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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10
Bonds
Mercantile Paper

New York, March 9.-Prime mercan- tile paper, 3A@31. per cent Sterling exchange easier; 60-day bills, $4.79; for cables. $4.S1.10 for demand, $4.S0.65. Bar silver, soc; Mexican dollars. 3Sc. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds irregular. Time loans steady SO days. 2h@2% per cent; 90 days, per cent; six months. A per cent. Money on call steady; high, ? per cent; low, B per cent; ruling rate, per cent; last loan, per cent; closing bid, 17s per cent; offered at per cent.
 London, March 9.-Bar silSer, 23 9-16d per ounce. Money, l per cent. Discount rates. Short and three months, 1 F per cent
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Plan Pipe Line for Milk

T
 Atlantic City.-Mayor Riddle sprung a sensation at todav's meeting of the city commissioners by announcing that he had received an application for a franchise from a newly organized company to estab- fish a milk pipe line in the resort The milk is to be furnished. the mayor ex- plained. from a central depot and slot machines are included in the plans.
 By dropping nickel in the slot, said the mayor, , cents worth of pure. cold sweet milk will flow into a paper cup,
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, March 9.-(Special. )-Europe continues to buy large amount of cotton at present prices. so that the Liverpool market was better than anticipated. Here at the opening there was heavy realiz- ing of some long cotton by parties who had bought on the recent decline. These sales stopped the improvement and finally turned the market downward
 There was no new feature in the situ- ation, except that flre trade again bring forward the idea that at present prices there will be only slight decrease in acreage.
 On the decline the west was small buyer on the investment theory.
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery, March 9.-(Special. )--Spot cotton was quoted here today as fol- Jews: Middling fair, old, not quoted; new, S.s1c; strict good middling, old, not quoted i; new, S.44c; good mddling, old, 1-16c new. 8.26c; strict middling, old. 13-16c; new, S.06c; middllng. old. ! 9-16c; new, 79Sc; strict low middling old. 1-16c; new, 7alc; low middling, old, 1-16c; new, 6S1c; strict good ordinary, old, 1S-16c; new, 63lc; good ordinary, old 7-1sc; new, 5.94c; market steady.
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Liyerpool Spot Cotton

good middling, 5.39d; midding. 5.07d; low middltng, 4.6Tc. Sales 5000 Speculation and export, 25Os- Receipts, 8, ,64S. Futures quiet and steady. May and June, 499d; June and July, 5.031ad: July and August, 5 Tod; October and November, 5.Ac; Jan uary and February 5.31d.
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Interior Cotton Market

Houston: Middling. S.60c; receipts. 1926 shipments, 4415; sales, 2647; stock, 176,632 Memphis: Midding, 812c; receipts, 1S47 shipments. 4442; sales, 20o0; stock. 219.74l Augusta: Middling, Sc receipts, 10l7 shipments, TIP; sales, 1207 stock, 140,47
 St. Louis: Middling, S1sc receipts, S9S9 shipments, 3717; stock, 37,066
 Cincinnati: Receipts 2196 shipments 50I stock 15,11S.
 Little Rock: Middling. Sc: receipts. 6S7 shipments, 1887; sales, 513; stock 46.S31.
 Dallas: Middling. S.05c; sales, 1S42.
 Total today: Receipts. 15,662; shipments, l5,174; stock 635 S65
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Dry Goods Market

New York, March 9.--High shipping costs curtailed export trade in cotton goods today. Domestic markets were quiet and steady Fine mems wear suit ings sold well for fall. Fall silks were bought in a small way. Yarns quiet,
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Chicago Grain

Chicago, MarJh 9.--Wheat No red $1.53a 6D1.55c; No. 2 hard, $1.55 @p1.5 5a Corn No yellow, 74c. Rye nominal Barley. 71@S5c. Timothy $4.50 Co 6.50 Clover, S10.50m14.00. Pork, $17.35. Lard S10.0O. Ribs, S9.00a 9.50.
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St. Iouis Grain

St Louis. March 9.-wheat No 2 red, $1511s a1.53; No. 2 hard, s15i; May s1.51A July. s1.1sA. Corn No. ?. 72c; No. ? white, 75hc; May, 73Ac; July, 75c. Oats No. ?, 56c; No. ? white 57h c 57 1bc: May 521kc.
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ugar Market

March 9.-Sugar futures with near months lower,
 decline in the spot mar sr months were steadied by P aand from local commission ral business was less active. ies were 2 points lower t1 Ter.
 easy. Centrifugal 4.71c: mo- refined, quiet. Futures closed 3.69c; May, 3.79c; July, 3.S9c; '99c; sales, 77O0 tons. } day sales of 125,0o0 bags fl 'ugar were made on the basis centrifugal. Molasses sugar 3.87c.
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New York Spot Cottnn

New York, March 9.-Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands S.75c: sales, 200 bales.
 New York, March 9.=Cotton futures opened barely steady; March, S60o; May, S.Ssc; July, 9.O5c; October 9.30c: December 9.45c.
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bbard Bros. & c

Merchants, Hanover SouI 1ers New York Cotton Ex( rleans Cotton Exchange Produce Exchange, Al rs Liverpool Cotton As1o 1 solicited for the purchS delivery. s speoisi chsi attent @ terms given for consignu cotton for delivery. Corr invited.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans, March 9.-Spot cotton steady, 13 points up; sales on the spot, 1290 bales to arrive. gao; good ordi- nary, 6.25c; strict good ordinary. 6.S1c: low middling. 7.31 strict low middling, 7.76c; middling, 2s13c: strict middling, S.3Sc; good middling, S.S2c strict good middling, 9.19c; receipts. 13,562; stock, 374,597.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, March 9.-Rice con- tlnued strong and quiet today with light offerings and unchanged quota tions. Receipts: Rough, 2426; millers, 2157; clean, 34s4. Sales, GOT pockets clean Honduras at 3% @4Ac.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City. March 9.-Wheat No. 7 hard $1.49@1.50; No. 2 red. s14s@1.49
 Corn No. 9 mixed, 70@70i2c No. : white. 72; No. yellow, 7Sc. Oats No . white. SC O SIC; No. 2 mixed, 53@ 54c.
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HIGHER LEVEL Is
 MADE BY WHEAT Close Firm at 1-2 to , 3-4 Net Advance-Corn
 Drags

Chicago. March 9.-Assertions that American wheat exports were about twice as rapid as conditions would warrant sent the market today to a much higher level yith the close firm at 1a@54ae net advance. Corn finished lsc to A@2sc; oats a shade to isc up and provisions off lon27lsc. Corn was inclined to drag on slowness of cash demand and that handicapped oats.
 Enlarged hog receipts weighed on pro- visions.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Spot Cotton
The Iron Market
Poultry and Eggs

- T1GHS-IOC. - Live Turkeys-1Sc; dressed turkeys, 24c Fryers-1A-11z lbs; average. 1Sc Ducks-15c ID. Guineas-30c. Young Roosters-40c. Old Roosters-35c. Geese-60M75c. Fresh country eggs--17c; graded cartor eggs. 19c.
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|EGG QUOTATIONS DOWN ONE CENT
Southern Cotton Dealers Hold Firm Despite Efforts
 to Push Market Down

Business on Morris avenue continues fairly good, and the demand for fruits and produce holds up well. The poultry market is we'll supplied, eggs being espe- cially plentiful The price of eggs was reduced 1 cent per dozen on yesterday g market the prevailing quotation now be- ing r. cents f. o. b. Birmingham. The flour and grain markets hold firm.
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Live Stock

- Chicago. March. g.. Hogs: Receipts, .26,-
 eO; lower; bulk of sales, $6 .SOd6 30; light.
 s6.5Q6.90; mixed. $6.65G7; heavy, S6. 400
 6.9o; rough, s6 .40@6. .55; pigs, $5. .75GJ6. 70.
 Cattle: Receipts, 400O; slow; native
 steers $5. .75@S. 80; cows and heifers, S3. .3O0I
 7.75; calves, s6.50a9. 75.
 Sheep: Receipts, 10000: strong; sheep, s.H4S. 10; yearlings, g. 65QS 30; lambs, g. 75a " Kansas City March 9.--Hogs: Receipts, ,..e500: higher; bulk of sales $6.9097; heavy, t$6 .90Q7; packers and butchers, St. 90a7; Qight, s6.S5@7; pigs, $6. 25Q6 90 ry Cattle: Receipts, 13.000; lower; prime fed isteers sS.25@S. .75; dressed beef steers $71O ,NdS .15; southern steers. $6dD7. .75; cows, $4lI Ht6.75; heifers, $6dS 30; stockers, s66l7. 70. ,,I Sheep: Receipts, 5000; higher lambs IS. 15Q9. 75; yearlings, $S@S. .75 wethers, $7 50 1i@S .15; ewes, $7.25@7.75. Al St. Louis, March 9.--Hogs: Receipts, II, zoo; higher; pigs and lights, SCOT 15; mixed wand butchers. $695@715; good heavy, s7@ T.15.
 ,n Cattle: Receipts, 23O0; lower: native beef astesrs, $7Q9; cows and heifers, $5. .5O@S. % i, .native calves, $ed10. 50. VI Sheep: Receipts. 26OO; higher; native smuttons, $6.75a7 50; lambs, ss 75I9 90; fyearlings, $7.50@S.5 .5O sheared yearlings, ,t$e .5O17. .75
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The local spot quotation is unchanged
 at the opening this morning, although for
 the past two days the New York and New
 Orleans future quotations nave been sev-
 eral points off at the close. Should to- days future quotations become lower the local spot quotation would in all prob ability be reduced also; otherwise. 1t will ! stand on its present basis of sisc for good niddling. Southern dealers in spot cot toD, however, show a disposition to hold firm in demands for good prices on the staple despite the evident desire of New York bfokers to secure contracts at lower pfioes
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Others Succeeded

From the Buffalo Express.
 .Mr. Moneybags. what are you going to make of your son2'
 sI can't make anything of him, but he's got girl who's making a monkey of him
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Fruits and Produce

Lemons-$35O. Limes-H.2. Florida Oranges-$212. .50. Grapefruit-$1. .75@2 25 Florida Strawberries-3O@40c at. Apples-Winesaps $4.5O: Baldwins, s36 $50; Ben Davis. s2.5O@3.50; box apples. $1.50Ql1.75.
 Peanuts-51k@61zc per ID. Malaga Grapes-$5Q6 per keg Tomatoes-$2. 750t3. 25 per crate. Cocoanuts-$4 per sack. Cranberries-Per box, $1.75@2; per bar. rel, $7.
 Celery-Florida, per crate. s2.75; 75c dozen.
 Walnuts-16Q20c lb. Pecans--15Q20c per ID. Filburts-15c per lb. Almonds-20c per lb. Chestnuts-9c per lb. Lettuce-$1. .75@2. Eggplants-$3.50. Green Peas-$3.50 Green Beans-$3.5O Onions-2lac per lb. Spanish Onions-$1.75 per crate. Sweet Potatoes-$1 per bushel Irish Potatoes-75c per bushel. Cabbage-2c per lb. New Cabbage-$2.25 per crate. London Layer Raisns-$1.75. California Figs-s2 per case. Seed Potatoes-$1@1. .25 bu. Onion Sets-$1.75Q bu.
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Wont this be great for mothers who come here on excursions with their bahies?' enthusiastically questioned the mayor. The other members of the com mission were noneommittal.
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Metal Marlretl

k, March 9.-Tin nominal; 5-ton l. Copper firm. Electrolytic.
 Casting, $14.25@1462. Iron d unchanged. At London: Shot 64 Is, Sd. Futures. 264. 15s. Spot
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Crea amery Products

Creamery Butter-S2Q34c; process but ter. BOG; oleomargarine. l5@2Sc. Full Cream Cheese-17c: imported Swiss, S3c; Pimento, dozen $l.35.
 Fish Perch-8c. Salt Water Trout-11k012c. Blue Catfish-71ac. Red S0apper-8@9kc Gray Snapper-4Q5c. Mullet-5h@6c. Spanish Mackerel-121z@15c Fresh Pompano-20025c. Gulf oysters s1 gallon; se- lects. $1.25 gallon; plants. N.5O.
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Coffee Market

New York, March 9.-Coffee futures were lower today under some scatter ing liquidation and little trade selling which may possibly have been inspired by continued large Brazilian receipts -'"H further heavy clearances from Bra
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Hides and Tallow

Green salt hides, l6@17c: green salt hides (half cured). 15Q1ec; green hides (fresh), 14u15c; dry flint hides. 2S@29c: dry salt hides, 2e@27c; damaged hides, half price;
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Flour and Breadstuffs

Self ris ng flour, S.40; Tennessee flour. g; Michigan flour. $S.15; Idaho flour. s7.4O: Indiana flour. $7.25; spring wheat flour, s7.75: hard winter wheat flour. s7.7O: shorts, $32; pure wheat bran. 80; c. &. meal, 71s per cent. $50; Cremo meal. $26; C.. 5. hulls. $10 ton; No. 1 timothy hay. $6 per ton; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, Ter ton. $19; pea green alfalfa, western. sc6: bixed feeds, per ton, $35; oats. per bushel 7Sc; corn, per bushel, 9Sc; corn meal, s1.SQ per 96 pounds.
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tin, G190. Futures, a165. 1os Anthony. E73@75.
 New York, March 9.-Lead, $3.9c64. Lon don G20 16s, 3d. Spelter. $l1.50 bid. Lon don f44. los.
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d States. The market slime of 2 to 3 points
 net loss of z to 12 900; March, 5.54c; April, e.. June, 5.72c; July, 5.82c; September, 6.89c; November. 6.99c; Decem- lary, 7.09c. Spot quiet, Santos No. 4, sac.
 rkets unchanged. Re- 70 Brazilian ports, 54,oO0 receipts, 21,000. Santos bags for New York and and Victoria, 17,000 for t and freiAht offers were on low grades. but some 'rades were a little higher IS ranging up from 9.75c
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sheep skins, 5o@6Oc; horse hides. $2@35 sherlings 15Q25c; goat skins, 309S5c kid skins. 10c; tallow, Dc; clean. unwashed
 wool 20G23c; bury wool. 12q15c; ginseng. 1 S445.
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Naval Stores

# Savannah March 9-Turpentlne firm, ,5f2c; sales. 27 receipts, 6; shipments. 22s; gstock, 3i.107. Rosin firm; sales, 352; re-
 ce;pts. POS; shipments, 300; stock. 119 723.
 Quote: A, B. $2.95; c, D, $3.o21s; F, F, G,
 H. sS.O714; I, $3.121s; K. 8. 221a; M, $4; N, f6; VIC. &5.45; wv, $5. .55
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New Orleans, March 9-Cotton opened steady; March, S.33e; May. S.55c; July. S.75c; October, 9.03c; December, 9.20c.
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|. Refiners also ,es were about l 8 to 16 points 6.75c bid; March. D6.95; May 6.9l
 4c; July, 7.12m'
 22c; September, -s5 Q 7.20c; total
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, March 9-There was quite a severe break in cotton seed scu today resnltir- from weakness in
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Meats

Extra Ribs--10c. Bollies-11Ac. Boston Butts-10kc Pork Loins-11Rc. Breakfast Bacon-22c. Spare Ribs-81ac. Regular Hams-15c. Skinned Hams-151hc.
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New Orleans Cotton Market New Orleans, March 9-Cotton closed steady at a net decline of to 8 points
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Chicago, March s--Grain and pro- visions
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NtN IOTk OOttOH uIufeS New York, March 9.-Cotton closed steady.
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LOCAL SECURITIES

Total sales for the day. 2o42oo shares
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-08
VICTIM OF CRUEL DECEPTION
Fair Seaside Visitor Satisfied She Had Seen Remarkable "GoVernment
 Salting Apparatus"

They were passing the holiday at Onset and during the course Of the sunny afternoon took stroll on the beach. At one point they came upon an improvised breakwater, where some resident had filled bags with sand and piled them in breastWorks fashion to prevent the sea from en- croaching upon his land during the stormy season.
 One of the young ladies was curious immediately. She would know what the bags were for.
 "Why, it's very simple" explained her companion with due gravity. "The water in Onset bay originally was fresh, a peculiarity of nature which has puzzled scientists. It seemed too bad to deprive the place of seashore advantages so the government took the matter in hand, filled the bags with salt and thereby has imparted the proper flavor to Onset water"
 Far from rebuking him for being fresh" she is now telling her friends of having seen the government salt ing apparatus" down there.
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cut him down in the prime of his youth, and now, according to Brunei, there wasn't much use!"
 Pitchoune was bandaged around his hind quarters and his adorable little head and forepaws came out of the handkerchief bandage.
 He won't eat anything from me, mon Capitaine." said Brunei, and Sabron tremendously opened the pup py's mouth and thrust down dose. Pitchoune swallowed obediently.
 Sabron had just returned from a long hard day with his troops, and tired out as he was, he forced himself to give his attention to Pitchoune. A second invitation to dinner lay on his table; he had counted the days until this night. It seemed too good to be true, he thought, that another picture was to add itself to his collection! He had mentally enjoyed the others often, giving preference to the first, when he dined at the chateau; but there had been thrill in the second caused by the fluttering of the white dress down by the poplar walk
 Tonight he would have the pleasure of taking in Miss Redmond to dinner.
 See. mon Capitaine," said Brunei, "the poor little fellow cant swallow it.
 The water trickled out from either side of Pitchoune's mouth. The sturdy terrier refused milk in all forms, had done so since Sabron weaned him; but Sabron now returned to his nursery days, made Brunei fetch him warm milk and, taking the quill, dropped a few drops of the soothing liquid, into which he put dash of brandy. down Pitchoune's throat Pitchoune swal lowed, got the drink down, gave a feeble yelp, and closed his eyes When he opened them the glazed look had gone.
 The officer hurried into his eve ming clothes and ordered Brunei, as he tied his crayat, to feed the puppy lit tie of the stimulant every hour until
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small wire-haired Irish terrier had given birth to fine family and her self gone the way of those who do their duty to a race. In the straw at his feet Sabron saw a ratlike, unpre- possessing little object. crawling about feebly in search of warmth and nour- fshment, uttering pitiful little cries. It's extreme loneliness and helpless ness touched the big soldier, who said curtly to his man:
 Wrap it up. and if you don't know how to feed 1t I should not be sur prised if 1 could induce 1t to take a little warm milk from a quill At all events we shall have a try with it. Fetch 1t along to mT rooms"
 And as he retraced his steps, leav ing his order to be executed, he thought to himself: The little beggar Is not much more alone in the world than l ami AS he said that he re called word in the meridional patois Pitchoune, which means poor little thing"
 T shall call it Pitchoune. he thought. and we shall see If it cant lo better than it's name suggests"
 He went slowly back to his rooms
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and busied himself at his table with his correspondence Among the let ters was an invitation from the Mar quise dEsclignac, an American mar ried to a Frenehman, and the great lady of the country whereabouts.
 Will you not" she wrote, come to dine with us on Sunday? I have my niece with me. She would be glad to see a French soldier. She has ex- pressed such a wish. She comes from a country where soldiers are rare We dine at eight"
 Sabron looked at the letter and it's fine clear handwriting Its wording was less formal than a French invita- tion is likely to be, and it gave him a sense of cordiality. He had seen, during his rides, the beautiful lines of the Chateau dEsclignac Its tur- rets surely looked upon the Rhone. There would be a divine view from the terraces. It would be a pleasure to go there. He thought more of what the place would be than of the people in it, for he was something of her. init, rather a recluse, and very re- served
 He was writing line of acceptance when Brunei came in, tiny bundle in his hand.
 Put Pitchoune over there in the sunlight" ordered the officer, "and we shall see if we can bring him up by hand"
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Such a Long Time Ago.

He had just reached the philo- sophical stage when he slipped into a restaurant between bars for a bit to eat. He ordered. Then he sat star ing ahead, quietly thoughtful in ex- pression, and waited
 It is admitted he did some waiting. too. What happened to his order couldn't be understood outside the peculiar convolutions of a restaurant kitchen, but he spent half an hour sitting there staring ahead of him.
 At last it came. As the waitress put the order before him he started from his deep study. as if he had for gotten he had an order coming. Then, looking up at the fair transporter of edibles, he said:
 You don't look day older!"-- Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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CHAPTER 1.
A Serious Event,


 Le Comte de Sabron, in the undress uniform of captain in the - Cavalry. sat smoking and thinking. What is the use of being thirty years old with the brevet of captain and much distinction of family if you are poor man-in short, what is the good Of anything if you are alone in the world and no one cares what becomes of you?
 He rang his bell, and when his performance appeared, said sharply:
 Que diable is the noise in the sta ble. Brunei? Don't you know that when l smoke at this hour all Taras- con must be kept utterly silent?"
 Tarascon is never silent. No French meridional town is, especially in the warm sunlight of a glorious May day
 The noise, mon Capitaine,9 said Brunei, 'is rather melancholy
 Melancholy" exclaimed the young officer. Its internal. Stop it at once" The performance held his kepi in his hand. He had a round good-natured face and kind gray eyes that were used to twinkle at his masters humor and capriees.
 beg pardon, mon Capitaine, but very serious event is taking place"
 It will be more serious yet, Brunei, if you don't keep things quiet"
 T am sorry to tell. mon Capitaine, that Michette has just died"
 Michettei" exclaimed the master. What relation is she of yours. Bru- net?'
 An, mon Capitaine," grinned the or donnance, relation! None! It is the little terrier that Monsieur le Capi- taine may have remarked now and then in the garden"
 Sabron nodded and took his cigarette out of his mouth as though in respect for the deceased.
 "Ah, yes,' he said. that melancholy little dog! Well, Brunet!"
 She has just breathed her last, mon Capitaine, and she is leaving be- hind her rather large family"
 T am not surprised" said the officer There are six" vouchsafed Bru- net, of which, If mon Captaine is Wiling, should like to keep one.
 Nonsense" said Sabron, "on no ac- count. You know perfectly well, Bru- net, that l don't surround myself with things that can make me suffer. have not kept a dog in ten years. try not to care about my horses even. Everything to which I attach myself dies or causes me regret and pain. And won't have any miserable little puppy to complicate existence"
 Bien. mon Capitaine," accepted the performance tranquilly. T have given away five. The sixth is in the stable; if Monsieur le Capitaine would come down and look at it ;"
 Sabron rose, threw his cigarette away and. following across the garden in the bland May light. went into the stable where Madame Michette,