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Havre de Grace Results

Firss race tn.id.ns: t.o-year, oid,: .h ny
nrt; Drill Master, lis Ambrose, s. 20. $40.
scond Man o. the Hour. ll3 Smith. $3.50
Ideal. les Darcy. OdLbqus Ph.dod.n also ran.
Calumet stable.
sscond rscs (thr,e- ysar.olds ard upward cla,n-
ing: ons mile and |. sirte-1th) -Pe.l.r, io5 tMul:
cahcy) So so, s2.2o. s32o. first; Napoleon. ~
(RoSanl SO 40. 81 10. second: Mary Warren. ITO
Smith $40 third TIM. lie. High ids
Stonehense. kildare. First Deegres also ran.
ing. one mile and a observation-disclosures. 1903
holy. ITO (Stsrlins), $3.50. 81. second; wodan.
1903 CBoylsnl, si90. third Tine Ia Is.
Gooduood. Delaney. csnto. Burlinsams. sig. Mr..
Mack also ran.
Fourth race s .iEsTst DE-, r.; o,di
$40. 1920. 81 10. fSst; Assume 1903 tTaplin).
81 50. 81 80 second; Barry shannon. l0s tSmtthl.
1910. third. Time 43. Waukeas Clean Up.
Manokin also ran.
Fifth race CTh. Fox Sill Handicap; thrs;year'
dds and upward sir turlcss,-Wesy Hosan.
hurst. i2S (Ambrsej. -s22O. $40 second; TOP
O. M Morning 40 (Byrncl, s2.io. third Time.
liz Marie Miller and Water Lady also ran.
Powers entry.
Sixth rsne t,hree.ys,r. old, and up~aid claim;
ne sr, one @s 80 IS al,, ass.. Z,
IRsyncsI, ,2io, third Time. lis as Gartsh
sun. Peg Bit. Oliver Kathleen II. Broom
Corn also ran.
Seventh rDs tthree-yeu- And upgNd sell;
irs mile and quar.rl-Lieyn sad,, ~
tponohG.c' 81. third. Tine, 2os is Fair Mac.
chief brown Buckley and Dull also ran.
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FORECLOSURE SALES.

IN FORECLOSURE.-SU COURT
New York County.--CitiZens Savings Rank
plaintiff. against Robert Bader et al, de-
PENDANTS.
Pursuant 20 a Judgment entered September
eth. 1917. the undersigned will sell az public
auction at the Exchange Salesroom, Nos u
and 10 Eesey Street. Borough OF Manhattan.
New York City. at twelve o'clock noon on
October 4th. 1917. BY Bryan L. Kennedy
suctioneer. the premises directed by said
Judgment 10 be sold. being on the easterly
side Of Bedford Street, Borough OF Manhst-
tan. New YORK city, bounded and described
follows:
Beginning az a point on the eastery sids
OF Bedford Street distant forty 400 feet
southerly from the corner formed by the In
teTseCtion OF the southerly side Of Downing
Street with the easterly side Of Bedford
Street; running thence easterly and part OF
he distance through a party wall. and along
the land OF James Root and william Leon
ard Seventy-fye ti5D feet more or less 10 lot
number nine on map OF Richard Cromwell
fled In the office OF the Register Of the City
and County o, New York thence southerly
along said lot number nine seventeen feet
six 80 inches 10 other land OF said Root and
Leonard. thence westerly along the land Of
said Root and Leonard and part Of the dis
tance through another party wall seventy
rye 49, feet 90 inch the easterly
side OF Bedford street and thence northerly
along the said easterly side OF Bedford
Street, eighteen feet nine ~ inches to the
point or place ot beginning. and shown GA
the following diagram:
DOWNING STREET.
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IManister TOT Winner
McTaggart,s Poor Ride on
Corn Tassel Proues Costly
Aqueduct Results
FIRST RAcE-sellinr; ,hree-y,sr; Cd. and VI

ward. purse $500: sir and a half 'uron'
y..s :'; &C.,, Fl f. Il IT,: =
The De.n u. lMeh,.s, ,j,, ran Sl s.,r rood
er and trainer. e Buxton.
SECOND RACT-s,sep.chns; ceiling: b,ndir,p
three yesr-olfs and upward: $500 added ao'u'
two miles.
Horse. weight and Jockey. Sodd'.- Pr.
Ncr,hscol. =, Woke, ...".IIs3.IlSs o %, ~.
Eage Tni't' r oI5 w,, ri5 a. o. a. win.
ncr i" 3 r. b. voha1s|r.llow' owner. Sor+hwood
stable Trainer. J. Fr.yhas
THIRD RACE--selllns two-Jear-old FLIES pire.
$500; fvo furlor
Horse. weight and jocke1. Codd,- III.
Wood Violet. 10. lP.'z, '.........ii-s . e
M rms ry 100 T'o Ssoo,d. K,k oh 81 Stamping
Ground. Rita and Ben Lui also ran. staT sood
Girl. owner. B ]. Turning Trainer 8.
three dds; 800 added; os mil.
", N:@si;, TG' y - 5S:sss5, lIa :; +
Queen 1tc Of i ne w.,er ioi iMcAtc-ji5.i So "a
Time i3s Buekooard and Ticket also ran.
ior-Her.ot owner. Emil Herr. Trainer. J. ].
F1Gnigan.
FIFTH RACT-scllinz: threcyesr-olds and up
ward: purse. $500: ono milo.
Horse. weigh. and Jockey. ~odds.-c Fin.
Dancer. ia iSchuttinze ........l-5 IL IN
Mother Marhree % tMrCMn) 81 81 "a
Dsybrelk, IS tKummcrl ... .......2-l ~ sn
Time ] 20 3.j. Orderly. Funrp-. Silver Sandals
and Margaret L. also ran. star bad. Won handiy.
Winner. b. e. b. Isidor-DanoscIa Owner,
Dsvs. Trainer y. J.. Byer.
SIXTH RACE--Tyo yea1-ods; purss. $500; sI
furonp.
Hors. weight and Jockey. -0fds.- Fin.
Kashmir. lol H. Lykc) .......... l-3 out u
Wyoming los tRob!nsonl ......." 10 ga
Nepperhan. lot tMcA,ee) I.:;... 81 - 3n
also ran. Winner, ch c. by Delh-Ginsharn. ornsr.
r. G. Hollenbeck Trainer, r. NJ. Taylor.
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Fight Log

TONIGHT
Ciermont s. C.-K. o. Bill Brennan
and Jack Clifford.
FRIDAY
Harlem S. Chilly Miske and Carl
Morris.
New Polo 4. A.-Jimny Kirk and
Kid Carter.
SATURDAY
Fairmont A. C.-Pete Hartley and
Jimmy Paul.
ClermOnt 5. C.-Mike McTigue and |
Augie Rather.
Broadway $. C.-Frankie Burns and
Harry Nelson.
MONDAY
forkville s. C.-kid Curley and
frankie Jerome.
TUESDAY
Broadway s. C.-Charley Weiner
and Billy Miske.
Pioneer 5. C.-Tommy Tuohey and
Eddie Wallace.
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Mortgage foreclosed Is recorded in New
York Registers ofiic-, section 2. Liber 1879.
page 352.
The street number Is Is Bedford Street.
being in block 527.
The approximate amount of ;hs mortgage
debt. costs and allowances Is twelve thou
rand eight hundred one and $4,000 dollars
tl2sOi.5Ol. The approximate amount Of,
taxes. assessments and water rates is five
hundred slxty-three and $4,000 dollars
ty5s3 30J and interest.
Dated September ssh. 1917
CHARLES E HUGHES. ia
Referee.
REALL l. ROGERS.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
One and + O address. ltl Broadway, Man
haitian, New York CITY,
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Aqueduct Entries

FiIst race claiming; To- two.year-olds sI fur
long.)-Ptoducer imp = 100: Eiizabeh II. loo
'sistG Marjorie. 81 jim Dinney. lCJ.
second race steeplet base. ceiling for four-year.
olds and upward; about Two miles, Race Brook
lS5. Garter. 1877. Archda.e lij: No News. 1870
Grey Leg 1875.
Third race selling for maidens three years old
and upward: one mile)-Cachet. los: Royal York
limpJ lG 'Pollysnna. %: Naulter. llo. Fielder
Al limp }. l0i; Free and Essy. l0i; Mountain Rose
ii limpl loo.
Fourth race t,he Babylon Handicap; FOR two
year -olds: sir furlonG)-Jack Hare Jr, 1923.
Frsgonard. ITO. Bughouse. 1893. Trie. l0T. Matinee
Ido.. rs. Lanius Ump }. ll5.
nth race Selling for two-year-olds: FIVE fur
lonss Adele. loI Poor Joe. ll2: Geors. Washing
Nigh Vale. iO7: Golden Glow lI5. .Coef!. i6S
syensali, ll2. sun Kiss. lOi Phaeri.n limp
IL. MOhican, Ito.
Arnold llS. tschet, lQl. Lord Eltzheroert ll3;
Trlpl. Crown, lI2. Nutmeg l0i. Sandsls Qmp j.
lOl Flo;san ii dmp). l0i Babcock. loi Point 10
Point. 1914
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Boxing News and Notes
BY FRED HAWTHORNE

Silvey Burns, the matchless match
maker of the Clermont Sporting Club,
Of Brooklyn, will have the stage to
himself tonight and will put on one
of those knockout acts that should
make the hearts Of all true Irishmen
glad. Some sons Of the Emerald Isle
are not true Irishmen, but pro-Ger-
mans.)
X. o. Bill Brennan, the mick with
the awful wallop, will take on Jack
Clifford, the strong boy Of Brooklyn,
and goodness knows what will happen.
These mussy heavyweights have been
matched three times before, but some
thing has always prevented their box
ing. Perhaps one of the two will re-
main quiet for a week or two after to-
nights bout. We hope so.
Wouldn't it be funny. to every one
but Morris, if he should be put on the
fiat of his beamy back in the ring Of
the Harlem Sporting Club tomorrow
night by Billy Miske? Big Carl has
fought them all, including Willard,
Fulton and Moran, and none of those
huskies could rock him off his No. lis.
The fans who are going to witness the
bout at Billy Gibson's Harlem en-
porium have a bunch that little Miske,
tipping the Fairbanks at about 175, is
the fellow 70 spill Carlos 225 pounds
of meat. Oh, welladay, if it has to be,
IL has to be.
From what we know by personal OBJ
servation of the culprits in this even
IT. - -,
an excessively bellicose entertainment.
Morris knows only one way OF fight
ing, and that is to keep pressing in
against an opponent, using gloves,
elbows, head and whatever other i'm
Elements Of warfare Nature has en-
dowed him with, until something drops,
and it generally does.
Miske also likes 70 get in the front
line trenches and hit head whenever
he sees it, but he is a far better boxer
than Morris and can hit clean punch
and hefty one. But having a hard F..
punch and knocking Carl off his feet
are not exactly one and the same thing, /
not by half toms weight.
Charley Doessereck, matchmaker OF
the Pioneer Sporting Club, is discern I
ing chef when il comes TO dishlng up /.
appetizing bouts for those who sit in I
on Tuesday nights at his club. Just .
add dash of pepper to this menu for
next Tuesday night. stir gently and .
then 60 10 it, boys. Here it Is: Tommy
Tuohey, the Paterson terror, VS.. Eddie .
Wallace, of Brooklyn, and Johnny Har-
vey VS. Pal Moore.
These four lightweights can cram
more real lighting into thirty minutes
Of ring work than Jess Willard has
done in his whole fighting career. They /.
have to keep busy at the Pioneer be-
cause Doessereck has no use for slack
ers.
Old Kid Psndemonium is going 20
be at the ringside OF the Broadway
Sporting Club OF Brooklyn, on Satur-
day night, when Frankie Burns, who
looks like the next bantamweight
champion, hooks up with Harry Nelson,
the Devlish Dane from The Bronx.
Teddy Jacobs and Battling Lain and
Jackie Norman and frankie Brown will !
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Judge Denies Petition

PROVIDENCE, Sept. 26. - Judge
Blodgett. in Superior Court, to-day de-
MED a a petition brought some time
ago by the Welfare League, of War
wick, for writ of mandamus to COM
pei police officials at Rocky Point,
where international League ball games
were played this summer, to enforce
laws against Sunday baseball
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PLAYER Hurt at Dartmouth

MANCHESTER. n. H., Sept 20
Dartmouth's varsity football squad,
already badly crippled by the loss of
most Of its veteran players, was to-day
without the services of Robert Bur
roughs, whose shoulder was fractured
in practice yesterday. The coaches
fear that Burroughs will be out of the
game for soma time
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Soldiers to PLAY Ball

WASHINGTON, Sept. 90 Contracts
for $40 900 worth of baseball equipment
for immediate delivery TO the soldiers
in the training camps in this country
were awarded here to-day to four sport
goods firms by Clark Griffith, manager
Of the Washington Americans and di-
rector Of the soldiers ball and bat fund.
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Flushing Football Dates

A contest with the Binghamton
IN. " High School eleven features
the football schedule Of Flushing High
School, announced yesterday as fol-
lows:
October g. 81 Johns az Flushing October H.
81 Francis az Flushing: October 90 81 Psuls At
Garden City: O1ol>r q, Morris AZ Flushing
November g. Bushwick at Flushing November
,ngdale at Flushing: November %. Binshun,on At
Flushing
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Bill Brown will hold the las. show
of the season at his Far Rockswsy
Athletic Club tomorrow night, and the
card he has arranged should be good
enough to make the sad sea waves gig
gle. frankie Burns and Biz Mackey,
Joe Bonds and Bill Tate and Young
Mcdonald and Chick West will be the
entertainers.
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Outsider Wins
Rich Trot Race
From Big Field
Obert Gatewood Tak.s
Breeders Futurity Event. in
Grand Circuit Meet

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept 2s.-L,,y.
fields characterized the ninth day a,
racing Of the Grand Circuit. meath.
here, forty-ive horses sco.-ing FOR vs.
word in four events, and thir.y..igh, -
these in three OF the four.
The American Horse Breeders Fu,r.
rity, for tnree-year,oid PAGERS, d,,x
but seven entries, and II was sl,o
hollow event, Obert Gatevood, a co,'
sistent class performer hitherto. b.i,.
IN his first futurity OF the season az
disposing Of the field as he pleased
Directum J., selling for $40 N o..
fields 5000, handily won the 2:0s n,,.
He paced each mile IN 2:O5n r..
2:15 trot was the big battle. and as,.,
FIVE heats il went over for decisIon ;.
morrow The sixth heat could no, i.
started on account Of the sunse. rui.
Michailowa and Lotto Watts are left "a
pace the deciding heat.
Rascal gave the talent a big fol. Z,
the 2:13 pace. He sold for SO /,
ticket worth about SITS. Uhlan Sin.
mons. favorite, finished third, Will.
Rascal was winning easily. LOYAL "
broke down in the third heat and will
be unable TO race any more this YEA,
The judges, who had reserved ,b.;,
decision in the Driver Murray. SuIdir.
case Of yesterday afternoon, announced
to-day that, after investigation. ~.
award of 500 to c. 4. Valentine %,
winning the 2:l9 trot, in which Suldir.
dropped the first heat, would .tanS
No further punishment. will be met.d
out TO Murray.
The summaries:
AMERICAN HORSE BREEDERS rJvlrr-
FOR THREE TEAR OLD PAcTes-
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be four other bantams to take part In
the evenings melee.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

SFVENTY-ROOM apartment house in one
Of the camp towns, Piedmont section Of
the South for sale account present own
er's health. A, Box 60, Tribune.
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INSTRUCTION
NEW YORK-Manhattan
Krlutll Srhuul

,,,. vos, ,otb 81. Columbus 1895 A re-
,trIcted High School. where your Interests
and your son's are faithfully served 18TH
year Headmaster's hours. 8 to l2:0o.
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DIAMONDS

DIAMONDS BOUGHT and SOLD for cash; advice
free BENNETT. lis Broadway. third nott.
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nvkluLeIIlM WEST SIDE Yw.C.A
JIMNASlUm sotL St., Cor. 10th Ave.

p,v and Evening Classes. special weight reducing
Wri,s Tor BOoslet A Phone Columbus 2i7s.
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FOR sALE.-UPRIGHT PIANO: FOR s1ot
cash. II. z. A, Box is, Tribune Once.
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TEACHERS WANTED: Gentlemen. sp~asist IN
FTench and Spanish Cor city dsy school ihsIsh ana
Chemis,ry PhysIcs and Biology for Episcopal school:
ChernistrJ Physics and German or mathematics
several other superior gentlemen for schools Apply
20 Mrs NJ J. Young Fulton, American and Foreign
Tearh.r,' Agency % Union Square. New YORK.
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BUSINESS CARDS
CARPET CLEANING

CAREFUL CAf1ET CLEANING C0.-Cieans ~
eonpres,ed air steam hand or on floor 1854
Brsadwu i2l last t8th ST. CoE BRANDT
Tel lS2-SSih.
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Havre de Grace Entries

Apprentice Allowance claimed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-01-20

that / have always considered myself
a sure-enough American, and am free
to confess that hitherto I have looked
on my peerage rather as q joke than
otherwise"
Mrs. Howell simpered. Evidently a
British marquisate was no joke to her.
She introduced John to her daughter,
a really pretty girl who reminded him
somewhat of Mary Temple, though,
happily, there was hint of candid
and honest disposition in this girls
bright blue eyes, open forehead and
well-shaped, tremulous lips.
Marjorie Howell had been well
trained. She knew exactly how to
talk to an earnest-minded young man
who obviously Possessed none of the
airs and graces of the carpet-knight
type.
But John was more observant than
she gave him credit for. While doing
his best to counter her lively COM
ments, and repay with interest each
arch smile and laughing pout, he saw
quite plainly that there was at least
one young man present who could
cheerfully have murdered him.
He saw, too, that he was the sub
ject of earnest conversation between
Mrs. Howell and her husband. He
was not blind to the skill with which
Marjorie stopped their dance when
close to her father and swept the two
into a chat. Out of the corner of his
eye he noticed that the scowling young
man promptly approached the girl and
whirled her off in a waltz. These
trivial plots and counterplots amused
him greatly. His mind was intent on
them even to the exclusion of the af-
fable comments of that multimillion-
aire and dominating power of finance,
Mr.. Alexander Howell. Still, he did
wake up sufficiently to give heed to
one significant sentence.
"Come down to my office sometime
Mr.. Burton" the host was saying. 81
may have something that will interest
you. In any event, you'll meet the
right crowd
John soon found himself dancing
with Marjorie again. The girl was
natural-born coquette to whom every
good-looking "boy" was fair game.
She f1irted with John on the ap-
proved lines, and led him into palm
filled conservatory at just the right
moment. They were laughing and
talking there as though they had been
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patent to all. Moreover, John had
been seen many times In Marjorie's
company during the past few days
But Alexander Howell had not made
his millions by being a fool.
swell now, Goldstein," he said, you
are the last person breathing from
whom 1 should have expected such a
question. This kid is well fixed. He
doesn't know a thing about the game
He will do as he is told, and be per-
fectly satisfied when he pulls out with
a nice profit Since when have you
refused to avail yourself of a few mill
lions of solid backing ~
Howell's reply was unanswerable,
and he knew 1T.
"Show Mr. Burton in" he went on,
nodding to the clerk.
John was greeted most cordially.
The president introduced him to the
others, and each name was one of i'm
port in the financial arena of that city,
But it was a serious gathering, drawn
together on business and not for talk.
Within couple of minutes of Johns
arrival Mr.. Howell was explaining the
object of the meeting. He went into
certain facts and figures which, to
Burton's thinking, proved that the G.
o. & p. line was in a thoroughly sat
isfactory condition. Then came the
bombshell.
'sThat is just how we stand at the
moment" continued Mr.. Howell unctu-
ously- There is one other item that
doesn't appear on the balance sheet.
We have five millions of inappropriate
ed funds to divide among the share
holders. Now, if we work the sug-
gested pool on the right lines, Wen
send this stock down until we are able
to buy it in for next to nothing. Then,
when we have declared our dividend,
watch it Soari''
Insofar as Burton could judge, every
other man in the room regarded the
projected theft as perfectly satisfac-
tory and morally unobjectionable.
Howell took it for granted that the
scheme showed no flaws, and at once
began jotting down names and hold
ingS.
snow, Mr.. Burton" he said at last,
show much for you?"
John shook his head slowly.
81 don't think I'll come in at this
stage" he said.
Oddly enough, the others merely re-
garded him as being extra cautious a
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with the poisonous vapor The old
gateman lay sprawled over the table
A newspaper was clutched in his right
nand- His wife was seated in chair.
with her hands folded over her lap
it needed only a glance at the gentle,
worn lace to see that she was dead.
9ohn, holding his breath, seized the
olu man IN his strong arms and car
rieo MN out into the fresh air. 1t
was TOO late The poor old fellow
couio not Withstand the shock of find
ing ms hard-earned savings wrested
from him.
Jonn re-entered the cottage. turned
on the gas ana threw open the win
dows- He was about to summon as
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con1mendable quality among money
makers. Even Howell himself did not
altogether disapprove.
"A1l right, Mr.. Burton" he agreed
1T will do you no harm if you decide
to get aboard later. But remember,
no matter how far the stock drops,
don't be tempted to sell G. o. & Pr
Soon afterward John left the room.
At the exit from the palatial offices
he happened to meet Mrs. Howell and
Marjorie Mamma greeted him eff
fusively, and John, of course, ex-
pressed his pleasure and surprise that
two such smart ladies should be down
town so early.
.This is the only hour that / can
be sure of catching my husband"
laughed Mrs. Howell. even now I
may have to wait quite a time.
Wouldn't you two young people like
to take a spin out into the country
this fine morning?"
What else could John do but invite
Marjorie to enter his car? Even he,
with wits sharpened by experience, did
not understand that the coincidence
of the meeting had been carefully ar
ranged, the financier'S confidential
clerk having been instructed to adj
wise Mrs. Howell the instant John en-
tered the Office.
That mornings events, trivial though
they appeared, were destined to make
history.
John was reading in his library aft
er lunch when servant announced
Mr.. Ralph Morgan. Somewhat per-
picked by the visit, John was minded
to be friendly, but Morgan merely ig-
nored his hosts outstretched hand
81 have come here, Mr.. Burton, or
Lord Castleton, or whatever the devil
you choose to call yourself" he blurt-
ed out, ito tell you straight that you
must stop fooling Marjorie Howell. I
won't stand for it, Before you ar
rived in this city Marjorie and were
as good as engaged. It's true her
mother thought I was hardly eligible,
but my family has a better standing
than hers in the state and, if we are
not quite so well fixed financially, I
was making a good start Meanwhile,
Marjorie and I had determined to
cfnch things one of these days by get
ting married. Now, you turn up, with
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friends since childhood when the dis
gruntled youngster whom John had al
ready noticed came up.
MY dance, Marjorie" he growled
angrily-
rs it really?" cried the girl, subtly
conveying to John the knowledge that
her forgetfulness was wholly due to
him. LET me introduce you two
the marquis of Castleton, Mr.. Ralph
Morgan
1t was abundantly clear that Mr..
Morgan's savoir faire did not COM
pare favorably with his rivals. His
bow was very stiff and he led off
Marjorie as if she were a prisoner.
John heard the girl laughing.
Don't be sillyl'' she was giggling.
Its none of my doing Is 'um's little
feelings hurt, them"
Evidently her companion had some
shred of wit left He pulled her be
hind a particularly dense clump of
palms and presumably kissed her.
John grinned delightedly. 1t was all
harmless comedy, he thought Such
things formed a mighty pleasant
change from any of his earlier expert
enceS
"The Cross Ways
One morning about a week later a
group of sharp-eyed business men was
gathered in the private Office of the
president of the c. o. & p. railway,
when a clerk entered and handed a
card to Mr.. Howell. The fnancier
rubbed his glasses, focused the card
and read: Mr.. John Burton"
"Ah,' he said, smiling around on his
associates, ssthis is just one of the
right sort of young fellows to have in
our crowd. Though he passes as plain
John Burton he is really a British
marquis, and not one of the heiress-
hunting kind, because he succeeded
very unexpectedly to a fine estate and
a very large fortune"
But why should we want him in
with us, Alec?" inquired a short,
enormously stout man, whose porcine
bulk exuded over the sides of a capa-
cious chair.
1t was shrewd thrust The wives
or daughters of most of the men in
the room had attended Marjorie's
coming-out dance, and Mrs. HowelIs
keen desire that her daughter should
become a marchioness had been