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The Washington times., 1902-04-27
HIS EXPERIMENT.
STUDY OF THE MErAMoRpHos1s OF LOVER.

lsN Toy" said Babette. The little
M word snapped like a torpedo.
Y Gray bl:nked down on her
thoughtfully, but there was a
hint of amusement in the twist of his
mouth
NO, thank you," he corrected, with
gentle gravity.
Babette bit her lips in helpless, silent
anger. She felt that she had appeared
like a ruffled canary before whose bars
he had passed teasing finger, and her
vanity was on fire, scorching her intol-
erably.
| He had asked her, gravely and without
worship, to marry him, and she, hailing a
chance to be revengeful for a thousand
tiny wounds, had drawn herself up like a
novel heroine, with lips and eyes follow
ing the printed directions of romance,
and had refused him with chilly hauteur
Gray's glance, keen, quiet, not ador-
| ing, had shattered the soap bubble glory
of the moment, and reduced her from a
caught in the act of posing. He could
have soothed her in a second by a touch
| argued little, in grave. reasonable fash
ion, and asked her II she would not better
70 h.r Ch.,
der her anger, and the knowledge that it
was small and petty doubled the exas-
peration. Her MOI, stood for what, in
lower civilization, would have been
blow.
with an inward tumult that showed itself
in proud rigidity; he outwardly impassive,
though the mocking look had left his face.
We'll, have failed" he began slowly.
Perhaps it was my fault. perhaps yours;
or 1t may be that the thing Itself is inn
possible"
Babette did not betray flicker of inter
est, but he went on:
Il think ] could have made you fall In
love with my love of you, but vowed
l wouldn't. 1 wanted you TO care for me
| myself. as a man, or not at all. / wanted
you TO like me first and then love me
but | seem to have failed In both
She started to speak, then checked her
self and began working a nervous finger
into a tiny hole in the silk pillow she
leaned on.
I'm not man who can spend his life
on his knees. ministering TO a woman's
love OF admiration. If had won you in
that attitude. you would have been un-
happy when went back to my normal
position. You would have loved the
posture, not the man himself wanted
our relation to be an honest one from the
start. l thought you were broad enough
10 appreciate IL. Sincerity is a higher
compliment than alteration, Babette."
"You don't love me-not In the least"
she broke out. You're cold and critical,
and-oh. /" She stopped abruptly.
yes, you hate me-" he said, a little
bitterly "If 1t were for what / am,
shouldn't have word TO say. But 1t is
just for my attitude toward you-that is
all you think of. This everlasting femin-
inc vanity"
Babette's self control was in iattcrs
but she drew IL desperately around her.
Her face changed as he looked At her.
and he came and stood beside her chair.
MY dearest girl, know I've hurt you
brutally Thousand times he said: but
you have hurt me more. did want you
to prove yourself above the little personal
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standpoint that most girls take And yet
all the time"-he bent down till his fore
head almost touched her hair-'T wanted
to go down on my knees just like any
other fool,''
1t was nearly two years before Babette
saw Gray again. Change and chance took
him completely away from her outer life.
Then one night she found herself trem-
bling with the knowledge that she was
not two feet from him, in the crowded
audience of an amateur play. He was dl-
rectly in front of her, sitting with his ell
bow on the back of his chair and talking
to Mrs. Collier. pretty. affected little
widow, delicately feminine
ITS just my gown" she was saying.
isn't it triumph? Why, If gou saw it
on wax lady in shop window your
pulse would act in exactly the same way"
But you didn't have it on last night. 3"
he argued. The chairs were SO close to-
gether that Babette could hear every
word. Nor the night before, nor every
time I've seen you. Besides, never have
time to lock at your gowns. You send me
away before I'm half through with
your"
THE curtain is going up" interposed
Mrs. Collier.
do | have TO look at the stage?" he
asked, in a forlorn whisper.
Babette. under pretense OF draft,
changed her seat, and fixed her eyes on
the stage. dImiy conscious that som. hing
was going on there. When. later, Gray
recognized her and came across to shake
hands, she met him with frank cordiality
''It is good of you to speak to me at
all, b" he said. dropping down beside her.
Her eyes questioned him.
Surely you haven't forgotten how
took II on myself to read you lecture,
back in our buried past?' he explained.
81 wake up and blush over IL in the night
even yet. | was very rude and very prig-
gish, / remember. What solemn chump
you must have thought mel"
1T was about being broad minded" :"
said Babette slowly; about seeing things
as they really were, and not Just as they
affected one personally"
I'm afraid So he admitted. Il made
war ON women In general and you In par
ticular. and wanted you TO give up all
your most adorable traits. Wasn't
green?"
what If I had taken you seriously, had
gone to work and made myself over to fit
your standards?" she asked. with laugh
Then suppose I'd have been to blame
for the spelling of a very charming per-
son. he answered. I'm so glad you
didn't. It's your blessed little femnin-
tiles that make you what you are"
what are we?" Her voice was heavy
stand.
"A thing to be braided and jeweled and
kissed" he laughed. THE one redeeming
feature of an ugly, stupid world"
what has changed you SOP she asked
Her face was smiling, but she kept her
eyes from him.
"oh, time, and common sense, and ex.
perience, | suppose, and" His voice
had grown absent. Babette looked up in
time TO see Mrs. Collier fling a little smile
at him across the room.
We'll, I'll see you again." said Gray
rising. ITS good OF you to have for
gotten me-
Il don't know that have" said Ba-
bette, still smiling.
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IT. HERE was silence in the room
where she sat with the man who
i was to marry her friend. She did
not look at him, though she felt
his eyes studying her. She scarcely dared
to breathe. breath would vibrate
through the quivering air, and all the
perilously balanced scheme of things i'm
material would be disturbed. He would
speak. stir would break the spell that
held him silent, and speech would mean
the deluge.
Then her fan fell to the floor with a
sound of splintering pearl sticks. Her
fate was upon her.
Hester" he said. not moving to pick
the brittle trile up.
So it had come, She had to meet It.
Well let her be not a coward. She threw
her head back with some underlined pride
of race and sex.
81 know what you are going to say
she said, surprised herself at the brutal
clearness OF her tones. You must not
say it,
"If you know what am going to say
his voice was shaken, but 1t was the
lit is because your thought responds
to mine as your heart does. l am going
to speak. must speak. Why should we
evade the truth? From the night We met
you at the station-she and land your
gaze met mine, straight and unafraid and
clear-since that night have known that
we we're meant for each other. So have
you known it."
"a did not know that nowadays people
were ever meant for each other outside
of dime novels" she answered flippantly.
''Lightness will not serve you tonight.
You know that l love you. Give me leave
to tell the truth to Isabel and then"
"Ah. Isabel! So you recall Isabel? I
wondered if you would, or whether you
would continue this pretty scene without
reference to her
She hated herself for her cheap bravado
in the presence of the love her heart
ached to confess.
81 have thought of her," he said.
There has been no time to speak to her
here with her guests about her for
month past. But tomorrow you are 60
ing, Hester-darling. Tell me - tell
me"
"You reverse the old order, don't you?
You think it is well to be on with the
new love before you are off with the old!
A thrifty habit-but unsafe!"
Hester, stop!" he commanded. He had
risen and lowered above her. His heel
ground the pearl fan. stop! How dare
you desecrate truth and love with vulgar
gibes?'
She arose, too-white and tall.
"You are right" she answered. II am
commonplace. But | am true in this. | |
will not take any happiness at the price |
of pain to my friend. II month won |
you from her to me, a month may as
easily restore you to her. / do not love |
you. I do not believe in you-"
do you mean that?"
Absolutely"
And if / were free'"
81 should still despise you"
He bowed, and left her speechlessly. |
In the morning she was gone.
She suffered good deal at first. She |
even dropped somewhat. and was car
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
Cannibal Trout.

Trout are cannihals, and II is a moot
question whether in some waters large
trout should not be systematically de-
stroyed Many Dartmoor fishermen are
in favor OF killing them. They say that
fish In their streams OF one pound TO
two pounds weight are hardly ever caught
by ordinary means and live entirely on
their own brethren. A two-pound Devon
trout is probably responsible for the
death OF several stones weight OF his own
kind--Natural News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18
"yitae Comes Sit Honor"
PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1902
 (CharIeS Balfe IackSonl

One morning during the latter part of May I was greatly surprised to re- ceive letter from the eminent scient- ist and inventor, M. Santos-Dumont, but was still more surprised to find that it contained an invitation for me to take a trip with him in his celebrat- ed air-ship, for I had never even seen the man and hadn't the slightest idea that he had ever heard of me. had not quite recovered from my astonish- ment when someone entered and said there was a gentleman outside who wished to see me. l went out and met at the door a small, dark man, who handed me his card. 1 nearly sank through the floor with amaze ment for on it in bold characters were the words NJ. Santos Dumont. He told me that his air-ship was outside and requested me to go with him at once as his time was valuable. I fol- lowed my companion and trusted to
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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18
STATE SAVINGS BANKS.

New Haven, June 1S.-At the pre- liminary meeting of the treasurers of the savings banks of Connecticut, for ty-nine banks out of total of sixty five were represented. It was called for the purpose of considering the ad- visibility of forming a state savings bank treasurers' association. This question and number of others were discussed at the morning session. Banker Catlin of Bridgeport presided. A committee was appointed to report on the quetsion at the afternoon ses- sion. A banquet was served at noon.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18

The High school assembly hall pre- Eented an attractive appearance to- day, it being the scene of the class day exercises of the class of 1902 of the Waterbury High school, the mem bers of which devoted much time to transforming the hall into place of beauty. The decorations consisting of wild flowers, ferns, palms, potted plants and cut flowers, were artisti- cally arranged. The stage decora- tions were especially pretty. Above the stage in a conspicuous position on the wall was the class motto, Wi tae Comes Sit Honor" The statue of Clio, the muse of History, which the class of 1902 presented to the school, occupied a prominent position on the stage.
 Every seat in the hall was occupied and number of persons had to be contented with standing room. At about 3 o'clock, to the sweet and in- spring strains of a lively march played by Miss Jennie Lefievre, the graduates walked slowly into the hall and occupied the first two or three rows of seats. The procession was led by John J. ButterIy, president of the class.
 The address of welcome was deliv- cred by the class president, John J. Butterly. The address was very fine and as the speaker was in good voice It proved most interesting. The class history, class prophecy, class will, class song, the ivy oration, the presen- tation address and the prophecy on prophet were all worthy of the gener- ous applause which they received The singing by the choruses and quartet, and the bass solo by Frank Egan were delightful. The statue of Clio. the muse of History, was pre- sented by the class to the school President Butterly delivered the pre- sentation address and Floyd Webster in behalf of the junior class made tic speech of acceptance.
 The class officers are as follows:
 President, John Joseph Rutterly-
 Vice President, Daisy Edith John ston.
 Secretary, Alice Josephine Vaiu.
 Treasurer, Maurice Christopher Gull hane.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18
ADDRESS oF WELCOME.
John Joseph ButterIv.l

tJOHn Joseph Butterly.)
 Dear Friends:
 The class of 1902. through it's most Intelligent and intellectual person. in as far as knowing the least about everything greets you all and well comes you this afternoon to it's class day exercises It begs you to appreci- ate the witt, sms re-prodced by our disciples of Puddenhead Wilson and Mark Twain.
 l hope you will excuse all our flights or fancy and through your large sym pathy excuse the conceit shown by any of our members. The surround ingS are accountable for everything. Gaze about you and you see that these classic walls never lowered higher or more proudly than they do to-day for they are conscious that the class of 1902 is about to depart and spread broadcast the knowledge we have sue ceeded in keeping within our active brains for four years.
 There have been other classes which have come and gone before ours and there will be others to follow us but 1902 is different. Just little differ ent. Tn name we are s.the Ought Toos" and you can rely on what I say. We're going to. In regard to intellect ual powers 1 know you grow tired every year of hearing class praised to the top notch. Now shall not mak,, any boasts, you saw us as we entered and think 1 am correct in saving that you judge this to be the brightest High school class you ever saw. I see by your approving mods that you all agree with me.
 l shall not venture into the province of the historian or the prophet; the poet too, is safe. Even at this late day should l offend these eyer ready DOW CTS, they might retaliate with some ex- temporaneous thrust. I must confine myself to the class in general.
 You See us as we are. Some of Ils are tall and some of us short some of us pretty and some of us not and hope for the safety of the good looking ones the poet will kindly omit to mention who they are
 Friends, we hope we shall be abIe to have your undivided attention this afternoon and we wish you to be, happy at all times. but especially to-day. To ensure the fulfilIment of this wish we create you honorary members of the class of 1902 and remind you that the duty of an honorary member is first, to be appreciative; second. to be appreciative: third, to be appreciatiye.
 Try to feel that you are members of the class, that this is your class day and you will feel ten years younger. Tn the name of the class I extend to you cordial and generous welcome.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18
CLASS HISTORY.
(Edith Henderson

Dear Friends, Teachers and Class
 mates:-
 The honor of class histories having fallen to insignificant me- now pro- ceed to wake the muse of history and with fair Clio's spirit as my guiding star recount to the best of my ability the stirring events of the glorious past.
 Four years ago the class of 1902 en- tered this building about 400 strong Indeed the honorable faculty were al- most at their wits end trying to dis pose of us all we were such an unusual class collectively, individually and ab- solutely. The survival of the fittest is a rule to which we have proven our selves no exception and after four years of wedding and thinning out, so to speak, beholdi fifty-nine young la dies and gentlemen have survived the ordeal and now constitute the wisest, xfft1eef and Qrettiest graduating class
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18
WIFE COMMITS SUICIDE.

Durango, Col, June 1S.-Mrs Mar. garet Feeney, wife of horse jockeys has committed suicide by taking nor phine. She was separated from her husband. She was the widow of Bob Ford the slayer of Jesse James. and lived with him at Creed during the wild days of That campaign. She bore the scar of a bullet wound on her body given by Ford in one of his outbursts. Her second husband was killed in a mine accident
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18
MILITARY WEDDING.

New Britain, June 1S.-A military wedding took place in the South church this afternoon, when Captain James w. Hinckley of the Presidio, Gal. was married to Miss Ethelyn Hart. daugh- ter of MT and Mrs Charles E. Hart. Guns were stacked about the church and all the ushers were regular army officers. Rev Dr Cooper officiated.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18
CALL FOR fl CONVENTION
President Mitchell May Have a Plan to Submit to Delegates.

All the Soft Coal Miners May Be Asked to Join Strike-Big Lace Mill Still Tied Up and No Telling When the Trouble Will Be Adjusted.
 Wilkesbarre, June 1S.-The long ex- pected call for a special national con-
 vention at Indianapolis. of the United
 Mine Workers of America. was issued to-day by National President Mitchell. me date will be fixed by National Sec retary Wilson. The convention will
 De held for the purpose of discussing the advlsability of involving all the soft coal miners of the United States in the struggle now going on in the an- thracite coal regions There are 450,- 0OO miners in the United States and of these about 350,000 are affiliated with the union and an additional 5O.OOO comply with the legislation of the min CTS organization. There is a strong belief here that President Mitchell has some plan to submit to the delegates. At least one thousand delegates will be present in the convention. Nation- al Secretary Wilson has already start ed to send out the call.
 Willesbarre. Pa, June 1S.--It is the general belief here that President Mitchell will within the next few days have something of importance to say on the strike situation. Bach of the three district presidents has been in consultation with the national presi- dent within the last 24 hours as have also number of other men who have been in the field. The national leader continues to maintain strict silence and he has forbidden his advisors to talk too much. When he was asked to-day whether he would have any thing to give out he said he could not tell until noon or this evening. He would not admit that he expected to have anything for publication.
 The big lace mill which was tied Up yesterday because the management would not discharge several girls whose relatives are still at work ill the mines did not resume operations to-day General Manager DOran said the firm has been much annoyed of late by the strikers insisting upon the discharge of certain employees on account of the coal strike and that the company was now going to make an issue of it and fight it out The girls whose dismissal is demanded by the Lace Makers uIl- ion he said, will not be discharged
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18

Too busy to write an ad. The Peo- ple's Clothing Go will be pleased to see the public at their opening this evening. Their stock is new and ups to-date. 11S South Main street, "A
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
Assembly Hall 7hrOnged With Friends of High School Pupils
 At O'Clock This Afternoon.

Spicy Personalities Concerning the Past of Graduates Were Read-A Pleas ing Instrumental Program Rendered--List of Essays Papers That Were Read.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18
REPLY TO REDMOND
Announcement Made That Maize
 Tax Will Be Reduced.
KING WILL GO TO THE RACES

Has Recovered and With the Queen
 Will Be at Ascot Heath Tomorrow
 U. s. Battleship Illinois at Southamp-
 ton-Story of the Imprisoned Off,
 cers at Venice.
 London, June 1S.-In the house of commons to-day the chancellor of the exchequer replying to John Redmond, the Irish leader, announced that the tax on maize would be reduced by one-half.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18

Southampton, June 1S.-The United States battleship Illinois (fagship of Rear Admiral Crowninshield. com- handing the European squadron), which is to represent the American navy in the naval review in the Solcnt in honor of the coronation of King Ed- ward, arrived here to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-11
TRAIN ROBBERS CAUGHT.
Three Men Taken After Semsationas
 Fight and Pursuit.

Waseca, Minn., Aug. 10.-Three men, believed to have been implicated in the Burlington train robbery near Marcus. H.. last Tuesday night, were captured here yesterday after sensational fight and pursuit. The men had been loung- ing about the railroad yards during the day. and yesterday afternoon Sheriff Collins and Chief of Police MacDonah approached them to question them. One of the men broke away and. drawing revolver fired at the sheriff, but with out hitting him. The sheriff firSd at the fleeing man. hitting him in the leg. He then turned and emptied two revolvers at the officers, but without effect. An- other bullet from the sheriff's revolver lodged in the desperado's thigh as he continued his flight. The other two men fled in an opposite direction, with large crowds following in both drec- tions, and the wounded was captured in swamp near Clerk Lake, the others being found in corn field some dis tance from town. All were lodged in jail. In their flight the three scattered jewelry, watches. chains, rings knives and other booty. All were heavily armed. The wounded man will recover.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-11
TRIDENT SPRUNG fl SEAM.
Explanation of Canadian Beats Defeat
 in Second Round.

Montreal, Aug. 10.-Trident's defeat in the second race of the Seawanhaka cup series is largely accounted for by d mishap about which the members of the Royal St. Lawrence club are loath to speak.
 A seam in her bows opened in the third beat and she took in over seven hundred pounds of water There were two and a half inches all over her bot tom by the end of the race and she was leaking badly during the whole of the last round
 The yachts were practically equal at the beginning of the last beat, the de- fender being sixteen seconds behind, but making it up in a smart gybe at the buoy. A series of short bouts fol- lowed in which the challengeh got the better of it, gaining forty-six seconls, although she is generally weak in wind- ward work.
 After that she continued to get away on the reach and the run, Trident fall ing steadily behind and being beaten by one minute and tWenty-two seconds. The seam has now been caulked and did not leak on Saturday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-11
MANHATTAN"L" MEN,S DEMANDS
To be Submitted to the Road To-
 day.

New York, Aug. 10.--A committee of the engineers and firemen of the Man. haitian Elevated, together with Assist ant Grand Chief A. B. Youngson of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will wait on Mir Skitt, manager of the Manha ttan Railway company to-mor-
 row and submit to that official the de- mands of the men.
 MT. Youngson and Vice Grand Chief Charles A. Wilson were not in this city to-day, having gone to Meadville, Pa. on Saturday. Therefore there were
 no developments in the threatened
 strike to-day.
 William L. Jencks, division chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
 eers, had this to say of the situation:
 "The engineers and firemen are work ing in perfect harmony and what is ones fight is the others. The men
 stand together. Whatever action is taken regarding the strike situation will depend on the result of the conference which both organization will have to-
 morrow morning with MT! Youngson. A committee will wait on Mir. Skitt and
 the men will be absolutely guided by
 what this committee decides upon. "I wish to state en1pfatically," MT. Jencks added, that the engineers and firemen are united and in perfect ac-
 cord in this matter and that whatever
 concessions are made to one organi- | zation must be made to the other"