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They do il 10 the children. too. Rob
crt will come in all bubbling over win
something 10 tell his mother. and sne
will break in in the middle Of II, Robert,
have YOU washed your hands this morn
ing? He looks the way I feel-as II hed
run up against stone wall. l ply the
kid
And then the way women interrupt
when you're reading! III be thousand
miles d,cp in something I'm tremch-
dously interested in, and my vile the
had unConscously changed over from
the yould-hc lmpcrsonal your wife, TO
the frank my wife, will break N and
ask some question that could just as
we'll have waited. What makes them do
1t anyway"
why They Do It
Sometimes" I suggested. thcF no Il
. because they've been storing things all
day to saw 10 the man Of the house. and
wien he comes he just digs into n r2per
and grun's like n cross pig when she
, tries to ask him anything"
Il talk to her all through supper he
countcred.
Il didn't say you" pointed out.
But even though I defended nay sex
when attacked. | do think the attack has
some grounds. The habit Of letting their
minds hon from one thing TO another
and OF never following one thing
through. IS rather common feminine
trait think 1t comes partly from
their work-there are always so many
tasks pulling them this way and that.
that they find II hard 10 concentrate on
/ ono And 7 think that inability In turn,
makes their work harder.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-22
WILL SEEK INCREASED
FARES ON RAILROADS


Wash ington. July 2l.--Milk and pas
scnger transportation arc to bear sub
Stantial portions OF the rate increase
to be asked by the railroads Of tho in
crcases to offset the 100000. 600 add
cd yearly expense caused BY the labor
boards wage award. II was announced
today by \. T. Thorn. general counsel
for the Association Of Railway ENccu.
tives.
After two days of continuous confer
cnccS. the executives. Mr.. Thorn said.
have virtually completed recommends
tons TO be submitted TO tho comm! sSon
for spreading the incrcascd expense I"
the roads over passenger and freight
traffic. Only the detail work necessary
In figuring the percentages 10 b" APP
piled remains to BE- done and tn" recon-
mcndationS will be presented to the
commission possibly tomorrow.
Passenger fares and rates are NOT IN
Guided IN Tn" pending application Of tn"
reads for 4 freight rate increase OF APP
proXimatclY IS per cent.
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Demonstration Staged.

Dublin. July .L-N neutrality-suspicious.
WAS staged here today In an effort 20
help tho movement for securing IN" re-
lease Of James IarEin from prison in
America. \ general strike WAS ordered
by the sponsors OF Ia" d"monStration.
but the response 10 tho call was not
general. y procession planned To de-
monStratc III front Of III" American con-
Sulatc waS participated IN Ivy compare
lively few workers. 1t passed the con-
Sulate at 1870 o'clock. Nm untoward
incident occurred there. the dcmonS;ra-
tors continuing themselves 10 cheers fer
Larkin. \ strong police fore" was on
guard at tho consulate. Fears had been
expressed that III" demonstration would
BE- accompanied by attacks on trains.
All that occurred OF this sort. so far a.
could no learned. however. was that
armed men held up on OF tho suburban
tram lines, that 10 Sandy Mount. for
two hours by tntimida;ing III" drivers.
Service otherwise was rNt Affected.
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INCREASED GAS RATES
ASKED FOR THE "MONON"


Charleston. w. Va. July 2l.-Arpli-
cation was received today by the pub
lie Service commission from the Mon
Ongahcla Valley Traction company OPP
Grating in Harrison. Marion and Monon-
gala counties asking for increased gas
rates. The same company filNd appli-
cation for increased electrical power
rates. Hearing IN both applications
was set for September g.
The gas rates wanted by the company
are the following: Forty-two cents II
thousand cubic feet for industrial con-
sumers and for drilling wells, with a
two-tcnt discount for prompt payment;
for domestic consumers. ~ cents a
thousand for the first 5000. cubic feet
~ cents for the next l0.0nO cubic feet
So cents for tho next 5000 cubic fecr.
and 81 cents for all over $4,000 used
per month. with n two-cent discount
per thousand cubic feet. for prompt
payment.
The increases asked for In the cleo
trical power rates apply TO wholesale
consumers
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-22
JOHNSON DECLARES
He Laid DOWN IN
WILLARD BATTLE

Los Angeles. Cal. July Elm his
"nryt public statement upon my return
to the good old United states. ISSUED
son. former worlds heavyweight cham
pion. reiterated that he had laid down
10 Jess Willard n Havana. said Il" mao
made many mistakes and was sorry ana
declared he could lick any man in the
world today
Johnson who surrendered Tuesday ri
the Mexican border town of Tijuana
Lower California. Is TO start tomorrow
In rho custody Of federal officers for
chicago. where ne is under sentence FOR
violation OF the Mann act. In his state
mont. ISSUED through the sporting cot
tor Of the Los Angeles Express johnson
declared he had done secret service
work in Spain during the world war al
tho request Of n Major Lang. or INC
Un!tctl States army. paying haf ms
own CXpenscS On his arrival IN 'hl-
,ago Ne said he would get in touch
with Major Lang.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-22
THE WILTSHIRE
Proposals for Rebuilding Old
Madison School Building

Sealed bids for the rebuilding OF the
Madison School building recently dam
aged by fire will be received at the
office OF the Clerk OF tho Board or
Education until I. NJ. Monday. August
9Th. 1920.
The plans end specifications can DO
seen at the office Of +. L. Faris. Archi-
tect, Schmulbach building.
Preference will he given to bidder who
can guarantee speedy completion or
FRANK STANTON. Clerk
jy-2i-i
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PROBING STRIKE OF 5000
PENNSY MINERS

Scranton. ra.. Jrily -i--NEcnts OF the
dcpar,mcnt of justice today comm"nc"d
an invest! CATION of tn" strike OF H,ouo
employees Of the Pennsylvania N"at com
pany at the request of the company Of
Metals who allCrC that the strike Is o.,
inr n-rnotcd bv 4 number of mon who
are anxious only to tie up the opera
lions o. III" company.
Federal district attorney burnett SAD
today If the allegations Of IN" contrary
officials are found To b" true. large
number Of miners including their lead
crs viii u, arrested and prosecuted on
charges Of conspiracy 10 Great" short
age OF coal The strike has resulted IN
cutting off 10000 tons Of coal daily from
the market.
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Great Tonnage Of Coal
TO Lakes From n. & W.

Roanoke. Va. July 2l.-ArrroXi-
matcly 1000. 600 tons Of coal VIII be
TRANSPORTED to tho Great Lakes ny INC
Norfolk and Western railway "a re-
suit Of the recent priority order of ~"
Interstate Commerce Commission. otil-
c!als Of hcroad announced 0daE: A'-
cord.nC 70 company officials. as FAR as
the Norfolk 6 Western Is concerned IN"
priority order merely restores the
roads normal shipment OF fuel to tho
Great Lakes.
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TO MAKE SURE HE WAS DEAD

The enterprtSing company In the Sou
dan has decided to lay n railway into
the wilds and. Of course. many blacks
were employed iR its construction.
One day the telegraph clerk at the
nearest civilized spot received tele-
gram from the foreman OF the rail-
way constructors.
white boss dcnd. Shall ] bury him?
Yes" wired back tho clerk. But
FIRST make sura that he Is quite dead
VIII send another white boss tomur-
row"
A few hours later another telegram
came from the foreman.
Buried boss. Made sure h" was quite
dad. Hit him on tho head with n large
shovel,"-London Tit-Bits
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FOR RENT-OnC-stor,

FOR RENT-OnC-story frame building.
size .sx2S, In rear Of Nc. 81 18th
street; suitable for paint shop. plumb
INK shop carpenter shop. electrical shop.
or any other purpose 10 person wishing
TO start a business on small capital. In
quire John W. Bcltz, Jr.. l9th ami E"tt
streets. jy2l-i
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| BRAIN TESTS
BY SAM LLOYD. !
3 minutes to answer this.

minutes to answer this.
No 476
Who played the harp TO please King
Saul?
What city saw tho birth OF Paul?
What Hebrew King was called The
Preacher"
Who sat at the feet OF GaVal!"l. Tho
teacher?
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MISCELLANEOUS

wANTED-we havo desirable loCa-
ton, on railroad switch. on which We
will erect one or two buildings suitable
for manufacturing or storage purposes.
one building can be 50xl00 and the
other SOxi00 with Is feet alley between.
both fronting .on rallrond switch. For
A good tenant we will erect one or both
buildings on q long term lease. Inquire
Of John W. BcltZ. Jr.. 18th and Eoff
streets jy-22-l
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wANTBD-Tcnant for building suitable
for manufacturing or warehouse pur-
poses or railroad switch, can build TO
suit tenant. n building TOXIC and 5OXlOO.
one or moro on long time lease. Inquire
John W Bcltz, Jr, 18th and Eoff street.
jY-2l-m
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POE RENT

FOR RENT-Furnishcd rooms. Rooms
for light housekeeping, ~ !th ST,
jy-C2-i
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10000 MINERS idle.

st Louis. Mo. July 21.-Approx!-
mately 1900 coal miners. employee at
"a mines IN Franklin county. Illinois,
were idle today as result oc strike
Of day laborers. according TO reports rc-
Ccivcd at the headquarters h"r" Of the
NTH and ninth districts coal bureaus.
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FOE RENT-Nicely furnished rooms for
light housekeeping and sleeping. Ap-
ply End floor new Inteligencer Bldg.
i50b Market ST. je-l2-t
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chicago, July 2l.--In an effort 10
check the spread Of 4 strike Of shift"
men that has affected a portion Of III"
Illinois bltuminous coal industry, a
committee representing the operators
association. left today for Washington
to enlist the governments aid. The
committee said IT would appeal ID
President Wilson
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-22

FOR SALE-Bargains In used trucks. I
Maxwell / y ton truck; Gary u ton
truck: Sandow ~ ton truck;
Gramm- Bernstein ton truck; l 1ndi.
ana l ton truck; l Ford light delivery
truck Bruce II. Seabright, 37l0-l2-lb
Jacob ST.. phone 1882. ty-15.l
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To-LET-Storeroom Good location
for drug. clothing. or shoe store. Best
manufaCtur!ng town in Western Penna.
Write or cal! AmbrtdEo Realty Com
pany. AmhridGe. Pa. jy-2l-!
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Bellcville. ILL.,. July 2l.--Several
thousand coal miners were Idle In south.
crn Illinois today as 4 result Of the
strike Of day aborcrS. according to re-
ports The laborcrs average $3.50 II
day II was said. and are demanding an
increase OF So a day.
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FOR sALE-Two 1-ton Gary trucks,
equipped with express type body and
cab. Packard Motor Company. Leather
wood. Jy-02-l
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DIED

BENEH-On Monday. July -; !sEo'
$40 o'clock p. m. HEKNAN "a.
BENEKE. aged 80 years months
and II days.
Funeral from his late residence. No.
26.l Eoff street. THURSDAY afternoon
ar z o'clock. Friends OF tho FAMILY
ar. invited to attend. Interment at
Greenwood.
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wANTED-To buy girls second hand
bicycle, Juvenile Model. Address BOX
400 City. )y-2ll
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Philadelphia. July 1.-TWO fircmen
lost their lives and ten others were In
tured today in a fire that destroyed the
hre-story building occupied by Fritz
& Ia Rue. Incorporated. rug and carpet
dealers. \ long extension ladder down
which two men, trapped on an upper
floor. had been brought. broke as the
hrcmen were descending. hurting most
Of them TO the ground. Edward
SChwarzkopf. acting battalion chief. was
killed instantly and Harry Wolfron.
hoscman. died in a hospital. Tho loss
from tho fire Is estimated at $500. 900.
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FOR SALE-Dodge Roadster. fine con-
dition, driven 1900 miles. Rehm's
garage. jy-20-l
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FOR SALE-One Ford roadster. Price
seas. Call Singer Sewing Machine
office, 20 Twelfth street. 1y-2l-i
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FOE SALE.

FOR sALE-One Jersey COW with third
calf +. NJ. Gibson, Triadelphia, w.
Va. Thone 7l2O % Elm Grove.
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sTRAYEp Or STOLEN,

sTRAYED OR sToLEN-lIorse, red
color. Finder please phon" 3770-J
Wheeling. Reward. 45@5 Jacob street.
n> jy-2l-!
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wANTED-MAL1

wANTED-Man to help on shipping
floor. Apply Spears G. Riddle Co.,
goth St. Jy-21-i
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UNFINISHED Hoo1cS.

wANTED-3 or 4 rooms, unfurnished-
Ground floor or flat, has no children.
Call D. T. Siburt, care Warwood Can
Factory. jy-2o-i
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No doubt II kinR solomon were al'v"
now ne would say: Go to tho came.
thou usher"
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Pu1nmHHD Hoo1U.

wANTED-Furnished apartment by
young couple. No children Phone
Woodsdale $50. D. L. Mason. 3ys20-i
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FOR SALH-Frcsh COW, Jersey pure
bred. a good one. J. n. Watkins
Maynard, O., Box 1853. ty-lt-p
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WANTED-Woman cook. Most desira-
bic position for competent woman
cook Position in home of small fam
lily. Highest wages paid. For informa-
ton telephone 1850 Wheeling. jy-20-i
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wANTED-Depot men. Must be able to
furnish reference. Permanent en-
ployment with advancement to train
service. Apply T. Miller. American
Railway Express Co., B. & o. Passenger
Depot. Jy-21-i
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Answer TO No. ATS
TWO PTREMEN KILLED

The river Roanoke.
Copyright. 1920. by Sam Loyd.)
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WANTED-rEEA11

WANTED-White house maid Call A.
3. Paxton, 125 Woodsdale. jy-22-l
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

Ssailors have who are accustomed to
the spaciousness Of the sea and the
immensity of the sky-by her Co.'S
tune and her physical appearance
alike this woman fully justified the
young mans description.
The name Of "the black siren" was
then to stick to her, and to take on
sinister significance one day, at low
tide, among the rocks of the stormy
Breton sea coast. But to-day she
had just arrived at the hotel.
She registered as Nine. Diane de
Dramond. Her baggage was sump-
tuous. A maid accompanied her.
Nine. de Dramond appeared to be
about thirty years old. She said she
was widow and willingly, engaged
IN conversation. Consequently it was
promptly perceived that this mystic
rious black siren was, in fact, an
agreeable lady, who wore dark clothes
because she was in mourning and
who exposed her shoulders and arms
because it was warm and her period
IT grief was nearing its end. There
was nothing extraordinary nor GEN.
surable in all that. But people al
ways love to imagine prodigy and
mystery in the lives of others. It
seems to them that the barriers Of
privacy conceal either a paradise or
an inferno--excessive happiness or
extreme misfortune. And if they are
not sure Of the facts they resort to
invention.
Moreover, Nine. de Dramond had a
physical blemish which was the cause
OF much astonishmcnt and gossip.
She had scar on her right shout
der, very near the neck. And it was
OF recent date, to judge from the
rosy color Of the new flesh. One
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

tinguished. An hour later M. Glamat
returned alone.
He had said to his companion:
"Let's sit down."
Hypnotized, little frightened.
she obeyed. She sat on a rock. He
remained standing up, however,
dominating her.
There were no witnesses but the
sea and the sky-two immensities
one silent, the other hoarse and
wild.
They were alone.
He began, not with the soft voice
which begs and solicits (as she had
expected), but in rude tone, con-
trasting sharply with his customary
mlldness and reserve. 1t was a very
brusque attack.
II know M. de Dramond."
She was astonished and answered
with note of self-pity:
"Ah! really! My poor hus-
band'-
He interrupted her.
~ also know Nine. de Dramond.
Eyes, his mother. An excellent
woman"-
mot his mother, his wife"
"His wife? Why, my dear sir, /
am his wife, if l don't deceive NV
self. Unless he married again, with
out my knowing it,"
She laughed, the beautiful black
siren, at her companion's extrava-
giant statement. The jet Of her gown
scintillated in the moonlight. 1t was
surely the rays of that pale satel-
lite which made her look so pale.
The man bent over toward her.
Fixing her eyes with his, he said in
a harsh, bass voice:
II have played the comedy Of love
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
HE made a sensation the first
evenirc- she appeared in the
- dining room of the fashion


evenln~ she appeared In the
~ dining room of the fashion
able seaside hotel. She had
arrived in the afternoon and had de-
scended from her room in gown
which was at once sober and brilliant
sober because it was black and
brilliant because it was ornamented
with jet, which sparkled under the
lnnumerable electric lights. Her bare
arms, her shoulders and her neck
stood out in dazzling white against
her somber costume. She had an air
OF mystery. Her enigmatic smile,
her searching glance, that stately,
naughty and triumphant way Of en-
terlng the crowded room caught
everybody's attention and provoked
murmurs of curiosity and discreet
comment. Her green eyes, changing
in hue like sea water in a storm. trav-
eled slowly and TRANQUILITY around
the dining hall. The same shade Of
green appeared against her pearly
neck in collar Of emeralds, which
looked like drops Of water drawn
from the depths of the ocean. She
charmed and she disquieted.
Since it was at the seashore. a
young man expressed the general
feeling when he whispered:
"She has the air of siren-of a
black siren"
This young man sat near the
strange woman. Did she hear his
curious definition? At that moment
her red lips parted in smile which
was little cruel, for her delicate
upper lip seemed to sharpen to a
point like thorn instead of opening
like rosebud. Her green eyes fas-
tened for an instant on the maker
Of this highly personal remark.
But with her black and scintillat-
ing gown, which made one think of
the scales of a siren; with her emcr
aids, which seemed filled with
green water; with her strange look,
at once keen and far away, such as
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
THE BLACK SIREN-By Gabriel Volland

IN order to inspire your confidence
and unmask you. M. and Nine. dc
Dramond are both dead. Both were
killed on a torpedoed ship, leaving
no family. One day, in Flanders, an
officer ordered his men to fire on a
Pwoman who had given information
to the enemy. That day she con-
Quoted an enemy patrol to an estate
which she thought we had aban-
doned.
1t was the family estate of the
de Diamonds. The woman, wounded,
succeeded in escaping. am the
officer. The woman"
The dead hand, the mutilated
hand, of the officer was laid upon the
scar.
The woman? Your shoulder tes-
titles that she is before me. Isn't
that true, Emile Routilie, formerly
femme de chombre of Nine. de Dra-
mond?"
The widow got up.
You are mad. Let me go, mon
sleur! l pardon you these calumnies
because of your wound"
She trembled with Indignation.
standing erect on the edge of tho
cliff at whose foot the sea thundered
The mutilated officer said:
Justice is forewarned. It will,
see If my proofs are sufficient. Don't
try to escape, as you did in Flan-
ders. 1t is useless."
He returned to the hotel, leaving
the woman cruelty insulted, pale.
nervous, almost hysterical, alone in
the night.
And the next day, at daMn, fish
erman found the black siren living
on the pebbly shore. The waves COW
cred her scintillating dress, whose
jet ornaments seemed like scales. A
sea star sealed the adventuress.s
mouth.
She had. thrown herself from the
clifs. 1t was confession.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

always at her service, devoted with
out ever being importunate. She
showed that she was impressed by
that homage to her beauty.
He was a taciturn man, who
dreamed much, seemingly lost in far
on memories. He attracted hardly
any attention, being thrown in the
shadow by the more aggressive
younger men. If he had not paid
court to Nine. de Dramond he would
have been absolutely inconspicuous.
The ribbons of the Legion of Honor
and the Croix de Guerre ornamented
his coat. His left hand was ALWAYS
gloved and the fingers Of it never
moved.
One evening Nine. de Dramond,
who, without doubt, contemplated
without displeasure the idea of a
possible remarriage, made an en-
gagement to meet this gallant man
on the edge Of the cliffs.
The moon flooded the waves with
silver. The ocean murmured its pa-
thetic plaint. They came out to this
Wild and romantic spot to speak of
love, to exchange VOWS, perhaps.
Still silent, they walked along slow
~, awaiting the moment Of confess
sion. Nine. de Dramond was anx-
ious. Her famous robe of let spar-
kled through an opening in her cloak
Her cold emeralds shone about her
neck. M. Glamat pushed some peb-
bles with his cane. They fell from
the cliff into the abyss below. His
gloved left hand hung motionless.
Some distance back, toward the
hotel, young girl was singing. How
slight her voice seemed, contcndinp
against the orchestra of the sea-
one by one the hotel lights we're ex-
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

could have said that she showed the
scar as soldier shows his glorious
wound. She never sought to conceal
it with scarf or to whiten it over
with powder, as it would have been
very easy to do.
This scar attracted everybody's
notice. Nine. de Dramond submitted
calmly to this silent investigation.
She was always smiling. 1t was a
drama of passion, some insinuated.
Finally, when she had aroused uni
versal curiosity, she explained, with
modesty which moved her hearers,
that she had received the scar when
the steamer was torpedoed on which
she was returning from America to
France. That was in 1916, shortly
after the death Of her husband. who
had been in the United States on
business. She allowed them to ex-
tract from her some of the confused
details of that tragic night, when she
found herself bleeding and half dead.
the victim of a formidable explosion.
She shuddered yet at that terrible
memory, which she was very averse
to recalling. Her nerves were still
on edge, and that was why she had
came to take long rest in the hotel.
before returning to America to look
after her property interests there.
Thereafter the black siren en-
Joyed an affcctionate consideration.
She was sort of heroine, a victim,
whom big, red wound on her white
neck had almost delivered into the
NAV of the devouring sea.
Nj. Glamat, bachelor of forty.
who had just arrived at the hotel.
was much taken with the charmer
he followed her in her walks, was