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ternidad patri6tica por federales, repu-
blicanos 6 independientes.
Sc trataba de nuestros hijos, y alll
acudimos todos para ampararlos, como
con sus alas ampara la gallina d sus
polluelos; pero iSy que ell servillsmo
polftico puede mas aunque los naturales
sentimientos, Y aquella prensa republi-
cana que tan viril SO mostr6 en- sus CO.
mienzos, cerr6 los labios ante las exi-
gencias de sus amos y nj una palabra
mas dijo sobre 10 que, con tanta NOBLE
"a principiara defender.
Y, spor que no decirlo2
La ley del foete fatal y deprimente
sigue aun en- pie, sin que ell Pueblo de
Puerto Rico haya protestado de un mo-
do energico, disponiendose a1n en- mu-
chas poblaciones, & mandar los ninos la
escuela.
Asl Y todo, no nos pesa escribir 10
que hemos escrito y escribir mas esta-
mos dispuestos siempre que por Ell deco
ro patrio sea y siempre que cualquier
mandarin de pacotilla como Mr.. Lindsay
pretenda, Waldo de 81 inmerecido poder
humillar Puerto Rico.
Nosotros nj inventamos hechos III
forjamos calumnias: ah1, escrita en- le-
tras de molde Y comunicada ofcialmente
& todos los maestros esta esa ley infa-
mante del castigo corporal en- las escue-
las p1blicas.
Los nifIos puertorrique1os, al in
gresar en- esas escuelas, tendran que So
meterse al azote vii, como cualquier es-
clavo, antes, al ingresar en- una hacienda.
7 81 este afiadimos que como
criminales empedernidos Sc les detiene
en- las carceles p1blicas para despues sa-
carlos perder su verguenza, barriendo
pIazas GALES, desde luego que la saliva
ci6n es impossible y que, d1a por d1a,
preparamos 8 nos preparan una genera
ci6n de seres envilecidos para mas tarde
representa- / esta infortunada terra.
Por nuestra parte. aunque los puer-
torriqueflos no correspondent con hechos
practicos las advertencias que por pu-
70 patriotisno les hscemos, hemos de
seguir haci6ndoselas, va que no para sal
var al pals de la catastrofe final, al me-
nos para que nuestro Gobierno sepa, que
81 conducta impropia y opresiva no pass
por alto para los que desde hace tempo
venimos adivinando sus calculos sus
planes.
Por de pronto, probado esta que, al
tratarse de nuestros hijos, ese Gobierno
no ha pretendIdo nj preteade otra cosa
sino su envilecimiento.
Dfgalo la zey del foete, y dfgaIo esa
otra ley que los condena & barrer plazas
GALES.
cgNEsILLo.
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Marcado empefio Sc manifesto en-
deprimir rebajar nuestros hijos, a
los Que mafIana han de sucedernos en- la
diffcil tarea de la civilization Y ell traba-
10, los puertorriquenos Que en- 10 futu-
70 representarin q Puerto Rico, los
que otra cosa no son sino ell porvenirl de
nuestra patria.
Y ell pueblo Sc MEGA abrir los ojos,
Sc mega & coutemplar esta labor funesta
de qnien, por 10 visto, mas que un pals
de hombres libres, pretende IN pals de
esclavos.
va no es ell latigo odioso de Mr..
Lindsay cayendo implacable> sobre las
espaldas de inocentes criaturas, son tam
bien esas carceles. centros de oprobio Y
de baId6n, donde diariamente Sc con-
finan infinidad lie nifIos, con ell fin segu-
ro de extraviarlos Y de envilecerlos.
va, en- la misma San Juan, sc les con-
duce las GALES para verificar trabajos
que, hasta hacei POGO, solo sc encomen-
daban & los presidarios.
81 este sigue asf, 81 este procedi-
miento contin1a. seguramente que nues-
tro pals, en- POGO tempo, ha de conver-
tirse en- un pals de bandoleros.
Parece mentira que una Camara
puertorriquefIs haya consentido y pro-
clamado leyes tan vergonzosas y fumes
tas, como la Gle permitir que criaturas
de 10, - Is amos, por faltas de las cua-
les nj a1n son responsables, vayan CO.
dearse con crininales empedernidos, pa
ra perder mas tarde su decoro, exhibien-
dose descaradamente por Gales y plazas
en- oicios viles y despreciables.
Pero, va 10 hemos dfcho muchas
veces y 10 repetimos ahora:
No hay remedio.
No parece sino que cada vez nos
hundimos mas y mas en- ell abandono y
Ia apatfa que las amarguras de nues-
ira patria nos son indiferentes, como In
diferente ell porvenir de nuestros hijos,
& los que, sin darnos cuents, vamos de-
jando ell legado de las antiguas humilla
clones, con ell de las nuevas que hoy. CO.
mo nunca, va comienzan ellos & sentir.
Para prueba podr1a presentar aquf
un hecho reciente que lego tener re-
sonancia hasta en- ell extrangero, donde
un sinn6mero de peri6dicos Sc ocuparon
de ell, como si de una matanza de cris-
tianos Sc tratase de un deguello de
judfos.
Me refero la barbara mas que
bGrbara salvaje ley del foete, decretada
POI Mr.. Lindsay para las escuelas p1-
blicas de nuestra isla.
En- su principle. la prensa toda del
pals protesto sin distinction de matices y
una campafia hermosa libr6se en- contra
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GIN SILL0.

que SO reduzcan los derechos de impor-
taci6n del rico grano en- Espa1a, etc.,
ESQ no es mas que un efecto polfti-
CO de Mr.. Hartzell, de acuerdo con Gui-
llermety, Barbosa y co, para preparar
ell pr6ximo arribo del fnclito Hunt entire
victories y m1sicas.
La gente digna de San Juan debe
persistir en- vestir de luto sus respecti-
vos hogares y llevar balderas negras ell
dia que desembarque ese c0mico malo, y
suba, Ia Fortaleza acom pafado de su
trolAppe, digna de el
La mujer que Sc enveneno aver
en- la Gale SDos de Mayo,S tom6 tai re-
soIuci6n, seg6n dfceres, raiz de haber
sido renida por su hijo, quien lie peg6.
CARA de castigar al hijo desnaturalizado
para toda su vida.
Ell p1blico empieza quejarse del
NAL estado de limpieza en- que estan los
carros electricos. Serfa conyeniente que
la empresa los hiciera pintar de nuevo,
antes que Ia Hygiene la obligue clio.
En- la tarde de aver intento ahor-
carse en- la Gale de la Villa, con una
cuerda hecha de <ollejo> de plata
no, IN muchacho hu6rfano de padre.
I'D TeSFcS&UO u6 AN6W Il OIh MT.
Wilcox, Juez asociado de esta Corte de
Distrito.
Ell cuadro artfstico que act1a en-
nuestro teatrO prepare para ell domingo
pr6ximo las zarzuelas xMusica Clasica>
y SLa Calandrias. y una diyertida pieza
c6mica.
Hoy tom6 puerto ell yapor anne
ricano <PonceS.
Trae mucha mercancfa para varios-
A ser cierto 10 que dice La Revis-
t0 dc FsLddeIfG. .. imal afIo Ell que |
viene. para los agricultores que sc dedi
can al cultivo de la SGnseoeriGI Seg1n
licho peri6dico, Ia fibra de esa planta |
solo sirve para la industria de la cordeZe- |
rEan Despues de tantas desdichas que
los han venido encima por las muchas
sscaceses que hemos sufrido, nos van
obrar - cUERDAsu
Solo nos faItara Ell sebo; ia Sc en-
.argar4 Mr. Hunt de traerlo de su pals
-En veinte mil hOjas sc ha impreso
j manifesto recomeDdando las bOndades
e los cigarrilles <Timonel2 xPitirreS Y
Caribes 9e i COmpanfa Industrial de
'uertO Rico. d.
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(OmittOO on Public
Institutions and Property

San Juan, Puerto Rico, Septiembre
81 de 1903.
La Comisi6n de Instituciones P6-
blicas Propiedades, encargada de in
formar sobre la construction de una
nueva Penitenciaria, Y en- su nombre Ia
Comisi6n especial designada para elegir
sitio aprop6sito para dicho estableci-
miento, invita- los Ayuntamientos del
litoral de la 1sla, ofrecer una parcela
de terrenO que reuna condiciones para
ell objeto indicado. FL terreno debera
ser de una extension aproximada de Glen
cuerdas de facil aislamiento, con aqua
potable corriente y con materiales de
construction pr6ximos, como piedra,
MADEIRA, ETC.
Las Corporaciones quienes pueda
interesar este asunto, pueden dirigirse
al Presidente de la Comisi0n, don j.
Gomez Brioso, p O. Box. AZ San Juan,
hasta ell dia 10 del pr6ximo mes de Oc-
tubre.
Por orden del Comite,
CHAs MAGEE.
Secretary Executive Cou neil. 81.
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lNSERClON PARTICULAR
Sr. Director de LA DEMooRACIA.
Presente.


Muy seflor mio: Desde ell dia 81 de
Agosto pr6ximo pasado, empec6 & ex-
tinguir en- ell Dep6sito municipal de Ha-
to-Grande, diez nueve dias de arresto
que me impuso Ell Juzgado de Paz de
aqueI pueblo.
Desde que me condujeron al men
cionado Deposito, fuf encerrado por ell
Alcaide en- un nmugriento calabozo, mien-
tras unos cuantos desarrapados gozaban
afuera, como 81 no hubieran estado pre-
SOS, Ia brisa de que yo carecia.
Mlentras, los que en- tiempos de las
elecciones comet1an continues atrope-
Hos, al encontrarse presos en- aquel De-
p6sito, disfrutaban de las mejores liber-
tades, dandose ell case de que & veces Sc
ponfan en- ell mas complete estado de en-
brisguez, pasando ell licor por delante
del encargado de vigilar estos abuses,
prohibidos en- todos los penales.
A mi Sc me tenfa encerrado cual 81
fuera IN criminal, y sc me negaba ell de-
recho de tener tinta y pluma, amenazan-
doseme q veces con ponerme las esposas,
Y cometi6ndose conmigo un sinn1mero
de atropellos injusticias.
Tai es ell odio que guarda hacia mi
ell alcaide de carcel Pancho Boch, viejo
que, conociendo, en- mi un federal en-
tusiasta y decidido, aprovech6 la OCCASION
de vejarme y tratarme como un cual-
quiera. desde que tuVe Ia desgracia de
quedar preso y So disposition.
En- cambio, tiene un hijo que es un
turba bandolero que por su NAL proce-
der, es odiado de todo San Lorenzo sin
que haya una persona que lie quiera bien.
Yo quiero que la opinion sensata del
pueblo sepa como Sc trata las personas
decentes en- aquel pueblo cuando estas
procede del campo Federal
Tambien deseo que las autoridades
superiores de la isla, tengan conocimien-
to de que aquel alcaide tiene derecho
para indultar, uno, dos tres dfas los
presos cue, por ser republicanos, mere
cen mas afectuosas simpatfas
ST q un federal 10 condenan veinte
dias de arresto, tiene que cumplirlos
reventar. ST IN republicano Sc los
echan, solo cumpie doce 6 ounce por
que asf 10 quiere ell alcaide asf ha de SER
Teniendo en- cuenta que cuando IN repu-
blicano sale sentenciado ounce vein
te dias de arresto, es por un delito que
merece ser castigado con seis meses
cuando menos. En- cambio IN federal
por IN insignifcante delito que no me-
rece una hora de arresto, Sc le aplican,
cuando menos, veinte dias un mes
Asf msrchan adn las cosas en- San
Lorenzo, pueblo en- donde los republica-
nos llevaron ell sobresalto ell terror al
tranquilo hogar de respetables familias,
que siempre han merecido aprecio dis
tinci6n.
Termino saludando al cabo Pacheco
de la policfa insular de apuel pueblo y
por ser un extricto cumpli-
dor de 81 deber como agente de auto
ridad.
MANUEL CLAUDIO RAMIREZ.
Caouas. Sthro 30 do 1909
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PON oE
(NoTI'cIAs DIREcTAs).


La empress del Trolley ha prohibi-
do los motoristas Y conductores que
ocupen los baiicos delanteros de los ca
rros, cuando est1n fuera de servicio v
van de paseo; y en- cambio los peones de
la empresa pueden sentarse, apesar del
traje mugrienbo que suelen llevar en- dias
de labor, en- ell loanco que mejor les pIazca.
La question es improvisar 6rdenes
nuevas todos los dias, sin ton nj son.
-Ya ha circulado Ell pequeno folle-
TO Washington Mason de que es autor ell
nifIo Luis Samalea Iglesias
-Nuestro amigo don Mariana vi
dal Vilaret, restablecido va de su doIen-
cia, ha vuelto 4 sus quehaceres habirua-
les.
Nos alegramos.
--Se comenta mucho la carta de Mr.
HartzeII, goterna0or INFERNO, le5aG por
Ell sefIor Gat5ZLerD1ety en- Ia Asamblea de
aQricaltures cetebrada recientemente en-
San Juan.
IGoincideDtia extraordinarily
AccrdarseMr Hunt AHORA DO nues-
fro cafe. <apoyando ante Ell Department
t0 de Estado nua proposition pidiendo
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Una carta de la Sra Rogue
Ponce, Sbre. % de 1908.
Sr. Director de LA DEMocRAcIA.
I1uy senior mio:

Sr. Director de LA DEMoCRACIA.
SIuy senior mio:
Habiendo visto que su peri6dico ha
reproducido IN snelto de eel Aguilas
que va mande rectificar tambien, deseo
10 hagan ustedes exponiendo 10 cierto:
Nj Ell doctor Suarez, nj yo, hemos
llevado la colonis espafIola de aquf ell
20 p. : del producido fquido de mi no.
vela SLuz SombraS ofrecido, porque
a1n la obra no esta realizada del todo.
70, como particular, quise contri-
buir con una cantidad para ell monu-
mento que va erigirse los soIdados
muertos en- Filipinas; esa cantidad Ia lie
v6 Ell doctor Suarez, Y la colonia de esta
ciudad no sc atrevi6 aceptarla por ser
yo puertorriquena; pero me escribieron
una carta muy carinosa, dandome las
gracias.
Esto es 10 cierto; la verdad, pa
rece extraflo no Sc acepte Ia cooperation
de puertorriquenos que jan1as olyidaran
4 su antigua metr6pol.
Anticipandole las gracias por esta
rectiicacion, soy de usted atenta S. S.
ANA RooUE.
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NUESTRASINDUSTRLAS r.

NUESTRASINDUST Raco-
mendamOs al publico las exceientes be
bidas gsseosas que preparan las fabricas
<Pequpna AntiIlas y ~Poi0 NorteD, Te'
diciones d. hygiene j economic
Limonada, frambruesa. china, etc,
en- barrileS para t0da II isla
En Cagnas, AGakQyo 4Ecrnaa,a0s-
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Santos Sanchidrian

dde ell da &c
en- cae de Ia nuero
cootabes coned menu exq
los adeantos nos u
srne en- el
pasajero los asuno encarg
Sc ehacenre
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OJO AL ANUN(IO

Sc alquila ell piso alto de la calle
San Justo mum. 7, esquina q Te-
tuan.
Sc alquilan varios locales en- La
planta baja de la misma casa, para
oicinas y establecimientos de de-
talle & industrial.
Sc VENDE 8 50 arrienda la fin
ca Ell LLANo, do La Carolina, en-
ella Sc caida ganado vacuno ca
balIar a precios limitado; tam bi6n
e vendo 90 La misma fnca, semi
LA de cana de az1car. q 81 caro-
de La blanca, y d so centavos CAIRO
dc La ni3rada. Hay en- venta va.
rias vacas paridas.
Para informes:
RataeE R PaEa0os .saE0zar.
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Rataez II, PaEaoaos SaS0zQv,
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Couldn't track mouse back to his
hole
any one would think was not
I do not think he wrote it at ALL
He certainly did not, If what we
have conjectured is true
Why think 50, will tell you. He
would never send me a message thru
another person no more than he would
have come to the bank without COM
ing home" ST.
Mrs. Hamilton's confident assertion
carried great weight with her listener
of nowhere struck against it. How"
asked the doubt, "if he went away in
the company of another woman ?''
You seem to doubt it, Tony
No" he replied, for his mind had
already rallied from the shock on
thinking that he had taken his premis-
es on the belief Of his complete in
nocence Of every charge. ''I think your
Mrs. Hamilton smiled at this out
burst,
Il am sorry If he is so. We ought
to have had a bright man in case like
this.
ooh, he is bright enough, usually,
but I believe he has made a muss Of
this matter
Tony said Mrs. Hamilton, sudden
", what do you think of the letter
thrust under Mr.. Hastings door and
purporting to have been. written by
Mr. Hamilton ?''
WELL" said he, with sideways
look, II do not suppose should kick
at it, but, to tell the truth, the decla-
ration it contained that I was honest
gave me a very uncomfortable feel
ing, for until then had not thought
reasoning is good. Mr.. Hamilton is, /
believe, instead of being a victimizer,
the victim himself OF circumstances ii
not conspiracy.
Tony rose to go soon afterwards,
and Mrs. Hamilton said gravely:
| 81 shall think over what you have
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CHAPTER VIII.
Clues and Suspicious.

In pursuance Of his first thought
Tony took the cap and went to Mrs.
Hamilton's with it in his pocket. He
hardly knew how to breach the mat
ter, but at last did so by laying it on
the table and asking quietly: WAS
that Mr.. Hamilton's ~
With low cry Constance snatched
the cap and pressed it eagerly to her
breast, while she turned her startled
eyes upon Tony as if begging for some
expression which might bid her to
hope. But as he did not speak she
said:
eyes, it is his cap, his traveling-cap.
made it myself and he took it away
with him. Where did you find it?"
II found it on the river bank, where
1t lay as If tossed there by the freshet,
or some person"
ooh, then he was drowned! He was
coming from the bank toward home
and he fell into the river. Was 1t
very dark that night, Tony? I don't
recollect." said Constance, piteously.
Rather dark; but consider, Mrs.
Hamilton, the unlikelihood Of his
walking into the river, a man in his
senses and one who never drank
True. Then what do YOU think
about it?"
1t is all conjecture, Mrs. Hamilton"
said the young man, forbearing to
speak of the presence Of the Italians,
as he had done to Mr.. Hastings. Pos
sibly he had encountered Ashley in
stead. 1t was all conjecture, as he
told her. II brought the cap for you
to see and keep il you wish. I thought
you might like to know that it was
probable Mr.. Hamilton started to come
here that night"
"Oh. yes, thank you, Tony, and will
keep the cap. i was sure vane never
would go away without coming home.
But IL he did start and was prevented,
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THE MISSING MAN
By MART R. P. HA7CH Autboy .7Bv Bank 7ragay.'
Copyright by Lee Shepard. Boston, Mass.

what was it that happened to him
1t was something dreadful. He may
have been murdered and thrown into
the river" and Constance clutched at
a chair to save herself from falling.
LET us hope that it not SO bad as
that. He may be in the tolls Of Ashley
somewhere. Things Of that sort hap
pen, sometimes, according to- the
newspapers. Ashley may have taken
the notes from him, thrown his cap
into the river to make people think he
had committed suicide
Tony did not believe this, he only
spoke of it to, in some measure, reas-
sure Mrs. Hamilton.
who is Ashley, Tony?"
| Young Osborn saw that by his SYM
| pathy he had been led into error.
Evidently she knew nothing about the
suspicion entertained by Bruce and 9TH
ers. He hardly knew what was best,
but he decided to tell her about 1t.
This would introduce the hypnotic
theory, which might be in some sense
a comfort to her, as doing away with
the one poin, hitherto regarded as in
controvertible, Of her husbands pres
| enting, in person the altered notes to
Low and to the other bank and receiv-
ing the money in exchange.
Constance listened to his account of
Ashley, Of Bruce's suspicious, and
/ Tony's own ideas based on Bruce's &C
count Of Ashley's hypnotizing the
| jailer.
Now, if he could do that, Mrs.
Hamilton, why might he not have inf1u-
enced Low to the extent of making him
believe he was the cashier of the
i Grovedale bank %
i TT is bold idea,Tony, Iwish could
credit it fully. And yet, as you say, il
i is no stranger than what he did to the
i jailer. as alleged by Mr.. Bruce. Bruce
then thinks Ashley and Vane are one
and the same"
i Bruce is a stupid old curmudgeon!
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LITTLE THINGS.
lCopyrite, 100s.).

never from the person most interested.
You see, in secret business like ours
they don't trust us with any informa-
tion-they pay us for getting it. I
was walking down Broadway the other
day and saw four men whom I rec
ognized as operators for rival
agency. Looking ahead saw an old
party I followed until he went to a
hotelA and up to his room. I stood
near him and heard him ask for the
number. of his key. Then looked on
the register and saw who he was.
ct am not at liberty to tell his name,
but I will say that he was man high
up in the treasury department at
Washington, and every visit Of his to
New York means something to the
fianciers of Wall street. I knew what
lawyer represented him in New York,
so I phoned to that lawyer.
DO, you know there are four de-
tectives following Mr.. So-and-So from
Washington I asked.
NO said he, but you put four
more on them and find out If possible
who sent them
II knew already which agency sent
them, and 7 also know that the power
behind the throne would never be
known. Butt put four men on the
other four ;, and by turning to their
reports I can tell you where that
Washington man went, whom he met
and all that he did; even to what he
ate, and in a great many instances
what he talked about when he dined.
Casually it takes about four men to
shadow man carefully. We do not
shadow the man alone, but also the
people he meets until we find out
who they are. Sometimes we shadow
the person the man meets If it looks
to us that the second man is tmpor-
tant. For instance, the purpose of our
shadowing an individual may be to
find out how he sells or buys GER
tain stock. If A, sugar magnate,
meets B, and B Immediately goes to a
brokers' office and sells sugar short,
the brokers' office Is more important
to our client than the meeting Of A
and B, because an inference as to the
tone Of the conversation can be gath
cred from BIS subsequent action.
This, of course, is by way Of illus
tration, because sugar magnates rare
:ly ever talk business in public-their
private office is the place for that, and
we do not get in there. In the mean
time, while one man Is following b
to the brokers' office the other three
are still on A. One by one they leave
to follow the men A meets, but before
they go they leave a phone address
with the last man so that he can call
them up and tell them where to re-
join the party after their part Of the
work is done.
'These tall office buildings are hard
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engaged on the Grovedale line. The
boss could talk a little Italian, but
not SO perfectly as to warrant the ex-
pectation that they could be made to
understand an intricate matter like
the one now presented. But at last
a confused inkling of it seemed to
have penetrated the mind of one of
the Italians, for, with a look Of malice.
he pointed to another at work not far
Does he mean that the other one
has little gold button?" asked Swan.
Eyes, think so,' said the boss.
The detective took from his pocket
the gold one marked v. which Tony
had given him and held it UP before
the first Italian. He began gesticu-
lating with great rapidity.
"Yees, yees," he said, and ratified
off besides a long string of Italian
which was Greek to the boss as we'll
as to Swan.
Upon this Swan went to the second
man, the boss walking beside him and
saying: The two had a quarrel yes.
terday, drew their knives on each
| other before they were separated
| The Italian No. 2 evidently did not
care to talk with them, but laid away
his small vocabulary of English, re-
naming conveniently deaf, even when
Swan produced the button and in
! quired as plainly as he could If he had
one like 1t. But he paid no heed till
the boss put his hand suggestively on
the mans pocket and motioned him
energetfcafly to- give it up. Sharp,
now! he said, threateningly. ;'.iis
/ A .nnrderous. CLEAN came into the
mans eyes but he. drew forth a gold
shirt stud wrapped in a piece of bait
ting He gave II. ito the boss who
passed It to Swan. There was lef-
ter III OMIT, and without doubt it was
one of the setsot three studs which the
cashier wore when he left home. s..
where did you get II? ?" asked the
boss. II q h ts *
sFind 'um..'' said the italian.
Where ?''
The man motioned toward the
south, saying, Down reever."
The first Italian came up at this
juncture and said:
He lie. Stole 'um from Pierre
.Who is Pierre?" asked Swan.
Pierre drowndeed. =
Yes; Pierre was drowned at Grove
dale with three other italians, said
the boss, walking with Swan to a lit
tie distance. They went across the