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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
FOREIGN FINANCIAL

London, April 12--Consols closed Il high.
er, at 81 1916 for money and 81 1915 for ~
account. Anaconda was unchanged. at en-
Canadian Pacific Il lower, at 232H Grand
Trunk unchanged. at 2Sal.
Money was In good demand and dearer,
and discount rates were higher.
The settlement was concluded satisfac-
torily on the Stock Exchange, but business
was small in view Of the approaching holi.
days. Home rails were buoyant on good
traffic prospects. but they closed below the
best. Consols and Kaffirs hardened. The
rubber and copper sections closed easy.
American securities, after an early ad-
vance. under the lead OF Canadian Pacific,
eased off en- realizing and closed quiet.
Call money in London. Eggs per cent;
open market discount rate for short bills.
2ih per cent long bills. 2% per cent: Berlin
discount rate. rs per cent; Paris discount
rate. "a per cent; Paris exchange on Lon
don. Is francs 30ia confines; Berlin ex.
change on London, 20 mar ks As pfennigs.
Bar gold, us cd, and American eagles. iss
5izd.
Paris, April 12.-Three per cent rentes
closed 10 centlmes lower, at 81 francs ~
centimes. Prices were irregular on the
Bourse.
Berlin, April 12-Prices were generally
firm on the Boersc.
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY MARKET. Money on call opened
81 per cent: highest. - per cent lowest,
2 per cent: closing. per cent: ruling rate,
% per cent Time money was in such
light demand that concessions In rates
were made IN an effort 70 induce borrowing.
Rates were 2i2 per cent for sixty days, "a
per cent for ninety days, 8 per cent for
four. five and six months. and %t4i per
cent for over the year. Mercantile paper
remained inactive. because of the limited
supply in hands Of brokers. Rates. 3tidr4
per cent for sixty and ninety days Endorsed
months single names and 500 per cent
for others.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE. - The foreign
exchange market opened Hrmer with rates
up 10 10 points 10 4 $500 e655 for cables.
sS3G04 sS35 for demand sterling and 4.%0
4sr0 for sixty-day bills. Short francs were
quoted at SO less 1-32 and short reichs-
marks at 95ls less 1-32. The market closed
firm.
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DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.-BoSto lOc
discount: Chicago. zoe premium; san Fran
cisco sight &C. telegraph &c; New orleans.
commercial 25c discount. bank 81 premium
s. Louis. 3pc premium bid 40c asked; Sa-
vannah, buying 3-lGc discount. selling par
Ninnea polls roc premium.
BANK CLEARINGS. -- New York. eX-
changes $295.As or. balances sl452Is2l; bal
timore. exchanges S5,2j31& balances Ss1,-
097. Boston. exchanges S-S21,SS2, balances
50 ~. 223: Philadelphia, exchanges $3.50 go,
balances s. s0l. sd; Chicago. exchanges
SIS se01ie balances A,l-6.2i0
SILVER MARKET.-COmmerc bar SILL
yer. 6SLc. Mexican silver dollars. 4Jc. Bar
silver closed in London at q 1880. an ad-
vance Of lied.
GOLD PREMrUM.-In Madrid. S.o0' LIS
bon. II.
MEXICAN EXCHANGE-Mexi ex-
change on New York is quoted at 20l12
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS. - Receipts
from customs yesterday were Hl5'Sf; III
rcrnal revenue. including corporation tax,
sfS3.i23. and miscellaneous, Slls@D, total
OF 1853 20. against total expenditures on
ordinary account OF S3.l0s097. For the
month 10 date ordinary receipts have been
s1f Sc. gsS and ordinary expenditures N8AO,-
Gil The EXCESS Of expenditures was $3,l14'-
rsceints have been SIT SO ,oG. against 500
css 225 in the same period oi 1910. ana oidl-
nary expenditures SJls.Gl20j9. against 500, b.
S5 in in 1910 the excess OF receipts amount
ing to $iITG55, compared with an excess or
exrenditures last year or Mo,ZW.=I'. IN
Guiding Panama Canal account ana Pu Ion.
debt. tho excess Of all expenditures over
receipts since July l amounted 10 S.l,1y1 $40,
eoafnsf an excess in the corresponding
period a year ago Of Sici3S,A8
SUB TREASURY - The Sub Treasury
was debtor TO the Clearing House S1.S9i.SA
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MEETINGS.
OFFICE OF
THE CLEVELAND AND PIITsBt KUN
RAILROAD COMPANY. ,
NOTICE
STOCK nERS' MEETING

STOCKHOLDERS ME- ~ 49,,
\ spscial meeting Of the stockholders or Inc
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad company
IS hereby called 10 be held at the prlhClpa.5
Trus, Building. Cleveland. Ohio. on the lSth
dav OF June 4. D. 1911. at ten O'Clock a. NJ
At said meeting there Will be submitted 70
the Stockho lders for their consideration ana
action the question OF an increase OF the Capi-
tai Stock az the Company from twenty two
Million Dollars 1927. oOOO00), its present author
ized amount. 70 Forty Million poilars 's4o'-
600 OOO). and other appropriate subjects.
said additional stock is 20 be issued 70 me
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company Lessee or ms
Com pany's property. in accordance Win the
requirements Of the Lease Of The Cleveland
and Pittsburgh Railroad TO said The PennsyI-
vania Railroad Company dated OCTOBER -oth'
1871. 49,,
stockholders OF record at the close OF ous'-
ness April 18th. 1e11 will he entitled 10 one
vote for each share owned.
CHARLES IANIER. ROBERT e. TOD.
HENRY c RANNEY EDWIN r. PERKINS,
FRANK + JONES w. r. NARNER'
A%DPFV SQUIRE JOSEPH WOOD.
n DARLINGTON r. ?. SMITH,
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OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

Trading In the market for outside securi-
ties continued quiet and while some irregu-
iarity developed at the outset. around MD
day a decidedly flrmer tendency set IN on.
nr,ced ,ndustrials moved within narrow
limits. Intercontnental Rubber advanced
" American Tobacco after gain OF a
point, receded Standard OIL ruled nrhi'
t,on On a little more animation. The cop
per stocks in general were quiet and about ns
Unchanged The Porcupine issues We're Iess
active but steady. Erie per cent no HeS
ruled strong Western Pacific 5s receded
si,gh,,y ConsoIdated Rubber Tire As ad-
ya1ced a full point. Hudson ManhatiIan
Il,s i3s and Erie D per cent notes - De-
tailed operations follow
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THE CLEVELAND PlTTsBIRGH X. r, co.

=
Cleveland Ohio April G. 1911.
THE ANNUAL. MEETING OF STOCK
HOLDERS of The Cleveland and Pittsburgh
railroad Company. for the election Of Di-
rectors and for the transaction q such other
business as may come before them. will be
held az the Office Of the Company IN Cleve-
land. Ohio. on Thursday. May 18th, 1911. at
ten o'clock A VI. Stockholders OF record ct
the close OF business April 18th. 1911, viii be
Untitled to one. vote for each share.
J. + KLOSS. Secretary.
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DIVIDEND NOTICES.
pay.As.YOusEnter Car Corporation
80 CHURCH STREET.

New York. March 2s, 1911.
The Board Of Directors have this day de-
olared quarterly dividend Of ONE AND
THREE-oUARTERS PER CENT. G%0o on
the Preferred stock Of this Company, PAYABLE
April To- 1911, 70 stockholders Of record at
the close OF business April 10, 1911. Checks
will be mailed by the standard Trust Com
90. WM 4. KERR. Asst Treasurer.
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INACTIVE STOCKS.

The following were the last actual sales
and the closing quotations for stocks In
which there were no transactions yesterday
on the New York Stock Exchange:
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BOSTON CURB STOCKS.

FURNISHED by j. Thomas Reinhard,. No IS
Broad street, New York. No "a Devonshlre
street. Boston. and No 16 King street West.
Toronto Canada
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co.

dividend Of Two Dollars per share Will be
paid on SATURDAY. April 18th, 1911 70 stock
FRIDAY. March 31st 1871
WM r. DRIVER. Treasurer.
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EQUIPMENT BONDS AND
CAR TRUSTS.
Maturing lBIl-EI
,r,rr,sh.d By swartwout & Appenzellar. No. 40
streetl

Interest
Nan. Maturity. yield.
Atlantic Coast Line p c. l9ll.li:.. - ~
Ruff Roch & Pitts 4-4is y G: ulo-.'' - 80
central OF Ga AS p c. l9ll..lI...'.. -
Central OF y Up c, l9il-l!...'''.. -
Ches a. Ohio p e, 1911 I....:::..'. - -
chic 4. Alton 4Ii2-5 p c. l9ll-. H. -
chic & East III 49, p :. 19ll-' i! -. 8 ~
CHIC r. | * Pac 4ie-G c, i9ll- ID. - ~
ON Ham & y 4ia-5 p c, l9ll-2O ..... o,3 "a
nei & Hudson iig , c, W. - -
tr,a 4 tIz-5 p c. iei1I1T.,.....:::... % -
Hooking Valley 4-ils :: i9llnlS'. "a
hudson & Manhat p c. lsil H. D., "a,
x q n, ! d VI ~ . c. 1911. -. - 9t ~
Kan CITY Southern IA p e. lell, TO- D -
ehigh Valley i-4is p c. lell-l6...' -
Missouri Pacific . p c. l9ll-ll....... pa ~
Mobile & Ohio "a c. 1oll-l6::: -
Y central Lines p c. lDii- y -
Eorfolk & Western p C. lbll-. TO-. 80
pennsyivania 3ia-i c. 1911 II. ..... - -
{, l. g. : f 4-4is-5 p c. 1nli'i!. .... "a ~
do guar \ & p C. 19ll- =. -
seaboard Air Line AIS p c. l9ll-'li.. ., ~
Southern ny 3ia4-4is y C.. lell-'2l.. 80 80
Virzinian Ry p c. 1911 lo.......... - -,
wabash ~ C, l9llr2l .....:.:... 33 "a
wheel a l. Erie as c. 1914 '22...
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PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.

FURNISHED by Charles d. Barney e. Co. No. p
Broad street. New York. and No. 10 South
4'b street PHILADELPHIA
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NEW YORK CITY BONDS.
FURNISHED by W. n. Coler & Co. No. a cedar
street,
accrued interest to be aide,
BALTIMORE STOCKS

Coupons interchangeable tRecis,,r.a .cou-
pons sRegistered and coupons 'N0"-
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BOSTON STOCKS.

FURNISHED by n. l., Day e. Co., No 81 WA
s'reef(
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SECURITIES AT AUCTION.

The following securities were sold yester,
day at auction at the Exchange salesroo''i
nv Adrian r. Muller e Son:
By order Of william NJ Hoes, puoiic ADMINS
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Incorporated 1884
A Designated Depository

BY order of the United
States District Court, this
Company is designated De-
positary for Bankrupt Estates
Receivers and Trustees in
Bankruptcy may deposit funds
either at the Main Office, -
Nassau Street, or at the Fifth
Avenue Branch, Fifth Avenue
and 43rd Street.
Guaranty Trust Company
of New York
Capital and Surplus, $23,00o,o0o
Deposits -. l33,000,000
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CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

ssells cents per share. tOcd lots.
The evening world., 1911-05-10


ity stood about under the dingy roof ~
the PLATFORM: and the wind across the
haroor brought 4 refreshing aroma OF
tidal mud and dead clans. 1t occurred
to me that my collar was rather sticky
on tho inside.
walked the platform tanning myself
with my hat. ] bought cigarettes. mag
asines and a shine. ! explored the sta
ton. scrutinizing faces and searching
vainly for matters OF interest. 7 eX-
hsusted my resources in filling up ht-
teen minutes. n the hand OF the cleo
trio clock seemed as tremulous with In
decision a. Il had before been terky
with haste. Nothing happened. Moth
ing would happen or could happen any
where. Romance was dead.
Fee. scraped: a bell clattered: then.
breathing flame and smoke. and with
Q shrek that would have put ST. George
TO utter cout. the down express rumo,ed
between me and the sky, and ground
hNa Why 10 q stands:ill. And there,
framed IN the Wild Pullman window,
was q sacs that altered all the colOrs
OF the day. II sent me back among
sleigh bells and holly.
Not that I had known her well: but
the week OF intimate gayety at a Christ
mas Gus party had shown her 80
oWeety merry, 50 wei ltNlll'itu III
hear. and brain II body, that tho sight
Of her removed pleasant memories. like
the reopen!nE OF a familiar book. She
was smiling now. not a. me, but WITH
the same humorously penslve little
smile tina ! remembered. that seemed
to come wholly from within and TO
summarize her outlook upon the world.
Her dark brows were lifted In cool
and friendly interest as she lanced
over tho comfortless crowd. and al
though ] was now somewhat more at
peace with tho world, end no longer
hot nor hurried. she seemed 10 mo to
cit there In the window OF her swelter-
ing car a thing aloof and apart. the
embodiment OF all unruffled daintinsss.
Her eyes found me and she nodded.
smli!ng. ] went forward eagerly. Here,
at least. In "A stufy and undressing
world was somebody cool. somebody
amusing. somebody / knew. | picked
UP my bag and ran up the steps TO her
car. As l came down the aisle she hals
ross and stretched out a welcoming
The evening world., 1911-05-10

ing out of the window and toying with
her chain. while l cursed myself for n
tactless c~lodhopper without the sense to
avoid a danger sign.
Then I found myself wondering what
this trouble could be that by the mere
touch OF an accidental allusion could
strike the Joy out of n creature 80 nat
urally radiant. Whatever Il q 10
had come upon her within the last six
months. or the chances OF our Christ
mas week had been %singularly free from
reminders OF II. Could there be possl-
bly, any connection between II and tina,
chain with Its hidden pendant? Or was
Il only by accident that her hand went
to n In her moments OF b~rooding7 I
seemed 20 have noticed the chain be-
fore, and her habit OF playing with u In
idlencss. but | could not be sure.
She reused herself presently. and the
talk went on, though with an under
current OF discomfort. For my part. I
was stNl %repentlng my clumslness; and
she. i suppose. felt annoyed at having
shown 80 ~palpahly an emotion which
she had not Intended for my eyes. 80
that. in spite Of regrc. FOR the sp-
preaching end OF tho adventure. I was
hardly sorry when our arrival at Stam-
ford supplemented speech with action.
Are you expecting IN ono 20 meet
you7" 7 asked. as the platform emptied
and left rs standing alone.
NO, they didn't know what train I
was coming on. But there's tho trolley
now. And It's your car. too; that Is. II
you're stih going 10 the Ains'ics'."
\ abort open car. with an air ~ put
ting It's wheels close together In order
N buck. squcakcd around tho curve and
took us aboard When Wa were we'll
lndar rsay m eFArt I.,.~s p,.. n
around the corner Of tho station on an
unsteady run and pursued n little dis
lance with irHrticulate shoutlngs and
violent gestures. We were too far ON
to see him very distinctly. but I thought
he had somehow q foreign look, and
unless my ears were at fault he was
curslng ~ In Italian.
We left him standing in the middle
OF tho road, shaking his fist and mop
ping his face with n red handkerchief.
There was only ono other passenger
IN the car. a fattlsh woman with blond
hair. who sat at tho further end, hut
for all that II could hardly he called
either a private or n comfortable con-
veyaucc. There was n badly n~nttencd
wheel forward which banged and iolted
abominahly. and the motormau, instead
OF running slowly on that account
seemed possessed ~ a speed mania In
duceJ by artificial happiness. lie bumped
over crossings aud rocked around
curves at an alarming rate. accompany
Ing the performance with occasional
snatchcs OF nng while tho conductor.
balanced on the back platform. read a
newspaper and chewcd a tOothpick with.
out paying the slightest attention.
Where We ran for a long stretch alons
the highway an automobile came along
The evening world., 1911-05-10
oA New York Romance of a "Sumner GfrTs''

nothing more interesting to DO. Then
my train was late and I should have
missed my steamer anyway and-and
then you came along and I thought I
might just as we'll make the most OF
the situation. Now I can 20 down and
tell the Ainslies they want to see me
md all will be we'll"
Men," said Miss Tabor, "usuaiiy hnd
q logical reason for what they do on
Impulse. without IN reason at an"
And tho proof that women alwNys
act reasonably" I retorted. 'is that
they never give you the reason"
Instead OF taking that for the nippancy
Il was. she thought about II for some
minutes: or else IL reminded her OF
something.
Besides" I went on. this 10 an I'D
venture. as far A. Il goes; q little one,
II you like. but sull with all tho ear
marks Of romance. II was unexpected.
and It Hts into itself perfectiy-all the
parts OF the scene match like a picture.
puzxls-and Il happened through . mix
ture Of chance and the taking OF
chances. It's juWt that s%nstchinx ut
casual excitement that makes things
happen TO people"
"Don't things enough happen - pscpis
without their seeking them out2' she
asked.
Not N most people: ana not ncwN-
days. ~ they ever did.'
II don't think anything very much
has ever happened 10 you." she said
slowly.
well" said 7. TIN not pretending
to be Ulysses: and you've reminded me
Of my tender age % often that 1 can
hardly forget It in your presence. But
have had q few exciting moments.
and I want more. I don't care whether
they are pleasant or moi. so LONG a. I
come safe out OF them somehow. They'll
pay for themselves with the gold Of
memory"
'"That's just what I mean" she re-
turned. You talk about things rs II
the only question of Importance were
whether they are exciting. One looks
at books that way. and pictures. and
things that are not real. A momen,
ago you put highwa ymen in the same
class with inns n goose girls. Do
you suppose any one that was actually
held up and robbed OF his fortune
would think OF the robbery as merely
q pleasant thriil7'
"Td rather be robbed by Q highway.
man than by a railroad. anyway. Al
tho worst. ia have had a run for ny
money"
She went on without smiling: "And
even trains run OF the track some.
times. DO you think q would en-.
JOY the memory OF a railroad accident
even ic YOU weren't urt YOURSELF
Perhaps not. But there's anothe,
disadvantage OF the train. It's 40 reg
ular and mechanical that II anything
does 20 wrong there In an ugly smash
It's tho same way with modern PEG
pie. Most of us live such an ordinary
habitual life that if we get thrown m
the track we're likely to break UP alto
scther.".
| la struck the wrong motto again
Tho light went out In her face, a.
cloud-shadow darkens n sunny field
and she looked away without answer.
ing. Not to make my mistake worse by
taking notice OF Il. I said: AFTER all
what should we do II things Away,
went smoothly and there weren't any
adventures"
She said quietly:
I'VE might be normal and wholesome
and comfortable" and continued look
The evening world., 1911-05-10

wasn't there another passengerS"
/ gasped. I had absolutely forgotten
the other woman.
She was lying noe far from ~
little hollow OF tho long grass. and For
tho omc ! thought that she vas
dead. The sallow. foreign lace vas
yellow white. the plump hands Wpre
rrlpped. az II In Soma past ocnvuiSvc
agony. above her hfad. Ind this sams
muscular rigidity Seemed 20 underiie
anonymously every ~fornniess linz OF
tho nabby body.
Miss Tabor's hand trcmbisd upon my
avn. - you think that she-tbst she
II dcad" she Whispered.
! stopped to the womAn's wr.st. The
pulse camc family with q dull throb
that was unbcllcvablv slow. tf
But as I still fumbled tho pulpy hAnd
caught mine In n grin that made mo
vince. tho bloodless lips stirred IN n
shuddcring moan. and without opening
her eyes She spoke. ~
1T II hard. hard she said. there IA
too much light. VIII some one turn
down tho light" A long %convuisivs
trcmor ran over the entire body and the
hand In mine struggled In anguisA
Co BE ContinuedD
The evening world., 1911-05-10

ms. Then she sat up very straight and
a little apart. busying herself about her
dress. giving n practised touch TO her
hair and the laces NJ her neck and
smoothlng the scarcely rufflcd brcadths
OF her skirt.
! gazed out across ~ meadow to
where three black and white lows
stood slcepllv lnee deep In n small pool.
\ meadow lark rose n crossed tho
field In %crratic. waverinR night. \ littlc
cloud tempered h brightness and
passed.
"What happcncdT' shc asked softly
at last.
I pointed "a whore tho trolley lay
towering bchind nor.
She lost color q little and sprang 10
her feet. then she turned TO ma laugh
tng
II never saw anything look 90
ashamed OF ita~'' In my llfe.' shc said.
speak 10 Il kindly. Mr.. Crosby. It
can't lie there with It's feet In the air
forever"
| shook my head ruefuily. ~ am
afraid that II will have to stay there
FOR tho afternoon. at least
But how are we-how am I-golng 20
get home? Where are tho crew. and
The evening world., 1911-05-10

IL ever conscious OF success At h time.
I'm going there myself she said
suddenly. isn't this a coincidence"
Easily that. Let mo amend the
word and cali u-a d~spensation. But
appearances are against you. You
ought to be going to a lawn party-in
a dogcart."
81 wonder where you ought to be 60
ing" she unused. Probably to the
British Museum TO dig up q lot Of dad
authors that everybody ought TO know
about and nobody reads"
This was altogether too near the
truth. IL didn't know you lived In
Stamford" I said. You appeared last
Christmas In the character Of q daugh-
ter OF Gotham. Wasn't there an an
cestor OF yours who went to see In .
bowie
Her smile faded as II q ifeht hsd
ono out in her. After a pause she
answered YEARLY: We've only been
in Stamford a few months We had
always lived In town before"
We looked out OF the window for a
few moments in silence. while I formu-
lated a nasty hypothesis of financial
reverses which had driven the family
from their city home. and registered a
resolution TO avoid the uncomfortable
subject. SUI. I reflected, the lower
shore Of the Sound Is not precisely the
resort OF impoverished pride. Had l
touched upon some personal sorrow OF
her own She was not in mourning.
Yet as she lay back in the green chair.
one hand ~llstless in her Jap. the other
twisting at the slender chain that ran
about TIER neck and lost itself IN the
bosom Of her gown. the fringe Of ner
eyelid clear against the soft shadows OF
49, .s.p1x y lrnl t.. - ~N-n-stta-
OF the enchanted princess bound by evil
spells in some dark castle OF despair.
And Immediately. with a surge OF abb
surd valor. I saw myself stridinG. sword
In hand. across the drawbridGs 10 blow
the brazcn horn and do battle with the
enchanter.
"You might have gons 70 some ro-
mantle place" she suggested. Three
months would hardly be time enough
for the Far East. but you might have
tried Russia or tho Mediterranean"
That's just tho point" I returned.
Romance and adventure don't depend
on time; they only depend on people.
If you're the kind Of person things hap
pen TO you can have adventures on
Fifth avenue. II you're not, you might
walk through all the Arabian Nights and
only feel bored and uncomfortable. II
all depends upon turning out OF your
way to pick up surprises. You're walk
ing In the wood and you see something
that looks like = root peeplrg out from
between the rocks. Well. X you're the
right kind OF person you1l catch hold
of It and pull. II may he only a root:
or 4. may be the tail OF n dragon. And
IN that case you ought 10 thank Heaven
for excitement, even II you're scared
to death"
BY this time I almost believed in my
! own explanation. But Miss Tabor did
not seem particularly impressed.
She put on the voice and manner OF a
child of ten. "You must be awfully
brave TO like being afraid of things
she lisped: then with a sudden change
Of tone. Mr.. Crosby. suppose-only for
the sake OF argument-that you're max
ing this up as you 20 along and tha'
you did know perfectly well where yot
were going. where do YOU think yot
would have gone
Then I gave up and explained. "I wa.
going to Europe to study" I said. "foi
no better reason than that had