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5.ue.r.u, ~ The Hunt.
He awoke to a musical twittering
and %chirping, to find the sun pouring
into the dusty room in a very glory.
He rolled from the blanket and stood
upright, filling his lungs with a long
deep breath of satisfaction. He felt
~singularly light-hearted and alive. The
bulldog came bounding through the
window. dirty from the weeds, and
flung himself upon his master in a
canine rapture.
Get OUT" quoth the latter, laugh.
Ing. Stop licking my feet! How the
dickens do you suppose I'm to get into
my clothes with your ridiculous antics
going on? Down, ] say! Hark!" He
broke off and listened. Who's that
singing?"
h ound drew nearer-a iugu.
brious chant, with the weirdest minor
reflections, family suggestive of the
rag-time ditties of the music-halls. yet
with a plaintive cadence.
Good morning, Uncle Jefferson"
The singer broke off. set down the
tw~ig-broom hat he had beer welding
and came toward him. "Mawnin', sub.
Mawnin'." he said. Hopes yo'-all
slep' good. All reck'n dem ar birds
woke 70 up; dey's maxim sch er
'miration."
"Thank you. Never slept better In
my life. Am | laboring under a delu-
sion when / imagine / smell coffee?"
JUS then there came a voice from
the open door of the l;itchen: Calls
yo'se'f er man, yo' triflin' recon.
structed niggah! Wen marstah gwine-
ter git he brekfus' wild yo' ramshack-
lin eroun' wild dat dwag all dis
Gawd s.ble1sid mawnln'? Go fotch
some mo- fah-wood dis minute. Yo'
heah?'
a turbaned head poked itself
Though the door, with a good-natured
leaf-brown face beneath it. which
broadened into a wide smile as its
owner bobbed energeticaily at Va
liant's greeting. "Fo' de Lawd!" she
exclaimed, wiping 6oury hands on a
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ments in his youth when this unrea.
soning shrinking had filed him with a
blind fury, had driven him to strange
self-tests of courage. He had never
been able to overcome 1t. Analyza-
ton had told him that his peculiar
adherence was no mere outgrowth OF
this. 1t lay far deeper. He had rare
ly, of recent years. met the test. Now.
as he stood in these unaccustomed
surroundings. with the cold touch of
the metal the old shuddering held
him, and the sweat broke in beads
on his forehead. Setting his teeth
hard, he crossed the room, slipped the
box with its pistol between the vol,
umes of the bookcase, and returned to
his seat
The bulldog, aroused from a nap,
thrust a warm muzzle between his
knees. TITS uncanny, Chum!" he said,
as his hand caressed the velvety
head. Why should the touch of that
fool thing chill my spine and make
my flesh tiptoe yer my bones? Why
should l hate a pistol? Do you sup
pose / vas shot in one of my previous
existences?"
For a long while he sat there, his
pipe dead, his eyes on the moon
lighted out-of-doors. The eery feel
ing that had gripped him had gone as
quickly as 1t had come. At last he
rose, stretching himself with a great
boyish yawn, put out all save one of
the candles n taking a b~ath-robe,
sandals and a huge fuzzy towel from
the steamer-trunk, stripped ~leisurely.
He donned the bath-robe and sandals
and vent out through the window to
the garden and down to where lay the
little lake ruffling s~ilverly under the
moon. On its brink he stopped, and
tossing back his head, tried t. imi-
tate one of the bird-calls but was I'M
successful. With a rueful laugh he
threw off the bath-robe and stood an
instant glistening, poised in the noon
light like a marble faun, before he
dove, straight down out of sight.
Five minutes later he pulled him
self up over the edge, his flesh tin
Cling with the chill Of the water, and
threw the robe about his cool white
shoulders. Then he thrust his feet
into his sandals and sped quickly
back. He rubbed himself to a glow,
and blowing out the remaining can
die, stretched himself l~uxuriously be-
tween the warm blankets on the
couch. The dog shifted inquiringly at
his hand, then leaped up and snug
gled down close to his feet.
John Valiant's thoughts had fed a
thousand miles away. to the tall girl
who all his life had seemed to stand
out from his world. aloof and unsur-
Observation-Disclosures Fargo. He tried to
picture her. a perfect c%hatelaine, grace
full and gracious as a tall, white, SPLEEN
did lily, in this dead house that
seemed still to throb with living pas
sions. But the picture subtly eluded
him and he stirred uneasily under the
blanket.
After a time his hands stretched out
to the reading-stand and drew the
glass with its vivid blossom nearer,
till, in his nostrils, its musky odor
mingled with the dew-wet scent of
the honeysuckle from the garden. At
last his eyes closed. Every man car
ries his fate on a riband
about his neck" he muttered drowsily
and then, Roses red
roses . .
And SO he fell asleep.
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done the work. too, for there's not a
sign Of moth. If I'm not careful, I'll
stumble over the family plate-it
seems to be about the only thing want
ing" ft
He thought a moment, then went
quickly into the library and began to
ransack b trunk. At length he found
a small box containing keepsakes of
various kinds. He poured the medley
on to the table-an uncut moonstone,
an amethyst-topped pencil that one Of
his tutors had given him as a boy, a
tigers claw, a compass and what-not.
Among them was a mans seal-ring
with a crest cut in a c%ornelian. He
looked at 1t closely. 1t was the same
device.
The ring a been his fathers.
lust when or how It had come into
his possession he could never remem-
Der. 1t had lain. among these keep
sakes SO many years that he had al
most forgotten its existence. He had
never worn a ring, but now, as he
went back to the hall, he slipped 1t
on his finger. The motto below the
crest was worn away, but it showed
clear in the marble of the hall-mantle:
l clinge.
His yes turned from the carven
words and strayed to the pleasant sun
ny foliage outside. An arrogant boast,
perhaps. yet in the event well justi-
fed. Valiants had held that selfsame
slope when the encircling forests had
rung with war.whoop and blazed with
torture-ire. They had held on through
Revolution and Civil war. Good and
bad, abiding and lawless, every gener-
alton had cleaved stubbornly to its
acres. l clinge. His father had chung
through absence that seemed to have
been almost exile. and now he, the last
Valiant, has come to make good the
boast.
His gaze wavered. The tail of his
eye had caught through the window a
squirt of something dashing and vivid,
that grazed the corner of a far-off
field. He crane his neck, but 1t had
passed the line of his vision. The
next moment, however, there came
trailing or the satiny stiffness the
high-keyed ululation Of a horn, and an
instant later a long-drawn hallo-o-oi
mixed with a p~attering chorus of
yelps.
He vent close, and leaning from the
sill, shaded his eyes with his hand.
The noise swelled and rounded in vol
ume; it was nearing rapidly. AS he
looked the hunt dashed into full view
between the tree-boles-a ~galloping
melee of khaki and scarlet. swarming
across the fresh green of a wheat
field. behind a spotted swirl of hounds.
"Confound it," said John Valiant
b~elligerently; they're on my land!"
They were neal enough now for him
to lear the voices of the men, calling
encouragement to the dogs, and to see
the white ribbons of foam across the
TANKS of the laboring horses. One
scarlet-coated feminine rider, detached
from the bunch, had spurred in ad-
vance and was leading by a clean hun
dred yards. bareheaded, her hat fallen
back to the limit of its ribbon knotted
under her chin. and her waving hair
cleaning like furnished gold.
How she rides!" muttered the soil
tary watcher. "Cross-saddle. OF course,
the sensible little sport! She'll
never in the world do that walli-Yes,
by George,. John Valiant's admira-
ton turned to delight. why" he
said, tits the Lady-of-the- Roses!"
He put his hands on the sill and
vaulted to the porch.
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CHAPTER DISCONTINUED.

CHAPTER Ix.-Contlnued.
He trudged away into the shadows
but presently as the new master OF
Damory Court stood in the gloomy
hall, he heard the shambling step
again behind him. "Ah done neglect.
uated ter ak yo' name. sub. All did,
TO er fac
My name is Valiant. John Val
liant"
Uncle Jefferson's eyes turned up.
ware and rolled out of orbit. NAH
Lawd!" he calculated soundlessly.
And with his wide lips still framed
about the last word. he backed out
of the doorway and disappeared.
Alone in the ebbing twilight, John
Valiant found his hamper, spread a
napkin IN the broad stone steps and
took out a glass, a spoon and part of
a loaf of bread. The thermos flask
was filled with, milk. 1t was not a
splendid banquet. yet he ate It with
a great content as the bulldog at his
feet gnawed his share of the crust.
He broke his bread into the milk as
he had not done since he was a child,
and ate the luscious pulp with a keen
relish bred of the long outdoor day.
1t vas almost dark when the meal
was done and, depleted hamper in
hand, he Teehtered the empty echoing
house. He vel into the library,
lighted the great brass lamp from the
motor and began to rummage. The
drawers of the dining-room s~ideboard
yielded nothing; on a shelf of the but
ler's pantry. however, was a tin box
which proved to be half full of wax
candles, perfectly preserved.
The very thing!" he said triumph
antly. Carrying them back, he fixed
several in the glass-candlesticks and
set them, lighted, all about the somber
room till the soft glow flooded its
every corner. There" he said,
that is as 1t should be. No big bla-
tam searchlight here! And no glare
of modern electricity would suit that
old wainscoting, either"
He dragged the leather settee to the
porch and by the light of the motor.
lamp busted it thoroughly, and wheel,
ing 1t back, set 1t under the portrait
which had so attracted him. He
washed the glass from which he had
dined and filled it at the cup of the
garden fountain, put into 1t the rose
from his hat and set 1t on the read
ing-stand. The small china dog
caught his eye and he picked 1t uI
casually. The head came off in his
hands. 1t had been a bon-bon box AND
was empty ave for a narrow strip Of
yellowed paper, on which were writ
ten some meaningless figures: 1928
$40. He pondered this a moment
then thrust it into one of the empty
~pigeonholes of the desk. On the lat
ter stood an old-fashioned %leaf-calen
dar; the date it exposed was May
14th. G%uriously enough the same date
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would recur tomorrow. The page bore
a quotation: Every man carries his
fate on a riband about his neck
The line had been quoted in his
fathers letter. May 14th-how much
that late and hat motto may have
meant for him!
He rose to push the shutter wider
and in the movement his elbow sen a
shallow case of morocco leather that
had lain on the desk crashing to the
aoor. 1t opened and n heavy metallic
object rolled almost to his feet He
saw at a glance that it was an old
fashioned rusted dueling- pistol.
The box had originally held two
pistols. He shuddered as he stopped
TO pick up the weapon. and with the
crawling repugnance mingled a pang.
ing anger and humiliation. From his
very b%abyhood it had always been SO
that .at rlucrable aversion to the
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roll and a cup of coffee have been
the most / could ever negotiate for
breakfast, and then it was apt to taste
like chips and whet-stones. And now
look at this PLATED" The dog ceased
winnowi9G his ear with q hind foot
and looked back at his master with
much the same expression. Clearly
his own needs had not been forgot
ten.
"Reck'n All bettah go ter git dat ar
machine thing" said Uncle Jefferson
behind him. "Ol' CONAN, heah, she
low ter fix up de kitchen dis mawn-
in en- we begin On de house dis eve
nin'." ..s
"Right-o.' said Valiant. It's all up
hill, SO the motor won't run away
with you. Aunt Daphne. can you get
some help with the cleaning?"
"He'p?" that worthy responded with
fine scorn. No. sub. Moughty few.
in de town 'cep'n low-down yaller new
issue trash det ain wu'f killin'!i All
gwineter go TO dat house mahse'f TO
long, hannah en- tongs, en- git 1t fix
up" M =
Splendid, My destiny is in your
hands. You might take the dog with
you, Uncle Jefferson; the run will do
him good" "fsr gross
When the latter had disappeared
and truculent sounds from the kitchen
indicated that the era OF
cleaning had begun, he reentered the
library, changed the water in the rose
glass and set 1t on the edge Of the
shady front porch, where its Haunting
blossom made a dash of bright Grim
son against the grayed weather beaten
brick. This done, he opened the one
large room on the ground-ioor thai he
had not visited.
1t was double the size of the library,
a parlor hung in striped yellow silk
vaguely and tenderly faded. with a
tall plate mirror set over a marble.
topped console at either side. In one
corner stood a grand piano of Circas.
sian walnut with keys of tinted
mother of-pearl and a slender music.
rack inlsid with morning-glories in the
same material. From the center of
the ceiling, above an oval table, de.
pended a great chandelier hung with
glass prisms. The chairs and sofas
were covered with dusty ~slip-covers OF
muslin. He lifted one of these. The
furnished gold furniture was Louis
XIV. the upholstery of yellow brocade
with a pattern of pink roses. Two
Japanese hawthorn vases sat on teak.
wood stands and a corner held a glass
cabinet containing a collection OF
small worries and ~faience.
He went thoughtfully back to the
great hall, where sat the big chest on
which lay the volume of Lucille" He
pushed down the antique wrought,
iron hasp and threw up the lid. 1t
was filled to the brim with textures:
heavy portieres of rose-damask. table.
covers of faded soft-toned tapestry,
window-hangings of duh green-all
with to~bacco-leaves laid between the
folds and sifted thickly over with the
sparkling white powder. AT the bot.
tom. rolled in tarry-smelling paper, he
found a half-dozen thin, Persian pray.
er-rugs.
"Phewi" he whistled. 81 certainly
ought to be grateful to that law firm
that inspected the place. Think OF
the things lying here all these years,
And that powder everywhere! It's
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LATE
MARKET
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.
@ U oTATIo N s

Cattle.
Beef steers, cornfed, good to
choice . . ...............7.25@7.6S
Beef steers, cornfed, fair to
BOOu 80 100
Beef steers. hay fed, good TO
cnolce .........-....6.75@7.25
Beef steers, hay fed, fair to
Beef steers, pulp fed, good 60
choice
Beef steers, pulp fed, fair to
good
Heifers, prime, cornfed.. ..6.50@7.00
Cows and heifers, cornfed,
good to choice. ..6.00@6.50
Cows and heifers, cornfed,
fair to good. ..5.50@6.00
Cows and heifers, pulp fed,
good to choice ......... 6.00665O
Cows mi heifers, pulp fed,
fair to good ,5.25@sOO
Cows and heifers, hay fed,
good to choice ........ 5.75@64O
Cows and h~eifers, hay fed,
fair to good ............ 5.00@5.75
Veal calves ........... S.50@11.25
Bulls . . 4.50@6.00
Stays
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice ............. 6.7507.5o
Feeders and stockers. fair to
good . . observation-disclosures
Feeders and stockers, COM
mon to fair ............ 5.50D6.2s
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SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. a rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration. which his father founded and
which was the principal source of his
wealth, has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car. a
white bull dog and Damory court, a neg
lected estate In Virginia. On the way to
pamory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, an authenticated beauty, and de-
cides that he is going to like Virginia i'm
mensely. Shirley's mother, Mrs. Dand-
ridge, and Major Bristow exchange rem
iniscences during which II is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father. and a
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
Sassoon and Valiant fought a duel on her
account In which the former was killed.
Valiant finds Damory court overgrown
with weeds and Keepers and the build
ings In a very much neglected condition.
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Kansas City. = Butter Creamsl!
26c; first, 24c; seconds. 22c; paekip'
1Sc.
Eggs-Firsts. 161kc; seconds, lov,
Poultry-Hens. 13c; ROSTERS wv
turkeys. 15c.
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Chicago Grain and Provision Prices.

Chicago.-Wheat-No. 2 red, sl44s
@1.45h; No. 2 hard, s1.44@1.46. ..
Corn-No. 2 yellow. 76h @70ac'
No. 4 yellow, 75hc.
Oats-No. 8 white, 52h q52a''
standard. 52%@ 5skc.
Barley-.o@79c.
Timothy-$5. 0@6.50.
Clover-SS.00@14.00.
Pork-$17.95.
Lard-$9.72.
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Her Discovery.

"oh, George, I've got splendid news
for you"
THAT SOP"
Yes, something that will save you
a lot of money"
What is it?"
I've discovered that your last win.
ter's overcoat will do again this year"
, 1915-06-03
CHAPTER XII.
Sanctuary.

The tawny scudding streak that led
that long chase had shot into the yard,
turning for a last desperate double.
1t saw the man in the foreground and
its bounding, agonized little wild heart
that SO prayed for life gave way.
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Hay and Grain Market.
IF. o. B. Denver. carload price.)

Hay.
Buying Prices.
Colorado upland, per ton .13.0o914.00
Nebraska upland, per ton 10.
Second bottom Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton. .10.50@11.00
Timothy, per ton ........ 14.00@15.0O
Alfalfa, per o .........10.50@11.00
South Park. choice, per tor .13.50@14.00
San Luis Valley, per ton. 100 @11.00
Gunnison Valley. per ton. .13.00@14.00
Straw, per ton .......... 1900 500
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Chicago Produce,

Chicago. - Butter = Creamery =
27hc. d,
Eggs-At mark, cases included 70
TIC; ordinary firsts, 1871 I'VE
~firsts, Ia l71kc,
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Butter.

ElBln . . ............ 20
Creameries. ex Colo, lb. 20 ar
Creameries, ex East, Id. 40 qI
Creameries. I'd grade. Id. ...23 g24
recess . . ..............22 Wzf
Packing stock ............ ISM
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GRAIN.
Grain.
Wheat. choice milling. 100

Wheat, choice milling, 100
lbs, buying ..............2.12q2.17
Rye, Colo, bulk, 100 lbs,
buying 1.6O
Idaho oats, sacked, buying. LIS
Colorado oats. sacked. buying LIS
Corn chop, sack, selling -. Las
Corn in sack, selling ..... LA
Bran, Colorado, per 100 lbs,
selling .................. 1.2O
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Metal Market Prices.
Spelter, st. Louis, $13.42.
Copper, casting, $1S.37@1S.75.
Lead. New York, @4.42.
Bar silver, 1850.
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Eggs.

Eggs. graded No. 1 net.
+. o. b. Denver ....... II
Eggs, graded No. . net,
F. o. B. Denver ........ 12l
Eggs, ase count, tmisc.
cases) less commission :. 400
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Fruit.


Onions, cwt. Colorado 80. 2G
Potatoes . .1.50glF
Arizona republican., 1915-05-13
AS for Parfay itself we are more than
recommending it: We are bringing it to you and put


it
vestgated it. have to We have found that it
of We whole weight
hind it because that with the
Worlds Finest
Arizona republican., 1915-05-13
NEW YORK LIFE
MEN CELEBRATE
Arizona Agents Meet Dis
tinguished Officials of
Company and Hold Get
together Meeting Bust
ness Outlook Good

Celebrating the meeting of some
distinguished guests of the New York
Life Insurance company. by writing
nearly a million dollars worth of
business since February l, the Ari-
IONA agents pushed their record
$4,000 above last years mark. and,
according to the optimists, this ut
terly disproves the theory of bust
ness depression in this vicinity.
The Arizona agents met here to do
honor to Second Vice President
Walter Buckner of New York and
Hamilton Cooke, inspector of agen
cies. of st. Louis.
The agents of the Arizona branch
have been writing business since Feb.
in honor of this visit. They wrote
1871, 900 worth of new business from
Feb. 1 to May 10, beating last years
record on similar occasion by
$1,000. 100000 of new business in
three months does not indicate that
Arizona and Southern New Mexico
are suffering severely from depres-
sion in business.
The following agents were present
at the banquet held at the Adams
hotel: Thos. Blair, X. w. Edwards.
Geo. p. Howe. w. J. Johnson, p. ID.
l.. McLaurin, A. L. Miller, ]. \. Ro
gers. \. II. Sisk, c. e. Tyler, II. d.
Tanner, B. V. Won Sender, w. +.
Van Meter, j. H. Young, p, &.
French, W. c. Lawrence, j. Fl. Davis
Jr. NJ. O. Bixler. r. l.. Gibson. l.
J. Johnson, r. +. Gray, +. E. Lowe,
L. L. Sanders, IL. e. Herwig, V.
p. Dunphy.
Tho agopte ,vere nptartaioad hN
their agency director, |. }. Johnson,
at the Ingleside cll,b yesterday.
Mr. Buckner and Mr.. Cooke were
both in splendid form and gave the
boys a demonstration of how to write
life insurance and also gave them
very interesting information in re-
gard to the plans of the home office
and in regard to the effect of the
European war upon the business.
No Loss in Europe
Mr. Buckner declared that the NOR
tally of the New York Life was
10 per cent in 1913 and 10 per cent
in 1914. which proves that the NOR
tality did not increase in 1914. He
also declared that the New York Life
had but 1900 policy holders in the
under 30 years of age. and that the
death loss is negligible He also
stated in regard to securities that
the New York Life has no mortgage
investments in Europe. that all in
Vestments are government bonds and
gilt edged and not dollar of interest
in default on them.
The night before the meeting Mr.
Johnson invited about twenty bust
ness men Of Phoenix. all policy hol-
ders of the New York Life. to meet
Mr.. Buckner and Mr.. Cooke at
banquet on the roof garden of the
Arizona club. The night was cool
and the view magnificent and every
one present enjoyed the occasion
thoroughly. Those present We're Lew
is T. Carpenter, e. T. Ceilings, A G..
Hulett, Ed O'MalieY, Rev. Bertrand
Cocks, DR.. Louis Dysart, :. J. Mich
elson, Frank T Alllire, DR.. E. w.
Baum. c. ID Doris. Paul c. French.
Jas. S. Griffin. George Purdy Billiard,
c. ]. McElroy. John d. Lopez.
Aaron Goldberg.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-13
NICE AUTO FIRE IS
STOPPED IN STREET
Crowd Gathers to Witness Burning of
Valley Stage Line Car, But Pyrene
QueIs the Spectacle

What might have been a grand little
fire originated in the carburetor de-
partment of a Valley Stage line auto
mobile on Central avenue yesterday
morning al ten thirty, but was eX-
tinSuished before the tire department
could get to tie scene
The ear was on Central avenue near
the Washington street corner, When
the flames burst from under the hood
The fire ,.Hure1 out over the dash
board, aud started squirting from the
radiator. The alarm was sent in, the
car pushed to the middle of the street
and adjacent machines moved About
that time, Mccarthy of Talbot and
Hubbards. ran into the store, secured
his truGJy Pyrcne gun. and with
three sqIirts quelled the blaze that
hundreds had gathered to witness.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-13
limbo KING FIGHT
IS NOT YET OVER

Asking that the company be re-
strained from transacting business in
the state until thorough investiga
ton has been had by the commits
sion, a. A. Crosby, secretary and
manager of the limbo King Mining
and Milling company of Parker yes
terday filed a petition with the cor
poration commission.
The action. which is directed at
Henry ]. Toner, of Chicago, presi-
dent of the company. and number
of other director, seeks to have the
books of the concern brought to
Arizona, where the commission may
exercise its jurisdiction over the
company, and is taken to indicate
that the fight between the directors
and Edward s. Osborne with whom
crosby is associated, is, not yet over
An attempt was made by Toner in
February to have Osborne returned
to Chicago to answer a charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses,
but after a hearing before Governor
Hunt. at which Osborne was COM
pletely exonerated the requisition
was denied Crosby who is stock
holder in the limbo King, has re-
Gently taken over the management
of the company.
The corporation commission is con-
sidering the application.
Hire q little salesman at The Re-