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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
SUICIDE USED DYNAMITE.
"Run for Your Lives, I'm Going Up"
Said Carlson.

Duluth, Dec. 1s.-Claus Carlson aged
IS, a homesteader, who lived two miles
north of Deep River, in Itasca county,
sat on a box of dynamite, warned his
out of the way and then
touched off the explosive, His body
was torn to pieces and a deep hole dug
in the earth. Carlson recently received
a letter from Sweden telling about his
sister killing herself in the same way.
Since then he had been Respondent. He
was in a tent back of his house with
some ether men: when he sat on the
box of dynamite. inserted a fuse and
calmly lit it yellinp pm for y"'r
lives. I'm going up" The others scamp
cred to safety as the explosion fol-
lowed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
ClAlRXQYANT.
The White Mohamet clairvoyant tell


your full name; also tells what you
called for. This most wonderful clair
voyant can be consulted on all affairs
in life. His powers are wonderful and
indisputable; his advice is reliable; his
information clear, concise and to the
point in love, courtship, marriage, di-
vorce. sales, wills, patents,
journeys, persons investments
speculations, property, insurance
mortgages, and oil and mining
claims, diseases, etc., etc. You will
feel better and find relief by having
talk with this most remarkable proph-
ct. Attention.! All your business Is
strictly confidential with me. Don't
mistake the name and number. Hours,
10 to s daily and Sunday Reading,
soc and ST. 202 East Church street,
corner Second avenue.
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Boston Horse Market.

Attic the trade is somewhat uneven
the slump in values reported Thanks
giving week is full recovered and prices
for all classes are a shade firmer.
Heavy drafters in particular are more
active and in broader request. Values
average the highest since the LIST Of
September for heavy industrial class
es. Drivers are active, with large
number of medium quality offerings
changing hands at fair prices. The
higher grades are in limited supply,
with the demand in excess of receipts
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
St, Louis Livestock.

st. LOUIS. DEC. 10.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today.
1900; steady: steers, $50; stock
ers and feeders. s3.75@45O; cows and
heifers, s300G6.50.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today.
5000: steady at Yesterdays close; pigs
and lights, s425@5.40; packers, $4,000
SOS; butchers and best heavy, $3.50
SIS.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today.
500; steady, s3.0O@4.25; lambs, $3.50
100.
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The Other Course.

4.Solicitor--And am sure you will
find, madam, that this is the best
course to adopt in the event Of your
friendly letter failing to produce the
effect we desire. Client-Yes. see.
Mr.. Jones. If cannot get what
want by fair means l must put the
matter unreservedly into your hands.
Punch
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Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas CITY, Dec. IL.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today,
1000: steady native steers, $4.5O@725
southern steers. s3.5O@550; western
steers, $375m5.50: native cows and
heifers. s2O0@5.75; stockers and feed
ers, $3OOM5.00.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today.
$4,000: steady to sc lower; heavy. $3.50
m5.15: packers and butchers. $5.350
5.65: light S500@5.40.
Shcep-Estimated receipts for today
1000; steady, S2.50@5,50; lambs. $500
@6.T5.
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CHICAGO Livestock.

chicago, Dec. I6
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today.
5000; opened steady; beeves, $40 q
$50; stockers and feeders, 2.60@470;
cows and heifers, 1.50@4.90; western
ers, 3.40@5.5O.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today.
$4,000; opened steady; light, 4.SO@555.
mixed, 5.15@5.sO; heavy, 5.2O@5.s0;
rough, 5.2O@5.40; bulk Of sales, $500
$40.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today,
10000; opened steady; $50 @ AIS;
lambs, 4.25@7.25; yearlings, 4.25@5.75.
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Omaha Livestock.

Omaha, Dec is.
Cattle Estimated receipts for today.
500: steady to stronger; native steers.
3.75M70O; cows and heifers. 2.75 "a
500; western steers. S.5o@6.O0; stock
ers and feeders, 3.00@5.25.
Hogs-Estimate receipts for today
1900: steady; heavy. 5.35 q $50: mixed
5.25m5.35; lambs. 5.00@5.35.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today,
LOCO; steady: 3.25@5.75; lambs, $3.50
SIS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
WANTED

Men that are going to buy farms
10 investigate the following:
81 acres, room house. 30x24, two
story, good cellar, deep well and Wind
mill, fine water, bank barn 40x50, hog
house 10x38. hen house. pair scales.
All above in fair condition. Fruit, So
acre under cultivation, Is acre
meadow, 4-acre hog lot, balance past
ure, good black soil. Farm lays well
near Marshalltown. Also 240 acres ly-
ing near Marshalltown, with good i'm
provements Also 120 acres near Mar
shalltown, good improvements.
If you want a good 100-acre, inn
proved farm near Marshalltown. call
at our office.
See us for anything in the real
estate line.
J. c. HoLLINGsWoETH q co.
Over 1903 East Main ST,
MARSHALLTOWN, - IOWA.
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LOCAL LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Prices Paid for Cattle. Hogs and Sheep
on Local Market.

on Local Market.
Marshalltomn prices on livestock
were quoted by Britain & Co. today
as follows, and farmers are requested
to telephone the packing house before
selling hogs. cattle or sheep else
where:
Cattle.
Good COWS and heifers-2.75 @3.2o.
Fair COWS and heifcrs-2.25@2.50
Poor cows and ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Bulls-2.O0 to 800.
Veals--2.00 to 400.
Hogs.
Premium hogs over 200 pounds
SIS.
Premium hogs. 100 to 200 pounds
40.
Premium hogs, 14o to ls0 pounds
grassy-4.40.
Good packers-5.15.
Pigs, 100 to 140-3.4o.
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Nothing to Prevent 1t.
(washinr ton HAfalhl

Bradley Martin, IT,, who has mar
ried Miss Phipps Of Pittsburg, has a
dry humor that has been likened to
Mark Twain's. On his last visit to
america che young man went to Nj
e4ara for the first time.
!, He vas accompanied on his tour by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
Babies Stranded

by Group. coughs Or solids are instantly
relieved and quickly cured with DR..
Kings New Discovery. soc and s1.O0.
Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
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The Day Before.
(For Comparison.D

Chicago, Dec. II.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today,
5000; opened steady; beeves, $40 q
1850; stockers and feeders, 260@4.70;
COWS and heifers, 1.5O@4.90; westerns,
3.40@5.50.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today.
IS, 900; opened strong to sc higher;
light, 4.s0@5.6o; mixed, 515@5.so;
heavy 5.2O@5.Sak; rough, 5.20@5.4o;
bulk of sales, 5.35 @5.70.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today.
23,000 opened weak to 10c lower; $50
@4.7o; lambs 4.50@7.3O; yearlings, 4.25
$500.
Representative Hog Sales.
Below are given a few Of the repre-
sentative hog sales:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
The Money Market.

New York Dec. IS.
Prime mercantile, 4@4A; sterling,
firm, s4s4,so@4.S4.S5, sixty days;
s4.87. demand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
Ne,x York Grain.

New York, Dec. IS.
Wheat-Mas, 1.1oA.
Corn-67
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New York Produce.

NEW lUTk, DEC. Ie.
Butter-steady; unchanged receipts
1000.
Eggs - Irregular; receipts. $500;
firsts, s1@311s; Official, 31A); sec
onds, 5000.
Poultry-Alive, dull; chickens, 70;
fowls, 121s; turkeys, 10. Dressed,
quiet; springs 1000; fowls, 11@14;
spring turkeys, 1922.
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Pit Traders Generally, Were In
clined to Bearishness in
That Market
CORN MARKET RATHER WEAK
Receipts Lighter Than Expected, But
Leading Elevator Interests Were Free
Sellers of corn-selins by Cash
Houses Causes Weakness in Oats
Firm Tone in Provisionss.

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-Wheat opened
weak today. Pit traders generally
were bearishly inclined, owing to
decline at Liverpool, and a heavy tone
prevailed during the early trading. May
opened at los " to 1.05A. sold at LOS
and reacted to 1861 Minneapolis,
Duluth and Chicago receipts were 20S
cars.
A further decline in corn had de-
pressing effect, but the market rallied
on covering by shorts. and closed
steady, May at s1O57s @106.
Corn.
Leading elevator interests were Tree
sellers of corn, and as a result, the
market was rather weak, despite light
err receipts than expected. May opened
at 60A. Receipts were 271 cars.
The market was weak all day. May
closed &c lower at 60A.
Oats.
Oats were weak, on selling by cash
houses. May opened at 511a to olss.
Receipts were 113 cars.
Provisions.
Provisions were firm, on buying or
lard by local packers.
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FAR S.

Farm for Sale = Good half-sec5lon,
quarter or eighty. near Gilman. Har-
rison Smith, Gilman, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
CHICAGO Horse Market.

Trade nominally is in the midst of
the dullest season of the year, yet the
enormous receipts reported in the last
four days are changing hands at the
following unchanged prices:
Poor Good
to fair. to choice
Drafters .$125@165 $165 OPS
Loggers and feed
ers .........bu WloV 4ooW1Io
Farmers and small
chunks :. ...... bO0l0O0 l2o0 lou
Actors and coach
erS .. ........ HUG $50 l4oW3oV
Carriage pairs :. :. 225m300 325@675
Western (branded). $50 As 60@10O
Mules 75@125 100000
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Chicago Produce

Chicago, Dec. Is.
Pork, January, 1890.
Lard-January. 9.15.
Rbs--January, S.15. :;
Rye-Cash, IS.
Barley-56@65.
acknowledgements 3.7y.
Clover-December. $50.
Butter-Steady; creameries, 22@S0;
diaries, 213s GD25.
Eggs-Firm; firsts, 2S1s.
Steady; turkeys, IA; chick.
ems, 9; springs, IL.
Eange o. Prices.
The following range Of, prices ara
furnished by A. j. Clark, broker.
member Chicago board Of trade, room
s. fremont block:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
CHICAGO Grain.

Chicago, Dec. 1S
wiheat-No 2 red, 1.031h @1.0412; No.
8 red, 1O2@1O3; No. 2 hard, 1.011 " q
,1.os1s: No 8 hard, 9S@102. May OPP
ened at 1861 @1O5M; highest LOG;
lowest, 1.05A: closing, ,1.O57s @1.o6;
December, 1.005s.
corn-No. 8, 5s@56A@57 No. 8
white, 5sA; No. 3 yellow, 57@57A;
May opened at COZ @60A; highest 60A
@6o7s: lowest, CO.'S: closing. 6OA
oats-No. . white, 81: No, white,
4sA@49ls: standard, so. May opened
at t511s@515s: highest, SIS @51sf;
lowest, SOS; closing, 81; December,
4s&.
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Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool, Dec. is.
'Wheat-Easy; spot, rs 1ohd; May,
Us 10ssd.
I Corn--steady, IS sgd; Jan. SIS 81 d.
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Peoria Grain.

Peoria Grain.
st. Louis, Dec. Is.
Wheat-May, s1061s.
Corn-59ss @591a.
Oats-50h.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

Wanted = Everybody to Know That
tho AMERICAN DISPATCH MES
sENGER co. DELIVERS Parcels aud
Packages. ~
Reliable messengers furnished.
Prompt service, reasonable rates.
'Phones-New, sos; Old, IS.
J. r. CROSBY
S East State. Manager.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
THE MoLER.

To The Ladies Of MarshaIItown And
vicinity: The Moler will open its par
lors for business on Des. 10, 1908, for
hair dressing, hair dyeing, hair bleach
ing, and hair weaving, scalp and face
treatment, shampooing, face and hand
massage, manicure, chiropody and cleo
trolosys All Of the various messages
with the most approved appliances, in
Guiding electric vibrator and radio bell.
We will he pleased to have you call.
look over our place, examine our work
and make acquaintance. Remember
the time and place-Dec. 10, 10 West
Main street, over Mayors drug store.
Call early and often. The MOLER.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

Wanted - Dining room girl at Hotel
Vermilya, Sheffield, Ia.
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ONE CENT A WORD.
WANTED.

Wanted - Dining room girl. Henry
Sundell, 81 North Center street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

Wanted - Right away, a pretty good
second hand typewriter, double key
board, cheap. Buy or rent. Address No.
8, care T.-R
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
CUT RATE SHIPPING.

Cut rates on household goods to
Pacific coast and other points. SUI
perior service at reduced rates. The
Boyd Transfer Co.. Minneapolis, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18
FARM LOANS.
TYPEW RITERs,
, FoRD's FLOWERS.

Roses, carnations, chrysanthemums
in quantity. We make pieces for fun
erals. Orders delivered promptly. Also
on sale at Simmons store, phone 10.
greenhouses 400 East Nevada street
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

For SaIe-Duroc and Poland bred
sows, White Plymouth Rock ROSTERS.
Phone South Center street rural, NO.
Q. Farm three-quarters of mile south
of depot. H. w. Ogan, MarshalltoWn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

Public Sale = Dec. 90 on I. N. Long
farm, four and one-half miles north,
one-half mile east of Marshall. Fifty
cattleJ fifty hogs, eighty sheep, four
horses George w. Ferguson, /. N.
,ong
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

Wanted = Job delivering with OF
without horse. Phone S41 green.
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Kansas City Grair

Wheat-May, e95s; No. hard, s1.oa
@1.041s.
Corn-May, 56ss; No. ., mixed, 56sl
Oats-No. white. 4Sls @51Hs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

Men Wanted-At once, to work with
dredge; also at laying large tile, three
miles west and one mile north of State
Center, Iowa Moeller Bros.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

For SaIe-A choice bunch Of Chester
White males. Big heavy boned fellows.
Rrices right, and pedigrees furnlsned.
Sheppard & Munson, X. H. 4, Iowa
Falls Ia
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

For Sale-Poland China boars. r.
e. Tweed. LeGrand, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

For Sale-We have for sale for thir-
ty days only, $50 acres as fine prairie
farm as can be found. Good house OF
seven rooms. Barn 42x50. 80 acres
fenced hog tight. Good well, windmill,
tank. etc. All necessary cribs. Only two
and one-half miles from railroad sta
ton in Marshall county. Iowa. SLID an
acre. Terms reasonable. French &
Turner.
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For SaIe-on easy payments, bar fix
t,;res. new and second hand billiard
and pool tables, billiard and bowling
supplies. We lead in cheap prices. The
Rr,1nswick- Bake Collender Company.
Marshalltown, Iowa.
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Sheep.

Sheep were steady; prime lambs
were steady but other grades were
slow and weak.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-18

For SaIe-Let's Eat restaurant, al
IL North First avenue. For informa-
ton call 1856 East Main.
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For Sale - Twenty-four imported.
POO pound stations, sixteen mammoth
jacks, $3.50 up. Time given to purchas-
err r. I. Little. Marshalftown, Ia
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Fur saIe-A scholarship in the In
ternattonal Correspondence school of
scranton. Address "H-21" care T.-R.
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For Sale = Twelve Poland China
boars, sired by the best big boar in
Iowa Breeders especially invited to
inspect Every man that comes buys.
A. J. Banks, Montour, Ia.
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For Sale = Cheap, ten room house,
fine full lot, fruit trees, small barn. 3os
South First street.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24
SAVED FROM MATERNAL WRATH.
Boys Fervent Prayer Was Answered
in the Nick of Time.

A suburbanite is fond of telling this
story Of his five-year-old son Bobby
Being Of an inquiring turn of mind
the youngster one day managed to
turn on both faucets in the bathtub
to see what would happen. 1t CHANGED
that the stopper was in place. and the
tub rapidly filled up, to the great de-
light of Bobby. Finally, however, the
tub became so full that 1t threatened
to overflow on to the floor, and Bobby,
having proper respect for the mater
nal slipper. became frightened and
tried vainly to turn off the water. Be-
ing unable to, for some reason, he
gazed tearfully at the ever-rising food
and then. mindful both of his religious
training and the occasional visits Of
the plumber. he plunged down on his
knees, and his elder sister, who hap
pened to be passing at the moment,
heard him exclaim, fervently:
20. Lord. please stop this water
'unning! And, o, Lord, if you cant
do it, please send somebody that cam"
His prayer was answered. for his
sister rose to the occasion and turned
off the water and temporarily saved
Bobby from the much-feared slipper.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24
MUSICIANS OF TENDER YEARS.
Many youthful Prodieies" in the
World Of Melody.

Like so many of the worlds great
composers. Sir Edward Elgar was a
youthful prodigy" Of exceptional gifts,
as was proved by recent perform.
ance of suite composed by him at
the immature age of -. But even Sis
Edward was probably not as preco.
cious as one OF his English predeces.
sors. Samuel Wesley. who in his eighth
year heard regimental band play q
march which he had composed for It,
At II Franz Schubert had already
placed several songs. string quartettes
and piano pieces to his credit. Han
del's first attempts at composition
were made at eight. and Vieuxtemps,
who began to scrape the strings Of Il
tiny fiddle at two, is said to have been
even more precocious Sir Charles
Halle was only four years old when he
played in public sonata expressl,
composed for him; Liszt was a public
performer at nine, Chopin and Ruben
stein at eight, Lady Halle and Joachim
at seven, and at Ave Mozart composed
a piece Of music almost too difficult
for his father to play.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

the society of Lady Cecily and la Mon
definite charm of her own. Her type
did not appeal to Darlington, however,
and therefore Ellen loved her
Having surveyed the woman through
Ellen's eyes. we may take look at
the men through those Of her hus-
band. First in rank there was the
duke Of Outward hard drinker, a
high player and rich liver; Admiral
Benjamin Kephard. jolly old sailor,
and General. Honorable George Athel-
strong, an Anglo-Indian soldier on the
retired list. The qualities that distin-
guished the duke Of Outward were
common to Athelstrong, in less de-
gree perhaps owing to their differ
ent stations. The party was COM
pleted by the presence of Sir Charles
Seton and earl Of Strathgate. Seton.
who was Carrington's most intimate
friend, had enjoyed a weakness for
Ellen since he first saw her, but the
friendship between Darlington and
himself had been so true that moth
ihs h"u oeSh dio"eu W uisluTU IL
as yet! Now Seton had succumbed
to the charms Of Mistress Debbie. and
as Mistress Debbie clung to the lee
II this were not nautical romance,
l would say. sheltered herself beneath
the wing-of Lady Ellen, Seton was
consequently always about the pair,
and with masculine blindness Caring
ton jumped at the wild conclusion
that there could be no attraction for
his friend except what lay in Ellen's
charming personality.
So much by way OF introduction.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24
CHAPTER III.
Ellen PLAYS a Game,

The greater climax came the night
after. Lady Ellen had declined to ride
that day. She had business at home
as the chatelaine. Consequently, no
mishap had occurred during the day.
light. Lord Strathgate had pleaded in
disposition and had remained at, the
castle also, Indifferent apparently to
the black looks of his host as he rode
away by the side Of Lady Cecily Mis-
tress Debbie, who made not the faint
est pretense Of being interested in
hounds. and who indeed cherished a
growing sympathy for the fox, had
also refused to ride in chase of Master
Reynard. Sir Charles Seton had made
an Intellectual effort to do likewise,
only to be carried off by his host al
most by violence and allotted to Mrs
Monbrant for the days sport.
Evening found the party assembled
in the drawingroom. Everybody was in
bad humor
The only serene one apparently was
Lady Ellen. When the men joined the
women in the drawingroom after the
late supper, 1t was she herself who
proposed cards.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

the castle to the house party. My
lord and my lady both had grievances
which each was eager to present for
the calm and dispassionate judgment
OF the other.
First in Lady Ellen's mind was
Lady Cecily Darlington, a cousin sew
eral times removed OF my lords. The
relationship was not near enough to
render my lord immune nor was it re-
mote enough to warrant Indifference.
Indeed, Darlington had had a rather
difficult part to play. Ellen had dis
covered that an ancient love affair
had subsisted between her husband
and Cecily and she imagined not
without cause that Cecily, a repre-
sentative product of the vicious soci-
ETY. of her time, was endeavoring to
fan the embers into flame. Nor
could she detect in Lord Carrington's
method of handling the situation any
very pronounced desire to quench the
fire, and his conduct toward his fair
and, If reputation did not too greatly
belle her, frail cousin. was not distin-
guished by self-restraint. In Ellen's
eyes Darlington manifested very
catholic taste in the eternal feminine,
for he gave much unnecessary atten-
tion to Hon. Mrs. Monbrant, wild
ow putatively at least, for no
one knew where Hon. Mr.. Mon
brant was. His wife gave out
that he was dead, but that testimony
wds not of great value. At any
rate if he lived, he was wise in his
generation and he kept under cover
In the house party there was an
other eternal-in more senses than
ore!-feminine in the person of the
ancient and imperious duchess of Dull
ward. Her great age precluded the
possibility of jealousy of Darlington
in Ellen's mind, but the chatelaine of
the castle did not like the ponderous
and vicious dowager any more than
the younger pair who were making
the running apparently for the affec-
tions of her husband.
There was only one woman in the
that was Mistress Debbie Slocum of
Massachusetts. In making up the
house party Ellen by freak of cir
had desired to include
some one from her own land. AS for
tune would have it, a ship opportune-
ly arrived in Portsmouth bearing Mis-.
tress Deborah Winthrop Slocum as
passenger. consigned to her kinswom-
an and friend, the chatelaine of Car
rington. Deborah was the exact an
tithesis of Ellen. quiet, staid, prim
little Puritan, with all the character
istics of the Massachusetts branch of
the family, utterly out of place in