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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
Embarque de trOpas ia
pOnesaS en China

Servicio cablegrafico especial del Boletfn
Mercantil
Londres, jueves Ell lines pro-
ximo embarcaran en- Taxi para Ma
gasaki 5000 soldados japoneses.
Antes de fin de mes estaran en-
barcadas todss las tropas que ell
Japon envi6 China, excsptuando
las que han sido destinadas pro
tejer la Legaci6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
PONCE

Las 0ficlnas del juzgado municipal iueron
trasladadas aver los bajos de la casa pro.
piedad de la viuda del doctor Corchado.
frente la plaza principal
Ell Ayuntamiento ha declarado cesante
don Cirilo Diaz, empleado que fue de las
oficinas municipaes.
--Anoche la debido ceebrar session ell
Ayuntamie1to.
Han renunciado sus cargos los guardias
Manuel Alomar y Eduardo Escobar.
Tambien hs presentado la renunca el
Official tercero de esta alcaldis, don Rafael
Oap6.
En- la Ultima session del ayuntamiento
propuso don Eduardo Torres, /. Q: que ell
suedo del alcalde Sc redujese 75 pesos pa
"a gastcs de representation; % Suppression
de la policfa municipal montada, dejando la
cuStOdia del campo la Insular; 3. Q supre-
sion de la mitad de la polcfa de infanterfa
aumentando en- un 10 pOr 100 ell sueldo de
la otra mitad 40 Suppression de un 80 por
100 de los gastos de empeados de las ofc-
mas, va disminuyendo ell ndmero de 6stos,
va rebsjando los Sueldos.
Sc hala enfermO de bastante gravedad
don Ezequiel Cintr6D.
Juan Burgos, ha sido nombrado man.
dadero de las oficinas municipales.
-Antes de anoche Sc arm6 un escandalo
en- la calle del Coto. Dos individuos sol
ventaron antiques resentimientos sin Que hu
biera que lamentar deSgracias person ales.
AL rededOr de los conteudientes SO form6 un
corro como de cincuenta pesOnas.
LA nOche del lunes Sc dispararon re-
petidos tiroS de revolver en- la cantera. La
alarma tue general en- ell vecindario Ell
hecho ocurri6 Serian las doce, esa hora
varias familias abandonar0n sus lechos. V
Sc asomaron las puersss de suS casas Gre
yendo que ocurrfa alguna desgracia. No
fu6 possible cenoctr el origen de tales dis
paros.
La Ietreta de esta noche en- la plaza de
Armas terminara las ndeve "cn objeto de
que ell pdbicO pueda asistir la function del
teatlo, la que ha sldo invitado el Gober-
nadOr Civil.
! ScipiO Swan, de color, rico labrador de
Powhatan, Virginia, sac6 lcencia la sema
ma pasada para caSarse con Mamie Lang.
horn, de la misma raza. Ell novio tiene 80
amos cumplidos promote vivir muchos mas,
segdn es de vivO y alegre. La novia tiene
80, tambi6n cumplidOs, pero la cr6nica no
dice 81 es de disposition allegro melanc6-
lica.
Aver Sc ha practicable en- ell Hospital de
"Santa Rosa" en- ell nifo Domingo Marti.
nez, natural de Manatf, de nueve amos de
edad que venfa padeciendo hace amos de
calculo vexical, cuyo peso es de 40 gramos !;
la muy importante operaci6n de la Talla
hipogastrica fu6 practicada por los medicos
Figueroa, Wibber, Velez Lopez, Cueto,
Lassaletta y los Practicantes Llauger y
Dimas y Ell estudiante @. Seghet. Con Ell
candro de operaciones que venimos publ
cando diariamente, queda demostrado que
con los reputados profesOres mencionados
Sc puede tener una garantfa probar que
en- Puerto Rico Sc puede practicar cual-
quier quirdrgica pues solamente falta que
Sc instale un Hospital Civi; que complement
te 10 que decimos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
Mr.. Morgan CeIebra una
entreViSta con el
PreSidente LOubet

(Servicio cablegrafco especial del BOletin
MercantiD
Paris, jueves.-Ha sido recibido
en- audiencia particular por ell Pre-
sidente Loubet, el famoso norte.
americana Mr. j. Pierpont Morgan,
que trato de contratar ultimamente
en- Londres todas las lfneas de va
pores ingleses.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
OAFG

Debido a 10 reducid(sima que es Ia
existencia, Sc opera muy POGO con este
artfculo, notandose alguna disposition
para obtener dicho grano. Con firme-
"a cielran los tipos 5 l24 a s IL poI
"Oorrientes cubanos", $13 n 5 1871 pei
"pil6n" y S IA a s l44 por hacienda
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
Ell general Dewet
sigue avanzandO triun.
falmente

(ServiciO cablegrAfico especial del BOletin
Mercantil
Nueva York, jueves.-El general
boer Dewet continda avaDzando con
gran exito por ell norte del Trans
vaal.
Numerosos beers que Sc mante.
nian timidos Sc han Incorporate &
lasfuerzas que acaudilla aquel gene.
raj.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
I'm luchadOr fuera de
COmbate
3arco 4 .p:que

Servicio cablegrafco especial del Boetin
Mercantil
Londres, jueves.-Se ia lido pi
que ell yate Shamrock II, de la pro-
piedad de Sir Thomas Upton, que
iba a d;sputar la copa de orc, en- las
pr6ximos regalas internacionales,
con el yate americana Constitution
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
Una iaCtOrla de dzdCar de O,OOOtOn0ladaS
Equipada con eyaporadoras = LILLE.

La aOa esa COnStendO Ia sa de Maui pOr la as
Sugar Company capacad de $4,000
adas de aar pOr zaa Para esa Sc h eco IN eddO de
dos eYap0radoras cuaup 9Iec oend0 cada
pada de $4,000 gOnes dc gnaap0 concentrate n rOras Oos pe
ddOs de LII LIE triples uadrues efectC5 dc 10000 SaOnes arn
han apscidad de Multiple ee0 LIE, pdOs este ahO
as Hawaii de O ganes guaapo cO2cenradO
da "A horas
aparGsos eenDagQn efeos nuitAbulas
STANDARD" apacidad ha o spsade respecdvas fdh
cas- 6aG6s ss sSCOntSG5ST en usO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
Ia Convention Nacional
aCeptara las bases

iServicio cabIegrafco especial del Boletin
HlMe-cantill
EHabana, jueves.- Sc cOnsidera
va completamente seguro que la
Convention Nacional apruebe las
bases de la enmienda Platt, que
discute en- estos monentos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23

Para atender las necesidadeS mo-
mentaneas de consume, solamente Sc
solcitan reducidas cantidades de dicho
lfqaido; y debialo a la irreguIaridad Ell
operaciones no Sc ha n0;r 0;rG2llt2ljzadn 81
nracjO
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
TABAOO

Muy corta es la solicitud no Obstan
te ser abundante la cantldad de 6sta
hoja, en- la que Sc nota calma hasta pa
ra su misma fabrication, debido q que
la exportaci0a de elaborados no es ac-
tiva.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
VapOros que SO esper' =

ESP. "Serra.' .'-Debe haber salido
de Liverpool (vfa Santande) ell dia IL
del presente, Mayo con destino a este
puerto J los de la isla.
Esp. 'Isla de Panay'-El dia 10 del
corriente sali6 del puerto do Oadiz, con
destin0 q este.
Col. amer. "Henry Crosby" Debe
haber sllido de New York el dia 20
delpasado con rumbo a este puerto
Cub. "Maria Herrera" Llegara &
este puerto del % al 80 del c0rriente
procedente de Habana y escalas inter
medias.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
MEROADO DE IT UTOS
AZUOAR

Poca actividal sc nota en- las opera
clones &c este dulce, coIocandose solo
algunas particles sobre mueile: y POI
no resultar aquellas favorables debido
a los precios de actualidad, los agricul-
torres estan muy POGO dispuestos otre-
Ger Ell fruto disponible.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
OPBRAOIONRs sOBRB Ell MUEI p

Por Cerecedo heImanos y co:
a Castrill6n y Ochoa y LuiTia her ma
nos, % d mantequilla daneza, marca
Dos HeImanoA".
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
OAMBIOS

COntin1a encalmada la solicitud,
cerrando fojos los tipos siguientes:
Londres sIv. $4 80 80 f
New York, 3 dlv.... a la par
Paris, 8 dIv.- 50 30 a 260p2 ID
Espafia, 8 dIv.. 273p 3 ID
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
MOVIMIFNTO MARITIME
BETRADAS DB TRAVESIA

De New York, vap amer. Cara
cas", a Villar y con carga que rese,
flaremos en- ell n1mero de maflana.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
MAIZ

La solicitud de este granO continda
muy moderado cuya cotizaci6n cierra
foia 4 So fanega, h&biendo abundante
eXistencia del misrplO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
Probable rendiCi6n
del famOs0 general
CailleS

[Servicio cablegrafico especial del Boletin
Mercantil
Manila, jueves. - Debido q las
gestiones realizadas por ell general
Funston, Sc considera va como un
hecho la rendici6n del general fill
pino Cailles con todas las fuerzas
que acaudilla.
MercadO de Nueva York de hoy.
Harina de Trigo Gel Gigante' So 90 saco
Harina de Maiz Golden Maize 81 80 saco
Forage de Schumacher s1.30 saco
TocinO de Norton 1926 barri
Jamones So las 100 libras
Salchichones $500 las 100 lbras
Manteca corriente So 7IS las 100 libras.
Manteca pura SS .IS las 100 lIbras
Libras 4.S475
AzGcar centrifugado 1882
Az1car mascabado 3.75
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
EETRADAs DE OADOTAJB

De Aguadilla Y Mayaguez, vap.
amer. "Longtellow", en- lastre.
De Arecibo, vap. amer. "Vasco", con
carga de trasbordo para New York.
De Vieques, bl. Carmen, en- lastre.
De Fajardo, bl. "Dos Hermanos",
con 10 Siguiente D.: A la orden, 20 SIS
az1car
De Fajardo, gol "Marfa", con 10 si-
guiente A la orden, q cu6ros de
res.
De Humacao y Yabucoa, gol. era
pido", con 10 siguiente Troncoso her.
manos y CO, fdo lacones. A. Vicente
y co, / d bronco, 2 bocoyes vacfos
Gonzalez y Alfonso, d metales. Piza
hfImanos, l d calzado, 80 cueros res,
A la orden, 80 pacas tabaco en- rama
26 bultos muebles, 81 cueros res.
sALIDAs DE TRAvEsIA
Para Habana y escalas, vap. cub.
"Julia", despachado por Villar y co,
con csrga que resenaremos en- ell nj
nero de maiiana.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
SituaCi6n apurada de las
guerrillas beers

(Servicio cablegrafco tespecial del Boletir
,MercaktiD
Londres. jueves.r rNoticias reci-
bidas en- esta ciudad dicen que los
beers atraviesan una situaci6n diff
cilfsima debido a la escasez de vi
yeres.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23

norteamericanas que prestaban SER
vicio en- China, & exception de los
150 hombres que permanecen Gus
todiando la Legaci6n de los Esta-
des Unidos en- Pekin, embarcaron
aver para Filipinas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23

TRAvESIA
India tdescargando
Dichosa il
Caracas id
OABOrAJB
Dolores Humacao y Naguabo
Petra Arroyo " Ponce
Carmelta YabucOa
Ala Blanca Aguadilla y Mayaguez
Pedrito il jardo
Rapido pc liente
Maria Fsjardo y n .guabo
Dos Hermanos 0ojardo
Vasco cargando
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
UNTcO ACFNTR EN- FsTA IsI-A
G.. TINAUD & CO.
Plaza PrinCipal---San Juan, Puerto Rico.

LA CASA MEJ0R SURTIDA QUE MAS NOyEDADES MPORTA
En- Joyas dc toda classes especialmente BRLANTES
vende muy baatos garantizando su buena calidad
Constante varado suido Reoe para Bolo Pared Des
pertadoes garanda dc marchs exacta
Todo 10 moderno fabica
Plata, Plateados etc, propios para regalos.
CUBERTOS dc odaS csses de las scrediadsa Roger
y Chrisole"
Lo peeccionado Anteoos para Tao Campo Marina
dsede 81 $50 cada
Lentes y Espejuelos
BOHEMIA
OATARATA D.
Peumea de las acedadas ngesas
~ "UNICOS AGENTES"
Fabrica fotografcas
BE- "KODAKSs Sc al msms
NJ #MS# pYcctO los EstadOs UnidOs
camaTa ibrito de
g. &# ing 9s Espanol permlte bontas toto
A gEafas sin apaendisaje manejo sancllhmC
de dichos
t0da pdA bontQ UaEogN
--I uus1ado con boOIo grabados ng6s esplno, 70 10
mandaremos GRATIS franco de porte
sesvimss psdidss vusts Dc coreo PAGOS ANTICPADOA
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
Embarque de tropas
americanaS para
Filipinas

(Seryicio:cablegrAfco Especial del Boletin
Mercantil.)
Washington, jueYes. -El general
Adna r. Chaffee y todas las fuerzas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-23
ReViSta Commercial
4. NOTLCIAS Y ANUNCIOS

Operaciores durante ell dia de hoy
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
THE cHrcKADEE.

--Were 1t not for me-
Said a chickadee.
mot a single flower earth would be;
For under the ground they soundly sleep
And never venture upward peep,
Till they hear from me,
"Chickadee-deei
IT tell Jack Frost when tits time to go
And carry away the ice and snow;
And then I hint to the jolly old sun,
"A little spring work, sir. should be done
And he smiles around
On the frozen ground,
And I keep up my cherry, CHEEKY sound,
Till echo declares in glee, in giee,
'Tis hei it's he!
The chickadee-deei
'And then I waken the birds of spring
-Ho, hoi tbs time to be on the wing
They trill and twitter and soar aloft.
And I send the winds to whisper soft.
Down by the little fiower-beds.
Saying, Come, show your pretty heads!
The spring is coming. you see, you see!
For SO sings he,
The chickadee-dee!"
The sun he smiled: and the early flow
Bloomed to brighten the bIithesome
hours,
And song birds gathered in bush and
tree;
But the wind he laughed right merrily.
AS the saucy mite of a snowbird he
Chirped away, DO you see. see. see?
i did it ALL
"Chickadee-dee!
-Sidnev DayrA
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20

xne was always shy and never seemed
to believe him.
Suddenly his heart beat A paper
lay in his lap and on it were some lines
in Marian's writing, still SO familiar:
Marcus, dear, I found this once
among your college souvenirs / dc
not think you ever saw what is hidden
between the leaves OF this blotter- II
is best that you do not see it as Ions
as live. No one ever loved you. more
than do $50 / have kept the secret
What did Marian mean? He tool
up the blotter with a dizzy surging Of
the blood. Between the leaves? He
fumbled with a mans awkward1ess
over each one and rubbed them Be
tween the chamois leaf rustled some
thing like paper Why! two leaves
were laced together to form one
There was something between, a mes
sage come down to him unread through
the years, come down from the yer,
springtime of his life.
He stood up, drawing deep breaths
He must think first. Where was thu
girl who would be the woman of to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
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pimples. itching skin. aches in bones or
Joints, falling hair. boils, cancer, scro-
fula, offensive catarrh old rheuma-
tism? Then you have contracted or in
herited impure blood. To cure, take
Botanic Blood Balm Q3- B. 3D. which is
made especially to cure the worst and
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the skin B. B. B. improves the diges-
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years. B. B. B. kills or destroys the poi
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scribe trouble, and free medical advice
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
Love and a BI0tter.

BY ELIZABETH CHERRY WALTZ.
Copyright, 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
1t was not quite year after the
death of Marcus O'Neale's wife that his
interest in life had a resurrection. 1t
may have been the fact that it was
the springtime and the season OF re-
generations, but it is far more likely
that it was because it was the time OF
house cleanings and the sight of 1t
about him filed him with an inexpress-
ible longing for things as they were OF
yore and a deep and undying disgust
for the present. The present, be it I'M
derstood, was represented by careless
housekesper and by dust on every
piece of furniture in sight.
81 don't really believe I ana over
fastidious," remarked Marcus O'Neale,
but really when it comes to this"
This was a cup of muddy coffee
and cold storage egg Sometimes very
: practical things are regenerat1ng In
these influences.
1t was of no use to say anything
He had often spoken his mind, but had
also become convinced that the thun-
ders of Jove would be useless to re-
store order.
Il must do something" he thought
with decision, this cannot go on. 1t
is a parody on life.
He left the breakfast almost untast-
ed and went upstairs. 1t was a pref
ty house still with all its sad traces
of neglect. He had not wished to leave
it Why should he? The happiness of
his life had been there and although
he grieved. sorely, why grieve SO NOR
bidly as to shut away all traces of the
dear girl that had gone away?
Rather stay with the memories cher
ish them and believe that she smiled
down upon him and wished him to be
happy. Had she not said to him, Il
hope to be happy-and SO must you.
Do not let it spoil your life. Marcus.
but live it out well. If you do not
wish to live it alone, remember that
wish first for your happiness"
But who could replace such a sweet
soul? Was there in all the world such
another unselfish creature? No, she
alone was fit to be among the angels
whittier she had gone.
He went into her pretty room, her
dainty room with its brass bed, its
chintz draperies, bamboo chairs and
all the pictures she had loved in her
girlhood. All was as she had left
it and it gave him a poignant pang to
see it as it was, to feel that it must be
dismantled If he left his home.
Aimlessly he opened the desk, the
little drawers, the large ones. In the
very back of one was a sealed pack
age, the red wax brown with the air
1t had been sealed long time.
Il wonder what this isl he thought
this unmarked thing-it is strange
that 1 never saw it before-but I die
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20

not really look-things seemed too
sacred to disturb
He sat at the window where the soft
air blew his dark hair from his tenn
pies. He slit open the package with
his penknife. A curious thing dropped
out-something from a past remote
a past when Marian knew him not.
About the thing still chung a faint
smell of violets, of springtime-
A alttle foolish thing it was in
deed A blotter of one chamois leaf
and one of dark maroon cloth quite
thick and caught curiously with silk
en- stitches There was a celluloid
cover tied on with a now-faded ribbon
and on it was painted an improbable
bird sitting impossibly upon a spray
of flowers. He remembered it at once.
A girl had sent it to him as a valen-
tine, girl he mad once thought him
self madly in love with in those old
college days wnen the heart was riot
ously young He believed he had told
her SO half dozen times but she
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20

A queer instance of improper infiu-
ence said to have been exerted upon a
juryman comes from New Haven. The
jury in a certain civil case went TO
Fairhaven to visit the house of the de-
PENDANTS. There, according to the
counsel for the plaintiff, one of the
parties to the suit gave one of the jur-
ors piece of pie. This piece of pie Is
the ground upon which motion to
set aside the verdict is founded.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
Spot whore H.milson F.ll.

Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, ha
given to the New York Historical So
ciety the marble slab that fomeri,
marked the spot at Weehawken wher
Alexander Hamilton fell in his due
with Aaron Burr. 1t was removes
about 1915 because it was thought t.
encourage dueling, and for many year
it was lost sight of. to be discovered Il
1850 in New York saloon The Yves
Shore railway passes over the spo
where Hamilton fell
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS?
Pen Picture for Women.

81 am SO nervous, there is not q
well inch in my whole body. / am so
weak at my stomach and have indi-
gestion horribly, and palpitation of
the heart, and L am losing flesh. This
headache and backache nearly kills
me, and yesterday i nearly had hyster-
les there is weight in the lower part
of my bowels bearing down all the
time, and pains in my groins and
thighs; 1 cannot sleep, walk, or sit,
and believe / am diseased all over ;
no one ever suffered / do"
This is a description of thousands of
cases which come to Mrs. Pinkham &
attention daily. An infiamed and I'll.
cerated condition of the neck of the
womb can produce all of these symp-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20
His Resignation Away. on rue.

One of the most prominent Baptist
preachers in the vicinity OF New York
has made it a practice in all his pas
torates to write his resignation within
a week of his entrance upon new
field, sign, seal and deliver it to the
proper official with the remark:
There, nowi Never ask me for my
resignation. Whenever you want me
to go just break open the envelope,
write in a date to the document and
offer it to the congregation
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-20


day? Then, with a rush of recollee
ton, he recalled the last time he hac
seen her, here in the city and some two
years ago. She was in the street cal
with her married sister and he had
greeted her without any sensation save
one of pleasure at meeting with an ole
acquaintance. Marian had had his
whole heart-but now?
Something was coming to him from
the past. 1t was coming with rush
But he must not be too sure. Suppose
she was now the wife of another
well, the message should never be read
by him, that was all-he was sure OF
that.
He went down stairs to the tele-
phone. He thrust the blOtter into
the pocket of his house coat. He found
the number of the sisters telephone
nervously and waited a long time be-
fore he could get any answer. Then
maid with an unmistakable Irish &C.
cent asked:
Whats wantin'?'
81 wish to speak to Mrs. Stark
Sure, she's ill-has a bit O. the grip
Sor Will Miss Eve do, her sister
Sor?~
"Who?"
Mrs. Stark's sister, Sor."
81 think she will
He had to be glad. 1t was so lona
since he had cared or dared to be glad
And he listened.
Presently, it seemed an eternity, s
| gentle voice said:
'Yes-what is it?'
Marcus O'Neale, Miss Eve-or Is ii
still Miss Ever"
There was a low laugh.
1T is still Miss Eve. 1 have just
arrived, that is, / came yesterday. And
/ was sorry to hear, some long time at.
ter it happened, of your great loss
| We were abroad"
| "We?"
Papa and 1. I am the only one left
| at home, you know"
Marcus was suddenly COMPOUNDED
He did not know what to say next as
he had not read the message. Present
~ he recovered his wits.
Il suppose / may call while you arr
here?''
why, yes-if you care to. Was Their,
any message for sister,"
aNo-not if she is ill. 1 hope sha
will soon be better. 1 will certainly
| call, Miss Eve"
! Then he hung up the receiver and
| went up the stairs. He closed the door
| and locked it. Slowly he cut the lac
| ings between the two chamois leaves.
Something as soft and shiny as a
baby's hair fell out, and a thin paper
He picked it up most reverently. II
was wavy tress of Ewes shining
hair as when she was a girl and tied
with white silk thread. He took il
in one hand and with the other held
up the thin paper. 1t read
| Darling Marcus, you have asked me
SO often to say that / loved you. But
I waited until ST. Valentines day when
maids may choose their lovers. You
| will always have my heart EVE"
And ten years Lad gone by? He had
| always had her heart
Half an hour later the telephone bell
| rang again The housekeeper, making
! a pretense at arranging the dining
room, listened and heard
Miss Eve, it is Marcus O'Nealt
! again. / have something to explain tf
| you. Could you see me about fifteer
| minutes? I'll come over on my way
up town if you can. / know it's grea
favor to ask but really 1t can't bs
| postponed. In half an hour?-verJ
| good-rll be there, thank you"
Then Marcus O'Neale hung up ths
receiver and whistled for the frs
time since his wife's death as hs
sprang up the stairs to make himself
fit