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Understood brolers are still arriving freely
from state shipping points and receivers are ex-
periencing considerable difficulty in ehecting
elesraneeS OF such at anything like satisfacrOrv
prices. Large chickens. however. In good
request. and occasional sales Of young ROSTERS
quotations.
Poultry (per dozen Hens. S565.5O for small.
;6e1T for large and $S9lO for extras; young
ROSTERS. S96l2; old ROSTERS. s.. 5OM5: fryerS \
S7G9 for large and SJ66 for small: brothers,
S4G5 for large and S2.50G3-5O for small: ducks,
S6@T: pigeons, S1@1.2J; squads, S1.TJG2; geese,
81 .50@ l. 80 per pair
f,am1-NOmiuaf
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Northern Business

PORTLAND. May 14-Clesrings. 81, Jas. 1888:
balances, $63, S65.
SEATTLE, May 14.-Clearings, 81 539. 676:
balances. S224, 500.
TACOMA. May I4-cIearings, $3.50. e85; bal
ances. $136, 3SS-
SPOKANE. May 14-Clearings, 81, $40. 665:
balances, S156. S26.
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Northern Wheat Market

TACOMA, May -wheat-sfillng: Blue
STEM $1.24 club. SLIT; red, s1.09
SEATTLE, May 14.-No milling quotations.
Export wheat: Bluestem s1.24 red, s1.09;
club. S1.14 Receipts-Wheat, 3 ears.
PORTLAND. May H. Wheat--Track prices:
Club. s1.1s@1.2o. Choice milling: Bluestem,
S12I n 30; turkey red, Sl.1S; red Russian
81. Is; valley, Sill.
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WeekIx Trade Revfew

NEW YORK, May 14.-Bradstreet's tomorrow
will say: Irregularity still characterizes the
trade, crop and industrial situation. In indus
trial lines the consensus Of reports is that
further improvement has been registered, es-
pecially In the iron and steel, COAL coke, wooden
and leather trades. Building Is
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New york Grain Marked

NEW YORK May H.--Flour-Receipts1 H. 500
bushels; exports. LOO bushels. The market was
more active, with prices firm
Wheat-Receipts. 80. 400 bushels; EXPORTS 49,
600 bushels. Spot. firm: No ? red 81 AZ nom
inal elevator and s1.45 nominal f. o. b. a1oat
No. ! northern Duluth. S1.325s r o. b. anoat
No . hard winter, $1.32H f. o. b. afoat
Options: There was some irregularity to the
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Leeks. doz bnrhs--Mf5
Onions, per ID. i. 3dq 5
Potatoes. lb--..212dG )
Do, new, Ib...-@ .
Parsnips. uoz. ....-12V
RadisheS, dz bchs-M2'
Rhubarb. ID "a )
Sage. doz bnchs. -25aE -
String Beans. bars
Summer squash. lb-110
Sprouts. per ID. IL -
Spinach, per h. 5W )
Thyme. doz bnchs-n20
Turnlps. per dOz.-@10
Tomatoes, Id ..1O012H
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There is larger variety Of miscellaneous
vegetables in the markets this week than for
some time past and. with supplies OF nearly all
descriptions plentiful, prices are becoming lower
every day. Strawberries are in abundance and
cheap and cherries are much lower than they
were last week. GooseberreS are added to the
list and currants have appeared in the market.
but the latter not feature OF the stores
as yet. Butter and eggs slightly higher.
while meats. fish and poultry stand exactly the
same as quoted last week.
TON
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Hay Easier Under Larger Receipts
Hides Very Firm; Live Hogs Dull

wheat market today although the undertone
showed average hrmness on strong cables bull
support and comm lssion house buying Occa-
sional reactions occurred on reports of good rains
in Kansas. but the last prices were Ac TO &c
above Thursday May. $1-34 July, $l.201c
September 81. 12sl December. $1-11It-
Minneapolis Flax Market
MINNEAPOLIS. May 14.-Flaxseed closed at
81. 60 y.
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PETALUsfA. May 14.--Prices paid for eggs
varied from &c to 24hc today. The sky Is
overcast and rain is threatened. It would he
welcomed by the poultrymen.
SANTA CRUZ, May 14-An offer Of 2ec for
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Condition Of the Treasury

WASHINGTON. May 14.-Today's statement
Of the treasury shows: Gold coin and bullion
80 S35. 529 gold certificates $36 522 so; avail
able cash balance. $120.994. 300.
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Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
Following were the sales on the San Francisco
stock and exchange board yesterday:
rn1fcTqCKc
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New York Mining Stocks
boston Stocks and Bonds

TIE COPPER SIOJkS
BOSTON. May I4.-Priees for the metal were
higher this morning and under the lead of Anal
gamated the local market opened strong but
not very active As the day went the dull
ness increased. with only slight fuctua TONS
caused by the operations Of the floor traders
Outlook for business among the copper con
sumers is very bright and brokers think this
will be reflected by advance in copper before
long.
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SLUMP IN PRICES
IN WALL STREET
Speculative Shares Soar Early
in the Day, but Drop to
Low Level Later

E. F. Hutton & Co.. 400 California street.
members OF the New York stock exchange
furnish the following list Of bonds and stock
sales yesterday:
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Bank CIearings

NEW YORK. May 14--Bradstreet's bank
clearings report for the week ending May 10
shows an aggregate of So. 1877 5o4, 600, against
So, 1855. SIS, coo last week and g. 40 z94 600 In
the corresponding week last year. The following
is list of the cities:
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London Closing stocks

Bar siIVer--Sfeady; = Odd per ounce.
Money! al per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills is ] 5-16 per cent and for three
months bills l sic per cent.
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Do gen As -. s2%
Union Pacific As. .103
Do CIV As ..... .10T *
Do LIST & ref As. 99B
70 S Rubber IS. .104s
e S Steel I'd IS. .104 u
Va Car Chem S.. 81
Wabash LIST IS e.. .l12h
Do 1st & ext IS 76as
Western Nd Is. Sc
Westing Bl cv IS. 1914
Wis Central IS. 95A
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Portland butter Mark.t


PORTLAND. May -Butter-City creamery
extras. Csc; fancy outside creamery, 25d2Tc.
store, 1sG20e-
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COPPER CLOSE

The following list is furnished By E. F. Hut
ton & Co.. 49O California street, San Fran
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san Francisco Money

mot included in totals because containing
items other than clearings. ."Not included in
totals because comparisons are incomplete
San Francisco Money Market
Silver was slightly higher Exchange rates
were unchanged.
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Asparagus, lb =. AZ 6
Artichokes. doz. .15620
Beets. doZ. .1Ues -
Beans, white. III. 5ag )
Do, colored, ID. ca 5
Dried Lima, ID 4Ge 8
Cabbage, each ..-@l0
Celery, head ...-01u
Cress, doz bnchs. 156z
Cucumbers, each. 5Q10
Dried Peppers. .2Uet2J
Egg Plant, ID. a =
Garlic ........Iz15t slj
Green Peppers "a FL
Green Peas 49, Az .
Lettuce, doZ .2O0I 20
FRUITS AND NUS
Alligtr Pears, ea.25d35
Apples ......... AZ Q
Bananas, doz. .2,-e-'
Cherries.-lb .....100a 90
Figs. dried, To-. oeI :
Grapefruit. doz. Coo -
Gooseberries, ID. gle
Lemons, dOz. log 70
Lines, Goz. .iUQi5
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eggs On the SE-t OF merchants brings sEem
ready suDply for local demands. Larger poultry
men are shipping their produce The market Is
firm
SANTA ROSA May 14.-There was no change
in local quotations for eggs today. An dealers
quote 23Is cents FOR choice and 21i4 cents for
seconds. There a fair delivery today with
good demand. The largest supply Of the week
is expected in the morning
Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables
Light arrivals. together with steady and
continuous demand. sent prices for asparagus 10
higher levels yesterday. aud practically all OF
the receipts We're absorbed by the trade at the
improved rates before the canners' buying agents
reached the market. Peas. too. did better. retail
tradesmen willingly paying S101-2J a sack for
the best lots. while the surplus went TO the
Gamers at 1c a pound or about zoe sack. The
other vegetables me- with average demand
at about previous prices. Onions were lower.
increased arrivals Of reds from the river
weakening the market. The situation In old crop
potatoes unchanged the market being mod
erately active and strong. The reports OF frost
in the river potato districts that were mentioned
In the last report had Not been confirmed mp TO
late hour yesterday.
Potatoes (per ctt)-River BurbankS. S2i02-25-
Oregon BurbaBks. 81 .3J@2 So small Oregon
seed. S1.7502; SWEEP potatoes. St-259L5O per
crate; new potatoes. 34312e per h.
Onions-AuStrallan. S404.2j per ell; Bermuda
SEED. $1.156I1.3J per crate: new green. 40fi SIC
per box; new red. 81 .356t1 80 per sack.
egetables-Asparagus 81. 75ft2 - per box for
extras and 81 so for common to choice; rhu-
barb, T5cGg$1.2J per box for bay and S1.JOGtl. -
for San Jose: tomatoes. Sl6l125 per box or
crate; green peas. 75eG 81 % per sack string
beans, Ia9c per ID; summer squash. SIC %
per box; garlic. SM Zoe per ID; cabbage -
cauliflower, 65d75c per dozen; carrots, 75c
per sack; turn1ps, S14l-25 per sack
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DO lfuIDL A@-'f -
Allis-Chal LIST IS. S6A
Amer Agricui IS. l001s
Amer tat CIV 4s.lO4l4
Amer Tobacco IS -
DO 6s ...ll2
Afch gen IS .--1DOs<
DO S / LIST As 9Ji3
DO cv IS --1 JOB y
Do cr Is .11lL
Allan G L LIST IS %
Bait e. Ohio IS. l0l 4
10 3iss 5000. 94is
Do s " 3izs. 91is
Brooklyn RI c Il SIS
Can So LIST 6s. LOG
Central 81 Ca IS. 1l0Ts
Cent Leather IS. 9Sss
CRR OF NJ On IS. III =
Ciies & Ohio As. 1851
DO ref IS Gifts. l02
Chi e. Alton 3j5s. f6i.a
&. p g. Q Joint - 9sss
DO gen - 49, 100 y
c. M& SIP On 31as BOZ
c. Ria Psc col A. Slas
DO col IS 93as
DE refdg 4s 92
c.C-C & 81 IN zs ~ =
- Indus IS. e
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I
Butter, 2 lb sq.60G So Swiss Cheese .25635
~ Id squares. 40 600 Eggs. doz .30@35
Cal. Cheese ....--Y2U Honey. comb. ID. d
Eastern Cheese. .-Fr25i DO extracted sol 10
POULTRY AND GAME
Hens, each. .90c d$1. 25l Ducks each. 81 al. %
Do small -oO9g6OI Geese. each .$292. -
Young BOOSTERS, blessings ...... S50g5. 90
each Soc q 81. -, Pigeons pair IEsf
Old BOOSTERS, ea.40Q5O. Squads, per pair. JO@60
Fryers, each .65M 10 Hare ......-.... .-Qs2V
Broilers, each ..40Q50I Rabbits .........-ae25
Turkeys, per Id. .=Gl3UI
MEATS, PER POUND
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE
FRIDAY. May 14-1o:3o a. NJ

UNITED STATES BONDS
Bid. Ask. bld. ASK
As or cp is or COUP. :.
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS 90
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Colo Midland As Sc
Col So r&ext AVS 1914
Del < Hud cv 4s.107
DO Isl ref 4s.102L
Den & Rio G As. 97A
Do ref - ... 94%
Distiller& - 49,. 76k
Erie prior lien As. 81
10 gen * 49,. 20
DO cv Is. ser A So
Do cv As. Ser B IS
Gen Elect cv * 152
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~ ~ r-Ilf-c 10
Kan City SO lst IS FAX
n Shor deb IS. 1881 95%
u & \ unified Is. .10IK
n. X 4 Tex LIST $500
Do LIST & ref Is sc
Do gen 4i9s 49,. 9IM
Mo Pacific 4s..... S3A
\ r Of Alex SIS. 3s5s
\ Y G gen 3Iss. $685.
Do deb IS .. 952t
NY City 4hs.new.1I2A
Ny. Nh & II cv6s. 1881
Nor & " LIST con4s 9SE
DO cv As ..... 35M
Nor Pacific Is. l02at
DO IS ..-...- TAX
70 $ Line rfdg IS. IS
IA cv 3izs. 1915. 97ss
Pa con 4s ...-...105
Reading gen Is. 995k
81 / a 5 + fg IS. S7Z
Do gen y - 81 &
81 I S " con IS. T9Z
Do LIST gold IS. 94A
Seaboard A l. Is. S25k
Sc Pacific col IS. 9T1s
DO LIST ref IS. ~
Do cv 4s Gifts. .J00k
SO Railway Is. .I1s
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California stock and OIL Exchange

NV II Oil Co. .2.95 5 90
= West Union. - 100. 90
50IN Cal Powerful. %
SALES
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LOCAL MARKETS
Receipts of Produce May IA
Family RetaIl Marked

WESTERN STATES
Corn meal. SKIS
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LAUGHTER a Series of Banks.

Laughing is barking, say the sci
entists. The neck and head are
thrown back while a series of short
banks are emitted from the throat.
However musical the barks may be,
they are barks The laugh begins
with a sudden and violent contraction
of the muscles OF the chest and alb
the air pass out of the lungs, the vocal
cords approach each other and hold it
back. But they are not strong enough
to exercise such opposition for more
than an instant, and the air, which is
under pressure, promptly escapes. AS
it does so it makes the vocal cords vi
brate producing the bark.
This obstruction and liberation of
the air expelled from the lungs repeats
itself again and again at intervals of a
quarter of second. There are thus
in hearty laugh four banks a second,
and if continued, they go on at that
rate as long as TIL air reserve in the
lungs holds out The empty lungs
must then fill themselves, and this in
terval is marked by quick gasp for
breath, after which the barks are re.
newed. The barks occur in series
with gasps for breath at intervals.
When laughter is violent, the entire
body participates The upper part OF
the trunk bends and straightens itself
alternately or sways to right and left.
The feet stamp on the floor, while the
hands are pressed upon the loins to
moderate the painful spasm.
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no one to warn her off. She read her
book while the kids played. She had
$1,000 year income, in her legal
separation from flirting old husband
who had not appreciated her. She was
at peace. 1t never came into her
head to wish Malmaison hers.
Yet it was Josephine.
She had been married to de Beau
harnais at Croissy church when but
an awkward girl. She had fed tC
Croissy when she found herself alone
again.
When she met Napoleon it was love
at first sight. In few months they
were married. On his return from
Italy, Josephine knew how great a
man she had. He was looking for a
country place to buy! What kind?"
she asked. "a chateau" said Ma
poleon. Stately Malmaison flashed
across her mind. 81 know a place."
said Josephine, "Malmaison, close tc
Croissy!"
"Malmaison will be our home" he
said. The nation had put st. Cloud
and Fontainebleau at his disposition.
He preferred Malmaison. 1T is our
own place" he said to Josephine.
France is a saving old land. Through
revolutions of the utmost violence, the
French civil service departments,
treasuring all things confided to them,
kept the raw material of that stage
setting.
Josephine reigned over the home"
an English word to which Napoleon
had taken a sentimental fancy She
covered the park with flower beds,
planted fancy trees, built hothouses
and stocked the wood with thousands
of gay birds that come flying in clouds
to eat from silver-gilt trays perched
on acajou poles.
These were the happy days of 10.
sephine Only too soon, she was to
live alone again.
After her divorce-declared a state
necessity-the senatus-consulto main.
tanned her in the rank of a crowned
empress. attributed 100000 francs a
year to her, with the chateaux of Ma.
varre and Malmaison. To Malmaison
she retired, to be near to Napoleon
although she should never see him.
Again Malmaison became a silent
park. AS suddenly as it had bloomed
into imperial activity, it faded to it's
former quiet. Again a mother walked
with her two children in it's shade
the children Eugene and Hortense
now grown up.
Going through the grounds on a
cold, damp day with Gar Alexander
Josephine took chill-and died ir
the great silk-hung bed, now part
of the museum exhibits.
After his return from Elba, Napo
leon revisited Malmaison. In spite OF
the giant work of gathering his
armies together once again, he scent
two days in dreaming over the chateau
and gardens.
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cent, and this I will declare to the
end.
How many men when facing death
I wonder how many men have said
it truly. 1t is true, as Pope says,
that hope springs eternal in the hui
man breast, but / often wonder if we
do not make a grievous error in not
giving greater credence to the dying
statement of condemned man.
Jonathan Miller paid the penalty
of the death of Robert Conway with
the same stoical resignation which
had marked the end of many man
in the same extremity. With his
death the case seemed at an end and
it passed from my mind along with
many other cases which have arisen
in long and busy career. I probably
never again would have recalled it
except incidentally had it not been for
strange occurrence.
Il was just retiring for the night
one evening about two years after
the execution of Miller when I was
ing madly up to my gate. There
was loud rapping on the door and
upon opening it the painting horseman
cried:
BUCK Everett's just been shot
down in Kiley's saloon. He's dying
and wants to see you right away
Says he's got an important confession
to make
Il hurried out, and mounting the
messengers horse, spurred full speed
for Kileys place, which was a disrep-
utable roadhouse about a mile dis
tant. On the way l tried to recall
who Buck Everett might be, and at
last remembered him as the porter
in Miller's hotel at the time of the
| Conway murder. When l arrived at
the place he was almost gone, but
with the aid of stiff drink of whisky
he revived sufficiently to make the
following confession:
I'm goner, Judge, but before
cash in I've got to get something off
my mind. It's Conway. I've seen him
day and night. My God, judge, there
he is now pointing his bony finger
at me! Take him away For Gods
sake take him away He gasped in
terror and the froth upon his pallid
lips was bloody We thought he was
going before his weighty secret was
told.
Come, Buck, have it out and
you'll go easier I said as I held his
head.
eyes, judge, I've got to tell it, he
whispered 1T was me that killed Con-
way. Miller never done it. The
thing took hold on me when took his
grips upstairs and he said they was
full of jewelry. / slipped in and
knitted him as he slept and got what
there was in his pockets. / was just
turnin' to the grips when I heard
the landlord comm down the hall
! slipped out and got past him, and
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RELICS OF EMPRESS
Objects Associated with Jose.
phine in New French Museum.
MaImaison, Home Purchased by Napo'
leon for His Beautiful Wife.
Thrown Open to Public by
the Government.

Paris.-Josephine, who was the star
of Napoleons destiny, has at last
monument that all VINO go to Paris
may visit.
1t is Josephine's museum. erected
by the French government in the
country house associated with the
joys and struggles of her life before
she met the conqueror; with her few
married years of splendor and love;
and with the sorrows of her divorce
and lonely death. 1t is Malmaison.
The museum is made up of a thou
sand familiar objects which surround
ed her; and on June 1 opened the
loan exhibition of things not yet gath
cred permanently together.
There is the harp that Josephine
never learned to play-type of the
broken music of her life; the silver
gilt dinner service offered her by the
city of Paris; her bed, her bath, her
toilet table, her beauty utensils.
There are 500 samples of damask,
satin and tapestry furniture covers
which Napoleon had brought to select
from in imperial housekeeping. 1t is
raw material of the imperial stage
setting never before exhibited. 1t
shows Napoleon and Josephine as pal
ace furnishers and makers of the en-
pire style.
Every school girl in America knows
the story of Josephine; but how her
destiny was bound Up in this country
house of the old regime is new his
tory from documents and letters. Out
the avenue of the Champs Elysees, be-
yond the Arc de Triomphe and the
river, runs the ancient royal road to
st. German. Six miles from Paris
is Croissy village. Almost at it's edge
begin the wooded grounds of Nal
maison.
From Croissy village, in the days
before Napoleon, young mother took
her two small children for their airing
to the shade of empty Mahmaison
The place was uninhabited The
young mother was glad. There was
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interviewing the Professor.

so you don't think Mars would re.
ply, even if We did send signals?''
81 am almost convinced that there
would be no response" answered Prof.
Thinktum, adjusting his glasses.
"Then you don't believe that Mars
is inhabited?"
''On the contrary, l think it ex.
tremely probable that life similar to
our own exists on the sister planet"
But you don't give those people
credit for intelligence equal to ours?"
yes. l am inclined to credit them
with even greater intelligence than
we display. There are many indica.
tons that they have civilization old.
er than ours, in which case they
should have too much sense to fool
away their time on any such imprac
tical proposition"
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A CITY Clerks Garden,

A city clerk never misses chance
of expatiating on his garden to his
colleagues, who, however, were never
taken home to see it, but were
under the impression it was of enor-
nous size. Five of them resolved
to have look at it, discovered his ad-
dress, and called one Saturday after
noon to see the hundreds of roses all
a-growing and a-blooming. On being
taken to the rear of the house, judge
Of their surprise on seeing a back
yard about IL feet by ten feet. One
bold spirit ventured that it was not
very big.
"Big!" replied the proud owner,
pointing to the sky. why, man, alive,
look at the height of it!"-Chicago
Daily Socialist
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chamber turned these questions over
ing my mind, never finding an an
swer that was satisfactory to my
conscience. / seriously considered re-
signing from the bench. My faith
in mans justice had received crush
ing blow For five years carried
that weight of self accusing guilt, and
only the sympathy of my friends and
the loyalty and trust of my townsmen
sustained me.
One night was seated in the study
of Rev Charles Poindexter, the rec
tor of the Episcopalian church Be
fore CHEEKY CRATE fire we talked into
the night and to him / unburdened my
soul.
"'My heavens, judge he said to me,
laying his hand on my shoulder.
Why haven't you told me all this be-
fore? I might have saved you these
years of troubling. Never before have
L disclosed that which has been i'm
parted to me in the confessional, but
in this case l believe my duty to
the dead is outweighted by my duty
to the living. When you sentenced
Jonathan Miller you condemned
guilty man. You remember that l at
tended him as spiritual adviser in
his last hours. To me alone he told
the true story of that fatal night. He
was guilty of Conway's death although
his hand did not strike the blow.
He went to Conway's room with the
intent to murder him and rob him of
his wealth. 1t was for that fell pur-
pose that he took the knife and Ian
tern. When he reached the room
he found the deed already done, and
even as the two travelling men en-
tered the room he was meditating
upon how he might secure the con-
tents of the satchels and hide them.
Let your mind rest, judge; his hand
was as guilty as the hand that struck
the blow!
"Thus was the weight of years lift
ed from my mind, and this, gentle
men, is my story
Amid the congratulations and
thanks of the members of the Calf
Skin club Judge Grower from the
chair announced that Judge Sturgis
had a story for the next meeting.
Copyright 1909, by w. G. Chapman)