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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-18

bullish, and our markets opened practically
unchanged, advancing slightly later hut tue
Improvement met free selling by longs to
realize, and the balance OF tAc session was
gone through with In a rather dun man
ucr. New York closed unchanged TO Z
lower, New Orleans unchanged to ] up.
Spots steady and unchanged
Since the recent spell Of wet and colo
weather well Informed people are inclined
to reduce their crop estimates. and the
Times. Democrat In giving summary ~
the situation saws. 1T rs fairly certain
that the crop Is at best but q moderate
one" We are reliably Informed that the
two large interests In New York Januarys
have compromised on about 2OooOO bales IN
that option This should be welcome news
even to the bulls, since manipulation gen.
Vrally has o demoralizinc effect upon specu,
lation and trade In general.
Norecast for tomorrow is Tor partly
CLOUDY 10 cloudy weather with probably
showers.
The scmi-weekly movement to thirteen in
terror toxins was as follows Receipts 81
1877, sbipmcs~.s S9.3ls. stock asa, SOS against
last years receipts ll4.35l. shipments 1oO.
1856, stock 51S.725. The stocks Ut these
towns decreased 52S7 bales during the
week The amount to come into sight for
the week IS estimated at $1,000 bales less
than last year
Notice day on January cotton viii be
December -.
Liverpool tx due to be unchanged to ]
point lower tomorrow.
Cargin Richardson.
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Be is INCREASING SIN
IN HOLIDAY WARES.
- Nuts Are Now in Great De-
Fa-oranoe and Apples Take
Pre- ,edenoe in Sales.

= ,,esl wholesale market displayed con-
a |, sctlvlty yesterday, business in all
..wins satisfactory incr ase over
...s.srtlons of the previous week
n,rtet is now well supplied In all
Y n goods with few exceptions, and
S,nsrd. which is daily becoming
= can he readily supplied. Fruits,
A "a holiday goods are the products
"a. most attention now, and coun-
we '.,rs for this class of commodities
NV heavy. Prices in general con
us unchanged
,-,cs Of geese has advanced, quota
!" yesterday being $3.50 TO $3.50 per
Rr
inter market WAS quiet YESTERDAY,
y. continuing unchanged on moderate
Issiud.
r,,,e are not many ripe bananas OF the
..t,t but a fairly large stock of frcsn
ry,ls is on hand.
p.,,lpts are growing larger In eggs and
(, dsnsud proportonately larger. Prices
I. srn and unchanged
rre Is large supply of apples on the
.',ger OF dne quality, but the demand is
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON STEADY,

The Trading Was Chiefly in January
March and May-Demand Good.
New Orleans. December l7--Cottou is In
good demand The offerings are fairly
large aud, except for the high grades,
relatively lood assortment is presented, but
holders of the better qualities are by no
means anxious sellers and insist on flu
board figures for their goods, while the low
to buy al the board level Sales, $3.50
bales, intending 100 f. o b. terms and ZOO
20 arrive. Quotations unchanged.
The movement In contracts was some
what heavier than yesterday, though the
trading is chiefly IN january, March ana
May. Clearing weather I'm the belt and
easier Liverpool had the effect NJ holdin'
pliccs down to near ycsterd VS. level, { e
board mt the close showing net even to
p0iut higher.
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Richard Cooke g. Co.'S Letter.

Houston, Texas, December 17.-semi-
weekly receipts at thirteen interior towns
s7137, just hve bales more than CORE
sopnding time in 1899, with a 100000 bale
crop while stock is 10000 bales less than
in that year. The Missouri. Kansas and
Texas statement Of cotton for the mouth
81 November shows decrease Of - per
cent from last year, while mills IN this
country and Europe are but poorly supplied
with cotton. stocks Of cotton goods In
hrst hands are small and the present price
al print cloth 3 cents, with cotton at $40
for iniddling, compares fayorably with the
average price OF prints last year, 2s4
with cotton at SO. and unless the world s
spiuners have d better supply than IS cred
tied To them, II would require an il,OOO,'
OOO.bale crop 10 secure a statistical position
nearly equal 10 that Of last year
There Is some uncHsiness about the high
money market and the Venezuelan situu-
lion. but II that clears conditions win inn
prove aud as II requires less money to spec
Mate Ia cotton than stocks. We look for an
active market after the holidays
Liverpool is due unchanged tomorrow.
Richard Cooke x co.
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Houston. Texas. December lT.-Livcrpool
,,,i,t,irs an indifferent attitudo "a to
futures, ana while their nccessiues APpar-
entity force good volume of SPOT sales at
e,ir rfaccs vet e. is e,idept that foreign
~ III, 90,
Splhu'IS' even III inc laee ol uu'lsn SUI
istics Of all kinds hesitate TO believe re-
duced crop ideas. hut are inclined TO await
-. ,,.,,tl,,. f., ,,o NM, -, d,c,to,,v
cle"''us "e''u'i J." 'u' H'P. va "0o'o'''''
Increased receipts Liverpool Is due TO be
uurbsured tornorrovr
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GALVESTON STOCK.
PAYMENT OF POLL TAX.
Rurna OF Attorney General Of lnnportano
10 San Antonio.

Ruling Of Attorney General OF importance
to San Antonio.
San Antonio Texas, December I'm a
letter 20 Mr. Worries =. Brown Of this city,
dated December -. Attorney General Ben
makes an important ruling regarding the
right Of people TO vote IN city elections
under the poll tax amendment TO the state
constitution. That portion Of his letter
bearing on the payment of the city pol
tax before February ! preceding an election
reads as follows: II understand from "A
letter which / have received from Mayor
Hicks that the voter dn san Autonlo) has
until the LIST day OF June next within
which to pay his city poll tax. such being
the case, II viii not be necessary for the
voter to have paid that tax in order TO
enable him to vote at the election IN Feb
ruHry. n the city poll tax had been due
before the LIST day Of FebrrEry, then the
requirement as TO the payment Of that TAX
would have been the same as with refer
ence 70 the payment OF the state and conn'
~ poll tax
This ruling will cut an important figure
In the San Antonio election, as u WIS the
general opinion hcse that the city poll TAX
had To be paid before February Ia order
for a voter 10 he qualified.
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New York Decomter 1.-THE general
condition Of the dry goods market Shove
no change today. Bleachcd goods are
cleaned up on all lines IN which prices were
reduced this week, print cloths are qu ct
but firm. Mems wear woolens firm, with
good demand OF overcoutiugs Wooden
and worstcd dress goods quiet, but prices
without quotablC change,
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THE OIL MARKET
Bidding Was Lively But the Transactions
Were Limited

Business was fairly active on the Houston
on aud Stock Exchange yesterday. Better
inquiries were made for stocks and the bid
ding was spirited during the session. but
the offers were small in comparison.
Buffalo was the heaviest seller, 1000
shares changing hands at 2iA cents.
Sour Lake on was an active seller In
two lots, The first was twelve shares AT
SlG25, after which bidding raised the price
to $3.50, at which ten more shares changed
hands
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Il. &. 3. Beers Letter.

New Orleans, December lT-Lverpool adj
vices were not encouraging, but our mar
ket. nevertheless, opened points hlsneF
and shortly after declined points on rear
izing. The light estimated receipts at ''ai'
weston and Houston for tomorrow oceA'
stoned an advance of 5 points from the
bottom. The quieter feeling prevailing u
spots ana lack IT outside buying esussq :
decline Of points near the elosIns' HaA'Hh
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nprcs AND CuaMICALs.

Quinine, 34d36c per ounce bottle; sniioT-
nbtne 50 a56i2 10 per ounce: cocaine, 40
ne ounce borax. size per pound In lU1I9
packages; copperas, 500 IN barrels; castor
oil, 1920 per gallon IN 5-glllon pachaE1ie: .
onsom salts 81 u per 100 lbs in harrelsi
alcohol. So TOa3,O0 per gallon; sulphur,
50 6j per 100 lbs 10 barrels; alum 81.c ~
pound in barrels; saltpeter, g per pou9nu
delivered Texas common railway points
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Quotations for carload lots delivered on
same S' rate Dealers charge from store 50
10c per 100 pounds more on bran. ease per
bushel on cats and corn, loal1c per loO
FRAN Per 100 lbs, 96dos.
CORN CHOPS-Pure, 81 OsGl 10.
OATS Texas. choice bright 56c; No.
CoRN-No . mixed, sacked, SIC; No. 2
UAY-CEoiCc oIf1lfa. t5.5nd1f.oc: 'hoic"
timothy, SIT .OO617 %; nth Texas pr .lfle
S60ods 90; North Texas and Territory nay
SI1 OCdl3 co.
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caraiIl & Richardson's Letter.

Houston. Texas, December 17,-Forelgn
adylees this morning were a little disap-
pointing, Liverpool being TO PA points
iuvsr on contracts and down on spots
The temper on this side, however, yas
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leo ACRES PRAIRIE LAND, about :
miles from Thompson. on II. y y, {.
H., IN harris county, Tor IS per ucrc.
320 acres prairie land I mile from sta
tun. on II Is 4. g. Il, r., i'm Harris
county, tor 50 per acre.
1000 acres about / mile from station
aud half timber ana half prairie, uud
some improvements for So per acre.
1000 acres about 1 miles from railroad
station. 200 acres in cultivation, with .
lattoru from canal and the lnnd leyced'
About 60, ocros me level blnck land,
suitable for rice. and about 400 acres TIM
hcred ana nuc bottom land suitable Tor
corn, cotton, sugar cane or any crops
grown In south Texas, Price 81 per
acre.
Agents Tor Kouutzc Bros lands IN
wharton. Matagorda and jackson conn.
ties I'm tracts Of 100 acres up To 5000
prices 50 60 Sl5 per acre; great develop
mcut viii take place IN these during the
twelve months, lands are sure to increase
I'm value. they arc suited 10 the culture
OF rice, corn, cotton. sugar cnuc, oats
aud other south Texas rrupe write for
mans aud price lists, We have many
tracts that are bargains from the sabine
river TO the Guadalupe river, lands on
several rice cauuls $50 TO $50 per acre.
Agents for Texas Rice Development
Co. lands In Matagorda county, consist
ing Of 10000 acres subdividcd into 100
acres and MP.
Remember We pay expenses Of any
party coming to Texas 60 whom we hcll
IL the title fails upon examination by
competent attorneys, W. 9. Moore *
Co, Houston, Texas Duson, Moore a
Co., I'll Campo, Texas u
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WIRE NAILs-$2.75 base per keg.
WIRE NAILS-S2. co base per keg. "a .
So 40 per 100 lbs; galvanized Baker, so.Ao
per 100 lbs.
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HOUSTON CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

4 conparsou Of these quotations shows
-.,r ,dyantakep IN favor of Houston as II
s.i,sols market. when the buyer Consd-
I, NJ benefits to be derived from Hous'
s " freight rates he viii tnd that oven
rs,n ne ouotable 6g1res at other mark Is
\. loger the price finally paid Is gener-
M n, Srester. The prices are those ruling
'5,pg Houston wholesale merchants ann
n revised daily.
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AUCTION SALES.

For sAI.E-Tuesday, December 20. 1907.
IN the highest bidder for cash, the as
siqned stock Of dry goods, notions, cloth
ing sroeeries, ixtures, etc, OF John Hol-
~ or Holcak Bros, consisting Of good
clean stock Of goods, amounting 10 about
sslso and notes aud accounts about 5000.
j. ID. Holloway, trustee. III campo. 20
wi S0Nss HACKS Phone 1900. 2a
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WILSON'S uACks. phone roo.

SOUR LAkE--A few tracts of land adjoin'
Ing the Sour Lake Springs property, IA
immediate proximity TO the oil gushers,
FROM $1,000 to 5000 per acre, Address
Sour Lake y. {. Institute, A2J Mason
building. 70
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RoARD-RooMs WANTED.

OF four rooms furnished
tgr lIlht hq.is.sssp!ns or EcYn,s snc poaSa
heated 10 coed uslshbeFheed' Y. o, bef
zoe. ~
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FINANCIAL.

IN PLACING YOUR AFFAIRS IN THE
HANDS OF A TRUST COMPANY, You
HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT THAT
YOUR INTERESTS WILL BE CARE.
FULLY LOOKED AFTER. THE HoUS-
TON LAND AND TRUST COMPANY
WILL NEVER DlSApPolNT YOU. tt
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SIS Ansticc tAmD. Campcchc Banks.
Ss III sud tAml. New York
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RICE LANDS-wc have 5000 acres of rice
land for sale within three to elk miles
OF Eagle Lake, ia tracts to suit purchas-
ers ana on long time. These lands are
fenced and Join rice farms which are
abundance can be procured from thirty
To forty feet, MS demonstrated by our
neighbors. Parties wishing to go into
rice farming and not able to- buy land
can make arrangements for land with us.
Also for rent cheap. 6J0-scre, well im-
proved farm. mules and implements cnn
40 with Dlace II desired. We own these
lands, Anderson & McMurray, Austin,
Texas. T. o. Box 242. II
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FOR sALE-Si1 hundred and thirty acres
improved lana. Joining Higgins. a. n.
IullH. Higgins, Texas. -
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HANDSOMELY furnished rooms 10 private
family. with or without board. 1917
Liberty avenue. 20
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INSURANCE POLICIES PUKCHASED II
issued by reliable old line companies. Or
diuary life, endowment. tontine, semi
toutine, and distribution policies with sui
ncicnt payments made to give them value.
Address w. IL. Patterson, Trust Bldg,
Dallas Texas II
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HOUSTON HEIGHTS OFFICE. No 22o
Main street We handle Heights prop
'ohn A, MiirOy, agent. Il
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100 ACRES hest black prairie land, i'm,
proved, quarter mile from station; on
good graded road; IA miles from deep
water port and nine miles from Hons
t.ou; this is q special bargain aud must
sell quick; price S26 per acre. {. W,
I!Ahl y Co.. 30 Miiu, Il
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Vessels in Pert,
49, AaL--LLLL.-

50 Lampasas (Aml, New York
SIS Alglors tAm). Boston
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Prime Texas, 22a23c per
rted navy beans, none;
t' English der, Sc; pink,
*. oh45Iae; Michigan navy,
. fNy, 1904; snaps, $500
~ md green beans, J0dG0c
s.ff California Limas, 5L@
g esh ms. 65gl75e per crate.
EsserI NsssSsssdl St.sIidl,s s5 VI !
% and So-ib tubs, 2eci
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BOARD AND ROOM.

NICELY furnished front room; baths,
phone. good board. 4o2 Crawford. %
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sAIES.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.


PORT or GALVESTON December II
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So Lamrasas CAm1, New York
SIS Alcicrs (Am), Boston,
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WE TAKE ENTIRE CHARGE AND MAN.
AGEMENT or REAL ESTATE. COR
RFSpONpENCE INVITED. HOUSTON
LAND AND TRUST co, II
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09

Was It any wonder. then. that I was in
love with her? Was Il any wonder that
those wonderful dark eyes held me beneath
their spell. or those dark locks that !
sometimes stroked on her fair white brow
should be to me the most beautiful in all
the world3 Man is but mortal. and q
beautiful woman always enchants.
AS she sat before me in her evening gown
Of some nimsy cream stun, all frills and
furbelows. she seemed perfect in her love
illness. The surroundings suited her to per-
lection, the old Chippendale and the palms,
while the we'll shaded electric lamp in its
wrought iron stand shed a mellow glow
upon her, softening her features and har-
monizing the tints Of the objects around.
From beneath the hem Of her skirt a neat
ankle, encased in Its black silk stockings,
was thrust coquettishly forward, and her
tiny patent leather slipper was stretched
out to the warmth OF the FIRE. Her pose
was, however, festful and natural. She
loved luxury, and made no secret Of It.
The hour after dinner was always her hour
Of l~aziness, and she usually spent It in that
self-same chair. in that self-same position.
She was 25-the youngest daughter Of old
Thomas Mivart, who was squire Of Meme
ford, in Northamptonshire, and a we'll
known hunting man OF his day, who had
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09

the defiance Of the "-covenances" allowed
nowadays to the married woman. on such
occasions, growing each week more fire.
quent, her sister Ethelwynne remained ut
home. TO see that Mr.. Courtenay way prop
erly attended to by the nurse. and exhibited
a patience that / could not help but admire.
Yes, the more l reflected upon II the more
curious seemed that ill-assorted menage
On her marriage, Mary Mivart had de-
clared that her home in Devonshire was
deadly dull. and had induced her indulgent
husband to allow her sister 10 come and
live with her, and Ethelwynn and her maid
had formed part OF the household ever
since.
We doctors, providing we have not a
brass plate in lieu Of a practice, see some
queer things, and being in the confidence
OF our patients. know Of many strange and
incomprehensible families. The one at
Richmond road was a case in point. l had
gradually seen how young Mrs. Courtensy
had tired Of her wifely duties until, by slow
degrees, she had cast of the shackles Alto
gether, until she now thought more Of her
new frocks, smart suppers at the Carlton,
first nights and shows In Mayfair, than
she did Of the poor. suffering old man whom
she had not SO long ago vowed to love,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09

died two years ago, leaving q widow, q
charming woman, who lived alone at the
manor. To me II had always been a mys-
terry why the craving for gaiety and amuse-
ment had never seized E~thelwynn. She was
by far the more beautiful of the pair, the
smarter in dress and the wittier in speech,
for, possessed Of a keen sense of humor,
she was interesting as we'll as handsome
the two qualities which are par excellence
necessary for a woman to attain social sue
cess.
She stirred slightly as she broke the ST.
lence, and then l detected in her a nervous
ness which 1 had not noticed on first en-
tering the room.
"Sir Bernard Eyton was down here yes
terday and spent over an hour with the old
gentleman. They sent the nurse out Of the
room and talked together for a long time
upon some private business, nurse thinks.
When Sir Bernard come down he told me
In confidence that Mr.. Courtenay was dis
tinctly weaker
Yes" 1 said. "sir Bernard told me
that, but / must confess that tonight
l find a decided Improvement in him. He's
getting quite lively"
Very different to a month ago." my we'll
beloved remarked. do you recollect when
Short went to London in a hanscom and
brought you down at 8 in the morning."
Il gave UP all hope when I saw him on
that OCCASION" l said. But he certainly
seems to have taken a new lease on life"
D you think he really has?' she in
quired with an u~ndisguised eagerness which
struck me as distinctly curious. D you
believe that Sir Demands fears are after
all ungrOunded?"
looked at her in surprise. She had
never before evinced such a keen interest
in her sisters husband, and l was puzzled.
81 really CAM give an opinion" l re-
sponded. mechanically, for want of some
thing other to say.
1t was curious, that question Of hers
very curious.
Yet after all 1 was in love-and all lovers
are fools in their jealousy.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
WILL INTRODUCE AMERICA
French Newspaper Man Comes to
study People of sister
Republic.

Copyrighted. 1902, by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS. Nov. s.-(New York World Cable
gram-Special Telegram Jules Huret Of
the Figaro, one OF the most distinguished.
cieverest and kindliest OF the newspaper
men OF Paris, left Havre today on the
steamship La Tourraine for New York.
Before sailing he told the World CORE
spondent that he was going to America
without plans or prejudice. He hopes to
see President Roosevelt and will visit all
the big industrial centers.
One Of the objects Of his trip is to show
the Americans that the French are becom-
ing more interested in the United States.
And in order that his countrymen may know
Americans better he will spend three
months studying the Industrial, commercial
and social habits of the people of the
North American republic.
Few men are better equipped than Jules
Huret for the work the Figaro has asked
him to undertake. One OF his most recent
achievements was a remarkable series Of
contributions on the social questions OF
Europe, for which he travelled all over the
continent, interviewing all sorts Of people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
WORKING ON AIRsHIP PROBLEM
LebOudy Brothers CONFIDENT The
Have nearly solve the
DimouItiea.

Copyright. 1900. by Press Publishing Co,
PARIS. Nov. s.-(New York World Ca
blegram-special Telegram The Leboudv
brothers are convinced that they havs
more nearly solved the problem OF navi-
eating the air than anybody else thus far.
The airship. built for them by JulIiot
a distinguished engineer, on their family
estate at Moisson, which has been turned
into an aero park. will be sailed to Paris
and back to Molsson. a distance OF 2I5
miles. as soon as its details are perfected.
or, at least, the trip will be attempted.
At the nrst trial recently the balloon. held
in captivity at a height Of about $50 feet.
was steered successfully against the wind.
Again and again II went around the park.
responding admirably to every movement
Of the helm for half an hour, the eyolu-
lions being conducted with extraordinary
facility. The airship is $50 feet long and
thirty-siX feet In diameter. The gas en-
velope. which weighs $50 pounds, is Of
India rubber, protected by cotton. The
seams are covered with strips OF India
rubber, gummed and protected by a new
preparation called balloonine. The plat
form, or car, is fifteen feet long and will
carry three passengers. The motor is Of
forty-horse power. The helm is movable
at will. In case OF accident the balloon
can be transformed into an acroplane in
order to slacken the descent A special
apparatus has been provided TO steady
the balloon In case of Its falling on the
water.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09

Boyd exclaimed my chief. co%nhdentially.
HE doesn't believe himself half so I'll as
he is. when did you see him iast7"
"Only a few days ago. I thought he
seemed much improved" l said.
And, Of course" the old doctor snapped.
his manner toward me in an instant
changed. You're a frequent visitor there.
/ forgot. Feminine attraction and all that
sort Of thing. Dangerous, Boyd Danger
Gus to run after a woman Of her sort. I'm
an older man than you. Why haven't you
taken the hint l gave you long ago?'
Because l could see no reason why !
should not continue my friendship with
Ethelwynn Mivart."
The old man smiled supercilliously.
MY dear Boyd" he responded, in a sym
pathetic, fatherly manner which he some
times assumed, I'm an old bachelor and
J nee quite sufficient of women in this
rocm-too much Of them. in fact. The ma
jority are utterly worthless. Recollect
that l have never taken away a woman's
character yet, and / refuse to do so now
especially to her lover. l merely warn you,
Boyd, TO. drop her. That's all. II you
don't, depend upon 1t. you'll regret It,"
Then there's some secret or other Of
her past which she conceals. / suppose p
I said, hoarsely, feeling confident that being