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NEW YORK MARKET.

NEW YORK. May .-Flour-Receipts.
s.S75 brls; exports. 1855 brls. Market quiet
and unchanged. Rye -four steady. Corn
meal steady. Rye dull. Barley dull
Wheat-Receipts. 1900 blu. Spot firm No.
red. nominal elevator and $1.1S f. o. b.
afioat; No. l northern Duluth, s.. O3ss (. o. b.
afioat; No. l hard Manitoba, nominal f. o.
b. afoat. Options opened firm on bull sup
port, then broke about nc under bearish
crop news. which lasted all day. The late
factors were Southwest covering, strong
Budapest cables and an absence of sellers
Final prices showed a partial &c net adj
vance. May closed at 961zc; July, SOFA
81 y-l6c, closed at 9l4sc: September, S35sG
"a 1-loc closed at sS7sc; December. $3.50
SS4c closed at $3.50.
Corn-Receipts none; exports none; sales
25.0co bu futures. Spot to-day. No. .. 62G
64c elevator and SOC (. o. b. afioat. Options
were quiet. but stronger on apprehension
over the delay to seeding caused by cold
weather. The close was partly Lc net
higher. May, 604q6Olzc. closed at Sole;
July 54l1q5t9sc. closed at 5il2c; September.
5S7sd5S15c, closed 5S1sc.
Oats-Receipts, 1850 bu; exports, 1873 bu.
Spot quiet mixed. % TO 81 lbs 45l2d46c
natural white. 80 TO 80 lbs 1880; clipped
Hay quiet. Hops steady. Hides steady.
Leather steady. Wool steady. Coal nominal.
Beef quiet Cut meats slow. Lard firm
tinent S. So: 5. A 1885, compound. s.. 75d6.
Pork steady: mess. S12. 750l3.25.
Rice quiet. Molasses firm. Cofee-Spot
Rio dull: No invoice. sac: mild quiet
Cordova. 924a13c. Sugar-Raw strong: fair
refining. 7-l6; centrifugal. 80 test. l5-l6c
moiasses sugar. S-l6c. Refined firm.
COFFEE FUTURES.
The market for coffee futures opened
steady at a decline OF five points and for
time showed rather an easy undertone.
with prices working down another partial
| Ave points on moderate liquidation. pro-
NOTED by easier European cables and larger
interior santos receipts. thought to repre-
sent arrivals of new crop coffee. Importers
were good buyers at the decline, however
and offerings were light. prices later
| recovered the loss. but again weakened I'M
der renewed liquidation and closed at a
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demand is as large as the demand for
strawberries yesterday. The large demand
Is accounted for by the continued warm
weather and the advance Of summer.
Thus far this week the receipts Of stra W
berries have amounted TO total of eight
cars. Normal receipts for week are about
fifteen cars. As the receipts are always
much heavier the latter part of the week
than the first two or three days IL Is proba-
bic this week total receipts viii run
around fifteen or eighteen cars.
There are few southern Indiana ber-
ries on the market this week, but practical
~ all OF the receipts are from the South.
The quality of the berries coming in now
Is somewhat improved oV>~ receipts of a
few weeks ago
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annual meeting. which will be held on June
o. next. lnasmuch as no statement of
earnings VIII he submitted there is nothing
that will interest the speculative fraternity
very much likely to develop. The talk OF
an increase In the dividend continues. and
there are many who believe that this in
crease is a certainty The financial affairs
OF Amalgamated Copper are dark secret.
and statements to its available funds,
earnings and the like are nothing more
than guesses. Thomas w Lawson is out
with circular saying that he knows that
arrangements are about completed where
by all the Heinze properties in Montana
"Heinze will know Montana no more per-
sonally. or by proxy" Mr. Lawson nssy
know all about it. and the street will await
this development with patience.
Despite the heavy shipments of gold dur
ing the past few weeks. the rates for call
money have dropped back again To their old
place, at ~ per cent. The moment there
was lull in the outward movement of gold
rates began to weaken. and it found
impossible to sustain the price IF call funds.
No gold was exported to-day. and none
will go out on Thursday. i'm ali probahili-
". except the 100000 engaged BY Iazard
Freres This is in decided contrast with the
shipments of the past two weeks. The fact
must be borne In mind however. that be-
tween s. 10000 and $4,000 600 are sure TO
go yet. but it will be distributed in COM
paratively small amounts. The condition
of the stock market to-day is one reason
for the abnormaly low rates for call funds.
The trading was merely nominal. and for
minutes at d time the ticker was silent.
IL is impossible to get any advance i'm
money rates under such conditions. Rank
ers are anxious 10 see business develop and
/ they are doubiy anxious TO see money rates
advance. There is apparently no artificial
method of galvanizing the stock market
/ into life. and the banking and brOkerag &c
fr--fa rulf haf
are some who believe that IT, when the de-
cision is handed down by Justice Rrad.
] ford IN the Northern Securities case. an an.
| nouncement is made that an agreement ha:
| been reached. the market will brace UP anC
/ become active. Such an announcement /!
not impossible.
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WeU York Bankers Can See
Better Business Conditions

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK, May 26-Business condi-
tons continue to be a topic of interest.
but the result of Investigations is not unal-
Logged optimism. There is some conflict of
opinion as to the exact volume of con-
traction in general trade II is not very
serious perhaps, but still il is sufficient TO
cause some worry well-known banker
prominent in the financial district is now in
Chicago His talks with business men there
have resulted in an expression of the
opinion that business is in less volume than
he had supposed Some Of his views, pri-
vately expressed, however are hopeful of
betterment in the near future Western
bankers, brokers and business men are
not pessimistc They say that conditions
are not really good. but they aver that
they cannot see dire disaster impending.
The crop situation is growing better daily,
and the weather conditions could scarcely
be improved upon at any point These
things will tell. and in time will prove a
complete antidote to the pessimism which
seems be gaining ground at the present
time.
Railroad earnings are not good. but tie
fiscal year. taking it for the entire railroad
field is likely TO show only a small percent
age of decrease in the net totals. There
are scores of lines that will show hand
some increase Prosperity is particularly
evident in the Southern States, and the
roads operating in that territory make
monthly returns that prevent the deduction
that business contraction is general. The
Western roads have been showing losses.
and the coal roads have been making
monthly decreases of a considerable
amount II is believed. however. that earn
ings of the coal roads have passed the
lowest point and are on the mend. The next
statements 10 be submitted will be watched
with interest. An Improvement Is promised
and II will be welcomed very heartily.
So far as can be ascertained at the pres
ent time, nothing of especial Importance
will come before the stockholders of tn,
l Amalgamated Copper Company at the
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SALES OF STRAWBERRIES
WERE HEAVY YESTERDAY
sold I'm Three Hours at Advanced
Prices-Demand Increases.

Sales OF Strawberries in the local mar
ket yesterday were among the heaviest on
record. In three hours Neumann & Co, one
of the large Delaware-street houses. sold
three cars OF sttawberries-1,S50 crates.
There have been many days when more
than three cars OF berries have been sold.
but the unusual thing about the market
yesterday was that the entire cars were put
out in three hours.
me uemaud yesterday was about the
heaviest 80 tar this season, perhaps and
on this account. together with the fact that
the receipts were not large. prices were
strong advancing 3 TO 80 cents per crate.
This tut the range TO $2I2.0 The first
part OF the week the market was as low
"a $l75
Total receipts were only three cars and
Neumann * Co. having the entire ship
nents. they were In position 10 hold the
market up II a good strong level. In the
grain markets the situation I'm the local
strawberry market yesterday would be
termed a corner. IL Is a quite unusual
thing in the local produce market for one
hIn TO control any commodity when the
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New York Rates.

NEW YORK.-Money on call easy at 10
IL per cent: closing bid. per cent. stfered
az Ia per cent. Time loans easy; sixty
days. PA per cent; ninety days. - per
cent: six months. 3d314 per cent Prime
exchange strong, with actual business in
bankers bills at s4s7.l0d4S7.l5 for demand
and at 81. IS. 10d4s55 for sixty-day bills.
Posted rates, s4s5Ik64s6 and siS1,q4sS.
Commercial bills, $44S0.
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Poultry and other Produce,

TTIILts FdII UJ oIIVUtIo.J
Cheese-Wisconsin. lSc. New York full creams
I3c; Swiss. l6c. brick. 14c; limhurger. l2c
Poultry-Hens. &c. cocks. &c. capons, 12c;
young ducks. SC. geese. &c per III
Butter-ChOice roll. 10c; Elgin creamery. sc:
state. &c.
Eggs-Steady at lie.
WoOl-Local dealers are paying for wagon lots:
Good medium merchantabe unwashed lie:
coarse and braid. sc; heavy merino.i I0dI2c.
half-blood. l24lic' bury ana cotted, l2ql4c;
Western, l2c.
Feathers-Prime geese. 3Oc per ID; prime duck.
zoe per 10.
Beeswax-3Oc for yellow &c for dark
HIDES AND TALLOw.
Green-salted Hides-No. l. 7Ac. No. . SIC;
No. calf l0c; No. 2 calf. &C.
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Local CaHh PRICES

Wheat steady; No 2 red. S1O5 track: No.
red. $.6 on milling freight; No. red,
sl02 track; May, s1.05 track: wagon, s105
Corn firm; No. white. 49c: No. white,
49c; No white mixed, ACC; No. white
mixed. 49c No. 2 yellow. 491zc; No. yell
low, 4s1zc; No mixed. 49c; No. mixed,
49c: ear, soc.
Oats steady; No . white 43c: No. white,
42lsc: No. mixed. 41i4c; No mixed. nomi-
nal. 4O1zc.
Hay steady; No. l timothy, s1S; No. ?
timothy. Sll.15: choice timothy $l325; oats
straw, $3.50; rye straw. $3.50; wheat straw.
$3.50.
Inspections-Nheat: No. red. 2 cars.
Corn No. white, IS cars: No. white, 5:
No. white mixed, 1; No. 2 mixed 2; No. 3
mixed, i; no grade. 1; total. Is cars. Hay:
No. l timothy. i car.
WAGON MARKET.
Wheat-N.6.
Corn-5565Sc.
Oats-Sheaf. sSdlO; shelled oats 4565Oc.
Hay-Clover. SlGGl2; timothy, Sl3Gl5 TO
SIC; mixed, sl2Q14: millet sSG9
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The leading futures ranged as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
was steady Wheat-No. spring. 92d97c;
No. 3. S5qs6c; No. red S1o5d1.O6. Corn
2, 4211c; No. white, S9%d42lsc. Rye
No. 2 13c. Barley-Good feeding s6d4Oc;
fair to choice mailing, 45d56c. Flaxseed--
No. l, 81; No. l Northwestern, sl0615
Prime timothy seed. s3.05. Glover. contract
grade, 80 IS. Mess pork, per bril- S11 25G
1l:S0. Lard, per 100 lbs, S6.40q6.4212. Short
rib sides. loose. s637i196.50. Short clear
high wines. SIPS.
Receipts-Flour. IS. ZOO brls; wheat. 81
600 bu; corn. 299, 200 bu; oats, 210.30O bu; rye
5000 bu; barley, $500 bu. Shipments
Flour. $500 brls wheat. 6. 100 bu; corn.
102.7 200 bu; oats. PIP, 400 bu. rye, 1000 blu;
barley $500 bu
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higher. and the early trading in Copper
made quite a squirt Steel preferred kvas
also stronger on short covering The 1ac-
tons were fairly active also. and scorhd a
slight gain In the rails the most az i've
were Union Pacific, Atchison. St. Paul and
Pennsylvania. The fluctuations were gerry
narrow all around. In the afternoon III xas
even more lifeless, and quotations were1 fev
and far between. The holiday on SatuTiay
and Decoration day are evidently I'd Aims
a detrimental effect. and little can be lc3ked
for until next week. In the final dealings
a disposition TO even up caused a ICES
sion in prices. and the close was some hat
top-heavy aud near the low of the da
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NEW YORK, May 26.-Speyer 81 Co.
state that the amount of subscriptions re-
ceived by them for the new Cuban i per
cent. bonds is several times in excess IL the
SIS. 900 COO issue. No statement IA the
proportion of allotments to applicantk will
be made to-day, but small investorf will
be most generally favored.
LONDON, May 26-The small proptrtion
of the Cuban loan of S35. OO0. 900 availalxe for
British subscription was quickly ov4 sub
scribed The lists closed at midday A
premium of 1% was quoted. II wask esti-
mated that the British share was ovF SUBJ
scribed two or three times.
FRANKFORT-ON-TH Max Is
The 81 100000 per cent. gold loan q the
republic of Cuba was subscribed hers this
morning. The books were closed Il 10
o'clock because the loan was heavily Cover
subscribed. The subscription price WIS IS.
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Rates Abroad.

LONDON.-Money, lIkd2 per cent?: dis
counts. 2d21s per cent. Consols. Sos
PARIS.-Three per cent. rentes. 99f 97lzc
for the account. Exchange on Londsn, 25f
l21xc for checks.
BERLIN.-Exchange on Londonf pom
40pfgs for checks. Discount rates: sShort
bills pa per cent; three months Bills.
per cent.
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Oils.

OIL CITY. May 26-Credit balances, s.. 50.
Certificates, no bid. Shipments, 10l ,24l br,s,
average. 1903 brls; runs, 1O6,956 brls; aver
age, 10. $50. Shipments, Lima, 1903 brls; av-
erage, 6041 brls; runs, Lima, 1870 brls; av-
erage. 54.71S brls
NEW YORK. Nay 2t-TaIIow quiet
city go for PACKAGE, 4isc; country, pack
ages free. 4Aq419c. Rosir quiet Turpentine
dull. Cotton-seed oil s. "a dy; prime yellow,
CSC Petroleum easy
/ SAVANNAH. May 26.--Turpentine firm at
SIS; F. $40: G, sis; II. SIS: l. s.; K
$3.50; NJ, sS.25; windcvy glass. $3.50; water
white. 1890
CHARLESTON, May 26.-Turpenttne
firm. Rosin firm. A, r, G, d, $780, Z, s255;
F. SEQ; G.. s2.65: H $275; 1. $3.50; X, $40:
NJ, sS.15; n. SS.25; window glass, $780, WAGER
white, $3.50
WILMINGTON. May 26-Spirits of tur-
pentine steady at $3.50 Rosin. nothing do
ing. Tar firm at $3.50. Crude turpentine
firm at S2.25. 81 and A.25.
MONTPELIER. May 26.-Crude petro-
leum weak North Lima, s113; South Lime
and Indiana, S1.0S
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MONTGOMERY. Ala. May S.-JtE. Cali
lahan. OF Cincinnati. who. with1 Albert
Driscoll, was convicted OF safebloftng ar
Montgomery, and who is wanted IN other
parts of the country for the sames offense.
was to-day sentenced 10 twenty Tears N
the penitentiary, the extreme limit
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Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS. May 26-Cotton steady;
sales, 900 bales. Ordinary. 10 9-16c; good or
binary, 117sc; low middling, 1215c; good mid
ding IL 1-16c: middling fair, IL 9-16c. Re
ceipts 795 bales; stock, 1892 bales.
NEW YORK. May 26.-Cotton-Soot
closed quiet and 10 points lower; middling
uplands, 13.O5c; middling gulf, 1890. Sales,
$40 bales.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK. May 26.-The demand
throughout the entire dry goods market has
been of a moderate character and little Pas
been done in the way of future deliveries.
Spot goods have shown slight improve
ment owing TO the warm weather but olt-
side of the interest taken in certain auction
sales little has transpired in the way of new
DEVELOPMENTS.
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THE MONEY MARKET.
Rates on Loans and Exchange-Csear
ings and Discounts.
Indianapolis CIearings,

INDIANAPOLIS.-Com paper,
per cent; time loans. 51zd6 per cent.
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net loss of five to fifteen points. sales
were reported of Al. 500 bags. including May
at 5.45c; June, at 5.45c; July, at 5.92q2-90ei
August at soc: September. at 5.I5q2.S2c,
October. at 5.s5c; December, at 646.l2c'
February. at 6.20c. and March, al $40 4Oc
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Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON.-Thurs statement
of the treasury balances In the General
fund exclusive of the $500 900 gsld re-
serve in the division of redemption. shows:
Available cash balance. .Sl6f 80
C.olA
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Wool.

ST. LOUIS, May 2s.-wool steady; me
dunn grades, combing and clothing.
1sQ23l4c; light f,.e, l5Gl7c; heavy line, l2q
lac: tub washed 21@32c.
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NEW YoRK.-Bar silver. 557sc; Mexican
dollars. 44Ac.
LoNDoN.-Bar silver, 25s4d an ouIAce.
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Candies-Capital stick candy Cbrls). &C per 10:
twist stick 7izGSc. Banner cream mixed &c:
Derby mixed. 7iac-
NutS-SO ft-shelled almonds. I5c Brazil nuts
10c; nlberts. &c; peanuts, roasted, Ease; mixed
nuts 13c
Figs-Smyrna. 12c per 10.
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ST. LOUIS, May 26.-Lead dull at st.25
Spelter lower at $40.
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Coal and Coke.
Drugs.

| Bags. 25c per ton extra, ground floor or dumped
in cellar, SOC per ton extra. second floor or car
| ried in cellar. From wagon. &c per tor extra
| by wheebarrow. chute or basket.
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Alcohol 81. 55d2.7 20: asafoetida. 4Oc; alum, 21sa
&C. camphor. 72977c; cochineal, SOC; chloroform
5Sd65c; copperas. brl. SIC: cream tartar pure
32035c: indigo. 65GsOc: licorice. Calab.. genuine.
2Sd4oc; magnesia carb OF. 2oq22c; morphine.
bergamot, per ID. So; opium. So 5OG3 IS: balsam
copaiba. 55Q60c; soap. CASTLE. FIR. l36lsc. soda.
bicarb.. case; salts. EPSON. 1%G4c: sulphur
-four, 2%q5c. saltpeter, sql0c; turpentine 6l97Oc
glycerin. lsi1d2Oc; iodide potassium. So 70q2 50
bromide potassium. 45d5Oc; chlorate potash. l5G
20c; borax. 9d12c: cinchonida. 29d34c; carbolic
acid 26G29c: cocaine, muir, S4059425.
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THE JOBBING TRADE.
Candies, Nuts, Figs

Che quotations given below are the selling
prices OF the wholesale dealers)
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Seed clover prime. S. 75d7 English clover. 81 2
also. alske. S7dS Timothy. prime. 81. 75Q2. Fan
cy Kentucky bluegrass sl.504i Is. extra clean
6o170c. Orchard grass. 81 75q2. red top 90cgsi Is
English bluegrass. sl5oQ2.
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the turbulent passions stirring in MS
bosom. His sudden silence. his logged
footsteps. reawakened her misgivings.
Furtively she regarded him. but his
eyes were fixed straight before him on
the soft luster above the city, the re-
Election of the lights, and she knew
and mistrusted his thoughts. Although
she found his silence more menacing
than his words. she could think of
nothing to say to break the spell. and
so they continued to walk mutely side
by side. An observer seeing them be-
meath the cypress. lovers promenade,
with its soft, EMBEDDING shadows. would
have taken them for a well matched
couple who had no need for language
But when they had emerged from
that romantic lane and entered the
city the land baron breathed more free
ly. She was now surrounded by move
ment and din; the seclusion of the
country gave way to the stir of the
city; she was no longer dependent on
his good offices: his role of protector
had ended when they left the cypress
walk behind them.
His brow cleared; he glanced at her
with i'll concealed admiration; he no
ticed with secret pride the attention
she attracted from passersby. the side
long looks of approval that followed
her through the busy streets. The land
baron expanded into his old self; he
strobe at her side, gratided by the scru-
ffnu ghn inxrffn1. ro1infpn
from his eyes like some magnetic heat;
he played at possession willfully, per-
versely. "Why not?" whispered. Hope.
"a woman's mind is shifting ever. Her
fancy-a breath! The other is gone.
Why
at was not accident my being in the
cemetery, Miss Carew," said Mauville,
suddenly covering her with his glance.
Meeting her look of surprise unflinch-
ingly, he continued: 81 followed you
there through the streets, into the
country! My seeing you first was
chance, my presence in The burial
ground the result of that chance. The
inevitable resultw he repeated softly.
"As inevitable as life! Life; what is it?
lunutllCtS MulCn us
which bind us! 1t is you. or all; you or
notIEn6I-
She did not reply. His voice, vibrat-
ing with feeling, touched no answering
chord. Nevertheless, new, inexplica-
BILE wave of sorrow moved her 1t might
be he had cared for her as sincerely as
It was possible for his hayward heart
TO care for any one. Perhaps time
would yet soften his faults and temper
his rashness. With that shade of sor-
row for him there came compassion as
well; compassion that overlooked the
past and dwelt on the future.
She raised her steady eyes "Why
should it be Il or nothing, as you put
it? she finally answered slowly. "ln-
huences may control us in a measure.
but we may also strive for something.
We can always strive"
"For what? For what we don't
wanty That's the philosophy Of your
moralists. Miss Carew." he exclaimed
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copyrisht 1902 by THE BowEN.MERRILL COMPANY

By FREDERIC S. ISHAM,
Author of "Under the Rose"


gazing incredulously after the form
that had attracted his attention.
Hello" he said. "Avast, my DEAR
he called out.
Ech0ing i'm that still place, his harsh
tones produced a startling effect, and
the figure before him moved faster
and faster, casting a glance behind her
at the man from the river, who, with
sultchos Of song. started In uncertain
but determined pursuit. As the heavy
footsteps sounded nearer she increased
her pace, with eyes bent upon the dis
tant gate. Darker seemed to grow the
way. More menacing the shadows out
stretched across the path. Louder
Crunched the boots on the shell walk.
More audible became the words of the
song that flowed from his lips, when
the sound of a sudden and violent al
tercation replaced the hoarse toned
cadence, an alteration that was Of
brief duration, characterized by long
shorcman oaths and followed by 81
lence. And then figure, not that of
the tuneful waterman, sprang to the
side of the startled girl.
"MisS CarewW exclaimed a well re-
membered voice.
Bewildered, breathing quickly, she
gazed from Edward Mauville, who
thus unexpectedly accosted her, to the
PROSTATE form lying motionless on the
road The rude awakening from her
day dream i'm the hush Of that peaceful
place and the surprising sequence had
daZed her senses, and for the moment
it seemed something tragic must have
happened
"is he dead?' she asked quickly, I'M
able to withdraw her glance from the
immovable figure stretched out in the
dim light on the path.
"No fear" said Mauyille quietly. al
most thoughtfully, although his eyes
were yet bright from the encounter.
You can't kill his kind" he added
contemptuously. "Brutes from coal
| barges or raftsmen from the head wa
tiers! He struck against a stone when
he fell, and what with that and the
liquor in him will rest there awhile.
Hell come to without remembering
what has happened"
Turning modify, the land baron
walked slowly down the road away
from the gate. She thought he was
about to leave her, when he paused as
though looking for something. stopped