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:your announcement the other evenilig
to congratulate
me
ppiness
en,"
very
an awkward
in hers
afraid
must be
the
determined
,ter end
raven t
nothing
anguish in
than
she said
arse I
with
dark
expected
less."
sheer obstinacy,''
her
"You
Mr. G
of
ri
"Dallas," he said very
Is quietly, "you don't
understand." •
Say no more. But one
learn the cruel 'mislay
mak-
ing.,,
! "Mistake?"
i "I don't mean that you
in choosing Gibbs ins
•,hitt you are wrong in
:pf what I am doing.
smnderstand some day,
:late to change anything
least I shall be set rig
rAnd that means more
;can ever knave. Good
by."
He left the room ab
Dal-
lies stared after him;
;Ivith conflicting though
+ "There's a man in ten
14olgnteered Phelan, breaking
reverie, "an' from the
brah' new ciiilky, three -it
your finger I guess yo
fact."
• "1 stn engaged to 14Ir
Dallas coldly. '
"What the"— gasped
brg himself just in time.
sorry for you, miss;' he
;a sincerity that precluded
-`for Erten' Gibbs is
pomething so heavy fall
roll by the time we're
`this Borough bili that
arse his wad for a boa
Crink2in', any of the
s• "Colne, Derry," int
'Shall we go to the m
Confused, she turned
beading into Horrlgan
of that opening on the
found herself face to
uncle, the boss and Gibbs.
x"
beg your
1
y pardon,"
sur-
prised. "1 dltlu;t know"—
"Dallas!"
now
"nallas!" exdaimc�d
Wain -
Wright In the sauce bl
Bowled at the interruption
men rose to their feet
"What bl'ittAs you
this?"' asitrd Wainwright
are.
"Perry and 1," ladle
er; who had fbiloiyte
ronin, "are koiitg to ;
meet-
ing of the board of hid
"But" protested ]lel°
ingiy, ''it is hardly tot'
of"—
"'My fortune and I'et
the roan I' am to itlat•r
rtii to the tint"ottAb hill
fearlessly, '"I have a
eat when that bin's fat
"Good nerve:" applauded
*You're
thoroughbred.
a
'bore women like yvm"
"lfr; Iloi'ri;,'stft,"
reported remember emember
to
you,but
Blease believe when. I `say I wish
you every ba . in the new We
you have rhos
F,
"Thank
"
n you much, faltered
lAallas.
There was and pause; then
the said:
"You
came to write some-
thing, I'm a we are detaining
you, You m busy with. your
Mght against Borough bill. You
are quite dete to continue it to
the end?"
"To the bitter i" be answered
/miserably. " hough that end
can hold but bitterness for
`Ise."
I. The set ang his face moved
!Dallas more she dared confess.
Oven to herelf.
t, "I ant sorry,"id softly.
"It is the en have chosen," he
answered, shrug, "and if It
leads to eternaldarkness instead of
the sunlight I I must follow
t none the
"That Is nacy," she cried,
battling againstown heart's pas-
sionate plea have laid out a
plan to ruinGibbs, to deprive
,Perry and me my own fortune,
to enrich your-
self' by selling
Borough stock
short and then
vetoing the bill
so that the stock
Would collapse,
You have done
all this, and yet
you talk of fol-
lowing your
abominable
course to the
end]
"Dallas," he
said very quiet-
ly, "you don't
understand, and
you- refused to
trust me to ex-
plain, so I can
day you may
e you are mak-
ate mistaken
lead of me, but
your judgment
I hope you will
It will be too
then, but at
ht in your eyes.
to me than you
b9"
abruptly, and
her brain awhirl
thoughts.
million, miss,"
in on her
looks of that
spark on
u're Wise to the
Gibbs," replied
Phelan, check-
me. "I'm sure
went on, with
any offense,
going to have
on his bank.
through with
he'll be able to
k nark without
leaves. Why',
interrupted Dallas,
eeting now?"
to the door
's room instead
corridor and
face with her
she began, 'sur-
". _-
Libbs and Wain-
enth, Horrigau
as all three
to n place elite
Aht in dislikes-
ti
her broth-
d het into the
attend the
ermen."
tteeie ttieepprov-
sort of"—
es's rind that of
,i~ are all boned
,'' she nnswered
i right to by pres-
e is decided."
luded Iletrigan,
If there were
Williams,
hurrying in from an antechamber, "the
police have corse, And"—
"All right," answered the boss. "Give
the sergeant hIs.orders,"
"I-1 hardly like the responsibility,"
muttered Williams, "and"—
"But you'll take it, I'm backing
you, By the wsiy, get seats for Miss
Wainwright and Iter' brother. Get
'them close to the anteroom door, so if
there's a row she can come back here,
If there are no vacant seats there,
Clear a couple of people out and Make
place for' -r
"But we have seats," protested Hel-
las as Williams sped on bis errand.
,Alderman Phelan"—
"Alderman .Phelan will have trouble
finding a seat in this city when I'm
done with him," snarled Harrigan.
"Better take the seats I offer, Miss
Waluwrlght, They're safer."
"But," protested Wainwright, "if
there's to be any danger she mustn't
be there.
h
I can't have"—
--
"I will be on 'band to help her If
there is," Gibbs answered him.
"il'm! grunted Riorrigan in some-
what uncomplimentary doubt.
"I will, too!" spoke up Perry.
Ilorrigan nodded approval,
"Yon'1l be all rigbt then," said he.
"And now"—
"You spoke of the police being in the
aldertnanic • chamber," sold Dallas.
"What for?"
"To check any trouble the gallory
rnaymake," answerea Horrigan, '"Tits
than Bennett's stirred the people tin
with a tot of his anarchistic reform
ideas till they're' crazy. Some one's
liable to get a broken skull, and then
Bennett will bare himself to thank,
tlaybe when the police have ham-
mered a little sense into folks' heads
'with their nightsticks, the victims will
begin to understand just what sort of
a man Alwyn Bennett is. Remember
now, Gibbs, and you, too, youngWain-
wt'ight, If there's any sign of a row
bring Aliss Wainwright back here at
Duce."
"All right," agreed Perry, a little rue-
ful at the prospect of missing a free
fight, "Let's go in there now. I've
never been to an aldermen's meeting
before, but I ran up against 'a ear
strike riot once; so 1 guess I'm on to
most of the subtle rules of elegance
that govern such shows., Come on,
people, if you're coming."
. "Your niece is a thoroughbred," re-
peated Iiorricaa, with rare• approba-
tion, as the anteroom door closed be-
hind Dallas and her two esc ort s. "So
she'i to marry Gibbs, is she? I'm
sorry for them both."
"Why?" asked Wainwright sharply.
"Because it wou't take her a year. to
find out that he's a yellow cur. And
when she does' she'll either kick bins
out or lead him around on a chain.
Now, the fellow a girl of that sort
ought to have married is Bennett.
Ire's an obstinate fool, but he's a man.
I thought you said once be was stuck
on her."
"Ile was. He still is."
"And she took Gibbs instead?" cried
llorrlgan, a world of incredulity in his
rough voice. "Women are a queer lot!
Why'd she sbake Bennett, if it is a
fair question?"
"I let her -.see Gibbs was- a heroic
martyr," sniff Wainwright, with quiet
significance, "and that Bennett was"—
"Oh, 1 see!" chuckled Harrigan.
"Still, there might be something made
out of Bennett's love for her even yet."
"What do 'you mean?
"I'm not quite sure. I'l! have to
think it over,"
"Roberts has comer exclaimed Wil-
liams, entering from the corridor.
"He's asking for you, Shall I bring
him in here?"
"Yes," replied Harrigan. "By the
way," he added to Wainwright as Wit•
hams departed, "I'll have to ask you
to clear out for a few minutes. I've
got to see Itobeets alone. Now for the
tussle that'.,, decide the whole fight,"
CiIAP'rEit XV.
WLtMS
entered With Rob•
erts in tow, The latter wore
a haggard, troubled look, and.
his natural nervousness had
Visibly' deepened, so much so that he
bad not even noted Phelan's appear-
once iii the corridor as he passed lute
Horrigan's private room,
"Good everting, Aldertnan,"'staid Har-
rigan civilly.
"Good evening, sir," answered Rob-
ertsarts a ab
- i i III at ease.
A P $
"I understand there's a full meeting
today Even Eilte came batik from'
the south to be here, You're the only
man missing."
"1 Couldn't get here sooner. I"—,
"1 see. That's alt, Williams. You
needn't wait, Roberts and 1 Whitt a
tittle talo before he goes ie. Now,
then," went en the boss, with a tote -
Ode Change of manner its Williams
lettthe room; "whirl's the matter' with
you?"
"1--4 Can't".
'Can't What/ Speak Ont, man!
Hen's stand there and tntltnble at Met"
"1 Can't ]rote for the 13orougb {ren-
"Caeh"Clee bill."„ ,'Oared Iiotrl -.t# an.
n t, hen?
t'WhY not?” _
Because-•-because„altered Rob-
erts; thee, 'with a rush Of hysterical 1
emotion that blotted out Itis fear, he1
erred; .........
"Have -you heard what that than Ben-
nett has done? Be organized a voters'
committee in my ward and sent them
to ask me at my own house what I was
going to do about that hill, They had
been stirred up by Bennett till they
looked on meas a crook and on the bill
as a Personal robbery. Tbey ,told me
if 1 voted for it they'd know I was a
dirty thief and grafter and that they'd
kick me out of the ward,”
"Well, well!" rumbled Harrigan
soothingly, as though trying to calm a
fractious drunkard. "What de you
care? When they've forgotten all
about the bill you'll still have the
dough, won't you? Folks won't ask
'How'd he get it?' A.11 they'll care to
know Is 'Has he got it?',,
"That isn't all:" Roberts blundered
on, scarcely heeding the interruption.
"Bennett's uext step was to organize
a committee of voters' wives, and they
came to see my wife this morning
When
Iasout and tolder
b they'd
heard I was going to sell myself and
vote for a dishonest bill. My wife—
my wife thinks I'm the squarest,
noblest man on earth. Oh, you needn't
sneer! Her trust means everything to
we. She told the women I wouldn't
stoop to any deed that wasn't honest,
and they answered: 'Our husbands be.
lieve Mr. Roberts is a crook. If he is
really honest he'll vote against that
,bill, as he did before.' Then on my
way home this noon I met my 2ittle
boy. He was crying. I asked Mm
what the matter was. $e said that
some boys had told him I was a• graft-
er. I tell you," his voice rising almost
to a scream, "Bennett's made my life
a hell. I'm no crook. I'm honest
and" --
"Sure you're honest!" Storrigan ex-
claimed, as though to a cross child.
'"Honest as the day! That's why
you're voting for our bill. Because the
crooked clauses have been cut out of
it, and in its present form it's a benefit
to the city.'
"That isn't why, I promised to vote
for it," contradicted Roberts, with a
despairing dash of courage. "It was
because I—because"—
"Never mind 'why, then, but )ust go
ahead and do it." •
"I won't!' I dare not"—
"You'll do it, I say]" stormed Horrl
gan. "You can't welchon me at this
stage . of the game. Those Sturtevant
Trust company notes of yours were
sent to you and"—
"And T won't take them!" declared
Roberts, slamming two slips of paper
down upon the table. "There! Take
them back!"
"What do I want of them?" argued
Horrigari . craftily. "They belong to
you."
"They don't I won't keep them."
"You'll have to.. I keep you to your
promise."
"What promise?" asked a voice be-
hind them.
Bennett, hastily summoned by Phe -
Ian, had entered the room unobserved
by either of the excited men.
"What promise?" he asked again. "A
promise to"—
"What are you doing here?'' bellow-
ed Ilorrigan In fury. "You called me
down once for coming into your pri-
vate once without knocking, What
d'yon mean by coming into aline?"
-Yours?" queried Alwyn. "I had au
idea it was the city's. The time is
past when the words 'Harrigan' and
'city' meant the same thing. , Well.
Roberts, how are you going tit vote?
i want to believe yon honest, anti -
Why. what's all this?" his eyes Naito;
tin the forgotten notes on the tattle
"Nothing of yonrs!" !in
Elorrt.
gat, making a futile, furious grub for
the documents which Alwyn wee -reit -
lug up, "Drop theta! Drop them. 1
tiny. or you`l}
"Why should I?" asked Bennett calm.
lv, his quiet; eye talotg In the natio.
of the slips of paper even its his alert
bruin grasired in fu11 the meaning of
tate Transaction in avtl'eh they figured
1)o t4ltny belong to ,yntl?"
"They don't belong to you anyway,"
retorted Iiorrlgau. "and If you dare
ecrd thorn"—
"I've already read theta•. Roberts."
he added itt,.,a kinder voice, turning to
the shafting alderman, "these were to.
have been your bribe, weren't they, for
voting for the ,borough bill?"
Elis gnic'tly compelling tone end
glance forced trimi Roberts A frightened
"les" before I.Iorrigttti c'outd interfere.
"1 ,rot}nM ht so. 13e Ior
tia
u "
t t
temenetuled as the infuriated boss
sought to speak through his eboking
yvrath "I'htc,Is between Roberts and
ate Now, then"—
"I returned the notes to him:" plead
ed 'Whorls in panic. "flenest!y, 1 did!
.tust before you came its. 1 Could tntve r
.tela thorn, and be cottl(Iu't have pre- t
rented nut even if 1 voted against the
trill. But I'm et!tiare.uttd"--
"Vou are minaret" nfttrmed Bennett,
tri;t;+iug the aideeintitee cold, moist
hwttrl fir frtend1,' t'enesnt'rrnre, "1 kttely . 1
alt Motet you were honest at heart. t
1lnt'rl reign Wanted to bribe you, A)td you e
wouhht't he bribed. Now, 1 want you e
to g:) into the comical roonn anti vote es ' s
your manhood tells you to."
Roberts, comforted, yet still treed=
Wing, obeyed, not vehttttitig a seeoud
eo't ;1t tlorrbt;itt. C
, w
t
my t" Bennett cit
-Now, friend," sut(1 It .n 1
i
airy isently when he end the boss w'i're h
them together, "what arc yea going to tt
leo n.bout it? It Seems to the your game
is up."
"1 want those notes!" panted Florrt-
gatt, tittciing coherent speech 'with an
effort through his red mist of rage,
"Wby'st 'Titey''re not yews, They
aren't
undo over to you, and there lit
tis cancellation stamp on theta, 'Tiley
are the property of the Sturtevant
Trust company. .and i'!i send them
back there #omorrow- after I've had
them photographed•
"You'll give thou to me," shouted.
Iiot'rlgan, his Mighty body vibrating
with fury, "or you°ii Heyer lt'uve tills
r,tom alive]"
"You're a fool, Horrigan," remarked
Bennett, with condescending calm, "for
you dont even
know the right
man to bur:yl"
Fee gazed un-
flinchingly into
t it.e maddened
little • eyee of
the boss, and so
dot' a moment
tbey stood—pa-
trician and pro-
letariat—in the
World old strug-
gee of the two
fors supremacy.
Horrigau's
race was scar-
let, distorted,
m urgerous;.
Bennett's pale,
cold. deadly to
Thea waged 4lie 4attie its repose.
of wins, both men And the n
8tandrng mottontess. ' waged the bat+
to of wllg
1 i s, both men standin„ mo=
tionless, tense, vibrant with dynamic
force,
Slorniy, little by little, klorrigtn's
eyes dropped. He moved awkwardly
to one side from his position in front
of the door and Bennett, without so
touch as a backward look, passed out.
The boss, like a man in a daze, sank
heavily Into it chair and gazed straight
ahead of him, his usually red face
gray and pasty. •
But be was not to enjoy even the
scant boon of solitude. Prom the ante-
room Gibbs' strolled in.
"They're going over some unimpor-
tant preliminary business," remarked
the broker. "so I caste ant for a breath
of fresh air. How are things going?"
"we're beat," grunted ilorrigau, not
looking up.
"Beat?" screamed Gibbs, ashen and
t,tert at the news. "Yon don't mean
it! Yon can't mean it! Great heaven:"
The sight of the other's cowardly
emotion seemed ' to rouse Harrigan
from his apathy.
"If 1 ran stand it, you can!" he snarl-
ed. "fou only lose your percentage
on the deal, while I" --
"A perceutage?" echoed Gibbs, too
panic stricken to heed his own indis-
cretion. "Every cent i bad in the
world! I"—
Ile checked himseif an instant too
late.
"So?" drawled Eforrtgan, bis keen
little eyes searing the other with
boundless contempt. "So it was you
whowere secretly
r
scet! burin upthe ie st c6
Y .. o
and tailing in on to otil" game, hey?"
"Pin ruined! Broke; And"—
"And you've got it coming to you,
you whining traitor! The man who
goes back on his partners deserves alt
the, kicking be gets."
"I ---I didn't mean any harm!" mum-
bled the crushed Gibbs. "It couldn't
hurt you 'people to have me buy B.or-
ougb stock for myself, unci I'd have
cleared up a million and more. Oh,
don't glower like that, Horrigan, but
try to think out some way of" --
"Of what, you cur?"
"Isn't there any way even now to
make Bennett let up on his fight?"
"If there was you couldn't be of use
to us, so why should 1 talk about it
to you?"
"But I'd do anything in the world--
anything"—
"You would?" cut in Horrigan
sharply.
"Yes, yes! Only give Ise tt' chance!
I'd"--
Horr}gan considered, then said re-
flectively:
"No chance Is too slight to take at a
time like this, and nobody's too rotten
to be of use. I've found there are
three things, one of which will always
buy any man—a woman, ambition or
cash. We've tried Bennett on an)bi•
tion: be doesn't need money, so only
the first of the three remains."
-A woman? I don't understand."
"Miss Wainwright"
"Listen here. Bennett's in lore with
Wainwright's niece. You've cut him
out. Go and tell him if he'll let our
VIII alone you'll smash the engagement
and leave her free to marry hltn..
See?"
"T can't! I—hold on, though! A.fter-
ty ar d 1 could deny the whole thing,
cottfdtt't I? It'd be his word against
mine, and she'd never believe 1 could
shell a thing. 1.1 might try."
"Yes,"
,f ,... ..
Itis growled ld rri
e b an"you Might.
t
• ir' g r g
•t t' t los 1 h
i (t thee s tai is nerve
!hinge that even an ordinary crook
tvottkl' balk at."
i3nt Gibbs did not hear. 11e had re.
cttt•ned to the corridor in search of
t3eunett. The matt scarcely deserved
he c,pprobrtum heaped on him by riot-
'Ilan. A brilliant, daring operator, he
ryas, unknown to himself, a rank row-
tir(t at heart. I+or the first tithe in his
tfe the eowardfee had cropped out,
led, to do Gtbhe justice, it bird driven
tim tentpot'ariiy insane. tai his nor -
senses he Wetild never have stoop
d to the plan he Was new so eager to
arty out. it Was a. putrid bit of jet.
am at which a finaudiallyy dfownlltg
Man did not scruple t6 clutch.
Ilorrigtin followed hitt feint] the
roont, iris awn splendid nerve quite re.
overed. from the crushing bloW Iiia
IA es ]tad reretyed eStaked
p
Ii had
estelly on the deal. '1Soreover, its fail-
re,
sal .re,• Its lie emery, iueant the wreck -of
that mighty political prestige be had
so long and wearisomely .built up. .It
Might .even, if Alwyn fulfilled his.
threat about the notes, !e€td to graver
personal couseggeqces. Yet the 'buil,
dog pluck that had carried tills rnauw
of iron from the gutter to the summit
of political power did net desert leltn,
uor did he ehow the toss of one .iota, of
ids customary moaumentat cash,
Searrely had ilorriglin quitted the
room when Perry and :Dallas entered
It.
"You could cut the atmosphere in
there with a cheese knife," Perry Was.
saying. "Williams doesn't think the
Borough bili will :come ult for half an
hour or .so. We'd better spend the
time till then in here thanto stay there
and turn our lungs into a microbe zoo,"
Dallas did not answer, She sat dowu
by the table and 'rested her .bead de-
jeetedly onone little gloved hand. The
sight of Bennett, his grave, Hopeless
appeal to her; the calm, utter despair
of ills brave Pace -'-ail these had affect,
ed her deeply, Perry noticed with
brotherly concern her look and attitude.
"Feeling Paiut?" be asked.
"No, 1'nm all right, thanks" -
"You look pretty near as i)!ue ael A1-
wyn. Ile"---
"b'oa't let's talk of him, please," she
begged-
"Why
egged."Wliy not? Ile:s the whitest chap.
this side of Whitevilie,"
"That's what 1 used to think, but I
know better now."
"Then. ,miss," broke in a voice front
the doorway, "you're entitled to anoth-
er 'know.'"
Phelan, who, passing down the cor-
ridor, bad heard her last words as ike
reached the threshold, turned into the
room..
" F';cuse me for buttin' in on a fam-
ily chat." he remarked. coming forward,
"hitt I'in pretty well posted on his
honoree character. an' when I bear ttaY
one knockin' him it's one to the bat.
,.'hat nave you got against Ale Ben-
nett? "None of yogi'. measly business,'
says yon. 'Quite so.' says I; an', that
he'll' the case, let's hear all about it."
Sotnprhhsg that underlay the seeming
impertinence of the alderman's bluff
speech touched Dallas. On impulse sbe
,polo=:
"`,1r. Bennett," said she. "Is opposing
the Borough hili, knowing we shall be
peepers if he defeats it. He also sold
Borough steel;. short before he an-
nounced his veto. What can one think,
of a man who enriches himself at the
Oxlteuse of his friends?"
"Gee." cried .ferry. "that's tt terrible
thing? Bennett's the original man
ltlglie' up. ihu afraid. • I wonder he
Isn't afraid to wear the clothes of such
n • wicked geezer as himself!" •
"Oh. Perry! Don't joke about It:"
rtenged Dallas.., "Can't you see the seri-
nus side of anything? We shall be
penniless and dependent on"—
"Fear thou not. sister mine!" de-
clared I'crry in his'best melodramatic
manner. "Paupers. sayest thou? Par
be it so! Little Brother. Perry will.
guard thee from ,the cold, shivery
swats of a wintry wind. Maybe we
can sell violets or start a fight club
or"—
"Don't!" she urged, jarred by liis Hip•
panty. "You don't understand. 1"—
"As for that story of his honor's ee11-
in' stock short and makin' a pile of
cash on his own veto,", put in Phelan
genuinely worried, "Borrigan's looked
it up an' got enoughfacts to make him
think he can prove it. He's goin' to
make Williams tell the whole story to
the aldermen tonight. It's a lie, of
course, but it'll hurt his honor a lot,
an' the worst of it is Bennett refuses
to deny it"
"He does, eh?" remarked . Perry.
"Then I'll do some talking about it.
I'Il have to fracture a promise I made
Alwyn, but I guess it's worth while."
"What do you mean?" queried Dallas
in wonder.
"1 mean Bennett tent me the money
to sell enough stock short to .make up
for what you and I would lose if the
bill was quashed, and he gave • me a
letter to his own broker. We carried it
through, and now you and I stand pat
to win whichever way, the 'cat jumps.
we're `on velvet, that to Alwyn,
"He did this for us?" gasped Dallas
in amaze. "But why didn't you tell
me? 'Why did you let Ise misjudge
him?"
"He made me promise not.to let you
know a thing about It and"—
"Say, youngster," broke in Phelan,
tingling with excitement, "you come
chasm' along with me into the alder-
men's rneetln'. I'll have yet get up
there ah' tell what yen know. It'll
knock that lie of Williams' and Ilorri-
gan's so high lei' forget to hit groan'
again. Come on,. son! 1''bere's sure
}}able to be hot doin's in the weetin' in
,about eleven seconds. Come along!"
en4F'TI;tt XVI.
DAL1..1;;, 'eft alone in riot,•,•
gun t pt'it'att' room, sat at rite
big tattle, snaking -no 'fl'a't to
follow tier brother and i'ite-
Idn. A tnewset,
t) wet r•
t t lin" for Hor-
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Ligan, bustler) ;n looked ittttutrirr'ty at
the motionless, wbtte rated girt. then
pttsst'd on to the rotsrnttttee morn tet".
gond and on a;;'.:u la itis spar, 11 Hail
the sound of ins footsteps ti;.'d Att(1
•tttti Callas sat, tu,'t't. dumb
Littie by 11'M- 'env Watt itierdng to
kettle)* the fa,•it of the tong. inimitable
'•otnplit'stlon in the tight .rt' what 1'e1'•
es bttd lust toil WW1 It a•tts stt,yorsliy
'nsy naw tbnt N1:'• hi'l'l tilt, key +u the
lfaation ;Ole could 11t'h'relned eves•.•
Itis} --bot' Wi ltr+Yl'Iglit had per her
•"ortune into iborougti slue]; to trifle-
."rtte Bennett; i.stw, rolling to move the
tatter, he had used Alwyn's knowledge
of the. fact as a weapon amens/ the
voting tnna; haw Bennett had tonight
to save her 'fortune ,sort why be hail
forbidden 1'(ttry to le :et :het' re'etlugt,
by tellingor the „ • st v
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NEW YOLK. •
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EXAGI' 00?Y OF WRAPP9.
For Lean
and
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The Kind You Have
Always Bought I
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THCCCNTAVN COMPANY. NEW YON N CITY.
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1
UST�
Is a General Nuisance, and Cause; Sick mess,
but it Can be Avoided by Using
DUSTaA.$E
on3weeping clay. "Dustbane," m, ver, dis-
infects the room and restores
S to their
1'
original freshness. The omen swear by
"Dustbane" whe on ey have used it.
Don't have another dusty sweeping
day, but get ':.a i 35c package of
"Dustbane".
We are authorized by the manufacturers of
"Dustbane" to send you a 35c can of their
Sweeping Compound We want you to use
this on trial for one week. At the end of this
period , if not found satisfactory, we will take
it back, and there will be no charge for quan-
tity used,
It Does Away with Dust on Sweeping
Day. You want it.
Sold in bbls., half bbls., and quartet bbls., for stores schools,
churches, hospitals, banks, and public buildings,
For sale in Wingham by
A. J. MALCOLM, J. HENRY CHRISTIE,
WIVI. BONE, RICHAR.DSON & RAE.
E Canadian Factories St John, N. B., Winnipeg, Man.19PI1 ja
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