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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-08-07
LATE SPORTING NEWS.

Pittsburg leads the National league
by rs per cent.
San Francisco is at the top in the
Pacific Coast league.
In the American league Detroit still
leads by nearly 100 per cent.
Los Angeles lost the entire series OF
seven games at Portland last week.
Seattle is about 60 per cent ahead OF
Spokane, the second team, in North.
western league.
Vancouver, b. C.-In the finals of
the men singles, j. G. Tyler of Spo.
kane, defeated b. Rhodes, local player.
Lee Samuels, the blonde twirler
picked up when Tacoma dropped him,
was left for Manager McCredie to look
over.
Johnnie Bender, who was signed by
Mike Lynch for the Seattle team while
the Turks were in Spokane, has been
let out.
John L. Sullivan repeated his declar-
alton to a Cincinnati newspaper man
the other day that Jeffries would never
fight Johnson.
William Murray, manager of the Reno
Jockey club, has announced that he
would open a IS days race meeting at
Reno, August IT.
Vinegar Bill" Essick, who was for
merly the leading pitcher Of the Port
land club, is now at the head of the
Kansas City string of twirlers.
The collapse of the San Jose and
Santa Cruz teams of the outlaw league
leaves three well known ex-Coast league
men on the rocks in Brick Devereaux,
Eddie Householder and Oscar Jones.
One of the first things Ike Butler
did when he joined the Tacoma club
at Portland was to take out license
to marry Miss Julia L. Averill of Los
Angeles. He was married Saturday.
Sidney Hatch of Chicago set a new
world s record for the 1OO-mile foot
race today when he finished that dis
lance in 16:07:43, which is 2:43:14 bet
ter than the previous time claimed by
Albert Cory.
At Minneapolis, MINI, r. Ii. Nc
Laughlin of San Francisco, a youth of
49,, won the northwestern champion
ship in the tennis singles Saturday by
defeating Nat Emerson, the veteran
player from Yakima, Wash, the form
er holder Of the title. Score, Go; Cd;
sc.
Eddie Hammond, a well known ball
player in the Northwestern league, is
making plans for a Montana State
league, consisting Of eight teams. The
towns TO be included in the circuit are
Butte, Helena, Great Falls, Missoula,
Anaconda, Bozeman, Livingston, and
Billings
Although the owners of the Phila-
delphia baseball club decline to give
out the terms by which they secured
Mike Doniin, the recalcitrant outfelder
Of the New York Giants and erstwhile
captain, IL is believed Sherwood Ma
gee and Lew Moren viii soon be seen
Ia the uniform Of the Giants.
Percy Smallwood Of Wales gave q
exhibition of running AT
Monessen, Pa, recently. lie raced
against three men for five miles, each
Of has opponents running one and two
Third miles. SmallWood finished half
q mile in tho lead, his time being ~
minis. 40 secs, 271-5 secs. faster than
the world > professional record.
Kansas city Won The annual y. ~. a..
a. international championship meet az
ihe Mp. exposition stadium M ~.
attic, saturday, VIII ~ points. chi
cage Nlth ~, Haa second aud Yan.
eouYor y. a. ~, third Ihe Other teams
iuishod M follows Yeniufa, Cal. lIt
fYefeif wash AZ Tacoma. u phia
aelpNia p Portland on. 4i North
Yakima WASH a Troy n y, p ~.
aite,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-08-07
HURRICANE GROWS Less

Texas Death List heaches Total "
Thirty Eight Lives
Aew Orleans -Further reports from
isolated points along the gull coasf of
iexas continue ~ swell the death list
resulting from lasf Wednesday storm
Angieton, IoF, this Afternoon, reports
A dead instead vi one bringing fho
total deafh llst Of me West indian
hurricane nv ~ 3e hapy az siill
missing
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-08-07

open to growers of the world. Any
number Of varieties in boxes, barrels,
baskets, jars or plates may be shown
in a space limited to 10 by 20 feet, ar
ranged and decorated as desired. The
prizes are 5000 and 500, with gold and
silver medal banners for first and second
and silver cup for third.
One hundred dollars in three moneys
is offered for three boxes or one barrel
of the most perfect apples, any vari-
ETY., and $775 in prizes Of SO for frsts
and 81 for seconds will be awarded in
$50 plate exhibits Of five apples each.
Added premiums are 1000 year old
trees of value Of $1,000, in these spe-
cials: Black Ben, King David, Senator,
Jonathan, stayman Winesap and Rome
Beauty. There will also be a prize of
$50 for the best plate Of any variety,
longest preserved with artificial
means
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-08-07
Silver Cup and Medal.

The National Apple show will award
a silver cup as first prize and silver
medal banner for the best new Seeding
apples produced in the last five years
and not catalogued.
The National Apple show will also
award a gold medal banner for the
most practical, economical Improvement
in barrels, boxes or baskets for packing
fruit. The chief point for consideration
is commercial purposes. The second
prize is a diploma.
Solid Silver Cup Sweepstakes.
In the sweepstakes the winner Of
the most prizes Of all kinds, including
fruits, seconds and thirds, will receive
solid silver cup, and the winner Of
the most frsts in the plate exhibit will
be awarded an engraved watch fob and
100 standard trees grown in Washing
ton.
1.-THE National Apple Show, Inc,
headed by Howard Elliott Of st. Paul
president of the Northern Pacific Rail.
way company, has completed arrange
ments for 10000 feet Of space for dis
plays" said Rem II. Rice, secretary,
in announcing the prize list, "and
judging from the number Of entries al
ready promised, every foot will be oe-
eupied.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
A Spas Curious Oriain,

The discovery Of the famous Wood
hall spa in Lincolnshire was very curl.
GUS. Just about a hundred years ago
a shaft was sunk in search Of coal, but
the effort had to be abandoned owing
to a rush Of water. In time the water
found its way into a small brook, and
in due course the Inhabitants began to
speak Of the curative powers Of the
stream. Science investigated the mys-
terry and discovered that the water in
the coalless shaft was richly impreg-
mated with various salts and bromine
and iodine. Biologists expressed the
interesting opinion that ages ago the
place was the sandy bed of a shallow
lagoon or bay Of a tropical sea where
Of giant growth abounded.
A mighty CONFUSION of nature lowered
the sea bed, a great river flowed over
the place, and in time its debris was
formed into a mass of spongy rock or
sandstone. Forcing itself through this
mass at great pressure some 600 feet
below the ground, the water now ex-
tracts the constituents Of the original
seaweed.-London Family Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
MARY WAS POLITE.
She Amended the Message She Deliv-
cred to the Doctor.

She Amended the Message She Deliv.
cred to the Doctor.
A very pompous doctor is in charge
Of the female wards Of a noted char
liable institution in London. One
evening about 8 o'clock Mary, a new
Irish servant girl, knocked at the door
OF the doctors Office, saying:
Doctor, the head nurse wants you
to come down to supper"
The doctor, swelling in his pride Of
superiority above the nurses, sent the
Irish girl away with a curt message.
Half an hour later the head nurse
came to his DON looking very serious.
Doctor" she said, mo. 8 is very
bad indeed. think you ought to see
her at once"
"Why did you not let me know be-
foreT" was the reply.
why, DOCTOR" said the nurse, II
sent you word by Mary half an hour
ago."
"The foolv said the doctor. "She
told me to come down to support"
"Why," said the nurse. II sent you
word to come down to eight"
An inquiry made the whole thing
clear. Mary thought it more polite
to say "Come down to supper" than
to say "Come down to ate"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
OIden Tea Table Etiquette.

Tea table etiquette was somewhat
complicated in the days Of that "hard-
ened and shameless tea drinker," Dr..
Johnson, when many people thought
nothing Of drinking ten or twelve cups
at a sitting. 1t was considered proper
for the cups and saucers Of a party Of
tea drinkers to be all passed up to the
hostess in one batch when replenish-
ment was considered necessary, and in
order that each person might be sure
Of getting back the right cup the tea
spoons were numbered. When the
cups were passed up those who did
not require any more were supposed to
place the spoon in the cup. And this
writer remembers a very ancient dame
teaching a small boy to place his spoon
in his cup after the first cup had been
emptied. He wondered for the rea-
son. Now he knows that tea was
once very expensive, and little boys
were not expected to ask against.
James Gazette.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
The Sneeze,

u SbbSSZ0s
There exists ar ancient semi medicu'
statement which tells us that the
neeze is healthy and should not be-
suppressed. It is one Of those stock
sayings which are always uttered By
laymen On the vague authority of
some traditional doctor whose name il
suppressed in favor Of the adjective
"eminent." It is one Of the things
about which you mentally pledge your
self to ask your own doctor, but when
1t comes to the point you never do.
Either you do not get the opportunity
or If a chance does present itself an
inner voice seems to warn you to let
it be until some future occasion. TO
our own mind the odds are that sneez-
ing Is a wholesome habit, for It Is an
one. OF course there are
people who can sneeze and not look
but they are few. Any one
caught in the act Of trying to suppress
sneeze is a terrible addition to the
and Il you want to sneeze
and cannot what gargoyle could hold a
candle to you? That hideously con-
torted face, that quivering mouth and
that detected nostril-why, your coun-
tenance is something worth building
two cathedrals round! It is as though
some mad potter were gripping your
facial clay and wrenching it this way
md that to amuse his frenzied humor.
Have you ever heard a succession Of
half a dozen sneezes? It is an ex-
3erience that has an extraordinarily IT.
efect-London Globe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Private Hospitaj Guests.

Hello, old man! Didn't know you
were in New York? Where are you
s~topping"
"Glad to see you. I'm at a private
hospital uptown"
Private hospital! Why, I'm sorry.
What's the trouble?"
mo trouble at oil myself. My sister
went there for an operation, and Pm
staying with her. There are plenty
Of patients there with relatives or
friends. We pay high prices, Of course,
but the rooms are light, comfortable
and clean, and we can order anything
on earth we want for meals and get
it. Things are served to us as though
we were invalids, and there's no kick
coming. I'll tell you that. And we can
have as much company as we wish for
meals at a dollar and a half a head."-
New York Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Reforms With Which We
Should Cleanse Our Courts,

By Professor WILLIAM TRcKETT. Dean f Dickinson Law SCHOOL, crM.l. Pa
- UR court systems and methods are too complicated and tech
nica, and they frequently defeat justice rather than pro-
~ THE VERY FIRST STEP TOWARD MAKING A NEW
SYSTEM SHOULD BE THE SELECTION OF HONEST JUDGES.
NOT THAT THERE AREN'T MANY HONEST JUDGES ON THE
BENCH At PRESENT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE TOO
MANY IN WHOM THE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE CONFIDENCE. THAT
is THE ROOT OF A GREAT MANY OF THE EVILS WHICH HAVE
GROWN UP IN OUR COURTS.
1t is necessary not only that we shall have honest judges, but
JUDGES IN whose HONESTY N KNOWLEDGE OF
THE LAW THE PEOPLE SHALL BELIEVE.
Perhaps before anything else is done toward reforming the courts
it will be necessary to RESTRICT THE POWER OF II
JUDGES IN CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS. Under the existing
methods judges usually feel free to do as they please. They are I'M
MUNE FROM CRITICISM that is visited on other public officers
and has a salutary effect on their conduct.
b. BUT JUDGES HAVE BEEN HELD TO BE SOMETHING APART,
SOMETHING SACRED. TO cRIT,clsE A JUDGE WAS NOT ONLY
REGARDED As BAD FORM, BUT SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS, FOR
MANY JUDGES RULED THAT CRITICISM OF THEIR OFFICIAL CON.
DUCT WAS CONTEMPT, AND EDITORS OR OTHERS WHO Ut
TERED IT TOOK A CHANCE OF GOING TO JAIL.
Now, as a protection to the public judges should be as OPEN TO
CRITICISM as any other public servant, for the official acts of
the Judge 20 home to the individual citizen more than those Of any
other of6ceholder.
A judge should have EVERY PROTECTION THAT N
OTHER CITIZEN HAS against attacks O. his character. He
should have an action for libel, and that is all he needs. There is no
reason why he should have the power to issue a warrant for a man
who has CRITICISED HIS PUBLIC ACTS and summarily put
him into prison.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
A Name Like a College Yell.

From a crowd Of rah-rah college
boys celebrating a crew victory a po-
liceman had managed to abstract two
prisoners.
"What is the charge against these
young men?" asked the magistrate be-
fore whom they were arraigned.
"Disturbin' the peace. yer honor"
said the policeman. "They were givin'
their college yells in the street an
maxim trouble generally"
"What is your name?" the judge
asked one of the prisoners.
"RO-ro-bert Ro-ro-rollins." suffered
the youth.
81 asked for your name. sir-not the
evidence."-Everybody's Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Notice Of Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND Orr1cI,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Oct. 16, 1909.
Notice 10 hereby given that
NARY CAMERON,
OF Great Falls, Montana, who on November II,
l9OS, made homestead entry No. 1923, serial No.
0Sll7, for the MEX SEX, SEX NEK section 80,
and WV NWA section %, township "a north,
range 8 east, Montana meridian, has hled notice
tablieh claim to the land above described, before
the Register and Receiver, U. s. land Office.
Great Fallss Montana, on the oath day of No:
Claimant names 40 witnesses: Robipa Cam.
eron, Robert Cameron, Hector Mckenzie. OF
Great Falls, Montana, Donald Bell, Of Portage,
Montana.
j. M. BURLIN0AME. Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27

a mile, stepped out and handed the
driver a 10 shilling gold piece, the legal
fee being / shilling. Cabby drove off.
The gentleman who had taken the
wager was exulting in his triumph
when suddenly the cabby returned and,
touching his hat, said: please, sir,
have We a durty thre'penny bit about
We? It would be such a pity to break
a bright piece of gold like this for a
drink"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS. Mont. Oct. l9. 1904

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Oct. 19, 1903.
Notice 10 hereby given that
MULLEN A. ZENI,
OF Butte, Montana, who on June IL, 1905. made
desert land entry No. 1896, serial No. O472S, for
the MEX SWk. SEX NWk section 2, township
39 north. range 8 east, Montana meridian, has
nled notice OF intention to make FINAL proof, to
establish claim to the land above described.
before G. e. Biggs, U. 8. commissioner, at his
ONCE In Chester, Montana, on the I'd day Of De.
cember, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: Joseph Rehhsl,
Amel Tady, Harvey Rehhsl, Henry Loranger.
all of Chester, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLIN0AMR, Register,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Hitch Your Wagon to a Star.

Hitch your wagon to a star. Let us
not flag in paltry works. Let us not
lie and steal. No god will help. We
shall find all their teams going the
other way. Work rather for those in
terests which the divinities honor and
promote-justice, love, freedom, knowl-
edge. utility.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27

UNITED STATBs LAND OFFIoB,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Oct. is. lg

UNITED STATHs LAM OFFIcB,
GR1AT FALLS, Mont, Oct. is, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
HERBERT M. GAUNT,
OF Great Falls, Montana, who on April 20, 1904,
made homestead entry No. 1901, serial No. O32l6,,
for the 81 NWk, SK MEX section II, township
y north. range 3 east, Montana meridian, has
hled notice Of intention to make final fve-year
proof. to establish claim to the land above
described, before the Register and Receiver,
U.S. land office, Great Falls, Montana, on the
Gath day Of November, 1909. =
Claimant names a. witnesses: Hector McKen-
zie, James M: Gaunt, Robert Cameron, Edward
X. Mumper, all of Great Falls, Montana.
j. N. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Women Haven't the Time
To Become Politicians.

By Mrs. sTUYvEsANT FISH. New York Society Woman.
z E WOMEN ARE WIVES AND MOTHERS, MOST OF Ua,
AND THE DAY Is NOT LONG ENOUGH FOR Us 70
FULFILL COMPLETELY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE
POSITIONS. WHY, THEN. SHOULD WE EVEN DESIRE TO
BE POLITICIANS LlkEWIsEf
Woman owes a duty to her fellow women, the sufragettes argue.
Yes, but she OWES A DUTY TO HER HOME, and most women
seemto consider that duty paramount.
Her children-how would she ever have TIME TO CARE FOR
THEM PROPERLY if she were a sufragist Of the present, a woman
politician of the future? The demands of children are so infinitely
more complex nowadays than formerly. Once if one cared for the
physical needs of ones boys and girls or hired a competent nurse to
do it and then sent them regularly to school and church one was
looked on as an ideal mother. In fact, one so regarded oneself.
But now EACH CHILD is A PERSONALITY" has a
Temperament" all its own. RELOCATION of it to the most efficient
nurses and schoolteachers is no longer held to be complete fulflment
of the duties Of motherhood. One is expected to study PERSON.
ALLY ones children from a mental, moral, physical, social, spirit.
ual, every imaginable viewpoint.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Suspicious.

The seeing New York automobile
was moving through the financial dis
trict. 'This Is Wall street." announc-
ed the man with the megaphone.
keep your hand on your purse, HI
ramv' hoarsely whispered a lady from
the open country to her husband.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Mon his Bet.

A gentleman in Dublin, speaking Of
the Irish. said that nothing ever sat
is1ed them and that he was willing to
prove his words on a wager that If he
should go to the door and call a cab,
no matter what fee he would give, the
driver would ask for more. The wager
was taken for Flo. The gentleman
called a cab, drove about a quarter of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Leon B. Stark, deceased.
Notice is hereby given BY the undersipned.
executor OF the estate of Leon B. Stark, deceased.
to the creditors Of, and all persons having claims
against the said deceased to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers within ten months after
the first publication Of this notice, to the said
ct the office of Gentry & Rose, Havre,
Montana, In the county of Choutesu.
CHRISTIAN STARK,
Executor of the estate of Leon B. Stark, de.
ceased.
Dated October %, 1909.
First publication, Oct. %, 1909.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
His Air Tiaht Compartment.

The passenger who was crossing the
Atlantic for the first time timidly ap-
preached the pompous purser.
us it true, SIR" he said, that this
whole ship Is divided into air tight
compartments"
"True as gospel" replied the purser
in surprise.
"Then," remarked the passenger
gloomily. ~ guess I'll have to put up
with the one I'm occupying II I can't
better myselfv"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Notice to Contractors,

Bids will be received by the undersigned clerk
Der 80, 1909, for the construction Of a frame
school house; said building to be 32x2O feet and
feet high to be plastered with two coats Of
and wainscoted four feet high; also a
specifications can be seen at the office of the
clerk. For information apply to
j. W.. WOODCOCK,
Clerk School District No, s,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
A Sacrifice.

Fat Man-What! Are you going to
Let this small boy shave me? Barber
Let the boy have his fun for once.
Il Is his birthday. sir.-Fliegende Blat.
ter.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Notice To Taxpayers.

Office Of the county treasurer of Chouteau
county, Fort Benton, Montana, October 4, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that taxes on real and
personal property for the year 1909 are now due
and payable at the office of the county treasurer,
IN the city OF Fort Benton, Chouteau county,
IT not paid prior to 6 o'clock D. M,
November 80, 1909, q penalty of 10 per cent. will
be added thereto, according to law.
L. O. HUDSON,
Treasurer of Chouteau county, Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
A Test Question In Theology

A Test Question In Theology.
~Six-year-old Walter had a new little
wagon, and it was very dear to his
heart. Sunday was a long day, and
after getting home from Sunday school
he brought his treasure around on the
front lawn to enjoy it. But his father,
who could not have the Sabbath bro
ken in the face and eyes Of passersby,
demonstrated with him, telling him to
take it around to the back yard.
"Why can't I play with it here,
papa"
"Why, because it is Sunday, my
SON"
"But, papa, isn't it Sunday in the
back yard?" asked Walter in surprise.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
Capitalization of
Bank
! Would Ward OFF,
J Panics.

9>>>>>>s*< HE panic of 1907 awakened a majority of the peo-
80 pie to the fact that our banking and currency system
is defective and NEEDS RADICAL CHANGES.
PANICS MAY BE AVOIDED by better bank
ing and currency methods. The greatest defect I'M
>>>>>>>>>> our currency system is its LACK OF RESPONSE1
TO THE NEEDS OF BUSINESS. We need this element Of
elasticity in our volume of money more than any other great nation.
The greatest single defect in our banking methods is our TREAT
MENT OF RESERVES. With greater cash resources and greater
resources of every other kind than any other nation, we are yet
obliged to turn to other nations for help in time of need.
We NEED GREATER. FURTHER CAPITALIZATION RATHER
THAN A FURTHER SCATTERING OF RESERVES. WE NEED
RATHER A CAPITALIZATION OF RESERVES, so THAT A BANK
IF SOLVENT, WITH GOOD ASSETS, COULD OBTAIN ALL THE
MONEY NEEDED TO PAY OFF ITS DEPosIToRs.
Of course Capitalization of reserves would only be possible if
the banks knew that beyond question their money could be obtained
if needed, as the banks of England, France and Germany know that
their reserves and any amount needed in addition can be obtained
of the central bank.
It seems to me that a hundred years Of experience, covering a
very wide field, points %irreisibly toward the GENERALIZATION
OF BANKNOTE ISSUE N OF A RESERVE. It
seems to me that if we have safety and stability and still have Aexi-
blity in our system it must be in the hands of some form of central
authority and with some measure of GOVERNMENT CONTROL.
WOULD HAVE A DIsTNcTIvELY AMERICAN INSTITUTION.
WOULD HAVE AN INSTITUTION WHICH WOULD ROUND OUT
AND COMPLETE OUR BANKING SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD BE THE
KEYNOTE OF THE ARCH, AND NOT ONE WHICH WOULD ENTER
THE FIELD AS THE RIVAL AND COMPETITOR OF THE BANKS
WHICH WE HAVE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
The Wronu laddje.

n wrong l40o1e.
A gentleman on a walk from one Of
the suburbs Of Glasgow happened to
call at a farmhouse, where he was
readily supplied with a glass of milk.
He offered the woman sixpence, but
she declined all payment. II couldna
TAX money for t." she said in her own
proud way.
The gentleman expressed his &C.
acknowledgement and went on his way.
but at the garden gate he detected a
small boy playing. Surely, he thought,
this Is the lady's son. So he put his
hand in his pocket to give him the
sixpence when he heard a shrill voice,
'That's ma ma laddie, sir" Then there
was a pause. and the voice afterward
resounded. this time directed toward a
small boy at the side door, "Gang DOT
Willie. an speak till the nice gentle
man at the gate!"