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A Romance of the Jerseys, 1779..
By BRET HARTE.
[Copyrighted by lIonghton, Mimin & 00., and
published by arrangement with them]
“Be seated, I beg, Mistress Blossom,"
he said, talking her cold hand in his, and
quietly replacing her in tho unoccupied
chair. “Be seated, I beg, and give me, if
you can, your attention for a. moment.
The officer intrustcd with the ungraciouu
task of occupying your father’s house is a
member of my military family, and a
gentleman. If he has so far forgotten
himself—if he has so far disgraced him-
self and me as”—
“Nol no!” uttered Thankful, with fo-
verish alacrity, “the gentleman was most
considerate. On the coutrary—mayhap—
I”—-slic hesitated, and then came to a full
stop, with a heightened color, as a vivid
recollection of that gentleman’s face, with
the mark of her riding whip lying across
it, rose before her.
“I was about to say that Maj. Van
Zandt, as a gentleman, has known how to
fully excuse the natural impulses of a
daughter,” continued Washington, with
a look of perfect understanding; “but let
me now satisfy yell on another point,
where it would scent we greatly differ.”
He walked to the door and summoned
his servant, to whom he gave an order.
In another moment the fresh faced young ,
oiliccr who had at first admitted her re-
appeared with a file of official papers. He
glanced slyly at Thankful Blossom’s face
with an amused look. as if he had already
heard the colloquy between her and his
superior officer, and had appreciated that
which neither of the earnest actors in the
scene had themselves felt—a certain sense
. of humor in the situation.
Howbcit, standing before them, Col.
Hamilton gravely turned over the file of
papers. Thankful hit her lips in embar-
rassment. A slight feeling of awe and a
present-intent of some fast coming shame;
a new and strange consciousness of her-
self, her surroundings, of the dignity of
the two men before her; an uneasy feel-
ing of the presence of two ladies who had
in some mysterious way entered the room
from another door, and who seemed to be
intently regarding her from afar with a'
curiosity as if she were some strange ani-
mal, and a wild premonition that her
whole future life and happiness depended
upon the events of the next few moments
so took possession of her, that the brave
girl trembled for amomcnt in her isola
tion and loneliness. In another instant
Col. Hamilton, speaking to his superior,
but looking obviously at one of the ladies
who had entered, handed a paper to Wash-
ington, and said, “Here are the charges."
“Read them,” said the general coldly.
Col. Hamilton, with a manifest con-
sciousness of another bearer than Mistress
Blossom and his general, read the paper.
It was couched in phrases of military and
lcgnl precision, and related briefly, that
upon the certain and personal knowledge
of the writer, Abner Blossom of the
“Blossom Farm” was in the habit of en-
tertaining two gentlemen, namely, the
“Count Ferdinand” and the “Baron
Pomposo,” suspected enemies of the
cause, and possible traitors to the Conti-
nental army. It was signed by Allan
Brewster, late captain in the Connecticut
contingent.
As Col. Hamilton exhibited the signa-
ture, Thankful Blossom had no difficulty
in recognizing the familiar had hand and
equally familiar misspelling of her lover.
Shc rose to her feet. With eyes that
showed her present trouble and perplexity
as frankly as they had a moment before
blazed wit-ii her indignation, she met, one
by one, the glances of the group who now
seemed to be closing round her. Yet with
a woman’s instinct she felt, I am con-
strained to say, more unfriendliness in the
silent presence of the two women than in
the possible outspoken criticism of our
much abused sex.
“Of course,” said a voice which Thank-
ful at once, by a woman’s unerring in-
stinct, recognized as the elder of the two
ladies, and the legitimate keeper of the
conscience of some one of the men who
were present—“Of course Mistress Thank-
ful will be able to elect which of her
lovers among her country’s enemies she
will be able to cling' to for support in her
present emergency. She does not seem to
have been so special in her favors as to
have positively excluded any one.”
“At least, dear Lady Washington, she
will not; give it to the man who has proven
a traitor to her,” said the younger woman
impulsively. “That is—I beg your lady-
ship’s pardon”—shc hesitated, observing
in the dead silence that ensued that the
two superior male beings present looked
at each other in lofty astonishment.
“He that is trait’rous to his country,"
said Lady Washington coldly, “is apt to
be trait’rous elsewhere.” .
“ ’Twere as. honest to say that he that
was trait’rous to his king was trait’rous
to his country,” said Mistress Thankful
with sudden audacity, bending her knit
brows on Lady Washington. But that
lady turned dignifiedly away, and Mis-
tress Thankful again faced the general.
“I ask your pardon,” she said proudly,
“for troubling you with my wrongs. But
it seems to me that even if another and a
greater wrong were done me by my sweet-
heart, through jealousy, it would not jus-
tify this accusation against me, even
though," she added, darting a wicked
glance at the placid brocaded back of Lady
\Vasliington, “even though that'accusa-
tion came front one who knows that jeal-
ousy may belong to the wife of a patriot
as well as ii. traitor.” She was herself
again after this speech, although her facc
was white with the blow she had taken
and returned.
Col. Hamilton passed his hand across
his mouth, and coughed slightly. Gen.
W'ashington, standing by the tire with
an impassivc face, turned to Thankful
gravely:
“You are forgetting, Mistress Thankful,
that you have not told me howI can serve ,
you. It cannot be‘that you are still con-
cerned in Capt. Brewster, who has given
evidence against your other—friends, and
tacitly against you. Nor can it be on
their account, for I regret to say they are
still free and unknown.
with any information exculpating them,
and showing they are not spies or hostile
to the cause, your father’s release shall be
certain and speedy. Let me ask you a
single question: Why do you believe them
honest?”
“Because,” said Mistress Thankful,
“they were—were—gentlenien. ”
If you come '
“Many spies have been of excellent
family, good address and fair talents,"
said Washington gravely; “but you have,
mayhap, some other reason.”
“Because they talked only to me," said
Mistress Thankful, blushing mightily;
“because they preferred my company to
father’s; becauso”—slic hesitated a mo-
ment—“beccuse they spoke not of politics, ‘
but—of-that which lads mainly talk of
—and—and”—here she broke down a
little—“and tho baron I only saw once,
but he”—herc she broke down utterly-
“I know they weren't spies: there now!”
“I must ask you something more,"
said Washington, with grave kindness;
“whether you give me the information or
not, you will consider, that, if what you
believe is true, it cannot in any way in-
jure the gentleman you speak of; while,
on the other hand, it may relieve your
father of suspicion. Will you give to
Col. Hamilton, my secretary, in full de-
scription of them—that fuller description
which Capt. Brewster, for reasons best
known to yourself, was unable to give?”
Mistress Thankful hesitated for a mo-
ment, and then, with one of her truthful
glances at the commander-ln-chief, began
ii. detailed account of the outward sem-
blance of the count. Why she began with
him I am unable to say, but possibly‘it
was because it Was easier, for when she
came to describe the baron she was, I re-
gret to say, somewhat vague and figura-
tive. Not so vague, however, but that
Col. Hamilton suddenly started up with a
look at: his chief, who instantly checked it
Witlr a gesture of his ruffled hand.
“I thank you, Mistress Thankful,” he
said quite impassively, “but did this other
gentleman, this baron”—
“Pomposo,” said Thankful proudly. A
tittcr originated in the group of ladies by
the window, and became visible on the
fresh face of Col. Hamilton; but the dig-
nified color of Washington’s countenance
was unmoved.
“May I ask if the boron made an hon-
orable tender of his affections to you,” he
continued. with respectful gravity; “if
his attentions were known to your father,
and were such as honest Mistress Blossom
could receive?" ,
“Father introduced him to me and
wanted me to be kind to him. He-he
kissed me and I slapped his face,” said
Thankful quickly, with cheeks as red, I
warrant, as the baron’s might have been.
The moment the words had escaped her
truthful lips she would have given her
life to recall them. To her astonishment,
however, Col. Hamilton laughed outright
and the ladies turned and approached her,
but were checked bya slight gesture front
tliclotberwisevimpassivo figure of the gen-
era .
“It is possible, Mistress Thankful,” he
resumed with undisturbed composure,
“that one at least of these gentlemen may
be known to us and that your instincts
may be. correct. At least rest assured
that we shall fully inquire into it and that
your father shall have the benefit of that
inquiry.”
"I thank your excellency," said Thank-
ful, still reddening under the contempla-
tion of her own late frankness and retreat-
ing toward the door. “I—think—I—must
—go—now. It is late, and I have far to
ride.”
To her surprise, however, Washington
stepped forward, and, again taking her
hands in his, said with a grave smile,
“For that very reason, if for no other, you
must be our guest to-night, Mistress
Thankful Blossom. We still retain our
Virginian ideas of hospitality, and are
tyrannous enough to make strangers eon-
form to them, even though we have but
pcrchancc the poorest or entertainment to
Offer them. Lady \Vasbington will not
permit Mistress Thankful Blossom to
leave her roof to-nigbt until she has par-
tzilrep of her courtesy as well as her coun-
se .
“Mistress Thankful Blossom will make
us believe [that she has at least in so far
trusted our desire to servo her justly by
accepting our poor hospitality for a single
night,” said Lady Washington with a
stately courtesy.
Thankful Blossom still stood irresolute-
ly at the ,door. But the next mement a
pair of yjoutht'ul arms encircled her; and
the younger gentlcwoman, looking into her
brown eyes with an honest frankness
c pin] to her own, said caressingly, “Dear
4:; I'Iia! ‘
-:E;i‘.-: house, let me, I
1- to hers. I am
. .‘tlbusiy, at your
iti‘l'Yi . 'i _. kind. as Col. Ham-
ilton here will bear mo witness, did I need
any interpreter to your honest heart. Be-
lieve me, dear Mistress Thankful, I sym-
pathize with you, and only beg you to
give me an opportunity to-night to serve
you. You will stay, I know, and you will
stay with me; and we shall talk over the
faithlessness of that over jealous Yankee
captain who has proved himself, I doubt
not, as unworthy of you as he is of his
country."
A pair of youthful arms encircled Iicr.
Hateful to Thankful as Was the idea of
being commiscrated, she nevertheless
could not resist the gentle courtesy and
- gracious sympathy of Miss Schuyler. Bo-
sides, it must he confessed that for the
first time in her life she felt a doubt of the
power of her own independence, and a
strange fascination for this young gentle-
wornan whose arms were around her, who
could so thoroughly sympathize with her,
and yet allow herself to be snubbed by
Lad y \Vasliington,
"You have a mother, I doubt not?”
said Thankful, raising her questioning
eyes to Miss Schuyler.
Irrelevant as this question seemed to
the two gen‘iemen, Miss Schuyler an-
swered it with feminine intuition: “And
you. dear Mistress Thankful”—
“Have none," said Thankful; and here,
I regret to say, 5110 wliimpered slightly, at
which Miss Schuyler, with tears in her
own fluc eyes, bent her head suddenly to
"‘hankful’s ear. put her arm about 61;
waist {:i' this ‘pi'inTty stranger, andithe‘n, to
the astonishment of Col. Hamilton.
quietly swept her out of the august pres-
CDCO.
When the door had closed upon them,
Col. Hamilton turned half smilingly, half
inquiringly, to his chief. Washington re-
turned his glance kindly but gravely, and
then said quietly:
“If your suspicions jump with mine,
colonel, I need not remind you that it is ii.
matter so delicate that it would be as well
if you locked it in your own breast for the
' present; at. least, that you should not in-
timate to the gentleman whom you may
have suspected, ought that has passed this
evening.”
“As you will, general," said the sub-V
alter-ii respectfully; “but may I ask"—hc
hesitated—“if you believe that anything
more than a passing fancy for a pretty
girl”—
“When I asked your silence, colonel,”
interrupted Washington kindly, laying his
hand upon the shoulder of the younger
man, “it was because I thought the mat-
ter sufficiently momentous to claim my
own private and especial attention."
“I ask your eXcellency’s pardon," said
the young man, reddening through his
fresh complexion like a girl; “I only
meant"—-——‘
“That you would ask to be relieved to-
night,” interrupted Washington, with a
benign smile, “forasmucb as you wished
the -morc to show entertainment to our
dear friend Miss Schuyler, and her guest;
a wayward girl, colonel, but, methinks,
an honest one. Treat her of your own
quality, colonel, but discreetly, and not
too kindly, lest we have Mistress Schuy-
ler, another injured iicmscl, on our
hands;" and with a half playful gesture
peculiar to the man, and yet not inconsis-
tent with his dignity, be half led, half
pushed his youthful secretary from the
room.
When the door had closed upon the co‘.-
onei, Lady Washington rustled toward
her husband, who stood still, quiet and
passive, on the heart-listonc.
“You Sure] y sec in this escapado not-hing
of political intrigue—no treachery?” she
said hastily.
“No,” said lVashingtOn quietly.
“lfcthing more titan an idle, wanton
"’sl. though I am but a'
intrigue with a foolish, vain country girl?"
“Pardon me, my lady,” said Washing-
ton gravely. “I doubt not we may mis-
judgc her. 'Tis no common rustle class
that can thus stir the country side. ’Twerc
an insult to your sex to believe it. It is
not yet sure that she has not captured
even so high game as she has named. If
she has, it would add another interest to a
treaty of comity and alliance.”
“'l‘liiit creature!” said Lady Washing-
ton—“that light 0’ love with her Con—
necticut captain lover! Pardon me, but
this is preposterous;” and with a stiff
courtesy she swept from the room, leav-
ing the central figure of history—as such
central figures are apt to be left—alone.
Later in the evening Mistress Schuyler
so far subdued the tears and emotions of
Thankful that she was enabled to dry her
eyes and rearrange her brown hair in the
quaint little mirror in Mistress Schuyler's
chamber, Mistress Schuyler herself lend-
in g a touch and suggestion hero and there,
after the secret freemasonry of her sex.
“You are well rid of this forsworn cap-
tain, dear Mistress Thankful; and me-
thinks that with hair as beautiful as
yours, the new style of wearing it, though
amodish frivolity,.is most becoming. I
assure you ‘tis nPJch nflected in New
York and Philadelphia—drawn straight
back from the forehead, after this man—
nor, as you sec.“
The result was that an hour later Mis-
trossScliuyler and Mistress Blossom pre-
sented themselves to Co]. Hamilton in the
reception room, with a certain freshness
and elaboration of toilet that not only
quite shamed the .young officer’s aflaire
negligence, but caused him to open his
eyes in astonishment. “Perha 3 she
would rather be alone, that she might in-
duigc her grief,” he said, doubtingly, in
an aside to Miss Schuyler, “rather than
appear in company."
“Nonsense,” quoth Mistress Schuyler.
Is a young woman to mope and sigh be-
cause her lover proves false?"
“But her father is a prisoner," said
Hamilton, in amazement.
“Can you look me in the face.” said
Mistress Schuyler, mischievously, “and
tell me that you don’t know that in
twenty-four hours her father will be
cleared of these charges? Nonsense! Do
you think I have no eyes in my head?
Do you think I misread the general’s face
and your own?”
“lint, my dear girl,” said the officer, in
alarm.
“Oh! I told her so. but not whv." re-
sponded Miss Schuyler with awicked look
in her dark eyes, “though I had warrant
enough to do so, to serve you for keeping
a secret from me!"
And withthis Parthian shot Ashe re-
turnedto Mistress Thankful, who, with
her face pressed against the window, was
looking out on the moonlit slope beside
the Whippany river.
For, by one of those freaks peculiar to
the American springtide, the weather had
again! marvelously changed. The rain
had ceased, and the ground was covered
with an icing of sleet and snow, that now '
glitter-ed under a clear sky and a brilliant
moon. The northeast wind that shook
the loose sashes of the windows had trans-
formed cach dripping tree and shrub to
icy stalactites that silver-ed under the
moon’s cold touch. .
“ ’Tis a beautiful sight, ladies," said a
bluff, hearty, middle aged man, joining
the group by the window. “But God
send the spring to as quickly, and spare
us any more such cruel changes! My lady
moon looks fine enough, glittering in
yonder tree tops; but I doubt not she
looks down upon many a poor fellow
shivering under his tattered blankets in
the camp beyond. Had ye seen the Con-
necticut tatterdemalions file by last night,
with arms reversed, showing their teeth
at his excellency, and yet not daringto
bite; had ye watched these faint hearts,
these doubting Thomases, ripe for re-
bellion against his excellency, against the
cause, but chiefly against the weather—-
yo would pray for a thaw that would
melt the hearts of these men as it would
these stubborn fields arOund us. TWO
weeks more of such weather would raise
up not one Allan Brewster, but a dozen
such malcontent puppies ripe for a drum
head court martin ."
“Yet ’tis a fine night, Gen. Sullivan,”
said Col. Hamilton, sharply nudging the.
'ribs of his superior oflicer with his elbow.
“There would be little trouble on such a.
night, I‘ fancy, to track our ghostly visi-
tant.” Both of the ladies becoming in-
terested, and Col. Hamilton having thus
adroitly turned the flank of his superior
oflicer, he went on: “You should know
that the camp, and indeed the whole 10-
cality here, is said to be haunted by the
apparition of a gray coated figure, whose
face is muflied and hidden in his collar,
but who has the password put to his. lips,
and whose identity hath battled the sen-
. tries. This figure, it is said, forasmuch as
it has been seen just before an assault, an
attack, or some tribulation of the army,
Is believed by manyto be ,the genius or
guardian spirit of the cause, and, as such,
has incited sentries and guards to greater
vigilance, and has to some. seemed a pre-
monition of disaster. Before the last out-
break of the Connecticut militia, Master
Graycoat haunted the outskirts of the
weatherbeatcn and bedraggled camp,
and, I doubt not, saw much of that prepa-
ration that sent that regiment of faint
hearted onion gatherers to flaunt their
woes and their wrongs in the face of the
general himself." Here Col. Hamilton,
in turn, received a slight nudge from Mis-
tress Schuyler, and ended his speech
somewhat abruptly.
Mistress Thankful was not unmindful
of both‘tbesc allusions to her faithloss
lover, but only a consciousness of mortifi-
cction and wounded pride was awakened
by them. In fact, during the first tem-
pest of her indignation at his arrest, still
later at the arrest of her father, and
finally at the discovery of his perfldy to
her, she had forgotten that he was her
lover; she had forgotten her previous ten-
derness toward him; and, now that her
flre and indignation were spent, only a
sense of numbness and vacancy remained._
All that had gone before seemed not some-
thing to be regretted as her own act, but
rather as the act of another Thankful
Blossom, who had been lost that night in
the snow storm; she felt she had become,
within the last twenty-four hours, not
perhaps another woman, but, for the first
time a woman. ‘
Yet it was singular that she felt mere
confused when, 9. few moments later, the
conversation turned upon Maj. Van
Zandt; it was still more singular that she
even felt considerably frightened at that
confusion. Finally she found herself list-
ening with alternate irritability, shame
and curiosity, to praises of that gentle-
man, of his courage, his devotion and his
personal graces. For one wild moment
Thankful felt like throwing herself on
the breast of Mistress Schuyler, and con-
fessing her rudeness to the major; buta
conviction that Mistress Schuyler would
share that secret with Col. Hamilton,
that Maj. Van Zandt might not like
that revelation, and, oddly enough
associated with this, a feeling of
unconquerable irritability toward that
handsome and gentle young officer, kept
her mouth closed. “Besides,” she said
to herself, “he ought to know, if he’s
suchailne gentleman as they say, just
how I was feeling, and that I didn’t mean
any rudeness to himg” and with this un-
answcmble feminine logic poor Thankful
to some extent stilled her own honest
little heart. ,
But not, I fear, entirely. The night
was a restless one to her; like all impul~
sive autumn, the season of reflection, and
perhaps distrust, came to her upon acts
that were already committed, and when
reascn seemed- ‘to light the way only to
deepair. She : saw the folly of her intru-
sion at the headquarters, as she thought,
only when it was too late to remedy it;
she saw the gracclessncss and discourtesy
of her conduct to Maj. Van Zandt, only
when distance and time rendered an
apology weak and ineffectual. I think
she cried a little to herself, lying in the
strange, gloomy chamber of the health-
fully sleeping Mistress Schuyler, the
sweet security of whose manifest good-
ness and kindness she alternately hated
and envied; and at last, unable tostand
it longer, slipped noiselessly from her bed,
and stood very wretched and disconsolate
before the window that looked out upon
the slope toward the Whippany river.
The moon on the new fallen, frigid and
untroddcn snow shone brightly. For to
the left it glittered on the bayonet of n
sentry pacing beside the river bank, and
gave a sense of security to the girl that per-
haps strengthened another idea that had
grown up in her mind. Since she could
not sleep, .why should she not ramble
about until 3110 could! She had been
accustomed to roam about the farm in all ,
weathers and at all times and seasons.
She recalled to herself the night—a tem-
pestuous one—when she had risen in seri-
ous concern as to the lying in of her favor-
ite Aldcrncy better, and how she had saved
the life of the calf, a weakllng, dropped
apparently from the clouds in the tempest,
as it lay beside the barn. With this in
her mind she donned her dress again, and,
with Mistress Schuyler’s mantle over her
shoulders, noiselessly crept down the nor
row, staircase, passed the sleeping serynnt
on the sorted, dint, Opening the rear dbor,
In another moment was inhaling the crisp
air and tripping down the crisp snow of
the hillside.
But Mistress Thankful had overlooked
one difference between her own farm and
a. military encampment. She had not
proceeded a dozen yards before a figure
apparently started out of the ground be-
neath her, and, leveling v. bayonetcd mus-
ket across her path, called “Haiti"
The hot blood mounted to the girl’s
check at the first imperative command she
had ever received in her life; nevertheless
she halted unconsciously, and without a
word coitfronted the challenger with her
old audacity. _
“th comes there?" reiterated the
sentry, still keeping his bayonet level
with her breast.
“Thankful Blossom," she responded
promptly. .
‘ To be Continued.
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STORY OF A DINNER.
Potatoes. Out. Cake and‘Gout'I Milk on a
Mountain side-A laughable chasc.
We entered the but and found the owner,
an Irishman, sitting on a stool beside a pot
eating potatoes. His mode of eating was to
break the potato in two pieces, dip the end of
the halfi salt that was spread on his' knee,
and thcniq
mouth. When I told him that we were hun-
gry, lie exfiesscd regret that he had nothing
ueene it out of its skin into his
but potatoés to offer us, but what he had, he ‘
said we were welcome to “wid a heart and a
half.” Hld‘hospitnblc wifcmuggested‘thqtg,
while we rigpudod .fll'e edge arm appetites
with the potatoes she would make a scone of
oatmeal bren’dfond if John, her.‘ husband,
would catch the goat, we could have milk.
John found-the goat in the act of masticat-
ing the hair stalling of a new horse collar.
When he realized that his horse collar was
being filed hwnyin the digestive machinery
of a 82 goat, the disastrous character of the
niisfortune,dawned on him, and gave vent,
to his feelings in a yell that sounded like the
wall of a lost soul prowling around a Chicago
street at 1 a. in. With dismay in every
feature and n singlctree in his hand, he went
fortho goat. She did not wait for him, but.
spreadingher tail to the breeze, she prome-
naded off in a jaunty and debonuir way
peculiar to mountain goats. She went streak-
ing around the house, up the hill, then
down and across the brook, and back,
and around the house. with John in full
cry at her gwnkc. As the pageant came
tearing past the door, the goat bloating a de-
rtslve defiance, John waving the singletrec in
the ambient gleaming, and calling on us to
head her off; and we trying to eat hot pota-
toes, trip to the goat, and laugh all at the
some time,iit was a spectacle the like of
which isseidom seen. The gout went around
the house so often and so rapidly that she
looked like if procession of goats that wanted
togosomcwfhere and was pressed for time.
John was suddenly possessed with an iii-
spirution, and as suddenly- ho stopped in his
mad career; _ Why should he pursue the ani-
mal; why not turn, meet, and intercept her
on the ncxtlap? lVith John to think was to
act, He “ciao sooner struck with the idea
than he turned, and—then he was struck by
the goat, and doubled up like the main-em of
a folding bed.
thon a goat, rushing through space, is
suddenly confri'mted by a innit, who hits her
on the head ivith his stomach, the goat is in- ,
variably surprised. This gout was so aston-
ished that shé stood still for a moment, and
during tliatuiomeiit she was seized by two of
the white haired children and tied to a cart.
We had to jglam' John on the back with a
board to straighten biin out. While this was
going on tlic'w‘mnan milked the goat. Soon
the out cake was cooked, and such a dinner
as we lindl': There was nothing, absolutely
nothing, but the out cake, the milk and the
potatoes. But howl enjoyed them, and how
much of these things I are, words would fail
me to express—J. Armby Knox in Boston
Herald.‘ ' . .
isninner'l Financial maintainers.
Mr. Sumner always lived within his in-
come and never incurred a debt that he had
not thc'meuns of paying at the time it be-
come due. Within liis_inconic he was first
just, their generous. During his first term in
the Senate, lie was dependent upon his pay,
as senator and a little copyright money for
his support, although during a. portion of _
that time be added- -s'om.ewhut to his income
by lectures. In his latter days, however, he
was rendered somewhat easier in circum-
stances by a small fortune that came to him
by the successive death of several relatives.
For much of his life he was a poor man in
straightened circumstances, but he would
never be obliged to any one for anything but
kindness. He would not allow another to pay
any expense that be incurred, not even a
horse car fare. While making speeches dur-
ing the presidential elections he would never
allow the congressman in ‘whosc district he
spoke, and who was to be' most benefited by
his efforts, to pay even his railroad fare.
. ’ He was no gift taker; he would interchange
gifts as well as kind offices with others. but
the balance of the obligation always remained
on his side. His generosity to the servants of
the houses in which he lived was proverbial.
Sum Ward said that he lived like a pauper,
but gave like a. king. No one can wonder
that the servants even temporarily in his
employ were attached to him, when his con-
sideration for, as well as his generosity to,
them is fully understood. But witbal he kept:
within his income; barely, it may be, but
still within. Ho was scrupulously conscien-
tious, and never took a doubtful dollar.—
Arnold Barges Johnson in The Cosmopolitan.
Lumber as Board.
“I notice that a chemist claims to have dis-
covered a way to make wood into palatable
and nourishing food,” remarked the horse
editor.
“Theprbcess is probably that of sawing,“
replied the snake editor. “Sawdust is fine
board, you know.”—Pitisburg Chronicle.
There was so much scientific enthusiasm in
Russia at the approach of the eclipse of the
sun that 145.000 glasses and 400,000 pamphlets
were sold in Moscow alone.
Hardly anybody would care to change
places with the turtle, and yet he has a
great snap. .
Hay fever asthma. Relief guaranteed.
Fontainc's Cure. For sale by druggists.,
and I. A. Meeker, 11 Main Street, Nor-walk .
If you starve your hens you will not fat-
ten your cgg basket.
Anxious Inquirer: Nonvc know of noth-
ing that will 'do you as much good as
LydiaE. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
If you enjoy eating delicious ham buy
those bearing brand of Sperry & Barnes;
their goods will go furthur than any other
make and their spareribs and sausage are
unrivaled. -
If you want the flow of milk to keep up,
always milk clean.
Glad tidings. Relief and cure of throat
and lung diseases. Fontoine’s Care is
guaranteed to cure a cold in 12 hours
For sale‘ by I. A. Meeker, 11 Main Street,
Norwaik. . ’
The Hudson River ice crop will be very
large this season. '
All the latest faculties in piano making
and skill in reaching perfection are em:
ployed on the Mathushek. Examine them
at Loomis’ Temple of Music and you will
have no other.
Don’t waste food on, cows unable to
make adecent return.
Those unhappy persons who suffer from
nervousness and dyspepsia should use
Carter's Little Nerve Pills, which are
made expressly for sleepless,nervous,.dys-
peptic sufferers. Price 25 cents.
Storms on the Gulf have occasioned scr-
ious loss to the rice planters.
If you feel as though water was gather-
ing around the heart, (beart-dropsy), or
have hearLrhcumntism, palpitation of the
heart with suffocation, sympathetic heart
trouble, Dr. Kilmer’s Ocean-Weed regu-
lates, corrects and cures. For sale by L‘.‘
Lapliiim, Main Street.
Electricity is a very serious matter, and
vet Edison makes light of it.
A STRANGE FREAK.——Tlic wife of our es.
leemcd citizen, Mr. John Rowcil, while
suffering from a severe attack of blues,
tried to commit the crime of iiifanticidc,
but was prevented by the opportune arri-
vui of a neighbor. her case has been pro-
nounccd by the best physicians as incura-
ble, but, her husband was highly pleased,
after using a course of Sulphur Bitters, to
find that she was entirely cured.—King-
ston herald. \
A bald-headed book-keeper should never
try to wipe his pen on his hair.
Every nervous person should try Car-
ter’s Little Nerve Pills. They are made
specially for nervous and dyspeptic men
and Women, and are just the medicine
needed by all, persons who, from any
cause do not sleep well, or who fail to get
proper strength from their food. Cases
of Weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia,
nervous or sick headache, &c._. readily
yield to the use of the Little Nerve Pills,
particularly if combined With Carter‘s Lit—
tle Liver Pills. lii vials at 25 cents.
4,5"-
-.- r ~
ROYALDCWH’
ii .
. human»
0 .
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, anti cannot be sold in com-
petition with the multitude of low test,‘ short
weight, alium or phosphate powders. ' '
AN OLD l'IIILOSOPIIEIl
Once said: “If we could
keep the stomach from
wearing out, we might
_ live on forever.” The
stomach will never wear
. out with such food as
> . FOULIIS’ WHEAT (ll-lull
MEAL,
that popular BREAKFAST
CEREAL. It’s food for the
body; food for the brain;
old people like it; young
people like it; babies like
it; everybody likes it bet-
ter than they ever liked
oatmeal; and to minutes
wlll cook it. If you have
never tried it do so now.
2-H) packages 150. Sold
by all grocers.
lluflcr, Breed & 00., Acts ,
BOSTON, Mass.
The Bestiii the World.
Sperry & Barnes’
Hams,
Shoulders,
Breakfast
Biltmll’,
—-.‘\Nl)—~—
Sausage
ARE GUARANTEED
THE. BES'I
IN
THE MARKET
Our KETTLE LARD is Strictly Pure
and Free from all Adulterariou.
Look Carefully for the Brand.
We manufacture all goods hearing our brand at
our packing house in New Haven. tSS
Soerrr ti Barnes, New Haven, Conn.
A BREAKFAST DISH.
Quickly Cooked-"Easily Digested
Delicious and Permian,
SOLD BY ALL GROCERS.
3m35 Quaker Mlll Co., lavenna, Ohio.
RICHARDSON £7 BOYNTON CO’S
SANITARY HEATING FURNACES
Contain the newest patterns, comprising latest
improvements possible to adopt in a Heating Fur-
nace where Power. Efficiency, Economy and Dura-
bility is desired. Medical and Scientific Experts
pronounce these Furnaces superior in every re-
spect to all others for supplying pure air tree from
gas and dust.
Send for circulars—Sold by all firsttclass dealers.
RICHARDSON & BOYNTON (30.9
Mfflh, 382 and 234 Water Street, New York.
SOLD BY
F. W. JAQUI, C'r.,
353mm: IMIWAlK. corn.
ROYAL Burma Pownnnoo.,106 Wall St.,l‘l_. Y._
neurons MARKET.
Meat, Fish, vegetables, are.
LOCKWOOI) e ANDREWS.
. MAIN STREET.
_ All kinds of the best qualities of Meats, Fish,
Clams, Vegetables, etc., are kept constantly on
hand. and will be sold by us as low as can be pro-
cured at any market in Norwalk. We intend to
prove to our customers that we deserve their
patronage by fair and generous dealing.
I 5'40 LOCKWOOD Jr ANDREWS.
I WANT EVERYBODY
———'I‘o come in and look over my stock of——-
Mon.uments
-—-AND-—-
HEADSTONES.
Before they buy anything of'tiie kind. A selection
can be made from them much better than from a
photograph or pencil sketch. lespectfuily,
P. W. Bates.
if5
' . J. G. Gregory 85 Co.
'lviesire to state that m addltlt'm to a. full line of
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Druggists'
Sundries they are prepared to receive
orders for
Silk, Cotton or Linen
ELASTIC HOSE
For varicose or enlarged veins. Warranted to
fit, and at reduced rates.
They also desire to state that they have accepted
the agency of the New York Vaccine 00., and will
keep a. supply of
PURE BOVINE VACCINE VIRUS
Constantly on hand.
They have in stock Electric Batteries. which
will be sold at close figures. Tiiey carry also a full
assortment of Keystone Writing Paper Packets.
DEBENTURE BONDS
6 01’ o GENOA Montages
' 0f the New England Loan and Trust Co.
This is one of the oldest, most: conservative and
sccccssful institutions dealing in such securities.
Eleven years' experience without a dollar of loss
to investors.
Each $100,000 of debentured is secured by $102,-
000 of mortga es, assigned to and deposited with
the Farmers’ can and Trust 00., New York. trus-
gseh l‘pterest payable at Bank of New Nork,
Mortgages from best Cora-Producing regions of
Iowa, kaiisas, Nebraska and Missouri.
For full information enquire of tin
o. E. WiLscN.
6 and 7 not rent. Farm Mortgages
———or run——
Equitable Mortgage 60., Kansas City-
Capital, $2,000,000. $1,000,090 paid up.
Principal and Interest Guaranteed. '
Security from three to six times the amount of
loan. Coupon Bonds. Interest. payable in New
York. Also, 1y34
Six per cent, Debenture Bonds of tho
Mltldlcsex Banking Company, of
Mlddletown, Conn,
Organized under the banking laws of the State
of Connecticut. Coupons payable in New York.
R. B. CRAUFURD,
Agent, 31 Main Street, Nor-walk.
TIIE CELEBRATED
PrOf. Ashborn’s
NIININIII'S ENBUSSINI} III].
—03—,-—-—
' Transparent Paint.
~18 ON SALE AT—
J. T. PROWITT’S,
47 Main Street, Norwallt, turn.
The Only Paint Borrower in
Existence.
It Restores the Lustre of
Old Paint and gives it
an Elastic Body.
Wit you contemplate painting or re-painting
your house or other property it will pay you to
examine the merits of
Numindi’s EmbOssing Oil or
Transparent Paint
Before trying any other.
J . T. Prowitt,
Sole Agent for Norwalk and
Vicinity,
47 MAIN STREET.
Lu dies 3
[Do Your Own Dyeing at Home with
W V Y i 1 ' i V
Plole 81.11.55 0Y1».
They will dye everything. They are sold every-
where. Price tOc.a package—10 colors. They
have no equaiicr Strength, Brightness, Amount
in Packages, or for Easiness of Color, or non-
fading Qualities. '1‘ my do not crock or paint. For
sale by J. G. Gregory .2 00., Uruggmis. Wail
street. and C. Lapiiam, ll Main street. Norwalk,
Conn 1 y13
Geo. S. Gregory.
Livery. Boarding, ' Sale.
Feed and Exchange
No. 14: Knight 81
(.n roar of Horse Car Depot),
roommate, CONN.
Carriages furnished 'lll hours. Courtecu
“when and gentlcmanly drivers. 1y
George F. Quintard
—-lIas opened a——
— —I‘IRST-C LASS ~————-
GROCERY
. -—-AT—
N0. 5 Wall sun,
Opposite to J. H. Ells’ Furniture Rooms
Everything new and fresh, and will he sold
cheap as can be bought in town.
@‘Don't fail to give us a call.
Glover 4.81 Olsen,
111.42 no so, Nlll‘WIIIII.
Leaders of the. Shoe Trade
Wish to cal. your attention to afew of the many
styles of shoes carried in stock by them.
OUR LADIES’
French Kill, Hart-liars Waoiennliast,
A Marve of Comfort and Ease.
Our $5 Hanoi-Mate Frenoli Kin Welt
For ladies wear are perfect in every respect and
as good a shoe as any sold at $6. _
For $5.50.
Our Ladies’ Hand-Made French Kid Turn Shoes
made b Benedict at 00., of New Canaan, are the
some 0 style and beauty,and positively cannot be
excelled at any price.
Chi Ohl'for $3,
Those Nobby Little French Kid, Hand-Made
Oxfords with patent leather tips are admired by
all that have seen and worn them. You must cal
and see them.
For. $2.50,
A Perfect Misses’Waukenphast for school or a
walking slice cannot be equalled.
Win a. word our line of shoes is complete in
every respect.
We have the been me of
CHILDREN’S SCHOOL SHOES
Ever shown in town and at prices from the
cheapest to the best.
Glover '8: Olsen,
42‘ . Wall Street,
NOR/WALK.
~~ Removal.
Rs. BEACH, Carpet Maker and Layer. has
-removed from the Shepherd Building, on
Lewis street. to No. 1’ Main street. where she, will
be glad to receive and mommy attend to all
orders in her-line of busmess. She would also
return thanks for the liberal patronage bestowed
upon her for the past twelve years. “29
Norwaik, July 10, 1887. .
Coolidge 8. Lockwood,
REAL ESTATE 81 INSURANCE,
Room 4 Gazette Building.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID 1'0 THE CARE OF
urn. ESTATE, COLLECTION OF BEETS,
ac., dc.
Parties having desirable apartments to'Let. from
$8 to $12 per month. Will do well to place the same
in our hands, as the call for such places the past
month has been far beyond our ability to' supply.
[Remember our Commission iii only 5 per cent.
We have now on our books several very desir-
able places to rent, ranging in price from $15 to
$40 per month.
Room 4 Bantu—e Building.
NORWALK, CONN.
lyll
J. P. NIGKERSON,
For the time being at
No. 7 East Side of Water St,
l-‘OUII BOOBS FROM WALL STREET,
NORWALK, - . .
STAPLE AND CHOICE
GROOERIE'S.
Family Supplies,
Of thc'freshest and best quality that the New
iork market affords in groceries, also
VEGETABLES & FRUITS
In their seasons at
MODERATE PRICES.
The patronage of my friends and former cus-
tomers Is respectfully solicited. “31
J. P. NICKERSON.
CONN .
Telephone Call.
Piles! . Fistula! Fissnre!
NO CHARGE UNLESS CURED!
Write for circulars and Full Particulars,
DR. YARNALL, ly50
150 EAST sou. STREET, new rock crrr.
RIVERSIDE
CEMETERY ASSUIIIATIIIN.
The grounds of this Association are
situated in the Borough of Norwalk, just
north of the Union Mills, between Spring
Hill Road and Riverside Avenue, and
may be reached by good and well-kept
roads from all directions. The cemetery
is divided into twenty-two Sections, with
Broad Avenues
and suitable' streets, and the contour of
the land is such that every taste may be
gratified in the selection of plots. The
avenues are so arranged as to afford
an almost '
Continuous Drive
to all the different sections, and are
crossed in every direction by the streets
so that carriages may reach every plot in
the entire cemetery. Au Elegant
Receiving Vault
of large capacity, and fitted with all
modern improvements, is near the
entrance gate.
Capacity.
The entire space is not plotted, but
52 Vault Lots, reservations for 517 single
interments, and 2,102 Burial Plots are
now offered for sale at prices very favor-
able to purchasers.
MAPS.
Maps of the Cemetery may be seen at
the, ofllce of Mn. Enos KELLOGG, the
Superintendent, on the premises; at the
ofiicc of How. JAMES W. Hun, at the
Horse Railroad Depot; and at the Office
of MR. Jenn H. LIGHT, at South .Nor-
walk.. ' tf5
PETER L. GUIGUE,
FLORIST IINII in YIIAN,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwaik Cemetery,
NORWAEE, - - CONN.
Dealerin In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
tal Trees Shrnbbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway
on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arranged
0 order. 41y2
Grading and lie-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
Mitchell’s
Model Market,
HARDWOOK BUILDING,
NORWALK, CONN.
The Best of Home Dressed Beef.
All kinds of
MEATS, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, the.
Prlcen Reasonable.
“'26 H. W. MITCHELL, Proprietor.
R e m. e m b e r z
The Best Meats in Norwalk
. —.uin sou) AT—
WIXSON'S BASKET, ON THE BRIDGE,
—-AND sou Tus—
Lowest Prices for Cash.
PLATES OF BEEF, 5 cents per lb; CORNED
BEEF, from 5 to 16 cents per lb. 1 will not- be
undersoid for the Best QuaJties of Meat. Poultry
Drawn to Order. ly‘l
James E. W'iwson-
27 Wall Street.
BEING UNABLE TO MANUFACTURE
HARNESS
To compete with large conceres, I have taken
the agency of one of the the oldest and largest
establishments in the state for the sale of
HARNESS, SADDLES, HALTERS,
SURCINGLES, COLLARS. &c.
I shall also make
FINE HARNESS to ORDER
As usual as the old stand,
1'0- 7 WATER STREET,
Where I will keep a regniat line of Whips
Sponges, Chamois, Blankets, ltobes,Fced Bags.
Traveling Bags, etc. ,
J. E PE CK WELL.
A an“ 3E9.
Gray of stretching sea, gray of heaven‘- drooping,
Gray of shore where waves sob low,
Gray of sea gulls swooping:
Not a light on wave or lea, not a shadow showing,
Clouds not dense enough for rain,
And an ocean gently flowing.
Such this day to me; skies are dull and ushers, ‘
Hopes in flight but gray wings'show.
Over silenced passion;
No glad light or shade to see,
No regrets for saddened reaping;
Gloom not sharp enough for pain,
Eyes not sad enough for weeping.
~Jenni- Maxwell Paine in Brooklyn Eagl-
A KANGAROO HUNT.
CONFLICT OF THE DOGS WITH A
SAVAGF. “oLD MAN.”
Uncertainties of an Unknown Mount—A
Rider Buried into Mid Air—An Old
Kangaroo Leaping Eighteen Foot at
a. Jump—The Finish.
By the timeI had regulated my stirnips,
looked into the curb chain, and taken that
last general survey which a man usuallydocs
before trusting himself to the vagaries of an
unknown mount, Cameron rode up on a
rakish chestnut, surrounded by his pack of
kangaroo dogs. These dogs, by the way, are
a cross between a. fox bound‘and a stag
hound bitch, or vice versa, the former, how-
ever, being the more generally sought after.
Glentworth had chosen a quiet little more,
who, to all appearances, had nothing to
recommend her but the beauty of her shoul-
der, and a. certain look about her quarters
which meant jumping. Wallerton was vainly
endeavoring at the same time to retain his
seat nndto keep his long shank spurs away
from his horse’s ribs. The piebald gave one
or two smaller bucks, and then, gathering all‘
his force, lifted himself high in the air, all
‘ four feet at once, burst the girths, and as he
struck ground Waller-ton and the saddle gave
a twist tothe left and came down with a
crash. The horse, having accomplished his
intention, gave a grunt of satisfaction. and
with ill concealed contempt for his prostrate
foe, leisurely strolled away toward the stables.
Wallerton slowly sat up, with the saddle
still between his legs, and gazed at his con-
querer; then with admirable self possession
he took his flask from the saddle bag, nncork-
ed it, toasted his piebald in due form, and
having replaced the flask, stood up with a
comparatively unrufiled exterior.
I put my hand on my tnt’s withers, and a
groom giving me a knee, fiung myself across
the pig skin; before, however, I had put my
feet into the irons, the brute’s head and fore
hand disappeared as if by magic. Hisquar-
tors struck me in the back. and I was buried
into mid air, dropping with my usual luck
into the midst of the dogs, who showedan
evident desire to give up a breakfast of
kangaroo and partake of the meal thus an
expectedly provided for them.
At last we got started, and had not ridden
more than two miles when we viewed three
kangaroo, one of which, by his immense size,
gave promise of being an “old man.” ‘
Having held back for a moment to let the
bounds get fairly away, we gave our eager
horses their heads and followed. On we
swept, through the clear light of the long
shadowed dawn with the quarry and bounds
in view. Just ahead was a heavy log fence
which we all cleared easy, my horse, how~
ever, taking of! at such distance that I
thought we were on it. We lauded though,
with lots to spare. This gave me confidence.
audllx‘guil to work him es the front; with
the music of the pack ringing, peeling,‘rising
in ecstasy. iitid the trees shooting backward.
as if on wings; past Wallerton, Glentworth
and Cameron, over a flight of rails and into
an open Where the bounds were tumbling
over the two smaller kangaroo. The old man,
‘meflliViIIIIL‘, head erect, leaping, bounding
away, covering at least eighteen feet ata
jump, was gaining a good. lead. 1 passed the
bounds at full speed, with a cheer, and they,
leaving the dead, sprang on in chase of the
living, their throats wetted with their kill
and eager for the nobler game; so anger, in-
deed, that they outstripped me, although my
horse was matting as if innflnisb. A short
distance ahead I saw the dark line of a dried
water course. At this the old man went, and
with a gigantic bound cleared it and leaped
on undaunted. At. it went the hounds—some
over, some in and out. As my turn came I
steadied my horse and sent him at it with a
shout; he rose clear, and in a second’s flash I
saw the rocky bottom far below me. We
struck with a slide in front, a scramble be-
hind, and a stumbling recovery, but safely
over, and as I threw myself back in the
saddle I saw the old man standing high
against a gum 'tree, at boy, or, as the Aus-
tralians have it, “stuck up.”
I sat down and set my horse going, con-
gratulating myself on being alone. at the
death, when Glentworth shot past in. with
the immovable seat that had ever character-
ized his dreaded run in, and dram“ ounting,
billy in hand, made his way through the dogs.
and stood before the kangaroo. I followed
his example, and for the first time enjoyed a
struggle with a “game old man." He stood
with his back firmly prmed against the tree,
his head up and his eyes gleaming; he kept
his short forelegs moving somewhat after the
fashion of a nervous boxer, and as the bounds
pressed upon him he would strike with one of
his long hind legs a. blow so hard that the
bound it reached ran a fair chance of nover
again responding to his huntman’s call; for
that swift, clean reach would strike him in
the throat as he rose tohis leap, and the sharp
claw, tearing through rib and sinew, would
leave a. wound so deep and jagged as to be far
beyond thin-each of the primitive surgery at:
limid.- ~
During the time that Glentworiih and I had
stood inactive, three dogs had been put hors
du combat, and now Don Juan, the pride of
the pack, had reached the kangaroo’s throat,
and unmindful of the blow that partly dis-
embowled him, refused to loosen his hold.
Seizing my opportunity, I ran in, and with a
fierce blow of my loaded club, or billy, dc.
livered on the head of the kangaroo, I
dropped him, and the dogs finished him in
short order.
Cameron and Waller-ton now rode up, and
Cameron, dismounting, looked to the wounded
dogs, two of which were found to be be-
yond recovery. Those were mercifully dis-
patched, and be. taking Don Juan over his
saddle bow, whilst I took the other, we
started toward home. The run had been ex-
ceptionally good, and the kill: perfection, as
it is not often that a hardened old man will
prove game when “stuck up.”—Hallett Alsop
Borrowc in Outing.
L Man's Growls About: Woman.
In no place or country on earth are women
more vain than in the United States, and it
is a. wonder that it is so, considering how uni-
versal schooling is in the country. Take the
matter of fashion plates and two questions
arise—why cannot an artist draw a woman
true to nature? He never does—and why is a
woman so silly as to think she is anything
like the fashion plate? If a. woman goes to a
photographer and has a full length photo
taken, the first thing she will notice is that
her feet lock _so big. The reason is that the
photo does not flutter. If a woman standing
5 feet 3 inches (63) . V‘ich is a little above the
average height, wears a No. 2 shoe, she thinks
herfeet awful cunning, while No. 2 means a
foot nine inches long, and nine inches into
sixty-three inches will go seven times, so that
the foot is one-seventh of the height, and if
you will measure a. man’s foot and divide his
height by the length of his foot, you will find
the same rule holds—namely, the foot is
about one-seventh of the height in men and in
women, only men wear coarse, clumsy shoes,
that oblige them to be loose and large, while
women, as a rule, wear shoes of a dainty, soft
material that permit the shoe to be smaller
than the foot. '
So with other errors, in a fashion plate,
allowing the face to be (as it is) about one-
eighth of the body. A fashion plate will
make a. woman out to be about ten feet tall
with feet three times smaller than the feet are
in reality. Why is this? What is the use of
publishing a lie and falling down to worship
a. faisehoodi Artists can draw houses, horses,
locomotives, anything, so correctly in this
Nineteenth century that one has to admire
them; but when they come to draw a woman
they make the drawing untrue. Can it be
that woman must be grossly flattered, and are
we justified in the flattery? Is woman so silly
in the United States that she is ready to be
[love what is not so, and can she not rule by
virtue of her real charms without having
imaginary oncsii
I might say something about waists. and
perhaps I will in another letter if you publish
this—“Artist” in Detroit Free Press.
Bookkeepers as Partners.
It has become the custom in Wall street for
the stock brokerage firms to have their book-
keepers interested in the business. Asmall
interest is given to them for the purpose of
increasing their vigilance. In some houses
every mother's son who has anything to do
with the books gets an interest. ltissuid
that in past years a few kookkeepers were not
averse to peddling for a consideration infor-
mation of the dealings of big customers of
their houses to rivals, and it very frequently
occurred that operators who fondly thought
their operations were only known to them-
selves nnd their brokers were betrayed .to
their opponents—New York Sun.
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