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provokes pevp'e c - ra than to langfi st
them, au she peuJntly nrfra.nad from
•bowleg her oortb
"1 am just ( vim
round the bunts Wttb M-ae I^-igb wbUt
Pot-pie prepares her laaeeoa.'' aba returu
ad. •• coolly a» though M>«a • bad gives
b»r a fair aaswvr. "la another hour I
•hall bv quit» at your <van*»n »n.s. If you
would hks to prs<ti.-» with u«-"
"Thanh you." returevd Miaal». with
fr»»» ng poll »-.»»«
-| hava av n»«d to
trvej »■» en your »aluabl» U m . Eva will
t« t.«r» »ouu."
“Oh. v»ry w»li," rvturn»J Al.aon. still
la peefwet gu»dbuaaor; “then I will g»t
my saw. ready la th« » bool room »nd
paint a littls. if Mix Ulgb will allow
i a,<”
“Of reuree you m i»t t«iot la th» whcol
raom
ura»d b»r • «t»r. tartly i "t su|s
| pres you do not Intsod te llttsr up tout
room with that great ugly sasel. and Era
• nd I will be in th’ drawing room"
"I dare aay whsn I ha*» finiabed
will 1st ms join you th»*«," repllsd
•on. In I ton - story ton*
A» ah»
bent on making Miea Hardwt.-k'a
qualnutir» for b*r own purpee-» aha t<v>k
no no- • -f a
l-y r» — a ka i an t- !-i
ton*, that
<i"r meant tn r»s
»ar«, «bout p»-^.'* ns»»r knowing wb»n
th»y w»re not wanted
Aliaon w». noon toe buay tn r»m»mb»r
M-aai* a silats.
M--v talgh who are«
d*»>rm>* of resigning her hooaebold dutiea
Into A' aon'a hand«, keeping hvraelf in the
background and only acting as a 4» de
r-atnp. waa w-m »»plaining tn the bewil
ilered girl all her liitls jot throrlee with
r»gard to kitchen and «tore room.
When M.aa le.gh and I'.qq. • went
back to th» »chooi room. Alison »»ftled
herself ami her pa.n’lng apparatua in th»
furthest window, and tried to forget all
her p»rplesiti»s la fiard work, but while
Popju» drune.) over her les-ona. All« n •
thoughts would stray to a far different
to a ahady mom full of •wevt
flower actnta. with • Uli figure standing
bafor» an »«»el. "Oh. Aunt Di, if I were
only
painting
be» !» you now I" ahe
thought, with a »harp. Involuntary pain
"Oh. how beautiful! If I rould only
paint Ilk» that " The word» ware spoken,
with a eigh, past behind her
Aliaon
•tart»«1; ehs had been dmvming Indeed,
th» mulday »in waa «treamin» into the
room. Popp * had put away bar lesson
books, and had run off, and Vi sa Ixlgh'a
place wa« empty, and standing just behind
Alison's chair waa a mung lady dres.-l
very s mply In a gray linen drea* and a
broad-brimmed b.st
At Alison'« obvn.u*
atari the young lady bluehsd an-l aeemct
confused
“Oh,” »h» ttammered, "I am tfral-t I
•tsrtlrd yon. You wer» to buay that you
did r.ot a»» me come In
I bare been
watching you aver an long "
"I muat have been painting in my
•l»»p.'' returned Alison, with a frank
laugh, but as ah* put aa de her palette
and r -se. the csat a s--u(ln»ing glani'«
■n th» yuung girl bsaide h»r
Hb« was a slight, pal» girt, »vidvutly a
little younger than
h»r»sf somewhat
plain tu feature, but with a plaaalng.
gentle »spranaion, though a paiuful b*«l
tat Ion In her »pe* h. aluiuat amounting
to a atamttwr. marred th» »ff»<-t of a sin
gularly *w*et rolca
Eten Io that first
moment Aliaon, who had a true artistic
taat» In all matt»*» pertaining to drew,
wondered at the bad juJgtueol that could
•*l*ct dull, neutral lints fur a cuuapl*ilon
an colurlesa the large bat overshadowed
her Natures, and hid th* soft hair that
was her only beauty.
"You are Miss Hardwkk. I euppixs?“
ni >«.rr*d Aliaon. with a shrrwd guess
that thia w is the young sister of whom
Ml»» I-elgh spoke.
“Not Mie» Hardwick," rorrect».! th«
Eva ami Mattel
firl; "t ■ m only Anns
•eat H>« her« I »*.«•• they wanted la ■•■»
to each other, and they ala ays Am! ni»
In the way
Will It trouble you If I • >p
her» a little and watch you palottogf”
"Oh, no, not at all. We eball t>» nice
company for <wrh other." returned All
» hi , In a friendly voir»
her» only
thia llttl» hit of background to finish, and
tb»n I »hall be frea to talk to you."
Aliaon painted for a few minute« si
lently . eh» waa thinking Then *h« laid
•aide her brush
"If you will »» cum me a moment I
went to »peak to jour elster and Mabel,"
ehe said, rather quickly, "and then. If you
Ilk», we will go and »It Io th» gardes un-
til luncheon la ready."
CHAPTER VI!.
"Here begmuetb the Brat chapter of
Aliaon » fa.laree," sb •,-arol A!.w> i, la a
funny llttl« *o e. ae a.« an-»uatered ll->g
ar <>n bar »ay dowietair« on Manley
morning and sha 1» jfae.1 merrily as ahe
•hook her k*y ' aaker »tul’antly In h s
f«cw ll-rj*r opened hie ey-s very wilefy
at this, then h* • ,i.-*d !>« k a faw p«.-ea
and looked at h»r ad -i ringly
“llww era* did you get po«a-«s:nn of
that thing?" he esrlai -ed
"Ik» yon
know. Ali *. my dear that shabby little
brown baak»t has bean a bon« of nontan
tion between Mine lx gb and Missis for
the last mr.-«h
M ss Ixigh clings to It
•a her a la hope, »nd ref isae to gl»« It
op
It has end*d by Mia»i«'a neatly ah
etractlng it at night
Kha haa dona It
threa or four time« "
"Yea. I know Poppi« told ma all about
It. Well," In an amused tone. "I hav«
only paid ilia« a in her own coin Thanhs
to my good habit». I was draaee-l before
•ha thought of wahl g so I stole tn, got
my key basket, and wiatied Mieaie good
morning at the aame time
I am afraid
•be wdl come down dreadfully cruaa
"An though that were anything new.”
rernrneil Roger, contemptuou»ly. ae h»
took up the paper and retired with It to
the window, while Alieon busied herself
w|rti the m.fae pot
Shortly afterward
there was an unwonted sound on the
etaire.
“If it were not perfectly Incredible, I
•hon’d »ay that wan Rud*l'a fowtatep."
Roger obeerv*d, In • doubtful tone.
"Oh. y»a. It Is Riidei.' returne<1 Ali-
I woke him. and made
eon. brightly,
blm prorn aa tn get up. Miao lelgh saya
he has got into »ad wars Good boy,”
aa Hudel en ere.1. looking vary much pleas
ad at himself, »nd he bore without mak
Ing a vary wry face hia »iater'a kt»« on
bl» forediesd
Poppi»,
moment afterward with
■ot quite an reticent.
"What is that for?" •he »eked. with
a child a innocency of grammar, but In
mtrch aurpri»». as Aliaon ki**»d her warm
morning, P«q>pie,
ly, and said, "Good
dear."
"Popple meant that we ere not a-eu«
towed to them little civllltlra." put In
Roger, aa Alierò looked perpleied for a
ei-iment. "nobody aa;» gr**l morning to
anytoly else at The Holms ascept Mis«
Leigh and I; wa always do. don't we?”
Asking hands with her ae he ».wk*
“Father just give» an iecluai»« good morn
big • l the door ”
“I am afraid you are eery much sho-h
ed. Abson." et-aerred Ml»« Ix.ggi. mourn
fully
"Mabel sets it udel and Puppis
anch a bad «»ample in this nu one thinks
•f each a thing eiowpt Mr R -ger. au l he
b always so eery thoughtful "
When Mr Merle came Into the room a
few minutes later be e*»m»-t quite eurpris
ed at th« unwonted cheerfulness
lit
Boddsd to Aliaon. and then took up kia
totters but •!>• was not aa'tafied.
"You hare not kisa*d ma, papa.“ ehe
•aid. as ah« carried him round hia cup
of coffe*
"Oh. I thought only Pusale *ar«d I for
I’
klaors ' he •’ !. g >-1 humoredl* .
I np
pie neeer corns« to me fix one."
Poppi» reddened, and lx nt oeer her
piste In mu h confueion
Roger, who
wae nest to her. saw rhe child'« eyes were
full of tear*
"I eipect Popple Is afraid of bothering
yon." h* sixer <ed "You would ||kt fath
•r to kiss yon eorrxtimx. •• he 1.»
Miaaie.” he •aid. kindly.
“la that tree, my little girl?” asked
Mr Meria, who had just caught sight of
roppie'e qulrering lip. The poo* child,
who w»e very aenaittve. wee on the point
of bursting into tram, but Alx>n happily
Interpoaed
'Tapa is too but* to think nrnrfii about
anch thing» You muat go round t» mor
row and ask him for one. a» I did today,
he won't refuse either of us." and she
looked laughingly at him from behind her
CHAPTER Vtll.
orn
The brightness seemed to rouae him ef
Mlaale loked up with a frown ae her
factually lie had looked pale and weary sister entered the room, but Alis- n took
when ha entered the room, but good humor no notice of her. She walked up «freight
la infertioua
to Mlaa Hardwick, and held out her hand
"Y»n look *»*y nice. d»ar.' he «aid. ap- with one of her pleasant »miles
provlngly, "1 like tn eee you there All-
“t have just made acquaintance with
eon."
your sister," she aaid, with quiet tact;
"1 Ilk» to aee her there, too." ob- "we ars going in the garden, as the house
•erred Roger, boldly ; “It It h»r proper fee!« so clnae thx lovely day.
I ahall
place." Mlasle, who had jutt opened the be eo glad, and I am aure Mabel will be.
door, caught both these remark». they too. If you will both stay with n» to
did not evidently conduce to he* amia lunchaon."
bility Rhe gave Aliaon a withering glanc«
"1 thought you knew better. Aliaon,"
•a ehe passed by her. to (reet her father, Mleale Interrupted, pettishly, before her
and. taking no notice of her nt the other«, friend could »peak
"Dear papa 1» so
deaired Rudel rather emwsly to give her nervous and worried about bueineee and
mor» mom. and began her breakfast rarh- Roger'« wretched management that he ia
•r enlkllv.
not abto to bear innrbeon rialtnr* Bra
Rut for once her humors were di »re understand« thia, don't you. d»tr?'
garded No one troubled themealve« about
"Oh, yea. darling.” returned Mi«a Hard
her. and the conversation waa renewed wick, with effusion ; "but perhaps your
with e-nrrely a break.
Perhaps both ■later, being a stranger and not quite
Roger and Al e<>n were doing their beet to used to all the wars at The llolma, ha»
carry It oa. but their e*nae of effort waa made a mistake That la very natural.”
"tkh. no.” returned Aliaon. trying te
loot in the general good.
When breakfaat was over, and Rnd*l keep cool. *T am making no mistake
hat ruahed off to arhool, and Mr. Meria Papa will not ba in ta luncheon, or my
and Roger bad gone o»er to the mill. Ali broibar. either, is they hare buatne«« a
aon asked her elater pleasantly how »ha llttl« way eat of town So I thought. at
w« should be quite alone, that It would be
prop-wed to »pend th» morning
"That to my affair,” aha answered, very a good opportunity, Mabel, far you to
rudely. "I am not acenatomed to glee an have your friends."
Mlaaie'a pink dieefc« became erlmem
account of mjeelf tn gratify people'» curt
Mity. I may aa «»11 tell you. once for with veiatton; It aggravated her to •-»
Alieon taking upon heraelf as quietly the
all. that I d »like Interference "
Aliena felt Inclined ta laugh—there waa dntlew of the mlarraaa nt the hones, and
something comical In Miae •'« mods of •he was atill mara Injured that hyr fath
•cowing her temper, but ahe knew sorbing er's awvementa bad aat boee first notiad
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to Be-eelf She te k no autU-e af ber »'e
ter*s rmarks, and added im > word, aa Mix
Hard«i.» ai-v«pcrd tbe uxltatioa with
great alacrity
Wb«a AI.evu toft them,
after a few mure «orJ* ahe Uateeed re
luctantly te Cva's crltkiaoL
"I bad ae idea juur sister wa« rdch a
•tyliab pervoo," *5» said, when tbe dwr
rlixnl on Ailaca . "she ha* fin* eyre and a
good figure, and she know* bow to suit ber
•»•n style In dr*<x
She is not aa pretty |
aa you. darling, of evurve. but aba ba*
•ome > iainx to good took*"
Aixoa did not return these moderate
compintient» , ahe w»e not at all attract
ed by Mlaa Hardwick
Kh* we* a large,
heavy looking girl, rather bandeume, but
her fa • had no play of eipreaaioo, aaJ Let» Important but Not Lets Inter
her manner waa deeidetiy artlfi-ml.
• »ting Happening» from Points
Aliaon «(xot a pleasant hour with her
Outside the State.
naw friend under the lime trees
She
•n-n grew inierested In Anua'e artleaa
talk
Sha wa* a*>.ten’ly vary young for
The strike of cabmen and chauffeurs
her age ib igb aba «»» aarenteen, ehe
was still childlah In mtnnar* Probably has be- n declared off at New York.
aha bad been repressed and kept In tba
Montana is in the grip of a severe
background by her a alar.
bbliard with th» temperature below
"It ia an good of you tn lat mo talk to
sero.
you. Anna *a «t "Mamina and Era MJ
More cart* quake shocks have occur
I an> such a chatterbox, whra I begin
to a*k them queanrms.
I think I am red at Messina ami still more are pre-
fonder of talking than moat people An j dieted.
tbony My* that makes ma ao trouble
The firet division of the American
•on»» "
"Wbo la Anthony?" queried Aliaon. a battleship fleet has been ordered to
i Naples.
little cnrioualy.
EVENTS OE THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts o! the World.
PRLPARED TOR THE BUSY READER
UNITED STATES LEADS
Ahead of Other Nauona In Relief of
Earinquake Sufferer»
Rome, Jan. 5. The United Stair»
it far ahead of other nation» in th« re
lit f work.
Yesterday Ambassador
Griecom succeeded in And ng an Au»-
tr.an Lloyd steamer of 8,000 ton», cap
able of carrying 1.200 paasengeni. He
haa charter».! the ateamer fir two
week», and
(he
la being loaded w ith
STANDARD WINS OUT
Supreme Court Sends Landis Cate
Back Io lower Court.
liNAMMÜlS DECISION RENDERED
medical » ppliea and proem.one. Thia
Will coat *30,000. It ia expected that Rekitet
the ateamer will sail from Clvita
to
Veaahi. about So mil»« from Ron a. <n
Th reday.
order» of the Italian government.
In eddit on to auppliea, the Ameri
can relief veaeel will embark »n doc-
tore and twenty male and female
nurse«, tl ree of the latter lie.ng Ati er-
lean girl» from New York who volun
leered their »ervire».
An cr can energy haa been atrong'y
m»nife»letl in t> » work looking to re
lief of the earthquake • fferera. Am-
banaa .or Griacom and the me i tier» of
hia committee have kMumel persona
rr»|M»n»lbl ity for the elpena»« of the
expedition, relying pon the American
pubi c for fund».
Prior to engaging the atean er th»
ambassador visited Foreign Minister
Tittom and asked him if it wo Id l»e a
real service to send south a vessel
prvjier y
at pp led.
Signor Tltioni
answered that it wo Id be moat appre
ciated, for medical and supp ies wire
urgent y r
I
For a second time vandal« have loot
Rontnnnla la «aid tn hold the prit»
Cattro Very Sirk Again.
for Illiteracy. Two-thtrda of the popo ed a Jewish temple at San Francisco.
Txmdon, Jan 5 —The Daily Mail'«
lat Ion ran neither read nor write
Craekamen broke into the Fowler, Berlin eorreapon.tont eayt that S»nor
Cal., poatoffice safe and aew«red *1,300. Ca tro, ax-prean ent of Venezuela, hat
A fiant blue rrah of Japan meaaurw
All nation* are hurrying aid to th« grow n suddenly woree end w II undergo
12 feet aero« the nipper*
Italian earthquake a« fferers.
| an operation in a few days.
Subject to Correc
tion« of Judce Groatcup.
It will be placed under the
"Ob, he 1» our wnuln . he Is ataylng
Half the busir.e*» portion of the town
with oa now
Era says U 1» »•> nice, be of Kensington. Kan., baa been destroy-
cause we have no brother*, and he caa ed by fire.
take us about. Eva and be are great
Election* in France resulted in the
friends, «he always calle him Tony
II*
ia such a han.le-one fellow, with a big »election of x-.iators who are favorable
black mustache like a cavalry officer. II* to the administration.
to In tbe arm*, you know
I acn drr«J
The German emperor, afraid to ask
fUily frightened of him. becaus* be iaugbe
parbament for more money, h a asked
at i», but It Is only bis «Sy. be turau*
his family to econuroiso.
to tw good natured ”
Alison prudently refrained from all
The Union Exchange bank, of !.os
GUNBOAT TO NICARAGUA
comment«, but sa.d, lightly, “Now we A ng lea, haa lx n placed in the hands
have talked all thia time, and I wonder of t e state batik commissioner.
Report of Revolution Said to Have
what has b*cr>nie of your stater and Ma
The mines o' Tonopah, Nev., have
bel? I pr<q«>*e that we have afternoon
Closed Act o*> by Uncle Sam.
milb-d
during
the
year
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a
total
of
tea under these tree«, and that you anl
Washington,
Jan. 5. Reporta of ex
I. with Sarah'« help, should prepare a 241,296 tons of or«, of value estimated
peditionary movements
in
Central
at
|t>,388,980.
little aurpri*» for them. Will not 1‘oppje
Ameiica have led to a clove watch of
b* delighted r
Plana have been announced for a big the situation by the Washington g v-
Anna might ha*» boen • rhIM from stock yatd at New York rivaling those
ernment and. acting under urders from
th* way «he clapped her hands, «be had
of th*- West. The organization will te the Navy department at the req ¡eat of
narer »njoyed her»»lf ao mu h In all her
capitalised at 110,000,000.
| Secretary R'x»t, the gunboat Dubuque
Ilf* aa during the nett half hour, as •ha
The Italian earthquake will not af today aai ed from Havana fur II ue-
and Alison dragg-d chairs acrox ths
field« The Dubuq e will touch at Key
lawn, and arranged the little tea table, fect the fruit trade.
West for supplies.
Her presence in
with the nice ba»k*t of hot c*k»* that
H«-n»y »ays Harriman I* behind all
old Xanny had prepared, acme freah
the neighborhood of Nicaraguan terri
strawberrlve, and a llttla raw of ro»** San Franci’O grafters.
tory will have a reassuring effect III
in the renter. Even M.mle looked pleea-d
L<" al opturi people expect that a the event that any trouble occurs in
«hen. on reluming from their hot walk large j art of Indiana will gu dry thia that section.
•he might *.ght of the snowy rioth under year.
At the State department it was
the trees.
Stated that there was no fresh a vice
All hope of Am«-rican Consul Cheney
“That ta really a good Idea." aha ob
from Central America ami no official
served, In a grudging tone, howeter. but having escaped the ez<'tbquak» haa been exp anati n of the gunb at's dispatch
given
up.
Eva very nearly made ber < rose again by
1 to Nicaragua« waters was forthcom
•ay Ing i
Lack of fund* may cau e the investi ing.
Senor Corea, the Nicaragua«
"How dell< ions of your aieter ! I really gallon of N»w York'a financial coi dl-
ni n ster, said there might be some
Would bug her for thia
What a pity «re
tion to atop.
friction, but that he d-d not believe
nevrr thought of thia before, dear, and
Night riera of Tennessee made an that there was any r»vo ut un forming.
then Tuny might ha>e joined ua!"
Rrjv.rts connecting John Moisant,
When Itog-r returned from bis Work, anauccessful attempt to kid Attorn« y
of Sa vador, with a revo utionary or
an hour earlier than he expected, he (feed Gen> ral Caldw« II.
ganize’ion claimed to I h > fitting out in
quite travelled on the gravel walk : for
A Japan«-e steamer wa* wrecked Nicaragua against Salvador, attra ted
rertalnly a > h a pleasant little picture
It was raca la I
had ne>er been »»eo before iu the garden off th» coa t of Cm a and the surviv some attention here.
ors murdered by Chinese.
that he s one of tho two men (lain ing
uf The llolma.
"You may have my chair by Ml«
Roos« velt ha* cabl< d the Italian gov to be nature iaed American citiarns
Ixlgb,” etcla.tned 1’upple. eagerly, “Oh. ernment off. ring the u.*< of tho bat lie who were Imprisoned in Salvador and
tlx ake* are eu nice, Itoger, and ther« ship fleet, which is near there.
whose lives were barely saved through
are two left "
the intervention of the government.
Poi-oned
candy
haa
been
sent
through
"I mu*t make you aorue fresh tea. you
poor tired day laborer," observed Alla«' > the mails tu two famili« s at Itonv.r.
STORM KING GRIPS ALASKA.
ae II .-»* threw himself Into the wicker The police are entirely at a< a.
rdiair an-l remored hie hat.
Rooe« velt haa a« nt two cargo»« of
"Oh. let me do It!" e»rlatm*d Anna
supplies to the earthquake stiff rers Tamperatura Low and Several Lives
eagerly. "I know th» «ay to the kitchen
e
Reported Lost Ne.»r Nome.
and will ask congress to give |5u0,U00.
quite well."
Nome. Jan. 6. Tba wore! atorma
"Yea. and t will go. too," ad led Pop
All line* of the Milwaukee road have
pie "There are some more atrawberriea been re-organiz d und r the name of which have ever swept the panIna -la
I know "
the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul are in prog raa. The gla»a ia a eadi y
falling and much suffering results. !re
"Bring me a big plateful,” called out Railroa«i company.
Roger, as Popple frltked away; but he
last night backed up into First street
Haney says hs is not seeking public and merchants were forced to move
In-died after them both rather cnrioualy
Ilia little friend looked different, aorne office.
their goods.
how. he thought Was It Aliaon, he won
D -ring the storm four Eskimo« were
The Italian govsrnmen haa redue.d
dered. who had put thoee coquettiah took
stranded on an ice floa.
Rescue waa
relief work to a system.
Ing rose« Into tbe little gray gown?
impotwiible. and t cy |n-riah«-d almoet
The firet step in restoring independ in sight of the city.
Anna's face looked dimpled and amiling
One iratn of
Her blue ayee 'lithe »hone «hen ahe came ence in Cuba haa been taken.
Freigh'er J. E. Row» ia missing, with
back
She an t Al *on and Roger bad a
A volcano at sea and a field of boll th» driver, and much alarm ia felt for
Ire ( talk «l> e M <« Leigh liataned an-’
ing
water is reported off U.S etta at of hia safety.
knitted Induatr: U’ly
.Mia-le and Eva
A sealehing party left last nl^ht to
had wandered away again moat llk-lv Georgia.
seek seven miner«, believed to have
tn av.-ld Roger
He had aildreaaed M a.
Ex-Consul Prire, of the
United
Neithrr miners
Hard« < k » "h at lu-d politeneM. but she Stat»«, and his entire family ptriahrd peris ed in the storm
nor searchers have been hear I fh m.
h,J towed her head and hardly answered in the earthquake.
From repor a received there has tieed
him. She would mah» no terms with tlj*
Th- Baltimore water front hal a fire much suffering everywhere
in th»
enemy who had wounded ber vsnlty an
which for a time threatened th« entire storm tone except at Nome.
grievously.
The damage ia placed at
”We will take one more turn, dartinc betrtet.
Married Meo Earluded
and then we muat really go," the had *200,000.
•aid to Miaaie. and In • few more minute*
Man la. Jan 6. -Accorri ng to an
The Chinese imperial railway haa
they heard h»r calling for Anna.
displaced almoet all foreign employ»« announcement just ma<le non» but un
"Come. Anna, don't dawdle. We must and hereafter the ruad will be operatrd mar rieri mrn e ili he ac epted by th»
really go now.”
governmrnt in future to serve an ttfll
by natives.
"Good by. 1 ha»e had eurh a happy
ceni in th» con» abt> ary fo ce on the
The government has secured evidence
afternoon, thank you so mu- h," whispered
ielanla. and off! cere a ir» ad y in th» ser-
Anna, with a timid kina that Alieon that meat p«ckera have been soliciting vita »ili not i»e alo* ed to marry v ith-
"One day you will rebat»« from railroads in the form of
warmly returned
out th» con rnt of th» government
hare me again, will you notY’
damage claims.
; Th » decision ha» becn reached Iwcau e
"Come whenever you like, dear. I am
The Hamburg American ateamship uf the i olat on of manyot thè constai -
sure we ahall be good friend«." returned
Aliaon. forgetting the neoe«aity of lower line is pr«-paring for a direct line from ulary poeta enti th» greatdiffb'U’ty tbat
Europe to the Pacific coast through ha» been aneouiitered in providing
tng h*r mice
I traneportation an «he ter «uitab'e for
Mlaa Hardwick laughed affor-tedly as the Panama canal.
women.
•ha heard the apeech.
Every state and eity in the United
"You are a lu--ky girl to have got a
States, le«i by the government, has
friend ao quickly. Is ahe not. Mr. Roger?
Riot st R- ha* Meeting
haste- ed to raise relief funds for the
Oh! l forgot . yen are her frlend. too." •trickan earthquake sufferers.
Lynn Maa«., Jan. 5. A ma»» meet
with _ a Utile epire of tenon» In ber tone
ing of taliana held in La ter»' hall to
I «hall t» moet htppy to be roneld
Postmaster* throughout Great Brit«, rai«e fund» for the earthquake suffer-
Miea
Anna'»
frlend;
and
I
am
eure
ered____ .
sin have started psyit g old age pen ere, en-’ed in a not. The 'roub’e wa«
Alteon will my the earns" rejoined Ilog»* «ions, by which the government will
precipitated by a Socialist Imbor »peak
in hie downright manner.
"Good by distribute *35,000,000 annually.
er. who charged that fun<i» raised for
Mlaa Anna."
Venezuelan students burned t’aatro sufferers by a previous earthquake had
(Te be rea’tnoed )
been misappropriated.
m effigy.
Ott er Than ta
Interfere
Return It
Washington, J:*n.
5.
The
famous
929,240,000 fine c**e against tha> Stand-
puny vt
by the Supreme court
of
■■■.|g*cl
the Uni tod
State«, but will be retried before Judge
Landis, who in | - rd the t ow famous
fine.
Such IS ti c effect <-f the ^'¿¡ rema
Court’s action in the matter.
The <leci*'on of th« cotirf tn th’« et-
feet w a* annouonec I by Chief Justice
Fuller oon after the court convened
yesterday. The case came to the court
on a pi tition filed by the government
asking the court ir. a petition for a
writ of <ertiorari toortler up the record
in the ca e for a r< view of the deciaien
of th I'n te-l State. C rcuit Court of
Appeals for the Seventh circuit, by
which Judge Landis' original deciaion
im|H>.>ng a fine of 129.4 ’.(XW against
the Standard Oil company for accept-
ii g rebates from the re l«ay companlao
was reversed. In the Supreme court
the case turned lsrg< 'y upon the ri. hi
of the court to in'erfere, in view of the
fact that the ca>e I ad been parsed up
on by the Court of Appeals, the govern-
,'» sa
a right, w hile it »»» urged n behalf • f
the oil company that the precedents
were all against such a proceeding.
The action uf the court consisted in
the announcement that th» govern
ment's pet itii n would not be granted.
The effect uf thia announcement will
be to l< ave standing the decision of the
Court of Appeals, which wa* adverse
to the government and favorable to the
company.
Th.' court's announcement was the
barest form lily. No reason whatever
were given and the determinattion of
tl e co rt was stated along with a nun -
her of other < a*ea of comparatively lit
tle inq- itancc
The chief justice a m-
ply announce.! that the petition for
certiorari was d*ni«d. Under this rul
ing the case will now go back to Judge
Landis’ court for a r ew trial. In ae-
cordame with the decision uf the Court
nf Appeals.
It is stated at th«- department of jus
tice th t the decision gives the c se its
original status, sub) ct t<> th» views of
Judg>- Grosscup. as c ntaine«! in hia
decisions of July 22 and November 1".
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DOWN TO SYSTEM.
Ampin
Huppl es Now
Ava labla
Earthq iakn Country
In
Naples. Jan S. Although th» Its),
an authorities were seem nirly dated
at first by th<- magnitude ■ f the tbsa-t-
er, the situation is now greatly improv
ed. Ample supplies of sll kinds are
arailahl .
Foreign relief societies
have Iwen <>r anisetl in several coast
o ■ < in S cilv.
I ■ ’ ’ \ t:'
I 'nplieh
•|H-akir g i h brants, under the direc
tion of Mr. Wood, the Amerlcsn art st,
sre co duct ng sn Anglo Amerlcsn hoa-
pltal at Giardina.
Foreign officer«
who have explored the ru’ns on l-'th
Bides of the straits gi'e higher erti-
mates of the 1 as of life than Italian
reports. They bel eve that ffo.ooo per
sons h>ve been killetl or (rapped in (he
rtiina of Me«a>na and 30.000 at Reggio,
where the tidal wsvcrtxe to double the
height that it did at Messina.
8’gtior de Nava, n Rcgg o member of
th<- Ital’an rhanilier of deputies, has
personally traversed most of the earth
quake district - n both «'des of the
strait.
He eatimatea the total dead at
Hfi.OOO, the wounded at 4,onn. Of the
dead Signor de Nava calculate» that
50 000 are at Messina, 2* 000 at Reg-
g'o and 7.000 nt ether roaat and Inte
rior towns affected
The r diua of destruct on extends .10
ml-* mrth «”-• «ou’h on the co- at of
S'cly and on the mainland for an equal
dxtanee from Radicena. toward« the
south.
Ut» m.lum Fé rei A >••» *.
Vienna. Jan
fi. The A » ro-Hun-
gaH-n
rovernmen'
ha» In»’ ucted
Count Fon aeh d» Chyme», minster at
Rei rad», tn demsnd an rpol gy from
M. Milanovica Servian foreign minia-
ter, f r his anti Austrian ■•♦eeances In
a speech b»f r» ’h» nation» I assembly.
Count Fo-gaeh will be recall d
The
opin-on >s h» d at Vienna that S«rvia
a bent on war.
u R War»hlp on Brens
Canton, Jan fi. The Amer'ean gun
boat Helena has arrived here in conae-
q enee of the ant' foreign movement
a d t^e exe fervent am ng the natives
as the re-nit of a l’< r’"v »a»'»sman
on the British -teamer Fa'shan having
kicked a cod to to death.
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