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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
News Notes of Wisconsin.

! Marinette.-It took the combined eff
forts of three officers at Oconto Falls.
to overpower John Micka, a resident
of that city, who dragged his wife;
through the streets by the hair When
! Marshal William Lemorande tried to-
arrest Micka he pulled revolver, but
it was knocked from his hand before
! he could shoot.
kenosha.-Mrs. Rosa Ebele fell dead
in local hotel while trying to pre-
vent fight between her husband and
! Otto Carlson, who, it was alleged, had
insulted her. Physicians declared
Mrs. Ebele died from heart disease
brought on by excitement
Eagle Rlyer-Posto1ice inspectors
checking up the books of the Eagle
River postoffice report to have found
irregularities and an apparent short
age of S1,960.
Neenah.-Mrs. Mary A. Tanner
aged 81 years, and well known
throughout the Fox river valley, died
here Of grippe and heart trouble.
| New Richmond.-The 500 line has
| purchased tract of land and will
erect new passenger station here.
| La Crosse.-The state bank of La
! Crosse, organized in 1879, will remove
! into new and larger quarters on the
principal corner of the business dis
trict
Menomonie.-Oyer2 200 employees of
| the Hydraulic Press Brick are out on
| a strike, demanding an increase of
| 80 cents a day for nine hours.
efferson-Elroy Groll, aged IA,
drowned while fishing with comrade.
near the municipal lighting plant dam
| here.
! Marinette.-A fVe-passenger tour
ing car purchased four days ago by
Sheriff c.. A. Budlong, was partially
destroyed by fire when the acetylene
/ lighting tank exploded as the lights
were being lit.
La Crosse.-Mrs. Anna Lepsch, 76
years old, was run down by milk
wagon while the driver was sorting
bottles and sustained injuries which
will prove fatal.
New Richmond.-Hotel Richmond.
the second new large modern hotel to
be opened to the public in New Rich
mond within six months, is receiving
guests.
Madison.-Although the legislative
committee which visited the state
charitable and penal institutions made
an unfavorable report on the plan to
place the industrial school for girls
under the state board of control, an
effort will be made to pass bill over
the committees recommendation.
Oshkosh.-S. S. Hill of Ripon, fell
to the sidewalk in this city and was
taken to the police headquarters,
where he expired. Heart trouble is
/. said to be the cause.
Wausau.-Theodore Pike of Soho
field was fined SIS and costs fer tax
ing fish within 200 feet of a dam.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
WILSON SPEAKS IN JERSEY
Asks for Organic Law Change and
Demands Jury Reform.

DEMANDS Jury Reform.
Newark, N J.. May 3.-President
Wilson battled hard in two speeches
at Newark and Elizabeth on Thurs
day to wrest New Jersey politics from
what he termed resumption of con-
troll by Jim Nugent and the old po-
litical machine"
Great crowds, frequent Interruptions
of applause and demonstrations of ap-
prevail greeted the president. He
pleaded for the calling of a constitu-
tional convention and for taking from
the sheriffs the power to draw men for
jury service. He said a non-partisan
commission should perform that func-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
China 90 Nav 9 1913

Chicago May 3, 1878.
Cattle-Beeves, 7.20@S9O; stockers.
and feeders, 6.10@8.OO; COWS and heif-
ers, 3.90Q8.25; calves, 6.25@9.25.
Hogs-Light, 8.SO@910; heavy, 1856
@S.6O; rough, S.10@S.25; pigs, $40
$3.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
LAWFUL TO BEAT AFFINITY
Milwaukee Court UphoIds Wife in At
taek on aOtber wopoanD

MILWAUKEE, SOufl - pfOiuS HitC III ~
tack on "Other Woman"
Milwaukee, May 3.-That affinities
have no standing in Milwaukee courts
and that married women have a right
to beat them became known in the
district court when Miss Annette
c. Meyers was banished from the city
and Mrs. E. D. Mickle was found not
guilty of a charge Of assault and bat
terry.
After many futile attempts to per-
suade Miss Meyers to discontinue her
attentions, Mrs. Mickle, dressed al
most in rags, it is alleged, knocked
Miss Meyers to the pavement and
tore the stylish clothing which Miss
Meyers wore into shreds.
Mis- Meyers then had Mrs. Mickle
arrested.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Mrs. Geo. Snra1t Dead

Sheboygan Falls.-Mrs. Geo. Spratt.
wife of the department commander of
the Grand Army of the Republic, died
at their home here from a complica-
ton of diseases. Her health has been
poor the last two or three years. Mr..
and Mrs. Spratt, both natives of Eng
land, were married forty-fve years
ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
WIN. T. LA TOILETTE is DEAD
Only Brother of Wisconsin Senator
Succumbs to Heart Disease

only 6FolneF OF wisconsin senator
Succumbs to Heart Disease.
Madison, Wis, May 2.-William T
La Toilette, only brother of Senator
Robert NJ La Toilette, died here Wed
nesday of heart disease after pro
Ionged Illness. He was sixty-six years
old. His wife died in February, 1911
Six children survive.
Mr.. La Toilette was active in the
recent Wilson campaign in Wisconsin
and had been favorably mentioned for
an important government position in
the near future.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

lace had put on him and showed MS
hand.
He had got rid Of the SAND Whlch
would have cost him at the least cal
culation $500 to remove, even if he
could have sold it for small sum-
for it was difficult to find a con
venient market, and before him lay
the glistening gravel which he had
been irving to get at. Now he is TAX
ing enormous contracts for furnishing
gravel and the wise" town is kick
ing itself for its oVersupply of
wisdom
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Murdered at Joliet.

Joliet, H., May 3.-Michael Kane, a
barber, displayed Thursday in a sa-
loon $4,000 which he had inherited
from his fathers estate. Later his body,
with the skull crushed as by a stone
was taken from the Des PLANES river.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Baby Girl Burned to Death.

Tomah, Wis, May 3.-Elnore, four
year-old daughter of William Thinner
man, was burned to death in a brush
fire raging near her home Thursday.
Arthur Zimmerman, brother, was
burned trying to save her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
mFirebuo" Kahn Is Sentenced

South Bend, Ind, May ben
Kahn, convicted of burning his store
here. was sentenced Tuesday to serve
from two to twenty-one years in the
Indiana state prison by Judge Funk
in the circuit court
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Schooner Wrecked on Coast.

: Nahant, Mass, April so. - The
schooner Francis A Rice. bound from
Weymouth, n. s., for Boston, ran on
to the lodges off Nahant during q
heavy fog and was destroyed Mon
day The crew was rescued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Bandit Holds Up Bank

Peabody. Mass May IA masked
and armed man entered the Peabody
Cooperative bank here Tuesday.
held up John A. league, the treasur-
er. and escaped after obtaining about
$50
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
No Increase in Price of Ice.

New York, May 2.-Despite the short
ice crop, due to the mild winter. the
ice trust does not propose to increase
prices to the family trade. This an
nouncement wGs made Wednesday by
Wesley NJ Osler.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
POSTPONE State Eair Work.

Madison.-To await the outcome of
investigations to be made by the spe-
cial committee on state fair reloca-
tion, the committee on agriculture
agreed to report without recommends.
ton the bills for improvements on thu
state fair grounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Mill Strikers, Children Moved

New York, May 3.-One hundred
and ten of the children Of the most
destitute of the silk mill strikers in
Paterson, n. J.. were conveyed Thurs
day to New York and distributed
among several families there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Many Aeroplanes Burn,

Hampstead, L. l., May 3.-Five of
the big hangers on Hampstead plains
aviation field, where some of Ameri-
cas- foremost aviators learned to fly,
were destroyed by fire Thursday Five
aeroplanes were burned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Refuses $4,000 Offer for Horse.

Lexington, KY, May &C. F. Bush
meyer of Louisville, owner of Haw-
thorn, the favorite for the Kentucky
Derby. refused $4,000 offered for the
gelding by a syndicate of New York
hoFsemen Wednesday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Mrs. uanderhIIt Taking Cure.

Bad Nauheim, Germany, April 30
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt arrived here
Monday to take the cure. Emperor
Williams sister Princess Charlotte Of
SAKE Meiningen. brought her from
Frankfort in her auto.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
pope Plus Is Wes Auain,

Rome, May Pope Plus, for the
first time since his recent Illness, de-
scended from his apartment to the
floor below, Wednesday, where he gen
orally holds audiences. 1t is said his
recovery is now complete.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Villages Are Flooded,

Vidalia, La, May 3-FIood water
from the break in the Mississippi
river levee near Gibson's Landing con,
tinued to spread in all directions, in
undating many villages Thursday
The damage will run into thousands
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Fifty-four Thousand Strike

Beuthen, Germany, April 30.-The
miners strike in Prussian Silesia was
spreading rapidly late Monday at
ternoon The total number who had
laid down their tools up to that time
was $4,000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Blast at Arsenal Rocks Houses.

Philadelphia, April pa workman
at the Frankford arsenal of the fed
eral government was killed when hun
dreds OF pounds of powder exploded in
one of the buildings Monday. The
shock rocked houses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
LONE BANDIT RoBs TRAIN
Secures $500 in Cash and JeWelry-
is Shot by Passenger.


Kansas City, Mo. May 3.-A lone
robber who boarded Kansas City
Southern passenger train No. 5 at the
depot here lined up and robbed the
passengers soon after the train left
here Thursday, securing about $1,000
in money and jewelry.
When Jesse E. Short of Joplin, Mo,
one of the passengers, and million
aire, was commanded to throw up his
hands he drew a pistol and began fir
ing at the robber.
The bandit returned the fire and
Short fell. badly wounded.
The robber also was hit by bullet,
and, fearing the resistance by the pas
sengers was to become general.
jumped from the train and ran.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Open Sturgeon Bay Library

Sturgeon Bay.-Sturgeon Bay is eel
ebrating the opening of her new. Car
negie library building just completed
at 8 cost of S12,661.64 1t is Quilt of
cut Sturgeon Bay stone
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Man Dies Suddenly on Train

Milwaukee, May 2.-While enroute
to Milwaukee Wednesday to enter a
sanitarium, Frank Seeger, aged fifty,
of Chicago, was stricken on the train
the Union denot
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Sisters Seek Pardon.

La Crosse.-Asserting that he muir
dered Mrs. E. A. Yattre, a bride of
twenty hours, while in fit of insan-
ity last September, two sisters of John
Peterson are here from Seattle to at.
tempt to secure his pardon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Prof. a. c. Miller Gets a Post.

Washington, May 2--Secretary OF
Interior Lane announced the selection
late Wednesday afternoon of Prof
Adolph c. Miller Of Berkeley, CAL to
be first assistant secretary of the in.
terror department.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
W. G. Calhoun Is on WAY Home.

Southampton, England, May 2.-The
steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie,
which sailed from Southampton for
New York Wednesday carried as a
passenger W. J. Calhoun of Chicago,
the American minister to China.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Ty Cobb Is Reinstated,

Chicago, May 3.-Ty Cobb was re
instated by the national commission
here late Thursday afternoon He,
however, viii be compelled to pay a
fine of $50 before the action goes into
effect
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Fifteen Noted Horses Burn,

Lexington, KY. May Fifteen
world-famous American and English
bred thoroughbred mares, each with
foal by her side, were burned to death
in fire. which destroyed a barn at
the Kingston Stock farm Tuesday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Gotch Undergoes Operation.

Marshalltown, Ia. May Frank
Gotch Of Humboldt, Ia, champion
wrestler, underwent an operation in
a hospital here Tuesday for the re-
moval of successive growth of the
turbinate bones in his nose
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Bavarian Aviator Dies.

Munich, Bavaria, April 30.-Lieu-
tenant Won Germersheim of the Ba-
yarian army flying corps died Mon
dav from injuries sustained when his
aeroplane crashed into tree On April
a.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Cioarettes Start RIaze.

Marinette. = Thompson school,
small building used as an auxiliary
public school, was destroyed by fire:
loss S2,5o0. The fire was started by
boys smoking cigarettes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Force Ten Times Dynamite's.

Paris. France, May 1.-Prof Arsene
d'ATsonval of the College Of France
discovered new explosive Tuesday
said to be ten times as powerful as
dynamite. 1t is lampblack and lique.
fed gas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Husband is Given ST

La Crosse.-A beQuest of 81 TO her
husband and the balance Of her So, 900
estate to be divided equally between
her mother and brother was the sub
stance of the Will of Mrs. Mae Lowell
Grigg of this city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
w. N. G. lnstruct.nn can,n

Observation-Disclosures General Board
man has issued orders that a camp
of instruction for all the officers of
the Wisconsin National guard will be
held at the state military reservation
at Camp Douglas. June s, 4 and 5.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

Madison.-Eighty women students
of the state university have registered
for baseball practice. Miss Margaret
II Doubler is in charge of the coach
ing.
Wausau.-It is feared Emil Herman
son, missing since Thursday follow
ing a quarrel with his wife, has met
foul play. The police are looking for
him.
Green Bay.-The state tournament
of the Wisconsin and Upper PENN
sula of Michigan Trapshooters asso-
citation will be held here July IS, 1s
and 90.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Diamond Broker MISSING.

New York, May 1.-The police are
searching for David Bloch. Nassau
street diamond importer, who is miss
ing with 100000 worth OF diamonds
belonging to New York diamond
brokers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Bow STEALING Third Is Killed

Pipestone, Mimi, April 3o-As the
result of being hit in the head by a
ball while attempting to steal third,
Monday, Clyde Portexter, aged
twelve, who lives near Chandler, is
dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Child Burned in Brush Fire

Tomah.-Eleanore. 4 year old daugh-
ter of William Zimmerman, was
burned to death in brush fire raging
near the home of her father, six miles
west of Tomah.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

Satisfaction can never be guaran-
teed. After Lots wife had been turn
ed into pillar Of salt she probably
kicked because she wasn't a marble
column.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Took Census of Stars.

After over two years work a spe-
cfal staff at Greenwich observatory
has enumerated all the stars on 206
Photographic plates, representing
about 100000 stars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
BRUSH FIRES ARE FATAL

One Girl Burned to Death, Her Broth
er Badly Injured.
Tomah. Wis, May 3-Elnore, four
year-old daughter of William Thinner
man. was burned to death in a brush
fire raging near her home. Arthur
Zimmerman, fourteen years old,
brother, was badly burned trying to
rescue his sister.
Brush fires have been burning at
many points.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

One thing worse than a gutter la
the chap who Is afraid to begin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee. May 8. 1919.

Milwaukee, May 8, 1918.
Butter Creamery, extras, soc;
prints, Sic; frsts, 2S029c; seconds,
25@27c; renovated, 26@27c; dairy,
fancy, 2Sc.
Cheese-American, full cream, new
made, twins, 19h@14c; Young Amer.
lcas, 14@141ac daisies, 1874 014c;
longhorns, 14Rc; limburger, new,
lac; brick, 13c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to-
quality, 1914 recandled, extras,
l9Q20c; seconds, 13@14c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 14kc; roost-
ers, lO@11c; springers, 171kc.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, CSC; No. 3
northern, 94c; No. northern, &c.,
No. l velvet, 93hc.
Corn-No. yellow, 5515c.
Oats-No. white, 34Q35c; stand
ard, Sec.
Barley-No. 4, 5S@59c; Wisconsin,
54@61c.
Rye-No. z, 621bc.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, 6.S5@860;
COWS and heifers, 46O@66O; feeders,
6.95@6.S5; calves, S.OO@8.75.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $3.50
S.45; fair to best light, S.35@S55; pigs,
7.00@775.
Sheep - Lambs, 7.5OQ8.25; ewes,
4.o0@6.5O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

Minneapolis, May 3, 1913.
Wheat-No. hard, 92c; No north
ern, Gle; No. northern, S9c.
Corn-No. 8 yellow, 5515c.
Oats-No. 8 white, 32ac.
Rye-No. 2, 56Q5Sc
Flax-1.31.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-08-21

gale at sea shreds a canvas. He felt
a bit panicky. He had always planned
a courtship of a year or SO, meetings,
separations, and remeetings. pleasur-
able expectations, little junkets to the
aters and couRtry places; In brief, to
witness the rose grow and unfold.
Somewhere he had read or heard that
courtship was the plummet which
sounded the depths Of compatibility.
He knew nothing Of Fortune Ched-
soye, save that she was beautiful to
his eyes, and that she was as different
from the ordinary run of girls as yon-
der moon was from the stars.
Again she stopped, leaning over the
parapet and staring down at the wa
ter swirling past the stone embank-
ment. He did likewise, resting upon
his folded arms. Suddenly his tongue
became alive; and quietly, without
h~esitancy or embarrassment, he began
to tell her o, his school life, his life
at home. And the name in which
he spoke of his mother warmed her;
and she was strangely and wonder
ingly attracted.
"Of course, the mother meant the
best in the world when she gave me
| Percival A%lgernon; and because she
meant the best, / have rarely tried to
hide them. What was good enough for
her to give was good enough for me
to keep. 1t is simply that I have been
foolish about 1t, representative. l
should have laughed and accepted the
thing as a joke; instead, I made the
fatal move of trying to run away and
hide. But, taking the name in full"
lightly, "it sounds as incongruous as
playing Traumerei on a steam-piano."
He expected her to laugh, but her
heart was too full Of the old ache.
This young man, kindly, gentle, intel.
ligent, II shy, was a l%ove-child. And
she? An offspring, the l%oneliest OF
the lonely, the child that wasn't want.
ed. Many a time she had thought OF
finging all to the winds, Of running
away and hiding where they never
should find her, of working with her
own hands for her bread and butter
Little they'd have cared. But always
the rebel spirit died within her as she
stepped outside the villa gates. To
leave behind for unknown p~rivations
certain assured comforts, things OF
which she was fond, things to which
she was used, she couldn't do 1t, she
Just couldn't. Morally and physically
she was a little coward.
Let us go in" she said sharply
Another moment, and she would have
been in tears.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-08-21

These four persons were about going
forward upon a singularly desperate
and unusual enterprise. From now on
they were no longer to fence with n
another, to shift from this topic to
that, with the indirect maneuvers OF
a house-cat intent upon the quest Of
the Friday mackerel. The woman's
face was alive with eagerness; the
man looked from n to the
other with earnest calculation; Wal
lace no longer hid his cupidity;
Ryanne's immobility Of c~ountenancs
was in itself a tacit admission to the
burning Of all his bridges that he
might become a part OF this conclave.
Smuggling" said the major, with
prudent lowering of voice, evidently
continuing some previous debate,
Smuggling Is q fine art, a keen sport
ing proposition; and the consequences
Of discovery are never serious. What's
a fine of a thousand dollars against
the profits of many, successful excur-
sions into the port Of New York;
Nothing, comparatively. For several
years, now, we have carried on this
business with the utmost adroitnsss.
Never have We drawn serious atten-
ton. We have made two or three
blunders, but the suspicious Of the Sc
cret-service were put to sleep upon
each occasion. We have p~rospered.
Here Is a gem, let us say, worth ON
this side a thousand; over there we
sell 1t for enough to give US a clean
profit of three or four hundred. Forty
per cent. upon our investment. That
ought to be enough for any reasonable
person. Am I right?"
Mrs. Chedsoye alone was unrespon-
sive to this appeal.
81 continue, then. We are making
enough to lay by something for our
old age. And that's the only goal
which never loses its luster. But
this AFFAIR.""
Talk, talk" said Mrs. Chedsoye i'm
patiently.
my dear Kate, allow me to relieve
my mind"
you have done so till the topic IL
~threadbare. It is rather late In the
day to go over the ground again.
Time is everything just now"
Admitted. But this affair, Kate, Is
big; big with dangers, big with pit
falls; there is a hidden menace in ev-
cry step of 1t. Mayhap death; who
knows? The older l grow, the more I
cling to material comforts, to enter
prises of small dangers. However, as
you infer, there's no going back now
NO." assented Ryanne, his mouth
hard; mot If l have to proceed alone"
She smiled at him. you talk Of
danger" speaking to the major. What
danger can there be-"
1.-The unforeseen danger, the danger
! Of which We know nothing. and there