WAIVE INDEINITY II DIVIDE ISLE Unexpectedly Liberal Terms Are Offered to the Czar Through Roosevelt. WERE NOT UNDERSTOOD it Is Believed the Czar’s Unsatisfactory Reply Was Due to Misunderstand ing—Delay in Next Meeting May Solve All. Portsmouth, N. H.. Aug. 29.—Baron Komura, acting upon instructions re ceived from Tokio as a result of yes terdays meeting of the cabinet and 'elder statesmen” under the direct presidency of the emperor of Japan, will submit to M. Witte a new basis of -compromise, and that compromise, it is firmly believed, will insure peace. 'I’he revelation contained in the As sociated Press exclusive announcement that Japan had already informed Em peror Nicholas, through Ambassador Meyer, that Japan was ready to waive the question of indemnity and submit the price to he paid for the northern half of Sakhalin to the judgment of a mixed commission, but prepared the way for Japan’s backdown upon the issue. The announcement had been the sensation of the day. It had met with denials high and low. It was de cided to be impossible, incredible. The Japanese declined to admit it and the Russians said they had no confirma tion. M. Witte intimated strongly- that St. Petersburg had not apprised him of any such action by the president. There was even a disposition to ridi cule the idea of arbitrating the price of half of the Island. Nevertheless, on all hands it was admitted that if Japan took this position the ground was cut out from under Emperor Nicholas. M. Witte, by consummate skill in conceding all the demands of Japan involving the real issues of the war, had maneuvered his adversaries into a position where, unless they aban doned the claim for indemnity, they could be held responsible for continuing the war for money-. Japan Turned Tables. The Japanese now, foregoing the de mand for indemnity, will practically turn the tables upon Russia and shift the burden back to her shoulders if she does not consent to submit a minor issue to the impartial judgment of a tribunal. M. Witte publicly dissents vigorously front the proposition, and there will still he a struggle with Pe terhof, but if Japan tomorrow agrees to formally renounce all claims for direct or indirect compensation for the ex pense of the war the big stumbling block to peace is out of the way. Everything will depend upon the form in which the proposal is sub mitted. Should the renunciation be so coupled with the other proposition that Russia could claim it was still only a disguised demand for tribute, the gulf might only bo narrowed, not bridged. All the private advices that reach the Russian mission from St. Petersburg indicate that the military party is in sistent that General Lineviteh be given a chance, and that negotiations be , broken oft . Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 2S.—The As sociated Press has definite knowledge that several days ago President Roose velt was authorized on behalf of Japan to waive ail claim for indemnity or re imbursement for the cost of war and to cede back to Russia the north half of Sakhalin island leaving the “redemp tion” price of the same to arbitration of a mixed commission. This statement was transmitted to the Russian emperor through American Ambassador Meyer. The Associated Press telegram announced that the czar’s reply was "partially responsive.” There is reason to believe this propo sition on behalf of Japan was not clear ly understood at Peterhof. and it is be lieved the conference held last evening between Witte and Takahira was for the purpose of clearing up the situation. Arbitration Much Favored. It is now not improbable that, follow ing the precedent of Great Britain, ■Japan will agree to settle the whole question of the redemption price of Sakhalin as the Dogger Bank troubles were adjusted, when Rojestvensky fired on the fishing fleet in the English chan nel. The Japanese contention is that Sakhalin island is de facto Japanese territory and that Russia has no means at her command for its present recov ery. It is understood Witte has accept ed tills view in principle and expressed judgment that Russia should pay something in the nature of redemption money. It is believed the Tokio coun cil in session this morning is consider ing this phase of the question. Cause of the Delay. It 1s not true that the adjournment which was agreed to last night until Tuesday afternoon was made at the suggestion of Roosevelt. There is reason for believing he knew nothing what ever of it. but that the adjournment was by mutual agreement between Wilte and Takahira to enable the latter to hear from Tokio. Both Sides Uncompromising. The peace conference is likened to ■ lying man kept alive by oxygen ad ministered by President Roosevelt. Yet no actual evidence can he obtained here that the president has made a now appeal to the emperor of Japan. What may have been only a slip of the tongue from Witte was so interpreted. Speaking of final decision of the Tokio government he remarked upon the lourteen-hour difference of time be i w een Oyster Bay and Tokio, then has tily corrected himself and said: “New York and Tokio.” Witte frankly expresses skepticism , of the effect of any new proposal Japan may he able to offer. He does not be lt ve Japan will withdraw entirely her demand for reimbursement of expenses of the war. and to scale it down or at tempt to disguise it in another form he declares would not change the situa tion. Russian Press Is Bitter. Si. Petersburg, Aug. 28.—The Svtet today says: "Japanese conditions for peace would only be acceptable if the Japanese fleet were threatening St. Petersburg and the Japanese army were occi^ying Moscow. •Russia will not bow to the Japa nese yoke to fulfill President Roose velt's desire to guarantee American creditors of Japan and cover himself with glory as a peacemaker. • Japan, needing peace, seeks tile In termediation of her friend. Roosevelt, and makes exorbitant demands, while tlie president is striving indirectly to exact the consent of Russia. MORGAN SEES PRESIDENT ! Big Financier Has a Conference with Roosevelt Over Chinese Railroad. Oyster Bay. N. Y., Aug. 30. J. Piet' pout Morgan had an extended confer ence yesterday with President Roose velt. The conference related to mat ters pertaining to the Santon-Hankow railroad in China and its probable dis position by the present owner, the American China Development com pany. The firm of J. P. Morgan & ('o. practically controls the road and its concessions. Mr. Morgan visited the president sev eral weeks ago on a similar mission. Subsequently Sir Chengtung Liang Cheng, the Chinese minister, had a conference with the president on the same subject. No definite disclosures were made regarding either of the con ferences. The Chinese government has proposed to the American China Development., company that it sell the road and its concessions to China, the price gener ally regarded as close to the precise figure being $7,000,000. So far as can be learned the directors of the com pany have not passed finally upon the offer from the Chinese government. It is said to be the Intention of the di rectors to hold a meeting today in Jer sey City, the American China De velopment company being a New Jer sey corporation, and it is likely that at the meeting the question of the dispo sition of the road will be determined definitely. A PRISON SCANDAL Mrs. Rogers, Murderess, Entertains k Her Cell—Testimony at State In vestigation of Vermont. Bellows Falls, Vt., Aug. 30.—Sensa tional testimony concerning affairs at the state prison at Windsor was given at Saturday's hearing of the investiga tion of public Institutions, now being held by the state. Horace Boyd, a prison officer, testified regarding the alleged conduct of Mrs. Mary M. Rog ers, the Bennington woman who was convicted of the murder of her hus band. Marcus Rogers, in August, 1902, but not hanged. Boyd declared that Vernon Rogprs. a convict who is serving a sentence of sixteen years, had told him that he (Rogers) had access last spring to Mrs.1 Rogers’ cell by means of a key which he had made in the slioeshop of the in stitution. The convict is not a relative of Mrs. Rogers. Officer Boyd further stated that Rogers and the condemned mur deress had not conducted themselves properly. After Boyd had been dismissed from the witness stand the state made pub lic certain evidence which had been taken in executive session by the spe cial committee appointed by the legis lature to investigate public institutions. L. W. Oakes, former superintendent of the prison, testified at that session that Rogers had informed him that last March Fred Morse, another prisoner, had given him (Rogers) a key which fitted Mary Rogers' cell. The state officials also made public a statement made by Mrs. Rogers in writing to Matron Durkes of the prison. In the statement Mrs. Rogers said she' had seen Vernon Rogers frequently in the corridor. The woman’s statement then told of frequent meetings which she and Rogers had in her cell. The statement corroborated other testimony given concerning Rogers at the hearing as to the means employed to open the cell doors. MOTHER STRANGLES DOG Sight of Bleeding Child Spurs Mrs. Hein to Throttle Maddened Brute, Which Policeman Shoots. Chicago, Aug. 30.—The bravery of a woman stopped the ravages of a mad dog. which ran amuck on the Northwest Side yesterday, biting three persons and creating a panic among scores of women and children. Frothing at the mouth, the dog at tacked little Minnie Hein in her home,, 614 West North avenue. If made a, leap for the child’s throat. Minnie put her hands before her to guard herself, but the dog buried its teeth in her lips. The girl’s mother heard the child’s* screams and rushed to her rescup. At the sight of her child, bleeding from the attack of the animal, Mrs. Hein lost all fear and clutched the maddened animal by the throat in an attempt to strangle it. In the struggle the dog tore the woman's dress almost to shreds. Mrs.' Hein was growing weak from her ex ertions when a policeman arrived and shot the animal. The little girl’s wounds were dressed by a physician and she was taken to the Pasteur institute for treatment. The dog was seen first at Western and Milwaukee avenues, where it dashed into a crowd of children, knocking over several of them. It at tacked Laura Malden, 962 North Western avenue, biting her and tearing her clothing. It continued its course south on Western avenue, snapping at every one In its path. Children ran before the animal in all directions. At North av enue it ran eastward and entered Hein’s bakery store, where it attacked the little girl MANY HURT IN A WRECK Sunday Excursion Train Collides with a Freight on the Pennsylvania at Logansport, Ind. Logansport, Ind.. Aug. 30,—One man was killed and another fatally injured and a large number of passengers se riously hurt In a collision between an excursion train and a freight train, which occurred In the yards of the Pennsylvania railroad three miles from this city early today. Fireman Walter Eversole of Rich mond is dead, pinioned beneath the en gine. The injured: Engineer Grady, fatally; James Hen derson, Logansport; County Treasurer Owen McGreevy, Logansport; T. C. McGreevey, Hamilton, O.; George Brown, Logansport. The excursion train was returning from Cincinnati, entering the yards at a high rate of speed, and Btruck a southbound freight train just as the latter was leaving the main track. There were ten cars on the excursion train, four of which left the track. The passenger engine was reversed and overturned, the baggage car and smoker splintered and the third and fourth coaches knocked from the trucks but did not overturn. A special train was quickly followed by a second, both carrying pitysicians and officials of the road. They hurried to the scene of the wreck and the in jured were quickly brought to this city. There were about forty passengers on the train and all suffered to some ex tent. The Pennsylvania officials are unable to account for the freight train being on the main track. At the place where the wreck occurred there are seven tracks and all but one were blocked. WOMAN PUT TOBACCO J MARKET IN A PANIC Her Figures Increased the Acre age Tenfold in the Dark District of Kentucky. MANIFESTLY INTENTIONAI Errors Could Hardly Have Been Acci dental and Secretary Wilson Says He Would Dismiss Her Were She a Man. ■ Washington. Aug. 39. Admitting; that to all Intents ana purposes the American Tobacco trust has had the! better In the statistics on the produc tion of tobacco. Secretary Wilson has' appointed Joseph Klllebrow, of Clarks-' ville, Tenn., a special agent on to bacco, to be attached to the bureau of statistics. Klllebrow is a member of the Dark Tobacco District association, the organization which has been light ing the trust. Killebrow was appoint ed because he is an expert on tobacco, and because he represents the produc ers in their fight with the trust. Since the organization of the Dark Tobacco District association, the fight made by the producers has forced the price of the lowest grades up to 3 and 4 cents. The trust has not been able to increase its prices accordingly, as' it long ago put them to the highest notch consumers would pay. When Holmes, the associate statistician, made up the last tobacco acreage re port for Madison, Washington and Simpson counties in Kentucky, the counties composing the dark tobacco district, he utilized the services of a' woman clerk not employed in the bu reau of statistics. In the course of her work she had occasion to multiply 117 by 162. She set down the result as 179,334. That she sat down as the acreage figures 'for Madison county. In getting the acreage for Washington county, it was her business to multiply 115 by 269. She gave 297,245 as the product. In Simp son county the figures to be multiplied ■were 263 by 100. The result there was 263,100. The result of the three oper ations was a ten-fold increase in the acreage for the three counties. When the report came out there was such a panic in the dark tobacco dis trict that prices fell until some one called attention to the fact that the re port was ridiculous. When Secretary Wilson investigated he came to the conclusion, after seeing the figures for Simpson county, that the clerk had simply set down one cipher too many. That theory would, not hold in the case of the other coun ties, because the so-called products of the multiplications bore no kind of re lation to the true products. Another significant fact was that there were no "mistakes" pertained only to the counties in which the producers were organized, and where they had fought the trust. The clerk who made these "mistakes” is away on a vacation, and the secre tary has refused to recall her to tell how it comes she made a mistake in those three counties. He said that had the errors been made by a man instant dismissal would have been the outcome of the matter for him. CRISIS APPEARS PAST. Despite the Increased Death Rate Au thorities Have Yellow Fever Sit uation Under Control. New Orleans, La., Aug. 30.—Follow ing is the official report to 6 p. fn. Monday: New cases . 45 Total cases to date.1,788 Deaths yesterday . 5 Total deaths to date .. 260 New foci . 18 Total foci to date . 420, Cases remaining under treatment.. 181; One of the deaths is Sister Mary! Engelhesta, of the convent of Perpetual' Adoration, and her case was not report-' ed until death. It is the first from that institution, though there have been several cases in that neighbor hood. There was nothing startling in the news from the country. / New Orleans. La., Aug. 30.—The fifth week of the fight against yellow fever began today, with a continuance of fa vorable conditions and with reason for hope that the crisis is passed. The fact that there are only 199 cases under treatment, and many of them of the lightest character, is especially sig nificant. In thirty-one eases in the preceding twenty-four hours only five are Italians and there are only three cases reported from the originally infected Italian quarter. Surgeon Guiteras went to Patterson today and Surgeon Corput started on a tour of the surrounding country. The marine hospital has now a man in touch with every infected point out side of New Orleans, Surgeon Von Ezdorf having started for Leeville, from which point information continues to be vague owing to its isolation. Iberia parish, through which the Southern Pacific runs, has a fresh fright and the railroad has cut oft' all passenger communication with the rest of the state. Reports of low temperatures come from various points in the southwestern section of the state. The weather was unseasonably cool this morning. BERRY IS APPOINTED. He Is Made a Member of Board of Consulting Engineers on Panama Canal. Washington, Aug. 30.—John B. Berry, chief engineer of the Union Pacific rail road at Omaha, Neb., has been appoint ed as a member of the consulting engi neers, which will meet In Washington on September 1 to discuss the building of the Panama canal. He nils the va cancy made through the resignation of Herman Schussler. TWENTY MEXICANS KILLED Premature Explosion of Dynamite at Manzanillo, Mex. Mazatlan, Mex., Aug. 29.—Twenty Mex ican laborers were killed and a number of others injured by the premature explosion of a quantity of dynamite at the port works of Manzanillo. While It is sup posed the explosion was the result of carelessness on the part of some of tho laborers, the families of those killed have been Indemnified by Colonel Edward Smoot, the contractor in charge of the Manzanillo port work*. FIRST WHITE HOUSE BABY Mrs. Mary Emily Donaldson Wilcox Dies in Washington. Washington. D. Aug. 30.—Mrs. Mary Emily Donaldson Wlieox, said to have been the first child born in the W’hite House, the grandniece of Andrew Jackson and a descendant of John Donaldson, the pioneer, of Ten nessee, died here yesterday, aged 75 years. Her husband, John A. Wilcox, was at one time a representative from Tennessee, and also represented Texas In the confederate congress. PEACE ADVOCATES MEE'i They Send a Congratulatory Message to President Roosevelt. Brussels, Aug. 29.—An unusually large and representative delegation from the United States congress la hrre to attend the Interparliamentary commission. The parliaments of Europe are also numer ously represented, the Italian chamber of deputies sending 100 delegates, the Brit ish house of commons thirty and the French chamber of deputies forty, while the German, Austrian and Hungarian houses and the parliaments of Denmark, Norway, Sweden. Belgium and Holland are represented by a number of conspicu ous members. Among the American members of the congress present are Representative Bar tholdt, of Missouri, president of the Inter parliamentary union, and Representatives Burke, of South Dakota, Bates. Barchfeld, Dlekerman, Moon, and Palmer, of Penn sylvania: Boutell and Fuller, of Illinois: Goldfogle and Waldo, of New York; Nor ris, of Nebraska; McNary, of Massachus etts; William Alden Smith, of Michigan: Slayden, of Texas: Wood, of New Jersey; Littlefield, of Maine. Former Congress man Barrows of Massachusetts also Is here. The American group met this afternoon and Representative Burke proposed the following resolution, which was adopted and cabled to President Roosevelt at Oy ster Bay; “Assembled In the cause of International arbitration, we send you hearty greetings and congratulate you upon your commend able and masterly effort *.n the cause of peace, which, regardless of the immediate results, has challenged the admiration of the world." HE GOT IT IN THE NECK. Pomeroy, O., Aug. 28.—J. Hicks, a farn. hand, shot and seriously wounded Jacob Greuser. When Marshal Arnold attempt ed to arrest Hicks the latter shot at the officer, but missed him. Arnold returned the fire and Hicks dropped with a bullet In his neck. No reason is known for Hicks1 shooting of Greuser. HOLMES GIVES HIMSELF UP. Washington. Aug. 28.—Edwin 9. Holmes, Jr., former associate statisti cian of the agricultural department, who was Indicted In connection with the cotton leak investigation, today gave himself up to the United States marshal. I Holmes later appeared before Justice Stafford and gave a *10.000 bond. ♦ NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS. X ;t111 111 > 11111 u t n i 1111 I it Rio Janeiro—The Brazilian chamber of deputies has decreed a prize of *2,000 000 in gold for the discoverer of a preventive or a remedy for tuberculosis and cancer. An International commis sion will be named by the Brazilian ministry to pass upon any discovery submitted and the prize will be award ed after two years of experiments. Clayton, N. J.—While August Bailer stead and Frank Campbell were riding a tandem motocycle through Franklin township they ran Into a flock of chickens. They thought all the fowls escaped, bill wne'n they stopped the machine at Malaga they found two fat hens fast In the gearing and both alive. When released the chickens ran off app irently unharmed. Madrid—At a recent meeting of the council an alderman made a speech against the prison administration, charging many abuses. Some of his friends sent nim a letter bearing the signature of the director of prisons, challenging him to a duel. The aider man accepted. A hired adversary rep resented the director and at the first shot he appeared to fall mortally wounded. The alderman fled and has not been found since. Mt. Vernon, O.—Dora McBroom, aged 16, quarreled with her sweetheart, David Code, and shot herself In his presence. The bullet lodged in her left lung and her condition is critical. She Is a daughter of Elder and Mrs. G. V. McBroom and her father Is pastor of the Advent Christian church. The pa rents odjected to the girl seeing men on account of her age. They had in tended to send her to relatives la Iowa Tuesday. Norristown. Pa.—To be chased by a bull in a department store was the thrilling and novel experience of a num ber of women and children here today. The animal escaped from a herd being driven down Main street. A counter heaped with kimonos, fnany of them fiery red, proved especially attractive for his bovine highness, and he charged upon them and was throwing them bel ter skelter when the "cowboy" took a hand and drove him into the street. Minneapolis, Minn.-r-George Brownell unknowingly saved his aged father and mother from being run down by a street car today. While walking down Nicol let avenue he saw two old people in danger. He rushed to the rescue and pulled them from the track just In time. The woman fell to the pavement, and not until the young man was assisting her to rise did he recognize his mother and father, w ho had just arrived in the city from another part of the state. London.—In a recent bankruptcy cast It was reported that among the claims made against the debtor was one for ■'$10.1 for fifty Calixto Lopez Edward VII. cigars.” In order to ascertain whether this brand of cigar was pur chased to any extent, inquiries were made at several leading tobacconists, and Anally one was discovered in close proximity to the stock excharg> who had smoked a cigar of that name. ”1 remember they were made," lie said, ■for the coronation banquet. We have some cigars as high in price as this va riety, and a few costing as much as [1.25 each, but they are what you might tall freak' cigars." Too Strong. "Young man,” whispered the oh. spellbinder, "there are some things lbout this campaign that will take your breath away." “You don't soy!" responded the I'oung man. “Are you alluding to the tampalgn cigar?" To Improve Dancing. "What can kc do to improve the pres ;nt Method of dancing?" thundered the Fourth of July parson. "Dancing is mere y hugging set to music." "We might cut jut the music," softly suggested the bad I'oung man. ■fmfMK, "P-r-r-r: Wow-w-so-oo-oo! M-m-m ahah!" It was a despairing cry that trailed away In a sob of utter hopelessness. Ellis Carleton lifted her head In the quirk, spirited maimer of a thorough bred horse. There was much about her remindful of the sleek racers of her native Kentucky. Her slender figure straightened, her brown eyes widened and darkened at the sound. •' Br-r-r-roo-oo-wow-wow-nirah! ” Ellis rose so Impetuously that her drawing board tumbled upon the floor and her paint tubes lay, a blue and red and yellow menace to the white bear rug. But the clever young Illustrator for Life's Path spurned them with her slim, slippered foot and dashed to the telephone. "What Is that noise?" she demanded. "It's Mr. Trafton’s dog, miss. Mr. Trafton’s been called away on a trip, and Jock Is lonesome. Been howling that tune nil morning, miss." "A humane way to treat a dog!” Miss Carleton's eyes flashed. She was a member of the society for the preven tion of cruelty to animals. She held the telephone receiver In her shapely, ringless hand while she reflected. No, It might be Indiscreet to report the case at the society’s headquarters. She must first look Into the case. But as an officer of the society—her gleaming new budge of office lay In a corner of the upper drawer of her chiffonier—she had a right to Investigate the case. “Jimmy!" she called, her contralto voice sharp with decision. "Come up stairs and go with me to this man Trafton’s apartment. As an officer of the Humane society I’m going to take charge of his abandoned dog.” Jimmy, the Albino bellboy of the fashionable Gorham apartment on Up per Broadway, appeared at the door a moment later, blinking furiously In token of his repressed excitement. “Come, Jimmy!” Miss Carleton had thrown a long, black coat over her pink negligee. "B—b—b—but, Miss,” spluttered Jim my. "Mr. Tra—r—rafton’s a very nice man and him and Jack are the best of friends. Please, miss, I don’t like to ’rest his dog when Mr. Trafton’s away." "Jimmy!" Miss Carleton opened the upper chiffonier drawers, drew forth the gleaming star and ostentatiously pinned It on the bosom of the black silk cloak. "You must never Interfere with an of ficer of the law In the discharge of his —her—duties. Come along." Awed by the sheen of the star upon her rlgheously swelling bosom, Jimmy followed. With his pass key he reluct antly unlocked the door, and Miss Carleton, having lifted the whimpering, nottled bull terrier In her arms, stopped with ,a sigh of artistic satisfaction to survey the handsome apartment. The dull red of the walls, blending with the dark hues of the weathered oak kettle, long, low sideboard, whereon shone a sliver decanter, the capacious lounging chairs and teakwood tabourette. What a study in low tones it was! And the three, or four fine old etchings—what taste the man had. A surreptitious glance at the bookcase revealed amaz ingly "solid reading.” The spirit of Pandosa reincarnated In the young woman from Kentucky. "Do you think, Jimmy, I might have a peep at the bed room and bath? This Is such a beautiful apartment and, you know, I am an artist.” Jimmy, mollified by his appreclaton af his favorite guest, nodded. Miss Carleton's search left her In op tlmistlp mood. Not a dancing girl with pointed toes at a Quarter of twelve, not % winking- soubreue, nor a Broadway favorite In scarlet pajamas in the col lection of pictures dh his be'drootrt wtUl. A motherly face frapied In (soft, white hair, a masculine race with Judicial features, hardened by the kindly light In a pair of sharp blue eyes, these and a Browning calendar were the only mural adornment. Jack lapped his cheek gratefully, for at the discovery she had given him a friendly hug. As she and Jimmy went below she Interrogated him as to Jack’s regimen. “We feeds him whenever he hollers,” Jimmy confided, whereat Miss Carleton softly groaned. "Meat," he added. In answer to In quiries, "all he can stuff'. We gives him water when we thinks of It. Mr. Traf ton’s In Boston. I don’t know when he’ll be back. He paid me well to see that Jack didn't need nothin' while he was gone. Yes, I takes him to the door and he stands there, lookin’ out with me at the crowd, for exercise." For answer Miss Carleton pressed her red lips upon Jack's shining brown head. Thereafter Jack lived hyglenlcally and happily In the apartment of the fair Illustrator of Life's Path. For a Joyful week he walked briskly every morning and evening with his long limbed, graceful hostess In the park. True., he had but one meal a day In stead or being “fed whenever he hol lered,” but he dined bountifully on dog biscuit at such times, and his small in testines were no longer fevered, because all day a silver dish, filled with cool water, awaited his needs. He slept on a yellow silk cushion on Miss Carleton’s white willow rocking chair at the head of her brass bed. It was a halycon week for Jack and he licked hfs glistening black lips as be set forth with his white linen gowned, red leather belted, white sailor hatted friend for. their early walk one morning. Hut he stopped at the curb. His wondering black eyes had been fixed by a face at the window of a stopping hansom. “Come, Jack,” called a pleasant con tralto voice, but for the first time Jack disobeyed With a yell of delight he had sprung into the arms of the alight ing stranger. The stranger raised his hat. "There Is—I think—some mistake.” He lifted his hat with one hand and pointed to the Joyously squirming dog’s collar with the other. “I am John Trafton. I (to the bell boys)—I am known as Jack's father," he said. The tall girl In the white linen gown dimpled and flushed becomingly. T am Ellis Carleton. I have been 1 taking the liberty of entertaining Jack ! In your absence.” She lifted her eyes pleadingly. “I was reared among dogs and horses and I heard him howl,” she said. It was arranged with much amiable courtesy. Jack’s master was. unfor tunately. leaving for Washington and SU Louis that night. Certainly. If Mist Carleton cared for Jack's com panionship his “father” would be im ne-sely relieved to have him In such good and—pardon him—such beautiful company. Miss Carleton bowed and blu 'bed. Mr. Trafton bowed. When Miss Carleton returned from b'- walk Jimmy was Just "going on rtutv." For five minutes she talked seriously to the boy who stood blink ing in perplexity. At last he noddedj ami a shining silver dollar passed from her white silk glove to his brown paw. ! And so It happened that Mr. Trafton nev>r knew how nearly he had been "nder the ban of the Humane society. He and the alert officer of the society were never “properly Introduced," but Miss Carleton. communing with her self one evening, said of this: ‘Tt doesn’t matter as much as though ha had some dreadful high kicking prints in his apartment.” Three months later, when he asked her to become Mrs. Trafton, she raised that conventional objection In feeble Jest. He brushed It aside In in Im petuous way she secretly admired. When she hesitated, as women who are going to accept always hesitate, hs clinched his argument with "Ftor Jack's sake.” Jack, with a huge white satin bow on his collar, was an Interested guest at the wedding and barked at the sub sequent rice shower. LOOKING AT HATS. l>’rora the Kansas City Star. Margaret and 1 were Just looking al hats. As we entered the large miltV nery department we gazed with intense admiration at the bewildering display of hats, hats, hats; nothing but hats! The demure, little saleswoman ap proached us, confident, smiling. ’Something In a small black hatf Yes, indeed, we have a lovely selectlor Now here is perfect little beauty. TJr. style—now try It, my dear; this la charming! The very latest shape, positively the latest. See! ah! the graceful curves, the—try It tilted a lit tle more to the front. So—there! My dear, you have such beautiful eyeB, and this little hat really adds so much to the expression. No? You do not like It. “Well, now here Is something else. My dear, this Is exclusive. We have but the one and—Oh! how perfectly charming! See how It—Really, dear, you have such a pretty mouth, and this Increase the droop of the Ups and Is so—and the material—Oh, you could not duplicate that little hat In town for double the price we ask for It. So becoming! So perfect! And at a spe cial price. It seems to have been made especially for you. “The crown high! Why, what would you have? That Is the newest Impor tation, and Is “New here Is another little shape. Try It. So—now—look—ah! The very thing! This is. Indeed, what you have been looking for. It is perfect. The s'tyle is exquisite. Plain and elegant; Just,suited to you, my dear. It makes your profile perfect. See now, from the back, ah! charming! And all hand made—the horse-hair braid, you see; the latest thing, and the silk chiffon, and ths buckle—real Jet, my dear. Now really It Is the hat you should have. But you do not like It? “Well, let me see. Oh, yes! I have something back here you will Uke. It Is half promised, but if you like It, It shall be yours. There are two ladles just dying for this very hat. Is it not a perfect dream? Just a little more to this side. It is far more becoming to you than It was to either of them. It gives J’our face just the right fullness, and from the back It—well, look for yourself. Perfect, Isn’t It? My dear, you should not neglect an opportunity like this. The nobbiest little hat In town. Just for today we have It at a reduced price. It is appro priate for street wear or dress occa sions. Black Is very becoming to you. Let me turn It Just a little—so. Still better. You could not get anythin! more suitable or becoming. The ma terial—best quality Jap silk, shirred by hand; those »yk violets are so dainty. The shape is all you could desire. It Is so youthful, so becoming. You don’t—*' Margaret was the victim of all this while I stood by, helpless, transfixed by the fluency of that little lady’s tongue. Her every movement was (julcfc, buf the movement of her tongue was. mir aculous. I gasped and held with both hands to tire-stable. Margaret quailed beneath the volley of words hurled al her, and I don’t know whatever ws would have done had not kind provi dence sent a floorwalker, requiring ths presence of the volatile lady In the rear of the room for a few moments. s When she returned Margaret had gathered sufficient courage to say, meekly and apolegetlcally that she did n’t believe she would get the hat today As we walked out, still partly dazed, we felt that the eyes of the world and the finger of scorn were pursuing us. and every hat we saw had a mocking grin concealed within Its flowers. -- • » >< Ths Small of Cities. W