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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-07-17, Page 6e among stranger ,' ea -c ga ' not well dressed, and he. swung the' sm i ontttngi nut short. "He's getting e. (-lump and showy walkin stick In ' You are too e3-nsttht', old fellow, ; well, isn't he, Helen? Come, lie's his lined slowly backward and fol'-' However shocking the change In ' well ancntglu to have hie hand shaken i yon may be. yon t:atwot fail to t'x- ' now.' warder, In a stolidly swaggering and , n(;gerattl He ettef�t 00 others.' l He drew her forward, to My dame- aggressive manner. i should not 1 "We Weill see." + preeelhie pain, for 1 saw the rebut- have noticed ]iiia, ea partieularly,but i A. few ,days later, when the hot.-' fence in her face. Before 1 could at. for the fart that the filled the fear - I roe of my new appearance was in- tempt a protest, 'n reassuring word, 1•011rentrains. to the passage Po . heed it little mitigated by the fall- she letti heal out bar hand. which I completely that I had to ask hien Ing; off of tits withered 'outer skin. ltimidly twee. Then nee lilted her eyes to let tat pace. Instead of flume.; which had covered the right elite of to my fare for the first time, ror OpStately c'ontplyikg', he looked at ,tie I my face, f tried the effect cif my 1 first and last time I sail the entree" from any With su feet to my hand witrly, strikingphvaign',my on Edgar. I shnt of the most Arid. moat neutr• lfait-tipsy Insolence, and dive ft r ` mismogemaseoriswomommamsyma J/e40.- /64,440P 7r4 4-77, 44,/, Aqi,ett/4/441.4t, hut 4ti 4 4't itkr:k*****ticseinlcik*** LOVE'S EXILE. crushed flower ttneun..tluus in lien brother's arms. Noor fellow 1 Hoe eontrite, haw m(sL{ably, abjectly i. ;table ani de- spairing he viae tv It 1 he appeared ester to me rotn{,.to 1. Melt T lead fled, like 1, wounded beats. to Its den, ,viten little Helen's 1 l,vvS!ling blow gave me my social ti• rtth-warrant. 1 was able to laugh 1.11 'n. anti to tell him truly that my u.tly regret woe 1e for the pain tile lujn triuuB meeting, 6 , had chased poor Helen. "It was you who dictated her let- torm., to a Is mild. , c' Edgar ar did not attem it to deny It.a "tel aught to be :tsha sed of her- self," said he, 'reddening with Indig- nation. " No, we oueltt to be ashamed of ourselves. I for'luy vaulty h1 think - tug thele was ani rlt trm in my dull personality to compensate for the loss Of the only merit I could have to a girl's eyes ; yuu for your gener- e, ,nus idlotoy in .carrying that mistake i1iC`�a further titin. Are they gone ?" " Yes, My mother wanted to see you, but--" '• That's all right. And now, old 4113. fellow, .you mustn't make any more blunders on my aceonut ; you must let One make my awn. I leave Eng - 4 land in a few days." " Web, I suppose you must do as you. like, I'll Dome and see you off." " No," said 1, firmly, "I shall say good-bye to you here, Edgar. I have •'iti eti':" said he, as complacently I very particular reasons for it, and you must give way to me in this," He tried to cluuige my mind ; he wanted to know my reasons ; but he was unsuccessful in both, attempt I knew how obstinate he was, and that if I once allowed lane to go with me to town, he was sure to subject the to more painful meetings in the endeavor to persuade me to remain in England. Luckily for me the very next day the marquis telegraphed to his son to juin him im- mediately. in Monmouthshire ; and no sooner had Edgar left the honge, with the sure knowl- edge that he should not see me again, that I fulfilled his Seams by instant preparation for my o+wn departure. I had discarded all disguises, and contented myself by mesMng my fare as much as possible with a travelling cap and a muffler; on arriving in town, L went to an hotel in Covent Garden 'where I was not known, and by the evening of the foltowtag day I had provided myself with the outfit of a Transponttne villain, a loiv-Drowned, wide -brimmed soft hart and a black Spanish cloak, In this get-up, which, when not made too conspicuous by a stage - walk and melodramatic glances around, le really a very efficient dis- guise both of form gild features, I knew myself to he quite safe from recognition anywhere. and having de- cided to start from Charing Cross for Cologne by way of Ostend on the following morning, I devoted the evening o'f my second day In town to a last look round, 444494444444wica 4444A I suppose Edgar felt that my at- titude was not one of pure resigna- tion, for he made no further effort to dissuade me, bat went instantly in search of pens and paper. He was so very submissive, however, in tak- ing this step, which I knew to be distasteful to him, that I was quite sure, before the letter was half written, that he was "up to" some- thing. So, when it was finished, I was mean enough to insiet on his leaving it with me, together with the directed envelope; and after reading it carefully through my- self as soon as I was alone, I made the housekeeper fold it and seal it lap in my presence, and directed her tis get it posted at once. The letter said; My Dearest Helen,—You have no doubt long ago heard the reason of my silence, and forgive me for it, I ant stere. I an sorry to tell you dist my head (I felt an odd shyness of saying " my face ") has been injured so seriously that it will be a long time before I can return to town ; 1 am going straight to Ger- many as soon a.s I am able to leave here, and cannot yet tell when I shall be In England again. Under these eit'cumertances, although I know that you would overiook my new im- perfections with the same sweetness with which you have forgiven my older defects, I feel that I cannot impose again upoa your generosity. I therefore set you free, begging you to do me one last kindness by riot returning to me the little souvenirs that you !lave from time to time been good enough to accept from me.t And please don't send me back my letters, if you have ever received them with any pleasure. Burn them if you like. I will send back yours if you wish but, as no woman will ever look with love upon my face again, your wom- anly dignity will suffer but little If you let me stili keep them. There are only eight of them. And there is a, glove, or course, and a.packet of dried flowers, of course, and the little sil- ver match -box. All these I shall insist upon keeping, whether you 3[ke it or not They could not com- ats' 1f I. had beeu a turnip. "I hope yutt admire title style of beauty," I ,hurled out savagely= " 1 don't go quite so far as that, but it's really muck better lima I expected." You are easily pleased." He went on quietly. "The chief impression your countenauce gives one now is not, as you flatter your- self, of conumma,te ugliness, but—for- give me --of consummate villainy." ' What 1" "You are preserved forever from the danger of beiug anything but strictly virtuous and straightforward in your dealings, for no one would trust the posseeeor of that counten- ance with either a secret or a Soy- This blunt frankness acted better •than any Softer measures could have done ; it made me laugh. Looking again at myself in a glass, for I was now up and dressed, I noticed, what had escaped me before in my par- alyzed contemplation of the chauge in my own features, that the draw- ing up of the right-hand corners of me mouth and eye, together with the removal of every vestige of hair from that side of the face, had given me the grotesquely repulsive leer of a satyr. To crow's my disadvan- tages, the left side of my faee, seen In profile, still retained its natural appearance to mock my new hideous - n Pss. But I think I see a. way out of all difficulties," Edgar went on, more seriously. "You will advance objec- tion, I know, but you must permit your objections to be overruled. Accident can be combatted with arti- fice, and to artifice you must, resort until nature does her work and re - heves you from the new •necessity." We fought out the question, and at last I very unwillingly gave way and submitted to the adoption of a false eyebrow, a false moustache, and a beautiful tuft of curly false hair•, much superior to my own, to hide the bald patch left by the accident. Rather elated by this distinct im- provement, assumed for the reception promise anybody; the little glove of Helen's promised visit, and en - could pass for a child's. You wilt couraged by. assurances that my trust me with. them all, will you own hair would soon grow again not ? You rsee this isn't the,usual J and enable me to discard Its broken -off match ,with Its pe elude disastrous squabbles and wran- gles. Some jealous demon who saw I did not deserve my good fortune has broken my hopes of happiness abruptly, anis released you from a chain which I am afraid my t11 - temper had already begun to make irksome to you. Forgive me now, and bear as kindly a recollection of nue se you can. (rod • bless you, Helen. I shall always treasure the this time gone up to town, leaving remembrance of your little fairy the place, with many kind wishes face, and remember gratefully your for my early and complete recovery, sweet forbearance with me. entirely at the disposal of myself Your .most sincerely and 'affection. and my unwearied nurse Edgar. So ately. Harry Lyttleton Mande. a day was fixed for the arrival of I hoped the child would not think Helen and her mother. On that this Letter too cola and formal. My eventful afternoon Edgar settled me heart yearnee toward her with a in a smallssitting-roomon the same longing more tender titan before; I floor with the room I had been oc- lan. oppressed by the necessity of cupying, before starting for the foregoing the shallow Iittle love station. The blinds were drawn, which. as the handsomest man about and I sat with my back to this care - town, I had begun to consider far fully softened light. I wished, beneath my deserts. now that the ordeal was Two days later I received an an- getting so near, that I had not let swer from Helen. I waited until I myself he dissuaded from my inten- was alone to read It, for I still guard- tion of sneaking quietly away with - ed my face carefully from all eyes out showing my disfigured face to but the doctor's. The touch of the anyone. What was the use of my see - letter, the eight of the sprawling, ung the child again ? I did indeed long slap -dash handwriting which It de- loutishly for a few last words with lighted Helen to assume. in common her since she had shown unexpected with the other young bailee cif her depth of feeling towards me in my generation, moved me ; for I could misfortune ; but it could not end, as not but feel that this was the last "billet" be any possibility to be called "duux" which I should ever receive. I opened it with 'tn apprehensionl that f should find the contents leas moving than the envelope. I was mis- taken. My Deareat }tarry,—t am afraid you have a very poor opinion of me 1f you think I care for nothing but personal attractions. You have al- ways been most kind and generous to me, and you need not think because I ant nut intellectual myself, I do non care for a man who is intellectual ane all those things. I am coming down to see you myself, and then if you reflection In the glass, which seemed. are ruin to "juveniles," whose busi- wish t;, give me up can do so —but ! to me at that moment a ghastly cart- nests requires vigor rather than I hupe Sou will not throw me over so ' cature of my old self, and then eat i thought, picturesqueness rather hastily. I am se sorry for your ae- nervously down again, feeling like a than feeling. Flo that Fabian, with cident and that it Mae made you sol doomed wretch wtth the executioner his thin, keen face, hie intensity, lel, but I do not mind what alae it I outside his cell, and some• remnant of North. -country has done. ! The door opened, and Edgar bound- stiffness, stood only in the Second Believe me. dearest Harry, evith hest ed up, drugging Helen, who seemed rank of those whom the ladies de - love, shy and nervous, forward an his arm, lighted to worship; and becoming Hoping you will soon be quite "here he is, Nellie. Getting welt neither a great artist nor a great recovered, fast, you see, Where is mother ? popinjay, gave ale friends a sense Yours ever lovingly, I must fetch: her up." of not having done quite the beet } Helen. !I saw lm a moment through the with, Himself, blit was very- Inter - Childish as the letter was it tonsil- i dear,clumey fellow'e manoeuvres. 1 eating, if soinewhiat excitable, coin- ed me deeply. Edgar must be right , He rideri ielmself on hie strategy, panion. It'or my own part i had after ail ; I ltart misjudged a aim- 1 fancying lie had only to leave Vet then, not knowing how vitally am - pie but loyal nature that only want- # together for us to have a touch- portant the question of hie char - ed Bet I knew ill ern a d in � P e v to ren its , r a e t t m r ne b noblerP me ins gold one da b ca g acterwu, 6Y qualities to the surface. I told him ' better, I saw her turn pale and nothing to wish for in him tp Save about the letter, and added that it F cling to her brother's arm, and T • that lie were a little less sour made giving her up harder to boar. + said hastily: and a little more sincere. "Why ehonttd you give Iter up,?" ; ` "No, no. Lady Castleford Is net said he, eagerly. "You see she Iter- ; for behind, you, may bo sure. 1 ant self will not hear of it." r glad to see you, Lady Helen, it "Because sire does not understand le vers kind oryou to come. It 10 the easel I• ata di.etigured past res :g- L Mier------" nation ; site would shrink with Mor-; 4•1ielen has come to persuade you to ror from the eight of ale. It would ( got well in l'ngland among your be a shock even to you, a strong, Meals Instead of going abroad to siltation. He was respectably, but unromantie man. to see what I have b ill t: s " id 'F' d r bet r" 11 ere ign Doctors and people agree that Scott's l�ulul- sion of cod-liver oil is the best thing to take for "don't feel well and• don't know why," especially babies --they like it—leen and women don't mind it, but babies actually enjoy it: j •nn► !Oft eau .arra ANIS Toy IT. 'carry •gtyNR cepa, rr, TOPOMTO, £ ' alta .11 M• ,•11 .S•nvl••i.r. R Stern ebuee. The Truth—Yes, I'm in business for tuyself, but 1: don't seem to be able to meet with any success. Tete Sage—Nobody ever meets with success, young man. He moat over- take lt. Philadelpida Press, Monkey Brand Soap removes• all stains, rust, dirt or tarnish —but won't wish clothes. 26 Her System. He—Mrs. Wise seems to understand how to manage her husband pretty well. She—Ven. She lets him have her, own way in everything—Life, Minard's Liniment for Rheuma- tism. CHAPTER IV. It was Saturday evening; a week of fog having been eucoedded by a week of rain, the pavements were now well coated with black, Slimy mud, in which. one kept one's foot- ing as best one could, stimulated by plentiful showers of the same sub - blame in a still more fluid state, flung by the wheels of paeeing vehi- cles. Oh, wisely -governed, city, where there is work for thousands of starv- ing men, while thousands of men are starving for want of work i If a boy can' keep a crossing clean in a crowded thoroughfare, could not an organized gang of men,- ten times ns numerous and twice as active, as our substitutes, I was ready to gentle seavengere, save the sacred believe that the discoloration and boots, skirts and trousers of the disfigurement still visible were com- respectable classes from that brush - the r vely unimportant, and that resitting abomination, London mud ? the repellent expression, which no Ire ectfltll recommend this eugges- artifice much abated, might indeed tion to myybettere with the aesur- affect strangers, but would not, in ance tlutt, if it is considered of any the sight of my friends, obscure thein value, there are plenty more where hong-establieh•ed impression of niy that came from. amiability and sweetnees. Sir SS'fifrld and Lady Spoke had by Starting from Covent Garden, I made my way through King street, Garrick street, Cranbourne street, Leicester Square, and Coventry street, into Regent street, and was struck by e. -hundred common London sights and incidents which, in the old days, when my own life was so idle and yet so absorbing, lead en- tirely escaped my notice. Oxford street, Bond street, Piccadilly, St. James' street, I made the tour of them all ; past the clubs, of many of which I was a member,, brushing, unrecognized, by a dozen men who had known me wen, into Trafalgar Square, where the gas lamps cast long, glittering lines of light on the wet pavement, and the •spire of St. Marttn'e end the dome of the Na- tional Gallery rose like grey shadow - palaces above in the rainy air. I dined at a restaurant in the Strand, and then, growing very confident lu the security of my disguise, I thought I would take a farewell glance at an Dogs in Prance. According to Le Journal, thie dog tax etas lied little effect in; reducing the number of dogs in ,France. These are at .present at least 2,- f#40',945 of the canine race in that coun't'ry, of which 800,000 are pet doge (ehtene de luxe.) Last year the tax produced nearly 9,000,000 francs—about three francs per dog. The proportion of dogs to inhabit - nits 'Mr tee in different depart- ments. In some the proportion is seven for 100 inhabitants, in others sixteen, and In others only three. Common sense tells us that the way to cure neuralgia pains is to apply the remedy directly to the seat of the trouble. " The D. L." Menthol Plaster is guaranteed to give quicker relief than any other plaster. Know the Ropes. "Have you ever had any experience in handling bigh grade pottery ?" 'asked the importer of an applicant for a job. "No, sir," replled the applicant, 'butt; I hen do the work all right" "Suppose," said the merchant, "you should accidentally break a valuable vase; what would you do ?" "I would put it togkeher carefully," replied the Job seeker, "and set 1,1 where the wealthy customer would be sura to knock it to pieces agalu." "Consider yourself engaged," eked the merchant, "And now telt me where you got onto that trick of the 'tirade?" "A few short years ago," answered the other, "T Wee In 'the'wealthy cus- tomer' class,"—•Chicago Neves, Edgar stili obstinately hoped, in a old ilium who had run Edgar pretty renewal of our engagement, which Z g persieted In regarding as definitely Close in my esteem. Ile was an actor, broken. The meeting was only for a and was fulfilling an engagement at farewell. I was ashamed of the arta- a theatre in the Strand. When I !ice's I dead used to conceal the traces add that he played what are techni- of my necident, and I was feeling half Bally called juvenile" parts—that is Inclined to tear off my false orna- to say, .those of the, stage ].overs- ineute and present myself in my true my taste may seem strange, until I hideousness, when the arrival of my explain that Fabian Scott was the cisltors luckily stopped me, The room very wotist of alt the fa,shlonable where I sat was at the back of the "juveniles," being addicted to lit - house, so that I had no warning of entry and artistic pursuits and the return of the carriage until I other intellectual exercisee which, heard Edgar's voice. I sprang up while permissible and innoeuoue to with one last look of agony at me what are called "character" actors, Minard's Liniment the best Hair Res'tprer. Lae ilhogle.81ocliqi It is nigh; Itupoisilee to enumerate alt that (,lasgow has done for the workingmen thele, hut i•t ally with- out exaggeration be sa'i that it has done about everything pose'bl" them for xh t1 1 d. ell a L have been t! i t Homes s a n h in every part of the e;ty, anti these t t al- most to this ,nor .1 a1 ere reign) te•t1 1 1 and \\ t rltiws 1 1 rate. ua t 1 o ulna ! t t s 1 3 > I•et ui 1 ed widowers have t svo tv t.l 1 11 homes where they are hoarded for It trifling sine, find babies are car- ed for by • city nurses wit le the bread -winners are at work; and, of course, these Mimes, etc„ are not charities. Penny' (two centre bath are provided by the municipality in all parte of the city where working- teen reside, l unsetpal trentwaye 'take laborers to their work for from one to two cants, and munici- pal ,terries carry them to tlee�.r situps five miles down the Clyde, 11 necessary, for two conte. At night 'tile municipality provide free eon• certs, free lectures, free night schools and free conrsee in business and technical studies. There is ala') a free employment bureau. The eity has torn `down hundreds of thou- sands of dollars' worth of rootler• les that the workingman's children might have play grounds. And the city provides free gas for the al- leys and even for the hallways of the poor. These may be called spa. cial provisions for the workingmen, and welch they enjoy in addition to the other beneficent blessf,ngs provided for all the cittzeus of this model city.—Scottish American. A BOON TO HORSEMEN—One bottle 0! English Spavin Liniment completely removed a Curb from my horse. I take pleasure in recommending the remedy, as it acts with myeterious promptness in the removal from horses of hard, soft or calloused lumps, blood spavin, splints, curbs, ;weeny, stifles and sprains, GEORGE RODS, Farmer, Markham, Ont. Sold by all druggists. A Bargain. tet. Y. Sun.) 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Justice Goren have had posted outside the two courts of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Divisions notices to witnesses calling their attention to the tact that they may be sworn in the Scotch manner before giving evi- dence, That is to say, they may be sworn with uplifted hand, repeating a solemn invocation to the Deity, Instead of taking a book and kissing It after listening to a form repeated by a minor official of tile court. Tile notice to which we refer is repeated outside one of tete courts of the Chancery Division, and we ,have every hope ;teat it may become universal. Her !Aboral Pastor. (Yonkers Statesman.) Patiencee--Is goer minister liberal in his views ? Patrice—Oh, y(es ; he qften preaches for two whole hours. There is more Catarrh Iu this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doc- tors pronouueed It a local disease and pres- cribed local remedies, and by constantly fall - Ing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore re. quires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca. tarrh Cure, manufactured byF,•J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only eonstttutionad cure on the market. It le taken internally in doses from 10 drops to it teaspoonful. -It acte directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.. They offer one hundred dollars for any ease It fails to cure. Send for circu- lars and testimonials. Address I! . J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists -75e. Hall's Family Pine are the best, The Strength of Mother Love, (London News.) Murderer lace's mother will make another attempt to save the life of her eon. Gray -Haired beyond the to ]parr though all the world be against him, for he is still her boy, and no cfonbt wan once iter pride, in the long ago, rotaOaons snakes are happily few 10 this country, but stinging bugs are many. Take Perry Davie' Painkiller with you on your vacation and use It tree when bitten by noxious insects. Directions Ou every bottle, We have for many years contended that the oath by kissing a book leas nothing to commend it, while it is nasty and may become a means of propagation of disease ; and we have eeee with regret that the statutory permission to swear in the Scotch lasidon was, ne a rule, not known by witnesses, and frequently, also, that judges, core/tors and magistrates were ignorant of it. Tho form of swearing by kissing a book is purely one of custcun. There is no direct authority for It in any act of -Parliament, or rule, or book of practice. The date also of its in- troduction •ie unknown, but this Is not because it has been lost in the mists of antiquity, for it is fairly certain that, so recently as tit the end of the seventeenth century, if the form existed It was not in any general use. It has been pointed out that •Coke in his institutes makee no mention of kissing the book, but writes of the "corporal oath" as time slanted because the ` witness touched with his hand a portion of the Scriptures, and this aspect of the oath no doubt survives In the familiar warning of the utelter to Wit - nese to remove glove before taking the Testament for the purpose of kissing it. It is also observed that in the "Book of Oaths," of which an edi- tion was published in 16139, there is no mention -of kissing a book. How the blessing .originated is, we believe, al- most as much a matter of speculation as is the •date at which it became frequent or univargal. The laying of the hand on the Gos- gels in swearing is, no doubt, of great antiquity, while the laying of the hand on the altar of a deity in invok- ing the deity to Witness a statement or promise is older than the Gospels. The laying of the hand on the Gospels bas its parallel In other countries be- sides.•Englend. The kissing of the book le, `however, we believe, peculiar to England or to, Hngitand and lrcland, and It. is not quite easy to ae ign its origltl to the kissing of relics when we apparently find it introduced in England after all veneration for -relies had been swept away and made illegal. It is worth noting that English peo- ple were more addicted to kissing once than they are now. Kissing as a forst pf salutation was so common •nmong'trhem that it excited•the inter- eeet and amusement of foreigners. Erasmus refers to it, and a Hungar- ian gentleman who visited London and moved in good society in 166a was much struck with the way in which men kissed ladies when they greeted them when Iiungariane would have shaken bands. Even Frenehhrien In the middle ages held kissing as a pt'culfarity of the English dation, melt as we remark upon it now among the French. It is, there- fore, at least possible that the kiss bestowed upon the book in taking an oath may not have been so much a. kiss oryener,ttlon as a form of salu- tation or acknowledgment by bodily contact, somnrf'hat more ceremonious then manual contact, but still not with anyeat feeling of ats�soeia,tecI tvi t gr g solemnity. a widow tock him.—Chteago News, A Letter That Makes Up in Spirit W hat ft Lacks is Grammar. The following letter was sent by a Mississippi man en answer to a ma- tt'imantal "ad": "I ineloas Tay pho- tograf with My Full Descriptions. It ehowa the features are naohet na can bee, only it is to Dark ; I am very lite Complexion, Grey eyes, Or - bon hair 6 foot high, weight lee Lbs. inclined to be humph shouldered; Muskier Man and a widower 28 year old, with A Common School Equa- tion, but hav Get Anof to Atten to 'Inny Business, am Strictly Mbrrel. Don't use Tobaeco Nor Whiskey." He is anxious to have her understand u a wait -Cot lee lctton at her "Age u , that g 15 and All Suite me to ateo, Kind Loving Girl. I hav Only one Thing; to Offer. And it is Neither Lands Nat. Gold, Bat a Strong Arm and True Hat, and ,vill Lay Down ?dy Lite for the Rite Girt and Be happy, for I am 'lured of living Alone. The Girl that :heels my Hart and taltese my Name tor the Retnainder of Mly Lif i will make Happy, tor 1 ata Hunting a Girl that i CIL'n idleiae and Made a Angel. of." . Stops the Cough and Works Oft the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets euro a cold In ane day. No euro, No pay. 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Ma meet �etolid plaelaity, i "I am very glad---" clip began. respectable women away from their , Well Salyd 1. defiantly, looking f `Then, before she could finish liar lawful ltusbanilet Ilut it won't do. at hint from out my 11i niatelt'rl c, es ; sentence, even %Odic I still held her 1 tell rot' it Won't dol" 111 a pasrion of aggressive raga. ' littler Mand In mine, Bhe fell like et «Po he Continued.) to alteet r re NO HUMBUG eritiewastaf naesheSeat r,'1.,r Meeker and1.11 p.horn.r. sespeew,ne of u' ares from rtlotint• M.tee e8dikerentear m.rlrr • eft shies, wap earns blade. !chaste IIet•ae. 7atm h,tr,erkrerteedtLeeOr48d V,1ey8.'elfor 11,o';Caned* Pee .11. ' l.IYy», Meese lettairfotetdrhldolskr,8,5. ISSUE NO. 29, 190'2. Mrs. Winslow's Sooe ting hien) ebould yyin I4 Gh 4 1 •cn �ee g. for h ld, aoways bo used soothe; the child, softens tltol�ame uurstl wind C0110 and to the beet remedy or Dierrbaea, College, C.� Ladies' Aima � CONTINENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Iter. 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