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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-08
o"iiy .nterior Movemen,.
HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.
Current q lotntiOns on Round Lots of
Stuplc Commodities


These quotations are revised daily and their
correctness can DO relied upon. The prices ara
those ruling in Houston wholesale markets.
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Carload lots. OBJ. cars from millers; deal
ers charge from store 591oc more Yer 100 lbs
on bran, 203c per bushel on oats and corn and
l0d15c per 100 lbs on hay.
BRAN-Per 100 pounds 7Sc.
RICE BRAN--Per 100 lbs. Soc
WHEAT SHORTS--Per 100 lbs 951S1. 05.
CoRN-No sacked 44l9d45hc
oATs-Good No Texas 29as2c; off or no
grades 25@2sl5c; Kansas white No. 2 37dSSc
No white 85d3sc; slightly stained 3oAg
BIC.
othy s1i. 50a155O; South Texas prairie hay
s5.50aI00; North Texas and Territory 50 50
di0 so
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FINANCIAL BRIEf'

New York. Marh 7.--ClearinS
balances ss.12S. 466. +,
Paris. March 7.--Three per cee.
SIC. Exchange on London ~. "
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CANNED FRUlTS--Pineapples, 2-lb, eye
less and coreless 81. S5d2 90; 2lb extra gra cd
81 0012. 25: 2-lb standard, sliced, 81 So pears
2-lb standard 9oc; peaches. 2-lb standard, slS(
al 35. standard 81. 25di 80; 2-lb seconds 81 IL
oils; 3-lb standard $3.50; 2-lb pie sl.OOql,lOi
3-lb pie Sl.ljd1. 90
CANNED VEGETABLEs--Tom BIB
full weight, S5d96c 2-lb full weight 65u10c
okra and tomatoes. 2.lb, soc; Lima beans, 2-lt
full weight, T5c; string beans, 2-lb full weight
75c; A No. stringless beans, 2-lb full weight,
81 So red kidney beans, lib full weight, SIC;
marrow fat peas, lib fun wes I, 81. l01l 70;
carly June peas, fancy 2-lo full weight. 81. so
American petit pois peas fancy, 2-lb full
weight. 81 G5Gll. 49, asparagus California pa
10. 500; corn, Auburn cream, 2-lb full weight
81 1Qdi. IS A No. / 2-lb fun weight 81 05d1 10:
Blue Ridge 2-lb S0dS5c.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT-Extra standard ga
Ii peaches, lemon cling si.9oa2 90, yellow
Crawford 81 S5d1 90; black cherries s2.lO1
2 Is, white cherries 81 1012.15; apricots 81 u
also, strawberries $s5; plums S1.35dl. 40;
grapes 1851 40; seconds loo per dozen less
than extra standard prices.
CANNED MEATS-Corned beef. lib 81 IS;
2-lb s. 20. Potted ham quarters soc; halves
81 90. Lunch tongue, lib So 10. Vienna sau-
sage, 1a-lb Csc
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BUTTER AND nv

Chicago, March 7.--Butterr,.sr
creamery 1942iis: dairy iesi;.
Firm, 1913. Eggs-F.rIn. I'D
ST, Louis, March 7.--Eggs,.xr'~''
Kansas City, March Sa.1
sourl and Kansas stock lzk ,n.d
turned: white wood cases IT, &,
New York. March l.-htT,.t.
packages: barely steady wul'
lShGibis; Southern at MARI
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= S t,,a. closed ea'yi prices lsc down; s.
Compnrnsivc snot y,,,,c,.

The following are the closing quotations for
cotton on the SPOT az the leading markets. 10
gether with the closing of mddling yesterday.
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COFFEE.
lsneclal to The Posl.

Especial TO Inc -
New York, March Us. MULE
say of coffee:
Coffee was unchanged TO "
closing steady with sales oil l'srp
months were especially firm. y
dropped 1920. Hayre advsa's.
Hamburg advanced Adb az y. "
receipts 5000 and Santos gov w
the downward reactions.
New York, March 7.-Fntures. y
and unchanged, ruled modera,gs,.s
firm on cables, moderate rece'p.~
Santos, less pressure In the "
local disposition TO cover. vs''
ton on the whole was siacS a
closed steady, unchanged 70
higher. Total sales 1870 osS
March at 6.95; April 6.s5; May 81 81,
$50; July 6.95: August 6.ss, ~
November 705; December ~ "a. K
Spot-Rio nominal: No. inYv~ !,
No ! jobbing So; Mild marke' ~
9isd1i.
New Orleans, March 7.--usA'
nary IN fair SN TIgss
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Denver and Rio Grande lists
Denver and Rio Grande 4s

Denver and Rio Grande lists
Denver and Rio Grande As $3.50"
II. Worth and Denver City ists '''''
G.. II. and S. A. IS -
g.. II. ami S. A. eds ...........'.
Houston and Texas Central s..
Houston and T. G. consol Is ''v'
x. c., p. and Gulf lists (trJ ...
NJ, X. and T. Ids ...........
NJ, *. and T. as ...............''
Reading general As '
Rio Grande Western lists ..."
st, l.. and L. NJ. consol IS ~
81. l.. and S. r. general IS ..., "
Southern Railway IS .........''"
Texas and Pacific frsts. !. ...'',. NM"
Texas ana Pacific 2ds.
Union Pacific As
Wabash lists
Wabash seconds ...........,...
West Shore As ..........'.''
Colorado Southern As ......,..,'
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Neg Orleans. March ~:
S7sG4 3-le, centrifugal s9s1S
yellows assd4A: seconds sHe'
Quiet; centrifugal S4S6.
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The London statlst. a papor ., ln,mcnao

buence 10 Great Britain aud elsewhere. saws.
on February 10, as follows; Can sufncient
COTTON be obtained from America 20 meet
our requirements for remainder OF tho sea-
hciency We may, therefore. witness a
higher price and greater scarcity than Tor
many years" ~
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New York March professional bear OPP
orators suspended their campaign for de-
cline in the stock market today. the bull con =
tingent on the other hand, we're hammered
bv tho continually increasing closer cond-
tons in the money market and by the de-
termined indifference of the outside public.
In consequence dealings on the exchange ap-
preached the point of stagnaton. and the
movement OF price, was entirely without sig
nltcance. Attention among money lenders
traitors. is devoted to the probable effects of
the currency bill until it shall become op-
erative. AS to the volume of the expansion
Of the CURRENCY. opinion is agreed that ad-
ditional note issues will be made at once
up TO the par value of bonds at deposit 10
secure circulation. which is slightly over
$40, 100000 The 10 per cent increase indi-
Gated will be 240CO, 200 AS to the extent
beyond this to which the expansion Is likely
to proceed. all is conjecture. and opinion is
exceedingly varied. On the present National
bank Capitalization. which amounts to SOLO,
100000. further note issue is permissible UNI
der the law OF 3b6.OU0WO, but the total
amount of the bonds to be converted and
which are available to secure circulation, is
which may be embarked in National banks in
small cities under the law makes possible
an extension of circulation as tar as National
bank capital is increased But this posi-
DllllN is purely lQtOTeIlCdl. lue UlOTe LuS
question is canvassed of che possible effects
Of the operation OF the law, the moro IL is
perceived that hindrances may arise to TAX
Ing out additional circulation In the first
place the constant advance in the price of
government bonds may cat up the margin.
which would leave a profit in circulation.
There is a question also of the ability of
the banks TO keen their notes in circulation.
They can NOT be countsd in the lawful money
reserve required by law, and at the same
time they swell the deposit liabilities OF the
banks. In consequence. unless an active de-
mand exists for the currency in the hand-to-
hand transactions. the banks would derive
no adyar t'.n keening the notes in their
vaults and would send them in for redsmu-
ton as fast asreceived. On the other hand
even If the notes keen in circulation, there
is the question how far they would serve to
disDlaCe legal tenders thus facilitating gold
exports. Lastly there is ths question of de-
Law in the preparation Of the new bonds from
purely mechanical differences. delay which
NAV last several months since there is no
Lever IN the treasury department to antici-
rate tho operation of the laH hy preparing
bends in advance. With the doubt thus in
volN ed Of the amot mt OF relief 20 be afforded
to the money market. by tho operation OF the
rev law ana of the time when relief will he
avaltble on the stock exchanges are much
curtaied. Some Of the buying OF bonds to-
day was attributed TO capital n ade available
for rcinVestment by the recent large selling
of government bonds. Prices were generally
well sustained. Total sales. par value, Sl.I35-
600.
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McFadden & Co are quoted as saying that
some OF the mills are resell.ng their raw
This refers to mills IN the South and at Man
chester, n. II.
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ArPLEs--New York stock 81 .50I5.o I'LL
nois stock 81 co. Missouri stock $3.50.
BANANAS-Fancy stock, per bunch, packed,
Si.50d1.75
COCOANUTS-Per sack $3.50d4.00.
LEMONS--Fancy Messna S60s SS.00d3 -.
RANGES-Califor1.a budded S2.5O42. Io;
choice navels S2.75d3,90
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DRIED FRUITS AND NgiS.
APPLEs--Fancy evapor6ted, bO-lp boSes'
ste, | ID cartons DC; choice evaporatea &C.
APRrCOTS--Per ID. loose, 12hc.
CITRON--In l0-ib boxes. i3c.
ed. hulk 71c; lib cartons sas.sc.
DATES-i-lb packages i0c; 6O-lo boxes &C.
FIGs--california i2iso; imported l5alSc;
PEACHEs-C new stock &c; STANDARD
SIC
RAIsINS- California. 3-crown, l.. l.. boxes
81 %; "a -box L. l.. rasins 651l5c; 2-crown' u
NJ. raisins. 50-lb boxes, INC; S-crown H. NJ
ralsns. 50-lb boxes, SIC.
PRUNES--Caiifornia. 50-ecs 1lac; 60-IOs &c;
70.s0s &c. s0-s0s SIC. 9o-l00s SC.
NCTS--Brazll 1Oc ner ID; iilberts. Sicily l2c;
Naples 12Ikc wanuts 14dl5c; peanuts, fancy
hand picked Size; No. 5e' ALMONDS, TARA
coma, Ice per lb in sacks; pecans, unscreened,
CM17isc better grades S9Sc; Italian chest
nuts loo.
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I'm THE STOCK MARKET.
The Movement Of Prices Was Entirely
Without Significance.
PROFESSIONALS SUSPENDED CAMPAIGN
Bulls Hnmpered by Conditions OF
nIoney-ResuIt of the Financial
bill watched with Interest.
Special to The Post,

New York March is. Mum. Son a
Co. saw of stocks Stocks were irregular
Railway stocks easing off and industras be-
Ing in the main firm. Stock sales dropped
to S0l. 400 shares, Bond sales N65l COO. with
prices generally firm. Sugar shorts were
driven in. report that the Mollenhauer re-
finery would reopen at once was denied.
Raw sugar has declined 10 points OF late and
refined only 10 points. The margin between
raw and refined is stated ut 80 cents per 100
pounds. That being the case. the sugar trade
is not in such a bad way as bears would have
us believe. In the loan crowd the only bor-
rowing demand Is for Sugar, Third Avenue
and Western Union. Sugar loaned at Ia per
cent: Western Union and Third Avenue Nat
and the rest Of the list could be borrowed at
the current call money rate There was good
buving OF the fractions early In the day. but
later on bankers sold Third Avenue and room
traders thfreuDon attacked the stock. Eu-
rope bought 10000 shares including Penn
sylvania and the coalers. Republic Steel
was firm on good earnings and better pros
poets. IL is said. for the common National
courage holders OF steel stocks st. Paul Is
scarce in the market. and there is said to
be a largo short interest and the meeting
tomorrow is awaited with considerable in
erest. Keene brokers sold the general list
to a moderate extent and Flower brokers
were prettv good buyers Of their specialties
Money was 2 to 1. closing at per cent An
unfavorable bank statement is expected on
SATURDAY.. but on the other hand sterling ex-
change was reduced hdl2 rcr cent and the
massage of the currency bill encouraged bulls.
No eXtrem5 monetary strinCsncY is looked
for and we still advocate purchases on the
decline
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The Semi-wesAlv statement of thirteen III
Price, Mccormick & Co. have raised thel

crop estimate to s.5oOOOO bales, on the
ground that the great rise win bring out
every bale OF cotton that there Is in the
country. They made an estimate several
months ago Of about s.751ooo,
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Quinine 45TiIc per ounce, in bottle: NOR
phine s236G25o per ounce. cocaine 500 per
ounce; borax SIC per pound In l0O-pound
packages; copperas $40 per pound In bar
res: castor oil si.1O Der gallon in 5-gallon
packages. epson salts 1850 per hundred in
barrels; alcohol 81 so per gallon. sulphur Says
per hundred In barrels. alum 2iRc per pound
camphor 62d64c. wood alcohol I.15: gum
opium SO 70; powdered opium A.1s; carbolic
acid SIC per pound bottles
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New orleans March 7-Ths Now o.,..
live stock exchange reports; '''esh'
Reoelpts--Catte ~; calves AVA ,,
loi; hogs Il '"u Searling'
bG sais s 1885, calves and year,ngs 1902.
81 hogs 81 anu yearlings
demand ap's % sr9Nn cattle about equal IA
United supply barely SUFFICIENT for j nvgs N
s ats Tseurements General tone is GOOD '' INV.
TED hogs 49, Others unchanged s'Vn' corn
n >, to 1ds;,t March 7catte Receipts a,,.
export steers 4.50ai5s5: drssss sss'pplng and
DonnS. siss,s 4oos seers under s ,aS
S COWS ssy and 40 stoeksrs and feeders S9 S
4s@' bulls -saoaioO: Texas sns 8
Hess Rs sca.s s. sS Sc and h.ite.s ssOaSso
higher: Pics and lights ' saa. st sS 70 SC
oeipss 's sso %s,Ss, sheegp sessss
1899 .Sss lambs seodJeo eu snNe 80 mp,tons
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MiddIIng fair. .bA


gfOcr fhie dov ,,.,,,..... .VII,UI
Stock thia dav last week .,,,........ Dis 90
stock his dav last vear, 1873
Excess this season ...............s....,is s. AS
New YORK Futures.
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Iu. y DID, ' NaIItI \ HtIItI6'
Sew Orleans Failures.
Lt.ernooi lIutur-..


FOLLOWING are the closing quotations:
Uan~Feb. lfs luly-Aug ....o 0Gv
Feb March. 49,. 80 22-23 Aug-Sept ...4. $3.50
March April. 1870 sept-oct .....4.3ss
April. MAY. LIS Oct.Nov ......,4.2ib
Mny-June ....,..5.1l-12 Nov Dec ......i.'0s
June July. 5.Os-09 Dec.Jan .......i.17V
l. esft l,ta
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HOUSTON DAILY POST: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH s. 1900
DRIED rRuITs ANp NUTS.

$50, Geese. full feathsred. ;i.sous.oO. GUN
cas- 81 .75d2.00.
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Houstons eross rcccipts OF cotton NV ,bo
various railroads entorlns tho city werc oe
uons,o, ,, ,. Bales
International ana Great Northern, Ills
TreIN.ston, uarrls6uig and san Antonio ia9
Texas and New Orleans .....,.... $40
Houston East and West Tevas. .. IA
Gulf Colorado and santa Fe..
San Antonio and Arausas Fass.. Ia5
MISSOURI Kansas aud Texas ,.,.... gee
NJ,
io'NI 800. ...,,.,,.. ............... 4.b9G
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The following is report
Richardson, Houston.
BANK CLEARINcs.

BANK CLEARINGs.
Following are the ciearances Of NJ
Sanks for the week thus far and ia,A.,s
responding time last year, togeshs IN =
increase or decrease: ,
Ills year. Last va, 81 "
Monday ........ Sl,2S7,114 s1,olSll en91
tuesday ...... 1.966,547 Sisw rmp
Wednesday 80. 1,412,0l7 s071A III
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Kansas City, March -Cattle-Receints .Q,,o
natives, aNy texans; desirable Hers strong
20 I've higher stochers and feeders steady
neaNy native steers s16d545 ligntyeirhts
a6V4i,9o; stookers and feeders sns,s S IN
butcher cows and helfers s256fi. 2s: cap y,,r
s5G@S25; fed Western s.90d49S; westsrS
Ipseeers S;lSati.55; Texans S2SaAs5. Hogs
isoq49o; mixed t.IOd4 S.; light 4t5G,i 's sa,.y
PISS AOoQA'M sheep Receipts 275o: recsin, :
an westerns that sold quickly at irin MISE
colorado lambs 6.7Sqs.95; yearlngs o5gfs "a
500, culls S00IiO0. 'S's ''"1
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Houston Daily Statement.


Gross recopts thus far this ,vcsS..... ~ 20,
SGrqss roceptS lsI DAVIS this wear. az 6;o
Srnss rece!uts ~ DAYS In iSAS 90. .2,3i4 ,70s
IIOusson HMIlrnnh Bc.,nii,,,i,, ''.'ol
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COTTON SEED pRop'

New Orleans, March 7.--ceae
nary to fair S%d9ss.
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othcr spo. MnrIect..

New fork-spots closed auict; prices s-iec
down.
Good ordlpary.,.S 9.lG Good middlinr "a. ls
Low n,siaalinE.. g s'l6 Niddling fairloS.
Middling-,... .3N Sales ...,...... .
New orcans-Spots closed euist. nriccs
&c down.
Low ordinary..s 7-i6 Middling az
ordinary s l-ie Good mIddling..a 7-is
Sood orainary.s 9-lb Middling fafr. q ILLS
Low middlinr...9 Sales 80. 500
Liverpool-- Spots business GOOD. prices a. ssd
down sales is,fslo bales, Of which Se00 wer,l
American; imports le,o0o bales, Of which Is.
100 were American.
Ordinary .....,b Niddlinr 81,
Good ordinances sis Good m,ddlng, s.is
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Chicago, March ,-Cattle-Receipts 10 Ooo;
active; generally 10 to IL cents higher ON all
steers .5.lOg6.O0; poor to medium iOOa4gu:
selected feeders active firm, at 4l5d4. M
stockers steady to slow S4Od3g O cows hest
I've higher others firm S,l6i4.35 heifers strong
TO lc higher S25GI4 rs; Gamers activs sn6
hrm 2,254S.0lO bulls strong 2.75di4O; calves
steady 4-i5d1'5; Texans receipts 1000: Texas
ied steers strong, advance l0c, i.Ouelo Oh:
eXas buils,, IN demand, active and higher
morrow 10000; estimated left over 5000; ar
I'VE average 5e higher; mixed and buichers'
tiua4so; good to choice heavy 5000 on:
i,S5@i92h, Sheep-Receipts 10 900. shee, ana
lambs active; shade higher; many Colorsao
lambs 7;i5d7.5o, highest on record this sen.
son good TO choice wethers 56oq6.OO lair Ia
eheiee mixed iI54550; Western sheen ( sDG
49, yearlngs S9Od6.5O native Iamhs s'S Xxx
hbO; Western lambs 60OT75O -'*
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LIVE STOCK.

HOUSTON
The following are the quotations for this
market as furnished by the Box Bell Saua-
ders Commission company:
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How to Care for the watch.

A watch should be wound up every
day at the same hour. Avoid putting
it on a marble slob or near anything
excessively cold. A sudden change of
temperature, contracting the metal,
may sometimes cause the handspring
to break. The cold also coagulates the
oil, and the pivots and wheel work less
freely, and affect the regularity of the
timekeeping. In laying aside a watch
be sure that it rests upon its case. II
suspended, the action of the balance
may cause oscillation, which will in
terfere with its going. To keep your
watch clean take care that the case
fits closely and see that the watch
pocket is kept free from fluff, which is
so often given off by Innings. Avoid
sudden jars and falls, for even if it
does not seem to affect it at the mo-
ment, a watch will resent rough
handling by becoming gradually "out
of order" without apparent cause.
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That
Mysterious
Major.

ard for his next victim, and l imme-
diately realized how helpless you
would be in the hands Of such vii
liam. We have put stop to his games
at last, though" he proceeded, after
momentary pause. Falkland nc
doubt imagines that he will be able to
make his escape with perfect safety
when he arrives at his destination.
He is blissfully unconscious that pair
of handouts is following closely in the
next carriage"
do you mean to say that"
Exactly" acquiesced the major with
smile as he noticed her Mortified ex-
preston. For once in my life fortune
favored me. telegraphed up to Scot
land Yard this morning, telling them
to send down the detective who had
helped me before in this affair; and,
receiving an answer to say he would
be here by the five minutes past nine
train, I went to the station to meet
him. He had only just arrived, when,
to my establishment, l saw you and
Falkland alone together upon the OPP
posite platform, hurrying to the Lon
don express, and, feeling certain that
something was wrong, we instantly
made a rush for the train, only just
managing to jump into the guards van
before it had moved off. Here again
the luck was on our side. Knowing 1t
was the London express, we had quite
made up our minds that we should be
able to find out nothing until 1t
reached town; but fortunately there
was block on the line, which i'm
mediately set our fears at rest. You
of course supposed that you were right
for Royston."
"Yes-and that Parker was waiting
for me with the luggage and Sambo at
the next station" answered Evelyn,
with rueful shake of her head. Even
now she seemed scarcely to realize the
enormity of Falkland's act. "But what
in the world could he hope to gain by
such conduct? He must have known
that sooner or later 1 should find him
out"
Eyes; but that was it. How entire
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CHAPTER xIv-(Continued.)

CHAPTER XIv.-(Continued.)
1t was not until the gig had been
brought round from the stables, not
until the major had helped Evelyn up
| to the front seat and taken his place
by her side and they had actually
| started on their home ward drive, that
a single word was spoken regarding
the subject which was uppermost In
both their minds.
"Well, we are off at last" observed
the major, with twirl Of his some
what dilapidated whip; "and now we
shall have to entreat this old mare to
put her best foot forward, or Lady
Howard will be in Mysteries If Mrs.
Courtenay returns from the theater
without her charge
IF" A look of horror came into
Evelyn's face. "Oh, but we must get
back before that! What would Aunt
Lydia think? But II can scarcely be-
lieve even now that that letter was
not from her. Are you certain you
have not been mistaken? 1t was so
exactly like her writing"
miss Luttrell, l assure you there is
not a shadow Of doubt; for, besides
knowing for fact that Lady Howard
was at the Royal George at ten min
utes to nine, I found an envelope d.
rected to you which you had evidently
dropped at the station, and it was as
clearly forgery of your aunt's writ
ing as that check was of your own last
night; and in both cases l saw at
glance that it was Falkland's hand
work"
But II cannot understand! 1 was
never so puzzled in my life!" Evelyn
shook her head and gazed blankly be-
fore her at the thick shroud of mist
rising slowly from the surrounding
fields. Can it be possible that Mr..
Falkland is really that fearful man
whom the authorities have been trying
to find? Have you known all this
time and never told us?"
81 had my suspicious, certainly" he
confessed, with a half smile; "but
then, that is just it-they were only
suspicious. If l had come to you and