-. nonalc- , r _ . , P ,3 "i ESTABLISHED 1800 An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests. N ORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 l, 1889. ' AZETTE. Two DOLLARS A YEAR? NUMBER 50 ' Furnished on applicatio ‘VOLUME LEXXIX. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIIII. am- Two Dollars per year, in advance, RATES FOR ADVERTISIII Alli lllB PIIITIII , n at the Office. dvs., 1 inch, 1 week, $1.00 at a mommy and “male up to 4 times. -5° Each subsequent insertion, Ralf inch, half of above rates. . . One column, ordinary adv., one time, - 12:21.38 One column, reading matter, one time, .20 L06 1: readin matter columns per line, 31:31:: Marriaggs and Deaths mge'nea free. 1 00 of Funeral Notices - . A§§$§ifi§ms to yearly and Milt-yearly advertis- ers, and ten per cen . discount on all advs. pref- paid for three months or over. D gall-w 13 new“ J on PRINTING Bra , flagged with the best facilities for turningdout First Class Work of every description. All or era for Printing. Engraving and Book Binding. execu- ted promptly. and W done as anywhere. LOCAL ITEMS. . Mrs. C. B. De Klyn spent a short time1 with friends in town last week. - shaking on the river just tory pond Sunday mornings attended the public installa- e in Yonkers Boys were above the fac John Bray tion of the Sons of St. Georg Monday night. . . Read the notice of “Bargains” in another column. At Jaqui’s store you will find them. The ten-hours’ walkin Hall, Saturday, was won with 62 miles to his credit. EThc show windows of our local stores ‘ - from pro. attract considerable attention spective Christmas purchasers. —# w 'The second sociable of Pioneer Hook and Ladder company will be held in the Athenreum Thursday evening. ______.— The West Avenue Whist Club were de- lightfully entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Hitchcock, Tuesday evening last. ___._..—- The annual convention of the state boa“ of agriculture will be held at Bir- mingham next week, the 17th, 18th and 19th. Miss Finnegan, of Norwalk, for some g match in Music by Gnertler, tim gustine church, in Bridgeport, has re-, signed. Mrs. Anderson, of New Milford, has been spending the past two weeks in town with the family of her nephew, Mr. John P. Treadwell. ‘ Michael Shecdy, whose old mare fell into a hole on Hoyt street and broke her neck, has presented a bill to the borough, for $500 damage. Rev. C. S. Wing occupied the pulpit of the Second M. E. church last Sunday. During his stay here he was the guest of D. Warren Fitch. George C. Lockwood, trustee, will sell at auction next Tuesday, the merry-go- ’rourid, used by the Gruinrnaus at Boton Point two years ago. Mrs. A. ll. Bissell, of Montclair, N. J. attended the Guilds-Lockwood Wedding last Week. She was the guest of Mr. and Mia. Samuel Talcott. while in town. Delia A., relict of Wm. VVesteifield, died at the residence of her daughter Mrs. Herman Beers, on Arch street, Monday morning, in the 85th year of her age. Alonz-o E. Brotherton, of East Norwalk, died at his residence on Thursday last, of consumption, aged 30 years. He was buried on Sunday with the honors oi Cod Fellowship. The postmasters, Who got into difficulty by Selling postage stamps on credit to Architects r‘aliser, i’aliser & Co., of New York, have been fined $50 each and costs, amounting to about $110. Brother Stanley, as manager of the Opera House, is booking Some good at. tractions, not crowding them in too thick, and demonstrating in various ways his fitness for the position of manager. The East Avenue Whist Club will be entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Constoek Friday evening. As it is to be the first meeting of the Club this season, an unusually good time is antlerpated, The Meriden Journal is now printed from new type and on aGoss Web per- fecting press made especially for it, with . a capacrty of 12,000 papers an hour. It is an eXCellent paper and its success is well merited. Mrs. Eliza A. Nash, an old lady 70 years of age, fell down the cellar stairs at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Gregory, on Union l’arh, Friday after. 3‘; noon. and broke her leg and severely cut her head. A currrnt newspaper paragraph says " that Mark Reynolds, a drummer, was found in the City hotel, at Norwalk, Wed- ncsday morning, almost asphyxiated from -. gas, which was escaping from a jet in the ‘ wail. lie had failed to turn off the flow on retiring. Dr. Simon Quinlan, exalted grand ruler of the B. P. 0. E. (translated by the Dam, buryjNews man, “Best people' 9118111111,”) paid an official visit to the Danbury lodge of Elks Thursday evening, which was made the occasion of an elaborate banquet and social session. ilibe as well and reasonably , Gen. and Mrs. D. N. Couch have moved from their Srrmmer home on the Hill to their new Cottage on Isaacs street. ’ Prof. Loisette’s Memory System is rec- ting greater interest than ever in all parts of the country, and persons wishing to improve their memory should send for his prospectus, free, as advertised in another column. 4:. An East Norwalk youngster the other day astonished his school teacher and se- cured for himself a spanking, by his pre- cocity. On being asked who was the father of his country, the youngster re- plied, “McGinty.” , Dr. Tim. Healev is grief stricken. The Fairfield widow whom he was to wed died on Sunday. Dr. Henley asserts, however, that in respect to her memory, he shall insist upon supporting and bring- ing up her orphaned children. The Ansonia Sentinel hails the [terrible Lynn fire as “a godsend to Connecticut manufacturers," in that it sends Bridge- port large ordcrs for sewing machines, and draws on Birmingham for a supply of corsets. There’s philosophy for you. The Gazar'rn’s editorial letter from Washington is especially interesting this week, in its utterances on the late Jef- ferson Davis, our senior having been so- quainted with the “father of the Confed- eracy” since his§appointment as a cabinet officer. On Tuesday last Mr. Charles E. St. John was arrested and taken to Bridge- port on a charge made by W. B. Hall & 00., of that city, of obtaining money on a V worthless check some two months ago. He obtained bonds and it is said the affair- is settled. The fair and entertainment given Tues-l day and Wednesday evening of this week, should prove a success, as the good'ladies have prepared an excellent programme, and have been indefatigable in their enorts to make the occasion one of pleas- ure and rofit. e soprano in the choir of the St. An. = p Dramatic talent runs in the Wade fam- ily. In the entertainment being given by the ladies of the Methodist church this week is a delightful little “bull frog” specialty by a long row of little boys, and Ralph Wade, the little son of his awful dadris one of the cutest and sprightlicst frogs of the lot]. W. N. Simons, of Meriden, the new secretary of the Norwalk Y. M. C. A., was warmly welcomed by the Association at a meeting in their hall Monday evening. An affectionate farewell was also given Mr. Wilcox, who has made many warm friends in all classes during his residence and labors among us. ' Editor Bross, whom Wade calls“the sweet singer of ltidgefield,” was in town on Friday. Bross has of late given evi- dence that he possesses what Curtiss, of the Great Barrington News, calls “the poetic fire,” to a considerable and unex- pected degree. His “delirious” parody on l’oe’s Raven attracted considerable attention to his genius as a Poe-it. in an account of the sparring exhibi- tion held in New Haven, the Palladium says that James O’Neil, of Danbury, and Tim Dalton, of Norwalk, next came together. They made a lively set-to. O’Neil weighed more than Dalton, but Dalton was quicker. Each hammered the other and when time was called both w._-re spouting blood lmiii the nose. Elder William Harris, a licensed preach- er in the Baptist church, who had been blind since infancy, died in the poor-house at New London last week. He had preached in nearly every Baptist pulpit in the county, but had new-r been ordain- ed because owing to his blindness, he could not administer the rites of baptism and communion. He recently joined the Episcopal church. The exhibit of .the foreign commerce of the United Staiesfor the month of Octo- ber last is very encouraging. Our exports were the largest ever made in one month, except in the single instance of December, 1880. The value of our October exports was $97,669,417. Our imports during the same month amounted to $68,127,529, showing a balance in our favor of over $29,000,000. Company F minstrels may not be held legally responsible for it, but the same night they gave their first performance, Dockstader’s New York rroirpe “brst up” and Dockstader himself skipped out. It is probable, hOWever, that he will return again, organize another company, and continue the minstrel business—that is,providcd the Company F boys will agree not to go on the road with their show.. The fourth and last entertainment of the Y. M. C. A. course, given in the As- sociation’s hall, on Wednesday evening last by the Boston Rivals, was one of the finest entertainments ever given in this town from the standpoint of - high artistic merit. Each specialist was an artist of superior attainments and those who failed to attend missed a rare musical and liter- ary feast. Brother Sterling’s Bridgeport commu- nication to the Sunday World contained portraits and biographical sketches of the prominent lawyers of the city. One of the brightest faces portrayed was that of Col. W. H Stevenson, the Housatonic railroad manager, who is not only a law- yer, bnt an ex-editor. . The State historical society. at its De- cember meeting at Hartford, last Tuesday evening, voted to memorialize Congress to remove the body of Joel Barlow, the author'and patriot, whose resting place is in Poland, to his native state. He died while on his way to meet Napoleon,_._in 1812, in France, to get his signature for a trea'. y of commerce with the United States. The Putnam park, which is now being laid out at Bedding, is proposed as an appropriate burial place. The Rainbow Supper given by the ladies of the First Congregational Church, in their chapel last Friday evening, was in every way a success. The seven tables, each representing a color of the rainbow, were very tastefully decorated, the presid- ing lady wearing the color of her table decoration, while the young ladies who acted as waitresses were very becoming paper caps containing all the colors of the rainbow. The supper was also a success financially. The Litchfield county commissioners, at their session, considered the remonstrsnce of the people of Norfolk, a no license town, against licensing a druggist. They were in receipt of a petition against such - a license, seven feet long. A summary at the footflof this document states that it is signed by 221 persons, 84 men and 187 women. 0f the latter 90 are married or widows, 78 mothers, 18 grandmothers and 51 have brothers. The druggist’s petition was rejected. The New Milford;fireincn’s fair last week was a success and the prizes award~ ed for guessing pumpkin seeds, holding lucky tickets, sing the moat popular per- son in the:world,etc., were numerous and varied from a toothpick to a mowing ma- chine. Editor Bolles was impelled by modesty to omit mention of the prize awarded to him for superlative beauty, but we are informed it was a salvation army badge and the presentation speech was made by "Nick” Staub. __._...._. The Rose Hill English Folly company, female burlesque and niinstrels, gave an entertainment in the Opera House Monday evening, which attracted a large audience of men—old men and young men, church goers and stay-at-homes, bald headed men, married men and single men. Near sighted men were in the majority, as the rush for front seats demonstrated. The entertainment was really aclean, meritori- ous one, with no objectionable features. but many attractions of a. high order of excellence. The great mass of newspaper readers know little of the labor and cost of pro- ducing the news they enjoy each morning with their breakfasts as they peruse the columns of the progressive journal of to- day. The New York Herald refers to the fact with just pride that its special cable dispatches giving Stanley’s account of his successful journey into savage Africa, sent from Zanzibar on Wednesday last, cost two dollars for each word; and the 'same paper lately gave elaborate cable dispatches from Brazil which cost nearly as much. _ Real estate dealer 0. E. Wilson has just sold a building lot on Stuart avenue to Mrs. Mary Curr-en, of Stamford ; also a lot on the same avr-nue to Mrs. Mary A. Curley, of Stamford; also a lot on West Main street to Moses H. Glover; also the Sylvester Grumman place on the Winni- pruk road, to Benjamin Taylor, of Win- nipauk; alSo a burr~ ing lot on Prospect avenue to John L. Kelley, who will at once begin lire construction of a cottage thereon; also three lots on Stuart avenue to a party whose name Mr. Wilson with- holds for thejpresrxnt. Litchf‘ield Enquzrer: Canaan strikes us as the most thriving village in the north- western part of the county. It abounds in new Queen Anne cottages, some of them very pretty. Indeed its churches are “Queen Anne,” too, very unique and pic- turesque. Probably they are just as good to pray and preach in as the “four-square” temples of New England Grecian order of architecture which prevailed early in the century,and which are so suggestive of the rectangular theology of that day.——Ca— naan’s four lime companies make 600 bbls. daily,and persons from Maine and Bridge- port are prospecting with a view to start- ing more kilns. ' Wednesday night a South Norwalk policeman and Local Editor Crowe, of the Sentinel, scented a murder through the telephone and took a midnight ride to Wilson Point only to find that no blood had been spilled or life taken. In brief, there had been a little scrimmage between the night watchman and the engineer of a mud-digger. Great was the l. e.’s disap- pointment at not finding either a dead man or a murderer in a “drunken rage.” Appreciating the fact “the ofiicer placed the steel wristlets” on the “perfectly sober” watchman, and “we took him in the carriage and drove to South Norwalk,” at which place the party was joined by the engineer, when and where, modestly adds the scribe, the engineer and watch- rnan “paid for our carriagepnd departed in peace.”--Recm-d. - Walter Fitch, the Santa Clans of the Westport road, was enabled to celebrate Thanksgiving day this year in a spirit becoming the character of the sacred day. For the first time in many years the par- ticular turkey which he had selected from his flock and fattened especially for his fawn Thanksgiving feast, was not stolen from him. It may be in order to remark, however, that for the four weeks immediately preceding Thanksgiving, Mr. Fitch sat up every night with a double- barreled shot-gun and did sentry duty in front of his turkey coop. Tickets for the organ concert at the opening of the new Congregational church, at South'Norwalk, on Tuesday evening, Dec. 17th, at the following places: Plais- ted’s and Baxter’s drug stores, Comstock Bros.’, Hiram Brown’s, Miss Lizzie Sel- leck’s, Miss Emma Scofield’s and Moore & Harman’s, in South Norwalk, and, in Norwalk, at Gregory’s drug store and Pinneo’s. \All persons purchasing tickets before Thursday morning, the 12th inst, can secure reserved seat on that date. Diagrams of auditorium will opened at Plaisted’s, South Norwalk, and Gregory’s, Norwalk, at o’clock,'8 a. m. A rare treat awaits our people at the entertainment to be given in the Opera House on Wednesday evening next. Of the charming grace and vocal powers of the Mundell sisters the press speaks in high praise. Their performances display voice gifts and artistic skill of exceeding excellence, and have elicited great sp- plause. Their programme for the 12th instant, is a rich one, and well calculated to draw acrowded house. In addition to the attractions which these captivating song sisters ofier, Mr. George Lechler, the celebrated zither soloist, and who is a treat in himself, will give an exhibition of his notable capabilities. Miss Jennie Nash will preside at the piano. Several representatives of the Street family met in New Haven Monday to form an association. Among those present were George W. Street of Ellington, Hobart P. Street of South Hadley Falls and George D. Street of New York. It was voted to hold a reunion June 26 and 27, 1890, and these oflcers were elected. President, H. P. Street of Massachusetts; vice-presi- dents, W C. Street of Norwalk, H. A. Street and F. F. Street; recording secre- tary and treasure, S. H. Street; corres- ponding secretary, Mrs. George E. Street of Exeter, N. H.; executive committee, Justus S. Hotchkiss, H. A. Street and F. B. Street of New Haven, G. D. Street and F. F. Street of Hartford. One of the unique institutions of our town is a “Liars’ Club.” The headquar- ters is at Dann’s livery oflice. James Crofut is at present president. The rich as yet has only four members—Messrs. Crofut, H. E. Darin, T. S. Morison and L‘. B. Coolidge. The rule governing the admission of- candidates for membership prescribes that the aspirant must tell a lie, which, for monumental improbability, shall cast into the shade any lie previmis y told by. any member of the club. Doc. Coolidge was the last man who joined. He “got there” on his war experiences. The Objecls of the club are, social enjoy- ment and the advancement of intellectual athletics. The inrmbers’ fairy tales are made picturesque and blood or rdling, not necessarily for publication, but for a prize, to be awarded on Good Friday. The Company F minstrel entertainment was given in the Opera House on Thurs- day evening to one of the largest as Well as one of the most select audiences ever assembled in the hall, and to accommo~ date a large number who were unable to secure seats on that evening, the perform- ance was repeated on Friday evening be- fore another good Sized audience} The programme was long and numerous en- cmcs prolonged the entertainment till nearly 12 o’clock. Music was furnished by an orchestra under the leadership of Jesse Hopson. The overture was a hour and a quarter in duration, and some of the songs were encored. The chorus was materially strengthened by the “Oleander Quartette” composed of Messrs. Nash, McGonegal, Force and Ilodslion, each of whom,by the way, sang a solo which was enthusiastically applauded. Nash immortalized himself and earned a mag— nificent basket of flowers as interlocutor, and the house was kept in constant con- vulsions by BenAllen, Allie Austin and Fred Merrill, who, with Fred Austin, Joe Carrier and Dick Mitchell, were the “end men.” The silent drill was an attractive feature and was cncored. The quarteite’s songs elicited much applause and were also encored. Dick Mitchell made a speech in which circumstances over which he had no control were volubly set forth and handled without gloves. Professor George Nash’s exhibition of club swing- ing captivated the house. Hen. Matheis, behind a portable stomach, sang and said and did lots of funny things too numerous and diversified to mention. Charles Williams danced very gracefully. The proceeds of the two entertainments will net the company a handsome sum for their treasury The annual meeting of the stockholders the Fairfield County National bank, for the election of directors for the ensuing year, will be held at their bankinghouse, on Tuesday, the 14th day of January, 1890. The stockholders of the Central National bank will hold their annual meeting the same day. “ W. E. Collins, of the American House restaurant has. gone, bag, baggage and family, to New York. The restaurant is thus forced again upon its original owner, “Uncle John” Collins, who assumes the duties of its active management with all his old-time spriglitliness, notwithstand- ing his advanced age and past service entitled him to make the remainder of .life’s journey at his case. Uncle John has already made several improvements and instituted various reforms in the restaurant, and will no doubt be success- ful in speedily bringing that well known and long established hostelry up to its old-time standard of excellence. John Wade, who furnished original poetry for the topical song sung by that sly and mischievous rascal, Allie Austin, in the Company F minstrels, fell himself a victim to Austin’s versatility, for the treacherous singer, just before smearing his classic features with burnt cork, went into one corner of his dressing room, and had this violent fit of hysterics, which he unblushingly threw up to the audience:— “Some think John Lockwood would look well in J lmmle Bailey’s pants, ' But those who believe it get left; Some think Dutch Charlie is supporting sisters, coutlns. aunts, But those who believe it get left. Some think that J ohnnie Wade could mount alsad- dle horse’s back And ride a race at lively pace around the driving (~93 it.) . track, And not come home laid out upon a plank or in a so . But ten chances to one he’d come home with his neck broken.” It would seem that Austin had in mind a recent challenge to a certain equestrian contest that was never 0 )utested. “ Anonymous communications are de. clined with thanks.” (The foregoing remark is not original.) One important suggestion, however, we have to oflfer to anonymous contributors: when you send your favors to the newspapers through pay the postage. We have received the following gratuitous suggestion from “A Tax payer,” which we are obliged to omit—not, however, because the writer forgot that in a free delivery post office a drOp letter requires two cents, but be- cause our correspondent neglected to sign his name “as a guaranty of good faith.” EDITOR Gamma :-—Is there any reason why the incoming Court of Burgesses cannot make an estimate of the amount of money needed to run the borough for the year, appoint assessors and board of relief, have the assessment list perfected so that a tax sufficient to raise the amount required may be laid, and not lay the usual rate and then raise the assessment on real estate 50 per cent, collect the tax and spend the whole of it? Thursday afternoran. al the City Hotel the Genilemen’s Driving Association held its annual inciting. wnich was largely attended. The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year:— President, Buckingham Lockwood, Nor- walk; vice-presidents, Thos. S. Morison, Norwalk ; Nathaniel Wheeler, Bridgeport; H. F. Guthrie, Silver Mine, and B. C. ward. South Norwalk; secretary, M. H. Glover, Norwalk; executive committee, E. T. Bedforrl, Greens l‘arms; George I Keeler, South Nor-walk; S. L. Knapp, Stamford, and C. E. Bruce, South Wilton. Treasurer Woodward read a detailed re- port showing that there was about $2,500 in the treasury. It \i‘ns voted to hold meetings in June and August next year, and an invitation to make on exhibit at the meetings was extended to the Fairfleld Co.Agricultural Society if they deem best. A vote of thanks Was extended to the officers for the efficient manner in which they have performed their duties durinr.r the year. The meeting then adjourned subject to the president’s call. The entertainment, which our South Norwalk friends will give at Music Hall this (Wednesday) evening, for the benefit of their library, prom Sea to be thoroughly interesting and enjoyable. They have enlisted the services of nruch of the best of our local talent in a musical way, and after all we doubt if there is a much stronger attraction than rhe general inter- est in our own people when they , under- take, in behalf of an object of this sort, to. give the public a chance to see and hear them at their best. Everyone is delighted to hear the sweet voices of Miss Martha Knapp and Mr. Eben Hill, or to listen to the stirring choruses of the Germania Seengerbund, while Mr. Hopson’s violin is a welcome addition to any mnsacal en- tertainmenl. Besides this the school children will appear in some interesting exercises, in which they have had special training, and which they render in a very interesting manner. With other vocal and instrumental pieces, readings and the like, the programme will prove an attractive one, and this, together with the worth and popularity of the object for which the entertainment is given, will insure a very large attendance. We un- derstand that the advance sale of tickets has been unusually large. the post office, be considerate enough to Lyrics, Danbury; treasure-r, E. A. Wood-- The engagement of Dr. R. G. Nolan, formerly of Norwalk. and 'Miss li'laggie Doyle, of New York, is announced. It is hardly to be supposed, however. that this delightful consummation is the result of that practical joke recently played upon the Doctor by a wag who, unbeknown to his victim, inserted an advertisement in a New York paper requesting photographs and communications to be sent to the Doctor, “object, matrimony.” What Edward Bellamy, author of “Looking Backward,” says about What can be done with the Servant Girl ?—“To this I believe its answer must be, nothing; Second, what can be done without her? To this I think the response may safely be, everlyhing," Mr. Bellamy’s paper on the Servant Girl question will appear in Good Housekeeping of December 21, No. 121, and his views on the subject will command attention in every household. ‘ A portrait of Mr. Bellamy. engraved for Good Housekeeping, will appear in the same number, accompanied by a personal sketch of his life and labors, the most complete and interesting that has yet been given to the public‘of the author of “Look- ing Backward.” The Taylor-Taylor elopemcnt was a short but sweet dream of love. The wan- derers have returned and been forgiven ; the fatted calves have been killed and cooked; everything is lovely and the goose hangs high—but love’s young dream is o’er. On Thursday last Irving Taylor, the disconsolate swain who was so cruelly forsaken a couple of weeks before by his handsome but erratic spouse for a hand- somer but more fickle man, received a telegram from the homesick woman im- ploring him to come to Bridgeport to meet her. (Oh! Bridgeport, Bridgeport, what mischief will ye not have to answer for l) The telegram came like a soothing balm to Irving’s troubled soul, for amid all his trials his faithful heart went out in all its fullness to the recreant sharer of his joys and multiplier of his sorrows. He stood not upon the order of his going, but he went. At Bridgeport he found the object of his tender solicitude awaiting him in anxious expectation, her eyes filled with the tender light of a re-awakened love for the boy she left behind her, and a glance. that was at once imploring and expressive ’of penitence, trust, devotion and submis- siveness. Had the heart that throbbcd beneath the manly breast of the faithful and forgiving Irving been a heart of ada- mant, it would have melted before that beseeching look. But Irving needed not that mute appeal to inspire him to for- giveness. He wanted back his wife, and in the presence of that handsome and be- loved face he forgot the bitterness he might have felt, and his honest soul reveled in the rosy dawn of a new exist- ence. He opened wide his arms, and she, happy in the assurance 0 a safe and cer— tain reinstatement, sprang into them with an irresistible demonstration of undying affection,entwined her shapely arms about his neck, and amid their mingled fears of contrition and reconciliation, “their spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips." It was an affecting scene, and on the homeward journey the reunited couple, oblivious to all surroundings and circum- stances, gave constant and unmistakable evidence of their mutual love. The strange part of the affair, however, is in the fact that Mrs. Taylor was utterly in ignoranz'e of the horrid story started by some malicious gossips that she had gone off with Schuyler Taylor, the home car driver. She assured Irving that she had not seen Schuyler Taylor Since she de- parted, and the wicked story hurt her . feelings keenly. The happy couple, with love and fidelity plighted anew, now dwell together with proverbial turtle dove devo— tion, and in that happy home love reigns supreme. But alas for the fatal mischief of “singular coincidences i” In less than twenty-four hours after Mrs. frying Tay- lor returned, Schuyler Taylor, the home car driver, also came, quietly and without oStentation or display, back to the wife he had deserted, and pleaded for forgive- ness; and she, poor, abused little woman ——what could she do but forgive the wreicli and permit him to come back to her? And even he had the insurmount- able clicek to pretend to be shocked and horrified and affect the righteous indigna- tion of outraged innocence on being told that the story had been circulated that he had eloped with the other Taylor’s wife. Such an outrageous slander thrilled every fibre of his being With an unutterablc feeling of abhorrence. However, when he reported for duty at the car stables, he found his place filled by another man, whereupon he energetically concentrated the eloquence of his entieatics in an ap- peal for a recommendation from Mr. Hyatt. to help him get employment elsewhere, and, impelled by the urgency of the Situ— ation he made a clean breast of his esca— pade, confessed that he had gone off with the other Taylor’s wife, told where they vmet, where they went, how they spent their time, how they enjoyed each other’s society—and all about it. Thus he makes it embarrasing for the party of the second part, who “didn’t see him at all.” Schuy— -er is now in Brooklyn.
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