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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. SEW YORK. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1907.

2K ple now at work in London trying to BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. 1907. Little, BrowD Co.) it PRECEDING CHAPTERS. the is for-rd lo r.rrrv the Prince.

Kltumaurk separate. Horn hor but cherishes her letters an a secret possesion. He r'cen killed In ta.il In South Africa. The letter, pass Into the hand, of an Ens-llshman named Morrl. Barne.

of no repute. In the Kin of Mexonia to Slvr.rc. hi. ife. letter, he know, of and seek, their Pllon In divorce Dtrne.

turn, fp in London, living a dissipated -If. on mysterious income. That meomo Is money paid by the friend, of the Quoen tr. prev.nt then, Into the hand, of Km. While receiving this income Barne.

I. n-BOt atlng frr the sal. of them to rep.o-wntatlvos of I'm Tho night he was to clone bargain he Is couriered. A short after the solicitor, who was the repre-11 Two friend, of the tjueen. Louise Fltzniaurlce and Caronvs.

de Sturm, are in London tentative of the Kins friends I. iilao 11 'Z'rln Wra.on, a London editor, in love with Louise becomes Involved, continue the for he lcit l'Vw Vn the cha enu of the he follor. Then euddMly Captain lmLnti "dead ail." tlwm alter bein wounded the letters were taken from When Cptaiu an-Hear- in re f.r ilio letters. son's narrative is a little dramatic! Ah! Mademoiselle la dauseuse goes! What a toilet!" Mademoiselle favored their table with her particular regard as she passed out. and accepted with a delightful smile the fan which she dropped in passing, and which the baroa as speedily restored.

He resumed his seat, stroking his gray mustache. "A very handsome young lady," be remarked. "I think that now we may continue." "The girl?" Duncan asked quickly. "Was your sister," Wrayson answered. There was a moment's Intense silence.

Duncan was doing bis best to look unconcerned, but the band which played with his wine glass shook. "How was he murdered?" "Strangled with a fine cord," Wrayson answered. "In the cab?" "There or inside the building! It ia impobsible to say." "And no one was ever tried for the murder?" "No one," Wrayson answered. Duncan swallowed a glassful of wine. "But ray sister," he said, "was in bis rooms she might have seen him!" "Your sister's name was never mentioned in the matter," Wrayson said, "I was the only witness who knew anything about her and I said nothing." Duncan drew a little breath.

"Why?" he asked. "An impulse," Wrayson answered. "1 felt that she could not have been concerned in such a deed, and I felt that if I told all that I knew, she would have been suspected. So I said nothing. I saved her a good deal of trouble and anxiety, I dare say, and I do not believe that I Interfered Iu auy way with the course of justice." Duncan looked across the table and raised his glass.

"I should like to shake hands with you, Mr. Wrayson," he said, "only tho baron would have fits. You acted like a brick. I only hope that Louise is as grateful as she ought to be." "My silence," Wrayson said, "was really an impulse. There have been times since when I have wondered whether I was wise.

There are peo was out possible to give the attention to every one they would like. Was there anything he ceuld do? Messieurs were he noticed, the best wine In the cellars? He trusted that they approved of It. The young lady there with the diamond collar and the wonderful eyes? He bent a little lower over the table. That was Mademoiselle Diana, of the Folles Bergeres! And tho gentleman? He bad registered under another name, hut he was well known as the Baron a great capitalist In Paris. The maitre d'hotel passed on, well satisfied that he had interested the three distinguished looking gentlemen who dined alone.

Wrayson, as soon as he was out of hearing, leaned over the table. "It is on that night," he said to Duncan, "tiiat I came into touch with the affairs of which our friend has spoken. The man Barnes had a flat corresponding to mine on the floor above. I returned home about midnight and found a young lady who was a complete stranger to me, engaged In searching my desk. I turned up the lights and demanded an explanation.

She was apparently quite as much surprised to see me as I was to see her. It nppeared that she had imagined herself in Barnes' flat. While I was talking to ber, the telephone bell rang. Some unknown person asked me to convey a message to Barues. When I had finished she was gone.

I sat down and tried to make head or tall of the affair. I couldn't. Barnes was a disreputable little This girl was a lady. What connection could there be between the two? I fancied what might happen if she were surprised by Barnes, and I determined not to go to bed until 1 heard her come down. I fell asleep over my fire, and I woke with a start to find her once more upon the threshold of my room.

She was fnlnt-ing almost on the point of collapse! I gave her some brandy and helped her downstairs. At the door of the Hat was a cab, and In it was the man Barnes, dead murdered!" The breath came through Duncan's teeth with little hiss. One could fancy that be was wishing that his had been the hand to strike the blow. The Baron glanced round casually. He called a waiter and complained of the slow service, sent for another bottle of wine, and lit a cigarette.

"I think," he said, "that we will pause for a moment or so. Mr. Wray- scenes could do was to keep the case open, hoping that while living apart from her husband, some trifling indiscretion on the part of madame would afford them a pretext for giving the desired verdict. I need not say that, up to the present, no such indiscretion has occurred. But all the time we, have beeu on the brink of a volcano!" "The letters," Duncan muttered.

The Baron nodded. "About a year ago," he said, "Madame de Melhain received a terrifying letter from the miscreant iuto whose hands they had fallen. Madame very wisely made a confidant of me, and, with the Baroness de Sturm, I left at once for London, and saw this man. I very soou persuaded myelf that he had the letters, and that he knew their value. He asked a sum for them which it was utterlyunablo for us to pay." "Did he explain," Duncan asked, "how they came into his hands?" "He said that they were picked up on the battlefield of Coleuso at first," the Baron declared.

"Afterwards, he was brutally frank. You see your death was gazetted, a fact of which he was no doubt aware. He admitted that they had been given to him to destroy." Duncan leaned across the table. "Baron," he said, "who killed that man? He cheated me of my task, hut I should like to know who it was." "So would a great many more of us," the Baron answered. "The fact is, we are iu the curious position of having an unknown friend." "An unknown friend?" Duncan repeated.

The Baron nodded. "We paid that man two thousand a year," he said, "but he was not satisfied. He communicated secretly with the other side, and they agreed to buy the letters for ten thousand pounds. We know the very night when he had arranged to hand thein over to man named Bentham in London. But we were powerless.

We could not have found the half of ten thousand pounds. One thing was tried, and that very nearly ended Iu disaster. An attempt was made to steal the letters. Mr. Wrayson will tell you about that presently." A maitie d'hotel paused at their table to hope that messieurs were well served.

In a season so busy it after ha plighted to Prince Frederick, a love atlalr with Captain Fltimnurice a ofilcer whoso inter was a schoolmate of Mile. hlin. But though she trie to be relieved from she is ut present cxpust-d. Madame de Melbaln, as you are both aware, comes from one of the oldest families of Europe, but It Is a family without any political significance. The betrothal was completed before Fred-crick stood so near to the throne.

If his accession had seemed even a likely Jilng at the time, it would not have Been sanctioned. I speak as the stanch friend of the lady whose cause Is so dear to us, hut I wish you to grasp the facts." There was a brief pause while a fresh course was served by on apologetic and breathless waiter. The three men spoke together for a while on some chance subject. Then, when they were alone, the Baron continued. "The court, although powerful influences were at work, found itself unable to prouounce the decree which those iu authority so much desired.

All that those who were behind the CHAPTER XXX11. ASKED the Union re-miit-kcil, helping himself to ors d'opuvrcs, "to illnc with mo here, because 1 fancy Unit tlio little Inu si KtrirpoH is being closely WHtchcrl, Always when one hns privnte maltein to discuss, I lielieve iu a cerlain ninormt of publicity. Here we nre in quiet corner, it is true, but we nre surrounded by Kovernl hundredH of other people. They (ire far too occupied with their own nffalrs to watch us. It Is the last place, for instance, where our friend from Mexonla would run in of looking for us." The three men were seated at a small found table in the Rieat dining room of Ihe Hotel Splendide of Dinant-ou-Sea.

The season was at its height and the room was full. On every side they were surrounded by chattering groups BROOKLYN EAGLE CALENDAR THE EAGLE'S SCHOOL DEPARTMENT TO BE ISSUED DECEMBER 12 H. 0, Havemeyer, the "Sugar King," Who Died At Commack, L. Yesterday tf? Vi? solve the mystery of tbis muraer. acted upon the supposition that no one had seen your sister leave the flat except myself.

I found afterward that I was mistaken!" The baron leaned forward. "One moment, Mr. Wrayson," he interrupted. "You have said that there are people In London who are trying to solve the mystery of Barnes' death. Who are they?" "One is the man's brother," Wrayson answered, "if possible, a more contemptible little cur than the man himself was.

His only Interest Is to discover the source of his brother's income. He wants money! Nothing but money. The other is a much mor dangerous person. His name is Heueage, and he is an acquaintance of my own, a barrister, and a man of education." "Why does he Interest himself In such an affair?" Duncan asked. "Because the solution of such matters Is a hobby of bis," Wrayson answered.

"It was be who saw your sister and I come out from the fiat that morning. It was he who warned us both to leave England." i The Barou leaned forward in bis chair. "Forgive roe, Mr. Wrayson," he said, "hut there Is a lady at your right who seems anxious to attract your attention. Wo are none of us anxious to advertise our presence here.

Is she, by any chance, a friend of yours?" Wrayson looked quickly round. He understood at once the Baron's slight pause. The ladies of the French hulf-world are skilled enough, when necessary. In concealing their profession: their English sister, If she attempts it at all, nttempts a hopeless task. Over powdered, 'over rouged, with hair at ieast two shades nearer copper colored than last time he had seen her, badly but showily dressed, it was his friend from the Alhambra whose welcoming smile Wrayson received with a thrill of Interest.

She was seated at a small table with a slightly less repulsive edition of herself, and her smile changed at once into a gesture of Invitation. Wrayson rose to his feet almost eagerly. "This is a coincidence," he said midor his breath. "She, too, holds a hand in the game!" (To Be Continued To-morrow.) arranged artistically below the frame, and so arranged and printed as not to detract from the beauty of the sketch Itself. It is a calendar worth framing, and would prove an effective addition to the orna- mentation of any home.

There will undoubtedly be a great demand for these calendars, and Eagle readers Bhould place, their orders well in advance with their newsdealers. Newsdealers should also provide for a large supply of thla Issue. The size of the calendar Is 12x16. been a bone ot contention among Warwickshire antiquaries, but it is generally mnnuA thn tha wpnth mnnaV fRnvnn. On Thursday, December 12, the Eagle will issue with each copy of that day's paper what ia conceded to be the handsomest and most artistic calendar ever presented to Its readers.

The sketch, de- signed and executed by Miss Jessie T. Lee Barrick, is one that is sure to And favor. It is that of a beautiful young girl in an oval frame, surroundod by a blue-mirrored mat, and Is printed In twelve colors. The calendar months are SYNOPSIS OF Tho Queen -f Mexonla. when a girl, but tnen In remote succession to the throne, ha Mile.

lo Melbain. The Captain is an Rnglish Fho writes paslonate letters to KXAKttf'' of English tourists mid French holiday makers. Outside on the promenade a baud was playing, and ft leisurely crowd was passing backwards and forwards. "The lady whom we will continue. If you please, to call Madame da Mel-bain," the Huron continued, "has de-shvtl me to take you two gentlemen Into our entire confidence.

You are Imili aware that for eighteen months the suit for divorce brought by that lady's husband has been before a Kpe-cial court." "One understands," Wrayson remarked, "that the sympathies of all Europe are with the lady." The Barou bowed. "Entirely. Her cause, too, Is the popular one in Mexonla. It is the ministry amV the aristocracy who are on the other side. These are anxious for an alliance which will safeguard Mexonla from certain dangers to which SMILES.

HIS TROUBLE. The Hobo I.udy, I'm hungry I The Lady- Indeed? I don't suppose it occurs to you to look for work. The Iloho Ves'iu hut de trouble wld is dnt I'm far-sighted. When I git real close to work, I can't Bee it. o-c-o-o-o FACETIOUS.

Kind Lady If I give you this dime what will yotl (lt with it? in. nm.k how me WcOd lt.gsby the town, WU am Henry O. Havemeyer. i7 7 JZ? good business education. Still, without the languages it was impossible for such scholars to pass out of the school with a certificate.

It was to meet this con-tion that the manual training section wa3 Students may elect the manual training In lieu of languages. The shop work of tho school is somewhat crude as yet, but the start has been made, and the spirit Is not lacking to make this department an Important factor In the work and life of tho Commercial High. MANUAL TRAINING HIGH. Monday and Thursday aro the regular assembly days for the seniors at the Manual Training High. Each Monday morning speaking Is on the card, while the midweek assembly is given over to music.

Last Monday morning the class enjoyed and benefited by an address from President Rush Rhees of Rochester University. President Rhees talked on the importance of doing the thing we do not like to do. The address was closely listened to and has been the topic of considerable comment by the classes to which it was delivered. Yesterday morning the trophy given by City Superintendent Maxwell for annual competition in socker football was received by Dr. Larkiu.

This Is the second year the trophy has been competed for by the city high schools. Last year It was won by Morris High School. The trophy is a bronze plate on which is Inscribed the nature of the competition. By the way, Dr. Larkln Is opposed to trophlei in school athletics, but trophies are numerous at tho school.

A trophy for pretty much everything competed for by the school's athletic league may be found there. "The sporting writers In the daily papers do not account us much at athletics," said Dr. Larkin, "still, we have the ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE. The seniors will resume thgir observation tours to-morrow.

It is expected that a public scholastic disputation will be held in this class before the Christmas holidays. The marks for November will be read out in the auditorium to-morrow afternoon. The leaders of the various classes have been obliged to ao a great amount of extra work In order to retain their positions. Preparations are now being mado for the Christmas everclses and several now collego songs composed by the students are being rehearsed daily and will be sung. The programme at present contains several vocal, piano and violin solos.

RAISING MONEY FOR PICTURES. In one of the big Bushwick section schools a novel method of raising money to buy pictures for the school, is In vogue. On Monday and Friday of each week the children gather up all the old newspapers in their homes as offerings to tho school. The youngsters, boyB and girls, alike come to school with their arms full of paper. The papers are smoothed out by the Janitor and go to tho trafficker in waste papers.

This little scheme nets some 53 a week and the results are observable on the walls of the school rooms. Oldest Principal Dead. William J. Goldey, the oldest public school principal of the city, died yesterday, at his home, 439 Bedford avenue. He was 80 years old and had taught for fifty-seven years.

He was principal of Public School No. 01. Avenue and Ninth street, Wifliam J. Ooldey. i but expected to retire on February 1.

S-mic years ago he sued tho Board of i Edu ien lo compel h.s appointment as prim Uml on the ground that his llr enso I to tea, entllled him lo the position, as I he had taught for more than forty years. Tho Cuurt ot Appeals decided In his favor. 1 4 rf INTERBOROUGH TO MEET. Important Business to Be Transacted Saturday Morning. The bi-monthly meeting of the Inter-boroush Association of Women Teacher will be held on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at the Normal College, Lexiug-ton avenue and Sixty-eighth street.

Manhattan. All members are urged to be present, as important business is to come before the association. There are several vacancies In the oxecutlve committee, there being at present no representatives of the- following: Additional toacher or clerk, those holding substitute licenses, training schools for teachers and heads of department In the Bronx. Tho members eligible to vote for these positions are requested to hold meetings half an hour before that set for the meeting of the association to elect representatives, and report the result to Miss Isabel A. Ennis, the secretary.

ST. OHNsTcOLLEGE. The Glee Club held Its regular weekly rehearsal, under direction of Professor T. Bath Glasson. The members are preparing special numbers for the Literary Union debate on Friday evening, and also for the public lecture by Dr.

Walsh jn the evening of the 11th. In College Hall. The Athletic Association held an important meeting Wednesday, President J. Jerome Rcddy in the chair, and elected the manager for the Second and Reserve baseball team. James A.

Laub, '09. won. The manager of the Brownte basketball team, Fred Mannes, moved that the name be changed to "Prep Baskeaball Team." There was quite a discussion over it, but the motion was lost, and the "Brownies" will continue. The president appointed the following committee to revise the constitution: Laurence H. Bracken, '08, Aloyslus H.

Qillick, '08, Edward Kchoe, '09, James A. Laub, '09, Theodore Jollon. '10, and John Finn. '10. Laurence Bracken, secretary of the association, was instructed to act as historian of athletics.

A resolution was adopted that the association adhere to old customs, and the old football was presented to Captain Laurence Bracken. For years at St. John's the retiring captain has received the old ball, with the scores painted in the college colors. KINDERGARTENSB ADLY NEEDED Public School No. 19 Is in a fair way to have Its long-expected addition.

Within the week a tangle of titles has been unraveled, and the city has taken possession of the property at the corner of Keap and South Third streets, adjoining the old school building. It la now nearly a year since the city began negotiations to purchase the property. Principal Raf-ferty is sorely In need of kindorgarten quarters. The demand for a kindergarten is growing in proportion to the rapid Increase in population in the district. This year, for the first time in several years, tho school is burdened with part-time classes.

At Public School No. 16, Wilson street near Bedford avenue, the same need of a kindergarten is felt. Principal Tuttle has no "gym," but he says that he can give the school athletic training in the yard and school rooms. The demand for a kindergarten he cannot meet, and it Is a growing need. The principals of both No.

16 and No. 19 also recognize the demands for kitchens and shops. PUBLIC LECTURES TO-MORROW. Brooklyn. P.

S. SO. Wet Seventeenth and Nlntenth streets, nesr Neptune avenue, Coney Island-Miss Carolina H. Huldobro, "Typical Life In Chile." P. S.

M8, Mnwood treet and Arlington avenueJohn B. Huber. M.D., "The Prevention of Consumption." P. 8. 117, Btagir and Bushwlck avenue V.

riohbs. "l.lf on the Farm." P. S. 12S, Irving avenue wl Suydam street William J. Tllley.

"Napoleon." P. 8. 12a, Qulncy itreet, between Iewis and Stuyvsnt avenue. John J. Murphy, "Ko-vlval of Art.

and P. S. 132. Manhattan avenue and Coneelyea street Clarence S. "Life In Samoa, and the Wreck of the Warshlns." P.

S. 146. Eighteenth and Nineteenth between Sltth and Seventh avenue. -Charles McDowell. M.D., "What Vaccination Has Done for th-World." S.

147, Bushwlck avenue and Selirel street William A. RodKOTS. M.D.. "Transportation of the Injured, HandaninB and Hint, of Great Vnlue in Cre of th? Rick." DeKalb Branch. Prooklyn Public Library, Buelmiek and rteKalb avenue.

Ros.lter Johnson, "Turning Point. In the Civil War." fanarslo. M. P. Church.

Bast Ninety-second street and Church lane Benjamin M. Jaqulsh. "Anthracite Coal: Methods of Mining and Preparation for Domestic Use." Central Branch. Y. M.

C. Fulton and Bond streets-J. Russell Smith. Ph.D., "Story of a Basket of Fruit." Queens. Flushing.

High School. Flushtnir 8. Alfred Mitchell, Ph.D., "Th Great Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune." 8 Steinway avenue, between Broadway and Jamaica avenu Fd in O. Broome, Ph.D., "The Violin and Its p. s.

14. Elmhur.t Mrs. Alice Tuttle Ash-brooke. "Romeo and Juliet." P. S.

27, College Point Frank W. Jackson. Itorkaway Beach William H. Fleming! "Othello." Jamaica HlRh School, Hillside and In Ion avenues-Theron W. Kilmer, M.D..

"Transportation of the Injured. Bandaging and Hlnta of Great Valuo in the Care of the Pick. g. 87 Glendale Mrs. Catherine Hays, "Folk Sons, of Scotland." P.

S. 72, Misneth James Carrlngton, "Days on th Open." P. S. 79, Whitestone Richard Purdy, "Othello." EASTERN DISTHICT H. S.

Seniors Rehearsing "My Uncle From India" May Use New Auditorium. The Eastern District High School seniors are busily at work on their coming play, "My Uncle from India." The piece has been altered to some extent to adapt It to the ideas of the class, and the parts are pretty well apportioned. A preliminary rehearsal was held on Monday. It showed the cast to be well selected. Smith, who takes the part of Robert Squeezemdown, delighted the players with his rendition of the character.

"Ho' a wonder," was the unanimous comment. It ts expected that thj play will be given In the now auditorium, if it is completed by the last of January. The members of the cast are very anxidtis on this point. They are planning to put in camp chairs should the new hall be completed to that point. In case the hall is not ready, then the play will bo given at McCaddin Hall, In the Eastern District.

Mathew Carmel, manager of the basketball team, is very much interested in the match to be played aoon with the Manhattan Collego team. The Eastern District boys have played four games with the' Manhattan lads, and have a clear Score. Borne new material has been put into the over-river college team, and the next game is by no means a cinch. The game will be played at the old armory, Bushwlck avenue and Stagg street. By tho way, the school has the city championship at handball, which it has held against all comers for several years.

Commercial High is somethiug at handball, too. Tho managers of the E. D. school are somewhat mystified by the attitude assumed by Commercial. Several challenges have been sent to the latter school, but no reply has been received.

"Possibly Commercial's letters in response to our several challenges have gone wrong in the mails," was the E. D. manager's comment yesterday. Tho new school building on Marcy avenue, taking up the whole block between Rodney and Keap streets, is nearly completed. Many of the classes are already quartered there.

It is now Dr. Vlymen's headquarters. The classes in the building are the middle grades between two and Ave. It is expected that the beginning of next term will And the new building fully occupied, although Dr. Vlymen says that the finishing touches will not be completo until the early summer.

Just now the school is housed In three different buildings many blocks apart. The first two grades are In Public School No. 140, Havemeyer and North Sixth streets. The last three grades are In the old high school building at Driggs avenue and South Second street. adelphTcollege.

The Junior bazar for the benefit of the Oracle will be held December 14, In the college hall. The Oracle board are the managers All kinds of articles will be on sale Adelphi flags, pennants, steins, seals, etc. There will, of course, also be the usual eatables, without which no real college function would be complete or successful. Tho sale will begin at 2 o'clock. All left overs will bo put up at auction after 8 o'clock.

Everybody will be there. The students' friends and friends of the college nro reminded that the senior play, "Pygmalion and Galatea," will be presented on Saturday evening, in the college hall. There aro still some tickets for sale. The regular meeting of tho Round Table was held Wednesday noon. Ibsen's "Ghosts" and 'The Doll's House" were dlHcusaed.

Oa Tuesday tho Sociology Class, under the chaperonage of Mrs. Henry Sayler, visited the Navy Yard and inspected the battleship Ohio. This was the last party of civilians to vl3it tho battleship prior to its departure for the Pacific coast. Professor H. 0.

Ulttenhouse of the East, ern District High School addressed the Mathematics Club on "The Value of the Study of Mathematics" on Tuesday afternoon. COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL. Yesterday morning the Commercial High School had its assembly. The sight of 1,000 bays, quiet and receptive, occupying tho floor and gallery of the large asaetnbly room was impressive. Tlw school orchestra furnished the music, and there were creditable recitations and singing by individual members of the school.

Frank K. Mooro talked to tht lads on tho wisdom of sticking to their tasks until the full course was finished. He regretted to see a scholar leave th school because of "conditions." and urged that they "stick" till every condition was made up. Moure, llko all good teachers, is an enthusla3t on the fine points of large school. Ho is particularly proud of tho deportment of the boys.

He can- ducted a representative, or the fcngio to the lunchroom, where 1.500 youngsters I a-ori. either taking their midday bite or were slowly and orderly filing along to that hungry boy's delight. There was no Jostling nor bolsterousness, neither was It the perfect line of the military Juet a well-behaved, happy row of faces turned towards an enjoyable event. Mr. Moore has Introduced a modiflcl form of manual training Into his courses.

Among his boys were always some who lacked the qualities of mind to master tho languages. They wero In no way wattling in the stud, us that go to make a QUAINT CUSTOM IN ENGLAND. weorth; meaning price) was a payment i lor tue privilege or using certain roaas In the Hundred of Knightlow, in other words, a kind of early highway rate. Last year tho money deposited in the i WOMAN OWNED "RINGER. Gilbert F.

Caire of Huntington and Hi3 Wife's Mare Celia, Alia3 Miss Qreyliue, Expelled. The first case of "ringing" on cither tht trotting or running track3. in which woman was concerned. ha3 been decided adversely to the woman by the Board Keview. The case was that of Gilbert F.

Caire and the mare Celia. alias Miss Greyline. Under tho kilter name the mare raced over the Long Island tracks in slower cla3se3 than those to which she should have gone. It was brought, ort thai. Mis.

Caire. then Miss Julia Johnson, bought the mare as Ceiia and knew her rating. Xelson Varnc-y, who drove the mare, was suspended for a year, the board holding tint his part of the transaction was due to carelessness only. The Caires live at Huntington, b. I.

Noted G. A. R. Man Dead US ft Xr Harry A. Phillips.

Harry A. Phillips, a prominent of the Grand Army of the Republic, ant past commander of James II. ferry Post, which he helped to organize, died Tuesday night at his home. 4t" State street. H(.

served Ayith the Korty-seventh Keglment (JurinE inc i will uuu waa iui a iij-uv IB the regular army. 1 3 i I Five miles to the southeast ot Coven- (rir ifon main T.nn rtnn Rnad mounts Knightlow Hill on to Dunsmore Heath, with its magnificent avenue oi eim planted by the Duke of Montagu the in the eighteenth century. On the top of Knightlow Hill, in a held on the loft-hand Bide of the road, the traveler will notice a mound, upon which stands a large rectangular stone. It is hollowed out in the middle and is not unlike a primitive cattle trough. It Is The Wroth Stone.

called the Wroth Stone, and Is supposed to be the base of an ancient wayside cross, formerly known as Knightlow Cross. Should the said traveler by any chance bo passing this way Just before sunriso on Martinmas morning (November 11), he will have the good luck to witness the performance of a quaint and time-honored ceremony, the annual collection of tho wroth money, which has been held on Knightlow Hill since the days of Alfred the Great. Tho ceremony Is as follows: The steward of the Duke of Bucclotich, the lord of the manor of the Hundred of Knightlow, together with representatives of certain parishes iu the Hundred and a sprinkling of early-rising spectators from Coventry, assemble around the stone Just before daybreak. The steward solemnly reads the "Charter or Assemblle." then calls over the names of the parishes liable to the fee, and the representatives of the parishes cast Into the stone the required sums, ranging from Id. to 2s The penalty for non-payment of "ye wroth money" Is tho forfeiture of a white bull with red nose and ears.

The origin of this weird custom has wroth stone only totaled up to just over 10s. As the Duke of Buccleuch provides a subsiantial breakfast and rum and milk for all comers at a neighboring inn, It tannot be said "that he makes a very good thing out of the historic tribute. STAGE GOSSIP. Miss Helen Ormsbee Is no longer IB the cast of the play which the Clarendon Stock Company Is giving at the Shu-bert Theater. She left at the close of the performance on Wednesday night, claiming the first week's salaries had not been paid.

The company will close on Saturday night. o-o-o-o-o May Irwin who is crowding the Or- pheuin Theater, has Introduced a new coon song which promises to become very popular. "I Hates to Come Home After Dark" is the title, and it tells of a wise man who nursos a supposed sick friend and who Is afraid to venture home after dark. o-cs-o-o-o George Haielton, a former resident of Columbia Heights, and author of "Mis- treus Nell" and other plays, has formed a partnership with Wilfred North, and Is going into the business of theatrical management. They have engaged as their star a man who has hitherto been llttlo exploited.

He Is Henry Ludlowe. and he is to be introduced to the public in a repertoire of Sbakspearcan and classic productions. The leading feminine roles will be intrusted to Keith Wakeman. o-o o-o-o James J. Corbett, who will be at the Bijou Theater next week with his play, i "The Burel.

and the Lady," will start the six-day race at Madison Square Gar- i den next Sunday at midnight. Corbett i will have the distinction ot sending away on the six-day race the finest Hold of cycle racing stars that over went to the) post for this international tiorting event..