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London March i.
rs FRENCH SHELDON has
II II inst told of the adventures that
befeu her on the remarkable
expedition in the Congo Free
State. from. which she has recently re-
turned
The motive that took this intrepid
American woman explorer of 10 the
Dark Continent for the second time was
entirely different from those which have
Inspired most os her other expeditions.
The three exciting trips around the world
made By Mrs, Sheldon. like the famous
journey through savage East Africa
that earned her the friendship of Henry
n. Stanley ana Paul Du Chaiilu. not 10
mention 4 fellowship IN the Royal Geo
graphical Society, were undertaken
partly for the sake OF adventure, partly
through a love Of research. But the
nainstaking journey Mrs. Sneld0n made
tszronEh the Congo Free State at her
oNn expense, to see for herself whether
things there were as black as they were
painted. was quite another affair.
AIRS Sheldon says that at first she
simply thought she'd like To go To tie
Congo 70 catch butterflies The Free
State Il q famous place for butterflies.
and Mrs. Sheldon, besides being ex-
Fsoiefs physician. NOVELIST sculptor.
playwright. and few other things. is
an ardent entgmoIogist. But once start
ed thinking about the Free State. it
struck this venturesome American that
she would Ike 10 know, IL only for her
esvn satisfaction. whether all the stories
Of atrocities practiced on the natives
Thereof some being fiogged to death,
and the hands OF others cut off because
they didn't bring in rubber enough-were
trzie. and If so. whether these things
really we're Gone, as has been asserted
30 often. at the command OF Belgian adj
.IliRlstrators. She WAS curious 10 know,
n short. whether there was justification
for all the outcry that has been made
against the administration of the Free
State under the King OF the Beigians.
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the certificate and that constitutes the

the certificate and that constitutes the
divorce.
There are about 1900 white men In
the Congo Free State. and Mrs. Shell
don declares she has talked with near
~ every one of them. She also made
many surprise" visits to outlying
stations In the course of her effort to
ascertain the truth regarding the re-
ported atrocities and practical ensIave-
ment of the blacks. She has been
quoted as saying THAI she found no
evidence OF crimes against the natives.
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as to their own personal decorations. but
they bestow constant care on the deco
cation and valeting of their husbands.
and among some of the tribes the mems
coiffures are as elaborate as the wom-
EMS
incidentally Mrs. Sheldon mentioned
the simplicity of divorce proceedings
among the Congo natives. The Belgian
administrators insist on their being le-
galIy married. and a certificate is given
in every case. But when man and wife
decide to separate they must tear up
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"White Woman Master.

In spite of the fact that she penetrated
into The most savage parts of the Congo
district. especially those on the old car
ayan routes. where the blacks have been
made degenerate and british by the
drink supplied-to them by traders, she
never was tnolested She seems 10
nave made really extraordinary i'm
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Heavy IeweIry.

sTlie vomen of many tribes. (
Mrs. Sheldnsss are keen votaria
fashion ana show an elegance
manner in which they wear their cl
and in arranging thar ftalr that a
lized woman might envy. Thes
martyrs to many trlba. customs.
them the wearing pf enorIlous bra(
lars weighing from ten TO twelve 4
Around their ankles, too. they
from two 70 four equally hea
cumbersome brass or iron ring
whether working. walking, or
the women never show the Sigh
clination 10 relieve themselves
fashionable burdens.
And not only are they so 4
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Audience With Leopold.

Soon after her return from the Congo
Mrs Sheldon set about writing the de-
tailed report on the conditions there
which she recently sent 10 the United
States Government through An1bassa-
dor Choate. as well as 10 Lord Ians-
downe. British secretary OF foreign af-
fairs. and not Until il was finished did
she, TO use her own words, so much as
see a single Belgian. The report of
her har.ts, however, Mrs Sheldon felt
at liberty 70 go over TO Brussels, where
she was accorded a private audience
with the King of the Belgiaus.
OF course. there is no question that
this distinguished American woman
explorer is absolutely unbiased in what
she has to say, regarding matters in
the Congo Free States. Some people
may have suspicion, however. that
perhaps Mrs. Sheldon saw only as much
as the Free State authorities thought
well, and this idea viii be strengthened
by a letter which the Rev j. H Weeks,
a Congo missionary, has written to q
London newspaper regarding hers and
other tours OF inspection in the Free
State.
MOT long ago.. he says, we received
a. visit from Mrs. French Sheldon, who
informed US that her aim was TO get at
the truth regarding the charges made
against the administration OF this coun-
try Mrs Sheldon Iahored under the
impression that she was paying a series
of surprise visits and that the officers
did not know Of her coming AT the be-
ginning of the month. however. some
natives returning from Bengal told me
that the white men there were expect
ing "a big white woman and that they
had pulled down an old prison and
leveled the ground and made It all mica
asn.pst her arrival
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but Mrs. Sheldon denies this.
What I have stated distinctly. she
says. eis that there are no atrocities
in the Congo Free State either directly
or Indirectly countenanced or author
ICED by the King Of the BeIgtans or
his administrators. Such crimes are
always purely and solely the work of
an individual. From my observations
I can assert that the authorities are
doing their best to perfect both the
laws and their execution, and, as one
who knows Africa, I consider that the
protection given already to the blacks
as against the whites is something
phenomenal
Then what about all the talk OF mu-
tflation, such as cutting off hands and
SO forth?',
We'll. I have been all through The
country, and I have absolutely no ev-
fdence whatever of anything OF the
kind having taken place. And -.
added to ti1..SZc. -
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Came Near Being Eaten
by Ants and Fought
a Wild Cat.
Travelled Many Days in
Water Almost Above
Her Waist.
Came Back Convinced
Reports of Cruelty
Are Untrue

am justified IN giving a eonfradic-
ton to any general statement Of the
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Stories Told of Congressnnen

water in 1t. On his way home he fell
by the waysisie.' and was found stiff
and cold in death next morning
One of the dead mans friends who
had been with him the night before was
told of his Death, and he said.
Well. Jim was cautioned not -
Keep putin water in his liatx&sG
It's fritz in lis stomach
dead as a doo~ nail
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-07-13

VIZ u TEEt FEoGR Gaazantsea 1,sst.
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Use NJ. Frost & Co.'S distilled
Bfl8CKBERRY BRANDY for all
summer Bowel comp aints. june275
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atJ5l ~ n,
! All persons siRi1e aims
Or ndebted r. ~ EiaPnan ne
fioii1f iTsiines . . o tilet IS
additiou EiarksbuI est irg5Ill
.iFill hereby take Iollee that sud
Chapman has made an assignment
to me, for, the benefit Of all his cred
TORS and that all persons 70 whom
he q indebted VII present proof Of
their claims, One at my office on
Third street, IN. Glarksburg, West
Virginia. on or before the 18th day
Of August, 1906, and that all ae-
counts due and owing to him must
be paid II me ass such ASA guee on o
before the goth day Of J ulys 1905. Z
59F Sis ~, WI GORDON
~ Assignee Of W. q. Chapman
G0nst,nsptiresi,sNe Need Not Despair
Az many cases pronOrtnc hope.
less by physicians have been cured
nv Foleg's Honey and Tar. L NJ
:Rnge1esy OF Reasoner, Ia, writes
seHhe doctors said had eonsprnp tiop
and / got-no better until used 70
Hey's Honeysand Iar.s ! helped ma
right fro mthe start and stopped the
Uniting Of blood and the pair. in my
lungs and today I am sound and
well Sold by Stone s. Mercer and
Wells s Hay7rsalse druggists se,Hi
= 4
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.fRU Diamond GCatre. qrii

The tatest news from Paris is that
they have discovered a diamond cure
for Consumption. 2 IF you fear con-
sumption or pneumonia, it will
however, be best for You to take thai
great remedy ,r1enfioned by w II
Niece; Of Yanlser, Tenn sasl+ bad z,
afeougA for fourteen years. ylNQthi
ing, helped me until took pr
Kings Now, Discovery for stump
ton, Coughs and -Gdlds, swli1enI give
instant reliefy and Effected aioper
,Inauent cure.'' oBnequalled sjq'iict
cure, for Throat and Flng5 troubles
At Stone & MERGERS or e. Bland's
drug storey; price SOC and $1:o0
Guaranteed. Trial bottle free. z q
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qTndtgsstion e.otlrea.

There is no case of, indigestion
dyspepsia or stomach trouble; that
viii not Yield to the. digestive and
strten@fhening influences of KodoI
Dvsnepsia Cure. This remedy thses
the strain off the stomach by digest.
ing what yon5 eat and allowing, It tc
rest until it grows strong again. K4o:
dol Dyspepsia Cure affords quick and
permanent relief from indigestion
and all stomach troubles, builds up
the system and so purifessthat dis
ease can not attack and gain alfoot
hold asswhenGin a weakened eondi-
ton. Sold by Stone & Mercer.srss
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Es19i4-lIUe z2d.sa NJ
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T3Ts17I ~ 81 I11l 7ailI16aT1 3e1I Flo1T-
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Egg drinks at the James & Law
COS fountain. etilae A--'s-i3 iIdne20tf
Sli7 -. = -5s5fTz
@ Bent Ter. DonBte ~. ~. 81
81 knew one, Tor four weeks, wheHt.
/ was SIS sick with typhoid and Kidney
trouble writes Mrs. Annie ,Hppter
of iPittsbnrg Pa. "and when got
betters although Isshad one OF th!eS
best doctors I conld get, was bent
d6able,9 and had to, rest my hands
on my knees whenrIi walked. aEFom
this terrible affiiction5I EasSreseued
by Electric Bitters, which restored
my health and strength and now J
can; ii walk as stfaigAtsds ever They
are Simply wonderful . = Guaranteed
TO crtfe Stomach, liver and kidney
disorders; at stone & Nfereefss eratss
G. Bland's drug stores59 price 50c9 ?
49, fi1-,
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Use NJ Frost e. Cd.s 7 distilled
BLACKBERRY BRANDY for all
summer complaints, iuqns92Ftf
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6l7aamberlaiy;ss G01tc, Cholera and
.ttk "a DtqErHoea Repiedgi: i + 8
Tins remedy IS certain to be need
I'd in ,glmesf every home before this.
summer is oyer 1T can always BIZ
depended upon even IN the most Sc
we're and dangerous cases; II ls es-
pecially yaIlab ,for. summer dlsor-
lers IN children. II is pleasant. tc
take and never fails to gave prompt
relief. Why not buy If now It
nay save life, For sale by Stons
= Mercer f eg T Gas
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3 d Smooth Article,
When you find It necessary to use
salI,yye use, DeWitt's Witch Hazel
saITe. Tt is the purest and best for
ores, burns boils, eczema blind
itching or. protrnding piles
Get the. genuine DeWitt,s Witch
Hazel Salve. Sold by Stone & Mer,
Ger.
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rem was taken uith cholera uorN
and / procured bottle or this rrn'
tdF ONLY two doses were reNu1re1
- t7le her entire relief f.ta ie-
6i1ed Is lr tie moiicine mytt and
lid mt III of oue bottle before
v5 vel ind hltc never since
ho6n tr6dhlel Vlh t|I1f tlmriNnt
enc 6ann6 roe u1ch i laNof
81 iii 6norln meaic.n1 itI
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Refreshing and delicious drinks
1t, the james &IaW Go. Junesotf
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- Forced To iStarve.l 2 Q ''eiis's
b. r. Leek, of Concord, KY, says
'eFor 20 years l suffered agonies
Will, a sore on, my upper lips;so pain
full, SOMETHING'S, that / could not eat.
After vainly trying everything. else.
Ireurcd7 it with gBukflenys Amiga e
Salve.'ifaoIt'sr great for burns, cuts
,n6I~woHnds.~--At-St Stone 81 MERGERS
Bf p Bldnd's drug stores; only
25 cents. aljD 9TG rHGl rot hgrct /
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-04
OBITUARY..

Frederick S. Parsons, who died az the home
! ofhls aunt. 20 Plerrepont street, Brooklyn, on
/ Tuesday, ofapopleIy. IN ME slNty-slxth year.
! was well known in Insurance circles. He
had been connected with the Atlantic Mutusl
Insurance Company for nearly fifty years. aud
was yice-president when be retired a few
| months ago. He was one OF the most pTomi-
nent lAymen In the Protestant Episcopal
diocese OF Long Isls nd and was long treasurer
OF the episcopal fund OF the diocese. He
was senior warden OF the CHURCH Of the Re-
deemer, at Fourth avenue 9nd Pacific street
He was a member OF the Brooklyn Club, the
Hamilton Club and the Riding and Driving
BENJAMIN Franklin Ashley former editor
aud publisher Of the Mount Vernon Record,
died on Tuesday at his home, 239 West l33d
street. Of heart disease. He was 90 years old
mother, Lucy Olney Ashley. was a descendant
Of BENJAMIN Franklin. Eight years ago Mr..
Vernon Record. coming from the Port Chester
JofrAdL OF which he had been editor for seven
teen years. Recently he had become secretary
and treasurer Of the Douglas Realty Company
Of this city.
John Human Kent died Of pneumonia at
his home, iSs Avenue b, on Monday lie
was Henry Kent, a wealthy grain merchant,
and his mother, Mary liinmHni was Of Reyolu-
tlOnary stook from conpssoticut, Mr.. Kent
city, and went Into business With his father
IN i5te. Upon the death Of his father he sue
AZ that time he purchased the house al isg
Avenue B. then newly erected, and had lived
In II ever since. He IL surN I'd by his wife.
Mrs Nancy Adams Wilson. OF NRrs old. died
at the home OF her daughter In Iockport,
" Y. yesterday. She was born In the parish
Of Melross. Scotland. Jan. ~, 1909 and came
TO America with her parents and ave brothers
and sisters when 20 years Of age. Her hus-
band died twenty years ago. She leaves
two sons and one daughter. Mre Wilson
had no physical ailments and died OF old age
She was q Scotch Presbyterian OF the rigid
type. being a devout member OF tho First
Church In Lockport
william d. Foy. a retired ofioer Of the
United States Navy, died on Tuesday at his
home. ti9 Madison street. Brooklyn, IN his
Seyenty-nfth year; His service In the navy
extended from 1855 until 1907 Soon after
the close Of the civil war he was detailed 70
duty At the Brooklyn Navy Yard REMAINING
there until HE retirement.
Andrew WeStoott, who had been sexton Of
the Warren Street Methodist Episcopal Church
I'm Brooklyn for the past twelve years, died
yesterday at the Methodist Episcopal Hos.
pltal. He leaves a son, the Rev. Wbert
Nestoott, pastor OF the Methodist Church
AZ Verona, n. j.. and two daughters.
James Sutherland. Canadian Minister OF
Public Works, died yesterday at Woodstock,
Ont. He had been in faliLE health for over
q year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-04
HUNT FOR MILLER ASSETS
lincoln Safe Deposit Company Ordered
20 Produce . Memorandum Of LeaSe.

lincoln safe Deposit Company Ordered
70 Produce . Memorandum Of Leate.
Judge Thomas In the United States Dis
trict Court, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon
granted an order 10 F. Z. HodglSins, repre-
senting Frank B. Lord, trustee for william
B. Miller OF the Franklin syndicate.
Theorder enjoin the lincoln Safe Deposit
Company OF Manhattan, from giving any
one access 10 the safe deposit box which "a
supposed 10 contain Franklin syndicate
funds. II also directs that an of6ceT Of
the company appear before Referee In
Bankruptcy Tilney in the United States
Court this afternoon TO give testimony
surrendered by James Butler, and TO pro-
duoe a memorandum from the books show
ting whether there II q safe deposit box Of
the Linoo n Ssfe Deposit Company IN which
the Miller creditors could In any way bo
interested
Mr.. Hodgkins was in hopes yesterday
that the Affairs Of the Franklin syndicate
might now be nearing q settlement. The
Lincoln Safe Deposit Company, he said adj
last January at Twent y-eighth street and
Fourth avenue and gave up to the referee
unlocks one Of their tiers Of safe deposit
boxes. Mr.. Hodgkins hopes that when
/ his tier has been opened tho smaller key,
also numbered I ,t07, which Mrs. Esther
Blake turned over, will be found to unlock
a box which contains Miller syndicate
securities. Mrs. Blake is the mother OF
Edward Schlesinger, Aller,s partner Those
assets say that about $4,000 would sat Isfy
every claim against the syndicate. They
believe that more than $500 900 Il hiddAn
aWaV
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THE SEAGOERS.
seArehers for F1AlA sSil-Oakley 5, Barker
widow Arrives.

seArehers for FtAlA sail-OakIey 3, Bark eF's
widow Arrives.
Aboard the White Star Liner Oceanic, In
last night from Liverpool and Queenstown,
was the widow Of Oakley s. Barker who
died at Stamford Of heart disease on April
IS. Mrs. Barker was travelling in Europe
when she received news OF her husbands
death, and took passage by the Oceanic.
She was met at the pier by W. Rathbone
Bacon. Other passengers by the ship we're
Mrs. Cas- Garfield, George S. Bowdoin,
NJ. p. Grace, John Hyslop, Allan Seymour,
C. T. Stephens and Martin Van Buren,
Voyagers by the White Star liner Teu-
tonic. which sailed yesterday for oGeens-
town and Liverpool, are:
William s. ChAup, who Il to head a ZieRIer
Polar expedition IS fearoh OF Anthony Fiala:
way Of Greenland with the Esne object: tie
Col; K ). dai.toEd, thomas FEiHS Moore.
4. NJ simpson and Can't. Clarence Wiener.
Aboard the French liner La Lorraine,
which sails to-day for Havre, are;
Alvey A. Adee, Assistant Secretary OF
William "; Gooch, ~. ard Mr., G. i, HaRiI.
G. Il. lones, Mr., and Mrs. Z. r. -Kellam. Mr..
AID Mrs. 2. n. I.andon. Col. LA.rObe, Mr.
fnd p sLEs e. < 81 M' sSg N SSd Mr.
PrevigpAgd. the Right Rey; BISHOP scanned.
VerdARler and Mrs George Leeds zen '''''''
Passengers by the Hamburg American
liner Hamburg, OF yesterday for Cher
bourg, Plymouth and Hamburg:
Mr.: and Mrs Charles W.. LEONARD, Doctor
t nHi,, Mr.; g. a, A. Cherry tie Rev; s. y. y
o Van vst S ana M Ts T. P SnnSdi Charles
Departing by the North German Ilovd
steamship Barbarossa, which sails to-day
for Cherbourg Plymouth and Bremen, are:
MI, and Mrs. Walter Camp. b. G. Van Dyke,
Mrs. Henry Bald win Fischer, Prof Willy
He's, George W. MONTGOMERY. Commander
g: ". Mentz, L. E. ~. Nr, and Mrs. Harry
Walden and Mr. and Mrs. 0sWGld Yorke
Passengers by the Holland America
steamship StatendAyn, which sailed yester-
day for Boulogne and Rotterdam;
Mrs. Helen Z. Ames, Mrs. d. b. Butler,
Mr.. and Mr., j. r. Dunbar, MIR. and Mrs,
II. ". Nichols. Mrs. Thomas n. Norton and
Doctor and Mrs. l.. =. 1icste.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-04
GAVE COLLEGE BAD STOCK
And Got Loan on tho Strength Of It--Dr.
JOhnson's Little Mining Deal.

And Got Loan on the Strength Of It--Dr
JOhnson's Little Mining Deal.
INDIANAPOLIS May s.-Several months
ago DR.. James johnson, a graduate Of the
Physio Medical College Of this city,returned
here from California and announced that
he wished to make the college a present.
He had organized the Ora Capla Mining
and Milling Company, with a capital stock
Of 100000, and he gave to the college
NSO.OOO Of the stock to be sold for its benefit
at 50 cents on the dollar. Friends Of the
college sold the stock readily and then
loaned the doctor $4,000 with which to
develop the property further
In suit in court here to-day in which
Dr. johnson was a witness he confessed
that he had bought hill sixty-fve miles
from Los Angeles which was said 20 con-
tain gold, but he had never visited il that
ne organized the Ora Capia Mining and
Milling Company and at that time he was
living in tent near Los Angeles, not even
being the owner Of a home. How much
OF the stock was sold here Ia not certainly
known, but the t85. 90 disposed Of by menu
bers Of the medical college faculty and
friends OF the institution is not worth a
dollar.
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Up THE sAVOYs ASH HOIST.
Boyle says lie went WITH q Policeman
TO Pay q Social Can.

Boyle says lie Went WITH q Policeman
TO Pay a Social Can.
John Boyle, who said he used 70 be ooaoh-
man for II. b. rockingham, was found in
the corridor on the sixth floor OF the Hotel
Savoy at $50 O'Clock yesterday morning
He couldn't tell how he had got there, but
knew It wasn't by the front door Of the
hotel, because when he tried TO get in that
way one of the marble pillars jumped at
him and raised lump on his forehead. SO
he thinks he must have come up the ash
hoist. His object was a social oal on Ellen
began, who doesn't live in the hotel. In
the Yorkvile court he added an explanation
or two.
Il went in with policeman he said at
one time. The policeman told me he
always came in through the ash chute
when he called on the girls. We came in,
and he thought was going TO cut him out
with the girls and got angry. We put on
the gloves and had three rounds. The
policeman had enough and went out
Magistrate Pool said he didn't know
whether the mans conduct was due 10 drink
or something else and decided 70 hold him
for few days 70 find out.
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Old SOLDIER A BIGAMIsr.
Deserted First Wife Here 10 Year, AZ
Vow CharEed With Per fury Over Penainn

Deserted First Wife Here 10 Year, AFo
No" Charged With Perjury Over Penhon.
PGrTsBUR0, May 3.-Mrs. Magdalina
Smith Of 70 Goerok btreet, New York, to-day
came face TO face In the United States
District Court with her husband, George
Smith, who deserted her twenty-si1 Year,
ago after living with her for nearly eighteen
years. They had eight children.
Smith married again at MoKeesport and
has another large family there by bis second
wife. He was charged with having given
false testimony regarding pension pc pers.
When he saw wife No. walk into the court
room accompanied by the Rev. William
Koepchen, pastor OF 81. Luke's Lutheran
Church, New York, Smith intimated that
he would plead guilty to perjury. Later
he came fAoe 10 face with the wife he had
deserted and fell on his knees, begging
that she would not be / o hard on him now
that she had found him out.
Is that your daughter, Georgef' said Mrs.
Smith No. 1, glancing at q beautiful young
woman OF twenty. who stood by In deep
wonder.
yes, yes, he Oaid.
I'm forgive you for her sake. Try and
be man now when you get out OF this
scraPe, she said, as she turned on her heel
and left
Smiths case has been held over until
tomorrow. II was charged that he had
perjured himself regarding his previous
marriage. Smith was a soldier who was
pardoned In the civI war by President
Lincoln. after having been sentenced to
death for sleeping at his post.
Mr.. Koepchen came with Mrs. Smith,
bearing a certified copy Of the record OF
Der marriage 10 Smith In New York more
than forty years ago. She Is about IS now
and he "a 20.
Mrs. Smith said they lived happily for
many years after their marriage and then
one day be came running into the house,
told her he had done something wrong,
and that there were six detectives following
him. She gave him all the clothes and
helped him to get away and had never
seen him since until to-day.
About year ago she came 90 the con-
clusion that he was dead and made sppli-
people looked into the claim and finally
found Smith living In McKeesport