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morning hours. the other only In the after
noon.
To the Ars', one comes by means OF a
dark stairway rising from long narrow hall
suilt!ess OF everything except dirt and de go
'a'nn--ths type Of hall 40 familiar to tn"
tenement Hsitor. This stairway Leads tO an
upper room. small and hcaLed To- temper
ature which oasts GIscredit on the asser-
tions regarding the tightness Of the coal
market.
Here about 4 dozen chilirsn NAV be
found. sometimes fourteen. sixteen or even
twenty; the number depends merely on III +.
waning or growing OF the thirst for knowi-
edge. which, even m Chinatown, it seems,
is changeable quality. This kindergarten
draws it's atte ndance principa ly from the
mixed races and. in consequence. the morn
ing session IL possible.
The room is Furnished with only tho neces-
sary tables, chairs and blackboards. Out er
little figures rise 10 greet the visitor. owed
ess by cour1esy than curiosity, for in this,
respect, as In many others, ono can trar Q
no dissimlarity from their Ango-Saxon
contemporaries.
The teacher explains them by name, with
little bit OF biography tackled on here and
there. You are introduced to Wing Quong,
Bessie Wing. Kay Gusy. Ka Son and the
-alao rams
Wing ouong engages special interest.
Wing is to be sent to China at the request
of relatives, to remain until he is Is. He is
now about 7 and looks serious enough at
the prospect Of the coming separation from
his relatives and school chums.
The first question the American woman
visitor IL sure to ask relates. of course. TO
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its full length. and il Brought to one side
and braided with red ribbons.
Rut il is during the gesture sons-those
delights Of the kindergalrn n children, that
On Cook shows TO best adNanta ge. A
languid ii,tl, figure she sits. ind!h rent TO
scrutiny, waving her tiny hcautifuIly
shared hands in the cir, as she follows the
suggestions Of the sorg
Her grace would drive Delsartc tea cher
10 new fields of thought. The easy relaSa-
tion OF pose and gesture which the American
trioa SO hard 10 bring TO tense muscles.
to little On Cook comes as naturally az
breathing. She is bca ~ personifi"d. ard
one feels a wild desire TO kidnsp her, take
her home and place her on the top shelf q
4. cabinet Of curiOs, "a one would doll
nurchased at Chinese shop.
There are ether children in the school
equally Interesting, fo- each has his or her
nartici,laf charm, but take them as a Who'll.
,erhsps one might sav that the che -ac-
teristic that is most - liking Is Their " c.
zion. shown in many ways by the clinl ing
hands. the mute appeals from dark eyes
the arms thrown about each other They
are bv no means stolid children. but very
human. 49,,
are great imitators. Tell them story.
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rima are black and heavy ard whose glasses
are about twice tie usual SIZE. He sports
a naval cap with n crer deal Of gold braid,
which ia 4 little large for h.s head and
rests plpcidlv on his outstrtched ears.
A big knapsack Of shiny leather is hung
over his shoulder and almost ohscur, s
the greater part OF his body from observa-
ton.
All over his upturred face so that she who
runs NAV read. He Is not TO be DETECTED
t-om the main issue by any errart curiosity.
II, answers without a moments hesitation
such soul searching questions as VINO IL
God?- .whv do you love Jeeus?' 70 bis
own sat isfaction at least.
Charlie, on the contrary, is rlusically
inclined. He is OF the pure Chinese tyre,
although he has made concessions TO the
Lard ~ his adoption and sports gray cordu-
rovs, a shirt waist. ard black skull cap
pulled down tight over his head. He has
The soft olive tirtod complexion and the
larcc luminous eyes Of his class. but his
rou.h- p-rhaps il is his love Of vocal gym
nastics--who can sav?--br when Charlie
essayS 10 sing for q time the upper part OF
his head is floating island
While the teacher rlavs on the piano,
Charlie, as II fearful Of the strength of his
emo,iora. clings desperately 70 the edge OF
tho inst r,irert wit h first one hard then the
other, then with both. He then swing.
ono leg back and fort h as high as his head
ard higher, streruousv, continuously,
while a torrent Of sound issues from his
cave,nous mouth which drowns evervt hing
in the room whle ~ lasls, anu IL hs's ui4'ii
he is exhausted.
II is ro Jest with him. He il absolutely
unconscious of his surroundings. The
hvmn selected is of tho innoCuous Wesley
class, but with Charlie clingingto the piano
II becomes dramatic as Niebelungen
trarcdv
Finally. perspi-ing and limp, he sinks
into a nearby chair and the rest OF the
children resume the SINGING lesson.
Discipline has its moments OF relaxation
marked by the sudden falling to the moor
Of half dozen children who begin an ex.
cited game ~ fan'an until aroused and
rest ored 10 sitting postures.
The belle Of he school is little On GooR,
who COMES strollnp pacidlv in. with that
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There are some cardboard designs done
In colored silk. While she is showing them
Louie, he Of the big mouth and bulging
ears, comes to her aid. He calls attention
particularly to a design which represents
4 balance with a square marked Soul
on one side Of thN scales and on the other
aouare marked World This has made
\ deep impression on Louie. He hasn't
quite made out what II means.
But there are others. Annie inclines TO
silk outlined book with Bible" written
,cross 1t, on the top Of which rests lighted
lamp of the Oriental type. This. Annie
says, is a teapot, by which description
she for the first time suggests her Chinese
lineage.
The afternoon session opens with prayer
in Chinese and some hymns are sung, some
times in Chinese. sometimes in EnSlsh.
The prayer and the occasional hymn are
ne only Chinese spoken in the school
II is a source Of great grief to the Chinese
inhabitants thnt there ~ no PLACE where
he children can he taught their own Ian
gulge. but NJ such school exists in China
own.
II lie during tho cetechism that attention
= directed toward Guy. Guy has all the
nal marks of Ii Hung Chang. Ec IT, cry
small for his age. as most Of the children
are. and wears immense goggles whose
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1000 REINDEFR FOR ALASKA
The Government Awards the Contrao4
to the NorthM estern Commercial CA.

TACOMA, Wash. Feb. 5-At Washin gton
ten days ago the Government awarded
the Northwestern Commeri ial Co mpany
a contract for supplying and transporting
another thousand reindeer from the Siber-
ian coast to Alaska. The company Is losely
allied with the Northwestern Siberian
Company. which owns trading and mining
concessions on the Siberian coast and
has already purchased hundreds Of rein.
deer from natives in exchange for mer.
landise. The balance of the reindeer
ill be rounded up from Siberian wlds
during the spring and summer.
There are how bi Alaska about ten thou.
sand reindeer. last wears Increase amount
ing TO i.5OO. Tie vernment's object
is to aid the natives by supplying the m
with meat ard fal iiiies for trmlsporta,io lon
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we did. 1t was not long before We had
hem all comirg to hear us sir 6 Shoe Fly.
Dent Boz hsr Me- ard we sal g II fer 400
nights Throughout The country. That's
a niger time han any song can live now
adays, I'm sure.
After Brtant's death the old fashioned
minis rel show h%can to decliIe. Dams
death put a damptr On the enler1 ainmtnt
and the people 8 ayed away TEey were
ltnesome for their old favorile. il seemed.
grow ar d in company with my wife. dsugh-
ar ard son | went into vaudeville. where
I have been ever einCe. AL Sheldon wrote
a sketch fer me ard dubbed us The RI ed
Birds anne which has e, uck 10 VS. ever
siI.ce. have often though Of the old
IN The fold once more. But they are gone
ard mir s,relsy, re al old, coed miniG rt lsy,
he kird which cur fathers ard mot hers
used 10 like, I'm sorry 20 ray, is dead
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According to an unofficial census the
children Of Chinatown ~ nber about 100
This census was taken In shops At the
schools and with the help Of the stray Chi
nese guides who are always ready to give
Information and lead strangers to the dif-
ferent points Of interest In that peculiar
par, OF DOWNTOWN Manhattan.
Thee 100 children include not only the
pure -olooded Chinese. but also those Of
mi xed parent ge-Irish and Chinese. Italian
and Chinese or American and Chinese
II is interesting 70 study the combinations
of race The American and Irish traits
IN nearly every instance preoominnte
over the Chinese, while with the children
Of Italian and Chinese parents the eimi-
l1rity OF complexion and coloring Of hair
ard eyes make il difficult to distinguish
them from the pure-hloodcd Chinese.
II is not an easy matter TO find the chill.
drcn Of China, own. The time and place
must be chosen we'll. They do not run wild
in the streets like the children in OF her tens-
rnent districts. Esp raly is this true Of
the children Of pur, c. '.-se blood, who are.
as " general thing carefully housed.
SO children OF Chinatown are not early
risei> They are unlike the American
child in this as in many other respects.
The saying Early to bed and early to rise y
T. without meaning to them.
The C!.:nese work late aud nlay ate. rarely
retiring before or o'clock in the morning
an q sleer ping we'll into he day. The chill
dren are not excluded from he work or the
play, and consequently one seeks in vain for
them in the morning hours. They are still
In the arms Of tho Chinese Morpheus.
Perhaps the best place Of all to study
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meet. But the number Of singers pre-
dominated and they were determined that
the shooting ST ory should not he told.
In vain did Signor Scotti wait for an OPEN
ing. The conspirators were too willy for
him. They blocked him al every point.
Suddenly there was the roar accompany
ing the setting Of OF blast in the tunnel
Quick as flash. the voice Of Signor Scotti
cried;
sWas not that a shot?.
His colleagues looked at one another In
despair. II seemed now rs il they would
never prevent the story, but they tried
NO they shouted. with phenomenal
unanimity for opera singers, mot AZ all
We heard nothing. II was MOI shot.
4 thoucht heard a shot" he went on.
Curious that should haze been mistaken.
But now tha, we ere sp2s king ci shool ing
want TO tell " u a 81 tory OF my hrst--
II was too late nC% They had been
beaten in the strurge. So his comrades
resigned, settled Themselves TO hear once
more he story Of h, way in which SiRnor
Scotti killed the poor old family peacock
that wished harm 10 nobody.
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consequently loss their intonation ard
sound then conceived the idea Of using
wood n clappers. They were success and
other minstrels after that took them up.
moro Opera House. at the corner of Cham
hers street and Broadway. The theatre
was run BY two newspaper men narneG
GEORGE Woodbridge and John Austin. who
owned ard edited two dailies called the
" h,p and Flash. Messrs. Woodbridge arr
,stin gave a minstrel show compos' d
i six people. ] played the triangle AM
sang and danced I got a. week and
thouoht was doing vew vel:
After brief stay there joined troupe
managed. by Matthew 7. brs nnan' who
and conptroller Of New York. Brennan
lnased Monroe Hall. at the corner Of Pearl
md Centre streets. ! STAYED there 10,
three wears. II was here that introduced
the double bone act Thst hsed i e Issy y qnea S
led them, first throwing them from or.
hand 70 the other. then under my feet end
into the air. was also the first to Civ
init o,ions of horses running, drum beat
ncs, a.. roine this gave me the reruta-
ion i being the best bone player in th'
Il hccame a member OF Bryant's NJ 90.
q - Il l,ter end is was during my conn' ctior
with the company that ! introduced the
neat song and dancr act which ,1 IA row :
mart Cf vdVuc'IlAc. ~ 20 ~ "h
wav that I came 70 do this.
"pan Bryar. who left he show 20 60 20
Fnplard 10 wi 1sss The Heenan and Sayfis
foiI returned wi b copy of the sct
Sally Come Up. Sally Come Down, lie
lad heard an Engls sh music hall s'ngeI
.auoed McInnee ittdcT II ard 'hotgi
TINT IL would bc q good numter Tor his
Af,er nsirg II az al end song for
few nphis he GU, IL oui tecause II did not
20 I 70, hr Id Of the dirty and saIfed II.
Formerly miri's Iels usd 10 dress ~
IN ero' e.a,,e fashion. They were bir
shoes, dl.apida ed tro,s re and clht kei
iLeir iacrs cAls eii.s Il re is:r o' r"d w,
and n vide. cavsrnoua mouth. ] thougt'
,hat he reverse Of ,h.s would be The hoveny
60 I made up with regulAtrn shot q cn al
shir, and white duck trousers y,
he cong ard after the chorus came ne
dance. The music Of which was Jinglne s
and extremely catchy. Well, II was bil
60 and the other fellows Immediately
followed suit.
The theatre now known a. Iony fss
{ ,c,s WAS built expressly fer Dan by TN
Tammany Hall folks. ! played ne wenci
| TO Bryante male dakey lnd We M roSnss
tbe Gong, 'Shoo Fly. Don't Bo'her Me;
90, the id6a Of using the soLg by LeaIn.
| 9,eeian1y ard hengler. wae pan Q
;beir act. Dektaniy ard hthGler wen
the drem dance issm II the bushes thei
but they did not use the sons u 'oe va
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sometimes happens. Annie makes Wy
good cicerone
Annie Is the oldest pupil and IL fairly
tall. pleasant-looking girl OF 10. She con-
ides that her psrentage is mixed and that
her mother is Irish. Her last name is Lee
in Difference to her father. The children
Of mixed parentage have usually two nanee
the first name given by the mother.
From Annie one learns many interesting
facts, later corroborated by personal OBJ
.ervation. She is bright. cheerful and
happy except when she talks Of the Chi
nese New Year ard tells Of the beautiful
costumes worn by the children who at this
time are gowned in their native robes.
One she particularizes for it's color schen e
has mace a vivid impression. 1t is TO te
Of magenta and green, with red shoes and
pink stockings.
When asked as TO her own costume,
she wavers in her cheerfunese fer minute
and saye, 4 amt got no hest clothes!'
Think OF the patho. Of q Chinese New Year
without new clothes!
Annie POINTS with pride to the work Of
the children as exhibited on the walls.
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WASAM MINSTREL g. YEARS AGO
DAVE REED TELLS or HIS LONG
CAREER on THE STAGE.
Ersan Dancing When Tic Was io-O"ce
Noted Bones-Introduced the sons
and Dance--Nade 'ShOO Ply" Fa'
mous-The Decline Of MinsuciS.

The oldest living min strel who Is still
before the public is Dave heed. nc Il
now in his seveuty-third year and mas been
q, the stage almost col'tantly since ne
WAS 10. Despite his lons career ne u sun
vigorous. He delights in telling OF ms
early experiences. ..,,no
rerv old. jud ying from the changes that
have been made in the profession since !
first started out" said MIR. Reed 10 sun
reporter Although so-caIieo nuns.Ieisy
still has say ON the stage, u WI, III never p-no, o,
the same to me. In fact, since ian prydh'
died IL has been on the decline.
II got nv first encourageinent from my
brother John. who KEEP; an oyster ana chop
house and cafe Oh Broadway, next door 10
Thorue's Museum. which was betweeii
f;r,od and Howard streets Inis was wheIe
eli the stage drivers stopped 10 water their
horses. John was a clever dincer. ana n.
would make me 60 through number oi
.ueps in the morniaS, became oncien,,
md in a little while was able TO dance as
20, FAR from our home was dock
~rere all the boats carrying fruit tied up
The bows used 70 long for some OF 'he iruIt,
One day one .i my yyl Pa'1 6,at sfIu nd said t"e '
.Nister. il you give US each an apple
,y friand. Dave Reed. will dance Tor you.
:AIl right said the man, and danced
until my feet were sore ia. A..
exhibition inat he gave us each a red. juicy
apple and the following dny ne gos ',,e sor, n
~ minstrel show. in which there were three
other lads about my own age Only one
Of them is alive to-day. He Is john Ken. !.
nedy familiarly kBown as hsrs pop, a. snd door >,
,;cLat tender. We each received u
q week. i sang and danced and got along
fairly we'll, ., r,orre,. I
went with a man named hepIaIoi - ,SIa
wSsn I was Il / was considered pretty
n Most n the bone players then used IN, a.,
ribs Of beef for their instIumehh.e ,hn hones
So,ld wear on almost to the marrow sne
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his head, under which the cue may be twisted
II he be pure Chinese II he IS not. OF course
tho cue Is eliminated from bis makeup.
There are mysteries in Chinatown-many
OF them. The floor above the kindergarten
holds one. so il is said What is 1t? Only
slave-girl, and az the word slave the in
formant's voice drops to a melodramati'
whisper
II it were only possible TO zee her. But
apparently the slave-girl is kept out OF
sight Of the chance visitor. She is only II,
is owned by the family with whom she lives
and has to do all sorts Of mental work. toll
ing into the early morning hours.
1t is impossible 10 obtain specific informa-
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indifference Of gesture and movement
which separates the children Of Climate own
from their American associates. One cam
not IMAGINE On Cook ever hurrying: Sure
ly she will glide through life wit h the same
Oriental grace. placid. serene, a mere locker
on rather than an active participant in the
strenuous life which throbs about the few
streets Of Chinatown
On Cook Is dainty little lady She
has on her native dress for which one men ::
tally thanks the good taste or laziness of
her mother Her touseIs, ankle length n,
have a broad band Of heliotrope To the
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apparently, on charitable impulses rather
han set ideas.
But the head covering shows q diversity
Of opinion. The popular covering Ia the
naval cap with a wide visor and lots Of gilt
braid twisted about it. The boy wears this
In school and out. He cannot be detached
from his one adornment. Sometimes a
boy wears black skull cap fitted tight over
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slavery, TO a limited extent. exists, there
seems little doubt.
But II one has keen sense Of hunor, as
well a. OF pathos, one ahould visit the after
noon school. Here the Chinese children
come In costume and there arc many inter-
esting sights for the student OF human
nature.
This schoolroom opens directly from Mott
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he Chinese feet, for In the feminine mind
the bound foot is as closely associated
with Chinese customs as the opium pipe
is in the masculine. She is assured that
the custom has gone ou, with the fashions
Of yecterdsy.
The costumes in this school are rs hybrid
as the children. The American dress pre-
vai!s There are funny little trousers
which have homemade look and awaken
doubts in the minds of the lookers-on as 10
the direction the wearer will take. The
Jackets are OF any sh,pe or style, dependent.
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thinkir faculties are not developed. There
the American child has the idVantage.
The Chirese home consists usually OF
three rooms. the front room in which is
the idol. the general living room and tho
bedroom. The Chinese women are. geper-
ally spes king. good housekeepers, and nest
ress and order prevfil.
The children are so obed ent that they
seem hardly human To the American
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ton in regard to this so-called slave traffic.
In fact. there is a great deal Of dumbness
in Chinatown in regard to personal matters.
Those who know won't tell. and those who
are willing TO tell don't know. But that
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sing them a song, and they will repeat both
parrot-like and memorize what would be
impossible to Al American child Of the same
age and standing. But their reasoning ard
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street and is on the ground foor. II is
decorated with garlands Of evergreen and
colored papers and is very bright ard CHEEKY
When the teacher 10 not there on time. as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-29
ADMITS KILLING HER HUSBAND.
But It Was Due to His Own Drunken Folly,
Mrs. Taylor Swears.

Monticello N Y. May Skate Taylor testified
in her own behalf to-day. She went through the
fire Of cross-questions from District Attorney An
derson without finchng. and with the same calm
ness that has caused comment for the three days
of her trial She admitted the killing of Taylor,
but said il was an accident brought about by his
own drunken folly. He came home,' she swore,
ION the night Of January 26. beastly drunk and
disorderIy. quarrelled. and he grabbed my re-
volver which was In my workbOx on the machine,
and fred at me. ! took the revolver from him.
and he went and lay down the bed. but soon
came back and tried TO take the weapon from me,
and in the struggle it discharged. the ball
hitting him in the head. and he fell to the floor
I called Ida. who was the stoop, and then threw
an old coat over his head. He dead"
Mrs Tavlor was asked by the District Attorney
II she got the axe and chopped the head and arms
off. She answered:
oh he was already dead
Did you cut and burn the body up asked the
prosecutor.
when man is once dead you can't kill him
again." the answer.
The District Attorney asked number of QueS-
tons as to how she disposed of the body, but she
eyaded answering any of them in direct way
She said she scrubbed the floor because ii was
dirty and needed cleaning. and then burned the
broom She went to the home OF Peter Yerl1ins to
get some paint paint the table, and while there
told Yerkins that 'Lafe' dead, and that he
died nv accident YerkiEs laughed, she testified
and said she could come and live with him
and bring her and chickens and store her fur-
niture In his barn.
lived happily together; that he was hard drinker
and spent all he earned. and she was compelled TO
clothing for Ida and herself. 'lafe" frequently
nIture and that why she moved 1t all out or
the room the night he was shot
The case will probably be finished tomorrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-29
LEFT KEYS IN LETTER BOX.
Strange Disappearance of Husband Who
Told Wife to Get Another Man

The family and friends of Frederick Neye, Of No.
40 West Eighty third-st., are much perturbed over
his strange disappearance. He employed in a
responsible place by silk merchants No 13 to 1877
Spring-st.. and it his custom to go to work
soon after 6 o'clock each morning. He started, as
usual. last Monday morning, but has not been
since.
Mrs Neye said last night that her husband had
been feeling i'll of late and one evening last week
said to her. apparently Joking: We'll. l guess it's
all up with me, and you'll have to get another
man On Sunday he complained of being ndis-
posed and when he arose Monday feeling
bad He dropped his keys. 10 which attached
an Identification tag in the letter as left the
house.
Neye came from German family. which up to
the time of the Franco Prussian wealthy.
The failure OF a bank crippled them. Twelve years
Frederick Neye to this country and a
brother went to Australia. Mrs Neye says the
latter Is wealthy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-29
KILLS NAN IN FACTORY
italian, Angry at Tufe, Escapes,
FlOmishing ReUOIJer.
WOMEN EMPLOYEES IN PANIC.

Enraged because some OF his fellow workmen
had been throwing paper wads at him, Italian,
Al work with fifty ana the third
floor Of he American Can Company. Thrd-ave.
and Third-st Brooklyn, drew a revolver and in
stanty killed John Bornls OF No. 90 Rivington-st,
Manhattan, yesterday afternoon.
The murderer who, the police say, is yariously
known Louis or Frank De kout and Louis DeTri,
then pointed revolver at the others in the
and threatened to kill the first person who made
attempt TO stop him. At the foot of the stairs
the doorkeeper tried capture the fleeing man,
but changed his mind quickly about It when the
cold steel OF the revolver pressed into his face
De Kout escaped. and trace OF him had been
found up 10 a late hour last night Captain Reyn-
olos. or the Ftfthave station. sent two detectives
20 watch the Italians house. at No IS Bayard-st.,
boroughs were being searched last night.
The killing OF Bornis caused great consterna-
ton among the women who employed in the
same room. Some Of them had been amusing
themselves by throwing wads of paper at each
other. De hout. who and known
to only few IN the room, struck seYera!
times by the missiles He accused Bornis OF hitting
him. but the latter laughingly denied IL. De Kout
furious, and, when he again turned sud
denly around and, drawing revolver. fired three
shots at Bornis. One shot struck the man in the
heart. killing him instantly. The other shots
whizzed by the ears Of several girls. who promptly
tainted