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The Glenwood post., 1924-08-21

old chap. It's up to NJ to give the
girl chance"
Christopher stripped on his coat
and wrapped 1t around MYRTLE. Then
he took the place by her side. Gerald
slippedftn the clutch and they giided
OF. ttg ,1, ~
The twilight overlook them swiftly.
The Lights Of Monte Cprio, a. they
commenced the long descent, were like
pin prlcks Of fire thrust through deep
Blue carpet. MYRTLE, whose eyes had
been hxed upon the flying milestones.
leaned forward now with little ex-
clamation Of wonder. "a
TT u fairylandis she cried.
Gerald looked down at her indul-
gently.
You live so near and you have
never been even as far az thisr' he
asked.
ut il as I have told you." she an.
swered. II have never travelled ten
kilometers from the farm In my life.r
Christopher was almost incredulous.
Gerald. however, nodded sympatheti-
cally. Both young men had taken 1t
for granted from the frst that their
charge understood no English.
In France they are like that" Ger
aid remarked. "It is the sous that
count. But this child-isn't she amaz-
ing. Christopher7 Except for her
clothes, there isn't thing about her
that suggests the peasant. She is like
a child MoHouro-ov or1o1-nho bac
stolen into the clothes of girl gone
for her first communion"
II should still like to know what you
are going to do with her when we ar
rive" christopher asked, bluntly.
Are you going to take her to the
villa?' :
Later on. perhaps" was the care
less reply. Certainly not this eve
ming"
"Why not7" Christopher persisted.
Your sister is very kind-hearted. It
seems to me, as long as we have the
girl on our hands, that she is the prop
er person to look after her."
Gerald smiled slightly.
MY dear Chris" he said, "you and
Mary are pals. 1 know, but I am not
sure that you altogether understand
her She doesn't like surprises. We
must pave the way little before we
ask for her help"
MYRTLE had been looking from one
to the other Of her two companions
with sense Of growing trouble in
her eyes. .t4al
"Messieurs," she interrupted, ut was
wrong of me not to tell you before.
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speak little English. I understand
very we'll"
you are a most amazing child n
Gerald exclaimed, looking down at her
In genuine. astonishment. you have
never been ten kilometers from your
homestead. and you speak a foreign
language! That comes Of having a
schoolmistress for mother, suppose.
However, have no fear. We shall dis
pose of you pleasantly"
Tomorrow" she said timidly, Il
can find work.
Tomorrow be hangedl" Gerald re-
piled. LOOK about you, little one. We
are entering the town. If your story
is true-and we know that 1t is," he
added hastily, you see for the first
time shops, Villas hotels. The build
ing in front of us is the casino. Now
you see the lights that fringe the bay"
1T is amazing" MYRTLE murmured.
They drew up at the side door of the
hotel where the two young men were
to stay. Gerald descended.
"Take care of the child for a few
minutes, Chris" he begged. II am
going to interview one of the house
Keepers
He disappeared into the hotel. Myr.
tile watched his tall, slim figure until
It was lost to sight. Then the fear
seemed to return. She shivered.
Il am a trouble to him." she fal.
tered. "He will hate me for 1t. / only
meant that you should drive me some.
where where could lose myself. Per.
haps had better go. monsieur. Car
not slip away before he returnsf"
HE would be very angry If you did,
Christopher assured her. He hal
gone to arrange for some one to lool
after you for the night. Tomorrow
think you Will do we'll II you try tc
find some work. II you wish 1t, I will
help you"
Her eyes still devoured the dool
through which Gerald had passed.
''Tell me his namet" she begged.
His name." Christopher replied, "
Gerald Annesley Dombey."
She repeated II after him. q litti,
hesitatinsly.
Il shall always think Of him q
Gerald" she said. IT u Z vsry pestt,
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BOOK ONE
Chapter I

MYRTLE stood upon the crazy veran.
da, her eyes shaded by her hand, gaz-
ing down the straight, narrow foot
path, a sundering line across the
freshly plowed field, which led to the
village In the hollow below. The mol
dering white stone cottage from which
she had issued was set in a cleft of
the pine-covered hills; 1t seemed to
struggle against its inborn ugliness
and to succeed only because of the
beauty Of Its setting-in the fore
ground the brown earth, with its neat
ly trained vines and Its quarter of an
acre of fragrant violets; the orchard,
pink and white with masses of cherry
blossom; beyond, a level stretch of
freshly turned brown earth, soon to be-
come delicate carpet Of tender green,
and, by the time the vines should
sprout, sea Of deep gold. It was the
typical homestead of the small French
peasant proprietor
Myrtile's hand dropped to her side.
The three figures were plainly visible
now. She remained quiescent, watch
ing them with mute tragedy in her
face which, to any one ignorant of the
inner significance Of this approaching
procession. must have seemed a little
puzzling. For there was nothing
tragic about Jean Sargot-middle-
aged, a typical peasant of the district,
with coarsened face and weather.
beaten skin-or about the companion
who hung on his arm-a plump, dark
woman, with black hair and eyes, vo-
ciferous and fluent of gesture, with a
high-pitched voice and apparently
much to say. The third person, who
walked in the rear, seemed even less
likely to incite apprehension. He was
more corpulent than his neighbor. Jean
Sargot, and his whole appearance was
one OF discomfort Yet the girls eyes
as they rested upon him, were filled
with terror.
They were near enough now for
speech. and her stepfather, waving his
hand, called out to her:
ut is the Widow Dumay, little one
and our friend and neighbor. Pierre
Leschamps, who come to drink n glass
of wine with US. Hurry with the table
and some chairs, and bring one-twc
bottles of last years vintage"
They sank into the chairs which
MYRTLE had already placed upon thu
veranda, Pierre Leschamps laying his
hat upon handkerchief in safe cor
ner.' He kept the little cafe in the VII
age, and the strip Of land which wen
with 1t he let to others. His pale
cheeks and flabby limbs told their owr
story. Jean Sargot looked about hin
with the pride of the proprietor.
mot 30 bad. this little dwelling
eh7" he exclaimed. -Four rooms, al
well-furnished. a bed such as one sci
dom SEES, and wardrobe made by m!
own grandfather, Jacques Sargot, thu
carpenter. Il pleases thee, Marie"
The widow looked around her with {
little snif.
at might be worse" she conceded
'sbut there are the children"
"Three cniy," Sargot replied, "ant
in year or 80 they will all be In tht
aelds. Think what that may mean
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is your affair. But as for me. will
not marryl"
Jean Sargot leaned back In his
chair and drank his wine. His two
guests followed his example.
''Ho. hoi" he laughed. "Come, that
is good! You were always q shy
child, MYRTLE. Pierre shall WOO you
into different humor."
"Ay, indeedr' the innkeeper as
sented, leering across at the girl with
covetous eyes 1--WE shall understand
one another presently, little one. You
need have no fear. Marriage Is a
pleasant thing. You will fnd 1t 10.
like all the Others"
"It IL an Institution to be toasted, p"
Jean Sargot declared, filling the
glasses and glancing amorously to-
wards the widow. Trouble not about
MYRTLE. my friend Pierre. She il
thine. We shall drink this glass of
wine to Marriage. 1t will be festi-
val. that u. Marief'
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Salt Relieves Fatigue.

Men who work In high Temperatures
often lose considerable weight from
unusual respiration and perspiration.
They also lose much salt. In England
series Of experiments on workers In
hot mines seems to show that a small
quantity Of salt taken daily relieves
the men of much Of their exhaustion. A
drink based on solution of about one
third Of an ounce Of salt to a gallon Of
water was most effective in warding
of fatigue.
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Each of us, Travelled or untraveled, / \
0nds mystery in the hQrizon- What ,

Aio8 Q0yOiiQ III ~
1t q rainbow's end.
= pot Of gold. or
does 1t contain
Aew experiences
Dr adventures Z
Especially to the
young does this
mystery assert 1t
self. TO MYRTLE.
lonely little girl
Of France, who
had never trav-
eled beyond the
village adjacent
to the IA m 1y
farm. the white
road at the end of
the garden lane
led to . dim hori-
xon beyond which
were u n X n o W n
wnrlda nPnmfQin0
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IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO.
SELL A FOR SALE AID IN THE
POST WILL SELL IT FOR YOU.
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PRICE Of 'GAS"
TUMBLES IN
DISTRICT
Coco Fluid Is Now % Cents
a Gallon, Tax
Included

Gasloine prices tumbled 1 cent a
gallon today in Washington and
other territory of the principal
Eastern oil companies.
Go-go fluid may now be bought
at retail for % cents a gallon.
The Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey made the tank wagon
price 1872 cents a gallon, wholesale
20 cents and retail % cents, in its
own stations, the price including
the gasoline tax.
The Gulf Refining Company and
the Penn Oil Company made similar
reductions. Kerosene prices took a
corresponding drop.
At the Washington office of the
Dome Oil Company it was stated
that no notification of reduction
had been received. At all the Of
fees, as usual. no official was able
to say why the reduction was made,
how long 1t would last or whether
there would be further nrice cuts
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WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
GIVE ANNUAL EXCURSION

The Widows and Orphans Home
Association are holding it's third
annual Excursion to Marshall Hail
today. The Old Guard, under com.
mand Of Captain c. o. Howard,
will give an exhibition drill on the
pavilion. A large number Of
prizes have already been secured
and many more will be contributed
so that prizes for the various
games and contests are in abund.
ance.
The object of the excursion is to
raise funds to provide homes for
the Widows and Orphans of Sol.
diers, Sailors and Marines Of oil
wars
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FAILS
To BREAK ITS
RECORD
-
CS-2 Lands After Being in
Air IS Hours-2O-Hour
Flight Goal

After flying all yesterday after
noon and last night, the CS-2, com
bination scouting, bombing and
torpedo plane from the Naval Air
Station, today failed in an effort
to break it's previous world endur-
ance record for seaplanes. Another
attempt will be made soon.
The CS-2 landed near the station
at GAS o'clock this morning after
remaining in the air Is hours and
10 minutes. On the last attempt this
same plane remained aloft II hours.
establishing a new record. Naval
aviation authorities expect to con-
tinue the tests until a 20-hour record
is made. 4 total of approximately
LOO miles was covered during the
fifteen-hour flight.
The plane, which took to the air
at 1926 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
was piloted by Lieutenants F. w.
Wead and John D. Price, who flew
the ship on the record breaking
flight June %.
The tests are being held to ascer-
tain how long the ship can re-
main in the air on a full 7O0-gal-
lon tank of gasoline. thus giving g.
clue to it's range for long distance
scouting or bombing raids with the
fleet These tests aTe regarded by
naval aviation officials as purely
service tests, with the endurance
record possibility as a secondary
feature. When the plane landed he
still had fuel enough for five hours
flying.
The CS-2 is an entirely new type
of plane and there are only six of
the type now in existence. AS re-
suit of the tests at the Anacostia
station this machine may be adopted
as the most important unit Of the
future naval air force. It's use for
three classes of work is expected to
simplify the work of maintaining an
adequate air force and to cut down
materially the number of types of
planes required by the navy.
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Ian {
VANGLES
OFFICER
Lieut.. Schiff Said to Have
Walked Into Propeller at
Hampton Roads

Walking carelessly backward
into the flying propeller of his
airplane which was just about to
hop off from the air field at
Hampton Roads, Virginia, on its
return to the naval air station at
Anacostia, Lieutenant Herbert
Schiff was instantly killed and
terribly mangled late yesterday
afternoon. Rear Admiral Moffett,
head of the naval air service, was
in the plane at the time.
Lieutenant Schiff, a lieutenant
of the junior grade in the reserve
corps. had been stationed at the
Anacostia field for his annual
period of fifteen days training in
flying. He was an experienced
pilot, having been in the air for
900 hours, and his fellow officers
are at loss to explain his laxness
in walking into the propeller.
Was Second Pilot.
The party started out yesterday
afternoon for Hampton Road, carry
ing Admiral Moffett, who was going
to the Virginia Field for his usual
inspection. Lieutenant Schiff was
l~k 80 hn h
Lieutenant Alfred Williams, as first
pilot. Lieutenant Williams is the
worlds speed record operator.
The TIP down was accomplished
without undue event, and they were
lust about to return when the
accident occurred.
The plane had been put back into
the water, and the engine was run
ming preparatory to the hop. A
yeoman was listing the names of
those aboard, according to the ru..s
of the service, and Schiff had Just
waved to some one ashore, when ne
got out of his seat and seemed to
walk backwards, it is said, into the
dangerous propeller.
Inquest to Be Held.
The accident is without a paralla.
In the annals of the air service, ac-
cording to officials of the service,
who say that it is unexplainablo
that an experienced pilot, such as
Schiff was, should get into the way
of a flying propeller.
The board of inquest will hold in
quiry over the accident as soon as
witnesses can be assembled, to de-
termine just how the fatal accident
occurred A preliminary hearing
will probably be held today
Lieutenant Schiff's home is at No.
1876 West Eignty-seventh street, New
York city, where he lived with his
father, Simon Schiff.
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ONLY SO DISMISSED BY
u. S, IN PAST MONTH

Local residents employed by the
Federal Government have suffered
little in the recent wholesale dis
charges and departmental shake-ups,
according to reports made public by
the United States Civil Service Com.
mission, which show that the net
dismissals during the past month
were only SO.
The greatest change in personnel
was effected in the Postoffice De-
partment, where the number Of EN-.
ployes was reduced as. The highest
gain was made in the War Depart
ment. which increased its personnel
by 40. The total employees on May
81 was 1854. The largest number,
1892, are employed In the Treasury
Department.
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$4,000 DAMAGES ASKED
AS RESULT OF CRASH

Fred B. Kuechle. minor,
through his father, Charles B. +.
Kuechle, has filed suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court against Emma
j. Bowles to recover $4,000 dam.
ages for alleged personal injuries.
Represented by Attorneys Spring
ston and Daly,it Is alleged that May
Ia, last, while the plaintiff was
riding his motorcycle out of an
alley near Sixth and D streets
northwest he was run into by ar
automobile operated by the de-
PENDANT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
JUDGE HITS UNETHICAL
METHODS OF LAWYERS

Methods used by several members
Of the District bar in an effort to
get cases will result in disciplinary
action by those in power If their
over-anxiety is not curbed, it was
stated today.
1t was noted yesterday by Judge
Schuldt, in Police Court, after the
facts had been aired in in a case
where lawyer had thrust his serv-
ices upon an unwilling client, that
this practice must cease. Compare
BILE is the case of the bondsmen
who had "cappers" and runners
around the precincts soliciting bust
ness. This resulted in the issuance
of an order prohibiting all agents
of bondsmen from staying around
the police stations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
1925 DC. TAGS TO BE BLUE
WITH WHITE NUMERALS

The District automobile tags for
1925 will be navy blue with figures
in white, 1t was decided today by
the District Commissioners. Con-
tracts will call for 100000 of the
new plates, it is planned.
The new plates were decided upon
after Inspector Albert s. Headley.
chief of the traffic bureau, had
rejected the tan and brick red
color scheme recently requested by
the Commissioners.
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JOHNNIE WAS CONsOLED.

Little Johnnie's hands were all
hidden by a coat Of bandages, as
a result Of not very safe and
sane Fourth"
When he went out to pla ,
with his friends, he was Laughing
and joking, and not in the least
concerned.
One of the boys, who knew
what Johnnie's hand must feel
like, by way of having one of
his own fingers in the pie at the
time, remarked, Here you 60 an
get your hans nearly bowed off,
and you laffin', what's the joke?"
"Oh," said Johnnie, II don't
have to wash my hands"
Well, that's some consolation.
ROSE S. STREET..
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Z CAPITAL MEN
WIN MEADE
HONORS'
Appointed Platoon Leaders at
Camp-Others Members
OF RED" Group
iNTERHATIoN ESEIa Il

Two Washington men have been
appointed platoon leaders of the
Citizens Military Training Camp
troop Of the Third Cavalry at Camp
Meade it was announced today. The
men are Malcolm Field, son of Col
onel Field. of Fort Myer, and John
Nesbit. son of Lieutenant Colonel
John Scott, 174S P street northwest.
Three Washington men have
been made 'White" candidates at
the camp. They are David V. Aud,
4O3 Thirty-first street, and Paul A.
Chalupsky, Ills Connecticut ave-
nue., and Aloysius Seipel, of the
office of the chief of Cavalry.
In the Red" course group at
the camp are thirty-nine Washing
tonians. They are: Oliver S. Ander-
son, $500 Thirty-ninth street north
west; William w. Anderson, 4710
Georgia avenue; Howard F. Allard,
219 Fort avenue, Clarendon; Charles
NJ. Baum, Sill Seward square south
east; John w. Belt and Ridgley J..
Belt, of 1886 Fairmont street north
west; Craig S. Carmack, East Cliff
ton Terrace apartments; George r.
Chandler, TIA Rock Creek Church
road; Charles l.. Cogswell. 1922
Maryland avenue northeast; Daniel
A. Cooper, 3703 S street northwest;
Joel B. Coumbe, 144S Girard street;
Edgar NJ. Dickerson, 3413 lakewood
terrace; James T. Dickie, 1892 On
tario place; Sam P. Gilstrap, SAT
Lexington place northeast; William
N. Grimes, % Quincy place; Joseph
M Guiffre, Payton and Mt. Vernon
avenue, Del Ray, Va; Richard H.
Henneman, 1914 Connecticut ave
nue.; Glen Herbert, of Fort Myer'
Va: Harold F. Hobbs, $50 ROCK
Creek Church road; Carl Q. Hoft-
man. 1921 A street northeast;
THOMAS H. Keys, 32S Eleventh
street northeast; Allen E. LIE HeW'
623 Quincy place northeast; Joseph
q. MEG. Michaelson, 254S Unlver,
sitv place; Alfred H. Mills, Jr.. ~
Eleventh street; Edward G. MONK
14SS Monroe street; Richard H.
Nash. 1872 NJ street; Henry P. NOBLE,
ir nostoffice box POI, East Falis
Church. Va; Arthur M. Reeside,
215O wyoming avenue; Willlam IL
Russell, 1912 Belmont road; william
Russell. 4339 Klingle street; VIII
liam l., simmons, 1919 Kenyon
street; Benjamin c. Stevens, llo
Third street; David MEG. Taylor
% Sixteenth street northeast; VIII
NON S + turner, jr., SO39 Macomb
street t Paul A. Ullman, Clifton Ter
Tece APARTMENTS; William F. W1lker'
con on the Cumberland apartments,
and and M. NJ. Wyvell, of 1904 Varnum
OF sam P. Gilstrap is a son or
Major Harry Gilstrap. Offlcers re
nanyo Corps. an official of the
T 1er states Veterans Bureau. All
- the sons of Major Gilstrap have
Had military service, each in dill
ferent branch of the service.
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FRED VETTER.
BEFORE SHE GOT FAT.

AC~~~ - IN -
Before the fat began to como,
When she was seventeen,
There was no girl
AS fair as Pearl
Augusta Gertrude Green,
But she was nuts on caramels
And Jellybeans and such,
And so. ere long,
AS goes the song,
Augusta sure looked Dutch!
She got so she would cross the street
Whenever she saw scales;
So great her size
She'd patrOniZe
PerfOrce, the outside sales.
She never even lost an ounce
When for six weeks 1t ralned;
The wind IL blew
And Gussie grew
Until her corset panied.
She hated the throughts Of exercise,
And how she loved to eat;
But though she'd sweat
When she had ct,
She just could not get neat.
And SO, at thirty years of age
In plumpness she abOundS;
She only weighs,
On sunny days,
About four hundred pounds!
GENE BLOSSOM.
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MoToRIST FINED $50
FOR RUNNING DOWN BOY

Robert Donovan was fined $50 In
Traffic Court yesterday when found
guilty of colliding in running up
on the sidewalk, at Fourteenth
and U streets northwest, and knock.
ing down the small son of Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel r. Vickery
Donovan testified that his foot
had slipped off the brake causing
him to lose control Of his machine.
Tho boy was not seriously hurt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
CAPT. RAIGE, HURT IN FALL
FROM HORSE, BETTER

Captain John H. Craige, aide to
Major General John A. Lejeune,
commandant of the marine corps,
was today released from the Naval
Hospital where he had been con.
fined since Monday suffering fr in
injuries suffered when he fell from
his horse.
Captain Craige was dragged more
than 100 feet on the concrete pave.
ment last Monday when he was
about to start on a rido along the
bride path.
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Rum and Traffic Bring
Motorist Fines
To S1,34O

Fines aggregating $3.50, in
default of which a Jail SEN
tence of 400 days will be
served, was imposed on Homer
Garfield Thomson, found guilty
yesterday in Police Court of
violating the national prohibit
ton act and traffic regula-
tons.
Pleading guilty to transport
ing and possession of whiskey,
Judge Mcmahon fined Thorn
son $500 in each case, in de-
fault to serve 100 days. For
reckless driving and driving
without a permit, Judge Schuldt
fined him S340, il default to
serve 1870 days.
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MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

An Englishman on a tour of the town
Took q ride In one of our trans,
Holding on to a strap, he could scarce
move around,
He was In one of our daily 4:SO
jams.
The car turned corner, he swayed
to one side,
And his hand slipped out of the
strap;
To regain his poise he frnntically tried,
But sat down on a young lady's lap.
Embarrassed, he struggled back to
his feet,
While his face turned II purplish red
The young lady SMILED as he changed
his seat,
II see. you arc a Laplander," she
said.
At his hotel the affair he told to his
wife,
Saying, my deah, everyone laughed
but me,
My word, the joke couldn't see for
my life
When the lady remarked, You're an
EsQuimaux, / Sect"
OLD SOCKS.
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BARRIERS THEN AND NOW.

BARRIERS THEN AND NOW.
When whiskers were in flower
the BARRIERS must have been a
busy lot, although they did not
bob" the women's hair. Here
is an ordinance signed by Henry
WIS (year l50O) kingly hand
ut is also ordained that the
kings barber shall daily be in
attendance in the kings privy
chamber, there having in readi-
ness his water basins, knives,
combs, scissors and such other
stuff as to do appertain. The
barber is admonished to keep
clean, to avoid unseemly Ian
guage and the company of "mis-
guided women"
Nowadays the BARRIERS can't
keep the women away. They
want their hair bobbed and their
necks shaved.
EPEn- UETTEp
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Sues for Auto Hurts

Rrentano's, Inc, Twelfth and F
s+reats northwest, was today named
SoFondant in a suit filed in the
nistrict supreme Court for $10,S50
donares by James w. Lockett, for
alleged personal injuries. Plaintiff,
renresented by Attorneys Forbes &
DANIELS, alleges that while crossing
the intersection at Connecticut ave.
nue. and @ street northwest. Feb
ruary 4 last, an automobile belong
ing to the defendant concern ran
into him, serio" sly and permanently
injuring him.