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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-12-05

But It's out OF season." she de-
clared. promptly.
THAT makes small difference with
q poacher."
Her belief In her ability to lead me
to the tree Of which we were In quest
was not unfounded. Twice she paused
and peered In between the gray
trunks which grew close to our path;
once she took step of the trail.
bending in keen-eyed search OF Ger
tain familiar landmarks. These were
the only Interruptions to what was
otherwise straight march to the
goal.
When. at length, we reached 1t. she
identified 1t beyond question. and l
had little difficulty in finding the nail
from which the piece Of canvas had
been suspended. 1t was one Of thin
wire. with very small head. driven
into the tree at a distance Of about
four and a half feet from the ground.
Just beneath 1t found four scatter
ing bullet holes. with the bullets too
deeply embedded to be extracted with
so poor tool as pocket knife.
From this II was evident that the
shots had been fired at comparative
ly short range. as indeed they must
have been, seeing that the trees here
grew so thickly as to make impossi-
bic any very extended line OF sight
upon the target.
Somewhat to Evelyn's perplexity ]
began making a careful inspection OF
the ground, not only about the tree,
but as far away from It as the range
Of vision extended.
What are you looking for?" she
demanded, with show of concern,
and. l thought. a little peevishly.
Footprints" / answered laughing.
Behold the American Sherlock"
Have you found any?"
only Cinderella" and that put
her in good humor.
But l found something of much
more importance than the indenta-
tons of shoe soles. l found 1t very
near the foot OF the tree, just below
where the painting had hung. 1t was
half hidden by underbrush. and at
first mfstook 1t for stone. Unob-
served by Evelyn. l slipped 1t into my
pocket.
After ALL" I said to her. there's
not very much to be learned here. is
there!"
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CHAPTER v.
Found Dead.


My motor boat. which had been
| running swiftly and smoothly, with
the least possible clamor from the ex-
haust, suddenly missed a stroke and
then, after a succession of choking
sobs, ceased all effort. and gradually
losing Roadway. drifted idly with the
tide.
We'll done. Jerry" whispered
from my seat in the stern to the cap
able young Irishman who was bend.
ing over the motor-whispered, be-
cause, as all the world knows, the
water is sounding board. and I had
no intention Of permitting any one
on shore to hear my words Of APP
proval.
To all appearances the motor had
broken down. and we were voyagers
in distress.
THE tides settin' in" murmured
Jerry. Unless miss me guess. it'll
land us on his beach inside o. FIVE
minutes. sir"
The slender scallop Of a new moon
had set an hour before, but the night
was luminously clear, and the stars
blazed with an almost southern efful-
gence There was very little breeze
and the waters Of the Mianus were
scarcely rippled. The air was chill.
however, though now and then there
came to us warm breath from the
fields which all day long had lain bak-
ing In the fervent sunshine. Along
the shore to our left we caught the
CLINT OF lights from the summer cot
tages.
To Jerry Rooney every inch OF the
little bay and river was familiar
Each light was for him landmark;
and SO, as much by intuition as care
full calculation. he had clogged the
engine at a point whence, taking
tide and current into consideration,
we might count upon drifting to the
water end OF Artist Murphy's lawn.
As we drew nearer and he stealth
lily pointed out to me the location. I
was able to descry a little grove OF
trees, black In the starlight, making
horizontal barrier across the limit
ed enclosure, and hiding. like a rope
portiere, the bungalow from the riv-
er. Through this no lights penetrated.
and began to doubt that, after all
my pains. I should find at home the
object Of their taking.
A catboat, with sail wrinkling In
the uncertain breeze. glided by us. al
most too near for comfort. and we
caught sentence. two sentences, In
fact. from the conversation Of the
occupants:
Nobody knows him." in clear. ring
ing masculine tones; and, Hes
handsome, II he Is surly." In a wom-
ans voice.
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CHAPTER ".
The Chinese Servant.

Four o'clock found me rapping al
the door of Cragholt Lodge Consid
ering that II was built thirty-five
years ago by one of the Townsbury
family who probably read English
novels but had never been nearer to
England than Coney Island, II pos
sessed a surprising picturesqueness
due In large part to its covering OF
dark English Ivy.
l had anticipated my appointment
with Evelyn by full hour: for l
wished to question old Romney, the
lodge keeper; and the questions were
not for milady's ear.
He opened to me promptly. in per.
son, this odd. rugged old man, with
his scanned brow and great shock of
iron-gray hair and beard. He was In
his shirt sleeves. but on seeing me
he reached for his coat. which hung
on a peg beside the door.
Never mind the coat, Romney."
said. don't make yourself uncom-
Portable on my account. It's a warm
afternoon"
ut is warmish, sir" he assented;
but despite my protest he was thrust
Ing his arm into the coat sleeves.
ITS been an uncommon hot Septem.
Der. Won't you step inside, sir?'
He knew his place too well to indi-
cate any surprise at my visit: yet /
felt he must be curious over an event
so unusual E
II have an inquiry or two to make,
Romney." told him, as, accepting
his suggestion, ] stepped into his
cosy. old-fashioned sitting room. 81
heard some shooting over this way
this morning. and I've been wonder
ing whether the game laws weren't
being broken"
He placed cushioned rocking
chair for me, and ! sat down.
Now did you hear that, too, Mr.
Clyde?" he asked. Frightening, as he
leaned against the low sill OF one OF
the daintily curtained windows.
Twas about ten o'clock. sir; little
after, maybe was doin' a bit OF
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The sailors broad collars were de-
vised so that the powder or tar on the
wearer's queues should not come on
on the blouse. In the old days every
sailor wore his hair in queue and
either had the queue powdered or held
together by tar. This was not good
for the blouse or jacket underneath.
So. detachable broad collars were add
ed. Sailors stopped wearing queues
century ago. But they still wear the
wide collar. When Lord Nelson died
the British navy went into mourning
for him. Sailors put broad black rib
hons on their caps and black ribbons
on their blonses. And the ribbons re-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-12-05

The monocle has long since been
out OF fashion in England. and is soon
to disappear from Paris. which has
been its last stronghold. II was in
vented by Dutch dandy. and it's evil
effects upon the eye were at once
noted by oculists. The monocle first
appeared at the congress OF Vienna
In 1914, when 1t was worn by its In
ventor. One folly, at least, has had
only about century of life
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CHAPTER iII-(contInued).

CHAPTER lII-(contInued).
There are two ways OF looking at
It," replied. my eyes fixed on the
canvas and Its perforations. AT first
glance It does seem spiteful; but then
there Is a chance that It Is not icono-
clasm, after all. 1t may be, you know,
Just the reverse. have not infre-
quently seen portraits that were 30
unjust to the originals that they fair
ly cried out for destruction"
But this IL not one like that" she
retorted. This seems to me q very
good portrait. I am sure Uncle Rob-
ert must have looked exactly like 1t.
ten years ago."
ALAS, we do not all see with the
same eyes," assured her. smiling.
Tho destroyer may have looked on 1t
az a caricature, not having your cul-
tured taste In art" held II on at
arms length. and after regarding 1t
critically for moment between half
closed lids, continued. DO you think
you could point out the Identical tree
to which 1t was nailed?"
II could try" was her answer.
is It fart"
mot very. A mile, from here. pos
sibly. Over the ridge"
Near anything In particular
Near the trail which leads up from
the trout stream to the entrance drive
not far from tho Lodge"
when will you take me there"
asked.
For Just an instant she hesitated.
I'VE might go now" she replied, III
Il weren't that am expecting Celia
Ainslee for luncheon. Suppose We say
i've o'clock You can meet me at the
Lodge. It's a short walk from there. "
"Fine!" l approved. thrusting the
portrait head beneath my arm and
taking possession of both her white
gloved hands. Slender and shapely
hands, yet wonderfully capable.
"Good-by!" she cried, laughing
Take care Of my uncle" with a
glance towards her punctured find.
"Good-by!" returned, releasing
her. "Your uncle shall have my most
faithful concern"
The real significance OF the words
she. Of course. did not comprehend
But as | stood watching her until a
turn in the path EMBODIED her from
my sight, their echo. ringing In my
ears, impressed me with their preg
nancy. Her uncle was evidently the
focal point of crafty and vengeful
conspiracy. the seriousness Of which
had been foolishly endeavoring to
minimize; and as such he was In
need. not only Of my concern. but OF
all the loyal. energetic, and efficient
aid OF which ! was capable.
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O. ga5sssass1SSS gI5k sszsaSzaa %
O. sSJSG egS o. SssSssssz9asss %
When Every Sailor Wore a Queue

main to this day, not only on the uni
forms of British sailors. but on those
of other navies as cell. The broad
bell shaped" ends Of sailors trouser
legs were thus shaped so that the
wearer might more easily turn his
trousers up above his knees when he
had to swab the decks. Deck swab.
bling was hateful and supposedly de-
grading task. Hence the sailors called
their enemies "swabs" as a term OF
contempt
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: HORACE
HAZELTINE
SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron. capitalist. consults
Philip Clyde, newspaper publisher re-
gardfng anonymous threatening letters he
has received. The first promises sample
OF the writer's power on certain day:
On that day the head Is mysteriously cut
from a portrait of Cameron while the lat
ter Is In the room. Clyde has theory
that the portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head later
removed by means of a string. unnoticed
by Cameron. Evelyn Grayson. Cameron.
niece, with whom Clyde Is In love, finds
the head of Cameron's portrait nailed TO
tree. where 1t was had been used as a
target.
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More than one man has failed In life
simply because he persisted In having
spats and In wearing them
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WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

In this age of research and experiment all nature
10 ransacked BY the the comfort and hap
plnessof man Science has indeed made giant strides
IN tho past century, and among the-by no means
least Observation-Disclosures in medicine Is that OF
Therapion. which has boon used with great In
French Hos tals and that IL worthy the
Of those who suffer from kidney, bladder nervous
diseases chronic weaknesses ulcers, skin eruptions
piles &C., there 10 doubt In fnctit seems evident
from the big stir created amongst specialists that
IHeNAp1ON n destined 70 cast into oblivion all
those questionable remedies that formerly the
sole reliance OF medical men II IL of course mpos-
In this short article, but those who would like 70
know more about this remedy that has effected SO
mnny-we might almost say, mir cuious cures
should send sddressed enyeiope for FREE book %
London. Eng and decide Tor themselves whether tho
New French Remedy "rhGRAPioN" No l. No. 1
In vain during life of misery, suffering III health
mail ci.Oo Tougera Co. 10 Beefma Il. New Yort.
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PROPOSALS.

SEALED PROPOSALS FOR THE FOLLOWING
fuel for the United States Senate for the fiscal
year ending June 70. 1913 will be received al the
onice Of the serseantatAms Of the United States
Senate until l2 O'Clock noon on the I'D DAY OF
OCTOBER. 1872 and at that hour opened In the
presence Of those bidders who elect TO he present.
viz: 800 tons. more or less. best extra hard white
ash anthracite coal large furnace size: 3 tons
more or less same coal stove size: 8 tons fInore
less. same coal. chestnut size: ZOO bushels. more
or less. best hardwood charcoal: % cords. more or
less. best hickory wood. l6inch lengths: % cords
more less, bes. split pine wood. +foot lengths
Apply At the ofice Of the Sergeant Arms Of the
Senate for further information. ID. NJ RANSDEIL
sergeant-st-Arms. United States Senate.
seIl.Bz5octl
PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE
Bureau 1 Supplies and Aopunts. Navy Depart
rnent. Washington. ID. C.. until 10 O'Clock a. m
SEPTEMBER q. 1872, and publicly opened irnme-
diately thereafter. TO furnish at the navy yard.
Washington ID. C. a quantity Of naval supplies
follows: Sch. $50: Drnnber.-Sch. isll: Sheet steel
copper nrets &c. cotton straps. brass hasys. &c.
oxygen tanks Applications for proposals. should
designate the schedules desired by number. Blank
proposals will be furnished upon application to the
Bureau. T. J. coW1E. Psymsster-G General. U. s. n.
ee4il
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AUCTION SALES.
rHos. ,. OWEN . soN. Auc.iou..r..
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNI!
PROVED REAL. EaTAIE

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIM-
PROVED REAL ESTATE
By virtue Of three crrtain deeds of trust duly
recorded In Lfbef No. sol. Folio 100 ct seq.. Lber
s2is, at Folio ct sea.. and Liber 3lsl. at Folio
ct seq.. respectively Of The land records of the
District d Columbia and at the request Of the
party secured thereby. the undersigned trustees
win sell at public auction in the Office OF Thos.
]. Owen Son. ISL @ 81. n. W., on FRIDAY.
the nth day-of September. A. d. isl2 ut I
O'Clock p m. the following described land and
premises. situate IN the District Of Columbia and
Designated 10 and being lots IS and ls in Square
l7l3 in Fulton r. Gordons subdivision Of part Of
tract Of land called Chevy Chase." as said sub
division IA recorded In the Office Of the Surveyor
Of the District Of Columbia In County Book No. q,
Page No a; also lot 10 In Square 1850 and lots
10 and IL in Square rss; also lot I'm Square 1850
In the subdivision Of ''Connectcit Avenue Terrace
said Subdivision Is recorded in the oice Of the
Surveyor Of the District d Columbia in County
Book No. q, Page No. il Terms d sale: One
third OF the purchase money 70 be paid in cash.
balance In one and two years. with interest at s
per centum per annum. or all eash. at the option
Of the purchaser. deposit d sloo will be rs-
qured at time of sale. All conveyancng recording
&c. At cost Of purchaser. Terms Of sale TO be
complied within IS days H. d. GORDON. ROB
ERT E. HEATER. Trustees eod&dsIs
ROBERT Z. HEATER. Trustees eod-xS-lot
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RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUT

PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH
n. B.-Following schedule figures published only Is
information and not guaranteed
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON
For Atlanta. Montgomery. Mobile. New Orleans,
$50 q m. and lo:i5 ?. m daily. Dining ezr
For Chattanooga and Memphis via Asheyille. I:io
.. m. and 1910 p daily.
For Atlanta. Annistnn. birmingham. - 4 m and
8 p N. daily. Dining eax
For Atlanta. Anniston. TaIladera. Caiera sein,
s=5 q and as p m. daily. and for Uniontown.
Denopolis. MERRIAM. 800 daily. Dininx cars
For Roanoke Bristol Knoxville. Chattanooga
Birmingham. Meridian. vicksburv. New Orleans.
1910 p m. daily Dining ar
For Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattanooea. Nashville
Memphis. i:lO q m. daily. Sleeping car may be
occupied after lo1p .. m. Dining car
For AsheTille. so q m. SIS p N. and ioas p m
daily. Dining CARS.
For Columbia Summerilie. CHARLESTON. Aiken
Augusta. Savannah. Brunswick JscksouriIle and
Florida points. S s. n m. daily. Dining car
Tourist car for California daily except Sunday t1
p.
For DanVi1le local. % 4 m, daily
For Harisonburg. Sd a m. daily trarIor can
s28 p m. tparior carl. and 80 p n. week days
For Charlottesville UocaD. 30 a. m. and 80
p. m. daily.
For Warrrntou. So a m. roo q. m. 80 p N
daily: SIS p m. trarlor carl and As .. m week
aaS L. s. BROWN. General Agent.
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TIMING AND HEATING,

TIMING AND HEATING,
ROOF REPAIRING. GUTTERING, SCOUTING
low rateA GEO. Z. COX. ss C St. NV. NJ 1eL
KN0WLEs-sss2 N 81. nv. West SO. Roof repair
ing. guttering. and tpoutins. Get our estimatea
Jobbing and repairing guaranteed
q. N. YEATMAN. TINRooFING, REPAIRING,
&c. Prices right. 9Th 4 Nd Ave sw Phone NJ m
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THOMAS BOWLING & CO.. AactiooeeTs.

On WEDNESDAY. September II. 1871. at =
O'Clock p. m, will sell at public auction at the
Old Potomac School Building. Twelfth Street. be
tween Maryland Avenue and Streets Southwest.
one thousand school desks with chairs. assorted
sizes Sample desk and chair showing average con-
dition Of those offered for sale may be at the
above named school at any time prior to At time
OF sale Terms cash Furniture to be removed By
purchaser within fifteen days Failure to 80 remove
the purchase pricc will be forfeited and the furn-
ture will be disposed Of in such manner the Dis
trict may see ft. By order Commissioners ID. q.
NJ c. HARGROVE. Purchasing Onicer, d. G.
se9St
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CHESAPEAKE BEACH RWY.

Schedule Of excursion trains to and from Chess
reake Beach. effective SEPT. O. 1917. subject to
change without notice
SEPTEMBER TO I3 INCLUSIVE.
Going. leave District Line station At go II %
a m. 2:35 and so p m. Returning leave the
Beach. '6:5 a. m. 90 -2:lo and sos n m
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER H.
Going. leave District Line station go Ii:O a.
NJ, 235. $40. f5. and ea5 p m Returning leave
the Beach. SIS a. m. 100. -,lo. 665. 500. and
100 p. m.
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER Is
Going. leave District line station 80 lin +,
m. 2:5. 400. T55. and e35 n m Returning
leave the Beach. 100 a. m. loo. .2:Io. 500. g. 90
and 100 p. m.
Make local stops: running time IS minutes All
other trains make in co minutes
W. +. JONES President
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PEW sRooM BUNGALOW IN NORTHWEST
section; On car line. Price, $3.50; easy terms
iso choice lots BOX 81. Herald once.
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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO LINES

SIS p. m daly-slecpcrs to Louisville Cincinnati.
indianapolis. and St. Louis
SIS p. m. daily-PullInan to Cincinnati and Chicago
lilo p m daiiy-slespers to Va Hot Springs.
Cincinnati. and Louisville Cincinnati sleeper open
for occupancy. 10 p. m
Offices. SIS Pa Ave. l1a ST.. and Union Station
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EASTERN Shore
Dir e CT Rapid Transit
Service
esWia AmmaD@lSs''

For Claiborne, St Michaers, Royal Oak.
Easton. and all points on B. c. q A.
r. R to Ocean City leave w. B. & A
Station. Evans Building
800 A. N. Daily. except Sunday.
2.6 P. NJ. Daily. except Sunday.
7:05 A. NJ. Sunday
Direct service to and from Cambridge
and Oxford. Leave W. B. & A. Sta.
ton, Evans Building
4:os P. NJ. Daily, except Saturday and
Sunday.
Los P NJ Saturday and Sunday.
For return timetable call at W. B. q
A. r. r. office
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NORFOLK & WESTERN RWY.

NURFULk q WESTERN RWY,
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT AUG. II, 1872
Leave Washington. New Union Station
$50 "a. m Daily-An points on Norfolk and Western.
lofo p m. Daily-Roanoke Bristol winston-
Salem. Knoxville. Chattanoosa, Nashville. New
Orleans Through SLEEPER. Dining cars
40 a. m.-For Bristol, Knoxville. Chattanooea
Nashville. and MsmphiA Washington Memphis
sleeper open at 10 p. m
For Norfolk-Leave I'D a. m: arrive Norfolk
II 70 a. m. daily. Leave 121l noon; arrive Nor.
folk 5-D p. N. daily except Sunday. Leave 1901
noon: arrive Norfolk 80 p m. Sunday only.
Parfor cars
4.0 p. m. Daily-BeTryville. Luray. Elkton-
Trains from the Southwest arrive SIS q. m. 1910
p m. and l215 q. m daily.
All information Fourteenth Street and New YORK
Avenue Bond Building.
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WANTED-MISCELLANEOUS.

100 OLD FEATHERBEDs AND Pill
lows at once by the CAPITAL BED
DING CO. 1923 7th st. NV. Tel N. 52s.
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Laundry Finds Absent Wife

From the Kansas City Star
 T guess there have been lots of wives lost and lots of different ways of find ing them employed but so far as know l am the inventor of finding lost wives by means of a laundry" smiled a pom pous-looking man from Beatrice, Neb., at the Coates House. .'I guess it's because l am in the laundry business myself that I thought of the possibility of a laundry"
 1 have been out in Kansas and for a month my wife has been visiting a niece in Muskogee Okla. Today the niece de- parts for California. Last night she was to put my wife aboard train for Kansas City so that she would reach here at 9.10 o'clock this morning.. l met the train and my wife wasn't on it. She had no idea where to catch me by wire in Kansas City. and as hers niece broke up house. keeping week ago. I had no idea where to reach her down there. As she Is nearly blind it was very urgent that l meet her at the train When she failed to arrive on the train I met 1 was at a loss what to do.
 Finally happened to think that Speths laundry had a branch in Mus kogee l knew the manager of Speth s and I also know how well a laundry knows the town. So I had the manager of the laundry here to telegraph to the manager of the branch down there the full particulars of my case and ask him 10 locate my wife. A few hours later received this telegram telling me that she would be in at 10:i5 o'clock tonight How s that for a laundry?h
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shoal, engaging in the meanwhile in ejac- ulatons of obscenity and anathema.
 Above the mephitis of fetid pollution arose the gray dome of the "Alfandega" l custom house), it's gloomy outlines ac- centuated in silhouette against the yell low flare of the evanescent after glow and the soft angeus of the ancient Cande- laria floated over the pandemonium of vulgar ribaldry and mortal execration as | though breathing a benison of sweet peace and benign compassion.
 When the sunset bells had ceased their song and the sunset fires had gone, night closed in swiftly and silently upon the scene. The overwhelming brow of Cor eovado grew sombre, sad and scar, till, fading with the paling day it passed into the invisible as each ghostly peak of it's eompatriots. mingling with the falling shadow, stole one by one away, while from across the waters of Botafogo came the far flashing lights of the "Escola Militar," dancing upon the waves as ap- preaching phalanxes of spirits of flame
 The death rate had been exceedingly large that day, and the victims of yell low fever, unremitting in it's work of dec imation, had reached POO in number. Through the streets beccos and alleys the mortuary car of the Santa Casa da Mis- ericorda sroled with sruesome dispatch picking It's way in search of the already decomposing cadavers.
 Death held high carnival, yet Rio de Janeiro with with its population of nearly l,0000o0 souls smiled grimly at the pass ing cortege. From the Italian quarter came the passes of the dance and sounds of merry making, the wild measures of the rondo and voice of the violin Cafe, botiquim and vaudeville rang with their harlequinades, revelry and mirth while the night air was sonant with the dole full music of the casache vendors organ and graveolent with the fumes of the ubiquitous cigarette. From the marbled mansions of the palace lined Larangeiras came the soft notes of harp and mando-
 lin, the dulcet sweets of zthern and senoro's laughter, and the lights of the brilliantly llumined salons of the aristo- cratic Praias Flamengo and Vermelha twinkled toward the sea only to be du- plicated by lanterns of festooned barges and boats floating dreamily on each placid cove and tiny estuary.
 Frivolty snapped her fingers in the face of the grim reaper and defiantly bade him do his worst folly courted pes- tilence with the assiduty of the roue and the curtain of temporary oblivion had been rung down upon sorrow. suffering and disease, for abandon held the boards