Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-03

anything else to restore her shattered
nerves. So the whole household, with
the exception Of her maid, cook,
house girl and underbutler, We're to
leave the city next day in order to get
the country house ready ut once.
II don't wonder she needs little
toning up" remarked our chief SYM
pathetically. "She has gone through
nerve trying ordeal, especially for
girl reared us she has been. Two
or three months of quiet will do her
good. When does she expect to leave!"
I'm about week, think. The time
hasn't been definitely set. 1t will de-
pend upon how the arrangements go
forward. 1t won't be necessary. will
it, to bother her with any details of
business? That conveyance, for in
stance
"Can wait till she gets back. No, we
won't bother her at all"
But it seemed that she had either i'm
proved or changed her mind, for Two
days later note, which her maid had
written for her, came to Mr.. Graham
asking him to call upon her in the
course of the next twenty-four hours,
as she wished to talk over some nut
tiers of business with him. 1t struck
me as singular that she should ask for
Mr.. Graham, but our senior called a
cab and started of ut once without
comment An hour later the door open
ed and he entered the Office with a
most peculiar expression Of counte-
nance.
well, that beats me-" he exclaimed
as lie dropped into his chair.
Our junior wheeled around toward
him without speaking, but his anxiety
was plain enough.
",ro think that girl as level headed
as Frances Holiday has always been
| should suddenly develop such whimsi-
| calties Yet couldn't but admire her
grasp of things. Here have been
thinking she didn't know anything
about her business and didn't care, but
she seems to have kept her eyes open."
..Well?" asked Mr.. Royce as the 9TH
er paused.
well, she started out by reminding
me that her property had been left TIC
her absolutely, to do as she pleased
with, point which l, Of course, con-
coded. She then went on to say that
she knew of a number Of requests her
father had intended to make before his
death, and which lie would have made
if he had not been cut off so suddenly;
that the requests We're Of such ma
ture that he did not wish his name to
appear in them, and that she was going
to undertake to carry them out anony-
mously." s.ss
"WellY" asked our Junior again.
"Well," said Mr.. Graham slowly, ''shc
\ asked me to dispose at once of such OF
her securities as l thought best in or
der that might place in her hands by
tomorrow night 100000 in cash.
cool hundred thousand"
The Cruel Plant.
A Canadian climber, the Physianthu
allcns, has received the name Of "crue
pl:,nt' from its i'll treatment of butter
flies. 1t flowers in the month of Au
gust, and the butterflies, attracted b,
L luC lIeIluule, uONcE uEOuIltl IL III luIS
J numbers and push their trunks into til
corcllas to sip the honey. A pair o
sensitive vegetable pinchers in til
heart of the flower grips the delicat
proboscis, and in spite OF struggles t
get free the butterfly hangs suspende
until it dies. Apparently the plant la
; nothing to gain by the death of the ii
sect, as it is not carnivorous, like til
Venus fly trap. In fact, If the butter
!, !, fly We're allowed to come and go
,, would tend to foster the species by a:
, sisting cross fertilization. 1t appear:
however, that the "cruel plant cam
, originally from Brazil, where the bul
= terflies are much stronger and extr
! cate their suckers from the trap. W
, may add that another Canadian plan
: the Cnicus discolor, is charged wit
: cruelty. The flower has a gland whic
secretes a viscous liquid capable {
n lining insects which are fond OF
Moreover, they seem to be stupel
@ and poisoned by it, and no reason CT,
$ as yet be assigned for the deadly col
II sequence.