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CMITHERS MAKES
y A HAUL AT LAST
A Climax Supplied by an Alto
Gentleman George Also Finds
Himself In Clover.

OF course. Mrs, Flamingo had her way;
there was might on her side-the might
bf old Maurtce Cooldge's hopeless passhun
eo- he-. There wes right. too. az there
gtnerelly 4s whin IL isn't needed.
She had come to Coolidge's office DO
night. alone, on the did quite to receive
from him O. o~onfdenshal loan OF IS 900. Such
a ruotion as wud result from the artist Of
Gentleman George Ringeold and me for
our fslonsous attimpt on the saDe must be
sv@idsd al amy cost.
And 10; whin she insisted; we prisintly
found ourselves eneaking out and away
into the dark. leaving the two Coolidge
young wimmen. the wan ragin'. the odder
weepin', as they shared that bitterness
which uniy tho heart knoweth.
"A nArrer escape. Jarge,' / painted, az
we hsited In the blind alley into which be
had steered me. sThe furder of we git
the better of we are, as the man said to the
mustard plaster
Nonsense snarled large with glistenin'
eyes. sMrt. Flamingo viii be comm out
d'r!otly with $g,ooo-tho 5000 We had In
our very hands for wan damned, delo'us
moment, smithers. Lard. 1t sets me wild
TO tink Of i'll
And wild he lulsked In the touch and 60
light.
'But, > I OBJECTED.
Put he repeated, jerkin' II from me
mout' like a loot on a string, you orter
b. soused In q butt. 6mithers. II your
eyes hadn't been In your heels you wud
have noticed tho night hawk standin' Jest
below the house; the horses asleep. the
driver in the Garner tint. mis- worrold well
lest in the beer we'll gained. There niver
Was such a ohAnct, Come. man, come.
you can't brush of a spcok Of time here
You mean / capped.
Il mean,' oo~ntinnered large, rushin'
me down tho desarted street Like q collidge
initiAshun, 'Imean that you must take your
eeat on the box, and whin Mrs. Flamingo
comes out drive her around the block.
Meanwhile I'll mosey into the s'loon and
liquor log the driver and be waitin' to
Jump into the hack as you pass the alley.
Thin Of you drivea 70 she park. the lonely
part. down be the lake.
didn't like It, not even q little bit, as the
colt said whin he was broke. / never did
Like 20 war pon women; they have too
many advantages and disadvantages all
their own But yit the e~mmugincy was
20 tinSe, large had such compellln' ways.
held back, seemin' TO zee In the gloom
batt eyes shinin' ~reproachful. a slinder
hnser pintin' shame.
You concentrated fool, large stormed,
don't you nee that II she let us 60 for
fear Of exposure whin they had us dead
70 rights Jest now in tho Office she won't
dsG" To utter a peep under circumstance
even more Questionable, l don't know
what's her game. but II must be q desprit
van to force her 10 borry money without
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attract attention to two that had ventured
on a foot race.
You'll need the strength you're wasting
the older girls who was seated on a bench.
You'd better cut all that outl'
They did, and that seemed the tendency
Of all the girls. They wanted to keep still
and enjoy the result without any more
effort than the walk to the square and
back.
Before the clock on the church gets
around to the half hour there is a 1utter
and the little group prepare to move. By
the time the clock is at the half hour there
is not a white shirtwaist to be seen and
the park will for the next twenty-four
hours be free from the visitors.
The effort to make the best OF the brief
recess for luncheon served TO transform
almost every part OF New York Only
the women appear to have a good time
out Of it and make it a period Of recreation.
The sad looking men who have gradually
occupied the sidewalks from Aston place
uptown until they are now as far up as the
forties on Fifth avenue a their freedom
from labor just as seriously as they ever
did. Standing on the sidewalks they smoke
and talk with the subdued sadness OF their
race, are content to occupy the avenue
until it gets too sunny and then move around
into the side streets-but no further than is
absolutely necessary.
The move Of the manufacturers OF
women's dress uptown has 80 far brought
few OF the sewing girls up to that region.
The industries in which they are employed
in large numbers linger down town and the
daily outing to be witnessed in Washington
Square has its counterpart only in Union
and to a less degree in Madison Square.
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suddint deaf. The Amazons wud have
proved invincible. l b'lieve, had they unly
heen ~fashunably dressed.
sThis is my bag, she said sharply. How
did 1t come into your p~ossesshunY"
ct was my rake-of for actin as sub
| stitute driver Of d sn;de hack last night.
and not the unly wan I got eeder." l an
swered sulkily.
There was a risin' color In her cheeks,
and abe bit her lip with her small white
toet' as sho stud deliberatin' as to how
much / might know.
sPhape I might be allowed to Suggest an
amicable sittlemint. . said large. advancin'
be bows az II before a thrown.
She swung about with an air OF relief.
you here AGAIN. she cried. What,
what, are you dom in my husbands
clothes?'
sAh, madam he answered with anudder
Oriental slam, 'it I unly stud in his shoes
And thin they laughed hearty, as a ane
woman and a handsome man will laugh
whin they reelize that the impossible is
often a shorter name for what might have
been.
THAT doesn't prevent me from de-
~nouncing you bot to the management as
swindlers. , she hazarded.
sTrue, madam, from your position and
our lack Of it, you have the whip hand. he
agreed. sWe are not lookin' for trouble,
but II 1t comes to us, It is contagious, you
know. For instance. I might raise an in
quiry as to why your husband disguised
hisself whin he whit out in his racin' auto
last night. Undoubtedly the subsequent
rain washed away most of its tracks, but
still some might be disoerned on the hill,
In the gully by the lake house.
It was better nor a panorama to watch
the rush Of emoshun on her sinsitive face,
Amusement, fust; thin fear, anger, doubt,
changin' gradually but surely TO positive
delight. The whip hand? large had said
there are some women who u give their
sowls and to boot to have and 10 hold 1t
trough their marret life.
Again Mrs. Flamingo swung around, her
back TO large, addrissin' me exclusive.
sYou were sayin'," she said, that you
received this bag as pay for some work
you did last night9 OF course you mean
that you received this money j find in the
bag. I know nothing about that, all ! want
is my own property. Therefore, IL you will
bring TO me at my house within the hour
the clothes your friend there has on, / will
deliver the money to you, ivory cent. |
pledge you me wud. and foriver arter hold
me peace
large bowed. I bowed. Mrs. Flamingo
bowed, and away she wint, delighted in the
certainty Of connubal bliss.
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Ill.

1t was late the next maTnin' that was
toyin' with a grilled bun in the private dinin'
room OF q swell sweet at the Cerul'an. l
raised me languid eyes from a cas'al survey
Of the purple and fine lining in which l
was arrayed to the newspaper set betune
cocktail and fruit like the tough film Of
an angle food sandwich. and this is what 1
read:
MYSTERIOUS FATALITY IN THE PARK.
Late last night the Waterman by the lake
In the park discovered evidence of what must
have been an appalling runaway. In the
ditch by the lake house lay two dead and
mangled horses In the fragments of what
once had been a carriage. Beyond on q
grassy bank lay the bodies of u man and
q woman. dead but unscathed, What at
first seemed incomprehensible was that the
woman, who must have been young and beau
tiful. had been so bound and bandaged as
to be unable to speak or move. The identified
ton, however, OF the other body as that Of
DR.. Silas Krounse. proprietor OF a somewhat
notorious private asylum. makes It seem
probable that his unfortunate companion,
regarding whose identity there Is not the
slightest clue. was a patient whom he was
conveying to his suburban institution. These
bare outlines give warning Of n dark and dread
full picture, which may be presented TO our
readers In a subsequent edition.
Dark and dridful, indeed. AS il troo
the magnifyin' linses Of the minds eye.
Horat'o, / seemed to be able to discern some
OF the missing details Of the catastrophy.
Mrs. Flamingo must have escaped
steppin' out in her brisk way to greet the
doctor as he approached from the shed.
Even as I had ,soooted one way out Of the
park, she had fitted anudder way, leavin'
the lifeless bodies OF her agent and her
victim behind.
Her victim7 Yis, the white spook that
had scared me so-now l began to under
stand.
S'pose Mrs Flamingo had SUSPECTED her
husband OF infdelity2 S'pose she had
traced his movements and discovered his
Teddy love? S'pose she had plotted 10
inhict a punishmint wuss than deaf on
this hated rival by shutting her up as hope
lessly insane in q private asylum
S'pose this DR., Krounse, whose repetashun
had to be approached from the windward
had agreed to the scheme for the price OF
5000, the same TO he paid c. o. D.? S'pose
the driver whose place | had TUX had been
instrumental in the kidnappln' Of the poor
creatur-a tool likely Of Mark Flamingo,
who had TUNED against hisN master, as
sharp tools often do tun even In skilful
handsf Wud not these supposlshuns fill out
the outlines OF the picture with the sombre
hues OF jealousy, hatred and revengef
But the low lynn auto oar, with its dimmon
steersman-that cud not be painted out
"a n f~ortootus detail. II had logged the
hack on the way TO the park. IL had laid
In wait and thin shot down like a avalanche
at the spot OF all spots where destrucshur
must be inlvitable, where detecshun might
we'll be avoided.
Whose crule heart and hard hand hao
conceived and executed 70 diabilocallyi
Mark Eaningo's? He was an all around
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jealousy Of some wan ilse, was the su-
preme motive which had plunged her into
the duh'us thicket where she was now en-
tangled?
Jest thin the old plugs SHE'D as if sud
IDENTIFY renewin' their a~ntedeluv'an days.
Whiz past us shot an auto car. low, long,
triangular shape, with the sharp ind fust,
drippin' with light, for all the worrold like
some i~nfunnal submarine, with diver
layin' clus in the bow. skimmin' over the
the Wrestling ocean.
No wonder that there was a rattle Of bones
in front, | know that my teet' lined in tine
equine chorus. the more so. indeed. becuz.
with the swerve Of the hack that myster'us
white thing had slid and pressed against
the window at me back. WHATEVER it was,
and arter this sicond Gimp ] didn't dare
conjecter, Mrs. Flamingo had no fear of it.
Presently l heerd her fun voice comm
t'roo the tube at II the fiat were afre.
Don't go in by the main intrance." she
ordered. Take the lane; and SO 20 the
lake house And meekly l whipped up
and TUNED into the designated road.
Why Well, for wan ting. early trainin'
combined with late discipline had tart
me to mind whin spoken to sharp. For
anudder was impressed be the coincidence
that large shud have suggested my driving
to the very spot alriddy selected by Mrs
Flamingo as a rondevoo and inspired be
the hope that he might be there arter all
inst!d Of at the ~intrance.
Besides, there cudn't be a better place for
me to make my break for liberty. The
lake house was closed and deserted at this
hour.
Our way led up and over n hill and 80
down to the lake deep in the ravine. AS
crossed the ridge / noticed on the steep
opposite a fare Of light with a triangular
shadder behind. 1t was the submarine
motor car, ristin' like a great bud with
outsprid pinyings arter swift flight. |
licked the old skates the more for their in
herent in~compatability with the spirrut
OF the age.
We reached the fut OF the hill. | drew
up In the damp and dark OF the narrer space
in front OF the boat house. gev' a low
whistle which large wud recognize my
where this side Of the Morgue.
There was no response. He was not
there. A stranger shorter. heavier, stepped
out from the shed; the handle OF The hack
dure tunned-it wal time for me TO go-I
did go, of the side-Lard. where and how
far didn't | go!-out from a roaring fash
and smash, tearin' t'roo trees, whizzin'
t'roo bushes until ! splashed and settled In
the saft. safe mud.
Like a metyor flung be Mars that auto
car had plunged down upon us as we stud
In the gulch. Niver in didliest war had
hundrid tonner been aimed more deliber.
ately. been fired with colder blood. Who.
liver the google eyed dlmmon that steered
II. there had been mudder in the fust with
malice prepinse in the dried and jerked
grizzle that answered for his heart.
| picked mesilf up, dizzy and sore as II
kicked be the cart. | picked mesilf UP, but
that wasn't all. My hand touched some.
thin hard and shinin' layin' be me side,
II was a silver hand bag-the very idinti-
cal bag into which / had seen Mrs. Flamingo
tuck the 5000 yeller roll not t'reA hours
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The girls who are employed uptown are
in the sewing rooms Of the fashionable
dressmakers. They exhibit the same
desire to get out into the sunlight. Those
that are within reach Of Bryant Park gather
there, although they are not nearly 90
numerous as their sisters who fill the benches
in Washington Square.
The others do not content themselves
with standing on the avenue In the dis
consulate fashion of the men. They are
scattered along the avenue within the
neighborhood OF their place Of employ
ment, staring frequently into the shop
windows with surprising interest In view
Of the fact that their time is spent in making
Just such articles.
Here much of the chatter is French.
There are some few Irish women, but they
are growing scaroer every year, while
there is rarely to be found a sewing girl
Of native birth. The Italians are usually
employed only in running the machines,
although there are now some in the uptown
sewing rooms and the number grows ever
larger.
A, group OF these girls laughing on a
bench in the park through their half hour
of recess sets the thoughts OF the observer
to wondering how they pass the same time
N winter. Nobody takes the same apparent
pleasure in the spring that they do in the
small opportunity they get.
Employees of the telephone companies
and other business concerns that have
many girls are not compelled to take their
diversion in the street. The roofs of the
buildings are turned over to them. There
it is possible to enjoy a degree OF exclusive
ness that the girls on the park benches
could never attain. 1t is possible to skip
the rope, and one could not do that in WASH
ington Square.
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ANIMALS UNDER THE WEATHER.
Cats and DOGS SuT ering From Coughs and
Colds This Spring.

The inclement weather this spring is re-
sponsible for no end Of trouble among the
cats and dogs Of New York, according to q
man who runs a cat and dog hospital, and
he ought to know. His patients, of course,
are of the pampered upper classes Of cat
and-dog-dom, but there is doubtless more
or less ~indisposition among the great I'm
washed, and when you stop to think about
it, maybe you will remember a particularly
and peculiarly dismal, dolefull note which
seems to pervade the tones of the cat that
prowls and yowls at midnight on the back
fence.
4They suffer from colds and coughs and
even Group" said the veterinary, holding
to his ear the apparatus, for all the world
like that used by the regular practitioner,
by means of which he was listening to the
breathing of a big maltese. Now this IL
an apartment house cat who ourled HIM
self on q pillow around a gilded steam pipe
all winter.
when they turned off the steam Of
course he took cold. Give hin one Of these
pills three times a day, and keep him
wrapped up warm till he gets better he
said TO the anxious mistress. And don't
feed him any fish or liver fora while. Give
him these powders in matted milk with a
lOuIludln pen lllleT'
The hospital was full. One cage oon-
tanned what looked like n chastened British
lion suffering from influenza.
They shaved him too early" a nurse e1-
planned. Poor old dog, he has a a shiv-
ering time this summer"
oh. that one referring TO a whitish
bulldog, with a bandaged ear, @the weather
hasn't anything to do with his affection.
He's been in a fight again.
"Thi is the third time he's been a patient
here, and he isn't so old either. He always
has the same malady. He'd rather fight
than eat and his psychic effect on this ward
is bad"
Up in the cats ward were cats in various
stages OF grip and pneumonia. There was
just one surgical case, hat OF n little white
Angora kitten with a torn lip.
The cat had jumped out Of n third story
window into a cement court. UpsettinE
all cat traditions. she did not land on her
feet, but on her tender nose. She was
being tenderly cared for and the nurse said
that when the stitches were aiken out her
lip would be as good as new.
Up by the big front window n nurse was
feeding some Kittens with q dropper.
The most gladstone sight Of the morning
was that of the discharge Of a pretty little
spaniel as a well dog and the Joy and af-
feotion with which he was received by his
tiny mistress. The fat little colored maid
who accompanied young Miss Millions was
no less delighted at Bibi's recovery, while
Bib himself jumped from one TO the other
In frantic demonstrations OF JOY,
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class. It was the new girl that came yes
terdayi the outing of the social club the next
week. the bad temper OF the foreman
and similar subjects that occupied their
thoughts.
Look at the guineas there one Of them
said as three dark eyed girls came rather
tmidly to a bench and sat down.. They
all work In Oppenheimer's up on University
place.
The three girls, pale faced and black
haired. moved rather clumsily and carried
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the marble sides Of the empty fountain in
the middle Of the square, perched there to
be nearer the vehicles that passed along
the main drive. Occasionally a situation
called from a passing wagon evoked a
s~cornful or a cordial answer, as the appear
ance OF the swain happened to suggest.
The impression of careless. happy enjoy
ment OF the sunlight and the fresh air was
impaired to the whole park by the look Of
the girls. They were not boisterous. al
though an occasional laugh or cry would
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themselves with none OF the assurance of
the others. The bench they chose was in
the glaring sun, but they did not appear to
mind it. One of them sat nibbling a piece
Of bread alternately with a hunk Of hard
looking cheese. The other two talked
softly together.
The girls who were now scattered all
through the park, were hatless. The Italians,
VINO were numerous, worelong black aprons
over the skirts. which did not hang below
them in the modish pleat, like the skirts
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Indian prInce's LeMeIs.
From the London Tribune

From the London Tribune.
When the steamship Arabia arrived at
Tilbury on Saturday four cases Of undis-
tinguished appearance were handed over
TO four men employed by tourist AgentA
Each man guarded his cusc with particular
care, never releasing his hold upon 1t during
the train Journey TO town.
On arrival at Liverpool street station the
four men, each huggiug his charge. entered
n van. sat on their CH~rs, and were drl zen
10 Ludgate Circus, whcr" tho cases were
Immediately consigned To the safes,
The mysterious boxes 'oulltucd the hered-
itary jewels, OF the MaharGlRh Of blkanecr.
who arrived In London a short time ago,
Tho Jewels, which are valued at about cas-. 400,
we're guarded In India by an armed escort. '
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sport, p'raps genooinely on with the new
love as he was of with the old.
Might he not have been appraised of his
wife's contemplated meetin' with the doctor.
and have fought it a chanct to be rid of her
wanst for all. never dreamin' that his hearts
darlin' Of the moment might also be i'm
perilled? Might it not well be-
Here the vi'lent ringin' Of the telephone
in the admin sweet gev' pause to me
oonjectures.
'Give me the head waiter to wanst,'
demanded a familiar vice. Il niver seen
such outrag'us treatmint, niver in my
tower OF two worrolds. The ohampeen
isn't hyginically iced; the vollyvont Is half
pork
But I cud not wait to hear furder. With
wan j'yous kick l put the connecttn' dures
asunder. There amid splendor and in
raiment that wud have put Solymin hisself
OF the blink set me Wartime pal, Gentle
man George Ringgold, as II to the mama
born.
sAh, Smithers," he said, cond~escending,
Il hopes you are feelin' as well as you
looks. There was room for improvement
in each particular I'm t'inkin' whin last
we met
Il might still be on a hack at an alley
for all Of youse, = 1 replied indignant.
'Mine be the pleasure to make amends
for the seemin' neglect he wint on like a
fairy grandfather. The fact lie on interim
the s'loon / diskivered that a oerting well
known man about town who allus goes
well heeled was about to cav his clothing
and valooables with the landlord, an old
crony Of his. He had a racing auto at the
back dure and was about to be off on some
hell's misshun. Well, he did leave 'em
there, but not for long. l am wearin' the
wan and here is the odder, very much at
your service
And he perduced a fat wallet.
st was Mark Flamingol' l cried,
at was nown other; but why dignity a
thing done with n name? Tell me RAIDER
OF your own fortunes
For answer / laid on the table the silver
bag with the yaller wad inside.
w.
I had scusly finished the story OF me
strange experience whin the waiter burst
open the dure like a gale Of wind, with
Jarge's aminded breakfast. As / glanct
out into the hall ] saw that a party Of
leddies passing by were glanctin' in, at
tracted be the scene OF refneu Elegance,
but sech, | reflected, are the embarrassmints
germane 10 the rich.
1t Is niver wise, howiver. TO belttle a
woman's cussory glaLce, especially II
anything wanst be'ongin' 10 her happens
to be within telescope distance. large
was engaged with his food In the recess
Of the winder. I was dozin' In me chair.
since In that discusshun I had nc part whin
agin the dure opened and shut and Mrs.
Flamingo. snatchin' the silver bag from
the cintre table confronted me
There was no trouble about her bein'
wide awake. all right. Wan wud tink
from her trig, smart appearance, the clear
ness Of her eye, the ca'mnoss Of her meen
that she had Jest stepped out from = band
box, leavin' the cotton batting behind.
instld OF e%mbodyin' the latest and mar
rerest escape from battle, mudder and
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of the Americans and the other girls whose
glossy, curly hair proclaimed them from
another race. The dresses of the Italian
8 samstresses was free from any attempt
at the ~uptodateness OF the others.
Although some of the girls bowed and
many of them came from the same fac
tories, they did not mingle. Every ACE
kept to itself.
Two and two they marched along the
asphalt paths after they had finished their
rather meagre %luncheons, and gathered on
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Fancy Boxes for Candy.

Candy boxes for the holiday trade will
be more elaborate than ever" said /. T..
Barry. THE Is saying a great deal. in view
OF the fact that there has been a steady
elaboration OF the candy packages.
The practical and ornamental is being com
bined, however, In the selection OF the re-
ceptacles for chocolates and bonbons. 4
popular package IL one that can be used
by the ladies for a glove box or pin cushion
or other purposes on the dresser after the
candy has been taken out of u.
THE highest priced boxes are used more
but SIS "a often paid for q boz 81 candy.