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usual dignihed restraint by demand
ing an encore.
Flotman seized her by both hands,
held her at arms length for a mo-
ment while he gazed in boyishly
raptuous admiration. then. pressing
her helpless against the wall. delib-
erately kissed her, first on the fore
head, then on the mouth.
She flushed. but made no sign Of
Resentment or acquiescence.
You must marry me-" he said.
She caught her breath with a little
gasp, as If she had received a cold
douche, and look Of triumph flashed
in her wonderful brown eyes that the
dullest man could not misinterpret.
.'Yes. yes. let me go. Don't agf.
tate me. have to sing again" And
with playful earess of her hand OF
/, ~ ch,nk shs slitped away
Ihey are al cold hearted ant
AFRAID of showing their real feelings
these English women" be soliio-
quized. and. feeling the excusing
masnanimity of the lover, he forgave
her and impatiently awaited her
pleasure.
When three days had passed with
out sign he wrote an imploring ap-
peal for an interview. and personally
delivered it.
He was admitted TO her pretty
drawing room at the fat where she
dwelt discreetly under guardianship
of an elderly housekeeper compan-
ion.
She was standing dressed for an
afternoon call. and looked queenly.
He advanced with outstretched
arms and half hysterical cry.
"Gladys, what IS the meaning of
this? Do you doubt me?"
She kept him off with her hand at
his breast. Her face fiickered with
emotion.
He tried to embrace her.
Don't. don'tlr
With an effort she released her
hands and seated herself on chair,
where she sat stiff and unapproach-
able.
He was subdued The frigfd man
ner and the delicate. fragile draper
.es combined to forbid the sacrilege
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of the closer contact he yearned for
He stood before her, confounded and
confused. like defaulting school
boy.
There is something wrong. Tell
me plainly. What is it?" he blurted
out.
q hope there is not, but l fear
there is. she answered. sadly but
gently.
Some one has been saying things
against me
She nodded. and inspected her
glove buttons.
He hesitated. DO you believe
them?"
She looked up interrogatively.
81 know nothing of you, SO cannot
contradict what l am told. l wish l
could" she spoke tenderly.
What do they say?"
"That you are treacherous, and
would sacrifice any man or woman
who stood in your way, and have
done so"
who says that3"
81 cannot tell you. Is It true?
Have you ever done anything that
would make me-make a woman
ashamed to know your"
She raised her sweeping veil from
her big hat, and looked searchingly
at him.
He quailed before the piercing
brown eyes. Then suddenly he
dropped on his knees and seized her
hands.
Il have never done anything bad
If had l wodld make amends. I'll
DO anything you wish. Don't send
me away. don'tl"
She looked at his emotion torn
face. with half smiling contempt.
This is not acting? You really
want to marry me?"
She stood up to avoid the frenzied
embrace he threatened. He grasped
her waist.
Il do, dci I'll give YOU anything
do anything-I'll give you five
thousand pounds - ten thousand
pounds.
She stood looking at him for a
space.
Then return here at this time to-
morrow. / am going to get proof OF
yhat has been said against you. If
you DO not come shall understand. 81"
"a began an impassioned protest.
She &opped him by gently releasing
herself and moving toward the door.
do you believe me?" he asked.
piteousfy, rising and following her.
81 am disposed to; but l have to
convince some one else that you are
not the treacherous creature she be-
lieyes.
who is she?"
Lady Boothie. She was prepared,
on my representations, to take large
interest in your company. but the in
quiries she made were SO terribly bad
against you"
The business man suddenly assert
ed himself over the lover.
I'm take any oath you wish = do
any thing you wish that Will con
vince you."
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

The poorer a man is the more he
favors an income tax.
Some men sit on others while try.
Ing to stand up for themselves.
Keep an eye on your friends; you
know what to expect Of your enemies.
Many slow man throws on the
speed lever when he starts down hill.
Beware of your little fellows. Mos
quitoes are more bloodthirsty than
lions. M
Tw2=thtrds cf.a - worry is
4 - 70 her c0htinuousSef efforts to hav
her own way.
1t is easier for the tailor to meas
ure man than It is for him to meas
ure his bank balance
If young man shows a decided
bent to get rid of his money It won
take him very long to go broke
It's queer how some people imagine
they are having a good time wher
they do things you dislike
At some period in a mans life he
firmly believes that all his friend.
have conspired to injure him.
Occasionally a man is so suspicion.
that he imagines you are trying tC
poison his dog every time you throw
him bone,-From "Humanisms," In
the New York Journal.
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his wlfli" he saspcd At las..

res my wifes you hound"
Flotman turned his head and sat
entering the room his old partner
the man who had discovered the reef
that had become the famous and once
prosperous Old Jericho mine. the man
whom he had left sick unto death IN
the weld
The two gazed at each other foi
several moments; then Burnley
spoke:
Il should like to thraEh you," he
said. "but might hurt you and spoil
the best part of your punishment.
You are a ruined man to-day. That
is ezeugh for me. This scheme has
been my work. 1t has planned out
well. eh3"
Flotman stood silent. as II dazed
and about to faint Twice he began
to speak. but no articulate sound
womb sseve his mouth, till, with an
effort. he forced a harsh. unnatural
laugh.
You have scored. Charlie. and you
can't complain because / have had
my innings. It was all in the game. :"
an IN the game to desert a pal
leave him TO to s Ssei sis;l sis;lf 4 lTsaal and stsf. Sc
vation while robbed him OF his
cIaimsg" BurAey almost shouted.
You would have done the same,'
was the sneering. cynical retort.
There was a swift blow. an agon-
lied oh" from the victim, and a
shrill shrek from the woman as Flot.
man crashed TO the floor.
He lay prone for a minute or so.
then gathered himself up. His face
was bleeding. but he was not much
hurt.
Il want my money-the money
she got for those shares. II is mine"
he said coolly.
Say please. sir. and you shall
have it" Burnley retorted with say.
age contempt.
Flotman hesitated.
Say it. quicki"
please, sir, give me my money.
II will. when please. That will
be when hear that the bank has
foreclosed on your securities. II you
had 1t now It might pull you out of
the FIRE. but I'm going to enjoy seeing
you thoroughly finished. It's my
turn to-day; have waited years for
this"
Let him go. Charlie. Gladys
pleaded. You have punished him
enough"
She went to the door and opened
1t. Flotman gave one glance at both,
picked up his hat. and passed out
The Bystander.
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An earnest plea was made by At.
torney Charles Pettijohn to Judge
Pritchard, of Criminal Court. for len
iency to a client who had entered a
plea Of guilty to larceny The bur
den of the attorneys argument was
that his client was the father OF
twins, and was tempted to theft in
order to feed the mouths of the in
fants.
Your honor, will say frankly,
said Mr. Pettijohn in closing. that
if ! were the father Of twins and
needed food for my family / would
not hesitate to go out and steal it
"Mr Pettijohn. when you are the
father of twins will consider your
proposition" said Justice Pritchard.
indianapolis News.
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she answered. and held out her hand.
He seized and kissed It.
Tomorrow at this time"
cit is a good sign that you have
come" she said. Her manner was
more cordial, almost tender.
He sat beside her on the couch,
but did not attempt to touch her.
Il mist speak plainly. offensive
ly," she began. You won't object?"
Go on, say all you wish--as you
wish"
Lady Boothie. as you know. Is my
dearest friend / do nothing without
consulting her. She knows Of your
offer to me. but she suspects you.
She says you are a man who will
make any promise to effect your OBJ
iect."
Il have been slandered. he inter-
rupted. sadly.
"she mistrusts you. and suspects
your intentions toward me-"
He was on his knees. protestingiy
tearfuily.
How can prove am honest9'
Easily. You are YerY pract "a
man she is a prAficaf Noman: ana
this is her proposal: Make over to
me ten thousand shares in your new
company to hold as a guarantee that
you will marry me within two
months" She spoke with an effort.
Il will. You shall have them to-
morrow. In two months they will
be worth two pounds apiece" he said
jubilantly, and he proceeded to ex-
patiate on the prospects of the New
Jericho Extension. But he did not
explain that the shares he purposed
handing over were vendors shares,
which he had promised his co-direc-
tors not to place on the market.
He left her happier than he had
been since her personality had en-
thralled him. content to obey her in
junction not to call until sent for.
Two days later his broker sent for
him in hot haste. The limited mar
ket for New Jericho shares had fall
en- to pieces. The shares were tum-
bling to waste paper price.
The financial columns of the even
ing papers devoted few lines to the
matter. explaining that the slump
had been caused by the placing on
the market of large parcel by inside
holders.
Next day a financial paper had
damning article on wildcat schemes
in general and i|ew Jericho in partic-
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Don't you think. Mr., saply. said
the boss. you might as well take of
your hat?"
What's the use?" asked the new
man, who was filling a temporary va
cancy in the clerical department. Pm
only going to hold this Job two
weeks. Chicago Tribune.
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Does my whistle annoy you?"
asked the Joker solicitously.
The pleasant man put down his
pen.
Not a bit of it., he protested.
We'll. in that case" remarked the
Joker. "IlI try something else."-
New York Times.
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'where'd you get the spring over
coat?"
We'll, you see, had a sure tip
on a horse race.
Il never knew one of those tips to
pan out"
Neither it did. So / didn't play
It. Put the money into this overcoat
instead. kansas City. Journal.
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@Ye-es.v hesitated Mr.. Justwed,
these biscuits are pretty good. but
don't you think there ought to be
Just a little more"
Your mother made them," inter
rupted Mrs. j., quickly.
of them27 ended Mr.. j., with
fash of inspiration. Cleveland
Leader.
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I suppose sighed the minor poet,
that III have to sell this little gem
OF thought to you for mere gold"
Not at all, responded the editor,
reassuringly. "Im only going to give
you a dollar for it"-New York
Journal.
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Mrs. Camptown--"Tell your cap
tain I'd like the pleasure of his COM
pany to a dance next Friday even
ing"
Corporal Ginnis-"Oi will. ma am.
but Dim afraid some of 'em can't
dance. Life.
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she-"And knowing my sentiments
on the subject, did that odious Mr..
Binks insult you by offering you a
drink"
He-"That's what Mr.. Binks did"
She-"And how did you resent it,"
He (meekly)-'I swallowed the
Insult. s.ismu aItinnre American
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THAT fellow has no family pride. "
Think so?"
Il know It, Only the other day I
heard him preface an anecdote with
II remember. when Roosevelt elect
ed me to the Ananias Ciub,' At
lanta Constitution.
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Medical Student-"what did you
operate on that man for?"
Eminent Surgeon-"Two hundred
dollars. -
Medical STUDENT mean what
did he have2"
Eminent surgeon-"Two hundred
dollars. Christian Register.
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Hewitt-"This is a quick age"
Jewett-"Yes. 1t won't be more
than a few weeks before we have
Roosevelt in Africa in moving picture
shows. Judge.
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No Hurry.

Sunday School Teaeher-"Don't
you want to be an angel. Tommy"
TOMMY amt in no hurry che
baseball seasons comm pretty soon. a"
Omaha pee.
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"Binks has fine new apartment.
Everything stationary in It, l sup
pose
Absolutely everything-except his
wife and the cook Harper Bazaar.
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80 she loved and lost2"
Yes. he spent all her money -
New York Times.
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The Car of Russia, with 10000
600 acres, is the biggest land oRneI
In the world.
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Wifb fbe Funny


Sibyl sold me once a kiss,
III not tell the price paid her,
But an offer after this
OF my hand and heart made her.
Whispering me in honeyed tones,
All my love il yours, she told me
Then she went and married jones'
Sibyl sold mel
La Touche Hancock, in Harper's Weekly
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Is golf a game or a scienceg"
Neither. 1t is a disease. New
York Times.
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Jones was married yesterday
rs he to-day7''--New York Times
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Frederick Flotman, sittin4 knely.
and unnoticed among the c~4 M
Lady Babbington's drawiA BON,
looked, and was. irritable an S5p-
pointed, for. as he would 4 w ex-
pressed it. he felt quite ou III It,"
Like many a Colonial SomebA who
visits England for the first The. he
had been as shocked as surp3 3ed 10
find that men Ike himself IL No
bodies there.
Being small minded and Rf 81
looking for ignoble motives be -
tributed It to jealousy. or snobbery,
or prejudice against Colonies With
un-Enslish names.
He was, therefore, a little puzzled
and battered at the obvious interest
manifested IN him BY the handsome.
i'ssy nsssia s's3se asss ss ssl ssa sas Ewiee
He was certair'that she was So
Ing at him. True, there was aathihg 2
IN the words of her songs. so far as
ne could recognize them, that dtted
any event or emotion of his variega-
ted life. but that the eloquent brown
eyes Of the singer were MOSTLY 6xsd
upon him he began to feel uncom-
fortably certain.
He was not surprised vhen a 1T
tie later, Lady BaDbington gliied up
TO him conveying the singer.
Miss Turland is anxious 70 know
you; she is very much interested in
South Africa" her ladyship gushsd.
Doesn't she sing divinely? You
must hear her next Monday. You
will. won't your" and, with a patron
izing pat on the shapely arm Of her
protege. she sailed of, leaving the
singer to justify the introduction
Flotman began with fulsome
compliment upon her singing. which
Miss Turland gracefully waved aside
and came to the point.
She hoped he would excuse her
boring him, but she did so wonder
whether he could tell her ANYTHING \
about great friend of hers who had |
been missing somewhere in South |
Africa for several years. Sic was
sure Mr.. Flotman must know him. /
Fiotman was relieved. lie had
quite expected to be badgered to buy
tickets for Mondays concert. but
when several minutes had passed and
that subject was not opened NJ he be-
gan to wonder wha. was the feal OBJ
iective. That the South African
'riend was myth he felt certain. The
Iuestions about him were vague and
Wild, and the apparent anxiety too
ukewarm. He was becoming bored
shen his interest was suddenly
purred.
Miss Turland somehow introduced
he name Of Dowager Lady Boothie.
n what connection was not very
'lear. What Flotman gathered was
hat her ladyship was a very great
riend of that embryonic vocal star,
md % ] do anvthing for her.
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Next to nothing gi~-New York
Times.
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inue her eulogies and advertisement
IT the dowager, for 1t happejed that
Ter ladyship was among theipersons
whom 1t was his special tsire to
Know. for she was rich and an In
reterate gambler in shares.
So he laid himself out te he very
agreeable to Miss Turland. He could
,e very entertaining to woIhen when
lie chose, in half boisteTbas, half
mbmissiye way that amused them.
When he fingered over Hiss Tur-
and's hand saying au rkvoir that
hight he jubilantly noticed that she
made no sign of hurry to withdraw
rom his grip, and he knew that he
lad made the deep and favorable i'm
,ression he had striven for. Being
ict altogether brutal, he could not
.epress slight consciousness that he
vas playing a contemplate game. He
vas cozening the singer as the police
nan is said to conciliate the cook, for
Iordidly material ends
But, unlike him, Friedrich Flot-
mans need was urgent, for he was a
distressed minor magnate. reduced to
the humiliatng necessity of psddling
shares in West End drawing rooms.
He had come to London with g.
900, advanced by the bank which
held all his available marketable
scrip as security for old loans. and
with 1t was endeavoring to place the
hundred thousand shares In the New
Jericho Extension-a new company
hurriedly formed to raise funds for
saving the parent property. II It
went through Flotman was not only
saved, but made. II not-debacle
Within a week Flotman was a de-
voted personal attendant on Miss Tur-
land. A rising singer is permitted a
latitude in the matter of cavaliers
which carries no penalty of malicious
gossip.
But. somehow. the lady always
contrived prettily to postpone the
promised Introduction to the low
ager.
Leave it to me" she said; al
know how to manage the oids.Lidy.
She is obstinate, and. like all ych,
prefers to believe that everything she
does is her own initiation. II you
begin to talk business to her she
would probably be rude, Believe me,
she will eventually come to YOU, and
then you can dictate your own
terms
AS combatiye business man, FiYt-
man worshiped success, and b. rscog-
nized and admired profoundly the
wondrous way in which GLADYS Tur-
land was commanding it. Size was
making rapid headway in h5r Erofes-
sion. As yet she was but a M frably
known contributor to the eytJrtain-
ments of the rich, but she ex-
tending her conquests by &ssful
forays from the drawing rod d the
concert platform, and Flo ID was
satisfied that it was her sistible
magnetic personality and verness
which oVercame all 0bst She
was just the type of wife al am
bilious, pushing man-ths ly woH-
an he had met so far ~ he de-
sired in that capacity. would
marry her.
1t was at a grand dra Png room
entertainment, at whic Its rising
soprano had scored 4 ing sue
cess, that Flotman was Irred to
act upon the impulse TO his fate
to the touch. III
She had contrived to Mllone with
him in a secluded part The great
mansion. flushed and 4 ed by sie
plaudits OF a genuineH ithusias;ic
sudience, who had a -oms their
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The May term Of the Circuit Court
for Charles County began on Monday
with Chief Judge Briscoe and Asso-
eiates B. Harris Camalier and T. Van
CIagett on the bench.
The Grand and Petit Jury we're first
drawn BY Judge Briscoe, as follows
GRAND JURY.
George n. Simms, Foreman.
Roarman, Peter Z. Trotter.
- Thos A. Waters.
H. Hawkins,
-St,
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Il may take you at your word. :"
she answered. and held out her hand.
He seized and kissed It.
Tomorrow at this time"
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Week ending May i2, 1909. r
BY Richard S. Hin, State ,
Agent:
RECEIPTS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-09
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
GATHERINGS OF THE YEARS.
NOW IN SESSION.
Nearly Five Hundred Delegates Repre-
senting Millions of Dollars,
Attend the Sessions.

PITTSBURG, Pa, June 9-One of
the most important gatherings Of the
year, as affecting business and indus
trial conditions in the Smoky City, was
opened today under the joint aus
pices of the American Hardware manu-
facturers' association and the Southern
Hardware Jobbers' association.
Delegates to the number of nearly
500, representing billions of dollars in
vested in the hardware business in
all parts of the country, are in attend
ance
One of the purposes of the joint
convention is to bring manufacturer
and jobber into closer relationship, and
one of the first effects will undoubted-
ly be manifested in renewed activity
in all lines of hardware manufacture.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-09
KITCHENS FAILURE
Berlin Tradesmen Seize Furnishings
for Managers Debts.

BERLIN, June 9, Berlin's "one-
kitchen houses" in which scores of
families living in the same building
We're to be supplied with meals from
a central cooking establishment, are
in difficulties after a brief career of
a few months.
Recently families of jewellers in
these Utopian palaces, have had to
content themselves with Spartan fare
because the creditors of the proprie-
tary company gradually despoiled the
buildings of almost everything which
was not nailed down. A gang Of Ia
borers who were getting anxious about
their wages recently raided one of the
model kitchens and took possession of
all the provisions.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-09
PRESIDENT TAFT
HONORS WRIGHTS

a position. Az he neared the lumber
yard he heard a train approaching, ana
stepped to the side of the track to let
it pass. AS it rushed by he heard a
loud report and almost instantly felt a
sharp, singing sensation in his right
shoulder.
On investigation it was found that
he had been shot and was bleeding pro-
fusely. DR.. Rohrer dressed the wound.
The bullet passed through the Shout
der. tearing a great hole. Baethke's
escape is miraculous. The police are
investigating. Paethke states he has
no enemies.
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Two Are Women.

SALEM, June 9.-The largest class
of applicants that ever appeared to be
admitted 10 the Oregon bar is taking
the examination today before the su-
preme court here. There are 40, of
which two are women Miss Willda
Blanche Langley, of Forest Grove.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-09
HARDWARE MEN
in pITTSBURG

The great manufacturing industries of
the Pittsburg district are taking the
liveliest interest in the convention, and
will assist in every way to make it a
notable occasion, as most Of the raw
materials consumed in the hardware
trade are turned out in the great mills
which line the rivers here for miles.
On the Pittsburg entertainment COM
mittee are the general officers of all
the big steel and iron companies in
the district.
Among the entertainment features
of the convention will be smokers,
dances, musicales, banquets, trolley
trips around the principal steel and
iron works and special entertainments
such as teas. band concerts and re-
ceptions for the wives Of delegates to
the convention Automobiles and tax
icabs have been provided for the use
of delegates without charge, and Pitts
burg wealth and industrial influence
are outdoing themselves to make this
the most notable convention in the
history of either association. 1t will
be an occasion Of special interest to
the southern hardware men and their
friends, as the convention is planned
especially for them and every form of
hospitality is being provided with their