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New-York tribune., 1899-12-28

middlng f5-fec; good ordinary 6Hc; receipts a4o7
bales; exports coastwse 1906 sales. 14; stock AZ z
baltimore Dec 27.-Cotton nomlnali mddnn8, ,7sc'
low middllng 3-IGc: good ordinary. 9-loc gross
ceirs 275 bales exports 10 the Continent 4zoz' s'oeA
Is, ,354. ..,, -u., ,our
Cincinnati Dec 27-Coton quiet; Iniddling ,s &c, bo o
idng 1hc good ordinary, Csc; receipts $50 Vaes'
shipments 9T7 stock 1850 ~ 81. -,
Houston Dec. 27-Cotton steady; middng. 20 lac; low
miidlnc good ordinary 0isc; receipts oV'- paes'
shlpments 7606: stock, 103. .99S. ,o ,..
St Louis 27.--Cotton firm; middlng 5.tIoe; oM
,,idgng Tc good ordinary csc: receipts 33s baes'
gross o eco: shipments 92l7; stock, lO5,32l
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28
DELAWARE. [ACKhWANNA { WEs1Fpu
WEST SHORE.R.R,

Trains leave Franklin st. Station. N. r.. as follows
and III m later foot OF w. 42d ST.:
sI2,lb p NJ CONTINENTAL LIMITED, for Detroit
Chicago and 81. Iouls Dining Car
'0,IS p M.. Chicago and 81. Louis Limited
tS,OO p 81 Buffalo and Niagara Falls Express
'0uB p. N. Detroit and Chicago Express.
sDaily. Except Sunday
checked from hotel residence by westcott's Expresa
G. E LAMBERT. General Passenger Agent, N Y.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28

spot cotton in market ruled dull, with price,
1ec lower on the Of 9l6c for middling upland
and i3-iec for middling Gulf. Sales were SO bales
southern spot markets middling quoted. were oflcaF
reported By wire as follows: New orleans nrms 1-l6'
higher at 7%c: Mobile quiet &c higher at 3.l6c; sa-
nominal wilmington steady. at &c; Norfok hrm soc &
higher al 7&c: Baltimore nominal &c higher, at INC.
Augusta firm, nc higher. 5-l6c Memphis steady a,
5~16c: St Louis firm. at 5-l6c.
The exnor movement as follows
Great Britain. France Continent
a0-uay - ,cac, IA coo 36il So
Thus far this .9G6 l25 4l13S2 loofo+o
New-Oreans receipts estimated at
from 1900 bales. against actual recelps sso
week OF 6522 AM last year Of OS53 AZ Houston oooV
10 500 515S actual last week and lo4OS last
year. 49,. . . .o,
Receipts the ports and interior points today. com
pared with the day last week and last year: .
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28
Railroads..
NEW YORK CENTRAL,

9l2 A. NJ and 1856 T. M .anc, except Sunday to
Pittsneld; Sundays only az go A: NJ
Wagner Palace Cars on all through trains
Trains Illuminated with Pintseh Light.
Ticket Offices at 's. 2el tis and i2i8 Broadway :s
l25th ST. issth ST stations New York 1913 and 79e
Telephone 1850 Cortiandt' for New-Yerk Central Cab
Service Baggage checked from hotel or residence By
Westcott Express Company.
GEORGE III DANIELS General Passenger Agent
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28
Gtedmbodls.

BNsTNN G. NEW ENGLAND POINTS.
VIA SOUND LINES.
FALL RIVER LINE. via Newport and Fall River
I4sVe pier 10 y r. OF Warren weekdays only,
500 p NJ sus PRISCILLA and Puritan. Orchestra
each
n r. foot OF Spring ST.. weekdays only at 800 p. NJ.
steamers Maine and New Hampshire.
NORWICH LINE. via New London--Leave Pier 20
~ r. foot Spring st. weekdays only. at o:3o /. NJ.
steamers city ot Lowell and City OF Worcester.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28

Rio-Conee market quiet; No RIO; sSZW: eA's i.r't
lied. receipts 10000 bags; cleared TOT the ChI'o
states 900: stock. 2o3 600 .. ,-.,.-r. ,rara A.
.roN~Conditicns the Cotton Exchange were de
cSediy better To-days cables were hrer man ioosga
c,,e sxnected 10 English holidays fol-
lowed by a eo4d advance for futures and 800 aoVae
snof cotton. at one time appaish ~
though the eased of little and siosed 3e. @
SjSber he net Improvement decded sunuIaht an.
@ G g. grew one Of the most active markets OF recent
times In addition the cables. accounts from he oou,
en- sno markets were generally strong six Out OF te"
~ them advanced quotations 1i6q nc Letters from ooS
ers in the South complained Of small sIot oItIss an.
general difficulty coming TO terms with hooeIs N "a.
yen,oe interior backed up by strohe pTlFde
teiegrams today the effect Receipts were very
OF January notices was sette4
S eiveres not exceeding bales which were prompt
w absorbed by exporters who apparently $1,000
~ ston any number OF them; most or the hoUces
Of to-day went largely TO Greek house WIN ~oIIa
y,da connections Shorts started cover on the os
ing cali and buy throughout the session WIZ
good deal Of competition from investment buyers e1
by certain Wall street houses who had re-entereo he
considerable confidence, judging from he
bodness OF their operations Al the opening the mark
WAS firm at an advance OF 5S points Subsequent pusl
ness Increased improvement 10 a net advance O.
has points after which there some LIQUIDATION whca
caused a partial reaction But the market was inla!F
steady at 2 net gain OF 44l3 points
OF contract prices IN the local market too
a follows:
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28
CENTRAL R. R. OF NEW JERSEY,

Anthracite coal used exclusively.
sssns sTs'k Now So cS Istry ST.
,m. and S south sdr;5 Tssy .yy e: whitehall 81 ST.
Train. sSa i:s;s s''i5 s55s y fsils e sss St
40 :i s5G Esscn 'ps sunSsy' :id
Eastonl A. NJ. sl;oo $3.50: $500 p ~ IN .o.,o
sII SiIsfsg'rEs y sgna.s :';a %? .so
noeo hfrs5'f iisD q 'fs ReaaaE5 ah''u sS
GisS to % RssSinF % NJ G :ioo iaO $3.50 $500 TO
R''di"s p NJ AL sisIi' RXif Tfht ROUTE.
% Fs o1y a S 30 to REQ f Bank ia ea sig
%so % bd.s & ss1isy: is s" s'c6 Co coiS to Red Bank
''Eoh LHkE%eo69; 80 20 fs'se q NJ "'''' h'a'.
4 n: si:i5 "a 20 Iskehrrs' I .Sy, Snyy, ho 800 Z"
haNeAOT'' 0nS rvTIA via MxTxwxy.. A. ~
H''Esfs { & ssa .as #ss'Ri;A H:Assa!
'nly' p NJ su'1;f; VIA iaaS isaaScaHpoRT, aScaHpoRT r ~
Of Fer Ssrss Hiisn' $50 s'ii ns sSf
ROYAL BLUE LINE.
FOR PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE AND
Week DAYS, so9 sd ss0 1870 q L9f!sS m msS 5nnr 81 c.o
pSHS INNS & is go .sS sGsa s Blue k%ss sandsy
S S 8ass soS SAB Bass " ta = S' HsSt s ss:
sosi,'' i5.;; .,5S | sss's'
v.y s4 eiS f. Al rs M 90 g. s IS s'ss
5S e. fS%Rs9. s. SsS sS:t
Burg l6s New York Co. VIII ssil FOR aud chseh
eaEsHss .Fsro@ fLS@ L5ery nSst' St or only st'1e'-'
sFrom South Ferry ave minutes earlier.
tFrom South Ferry at 525 p ~
bFrom south Ferry at SSe9 p y.
kFrom South Ferry at 500 P. n
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28
THE posToN METAL MARKET.

Ro.on Dec. 2T.-Coppers were weak To-Day ~ltn
the execution Of Montana The weakness was more notice
able In Utah. Tamarack and copper range n ana "a
"euha surprslng OF the fact that foreign ad-
yi.es showed stronger market for the metal ana Ihqen
,o,,tions showed gain the triple holiday. The
General market firm. and there was nouceaoe
strength in silver and granger shares
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28
NAVAL STORES.

p,.,, y,, steady but auiet and unchanged Spirits tur-
nentnn WAS selling email at full but unchanged
rates Tar was steady. but quiet with p<ices un
changed. Quotations follow:
TAR Regulars. 81 70. do OIL bhls. ~ 90.
NJ IRITS TURPENTINE-5lha52 -
ROSiN-Common 10 good strained, 81 40; y, 81 90; "
81 *. q 81 1O H. 81 20. 81 70. X 81 20; NJ 81 8o ~
81 50, " G.. s. so. w. - TO-
STOCK on HAND.
Uosn bbi'
spirits turpenne
London Dec. 27-Tupentne Spirits. BIS 3D.
Charleston Dec 27-Tupcntne nrm: sales 10 casks at
4Ii5c Rosin FIRM: sales. $50 bbs; II. G. D. u 20; y,
81 10 f. 81 % O. 81 -: H. 81 10; 81 45. X, 81 30: NJ,
Al 10 n 81 20: w g. 81 10; W. 81 20. .,
Savannah Dec. 27.-Spirits turpentlne hrm. 4Ng4sc'
celps i3i7 bbls sales 2N bbs: exports, li2 bbls
Rosn nrm unchanged receipts 9206 bbls exports 2soO
bhls. .,- A. ,-ua
4sc. receipts ~ casks Rosin Arm. 81 10dsl l5 re
cepts i4I bbls Crude turpenne nrm III 6oaS2 sO re-
cepts 20 bbs. Tar steady. 81 %: receipts 2os bhls
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28

Santos-CoNee market nrIn;
good Average santos $500 receipts 1900 osss s'o'n
Siso y m, net unchanged u pfg lower; sales !oCY
6aSs Havre-COnee market opened quiet and unchahgeu
,"aei frame lower; at l2 M unchanged; az M ut-
cbanred to h franc higher at $50 m. unchahsed'
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28
THE STATE OF TRADE.

Buffalo Dec 2I.-wheat-sprns-N Nothing doing VIZ M
ter wheat held above buyers views; No red nae 20
/ white 7GAc Corn nrm; No yellow, 81 &c, BID; no
yellow 95c No 3 corn Ban d35c No corn 3l+g3tns'
Oats firm: No white 20c No white 2s1S 20 ge'
2sc: No mixed 26%q27c No mixed, 26isc. Rye,
No demand; No 2, in store 5sc Flour firm and In soou
demand -
Chicago Dec 27-The leading futures ranged as fol-
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28

Receipts OF breadstuTs at interior points in thousands
last three cIhers o0 omitted -four bbls grain bush as
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stalls, and listened in GREATNESS fear to
.he tramp of approaching feet The sound
ore" rapidly nearer. The wavering flicker
from lantern shone through the engines
wheels. A man came round the pilot
directly toward me. My first impulse-as he
seemed to look right at mt-Was 10 throw
myself on his mercy. He turned his head.
ana lodged round the stove. He climbed
on the engine, and l heard him try the WA
ter. Then he raised the lantern above his
head, looked at the steam gauge NUT
other side.
l made dive for the hole. had had
enough, and was determined to get out
met Pete coming in.
Where was YEP he asked in what
sounded to me like tones of thunder, Re
assured, drew back, allowing them to
enter.
After a whispered consultation we de-
cided to go in the opposite direction to that
taken by the man. The round house was
so big it was hardly possible that we
should ever see him again. Cautiously,
IKE mice in a strange kitchen. we started.
1here was but little to be seen in the OBJ
security, the front ends of the engines
whose outlines doomed indistinct and ghost
Iy-all looking alike. We noted their num-
bers and tried to recall the trains to which
they belonged. The Sameness of the con-
lnually receding curve ahead made US for
get that we We're advancing. Suddenly we
came upon the foreman's office.
Old Jack Dowd. the night foreman stood
same instant an engine that was being
turned on the table flashed her headlight
on US.
we listened with bullying eyes when he
sad: Hurry up now and git them in
glnes turned. You kids better dig for home;
If your fathers and mothers ketches We
out till this time O. night. ven walk the
carpet sure"
We thought so. too. and legged it for
home with scant ceremony.
Mother had been to a meeting of Re
beccaS. and was awake when | came in
L was horror stricken when in reply to the
squeak of the third step of the back stairs
she called: rs that you. Franky?''
Yes. ma am"
What's the matter, dear, are you sick?'
mo. ma am
Iher, what in the world are you doing
up at this time o, night? Go right back to
bed again.,
Yes. ma am
1 heard her tell father that she believed
L was beginning to walk in my sleep but
he only said: Nonsense; he proba bly, got
up to get drink of water; young ones are
always dry in the night" Fortunately, sh.,
forgot all about it next day, so / escaped
embarrassing questions.
Go be Continued)
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works at once. We were all barefoot but
as our soles were hardened by the summer
campaign, the extensive fill of cinders and
broken stone outside the roundhouse had
no terrors for us. The moon being low, our
position was enshrouded in dense gloom.
We advanced cautiously, but without fear
to the very breach.
The engine had been backed away from
the hole, the broken pilot had been re-
placed by new one, and she now stood
facing us, with her head lamp ill., but turn
ed down low. The hole was there, no OBJ
countable reason our courage oozed out at
the ends Of our bare toes. and We were in
danger of returning from whence we came.
Neither of us cared to take the lead.
FROM the shape of the building and the
fact that an engine stood at either end Of
the hole our view of the premises was ex-
tfemely limited. A man might pop on us
at any moment. What the consequences of
discovery might be we dared not think
Joe said that as knew the lay of the land
and was the instigator of the enterprise j
ought to lead.
Unable to deny 1T, and too proud to back
down, stipulated that they should follow
me in case L survived. Having received
their assurances of fdelity, l entered, ap-
parently without fear, but really shaking
like a jelly fish
l trod on the sharp corner of a brick; il
rolled under my foot, and, in reaching out
to save myself, l knocked down crow
bar. 1t fell against the cylinder of the en-
CINE, and rolled away on the cement floor
making noise that reverberated through
distance asked sharply: What's that?'
With my heart in my mouth, ! darted
blind1y between the engines. | fell over a
spirit jack, barking both shins painfully,
but dared not cry out. l crouched be-
hind the big stove that stood between the
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cestors were heaped upon his devoted head:
family influence combined 20 exert its
every VIE TO break the engagement hut
sun he stood rcsolute. He was driven
from horse and village an outoast on the
world and his property confscated and di-
vided.
The day came. and the bride sat alone
deserted by her family. waiting for her
faithful bridegroom. The hours passed;
he did not come. Suddenly a step was
heard outside the hUf where she anxious
iy awaited. She rose eNpectanf A cur
tain WAS thrust aside; something was
thrown into the room and rolled to the feet
Of the Mortified girl. She stoopcd and
picked it up. and then screaming and
laughing she fen upon the ground - a
maniac.
1t was the severed head of her father
and before her stood her affianced husband
stern, relentless and cold as If turned TO
stone, in his hand the terrible mife-ou
thead knifel freshly dripping. Family per-
suasion had triumphed al last, and the or
deal which had been given him Of proving
his fidelity to tribe and family i'm order 10
be forgiven was the task ne had Just per
formed-taking the head of the brides own
father and throwing II at her feet.
The shock was too great for the poor
glrl. whose reason. mercifully. gave way.
she may yet be seen about Apia. homeless
ana wandering, sadly pathetic flgure.
decked Opheiia-iike I'm bridal wreaths with
singing her family song OF victory or
grooming a love ditty. The young warrior
upon whose fealty so terrible a test had
been imposed sought and found in war
that oblivion which his poor afflicted BRIDE
elect yet hoDeleSsly awaits.
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IN NEW YORK HARBOR
Life's Undereurrents Where the Ships
Come In.
QUEER Ind GRUESOME SECRETS
How Thirty Thousand People Find
There a Support.
BYWAYS THAT ARE DARK

There is no hamlet in the United States
go remote that il ought not to be interested
in New York harbor, for through that great
water gate, and under the towering torch
of the statue of Liberty come the great
ships from all parts of the world which
bring to US imports, and from it go out
the ships carrying our exports. And there
is no person from the bootblack in Seattle
to the richest ranch owner in Texas, from
the Missouri mountain girl to the best
dressed woman of fashion in Chicago, who
IS not affected by our European trade in
some way. however slightly. New York
harbor's waters bear messages or supplies
every year to or from pretty nearly every
human being in all America.
These are the busiest days of the year
there
1t is q queer place.
Mere than 30 one men and women are en-
gagged in doing your business. and mine,
for us in New York harhOr. and nowhere
in the world are there stranger people than
may be found among them. Yet New York
harbor has had no historian. Dickens
wrote of LondOn's Thames. and Hugo, Du-
mas and dozen others have told the story
of the Seine of Paris. but New York'S great
harhOr and its two rivers. with enough an
chorage ground for every vessel afioat on
all the oceans in the world. and with over
sixty miles of docks. has not been recog-
n1zed by the great ones who nave told true
stories
1t is the under currents of life about the
harbOr which are more interesting, and be
ing under currents. they are, some of them,
dark and devious as the black bottom
waters of the rivers which touch the Ooze
and twist and turn among the spiles below
the docks
a dark night. Two men creep carefully
to a slightly remote water front such as
that of Astoria or Bayonne. They SLOUGH
and Turk along until they find a small boat
unguarded. Silently they slip its moorings,
crawl slowly in and row out to the deep
channels where ships pass. They wait
there. drifting, until schooner bound out
to sea comes near. with sails set or lowed
by a steam tug. From her stern a rowboat
or dingy is trailed by a rope. The silent
watchers become animated. They pull
quickly, but quietly. between the small
boat and the passing schoOner's stern
They cut the line. The schooner passes on
The men have set themselves up in trade
They have secured their first and most i'm
portant tool.
Started in Trade
They conceal their acquisition under some
dock and carefully return the first stolen
boat to its original mornings before day-
light. 1t has been stolen too near home
and they would be in danger of arrest if
they kept it, But the schooner which own
ed the second one has gone to sea- and the
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SAMOAN TEST OF FEiLTY.
What Was Required of a Lover Nybo
Had Offended His Family.

FROM the san Francisco Chronicle.
The following gruesome though trua
story shows what powerful lever family
approval and tribal influence exert upon
the Samoan character. The story is
Vouched for in every detail
A certain young Samoan, the son of \
chief, who had reached that age when "a
young mans fancy lightly turns tn
thoughts of love-" became deeply euamored
of the taupo or belle belonging to a neigh
boring village, between whose talking
man. father of the taupo, and the suitor's
family there existed a bitter feud The
attachment was reciprocated but as is
customary in such important matters as
matrimony, the question of eligibility was
duly submitted 10 the aiga (a-e-na) or fam
lily council which promptly returned a YER
dict of Impossible" Instead however ~
accepting the decree of his family and re-
nouncfng his inamorata the Young man
rebelled and declared he would wed his
dusky sweetheart in spite of all the code of
Faa Samoa and the trammels of family
and tribal disapproVal that could be i'm
posed. The young girl also asserted her
independence and scorn for the obstacles
which were put in their way. and. with the
her trousseau of fine mats and gaudy tapa
which brides in Samoa affect.
The wedding day approached. The feel
ing between the rival villages ran high
and before the arrival of the date fixed for
the ceremony eliminated in open hostil-
tiles. Overwhelming pressure was brought
to bear upon the poor lover who was re-
viled and tainted with being a traitor, and
all the curses of endless generations of an
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Second, to ship the men again on some
other ship as quickly as they can, SO as
to gather in their big commissions on their
wages. There have been cases where men
landing from a three months voyage early
In the morning with their wages in their
pockets have been captured by the
''crimps' and their "touts,' piioted about
the dives during the day and the night,
and landea-generalfy so drunk that they
have to be lifted aboard on an outbound
ship the following morning. Not only had
the "crimps' stolen half their money, but
they had received liberal commissions on
the other half, which had been spent in
saloons and dives.
Little River Thieves.
Queer system of petty dishonesty is
practiced every Thursday, when the fishing
smacks come into the piers about Fulton
market. hundred boys will be swimming
there, a score of them soampering naked
over the many smacks which come III to
supply fish fer the Friday demand. Every
now and then a buy. watching his chance
when nobody on the boat is looking, Will
slip his thumb through the gills of a fine
fish and dive with it into the water After
a while the lad will emerge from behind
boat. swimming on his side. with one hand
low in the water, and disappear round the
end of a Fier. There stands young
fish. TIE coy always carries his money
away in his cheek, generally along with
bug EE Cu;d of l. taCco.
Il gifts 20 cents or a quarter for every
fis! 1 steals said he. They never rince
the matter of stealing
Whore do you sell the7n?" was asked.
ANY Old place. Anybody'H pay a GUAR
ter for a fish when de price in de market
is Is cents pound
So these boys stand sometimes just out
side the market and compete successfully
with the men from whom they have stolen
their stock. for these fish run from three
to five pounds piece Other boys. l am in
formed. have regular customers in restau-
rants and small hotels, boarding Houses,
etc.
II would he tedious to enumerate the
various Commonplace means CT drawing
legitimate liVings from the river, such as
ordinary fishing. wood gathering, etc,
though the days work of many Of these
water folk would be excellent material for
the novelist. But there are plenty of in
teresting sights to see by day and by night
along this great waterway.
You would be the richest man in the
world if you had everything that has been
dropped into East river, even in the mile
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v { v In
A Railroad Story.


would take me over to his side and let me
run ner w hen he said: 'All right. Frank:
you've got the block; back upr' / would
grasp the great throttle lever with both
hands and tug with all my might He
would have to help me, but 1 didn't mind
that. And when she plunged into the
thick. black smoke that nearly always filled
the tunnel, and the exhaust reverberated
with deafenfng roar under the solid rock
arch, l would be glad he was there. The
light from the open fire box door shining
on the great pillows of smoke as they rolled
in over the back of the tank gave them an
appearance of solidity, as though they
would smash us to pieces
How / silently welcomed the appearance
of gray blotch in the blackness, indicat-
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FruitIess.
Maria. at last it has GOMEZ"
From Town Topics.

From Town Topics
Maria, at last it has Gomez
The hitherto careworn face of the middle
aged husband had taken on bril-
liancy. and his whole attitude was eN-
pressire of some sudden joy.
Yes" he said, triumphantly, after
lifetime passed i'm ceaseleSs endeavor for
your sake, / am at last rewarded. My in
Vention has been sold and fortune awaits
me- Think. Maria, of what this means to
you, You will never have to make me
another shirt or cravat as long as you
live"
His wife looked at him with reproachful
glance.
James, she said, tenderly. II hope I
shall never be too proud for that. No mat
ter, James, how rich you shall be, il will
always be my greatest pleasure and priVi-
lege TO make your shirts and ties"
Her husband did not reply, but a few
moments later. alone in his own room. he
bowed his head over his clasped hands
and muttered, in bitter anguish:
Alas, the labor of a lifetime spent for
naught.
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No Mean Critic.
From London Answers.

The late Sir John Milais, while engaged
in painting landscape one day, noticed a
rustic standing by his side gazing atten-
lively at the canvas.
Sir John took no notice of his rural critic,
who presently inquired:
Did you never try Photography, sirg'
No., replied Millais.
It's much quicker" remarked the rustic
Yes. it is,'' rejoined the artist
A few seconds of profound silence fol-
lowed, and then the son of the soil bIurted
out:
'And it's more like the picture"
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Editor-"Did you write this joker"
Vis;tor-''Certainly ] did, sir; il is quite
original"
Editpr-'Theu you must write me an ar
ticle on the way you manage to look five
andtwenty when you must be over hun
.dred years old
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CHAPTER I.

My Father-A Round House Adventure
Unpleasant Results of the Same-I Learn
to Handle Fathers Engine-The Belleville
Round House-My Chums-An Oppcrtun-
ity Presents-We Enter the Forbidden Pre-
cincts of the Round House-Discovered.