Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 26, Number 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 November 1895 — Page 1

Vol/-26—No. 20.

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The dlspitobet from Anderson tnt# week tell of a man living there who tried to Influence the court before which his brother was being tried by throwing to the judge, who was a Mason, the Masonic sign of distress, thinking there by to furnlah relief to his brother in the case. The judge ordered the arrest of the offender for contempt of oourt, and the proceedings have attracted much attention among members of the Masonlo fraternity, who are more numerous in proportion to population in Terre Haute than in any other city in the state. The statement made in connection with the ''Anderson case, that this is the first*in stance ever known of such an attempt to nse Masonic signs is wrong, however for Q. was told this week of a case of well- known Terre Haute lawyer, who had for aolient in a certain case a member of the Masonic fraternity. It happened that several members of the jury were also members of the same society, and at one time during the oourt proceedings the client took occasion to let the jurors know by certain sigus, familiar to ail Masons, that be was a member of that fraternity, hoping thereby to secure suooess in bis case. It so happened, however, that the man did not secure the success be hoped for by his resort to this method. Not 89 very many years ago a well known member of the Masonic fraternity, who was a candidate for public offioe, made bis campaign well known to Masons by his habit of throwing this sign of a Master Mason on the public streets to men be knew to be members of that order, meaning thereby to work on their sympathy for him as being a member of the order with him. The man succeeded in his canvass, but It was not from votes secured in this very questionable practice, which is condemned by every member of the order who is at all familiar with the tenets of the institution.

Is justice merely blindfolded, or has she bad her eyes gouged out completely? Not long ago a man living in this county waa found guilty by a jury in the Circuit oourt of an attempted criminal assault on a seven year old child, and was sentenced to four months in /the jail for his crime. This week a young man was found guilty of stealing spade and several other trifling pieces of personal property, and was given a sentence of seven years I11 the state's (prison. And strange as it may seem, the jury that inflicted the first penalty named also fixed the punishment for the seoond crime There ought to be a punishment provided for criminal assault on children more sovere than any now known, and which would put it beyond the power of brutes of this sort to commit a Becond offense, and Q. V. believes that the time will come when such a peualty will be provided. Just think a man-so-called—who gets four linonths In jail for an attempt of this ^klnd, while a poor devil who steals

few trilling things (the value of which possibly aotually aggregate as many [dollars as he gets years of sentence,) being sent up for seven years.

What a lot of folderol and poppybock there is about the law, anyway. In [the Circuit oourt the other day the little [girl who was the prosecuting witness [against the infamous "Jltn Rod," had an sLwful time, because she oouldn't tell the [county in which she lived. She told the urt and the jury that the offense the »risoner was oharged with occurred in 'the city of Terre Haute and State of

Indiana, and said that his house, where k,ie crime waa committed, was on the Frnt switch west of Third street, on the

Fandalla, and between Second and ttylrd, and yet when the prosecutor |f«ked the prisoner's attorney—who was defending the man against his own inclination and will—if he would admit Ijvftt this waa in Vigo county, the latter he would admit that the witnesr

.dn't know that it was in Vigo county, words to that effect. Fortuuately its attempt to confuse the witness had 1.) effect with the jury, and it promptly und "Red" guilty, and sent him up l»r ten years, which at his advanoed age bably means a life sentence. A kwyer doesn't bave to tell all he knows the public, but I have no doubt that km Hamill was glad enough to learn iat the jury had found "Red" guilty, foti sent him over the road for ten pars. I It seems a funny thing 10 me that the •ry same members of the city council bo say that they will not vote to distrge the city engineer unless charges Je sustained proving his incompetency, Ut not until such charges are properly led and sustained, will vote to distrge Bob Paige and George Diekerson,

Lo are not even charged with tncomUeucy. For that is what the vote in council Tuesday night means, to give

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city engineer full right to select his assistants without thought of or with the committee on toots and alleys or the council. When gets that power, if he ever doe?, [t|h I very much doubt, the heads of kerson sod Paige will go so rapidly

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iO make your head swim. I can't unwhy these members of the

oounoil can be so oonslderate of the city engineer and so lnoonsiderate of the subordinates of that officer. Perhaps it's fair and just, but it strikes a great many people that it Isn't. *,

Mayor Rosa's sympathies have been with the Bonier people all the time, it is Baid, and Tuesday night be climbed on the band wagon (or is it a hearse?) with them, and voted to give Bosler complete oontrol of the engineering force, and appoint or discharge as be chooses. And this in behalf of a man who testified in a damage suit against the oity, on his oath, that he wasn't positive as to who made the plan for the improvement on which the suit was brought. He knew that he didn't make it himself, he thought that the nineteen year old office boy bad made it, but wasn't even sure of that. He hadn't taken any of the elevations himself, or made any of the measurements, but be had been through the alley a day or two before the levels were taken, and "thought" tbat his office boy made the plans, the carrying out of which left some of the barns and ooal sheds standing so high above the grade that the property owners are in absolute need of an elevator to get coal and wood into their yards. And yet Mayor Ross on a tie vote, announced that he is in favor of permitting such a self-confessed incompetent to fill the engineer's office with his own people re gardless of the wishes of the principal oommittee of the oounoil whioh looks after the improvements of our streets and alleys, and to carry out his plan, permit him to disoharge men who are competent.

Talk about "scoops," which are the most pleasing thing known to the reporter for a daily paper! Monday morning a man dropped dead on south Fifth street, within a square of Printing House Square, and within a square of police headquarters, and the daily papers didn't get an aocount of it until the next day. Even the Journal, whioh soooped the other evening papers on the Adams express robbery, missed the news. ______

There bave been many worried minds and anxious hearts about the court bouse the past few days. The bar oommittee is investigating the questionable practices alleged to have been indulged in by a number of members of the bar, and. there are said to be several of the profession who will be walking the floor until the report of the investigation oommittee is made. It is also said that there is likely to be something of a sensation when the report is made public.

Thdre had been a great deal of talk about divorces in this state recently, caused by the fact that several papers in this vicinity have announced that they would refuse hereafter to print nonresident notices for divorce applicants unless the printers' oost is paid In advance. The newspapers are no doubt justified in taking this stand, but if the different county clerks would follow the ru'e adopted in this oounty by "Jack" Warren, and pursued by Hugh Roquet, his successor, there would be no occasion for this talk, which furnishes rather questionable advertising for the Hoosler state. In this county no divorce decree is issued until the costs in the case have been paid iu full. The court may pass upon the facts, and grant the divorce, but as the payment of the costs is as much a part of the proceedings as the filing of tbe suit, the clerk very justly decides to make no official record that will make the decree flaal until the costs bave all been paid. Under this plan the newspaper that at tends to its business can ba^e no kick on the non-payment of oosts in any case that is finally decreed. And no man or woman wants to go to the extent of applying for a dlvoroe and perfecting the ptoceedings when it will fall through on account of the non-payment of the oosts.

SMALL TALK.

If you want to be accurate say "diftherla." And the German scientist mentioned so often in connection with anti-toxin is "Veerhow." "Oawnt" is now a fad with the swagger set in Terre Haute.

A clothing merchant was asked if the whrm weather was not hurting his business. A. mournful shake of the head was the answer. "Got the blues?" "Yes bave had them for a year waiting for the good times."

A small boy, visiting with his mother, pleaded to go home. The hostess remarked to the mother that this always happened that about the time you are having a good visit the child spoiled the pieasnre by wanting to go home. Thereupon the young man remarked that he •'didn't want to come anyway.**

The Clara Schumann orchestra was named for Clara Schumann, the wife of Robert Schumann, the composer. She waa famous as a pianist. There were persons here who thought Clara Schumann would appear at the opera house last Sunday night. They thought the orchestra was led by her Just as May Fiske's blondes are headed by May herself.

Riches have wings, bat poverty can't afford them.

"LITTLB BOY BLUE." If Eugene Field—whose untimely death ocourred this week—bad written but one poem, and that "Little Bby Blue," he wonld be entitled to a high place among Amerioan poets. It is one or the sweetest, daintiest little things that was ever penned, and it possesses an unusual interest in the present connection from tbe faot that a popular Terre Haute composer, John ft. Hager, has set it to musio, and it is sung by Terre Haute's sweetest singer, Dan Davis. Below it is given in full:

The little toy doc is covered with diut, But sturdy ana staunch he stands And the little toy soldier 1b red with rust,

And his musket molds In his bands. Time was when the little toy dog was new, And tbe soldier was passing fair That was the time when our Li I tie Boy Blue

Kissed them and put them there. "Now, don't you go 'till I come," be said, "And don't you make any noise." 80. toddling off to bis trundle bed,

He dreamt of the pretty toys. And, as he was dreaming, an angel song, ?,- Awakened our Little Boy Blue. Oh, the years are many, the years are long,

But the little toy friendB are true! Aye, faithful to Little Boy Blue, they stand,

Each in the same old place,

Awaiting the touch of a little hand— The smile of a little face. And they wonder—as waiting the long years thro'

In the dust of that little chair— What has become of our Little Boy Blue Since he kissed them and put them there* Eugene Field was indeed the "children's poet," a.'d no other has written as many poems, bo touching and so tender, relating to the endearment of the little ones, whether they be those who have "gone before," like "Little Boy Blue," or are with us yet, to establish the claims of ohildhood to our affections Here area couple of bis poems that are deserving of a place in the scrap book, tbat treasure-house peouliar to every household:

AT THE DOOR.

I thought myself indeed secure, So fast the door, so firm the look But, lo! he toddling comes to lure

My parent ear with timorous knock My heart were stone could it withstand. The sweetness of my baby's plea— That timorous baby knocking and' "Please let me in—it's only me." I threw aside the unfinished book,

Regardless of Its tempting charms, And, opening wide the door, I took My laughing darling in my arms. Who knows but in Eternity,

I, like a truant child, shall wait The glories of a life to be, Beyond the Heavenly Father's gate?. And will that Heavenly Father heed £he truant's supplicating cry,. As at tbe outer doorjff pleacL* .. ^sT°"

**Tis I, O Fatherlonly I"? SOME TIME. Last night, my darling, as you slept

I thought I heard you sigh. n. And lo your little crib I crept, And watched a space thereby A then I stooped and kissed your brow,

For oh 11 love you soYon are too young to know It now,s®pj:# But some time you shall know! Some time when in a darkened place

Where others come to weep, Your eyes shall look upon a face ,y Calm I ft eternal sleep The voiceless lips, the wrinkled brow,fe$f

The patient smile shall show— You are too young too know It now, sr But some time you may know! •&„

Look backward, then, Into the years, selfe And see me here to-night— fctbsS See, O my darling! how my tears

Are falling as I write And feel once more upon your brow The kiss of long ago— You are too young to know it now,

But some time you shall know.

FROM THE CAPITAL.

Special Correspondence. INDIANAPOLIS, IND Nov. 8,1895. A wag remarked the other day that it was about time for Manager John C. New to lose Actor Benjamin Harrison's diamonds again.

Lew Michener, and D. S. Alexander, E. H. Nebeker and W. H. Hart were seen suspiolously near together here at the Denlson House t'other day. To a rank outsider they looked like four ordinary well-fed gentlemen who met by chance, but our Chicago and New York correspondents announce that it was the initial meeting of Harrison's campaign.

Who are these gentlemen, do yon ask? Yon surely remember ex-Attorney General Michener, who managed Benjamin Harrison's 1888 campaign in Indiana. Politicians regard Miobener as a past master in the art of campaign management. He is now a successful Washington pension lawyer in partnership with W. W. Dndley, who was the scape-goat in the "blocks-of five" matter. Dudley is now regarded as one of the finest lawyers at the pension department, but his brow contracts and his tongue gets thick whenever you whisper "B. Harrison" to him. So you see Michener occupies an unique position—manager for Harrison and partner of Dndley. He evidently doesn't let his right hand know what his left one does.

Tbe man from Buffalo in the quartet, D. S. Alexander, is well known to Indiana Republicans. He stood very close to Candidate Harrison. In fact be was the Dan Lamont until Lige Halford went to Washington. Then Alexander dropped into tbe government slot by accepting a district attorneyship in western New York. It is no secret tbat he Is still close to B. H., too.

Tbe third man named yon ought to know well* Enos H. Nebeker's "fiat" is very likely on tbat two dollar bill yon bave in your pocket, for he was treasurer of the United States for several years after the disgusted "Nels" Huston threw ap the job. Nebeker is a clerical looking brother bat that appearance wears off after yon know-him. He is a

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^tirewd polf .n who stands high. Ifpinor says 1 be will be the next state chairman of tbe Republican party. I asked Mr, Nebeker about that. He Ifughed and said "nonsense. That bel^ngs to Gowdy." He is a hard man to Interview. Yon cannot tell whether he is joklng yon or in earnest. His hair is slow white, bnt his piercing blaok eye gltee yon tbe Idea tbat he is underfortyfifre. Benjamin Harrison regards "Ene" Nilbtiker as a field marshal.

Dig bluff Captain Will Hart Is tbe last member of the quartet I named. He is a Jggtooth friend of Nebeker's and was thjird auditor of the U. S. treasury when Nebeker was treasurer. Hart is a hand some fellow with a chest like a H^yjules addfa peouliar twinkle in a strong blue ey^i He is very popular and does noi suffer like most popular ^aen do from nndpe familiarity on tbe part of the people. He is one of the few exolu siW popular fellows you meet. papt. Ha^ votes at Frankfort, and is a sort of a |Wn In- that congressional district. It is generally understood tbat he could be nominated for congress there, but prefers his ^nng friend, Cbarley Landis, of the Delp&l Journal, to get the plum. Tbe big flfrand Army captain is looked upon as a sort of.

Warwick, and a good man to

know4 '. DeafWtcraits are not furnishing muoh newsjoAwidavs. The few who thought Tom Jrlgg&rt's election was of national signisgknee now remark tbat they are surelM|g{ght, for didn't the nation go "tf^^fent'^the other .way.

Gabblers -here at Indianapolis are mad. ^h^'ara allowed a game on the qulet^ but nothing bold. A large number, saloons are shut up just as tij^ot ih^ver.. Every day a big delegation ||p!quor dealers see Mayor Taggart, wt»o, promptly unbuttons his vest and ojttohjS bis fine striped shirt bosom and eposes to. the petitioners a heart of theoi|$»t*st Carrara marble.. ,*

Governor Claude Mathews doesn't feel very |l|di over the loss of New York, Marylptk^l |nnd Oh|o last Tuesday. He feels worse over .Kentucky's' slump. Hill, Gorinan and Brlce are no friends of Matthews. So it isn't bis funeral. He proudly points-to Opr 8,000. Democratic pluraUty rlght under tbe phadow of the state and whan pressed closely, admit^teM^. did it. that's enough. How"-vSpWaKratthew8"an^Russeli gof ~A prominent Democratic politician fro'fti your Terre Haute distriot was at the Bates House when the awful returns came in Tuesday night. I asked the big fellow how he accounted for it. "Very easily," said he, "it's all the result of superstition on the part of the Democracy. Here's Dan Voorhees to-night over at Greenoastle leoturing on the

Sepulober.' That has been an

nounced for weeks and every Demoorat in the country who heard of it thought that if Voorhees was taking tbe situation tbat seriously, it was 'the devil take the hindmost/ and they voted the Republican ticket."

The&upreme court is about to wrestle with the apportionment oase. It is gen orally .thought that the new legislative dlstriats will be knooked out. The law is believed to be a fair one, but teoh nically bad. Some Republicans are disposed to say that the Democratic majority on the benoh would not let it stand anyway. I do not entertain that opinion. Neither doea Governor Matthews for he remembers how quickly they bowled blm over in the state prison cases. If the court wanted to be partisan, there was a chance.

No two partisans in Indiana can equal Monks and Jordan, the Republicans, on tbe Supreme bench. They are brainy men of judicial minds, too. Judge Monks was a political leader of ability before bis election, and is not outside of bis party's councils now. His colleague, Judge Jordan ("Jerdan," ashisconstitnents call him) is well known among the boys, and is one of the most approach* able men in public life. His exterior is rather forbidding, but yon cannot judge by that* His fund of humor is well stored, and lawyers tell me that if a small joke should creep Into some fntnre Supreme court opinion, not to be surprised. HAWE-ETB.

A SUCCESSFUL BURGLARY. The offloe of Chris. Stark's bottling works at Ninth and Walnut streets, was burglarised last night, the safe opened and 9870 seoured, mostly in gold. Entrance was made through the rear door, tbe combination o| the safe was broken off, and the safe opened with' tools, it was learned this morning, that were stolen from Jackson A Muehlenbars, at Seoond and Walnut streets. The stolen tools were left in tbe office, and are in possession of the police, who are at work on the case.

LICENSED 10 WED.

Zavter Leoooq and Amelia Melato. Frank W. Woodrun and Rosa P. Walton. iAit Scbafer and Kittle Wallace. Walter a Wright and Stella Fisher. Samuel H. SterchI and Maud NesMt. Chas. F. Yang and May Werns. George W. Justus and Mary Baatrlee Stewart.

Austin Gray and Martha A. Wright. Ctaas. F. Schaeflter and Nettle & Neighbors. LewU W. Beauchamp and Katie Weeks. Jos. P. O'Reilly and Minerva J. Stuart. Q««|e F. Heiaenger and Ella & Fisher. Tbaa. A. Herri ngton and Gertrude Young. Chas. V. Coffin sod Minerva F. OottrelL

The marriage oeretnony is the dividing line between romanoe and reality.

The Six=Pointed Star.

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A DEHD OF DARKNESS.

For, reader, I was that bold, unsexed anomaly—so at least it was considered at tbe time of which I speak—a lady "commercial." I think folks area trifle more liberal-minded now, aud swallow me and my,slsterhood of the "road," together with the female bicyollst, with a wry face of balf disapproval.

Shall I ever forget my dear mother's oountenanoe of fcorror when first I broke to her my intention of going "on the road"? We had been suddenly bereft, by the death of our beloved father, of our breadvwihner—save the mark, for his salary" as curate of an over populated London parish had barely sufficed to keep the six. of us in shoe leather. Of course, we elder ones bad done our best to eke out tbe scanty inoome by daily teaching and other bread-making de vices common to faded gentility, but at father's death I struck, and made a firm stand for independence. "I'll slave at this drudgery no longer, mother. I hate teaching and, besides, what is there to look forward to even if I kept oh with it, beyond the beggarly salary I am getting at present? There are not sufficient accomplishments between tbe lot of us to oommand anything better, and this monotony of daily struggle to keep the wolf from the door by drilling knowledge into unwilling Steads is killing me I'll have no more of it. Let Lesbia, if she pleases, toil on in the old round, .but for my own part I am going to be a female 'commercial^ I shall at least get a better salary than I do at present, in addition to which I shall see something of the world.'V ^,. "Minnie!"

Horror of horrors was compresBed into that one word, whioh ought to bave annihilated me, but which only brought on an insane denire to giggle from pure nervousness. "Minnie! Do yon forget tnat you are your father's daughter—and he a clergy man of the Church of England?" "Rubbish, mother dear those sethi ments are long ago exploded. Come, 1 know you are too sensible to really be' lieve in such vulgar middle-class nonsense. As though I should forget I am a lady, and as if there were any disgrace in earning one's bread, instead of being penniless hangers-on of rich relations. It would well become us with our prinoe ly inoome to be proud," I finished, bit terly. "Still you might at least be respectable. Why cannot you be contented to go on as you are, and teach the little Morsons? Lesbia does not complain, and her children are twioe as tiresome as yours, poor girl." "Lesbia 1b an angel of patience, which I am not. No, mother, let us look at the matter from a common sense point of view. I am three-and-twenty, therefore old enough to take care of myself—of fairly presentable appearance, tall, and a good figure/ and a by no means quite ugly faoe. This latter fact is for ever being impressed upon me indirectly by Mra. Morson's superhuman efforts to keep that lout of a son of hers ont of my way when he is at home it is really quite ludicrous, as if I wonld condescend to touch the stupid little wretch with tbe point of my shoe. As for anyone taking liberties with me—well, I should like to see tbem try It on, that's all," drawing myself up to my full height with an air in which all the dignity of the Trevors —did I say our name was Trevor?— blended with thealmost regal condescension of onr knightly ancestors tbe Beanshamps, was boiled down to one resulting atom—me! "But how are yon going to set to work?" fretted mother, helplessly, feeling it useless to longer discuss the point, and giving way to my stronger will, as usual. "These posts are not given to inexperienced girls, snrelyf" "Ob, I've settled all thajt, dear this plan is not by any means new to me— I've been hatching it for some time. Do yon remember that nice old lady we got to know In Queen Street, a year or two ago? She told us she was the bead of a lace and fancy goods firm In tbe city, and she took a great fancy to me, if yon recollect. Even while she was in Queen Street she wanted me to go in for her business, saying how mnch better it was than teaching, hat I could scarcely at that time make np my mind to the step. However, lately we have been in oorree-

Baly,

Author of "A Little Mistake," "An Artful Little Qame/'v"The Vanishing Gods," &c.

[Copyrighted, 1895, by M. F. Baly.]

CHAPTER—I.

In writing the following lines, detailing some curious and startling circumstances connected with, and, as subse quent events proved, closely woven into my life, I have no desire to pose as a heroine of romance, but rather simply to give forth a plain, unvarnished statement of those events, which I think will not prove entirely without interest to the world at large, and whioh fell within my ken during the pursuit of my calling as a ommercial traveller.

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pondence, and she has offered me to stay with her until I am thoroughly Initiated into all tbe ins and outs of the concern, and then I am to travel for their house." f-JZ "You seem to have settled it all top& your satisfaction without me. Pray, bow do you think I shall relish referring p:||. to 'my daughter, the commercial traveller?'» "Ah, I'm afraid we shall shook our aristocratio relations not a little how-rfl^ ever, no doubt they will get accustomed pii to the idea in time, and all the sooner perhaps when they find we do not corneal pestering them for help—though, of|f§i course, they will affect righteous indl9-~f|.i nation, and probably wash their bands of us with muoh unotlon and seoret joy.1* "Minnie, how oan you be BO profane*^ Yes, I call such sentiments aotually pro-ifipi fane. I'm sure your unole Trevor haefeR been kindness itself to us all." "Hm—yes, in a way but it did noip^ run to the extent of preventing hla only|$f|^ brother from dying of slow starvation. '•r-S ,, Yes, mother, you may look shocked, repeat-slow starvation. Of course, Unole Trevor made good his posttton bydeclaring with much peroration tbat served poor dear Will right for not following his advice, and remaining un-|^p married with such a miserable stipend, but he might so easily have made ns ahandsome allowance, and never missed it. No, mother, I don't think I shall mind offending Unole Trevor." "You are an ungrateful girl—but, of course, you must have your own way-— you always do."

I tried to pour oil on the troubled waters. "Just think, dear, how I shall be able to help the boys as spon as they leave school, by getting them posts as olerke in city houses—for it is of no use dieguising from ourselves the faot tbat we are miserably poor, and tbat profession* for them are utterly outof tbe question.'* "Well, Minnie, I had hoped tbat yonr Unole Trevor "Uncle Trevor wanted Harry to be & doctor, and the poor boy deolares that tbe idea makes him siok—so what is the- -«. us of or to it a a in is And if I know our dear uncle at all, he ..n., is the last person in the world to give way to wbat be calls a 'boy's wfeim,' and afford Harry the chance of going in for anything else." iff "You may be right," finished mother, with a sigh. "Anyway to go back to your mad scheme, I hope it will turn out all right. I cannot say that I approve of the Idea at all."

But my "mad scheme" did turn out "all right," in spite of dear mother's

sinister prognostications. To begin with ^'4 it brought me a considerable increase of salary, so that I was enabled to give substantial help to the food and clothing" fund in our crowded home, and then it V"gave me an interest and zest in life I had been far from feeling while oramped by the dally round of monotonous teaching, and I was grateful to Providence for casting my lines on the whole in such pleasant places.

Not tbat tbe work was all "cakes and ale"—by no manner of means—and at: first it was the reverse of pleasant to present myself to my customers, tremblingas much with nervousness at tbe| superciliousness of the gentleman who condescended to wheel my truck of samples, as with tbe idea of entering the shops and tackling the masters thereof, Then, too, the tradespeople with whom

I hoped to deal were wont to eye me uX askance, doubting my business capacity, and it was by no means lively on leaving a shop where I bad been having a long parley, to find my trunk surrounded by a select orowd of unwashed, all waiting expectantly to see tbe "female commercial" come out, Incited thereto by my trunk man. On the whole, though, 1 never had much reason to complain of inoivility, especially as time went on, and I got to know my regular customers. Vf

As for the com inerclal rTOm hotels, which I was obliged from motives of policy to frequent, my appearance had been almost from the first day an unqualified snooess. From being regarded in tbe light of a huge joke and source, of amusement, I very quickly jumped into tbe position of prime favorite and bon camarade, although I was generally most stern in my determination to retire as soon as my business waa done. "MissTrevor will becoming tO-nigbt," I overheard someone say one evening, "so we won't light np yet, or we shall scare her away. Tom, put that clock balf an hour back, then we shall cheat her into staying a bit longer."

Sometimes, indeed, their attention* grew a trifle too pressing, bnt I flattered myself I knew how to keep all such at a discreet listanoe, and managed to preserve my dignity as well as my popn[OOimiYVKD ON SBVEMTH PAOEj

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