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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-03-15
NOTAS De PONCE
Ell ayuntamiento pide al al
calde que nombre IN Sc
cretario unionista
EMPReSA LlRlCA
Los obreros, en- su meeting
ataCan a Ia Union

En- Ia session del Ayuntamiento,
del sabado ,iltimo, fue acuerdo solicit
tar del Alcalde el nombramiento de
Secretario. La nueva corporation tie
ne derecho & intervenir en- ese NOM
bramiento, ain NADIA SO hizo respec-
to del particular, despues de 10 toma
de possession de los unionistas. La
plaza esta desempefiada por el ante
rior Secretario republican,.
Ell Ayuntamiento acord6 contri-
buir con quinientos dollars para un
hospital que Sc trata de construir en-
esta ciudad con un legado de ounce
mil dollars que dej6 un americana al
fallecer, y con otros donativos que SO
obtienen aqui para Ia obra. Esta se
edi6cara bajo las ordenes del Obispo
episcopal dc Puerto Rico, representa-
do en- Ponce para el case, por el doc
tor Vogel.
Ell Contador municipal senior Ro-
siach, solicit6 en- Ia session del sabado,
del Ayuntamiento, un mes de licencia.
Ell asunto qued6 sobre la mesa para
rssolverlo ell sabddo, toda vez que es
precise nombrar un sustituto para el
cargo referido.
Aver por la tarde tuvo lugar en-
10 plaza de <Las Delicias, el meeting
obrero anunciado. Hablaron los Sc.
nores Storer, Conde, & Iglesias. Los
dlscursos versarou, mas 6 menos, So
bre los mismos puntos del meeting
+ anterior. Los indicados obreros, pria-
cipalmepte los dos dltimos, combaten
les dos partidos polfticos de ls isla.
Ell teatro SO llen6 anoche COM
pletamente para la function del cine
mat6grafo italiano. Las vistas agra
daron mucho.
Aver por la tarde SO efectu0 un
simulacro de bomberos en- Ia calle del
Castillo.
-Auochs tuvo lugar 60 el Casino
el baile de Pihata. Sc bail6 haata
muy tarde; pero algunas familias no
asistieron, por ser esta epoca de
cuaresma.
--Muchas m&scaras recorrieron
antler las GALES de esta ciudad.
!, La policfa ha denunc.sd" al In.
dividuo Juen Velez por robo de dos
cabros d Estanisla Luciano en- Ia ca.
| lie de la Villa.
Sc trata de formar en- Ponce
una conpahia do zarzuela, con sle'
men,os de 10 ciudad = San Juan, pa
ra ir d dar funciones & Santo Domin-
GO. Nuestro amigo ell popular obre'
TO don Santiago MARQUEE, trabaia en-
el proyecto.
--Por amenazar ruina, ha side
denunciada una casa en- la calle d.
Ruiz Belvis, dichs casa 60 propiedat
de don Luis de Porrata Doria.
-Por el delito de portar armS
prohibidas han sido denunciados lo
individuos Eusebio Burgos, TomaI
Guilbe, Antonio Torruella , Santa
60 Vazquez.
-Anoche Sc celebr6 en- una casI
de la calle de la Marina un baile d.
mSscaras.
La opinion pGblica se mues
ira muy disgustada con ell hecho de nj
haber sido aprobado en- el ConseiC
Ejecutivo ell bill del emprestito.
--Proximamente contraer& matri
/ monlo don Jorge Armstrong y Po'
con la seGorita Dolores Toro Vendrell
hija del que fue nuestro amigo do
Rafael Toro Gambia
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-03-15
iOh :! los principles americanos /.


He aqui la Erase caracteristica,
consagrada, de ritual, que los republ-
canos menudean Ell apoyo de su poll
tica.
De sus actitudes politicas.
De sus aexibilidades politicas.
La yierten y la prodigan con eXhu-
berancia inagotable, con esplendidez
fastuosa, con una expontanea adora-
BILE sencill6z que huye cual cristalno
manantial de 10 mas hondo de sus al
mas idilicas.
Al rededor de elias giran como en-
torno de un astro las hipGrboles y ST.
miles de sus oradores.
Ella constituye el tuetano tie sus
parrafadas periodlsticas.
Sin ella no podrlan hablar, nj es-
cribir, nj emprender cfvicas hazahas
nj estupendas campanas.
Les sirge como se1uelo de vvOs
colores, para atraerse la atencion de
los sencilos puertorriquehoS que to-
davia Sc dajan deslumbrar por cinta-
+ Jos y abalorios.
lie yirne de perilla para halagar
el dido de los desconliados continenta-
les que eXigen dc nOsotros humildad y
sumisi6n perpetuas.
Finalmente, hasta la utiiizan como
recurso est6tico y art,,tico para dar
brillo su dialsctica { imprimir digni-
dad su buc6lica.
,Ldstima grande que, q fuer4a dc
ser uSada y manoseada en- todos 10,
tonos en- todas las ocasiones, haya
venido q de.eneral en- pueril y prosai-
ca, muletilla.
No obstante a<sba de recibir So
berbio brillo.
FL cepillo orat orio, manejaIo poi
manos expcrtas, ha pasado rcpasado
Sobre ella con cariiosa frotaci6n. d.
jandola comp. 3tamente limPia d. ml
gre y de polvo.
Y estI luStrosa, barnizada, cas-
nueva como un par de botas acabada.
de cepillar,
FL doctor BarboSa 10 ha hecho
diciendo en- q Consnjo Ejecutvo &qu,
defenderia los prilcipios americana
a1n contra los pro oios americanos.1
I'll diriSti!
Ali esta de cuerpo entero, Sinteti
zadas por su leader en- dos palabra
terminates y rotundas la conducta po
, Utica del partido republicano desd
. que 10 malparisron haSta nuestro
dias
Esta traSs ss todo un programi
de-. anuncioS.
Lo que fue, ss Y hasta serl la su
sodicha patri6tica grey, desde todo
los puntos de vista pcsibleo an est
pals de los deSprop6sitos, contempas
rn ese rasgo. 80. tan lleno de rasgadu
ias.
Como Il mi no me duelen prenda>
!,claro que el senor Barbosa ha oflt
: edo en- esta OCCASION el doble mGrto d
] la sinceridad y de Ia originalidad,
5 Eo sincere, iVaya 81 es sincere
r Cabe presumirlo asi, teniendo encuel
, ia la idiosincracia politica del dicent,
. Y luego, vamos, ciortas enormidade
i no Sc pueden decir u 40 il'rza {
a sentnlas mucho.
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HERMTNIO SOLER.
Agente.

de flores. Los palcos y las lunetas Sc
otrecen d precios reducidos, pues solo
Sc desea eubrir los gastos de la pre-
sentaci6n.
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REPUBLCAN0S ETC., ETC., --DEUC|OSAS
SORPENDENTES ATTITUDES FUAAMBULESCAS
AGRJDULCES
NdS de un buen Juan, que dedende "a Pueto-Rco
contra los pueroniquehps'"

! es original. 81 tai. Nunca Sc
habia dido en- csta insula declaration
tan.... abracada abrante.
Nj creo que la haya dicho nadie,
por la sencilla razon de que nadie de-
be ser mas papista que ell Papa.
Sobre TODD 81 clio afecta de dolo-
rosa manera los intereses Y tradcio-
nes de Ia TERRA en- que uno ha nacido,
de la raza que pertenece. del medic
en- que Sc vinculan sus afecciones to-
das.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-03-15

Ell seflor Barbosa debe ser ideol0-
glcamente mas americana que puerto
rriqueno.
\ es de presulnir, por tanto, que
lie agrade muchisimo la rapda amcri-
canizaci6n de Puerto Rico, no solo en-
los principles, porque este equivaldria
d no salir de Ia abstraction, sino tam
hien en- las costumbres, que son las
que dan la verdadera medida de la
cultura Ia prosperidad de un pue-
bio.
Por mas que Il la sombra Ide esos
principles americanos tan grandes,
tan hermosos y tan fecundos, Sc dan,
pongo por case, unas cosas en- los es-
tados del Norto y otras cosas en- los
estados del Sur.
~
Despu6 de todo no hay duda que
los republicanos observardn felmen-
to en- la practica esos cacareados prin-
cipios.t sss
! Por ESQ jamas han dado muestra
dc intolerancia con adyarsario politi-
co. Son muy transigentes toleran.
It's, 81 sehor.
ii tampoco han organizado tur-
bas para ganar con el palo en- dia dc
eleccioneS una victoria impossible para
ellos por el austero ejercicio de la ley.
Nj han suprimido pueblos quitdn-
dOles arbitrariamente, de un plumazC
su perSonalidad municipal, porquC
esas barbaridades no Sc ven en- los
Estados Unidos, cuya libertad descan
sa, como sobrc una s6lida base, en- Ia
autonomia de los municipios,
Y nunca Sc han humillado ante e
poder por unas migajas de destinos
mostrandose siempre energicos, alti
vos y irmes como buenos americanos
,O' los principles.
y.
Todayia hay sobre este de lo
principles no una Sino algunas hase
bastantes mas grafcas Que las del doc
tor Barbosa.
Dicen que dijo un republican,
muy conocido como gran prtMpueStt
r0r0:
s6LoS priHcipioS ameriean >? Nj
atcngo d ellos 81 son sabrosoo y suS
tanciosoS, y siemprr que vrnga .etrd
algun plato ruprte, Bicn rntaA lido
sin faltar los postrcs.a
X.
En- q banqucte politico hay mu
chos temperamentoS aSi.
fyp-Ryp.
Ponce, Mario Is 1898.
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two. west by one and by one. and :,
under
What shall we give for it?'
All that Is ours
Why should we give it?'
For the sake of the trust
ne original has no date, but is In
the spelling of the middle of the seven
teenth century. remarked Musgrave. a
am AFRAID, however, that it can be O;
little help to you in solving this mys-
terry
AZ lea St. said 1T gives us another
mystery. ar one which is even more
interesting Than the first 1t NAV be
that the solution of the one NAV prove
10 be the solution of tho other You will
excuse me Musgraye. il i say that your
outler appears to me to have been a
very Clever man. and 20 have had a
clearer Insight than ten genera tons of
his masters.
hardly follow you, said Musgraye.
The paper seems to me to be of no
practical Importance
But to me il seems immensely prae-
teal, and L fancy that Brunton took
the same view. He had probably seen
it before that night on which YOU caught
him
1t is very possible We took no
pains to hide it.
He simply wished. / should imar-
inc. TO refresh his memory upon that
last occa sion. He had, as l understand.
some sort OF map or chart which he
was comparing with the manuscript.
and which he thrust into his pocket
when you appeared
mat is true. But what could he
have done with this old fan.ily custom
of ours, and what does this rigmarole
mean?'
don't think chat we should have
much difficulty in determining that.
said /: with your permission we viii
take the first train down to Sussex and
go a little more deeply into the matter
upon the spot
The same afternoon saw us both at
Hurlstone. Possibly you have seen pic
lures and read descriptions of the ia
nous old building, so / will coufine my
account OF Ii to saying that 1t is bull,
in the shape of an L. the long arm be-
ing the more modern portion and the
shorter the ancient nucleus, from which
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1905.

Jan 1-Stoessel offers to surrender.
2-SGRRENDER OF PORT AR
THUR
S-RogestvenslSy arrives off NADIA
gascar.
lo-ll-Cossack raid in Japanese rear
renetrates to Niuchwang
2o-g-BATTLE OF THE HUN RIV-
Err. (SANDEPAS.}
feD lo-Ihlrd Pacific squadron sails
from Libau Under Nebogatoff.
Feb 28-Mar 12-BATTLE OF MUK-
DEN
Mar. 16-Rogestvensky sails east from
Madagascar.
Apl Rogestvensky arrives of singa-
pore.
May 2-5-Vladirostok torpedo boats raid
JSpans north coast
2i-S-BATTLE OF THE SEA OF
JAPAN
2S-Cruiser .'Gromboi'' seriously
damaged by a mine near yiadi-
yOstok
June 3-EnqJlist, with three cruisers.
reaches Manila; vessels in
termed.
9-President Roosevelt opens dip
lomatfc correspondence with the
tiShfiHS powers, looking to
peace.
ERussia and Japan pledge them
selves TO peace parley.
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dlSeoiored metal ana several duIl-coIored
pieces of pebble or glass This strange
ind was all that we could get from the
mere, and, although we made every nos
sible search and inquiry yesterday. we
know nothing OF the fate either of
Rachel Howells or of Richard Brunton
The county police are a their wits, end
and / have come up TO YOU as a last
resource.
you car imagine, Watson, with what
eagerness L listened to this extraord-
mary sequence of events and endeayor-
ed TO piece them together, and TO de-
wise some common thread upon which
they might all hang. The butler was
gone The maid was gone The maid
had loved the butler. but had afterward
had cause 10 hate him. She was of
Welsh blood. fiery and passionate. She
had been terribly excited immediately
after his disappearance. She had flung
into the lake bag containing some
curious contents. These were all fac
tors which had to be taken into con-
sioerdlloh and yet none of them got
quite TO the heart of the matter. What
was the starting-point of this chain or
events? There lay the end of this
tangled line.
must see that paper, Musgraye
SAID /, which this butler of yours
thought 1t worth his while TO consult
even at the risk of the loss of his o,sce F.,
1t is rather an absurd business This
ritual OF ours, he answered But IL has
at least the saving grace of antiquity to
excuse II / have a copy of the CUES
tons and answers here if you care to
run your eye over them
de handed me the very paper which
L have here. Watson. and this is the
strange catechism to which Musgrave
had to submit when he came to man
estate. I will read you the questions and
answers as they stand.
Whose was it,
His who is gone
Who shall have ito
He who viii come
Where was the sum-?
over the oak
Where was the shadow
Under the elm
How was it stepped?
North by ten and by ten. east bv
five and by FIVE, south by two and by
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ee-s4-Third raid of yladfvostok
&Torpedo boat attack on Port
arthur fleet
sS-@-CAPTURE OF WOLF HILL
., PORT ARTHUR
A-yapansse begin advance upon
Eass. Count Keller killed
Aug. S-Oku seizes Niuehwang and Hal
cheng.
io-Ntithofft killed during sortis
from Port Arthur: the fleet dis
persed and damaged
14kamimura defeats VIadivostok
squadron; "Rurik'' sunk
isz4-First general assault upon Port
Aus ss Ysge. BATTLE OF LAO
sept. ls-2l-Fort Kuropatkin taken; com
handing Port Arthur's outer
defenses
Oct n-2l-BATrLE OF SHAKE
RIVER
with Baltic squadron.
@-Armfes go into winter quarters
before Mukden.
2-',The Dogger Bank Outrage"
Later settled by arbitratlon)
2orkuropatkin replaces AIexieff in
supreme command
26-Japanese attack East Kekwar,
forts and occupy Erhlungshan
NOV is-Russian destroyer '-Rostorpny''
escapes TO Chefoo with dis
palcnes and Is blown up to
so-STORNfNG OF ao3-METER
HILL.
Dec. 6-lt-Japanese fire destroys Port
Arthur fleet
1s-First permanent breach made
IN Port Arthur main defenses
2s-3l-Nogi takes all Kekwan posi-
tons.
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1904

Feb diplomatic relations broken off
japanese troops occupy Mesam-
GuNBOAT ..KoRIETz- FIRES
FIRST SHOT OF THE WAR,
OFF CHEMULPO. TOGO At
TAGkS THE PORT ARTHUR
a..vARLAG-' AND "KoRIETz..
SUNK Japanese troops land
at Chemulpo
leThe Car declares war Japan
csc occupy Seoul.
1.-THE Mikado declares war.
United States announces neu-
trahty- A japanese merchant
70 nan pi,I. sunk by VIadivostok feet
L-RuSsian mine transport -.'Y enes-
sci sunk at Port Arthur.
2s-Skirmish al Ping Tang; first
land action of the war
Mar 6-Kamimura bomoards Vladivos-
tok.
s-Makaroff takes command at
Port Arthur.
2Ekuropatkin reaches Mukden
April 4EKuroki occupies Win, or the
Yalu.
13-Makaroff goes down with the
Petropa vloVsk,' during d sor-
tie from Port Arthur
26-Vladivostok squadron sinks the
May 1-BATTLE OF THE YALU.
eOku lands at Pitsewo
H-Russlans destroy and evaeuate
1fPort Arthur isolated.
1rJapanese battleship ''Hatsuse''
sunk by mine, and the cruiser
Yoshino'' IN collision.
2-26-TAKfNG OF NAN SHAN
HILL. THE FIRST OF PORT
ARTHUR'S DEFENSES
3e-JapaneSe occupy DaIny
June 14-15-BATTLE OF VAFANGOW.
15-Vladivostok squadron bombards
Wonsan. Korea, and sinks the
transports "sado'' and :. Hita-
27-kuroki and Nodzu capture the
Fenshin, Ia, and Motien passes
30-31-Battle of Haicheng
July 13-17-Russian volunteer cruisers
st. Petersburg and "Smo-
lensk" seize the British steamer
Malacca and the German
eteamer tPrinz Heinrich" in
Red sea.
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the other has developed. Over the low.
htaVy lnteled door, in the center OF
this cid part, is chiseled the date. 1907.
put experts are agreed that the bea ms
ana stonework are really much older
than this The enormously thick walls
and tiny windows of this part had in
the last century driven the family into
building the new wing, anu the old
one was used now az siorehouse and
cellar. when it was used at all. A splen-
did park with fine old timber surrounds
the house, and the lake. to which nv
client had referred. lay close to the ave-
nue., about two hundred yards from the
building
L was already firmly convinced. Wat
son, that there were not three separate
mysteries here, but one only, and that
If L could read the Musgrave Ritual
Alright I should hold in my hand the
clue which would lead me TO the truth
concerning both the butler Brunton and
the maid Howells To that then l turn
ed all my energies. Why should this
servant be SO anxious 10 master this old
formula? Evidently because he saw
something in ii which he'd escaped all
those generations OF co,zn,ry squires,
and from which he expected some per-
how had Ii affected his fate?
~
1T was perfectly obvious to me, on
reading the ritual. that the measure
ments must refer TO some spot 10 which
the rest of the document alluded, and
that II We could find that spot, we
should be in 4 fair way towards finding
what the secret was which the old Mus
graves had thought it necessary 10 en-
balm in SO curious fashion. There
were two guides given Us to start with.
ar oak and an elm. AS to the oak there
could be no question at all Right in
front Of the house. upon the left-han1
side of the drive. there stood a patriarch
among oaks. one OF the most magnificent
trees that l have ever seen.
'rhae was there when rour ritual
was drawn up, said I. as We drove
past Il.
IL was there at the Norman Con-
quest in all probability he answered.
II has girth OF twenty-three feet
Here was one of my fixed points Sc
cured.
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patkin, with his habit of preparing for
retreat before going into battle. is not
great commander. Above all it proves
the superiority of the japanese soldier -
THE SEA OF JAPAN MAY 27-as- The
annIhilation of
the m b / n Il
fleets atnder Rogestvensky (36 vessels of
all classes, mounting 372 guns by the
japanese fleet under Togo 30 vessels of
all classes, with an unknown number of
torpedo boats, the whole mounting 800
guns) at a cost to Russia of S73, SOC, 00G
and the gain to Japan of absolute com
mand of the situation in the Far East
Six battleships, cruisers, 1 coast de-
Tense vessel, special service boats. and
destroyers Of the Russian fleet were
sunk, and 5attleships. 2 coast defense
vessels and / destroyer were captured,
along with 1900 prisoners, including
Admirals Rcges,vensky and Nebogatof;
$500 Russians wsre killed or drowned.
including Admiral YoelkerSham- Japan
accomplished this at a cost to herself
of but torpedo boats sunk, 113 men
killed and 444 wounded.
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clothes, his watch, and even his money
were in his room, but the black suit
which he usually wore, was missing His
slippers, too, were gone. but his bCote
were left behind. Where then could
Butler Brunton have gone in the night
and what could have become of him
now?
oi course, we searched the house
from cellar to garnet. but there was no
trace of him 1t is, as l have said, a
labyrinth of an old house, especially the
original wing, which is now practically
uhlnhablted; but we ransacked every
room and cellar without discovering the
ledSt sign or the missing man. 1t was
Incredible to- me that he could have
gene away leaving all his property be-
fiHu MIN, ana yet where could he be?
L called in the LEGAL police. but without
success Rain had fallen on the night
before, and we examined the lawn and
me paths all around the house but in
vain. Matters were in this state. when
a new development quite drew our at
tentlon away from the original mystery
FOR two days Rachel HoWelis had
been Sc i'll. sometimes delirious. some
times historical, that u nurse had been
employed 10 sit up with her at night,
LII" iiSiil 81 -ST bruntOn $ QlS-
appearance, the nurse, finding her pa
ttent sleeping nicely, had dropped into
a nap in the armchair, when she woke
IN the early morning, to find the bed
empty. the window open, and no signs
Oh the invalid l was instantly aroused.
and. with the two footmen, started off
at once in search of the missing girl.
IL was not difficult to tell the direction
which she had taken, FOR, starting from
under her window. we could follow her
ieotmarks easily across the lawn to the
edge OF the mere, where they vanished
close to the gravel path which leads out
OF the grounds. The lake there is eight
feet deep. and you can imagine our feel
ings when we saw that the trail of the
poor demented girl came TO an end at
the edge OF il
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only week, sir?'' he cried. in q
despairing voice. "A fortnight. at
least fortnight"
week" l repeated, "and you
may consider yourself to have been
very leniently dealt with"
He crept away. his face sunk upon
his breast, like a broken MAN. while 7
put out the lig'.t and returned To my
room.
For two days after this Brunton
was most assiduous In his attention 10
his duties. l made no alIusion to what
had DE ssed, and waited with some
curiosit5-= 20 see how he would cover his
disgrace On the third morning. how
ever. he did not appear, as was his
custom. after breakfast to receive nv
instructions for the day. As l left the
dining room ] happened to meet Rachel
HoWeiis. The maid i have told you that
she nae only recently recovered from
an Illness, and was looking so wretcbcd-
~ palf and wan that / demonstrated
with Ter for being at work.
You should be in bed" said
Come back to your duties when Won
are stronger
She looked at me with so strange an
NApi tSSioli ludt began To SuSnect that
her brain was affected.
Il am strong enough, MIR. Mus
grave" said she.
" "
I'VE VIII see what the doctor saws -,
answered. You must stop work now
and when you go downstairs Just saw
that ] wish to see Brunton''
The butler is gone" said she.
Gone, Gone where?"
He is gone. No one has seen him
He is not in his room. Oh, yes. he "a
gone, he is gonei" She fell back against
the wall with shrek after shrek of
laughter. while l, Mortified at this sud
den hysterical attack, rushed to the
bell TO summon help The girl was
taken to her room, still screaming and
sobbing, while I made inquiries about
Brunton. There was no doubt about It
that he had disappeared. His bed had
not been slept in, he had been seen by
no one since he had retired to his room
the night before, and yet II was difficult
TO see how he could have eft the house
as both windows and doors We're found
TO be fastened in the morning. His
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The Musgrave Ritua>l

in you. You will leave my service to-
morrow"
. He bowed with the look of a man
who is utterly crushed and skunk past
| me without word. The taper was still
,, on the table. and by its light l glanced
! TO see what the paper was which Brun-
! ton had taken from the bureau To
my surprise it was nothing of any inn
portance at all but simply a copy of the
questions and answers in the singular
! old observance called the Musgraye
Ritual it is sort of ceremony pecu-
liar to our family, which each Musgrave
| Tor centuries past has gone through on
his coming of age-a thing OF private
interest. and perhaps Of some little i'm
portance to the archaaologist. like our
own blazonings and charges, but OF no
practical use whatever
I'VE had better come back to the
paper after ward, said 7
=" IL yea think 1t really necessary he
answered. with some hesitation TO
continue my statement, however: | re-
locked the bureau, using the key which
Brunton had left. and / had turned to
go when / was surprised to find that the
butler had returned, and was standing
before me
Mr.. Musgrave, sir" he cried, in u
voice which was hoarse with emotion
Il can't bear disgrace. sir. I've always
been proud above my station in life and
disgrace would kill me. My blood will
be on your head, sir-it will, iadeed-if
you drive me TO despair. If you cannot
Keep me after what has passed, then
Tor Gods sake let me give you notice
and leave In a month, as If of my own
Tree VIII. 1 could stand that, MIR. Mus
grave, but not to be cast out before all
the folk that I know so we'll"
" "
You don't deserve much considera
ton, Brunton." I answered Your con-
duct has been most Infamous. However.
as you have been long time in the
family, / have no wish to bring public
disgrace upon YOU. A month. however.
is too long. Take your self away In a
week. and give what reason you like for
going"