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THE HALLIDAY HUNT.
Mr. Percival Satterlee was anxiously
e _ ‘dering a communication which be
h just. received as he sat over his
breakfast at the Club. It was an in-
vitation—one which hundreds of young
men in New York City would have giv-
en half they possessed to. receive.
S'atterlee himself would not have part-
ed with it for a good deal. Yet the
receipt of it had embarrassed him
not a little.
The paper was dainty and bore the
magic distinction implied by an en-
graved crest. The invitation read as
follows:
“Halliday I-I-all, Long Island.
"Dear Mr. Sa-tterlee:
“We are down here for a few weeks
of the fox—hunting season, and Mr.
Hallidny and I would be pleased to
have you make one of our house party
for ten days from next Wednesday.
Mr. Halliday desires me to add that
the Meadowmere hound-s will meet at
our house on Thursday, and that he
tras arranged to mount all his guests.
“Hoping that you will be able to
come, I am, Very sincerely yours.
“Lavinia Halliday.”
It was «3. poser for poor Satterlee.
On the one hand was the undoubted
opportunity to meet again and make
ardent love to the rich and beautiful
Miss Halliday, upon whom he had
danced attendance during this, her
first season in town; on. the other—
Satterlee had dreadful doubts and mis-
givings as to his horsemanship, and
the invitation seemed to threaten fox-
nunting and hard riding between every
- line.
Satterlee groaned. “I was just be-
ginning to make some headway,” :he
muttered. “And now they must get
up this precious scheme to compel me
to make an ass of myself. One thing
is very sure.” he snapped, “if Dian-:1
ever marries me I’ll soon put an end
to this fox-hunting nonsense.”
Finally he had almost decided to de-
cline the invitation altogether, when
Uri-ck Middleton entered the room.
“Why, hello. Percy,” cried Dick;
“you seem to have something on your
mind. What’s your trouble?”
“I’ve just had a line from Mrs. Halli-
lay,” said Satterlee, striving to con-
real his triumph, for Middleton was
one of his hated rivals for the favor
bf the fair Diana. “She wants me to
loin her house party at I-I-alliday IIall.
next week.”
“Better go, old man,” returned Mid-
dleton promptly. Good house—good
people—good Sport—I’ll be there,” he
added by way of final inducement.
Safierlee gasped. The fact that
Middleton was invited too was a bitter
010w. but it settled a question for him.
Moved by a. sudden inspiration he
liastely finished his breakfast and go-
mg into the reading room penned the
following to Mrs. Haliday:
“————— Club.
‘My Dear Mrs. Hallid‘ay:
“It gives me great pleasure to ac-
:ept yOur very kind invitation for next
Wednesday. I regret to say, however.
:hrat my part in the sport to follow will
not be a conspicuous- one, as I had the
misfortune to sprain my bridle wrist
badly while hunting in Pennsylvania
:ecently. Perhaps the accident may
oreve a blessing, as I trust it will on
aible me to enjoy more of your society
luring my stay.
“Very truly yours,
“Percival Sartterlee."
“That last is a fine stroke.” said
Satterlee to himself, smiling at his own
'ngenuity, as the sealed and directed
:he missive.
Halliday Hall presented a spirited
scene on the following Thurs-day. Ex-
tensive preparations had been made
and were now being perfected for the
hunt, breakfast which its hospitable
owner had tendered to the members
of the
neighbors.
Satterlee, his left arm supported in
a sling. was almost the last member
of the house party to appear .in the 3
breakfast room, where. a. large num-
ber of people were already assembled.
He was in a somewhat dismal
humor, which he cleverly turn-
ed to good account by telling
every‘ one it was because he
couldn’t ride. As a matter of fact, he
shuddered to think of the opportunities
Middleton might have out hunting tn
say sweet nothings to Diana. Great
was his surprise and delight. there- .
fore, when the fair sportswoman came
down attired not in a riding habit.
but a long driving coat, and in-forme'd
him very graciously that she was not
going to ride. that her favorite hunter
was lame. and that she would be glad
to drive Mr. Satterlee to the meet it
he wished.
Satterlee was beside himself with
delight. He could not help thinking
the hunter's lameness. was only an ex-
cuse, and that the fair Diana would
rather jog quietly around the roads
in a pony cart with him than follow
the bounds without him. Indeed, so
elated was he that he could scarcely
eat any breakfast. and to save him-
self he could not but dart one or two
triumphant glances at Middleton.
Presently there was a great bustle
in the breakfast room, an: eager
sportsmen and ‘, rtswoman started
out to’ look up la i'r horses, which
were being walked to and fro on the
lawn. The hounds in charge of the
huntsmen were already on the way
to the covert, where a fox was report-
ed to :be in hiding. Soon the whole-
lield was astir. and Miss Halliday
sent. for her horse.
Stattcnlee's heart sank within him,
as he saw. instead of a. lazy pony, a.
restless young thoroughbred between
the shafts of a light game—cart, being
led around to, the door by a groom.
Higgins. the coachunan, had also 110..
companied the trap to the dooor, and
Satterlee, who 'was at heart an errant ,
coward. when horses were concerns-1
Meadowmere Hunt and his =
‘noted with a tremor the evident anx-
iety in Higgins's face. There was
Rhone in Miss Halliday’s, however, as
‘sh-e stepped lghtly into the cart and
'galthered up the reins, motioning Sat-
terlee to follow. J not as he did so the
,horse, a handsome bay, reared violent-
,Iy, in spite of the efforts of both of :the
'men to keep him down. Miss Halliday
:treated him to a cut from her whip,
,whi-ch only ”had the effect of making
Ihim rear again; then, as be lowered
5 his head, she called to the men to
:s’Eand- clear, and away they bowled
{down the drive at a. pace that made
iSatterlee cling to the side of the cart
and hold his breath in trepidation.
“You see,” exclaimed Miss Halliday,
coolly, “he has only been in harness
once before. Steady, my boy, steady,
Rocket.”
They soon caught up with the
hounds and horsemen, and Miss Ha1~
liday managed to curb Rocket’s ardent
enthusiasm sufficient to keep him
in the rear.
“Look at 'the darling,” she exclaimed
rapturously, “how he watches the
ihounds. I shouldn’t be surprised if
he wanted to follow them.”
Such, indeed, proved to be the case.
No sooner had the hounds been thrown
into covert than Rocket began to dis-
play unmistakable signs of restless—
ness, standing on his hind legs at one
moment, lashing out vigorously with
them the next, and at other times
dancing gayly with all four feet. at
once.
Sattenlee, trembling in every limb,
wished himself safe out of the adven-
ture—back at Halliday Hall—at the
club—anywhere but where he was.
Presently a shout was heard. The
fox had broken cover, and the ap-
parently listless band of horsemen
settled themselves in the saddle, and
started across a low fence by the road
side. The fence, by no means a strong
one, was not proof againstthe charge
of such a body, and before the last
one went over it three or feur panels
were lying flat on the ground.
Meanwhile, Rocket, with two men
hanging on to the bridle, was making
violent efforts to throw himself over
backward, while Satterlee was vainly
implorlng Miss Halliday to get out
and save her life. She paid not the
slightest «attention to him, but her
eyes, lighting upon the recently creat-
ed gap in the fence, she took a firmer
hold of the reins and called “Let go”
to the two onlookers who had rushed
to her assistance.
Fortunately the field was a large
one. but Satterlee’s anxious eyes could
see no way 'out of it. Hounds were
running at least three fields away, but
the .main body of horsemen were just
clearing a low stone wall at the fan
ther side of the field. “Good,” cried
Miss Hellid-ay: “there’s a gate,” as
stout old Henderson, who never was
known to jump, managed to pull it
open with his hunting crop. Seeing
Miss Halliday and her galloping
horse, he had just time to pull it wide
open as Rocket galloped madly
through, bum-ping the right wheel box
severely on the gate post. Satterlee
resigned himself to silence and to
fate. He gripped the side of the cart
determinedly. a hard, selt look on his
pale face. The pace was getting fast-
er and faster, and many of the horse-
,men were dropping behind. Now :1
Zlight post and rail fence loomed up
gleadling out into the road. One by one,
ithe horsemen, led by the huntsman
and by Fred Galloway, the M. F. IL,
:popped lightly over it.
f “It looks pretty rotten,” said Miss
"Halliday cheerfully, and Sa-tte-rlee
'closed his eyes. Smash, bang! Splint-
:ers flew :in every direction and some-
)how or other they had gotten through
lt—heaven knows how—and were gal-
loping along a soft country road.
By great good luck the hounds. who
.were now closing rapidly upon their
fox, had taken the same line and Sat-
2terlee breathed a shade easier. “Hur-
rah!” cried Miss Halliday. looking
around:2 “we are leading the field."
”True enough the bounds had made a
turn which gave them an advantage
,over the horsemen.
They were now in the same field
with the hounds and Reynard was
only a few yards'ahead of them. The
horsemen. who had lost ground by the
turning of the scent, were gaining on
them rapidly.
“They will kill him in a minute.
on, Rocket, go ,on,”'crled Miss Halli-
day, and suddenly they came upon
ganother post and rail fence. “We’ll
try it,” She said composedly. Satterlee
closed his eyes. There was a shock, a
tremedous jar, and. he felt himself
consciousness.
When he came to {he found himself
lying in the bottom of a. light wagon,
being driven check to Halllday Hall.
“Where—~where 18 Miss Hallidny?”
he asked in a confused way. “Was
she very much hurt?" ,
“Not a bit of it, old man,” promptly
returned Tom Withers, a. fellow guest
at Hall'lday Hall. who Was sitting be-
side the driver. “Far from it. She
was given the brush, and is being
being driven home by Dick Middleton,
not a bit the worse of her adventure.
At Hallidlay Hall that night an im-
portant announcement was made-
the engagement of Miss Diana Halli
day to Dick Middleton. And Percival
Satle was thelflrst to congratulate
the lucky man, a'n act which he per-
formed. 74: may be mentioned, with-
out t'lie slightest inward pang of jeal-
ousy or regret—Alfred Stoddart, in
the Criterion.
Mr. Flax-seed (arriving at the city he-
tel)——l s'w nse’Ikin hear the gong here
when it rings for dinner, can’t I ?
Jlel".~'-- We have no gong. We have
breakfast, $1.0m 6 toll, dinner from 12
8, 2‘1 .-, "ram 6 to 11.
a- g, (l-J'ehoshaphatl How am
1.x"
Go-
flying through space. Then came un-,
m : - .- osee the cityl-NewYOrk 4
«name now ms.
The Moral of 1' his Old, 0
Anecdote Will save a
Heap of Trouble
and a File of
Money.
Something had gone wrong with
some simple part of the machinery of a
stationary engine, and the shaker
could not. fix it. After“ spending a. day
or two on it, he was fOI'Ccd to ask the
aid of a. more competent. workman. He
failed-also and someone suggested the
employment of a. local celebrity—a
sort. of tinker at any mechanical job.
. There is generally one in every local-
ity. He gave two or three raps with
his hammer and touched upa rod or
two, when the pounding, or whatever
ailed the machinery ceased. When
follows:
Fixing engine, 3 .50
Knowing how, 10.00
Total, - $10.50
This anecdote has nothing earthly to
do with Mr. Wm. F. Knapp, engineer
and fireman at Roth & Goldsclimidt’s,
South Norwalk, but it serves to intro-
duce him to the NerWalk public, and
at. the same time shows the close rela-
tion between the tinker’s work on the
engine and average humanity’s, when
they tinker with their kidneys. Mr.
Knapp tells how he cured his. Read
this statement : ‘
“I am an old time engineer, and like
a great. many men who follow my call—
ing, the Weak spot in my anatomy is my
back, probably caused by becoming
over-heated in a warm atmosphere and
then exposed to cold. Be that. as it.
may, I had considerable trouble with
my kidneys, and although I used sim-
ple household remedies and on one or
two occasions took medicine, I was
never able to completely rid myself of
the attacks. Reading about the work
performed by Doau’s Kidney Pills in
and around the Norwalks, I came to
the conclusion that. they might help
me, and procuring a supply, I Cum-
menced the treatment. After com-
pleting it I was so greatly improved in
my general health that. I conscientious-
ly endorse Dean’s Kidney Pills.”
Just. such emphatic endorsement. is
plentiful in Norwalk. Drop into Glen-
dening A: CO.’s drug store and hear
what their customers report.
Doan’s Pills for sale by all deal-
ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-
Milburn (10., Buffalo, N. Y.,soie agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Dean’s and take no substitute.
A
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NOT A COWARD, AFTER ALL.
The Happy Relief of the Soldier \Vllen Be
Learned He Was Hit.
A young surgeon, after his return
from the wars, :told a story of an of-
ficer which was both pathetic and
amusing. It was before Santiago.
The surgeon, going to the front, came
upon the young officer, sitting beside
the road, trembling like. a leaf, and
whiter than the dead men around him.
At sight of the surgeon he began to
talk. ‘ ‘
“I’m a coward. I’m a coward. I’m
a coward,” he said. “I knew I’d run.
and I did. 0 Lord! I wish you’d kill‘
me! I’m disgraced forever. I just
got scared. I knew I would. I was
going along all right, not thinking of
anything but getting at the dashed
Spaniards, yelling to my men to come
on, ”and running ahead as fast as I
could. when all of a sudden I stubbed
my toe or something, and the-n I can’t
remember being scared, but I must
have been, for I came galloping back
here, sick as a dog. 0, I- feel so aw-
fully gone. I’m a blanked coward,
and I wish I was dead! 0 Lord! why
don’t somebody shoot me? I’ve got
such an awful goneness right here,”
and he put his hand on his stomach.
The surgeon gave him aquick look and
caught him-as he plunged forward in
a faint. Where the awful goneness
was. a Mauser bullet had found its
oillet. They carried the wounded man
to the field hospital, and he chuckled
all the way.
“0, my; 0, my!" he said over and
over. “I wasn’t soared!
scared !" *And then he would laugh
delighted-1y. “I wasn't scared.
hit—.
Washington Post.
That‘Tell-th‘le ‘ Boot-heel.-
Nebuchadenezzar Jones was a. small
nov whose name might better have
been Ananias, for he had a habit of
lelling “whoppers” for the mere pleas
are of lying. One afternoon he- rau in-
lo the sitting room breathlessly, and
began to rattle off a yarn about a
snake that he had seen swallowing a
frog, legs first, while the frog was
swallowing the snake tail first, till
they had swallowed each other up.
lust as Neb finished his story and his
father and mother were partially re-
covered from their astonishment, the
boy’s boot-heel dropped off.
exclaimed Neb's father. very gravely.
‘you see what you get for telling lies.”
Neb shuttled away shamefacedly.
out a day or two after he told another
story that sounded quite plausable.
Its untruth probably would never have
foot, looked at his heel carefully for
I. moment, and then said: “It didn't
come off this time.“
fiflSTETTER’S
‘ ZLEBRATED
nouns
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neys filter im-
purities from
the blood and
keep it red and
p u r e. S i c k
Kidneys don’t.
_ HOSTET’I‘ER V's
:BITTERS stim-
ulates the K id-
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p rope r per-
forms a c c of
their duties.
ER and thus
. makes the
blood pure.
asked to make out. his bill. it read as.
I wasn't .
I was .
I ain’t a coward after all."-— I’
“There!” 4
been known had not Neb lifted up his
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Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities . .
Surplus . . . . . , . .
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From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usua.
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to verify the same, respectfully—fl
BEFORE}?
property hel
may
have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier.
the same are accurate, in good order, and well kept.
and math .
All of which is respectfully submitted.
NEW YORK. January 21, 1898.
CHAS. R. .HBNDEBSON
S. V. R. CRUGBR
Hm! H. ROGERS
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Tampons Maureen
WILLIAII Bassoon
STurvnsmT Fxsn
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Camus E. MILLER
Warn R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
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JULIEN '1‘. Dawns
A. N. WATEBHOUBE
S. V. R. Cancun
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
Burns W. Pnomu
J. HOBART Human
- " Wu. P. DIXON
l: ROBERT A. GRANNISB
.SAWEL D. Bassoon
drown A. MoCunDr
[Arms 0. HOLDEN
Erasmus C. VON Poss-
WILLIAM J. Snwnu.
OLIVER Hamma-
homnrr OLYPHANT
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ROBERT A. GRANISS, V
' it;
- . WALTER. R. GILLETTE, Genomi‘uanager.
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice—President.
WILLIAM J. EAS’ ‘ON, Secretary.
' FREDEBIC CROMW ELL, Treamrer.
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier.
EMORY MoCLlNTOUK, Actuary.
JOHN TATLOCK, 33', Assistant. Actuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor.
C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, Aunistant Auditor.
EDW ARD LYMAN SHO hT, General Solicitor.
MEDIOAL DIRECTORS:
ELIAS J. MARSH, M D-
C. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
THE MUTUAL LIFE [murmur Ila.
RICHARD A. McC'U'RDY, President.
Statement for the Year Ending Dec. 31,’97.
According to the Standard of the Insurance pepartment of the State of New York.
Board of, Trustees-
3
$42,693,301 99
11,469,406 2.4
$54,162,608 23-
$!3,279,630 .
12,712,424 76
w
536, 124,060 99
$132,017.34! 45
69,423,937 3.!
12,880,308 00
21,618,454 88
11,705,195 83
6,141,200 203
53W
218,278,243 0
$35,508,194
$936,634,496 3
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
CHARLES A. PRELLER. Auditor;
Report of the Examining- dlornmittcc.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
' THE MliTllAL LIFE lilSllRAlldE GOMPAHY 0F HEW Willi.
The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-
second day of December, I897,to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and
That,~pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at. various dates between the
date of the said reference and the date of this Report, attended at. the ofiice of the Company, and ham been waited 0.
by the Treasurer, the Comptroller,the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of such officers
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be corre ct. Thq‘y
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared.
the prices at. which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the same not exceed
such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on
d by the Company, and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuation of the Coi-
’s holdings of real estate and have verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companles, said
And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and evidence of title of every. description 11
sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their assistants, and '
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the 5M
ods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
J. HOBART HERBICK
A. N. WATERHoufi
JAMES C. Homm
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN IBELIN JR. ’.
GEORGE S. Bownom
WILLIAM 0. Walnut
WILLIAM Rocxnranm
J AMES N. JABVIE
Cass D. Dream J3.
ELBRIDGE T Gm:
James Srmnn;
ice-President.
DUEh du—P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary .
~ ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary.
JAMES TIMI SON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
EDWARD I'. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
HENRY 3. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller, ;
JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
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