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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25
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DETRDI Kr6i ko lF'l'
po p61nocy iaie W kryty do 9
tad zbrodni1 WszeH tylne-
mi drznia1 i do. naie ieszkania
Woj jciocha bal skiego,
pm. l9 exa1o. .riine u.
|strzelH trzy rot otniie do l6zka,
" ( Kt6rem pail 1;ymb balov-
|scy; try k,lle orzeszyly cia-
10 CymbaH Hwskiego, raniac
go niebezpie 1dstawio-
40 go do szpItala: Grace, gdzie
p aWdopodob bniie un1rze. ;ym n
baIoWs AZ sic p rzerazlla.
ze o1nal alala l1ic 1ie n1oze
pow dzist al napastnik
wygIadsl kiec;iz I r6Wniez
tax lyi.y .zs'st g = Z ralszsone a g ze
ME moga opiisat zbrod dniarzag.
Pod obno yllbaloNski oba-
vial sic odII peWnego ezasu
wye hodzic 10 ulieee, gayz
mu jakis byIly, bordnik kilka
krotniie sic odgrazal TO je.
=dynym kluezeln ktbiy sluzyc
bedzie polley dc ykrycia
zbrod mi. .5..
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

ZteNTolsetnl q \, 81 yl1eK sK ilahssttN:a ls't
PIC Piot1a j Amy szlukoMskleh: s
eamieszkslyeh I,Ihy Grand:-
vile ave-, blisko kopaln gip-
su ma p ,ludnie Cd 1niasta, !,
wpadi do pobli kiego strun1y
ka utonal. Chlopiee wide
ezniie poszedl po Wode ] gdy
sehyhl sic by nabrae take
wei do na1ego wiadra, stra-
Gil roWnoWsge j Wpadf do
woody goWa naprzodI !, @ Okolo
ggodziny 6-tej Wiieczorem v
.ponie dzialek vie kszy chIopakE
=ktory take poszeh do stru-
rayka po wode, zobaezyi wy
Fstajace . wody nogi chop
.zyka l'sl' !: j agnai 90. Pr'zl1y-
Woiano natyc chnliast lekarza
ecz5 ten ME In6gl jt,z przy-
arocic. z.ycia hlopakowi.
Andrzej / An,la Igra-
siak maja niemalo klt,potoW
malzehs jako skkuttek * u i
wzajje ego grzmoce1ia 'l sic
lhoje stanei pred po1noc ocni-
Gym pro kuratorem Lindsey
ponie dMalek maz ]. donna
gajae sic are ztoWania4 zonly,
a zzona proszac 9 EgulWila,zienle y "
meza.s 1gnasiak piisrw w sta
nal ma u prok uratora ] opoWie--:
dial pomocnic prok1l-
[ratorowii, iak zo11a jego po-
biia go czyniem do Wod.yy
4 ehcac 60 przekonae /, praWlil-
slow sWloiich pnpro-
siI go, aby zegza1n;; II l'oWal . 4 So
q obajrzal siIice na I,llecach.
twarzy jake zadala lnaa li je;
|yo lepsza pol iowa e1'i uczyI
MI TAX wytl q kaz aresz-
,,Kania zeny gnasi
tten1 prz.g!szla PAM lgIla
sin & q sinenl okie1n ,osi.
1.io1a tWarz.a Hby H
III iii nleza areszto orvalal
t',iInaczono iei, i j . q ,rzy III III
u 6kno lllat,te tyl ls | 4
I.garal,cYe 4. Ikis,szt
II So
zasIaniie l,rs "a 8
iIess
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25

H1au1u Tonu 1l:a
NV : ..'is1n. ~ ul'e1,'ts
nllespoe'zlan'e eu.'y'a 'ou.o..
60: Asnefyk1 o-le'h,a Ma'ya
'nl1choMna. own ID i'ok'ae,14o {, :,
noWea s'',sssr % : u'l''tI .. A.
fodroz .ao Ane'yki l'',zossa-
me Waffle 20 ca'e ~ -.
'ym 1spomnlel,1e'1, !e nla1 :
1odzlcaml ! 1ouzens.Nela $
aa1a Ga !: sie ona - .pIgn' -,
z#1eoz,c Warszla'y oh'7'pse.
'ako nle oa1ouna eo,ka :" I.
py1a 9 ona za'au.u g 1a..e. :.
foaczas !. dy 1ou1'te 1N,1
aza'a' yfko ul1zs.aa5,'ls
we, Mar1 ~ - sa...s==s' &c
poklau oA11s..,. s; $ 80 =
80, 80 49,, II I. ) = / N;,5
: ;ad,a11 r1,ala !,
e : - 49, J; ! s, !, J. !. !; ~
koos 800. s ,.st,,; ,, IT,.
s ) 8 = J !: ]. ,,,z.,a.
~. A'iiFosy = .
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25


PETERSBURG, @ czer-
wca Wedle dep ma
.des1anej tn = g eheranu repre-.
zent tanci Rosyi !. ielklej
Brytaniiii zakomunik oWa1l jnzi
.perskiiemu gabinet etowi, Il "a
niarem ich rzadou Jest da-
I'VE do nania szacha
ma tronie. Ci sami reprezen.-
ltanci oznajjnlii najstarsze-
mu stryj szaef1a, suhano-
vi Maud Mira Zilles, e y
razie katastrofy y ME on, lec2
syn szacha zostalby nastepca
EtronH.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25
4 MILWAUKEE,. d Wiz

MILWAUKEE
.zonkowie w RostanoNs
1911 Eighth ave.,) posp q
cali sic 2 blahego { . p]oWntI
MAJ zamilll pierWszsy 4
zazegnat l6tniie I,ecz g m q!
wlasnie jeszcze bard ziiei & .
|ggniewal kobiete Pochy
ella ciezzka oorcela
pielnic i rzl1ciiaaa q
Ugo odzony v czolo ~
SLIME, T. RoslaI,oWskfzel,-
dial j przez chwile
rzytomny, q pote1n pa dni6 s.
Esie ] poprosii ION III
podaIa woody % j, pei q
EkostanoWska przerz q &
sswym Wllasny,Jln s.zy a y
Iprzystepie "a Ii 4 Il
|biiegia na bal 1|11ll d
a. podw6rze sliiel
mn = 2 wysoko6c
lstlls pieciiu.
su byly poRa m. . .
stwierdzii q RI &c, |IIi|I|| B
mn nadHerezzony +, Z ss1@s sfII n
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25

~ -. - 3, 3. ~ !. --.7. r, x-
NlLnao y. 2 : I1pI : ! s
urzednlk po'ic,1ny, 8 .1,. !, na1n''
sk'em Anu1ze' 49, 80
~ byi do pewnegg nlesz- 4
kanca 2 MldvlllP daa WIe-
!. czenla 1emu os'a1n1enu za- 8
WezRan'a sauoWego. e'uy =
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25

'wiielu wypadk kach wladza b.yla
z,1,nuszona wystawiac ich ra1-
chonosci ma licytaeye. Kie- e.
rowniczka tego 3 nowego rl1-
.chu jest PAM Edith How
Martyr, kt6ra zajmujje bar.
do eleganckiie biuro przy
.Bucking ham ii. 4.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25

BUFFAI,D, !, N Ma
Buffalo aresxtoWalo osnlis
|Polak 6w, . cihoc szyscy ~
Ii mlodzi j jeden navel
zywal sic Chudy. I'D
|jednak byl tax grub
beczka. Tajemnioe tel
Sci wyjasnia spis gardero1
" jakiej tych pan6 bTalltu,|alll
do ula: ]. Rosiinslk Il 81 chsi isE q
Ii aresztowania mial na sobi6|
try parry odnii, czter ka
nlizelk, dwie czapki, e1e1ls
[kapelusz ] piec pr skaII's
tex; Fl. Fiala pie pie 4 q
[spodni, eztery mar ynai u! Il
|dWie kannizelkii j try
=. Polk osm karnizelsk1 b
Il -
sze6c marynarek; !. HEezla.
dziewieG par spodni 81
]kElych try pary lni !,l
|boczyeb; ST. ;.Rids
||,d#ie imew s. B
lkam miizelki / cztel1 D mn + B
a. Rojeckii So
i o5m kamiiselek s.; JnzoyslIi ii
piec par spodni cztsl 8
kamizelki, . Wreszcie ]
Oh udy dwie parry spodallss 81
|dwie kanlliz elki, dwie d mary $. s.
|narki, try czapki i I,ii pllI h
|skarpetek. Poll icya stwield
IA, ze caly ten obfity zap = I
garderoby pocho dziill & = Y.
|dziezy, dokonanejj wagoni1s
Istojacym ma krzyz lllll e
EimW0od. .ssEssE
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25
; +
ADBEs WIARusA: NIarus sss Str, Minen., -

bic odbyIa aie z albia, e
mu rodzio6w palnnJ |Ilg
pa1stwa stawick kich
Ridge ul. Zabawa 4 byla ) 81 3 &
sdzo WspaniiaI llo'dej
.zzycz,,yn1y szczesl liWego pozi. zils
cia ia " stanie ma lze1s iI
przez dlugie ldtta.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25
NONINY
TELEHRA FICZNE

PARYZ, 22czerwca,
Tutejsza prasa Wyraza sic v
og6lnosci z wielkiem uzna-
MEM Q nominacyi Tafta na
kandydata do prezydentury
Stan6w Zednoczonych, tax
Temps pisze >, Zaslugi, kt6-
re p. Taft polozyl okolo swe-
go kraju, usprawiedliwiaja
" zupelnosci jego nomina-
eye. Okaze sic on jako silny
kandydat j Wybitny prey
dent" Natomiast u elite Re-
publique m6Wi, re nomina-
eva Tafta jest zwyciestwem
imperyalizmu, co I mabyc
zlym objawem na przyszlosc
2 tego powodu, il ia anne
ryka6ska wielka republika
demokratyczna, zawsze zdala
sic trzymala cd imperyaliz-
mu.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-25

PETERSBURG, % czerw-
ca. Nadeszly tn 2 Teheranu
.specyalne telegrany dodosza,
re perskie wv iiazh patryoty-
ezne ef1er 11lie abriz,
Kaofin Ispa1an prosza Me
miec Q pomoc przeeiw alta
kom Turcyi. zycza one so
bic, aaeby Niemcy wyslafy
do Persyi swych oficer6w j
urzednik6w, kt6rzyby zreor-
ganizowali armie i yzady.
Pogloska, jakoby szach u
zbrajal bronia wprost z arse
naiu wojownic1e ssczepy gor-
skie, .Ltrzymuje og6l W cia-
glenn naprezeniu j spowodo-
wala, re ludnos6 miasta zes-
polila sic Wiecej ze soba, a
by " danym razie opano.
wac arsenal. Parliament je-
dnak otrzynal Cd ministra
wojny zapewnienie, re ia po-
gloska jest nieuzasadniona,
Wskutek czego udalo sic
masy ludowe uspokoic nie-
co.
Robotnicy portowi " mie-
kcie EnzeI nad1norzem Ka-
spijskisn porzucii prace
przeszkadzaja " przenosze'
niu towar6W 2 budynk6H
clowych j SHADOW pobi..
skich. Kanonierka rosyjska,
kt6ra tn przybyy1a pred dWo'
ma dniamii, spelnia !tylko u.
spokajajaca misye.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
INamjno the Baby.

The naming of a baby is considered
important v Eel among people whom
we are apt to regard as uncivilized.
And, curiously enough. these very
folk contrive to avoid the arguments
that so often ensue when father and
mother disagree over whether the lit
tie stranger shall be called Jack or
M~armaduke, Priscilla or Jane.
The Mahometan father and mother
each write the choice OF a name or a
slip Of paper and place both in the
Koran. Whichever slip is drawn first
Is the name given to the child.
A pretty Egyptian custom is 10 light
three candles, naming each after a
god or somc exalted parsonage. The
child Is called after the candle which
burns longest.
Hindu mothers name their children,
psterfamilias not having a word to
say In the matter. The naming cere-
mony usually takes place when the
baby Is about IL days old, and a flower
name is usually chosen.
Chinese girls are simply numbered
one. two. or three. until they reach
years OF discretion, when they are al.
lowed to choose a name for them
selves. The boys, however, are given
a temporary name until they are 20,
when pa decides what magnificent ap.
pellation they shall rejoice in for the
rest Of their lives.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
The pips Of Brittany.

"Britts:.y is all right" the Travelled
man said, cautiously. but beware OF
the pigs there"
lie had stin an hour before the
steamer started, and he resumed:
The Breton pig Is not fat and indo-
lent like ours. Iie"is as lean and fiery
as a wolf. and twice a woolfs size.
All over Brittany YOU see him, swag'
gering up and down the white roads,
In search OF roots, berries. frogs, any
thing-for he must forage for himself
his master never feeds him. SteI
ont OF his way, or he will snarl and
leap at YOU.
THE Bretons are great drunkards
Sometimes they fall asleep beside the
road. They awake with a sharp pair
in the Gr,.i or leg, the pain OF a hun
cry hogs teeth.
And ] could tell YOU a gruesomt
story OF the babyhood OF a handles
Breton begsar whose parents once ief
him alone In his cradle with the hous'
, door Open-but II liz too horrible
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
Her Sublime Admiration.

"Ob, dear, will you look at II again 81
sighed Mrs. Howard Newcome in an
ecstasy OF bliss. Isn't II magnificent?
Turn this way now. A side glance
brings out the traditional beauty. I
have never seen anything 80 perfectly
exquisite. Dear, do come owe here and
look ut II from this view. One would
never believe that such a lovely thing
existed in the world. The perspective
Ia simply grand. How inspiring and
noble. Here is another view from the
right. Doesn't Il show of even to bet.
ter advantage? am simply entrancsd
with admiration"
What is Mrs. Newcome looking at!
Some masterpiece in a picture gal
lery?
No, indeed. 1t is an old kitchen chair
she purchased at a secondhand store,
which she thinks Is a genuine an.
tiQue."-The Bohemian. .
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
Ignorance Of the Bible.

Biblical illusions, which permeate
our literature, touch no responsive
chord In the majority Of college stu.
dents nowadays, writes Prof. w. l..
Cross, In Education. Though some OF
them are fairly familiar with names
like Abraham. Isaac, Jacob, Samson,
David and Daniel. very few know any
thing about the lives OF these men as
related in the scriptures. Not long
ago.. to recall IN extreme case, not enc
OF 40 students under my instruction
could quite place Judas Iscariot; and .
venerable colleague of mine discov-
cred a Jew among the seniors who had
never heard OF Moses. TO lift the bur
den of this ignorance, several colleges
have recently incorporated parts Of
the OLD Testament into their most
elementary courses In English with
great success from the standpoint
both Of the student and Of the instruc-
tor. But a knowledge Of the Bible OBJ
viOusly belongs to an earlier stage
than this. Il In a pity that political
and religious considerations stand In
the way of Introducing into the pub
lie schools an available body Of splen.
did literature. Fortunately politics
and prejudice cannot hamper many of
the large preparatory schools.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
Pneumatic Clocks In Paris.

The city of Paris Is being rapidly
supplied with a system of public
clocks worked by compressed air I'M
der electrical control.
The entire area OF the city Is d.
vided into sections about Il mile and
three.Quarters in radius, and In the
center of each section is a substa'
ton provided with a reservoir OF com
pressed air, from which air pipes ex'
tend to all the clocks included In the
section.
BY means or electro-magnets. ener'
gized every minute with currents from
the commutator controlled by the mas
ter clock at the central station, the
air-pipes are internationally connected
with the reservoirs. and thus the com
pressed air, ono every minute, drives
forward the hands OF the clock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
The Best Men.

Il can get an English coachman a
place twice as quickly as n German
or a Yankee coachman,' said an EN-.
ployment agent. Each country, find,
Is supposed by the public to turn out
one kind of workman Of peculiar cx.
cellenoe. Thus England's specially is
the stableman.
Frances specially is the chauf.
feur. The cook. too. is a specially OF
France.
Scotland Is noted for its engineers,
and in the field Of sport for its goli
coaches.
The Swiss are considered to he
the best watchmakers. II is never
any trouble to- get a Swiss watch
maker a job.
THE Swedes are the best sailors.
Germans are at a premium as
brewery hands.
italians are In demand as plaster
workers, a trade wherein they wonder
fully excel"
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
IT WILL BE RALPH HEREAFTER.
A Youngsters outspokennees That
Taught Grandpa a Lesson.

There is a very well.known mar In
of his grandson, a bright boy Of four
years and a few months. But, like
all fond grandpas. he believed teas.
ing amusing to the child as well as
to himself-and he recently received
the shock he deserved. The little lad
was playing industriously with u doll
when the proud grandpa said:
My! playing with a doll-why your
name must be Susie-not Ralph
No word from the boy. who kept
right on playing with the doll.
Susie" said the grandpa, just rush
ing to his fate, do you like dolls"
The boy moved ~perceptibly, but
chung TO the doll.
Dear little Susie-you used to be
a boy
The boy lifted his head Indignant
ly and with deep pathos, said: Grand.
pa. | hate TO tell you so, but you're a
d fool
Great was the CONSERVATION OF the
grandfather and amazement or the
mother, who t~ragically ordered the boy
to his room. while she called atten.
ton to the tears that rolled down her
cheeks at such a fearful offense. FL
nally she told the little fellow that he
might be forgiven If he begged his
srandpa's pardon. But the boy be-
lieved his grandpa the offender and
said 50. His mother sternly read him
"A lesson against profanity, and espe-
cially about ~disrespect to %grandpar-
ents. The little fellow was touched.
and going ove to his grandpa said,
compromisingly:
81 am sorry ! called you a d
fool-but IL ] cannot call you a fool
can ! call you a lemon?"
Hereafter grandpa will call Ralph
by his right name.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03

Steel with It's billion Of money;
Steel, with It's myriad glowing fur
naces. its laundering mills, and it's
smokestacks thick as stalks In = corn,
ield; Steel. with It's Thousands upon
thousands OF miles Of ore land and
coal land and gas land; Steel. with Its
endless railways and It's fleets Of yes
sells: Steel, with its swarming pOpula-
lions OF workmen and It's trade lines
penetrating every business and every
corner OF the world, has become the
t%ouchstons OF our fortunes and the
barometer OF our condition.
They used to say: "As New York
goes. 30 goes the Union" Now they
say that a. Steel goes, 80 goes the
whole mighty current Of American
business. We live and work In steeI
buildings, we ride in steel cars and
steel ships, our intercourse is over
steel wires-we are encompassed and
entwined and connected, transported
and finally entombed by steel. W. are
Steel and Steel is us.-Harper''
Weekly,
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
Two Waters from One Well.

Two kinds of water flowing from
the same we'll are to be found at
Riverside Park, Logan's Park, Ind
An eight.inch pipe is sunk into the
ground for a distance of so feet. and
inside this is u fiye-inch pipe, which
is carried carried down somewhat
farther. Fresh water from the lime.
stone stratum comes up between the
two pipes, while water which tastes
and smells strongly of hydrogen sui
phide comes up through the five.inch
pipe from n lower stratum. The sui.
phur water flows at the rate Of a gal
Ion a minute from the drinking foun'
tain ver the well, while the fresh
water flows with smaller volume from
a pipe about 20 feet distant.-London
Globe.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03

How a yellow mongrel dog ''sicked"
Theodore Roosevelt into reforming the
New York police department was told
TO the Rockefeller Bible class by
Jacob IL. Riis. John ID. Rockefeller.
Jr., was there.
Mr.. Riis said he was going TO jump
into the bay one night when a yellow
dog came up and rubbed against him
II was so friendly that he gave up the
suicide idea and took the dog To
q police station to spend the night.
A police sergeant threw Riis Out
and the dog bit the policeman. who
promptly killed 1t.
Later, when Roosevelt was police
commissioner. Riis told him OF the
incident. He was 80 incensed thai
then and there he began cleaning
out the police stations.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
LACKED SENSE OF GRATITUDE.
NvW Ysrk Weman's Ridieulovs Gem
plant Against Firsmen.

; 'Talk about inuattude:" said . IRE
man." according to the New York
Sun. nc would be impossible to sharp
- any tooth belonging to q serpent or
anything else SO II could bite like the
l.gratitude Of a woman. whose house
sausht fire recently. IL was an Ivy
covered house and very pretty.
The fire had got a fine start before
tAe alarm was sent In, and IL took
some pretty lively hustling on our
part to keep the whole place from 60
eng up In smoke. However. we man.
aged to " the house, the people
living there. and most OF the furni'
cure, not mentioning a few pet dogs
and y canary, SO We fiattered ourselves
that We had done about all that could
be expected under the circumstances
But We found that we were mis-
taken. The day after the fire the
woman who owned the house gave us
n call. We supposed she came tc
thank us-people do those thing,
sometimes, you know-but she hadn't;
II you will believe me, she had come
10 lambast us for tearing loose al
those ropes Of ivy that II had takei
10 many years to train ove thu
walls Of the house"
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
Going Down.

A public school teacher in Philadel.
phia had occasion once to correct the
pronunciation Of a pupil OF Scotch orr.
gin. The lad persisted In saying
dozen" instead OF down" Finally.
the instructors patience becoming ex.
hausted he shouted at the boy:
Down! Down! Down."
The pupil in question remained I'M.
disturbed by this outburst, but anoth-
er lad In the rear Of the room quickly
sprang to his feet, stuck out his hand
In a mechanical way: then, suddenly
exhibiting great embarrassment, sat
down.
We'll, my boy" said the teacher,
gOod.naturedly. you must be a foot
ball enthusiast"
mot exactly. sir" replied the boy
II run the elevator down to Perkins
illustrated Sunday Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
Where Circuses Outfit.

One never thinks of the circus In
connection with the sea. and there
fore a waterside wanderer was very
much surprised the other day to see
a brilliant red.and.gold circus wagon
backed up against the curb on South
street, near Peck slip. His surprise
was swept away a moment later by
seeing three men emerge from the
doorway of a s~ailmaker's shop with
great bundles OF white, roped canvas
on their shoulders. Then he realized
they were getting the big top" ready
for the -~--o~-N~v w.. e.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
WATER THIS MANS ONLY DIET.
Lee Angeles Citizen Tries . Move,
Plan to Stop Smoking.

Just because Day II. Gilmore. a Los
smoking and also reduce his weight,
he began to live on nothing but water,
and now and then a sour lemonade, 20
days ago.
He has lost 20 pounds OF OF his
280-pound total, and wants to lose four
or I'VE o
His voice alone seems weak.
Otherwise this personally conduct
sd starvation tour" as his friends call
1t, has proven quite enjoyable, Gilmore
says, and he declares he rather dis
1ikes the idea Of aver eating again.
However. this is almost complete ab
stjpence from s~usteuance which he IL
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03

Undergoing now. with n resuit tnat
the first week he lost flesh at the
rate Of two pounds . day: the second
week he lost a pound q day. later half
a pound, and finally but q few ounces.
He began the fast gradually, one
meal and then one day at q time, I'm.
III after he had gone three days with.
out eating. when everything went
well.
lie does not feel nervous, or run
down, and sleeps well.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
WIDOW HELD HER HUSBANDS
LITERARY TREASURES.
Not All the Wealth Of New York, She
Declared, Would Tempt Her to
Part with the Books
He Loved.

a new Yorker VINO returned a lew
days ago from the Catskill mountains
tells o: an old woman he met, who
lives in Il cottage just outside the lit
tie town of Cairo. This woman, a
Mrs. Gary, he discovered, has a valu.
able collection of books which be.
longed TO her husband, who at une
time kept a secondhand store in
Washington, ID. c., and who died about
20 years ago.
Il stumbled on the little wooden
house and its occupant by chance"
said he, and IL Is a meeting | shall
long remember. ! followed her up an
unexpected stair, through a bare room
to where the books were. They lined
a dozen rough shelves and Uttered the
floor. Evidently they had not been
disturbed for years. Piles of hand.
some volumes in worn leather covers
lay smeared I'm cobwebs and dust. l
stopped down to pick up a book.
"'Stop!' she cried, grabbing my arm.
You must not touch them! They were
his. and YOU must not touch them
Gradually, however, she relcnted.
! war allowed TO open some Of the vol
umes Under protest. Rare books they
were. Three first editions, which lay
half hidden in a pile Of broken plaster
would have brought, ! believe. a total
Of $500 at a book connoisseur's sale in
New York; one copy OF Poe, which |
would have liked much to possess, lay
In a moldy condition on the sill OF the
little attic window; several rare vol
umes Of Dickens works and an equal
ly rare copy Of LOngfellow l found be-
hind an immense travelling trunk,
squeezed and scratched deplorably.
Treasure met my hand and eye every
where.
why I protested, II you took
these books to New York n placed
them with proper persons you'd make
a small fortune
ITO New York; she echoed, raising
her hands in alarm. No, indeed, all
the wealth of New York would not
tempt me to part with one OF them.
They were his; that's enough for me.
Take care of my books, Jane"-that
was about the last words he said to
me before he died. ] have respected
his wish, for they are here as he left
them. You are the first TO lay a finger
on them, and you'll likely be the last,
for before l follow him I'll make sure
that his booksll fall into no strange
hands. Here, during the latter years
of his life. on the oak chair under the
skylight, he would sit for hours and
days on end with no company but his
books. That night that was his last
he WAS here for hours. When he came
down to The sitting room he could not
rest, and he said TO me: I'm going
back to my books, Jane, and may read
till late. Get TO bed II you wish, and
never mind me-" So l vert to bed,
and on awakening at the e. st glimmer
Of dawn I saw ] was s:'l alone.
cried Andrew" but no s..swer came;
then l stole out and went up stairs
All, ] remember as II II were yester
day. He sat here with his head down
on his chest-dead. This book wal
in his left hand and his right gripped
the chair arm like a wise. That Other
book on the floor lay as II lies now
open with It's face down. There ] have
left 1t lie. No hand shall touch them.
And so We walked silently out of the
musty room, and she locked the door
New York Press.