,“ course of flagrant insubordinatlon,
l disfiedisncs of the orders of M'
- . ulasiensrs. Why did they not ap-
., lit a. committee after holding that
' ' ret session? The charg-
,. re bros!“ em
' ur. Voltaire-1 1|.th
ce, bacde up by the evidence? and
obliched in,4 terms that left nothing
tit imagination. Why did they promise
tel :snske a public statement exonerat-
i the commissioners. and then crawl
of it by ssylhg that, 0919 fiuld 'not
drummer-‘5' “fins ns s roaplt of
an infglnnal Why. did not
.Winchester publish the statement
iii the newspapers, aploglsing to the
cfinmissloners, as he promised to?
our citizens find 'tll'e isomers of
council must 'swili her that, while
as representstivbs siege city of South
Ilk they are entitled to the r‘sm
"g; of the community, no body of
nigh in public office can indulge in
ink, pnnctlcg of "peanut politics" and
, phat-respect Now. with all due
pool. to the gentlemen appointed to
new this trouble 1 prepare to
let his public in on the whole ques-
tlbn. {in they are the real owners‘ of
%M and the only ones i acknow-
1 go any responsibility to. Truth s
12% ging. Councilman Monke-
miles by'ifi. contrary no lwithstanding'.
i'r own actions the council
In“; forfeited their tight to be con-
edited on any part of this question
Thblr studied impartiality towards the
commissioners, their sm'ilous pose for
' the welfare of the plant and the mag
niacent statesmanship displayed by
them during this whole dispute will
long be remembered by the citizens
of South Not—want. Mr. iiug'itehieier
has felt the responsibility ,of his high
ce very keenly and he has faith-
fully you the bosses orders, but he
renal s'I me very much of a sm'ail boy
with this first pair of trousers, fondly
imagining, every time he appears upon
the streets, that the eyes of the world
are fired in stimulus}: upon him he
will soon enter into the reward, how-
eber."a‘s Mr, Winchester has had him
in trit'l‘nln'g for some time to be one of
til ilw commissioners ‘i‘liiat s9 Iii'ir
.. . it wtfi‘ be if the t‘st‘t'tér
g horn Mr. Winchgater has slrpatly
_ ec ed. are as faithful and obedient
whet What a ’nia'g'lliiicent ilgu’rd 'Mr.
,nkemeier will make as a commis-
syo‘uer with his splendid business
‘ ' - trdinin so'ut'i t and profound“
wall egghhefigg' Whll‘ glar-
zine» taco must not be. when ,
iopawml W3!“ new board will 9119-41
lish and what vast sums of money
Vi 'l'vill be toill the pl'ail't is milking!
Alan,,9'lrhat anxi thought ,w.l9ii be
devoted ta dis spn ning of the" ‘30.
appropnls't'lonM to' be linked fdr 1132':
year, for another enlargement of the
Midi.» -
‘fltlibve been waiting vary balllén'tly
for: m.‘ Winohedt'ér 'toh'ni‘wer
queations asked in Ipstj'ntnrm's .pa-
per, and take the liberty of reminding
him of them Possibly they slipped
hi9, magma. as I know from experi-
eilce ‘that his memory is rathp'r slip-
p'er'y at tunes. He has not even then-
lion the lamp question the meter
facts. wh'elhet the oil is satisfac-
tory or not. ol‘ the charging of bat-
terles or whethér the city got the ten
per cent. or riot. While on this sub
le§k1.n}}ght mention that a resident
of fill: oily, who fr neptly' h'as his
batterlés‘ c'h'a'rk'éd at t e 'p‘iant told me
that hf addition to paying fifty cents
,fnrfleiner'vice'. as was. also required
s own acid ' ‘tht a mist
nwiflili yoiu'billty cih it be not
sign 1115: this is the slittie'jrtdeih"
9e‘d only with hip tr'u‘ht'y fou'n-
thin ,used to stand in the center
of Innuendo do vipers: battle with
‘ W w‘hn't a voluble new be
919'th glen he would» i'm-
,' ~ :zVJnlllnlihmont‘neahoftloi
big.” ”Mill“ thusgendprod them
W mid. pour. out. \upon, them
“10%!”th tor-rest 90f filament
mallow-ll ever. seen outside 1.91
gm pf 9,9hlgh ockooly 9g9rad1late.
, gm (is; citinons. at that. tit‘np. would
Mm my“ tho brilliant flashes of
Martini we its new favored with.-
‘ thjfl 111's elleélfpn‘t ‘we'r'e'
“islands that
ask hlln' a few
. lid/«ho birth
1.1.1.11 at inll nr‘istc,
Ill
. pipe. :w‘wlll
. . ”we
not
will} on the swl'lchboard.
l‘énmn‘e its in-
‘fdre it was neces
fnr enough ahead
lion of thdt me:
. , t9hl91n’ trout instilling
. . '9. ingery fall, Ila coal
. electric currents would burn “it the
. than fifty dollars and was simply a
the?
'g'rafl thid'was .
ll :wmoh‘ester seems to have lost:
of tho mater .testing radii with shee‘t
asbestos sachred by brass-headed
nails? Was he afraid that some stray
bflck walls? Or do brick walls offend
his aesthetic taste? This cost not less
waste of money.
Why did he caches the new fire
alarm switchboard in an eatpens’ive,
quartered oak and panellld cabinet.
which had of necessity to be placed in
A dark. greasy corner of the engine
room? Or was it necessary to put a
telephone booth in the same greasy en-
1“!“ room, that would be, an ornament
we.» a first class office building? Was
Mit because he likes to spend otha poo
ple's money, or was it just plain fool-
ishness‘.’ Let some of our citizens go
into the station and take a look at
these things.
10. Why did he induce the men in
the plant to withdraw their petition for
shorter hbnrs, presented Jnnuary 26,
.1907. saying that its and tile matter
under consideration? Why was the
question allowed to drop for nearly
two years?
ll Why did Mr. Winchester and
Commissionen Smith. oppose and de
lay. by every I in their power,
the plan p're ted by' Mr. Volk and
myself to run the pliiht in three eight.
hour shifts. such as Is the standard
practice elsewhere? Mr. Winchester it
opposition to the eight houi shift was
so persistent that for the sake of bar-
mony it was increased to nine hours.
taking effect January 1. 1909. with an
agreement that the eight-hour shift
would lie adopted eVbnthally.
12. How would Mr. Winchester and
Mr. Smith like to work twelve hours
a day, seven days a week, as the on-
gineers and firemen had to do for
years with the exception of one man
who did about what be pleased. " May
1 hope for an answer to these ques-
tions?
All the signs point to a. tremendous
outburst‘about the' oil and the Diesel
engines. just before election l recol
lect reading in the minutes of the
board meetings, before I was a mem-
ber, that the Diesel Engine Co coni-
pla9lned that their engine was not re-
celvl'ng very careful treatment.
Very truly yours
radius nicknames.
liili’llliii null
ill itii iciiii
Many 'l'ov'ins pl llic Slate Will Vole
o'n llie License Oueilion
chl Mdhlli
new navy-1N, sent; 18.—An twiivc
canvass is being made by the temper
place people as well as by the liquor
internals-9 in the town which will lipid
meet‘in a. next gloom and vote on the
outfield E or iféehs'é. mount. is ill
vor of; prohibition in the form of leaf
m8. and pamphlets distributed by the
'Prpbl'liltl'onlsts dro b ng replied to
in unlit? same mall'ii y th'eb oppo
trellis, and the veil: e of matter sent
through the“ mail from the local post-
ofli'c'e has been very large“ Col‘. Slew.
art, of Kentucky ROW is on, the plat
form for the Prohibtl tlonlsts will speak
at Winsled on cho' r 25 hall at New
Milford the non: flight. and ‘Jacob
Klein, oLBridgepoi-t, will make reply
to that speaker at each place 011 each
night followln
On the gust: er of dra'yv i up pe
dtio‘ns all per cent. on iessi vo
tors in a town for a ballot (in the
question of license- much confusion
has developed locally. on technical
questions relating to the new law. L0-
gai advice has been sought in various
quniteis and it has been decided that
while the law no not' apocimcally
state how voters it oh“ sign the pc
titlon the safest way is believed to
be in having voter's a 11 these peti
titans just as their names appear‘. on
the voting list. In several places in
Northeastern Connecticut, where peti-
tipnp have been9 circulate]; hy9 the
rap reap e v to ve, s gne
£39099; flalT‘Ee‘s' Ill 9' WE raililcli ‘llll‘s 'no
horns'ed to their ltd es on the tolvn
lists. For fantasies, .a. man has signed
his name “John Smt " whey nae begs
registered its "4., mth" ’Fhir’ih ii
siveii rlsé .0 question is to the legal
ity of the hfroma l egal fat of-
view Isis he] merely a conical
ity w, ch might deev 1‘83ng
case or dispute in: the ghost! fig to
the lint as not- cont am hi to the “h'ct'ul
a1 reqi'tli'emé, .
susv'evm‘o F-‘llri he;
.__._.
New York Engineers at went Neaf
. Mill Plain.
Engineers in the employ of New
York state are at work ricer Mill
Plain sieving surveys of the New York
state line. There has been a disputew
at Albllhy over the fact met the line
was never properly laid oht and the
surveyors now at workha deal
so
osmot the line will hnve to be re- donat-
" the late
they” el‘ls'Wlll
a kiln,
w .11.»
are liters lab sibfllty that thel
will be changed so as t'o r
his “house. .ln thnt oa‘iie r. ields
l! wl be Module in Connect-j
0"
whiit' or train the sprig
cool. vacmons has... 2““...
DILIGHTFUL I‘HORT SEA TKSIP. TO OLD POINT COMFORT
OLD DOMINlON LINE
Inetdslng Aheenrbdstid'n'b at Hotel Chamberlain. 9 ,
n
9‘ .~.-
Days' outing. including trans-
poristion and he :18 00
tel accommodation.
a make surveys to determine ’whether '
rags; ! “3%? ' u
ill: 5. 93%,,“ hi?!
ӣ111 'e'is'at ehl ti
Days' outing. including trans-
. pdrmtlon and‘ho- $22.00
tel accunmiod'hilon. .
The only direct line to Old Paint cemfert wl
pleat cnba
filesmshlpe are all equipped with the United Wireles's Talent-3:: syste'm,
Steamers lcnve New York cverv day oxl'cpi Sunday at 3 p. m.. arriving
Old Point Comfort following morning.
Return ionic Norfolk daily except
Sunday at 7 p. Ill. arriving in New York
Iboiit 2:30 p in
Tickets and stateroom reservations. l’itn' In, North River. .fool. of Beach 81..
I
bid.
ill will in '
n9 Stillli iii
Accused oF illegally Voting on Election
Day Lssl November
ANSONIA, Sept. li.-fl'he fractional
light among the Hebrews in this city
warrant was served upon Attainey
took a new ti'uii last cloning, when ll
Frhnk'lin W. Ctiliei‘l, t'o appear In the
oily court next Monday in answer to.
a charge of illegal voting. Attorney
Cohen, who was a strident at Yale.
passed the state bar examination laiit
spring, while he was still at college
and was admitted to the bar.
he Applied for all. received nil HilMilil‘
ment as commissioner of the Bbbéflor i “‘9 "33“" ‘3 that many "M"
An this (line it is claimed he ‘ “9"“ “PM“ ‘0 M “in 40"“ “i“
like eyes show too much forehead to
lgive them the appcnrhiice the design-
man was made ere intended. A milliner ler will put
m ballot at ".6111 teque on and say.
Court.
was still a “liner,
majority yesterday.
Last fall the youii
a voter and cast his
November election. The accused is a
son of Philip A. Cohen a kosher meat
denim and one of ilie most prominent
and wealthy Jewish residents of the
city. Both Attorney (‘ohen and his
father took an active part in the con
troversy that hits ap'lit iho local He-
brew synagogue and his friends in-
lego that the arrest is part of a
scheme to pct even, They claim the
young mails parents told him last
year that he had reached his maioritv
4nd, thlll hia’ 0'th was not committ-
'od k'nowi'iigl'y, but was either the re-
sult of a mix-11p of the Jewish and
Christian calendars.
lFSlllllllllll ,illI
Mill, 9 NFFFlFil
only reaching his
Reporietl llisi ills National Hal Mail-
ulsclums Astib‘clslion Did
Not Act on Thom
DANBURY, Sept. 18.-A story in
circulation in halting circles in this
city today to the effect that the As-
sociated Hat Manufacturers. at a meet-
Ink at the llolei Astor in New York
city on Wednesday. declined to accept
the resignation of ilfteen Dsnbury
hat manufacturers. tendered to the As-
iatioll on September 9.
5m’l'h‘e sioiy has it that the association
held that the resignations were pre
turers l'Ul n1 a part of the obllgbtions of
l0 the association, and it was held that
the bond, or agreement which is the
Mills of the litigation now in progress
between the Associated Hat Manufac-
turers trams a partoflheobligntions of
he individual manufacturers to the
ssociation. in other words, the story
has. it that the association dellned
o accept the resignations until the
26.000 bonds were paid.
Bitch action would be of manifest
[invariance in the local batting situa-
tion because the. settlement of islet
inrch was based In a large mess
ire upon the icsigiinlluiis of total
ninnbfanturors from the national as-
societies;
fimnml‘n‘ont Danbiiiy manufacturci.
is
this nftornoon that he was Aware
of the story, but did not know whether-9
it was true or not
“No. Dnabury manufacturer ntiehdbd
he , eetlng of. the Associated lint
ann aclurers in New York on Wed-
headay he sald.‘ . ond we have not
learned just. what period was tnken. "
Tub: llvdhlllg News reached Sanilt'él
tiu‘n hells, president of the Assoclat
d Hat manufacturers, by teleithOne
this ufgernoon had asked him if it was,
rue l at Wednesday” a meeting of
e association the resignations of the
Donbury manufacturers had not been
accepted. 99 19311
{‘No set on the res aliens
was tailsti'hina'l tipyed edn'eidays meeting.“
we Mr. undheims' reply. ‘
he incl thntf no notio‘ wile taken
ltp'on the resignations i‘n icnt'es that
they have not not been 'abcopted and
it is possible i at the position taken
ho National association In flint the
mine s, cs'nhol be" acted upon an
a fail icrs that the. association al
sin b'e obi aliens to the or nniza-
sal- iri‘l#9ei ed. Such a sitl'o‘n
got hit gonerhl sense of the
"It 9 eclinalIOn of the associa-t
a 'cbbt' the resignations as they
Bast adviser board of the
'm rs of Nor America is
,w York today and
filters tire tinder-stood to be
1" discussion The generate
relfl'l
li'o
F , 'f final] iltl city, so far its «ould I199
York state Xhfic cl ll this afierp boil, was flint
Thur 5' “tag. slime Mlbe visit llto:I kindle ll id conlinue ulnar smooth
farm' 9. 11191111111611 he has I) filmy," (phyla: tiny complications that
semi-1t it In an , as" to tile out no will round to the 1-143le
9! ill, W l_‘ o den ell'llbeol‘s'. at the inatilifnciiireiii
if It
on“ ilk this my dad in New ii"-
if Bethel would continue to
work in Juli-many until matters could
b'e‘ htliusl
W
bred‘cli' of promih'e‘suit In spool
i i
Fields l seek rev h
ill fills-1 for: stats. 9
a
nnbntiinte if” s wedding wot.
”m" 'lnot dressing it below the crown and
’ “no iron iLLusrkAgo tantrum “ “7‘ t
WOODROW. 'l'l'aiichlanhgci J i
General onions. in 86 Beach St,
0W1!.Gcls;rsl Passenger Agent.
,9,,9,1
0F lllFllFll Ill m.
Navy blue seems to be. as popular I
Color for early fall as any and old as
it In one never tires of il—probably be-
cause it is so becoming. ,
There seems to be on unwritten rule
that the. sleeve of the trinirnsd coat
shall be more or less abrerlsted alid
that only the sleeve of the very plain
coat shall be long.
The only color about a simple and
very beautiful blink cloning toilet is
new In the lining of the wrap. flown
slid wraps are. both the lli‘lleil of black
fabrics. the dress it satin Directuire
with, black lace yoke and sieves and
the wrap broadcloth.
Nor'walk women have not yétfb's'gniil
to dress lh'e‘lr hlilr low, that is they lire
which
‘This is the wsl'
that are wearing it in New York." old
orn- can listen between the words and
get the meaning
Never were here such beautiful ali-
overs of heavy litre chenille tiny
beads etc" for yokt-s sleeves and pan
els as are being offered now. The
blocks are very, very rich looking.
. The dressmnker is working little
touches of fur into the braid trimming
with which like Is decorating some new
tailored dresses.
Don't think you‘will save anything
by having few batons on your gowuor
suit, for if 'you have only a few they
must b the choicest, and the hand-
homer cs cost money
Ma'stard is one of the [and colon
sili‘ohg mllilners. not the clear color
which so many call mustard but a sort
of grimy yellow that looks as if it had
's bit of bronse worked in with it.
‘ 'l‘b'e merchants will tell you that
lvlien a season starts in with a style
so genoisl as long coats are just has
one can look for a change before the
season is over. and they are already
predicting that and}! loorder coats.
whether fur or (I b will be short by
January.
80 essential is a sand complexion 0
a stylish hat that many milllners n
the metropolis carry face cream. and
powiiere (I the best quality.
1112‘. y'oke, front panel. Dealt paaei
sad plailpd iionnce of a dress of cloth
are all cut in one; that is. no s'ehms
appear, being hidden under the plaits.
The underarm pieces hrs eel in and a
strapping of the cloth covers the join-
ing to the flounce
'i‘lie strictly college dresses that are
being brought out this fall are very
much appreciated by the girls who like
smart clothes. and a little d'etail that
makes them specially popular is that
they can be got with the college colors
and lneignins.
It was thoughts human act to abol-
tab the blln‘dcrlr which used to form
part of a‘ hbr'se‘s bridlo but one o'c
t‘asionally sees something these dayd
Which must be as bad on a horse's eye-
sight as biindcig were. This is the
row of large white honoring; that f
low 'on'e another from his loreheitdli
most down to his nose. and midway.
right between his eyes. is decorated
with a big ribbon bow that is more.
likely to be fed than anythlhg else.
Stop and think what it must be to al
ways locking at and byer that red
bow. And it is all done, merely. to
dross him ,up and make‘hlm look a
little smarter tha'sl his neighbors.
cams-9
. '03 “Hell: .3 '
C A s T O
Tfilt'EE Riemann ne'er.
visit-«Tat of9Elth, eleventh and six-
teenth in Hartford.
HARTFORD, Sept. 18.—Griszled vet-
erans of the Civil War to the number
b; 200, the "boys" who fought in the
ranks of the Eighth Eleventh and Six
tecnth Connciticut Volunteer Regi-
lncnls at Antietam, held their animal
reunions here yesterday, this being
the anniversary of the Antietam strug
gie The membbri of the Eighth VO‘l
ed to present a picture (if (morn liar-t
land’ or the Ninth (:11th, lofieditwitk
Pesto. A. IL, of Norwich. Viccl’resl-
dents, one for each mummy WON
elected, as were also the old officers.
fli91the Sixteenth-Mot-
as... h. a. mm.
a oon r e re s
q 1:33- .,%l&rgem.19 . Q.Wltltncy, of
:hls‘ oily. wds tw‘hosen «Foraging, n‘nd
r a re an open 13 ran
okl'flhe’rm ardw itll$g illp chlorides
offithe ”meson. esteem ill Rock-
3,912. About fifty respiin 'ed to the
m9» c i {agile meetings the Elev-
ekiindtgt. Capt. E Fuller. of
biscted pre sat, and
:1: Fiction Quinn secretary trensur
e .
hon—Mu
9,1 rite. amulet-£19191. 999m the esdldr it
a
to ill
iffitillllli ll'l'i'll iisii
liil Flilll
ICunlinii'cd ‘frolil First Page.)
made. The operaiion of the filler sys-
tent was explained by the water coal!
niissioners, the resident engineer 8am»
uel W. Hoyt Jr. and others intereEt-
ed; and the visitors received a thor-
ough insight into the institution. They
expressed themselves as being much
pleased With it. and several believed
that such a filter Would answer the re
quirements of their home city.
Tile great marvel is that the public
water when it is in Its worst condi-
tion. as at the present time can be
purified and made usuable by filtra-
lion.1
Tbc visiting party. from Lynn conv
1‘iistcd of Mayor James Rich. City Clerk
Charles Spear, three members of wal-
er board. Thomas Campbell. E. E. Pink
bani. John .I. Hayes; Superintendent of
Water Works Daniel Sutherland.
natcr suppli committee, Messrs. Sall-
iry. Burrous. Newhnll; City Engineer.
George Leland, Mr. Comings. reporter
of the Lynn Daily item. rind sir. stebb
rep'ort'er of the Lyon Daily News. The
my ortiyn’h that they must purify that
public writer by filtration, and these
gelitleinon will visit and examine the
various systems of water purification.
They expect to vlrit flltrafldn plant!
in New York. New Jersey, Pounsylvb
fill usdcotmectleut. res-South Nol-
willlt plant “is ihe use that they so-
lrcied for inspection in Connecticut.
The. City of Lynn has about 80.000
population and uses about 6,500,060
Kllllonl of water daily. averaging
eighty gallons per capita. They expect
to build a filtration plant that will
hair a cap'a’t-tty of 109110300 gallon:
daily. They have but five square
miles of water shod. Just one-half the
area of South Norwalk's water shed.
The water system of Lynn has four
reservoirs, these are supplied about
half of the year from their water ehed
and one-half of the year with water
from the lyswich river. The river is
damed up and the marshes flooded.
and this water after standing about
loo days for the bacteria to die, is
let into the four reservoirs to suppla-
ment the water shed supply. The visi-
tors expressed themselves In words of
astonishment when they saw the green
murky. bad smelling water that went
into the primary filter and compared
It with the transparent sparkling water
that came out into the clear water
basin ready to go to the city. ‘
0n rotunilng to the city the watci
commissioners took the party to the
electric light plant. The visitors wen
profuse in their praise and comments
of the lighting plant and fire alarm
system. The unanimous verdict of all
the gentlemen was that the City of
Lynn was a back number when com-
waler wollts.' electrical plant, good
roads and lieshllfhl surroundings.
Mayor ni‘cil site he wished that the
people of Lynn would come to South
Norwalk and see for themseiyes how
well things could be done.
In conversation with a member of
the board of wnter commissioners the
question was naked1“Are there furth
or improvements that can he made to
the water system Y" He ropllai: “Yes,
the Water works lire th‘e sins as any
other cnterpriie. implosions‘enl in do
tails can be made constantly. For ex-
ample. sand put in the secondary Ill
le‘r chamber. fh‘e ctlrp annihilated from
the city lake. reservoir, a meter rate
established and motors gradually but
constantly Installed. No reason why
the future should not be one of contin-
uous improvement"
The board of public commissioners
desire to publicly thank all those who
so kindly furnished automobiles and
gave their personal services, in con-
toying theivleltors from Lynn to the
filtration plant and liefbrn.
The automobiles which met the par-
ty at the train from Boston. returned
to the station for the 5: 50 p. in. train
Hr New York. The autos were kindly
Pldgeon, mehrldge. beCount, Math-a
er. Hubbeil. Briggerman. Volk. Mor—
gan, Talmadge and Barclay. Mrs. F.
In. Baxter hall for her guests for the
flip Mayor Rich, of Lynn, and Mayor
Bllrdell. tni‘tr, Mrs l. witch donors, of
South Norwalk.
From South Noiwdlk there were in
attendance Mayor Francis l. Burncll.
Water Commissldneis Stephen ll.
Match and Franklin A. flmith. Coun-
clli'ncn Albert- M Pohlinan, John E.
Paul. Chester F. clerk and Frederick
lli'ii‘ik'omeier. City Tax Co'lleetdr Wil-e‘
liun swat-.011, City stainless stimhe'i
W. Hoyt, Jr.. Colonel win It Mag:-
owaon. lil‘p Councilhan film W. Ma
br. [Ex-Mayor William E. Hubboll.
Feimer Water Commissioner Charles
S. 'l‘rowbldge, hx—hl'tlyo'r lll'clia‘ld ll.
Golden and William Moran. of the
special filter committee; Tawn Tax
Collector Robert G. ‘.hfltc'llell Ohiriei
.l. Pidgeon. George lema'dge, Willinm
0. [ACounb Joseph Volk. In, Walter
Thompson. Henry Went-is, John Curtis.-
cancel a Bhgiey, flit-s. strengths:
slate post-d o't stealth has advised the; '
pared with South Norwaik's municipal.
supplied by Messrs. Hill, Mathewson. -
'A' Range sh0uld be built for
what it has todo. We have been
building Ranges since 1830.
' Oui- pride in the past does not
prevent but work in‘ the present
being right up to date.
Every dctall of the Stamford
is built with the greatest care.
FOR 5.
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Horace ll. Nash. cor. North lllilln and West S'ts.
q .9.99‘!$.
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Tile Rbsl‘l Pll'filldlif.
l3! JEANETTE L. COHEN.
On a certain warm June day there
appeared in the little town of (‘-——~,
Pa., an old man who was evidently a
stranger in these regions. lie had a
long flowing gray beard and carried
a heavy hickory cane which he flour-
ished every now and illoli as if strik-
ing at sdin'e imaginary f'ocs. lie strode
down the meld street with a h'elf- sat
failed air and hn'u‘lly stopped before a
little shop whose shingle red/d "Ye
Qunlliy Shop. " After taking oilt a ph'Ii
of spectacles from his 10st pocket and
carefully adjusting them on the tip of
his nose. he gazed up and down the
sign for fully two minutes. Then
seeming to be fully satisfied with what
he read there, took off anti redlhc'e'd
his goggles and after a few more mo
ments of indecision walked into the
Ihop
At the counter lie was met by the
'pl's‘rk. who after the usual good m'o'r'i‘i-
ing, fine day. etc . asked what he
could do for him.
, "Welh'L replied the gentlein'i'sn. “l on:
a stranger in these lists. hayinh ¢0me
hundre a of miles from here. 1 was
inst walking down this street when I
noticed your sign andbelng ab—spine-
what interested in anuquary thought i
would stop in and look around. "
“Very well. Mr. ——-."
"Brown." interrupted the stranger.
"Very well, Mr. Brown. lsbhll be
pleased to show you what i now have
on him d."
.Tha‘alerk than wentintea sideaom:
partment and brought forth three or
four boxes which via carefully .uupsck
pd. He drew forth a. pass: of vanes.
These vasea" he said “have been in
‘one of the royal households of Japan
and are very rare ahd valuable. There
is only one pair like it in existence at
the present time. Just examine them."
With this be handed thew-es to Mr.
Brown, who after a short-examination
etul'ned -them to .the ele'rkhnd sa'ld
hat he did not care for them. The
clot then handed him a pair of en-
rlngs and told him that they were once
the property of an early oueen. of Italya
Mr. Brown took the earrings. turned
them over and around. ~ and finally
with a nod of the head said. .“No. no
these do not suit me. Kindly show
me some pendants." 1. .
The clerk look out from one of the
boxes two pendants and nausea than
to Mr. Brown. After which a prospect!)
tive customer haying cliche into thel
store, the clerk said ‘.‘K‘ind9lgi examine
them well while 1 will on is 'gentle
man," and then turned his. attention
to the newcomer ‘
. No sooner was the clerk'h back burn"
ed that Mr; Brownbedtmo vorymeh
Interested inane of-thotwe pendants
handed him by the clerk. -l,t.~wsia made
of Roman gold-lawns form of a rose
in the center ofnw'hicb was a small
ruby. After. a moment's hurried ex-
lamination 992 thip
around to see whole or any one was ob-
serving his movements. Finding that
no one. who hastilytonkoutatiny
key from his pocket and slipped git
into a crack alongside efvtlle rub'y.
Itself. disclosing a small quantity of
auburn hair tied in a little new of
blue. He gazed at “1' s longingly for a
second, then haetlly .terlpcked the
sprin and rein ed both pendants to
9996 cork who ad just come up to
in.
"Well. " said the clerk, “what do you
think Of them?"
. “i kind of like that rose pendant."
answered the stranger. ",Tell nte,
where did you get it trout“:- . '2
‘ "Lot me think." replied .the clerk
Afterafew moments hewaid. "Oh. yes,
now I éemembor This is how i got I:
A mid le -agod lady came in here also
pay about a veni- age and asked w
that we would not buy it from her. so
bold tll dear k0 I1;
irc 3% I'd”
Ft. We" 5:1't'h'l'ls l. it Fella fills
in the ocular alongside of the ruby. it
would not be worth as much“ to us is it
otherwise woaid‘ have’bee
Melinda/turned
turned the key and the nifty dislodged ‘
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(Hi It to the clerk, in exchange for
which he received the rose pendant
He took the pendant from the clerk
with a wry nervous band sill the
cleik noticing this said “Pardon me,
but are you in any way connected with
the lady of,my story?"
"Er. no-—-that. is, yes." stammered
the stranger. “As you have naked inc.
allow me to tell you a little incident.
“About fifty years ago, when i was
still a young man in the twenties.
there filed a very wealthy family in
me hence next to ours. This family
cdnfiis'ted of a, father. mother one
daughternand two maiden stunts. The
ddnghter's name was Roasline. but she
wil‘s called floss for short. This young
la'dy Was very beautiful aild at the
time it was skid that Many a royal
suitor liad sought her ,hand In inni-
riagc. Her people were as proud as
they .were rich and it was alien r-umor
ed that on account of this Rose was
unhappy. ,As time went on Rose met
and grew to love Harry Runner, is rath-
er po‘or young gentleman living in- our
house. At first their friendship was
clandestine but one day they were din-
colored ingot her by no a”! R' an
ants From illen on he wd‘s (0 id-
de' to a'ee or it"ave atu'thing'io do with
H rry Rodner its“: parents then nl'nn'
use to send 9ei- abiohd wile they
'6 to marry her on accb ink to
til it w.ishes The night before she
was going away Rose met Harry
through the help of a faithful maid.
ere Harry begged her in clone with
int. but she was deal to alt his e-
treaties. alast resort ho breat
ed to' kill hint" HIM“?! than give her
up, and Rose h'rllig' this. moans d to
go with him that very night. 8va van.
their pulp was newer to be fulfill for
as they were illiout to clone the fatbetr
of Rose walked boldly in and ordered
Harry from the house. llarry hastily
took from bin pocket _a gold pendant
annulus; his dead mothers hair and
unobserved by the fhther quickly slip
pod i into Rose's hand. He then de-
bottle, but vowed that he would follow
her Jain country to country until he
"dilly“ hbrl‘.
li'er‘o the stringer Wham
evidently too much dis teased to 30 tin
with his story. The clerk, seeing this
arose and brought him a stalls of wa
ter. which the stranger drank down
with one gulp, and then resumedhis
s
.tel'f’hls was the ins't time harry,
o'se. He had. followed her non donn-
ryto donatl‘y without any suit, p.
999d flnblly‘pfirtam lands 6ng
his sport ebatwssver up
by. Here the search ended with tour
gears gmbrv‘lliinhga ed heedring tlhigt
ose's us a an e t r
petit'tlie'sa.e again it n the search... is
55%;... °$lh§i§l§ menu:
llllléwWh Whéf [CV—97H? PL. and d—--"
Well thee litk knew the rest. The
old w99:9!th busily
lo w"‘lhfi high
£9“; ifh in: may the tears
Misfire.
136'; at has t'.v'.
besetfilsie Hrs Waits on fiddle-
; flout Railway, to continue.
- AWN sepals—3111 conne’c
lion he.'compl'aiut of home of. the
trolls connected Frills us Connec-
tl'cut Cbshpany, regarding in. ..hystem
'2 life return of fare collection! from
he ‘tiodtluciorii hi the fluid to the
pity limit which a 19111191111391.1113 laid
by the total ttolleyn'isn Thnrhdisy. it
was stated at the headquarters of the
Lompany Thursday alight. that there
ould very likely be .no action taken
pen the matter. The drop boxes will
retained. , .
'réoine of the cohductors who are re-
lunlred to make use oi the drop boxes
at various poinisgin the road to return
their fare reporto. there been found
abort, lately. but the matter lisp been
hdiusted and there is no doubt. that
be p t 'ays'ti'mt gill continue to
i bought it from her. About six months v'ul
"term this i hen 19th“! this lady "had F3. 11119;:an '.‘ mm:?1wm"flm€a:§ .
1" ~‘ “ bec or o e all
lanky I'llnkl'g' with: iwlilit'lli‘l‘ 'tlli‘m F’tfialqc heel: 1111191, fag-fit vs
bats new inc fora .snvoio afgqeo
town burns Finally there mind 'l' E21131 veins'i'ti in the'
”959er :é" gnawing “3"?" and caistihk cohd ti ll'tbsths declared.
utt9'e'tisy smoothie s "Whed' . HEALTH a “punt Me
.the stranger ’itb teffort con- ‘1 Cosmetics ill not clear
trolled himsel and said:- "How much pour complex ’-f mill and blotch
do markdowns pendants" .1 .1... ,
on i119 worth ten dollars. ”' ‘
Norwalk Chronicler