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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
Execntor,n NntIcc.

Estate OF Frederick c. a. Denkmann.
deceased.
The undersigned having been appoint
ed executors of the last will and tcsta-
ment of Frederick &. 4. Denkmann. late
of the county of Rock Island. state OF
Illinois deceased. hereby give notice
that they will appear before the county
court of Rock Island county at the
county court room, in the city Of Rock
Island. at the June. A. D.. 1905. term.
on the first Monday in June next at
which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and re-
quested to attend. for the purpose Of
having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make Immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
Dated this 2Sth day of March. A. D.,
1905.
ANNA CATHERINE DENKMANN,
FREDERICK c. DENkMANN,
EDWARD p DENKMANN.
Executors.
jackson. Hurst & Stafford, attorneys
N
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.

FOR SALE - Paying business invest
ment. l offer for sale the entire out
fit fully equipped, with merchandise
on hand, my wine making and distil-
ling plant two houses, good out
buildings; Az acres of land, with
bearing vines, fruit trees and berry
plants: profitable business to the
right party: reason for selling, old
age. Particulars on the premises,
Seventeenth street, Rock Island, six
blocks from Longview car line.
Charles Schaeffer, proprietor, box 1896.
Rock Island. Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
RAILWAYS AND sTnAMERs.

go - - -.~~->~~->~~-~~~~~~~--e
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
at the city ticket office. 1893 Second
avenue. or C.. r: l. g p. depot. Fifth av-
enue, foot of Thirty-first street. 'PhOne
west 1923, west 1929. FRANK II
PLJ1MMER, c. =. A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

"Golden State"

Golden State" =.
California Special
Denver Limited g.
Omaha .........
FIT. Worth. Denver
& Kansas City q.
Minneapolis -. =.
Davenport & Chi
cago ............
Omaha 80. $500.
-colorado & Omaha
Des Moines & Oma-
ma $500. $500.
Denver, Lincoln &
Omaha .........
Des Moines Express
st. Paul q Mime
apolis 80. .....
Denver, TT. Worth
& Kansas City q.
Kansas city, st.
Joe & California.
Rock Island &
Washington 80.
Chicago g. Des
Moines ........
Rock Island &
Brooklyn Accom-
Omaha -. ........
Omaha & Des
MOines -. .....
Cedar Rapids &
Upton 800. -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
INFORMATION BUREAU.

PARTIES desiring situations as cooks,
domestics. dining room girls, etc,
should call at once at 1011 Fourth
avenue. Parties desiring help of any
kind should apply at above number
also. or telephone Sl2-k.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
HEATING AND PLUMBING.

PERRY & CO.-Heating
and plumbing along scientific lines.
Careful and skilled workmen. Prompt
attention. ia West Seventeenth
street Phone 114&.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

LOST-Or stolen. from in front of Bijou
news depot, d black wheel. Tribune
make, low frame. extension handle
bars. light brown saddle, single tube
tires. with so gear, made by Black
Manufacturing company Reward for
its return to E. G. Frazer, 1922 Third
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
ART DECORATION.

PARDON & SON-Artistic interior
decoration. Finest line of late paper
carried and skilled wOrkmen employ
ed. Moderate prices AIT Seven
teenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

Las VEGAS HOT sPRINGs-LOcated
s,76T feet above the sea All year
round resort A perfect place for
rest For particulars, address DR..
Daniel 8 Perkins. medical director,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

WE FILLED 1,I24 positions last month.
Could have filled more If we could
have found the right men. During
1903 we listed over $4,000 high grade
opportunities. Positions paying from
81 900 to $1,000 a year now open for
competent statesmen, executive, cler-
ical and technical men. Offices In II
cities. High grade exclusively. If
you are a capable man. write for plan
and booklet. Hapgoods (Inc). Brain
Brokers, 1913 Hartford building, Chi
caEO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
LOST AND FOUND.

OU-ND-A stray steer; owner can have
same by calling at the r. j. Bachman
dairy. on Thirty eighth street, "A mile
from city limits. Old phone SCI, one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
CLAIRVOYANT.

DR. MARY YATES+Magnetfc healer
and spiritual medium. Hours, 1 to 10
p. m. Residence, 705 Fourth avenue
Take the Blue line west
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
coNrRAcroRs ANp BUmpERs.

II. A. LOHSE. Contractor and Builder
Jobbing OF all kinds a speciality. Es-
Inmates cheerfully given Old phone
street.
GUSTAV BLANK ENBURG-All kinds of
contracting, building and jobbing;
Workmanship guaranteed; estimates
furnished. Residence. Sl1 Twenty
ninth street Phone 59SS.
d. HOHENBOK - Contractor and
Builder Plans and estimates cheer
fully furnished. Dealer in glass, lum-
Der. nails, etc. Residence and shop,
Thirty eighth street and Sixth avenue.
New phone 1855.
JOHN VOLK & CO.-Contractors and
builders Also manufacturers of
sash. doors, blinds and mouldtngs-
Dealers in plate window and art
Eighteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

IF YOU WANT to buy, sell, trade or
rent anything. engage help or secure
a situation, the NAH is the one pa
per in Moline that can do 1t for you
Mall wants are popular and Mail
wants Dring results. One-half cent
per word is the price to all alike, cash
In advance; 2-cent stamps will do
Evening and Saturday Mail. Moline,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

between Seventh and Eighth avenues.
H c. SCHAFFER,
City and Town Clerk.
Rock Island. Ill. March Is, 1905.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
FLoRIsTs.

HENRY GAETHJE-Propriet Chip
piznnock nursery. Cut flowers and
designs OF all kinds City store. 1857
Second avenue. Telephone 1I1e.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

| ~->~>~~~-~~~-~~~~~~~~~N~~
FOR RENT-A nicely furnished front
room at 1424 Fourth avenue
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 1116 Second avenue.
FOR RENT : Two large furnished
nue..
FOR RENT-Pieasant furnished rooms.
with modern conveniences, at 400 4
Third avenue.
FOR RENT-one nicely furnished room.
all modern conveniences, at 14l7
FOR RENT-Neatly furnished sleeping
rooms, also unfurnished rooms. at
1911 L Second avenue.
FOR RENT - Rooms. convenient to ar
senal. with water and sewer. Inquire
at 426 Forty-third street
FOR RENT-Pleasant furnished room.
use of phone, at SCI Twelfth street
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. conven-
lent to arsenal, with water and sew
cr Inquire at 426 Forty-third street.
FOR RENT - Very desirable front
room; all modern conveniences; pri-
Hate family 1918 Fourth avenue.
FOR RENT :. Two nicely furnished
rooms. for light housekeeping TO mar
ties without children. Inquire at 527
Twentieth street.
FOR RENT-A nicely furnished front
room. with all modern convenien ces
suitable for one or two. Apply at
725 Nineteenth street
FOR RENT - Comfortable furnished
front room; with modern convent
enceS. suitable for one or two, rent
reasonable; at 9l9 Second avenue.
FOR RENT - One pleasant furnished
front room, with all modern convent
ences; also first class table board at
1929 Second avenue.
FOR RENT-Four unfurnished rooms.
upstairs. at 1855 Fifteenth street
city water, sewer and furnace heat;
family without children preferred
Inquire at above address.
FOR RENT-HOUSES.
~~~~~~~O~~~O~~~-~~~~~
FOR RENT - Modern house. with all
conveniences Inquire at S17 TWEEN
ty-ninth street.
FOR RENT-six-room modern house.
at 723 Twenty-ninth street. Inquire
at 1912 First avenue.
FOR RENTAL eight-room all mod
ern house lat 924 Fourteenth and-a-
half street. Inquire on premises.
FOR RENT - An eight-room house.
with modern improvements. at 1886
Fifth avenue. Inquire at 1884 Fifth
avenue.
FOR RENTAL eight-room house, all
modern, on Eighth and-a-half avenue
between Twenty-seventh and Tween
ty-eighth streets. Inquire at the Com
mercial house.
FOR RENT A six-room house. partly
modern, on Forty-second street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth avenues:
suitable location for arsenal en-
ploye Apply at S42 FOrty-fourth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
PATENTS.

PATENT and trademark office, room
r. M,tchsn & Lynae building, Aoek
branch OF Moore & Co, patent attor-
neyS,, Washington. d. c, and Cnlca-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
Daily expect Sunday

IOWA & ILLINOIS RAILWAY CIHTER-
Davenport Telephone. Central Union,
North 40. Fare, one way, between
Davenport and Clinton. 20 cents. Round
trip. 81 20. Five hundred mile book.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
MIsCELLANEOUs.

UPHOLSTERING - First class work
only. Estimates free. Large assort-
ment of covering samples. +. Renaut.
Shop at L. T. Helpenstells furniture
store, 1902 Second avenue. New
phone SSH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Gerry or meat market, at 631 Thirty
eighth street. Inquire at 1910 Thirty
eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
wANTED-MALn OR FEMALE.

WANTED - Young man or woman, to
take charge of branch house here
good position. Call between 80 and
1880 o'clock at the Rock Island house.
Daniel O'Connor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
wANTED-POsITIONS.

WANTED-Position by competent stem
ographer; experienced; references.
Address b. c." care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE, q ST. PAUL
Raflway-D.. r. l. & ~. w. passenger
station at foot of Seventeenth street q.
3. STODDARD, Agent r. l. Hinricha.
commercial agent s01 Brady street,
Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29


FOR RENT-A nicely furnished front
room at 1924 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
GunrdInn,n Sale of ReaI Eatate.

Jackson. Hurst & Stafford, attorne!
for executors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
Rock I.Innd q PeorIa division.

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY
Depot. Second avenue and Twentieth
street. Telephone, old west $50, new sire.
+. a. RIDDELL. Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
| housekeeping at 1116 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29
FOR sALE-CITY PROPERTY.

~~>~>~~|~~~-0-~-~>~~~~~
FOR SALE-A corner lot on Fourteenth
street, three feet above grade; north
cast front; price, $500. Call at S27
Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

FOR SALE-To close estate. the beau
tiful home. No. 1872 Seventeenth street:
Modern improvements; east front;
eight rooms; fine location; best of re-
pair. Call and examine
The two-story brick store building
situated at 1917 Second avenue, now
occupied by Dindinger. the printer
This is a good investment
Four acres. with house. situated on cor
ner Twelfth street and Cemetery
road, in South Rock Island: fine place
for gardening, florist. OF poultry
raising. The heirs are DESTROYS Of
selling these properties as soon as
possible. For further information,
apply to II. L. Krell. us Seventeenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

FOR SALE AT bargain. on Elm
street and Tenth avenue, four lots
'H aHdl eight-r6om house, win f9tnace
water. sewer, and electric lighbs;
good barn. See Eckhart & Buffum
room Is, NJ. & l.. building, Rock ISL
and.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

FOR RENT-Pleasant furnished rooms
with modern conveniences, at 400 4
Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

FOR SALE-Best bargains in lots on
Twenty-ffth street and Tenth ave-
nue. If taken at once. Easy payments.
Inquire Reidy Bros.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

WANTED - Household goods to move.
store, pack or ship at reduced rates
to Pacific coast and other points. For
the best service at loves rates, write
or call on Ewert & Richter Express &
Storage company. 322-326 East Fourth
street, Davenport, Iowa Tel. 59S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

FOR RENT - Two large furnished
rooms at 2S0S Fifth and-a-half ave
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

FOR SALE-Or rent, new eight-rOom
house. Twenty-second street, corner
bath. gas and electricity. Inquire of
II. X. Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-29

FOR SALE-Acre and town lots just
outside of city limits on bluff near
street car line. cheap on monthly pay
ments. Inquire of John T. Campbell,
1929 Seventeenth street. Phone 1922
West.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-05
Duke of ArqyII's Birthday,

LONDON, Aug. Sin view of the
youthful appearance and active life of
the Duke Of Argyll, husband of Prin-
cess Louise of Wales, it is difficult for
even his intimate acquaintance to
realize that he has reached his sixtieth
year. Such is the case, however, his
Grace having been born at Stafford
house, August 6, 1S45, and will conse-
quently celebrate his Goth birthday
tomorrow. The Duke Of Argyll is
keeper Of the great seal of Scotland
and hereditary master of the royal
household in the northern kingdom,
and is also chief of the clan Campbell.
Since the death Of his father four years
ago, the duke has not occupied the
ancestral castle at Inveraray, but
spends his time mostly at Windsor
Castle, of which he has been governor
and constable since 1892, and at his
London residence, Kensington palace.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-05
DEsERTloN EVIL GROWING.
War Department Finds Itself Unable
to Check Growth of Tendency.

War Department Finds Itself Unable
to Check Growth Of Tendency.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The forth
coming annual report of the judge ad-
vocate general of the army will show
that assertions have been constantly
on the increase and that it has been
impossible for the department to check
this growing evil. Officers familiar
with the various divisions of the SER
vice say the number of assertions have
been a source of great anxiety to the
commanding officers and that an un-
usual number of convictions have re-
suited from the large number of court
martials held during the last year.
In the department Of the lakes it is
understood that the convictions for
this offense have increased 25 per cent
and similar conditions prevail in the
department of Missouri and California.
In the report from commanders, the
department is urged to take such radi-
cal steps as may be necessary to stop
assertions in the Philippines is much
less than in the United States. This
is accounted for because of the fact
that a soldier there could not hide
himself in Manila, and continuance in
the service is preferable to taking to
the wilds of the islands and sojourn-
ing among the natives.
The number of courts martial con-
victions in per cent of the posts of
the United States for the last year is
2O71. For the past five calendar years,
ending December 81 last, the number
of assertions from the army aggregat-
ed the very large number of 27,S05.
The percentage has kept up steadily
since then.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-05
CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE IN THE
PRESBYTERIAN "BOOK OF
COMMON WORSHIP"
Word Obey Has Been Stricken From
the Marriage Ceremony and Other
Changes Made.

No longer must the pretty Presby-
terrain bride promise to obey the
blushing bridegroom who stands by
her side. No longer need the mascu-
line Presbyterian fancy that this one
little word makes MIN a car. For the
revised prayerbook, the book of
Common Worship has appeared; and
it is a change which might gladden. the
heart of Susan B. Anthony or Mary
Ellen Lease, says an eastern newspa-
per.
Radical is the adjective applied to
from which the church strikes out
the word "obey" and substitutes there
for covenant" Neither man nor wo-
man is required to pledge obedience to
the other. Here is the new pledge:
Il, N, take thee. M, to be my welded
husband; do promise and covenant,
before God and these witnesses, to
be thy loving and faithful wife in
plenty and in want, in JOY and in sor-
row, in sickness and in health, as long
as we both shall live"
But this is not the only change in
this Book of Common Worship" COM
piled by a committee of ministers and
elders and to be offered to such con-
gregations as desire a liturgical form
of worship. It is a very close copy
of the American Episcopal service and,
it is alleged, approves many things of
which the forefathers of the Presby-
terianism have fought and withstood
persecution.
One of the startling features Of the
Treasury of Prayer" a part of the
new book, is prayers for Advent Good
Friday and Easter. Complete forms
are given for morning and evening SER
vice, for the celebration Of holy COM
munion, for the administration of
baptism, burial Of the dead and the
solemnization of marriage. All these
are new
Old Presbyterians, who had a glimpse
of the book, shake their heads over
the confession of sins,' which takes
exactly the same place in the service
that the general confession" does in
the Anglican liturgy. Immediately fol-
lowing the confession by the people
comes the assurance of pardon" to
be said by the pastor, 'the people still
bowling down." This assurance differs
in effect from that of one form Of alb
solution used in the Episcopal church.
chiefly in that it employs the pronouns
"us" and "our" instead of you and
your" thus relieving it from the sug-
gestion of being a direct pronouncing
of absolution for the people by the
priest.
The gloria patri" has been intro
duced in the service; provision is made
for the reading of lesson from the
Old Testament and one from the New
Testament. A hymn follows the lesson
from the New Testament and then
comes the apostles creed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-05
adequate protection fro mintrusion and
every possible facility for the personal
comfort of the ENJOYS.
HAVE STORE OF THEIR OWN
UmatiIIa Ranchers Do Not Look With
Favor Upon Sunday Closing.

PENDLETON, Aug. 5.-Rumors are
being circulated to the effect that a
large store may be established upon
the reservation by prominent farmers
of that section, the same being done
because of the recent action of the
council in prohibitin all business in
the city on Sunday, and also because
of the resolution regarding leases
which the council adopted at it's last
meeting. Certain it is that consider
able feeling mas been aroused among
the farmers, not only on account of. the
lease resolution, but also because, I'M
der the councils law, they are pre-
vented from securing any supplies on
Sunday. This is a serious inconven-
fence to them at this time of the year,
for the reason that they generally rely
upon securing extras for machinery
for that day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-05
Photographers to Meet.

BOSTON, Aug. 5.-For the first time
in decade and half the Photograph
ers' Association of America is to hold
it's annual convention in Boston this
year. Mechanics building has been
engaged for next week, and the meet
ings will be of unusual interest to the
photographers for the reason that they
will mark the associations quarter
centennial.
One of the interesting features OF
the convention will be the big exhi-
bition of the work of the photograph
ers and the display made by manufac-
turers and dealers in Photographic ma
terial Advices received by the loca
committee in charge of arrangements
indicate an unusually large attendance
Of prominent photographers from al
most every section of the United
States and Canada.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-05
Tramp Falls From Train.

The insensible body Of a man was
discovered yesterday by section gang
coming from Huntington, near North
Powder. The man was bruised al
over the body and was injured inter-
nally. He had evidently fallen from
some passenger train. the body was
taken back to Huntington and the
mans wounds cared for, though small
cry AS he was plainly tramp, Judge
Travillion was notified and he at once
gave instructions with regard to mis-
person showed that his home was in
Ioka.-Baker City Herald.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-05
Celebration in Oklahoma,

LAYTON, Okla, Aug. 5.-The fourth
anniversary of the opening of the
Kiowa, Caddo and Comanche counties
which falls tomorrow, was celebrated
here today on an elaborate scale
Thousands of visitors from all parts
of the three counties gathered and took
part in an interesting program OF
speech making, athletic contests and
other outdoor festivities. The city was
handsomely decorated in honor of the
occasion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-05
Corner Stone LAYING.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Aug. 5.-Offi-
GERS of the New York national guard
from Buffalo, Geneva and other points
took part today in the exercises at
tending the laying of the corner stone
for the new armory here. Mayor Cut
Ter officiated, assisted by the officers
of the Eighth Separate company and
the Second Separate naval division.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-11

the police have faied'
But surely Mr.. Wider :;
"You are well aware DIR. Huxtable, that
his grace is particularly anxious to avoid
all public scandal. He prefers TO take as
few people as possible into his confidence
1.-The matter can be easily remedied," said
the brow-beaten doctor; Mr.. Sherlock
Holmes can return to London by the morn
ing train"
Hardly that, doctor, hardly that" said
Holmes in his blandest voice. This north
ern air Is invigorating and pleasant SO
propose to spend a few days upon your
moors, and TO occupy my mind as best
may. Whether 1 have the shelter of your
roof or of the village inn is, Of course, for
you to decide"
I could see that the unfortunate doctor
was in the last stage of indeciSon, from
which he was rescued by the deep, sonorous
voice of the red-bearded duke, which
doomed out like dinner gong.
II agree with Mr.. Wilder, DR.. Huxtable
that you would have done wisely to con-
suit me. But since Mr.. Holmes has al
ready been taken into your confidence, it
would, indeed, be absurd that should
not avail ourselves of his services Far
from going to the inn, Mr.. Holmes, l should
be pleased If you would come and stay with
me at Holdernesse Hail..
II thank your grace. For the PURPOSES
of my investigation l think that 1t would be
wiser for me to remain at the scene of the
Just as you like, Mr. Holmes. Any in
formation which Mr.. Wilder or I can give
you Is. of course, at your disposal"
ut viii probably be necessary for me to
see you at the Hail." said Holmes 81 would
only ask you now. sir, whether you have
formed any explanation in your own mind
as to the mysterious disappearance of your
SOM"
mo, sir, have not
Excuse me If I allude to that which is
painful to you, but I have no alternative
Do you think that the duchess had any
thing to do with the matter?"
The great minister showed perceptible
hesitation.
II do not think so. he said. at last.
| ".rhe other most obvious explanation Is
that the child has been Kidnapped tor the