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NEW ORLEANS RACES.

New Orleans January 2S-One mile
Chico 119 q. HIND, 10 3, first; Jack B.
~ IN. Morris). 10 10 /, second; Gomor. III
CINibervilie). to /. third. Time. 1864.
One mile-Dutch Arrow, 81 dorsey,
to l. first. Jimmie r., III tGatewooO, I
to l. second: Sweetheart lOi tScherer),
to 2, third Time. 2;00R.
One mile and seventy yardr-chenoa. ia
CTaber). to l. first; Billy Bennett. lie
tT'horpe). even. second, Lester. ll6 (Scher-
err, TO 2, third. Time. 2:0lI.
One mile handicap-Wcdgeiiel 30 dor
sey). s5 10 !. first; Tuscarora. 9G tGatcwooD,
to /. second. Chusnut. 95 "a. BarretD,
to l. third. Time. l5GH
One mile and seventy yards, 3-year-oids
and up. acknowledgements, l07 81. IiilD
even, first, Hippogriff, % n. Davis. to
/. second; Potsdam. los Uiyle,, z to J.
third. Time. 2:02A.
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CUTTING RATES.
The Santa Fc Accused by the Katy as
Guilty of Crookedness.


The startling announcement of a rail-
road caught in the shameful act of cut
ting rates comes from Dallas, where the
vigilance of the Katy people was reward
ed by the discovery of the plot and eS-
posture of the methods employed In the
deal. which differ not from a practice by
no means new with Texas roads during
the past year especially. The item reads
thus: For some time Katy people here
have been suspicious that there was
something crooked going on In passenger
rates out of Fort Worth, and they set
about quietly to locate the trouble.
"Rumor says that recently q gentle
man who was a stranger in Fort Worth,
at the instigat ton of the Katy people,
went to the office of a certain Fort Worth
scalper and asked for cheap ticket to
Chicago. The report is that he obtained
1t at less than tariff rates and 1t was
routed over the Santa Fe.
1T is said here that the Katy people
arc determined to run the matter down
and will carry 1t before the Southwest
ern passenger committee"
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DALLAS TEAM SIGNED.

Dallas. Texas, Janaury 2s.--Bllly White.
who will act as manager OF the Dallas
team, has sent Mr.. McNeaius. presi-
dent OF the club, the following list of
players who have been signed for the
Dallas team: Earle. Kalkhof. catchers:
Mnnehar, Monroe, Horton. Kane. Webber.
Lucas pitchers Pritchard, first base;
White. second base Elberfeld. Schaub,
son, left leid: Ashenback center field
Fabian, right fed; Burke, Chapman. extra
men. Pitcher Kane who has been signed
by the Dallas club. Ia wanted by Pitts
burg OF the National league. but the
Dallas club VIII keep him unless President
Young demands him.
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The L 0 o q ! ns

&C. C. Allen, Galveston; ]. d. sterness.
lnfalo; T. a. Warden. Galveston: X. NJ
hisslck i. Lisk, Dallas; Ed b. Ryan. New
fork; j. Brown, San Antonio; TIL. Lynch.
Justin: W. S. Brooks, Wharton; c. e.
iOurnoy, Danvier: c. n. cummins. city;
z. T. Edgerton, NJ. Il. Smith and wife,
DALLAS; c. H. Turney, Smithville; VIII II.
Kennedy, Galveston; l.. l.. Jenkins. Cal
lestoh; b. Frelch. New Orleans; r. II.
wearlngeu. Columbus; c. Falkner Waco
]. c Brietz. Bryan; H. A. Lang and wife.
1. Bunker, Lake Charles. Robert Nj. Hart,
Cincinnati; A. y. Ruseley, Wharton; c.
Palmer, l., w. Ernest, san Antonio, j. +.
ellen, ]. Il. Holmes, ii. J. O'Neill, La
Porte; T. VI. Lee, Chicago; i. G. Hen
lerson Nelasco. j. A. Ballowe. Richmond
". S. Radrord. Parsons; j. c. Greeory,
Palestine Ed Burns. Chas. lever, city;
Eydney Johnston. Ennis; j. y. Smith, Fort
North
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CENTRAL VS.. COMMISSION.
Taking of Evidence Conoluded-Ars'iiie"'s
TO be Given Today

Austin. Texas, January 2s.--The hearing
Of evidence In the case OF the hous.oi
and Texas Central Railway Company vs.,
,rbe railroad Commission was conciuueu
in the Fifty-third district court TINS even,
ing and argument will be maze .o'', s.o,,.
with the understanding that the uepo.
tons of General Freight Agent ealssn,
OF the Texas and Pacific when nav nav, ~" ~"
vet been received, will be considereu W
the court before rendering decision
Today the plaintiffs placed a number ,,o.,
of compress men and cotton hahu ,,is
from the Interior on the stand 10 estap''s ~
the fact that there are other peoPIe VI
the cotton business besides those at =, ni0 ,se
ton and Galveston VINO opie., ~
commissions compress regulations hhe
who prefer being allowed TO eoneehtrn ,t
their cotton at points where II car, "
handled to the best advantage 10 mem
selves 10 being compelled to concehtra az.
at the first compress toward the H., pom,
of ultimate destination, rrespeeNe ~
that compress capacity or aoiil'y 10 IAN an
care of II acceptahly TINS was MAJ
apparent from the testimony OF Mess's
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THINK Hall LAID DOWN.

New York, January 23.--Joe choynski.
the California heavyweight pusilist,
snatched victory out of defeat In his con-
test with Jim Hail Although apparently
"A beaten man, choynski knocked Han out
In the thirteenth round, after one minute
and fifteen seconds Of fighting. For twelve
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rEnRIroRY COURTS.

South McAleste 1T. January G.--A mi
giving Territory courts full jurisdiction In
all cases, including criminal cases Here
tofore murder and train robbery cases
have been tried IN the Fort Smith. Ark,
and Paris, Texas, courts
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LAsKER WON.

ST. Petersburg. January 2s.-In the Ia
tcrnational chcss tournament To-Day
Lasker by drawing a game with Piilspufy,
and thereby increasing his total WINS 10
eleven. a totnl which none OF the other
competitors can reach. won the first prize.
The record.
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RAILROAD CELEBRATION.

Denison, Texas. January 23.--The COM
ple,ion of the branch of the Texas and
Pacific railroad to this place was ceie-
brated last night by banquet rendered
to a number of officials of the road and
prominent citizens by the Young Men 5
Business League of Denison,
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DALLAS. DEMANDS

Austin. Texas, January 23.-The latest
demand of the Dallas freight bureau is
that the railroad commission meet the re-
cent change made in the rate on horse
shoes and horse shoe nails TO Texas by
the Southwestern Traffic association. by
making a State rate that would enable
Texas dealers, except those located at
Houston and Galveston, to meet the less
than carload rate from outside points on
those commodities at all Texas points.
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oppOsEs ONE CONVENTION.

Austin. Texas, January 23,-R. II, Hun
OF Wichita Falls. member OF The State
democratic executive committee from the
Twenty ninth senatorial district, Is htie
,odav on legal business. He expressed HIM
self as being opposed 10 the one conven-
ton idea.
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WHITE OAK SURVEY.

Ell Paso, Texas, January 2S.-An en-
gineer corps started out today for a two
months surveying tour along the line of
the proposed White Oak road
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WON by REHAN.

El Paso. Texas. January Sin shoot
Ing contest at twenty live birds apiece FOR
a purse OF $500, John Bchan OF this place
Killed fifteen ana Joe Barnett OF Albur-
Querque killed fourteen.
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',yoAD TIME TAIL e

80 on the following roads ar,
The trans G frcm the Grand Central
anu ouihern Pacinc. houston ana
sas CsnIral, Gull: ooiv Was. Tcxas md
Hcu. ain and Arkansas Pass Trains on
IN Ahtoenat,onal and Great Northern, !ne
ln ,e,,p Houston and Henderson ana .ne
...,hia and Velasco use the tnte' re. $500,
lun'p,i" cot of Congress avenue. lrains
depot;;, Kansas and Texas use the
ihe snnot and the Galveston, La Iorte
Pty, ,u ep,, use the San Jacinto street
E9SotiirsToN AND TEXAS CENTRAL.
Main Line. .o-
ave'''''1ii:lO pm. Arrive..... G;35 PIN.
aVe''''''-A ust.r Branch.
s:S5 p m. Arrive.....ls:lo pm.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
San Antonio Trains.
,s 1I:I5 pm. Arrive..... $50 am.
Eve. s:o5 am. Arrlve;.: . oaV pm
Bio am. Arrive. s:45 ain.
W. 6:55 pm. Arrive. .1O:5O DIN.
Victoria Trains.
40. e:25 am. Arrive..... 4:i5 pm.
MISSOURI KANSAS AND TEXAS.
S,capo and Kansas City and st. Louis
"'e' Trains
ave-. ... 1880 am. Arrive. Egg An
suTfLF. coLoRADo AND SANTA FEE.
Main Line.
ave. 49,. s:35 am. Arrive. 915 am.
ave. So. 1900 pm, Arrive. s;25 pm.
ave 1;40 am. Arrive..... $3.50 am
ksve.., g:05 am. Arrive..... S:55 pm.
Ssye.. 1850 pm. Arrive..... 6:i0 pm.
ava 100 pm. Arrive..... 1925 PIN,
III trains leave the Santa Fe depot 10
mates later and arrive at that depot 10
mites earlier than the above time.
fTERNATIONAL * CT. NORTH RN.
St Louis Trains.
lave. -. 100 am. Arrlve..... 53o m.
sye'.,. 5:25 pm Arrive. 1910 pm.
HOUSTON AND HEM
DERSON.
Galveston Trains.
kaye.,. $40 am Arriye..... $50 AIN.
kaye. 10:l0 am. Arrive. -. .10:+0 am.
{sye..... 4:55 pm. Arrive..... $50 pm.
Arrive..... 700 pm.
bLUMBIA AND VEL.ASCO TRAINS.
ksye (6aily except Sunday. .l0:40 am.
rive daily except Snnday)...... 4:l0 PIN.
6USTON EAST AND WEST TEXAS.
Through Trains.
kaye... 9:35 pm. Arrive..... ZOO am.
Mixed Trains.
have. . 730 am. Arrive. ....7:30 pm.
TEXAS WESTERN.
Monday. Wednsday. Friday. 1000 am.
Tuesday TIL sday. Sat'day.... 200 pm.
In ANTONIO AND ARKANSAS PASS.
rive tdally) ...............'....... e'io pm.
ave daily ...........:...........:9 :lo am.
IaLvESTON. LA PORTE AND fIOUS-
TON.
Daily Except Sunday.
pave. 1900 m. Arrive..... $50 am.
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POST TIPS.

First race-Lillian c.. The Sculptor.
Second race-Sau,orne. j. w. Levy
Third race-6c-o-Sot. FlorIana.
Fourth race-Domngo, Picaroon.
Fifth racs-Marquise, VIII Elliott.
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n OF
on
How 10
IN property $ taxation
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oducton OF gold an
Product of gold and
Cond o.
Popul Of,
Tho decsiv bat les OF
Warso of he
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)ANES BOI[,
HOUSTON.
TIE I0NE STAR STATE

Would be a barren waste were II not
made the best In the land by strong Wig
orous men Are you one of those who
are helping TO make II so7 1t makes a
man proud 10 say 81 am" But how many
are there whose life and vitality Is being
undermined by the effects OF youthful
errors. or who from disease are Incapable
OF doing their share who are burden on
Themselves and of no beneht to others
How many who are young in age. but as
impotent as II they had seen. 100 years
70 by. The Eunucn - terrible example
Of the effects Of being without sexual pow
org lie Is only an animal; no life. ambi-
lion or strength OF mind. WIN you. by
YOUR own neglect and indifference, become
as he is? DR. Clemens has devoted many
Vars to the study and practice OF private
diseases. For two years he has conducted
the business OF DIR. Hathaway a. Co. and
has brought health and happiness to hum
dreds OF Texans. Many OF those who
read this know this to be tue. Why
should not you be oneY II you are woman
with female troubles, or a man and a suf-
ferer from unnatural Losses. impotence,
steriiity, syphilis, gogorrhoea. spermatorr-
hoea. lost manhood. skin diseases. write 10
rim Immediately. STRUCTURE CURED
Without KNIFE. DILATING or ELEC-
TRICITY at YOUR HOME. NO PAIN or
detention from business. Question list A
for men. ID for women. c for skin dis
eases. Address.
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THE HOTELS.
few hutchins uou.a.

ta'r q Cfuertn'
ger. Proprietors.
Remodeled and
newly furnished.
regulated in all
its appointments
In tho State Oh
TeSag
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DR.. J.E. Clemens,

I2s w. Commerce St. San Antonio. Texas
Financial or professional references on
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A PAGE OF THE INDEX.

vii! partially the vast amou
In the book;
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oo,or tho post ought have
srs or NJ tho oce Of cents ana
send or@s
srne oy his published Address
The Houston Post,
Houston, Texa
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We call your especial attention 70 ~
Waists we are selling at 5oc; al new,
pretty spring patterns Of Fast Colceed
Percaies. also white.
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New Spring 'ss styles Just In. A masni3,
cent assortment Of exclusive styleA "A
Waists sold hero perfect ntting ana sOu|
and madc according to the latest PariejaS
and Eastern styles; prices. ssc, Q.A ~
and $275. M B
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the river, the store houses and wharves
had been literally plotted out. Here aud
there there remained a pile or a stringer,
but nothing OF worth had escaped the gen.
eral ruin. The streets in the lower part
OF the town were filled with lumber,
wrecked boats and ~riff-raff OF every sort.
Eddy's Point had lost nearly all ITS dwell
ing houses. while the second BAPTIST
Church had gone TO pieces under the iu-
rious beating of wind and waves. Tn
Washington bridge connecting the town
with Watchemoket had been lifted bodily
from the piers on which 1t rested and
cast up, a worthless wreck, on a distant
shore. Part of the Red bridge was also
carried away. In all, five bundred
buildings OF every sort and used for every
pprEpse were destroyed during the two
hours the storm ragged. Nor ~ human
life escape a sacrifice 10 tie fury of the
elements for two men, Reuben Winslow
and David Butler, were drowned by the
sudden onrush OF water at India Point.
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THERAJAH'S HEIRLOOM
ny FLORENCE MARRYAT.
Author of .Her Lord and Master" Etc.
copyright, 1896. by Bachelor, Johnson ana
Bacheller.l
PART III.

listened to their talk, but, OF course,
i said nothing. So that was the way
the land lay, / thought to myself! 1t
was true that little dependence was TO
be placed on these bucolic opinions,
yet a long experience had taught me
that there was seldom smoke without
fire. / tried 10 maintain an unpreJu-
diced mind, but il is difficult to extin-
guish a train of thought, once lighted,
and / found myself thinking there
might be a good deal OF sense in the la
borer's surmise.
AS O as my breakfast was con-
cluded and / could leave the hotel with
out creating suspicion rs to my errand
/ made my way quietly TO The Gables,
md, sending in my card, inquired for
Sir Charles Ellesmere. The old butler
who answered the door to me glanced
Mt the card and then at me and said,
quietly:
I'm glad you've come, sirl There's
been a terrible upset here!"
$50 l understand. What Ii your
name?"
Goddard, sir, and I've been man AMI
boy in The Gables ever since the late
master came home from the East Indies,
now forty years ago!"
"Ahl Then / dare say you'll be a
valuable adjunct in this matter. Ishall
have "a talk with you, Goddard, by and
by. At present my first business is
with your MASTER"
"Of course, sir! This way, II you
pleased" And the butler preceded me
into a handsome library, well furnished
with book shelves.
In another minute the door reopened
and Sir Charles Ellesmere, dressed in
deep mouraing, stood before me. He
was a singularly handsome young man,
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All-Night Lunch Wagons.

"Great institutions, these lunch wagons"
remarked the cheerful man In the corduroy
vest. who was eating soup.
"They feed you too high. I" returned the
gloomy man In the ulsterette. who was eating
pie.
"That ought not TO be an objection from
our side Of the counter urged the cheerful
man.
"The doors aren't wide enough. - grumbled
the gloomy man.
81 never thought OF that before" admitted
the wafstcoutpf one.
.It's a fact" pursued the pie eater. Sand
III give you an instance. i used TO know n
fellow named Steve Bowers, who was in tho
same Inc OF business as myself-newsnaper,
you known Steve was one OF the old timers,
and, like most of Us. was up against the game
the greater part or the time. After n long
streak OF hard luck. he struck a Job out IN
KeokuK. Hg got a sit editing telegraph on
the Gate City, and II was as good a thing a.
he'd had since he left the East. He stood in
well. too. and was right In line for promotion.
IL was just about the time the lunch wagons
started up. They got one in Keokug. and
Steve. and the rest Of the all gang sup.
ported 10 in. great style. The fac. Is that
Stove hadn't been eating very regularly be-
fore he struck bis job on the Gate City. The
free lunches OF South Clark street In Chicago
are varied I'm character. but they're not filing
even mt the price.
r''steve Just dotted on that alI.nisht lunch
wagon, and the proprietor had a good thing
bn nlns bN-Hnu-DN ne ntknn TO get so rut,
though. that the boss Rrumblsd about his TAX
Inc up two mems space in the narrow wagon.
and he had 10 paw extra for bis grub. Steve
recognized the Justice OF the demand, and
didn't grumble. But he continued to- put on
nesh. and the last time he was IN the wagon
no had 20 take OF most OF his clothes and edge
out Sideways, Tho lunch man held that 70
wouldn't pay him 10 cut n wider door, and,
as there was no all night restaurant in the
town, Steve wGs in danger OF starving to
death. Finally. he had 10 throw up his Job
and 20 back 10 Chicago. For n time he had 10
get his ~victuals In the open air. from the hot
corn wencbes and tho tomale men, hut the
last time ! saw him he was thin enough. He
fell right into his old streak az hard luck, you
know"
There was a long pause. Then the gloomy
man resumed In \ voice surcharged with bit
terness; There's no danger. though. Of onv
one setting too fat on the grub they give you
In ttis wagon"
"If some people wouidn't stand mn the cook
30 much" remarked that functionarv. "they
might get used better. I'm naming no MINES.
but a certain Newspaper man In this here
WAGON owes me s4st az the present time"
There might have been trouble nj this sumo
ture, only one OF the hop fonds On tho high
stool woke mp and tried 20 sine. "She MAY
Have Seen Better Davs." The common DANGER
drew tho disputants together again. Buffalo
Express.
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Without doubt. INV lady. IL H."

without doubt, my lady, IT Is"
ITO happen at such a moment, too.
when we were all so distressed about
the poor dear baronet's death, makes
IL doubly annoying."
"But, rs your ladyship must perceive.
such an %impudent robbery could only
take place at a time Of distress and con-
fusion. The thieves have counted on
that to allow them TO make OF with
their booty"
but l trust you will stop them" she
said, with a faint smile.
~ hope 30, but in order to do II I
must ask you to afford me all the help
in your power, Lady Ellesmcre, by tell
ing me everything you can about the
theft and the circumstance In which
il must have been carried out"
"Of course, l quite understand that,
butthere seems very little to tell. When
the solicitor, Mr.. Gator, unlocked the
safe after my late husbands will was
read, in order to deliver over the jewels
into the keeping of Sir Charles, they
were gone-not a vestige of them any
where. That is all that anybody knows
about t."
"But / want to know what tool place
before your husbands death, in order
that l may judge if the robbery were
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planned or unprecedented. Will you
kindly tell me on what terms the pres
cnt baronet was with his father?"
She looked startled, and said much as
Sir Charles himself had done:
lis that necessary? Am to disclose
family secrets 10 a Stranger"
IF the stranger is TO help to unravel
the mystery, my lady-yes. Sir Charles
has told me as much as he thought
would help me in the matter"
At hat her eyes CLEANED with n less
subdued light, and j guessed she had
another side to her character than the
one she had hitherto displayed to me.
"Oh, if that is the case, i need have
no hesitation" she replied.
"Well, then, he behaved ~shamefully
to his poor father, Mr.. Busby, and l.
i conclude l speak in confidence to
you"
Most certainly my lady! You can
say what you choose, as safely as il ]
were a doctor OF a priest"
She rose, and, going to the door.
locked it; then, returning to my side,
she stopped and whispered:
"My own private belief is that Sin
Charles was the cause OF his fathers
DEATH"
CONTINUED ToMoRRow.)
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though looking pale and careworn. He
motioned me to n seat and took one him
self.
"You wired to Scotland Yard for ME
yesterday. i understand, Sir Charles? 2"
/ commenced.
II did. There has been a most serious
robbery committed on these premises,
and 1 suppose, Mr.. Busby," he said,
looking Mt my card, which he held in
his hand, 'that l must tell you every
thing / know concerning it?"
1T would be better, Sir Charles" I
replied. perhaps you will begin by de-
scribing the jewels you have lost"
81 know very little about jewelry,"
he said, 'but they were magnificent,
ond my late father has often told me
that they were valued at from twenty
five to thirty thousand pounds"
They must have been unique to
have cost that sum-" / remarked.
HE did not buy them; they were a
gift to him for services received. Be-
fore he came into the title he was an
officer in the East India company's
service and saved the life of the raiah
of Tanibore, whose kingdom was in a
state of mutiny, in order 10 quell which
the company had volunteered the as
sistance of one of their regiments, in
which my father held the rank of lieu
Tenant. In return for this service the
Iajah, who was deeply grateful, pre-
scented him with the ornament from
his turban, which comprised some of
the state jewels, and begged that it
should be handed down in his family as
an heirloom. Shortly afterwards nv
father came into his title and property
he returned TO England and settled
down here-he married, and / am the
sole issue Of his marriage"
"You considered. then. Sir Charles.
maj the rajah's heirloom would nat
urally descend to you and your children
after your"
II have been told so, times out OF
mindl When l was n mere infant and
my father was proud of me, he used TO
produce these jewels for me to play
with. and tell me they were my own.
4 never dreamt, for n moment, that IT
would be otherwise, until-until-"
until what? II | am to assist you
In this matter, Sir Charles, you must
please to be quite candid with me.
You must not from false delicacy keep
back anythingl"
"Nvell, then. l will say that, until my
father married again, l never thought
IL possible that he would disregard the
rajah's wish concerning theml'
"The late baronet married n second
time, then? The present Lady Elles-
mere il not your motherl"
"Oi dear no! My mother died when
i was about sixteen"
sand your present nge, Sir Charles2"
twenty-five on my last birthday"
This lady whom your late father
married, is she young?"
VERY young, in comparison with
bim-about thirty. | should Think"
"And-pardon the question-may /
ask IL you IRE, and always have been,
on good terms with this lady, Sir
Chrrlcs?"
The young man looked distressed.
Before he answered me he glanced up
into my fncc and inquired:
us this quite necessary"
"ouitc necessary, Sir Charlcsl-
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Veteran Citizens, Association.

AT 2;3o o'clock this afternoon there Is
to be a meeting OF the Rhode Island
Veteran Citizens Historical Association ut
the Elisha Dyer vinton Home.
Mr.. l.. Is. Darling viii read an original
poem on"New England within tho past
TWENTY-FIVE Years.
Dr. Franklin G. Clark Is 10 read q paper
on the "Scalp Theory.