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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
BERT MlMAHON
 DYING; INJURED
 IN R. R. MISHAP
Especial from United Press.)

Norwa1k, April 25.-Albert McNahon, 22, of Bridgeport, head brakeman on a freight which ran into the. South Norwalk freight yards yesterday morning while attempting to alight from his moving train, slipped. and fell under the cars, nearly a score of which passed over his feet, mangling them terribly, while the fall and drag ging which he sustained inflicted a Severe scalp wound, and broke three of his ribs, one of which punctured his lung. As a result of the accident, MT. McMahon lies in a dying condi- tfon at the Norwalk hospital and his life is in danger, despite the heroic efforts on the part of the doctors and nurses to save him. One of his feet had to be amputated.
 ssBert'' McMahon,, as he is better known in this city resided at AS Shel-' ton street. He is well known in ath- 1etic circles. He came here a few years ago from Waterbury, joining one of the amateur polo teams, which play ed at the Rosedale rink. He is con siderable of a roller skater, often ap- bearing at the Park City rink. At present he is filling in the position of short stop with the Shore Line Rail- road Mems baseball team of New Fla ven. Last season he was with the Crane No. 2 team Of the Industrial league
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
Three Insurgents Promise to Support
 Administration Measure
le.....a, e.a-.-- 1nn,.4aa p.a,ss

Especial from United Press.J
 Washington, April 25.--Three insur- gents in the House today called on President Taft and promised their support for the administration mea- sures. They were Hayes, of, Cali fornia, Fish of New York. and Woods of Iowa, and 1t is understood that they represented a large proportion of the non-regu1ar Republicans in the House.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
MAKES
 OUT TAX BILLS

Tax Collector John M. Donnelly and his assistants are very busy at being over 10000 to be issued. The tax collector will collect $1,448, ,47522 of which $728,583.61 is for the Sec First district Besides this araount there is also to be collected ESQ., 831.00 for street sprinkling. The tax this year is TIA mills on the dollar and will become due on and after May 1st.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
WHY GRAND RAPIDS CAN'T HAVE CHARTER
 OF THIS CITY

City Clerk Boucher received a letter this morning from Public Librarian Samuel H. Ranck of Grand Rapids, Michigan, this morning, requesting that he be sent a. copy of the city charter. The city clerk wrote back to the librarian that it will be impos- sible to grant the reQuest,aS the Leg islature changes the charter so often that it is several years since it has been considered good Judgment to print and bind the charter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
TELEGRAPHERS TO HOLD CONFERENCE:
 WITH PRES. MELLEN
Especial from United Press.)

New Haven. April 25.-Vice-Presi- dent Thomas M. Pierson of the Rail- way Photographers, arrived here today to make arrangements for a confer ence between President Mellen of the New Haven railroad, the telegraphers' conference committe and himslf for a further new wage scale.
 That Pierson intends to carry the matter up to President Mellen indi- cates that t'real business is rnenat in the future negotiations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
ESTRADA FORCES
 HURRY TO ATTACK
 ARMY OF MADRIZ
Especial from United Press.)

NSP0C1a1 4On1C0Q 49T0SS.)
 Colon, (via wireless from Blueflelds), April 25.--The Estrada. forces are hur- rying to assist the attack on the Mad ing in on the city About 2,O0O men are advancing in two columns and one advance guard is within 20 or 30 miles of the town. Commander Gilmore, of the gunboat Paducah, and Consul Moi fatt held a consultation today to make arrangements for the protection of the tack
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
WAGE INCREASE FOR BRISTOL TRoLLEYMEN

Especial from United Press.) Bristol, April 25.-The employees Of the Bristol and P1ainvil1e Trolley Co.,, were pleasantly surprised upon going to work this morning by the announce raent that their wages had been in creased 2 1-2 cents per hour. This raise was voluntary on the part of the directors.
 The average. pay of the trolleymen will now be 27 1-2 cents per hour.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
NO DECISION YET
Special frdm United Press1

(Spec1al rom united PreSS.)
 Washington, April 25.-AThough the supreme court of the United States to- day disappointed those who were look ed for a decision on the constitution a1ity of the corporations tax law it is considered practically certain that the question will be decided at this term of the court. Three more decision days remain before the court adjourns for the summer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
STRICKEN WITH HEART TROUBLE
 WHILE ON TRAIN

Charles Reeves, aged 60, a travel ling Inans too weak to tell where his Homo is, was rushed from the rail- road station to the Bridgeport hos IJita1 at 2:S0 this afternoon. He was taken from a train suffering from hearts trouble, and at press hour was in a critical condition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
Missiion clocks-$2.

4s Artistic, good time-keepers, of special value
 clock which will be distinct addition to the dining is to sell for $2less by far than it's real value
 It is in Mssion-oak finish has good platerail with fancy grille beneath equipped with hooks for the holding of fancy cups Not great many of them-so do not delay. hird floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
THE ROWLAND DRY GOODS co.

viduality The human tendency is to- ward deterioration. This must be fought against. Fight for a higher individuality. Pull away from the slipping tide and its drift downward Christ knows that in the end every thing cen nters in the individual. Be like God who never slips. slides or drifts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25

the best fashions of the graceful and lend themselves with to fashonng from the lightweight washable fabrics
 Let us be very specific skirt is made in any of these styles for charge of dollar above the usual price of the material If it takes yards of 25cent gn ham for skirt that skirt all complete and ready forear ing will cost $3.
 You see the advantages of the plan at glance Fabrics that you know the value of making to your taken carefully here at the store careful expert rna ing; saving of at least half of the usual dressmaers charge for making skirt.
 Center aisle e.nnainh
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
NO GAME IN CHICAGO

Chicago, April 25-Chicago ws. Pitts burg, no game, wet grounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25

Girl Wanted? Read the Farmer Want Ads.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
Wash skirts will be made for $1.

A tailored-made wash skirt is not easy to produce.
 We've found a tailor-shop where they know how to make them properly. We I've made a bargain with-them to make such skirts for us and we shall make them for you at one dollar each.
 From linen, from fine ging ham, from any washable fab ric that sells regularly at g cents a yard, we shall make these skirts at an added charge of one dollar.
 Four styles of skirts are to be had. They represent
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-22
CaItas madriIe6as
, Para ct BOLETIN MERCANTILE

La potitica del senior Canatejas, dan
do alas Il los rcpublicanos y cortando-
seias 4 los cIericaIeS; la proclamarlon
dc la repnblica en Portugal, obra lie
nnaS horas Y frOntcra por medic de no
sotros; las agitacioncs obrcras habldas
en- toda Espana uItimamente, TODD clio
pareeia dar aicntos a los republicanoS
nspanoles para echarse a La calle; pero,
con todo, NADIA ha ocurrido Y una vez
mas Sc ha demostrado que las huestes
antimonarpuicas no disponen de furr
zas suficientes.
Ell scnor Camb6 10 confrma asl en- sus
dec cclaraciones hechas tiltimamente y que
Ell New York Herald, de Paris, nos
ofrece en- Sis paginas.
Dice cl senior Cambo:
''ConSidero que no hay III siqulera
pOSibiiidad de establecer en- plazo bre-
We al Repnblica en- Espana fen primer lu
gar, porqlie el partido republican, ca
rece de unidad
La mayoria de los espanoles son idea
listas, estan llenOs de pasiones y usan
paiabras 'gruesas'', pero hacen POGO.
Hab!an mlrcho, pero dejan alegre-
mente que unos cuantos Sc encarguen
de rcaIizar la obra Son, por dccirlo
cEBro. perezosOs por naturaleZa.
No soy yo de los que admiten que
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-22

S,ys libros Sc cOntradicen los unOS q los
Otros. Entire la "Sonata de kreutZer'
| V la Resurrection, exlSte la distan-
cia de un manicomiO. E. . En- ciencia, era
un ignOrante sublime. I'm empirico.
En- mi confession, -" Tolstoy exclama con
un bello gesto: ''Desde hace amos, yo no
leo NADIA mas que en- la fisonomia de los
hombres y en- mis- propiOs ibros. ..' Y
dice verdad. Tolstoy fue siempre I'm
enamorado de 81 mismo. No miro nunca
mas ALA de su alma. Fue un enfermo.
Tn cazadOr de estrellas. Su cOrrup-
ci6n, su religiosidad y su arrepentimien-
to .fueron Intermediates que le dierOn lu
cidez para analizar los dramas de los
hOmbres IIasta en arte fue un enfer-
mo. I'm lunatico. Tn degenerate ha-
ella arriba. :. Su cSposa, la condcSa Sofia
Bechr-duicc palOma que ylvlo entire
las garraS del gran osO,-lO atirma con
ingenuidad Ella ha escrito tambien
suS memorials sobre la cXiStencla de su
esposo Sc pubbIicaran cuando ell macs
tro mucra, junto con la obra p0stlma
q. Il deia inconcluida Tcndra como edi
tor al p0brc Millionaire Picrp0nt Nor
gan . Es eSta una obra de corruption
Y de ycjcz FL ToIstoy dc los veinte
aIio st rpjuvenecc al marir. En las pa
4 A .I,l a,iaI
toIiar el alma del conde ayenturero. Al
ma brayia. Con rojaS barbas cual un
fauno lascivo Hay Ell cSa novela un
personaje Simb0lico. rs un anacorcta.
Vicjo Y huranO, CORE pOr los boSques.
Iiuye de la carnc Sc encierra en- una
rrrnta. Lo pcrsigue una hermosa mu-
Icr Bajo sus besos, Gl proteSta, plIdi-
60. Para no amarla. Sc cOrta un dedO.
| Ella Sc h0rroriza Lo dcja. Por fin.
una muchacha idiota Va cn buSca del
ermitan0. E,S fea Els horroroSa. Pc
| rO rs muier. La pObrcclta qulere que
| ci maestro la instruya Ell la vcrdad dlvl-
ma I'll solitario, ciego de 81 mlsm0. la
inStruyc. ISL. lie da Iecciones de
verdad divina iPero son lecciones de
AMOR FL ap0stol cae. \ asl-pecan-
do.-Inuerc. -. Muerc contradiciendO to-
da Su propia vida. Al morir, bendicc
su calda t,sa caida-horribtc, encan-
tad0ra, barbara-dc la que tanto
|
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-22

mir en- aquel local algunas noches me-
dante ell permiso correspondence del
ceIador. La madrugada del sabado
lego la plaza Y los pocos momen-
tos de haber entradO Sc sinti6 sobre-
cogido de fatiga inmensa, echan3ose Ell
el suelo. en- cuyo sitio expire.
Era Futon un uegrito simpatico y en-
tusiasta hasta la eXageraci0n por "a po-
Utica unionista
DescanSe en- paZ.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-22

la palabra republica tenga una gran sig
nificaci0n Ahi estan, para prObarlo,
Dinamarca Suecia, pueblos monarqul
/ COS, que conozco bien por haber viaJado
por ellos, y que son los pueblos mas pro-
| gresivos del universe.
FL movimiento de Portugal no ha
sido una insurrecci0n Nevada a cabo
por ell pueblo, sino un prOnunciamlento
| militar. Pero aqui. Ell Espana, ell case
es muy diferente, porque ell EJerclto es,
en masa. leal al Monarca. SObre ESQ no
duda nadie. .
Y este, que es punto capitallsimo, es
tan verdad como la verdad misma. FL
ejercito espanol es, hoy poh hoy, leal
a su rey. FL de Portugal, en- cambio,
NAL renumerado Y harto de vejaciones.
ayud6 y quicn sabe 81 alent6 al pueblo
4 la revoluci0n: sin su concurso NADIA
hubiera ocurrido.
Sin embargo, como no es cosa de de
cir . de esta ;-gua no beber6', don AL
fonso. previsor en todO m0mento, con
un POGO de deSimulo ha tratadO ultima
mente de atraerse mas 81 cabe d las
fuerzas de un mando:
: No habrGis lcido un decreto Ell el
| cual Sc Ic aumenta el sueEdo la of
cialidad?
FL senor Camb6 estima, ademas, Que
Ia question capital en- Espana es la
rcligiosa, Ia soluci6n para evitar dis
turbios seria deiar la iglcsia Ebre, Sc
parada del Estado Con los republic
canos. 10 tinico positive es el anticler-
calismo.
La politica del senor Canalejas va
dcrechamente Il ese proposito. Lo de
muestra la tenacdad conque ha hecho
resStencia al Naticano, y su programa
perfectamente estudiado y madurado.
Sc ira cumpliendo gradlalmente. Los
cIericales. ellos mismos comprenden la
neccsidades dc esta politica.
| FL senior Camb6 dice. hablando del
| senor Maura:
"Estoy SECURE de que ell senior Maui
"a. cuyos prop6sitoS son mai compren-
didos. estl en- Fl fondo ac su coraz6n dc
acueldo con 10 que esta hacienda cI Sc
nor Canalejas.
FL seHor Maura no es reaccionario.
| cS liberal. IS cat0lico romano, pero no
clerical 81 hubi2Se un confiicto en-
| ire la iglesia y cl Estado, el senor Maui
ra Sc pondria del lado del Poder civil.
! Sera cierto! PueS 81 este Is cicr-
to y. ademas. los cat6licos espanoles es-
tan conformes en- que Ia lglesia no
puede adquirir soidez mientraS depcn-
da del Rey y deI Estado, puesto que
cesando tstoS Sc desploma aquelIa, Vi
vimos en- eI mejor de los muudos.
Pero Jay! iquitn ,puede convertir
al no clericaIismo' un marques del
Vadillo, el cual despu6s de asistir a
| la peregrinaci6n religiosa del cerro de
los Angeles. dice un reporter de "A b
C"...?:
"IIamos rtzado no por Ia muertc del
senior CanaIejas. a quien deseamoS lar
"a Y prGSpera vida. sino porque Ell Gle
10 le Gamble eSas ideas que tiene Y nos
10 lIeve otra vcz por el buen cami
no.
| Mientras Quedc siglo XVI en- ESpana
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-22
La agonIa de To|stoi

El cable reefbido aver anunciando la
1nuerte de Tolstoy, da actuaIidad q esta
acr6nica
-Trelegrama '-TuIa 'Rusia), JUNO
.23.-Le6n Tolstoy se enc1entra en ago
nia-.-
Agoniza? rs justo- Era tTempo. Des-
73ues Gae oehenta amos lie JeSueristlsmo, la
TERRA necesita sDs huesos- La gloria ne
.,.esita. sa ponbre. Las nuititudes necesi-
tan su IDEAL. Por ESQ ia atenci6n del
universe atraviasa los ambiios. Crlza
Jos mares Y luego. st ttptiene, sin do
lor, ante el ecao,-biauco como la este
pa,-Conde el gran oso rllso retrocede a
Ia infancia. Se muere sin rugir. Sin
,pensar. Sin yer. Sin cabellos. Sin
qlientes Sc miere como IN ni1o, Su
aeonia lntera~a q la ilmanidad. Pero
no la eroclona-.
Con toGos 10, erandes holnbres STEM
pre sucede ass. Ell mundo >abe que sH
agonia no - an fin. Sabe que es TN
principle En- la muerte. los genioS
ancuentran ~ apoteoSis. O mejor: los
genios reaien llegan serlo cuando Sc
sanfifcan cor H. tumha. No COM
prondeis2 La muerto - mas noble que
ia hist0ria. f1ngrandece las obras. Las
ideahza. Las e,cumora. AcordaoS de
Cristo Y 4 los cinco minutes de Ger
vantes.,.
La vide de Tol~toy-6lbiico Ielador
De conciencias.-es un alto ejemplo dc
virtud y De pecado... En- Sus confesio-
mes apareee aesnu0o Nos enseiia sus
llagas. Nos enseEa ~,IS bellezas- Nos
.preeica Dor boca de sus propias herjdas.
Nunca sgpo menlir, 81 alma fue
siempre ana pohre }oca ilena de histe-
~ismos. Cuanlo joyen. Sus apasiona-
nientos 10 ileyaron por CANNES dc aleo-
holes. de besos y de 4scarnios.
Oid 81 bella confession. rs un himnl-
20 Mea Cuipa A los veinto amos era
va el mas borraoho &c todos los alllmnoS,
F'recuentaba ia jiniyersidad de KaSan.
A; r~o+.aso, >so;,,+. .7,g,o,oa~ me rnse5laba
o,araI Tn,i, ,,,aan,s yo no ola xuS
-,ax;,cas Para o.ite Tenia veinte
80 r,sos ,-a;o4o mos me caotaban n
m;ao d.,7,.os ,,or.o, Il. ar,or :, arnoros dl.
;o.oe .4.oo mn r;ar.si po,. elias ri.
=, +aao - .,,a} o,,. nn5a Nj I5t;ro auto-
.us+;oo ,2a a,s,.ll.r, nobla v;br6 sobro
= a;al ,7o MO asclavos k,,i borracho
NJ u H.; 4o3c5o w u,n ,c,,
- ~. o:o a. +oda. ..tas onfor-
,1,4a3as o,,o o,,r,;e,on nj ,.arnc Y !
,,.u.,,2.,.o T., d;.h., !, b,,o,i
7,z 4..- .;,,r
-
'"F' D0' 80 '...,... -. ,,,,,,
ma 16il0eF''''" - 80 '"'', '' - "'' ,,'' ~
sog" a. "''''i.0 S1'''So ann 81 ~ ' 80
- .,..a4,n1 NJ, nndo ,o,tor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-22
Notas de Mayaguez
Arturo Agosti

FL sabado por la manana fue encon-
trado muerto zen la plaza del Mercado,
el enthusiastic umionista Elauterio l.ange,
conocido por Futon.
Segnn versiones acostumbraba dor
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-22

tos de haber entrado Sc sinti6 sobre-
cogido de fatiga inmensa, echaniose en-
el suelo, en- cuyo sitio expire.
| Era Futon un uegrHo smpatico y en-
tusiasta hasta la eXageraci0n por "a po-
Utica unionista.
DescanSe en- paZ.
La ".Juvcntud Modernista p, celebr0
ell sabado por la noche un meeting en-
Ia plaza de Colon.
Ell meeting fu6 sonado En- primer
Iugar. alguien coloco en- la tribuna una
bandera americana y otra puertorri-
quena Uno de los oradores, republi-
cano tl, protest6 de la banderita puer
torriquena y no qttiso hablar,... pero
el p1bIico "habt0" comentando "a co
sa. cada cuai bajo I'M prisma difaren-
te.
Empez0 el meeting hacienda uso de
la palabra. Fulano, sutano, mengano, y
| Tomas Carri6n Maduro Este habl6
por espacio de dos horas mas Stl voz,
| t0davia tcmpIada por el uso en- Ia cam
pana electoral. Sc ola dcSdc IargUi>ima
distancia FL cIichG de su discourse 10
he visto ''pubIicado" yarias vercS Por
diez . docc cosaS oportunas que siijo,
nos "reg0 ei amigo Cumba vpince 3
treinta fuera de t6nica,
| Mas propio que para Ia tribuna de
/ la ".uventud Modernista fut Ia pc
j Iicula de su discurso propia para la tri-
buna repubicana.
Diio que habia que saionizarSa'; !;
(siIencio en- el auditorio) que Barbosa
era este aquctto,-en Sentdo Iauda-
toFio (prolongados apIauSoS por Ia
mayoria dc los oyenteS que rran r.pu-
blicanos) que los historiadorrs De puer
to Rico no sabian mazda ;qlte apesar d. su
eminrncia. nj Salvador Brau, nj Coll
y Tostc. nj LIorcns Torres nj Sama, nj
Ipno Gambia, etc, Sahian por d0nde
| dasrmbarc0 Cotton en- eSta isa.
Quiso ridiculizar De Diego por Ia
question deI chivo del cscudo De Pues7o
Rico y la mayoria del alltlitorio. aqla,
lIa que apIaudio rabiar ruando 81 " oc-
tag6n BarboSa. Sc rio de 10 Undo
Toc6 los eapanolcs, ode paso, IL
ciendo que Interviewer rn Ia poiiJ;.a,
que vivcn On las casaS dr altos, .lue
s. caSan con las mejeres hcmbra>,
y tai.
Ppro diio d rrngI0n segldo ,rle "a
bajaban mas aronseio al obrrro ha-
ccr 0tro tanto.
Ch6quola. hcrmano
] Amigo Carri0n: Cuando los j0Vou 5
.modcrnistas yueIyan Il pedirIe >u cnn-
cuISo para darIe bl1iIIo { intrrts 4 SIS
Imeatiu9S. no So deie yer In orpla: no
| hay que darle bomboneS dc chocolate
| i unoS Y de sal otros poilue como
| cI pueblo eS 'aSi tan NAL intcrpreJa-
DOR d. IHS cOSdS. SueIp CO4tF al fdt'u-lO
por las hoias y Sunlc aislarSe las mas
de las vcces Y aquclIo que rmpez0
con c prop0sito del engrandecimlan-
TO intellectual, futra del radio politico.
suStentandO cada cual como trofeO lie
gloria todo 10 bucno del pasado. idio-
ma. religion. coStumbres, etc, V AGO.
| gi6ndose d los nucvos mGtodos del pro-
| grcso y de las nueVas ideas bajo "a
| gIorioSa bandcra dc los Itstados t'niios
Sc echa a perder por dame aca esas pa
jas.
Este IS Il evangelio, amigo Carrion.
Y apostaria que con dos discursos mas
como el del sabado hay 'averlas en
la Iista de sooios de la Juventud Mo
dernista. :"
En- cuanto al que coIoco la banderlJa
de Puerto Rico. Gun simbolismo) n3 Sc
Ie Ocurra hacerlo mas, y 81 10 hars 40
la quite despu6s como 10 hizo.
La asociaci0n debe tenrr Su haDdera
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17
FORM MOOSE LODGE
IN CITY TOMORROW
Over Five Hundred to Be Received
Into Order at Y. VI. c. A.
Auditorium.

The installation of the new lodge
of the Loyal Order of Moose will
take place tomorrow night in the
auditorium of the Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing. A reception to the supreme Of
ficers will be held in the afternoon
at the New Harper. The local lodge
was started only a few weeks ago,
and there are exceeding 500 appli-
cations. These men will be given the
work by instruction by the supreme
lodge officers.
Following the initiation ceremon-
les there will be a social session.
Various members will be called upon
for speeches by ]. B. Price of Chi
cago, who will act as POSTMASTER.
Organizer Cunningham announces
that owing to the fact that it has
been impossible for him to see all
that have expressed a desire to join
the lodge he has made arrangement
to receive applications at the lodge
hall up to the time of initiation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-17
The Argus Daily Short Story
The Green FIame-By Cuthbert Baker.
Copyrighted. 1919 by Associated Literary Press

passed through Death valley, where
there was neither flesh nor vegetable
that man could live on After supper.
while Rosie was clearing the table and
washing the dishes, Aaron gave the
tramp a pipe and some tobacco. and
the two sat down for smoke and a
chat. Aaron didn't care what his
guest talked about so long as he talk
ed. and Rosie at her work enjoyed the
sound OF voice. rough and uncouth
though it was. as well as her husband.
THE tramp had visited many regions
and naturally talked about them. He
had been at Salt lake and told them
that the water was so dense that per-
sons bathing in it would float on its
surface like a boat on water. He had
been in Colorado and told them how
the gold was stamped out Of the rock.
The last place he had been was Ne
vada. There are borax deposits in
that state. and he told Aaron how they
looked.
Now. Aaron had often been in Death
valley and had noticed something
there that looked like what the tramp
described. He asked how one might
huOW DOEdA NtBOSilS, anu tnC
told him that there were certain chem
icals which when combined with borax
would burn a green fame. Aaron also
asked the tramp what borax was used
~ really think. Aaron replied the
wife. that the chances don't warrant
the trouble. but Fin worn out with
this desolation and am yearning to see
people. feel as If / must have one
Of my own sex to talk to. even if only
for day.
"'Well. sweetheart, go, but don't stay
any longer than TO have good chat.
for I'm very anxious to make the
test
so the next day Aaron took her
where she could get some one to take
her on farther and left her to go back
TO the cabin. AS she kissed him good
by she looked at him wistfully and
said:
Aaron. won't leave you again. ]
know how lonely you are without me.
for. and he told him. us you all know.
that it was used for washing purposes
and that a little package of it was
worth about 10 cents. Aaron thought
that If this was the price what he had
seen must be worth thousands of dol
lars.
The next morning. after the tramp's
departure, Aaron talked over with
Rosie what had been said about the
borax deposits. He thought it was
possible that what he had seen in
Death valley might be borax. But
even if he went there he had no means
Of discovering whether what he had
seen was borax or ordinary soil.
Rosie, dear said Aaron. 1 would
like you to go to u town where you
can get these chemicals for testing
borax. but it will require a week or
two. during which / shall have to stay
here alone. Then when you come back
we shall have to make a trip to Death
valley. and after all our trouble there
isn't one chance in a dozen that what
/ have seen there will turn out to be
borax.'