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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-11-11

WANTED-SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY PER-
H sons In this state to manage our business
IN tnelr own and nearby counties. 1t is mainly
once work at home. Salary straight 5000 year
gnd responsibilities, bonafide. no more, no
Less salary. Monthly SIS. References. Enclose
sMe ass p stamped envelope, Herbert E..
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-11-11

Under new imperial ukase in Rus
STA labor upon Sundays or on the IA
great feast days of the Greek calendar
is to be severely punished. Hours OF
labor are restricted to eight for chill
dren and II for adults, and to ten hours
on Saturday.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

oulookers, are almost making them
selves.
OF the stur lest type Of American
mechanics are the men employed.
They are workmcn who think and who
know, men who can judge when Ger
tain instant has arrived, knowing its
sppr0 ach 10y intuition, rather than
men of Drawn and muscle. The latter
qualities are not SO much needed IN a
gun shop of to-day. Should Il partially
finished tube or jacket have 20 he
moved there Is the electric travelling
crane overhead. that, AZ the jerk of
a cord, swings over its graphing irons,
ana these need only TO be attached.
The gun maa of to-day needs only 70
guide and TO know.
These works are Of the Benjamin
Atha & Ilhngworth Company. one of
the three concerns In this country
hat have the plant and the skill %
turn on. guns OF size. Their main
shops are az Harrison, the next station
TO Newark, and their casting shop
across the Passaic, on the Island. -
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

Down on the meadows of the Passaic, :
on the shore OF Newark Bay, and /
within the bounds of the city Of /.
Newark itself. says the New York
Herald. mon are working day and
night on gums for tho Government
The complex and exquisitely adjusted
machines chat turn and bore Jackets
aud "tubes" never stop. except for a
''rest" 81 am hour or so or the replac-
ing Of cutter dullel 10y hours of slow.
steady plouCEiag through the hardest
and finest steel.
Steel IS everywhere. ia almost shape
less. cblorg ingots. fresh from the
casting room. Ia forged lengths, IN
cylinders. now bearing some resem-
biance TO rapid fire, AMI In chips
and snayings. There are strange and
interesting scenes in these gun shops
aud the pictures presented each hour
are dramatic in the extreme. Here IN
these processes is ~ be seen the acme
of American manufacturing. the great
essential fact being the machinery.
that is almost automatic IN its work.
and the few men needed 20 control and
guide 10.
Except I'm the forging room scarcely
blow OF q hammer "a heard. The
shops are almost IA silent as tnc grave
Whesls revolve. cutters turn. nct
stand ulacidiy by the side of machine
MOVING softly hero aul there. All
this time. each second. tac lua tla
some day wall belch forth fire eu.
steel of lis own is coming nearer conn
,l.tf.u IIr,,. fnIl re tna bars ra
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

Tr,ns re Record. BssAA>T. W.
60 woman T. better ablet speak 20 osssrs
Re sard.ng "wonan's fate" than Mrs. Jacob
Weaver. OF BsshnsI. H.. wife OF ex-City
Marshal Weaver. She bad entirely re-
covered from the illness which kept her
bedfast much % the ,ims for Ere OF six
years past. and SAYS her recovery IL duo
70 that vel-knowa remedy. Or. Williams
Pink Pills.
Mrs. Weaver r. fssy-six years old. and
has lived In Bushnell nearly thirty years.
she l. % unQueatioDable veracity and IN
hicrrlshcd reputation. The story o. her re-
eoxerv IL interesting. she says.
Il suffered Tor ave or ak year, With the
trouble that comes 20 vomcn az this time
% my life. WIS much weakened. vas IN
able much % thc tinle 20 ID my own work.
and "a -crei beyond my power 20 describe
1 was 1ownhclrtci and u,,lAnr holy.
II took many different medicines. In fact.
+ took Medicine all the time. but nothing
seemed O. ~, me a0v COOL.
4 reai about DR.. williams INK Pills
FOR raic People. AMI sonc % ray friends
| recommended them highly male a. my
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

heat. several thousands Of degrees In f
intensity. stand open q receive 1t. SO f
overwhelming is this heat that even .
the master meiter has 10 put on blue F.
glasses 10 peer into the flames rising
over the bubbling sea Of metal when
the doors are open. When the doors
are dropped downfall Is, shut
there is only revealed single spot Of
brightness. an eve that looks into the
furnaces flame. aud even this cannot
be approached too closely with the
naked eye.
beginning the Gun.
The gun is under way Ten tons OF
metal are already IN the furnace-a
lake Of molten. seething metal held in
by banks of sand Other things of
steel are 70 be made OF this mass. the
gun works being only portion of the
Atha * Illingworth plant. Whether
used for peace or war, steel Is steel,
differing only in quality It Is all
boiled down" in the same way.
In shadow Is the casting shop, ex-
cept when the doors are raised, when
a Hood of light, Il wave OF extreme
heat. is thrown out. In the dusk Of
the shadows grimy men raise the sea
of metal with long bars. The master
meter, never still, steps now and then
to his wheels, set at one side OF the
furnace and looking like the brake
wheels on freight car. and gives one
or the other sharp twist. BY this
he regulates his fire-hve hundred de
grees at a twist. The silica bricks
with which the furnace Is lined cal
stand four thousand degrees of heal
and more before they commence 4
| melt. The master melter rams up th.
/ heat TO the extreme point and thei
/ lets 1t down.
I There are three heats day IN TIA
\ casting shop. Three times metal j
heated, three times It is let go with
mighty rush into the casting pot. Tn
last few moments of each heat are tn
dramatic instants. 1t is then, at tn
Judgment Of the master mclter, tina
the furnace is fed with medicine,
,r shovelfuls and blocks Of metal bein
tossed i'm. ON this depends the qua
ity, the strength, the elasticity of th
IN steel, essentials Of the most vast In
IN portance of the gun of to-day.
at Into she Casting Fos.
go Two hours is usually sufficient Il
t. the boiling Of this steel in its Grad
SIS OF sand. At last the one moment a
NO rives. The bar at the furnaces bac
Ae is worked through the sand TO maj
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

"NIr. Trimmer" said the artless
rirl. what is "A labial salutations"
.Wh-why." stammered Mr.. Trim
mer. IL shat Is. might per
perhaps illustrate it. b-but L d-don't
think -"
"Why not, Mr. Trimmer? Here Is
4 pencil and paper-please show me-
Mr.. Trimmer trembled with agita-
ton. He was a decidedly bashful
Young man.
Il am such poor hand at illustrat-
ING" he murmured.
PLEASE, MIR. TRIMMER.
''Well," be gsspel, If You VIII
promise 70 shut your eyes while I'm
doing the d-drawing. I'm t-try.'
The pretty girl closed her eyes, the
wicked Trimmer leaned triumphautiy
forward, there was a long drawn chez
ehee-cheep, and all was over.
why. Mr. Trimmer, said the
pretty girl. as her eyes Jew open, as
that What it is?'
YES, yes, cried the frightened
youth. 1T is, indeed. I'll get tbs
/ Webster and show you.
Never mind about the Webster,
said the lovely girl, Trimmer is good
enough for me.
And then their mutual understand
l ing was compie'e.-Cleyeland PLAIN
Dealer.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26
FLASHES OF FIN.

She-Mr. Beacon talks Ike a book.
He-Ncs. Ike an autOblograpAy.-fnck-
ChoHy-Are you positive she = not
ing The mald-I am; Ia lose my job
Il wasn't.-Puck.
Il sometimes think was born too
soon" '1Oh. pshaw. Haven't you lived
20 see the chainless wheell-Puck.
He-Yes. loved a girl once. and she
made fool IL me. She-Some girls
90 make lasting impression. don't
they Judge
She-Don't you think there should be
music IN every home? He-By all
means, What I object 10 IS music next
door.-Ti,-Bits.
Lend me dollar. old man" Cant;
only have a half" That's all right;
you can owe me the other hall. -
Princeton Tiger.
Bertha-Miss Spltcuris says she has
remained single from choice. Belle
Yes: bus she didn't say whose choice
Yonkers Statesman.
She-Your friend owen seems 20
have run into debt pretty deep. He
] lAlA lAlO QNDAF AAt o%eAN.N@f N-~-
sons Athletic Record
YES. SIR. want 10 marry your
niece" Have you asked her mother =
NO. si-. prefer the younger lady. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He-I love you with all my heart
She-That's very nice. bu;-but--- lie
But what. darling? She-What about
your arms ?-Chicago News.
The artist (complacentlyl-This pic
ture with the frame IS worth 500. Ills
friend-Come. old man. you neyer gave
5000 for that frame?-Truth.
How would you dcAne patriot!
II should say a patriot j. man who
taxes an interest in his countrys wei
fare. even tae morning after his party
has been showed under. Puck
y When I was young I decided @
make one woman happy. SAe-Wel
5 You have remained bachelor y0t
may certainly ha;tcr Tsisset that yot
have done so.-Loldo1 Home News.
Elith-Do you think e wrong 70 sal
darn He~tba--Perlaps not; bu
a., when one IS vexed. instead q saylD-
! darn mink II more ladyiike simpl,
Co knit ones brow boston Transcript
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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

This years crop of centennial cele-
brations includes observations of the
four hundredth anniversaries OF Nasco
lie Gana's discovery OF the way TO
India by way Of the Cape of Good
Hope. az Lisbon. IN May: OF the burn
ing Of Savonarola at Florencs, also in
May, and of the birth of Holbein at
Basil, in Switzerland Montpelier
will celebrate the hundrcdth anniver-
sary of the philosopher, Auguste
Comte; Aucona that II the poet Leo.
pardi. who was born at Recanati, close
by. and Paris that OF Michelet, the
historian.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

are tumbling and its windows and
tops OF the doorways have been taken
possession OF by the sparrows.
Not only was this the first bank OF
tho town, but the first financial
institution under the charter of the
Territory Of Nebraska. It's president
was Thomas II. Benton, son OF the
Senator. Leroy Tuttie was cashier,
and A. \. Wyman teller. In the
panic OF 81 the doors were closed.
The ancient structure ia decidedly
picturesque in its dilapidation and has
frequently been put into pictures by
local artists.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

Don't be afraid, said theownero of
the very atteuuated dachshund' "he
won't hurt you.
II can't help being suspicious ot
him. was the reply IF he IS good
natured why doesn't he wa1 has tall
when I 80 20 pat has heads'
He will pretty soon. You kno" 10
takes even Thought some little time %
Gravel. "-Washington star.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

first tests would have 20 show that tho
Government standard had been
reached. Oftener than otherwise these
results can only be obtained through
much trying and the expenditure Of
time. A batch Of guns may thus take
months in the making. while good luck
may bring IL down to- weeks.
u IS IN the casting shop. OF course.
that the process Of gun making has its
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

,vc oTer Nn, Hat-lrel Dollars Reward Tor
ans. Ease. n. Daftrrn ta1t cannot h- clrrl ny
MANS lafarrh carr.
FJ CnEsrY s. Co. Toledo. 81.
tN. ana tr. t.r.i.rf....I have known p y Che
meas fs- rhr lasr As years. Ant believe hiu pef-
f..-f.r honorable ln AT business tft1t tlout
auI financially able rn carry onf auf 4nAeA-
unn uls.lr nV thrIr nrrl.
IS an N rurAN. Whole.alo Drlggi-t.. T oictlo.
UnIn
WAlpt~a. KtNNAv g NARvtS, Wholesale
Ur-llli-f- IlI.ia. ohio.
WtfI. tassrrii Cure i- taken inf"rnsil'. trt-
i'm. itr...flt ur.n fhs hlni-i aud mucous SUR
faces ,te chs l-t.rn- Testimonial -fut irft-
llr.r. 81 a.r bottle. -alt by tll hrugsl-t,-
Hale Family Pills ARE tnr nsst
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

did you ever, asked the young
husband. "have your wife Zoos you IN
the eyes when you came home and
ask You if you had not forgotten some
thingg'
MANY time, me boy, answered
the old married man. "9he does yet.
Ia the early days 1t used 70 mean "a
kiss: now it is usually "A reference 20
wiping my shoes. Cincinnati En-
luirer.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

Dozens OF pieces for the navy and for
coast defence are being made here.
- Work OF Great Care.
weeks IS practically the minimum
of time for the. making of q modern
gun, and to finish one within that
space everything would have TO go
marvellously well. The treatment
of the steel would have ~ be success
at the very first attempt-something
that does not often happen-and tAe
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26


an opening. An instant. ani into the
casting pot below the mass runs. scat
tering millions Of sparks, 4 glowing.
golden torrent that foa-ns and Kisses
"a IL pianges down.
The picture of the guns second
stage is superb. On every hand fly
these sparks, and the mass bubbles
and seethes in the cast,ng pot. On
its top, through the glow. can be seen
n dirty mass-the Stag or the scam
that Is OF no use CT value Bnt the /
picturesqueness Of the scene has not !
ended. The casting process - only !
half through The liquid metal must !
Get into its moalds, anl that IN short |
order.
On n track the casting pot rests. 7.
is pushed along this tracS until a e.
gantic crane overhead seizes Il. swing
+ inr ~ aloft. Over mound 81 SANDS It !
f is swung. and the metal. bv the move
mont # bar. Is allowed O. drop down
# ia % Thin strenfn. Again shower upon
shower Of sparks, surrounding the mem
who. with chains AMI atas-s control
the clumsy pot and pull along the
crane r1e grim old shop. wi.h aus
door OF sand. IT'S unrclentnc lus, aud
AMI MS "r'afine''' ~ -- quo .,
nrihant cavern lo' 'no T. ~
thc 'oi.lnS men eie S'' -'''' '-' "a ''l VIC
hSnt ,,.-,.
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""'' a. .,, $3.50.
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49,. 81. my H. '' ~.. +, s,,i- ,v,ir1,r.
forged hoi''"' a't b" 7'''' y ''"
as tine lA,>'' am ''"e
WIN ihe carr in5 """-
lAs.t oi s.ee' rom 'n' .' .-
Che spec'a. Mof" OF S"~
mence@ lne o'l4..
factory i' tNs scene GA ia
TINS process.
Com ir''" guns I..'
tlr aNN Iot llc. are AoA AN. .t-A 'tt -'
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD 5Y The
FUNNY MEN O. TIE PRESS.

JOY I'm Absence-Toaehy-As Silent Partner
borrowing Troubie-Gr-Eariou--
snake EDITOR Ans~ered-ffer Gentle
Eeproacts-The Gentle fseninder. Etc.
love the good old fashioned songs.
And for good cause. a. YOU III allow
A present JOY 90 them belongs-
Because nobody sings them nov
judge.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

The building in which the Oldest
bank in Omaha is located Is in very
diiapidatel condition. The porches
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

o. try their
Z bought th> frst
nor in March l~17
ana wng benefited
trnw fh- start.
a box ana a
half rurrl me cou-
flrteiN. aoi I am
unrg rurcf an a
-frnnr I have not
l.-u bothered with
,mv t-auniea -in go
II tcgan taking the
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

difference "Murtv. how wCi ve6
ioiSe g be hermit Wal yea in.'y
1hchude2"
O'Toole-"Oh. Ga don't know. &c
wudn be so ID yez hod some one .
share j. wiJ yez. Up-to-pate.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

'Isn't Groucheg very irritable
man?"
"He IL rather touchv. Touched
me yesterday fOr ten. Detroit Free
Press.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

Love OF reading enables o man q ex-
change the weary hours which comet 70 every
enc for hours % delight
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26
Finished by the Government.

Only the rough machining, an tech
meal phrase. is done on these guns.
this meaning that the fnal finish aud
the riding is put on by the Govern
ment itself "Rough machining
seems. however, a strange term, ior lt
delicate work requiring the utmost ac-
curacy and preciseness Is not done
here it never was anywhere.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-26

Two hours is usually sufficient for
the boiling of this steel IN its cradle
OF sand. At last the one moment ar
rives. The bar at the furnaces back
is worked through the sand TO make
Smyrna times., 1898-10-26
His Hair In Danger.

A young artist whose pipe, eyeglasses
and luxuriant blond hair have made
him well known in town went to a
garden party not SO much for social
amusement as for pencil studies of high
life. He wore tall hat, frock coat and
lavender trousers and carried sketch
ing block yard square. At the party
his epigrams, paradoxes and fiendish
sllvery laugh overwhelmed, as he in
tended, all the girls in sight or hearing.
but he got through with his social du-
ties as speedily as might be, then went
and sat down ON distant fence.
Soon pencil studies lay all around
him on the grass. Suddenly he felt a
gentle tug at his back hair. He thought.
That is some fresh Alec trying to guy
me, " and he did not look up. The gen
tie tugging ceased, began again, became
much stronger, and then he felt some
thing wet, soft, Shiny, on his neck. With
adreadful oath he leaped from the fence
and looked behind him. Back there was
smart trap, in which sat two girls and
young man laughing. The horses were
close to the fence, and it was one of
these that had commenced browsing ON
the artists profuse locks. Explanations
followed and apologies. "All flesh, " the
artist said, "is grass, but not all hair. :"
philadelphia Record,
Smyrna times., 1898-10-26
POrpOfse OIL.

Oils, animal, vegetable and mineral,
are second in importance to but few do
mestic articles of commerce. Already
incidentally invaluable in the bygone
ages of hand labor, lubricants have be-
come almost a condition of existence in
this century of machinery, and of all
oils porpoise oil is the finest, the most
difficult to obtain, almost the most cost
~. The difficulty, be it incidentally re-
marked, lies not in expressing the oil
from the porpoise, but in catching the
porpoise itself. These cetaceans, like the
fish they prey on, are most uncertain in
their movements, at one time playing
by the week in our very harbors, at 9TH
ers staying q whole month far from the
coast. An economic and reliable method
of obtaining regular supply of por-
poises from our seas would be worth a
fortune.
At present their capture is no more
than accidental. POrpoises are known to
venture into salmon estuaries during
spring flood tides, returning to salt wa
ter with the ebb, and, as an improve
ment on the present casual supply sys-
TEN, strong rope nets might be cast at
the mouths Of these estuaries to inter
cept the invaders as they leave. Prob
ably, however, the ultimate solution
will be found in the rifle and some par
ticular cartridge, preferably fronted with
soft, hollow lead to fatten in the crea-
ture's ribs. 1t may be that even with a
fatal bullet the difficulty is not ended,
for it has not yet been shown whether,
when fatally hit, the porpoise sinks or
floats. London Spectator.
Smyrna times., 1898-10-26
Her Splendid Hair.

When Mrs. Norton was in the heyday
If her loveliness, very beautiful Ital-
Ian woman came to London, bringing
letters of introduction. Mrs. Norton
asked small party of fashionable peo-
pie to meet her at dinner, among whom
was Lord Normandy, a great admirer
Of pretty women. All the men were en-
ohanted with the beautiful stranger and
all the women rather jealous. One of
her great beauties was a profusion of
splendid hair, dressed in jnnumerable
plaits. The women decided they were
not all her own. Before the evening
was over Lord Normandy expressed his
admiration of the wonderful hair and
intimated how much he should like to
see it let down.
"Since you wish it, my lord" said
the woman, and she forthwith unplaited
one massive coil after another, while
the other women looked on, devoured
with envy. II am doing for you, my
lord, what do not do for everybody, Z"
said the houri, casting up her fine eyes
at the enraptured Lord Normandy
from under her mantle of flowing locks.
''It is three weeks now since 1 last un-
did my hair. +"
Which announcement in some degree
consoled the English danes for their
inferior locks.
Smyrna times., 1898-10-26
A Sufficient Diet.

A quart of milk, three-quarters of a
pound of moderately fat beef-sirloin,
for instance-and five ounces Of wheat
flour, all contain about the same amount
of nutritive material, but we pay very
different prices for them, and they have
different values for nutriment. The
milk comes nearest to being perfect
food. 1t contains all of the different
kinds of nutritive materials that the
body needs. Bread made from the
wheat flour will support life. 1t con-
tains all the necessary ingredients for
nourishment, but not in the proportions
best adapted for ordinary use. A man
might live ON beef alone, but it would
be a very one sided and imperfect diet,
but meat and bread together make the
essentials of a healthy diet. Such are
the results of experience, and the ad-
vancing science of later years explains
them. This explanation takes into ac-
count not simply quantities of meat
and bread and milk and other materials
which we eat, but also the nutritiye in
gradients or nutrients" which they
contain.-New York Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1898-10-26
Giles In the PuInit.

The tenets of John Wesley and his
disciples were eagerly embraced in Nor
folk, and Giles frequently became a To-
cal preacher. One "local," Sam by
name, is described as ga born teacher, I"
though his SMILES often dropped to the
burlesque. On one occasion he took for
his text, "The wages of sin is death, ="
and prefaced his sermon as follows:
"My fri 'nds, Brother Paul tells us
that the wages o. sin is death. Now,
let's see wuther we kin grasp wot he
maan by't. S'pose wor tn go an du my
harvest for Mr.. H. Ga local farmer),
an arter all the wuk wor dun go an ak
Mr. T. (another farmer in the same vii
lage) fur my wages, wot du yeou think
MIR. 7. would saay? Surely he would
up and saay, Sam, yeou air fule. Go
an AK Mr.. H. fur yer wages; yeou ha'
dun yer harvest there. Wot du yeou
come an AK me fur yer wages fur?' An
eff wuk all my loife fur the daavil an
go tn God fur my reward he wool saay,
No, no, Sam; yeou go tu the daavil fur
yer reward; yeou hev wuked fur him in
the harvest O. loife; he must pay
yeou. Westminster Gazette.
Smyrna times., 1898-10-26
Wehster Cn,vch Them

William Wetmore Story. the sculptor
and poet, was one of the few men who
presumed to call Lowell "Jim" to the
end, and Miss Mary E. Phillips, in her
Remini SCIENCES of William Wetmore
Story" tells, in Story's own words to
her, the following tale of the two young
men: "James Lowell and 1 were very
angry with Webster for staying in old
Tyler's cabinet and as he was to speak
in Faneuil hall on the evening of the
30th of September, 1S42, we determined
to go in (from the Harvard Law school)
and hoot at him and show him that
he had incurred our displeasure. There
were 5000 people there, and we felt
sure that they would hoot with us,
young as we were.
''But we reckoned without our host.
Mr.. Webster, beautifully dressed, step
ped forward. His great eyes looked,
as shall always think, straight at me.
pulled off my hat; James pulled off
his. We both became as cold as ice and
as respectful as Indian coolies. l saw
James turn pale; he said 1 was livid.
And when the great creature began that
most beautiful exordium, our scorn
turned to deepest admiration, from an
abject contempt to belief and approba-
ton.