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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-04-28
CHAPTER XIII.
No Solution.


Because his money was fast ebbine
and motives of prudence alone-if
none more worthy-forbade an attempt
to replenish his pocketbook by revisit
ing the little place in the Rue Roget
and realizing on the treasures there,
he had determined to have :. taximeter
| fitted to his car and ply for hire until
time or chance should settle the ques-
ton Of his future.
Already, indeed, he had complied
with the police regulations, received
permission : ) convert his machine in
to q taxicab, and arranged to have the
clock installed
Leaving his car before noon at the
designated depot, he received the prom
Use that it would be ready for him at
four o'clock. Returning at that hour,
he learned that it couldn't be ready be-
fore six. Facing YEARLY two hours
with nothing to do, and too bored and
restless to vile them away in a cafe.
he idled listlessly hither and yon along
streets and Observation-Disclosures in
the black melancholy depressing him,
whether or not he were recognized.
In the course of his wanderings he
found himself turning from the Rue
st. Honore through the Place Ven-
dome to the Rue de la Paix.
Before one corner window Lanyard
paused involuntarily.
In that window there was a mirror.
set at an angle to one side, and sud-
denly Lanyard caught its presentment
of himself-a gaunt and hungry appari-
ton, with wolfish air he had never
worn when rejoicing in the sobriquet
of wolf, his eyes staring with preda-
cious luster.
And lest some passer-by be struck
by this betrayal, he turned and moved
on hastily.
Halfway across the Boulevard des
Capucines, to the east of the Opera, he
leaped for his life from a murderous-
minded taxicab, found himself tempo
rarily marooned upon one of those
isles of safety which the Partisan
calls "thank-Gods," and stood waiting
until an opening should offer in the
congestion of traffic and permit him
to gain the farther sidewalk.
Presently the policeman in the mid
die of the boulevard signaled with his
little white wand, and the stream OF
east-bound vehicles checked and be-
gan to close up to the right of the
crossing, upon which they en-
croached jealousy. A taxicab on the
outside, next the island, overshot the
mark, and, obedient to a curt word
from the sergent, pulled up sharply
and began to back into place. Before
Lanyard could move round it, its
window had drawn opposite him and
he was staring in, transfxed by cas-
Na1 glance.
CTO BE CoNTINUED)
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SYNOPSIS.
10

Ealing the Ombel' jewels and the
III slSo [l-ar plans in London Michael
eqgsnlah ,@,Irns 10 Troyon'S, a Paris inn,
lanyard - time in many years because
m The DIE oddv. a. Scotland Yard man,
y thinks. III Lanyard dresses aDd goes
% hls + Ro1dy snoring in the next
nj leaYinso comes back stealthily, to find
NON, then Mile Bannon. In the apart
n bis Tooin+ ha Trocadero he finds an in
Ssbt near near, ~ The Pack to the Lone Wolf
Eaton ' ~ Lanyard attempts to dis
n join t ~ Orber Jewels, but finds that
ne Of iliT boe forbidden the buyers to
HE Pach i'm I'M He meets The Pack. but
issl Fith n,i i.5i7 with them. On his re-
guses ai az loom he is attacked in the
trrn to ms Ii,S2oelts out his assailant. He dis
lsfk, THAT That Roddy has oeen murdered IN
pF9Fss5 and starts to leave the mouse. In
ts sy.srridor he encounters Lucia Bannon,
be lists on leaving win MN; Having
Fbo iIsll7,.' TIJcia is obliged to take refuge
% ny" inward in the STUDIO OF an absent
Win Lfr;end of his. He locks her IN a
Glst Lone. After sleep Lanyard finds
t9oni assTpoint changed. He tells Lucia
ts VS. rs IS Mutual confessions follow.
g'o d, t' lucy Shannon, NOT ramon, and
ete tl = used as a tool by Bannon. the
bas The American murderer OF Roddy
cooh1r7 onnon's secretary. Lucy agrees to
YES ~! Da'bi him to return the London loot. A
% l"s-rarsr wrapped in a prlck is thrown
ls 1,.igF the skylight. The paper has an
bFols4 If fha total destruction by fire of
scco-r,,s They go to Nine. Omber's Paris
sf9ss.r and buTglariously restore the
tsrels.
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sight or mis- rather striking figure, ~
rayed for the evening in apparel from
Bond street, Lanyard slackened speed.
| Turning as he aiighted, the English
man offered his hand to young wom-
an. She jumped down to the sidewalk
in radiant attire and temper, laughing
like delighted child
Involuntarily Lanyard stopped his
car, and chauffeur driving Immediate
| ~ to the rear. swerving out to escape
collision, shot past, cursing him lib
orally, while sergent de vile scowled
darkly and uttered an imperative
word.
Lanyard pulled himself together
| somehow and drove on.
The girl was just then passing into
the restaurant through the revolving
door, Wertheimer attending her. while
De Morbihan had alighted from the
car and was lending solicitous arm
to Bannon
But to these last Lanyard paid little
attention. Quite automatically he
| passed Wells, rounded the Madeleine,
and turned up the Boulevard Males
herbes. Paris and all its brisk midnight
| traffic swung by without claiming a
1.-THE OF his attention-he was mainly
conscious of lights that reeled dizzily
round him, like a multitude Of staring,
malicious, knocking eyes.
AT the junction with the Boulevard
Haussmann a second sergent de vile
reused him with warning about care
less driving. He went more sanely
thereafter, but with a heart of utter
wretchedness-his eyes still wore a
dazed expression, and now and again
he shook his head impatiently, as
/ though to rid it of a swarm of tor
menting thoughts.
So it seemed he had all along beer
her dupe; that all the while he had
been ostentatiously shielding her from
harm and efficiently showing her
every evidence Of his devotion she
had been laughing in her sleeve and
planning to return with her report OF
a fool self-hoodwinked to the service
she had pretended to despise.
A great anger welled in his bosom.
Turning round, he made back to the
Boulevard de la Madeleine and on one
pretext and another contrived to haunt
| the neighborhood of Wells until the
party came out, something after one
o'clock.
1t was evident they had supped mer-
rily; the girl showed every sign of the
gayest humor; Wertheimer seemed a
bit exhilarated, De Morbihan was
plainly much amused, and even Ban
non-bearing heavily on the French
mans arm-was chuckling apprecia-
lively. The party piled back into De
Morbihan's limousine and were driven
up the Avenues des Champs-E lysees,
pausing at the Elysee Palace hotel to
| drop Bannon and the girl--his daugh-
| ter?-whoever she was!
Whittier it went thereafter Lanyard
didn't trouble to ascertain. He drove
morosely home and went to bed.
though not to sleep for many hours
bitterness of disillusion ate like an
acid into his heart
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ton Of his naked shanks-had van
ished.
In high feather Lanyard was making
his way down to door at the rear Of
the house which gave upon the gar
denim his new social status of gov
ernmental protege disdaining any such
a commonplace avenue as the conser-
vatory window whose fastening he had
forced on entering. And, boldly I'M
boiling the door, he ran out into the
night to rejoin his beloved, like new
man walking to new life.
But she was no more there-the
bench was vacant, the garden desert
ed, the gateway yawning to the street.
With the low, curt cry of one stag
gered Big brutal blow from a trusted
hand, Lanyard turned from the bench
and stumbled out of the garden and to
the junction with the cross street. But
nowhere in the compass of their per-
spectives could he see anything that
moved
After some time his returned to the
SdTu0H anu Qudrt0F0u II Win the LnOT@
oughness of a pointer beating covert.
But he did this hopelessly, bitterly
aware that the outcome would be PIE
cisely what it eventually was that
is to say. nothing.
He was kneeling beside the bench
scrutinizing the turf round about with
microscopic attention by aid Of his
fiash-lamp, seeking some sign Of strug-
gle to prove she had not left him will
in3ly; and finding none when voice
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CHAPTER XXI.
EIation and Despair.

Elation and Despair.
established behind his splendid ma
aOgany desk in his Office at the minis
Wy OF war, or moving majestically
sUload attired in frock coat and shin
.aS topper, or lending the dignity or
us presence to some formal function
VI state in that beautiful uniform
sulch appertained unto his Office, M.
Nector Ducroy cut an imposing figure.
ADed-it was sadly otherwise.
, Lanyard switched on the bedside
usat' turning it so that it struck full
SpOn the face of the sleeper, and as he
'SI down he smiled.
The minister of war lay upon his
OacK' his distinguished corpulence Sc
'eFely oislocating the chaste simplicity
VI the bedclothing. Athwart his shelly
.Is cnest fat hands were peacefully
,Olaed in a gesture affectingly naive.
S'S lace was red, a noble high-light
S1one upon the promontory of his bald
S0le' MS mouth was open.
10 the best of his unconscious abil-
=! ne was giving protracted imita-
Won Of dog fight; and he was really
'Auloiling sublime virtuosity-one
sadly distinguished individual bowls,
s'o"ls, yelps against an undertone
Iaae up of the blended voices Of ex.
NIeo noncombatants.
AS suddenly as though someone,
varying of the entertainment, had
"'ed the needle from that record, it
was discontinued The minister OF
"ar stirred uneasily in his sleep, NUT
.e'ed naughty word, opened one eye,
''N'ed, opened the other.
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CHAPTER xx-continued.

rhog had to walk as far as the
,,. IN De Trocadero before Lanyard
.,rrd . cab, which he later dismissed
.fbe corner Of the Faubourg st. Ger
main.
cate in the garden wall Of resi-
Ss1ce situated at the junction of two
quiet streets.
~Tbis I think, ends our Partisan
u.n5erings," Lanyard announced. "If
yrW be good enough to keep an eye
~ busybodies-and yourself as in
.onspicuous as possible in the recess
d this doorway"
And he walked back to the curb,
Measuring the wall With his eye.
aWhat are you going to do?"
He responded by doing it so swiftly
MAT she gasped with surprise; pausing
nomentarily within a yard of the walk,
he gathered himself together, shot up
Hbely into the air, caught the top
curbipg with both hands, and She
heard the soft thud of his feet on the
Earth of the enclosure, and the latch
rated behind her as the door opened.
For the last time," Lanyard
laughed quietly from the aperture,
permit me to invite you to break the
law by committing an act Of trespass! !"
Securing the door, he led her to a
Garden bench secluded amid conven-
.lonal shrubbery.
IF you'll wait here" he suggested
We'll it will be best. I'll be back as
soon as possible, though 1 may be de-
tanned some time. Still, inasmuch as
In about to break into this house, my
motives, which are most commendable,
may be misinterpreted, and I'd rather
yOu waited here, with the street at
hand. If you hear a noise like trouble
you've only to unlatch the gate. But
let's trust that my purely benevolent
Intentions toward the French republic
won't be misconstrued!
I'll wait" she assured him bravely;
but won't you tell me-"
With a hand he indicated the man.
EOn towering above them.
I'm going to break in there to pay
an early morning call and impart some
Interesting information to a person OF
considerable consequence - nobody
less, in fact, than M. Ducroy."
And who is he?"
THE present minister of war. We
haven't as yet the pleasure of each
others acquaintance; still / think he
wont be sorry to see me. In brief,
mean to make him a present of the
Huysman plans and bargain for safe
conduct for US both from France"
lmpulsively she offered her hand
and, When he somewhat efficiently
iook it, she gave his fingers a firm,
compelling pressure with her own.
BE CAREFUL" she whispered broken
y, her pale, sweet face upturned to
DIS, "Oh, do be careful! / am afraid
Tor you"
And for a moment the temptation
TO take her in his arms seemed strong
or than any he had ever known.
But reminding himself that he had
Voluntarily stipulated for a years pro-
cation, he released her hand with an
acoherent humble, turned, and hastily
disappeared in the direction of the
house.
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The present population Of The earth
"a about 1850 rflionA
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-02
Oil and Gas.

In the West Virginia fields, at Beach
Bottom. Buffalo district, Brooke coun.
ty, the Miller Oil company has com.
pleted its third test well on the G. H.
Agnew farm and has a fair gasser in
the Berea sand. Near Wellsburg, in
the same district and county, the Rock.
ledge Oil company has completed its
initial test well on the Eli Jamison
farm through the Berea sand and it
Is dry. In the Moscow field, in Grant
district, Hancock county, Obrien &
Cusack have completed their No. IL
well on the O'rien & Cusack tract and
it will make a light pumper from the
Berea sand. James d. and Charles M.
Stewart have completed their No. 4
well on the Samuel Stewart farm,
rookie county, and It is light pumper
In the Berea sand. In Freeman's Creek
district. Lewis county, the Carnegie
Gas company has completed its initial
test we'll on the J. L. Davis farm and
Las light gauser.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO coNTRAcToRs.

lISe 10 NTRACTORS.
Bids will be received until twelve
o'clock noon on Friday, September Is,
1916, by the Board Of Eduaction of
Lincoln district, Marion county, West
virginia, for the erection of a high
school building, to be situated on their
property In Pennington, w. Va, in
accordance with the plans and specifi-
cations prepared for same by Charles
w. Bates, Architect, Wheeling. w. Va.
Plans and specifications are on file
and can be examined by bidders at the
office Of the superintendent of schools,
F. M. Conley, In Pennington, w. Va,
and at the office Of the architect, Ma.
ttonal Bank Building, Wheeling, w,
Va.
All bids to be delivered to the sec.
rotary OF the Board Of Education, Mr..
p. G. Brand, at Warrington, W. Va,
Route 4, or to the architect at his of.
flee In Wheeling, W. Va. at or before
the time given, to be In sealed enyel.
opes accompanied by a certified check
for 2 per cent. of the amount of the
bid, as an evidence Of good faith.
The Board Of Education reserves
the right to accept any or reject any or
all bids submitted.
Bids for this work shall be submit.
ted on bidding blanks furnished by
the architect and may be for all or any
part Of the work.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
By ]. M. DOWNS, President.
P. G. BRAND. Secretary.
Pennington, w. Va, September I,
1916. s.2-s
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Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH. Sept. 1.-The Pitts
Iburgh Stock Echange did not show
much activity yesterday. Variations
In prices were about the same as those
of Thursday. La Belle Iron common
showed some activity, 800 shares sell.
ing at 56Ss, an advance OF a point. Pure
OIL common led the sales, however.
1.200 shares being disposed Of at
20k. Columbia Gas and Electric had
.asale Of $50 shares at 2114. an advance
OF q quarter, and few shares OF Man.
ufGcturers Light and Heat sold at
s653z. gain Of half. Fireproofing
common, American Window Glass Ma
chine common, San Toy and Union
Switch made small advances, while
American Window Glass Machine pre-.
ferred, and United States Steel com.
mon showed slight declines. The rap
I'd decline Of industrials on the New
York market late in the afternoon,
took all the life out of the local brok-
.ers. The sales on the Pittsburgh Elk.
change were: Shares. $3.50; bonds.
$1,000.
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Deeds Filed.

DEEDS Filed.
Isaac Yost ct al to Mary E. Liggett,
lot 3. Homewood. Warrington; $500
and further consideration.
Jettie D. Butler ct con to Walter R..
Haggerty, lot 16. block 3s, Benoni av.
enue, Fairmont Development Company
land; $1,70O.
D. N. Musgrave ct ux to Mrs. Lizzie
L. Thorn ct con, lot l, block 4, Hood
addition. Rivesville; one dollar and
further consideration.
J. c. Duncan to Riley R. Moore,
land on Bingamon creek; $40.
Marriage Licenses.
Pinkney Wilson. widower. II and
Mary ]. Toothman. widow. 70, Rives.
vile.
Roy Sears. IS. Cleveland, Okla, and
Anna Parke, %. Fairview.
New Suits.
Frank B. Pryor vs.. Lincoln Gas Coal
Company, ct al; suggestion.
Frank B. Pryor VS.. A. W. Hesse,
debt and damages, $S10.39.
James A. Graham VS.. w. s. Taylor in
chancery.
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CITY OF FA,aMoN,IT;
Notice to Contractors: W.

Notlce to Contractors: ~.
Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids
curbing and paving Of East PARK sEySnt,S
between Morgantown avenue and 7S6e ri
way In the Second ward OF .tho CITY d
Fairmont. Marion county. West yirSins,
TWO authorizing, said improyemenfs,'o ss<-
Cd by the Board Of Anairs OF said Cff<
August 4. 1916. to which said ordinrnS<
reierence Is hereby made a. n the sal1c
s %er sv ta fSs set out herein VII bs IecSy
streets, ETC., of said city at hi o(do1
In the Municipal Building IA said oi<1
between August Is, 1916. and Senfomh1<
q 1SlS. which said bids and pFopo1al1
Board OF Affairs September e. 19tf. m
200 O'Clock p. m. or 20 soon th1foSttrr
as Is practicable. = =, - =
Plans and specifications adopted Ia
said improvements which plans ana 1oeS-
incations shall be q part Of fto cn11 :
tract when entered into, may 81 rSro
at the office of the UNDERMINED ~ - n
Municipal Building between the7 hour
Sundays excepted. between ths 81 a. 81
aforesaid. "a n M sS7Ss.
The successful bidder shali lie Fsou,r-
ed to take the paving certtfcatcs 4
ments. and give bond as In said osdiS-
ance provided. ~ y - - -
Contract will be let to the tIowsef -.
sponsible bidder. but the right e r6rsf~-
ais. - - X s,s>.>,-
a certified check payable to the CITY d,
Fairmont in the sum Of ten 90 PEI csnf. 8
per centum OF the amount Of BID mn1<
dence Of good faith. Checks Of nnst,ccs:s-
full bidders will be returned and Sr6<cI'
OF successful bidder will b fieid u6fi'
satisfactory bond 10 entered into, nt,r-
, suant to the requirements for said In
dersigned. N - Z ~ ~ fsAA''
1916. =. =, e e'e' -,
(Signed) A. Z. LEH1fAN
n Commissioner Of streefs. sto.
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New York


NEW YORK, Sept. 2. = Alternate
periods Of strength and weakness at.
landed yesterdays irregular market,
the feverish movement deriving it's i'm.
pulse almost wholly from the chang.
ing aspects Of the railway situation.
Prices were almost universally strong
sat the outset, but stocks were freely
supplied on the advance and profittak.
ing soon wiped out most gains.
The most significant event Of the
day In its broader application to finan.
fctal conditions was the further break
IN German exchange, marks declining
to the law record Of 69%,. a deprecia.
ton Of fully 80 per cent. Rubles were
strong on further buying of Russian
securities, but sterling and francs
were unchanged.
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splendid; Robert Milton has 3 part
that = handled with ali The skill d .
infsted actor and Edwin Kerr added
70 ~ list cf admirefs as ttiS tatheS
OF the heroine. Il u Z Z: &.
For the Monday matines At the Hip
podrome theatre the Lewis-o Oliver play
ers will offer Sarah Bernhardes orig.
inal version Of Alexander Dumas mas.
terpiece Camille
Miss Edna Grandin viii be seen at
her best nthe title role. Miss Gran.
din has played this part more than
one hundred times.
On Monday labor day. there win
be special matinee and all seats will
be reserved and night prices charged.
The seats are now on sale and the in.
dications are that there will be well
filled house.
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0n6Mj1zltgaHk
s mzf(BdAplANgzvf
FRED MERKLE, BROOKLYN Doo.
GERS:

FRED MERKLE, BROOKLYN DoD.
GERS:
''In leaving the Giants I want to
express appreciation of the treatment
Manager McGraw and the Polo Ground
ians accorded me while was Giant.
I'm not bit sore about the trade.
Maybe they chased me right into a
worlds series.
II haven't been playing good ball
and mwell aware Of 1t. But nobody
can say that haven't tried. cost
the Giants the pennant once. I have
not forgotten 1t and lot Of other peo-
pie have constantly reminded me Of
it.
II hope and believe that the change
will benefit me. Maybe I can, play
winning ball with a winning team.
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Final Performance
of Eleventh Hour

"The Eleventh Hour" which will be
given its final Interpretation tonight
at the Hippodrome is a delightfully."-
well balanced. A well filed house
greeted the performance last night.
Mr.. Lewis and Miss Grandin continue
to be the favorites, but the entire
company comes in for its full share
of praise in making the production a
success.
Pauline Leroy and Miss Morgan are
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would not have had to make a drive.
Coveleskie, James and Dauss are now
pitching very good ball which is the
reason the Tigers have been winning
lately.
Three pitchers at their best are
enough to carry club through the
last six weeks Of the race"
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Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO. Sept. Q. = Nervousness
on the part Of many traders that some
hitch In Congress would prevent a set
Element Of the railway strike turned
the wheat market down grade. Large.
ily in consequence the close was unset.
tied, 11a@29sc net lower with Sept.
at $1.A0A and Dec. at s1.4S@1.44. Corn
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IRON AND WOODWORKING MACHINERY
New and second hand 9 Machine tools, lsthes,
drill,, shapsrs. planers. Pressss Garage msehin.
cry. . Gasoline engines. Pumps electric motors.
Engines. Boilers, planners, band-saws. etc Saw
today. BAIRD MACaMERY CO.. Pit.sSarxs sI F..
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
clrY OF EAIRMoNT

Notice to Contractors:
Notice IL hereby given that sealed bid
and proposals In writing. for the grsoinE
nue.. between Holly avenue and Il az
elite street. In the Second ward 81 t01
city or Fairmont, Marion county, Sq11<
virginia, pursuant TO ordinances nuuh6f
, ,N"n,: ~. suthoriztng said !mptoys.
OF said city, August ., .1ele, TO which G1id
ordinance reference 10 hereby mH1o ~
u inc same were fully set out herein.
VIII pc received By the tndersisned Cum
az his office in the Municipal Bun i11
IN sud City between August II. iN16. and
september 5. 1915. which said bids aud
proposals shall be opened and ton1Id-
Der 8. 1916. at 900 o'clock p Nd. a =
soon thereafter as Is practicable, "a
Plans and specifications Adopted 81
SAID improvements, which plans and III.
when entered into, may be seen afi + "a of-
nee OF the undersigned ut said 0onicinai
Building between the hours of 300 4. n
and o:0v p. m. each day, SuAdAyS a.
The successful bidder shaH 30 redui<
ed to take the paving certi6ates inSbay-
ment for the work or said irnprova lasnfe
ana SiSsd give bond as In said ordinances pto'
Contract will be let To tho lovSst -.
sponsible bidder, but the right ~ fcs6ry-
"a "a to reject any or ali bids and rsc5os,
A certified check payable to Tie cits.
OF Fairmont In the sum Of ten 30 III
cent? per centum Of tho amount az f,i3
must accompany all bids and proposrjS
as evidence Of good faith. Checks a 7un-
successful bidders will be returned. and
check OF successful bidder WnlE ~ fSlJ
until satisfactory bond II entered INTO,
pursuant 10 the requirements for SrI6
improvements. Address al couamuuic1-
the first time August Is. 1916. =
lsigned) A. i. LEHMAN.
Commissioner Of Streets sfo