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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-07
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NeJ5gFElt EueRpRl5e A55Qch

.my llne. and griIiug this last los
pretty uear eirHnrd me out I've
done far tudes ! ave All the aames
70 r. d curiosity. dunno -hH I've seen
"a brAaH VaWHr just thut shape be-
furr. aud It'a genuine old. though all
these folders are tua ignorant tu
know the Nuiur 20 h. $40 ! don't
mind giving you the tiu
fIuuHts Ense tho better Go examine
.the top Az far HH hA could mnAr
out there we're hnif-rfaafd aerutqilos
anH triangular marks afi thH cap
that might possibly boz an msgfipH
ttaa II So. Wirht thrfu NOT boz the
means here eff rrHHiuinE The prufsa
fura favor Whi,h hr feii that, ~ lt
was. he should probably forfeit
Justly ur net. hy his 800 success
IT. COULD hardly spend The profess
sof'H money un o. since IL was not
ln the cutuinR, and he had no
authority 40 bid fnr a. bat he had
"a few ahiiiinRH uf his own Ia spare
Why not bid for IL un hlH oNu ars
cunHt as tong as he could afford a.
do aus tf no was uutbtd. a. usual.
IL sAAuuId not particularly matter
Thirteen ahillinEH. the auction =
Ger was saying ia hts dlapaasionnte
tones ltarace caught his eYe. and
aiiAhtb raised hin eataluE. while
another man nodded at the same
time Fourteen in two places
Horace ulsrd HE rHtaloa again I
won't - beyond TO- BE thought
Fifteen It's against yon. sir.
And advance an fbf Siktseu this
very quaint oid oriental bottle EoinE
TOT unly l6 ahllimEH'
After all thought Horace. =
don't mind anything uudar pound
FOR H. And he hid ~ ahiiiinHa.
Eighteen cried his rival
"Siusteen' cried Horace
Pound" answered the ebrfuhie
man
a pound only bid for this grand
brass vessel said the aucilansrr
indlffcfrutlY An done 81 =
pound
Horace thought ahoihar shifting
nr tao WOULD not fuin hlm. and nod
drd
a guinea Fur the mht tlnr
Nuuu inas r.. sir aatd the auction
r.r 90 the little man. iiut he shuok
~his head with the aif II a man mo
knows when % draw the tine. "uue
guinea and that's not hatf It's
value Grutisman an guy iifs. said
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CHAPTER II
A Chesp Let

Ia spite 81 the fact that h Was
the lunches hpur when Nontmafe
reached TIE auction ruuinH. he found
the hiE gallery GREW dtd
Bee all Horace anew the eullsr o.
ffuu aH whole miEht hn ~ ilttlr
Waite. buf IL very aunu became Dinnf
that others heaite pruf ttitFuYa
had singled out such ErmH aa there
were aisa that thr professor bad
considerably undeHutted the pfteea
theF were likely 90 fetch
Nentiiuore made his bids with an
possible discretion. but time after
tlu'e he found the competition TOT
Haue perforated mosque lantern. en-
AfnNed ever or auEtrnt porcelain gilr
80 great that his limit Was H5son
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AMERICAN NAKED IN
GUATEMALAN PRISON

Upon the receipt of fhe Hinte a..
rartmruHH eHhffa - laswfifHtf tn1
nuke rHuraHrnfatiuuH boo inH1i hl
brown. ST. eomuaa took ltfr
atopa. bal sothinR haa come ~ li
~ fHE
NJ told fhe government through
the minister or foreign tfflifH That
IN view uf Tho f1tf ihHl thriH scr"
technical difurulticH Boz the WaF 81
speedy uHI fhHf Brown haa al
fHslH suffered nearly "a EeHfH tH
pfIHaumeHt ample punishment ih
any country. fof The mime uf which
hr r. chafFed urFrHted ~ the fnh
eminent through the minister Of
state hat the charge against brown
b. dismissed az II th4i HHa uai
ufHatIrHhle. fo hHfH him diHrHHtFea,
but 30 mr nothing has been doRe.
aud no answer received a. tie note
This Simply RonH 90 ahnH tnt ifn-
possibility Of doing any hualueHH
With thes. Central American suk-
efnmenta with anything like speed
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CHAPTER III
An Unsxpactsd OPENING.

Neniimore made his way Co Tot
teauurc Gardens that evening IN n
highly Inconsistent. not 90 say cha
otic. state Of mind The thought
that ne would presently aee sylvia
again made hts blood course uuieker.
while he was fully determined g. say
no more To her than civilitya de-
ma ndsd
At one moment h. vas blsssing
Prof FutYoys for his happy thought
ga making Use Of him. az another
he wnA bitterly recognizing, that ~
would have been better for his peace
of mind II he had been left alone.
Sylvia and her mother had no drsire
20 see more 81 him II they had, they
would have asked him 10 come be-
fore this
The moro often he naw sylvia the
more she would make hiH heart ache
with vain longing ~ hafcas. ~ Was
getting almost reconsiied 20 hsr m.
difference he would very suffn be
cured n he didn't 80 her
When he got TO Cottesmar's Gar
denH aud was actually az the door
of the tutvoyes' house. he began TO
feel craven hope that the profess
sor might be out. IN which case he
need only leave the catnloR.
And. - u happened the professor
was out. and uofaee waa not 10
gind as he thought he should he
The maid told him that the ladies'
were IN the drawing room. and
seemed - take Il Tor granted that he
was coming IN. 40 h. had himself
announced. lie would not stay long
Just long enough 60 explain hts
business there. and make u clear
that be had no wish to force his ac-
quaintance upon them. lie found
Mrs Futvoye IN the farther part Of
the drawing room. writing letters.
and Sylvia. more dnzzliuRiy fnlr
than ever IN some sort 81 gauxy
black frock with heliotrope suah and
"a bunch ~ Parma violeta ON her
breast was comfortably established
With book IN the. front room. and
seemed surprised. n not feaeutful.
~ having 90 disturb herself
4 must apologize. he began. With
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reached. sud his sole consolation
paH that the article eventually
changed hands Tot sums which were
very nearly double the professor .
estimate.
The salr draKEpd slowly on. ard.
what with continual disa ppaintment
/ and want 80 Tuad. Horace began II
E feel 80 aaae8 that be vas Eiad. ~
[ the eruwd thinned. tu get a sat AZ
enc Of tha green bate tables lie
only waited for The final lot marked
I b. the urufaaznF -au nld FerHian
copper bowl. iniaid with silver and
eng aved round the rim with an tn
/ aeription from Hafia
The limit "a which he pHH author
I ired 20 81 was pounds 10 but ~
desperately anxious vas NcutimoTr
I not To return empty handed that ~,
/ had made up hiH mind 80 bid an rK-
/ ira sovcreiEn v necessary. aud say
/ nothing about a.
However The boNI Was put up and
l the bidding soon rose 20 9 Fuiueas.
/ for which lt was acquired BY a
bearded man on Hornce'a right
/ VeHtimore had done his best. and
/ failed there was no reason now why
I he should stay a moment longer
I aud yet he sat on. from sheer n .
tiEue snd disinciinhtion 90 move
Naw We come o. lot a5t. gentle
men. be heard the aueti0nesr say
Ing "a capital Egyptian mummy
caae iu fine con No. ! beg par
/ don. I'm wrong This h an article
which bY some mistake has been
omitted from the catalug. though IL
ought % have been in a. Wei call
this No. 2s1a. Aniinque brass bot
| tie Very rurioum"
/ one ~ the portera carried the bot :
I tie In between the tables and set II
down.
II vas an old. squat. pot -hellled
vessel. about two feet high. with "a
/ long. thick neck. the mouth Of which
was closed b. q sort 81 uetRt stopper
or cgp there was NO visible dscora-
I ton on its sides which were rough
and pitted by some incruathtiou that
/ bad formed on them. and been unr-
TALLY scraped off As piece Of
bric-a -brac # certainly possessed
few attractions. and there was
, marked tendency 10 guy" II among
the more frivolous brethren.
The bottle was passed round with
dlHrespeCtful raps and alhp -. and t.
had now come 10 Ventlmore'a right
hand neiEhhCr. who Hcrutiuized H.
carefully but made no bid
That's all right. you know he
whispered ia Iioncc's ear. That's
good stuff that IL. n was you
IA ave that"
seven shnilnRs-s- bid FOR II
over there iu the corner said the
auctlauaef
~ sou think IFS 80 good why
don't you have u youraelfT' Horace
asked his nelRhhor.
'.Me3 oh. we'll II Amt exactly In
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nIIArrEn laananuall

CHATTER I #O'putlnuadl
Horace undertook "a vail tHi IN
det Bu account of hia af.WHrdahit
that tauiuE
pan=t exceed my limits said en-
professor Tot I tlW=t afford murt
JUST NOW and mind YOU give itam
muui Your own name. not mime. II
thc dealers set - know Ina Hftri
the thinEH theY n run Nau up And
nov. / dou.t think I nevd dvtain tau
any longer. especially us time o.
luuulnE GA I'm sure suH truHl
you o. du the best YOU can Tor me
TIN this evening. then"
4 foW minutes later Horace MAJ
driving up 90 Convent Garden. The
professor might have required from
him rather more than WIS strictly
Justified bY their acquaHisnershlp
aud taken his acquivaseuse toe
mueh as matter 81 course bat
~ hat af that After All. hu Vas
sNiNia.H parent
Even with my luck he was
thinking | oukht 60 sugrerd m set
tluk 600 least cite ur two af the Tots
hos marked aud n can only
uiasHr hiu. something may eome ~
f."
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nu Involuntary aufufnsi 'fat calling
ut this HatF uurrfemuuiuuH time
but the fact IL. the profaaHur
i know Hli about IA Interrupted
Mrs t5tVobe bruauupiY We heard
han ahamemlIy nay husband abused
yuut good nature Really, it Was too
bad IF hlm "a ask busy man like
sau 60 put aside hia work aud Fp
rnf spend "a whole day nj that-rtups
ID auction
oh. ID nothing particular ta De-.
I can't oHll mKselt busy man ana
fortunately. HHit Horace. WItb ihut
fmnknrsa hirh seems tu conceal
what other people know perfectly
well already
All. we'll. it's Yrry nice ct you 10
make liFbf If "a but he ought not
"a have done itafter So Short an
acquaintance. toe And 60 make II
worse he has had 10 go out uneK-
pestcdly this evening. bat he'll be
back before very long. II you don't
mind waiting"
There's really no need 10 walt
said Horace. because hlH CHtaiog
viii tell him everything and HH the
particular things ha wanted went
FOR much uruFr thFn b. thought /
wasn't able Ca get any ~ them
I'm SUR fm very Hihd ~ IL
Hatd Mrr tuttuYa. for his study ia
efHmmrd with udda and ends 80 It.
ia aud ] don't want tho s. hole home
tu look like museum nr an an
tinauity shop ii All the trouble in
the world 90 persuade him that
great gaudy Flid~d mummy case asa
not quite the thing for q draw ing
room Hut. please aii down. ST
Nrntimorr
Thanks ntammered Horace.
but but I mustn't stay n sou
will tell the Professor how sorfs I
waH tn miHa him. and aud give him
back thiH note which he LEFT with
me 10 cover amy deposit. I won't
interrupt you any lnnRrf'
"Nunhrnne' said MrH. futyoYe
4 ana sure ny husband would hr
most annoyed II $40 didn't Keep sou
tiit he came
7 really ought Ga GO he de-
eiarrd wtatfuiiy enough
We mustn't tease MI Nrhiinure
60 stay. mother when h. ~ evident
- wants t. ~" said sylvia cruel
~.
We'll. I won't detain you at
least. not Ions I wonder n you
would mind poatinK letter for me
~ suu pass The pillar box I've Hls
..toat finished n. and Il ought 10 go
ioulEht and ny maid Jessie has
such a bad cold resiig don't IKE
sending her out With IL
ggantInued1
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GUATEMALA. Dec o. FmHh
Known tbr NHHHuaId. .. mtH "
las been boo prison fur veal With g.
out tIlHl ou 10 trivial rhffRe. haH
uKilH been summoned before the
.auff iu sulalh aud returned - tain
with the Information thHt nothing
could br done iu his HHHr.
Brasu UfItra Minister Leslie
Combs that the judge told him thHt
hs would be- glad 90 80 hln hiH
liberty but that br had not the
power That rested with the judge
Iu Guatemtla. who would 1H nothing
in The mHtter Tho Judge ~ HulnIH
augraatea that brown again write
60 Minister Cumb~H utKiuE action
brown told the minister thHt hs
had nothing bet the clothes he wore
when iuehreerHtrl. nud that these
were fuEkod aud b. wHH practically
naked. The uIlHuu officials would
give him no clothing
lie begged Mf rauhea to arui
him something a. HoHu
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the ancttunerf. more In aarroY than
IN auEef and the brass bottle be-
came Nenitmorsts properly
~. paid for r. and. since he could
hardly walk hunts uuraing large
metal bottle without attracting All
tnruufrninut amount - aftentten
directed that Il should b. sent t.
his lodgings nt Nlna~ut-s
tut whru he vas out IN thr freah
air. Walking westward 90 his club
he found himself wondering more
and more what could have ta1asesHei
hin 20 fhroN away Eulnsa -ass hen
be had few enough for Legitimate
eSuenH~a~-on IN article ~ such ex-
csrdinEiY predetermined value
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fIuwse Nrnilmory young ara
suatasauu London architect la iu
Hove With sylvia. daughter af ffnf
FuIYoYe. Hn Oriental scholar whom
Hr mot ou the continent Tho nfns
feaHur aHha hW Ca attend an ufiene
ul auction and purchase SOME
thinRH fur hlm
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90 90 the Grand cafe. ttit Third
ave. for your breakfast. lunch and
French dinner Private dining
rooms.
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Notice 10 Subscribers

II AIRY evening. Yotr copy Of The
telephone sunset Main 1000. or Tn.
Dependent iigs. any time between
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sfaF has not arrived Al 80 a'ciors.
you az once. by apeeinf messenger.
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Little Colombia
blu STERN 81 3
warns 4 n e
sam thtt his iu-
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Extra special minre ules. q At
Ssw German Bakery 30 First ave-.
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Eastern Collage OF Painless
Dentistry
Second and Pike. Masonic Templs
Buildinu.

This Is not a COLLEGE for students
none are employed 81 admitted. our
stan u composed 81 Dentists OF long
tNHerlenCe. who come here 20 pcrfsct
themselves tn our gcIsutific methods
The college fcns Of skilled dentists. who
" 60 give the most perfect work To- a
very moderate price. This Is the uutH
hlaeS ~ sssttte MheEe an ahsniutcly
secret method known and used hY as
only. Do not be misled rs those who
locate ~ our vicinity to profit by our
rsputu ton oar prices are the lowest
cor alatnnt Win ilfss-rlass Mork
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Free Wan, Ads
See Classified .#r~ for Free Want
AAs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-04
CONSUMPTION IS CURABI
According TO the Opinion of English rsa
Experts Who Took Prizes.
NOuRISHING FOOD IS NEcEssu
And the Patients Must Live In Specially Constr
sanitaris, Which Are Built Dust and
Germ Proof.
Especial 70 The Post.l

London, January English expert medical I
ion as expressed by the three winners of tho n
offered by King Edward for essays on tnbercr,J
which have Just been made public. holds tia.
sumption is cTable Drs. Latham wetherss !
MorIaud. the prize winners, agree that scispt,s,'
constructed sanitaria along with rigid sdhersn,
sound principles in diet and exercise offer soos |,
to tuberculosis sufferers unless too far gone
It is recommended that the sanitaria \, /
proof and germ proof and almost like the open 4:
self. The food prescribed Is the most nourtsh,n,.
most digestible. Just enough exercise must bs 4
to stimulate the physical organism without n
ing It.
Dr. wethered stated to the correspondent !.
that the fact that consumption is frequently !,
has been established BY post mortsns conducted
connection with the hospitals Of London.
We find" he said. 10 per cent Of the nan.
who die from accidents and diseases other than I,
culoss, showing evidence OF having formerly
fered from tubercu1ous Affection
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-04
THE KING powERLEss.
Being Declared by Custom from oTerins Aavu
Political Questions

selr5 Declared by Custom from OFFERING Asv.
Political Questions.
London. January 3.--Tha Spectator today !,
much prominence to a lengthy letter from az
Lee, the well known lecturer and writer, and M
lecturer at Princeton university denying tha
Anglo-German cooperation IN venezuela Is n
way due IN the action OF King Edward. M.
throws interesting and authoritative light on IN.
latton between the king and his ministers.
There is no ground for the suspicion" writes
Lee, that any revolutionary change in the rel,s
Of the sovereign with the ministry has taken \
during the last two years The coil Of traa
which now eucircles the premler's ofnee IL "a,
heavy to permit him 10 surrender any essential
Of his power or influence 10 the sovereign.
sovereign can more initiate a policy for the I
isters or impose upon them by the urgency a
appeal 4 policy OF his own devisinE than he "a,
sole authority pTomHlgste new law. The soyss
solely enjoys the right OF crttcising the uinIs
proposals n a minister deems these TO be 81
value he has It in his power to adopt them Bal
accordance with admitted custom he irvarh
treats them as unauthoritstive suggestions all
entitled TO ignore them altogether without. ia
who is debarred from offering formal advice on
political question"
Mr. Ice adds that when the sovereign evs,
presses informally his views they must take III
tive interrOgsttve form. which barely raises t
above the level OF any irresponsible suggestion
trace Of subservieuce has been suffered To sur.
the minister's manner of correspondence with
his final decision 10 be controlled effectively by X
suggestion which fails TO commend itself 10 him (
direct negative, In order, except in the rarest a
to eXtnguish it summarily.'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-04
THE REDEMPTION OF IRELAND
Conference Between Landlords and Represent
afBes Of Tenants Agreed
ON A PLAN TO SELL THE FARMS
70 the Tenants the state 20 Give such AID as Nsses-
sary to Enable Them to Make the
Purchases.


Dublin January 3--At the conclusion OK the COZ
ference between irish landlords and tenants o. the
land question. report was drawn uD which will be
issued 10 few days The decisions we're absolutely
unanimous. Lord Dunraven, the earl Of Mayo and
the other landlords in the conference acted most
tremendously With Msssrs. Redmond and o'Bren,
the representatives Of the tenants.
It is known that the report recommends the aboli-
ticn ot landlordtsm by means Of statsaitcd pur-
chase Of farms for tenants The terms recommended
generous to the landlords and yet give the tenants
-j per cent Reduction on their present payments
The state will be asked by landlords and tenants
jointly % make a grant 70 aid eycted tenants, to
consider their position sympatbeticaly and 70 en-
courage their return to their holdings
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RUSSIAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS.
Finance Minister ard Minister Of Interior Have Com,
70 az Agreement.

Correspondence ~ the Associated Press
ST. Petersburg, December 2g.-Finance Minister
Wltts ami Minister Of the Interior Plehva have
reached settlement Of the recent difficulties be-
tween tasm. The terms Of tho settlement. however,
are not known.
Both ministers are now being qu7tei in the most
positive terms self confessed c7nstiturjouaists and
ready 20 advocate constitutional reforms fn Rus
7la as soon as the country shall be ripe for them
Minister White has admitted % President shipov of
'h@ Moscow zeustv0 executive committee that the
constitutional era vas approaching rapidly. The
57m5reo people say that Minister Won Fiehva has
expressed himself IN Tho same sense In private con
versstous. although somewhat more gIa-tedIy NJ
Won riehge ts reported no have eai1
u am convinced constitution is necessary In
Russia. but there "a great deal % preparatory work
80 ~ done first The dismizsais from office and the
official ropr'uand= together vith police supervision
and other measures employed against Minister Wita
committees have placed tho minister in somewhat
embarrassing condition toward these men ". White
-T quoted ass having said recently
Z deem it my dntF 20 inform the emperor IT every
word that may be said during tbs commission hear.
i0es in polite phraseo7sv and the last meeting
H. tho general commission intend 20 gather together
all the various declarations that have been made
and 10 answer them 10 the brst Of my ability As
president of the commission answer for 10 that 40
such expression az opinion. cOuChed n permissible
language will have any consequences whatever. no
matter how sharp tdey may be to substance"
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BRITISH TROUBLES.
Small Wars Are Keeping the Army and Navy o.
Alert.
Especial to The Post

Especial to The Postl
NeT York January s.-The Post has the b
ing cable from London: For an empire whose d
est interest is peace, the British empire can ra
said to open the year well. The South AZ
war is hardly over; large numbers OF troops ara
needed to garrison the acquired territory yet
British army and navy already are on the als-
not actually engaged in war of Venezuela nj
Somahland and Morocco.
As regards Morocco, England Is not SO mud
tangled elsewhere. to allow France or any
power TO obtain dominating footing there
feels that her position at Gibraltar would bes
secured by q strong native ruler on the other sIs
the straits. As Englishmen read the latest d
Morocco will not vet be added to the chain o.
ern questions, which, as one Journal declares ii
link Egypt, Turkey. Persia, Siam and China il
perplexing nightmare.
As regards Somaliland the situation from
English standpoint is focused with accuracy IN
following imaginary dialogue headed Madness
Mad Mullah (gleefully) Postpc;
He, He We all know what that means"
Mad President (ruefuIly)-"That was vhr
thought"
Is an empire credit item must be noted the
that the Transvaal shows a surplus Of 81 500 9o
the first financial year though OF course, the COS
the garrison is still paid by the British taxpaysa
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New York financial syndicate, headed By Severe
5talletPrevost ot that city. has offered to advance
money 20 the Venezuelan government to meet press
ing obligations. including the legitimate claims 81
foreign governments. The syndicate proposes that
control Of the custom houses shall be given to it as
Chs guarantee for the loan.
Sharp competition exists. the firm Of speyer
Bros. ~ New York through their New York branch
offer "a finance this country promising 10 furnish al
The funds that win hs needed TO settle the foreign
claims and convert the Venezuelan debt
Active correspondence on the subject is now being
exchanged between President Castr0's government
and The hua1ciars.