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tai A STORY OF LOVI AND WAR,.
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BY MARY J, H$LMES,
Author of " Lena. RiverS," "Edna Browning,"
"Tenlrest and Sunshine," Etc., Etc.
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Trianon, one IIIOry, tale object was
dead Tom had always bceu old Tor hie
$flal`H, lie looked, and seemed, and
felt full rorty now, save when he
thought of Anntenvho tens only twenty-
• one. Then he went back to thirty-two,
.glad that he had numbered tlo more
' 'birthdays. Ile had made np les mind
to write to her, A. friendly letter the
first should be, he said,—at letter mere-
, ly ni 1ding if she would eorrespe nd with
him, and hitting et the intereet he had
' felt in her ever since he saw how much
she was to hose, and how ennotaut
E were her labors for the sitffezing soh
diets, IC hes' answer was favorable,
he 6410111d ere long nett her to be his
; 'wife. and this is the way -he took to
'{win me woman winos's name nn would
, not mention to this brother. He had
'Isom a little uneasy when Jimmie first
went honk*, for he knew plow 'reviler
the wayward youth was with all the la -
'dies; but es Itcese hail never written a
wont to strengthen prim in his fears, he
elite] thrown then, aside and commenced
the letter which to -,tight, after Jim-
mie was gone, he was intending to fin-
isb for tile morrow's mail, Be changed
his mind, however, as the night wore
•on, for in reply to his question us to
whet was the matter, Jimmie had durst
•out impetuously with:
"It le all over with ale azul the widow.
I went in strong for her, Tom. I told
her all my badness, confessed every-
thing I could, and then she said it
•could not be. I tell yon, Tom, I did
not know
n could a man au d bes o sine about
oe
a woman." And with a great choking
,sob Jimmie Carleton. laid his head up-
on Tom's lap, and moaned like some
wounded animal.
' Tonl, who had been ns a father to
this youngerbrother, to
s ro a l ••ti 1
b t 4 Was towhee! 1
, et
his heart's core, and felt ns if by hav-
ing that unfinished letter in his posses-
sion he was in some way guilty, and, as
at pitying woman would have -done, he
smnothe( the dank curly hair, and tried
to speak words of conifol1t•
"\1T2Llt had Annie said? Perhape she
night relent. Would Jimmie tell him
About it?"
Then Jimmie lifted np his head, and,
looking straight into Tom's dyes, said:
"Forgive me, old Tom, I twits neln-
el to be jealous of you. Rose said you
were more suitable. and I know• you
, are; but, Tom, I did love Annie sc,
much, after I bad swallowed the first
llusbnlid, which cost me a great effort,
for a widow is not the been ideal I used
site dhchidL of my fature
wife. Topa,
,you don't care for Annie, do you?" he
continued, in a startled toile, as some-
thing in Tom's. fate affrighted him. '
Tom ,would not deceive hint then, and
`• he *Bea:
"I ]lave,—that is,—yes, I do care for
her, and 'I had commenced a letter,
but—"
"Don't fiflish it, Ulm. Do this for
mer --don't finish it!" Jimmie exclaimed,
-eagerly, knowing now how the hope
that Annie might rel(nt had buoyed
,him up, and kept hint from utter de-
. spondency. "Don't send it, Tem; leave
' ;her to me, if I can win her yet. She
may feel differently by-'i'dbvo; her hus-
band is only one year dead Let me
have Annie, Tom," and :Minnie grew
more vehement as he craw plainly the
struggle in gl'om's mind. "'You've hasp
.your day with Utley. '1'9hink of .your
,years of ]harried lite, ellen you were
so happy, and leave Annie to me. At
least, deli t tri to get her from me,—
not yet,=wait a year. Will you, Tom?"
"Few could resist Jimmie C.(lrleton's
phedings when they were so earnest as
now; and generous 'font yielded to the
;'boy, whom he had scolded, and whip-
ped, and disciplined, • and loved, and
'-grieved over, ever since the clay thcvr
father died and left him the head of the
• family,
"1 will wait'e year an(l.see what that in the battle, together with ler two
-brings to es, and you. Jimmie, must do brothers, end it was not probable 'that
the same, then Aniiie ehall deride," he all three would escape unharmed. Ea -
.said, at last, and hie voice was so sten- gerly site grasped the paper to sec who
•dy in its tone, and his manlier so kind was killed, Wounded, or missing, but
that Jimmie never guessed how ,much neither of the three names was there,
'it cost the man who "had had his day," and she begun .to hope again, and Towel
to unlock the little desk and take from time to comfort poor Susan Shinny,
-it the letter intended for Annie Gra- • whose husband Was also it the fight,
'ham and commit it to the bines. and who had gone, almost rend with the
They watched it together as it crisp- fear lest the should be killed. •
•ed and blackened- ou the coals, neither Two days passed,. fend then Uhore
; saying a word or stirring until the last came n telegram from Tom, and Mrs.
thin flake had disappeared, when Tom Carleton, t-1io read it first, gate a tow,
lent to• pick up something which had motining cry, while Rose, who read it
dropped from the desk, when he took next, uttered ,n piereing shriek, and fell
-out the letter. ,It was Mitres picture, sobbing into Annie's nems. •
'sand in her lap the baby which had "Olt, Will!—oh. Will -my husband!"
-died when six months old. was what she said, while Mrs. Carle -
"Yes, I have hnd my day," '.Com ton tittered Jimmies mimeo end then
thought, as he gazed upon the fair, Abide knew tlint harm had delve to
, sweet face of her whose bright head him, aid placing Rose- upon the ;safer,
' had once lain Where 11e had thought to site took the paper from Mrs. Carle -
'neve Annie's lie. "I have had my day, ton's hand, and read)
' a11(1 though it closed before it was
aeon, I will not interfere with Jim- "Will was badly wounded,--bty on the
•late," field ell night, Jimmie tnisshlg,—stapes
And eta the compact Was settled. be- - pored to be a prisoner. I ant well,
• -,ween thein, and Jimmie slept sounder 1'. C.iR1.L'1'Or'.:
eft his soldier bed that bight than he "Poor Jimmie!" Annie whispereei,
led slept silica Annie's refusal. Jim- r+adlli', her ],cart throbbing with pity
t
;bile was not sell 4t, and as the (laydf lfee euthe young run who lug gone bale
event by and the reflected more and. 1n0r0 in time to meet so sad a fate.
upon '!'cab's generosity, his conscience Never heel sn dark ct trey dawned
1l
TILE
TGT. glias , Ana ," l ►'aa
itrAllowi. at pare,, and the light of l screen lit up
That night Rose started for Watshbig- the dreary house; but there, calve no
tom, mutt three days after there calve to chunge to. poor little Mase, Acme white
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;Senile ft 14011(411 pttrerl�,akizat,• miwsiwe, thee grew sato tttht' that idpus when in
directed to "Miss \\Neper Anuy Greene acpteLuber he came home to ree her,
at Afire Martlierses," the name written would warmly have known the little
at the top of the letter, and the supeyl- ti etor. of whore beauty he bud peen SO
Sarilitiotl spreading over ea met sur- pseud. .As if the , sight of hint, in his
face that, had there teen another word, uniform had brought back the horror
it musk, from necessity, have been writ- of the post. she uttered a piercing
ten on the other ,aide of the letter, It shriek, tont hitt live face for a moment
was from Bill Baker end it read se in her pillows; thele, with a sudden
follows: movement lifted her head, anti sherd -
"Army of Potentate. and about ale Bele fling beck her heegied earls front her
ed out an army us you ever seen, To all ' Pete forehend, she stretched her arms.
it Mee concerts, and 'specially alien Soveard him and whispered:
Annv ovum,I send toll my regrets "Talce me, Tom; hold me as. you used
greetin' and WOW' this will find you tondo; let use be a little girl again in the
old, house In Boston, for Will, TOO
kuaw, is dead."
Aud Tom tool. her in his strong,
l.rotherly arms, and laid her head
ot,aithst his incest, and caressed and
smoothed her tumbled, hair, and petted
and love,, her just as he did when she
,was a little child, with no .shadow
arauhld her like that which eufolded
her now. Aud then he spoke of \S'i.l.
and the dark eyes fastened eagerly l.p-
ou his tis he .told her how the very eight
before the battle, Will knelt dotvtl wee
him and prayed that whether he lived
or died, all Wright be well with hint.
".lard Ilose," he contented, "he bude
ane tell you, in case he was killed, that
all was well, tis you must think of him
as in heaven, not for, as some suppose,
but near to you,—with you,--hc said,
find you must meet him there. You
must bear bravely what God chooses
to send; not give up like this when there
is so much to be done. • Will my dar-
ling little sister heed what poor Will
said? Will she try to rally and be a
brave woman?"
"Yes, Tom, I'll try," enure gasping-
ly from the white lips, and Rose's
voice was broken with sobs, as the
flist tetus she ]tad sued since she ]heard
the fatal news ran in torrents down her
late-
'i'onh only stayed a week, but he dkl
thein a world Qf `"good, and Annie
reit she had 11ey z known one-half how
• "'!'ell the aId woman I'm well, but noble a mal* $ie was until site saw how
pretty well turlcrrecl out." t ::deter iteeivns with Rose, and how kind
"CTed soften the hearts of his •captors. -, t' ds mother, tthc.se heart vas aching
God keep ]him in safety!" Aualia wlio to its very dead ler her yonngcet son.
Perini, and then. as Mrs. (5ttrleton�'ite li td bean rcnaot eel ,from Salisbury
mine in, she passed the note to her, to`'Ande:rsonviile hhe1f'"they lest heard
and tried to comfort the poor mother, . frcm him, aud_,ai"ids dead, ]perhaps, • by
who. in Rose's absence, leaned an her this time. .Poor Jimmie! The year he
its on n dnughtei. had.eskterTom to wait would ire up be-
A•n»fe seemed] very nen.) the sorrowin^ ,fore very long, brit .Tont would still
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woman, who wept bitterly for her �• keep faith with him. Auitia was sacred
bey, and in the first beers of liee sor•
row •site spoke out what was in her
mind.
"1 believe Jimmie loved you, Anute.
and that makes yon very dear to me,
\\"e can mourn for him together, and,
Archie, you will pray for bine night aver
day, that God will bring him back to
Ds." -
Annie could° only reply by pressing
the haled which sought home for her
End heart was too full to sptpnk. Jim-
mfe been dead, she would scarcely have
mourned for hint more deeply -than sle•
diel now. The country was already rife
with sufferings endured by oureprisoners,
and death itself seemed almost
prefer-
able
#o months 'and years
of
privations
and pain in ethe Southern prisons
cel of that selfish act, I ask you plainly, onjoyili' tlie same great bleeete'. Burn -
'Would you have replied favorably to side has made the thuuderluest blunder,
that letter, bad it been sent?' If so, tell and mi'"'il a tlllillian oT our boys is .
ole troll', arid ,without ever betraying dead before I''redericicsburg, Mr. Mtt-
the fact that 111ave written to you on fibers was about fiddled through, I
the subject, I will manage to have Toni guess, and the !Corporal,—wall, may ass
well take it easy,—I fit for him like a
tiger till they knocked me endways, and
I played dead to save my life, But the
Corporal's a goner, took prisoner wttb
an awful cut on his neck; lid now what
I'm guilh' to tell you is this; the night
before the battle 1 came upon him pray -
in' like a priest, kncellu' in an awful
null-pud(]le,ttud ,what lie said Ives some -
thin' about heaven, and seamy, wlhttch,
beggiu' your pardon, Is think meant$
you, and so I net him, in ease of bad
luck, if I should write and tell you,. 1
Skeet think he could; haves been ihh'a 1'ory
s e'rritunl ',frame of mind, for he told
me to mind my bisiness, but I de•n't lay
it up ugizl Mini, and when then* two
tall lantern:jatwed Sone of Bolan, grab=
bed him as he was tryin'. to skedaddle
with the blued spirtin' from iris neck, I
pitched inter 'em, . and give 'c'm hale
columby for a spell, till they knocked
me flat, andaI made beleve dead as I
'.tas teilin' you. Don't feel bad, Mb's
Cram, Tt•aist luck and ]:cep your pow-
der dr', end nubby he'll come back
sometime.
"Yours to command,
write again,' and i1 the fates shall so
deet'eo I will try to forget that gap in
the stone wall where we eat that night
when I told you of my love."
His letter found Annie sick in bed
from the effects of a severe cold, which
kept her so long in her room that it was
not Lill just on the eve of the battle of
Fredericksburg that Jimmie received
11er answer, "I should say No to your
brother just as I diel to you"
This was what Jimmie rend, and with
tt fooling of relief as far as Tom was
concerned, he crushed the few lines
to his Itis pocket and went on with his pre -
nitrations for the contest nt I+'reder-
icksburg, which seemed inevitable, with
a kind of recklessness which chnrnc-
tetized many of our soldiers. Jimmie
proal heretofore felt no fears of a bat-
tle. The bullet which might strike
clown ,Mother would not Barin hilt,
and he dinged his .not
most-
ly to Annie's prayers for his safety;
but in this, her last brief note; site
had not said .so 111,11011 as "God bless
you," and Jimmie's heart boat faster• •
1121 he thought of the impending duuger.
Jimmie 801(101 Prayed, but if Amite had
ftdiled him, he must try and see what
he could (10 for himself, and when that
night came, clown' upon that vast tu°m3•,
camping ill' the woods and on the hill -
Ades,
fee up-
turned
t o ce
n at P
looked 1i; pool. d young
turned to the wintry sky, and the moan-
ing \viuds carried np to heaven t11e few
words of prayer which Jimmie Carleton
said, •
Oppressed with a -strange feeling of
•u
foreboding, the prayed coal cS•tl y that
God 'would blot out all his manifold
tr:,tusgreesions, and if he died,—1 r,ilut
hint an entrance into heavens where
Annie was sure to go. Close beside ]hint
crouched Bill, who listeuedl with won-
der to the "corp'ral," •a feeling -of ter-
ror beginning to creep into . his own
heart- as he detected the accents of
fear in his companion.
"1. say, corp'ral," ire began,.when ;fine'
mitt's devotions were ended "be you
lit• 1 toyou
l in ha p pet 1 t
'field of comet t 5 11
when they set tie to crossin' thnt damned
river, :ind, if there does, spall I write
to the folks and the gal you mentioned
mitt tell 'em you prayed like n parson
the night jaefore?"
Jimmie was terribly annoyed- with
who
un
iii
•13f1]'s impertinence,d n
torn i
had jest been praying- did not exercise
as much Christina forbearance ms might
hove been eepeeted• A harsh "Mind
we* business!" was the only reply.
which 13111 received with a good-lnauor-
edl "Guess you'll have to try noes, e+ar-
p'ral, before you get into the right
frame"; and then there was silence be-
tween them. rind the night crept 0n
apaca and the early morning began to
1:r.?atk; and the wintry sky was obscur-
ed by a thick, dull haze, which led for
•t time our soldiers from view, then a
(deadly fire of mfisketr3' , from the oppo-
site'bank of the Rappahannock waft
(Toped upon tient, till they fled to the
slelter of the acl.ineent hills, twlxyrc.
figuring into line, they .ng in went beck
to the laying of the pontoon bridges,
while the trier of the (-annon• shook the
hills auel told •to the listeners miles
atwny that the battle of y'rederickeburg
wa.a begun.
CIIAP'1'EIt SNI\'.
The streets of Rockland were full of
excited people when the news first
reached the .town of the terrible battle
Which had left so muni 8111111 upon the
field, and desolate so manly hearts both
N rth and South. Rose Mather was
marry frnntie, for Will, she knew, sibs
"BILL BAITER,
. to ,tlnlnie 5 n:enpery, end ante, when
talking 11itlh her of the captive, he al-
luded to what -would probably be when
Jimmie came hone again. And Annie
diel not turn from him now, as eke
would onto htvc doue had such a thin
b
been suggested:
"God only knows how I might feel,"
site said, and by the look in her blpe
cies. and the tone of her voice, Tom
knew there was no hope for him.
With ninny t hisses • turd loving words
y • Sda „
t:s
of sympathy, he bade his rester good-
bye when Itis leave hnd expitcal, :::lel
then in the hall stood n moment while
his mother whispered something to ]him
which made him start and tern. pa:e.
1said:
,.,
e
Iioor \Gill, hp would have been s,
"Sent to Richmond, 4711(1 prablthli'• Out"-
from there- farther South, probably to '!'heat, as if the news had brought
DoseGeorgia" ose nearer to him, and made her lucre
This tens all the intelligence they the ob,ieet of his special are, he went
eintid procure from len', until tpri•ng, bark to pier :h socoril time, and wound
when there come news dircgt that he
his arms abont her lovingly, as he said,
ryas at Salisbury, and there for a time
"Poor little wounded dove! God's pre-
was
curtain dropped, leaving hie fate nlises are for the widow ;lad fatherless,
shrouded in darkness, while 111 ]pis cold Ile will care for you and Rose
Northern home ,totes were shed like
to wet ice referred, but there
rein, and pesters went np to hr;tt'01h wits no answering joy upon her face,
from the quivering ]fps of n rather, and her hands were pressed upon her
who was just learning to pray as 8'1h 'wort as she watched hint from the win -
ought and into Annie Graham's heart don. going from' ler just as 'Will .had
there�grtt'dually crept a wish that the go10,a11(1 whispered to herself,"It week(
Poor, weary prisoner might know how have been too much halpp:nses if 'Will
much and how ,kindly she thought of - had lived; but now I cannot be glad."
lhinl„ feeling at tinges half:; Barry that
she had not given hint some Iittle ]pope
ns 0 solace for the weary hours of his
prison life.
hewers), size leviitiesteus,
ti recolgt interview Sir Hoary M.
Stanley describes ni. y es xtbes rho actual scene wliieh
followed. his ureetiig Dr. Livingstone
after the long search in the wilderness: --
"What wore your feelings when you
fres, .saw Livingstone?"
"That wail the happiest moment of
my life up to that time. 1 telt liko to
schoolboy, pad 1 could leave jtunpod tip
feel down, rota sheeted, for pure relict if
T lead boort pion,"
"Your fist words?"
"Were a commonplace es you eon
imagine.. I hardly know flour to address
the man before one, and I blurted. out;
"'Dr, Livingstone, I presume.'
"-'Yes,' he said.
"'I thank God, Doctor, that I have
been permitted to sea you,' I added,
"'I am thankful that 1 ant here to
weleemo you,' he returned."
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17117
gJl�' Wzt ,1prI.
The beo idustry in the States em-
ploys 300,000 persons, and the revenue
from it is about £4,000,000 a year.
President.McKinley says the United
States buildings at the Paris Exposition
will, be kept closed on Sunday.
CILAPTE.I:t XXV. '
Rose Mather had brought her hue•
brad home as soon as it was safe to
move him, and with the good nursing
of airs. Carleton :tnd Annie he gree'
$teen enough to rejoin lt',< regiment
in May, end the last which Rose beard
from h'Ili directly was a few words has-
tily written nndl sent oft to Washington
jest as the Army of the Potomac ,was
moving of (lett3lburg• Then came the
terrible battle when the slimmer air
W11:4 full 0e smoke. and ,lust, and flying
splinters, with creeds of 'torn -up earth
which blinded the horror-stricken men,
who t•ttiely sought for' Shelter behind
the trees and the head\<tones of the
graveyard, ,where 01e (lend uiust :tweet!
have heard the fierce commotion around
them es swcul after wail of human, tar
guish, mingled with the awful shrieks
of dying horses, went up to the blateld-
mind heavens end then died away in
si1(a•ce. Where the battle' wne the
hottest. and the aarnngc the most ter-
rible. Will Mather followed, or 111±11er
and when the fight 1uu1 ceased he
Ins 01)011 his fare, unconscious of the
head, rain beating upon his he, or
the two savage -looking '1'excins bonding
over him, olid turning him to the light.
Among the list of killed, 'rhe Bock-
lane C1lraliir'r of .7ttiy 10th had the
mime of i'Villiam Methet, while in sm-
other column, designated by long lines
of black, was' c1 eulogy upon the de-
ceese(, who tw:ps known to have fought
so 'bravely. Then every blind of the
Afather ntnnsion \was closed, and knots
of crepe SttOO)ucd from the door -knots,
end the villagers iuit`sed the roll of the
carriage wheels which were wont to
carry so much comfort and subehine to
!etiolate ]tint for hawing allowed his bro cu prose Mather tis that whfrlt fellow -the benneof ihcpoot soldarrs; and the
1 they to sftcrifice his 1larlpiness for a ed the nrritaal of Tom's telegram, but little nine dancing creature, whose
whim of his. "i�1te might have refused etc: its close there ealne n message cf bright smile and )nee beauty had done
Bine too, and then, again, she might hope to her. 11111 had been taken to quite es; good service as her generous
-mot; nt all events he had n light to try Weehittgtohy where he had pr:nid,en- gifts, ]sty in her darkened room, never
his lurk," ,7inlnlic' hemmed unt'l attially ram into the hands oC Mr?, tve'rpring,urvel' 22liratdittg, except to ,neat, get], dirty, hungry-lookin' (logs; e03110
last his 8M1SO of Notice tcilunphrcl and Shines, who sent the joyful nerve that so piteously, "011, Will,. my darling, my standin' up, seine ]yin' tle v I, and nil
• the wrote to Aiu1!Q an recount of the "its bones were broken, and he tuns do -pant, poor ltUSbal1t1 " 100kt11' as it they teas on their last legs.
'Whole tr:ulsac•tion' lug swell." '.1'hey cottld spot 'comfort her, for she Right on n little astlnd-ban]„ and ;.8o bear
"It was menti in me to let Tom barn "Oh, Annie, me is stp muc•11" better did ]tot 800111' to 110411`. or fit least to un- the (lead -litre flint 1 wonder the d'ar't
the letter," he rnicl, "int 1 mule not to me than 1 deserve; I Hurst love 111th dloretttnd one word they acid, and #.11e get shot, 1 Rebid the corp'ral, with hie
beat the thought of his rvluniug what 1 none aid T.•tvill if He twill only Kele Soft, cork ryes pila(1 in then, a wild, trouses toric to tatters, olid lookitt' like
had ]ost, and so, like a coward, I look- Jimmie back," 11.080 said, 'while Annie's seared look, whk1t troubled the watch- the old gal's terehap; thnt hail s in the
..ed on and felt a thrill or satisfaction lien,, wept rat in prnyor of iltnllksgiv' ere at her situ', Hurl rnadlc theta trent- Miller -way. 111111ut lie ely, though,'
eri itci,i" l� k
-Cottle, 13nt ns tecof that I have repenfi- ty, and then twit mit for the poor 1 The knots of crepe ,were takes, treat and
ln tvapettrltc X01 011) l t , i
When X saw hls letter retelling ort the iag for :,Lr. Mathrr's rompalvitive safe- i ble for her safety,
eetiottrr, tt•hOAe dlestlnittiell wee as set the doors, and the blinds were 'ontned lll' both, of us as WO sot there tint ori ' 'dr:' '!' '!''+lvdi111e/OSele4'110' %. it'` ' 11is k BeleVeli'
CHAPTER XXVI.
With a howl o•1 despair Mrs. Baker
came rushing into the kitchen of the
Mather mansion one morning in Novean-
ber, startling Annie with her vehe-
mence, as elm thrust into her hand 0
dirty, half -worn envelope, which- she
Said was from Bill, wee had been inisu-
ing since August, and who, it now ap-
peared, was at Andeneetvillc.
"Might better be dead," his mother
said, and then she explaained that the
letter she brobght Annie had coma in
one to herself received that morning
frons Bill.
How he ever got it through the lines
was a, mystery whiih she did not ex -
Wein; nor did Annie care, inasmuch us
. it brought news direct from Jimtnie. Ile
had written to her with the pencil and
on the sheet of reaper Bill had brought
him, for I:ill Baker wits employed out-
side
utsidle the prison walls, and allowed many
privileges which were denied to the
poor wretches who crowded] that .
swampy' pen. In short, Bill had taken
the f onfederate oath,—"had done some
tttif swettriil'," as he wrote to Annie,
giVjag as an excuse for the treasonable
act ";that he couldn't stand the racket"
iu that horrible place, where twenty
theusnnd Ihunian beings were crowdral
together in :t space of twenty-five acres,
tend part of tltatt a nuitshy swamp,
teeming With filth and 220(1111, end hide-
ous living things. Another reason, too,
Bill gave,.. and thnt wits pity for the
"e(rp'ral," to whom he could occasion-
ally take little extlfts, and when, 11e
wolildl have scarcely recognized, he said,
Ao warn and changed ltadl he become
,fr081 his !0111; imprisonment.
- "1 mistrusted) he was there," Bill
wrote; "told so When pie ,tali some
other fellow -travellers \was snfely land-
ed in purgatory, 1 went alt nn explorilt'
tower to finer para' But 3'ott let it
' wa'n't se easy gettiu' through that
crowd. `Why, the tamp-111(.0We e they
had in the linin Grounds ]i Rockland,
when Mitral Freemen bust he biler ho1-
10)12l', twirl nethin' t0 the pike of reg.,
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Dr, �.newt
�G�,
rtha
!Powder,c.
This Flee of Dr. A + > Ives Oatarrila
Powder has been ram" .at by the moor,*,*.
faoturer from sixty Goats to fifty oenti
per bottle. This retmledy., which ham
been recommended as no other ono it ,
existence, by members a Parliament,
a,I zme
ministers alel educational n, epnrt
be bad of any druggist at s0 watts
bottle. It relteveo in tern minutes, he
ache and all pain caused by colds
catarrh. It zs delightful to use.
cures completely. Sold by A.
Iiumiitou.
in 1874 there were 180 hotel licenses lamp,
the County of Brace, now there are
only 83.
Mr. B. B. Shepherd, of Paisley, ban.
shipped 110 cars of pressed bay this.
winter,
A man knows lots of other men who
dislike him, but what he doesn't know
is wily.
A. lunatic escaped from Walkertati
jail last week but bp 'Was caught before
getting out attains.
The Committee of Lloyd's Patriotic
Fund have unformed the Canadian High
Commissioner of their intention tea
make a grant 81,000 to the Canadian,
Patriotic Fund..
The burning of the bride's playthings:
is part of the wedding ceremony elf
Japan. Tlie bride lights a turoh, which,.
she hands to the bridegroom, who witlid
it lights" a fire in which the toys arils
destroyed.
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One gives relief) No matter what's the matter. one will
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by the Ripans Chemical Co„ to,Spruce St., New York City.
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