Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1913 — Page 4

*■ >< t „'• > *■ • « fc. . K * . THE MAN BEHIND THE PLOW Five years ago a farmer opened a Bank account with S2OO. He now has in Bank over 11,000’., and in the meantime he withdrew enough to pay for a good horse to take the place of one that died. If you should lose a horse, have you the money to replace it? You can open an Account here for sl. You can do it in person or by mail. Back of your money here are our Resources of $876,126,33. May we haye you as a depositor? FIRST NATIONAL BANK Decatur, Indiana.

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i—v- i» inr FAST BUFFALO. — East Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Receipts,22- 1 880; shipments, 2,090; official to New York yesterday, 2,090; hogs closing slow. Heavy, [email protected]; mixed and mediums, [email protected]; Yorkers, $7.95 @$8.00; pigs and lights, $8.00; stags, [email protected]; sheep, 2000; strong; top lambs, $9.60; cattle, 250; slow. New ear corn 59c No 2 Red wheat $1.05 No. 2 Vvuite wheat 99c Oats 30c Sample stained oats 26c , Rye 55c' Barley 40c@5oc Feeding barley 45c Alsike seed $10,75 1 No. 1 timothy hay $ll.OO I No. 1 mixed $10.00! No. 1 clover SIO,OOI Rye straw $6.50 Oats straw $6.00Whteat straw $6.00 Clover seed $9.50 j Timothy seed $1.25 COAL PRICES. Stove and Egg, hard $8.75 Chestnut, hard $9.00 Pea, Hard $7.51 Poca., Egg and Lump $5.50 W. Ash $4.50 V. Splint $4.50 H. Valley $4.25 R. Lion $4 50

Among The Stars f-' in the liquor world our whis- -ft # « key stands out brilliantly from ordinary brands. It ' looks better, smells better, taste better and is better. To ivj fl* \ try a bottle ia to stamp one’s Cf A guod judgerren'of what is a uA\ ' good wholesome stimulant as \yp. - well as the finest k:nd of be- ’ -a? verage. ‘ Berghoff Beer by the case. r Comer of Second and —' • I *- * Madison streets. LOST Package . >r.taining two small WANTED—Girt for housework in dresses, In west part of Decatur. small family. Inquire of Henry DelPlease return to thia office. 17t3 linger at the city hall. 14t3 FOR SALE—An invalid’s chair, in FOR SiALai—sox Terrier pupa. Ingood condition, *ls. Inquire of Rosa quire at Schmitt’u meat market.— Haya, at Hower & Hower’a. 12t3 Ad"t. a , 30516 GRAIN SEEDS COAL LOWER Wejwill clore*cut cur entire supply of coal at’thfe bins as fol.ows Genu no W.Va., White ash )umps*l.2s per ton “ P« rnrov 6in. |v.<k . 4.25“ “ “ Chestnut l^id coal F. 75 “ “ Bfcwers-Nibiwk Grain Co. PHONE 233 HAY STRAW MHHHEHMaEMBaanMMMaHaaHHUrHBMMHraaBDKS&M | FOR SALE I Ront M the vc-t—«t Etrg Producer Feed I known for cockers at, , I Dynois Schmitt n ... "■ .a *-• < *

araFiF- 1 ir-M C’annell ! J - Hill $5.00 Kentucky $4.50 Lung | 4S Q KALVER MARKETS. Beef bides irvoui Tallow 5 C Sheep pelts 25c@$I.bO Muskrats sc@4sc Skunk [email protected] Coon [email protected] Possum 10c@70c Miok 25c @56.00 Eggs 20c i Butter 20c@25c lard $c NIB -ICK 4 CO. Eggs 21C Hutter IBc@2sc n. otrn_lN&. I Spring chiCKs 9c i Ducks 10c 1 Fowls 9c Geese 9c Eggs 27c | Butter ipc Turkeys 15c Old roostem 8c LOCAL PKOCWCE MARKET Spring chicks 10c Ducks 10c Fowls 10c Goeee 8e Eggs 18c Butter lie Turkeys lie Old roowte’w 5c

FOR EALE. Five Choice Farm* In Trumbull Co., Ohio—Bargains If Taken Soon. —Muet Sell. First contains 250 acres; price $55 per acre. Second contains 230 acres; price, $55 per acre. Third contains 100 acres; price, $52 i>er acre. Fourth contains 60 acres; price S6O per acre. Fifth contains 30 ax-res; price, $67 I per acre. i Every acre of these farms is choice I farm land, mostly dark, gravelly loam, all cleared and in good state of cultivation, have choice buildings, with all necessary conveniences. Have only to be seen to be appreciated. Are near stone road, with best of schools land churches. For references as to these farms, I would kindly refer you without permission tn ,1. M. Frislnger,, or George Tricker, of your place. My I motto, “Quick Sales and Small Prof- j its. White Forest Taylor, R. IL No. 2, Farmdale, Ohio. 18-e-o-d4wks —" s SALE ANNOUNCEMENT. Teeple, Brandyberry & Peterson. will hold their big semi-annual dear-1 ance sale, beginning Saturday morn-1 ing, January 25th, and closing Satur-1 day evening, February Bth. They j guarantee to save you from 20 to 50 , per cent on anything you buy at this , sale. Read their announcement and ( schedule list of prices in tomorrow's , daily. It (Advertisement) c NOTICE. Money to lean st R and 6 per cent interest. No c'wswtssion. 288tf ERWIN'S OFFICE. ♦Advertisement) LOST. A horse blanker either on the Jay Kline or John Bucher ronds. Finder, p'.ease return to this office and receive reward- —Advt. 307 t" FOUND —Umbrella. Owner can have same by describing.—Wm. Hitch-1 cock, 441 No. 4th St. 19t2 FOUND —Pair of ladies’ black «ioves. I Inquire at this office. 15t31 IX) ST —Nail-pull-w acd crow-bar combined. Return to this office and re-1 ceive reward. l?t 1 i e THE THIRD DEGREE—Continued. to.ve surprised her to near snytlitaj else. It meant that their hard band to-mouth struggle must go on. Sh« said nothing. What was the use? It would never do to discourage How ard. She tried to make light of IL “Os course it isn't easy. I quit! understand that Never mind, dear Something will turn up soon. Whert did you go? Whom did you see? Why didn't ycu let drink alone when yot promised me you would?” “Thrt was Coxe's fault," blurted out Howard, always ready to blami others for his own shortcomings C'You remember Cose! He was al Yale when I was. A big. fair fellow with blue eyes. He pulled stroke In the ’varsity boat race, you remem her?" “I think I do,” replied his wife, tn differently, aa she helped him to mors

stew. "What did he want? What'r he delng in New York?" "He's got a fine place in a broker’i office in Wall street. 1 felt ashamed to let him see me low down like thia He said that I could make a good deal of money if only I had a little capital He knows everything going on in Wall street If I went in with him I'd be on Easy street" "How much would ft require?” "Two thousand dollars.'' The young wife gave a sigh as she answered: "I'm afraid that's a day dream. Only your father could give you such an amount and you wouldn't go to him, would you?” "Not if we hadn’t another crust In the house." snapped Howard savage ly. "You don't want me to. do youF he asked looking up at her quickly. "No. dear." she answered calmljt. "I have certainly no wish that you should humble yourself. At the saros time I am not selfish enough to want to stand in the way of your futura Your father and sleptuulher b«te me, 1 know that I am the cause of your separation from your folks No* doubt your father would bn very willing to help you *f you would consent to leave mo." Howard laughed as he replied: "Well, if that's the price for the *2.000 I guess I'll go without it 1 wouldn't give you up for a million times *2,000!" Annie stretched her hand acroaa the table "Really F' she said "You know I wouldn't Annie,'' he said earnestly. "Not one second have I ever regretted marrying you—that's honest to God!” A faint flush of pleasure lit up the young wife's face. For al! her assumed lightheartedness she wae badly !In need of this reassurance. If. she thought Howard nourished secret regrets it would break her heart. She could stand anything. »uy hardship, but Lot that. iM>e would leers Liu> at oace I In away she heM herself respq*. Bible tor his present predicament. She had felt a .deep senes, ©r . TMr

stove that afternoon m New naves vkea, listening to Howard's impsrtualtise and obeying an impulse she was powerless to resist, she had flung aside her waitress' xipron. furtively left the restaurant ami hurried with kliu to the minister who declared them man and wife. \ I Their marriage was a mistake, of course. Howard was in no position to marry. They should have waited. They both realined their folly now. But what was done could not be undone. She realized, too, that it was worse for Howard than it was for har. It had ruined his prospects at the outset of his career and threatened to be an irreparable blight on his entire life. She realized that sho was largely to blame. Sho had done wrong to marry him and at times she reproached herself bitterly. There were days when their union assumed in her eyes the enormity of a crime Rhe should have seen what a social gulf lay between them. All these taunts and insults from his family which she now endured she had foolIshiy brought upon her own Ik ad. But <he had not been able to resist th" temptation. Howard came into her I life when the outlook was dreary and hopeless. He had offered to her what deemed a haven against the cruelty tnd selfishness of the world. Happi ness for the first time in her ill’s leemed within reach and she had nos the moral courage to say "No.” If Annie had no education she wm not without brains. She Lad sens* enough to realize that her bringing uj I »r the lack of it was an unsurmount ible barrier to her ever being ad nitted to the inner circle of Howard * ' family. If her husband's father ha< not married again the breach migh 1 have been crossed in time, but hid t new wife was a pros-Inent member o' the smart set. a woman full of arista dratic notions, who recoiled with hor I tar at having anything to do with i 1 girl guilty of the enormity of earning ; her own living. Individual merit, in ' herent nobility of character, smiablll ty of disposition, and a personal repu tation untouched by scandal —all thit went for nothing—because un-ccoio pan led by wealth or social position Annie had neither wealth nor position. She had not even education. They considered her common, impossible They were ever ready to lend an eai i to certain ugly stories regarding her past, none of which were true. After ' their marriage. Mr. Jeffries, Sr., and ; bis wife absolutely refused to receive i her or have any communication with i ber whatsoever. As long, therefore, u Howard remained faithful to her, i the breach with bis family could never I be healed. "Have some more stew, dear." she I said, extending ber hand for h<r husband's plate. Howard shook his bead and threw I down his knife and fork. "I've had enough,” he said despondently. "I« haven't much appetite.” She looked at him with concern. “Poor boy. you're tired out!” As she noted how pale and dejected 'he appeared, her eyes filled with sympathetic tears. She forgot the i appalling number of cigarettes he smoked a day. nor did she realize how abuse of alcohol had spoiled his I stomach for solid food’. ”1 wish I knew where to go and get that $2,000," muttered Howard, his mind still preoccupied with Coxe's proposition. Lighting another cigarette. ho leaned back In his chair and lapsed into silence. Annie sat and watched him. wishing she could suggest some way to solve the problem that troubled him. She loved her husband with all her ( heart and soul His very weakness of character endeared him the more to her She was not blind to his 1 faults, but she excused them. His

lauitn. uui nur ciciuw mwul. ajid vicee, his drjnking, cigarette smoking * and general shlfllessness were, she a-gued, the result of bad associates. He was s-ls lndulgent. He made many good resolutions and broke them. Rut he was not really vicious He had a good heart. With some one to watch him and keep him In the straight path he would still give a good account of himself to the world. She was confident of that. She recognized many excellent qualities Is him. They only wanted fostering and bringing out. That was why she married him. She was a few years bls senior; she felt that she was the stronger mentally. She considered it was her duty to devote her life to him. to protect him from himself and make a man of him. It was not her fault, she mused, if she was not a lady. Literally brought up In the gutter, what advantages had she had? Her mother died in childbirth and her father, a professional gambler, abandoned the little girl to the tender mercies of an Indifferent neighbor. When she was about eight years old her father was arrested. He refused to pay police blackmail, was Indicted, railroaded to prison and died soon after In convict stripes. There was no provision for Annie's maintenance, so at the age or nine she found herself tolling In a factory, a helpless victim of the brutalizing system of child slavery, which in spite of prohibiting laws still disgraces tbe United States. Ever since that time she had earned her own living. The road had often been Ijard. there wore times wht;n she thought she would have to give up the fight; other girls she had met had hinted at an easier way of earning one's living, but aha had kept her courage, refused to listen to evil counsel and slways managed to keep her name unsullied. She left the factory to work behind the counter in a New York dry goods More. Thon about a year ago she drifted to New Haven and took the position of waitress at the restaurant which ths college boys patronized. ■ Robert Underwood was among the students who came almost every day. He made love to her from the start.

ana one aay attempted nVenice wnten she was prompt to resent in away ho did Mt relish. After that he let her alone. She never liked the man. She kasw him te be unpriueiplcd as well as vicious. One night he brought Howard Jeffries to the restaurant. They seemed the closest of cronies and sho was sorry to see what bad influence the elder sophomore had over the young freshman, to whom she was at once attracted. Every time they came she watched them and she noticed how under his mentoi Howard became more hardened. He drank more and more and Ns-ame u 'Ackless gambler. Underwood seemed to exercise a baneful spell over him She saw that he would soon be ruined with such a man as Underwood for a cciatant companion. Her interest in tba young student grew. They be catr< acquainted and Howard, not realizing that she was older than he, was Immediately captivated by het vivacious charm and her commonsense views. They saw each other more frequently end their friendship grew until one day Howard asked her to marry him. While she sometimes blamed herself for having listened too willingly to Howard's pleadings, she did not altogether regret the step she had taken. It was most unfortunate that there must be this rupture with his family, yet something within told her that she was doing God's work —sav ing a man's soul. Without her. How ard would have gone swiftly to ruin, there was little doubt of that. Hie affection for her had partly, if not | wholly, redeemed him and was keep Ing him straight. He had been good to her ever since their marriage and done everything to make her com sortable. Once he took a position at guard on the elevated road, but caught cold and was forced to giv« it up. She wanted to go to work again, but he angrily refused. That alone showed that he was not entirely devoid of character. He was un fortunate at present and they were poor, but by dint of perseverance h« would win out and make a poeltlon for himself without his father's Leip. These were their darkest days, but light was ahead. As long as they loved each other and had their health what more was necessary? "Say. Annie, I have an idea," sud ; denly blurted out Howard. "What is it, dear?" she asked, her reveries thus abruptly interrupted. I ”1 mean regarding that $2,060. You know all about that $250 which I once lent Underwood. I never got it back, although I’ve been after him many times for it He's a slippery customer. ' But under the circumstances I think it’s worth another determined effort. He seems to be better fixed now than he ever was. He's living at the Astruria, making a social splurge and all that sort of thing. He must have mcney. I'll try to borrow the $2,000 from him." "He certainly appears to be pros- | perous,” replied Annie. “I see his name in the newspapers all the time. There Is hardly an affair at which he > is not present." "Yes.” growled Howard; "I don’t see how he does it He travels on bls cherk, principally, I guess. His name I was among those present at my stepmother's musicale the other night.” Bitterly he added: “That's how the world goes. There is no place for me under my father’s roof, but that blackguard 4 s welcomed with open 1 arms!” "1 thought your father was such a proud man." Interrupted Annie. "How does he ccme to associate with peo " pie like Underwood?" "Oh, pater’s an-old dolt!” exclaimed Howard Impatiently. “There’s no fool like an old fool. Os course, he's sen-

'i ,31 j "Not One Second Have I Regretted Marrying You—That's Honest to God!" eible enough In business matters. H» wouldn't be where he Is to-day If he weren't. Hut when It comes to the woman question he'p as blind as a bat. What right had a man of his age to go and marry a woman 20 years his junior? Os course she only married him for his money. Everybody knews that except he. People laugh at him behind his back. Instead of enjoying a quiet, peaceful home In the declining years of his life, he ia compelled to keep open house and en tertalh people who are personally obnoxious to him, simply because that sort of life pleases his young wife." "Who was she, anyway, before their marriage?" Interrupted Annie. • “Oh, a nobodv.” he replied. "She wae very attractive looking, dressed well and was clever enough to get Introductions to good people. She man aged to make herself popular In the smart set and she needed money to carry out her social ambitions. Dad—weal’hy widower—came along and she caught him in her net, that's all!" Annie listened with Interest. She was human enough to faei a eerUia

Who weatod with sue) SotoMX was torse* thing of ax tntriguar. "*•« Aid year stepmother eome tc know Hebert asked "He wae aevsr U doeiety. “No," replied Howard with a grin “It was my stepmother who gave bin tho entree. You know she was onc< engaged U> hl». hrol£ * U f><T M sho could marry dad. He felt ver) sore over it at the but arte; her marring* b* waß seemingly at iriendly with her as ever—to serve his own ends, of eourse. It is simpl) wonderful what influence be has witl her. He exercises over her the Sana fascination that he did over me at college. He has sort of hypnotize* her. I don't think it's a of lovx or anything like that, but he simpl) holds her under his thumb and getx | her to do anything he wants. Sh» • invites hltn to her house, introduced him right and left, got people to takt him up. Everybody laughs about it it society. Underwood is known as Mrs j Howard Jeffries' pet. Such a thing j soon gets talked about That is tht I secret of his successful career in New | York. As far as I know, she's as | I much infatuated with him as ever.’ A look ot surprise came into An nie's face. To this young woman, whose one idea of matrimony wai steadfast loyalty to the man whose > life she stand and whose name sht bore, there was something repellent and nauseating in a woman permit Ung hsrself to be talked about la that way. "Doesn't your father object?" sh» , ' asked. "Pshaw!" laughed Howard. "He do tn’t see what's going on under his vory rose. He's too proud a man, too sure o" his own good judgmenL to be lieve for a moment that the womnn ' to whom he gave his name would be guilty of the slightest indiscretion of that kind." Annie was silent for a minute. Then she said: ’•yVhat makes you think that Underwood would let you have the money?" "Because I think he’s got ft I obliged him once in the same way myself. I would explain to him what | 1 want It for. He will see at once that it Is a good thing. I'll offer him a good rate of interest, and he might be very glad to let me have 1L Any- ( how, there's no harm trying." Annie said nothing. She did not entirely approve this idea of her husband trying to borrow money of a man in whom his stepmother was be much Interested. On the other hand starvation stared them In the face. If Howard could get hold of this tg.OQO and start in the brokerage business it might be the beginning of a new lite for them. “Well, do as you like, dear," she said. "When will you go to him?" "The best time to catch him would be in the evening," replied Howard. "Well. then, go to-nfghL" she suggested. Howard shook his head. "No, not to-night. 1 don't think I should find him In. He's out every right somewhere To-night there's an i other big reception at my house He'll probably be there. I think I'll wait till to-morrow night I'm nearly sure to eatch him at home then." Annie rose and began to remove the dishes from the table. Howard non ; chalautly lighted another cigarett, j and. leaving the table, took up the ' evening newspaper. Sitting down | comfortably in a rocker by the win- i dow, he blew a cloud of blue smoke up in the air and said: Yes, that s It —I'll go to morrow night to the Astruria and strike Bob ! Underwood for that $2 OOO." CHAPTER HI, The handsome townhouse of Howard Jeffries, the well-known banker, on Riverside drive, was one of the most ; ■<trlk',ng among the many imposing millionaire homes that line the city's splendid water front Houses there I were in the immediate proximity which were more showy and had coet more money, but none as completely satisfying from the art lo ,er' s stand point. It was the home of a man who studied and loved the beautiful for its own sake and not because he wanted i to astonish people with what miracles his money could work. Occupying a large plot on .lightiy elevated ground, he houae commanded a fine view of the broad Hudson Directly opposite, 1 across the river, busy with steam and sailing craft, smiled the green slop. e fr ' ln t* l6 Purplish north L n ~h e I “ gge<l of the precipi itous Palisades. : - , " f tn o,d Knickerbocker ' m “ ■* h "“ ! u.. asp < 5 ’’-inst of monry : of niiiJ in ln Co,ODlai •tyi* of pttre white a#rble wlth j FYcnch window, .nd loft* ellumne rounded V. !h2d. , “ d •Pr«d -Uin. it w, ' BDd ~p' a ßhi" « to miles * M T * CPQRpl "uou. landmark ' io: miles. The interior f„n n t architectural beauty Th. , f ‘ 'tance hall, hung with trait, was “ Ancestral per . X." KatusVv lea dec,,r « t <’6 with front entrance, where . «nnrt livery ,tood of the carriage. a.Z, dro * qu!?k .ueceaaion ’ drore "P ln Mrs. Jeffries' mu.lcales w. * . 1 Utgely attended be”.'" the secret of making them J?* *"?** ! ' Her husband's wefph® | house eaabled her to ent-t. flne I Üb..ral acak. and .h. 08 “ II "• ’•« a tactful i

t Auatis hoates. as w«h hus ■•t ..■sulUvated the right kind oi Won, ■i lu were eongealal to each' Abe always managed tc “'•iMj guest of special distinction *“®«Bery one was eager to meet. I “* r wide acquaintance among 4be rußaent operatic artiste and het influential poeltlon tn th« worli finance made this policy an of furthering her social am i bil'us, She would always invlts •outtc I whom she could present as the oi of the evening. One week It WOU) a tenor from the opera house anotei time a famous violinist. In thi.q she managed to create a lit tie n 1c salon on the lines of ths fAtnqt political salons in which the brilloj women of the eighteenth cen i tury u ded publie opinion in France Aid knew she was clever and as •he « d admiring herself in front ot a fill ength mirror while awaiting the irt ral of her guests she congrat ulaud lerself that she had made a •ucps) of her life. She had won those th:iip fhich most women hold dear —w?al i and .octal position. She had marie a man sho did not love, it wa. tt b, but other women had done that | fore her. If she had not broiijt her husband love .he at least wain a wife he need be ashamed of In ier Paquin gown of gold cloth, with i reeping train and a jeweled tian | ber hair, she considered her •el! hi xl.bme enough to grace any mu’. I iome. It was indeed a beauty which' he saw in the mirror—the face of a .man not yet JO, with the feature j pgular and refined. The eyes were ] irge and dark and the mouth andtu ;e delicately molded The face ■ettco academically perfect, all but the e] tression. She had a cold, caleulatii p look, and a cynic might have chirp | her with being heartless, of •toppilg at nothing to gain her own endi | To-akght Alicia had every reason to fee: jghuant She had secured a soci.l lt|n that all New York would talk aboutl-no les. a person than Dr. Bertstofn, the celebrated psychologist. Eie originator of the theory of acienaflc psychology. Everything •eemjfl to go the way .he wished; her Dusitole. were the talk of the town; her husband had just presented her with the jeweled tiara which now grs «J her head; there seemed to be not .ip k in the world that she could not in Joy. Yel .he was not happy, and as she gar-4 at the face reflected before her in th| glass .he wondered if the world gu»stod how unhappy .he was She knew that by her own indiscretion she wa< in danger of losing all .be had woEjher position tn society, her place In ke affections of ber husband, everything. ivgen she married Mr. Jeffries it was with deliberate calculation. She did not love him. buL being ambitious, sh? did not hesitate to deceive him. He was rich, he could give her that prominent position in society for whioh she yearned. The fact that .be was already engaged to a man for wb m she did care did not deter her for a moment from her set purpose. I She had met Robert Underwood years before. He was then a college boy. tali, handsome, clever. She fell in love with him and they became engxi ed. A. she grew more .ophisticat ed she saw the folly of their youthful infituation. Underwood was without I for'Une, bis future uncertain. While ! in this uncertain state of mind she met Mr. Jeffries, then a widower, at I a reception. The banker was attract- | > d to her an« being a bn.lne.s man be did things quickly. He proposed and was accepted, all In the brief time of—five minutes. Robert Under '. V (k4 and the romance of her girlhood I were .acrificed without question when 1 it i-ame to reaching a prompt decision She wrote Underwood a brief letter of farewell, telling him that the action I she had taken was really for the be.' | interests of them both- Underwood made no reply and for months did not I attempt to go near her. Then he nn-t her in public. There was a reconcilia i tlol, He exerted the old spell—on thniarHed woman. Cold and Indifferent to her husband. Alicia found it arcusing to have her old lover paying b»r ciiurt and the danger of discovery only 1 gave the intrigue additional ie»t and i charm. Rhe did not lead Underwood i to believe that he could induce her to ' f rget her duty to Mr Jeffries, but I she was foolish enough to encourage a dangerous intimacy. She thought | she vis strong enough to be able to 1 call a halt whenever .he would b< so j disposed, but as is often the case sh- | overestimated her powers. The In | t:macy grew. Underwood beesm-’ j bolder, claiming and obtaining special privilege.. He soon realized that he I had the upper hand and he traded <>r ' tt. Under her patronage he was ln viled everywhere. He practically jon her friends. He borrowed the 1 ’ ■ money and cheated them at ear J 4 I His real character was soon known >" i all. but no one dared expose him Jor I fear of offending the Influential j Jeffries. Realizing this. Underwood continued hl. depredations until h« ! became a sort of social highwayman. He had no legitimate source of > n coms, but he took a suite of Al' nr ’ ments at the expensive Astruria hik! on credit furnished them .o gorgeous ly that they became the talk of H"’ town The magn.inea and ne»H»pars devoted columns to the magnifi cenes'of their furnishings and th* » rt treasures they contained. Art del era all over the country offered him liberal commissions If be would di’ pose of expensive objsts d'art to h>» friends. He entered la business relation with several firm, and .non h • roaiM became a veritable bazaar f°r art curloa of all kinds Mr. Jeffrie* friends paid exorbitant price. ' eome of the stuff and Underw pocketed ths monev, forgetting to 8< " scant to the owners for the .urns :!•'