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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
LOS RAPACES

Hace muChOS amos que deSeaba eS-
tudiar la region gallega. La fertIli-
dad del Suelo; la nativa V tenaz ener,
gia de suS habitantes para -toda la Dor
.que eXija vigoroso empuje, asf en- 10
ffsico como en- 10 moral; 10 benigno
del china, donde ,centenares de en-
fermos han hallado la salud, eran
pOderOsOs eStimulOs para ansiar CO.
nOcer tantas maravillas, aqu1 vine
en- union de I'm intimO amigo, que,
por su parte, guerra yer el proyecta-
do Sanatorlo de la Corufa para nifIos,
acetca del cual dijeron los peri6di-
cos locales que habfa de ser Ell "pri-
nero de EspafIa destinando, por su
parte, el EStadO cuantiosas sumas,
pues asl parecia exigirlo la trans for
maci0n de I'm antique lazareto, aban-
donado y medic destrufdo, en- resi-
dencia infantil.
Quedese para los peri6dicos medi-
cos y para los centros cientihcos ia
discussion reposada y serena de las
ventajas e inconvenientes del pro-
yecto. No estamos tan sobrados de
fondOs, ofCialmente hablando, para
que sin previos dictamen y aproba-
ci6n del Consejo de Sanidad y de la
Real Academia, Sc malgasten prodi-
gamente grandes cantidades, que
bien pudieran resultar in1tiles.
FL emplazamiento delantiguo fuer-
te de Oza, en- Coruf1a, la falda de
I'm monte frontero al Norte, sobre TN
acantiladO, dando vista q la bahia, en-
cuyo fondo Sc halla, no puede ser
mas pintoresco. Las edifcaciones
ruinosas del lazareto hacen pensar
en- que pudieran ser aprovechadas, V
ciertamente serfa bonito yer trans
tornado aquel sitio donde Sc coloca-
ba transitoriamente 4 los apestados.
en- lugar, dOnde de modo perman ente
Sc regenerasen los pobres nif1os ra-
qulticos y escrofulosos. tPero es
conveniente
Los "rapaces" como sc suele la
mar los nifios 81 son interesantes
y amables en- todas parties, aquf des-
piertan en- nuestro amino una pode-
rosa & irresistible simpat1a, Son in
hnitos, casi todos carirredondos sa-
nos, conviven en- los poblados con
hermosos ejemplares de la raza DO.
vlna, Y al pasar, nos contemplan con
la mansa y triste mirada, de inocente
expression, de aquellos asustadizos
animales Sabemos que los dedican
muy pronto al trabajo; que esran ca
81 siempre separados de sus madres,
vacas humans que sc exportan vo-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
Perder sin jugar
El Doctor F0aGstO.

Norris q 1cr =. -eo Tvs r7 81
Segunda AvenIda, New lorA, Este dos
Un1dos, tuvo que presentarse ante IN
juez para defenderse contra la acusa-
cion de su mujer, que 10 demand6 por
haberla amenazado de muerte, y aban-
donado; y al preguntarle ell juez 10 que
tenia que decir en- su descargo, contes-
to que 10 habfa hecho para curar su
mujer, que era una jugadsra desenfre.
nada que no hace mucho sc habia
lido jugar al "poker" una noche y no
volvio hasta la mafIane siguiente El
juez lie die para su consuelo, que jugar
4 ese juego no era pecado, y que ten
drfa que dar su esposa s., la sema-
ma, para que alimentars a sus dos pc
quefos hijos, que viven con ella. Mo-
rriS Sc retro en- el acto, viendo que le
acusaban las cuarenta y que habfa per
dido la partida
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
Il DESASTRE De CUBA
LO QUE Sc DICE

En- los cfrculos ofciales de Wash
ington Sc da por SECURE la pr6xima
dimisi6n del Presidente Estrada Palma,
quien sacara de Ia Habana IN barco
de guerra americana.
A este gobierno 10 dicen resueltO a
poner en- Cuba millares de soldados
que Sc encargarian 81 necesario fuese,
de salir al campo y acabar con los in
surrectos y la insurrecci6n.
Reina la mayor actividad en- las es-
taciones navales, arsenales y tuertes
de toda la costa americana del Allan
tico. MuchOs compa1an esa amin aci6n,
mOvimientO de buques Y concentration
de tropas, marinos Y artil!eros con 10
que sucedi6 en- visperas de la guerr con
Espafla De Norfolk, Annapolis, Bos-
ton, Brooklin. League Island, Cayo
Hueso Nueva Orleans, Sc reciben no.
ticias de caracter decididamente bell
coso.
FL captain Aldana, jefe de la Junta
Guiana de Nueva Work favorable al
gebierno, seguia esperanto noticias {
infornes de Fonst Sterling cuando 10
visit6 ell noticiero del "Her AID" Ell
Presidente de la otra Junta Guiana,
coronel Aguirre, dijo que los insurrec-
tos comepzaran por tomar a Cienfue-
gos, que el noventa por ciento de la
poblaci6n de Cuba esta con ellos Y
que cuantas mas armas lleve el gobier.
no 4 la isla mejor para las insurrectos,
cuyes lnanos iran parar en- defni-
tiva fusiles, cartuchos y mschetes
Ell encargado de Negecios, Mr.. Sles-
per, MEGA que hayan sido destruidas
en- Cuba propiedades americanas por
valor de millones de pesos, como Sc ha-
bia dicho. Mr.. Sleeper sigue atendien-
do todo en- la Legaci6n, porque 10
que eS Ell Plenipotenciario MI Morgan
contindan eclipsado, con licencia Por
algo dijimos en- su dia, cuando el fa
moso discutso de reception de Mr..
Morgan, que este habfa entrado con
NAL pie en- su funciones diplomaticas
en- Cuba. No Sc ha vuelto OR nada
de 81.
Ell general Funston, que hasta ell
sabado Sc halls ba en- Tacoma, en- Ia
costa del Palacio, recibi6 orden de salir
inmediatamente para Washington Nj
Roosevelt Sc propone enviarlo con tro-
pas q Cuba.
Un numeroso grupo de americanos
procedentes de la isla de Pinos, diieron
a su llegada que la isla esta perfecta-
mente tranquila, que allf nj hay parti-
das nj Sc muestra gran simpatfa por
los insure ectos de Cuba, y desde lue-
go no Sc les ayuda, como telegrafaron
de la Habana un diario de Nueva
York
El director general de Comunica-
Clones Mr.. Moody, que es aqui MEM
bro del gabinete, dijo el otro dfa a un
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
CuItos sOlennes
EN Lf IGLEsTA pARRoQUIAL DE SAN FRANZ
CISCO DE AsIS

En- los dias I, y 3 de Octubre y
al toque de oraciones, Sc celebrara
en- dicha Iglesia un Triduo con ser
y orquesta, y el jueves, cua-
tro q las ocho de la mahana, Misa
solemne con panegfrico.
Predicara dichos sermones y pane
gfrico el elocueSte olador sagrado
Rvdo. Padre TovN Cura parroco y
vicario de AguadillN
La orquesta y canto>sstaran 4 car
go de los Jordanes. -
La Junta Parroquial y sG>capellan
ruegan Ia asistencia de los holes de-
votos de San Francisco
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
TEKBLAND0

Nos honr6 con su desagradable vi
sita. aver, entire diez y once de la ma
mana, IN "regularcillO' temblor de
TERRA. v. aunque Ell asuntO no Sc
presta q bromitas, courtroom percan-
ces que, por 10 rapidos y comicos, no
tienen desperdicio.
En- la imprenta del seflor Boada,
dieronse cuents de la ''tembladera, y
en- los primeros momentos de la sa-
cudida; Boada, que tiene terror panl-
co a esta clase de "jamaqueos, no
encontrando puerta mas pr6xima la
calle, que la que cerraba TN rastr1llo,
meti6le un fuerte empellon y did de
bruces en- mitad de la calle, arras-
trando en- la caida una de las puerta S
del rastrillo.
En- la fundici6n de los sef1ores Su-
cesores de Abarca, no qued6 opera
rio que no desc de lnano con cuarto
reouerfa su atencion, lanzandose en-
precipitada carrera a Ia calle, espo-
iaados por Ell internal ruido, que las
sacudidas del ligero temblor produ-
clan. con tanto hierro y maquinarla
como hay, en- aque1los hermosos ia
En- la ca 50 de "Velaba1'', no qued6
inquil inc que no bajase las escaleras
( pares, 6 como slcanzaban las ''zan-
cas- de cada uno; segdn indication de
algunos de los que ALI vlven, el ru1do
sue en- aquella casa Sc slnt1o, fue no
rrororoso Y ensordecedor.
En- LA Colectiva", tambien ocu-
rrieron ligeros percances entire ell
considerable ndlnero de mujeres que
en- aquella importante fabrica traba-
ia; no falt6 quien, queriendo acortar
distancias. intento arrojarse Por una
ventana para sa1ir la via publ lea.
A los pocos momentos de haber
parade eli "temblequeo} encontra-
banse recorrienGo las GALES infnidad
de curiosos, que comentaban successes
de aqui y de ALA, sin bisos de vera
cidad
Reddjose Ia cosa 4 una pesada bro
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
De NUEVA YORK

Hemos tenido el gusto de saludar
al estimado ioven don NJ. Fernandez,
representante de la respectable casa
de comisiones en- Nueva York, r.
Faliens ca.
Traenle 4 esta isla, asuntos rela-
cionados con su profession; y dado el
n1mero de relacionadoS con que cuen-
tan sus representados, tanto aqui,
como en- las ciudades de alguna i'm
portancia comercial, es de suponer
que pasara entire nosotros el seiIor
Fernandez, algunas semanas.
Sea bienvenido el estimado JOven,
deseandole satisfactorios negoclos y
qrata permanencia entire nosotros.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
Numero <29

carcome los espfritus. Vagan por
calles y CO LApos millares de rapaces
necesita@0s de amparo y carifIo
Duermen en- los Bancos millones
de peSetas de otro genera de rapa-
ces sin entranas. -.
De proteger a los primeros, logra.
remos concluir con los segundos, To-
mentadores egoistas y acaso moons
clentes de los males que agobian &
nuestra patria.
El Doctor F0MstO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28

mita y para 10 sucesivo, bien podfa to-
marse Ia moleStia Ell sefIor director
del departamento "temblequero, de
pasarnos oportuno avlso, con alguna
anticipation, para nuestro gobierno.
Tan NAL andan de Was de comuni-
caci6n por alla.,,.7
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
DB ESPASA

En- las primeras horas de esta ma
mana, fondeo en- nueStro puerto pro-
cedente de Barcelona, Cadiz, demas
puertos de su ruta, el vapor espafIol
Martin Saenz q. conduce pasajeros
en- nota bic n1nero, y carga general
para San Juan y de transito.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
Dc NREi ORLEANS

FL dia . del mes corriente, zarp6
del puerto de Nueva Orleans para
este, el vapor "Pathhnder, ~ de la
CompafIia B.
Es portador de 14ooo sacos de
arroz para San Juan, y demas carga
general.
Dddase 81 tocara Primero en- el
puerto de Humacao, para descargar
mauuinaria, Q recalara directamente
al de esta Capital.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
IFil A NlaS


Para curar quemaduras."
"Son ehcacfsimas para curar las
quemaduras, las aplicaciones de ho-
jas de laurel cerezo, las cuales ha
de quitsrse previamente los nervios
mas gruesos, y rasparlas un POGO has
ia que desaparezca la epidermis. De-
hen renovarse las hojas cada hora.
Ell resultado es positive y sorpren-
dente. s..a r..
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
information al Ola
De AON1EIIBEO

Seg1n revista que tenemos al fren-
te. en- Montevideo, han terminado las
faenas de los saladeros, habiendose
destinado tasajo en- todo ell Rio de
la Plata, en- la presente etapa, $50, 500
reses contra 724 900 en- 1905.
Los precios han experimentado no.
table alza debido q la actlva deman-
da. habiendose rechazado ofertas de
r reales fuertes; los tenedores pre-
tenden IS Y 90 reales fuertes, que
dando aquel mercado con sehalada
tendencia al alza.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-28
HIeIENB

Observamos que, en- algunas GALES,
los albafales de las aceraS eStan COM
pletamente obstruidos con TERRA y
basura, impidiendo que las aguas
corran libremente cuando riegan y
llueve, despidiendo un tnflA0 POGO
sgradable y nada higienico. "
No hace mucho tempo parecenoS,
no quisieramos equivocarnos, Sc
hacfa la limpiezs de los indicados al
bafales cada ocho 6 ounce dias; no
estamos muy SECURE de esta asevera-
ci6n, pero, de no haberse hecho, cree
mos que debe hacerse en- blen de la
salud pdblica. ,..u
Amador ledger., 1906-09-28
Trust to Nature.

A great many Americans, both men
and women, are thin, pale and puHy, With
poor circulation, because they have ILL
treated their stomachs by hasty eating
or too much eating, by consuming alco-
hOlic beverages, or by too close confine-
ment to home, Office or factory, and in
consequence the stomach must be treated
in a natural way before they can rectify
their earlier mistakes. The muscles in
many such people, in fact in every weary,
thin and thin blooded person, do their
work with great difficulty. As result
fatigue comes early, is extreme and lasts
long. The demand for nutritive aid is
ahead of the supply. To insure perfect
health every tissue, bone, nerve and
muscle should take from the blood GER
tain materials and return to it certain
others. 1t is necessary to prepare the
stomach for the work of taking up from
the food what is necessary to make good,
rich, red blood. We must go to Nature
for the remedy. There were certain
roots known to the Indians of this
country before the advent of the whites
which later came to the knowledge of
the settlers and which are now growing
rapidly in professional favor for the cure
These are found to be safe and yet GER
tain in their cleansing and inyigorating
effect upon the stomach, liver and blood.
These are: Golden Seal root, Queens
root, Stone root, Bloodroot, Mandrake
root. Then there is Black Cherrybark.
The medicinal principles residing in these
native roots when extracted with glyc-
crime as solvent make the most reliable
and efficient stomach tonic and liver in
vigorator, when combined in just the
right proportions, as in DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Where there
is bankrupt vitality such as nervous
exhaustion, bad . nutrition-an thin
blood, the body acquires vigor and the
nerves, blood and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect of this sovereign remedy.
Although some physicians have been
aware of the high medicinal value of the
above mentioned plants, yet few have
used pure glycerine as a solvent and
usually the doctors prescriptions called
for the ingredients in varying amounts,
tUttb alcohol.
The uGolden Medical Discovery" is a
scientific preparation compounded of the
glyceric extracts of the above mentioned
vegetable ingredients and contains no
alcohol or harmful habit-forming drugs
Amador ledger., 1906-09-28
GreeIey,s Afrectation.

There was great deal of innocence
in Horace Greeley as we'll as not lit
tie affectation. He was rarely seen
without one trousers leg carelessly
caught in the upper part of his boot,
and necktie with a bow under his
ear. Once in the public room of a
hotel friend Of Greeley's kindly pulled
down the disarranged trousers leg and
Strengthened the necktie. Greeley
thanked him and soon after left the
room. When in the course Of half an
hour he appeared in the street the
trousers leg and the necktie had been
carefully disarranged, and the man
looked as negligent Of things earthly
as he always looked. 1t was part of
his pose as man of genius to wear
his trousers leg and his necktie as if he
had put them on in hurry while alb
sorbed in meditation. 1t was a harm
less eccentricity.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-28
EARLY FIRE IMPLEMENTS.
Appliances Used In This Country In
the Seventeenth Century.

Undoubtedly the first fire company
organized in this country was formed
In New York in 1855 1t was called the
Providers and was composed of eight
men, with $50 buckets, hooks and small
ladders. Where the buckets were OBJ
tanned and whether or not they were
in addition to those owned by the town
the records fail to state. In 1879 Salem
purchased two or three dozen cedar
buckets, besides hooks and other i'm
PIGMENTS; also the selectmen and two
others were authorized to take COM
mand at fires and to blow up and pull
down buildings when such action was
necessary. This practice appears to
have been much more common before
the use of engines than afterward.
Boston on Sept 8, 1879, ordered that
every quarter of the town should be
provided with twenty swobes, two
scopes and six axes. The swobes, or
swabs, as they are now called, were
long handled mops that could be used
to put out roof fires. The general use
Of swabs has long since disappeared,
but when a slight blaze is beyond the
reach Of pail of water and more i'm
proved apparatus is not at hand a
long handled mop is today the most eff
ficient article to be used. In Japan
these swabs may be seen on many roof
tops.
In 1890 New York ordered that FIVE
ladders and also hooks be made. In
Philadelphia no mention is made Of
public precaution against fire until
1896, when a law was passed forbid
ding the firing of chimneys or allowing
the same to become foul. Each house
was to have a swab, bucket or pail.
Another act was passed in 100 order
ing every household to have two leath-
er buckets. In the following year six
or eight hooks for the purpose of tear
ing down houses were ordered to be
made
Amador ledger., 1906-09-28
BINDING THE FEET.
This Queer Chinese Custom Is Com
parativeIy Modern One.

This Queer Chinese Custom Is a Com
paratively Modern One.
China's custom Of binding the feet of
its women is not as ancient as has
been supposed. A correspondent OF
one of the native Chinese papers
quotes from the letters of Yuan Mel.
who lived in the eighteenth century.
In one of his letters Yuan Mel wrote
to friend: You ask me to get you q
handsome wife and ardently desire, as
your first requisite, that she shall have
small feet. Surely you cannot be one
who admires true beauty. An admirer
of true beauty has his own Individual
tastes, disdaining to follow the die
tates of others. Our ancient literature,
In both prose and poetry, has many al
lusions in praise of beautiful women,
but in no instance touches upon small
feet.
"a work treating of the customs Of
the Sung dynasty by Shen Yo says a
mans well made shoes are said to be
square, and a woman's round, at the
toe. In the Tang dynasty, the first al
fusion to the feet of Yang Kwei Fei.
the court beauty, was about her silk
stockings. In one of Han Tung Lang's
poems, referring to a woman's feet, he
says, Her six inch feet so bright and
sleek These illusions clearly point
to unbound feet"
Yuan Mei's letter concludes by say
Ing that the taste of those who ignore
the beauty Of face and form is deprav-
ed He iaments that sensible men
should be SO led away by a foolish
fashion.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-28
Erratic Anne Ro1exn.

OF the unfortunate Anne Boleyn,
who was the second wife of King Hen
ry VIII. of England and who was be-
headed in 1886, writer says; "Even
at this distance of time she rises be-
fore us as a living, breathing woman
of flesh and blood. She was witty, pas
sionate, vivacious and moody in turns;
she was essentially variable and jour
naliere. After her elevation to the
throne she became vindictive and
cruel, but she had many charming
qualities. While awaiting her doom at
the Tower she was wretched and mer
ry in turns, sometimes initiating her
uncle Norfolk, who had conducted her
to the Tower, with his head shakings
and his Tut, tut, tut sometimes call
ing for supper directly after dinner,
sometimes deep in her devotions. 1t is
the same Anne to the last-high spirit
ed, unreasonable, with highly strung
nerves ana good deal of courage at
the back Of her tendency to be hys-
terical."
Amador ledger., 1906-09-28
The Romance OF Lisbon.

OF Lisbon itself and beautiful Cintra
it is scarce necessary to write. Com
mander Shore in his book, 1.-THE Pleas
ant Springs in Portugal" says: Il be-
lieve there is only one other European
capital that can compare with Lisbon
in point of situation and splendor of
appearances, Constantinople, and the
resemblance seems to have struck
other travellers besides myself. Ger
tainly when the morning mists are
clinging to the shores, partly screening
their beauties and lending to the scene
the charm Of mystery that Turner
loved, Lisbon does seem like an eli
chanted city" What could one say
more ?-I.ondon Taller.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-28

At one time in England all gentle
men, wore swords as we'll as boards,
and their habit of drawing these weap-
ons to settle the most trivial disputes
is said to have had much to do with
the cut and styles in boards. During
this sword wearing period all bluff
ers" wore their boards cut and hacked
in most outlandish shapes, trying to
convey the impression that they were
bad men, who had been in many ter
rife sword combats.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-28

1t is TO India and to the Arabs as
mlddlemen that Europe, and through
Europe America. owe the orange. The
orange crossed from Africa to Spain
with Mohammedanism. while probably
the crusaders are to be thanked for
bringing 1t to Italy and western Eu-
rope among their trophies of the east.
The very name is really Arabic-"na-
raDJ'-and of eastern origin, though
the legend that it comes from two
words meaning elephant and ''be
ILL.," because elephants ate oranges to
make themselves ill, is absurd. Prob
ably In French the initial M is drop
ped off from naranj, with the final
-'n'' Of the indefinite article, just as
our "an apron" represents "a napron,"
and the spelling with an ''o'' points to
false association With Cor (gSl0.--
Economista, Havana.
\ o
Amador ledger., 1906-09-28
A Good Reason,

Two Irishmen were digging a sewer.
One of them was a big, strong man
about six feet four inches in height,
and the other one was a little, puny
man about four feet six inches. The
foreman game along to see how the
work was progressing and noticed that
one of them was doing more work than
the other. Look here" he cried, 'how
is it that little Dennis Dugan, who is
only half your size, is doing nearly
twice as much work as you, Patrick ?'
CHANGING down to his partner, Pat re-
piled: and why shouldn't heg Amt
he nearer to it?
Amador ledger., 1906-09-28

done by an antique dealer today
promised to hold desk or something
for her.
Don't tell on me-" pleaded Miss Nc
Collough nervously, please, Mr.. Ber
den."
.'Oh, the jokes not on you," said
Borden consolingly. "And when she
went there she found a chap engaged
In buying her piece-a very decent
looking chap, she says"
DO make him hush, Molly" Miss
McColloughs glass of water answered,
a despairing and surreptitious push by
flowing across the tablecloth on to
Berden's knees.
Miss Mccullough gasped.
"Oh, that's all right" said Borden,
jumping up. He beckoned a waiter
and presently resumed his seat and his
story.
"Chap was awfully good looking" he
ratified on, well dressed-manner--
what was his manner, Molly? Oh, yes,
dearest smile'"
The quick crimson swept up to the
gray hat brim, but Borden was merci-
less.
'She insisted on having the thing; 50
did he. She spoke of paying $50 for it.
He let out that he was getting it for
$50. tell you those dealers are regu-
lar sharks. So she didn't take it, and
listen to this, Van Holden-she says
she's willing to lose the furniture for
the sake of the adventure says she's
found her affinity"
''For PHYS sake, Bobbie, hush!" cried
his wife. Cant you see you're wor-
rying Nora? Do eat your lunch"
Did the man get the desk, Miss Nc
Collough?" inquired Van Holden, with
courteous interest.
probably SO. 1 left him there" she
answered vindictively ".Mr. Borden. is
the old Hotel Royal open to visitors?"
"Why don't you go back and see?"
asked the man across the table insist
emily.
1.-THE hotel?" she inquired, surprised.
''No; the antique store
L
ested." Van Holden smiled confidently
and applied himself to the salad.
With the arrival of the finger bowls
the conversation by easy stages, in
which Berden's new motor, the last re-
gatta and a projected house party
across the lake were discussed, came
back to Miss McCollough's adventure.
$50 you think the man bought your
desk?" said Van Holden. 'If he didn't
I'll wager he will"
Mrs. Borden arose, shaking out her
skirts. IF he saw his affinity as she
saw her." she laughed, 'he may have
bought it for her sake"
81 was thinking Of that" said Van
Holden.
"And some day." said Mrs. Borden
teasingly, "she may sit on it before
his library fire-in a soft gray gown
the davenport was to be upholstered
in dull green, you know"
Don't be silly, Molly. We shall be
late if you talk so long," Miss Nc
Collough insisted feverishly.
.Well, you never can tell" said Ber-
den. Anything might happen, ell,
Van?"
II should think that was quite posi-
ble," said Van Holden.
"Of course" said Borden. "Come up
and see us, old chap"
Were going to motor out to west
end for dinner tomorrow night. Don't
you want to Gomez" echoed his wife.
Il do" said Van Holden earnestly.
''But Miss Mccullough hasn't asked
me yet"
"Will you Gomez" asked Miss Nc
Collough, with level defiance and
something else in her gray eyes.
That day Mr.. Montague sold the
davenport.