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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-24
SHAVED HER MIND
AWAY IN HOUSE
OF CD. SHEPHERD


tContinued from First Page.) a
Nthe relatives allege. that no such per
solf>was confined In the institution. but
after a private consultation between
the rolice officer and an attache the
girl vas produced. Miss Wellington
release followed shortly afterward.
Decides to Sue. w
In March, 1906, Miss Wellington de-
cided bring action Hfor damages
against the House OF the Good SheD'
herd. AT that time she made u sworn
statement to the effect that she ha1
been taken TO the institution by some
person interested in its AFFAIRS on the
representation that she was being TAX
en- 10 a private house 10 work. once
inside the walls of the home, she al
legged. she found herself virtually 4
prisoner and for seven years and four
months was never allowed outside.
During this time, she said, she was
employed constantly at ironing In the
laundry department and was AT times
subjected TO cruel treatment for slight
infractions OF the rules.
With this affidavit as a basis, su,I
was begun in the Wayne circuit court.
Nov. Is. 1906. An unfortunate lea
ture OF the case is that Miss yelling
ton Is, according to her relatives.
mentally incompetent and for tins
reason the action was started through
her sister, Mrs. Gallon, as guardian.
The case was transferred to the Ma
comb county circuit court on change
of venue and the trial was set origin
ally for last February, AT that tins,
however, counsel for the defendant
asked for postponement on the
ground that two important witnesses
had left the state, and the case was
put over. IL was then set for Sept 10
and again postponed, by agreement u!
counsel until Nov. A.
Defense Alleges Fraud.
In the interim bin was filed In the
chancery division OF the Wayne CIR
cult court, on behalf OF the House al
Good Shepherd, asking that further
prosecution OF the original suit be Ell
joined on the ground that fraud wa.
committed in the appointment of {
guardian. Judge Mandell granted I
temporary injunction Oh Oct IA. Mrs
Gallon, through Attorney Thomas
Conlon, moved to dissolve the injunc
ton and introduced testimony In sup
port of her contention that her al,
pointment was entirely regular. Tin.
court. however, declined to dissolv,
the injunction. and tie supreme cour
was appealed to with the result oil
ready stated
The House Of the Good Shepher,
has In its possession Statement
signed by the girl. saying that Sill
went to the home OF her own fre'
will and that during her stay Their,
she was always treated kindly. Tn,
girl, In an affidavit made recently, de
clares this statement was obtaine,
from her by coercion.
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BoNDHOLDERS TO BID IN
AETNA CEMENT

Boston bondhoiders OF the Aetna
Portland Cement Co. are preparing to
form company to bid In the plant
at receivers sale May S, John A.
Myers. former general manager OF the
company, may head the new concern.
New capital will be obtained and the
plant made modern In every way.
There has been much having and
contention over the management OF
the company's affairs. but an agree
menf has been reached In the case on
hearing before Judge Wisner In Flint
and the sale follows.
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Cotton prices, FURNISHED by Cameron
PRODUCE.

There was nothing very new in the
market this morning, prices generally
remaining unchanged. Elgin butter
Prices were the same as last week. Re
ceipts OF western eggs are perhaps a
little lighter. but this is Offset by the
increasing movement of Michigan stoch
and the market Is called steady. Very
little poultry Is coming In. and every
thing is sold practically on arrival al
steady prices. Dressed calves are a
little quiet. The market for dressed
hogs is a small one. Potatoes are dul
and steady Fresh vegetables are mod
orateiy active and strawberries are
dv
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> Eek dividend. Ia per cent.


Furnished by Cameron Currie a. Co.:
The market opened active and higher
this morning, and although there have
been some fractional reactions from
time to time the tone has been stead
lily upward and the. market has been
broad and active with more issues
traded In than for some time past.
Leading stocks like Union Pacific,
Reading the Steel stocks and AmaIga-
mated all advanced well above ycstcr-
DAYS level and extreme gains were
registered In many specialties. OF which
Consolidated Gas was the most con-
spicuous. The supreme court decisions
and the amendments to the Sherman
act were generally considered the
cause OF the increased bullish feeling
and II Il undoubtedly true that the
outside public has come into the MAJ
ket lately in increasing numbers. The
n srket at the present writing, Is uc-
tive ard strong at about the highest
ket fails to keep pace In either
strength or activity with stocks.
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BOSTON COPPER.

Cameron Currie s. Co.'S copper letter:
Opening copper cables: Spot. ECO los;
futures, ITO f7s ca, BOTH up III.
Rejecting the advance In the London
metal market and the strength In New
York. the Boston Copper shares opened
strong and more active under the lead
ership OF North Butte and Copper
aud the latter at S. Utah Consolidated
was In good demand around Al, Anal
gamated Copper above So. and Calumet
n Arizona around LOG, while the entire
with previous closing figures. The
copper metal situation appears to be
slowly improving and we look for a
gradual betterment I'm price for all our
good copper shares.
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LIVE STOCK.
EAST BUFFALO.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
livestock Report by Sadler, R0rfck q

CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
Livestock Report by Sadler, Rorfck q
Co., Communications Merchants.
BUFFALO. March 24.--tSpeciaI)--
Cattle--Receipts light and strong. Hogs
Receipts 1900; pigs. $3.50 a 4.s5; all
others. $500 $50. Sheep-Receipts L.
500: top lambs. 1878; top calves, IS.
EAST BUFFALO. ~ ", March "a
Cettle-Receipts so head, market ac-
tive and Arm. VeaIs--Receipts 100
head. market active at a quarter lower;
Gull to choice veals. SOS Sheep and
Lambs--Receipts 500 head, market ac-
tive and steady: lambs. $5.25 qS.75: a
few at $3.50; yearlings. $3.50 30;
whethers. y6.T5@125; ewes $3.50 a $50.
mixed sheep. s550q6.50:. Gull sheep.
s2.75G4.50. Hogs-Receipts LOO head,
market active and 1OG15c higher:
workers. $3.50 $50; pigs. s425@4.S5;
mixed. t5.5565.s0; heavies. $3.50 n 5. SIS
roughs. S4.50Q5: stays, S3.25Q3.75.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. March 24.--Hogs-Re-
ceipts 1900. market strong: light.
5.12n. mixed and heavy, $500
SIS: Toughs. Sass ABS; pigs. $4g465.
workers., $5Q5.10. Cattle--Receipts 81
600. market strong; beeves. $4,000.
cows. and heifers, 32@5.60: Texans.
s4,40W5.50; calves. y4Q6.50: stockers
and feeders, $3.15451o. Sheep-Re-
ceipts 1900, market strong; natives,
54.40dp6.s5: westerns. $4.6046.S5: year
lings. S667.60: lambs. natives, $3.50
775; westerns, S675MS10.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-24

& Five suits, In which the damages
aggregate $25. 900. were started in the
olrcult court. Tuesday morning,
against A. Booth & Co. The plaintiffs
!are Harris & Throep, Fred Pressed.
~. J. Schpffer & Co, American Butter
~ Cheese Co., and Johnson Bros.
These men alleges that eggs stored In
<he cold storage plant OF the defend
6nts. were ruined because they were
hot kept at the proper temperature
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BOSTON. Mass. March 24.--Sales
Anal. $3.50: All. 220; Am. Zinc. 100;
s.sso; Butte. $50; G, & A.. ISL; c. 8
H.. 8: Con. Mer.. 1907, Range, g0T: ID.
400; Roy. 1850; IASai. IS; Mich, 80;
Moh., 40: Mon. G.. & c.. 1000; New, ass;
~. b., 2.430; Old Col. SO: o. d.. $40;
Csc, IS; Par. 357: Tam. 1855: Trim. 20;
u s., $50: do pfd, 1874: Utah, 1907,
Wet. 10: WoIv.. s.
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Prices OF THY Canle Are Sure 10
90 Much Higher Before. tune ]

~ early spring scramble to secure
fock 70 turn out on grass, has
r GOOD earnest aud the farmers
@rcrythine on their farms
h making desperate efforts
1nething TO take Its place.
& ~ r1fof saIee the prices Sc
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COPPER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Ariz. Conf. 20; All. II; All, 2e Bos.
Cons, Is; Butte Gin, 22h: Butte 4 l..
SO; Cop. Con. ss; G. 4 A.. loo: Davis
s: q. Can, SIX: Lassile. iix Mob. SO:
Nip. 2: Isle Roy, 20h New. Cons. IL y /;
New. Utah. Az; ~ Butte, san: Old
Dom. asa; Csc, san; Par, ~; Quincy.
Ia "a -Tam-- 81. Trim Cop ~ 81 tuttaff
Cons. 4i<; It'd. Cop. com, S; u. 8. H..
Ssk: do pfd 40. Wyan., 65c.
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What Did He Mean7

William james. the famous psychol-
ogist of Harvard, said at dinner in
Boston:
AN odor often recalls TO us child.
hood scene. A voice brings back men,
cries that we had thought buried for.
ever. AS we regard some strange
landscape, 1t often seems 10 us that
we have been just here before. The
oldest. the most momentous associa-
tons oftentimes attach themselves TO
the most trifiing things.
Thus, at Thanksgiving dinner that
once attended, the hostess said to a
sour-faced man on her left:
MAY help you to some OF the
boilei rice? Mr. Smith,
Rices No. thank You; no rice for
me- Smith answered. vehemently, II
Is associated with the worst mistake
of my life. Rochester Herald.
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Acquit Rev. Or. shamer.

PHILADELPHIA, March 24.-Rev.
Or. VIM. II. Shaffer, presiding elder
OF the west district of the PhiladeI.
phia Methodist conference. who has
been on trial here on charges of i'm.
Proper conduct was acquitted today
when the sealed verdict of the trial
board OF ministers was opened BY
Bishop Cranston.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-24
PREACHER BEGS TO HAVE
HIS SALARY REDUCED

BOSTON, March 24.--Rev. Il. ID.
Fisher. OF the First Methodist church,
here, has asked his congregation to
cut his salary from $1,000 to $1,000,
saving that he thinks this enough for
q bachelor.
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U. S. GOVERNMENT BONDS

Bends. furnished by Cameron Currie
a Co.: New 2s reg. 1884. @1otz; do.
coup, loah Z, BID :. os new s. reg ioi%io 2
12t: do. coup, 1924 bid.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-24

william r. Moeller will meet with
his friends Wednesday evening to per-
feet an organization to promote his
candidacy for county treasurer. The
smiling Fourteenth ward alderman is
holding his party In an east side hall.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-24

NEW YORK, March Exchanges at
the opening OF the stock market With
out exception were advances. The
most important were American Loco
motive and General Electric ga; Mis-
souri, Pacific. Louisville < Nashville.
Baltimore & Ohio and Great Northern
preferred 1-2; Southern Pacific S-S,
Copper IA, and in all 3-S; Car Foun-
dry, Ia, and Erie. Pennsylvania ADD
Sugar is. Steel preferred was un'
changed. Reading and Union Pacific
opened up 1-2: Northern Pacific and
Southern Pacific were up 5-S. Steel
common was up IA. The market con
timed firm.
There was brisk demand for stocks
at the opening. but in most OF the
speculative issues heavy selling or
ders appeared and the supply was 81
/ large that after some gains were made
I'm the first sales prices reacted and a.
the end of the hour, the bulk of the
stocks traded In showed only slight
changes from yesterdays closing fig
ures.
Union Pacific, which holds the
place Of market leader, rose 5-S a
and just after the opening to LIT AM
then lost this gain. Other railroad
stocks moved In about the same way
reacting after a strong opening, bu
there was aggressive buying and man
ipulation In q number OF specialize
and these specialties held strongi.
all through the honor The same In
terests that engineered bull cam
paign in Brooklyn Rapid Transi
early in the year were buyers o
that stock this morning, moving 1t NJ
over one point and pool buying wa
noticed I'm several OF the lower priced
industrials. American Smelling anf
Amalgamatad Copper also moved u
higher levels and showed fractional
gains at the end of the bour. Govern
ment registered fours declined Ia
other bonds were firmer.
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eral sellers on the break. In the south
the weather was unsettled and there
were heavy rains Monday night in the
central and eastern sections after 16
minutes trading, a covering moveme mt
set In. rallying the market.
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Too Indefinite.

Young Aspirant--Sir. may count
on your supporting me?
Practical Citizcn-That depends.
young man. Are you going, TO run for
office. or do you want to marry my
aughter?-BaltimoTe American
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W1lict, Crust Company
Detroit, Ntcbtoan
ESTABLISHED 1891

Of wide experience in the transacting
of trust business in all branches.
Well equipped for prompt and effec-
tive service in all matters committed
to its care.
A reliable and responsible depository
which would be, pleased to receive
your time deposits.
Offices, Union TRUST BUILDING
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Some Relief.

Some RELIEF.
Everything lovely down at the
house?'
Eyes: we are leading the quiet life
these days
~How do you work it?"
We'll. you see, we have phono-
graph. and Il alternates with my wife
after supper"-Nashville Banner
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LOCAL STOCKS.

The following quotations furnished
by Lewis q. GnrtoL. No. 1415 Majestic
building. March "a. 1908:
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Quotations by Cameron Currie q Co.
Open. High Low. Close
(b)Bid. (s)Split. abdominal.
TOLEDO GRAIN.

TOLEDO. o.. March 24.--Quotations
by Finley Barreli & Co.: Wheat--No. !
red. s7Ac: May, s7kc: July, sic; Sept.
IS Mc. Corn--No. 3 yellow, sc &c; May,
s5%c; July; sshec; Sept. sstc, Oats ats,
50Ac: Sept, 39hc. Glover seed-Cash.
1910; March. si25s; April. sl2.s9; Oct.
81 20.
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lac; geese, Io@11c; turkeys, 14m1sc;
dressed hens. 13c; ducks, 140p15c:
geese. IL a. i2c; turkeys. 15017c per ID.
Provisions--Mess pork. $3.50; family
pork. e14@14.50; light. clear, 1880:
heavy, $14; smoked hams, gMc; dry
salted brlsKets. Nc; shoulders. &c: pic
ME hams; 7hc; bacon. 1ohc; lard. in
tierces, sac; kettle rendered. 9kc ID.
Onions-75c per blu; Spanish. $1.25
OIIs--Raw linseed, 42c: boiled lin
seed 4Sc gal. less I per cent for cash
I'm 10 days; diamond headlight kero-
sene, SIC, turpentine. In barrel lots.
strnwbrrrie.--45G5o c per ct; - per
24-pt case.
sweet Potatoe---Iiiinois. ,s02.2s per
bu; So per Dbl.
snxnr--Crystal dominoes. $3.50; eagle
tablets, s6.s5: cut loaf. $685.; cubes.
$3.50: xxx powdered. t5.75. granu-
lated. extra coarse. s545: granulated.
In bulk. S5.35: graduated. in lob cot-
ton bags. $3.50; graduated. In 2e-lb
cotton bags $40; Michigan granulat-
ed S525; confectioners' A, $500: No. 4.
1886; No. 2. s5.3s: No. 8. $3.50; No. 4.
S5.10: No. s, s505: No 3. IS: No. 10.
1926; No. II. 1890: No. IL. 1855; No.
IS. $4.s5; No. -. $3.50: No. Is, $3.50
Tniiow--No. j., 4xc; No. 2. &C per ID.
Tomatoes--Floridas.7 5c per basket
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B. R. 7. MOVES
UP A POINT
LARGE SUPPLY CAUSES MARKET
PRICES TO REACT AFTER
BRISK DEMAND.
STOCK MARKET-cLosE.

Am. C. & H., 32H: do pfd. 81 y Am.
Loco, 4SI. u do pfd. 80; Am. Sug. 12o
Am. Tob. SIS: Am Smelt., ssi. Anal.
Cop. 5sA: Ana. Cop, $50; A.. L. *
s. re. IN Am. Wool. 20; b a o.; So;
b. II. Tr., az: Cent Leath.. lsA CHI: a.
-, 3lA; Can. Pac., 1904; g. A CT, W.
As: Colo. +. x l.. 2sA Mo Pac 40 q
Nat. Bis. san; Nat. Lead. $50. Nor. AZ
W.. Gs& North Am. as, North w.
I4SK; North Pac.. las; \. Y. G. & IA.
e. q. Ia y. G.. 80; ont. & w, ga. Pae.
Mail. Ola; Penn, llz&; PEG. Gas. 30.
IN, s Read, loS%; r. r; s. car a.. sie
do pfd. 2Is ST Paul. ish Cons; Gas
& Rio CIR. 2oA Erie. 1853: do lists,
'3s1a; do seconds. "a; Gen. Elec-. i2z y
Ill. Cent. 1861 l.. 4 ~, 100: Mex.
Cent. is: NJ. X. 4 Tex. % do pfn,
5t+ Newh., ia; CT. North, l2S },
Schloss St, 81 u; South; Pae.; "a, SOU
l27h; T. s. s. Bonds. 95: U. s. Rub,
elis; u. s. Steel. 35A do pfd, 9sss
Wabash. s%; do pfd. II; w. U. reis'
So
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esisfs.e Co. is John n 81. P , : :1isI
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-04-03

IL was tie familiar seuuence-topics
that led tn themes which adroitly skirt
ed the salient point: returned capri
ciously. just avoiding it-a subtly
charming pattern of words which re-
quired SO little in reply that his smile
and nod We're almost enough to Keep
her aria and his accompaniment atioat
1t began TO fascinate him to watch
the dclicacy of her strategy, the co
quoting with her purpnSe; her naive
advance to the very edges of II. the
airy retreat. the innocent detour. the
elaborate and circuitous return. And
ut last she drlfted into il so naturally
that il seemed impossible that fatuous
man could have the most primitive suS'
picion of her generalization.
And Plank. now recognizing his cue,
answered her. NO. | have not heard
that he is in town. | stopped to see
him the other day, but nobody there
knew how soon he intended To return
from the country
Il didn't know he had gone To the
country" she said withou. apparent In.
terest.
And Plank was either too kind tC
terminate the subject or too anxious tc
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-04-03
AN AMERICAN MUMMY
J. P. Ross Thinks He Has Secret
Of Ancient Egyptians.
SUBJECT SEEMS TO BE ASLEEP
Pennsylvania Undertaken Believes the
Body Will Preserve Marblelike APP
pearance For All Time - Apparent
Advance In Art Of Embalming.

Two scientists from the Carnegie
museum AT PittSburg recently exam
ined the body of the unknown man
embalmed at that time. forty nine days
ago. by j. L. Ross of Brownsville.
Pa, with some wonderful preventative
They afterward declared that If Ross.
i'm undertaken. has not discovered. as
he claims he has, the lost art by which
ancient Egypt preserved her dead ms
uummies he has at least marked an
important epoch in modern embalming.
The subject appears To be asleep. and
the face and entire body are as hard
and cold as marble Ross declares he
believes that the body will remain as
it is for all time notwithstanding that
nothing was removed from it; that the
fluid was injected with the body I'm
exactly the condition in which it was
when 1t was brought to the undertaken
being struck by train.
Not knowing the name of his sub
Ject, Ross has whmsically named it
Jimmie, and so greatly is he pleased
with the result of his experiments.
GOVERN: twenty-five years. that he
appears to regard the grewSome oh.
ject with affection. Jimmie and -
said he the other day. have been
working out Il problem that was solv.
ed in the time of the pharaohs and
the answer to which was misaid.
have received many offers for my Sc.
cret, but do not care to dispose of 1t
or let Jimmie out of my sight If |
am right in believing that have dis
covered the lost art, it will prove a
blessing to mankind. If | am wrong,
nothing will have been lost except by
me
u have been injecting the fluid for
seven weeks, and that alone has Civ.
en- this remarkable result. | have per.
mitted scores Of physicians to investi.
gate, and all agree that they have ncv
err seen body in such state of pres
ery0tion. The report that Iimmie's
beard continues to grow is not true
The beard grew for the first week, but
since then 1t has not been necessary to
shave the subject. expect to hand
the secret down in my own family, and
by it ! expect to become mummy
when | have passed"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-04-03

maF, entitled G.aB I 5m 10 sB'w TIE
truth. because be- has given y"n the
friendship uhic. he has - yet not "''
ear,lrd io mcs-
Bui sylvia. dry eyed. dry liI"d'
rnuIi fnd go yoi,-e to answer. and AIT
or lille while they reese and moved
through the fragrant gi"oin iowand Tue
sparkling lights lry"ud.
Her voice came back ~ they en-
tered the brilliant ruoms. i should
ike 10 lind Grace Ferrail." she saih
very distinctly. Please keep the 9th
ers of. Mr.. Plank
Fleetwood had missed his dance with
her hut she scarcely heard his eager
,omplainis. Quarter. coldly inqnir'
mg. confronted them. was passed al
most without recognition aud LETT De
hind motionless. looking after them out
81 his narrowing. black fringed eyes
Of a woman.
Then FerraI came. and. hearing his
voice. she raised her colorleSs face.
"Win you take inc home with you.
Kemp when you take Gracef she
asked.
"Of course. ! don't know where
Grace is Are you In hurry TO go'
It's only 1 o'clock"
They were ut the entrance 10 the sup
per room Plank drew up Il chair for
her. aud she sank down. dropping her
elbows on the small table and resting
her face between her fingers.
"Pegged out. sylvia exclaimed Fer
rail- incredulously. You? What's the
younger set coming tof' and he mo-
TONED servant To I'LL her glass. But
she pushed il aside. with shiver. and
gave Plank strange look. which he
scarcely understood ut the moment.
More caprices. All sorts Of 'em on
the programme" muttered Ferrall.
looking down at her from where he
stood beside Plank. 20 tempora! o
Sylvia. Plank. would you mind hunt
lug VI my wife? I'll stay and see that
this infant doesn't fall asleep"
But Sylvia shook her head. saying:
please 90 Kemp. I'm little tired.
that's all When Grace is ready I'll
! leave with her" Aud at her gesture
| Plank seated himself. while ferrall,
| Struggling his square shoulders. saun-
tered off in quest of his wife. stopping
/ "A moment at II ncighboring table 70
speak h. Agatha Cai'hneSS. VII" sat
! there with Captain Voucher the collar
| of superb diamonds and aquamarines
| on her slender throat II pale blaze of
! splcudur
/ Plank WAS hungry. and he said so in
/ his direct fashion. Sylvia nodded aud
exchanged smile with Agatha. who
/ turned M the sound Of Plank'S voice
| For awhile. as he ate and drank large.
! ly, she made the effort to keep up a
/ deSultory conversation. particularly
when anybody to whom she owed an
! explanation hove darkly in sight on
the horizon. But PIank's appetite was
in proportion 10 the generous lines on
/ which nature had fashioned him. and
she paid less and less attention to con-
veutiUn and trihe more to the beauty
Of Agltha's jewels until the silence AT
the small table in the corner remained
| uubrokcn except 10y the faint tinkle OF
silver and crystal and the bubbling
hiss of glass reGlled.
lu BE CONTINUED.