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New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
IN THE AUCTION ROOMS.

The auction sales held yesterday at the
Real Estate Exchange salesroom. Nos. IA
and 16 Vesey street, resulted as follows:
BY Joseph P. Day.
o, sTH T, ST $9 $ 524.5 49,, # W Of 9th ave 8 Ok
amt due. S. SIS IL taxes etc s7sa Il: SUB to a
mtg OF $4,000: adjourned to June p.
BY Daniel Greenwald
ST LAWRENCE AVE. 1923, Van Nest: J
sherif's sale OF ali right title etc. which de
fendant had on March 80 1910, or since: ad-
journed TO June 24.
The auction offerings to-day will be as
follows:
At II a. IN.
BY Bryan l. Kennedy.
fremont, Cedar and Morris aves, bet 10th and
At noon.
BY Joseph p. Day.
sTII ST. 502. 5O6. 50S, 512. SIG 500 and 524,
each: seven sty dwgs: vol sale.
12ITH ST. "a. $. 127;6 # W of Park ave.
Z y 9E2 33 ~ Ety dws. &c Jacobs sgt Parks
mtgs. aggregating $500.
24Ilx75: 8 sty tenmt and store; S D Pringie
agt Davis Levy et al: Chalmers Wood. atty: 4
! Everett, ref: amt due. s22 256 50. taxes. etc.
14sD ST. 241. 5. 425 IT Of sth ave. 251
Eell sty tenmt; l3 G Bernheimer. extrx. 81 al
aEt Joseph Newmark et al: Sigmund Wechsler,
atty; Beyins. ref; amt due, S27, ,624 SIS:
taxes. etc. 1886 81.
I'D AVE 15s e cor 10th ST. 25x1O5. lease
holc, . stE tenIpt and store: Samuel Williams et
a agt Morris Dugasch ct al: Krakower &
Peters, attys; Collin " Mcclellan, ref: amt due.
S20.74l "a; taxes. etc. 5000.
18TH ST. s s block front. between Hughes
and Belmont aves. l75x100; three. four and two
sly tennis: G NJ Krakower agt the East 1s9th
Street Building and Construction Co ct al;
krakower d p, attys: T 3 York. ref; amt due.
So. 90 s..
BY Herbert A. Sherman.
6TTT AVE. 204O. i26th st. 20 10xS5.
sty dwg. George Waddington, trustee. etc. agt p
9 Painter et al. Robinson B & B. attys; r II
Clarke ref: due. S36.sl1 ~; taxes. etc, $3.50.
BY Daniel Greenwald.
96TH ST. 206. :. 117.3 II Of Amsterdam
ave. 27xl00. s. stv tenmt; sherjfTs sale OF all
right, title etc. which NJ y Cunningham had on
March 30. 1910 or since: A Singerman. atty.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGES.
II-N G

Jules H. Baer to Emma Metzger; 81.
BENJAMIN simon to Hermann Rieb, 81.
Charles Teale, aamr, TO julius hurzmap,
trustee; $1,000. -.
Lena Brody and ano to Adam Trillich; 500.
Anna Mohr to Patrick Reddy; $4,000;
ings Bank; $4,000.
George r johnson TO Leo Kahn: So, 800.
David IIppmann TO Samuel Riker STA
Morris Cooper TO Jacob Cooper; 81
Harry 1. Bryde TO Clara NJ Bryde; 81.
Louis Rubenstein to Theresa SalOmOn: 500.
Lillian B. Woodruff to Jared " Bell: SgOoO.
Title Guarantee and Trust Co to hath l.
CuIlom: $1,000.
LAWYERS Title Insurance and Trust Co to BOW
cry Savings Bank; GOO. ooo
John = Wenninger to Eva L Fischer; $1,000.
Richard Wettingfeld to Diedrich Rehllng;
Louis Aaer to Mercantile National Bank s.:
s L Myers Realty 60 to Louis Adler; 81.
Rose II Stein to Meyer Vesell: 81.
Lawyers Title Insurance ana trust 70 70 Auatn
W 5 Cockrane and ano trustees; S66,5o0.
Lena Rosenzweig and anO TO Alex Mann;
81 .6S7 so
Charles f Patterson to Mary L Eddy ct al.
Alfred Nelson trustee. to William H Nelson
and ano trustees: interest of 5000
Mary 1. Eddy ct al. trustees. TO Elsie PoWeIii
sarah 7 Holman to Mary A Morris; SO or 0s
Emil NJ Sorgenfrei to Henry l. Stumpfeli $500
William Ebling and ano eXrs, TO Ebllng Brew
Emma Feuchtwanger to Louis Well and ano
Lawyers Mortgage Co to John Stewart ct al:
RutherfIIri Realty CO 10 Anna NJ Bulley; ss 00o
Same TO Anna NJ Watkins ana aho' So'Vco'
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
4 sznn. 200 RAYsIpE DEAL.

Draper Brotners, real estate operators
Of New York and Boston, have bought 208
acres Of land at Baysde Long Island
from the Rev. George ECcles and John H
TAYLOR. The price received for the prop
ertv is said to have been S703o@- II IS
said that the purchasers will spend more
than 10000 in the development OF the
tract along high class lines, somewhat SINH
lar 10 Tuxedo Park The property IS near
Little Neck Bay, and adjoins the Oakland
Golf Cluo. The Oakland Golf Club prop
erty is not included in the sale. The mem
bers hold the club grounds under long
lease. The Eccles property consists Of
about sixteen acres, and the Taylor prop
erty involves about TWO hundred acres run
ming down 10 Little Neck Creek.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
THE PRIVATE SALES MARKET.
MANHATTAN.


AMSTERDAM AVENUE-Aaron Goodman sold
the plot. 10ox35 feet, at thelnoTthWeSt corner u
Amsterdam avenue and 1ISd street Inc OuSei
Will erect an apartment house
WEST END AVENU- -E,-Mrs- Edward J. Whit
aker bought from Arthur H. Deyoe No. AS West
End avenue, three story hgh sIG9p GMe'i!ads ,.s @
Gently sold No 467 West End avenue.
WEST END AvENUE-John Dwyer sold No
764 West End avenue. a three story and base
tween 97th and 9Sth streets.
23D STREET-Nathan Wilson sold for Samuel
Heyman the four story building, No los West
2Sd street on a lot 23xlOO feet. to a client who
will erect a ten story loft building on-the Site
The property was held at 100000
9sTH STREET-Joseph Burke sold for client
of the Duross Company Nos 1856 and l3S west
9sth street. two four story dwelling houses on
ouired the property last January, together with
No. 116 70 122, in the same block, from Schinasi
Bros.
18TH sTREET-Thomas ]. o'Reilly sold for
the ChaInplin Realty Company Harry B. Mul-
iken, PRESIDENT the Qudnet, No. 526 West
18th street. an eight story apartment house. on
a plot T5xIOOx irregular The asking price was
$3.50 600. The buyer is a Southerner who has
purchased the house for investment
THB BRONX
RRoADwAY-walters & McCloskey sold for
side Of Broa dWay, ~ feet south Of Mosholu
avenue, opposite Van Cortlandt Park. to Fred
eTick Zibelin.
MARNIoN AvENUE-Potter & Bro. sold 10
Mr. Cook the northwest corner Of Marnion
avenue and Elsnere Place. lot 25X1O0 feet
OLINEILLE ANENCE-Hugo Wabst sold for
a Mr. Thompson the lot 25X100 feet the west
street. '''s '''
TIFFANY STREET.-THE Meehan Construc-
ton Company sold Nos. go. 921. 924, 925, 929
a32. 933 and 936 Tiffany street. eight four story
houses. This djspcses Of the row of ten two
family houses erected by the company at this
point
FAILE STREET-Chsrles H. Friedrich sold
for client the northwest corner Of Fajle street
and Gilbert Place a lot 25xlOO feet TO the Jesse
SamilsOn Realty and Construction Company.
which viii erect a four story fiathOuse.
WEST FARMS ROAD-Richard c Daniel sold
q parcel fronting 204 feet on West Farms Road.
1905 feet Home street and 1871 feet on
Bryant avenue TO builder. who Is having plans
drawn by Nash & Springsteen for the. improve
nent OF the block with two five story apartment
houses Of a design which will provide the houses
with all outside rooms.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
m THE SUBURBAN DISTRICTS.

snowber & Smith have sold for Mrs.
F,r,i1v I. I,andon. a three story Queen Anne
cottage and grounds, No. 594 Palisade ave
nue., Yonkers. 45x125 feet.
u. B. Keller jr.. has sold for the estate
Of ! Hobart Herrick a cottage fronting on
the ocean at Monmouth Beach, y j. 10
Caroline T. Wagenhals-
". H. Malcolm has bought from the
I,udeman estate. through / & G. Wright,
the southwest corner of Battle avenue and
Smith street. White Plains. having 'front.'
ages Of l84 and 233 feet, respectively.
Clinton B. Nichols has sold the dwelling
on plot 74xl25 feet on Broadway at the
foot Of Bovine avenue. Flushing, to Mrs
James r. Willets, of Manhasset who will
OCCUPY it
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
ACCUSED OF ACCIDENT FRAUD
Woman Said to Use Chronic Affection
as Means of Mulcting Railroads.

Mrs. Anna A. StruIa, Of Hazlet, n. J..
will be aTraigned in General Sessions to-
day to plead to an indictment charging her
with utilizing chronic afT1iction to obtain
$500 damages from the New York Central
Railroad fraudulently.
F. L. Arnold, secretary of an organiza-
ton for unearthing accident frauds. was a
witness before the grand jury. He says
railroad companies in this state and in
New Jersey similarly have had TO pay Mrs.
Strula several thousands Of dollars during
the last half dozen years.
In each case the same chronic af1iction.
he says. was alleged to have been caused
by the jolting of train or some negligence
on the part OF the railroads employees.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
LIS PENDENS.
JUNE 6.

JUNE G.
236TH ST g SIS II o Of Verto ave. 2Ox
100: G. Raymond & Co agt German Real
Estate Co ct al foreclosure Of mtg); attor-
ney. A Morrison.
10TH ST, 110 East; Anna Boettner agt Jane
z Manahan ct al foreclosure of mts); attor-
ney. l. " Osterweis.
HALL AVE, e s. 1928 II n OF 205th 81.
25x1O0, Edw A Acker agt Patrick Cussen
ct al foreclosure of mtg); attorneys. Wager
& Acker.
SD ST. $ s. las 1t W Of Central Park west,
17x1O22: SD ST. S $. los IT of Central Park
West. O2X25. .0xO3x259 Flora Nordiinger agt
Oakley Myers ct al foreclosure Of mtg); at
tOrney. w Bondy.
LOT SC and 81. map Of Village of Williams
bridge. Bronx: Martin Delisi agt Nincenzo COL
letti ct al foreclosure of mtg) attorney,
Curtis & Ronlagna.
Mary FarmeIee. exr. et al, agt Frederick 5
Myers e. al foreclosure OF mtg); attorney,
2 Dean
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
RECENT BUYERS.

George +. Crane is the buyer Of No. a.
Fast 7ad street, sold recently by Bing q
Bing.
The Franmor Realty Company is the
hIyer of ISos. 256 and 25S Seventh avenue.
adjoining the southwest corner Of 25th
street sold recently by Mary A G. Nc
Lochlin. The company already owns No.
GAS TO 254 Seventh avenue, No. 201 TO IA
West 24th street and No. 304 TO 2tS West
9th street. Solomon G. ROsenbaum, presl-
dent OF the company. recently purchased
the southwest corner OF Seventh avenue
q nd 18th street.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
GETS s5oo,ooo LOAN.

The Alliance Construction Company J. J.
Schwartz, president has accepted first
mortgage OF 10000 for five years from an
estate on the property Nos Is and Il East
22d street. between Madison and Fifth ave
nues.
The Charles F. Moves company has Sc
cured on the twelve story Office building at
Nos 50 and 81 Liberty street a loan or
$4,000 at ~ per cent, from a savings
bank. The Noyes company recently traded
this property for Spencer Arms, twelve
story apartment house at the southeast
corner Of 6sih street and Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07

J. T yreeland. 2019 Jerome ave: cost. $500;
owner. Louis Rose 737 East 1s0th St
Sd AVE. cor 135th st; sty brk ware.
house 59.sx2OO: architect. II Knapp. lls East
10Th st: cost $50 600: owner, n Cantasano
go Front st.
10TH ST. s. 141. .5s II of Sd ave; sty
brk stores. 50x79.2: architect. Clarence Sn1n-
way. 90a Southern Boulevard; cost: $500
owners. Morris & Davies. Sd ave and 1isth ST.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
SITE IN Esd ST., NEAR 7TH AVE., SOLD
Property Which Was Owned by the Heyan Estate To Be I'M
proved with Big Loft Structure.


Amend. Of the Supreme Court. in an ac-
ton brought by Alphonse Hogenauer and
others against Adam Schumann and others
TO foreclose a second mortgage OF $500
made on May 5, 1891. The prior mortgage
is $1,000
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
a REALTY CONVENTION.

The third annual convention Of the Ma
+ional Association OF Real Estate Ex-
changes Will be held in Minneapolis on
June t. is and i. The Minneapolis Real
Estate Board. an associate member Of the
Real Estate Board OF Brokers. is making
elaborate preparations 10 entertain the
delegates.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
AWARDED DOWNTOWN CONTRACT.

2. =. NesSit & Co. have obtained from
James II. 'Cruikshank the general contract
for the new eight story loft building to be
erected on the southeast corner Of Morton
and Greenwich streets. This building viii
lie occupfed by the General Electric Com
pauv when finished.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
RECORDED LEASES.
with name and address OF lessee)
JUNE 6.
r.A-ur sf-sT- -

AVE A. 1873. store; Gem Realty Co 10 Peter
J Molloy; yrs from May !. 1910: sl.2oO; ad-
dress. 1913 Ave 4.
DIVISION ST 81. east lower store and east
upper store: Lewis Addison 10 sam Fishman, 3
yrs from May J. 1910: $500: address. 81 d.
vision 81
WOOSTER ST. Ii6 and rs. and b; John L
Olson Realty Co to Bertha Dix doing business
as Dix q Co; yrs from Feb ]. 1911: 5000
address. 13l Prince ST
18th ST. go East and b: Ninfa G Capace
20 Caterina Pizzo and ano; yrs from Sept 1.
1910: $40. address. go East 18th St
BOTH ST. II West, I5x1Oo.5 the lot; the trus-
tees Of Columbia College to Alice Fisk; Il yrs
from Aug l. 1910. with option OF renewal: ST.
$50: address, Al West Both St
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
FOR MOUNT VERNON LOTS, s3s,675.

George W. Bard conducted successful
auction sale on Saturday OF forty-nine
building lots in the Fleetwood addition
10 Chester HiIl. Mount Vernon, for total
Of s9se75. This. together with Mr.. Bards
Memorial Day sales. makes total OF
$4,000 worth OF property auctoned during
the weel, in that section Of Mount Vernon.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
SELLS STATEN ISLAND HOUSE.

The Barrett estate has sold through Cor
neIius 9. Kolff 10 Captain @. l. Forsythe
a plot. 5Oxl5O feet. on the easterly side of
Belnent avenue. near the Richmond Ter
rsoe West New Brighton. Staten Island
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
Lincoln
Avenue
Sath street

I,sAfh street - ~
The approximate amount or tas .ta.s,sss ~
20 satisfy which the above jesS. - hyndi..
% be sold. Is -Four thousai1 ,1.N Nil1
teen SS-fOO Dollars tS4. llS-sa 80, - iale
thereon from the 26th day ot Na,S,,,rinz ~
with costs and allowances ,y,,,lisrs -
hundred seventy-ssven 4o-loo - iQie n
IOOl, with interest from June rhs aq9 4
with the expenses OF the sac ,,sTfs aes
amount of the taxes. dsSes IN ~ 9
sSssS sSs or o5ssT isq' as9 OF SP me pures.
paid by the Referee. Is Two ,d.s 90 al
rine Of-IOO Dollars s. ~ 49,. ~, - q s
The premises will be sold IcS.s.i,ars y
gage for Twelve thousand y. ne c'
100, and interest thereon i''
September. 1919 - ,aio s,stH
's''' N0" FRANKLIS s-H-N
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
ALTERATION PLANS.
MANHATTAN

9TH AVE. w cor 18th st: to q 8 sty brlx
store ard lofts. architects. Clinton Russell 81
Nassau st; cost $4,000; owner, Rhineiander
Real Estate Co. 81 Nassau st.
BROADWAY 2f2S: TO a 4 sty brk restaurant.
architect, Schoen 25 West 42d 81: cost. S13,-
coo; owners, Hubert & Stern. 3i6 Hudson St
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
BUILDING LOAN CONTRACTS.

JUNE 9.
GERARD ST. :. 2O3.1O IT = Bergen ave.
rI7s 10i OK n 25X n 16SlX 6 64.2 TO
Mill Brook SIX 3O11x S5.I
to 149th ST IS. 11x 10 TO beginning:
Metropolitan Savings Bank loans Annuncio
Santino and Adele Santini; S35. 600
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
HARRIS & VAUGHAN
141R RrnadWar- TaLenhnns 81 81
WESTCHESTER COUNT.

PHILIPSE MANOR on THE HUDs
One mile UnObstruCted river frOnfagsi 2
ern residences near COnplstion. address
PHILIPSE MANOR co.
Philipse Manor. New YORK
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
RECEIVER OF RENTS NAMED.

Jacob Katz has been appoipted receiver
rs .be rents OF 10 40 West Dist street.
/, FIVE story tenement house. D. Justice
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
BOROUGH OF QUEENS

MAGNIFICENT PLACE FOR GARAss
Elliott Manor. on the main road e =
North Shore. $500. Write az once y
NER NJ SMITH 10 Grove St. Elrlhl--- !.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
TYPEWRITING AND TYPEWalT
FORECLOSURE SALES

VICTOR VISIBLE. 20 Nassau St; a.
free. all makes taken part payrnent. - -
N InderwOOds. RerniuEtOuS. OhverS :. =
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
SATISFIED MECHANICS LIENS.
ITrNE &

JUNE u.
27TH ST. 232 West; Goldstein Bros agt
MaIlard pistining Co et al; June 1, 1910: $165.
10TH ST =. Ills IT W OF T. Edgeeome ave;
ct al: May I. 1909 (by bond): s435 16
10TH ST. s s. I1s.s It W Of Edgecomb road;
Tolkew Painting and Decofailns 90 agt same:
May H. 1910 (by bendl' Si.OOi
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
MECHANICS LIENS.
ZINE G

HUNTS POINT AVE. 9 3. - r. OF Gilbert
pl Tgx1O0: Max Braiker agt Lame heaItS Co.
owner and contractor; Sl.2OO
sSTII ST, 4S East; Anderson Bros agt VIII
lam F Siberian. owner and contractor S24 10.
CHARLTON ST. cor ,I' tIrten"ten rIa, 81 c OK
owner: Cohen & Levine. contractor; $923 80
31ST ST. APT West; Kassel Golad agt James
and Mary Reilly. owners; clark Applebaum'
contractors $500.
CHARLES ST n W cor Greenwich St 4Ox
100: Kassell Colad agt Henry Wesselman,
owner: Clark & Applebaum' contractors Sl"o-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
RECORDED TRANSFERS.
with name and address Of purchaserD
lime g.
MANHATTAN

JUNE 6.
MANHATTAN
AMSTERDAM AVE. 1870 27x1o0; sty brk:
William EbelinE 81 al to George Buchanan fmtg
Ss8 500. June 6: 500. address. 2s5O Broadway
BROADWAY. l94, "a 3zI62x irreg 5 sty brk
Central Trust Company Of New York 20 ne
Chids ca. e corporation. May ]. SooOpu. ad-
dress ~ East l4th st
EDGECoMBE AVE, 40 25z7G.s. H Nelson
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
NEW BUILDING PLANS.
ru...A Ou.n.r.s name and address1

with owners name and address1
JUNE 8
THE BRONX
CFrCFR AVE 5 l52 II II s of Bear Swamp
I'd, 8 stY brk store and dwE. 2@1a5 architect
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
SHIELDS GO. One WAs
OUT OF CITY.

ORANGES AND FIGS ARE THE BIG Va
crops. Growers in GalvestOn-H -Housl- {
trict realize from $500 70 81 600 an scs
nually. Write to-day for full DarticGlsn
you can. without leaving your Dressn, Z
or occupation. partici pate in these large
and later become the owner Of a bezrr
an1 orange orchard. should YOU desire 70.
your home in this beautiful country
company is composed OF Leading bankslSs
ness men and fruit growers Of H0uE-
South Texas. Your investment absolute
cured; no speculation Highest indofs
nom bank officials and reliable bushes
Booklet and literature free. AMaa
LOAN AND MORTGAGE COMPANL
American Bank Building Houston. Isf.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
Al NEWPORT. RI

Bargain TO let for the season
$1,000. % Rooms
Villa furnished. all modern inproge1
large stable. squash court. Bellows
adjoining Belmont Estate near 81
Beach InrueTFara rOzsassf0-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07

ANDREWS AVE, s. 354 5 II n from tangent
point in : Andrews ave. 100x205i 3 yrs, 5'a
S. ne0
BURNSIDE AVE, 5, 5531 II from tan
gent point in c 5 Andrews ave, 1ci lGl2oox iF-
reg. June 4. yrs. D = per cent; same TO same
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07

The auction sales held yesterday at the
Real Estate Exchange salesroom. Nos. IA
and 16 Vesey street, resulted as follows:
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-29
A Victim.

Horace Bixey, the doyen of Missis-
sippi pilots. is still at the wheel at 81.
To him Mark Twain served his APP
premiership.
A Vicksburg reporter asked Mr.
Bixey a recipe for a hale old age
Temperance, young man. the pi-
lot replied. 'Tntemperance is what
kills us off. Oh, the victims" he said,
in his whimsical way, the sad vic
tins Of intemperance | have seen,
"Once, | remember, passenger of
ours fell overheard. We fished him
out with boathook after he had been
soaking on the bottom half an hour
or so. We laid him limp and sopping
on the deck. and a steward ran for
the whiskey bottle
''As | pried the mans mouth open
TO pour some whiskey down his throat
his lips moved. A kind of murmur
came from them. ! put my ear down
close to listen, and | heard the half
drowned wretch say:
Roll me on a barl fust TO git
some o. this water out. tn weaken
the Ticker. Washington Star.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-29
MANS PROPOSAL.

The first time / proposed to Nan
Preston she made face almost as
ugly as spouting gargoyle
leering from some old cathedral, She
sat straddlewise upon the whitewash-
ed orchard fence, gobbling forbidden
June apples, while looked up from
the grass-grown path.
Please say yes, Nan" | pleaded,
and | will let you sail my toy boat"
"Huh." said Nan. I'm going 10
marry a prince. always said / would,
and | will"
Don't Nan don't say that" en-
treated, stung to the heart
Mans blue eyes softened. Don't take
it that way, Billy she soothed,
Think how long before the prince
comes" She slapped her pink-trimmed
sailor upon her yellow curls and took
my hand Lets go sail the 'Sancy
Ellen upon the fish pond, Billy-you
and what fun!t
And ofNcourse | went
should say that proposed TO Nan
as much as twice year after that,
But she hung on to that idea of the
prince with maddening stubbornness
When Nan was Is she came out
She was trihe nervous and very
kind. not dragging in her Prince of
Fancy at my first hot declaration OF
love, but only smiling and shaking
her dainty head.
Is it the prince" | accused. in
sharp disappointment, You'll wait
for him till doomsday'
Il will indeed, promised Nan, very
firmly: and strollei out beneath the
dim lanterns and f1irted reeklessly.
BUT at last Mans Prince-o'- dreams
came. He was little dapper Russian,
with name as long as time and end
ing in "Popoloffsky." sulked for
spell, and Nan and the prince drove
and walked almost hourly
Finally there came the night of the
Preston's lawn fete in honor of His
Highness Of Popoloffsky, and 1t was
generally understood that the an
nouncement would be made.
caught glimpses of Nan, fitting
here and there beneath the lanterns;
and the freshness of her and the
sweetness of her brought all the rec
objections of the years back upon me.
1t was hard to give her up.
At 10 O'Clock | made ready to de-
part, and sought for Nan | could not
find her until at last the silvery ripple
of her laugh came to me, and saw
her hidden away in leafy noon with
Paul OF Little Russia. had to tell her
goodby, and | made for her the green
ish bower, My approach was not OBJ
served and. as | entered the little ar
Dor, the prince was saying:
My heart-my title-my hand
everything is yours. Will you not
say the one word--yes ,"
Mans cheeks were very red, | could
not see her eyes. She opened her
mouth to speak l know not what
could not stand the spectacle and
broke in like frantic child.
"Nan-oh, Mani cannot live with
out YOU. For the twenty-fourth time
ask it--marry won't you please,
Nam"
The prince shrinked; but Nan drew
back with a little startled cry and
began to weep softly.
Yes" said Nan; and put her flmy
handkerchief to her blue eyes. | put
my arms about her, and Prince Paul
strobe out Of the bower OF romance,
to sail next day for his fatherland.
And only yesterday, when | asked
Nan why she never married prince,
she told me that her Yes that night
was for Paul PopoIoffsky.
But don't believe lido you?