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The News -Record,
Clinton. Ont
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December, 1882.
The Huron News -Record
`Ei'ednesday.March 23t11..'
A GIRL BULL FIGHTER.
to 1 ui tr to' b . tv :.w it a Ah9
wvtt i 'flet v' t. d t' . n:14'� .• irl
faiuiiiiz t buu11'•
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lhsf'�s4ilntti:aekR. l ,c� Q , .11t, tFR., 4,.
test w•i `, : Pa.tt ...eol�tieri ...: ik
r.i*e• •'.Lilt\el* a C9u , ag le a#•as sent#
'SONO and Wilds ha wash 'tapone:r
1vitltiu _ f: t ttien t .i1i.34 lto .wvas
ready' ,fol • the battle, A;'t itr he
had :been itornaittod to MAD,' a
ohargo tta wvaun biim up to bus
work,. lite...governor, who preetderk-
on • the occasion,' gave a Signal. and
the bugle sounded. the "dtath call.l'
"1'llo senorita, with stilts of one feet
put lieighx (securely,, fastened to her.
• liriilis, ^1'ecuf ved the short sword:,
saluted the� governor, and, turning
Mher enemy Savo a shout of du-
anoe and waved her scarlet cloak
tc, artpfso his auger, At this time.
the distance sepafating the entagoii-
tsts was almost .200. feet... Toro,.
quivering with oxciteMent and
pawing the earth in his rage; Waited
for no second invitation. With
fiasjiing/eyes and head lowered to
the ground, ho started at full speed'
for the object of• his hate. Tho
bravo girl -waited until 'the beast
was within twenty feet, when brac-
ing herself firmly, she held her•
sword at shoulder height, ready fur
his coining. When within about
four foot she threw her body: for-
ward, gave a gtiick thros with the
sword, and, without waiting to -see
the effect of tho•blow, sprang quick-
ly around end again eatuted the
governor. Insthe. tiwipkliiig of an
eye she turned to face the bull, and
-ate-she.-did_su_`he_drappedsc ead,..•sG-
close to her that, without moving
from her position, she placed ono
foot upon the neck of her now
helpless enemy:
The aw ei'd', directed by The strong
arm of the self-possessed girl, had
.severed the spinal cord, and death
was instantaneous and probably
painless. It was . a perilous feat,
skilfully and fearlessly performed,
and the slightest nervo.usuees ou the
part of the pei4oi;ner would pro-
bably have .resulted in her death.
The great audience, in. recognition
of the skill of the brave toreadora,
rose to its feet, and for several mom-
ents there was a -shower of gold and
si ver Gins falling mound the vic-
torious girl.
AN ENGLISH EXECUTION.
EXPERT NOI3K IN'TIIE RING DT A ME11-
ICAN Gt l --A WONDERFUL THRUST.
Just prior, to the taking effect of
the recent decree against bull fight-
ing, I was fortunate enough to wit-
iless a ctintest in which one of the
inost skilful, flaring and expert of
the professional fighters of Mexico
tool( a loading part. This lierforui-
er was a young-wvoman, whose equal
its probably never appeared in the
"Plaza de Toros:" inthis, her faro -
'well exhibition; Senorita IIernandez
advertised for the wildest and fiorceet
ladle. the eauntry could produce,
end' agreed to fight them while
wveariug stilts. Tho novelty of, 8
;young girl engaged in a. bull fight
liandicatpped by having -stilts fasten -
'61 to her feet w1s'suficient to at -
t act a large Crowd) and' on theday
fixed for the event feili 5,000 per -
eons found places to sit or stand in
the large' amphitheater.. The 'an-
imals provided for tlie occasion were
small, active and. wholly untamed,
each, having his horns trimmed and
l+ulished until the points were es
„ioht and almost as sharp as need-
]: R. Never was more expert work
.lone iu this cruel sport than was
coolly performed -by. the Mexican
.girl on that day. 1sti the bull; ni'nd
-With rage, would make hie furious
charge, she avould stand until he had
'reproached within a distance of 3
feet, when, suddenly springing to
one side, she wvonld, as the annual
tushed furiously by, With one hand
ship hie) in the f:.ce with the red
t'o
dc with which his anger had been
first aroused, while with' the other
hind she 'dexterously :thrust iuto
his neck n gaudy barbed "bander -
illy,” causing him to roar with pain
• end rag.). ' ,Charge after charge was
.hauls by the maddened brute, only
to he elndod by the active girl,
while the bull .net the admit) treat -
Mout ns baford. The little senorite
played with him, plagued him, and
tortured Lfnaatheat wtould,a Mouse;
instil the animal, bleeding and sore
end worn oitt with fatigno apd paifji;
gave up the (Idutest and Would fight
no more. Ito hod mot his conquer'
itr nnd was taken from the ring.
In the next 'contest the fair Cast-
ijien was' Undui' ad advertised et -
ligation; while yet Wearing the stilts;
o kd71. the bull With n -sword scarcll-
y tt18 etit in It11i' tli• TWO wait W
lie Cotte `h ' lot' g l t
y - 1 tit the tiros I.f6
tttiliai i`ulj tlih1t111 tttb woo tilt!
A WOMAN HANGED .1T 'LIVERPOOL FOR
POISONING 1. Li.It tiULLD.
The public hangman et Liverpool,
'1liaroh 19, executed his namesake,
,Mrs: Berry. She is the the si rtli
woman'that bas boon executed. there
during the last 'fifty years What
Mrs: 1)1.us0teas to'the.tlnitod States
Mfrs. Burry was to -England, There
was a great similarity in their love
for finery in their death garments,
in the heartless ',character of the
murders they iitarftmitted, in their
mania for writing farewell letters
inid in the scaffold scenes. -
Mrs. Berry Was convicted of pois-
oning,. with sulphuric Heid, het
eleven year old daughter, for the
purpose of obtaiuing .10 insurance
Money. • She was also charged by a
coroner's jury with poisoning, with
tincture of atropra, her own ]pother,
so that she Gould socuro about' £200
of iusural1oo.lnonby, The daughter
Was bi'oiight by her. mother from
school in .perfect • health -to spend
her last Christmas holidays at home:
In the midst of some juvenile fes-
tivities the paten was administered
td the child, aid she died on the
first day of the happy New Year.
Said one of the principal witnesses
at the trials—"Never can 1 forget
the piteous tone in which I heard
the child, wile wars bright, beautiful
and interesting, exclaim., as she sat
on her mother's lap, '01i, malnlua 1
how earn volt give me that horrible
drilrl:4"'
NQ one doubts that Dins.
J1ei'ry was guilt.?, although she died
protesting her ineoe1e�tice ; and the
hast •words she Said were to ask
Heaton to forgive the doctor "who
swwoie my lite away." During her
Ia9t days en earth she .ltad sonic
curious interviews With hertlolieitor.
(in the, table in her eelt wore a
Bible, a prayer book, Iaongfelluy,:'s
poems and,a number of letters,
• -At the last stroke of tlio ltottr the
*ennui and a small procession-emerg-
ed
rocessionemerg-
od froth the prison into the y"ad.
Here her naive i,reke;ehowent into
hysteribs and fell fainting into tlio
arms of two feinale .wardens *lin
were ou each Sitio of her. 'They
supported het'tete Wier Welk 'tti
the -concealed; noiin. seless and padded
drop, where alio tetepota"t•'lly revived
• long enough ('6 donlare in week
toneey i' 1 am inhoeont," and to give
ab t•jnbullttpr'y prayer fait ,forgives
nese frit the doct6i'4 There was.
ehoirtelY bile til Andy het rtivfttll
ft�tli61t1 flttb•:.itt:ft;ilt she dree ,t,ettlt)d
jlatl1#1noon..f,avde►r 1...,.: ,- ,....,.,.. ,,•" t . r.:i.�� l , xttte i�o 1,>t"I o � �
ueut ia,ole•44,0.1tela!lie ';deah 110',OCCutte. od ,
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QGetaeut*dlean e, ''4lit
Only' a.'tbott;ek:4tenee fro Itttbo,aer;
1r.
vino; for the dying' wsu read, tidal• the
murderess Was dead.:'prey, the
hanginan, stated, than duetb WO ins
'etnntenootle, -.
i; lar tt; .b 111 n : 0.1 off; . 4._ 4
tions of the' t oiicell Refine. . to
make any " enggestiotte Concerning
tlto'gonoi-al Work of the Society,' yet.
1 meat.. ei press. the hoopsthat tl)o
Execntivo will take immediate steps
to `give oar brothrnno throughout the
Dominion Mie opportunity of• aa_-
ticipating with us in the blessings
provided for ue by our, Benefit
Society.
THOMAS ON BEECIIIER.,
ONTARIO ORANGEMEN.
THE O1u)ER' IN A. I[EAI;+TIiilr AND
PROSPEtiOtt6 - COND1T1ON.
The 28th annual -session of the
Grand Orange Lodge of Outevio
West closed in Tortinto • last wek.
It transacted a great deal of import-
ant business. Oi;Tueeday a reso-
lution --Was carried conglatti1atinp;
the Queen on having attained the
jubilee year of her reign, and when
it was carried the whole lodge rose
to its feet as•one man and sang God
save the Queen.
Tho Grand Secretary's report was
an iuteresting document. It ='show-
ed that during the past year 891
had•l eon admitted to membership,
while the number of deaths And ex=
pulsions had boon ouly 171. New
• warrants wore applied for and grant-
ed to the following counties :
463 North Simeon,
758 L'ar'ry, Sound
95Essex
796 Essex
802 . Algoma
2311.....,s Elgin
The . following dormant warrants
have beeif revived':
153 • ' ' South Huron
168-.. ..South. Ontario
287 �0 Norfolk
694• South Simcoe
1'04
•
Huron
The grand treasurer's report show-
ed that the total receipts of the
grand lodge during the year was
$5,969.99, and the total disburse-
ments 84,949.66, leaving a balance
()Oland of $1;020.33. -
tt was decided to memorialize the
Grand Lodge -of British North.
America to iustituto female lodges.
A committee ivas_atpoiuted; to
consider the matter of securing con-
tributions toward the 'restoration of
the church where the remains of
tine late Imperial Grand Master, tlie
Ii trl'of Enniskillen, have been in-
terred.
A series of resolutions were pass-
ed,. the effect of *hitch would ba to
secure equal righti apd privileges
for all classes of Canadians.
ORANGE MUTUAL .BENEFIT- SOCIETY.
The auditors of the Mutual Ben-
efit branch of the Order reported
that there had been ad addition to
the membership during the year of
202, Making 'the total membership
at the present time 784. A" long
discussion took plAeo itt commotion
with this department, oliietly with•a
view, to gaining iilfolniatiun as to.
its workings.
MEDICAL nrFEnnsfs REPOOT.
Br. 1)r. Oronhyatekha, Medical
Referee' of the Mutual Benefit
Society, presented the following
r'port
To Ilse li. 1V.. rand ltfaster, Of-
fircxs and Brahma Of flee Grand
Lodge of Uudarld Wed s
BRETHREN,—I have the honor
herewith to submit my third annual
report as Medical Referee .of the
Mutual Benefit Society of O,. W.
During the • year ending :With the
28111 I+ebrdarV; 180, I hate reedy -
ed 208 medical examinations, of
which 6 were rejected and 203 pas-
sed, .being an increase of •26 over
host yoar'e record. The causes for
reject ion were as follows : Intern per.
mace, 1 ; heart affections 3;.asthma,
1 ; catarrh and persistent pain in
'the back, 1. 'Total, 6, •.
Tho ages Of the' applicants hate
materially. improved, for while 105
applicants -were 35 years of age or
under, of whom 43 were 25 years
of age or butler, theirs were only 32
applicants over 32.
1 ani happy to be again able to
congratulate our membership upon
the fact that our death rate happily
Continuos very low ; there having
been 'only three deaths during the
year, er about' 1.8 in a 1,000.
\\'herr it is pointed (Mt that of these
3 deathfi truly 1 laid phased our
medical exai» inatiohs as at present
conducted, the _other twee being
brethren Who wove enrolled during
bhe earlier days of the Soclety, •and
efore the present 'system was 1114
engorged, it will, -I think, bo con-
ceded that otic iiieditlatl system hits
sewed the . fioeiety well. • I laity
paint out further that past }'Car only
two Of the deaensed brethren WeinliasSL`n by the Medical Receive as
good instiVable livor and that both
pawl' flied by accident, flint showing
that fijtiec the ivaupuratien of out
THE CHICAGO PREACHER EULOGISES
THE DEAD PROPHET. .
At a meeting oA ( ori reoationsl-
clergymen in Chicago during Beech-
er's fatal illness a resolution Qf
sympathy for • the dying man was
rejected. Bev. Dr: Thornier refers
to this in the following. It will be
remembered 'that Dr. Thomas was
suspended from the niiniet•ry for
heterodox views, and rev. Dr.
Burns, of Hamilton, wits brought
over the coati for apparently en-
dorsing Dr. Thomas.
"Thank God," said Dr. Thomas,
of Chicagosnfter'follotying the career
of Mr. Beochel' at length, ou dwell-
ing on the good he had done to
mankind, "there aro men, who, in
spite of political differences or re-
ligious bigotry, do not forget the
great deb. that .the world owes to
Henry Ward Beecher. I1 tool5r'the
orthodox priest to .place -the crown
of thorns upon tlio head of Jesus
Christ, and it remained for a cold,
orthodox congregational Minister to
place it upon the brow of the dying
man of God.
The effect of this bold assertion
was electrical. When the congre-
gation had recovered its self -possess,
ion, the divine continued i
"Henr)Sa\yard Beecher was in no
sense a priest. He was in the high.
est sense a prophet. Ho cared little
for the letter of the law ; ho cared
everything foithe spirit of the law
and the spirit of religion. Ile 'was
a friend of map, woman and child,.
of love, and of God. 'lin bowed`
with obedience before right, truth,
and God. He refused -to wear the
chains of Hien.' That's the reason a
great many men did not like hint.
As he has said, "I. never stopped to
think whatlhe effect would be when
1 wished to express all opinion.
which I considered right:" Au
110 never did. What was it that
made these- congregational ministers
afraid 1 Beecher• believed in a' per
sone' • Gods • in ipso atofiensunt of
Christ, in future reward and puu-
ishment; and iu the regeneration of
the heart.by the spirit., What did
he not believe that -pias given rise to
so much opposition. % Ile became
a beliiever in evolution to' this, -ex-
tent, tient: he could not believe that
the World was made iu sift days:
lie slid not believe in the verbal
inspiration of the scriptures, •or, as
he expressed it, that Moses was: a
• reporter to whom God dictated pest;
sogally. Ile believed the writers of
the Bible were inspired men and
not human,' . He did not believe in
endless punishment because ho could
' not believe in R hOartless God and
an endless hell, In short, he be-
lieved that .the-u)on---af-this living
ace could not be held to the think:
lug of the dead past. He advocated
that which would allow intelliguut
men and Women to keep their hearts
and heads and yet lot Christ bo
*glorified. But what of the opposi-
tion to • hiu►4 The.' fathers stoned
the prophets and the children built
them tombs. I believe that twenty-
five years from now the world will
wonder that Henry Ward Beccllor
was ever called a heretic. •
"As the great preacher lay dying,
from all over the world came metes-
ages, of condolence til hf s sorrow! ng
family. We are sad that in alt the
world in Chicago • alone could be
found the. twelve preaollars Who
withheld their sympathy from the
dying man. It is passing strange,
and yet it gives emphasis to Boeeh-
er's teachings., What makes men
good and broad attd what makes
men narrowv ant littlel Wo must
believe that such 1ne11 es Drs. Good -
Win and Little aro believers iii the
theology they preach, If their the-
atogy is right Beechescs is wrong:
The sante courage that made With
deity sympathy to Beecher gave the'
Windier of the sante theology the
aouiago to Burn *itches and hare -
tied. •:A, heartless God .Makes heart-
less filen.. What do thnso.hieu lfare
for us 1 Whey estpetlt thrat we will
all bo hell in n few years. tem the
theology, not the men. I atlihirtt
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-*>` . It nail c1osil b do_�.rlirllt
tb:e'ae+iettibltlge of all .eeeti.otci the
'remains, e, of
►en. turn, of the, dead presenter, , url;
eaicl lie teas now in heevenl'wr-itic
'the pour slaves ho •helped Co free,
with the .lour 'whore be always
helped, and with .kklile.. good Of all
e1asses and all nations,
CANADIAN INDIANS.
PolNTB rile* -T11 -Tun OF
D.iGPA7tT2w1Eh1t.
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WIN
The reportof•tlie Indian Depart
ment 'for 1886' is published, The
total expenditure hats been 51,1.59,7.
568, heiiig - an increase of $86,995
over the previous year. The In-
dians are reported to be more de-
shous of becoming edueateel, and
the Department is 'collecting in-
-formation with the v,iow of estab-
lishing n *more general `system of
education among them. The' In.
thous of those districts in the North-
west where the troubles ocenrred in
1885 were tranquil during 1886,
and appear 'to realize fully. their
0011180. • The annuities due tinder
treaty to Indians who rebelled were
withheld from thorn by the Depart-
ment last yea.', the policy being to
keep trent withuut anuuitigs until
alt that they destroyed upon the
reserves during • the rebellion has
been replaced. Many of those who
refused to join in the uprising have
received snbstantial • recoguiti0))
frorll 'the Government in the form
of , ifts of cattle, sheep. impleinente
an.re'o hing, Beneficial results are
expectud Trym the visit of the lead-
ing C1'00 and Black feet .of
to the
older Provinces. The Superintend-
ent Gonieal devotes, cousiderable
space sn his report 10 the. troubles
at Metltlkatla and other parts of
British' Columbia, and attributes
the whole difficulty to Mr. Duncan,
the organizer of the mission at the
place named. • The total Indian
population of Canada is 128,7G1.
BOGUS BRIM:By, -
At the Heidimend Assizes -held
hefmre his Li rdiliipjChief Juetice
Cameron last week .the , criminal
business, comprised, . among other,
.cases, three charges of bribery, aris-
ing• out of the election held last
September, when.' Mr. Colter was
elected. • Considerable interest was
taken in the oases, end the court
room was crowded during the pre:
ceediugs. 'rho 'defendants exorcised
their. fgll right on challenging
jurors objectionable to them. Four
were. challenged in' each •case, none
beim challenged by the 'Crowu.
In the case .of the Queen vs. Johd
Sunday, the •principal witness fur
the prosecution, swore to an orfs!
being Tilade by tile' defendant to
give hint five dollars if he refrained
from voting for MIS-Viiitel, alt
be could not say whether grid fiber
was made seriously. Iii the ease of
the Queen vs. George Smiths and
Charles Smith and Chanes May, Lhe
principal Crown witness, who was
under the influence of lignor.,•swore
that fifteen -dollars was paid hien by
one of the defend'ents in presence
of the other to vote for Mr. Mei'rit.
His ey:idow on this point wwas.riut
corroborated, and the _ judge told
the,jtu•y it should have been, as ho
-oras-- tin accomplice: , Ilis character
for truth and' veracity was also at-
tacked. In the case of •the .Queen
vs. Albion C. Smith, tip priucip�.al
Crown wittiest', whai, wvas also under
the-iuflueuce of liquor, sweore that
the defendant had offered hint fifty
dollars to use his influence' for Mr.
C. W. Colter. All the defendants
wore acquitted. -
?ISHERMA\"S LUCI{.
4 for days ago weinotioed the
miraculous escape of Peter Nath,
the Port Dalhousie fisherman and
his assistants, froln `extraerdinery
peril among, the moving ice ou
Lake Ontario. The details, as first
given, were not perfect, as we now
learn from Dit'. Nath that 'shortly
after seven in the tnoruitlg, him-
self, eori-in-law and his hired man,
went out in their pun which they
pulled for. seve'r'al miles over the
shore ice. 1'etot' had two linos of
,net out, the nearest being four miles
.'role shore, and the other six utiles
off, being et -fora, tho lttrga .p10o0
hert'ing,'wltach caro etily t al'ught dor=
ing' Winton. Thou ,dour`ntly to the
the Open wi'i'fteta Watt • cilsily a6cittn-
p 1is1tedi ,tort. they getltered *ha
frail wote in the 'iota,. 1e viilg the
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soya, like nSt ritlgr;,'at'mare )xit,ryylt
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?milritulie,. ?-11)v lcrit tis'e11 n�Ii3' r*'
stand. `Vias were 3tuek,. nlld,. gra.,'.
dently in llt;tissed i.f gt"t oft °to' tiift't
lush,►-tlutv,.!l.laotl *bid ihtty.,v tekt
alongside the rift during tl'tc. Jong
night, An ;fiction wtbu;:h IV st.h•
saved their lives,a hhuUgh, l'1
much diflieulty iii keepteg one, of -moi
the patty fl sin pipe into rl) ttclttad.
ly sleep frutn.w'Iaigh there• is CO
atvaki.ug. 1'oevards morning .the
gal abated and changed op the ; •y'.j
lake, which a:resotd-the slop} ice tQ
to. leeward=nnd open a' channel. fur
escape. Nth had a •pock,,et eomp•isa
with 'hien, and from their bearings
assumed thii rift; in the flow hove '
westward, along which they rowed,
expecting to reach w Iturlingiutl
beach. Above the loom of the
dark clouds they could suer the.;.
glare of the eleet.a'ic lights in, St.
Catharines, alvpt•tllvy could not see
the torch which Mrs. .1N ith kept
burning during the long' night.
They pu'sht41 along the open waiter,
to .the west. and as morning .broke
they wei'n oil' the month ot'the }If'
teen Mile creek, and were first ob-
served by Eli Gregory, who when
timy;rrsrc-hud the hore,=}rn Ssrrl
lip a conveyauico•aud •kiudly drove
theta home. l'eter Kays he biought; •
nothing to ertt along,, end titter 48.
hours ho became terribly linngry,
and before they reached the hand he
adurt , had serious thonghts that
some of tlieni would have to take
lots end iesorito cannibalism.
A°LETTER FitOfi ITIS DEAD.
WIFE.
Benjamin HarIey,i3 a .well-to-do
resident. of 'leering branch, this
county, writes n Luck Haven, Pa.,
.correspondent. Ile is an old man, '
and is n strong believer in Spirit
nalisn), nothing having evet been •
too miraculous if done in the 'ionic;
of Spiritualism to weaken his faith
or arouse his suspicion. Ito has two .
sons, one a wild and shiftless young
than named Henry, the ether.a
thriving citiaeii. The letter is a •
.partner of his father's in the mer-
cantile business. Old Mr, .Harley
is a widower, his rife, who was also
an enthusiastic spiritualist, having,
'lied only a few weeks ago. The
other morning eld Mr. Harley
awoke and found lying ort. his pill-
low a piece of paper, foldethand ail
dressed to him. He opened it,..anfl •
and found that it was a letter pers.
porting.to come from hie dead wife.'
1t wets a business Letter,: Itinfortns
eel Mr. Harley that the '*titer was -.
in heaven, which *ea' a tboro,ligli'
praotieabi place—so much so that she •
-Imd-s rt -up iu the-nri+linery business,`,
She was ,frost then in need of fifty,
d .hate to put in the business, and
requested Lor husband to shales°
her that amount. She ' instructed -
him to put it in a letter and place.,
it in a Stump near Iter son Henry's
house. Extravagant and ridiculous
as this letter was, old • Mr. 'Harley
did not doubt fora moment that it
name frtnn his wife. He could not
spare fifty dollal:0l4dt day, but, be
wrote a letter to his wife enclosing
twenty dollars and • informing hey.
that he would send` the remainder
in a few days. ` The letter the placed A'r
in the stump as directed. Young •
Henry Marley ]ung ago exhausted.
hie credit at the tavern rind othee
places in . Roaring i raucll,.ar;d'his s`'
longing for conviviality had' bterk''
necessarily ultsiathifiacl for seine ti111O1
Two or three days sgb tl)e tavci.Y1.
keeper Was surprised' to see -•Th:`
yonng.man milk inan'd p'l 111)`th`l
old score out of a neat 1111 Of bill;'
Yuang llal'ley paid up sether $loaa
hills around town, acid the eatonisfl-
ing fact that ho had money soon b
.came the talk of the villoge,.. TI
news was not long in reaching -old
Mr. Hartoy's ears, ntid, atter potidei'i -
ing over. the matter for Seine baro,
and closely examiniitg the lettott
from his departed wife, .lie at last~'."
reluctantly made, up his mind that'
he knew how Henry had got thb •
money. Tl1,is belief was'inado,-pos-
it ii a *hen, in. a litisiness:tt'atl ; ctieff''
with Charles Greeds anal* efkv f
keeper -in the place, he reeoaved :rho•',° `.
veritable twentyduplar bila he' litrt ,_�
enclosed to his Wife to, Bopp :Stiff
'bar celestial milliniir. iodinase,
He learned that. the -ill Hard:boon.
changed ter .4inng •11enry Lunn y,
1tnnttu;tk'p Wot%rr Ptttr'tlaft t� p'lla
tits" other 1'urgetive,`1'beket'k, 'eft
eft+i entre td' remol+,et .t~1t vtit4tili�f ;` s
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