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heard sleepy sounds within his quarters.
Fritz"
Fanny! What the-what is 1T Are you
iH?"
Come out here, quickr'
In a moment the astounded Allen
emerged, his head touseled and over his
pa1amas bathrobe. What on earth"
Don't talk. Cecelia's discovered that the
picture is gone. She's made an awful scene.
She nearly tore me limb from limb. / was
SO frightened 1 nearly died. She's sitting
there now moaning and going on like a
maniac 1 never saw such a fool We've
go to do something
DO something" weakly repeated Fritz
Do
Right now. Do something II YOU could
hear her! Ny heavens. 1 never had such
time in my life"
But wh-wh-what are you going to do?"
he asked helplessly.
chance to save our lives. You've got to go
and get Lucius and tell him Cecilia wants
to see him.
Allen gasped. Lucy. But-O, my good
Lord! But suppose
You needn't suppose anything There's
just one chance! They're both silly about
each other. and II he gets there and sees
her. he'll try to comfort her and-go-now.
Tell him to bring the picture, too"
The thoroughly confused Allen departed,
rubbing his eyes. He found Lucius still
sitting in daZe before his little table, tho
portrait In his hand.
Say Fritz began awkwardly. Cecilia
has sent for you. She wants to see you to-
night-now. Don't wait. She's in
hurry
Wants to see me?" asked Preuyman.
What
"Now-right off-in the studio. I don't
know what for. Come on. Bring thesminia-
ture"
"But-but-'
20, say. Lucy, the girl wants you Come
on" And he half dragged, half pushed the
older man from his room. feebly protesting
Fanny stole behind them on tiptoe.
Don't mind what she says" encouraged
Allen at Cecelia's door. You go In and
make it all right with herr
Without listening to Prettyman's vague
ramblngs and distressed protests, Fritz
opened the door and showed him in.
Reach in and get the key and lock the
door-on the outside" commanded Fanny
at his elbow.
The key turned In the lock
Now, we'll have to stand here and wait
and" began Fanny.
and pray" finished Fritz.
From within came low murmurs-then
long silences-then again the murmurs
With chattering teeth and shiverng limbs
Fanny and Fritz waited-waited, 1t seemed
to them. for hours. A few jewellers in the
top story passed them and stared curiously
but Fanny and Fritz We're oblivious.. A fter
a long time they heard some one rafting
at the door Fanny drew n long breath
open it," she directed. For better or
for worse"
was a sentimental smile of utter bissful-
ness
"We-were engaged" he grinned BASH
fully.
Thank heaven, 1 can go to bed" re.
marked Fanny.
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Easter hosannas in the churches Easter
eggs in rabbits nests. Easter flowers
everywhere.
Tons of flowers of every color and from
every cline!
Yesterday they belonged to the florists,
the markets and the street vendors Today
they are scattered that every well-to-do
home has its share of bloom and fragrance;
taper-lit affairs are massed with snowy
lilies. hospitals are flower shows and by
right of custom every woman who prone
nades Connecticut avenue this afternoon
should he walking bouquet
Yesterday these tons of flowers We're mer-
chandise. Today they are amba ssadors
from nature to announce the resurrection
of spring and to typify for Christians the
supreme miracle of the ecclesiastic year.
The florists of Washington displayed their
knowledge OF fiOwercraft in arranging to-
days demonstration, since Easter arrives
earlier than usual this year. In discussing
the ever-varying date of the feast, an ex-
port said yesterday that only a brother ho-
rist could appreciate the ingenuity required
to hasten or delay the blooming of lily
TO suit a certain occasion.
Garden lilies bloom irresponsibly now
as they did in the fields of Judea but the
stately Callas and Bermudas of the green
house must pay the penalty eXacted by
progress. they must toll.
The window displays yesterday were
Joy to thousands who stopped to admire II
not to buy.
One was a bower of red rambler roses;
another showed a hedge of annunciation
lilies tier on tier of snowy bloom. The
next was a golden haze of genesta, or a
blush of aZaleas, or regiment of prim
tulips like tiny floral soldiers on parade.
There were bushes OF the aristocratic white
lilac mingled with the soft purple plumes
of her humble sister, the lay lock-, and
in one great window there was a graceful
tangle Of purple-pink blossoms from the
Philippines. These blossoms served one
man for a story. He a slim young
man with a leather-tanned face and cut
steel eyes and he said to the pretty girl
with him:
That's bouganvllia, I've met it before!
il looks mighty sweet and innocent behind
glass-but you find yourself with a jungle
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The Vicarious Lovers EMERY RE Eor TIE

old and get it they're perfectly dotty. I've
seen them"
Have they said anything?" inquired
Fritz, fascinated at Fanny's idea
Said anything! They don't dare"
OF truth. 1t would seem that the astute
Fanny had accurately diagnosed the situa-
ton Of Cecilia Francesca and Lucius. Up
to the time Of the elimination Of Fannys
romance, the two had taken each others
society in a grateful. unconscious freedom.
but now their slightest encounter covered
them with dreadful confusion. They be-
came tongue-tied though the desire to talk
was riotous within them. The embarrass-
ment of Lucius. in especial. was distress
Ing to observe. Cecilia clad herself in dull
draperfes Of a somber hue-as II she were
doing penitential Office for the soul of
love. In fact, instead of performing the
light-hearted service Of cupbearers to the
young gods, Fanny and Fritz, they hung
about funereally in corners.
This abysmal condition was in tee early
stages, a delight to the lovers They con-
sidered 1t an ephemeral affectation, due in
part to age and in part to extreme mex
perience. Therefore, to help matters along,
they made jovial comments with il-con-
cealed meanings to Cecilia and Iucius-a
form OF diversion of so CHASTITY and so In
delicate character to the serious pair that
Cecella was wont to end the evening in q
burst of tears. So brazen were the mani
resta1ions OF affection on the part of the en-
gagged ones. and SO pognantly barbed were
the insinuating arrows of their wit Cecilia
could no longer bring herself to comment
upon the case to Lucius. while he, in turn,
almost dreaded the sight of her
They avoided each other Prettyman no
longer came of an evening to the st do of
the girls. And Cecilia, anguished of heart
would retire alone to the kitchen, there to
sniffie weakly. her ears stuffed with cotton
that she might not hear the lovers The
very necessity, as they conceived It, that
sundered their companionship, worked, as
one might expect, to the incandescence Of
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Allen sat down and eyed Lucius solemnly.
1t was here when l came home" repeat
ed Lucius awkwardly. lit Is very
strange"
'strangei I should say SO. But say, Luz
cius, there's only one person who could
have done it."
Allen. what do you meanr'
Mean Oh, you know. Cecilia Fran
cesca Purvis! That's whom l mean"
Lucfus was flooded with sentimental
bushes. ''Oh, no. Lob, nor
Sure she did. old boy. I-well, OF course,
don't want to butt in on your affairs
well. 1t looks, you know. as If"
Allen. wont have you talk that way
about lady
why. 10 o1ense. Lucy. I'm sure. 1t was
mighty nice of her.
You don't think, Allen. that She"
We'll, Lucy, what l think is this: That
girl Is strong for you. OF course. IL you
don't care for her, why
1t happens that way at times. The most
reserved and timh of US reach a point
when our doors are opened wide, when we
speak with the tongues of men about the
angels. 1t was SO with Lucius Prettyman.
He began to talk to Fritz. He talked wildly
we'll There was nothing hidden in him that
wasn't revealed. Even the light-minded
Allen became nervous and uncomfortable.
And the burden of Lucius' song was Away s
Cecilia, Cecilia. Cecilia. Fritz had a sick
ening feeling that the thing had ceased to
be a joke.
IF. you feel like all this you say you do.
old chap" Allen got out lamely, you ought
to do something about 1t. I'd tell her,
"Oh, couldn't; 1 don't think I could"
stammered Lucius, cold with fear at the
thought.
"In tell you what" Fritz suggested hope
fully, you write her a note and ask her to
meet you in the park tomorrow morning,
and say you have something important to
tell her. Don't mention the miniature-that
would embarrass her. Just tell her you
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of that stuff ahead of you and a naked
brown chap behind with a bolo-and have
to hack your way through with a knife
and see the fellow by you fall-and have to
leave him-Oh, yes, that's bouganvllia, all
right.
A prominent florist on H street divided
the floral honors of one of his windows be-
tween the ancient acacia of the Bible, a
tall tree-like bush with dark leaves and
yellow blossoms, and one of the newest
debutantes of the season-the Cavendish
heather. named after It's discoverer; its
tiny trumpets also of golden yellow Near
by was a huge basket filled with mixed
growing plants, the handle twisted with
yellow satin ribbon. and in contrast to such
riotous splendor was an earthen Pot of pale
English primroses and a clump of snow
white daisies.
There is a greenhouse in the Heart of the
business section and the open doors yes
terday showed a forest of palms. beds Of
pink, white and yellow loom and set
pieces of artistic shapes designed in
rambler roses. One boat, seven feet
from stem to stern. the hull and sails of
living green and crimson.
The street vendors yesterday had the
tim, of their lives. At corner on F
yellow jonquils guarded by spikes of sappy
green; walters heaped with pansies and
pink sweet peas and $ of every hue
The dear little old lady of the carna tons
had her basket billowy with pink and white
blossoms and with her hlithe smile and
dip-curtsey, won customers by the hun
dreds.
One of her regulars was scurrying by
deep in discussion with another man. when
the little flower seller halted him with:
Dearie. don't you want your carnatfon?'
Dearie' was a big, gray-haired man
whose burly shoulders Wore epaulets In the
days that tried mems souls. He stopped
beamed down at the little person, and let
her pin red flower on his coat turned his
friend over to Ter, went into his pocket
said, Goodbye, mother, keep the change"
and left her Curtseying until her snowy
muslin apron fairly touched the bricks
"Ah-bu tus-heah's yoh nice ahbutus" a
small and very black boy vas piping his
wares, in voice that had in 1t no hope of
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customers. The stubby little punches of
arbutus were tied tight with dirty string,
and there were chips of sassafras in the
bottom of his basket.
woman who must have been touched by
the wall in his cry said to him:
Are you selling lots of flowers, lad?'
Nome Amt sold nair BUNCH
Are they fresh?'
''Yas'm, gathered EN- yesty in de woods
out yonder in Mungumry, whar l live
"Al right Give me bunch. Like to
come to the city, don't you?"
Nome. 1 hates it. 1 has to tromp round
de streets all day, cause folks buys DER
flowers an 'erbs down in de mahket. You
CANT 'spect to sell things when you's got
de stoahs an de markets agin YOU"
II reckon I'll take another bunch of
arbu!uJ and some of that SaSSafrds- -
Tire boy darted off spry a lizard
and the woman went her way with a roll
OF brown chips that she couldn't have
wanted, and some wilted stuff that had
once been pink, fresh things in the Mont
eoTeTy woods.
A picturesque feature of yesterdays mar
ke- as flu rished by a number of old col
ored people who sold their products squat
ter-fashion on the curb Their baskets
and 1,Iapk s<ands were gay with green
branches most of them without pretense
of bloom, aHd Others showing tiny tight
listed buds of VIII. would have been
laurel and wild honeysuckle If they had
been ;,:tuv Cd to grow Mixed with these
were dyed immortelles, red and yellow, left
over ron Christmas, together with shiny
white threads of new onions and elabo-
rately displayed eggs.
.'Yasm. Use is crocuses.' insisted one
ancient body. You put EN- in de water
an dey gwine bloom out fine an yaller
Sunday or mex day. Easter come too
quick dis yeah. Pears ter me dem fiors'
men oughter had a meetin an greed
TO off
more good an plentiful. Pears ter me
The Suggestion was worth Gems.
Early as the season is, nature Is in gra
cious mood. The magnolia tree inside the
White House ratings has uncurled it's
creamy-white petals, the bridal-wreath
sprays are in full bloom, and the blossomy
bushes in Lafayette Park are so many
showers of gold.
Easter hosannas in the churches. Easter
howers-everyWhere.
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By

She could not find the token. For a mo-
ment Cecilia stood petrifed with shame
ana rear. Then suddenly the truth flashed
IN y, upon her Fanny! She must have taken
II. no one else could have. The gentle
Cecilia shook with a torrent of anger the
like of which she had never known. Like
a wild nocturnal avenger she flew at Fanny
in her bed.
How dared your sne cried. snatchins
the bedclothing from the terrified conspira-
tor; oh, how dared your She shook her
violently. Don't liel I know you took I'll
You stole 1T! You-you-you theft l hate
you! Where Is IL? Where Is it?"
Cecilia jerked the collapsing Fanny from
her cot and lowered above her covering
on the floor IT'S cruel! How could you'll
Beast"
Fanny essayed to speak. but Cecilia
looked so tau and terrifying in the dim
sasHght OF the room that. for the life Of
her she could not get out a word
BeastE repeated Cecilia, with awful
uagicality.
Fanny recovered herself slightly. "cece-
na' she Quavered, 1T was only a joke.
But Cecelias rage was spent. She sat
Gown weakly on the trunk-top and sobbed.
Long. shivering, dreadful conyulsiye sobs
Oh. it's mean! Cruel! Fanny, how could
you! On, dear! Oh, dear Oh. dearr
To describe the mental state of Fanny il
hardly necessary. She dared not speak:
she lay wretchedly on her bed for half an
hour: In her ears the monotonous means
OF the girl over there on the trunk Some
times Fanny was enraged. sometimes re-
pentant sometimes Historically fearful and
sometimes full of nervous laughter Il
shail ole III she Keeps this up much longer"
che assured herself. Finally she Ieaped
from her cot, flung on a wrapper and slip
pers. tied up her head in a scarf and pre-
cipltately left the room. She ran straight
to Fritz.
Fritz, Fritz" she whispered. as she
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CHILDREN TO HOLD FULL SWAY - ~
~ ~ AT THE WHITE HOUSE TOMORROW

guineakeet for the laudation of King Rab-
bit there will be no cabinet meeting.
The police system has been notified and
instructed upon the proper conduct of the
ceremonies. While performing his sacred
rites within the presidential precincts, the
omnipotent~child may gain an entrance for
his parent to the grounds. No unaccom
panied nor unchaperOned adult will be ad
mitted. For four brave hours the Wash
ingtOn small one will be supreme. 1t is
true that when the fatal clock knels out
l the quondam kinglets will be summary
elected. the gates will be locked and the
munotOnous rule of grSwn-ups reasscrt 1t
self
But during the solemn hours of child
supremacy even the naughty bluecoats will
dance attendance. The superintendent of
police, Maj. Sylvester, has promulgated Or
ders. Captains, sergeants and companies
of men are to bow to the will of King Kid
and see to it that his elders do not impose
upon him; they are to maintain order, have
the augustness of the occasion in mind, be
respectful and maintain a firm front 1t
shall be the duty of forty men and Capt.
Boyle not to let advertising impediments
obstruct the course of careening eggs.
The welfare and comfort of babies boys
egg shells, whites and yolks, will be the
special duty of~the constabulary, and abso-
lutely no vendors shall loiter in the grounds
or group themselves in classic attitudes
about the entrances thereto. It's going to
be strictly hgh-class performance, with
nothing other than eggs and mother earth
to sully the hands hearts or countenances
of the pure within the gates.
Push carts are taboo. Easter rabbits don't
lay bananas, and pop corn and soft drinks
are not considered de rigeur. Persons of
known improper character are slated for
the tall grass now springing on the flats,
and will not be permitted to swap eggs
with the young ones. 1t will be sweet
ness, light and eggs.
But promptly at 1-out you GO! You NAV
sit around and wait. Wait until 3:SO when
the music Of the banquet. as 1t were, after
the feast, will begin to sound at the
aurora borealis end of the ellipse. Baby
carriages shall be parked in order about the
White Lot. Gendarmes will see that autos
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WOMEN IN REAL ESTATE.
Some of Them Making a Success in
California.
From the Housekeeper.

From the iousekeeper
woman real estate agent In Los Angeles
recently made the largest land sale, far
as price was concerned, ever made by q
woman in that part of the country.
The deal was for nearly quarter Of
million dollars. The woman agent has been
in the business only about two years, but Is
making a success of It,
"I have many women clients" she said,
land have no trouble with them. / find
that. as a rule, they come right to the point
and transact business more quickly than
many of the men do.
THE lack of practical knowledge, the
ability to close a deal. Is the fault that pre-
sents itself most glaringly in woman. She
can demonstrate and convince, but cannot
execute a deed or draw a contract for her
own protection; but she is an apt pupil and
only needs to be shown q few times, after
which she can do without lawyer.
"She always overestimates details and
spends time on trifies, allowing the main
issue to lose force by delay. Women usually
enter into deals with enthusiasm. but. in
the words Of the street. they are cutters
They cannot endure weeks and months
of inactlon and waiting for the right time,
but become discouraged. The 'stayerS
reach the goal"
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of. will, as with the passing Of wind, be
hurricaned away. THE grounds will be
cleared as soon as possible says the order.
The Easter rabbit will go into the attic.
Some paregoric will be administered to the
over-egged kids during the night, and the
spring grass In the White House grounds
and the presidential park will raise it's
bruised head.
will be In the offing during the roll. but
no doubt II the Easter child demand naval
dlgnities he may have them. It Is. how
conservative youngsters will be found q.
the Zoo. where they prefer to souander
ovoids In company with the animals.
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and kept until after the performance n
finished. 1t cannot be said that the actors
emotional disposition 10 very seriously con-
sidered beyond the cast-iron rule in regard
to kilograms. His comfort and iptelliEence
have been slightly hattered In a few thea
tiers OF very recent date, but for the most
part the condition Of behind the scenes In
most play-houses IL not calculated to breed
particularly high thoughts Of any kind AS
matter Of fact, he 10 treated little better
than when he was only ''stroliing' player
"A gypsy-several Centuries ago.
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until after the performance. The message
might be an invitation to supper, or 1t
might announce that the actors favorite
brother had been hanged, or 1t might be an
offer In a stock company to play twelve
times a week, or II might tell the actor
that he was the father Of twins, or that his
wife would die without seeing him again
unless he came at once to her bedside
put all Of this information Is supposed not
10 De good for the actors emotional dis
the same distinction a. the '.mash-nots' !"
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day may have in store by way of April
showers, or belated March billiards.. or
June heat, or August thunderstorms
Weather just now has appeared to be a
little mixed in its calendar but beyond
that, as far as human control goes. there
will be nothing lacking in the annual mash
ing of vari-colored eggs within the White
House grounds. The President OF the
United States has issued orders, and Will
not attempt TO take nap between
O'Clock in the morning and o'clock in the
afternoon. During the august period. when
the young hopeful sacrifices boiled and
notified produce OF hen. duck. goose or
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The Plight Of the Actor.
From the Outing magazine

Prom the UuIIng yfAgazIut'
In away, behind the scenes is a prison.
II is surely one of the very few places
where intelligent men and women are lock-
ed in their place of work and where no mes
sage from the outside world Is allowed to
reach them There is a tradition that actor
folk are OF unusually emotional tempera-
ment, and n therefore a telegram Is receiv-
ed at the stage door, II Is never delivered
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and mere adult carriages follow the ex-
ample of perambulators, and all will be as
merry as shriekilg brass can make 1t until
j 80 clock p. m.
Then woel Tired children, the matrons of
the earth, baskets and the fragments there
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Sovereign young America. who gets
everything he wants and perhaps a great
deal he never thought Of will be handed
out no April-foo lemon at the White House
grounds tomorrow.
Naturally there is no telling what the
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-04
LONDON rs GROWTH
IS VERY SLOW
FOUNDED 1000 YEARS BEFORE
CHICAGO AND is JUST CLAIM
ING 4,75s,217 POPULATION FOR
CITY PROPER.

Chicago. Nov 3-London, founded
some 1000 years before Chicago, has
just claimed I.75S.217 population for
the city nroper--a almost exactly twice
the population that eats. sleeps and
hrstles In this city. What amazing
things have been Zone in the United
States or America. 1t was 1900
wears ago that the Romans, who
found London a village. left 1t city
for those days. IL was LOO years
before America was discovered II
IS less than a century since wild
ducks quacked undisturbed on the
Chicago river. Now London and
suburbs-"Greater London an
area of 4544l9 square acres, as
against the i14.932 acres inside Chi
cagos city limits. London's munich
rality expended less than Chicago;
its streets are 2.100 miles In length
az against Chicago's l.22G miles of
streets. New York has 1911. miles OF
streets and spends sG,632.S56 each
year cleaning thea. while street
cleaning in Chicago costs the city 3d.
3lG,519. AS to the majesty OF the law.
the London hobbies and their
bosses cost s12.339.S65 while the New
York police force cost s14.350.499 and
Chicago's s5.61s.S45. However. going
back to population figures. Chicago
has more than most OF the states in
the union, including Iowa, Wisconsin,
Tennessee. Nebraska. Minnesota. Ken
tncky and Arkansas: there are only
seven states that have more people,
among them being Michigan. Mis-
souri,. Ohio and Indiana and only two
states have as great population as
Tendon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-04

In plan and method by which he hopes
t. cover his tracks, Even then, as
we have seen, crime proves oftanest
its best detective, and the best laid
plans of criminals will gang att
aglee" upon the principle that false
hood and crime are never consistent
at all points with themselves.
Ariadne's clue of vengeance will fol
low them through the very labyrinth
cs their scheme of iniquity and find
them cut. More than this, the
growth OF detective education keeps
pace with the skill of evil; and in
no period of human history has 1t
ever been harder for the criminal to
escape than now. The only difficulty
in the way of civilization in this
country at least upon this point, is
the low sense OF Justice which re-
fuses to convict often the highest
crimes and infiict their just penalty,
CT when convicted find their commu-
tation CT pardon at the hands OF cor
rgpt executives whose only patriot
ism lies in party politics, or else In
tribes.