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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
STORM LEAVES FLORIDA.
Jacksonville Reports Heavy Dam
age and St. Augustine District
Ii Seriously Affected.

Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 20. --Leav-
ing damage from the east to tho
west coast, the tropical hurricane
passed out OF Florida Tuesday night
and the wind has shifted from the
northeast to the southwest, still
blowing at between thirty-five ana
forty-five miles. The damage TO
the city OF Jacksonville is confined
to the sinking OF several barges and
small craft, the destruction of roofs
and signs and $4,000 green
house near the city. The rain dur
ing the hurricane. 5.S2 inches dui
ing the intensity Of the storm, has
added to the damage.
Wires are still down all through
the state and are very little better
than yesterday. What reports have
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
NUMBER "Is" IL DoptDo.
big Chicago seraper sees That Floor
Dubbed ia

chicago, Oct. 20. Floor No 3
in a skyseraper downtown here has
been changed 10 "12A."
u is said By occupants OF the
building that the old thirteenth floor
has more business failures and va
eancies to its credit than all of the
rest OF the building. and IL seems
that the two most recent in it's string
of calamities has prompted the man
agement 10 try TO change their luck,
The agent of the building denied
that the "hoodoo" superstition was
a factor in changing the number OF
the floor.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
CRIPP[h TAKES
WITNESS STAND
/ lmsi l,aw ,m a. IA
A H. leils iln
>la
BELIEVES MlFt IS AlIW
ll,slsrs >lw ii,d - Amesaa !
l.ia NdIa llsa 0ha
llf. ai,aea y
lHnr



i.anaea. os a8 rba asv
iaie 3iis aiiesnusa nsje8 th thH
pfess ppn eI ~ rfpnsB ff fite
murder of bis wife t'flppea immsai
@eis ffsnarea t8 iabf lls aiaHa Is
hif psn teiente lig h exeseea la
make a eenefl deuisl af ihe Charge
it ia Nenealls heliesc6 n lho ennff
room flsi fte cfesn Has fAHeG -
muba strong raee.
F8f the firsi timv slncr als affco
aboard 8 steamer uff Father Point
ouohec. nf. y il Cfippon this -
iofuupn gave ias Version of his 0iiy n
dlsappeaIanre Be revealed tba nel
that Ihe defense aill Try ta prove
that Belle Elmoro b. not dead but
that she fled go America ostonsibiy
20 join Bruce Miller
Waffle OF TIE stand IN hls own de-
fensp Dr Crippen testified in Bari
as follows
I knew my wife Was friendly to-
ward Miller / often upbfaiced her
for corresponding with him She re
peatealy threatened 90 leave me.
saying she could ga to America and
Join Miller | last saw her January
81. / believe she then fled 20 Ameri-
ca"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
NOVEL USE FOR PISTOL.
Man Says He shot II for Help in
Time of sickness

Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 2o.-" Judge,
when | get sick, ! shoot my pistol to
get the neighbors to come in. was
the unique defense made TO the po-
lice court Judge yesterday by John
Humphries, charged with dischars-
ing firearms within the city limits.
The arresting officer said Hum
phries had discharged his pistol ana
attacked John Howard plumber
visiting Humphries to figure on a
Job. Howard. fleeing, struck Hum
phries with a rock on the jaw, from
the effects of which Humphries re-
mained in the hospital for week.
Fines totnling $61,50 were impos-
ed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
BALLOON FALLS INTO LAKE
i German Contestants in Race from st
| Louis Drop Into Wate..

st. Louis. Mo-, Oct 90 The bal
loon Hamburg III OF Germany. the
fourth to depart In the Internal! 1nal
balloon race from st. Louis Mol1ay
afternoon. descended with terrific
force from a height of 1880 feet st
p. m. Tuesday. in Lake Nipissing
Toronto, Canada. $50 miles from st.
Louis. according to message reccs i
el iere last night.
The left arm OF VIM. r. AssmaEil.
aid, OF st. Louis was broken hts
right hand severely sprained and Al.
artery in his wrist cut Lieut.. Leo
pold vogt. pilot OF the Hamburg.
was forced to swim the lake with the
balloon. landing upon Scagull Is
land, where Assmann, despite his In
juries tied the aerostat to tree. The
two remained on the island all Tues
day night. Lieut.. vogt bIed profuseiy
from his wounds The bail00nistA
were rescued early yesterday morn
ing BY Italian hunters and sent N 4
hospital Ut Powassa. On the Grand
Trunk railroad twenty miles from
whore they landed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
DEATH COMES TO HILL
DAVID Bi\NEIT ma OF \tM
foEk Dit.> At Ills iioNI
IN ALBANY.
Was Former tri,ed States senator
aud for Years Dominated Dem
ocratie Party ia New
York State.
United press special.

Albany. T. Y. Oct Former
United States Seaator David Bennett
Hill, aged 67, and for many years ia
absolute control of the democratic
party in New York state. died at his
homo early this morning. He was
ne of the last of the old line demo
cratic politicians. His bitter cor
elicts with the Cleveland ,.Eaniza-
ton eliminated in Cleveland abah-
doning New York state as his hone.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
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sisme ffsstH ssH8 E
tef8e HNe0 ~ 3Hens sH
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20

The following automobiles have
been registered In the county clerks
office since September I:
J.. r. Wells. 1877, Ferris; Mrs. r.
Il. Miller. 1875. Waxahachie; G. w.
Simpson. 1873, Waxahachic; G. w.
Jacobs. 400. Ennis: Geo. Hurd, mo-
torcycle 201, Waxahachie; w. G.
Dalton, 202, Waxahachie; W. n.
Borders. 203. Waxahachie; j. NJ.
Carroll. 204. Waxahachie; Chess
Bowen, 205. Italy; y. p. Glover. zoe,
Ennis.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20

MANY O{MlETs SIGHTED
\ lls,,ish Swsusq Augstaa II s,a
Orleans ia'pag,s Se'4na ilasoa
NwsAu lst "A tlar
Gees kesBed


NeI WfHnnH la Ns aN A.
ie5ei sno hundred Htes wer* ieH
HHWag the roeeni huYHeapo an ihr
Gali II Mealea nBe tHe chuthvaa
s.t Hecnaihn fn Officers af shlps 81.
Hnii,ne bHfp tndeS Tbo BHHsh
Steamer thllIan brDuflH iu nKr
momhnis eg ,hf rfew 0f ghc sHinisn
bafk liBen wha wrfe taken eff thai
rfafl tH@ bofa#p s sank IeA oibefs
Perhhed 90 the liueo a Gesen
" ~ shNaH. hbsks sehonHeFs aH6
olhof craft vitb no one aboard Were
sighted bs the Civilian Their rreNs
had been swept overheard
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Negro Who Killed Another Member
OF Race Indicted by Grand Jury.

Among the indictments returned
by the grand jury Thursday morning
was one against Jack Wilson, color
ed, for murder Wilson is accused OF
killing another negro with spade
ct Ferris several weeks ago. He IS
in the county Jail.
Marion Walker, young Whit
man who has been in jail some time
on charge OF criminal assault. was
indicted by the grand jury Thursday.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
First Touch of Winter.

The first touch Of winter for the
season was experienced here Thurs
day and as result the coal man was
wearing his broadest smile. The
weather changed during Wednesday
night and early Thursday morning d
light rain fell to be followed by a
norther.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
FIRE IN EAST ST. LOUIS
EMtt tEttntiI Btlt.pI>t.s AM
nt4gfN Ris~lDig >tis. pta~-
fi.Ottb In wa.
Loss ~ Estimated ~ Half Million
foiiaF.--=i h.. originated in
Chicago an. Alton Freight
Itos~s.
United Press Special

East 81 Louis, Oct 20.--F'ire oris
glnaing IN the Chicago and Alton
freight house on the river front this
morning destroyed that building Oh
explosions Ga ten tank cars caused
ihe flames TO spread 10 the Baltimore
and Ohio freight house and dozen
dwellings. All we're destroyed. The
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
SUES DOCK BOARD.
Texas Woman Asks Damages for
Death of Two Sons.

New Orleans, La, Oct 20.-Mrs.
ID. f. Davidson. of Jewett. Texas.
Yesterday filed suit against the
New Orleans Dock board for fifty
thousand dollars on account of the
death of her two sons. They were
killed on the river front October 2
last year, when a ship struck the
wharf, breaking it and precipitatinG
them into the water.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
NEW LAW EFFECTIVE.
Express Shipments OF Wh;skey Mus,
BE Delivered During Day.

A new state law governing the de
livery of express shipments of intoX-
ieatlng liquors became effective
Thursday. Under this law no pack
ascs of whiskey may be delivered
b, fore a. m. or after 6 p. ni Tie
man with the thirst must now gel
his booze between these hours.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
BALLOON PASSES NEAR QUEBEC
One of the International Racers
Sighted Late "Wednesday After
noop-Travcling Eastward.
Cnlted Press Special,

Quebeck, Canada, Oct. "a bal
loon carrying two men Is reporte l
today to have passed over Kiskisink
near Lake ST. .Jehn in Quebec prov
balloon was travelling eastward. kis-
kisink is about twenlve hundred
miles from st. Louis.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
FUNERAL OF SENATOR DOLL|vER
Last Sad Rites Conducted Over Body
Of Dead Statesman--<iovern
Carroll Speaks.
United Press Special.

Fort Dodge, la, Oct. 2o.-The lu-
neral of Senator Dolliver here this az
ternoop was attended by fully two
thousand people. Following the
Methodist funeral services addresses
were delivered by Governor Carroll,
Senator Cummings and others.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
THE POPULATION Of ARIZONA
The Census Bureau Announces Total
as 2O, ,s5l--tntitlcd {" one
Congressman.
United Press Special

Washington, Oct. 20.-The census
bureau announced today the total
population of Arizona as 2o4,35i an
increase of 81 .423, or d6.2 per cent,
one congressman.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
OtPOStD KING IS N tkGlAhO
iufpaf's bai,i 80 iteifpgal ! ind~ tlti.
uR4 ua a#fe al the ls,4hs ~
teieaas.


London. oa go Accompanied
hy bis mother Queeu Amclie. ant
suite. Manuel ihe aelmEed kine of
Portugal. ioday g. safeh ho8sed at
Mood Norton Eyoraham Worcester
shire. on the estate ~ the Duke Of
orleans, The party arrived Last
night
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20
VACATION Of PRESIDENT ENDS
Taft Returns to Washington and u
Ready to Take Up Work for
the Winter.
United Press Special.

Washington. Oct. 20. .-Presiden.
Taft arrived in Washington this
morning at 7.12 from Beverly and
went direct to the White House to
take up his work OF the winter.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-10-20

Mrs. ]. r. DeArnond of F'ort
Worth d yisitins mn. Leonard Kep
iinser.
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young woman of twenty, who carried in
her arms a little woolly dog that had been
highly priced by her mother. They got
into the bus of the leading hotel of the
resort and We're driven thither. The
house was we'll filled at the time, and
the owner of the hotel, who happened to
be at the desk when the railroad million
aire and his daughter arrived. was pro-
portionately independent in manner. Ad-
ditionally, he was a hotel proprietor who
had achieved Il somewhat diSa greeable
reputation for the frequency of his
''srouches.'
mo dogs allowed here said the pro-
prietor To the railroad man and his
daughter as soon as they made their way
to the desk, and before word had been
spoken
Il expected that said the railroad
man. agreeably enough. But the
dog be kent in the basement,
suppose, with one of your bell"oys or
porters to look after him occasionally?
My daughter feeds him. All he'll be
needing Will be ali occasional drink of
water
My employees are too Busy just now
to he bothered with the care of dogs"
snapped the hotel proprietor with d
Crouch
Well the dog can be kept down there
and We'll attend to him. said the big
railroad man, in no wise losing his tenn
per. 1t was late at night. he and his
daughter We're pretty tired, and they
wanted To get accommodations and go
to bed
The hotel man, his Crouch still show
ing, mnmbled quite u number of things
about barking whelps, although the dog
wasn't a barker. being. in fact, just an
old. wheeZy, tired-of-life kind of dog
that was only waiting for his summons,
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THE MANAGER LOOKED suLLENLY FROM HIS DESK"

ever, he tossed his pencil TO the desk with
quite unnecessary violence. wormed out
of his chair, and led the way to q rear
room, hung with black velvet, where
the Alma-Tadema easeled. The
managers crouch" was thick enough. as
they say. 10 be cut with a knife
of cawss.' he said. standing sukily
by looked at the large. ornate too
gaudy picture-one of the worst examples
of a-Tadema l have ever seen-"Of
cawss. one must possess some-er-fa-
miliah'ty with the-er-moods of this aht-
list to-er-
Pretty punk. isn't it, my friend from
the Rockies was saying to me, grinning
rather widely. while the manager was
spea king
"Haow's that-haow sir?" the manager.
overhearing the remark, broke off. He
looked funny, bridling. squat man. and
his CROUCH was growing every minute
'I-said-that - it's - pretty punk. -
said my western friend, looking the man
ager smack-dab in the eye However,
turning to me and resuming his grin. Il
don't set up 10 be Judge. a lot of 'em
look pretty middlin poor to me- It's
Mary that's to be pleased. Think she'd
like it?''
II haven't the least idea that you are
intendin' pu'chasin' this pictchuh--or any
othuh pictchuh, sir, put in the manager
his CROUCH reaching its perihelion, and
he grabbed velvet covering and DELHI
erateiy spread it over the Alma Tadema
canvas.
laughed with genuine enjoyment, thrus;
his hands into his coat pockets and
walked out, following him.
So there was a SiXty-tive-thousand-do dol
lar sale ruined by Crouch The man
from the Rockies wanted to buy the
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to the final crumb. Never in his life. he
declared emphaticallY, had be eaten any
thing, anywhere. even remotely approach
ing that pie for sheer grandeur.
Two days later the financieI, sending
some kilograms, leaned over 10 the young
teegrapher
I'm carrying little line of u. & *.
for YOU. young man." he said, mentioning
a stock that was then on the boom. 1T
looks good, and then he went away.
A few days later he handed the Young
telegrapher a check for $1,000 But that
was not all. He went on carrying a lit
tie stuff for the Young teIegrapher and
in two years the latter found himself to
be worth pretty close to Il pat Sioo"f,.
You've got enough. haven't NoHP' tie
fnancier said Ia him then. Don trs
Ia play tn" game ny Yourself II you do
yDu'H get trimmed. I'm ont If the market
myself nov Going I" Texas 10 attend &"
my interests down there. I}ut don't give
that money back to en- .h?'
The young telegrapher had uo such idea
lie is living in extreme confUft and lac -
on the decidedly coy income of has $leo
GOO. and hc hasn't even the symptom ~
an idea OF ever giving any of his pile"
back to EN-
The other telegrapl"r-the ''crab'-stl'l
is working at the counter il the rotund1
for his little week. wage Perhaps his
wife did not have the kna X OF ma kin
lemon pies But that isn't the point.
There is every reasonable likelihood that
the "Soody'' would have come to him
at that easy going tnancier's hands I'm
some other way had il not been for HIS
CROUCH.
And to say that the .'crouch'' doesn't
pay a business proposition, is by no
means the worst that be said about
it, either. The crouch curdles and
corrodes the human being who permits IL
to possess him. periodically or even oc-
casionaly. IL dama"es the digestion and
therefore hurts the health.
Decidedly a back-action affair, the
CROUCH no matter how view It.
Surprising just resolve, here and
now. 10 let the other fellow yield To the
Crouch" if he must yield?
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they really are intendn' purchasers and
that sawt of thing. and without rising
from his desk chair, he continued to sur
vey the pair of us with manifest disap-
prevail. The pictchuh isn't on public
view, y'know.
/ could see, out of the corner of my
eye, that the Westerners jaws were be-
ginning to work.
Come out of it. my FRIEND he said to
the sprawling manager Lets have a
peek at your pinny pinny poppy show
You don't reckon I'm going to buy a pig
in a poke, do you?'
The manner of the manager instantly
changed from manifest Indifference to
palpable grouchness.
1-er-cawn't say l understand you."
he sad crabbedly, a wholly unnecessary
dull flush overspreadng his naturally red
dish face. 'We-er-are hardly accus-
toned to-er-such methods of speech"
Say, are you going to show me that
picture, or amt you?' cut in the west
erner, his jaws working more than ever.
For a moment the manager looked to be
in more than one mind as to whether he'd
show the picture or not. Finally, how
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one; after he'd eaten one before, that
is
The financier'S mouth watercd almost
visibly.
his iONial way to the young telegraphCr.
'D'ye think she'd make one Of those
lemon pies for me-
she would, and she will tomorrow
morning. was the prompt reply. IN
fetch il down with me-
IN go into training for that pie to-
night replied the fnancier. and went his
way.
The telegrapher's wife fused around
the little uptown apartment early on the
following morning and erected a lemon pie
OF the puTest ray serene. II was the
lennon pie of her life She put talent
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lot of messages. Then he happened to
remark TO the young telegrapher:
Somehow or another, I've been
thinking about lemon pies all the
morning; sure enough, honest-and-truly
human being lemon pies. | could eat
IA whole one right now if | knew
where to get it. | wonder if there's
anybody left in the world that knows
how to construct just the right kind
of lemon pie"
THAT, sir, is where my wife Shines
promptly replied the young telegraph
err. II hate to brag about her just be-
cause she's my wife. but i honestly
believe that she wrote the words and
music of lemon pies. She makes lemon
pies thatd make man walk fourteen
miles through snow knee deep, fight
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patience, carefulness and the know-how
into that pie. 1t was triumph of pastry
flour and quiverlng. golden meringue,
topped by frosting that was just the
right glorious hue of brown on top and
IKE mountain snow underneath. The
agreeable young telegrapher used great
care in packing the Pie down to his office
when he went to work.
Got that pie?' the tinancier. appearing
a little after the noon hour with a wolf
ish CLEAN in lis eye. inquired of the
telegrapher I've been thinking about
1t for twenty-fonr hours"
The telegrapher pulled the spotless nap
Kin from the pie, which rested ION the
little table back of the counter. The
financier made about four strides of IL
to get back of the counter Then he sat
down. while the passersby. recognizing
him, smiled, and ate that lemon pie down
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This young man proved himself to be
what the tnan"ier. II picturesque talker,
called a crab. He was a StickIer for
irritating details. adaptable. i'm
patient Of speech sullen: precisely the
sort Of man who should not have
been on the job in So important Il nook
So the finanCier took his Geographic
business TO TIL. rival counter on the
other side Of the rotunda. The young
chap in charge at this teIe"ra pfc
counter was an agreeable fello" with
a smile, when a smile had a clarity ing
effect, ana d knack of smoothing things
over. of making matters a little easier
for Il busy and worried multi lion
aire doing business at his nook. The
financier liked him.
one day, at lunch time. the tinancier
appeared AT the counter aad scrubbed Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
The Knife.

CD TIA" the English novelist. said at a
~ luncheon at the Colony Club that
She thought there were too many surgical
operations In America.
And now, she went on. they hav.
proved at the Rockefeller Institute that
the heart can be operated on, and men
prophesy that heart operations Will he as
common in the future as operations on the
appendix Dear met
1T all makes me think of a poo-. timid
creature lying i'll a sick bed This weak
ling dreaded the thought OF sharp knives
cutting through his tender flesh, and TO
the grim surgeon bending over him he
said:
Doctor, is 1t absolutely necessary 70
operate?
Mo: but it's customary, the sur
geon answered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Fault of the People.

EX-GOE. FOLK of Missouri, at the Mis-
II souri, Societys dinner in the Waldorf
Astoria, said of corruption:
THE existence of corruption is the fault
of the people. The populace. instead OF
making a real effort and Kidding itself of
corruption once for all. wriggles uneasily
and does nothing.
I'm fact, the populace adopts the dam
serous laisser-faire policy OF the boy with
the stomach ache.
You mustn't go swimming today this
boys father said. You've got stomach
ache, you know
"'Oh, thatll be all right, father said
the boy. III swim on my back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Cost of CELEBRATING.

~OL. II. y. RENOCF, at the "OIs
~ Guard banquet at Delmonico's, told
an instructive story about summer yac,
tions.
Il said To a man the other day he he
gan, Wen, are you going to send your
wife to the seashore again this summer.
- No. sir; I'm not said he 4 cam
afford it,
. But your wife's economical 7 OH
jected You told me that she spent very
little at the shore last year.
Yes, | know, said he: but. hona
alone, l spent over a hundred week. :"
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AlmaT adema. He didn't value his on
opinion of the picture. Mary wanted an
Alma-Tadema. and that was enough for
him. He would have written d check
for the $4,000 on the spot had the man
ager with the ''grouch' treated him like
human being.
That Alma Tadema picture is. 1 hear
still for sale. ! understand il now is
being held for $4,000. Perhaps in time
it will be sold for considerably less. than
that Which goes to show that the man
ager INDUCED himself to the extent of at
least $1,000 worth of CROUCH inside of
five minutes, not to mention his trouble
and loss of time, and gallery rent. ard
SO on, in looking for a purchaser for his
Alma Tadema.
one hot August night, in 1907, a rail
~ road man whose name is known
everywhere now, but who was not then
so prominent, arrived at one of the min
eral springs resorts in Wisconsin. With
him was his motherless daughter,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

lE bright afternoon
last winter I met,
strolling along 5th
avenue In New
York, an old friend
from the Rocky
mountain country.
He was none the
less friendly and
explosively cordial
even if he had
graduated from
mere well-to-do-
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fluental members OF he club to which
he aspired were sitting directly behind
him. They overheard his crouch talk
leveled at his wife. .\nd so they black
bailed him when his name caTIe up for
election TO the club. one hlackhall would
have been enough The Philadelphian
will go tn his grave an cubijtered man.
He will never have another chance TO get
into that club. once bla Ckballed. for
ever blacEbalied. is the motto there. He
would be LAYING the pipes tn have his
sons made members OF that club by now
had he not permitted his fatally untTely
crouch" to whelm him that night 1T
the theater.