-- TIIE MORNING EXAMINER 'ir.DESf. UTAH, MONDAY MORNING, 2 coal alia consumed, the kind of trade she was engaged in and the waters she NEW RULES SCARE navigated. "la it possible then to prescribe any general rule?" inqnirrd Secretary Metcalf. I dont know,' replied Mr. Clyde, but I doubt It." "Take the Slocum dinaraer. said Fart of that was Secretary Metcalf. due to lack of discipline and part of it to lack of men. was it nut?" That may be, but because the General Slocum, an excursion steamer, was burned is no reason why the entire coastwise trade of ihs Tailed Sistea, which Is well managed, should be made to suffer. There seems to have been an idea hero to force tha coastwise steamto employ more men. ers. willy-ulllwhether they nerd them or not. Them should be two rules, one for ocean going steamers and one for excursion a( earners." liave They say these regulation been overt allied." remarked the Secretary, "beta use of the disclosures tat the Slocum disaster lack of discipline, improper life preservers, and that sort Protest Entered Against Regulations Adopted to Insure Safety of Passengers Say They Men Urge Mean Losses Secretary Metcalf to Modify Rules and Delay y, ipping Execution of New Yerk, Dm. M. Mr. Metcalf, Secretary of Commerce and Ixibor, on the subject cate a hearing of the Slocum and Glen laland disasters nn.l the safety of life on shipboard to rcpreMHitativea of sream vmwol owners, a ho had tome to Washington to vro test against the new regulations tor the inspection of steam vessels, whlth have g jura been promulgated by ihe inspectors. These regulations have treated alarm among theee Interested in shipping of ail hinds, and about forty men were anxious to he heard. Among them were A. R. Smith, of New York Maritime Exchange; J. A. Henderson, president of the Pittsburg and Clnciiaatl packet line and of the National Board of Steam Navigation; Frederick Kuwtell, of New York, of the Association for thq Protection of Commerce; Horace Wilson. of the Wilmington (Del. I Hoard of Trade; J. 8. Wise, of the Goaaiwixe Steamship Association; Thomas Clyde, .f the Clyde Steamship Company; H. K Deaangee. of the long Uiand Rail nad, aad Captain William Ihompann, of tba Baltimore, AUnntlo and Chesapeake Railroad. It was mated the sMndag iatereets had no desire la interfere with any designed to peoaart human life on aaoarsion ateaaers ptytag around New York, but flie new niton were sa com plicated and so radical that It had berti impoostbt ia tka law days arail-afel- a for consideration ia pick out more tKan g few thitem wkk-- were revolu-tiooar- y In their ehararter and which actually threatened tha deep aen buri-neIf the regutettons ware to go in to effort lmaMdUhely, it was declared, great hardship and great loss would ha entailed on the coastwleo and ocean going ateamaWpa. NO PRONI8E OF CHANGE. Sec rotary Metcalf refuted to make anr statement te the shipping men or ta'hold out any hope that any rhange pould ha made. He consented to givo amplo time, bnt rather held out f ha idea that the department had determined to do everything possible fer ihe protection of human life la the new regulations. Thomas Clyde, of New York, made the principal argument against the now refutations. Hs first alluded to tha provision that In nil life boats here to-d- ay uper-vUln- reg-otatl- oa k aa inc-ho- th CHECK Unknown Philanthropist Who Sent It to Hospital Used the Name Rita Hone Jones." New York, Dec. ?dT Cbarlaa E. Tal-Imsuperintendent of ths City Hospital, Newark, has in his possession a chock for $2M) which he would like very much lo cash. The only trouble is that he does not now what bank will accept it, the name of nny bank being omitted on tbe paper. received the eheck Mr. Talbot through the mall written on a plata pteoe of paper amt signed Rita Hone Jones." It reads, Fay to the 'order of the the Newark City Hospital the sum of $200." The check was numbered 32. The envelope was post marked New York City. Mr. Talbot, thinking some philanthropist in thia city wanted to assist the Inatitutlon, sent the check around among New York banks, and the only result of tha experience has been many red stamps on tha back reading No funds. Significance for a time was attached to the cheek because It bears the name of Mr. Herman Le Roy Jones, wife vt a member of a well known fasvlly of the city, who caused considerable excitement last May by disappearing from the Morris Park race track, which she aad her husband and Robert L. Cutting had been attending She waa not heard from for eleven days, when she was found living in a cheap furnished room of ths middle west side. She had been suffering from extreme nervousness, hut since that tlcie has been living at home, and nns been reported to be well on the road to recovery. At the home of Mr. Jones last night, it was said that some person must have used Mrs. Jones name. t, BIG 2, 1901. damage he had Inflicted upon her foot. Not only did he obtain judgment, but the marshal attempted to levy upoa the piano at Mm Wetaha home, No. 66 West Thirty-six- th street, and waa prevented from carrying out hla plan only by the arrival of Mm Welsh's attorney. Yesterday the case waa reopened, and after Judgment was set aside, Mrs. Welsh paid the doctor's bill, which Lucky paid originally, she says, over her objections, and the incident ia considered closed. Mm Welsh, who Is an artist of soma repute; comae from Willi amatown, near Lexington, where her family hat long been famed fur the beauty of its girls. She ia tall, statuesque, of the blond type, and her daughters ehe has two resemble her greatly. The two girls for several vears had been attending school in Kentucky. Lxt summer Adeline was visiting relatives in Willi am Blown and was ardently courted by Lucky, who ti a poet when not running a general store. One night, while at a party Lucky brought the heel of hia shoe down on Mira Welshs toe. Now. this toe had long been a tender point with the young woman and at the moment of contact she promptly fainted. She waa taken home of Dr. Menefee, the village surgeon, feared that blood poieoaing would act in. Lucky was distracted and outdid himself hi providing for the patient's comfort. When she was able to walk he seat her the nicest pair of aoti slippers he could find, but at her next dance she found greater pleasure in the partnership of other men. Thia hurt Lucky, particularly aa ha had insisted on meeting the doctor's charges for the amputation of tha toe, although Mrs. Welsh Lad written to have the bill sent to her. When ahe returned to New York he began suit before Judge Tieruey, In the Bronx, for the physician's bill, plus tha cost of the slippers. Mm Welsh failed to answer the summons, and the esse went by default When ahe learned the rest meaning of the action, however, she hastened to employ the services of James E. Gray-bil- l. Yesterday ahe laid before the court a letter from Mr. Menefee allowing that bis charges had been only $20, instead of $50 specified by Lucky. It is thought that the plaintiff had considered tha additional $30 as being in a nature of compensating damages. NONE TO HONOR ODD Well the Imprewion existing around the exchangee in New York Saturday was that some labor man had got into this Board of yours." WOULD PERMIT DISCRETION. What would you auggeat should be done in the way or governing all of ihoes questions?" replied Secretary Metcalf. 1 think the whole question should Mr. bn left to the local Inspectors, Clyde replied. Rut the local intqienora have Joined in getting theee regulations up, --aid Mr. Metcalf. Then I would leave It diecreiionary with the local Inspectors aa to whai should be done In the way of enforcing them. said Mr. Clyde. A ship may he only of aix hundred tons and yet make twenty knots She would require more men than one of five thousand tons making eight knots I think the minimum crew idea aa applied to tonnage should be left out. A ship owner w!k would run any risks by reducing hla crew In order to save money would lose hla insurance." of Captain William Thompson, Baltimore, said he thought the question of too email a crew on the Slocum and excursion steamers of that kind could easily be settled by rutting down the engine crew one-ha- lf and IncreasRobert Lucky'a Clumsiness In Treading the deck crew one-bnl- f. ing on Miaa Adeline Walshs All of the ship owners decided that Foat Undoes Him. ss were not to ths they ready Secregulations as a whole, and asked NEW YORK,. Dec. 26. Big toes are retary Metcalf for more time. The Sec- usually a mall factors in most love afretary proposed to give them twenty fairs, but the one that belonged to days The ship owners asked for thirty Miaa Adeline Walsh had a Urge in days. It was finally decided that the shattering the romance of part Robert Janhe should until hearing adjourned Lucky, w ho lives in Kentucky, for hU uary 16. which coat the young womclumsiness, Representative of life boats and life an her tor, cost Aim her heart. And it preservers wanted to be heard, hut coat her mother about $50 yesterday in they want away unheard. The matter settlement of a court case to which this which particularly Interested the life tangled tale of woe about a heart and preserver men is the provision hi tha a toe led. new refutations that hereafter all life It was all fault, declared the preserver shall be made of block two women. Lucky's Hia fault coat him dear, of not or and cork, granulated cork for one has only .to see the girl fo unother material. derstand that hla name belies him. She i tali and very guoj looking, scarcely Tramp (piteously) Pleae help a crip- eighteen years old. and with nil the fire tkia festive air. at sesaon, and daali that ia generally asaocUted ple , Kind Old Gent (handing him some w ith a Blud Grew belle. When Lucky learned that hia chance money) Bleas me. why, of course. How are you crippled, my pour fellow? of winning the hand. of Miaa Welsh bad Tramp (pocketing the money) Fi- vanished he deaymded back the money nancially crippled, air. Oliisgew Times. he hsi paid n surgeon to repair the after used the riveting of all longitudinal seams shall be double ami xlgzig. t thirteen rivets to seven of seam. No life boats in Mr. Clyde said, no matter Imw good aqd sen worthy they might lie, would be permitted on any Meant vessel if tlie inspectors next year, on counting the rivets and seams, found that any bunt did not have the thirteen rivets to seven iucheS. He did not think such condemnation should be allowed without compensation. lie asked that this provision be made applicable to all bonis purchased after the new regulations went into effect, and ships should be allowed In use boats now iu use. that were perfectly sound and seaworthy. Mr. Clyde celled attention to a clause that there shall he no space between bulkheads to exceed in length one-fifthe length of the v easel, and in no case shall the distance between bulkheads be greater than eighty feet This was going further than was ever euggeated, said Mr. Clyde, it is a hardship and would demoralize (traditions, if the rule were sirirtly applied to coastwise steamships not five per cent would pass. For instance. If lliia rule were applied it would absolutely prevent the carry iug of timber from the South in sticks of more than eighty feet ia length. This is aa important Item in traffic between southern and northern pons. If the ship Is thus to be cut up into short holds, the shipper could not. get the rate nor could the passenger. One largely depends on the other. "The idea of short bulkheads la a theory of some folk in Great Britain, where there la greater danger to shipping than here because of the rocks on which the ships may run. This danger three not exist along the Atlantic const. If the regulation goes into effect there will be few coastwise ships built for a long time." LIMIT OK SHIP'S COMPANY. Mr. Clyde next took up the regulation which provided the minimum number of licensed officers and crew required on steamers. The inspectors had proceeded on the basis that the number ef officers and crew should be regulated by tha tonnage of the ship, and this, he declared, was a perfectly ridiculous thing. The things that should regulate the number of officers and crew were the speed of tha ship, tha ambunt of u. thing." DECEMBER 1 OE COST SWAIN HERHEART STORY OF THE DODGE CASE. Chan F. Dodge who la exjected te go before the grand Jury next week to give evidence concerning tbe cnee in which he has been Implicated was tha former husband of Mm Chsa. W. Morsa, wife of ths banker and former head of the lee Trust. Hla wife in 1898 secured a divorce from him and eliortly afterward married Morse. In October, 1903, she applied to have her former divorce annulled, claiming that ahe had discovered that the summons in the case had not been served on Dodge, which alleged fact prevented Mm making n defense. Supreme court Justins Clark annulled the decree. The case since haa bfen reopened on Morse's plea to intervene as an Interested party, the annulment aet adide and the original divorce upheld, evidence being offered that Dodge had been served He was Indicted, went to Texas and thence extradited. 25. Arrived; Dec. Southampton, New Yorkvia Plymouth and Cherbourg. POLICEMAN been handed by an unknowa mJ , the barkeeper in the sahora and byk ACCUSED the PPrtetor ta Todd. A detective wa. OFTHEFT the envelope was handed to opened It. and from It of ,1'000 Indicted ang Arrested on Charge ef Having Stolen $2,500 From Man SAT8 HE TOOK Mads Prisoner Others Bo overjoyed was be involved. hi S wan?. Si" May rer-t- l $300 r' withoutlSi. ling hla Captain about It ha tookVu to Pritchett. The man money . receipt tor $3,500 and then wtW looked at the money he found lw! New York, Dec. 26. When an ia diet-me- at for grnnd larceny was handed down against Policeman Joseph Lang, of the Charles street station, yesterday, hia arrest and committal to the Tombs following In n few hours aad then hia release la $6,006 hail. It became known he wae tha detective who was charged by District Attorney Jerome with having stolen $2,500 from John Pritchett, whom ha had arrested for intoxication, and that he was tha man accused by James Boyle of having been implicated with him in various larcenies. But the moat serious charge, not against Lang, but against the police in general was made by Mr, Jerome after he had appeared it) court against Lang, then he said that Boyle, who had pleaded to two chargee of grand larceny and who baa a record ae a thief in all parts of the city, had told him that while he waa a baseball player in the summer he was a thief la tha winter, and that in three precincts in thia city he worked assiduously as a thief and always under the assurance of the protection of the police. What theee precincts were Mr, Jerome would not any, nor would be admit that he knew of other policemen who had acted ia the protecting scheme for Boyle as Lang is alleged to have done. Nor would he say that other thieves had been protected similarly. That the Tenderloin is included In the list of three named by Boyle te evident from the fact that Lang waa a detective there when he arrested Pritchett; aa to the other two nothing could be teemed. TAKEN BEFORE GOFF. After the indictment had been handed as in to Judge Cowing, in General Court, a bench warrant for Lang's arrest waa given to Detective Sergeant McNanght, of the District Attorney's office. Ha learned that Lang waa nof on duty that it waa hia day off. But he found the policeman in Seventeenth street, near Ninth avenue; not far away from hia horns Whan Mr. Jerome learned that Lang was under arrest he interrupted nil his ether business and went at once to Judge Cowing'a court, only to henr the court had adjourned for the day. Then ho directed that Lang should bo taken before Recorder Goff end this wae done;, Alone the pollooman; who wae not in uniform, stood at the-bawhen Mr. Jerome interrupted the proceeding. He told of the indictment, the charge of steeling $2,600 from n prisoner who was under arrest, and aaked that Lang should be committed unless ho could furnish $3,000 bnlL He told how Pritchett, n farmer of Alabama, who had coma here to speculate, had been arrested in a saloon at Twenty-nint- h street and Seventh avenue on June 18. where he qia drinking with several women. Lung mode the wrest and took him to the station, where he turned over to the sergeant $1,600 he had found In his prisoner's ' posaeialon. A abort time afterward Pritchett complained that he had been robbed of $2,600 two $1,000 bills and one for $500. Five java later an envelope addressed "To of the was only $2,200 there. The five red dollar bill had been changed I $300 held out" Lang had stood silently, tarain, At theuIUWIVhe Recorder Goff What haa ths defendant m about the amount of ball aaked r J I have no couael replied have been token by surprise.Lap. I til. phoned to some friends. They ha.v arrived, hilt 1 expect them." There ia no different rule for men who are charged with crimelmiii. there te for any other penoa. ifo. awared the Recorder. All prerok, uome hers are treated alike There waa nothing mors to be m and Lang waa taken fo tbe Tbmte Half an hour later John J. Hanlon truckman of No. 317 West Highlit! street, gave bonds for him and he m released. - i QUIET WEEK ON STOCK EC HANGS. London, Dec. 25. Ths ,fory of Christmas week on tha stock exchange is ehort and uulntereitlng. Tbe exchange closed Friday night until Tim day. Business waa brisk nu-l- ii week but by Wednesday the holiday apirit became evident and 1UU badness waa done. Here and there ths fry dealings showed a firm tone and couconfidence. plets Foreign bunds givt way slightly under reports of bmvr ales of Russians at Paris. The cfoa- -i throughout the list, however, how el a mors cheerful tone than during UT of the Christmas holidays iff reomt . Sea-akr- yearn PORTLAND . r . EXHIBtT WILL GET GOOD fiHABK. St. Louis. Dec. 24. A statement of the extent at shipment of exhibit from the Louisiana Exposition his been mails by the director of exhibtta Nearly half of the domestic and 23 per cent of the foreign exhibits have beta ship, ped and 25 to - 85 per cent of th domestic and half of the foreign remaining a re packed and ready for ship, ment. WISCONSIN CONGRESSMAN DEAD. Denver, Colo., Dec. a congressman from 25. Frank Priors Wisconsin, in lttl 1888. died In this city today, aged 45. Hia home waa in Black River Foil, Win. He was a son of W. T. Prince, for and many year congressman from tie eighth Wisconsin district and succeeded hia father in Congress, Now, air, book" began tka agent, Aint got no use the busy merchant. Oh. yes, you have! . for it! this snapped Look at ths title. Tne Art of Conversation and Comet s "Philadelphia Speech. ' Ledger. THE STORY OF A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AND A LOVE SUIT Jahez Hun1er, J. P. ' . By REBECCA OTTOLENGUI CnpyriglU. ABEZ HUNKER. Justice tence aha heard the aide door slam, and, want of tha peace, signed his looking out of tho front window, alia thing. name with a painful fleuriah, tilted his chair, put tha pen atoll between hla teeth In a horizontal position, smiled In an adolescent way and, 'picking up the letter Which he had Juat completed, read It. Thia waa Ike result of two hours ef work. Involving five rewritings: Miss Awsnda Givens, IVeaent: Dear Mias Givens I am fifty-tw- o eld. My birthday ta th 4th of March. The reason why 1 tell you that I beratiM up to tha 4th of last March at o'clock In tha evening I had never seen a woman that I thought I wanted to But white era were celebrating Worry. By last birthday with a little party In the tventng a lady walked Into the room With her brother Just as (he clock struck S. than 1 knew that I had made a mistake In being without a wlfo for on many Bha marie me want to get Kmr. Bho haa been mighty nice te res the Beany times 1 bare seen her since then, and at least a dosen times I have gone fe her beuse to ask her to bo my wlfo. But. somehow, every time 1 got there I thought It wasn't Juat the right way to approach her, so I concluded to do It by tetter. 1 want you to let me know whether yea think that la the beet way. Of oeurae there are sever any dolnae" at ear house on Christmas, so If you think I wee sensible te do aa I have dene Juat make seme excise to pet your brother film te run over with you to our house tomorrow (Christmas) niglit. and your aiming will be tha best present anybody faauld give me. Ill know whet It means, end FI1 promise you not to say anything more about It until the nest day. Juat fell Jim that you promised to run over to pee my slater Mary about something or liter. so he won't suspect. The lady I fovs and would have asked to marry me if I had not been ae plagued bashful Is a nn saw Jibes dash te tbe road ae though possessed. He looked in the direction In which the rural free delivery carrier had gone and. evidently aeeing him, began to yell at the top of bis voice. Not receiving a reply, he dashed madly tip tha road after him deaplte the heavy snow which had, fallen all during tha preceding night 'and was still falling. Ha was bareheaded, but he struck out bravely. Of all the fools! Mary commented as aha left tha window and returned to her housework. About Are minutes Uler Mary, hearing tha stamping of feet on the aide stoop, rushed to the mirror, gave her hair a few perfunctory pats and ran downstairs. Hhe opened Ihe door only lo be almost knocked down by Jabes, who was Just entering and was blowing like a porpoise. What's tha matter with you, Jabes? You look like you had the most impor- - Can you guess who ahe la? Until Christmas night I will enly alga myself, respectfully yours, JABGZ HUNKER. a 'hoolteacher. 1 Jibes read and reread the letter, which he flattered himself wee written In a style worthy ef the principal of tbe graded school at Willow Grove. After a lost affectionate peep at the finish, which he regarded ae exceedingly clever, he sealed the letter, took from the te Inner pocket of hla coat a huge and was about to affix a stamp lo the envelop when he stopped reflectively aad, with a soft whistle, permitted hla chair ta Belli back upon Its (our legs. Gee whist" he ejaculated tn a hoarse JABEZ DASHED UP THE ROAD AB wbispor. Then, raising hla voice, he THOUGH POSSESSED. porte-aionna- nailed: Mary, ban Sim Gardner retr Yen. Jabex. gene by replied a woman's voice the upper flour. He went by about three minutes ago, and he dropped a letter in the box. I wish you'd jn out to the road and get It." Before Mart had completed her sen tint matter In tha world on your mind." Mary observed, somewhat nettled, for sho rather resented th disappointment of not finding a visitor at the door and seemed Inclined to hold Jabex responsible. Bo I have, Mary. almost Fit down." Jabes (brespioril( commanded' i Mt to Aten 1 Ottelengirt to ask your advice about some- Mary had begun to alt, for even to hla sister he waa the greatest man in tha little section of very poor farming country over whose destinies In part he ruled an Justice of the peace. But when he said that he wished to ask her advice the shock was so great that aha fell back limp Into the walling chair. Jabex was not the man to ask advice of any one, much less a woman, and that woman hla sister. Bhe waa too staggered to make any sort of response. Hhe could only nod her head submissively and Inquisitively. Jabes Hunker hail been Justice of the years. peace for more than twenty-fiv- e Originally nominated by one of the political parties In a district which waia nuimally very close, ho. ran ahead of hla ticket to such an eilent each year that it soon became difficult and finally Impossible to Induce any one to accept the nomination for Justice of the peace on the opposing ticket. Then the other party made a virtue of necessity by either nominating him or Indorsing hia nomination. Jabes had what would ordinarily be called a rather poor education, but lie never made a mistake In spelling, and he seldom got Ms relative pronouns tangled up, as he seldom used them, so he was regarded as an educational wonder hy hla neighbors, especially since before hla father's death ha had been studying law in the rounty seat. Hla legal atndles covered a period of only four months, but there was no wiping out the fact that he had been a law student. That was sufficient warrant for hla neighbor to coqslder him worthy of the partys nomination for j unties of the peace, and as he came through the ordeijl with flying colors, nhile every other man on the ticket was disastrously defeated. Jabes became a political - and judicial fixture for all time. "Mary, Jabex began after a contemplative and Impressive jieuse, you know Amanda Glvena? Mary breathed a deep sigh of relief before she replied, tthe had Judged from Jabea'o manner that ho must contemplate putting a mortgage on the farm or doing something equally serious. At last she managed to say with a shade of her usual assertiveness: Certainly 1 know her, and I know what you are going to say. You want her to marry you. and you haven't got the spunk to ask her." It waa Jabex turn to look surprised. How how did you guess It?" Mary laughed for a full minute How flld'I guess It ? There wasn't any guess about It. I'll bet Bossy knows It and would tell you If she wasn't cow. Well, I don't see anything so funny about It." Jabe paused and meditatively acratehed his short side whisker,the only hlreute adornment he pernilted Upon Ms Judicial counten im e. Do you think I eland any. showr Then, That wont do, doggedly retorted Jabes. Bha must get It by tomorrow morning, so she can" Mary Impatiently arose, while Jabes, resting' hia elbows on hla knees and dropping hia head, began again to caress hia . Burnsides. After a few momenta ha called out to Mary, I'm going over to Miaa Glvena, but rn be book before dark. Ha clapped on hla cap, coat and tippet and within five minute woo trudging along the road In tho direction of th Glvena farm, two miles distant, where dwelt, besides Miss Amanda, Mr. James Givens and Ms strapping and slovenly wife Bertha. Jabes had determined to ae Miaa Amanda, have tha usual vlalt" with her, and then, when she went to the kitchen to get hla coat and tippet, which would be hung up behind the stove to dry, he would place .tha letter on the organ In such a position that she could not fall to discover It immediately after 'ho had left. It was a brilliant scheme, he thought. The snow waa falling In great cottony flakes In that persistent manner so common to northern New York. Added to the toll ef the night before, there were at least ten Inches of frseh feathery snow on tha level. Even tha tracks left hy the sleigh of Sim Gardner, tha postman, the only person who had passed that day, looked like two mere threadlike uneven-neexIn a great while blanket Aa Jabes was about to turn Into the gate leading into the Glvena dooryard he stepped behind a large butternut tree and put hla hand In his purkst. lie thought he would once more read the letter. It was Important. In his cooler moments it might seem a little Impetuous and undignified. mnd if there was on thing upon which Jabes prided himself It wae his dignity. Aa hia hand reached to the recesses of the capacious Inner pocket of hia buffalo overcoat ho gave atich a start that the anew banked on hla shoulders came tumbling down his length like a 'shower of downy whit feathers. The letter was not there. Ha retired a little farther down th road and mad a more careful examination, but the tnlee-in- g epietle could not be found. ' Deciding that he must have left the precious missive upon thy table at home and accepting that tort aa an omen, Jabex continued to tho Givens home, where he spent a moat delightful two .hours with-MiAmanda, who happened fo be alone, the rest of the family having gone to the village to 'make the final' Christ- -. max purchanea. A dosen times when Mira HXOW THE WAS FALLING IN Amanda smiled grarlouxly, and. a Jabes GREAT COTTONY FLAKES. thought, encouragingly, he started to right out, hut each time be Instance. Nobody seems to have been apeak thought her exprexslon changed, and he aa Mary appeared to be auspiciously ready with her answer,' he continued: You know she gets $8 a week teaching our district school' In winter and 86 in summer. These self supporting women ain't usually In a very big hurry to marry." Hurry! snorted Mary. I don't call ft being In a hurry when a woman gets You are one to the age of thirty-seve- n. of tha moat prominent men In this part of the country; you can support a woman all right, and I believe youll make a good husband If you'll only shave off those things you call 'Burnsides and dont try to interfere with my running of this house when you bring a wife home. Take my advice, dont ask her unlern you mean It, for I believe ahe'U snap you up so quick It'll take your breath away. Who wouldn't marry Into the Hunker family, anyway? It'a the oldest family around these parts. You may be right, Jabex retorted wickedly, but take your own case, for tloqp., about hla. vlalt. and' big latter to Miss Glvena. Meanwhile Jabes sru poking over the table an tbe .clock abalf. Mary did not deign to answer hie Inquiry; Its purpose waa toe obvious. Instead, she turned questioner herxelf an asked somewhat petulantly! Whatever are you rummaging over those things fort Don't you know rvo'juJt put things to rights?" Jabeh waa getting warm. Ills' toe had assumed th. hue of a beet "'Mary, have that that waa a pecvllirlt) of that particular ailment and ef bn particular self, and aha also asserted that sho often had had them during ths day, and they always passed off during threi or four hours. Jabes looked at his much; It was I o'clock. Resignedly he lock off hia overcoat and descended tn the kitchen, where ho nervously watched the dock. It seemed aa if the hour hand would ntm get around to that much desired X At half past T Mary descended and. tell Ing Jabes that Mrs. Gilmore, who live two forme beyond, was going to rus h with eoene delayed washing and eddlxg that she felt so much better that he digit leave at I o'clock, succeeded easily is banishing him to his "courtroom" upstairs for o half hour's reading- - As Jabes left th room Mary lighted th Isrr-parlor lamp and placed It does again tha front window. Almost Immediately there was a sound of shuffling feet on the aids stoop. Jabes heard It but did sot move until tha sound of many deny mentioned down-etal- ' j : es . particularly anxious to get Into the Hunker family In that direction. Oh. I've had my chances, and lota of em that you knew nothing about. But you asked my advice. You've got It, and I'm going bn k to my work. Hold on a minute. Mary. I didn't have tha apunk to ask bar. What you said was true, hi i wrote her a letter and then, ax Mary looked anxious which I ain't going to let you see. There's something In It about Christmas, and. as that lx tomorrow, xho couldn't get It In time iinlexx the rural carrier took It with him wh-- n hs went along today. I ran after him awhile ago, but the snow 1a xo heavy that t couldn't catch him and couldn't even make him hear me. 8o the tetter lx etlll in my pocket. 1 wax thinking of taking It to her myx-- lf this afternoon." Then you would be a nli loon. Jute. Why duu't you mall llin letter to- it UiHti" retrained. , On hi way home Julies passed Adam Wheeler, a neighboring farmer, on hla way to the village, llo had come from the direction of Jates'a house and was, aa always, whistling, even white his head was bowed to the awful snowstorm. He started when Julies hailed him with a Hello, Ad. Hope you and tho cheery folks ll have a merry Christmas tomorrow." flame to you, Jabes," ho replied and passed on. When Jatem reached homo Mary was rmlllug mysteriously and hustling ghaut In a manner unusunl to such a careful housekeeper whose Christmas preparations, with the exception of the Inevttabte turkey, had all bean completed the day before What's the matter, llnry? You're busier than you ware when I left," Jutes pred In. the hope. of staving off voices reached him. Then he cam end was astounded to find the kitchen filled with hla neighbor an their wives He realised that he was tin victim of s Christmas nurprlx parti"" he tee something. Incidentally, of which ons B never heard. He looked for the be wanted to ace, but it was not there. The evening peneed ae such evening gnmee sni usually para with ncnnelcxx still more nennelcra "wit" Jabex bxd era! tltpei auggented that the should go Into the parlor, but each time th plan wa opposed with eeemlr.gly " J necessary vehemence by hi eitr James Glvena. Mira Amends' teotewtn At U o'clock James announced thnt would plea sure of the evening would be " op wlltethe real surprise part ef Into ty. He and Mary dlnappcered parlor, whence they eooa returned. leedm Ing guard, however, at the doortet c y Into it from th hall, to person ae th name wae called where i proceed Into the parlor, ent would be found in the center L.,' room. The person wee then to i of the other parlor door Into ihe elnhell at the foot of tho front wW' Mg upstairs, where the were cell, found. Several named then Mary and James ivrn; in uw creel vely Important, Jabes Hunker!" the wM Jabes entered th parlor with tt wbo a man bored to distraction, . ha must, xx the hoot go with which he had no syioralbv' door closed behind him tethhui -r- eJ middle of th room a tell uncertnte with a whit robe. In thewax Jabex determined ttM he lbth victim of a practical hiv that would impingo-u- t j111" half decided to rrfurn no on looking jjj d to investigate. He and q sheet, pulled It toward him. Blvena Mira revealed AiandaJ atood Por once Jabex self prereex tJsuci ed Mm. He tried to would come. It began an JJStb ha would beat Mira Amanda raw that thbe don and don q.lcklr- 1 cast ah obeervod coyly. 1 ' I" THERE STOOD REVEALED AMANDA GIVENS. MISS you seen a letter I left here? THAT letter?" I haven't seen any latter at all. Ton didn't leave any here. If your latter Is gone, you'd belter start out on tho road and look for K. Jabes replied not a word, hut followed th advice. Back to the point where he had missed th tetter ha toiled through the show, hut 6 might hare, looked fur th proverbial needle In the haystack with much bettor prospect of success, lie returned homo disconsolate. Th nest afternoon, after his Christmas dlnnsr, Janes, being still moody and silent ae the sphinx, giving attention to nothing In the house with th exception of kk beloved side whiskers, announced to Mary that hs was going to tha village and would not hs back until lat at night. Mary appeared unduly disconearted. flhs begged Jabes to remain with her. It 'was Christmas, ah urged, and he. aa ths head of tha house, should be there In ossa any visitors should drop In or In case any on should come to see him about law business. To tha first objection Jabe replied that If there waa one day In tha year when people would stay at home It waa Christmas, aad If any one should com professionally ho wouldn't see them 'anyway. Anyway. It eras a holiday, and ho Intruded to ratohrate it In his own way. Mary waa nonplused, and Jabes, after going to the bam and attending to the chorea, returned to ths bona to prepare for his long walk. As he entered the kitchen he was startled to hear a moaning which cams from th upper He found that Mary had been stricken with a sudden attack whlr-- she called Intermittent fever. Jabes felt her .hrnL-Whiwas coal sa his own, Marx ch - hr vu . letter." vu IW PkJt uUnW jo . found hie voice. 1 , M thunder did that happen turn Now It wae Mira Amend B tev t should Why surprised. came 'n0,d , penad? Ad Wheeler left a ten minute after you nw ? nd it! ho had found In th Of me. to dressed averted her eye andread It that yee eoon ae I atood told him to ray that." Tti But I didn't." rxl. letter the Y" toet I k!i. mently. re brc. you anyway, Well, er. as you might ray. kept tar ao I'll keep mine uBtil thing morejto yon . ,( thM morrow. Muxh- oh Again Mina Amanda her time she did sol evert T she raid thoughtfullyi to ttsi remise. Then Jate -- j yrv ".S - f