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Mr Boltou figures In this narrntlvo
as tho stouy hearted parent of a beau
tiful daughter Most people knew him
only ns 1 Hugeno lloltou druggets
sundries Jolm street New York
Hertha snld lie one day to the
beautiful daughter aforesaid 1 do uot
like George Ilnllctt
Neither do 1 father replied the
dutiful child 1 love him
This brief and pointed colloquy was
the climax of many conversations It
stated a situation not at all unusual
but Just as dllllcult for the persons In
volved as If It had never figured In his
tory or romance
George was tho New York manager
of Glrard Frores et Cle a Paris linn
dealing in silks It was a responsible
position for a very young man and
George was making quite a bit of mon
ey It was not his prospects to which
Mr Bolton objected In fact his princi
pal accusation was tlint George was
one of those handsome men who al-
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rtvavs have 00 silly women chasing
after them lie did not wisli to see
bis daughter join the procession
Besides Mr Bolton preferred Irving
Meade u young man who stood in the
shadow of a fortune and had recently
come Into Mr Boltons employ that he
might be kept from Idleness while the
fortunes shadow was becoming solid
And substantial Mr Meade was not a
handsome man or much pursued by
lguug maidens despite his prospec
tive wealth To Bertha ho was a joke
The Boltons lived in Englewood N
tf A -widowed sister of Mrs Bolton
iMrs Laura Merriam resided In New
York Tho relations between her and
the Boltons were not cordial except as
-to Bertha who was a favorite with
Mrs Merriam As the widow was
wealthy Mr and Mrs Boltou viewed
this intimacy with favor
Now It happened that occasionally
Bertha would receive a telegram like
this
Meet me it Twenty third street Sixth avenue
li station up town side 12 tomorrow
Laura Mkrrmu
From Mrs Merriam Oh no from
George Bertha could show these mes
sages to her mother and use them as
Ian excuse for going to town without
the least fear of discovery for Mrs
IBolton and Mrs Merriam would prob
ably not meet within six mouths So
Bertha and George were enabled to en
ilov inanv luncheons together in the
pwellest restaurants and usually a mat
linee at the theater afterward
It was on a Tuesday that George sent
a message couched In the exact lan
guage of the sample given above Ber
tha was not at home when the mes
onger boy nrrlved bo the telegram
was given to Mrs Bolton who read It
8he knew that it was Berthas habit
to answer these telegrams from
aunty and she also knew that Ber
tha would not return home till quite
late In the evening as she was to take
dinner at the house of a friend Such
being the case and as she was sure
that Bertha could go to town on the
ifollowlug day she sent away this reply
iby the boy who had brought the mes
sage
Mrs MerrUm 68 West Street New York
Yes Tomorrow 12 Sixth avenue and Twenty
third street Ueiitju
When Mrs Merriam received this
Bho did not know what yes meant
and was inclined to regard It as an er
ror of the telegraphers The impor
tant part of the message however was
clear Bertha wanted to meet her to
itnorrow at noon at Sixth avenue and
Twenty third street
It must be understood that shopping
wppointmeuts of this kind had some
times been made between them
When Bertha learned that her
mother had answered the telegram
shc was somewhat disturbed In mind
Bho decided to telegraph George on the
following day telling him to make the
time 1145 Instead of 12 Tuub they
could meet and George could get out of
Itho way before Mrs Merriam should
arrive If aunty should come It would
spoil the afternoon for Bertha and
George If she didnt Bertha would
kuow whero to Qnd George who
would be waiting and un ingenious
note of explanation would satisfy Mrs
iMerriams mind In regard to tho tela
gram
I A little before 10 oclock Wednesday
forenoon Bertha entered tho Englo
Svood telegraph oQlce Intending to
end her message to George
i Tre Just sent a telegram for yon up
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You can see a copy of it here
though
Bertha read ns follows
Make It 130 Inntead ot 12 Unavoidable
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There wns n nice situation Was
this dispatch from her mint or from
George She puzzled over tho ques
tion for several minutes nnd dually de
cided that the expression Make It
130 stamped the communication ns
the work of a man
Therefore It would be useless to tele
graph to George She could meet her
aunt first and George later All things
were falling out well It was n consid
erable annoyance however to Hud on
renchlng the railroad station that she
had Just missed the train which she
had Intended to tnke The time which
she had spent in puzzling over that
mesbage had accomplished this misfor
tune It was Impossible to reach the
appointed place by 12 Aunt Laura in
the picturesque language of the peri
od would be stood up but to meet
George at 130 would be easy
As the old fashioned novelists used
to say let us leave Bertha waiting In
the railroad station while we follow
the fortunes of her father
When I Eugene Bolton readied ills
oillec tlint morning about 9 oclock lie
discovered that he had left certain im
portant documents at home lie needed
them that day and at first lie had it In
mind to telegraph ills wife to send
them in by Bertha
Thats what Ill do said he to Irv
Ing Meade who hnd been present
while Bolton vu searching his pockets
for the papers Ill have Bertha bring
them in
Is Bertha coming here today ask
ed tho young man in a voice that be
trayed his joy
She wasnt coming here replied
Bolton She was going shopping with
her aunt Mrs Merriam
Mrs Merriam telegraphed her I
suppose said Meade in a peculiar
tone
Why yes said Bolton How did
you kuow that
Mr Bolton responded the young
man Impressively Ive been on to that
game for some time
What game cried the head of the
Arm
That telegram wasnt from Mrs
Merriam It was from George Ilal
lctt
Crcsars ghost exclaimed Bolton
What do you mean
I know a fellow in the telegraph of
fice In Englewood replied Meade I
know where the answers are addressed
when those shopping messages come
to Bertha
You do oil Well why didnt you
tell me before
I didnt feel like doing It answered
the young man I didnt want to get
Bertha into trouble
Theres going to be trouble If what
you say is true said Boltou Ill be
at Sixth avenue nnd Twenty third
street at noon today myself
That is where they are to meet Is
it said Meade
Its where several people are going
to meet responded Bolton and one
of them will have a club with him
I think it would be very unfortu
nate sir snid Meade if your daugh
ter were present at such a scene It
might get Into the papers
Youre right replied Bolton But
what can I do
Telegraph her using Mrs Merrl
nms name not to come till later Then
go up there and meet Hallott alone
Ill do It said Bolton And ho wrote
the telegram of which Bertha saw a
copy as has been already related
Now It happened that Bolton did not
know that his wife had answered Mrs
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Merrlams telegram on the day before
He supposed that Bertha had done so
nnd believing Meades story he sup
posed that the reply had gone to Ilal
lctt
Therefore he was very much surpris
ed as he got upou the elevated railroad
platform at the appointed hour to see
Mrs Merriam waiting there
Wheres Bertha asked that lady
approaching him I hope she Isnt
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N no said Bolton feeling very
foolish nnd cursing Meade In his heart
Bho Isnt 111 but she couldnt possibly
come In toduy and as I was to be here
at about the hour named she asked m
to tell you about It
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I nm very much disappointed said
Mis Merriam In an offended tone And
she turned away without another word
and walked down the stairs to thu
street
Bolton wnlted awhile to innke suro
that Ilallctt was uot coming and then
ho took a train down town
A nice fools errand you sent mo
on lie yelled at Mende when tho two
were again in Boltons private olllce
And he told the story of his adventure
Ill bet you 1000 to n cent ex
claimed Meadtv that 1 nm not mis
taken about this She must have got
your telegram and sent Homo sort of
reply to llallett Hell bo there at 130
sure
Id like to know whether there Is
anything In this said Bolton doubt
fully
Go up there and youll see said
Monde And lie finally persuaded ills
employer to go
The Instant that Bolton pnssed tho
threshold Meade ran out by nnother
wny lie did not purpose to have any
nilstnko this time lie know that Ber
tha would be nt the rendezvous and he
decided to make sure about llallett
Such a scene as must result would bo
directly In his Interest though ho
would have preferred that Bertha
should not be present He feared the
effect of her persuasive eloquence upon
her father who really loved her with
nil his heart and would bo In danger
of forgiving satan himself If Bertha
should plead for him However the
chances were Hint llalletts ease would
be settled forever
So Meade dodged Into a telegraph of
fice and wrote out a message to llal
lett lit Berthas name making the ap
pointment at the place and hour al
ready mentioned
Send this snid he to the operator
In charge of tho telegraph station
nnd say tlint n young lady left it In
a great hurry
Then lie gave tho operator half a dol
lar nnd ran out By good leg work lie
got abend of Bolton at the Cortlnndt
street station of the elevated road Ar
rived nt Twenty third street he took
up a position on the opposite side from
tlint where the lovers and the lrnto
father were to meet He could see well
enough from the windows of tho wait
ing room across the tracks At least
tlint wns tho best place that he dared
to tnke He would not have missed a
glimpse of the scene for nny reason
able sum of money
Ho hnd not been waiting long when
Bertha appeared looking as sweet as a
fflVrar
A HAND WAS LAID UTON HIS SnOULDEK
rose and as happy as a bird Five min
utes ten minutes passed Where wns
llallett Where was Bolton Twelve
minutes then 13 ominous number An
up town train stopped nt the station
and at the same moment a down town
train rushed in blocking the vision of
the Jealous lover When he could see
across the tracks again Bertha and
George were greeting ench other In a
manner much more than cordial
But whore was Mr Bolton Meade
asked that question of his own tor
mented heart and there was no replj
Bertha and George begnn to move to
ward the stairs leading to the street
If they mingled with the throng below
Mr Bolton might search for them In
vain lie wns helpless to avert a ca
lamity that he himself had wrought It
was he that had sent or Inspired the
messages that had resulted in this
meeting
Scarcely knowing what he did
Meade ran out of the waiting room nnd
dashed down the stairs Reaching the
street he looked across Sixth avenue
and there were Bertha and George get
ting Into a hansom There was no way
for him to stop them but he rushed
across tne avenue as ir an uepenueu
upon his haste The hansom was well
under way as he reached tho foot of
tho L road stations stnlr on the up
town side of the avenue lie leaned
aguinst the structure and gasped
A baud was laid upon his shoulder
and he heard the voice of Mr Bolton
asking what in tho name of all the
fiends at once he was doing there
Theyve driven a wny In a hansom
cried the excited young man Chase
them
Now look here said Bolton re
straining him If you think Im go
ing to believe any more of your lies
you dont know me My daughter
hasnt been here and llallett hasnt
been here and I can prove It Look
at this telegram It was handed to me
Just as I rushed out of the office but I
forgot to open It till a half minute
ago
Meade looked and read this
Laura telegraphs make it 130 same place
Dertba left before mcuage arrived Meet her at
12 and tell her
It was signed by Mrs Bolton
So you see said the Btern parent
Bertha had no reason to be here nt
130 and of course llallett wouldnt
have been Meade I beglu to see
through you Youro a Jealous Jackass
And 1 had picked you for my son-in-
law The thought makes me modest
I reckon Bertha couldnt have done
worse Itll bo just like me to let her
suit herself after this experience and
If Bhe wants George llallett why by
the Jumping jingo she shall have blmt
bum n
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Irptiiiitiirr liilillut Inn
Washington Jan 30 Talk of an
extra pension which It was thought
had been abandoned Ims been revived
and some very good reasons aie ad
vanced to show that It mny bo n neces
sity The Cuban constitution will not
be In shape to be presented to the
United States until nfter the adjourn
ment of congress although by the mid
dle of March It Is cxpoetwd that It will
be ready By some It Is considered as
pretty hard upon Cuba to suggest that
her constitution be held up for nearly
a year and that inennwhlle tho status
or the Cubitus and especially their In
dependence has not been established
The statement Is made In private
conferences tlint there Is no real dis
position to give Cuba her run inde
pendence Tills Is a bnse aspersion on
the honor of the United Stntes Befoio
the war with Spain wns begun the
pledge wns distinctly made that Cuba
should be five and she will be Just as
quickly as Is possible In nn orderly
and dignified manner In most cases
the suggestion of an American pro
tectorate oer Cuba or of annexing the
Island lo the United States Is made by
those who desire to exploit that rich
country for their own Individual bene
fits
The presidents Illness while It has
at no time been In any way serious has
greatly weakened lilui so much so that
lie Is yet unable to attend to any tiling
tlint Is not urgent public necessity
Tills litis necessitated a postponement
If not an nbniidoiiiiicnt of all social
functions much lo the dismay of so
ciety and those on pleasure bent But
governments exist not for the enjoy
ment of the fashionable but for con
serving the wellare of the masses
One after another the appropriation
bills are emerging from senate commit
tees iukI are being placed upon the
calendar for consideration The legis
lative appropriation and the Indian tip
proprlnllon bills have been disposed of
and the shipping bill Is filling In all
the gaps so as lo bring the measure ns
speedily to a vote as is possible Sena
tors Vest and Depew have spoken nnd
Sonntors Chandler and Mason It Is
snld are ready and may have delivered
their speeches before this reaches the
readers eve It Is said that Senators
Berry Cockrcll Bacon nnd possibly
Clay ngaln will speak In opposition
and even Senator Teller Is expected to
speak for a few minutes In order to
show why he voted for a ship subsidy
bill ten yenrs ago and refuses to vote
for a better bill now
Senators Pettigrew Butler and one
or two others ate snld to have careful
ly planned a scheme of filibustering
sine to defeat every attempt to bring
the bill to a vote It Is conceded by
everybody that if the bill comes to a
vote it will be passed It is also con
ceded that those senators who nursed
in silence their fears that the bill con
tained bad features and who when
they came Into the light with their ob
jections were met with a readiness on
the part of the bills rrlends to accept
amendments that would set their rears
at rest are the ones to whom In the
end the dereat of the bill must be laid
If it be defeated and It cannot be de
fer ted by a vote but only by prevent
ing It from reaching a vote
Meanwhile the foreign shipping lob
by Is Jubllnnt professing to have the
most positive assurances tlint the bill
cannot come to a vote In the senate
Considering tlint these people or those
they represent hnve 175000000 n
year at stake in the matter their con
cern can be Imagined That they may
be Jubilating prematurely Is more than
possible it Is likely ns the real friends
of the bill and these Include the most
powerful senators say that tho bill
ought to and will pass before adjourn
ment at this session
The free trade and
press of tlie country
the Democratic
that Is bitterly
hostile to Senator Hanna Is beginning
to crow over the defeat of his pet
measure but Senator Ilanua only
smiles complacently
Senator Honnn Is a target for the
abuse of every free trade newspaper In
the United States not because of his
connection with the shipping bill
which they use as their text for attack
ing him but because he Is the most re
markably successful man In the Re
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The shipping bill Is not framed to en
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people of the United States a substan
tial ussurance that their exports will
go to their foreign markets whatever
may happen to the nations of Europe
and besides this to give the United
States n means of defense In the ever
possible emergency of war
The shipping bills passage means
the eventual retention In the United
States of the 200000000 now paid an
nually by our people to foreign ship
owners Its defeat means an Indefinite
contlnuunce of the foreign monopoly ot
our foreign carrying ami an unending
drain upon our natlonul resources or
our gold with which to pay our ocean
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