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Tell him" you whispered again.
And then Uncle Bob squirmed-yes.
actually squirmsd-just as you had
done a few moments before. IL
can't start them Help me. quickr'
said he. And you hed through the
open door, upstairs and into mommer's
room. You flung your head into her
lap and cried. cried.
Why, what is the trouble. dear?"
she asked. Oh. how you loved her
voice: 1t made you think somehow OF
her sealskin coat. all soft and smooth
and comfortable and lovely. Then you
told her all about 1T.
Pops don't know his letters. n Uncle
Bob don't know his'n. an fergot mine,
n don't you let 'em know, will you,
mommer? Cause Uncle Bob'll call me
baby, n I'm not his baby-nobody's
but yours. Momner." You were a dip
lomat even In those days Mommer
whispered then into your ear the magi-
cal letters "a, b. c, d. e, f. Why, Of
course you 'memhered them and You
whispered them back to her right
away. "a. b. {. d. c. T." How could you
have forgotten! But you never would
forget agair-never, never, never,
And then you went In and washed
your face. so that Pops and Uncle Bob
couldn't see that you had been crying.
and then back to Mommer's room to
play with your blocks. You built a
soda fountain and sold sodas to Nom
mer. storeberry. chorclate. bernilia. all
the kinds YOU liked best yourself. and
still Pops and Uncle Bob did not come.
You began to lose interest in the play
drug store. or. rather. the play soda
fountain, for although the former al
ways suggested the latter yet the rule
didn't work both ways. for you often
saw soda fountain without even think
-
better, the--drug store. And finally you
grew so tired of waiting that you de-
cided TO go downstairs and look for
Pops and Uncle Bob and tell them that
you knew your letters and also tell
those big men now to start theirs. And
downstair you went, but no Pops and
no Uncle Bob They had disappeared.
and you knew why. They couldn't start
their letters. and they We're ashamed
to look at you. a very small man by
comparison, when you could say the
a b cs without any hesitation With
great satisfaction you stood IN front
of the long. old fashioned mirror in
the parlor and made faces at yourself
while you repeated for your own BEN
eft the now familiar letters. "a. b. C, d.
c. f." No thought troubled you of
gs aud his and is to come tomorrow.
No, you simply gloried with satisfac-
tion at your present knowledge.
Then Bedtime Came.
Supper time came and no Pops and
no Uncle Bob. Well. they must be
ashamed.
Then bedtime came. and still no Pops
and still no Uncle Bob.
After YOU had coaxeo mommer for
scme time and petted her cheek the
way Pops did when he said ~Good-by, =
and after you had told her how good
YOU had been all day. then you gained
permission to remain up half an hour
longer than usual. Until half pas
seven-well. surely they would come
hcnle by that time: they couldn't intend
to stay out all night. You sat on the
stcop and waited patiently at first,
then iidGctinS, as ha:f-past seven drew
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thest snauows echoed her words. 4
have scen~aSd heard nothing"
AS they walked arm in arm toward
the house "A figure slipped from the
lilacs and. sl<irting the wall. confront
ed them. With cry Sister Anna ran
To the street For moment Alva and
her convict stood face to face in the
shadows; for just one quick. troubling
moment, barely time enough wherein to
snatch a word or look. And yet did
there pass between them some secret
bond of giving and talking? For when
three men rushed In their prisoner
stepped forth to meet them, smiling.
and with outstretched wrists.
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WIZ az nNF7= NAoax~ Tors TIE beaooae porr eyes

'It was a trap. hut risked it, /
believed you didn't know you were the
tait. But now-well. you NEEDN'T own
uL. Just nod, and I'm satisfied"
Alva remembered where her service
lny. she rose. slipping Off her bandage.
and turned resolutely toward the house,
to find Sister Anna approaching.
How you tremble." said the sister
Has anything happened? Shall call
for help?''
AIva clasped the gold crucifix, striv-
ing TO speak truth. but In vain. There
was much fear in her heart.
"Nor she said at length. and her
voice rang out go clearly that the fur
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N1F FHEN the Butcher and his
soldiers were laying waste
w the province OF Santa Clara,
putting all men to the sword
Ava's mother. then lying Ill in the de-
serted house, sent for her and flung a
gold crucihx about her neck.
1t was blessed by very holy man.
she whispered. 1T win hold you and
those you love from harm. Clasp il and
have no fear. Good-by. little one. Per-
haps when this cruel war is over"
Alva heard the good father praying
above them. She raised the crucihx.
then lay quite still until the arms about
her relaxed peacefully
The war was over.
Thereafter she was put on a sooty
ship and sailed a great distance be-
tween bare sky and sea TO the port OF
the Gray Woman, some foreign saint.
who watched over her people silently.
nrotectingly, with upthrust arm: and
there AlVa was turned around and
around in a labyrinth OF clsmorous.
distracted streets. tin at last she
reached a quiet old house behind stone
walls and erept forlornly in among the
lilac bushes. knowing only that home
was a lifetime away and that she was
forever lost
But that night the old. droning pray
ers, though she cried at hearing them.
brought her for the first time in many
nights an oversee watt OF home: and as
The months and years passed and she
grew 10 love the meek faced Sisters. to
receive day ~ day their simple instruc-
ton and 10 creep slowly into their life's
g0iet drift her earlier memories Of
war,- hot pestilence and death faded,
and all unconSciously the little Home
Of Our Lady OF Refuge became a home
indeed
often as Alva sat among the ragged,
richly spreading patches OF morning
glories, geraniums and hollyhocks she
would glance from her book up at the
high. rugged walls 10 wonder about the
great city lying without. whose distant
clamor filtered family In upon the idle.
nrowsily scented no1n. whose streets
held, said Sister Anna, much misery.
shame and wickedness. But surely no
one could be quite wicked for very
long; surely not at all on days when
IazN clouds piled the cool sky, and each
gtistening leaf and blade trembIed ex-
N4NHANNAe 70 AllN NlnQ. CT
Sister Anna should know. by reason of
many years patient service in the great
worlG. and also there came 20 Alya the
memory OF the grim, gray fortress set
in the swirling river All, yes, 1t
must be true.
For sometimes in her daily walk
with the sister she climbed the steep.
cobbly hill and came to where all
streets end at dingy boardings. over
which masts and puffy stacks were
seen afar. between the vista of houses,
Sliding smoothly past against an empty
sky And when the boardings were
reached there was laid bare the swift
hungry. heaving river. and beyond. a
green island OF neat walks and scat
tered, whitewashed tree trunks. amid
which lay the long. hanked line OF
gray stone with its sentinel tower and
rows OF tiny windows. where, said
Sister Anna, many wicked. unfortunate
nen were held by the strong law. not
too late. she believed. for reflection. re-
Eret and even repentance. often Alva
watched until she trembled TO think Of
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i've come back" he said. then
smiled brightly ut Alva- Il give my
self up
As the sisters clustered about Alva
beneath the lamplight one of them
stepped forward, exclaiming. and raised
broken chain which swung from the
girls neck; and Alva. turning away,
sank her face in her hands. Yet it
was not tears she hid. but hot con-
fusion.
Her mothers last gift, murmured
the sisters among themselves.
For IL was gone, the gold crucihx
which would hold from harm herself
and those she loved.
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bet beautifullyi there could be no doubt
of that. A. B. G, d, e, r you had done
in half an hour. and then Pops had
proudly taken you to the corner drug
store and asked you what favor you
would have. You pondered carefully
IT was an important decision. and after
a few seconds nervous thinking 1you
could think of great many kinds of
SODA Ia few seconds) YOU decided
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OF were four years old when you
" learned it, a tiny. helpless. ire
sponsible thing. as you look back
now from the height OF your man.
hood. but Caccording to your own esti-
nation al the time, at leasD quite a
man on a small scale. and perfectly
capable OF knowing what you ought
and what you ouShtn't 10 do. You had
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always been petted and coaxed. much
like small dog with bone. only it
was piece OF candy they had promised
you. or peanuts, or they may have told
you that you might play with the music
box II you did so and so. and you gem
orally did DO il. after sufficient coaxing
and cajoling.
You had started 30 learn your alpha
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hen the Butcher" and his
soldiers were laying waste
the province OF Santa Clara.
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that this location Of refaeries and I
the natural advantages following IL
were obtained by means OF UNFAIR
comratitive methods but beyond this
mere assertion does not 30 into his
tory or explanation Of these alleged
unfair methods at all. He says th7
DEVELOPMENT OF the pipe line system
bv the STANDARD Oil company was TIE
result Of special agreement with -
railroad companies As matter G
Z cact. the development OF tho ne
line system By the STANDARD OIL com
panv was in the face OF violent hos
tility On the part Of the railroads.
con6 lions in New England
passing from this point Commis-
sioner Garfield takes Up the question
=, favoritism. which lie alleges has
baen shown By various railroad cor
variations. TO the Standard Oil COM
nanv The first specific case of al
legged discrimination 10 which ne al
reefs attention IS in the New England
territory. II is charged that We en-
iox a monopoly in certain parts OF thar
sar.fon because some OF the railroads
there refuse TO prorate. Casual IN
outry would show that the New Eng
, land roads are simply doing what theJ
are forced 10 do by natural conditions
obviously. we have an advantage bl
the use OF our pipe lines from N
. western oil fields 10 the coast and IN
!, use OF water transportation thence z
! New England over anyone who use
! All rail transportation from westeTi
L points. J.,
: same thing and deliver oil at u
/, roi,ts in New England that We do y
3 the same process.
y QUESTION Of Relate
J. ..The commissioner says that wit
one or two exceptions the inyes'iE'
tions Of the bureau have IS yet ~
N covered no rebates in the technics
y sense on interstate business
u -He saws the Standard OIL compan
' has habitually received from the rai
- roads and Is now receiving. 'secre
IS rates and other unjust and Illegal "
IL examinations It Is hardly FAIR
or manly for him TO add the sentence. i
n course there may BE- other secret RAJ
e. which the bureau has not discoyere'
IT. Does Not Crush Competition
Cd "The statement that the Standa
IT. oil company has largely ~ unil
,s- and unlawful methods crushed 2
ss- home competition Is fully answer
Of nv the fact that home competition ,
always existed. IS steadily growii
.av and that there are now AZ least J
- competitive refneries in the Unit
the States
the Standard oil company has 10
Investigated over and over again
tie instigation Of its rivals. and
IT. always Welcomes such invesiigatl
when conducted in good faith
ent fairly. We arc engaged in a large
on honorable business. We are condt
II. ing IT honorably and We sincerely
the lieve in conformity 70 law.
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standard on company, MAZE the l'f
lowing statement "a the press
in the president EFFORT 70 secr'e
the passage 81 a bin eularsins ihe
powers ~ interstate commerce eohi'
mission and Just ana equitable raN
way rates. We have precisely the same
interest that any good citizen has no
more and no less Regarding his CRIT
icisms upon the management ~ the
railways. or his stricturcs upon any
acts OF the Interstate com meTce COM
mission. we have neither rcsponsihll'
i.v nor concern. when. however. ne
or Commit ssioner Garfield attacks the
standard OH company and uses Na
methods az doing business an opJee'
lesson for the purpose Of promoNn5
his views. Nc protest 10 may p'
4 frankly stated at the outset that tAe
Z Standard on company has - all times
within the limits OF fairness and VIE
due regard for the law. sought 70
cure the most Advantageous i.e-sa'
rates and routes possible
Corporation Is Upright.
I'VE say fatty that any assertion
that the STANDARD on company ha
been or is now knowingly engaged II
practices which are unlawful IS allA
untru,hfal and unjust.
-The commissioners report. upol
which the presidents message
based opens with the statement tha
.ha -,a~ufac-ura az refined oil in TIL
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Torture Of Women.

II was a terrible torture that Mrs.
Gertie Mcfarland. Of King Mountain
\. c. describes, rs follows. SUI
fered dreadful periodical pain, and be-
came 80 weak was given up 20 die
when my husband got me Wine OF
Cardui. The first dose gave relief, ano
with 3 bottles ] am up doing my work
[ cannot say enough in praise or Car
dui" 4 wonderful remedy for WON
ems ills. AT druggists; 500.
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Berlin. Senior Ruata. the spanish
snibassador here. will vacate his post
shortly because he has twice Incurred
King Alfonso personal displeasure-
The first occasion was when the king
.sisited Berlin some months ago.
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Rome -Paoia MIA. resident ~
Palermo. soaked her clothing with pe-
froleum then set O. acre. She danced
around madly until She fcll. burned 70
death. Tt Is stated her mother killed
herself IA tue sane way in Chicago.
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away with. This immediate correc-
zion martial or complete. Of the evil
of the secret rates Is. OF course. on the
one hand an acknowledgment tnat
they were wrong and yet were per-
,ssvsred in until exposed, and. on the
uther hand. a proof OF the efficiency 81
The Eork tnat has been done ~ the
bureau CT corporations.
@gut In addition 20 these secret
rates the STANDARD Oil profits IN
rnensely BY open rates, which are 50
arranged as 10 give d an oyerwhelm-
sng advantage over its Independent
competitors.
Controls the Market
Il is not possible he says. 20 put
into figures the exact amount ~
which the standard profits throuef
the gross favoritism shown = By m
railroads in come ton with the opei
rates. The profit. Of course comes
not merely by the saving IN the rat
itself as compared with is cpmpet
Tors. but ~ the higher prices u Z
able to charge and by the compiet
control 81 the market which i Sc
rures. thereby getting the pront on tn
whole consumption.
There Are Others.
II Is unfortunately not true ne say
mat the standard oil company is q
oniy corporation which has benehte
and is benefting in wholly improp'
fashion by an elaborate series of ra
determinations The sugar trust,
ADDS. according 20 the results Of 2
Investigation now in progress, rare
n ever pays the lawful rate for tran
portation. tie declares that in the
fort 10 prevent the railroads fro
uniting for improper purposes
have very unwisely prohibited the
from uniting for proper purposes "a
Is. Tor purposes % protecting ihe'
selves and the general public
against the power Of the great &
porations
Correcticnarv Measures.
He favors as an element q COM
tffion the passage Of some such \
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President Transmits Report Of Com
missioner Garfield to Congress a'0
Comments on Document
ROGFBS AND ARCHBOLD REPLY TO NATIONS EXECUTIVE
Issue Elaborate Defense of Great CorPorauor''
Contending 1t Is Conducted Along honor
able Business Lines and That Horne
Com petition Is Not Crushed.

as that which has already passed the
house. putting alcohol used IN The arts
and manufactures upon the free list
ana 1T keeping the fee 70 oil and coal
lands of the ln4.an tribes or on me
public domain in The government. the
lands 10 De leased only on such terms
and Tor such periods as Will enable the
government 10 entirely control them
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Fnvrrs Shaw scheme.

Washington. -Secretary Shaw's bill
increasing the percentage - gold bull
lion that may be held in the reserve
fund In the national treasury. was or
dered reported favorably by the senate
committee on finance.
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Graduates All Girls.

Litchfali. Tl-At the annual com
mencement exercises q the sorrento
hirh school the class was composed Of
Ave girls. irma Eugene Jestes. Nelma
Isabella Thacker, Pearl May Barra-
clouah. Della May Whitworth and
Npla Miller.
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rhe Boston WAY.

Hicks-She's from Boston. isn't she,
Wieks-I cant tell. She hasn't had oc-
easicn 20 pronounce the word either
she's not iron: Boston then. II she
were she'd have found the occasion long
az. philadelphia Ledger
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Mrs. Duke VIII Appeal

Newark ~ Mrs. James b.
Duke has announced through her AZ.
torney that she viii Immediately ap
peal TO the court OF errors frcm Vice
Chanccllor's Piiney decision divorc.
ing her from her husband
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$50 fnr Pond company.

st. Louis.-William l.. Watkins,
state superintendent 81 building and
loan associations. was appointed re-
ceiver for the National Bond company
bis bond being ixed at $4,000.
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STANDARD MAGEATEs
REPLY TO PRESIDENT

New York In reply TO President
Roosevelts message and the report Of
Commissioner Garfield. Aessrs Il. II.
Rogers and John y. Archbold. q the
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TIE More the Merrier.

Il want 70 introduce YOU % Young n l
verv ni,e rri-ird She worth her
-S,eut XII. / hope"-The Tattler
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Ahalish seeret Ratss.

The president, then says
A very striking result 81 the inFes-
tigauon has been that shortly at.er
the discovery II these secret rates oy
the commissioner Of corporations The
major portion % them was promptly
corrected by the railroads. % that
most OF them have now been done
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Y Jesus would seek and save
people 81 every land-John 1915.
v 3. Many whom chains OF iron
cannot bind may Re bound By the
mirhtier bonds OF love- Cor
5.1i. Is.
V. 3. Evil spirits commonly 90 in
companies. No sin stands alone
Matt 1e.f3-i5.
Y Is. When one is saved by Jesus
he becomes m every particular new
sreature.-2 Cor 5:l7.
V. II. We must take care lest. II
iespising Christs messengers. we BIZ
Tim depart from us.--Lake lois
The evening world., 1906-05-16

Especial TO The Evening worli)
ALBANY. May 1.-two hundred
Italians began a race war to-day on
.tI negroes In the village OF Coeymans,
just below Albany. and four companies
of militia have hurried 10 the scene 20
check the rioters
Z The Italians. who were employed In
| the brick yards there. went oui on n
strike Yesterday and to-day occupied the
hills surrounding the yards, nrng down
on the negroes. who had been smuggled
In to take the strikers places.
The villagers In alarm called on the
Stnte authorities 20 protect them. and
Sherifr Pitts. OF Albany. with deputies
and Lieut. Col Davis. left for Cuey-
mans n II \. NJ.
Before starting col. Davis notified the
commanders OF the National Guard
companies in this city 10 keep .n touch
with headquarters In case their services
should be required.
The Italian strikers occupy company
houses. and they are holding them By
force
Shortly after the noon hour Sheriff
PITTS requested thal tho local militia
be sent to Coeymans. and arrangements
were at once made 10 have the four
companies % the Tenth Regiment To-
Gated here forwarded to me scene oi
trouble
m. detail lcrt Albany at o'cloek this
campaign.
Strikes nre on in most of the brick
yards along the river down To Port
Even Recognition Of the union and
ton hour day are among the demands
~ the men
Pulled Pistols.
The trouble had it, inception At
o clock this morning. when a number
OF the strikers scouts with lanterns.
went To the various yards and notlfrd
the non-union men that they must not
20 TO work to-day. because there would
be trouble. The non-union men were
in bed in the shRnties erected for them
In the yards and We're aroused by the
scouts rhey made no promise.
The ttcS workers Went on duty at I
o'clock. tue usual hour. and weye not
molested for time They worked In
peace until little after o'clock. when
the strikers marched to the various
yards about $50 strong, and ordered
tho men 10 quit work.
They FIRST went 20 the upper yard OF
zeigier & Xeigler and induced the men
there TO quit, They then visited IN sue
The evening world., 1906-05-16
LOUISVILLE RESULTS.

LOUISVILLE. May l6-Tho races
h,re to-day resulted as follows;
FIRST RACE-one miie.-Dr. Nc
cluer 20 to and S to b l, Tinker q TO
10 FOR place) ?. Minnehalla g. Time
iA 20
SECOND RACE-Four and half
furlongs --DRshaway % to / and 2 TO
u !. Clamor C~ven for place. :. Char
ley Mitchell 3 Tmo-0 IS S-5
THIRD RACE Five and half FUR
longs Lady Anne (6 10 / and 10 y l.
Lady Esther t2 to ! for place. :. E1
Grillo 3 Time-l0s Is.
FoURrH RACE-Full course. Man
ncrs O. to and 20 81 !. ChRrawind Is
to FOR plaee) >. Onyx II. ). Tlme-S,62
FIFTH RACE-One mile -Mandator
q 10 10 and ! to a /. Josie's Jewel t3 TO
Tor place. ., Fcrronlere g. Time
1l4-5