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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-03

The motion far q new trial n the Fors.
case VII be fled this wH@k In his stE0r-
ney's brief. row oa Eis. tbs following
statement Is made:
II Jessie Mert0-t Is rixht oz the facts
SIC 8 wrong upon dates see says the
FIRST kissing took place on Saturday. Jan
NArT = lssv. ~ the kcTrs % Defendant q
Seattle There ara twentv-fouv a15davits
motion for a rev trial. ard three witnesses
LNcE tie trs1L. making twenty sever wit
EezSes 20 the fact taas defendant was IN
o8y rnTIa trait day ard die NOT return unal
By Der = SATURDAY. January H. az defend
ants Office. Seattle. There ara fourteen
Aaldavits q reputable citizens OK Olympia
and three witnesses upon The tria}-n9t ia
motion for new trsaf-nzkSng seventeen
witnesses thar defendant was In Olympia
en fnaE Gay. and the plaintiff e wrong
nary .. az DEFENDANTS Office Seattle.
wien SIC got her dress fitted Tnsse ara
tes1T ATsdavtEs ln Motion Tor nsw trial that
her dress Vas completed and delivered on
January -. iss7 ard ere affidavit thaf shs
were Il or the IS. and Ssth of January.
snd Two aIidsv1ts that she Was ar de-
fendsnts house al e2y, and two
The ofrIee. making eight Witnesses
against her upon that date The
next Iirra she n1ss r. Saturday, January
% lssS, when sire was se6Eces. ard de-
na1ched n defendants c-fre. There are
eighteen sEioavfts OF reputable witnesses
an1 enc upon tae trial making nineteen
witnesses. besides the cepisa Of kilograms
Which show that a. that tine defendant
Vas q EeseoErg Or Tire witness at both
eh1rca trials fixed the date cs her ssiuc-
ton as February - 1877 a. shown ~
church records ard afTsaavGts on nfe. Her
dates hefors church trial we're January
g. February & February q ard February
- ard she then learned "a shown IS no
tior for rev trial. that defendant vas nok
IN the city on any ene OF the dates dxed.
ard - her change q dates Ehe IS CT faSt
as much new The tact =. she Was not se-
3sscsG or deb uched ~ defendant ard 70
- either haAlclaaEzCn or a wicked ard
false t-g- r-e3-g1r charge Tie books ars
fun X similar Authorizations hy females.
T. took TIE witness seven or eight months
20 ind cut that She had beer se4Gcs6 al
as7
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veEte-TFav afse~nce- -vatta- B-n9acs wNs
h,sFs-s T-nEtag. Stares Cez--ufsssersr E1sssr
cree axzsn - answer e 3 eaa-Es g Eskrx
~ T-nssaz States ran 81 Erfa wfsz err
p.asas. yaraay hs was thare On - chsrw@
~ e,ert-z tie -al1 1f = 2 Rszs--arss. Re
waz s0unS ever, Tss zsw charzs whscs
- defendants Ms yesfa-szv called CO .
answer waz ne ES1-E - "a rzalis tsr uz-
fzwsaf rE-rcses T. as aUazHs IA. - xnzs
fstsers - several RESIDENT - .s% STATE n
wALch - sE-aed q &o sezerhErz thsr ira
AW says e = eT1re = 81 When Eroo<z
sr-ezr~z ess~-& - cc--- szsc-sr - -
rszz-ezss s1-rsEa hs ec1~ze2 shzr -
would save sxzTirstaz -e vas tssa
asuns zver - answer 20 raa Fazsra1 z-ans
Try.
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TIE following 7ew SUITS wers fled yes
tsrday II re Superior court:
james A AcEn za IS. Eszx ConEt--De-
teEstanf'S demurrer. complaint noS Sled
ArGa 2 SsazeGn vs.. Eaae-t r. Stanton
Answer. complaint reE fled.
Nirr1e Brown -. Joseph L 3ro~r-Ia-
vcrce
Johz r Owens rs Joan Corxias et Al
Rent sn& restitution q premises known as
the Tcrllo salooa. 80 Seccne avsuGe
south
Laura J Cxmpbeu vs. v5ctcr z Camp
Eeft-Dfvnres
Ernsstine Eggsrs vs. Oscar Eggsrs-DE-
verWe.
Kent I-nraber Company vs.. : c,avanaush
Damages srGxa 81 3gneSZaa. Esss.
J. r TayAar vs. Acn-ga merry s. Clancy
AnsWS~. con- rSatn1 not Eis3.
Charles 2 Shepard vs. James Lea-Eur
legal SerTfees rendered Era
John D0xY - TX 80. fa= TcNn % Gil
r1ar-Fsr restraining order 20 prevent
tearing ~ 81 Sidewalk e front Gf prem
sSeS
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rHs property VAS ey 10 -s2na pe-saes
sid tAA1 ra@ rTnrs-TT vas LAT tn PASS
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Re s4tSEzss1oz ct rs judgment ee seq
aside &C aeeezzs q rnssezkz
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tsezs s@s~ssz t6e h4nk AID s1e ga eSz.-
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hzs present 9cEszuz tscE. be states trait ns
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licenses . wsss hare been tsszses fs~ :.
= k&see 60 an3 Ass8ls Ezwsey - 1ot5
= Ballard EEss1lznz z So0gx 81 u s.
1o1zs. Or ard SeIls AasrasGxa G.4S. &
Ss4sxls. CARTS Eaekrzs2 90. X ArI1Ex-
t2z. ard Sorrie T0hn<an g9s Il Seattle
-sztAn1y Caavsn CT az Taeozssa. and E4aaa
Augusta -oaa1San 80. cF SsAs-.e4
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A tabulaJsd list 81 actresses 0E persons
n ira East wao have MADE inquiries for
prices ea Seattle Outfits lz kesx CO Sic by
tie bureau cs ln2orzatson II the Cham
Der q CnrnerGa. AIRY person who i \
Subscriber 20 ths merchants advertising
committees fan6 can have access % his
list upon presentation to the secretary
MT. Eralnerd o. 4 hitter from the arz Or
individual szsscrfss1-
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L - estate - vvfTTlana : TaHa shs sp-
r-azsesneat vas eIss yesterday. tie ~
vert1rT having beer H1ass scg-,e ti-a4 aEn
rs aouralze1e0t seoTs tSs estate = tnis
stats - ccsSist -ai1lv q reai s=faSs. wgrh
re following v1lrsarscrss n pseres cszsr-
~ s. so. pacs9e s1uuTv. S. 7sss TAurztrr
eo11ry So ssE- gegaresn csgafy - -
ard r Elng ard Eafssp counties. 81. IS
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A exclusive mas saaa Store haz 3usr
sr,s~ass AZ 2S FIRST avenue were wa NJ
Fn8 a ecr1nl9ss Hfs ~ - attest s-v3es
= rsea's snoes ard he~t valce@ szr -
geaz. rsouev ever eSere8 IN SEATTLE y
ers save you -,onFv 20 car ard SEE wk1s
Ne a~s egerfrg Sastfse SAGE Company.
SIS Earsr everle-
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Judge 2 = Esnsos. e tas superior
>ssrs. has bees g1v5se5 hy Jlfsva Cares
y Ave.. % Cfyrse3s - preside r. -
Tsm-seea -ogrtv ruEr- far a few 1Avs
ara stated yesterday taat - w11fs hcia
,sszrt sn Cty-p1A beginning November -
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LADIES' yoH wan< The very best They
are always the chaapeS- Ny sock Of III
xaruanzs ruZz. trimmings. etc are tse
cream BY employs are experts. II
wlndr.i-ls-. r1-rta-. 80 Second avenue.
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Or Eepew. > Chicago Dentist specialist
IN crown ard bridge work hzs been en-
gagged as assistant b Dr. q. ". BEaE~
dan
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- L1EIuT hzs reszn-e~s practice. 0fsse-es
81 sa1 = Occidental esllE2nS. Tsasrecre.
aFa5n 80
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Cold uarr Cemlns.

Better Eee era Of Cur alright heaters
ard &c prepared for T. Bigger & Gelngs 81
First ave1us-
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II rrasar = w-zsst a. ths Better
2 4 rawHz. a cA1rsrT-z1z = As1a-.l
= - ess rss~
r.ss~~v peer e Se~s-n s c. arrived
"a tAs cGgy sAx< sssk Aseszsgsaz.ae1 ~ Mrs
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Ara wkz44cFs seox2sas Sg-Gr aas sssz assx -
sver 80 pears ~ uz24482s zaosAzgs To- .ssr "a
a-4a sasse t-sta e ska prrsscs sccss 10 sas1sa
Il. ens.t. ssstsss "a xsszs s4sAvs a. pa es-D
w1r@ eo1Az All . ia cesz FsGzs@y se~ aoaA
bSSt ~ 4ruzyta4s = sv&T earf o sac #urs1 =
Erp ard - ~ ~ - l8siGEs -sS1<1s - 1frzYr
snl AKA "a sSzsz k-z4 - $40 . es<ssA
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= . Cs-werze We szs hss1 cec1scf ~
xfs~ rse Frase Nsrfs~T~ -oaT s2ca euri7r
"a .r4-srr-s-sse- azx rsss Sns,8 rs s0s.stsr
- s.ssas -fe~k r. see as~ea - ~. T. Der
e.r western srelxht zzarases.
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NJ = " r~rst. s~-wnarf - engineer
q tse e--n3rv - ire haars - unhNc
wa~Ss - >ew York ctsw. VS. was pas-
wer q, she EssEa Andersen a-3 -
sarr~s fror- - NTicnasg - Sess-ta hag
EecsEa1 - taeaEa psrr-ansEtEy se-e- NJ
rve-t was sr "a zervtcs cf tAa govern
Hne nmtwasm nakasa M-3 VFVera-E was
fsrarr1 This wzS in re --es Efa WINS
Gre q ths engineers o. TIRE construction
a TIE fa-eGs Crafcr asrsessu.- Nsw
yssrk ard res xnea q Tsssiftar a. q ha~8-
s,,ess sanrv - e1T@ Wex-. NJ Fros
ssaS hsssn a xusSt Il ere SreTe1s - sevsra
x~sss he Iafz O. tAe CITY & Seattle ga-
Afas~kR Szn8av 2 GO % examine eagua
rs~s~asxs-E EwarfG properties t1 SSer srss-.
err Asasxa. lie Is 3 eaRsszzate es ~ Z
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n RI Parks formerly q So -. -, 80,
E4- 4 guest NJ ire stevens IT. -.
- era - re eliza Andersen tas
- ,.--s>~sFsuara voyage - AIS
=. us fsst ire ship AZ Dutea Etarnor Ail-
rsfu--aA 20 SEATTLE - r&ss tie ~. eE
49, ~ "a RS determination = 7ssaNs =
- - -. So Nsu-a. tza sait last nlsht
- saws se~t .sr nv wife and family sd
w,n ~-~-s re winter here Nsxs sss-.S
Z attend % 90 ucrth. ~hetaeF = -
sssrs rs-,af~s ~ - decided believe tiAt
So ,Ts~s rso~e Inducements = me
-. ~ n,sr-s suis9lnr thar &ny city on
- Parssc coast Eor t1ts reasen 49,
.sstsr~s{ussf - rake tbs place ny e.ise
- ,r-z~s fs,~fs - - srnaS- ! tEa1A tHaI
- ssvei,-s,rss So q Alaska VII rot De
~e~a-eH entirety % tN~ 1us@n 1aSih
Sssftneas-srr Alaska VII Ultimately -
great rrg~1gx,s~ - Mineral wealth an
satisfied frerz what 7 saw q fhe country
-Aat there - great furure e store tor IT,
81 .n0rse AZ teaf rpEtcn = tributary -
Sasss1a Tr@ss are scrre ~ 10 reasons
ssae haye induced ne % iac4ts here
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WIN z TaeEeS1z- atsrrrav f-r tha
s-~eae <artherz aat sx-Surers5r Jgsxs =
ZINES 80 ~ SGEfa1 Yesterday as.sr-
assa = rry - e-ecs \ cc1cr1n So - q
sr-.axs xzlt sess Involves tza eVersew 81
ur,rs-tw ~ fhA SssstAn river Ynes&snta sgy
- sezra szrae wff3 ~ xtves. ~ - sryfnr
- ksr az 90 tAe grouse 81 80 ,euzty rsE
.~ses rur-css ~ 80 s.scerg r1zshe5 Elz
IDS tsok xu1s z1d 1sgs.
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~ 'ss~f troghies ever 10 IA Fr@ssr
-. - sf'sagasv eRVa herr seta ed. and AZ
- - sis rsereseatas sn tae properly
&c.. ~ s8rTar Cs4 = e. Eos-
- '1rasas ssaa-y T-nI.ea ssasss astsr.
- tse clev aas nzste ne fo~rwasrx
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where else than In Wall street. Specu-
lation may not he your meter. You
might do better in politics. T"
Il think should like politics in the
abstract-that is, the pure science Of
craftsmanship, for which / believe /
have some natural qualifications-bu
the thought Of being politician makes
me shudder. "
"Why sop
"The associations and requirements Of
the politicians existence have in them
so much that is positively revolving to a
person of refinement. The influence of
politician in our form of government
is entirely dependent upon the number
of votes he can control. To win votes he
must pander to the prejudices and even
the vices of the ignorant and vulgar
with the herd, and even cultivate init.
macies among them. Independent
thought or conscientious adherence TO
principle would be fatal to his career.
His mind, conscience, soul, life-all be-
long TO his party. Until he rises to be
the head, there is always somebody
above him, a leader whom he must i'm.
plicitly obey like an abject slave or be
disciplined. And when he rises to the
head he becomes the slave of all below
him, paradoxical as that statement may
appear, or they will turn upon him and
rend him if he ventures to call his soul
his own
Irma laughed.
What morbid view you take Of the
politician! l have known only one, and
him not very well, but 1 must say he
did not seem to me such revolving
creature ~
"Oh, well! He may be one of the
amateurs who have mission to purify
politics and who furnish responsibility
and amusement for the real politicians. "
mo. / think he will have to be
classed as professional. 1t is Mr.. Cyrus
Pratt.
Cyrus Pratt Well, yes l should
say he would be classed as profession
al. have heard of him, even in Bos-
ton Why, he is a 'boss' How do you
come to know him?'
He comes frequently to see-papa.
Il imagine from what have heard
of him that he must be very shrewd
fellow. That is shown by the skill with
which, himself keeping out of office, he
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larger one, In which pooa a..
kept, served as their parlor. some ., was u
persons occupying rooms in tho Io 'ne
took their meals at the landladv,s tah, 'o
but Latham and Sewall found il ha.a .e
suited to their convenience 10 nats .s''u
restaurants at such times and nloo"a '1c
appetite and opportunity conioin o y
served When Chester Sewall return.,
home at the usual hour for findina ~
friend there ON the day of John IT, '
tham's hurried departure fer tbo Oon IA
west, the busy young LAWYER woS !;
Harlem. The loneliness and Quiet ~ ,ta
room were uncomfortable TO man yrboa. o
distress and anxiety had wrought ~
nerves to the highest tension. and Che
ter went out again to walk. not with ~.
object OF going anywhere but inst -
walk until he should have tired bimsey
out and might hope to sleep. Bv ha
time he revisited the room his fr;onS
was half way across the state of Naw
Jersey and going rapidly. From the CON.
trail gas fixture in the main room do
pended by string n card upon which
was written:
DEAR CHET-Have to go away Don't eyneo,
me until you see me. Good luck to You Yop,s
JOHN
The finder stared at the writing in
dismay.
He could hardly have imagined any.
thing else that would have seemed 50
disastrous at this particular juncture as
Johns departure. Weary in body, sore
in spirit, on the very verge of despair
he had come home counting upon re.
ceiving from his friend consolation en-.
enlargement, advice, perhaps even ma.
terial aid. He felt as he fancied man
might feel who stood alone upon mere
foothold Of sand in midocean and knew
that the last ship by which he might
have been saved had sailed away from
him in the night.
That stock, in defiance Of all POSSIBLE.
ity, had gone on falling. 1t was a mon.
strous and, as it seemed to him, an un.
heard OF thing that it should so persist.
emily go down when everybody said il
ought TO 60 up, but it had done so un.
til the wiseacres gravely shook their
heads and said there was no knowing
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

appreciate the sterling manhoCd cf her
daughters lever. "He will make her a
good husband when justice is done and
am gone, she said to herself.
One evening when Latham returned
home Chester Sewall said to him:
"You look as happy as if you had won
the grand prize in lottery"
"Why, so i have, the grandest prize
in the lottery of life, the honest affec-
ton of noble, true hearted girl.
"Ah, yes, very delightful, no doubt, I"
drawled Chester, affecting a cynical
tone, but it isn't practical. ,"
''What is the matter with you, Chet?'
Nothing, only my girl and Wall
street together are teaching me the val
ne of the practical. -
Has Miss Willmarth come around to
her fathers views?"
81 can hardly say definitely as 10 that.
She continues urging me to go into poll
tics under the banner Of Mr.. Pratt, Of
whom, between us, / am getting rather
tired, and have agreed to, as You sug-
gested, look the field over and see what
it offers. But there's time enough for
that. TIE burning issue Of the hour is
that the last dollar have in the world
is in peril-imminent peril. +"
"How SOP
THAT Internal stock cannot possibly
go half point lower 1t will not he
allowed to. Everybody says it is mir
acle that it has got down to where it is.
1t must take turn, and when it starts
to go up Will regain lost ground, and
more, too, very rapidly. But if / do not
put up $1,000 to protect my margin by
10 o o'clock tomorrow shall te sold cut
under Tie rue. Every dollar l had left
is i'll it already, and if it gees shall he
ruined. "
Don't let il worry you, my / :.
You shall not lie sold out. D."
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lively than by me in person. The man
have engaged for the chase is an old
and skillful detective, an exceptionally
smart one, who being such is not at all
likely to be suspected by them, and /
shall keep him at work among them
until l know all we want to know about
all the McCaffreys. -
II don't like the idea," stammer-
ed the widow uneasily, "of involving
you, stranger, in such an expense as
that. 1 know it costs great deal to hire
good detective"
"Oh, that's all right" answered John
jauntily. II want to do it for my own
satisfaction now. And you will soon get
over the idea Of looking upon me as a
stranger, l hope. Addie has already. 4"
Addie peeped slyly at him, with a
little smile and blush, and even around
the old woman's mouth there was mo.
mentary deepening of the wrinkles, as
II she, too, would have smiled had not
that grace been long forgotten by the
muscles in her sad countenance.
John Latham told the truth when he
said he wanted to keep up the McCaffrey
hunt on his own account. He was deter.
mined he would not be driven from that
Held And, still better reason. the
continuance Of the chase afforded him
an excuse for frequent calls at the cot.
tage to tell how his detective was get.
ting ON and to consult with Mrs. Hall.
incidentally Addie was always present
during those visits, 80 that he was now
sure of pleasant hour or two in her
society at her home, at least once and
sometimes twice a week. And he saw
with pleasure that her mother was grow.
ing accustomed to the sight CT him, per.
maps was sometimes even pleased TO see
nim- In truth, be was mai; n9 better
progress than he thought Uider he,
naro ana cold exterior th90vidsw hid
R2oa warm heart and was no: -low 10
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CHAPTER. VIII

When his destiny had thus been NICE
1y nodded and polished and labeled for
him, he went home. A feeble instinct
for self preservation had restrained him
from a positive pledge to resign his fu-
ture wholly to the direction Of the DO
litical boss. But he had agreed to
think it over seriously" by which he
meant that he would take John La
tham's advice before venturing upon a
political career. Chester Sewall found
not little comfort for his self love in
the cherished misconception that his col
lege education made him superior TO his
almost self taught friend. He would
have been much puzzled to define in
what the superiority consisted. Never.
theless he chung to the idea, as men
most obstinately do to those things
which are purely matters of faith con-
sciously unsupported by reason. OF
course, he said to himself, man who
knew little Latin and less Greek could
not really be his equal. He could not
deny that Johns purposeful and resolute
character and his ever ready knowledge
Of life were attributes in which he him
self might perhaps be slightly deficient,
but they were ON lower plane than he
had attained. He could afford to &C.
knowledge them without envying their
possessor, and it would be but natural
and proper for him to avail himself of
them as upon occasion he might conde.
ecend to employ the muscular forces of q
builder or ablackmith In Johns prop
or though incidentally inferior Asld any
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| 40 Hc cut NtOHt JONH JTC.
where it would stop now. The bust
ness relations between him and his
broker were upon the same footing
again as when he had borrowed 81 900
to protect his margin couple of days
before. Once more he was about to be
sold out. Whether he wanted to enlarge
his debt to John in order to risk more
or not he had not determined. 1t was
question he had proposed to leave to
John, who had unconsciously settled it
by going away.
While waiting and watching the
ticker that afternoon, with the gam
bling fever hot upon him, he had, in
obedience to momentary impulse, en-
tered bucket shop" and risked the !
last bank bill he possessed upon the
fluctuations of peculiarly lively wild.
cat mining stock, concerning which he
knew absolutely nothing. 1t was not 50
much the prospect of the possible petty
gain that tempted him as the idea he
suddenly conceived that his luck in
that small venture would forecast the
fate awaiting his larger interests, which
was still IN the balance. IL was only a
$lO note anyway, too small q sum to
be OF any practical use. He lost, and
accepting the augury was not surprised
when he saw recorded con the tape"
further fall Of the stock to which be
had chung with such fatal persistence 4
one that "wipeA out" his margin. he
was utterly ruined.
AS he sat alone before Johns fire,
turning these things over in his mind
1t was singular fact that he felt pc
culiarly keen regret for the $40 thrown
away in the "bucket shop" The thou
sands he had rislled and lost were SIM
ply capital" an abstract element
business transactions, that had never
materialized to his sight in the form Oh
bank notes, having always appeared ID
the unimpressive guise of certified
checks. But the $40 note was familiar
and comprehensive thing of accurately
measurable value. 1t would have bougm
20 frugal meals. BY the way, how mucn
did he actually have left for the pui'
chase OF food? A very serious question
He set himself at once to ransacklns
his pockets. Dimes were things i@
Thanksgiving; niclels, objects Of inter.
est; pennies, not to be despised. How
he lamented now the loss of his good Wv =
motel But while he was prosecuting tns
search something was brought to hgn
that gave new direction to his thougns
and caused a new trouble to loom W
before him. 1t was an envelope that ~
recognized at once as containing tlcKe''
Of admission to tho opera the next even
ing. He had procured them week "
fore, Irma having expressed desire
witness the representation Of "Lonsn
grim" announced for that date, but ~
business troubles had driven the ,S
from his memory for three or four Go"
past -.
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