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all hand made Tho sheaves are of metal
and the metal part ia brass gold plated n
keep il from furnishing. Some Of these
blocks are so small that the work Is very
trying. The life buoys are small bone
rings corded in the regulation way
The collection OF models Of the New York
Yacht Club shows all tho yachts that have
taken part in raoss for the Americas CUP.
These models show tho development Of the
hulls from the light draught centreboard oi
the American type and the doep, narrow
cutter Of the British type TO the present
boat, which is combination Of the two
The American designers have accepted tho
doep draught Of the British and the British
have taken the beam Of the Americans.
Those models show also the changes in the
rig Of the racing craft, just now Mr.. Boucher
is at work on the models Of the Canadian
challenger Atalanta and the American de-
fender Mischief.
Several models have been made for tho
Smithsonian Institution at Washington. Two
Of these are Of vessels that played an i'm
portant part In the early history Of steam
navigation One Is the PhPnlX, which was
one of the first Of the Hudson River boats.
and the other is the Finch boat which was
designed with six oars on each side. the
oars worked by an engine.
For the War Department Mr. Boucher
made some time ago a model Of the trans
port Sherman 1t showed the big transport
cut right through the centpe from bow to
stern. Now Mr. Boucher has made two
more models for tho War Department oi
the same transport. These show the interior
looking forward and aft from point amid
ships.
Another model built for the War Depart
ment is Of a steamer that is to be built and
used for laying mines. The machinery for
lifting the mines is shown. On this ship
the propeller is guarded so that 1t will not
get foul Of any Of tho mines or wires.
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age into the vault as II il also were one.
Here seemed chance for reprsal
"A word Of caution, Billikns,' | said,
grayely, -Out Of a sincere interest in your
welfare and keen realization Of how inn
possible i would be to find another place
INTO which your peculiar talents could fit
so admirably. Those two packages which
you have taken in charge this evening are
whipped in the same sort Of paper and are
identical in size and appearance. You
didn't trouble 10 mark either; and you put
them both in the same corner"
."Murder!' cried Billikins, with startled
glance 10 where the two packa ges stood
side by aide like half corpoafs guard.
'Oh, that's oil right, Snifen. They are no
moro alike than you and a good fellow "
Rut as | walked toward the front entrance
for air | saw that he had the packages out
Gnd was marking them with all the asslr-
ance Of a christening for twins.
\ young man was standing without.
his nose nattened against the iridesc ent
glass rumped and agitated young man.
yet with a likable way which seemed 10
take it for granted that his interest must
bc your own.
you will do me the greatest favor in the
world my dear sir, he said. his hand ap-
pealingly on my arm, If you will tell me
where that lame mans rooms are"
All but would be doinRhim the greatest
favor in the world?" | bantercd.
Indirectly, eventually. yes" he pro-
tested.
And his daughter, the pretty Nellie
would il be directly and Immediately with
her.
'Oh see you understand; YOU mt
yourself in my place, in her place, in both
our places"
"Emphlticaly no." interrupted q
prefer the moderate sanity Of my own
place But not to be disobliRing I will slv
that the lame man has suite TX on the
seventh floor, II has a private hallway,
which. from his anxiety should Judge he
intends 30 guard.
Il don't suppose he would stop the maid
from bringing in fresh linen" he whispered
NUNS the word" With a wink that might
seal lifelong intimacy he hurried TO the
baggage run, where ! saw him engage
John, the head porter, in the same CON
fdential way.
As ! stood fusng agreeably over nv
cigar these fragments Of a pretty romance.
a thickset sharp faced man, who had been
pacing 10 and fro, joined me.
That lame chap you werc talking about
did he seem in pain when he arrived?- he
asked
"He didn't seem comfortable. answered
Sort OF fidgety and anxious TO get under
cover, say?'
Perhaps 30; why?'
Read the morning paper for the latest
news; and on he marched down the street
as II at the head Of a squad.
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tossed the package into corner OF the
vault like this week washing.
Under the escort Of Caliban now unre-
sstingly attached to the suit case Mr.
Pratt started for his room; past our great
leather chairs where Miss Elise eyed him
breathlessly and her sisters eyed him no,
at all, across the corridor toward the elo-
vator, As he sprang lightly, briskly, up
the two or three steps leading into the
passageway his foot slipped and he fell
back heavily. In an instant a swarm of
buffers from the Snoo2e Corner and Of
hallboys from the anxious bench had borne
him into the smoking room.
Old DIR. Henbane, who was a practising
physician before he married rich and his
wife refused TO let him make calls unless
she went with him. rolled up the injured
man's'left trousers leg and rolled down his
left stocking
My, my he said with many a shake.
"a bad sprain my friend / have never
seen such eItravasation and Inflammation
in so brief a time. Your bCiv must be
peculiarly sensitive
Il always would swell like q sponge in
puddle at bit Of brllsc, admitted the
cheerful Mr. Pratt. "I'm in for siege
hey? Well, I'll try 10 grin and bear /, il
you'll have me helped 10 my room"
| stood in my own doorway on the Sow
enth floor and watched as they bore the
injured man TO his room AT the end Of the
corridor. A low sound, like suppressed
sob, caused me to look around. Miss
Elise Denman was also watching by the
stairway, which she had evidently assembled
from the fifth floor, whore she and her sisters
lived.
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lusty one at that. 1t is equipped TO build
the hulls Of vessels from the small power
boat 10 the big battleship.
II has machinery shops in which all the
engines and equipment Of these vessels
are turned ont. joiner's shop where all the
fittings and furnishings are made, a rig
gers shop which can make the steel stand
ing gear and the running rigging. sail
loft where the canvas is out and sewn, and
a paint shop, rs we'll as all other acoes-
sories ofS we'll equipped shipyard.
This establishment is on the second and
third floors Of el Maiden lane and Is run
by H. L. Boucher. who for some years was
attached TO the Navy Department as a ma
rine architect.
He had charge Of the exhibits Of the
Department at st, Louis and at Portland,
Ore Then he left the Government service
and started in 20 build ships for himself
The vessels that he turns out at his Maiden
lane shops are models, but they are COM
pete in every detail. It takes almost as
long to build and rig a model as it takes to
build the vessel itself.
Mr. Boucher has made models giving a
history Of the United States Navy from the
Bonhomme Richard Of 1893 to the big four
stacked cruiser Washington OF 1905. These
models are now at Annapolis. They show
the gradual development of the warship.
In this set there are twenty models made
to scale, and each is perfect ship.
There il the old Constitution. the Pow
hatan, which was the first warship driven
by steam using side wheels; the Hartford,
showing the first application Of the screw;
the Merrimac and Monitor. the Kearsarge.
the old Maine and several Of the more
modern ships.
These models are all built 10 the Govern
ment scale of one-tenth Of an inch 70 foot.
10 that vessel $50 feet long is built at 45
inches. The e1actness Of all the details
is what makes the model Of value. How
minute the work is can be understood when |
the size Of some Of the small fittings on the |
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self about on the threshold, her red arms
akimbo.
And is it the likes Of me that wud. Mr
Snliien, she shrily demanded "whin there
isn't but wan decent pair Of legs betune
the two Of thim2 Wasn't the Tawdrev
bad enough with It's full complemint Il
bats, rats and traps. but brace Of dot
and carry vans must be added TO the col.
lection? Did it iver come TO your notice, sor
that crooked walk and twisted timper
are own fust coosns?"
Il hope they are far removed on this
floor Katie ventured dpropitiatingly
Which they isn't. sor. There's Mr..
Pratt in the ind room biin' his lip and
grindin his teet over a letther from the
finest Teddy in the Tawdrey, barrin nown.
There's Mr.. Pruyn, in 7K, all Jumped up
in his chair like a Spinx a-breathin' fort
fire and fury hecu2 admitted had slipped
hit OF a note 10 his pretty darter half an
hour since from a young ginueman that's
unbeknownst
Il hope you didn't get the note and the
letter mixed, Katie
(which / didn't. sor; though, now YOU
sneak Of il. Mr. Pratt did see the directions
Of bot. goin' in there first, and askin him
10 choose his own from thu two, not havin'
me glasses convenient"
"Ah; and the pretty daughter, is she
soothing her father in 7k?'
is she soothin him whin she slipped
out directly arter ! slipped the note in
That's what he's swearn' about, sor, though
why he don't shake his leg and n half inslid
of his tongue ! cant soc. Howly Hivinrs.
Mr. Snifen. il here don't come pore Miss
Elise rs white as q ghost from Mr. Pratt's
rooml She must have been to see him
besides a-writn' to him. It's all too much
In the Tawdrey the night
And shaking her head TO a muttered
accompaniment Of rats bats and traps,"
Katie proceeded on her endless round OF
duties.
Wan. indeed, looked Miss Elise Denman
as she waited at my doorway, like sister of
mercy, wearied yet faithful in we'll doing
At a sign from her frail hand | admitted
her into my front room.
Il am going to ask favor Of one not OF
our blood Mr. Snifien, she began, "for the
first time since ! was a girl since the summer
that Uncle John was 80 bad with the erysip-
elias i'm fact. But you are an honorable and
kindly gentleman; and am sorely pressed
That Mr. Pratt who sprained his ankle
downstairs il our dear brother George
thought by all our friends to he dead long
ago. recognized him at once and wrote him
a note; and then, ah. then, he telephoned me
to come.
'He must leave this house at once without
being seen. Viii you let MIN come 20 your
room and descend the rear fire escape TO the
second floor, which lets but as you know
on the servants alleyY
bowed assent. and in breath she was
hack with him, limping more than when
he entered the hotel, but cheerful after a
fierce sort Of fashion still. l threw open
the window Of the rear room.
"Do you think you can make it7' asked
doubtfully, pointing TO the steep, narrow
Make it'' he repeated sc0fnfully, 'Why,
a bedridden paralytio could make IL with
on his track. Didn't walk
up TO the desk all right?'
'Yes, but you weren't injured then
wasn't |? That's all you know. I've
been stumping on that sprained ankle for
two days. uncle. That trip by the elevator
was a stall on my part; and Il would have
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work Tho Shamrock had steel spars, and
sothose on the Yacht are painted to repre-
s'nt the metal spars on the cup challenger
The estandngrigging Is made OF copper wire
silvCrei and oKidzed
The latest model Mr. Boucher has finished
is of the Vanadis the steam yacht now
almost completed in British yard for C. X.
G.. Billings. This model has been on e1hibi-
tion, and Commodore Vanderbilt, Commo-
dore T. e. Benedict, Rear Commodore Hast
ings, W Butler Duncan, Jr., A. Cary Smith
and many other yachtsmen who have seen
it say it is the finest they ever saw.
II is made TO a quarter inch scale, so tnat
it is las Of the full size Of the yacht. The
Ndnadls is 28p feet long over all and 23O feet
on the water line The model is about feet
long from tho tafrail to the tip Of the bow
spirit and stdnd9 in a glass case feet long.
The yacht is shown as she would appear in
a dry dock standing keel and blge blocks
Work on this model was started more than
a year age, and il cost Mr.. Billings about
5000. 1t is a fad now with wealthy yachts
mea 10 have a full rugged model Of their
yacht in their homes, Mr.. Billings is now
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Pruyn was all huddled up in a great arm
chair, seemingly sitting on his foot. He
glared at us like a wounded lion as we en-
tered, and when the Headquarters man
bluntly accused him Of being Harumg the
bank robber | thought he would explode
with rage.
You triple extract IDIOT he roar rcd, I'm
Hubbard Prlyn, the Governors special
representative in this very case. Didn't ny
name mean anything TO your
Your limp and your nervous ways meant
more the man asserted doggedly,
"My limp, dolt7 Hartung injured his
leg or sprained his ankle didn't heY Well.
does this look like an injured leg or
sprained anklel" - ...
And twisting around in his chair, Mr.
Pruyn held up an empty trousers leg, show
ing that his left leg was OF at the knee.
You, you didn't say anything about
having an artificial leg," stammerod Bill
kins
And where, and where is it, them" slut
tered the Headquarters man.
what business is either or both ques-
tions Of both or either Of you?'. sputtered
the justly inoensed Mr.. Pruyn. ,..
Its all right at length conceded the
officer, but you might have saved all this
Misunderstanding by coming directly 10
Headquarters instead OF tolegraphing. As
IL was, was taking big chance trying TO
make an arrest without the papers.
Mr. Pruyn's face cleared somewhat and
then showed pain
THAT ia true 20 an extent he replied
sThe fact is | was hampered by my
daughter"
And whore is your dRughteri" ven.
tured Billikins, with a curious glance
around. -She might fetch your leg TO you,
you know
'Blankety. blank, booml' exploded Mr.
Pruyn -You grinning ape, will you 20
down 10 the Office and fetch that valuable
package ! left In your charge before de-
brain you even worse than nature has
done2' .. ''l -
And naughty Billikins sped away like
Caliban himself ,. ..-,a.s.,.
Il wip say to you, ofhOer,', continued |
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worked, too, II by all that's perverse Pruyn
hadn't come to the same house. Lucky,
though ! saw Il note the mil had for
his daughter.
, But your package in the vault?-
Don't worry about that. ! gave Sis an
order for II and she fetched it to inc. It's
here, nearest my beart, Well, ia tai
'Good-by, dear George and do try to he
good, cried poor Miss Elise.
81 will--to myself and out and down he
tripped like lamplighter.
As | escorted Miss Elise TO the stairway
and then turned back, the elevator car shot
up, Out stepped the thickset, sharp faced
man who had accosted me in the entrance
with Billikins, looking as il he would much
rather be behind the desk.
Come, said the former. laying a heavy
hand on my arm, Il am a Headquarters
man and ! need your services as good
citizen, I'm after Hartung the bank rob
bcr. He cleaned up a cool hundred thousand
two days ago and got away with il at The
cost Of broken leg That's what gave him
away to me. We got word to look out for
him the extradition papers ought to be here
by now Come, come, and he led the way
to iK
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boats are the oars. thole pins and seats.
On the flying bridge is a steam steering
wheel, a bnnacle with compass and lamps
at the side. chart table, engine telegraph,
electric telltale and speaking tube.
The Vanads is rigged with two masts
and these are stayed in the regulation way
with turn buckles The flag of the New
York Yacht Club hosted on halyards flies
from the fore and the private signal Of Mr..
Billings from the main. These hags can
be lowered on the model at any time. Oyer
the taffrail ia the United States Yacht IN
sign. ''s''''
Mr. Boucher told something Of the work
Of making a model. The wood used for
the hull Is white pine, we'll seasoned and
free from knots. This wood is as hard TO
get as the best hard wood Sometimes II ia
necessary to fasten several pieces together
lolg.tudinslly to get piece large enough
for the hull. Then this has to be shared
according to the plans This is a careful
piece of work as overy curve has TO he prom
erly defined Often in makinga model errors
Of the designer are discovered. and these
errors show quicker on 4 model than in any
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BRASS BAND INSTRt MENTS.
Like Pretty Much Everything Else They
Can he BOugs,t Sccnrd Hand.

Y an nc bOuktit ScCn ru ltanO,
SIS there such thing as second hand
brass band Instruments? Why, certainly, b
said musical instrument dealer. "Nhv
shouldn't there be? You can buy second
hand yachts, pianos, steam boilers. bricks.
second hand anything on earth, why mo-.
second hand band instrumentst
How do they come to be offered second
hand! Why, just as anything else does
Somebody gives up using an instrument
and then he sells il; or somebody wants 10
buy better instrument and then he sells
the old one.
Take for instance an amateur who
thinks he'd like to learn to play a cornet
and he doesn't know whether he can play
or whether he'll want to keep on after he's
begun. He drors in and buys new cornet
for say $40.
He does very wei with il. finds he can
learn to play on II and impro( es in his play
ing and becomes really interested in il,
and then he wants a better instrument,
but he doesn't want to waste or throw away
the old one, and he doesn't have to. Ne
comes in and selects new cornet, buy
ing one this time that costs maybe S2O or
So, and If the old cornet s in good con.
dltion, why, we take that and allow a far
amount for 1t in exchange
so there, you see, we have on hand a
second hand cornet which has come to Us
IN the most natural way in the world, Just
as many sorts Of second hand goods c0me
into possession Of dealers in various things.
And the amateur may later want still better
lnstrument-he can pay about t81 for 4
oonet Of The very highest quality, or iluO
or more Tor such cOrnet gold pated-and
so from such a player we may take in the
course OF time more than one cornet IN
exchange, and from all such players ~
gether we may accumulate a considerable
stock OF second hand comets. including
instruments Of high grade.
Individual professional players in bands
may exchange brass instruments in just
the samo way; buy better instrument
and turn in the old one in part payment.
Or an instrument may become worn and
they want a new one.
The life Of brass instrument Il
depends OF course largely on the amount
OF use TO which il is subjected though It
depends also eomewhat on the manner
OF It's use. One man might carry one fnr
zen years IN perfect playing order. whl'e
with another player the same instrument
might have kept in that condition not
more than five years or less before the
valves would need rehttng.
AT the same time something might
depend on the instrument itself for M
two brass instruments are exactly alike
You might turn out a dozen cornets maie
from the same patterns and the same storA
and no two OF them would be absolute
alike in operation.
And 80 from one source and another
second hand brass instruments are &c
cumulated. A largo dealer in musIa
goods might accumulate hundreds Of sutl
Instruments and even issue catalogues ~
them. And for all these second hand 90.
struments there is a market.
They may be sold TO beginners or e.
players, and such a thing has been he7'a
OF as new band equipping itself throlg
out with second hand instruments Tor tus
sake Of economy
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"A TAWDREY HOUSE.
= The Money and the Papers.


often sat int the hotel Office with the
ponman ladies-'Miss Denman, three
sisters, as Mrs. Bullion had once presented
them. We had that community Of feeling
which comes to those who have been SEN
tcnced to bare competency for the term
of their natural life. We liked TO talk
together Of the old days that we're 80 good
because they were so different from the
new ones.
Prim and discreet spinsters. the Den
mans. Of an age settled once for all several
years hack. Viewed from behind. in the
fiat slenderness Of their black gowns, they
seemed identical; but the face Of the young
est was attractive in it's sensibility. As
Bllkins. the clerk once said, with his
usual respect for the guests:
'Nlss Elise might have been pretty had
she ever dared, but when you talk Of Miss
nenman and Miss Anne-hiokory nuts
for mnel'
The Denmans we're the last OF their race
the latest flowers OF inbred respectability.
TO them the family was a universal STAN
dard, equally authoritative in fixing a
date or in determining q line of action.
As a rather amusing corollary to this first
illustration il followed that diseases were
the signposis by which memory was re-
vived and corrected.
II happened one evening that We four
in the great leather chairs at the side Of
the desk we're commenting on how the
seesons had changed.
why, | remember" said Miss Anne,
that we went TO a strawberry festival
in sleighs-once.'
THAT was the year Cousin Luoetta had
the lumhago.T added Miss Denman. Don't
YOU remember she couldn't go2'
"YA, indeed agreed Miss Anne. 'and
the next spring was just as late, when poor
ma fell into her decline
"Oh, Anne cried Miss Elise, her ex-
prcsson soft with pity. How IL all comes
hckl Thattwas when George went away
-Ssh.' warned Miss Denman. 1T would
I've better for all concerned 20 say that that
was the spring when Aunt Tabitha took
sick with the pleurisy.'
But just then my attention was distracted
by the entrance Of new guest He walked
his suit case, despite the efforts Of our
liveried Caliban 10 grab II, in buOyant
way, a young looking man who might be
middle aged, with fresh foolor and blond
mustache over smiling lips, quite the pic
ture Of Hopes advance agent.
Let there be no mistake about the light
ness, briskness and buoyancy In view Of
what ! shall say later; they we're all there
in superlatiye degree.
"Oh, by the way said this new guest.
after he had registered, unstrapping his
suit case and taking therefrom an oblong
package, lust put these valuable papers
in the safe for me, will you2'
BllliBlns gave supercilious squint at
tho register.
Hum he unused. what il the name.
anvwayi Samuel Sprat2 oh. eh7 Lemuel
Pratu All right, MIR. Pratt And he
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II was nervous and fussy man with a
very decided limp who lurched r,idely past
me to the register as braccd myself against
the desk rail for my post-prandial smoke
About two feet from him stood a demure
and pretty young woman, and he kept
bobbing his head around as il in fear that
she might decamp.
Il think TX on the seventh floor will
about do you interrupted Billikins. Its
not too high up, it's quiet, it has a southern
exposure and a private hall and all the
other things you want so much, Mr. Rud-
yard, Cubboard-Sime, Brine" and he
cooked his head inquisitively at the registry
page.
'Mr. Hubbard Pruyn, sir, explained the
newcomer with evident feeling, Perhaps
you will be 30 good as TO say whether any
person, a young man in fact. has inquired
here for me or my daughter, Miss Nellie
Pruyn"
Mary an ink retorted Bllikins. as he
drew some things that looked like his guests
whiskers on the blotter.
Mr.. Pruyn looked angrily toward the
door and then doubtfully toward his daugh-
ter. Then he swallowed. hard and sighed.
'Oh, by the bye he said, taking an OBJ
long package from his pocket "Please
keep this for me in the safe; il contains
valuable papers,
A lame duck, Sniien,' reflected Bill
kins, when Caliban had conveyed the Pruyns
10 their department
4 don't think So replied. Hes evil
IDENTIFY worried and preoccupied, but man
Of substance for all that"
"A brick is a substance, Sniifen, as your
hat must have often told YOU grinned
Billikins; and he tossed Mr.. pruyn's pack
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II L.

There is nothing 30 effective "A mystery
for throwing a pleasant train Of thoughts
Of the track. ! was glad enough to crawl
out from the wreckage and seek by leisurely
stages and peripatetic chats the refuge
Of my room. As passed along the cor
ridor Of the seventh floor heard familiar
voice familiarly complaining.
A pack Of dom transoms II was saying.
Il vally thin no more'n dirt
'You don't seem to think much Of your
new guests, Katie said pausing at the
door Of the linen closets.
Katie, our redoubtable maid, swung.her-
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SHIPYARD IN MAIDEN LANE
AND UPSTAIRS SATTHAT-BUTTH THE
VESSELS ARE ONLY MODELS.

An enc Details Have to Re Carried Out in
miniature Examples Of the In
teFeSllnE Work Of ". v. BOuches. VINO
-Jstd to Design Bis ships for the Navy.
A shipyard in the heart Of downtown
New York may he rather surprising news
10 Bome, but there is a shipyaTd. and a