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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
CONVICT At NC ALESTER
ATTEMPTS HANGING

McAlester, May 2a-- Evidently de-
spondent because OF being forced to
spend a period in the state peniten-
tiary, Jack Williams, SERVING two
years for burglary from Oklahoma
county, tried to hang himself with a
leather belt strap from his own
clothes. After fastening the strap to
the grating on his cell door. he en-
circled his neck and swung.
Fellow prisoners called to the
guards and Williams was pulled down
before he was seriously hurt
He had only about six inches play
between strap and grating and the
only way he could have forced death
would have heen by sticking ii ont
and choking.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
A TARDf PROTEST

The story which comes from th.
City OF Mexico through Vera Cruz
entities one figure in the fIuerta gov
eminent TO credit Tor an original Idle.
which is in accord with humanity bu
yet involves something like denia
OF the right OF existence to his gov
eminent.
The story is that Huerta. haVlnf
discovered or heard OF a plot aeains
him. went to the prison and ordered
100 prisoners, supposed to be involved
executed out Of hand The warden
pretended to he obeying the order
but telephoned TO General Blanquel
who fastened to the penitentiary. told
Huerta he must stop killing off his
enemies if he expected his fBlan
quet's) support and sent the prison
ers back to their cells.
This, according to the report. has
made Blanquet the man Of the hour
in Mexico. II might well do 50 from
humapits rian point OF view albeii
q little tardy People have lost Their
lives in Mexico before this for ex-
pressing their opinions in congress o.
sor holding the Presidency which
Huerta wanted. Yet Banquet onls
revolts to humanity on the last hun
dred.
But from the logical point Of view
the Banquet attitude Is weak. -Iuerta
rot his power by betraying his su-
perior, the constitutional president of
Mexico and then by having him mur-
dered Plainly a man whose rule ha
that foundation has got 10 maintain !
by killing whoever disputes it II The
Blanqaet theory stands We think tho
days OF the Huerta government are
numbered.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
WE DO NOT ALL SEE
The SAME IHINGS

|
There are countless instances II
point in our lives to prove that "tht
eye sees what it brings the means
OF seeing An artist waxed eloquent
in admiration of an equestrian figure
engraved by Albrecht Duerer. Hi,
friend. who was con|isseur OF
horses. pointed out that the horse
was afflicted with every ailment
known to the veterinary It was the
difference in the point Of view.
The botanist or the geoogist thinks
he has an old violin; the expert In
spects it and finds that the ancient
appearance is a deliberate fraud. and
the instrument is a conglomeration
Of parts from the hands Of several
modern makers.
There are many startling coinci-
dences Of repetition of the thing once
seen That is TO say, we meet o
new proper name or a new phrase in
QnL reading and thereafter it fairly
obtfSdes itself on our attention II
crops up in every lecture, sermon
book OF newspaper
Strive to be one Of those upon
ahom nothing is lost" said a wise
,oafhor rriara Is ;,r. 10 ,nt,o7, fnr
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
HOW HOME RULE WON

The home rule bill passed u,
House OF Commons for the th.fd time
and VII, now become a Law, whethe
the House Of Lords passes It Or nor
A parliameniary point Is raised tha
II the present Ministry sbauld sai
within month a conservative Minis
try succeeding 1, could sheiye the bil
II there is any foundation Tor that
view, IL NAV be relied upon that the
present Ministry Nill bot IAN Until
this point is secure.
Thus Is terminated fighi begun
By the home rule members 40 years
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
CARBUERAToR ExplO0ts i1l'
DESTROYING AUTOMOBILE


X. d. Mclaughlin. automobile me-
chanician Of the Guthrie Garage, met
with an accident this morn.ng about
10 o'clock that he says Is I'M snal
Driving 50-horse power Speedwell
down the hill two miles north of the
city on the Mnlhall road the ear sud-
denly burst into flames and before
Mclaughlin could do anything to ex-
tinguish the fire the machine was
damaged beyond repair. 'vrhe only
theory ! can advance for the eyplo-
sion Is that the engine back fired into
car was owned by NJ G. Rosback, of
Oklahoma City.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
'v|lLlS FORCES TO
ATTACK zAClTECAs


El Paso, Texas, May 29-Reports
from the South today said that Gen
eral Villas forces we're making haste
in preparations for an assault on Ia =
catecas City, capital of Zacatecas
state. 1t was asserted that the rail-
road from Torreon, Villas concen-
trated point, had been repaired nearly
to the next point OF attack
1t was explained that the attack
on San Luis Potosi had been post
poned because OF the destruction of
the railroad to south of Saltillo, while
the movement by train against Zaca-
tecas was quicker and easier.
Also Zacatecas, lying northwest OF
San Luis Potosi, offered m opportu
nifty to clean up the rear and employ
practically Villas entire force with
out fear Of federal sally
Have The Leader delivered. 45c mo
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
You will find 1t at the Jacket.
BIGGEST TANK COMPLETED


Special to Daily Leader
Ringing, Okla, May 29.-The big
eest oil storaga tank in the Iiealdlon
field has just been completed on the
Mutual Benefit company's lease in
4-4-3, an earthen tank that holds
$4,000 barrels and which is now
ready to receive oil The company
already has 100000 barrels in storage.
one of the three new $4,000 steel
tanks. 10 be erscted by the Magnolia
Pipe Line company, will he complet-
ed this week and the material IS on
the ground for the other two. This
will give the Magnolia five 5000 bar
rel steel tanks The Wrightsman a
Foster company is also completing a
s. 900 barrel steel tank.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
A PASTORAL.
Norman Gale.)

Norman Gale.)
Along the lane beside the mead
Where cowslip- gold is in the grass
watched the milkmaid's easy speed
A tall and sprinsing country lass;
But though she had a merry plan
To shield her from my soft replies
Love played at catch me it. you can
In Mary eyes.
\ mile or twain from Varley Bridge
! plucked a dock leaf for a fan
And drove away the constant midge
And cooled her foreheads strip oil
tan
But though the maiden would not
spare
My hand her pretty finger tips,
Love played at catch mef you-can
On Mary's lips.
And now the village flashed in sight,
And closer came | TO her side;
4 flush ran down into the white,
The impulse of pink tide;
And though her face was turned
away;
How much her painting heart con-
fessed,
love played al find me you may
In Mary's breast.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

Woodcraft met last night and elect
ed the following officers for the en-
suing year; Consul commander, Otto
stone; past consul Gather Vanmeter:
adviser LLOYD Little; clerk. RAYMOND
Hurry; banker, Homer Lee Vanmeter.
escort, jeff Heath: watchman. Jessie
Heath; sentry, William MeKeel.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
START AROUND WORLD,
AIR ROUTE, MAY 3, 1915

San Francisco, May 29-The date
of the international aviation meet and
start Of the aronnd the world aerial
race has been liked for May 8. to IS,
1915. II was announced yesterday by
the Panama Pacific exposition. Arm
old Krnokmin. chief OF the aeronau-
tics bureau, will leave Nav eS for a
trip around the world to map out the
course OF the race.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

Ny sisters husband had an attach
VI rheumatism in his arm" writes a
well known resident Of Newton. iowa
! gave him bottle Of chamberiain's
l.inment which he applied 10 bis arm
and on the next morning the rhenma-
ism was f3ne" For chronic muscu-
lar rheumatiam yol viii find nothine
better than Chamherlain's Jinimenf
sold by AZ dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

As is usual in such cases, il is al
most IMPOSSIBLE 10 arrive at the fruti
in relation to the Colorado troubles
All reports sent out are partisan Th'
one thing certain is that Colorado h9
been disgracefnlly negligent 1r
only ones who have made anythi
out OF the difficulty are few poll,
ffcians
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
seven hundred persons are lost,

seven hundred persons are lost
The Storstad which at first was re-
ported carrying three hundred sur
yivors landed only handful rescued,
and a number OF dead.
II Is evident from the partial list
but a sprinkling OF the first cabin
passengers were saved.
An explosion, apparently in the en-
sine room, FASTENED the sinking OF
the vessel and those on the deck
found themselves on a slantins deck.
Many leaped into the sea and we 4
drowned
Only few women were saved, ac-
cording to the early lists
There was not time for calm de-
liberation and the observance of the
unwrtten rule. women first
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
READY FOR OSAGE ELECTION

Oklahoma City, Okla, May 29--
ricketts, for the Usage election to be
held Jnne have been completed
There is one ticket headed by a full
blood named Bob Pet Sa Mole for
principal chief. The other ticket is
headed by George +. Tinker. There
are eight members of the council who
are to be elected, as well as Chief and
Assistant Chief.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
GOVERNOR PAROLES YOUTH
oklahoma CITY. Okla, May 40

Oklahoma City. Okla, May 29-Or
the ground that he vas but rs years
old when sentenced and first Of
fender a young man vas given a pa
role from the state penitentiars Tues
dav by Governor Cruce. He pleaded
guilty to larceny of domestic ami
mails in the district court Of Potto-
watomie couIsy in February 1872.
and was senteBcei 10 five years.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

The board OF trustees OF the Okla
homa Methodist University chose
wisely when DR.. Hyslop was named
chancellor DR.. Hyslop is a finished
educator, virile and aggressive He
will do much for O. NJ. Z.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
KILLED BY FREIGHT TRAIN

Lawton. Okla, May 90 Robert
Steele, age u was killed early This
morning by being run over by a FRS
co train near Fort Sill, Okla. Steele.
who was a railroad man, was aboard
the freight and is supposed to have
fallen from it,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
Leader Want ADS nrIng results.


}. p. Jones, ESCAPES.
Ed Lisle, the life termer' who
escaped from the federal prison at
l.eavenworth, Wednesday night Is
Well known here. He murdered j T..
Jones, a famous deputy United States
marshal in the Osaee country in 1904
and was captured by James Baxter
of this city who was then United
States marshal. Lisle was tried in
iuthIie and sentenced for life Bax-
ter took him to the penitentiary.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

Now, waiter, | want some tongue,
some nice tongue, not tongue that has
been around here for weeks, but some
fresh tongue. want my tonsue well
cooked, not half raw, waiter Now
hustle out and get me some tongue, a
large order Of tongue"
Il don't think you need much more
iongne, remarked his partner in
cisively.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
Lieutenant Governor VIII Try To De
feat Dan Anthony

Atchison, Kan, May 2J--Sheffiel(
ingalls,, lieutenant governor Of Kan
sas, late today made formal an
nonneement OF his candidacy for the
Progressive nomination as congress-
man of the First Kansas district.
Mr.. ingalls, in a statement made a
strong appeal to all Progressiyes re-
gardless OF larty affiliations and eX-
presses warm affection for Theodore
Roosevelt
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

The death of an imprisoned suf-
fragette BY voluntary starvation would
be shocking. OF course. but it would
be the last Of its kind. The rest oi
the locked up militants would eat
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
Something Substantial.

Can YOU make me a gheei-iron
m andoln9r
r might. but il wouldn't have much
tone What do You want of a sheet
iron mandolin. anyhow
"I'm trying To serenade pirl and
they have a bulldog I've busted sev-
cfai Instruments on him Next time
smash him ] want to cmash him
Food"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
EMPRESS OF IRELAND
SINKS WITH 1000 SOULS


London, Sir Henry Seton Kerr. the
world vide traveller and hunter,
Laurence irving. actor, son OF tho late
Sir Henry irving. his wife and mem
bers Of his theatrical company
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
ELAN CASE IN JuRYs HANDS

wv NnoVNIdtFU IVlH7
Kansas City, May 9th clam
murder case went to the jury at l'0
o'clock today.
The Judge said the jury n.shi re-
turn verdict ranging from man
slaughter to murder in the first de-
gree
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

1t appears TO have come 10 a point
where city must snow satisfac-
tory bank statement before 1t can
hope to secure the soul-saying sery-
ices of Billy SUNDAY.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
c lRRANzA'S NOTE
IS TURNED DOWN

Niagara Falls, May 29-The Mexi-
can mediators decided not to receive
the communication OF Conscientious
ist Leader Carranza brought by Juan
Urquidi, the constitutionalist agent,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

Some folks who observed that !
P Morgan. always did the right thing
at the right time wondered why ne
died when he did
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

The telephone is only thirty eight
years old. The line has not been busy
as long as you thought.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
HEAVY OATS AND WHEAT CROP

Ringing, Okla, May 29-An ex-
ceedingly heavy oats crop win be
harvested ia this locality. the biggest
in the history of this county. The
fields are in excellent condition ana
indications are for big Weld The
wheat crop is also in fine condition
but the oats acreage is far larser.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

1t strikes us that the Colonel does
not need a new river so much as q
new platform.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

Great Britain is giving Ireland home
rule, but that is not what the mill
tants are giving Great Britain.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

Col. Roosevelt still aftirms that hi:
discovery OF the River OF Doubt is 9
certainty.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Try Hercules.

Villa will do well to hurry or the
mediators viii get through before he
does.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

Letter files for SAFE at The Leader
,ffice. Price Csc, 3 for $1.00.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

like the wood and hrookiet,
The scenery appeals.
But why is II the booklet
Says Daught about The meals
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
BELIEVED THAT 1000 ARE LOST

Rimolski May 29-The latest es-
timates show that probably more
than a thousand surely not Jess than
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
The New Styles.

How 10 You want your waist
made
an this new style. ] want it TO
look az If II were about TO drop of
ne. hut Of course it mustn't
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

good advice to the sick.-Terence.
The sin We do by two and two we
must pay for one by one-kipling.
If we are ever in doubt what to
10, ii is good rule to ask ourselves
What We shall wish on the morrow
hat we had done.-Sir John Lubbock.
life is like walking along a crowded
treet; there always seem TO be fewer
Obstacles to getting along on the OBJ
posite pavement: and yet if one
rosses over matters are rarely mend
-l.-ThOmas Huxley.
Whatever we give 10 the wretched
We lead to fortune Seneca
A pleasing countenanse is a silent
,ommendation.-
Some men are very entertaining for
| first interview, but after that they
are exhausted and run ont; on sec
Dnd meeting We shall find them flat
and monotonous; like hand organs,
We have heard all their tunes Col
On.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
Il BITS OF BY PLAY. y
MHNM Mxx Hz n X . n 4 n \
In Mexico.

In Mexico.
u must protest
AT what, senior"
THAT national band yonder seems
10 be trying TO murder America.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

Mail boxes for sale at The Leader
office: price $1.O0.
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4 e u ~ e T wM n n "a n u 81 D
y BRILLiANTS. y
4 N r. ~ n M gT Mx NR " M "a

We all, when we are well, give
good advice to the sick.-Terence.
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Il - r. VI r. = n n r. n M M N H n
4 VAGRANT VERSE. sS
& = = r. = 4 = & T. r. \. r 4 = T. Il
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29

INGALLS, OUT FOR CONGRESS
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-05-29
As curios.

I As Curios,
why are you picking up these old
bicycles No demand for them now
Not from the public But ! figure
Lthere viii he a steady demand from
museums in few years"
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Whatever we give 10 the wretche'
We lead to fortune. Seneca
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The sin We do by two and two We
must pay for one by ne.--kipling.
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A pleasing countenanse is a silent
,ommendation.-
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Have The Leader delivered. 45c mo
Omaha daily bee., 1914-03-28
Real Estate Dealer
Beats Up Editor

MITCHELL, S. D., March 27.-(special }
The case OF T. A. Berry, a real estate
dealer OF this city. who was arrested for
assault and battery on Dean Wilde OF the
Mitchell Republican. was brought up m
municipal court yesterday, but the trial
was postponed until SATURDAY, because
Mr. Wilde was not able to be present.
About o'clock Wednesday afternoon
Berry assaulted Wilde at the Western
National bank corner and struck him sew
eral times, knocking him to the ground
TIE then fled, only to be arrested at the
side door OF the bank by Chief OF Police
Smith Mr.. Wilde was unconscious for
few minutes and carried upstairs to A
doctors office, where 1t was found that
his nose was broken. as we'll as his eye
blacked and face cut above the eye
The attack was a complet surprise %
Mr. Wilde, and is supposed to be the re-
suit Of brooding over an article published
in the Mitchell Republican last week
summing up a complaint filed against
Berry by his wife in suit for divorce.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-03-28
Health Conditions
Among Indians
Most Deplorable

WASHINGTON, March 2L-Health con-
ditions among the Indians is described
as deplorable by Indian Commissioner
Sells in his annual report today. APP
proximately 5000 Indians are suffering
from tuberculosis, he says. while availa-
BILE hospital facilities for all will not
exceed 300 beds.
During the last fiscal year 1906 Indians
died OF tuberculosis. The Indian death
rate was 1925 to the 1000 against 16 to
1000 for the entire registered area Of the
United States. More than $1,000 cases of
trachoma are shown to exist among the
government wards. The report says there
are 5000 Indian families without homes,
many Of them living under revolving con-
ditions.
Need OF increased appropriations to pro-
vide the Indians more sanitary homes
better school facilities, medical attention
and measures to prevent disease are EN-
phasized.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-03-28
God Bless Nebraska

o N icago
Aliens, her this huddled
o roam,
the trackess realms of
for the level lands of home
Nebraska.
Cramped in proning and stone,
Visions arise of boundless plains;
over the citys monotone
Hark! the meadowlarks mellow strains
God bless Nebraska
Under those stained and Skies
n girding walls,
Scenes of
where thoughts wild and free
Godb
of men,
Lonely, wend lonely
Only remembering, N
Those who dear the
God bless Nebraska.
Homesick through a mist of
o the old familiar
Back through the swiftly passing
the miles that intervene
God bless Nebraska
Here is toast to the love-
Praes and of old
Bounteous skies bend
with hearts gold
Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-03-28
Senate Passes Law
to Regulate Trading
in Cotton Futures

WASHINGTON. March 27.-The senate
today passed without division a compro-
mise bill to regulate trading in cotton
futures.
The bill was composed of portions OF
measupres introduced by Senators Smith
OF South Carolina, Smith of Georgia and
Ransdell of Louisiana.
1t would prohibit sending through the
mails or by telegraph information fur
thering the making or enforcement of
contracts which do not specify that de-
livery is to be made on a, basic grade,
with the option of delivering other gov
ernmental grades. the difference between
which would be fixed by actual trading
in spot cotton and not arbitrarily as on
exchanges now.
The bill includes feature by Senator
Smith OF Georgia to legalize pooling OF
cotton to put up the price.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-03-28
Kodak Companies
Settle Patent Law
Suit Out of Court

NEW YORK, March 2.-Representa-
tives of the Eastman Kodak company
and the Ansco company confirmed today
that a money settlement the amount Of
which was not given. had been reached
on the question of the Goodwin patent,
over which the concerns fought for years.
The federal court OF appeals recently de-
| cided in favor of the Ansco company.
1t had been said that the Eastman
company would carry the case to the
United States supreme court, but the
settlement will end the litigation, notice
of which, It was said, would be filed to-
day before Judge Hazel in the federal
district court at Buffalo, before whom
the original suit was brought.
1t was said representatives Of both con-
Germs had agreed to keep the amount OF
the settlement a secret. The suit involved
the use of the Goodwin patent claimed by
/ the Ansco company since 1898. and covers
all cartridge films, film packs and cine
matograph films made by the Eastman
company.
The widow of Rev. Hannibal Goodwin,
who invented the process, will receive a
substantial sum, it was announced. Mrs.
Goodwin is Ss y&rs old and lives In
| Newark. n. ].
The settlement will do away with an
accounting by the Eastman company,
which might have been forced to pay a
royalty on every film It sold in the last
fifteen years. BY the terms OF the set
tlement it is understood the Eastman
company is given permission TO manufac-
ture the films under patent. Estimates
of the amount paid in settlement run
into the millions
Omaha daily bee., 1914-03-28
High Finance.

An amusing story comes from Paris In
connection with Nj. Jules Claretle, the
famous manager OF the national theater,
the Comedie Francalse.
One OF the "supers" failed to appear At
a performance of "Phedre" the other
evening. He had only 10 walk on with
the crowd. but NJ. Claretie keeps an eye
on all these details, and next morning
the super" received a letter signed by
M. C1aretie saying that he would be fined
two francs for having been absent from
his place without leave.
The resourceful super" promptly went
to an autograph collector and sold NJ.
Claretie's letter for ten francs. thus maxi
ing a profit out OF his own negligence