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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-17
foreclosure sales.
SUPREME CoIrRr co,n...

SUPREME COURT, County of New York
al, Defendants. ~ ~ -
In pursuance OF a Judgment of foreclosure and sale
Gully made and entered in the entitled action
ing GATE the 9Th day OF January, 1900
l. The ! N2ERSlGNED the Referee Judgment
named VIII sell at public auction at
estate sales Room No. III Broadway the Borough
Manhattan. City OF New York the 3Ist day of Janu-
cry isOO al WE'VE O'Clock day. by Peter
r. Meyer Auctioneer, the premises directed by said
judgment TO be sold and therein described as follows:
All those two certain lots, pieces or parcels land
with the buildings thereon erected situate living and
being IN the Borough OF Manhattan CITY Of New York
and more particularly bounded and described foows
MING at point the of
seventh street distant Four 4O0) Easerly
me southeaserly corner OF 47th Street Seventh
Avenue running thence Eastery along southery
OF Fortyseventh street Thirtyseve go six 90
lhches thence Southery and parallel with
nue. one hundred 600 feet and inches thence
eeriy ana parallel with Fortyseventh Street Thirty
seven CD feet and 80 inches Northerly
and again parallel with Seventh Avenue one hundred
I!ou) feet and hve I'd inches southeriy
foyseVenth street the point place of beginning The
vans on the eastery and westerly sides of said premises
3eing party walls Being the premises conveyed
Johh n Burchell by Ellen T. c. Fallon by dated
May 4th, 1899.
Dated New York. January sth. 1900.
JOHN II. JUDGE, Referee.
MERRILL & ROGERS. Attorneys for plaintiff,
NO III Broadway, Borough Of Manhattan,
New York City
Ire Following is diagram of the property be sold
as described above the street numbers being Nos 1872 and
1874 West 4Tth Street
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S9th Street.
The approximate amount Of the lien charge, to sat
fsfy which the above described property sold
$50 2.47 with interest thereon from Of
June 1899, together with allowance amounting
o $500 6T-100, together with the
The premises will be sold subject covenants
strctions contained in deed of said premises by
segred Werhausen to Alexander Walker and recorded
N Y Registers Office August 18th, 1898, Section
Of conveyances Iiber 20 page g. and also To an en-
croachment by the wall of the building adjoining said
the and also subject prior mort
cages. $4,000 and $50 16
1899 the other for SIS 600 and interest go from March
22nd, 1899.
Dated New York. December 26th 1899
GEORGE H. HART. Referee.
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A7tb Stree.

The approximate Of he charge to
satisfy which the above described property be
IS Sll5I314 with interest from day January
l900 together with costs and allowances amounting
$S3oS with interest from January 9Th 1900 together
with The expenses of the sale. The approximate amount
OF taxes assessments other liens which to be
allowed to the purchaser the purchase
paid by the Referee is interest premises
VIII be sold subject first $1,000 with
interest thereon from the LIST day November 1890
the rate of 1--WE annum, and also
mortgage of $50 0OO with interest thereon from the 4th
day OF May, 1899, at the rate Of five per centum
annum. Dated, New York. January Sth 1900
JOHN H. JUDGE, Referee.
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nur nosrnN WOOL MARKET.

B9sSons siet hut the tone values is firm with no
isn of weakness position OF territory Wool as rs
e5I1m ana fine and zoe for selected STAPLE Fleees
eois an slow demand with prices hoininai oM!ls
y Ss, sales being made Xxx and ABOVE ono = quoasa
q s5aSec Few Australian woos ar the oo,aon- for
gsd5g 6escrptions and Pennsyivania heeee e9e
- move s317S4c; and Ny ana aDoNS ~
5eiaine sSai0c No cobne SSgsG No a %; 'S Ma
1919 comhinE SSd3ec No DO SzaSse; no
i1cs csnbfng 85dS6c; No &C. S4uSS S = NV WI
orS Vermont S2GSSc; deaine Michigan
oso. T-l1-astas medium, etc-kentuckS ana llolana
S49Soc 81 2sc; * blood. 29a3oc; Missouri
a &c; braid co1o -oV
blood oInnlns' Georgia 24a25c. Territory woos-Mon
80 - Datota hne medium and me z@azse; sco9TeG
ssna anlo aSe ssG70c: Utah. wyoming, hne, medium
1900, 1920: secured eoGesc; staple eSsSse iasno
Aho N. and fine ISd21c; secured 6OoAsc nleouh
me, sseo,Ted 526Sac Australian secured nass-
te,.oes combing superhne, SsG9Oc; good' Sodotc
S5c
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a 0yFRTIsH5MENTs and subscriptions for The Tribune
A received at their Uptown once, No l.242 Broadway
mems received the following branch Offices at regular
once rates until O'clock p m VIZ 26a Shave, = e.
and I1th-st; Colunhusave. West e6h-st; 100
xysst ana at, eth-ave.; % East I4th-st.
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,,vrRpooL COTTON MARKET.

LEeIPSss! American mddng 4l1d. The sales Of the
nlloha 600 bales of which 500 for speculation
cay Ta-t s9d included 200 American. Receipts 5000
Including 800 American Futures opened STEADY
oufet steady at the advance. American
s az m G January 2le4d sellers: January and
4T7-64dd4 sellers: February and
Narch 414-64da4 15-64d sellers March snd Apri i;
49,. Nav and June 6-64d eellers: June and July
esi sellers; July and August 264d sellers; August
sellers: September and October
a6sdGs 53s4d buyers. October and November 466id
az $3.50 buyers.
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der Of Hon. James NJ. Varnum a surrogs,. :, 49,
county OF New York Notice is hereby given 10 ali pesons
having claims against Samuel S. Smith late - ~
County o. New York deceased. 20 same with
voc ers thereof 10 the subscriber,
acting business at the ONCE Of David H TAYLOR No ION
Broadway In the City Of New York Borough ~ MAJ
haitian. On or before the Igt day Of June next ~
Dated New York. the 10th day November 1924
LOUIS @. SMITH, E9Teentor
DAVID y. TAYLOR. Attorney Esscut0F. 10 Broad
way, New York C5tg. - .
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NEW YORK.-ELLA r. DOWNS, Plaintiff, against
REUBEN w. ROSS others. Defendants
In pursuance of introductory judgment 4
and SALE duly made and entered In the above entitled
the undersigned. the said Judgment
VIII sell at public auction, at the New
tan. City of New York New York. day OF
January 1900 at II O'clock that day. Strong
Ireland auctoneers the emses directed by said udg
ment to be sold, and therein described as follows;
PARCEL NO. l.
lying being in the Ninth Ward of the City Of New
Map of property belonging A. Pel the Eighth
Ward in the City of New York made by E. w Bridges
City Surveyor and on lie in the office of the Register Of
the City and County % New York lot number
bred and fortynne bounded described follows
wit:
BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of
hundred and three feet (O3) and go inches Westerly
from the intersection of the said line of Christopher
with the westerly III OF GeenWich Avenue and running
thence westerly along the said line of Christopher Street
twenty (20 feet % inches to No las said
map; thence southerly line at right angles
line Of Christopher along said number eighty
thence northeastery line parallel with the northwest
erly line of Sixth Avenue along said number
feet nches thence northwesterly said
No. 154 lot No $50 said map hfy-four C54) feet
five 90 inches to the place of beginning being the
premises which conveyed Reuben In
lifetime by Thomas l.. Harrison and others by
ing May first 1863 and recorded the office
Register of the City and County of New York in Lber
1869 premises being situated q
o. the map Of the City York.
Dated, New York. Jan. 2nd, 1900
CLIFFORD W. HARTRIDGE,
Referee
EDWARD w. SHELDON,
Plaintiffs Attorney 40 Wall Street, Borough
The following is a diagram of the property sold
its street number Is S Christopher Street:
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TYPEwRITERs-

TYPEWRITERS bought. sold. rented, re-
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5urrosate's Notlres.

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SUPREME COURT, COUNTY OF NEW YoRK..Alex
ct al, defendants
pursuance judgment of foreclosure and sale duly
entered in the above entitled aotion bearing
date the day June. 1899. undersigned the
said judgment named will sell at public
ton at the New York Estate Salesroom. No Ill
Broadway, the Borough of Manhattan. City Of New
noon that day. by William Kennedy auctioneer, the
directed by said Judgment to he sold and therein
described follows:
that plot of land in the city and County OF New
York, bounded and described foliows:
Beginning at point in the norherly side OF Eighty
ninth street distant ninetysix feet and eight inches
westerly the intersection Of the northery side Of
Eighty-rnth street and the westerly side of Columbus
and running thence nOrhery, In curved ne.
nearly parallel with Columbus avenue. one hundred feet
inches less, point in the centre line OF
block distant hundred feet westerly from the
westerly of Columbus measured along said
line of the block thence westerly along said line.
feet: thence southerly parallel with Column
avenue hundred feet eight and half inches to
nurherly side of Eighty street. and thence
eastey along the northerly side of Eighty ninth street
and three feet four inches more or less TO
the point Of beginning.
Dated York. December 26th, 1929.
GEORGE H. HART,
Referee.
OTIS & PRESSINGFR
Attorneys Plaintiff.
No. III Broadway. New York City
a diagram Of the property to be sole:
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WANTED.-A man who is actively en-
gagged a. contractor and builder, or in
the hollow tile flreproofing business; one
having a good acquaintance with the best
architects in New-York City, and thor
oushly FAMILIAR with securing and CARRYING
out contracts large salary will be paid
ana an interest given. Business is paying
lerfe profits. Only those in business and
seeklng more profitable field need app:y.
Address n. o., Tribune Office
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11arIition Sale,


SUPREME COURT, County of New York
~ Anna Livingston Short. Plaintiff, against Emily NJ
Crosby (sued as Emily NJ PetiD. Defendant-In pursu
ance OF an interocutory judgment of partition and sale
duly made and in the above entitled action bear
data the of December 1890, !, the under
signed The referee said judgment named viii sell at
puo,ic Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms, No
33s Fifth Avenue in the Borough OF Manhattan, City
of New York on 3lst day Of January 1900, at .
O'clock in the afternoon that day by William B: Nor
man auctonee articles Of personal property directed
said Judgment sold and therein described consist
rone-v parior furniture, carpets pictures, Dres
china bric-a-brac. androns, Chickerng
sno dining furniture, chairs tables china gass
,taTuare sdeboard table, also oil paintings
sso rings watches portraits. old eWery, fans and
In anpsre. also kitchen and servants rooms furniture
baf Tsck umbrella stands. bureaus, beds, &c, for
more nerticuar specification Of which articles be
So Eli nares are referred the said inerlocuory
Indictment on de Office of the Clerk Of the County
Of New York at the County Court House. Borough Of
Manhattan A.. ~ -,
article will be required be deposited in cash and the
balance Of the purchase price wthn twenty-four hours
from the time Of the and before the removal Of the
articles purchased - ,,-.a g. -.u,o,,o I'll o-.t.,ss
from the Mace Of within twentyfour hours from
the time Of sale ,ooo
Aa'eu ne" AN' JAMES f. KELLY,
Referee
DT-T1ER HOFFMAN JOLINE & MYNDERSE,
Attorneys FOR Plaintiff "a Wall Street New York city
MAN s. MAN -, uy.u g.. - ~, ,-t,,,
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West 42d-st near eth-ave 92 East 14th 2o7 Wessd
sd-ave between 10th and nth ss 1923 Sd-ave. near
0ist-s: TOa ist-ave sSth-st 600 3d-ave.. near
4ist-s b54 sdave 30 81, s2S Beeess 5 81
ave: or st any american District Telegraph Once
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The approximate amount of taxes water rates assess
upon said premises is about $4,000
allowed of the purchase money paid
by the referee
Dated New York January End, 1900.
CLIFFORD w. HARTRIDGE,
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GOLD FURNITURE & REGun1Ne

REGILDING. Picture Frames Fancy
Furniture Pieces. Gold Leaf guaranteed
Reasonable charges. Largest assortment
gold chairs. GOLD FURNITURE MANI
FACTURERS, so Sixth Avenue, opposite
Eighth Street
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OPTICIANS
SILK PoRTIEREs.

Artisticelly woven from
91lM R[gMMAN1T9
RUGS AND CARPETS
WOVEN TO ORDER.
oRIENTAL WEAVING CO. II z. 5eth-st
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

PARTNER WANTED.-R paying
business that will bear closest investi-
CATION. MINTON. Room 4, Al University
Place.
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Lust.
HANDBOOK No. 855, 1914 OF the Tr,,on
y Dime Savings Institution is missing
Any person having a claim 10 II is hereSt,
called upon 10 present the same within ten
days or submit TO having said passboot-
cancelled and new one Issued
LOST. handbook No. $40. $40 on DRY
Dock Savings Bank. ANY person havipS
claims upon said book is called upon 70
present the same 10 the bank within tbirtv
days, OF the said book will be DECLARED
Cancelled and extingutshed, and a new one
issued in lieu thereof.
LOST OR STOBEN.-Bankboolx No 9Is
9d2 OF the German Savings Bank In tba
CIV or New-York, corner 4th-ave. and
14th-st., issued to Bella c. FranLen+baI
All persons are cautioned against neporiat
ing the same. II not returned 10 the horl,
on the 9TH day Of February, 1900 a d,,Tii
cate will be issued NuPA'-
LOST.-Bankbook No 7T5.O17 Raot e.
savings. 80 4th-aVe. New-YorL p.
ment stopped. Please return boolx 70 ban{,
-"-------
MACHINERY.
AT REDUCED PRICES. 800 second-hana
wood and iron working machines: fully
guaranteed; machinery bought and ex-
changed. GEORGE B. EDDY. SOS Madi-
son-st.
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BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES, new
and secondhand: lowest prices; easiest
terms MARX BROS. 81 Union Square.
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CARPET CLEANING,

CARPETs cleaned by steam, by hand or
on the floor Careful Camel CIeanio1
SSo.. l,o5S Broadway. 42i East 4sth-sf
ZOE & RRANnT. Tel. 1ao-aSth.
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COACHMAN and GROOM-Strictly tenn
perate, trustworthy and Industrious;
thorough horseman; personal reference;
would go to country. Address D.. care OF
Ohlsen's store, 225 West 66th-st.
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COACHMAN. GARDENER and USEFUL
MAN.-ThOroughly understands care OF
horses. carriages, furnaces; good mixer;
good personal references: single Scotch
man. CROMBIE, $40 Pearl-st.
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sEALsKIN COATS made 10 order. Fur
garments repaired, redyed and made
over. f. WEISER, 4o1 6th-ave.
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COACHMAN- Married; no incumbrance;
strictly sober; best Of city reference from
last employer. COACHMAN. 10 East
4lst-st.
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Bt-T1ER HOFFMAN JoIINE & MYNDERsE.
ATTORNEYS for Plaintiff "a Wall Street New York city
kttorSevs for Defendant so Wall Street New City
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COOK and L.AUNDRBSS.- trust
worthy Scotch woman as excellent COOK
and laundress fine personal reterencess
Eocsd baker, friend chambermaid and walt
ress Call 3T4 Columbus-ave.
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SITUATIONS WANTED
Female.

COSTPANION.-Girl 10. refined. as con-
panion 10 lady OF 70 care for small child;
good home preferable 10 high wages. as
class reference Address z c.. care OF
WGgar. 40 sth-ave.
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HELP WANTED.
Male.

Male.
BOY WANTED. Il TO 10 years. wrlte
good hand and correct at figures ADDRESS
APT, Box 80. l.242 Broadway
MACHINIST WANTED.--One VINO thor.
oughlv understands small machinery and
experimental, work. c.. A. B., BOX 70,
Tribune Office.
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GARDENER-COO man and wife:
man does gardening in all branches:
careful driver. mixer furnaces: wife eX-
ceUent cook and Iaundress: good reference.
Call 9S Greenwich-ave.
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COACHMAN. GARDENER Single; IN
derstands the proper care Of horses.
harness and carriages; can milk, care OF
furnace; moderate wages; references NJ.
Box ?, Tribune ONCE.
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FLORIST and GARDENER. ABy first
class all around man: greenhouse or
outside: nine years with last employer:
German; married: best references F.
SCHMIDT. Isl Eas. Sd-st-. Mount Yer
non. y. Y.
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COACHMAN.-Single; experienced New
York and Brooklyn driver: understands
care horses, carriages thoroughly, fur
naces; be generally useful; sober. willing
man; best personal references. COACH
MAN, Az Henry-st.. Brooklyn.
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COACHMAN-COOK.- and wife.
English; man as cOachman; wife as
cook; thoroughly experienced in all its
branches; first class written and personal
references; country preferred. COACH
MAN. 43 Greenwich-ave.
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NlRGlNlA HOT SPRINGS

ON CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY.
A DISTINCTIVE HEALTH RESORT. combining per
feet Spring, Summer Fall climate elevation Of
feet picturesque mountain surroundings and Hotel
OF the Highest Class
of the Virginia Hot Springs Golf Club
adjons the hotel ThrougH Compartment Car from New
tickets G. o. Offices, 362 and 1864
Broadway and offices Penna- r. r.. New York; also
Offices n. Y. y. II. & II. R. r Throughout New England
FRED STERRY. Manager. Hot Springs Bath Co.. Va
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GARDINER. FLORIST.-Thorough sx-
perienced in the care OF greenhouses,
lawns and vegetable garden; willing and
obliging; IL years experience; 51s years
with last employer: total abstainer; best
reference. ". PHILLIPS. Fulton-st-, cor.
Chestnut Brooklyn.
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MAID CT CHILD'S NURSE TO grown
children. by refined woman; good seam
stress. would assist with other light
duties: excellent reference. S14 or SIS a
month. 1O4 East 124th-st-. p bel. west
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COMPANION. &c-Respectabls young
woman as companion or hotel noase-
keeper. LOCKE. eos East 6Gth-st
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
CHAPTER XVI.
THE RoENTGEN RAYS.


u tell you, Sturgis, it is wonderful
discovery. I don't know what applica-
lions may ultimately be made of it in
other branches of science, but 1 am
convinced that 1t is bound to cause q
revolution in surgical diagnosis" said
DR.. Thurston, enthusiastically.
YES" replied sturgis, 1T have no
doubt that Roentgen's rays will be Of
great assistance to the surgeon In the
examination Of features and In the To-
cation Of foreign bodies which cannot
be reached by the probe"
"As proof of that, must show you
beautiful photograph which I have
just made. After leaving you on New
Years morning, found a patient
asleep in my Office. He had been watt
ing several hours. 1t was the usual
case of pistol in the hands of fool
friend, who did not know it was load
ed; and of course with the usual result
"a bullet wound in my patient"
Sturgis was listening In an absent
minded way while his friend spoke.
"The wound was not severe; no
bones broken. The bullet had entered
the palm of the left hand and had
passed up into the forearm"
A sudden light came into the report
er's eyes; but he maintained his list
less attitude.
well, sir, probe as I would, was
unable to locate that bullet. At last I
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25

the only works of fiction in the col
lection were in this section, and in
cluded every book imaginable con-
corning criminals and their deeds.
Many rare and curious volumes We're
there-some of them so rare that they
could be found in only few of the
great libraries of the world.
Here sturgis was In his element.
He had himself collected valuable
library on the subjects kindred to his
profession; but here were books many
of which none but a Croesus could
ever hope to own. He was soon alb
sorbed in an examination of some rare
volumes which he had often longed
to possess.
While thus engaged he became
aware of the murmur Of voices from
the rear room. AS the words spoken
could not be distinguished, he paid no
special attention to them; but, in
stinctively, he noted that one of the
voices flowed in the calm, even tones
so characteristic of Murdock's speech,
while the other, whose timbre and
modulations were unknown to him,
betrayed the depressed excitement of
the speaker.
1t soon became evident that Muir
docks interlocutor was fast losing
control of himself: for he gradually
pitched his voice in a higher key, un-
til occasional words began to reach
Sturgis ears. The reporter was not
the man to wantonly play the part
of eavesdrepper; therefore, although
the isolated words which reached him
brought no connected sense, he
judged that it was time to move out
of earshot Of the conversation to
which he was becoming an involun-
tary listener. Replacing upon its
shelf the book which he had been ex.
| aiming, he started toward the hall
door. AS he did so, he heard the
now thoroughly excited individual ex.
claim in loud tones:
Il don't care damn for the money
1 only went into the scheme because
you promised she'd have me; and, by
God, if l don't get her, I'll give the
whole cursed thing away"
Sturgis, who had reached the hall
door. pricked up his detectives ears
at these words. But in another sec
ond he heard the knobs of the fold.
ing doors rattle, as though some one
had placed his hands upon them.
Quick as thought he opened the
door and glided out into the hallway
He had not time to pull the door
quite to behind him when the folding
doors opened and he heard Murdoch
say in his calm, frigid tones:
| Perhaps you have done that al
ready with your dulcet voice"
Had Murdoch seen him? The re
porter asked himself the question
Probably not; for he heard the fold
ing doors close once more.
ITO be continued