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"I was afflicted for eight years with Salt
Rheum, During that time, I tried a great
many medicines which were highly rec-
omweuded, but none gave Inc 'elle!. 1
was at last advised to try Ayer's Sarsa-
arilla, and before I had ti" ashed tial
Sarsa-
parilla
bottle, my hands were as
Free from Eruptions
as ever they were. My business, which
is that of a cal' -driver, regnires 100 to
be out fu cold and wet weather, once
without gloves but the trouble has
never returned.!'—TSOMts A. Jouxs,
`Stratford, Ont.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Admitted at the World's Fair.
Aver'as Pills Cleanse the Bowels.
The Huron News-Recora
1.25 a 'tsar -41.00 is Advance,
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26th, 1895.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Calgary Herald :—"Mr. C. Gallag-
her, pork packer and butcher, has
cured over 100,000 pounds of hams and
bacon during the winter, and has just
closed a contract for tlielndian supply
for this district. The amount required
for this contract will he abdut 30,000
pounds, and Mr. Gallagher expects to
sell the balance of his make to the
local trade. He thinks that this year
'. there will be enough home -cured
bacon to supply the market here. If
he is correct, it will be the first year
this has been done, as every year here-
to -fore large quantities have had to he
' imported to supply The local require-
ments."
The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser got off, in a recent issue, the
following truths about Canada :—
There is not a community in the
world of 5,000,000 in numbers more free
from objectionable elements than Can-
ada. Canadians are well versed in the
art of self-government. They clearly
understand that true liberty is not
license, therefore they h ve profound
respect for law and constitutional
means add methods. They demand
honest money. They have adopted
gold as a single 'standard of exchange
or measure of values. There is not any
demand in Canada for rag money or a
debased silver currency. Although an
ultra -loyal people they believe in pro-
tection to Canadian industries in pre-
ference to those of Mother England.
They have as many miles of railway
per capita as we have, and they have
common sense enough not to embar-
rass their railway systems with adverse
legislation. The history of their hank-
ing system is most creditable to their
skill in finance.
, If Hiram Walker's whiskey has de-
stroyed the equilibrium of other peo-
ple's heads, he has given strong evi-
dence that his own head is quite level.
Hiram is getting old. He has: retired
from business, and has made over his
property, absolutely, to his three sons
and daughter, reserving only a life in-
terest for himself. The property is es-
timated at fifteen millions. Thus long
headed Mr. Walker prevents any
squabbling over the estate when he
dies, makes it impossible for the lawy•
ers to seize a big slice of it, and,ciefeats
Sir Oliver Mowat's scheme to take a
share of dead men's estates. If Walk-
er's estate be not exempt from the
operation of the Ontario succession
duties act, by reason of the fact
that he is and has been, for
more than five years, a resident
in the state of Michigan, the sum
he has been enabled to save from the
clutches of the Mowat government -
if the estate is worth fifteen million
dollars—is $750,010. That sum would
make quite a "colonization road fund"
for election purposes.
Rar,rer 15 SO( Hoots,—Diatressln5 Kidney and
Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the" NEW
'GREAT BOOTH AMERIOAN KIDNEY Cues." This new
remedy is ngreat surprise and delight to physicians
on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving
pain in the bleeder, kidnap', back and every part of
the urinary passages In male or female. It relieves
retention of water and pain In passing it almost 3m•
mediately. If yon want quick relief and care this 11
our remedy. 8o11 by Watts &Co, Druggists.
Here's an idea for farmers of this
country to work on. A number of far-
riers living ten miles west of Yankton,
South Dakota, have established a tele-
phone system covering eight miles of
wire. The fauns in that vicinity are
sat -rounded with barb -wire fences.
Each farmer is supplied with a trans-
mitter at his house connected with the
wire of the fence. 7 he staples have
been removed from this wire and inso-
fated fasteners suhstititted. A cell
battery has been constructed, and the
farmers are now able to converse with
each other. The expense for the entire
system did not exceed $25.
25 CENTS VS. KIDNEY TROUBLE.
For2 years I was dosed, pilled, and
plastered for weak -back, scalding
urine and constipation, without bene-
fit. One box of Chase's Kidney -Liver
Pills relieved, 3 boxes cured. R. J.
Smith, Toronto.
The Hire is Worthy of the Laborer
Montreal Gazette.
Though Rev. Dr. McLeod got for
his services on the liquor traffic com-
mission $6,918, which was twice as
much as the chairman received, and
$3,000 more than any other member
asked for, he still demanded $180 extras
for forty-eight Sundays he spent. away
from home., It is a good thing for the
treasury the commission was not made
up entirely of prohibitionists.
THE WAPSEYRINNiGON TiGirR,
Ciidi,I T IR I.
It was Saturday night in. Rock River,
Teams covered with the dust of the
August roads stood in rows along the
sidewalks. Harvesting was in full
drive, and the town was tilled with
nomads from the South, men who had
worked their way north following the
isthet'mal line of ripening wheat.
Farmers had driven in for provisions,
and their hands had come with th rn
for an evening's outing, The streets
swarmed with rough, lawless charac-
ters. Few women ventured abroad, but
bands of yelling boys, feeling the un-
stable equilibrium of the atmospltare,
fought or played up and down before
the saloons which were crowded to
the door.
The better'. class of farmers h'teh.d
up and drove away before 9 o'cl.mck,
gathering together as many of their
hands as possible, but others remained
to see the fun, which everyope test to
be coming.
It was reported that the " Wapsey
gang" was In town. The Swedes from
Rock Run were alto well reprc s nted
down at Ole's "Hole in the Wall," The
Vesey boys and Steve Nagle had b'en
seen, and last and inost important, Bill
O'Shea, "the Wapsey Tiger," was down
at the red saloon,
13111 was brother to the deputy sheriff,
who had been in his day the most fear-
ed of all the Wapsey gang. He'it was
who used to terrorize the constable and
make men like Steve Nagle quail, when,
on his Infrequent sprees, he took offense
at the Sound of their voices. He domi-
nated the gang, and ruled as if with
naked sword • in hand.
By the advice of Dr, Carver Jim
O'Shea had been made constable of the
town. The Qoctor had quote 1 with
great effect the experience or Poston
in making the famous crook, Tukey,
marshal, in the days when thugs ran
the city In their own way. From being
constable, Jim came naturally„ to be
the deputy s!:eeete of the c:un'y. Hs
had given up drink entire:y.
Bill, also from the Wapsey prairie,
was quiet enough ordinarily, but when
in liquor was as ferocious as a panther.
At such times no one dared to oppcsa
him nor lay hands upon • him, that Is,
no one but his brother, the deputy,
Every law-abiding citizen regretted the
infrequent visits of the Waps y Tiger.
Constable Ranney, a tall, mild-man-
nered man, grew more and more ner-
vous as the night drew on and reports
came in about Bill. He kept sedulously
out of sight after 8 o'clock ; in fact,
he went to the Mayor's office ter com-
fort and reinforcement. He made a
feeble effort to cover his flight b✓ say-
ing to several of the uneasy e'tiz'ras
on the street :
" If I'm wanted, I'll be at tie Mayor's
office, I'm going up to consult him."
This deceived no one, Every min
and boy In Rock River knew Ranney
was afraid of Steve Nagle, to say neat-
ing of O'Shea. They ehouted cat calls
at him as he went along the st:e. t,
but they could not blame him very
much. There was a sort of horse sense
in keeping out of the Tiger's way.
The matter was being discussed In
the Mayor's office. Ridings was there,
and Judge Brown, and two ar three
others. Foster of the Saturd ty Moe -n-
ine. Call took a humorous view o the
matter, the others did not. Foster
quoted a line or two while sharpening
a penc'1,
" Now, 'whether Rodrigo killed Cns-
slo, or Casslo Roderigo, all realms nay
gain,' I'm getting news."
" We may pull through all right yet,"
said the lvlayor, a small man of a schol-
arly turn of maid, not fitted to cope
with sums crisis,
Depends on how rpon Bill gets
whisky enough to put 'im to clef p,"
said Ridings, one o' the Councilmen.
A wild voll'y of whoops arose on the
street. Ranney turned pale, the Mayor
started up in his chair, Ridnga set his
Iips grimly.
' The fun begins," said Foster. Ran-
ney, why ain't you out th rr' on the
street ? You'll miss something."
Ranney gave up all pretence, " I can
hear just as well a little further off."
Judge Brown cleared his mouth of
tobacco,
"Mr. Constable, we who are peaceable
and not of powerful physical organiza-
tion hire you to fight our battle for us.
Mr. Mayor, order the constable to the
scene of the carnage,"
The Mayor smiled faintly, " Mr, Con-
stable, you know your duty."
"All too well," said Foster.
They all went to the window and
looked out. Hp the street, clearly out-
lined in the briliant light of th' moon,
came the Tiger. He walked with a
curious action as if his legs were made
of steel springs. His bare fc et glisten-
ed, his head was flung back in a wild
gesture. He was Red Brian defying the
English battle line on Batley Moir,
" Come out, ye sons o' dogs, ye all,
ye white -livered whelps. Come to m-
arrums, come smell o' ma fist," He
leaped in the air. "Come down out o'
that," he snarled, as he caught sight of
the men In the Mayor's ofce,
The heads disappeared, and the
crowd on the street laugh 'd, and the
'Tiger kept on waving his fist. " I can
whip the worruld,"
" Constable, arrest that
mended the Mayor,
" 1 can't do It, y'r honor," said Ran-
ney, in deep distress,
Ridings broke out : " Th:ngs have
come to a narrow lane, if we can't con-
trol the streets of our own town. If
our constable can't or won't do his
duty—"
Ranney, nearly sobbing in his shame
and fear, dragged the star off his coat
and extended it to the Mayor,
" Take back the office. I don't want
it. I didn't go into this thing to arrest
grizzly bear nor crazy maniacs for
$3 a day. It's all very well for you
fellows to sit here and order me to go
and arrest that infernal devil ; go and
do it yourself."
He flung the star on th' flo r and
walked toward the back stairway. "I'm
going home."
Foster drily remarked : "There's a
certain degree of justice in what Mr.
Ranney says. There are to) many
commanding officers here and too few
active warriors. There's just ong man
In this country who can arrest B111
O'Shea."
" You mean Jim ?"
" Yes, of course,"
" Jim's In Cedarville,"
" Then telegraph him,"
" I telegraphed him an hour aro,"
said the Judge, " I knew we were in
for trouble, Ile ought to be here soon
If he rtartcd at once,"
The Mayor sighed with relief. "Welt,
there's nothing to do but wait,"
man," cone
•
every VOA, Willa of w the nevi
s1.t11 paraded up' and down,
into the a;t' ocoualonally w til' a
" Wher'ro0 1" ele had the Weigh
Hop tend the activity o: a leo. ar
Was transfolened from a slouchy,.
ly huroo:ous farmer tato a d
Everyb,dy gave way befo a him. ,Se -
hind him followed a howling mob of
adm:r.ng trienee. Sllen e oral; o nei
when he led the way into some saloon.
The better cttlz ns k pt dropping itt
at the 1t•Ia3 ores office to ask why that
man was not arrested. The Mayor
cooled each one off by saying : "I'll dep-
utize you to arrest him, if you wish,"
While they were waiting they hear_1
the sound of hurry out in the street.
then a word of command that fraught
them to a halt.
"Here comes . im !"
Quick, powerful stens were heard on
the stairway and Jim carne in. He was
of moderate height, but the girth of his
chest was enormous. Bis face was
dark and handsome. His eyes had
'something plac d t n1 snr:w'ul in
them. His droaping mustache conceal•
ed his mouth. Altogether he was a fine
Irish type.
Where is he ?" he asked.
" In the red saloon jus'. now."
" Is he wad, boys ?' Jim csee 1 in
a hesitating way.
They felt no incliratloa to laugh,
"He is plumb crazy,"
Jim gave a groan of roe ow ar.d cis -
may.
' Murtherin' devils ! What a task I
have. He took out h:s b'g c'aip knifr
and laid It down.
" There's a gang with hint, too," said
Ridings.
" I don't molnd that, it's Billy, poor
divit." He tail aside tis r velver and
took off his coat.
"It'll be despr t, t oys," he Bald, w 1 h
a sad quiver in his voice. " I can't
shoot hint, yer amu r. It's me duly to
arrest him, an' I will, but it's lolke ern-
bracin' a lion to take Billy when he's
dhrunk. He'll kill me if he c n, but I
can't strollce him w Ith a weal ons, ye:'
anner."
dow at Mid' Ilia tintt wa,s l Aripping With' blood
Tiger alto, He walked into the middle of
wine the *'ete.ti with the ett,;1 sed man held to
li#iri?i frit lianas. The erawd made Ivey for
t of a hitt ae 1t 'he were a Itintr, He put Hili
He down arm knelt watchfully beside him.
quiet- "
mica,
CHARTER II.
He looked sal and weak al he went
out the door, but they knew the stuff
of which his heart was made.
"If he Isn't 10) dh unk, he'll come
along when I lays me hind on his shout-
dher ;n if he's Pghtin' dhr unk, it's hlrn
or me," he said to himself, aet ha went
down the street accompanied by Foster,
" Wan comfort," 'h' aad d,
same mt;sang way, " ] illy nivir sh
It's fists wid him,"
They heard a wild : housing up
street, when th, o •en Co �r of a sa
emptied its l ght Into the sir. et.
A crowd of me n r it rn Uely sung d
in and out of the door, as 1, they moved
away from a c ha n d w.idcat making
plunges to the lergth of his chain. As
they drew near, the howl of the drunken
man could be heard as he raged against
the barkeeper, who stood in deadly ter-
ror behind his bar pica -ling with him.
He tried to assume a cate.ess vci e,
" Here, take all ye want. That's all
right. I gave you y'r change. Take a
drink—it's on Me. That's all r ght—"
Bill stopped suddenly 1 ke a hon 1
scenting game.
Hers's J m :" was the cry. "Ge
out of the way, he els Jim."
Jim came through the crowd, his big
brown eyes fixe d on I3111's wed fa -e.
The sadness in his face and its resona-
tion awed the crowd,
" Billy, my boy, c ore home," he sail'.
gently, " Come home, Billy," and he
laid his hind on his b other's stealthier.
There was no si n of rel nttng In
Billy's eyes. He looked astonished, then
his eyes contracts] to red slits, his
mouth squared at the corners, and his
teeth showed in a bort ihle gr n. Ills
hand spread on the c ounter like a paw,
"'To — Wid ye !" he answered.
"Get out of the way," said Jim, with-
out looking around. The crowd fell
back, leaving a clear spec s.
" Come, Billy," he said again, but In
a different ton-. He saw a ma bran
before him. W.th a quic'c, cut •ping-,
downward jerk, he tolled the Tiger t
the floor and le 1 up.,n him. But th'
insane man rose under him with a roll-
ing, bearlike action, and forced him on
the floor with equal terms.
It was a terrible s ght. The two
brothers, so nearly equal in strength,
Jim fighting because it was his duty
and hindered by his great love and
admiration for his trother, the other
man irrational, cruel, deadly. Jim broke
loose and rose,
"God forgive me !" Jim said, " I neer
struck me brother before,"
.He waited for the fallen man to rise.
Bill seemed to bound from the ground.
Again Jim knocked him r. 11 ng, and
again he rose. This time he rose with
a knife In his hand,
Ah !" breathe 1 the crow. I.
" Shoot him !" said .the barkeeper.
"Keep off !" said Jim. A new conic
came Into his eyes. He was fighting for
his life now. Again he met the infu-
riate with his fist, but the man fell at
his feet, throwing him sprawling. Jen
whirled upon his back, catching Bill s
hand in a terrible grip. The blood was
running from a gash in his cheek.
Over and over the two men rolled to
the blood and sawdust. Notwithstand-
ing their great bulk, they writhe;1 with
the bewildering convolutions of eats.
Now Jim came to the top, now I3 I',
but always that right hand of the Sher-
iff gripped the murderous wrist that
held the kntfi Jim fought s I'ntly,
grimly. The brother uttered short,
snarling imprecations, like a carniver-
nus animal at meat. He snapped at his
brother with open jaws.
Again and again some voluntee
raised a chair to strike Bill, but Ji
said "no." His pride was touched, 11
would conquer him alone. He woul
not let another man strike his brothe
For ten minutes the struggle contin
ued, and then Jim arose and sat astrid
the Tiger, who lay breathing heavily,
cursing, raving, under his breath,
" Handcuff hlfn," cried the crowd.
Jim shook his head. " There 1s ns
need," he said.
At the word "handcuff," the struggl
began again. 13111 wrenched loose sud
denly and struck Jim again with th
knife. The blow fell upon his colla
bone and the blood poured forth again
Jim caught the deadly arm again to
his left and lifting His terrible rlgh
hand struck a blow Upon the side of
his brother's head, which laid him out
limp and still.
" Out of me way now," he said, as
he rose, holding the limp body In his
hands. They made way for him and he
passed out into the street.
A shudder seized the crowd. Jim was
covered with sawdust and fllth from
the floor, His face was unrcconlzab'e
by reason of the terrible blows al h
fist and knife which hid fallen there,
al 1 the Mayor,"' he said. "I'll have
a word with him."
A moment later and the Mayor came
hurrying down,
' What is it, Jim ?"
He lifted a wild, aad face to the
Mayor,
"Y'r anner, .I ask permisaton to tape
Billy home, God knows it would kill
him to wake in the jail, y'r anner. The
b'y dawn't know what he's doin' at all.
He'll be near dead `wit shame, whin he
sees the mark he's put on me. If he
wakes in jail, 'twill break the hart
of 'im. Y'r anner, you know Billy, when
the whisky's not in him, he's es fine a
man as Iver breathed the breath of life.
May I take him home, y'r anner ?"
The Mayor, deeply'moved, nodded his
head.
" Do what you think best, Jim."
"God bless ye, y'r anner. Will some-
body find Billy's team ?"
The team was brought, and the ma-
niac was lifted into the wagon 1'.ke it
log.
Jim climbed in, "Give me the lines,"
he said to the man in the sea.
"Shan't I go with ye, Jim 7"
"Give me, I say."
The man surrendered the hats anal
leaped out of the wagon.
'}Good night, y'r anner, "Goo' night,
boys,"
The wagon moved off in the glorious
moonlight, with Jim sitt'ng bes'da the
drinlc-crazed man who lay cn the bed
of the wagon unbound, save by the
grip of his brother's re'entl=ss right
hand, 'lie never set foot in RocketRlver
again, and the next year Jim was the
only candidate for Sheriff In the county,
A NIGHT WATCHMAN'S STORY.
" What gave me a start in business?"
said Jerry Jarman, " Well, I'll tel
you,
"In 1883, I was a night wat-•hman.
About 2 o'clock one cold morning in
March the street had become deserte',
and I was able to sit down beneath the
tarpauten shelter and enjoy a pipe and 1
the warmth from the coke fire that
glowed In the iron basket which stood
against the open side of the hut.
"My occupation called me into va-
rious parts of London and the suburbs
the where sewerage or other rca3-works
0 -its. were in I rogress. I was than in Brto'.c
Lane, Spitalfields—a tonality none of
the sweetest or quietest—and my job
was no easy one, for the inhabitan's
were prone to remove, with an eye to
firewood, any loose timber lying about,
and the 'rougher porti)n of the com-
munity
om
munity were rather too partial to play-
ing with bricks, which they mirthfully
threw at one another's herds, much
to my wrath and fear.
"I had just settled down for a quiet 1
hour or two, when a man made his ap•• s
pearance in front of the shelter, He
was, perhaps, thirty years old, v ry
thin and pale, with unkempt hair and f
beard, and shivering In insufficient
clothing—what little he had being rag- n
ged and old. His teeth were laterally
chattering with the cold, and he had e
a frightful hollow, hacking cough, aq r
he asked me, In a lost, forsaken sort of
way : a
" Will you let me have a warm ?"
" It was against the contractor's rules
to permit anyone in the hut, and if the t
police found such an outcast there they
would most likely run him in, but I
the
Icon
r
m
e
r.
e bad to worse, till he had become an out-
cast of the streets ; but, as he woefully
put it, he had not long to live, so it
didn't matter, 'I'm in about the tact
stage of consumption now,' he said,
'arid shall soon be out 0f my misery,'
e "I was a bachelor then, living alone,
and I quickly determined to offer the
e poor chap a shelter for a day or two at
✓ all events, and as soon as the workmen
arrived and I was off duty, my strange
companion started off with me to my
only 14 years old, and he had never
ween his father since,
"I got a neighboring dispensary doc-
tor to see my friend, He gave him some
pltyele to relieve his cough, but de -
o eyed
e-olared that ft was quite hopeless to at-
tempt to save him, and in the seventh
week poor George Rankin died.
" The day previous to his death he
gave mea paper which he took from
the lining of his coat, where it had
been sewn up,
' 'You have been a good friend to me,'
he said. 'About the only friend I ever
had, and I can't repay you for your
kindness except by giving you this'
I don't know whether it will be any
good to you or not. I ha' amind ti
destroy It, but I thought I had b: tter
not. It Is a letter from ma father
which he wrote shortly before he died.
Although he ne'.er did hie duty by me,
he evidently kept an eye on me, and
knew my whereabouts to some extent.
" 'Read it out loud to me,' G: orge
added, ' so that I know you can make it
out.'
I took the letter and read :
"'George—I am not likely to iive
many days, and I am thinking about
ray, money, I can't take it with me,
I would If I could. I daresay you have
no love for me, and I would not let you
have 1t, but it is a pity that anybody
else should get it. You think I have
not done my duty by you. I tell you I
have done more for you than my father
did for me. I gave you an education—
that is more than I got. I do not
wish to see you, but after I am deal
you will receive this letter. I have ar-
ranged to have it post_d to 3o•'. Yos
will find my money hid°in the toe gar-
ret at 27 Yorkham street, Old Kut
road, where I shall die. I will not tell
you where it is hid. It will be a little
exercise of your patience to find it.
You were always an imratient yo ng
wretch, and I would not' let you know
where it Is at all, but I would rather
you had it than anytody else,
YOUR FATHER.
" The letter was written in very faint
Ink, in a crabbed, illiterate handwrit-
ing, but I made it out fairly well,
"I got that letter,' seed George, In
October last, and went to the a'd ess
he gave me. I managed to get into the
garret where he had lived, and having
rented it for a fortnight, search -d
everywhere I could think of. I had the
floor boards up, and looked and felt up
the chimney and tried every conceiv-
able place, but I could find no trace cP
any money or anything else, and as I
had no means to Fay the rent, I had to
give it up. I have not told a soul about
it, as I meant to try again some day,
but I shall never have another chance
now, so if you care to start on a wild
goose chase, you can, and anything you
may find you are welcome to.'
"After I had buried George Ranetn
I turned my attenti-n to th' h'dden
money. I am not, I hope and telieve,
a covetous fellow, but I thought that
P I could find it, I might as well have
t, and as I had been in a earaienter's
hop for a year or two when a boy, I
knew a little of building, and could
handle the tools fairly well. I thes-
e re started off to the Old Kent Road.
"Yorkham street is in a very poor
etghborhood, the houses being let out
n tenements of. one and two rooms
ach. I found No. 27, and arranged to
ent the attic at half a crown a week.
On the Monday I moved a bed, a table
nd a few chairs to my new abode,
caving the rest of my belongings at
my old lodgings, and I set to work to
ry and find the miser's hoard.
"Day afteraday I persevered, trying
very bit of the room's sur.'a•e, bu
Ike poor George Rankin, I could fi
othing. I had the hoards up one
a time, sounded all the wails, and we
half way up the chimney, but all to
purpose, and I had quit r made up
mind that the old miser ha 1 played
hoax on his son, when I determined,
a last resource, to consult a detective
sergeant at the East End who w
a friend of mine,
"1 knew the sergeant could b' trust-
ed,
and I saw him and told him all.
" Sergeant Green listened patient
to my tale and carefully read the le
ter which George had received from
his father.
" 'You have tried the place all over
and found nothing ?' he asked.
" 'Yes,' I replied, 'I have, and if y
can help me, and we find the mons
you can have what ever share you like
to name.'
" 'Well,' said Green, 'there may t
something in it or there may be noth-
ing—but I am inclined to think there
something, 1f. we find the m* my
may be much or little, Suppose we sa
that you shall give me a third, but th
It shall not be more than f20.'
"I did not, at the moment, catch his
meaning, and 1 told him so.
" Why, what I mean Is,' said he, 'sup-
pose we find f30, I am to have f10. I
we find E60 I am to have E20, but that'
the limit. If we find (600 I am only t
have f20.'
"'Right you are,' 1 cried, 'You ar
very fair, and I agree,'
'We then went to my attic and re
have a heart, and I could not but take 1
pity on the poor :hivering fellow be- n
fore me.
" Well, it's against the rules, but you
do seem cold, old chap, so I sup;. os : I
must let you come In."
" Thank you," said the man•, coming
inside, " Thank you, I am, indeed, very
cold."
"He sat down on the rough plank by
my side, holding out his emaciated
hands toward the fire, and after a little
while he evidently felt the benefit of
the warmth and shelter,
"Seeing this with satisfaction, I set
about heating my can of tea over the
fire. I then took some cheese and bread
and butter from my basket, and was
about to start on my meal, when I
caught sight of the poor fellow's eyes
looking longingly at the food,
" 'Are you hungry? I asked.
" 'I've had nothing for near upin
four -and -twenty hours,' was the reply:
"So I divided my meal with the
stranger.
"After the repast, !h^ man began
nodding and fell asleep. I went out,
looked around the works and saw th tt
the lamps were all right, and returned
and settled down again, and my guest
did not wake up till the rattle ani
rumble of the trifle: f rr Spitalfields
Market got very noisy at out 5 o'clo:k-
" The poor chp shook himself to-
gether and thanked me for my kind-
ness, and was evidently making off,
but I had been watching him while he
was asleep, and had somehow begun to
take an interest in him, There was a 1 co
remnant of better days about the wan,
diseased -looking face, which showed
that he was not of the ordinary tramp
cuss. So I restrained him from going.
•"Where are you off to ?' I asked
hirn..
The man looked at me as 11 in won-
derment at my question,
' "'To the streots,' he repl'ed, s'mply•
" I put a few more questions to him,
showing him I wished to Le 1, (entity
and got him to tell me his story.
" Shortly It was that he had been a sttl
clerk in a merchant's office. His young tri
wife died to childbirth, and his own effe
health had given way so that he hid
lost his situation, and had been unable It
to obtain other employment. He had no roo
relatives or friends, and had gone fr•oni pia
like
cot
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had
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hop
obs
and
oft
t lodgings, aga
"For over six weeks I housed and "
fed George Rankin, for that was my ` "I
guest's name. I as I
"Bit by bit he told me his history sable
and struggles, but it la not necessary In t
for me to mention them, except that his rah
father had been a miser ; a raiser in a waF
srjtall way, no doubt, but a miser the
nevertheless. He had turned• George "
out of doors soon after her mother's bort
t
nd
at
went
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my
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patiently
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mmenced operations.
Green questioned me closely as to
where I had searched.
''Well, 1 think it must be eiih-r fn
the window, the door or the celln:;,' he
said at last. 'You have not had the
window out ?'
"'No,' I replied, 'I haven't.'
"We got the "ashes out and opened
the box of the casement frame, but It
was quite empty, and It took us some
hours to relnstate the window,
Green then carefully fapped the
es and framework of the door and
ed them with a gimlet, but without
et.
The ceiling was now the only chance,
was plastered all over except the
f joists, which prnj.-cte-t b low th e
star ; and the whole of the ceiling,
the walls, was covered with a thick
ting of whitewash.
Green took the gimlet again, and
t boring holes every few inches in
side of the joists one by one. He
arrived at the last joint next the
dow, all the rest having proved per-
ly sound, and 1 was getting quite
elens, when his gimlet met some
truction. He quickly removed it
tried again, an Inch or two farther
The gimlet struck again, and
in ; and again.
It's here, I believe i' cried Green,
had been looking on as patiently
'could, for I thought it was lmpos-
for any money to he cone aled
he joists', but I gave a little 'Slur-
!' and startecj scraping the white -
h off the bottom of the joist. Only
solid wood presented itself.
Meanwhile Green had continued his
ngs and had marked (AT ri pl
4,.
death—she was practically starved ti joist about four feet long as contain-
death, George said. The Int wag then ing something that prevented the gim-
r
let from entering more than half an
incl' into the wood, With a (Warier -
inch gouge he then cautiously^ rnade a
small hole, and lighting a match, he
said : 'I can see some paper.'
"We then scraped the elder of the
joist, and found that on the side op-
posite to that which Green had been
boring, a piece of wood had te:n let
In and screwed up like .a cover or lid.
We quickly had the aciews out, end,
prying put the movable ple'e of woad.
We disclosed a hollow channel, evident-
ly cut with great labor, with a pen-
knife In the joist. It was four feat,
six Inches long, and just large enough.
to hold a sovereign standing on edge.
"This channel was filled with a .row
of rouleaux, containing (20 each. Tfere
were thirty-six rolls, making E270, and
the papers they were wrapped in
proved to be bank notes. Ten pound
notes were around twenty of the rolls
and five -pound notes around the re-
maining sixtenn, making E280 more. In
all there was exactly f1,000,
'Poor George !' I cried, 'what a pity
he did not find it. It might have saved
his life,'
"We replaced the side of the joist
and, with the money in my pocket, we
adjourned to Green's home and I had
a jolly evening with him and his wife.
"The sergeant wanted only to take
the £20, as he had agreed, but I Insisted
on his having 2100, and he and his wife
saw I was so upset when they refu
llipthat they ultimately gave way, an
went home with a 1'ght heart and a
heavy rocket•contalning 2900.
"Sergeant Green always decla:es it
was the best day's work he ever had
or is likely to have. He anti I. are
great friends now, and al] the young-
sters call me Uncle Jarman when I go
to spend an evening there,
"It gave me my start in bus:n ss. I
threw up my job of night watchman
and set up as a green grocer and fruit-
erer, and I have now, as you know,
several of the best ready -money busi-
nesses in that line in London,"
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Their Lot is not a
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t'.(v that the fly season is approach-
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