farmer, present was Farmer John simpson
oC Dallas ulI Iudelns tried TO ring him
self in ma a farmer on the STRENGTH Of
being tho proud owner NJ sandy NINA
crtnto which In good years and with good
luck Yields "A lnlr 81 cotton 10 twenty
ncro-. but W." was rul"d out and clhssod
with The "curncls" ~ Blll = third Vie"
president Of tho Kansas CIV. l'ttsNirg
and CUFF railroad and can AFFORD a cherry
,oiorrI uriSatc car. he Cnn stand "a be
turued down. however AMI its noh0dNs
husiucss II he takes "A notion TO play p
,ri,t ouro In awhile lar
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ono feature Of tho convention was is
affection f1r Ncl<'nloV II chr,r,1 CloV"
land whcnevcr his name was mentioned.
lut il peYor forgot ia applaud the speaker
who Haid he was ready to vote for MoN 10
10y. nnd 1t had warm fecllus for ov"ry
man who docla'ed that he proposed t.
vote for KcHiby. unless they give him
"sumo thng bcttcr.'
II was faid that there were somo tafn-
crs II attendance, aud several were put
on exhibition at the Pacific hotel ns An
evidence 81 -snd faith. one of these cN-
hlAiis mad TO- be- labelled md II required
tho cnnst,n, alton lance of crict to an
nounco the fact that lie was Il sul
enough horny handed son of toll, Tor he
Nor, : derby hat. u hoilod shirt ard nice
black clothes. md there wa dHrg"r of
his heiug mistaken Tor the iNAnc' argent
of female minstrel show unless thcrr
were reminders constantly at hand u
keep the publ informed Of TIA" true char-
actor of his vocation C'oSr hy this ruru
dude stood another farmer VINO never
tired of telling how the sound money
sentiment Was spreading ground CHINA
Spring People listened 70 INN VILE
wonder and admiration uniil some cruel
mHtior-of-fact fellow cam" hl"llE ann
asked hin how long he had held office In
reply Mir Farmer Wa compelled to admit
that he mad hrcn profess ouil jhstcc OF
the peace and chrome county 'oihnlA-
qionrr for twontN-ilNr years and iis use
rulncss for drcss parade purposes van
lshcd IKE e tate iros, bclors spring
sunrise. ~
Third on the list or agricultural oxhh'ts
was y good old man from Milan county
IL talked about sound money with IA"
air OF a saar and drew awfhl pictures
Of what would become Of tho Farmer "a
had II preat h'g effect until somebody KAY"
II away that he was the head pusher Cor
"A colonial syndlca," which mas a cnch
ON slme Of Tho best Of Eols acres up ia
Fd AniOnv'S county
And thero was another farmer mere
whose hoys do the plnwine While ~ rhis's
down legislative and other 1omirhh"nH'
Trotting at his heels were Two other *
hlhltg Two sfOckmHn who wore hF 81
Stcison hats and look"l foolish whenever
someone asked them how their craps
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In congressional matters dual pro-
gr,ume will be adopted. IN districts Ike
Inc Ninth, Tenth and Twelfth the HARDY.
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The unusuai aud unexpected conditions
brought about through the agency Of the
grain ,atc war IN the Northwnsl has taxed
Galye. Ms elevator facf Ties % NC nun
cst. But iel,tf Is row a hanp. am lIpH'
WIS time on grain VII hs lnove1 thfoos"
lids port as rapidly as u arrives
Last night The Steamship Eur"pa TOOK
I'm a full cargo Of grain, and the steamship
Sir Walter Raleigh Is at the elevator co.
day, End wll be loaded THIS AFTERNOON
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Commandant en- retraite
Paris-rue Gle Rome, n 66
lie maglstrat prononea
--Je nai pas besoin de vous
demander 81 vous ayez lu cette lettre::
ellie est tachee lie sang vous l,avez
Favez done cue entire les mains.
Serge ecria violemment j:
Non, non ,le me rappelle
Je he songeais plus i cette lettre g.
Mais, Ell ce moment. celia revient d
mon esprit oui, jai WI ce CANT, ct
al va cetle lettre =. ,Je fai meme
ovverte, mails, je l'ai repliee sans Ia
lire =. Mes yeux etaient obscuscls
par les larmes -.
Ne vous donnez done pas tant
Gle peine pour mentir. Dites- moi
plutot 81 vous connaissez NJ. S.anis-
las FourmoLt.
--Je ne lie connais pas personneIle-
ment mais je sails que c'est un
notaife.
comment sayez-vous celia
de le sais, parce que mon neil
leur ami, Claude Garancier, travailIe
dams son etude.
-Et vous pretendez toujours ne
pas connaltre le contenu de cette
lettre
de vous le jure
Eth bien, moi, je crols que, non
settlement vons lie connaissez, mais
que vons lavez connu avant votre
pere, a qul dependant la leftre etai1
ad:essee n. D'allieurs. je vais vous
a lire. Et je suis persuade que nous
trouverons Ia lie motif secret qul q
cause la mort du commandant Morain.
! lie magistrat lat 4 haute yolx
Monsieur,
"Je viens de recevoir dun de mes
':confreres de province, Me jean
"Loubens, de Bayonne, une nouvelle
"tres importante, qui vous concerne
III s'agit du testament de votre frere,
IN. Paul Mora;n, qul dlrigeait, d
Baltimore, une importante fabriQue
sde tissue, ct aui est mort tout re
.'cemment dams des circumstances oue
j jaurai l'honneur de vous expliquer
"Ce testament, dune yaleur conside
"rable, est entierement fait en- votre
| "faveur ct c'est moi que votre
frere, desirant confer ses volontGs i
.'un notaire parisien, choisi CONNIE
ssson executeur testamentaire. 81 &C
spetit mot vous arrive a temps, vous
"pourrez passer des ce soir mon
"bureau, oa je suis jusqu'a six
''heures. Simon, je me mettrai de
''main a votre disposition, a Pheure
"qui vous conviendra lie mieux.
..Neuillez agreer, Monsieur, lassu
france de ma consideration la plus
s.distinguee
~ ..STANIsLAs FoURMoNT."
Serge etait stupefalt. II sayai,
bien quill await un oncle en- Ameri
cue mais il y await tant dannees
qu'on n'ayait resu aucune nouvelle
lie lui
lie chef de Ia sarete reprit
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logiqnes lie cette lettre, il est neces-
saire, que nous commissions la teneu,
exacte slu testament
Et il ordonna aussittt 4 un lie ses
agents