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The old lady apologized for Mary's nonappearance, saying that It was ber habit to have her tea In her room, but that she sent me a message of farewell. Had It been at all possible I would have left by a later train, for I was extremely anxious to watch her demeanor after last night's clandestine meeting, but with such a crowd of patients awaiting me It was Imperative to leave by the first train. Even that would not bring me to King's Cross before nearly 11 o'clock. Well, now, doctor," Mrs. Mlvart com menced rather anxiously when we were seated and she had handed me my coffee. "You saw Mary last night, and bad an opportunity of speaking with her. What Is your opinion? Don't hesitate to tell me frankly, for I consider It Is my duty to face the worst." Really!" I exclaimed, looking straight at her after a moment's reflection. "To speak candidly I failed to detect anything radically wrong in your daughter's de meanor." "But did you notice, doctor, how ex tremely nervous she Is; how In her eyes there Is a bauntlng, suspicious look, and how blank is ber mind upon every subject but the great calafulty that has befallen her?" "I must really confess that these things were not apparent to me," I answered. "I watched her carefully, but beyond the facts that she la greatly unnerved by the trag edy, and that she Is mourning deeply for ber dead husband, I can discover nothing abnormal." . "You are not of opinion, then, that her mind Is growing unbalanced by the strain?" "Not In the least," I assured her. "The symptoms she betrays are but natural In a woman of ber nervous, highly-strung tem perament." "But she unfortunately grieves too much," remarked the old lady with a sigh. "His name Is upon ber lips at every hour In the day. I've tried to distract her and urged her to Accompany me abroad for a time, but all to no purpose. She won't hesr of It." I alone knew the reason of her refusal In conspiracy with her "dead" husband It was impossible to be apart from him for long together. The undue accentuation of her daughter's feigned grief had alarmed the old lady and Justly so. Now that recollected, her conduct at table on the previous night was remarkable, having re gard to the true facts of the case. I con fess I had myself been entirely deceived Into believing that her sorrow at Henry Courtenay's death was unbounded. In every detail her acting was perfect, being bound to attract sympathy among her friends and arouse Interest among strangers.' I longed to explain to the quiet, charming old lady what I had seen during my midnight ramble, but such a course was, as yet, im possible. Indeed, If I made a plain state ment, such as I have given In the fore going pages, surely no one would believe me. But every man has his romance, and this was mine. Unable to reveai Mary's secret, I was compelled reluctantly to take leave of her mother, who accompanied mo out to where the trap was in waiting. "I scarcely know, doctor, how to thank you sufficiently, " the dear old lady said as I took her hand. "What you have told me reassures me. Of late I have been ex tremely anxious, as you may Imagine." "You need feel no anxiety," I declared. She's nervous and run down that's all. Take her away for a change Is possible. If she refuses don't force her. Quiet Is the chief medicine In her case. Goodbye." She pressed my hand again In grateful acknowledgement, and then I mounted Into the conveyance and was driven to the sta tlon. On the Journey back to town I pon dered long and deeply. Of a verity my short visit to Nencford had been fraught with good result and I was contemplat ing seeking Ambler Jevons at the earliest possible moment and relating to him my astounding discovery. The fact that old Courtenay was still living absolutely surpassed my comprehension. To endeavor to form any theory or to try and account for the bewildering phenomenon was utterly useless. I had seen htm and had overheard his words. I could surely be llve my eyes and ears. And there 1' ended. The why and wherefore I pu' aside for the present, remembering Mary't promise to him to come to town and have an Interview with me. Surely that meeting ought to be a most Interesting one. I awa'ted It wifh the most Intense anxiety and yet In fear, lest I might bo led by her clever Imposture to blurt out what I knew. I felt myself on the eve of making a startling revela tion; and my expectations were realized to the full, as the further portion of my strange romance will show. I know that many narratives have been written detailing remarkable and almost Inconceivable machinations of these who have stained their hands with crime, but I honestly believe that the extraordinary features of my own life romance are as strange as, If not stranger than any hitherto recorded. Even my worst enemy could not dub me egotistical. I think; and ( ,tranger before half an hour s acquain surely the facts I have set down here are , tance ghe found ,t ajwavi a pleasant plaiu and unvarnished, without any at- j manueP ln h!ch to open a conversation tempt at misleading the reader Into be- at dlnneri ,janCe or soiree: "Oh, do you llevlng that which is untrue. Mine Is a . happen to know my cousin. Lady Masslng- ptatn enrontcte or a cnatn ot extraordinary circumstances which led to an amazing denouement. From King's Cross to Guy's is a consider able distance, and when I alighted front the cab In the courtyard of the hospital It was nearly midday. Until t o'clock I was kept busy In the wards, and after a sandwich and a glass of sherry, I drove to Harley street. where I found Sir Bernard ln his consulting room for the first1 time for a month. "Ah! Boyd," he cried merrily, when I entered. "Thought I'd surprise you today. I felt quite well this morning, so resolved to come up and see Lady Twickenham and one or two others. I'm not at home to patients and havs left them to you." "I'm delighted to see you belter," I de clared, wringing bis band. "They were asking after you at the hospital today. Vernon said he Intended going dowu to sea you tomorrow." "Kind of him," the old man laughed, plac ihg bis tbin hands together, after rubbing and readjusting nis glasses. "You were away last night. Out of town, they said." "Yes, I wanted a breath of freth air." I answered, laughing, I did not care to tell him where I had been, knowing that he held my love for Ethelwynn as the possible ruin of my career. His curiosity seemed aroused; but, al though he put to me aa ingenlua question, I s'.eadfaitly refused to satisfy him. I recol lected too well his open condemnation of my lov on previous occasions. Now that the "murdered" man was proved to b still alive I surely had no further grounds for my suspicion ot Ethelwynn. That she had. Jby ber silenca, deceived m regarding ber THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 4. 1003. tyic. hraun engagement to Mr. Courtenay was plain, but the theory that It was her hsnd that had assassinated him was certainly disproved. Thus, although the discovery of the "dead" man's continued existence deepened the mystery a thousandfold, It nevertheless dis pelled from my heart the awful suspicion regarding my well-beloved, and in conse quence I was not des'rous that anytfurther hostile word should be uttered against her. While Sir Bernard went out to visit her ladyship, and two or three other nervous women living in the sams neighborhood, I seated myself in his chair and saw the aft ernoon callers one after another. I fear that the advice I gave during those couple of hours was not very notable for Its shrewdness or brilliancy. As In other pro fessions, so In medicine when one's brain is overflowing with private affairs, one can not attend properly to patients. On such occasions one is apt to ask the usual ques- "A SECOND SHOT FROM A REVOLVER, HELD BY AN UNKNOWN PERSO N, MY FACE." tions mechanically, hear the replies and scribble a prescription of some harmless formula. On the afternoon In question I certainly believe myeelf guilty of such lapse of professional attention. Yet even wc doc tors are human, although our patients fre quently forget that fact. The medico is a long-suffering person, even In these days of scarcity of properly qualified men the first person called on emergency, and tho very last to be paid! It was past 5 o'clock before I was able to return to my rooms and on my arrival I found upon my table a note from Jevons. It was dated from the Yorlck club, a small but exceedingly comfortable Bohemian cen ter In Bedford street. Covent Garden, and bad evidently been written hurriedly on the previous night. "I hear you are absent In the country," he wrote. "That Is' unfortunate. But as soon as you receive this, lose no time in calling st the Hennlker's and making cauual Inquiries regarding Mtss Mlvart. Some thing has happened, but what it Is I have failed to discover. You stand a better chance. Go at once. I munt leave for Bath tonight. Address me at the Royal hotel, G. W. Station. Ambler Jevons." What could have transpired? And why bad my friend's movements been so ex ceedingly erratic of late. If he had not been following some clue? Would that clue lead him to the truth. I wondered? Or was he still suspicious of Ethelwynn's guilt? Puzzled by this vague note and wonder ing what had occurred and whether th; trip to Bath was In connection with it, I made a hasty toilet and drove In a han some to the Hennlkers.' Mrs. Henniker met me In the drawing rcom. Just as gushing and charming as ever. She was one of those many women In London who seek to hang on to the skirts of polite society by reason of a dli 1 tant connection being a coujtess a fact of which ahe never failed to remind the ton?.. ghe nevor BUfnClently realized it as bad form, and, therefore. In her own circle was known among the women, who Jeered at her behind her back as "the cousin of Lady Massington." She was daintily dressed and evidently just come ln from visiting, for she ettll had on ber hat when she entered. "Ah!" sb cried with her usual buoy ant air. "You truant! We've all been wondering what had become of you. Hugy. of course. Always the same excutie! Find something fresh. You used It a fortnight ago to refuse my invitation to take pot luck with us." I laughed at ber unconventional greet lng, replying, "It I say something fresh it must be a lie. You know, Mrs. Heuniker, how hard I'm kept at It, with hospital work and private practice." "That's all very well," sbe Bald, with a alight pout of her well shaped mouth for she was really a pretty woman, even though full of sirs and caprices. "But It doesn't excuse you for keeping away from us altogether." "I don'C keep away altogether," I pro tested. "I've called now." She pulled a wry face, in order to em phasize her dissatisfaction at my explana tion, end saM: "And I suppose you srs prepsrrd to re ceive castlgation? Ethelwynn has begun to complain because people are s.iyli g that your engagement Is broken off." "Who says so?" I Inquired rather angrily for I hated all the tittle-tattle of that little circle of gossips who dawdle over the tea cups in Redcllffe Square and its neigb- borhocd. bad attended a good many of thftn professionally at various tlmrs. and was well acquainted with all their ways and all their exaggerations. The gossiping rlrcle In flat-land about Earl's Court was bad enough, but the Kcdciiffe Square set. being sl'ghtly higher in the social scale, was Infinitely worse. "Oh! all the ill red people are com menting upon your apparent coolness. Once, hot long ago. you used to be seen every where with Ethelwynn, and now no one ever sees you. People form a natural conclusion, of course." s.iM the fair-haired, fussy little woman, whot-e married state gave her the right to censure me on my neglect. "Ethelwynn is, of course, still with you?" I asked, In anger that outsiders should seek to interfere in my private affairs." "She atlll makes our house her home, not object the object I had placed before her caring to go back to the dullness of Nene- j n the dawning days of our affection ford," was her reply. "But at present she's 1 namely, the snug country practice with an away visiting one of her old school fellows : old-fashioned comfortable house In one of girl who married a country banker aud the quiet villages or smaller towns In the lives near Hereford." j Midlands. In those days she had been Just "Then she's In the country?" i as enthusiastic about It as I had been. She "Yes, sbe went there three days ago. I hated town life, I knew; and even If the thought Bhc had written to you. She told me she Intended doing so." I had received no letter from her. In deed, our recent correspondence had been of a very infrequent and formal character. With a woman's quick perception she had noted my coldness and had sought to show equal callousness. With the knowledge of Courtenay's continued existence now in my mind I was beside myself with grief and anger at having ever doubted her. But how could I act at that moment, save in obedi ence to my friend Jevons' instructions? He had urged me to go and find out some de tails regarding her recent, life with the Hennlkers, and with that object I remarked: "She hasn't been very well of late, I fear. The change of air should do her good." "That's true, poor girl. She's seemed very unwell, and I've often told her that only one doctor In the world could cure her malady yourself." I smiley. The malady was, I knew too well, the grief of a disappointed love, and a perfect cure for that could only be ac complished by a reconciliation. I was filled with regret that she was absent, for I longed there and then to take her to, my breast and whisper Into her ear the out pourings of my heart. Yes, we men are very foolish In our Impetuosity. "How long will she be away?' "Why?" Inquired the smartly dressed little woman, mischievously. "What can It matter to you?" "I have her welfare at heart, Mrs. Hen niker," I answered seriously. "Then you have a curious way of Bhowlng your solicitude on her behalf," she said bluntly, smiling again. "Poor Ethelwynn has been r'nlhK day after day for a word; from you, but you seldom If ever wrote, j and when you did the coldness of your let- j ters added to her burden of grief. I knew J always when she had received one by the traces of secret tears upon her cheeks. Forgive me for saying so, Doctor, but you men either ln order to test the strength of a woman's affection or perhaps out of mere caprice, often try her patience until the strained thread snaps, and she who was a good and pure woman becomes reckless of everything her name, her family, pride. and even her own honor." Her words aroused my curiosity. "And you believe that Ethelwynn's pa tience Is exhauoted?" I asked, anxiously. Her eyes met mine, and I taw a mysteri ous expression In them. There is always something strange in the eyes of a fair woman who is hiding a secret. "Well, doctor," she answered, in a voice quite calm and deliberate, "you've already thowu yourself so openly as being Indis posed to further associate yourself publicly with poor Ethelwynn, because of the trag edy that befell the household, that you surely cannot complain If you find your place usurped by a new and more devoted lover." "What?" I cried, starting up, fiercely. "What Is this you tell me? Ethelwynn has a lover'" "I have nothing whatever to do with her affairs, Doctor," said the tantalizing woman who affected all the foibles of the smarter set. "Nov that you have forsaken her she is, of course, entirely mistress of her own actions." "But I haven't forsaken her!' I blurted forth. She only smiled superciliously, with the same mysterious look iu her eyes an ex pression that I cannot define, but by which I knew that she had told me the crushing truth. E'.helwyrn, believing that I had cast her aide, had alloed herself to be loved by another! Who was the man who had usurped my place? I ile Ber vied it all, without a doubt. 'oj. readei, have already ln your heart condemned me as be'ng hard and Indifferent toward the wemon I once loved so truly a!il so we.l. u. in extenuation I would ak you to recollect how grave were the suspicions Balnt her how every fact seemed to prove conclusively that her sis ter's husband had died by her hsnd. . I saw plainly In Mrs. Hennlker's veiled word a autcweut el IQ truth, aud after obtaining from her Ethelwynn's address hear Hereford, bade her farewell and blindly left the bouse. CHATTER XX. My Nt-w Patient. In the feverish restlessness of the Lon don night, with Its rumbling market wagons and the constant tinkling of cab bells, so different to the calm, moonlit stillness of the previous night In rural England, I wrote a long explanatory letter to my love. I admitted that I had wronged her by my apparent coldness and Indifference, but sought to excuse myself on the ground of the pressure of work upon me. She knew well that I was not a rich man, and In that slavery to which I was now tied I naci an wife of a country doctor Is allowed few di versions she can always form a select nine tea-and-tennls circle of friends. The fashion nowadays Is for girls of mid dle class to regard the prospects of becom ing a country doctor's wife with consid erable hesitation. "Too slow," tbey term It; snd declare that to live in the country and drive In a governess cart is synony mous with being burled. Many girls msrry WAS DISCHARGED FULL IN Just as servants change their places In order "to better themselves" and alas! that parents encourage this latter-day craze for the artificiality and glitter of town life that so often fascinates and spoils a bride ere the honeymoon is over. The majority of Klrls today are not content to marry the bard-working professional man whose lot is cast In the country, but prefer to marry a man in town, so that they may partake of the pleasures of theaters, variety and otherwise, suppers at restaurants, and the thousand and one attractions provided for the reveller In London. They have ob tained their knowledge of "life" from the society papers, and they see no reason why they should not taste of those pleasures enjoyed by their wealthier sisiers, whose goings and comings are so carefully chron icled. The majority of girls have a desire to shine beyond their own sphere; and the attempt, alas. Is accountable for very many of the unhappy marriages. This may sound prosy, I know, but the reader will forgive when he reflects upon the cases In point which arise to his memory cases of per sonal friends, perhaps even of relations, to whom marriage was a failure owing to the uncontrollable desire on the part of the woman to assume a position to which neither birth nor wealth entitled her. To the general rule, however, my love wag an exception. Times without number had she declared her anxiety to settle in the country, for being country born ad bred she was an excellent horsewoman, and In every essential a thorough English girl of the grass country, fond of a run with either fox or otter hounds; therefore. In suburban life at Kew she had been entirely out of her element. In that letter I w rote, composing It slowly and carefully for like most medical men I am a bad hand at literary composition I sought her forgiveness and asked for an Immediate Interview. The wisdom of being so precipitous never occurred to me. I only know that In those night hours over my pipe I resolved to forget once and for all that letter I had discovered among the "dead" man's effects, and determined that while I sought reconciliation with Ethel wynn I would keep an open and watchful eye upon Mary and her fellow conspirator. The suggestion that Ethelwynn, believing herself forsaken, had accepted the declara tions of a man she considered more worthy than myself lashed me to a frenzy of mad ness. He should never have ber, whoever he might be. She had been mine and should remain so, come what might. I added a postscript, asking her to wire me permis sion to travel down to Hereford to see her; then sealing up the letter I went out along the Marylebone road and posted it in the pillar box, which I knew was cleared at 6 o'clock in the morning. It was then about S o'clock, calm but rather overcast. The Marylebone road had at last become hushed lo silence. Wagons , and cabs bad both ceased, and save tor solitary policeman here and there the long thoroughfare so full of traffic by day was utterly deserted. I retraced my steps slowly toward the corner of Harley street, snd was sbout to open the door of tbs bouse wherein I had "diggings" when I heard a light hurried footstep behind me, and turn lug, confronted the figure of a slim woman of middle height wearing a golf cape, the hood of which had been thrown over ber head In lieu of a hat. 'Excuse me. sir," she cried In a breath less voice, "but are you Dr. Boyd?" I replied that such was my name. "Oh, I'm In such distress," she said, in the tone of one whose heart is full of an guish. "My poor father!" "Is your father ill?" I inquired, turning from tbs vOvr sad looking full at ber. was standing on the step and she was on the pavement, having evidently approached from the opposite direction. She stood with ber back to the street lamp, so I could discern nothing of ber features. Only her voice toll me that she was young. "Oh, he's very 111," she replied anxiouely. "He was taken queer at 11 .o'clock, but' he wouldn't hear of me coming to you. He's one of those men who don't like doctors." Ah!" I remarked. "There are many of his sort about. But they are compelled to seek our aid now and then. Well, what can do for you? I suppose you want me to see him eh?" "Yes, sir. If you'd be bo kind. I know It's awfully late, but as you've been out perhaps you wouldn't mind running round to our house. It's quite close and I'll take you there." She spoke with the peculiar drawl and dropped her "h'" In the manner of tho true London-bred girl. II come if you'll wait a minute," I said, and then leaving her outside I entered the house and obtained my thermometer and stethoscope. When I rejoined her and closed the door I made some Inquiries about the sufferer's symptoms, but the description she gave me was so utterly vague and contradictory that I could make nothing out of It. Her mud dled Idea of his Illness I put down to her fear and anxiety for her parent's welfare. She had no mother, she told me, and her father had. of late, given way Just a little to drink. Ho "used" the Haycock, in Edg- ware road; and she feared that he had fal len among a hard-drinking set. He was a pianoforte maker and had been employed at Brlnsmead's for eighteen years. Since her mother died, six years ago, however, he had never been the seme. It was then that he took to drink?" 1 hnzarded. Yes," she responded.- "He was devoted to her. They never had a wry word. "What has he been complaining of? Pains In the head or what?" "Oh, he's seemed thoroughly out of sorts," she answered after some slight hesitation, which struck me as peculiar. She was greatly agitated regarding his Illness, yet she could not describe one single symptom clearly. Tho only direct statement she made was that her father had certainly not been drinking on the previous night, for he had been at home ever since he came home from the works, as usual, at 7 o'clock. As she led me along the Marylebone road, In the same direction as that I had Just traversed which somewhat astonished me I glanced surreptitiously at her. Just at the moment when we were approaching a street lamp, and saw to my surprise that she was a sad-faced girl, whose features were familiar. I recognized her In a mo ment bb the girl who had been my fellow passenger from Brighton on that Sunday night. Her hair, however, was disheveled, as though she had turned out from her bed ln too great alarm to think of tidying it. I was rather surprised, but did not claim acquaintance with her. She led mo past Madam Tussaud's, around Baker 8treet sta tion and then Into the maze of those small cross streets that lie between Upper Baker street and Llsson grove, until she stopped before a small, rather respectable looking house, halfway along a short side street, and, taking her key from her pocket, en tjred. In the small hall it was quite dark, but she struck a match and lit a cheap paraffin candle which stood there In readlnesa, then led me upstairs to a small sitting room on the first floor, a dingy, stuffy little place of a character which showed me that she and her father lived in lodgings. She set the lamp on the table aud, saying that she would go and acquaint the Invalid with my arrival, went out, closing the door quietly after her. The room was evidently the home of a studious, if poor, man, for In a small deal bookcase I noticed, well-kept and well arranged, a number of standard works on science and theology, as well as various volumes which told me mutely that their owner was a Btudent, while upon the table lay a couple of critical reviews, with tho "Saturday" and "Spectator.", I took up the latter and glanced It over ln order to pass the time; for my conduc tress seemed to be ln long consultation with her father. My eye caught an article that Interested me, and I read it through, for getting for a moment all about my call there. Fully ten minutes elapsed, when of a sudden I heard the voice of a man speak ing somewhat indistinctly ln a room above that In which I was sitting. He seemed to be talking low and gruffly, bo that I was unable to distinguish what was said. At last, however, the girl returned and, ask ing me to follow her, conducted me to a bedroom on the next floor. The only illumination was a single night light burning In a saucer, casting a faint uncertain light over everything, and shaded with an open book so that the occupant ot the bed lay in deepest shadow. Unlike what one would have been expected to find in such a house (an Iron bedBtead with brass rail) the bed was a great old-fashioned one with heavy wool damask hangings; and ad vancing toward it, while the girl retired and closed the door after her, I bent down to see the invalid. In the shadow I could Just distinguish a dark-bearded face on the pillow, whose ap- pearance was certainly not prepossessing "You are not well?" I said, inquiringly. as our eyes met In the dim half-light Your daughter Is distressed about you. "Yes, I'm a bit queer," he growled. "But she needn't have bothered you." Let me remove the shade from the light so that I can see your face," I suggested "It's too dark to see anything." "No," he snapped. "I can't bear the light. You can see quite enofjgh of me here." "Very well," I said reluctantly, and tak ing his wrist ln one band I held my watcb ln the other. I fancy you'll find me a bit feverish," he said In a curious tone, almost as though he were joking, and by his manner I at once put him down as one of those eccen tric persona who are skeptical ot any achievements of medical science. I was holding bis wrist and bending to ward the light ln order to distinguish the hands of my watch when a strange thing happened. There waa a deafening explosion Just be hind me which caused me to Jump back startled. I dropped the man's hand and turned quickly tn the direction of tbe sound, but as I did so a second shot from a re volver held by an unknown person dls charged full In my face. The truth was instantly plain. I had been entrapped for my watch and Jewelry like many another medical man in Lon don Deiora me. uoctors are always an easy prey for thieves. The ruffian sham ing Illness sprang from his bed fully dressed, and at tbe same moment two other blackguards who had been bidden In the room flung themselves upon me ere I could realize my deadly peril. Tbe whole thing bad been carefully planned and it was apparent that the nng were quite fearlsaa ot neighbors overhearing the rhota. The place bore naa reputation, t anew, put I had never suspected that a man might be fired a from behind in that cowardly way. So sudden and startling were the clrcutn stances that I stood for a moment motion less, In inability to fully comprehend the! meaning. There was but one explanation. These men Intended to kill me! vtitnoui a seconds hesitation they rushed upon me ana I realized with heart slnkicg that to attempt to realst would be utterly futile. I was entirely helpless in tneir nana. t- . iTo Be Continued.) CONDITION' OFOMAIIA'S TRADE Buiiness Esther Quiet Last Week in Neafl Atl Departments. JOBBERS PREPARING FOR EARLY BUYERS Announcement of I ..restricted Prices on Robber (ioeila Csmscl Mark Surprise and lneitlnr Among; Local Jobbers. Few developments were noted Inst ,J In the trnrie situation of Omaha ami sur roundlng territory. Wholesalers h.l th.lr men In off the road am nil ham -were husy taking stock. Retailors on thro all the country were also engaged In lino -lng and consequently bought practically nothing that they .lid not actually need for Immediate use. E.istern mHKet" were quiet, as no one was trying to make 'sales and there were no buyers. That being the case, price are. with few exceptions In the same position theywere a week ago. This coming week Is exacted to be a busv one In all departments. .Travel ng men will once more be making their usual rounds and present Indications are tnai spring business will open ln a very eatis- factory manner. of liberal proportions. Jobbers nave nnn anticipating this for some time past and M a result their stocks of spring lines are now readv for Inspection. .New goods are arrlvlnic every day. but the lines that will be bought early are already on fh'blt!on. Not only dry gods Jobbers, but those In all other lines a well are looking forward to a moat prosperous season. Merehants have had an exceptionally good trade su for In winter lines and they expect the remainder of the season to be equally good That naturally puts them In a h",efu' frame of mln.l and gives them conrldenca in the future. Unless something unex pected happens to change the general situ ation, everv one feels conlldent that tne new vear will be a record breaker In the amount of goods consumed ln tne terri tory tributary to Omaha. Itubber l'rlcc I nrestrlcted. The new schedule of prices on rubber goods was received ln Omaha January 1 ml It was found tnai as h grncim the lists had not been radtca ny cnangeu. while the discounts remained tne same. The general tendency seemed to bo to lower tho prices on farmers' goods, sucn boots, arctics nnrt tne Heavier n .n nii. iiffhtwn eht Koons. nowever, . s a general thing were slightly advanced. "he changes In either direction, tliougn, were of minor importance. The part that startled local Jobbers was the announcement of unrestricted pnoes. vnf unvorui vpnrs lohbers have had their soiling prices dictated to them, which gave uniformity to me iimim-i, i uj owever. who esaiers pay a ceruiiu um or their coods and they can sell them for what they choose. Ixical Jobbers take a ry ftlnomv view or me sausunn mm rnj u. i .imiiiv muHni r cut-throat deal from start to finish and every rubber goods 1 obber in the country will lose money, tetallers will, of course, buy their goods from the house that makes tne nosi prices nd as Jobbers will want to nom mrir uni iistomcra it looks as thougn tnere wouia be no bottom to the market. A meeting of the Western Jobbers asso ciation Is called for Mondny. but the local members do not look for much relief from that, but, on the contrary, predict a long and dexperate HgM between the so-called rubber trust and the independent manufac- urers. Readjustment of Frrlstht nates. Tho rhoiup In freltfht rnt- which went Into effect Jununry 1, amounting to an aa vnnee of 12o per 1 pounds, cajsed an ad vance on practically nil classo of liard . u rs in oiiHltion tn this manufacturers of nails, barbwlre. jilaln wire and fenco staples acivancea ineir price, iw. inw jw."-,.-, have added 10c per 100 pounds onto the price of their goods to cover me io ho vance in freight rates, which makes the total ndvancn ln wire nails and fenco staples 20c. Other lines of hardware re main In exactly the same position they were a week ago. with the exception of tha advance In rrelgnt rates, aim joooers e no reason for looking for any important changes ln the Immediate future. There Is nothing new io report in mo grocery line, aa the market is practically unchanged from a week ago. Business was falrlv good lor rionnay ween, nui as com imrsil with tho nrecedliig weeks it was small. Tho same was true In leather goods and In fact of all lines handled ln Omaha. Frnlts and Produce. Sines the Christmas trade was supplied there has been very little doing In the line of fruits, and prices have shown prac tically no change. The same can also be snld of vegetables. There was quite a New Year's demand for poultry and commis sion men were able to clean up the stocks of turkevs that were carried over from Christmas as well as the shipments that ar rived after that time, i tilts new up to the Christmas quotations and hens and cVckens are a little higher. The last of the week, though, turkeys eased off a lit tle, as the demand was exceedingly light after New Year's day. The market on butter and eggs is Just about the same as it was at last report. VANDERBILT PLANS A TRIP So Far Recovers from Ills Illness that lie Is Arranging for a Crolse. NEW YORK, Jan. S. Cornelius Vander- bllt is so far on the road to recovery from his recent attack of typhoid fever that he ia making plans for a cruise in foreign waters next month. He is arranging to cross the ocean in February with Mrs. Vanderbllt and to meet their yacht on the other side. Then a long cruise will be taken ln the Mediter ranean. Dr. Austin Flint annoncea that Mr. Van- derbllt's temperature has been normal tor six days and that tho young millionaire is entirely out of danger. RUBBER STRIKE IS SETTLED Under the Terms of Agreement Work Is to Be Resumed Next Week. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. The strike of tha rubbers workers and other unions, which tied up the plants of the Morgan Wright and tbe Mechanical Rubber company for the last two months and threw 1,200 work ers out of employment, came to an end early today. Under tha terms of the agreement reached preference will be given today to older employes for steady work, when work Is slack and it becomes necessary to lay off help, or when transfers are made from one department to another on account of a rush of orders. Work will ba re mi m aiI next week. BTKAUSIilPl. DOMINION LI?T? ., ...31'LCIAL NOTION tUsjmp.iOii of trips by ths marnmolu. In-puiai- inlr.-screw steamers iS weuitft ana New England, to the Med '.ej. runeai. irom Hoston. direct to GlbmiL-. tay""" P'e" and Alt". lew England"' Jan. 17 Feb "1 "commonwealth";.. Jan. J. Feb. l March a T.O Azores Naples and Genoa. 'Vancouver" 1g Feh .. (. mbroman" jan 31 ilarch T 'Proceeds through to Alandrla on the January and February voyages laud"N??1"'.t?1nHo,"on, lo I 'ver'pool; Port i2 " f Uve'Pl- For rates, book- PA H tt IC l- ft Uearborn Bt., Chicago. I.KG AI, NOTICE. KT "I nnul meeting of ths stock- Dm "r company will be held at ths !H?7ior ,ha "ld c"npany. corner of Ninth and Harney uroets. In the city of Omaha, n ths stata of Nebraska, on Toeaday, Jan! uary 13. A. 1 13, -t 3 o'clock p. in . "or W"" ot '"-""ll toard of direct ors for ths coinpsny to serve during ths ensulns; year, n(t to lrR,at.t ,U(.hn"otb buinet a. may b. presented at such m.V! w. ...... I. .... n ml rlrrf Dry gooits jonuera my ": . ' ." ,iv from the country to the effect that retailers are coming on the market earlier tnn u...r ..... that thulr orders Will be in M'lr mi' ...... HTOCKHOI.DKKS' Mirrnvn Office of Ie-Glaas-Andreeaen Hardware Colp.nyi Omaha, Neb., Dec. 13 l.2 -No! tlce Is hereby given to the stockholders of the Le-Glasa-Andrersn M. CLASS, fe-crHw,. " DUPJOt XI. J. KLfl. I'rali .r.l
