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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
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BANK STATEMENT
WAS FAVORABLE
A Substantial Increase in Reserves
for the Week.
ALL STOCKS WERE STRONG
And Closing Prices We're About the Bes.
Sugar and Copper in calmer Mood
and the Whole Market Had
Firm Tone.
ALL STOCKS WERE STRONG

The Improvement i'll the stock market
which began several days ago. was II
evidence in yesterdays trading. and II
almost every instance stocks were higher
at the close thar at the opening Not 50
much attention was paid, to either Sugar
or Copper, but both these stocks were
strong, although the latter sold OFF toward
the close and lost about one point.
The market was broad and railroad in
dustrias were marked up in g. way that
was almost gratifying to the bulls. Tho
market was good from start to finish.
Sentiment was decidedly improved by a
very favorable bank statement. Loans
were increased s9o4,S00 and deposits in
creased S6.113.5GG. but there was an In
crease in cash of S.. I99, 400, making a net
increase in the surplus reserves of 81
1G6o2o. The market was very dull Just
before the bank statement came out. and
there seemed to be some disposition to
take profits thereafter. but the whole list
stiffened UP just before the close. and
closing prices were almost as good as the
best, in some instances better.
GOOD PRICES
St Paul was again the leader, selling
up to 16o;G. and closing at that figure:
Pennsylvania sold at 49, with outy a
slight concession at the close: Union Pa
citic sold at 103ai. and Louisville and
Nashville 1865. Norfolk and Western
Ohio sold as high as II. closing at 46%,-
The stocks of Colorado Southern were all
better. and the first preferred sold at CD,
about the highest price ever obtained for
that stock. while the second preferred
sold at ISIS, and common at 151s. Ball
timore and Ohio and Missouri Pacific
We're also among the strong features. and
/. is said that the same pool which oper-
ated in Missouri Pacific from 60 to above
100 was again active In the issue in
| taking all the stocks offered.
THE INDUSTRIALS-
The Steel stocks. American Locomo-s
| tive, Tennessee Coal and Iron. and other
| industrialS were very strong, and the
| New York Times is authority for the
| statement that the greatest buying IN
| the Steel stocks in Fridays trading was
for syndicate account. 1T is under
| Stood says that paper. that the COM
pany now has practically enough orders
| on hand to keep it busy all of 1902" Soma
| important sales of United States Steel
| Corporation SIS are noted at III and over.
| Seaboard SIS have been selling higher
| during the past few days. rising yester-
/ day to 1927.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
RALEIGH MASONS.
Five Lodges Held Joint installation Of
Officers.
Especial Dispatch to The Tsues.

RALEIGH, n. c., Dec. 2S.-The North
Carolina Association of Academies is in
annual session here. Their object is CO.
operation. Governor Aycock delivered
an address before the association this
morning.
-,aleigh's five Masonic organizations
neld a joint installation of officers last
night. and served d sumptuous banquet
thereafter
The State Treasurer has started suits
at Roxboro to test the right of SEWING
machine agents or manufacturers to snip
machines into the State c. Q. D., subject
to approval by the purchaser at the rail-
road depot. without the payment of the
$3.50 license tax prescribed by the revenue
act.
General T. e. Toon. Superintendent of
Public instruction, who has been quite
i'll Of neumonia, is now considered out OF
danger.
The Kinston and Carolina Railway Com
g,any was chartered to-day, with $9Go.o"o
capital, for the purpose of constructing
a road from I<irston to some point on the
old Wilmington and Weldon road, about
sixty miles distant. The new road is TO
traverse sections of l.enoir, Duplin ard
Pender counties.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s: The cotton ton
minis and after the call went off :, point
o. 50 more under pressure, Of long cotton
and under bear selling; This aadltional
break, following as it dio yesterdays
sharp decline was quite in keeping, vita
the cable news and port movement Liver
pool went off $685. points on futures and
Ltd on spot cotton, or more than twice
as far as expected. AS for receipts the
norts piled up something like GO.OGO bales,
or nearly double the arrivals for the same
day last. year. The first wave of, selling
carried January off to S.02;; March,. SIT.
ane May to $50. Slight reactions oc-
Cured later on tlurrics of orotit-taking
by nit shorts. but the undertone@ Of the
market was still feve-ish, with investors
nervous sellers of late months. European
and the South sold here along conserva-
tive lines. while Wall Street withdrew
from the market. Trading was vas fairly ac e;
OF the time chiefly professional. The
market closed steady With |, uric nriees net
stiifenel up near the close on active
Southern buying.
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Hot Times in Lynchburg.
lSpecinl Dispatch to The TImcs.)

LYNCHBURG. VA. December Is
Thomas Claiborne was badly burned
last night while acting as Santa Claus for
the Christmas entertainment in Vest
minister Presbyterian Church The cot
ton with which he was covered and pa6-
de- caught fire from Il candle and in
moment he was wrapped In flames
In attempting to leap to one side, he
stumbled and fell. and before he could
-tsa 10 his feet nve or six men were tear
ing the burning cotton from his body.
The flames We're extinguished, but not De-
fore Mr.. Claiborne was severely burned
and several hands badly scorched.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
NORDlCA'S PROGRAMME.
Songs TIE Celebrated Diva viii Sing at the
Academy.

The following programme vii be sung
by Madam Nordica at her recital at the
Academy tomorrow night:
j. (a) Spring. Mrs Beach: Co La Rose,
Weber: tc) Serenadc, Richard Strauss.
3 E!sa's Dream Iohensrin), Wagner.
g. (a) Widnung, Schumann; CD 1ot.s-
lllurne, Schulnann; (c) Sullo S:checheit.
r Franz; Id Ariette, Vidal 4. po.onaise.
c sharp minor. Chopin, Mr.. l.. tom;line
Simmons s. Aria, Elizabatll Crannhau-
ser,, Wagner. 6. (al Der Schwan, Grieg:
TO- Is Blinllt der THAI. Ruhenstein; (c)
Fruhlingsleio, We'll. {. Grand Aria from
the Hungarian Opera, .Lasics," ErlSel.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
LIVED AND DIED TOGETHER.
Aged Citizens OF Augusta 10 Ec Eu:.ed
together.
lspeeia! Dispatch to The III.

Especial Dispatch TO The Tincs)
STAUNTON. Va. Dec. ss.-John H.
Parkins, prominent farmer of the
county, living at Eft Defiance. died yes
terday evening at 6 o'clock. and Sidney
I.yttle died at 10 O'Clock this morning.
,Ir. Lytsle was cousin of Mr. Perkins
ard had lived with him for over fifty
years. Both men were about 50 years
old.
They will both be buried together at
. o'clock Sunday afternoon from the same
house.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
ELECTRIC STEEL PLANT.
New Process TO Make Steel i1gots in Thirty
Minutes
(By Associated Press.

ELIZABETETTON, TENN, Dec. IS
Charles P. Honorary and George E. Boren
have returned from New York, where
they closed negotiations with the Elec-
trio Furnace Company in regard to the
erection of an electric steel plant at Eiliz-
a5ethton. 1t IS claimed that by this
method steel insots can be produced d.
-ectIy from iron ore in thirty minutes.
An eight-thousand horse power electric
plant will be commence as soon as the
site can be decided upon on the Watauga
River, near EliZabethton, and this will
supply the power for the plant.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
Drey:us OF til. Force.
Especial Dispatch TO The Times,

1specal h.spatch 10 Tie T!ni.s.J
NORFOLK, w., Dscemger IS
4 great sensation is expected In
police circles, and ex-Po!lceman Edwards,
who says he is the Dreyfus OF the depart
ment, promises startling developments.
Edwards was recently dismissed on a
charge of impersonatIng another officer in
order to secure free meal. Sergeant
Lowry was complainant.
Edwards says the department. is rotor
to the core ana petty jealousies has ccn-
$pIetely demoraIized the members
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
Captain billiard Sick.

Capt ". NJ billiard. of the Capitol
police force. is desperately i'll at his room
in this city. ltyzis stated yesterday that
there were grave doubts as TO his re-
covery. Capt. billiard is q resident Of
Nottoway counaY and is well l1nown and
popular mere.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
ng futures ranped as follows:
Occn. High. Low. Clos.

steady. NO. 8 spring wheat, 14@lsc: NO;
9 red. Sih@S6c. No. . corn, G3Ac;: No;
yellow, 63Ac. No. 9 oats. 4?l29t6c: 70
No . rye. 565lbc. Fair to choice mailing
barley. Go6G3c No. 1 f1aSseed., S1.os; NO.
/ northwestern, SLIGO. Mess pork, per bar
rel, SO S0@15.9O: lard, per LOO POUNDS
IS. 5oIS.6O; dry sailed shoulders (boxed).
s7.3715G7.5o; short clear sides (boXedl,
sS.90G9OO. Whiskey, basis of high vines e5
S132 Butter. steady: creameries. d.1 1.e
at 0Ih01ONc. Eggs. weak. fresh. 2S@24c
RaceiptsZWheat, 100 600 bushels: corn.
15J.OGO bushels: oats, 24t 600 bushels
hogs $4,000 head
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29

Britain. SO. 005 bales; to France. Ia
bales: to the Continent. 226, ol0 bales 70 70
the Continent. y6s, 500 bales.
Consolidated-Net receipts cal. t Ia
Suites ports) 80, % bales: EXPORT. to s.rea;
Britain, 3,005 bales: to- t ~ i1'
sbaks; to the Continent, 2G,JO1 bales.
Total since September 1st-Net receipts,
(all United States ports), 4,6at,U64 bales;
export to Great Britain. l. Us, 2S baies
to France. 1900 bales; to the Continent,
j .2290,:,52 bales.
PETERSBURG. VA. Dec. 2S.-CoT-
.TON-Market firm and prices entirely
nominal 80
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
NAVAL. STORES.

WILMINGTON. n. C., Dec. 2S:-SP1R-
IT'S Nothing doing; re
ceipts. Is casks. Rosin. firm at Sl@1:to;
receipts, 113 barrels. Crude turpent1nc,
steady at $1.1O92; receipts. 232 barrels.
SAVANNAH, GA, Dec. 2S.-TURPEN-
.TINE-F'irm at 36Ac. bid; receints. 800
casks; exports, 5,174 casks. Resin, steady;
receipts 2.597 barrels; sales, 10 barrels;
CHARLESTON, S. c.. Dec. os.-TUR-
PENTINE-F'irm and unchanged. Rosin
mol. ntcal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Lee. 2S.-CG'E'F'EE-Ihe
nli: .ket for coffee futures opened steady
with prices unchanged to points higher
on better than expected cables. .sall
Street .street' house and new, buying !;
ruled tolerably active during the snort
!cassion, and closed steady and net I'M
changed to points higher. Total sales
were 30750 bags. Spot lilo. steady; NO.
Z invoice, 71-16c.; mild. quiet: Coroovaa
GIkm11c
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
GRAIN AND COTTON. EXCHANGE.
Richmond, Va, Dec. IS, 1901.
PEANUT MARKETS.

NORFOLK, VA, Dec. 2S.-PEANUTS-
Dull. fancy, oAc.: strictly prime, 2l2c.:
nrinc T2aIolscc New fancy), strictly
prime, .aqg2;sc.: prime. 233s@24.c. Span
lS PP1ET7EESRsBURG. VA. Dec. as--PEA-
I,>,-ylrslnluns-Duu from lU2a4c.;
Snonisb new, quiet at T21aGl75c.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
BALTIMORE MARKET.

BALTIMORE, MD. Dec. 2S.-Fi.OCR.
Quiet and steady and unchanged. Wheat
quiet: spot and the month: s4@St4c.;
southern by sample 15GS3c Corn.
steady: mixed. spot, new and the year.
6Gta0I66jsc: southern white corn. t,lsGt
G7iIc Oats. firm; No. = white. 321aM"3c.
Rye, firm; NO . nearby. GSaG9c- Butter
and eggs, firm and unchanged. Cneese'
firm: large, 1O1hG10Ac.; small. 111kG11@c.
Sugar. firm; fine and coarse graduated,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
Burning Chiu,neys.
Two still

Two still alarms of fire were turned in
yesterday afternoon. caused by burning
chimneys-one at 40 12l0 Ashland Street.
at 1901 o'clock: the other at Non go
North Seventh Street, at 2:07 OF clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO, ILL, Dec. 2s--A1ay wheat
TODAY closed &c. lower, accumulations
at primary points, together with otner
bearish gossip influencing moderate lqu1,
daticn. May corn closed nc down. and
May oats &c. lower. Provisions closed
with a loss Of 2l@@Jc.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29

6 PORT OE,Stt1Ct1MItNi),E btS. ., lVO1.
ARRIVED.
steamer Rosalic, Willis. Norfolk. nler-
chanoise and passengers Old Dominion
steamer Pocahontas. Graves James
River landings and Norfolk. merchandise
and passenger. Virginia Nayigat.o. GoIn-
pany. ,ra,, 1,,,;,a,o,
phia, Pa, merchandise and passengers,
clyde line.
SAILED
steamer Lakewood, Craddock, Chicka-
honiny, merchandise and passengers. i.
Y. Archer, manager.
steamer kosalie, Willis, Norfolk, Iner-
chandise and passengers, Old Dominion
line.
December Goth
Steamer Gulf Stream, Iunneli, Phila-
.delphia. Pa, merchandise and passengers,
Clyde line.
PORT NEWPORT NEWS. DEC. cs, 1901.
ARRIVED.
Schooner J. B.#Manning, New York.
Barge F.. Belle, Boston.
Barge O.Balle. Providence.
Barge Bellesof Oregon, Providence.
Steamer CaSo Bonito. Pensacola.
Steamer Clinton. Pensacola.
Steamer Laconia, Glasgow.
SAILED.
Steamer Lord LansdoWn. Dublin and
Steamer Cayo Bonito Bremen.
8 Steamer Clinton. Havre.
Steam er Amsteldyk. Ans terdam.
Steamer Colonies. Moteveido for orders.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
To Repeat Music,

st the request of members OF the coa-
sresation. the choir of Park-Place ~ e.
Church will repeat to-day the special
Christmas music rendered on last Sunday
morning and night.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
1.yNcuBURG TOBACCO MARKER.

Receipts OF tobacco in the warehouses
of the city are on the increase, ana the
total of sales for the present week prom
Uses to make the record for the season.
Prices remain unusually high. a condition
Of affairs that is most satisfactory to
planters.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
PETERSBURG TOBACCO MARKET.
Petersburg, Na.,Dec. IS, 1901

Nothing is being offered this week on
the tobacco market. The prices at the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
Z MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF RICHMCND, DEC. IS, 1901.
ARRIVED
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29

steamer. #Rosalie, Willis. Norfolk. nler-
chanolse and passengers Old Dominion
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
DANv1LLE TOBACCO MARKET.

DanviIIe, Va, Zee. %, 1901.
rhe market stands as follows:
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1901-03-23

ban liaeiom rep fig los fra be eonter. Der 9a0be 4Olbt
BAN fdngen:
nll66a, min elfebe, bu taller bel, o9 bu ejer. bbob ie9
life eier. 8e6olo bet, men ppgt paa bin 3ungs. Seq tan
life fbtge big j9 til46rer nit Soft je9 til9prer nit
5olfs @ub.~
Ntuftafa hi, pa ban iagOe BET; ban Oi6Ite 9oOt ieIO,
6on lpi. 6an tilbprte life fit 5olt5 SUB. 9ons SiGl
bar o%ber6eoift om, at alt, bOuO bans 9ufrn bibnebe, RAJ
Sono6eo. 6an piOite O9Iuu, at Der 6enoes 9ro par 5reo
at faa. og ban bapbe Oenne often be9Qnot al fOrfaa, at
bans 9looitpIb tunoe bliOe til9iDet, men Der bar enonu
9Gnter, Der bolot BAN bunOen U}prfet.
ll66a tap. Men efter ben often la9oe bun fig tattere
inn til i'm Nlefters 9jerte, Og gpnnen for benbes Manbs
5rdie 6leo enonu mere b~rGnOenOe enb for.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-11-02

When quite yOung-I was only I
years old thcn-l lived with my parents
at Il villa in TricSt, Austria. For weeks
and weeks | had the same dream. al
though not nightly-namcly, that in the
nighttime | found myself at the bot
tom of the garden in my nightgown,
scratching at Il little heap of earth,
and found copper, silver and gold coins,
and, suddenly looking up, | found be-
fore me and watching me the sister Of
the landlord Of the villa, an old bag.
gard woman.
"lIaving dreamed this 50 often, nat
urally related it to my l!othcr, who re-
pcatca it to her friends. These friends,
who were of Il SupcrStitiouS nature
tried to induce my father to buy the
plot of ground in question, but he
would not listen to such an absurdity,
as he was an unbclcycr in spiritualism.
Well, some years later the landlord had
occasion to build Il lodge at the bottom
of the garden, and while digging for
the foundation Il large sum of money
in copper, silver and gold coins was
discovered.
How is II that n mere boy off,, with
out any knowledge of the place or of
the history of the owners Of the said
ground, should have such Il dream,
which turned out truc?'-Spcctator
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"Waiter, will you get me yesterdays
rid the blood of all impurities and cure
all eruptions.

"Waiter, will you get me yesterdays
paper, please"
He took it, turned to the column of
death notices. The print swan before
his shrinking eyes like another string
ing rain. He forced his eyes to cog.
nizance of the letters, faltering on to
the Us as condemned man makes the
oppressively short transit to the seat
fold. Something leapcd up and caught
his throat, a whir and hammering
dulled his ears. He was whirling in
narrow vortex. His golden little Flor
RE. His baby jewel! His queenly
young daughter, with the beaming ra-
dance Of face that showed her his
child, and not even Fictitious replica
of her bloodless mother-mother, who
had sat in stern self approval when
the nurse bore away his child from
him; mother, yet could fling back her
veil for air without letting the smallest
portal of her being open for human
sympathy bearing high the ashen pride
of her self sutiicicncy even as she fol-
lowed, for once, the child she had
sought to lead
"ElorenCe, only child of Norman
Darcy Torrance and Eleanor Vande-
vecr Torrance, in her eighteenth year
of of-hate-hcat-he
The waiter sprang forward. But
after that one upward stiffcninG and
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half gasp he sank Imply over the table,
like Il drowsy boy who falls heavily
asleep. His shapely white hand pushed
the glass to the floor with brittle
shattering, forsooth as the bottle Of
baptiZing wine is shattered on the bow
of the bark entering on its domain of
the eternal sea. Before anything could
be done nothing needed to he, for lie
Slipped with mcrciful swftness to the
same unknown realm as the daughter
he had trailcd back from his long exile
to see, the girl .hurrying before him in
her snowy caSkct to the cemetery
which WAS to be their rendezvous.
The thirty-SAth from the heat to.
day remarked the Bellevue hospital
physician in attendance that Sunday
to a newspaper man in quest of Il
weather item. 1T breaks the record.
But | guess it will wind up the list.
The rain has cooled the air.
The grim mistake in diagnosing death
from a chilled heart.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-11-02

Fried onions as a garnish to beef
steak are, if liked ut all, favorite
dish. At most tables the onions are
served II greasy, blackoncd mass, often
half raw, altogether unplcaSing to view
and by no means dlgcstiblc. This is
because most cooks cook onions in n
pan with Il little butter, Il method that
cannot by any skill produce a salts
factory result. Try the next time an
other way. Slice the onions and soak
the Slices in milk for at least ten min
utes. Then dip them in flour and i'm
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clone swept the granite blocks clean of
dust and flung it in swirls of black
powder into his face till his eyes were
EtIMCncd and sore and his nostrils
choked by the hot particles.
A flag on top of a hotel near by was
ironed out and crumpled into new folds
so quickly by the simoom that it crack
ed with sharp sounds, as if a giantess
were shaking some monStrous sheet in
the breeze. The mass of towering build
ings that closed the vista doomed dun
yellow bulk above the mully worthless
below
1t was stupid to keep on to this goal,
near as it was on Fifth avenue. Noting
n chophUusc ut hand with a familiar
name-it had not stood on Broadway
when he was a boucvardicr of New
York-Ee turned in at its door ana took
a seat at the partly opened window.
Pcrfunctoli!, lie ordered Il glass of
cracked ice with soRle Scotch and
siphon.
The storm was already gushing from
the Wr@cls of indigo clouds. AS the
cooling sheet Of water f"ll tho thunder
bcichpd furtll-a big. bass rumble, per
meatcd with swift, explosive trails Of
sound like the votlaying Of Il mitral-
leusc He looked Densively at the cab
horse in front OF the window. 1t had
been Il pitiably mute, sweat soaked
creature, but now drooUcd n dumbly
Joyous enc, its Moofs in pools uD to the
fctlocks and its pantin" sides II wntcr
shed for the refreshing doWnBDur.
Through the vertical curtain of yliS-
teninw rain Il funeral trallcd by Mt Il
pliluSOplic trot. He had not sat there
long before five others logged past,
Gathering m0dcstlv over the clean
washed blocks. Was it the heat. or did
New York hoard its dead for Sunday
sepulturc rs IL seemly dominica OBJ
servance?
What n Jerking. laborcd throb there
was TO his temples. Ills face and ears
burned painfully too lie rose. went 10
the washruom and. flushing the howl
with cold water. plunpod his hood and
hands into the grateful liuuid lie re-
turned to his place by the window bet
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-11-02

WHOM LOVCr9 NEtNEcN tEc COrpsc.
Most curious Of the old time supersti-
tons of New England was the custom
of requiring lovers to watch the corpse.
1t associated the hopes of marriage
with tn" silent vigil. was poetic and
has only disappeared from the oldest
towns within Il generation. No obliga-
ton of the social conscience was more
scrupulously regarded than that dead
body should never be left alone at
night. In the earliest days the solemn
watchers were old men and women,
deaconS, select men, but as the colonies
grew honest lovers with plightcd troths
were frequently selected for these long
vigils.
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made the great town wilt and gasp in
intolerant rage as the sun held fiery
orgy.
All looked so different to the returned
exile after his long drifting through
foreign lands. He remembered the old
aspect of the town too we'll not to re-
allie that the change was in itself. 1t
was as if New York had discarded
knickerbocllers for trousers frock coat
and Il silk hat. The buildings were in
solently high and landmarks had van
fshed from long time stations to others
so much farther up town.
Thor" was something weird about
this dcsolation of its main business
thoroughfare at high noon. even if-it
was Sunday. 1t gave the sense of n
plague fostering within the city con-
fines. But what wonder, with that
maddCning heat? The very heaven re-
tiected it in its color The cumulus
clouds were shrunkcn and had parch-
ed snowincsS, while the open sky was
haggard in its withcred blue. The
wind that foreran the gathering cy-
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shrank away with instructive repul-
sion, for she seemed to bo looking
straight at him. But as the face was
borne on Lc saw the pose unaltcrcd in
its stold tiXity.
There are gestures. spontaneities of
psychic impulsion, more individual and
distinctive than a birthmar!l. He felt
the blood rush hotly to his brain. Ne
turned with 4 plucky attempt at his
wonted. quiet iaanner