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sRUSSlA'S DENIAL.
Says That Country Has No Intention
to Sell Manchurian Road.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 23.--The AS
sociated Press is able to deny the
statement from Pekin that M. Lessart
the Russian minister Is trying to ar
range the sale of the Manchurian
railroad to China.
The reports in the foreign press,
that Lieut.. Gen. Stoesse, the COM
mander of the Russian military force
at Port Arthur Is of Jewish descent
are denied by his niece, residing In
st. Petersburg. Gen. Stoessel's grand
father was Lutheran, general in
the Russian army, and played a con-
spicuous part in repelling the Ma
poleonic invasion. His father was
converted to Orthodoxy and also serv-
ed In the army.
The great patriotic festival day at
Wilma, on the occasion of the unveiling
OF monument to Catherine the Great
Is the subject of editorials in the
newspapers. of the empress for
the restoration of Lithuania to Rus
sia and the liberation OF the Lithuni-
and from the Orthodox church from
the oppression OF the Polish Catholics.
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JAPANESE NOW MAKING A GENERAL ATTACK
DETERMINED TO FINISH THE BUSINESS
Tosos Fleet In the Thckest Of the Fight and Perfect
Rain of Shell is Falling Into the Town. Rus
sian Mines Blew Up Whole Battalons
of Assailants Other War News

Paris, Sept. 2A.-The Mathis st. Pc
tcrsburg correspondent tclesraphs rs
fellows: Telegrams OF which the gen
eral staff have as yet not knowledge
reached the emperor at fou' O'Clock
this morning. | can affirm that they
concern Port Arthur, regarding which
place the g.eatcst anxiety prevails al
court The Japanese are now en-
gagged in n general assault which is
more furious than its predecessors, at
tacking the town on three sides 81
simultaneously and employing their
whole forces, being determined to fin
ish the business. Russian mines blow
up whole battaliOns of Japanese.
Gen. f'ock especially distinguished
himself, di.ect 'ng the firing wall which
the Japanese reached after indcscrib'
able massacre.
Japanese Fleet in the Fight.
The whole of Admiral TogOs and
are aiding in the struggle which 1t Is
feared here will he final.
The besiegcd forces are fighting as
il in furnace. A perfect stream of
shell is falling on the town, port and
lfortresses from the whole hill and
roadstead. Gen. Stoessel is going
f ON fort to fort encouraging the de-
lenders in their desperate efforts.
News SuIjdued in Russia.
In St. Petersburg, the f.cts con
corning the tragic event which per
haps will terminate by a glorious fall
o. Po Arthur are wholly unknown.
AT court hope has not yet been en-
ilrely abandoned.
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that the Russians do not intend fur.
ther to oppose the march OF the ia.
panese on Mukden.
II probably signifies that the Japan.
ese force is using the road to Flu
Pass more than the high road leading
to Mukden and Fushan with the In
tention of isolating the Russian col
umns guarding Fushan.
The Japanese are still trying to
turn Gen. Kuropatkin's left flank, but
there Is no indication of their moving
west OF the Hun river. Sinmintin Is
still held by the Cossacks.
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Russian Disturb anccs.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 23-The dis
turbances which occurred at Odessa
last week are now said not to have
been anti-Jewish, but anti-m:litary,
and to have been caused by rcse.ve
men who, it is alleged, refused to go
to the far east. A detachment of
regular troops sent to suppress the
disturbances is scid to have refused
to obey orders.
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Endorse Fan River STRIFE

Washington. n G. Scrf The pxccr-
tive council n the American Fedcra-
iion - labor has 0flcial'- endorse g
the strike ~ the q 600 textile opera
tives 81 Fall River Mass This ao-
ti0n g. contained in circular i-sued
TODAY m al labor organizations uu-
der the jurisdiction - fhr federation
D. De- =fgunf hv President Gump1rE
end maEns an auuasl or rUnfriliu-
tinn tn aid the zfrfErrz
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FOUR KILLED BY TRAIN.
Pennsylvania Express Runs Down a
Christening Party With Fatal Re.
suit .I.

Plttsburg, Sept. 23.-Two men .ons
woman and bah" were killed at
Braddock tonight by the Pennsylya.
mia fast express. which left here at
. O'Clock The victims:
JOHN ROMANOSKI.
JOSEPH PASLAZSKI.
NpS. ANTHONY AUGUSTINE
WICZ.
INFANT SON or JOHN ROMAN
OSI.
The party were returning from
church where they had gone to have
he baby christcned.
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charoed With Killing Sheriff.

Tallahassee, Fla, Sept. 2S.-Adjutant
Gen. Foster today issued orders to the
Jacksonville light infantry to act Al
gua'd to the prisoners recently ar
rested at Baxter charged with benz
implicated in the murder OF Dcput!
Sheriff Thrift There are q prison
ers who will be taken 70: preliminary
trial from Jacksonville to McC!enny
Ii is said that the state will ask q
pos:ponement and that this VIII DC
oDpOspd by the defendants.
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FREIGHT TRAIN
HIT DYNAMITE
TWO WE'RE KILLED AND NINE IN
JUREo BY EXPLOSION ON
q. & o. LINE.
tNGI NE RAN INTO Loaded WAGON
Vchice Contained $50 Pounds Of Ex
posive-Engine Was Overturned
and Stripped and Rails Were
Snapped Like Pipe Stems.

Cumberland, Nd, Sent. 2.-Fas
freight No. 94 on the Baltimore "
Ohio railroad struck wagon loade'
with $50 pounds of dynamite at thu
crossing at North Branch. w. Va.
four miles east of mere this afternoon
Two persons were killed and nine ir
jured, three of them seriously.
The dead:
G. WALTER WHITEHAIR, from
brakeman, Brunswick, Ga.
NELSON PIKE, Martinsburg, vet
eran engineer, scalded all over an
internally injured, lived two hours.
The injured: A. b. Sanders. fir,
man. North Mountain. w. Va. arm
broken and scalied on face, body ar'
hands.
Charles Hamilton, B. and o. opera
or and postmaster at North Branch
outs on face and body. Scott HAM
ton, OF Little Orleans Nd, cuts oI
face and body at least fifty in nun
ber. James Ashkettle, Little O'
leans cut in face. Mary Twigg. Oh
Town, cut on face. Raymond Haml'
ton. cut on face. Maud Sibert, CT
IN face. James Laing, aged 21, VIII
was driving the dynamite wagon, CT
On LEG and ear drum Fractured.
The Baltimore & Ohio tower wa
wrecked as were several residcnc
near by.
James Laing, who drove the wagon
sustained injuries, as did the tw'
lurses.
Scene of Wreckage.
According to eve witnesses Lain
hearing tf} train became terrified
and stonped on the track. The er
zine was overturned and stripped an
seven cars following. loaded vii
high grade merchandise, were brof
On, several being demolished. Tn
tracks were thrown ont Of their beF
while rails were SNAPPED like pip
stems.
The wires were torn down and r
lief was telcgraDhed for after goin'
20 PattersOn's Creek on hand ca
Engineer pike was held undo
'craps on ton of the boiler. wh!io b'
'ng SLOWLY cooked TO death. II re
1uired four men 10 eXtricate hin
The explosion knocked every pers'
N the neighborhood down. hnrIe
Hunter Bowen through roof but d'
not hurt him. and threw Darts OF tn
.ngine two hundred Yards.
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Racer Made Record.

Antown, Pa, Sept 23.-Before a
crowd of 10000 persons Prince Alert
today established a new half mile
track record by pacing a mile in
2:02 IL without a wind shield at the
Allentown fair races. He made tho
same time at Bethlehem. Pa. 90
Sept ~ last year but shield wa
then used 10 achieve IT, His time hy
quarters today was 29 II: 100.
1:3l: 1902 1-2.
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COAL MINERS TO STRIKE.
About 5000 Men in Tennessee Will B.
Affected by Tie UP.

Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. 23.-Th'
miners of district 20 United Mine
Workers have voted by an oyerwhel
ming majority against the acceptance
of the operators proposal to .educ'
the wage scale abou, seven per cent
.. is believed that every union work
man in the district will lay down his
tools today in response to the notice
sent.
Secretary McCrackcn estimates tha
between 1000 and 4jO0 union men vii
20 out and between 1000 and 1900 non
union wO'kmen. the latter on sym
pathetic strike. because they viii no
work AT reduced wages.
Altogether there are nearly lnD"'
miners fn the district. but many o
them are nOn-uniOn men.
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Died from Eating earned Goods.

Augusta. Sept. 23.-Rcv. Byro'
Woodward, pastor o. North Angus.
Baptist church. is in 4 critical con
dition and his wife died today rs {
result OF ptomainc poisoning. Th7e'
lays ago they were taken vioientl'
q after eating canned goods whcl
rad been opened and left st7ndin'
Ivcr night
Their two children were not affcci
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KURoKPS TACTICS.
DepIoyment Of Japanese Army in vi.
cinity of Mukden.

St Petersburg, Sept 23.-A dis
patch received from Mukden today
gives details of the Japanese positions
as follows: Gen. Kuroh has concen.
trated one army with Bentsiaputze
and Bcnschu as its radius and his
advance is pushing forward along
the road leading 10 Fushun and Fu
Pass. The advance forces of two
other armies occupy the Yentai
mines. the village Of Yentai and San
den.
The front Of these three armies Is
protected by an outpost screen which
Chinese are not allowed 10 pass. a
small japanese detachment r. NOV
ing along the left bank of the Lao
river In order 10 DrOtect iunks. The
same dispatch reports that Chinese
bandits are openly siding with the
japanese The weather a. Mukden
Is rainy and windy and cold has per
manently set in.
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WAR BULLETIN.

Secrecy wells the movements
OF the Japanese armies in Man I
. ehuria. and little more is indiea- Z
tive Of developments in the siln'
. alton permitted To reach the
. correspondents, Apparently four
. japanese armies are conyerging Z
upon Mukden bur although the Z
. distance 10 be covered is not very Z
. great. several days are expected Z
. To elapse before there ensues a &
. battle with the forces under Gen, Z
. Kuropatkin. Improvement In the Z
. weather conditions is regarded .
. as advantageous to the japanese .
. There is no news from the direc, .
. tion OF Port Arthur though IL .
. seems probable fighting Is in .
o progress there, There Is no con .
. firmation OF the report that the .
. Russian cruiser Gromoboi has .
. left Vladiyostok in pursuit OF a .
. japanese transport. .
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Refugees Story.

Che Foo, Sept. "a. Noon-A Japan.
ese, who arrived here from Dalny.
says that the battle which began at
Port Arthur Sept. 10. continued dur.
ing Sept 20. but he is unable to give
any details of the fighting.
On September 81 and 22 the ia
panese bombardment was slight. The
japanese further says that there were
few unvcrified rumors at Dalny to
the effect that the japanese had made
some gains.
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MADE HAUL OF $4,000.
San Francisco Footpsds comoellcd
Two Clerks g. Deliver Goods.

San Francisco Footpsds comoellcd
Two Clerks &, Deliver Goods.
San Francisco. Sept 23.-Compei-
ling Two clerks a. ~ into room. n
ihe point 0f rpvOlver. to be ma1s
prisoner. . masked man fOda- took
-utf eaue crufaininc 500 and rec
Ords and papers belonging 20 fhe
cent al grain and STOCK exchange
and fhr-, made hir nscane.
y FIrnn and ~ 7 pearnev are
f.iari-s employed ~ the exchange ana
fhnv were carrvins fhn suif ra-e rDn-
faining thr gold. rilror and uapeT
into fhe r-Hrp ffT-Durh uauunsn va
$50 rear - fhn of1re v'hpn the
were confronted ~ fhr rolliHr The
fhirf vne hfddpn tehind n uarfififu
s0 ftiaf 80 ro'ilH nr b. uapn nnfil =
-a--un wns N1hfln q fev feet =
him
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NATTER OF coNTRABANp.
On Foodstuffs Is Conditional; Coal 10
Absolute.


Absolute.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 23.-According
to the present status of negotiations
between the United States and Great
Britain with Russia on the matter OF
contraband. Russia has notified
Great Britain that she has no inten-
tion to depart from her original view
that coal Is absolute contraband. At
the same time 1t Is understood that
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff has given
Sir Charles Hardinge, the British
ambassador a verbal assurance OF
Russia's desire to apply the rule with
the greatest leniency. The same as.
surance applies to all articles Of dual
use numerated In article six. of Rus
sias declaration on contraband.
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Alleged Lyneher Arrested.

Huntsville. Ala. Sept. Z2.-Jamc.
Arms -oHE. farmer. Wa arrested to
dsy Un a warrant charging him viii
murder He o. the eighth alr2e
f.urhrr arrested 90 The - yerHDns .
dIcfed by the special grand iuF-
silas H-Orlry. charged ufl arson
fs nn Trial fn the ri-ruif cJrrL
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MAY DISTURB CHINESE DEAD
Possibility Of > Battle a. the Tonnbs
Of the NsnchU Dynasty.

81 Petersburr. sept -. s.2s .. m.
a brief telegram was received to
day from Lieut. Gen. sakhsroh. an
nOunring the advance of the japanese
from Benfsiapufsr On the village near
Fu Pass. easf ~ MuEden. and the site
10 fhe imperial fDfniE. uhirh De- Ike
.ly 90 revive fhe fears expressed 81
Pelin that 90 angaEf.fnnnf may Do
fought al the burial ulnrr - the
Naurhurian dynasty NJ rnanfiun o.
made - rrai9'aurr fD she advance.
but D. o. nV believed fhiE indirnfes
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Fire in Peroer Tobacco Works.

81. Louis. Sent. '3-Fire which
started ON the SIKH floor % the
Pepper Tobacco company factory
'odav resulted m the destruction of
practically all the stock .camaced the
building and ENDANGERED the lives ~
the employees. Tho loss T. cstimatei
al $4,000 chiefly by water.
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Japs Become Active.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 23.-Gen Ku-
rOpatkin tclegraphs the Japanese have
assumed the offensive from Bentsai-
put2e on Flu Pass, which is on the
railroad between Mukden and Fushan
about ~ miles from Mukden.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

> Washington. ID. G.. sept. "a
. West Texas. Part cloudy Satur-
. day: Sunday will be fair.
. East Texas. Part cloudy Satur-
. day. sh0wers and cooler In the
. northwest UDrtiOn: Sunday gen
> orally fair. fresh south winds.
. Louisiana. Part cloudy Saturday
. SbUwars in southeast portion.
. WARMER in northern purtiOn.
. sunday fair. light 10 fresh sDuth
. raef fD rYuh winds.
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Stevens Gets SOU. Lake Office.

Washington. ID. c.. Sept. 23.-A th
conclusion of the cabinet meeting tt
lay. Postmaster General Payne al
iounccd thGt T. J. Stevens had bee.
lccidcd on for postmaster at SOr
axe, Texas.
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cpprnsr-sl ps,.psnss.

Atlanta. sgt Z3.-Thl c1rrf mar
far r dHrfd ir G0r. Terrell fJ fri
rsrrafr H w Hitch and fhr nrh0r ~
ffH4ra rfr rarr ST. Sfafr-if1r1 BE-.
Been rs- raurd from sgt - f0 Du
1H
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vladiVostok Squadron.

st. Petersburg, Sept 23. 6:25 p. m.
The admiralty here does not con-
firm the report of the departure of
the VladivostOk squadron.
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81 Tnuf-. Earr "a zrtafia1 rr
ffl Raruhir from S-aniia--r
fav that znDU fell there fJr an hour
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List d Dead


TIT NTa" aTH-
LORETTA FTNKE. arpd y. dangh-
s.- - Henry FiHlr - the Srh-Df %
nacFfr., rrrnuanv Cinriumafi
EMMA STEINK o.. daughter r.
Tuhu Sfrinl-aD.
AMELIA HEegE = daughfar -
herman fIr-r dairrrnan.
fC0nfinued % pare Three
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darkened more and more the tempes-
tuous countenance of Tamasa. until at
last, just after they had passed the sui
len Miguel. her resentment got the
better of her tenderness and she
turned with a sharp reprimand.
But Fana had not yet raised her
eyes from her feet and the conse-
ular motion of the chain brought them
together and swayed the bunch of
bananas from it's delicate balance.
Fana tried to right herself. but in
vain. A moment later there was
loud splash in the water twenty feet
below, accompanied by scream from
Tamasa, who was peering down with
wild. frightened eyes.
Miguel was not ten feet away. but
his face was sullen with resentment
and anger and he made no move.
Then there was a swift rush from the
hold and a second splash and Rafo's
head rose to the surface with a merry
shout of encouragement.
"A rope was uIOppcu 1AO1ll the NCSSGA,
and even as Rafo's left arm encircled
the girl, his right hand shot up and
caught it, Then he whispered some
thing to her and with quick intuition.
and courage equal to his own, she
placed her arms over his shoulders so
as not to impede his movements and
then, hand over hand, he went up the
rope until he could swing himself
across the gangplank. 1t was rare
exhibition of nerve and muscle and the
spectators sent up an involuntary
shout of appreciation-an except Mi
guef and Tamasa.
The old woman's face was drawn and
tremulous, but the look she cast upon
Rafo was as black as ever.
Come, Fana," she whispered hoarse-
ly. Eve will not work any more to-
day. We will go home and rest"
But Fana was leaning against Rafo,
smiling happily. Instead Of recovering
from fright, she was perfectly calm.
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By Keith Gordon.

one of the solid joys of fieeting ex-
istence and answered her with cheer
ful readiness:
You are the fourth" he announced
shamelessly, and at the words her
eyes blazed into his again involun-
tarily and he became lost I'M a great
contentment. Usually she refused him
so differently 1t was: You see,
don't love you in that way though
want you for a friend. Somewhere
there is a nice girl waiting for you
and Wen find her together" Jerrold
gloated inwardly at the way in which
the tables had turned and marveled
at his own stupidity.
He left a lively interest of fellow
ship with the worm that turned glow
ing in his veins. After months of alb
Jectness he tingled with the conscious
ness that Richard was himself again
and no longer a man made weakly
lndulgent by his love. In the fiutter-
Ing Of her nostrils he could read the
anger and resentment that was surg
ing through her and he found the
sight exhilar9ting. She was in sad
need OF subjugating this Katherine of
his, and he applied himself to the
task with a keener zest than he had
ever before experienced. There was
just a hint of mockery in his tone
when next he addressed her.
"Of course" he continued, as if the
ten minutes of tense silence that had
elapsed since his last remark was the
most natural thing in the world. 1T
rests entirely with you whether to
written after this. the fourth chap
ter"
The deliberation of his speech las
marked, and the darkening landscape
suddenly ceased TO absorb all of Miss
Pixleys attention. She turned toward
him like a cornered creature prepared
to conceal her chagrin to the ut
most But at the expression of his
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face a cold fear touched her heart
Beneath his nonchalance she had ex-
pected to discover some sign of feel
ing-some indication of the eagerness
and pleading that had looked so
plainly from his eyes on other occa-
sions when he had spoken of his love.
What she saw was the face of a
superior, who looks with a certain
amount of interest and indulgence
upon the pranks of a willful child.
She instantly felt as If she were a
small, shivering thing in the midst Of
a big, cold world, though she clutch
ed frantically at her oozing dignity.
Il don't see how you dare talk to
me in such a manner" she began,
with look that was meant to crush
him. But the rest of the sentence
was lost, for. instead of returning to
the worm state again-as by every
token he should have done-he sim
ply burst into an amused laugh.
The rhythmic rumbling Of the wheels.
the whirling lights outside where the
dusk had deepened into velvety black
ness, the cheerful brightness of the car,
all seemed unreal.
She had boarded a train at Jersey
City like a queen with a faithful, hum
bic servant in tow, a servant whom,
in her heart of hearts, she valued, but
of whose devotion she was so sure that
her estimate of him was disparaging
for that very reaSon: And now-two
hours later-everything had changed!
Even now, out of the tail of his eye,
she could see that he was regarding
who occupied chair a few rows ahead
of them with the interest of man
who realizes that you never know when
or how you may meet-Her!
For the time being he actually seemed
to have forgotten her royal self COM
pletely. 1t was all very well to pretend
to give her the choice-allowing her to
abdicate, as it were. In reality, she
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was convinced that she was dethroned.
Handsome girl up there, isn't it?"
he observed with enthusiasm, turning
toward her at last with the furtively
apologetic air of a man who has mo-
mentarily forgotten himself. so we'll
set up. Look at those shoulders and
the poise of that head! Regular Juno!
Ethel Pixley assented stiffiy. You
have not always admired that type,
though" she added defiantly. You
used to say you thought girls like that
masculine!"
What a blind idiot I must have
been,' was the placid rejoinder, and
how ones standard of feminine beauty
changes"
From chapter to chapter!" she fin
ished sarcastically, and at the look Of
hot scorn that accompanied the words
he had q gloating idea that the day
was won.
At this juncture a picturesque figure
appeared at the end of the car, above
whose snowy garments head that
looked as if it were finely turned
bronze, rose superbly.
Last call for dinner in the dining
carl" called a musical voice, as he
lounged down the aisle with the gait
of a man who has his sea legs on.
Dinner now ready in the dining car" :"
There was a brief pause when he
passed them and disappeared at the
other end of the car, but his voice
floated back to them, barely audible
above the rumble of the wheels, and
freighted with a lingering ominous
warning.
Last CALI"
A strange thrill ran through Ethel
Pixley, and she turned toward the
man beside her. 1t was only by an
effort that she kept from holding out
her hands to him. His face was grave
almost to sternness. and under his
masterful glance, her own eyes fell.
and she wondered in a sort of desper-
alton whether her lips were quivering.
"As he says, Ethel, it's the last call,
and I'm waiting for your answer"
Her only reply was swift uplift-
ing of the eyes that he remembered
for years afterward as the sweetest
thing he had ever witnessed in the
way of April showers, and, later on.
when they had responded to the last
call for dinner. the walter wondered
and chuclxled, too. as he tucked into
his pocket the crisp two-dollar bill
that he received as his share of the
spoils.
Copyright. 1904. by Mary McKeon.) }