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RUPERT fiUOHES
WmEH)R)m THE
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mt. T T T
THE PIAAS PJOJUCIU
klJENRV W SALVAGE-.
8YNOPSIS.
Lieut. Harrv Wnllnrv Ik nrrtprpd to
the Phiipplnes. He and Marjorie New-
aeciae to elope, but wreck of taxi
ore vents their aaatntf mlnlit.p An
the way to the train.' Transcontinental
train is taking on passengers. Porter
has a lively time with an Englishman
and Ira Lathrop. a Yankee business
man. The elfopers have an exciting
time getting to the train. "Little Jlm
mie Wellington, bound for Reno to get
a divorce, boards train in maudlin con
dition. Later Mrs. Jlmmle appears. She
is also bound for Reno with same ob
ject Likewise Mrs. Sammy Whltcomb.
Latter blames Mrs. Jlmmie for her mar
ital troubles. Classmates of Mallory
decorate bridal berth. Rev. and Mrs.
Temple start on a vacation. They de
cide to cut loose and Temple removes
evidence of his calling. Marjorie de
cides to let Mallory proceed alone, but
train starts while they are lost in fare
well. Passengers Join Malory's class
mates in giving couple wedding hazing.
Marjorie is distracted. Ira Lathrop.
woman-hating bachelor, discovers an
old sweetheart. Annie Gattle. a fellow
passenger. Mallory vainly hunts for a
Pea,9her among the passengers. Mrs.
Wellington hears Little Jimmie's voice.
Later she meets Mrs. Waitcomb. Mal
lory reports to Marjorie his failure to
tlnd a preacher. They decide to pretend
a. Quarrel and Mallory finds a vacant
berth. Mrs. Jlmmie discovers Welling
ton on the train. Mallory again makes
Jin unsuccessful hunt for a preacher,
ur. Temple poses as a physician. Mrs.
Temple is induced by Mrs. Wellington
to smoke a cigar. Sight of preacher oi
J station platform raises Mallory's
hopes, but he takes another train. Miss
ng hand baggage compels the couple
to borrow from passengers. Jlmmie
fets a cinder in his eye and Mrs. Jlm
mie gives first aid. Coolness is then
resumed. Still no clergyman. More
borrowing. Dr. Temple puzzled by be
ttavior of different couples. Marjorie's
ealousy aroused by Mallory's baseball
argon. Marjorie suggests wrecking
the train In hopes that accident will
produce, a preacher. Also tries to induce
:onductor to hold the train so she can
?? MarJorie's dog is missing. She
pulls the cord, stopping the train. Con
ductor restores dog and lovers quarrel.
Lathrop wire's for a preacher to marry
Sim and Miss Gattle. Mallory tells La
throp of his predicament and arranges
1.0 borrow the preacher. Kitty Lewel
yn. former sweetheart of Mallory's
appears and arouses Marjorie's Jeal
osy. Preacher boards train. After
narrylns Lathrop and Miss Gattle the
preacher escapes Mallory by leaping
.rom moving train. Mallory's dejection
noves Marjorie to reconciliation. The
last day on the train brings Mallory
:he fear of missing his transport. Mal
lory gets a Nevada marriage license.
Marjorie refuses to be married by a
livorce drummer. Mr. and Mrs. Jlm
nie make up. Kitty Lewellyn refuses
to return Mallory's braclet. Robbers
lold up the train. The passengers are
relieved of their valuables. Dr. Temple
admits he is a preacher.
CHAPTER XXXIX Continued.
But the robbers kept glancing this
way and that, and one motion would
mean death. They themselves were
so overwrought with their own ordeal
and Its immediate conclusion, that
they would have killed anybody. Mal
lory shifted his foot cautiously, and
Instantly a gun was jabbed Into his
stomach, with a snarl: "Don't you
move!"
"Who's moving?" Mallory answered,
with a poor Imitation of a careless
laugh.
And now the man called Bill bad
reached Marjorie's right hand. He
chortled: "Golly, look at the shiners."
But Jake, who had chosen Mar
jorie's left hand, roared:
"Say, you cheated. All I get Is this
measly plain gold band."
"Oh, don't take that!" Marjorie
gasped, clenching her hand.
Mallory's heart ached at the thought
of this final sacrilege. He had trie
license, and the minister at last and
now the fiends were going to carry off
the wedding ring. He controlled him
self with a desperate effort, and
stooped to plead: "Say, old man, don't
take that. That's not fair."
"Shut up, both of you," Jake
growled, and Jabbed him again with
the gun.
He gave the ring a Jerk, but Mar
jorie, In the very face of the weapon
would not let go. She struggled and
tugged, weeping and Imploring: "Oh
don't, don't take that! it's my wed
ding ring."
"Agh, what do I care!" the ruffian
snarled, and wrenched her finger so
viciously that she gave a little cry of
pain.
That broke Mallory s heart. With
a wild, bellowing, "Damn you!" ne
hurled himself at the man, with only
His bare hands for weapons.
need for action. He caught his other
gun from Its holster, and made for a
double volley, but there waa nothing
to aim at Mallory was crouched In
"the seat, and almost perfectly cov
ered by a human shield.
Still, from Torce of habit and fool
hardy pluck. Bill aimed at Mallory's
tight eyebrow, just abaft Jake's tight
ear, and shouted his old motto:
"Hands up! you!"
"Hands up yourself!" answered
Mallory, and his victim, shuddering at
the fierce look in his comrade's eyes,
gasped: "For God's sake, don't shoot.
Bill!"
Even then the fellow stood his
ground, and debated the issue, till
Mallory threw such ringing determina
tion into one last: "Hands up,, or by
God, I'll fire!" that he caved in, lifted
his fingers from the triggers, turned
the guns up, and slowly raised both
hands above his head.
A profound "Ah!" of relief soughed
through the car, and Mallory, still
keeping his eye on Bill, got down cau
tiously from the seat The moment
be released Jake's left hand, it darted
to the holster where his second gun
was waiting. But before he could
clutch the butt of it Mallory jabbed
the muzzle of his own revolver In the
man's back, and growled: "Put 'em
up!" And the robber's left hand
joined the right in air; while Mallory's
left hand lifted the revolver.
Mallory stood for a moment breath
ing hard and a little Incredulous at
his own swift sweet triumph. Then
he made an effort to speak as if this
sort of thing were quite common with
him, as if he overpowered a pair of
outlaws every morning before break
fast, but his voice cracked as he said.
In a drawing-room tone:
"Dr. Temple, would you mind re
lieving that man of those guns?"
Dr. Temple was so set up by this
distinction that he answered: "Not by
a" j .
"Walter!" Mrs. Temple checked
him, before he could utter the beau
tiful word, and Dr. Temple looked at
her almost reproachfully, as be
sighed: "Golly, I should like to swear
just once more."-
Then he reached up and disarmed
the man who bad taken his wallet
and his wife's keepsakes.
American children breathe in this
desperado romance with their earliest
traditions, and Dr. Temple felt all bis
boyhood zest surge back with a boy's
tremendous rapture in a deed of derring-do.
And now nothing could check
his swagger, as he said to Mallory:
"What shall we do with these
damned sinners?"
He felt like apologizing for the
clerical relapse Into a pulpltlsm, but
Mallory answered briskly: "We'd bet
ter take them into the smoking room.
They scare the ladies. But first, will
the conductor take those bags and
distribute the contents to their right
ful owners?"
The conductor was proud to act as
lieutenant to this lieutenant and he
quickly relieved the robbers of their
loot-kits.
Mallory smiled. "Don't give any
body my things." and then be jabbed
his robber with one of the revolvers,
and commanded: "Forward, march!"
The little triumphal procession
moved off. with Bill in the lead, fol
lowed by Dr. Temple, looking like a
whole field battery, followed by Jake,
followed by Mallory, followed by the
porter and as many of the other pas
sengers as could crowd into the smok
ing room.
The rest went after those opulent
feed-bags.
after the fact, and shared her guilt
for when she groaned with a sudden
droop: "She'll get it back!" he grimly
answered, "Oh, no she won't!" hoist
ed the window, and flung the bracelet
into a little pool by the side, of the
track, with a farewell: 'Good-bye,
trouble!" i
As he drew his bead In, a aide
glance showed him that up near the
engine a third train-robber held the
miserably weary train crew In line.
He found the conductor just about
to pull the bellrope, to proceed. The
conductor had forgotten all about the
rest of the staff. Mallory took him
aside, and told him the situation, then
turned to Marjorie, said: "Excuse me
a minute,", and hurried forward. The
conductor followed Mallory through
the train into the baggage coach.
The first news the third outlaw had
of the counter-revolution occurring In
the sleeping car was a mysterious
bullet that flicked the' dust near bli
heel, and a sonorous about of "Hands
up!" As be whirled in amaze, be
saw two revolvers aimed point blank
at him from behind a trunk. He
hoisted his guns without parley, and
the train crew trussed him up in short
order.
Mallory ran back to Marjorie, and
the conductor followed more slowly,
reassuring the passengers In the other
cars, and making certain that the
train was ready to move on its way.
Mallory went straight to Dr. Tem
ple, with a burning demand:
"You dear old fraud, will you marry
me?"
Dr. Temple laughed and nodded.
Marjorie and Mrs. Temple had been
telling him tW story of the prolonged
elopernentemd he was eager to atone
forhlB own deception, by putting an
end to their misery.
"Just wait one moment," he said,
and as a final proof of affection, he
unbuttoned his collar and rat it? on
backwards. Mrs. Temple brought out
the discarded bib, and he donned it
meekly. The transformation ex
plained many a mystery the old man
had enmeshed himself in.
Even at he made ready for the
ceremony, the conductor appeared,
looked him over, grinned, and reached
for tlie bell-cord, with a cheerful: "All
aboard!"
Mallory had a sort of superstitious
dread, not entirely unfounded on ex
perience, that if the train got under
way again, it would run into some
new obstacle to his marriage. , He
turned to the conductor:
"Say, old man, just hold the train
till after my wedding, won't you?"
It was not much to ask in return
for his services, but the conductor
was tired of being second In com
mand. He growled:
"Not a minute. We're 'way behind
time."
"You might wait till I'm married,"
Mallory pleaded.
"Not on your life!" the conductor
answered, and be pulled the bell-rope
twice; in the distance, the whistle an
swered twice.
Mallory's temper flared again. He
cried: "This train doesn't go another
step till I'm married!" He reached
up and pulled the bell-rope once; in
the distance the whistle sounded
once.
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Opening of the last session of the Sixty-second congress, the photograph being taken just at noon while
Chaplain Couden of the house was Invoking divine guidance for the law-makers, many of whom will retire to
private life at the close of the session.
SEEKS LOST NIECE
New York Millionaire Offers For
tune in Search.
HAS COWCATCHER FOR AUTOS
Miss Marian Ege, Relative of WeMthy
Manufacturer, Disappears After
Tellfng Uncle of Being Fol
lowed By a Strange Man.
CHAPTER XL
A Hero in Spite f Himself.
Passion sent Mallory Into the un
equal fight with two armed and des
perate outlaws. But reason ' had
planned the way. He had been study
ing the robber all the time, as if the
villain were a war-map, studying his
gestures, his way of turning, and how
he held the revolver. He had noted
that the man, as he frisked the pas
sengers, did not keep his finger on
the trigger, but on the guard.
Marjorie's little battle threw the
desperado off his balance a trifle; as
he recovered, Mallory struck him, and
swept him on over against the back
of a seat. At the same Instant, Mal
lory's right hand went like lightning
to the trigger guard, and gripped the
fingers in a vise of steel, while be
drove the man's elbow back against
his side Mallory's left hand mean
while flung around his enemy's neck,
and gave him a spinning fall that sent
his left hand out for balance, it fell
across the back of the seat, and Mai
lory yinioned it with elbow and knee
before it could escape.
All in the same crowded moment
ai3 left knuckles jolted the man's chin
li. the air, and so bewildered blm
chat his muscles relaxed enough for
Mallory s right fingers to squirm their
way to the trigger, and aim the gun
at the other robber, and finally to get
entire control of it
The thing had happened in such
Bash that the second outlaw could
hardly believe his eyes. The shriek
of the astounded passengers, and th
grunt of Mallory's prisoner, as bt
crashed backward, woke bim to tht
New York. With a declaration by
7acob Doll, millionaire manufacturer,
(hat he will spend an unlimited
amount of money to recover his fifteen-year-old
niece, Marian Ege, who
disappeared while walking near her
home, police of New -York and a score
of private detective agencies began
an exhaustive search of New York
and neighboring cities for the missing
heiress.
Following the girl's disappearance,
the police began a quiet search, but
were unable to. unearth a single clew
except that the girl had spoken to a
friend of being followed on the street
by a- strange middle-aeed man.
This was high treason, and the cdb After two days of fruitless efforts
ductor advanced on him threatening- by the New York police. Mr. Dwll
ly, as he seized the cord once more., j ordered into the search a number
"You touch that rope again, and I'll " i of private detectives and made the
"Oh, no, you won't," said Mallory, j statement that he believes that his
as he whisked a revolver from his j niece had been kidnaped,
right pocket .and jammed It into the The statements of Miss Ege's
conductor's watch-pocket The con- friend that the young woman had told
ductor came to attention. her of being followed have been corrob-
Then Mallory, standing with his j orated by Mr. Doll. The aged mil
right hand on military duty, put out i lionaire said that on numerous occa
his left hand, and gave the word:
"Now, parson."
He smiled still more as he heard
Kathleen's voice walling: "But I cant
find my bracelet Where's my brace
let?" "Silence! Silence!" Dr. Temple
commanded, and then: "Join hands,
my children."
Marjorie shifted Snoozleums to her
sions reaching back over a period
of several months his niece had re
marked to him that a middle agd
man, whom the young woman could
only hazily describe, had followed
her while walking in the neighbor
hood of her home, and on one occa
sion had attempted to attract her attention.
Since the search was taken up Mr.
CHAPTER XLI.
Cllckety-Clickety-Cllckety.
Marjorie, as the supposed wife of
the rescuing angel, was permitted
first search, and the first thing she
hunted for was a certain gold brace
let that was none of hers. She round
it and seized it with a prayer of
thanks, and concealed it among ber
own things.
Mrs. Temple gave her a guilty start,
by speaking across a barrier:
"Mrs. Mallory, your husband is the
bravest man on earth."
"Oh, I know he Is," Marjorie
beamed, and added with a spasm of
conscience: "but he Isn't my hus
band!" Mrs. Temple gasped in horror, but
Marjorie dragged ber close, and
poured out the whole story, while the
other passengers recovered their prop
erties with as much Joy as it they
were all new gifts found on a bush.
Meanwhile, under Mallory's guid
ance, the porter fastened the outlaws
together back to back with the. straps
of their own feed-bags. The' porter
was rejoicing that his harvest of tips
was not blighted after all.
Mallory completed his bliss, by giv
ing him Dr. Temple's brace of guns,
and establishing him as jailer, with
a warning: "Now, porter, don't take
your eye off 'em."
"Lordy, 1 won't bat an eyelid."
"If either of these lads .coughs, put
a bole through botb of 'em."
The porter chuckled: "My fingers is
just a-itchin' fer them lovin' triggers."
Mallory pocketed two of the cap
tured revolvers, lest a need might
arise suddenly again. As be hurried
down the aisle, he was received with
cheers. The passengers gave blm an
ovation, but he only smiled timidly,
and made haste to Marjorie's side
She regarded him with such Idol
try that ho almost regretted his ded.
ut this mood soon passed in her ex
citement, and in a moment she was
surreptitiously showing him the
oracelet H became 'an accessory
left arm, put her right hand into Mai- j Doll has kept in touch almost con
lory's, and Dr. Temple, standing be- I stantly with the police. As tt"e
tween them, began to drone tlie j search continues and no tangible
ritual. trace of what has become of tbe
When the old clergyman had done 1 young woman Is discovered, the aged
his work, the young husband-at-last millionaire reiterates his determin.t
graciously rescinded military law, re- J tlon that every power that can re
called tbe artillery from the conduc- ' controlled by his vast fortune will be
tor's . very midst, and remembering , nirnea toward finding the girl
Instead of Catching Animals It Res
cues Persons While Traveling
at High Speed.
London. An inventive genius has
been giving demonstrations in Re
gent's park with a contrivance, fitted
to the front of an automobile, which
appears to be an elaboration of the
cowcatcher on locomotives, but with
the essential difference that it is in
tended to safeguard the unwary pe
destrian, no matter if he happens to
get in the way of a car traveling at 20
miles an hour.
The apparatus consists of a bar be
tween the front wheels, covering the
entire front of the car, and as soon as
this strikes a pedestrian it springs
back and a scissors shaped jaw
grasps the person struck, under vthe
knees, forces him to sit down in a
net and holds blm until released.
A member of the Motor club thus
describes what he saw of the test:
"I was walking along the path with
a chauffeur, when the man suddenly
left me and started to run across the
road. A short distance away a motor
car was coming along the road at a
speed of at least 20 miles an hour. The
car dashed straight into the man, but
instead of knocking him senseless,
picked him up and carried him ten, or
fifteen yards until the car stopped. I
ran forward, and when I reached the
man he was sitting in the apparatus
laughing, without a single scratch.
"The only persons near, besides
those Interested in the demonstration,
were two women, who screamed when
they saw the man hit. Their surprise
when they saw him released from the
automatic fender and laughing at the
incident may be imagined."
OLD MANTEL FOR JOHN D., JR.
Son of Magnate to Have One a Hun
dred Years Old In Hallway
of His Mansion.
New York. A century old marble
mantelpiece from one of the oldest
colonial houses still standing in New
York city is to be the feature of the
entrance hall in the mansion which
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is building
on West Fifty-fourth street. The man
tel is of French workmanship and
was brought to America by the Scher
merhorns, a noted New York family,
to adorn their home overlooking the
East river, near where the Rockefeller
Institute for . Medical Research now
stands.
The house was later bought by
Dewitt Clinton, then governor of New
York state, and has been used as a
day nursery since the Rockefellers ac
quired the property.
WASHINGTON. From small begin
nings have arisen some of the
most perplexing questions to be pass
ed upon by the Supreme court this
fall and winter.
Thomas W. McComb had splendid
luck duck hunting in Tinicum town
ship, Delaware county, Pennsylvania,
a year or so ago. Probably to his
j surprise that day's outing will bring
I blm to the Supreme court. He was
prosecuted for using an automatic
! gun in the hunt. In defense he at
tacked the constitutionality of the
! "Pennsylvania law against the use of
that type of weapon.
Mathias Schmidinfer, a Chicago
baker, is said to have made his loaves
of bread a trifle to small one day and
was fined $100 for violating a city or
dinance regulating the size of loaves.
He will ask the Supreme ccirt to de
clare the ordinance a violation of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Con
stitution of the TJuited. States.
A burn on the back of Anne Swee
ney of the District of Columbia forms
the basis of another suit. On its out
come will depend whether physicians
are liable for burns by X-rays in
photographing patients.
Over the meaning of the word "auc
tion" comes a case from the Hawaiian
islands. Arrests were made there lor
the alleged violation of-a law reQttiT
ing a license for sales at auction: The
sales in question were made to retail
fish dealers. The point is raised
whether this was an auction, and if
so, if there is a distinction between
"public" and "private" auctions.
Whether tbe government must pay
for the-forage for two horses for the
late Maj. Nathaniel H. McLean of Cin
cinnati and for two servants is involv
ed in another case. The point arises
as a result of his reinstatement in the
army. The norses ana servants wem
employed after he retired from the
army and before he was reinstated
by congress.
The shipment of a wedding ring by
Edward H. Cronlnger, a Cincinnati
jeweler, to Atlanta, Ga., by the Adams
Express, precipitated a case which
wi,ll determine whether express com
panies, since the passage of the Hep
burn rate law, may limit their liabil
ities for loss of articles.
Whether the back of a bay win
dow may form a "party wall" is the
basis of a dispute between Lewis E.
Smoot and the Hoy' heirs of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to come before the
court for decision.
BUFFALO KILLS CAMERA MAN
French Court Sustains Wicrow's Claim
for Compensation for Loss of
Husband.
Paris An Important point of law
was settled this week when the widow
of Paul Fiere, a photographer for cine
matograph pictures, sued for compen
sation, her husband having been killed
in Central Africa while taking, pic
tures of big game shooting.
Fiere was sent to Africa a year ago,
joined a German mission and went out
shooting with Lieut. Graetz. - While
he was operating the camera- Graetz
was charged by a woundedV buffalo,
whereupon Fiere left the 'apparatus
and went to the rescue of the officer,
again wounding the buffalo, which
then trampled him to death.
The widow was awarded an annual
Income of $124 for herself and $216
for her three children.
FEE AMUSES MAYOR GAYNOR
Manila, smiled:
The police have carefully ques-
tor
You may fire when ready, conduc- j oned many of the young woman s
menas, nut so far none has been
The conductor's rage had cooled, ! U1B Si a ml tnai promises o
and he slapped the bridegroom on the lear UP th mystery of Miss Ege's
back with one hand, as he pulled the Hsappearance. Several possible ex
cord with the other. The train began Planations are being entertained l-y
to creak and tug and shift The ding- Jh Pce and every angle Is being
dong of the bell floated murmurous- "investigated.
ly back as from a lofty ' steeple, and 11 ls thought that Miss Ege may
the ciickety-click. click-cllckety-cllck ' nave been taken 111 and that Bhe nCTW
quickened and softened, into a pleas- j . th her identity unknown, to
ant gossip, as the speed grew, and the I New Yr hospital. Friends of
way was so smooth for the wheels
that they seemed to be spinning on
rails of velvet
THE END.
Stomach Rebelled Against Tacks.
"1 remember swallowing a fe
brads," casually admitted a Philadel
phia shoemaker the other day, whose
internal pains had puzzled the doctors
for a year. The "few brads" turned
out to be about a hundred brass tacks,
which the X-rays showed to be stick
ing in the walls of the man's stomach.
For the last ten years he had been
using his mouth as a temporary tack
box while at work at his bench, and
he was quite phllosopical when occasionally-one
or two eluded his palate
and slipped down his throat. The sur
geons who examined him say that one
section of the man's stomach has more
tacks in it than the sole of a boot, and
an operation is to be performed in the
Philadelphia hospital, in which he lies,
with the hope of saving his, life.
Receiver Has Sanitary Ear Pad.
Sanitary attachments for the trans
mitters of telephones are numerous in
this country, but" France has gone us
one better in the matter of a sanitary
pad for the receiving end of the tele
phone. The ordinary hardtruhber.. ear
piece of the monophone type of instru
ment, which is much used in France,
is removed and Its place taken by a
round pad formed of 250 leaves of
sterilized paper. Every time the tele
phone is used one of tbe leaves is
torn off. The purpose of the pad in. of
course, to protect the ear from being
soiled. Popular Mechanics.
the young woman's family In neigh
boring cities are being communicated
with in the hope of ascertaining if
Miss Ege, without knowledge of h;r
own family, had gone to visit them.
The main energies' of the search,
however, are centered on learning tfle
Worth of the clew offered by the
young woman's previous statements
That she had been followed by a
stranger. .
It is well known that Miss Ege was
favorite niece of her wealthy unce,
and it is hinted by police officials at
work on the case that the young
woman is being held for ransom my
tome individual or gang in New York
City.
Burro Robe Hens' Nests.
Gilcrest, Colo. Napoleon, a young
burro, owned by Edward Mapes, has
been proved a robber of hens' nests.
Its second visit to the same henhouse
resulted in its downfall. The owner
lay in wait and discovered the burro
was the offender and was eating eggs,
first smashing them with a hoof.
KNEW DOG, NOT OWN NAME
Tlrst Tears, Th-sn Candy and Finally
Mamma Crime is Boy Lost
In flew York.
New York. A little yellow dog, tug
ging at a chair, to which a little boy
clung, went through 100th street and
stopped at Second avenue.
On reaching the come- th boy be
ran to sob and the lift'.- yellow doe
i bark and whine Pa'rolnan M:ir
hy came along. The 'v was too
Executive of New Yprk City Sympa
thizes With Young Man Married
by Alderman.
New York. Mayor Gaynor sent this
reply to a letter he had received from
Kal Brodersen of 200 Fifth avenue,
complaining that an alderman who
married him had charged $20 for the
service :
"I have received your letter com
plaining that an alderman on marry
ing you the day before at his house
demanded $20 of you as his fee, and
that you paid him, for the reason thait
it would have mortified you too much
to make a protest In the presence of
your bride and other ladles who were
present. Of course the alderman com
mitted a great outrage and he no
doubt knew that you would pay him
sooner than dispute with him openly.
He had no right to charge you any
thing. I receive many letters of a
similar kind. My advice to you all is
to go to clergymen to be married, and
then you will be treated properly. I
do not mean to say that all of the al
dermen would treat you as this alder
man did, but unfortunately some of
them would. You say ; it was all the
money you had with you, and that you
expected to use it for immediate ex
penses with your bride. I certainly
sympathize with you. If some one
had held you up on the street and
taken it away from you it would not
have been worse. You may sue the
alderman to get your money back, but
if you do he will no doubt say you
made him a .voluntary present of the
$20, and who knows? the judge, may
believe him."
It was said at the office of the
mayor that the alderman referred to
was Aid. James J. Smith, who ijapre-
shaken with sobs to ask, and the lit
tle yelow dog snapped at the patrol
man's legs and growled.
Murphy took boy and dog under his
arms and carried them to the East
104th street police station. There the
boy couldn't recall his name and ad
dress, but he knew his dog was "Pup
py," and he wouldn't part from him.
The two were fed with sweets and
delicacies and then placed on a ch.lr
behind the desk of Lieut. Shevlrn, the
riog in his young master's lap. There
they remained until 9 o'clock. When
0jp AM (6USS NOBODY 1
R CmlWLL BOTHE
Postmaster General Hitchcock a Night Worker
IT took one man, from a western
city, nearly a week to find out
something about Frank H. Hitchcock,
the postmaster-general, that many
Washingtonians acquainted with the
inner workings of the postoffice de
partment knew.
This man went day after day at 9
o'clock in the morning to Mr. Hitch
cock's office and waited patiently to
see the postmaster-general. He be
gan to have set ideas about the postmaster-general
and what he consid
ered the necessity of making cabinet
officers do more work, or at least main
tain some sort of regular office hours.
On the night of the fifth day the
man dropped into the postoffice build
ing. He did not know just why, but
he thought he might get some "tip"
from the watchman. The only person
in sight was the elevator man.
"I want to see Mr. Hitchcock," he
said. "Can you "
"Have you an appointment with
him?" interrupted the elevator man,
with his hand on the lever ready to
start the car.
The visitor had a brilliant idea.
. "Yes," he quickly replied.
"All right," the elevator operator
said, as they shot up to the fifth floor.
"I suppose you know where his office
ls?"
"You bet I do."
There he found several clerks work
ing busily. His request to see the
postmaster-general was taken in a
most matter of fact way, and in two
minutes he saw Mr. Hitchcock, com
pleted his business and left for home
on the midnight train.
The explanation is that Mr. Hitch
cock does much of his important work
at night, away from the usual Inter
ruption of visitors and routine mat
ters which would bother him in the
daytime. He does not always have
clerks with him at night; often he
will drop in unexpectedly and all
alone will peg away at some puzzling
matter until nearly dawn.
Society Formed at Capital to Study Spanish
W kWi 1.1
(SPANISH IS
J THE ONE
CKEAT
LANM;e
and we
Must fW
A SOCIETY
W VYILiJ
MAKE EVERY
BODY
MCE
IJOR the purpose of promoting the
1
sents one of the downtown districts.
When a copy of the mayor's letter was
- ,. . J ... ' -' T Athenaeum. At Its first meeting, held
don t remember this man. Perhaps I 1 . . . . , ' .
married him and perhaps I didn't I
international study of the Spanish
language and literature there has Just
been organized here a society to be
known as the Spanish-American
marry thousands of persons every
year and I can't keep them all
in mind. Anyway, I never asked any
one for a $20 fee."
WALK OVER DEAD MAN'S BODY
Wedding Party Not Halted by Corpse
After Flower Carrier Is Shot
Down.
a few nights ago, the speakers includ
ed Senor Riano, Spanish minister
here; John Barrett, director general
of the Pan-American union; Rev. Dr.
Charles W. Currier, specialist on
Spanish-AmericAn literature, and Mme.
Blanche de Baralt of Cuba.
The Spanish minister and all the
Latin-American ministers here were
made honorary vice-presidents of the
organization and among those who
already have signified their willing
ness to become corresponding mem
bers are the Princess Teresa of Ba
varia, Sir Clements Markham, K. C.
B.; Senor Quesada, former minister
here from Cuba; Senor Rafael Alti
mira, Spain; Senor Jose T. Medina,
Chile; Senor J. Lafone Quevedo, Ar
gentina, and Dr. Rafael VillaVicencio,
president of the National Academy of
History of Venezuela.
The society purposes to have fre
quent meetings, when there will be
lectures and discussions on literary,
historical and scientific subjects, and
will issue a journal both In English
and Spanish. While the headquarters
will be here, the organization will be
international in character and mem
bership. Honorary members will be chosen
from time to time from people who
have attained distinction In literary,
scientific or historical work in con
nection with Spain and the Spanish
American republics
Johnstown, Pa. George Mlluski
was a member of a bridal party that
went sweeping down the street at
Ralphton, Somerset county. He was
a flower carrier. Frank Liesba was
also a member of the party. He was
a pistol shooter, it being.h.is business
to make lots of noise, signifying joy.
Mary Fleck and Walek Kwashnic
were the happy bridal pair.
Miluska, the flower carrier, got in
the way of Liesba, the pistol shooter.
One of the pistol shots that signified
joy killed him. His flowers dropped
out of his hands as he tumbled into
the street.
As he was leading the procession it
was necessary for the rest of the party
to step over his body if they kept
right on going. That was what they
all did. Mary and Walek were duly
married without any further trifling
interruptions.
In the return from the church the
bridal party picked up the dead men.
The joyful pistol shooter hunted up a
constable and surrendered and some
one picked up the carrier's flowers
and placed them on the table to adorn
the wedding breakfast.
a woman ran intp the station house
and said her four-year-old- son, Na
than Klien, was mis8i&g from his
home, 21T East lftOth" street. Ths
youngster behind', Htfc desk was her
lost boy. . -'- i ? s
Some Good Things Left for the Hungry Ones
T
HERE are in the entire government
service an army of more than 400,-
000 men and women. Of these more
than 300,000 are protected by the civil
service, some by law and some by
executive order. Of the remaining
100,000 or so only 10,582 are direct
presidential appointees. k The remain
der are appointed by the heads of de
partments, but will, of course, be sub
ject to removal by the incoming ad
ministration. Of the 16,582 direct presidential ap
pointments, 9,949 must be confirmed
by the senate.
In addition to this large army pf
office holders ana government employ
es, all under the executive branch of
the government there are more than
1,000 appointments under the control
of congress. Part of these the Demo
crats now have, but they will gain
more through the control of the Unit
ed States senate.
President Wilson's available patron-
er than the list which Grover Cleve
land had at his disposal when he en
tered office in 1884, after the Demo
crats had been out in the cold for 28
long years.
In the sixteen years that have
elapsed since Cleveland retired, the
Democrats who were appointed to of
fice by him have almost entirely been
eliminated, except in offices and posts
under the civil service, where many
appointed under the Cleveland admin
istration are still holding on. Some
of these Cleveland appointees are now
filling the highest places in the class-
"Thank You," Cost Mar f&0(V,,
New York. When August Miljeiv
chauffeur, gJiid "thank you," to Magis
trate Krotel for fining him $10 for per
mitting his automobile to smoke, the
judge grev peeved and fined him an
other 5, ''
age disbursements will be much larg-1 ifled service.
Steering Committee.
Registry Clerk "It ls necessary for
me to ask the mother of the bride if
she has nothing to say before I pro
ceed with the ceremony." Voice of
Mother in background) "All I have
to say. ls that If I hadn't had a good
deal to say already they never would
have landed here."
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Meaning of Love.
You nipsVstflnd out the mean
ing of Iofe-a'tnen see ' that you do
what Vive" 'bids -you, but the essential
khing is that yon must find out that
meainlng tor yourself. Tolstoy.
Whistler's House.
Whistler wrote jestingly over his
door: "Except the Lord build the
house, they labor in vain that build It
E. W. Godwin, F. S. A., built this
one." "Famous Houses and Literary
Shrines of London,' by A. St John
Adcpck.
At First Glance.
A man usually identifies the woman
who interests him with the mood to
which he first saw her, even with the
clothes she. .happened to be wear
ing. '.'Tamsie," by Rosamund c.W.
pier. ...