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Henry Ark’s llouri Said to Be GivingHim Assistance.Ever sinco it has been known that J. N. E. Wilson, who does not work for fun, had Seamen’a Uni on, speculation has been lav-been engaged to defend Henry Ark, the defaulting Secretary of the Coast isfied on the manner in which the latter obtained the means to employ such an advocate. lie had not time to secure financial aid from his noble relatives in Austria, if they had been willing to give it, and his acquaintances in this city were few outside thetrade uni1 ns. who lost their love for him about the time the coast seamen discovered tha the had not kept his bands from picking and stealing. Ark's ex-frit nds now think that Mollie Woodward, the houri who beguiled him, came to his rescue, and in support of their theory the following story is told: Some time after Ark was iucarcerated he sent a brief note to Mollie, intimating that she might say anything to the bearer which she would say to him. Mollie was dressed In a becoming sailor costume, with little golden anchors CD her sliouMeta. VV ben Ark's messenger arrived she at first affected to know nothing about the wrecked Ark, but finally she admitted that he had frequently called at her house .to see a lady friend. Would she help him? Well, now, how could she? Why didn't the men help him? , . '“1 he woman who obtaiued his money should help him,” bluntly replied the messenger. “Men won't help him, because men despise a man who has been victimized by woman.”“Yes, really! Well I have heard something about straw bail or something like that. I)o you know what straw ball means?”“Ob, no. What does it mean?”Mollie explained, but maue no promises to help the pi isoner. She invited the messenger to call again, but he failed to accept the invitation.Shortly after this another messenger was sent and w hat befel him he has never revealed. It is believed, however, that he melted the houri’s heart and Wilson’s fee was the result.MAKING HASTE SLOWLY,Begiat rat Ion of Chinee Will Not BeginUntil July.Labor Commissioner Walts has received from the Public Printer a proof of the certificate of residence which all Chinese living in this State will be. required to have oneyear hence. The registration of the Mon-•golians will not be commenced until the 1st of July, and it is probable that the names€ t U n 11 At.ii ♦ i oa tiLa Am t a iT a t a aiL f.ir
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San Francisco Morning Call
San Francisco, California, US
Mon, May 04, 1891
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