davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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enceu III your decision. / VIII wrltr
my confession on Il scrap of paper and
leave it With you. Take plenty OF time
to come to a decision whether or no
you can live with man with such Il
defect as mine. then write me-
Going to my secretary, he took up a
bit of paper and pencil and wrote his
message, then, without looking at me-
hurried from the room. | waited
close after him. then sprang eagerly
for the paper lie had left ON the desk
Great heavens What revelation!
Il wear a glass eye.
l sank down on the sofa limp as Il
wet cloth. Never never; l can never
live with a man with glass eye. The
horrid thing would stare at me the
first thing in the morning and continue
It's dreadful ogie till the last thing at
night. No; it is all over between us.
But what misfortune. Poor Paul.
How sensitive he is about it! l don't
wonder that he is so. If it is such Il
terrible thing for me to look at, how
much more terrible it must be for him
Besides lie suffers al in losing me
that suffer in losing him.
l must be as gentle as dove in
breaking my decision to him. There is
no need to take time. My mind is
! made up. We must part forever.
l took up the pen that he had just
laid DOWN. kissed it as l did so-then
4o tn "
read it seemed very harsh. l wrote an
other, then another and another till
/ had written half dozen, each gro"
ing more tender, more loving. The las,
was simply, Come back and let me
comfort you for life" This l sent to
him posthaste
When he came I was alone in the
room to which he was ushered.
, looked for serious, melancholy eX
preston, but was astonished to see q
| very merry one. He clasped me in his
arms. saying:
"'Louise, pardon me if l am little
! late. Just as was about to read your
note my glass eye fell on the floor, an
as am very nearsighted | spent som,
time hunting for it. :.
"Never mind, Paul. dear. You will al
ways have me to find it for you.
You see,'' he said taking off his
monocle. when hold it off there In
as blind as a bat. for my left eye il
addition to nearsightedness has astig
matism'
He looked at me. both his eyes fairly
dancing. The truth rushed upon me
! His glass eye was his eyeglass.
suppose that the knowledge tha
after all he had two natural eyes
! should have made me ineXpressibll
happy. On the contrary, it made mt
} inexpressibly angry. | tore myself
! from his embrace and was fleeing from
| the room when he caught me in his
! arms and covered my face with /;
shower of kisses. l bitterly complained
! that he had played me trick. He de
clared that should thank him for Civ
i ing me the opportunity to prove the
nobility of my nature in standing 10y
him in his supposed misfortune
BERTHA e. FAIRBANKS.
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Comics ssion
Before Marriage

tOriginal.l
'Tell me frankly, Agnes, what Go
you think of my lover?"
personal appearance?
eyes. You can't judge of his mind
in one meeting
"Frankly, then, l don't like the look
of his left eye"
"Oh, dear! Have you noticed that?'
"You appear to have noticed it your
self"
II have been worried to death about
it,"
HAS he explained it?"
II have not asked him to do so.'
my advice to you, Louise, is to give
him an opportunity to explain. If he
doesn't, l would break the engagement.
l wouldn't marry man who would
keep anything back
MY resolution was taken. That very
afternoon l asked Paul:
'Why do you wear a monocle? 1t is
SO frightfully English
because, sweetheart, l consider Il
useless to wear two glasses when
can see as we'll with one.'
II notice you always wear it before
your right eye
'Yes. That is the better one of the
two
l began to feel uncomfortable. He
had admitted that one of his eyes was
better than the other. He noticed some
thing was troubling me, for l saw him
looking at me inQuiringly.
Don't you think" said, chat or
the eve of marriage it is the duty OF
each of the parties to it to explain ev
cry defect. no matter how trivial?"
His brow contracted slightly. ''Yor
mean that if l should be blind in one
eye you would break the engagement?
You wrong me. only wish for per
feet confidence. l don't want to find
out anything after we are married.
you'll have it all to find out he
said coolly. "and more important mat
ters than defective eyesight. You may
find that l have an imperious diSposi
ton, bad temper, grasping nature
indeed faults enough to make me q
poor husband for any woman
"That is risk we all have to take
and since we are unconscious OF Oul
own faults there is no deception in not
confessing them. But if, for instance
] I wear false teeth or my foot is made
of wood
81 would love you just the same
ut would be a fault for me not tC
confess it," persisted.
He showed very plainly that l hat
offended him. He sat looking at me fol
1 few minutes. scowling, then said:
4 every we'll, l will make confession
which may cause you to break youl
/ engagement with me. But l will no
place you in position to be intn
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RYAN'S CATARRHLlNE

Is Gods gift to man. 1t is a positive
cure for catarrh of the head and nose,
hay fever, asthma, headach, and will
cure cold in one nights time. For
sale at all drug stores.
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y =.
s... 6 / / ! nj T.;
ADVERTISE YOUR WANTS..

RATES-If cash accompanies the
order, the price will be 25 cents per
week for three lines. counting six
words to the line. If charged. will be
Charged at the rate of 5 cents per line
each insertion. No cheap ads taken
for less than a week, nor will We re-
ceive a Want ADJ over the telephop"
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HIGHEST market price paid for
dry, fat cows A O. Edwards, new
phone. 190
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Get a case of Potash Sulphur LaXa-
tive water and save a spell of dissipa-
ton. All saloons handle it. 1888
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The offender never pardons.
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Mrs. [, Schaefer, CIairVoYant.

She Is the most brilliant star OF her profess
sion. Her advice on business. health. specula-
and truthful: brings separated together. 10
cures witchery. tits and DRUNKENNESS: mediums
developed. Hours. 9 to 9. Sunday included.
1858 Lafayette ave.
AMERICAN Blind Lady-Spiritual readings;
your life in full: lovers reunited. 1926 8.
Broadway.
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262o WASHINGTON AVE.

This strange and wonderful woman is Hadu-
ally but surely turning the tide OF skeptlcism.
Ordained to do what she does, her marvellous
while you look, listen and wonder.
H FUTURE CAN BE FoREroLD.
Asking no Questions. she tells your name in
Professional men and women are awes,rick-
speechless. some say miraculous. Had she been
born in the time OF superstition her work would
have been classed little less than miracles.
PAST. PRESENT and FUTURE that / will
No Nc No CHARGE. NO CHARGE
Paimist or Clairvoyant in this city.
transactions. Wills. deeds. mortgages. lost or
absent friends interest you. II YOU desire to be
domestic trouble removed. your lost love re-
turned. your enemies converted into stanch
fhl TIE In a word. whatever may be your trout
derfully gifted woman. and she will send you
away happier. wiser and holder than ever be-
5000 CHALLENGE,
And all challenges accepted. and in return
or A ciaisvoy ana T that can 10 e sny h hea In he ral mast
future.
She fully appreciates the responsible position
IN which che has been placed and asks those
VINO have been imposed upon. humbugged and
Isbbs1s s1s by cy, ,nTiscrupTious unedncated persons
come and be convinced that she can help you.
her wonderful power by the Almighty. she has
made 1t her life study, and has now reached
s ses9 a aol hish fSs d 1sNs : sdos condition ndn a3vs that I sn a., can
advice.
Office hours. 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. daily and
All business sacred and confidential.
MRS. DIX GEORGE. 2620 Washington ave.
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MADAME FINK, the wonderful fortune
teller and palmist; one Of the seven sisters
from New Orleans. unites separated together.
1873 Franklin.
MNiE. A. CRAWLEY. fortune teller: advice
In business, family affairs. law suits and mar
rtages: ladies, 2c and SOC: gentlemen. SOC and
75c. 23i1 Wash st.
MADAME DOW, 1904 Washington; clairvoy-
ant: business. health, love. marriage, specula-
ton. law suits and divorces: settles lovers
Iuarrels. brings separated together. causes
speedy marriages, locates buried treasures. re-
moves evil Influences; home all day Sunday
10 CENTS! 10 CENTS. 10 CENTS!
Queen Dabora. trance medium: Queen Nayalia-
clairvoyant; Madam Ford. scientific palma st.
Bring this notice and 10 cents. Just what you
want to know. Life readers. 521 FrsAklin ave,
ground floor.
MME BECKER trance medium, 1894 Wash.
gives readings daily. Call on this gifted wom-
an, who claims there is no home so unhappy
or heart SO sad but what can ne changed by
her spiritual influence: advice in all business
matters: skeptics invited to call.
NINE. NEWW. greatest claIrvoyant in the
world: brings separated together. 1886 Franklin.
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HEVALIER LODGE. Nc. 20. X. OF p
Castle Hall In Odd Fellows Temple, hall
~. 2 eighth floor. Regular meetings every
Wednesday evening. s o'clock sharp. business
OIL Importance Wednesday evening, December
Z. lsv5. Visiting knights always we.come.
IRA II. WHITCHURCH, C. C.
Attest: Louis W. Sorgenfrei, h. OF r. & 8.
Address. 2sLA Arsenal st
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CHRISTMAS N

We have just received a carload of the most
beautiful fancy burl. walnut. oak and ma
hosany. cased pianos to be found in ST; Louis:
-oods were all personally selected by our firm
and the purchaser can rest assured that there
is nothing better; select your piano now: a
mail deposit will hold It until delivery: open
evenings after December /. g
E Seventeenth md Locust.
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AsTLB HALL RoBERT E.. CowAN
Lodge, No. 13l. X. of P. West Hall.
On Monday. November 50. 1908, at ) p. m.
sharp. election OF officers. also smoker.
Visitors cordially invited.
E. A. CLARK. c. c.
Attest: Henry II. Luebbert. K. OF r. & s.
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r URLINGToN LODGE. NO. $50. X of p.
meets Wednesday evening. November 8,
1913. ut Fraternal building. northwest corner
Eleventh and Franklin avenue. at s O'Clock
of officers Members are requested to be pres
ent: very important. Fraternally.
JOHN NJ. ROCHE c. c.
Attest: Frank O'Connor. X. Of r. q s.. 900
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CASTLE HALL OF MONITOR LODGE.
~ No. 6S. X. OF F.. meets veery Thursday
e ..ninx at century building. Ninth and olive
Streets; Nomination and, election OF officers
W. J. OTTO, c. C.
]. h Koch. *. of r. & 8.
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NINE. HOLLANDER. born trance medium
In business II years: commencing again; ladies.
36c, Soc. &c: gentlemen. 50c. 75c. 81. develop
ment classes. Tuesday and Thursday evening,
8 O'Clock. &c seance: send a lock OF hair; life
reading by mail. 81. 1521 Biddle.
YOUR Life Reading-Many typewritten pages
send date of birth. sex: address. Astropathic
Institute. Auditorium bldg. Chicago. Reason,
your recommendation wanted.
MRS. DOCTOR LYONS gives readInep re-
harding all affairs OF life: located permanently
In her own home: no letters answered; Soc:
nours from a. m. TO : p. m. 32OoA Olive st.
FREE-Your fortune told. you want the best:
l am the best. send birthdate and 5 2-cent
stamps. Dr.. Best. 12s D. 6s5. Chicago
YOUR fortune told from cradle to grave; sat-
~istaction Guaranteed: send dime and birthdate.
Prot. J. Myers. 81. 15 Washington St. chicago.
A WONDERFUL French clairvoyant;f what
he tells comes true: send Ice and birthday.
Prof. E. Garnot. Box el19. Boston. Mass.
INF IDA o L the gifted life reader and
fortune teller from the West. readings SC and
5Jc.
N. j. clairvoyant: readings daily.
Sunday included: Friday circles. 2 p. ms 1923
Sullivan ave.
MADAME REYNOLDS. clairvoyant. paIm-
list. lila y. Twenty-tirst St. unites separated;
brings lovers together.
NINE. CRAWFORD. Clairvoyant = Consulted
on all business: brings separated together; hyp-
notism taught. 2so2A Franklin ave.
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TRIBE OF BE- HuR.

q T. LOUIS COURT. NO.; 4. TRIBE OF
= Ben-Hur. meets every Tuesday night at
Sons and Daughters of Hur from other courts
and out Of the city are hereby extended a cor
SIDNEY II. HORN Chief.
Attest: Arendt Kuelper, Scribe. 2sss Scott
avenue.
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
0RnER or sCOTTIsH CLANS.

~IAN NO. 3. ORDER OF COT
tish Clans, meets first and third Tuesdays
.,ch month at Vestgate Hall. corner Grand
OF saS Tastcn avenues. Visiting clanemen cor
daily in'i'eo ~ CHAs. STEWART. Chief.
No. 46l2 Bell avenue.
Attest: George A. Bruce. Secretary. No. 1911
Yoss,ith avenue
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Clearing Sale
USED PIANOS.

BIG THIS WEEK AT BRAD
BURY PIANO WAREROOMS. 1912 OLIV ST.
f. q. SMITH, MFR; A. Z. whitaker, MGR
We are receiving so many new pianos for the
holiday trade that we are Obliged to dispose
OF our new pianos to make room. and this week
will offer them at way-down prices. Every one
has been thoroughly overhauled and is In spien-
did condition and fully warranted. We have
space to mention only q few:
USED UPRIGHTS.
500 Catalogue price, beautiful mahogany
BRADBURY, piano. used only a few
months. good as 500
$50 Catalogue price, two Henning upr!ghts.
one walnut and one mahogany, beauti-
full cases ard full tone, cGch.........-. 80
$50 beautiful Webster upright. good as new. 225
42s walnut Whittier upright. nearly new. 2l1
425 rosewood BRADBURY upright. new. 2a5
400 Willard upright. nearly new........-.. 1876
800 Plymouth mahogany upright, almost
new i15
400 HinZe upright leo
35 st. Louis upright. Isl
Sp eyer upr.eht ~
SQUARES.
600 Haiiett & Davis 80
Ty Haiiett q 70
$50 ST. Louis square. 70
40 Great Union Is
4N Brown & Monroe. 20
800 small Nunns & Clark square. ........... 20
ORGANS.
of new organs. $35 to sos. Don't waste your
time and money at high-priced stores or fake
auction or private house sale. but when YOU
want to get a reliable instrument, come direct
TO BRADBURY Plano Warerooms. 1912 Olive
81. F. G. Smith. Mfr A. E. Whitaker. Mgr.
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ANCIENT FREE AND
ACCEPTED MASOys


= GORGE WASHINGTON LODGE. NC! ..
70 A F. G. A. NJ. will hold special COM
munication at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. De-
cember /. 1893 at Masonic Temple. Grand and
Finney avenues. Work In the N. NJ. degree.
Members earnestly requested to attend. Visit
ing brethren are always welcome.
A. ]. W. n.
Henry Lihou. Secretary.
m ISSoURI LODGE. NO. 1. A. F. & A. n.
Stated communication on Thursday. De-
cemDer 3. at 1850 p. M, Grand Avenue Masonic
Temple. Examinations for advancement An
nual election. Payment of annual dues. Men,
bers are requested and visiting brethren In
"'e TAILOR b. wYRIcK. w. II.
John II. Deems. Secretary.
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NATIONAL UNION.

3 uTURE GREAT COUNCIL. NO. ase. MA.
tionai Union. meets second and fourth
Mondays OF each month at Howafd's Hail
cordially invited. JOHN S. SHIELDS.
President.
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SECRET

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FOREST.
II
CURT COTE BRILLIANTE. No. as
Independent Order OF Foresters, Bow.
mans Hall. Eleventh and Locust SITS. -MeetinR
on the second and fourth Thursday evenings q
each month.
W. 4. PENTLAND. Chief Ranger.
Residence. No. 1916 Pendieton-
w. q. Wright. Recording Secretary. No an
Kennerly ave
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SECRET SOCIETIES..
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

"A every Thursda w .ye an at I O'Clock. IVES,
Gate Hall, northwest corner, Grand and Eastou
avenues. Members requested to attend regular.
". H. MELTON. c. c.,
g. W. Clifton. X &: r. & s.. lAs St Louis
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FOR FARMS.

To Exchange-Brick building arranged as
three and four room fats, in North ST. Louis;
Also nice little six-room frame cottage: south
western part of the city; free and clear. for
vacant ground on Glasgow and DeJong st. Also
any part Of go. feet on Garfield ave. east OF
Hamilton ave, for good farm or business prop
erty. ALBERT T. & CO.
GIL Chestnut st.
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p uTUsE akEAr LODGE. NO. :N. K. Oh
) o'clock ut Howard's Hall. THIRTEEN and
Olive street. on Wednesday evening. Decem-
Der 2, knight rank. Visitors invited.
y. a. FRASER. C. C..
". A. Roberts. K. OF K. 4 5.
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All business sacred and confidential.
MRS. DR. GEORGE 2620 Washington ave.
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John Mcguire Real Estate Co.,
CAN PLACE YOUR MONEY At 66

Interest on first deeds of trust on good ST
Louis real estate. Call or write.
FRANK J. DOCGHERTY. 9S Chestnut st.
Phones. Main SOFA. 1,iN.
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nAMON LODGE. No. Is. h. OF p. MDETs
- every Wednesday evening At Odd Fellows
Hall No. 3. seventh toor. Ninth and Olive
streets. Work in rank OF knight. Members of
the Senate, take notice. Election of officers and
smoker. Visitors are cordially Invited and
members are expected TO attend.
CHAS. l.. HOLTZMANN. C. c.
Attest: H. X. Beimel. h. OF X. 4 g.. No. 3743
EN ans avenue.
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TWO-STORY brick. Seven looms and base
nent. lot i6x1s5, for Illinois farm. 23 St.
Louis ave.
house and drug store: lot 15ox
800: outbuild!ngs: excellent location for physi-
clan; HarTisonville, Ill; near St Louis. trade
for city property. CO 80. Republic.
WANT saloon or poolroorn for 100 acres Kan
sas land: clear. Studio. 62 Olive.
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An ETRUSClfN CIIARIOT OF 500 b. C.
The Rare Treasure Recently lcq"red by the Merop0h
of 1Irt and Soon To BE Exhibited

Of tho Necronolis at Norcia and of the tombs
at Castel D'Asso is nearly a century old story
their surprise must have been great when they
disclosed, lying collapsed amid litter OF earth'
rubbish and scattered utensils. this master
piece Of the brOnZeWorkeT'S art. In due course
it found its way to Paris, and there while ru-
nors of the treasure were flying about and buy
ers were preparing to compete for its possession
our own authorities snapped it up. The Incl
dent is one in an ever frightening list OF mo-
mentous discoveries. Excavators on the sites
Of ancient towns and cities are constantly at
work recent years have even witnessed the re-
coyerv of antique works of art from the bottom
Of the Mediterranean, and arch5eoloSlsts are
always in expectation of some new thing. but
custom never staIes the charm OF the reveal
tons that are made, year after year. by the
enthusiastic scholar following up some delihlte
trail or by the casual farmer turning up the
soil on his estate. Especially in EtrurIa does
the bringing to light of some old survival touch
the imagination Of the enlightened observer, for
there is the past most shadowy, there are its
secrets hardest to solve.
We know that the Etruscans were a civilized
people long before the rise of the Romans; that
they developed 4 great commerce on sea and
land and that in the employment of their re-
sultant riches they showed marked taste and
refinement bringing the influences of art TO
bear upon the formation of a society already
well versed in the principles of religion, govern
ment and education generally But to this day
their language is mystery, and. while much
has been learned of EtrusCan life from existing
monuments. the question of tie origin of the
race is still matter of argument among schol-
ars. Some have held that the Etruscans were
Indigenous to the soil. others have traced them
to an Eastern source, and. indeed. there is
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hardly anv point OF the compass from "hich
.o,e Archaeological or another has not attempted
=, derive these early inhabitants o. the rem
t,suIa. The balance Of argument - IN ID
- . .hefr having come from the East Ger
1T, tho Semitic type recurring so frequently
- 8, their Plastic and pictorial art. offers
,cyverfuI testimony in this direction TO "i''l
10 We owe the little that we know about them
W. Quo II largely to their rOck-hewn sepr.ch~ea
i'm which were deposited. beneath painted Wallis,
-, ,,,,rer Of furniture and articles Of personal
,ea as though the departed soul were eHpe'tei
20 hover about it's last resting place and would
,,,t tn no surrounded BY the tangible evil
de,cos Of it's earthly sOjouru. 1t was the great
.o,.re,ca for the dead" says George Dennis.
tho author Of THE Cities and Cerneteres Of
t,,ruria- that invaluable book. and the firm
belief in a future life. which the .-trusctn pos
sessed in common with most other nations Oh
antiquity that prompted them 20 store the-f
torbs with these rich and varied sepu.chfn
,reasures which unven 70 OF the twentieth
century the drcaHa Of their inner life. almost as
fully as though "A second POrnpei had Drei 1is-
inferred in the heart Of L-Turid, gong Ear ID
compensate US for the loss OF the native an
mis- of the country" An English poet, no7g
Nine Duclaux. has written some charming "i'~7
ON the feeling toward the dead Of these " Use
Etruscans. faded in the night" some OF when
We cannot fOrbear quoting:
Beneath the branches Of the olive yarI
Are roots where cyclamen and y1'i-t Crow
And there a king was buried long ago
The peasants. DIGGING deeply in he he. mould
And saw a CLEAN Of unezpectei Er.I'
And unde-ncslll the earth a Atl"s Race
and
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it is true, for a to drive in IL; the wheels
in their original state must have been strong
enough to carry a considerable weight ana
horses Individually were once hirnessed TO the
stout pole But If we measure the distance
from the point near the head of the pole where
the yoke must have been placed, to the body
of the chariot, it seems probable that only small
light animals could have been driven with it,
perhaps ponies; and, furthermore. if it had been
intended for hard usage. II is doubtful If the
ears of the bOar's head at the base of the pole,
and other bronze details near the hOofs of the
horses would have been made as delicate as
they are. The bronze throughout, in fact, is
hardly thicker than sheet of heavy paper. II
is highly probable that this was designed as a
triumphal chariot, destined for formal use on
purely ceremonial occasions, and at last placed
in the tomb of its owner statue other
votive offering might have been placed there.
The three panels which rise from the floor of
the chariot contain designs illustrating the old
Greek mythology. The central panel, curved.
and rising to greater height than those at the