EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from AH
Parts of the World
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY HEADER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
e sting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
The Spanish revolt may spread to
Madrid.
The czar is in France visiting with
President Fallieres.
Count Zeppelin has made a flight of
220 miles in his airship.
Major Burnham his found evidence
in Mexico of an extinct race.
Governor Shallenberger and a party
of 60 will tour the Pacific coast.
Chicago school authorities are to do
away with high school societies.
A streetcar strike involving every
line in the city threatens Chicago.
The Chinese vice consul in New
York has been murdered by a crazy
Chinaman.
A daring robber held up a Vancou
ver, B. C, bank in broad day, but se
cured only $100.
Spokane police will overlook the
anti-cigarette law during the National
Irrigation congress.
The king and queen of Great Britain
reviewed the great naval pageant,
which was made up of a line of war
ships seven miles long.
An explosion of gasoline at St. Paul
caused the death of five persons and
the injury of seven others. A four
story building was also destroyed.
Goldfield, Nev., mines with a capital
of over $19,000,000 have been consoli
dated. The anti-Diaz riots in Mexico are
said to have been started by expelled
students.
The French talk of other powers
helping Spain in Morocco, where the
situation is serious.
A Denver man has received a de
mand from blackmailers for $10,000
with death as an alternative.
Chiccgo is experiencing the hottest
weather of the year and there are doz
ens of deaths and prostrations.
A gang which has been systematl
cully smuggling goods across the line
has been broken up at Vancouver, B. C.
Wright'B aeroplane has successfully
passed another government test, mak
ing 42 J6 miles an hour with a passen
ger. The Colombian congress wants to
know why President Reyes left the
country and then sent in his resigna
tion.
Terror and tragedy are supreme in
Spain. Burning buildings have turned
night into day at Barcelona and it re
quirs a constant vigilance by troops to
prevent further trouble.
A storm off the German coast has
caused great damage to shipping.
The Great Northern is planning sev
eral extensions in Pacific Coast states.
Northwestern senators fought to the
last to secure a higher tariff on rate on
lumper.
Another hot wave is spreading over
the East, causing many deatliB and
prostrations.
The sugar trust may have to pay a
fine of $750,000 for absobrbing a Penn
sylvania refinery.
A California man has fasted SO days
and as he does not feel hungry will not
eat until he does.
A Chicago man has figured out that
the Windy City will have a population
of 5,000,000 in 1940.
A moral crusade has started in Chi
cago and 20 divekeepers have been in
dicted as a beginning.
Blerliot who successfully crossed
the English channel, is willing to enter
a race with the Wright brothers.
The Italian king has announced that
he will send the princes of the royal
blood to visit Italian colonies in North
and South America.
President Rafael Reyes, of Colom
bia, baa resigned.
Crete has raised the Greek flag and
declared independence of Turkey.
The United States Steel corporation
has increased the dividends on its com
mon stock.
French Socialists have protested
against the proposed visit of the czar
to France.
Colonel Leopold Markbreit, ex-min-ister
to Bolivia and mayor of Cincin-
nati, is dead.
A coal train on the Denver & Rio
Grande ran away in Utah, but the
crew escaped unhurt
The Wright aeroplane has a device
to prevent accidents in case the mi'
chine should fall-in water.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, has been
arrested at Baltimore for striking a
negra waiter who did not serve the
senator just to suit him.
'Tourist travel to the Yellowstone
park ts so heavy that all hotels are
full and the Oregon Short Line has
topped traffic to that place temporar
ily.
INTERURBAN CARS MEET.
Collision Near Coeur d'Alene Results
in Death of 13.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 2. Thirteen
persons were killed and 88 more or less
seriously injured in a head-on trolley
car collision Saturday afternoon, at
Coldwell, on the Spokane and Coeur
'Alene branch of the Spokane & Idaho
railway, 25 miles east of Spokane.
Ornia s of the line have not made a
statement as to responsibility for the
wreck. It is said the eastbound train
id not take a sidetrack as it had been
ordered. It is incomprehensible why
the motormen did not avoiJ the col
lision, as the accident occurred on a
straight track. The rr.otorman of the
westbound train is among the dead.
Both train? were running at a high
speed, especially the westbound train,
and were presumably beyond control.
The wrecked cars were ground to
gether in one confused mass. The in
juries are of all kinds. Legs and arms
are broken and heads and bodies are
cruthed. Bruises and scratches from
splintered wood and broken glass are
numerous, and internal hurts, which it
is feared will swell the list of fatalities,
were infliccted.
The first car of the train, the smok
er, was so smashed that nothing but
the trucks remained. It was crowded
with men and scarcely one of them es
caped alive and uninjured.
This is the first serious wreck in the
history of the road. The track was
cleared in about an hcur and a half.
PEOPLE IN PANIC.
Repeated Shocks in Mexico Add to
' Earthquake Damage.
City of Mexico, Aug. 2. With the
people absolutely frightened and trem
bling in terror irom their awful exper
ience in Friday b earthquake ehocks,
five distinct shocks were felt again
Saturday, and the damage rriday is
light compared with the damage Satur
day. All communication was cut off from
Chilpancingo, Acapulco and Eurround
ing towns by the quakes, after it was
restored following Friday's shocks, but
information of the serious nature of
the shocks came through before the
wires went down. In every instance
the frightened operators at the keys in
the stricken towns, talking to the
equally frightened operators in the
capital, declared "the town is com
pletely wrecked," or words to that
effect.
The operator at Chilpancingo, capital
of the state of Guerrero, reported that
the palace of Governor Damien Flores,
which had been partially wrecked, com
pletely tumbled down, but that the
family had left its crumbling walls.
1 he shocks here were more severe
than the former ones were, and not an
American and but few foreigners re
mained indoors. The parks and plazas
are crowded to overflowing and many
people are in actual want of food.
OSAKA IN RUINS.
Important Japanese City Is Swept by
Terrible Conflagration.
C-Baka, Japan, Aug. 2. At 6 o'clock
yesterday morning the terrible confla
gration which has reduced to aBhes a
large portion of this city was under
control. Up to that hour 13,000 build
ings had been destroyed. An area four
miles square was swept by the flames.
A fire which threatened to destroy
this city started at 4 o'clock Saturday
morning. At 9 :30 Saturday night the
fire had consumed one-fifth of the town.
The firemen who had been righting
all day, were completely exhausted and
troops were cill d out to assist in the
fire fighting and to preserve order in
the city.
The exact amount of damage done
by the flames cannot be estimated at
present, but the total will be large. A
number of persons have been killed
and seriously injured by the fire.
Osaka is one of the "imperial cities"
of Japan, and is one of the most im
portant manufacturing and commercial
cities of the empire. It shelters al
moBt three-quarters of a million peo
ple. The largPBt of the Buddhist tern
pies, for which the city is famous
among travelers, covers an enormous
area. The chief public building of
Osaka is the palace, built of stone in
1583.
Ordered to Take Offensive.
Madrid, Aug. 2. At Melilla the
Moors are preparing for a new attack
upon the Spaniards, but Genera Mart'
na has been instructed that as soon as
the big army is concentrated he should
assume the offensive, march out of
Melilla and Btrike a decisive blow
Work of reinforcing Melilla is occupy
ing the War department King Alfon
so to lay visited Gafateofoto to inspect
artillery corps bound for the front
The fund for the war victims is crow
ing. Queen Victoria today contributed
$3,000 and the Queen mother $2,000.
Thousand Chinese Drowned.
Pekin, Aug. 2. A government dis
patch from the flooded distrxt in Man
churia this morning says that not less
than 1,000 lives have been lost in the
vicinity of Kirin. The flood ia 20 feet
deep over a large area and the proper
ty loss cannot be estimated. As the
waters are still rising the extent of the
calamity cannot be reckoned for sever
al days. The Yalu bank, where large
sums of money were on deposit is re
ported to have been swept away.
Adverse News Suppressed.
San Sebastian, Spain, Aug 2. (By
way of the French frontier.) No news
is allowed to be puolished from Barce
lona, except that favorable to the gov
ernment but reliable private reports
say that the revolutionists still hold
large part oi tne city and that the ar
tillery has not succeeded in driving
them out
MEXICO HAS QUAKE
Area Over 1,000 Miles Square is
Devastated by Trembler.
TIDAL WAVE ADDS TO HORROR
Hundreds of People Have Lost Their
Lives and Many Towns Are
Completely Destroyed.
Mexico City, Mexico, July 31. Hun
dreds of lives were lost, innumerable
persons were injured and great prop
erty loss resulted from earthquakes
which shook the entire Southern part
of Mexico, extending from Oaxaca on
the Southeast to Acapulco on the Pa
cific coast, which was partially devas
tated at 4 o'clock yesterday morning.
bleven dead are reported in this city,
and 52 bodies have been recovered at
Chilpancingo.
Adding to the horror of the quake a
tidal wave swept the city of Acapulco,
carrying down the bamboo houses
which line the shore, with hundreds of
occupants, who were unable to escape.
Most of these, it is said, were women
and children.
Driven panic-stricken from their
homes by the quake, it was some time
before the inhabitants realized the
predicament of the families in the
poorer quarter. Fires which started
gained a good headway, and these
added to the death list
The total number of dead in Acapulco
is not known, it being difficult to get
details from there tonight over Federal
wires.
About 100 miles inland from Apa
pulco the towns of Tallica, Puebla,
Horles and Chilpancingo, the capital
of the state of Guerrero, also suffered.
A runner reached Chilpancingo with a
report that the town of Mazatlan, ,a
near seaport, which was only recently
swept by fire, was again devastated
The people there had only commence!
to rebuild, and the damage, therefore,
was not as great as it otherwise would
have been.
Reports have also been received from
Reopan, Zapate, Providencia, Atoyac,
Ayutla and Chilpa, and it is said seve
ral people were killed in each place,
while there was also a great lots of
property. Iguala, Teloloapan, Cocula,
Cutzamala, Amatepec, Saltepec and
other towns north of the Balsas river
suffered. Some of these reports have
reached the city by native runners, or
have been received from the territories
by Federal wires.
The shock waa felt as far as Oaxaca
on the Southeast, and great rumblings
are reported in the ground in many
places, while the quake threw many
bridges out of plumb on the Ouerna
vacal railroad. Many of the towns
where damage is reported are practi
cally isolated, having only runners as a
means of communication with the out
side world. Every effort is being
made to get details of casualties, but
it may be weeks until official reports
are received by mail.
Acapulco is in the earthquake zone,
and many temblors have been experi
enced there, but the present one, which
was followed by a tidal wave, is said
to be the most destructive in the his
tory of the Beaport.
In the tidal wave several craft in the
harbor, it is said, were sunk, increasing
the loss of life.
Vast Area Feels Earthquake.
Mexico City, July 31. Central Mex
ico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Querato on the north to Oax
aca on the south, an area of more than
1,000 square miles, wa Bhaken yester
day oy a series or the most severe
earthquake shocks felt in the region
for a quarter of a century. The lower
part of Acapulco, the whole of Chilpan
cingo and probably the other towns
were totally destroyed. Reports of the
loss of life are scattering, but it is cer
tain that hundreds must have perished
in the coast cities and in the interior
towns.
Heney Off for Interior.
Seattle, July 31. The steamer Ohio.
from Alaska today, brought news that
Francis J. Heney, the San Francisco
prosecutor, who left Cordova on the
Ohio, went ashore at Jumau and start-,
ed overland via Skagway for White
Horse, Yukon Territory, on the Yukon
river. General J. Franklin Bell, chief
of staff, U. S. A., also left the steamer
at Juneau and started on a short trip
to Interior Alaska. The steamer Cot
tage City, which arrived from Alaska
last night brought $240,000 in gold
bullion.
Millions for San Pedro.
Los Angeles, July 31. Fortifica
tions costing possibly $6,000,000 will
be located around San Pedro harbor if
the government can secure the neces
sary aitea for a satisfactory fort This
waa brought out today at a meeting
between Brigadier General Arthur
Murray, chief of the Coast artillery,
and representatives of the harbor com
mission. The question of buying the
site was left with the local engineer
ing office.
Cuban Cabinet Resigns.
Havana, July 31. The cabinet cri
sis, which for some time has been im
pending, reached a climax today, when
all the minister and the presidential
secrteary resigned. The action of the
cabinet waa taken after a conference
with the avowed purpose of expressing
loyalty to the president and relieving
him of the embarrassment of making
removals.
The
Main
Chance
BY
Meredith Nicholson
Copyright 1903
Thb Bobbs-Mekkilx. Company
CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.)
John turned out the light, and while
hey waited for the elevator to come up
for them Warry jingled the coins and
keys in his pocket before he blurted:
"I say, John, I'm an underbred, low
person, and am not worthy to be called
thy friend, and you may hate me all you
like, but one thing I'd like to know. Did
she say anything about me when you
passed us this afternoon make any com
ment or anything? You know I despise
myself for asking, hut "
Saxton laughed quietly.
"Yes, she did ; but I don't know that
I ought to tell you. It was really en
couraging. She said, 'Miss Margrave
has a lot of style; don't you think so?'"
"Is that all?" demanded Haridan, step
ping intqthe car.
"That's all. It wasn't very much ; but
it was the way she said it ; and as she
said it she brushed a fly from the horse
with the whip, and she did it very care
fully." In the corridor below they met Whea
ton coming out of the side door of the
bank. He had been at work, he said.
Haridan asked him to go with them to
the club for a game of billiards, but he
pleaded weariness and said be was going
to bed.
The three men walked up Varney street
together. They were men of widely dif
ferent antecedents ad qualities. Cir
cumstances, In themselves natural and
harmless, had brought them together. The
lives of all three were to be Influenced
by the weakness of one, and one woman's
life was to be profoundly affected by con
tact with all of them. It is not ordained
for us to know whether those we touch
hands with, and even break bread with,
from day to day, are to bring us good or
evil. The electric light reveals nothing
in the sibyl's book which was not dis
closed of old to those who pondered the
mysteries by starlight and rushlight.
Wheaton left them at the club door and
went on to The Bachelors', which was
only a step farther up the street.
How do you like Wheaton by this
time?" asked Haridan, as they entered
the club.
"I hardly know how to answer that"
Saxtor answered. "lie's treated me well
enough. It seems to me I'm always try
ing to find some reason for not liking him,
but I can't put my band on anything
tangible."
"That's the way I feel," said Haridan,
hanging up his coat In the billiard room,
"He's rigid, some way. There's no let-go
in him. I guess the law allows us to
dislike some people just on general prin
ciples, and Jim likes himself so well that
you and I don't matter."
CHAPTER, IX.
After the interim of quiet that Lent
always brings in Clarkson, the spring
came swiftly. There was a renewal of
social activities which ran from dances
and teas into outdoor gatherings. Evelyn
had enjoyed to the full her experience at
home. She had plunged into the frivoli-
ties oi the town with a zest that was a
trifle emphasized through her "wish to
escape any charge of being pedantic or
literary. She was glad that she had gone
to college, but she did not wish this fact
of her life to be the haunting ghost of
her days; and by the end of the winter
she felt that she had pretty effectually
laid It.
In June Mr, Porter began discussing
summer plans with Evelyn. He eliml
nated himself from them; he could not
get away, he said. But there was Grant
to be considered. The boy was at school
in New Hampshire, and Evelyn protested
that It was not wise to subject him to
the Intense heat of a Clarkson summer.
The first hot wave sent Porter to bed
with a trifling illness, and his doctor took
the opportunity to look him over and tell
him that it was Imperative .for him to
rest. Thompson came home from Arizona
to spend the summer. He and Wheaton
were certainly equal to the care of the
bank, so they nrged Porter, and he finally
vielded. Evelyn found a hotel on the
Massachusetts North Shore which sound'
ed well in the circulars, and her father
agreed to It. When they reached Orchard
Lane he liked It better than he bad ex
pected. Every night he sat down with
cipher telegrams, and constructed from
Thompson's statistics the day's business
in the bank. He received daily from New
York the closing quotations on the shares
he was Interested in, and as he walked
the long hotel verandas he effected
transmigration of spirit which put him
hack in his swivel chair in the Clarkson
National.
In August Warry Haridan appeared
suddenly and threw himself into the gal
ties of the place for a fortnight Mr.
rorter asked him to sit at their table
and marveled at the way Evelyn snubbed
him, even to the extent of running away
for three days with some friends who
had a yacht and who carried her to New
port for a dance. During her absence
Warry made all the other girls about the
place happy; they were sure that "that
Mia Porter" was treating htm shabbily
and their hearts went out to him. War
ry sulked when Evelyn returned and they
had an Interview between dances at i
Saturday night hop.
He sought for recognition as a lover
she had not praised the efforts be had
been making to win her approval by dill
gcoce at his office; he took care to call
her ai'.euilon to bis changed habits.
"But Evelyn, I am doing differently.
I know that I wasted myself for years
so that I n a kind of Joke and every
body laughs about me. But I want to
knew I want to feel that I'm doing It
for you ! Don't you know that would
help me and steady me? Won't you let
It be for you?" lie came close to her
and stood with his arms folded, but she
drew away from him with a despairing
gesture.
"Oh, Warry," she cried, wearily, "you
poor, foolish boy! Don't you know that
you must do all things for yourself?"
"Yes," he returned eagerly. "I know
that ; I understand perfectly ; but if you'd
only let me feel that you wanted it "
T want you to succeed, but you will
never do It for any one, if you don't do it
for yourself."
He went home by an early train next
morning to receive Saxton's consolation
and to turn again to his law books. Mar
grave, on behalf of the Transcontinental,
had offered to compromise the case of
the poor widow whose clothes lines had
been Interfered with ; but Rarldan reject
ed this tender. He needed somethingon
which to vent his mad spirit, and he
gave his thought to devising means of
transferring the widow's cause to the
federal court. The removal of causes
from State to federal courts was, Warry
frequently said, one of the best things
he did.
Porter's vacation was not altogether
wasted. As he lounged about and phi
losophized to the Itostonians on West
ern business conditions, his restless mind
took hold of a new- project. It was sug
gested to him by the inquiries of a Bos
ton banker, who owned a considerable
amount of Clarkson Traction bonds Jind
stock which he was anxious to sell. Por
ter gave a discouraging account of the
company, whose history he knew thor
oughly. The Traction Company had been
organized In the boom days and its stock
had been inflated In keeping with the
prevailing spirit of the time. It was
first equipped with the cable system In
deference to the Clarkson hills, but later
the company made the introduction of
the trolley an excuse for a reorganization
of its finances with an even more gen
erous Inflation. The panic then descend
ed any wrought a diminution of rev
enue; the company was unable to make
the repairs which constantly became nec
essary, and the local management fell
into the hands of a series of corrupt di
rectorates.
There had been much litigation, and
some of the Eastern bondholders bad
threatened a receivership ; but the local
stockholders made plausible excuses for
the default of interest when approached
amicably, and when menaced grew In
solent and promised trouble if an attempt
were niade to deprive them of power. A
secretary and a treasurer under one ad
ministration had connived to appropriate
a large share ot the dally cash receipts.
and before they left the oftice they de
stroyed or concealed the books and rec
ords of the company. The effect of this
was to create a mystery as to the dls
tribution of the bonds and the stock.
When Fortcr came home from his sum
mer vacation, the newspapers were de
manding that steps be taken to declare
the Traction franchise forfeit But the
franchise had been renewed lately and
had twenty years to run. This extension
had been procured by the element in con
trol, and the foreign bondholders, biding
their time, were glad to avail themselves
of the political skill of the local officers,
Porter had been casually asked by his
Boston friend whether there was any lo
cal market for the stock or bonds; and
he had answered that there was not ; that
the holders of shares in Clarkson kept
what they had because they could no
longer sell to one another and that they
were only waiting for the larger outside
bondholders and shareholders to assert
themselves. Porter had ridden down to
Iioston with his brother banker and when
they parted it was with an understand
ing that the Bostonian was to collect for
Porter the Clarkson Traction securities
that were held by New England banks,
a considerable amount; Porter knew
and he went home with a well-formed
plan of buying the control of the com
pany. Times were improving and he
had faith in Clark son's future; he did
not believe in it so noisily as Timothy
Margrave did; but he knew the resources
of the tributary country, and he had,
what ail successful business men must
have, an alert imagination.
It was not necessary for Porter to dis
close the fact of his purchases to the
officers of the Traction Company, whom
he knew to be corrupt and vicious; the
transfer of ownership on the company's
books made no difference, as the original
stock books had been destroyed a fact
which had become public property through
a legal effort to levy on the holdings of a
shareholder in the interest of a creditor.
Moreover, If he could help It, Porter
never told any one about anything he did,
He even had several dummies in whose
names he frequently held securities and
real estate. One of these was Peckham, a
clerk in the office of Fenton, Porter's
lawyer.
CHAPTER X.
Wheaton had not long been an officer
of the bank before he began to be aware
that there was considerable mystery
about Porter s outside transactions. Por
ter occasionally perused with much In
terest several small memorandum book
which he kept carefully locked In his
desk. The president often wrote letters
with his own hand and copied them him
self after bank hours. In a private letter
book. Wheaton was naturally curious as
to what these outside interests might be,
It had piqued him to find that while he
was cashier of the band he was not con
suited in Its larger transactions; and
that of Porter's personal affairs he knew
nothing.
One afternoon shortly after Porter's re-
tarn from the East, Wheaton, who was
waiting for some letters t sign, picked
up a bundle of checks from the desk of
one of the individual bookkeepers. They
were Porter's personal checks which had
that day been paid and were now being
charged to his private account. Wheaton
turned them over mechanically; It was
not very kmg since he had been an Indi
vidual bookkeeper himself; he had en
tered innumerable checks bearing Porter'
name without giving them a thought As
the slips of paper passed through his fin
gers, he accounted for them in one way
or another and pnt them back on the
desk, face down, as a man always does
who bas been trained as a bank clerk
The last of them ha held and studied.
It was a check made payable to Peck
ham, renion s ciers. iu amount was
$9,096.00 too Urge to be accounted for
as. a gayment for services ; for l'tcihrm
was an elderly failure at the law w?i
Mn .mn. in tUo ntwiTttt far Kenton and
sometimes took -charge of small collection
matters for the bank.
A fi.w flnvs later, in the course of busi-
ha nxkprf Porter what disposition
he should make of an application- for a
loan from a country customer, rone?
rang for the past correspondence with
their client, and threw several letters to
Whontnn for his information. Wheaton
read them and called the stenographer to
dictate the answer which Porter had in
dicated should be made. - He held the
client's last letter in his hand, and in
concluding turned It over Into tue wire
bnsket which stood on his 'desk. As it
fell face downwnrds his eye caught some
figures on the back, and he picked it up
thinking that they might relate to the
letter. The memorandum was in Po
tcr's large, uneven hand and read :
303
33
000
000
Oil!)!)
The result of the multiplication was
identical with the amount of Peckham's
check. Again the figures held his atten
tion. Local securities were quoted dally
in the newspapers, and he examined the
list for that day. There was no quota
tion of thirty-three on anything; the
nearest approach was Clarkson Traction
Companynt thirty-five. The check which
had interested him had been dated three
days before, and he looked back to the
quotation list for thnt date, traction
was given at thirty-three. Wheaton was
pleased by the discovery ; it was a fair
assumption that Porter was buying shares
of Clarkson Traction ; lie would haraiy
be buying foreign securities through
Peckham. The stock had advanced two
points since it had been purchased, and
this. too. was Interesting. Clearly, ror
ter knew what he was about he had a
reputation for knowing; and if Clarkson
Traction was a good thing for the presi
dent to pick up quietly, why was it not
good thing for the cashier t lie waited
dav: Traction went to thirty-six. Then
he called after banking hours at the of
fice of a real estate denier who also dealt
In local stocks and bonds on a small
scale. He chose this man hecause he was
not a customer of the bank, and had
never had any transactions with the bank
or with Porter, so far as Wheaton knew.
His name was Burton, and he welcomed
Wheaton cordially. He was alone in
his office, and after an Interchange of
courtesies, Wheaton came directly to the
point of his errand.
"Some friends Of mine in the country
own a small amount oi x Taction sioca ;
they've written me to gnd out what its
prospects are. Of course in the bank we
know in a general way about It, but I
suppose you handle such things and I
want to get good advice for my friends."
"Well, the truth is, said Burton, flat
tered by this appeal, "the bottom was
pretty well gone out of it, but it's spruc
ing up a little just now. If the char
ter's knocked out it is only worth so
much a pound as old paper; but If the
right people get hold of it the newspa
pers will let up, and there's j big thing
in it. How much do your friends ownr
"I don't know exactly," said Wheaton,
evenly ; "I think not a great deal. Who
are buying just now? I notice that It
has been advancing for several days.
Some one seems to be forcing up the
price.
"Nobody in particular, that Is, nobody
that I know of. I asked Billy Barnes,
the secretary, the other day what was
going on. He must know who the certifi
cates are made out to; but he winked
and gave me the laugh. You know
Barnes. He don't cough up very easy;
and he looks wise when he doesn't know
anything."
"No; Barnes has the reputation of be
ing pretty close-mouthed," replied Whea
ton. "If your friends want to sell, bring in
the shares and I'll see what I can do
with them,', said Burton. "The outsid
ers are sure to act soon. This spurt right
now may have nothing back of it. The
town's full of gossip about the company
and it ought to send the price down.
Your friend Porter's a smooth one. He
was in once, a long time ago, but he
knew when to get out all right." Whea
ton laughed with Burton at this tribute
to Forter's sagacity, but he laughed
discreetly. He did not forget that he
was a bank officer and dignity was an
essential In the business, as he under
stood it .
(To he continued.)
Cause for Grief.
Tail Actor Ah, Rudolps, why that
sad expression?"
Short Actor I cnuuot help It, ma
lord. I die in the first not.
Tall Actor Oh, it might be worse.
Short Actor It couldn't be. There
is a real chicken dinner lu the second
act.
A Plea for the Verities.
"Do you resent the enrleutures they
publish of corporation kings?."
"No," answered. Mr. Dustln Stax;
"only I wish they would be a little
more consistent, and not make us look
like jolly fat men, when most of ua
are fighting dyspepsia." Washington
Star.
Our Betters.
The Customer I soy, d'ye know you
half poisoned me with those beastly
mushrooms I had here Inst week?
A Mysterious Whisper TTuen you
owe me sixiwnse, 'Erbert I told yer
so. The Sketch.
Discing; Ilolea.
"Not all the digging up for garden la
done in the back yard.
"No. One has to dig up consider
ably nt the seed and hardware stores.
Kansas City Times,
Tra ASrectloa.
He And you don't dislike me causa
I'm poor, do you, Sadie?
She Why, Eddie, I couldn't love
you any more If your father owned a
candy store.
Consumers of meat In New York
city are paying about 11 per cent more
for their food than they did one year
ego. ......