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Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-18
Omaha Grain
Omaha. May ".

e"sHss ~tsy sss
Grain markets today, were quiet.
but steady. Liverpool reports a
somewhat better demand Tor cash
wheat. although their future market
did not fully respond 10 our
strength OF yesterday. Reports Of
the condition OF winter wheat con.
tinue favorable exeep, that some
parts OF the belt need rain. The
condition OF spring wheat. while
somewhat late. Is excellent.
The British Famine Relief com.
mission in Russia estimates IS per
cent OF the prewar cereal area was
sown last autumn. Spring seed ar.
rived too late owing 10 the late
ihaw and could not be moved in,
and says the best can be hoped for.
with very best haryes, conditions,
will be half or less OF the eoun,ry's
requirements. ....
Receipts OF wheat at Omaha. 90
cars; corn, So ears; oats, 2i ears.
Shipments were 90 cars of wheat,
" cars OF corn, y cars OF oats and
IS ears OF rye.
+ Cash wheat in the local marke,
was in good demand aud samples
changed hands at unchanged TO lc
lower. Corn sold Hc TO 34e lower.
Rye was quoted unchanged and bar
ley unchanged, quality considered.
WHEAT.
Sample dark hard; rs car 0smutty).
no. ! hari winter cars. us;.
No. . hard winter ! car tBs PER cent
dsrkl, ass: !: cars. t.sss II cars. ,i.ss:
: 10. cas- s sa;s s.ss winter: ,s..r ,s,. semi.
DARK; J ears. u.5s; car. ll.,s: car
t.os per cent heat damasedj, ti.st; 1 car,
CO. per cent heat damaged. SLs<
ss no hard winter; car. si.ss; ! car
car t3.s per cent rys). ti.5s.
No. 5 hard winter: s.S car. u.ss: LIS
s.mpi. hard winter: ! car n.:7.
No. yellow hard: ! car. ti,ss.
No 2 yellow hard: car. u.se; as
40. s yellow hard; 1 car. n.:s.
Sample yellow hard: car cas- per
si.os.
No. +: spring: car northern smu,,y).
sample spring: :-s car 1northern smut.
CORN.
No. white: car. 55tc; 2 ears. b5c. |
No. white: /. ears. 5Se: :.5 car, soc.
No. yellow; 3 cars. s5se; /: cars,
55iac.
No. 2 yellow: car Especial billins), |
sac: cars, s5Ic; 8 cars. 55hc.
No. ] mixed: car. Sxc.
No. mixed: ! cars. SAKE.
No. 2 white: I car, 3sc.
No. 3 white: cars. 37sc: 4 cars. SIC. |
No. 4 white: ! car, 36xc.
l car nat. oats: iss.5 per cent other |
grain. special billing), 3S.c.
RYE.
No. 3: 3-5'car Si00
BARLEY.
No 4: car, 56c.
OMAHA RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. |
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Chicaaa Sfncks.
New York Dry Goods.

New York, May 17.--Cotton goods were
firm today. with buying on moderate
scale. Yarns were advanced sharply, es-
pecially in the combed division. Burlaps
also rose on more active sales. sharp
advance was recorded in prices OF worsted
yarns some values being UP 80 cents a
pound, compared with week or 10 Gays
ago. Knit goods were generally quiet
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Sioux City Live Stock.

Sioux City, Ia. May 11.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 1000 head: market steady to
strong; fed steers and yearlings. $500
SIS: warmed up steers and yearlings.
sses07.25: fat cows and heifers, 5000
sp0: Gamers, SS.0064es: yeals. 5000
1000: feeders. s5.so675o: calves, 5000
r.7s; feeding cows and hefers, s4oo6
ess: stockers. 35.se6f.5s.
HogNReceipts. 7.soo head; market
steady to 15c lower: butchers, $4,000
lass; lights. S1e.35: heavy mixed. H.5o6
1910: heavy packers. 3s.0oGs.e5; stays,
$3.50; bulk Of sales. 3s.se61oss.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000 head; market
weak, CSC lower.
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New York General.

New York, May II. = Wheat - Spot,
barely steady; No. red and No. hard,
s156h; No. Manitoba. $1.61; No. 2
mixed durum, $l.474 c. !. I. track New
York to arrive.
Corn-spot easy: No. yellow and No.
white, S0Sc: No. 2 mixed, S0Sc c. ].
T. New York. all rail.
oats-Spot, barely steady; No. white,
5oac.
Lard-Steadp; middle west, $1s1o0
1920.
Other articles uncha nged,
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MinneapoIIs Grain.

Minneapolis, May 17.-Wheat-No.
northern. s1.s1 Il q 1.seb; May, s1.57x;
September. $1.2sL.
Ccrn-No. yellow. 541a 956c,
Oats-No. 8 white, SsG5ic.
Barley-539s4c.
Rye-No. 2. $1.06L G1.06A.
Flax-No. !. S2.s3 @2.s5.
Minneapolis Mimi. May 1I.-Flour-15
10 25c higher; family patents. $500
$50: shipments. 1850 barrels.
Bran-s20o0G 200.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-18

Hogs-Receipts. $500 head, Trading
vas fairly active today with good demand
from shippers. Opening sales ruled
1uliy steady with strength gained later
ana the late session ruling strong TO in
spots 5000 higher. Light hogs sold at
Slo.2b0l0.30 with = top price OF 3l0.so
Mixed loads and butcher weights, 10000
1880. and packing grades. $s.60W10.0o
with extreme heavies $g006925 Bulk
Of sales was e1o.o5@1o.so.
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New York Metals.

New York, May l7-Copper-Firm; cleo
trolytic spot and futures, 1sA G13Ac.
Tin-Tirmer; spot and nearby. $5o.is;
futures, 33o.S7.
Iron-Steady; prices unchanged.
Lead-Firm; spot. 5.s5f5.soc.
Zinc-Firmer; East St. Louis delivery,
spot s.15Q5.s0c.
Antimony-Spot s.s0c.
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,an,' ssss $50 100
aIHEPY
HIDES AND wool

Rec, hides. Green rai,ed No. I, per ID.
C0Je: green sa,tsd No, :, per 10, b0s
green hide. No. !, per lb,,.a.c; sneen
hides No. 3. per ~. sute; green ssitso;
Old stock, per lb.. sgse. green salted bull
hides No. 1. per H.. &c. green sailed bpli
hides No. .. per ID. se, ,,.,
Hors. hides; Large. each. 300; medium,
sAch. $3.50; small, each. s.'oo' pony anu
CLUES, each. si.ooui.:a.
sheen pelts: Green sslted, as TO size
and wool each. 7aegHi,oo
Wool: Choice fine and one .half blood,
per H., ESQ 3oe; medium aud three -eishths
blood, per 10. stussc: low and onc'auaf-
ter blood. per ID. iIHsoc.
FRUITS.
Panauss: 7e ID. o
Oranges; siz:. :ls and i,rse.i ";Som .
$50; size go S,Sgsse; SS1.1e size .s. ''''
9L 9Lemons' ' Fer box. si.ooeLSo
Grape fruit; Per crate. according 10
sizc. s.bog6.5o. ala.
and grade. 81. .oo1t 900: Ren Davis. $500;
yellow Newstone, S3.0o935o.
Strawberries; Crates. ~ p, noaes' nS'oo
q 1900: crates. - at. boxes $3.50 oqs.eo -.
per r,neappies: rs iii'IA According to size. 1850
$50,
I Potatoes: New. No. J. per ib.. So 6.e:
Mbitcs' No. i. per cwt $3.50: Red River
Ohio. No. !. per cwt-. $3.50; Oregon ne'tsd
sweet potatoes: Per bu.. s1.759:So.
Celery: Per doz.. 75c99s.oo.
Head lettuce: Crates. s3.ooGl75: dos"
si.o09l.5o.
Leaf lettuce: Doe. i.oo8l.sc. .o.
Rubarb: Home grown, per doz.. QUO.
Egg plant: Dozen. $500. 4, :.
Onions: Texas crystal wax. 4s.-ln.
crates. $500: yellow onions. 45-lb. crates.
csuliflower: Crates ,225@e.5o.
Asparagus: Dozen. 3l.oo.
hamp.rs. GSSsm0sr'; doc. ae. .sSsSsso; % Floiid.'
Turnips; Old. per lb... s93hc.
Peets: Old. per lb,. 59shc.
Tomatoes: Crates. baskets s'.VVv
Radishes: Young southern. doz.. 400
45c.
Carrots: Young southern. doz.. socG
Beets: Young southern. doz.. 5000 LOO
Turnips: Young southern. doz.. soc0
800.
onions: Young. home grown. per dos.
soc.
Spinach: Home grown. basket. 7sc.
Green peppers: LIB. soc.
Green or wax teans: Hampers. $500.
PLANTS.
Cabbage: Box. S1.0o612s.
Tomatoes: Box. s1.ooG1.2s.
Pansy plants: Box. 33.76.
Nuts and honey unchanged.
Wholesale prices OF beef cuts are az
follows: No. ribs. 1sc; NO. ribs, lsc;
No. ribs, 15c: No Ioins; ?ec; NO.
l7hc; No. rounds. lie; No rounds,
.I5ilc; No. chucks. 10hc: No. . chucks.
1oc: No. chucks. sEc: No. l plates
SIC: No. plates. &c: No. plates. 4c.
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rurpentip. and Ro.ic.

Savannah, Ca. May 1T.-Turpentine-
Firm. sec: sales. Is: barrels: receipts, 345
barrels: shipments. 6S4 barrels; stock,
1,17s barrels.
Rosin-Firm; sales. IS, casks: receipts
s76 casks; shipments, 1.151 casks; stock,
5s $50 barrels.
cote: B.. As5; n. $40: E si5o:
FGHIK $3.50: NJ. sass: y. $5.a5. VIC.
&ss5; WV nss
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81. Jeeeph live Stock. .

St Joseph, No., May 17.-Cattle-Ke-
ceipts. 5000 head: steers. steady to 1sc
lower: others, steady to Csc lower: steers,
9ieoQa.7s: cows and heifers. Ss.ss6e.ds'
calves. &S.Seos.se.
Hoge-Receipts. 5000 head; market
opened SC lower: closed strong TO &c
hieAer: top S1e.Se: bulk. S1o.so@1e 40.
sheep and Lambs-Receipts. .see head
esc lower: clipped lambs. $lsoe0 l..se'
clipped swee, 34.Seeh.s
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Chicago Produce.

Chicago, May 1I.-BuIter-Higher;
Creamery extras. 35c: firsts. 81 q SAC; sec
ords 2S630c; standards 34Ac.
Eggs-Lower: receipts, S2.5es cases;
firsts, clh h6e5c: ordinary firsts. s2Q
a2hc; miscellaneous, 23h a. 24c; storage
packed extras, ssh 62S%c; storage
backed firsts 26626kc
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Foreign Exchange.

New York, May 17.-Foreign Exehang--
Irregular.
Great Britain-Demand, $4.43%; cables,
$445; 60-day bills on banks. $4.42ts.
France--demand, .0912; cables, 09121s.
Italy-Demand, .0523: cables, .0523h.
Northumberland. .0s29h; cables, .0S30.
Germany-Demand, .00S4S; cables,
.0o34la.
Holiand-Demand, $3.50; cables, 1885.
Norway-Demand, 1855.
Sweden-Demand, 2.555.
Denmark-Demand .2130.
Switzerland-.1920.
Spain-.156s.
Greec@Demand. .0AlS.
Pola nd-Demand, .00023.
Czecho- Slovakia-Demard, .0la2.
Argentine .2700.,
Brazil-Demand. .1400.
Montreal-99
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-18

Kansas City, May 17.-Eggs-Un-
changed; firsts, 2ec.
Butter-Unchanged creamery, 3Sc;
packing. 1sc. :,
Poultry--Unchanged hens. 22c: broil-
ers, 40c; roosters. 12hc.
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Chicago Potatoes.

Chicago, May 17.-Potatoes-Weak;, re-
CENTS. II cars: total United States ship
ments, 4s1 cars: Wisconsin sacked and
bulk round whites, $1.25@1.40 cwt,: Mich
igan bulk round whites, $1.25Q1:4o cwt. /:
Idaho sacked Rurals, $l40@1.6o cwt.;
new stock firm on sacks. steady on bar
rels: Alabama sacked Bliss Triumphs. No.
1 1926 cwt.; Florida Spaulding Rose,
double hea ded barrels. No. !. $3.50 Q6.00;
No . 400
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-18

New York May 17.-Lberty bonds at
D. m. today: 3hs, $3.50; first AS.
1880: second AIS, $99.56; THIRD 4As.
1880; fourth AS, 1890; Victory 4%s,
$10066.
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Kansaa City Grain.

Kansas City, May 17.-Cash wheat-So,
. hard, $1.s4@1.54: No red, $1.S3 q 1.So
Corn-No. white, 5'la d5sc: NO.
yellow. 5sc
Hay-Unchanged
Kansas City. May l7.-wheat--Close,
May, s1s1L; July, 3l.1sh; September.
Corn-May. 56xc; July. 5sSc; septem-
ber 61Tc.
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st, Louis Grain.

st. Louis May 17.-Wheat--May,
s140ll; July. S1.23H bid.
Corn-May, $3.50; July, 6sSc.
Oats-May, 3shc; July, 41lac.
Duluth. Minn.. May IT. - Flaxseed,
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Chicaxo I,ivestocI

Chicago, Mey MISUNDERSTANDING, H.
uoo head; active: beef steers and she
sfock steady to strong; spots higher on
better grade beef steers: top 1925
paid for prime bullocks averaging 1,176
pounds; heavy beef steers, $500, weight
j.46e pounds; bulk beef steers. $3.50
SIS; bulls. steady to strong: veal calves,
eteady to SOC lower; stockers and feeders,
dul; fat she stock. S5s507.15: bulk bo-
logna bulls, around 1885; lightweights to
packers at 1900 mostly.
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 head; market
steady and strong with Yesterdays aver
age; closed firm; top, s11.00: bulk, SO. As
@10.Ss; shippers took about 1000 head
holdover moderate; pigs weak an CSC low
er.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000 head; mostly
&c lower: some sales soc lower; one load
shorn lambs $500 to city butcher; bulk,
N1.7s@l2.5o; best California spring
lambs. $500: others $1s.75@lAs0: feeder
ends. steady to lOc higher at 313..5@
1850: fed Texas wethers. soc lower at
s7.7s: top ewes. $7.s5; heavies, down to
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London Money.

London, May 17.-Silver-Bar, 36hd per
ounce.
Money--1h per cent.
Discount Rates-Short and three
months bills. 5-1s@2A per cent.
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New York Produce.

New York. May 11.-Butter-Steady.
EREsrEasier; fresh gathered extra
firsts. 2sdcsc: firsts. as6e7hc; storage
packed extra firsts. .s6soc; firsts. ssd
&c
Cheese-Firm.
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sheep ana Lambs-Receipts, 5000 head.
Trading today was fairly active at prices
ruling steady to 25c lower. The heavy
run OF California spring lambs enabled
buyers to force lower bsis with the best
quality selling at S1l50, with sales mostly
from s14.26 014.50. CLIP lambs were in
iiEht supply. the few loads offered SELL
ant fulIy steady. s0-pound lambs making
TOP price FOR the day Of $1:.50. Sheep
were slow and mostly ESQ lower with on
" few small lots offered
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Fat
ianhs. fair TO good, Sl1,75612o0: sprinr
lambs. sls5o614.6o: Gull lambs, 10000
1900; fat yearlings 310.0001i. 90; fat
wetners. S7.oo0s.00: fat ewes, light. S. 90
U7.oo: fat ewes, heavy $5000s0o.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-18
Chicago Grain
By CHARLES d. MicHAELS.
lssaha Me- l<as~d Mtge.

u"sS"s ss~s s~oe~o WV
Chicago. Ill.,. May i5,-While May
wheat acted tight, there was general
easing in the deferred deliveries. The
close was about the low point, al net
losses OF lisa lSse. The May was
unchanged, Corn and oats declined
AMHe, showing heavy undeftone.
while rye was isa5-4e lower.
May wheat. at the opening. sold
up 10 si.FIie, new high on the pres
ent movement. Longs sold freely
and a decline OF ? Lac followed.
Trade was on a liberal scale with
persistent covering by shorts. The
longs sold on all the minor upiurns
alter the opening. Sales OF 10000
bushels were made 10 60 TO store.
while those who have taken in the
cash grain arc now reporting liberal
charters 10 send grain east.
sentimsnt B~sSi.h.
Liverpool refused 10 follow the advance
In Chicago Tuesday and closed unchanged
mora bearish. despite the increased sp.
prehe nsion Of hot weather damage voiced
a.. .taa sfk. es.s
~ kshsss tity messages There was nee
ssriy selling w lessl ptolessionsls, ina
At ti.:s on resting orders. and more rest
ing orders were found ai'tisIh for the
July; III Longs generally united toward
me last. mhAihE the finAl break ana sahS
close
- b~llef ihas lhr after planting movsmeh,
OF corn VIII increase inhtsflslly w thr hssf
iutufr, comhihea WIN lArk OF assfrssNr
buying. made heavy undertone IN that
grnln, ~ no time were prices higher Than
the previous days close. country oiict.
inEs were f,iry Hbefsi, but senerally held
signify above working basis. weather
conditions were generally favorable Tor
field work. although the forecast was Tor
showers, Hecelpth were ~ cars. bulk OF
,he trhde ~ oats was OF q local character.
Receipts ~ cars shipping demand for
the latter grain showed improvement, with
sales or .Soeeo bushels
rye was htfectcd ny the action OF wheat
anu ranged lower NO export sslss wer.
reported from the west and the bulk OF
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Omaha Produce


Furnishes by stats os ksorsssa. &C.
psr,msn, Of agriculture esrsss Of mar
ksts and msrsstinui
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Bar Silver.
Kansas City Produce.

New York, May 17.-Foreisn Bar Silver,
13Sc.
Mexican Dollars-55&c.
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New York Stocks
RAILROADS.

Range Of priccs Of the leading stocks
furnished by Logan G. Bryan, 2lS Peters
Trust building:
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New York Sugar.

New York, May 1.-THE raw sugar
market was somewhat irregular today.
Snot and MAY shipment Cubas were quoted
at 2 7-16c. cost and freight, equal to 4.o4c
for centrifugal. early June shipment at
1880, cost and freight, equal to 4.07c:
and second half June at e1ac. cost and
freight, equal to 4.11c. Porto Ricos were
quoted at s.ssc for SPOT and later de-
livery. The days business included 52,-
900 bags OF Cubas for May shipment TO
a refiner. 5000 bags of Cubas early June
and $4,000 bags second half June to an
operator and 10000 bags Of Porto Porto. R'coS
to outport refiners at quoted prices.
The raw sugar futures market was less
active today and prices we were ir1egu,artt gnnint
higher on covering. but offerings were
more liberal and prices eased . off na,nt Later,
Closing prices were unchanged to poan.s
December, 2sSc: March. 2.S6.
The market for refined sugar was I'M un-
changed and to demand was less active
although with.N lwals on old orders con-
tinue OF fair proportions. -.
Refined futures nominal. Closing: July,
ss5c: September, 6.10: December, 6.ooc'
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New York, May 17.-Poultry-Live.
firm; prices unchanged; dressed. steady
fowls, 23G231sc.
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Live Stock
omsha. May ~.

Receipts sud sispasiiioh Of livestock q,
the uflah staekysTds. Omaha, ssh,, for ~
hours sadiHs az p, m,, May ~, 1871
nLcEiffs-cARLofs,
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Market, Financial and Industrial News of the Day

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), j. ; f,m, .ss 9 81. sss
Va .sF rhsm ss.s 80 Ss 80,
Asass-tie.s. ss, PER ssn,i Tuesday
eioss, I. pei cent
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s,sIliss-cisss HHg Tuesday close,
siis.,
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New York Coffee.

New York. May 1.-THE market Tor
G, flee futures was lower today under seat
tering liquidation, inspired by the easier
ruling Of Brazil and complaints OF a con-
tinued poor spot demarI. Importers were
moderate sellers and while the offerings
were not heavy, there appeared to be
very little support. July cased off to
1os5c and September to s.s7c and the
market closed at the lowest showing net
losses of II to Is points. Sales were es-
tmated at about 1S,5oo bags. May.
1o4sc; July, 10.3sc: September, s.s7c; oc-
tober, s.7sc; December, $3.50; January,
9.53c:, March, 9.42c.
Spot Coffee-Quiet and nominally un-
charged at lie for Rio Is and 14Ac to
14hc for Santos IS. Cost and freight
offers included Santos SIS and IS at 14.o5c
to 14.50c for prompt and at 13.25c to
1s.4Oc for forward shipment. Rio is were
quoted at 1070c, American credits.
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New York Dried Fruit.

New York, May 17.-Evaporated Ap-
Prunes-Dull.
Apricots-Quiet.
Peaches-Steady.
Raisins-Easy.
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CHICAGO CLOSING PRICES.

BY updik. Grain Co. DO. 2se7. May II
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Bonls.

New York. May i1.-Transsoti on the
New York curb market today were as fol-
lows:
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didn't have 10 live with him any more. and l said so to Aunt Jane. Gle was cross man. and very stern, as everybody lnew) But, dear snz me Aunj Jane was awfully shocked, anu saiG certainly not; that sAe meant Mr. Darling had left his wife a great deal of money.
 Then she talked very stern and sol emn to me and said that l must nor think just because my poor dear fa- ther's married life had ended In shch wretched tragedy that every other home had such skeleton Tn the closet.
 l grew stern and dignifed and sol emn then. l knew. of course, what she meant. I'm no child. She meant Mother She meant that Mother. my dear blessed mother. was the skeleton in their closet. And of course l wash [ going to stand there ana near '""'' and not say . word.
 But I didn't say just word. said a good many words. won try to nut them all down here: but l toid her quietly, in a firm voice, ana win no temper (showing), that guessed Father was just as much Of sReie- ton in Mothers closet as she was m his. and that If she could see no" perfectly happy my mother was now .be,d understand | little of what my fathers skeleton had done 10 her all those years she'd had to live wi'h It,
 said A lot more, but before Ia Sot half finished with what l wanted To say. l got to crying, so l just had to run out of the room.
 That night I heard Aunt Jane tell Mrs. Darling that the worst feature of the whole deplorable situation was the effect on the chiid's mind, ana the wretched conception 1t gave her of the sacredness of the marriage tie, or something like that. And Mrs parihE sighed and said oh and ah, and the pity of it.
 don't like Mrs Darling.
 of course. as said before, Mrs. Darling could be my new mother pc inq a widow, so. But, mercy l nope she won't. I'd rather have Miss Grace Ann than her, and l shouldn be crazy about having Miss Grace Ann
 Well. I guess there's nothing more to write. Things at school are Just
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ing over her hous1, and she runs and asks Aunt James advice about every little thing She asks Fathers, too, every chance she gets, when she sees hin in the hail CT on the front steps. l heard her tell hunt Jane she consid- cred Professor Anderson man of mos exce.ient taste and judgment.
 suppose Mrs. Darling could be my new moth. She's widow Her hus. band died 'ast year She is very well off now that her husband is dead I heard Aunt Jane say one day She meant well off in money-quite lot of It, you l.now. ' thought she meant wei off l. eause le was dead nd she
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Well. went 10 my room. Aunt lane tol,i me to mediate on my sins. But 1 didn't meditated on other peoples sins. l didn't have any to mediate on. Was il d sin, pray, for me 10 stand up for my mother and re- fuse to associate with people who wouldn't associate with me on account of her? I guess not
 medltated on Stella Mayhew and her mother, and on those silly, faith less girls that thought more of ice cream soda than they did Of justice and ri,lt to their fellow sehoolmate. And l .aeditated on Aunt Jane und her never giving me so much as single kiss sine, l cane. And l medl- tated on how much better Father liked stars and comets than he did his own daughter; and l meditated on what \ cruel. heartless world this is, anyway, and what Il pity It was that l. so fair and young, should hcve found 1t out s, soon right en the hank, ns it were. or where that brook and river meet. And 1 wondered, if l died if anybody would care; and l thought how beau tiful and pathetic would look in my coffin with my lily-white hands folded on my breast. And ] hoped they q have the funeral in the daytime. he cause if il was st nighttime Father'd be sure to have star or something tO keep him from coming. And l want ed him to come. 1 wanted him 10 feel bad; and I meditated on how bad he would feel--when 1t was too late.
 But even with all this to meditate on, It was an awfully long time com Ing noon; and they didn't call me down to dinner even then. Aunt Jane sent up two pieces of bread without any butter and | glass of water. How like Aunt Jane-makiDg even my din ner sin to mediate on, Only she would call 1t my sin, and l would call it hers.
 Well, after dinner Father sent for me to come down to the library. So l knew then, of course. that Aunt Jane had told him. l didn't know but she would wait until night. Father usu- ally spends his hour after dinner reading in the library and mustn't be disturbed. But evidently today Aunt Jane thought I was more consequence than his reading. Anyhow, she told him. and he sent for me
 My but l hated 10 go. Fathers and Aunt James are two different propo- siiions. Fathers have more rights and privileges, of course, Everybody knows that
 Well. went into the library. Fa- ther stood with his back 10 the hre- l nlace and his hands In his pocKes. He was plainly angry at being dls- turbed. Anybody could see that. ne began speaking at once, the minute got Into the room-very cold ana dig- , nified.
 Mary, your aunt tells me you have been disobedient and disrespectiui to , her. Have you anything to say! I shook my head and said No SIT