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rnhm , An unpaid board bill , a depleted wardrobe -
robe , an cngmty purse , and a pile c t 'rejocted ; '
upon whtr + t M1as lloynton 1md wearily turned
the key of her bachelor ntatd apartment ,
kept pace with her up the avenue ,
"Oh , to be n bonnet maker ! now much
hnppier I , mould be , The most quoted wuman
of a I'aul i'ry press etodd transfixed heforo
a thfodlste's window , radiant with Easter hn-
portatlons. As the slender mackluloshed figure -
ure stood , the airy fabrlcatlons of Parisian
i sltlll vanished from kcr mind's eye , to h0
i' replaced by VIBl011a of the iitc head dresses
her deft fingers had fashioned for her own
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, have always been told that I had a knack
1 with ribbons and laces , ' Miss Uoynlon's
color de pened at the memory of cotnpllmeuts
that had been hers on gala occasions when
she sallied forth In her caput chef d'oouvre3.
Again alto was belle of the tar oft , hiland
lowtt slue had deserted In the flre flush of
youth to make for herself a niche In the literary -
erary life of the metropolis. Ilow often the
expectatons ! of those deserted prov nclals had
helped her to bridge seemingly Impaseable
chasms !
This morning , however , found her without
lime slrengtlm , the courage , to buffet longer
against the unproplllous tide that had set in
Bono months earlier. What was the cause
of the sudden collapse ! n a career that opened
so brilliantly and promised tv much ? Had
her intellect lost its freshness , her pen its
i cunning , or her ability to achieve been over-
eslhnated ?
Iher novltlato as a literary worker was now
spent. She lad suddenly awakened to u
realizing sense that nothing sand , nothing
substantial had beets achieved. So far as
her prdphelic vision could penetrate , the
future held only a repetition of rho past ,
wlthoul the charm of novelty , the conlidenco
' or youth or the ignorance of inexperience :
She aas alone in the world. Too late to
turn back ; to stand still was equally hnprac-
ticablo. She nmst go on , but where ? 110w ?
"I'erlmaps ; she thought as she continued to
gaze at the window full of bonnets , "per-
liaps it's not too late to learn the milliner's
trade. "
"A bonnet-maker , by Jovel" A guet of
wind tossed aside Miss Uoynton's umbrella ,
i I A notebaolt 1n which she had hastily sketched
a hat that caught her fancy , fell to the
' . ground , "Clever , clever , by George ] " The
girl ivas now indignantly conscios of the
proximity of a snlling middle-aged stranger ,
"A thousand pardons. No offense , , " ho said ,
w j ( handing her tune bdok. I cannot help adrnlr-
ing your choice. "
"Sir , I on not a bonnet maker , " remon
etrated Mice Doynton , recovering from the
I first flush of indignant resentment. "But I
' can make a bonnet , . and-
"Wear It to the queeusltaste" ( 'inter-
posed the intruder. There was an unmistakable -
! able twinkle in the gray , childlike eyes that
e pCCred beneath her nnbrella. Despite , her
Inherent adhesiveness to the conventional ! .
ties , Miss Iloynlon a love of adventure quick.
' oned ,
. I am in a dilemma , " said he.
11 "So am I , " cold she.
r' ' " 1 believe Providence has sent you to help
I me , "
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"Indeed ,
r , lie took from his pocket n letter and ad-
1 , Justin gratis glasses , deliberately read :
y ear Pau „ We have a favor to ask ,
and as It lc the first in many years , we know
' u you will not have the heart to refuse , On
I Easter Sunday a new minister is to be in. I
stalled with great pomp and ceremony , An-
gelino and I have decided to show the parish
that notwithstanding tike McGovern girls
Lave apparently been asleep the past decade -
cade , they are still very much alive. Send
us two of the smartest bonnets in New
York , "
"There , now ! Isn't that a commiselon to
make the bravest quail ? " ,
Ills laugh put to flight the lachrymose
I day.
"Angeline and Tablt ia , " ho explained ,
"are my kisters. God bless them. They are
back on the old farm-have always lived
there , Now , my young friend , ! f you will
i kindly step into this shop and help me select
rho bonnets , you will fill two hearts with
joy , and relieve one conscience of a Burt -
t den , "
I Two mackintosh figures disappeared within
the most fashionable shops on the avenue ,
Seated on a divan , they were socn absorbed
In the confections brought forth from cases ,
bandboxes and drawers by the conventional
t fashion plate saleswoman. In normal condition
dition Miss Boyuton'e aesthetic soul would
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have revelled , despite the exorbitant pricox
asked , hr tide display of co summate art.
But as she looked she thought aghast " $20
for that knot of ribbons ? Thirty dollars for
the bunch of flowers ? Think of it , A couple 1
at the price would pay the landlord , and I
' . s , could make any one of then , " t
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ycu like ?
Miss Boynton stood before the mirror , a 1
h mho bow of apanhled lace swaying jauntily
{ on her faultlessly co'Rured head ,
" ' " , "I think
"Don't you like it ? tie repeated
it hnmensely becoming , "
"ilecomkig to life , perhaps , but how about
your steles ? Are they my style ? "
Angie's.brotlmer threw back hits bead and
laugbted ; "Bless you , child , both girls are y
older than I , Aim , everything here la for s
t ; youth and beauty ,
"Hut tell me ; pleaded the blushing girl ,
"what la their style ? Thu color of their
i eyes , hair , complexion , the shape of their I
faces ? Unless I know , how can I be of sere. d
c"I eec , " said Angle'e brother , "an artist , if o
not a bonnet maker. Could you see the girls , c
t t I wouldn't be surprised if you nmiglht make
sonothing qullo us smart and more to their
liking than anything here. "
"Do you ? Oh , how I would like to try. " t
"Do you know , " ape confessed with a t
trankaesa steno bas never since been able to
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Pzpialn , "I was thinking this morning on
the avenue , that perhaps I hat made i
take. i ought to have been a bonnct mzket ,
Instead-
"tV'eil , ho nna , sad ! Angle's brother ,
"Begin today , I will send you limo girls'
pictures , They were taken ten years ago ,
but that 1s of little consequence , I'eople
and things rarely cltango in Derbyv'llle , An-
nit-she ie the youngest-let me seo-sho
nmuat ho 60 , She Is fair , biuo eyed , hair
with the burulih of bronze , fly the way ,
she wcara it as you do , and nil the la mode
girls , " Iie parted , by way of illustration , the
auburn lochs that curled over ills fine brow.
"Angie Is snmail , while Tabitlha ( Tabby , we
call her ) Is large , . every , clean cut , a veritable -
ble medoeval , abbess. "
Miss lloynton listened eagerly , observing
for the first time little art'stle ' betrayals
in the speech , manner and appearance of
this brusque , yet tmntataltahle ! man of parts.
The sky Imad cleared wheti they separated at
Mme. I'nencoise's door , 'Pile adventure lent
buoyancy to' Miss Boynton's steps , The
"rejected" and every trace of literary as.
pirations were atoned away. When Angie
and Tabltlma arrived by proxy at the haclme-
lor n : ( l'a apartment a day or two later
they were quite at home among work-
baakelal and bandboxes. The quaint , un
worldly faces , were carefully studied , and
when Miss Boynton had completed her designs -
signs and purchased the requisite materials ,
her venture as a bo nct'mnker began In
earnest
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To male two of trio smartest bonnets in
Now York was a task from which the
skilled might well shrink with mnisglving ,
Ai her own pretty hibrcat ons effect alone
w'aa sought. Finish of detail was never
considered. Well she knew that in such
perfectton largely lay the smnrtnees of a
New York bonnet. The Indefinable , illusive ,
delusive bow' that stamps time professiona :
from the home-bred creation was n secret
that Miss lloynton flattered herself wnk ml-
ready hers. But the lining , the fin'sh ' ng-
how she abhorred detail-haunted her day
and night , Greater thought or care had
rarely been given to a manuscript than was
brought to bear upon the bonnets of thea
unknown spinsters. Often she reproved
herself for the rashness of her undertaking.
But , at length , when time task was finished ,
and her critical acumen was unable
to detect a suggestion of the objectionable -
tionable home touch , she " revelled In
the joy of the creator , and pictured the afa-
his mischievous eyes peered through smoke
rings Into ( ho very soul of the women alrug
Kling bravely to adjust herself to lime an-
auaprcted revelations this visit , made ngninet
her better judgment , had brought abaut
"Come , how many bonneth lfavd you made ?
Are you stilt ambitious to open a shop ? " he
contintrtd , 2ilss Doynton was silent. She
was in the presence of n man whose genius
Ihe lied worahlppeJ since she was old enough
to appreciate rho significance of att.
That very morning she his ] tnrriel , as was
her went , to admire one of his masterpieces
in the public square. Shin was overawed ,
htnimbied , humlllated , and suddenly conscious
that she was the victim of Imposition , Re'
sentment svns in the flashing eyes she turned
to Anglo's brother , and It trembled on her
lips to be hushed by Sancho'a ' entrance.
"Lunch Is served. " aid t e' uatr. Anie's
brother drew up his chair to the inviting re'
past Ills guest arose , "Doesn't your wife ,
your faintly , hmch with you ? " shb nskcd ,
visibly embarrassed , lie set down ( lie water
carafe in a halt-dazed , half-apologetic
manner ,
"i hmavo no wife , no family , "
Time pathos in the ebb of his voice } vas
not lost it her sensitive ear ,
"Need that frighten you ? " he asked.
"I don't knave'-i Icn't know , said the
girl , "i supposed , of course , that you were
married , 'runt I ehmld here meet your wife ,
Really I dcn't know what i thought , ] t was
stupid , awfully stupid , Must I confers ? 1
never suspected that you were the great
Pail McOoven. I only thought of you at'
Angle's brother , "
"And in her and Tabby's memory , na less
than my good pleasure , I beg you now to alt
up like the sensible young woman I take you
to be and do me the honor to rip a cup o1
my brewing , 110w many lumps ? You see ,
this Is flow it Is : I married and death
robbed me. That war years ago. Pate bong
PO unkind , f have never since had ( lie courage -
ago to tempt her , Save Sacho , 1 am alone.
Ills pasition defined , talk soon aped me'-
lily , though Miss Boynton could not forget
the proximity of the bonnet baxea. After
lunch they acthght the studio where convcr-
sattou naturally turned to the plactic art ,
" 1 presume you never feel hee'ltancy in
beginning a new work ? " said Miss Uoynton
"You nmst now be ev sure of youraif and
your power , " They stcod before an unfin-
h'hed equestrian statue ,
"In art as in life ; " situ Angle's broths.
thoughtfully , "one Is never sure of hhnaelt.
i begin every new work with fear and
trembling. Every new undertaking is an
experiment. "
'Do you-with all your fame , your ex-
perience-feettlhat way ? 110w you cncourne
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e."Alm. . " said Angio'o urolber , "you never
begin the creation of n bonnet svlthsut faith
in your skill to complete It sstlsfactarlly ? "
"Oh , I am not a bonnet maker , " crtel the'
girl ImFctuotsiy. "I's hll a mistake : If 1
load not met you that morning on tha
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tors wending their way to church on Easter
ntorntng. First came Angie , dainty in a tiny
Tuscan straw with black lace bows , distended
like raven's wings from the back knot of
burnished bronze , while in the wavy part
nestled German field flosv'er , . Tabithla followed -
lowed , stately and aerene , ! n a close-fitting
jet , with butterflies of duchezoe point , one
warm-hearted crimson rose accentuating the
whole ,
When Madame Francolee's wouldbo rival
had feaated her eyes on theoa tangible evidences -
dences of her skill , they were tenderly laid
in boxers long treasured , boxes that bore the
Impress of a famous Paris house , An itemized -
ized bill was enclosed with the Poetrenipt :
"Ann unable to estimate the labor , It is left
to your discretion , "
The bonnets wero'thnt diopatched to the
address Angle's brother had given-a cross
street in the vicinity of Central park , The
rites cnger returned with a check computed
on the Madame Francolse basis , For dayo
after the dirappearance of the bonnets Miss
Boynton went about her apartment with a
sense of loss. Work b.ieket and band boxes
alone remained to recall the homely departure -
ure in her struggle for maintenance , Sitting
in her sunny window ovrlooking Washington /
equare , her imagination often followed the
bonnets to Derbyville , and somehow the
breezy personality of Angie'e brother would
Intrude. At lagtli : the spell' was broken.
The stifled inventive faculty resumed activity ,
Again the tide of literary appreciation turned
In her favor , The Louis XIV. escritoire assumed -
sumed its wonted dhurdered utility , There
came ono day n letter whose delay had often
piqued her curiosity as well ac her vanity
while reveling in the new-born hope ,
"The smartest bonnet In New York ,
wrote Angle's brother , "have payed ! havoc
in Derbyville. A parson rod n deacon have
wsccufnbed. I have no doubt now , ft I ever
did have , that you will sacceed as a bonnet
maker , I have been thinking ( lie matter
over , and believe I see a way of helpingto
estallelm , ; you in the busloeea , if you arc still
ambitious to compo'o with Madame bYancalss ,
Shall be glai to talk it over with you. Arn
always home and at losure ! at 12 mn "
Several weeks after the receipt of this
ether , Miss Boynton , with the abandon of
growing fame , gaily touched time knocker of
nn hnposing brown atone that bore. ( he name
of Angle's brother , The curious entrance
suggestive of a stable or warehouse , filled
nor with an apprehension that was dispelled
by the courtesy of the butler who ushered
ier through a dim , artistic entresol to a
unique room , The whole mlgbt have been a
I'ompellan excavation , so dimly rich , s
auctently mellow were the red walls , coiling
and panels , upon 'Bose intricate scrolls thho
sunlight played through a llgh mullioned
rlndow. Classle bronze rested on richly
carved bookcases and buffets-rested with the
1antlllarity of centuries of companionship. A
couch , a writing dock littered wlllm papers
and cigar stumps and a table vet for one
were time only uuggesliona of modern occupancy -
pancy , An Miss Boynton's quick eye took
n this unsuspected envlromnont , time room
echoed a sudden stifled cry , Through a
apattrled curtain that partially concealed an
alcove , obtruded , 'mid imonely bits of maecu-
hm attire-could she believe her eyes-two
famlllar bonnet boxes !
In ( lie doorway stood Angle's brother ,
"idol ] had" le oried , extending , then withdrawing -
drawing a hand grlnmy witht clay , "I had tie.
epaired of ever seeing you. Was about to
oak you up , Just In time to break bread.
Do you like tee ? Here , Sanoho , what have
'ou today ? Set another plate and get us
alnethhhg apretlzing , '
Time htltler disappeared , 1c ing time quasi
bonfetdnsker to confront in Angiels brother
one of the foreniemt ; sculptors of the day.
n hits brusque , chieery"enapner McGovern
Isappeared behind the tapeetrlod , alcove , to
oappear shortly , divested of his' 'elayod
veralls , and picturesque in velvet jacket aid
op.
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"So glad to see you. Object to smoke ?
Ooodl It would be an awful deirivation. {
Always have a pips at noorm , 11'011 , well !
he bonnets wore immense , The girls wore
lckled to death , 110w Is trade ? "
Angle's brother folded his arms , while
a
avenue , in all probability I would never
have made a bonnet-with linings , "
She buried tier" ' faco"n ' ! " 'her ' hands ,
trembling half with anger , half with
laughter ,
"Bonnet-makeror no bonnet-maker , " said
McGovern , descending from the dais upon
which ( lie statue was posed , ' "you are a
mighty clever , tantalizing bit o1 femininity.
Come , I will give ycu five minutes 'to' make a
clean breast of the bonnet busine0a. "
"And I , " cried rho now defiant girl , "will
give you less time to exhlein why' you.mIld
not send time bonnets to Angle. "
"Because there lu'no' Angie. "
"No Angle ? "
Ho shook his head'WHlle' the studio' no.
verberated with his irresistible laughter ,
"No Tabby ? "
"No one but youu and me , " His voice , his
glance opened to both the "old world which
is ever new , " Two 'stools 'were drawn up
to the bespattered stove' in wlmlch smouldered
a few live coals. Ile lit his Latin Quarter
pipe and in the Confidence begot of time ,
place and circumstance , the quasi bonnet- '
maker told the story of her literary aspira-
tions. Twilight overtook them that evening
as they strolled down the avenue' toward
'the bachelor-maid's apartment ,
Thrice Easter bonnets blossomed In
'Madame ' Francoiso's window before the
quasi ! milliner again crossed the sculptor's
threshold , On that occarlon her brougham
wan at the door and her Glbsoneaque head
'carried a veritable Fraucole hat ,
"Aim , Mrs , McGovern , " saki Anglo's
brother , "the madame , I see , has found a
patron in a rival. "
Conrtilmrs Irl { ehl'rCN HIt'L'IIICNNII'NN ,
The marrying oft of daughters involves a
good deal of sleeplessness. It a wcnian has
a large family , by the time the yocngest girl
Is cam the carpet the mother has arrived at
that time of life when slime wants to go to boll
early. Sometimes tills is hard on the girl.
There is such a mother , and every time she
moots a new young man her conversation
somehow gets around to the advantage of
keeping early hhours. At length and with
such enthuelasm oho talks on this subject
that by the time the young man comes to call
lie Is in a cord'licn to be sensible to the zvurds
ho hears about the house , and especially 1n
the roam. above , A young man in this
nervous state' paid the young woman a visit
the other evening. The conversation was
fairly launched when an alarm clock went oft
overhead , lie sprang to his feet.Vas that
for me ? " he asked , lie was assured that t e
clock often did that cu its own responsibility ,
lie sat down , and the conversation was again
under way when rounds of violent pounding
were heard overhead. Again ho sprang to
his feet. "That Is for me. " Vainly the girl
aes.irad him that her mother was only pound-
aig dog biscuit for her favorite pup. But the
visitor was unnerved and took ids hat , When
the daughter expostulated her mother took
he young man's discomfiture with calmness ,
simply remarking that it was time for the
dog to go to bed , anyway ,
IlostoiVN Coufmsim r Streets ,
Time yarn that the down-town streets in
Boston were formerly cow patha and that
unless ono be careful in keeping bearings ,
one is liable to walk In circles , although apparently -
parently walking straight ghead , court be
true , because it has been verified , It is to
time effect timat a stranger , having asked a
pollcnman to direct him to a certain place
several blocks distant ; followed the dtrec
lions until tie became bewildered , Seeing
a pollcennan , ho asked again to be directed
on Imis way , Confused again by not finding
rho place , he appealed again to a pallceman ,
"Look here ! " the policeman remarked emphatically -
phatically , "If you ask me that question
again I'll ' run you In-aeo ? " A stranger , who
inserted that story into a deacrlpllpn of his
experiences in the town recently , was confused -
fused when a reputable gentleman of 85
years interrupted by saying ( list his cxperi-
euco in , 1835 was similar , except that time
person ho asked was not a policeman , Any
lorno at holed , good tor halt a century ought
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TAPPIl ( ; l'Iii . BOOKIES' ' B.11Z' ' ( ,
Irow Telegraph Swindlers Conspire to
Flees Booklnaheri and Othprs ,
TiN-STRIKE ON ROYAL NETTIE RACE
MuNI Unrhl i. nod SuCCeMNtlll Job btver
1'rrpl'trnI ml nn the wireN-
Skill and ( htmlllnrit3' iie-
qulreddo11'in ,
Cheating bookmakera out of large mints of
money by wire lappug : la a game that fascinates -
nates every expert telegraph operator who line
a weak conscience , Alter all , they think , it
is like robbing n bunco man. The 'scheme
by which bookmalers went' fleeced omit of
more thtii $150,000 on the Royal Nettle race
a few days ago , says a New York corre-
spondut : cf the Globe-Democrat , is
one of the moet daring amid successful swlnt-
dles ever perpelratci in this country , Time
dexterous manner in which the wire tapping
fraud is platnled and carried out is sumething
to challenge the admiration of all wlmo know
anything about the mysteries of time tele-
graph. Very few outsdero : have anything
immure than the haziest Ideaa about wire tap-
ping. They have a vague notlom that it con-
sistu at' ' stealing from the wires the name of
the wiruing horse him a race and putting down
a big bat on him before the bookmaltera find
out who has wan.
Really the operation of vire tapping is a
very complex th'ng. The ti/eves who retort
to it are always expert telegraphers , 'l'hat
there arc very few of them speaks voiumes
for the honeety of the omen at the keys ,
'l'hero are not moro than eight or ten wire
lapperu iii all this country , althoughh there
are thousands of operatow. The tappers are
known to all the leading men : n the telegraph -
graph businean , but , as no cne ever know ,
that they arc up to a new swindle until
after they have made tlier ! try , they are
never molested except when they are actually
ngnget in wire tapping.
All official race track Information used by
tookniakers le supplied to them by the Western -
ern Union Telegraph ccatpany , Wluu a man
wants to open a bcok , whether it ba In New
York City , Ilob.ken , Chicago , Pittsburg cr
Long island City , tip applies to the racing
bureau of the Western Union company. That
bureau runs wire , to his room , Cupplles him
with operators sand fnrukuies him daily wth !
Ute. entries , jockeys , state of the track , the
track odds and all lice varied official Information -
tion a bookmaker needs. Time moment the
horses are at the pest the telegraph instrument -
ment in the baonaker'u ! raani nothfao him.
In the tame way ho learns of the progress of
the race , and finally the uantes of the winner
and second and third hgrse i , Upan receipt
of tide last news the bookmaker pays the whining -
ning bets. All the news is telegraphed direct
from the track to the \Vestern Union racing
bureau 'n New Yorki City , Front. timero It In
repeated to all tlma' bookmaltera who get the
bureau's service ,
HOW THEY GO ABOUT IT.
The aim of time wire tapper Is either to
cut in on the Ihte between time rocs track
and time racing bureau or to cut n bstaeen
the bureau and time bookmaker to whom
time news is sent. It the former , ha cuts
off the race track e'parator , and , imitating
the cut-off man's. style of send rig , gtvro
the bureau the name of the h rse he and
his canfedrrates have agreed to back.
If the latter plant is used he 'mtatcs ! the
style of the sender In the racing bureau and
give , time bookmaker's operator the name
of the horse he wants to wn. ; The former
plan has not been successfully csed In
many years , indeed , ft may be sa d to lav :
gone cut of fashion. The risk of dgleeti n
is too 'great. In 'time Rc-yal Nettle swindle
the's wa § no 'W1re tapping , operators
dt' iNhsvii Orrakns simily Esantnthe „ name of
Itoy'ai Nettle as' the winner ; , 'when , , I'lug
actually"woim the event. The Western Union
company has suspended Conway and .Ma-
guire , operators , from duty at New Orleans ,
but dt course that wcn't bring back the
money of time bokmakers , who Paid out
thousands on Royal Nettle before the mistake -
take was correctei , The thcroughness with
which time fraud was planned may b : guetead
from time fact that the confederates of the
swindlers had put down big bets in ths ! city ,
Jersey City , Philadelphia , Brooklyn , Pltts-
burg and Chicago. Mst of the vase men
who make hand books iii New York C ty
have a custom of not paying bets until the
day after the race , so they Icst very little
stoney , but all the others were hit hard.
There was 'hot a bit ct suspicion that tee
bettors on Royal Nettle were up U any
crcohed work , for they had all been playing
small bets and losing with painful regularity
for a waelC or more bek-re the fatal day.
The bnokmakers looked cam them as "goad
things , " and they had no trouble In getting
the r money en In bg ! lumps.
To send confederates cut in this way ,
"plkeg" ! along f'r days or weeks to prevent
suspicion , is a regular part of the wire-
tappers' plan of cperat.one.
Then , when the time comes to matte the
killing the big and fraudulent bets are accepted -
cepted with delight
Old-time telegraphers know that It used
to be Impossible to cut ht on a duplex line
-one in vvbicb two cuirents are constantly
traveling in oppcsite directions-but some
latter-day genius lies made this once Inh-
posalble teat easy of accomplishment , Tapping -
ping is d very difilcult business in New York
City , for the wires run in cables underground
or along the elevated railroad structure ,
Yet , when pool rooms nourished hero , men
were often caught tapping even these hidden -
den race wires llmat ran along with hundreds
of others in time eame conduit , When time
workmen were tearing down time
old walls of the IlofTmaa ihouoe I
not many months ago they broke in
upon two wiretappers who were buoy with
their priors and wire , in a vault under the
sidewalk ,
EXPERT LINEMEN CUT TIIE WIRES.
Of course none but an expert lineman could
do this work. Another gang was found In
the top ficor of an apartmment house atOne
Ono Hundred and Nenty-fltlh street and
Eighth avenue a few years ago. They had
tapped a cable on the "L" roadbed , picked '
out the wire they wanted , arid splicing fine
copper wires to it , carried the line up to
their room. The peculiar timing about wiretapping -
tapping in lids city Is that limo thieves 1
are nlmnost invariably caught before they
do any business , A coupie of smart rascals
did usceeed a few years ago in tapping s
"Charley" Stelrunetz'a pool room wire from ti
a sidewalk vault under New street. They
sent him a false report and gatlmeretl in all
the nmoncy in his book. Wlmat added aggravation - C
vation to time rolsbcryr was that Steinmetz
hhntelf is one or the best telegraplmcra in I
tills country ,
The great dimculty in wire tapping is to t
Imitate the style of the operator who eando 1
the racing reportrz . The layman thinks that s
DISSOLUTION AND RLMUVAL SALE r
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MILTON ROGERS & SONS 14Th Ild F ro m Sts
May 1st one of the firm withdraws and we move , Until then , to reduce stDck as low as pos-
slblc , we ofcr PRICES LESS THAN COSI' , and EVL'RYTIIING AT ABOUT ONE-
HALF FORMER PRICES , This will be an opportunity never before presented to buy
strictly high grade goods at prices unhflat'd of in the history of Omaha ,
New
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I N ; IV PROCESS STOVES'1
Are Warranted ,
Former Price Itentovltl Sale
Cut Pt'Ico
: i-ntu'ner and Sop , with Reflex Oven , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,9 ° 3,00 $12.5
4.13ur'uuramid Step , tvi'It Rellex Oven. . , . , 25,00 14,09
i 13tu'uurCnbinmtfnuge. , , . . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 24,00 13.00
4-i3urnur amid Step Cabinet flange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,00 15.00
REFRIIQERATORSa
Till Ctebratc , , LEJNARD ilni EDIV ) iefrigritore ;
Furuner P' " Spoolltl ncmovnl
Selo Jut Price
Nn , 5n , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . . . $ ] 0.50 $ 8.50
No , 12 , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-InO 1050
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS.o 14.00
1o. 1i ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22,00 15.50
' Mlatrlreandalerefor The nrnntneallMnrthta
I Frcrr feud of } 'wi Tradrlura nrrAr
oflnHtAtlon "
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Fotuie'r I'm ieo Rontovnl Sale
limit. I'rira
No , 8Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 tn0 $18.'p
No.8 Odn1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :0,0U 2 i.Oo
No. H Coal nil Iteser-
vulr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 95,00 29.00
No , H Coal uuil lieser-
volr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,00 32.00
Nu H. al and
, 30.50
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Latest Patterns fjr
Wood or Coal.
,
No , 8.1 hole , . . . . . . . . . , 411,00 $ 5Q
No. H 4-hula. . . . , . . . , . . L'I,00
No , a 4-hole amid lies- ,
e r , ' o f r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.00 18.00
Former Renmaval
Price Sale l'rlco
Genuine Granit'.t'Iron Tea Pots. . . . . . , . . , . $1.00 50c
GenuineGranito'Iron ' 'Wash Bntvle. , . . . , , . 40c 20c
.
Genuine Granite Iron Anik Pans. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15e
ICitchon Spoon . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 3u
'l'ea Spoene , per dozen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15c 5c
Egg Beaters. . . ' . . . . : ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 2c
'f'in MUlt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lOc 3c
Nn. 3 Spiders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 150
Ttu'Itey Fort her Dustcrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40u 20c
Cake Pons. .15c 5c
No. 9 Tea IClttle'copper : buttam. . . . . . . . , . 40c 2 , c
Cork So'uws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15e 3c
Ostrich Fou.thor Dusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50c 25c
For out-of tott'n customers we deliver goods crated in good shipping order on cars in this city
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the Monte code of telSraph s.gnals must
always sound the'rme , no matter wise' makes
it. This 1s a.great error , No two operators
send alike. There is as much indtv'iduallly
in pending as there is to aluging , talking or
playing the violin. It is far easier to forge
a inn's ' handwriting than it is to imitate
perfectly hi. style of snd'ng Mora'e. The
race track operators are the swiftest workers
In the business , so that the wire tapper who
imitates them must not only be a capital
mimic , but he must bg able to send like a
streak of lightning. A rascal whose speed
was great , but whose faculty of imitation
was not well developed , cut in on a Philadol-
pda ! wire the other day , lie and hia pals
had put2,000 dgivpong poor old horse that
couldn't run fast enough to keep himself
warm. Whui the operator in the New York
Western Union racing bureau began sending
the report of 'the raca the tapper repeated
the stmjtptmc operator in the Philadelphia
pool roam , substituting , of course , his own
well backed horse. Ito was rattling away at
a great clip when the pool room operator
"broke. "
"Get out of there , you haml" he ticked ,
"You're a wire tapper , and the worst I ever
heard. I'll s in& a ltneman after you with a
club , "
Cio of the woret dlarppolntments that ever
befell a gang of , wIndlers happened to some
fellowo in New York City a few months ago.
( here was a pool room In a downtown street ,
the back windows of which looked out uporm
rho back wlndowsotatenement , , house at the
other end of time block. The tappera hired a
roe iin time tenement and nlanted their cur
federates in the pool ream.
The tapping operators cut oft the racing
bureau from the pool room. They
'grounded" the wire , supplied it with current -
rent from their own battery , amid while one
took race track reports from the Western
Union buresu.the other relayed them to the
1001 room in a fine Imitation of the bureau
cperalor'r style. At last came the moment
for the swindle. Tlio chief topper waved
mis hand at the back window of the tenement -
ment as the signal to his waiting confederates -
erates In the pool room to play the horses
they hall agreed upon. Thereupc'n ' some
1,500 wan bet on time impossible old plug
whom we may call h imalaya , 'rime tapping
operator began to send a ylvid account of
tlme race , lie told who got off in the lead ;
who were one , two , thers at the quarter ,
the half , time three-quatters and in the
stretch. tie had just begun to spell out
'Himalaya ' wins ! " when-popi time wire
opened and stayed opened. It so happened
that a gang of plumbers had come into time
house to repair the gas pipe to whlch rho
appers' ground wire was connected , Tlmey
cut tha pipe , and that "busted the circuit , "
as operators call it. The pool room operator
vas , of course , an expert , and wlmen the
t'ire remained open half a minute lie yelled ,
Look out ] There's a tapper on to ucl"
Of course no bets were paid , and equally
course the gang o' swindlers tied , The
only eonedlallon the had was when stand-
ng in the crowd around the toimement half
an hour later they tow brawny policemen
rembling as they carried out the battery
are , fearing that there was "dynamite or
omething" ! n them ,
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Quaker iVisdom.
"Wit'ds folly unless a wise man bath the keeping -
ing oThit , " The wit of eating Quaker Oats is the
wisdom of good health and complete satisfaction ,
,
OATS
, Sold only in 2-lb. Packages.
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Price Smile Price
Crump Trays and Brushes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5e 20o
.
Cuspidores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15c 5o t
Table Spoaus , per : low , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 25e 100
Collie Mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50c 2Qc
011 Lamp Stoves. , , , , , , , , , . „ , , , , , , , , , . , dOe 25o m
Heavy Tin wash Bowls. . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . 20c 5o
Iiesvy Dish Pans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30n 15o
Tin Dippers IOu 3o
Pie Plates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 °
Ice Picks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . llic 5c
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G unite Sauce Pans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . boo 250
Pint Cups. 50 2c
Piece lime
That's the way to buy ,
a p
Parlor Furniture-
That's old fashioned 'k '
an
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notion-buying a whole ' 'p. r
9 set at a time- ; y
'Though we have Parlor '
Furniture in whole sets
-and lots of them-
But you'll be better sates- " " 1
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fled with- > r I'
A Unique Piece-
That matches your taste-select it and we'll upholster it
to suit you-many highly polished and carved wood
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pieces-Some beautiful _ . designs-in all the popular woods 1I 1
-on sale Saturday at specialty low prices. j I
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Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Co. ,
1'146 Douglas Street ,
. ® .meol ® ooaeeeooaN. ® o fe : oe6' ww. ® , j
BACKACHE ,
bm WHY ? Because your Liver and Kid' erl are
' out of ordtt ii
Dr. J. ICI. McLEAWt I
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LIVER AND KIDNEY BALM t i/ /
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ailments of the Liver , Kidneys and Bladder , Dia'ntes , Rheumatism - a
matism and Bright's Disease ,
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ron GAta VCRYWHCNC AT $1,00 PCR Sort LC
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