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In the Italian theater was held the largest meeting of a political nature known to that quarter, addressed by Emilio Lastredo, a prominent banking attorney; Ettore Patrizi, editor of the daily L'Italia; Mr. Elliott, Miss Margaret Haley and Mayor J. Stitt Wilson of Berkeley. A second great suffrage meeting assembled there again, at which Mme. Adelina Dosenna of La Scala, Milan, sang.

The work which that society has wrought under the vigorous leadership of Dr. Stitt entitles it to the generous support of all our churches. If toiling "Jack" braves the tempest to bring us wealth from all climes, we owe it to him to provide him the anchor of the gospel, and to save him from spiritual shipwreck.

You take my advice, get married and have a boy of your own. Nothin' like one for solid comfort." The train was coming and they went out to meet it. The only passenger to alight was Mr. Barzilla Wingate, whose arrival had been foretold by Bailey Stitt the previous evening. Barzilla was part owner of a good-sized summer hotel at Wellmouth Neck. He and the depot master were old friends.

The latter were altogether too likely to ask embarrassing questions. Mr. Wingate and Captain Stitt were still in town, although their stay was drawing to a close. One afternoon they entered the station together. Captain Sol seemed glad to see them. "Set down, fellers," he ordered. "I swan I'm glad to see you. I ain't fit company for myself these days."

"'Stitt, says he, 'you've always voted for Conservatism in our local affairs, haven't you? "'Well, says I, 'I didn't vote to roof the town hall with a new mortgage, if that's what you mean. "'Exactly, he says. 'Now, our men's club, while not as yet the success we hoped for, has come to be a power for good in our community. It needs for its president a conservative, thoughtful man.

"East Harniss is blessed with a great man, Bailey, and, like consider'ble many blessin's he ain't entirely unmixed." Obed and Simeon looked puzzled, but Captain Stitt bounced in his chair like a good-natured rubber ball. "Ho! ho!" he chuckled, "you don't surprise me, Sol. We had a great man over to South Orham three years ago and he begun by blessin's and ended with with t'other thing. Ho! ho!"

By that time everybody was waiting and watching, and on the early train on the sixth day came the lawyer, a Mr. Stitt. Mr. Thoburn was going around with a sort of greasy smile, and if I could have poisoned him safely I'd have done it. It had been snowing hard for a day or so, and at eleven o'clock that day I saw Miss Cobb and Mrs. Biggs coming down the path to the spring-house, Mrs.

Sam had gone to bed with a nervous headache. Senator Biggs brought the mail down to the spring-house at four, but there was nothing for me except a note from Mr. Sam, rather shaky, which said he'd no word yet and that Mr. Stitt had mixed all the cordials in the bar in a beer glass and had had to go to bed. At half past four Mr. Thoburn came out for a minute.

'What if 'twas risky? she says. 'If anything happened to you the five thousand would have come to your heirs, wouldn't it? But no! you never think of no one but yourself." Mr. Wingate glanced at his watch. "Good land!" he cried, "I didn't realize 'twas so late. I must trot along down and meet Stitt. He and I are goin' to corner the clam market."

If there was a nicer place TO go, argues the minister, 'twould help the moral tone of the community consider'ble. 'Why not, says he to Stingy Gabe, 'start a free club for men that'll make the billiard room look like the tail boat in a race? And says Gabe: 'Bully! I'll do it." Captain Stitt paused long enough to enjoy a chuckle all by himself.