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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-04
AGENT FOR BUILDING.

Albert B. Ashforth, Incorporated, has
been appointed managing agent of the
twelve-story mercantile building AT Nos.
3s2-964 Fifth avenue. This building. ad-
Joining the Knickerbocker Trust Com
pany Building. at Fifth avenue and 34th
street and opposite Altmans and for
wears the home of the Aeolian Company.
has recently been remodelled into an
up-to-date mercantile building. The old
front has been replaced b. an entirely
new ornamental facade.
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IN THE AUCTION MARKET.

The following transactions were record
ed yesterday at the Real Estate EX-
change salesroom, Nos. II and l6 Vesey
street:
BY Joseph r. Day.
EAST 9th ST s, 225 II OF Madison
ave; gore. .lxlOO.S; sold TO the plaintiff for $50
At The Bronx Exchange:
BY Bryan L. Kennedy.
GRAND BOULEVARD AND CONCOURSE
n W cor 16gth ST: > sty tenent house. on a plot
SIS ska. PISA 2x126s: sold 10 the plaintiff for
Sl3 500.
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ENLARGES HOLDINGS IN FIFTH AVENUE
Realty Company Purchases LIE asehod Of Property at South
west Corner of 18th Street
DSPOSES OF BUILDING IN LOWER BROADWAY

DOrrin and ano 10 Nicola Nertul'o: . years
from July /, 1913; $40: address. 32j East
1l2th 81.
18TH ST. "a to Ga West, all: Jacob E9o
stein TO Gus Corn: years from NOV l. 1870
81 900: address $50 Lincoln ave.
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NEW BUILDING PLAN.
NOVEMBER Q.
Manhattan.

ST NICHOLAS AVE, West 18th 81, We'e
15Sth 81 and EdEecombe ave, entire block. tor
a . stv apartment bldg: Yale Realty Co =
Hickman St owner: Harold i Young, lTt
Broadway. architect. cost. $4,000
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HOWARD ESTATES SALE.

Joseph p. Day has sold TO John V.
Crager, at Howard Estates. a plot 40xl0J
feet. on the northerly side Of Flynn ave
nue., % feet east of Hatch avenue
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BEEvEs-Recelpts FOR two days. 4e6

BEEYES-Receipts for two days ~ 69
head: l07 cars on sale. Whole market in good
ing prices full steady; closed steady to strong
bulls firm 10 Toe higher; good and choice tat
COWS a fraction higher. others full steady.
Common to choice steers sold at SGaS9 O5 per
100 70; oxen S. COAST 40; bulls, 81 50qs6 rs;
! extra bull 81 30, cows, S3qs6: 2 choice.
Sc 25: dressed beef I'm fair demand at l2ql3izc.
Saies-Kerns Commission Co: 10 Va steers.
1881 n. average 50 % per 100 n; 20. 1910 N,
IS 30: 16 1882 n, S. 20: %. 1865 10. 50 40: q,
1863 N. s. %: 9. 1912 ~ 81 rs; IL. 1854 10.
g. 60; IS Canada. 1885 N. IS 30; stag, 1850 NJ.
Sc 90: / bull. 1860 70, SO is 3. o73 10. IS 10;
$50 10 81: /. $40 10. s. 90
Newton & Co: % Va steers. 1850 10. IS so:
10, 1884 n. IS 10: 81. 1880 10 So %; 10. 1l5s
y. ssi h. 81 60; 20 W va 1870 70, IS Is; u,
1852 N. 81 S.: / OK 400 10. So co. bull 1880
10 81 70; j. 1850 No. SO %; !, 1l4O 10, SO; 3, el0
N, SIS %; 4 heiferf. S77 10 Sc 25: 2 cows. 1855
N, So; a. 1865 ~ 50 90: :. G51 NJ, 81 70; 9, 93s
10. SCI ID. Sc so; IA, IA No. SO IS; s. SIS ~,
Tobin & Shannon: q Va steers. 1i74 u. IS:
- 100 70, 81 %; q w Va, ll43 NJ, 81 90 20.
1871 NJ 81 90 Csen 1880 H. 81 i,od b bull $50
900 H. 81 20; 10, 724 NJ, SO.
Mcpherson & Co.: 10 Va steers. 1927 n.
s. 60; 90 1894 D. So 20 1872 ~ g. % -
~ 81 u: 3. 1850 No. 81 %; bull 1920 n. SO 4o
.. 1885 10, SO 10; l. $50 n. IS 90 /. 10 10,
a. 40: heifers 10 NJ s. IS; COW. 900 10 Sc
IL. 1927 n. s. ~; ~. 92s n. So; o. 9SS ~,
81 so: 3. 500 n. s! 30; 2 $40 D. 81 10; g. $40 ~
g Is; 7oi n, g 90 Q. 500 ~ So 40; g. 1888
u" sanders: ia Va steers. 1877 n. IS 90; s..
1859 H. 81 40; %. 1116 n, 81 30; %, 1l46 ~
~ So; q i2eo n, 81 IS; S oxen. 1906 10, 81 20;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-04

QUOTATIONS. FOR BEEVES.
Good 10 choice native steers........S 1889 10
Poor 10 fair native steers........... @ O0a : 20
Oxen and stays 4 00D 7 80
bulls and dry cows................. 3 O09 : %
wear Sso''i.'..... ... oos 90
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LIVESTOCK MARKETS.

New YORK. November 3. 1918.
WEEKLY RECEIPTS.
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The Bronx.

g., ~ 3yI06. Ort !. 1904: Fremont Realty
60 10 Title Guarantee and Trust CO. l76 Broad
GkMRREt.LENG AVE. W 3, 1898 Z, Of
iS9th st. IG9xlO0: Oct 4. 1904; same 70 same;
s. 500 -
DEIMONIco PLACE. or Trinity ave, l2G 3
II : OF lG5th 81 ls0xlO0. Jan 10 1850. Arthur
. Butts 20 George r Faile; $1,000. attorney X
" Bruno. liG Broadway.
EVEPGREEN AVE. 1926. q g 4OXloo: July
/ 1913. sylvester pelCchHtz and anO 70 Nlchaei
1 Murphy and ano: $3.50; attorneys Murphy *
O'Byrne. NonFerr. y. $780,
FRANKLIN AVE. " :. 200 II p OF l69th 81,
7h2ll. Dec l3 1912; I,ouis kieoan 90; INC
10 Morris Dsmansly: 5000 attorneys. Fran
'lcnthalrr 4 Nraus. - Nassau 81.
SAME PROPERTY; Louis p Klehan 70 Lucy
r Comfort: Dec l3. 1872; Sl4'Ip' attorney
LAWYERS Title Insurance Co, 100 broadway.
GREEN AVE . s. 100 n . OF "a st West
choster1 5OxlOO: Geo and Pauline simon. 70
Frank Gass ct al. eXrs; Feb ~ dos 5000
attorney. Title Guarantee co, l'o Broad"ag.,
LOT 1857. map prop Maria shrady' Inc
o3Is, :, constr 90 10 Jas q Vent Aug .,
1913 sl5.ooo: attorney. Title Guarantee CO.
LOTS G2 t3. map 1876 Hunts Pt Estates;
Charles Baumohl 10 Lawyers Title lhSurahSe
Co ibO broadway.
lot 1884, map 1446. Hunts Pt Estates; John
n ssperllng 20 Ky Norgenthau Go; Nov !, NV
$3.50. attorney, Lawyers Title insurance w.
100 Broadway.
LOT 100. map i446. Hunts Pt Estates: Gus
tayo Strubel 20 Rose Friedner and Hllda ED
stein. Nov l. 1910. 500, attorney, Lawyers
Title Insurance co, 100 Broadway.
LOT ll2 same map and date John and
Carrie Speed % same; 81 600; attorney. same.
LOT ~. same map and date: Eliz Gerkhardt
20 Hunts ~ Estates; $50.
iGSTU ST g2t T.. 5 s. l66NS2 T. Jos Roberts
20 Ida Taylor: sept H. 1905; 500; attorneys
McIAuetlIin & Stern. II William 81.
MATILDA ST. o :. go n OF Elizahe'h
81 (map jacksonville property, Eastchesterh
SoxlOO. Patrick Riley to Addie Clark; Nov
I. 1895: 81 500. attorneys, Wesselman & kraus,
81 Liberty 81.
PARK AVE. n e cor lsith st. 50Hl00: Regain
Realty co TO John Hyslop: Oct 81. 1912: 5000;
attorneys. Title Guarantee & Trust Co, I0
Broadway.
UNION AVE. :. 1897 II from W cor
road from West Farms to Westchester, 2SN
4lix2T GX407 3. Maria Francesca Nenuto 10
Naddalena Perrotto: May IL, 1910: 500. at
tornay JOS Pascocella. 725 Broadway.
WHITE PLAINS ROAD, or av, 8, CSC II
s OF LIST av map $50 new village ot Jerome).
81 3x66 3X5G sNTO.iO: Vincenzo and Caterina
Ruggiero 70 Frank Gass, Westchester y Y;
Apr .. 1907; $1,000
SAND PROPERTY same to Katharine Gass;
June 10. 1907; $1,000.
152D ST. n =, 80 Il W Of Courtlandt av BOX
100: Chas ID and Matilda Schmidt TO Chas,
John f. and Christian Meyer. jr; May =.
1906: 1000: attorney, Gustave Frey 3i2'
81 av
lSp1'H st. 445449 l.. 63.4xl4o: Martin
and Mary 4 Klug 10 Title Guarantee q Trust
Co. lI6 Broadway; May 5. 1911; $500.
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LONG ISLAND.
APARTMENT HOTELS.

DISTINCTIVE HOUSES AT LOWEST COST
Corbn Development Co., I ". 3ith ST.. y. y
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FURNISHED APARTMENTS.
WEST SIDE.

COURTENAY. SIS Central Park West.
10 rooms. baths. occupying entire door.
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THE LANODON st. .o Az

Now open. New York's latest fashionabl
hotel Booklets and particulars on reques
EDMUND VI. CHATILLON
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Agent.

Phone Audubon 1904.
A. kRAUSE, Owner.
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All latest Improvements. Super
intendent on premises.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-09-11

M best idea Of oriental ba-
zaars is furnished by the ar
cades of European and Ameri.
can cities; yet there are many
uoints Of difference between
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-09-11
He Laughed at Me.

at me. He said that II didn't pay
up sharp on the day 1t was due, he
would take back the house. He said
that was where the profits came In,
and that he couldn't give away eX-
pensive houses unless some of the
purchasers were going to default"
But can he take it away, john"
asked Elsie In terror.
1T seems he can. He's got me
hard and fast on the agreement, sure
enough. And as 1t looks to me. Elsie,
we are going to lose our home on the
first Of next month"
John" said Elsie solemnly. do
you know what day of the week we
moved out here?"
Friday" asked her husband
gloomily,
yes, dear. and IL you remember,
1t was your own suggestion. because
the removal company told you you
could get van FIVE dollars cheaper
on that day than any other. And we
have had nothing but Ill luck ever
since We came"
Elsie drew out her handkerchief
and began TO cry.
Their i'll luck had. indeed. been
phenomenal. Johns business. had
steadily dwindled, sickness had eaten
into their little reserve, the house had
needed repairs which Simpson re-
fused to make. The estate firm made
its money that way, as the agent had
truly said; 1t gave good value and
watched its captives slowly lose their
homes. The class OF purchasers with
whom 1t dealt was frequently In need
OF funds; when this need became i'm
perative. Simpson & Co. took back
the property under the cunningly
drawn clauses OF the contract.
We'll, well co." said John savage
ly. Wen give the thief his house
with FIRE insurance and burglary In
surance thrown in. And may II per
ish with him, may 1t prove the worm
Of decay that gnaws at the bud OF
his prosperity until--until--"
That was far as John could 90.
They engaged a little city fiat
which the, found they could obtain
without prepayment. They were tc
move in on the 2tst. Elsie was toe
heartbroken to stay out the entire
month 40 for Simpson. when he
heard the news he rubbed his hands
and grinned
John" exclaimed Elsie suddenly
do you know what day of the weel
we are going to move back to town.
eyes, ! do" John answered morose
~. ITS Friday, because we can ge
moving van Ave dollars cheape
on that day. And may the hoodot
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ching is that he is reformed" she
added.
And they say reformed rake
makes the best husband" Mrs. Merri.
wild supplemented.
Aunt Jane said she had always
heard so and was disposed to think It
true.
Mrs. Merriwid laughed. You love
ly darling!" she exclaimed.
81 didn't think you knew how to
wink, and here you are futtering both
eyes at Mr.. Uisterbee's frailtios. II Il
bad, naughty man wants u charitable
Judgment of his iniquities, his one best
bet Is certainly the nice, innocent
lady who doesn't know what iniqulty
is. ! believe you would approve Of
our engagement. You would, wouldn't
your"
II don't see any good reason why !
should disapprove," replied Aunt Jane:
Il believe that I'll take you down
town with me this afternoon and get
your eyes examined, dearle," said Mrs.
that you haven't seen the bilious tinge
in Mr.. Uisterbee's complexion?
Haven't you noticed the lines around
his mouth and the dark pouches un.
der his eyes, and the little network Of
red veins in his handsome nose-or
how unsteady his hand is? My dear, a
rake never reforms until It has lost
all it's teeth, believe me. When that
happens, you may use what's left OF 1t
for some domestic purpose, but you
won't find Il satisfactory. A rake Is
a rake Just the same as spade Is a
spade. AS for sowing wild oats, that
wouldn't be SO bad II a man had to
harvest his crop himself. The trou.
BILE Is that his family and friends al.
WAYS have to turn in and help and
there's never any telling when the job
Ia done. Another thing, there's never
a year when clump isn't apt to
spring up in some fence corner and
seed another patch somewhere else.
don't know much about agriculture,
auntie dear, but / understand wild
oats are meaner and harder to get out
of the ground than Canada thistles.
81 don't know what Canada thistles
are. but | think II q man is sincerely
sorry for the errors OF his past and
tries TO lead better life, II Is our
duty to help him." Aunt Jane said
this very seriously.
81 think he's sorry for the errors OF
the past" replied Mrs. Merriwid
Poor man. It's pretty hard on him
to be obliged to lead n strictly TEN
perate and virtuous existence at his
time of life. II he had only been vici
Gus in moderation, he wouldn't be
Obliged 10 adopt regular habits now
Why. auntio. Just think of the pink
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ing and interesting and elegant and
beautifully tailored and know no end
of racy little anecdotes about people
and have an annuity under his fathers
will and be able TO order dinner and
have good taste in necbties and the
very incest kind of manners, but my
gracious. auntic! He's too shaky to
even hook up dress for me"
Hooking dresses isn't all there is
10 married life. is it, my DEAR" asked
Aunt Jane, gently.
Poor dear Henry Merriwid used to
intimate that II was" replied her
niece. well, Henry couldn't order a
dinner intelligently, but he could eat
one all right. especially IL It happened
to be corned beef and cabbage. He
was exceedingly partial to corned beef
and cabbage, poor Henry was. You
wouldn't have called him interesting
and elegant, either, but he didn't have
any past and never raised enough wild
oats to make a dish of mush"
"Of course bad health Is an objec-
ton" admitted Aunt Jane.
"Oh, II isn't Mr.. Uisterbee's bad
health that I'm worrying about" said
Mrs. Merriwid. IT'S the awful thought
of what would happen II by any chance
he got perfectly we'll"
Copyright. 1913. by w. G.. Chapman)
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, faced. baldheaded old reprobates that
you see In every theater and restau
rant sitting up to all hours OF the night
and dissipating In the most perfectly
ridiculous way. And here's poor Mr.
Uisterbee condemned to absolute so
fbriety in his prime"
81 think you take a very cynical
view Of the matter, my dear" Aunt
Jane objected.
perhaps | do" Mrs. Merfiwid con
ceded; but there are so very many
men who think it's awfully wrong Ia
drink because it gives them such per
fectly terrible headaches, and who
daren't smoke because smoking is q
filthy. disgusting and expensive habit
and gives them acute nausea Mr.
Uisterboe may be truly repentaut
honey, but ! suspect his liver has more
to do with his reformation than any
conviction of sin.
Apart from that, don't like people
with shady pasts," Mrs. Merriwid con
tinued. "A shady past always sug
gests to me n gloomy old swamp
slime and bad-smellIng mud and dirty
water with creepy, wiggly things In il
and malaria and jungle fever. l like
the sunlight and the open for past
present and future, myself
And don't want any husband with
little red veins over his nose and q
shaky hand" said the lady after q
pause. 'He may be distinguished look
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MELISSA WOULD NOT BE A HAIR.
VEST HAND.

Men are not angels. my. dear Me-
lissa, observed Mrs. Merriwid's mater
nal maiden Aunt Jane, threading her
embroidery needle with n strand OF
moss.grcen silk and simpering q little
as she spoke.
"a little lower than the angels we
are tcld, believe agreed Mrs. Merri-
wild, whose nimble white fingers were
occupied with French knots. Il should
say that Mr.. Uisterbee was quite few
notches below the angelic standard
That's what makes him SO extremely
entertaining"
Exactly what say" remarked
Aunt Jane, with an air OF triumph.
But considered as matrimonial
proposition"
"Nes?" said Aunt Jane
We'll, you know what people say
about him"
People .eyaggerate," said Aunt Jane
AT all events, nobody can find any
fault with his conduct now"
Il suppose not" unused Mira. Merri,
wild and suppose he has been just
as much slnned against as SHINING"
NO doubt of it," said Aunt Jane.
And it's natural that man should
BOW his wild oats"
There are very few who do not. I'm
afraid" sighed Aunt Jane. The great
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-09-11
Renaissance Of Poetry.

That there is today-whateve may
have been the case few years ago
an increasing public which is eagerly
on the lookout for new volumes OF
worthy verse by present day writer's
is evidently recognized by those whose
business 1t is to know what literary
wares are In current demand; and we
must no longer be asked to believe
that any bard OF really appreciable
talent need languish In enforced 81
ienco through inability to find pub
Usher. AS for the cause Of this agree
ably unexpected revival, am myself
inclined to look for it--though this
may sound paradoxical-in the very
conditions which make IT SO surpris-
ing. What mean is that | believe the
working of the law of reaction to have
set up a revived laundering after
poetry as a kind OF respite from the
ultra prosaic materialism ard 'nrac
ticalism." II one may coin such O
word, of every day life in this ma
chine ridden twentieth century,
Bookseller.
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l-i.s-s4-fa+f-s-s.h4ff4.f++h4-+a-a-i-
DEFIED EVIL GENIUS
BY PETER BROWN.

Seems to me that people are get
ting tired of being insured said
John Hambleton to his pretty wife
Elsie, as he hung up his hat and took
of his oycrcoat. He cast himself
down disconsolately upon the lounge
and Elsie sat down beside him.
Poor business today, dear" she
psked, with her arms round his neck
Not a cent" answered her hus'
band "Nor yesterday either Hardly
ten dollars worth this week. How
are we going to make the next pay.
ment on our home?"
Elsie looked about her at the prot
ty living room, with the ivy tendrils
peeping in at the window, at the
flower beds outside, gay with gerani'
ums, 1t was not big house. but II
was an uncommonly comfortable one,
and II was conveniently situated with.
In committing distance OF the city.
They had been lured into the coun-
try by an advertisement OF a firm OF
real estate agents. which stated that
new house. with every conven-
fence" could be purchased for three
hundred dollars down, and n little
more than ten times that stun the
same as rent" John Hambleton had
paid off about two thousand dollars,
and now It seemed as though his
home was to be taken away. The
receipts from his business were
steadily dwindling
Perhaps It was the diversity Of his
interests that made him unsuccess-
full. After all. It is difficult to argue
convincingly upon the necessity of
taking out burglar insurance when
you have just been telling another
man that the greatest danger to n
house comes from fire And John
Hambleton was an agent for all forms
of insurance-life, accident, fire, and
burglary. So here he was at thirty
FIVE, with a home that was slipping
out OF his grasp.
I've spoken 10 Simpson pursued
John mechanically. 81 asked him to
let one instalment go. He laughed
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-09-11
Sample Of Mexican Unthrift.

Acapulco, Mexico, with one OF tho
finest harbors in the world. il one OF
the most wretched towns In the en-
tire country. 1t is poorly built, the
houses being for the greater part COM
posed OF adobe with tiled roofs. while
the majority of the poorer class can
AFFORD nothing better than rude huts
built with poles stuck In the ground.
the fronds of the cocoanut palms
woven into the sides and the whole
matched. Numerous earthquakes have
damaged the buildings, and scattered
ruins and cracked walls give the town
wretched appearance. There are no
improvements of any kind, no sewers
water works, telephones nor electric
lights.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-09-11
At MICHAEL DAvITT'S GRAVE
Tribute Paid by Exlcd lrieh In Amer
lea Has Stirred Enthusiasm Of
Friends Of the Patriot.

Every local effort to do honor to the
memory of Michael Davltt has been
eclipse6, says u Dublin correspondent,
by the message which Patrick f. Hast
ings, a prominent member of the A. o.
H., has conveyed from the Mayo Mems
societies OF New York to their compa-
triots ut home.
Pilgrimages TO the grave of Davitt
have become n common feature OF
western celebrations, but the appear
ance of representative from the
United States placing wreath on
Davitt's tomb is so unique an incident
that the whole of the County of Mayo
has been stirred to unprecedented
depths OF patriotic emotion.
People who have not hitherto
through a variety Of circumstances
found 1t convenient to travel to the
last resting place OF the dead patriot
came along to witness the ceremony
and mark their appreciation of the
thoughtfulness and patriotic spirit that
moved their exiled brethren in far
away New York. Az became the oc-
casion, certain amount OF solemnity
was observed. but the strains Of nu'
merous bands playing patriotic airs
sent the people home in anything but
melancholy mood.
Nothing arouses Irish enthusiasm
more than the feeling that the exiled
Irish do not forget those whom they
have left at home in the old land
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-09-11

! come along With us and do his darnd.
EST. b."
Elsie clapped her hands, They had
| smarted so long under their misfor.
tunes--one after another, and all un.
| foreseen---that they found childish
pleasure in defying their evil geniua.
| and Friday. the 2ist, might have been
Friday. the 18th, for all they cared
Tho day arrived; the house Mas
emptied and locked, and the house.
hold goods piled nv the van. In pelt.
Ing ain, which proved the prelude to
n tropical thunderstorm Elsie and
Join made their way to the station
We to the skin they took their
seats and too wretchcd to talk
stared out over the rain.swcpt fields
Tho hoodoo was still at work
They reached town without an &c
ciG,ul and engaged a taXicab to take
them to their new home. we may
as we'll be extravagant," said john.
Things couldn't be much worse
lat worse things happened 4
crash. n jar, and the vehicle was
thrown on It's side John emerged
bleeding from a shower OF glass. Elsie,
uniaJured except for bad shaking,
rose to her feet beside him. and they
stood staring at the wreckagc
The taxicab had collidcd with a
larga motor van--their motor van,
bouud for the same destination The
van was not much injured, but It's
contents had been flung to the ground.
There was a rent in the Wilton rug,
the Iying-room table was bundle OF
fircW ood and every piece Of glass was
broken. including the pier mirror
Tho hoodoo showed no signs Of let
tlnr up
You don't take furniture insur-
anCo, do you, Johns" asked Elsie.
thoughtfully.
80" answered John, rubbing his
chin q wonder whether our home
is 10 be found There may have been
an earthquake, Elsie
But there had been no earthquake.
They found their lat, entered, and
sat down on the floor II had been
newly vanished, as they discovered
about 90 seconds later.
II think said John, that ! shall
go out and buy n bottle of prussic
acid Id get revolver, but the acid
is cheaper"
81 wouldn't do that, dear" answered
his Wife, Let's 20 out to lunch In
stead
This proposition proving more
agreeable, they lunched very well ut
hotel nearby, escaping with nothing
more serious than plateful of soup
over Elsie's dress. When they got
home a telegram was awaiting John.
He tore It open. 1t was from Stimp-
son.
Your house struck by lightning
and burned down" It read Can offer
you terms"
The mean scoundrel!" shouted
John. 1T isn't any good to him now
and he wants to lure us back and got
It away again after It has been built
and partly paid for. I'm going back
TO break his neck
But. John" said Elsie, didn't you
carry fire insurance."
"Yes-why? WHAT" Johns mouth
opened, and then he seized his wife
by tho hands and they danced all
over the vanished floor.
"Tn get the whole four thousand!
shouted John 'I'll pay the balance
due and it'll be ours, with two thou
sand TO spare. | guess that hoodoo
didn't know about fire insurance"
Lets hurry to the insurance of
fees, john" said his practical wife
You know, the company may 90
bankrupt before we get there"
Copyright. 1913. by W. @. Chapman)