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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.
CHAPTER XXX.-(CoNrINuED.)

CHAPTER XXX.-(CoNTINUED)
She had little money about her,
q small check received from Miss Heth-
: erington on the previous day; this
would enable her to ward off starva-
ton at least for time. In the mean
time she must seek work, and by that
means sustain herself and her boy.
She collected together few Things
which were necessary for their COM
fort, and when her preparations were
made, she knelt by the couch and
woke the child The little fellow
stared at her for a moment, and then
he seemed to remember what had pass
ed, and he chung to her in fear.
where is papa?" he asked.
Papa is gone, my darling!'
He looked at her again for mo-
ment, then his little arms stole round
her neck, and he laid his cheek against
hers.
poor mammal" he said.
Marjorie clasped him to her breast
and sobbed convulsively.
"Ah, Leon" she murmured, you are
all that Is left to me now; and yet per-
haps it would be better for you to die!
She continued her preparations, and
when all was done. she still fingered IN
the house, as if fearing to face the
world.
At length she remembered Suther-
land, remembered the pledge to him
and ba rocn1uad m kpan If
She would go to him, tell him part,
II not all her story, and ask his ad-
vice.
She took little Leon by the hand and
left the house, passing hurriedly
through the streets, until she came to
Sutherland's lodgings.
She inquired for him, and found to
her dismay that he was already gone.
He had left the rooms on the previous
night and returned to Scotland.
When she first heard the news. Mar
iorie felt as if her last hope had gone
indeed, and she moved away trembling
and almost in tears; but after a mo-
ment's reflection she acknowledged to
herself that perhaps, after all, it was
for the best.
What possible good could have re-
suited from an interview with Suther-
land? She would in all probability
have brought trouble upon him by
telling him her own and she had work.
ed mischief enough already to all her
kin. No; she would trouble them no
more, but, with little Leon to comfort
her, she would remain as one dead,
buried in the great city where she had
not even one friend.
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and you will show yourself a man in
forgiving him"
II told you l would forgive him for
your sake" he answered.
bathed his shoulders with the balm
and left him the shirt and the blanket.
He said he should not come into the
house to sleep; it was cooler there in
the hay He called gently: Good
night, Mrs. Richardson" when ! went
away.
The colonel did not come home till
late. My heart sank. For the first time
in my life / saw my husband drunk.
He didn't ask for Ray, but went to bed
without word.
In the morning he got up with blood
shot eyes and frightful temper.
The colonel usually went among the
stock before breakfast. He didn't go
that morning. l suspected that he
dreaded seeing poor faithful Ray. But
after breakfast he went out.
l was bathing and dressing the baby
when he came in again, his face like
thunder-cloud, the bottle of liniment in
his hand.
Thankful" said he, have you been
coaxing up that cursed nigger?"
Il did all could for him." said I,
quietly pinning the baby's blanket.
Well said he. hes gone now, as
! expected. and I'm going after him."
l laid the baby in it's cradle and hur-
ried to Ava.
DO you know where Ray is?" said /.
Yes, missus," said she, dropping
her face into her arms upon the kitch-
en- table. He's gone to Groton."
The next thing we saw was the col
onel on his great gray horse galloping
out of the stable-yard. There was a
coil of rope on the horn of his saddle.
Late in the afternoon l heard
scream from Ava. sprang up and ran
out as horses feet came into the yard.
1t was the colonel's horse, dark with
persp!ration and trembling. There was
rope tied to the horn of the saddle,
and something attached to 1t that
dragged on the ground The colonel
jumped down and united the rope.
went out few PAGES and turned death
ly sick. Rays insensible face was
turned up to me from the ground. He
hardly looked like anything human,
for he had been dragged four miles
over the road at the end of that rope.
He lived just an hour.
The colonel had found him at Gro
ton finally; had got possession of him
somehow; had bound his hands be-
hind him, tied the rope around his
breast and made him run at his horses
side for two miles. At last the poor
fellow dropped. The colonel whipped
his horse into gallop and reached
home in an hour.
l helped poor Ava watch over her
husband to the last; but he never
knew her. l gave her money to have
him decently buried. When could be
no more help to her took my child
and went back to my fathers house.
l prayed to the Lord to show me my
duty; but l never could make up my
mind to sit down at table with MUIR
derer.
The colonel never came near me. l
don't know whether or not he ever re-
pented that dreadful deed. After left
him he went down South and bought
plantation and spent the rest Of his
life there.
This was my Aunt Thankful's story.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17

The revised returns of the Russian
census gives the total population Of
that country at 129,OOO,OOO. This
makes Russia third in rank among
nations, China coming first, with an
estimated population of 4O0,OO0,OOO, and
the British empire next, with 20S,OOO,-
coo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17

For fully an hour neither Of them
had spoken; the old lady, looking fully
twenty years older than when we last
beheld her. lay back among the cush-
ions of the carriage, and fixed her eyes
upon a letter which she held in her
hand. For about the tenth time that
night she raised the paper, and read
the words which were hastily scrawled
thereon:
Dear Mother am in great trouble.
I am in sore need. Will you help me?
l do not mind for myself, but to see my
little child in want breaks my heart.
MARJORIE"
She read 1t through; then with a
moan she let it fall again upor her
lap.
Marjorie" she cried, my BARN, my
BARN"
From his corner Of the carriage
Sutherland watched in silence. He
was utterly in the dark as to what 1t
all meant. He only knew that they
were travelling to Paris and to Mar
jorie.
On the day before, as he had been
quietly working at his pictures at home,
his father having partially recovered,
Miss Hetherington, whom he believed
to be in Edinburgh, had suddenly ap-
peared like a specter before him, and
without word of explanation had COM
manded him to return with her to
Paris. I
On fastening with her to the Castle
he found that stormy scene had been
enacted there; that Miss Hetherington,
beside herself with rage, had actually
struck her old attendant in the face
and turned her from the door. What
it was all about nobody seemed to
know, and after one glance into Miss
Hetherington's wild eyes Sutherland
knew that he had better not inquire.
So he quietly obeyed her orders, and
the two started together by the night
mail for the south. But although Suth-
erland had been silent he had been
none the less curious; and now, seeing
that Miss Hetherington's wild excite
ment was passing away, he ventured
to speak:
Miss Hetheringtonw cried Johnnie
Sutherland. as that letter from Mar
jorie?"
cay, from Marjorie"
She held forth her thin white hand,
which now was trembling violently,
and as Sutherland took the letter she
uttered a low moan again, and for the
first time that night her tears began to
fall.
Sutherland read the letter, then he
looked at the date, and exclaimed:
October! why, it's more than four
weeks old"
"Ay, more than four weeks" she
moaned; then suddenly sitting erect,
and looking fixedly into his face, she
added: Johnnie Sutherland, what has
happened to her now?"
God knows; but maybe after all we
are in time; but how did it chance to
be so long in coming to you?"
ut went to the Castle, Johnnie, anc
Mysie kept it there. When l came
home from Edinburgh yesterday
found it lying on my desk waiting fol-
me. It had been waiting for me for
month, you see."
Sutherland was silent. He was more
troubled than he cared to say. A
month! All! he thought, what might
not happen in that time to a woman
and child penniless and alone in the
streets of Paris?
He returned the letter with sigh
and did all he could to rouse and cheer
his companion, who, now that her ex'
element was over, suffered with 6
frightful reaction, and trembled and
cried like child.
ITO BE coNTTNOED.l
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She Appeals.

From Puck: John" said the wife
of the citizen who had just settled his
freak election bet like a little ran,
"the next time you want to bet on an
election, just agree that, in case you
lose, you won't make fool of your
self for three months. 1t will be quite
as difficult as anything else you could
undertake, and it will spare the feel
ings of your relatives"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17

81 don't know what I would have
done if It hada't been for you!" ex-
claimed the discharged prisoner "Well
you probably would have done time"
said the proud lawyer.-Yonkera
Statesman.
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CHAPTER XXI.

n E b | t t e rly cold
night early in the
month of Novem-
Der, the gendarme
whose duty it was
to patrol the Rue
Caumartin sudden
ly espied a woman
with a child in her
arms crouching for
shelter in a door
xuav
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Mothers-in-Law In Abyssinia.

Abyssinia's social code provides for
fair chance to young married couples
by forbidding the brides mother to
visit her daughter till year after the
marriage.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17
THE STORY OF RAY.
BY U. V


girl they passed a
law in Massachu-
sets setting a IL
slaves free. My
Aunt T h a II k t u |
married a Richard
son, and Colonel
Richardson had a
whole slave family
that h a d come
W t h h | m over
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17

A Chicago paper tells Of bicycle
crank who reads all the coal strike dis.
patches that have Wheeling date line
to them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17
CHAPTER XXXII.

BOUT the very
time that Marjorie
was W a n d e r | n G
homeless ana hun
cry in the streets
of Paris two per-
sons were journey
ing toward the city
of London by the
night mail.
One was M | S S
Hethsri 1g ON of
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
COME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
PrOddIng MemOry-A Method by Which
We Sometimes Forget to Prod -
The Irishman's Last Break-When the
Cold Sets In.
When the Cold Sets In,

W may SiIlS tHo
charms of sum-
mer.
Sing the joys OF
jocund June.
You may rhyme the
sprightly soring-
time.
When the orchard
bursts in bloom;
But / hail the happy
season.
And it's pleasures
fain would pen,
When the air Is full
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17

the Castle; the other was John Suth-
erland.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17

When the willow sheds its verdure
Down beside the crystal creek.
And the coursing blood a crimson
Paints the glowing. tingling cheek;
Oh. the thrill of exultation,
When the winter days begin,
When the sun recedes to southwark
And the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-17
cold
sets

in.
There's a chaste intoxcation
In the very atmosphere.
And sense of pristine vigor
In the sky so blue and clear;
And the rime-touched fields and woodland
Seem to free us from our sin
Like the ponds are freed from poison
When the
eo'u
On, It's then the earth's an Aiden,-
who could justly ask for more
With her larder richly laden
From the summers lavish store,
With the apples in the cellar
And the corn all in the bin,
And the rabbits growing fatter
When the
J.. sets t.,
The record-union., 1897-02-12
UPHOLDS THE GRAND JURY.
judge GaddiS Decision in the Lands
borough Case.
Some of the Indictments Upheld,
and Others Declared to
be Invalid.

L. NJ. LandsbOrough will have TO an
swer in court some of the indictments
that were recently returned against
him by the Grand Jury, while sothers
have been Quashed.
There were seven indictments in all,
some for forgery and some for fraudu-
lently raising jury demands against the
county While acting as Deputy County
Clerk. The validity of these indlct-
ments was attacked by the accused on
the ground that the Grand Jury was
not legally drawn, and further, that the
name of one of the witnesses (Expert
w. E. OSBORN was not indorsed on the
indictments as required by law.
The case was argued and testimony
taken before Judge Gaddis of Yolo a
few days ago and by him taken under
advisement Yesterday Judge Gaddis
rendered his decision. He upholds the
legality of the Grand jury and denies
the motion to dismiss. except as to
such of the indictments as failed to
bear the Endorsement of the name of
Witness Osborn. The decision reads
In the matter of the State vs.. l.. M.
Landsborough.-The several motions to
set aside the indictments and to dis
miss the indictments in the above en-
titled action are hereby denied except
ing as follows:
The motion to set aside certain of
the indictments on the ground that the
name of w E. Osborn, who testified
before the Grand Jury as a witness, is
not inserted at the foot of the indict-
ment or indorsed thereon, is granted,
and as to such indictments it is order
ed that the same be set aside
The record-union., 1897-02-12
w. Y. C.. A.
The Coast Convention Will Open in
This City To-Day.

The Pacific Coast Convention of the
Young Women's Christian Association
opens this afternoon at the South
Methodist Church on Seventh street.
OF the speakers Mrs John Norvell and
Miss Martha Teal of Los Angeles ar
rived yesterday. The delegates will be
coming during the day and evening.
Members of the local association should
find the afternoon sessions specially
pleasant, while the evening services
Will be of general public interest Be
low is the programme for to-day:
AfternoOn-2:30 Quiet Hour" led
by Mrs. John Norvell: 3:15, "Responsi-
bility to the City Associations, re-
marks on The Board of Managers and
Committees, Miss Martha Teal. Cen
eral Secretary; $50, The General Sec
retary;" 3:45, The Individual Mem
ber," Grove F. Ekins, Secretary Y. NJ.
c. A. Of Sacramento; 400 The Com
munity," Miss Emma Reeder of San
francisco, discussion following each
topic; 40, organization.
In the evening": 80, song service. led
by Miss Belle Darlington; welcomes, on
behalf Of the Sacramento Young Wo-
mems Christian Association, DR.. NJ. NJ.
Cronemiller, President; on behalf of
pastors, DR.. T. II. B. Anderson; re-
sponse, Miss Bessie Baker of Stockton:
S:1o, convention address: The Asso-
citation Motto" Rev E. S. Chapman.
d. D., Oakland.
The convention will continue over
Sunday
The record-union., 1897-02-12
CIVIL SERVICE.
Examination of Applicants for Internal
Revenue Positions,

The United States Civil Service Com
mission has ordered that an examina-
ton be held by. its local board in this
city on Saturday, March Goth, COM
mencing at . o'clock a. M, for the
grades of clerk, deputy collector, store
keeper, gauger, storekeeperg gauger and
messenger in the Internal Revenue
service. Only citizens of the United
States can be examined. The age linn
itations for this examination are 21
years and over.
No application will be accepted for
this examination unless filed with the
undersigned, on the proper blank, be
fore the hour of closing business on
March l, 1897. Applications should be
filed promptly in order that time may
remain for correction if necessary.
The Commission takes this opportun-
ity of stating that the examinations are
open to all reputable citizens of the
United States who may desire to enter
the service, without regard to race or to
their political or religious affiliations
All such citizens are invited to apply
They shah be examined, graded and
certified with entire impartiality, and
wholly without regard to any consider
alton save their efficiency, as shown by
the grades they obtain in the examina-
ton.
For application blanks, full instruc-
tions and information relative to the
duties and salaries of the different posi-
tions, apply to Clovis T. LaGrave, Sec
retary Board of Examiners. Internal
Revenue service, T. O. address Sacra-
rn4nto
The record-union., 1897-02-12
THE BABY SHOW.
Hanager Buckley Says 1t Will be a
Great Feature.

Matters have become lively at our
office in the Chamber Of Commerce"
said Manager Buckley, of the Food Ex-
position yesterday. The first caller
of the day was the proud father of
twins who had read the article in the
Record Union about our big baby
show that takes place on Tuesday, the
23d. He declared that they are 50 much
alike that frequently when one cried
the mother spanked the other by mis-
take They are thirteen months old.
and are so fat and round that ii didn't
make any difference whether they were
placed on their sides or ends. He was
certain that the twin baby prize would
be his Then came a mother with a
youngster too old for entry. The man
agement has decided that three years
viii be the limit.
"A blushing father from Reuters,
which, / believe, is about eleven miles
from the city. came next with an appli-
cation for a sweet little girl baby just
The record-union., 1897-02-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

At the Metropolitan Theater this ev-
ening the farce comedy, The Prodigal
Father" San Francisco Music and
Drama" during the successful run of
the play at the Columbia Theater, San
Francisco, said: People who enjoy a
roaring, rollicking and rather rough
farce comedy are being accommodated
with neatness and dispatch by a clever
company OF comedians in The Prodi-
gal Father at the Columbia Since the
comedy was first presented here at the
California with the great Spanish dan
seuse, Carmencita, as a special attrac-
ton. it has been pruned and sliced un-
til only the funny plot without much
detail, remains. but there is about ten
times the amount Of farce comedy and
speciality material in the performance
that there was then. 1t is of much the
same go-as- YOU please order as The
Railroad Ticket or Town Topics,
thou gh it still has more of a story than
either of the farces mentioned. If con-
tinuous and immoderat te laughter count
for appreciation, there have been few
plays presented to Columbia audiences
that were half as we'll appreciated. The
danseuSe in this organization, Miss Ii
tenia is a wonder who does the most
difficult toe dancing ever attempted
here and gets about the same reception
that was given Carmencita. Nat NJ.
Wills, a surprisingly versatile come
dian. makes a hit as tramp. d. J..
Halpin, another man of many parts,
furnishes lot of amusement in yari-
Gus ways by the most absurd female
makeup and an exhibition of funny
dancing. Fred Walz, clever singer,
pianist and comedian is also successful
in winnig long and loud applause, and
Charles Bowles shows much versatility
as a comedian in various disguises.
The record-union., 1897-02-12

seven months old She bears the SEN
sible name of 'Elizab beth and l hope
that little Miss Brammon gets prize,
if only for her names sake. A J-street
mother entered a bouncing baby boy:
and two young ladies came to learn the
details on behalf of a baby brother
that is a wonder
so it went all day, and if any
thing was needed to convince me that
mothers read your entertaining paper
it was the numerous responses to that
one article. We had previously made
but slight allusion to our baby show,
still We had dozen applications Now
We are being deluged with them, and
it all comes from the announcement in
the Record Union The more the
merTier, and we are still watching and
waiting for babies at this Office" laugh
ingly concluded Mr.. Buckley.
Probably no one feature among the
many provided for at Armory Hall for
the week from the 20th to the 9th
could attract as widespread attention
or draw as many persons to see it as
the baby show. The management gives
assurance that it will be splendidly
conducted, and the utmost fairness ex-
ercised in awarding the many prizes
Many of the latter are valuable but it
Is not this alone that influences parents
in entering their babies for competi-
ton. All the world bachelors perhaps
excepted loves infants. They appeal to
every mothers heart, and the spectacle
of several scores of bright-eyed, crow
ing, laughing or even crying babies will
undoubtedly prove an attraction of
great strength.
realizing that for many days they
VIII be queen bees among their neigh
bors through the fact that their Off
spring have captured prizes, whether
1t be for beauty, plumpness, good ma
ture or any other attribute, at the baby
show, the mothers are anxious to have
their children entered. 1t will be a
great day for mothers and babies.
1t must be borne in mind that there
Is no cost whatever to mothers to enter
their babies in this great baby show.
All they have to do is to apply in per-
son or by mail to L. w. Buckley at
ia street, the Exposition office.
The record-union., 1897-02-12
POLICE COURT NOTES.
Cases Continued by Justice Davis
Yesterday.

The case Of P. Soller. charged with
Vagrancy, was continued till tomorrow
in the Police Court yesterday at his re-
quest.
w. Sheehan, charged with disturbing
the peace Of his mother persistently,
was allowed to GO on his promise of
good behavior, sentence being suspend
ed.
The cases of William Henly and 3.
Valentine, charged with petit larceny.
We're continued till tomorrow.
The ease of John Doe Shearer charg-
ed with violating the sidewalk ordi-
nance, was continued two weeks.
That of Albert Moss. charged with
embezzlement from Beasley & Sons, was
continued till the 10th inst.
The record-union., 1897-02-12
A HUNDRED DAYS.
That is What Murphy Gets for Steal
ing a Coat.

NJ. Murphy was in the Police Court
yesterday on charge of petit larceny
in stealing coat and dummy from the
front of w. NJ Petrie's store He plead
ed guilty and asked for leniency. say
ing that he was drunk. but as Justice
Davis had let him go for that offense
a couple of days before, on his promise
TO leave town, he held that he should
have gone and avoided this trouble.
and therefore sentenced him to 100
days in the County Jail
The record-union., 1897-02-12
FRIEDLER'S FAULT.
Ii Leads Him to Spend a Long Term
i'm Jail.

Joseph Friedler was convicted of petit
larceny in the Police Court yesterday
for stealing a kit of tools from William
Gutenberger and sentenced to 100 days
in the County Jail.
c. f. Anderson, charged with petit
larceny in stealing a large picture and
frame from l. Boysen, told very thin
story and was sentenced TO 100 days in
the County Jail.
The record-union., 1897-02-12
Mrs. Ida StaffOrd'S Millinery

Was purchased by the Red House Co.
(three large drayloads). The same will
be on special sale commencing Satur-
day, the 18th. / 900 straw hats from
sc and up; $50 fur and felt hats, about
300 trimmed hats, 25c, soc, 13c, 81;
200 bolts of ribbon; 800 yards of silk
velvet; cases hat ornaments, etc, etc.
will be closed at about 15c on the 81.
The record-union., 1897-02-12
Suit on a rlOrtgage.

Mary A. James has by her attorney.
II. c. Ross. brought suit against Jo-
seph F. Hill, administrator of the estate
Of Gertrude n. Hill and others. to re-
cover payment Of note for $500. for
which mortgage was given on the
east half Of lot \, in the block between
II. 1, Twenty-first and Twenty second
streets.
The suit is for the foreclosure of the
mortgage and for compound interest on
the note since February -. 1892.