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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1900-05-18, Page 7r, l�t4 WI G 1 1 '!'A;+�1' y NAY 18, 1900, rat's, I eseesetti, "7... 110,4 air** .44.4ele . .IAriesesetsligee „ , ts'i OV'S. TRIUMPH. gi I_J t1 SlORY OF 1:QVF. AND WAR. BY MARY J. HOLME$, Author of " Lela, River's,') "Edna .Browning," ("Temjeit and Sunshine,".�/-Etc., tc,, Etc, y fore it hall lain in Arthur's, it throb- bea and quivered now, but clung. to Tote's with a firm ]told, which was not ( relaxed even »hot Arthur come, up, his face growing dark and threatening as t lie sow' the position of the two, 1. Maude did not cane for Arthur then, or think what that look fn Tom's kind- ling eyes Might menu. She only re- . anembered that the men whose hand held ]tors so firmly had ministered to I:her dying father, had held the cep of water to his parched lips, and wipe'.1 alto flowing blood frau his race, awl spoken to him kindly rvolt1t of sympa- , 'thy. Herts was the answer to her pmt.':sr, `-char ;God would send her tssoutei oily who ••could tell her of her father's last min- t utes. I'he somebody had come, rand, in i her gratitude to hint she could almost (have knelt and worshipped hint. "Oh, Arthur:" she Cried, "Captain .•C'nrleten is the very man you end .The Newell captured at Bull Itun. He tr•s s wilt father when Ice died; he .took care of hint, aural was so kind until you cum) :and took him." And 11Xattule's eyes flashed with any- Ii-ditiug but affection• upon her lover, who for a moment could not spears for his •surprise. Curiously he looked at Tom, seeking for something on which to fasten a , •doubt, for he did not wish Maude to have cause for gratitude to the North- ern officer. But the longer he gazed the less lie doubted. The face of the mute oflicer in the Virgin?at woods (-erne up distinctly before• him, end was tap much like the face confronting him l0 :admit of a mistake,. especially after ili;ande'repeated the eubstanee of what ''she heated Prole Captain Coileh,n. 6t,r- ljrn r wag con iucEd. and asMaudeC ;dee pp -ed Tom's hand, he took it itt his, ;and said; . 1 `It is my strange that my first prize, • •over whose capture 1 felt so proud, nsixould fall again into my power. But this time you are safe, I reckon. I tun 'older tlhin I was three years ago, and f not quite so thirsty for a Yankee's g bread. Yon 1141 liaude's father oat] i lb Service, it seen:s, mid to prove that we rebels can be grateful and generous 'even to our foes, I will take you unr der my protection as one of my party, when I escort Mamie home to Tomes- -.see. as. I intend doing in a few dare" 14Martie s face was white with. passion as she listened to this petrouising • speoeh, which had in it so much -of as- •enmed supet•iority over the men who smiled a_ very pecnlinr kind of sable, as ice bowed his acknowledgment of Ar - 41" tlinr's kind attentions- Not a ]tint was there that Mande was head and front of the arrangement—that for 'l'our's sake she had pledged hent-e]f to one whose inferiority never struck her so Wilfully as now, when slsc saw him :side by side with Captain Carleton. Ar- thur slid not care to have Captain Car- leton ]snow bow emelt he' was indebted to Maude for lis present pleasant quar- ters, and his prospe'et of n safe transfer to the hills of Tennessee. But Tom, though never suspecting the- whole truth, did kno+iv tont fu's gratitude for past and present kiednesst received from . that Southern family rens mainly due to Maude, whom he admired more and more, as the days wore on, and he learned to know leer, itttinfli eIy. The shy reserve which since his conveles- eenee she had miutittstcr1 toward hint, Ptissad with the knowledge that he had stood b her ting lather,• 1 h e r dand s11 ht :treated 11n sly '. ftie111 1t1 whom she lad been telluainted all her life long. 'Occasionally, 114 sr:n't''lhiug in• '1'to'm's u, 'manner mode her think that . > rut for .Arthur she night perhaps in time bear that relation toward Taut which diary 'Williamshad borne, elle felt a fierce 'throb of pain niul it cense of such utter .desolation, that she involuntarily rebel- -Jed against the life before her. But :1t.Lnnde was it brave, sensible girl. She • ?had chosen het• lot, she rentsoneal, :taint she -would nbicie by it, end• molse Ar- thur ns happy as she could. Ile was .ft lfilling his pint of the coutract well, ;as wee prom by the terror-strielseh -creature, whom he had found hiding on :the plantation, and had brought to Het- -We ty is cubnu whore he xt • laysoweak e now rr c al. that it was impossible to take him along pont that jouray to Tennessee. "[lis time will come by-andsbye," Arthur said, When Maude expressed :anxiety for ]him. "I'll liurd hien safely -at your Uiclc Paul's some night when • you least expect it "Air business now : pis with you and your Yankee captain." Maude had asked that for the present -nothing shoulde be said With. regard to their engagement. And so, though the .Jtulge suspected that Some definite na- 'r sn;E Ent d been mune between his son nail 11turde, lie did hat know for •eert•uin, even when ,she stood before ltim attired for the jonrne3;. The Jtulge: was sorry to part with Mande, and he WAS 80U3' 10 part with -r om liked hint because is X' He t n sY 11 rr "t , enl'rtYankee, i hewasaY81.er P 11111 be - 4 a ti • 'a"sent 'tttt t..e his father bed Seth hack, (poor Seth, with his free papers in his coilin,) mid becttise he had beets kind to Mattde's father, and married list y 'Williams, of the Charleston Williams - es, an cot ] 1 smoke cob -pipe, d r ( cal tr t a en - ley 1 ltl ) 'goy 3t. These were the things rvltich teeantnended Tom to the old mon, who shook itis haul tt'0rnily at patting, -Saying to him: "1 bate 1' orthern dogs mostly, but 'bulged if 1 don't like yoti, 11Xoy yen r get safely home, and, if you do, my ad - Vice is to stay there, and tell the test of 'ern to do the sate, They eint't whin tine -no, by George, they can't even if they hove got some advantage. 'The papers say It was 101 at ate tegianl ti�ryl, anti we'd rather you'd Inter the p111100 than not. You tenet take Ytie]tntania,'.-' tt , fir! We will die in: the last dlteh, *veru Mother's son 6l.' its: and what itt left will bet the town on fire, taxa let it go to thutudeel" The okc1 ,Iuelge was waxing very elo- quent for a matt Who. bad one Union soldier recruiting in Iletty's cabin, and was bidding good-bye to another; but coasistenc'y was no part of wo r politics, and he rambled on, until Arthur out hint short by saying they could wait no Icasser. With Arthur as a safeguard in case or an attack from Confederates, and Tout Carleton in ease of an assault from cite Unionists, Maude felt perfect- ly secure, and in quiet and safety she aceonlplieshecl her journey, end was wel. coined with open arms by Paul Have - rill and Chun*: Arthur could only stop for 1t• day among the hills. He . might be ordered back to his regiment itt any tints,:- and if he got the other chap through lie must bestir himself, he slid: and so he bade good-bye to Afaude, in whom he had implicit faith, and whose sober, quiet demeanor rte trier! to attribute to her sorrow at part- ing art- in g with hint. She does like me some; and by -and - bye she will like me bet -ter," Ice said, as he 'went his way, lonying her standing; in the doorway orf her uncle's house, her face very pale, and her haters pressed closely together, as if forcing back some bitter thought or silent pain. Turning once ere the winding road hid her from viety, Arthur kissed Itis hand to her gayly, {while with a wave of her handkerchief she re-etmatceea the house, rota neither guessed nor dreamed how or when they .mould meet again. CIIAPTLR XXXII. Maude de Vera had insisted that Cap- tain Carleton should Ilat'c her room, in- nsanuelt as 110 would be more secure there•or, ifthe t e h t.. to c was as suspe;teci and searched, as catastrophe Paul Iiar'e• rill rt as constantly anticipating, no one would be likely to invade the sanctity of her apartment. Awl Tota found it so very pleasant, and quiet, surd homelike, that he was not at all_ indisposed to linger roe seve- ral pal days, particularly tly nftrt Ian] found onopportunity ��„_ for , e ndut8 to the I c (i eral lines a letter, which would tell the anxious friends in Itockla,nd or his rote- ty. This letter, rvltich was directed, to Airs, William Mather, had been -the di- lect /wails of 'Tom's ascertaining that his brother-in-law was not only alive, but had once shared in the hospitali- ties now so freely extended to llimeelf. After learning this. Tom could not for- bear tearing open the envelope, and add- ing 111 1), postscript: "I have just heard •that Will was, not many weeks since, a gm'st in this eery 110118e where I ant so kindly cared for. (led bless the noble man who has saved so maty livers, and the beautiful girl, his niece. I cannot say enough in her potise. I do believe site -would die for a Unionist any day. Will, is seems, (lid not see her, as she was away when he was here; and perhaps it is jest 111; well • for yon, little Itos'e, that the clivi not. There is something in her eye, and voice, nut] carriage, which stirs :Orange thoughts and feelings in the hearts or its savages, who have so long been de- prived of latches' sneit'ty. She is a very queen among {women.” TIult postscript was a most unlucky thought. The first part of Tom's letter had been so guarded with regard to the people who had befriended lout that Ito borer to 'them could possibly have ac- crued ;from its falling into het the hands; but in t i the lost • r' ) c postscript he 'r.,4 c forgot t t him. elf 1 1 f, and asstinted forms of speech which pointed directly to; Paul Hanerill and his niece, Maude de Fere- Ana so the guerrillas, o caught and half f l7lhed . the refugee entrusted with the letter, set themselves itt once at work to find the "n(.ble mon who hacl the beautiful Niece." It was not st difficult task: mid Paul Ilavet'ill. who had been looked up, on •,e so rank :i Se,`ee ioltist, woe sud- denly si11.x'eted of tro:isrm. • Paull 0115 popular - and daatgerotis; trhilc Maude de Vere, where pibi spies were well known, rens too much belov- ed by the rough mountaineers. to allo'ty of hem tithing upon her at once. But the writer of that letter, --the "Ynitl(c'c Carleton,"—should not go unpunished, andafternoon, justc at sunset one aft n, toil Lois, t 11110 led been et n neighboring cabal, (01110 hurrying home, with that ashen hue upon her (lark face which is the legro s sign of pele1u'ss. "Mass's Paul was suspicionetl of har- 60r'u' somebody,' sh. sad e d end �lrra 1 t ;already 1' the hordes of momttsliu0cts were :,r,,.e em bling aro];ltd the Cross Bonds, and con- certing mx'nsuies for surprising and trapping the Yatnkee. "Chloe tell me site hear 'ern say it they were perfectly sure 'bout mtss'r, find it w asn't for r \1isi: monde, they'd set the' house au fire; and they looks might like they'll' fit to do it. The {cast facts, Miss I\ [nude, and they does swop awful 'boot the 'Yankee. 'i'hey's got •halters, and for and feathers, and guns," •out of real 1ha time Lois b tt t t Was b r 3 , ai she had not ]tin ,he, even if l tT, r c t t, , watdd have 'mused e,1 r111 wonder at the rave of her young mistress, Maude hoer listened intently to the first ]1111 c,'P T(t'les story, lint felt no emotion enve that al! semen mut ec>1ttemmmptt for the nues mese/tided mblel nt the Cross Roods, r awl whom "Pride could manage so easily"; but when it .eante to the hal- ter for the 'Yankee, her face turned white its marble, hint in that moment of peril she realized all that Captain Car- leton was to her, and knew {tont had Treed the result of the last week's daily intercourse evitlt one so gifted mid so eongental. She knew, too, that he wtt8 not for her. Arthur Tunbridge =stood in the way of that. She '1vo.ulil keep her faith with Mtn, but she would wave Captain Carleton, ear die, "Trois," (4110 slid; tnxml there rias no tremor in her voice, "bring that dress r s:atvo eon last Cdir1stlms,—the Otte yott think is so long. Your shawl tend bonnet, too, .and shoes; bring Item to Captain Carleton's nom." Lots comprehended her mistress at ene0, and harried aw.'ty 10 her cabin after the _d ess, wltcsrse extra length she had sa often deplored, saying "•''t wasn't for such ns her to wear switeMit' traiuli like the grim(] folks." Aft•sutn'ltile Maude lead c'ot11mmil( 1ted rvitit her uncle, who nzauifctsttwl 110 eon - cern except for his guest and .even for 1001 he had no fears, provided he. could rout the caro in safety. To. accom- plish that was 1llitu(le's object, and es the Cress Bennie lay in that direction a great amount of tact and skill was pc- eessary. But Maude was equal to any eitterge)iey, and half ant hour Inter tltor'e leei etl front Paul II-overti1's door two figures clad in female garments, and who•in a Casual observer ,would have sworn were :Maude de Vero amain tic'v servant Lois. Maude had it revolver In her pocket, and another 111 the basket she carried so carefully, and which was supposed to contain tate cups of jelly turd (nxtar'd she was taking 'a poor slick neighbor, wltcse house was up the itt.nu11atin path, At Iter side, with the 011a -ling gait peculiar to Lois, Toto Carleton walked, his nicely blackened face hidden is the deep shaper which Lois hail worn for years, and -his eiiliec, dress fioppiug awkwardly about ]tis feet'. Logs, fortunately, was very tall, and so her sltia•ts diel good service for the young man, mhos power's of imitattron wtt'e perfect, and who walked and look- ed exactly like the old eololed woman wateh]ug his progiess 101,to an tipper window, and declaring that she would almost "$war it was herself.' At her .ride stood Charlie, a some' spot of red burning alt either pale, cheek, and Iris slender' hands grsts,,111g a revolver, while occasionally his blue (' es looked miserly along the mountain rout], which, as yet, was quiet and iol:cly. "I never thought to raise my band og:tinst my own people;" Ito s.tid, "but if they harm Uncle Paul I shall shoot somebody," The sun had been gone front sight far some little time, and the tall=n'zountain shadows Were lying thick nod block ::crass the valley, when up the rosin several hcrtx'mtet tame galloping, and Paul IIaverill's house was ere long sur- rounded by a baud of es rough, savage - looking men as •could be 101011 hi the nlountdtlns of T('ilxle'fS'S. C11ntly and fearlessly Paul IIaverill wont t oil t to meet tlem, Asking wvhy they were there, and why they seeiited .t:•,) mach excited. Pee a moment his old power over -them asuerted itself again, attd they hesitated to elmrge hint with treason, its they intended doing. But only for a brief space was there n calm, and then aurid earths and ilnpreent'iors, and taunt- ing sneers and l re,aic they oytofdhim or tisi letter, slur deriding him as e1 traitor, dem:mat-I the silenlsitig Yankee who heel written that letter, and was now hidden in the hence, To reason with Buell people was uselese, incl -Patel Ilavcri]l did not try it. Stctncling upon his (Toorstcp, with itis gray flair blowing' in the eventing wind, and • his hands . deep in his m..ckct:Y, he said: "I admit your charge in part._ There has been a Union soldier in 'lily house, --an escaped -prisoner front Columbia. I did care for him, and I ant neither 8sha,nled nor nfeaid to own it. Fear is :t strr_nizer to oltl Paul Flnverill. as any of you who trios to harm him will fin(]." - "Sever mind :1 speech, Paul," said the leader of the • ecce. "Nobody wnnts to ]tart you, 'though you deserve hang- ing, g:elh:ips. `]'hat we want is the Yankee. Vetch him out, and Let's see how -he'll leek dangling in the air." "Yes,. fetch hint out," yelled it dozen voices in charas. "Bt^ing out the Yan- kee. \Y a wont ]tint. Hallo, puny free. 810 yon 11 bad egg, too-?" they continued, as Charlie appeared in 'the door. "Shall I ,(ire, Uncle Paul?" Charlie ticked, and his uncle replied: "i3y no means, redeye you would have theme 00 ns like wohee. Friends," and he turned to the mob, which had been inc•re:teed by srmy twenty (•r made, "friends, that man is gone; i e is iiKrt here; he 11^41 left my ,honse. You can seat ch it if 3'01 like•" "i\-'hei s Mils do Vere?" a coarse voice 1'140(1. "\Ve know her to be Un- ion. • .'lie never tried {o cover that t its you, hoary old villein, Otd. She was out mid out. Last her come and -ay ti•e Yankee is goer, and we will bcli-c,•e her." "My neer, I rea•sft to soy. es let jut now in either. f im gaene -With Lois tai i••:lse some 157e1CM1.011$ 10. sick neigh- bor." "Thnt's so. brys. I not 1 err myself as I came clown the mountain." called out a yotnig man of •tile (.summary, who seemed •to be SlIpet:or to his a.'so- ciates•. "t=our with T.09s. ley? Then fucose , � woolly) tette is that?" responded a deenktan brut(, who, rising in- re's stir met, fired a sheet toward the garret window, from which Leis in an un- guarded moment had thrust he rhe ad. Others had vest -1 or. too, and as this gave C the lie to the story b i• •• gE ,t not was 3 S golly, h. t nt 1. •� ' b e t1 to t uc cl crowd. i)rcascd . against the home, dela ing their in- tention to senrcli it end .hang any run- nwnv they might find se:notel there. it ]lever '00(11rt'ed to them that the runa- way could have teen with Maude in Lcrth. s clothes; Ulthe young utter who ]ll t c rt the two lone women sow the ruse at once, an(1 - intluene,ed by Monde's beauty and the remembrance of the sweet "(good evening. Mork," with i itieh she had greeted him es he. mut- ed, he made I3sear to Ch lre side Mid r'1 hispeied: "11!A rwhere know 3 t rr er0 yont sister has gone, and ems 1011111 herr, do so at once. e. Tell her if she is tolerably safe to- stay there and not retnt n here to -night," Charlie heeded Do sieem111 bidding, T rim the, 10111' ft the hottsir stealing , a.na . .,lin 1 the t in ht nits soon 1411.4 ( gt• 171 h tnutlr tet path in the direction of the carr. llenu- While the search hi Paul A1averill's home went on. (`losets Weak thrown open; bells were torn to pietest cellars were rttttsnekc(1, :,cid old Tris runs cll'8gg;etl from the oslt-horse, where site hod taken refuge, while, worse than .all, Tont Catrietatt'ss bon ts, were found in the •chnttlber where he had dressed so hur- riedly, and the sight of these maddened tins' excited crowd, whieltl failing of finding their victim, began to clamor for Paul liaverihl's blood. 'Rut Pahl kern tltaettt itt bay. 111 the real of 'toe hctnse was it ertnr+ilhl, deck mote,. to- \t'taich Blore 7t'a* but ashe entrant*, ntl4' *at a Stmt, narrow stairway. I etre Patti IlttveTill took r'efltge, x1141, stand- ing at the head of the stairs, threaten- ed to (hoot t11e first mon who should attempt to Como up. They ltad mot yet rtrltl•11eti that state when they counted their lir•(", sts nothing, nod so, II 11114 yells 8x:81 .r.,th$, and riding up and down the mad, slid &hiking the fine grape wvh1(8 with which the cellar 10as stock- ed, the hours of tate short ezll)n)ner night . wore on twilit. just as the clay was breaking in the east, the marauders put the finish!og 1.4,11(.11 to, their night's de - 1)1111 'h by setting fire to the house, and then stalt:zlg in a body up the IMAM- - t:Lfit side in the direction of the cage. CIIAPTI.It XXXIII. -The care was dry and comparatively eanafortable, null Tam felt as be enter- ed it al)nost like going home. Will Ma- ther had spent a day and a night there, while, better thou till, Alaude de Vei'c ' was with hint, her br'ig'ht eyes shining MIMI Min through the tlaarlcncss, and her hands touching his as he groped 11101111(1 for• the candle Inv unele weld Hein 'was on a shelf in; the rock, It was presently found, and with the aid of the )ttntelt, liaulcle had brought with her a light was soon struck, its bickering beams lighting up the (leek Te- cc0ses of the caverlt with a ghastly kind of light, which to 'Maude seemed more terrible titan the darkness, She was not 11111(141, hut her nerves were shaken as only threatened (longer to 'roan Corle- tt at could shake them, and sbe telt strangely ;done on the wilt] mountain side and in that silent cavern Tom did not seen] like much of :L pro- tector hi that woman's garb, but when, with at shake, and .a kick, end a merry ineg;lt, he threw aside the bonnet,. shawl and dress, and stood before her in itis c•rvi proper person, minus the boete, she felt all her courage coating back, ttucl with him beside her could have de- ficit the e111110 Southern army,. Ther-' ryas; \voter enough in Vile spring to wash the black from his face, maid 'Wilde lent hem own pretty rattled white Guyon ,fr :t towel, and then, rt•ltni itis toilet yes .completed, began to streak of re- tinning.- ":1t this hour. mid alone. 1101111 the reed full of robbone? Never, :lfaucle, never! You must either stny here with the or I shall go back with yon."font said, and he invohuttmily wound his arm amend the wmist-of the young gil'l,- Who trembled like a leaf. .She ha3 d t dl not thin Arthur e r think .ttnxtl n o her promise :to him, for something in Tom's voice and manner as he plat his arm nhout her roti called her Maude, brought to her n feeling :,Welt its she had never experienced before. Perhaps 'font suspected that he w118 understood, for he held her ciescx to hint, and. pars- ing: his hand caressingly over her burn- ii•r cheek. be whir to •i l: i~ { t l t. "Dear Maude, I enonot let you incur any danger Which -I most not sh:aar. Yeti understand nue. don't you?" fihe thought of Arthur then, and the thought cut like at knife throngth her heart. She must not understand; she mast not listen to words like these; site nlrst not Stay there to hear them, and with a guide gesture she was removing `runt's arm Irvin her waist, 1011011 Lis wary "rriistr' made her purse end 3(111141 wbcre rhe ryas+, leaning ag,.iln;t Lint, ,,11111 heavily, too. acs terror overcame 'every other feeling. h00tst'+ps Were coming near, and coming (art'onsly.tno. up to the, very entrance of the ("eves ,where the' stt.}pped 11s some one outside seemed to be listening. It '104114 a momelit of terrible suspense, and Mandecould Ileal• the throbbing of per henot, while Tom strained ler so c•lodte- to ]tint that his chin rested on her hair. incl she felt hits breath upon her c1-Ic•ek. "•Ilra1i(10.--sister Mo117e," mite reas- suringly in a low Whisper, and with a cry Mamie beret away from Tom, ex- claiming: • "Charlie, -hat brings you. here?" Ile explained to her why the wits tlere, nod that she nntst stay ell night, and rvitit a shudder as she thought of -what might befall her uncle, Maude ac- quiesced ill the decree, feeling glarl that • Charlie was with them, n h:aclra:ited and •,preventive to the utterance .'fit words she ]oust not hear. A hit dra ec he was, it is true, but not a Yntni proven- tip t f4 by -and -bye F n t. 13e odh0'srvrs t�1 { n 1 (g nt• to droop as tiro\;�tarRee .tole over hiie. aii/d when TomAltnde him a 161 with Ltntss dross naa3 shawl, and beck him lie down ond''`sleep, l•e did so at once. after first l'fering the intpro•►tlptu couch to ifallc14ttK„ Seen hy. thle'(ltiil candle -light Aiatnde's face vas vary white„ynid her cove shone like bnenVir ocatis SS '141)1, watched Cnp- tai•n 'Cnnleton and guei.sed his. motive. Mil 9iiire been no Artlmr in the way, she eitiesuld eat have 8brunit from Cap- tni Cnl'leton; hot with that}::.ltanuting n )nosy she email have shrieked aloud Alien site saw the Weary ary lido (10054 over ',. • T Charlie's ry � and -n+by- e- , s knew w h s •c' rn .t r• late lrresttlnttg that he was asleep. $; Tont latero it 11s soon es site clici, but for a time he kept elleance; then he P1 me close to her, and, sitting- ;lown by het usiude, said. softly : ,:. "Ulnae, yon and I ha • b ee n rrry st , iJt ilbOrn t0gscf ,8nd: ns 1 mine said to }•n, tlerei1s n. meaning; itt it, if lee will but thief it. Shall I try :11111 solve it for vii, ar d0 3'ou know{g yourself hat i5 h my mind?” Site dict 1 Barr, fret she. canid not nn - Fr t t; meal liter fore tlr•oo drooped over ler brother, fell se head she had piilowcd upon heteden, "Neill* this hs itat the fitting place fors • to speak," 'Tum roittiatheO, "bttt tr ..ithe tnoening finds ane in satiety, 1 R -t' it gone,andnoa a e one can tiros g t•b cn We o:rMeet again. t. tell tet you, Mande, -of my early life, before • ever I Sart' 01, &TS111a of yon" • Surely she might hear tlt'cs, 1300 the bowed ]tend lifted itself a little, while Cat t it r, t ; •til to •01 . t 'Carleton t 1 t3 ,.q, 1 c .141 h� 1 t r _ home S 117 in 1 astatl 01!1 ii 1 . l eats rit 111111. Rote.• 1 1.11(1 ' saucy, dark -eyed Jimmie. 81141 then of the dere, ptaud Mary, his early mon- bond's love, who at the 11181 bed lost the pride vend ltautettr inherited, from her tae, and hod died to gentle and lowly, and gone where ler husband one day trolled to Pett lie. Then there time a .pause, nt141 !Vont \vas thinking of it night Mien poor Jimmie silt by his side before the lonely tact the, nail talked with 111111 of runic Cxtithnnt• Should he tell Mamie of tltitt? Yes, 'ht would; end by the os'rn beating of his heat`s, s as be triode that resolve, and thought of Annie, he knew be hued outlived his fitn• - I',y ;for one or whom hie 141)3+0 tnxrie,i• • soxoM NE 15144,0 P4:10.4±T <44 4T1EE 5411 4551151W 81)01 Na ,1 :t4Tl:NA. 11FING TOGTM CULTIVATOR. "The Universal F&yorite NO7N1 oiarzl 74 1 (oux•vntov.%) Tier emly Dise Iiarrory that Las aid jtaa able ,pressure springs. This featusti is itnvelhable on barer or unev+sa NOXON steam; Tooth �I Ao a It !1 !7 (fitted with grain sed grass rowing affect*. meets if desired]. with, rovoinibbie points, also thistle eutterit if ordered. T118 iightt:,nst tlrttft, best working mit • most easily operated, cultivator mane. nfaotatred. The teeth work directly under • the ax.Iet 1214l within the wheel line{. 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