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A SOLDIER OF
COMMERCE
Blu JOHN ROE GORDON
Copyright. by r. r. Toonb
Blu JOHN ROE GORDON
Copyright. 1sn. Ivy r. r. Toombs

unbearabic." growied llanz.
He left the busy portion of the fair
went to the baths, returned to the ba-
zaar kept by his friend Mulcy and re.
sumed his pipe. The passing show
seemed endless. Officers in brilliant
uniforms. merchants, women OF every
degree, crowded the thoroughfares
The reverie Of Ha6z was interrupted.
How is the day? Does the sun shine
full upon thee. . Hafiz Effendi?" ask.
ed q soft voice at his side. He beheld
n warrior Of some peculiar race, darl,
skinned and gayly uniformed.
"Ah, hast thou come. o Milk? The
day is well. The sun never fails n
shine upon the faithful" replied Hafiz
ut Is so. o wise ana mighty Hoflz"
"And how ia my friend. the great and
heaven born amecr Of Bokhara?" asked
Hafz.
"Our lord is well. but he is growing
impatient that thy mission has NO,
vet been fulfilled. 1t was told to me
in the sacred precincts Of the palace
to come to Tinis, seek out Hafiz Eff
fendi and ascertain IL he has found
what the ameer wishes"
1.-The prettcx woman in all Geor.
Gla." said Hanz, with n smile.
"For the bride Of our young Prince
Davonca. And thou hast been prom
Used much wealth. Hafiz Effend."
1T is true, and have found the
young woman. Put the accursed Mus
covite ruler has made new law which
prohibits the sale Of the women. We
must work slowly and with caution"
"Then is the thing that is so near
the heart Of my lord. that his son shall
have the most beautiful bride in the
world. an impossiblity
II did not say 1t was IN impossible
ty," said Haflz testify. at is danger.
Gus. Speal; in a low tone Better,
come to the kahve kept by my brother
There we can talk"
IIa1z led the way to coffee house
where they resumed their chat.
"While you are in Tihis look not up.
ON the women" snid Hafz. THE Mus.
covite emperor has made this new law
and there are soldiers to spy upon us
and compel Us to obey. 1t Is absurd.
for these women are happier when In
the luxury their Osmanli husbands
give them than with these pigs and
dogs. who are rude and have no
wealth"
But why has the czar made this
law"
Because he likes not the fact that
our princes bave more than one wife"
And has he, the ruler of the great.
est country on earth, not more than
oneT
ut has been said"
by the horn Of the sacred bull"
"But come, il thou art refreshed with
my brothers coffee. let us depart. /
would show you something"
"Ah. then you are choosing that beau
tiful onew
"She is chosen. Hold thy tongue and
accompany me-"
And Milk. thinking hard upon this
new law, followed his guide from the
kahye.
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TIC i.OsX CrnsA In Tibet

Any Of tie British officers now ON
he road TO 1.a5sn who may happen to
ho PRECURSORS have. perhaps. just an
outside chance Of solving m interest
ng question, for there are those who
believe that tho high Uosicrucian
adcpts. having emigrated to the ca st
about the beginning Of the scventcenth
century. still inhab!t the Tibetan pla-
tcaus today, and some Of tie mysteries
of Freemnsonry have been supposed to
have been acquired from the Rosicru-
clans. II they ever existed, the Rosi-
crucans were a secret society possess
ing the art of turning baser metals
INTO gold. ana vowed themselves to
-;ratuitous healing OF the sick. Scep-
Tics, however, maintain that there
never was such society, but that II
was invented as ponderous joke by n
learned seventeenth century treatise
writer i London Chronicle.
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CHAPTER "

MT. HARVEY IRONS HAS Az EXPERIENCE.
CNlN the wharf facing the Xvi
mi at the town of Salain, at thu
nmNrs rivers mouth, tall. good
G8i3 looking young man paced
rapidly TO and fro.
"Confounded liars" he growied
shaking his hand at a disappearing
steamboat. They told me l would
have four hours here. and I haven't
been away three. Now. I'd like II
know how am going to get to Astra.
khan. don't want to stay in this
beastly place a week"
"Excellency, has something vexed
your" asked man in the dress OF q
peasant
YES" replied the young man In the
language used by the other. II am an
American and took passage on that
German boat for Astrakhan; left As.
trabad on that boat thinking 1t would
be the quickest to reach the VolGa.
When she touched here, the captain
told me l could take four hours TO see
the town. I've been only three, and
they have gone. III be stuck here
week"
The peasant shrugged his shoulders
1t amused him TO see this intense emo
ton Oyor Il delay of a mere week.
But there Will be other boats. ard
the Inn Of Borbous is a good one"
Hang the Inn of Borbousl l don't
want to stay here III punch that
fellows head If l get to Astrakhan in
time. When does the next boat stop
herel'
ut 10 difficult to tell. One may come
in week, or II may be two weeks"
pheasant, that" muttered the Amer
lean. Fancy putting in two weeks
amid this squalor"
"Excellency. you would have time to
go to Teis to the fair. although there
are but a few days more OF It."
Hang Tihis. 1t is the fair at MINI
NovgOrod l want to get at. I've got
some important business there
Then you are not a rich gentlemsn
travelling for pleasure"
What the devil Is that to your But
there's no use in my being savage
and I'll tell you. Ny business is sell.
ing American pumps, windmills. chain
pumps-al kinds. I've put lot in
some OF the Persian towns. Now ]
want 70 go to Mini Novgorod and eX'
hibit there. The stuff is all on that
boat. Oh, why did leave It? And
not n chance to make eale In this
blamed town eithcr!'
1.-THE boats are beginning to como
down the Kur from Tifis. and one
may be going to Mini NovRorod,"
III there Is one, 1t will take ME II I
have TO shoot my way on board. My
name isn't Harvey Irons for nothing.
III show them I've got an iron cheek,
Hgrveyized at that"
Il will watch for the boats while
you wait" said the peasant. IL am
waiting for my sons, who went to the
fair with 9ends to seu"
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BEAU TIFUL GIRL AND MYSTERIOUS
CONTRACT.
~ 1LACID in his bazaar a Persian
merchant sat studying the
&sk3EN crowds that stopped and eX-
GStN$D amined his goods when Hafz
Eirendi led Milk, the agent OF the
ameer. to scat at the farther end OF
the Persian divan and purchased to-
bacco and pipes. taking one himself
land filling the other for Milk.
"Sit where you are. watching at oil
times the door Of the large linen bazaar
opposite" said Hafz when the pipes
were smoking satisfactorily. "There
you will see-what you will see"
Milk kept his eyes OIL the object
spoken OF by the Turk. The linen ba-
zaar was larger. cleaner. better equip.
ped and gave more evidence Of pros.
perity than any other portion Of the
fair within sight. Bales or finest linen
were displayed. Near the end Of long
table could be seen an elderly merchant
IN Georgian costume watching his sew
eral employees handle and sell his
goods.
That. my friend from Bokhnra."
said Hafz, SIS Ignata Blartclkis, the
richest merchant in Tiflis."
And will he supply that for which
I came?"
"He will"
Good. Why do we not 20 to him In
stead of sitting idly here!'
For the excellent reason. my friend,
that he does not know he 10 going to
perform this generous act.
Milk shook his bend again. He did
not understand this slow ana laborious
method. His way, the way Of his peo-
pie, would have been to attack Tifiis
and take what was wanted. Milk had
not vet learned the power Of the arm
that reaches from st. Petersburg to
the Caspian. Suddenly he started from
his seat.
Courses" said Hafz. "You will DO
shot. and you will have me rhot by
the Muscovite. There he Is"
There sho isv' said Milk breath.
lessly.
There 10 Ia, as have spoken. His
VyNo arc hOt hoW tuih0u NhiS Wuys WV
hold yourself with calmness. OrskoiY
knows things when he sees them"
At TINT moment the officer mention
ed, who had been sauntering along the
crowded street, stopped to speak to .
girl who had come TO the door of tho
bazaar of Ignatz Blartelkis. She was
q girl who would cause others tina
Mizik to stare. Her complexion was
like the blush Of peach. Her eyes
were black and shaded with long, silky
lashes. Her hair was long and fell In
q raven food below her waist. She
wore a tall. bejewsled headdress that
made her seem almost statuesque.
From her shoulders a long, elegant
covering Of lace barely hid a gown
that might have come from Paris. On
her feet were tiny patent leather shoes
from the bazaar OF the Jewish trader
two doors away. Upon her fingers We're
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IT one OF the wharfs on the
IA Kur river. near Titlis. Il pc
E%3r[1 culiarly shaped vessel lay
y&&$0J moorcd. 1t was substantial
enough vessel for the purposes for
which 1t was uscd-to convey mer-
chandlse from one port on the Caspian
or it's rivers to another. 1t had Just
brought cargo Of goods to the bazaars
at the fair. II had a high curved
PROV, with n strange looking carving
as Il fgurehcad. IL was broad amid
ships. and at the stern a high deck Gov
cred the cabin accommoda lions. 1t
was manned by dusky sailors, and the
cnptain was Hassan. Turk from Con.
stantinople.
Hassan was a man well along In
years and had taken to the Caspian Wa,
ter trade as the best means Of making
sufficient wealth with which to settle
down In his home at Stamboul and en-
10y himself Unfortunately for Hassan
the trade had not proved as profitable
as he expected, because the Russian
government had given rights and priv.
ileges- concessions they called them
to n German company to run line OF
steamboats, from port to port, Hassan's
teld-or sea-of activity was therefore
limited to those occas ions when the fair
at Tihs or a sudden rush Of goods to
Astrakhan made the usual boats unable
to accommodate the increase Of trade.
A caravan from Trebizond had
brought to one Of the Caspian ports a
vast amount of goods for the fair, and
Hassan had succeeded in getting some
Of the overflow for his vessel Having
delivered these goods to the Persian,
Russian, Jewish and Turkish mer'
chants to whom they were assigned,
no lay at the wharf trying to pick up a
return cargo.
The night of the day on which HATS
Effcndi and Milk. from BOkhara. had
met. Hassan strolled on the upper deck
Mt the stern OF bis vessel smoking a
cigarette. He was disconsolate and
was seriously contemplating leaving
the river and getting back to the Cas-
plan, for his chances Of obtaining a
cargo for any Caspian port seemed
slight.
Suddenly a figure clad in long
black coat. bent and bearded like the
usual trading Jew Mt the tair, stole
from behind the shadow OF wslre-
house on the wharf and came cautious
~ toward the vessel. Hassan. bracing
himself and pulling from the folds Of
bis garments a dagger. advanced to
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The BigEer the UetteP,

A Scottish parish minister was one
day talking to one of his parlshioners
who vcnturcd the opinion that minis
tiers ought 90 be better paid.
Il am glad to hear you say that
said the minister. II am pleased that
you think 80 much OF the clergy. Ano
SO you think we should have bigger
stipendsT
aye said the old man. "Ye see,
we'd get better class o. men"
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yes" she said with sarcastic bit
torness, Il believe it is true that a man
is known before marriage by the com.
pany he keeps"
mo Doubt" he smilingly replied. 81
remember that kept company with
you for fully four rs."-Minneapolis
Times.
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The Criminal EscaDed.

Jack You've heard about the escap-
ing criminal who stepped ON slot ma
chine and got n weigh? Mack Yes:
that's old. Jack-Wcll. even the blood
hounds couldn't get his cent.-Yale Rec
ord.
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COCO Ic,i.

Poeticus- lie told mo q very touching
story. l[ardhcad~And how much did
YOU let him have?-Cincinuat Times.
star.
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Keep on trimming your lamps, till
ing your soil. Juggling and pegging
away. You can never tell when tie
messenger OF success will come,
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cITApTER TIT

THE boat on THE kUR
T one OF the wharfs on the
Kur river. near TitliS. Il pc
culiarly shaped vessel lay
moorcd. 1t was a substantial
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CHAPTER II.

A BEAUTIFUL GIRL AND 4 MYSTERIOUS
CONTRACT.
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down through the boiling, seething
waters; leapng perhaps over sheer
falls Of two or three feet, lodging
rocks. tossed upon white-crcsted surges,
spun around in eddies. wet with spray,
breathless with excitement, until the
mad race is run. and you float calmly
ut last in the foam-covered pool be-
low.
When one stream can no longer be
followed, long carry must be made
often of many miles through tangled
bWamps where no path ever exists ex-
cept tracks in the mud left by others
Or q blazed trail over q ridge that only
an experienced woodnan can follow
When night comes, an opening in the
underground along the streams bank
must be cut to pitch the tent. or If
fortunate, an old tote-rOad may be used
For days and weeks one may journey
along these waterways, meeting all
manner Of wild animals native TO them,
bit no sign of aught human, except
perhaps, some vacant lumber camp
lone and ghostly and half hid behind
fresh growth. And so peculiar an in
terest attaches to these rude structures,
deserted for years and left to rot, that
one is almost forced to halt and ex-
amino them. They are all alike-a
square log cabin matched with sap
Ings and now rottng boughs. with the
door and window staring wide open
like the big mouth and one eye of an
ogre. a pile of rusting cans and debris
on ono side, the whitened skulls and
bones of moose and deer scattered
around and grinning CHASTITY greet
ing 10 the caller 1t is weird, lonely,
and somewhat grewsome spot, where
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HOTEL IROQUOIS.

South Carolina Ave and Beach. Atlantic city. ~. J.
Iarxe. sunny rooms. with private baths suite.
Telephones bedroOls elevator to street Sun Paror
overlooking the Special spring rates SO. s13 SIS
and $3.50 weekly. Illustrated booklet Coach
all trains W. r. SHAW
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TRADE IN CHICAGO.
fry TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.I

C-ht,.co Anr, 2s-There was an errauc wheat
market. with prices early nc lower put Gus
ing &c TO 11kc higher. The Armour people seemed
20 have left corn, and to-day they were active IN
the wheat. 1t was hard to decide what they were
dining for they were both sides. Apparently
they were scalping the bull side. buying on inc
breaks and selling on the rallies. 81. LOUIS shid
that Armour sold line OF wheat In that MARKET
Tho Northwest was a large buyer here. There was
much Of the bull sort OF news from St LOUIS about
bottom lands being overlooked Indiana, Michigan
and Ohio continue to talk extraordinary low per-
centaees Cudahy covered good deal. Other
shorts did the same. The contract stock, S4EoVo
bushels decreased 49, 900 bushels. The worlds visl-
ble increased SIS 900 bushels compared with de-
CREASE last year OF 470O0 bushels. Liverpool was
nc TO nc lower. Paris and London were lower
Clearances were only 1900 bushels. The Northwest
had clear weather and had Kansas and OKLA
horna Temperatures were rather low, but not
alarningly So The market was helped by the re-
mort OF better export demand at the seaboard for
Manitoba wheat some claims as high as ffty-five
loads Cash handlers here were rather bullish- NO.
Northern was at May prices. April and May
closed $3.50; old July sold at SZtc ana S4c ana
closed at s4asc. sellers
The interests which have been conspicuously bear
Ssh on May corn-Patten and his following-were
covering to-day Prices early were about &c to lie
lower and the May was at time &c under the
July Corn now. after its long decline is about on
a legitimate basis. and shipping sales to-day and
last night were 100000 bushels. Futures finally
closed ssc sc higher April closed at 4S1sc May
sold at 45c and 4sssc and closed at 4c July closed
at 4s1c sellers; September, 4794c. The commission
buying was led by BartIett-Frazier. who took, pos
sibly a million. Cudahy a buyer. Knight
Donnelly were large buyers Liverpool closed 14d
lower. The contract stock, 4.S22.OOO bushels, in
creased S4l 600 bushels. Corn, east of the Rockies
decreased 75s 600 bushels Clearances only
1900 bushels Receipts 30S cars with seventy
four contract Not much contract is being made
now II IS taken for granted that corn has had
its break
The Patten crowd was covering short oats talk
ing the May freely. Oats closed sc to li9c higher
April closed at s7xc; May sold at 37%c and $3.50. and
closed s7zc July. 36izc. sellers. Receipts were
.eventy-five cars with sly standard. Shipping sales
were 10000 bushels Cash oats were steady. The
contract stock. 267eooo bushels. decreased 100000
bushels Shorts were large buyers-Brosseau Up
dixie BARTLETT Frazier and others. Oats a
shipping basis. Cash oats at ST. Louis report
ed &c higher.
Provisions were Arm, pork. lard and ribs closing
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Financial Meetings.

OFFICE OF THE NORFOLK & SOUTHERN
RAILROAD COMPANY.
- Broad Street.
NEW YORK. 22nd April. 1904.
NOTICE.
"DY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIREC-
- tors notice hereby given that meeting Of the
stockholders OF the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company
be held at the office OF The company Norf9tk VII
GINA al o'clock NJ the 10th day Of May, 1904, for
the purpose OF considering the proprtty OF executing
mortgage all OF the Companys property, rights privi
franchises issue Of bonds sufficient
10 take up existing and provide fund for
the acquisition Of railroad property and TO build
equip branches and extensions OF the present
railroads company. and for the general
Of the company take such action thereon the
said meeting OF the stockholders may determine
WIN. s. I.ANGFORD. Secretary.
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ATLANTIC CITY. N. ]

Permanent bureau OF information 1854 Broadway.
above 36th ST. where Information and hteraurs concern
following hoCss be secured Hotel Dennis
Brighton Haddon Hail. Hotel ST. Charles. Youngs Hotel
Wiltshire, House, Dunlop.
Hotel Hail. Isesworth. Garden Hotel. Hotel Raj
egh Royal Palace Hotel
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Spring Resorts.
GREEN'S EUROPEAN HOTEL

Boardwalk and Ocean Ave-. Atlantic City. ~. J-Eirs-
proof: European plan: hot and cold baths;
artesian water; Flemish cafe: single
and suite; $50 day and up; capacity
WHITE HELP EXCLUSIVELY.
GREEN & FLYNN. Propa.
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BERKSHIRE INN,

OCEAN END VIRGINIA AVE. ATLANTIC CITY.
sf2 So SIS weekly large sunny. steam heated
weekly for large steam heated
Capacity Unobstructed view Excellent table and
service Rooms private baths attached Elevator
to street level Booklet. J o. & J. z DICKINSON.
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Jersey city. " J.. April rs. 1901
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT FOR
purpose Of the special meeting Of the stockholders
called 18th DAY OF May 1904 the stock
transfer Virginia-Carolna Chemical Company.
classes Of VIII be closed at the close OF
business Friday day Of April 1904 and viii
reopen 4. M. Thursday. the 10Th day OF
May 1904.
BY order O the Board Of Directors
5. D. cRENSH.Aw, Secretary
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I Ia5, p .Ps5 p,a A.sa.
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asked.
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~ cent but near the close recovered nearly all
better support sesSoard aboard, stocks ,s were stronger,
ln'.s.-s Oh rose about points and Otis Elevator
go the same. in the copper stocks there
f,srsd 10 be a good demand for Greene Consoli-
~ which gained y per cent. White Knob Cop
eli a per cent and Montreal and Boston
ton. There was fair inquiry for bonds, at
is.s,lv higher figures.
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INACTIVE STOCKS.
furnished by William Z Nichols G. Co No. Is wa-stD
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MISCELLANEOUS GAS COMPANIES.


And interest.
GUARANTEED STOCKS.
FURNISHED by Joseph Walker q Sons No. 20 Broad stp
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nc higher Offerings were light Packers ap-
parently keep up their coverings. Hogs were &c
higher with only 1900 here. Hogs West were 5000
compared with 73.O00 last year. Shipments Of meats
and lard were large. Liverpool unchanged
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FERRY COMPANIES.

to,1e,okl5n Ferry stock
'.sooken Ferry Ist b. les0.
~ s.--- ..----
= y ? Perry CO stock
=, g lat mtg Be-. 1922 -.
H. = II j Con Is 1890
~. a. = So 1T mg 5s. 1919
NJ MN = % y Y a. p stock
J 4 n J-ls' mg 81. 1876
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BONDS.

Ass Totsl ssles. .oad lots.
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CANADA SOUTHERN RAILWAY co.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS OF THIS COM

pany will be closed three o'clock ,. m.
Wednesday May 4th 1904, preparatory to the annual
general meeting shareholders be held at 81.
Thomas. Ontario. June lat, and will be s-opened on
Thursday, June End 1904.
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LAYING Sitka Seattle Gable.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. July 13.-The
cableship Burnside, engaged to lay
the war department cable from Sitka,
Alaska, to Seattle, has reached a point
several miles north of Sitka. according
to advices received here, and the lay
ing of the cable will be begun imme
dately. This section will be 100 miles
long over the route which the cable is
to follow. which is outside Vancouver
Island, and entirely outside British jul
risdiction. The war departments pro-
posed Sitka Valdez cable is now be-
ing manufactured in New York, and
will probably be laid late this summer.
This cable is about $50 miles long.
Nearly 500 miles of the cable have al
ready been finished by the manufact-
urere and shipped by rail to Seattle.
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to him in bills. Now something Will
happen if you don't do this, for we
mean business. We are watching all
the time. We must have this money
by Wednesday night sure, July 6. If
you don't give it to him. it will double
every day you put it off, so be careful
what you do and no fOoling, for we
know about you and your family. Now
you do as we say or you will regret it."
Lynch's handwriting, according to
the inspectors, corresponds in every
particular to that OF the letter.
Mr.. Revell suspected that Lynch was
the real author of the letter and laid
a trap for him by refusing to accept
the letter except through the mails. He
accompanied him to the street and
saw him drop the letter in mailbOX.
Fe told him if he would call at the
store he would give him an answer.
When Lynch called he was arrested
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Children EIectrocuted.

CHICAGO, July 13.-While their hor-
stricken playmates stood a few
feet away shouting Historically for
help, Eugene Gothic and Anton Ces-
koske, each II years old, were electro
cuted.
The two boys, their hands terribly
burned, hung side by side on the dead
ly wire for nearly half an hour before
an emplOye Of the Commonwealth
Electric company turned the current
off. The boys were playing around
the streets when some wires fell on a
shed close by. They climbed up to in
vestigate. Gothic got entangled in the
wire and his clothes were soon in
flames. Ceskoske rushed to his as
sistance, but was himself held a pris-
oner by the powerful current.