Momenf
In the ultra-fashionable world
where there is no limit to the bank
account and fancy and desire deter
mine what shall be worn, it is to be
an unusually extravagant season in
the matter of dress, for everything
is specially designed" or “specially
created." and very few garments will
be permitted io play more than one
part. This being true, it will form a
strong index as to what may be look
ed for among the women who are
not blessed with unlimited means at
their command, but who must care
fully count the cost.
Cur best advice to such is to have a
few gowns, but to have these as per
fect in every detail as possible. It
has been said, and with much truth,
that the Parisiennes buy fewer new
uresses in the year than the women
of any other nation, but they take
such infinite pains over each individ
ual toilette that it represents perfec
tion. and is, for that reason, a delight
to the wearer and to the onlooker.
Taffeta hats in the cabriolet form
have had a revival and are among the
most popular in the East, in fact it
may be said to ho the f-~: favorite
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of the season, and it is made in every
possible color, but always in a sub
dued shade. This style of hat is only
suitable for afternoon wear—for visit
ing and for concerts, etc. It is essen
tially •'dressy'’ and should never be
permitted to accompany a severe tail
or-made. The ha: crowns grow higher
day by day; many of them are exactly
like large jam-pots, but others retain
the charming Lamballe outline, only
that they are higher and more aggres
sive than the crowns of last year. The
mushroom shape seems to reign su
preme, and it looks exceedingly smart
when arranged with a large, puffed
crown of some soft material and trim- |
med with a single feather, which j
sticks out at one side in a manner I
which may truly be described as
"cheeky!”
There is a rage in Paris for these
big single feathers, and very often
they are beautifully shaded in the
most delicate colors. It is also fash- J
icnable to place a group of three
feathers directly in front of a high
crowned hat, but these feathers are
not possessed of the same chic as the
single plume
The prevalence of the pinafore bo
dice in the new fashions makes the !
said fashions very suitable for adapta- j
i-mu-i
The Pinafore Bodice.
from the age of. sav, four to 18 or 19.
can be confidently expected to look ]
their best in a dress of this kind.
For the first named small damsel ;
the mother may take as her model .
our pictured frock where the pinafore j
bodice is outlined with a stitched j
band of its own material, or again of !
siik or velvet, while the chemisette !
and little turn-down collar or lac* re
lieve its simplicity in the prettiest
way, and the belt is specially becom
ing to the little people who have not
yet developed a waist. This dress—
which is, of course, made all in one—
will look equally well in velvet or
cloth, serge or alpaca, and might again
be copied in the checked fabrics,
which are quite a feature of the latest
juvenile fashions, in red and white for
example, having a bordering hand of
red glace and being finished off with a
red leather belt.
Altogether the girls—as well as !
their elders—can make quite the best r
of themselves this spring, for styles
are accommodating, and the most pop
ular colors—delicate pink and old-rose
shades, soft blues, and the promised
increasing popularity of white—are
well suited to a youthful freshness of
complexion. The mushroom ha., too,
is a perfect frame for young faces,
either in its simplest aspect, with just
a twist of satin ribbon to encircle the
crown and finish in a chou at ono side,
while the other is occupied by a bunch
of flowers, or when again a full crown
of net is encircled by a wreath of blos
soms. All these more elaborate and
much favored inodes which introduce
intricate embroideries, shimmering
silver tissues and ribbons, and far
spreading plumes and aigrettes must,
of course, be passed over in the
choice of suitable attire for the girls
though in the case of evening or pre
sentation gowns for those who will
soon arrive at the dignity of the twen
ties, just a suggestion of silver is not
only permissible but pretty.
Self-Explanatory.
"Will you kindly explain your con
dition?” asked the wife with such dig
nity as she could command after wait
ing up until three a. m.
"Zhat’sh woman of it!" commented
the husband thickly. “Can't un’shtan’
shomepin' zhat’sh pertly plain.”—
Judge.
Moved by Spirit of Landlady.
“1 only write when the spirit moves
me." remarked the attic poet.
"But suppose the spirit doesn't
move you for a long time,” suggested
the worshiper at the shrine of genius.
"In that case the landlady does,"
replied the poet sadly.—Philadelphia
Record.
Good Tip.
"Do you think I can reach the heart
of the haughty beauty?” sighed the
sentimental youth with the guitar
un^er his arm.
“Better try tunneling, old man,"
advised his friend.
“Tunneling?”
“Yes, I heard her say you were a
great bore.”—Chicago Dally News.
—
Useless.
Jack—Here is where some learned
professor tells us that the eating of
onions brings us nearer to the spark
of love.
Dick—But what good is the spark
of love when the eating of onions
keeps all the girls away?—Chicago
Daily News.
Smiling at Reggy.
Reggy Sapp—Ah. Miss Wose, do
you notice how the moon is smiling
to-night?
Miss Rose—Yes, indeed! And it
shows the moan has a fine apprecia
tion of humor even If it is dead.—Chi
cago Daily News.
Japan’s Financial Condition.
Japan's settled accounts for the
year ended March 31 shows a surplus
of revenue over estimates, while out
lays have decreased owing to the
rapidity with which the army and
navy are being reduced to a.~ peace
footing. No farther loan sill be
i necessary thin year and perltips not
next.
BANK VAULTS
STUFFED WITH
FORGED NOTES
FINANCIERS OF FAR EAST
DUPED BY SKILLFUL
COUNTERFEITERS
Experts from the Bank of England
and the American Bank Note
Company Are Now on the Way
to China to Assist in Separating
the Spurious from the Genuine
Notes Held by the Big Financial
Institutions of the East—Pov/ers
May Join in the Attempt to Stop
Skillful Counterfeit'ng, Which j
Threatens the Currency of Ail
Nations.
The most stupendous counterfeit
ing operations in the history of the
■vot'd are coming to light in the ori
ent. The amount of money involved
is great almost beyond reckoning,
and the method of forgery so far
reaching, clever and dangerous that
all the financiers of the east are
alarmed.
The gigantic scheme, so successful
ly carried out that no living man
knows its extent, is practically laid
at the door of the Japanese. Point
by point the fact that the little brown
men flooded all Manchuria and stuff
ed the Russo-Chinese bank with spur
ious money during the war with Rus
sia is being established by experts.
Sixteen million pounds, or $80,000,000,
cf the worthless stuff is said to have
been detected. Nobody can guess
Low much more is extant.
Japanese engravers and printers
have manufactured a counterfeit bank
note that has defied experts for two
years and puzgles them still. The
Russo-Chinese, the Hongkong and
Shanghai, the Imperial Bank of China
md the Indo-Chinese bank—all these
■eve felt the sting of the Japanese
money viper. What effect it will have
an as yet be only conjectured. Even
luropc has suffered.
Appeal has been made to the Jap
anese government to enact and en
ar,pe stringent laws to exterminate
he swarm of shrewd conuterfeiters
n Nippon, and who elude the watch
ful officials of that empire. It is
:Iaimed scant attention has been paid
o this request. Japan has had many
.hings to look after since her costly
-onquest of the Russian bear.
Now Doubt the Truth.
Experts from the Bank of England
and the American Bank Note com
pany are now on the way to China to
assist in ferreting out the tremen
dous amounts of bogus money known
to be mixed with tbtf genuine. Their
findings, if made public, are expected
to startle the world. They may be
so momentous that they will be sup
pressed to prevent the tottering of
the strongest financial institutions in
Asia. Bankers of the orient fear,
with good reason, that they are hold
ing, locked in their burglar-proof
vaults, tens of millions of pounds in
counterfeit notes which they took for
genuine, and which will spell ruin
wrhen disclosed.
In Kobe has been located a counter
feiting plant which is said to have
cost $100,000. It has ceased opera
tions. but worthless notes, so near
perfection that only the minutest
fault can be found by adepts, are
declared to be still coming from the
land of cherry blossoms, chrysanthe
mums and fighting men. Other plants
and ingenious imitators are presum
ed to be continuing the crooked work.
Last summer in the Russo-Chinese
bank doubt arose as b> a certain note,
it was for $10, Mexican, money, and
numbered .0064. It was as perfect a
reproduction of the genuine original
as could be conceived. The bank's
experts pored for weeks over it and
a good note and could find not even
the slightest discrepancy. Yet the
bank note officials had strong cause
to believe it a forgery.
Worst Fears Realized.
Similar doubts had come up in the
Imj>erial Bank of China and at the
IndoChinese bank. Persistent efforts,
however, revealed no visible peculiar
ity of a note—certainly none suffi
ciently flagrant to be observed in the
tegular transaction of business.
Utterly in the dark, the bankers
turned to this side of the water for
iight. To determine whether the sus
pected notes were real or spurious,
several of them and a number of un
questionably good ones were sent to
the American Bank Note company,
New York, and also to the Bank of
England, says the Cincinnati En
quirer.
Consternation has been caused by
the replies sent to the oriental banks.
To what extent they have been re
ceiving these counterfeits during
three years and how many of them
the banks themselves were and are
holding as supposedly good money
remains to be learned. Sixteen mil
lion pounds — $80,000,000 — is an
American expert's estimate of the
amount already round.
Four Plates Used.
It has been established that these
counterfeits were placed in circula
tion at the opening of the Russo
Japanese war, and possibly before,
instead of having stopped the tide
has risen until the afflicted bankers
are afraid of their own paper, because
they cannot be sure of it.
During the war it was openly
charged that the Japanese govern
ment. knew of nefarious operations
carried on and closed its eyes and
ears to them. Every Japanese or
Chinest of the coolie class appeared
wi.;h plenty of money. The banks
were besieged, and the report was
rife that the little brown men were
securing a goodly portion of their
fighting expenses from the four banks
referred to.
Experts to Investigate.
Information has been received that
the main counterfeiting plant itself
has been located in Kobe. The out
fit is said to have cost at least $100,
000. The most expensive machinery
used in the making cf money has
been employed in turning out this
spurious note, and some of the most
skilled workmen in the world did
the delicate engraving of the plates.
The product of the plant is nothing
less than a reproduction of the Rus
sian bank note, in its perfection it
passes the hounds of the word ‘coun
terfeit." It becomes a duplicate.
One of the leading experts consult
ed regarding the dilemma is George
a. Hall, of the American Rank Note
“Then the big bank did its duty.
| The officials knew that every note
! it had in circulation was more than
amply secured, and they determined
! that if the people wanted hard'money
; for their paper they should have it.
That night the hank remained open,
and the procession of coolies kept
up. The next day the hank didsnot
| close. And every hour for five days
and five nights this rush continued.
"Extra funds from other branches
j of the corporation were hurriedly re
called and every note met. Then the
drain slackened and the officials
l reathed easier. How many thou
sands of dollars in gooil English coin
was withdrawn has never been di
vulged. Suffice it to say that when
the year was rounded out and the
statement of the bank r^de. the high
er officials were surprised. They
again set about to see if a forgery
had not been perpetrated. Their in
vestigation merely brought out the
fact tnat' practically every note is
ued by the bank had been returned,
and that all appeared genuine. Then
more notes began to come in. Gen
uine depositors and those holding the
real notes began to be frightened by
the rumors floating broadcast, and
coining for the most part from drunk
en. opium-crazed coolies who had se
cured uuacustoiiied amounts of mon
ey. These depositors began to pre
sent their notes for payment. Then
the bank officials knew there had
been a great crime. Inspection prov
ed futile, and they decided to lay the
matter before American and English
experts. The result is now known.
company. He is now en route to
China, where his mission will keep
him occupied three months. His time
will be devoted toward solving the
problem uppermost there.
Five Days Run.
J. S. McCune. one of the best-inown
experts of England on forgery and
counterfeiting, is also bound for
Shanghai, which offers the most fer
tile field for the skill of such men.
That appears to be the headquarters
for the extended investigation now
beginning. Mr. McCune claims Ja
pan has been petitioned by several of
the larger banking corporations of
China, all of which arc Europeans in
stitutions, to enact a drastic law.
similar to that of the United States,
making it a high crime even to have
a counterfeit note in possession.
"This is the condition in the far
east,” said Mr. McCune. "The bank
ers do not know where they stand.
Runs have been started on them
which were absolutely unaccountable.
1 recall in particular the case of the
Hongkong and Shanghai bank in
Shanghai.
' About a year and a half ago a run
started on this bank. The officials
did not understand why. The institu
tion is an English concern, and has
I racticaily unlimited capital. In the
middle of a warm summer day a great
rush of notes began. Every obliga
tion was met without question. Dur
ing the afternoon it kept up. The
notes were for the most part present
ed by the coolies. They were univer
sally of the five dollar class. The
officials thought of a counterfeiting
scheme, and had their experts In
vestigate the notes. Several hours
were devoted to a study of them un
der a microscope. The experts had
to acknowledge that no discrepancy
copld tie found.
"The Indo-Chinese bank in Shang
hai was similarly affected. It oc
curred about a year ago. I remem
ber it well. A run started through
a rumor that forged notes were in
circulation. The Japanese who were
‘in' on the counterfeiting game were
augmented by the holders of genuine
notes, and in a swarm they descended
upon the bank.
Where Will It Stop?
"This institution is understood to
be backed by the French government.
It paid dollar for dollar on every
note. The run continued in tremen
dous volume, and the officials fixed
upon a drastic move. They recalled
| every note of the bank that was in
i circulation, and for five days kept
, them from passing out to the public.
It was hoped in this way to unearth
the holders of the counterfeits. It was
unsuccessful, and the bank resumed
the circulation cf its notes.
"The Imperial Bank of China has
experienced similar runs. Where this
is going to stop the hankers cannot
say. The only reason jt has not caus
ed a suspension of business in the far
cast is that every man thinks he has
a genuine note and therefore does
aol worry. The only man new wor
tying is the banker, who is almost
palsied by the thought that the mil
lions of notes he is carefully guarding
in his vaults may be merely a mass
of counterfeits made by the Japanese.
"The bankers look to the paper
manufacturers to save the day. So
far the only basis for declaring any
of the notes forgeries has been a dis
crepancy in the paper! It takes some
thing more than imitation to make
the grade of paper required for bank
notes. This last condition may be
the means of putting a stop to the
activities of the Japs, and likewise
the greatest of counterfeiting
schemes.”
SENT HIM A COFFIN C. O. D.
Revenge of the Discarded Sweetheart
of a German Official.
The police of the Silesian towns are
looking for a pretty young woman on
account of the vengeance she took re
cently upon a sweetheart who jilted
her. She sent him a coffin C. O. D.,
and the police think she intended to
find use both for it and another if he
had kept an appointment which she
tried to make with him.
The man in the case is a bezirko
feldwebel. or district sergeant, at Lo
bau in Prussia. The young woman is
Antonie Olenick, and she is the daugh
ter of a deceased railway managing
director, her uncle being Maj. Gen.
R. von Kraine, of Dresden. Official in
quiry shows that she had ordered a
trousseau to cost (230 from a Lobau
tradesman and had spent considerable
money on purchases for it in Dresden.
When her sweetheart toid her he
had changed his. mind about marrying
her, she immediately disappeared
from Lobau. A few days later she
■ ' ■* —
I entered an undertaker's shop in Gor
| litz. Silesia, and ordered the coffin.
She showed marks of profound
| grief and told a story which complete
| ly imposed on the proprietor. She
j said she wanted a coffin built to fit a
woman, of her size sent to her hus
band at Lobau. She gave the name
of her recent fiance as the consignee.
It was for her sister, she said, and
she told how the poor girl had shot
herself through the head because she
had been cast eft by her betrothed
husband, a court official of Lobau.
She also gave the undertaker to
ship in it a myrtle wreath, a bridal
veil and an elaborately prints card,
printed with deep mourning borders,
announcing, as she told the under
taker, her sister's death, but really
her own, of course under her maiden
name.
The coffin with its contents was
duly delivered at Lobau to the district
sergeant, who was first paralyzed
with horror and later with rage when
the C. O. D. bill for $27 was presented
to him. He indignantly fefu^ed to
pay. a pfennig, and then, in the Ger
man way, the police took a hand.
_ • _ - " j . .. v : W.. :-' . .? L
They at once saw something more
in the case than a ghastly joke. The
sergeant told them that the girl had
written urging him to give her a meet
ing on the evening previous to the
arrival of the coffin. He had taken no
notice of the request, but the police
had no trouble in establishing that
she was on hand and waited until late
into the night at the place she had
appointed.
She spent the night in the railway
station, and in the morning hired a
sleigh to drive her to Reichenbach. a
town near Lobau. She told the driver
to wait for her at a hotel, but slipped
away to the railway station and took
a train to Gorlitz. There ail trace of
her was lost. The driver Is still wait
ing for his pay.
. The police are of two minds. Some
of them believe she intended to shoot
her faithless lover and then herself.
Others think she intended merely to
kill herself in his presence, figuring
that his unavailing regrets would
make him pay for the coffin and thus
assure her the style of burial she
craved for. "
SH^*1 A*" * ■ M ^'Ml ;
| The Little Blind God and Golf f
By Ralph Henry Barbour
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(AArtfSl
(Copyright, by Jo
“Do you mean to say?" she asked,
scathingly, “that you decoyed me
away out here to propose to me?”
"I've been trying to do it ever since
we left the club house.” he answered,
ruefully.
She laughed. “Jack, what a miser
able time you've been having! I sup
pose it explains your playing, which
is—well, even worse than usual!”
"Well, if all you want in a hus
band is a fellow who can go around in
74," he replied, crossly, “you'd better
marry Brown."
She half-closed her eyes, perked her
head and studied the toe * of her
shoe.
■‘Do you really trunk so. Jack: sne
murmured. ' I've been thinking of it.
but—he's so stout, and gets so red
in the face, that—1 don't know—"
Jack Bower glared at her angrily.
' Has that little fat idiot been making
love to you?” he demanded.
She glanced up in simulated sur
prise. "Idiot? Why, Jack, he's the
best player here!”
“Has he?"
"Well—really, you're very imperti
nent."
"Has he, Grace?”
“X-no. not exactly," she answered,
slowly.
He grunted. "Sounds as though
you wish he had!”
“Jack, you're very nasty," she said,
severely.
Of course one couldn't be angry at
Jack, though there was no harm in
seeming so sometimes; he had such
a nasty temper and was so—so un
reasonable! But he was nice, too,
in fact quite the dearest fellow in
the world; and handsome. She look
ed approvingly at his long, lithe figure,
at the dark hair that was almost
black, at the broad shoulders and mus
cular arms from which the sleeves
were rolled away, and sighed. It was
too bad he was such a duffer at golf,
though of course she didn't care about
that so much as she pretended to;
Jack was so lovely to tease! And be
sides, it wasn’t really his fault. He
worked hard five days in the week,
and one really couldn't keep up his
game doing that. And it was nice of
him to come up to Riverton every
week-end; he cared lots more for
yachting than for golf, and would
much rather spend his Saturdays and
Sundays on the sound, she was sure,
if it wasn't for—for her. She really
ought to be nice to him; he deserved
it. only— Oh. dear, it was such fun
to tease nun.
"Shall we start back?" she asked.
His frowns vanished at sight of
her smile. "You haven't answered
me yet." he reminded.
“Answered you—what?” she asked,
looking away.
"Whether you'll marry me."
“Jack." she said, despairingly, "how
many times is this?”
"Four.”
“Only four! It seems as though
you'd been proposing to me ever since
I knew you—and that's six years!”
"And I'm going to keep on propos
ing,” he said, doggedly. “You refused
three times, but to-day you're going
to say ’Yes,' aren’t you?” he begged.
She made no answer for a moment,
but looked thoughtfully down at the
sun-fiecked river at the foot of the
green slope upon which they sat.
"Your proposals are so dreadfully
matter of fact.” she said, presently.
Her tone sounded aggrieved.
"But you know' I love you. Grace.”
he said, earnestly. "You surely haven't
any doubt of that. I dare say I'm
pretty much of a duffer at making
love, just as I am at playing golf, but
—but— Oh, hang it all, dear, I d do
anything in the world for you!”
"I wonder if you would?” she asked,
musingly.
"Try me, then.”
She shook her head doubtingly. “If
1 set you a very, very difficult task,
just like the princesses in the old
fairy tales used to do, and told you
that if you performed it I would
marry you, would you do it?”
“I’d make a stab at it," he answer
ed, grimly.
“But if it was—was—oh, almost im
possible?"
"If you said it had to be done before
you'd marry me, yes. It couldn’t be
much harder than waiting.”
Her eyes dropped, and a little blush
spread over her cheeks. “I’ll take you
at your word," she said, hurriedly.
“Help me up. Jack.”
He obeyed, and waited while she
shook her white skirt. She pointed to
the bag which they shared between
them, and turned toward the tree. He
followed, looking at her questioningly.
She was smiling gaily; a trifle cruelly,
too, he thought.
“Well?” he asked.
“Well, coming out I beat, didn t I?
Now we'll start over. Jack, and play
in.”
•■well" he asked again, beginning
to look worried.
•‘If you win, Jack, I’ll marry you;
if you lose, you’re not to propose to
me again—for a year, at least.”
‘‘You mean it?” he asked, gravely.
“Of course. You said you’d do any
thing to win me. . What—what are you
doing?"
“Getting ready." He had taken off
his stock, and was stuffing it into the
pocket of the bag. “That thing both
ers me. I haven’t a ghost of a show,
I suppose, but I’d try a harder thing
than this for the same stake. Grace.
It's your honor."
She hadn't expected him to agree,
for the result was a foregone conclu
sion, and she looked a bit dazed for
an instant. Then she stooped over
the tee, took her club, and made her
first poor drive of the day. sending the
ball into the long grass a hundred
yarfls away.
Jack studied every stroke carefully
and played it as though life depended
upon its success. And he was playing
well, too; better than she had ever
seen him play, better than she had
thought him capable of playing. At
the sixteenth tee he spoke for the
first time in many minutes.
seah B. Bowles.)
I “I'm going to change my ball,” he
: said, looking at her, questioningly.
She nodded.
He tossed his stained and dented
! ball aside and selected a new one from
the bag. "Perhaps I can do better
: with one of these rubber kind.”
His unruffled manner irritated her.
I "You don't really expect to win?” sne
i asked, mockingly.
"God knows.” he answered, simply,
"it won’t be for want of trying.”
“If I get this hole it ends it, you
know," she reminded.
He nodded soberly.- “I know: but
i you mustn’t get it.”
She drove off. putting all her
[ strength and science into the stroke,
and watched the gutty sailing high
and far, at first dark against the sky.
then whiter against the green hillside.
I It struck and bounded farther toward
! the distant red disk. It was almost
| the best drive she had ever made, and
I she turned toward him in triumph,
j He met her look calmly. “Great,"
he said.
She moved aside and watched him
tee the dazzling new ball. The one
he had discarded was lying on the
edge of the dirt, and she idly picked it
up and dropped it into her pocket.
“It ought to be somewhere near the
green,” he said, nonchalantly.
Good drives by each laid their balls
side by side 50 yards from the high
: est and most dangerous bunker on
the course. The green lay straight
ahead on top of a slight rise, with the
club house to the right. It was pos
sible, from where they were, to reach
I!
He Read Her Guilt.
the green in one, and Grace did it.
her ball bringing up just on the bor
der. Jack took a long time over that
stroke, and then, despite his prepara
tions, sent his ball straight against the
high bank, from whence it rolled down
into the gravel. She thought he swore,
and when she caught sight of his face
she forgave him. Somehow his look
of utter dejection drove all the pleas
ure from her prospective victory.
‘•Jack,” she said, “I’m sorry.”
He laughed mirthlessly as he picked
up the bag. “So'm I,” he muttered.
She left him at the bunker, and
went on to the green. She could not
possibly hole out in less than two, and
so, if he reached the green in the
next stroke, there was still a chance
for him. She was glad. His head
was just visible beyond the bunker. A
lofter swung and the ball shot up over
the bunker and came plumping down
almost dead at the edge of the green!
in line with the hole. He was peeri
ing over the top of the bank, but she
knew he could not see the ball, With
a gasp she leaned for an instant over
the cup. and then, speeding across to
where his ball lay, she sank down re4
of face and breathless on the grass:
When he came around the corner of
the bunker she flourished her club.
“In!” she cried.
“What do you mean?" he asked, his
face lighting up. i
“It went in,” she said, steadily.
He stared at her a moment .in be
wilderment, and then rushed to the
hole. Her hand crept under her skirts
and moved swiftly to the pocket of
her waist. He came toward her, ra
diant and triumphant.
“Do you want to hole out?” he
asked, his voice a-tremble.
She shook her head dolefully.
“What's the use? You've won, Japk.
Help me up. please."
He obeyed.
Presently,' as they moved silently to
the club bouse, he said: ‘Look here.
Grace, I’m—I'm sorry 1 beat you. Of
course, if it hadn’t been for that piece
of—of sheer luck I’d never have done
it. If you say so, we’ll call it off and
—and forget about—” Suddenly he
halted and stared at the ball in his
hand. “Why, this isn’t mine, Grace!
Mine was a new ballj” He turned in
bewilderment. She felt the blood
rushing into her cheeks,
i “Perhaps it—perhaps you found
; some one else's somewhere,” she mur
* mured, trying to meet his eyes, ■ and
| failing miserably.
He read her guilt, and his heart
j gave a great leap of joy. “Grace!” he
| cried, accusingly, ecstatically.
“What?" she whispered.
“This is my old ball. You—you—”
He moved toward her impulsively.
She looked up in confusion and en
t treaty. "Jack! Not—not here!”
Office Seeking a Man.
Dowagiac, Mich.—With a munici
| pal election coming on in a short time
i this town is facing a peculiar situa
tion in that not a man in the place i3
willing to run for a single office.
Dowagiac is a town of nearly <5,0h0
population, and the cause of the
scarcity of candidates is said to be
the proposition of placing the city un
der a burden of expense for improve
ments. The Republicans, usually suc
cessful in local politics, have failed
ntterlv to find a man for mayor, and
Mayor Herkimer, the present official,
undoubtedly will be obliged to remain
in office, whether he w ishes to or not.
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