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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-19
CHAPTER lI. 4 Face at Sherry's,

Don't mention my name an thou lowest mel" said Laurance Donovan. and he drew me aside. ignored my hand and otherwise threw into our meeting a casual quality that was somewhat amazing in view of the fact that we had met last at Cairo.
 "Allah il Allah!"
 It was undoubtedly Larry. I felt the heat of the desert and heard the camel. drivers cursing and our Sudanese guides plotting mischief under . win. dow far away.
 "Well!" we both exclaimed interro- gatively.
 He rocked gently back and forth, with his hands in his pockets. on the tile noor of the banking house. had seen him stand thus once on a time when he had eaten nothing in four days-it was in Abyssinia, and our guides had lost us in. the worst possi. ble place-with the same untroubled look in his eyes.
 Please don't appear surprised, or scared or anything, Jack" he said. with his delicious intonation. "I saw . fellow looking for me an hour or 70 ago. He's been at it for several months; hence my presence on these shores of the brave and the free. Hes probably still looking. as he's a per. sistent devil. I'm here, as we may say. quite incog. Staying at an East Side lodging house. where I shan't in. vite you to call on me. But must see you"
 Dine with me tonight, at sher. y'sE"
 Too big. too many people,
 Therein lies security, if you're in trouble I'm about to 70 into exile. and want to eat one more civilized dinner before I 90"
 Perhaps it's just as we'll Where are you of for.-not Africa asainy
 No Just Indiana,-one of the sov. ereign American states. a you ought to know"
 -Indians,-
 No; warranted all dead.-
 Pack train-balloon-autonobile- camels.-hov do you get there,-
 vanished cara It's easy It's not the setting there: its the not dying of ennui after you're on the spof--
 Humph. What hour did you say for the ~dinser,-
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sibly it would be more to my credit ii
 l did, the months spent in leisurely
 following the Danube east of the Iron
 Gate-Laurance Donovan always with
 me, while we urged the villagers and inn-loafers to all manner of sedition, l acqultting ourselves so we'll that, when we came out into the Black sea for further pleasure, Russia did us the honor to keep spy at our heels. I should like, for my own satisfaction, at least, to set down an account of certain affairs in which we were con- cerned at Belgrad, but without Larry's consent I am not at liberty to do so. Nor shall l take time here to describe our travels in Africa, though our study of the Atlas mountain dwarfs won us honorable mention by the British Pathological Society.
 These were my yesterdays; but to. day I sat in Arthur Pickering's office in the towering Alexis Building, con scious of the muffled roar of Broad way. discussing the terms of my grandfather Glenarms will with man whom l disliked as heartily as it is safe for one man to dislike another. Pickering had asked me a question, and was suddenly aware that his eyes were fixed upon me and that he awaited my answer.
 What do think of it?" I repeated. T don't know that it makes any diff. ference what I think, but I'll tell you, if you want to know. that call it in- famous, outrageous, that man should leave ridiculous will of that sort be- hind him. All the cid money-bags who pile up fortunes magnify the i'm portance of their money. They i'm. agine that every kindness, every ordi- nary courtesy shown them, is merely bid for slice of the cake. I'm dis appointed in my grandfather. He was splendid old man, though God knows he had his queer ways. I'll bet a thou sand dollars, if have so much money in the world, that this scheme is yours, Pickering. and not his. It smacks of your ancient vindictiveness, and John Marshall Glenarm had none of that in his blood. That stipulation about my residence out there is fantastic. don't have to be lawyer to know
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He picked up single sheet of thin typewriter paper and passed 1t across the table. It was a formal acquies. cence in the provisions of the will, Pickering had prepared 1t in advance of my coming. and this. assumption that I would accept the terms irritated me. Assumptions as to what should do under given conditions had always annoyed me, and accounted, in large measure. for my proneness to surprise and disappoint people. Pickering sum- moned a clerk to witness my sigma. ture.
 How soon shall you take posses. sion?" he asked. T have to make a note of it."
 T shall start for Indiana to.mor. row." answered.
 As l rose to go Pickering said:
 Tt will be sufficient if you drop me a line, say once a month, to let me know you are there. The postofice is Annandale."
 suppose might file a supply of postal cards in the village and arrange for the mailing of one every month."
 Tt might be done that way" he an. swered evenly.
 We may perhaps meet again, if I don't die of starvation or ennui. Good. by"
 We shook hands stifiy and I left him, going down in an elevator filled with eager.eyed, anxious men. I, at least, had no cares of business. It made no difference to me whether the market rose or fell. Something of the spirit of adventure that had been my curse Quickened in my heart as I walked through crowded Broadway past Trinity church to a bank and drew the balance remaining on my letter of credit. received in currency slightly less than $1,000.
 As turned from the teller's window ran into the arms of the last man in the world expected to see.
 This, let it be remembered. was in October of the year of our Lord, nine. teen hundred and one.
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had to be done in the place cf the de. cedent's residence. and we went to- gether to wabana, the seat of the county in which Annandale lies"
 was silent after this. looking out toward the sea that had called me since my earliest dreams of the world that lay beyond it.
 Its a poor stake. Glenarm," re. marked Pickering consolingly, and I wheeled upon him.
 T suppose you think 1t poor stake! I suppose you can't see anything in that old mans life beyond his money; but don't care . curse what my in- heritance is, I never obeyed any of my grandfather's wishes in his life time. but now that he's dead his last wish is mandatory. I'm going out there to spend . year If I die for 1t. Do you get my idea.-
 Humph. You always were . stormy petrel." he sneered. T fancy 1t will be safer to keep our most agree able acquaintance on . strictly busi- ness basis. If you accept the terms of the wfll--
 -of course I accept them, Do you think am going to make . TOW. re- fuse to fulfill that old mans last wish. I gave him enough trouble in his life without disappointing him in his grave suppose you'd like to have me fight the vill; but I'm going to dis appoint you
 He said nothing. but played with his pencil I had never disliked him co heartily; he vas 70 smGg and comfort able His office breathed the very spirit of prosperity 1 wished to anIsh my business and eet avay.
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 satisfaction to myself. at least, through the Sudan. But Pickering's words amazed me.
 Let me understand you" I said. bending toward him. "My grandfather was supposed to be rich. and yet you tell me you find little property. Sister Theresa got money from him to help build a school. How much was that" Fifty thousand dollars. It was an open account. His books show the ad. vances. but he took no notes"
 And that claim is worth-!"
 Tt is good as against her indlvidu- ally. But she contends"
 Yes. go on,-
 I had struck the right note. He vas annoyed by my persistence and his sp- parent discomfort pleased me.
 She refuses to pay. She says Mir. Glenarm made her a gift of the money
 That's possible. isn't 1t, He was forever making gifts to churches. Schools and theological seminaries were sort of weakness with him" -we1l pass that If you get this money the estate Is worth sso.ooo. plus the value of the land out there at Annsrdsle. and Giensrm House Is vortb-
 There you have mel
 It vas the first lishfness he had shown and it put me oa guard T should like an idea of it's vslue. Even an unfinished house is worth something
 Land out there Is worth from sloo to s1so sn JereL There's an even hun dred scres m be glad to have yosr
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 to kidnap . man in America and carry him on"
 Possibly not: and yet the situation isn't wholly tranquil" he said. trans fixing bit of pompano with his fork. Kindly note the horid gentleman at your right-at the table with four he's next the lady in pink. It may in- terest you to know that he's the Brit fish consul"
 Interesting. but not important. You don't for moment suppose"
 That he's looking for me. Not at all. But he undoubtedly has my name on his tablets. The detective that's here following me around is pretty dull He lost me this morning while I was talking to you in the bank Later on I had the pleasure of trailing him for an hour or SO until he finally brought up at the British consul's of- fce. Thanks: no more of the fish. Let us banish care. I vasn't born to be hanged: and as I am . political of- fender. I doubt whether I can be de- ported if they lay hands on me"
 He watched the bubbles h his glass dreamily. holding it up in his slim. vell-kept fingers
 Tell me something of your own immediate present and future" he said
 I made the story of my srandfather Gienarm's legacy e brief as possible. for brevfty vas . definite law of our intercourse.
 "A rear. you say. with nothIng to do but fold your han1s an1 wait It 1nenr Dzn1 sHfzI1y attrlesivs 10 n&
The Washington times., 1907-06-23

FIREPROOF HOMES AND HOTELS
CRYING NEED OF THE FUTURE

in cost compared with lumber that the
wise man VIII invest in the fireproof
construction rather than in framework
for in the long run the added cost Of
construction will be far unbalanced by
the length OF life. durability. and safety
Having almost exhausted our forests
TO the great detrlment Of the fertility OF
the soil and Of the safety OF rivers, It is.
indeed, fortunate for the country, that
the development OF iron and cement
makes possible the supply of building
materials equal 10 the increasing de-
mands of the times. or necessity there
must follow a vast increase IN the de-
velopment OF iron. steel, and cement
making. and OF all Of the Industries con-
nected with them.
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PERMIT ISSUED
CARDINAL GIBBONS

Building Inspector Ashford has issued
a permit to His Eminence James Cardi-
nal Gibbons for repairs and alterations
at eS7 and 800 F street northwest that
are estimated VIII cost $500, The plans
prepared by Architects Wagner & VIII
liams contemplate an addition 10 the
stores occupied by Mayer Bros. & Co.
that will increase the floor space some
thing like $500 square feet, 10 enable
them 20 accommodate n ,ir large bust
ness. The second and taird floors are
to be extended 70 the same depth as the
first floor, and two aDorns, each Y by A
feet in size. provided. The building
operations are being carried on by John
S. Larcombe
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Warehouse
Leased and
Renovated

With n flag raising and brief iufor-
NAL exercises on July l, at which the
Postmaster General and the principal Of
ficials of the Postoftice Department are
expected TO be present the Postoffice
Department Annex will be formally
commissioned.
The establishment Of the annex marks
a great stride in the matter of postal
administration, as It serves to bring to-
gether a number Of the bureaus and d.
visions that have been widely scattered
over the city and badly quartered I'm
der the new arrangement the workshops
Of the postal service and the supply di-
visions are brought together under one
roof. with allied clerical divisions in
close proximity.
Leased Warehouse for Ten Years.
The department. leased from the Ter
minal Storage Company the large eight
story warehouses at the. intersection OF
X street and the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. containing about $1,000 square
feet Of floor space. for a term of ten
years. WOrlmen have been busy for
weeks putting the building in proper
shape for the purposes Of the depart
ment
Forty-five additional windows have
been cut 10 afford additional light and
air; Improved lavatOry service has been
Installed on every floor. following strict
~ the regulations for same as made by
the District Commissioners. Partitions
have been erected to supply offices for
the clerical divisions. improved elevator
SERVICE horoscopes and all modern ap-
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$1,000.

DOWNTOWN BAEGAIE.
BRICK STABLE. Near 9Th
and Eye: o stories. cellar, lot
2eXl00.
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S4,1OO.
s-RooNT DWEILTNG.

a DECIDED BARGAIN. A
corporation owning this we'll
located S-rOOm dwelling will
d sell at a sacrifice; on a wide
\ street. west OF 18th; 2 stories,
cellar 4 rooms deep on a floor;
lot 1SX90.
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CFrom Manufacturers. Record.1

(From Manufacturers Record
The burning of large hotel near Nor
folk, resulting IN the death of one or
two people and the very narrow escape
of all the guests, again emphasizes the
himsy character OF much OF our home
ard hotel construction. More and more
business men seek the hreproof office
building on account of the protection
IL their papers and the safety Of life
IN case Of fire. In the larger cities
business men can hardly consider re-
naming in non-fireproof Office buildings
unless there are ample means OF es-
cape, but the men who are so particular
about the security of their Offices and
their papers and books lie down every
night 10 sleep in non-freproof dwell
ings and hotels. Few men would think
of selecting for an Office TO be occupied
In the daytime as combustible build
ings as they use for a sleeping place at
night, with the danger OF IRE and the
loss OF life a thousand times greater.
These conditions must change. The
time must come In the not distant flu
ture when men will be more particular
about fireproof dwellings and fireproOf
hotels than about fireproof Offices. In
the daytime the ONCE can be easily va
Gated, and very generally papers and
books can be saved, but at night the
danger 70 life from fiimsy construction.
especially Of hotels, Is too great 10 be
regarded with the little attention which
Il now receives.
IN times past the cheapness OF lumber
and the difficulty OF finding other mate
rails, except bricks. 10 take its place.
even IN part, have tended toward frame
construction in whole or IN part. In
these latter times. with the great de
velopment Of steel for architectural
purposes and Of concrete construction,
which has come about so rapidly within
the last five or six years, sOlidity Of
construction must suDpIant the nimsy,
combustible methods of the past. Il is
fortunate in many ways that this IS
true.
The destruction Of our forests is one
OF the saddest results Of our great de-
velOpment and prosperity. and what
ever tends 10 lessen the demand for
lumber will be a blessing 10 the country.
IN view OF the fact that concentrating
materials are found in nearly all parts
Of the country even though great care
may be required 10 select the best
locations. there is almost a limitless
field for the development OF cement in
dustry for concrete work with con-
crete construction in whole. or concrete
and iron combined. II Is now possible to
erect dwellings, stores. warehouses, and
once buildings at so small a difference
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BISHOP GIVEN PERMIT
FOR TW0-ST0RY BUILDING

c. E Bishop viii build for himself a
two-story frame dwelling on New Cut
road northwest, that will cost approx
lmately 5000. Building Inspector Ash
ford has issued the necessary permit
so that the work can proceed at once.
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FOUR NEW STORES
FOR SEVENTH STREET

William F. Harper. builder. has con
tracted 70 erect four one-story brick
stores for D. J. Particle, at l521 TO 1877
Seventh street northwest. at a cost OF
81, 800. There are but few vacant places
on this busy thOroughfare and the
proximity 10 the . street market makes
store property particularly desirable
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planes that could possibly be required
In combination Office and work build
ing. have been Installed.
New Building Beside 1t.
Alongside the large building has been
erected what is probably one of the
best lighted and best ventilated office
buildings in Washington. II is three
stories in height, and is designed TO fur
nish quarters for the division of topO-
graphy, heretofore quartered in the
Bush building. corner Eighth and L
streets northwest; division Of stamps
from Bush building, and the division Of
redemption, from the department build
ing.
The stamp division has already been
moved to the new quarters, while the
remaining divisions are being rapidly
transferred
Private sidings are TO be run to both
the first and second stories OF the main
building, which will admit of freight
and supplies being received and dis
patched without the cost Of drayage.
All supplies used by the entire postal
service Will be received and dispatched
from this building, amounting 10 about
100 tons daily. The department calcu-
lates that the saving on drayage alone
viii be an Immense item. which can
only be Appropriated after the con-
tractors begin to figure on supplies
minus the drayage, as will be the case
after this year
Only Two Structures Here.
The annex will be the only building
maintained in Washington by the de-
partment outside Of the main building.
The Bush building on 2 street. the old
rink at 6l3 F street, the building occu-
pied by the mail bag repair shop on c
street and the quarters occupied by the
lock shop ut 1871 First street northeast.
will all be surrendered by the depart
ment.
The buildings and the disposition OF
the floor space is thought TO be ideal
for the purpose intended. The sixth
seventh and eighth floors Of the large
building are TO be used by the mail bag
repair and lock shops. The fifth floor.
following the plan Of the department, Is
given over to the administrative di-
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S4750.
MT. PLEASANT BARGAN.
SA650-

HOt-WaCCr heat west side OF
18th; tiled bath. lot 20XS0
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cORNrR DwrI,rnG-

BRICK STABLE. Near ffth
St, bright. sunny expos
Ure, large front lawn 4 good
place 20 live
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visions. The superintendent Of supplies
viii have his Office force on this floor,
as will also the superintendent ~ rail-
way mail equipment for the third dis
trict.
Three Floors for Shipping.
The second. third. and fourth floors
are to be used for the purpose OF storing
and shipping supplies. a private branch
telephone exchange viii be located in the
shipping room In the southwest corner
on the first floor. A public telephone
booth will also be installed.
The machinery used in the mail bag
will all hereafter be propelled by in
dividuaI electric motors. thus doing
away with all shafting and pUlleys. In
dividual steel lockers have also been
provided for every employe.
The freight elevators are large enough
20 admit OF an entire wagon with its
load being hOisted 20 any floor without
unloading. II is calculated that the sup
plies will only be handled once as com
pared 10 three times heretofore, result
ing in great saving OF time and also
In the number Of employees required to
handle the work BY the use also Of
hereafter TO weigh Irvine In the bulk
instead Of IN lots Of three or four
bundles,
Record Breaking Moving.
II Will be necessary TO move about 500
loads before the work OF transfer will be
complete. a record has been made in
moving the lock repair shop. the task
having been handled in six days. as
compared 20 thirty-eight days the last
time the shop was moved. About 325
people, including clerks. heads Of divis-
ions. and mechanics, viii be quartered
TO be known as the Postotiice Depart
ment Annex.
The remodeling, space arrangements,
and moving, have been under the super
vision Of a committee appointed by the
Postmaster General for the purpose,
consisting Of @. G. Thomson, assistant
chief clerk of the department; W. b.
Getty. special agent Of the division of
classification. and @. /. Shaw. assist
ant superintendent Of the Postofiice
building.
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S3.650.

NEAR LINCOLN PARK.
On account Of trust coming
due owner must SAL al once,
a handsome S-roOm dwelling,
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$4,000.
1885,.
$3.50.

CAPITOL KILL BARGAIN.
Near library; q good. solid >
story house; reception hall;
cellar; furnace.
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1880
RENT. $50 PER MONTH.
5000

ELL BUILT FOR OWNERS HOM1
West of SJr ST.. erected by
days work stories, { rooms
deep on a rO0r. . stairways;
lot 1SNl00 alley.
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Only $1,000

Largest, cheapest, and best
located Three 90 Story House
in the city; one of the highest
locations in Mt. Pleasant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-09
Corn Belt Meat Producers Asso-
citation Asks Commerce Com
mission to Adjust Rates
DISCRIMINATION is SHOWN
Excessive Rates for Cattle and Other
Livestock From Eastern Iowa to
Chicago the Basis of Complaint =
Service Has Deteriorated - Also
Want Rates on Rangers.

Washington, July 9.-Charges thar
the Burlington, Milwaukee and other
western and northwestern railroad lines
are exacting excessive and discrimina-
tory rates from the livestock dealers of
eastern Iowa, We're made today before
the interstate commerce commission by
the Corn Belt Meat Producers Associa-
ton of Iowa.
1t is alleged in the complaint tha.
the shippers OF iowa send out of the
state $4,000 carloads OF cattle annually
to Chicago, in addition to tens of thou
sands of carloads of other livestock,
they are compelled to pay $3.50 per
car more for such shipments than
other shippers are required to pay.
They allege that the railway service
was deteriorated during the past few
years and that the rates they are COM
PEELED to pay work is undue and unjust
prejudice against Iowa shippers. They
request the commission to fix maxi
mum rates on the shipment of livestock
from Iowa to Chicago, also on ship
nlents of stock from southern and
western ranges to Iowa points.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-09
Tradition Of the Rose.

(From the Circle Magazine.)
The North American Indians of the
western coast have tradition that
roses were created without thoEns. So
tall and fair they grew that all Great
ures were attracted by their beauty
and grace. Animals that browse upon
grass and green herbage soon discov-
cred the tander sweetness of the roses
abunuanr foliage and then every rose
tree holding it's flowers aloft bait at
tracted attention and drew destruction
to itself.
Every part Of the earth had been
given itsssglory of roses, but in every
place there were animals which sought
the business to devour them, and the
tribes of roses were in danger of be-
coming extinct. In their extremity they
held council, for in that faraway
morning of the world plants as Well as
animals had power to speak. TO the
council all the roses came, and each
had tale to tell of suffering ami dis
aster. At length it was decided to send
for help to the goldman of the tribes
the Hiawatha of the west. Delegates
were chosen from among those who
were manned and torn and had suffered
most. Others also were sent who were
tall and fair and graceful. Wisely this
council discerned that should justice
be denied the tribes, beauty might pre-
vail in their cause.
The conference was long and grave.
At its close an armory of thorns was
given to every rose and thus We're the
tribes of roses delivered from their
enemies