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Paiea-OasaN, Paasenger Agent, Oanadian Northern Building, Toronto. A SOCIAL DISEASE That in what eminent specialists on the subject call Consumption The Metropolitan jl Magazine [7 shows how Consumption can be overcame by concerted action o( the people. R..d dee APRIL Nermh•r T7ta Causes of Consumption ritt+4944i99iC9i9+4949499t0; 4 t 4 4 4° 6116 45 li Meadow Brook Brook BY MRS MARY I. HOLMFS BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMFS Author iif or of " Tempest and Sunshine," " Lena "The he English Orphans." `044$4444444 l'nArTI.11 X\\'Ill The ■ Iroad whieh pees ed through W - w only a branch of the tnatn route lead to Charleston. and con- sequently ere were but two passen- ger trains h way per day; and as Mr. Delaflel a great object was to reach Charles n before the boat in which Rose w to sail should leave the Nadia', it timed impossible for him to wait unti night. for not until then was the ne . train due. Sud- denly he ,,member that the express train lett Augusta a ut four o'clock p.m. It was now le , and he could easily reset it in t-, for the cars, •rovtded' here had t n no change the Ilia. table. Tn certain this, t captor., he hastened t the'. depot. w .re to bit dummy hr learned that the train left Augusta at two. R with hint to will was to de, F9yin rather than walking hack his • ae, he called out Bill, hie eoaehm ,tarttin" him wi'h the en- gtii-ry ap to whethe ,t wont t fie poa- sibie, wi• his her horses. a span of beautit dappled' -eve, which were Valued ata emend niters, to drive to Augusta • "lees. the togr hour•. Besides bei ,- naturblly lazy And unwilling for minion nl any kind. Rill wan also arkahly tender of said greys; who ere him pride, and whom ha had... .Fred find Ferd. On hearing his aster's inquiry. therefore, he looked perfectly achast. And diving both hand. into his matted wool, by way of ill- + . . inlslser t- elly, replied. 'Nighty • gh scratch - in', I can tell you, rl'r. Them ponies hain't been trio, only what i've ex'cized 'em for heal 1, for het- ter'n a month. And to nth m I'd hey to nun ;em, would kill ' Mons' dead. No. mars'r, ean't thi k• nn't torn mini,," and no if this NP , con- clusive, and his word law. Bill tuft- ed his hands into his bagging t res, and was walking quietly aw when Mr. Delafield stopped him. sa ins, "1 shall try it at all events. So getout the carriage immediately, and mind you arc not oyer five minutes doing it. Ask some ane to help you. ff necesary-ho, Jack." and be called to a ragged mulatto boy who was doing nothing. and bade ,tint assist trill in harnessing the horses. Rolling hie white -eyes -et -utter astonishment at what secants! to him the L,ll• of his master. Bill began to expostulate, "Ler, maio'er, you kill" Silence, and do as i b 1 you," said Me. Delafield, in a tone which Bill thought best to obey, awl sauntering off to the stables, he brought cot the ponies. who pranced an l peered the ground, while he admire' heir flows iia manes and .smooth sl. fining coats. Then - seeing Jack standing near. ready to help, he haughtily ordered him away. Raying,, "Nobody but my - ie fit to (actio. these critters. They'd know in a minit if a low lived tiircer like you came a near." Nothing loth, Jnek walked oft, while B:11 proceeded leisurely to harness the beautiful Animals, tacking to them as if they -were intelligent beings, and tenin2 them, "never to fear -they w'an't a {[wine to be !true to Gusty in tan hours and no Sick thing. Bill rot on the box, and 'twas nothin' to ntart'r, who ways lollin' on the cush- i•,ns inside." At this point he M voice of Mr. belafi (tastily' Packed n fe portmanteau, and w his si der, had come k nd in person the servant, whence pec -teeny rrd/.ratewnt- - • "3-, )n," said he cheat me di, you " 'signifying his intents !lens's go as fast as "The Lord help F' 1»r 1'111 can't," was t leo.,,l et the negro in his master's eyc be obeyed. Still he reannged t possible, insisting t 44j..,rink twit buckets nr he u'nfi't want A it eonciliatory 'tone, bt,'kets and a half like lighrnin' " Very impatiently ed for the disapp•n• •lni,tte amount of his enteli, e'ntttfting 'st Inst remarking that wnnderfnt while to "That's 'case he's • as startled by the cid, who, having w articles in his written a line to out to superin movements of his uliarities h• per "you menu to at the sante time on of having the Ile liked. rrtl and Ferd iter, .he mental ejacu as he RAN the tier and knew he must o be as stow Y that "Fred miens anda.• dime," adding in that "with two itt him heel run Mr. Delafield wait ranee of the re water, consulting the'miliutei, and it took Fent a drink. sich 'etrordin try h-•nst every way," answered Bill, A lu• for AOmlr little time had been ,eddue3 au empty bucket to the horse's nni'th. He was pining to replenis i third int' viten his master ordered hint asci:, telling him he could wait no en{t. r; with an.,ther glance at his intch, he entered the carriage, white :ill, lnndh lamenting the half bucket, (iflinut lehtelt leerrt world 'surety die, noauled the box. where he spent {'tile a while in comfortably dispos- ng of Ili. long, Tank limbo and in idin.-ting his •patmleaf hat. "tin nn, you reseal," shouted Mr. 1:,fi -1,I, h.•Rinning to tome his tem- aml p%iiilierTtiy tin the inerts, Bit) +led to the spirited animabn who It -.l'+1 off et n far greater speed than !heir driver theirfht wait at all eon- l'eive to their well bring. "Hohn on der. Ferd! Stop dat ntim', 'will you. Fred! Easy dar, lent _on -you for you .come mighty nigh histin' me off de box!" TI'ia lest was said quite loud for tire benefit of Mr' Delafeld who, per- ceiving that their speer) had sleek - 'nett. for they were well trained and endiiy ntreyed ,till's voice, called 0,11, "Drive fester, i tell you. Give them the ribbons And let them run." "Lor' n'mightv," answered Bill, now coming to n dead halt in order That his muter might be better im- t.^,sed with what he said. "You don't. understand hos Arch. At this rate yon kills 'em in less than no tune. Ferd never "!)I titan' it with Iwo hneketa of water, 'cam you Res haw rhnkin' him ap die way dey' l rot bilin' hot and nobrxly ran live w;th bilin' water in 'em " Provoked as has was. Mr. 1')alateld rodtl not repress a smile at the auhterfnese of Rill to Rpare hie homes, hat he barge him drive nn, saying. however, that he need not drive them' b at the tap of their aped immediate e t' as they timnid be mor. lik.ly es I give ant, '11111 after a mile re r two," he ormtintted, "stat thou h ti.•.•uc., hell the wb�.l• it neeees•try.,, "Lar' mdrs"r," r.nsi e; el Sift from the box. without moving art inch, "1 nevre-dossite them---with.-u whip in de world: Fred annld jump clear out of his ::kiut. All dey want to make 'em e is Inns r and a kill dt)n eves a e ern ahistle,..:,t'• Suiting the action. in the word, he whistled Iniig and loud, whereupon the horses started forward as if a vrillcy of prllllery liad been fired nt their 'heels, while rningleil with tl roll of the wh--tit. Mr. Delafield heard the distressed B:11, snying. "Who,, +tar, Ferdina nd..ean't vnu whoa when 1 tell you. Think -id the bilin' stetter, and keep easy. Came Frederte, vntl .et heal a 'sample. That's A good boy. no 'rasion for all (115 hurry, if we misses one train we catches an- other. An de sante thing. We ain't ehasin' a rnn-away-gel, se I katnw of." -.liter-e litele he succeeded in stop- ping them, and for the next ten nr fifteen minutes they proceeded oh Tether Mimi -rely. and Bill was begin- ning to think his master had eomc to t' deer, when he was startled with the stern command. "Let them run now RA fast Y they will. Don't Check iiier►i lit nTiun6Tw� reach' the depot. Accordingly, tot a mile or so the horses rushed on at headlong speed, 11,11 sympathising with them deeply need mentally promising himself 'to teiW'ern tntghfp Feetful to pry ter At last, when ii. thought it sale to there in, taking the Pesch i• n --T ie• eel, to ski aloud, "Get a1"nt der, F•'rd-none y'our)nsy 1; ire. • h •ri. when n•nra'r's Fn sich a h••rry, f nn'1 yn•t re( °along der, 1 1:1' •''i Fr 1, wake up yer Armon d.• e.er F int ,1' case." It 't if 111 1! i• env he thought to ,•n•' N1.• i,•.ol.rte m'tn inside be nice, •,' 1'.-trciving• that. their _- c-mule:a bly_slecken.•ri, and ••.A i:,i1 1.,::d:•: repined) the .-t f••r t'u•ir la-iness, Mr. 11.da- f. •' t , '':) nprir-d lyie Carriage -door, 1' p :oivs 1,111,'tenrrie.1 the caUtT of 1;^ debt`\"11011 upright upon' the hrit•srty feet firmly t,- r.rl r,_1 r, t t!,-' d.;. -h -hoard co as irk trim\ ern;. power, sal Bill. r;.:•e 1't • the ci•• .with might and r c it es. c\mettle wax up "rt, ired_i,\.-settt.r trtr -ngth'jn k^ i the t from reining furiously. ;11 ••is t r', too, the cunning negro I;r p _, .trU , them for their indolence in -r: -ring . slowly! • "Niif " tett' Mr. 'Delafield, sternly, 't,t,a: CH` earn. fro instantly." "L, l a =is: mnre'r," exclaimed t!,•• f.. 11tene,i ,ill. "You almost ▪ • til tee off t box. Ferd won't t , t' . t2 no how. I tells him how t . +t'- livery Inn't you mind it t 1 keep; tcn;ng 'm rn get alone he waists d, ,'other half be• e' et of v:nter " "1 understand you pe Petty." said `dr F1. -infield. mitt ing fr•m the car - and to the utter as •nishment .1 i.• 1, mounting the box a d taking in:- in his own hands. •"I nn - 1 nit tour tricks, and for - Met v:,.y I shall drive myrrh.' 11 !ling his eyes wildly in ,n••', t.. t".ie-ereattailen Bill ;tee. and res;gncd the horses to r saying mentally, "I shall w for 'em, 1 shall, and he may ,11, hi>relf." e;:or r•ntgli and stony places --over e nc..th and sandy roads -over hills, o•r; plains -- through the woods, elineirh the swamps, and through the oineling vulley's, on they sped like lightning, the excited horses covered rifle- fo int. theii.:dri'er stern, silent and determined, while poor Bill, with the:perspiration *creaming down his hitilltir face, kept up a continual me „-,stntat:ort, "New, mars'r, for de dear Lord's sake, stop 'em 'fore del (knot down dead. Look at de white Apeeles all over Ferd'a back -bell never start' it without dal $'other half bucket. Yon kill's 'em martin, and der goes a thousand dollars, sninek .and Mean." there teemed a most unaatbbly sound, which mineled with the shriek of the fns) coming engine, urged on the jetnl horses to one more desperate , fturt. 1 (rw mMre clad plunges and they reached the depot, covered with loam and frothing at The mouth, just as the train was slowly moving away. With nun pitying. farewell glance at his dying greys. Mr. Delafield exclaimed. "Cut the harness instantly," and than with a bound sprang upon the plat- form. which he reached Pat as Bill called after hin. in mournful accents. "Ferd', dead, mars'r, Ferd is," while, mingled "with the roar of the meehin- ery he caught the faint echo of some- thing about "t'other half bucket if water!" But little cared he tar that. Rosa Lee was to be overtaken. and to ate oomplistt this. he would willingly have sacrificed every horse of which he was owner, even were they twice as valuable as the dappled greys. So, wishing him a succtestttul jour- ney. and leaving him on the same seat with a Yankee peddler: who saw him when he came up and "guessed he was after a runaway ,nigger," we return for a moment to Bill, who with tear. streaming from his eyes. watch- ed the struggles of Fred until the noble animal was dead. bringing him water which he vainly coaxed him to drink, while the bystanders. who crowded around., naked him innumer- able questions as to why they drove so fast and where his master was going. To the first Bill coould not reply, but to the last he promptly enamored. as he patted the remains of the de parted Ferdinand, "(twine to 'tile devil, in course! Whar jou s(�t a white man to go, what treats hoaxes in die kind of style,. won't let 'em hcv all the water dey wants and drives 'Cm till dey drape dead in der tracks." The story of the half becket was duly rehearsed, Bill firmly ,elieving that if Ferd had drank it. he would undoubtedly hay • ' vd "die mint and been as spry RA a cnekei But now he's dead and Fred, ton," con- tinued the negro, as the latter ceased ie move. "Slott anther. span of homes, thar ain t in all Georgy," and laying his black face upon the neck of the insensible Ferd, the negro eried -like re eland- s "There is one comfort, at least, my boy," said a gentlemanly looking man, who stood near and. who knew Mr. Delafield, "your horses didn't suffer, for they were too much exeitrd." This in a measure eonsnled Bill, who, wiping his eyes. asked what tie wns to do with them. saying he"never could dig thar grave." "My negr es shall do it for you." answered the stranger. and in a,abort time several stalwart mels were busy in an adjacent field making a grave ler the dappled greys. which, they carefully buried, while nn a' stump, with his bend resting on his knees, sat Bill as chief mourner. "I wish i knew a prar," he whis- ered to himself, "for If ever hoses 'awed -it ,hag -.do:' hut. thou judo African- had never -prayed -since he was a little child, and hulking him- . self -too old to begin now, he rase ftp ! from the stump, just as his tom- panioas, having finished their task. ware beginning to ridicule his bare head, teUina bin he roust have an unkind master, judging from his ow'n appearance and the gad fates of the horses. while one of therm advised him to run away. This wax touching Bill is a Moder point, for though be had loved the horses much, ,he loved hie master . more, rind he would not hear - ltim osnsarede accordingly he retorted petulamtleethat "thar warn', a better ' master in all Georgy than mar -'r' Dick, nor a richer one neither, -,Ind 'twan't nobody's business it he killed five hundred hors's --be could Mord 1 it-'twan't as though he was poor and owned nothin' but a few low trash like the 'Getty niggers!" This insihuatioi the "Gusty nig- gers" chore to resent as an insult. and a regular negro fight ensued, in hieh Bill. beine the weaker party, me off rather badly beaten, hie face be g seratched in several phsces, whi his pants reoeived so huge rent whit in no wise tended to improve his reonal appearance. '.Natters being • lest amicably adjusted, the vietoriou* party returned home. while Bill. whe had frequently been in Augusta w h his maater, wended his way to a tter'A shop. where he soon made h self the nwner of a vscortd-hand . -. ver, which at his re- . were able to proceed, and It was atter midnight when they at last reached Charleston Driving immediately to the landing, Mr Delafield to hie great joy found that the steamer bound for New York still lay at the wharf and would not start until morning. But was Rosa i.ee on board' That was a question which puzzled him, and as there was no way of aaiisfying himself until morning, he sat down in one of the state rooms and rather impatiently i awaited the dawn of day. • • • • • • The hurry We oonfueiour-and the excitement of starting was over. We were out upon the deep blue sea. and from the window of my state room I watched the distant shore as it slowly reoeded from view, and telt that 1 was leaving the land of sunlight and of flowers. Notwithsanding the fatigu- ing journey of the previous day, I WY better thin morning than I had been for many montha before, for I had slept quietly through the night An hour or two atter breakfast Charlie carne to Ree with a very peculiar expreaaion on his face and Raked me to go upon deck, saying the 1reeh breeze would do me good. I consented willingly, and throwing nn my shawl and a simple Leghorn h'at which had been of mach service to me at Cedar Grove, and which Mr. Delafield had often said was vary be- coming, I went out with Cbarne, who led me to the rear of the boat, where he said we were not so liable to b. disturbed. Seating me upon a email settee h• aeked to be excused for a few moments, Raying 1 shooks not be long alone. Thr- motion alt the boat produced a sltght dtxzinees in my head, and leaning my elbow upon the arm of the settee 1 shaded my eyes with my hated and sat lost in thought until I heard the sound of a footstep. "It was Charlie," I said, AO 1 did not look up. even when he Rat down by my side and wound his arm around me, wrapping my shawl closer to- gether, ob. 'so gently' "(Tanis is very tender of me Ainre my Rh -knees," I thought, and much I Invest that he should thus caress me it thrtued me strangely, bringing Mack to my mind the night when 1 sat in the vine -wreath,.) arbor. where 1 should Bever sit again. For a moment them was perfect silence and T meld hear the Muting of Charlie's heart. Then leaning for- ward and removing my hand from my eyes. he pressed a kiss upon my lips and whispered ,'S he did- so, ''My own !lose • ' t►nrn, wh•'n 1 war apparently dying. the so,• u1 of that voice had railed me tack 1 , life. Rost now with a cry of ;o r .I pratrg to uey. feet and turning r„und etotnl face io face with Richard Ik•lafi ',d, who, slretthing his arms • ...rear. . me .,id, "Come to my Noor.. Rose Henceforth it u your t resting-plaeet." The shock was ton much for me in • my weak state. .1 faintness stole carer nuc. and if 1 obeyed his oomrnaad, it 'was because I could not help at _-When I tetuiituwl...ter cuneetoum•sa, Richard's arras were around me, and ray head was resting upon has bosom. while he whispered to as words Matt i leave to the imagination, Y I dame not give them t.. the world, 1 st he IUnele Dick I eidl him) should be angry in hie way, and I have learned to be a very little afraid of him since that morning when on board the ■teamer Delphiuw ..,t and talked together of the ls r. t Wonderingly i ti.tei„d while he told ine how lona lit Led loved me - how onee he had thought .to tell me et his love, but the manner in which I answered his leading question dis- heartened him, for he feared -his af- fection was not returned --tow it had filled his heart with bitter grief when he saw mo about to marry another - how his sisti'r had_decei_eed him or he should have spoken to me then --and how in a moment ..1 '•'mptation when he stood over my pillow he had asked that 1 might die., for he would far rather that death should bo his rival than a fellow men. Then as he thought how 'near 1 fund been to the dark valley - le• shudder:Iytly drew me• closer to his Ails. and told me how it•• had. wendert'd nl Dr. 1'layton'8 h•avirrg hie AO abruptly and hew some- times %+them R riiv of lope was Segal= ning to dans neon him. it hand been chilled by me, moaner, which Ito now understood. You etinnot `cmieeivetl," said he Iti eoneluieion. "whet my feelings were yeiter mons when ,R. bade yeti adieu, nor yet can von i rutprehend the overwhelming defiaht 1 experienced when I ren that letter and, felt that you would at last bi mine." When he had easel to s lc 1 took up the story rind told him a all my an feelings, and that nothing- olid r have i ee r n n1u 1 m - t Ihlu . ..r a m+ ing y g "ifs but the belief that he was en- rnged to Attn. n story whirh I told 1 _bit' arm., nlflirrne.l whmn 1 went to her for counsel. ".And so .ineeline .play"1 double• part," said he, sighing ' "1, : "1 never thought 'the emgtrt I tlty of An mueh,deeeption, thnngh I have Al - wart known she was averse en my marrying any one." • Of Ada he said that never for a moment had he been engaged In her. "She is M me like a sister," said he, "and though 1 know she has many faults, I - am slimily attached to her. for we have Ifved together many yesre. Rh. wait committed to my ear/. by her father and 1 shall always h.• faithful to my trust.. And if, dear Reg,, . in the fnture, circnmstanrg should render It necessary for her to live with RA, shall you abject, She rennet harm yeti now." He had talked te me much of his Jove, hut, net a word before had he seed nT my eh,irina his home at Sunny flank, en i rather cngnettishly an- swered, "You talk of my living with ]nn nn a settled matter. And still yon have not asked the if 1 would." A shadow for :t mnment derkeneet his Mace, and then with a very quis- ties! expression he made men formal otter of himself and fortune, asking me pnintedty if 1 wrndd *crept it - el coarse 1 chid what my traders knew i would do when T fleet. told them of the dark man at the thertrw--I said yen, and prrrtgfeed to return with him to Sunny Bank as goon as my health would permit. Which ha was positive would be in a very few woke, for he shonld be my daily physician, and "lose, he said, would work miracles." Thus you sen we ewe engaged•- ffee and and L ern Pill CO/MINGKf) Why the War Is Over. News reechce us from a private Retiree of the wonderful and satiefae tory effect the Highlanders are hay- ing on the %wkha Khris. No anoner do the wild trihe•men catch sight of the *kit fed warriors than with a cry of "1_onk out -here come the `lnffrs- getie• 1" they disappear as by magic. -- "Punch." qoest was ornam crape RA a badge favorite steeds. T carriage was Rafe) started on foot for tit BR's entreaties were all Ir the negro quarter rain. art his Wrest, WWI at its itegfii� th� t+* v:hrn fortunately his thoughts were ventures. As he div>rtotl ;'t mealier channel. At a a.nd faithful, he .;.Odell tiro of Ito road a gust el to carry a pane b win•l lined the old [minden( from hit master and thus h ;1y le ad. nnrl carried it far away in his journey, w New. dear. Mees'r," Raid Bill, lay leu isrereaching never g y iTrr- fit'r heart on that of Mr. Delafield until the close of the second day a "'erten! sartin Irl 'em breathe while) the one on whieh he had left it• ii) my hut, 'cese you Ree howl' in the meantime Mr. Delafield, wit vett look gwine into town wid a bar closely knit brow, and compressed Iternie.l nigger. In de Lord's name hip, his usual lnnk when he was • in deep thought, sat musing of the time . top," he continual, as he saw in lits when Roes Lee would be his .wife, masts some ame of relenting. while at his aide the Yankee peddler, GI i -'ug over his shoulder Mr. Dela- with his basket of essence carefully field tiny the hat away over the fields, atowed under the neat. was casting and gnietly inking a bill from his curious glances at his companion, pocket and pineina it in the negro's whose history he was desirous of hittel, he replied. "That will bay You knowing. But there was 'something five Ruch hats " in Mr. Delafield', appearance which "Ye's, but dKO WA, hoei, Int' n'mighty, forbade famitinrity, an for once the do hooses'" exclaimed Bill almost loquacious,' Yankee wag silent. 'ri':I'ieepy,ho- !Milleon't you nee Ferd ire They were now about half way ho - !Mille gin nut,' tween Augusta and Charleston and Mr. Delafield feared so, ton, end _going at great epeed, when soddenly mon to himself than to his servant, at a short curve there WAR a violent hr r•nid, "perlunps the ears will 1'0 commotion -the paseengere were piteh- behind time they ostially are." ed forward and backward, while the -ititholtt eviniirfiecftnit the cringe• engine plunged dawn a steep emhank- qur tees. Rill nnswerel, "Net they ment, throwing the train from the won't; 'case 1 hear how they hired a traek and dragging after it the bag- teritt Yankee Int an engine, and he gnge car, which in some way became d rives all nfore hint -site ahead of de time and nit dot." The .next minute. he repented n .r.tterech whose eliaaelrnue effects he' foresaw•, and he was about to deny it am n fnhricetion of hie own brain,mu when hie master, who really esigns n1 ,netting in the nervnug, fiery Ferd, erid, "Bill, you have a peculiar whis- tle with which yntt tient out the horsce make if now; Ferd bee run himself al moot down." "Dc Lori! have massy on us," groan- ed Bill. wiping away a tear; then, as %tr, Belefteld repeater" hie order, he 'aid, in a whining tone, "Can't matter, no haw; 'case you see my threat fpdreR1e pore. titin' berheaded so in the bre which you kicks up Pan'', no haw," • R»t yen must," persisted Mr. Dela- field. Rif) still refused. until tit last., RA /11. y npproaeht the tnwn, they heard n henry. rumbling -mind. 1t was the mil of rare in the ,li:innre, and *,tart• Ing up Mr itelnfi'Id versed the neern o the shnnlder nod in 'blinder lone*, Ailed ant, "Whistle " "Lord, mers'r I v . 11 " rayl' d Bill, terr,rd nt 'earn el la master's ere. feel ,rem hie Monti, nted by a weed nt mourning for his Tie, seeing that the y . eee.i away, he h. stopping at R Of lmost every T•iater�ta • fel- wan per tly Irnety ours atlwa allowed y bis a •attired e found nod :eully hieh he took nit., actin Sunn nk detached from the teat. the new "Yankees: engineer" was a daring, reckless fellow, who at the North had been diacharged,fors careleasnese, and had come to try bin fortune at the Smith. Fortunately no one was pori- oualy hart except. Mr. Dlelafield, whose injuries were simply mental, as he knew this accident would probably 1 detain them for maty. hours. in a perfect storm of exeitement he stalk- ed up, and down the track, asking the enndnelor every few minutes how long it would probably be Actorr they meld go on, and at last growing en dark in hie fat.. that tie Yankee, after looking neer his omens* basket and , ending hat tow nt his bottles broken, ventured to say, "Now, Agnire, don't git mad at a feller for aakin' a poesy question, but 1 relay du want M know If there mint a little atom of Mack blend inour' "Ver' lllkaly," answered Mr Dela- Seld; while the Yankee, now that the he. was broken, enntinaad in ply him with questions, whieh thnngh eery annoying In the haughty RmuUwiener, Madel to relieve in a mown re tot t/.rtiniisnees of waiting Th. son had long barn est and the stars wore atl•HAna bis tela, tom. 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