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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
overwork Causes Suicide.

Omaha, Dec. 22.-William R. Kel.
ley, cashier Of the Union Pacific rail.
way at South Omaha, committed sui.
eide at his home in that city early
Sunday morning. A letter to his wife
indicates that overwork had perhaps
unbalanced his mind.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
To Prison for ACCEPTING erib..

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 20. - Fred
Lied, formerly q member of the Co.
lumbus board Of control, was sentenc.
ed to four years in the penitentiarv
by Judge Rogers for accepting a bribe
from Melon Cannon, local representa-.
tive Of a paving company of Cleye.
land.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
Guilty Of Murder.

Laporte. Ind, Dec. 22.-William W.
DELPHI was found guilty Of murder in
the first degree yesterday, and his
punishment was fixed at life impris.
onment. DELPHI was convicted OF kill
ing his mother-in.law.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
EIGHT LIVES LOST IN CRASH.

German Liner Sinks a Big Swedish
Boat In English Channel.
Dover, England, Dec. 20. - Eight
lives were lost and two persons were
injured yesterday in collision in
the channel between the Swedish
steamer Lindholmen and the German
steamer Frederick E.. Muller, the for
mer being sunk and the latter badly
disabled. Eight Of the crew of the
Lindholmen escaped in lifeboats and
were landed here half dead from ex.
posture and excitement.
The German steamer was towed into
port here. The Lindho.men was
bound from Cardiff to Sweden.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
Killed by Hiohwavmen.

st. John, N. B.. Dec. 20. - Patrick
Greene. Of Montreal. a peddler, Wa
killed near Plaster Rock, N. b., yes.
terday by highwaymen. who made
their escape with valise said to con,
tain $4,000.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
CHICAGO Fire Fatal.

Chicago, Dec. 22-In a fire which
caused panic among a hundred &C.
cupants Of lodging house here
Saturday night. Paul Heiligendorf.
evenly years old. was sufIocatsd.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
Personal.

Arthur Curtis James was elected
commodore of the New York Yacht
club, succeeding Cornelius Vanderbilt,
who has held the honor for the past
three years. ..
Herman Knickerbocker viele, civil
engineer. artist and author, died at
New York of pneumonia. Mr.. Viele
was son Of Gen. Egbert L. Viele. q
we'll known engineer.
Mrs. Nicholas Fish, whose husband
was the eldest son Of the secretary
of state in President Grants cabinet,
died at her home in Washington from
"a stroke of apoplexy.
John Bruce Woodward, student at
the state university at Lexington, KY,
died as the result of the bursting of
blood vessel in his lung while blowing
into lung testing machine.
Mayor Charles H. Gaus, state con-
troller-elect of New York, announces
that Otto Kelsey, state superintendent
Of insurance, had accepted an appoint
ment as first deputy state controller.
Charlemagne Tower, recent ambas-
sador to Germany, was defeated for
the Office of president of the Union
League club of Philadelphia by James
F. Hope, we'll known merchant and
financier.
Bishop William s. Lewis of the
Methodist Episcopal church has ca
bled to Sioux City friends of his safe
arrival in China to take up his new
work. Foo Chow will be his perma.
uent residence.
Chief William T. Belt of the Wash
ington fire department, vice president
Of the National Association of Fire
Chiefs and one of the best known fire
fighters in the country, died suddenly
Of heart disease.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
FOUR OF FAMILY DEAD; POISON.
Mother and Three Children Killed In
Idaho Home.

Idaho Home.
Boise, Dec. %. - Mrs. John Rosen
and her three children were found
dead in their home, four miles from
Montpelier, under circumstances that
lead the police authorities to suspect
foul play.
The bodies were found by the hus-
band, John Rosen, who reported that
his wife had poisoned the children
and then taken poison herself. The
county attorney and the coroner have
gone to the scene to investigate.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
MINNESOTA LINES PAY BEST.

ExPert TestlfyIn9 at Missouri Rate
Hearing So Declares.
Kansas City, Dec. 20.-J. w. Ken
drick. vice president Of the Atohison.'
Topeka & Santa Fe railway, was call.
ed to the witness stand in the Mis-.
souri, rate case yesterday.
He declared that with the exception
of a few lines in Minnesota there is
not branch railroad in the country
that operates at a profit. excluding the
handling of interstate business.
He declared the local passenger rate
should be 2.99 cents per mile to pay
legitimate profit on the Investment
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
Otherwise.

Oily fapke OF heWaunee, ILL.,, and
Hugo Kelly Of Chicago fought tween,
ty-five rounds to draw at Los An.
geles.
The United States fish commission
will locate the new fresh water mus.
sci propagating station al Fairport
Iowa, according to advices received
from Washington.
Katherine Clemmons Gould was de.
MED in the appellate division of that
supreme court in New York a trial
by the jury in her action for divorce
from Howard Gould.
Ad Wolgast of Milwaukee outfought
Abe Attell. the featherweight cham.
pion. before the Pacific Athletic club
at Los Angeles. The fight went ten
rounds with no official decision per
mitted under the law.
Words of praise for the American
battleship fleet and its officers and
men were uttered by Lord Northcote.
retiring governor general Of Australia.
ut luncheon in his honor in the law.
yers' club in New York.
Employees Of the Chase & Sanborn
company, coffee merchants Of Chicago.
will receive munificent Christmas
presents under the terms Of the will
Of Caleb Chase, senior member of the
Arm. who died recently at his home
In Boston. Mr.. Chase's will provides
for bequests to his employees in Bos,
ton. Chicago and Montreal amounting
to $4,000
Mrs. William Hunter Doll, who was
Mrs. Cushman K. Davis. wife of the
Minnesota senator. died suddenly on
her farm near Hyattsville, Md. A.
Mrs. Davis, the deceased was promi.
pent for several years In capital so.
ciety circles. ana entertained at her
Washington home on many occasions.
Mrs. Davis former home was in St,
Paul, where she met and married tina
senator.
The statement Of the auditor Of the
state as to the condition Of all Iowa
banks since his last report on Nov.
q shows deposits amounting 70 S205..
H2l.seo the heaviest deposits In tho
history Of Iowa excepting Just before
the panic Of last fall,
The American Steel ana Wire com.
pany sent out orders for the immedi.
ate filling up Of two blast furnaces and
six open.hearth furnaces at the com.
pany's plant at Donors, Pa. These de.
partments have bsen idle for a yean,
This will mean the employment %
1900 men.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
Earthquake in France.

eN"0Ua"0 III TTdHCe.
Coutances, France, Dec. 20. - A
slight earthquake was felt here last
evening. No damage except the break
ing Of crockery was done.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
Escape in Auto.

Finally at given signal all six rob-
bers made their escape through rear
door and soon made off, again escap.
ing in their machine.
An investigation disclosed blood
stains on the bank door, indicating
that one of the robbers had been shot.
They had taken $4,000 from the bank
vaults.
The posse started in pursuit, but
the robbers soon gained the lead and
were lost to sight.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
BANDITS IN AUTO LOOT BANKS.
Gibbon, Neb., Is Scene Of Thrilling Bat.
tie Between Citizens and Yeggmen.

Gibbon, Neb., Is Scene Of Thrilling Bat.
tie Between Citizens and Yeggmen.
Gibbon, Neb., Dec. 20.-Automobile
bandits descended yesterday upon
this town-six desperadoes in bright
green touring car-blew up the safes
of the Commercial bank here. held the
inhabitants at bay with a fusillade Of
revolver fire while they took $4,000
from the vaults and then whizzed
away with a hastily formed posse OF
citizens in pursuit.
Earlier in the day the robbers dyna.
mited the safe of the Farmers State
bank of Keene, at Keene, twenty-eight
miles south of Gibbon. There they
secured $4,000. A farmer, reused by
the explosion. saw the robbers as they
sped out of town.
Battle With Citizens.
An hour later the robbers reached
Gibbon and while four of their mum.
Der began work inside the Commercial
bank two others kept guard outside.
Here the explosion attracted a number
of citizens to the scene, among them
G. T. Holloway, president of the bank.
Holloway, approaching the two men
stationed outside the bank, accosted
them, believing them to be acquain.
tances of his. For reply two bullets
whizzed by him, one piercing the hank
er's overcoat; but doing no harm.
While a posse was gathering the
robbers inside the bank kept steadily
at work, the guards meanwhile keep
ing up steady fire on the citizens
Finally the citizens partly surrounded
the building, and for fifteen minutes q
lively fusillade Of shots was ex.
changed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fplIoMf
1mpoftaat Events 1t Hone aad o.
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
From Washington.

A bill was passed by the house au'
thorizing the construction of bridge
across the Mississippi river at or near
St. Paul, MINI.
The house passed bill placing an
annual tax Of $500 on all dealers in
cigarettes and cigarette papers In the
District of Columbia.
Attorney General Charles L. Bona
parte has indicated that he would not
he member of Mr. Taft's cabinet
when. in response to inquiry on the
subject, he said that after March 4
next be positively would retire from
public life.
President Roosevelt has issued or
ders under which the United States
government will give Panama les
son in policing. Men from eight
cruisers will be ordered ashore on
q visit, and they will form a tenn.
rorary isthmian guard.
The supreme court Of the United
States in the main reversed the yer.
dict of the United States district
COURT VI SOlOTduO, UlSCudISluS lTOm
custody several persons who were ar
rested on the charge of conspiring to
defraud the government by entering
timber and coal lands in Colorado con.
trary to law.
Aiming a blow at the alleged prac-
tice of pet" appointments in the ar
my, Representative Anthony of Kan
sas introduced bill roviding that all
vacancies in the grade of brigadier
general in the line of the army shall
be filed by selection only from the
colonies of the line Of the army, ex.
cept in time of war.
A bill has been introduced in the
house authorizing the secretary Of
the interior to place on the pension
roll under the same terms granted by
Law to officers and soldiers of other
Indian wars, the names of officers
and soldiers of the Bannock war.
which occurred in Oregon and Wash
ington in 1873 and 1879.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24
Sins and Sinners.

Francis Owen Griffin, a retired hard.
ware merchant, formerly of Elgin. ILL.,.
committed suicide.
Charged with misappropriatine
100000, two brothers, Adolph and
Fritz Eberbach, hotel company pro.
uoters have been arrested in Berlin.
After an argument over 1925 in
wages Frank Ross, an Italian laborer,
shot and killed John Clifton, an ex-
cavation contractor, the Cleveland po-
lice say. Ross escaped.
The body of a man supposed to be
Waldo A. Setback of Dillon, Mont.
was found in a rooming house at
Idaho Falls, Idaho. The head had
been horribly mutilated with an az.
Attempting to hang himself by using
his suspenders for moose, D. F. Ly.
ons, farm hand, who had been placed
in the LIE Mars (Iowa) Jail for intoxi-
cation. was rescued by police officer.
Steward Hosp, found guilty at Miles
City, Mont, of manslaughter in the
killing of Norman Thetford on Aug.
rs. was sentenced to ten years. the
limit under the statutes. by Judge
Loud.
AS result Of an attempt to inau.
gurate test of the so.called Locke
embracing law at City park race track
at New Orleans, several turfmen were
arrested and affldavits were made
against others.
Stating that while station agent at
Mcpherson, Kan, he had embezzled
about $500 from the Missouri Pacific
company, G. T. Birdsell gave himself
to the police at Oakland, Cal, because
his conscience troubled him so that
he could not rest.
H. o. Smith, general superintendent
Of the Freebory Coal and Coke com.
pany, was shot and killed during q
quarrel at Delorme, w. Va, by P. A
Corners, station agent for the Nor
folk G Western road at that point.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1908-03-13

Jtu iut ...., -.
Yuni6!"
Die sraufams 5risfeniitte, nidt nur
bic S6pdhe bes Ginselnen in einem
8einamen ausauoriiden, ionbern bic
fen audi auf bic 3inber gu iibertragen,
fam bier mieoer einmal our G,eltuns.
Ser Miiaer Teter 2prsnSen ealt
nidt nit unreht ols 0erebrer geiitiger
@etrante, unb man bate i'm baber
ansemein vpeter punid" s%stauft; bic
9odter mubte ben Namen mittragen.
ipenn lie es aud natiirlih niht pubte.
Sic tam nit ibrem Batter.
Der bagers Miiler bate Elm fpibes,
tluees 5udsgelidt, in benz elm paar
buntle Nueen irrlidterten; er trug,
eeeen bic 5risIenTitts, einen fleinsn
erauen Sanurrbdrt. unb fein Irsus
iiammte ~isb,nTaus bon einem Stab.s
ibnciber.
Sarum fpudte Srans Stisenipan
perGdtli6 aus.
rSoit OH fGpn eir,n gefnieselten
e5ninesel eefefen?" iast. sr gu benz
sSuugen. .@iitern mar CT 10 butn, pie
elm parperoitel. unb beuts gebt er uuz
fern 5errgctt in einem Snalbenz
fpan5 unter Die Nugen. Nimm Dir
sin 9eiIpicl baran!!"
rWenn i'd nur bic Miible bdtts!"
nlsinte Der 8eneeI.
r9ann bittsit Su oud 'fpas Redz
tee! Ole lit nit9t nit Strob eez
bedt, fcnbern nit Sppotbsten. limb
10 mas Idbt ii9 ni9t lOi9en ipie elm
Jeuer, iuern es NAL brennt."
Gr 3rg ben Hod aus unb griff mad
benz 8lodsnieil.
.&pmm. mir ipolen IGuten - Der
Wtenf6 ioa nidt aus Der Gepobnheit
fdaer. 5eute gilt es for bic grnte,
morsen tann bas WaNer tommen unb
bds SSeuer unb bic YeitiIens. 0enn
10 ffebt es in Der driftlihsn Jirbitte."
Die air6adnger batten ii6 mad
alter Site eipos friber Dor benz Got
tesbaus berfammelt. um ibren pre-
bigger absupdrtsn.
Miilfer 2oren3tr trat au elmer
Grippe pnn MGnnern unS reoetc ZEN
3riiser gnton Mart an. Der bon aats
9Drn Isriibergefommcn mar; Gle
trennts fid BON i'm unb sins iibsr ben
Gristbof.
(Gorticsuna foIat.) y
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1908-03-13
2. e a iteI.

@ran3 5~eisenipcn bate bas
~ @rntelieb pom &ir6tburm 9ez
q blaien. Ni6t ipsltli6e aldn9e,
benen bic Weni6en 70 eerne
laufden. lusnn iie gpben unb S6susr
sefiiut baben, ionbern ben alien Gbos
raj elmer bantbaren 3eit.
Gr bdfte babel bisipeilen an feline
mibratbenen 8artoffeln, absr i'm groz
cen uno gan3en mar Der quite Wille
bod porbanbea unb itanb i'm um9ez
tebrten 9erhGltniB gu Der 2siNung.
Damn piIdts er feline alte Srpmz
pete aus uno lugte bur9 bic Sburms
Lutte in bas ionnigs Mari9lanb.
.5eute fommea lie ale in Siilnerz
seidirr CUR Stride" fagte er gu benz
Sunsen aus benz Nrmenbauie, Der bin
ter ibm bodte unb bas 9iodenieil
aieben iolte. SIS lit bod Elm erbsbenz
Der 4nblid lin bi: menihlide 9antz
bartlett. Moriim areinIt Su, perflirte
Robnafe?"
rlleter etine qreiters," ents.snste
Der 9engel. Isle bat iid cine Con-
nenblume in bic rotbsn Saarc eeitcdt;
- @;Hrnnnnfnnfen."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1908-03-13

pun Spnbsrn ma Sobiin iiinb fGs
ben &roogs," meinte Satob enti6ulz
bieenb, nunb be S9immel ssibt an
teen p0rbi. De M0lIer bst EN- BUN
Sottpr genbiren> tDfft."
rSas 1T aud Io'n Stpeinigel, Saz
lob. Infer Ssrr paIter mub pirtli9
iptsoer cine prebi9t for Die Sbsez
pinide baltsn."
rSipieg man fin, be is bun Rab>
mtooag all up be WDbl tpe1t."
Tran5 5eisenipan ma6te Elm polis
tifdes 9eii6t.
!. sd psib es, er bat fi6 lietIid NIT
Der Mamfeq ~unter6aIten.
"Wit Glte peter puni6?"
$50 barfit Su ie nitt me6r Be-
namien, Satob. Sic bat in %;ylensburg
auf 9ilbung itubirt, unb nun lit iie
elm bDberes Dsien."
ySenn lam ie fit ia nit UNI Olaf
tpiamen baubn," meinte SSatob uno
5og feline 9umpbpien bod. sd Tea
St Snieber. mi parb'n ipat Nieaes
beletpen."
"Su biit Elm S9afstppp," entaeaz
nete Der Sdneioer. rMsnn i'd auf
Der !Sohseit fiebeln tbue, bann mill
i'd nit Der GIe auf benz 9iioeleiIen
fiebeln. Deibt Oh benin nidt mebr,
baB Der Wiiuer unb Der 9ei6ppgt ii6
buntomaIen um bic Mnnemarie e"eitritz
ten baben?"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1908-03-13
0er0ei(5oogl.
!. & q b It'll.

/. e apiteI.
"aftor Qsmus S0renien lsgts
cf Die GsbittiammlunS' aus ben
q Sasen Der Romantiter uuf
ben Sdreibtif6, bdnn itanb
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24
Fertilizer Company
OPENING AND CLOSING or MAIL

Northern mails, week days, close st 10 a.
| M and s 40, IL 80 a. M, and 200, 80
10 and 10 30 p. m. Open at 500 g. M,
| II 90 m, and 4 90 p. m. On SundaysNorthern
mails close at s As a. M, 230, and q 70
| p. IN.
Southern mails via Charlottesville close st
| ITO and 10 80 a. M, and 3 20 and 1890
D. m. Open at 500 a. M: and 20 p, M.
| 8 46 and 10 80 q. M, and %, 90 and 10 30
n. no. Open at 8 q. M, IL m and p. m.
Mansssas Division mails close at 10 q. M
and 3 20 D. m. Open at u 80 and 80 p. m.
Alexandria and Round Hill mails close al
745 q. m, and 4 90 p. m. Open ct SOCa. no.
Chesspeake and Ohio mails close at 20 D.
m. aad 10 30 p. N. Open at 800 q. m. and
Washington mails close at 10. q. m. 8 45
and IL 30 q. M, and 2 90, 30,
5 is and 10 80 p. m. Open at 100 q. M,
IL 90 M. and 400 D. m. and 4 30 p. m.
Ofice Houn-Open ct 800 a. m. Close al
' Sunday HOur-open at zoos. m. Gloss
ct 10 90 g. N.
Carriers Schedule Collection made on In.
aide routes-6 80 and 10 90 a. m. and 90 and
Q so D. m. Ful route-6 80 q. m. and 80 D.
NJ. Sunday Collection 500 D. m. Carriers
window open Sunday 900 q. m. and Close
1000 @. m.
Deliveries made S00s m. / 20 .. m. and
4 Is o. m.
ALI mail should be In the Office len minutes
bekore nuY indicated time sny closine
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24
A Race With the Sun.

An English magazine says that If an
aerial machine were capable Of travel
ing at any rate up to 1000 miles an
hour a traveller in It, starting west
ward from London at speed Of 900
miles an hour, would srrest the prog
ress Of time. If he started at 10 q. ~,
1t would always be to him 10 a. m.
Should be find his unending day mo-
notonous he could reverse his direc-
ton and get quick succession Of short
days and nights Of come six hours
duration, but he could regulate the
length by the speed Of his machine.
Suppose he Travelled from London one
night at 10 o'clock westward at a
speed Of 1000 miles per hour. He
would soon experience the sensation
of seeing the sun rising in the west
where 1t had set a short time before.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24
Chronic DIarrheea Relieved.

Mr.. Edward E. Henry, with the
United States Express Co., Chicago,
writes, "Our General Superintendent,
Mr.. Quick, handed me q bottle OF
Ohqmberlsia's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy some time ago to check
an stack of the old chronic disfrbosa.
have used It since that time and cured
many on our trains who have been sick.
| am an old soldier who served " tn
Rutherford B. Hayes aud William Nc
Kinley four years In the 2Srd Ohio
Regiment, and have no sliment except
chronic diarrhoea, which this remedy
tops at once.". For sale by w. F.
Creighton & 90. and Richard Gibson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24
alexandria Gazette.
MONDAY EVENING. AUG. "a. 1908.


Revealed.
An insurance agent was trying 70
induce a hard man to deal with to
take out a policy on hts house. AFTER
listening to him for an hour while he
painted In vivid colors the extreme
danger Of fire consuming the house the
hard man to deal with said:
do you really think 1t likely that
my house win burn down within the
time that the policy .yill rum
Certainly" replietNle agent. Have
I not been trying all this time to con-
vince you that do!'
'Then." said the hard man TO deai
with. 'why is your company so anx-
ions to bet me money that 1t will notF''
The agent was silent and thoughtful
for a moment; then he drew the other
apart into an unfrequented place and
whispered In his ear:
any friend, will impart to you q
dark secret. Years ago the company
disgraced me before my sweetheart
Under an assumed name | have worm
ed myself into its service Cor revenge
and as there is heaven above US
Will have its hearts blood!'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24
aha Got His Name.

"Little boy" asked the new teacher
what Is your Manner
"II have to write it for you, miss,
he said hesitatingly.
"Why? My hearing is quite good
Your name, boy!"
I'D rather not tell you"
surely you can't be ashamed Of itT
'No, miss, but
"Then we win not waste any more
time, II you pleased ] am waitingw
The small boys eyes rolled wildly II
their sockets, and his face became con
torted with pain as he began:
Observation-Disclosures kuk- Clarence
That's my first name, miss. But my
other name is Pup-pup-pup-pup-Pe Per
kinsl never stutter 'cept when In
speaking my name, and when In
nagged like this l get a whole lot
worse, miss"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24
Humiliating.

Champ Clark frequently visited
Washington before his election to the
house and thought he was pretty well
known there. On one occasion, says
the Washington Star, he came to the
capital on business for a client. He
was surprised and pleased to meet an
old friend and townsman at the hotel
Mr.. Clark had selected for his stay.
well, well. If 1t isn't Brown? ex-
claimed Mr.. Clark. Pm glad to see
you. Is there anything / can do for
your
Then Mr.. Clark took his friend by
the arm and marched him TO the hotel
desk, saying, 81 can do you a good
turn, anyhow"
CLERK" added Mr.. Clark when they
had reached that functionary, this Is
my friend Mr.. Brown. want you to
treat him right. Let him have what
ever he wants, and II he gets too ex-
travagant and runs out Of cash just
charge 1t to me-"
"Why, yes" said the clerk, II know
Mr.. Brown very well, SIR, but who are
yOuT