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t.-l Chivalry would not permit that Then, too, she was a most charming person, ard the thought, Why not why not take her at her word?" crept into his uund.
 "Yes, father, why do you hesitate?" asked Carolina.
 Senator L9ngdon mustered his voice into service at last.
 i've been thinking" he said slowly, that
 That your daughters did not know" interrupted Mrs. Spangler, "of our''-
 ''The telephOne-upstairs- ringing, madam" said d maid who had entered to Mrs. Spangler.
 The adventures could not leave the senator and his daughters alone, though she knew 1t must be Peabody calling her. At any moment he might remember his speech and leave. All ready late, he would still be later, though, because he would have no car riage-hers would purposely be de layed.
 Tell the person speaking that you are empowered to bring me any mes- sage-that l cannot leave the dining hall" she said to the maid.
 To gain time and to hold the sena- tur'5 attention Mrs. Spangler asked elowly:
 "WeII, senator, what was it that you were going to say when l interrupted you a few moments ago"
 Langdon had been racking his brain fn1 incnira tinn that XUnnl6 nnolln him to save the feelings of his hostess and yet indicate his position clearly. He would not commit himself in any way. He would jump up and pro- nOunce her an impOstor first.
 After a moment of silence his cloud cd face cleared.
 Mrs. Spangler," he began, your an- nOuncement today I have considered to be-
 Premature" she suggested.
 The maid returned.
 MT. Wall says Senator Langdon is wanted at once at the capitol"
 Great heavens" exclaimed Langdon, springing to his feet and glancing at the clock. "I'm late, Pm late! hope to God I'm not too latew
 "Mr Wall says a carriage is coming for Senator Langdon," concluded the maid.
 'We must talk this matter over some other time, Mrs. Spangler," the Mis- sissippian cried as he sent a servant for his hat and coat. 'I hope that carriage hurries, else I'll try 1t on the run for the capitol"
 Its half hour away on foot" said Mrs. Spangler. Better wait. You'll save time"
 But to herself she muttered as though mystified:
 'I wonder why Peabody changed his mind so suddenly? Why should he now want the old fool at the capitol?"
 The rumble of wheels was heard outside.
 Hurry, fatherv' cried Hope Georgia.
 The senator hurried down the stone
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Deity tufHCU Luck tues.
 the hdndS Of tue Do you care
 senator's eCdtch. to smoke, sena- tor," Mrs SpangIer asked as her guests concluded their repast, If the young ladies do not object?'
 Langdon inclined his head gratefully and laughed
 'They wouldn't be southern girls, l reckon, if they didn't want to see a man have everything to make him happy-er, beg pardon, Mrs. Spangler, mean, comfortable. Nobody that's your guest could be unhappy"
 The hostess beamed on the chival- rOus southerner.
 Langdon drew forth a thick black perfectO and settled back luXuriously in his chair, after another glance at Mrs. Spangler's clock. He was ab- sOrbed in a mental resume of his forth coming speech and did not hear the next words of the woman, addressed pointedly to his daughters.
 DO you know, really, why this lunch con was given today?' she queried. Then she continued before Carolina
 
 ply.
 Because your father and l wanted to take this opportunity to announce to you-our engagement"
 The speaker smiled her sweetest smile.
 The two girls gaZed at each other ill uncomfortable amaZement, then at Mrs. of Goi fo+ ha ho1 turned partly away from the table and was gazing abstractedly at the ceiling.
 Hope Georgia was the first to regain her voice.
 "Oh, Mrs. Spangler," she calculated you are very kind ts marry father, but
 What's that| exclaimed the sena- tor, reused from his thoughts by his youngest daughters words and thrust ing himself forward.
 Mrs. Spangler laid her hand on his arm.
 "Oh, senator, l have just told the dear girls that you had asked me to marry yOu-that we were soon to be married" she said archly, looking him straight in the eye. She clasped her hands and murmured, T am so hap pyw
 The hero of Charlottesville tried to speak, but he could not. He stared at his hostess, who smiled the smile of the budding debutante. His own open mouthed astOnishment was reflected in the faces of Carolina and Hope Geor- gia as they observed their fathers ex- pression. He forgot he was in Wash ington. He did not know he was sen atOr. The fact that he had ever even thought of making a speech was fur thest from his mind.
 What did it all mean? Had Mrs. Spangler gone suddenly insane? His
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start and forget that over went to Washington"

start and forget that over went to Washington"
 LanGdon paused deliberately. The senate was hushed. The galleries were stilled. Not even the rustic of n sheet of paper was heard in the reporters gallery. The Mississippian gazed around the senate chamber He saw Stevens and Peabody cranlng their uecks across the aisle and talking ex- citedly to each other.
 Then he stepped forward and spoke, waving the paper in the air.
 This letter Is signed Charles Nor ton"
 The old southerner gazed triumphant ly at the men who had sought 10 de- stroy him. IL was win difficulty that the presiding officer could hammer down the burst of handclapping that arose frolu the galleries.
 Senator Horton, however. was not satisfied with Langdon's sudden as- ~p"doIry.
 How do we know that that letter Is rot n forgery. a trick" he exclaimed. ''Go get Congressman Norton-if you can-and get his denial" responded Langdon.
 The iunior senator from Mississippi hurriedly pushed his way out of the scl1te chamber. His days work was done.
 
 Down on broad plantation along the Pearl river an old planter. who has borne his years well. as life goes now adays, passes his days cOntentedly. He delights in the rompings of his grand children as they rouse the echoes of the mansion and brides himself on the achievements of their father, Ran dolph, who has improved the planta- tion to point never reached before Sometimes he receives letter from his daughter, Hope Georgia, now Mrs. Iaines, telling him of her happy life, or perhaps 1t is q letter from Carolina, describing the good times she Is having in London with the friends she is visit ing.
 And the old planter goes out on the broad veranda in the warm south ern twilight. and he thinks of the days that were. He remembers how the Third Mississippi won the day at Charlottesville. He thinks of the days when he fought the good fight fin Washington. His thoughts turn to the memory of her who went before these many years and whom he is soon to see again, and peace descends on the soul of the gentleman from Missls- sippi as the world drops to slumber around him.
 TIE END.
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''I'nc i>t.cr is signed 'C}tdrlcs Norto1t." He read and again stood before the senate, which had regained Its usual ..omposure after the fallen sergeant al arms had regained his feet and rubbed his bruises.
 "I do not think there will be any h. yestigation," he said, with decided eff fort, struggling to down the emotion that chokcd him. Il ask this house to listen to the following letter:
 Dear cenator Langdon-When you receive this letter | shall be we'll on my way to take cleaner for Cuba. | write to ask you not to think too harchIy of me, for | will always cher ish thoughts of the friendship you have shown n7o.
 "Peabody and Stevens have finally proved too much for me. When they got cid Teller to swear to a forged contract and wanted me to forge your name in the land records at Gulf City, threw up my hands. Their game will always 60 on, l suppose, but you gave them a shock when you broke up their AItacooIa graft scheme. And I'm glad you did. They cast me aside today, probably thinking they could get me again if they needed me.
 "I am going on the sugar plantation of a friend, where can make a new
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h a V e to hurry. Your time is the same as mine" " she added, nod ding her head to- ward a French re Il Il a i ss a nee clock on the black marble mantel.
 AS the hostess did this she delft ly turned b a c k the hands of the senator's W a tc h thirty five m i D. nf0C
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S t cps of NJ rS. Spangler's resi- dence as rapidly as his weig h | and the excite
 III e nt u Il d e I which he labor cd would permit. o D e Il Tn g tn e coach door, he plunged inside to come face to lace With B uQ
 Haine es, W h O Il q Il u q d l e d down in a cor her to avoid ob- servance from
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
E SENATE.

ON THE FLOOR OF. THE SENATE.
 TOO much occupied in concentrat-
 ing his thoughts on his speech,
 LangdOn failed to notice the cOnsternatiOn on the faces of Peabody and Stevens as he walked to his seat in the senate. They had failed
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"GTedt hcdVcnS! I'm ldtc, I'm ldteW daughters-w did they think? These thoughts sUrged through his f1ustered brain. Then it flashed over him-she was joking in s0me new fashionable way. He turned toward the fair wid- Ow to laugh, but her face was losing its smile. A pained expression, a sug ;estion of intense suffering, appeared in her ia, Q.
 "Why do you so hesitate, Senator LangdOn?" shc finally asked in low voice, just loud enough for the two girls to Cverhear
 The junior senator from Mississippi looked at his hostess. She had enter t2ined him and had done much for his daughters ill Washington. She was alone in the World-a widow. He felt that he could not shame her before Carolina and Hope Georgia. His south
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-03
DAVID F. MITCHELL SHOT.
Son of Late Senator Fired on by
Waterman as Trespasser.

MILWAUKEE. February 3-The mys-
terry in the death of Rear Admiral James
*. Cosswell. who expired the night after
a dinner with friends at Villa Alexandria,
near Jacksonville, Fla, was recalled yes
terday when word was received of the
shooting at the villa of David f. Mitchell,
the eldest son of the late Senator John
Mitchell of Milwaukee.
Mitchell was shot by a Waterman, who
saws that the wounded man was tres
passer and that Mitchell was threaten
ing to shoot him when he. Rogers the
watchman. fired. Mitchell will proba bl Y
lose one of his hands.
Mitchell says that he was trying to take
possession of the villa. which was his own
property, when he was shot. The owner
ship of the villa is said by others to be
in doubt.
The man who placed the Waterman
there says he bought it under a.ten-thou-
sand dollar mortgage, which he fore
closed. Mitchell says the mortgage was
not foreciosed.
The villa was the old winter residence
of the Mitchell family. Admiral ,Cogs-
well was an uncle of young Mitchell. and
it is understood was trying to buy the
place to keep it in the family.
He spent several weeks there before
his death which was SO sudden as to
shock his friends. He was well and dined
with friends twelve hours before he died
without word of previous sickness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-03
COATS TO SAVE THE FORESTS
WILL EAT OUT "FIRE
LINE" MANY YARDS WIDE.
Government Adopts Novel Plan.
Experiment to Cover About
Two Years.

The latest move of the forest service
is to corral 5000 angora goats and give
them the pleasant job of eating a tremen-
dously long strip of chaparral in the
Lassen national forest in California.
When the goats have completed the task
there will be fire line" 500 yards wide
and miles long running through the for
est, and it will cost the government very
little. The goats can then sign a new
contract.
The experiment will cover about two
years and will be unique as a stock-rais-
ing. engineering and tree-culture problem.
Plans for carrying on the work are outlined
in cooperative agreement drawn up by
the forest service and the owner of the
goats. The scheme is to run fire lines
parallel with the contour of the slopes
by cutting trails about eighty rods apart.
The trails will serve as guides for the
goats. which will Craze in each direction.
eating the chaparral growth and stripping
the underbrush to the ground. making a
wide open space at least 900 yards wide
and many miles long.
The wide lanes cut out by the goats will
serve as ideal breaks for forest fire. that
always feeds on the underbrush.
The proposed work may finally solve the
chaparral problem, which has troubled
the state of California for many years.
The bushy chaparra1 chokes out the small
commercial trees and when dry burns
fiercely. A small blaze In dry chaparral
will gain such Roadway in few minutes
as to be beyond control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-03
ACoUITS PoSEY AND WIFE.
Quick Work of Jury in Manassas
Murder Case.

MANASSAS, Va, February 3-After
being ont three minutes a jury in the cir
cult court yesterday afternoon brought
in verdict of not guilty i'm the case
against Thomas Posey, charged with the
murder of Edward Fair October S, 1865
The same jury. without leaving the jury
box, returned verdict of not guilty in
the case against Mrs. Minnie Posey, in
dicted as an accessory to the killing.
Edward Fair. who lived in Prince Will
liam county until he was twenty years
of age, moved to Maryland seventeen
years ago, and there married Miss
Keys. In May. 1908. Fair and his wife
moved to this county, near the old Fair
homestead. week before the tragedy
husband accusing his wife Of being un-
faithful. This quarrel resulted in Mrs.
Fair leaving home and going with her
two children to the home of Allan Fair
brother of Edward Fair. one of the
men about whom the husband and wife
Quarreled.
On the afternoon Of October s Edward
Fair went to the home of his brother and
epdeavored to effect a reconciliation with
his wife, but she refused to return with
him. On the night of the same day the
enraged husband. in fit of jealous anger,
returned to the home Of Allan Fair armed
with shotgun.
Thomas Posey, with his wife, the latter
a sister Oh the r alr boys, was at the mousse
at the time. and. fearing trouble, en-
deavOred to persuade Edward Fair to give
him the gun. A fight ensued. in which
Edward Fair shot and killed his brother
Allan and seriously wounded Thomas Po-
sey. Posey, although wounded, succeeded
in getting Edward Fair down. In re-
Spouse to his call his wife brought him
an AK. with which he killed Edward Fair
after striking him in the head several
times.
The evidence in the case established the
fact that Edward Fair went to the home
of his brother for the purpose of provok-
ing trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-03
L0ERCn GIRL IN BALTIMORE
ARRESTED WITH FAMILY
FRIEND WHO TOOK HER AWAY
Mother in New York Received Tele.
gram Locating HEREUNDER
Assumed Names.

BALTIMORE, February 3.-Joseph ia
nier. aged about thirty-four years, and
katherine Loerch, twelve-year-old girl,
both of Brooklyn, n. Y, were arrested
here today by Baltimore detectives upon
the request of the New York police au-
thorities.
The pair had been staying at board
ing house in Calvert street since yester-
day morning under the names of Paul
and Florence Newhart. Janier, who was
said to have been friend Of the Loerch
family, came here with the girl last Mon
day night.
They spent that night at a hotel iii Cal
vert street. They were requested to
leave there by the proprietor the next
morning. Then they obtained lodgings
at a boarding house in the same neigh
borhood.
The couple are being held for the New
York authorities.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 3.-Mrs. Freda
Loerch, who asked the police yesterday
to help her find her missing daughter,
Katherine, twelve years old, received a
telegram this morning stating that the
girl was stopping at a hotel in Balti-
more
The telegram, which purported to come
from the girl herself, said she was In the
company of the family friend" with
whom she had received her mothers per-
mission to take an automobile ride just
before leaving home Monday evening,
when she was last seen.
The message gives the address of Wen
der's Hotel. 400 North Calvert street, Bal
timore. and gives the further information
that the pair is staying there under the
name of Paul and Florence Newhart.
The family friend told Mrs. Loerch,
according to statement made by her
to the police, that he and his wife were
starting for Baltimore and would like
to take the little girl with them as far
as Brooklyn bridge. Mrs. Loerch says
she consented.
When Katherine failed to return by II
O clock that night Mrs. Loerch grew I'M
easy.
The family friend had promised. she
says. TO see the girl safely on a car for
her home. She thought it possible that
Katherine might have stopped with
friends on her return, and therefore Wis
tied the houses of several neighbors in
search of her daughter.
She even went to the family friends
home. she said, and was surprised to find
his wife there.
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PERFORMS RARE OPERATION
DIR. GEORGE FULLY VAUGHAN
MAKES TRANSFER OF A KNEE.
Graft Portion Of Anatomy Of the
Dead to the Living-Hope
for Success.

That the unusual operation performed
at Georgetown University Hospital ten
days ago by DIR. George Tully Vaughan.
when. he grated the knee of dead man
on the leg of living man, will be sue
cessful is the belief of the authorities Of
the hospital. The patient, George A.
Kelly. twenty-nine years old, who resides
at 1857 23d street northwest. was re-
ported to be doing well at the hospital
today. Further than to say they were
encouraged by the outlook for a success
full outcome of the operation, the authori-
ties of the hospital would not discuss the
case. DR.. Vaughan is also reticent on the
subject. following the dictates Of profess
sional etiquette with respect of such
matters.
Kelly was admitted to the hospital with
badly diseased left knee, the result of
an injury which affected the bones In his
leg Realizing that amputation would be
necessary to save the limb unless extreme
measures were adopted. DR.. Vaughan,
who had charge of the case, decided to try
grating.
Manner of Operating.
In the hospital was a patient about
TO die. Permission was obtained from
his family to amputate his leg imme-
diately after his death, which was en-
evitable. AS soon as he passed away
DR.. Vaughan. assisted by several other
surgeons. amputated the leg, cut out
the knee and the calf. An identical
operation was performed on Kelly and
the transfer was made. The bones
were fastened together with fine wire
It was a remarkable operation, the
only one Of it's kind, it is said, ever
performed in this country. The name
of the man whose limb was taken off
will never be divulged by the physi-
clans. They have expressed their deep
gratitude to the family for granting
permission for the operation.
Kelly himself, it is said, will never be
told whose knee he is wearing.
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average $162.1o EACH In 1306-O7 the
interest paid was $5.50S.l0i. In 13O2-o5
the total deposits were $115.024,S55 and
the yearly interest was $4,265,346.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-03
NO PRIZE FIGHT IN OHIO.
Gov. Harmon Says So After Talk
With Columbus Mayor.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 3.-"There
shall be no prize fighting in Ohio so long
as / am governor said Gov Harmon
today following visit of Mayor c. A.
Bond of Columbus.
Mayor Bond. discussing the proposed
Dempsey Rogers siX-round bout, sched-
uled TO take place here tomorrow night,
stated he was opposed to any contests
that might come under the head of a
prize fight. The mayor intimated that
he would not permit the affair to be-
come smuggling" match
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MARRIED IN BALTIMORE.
Miss Marie Friedrich Becomes Mrs.
Lester Harris on Monday.

In Baltimore Monday afternoon last
Miss Marie Friedrich. daughter Of DR.. l..
l.. Friedrich of 800 East Capitol street
and Lester Harris of PIG Delaware ave-
nue. northwest. employed by the Washing
ton Gas Light Company, We're quietly
married at the home of the officiating
clergyman, Rev. ID. J. Nicely. John De
Maine also OF Washington. and a cousin
of the bridegroom. accompanied the couple
and was best man.
Mrs. Harris returned to her home after
the ceremony. Late last night the happy
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TWO FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL BED
DRAMATIC DEATHS THOUGHT
TO HAVE BEEN SUICIDE PACT.
Philadelphia Police Discredit Acct
dent Theory-M. p. Patterson
and Mrs. Iona the Victims.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
| PHILADELPHIA, February 3.-The
| bodies of man and woman. who are
believed to be NJ. P. Patterson Of q
| South sd street and Mrs. Margaret Lo-
max of 6O10 Usage avenue, were found
early this morning in a room at the
Hotel Capelli, lying across a bed fully
| dressed and with their arms about each
other Asphyxiation was the cause of
death. and the police are inclined to the
belief that the couple died as a result Of
suicide pact.
| The room is lighted by combination
gas and electric fixture, but the gas is
seldom used. The fact that the two keys
are some distance apart leads the police
| to discredit the theory of accident.
The couple had registered at the hotel
| Monday evening as Mr.. and Mrs. James
Lonix of Lewiston. Pa, but investigation
convinced the police that this was ficti
| tiouS name.
Woman's Name on Suit Case.
| The womans name was on a suit case
which the couple lad brought, and in her
bag was bank book showing deposit
OF $500. In the mans pocket was also
bank book. showing that he had de-
post of like amount.
A clerk from the bank identified the
woman as a frequent depositor. but was
| not sure of her name. Other investiga-
tions, however,. seem to prove beyond a
doubt that the names of Patterson and
Lomax are correct.
At the sd street address William Croll
said that Patterson had lived with him
for three weeks, but had left the house al
$40 o'clock Monday afternoon and never
returned. His belongings were still in his
ROOM Patterson told CrOll he had
brother, w. r. Patterson, living in Pitts
burg.
Man About Fifty Years Old.
Crol described Patterson as about fifty
years old. He had short, gray hair.
gray mustache and ford complexion.
This fits the man found in the hotel.
The Usage avenue address is the resi-
dence of Mrs. Annie Dufraine, who says
she has a sister named Mrs. Margaret
LomaX, who is the wife of Ralph Lomax.
According to- Mrs Dufraine her sister has
not lived with her husband for some time
past but has spent part of her time
with two married daughters. Mrs. Lomax
! is described as past fifty years Of age,
gray haired and of heavy build. She had
| false teeth. and this fact. as we'll as the
| physical description. fits the woman
Mrs. Dufraine says she and her sister
| have many acquaintance.
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pair, returning from an evening at the
theater, were confronted by her family
with the fact, which had somehow leaked
out. They confessed.
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