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LINT0N, N, Y. flBltM AN AMBRlbAK INSi'CO-.NXW YOHKv C1HKBNWIUII1NM. BYV IUBA, . JE1ISEY CITY FIRE I8. CO.f JEHI -.CIT eUsea-nedV "ninort (,,.n nnKPnRATtnNR arewi If 1 ,'!. r. alllnvestedlnMiim'sroWilTtia are' UahlSto the hazard otriaionly . . ., -i . . Losses rROMrrLT and' noNistiT adjusted and The'peopUof Colutnola county should pajrWs lie the iagenc.v'where losses It any are settled ind pal J uy DMOUStsiowu viai. , PBQMITNKtjS.' EQUITY, FAIB .DBALDU. 1NSURANCEAGENCY OP J.H. at) CA-iB!.Aw OmCX WD FLOOR COLCUSIAN BCILDINO, Bloomsburg Pa LIFE. Northwestern Masonlo Aid Association, Membera 41.243. Paid to Beneficiaries t4lOM,ttta.l7. Inaureo nou-Matouj. FIRE. ASSETS- CONTINENTAL of New York H-H?'Si'!! AMERICAN of Philadelphia,; feSi'lS .NIAGARA of New ork 3,W0, U A liberal thure of the business la respectfully eollclled, and satisfaction guaranicw. t Feb,10-4W. J. U. MAIZE, Agt, w.n- UOUSE, DENTIST, Bloombbuho, Columbia County, Pa All styles of work done In a superior manner, work warranted ua reprrwauju, uithaitmh, id wirnocr Pain by the use of oas, ana free of charge when arttacUl teeth (reinserted. Orllce In llarton's building. Main street, below Market, live doors below Klelm's drug store, first floor. 7o be epen at all hour$ during tht da ;ovs.iy Exchange Hotel, HENTON, PA. The undersigned has leased this well-known house, andls pmnared to accommodate the public with all tht conveniences et a crst-clua hotel. ITBisysT) UMCXLPIIAXK, Proprietor. J. R..SMITH&CO. . LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., DlAI.RM IN, Br the following well known makers; C bickering, Knnbc,' Weber, Hnllet & Davis. Can also furnish any of the cheaper makes at manufacturers irices. 1)6 not buy a piano be bro getting our prices. .o. Catalogue and Price Lists On application. SeptS-MtL Bitten bender & Co., WAGON MAKER'S AND BLACKSMITH'S SUPPLIES. No". 12C & 128 Frankliri AVf., . SCRANTON, PA. Iron and Steel. aprlll-ly. j. W. RAEDEB, BLANK BOOK MAKER, .RULER AKD BINDER, Nos. 7 and 9 Markt St., WILfCES-B AjrEr P. BeplMycMTO. ALBUMS, PnOTOORAFn, ADTQOnAril AND Scran, a laree und comnlete line at J. II. Mercer's Ui ug and Book store, Kvans' Block. ALL TIJE FINEST" EXTHaCTB COLOGNE Sachets, Pomades, Hair Dyes and Bay Hum at J. II. Mercer's Drug und Hook btore, Evans' uiuvjt, uppusiio Apmcopai uaurcQ, A LL PltOPBIKTAHV AND PATENT MEDICINES J at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book store, oppo site Episcopal Church. BOOKS, STATIONERY AND WALL TAPRIl, A fine stock at Mercer's Drue and Book store. opposite Episcopal Church, Bloomsburg, Pa. CASTILLE, TOILET AND MEDICATED hOAPS, a full line at J. U. Mercer's Drug and Book Btore, Upper Main treet. COMBS OF ALL KINDS, WELL SELECTED, AND at very low prices at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book store, third door above Iron street, bloon.s burg, Pa. C CONDENSED MIIK, C0XV8, NELSON'S AND j Cooner's OelatlnH. 1 fltilocfl. Sflcp: Arrow Loot and all the prepared foods for children and In valids at Mercer's Drug and Book Mm tli-1 fioor above Uesa' Boot and bboe Store, Bloomsburg, Pa, CANARY, HEMP, RAPE, MILLET, MAW AND .Mixed seed for the birds, at J. II. Nerrers Drug and Book More, llrst door beiow Creauy's orocery btore. FINE WRITING PAPERS. BY BOX, LOOSE OH In Tablet form, at J. II. Mercer's Driii and Book store, bloomsburg, Pa. X'UHSINO BOTTLES MPPIES. KUtlllEK IU i PIANOS. r P. fl .11, V1CB, IITIilUJK JtlllKa ItUU Hll R' 11 ties, Teething Rings and all reaulslte I bf u. oys doors above Kvana & fiyer'a ciotblog btore. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRllTIONS AND FAMILY' recelDts carefully nrecared at all hours at Mercers Drug and Book btore, Bloomsburg, Pa. 1 mOILET AND INFANT POWDKRH ItfilTGH. I Cos'netlc and gold and siller Diamond Duat, street, Bloomsburg, Pa. WALL PAPKR MANY KINDS AND MANY ortces at Mercer's Dr and Book Htvo. opposite Episcopal church, Bloomaburg, pa jt,ty,oi. rALMLJbipS UJhLLl) IK T a ESild mumo. llAKWi HKM.00 ,BoiIM Iluirlo,N.. ERSIAN BLOOrVI,Se!tCciiliit:iiBij. tlflr, Sklu Our tad IlltjmUh Erndlorttor knoim. a ibunp for trial paokcut. Addrvwatabov. hOT33n.cJcooly.' ' PENNEY (JOODb Alexandc? Bros. fe Co., WIIOl)SALB DEALEHlflN CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANDIES, FRUITS AND NUTS. A SPECIALTY. SOLI AOXNTB rOB ! F. F. ADAMS & CO.. FINE CUT ' CHEWING TOBACCO Sole agents of the fol lowing bran as of Cigars.' ' HENRY CLAY, LONDRES, NORMAL, DOLE BEKEY 5UILLARDS IMCANDTES. FIIESH EVERY W EEK. Bloomsburg, Pa. INDIAN PRINCESS, SAMSON, SILVER ASII. Havo received a large stock of CARPB TI-TC3-S for tho Spring trade, consisting in part of , v . Velvets, Body Brussel and Ingrains,Smyrna and Cocoa Rugs, Cocoa Mattings, and a nice line of Canton Mattings. Fb. 10, 1668. Ima.' lie BLOOMSBTJRGr, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 16, HOW'S YOUR LIVER Is the oriental salutation, knowing that good health cannot exist without a healthy liver; When the liver is torpid tho bowels aro sluggish and'eonstipa ted, the fobd lies in the stomach undigested, pois oning tho blood; frequent headache ensues; a feeling of lassitude, despondency and nervousness indicate how tho whole system is deranged. Simmons Liver Regulator has been the means of restoring more people to health and hap piness by giving them a healthy liver than any agency known on earth. It acts with extraordi nary power and efficacy. utrvpti itititw TUSArpntOTED. Aa II nerfll fnmllv rpmedV lOf dVfiDeDSla.tOrpld ilvcr, constlpatlon,etc,I bartly ever uso anything ctse, una nave ueen niBniu"iuw.u iu cu. "yz auccrt; It seems to bo nln ost a perfect cure for all diseases ot the stomacn ana Doweis. V. J. McEuior. Macon. Oa. ROW ACME THE BEST BURNING OIL THAT CAN BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM. It gives a brilliant Ugbt ft will not. smoke ihe cnlmneyi It will not char the wick. It has a high flro test. It win not explode. It is pro-ca.inently a family safety oil. WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON with any other Illuminating oil made. We Stake Our Reputation, As refiners, upon the statement that It Is THE BEST OIL IN THE WOULD. Ask your dealer for CROWN ACME. Trade for Bloomsburg and Vicinity Supplied by MOYER BROS., Bloomsburg, Pa. seps-ly. ("IT nil TTTlTfT LLUiXlllNw I CLOTHING G. W. BERTSGHi THE MEllcnANT TAILOR Gents9 Furnishing GoodsHats Sf Capi OF EVKKY DESCRIPTION. Suits rnitdo to order at pbort notice and afitnlwajs guaranteed or no sale.' Ca'l and examine tte larpest ana Den nelected stock of goode over shown in Columbia county. rUoro next door to First National Bank, MAIN STREET, Bloomsburg Pa. awSJiotOun Revolver. n lieu. - - L . CTMIVITC NETS, TENTH and SPORTJ 9Jb.AIJC9. ING GOODS. j Double Harre' Breech Loading shrt Guns, choVe bored. $10 to ilea. Flngle llreech Iwdlng Shi j oun H to f!5. Every kind or Hreech I osdingar d Kepeatlne Hlflea, n to $40. Muzzle Losdlnu Dou4 ble shot Suns, $s to $35. single Shot Ounfl,fJI0 to$li.OO. Revolvers H.uo in iw. uouuie aluiu self cockers, $3.M to tia All kinds of : artridtfesJ whoita nana A'nrla Tools. Powder Flasks. Khf t I fouohes. Primers send 3 cents for Illustrated Catalogue Address. GREAT WESTERN a I'M U'nlJUll Ml KWITIIWIKI.T) ST.. PITTSKUI10. PA. Nil. This Is a 80-year-old, reliable firm. Per. fectly.truMworthv, .Orders flHt-d rromptly aro good8Kntby mall or express to any part ot tie world. No matter what you want In the gun lit you oan get It at theGreai Western by writing a i"iier. Guns made to Order. Guns and Revolvers Repaired. sepio-sms 1L C. SLOAB & BRO. BLOOMSBURG, PA. Manufacturers of CARRIAOES BUGGIES, PHAETONS SIEIOHS. PLATTORM WAGONS &C FliBt-class work always on hand, REPAIRING NEA TLYDONB. firi rrJuwd In "HI Ihe liner. $65 A MONTH and BOARD for 8 bright young men onauiesiu nitu wjulij, l". w, Pa. glKULBK CO., Philadelphia, :utl ANY Ol.DKR FOR KEnVVli will be fUPPLIED M ril tub LOWEST Mi Prices, AS FOLLOWS I ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS, PEANUTS, ENGLISH AGENTS' P6lt WALNUTSJ (JKKAftl iNUTf, ALMONDS, POP CORN BALLS. - w - i , waru i ran against some one, ana, muttering Brussels, Tapestrybsxf Till! MiVN OF AElfoMCID. I nm free to con f mi now that When' I firsl henrd of him I took him for 'a swindler. When I heanl tlmt Tolwla hndbeen hi? bOrfiel for ton whole mouths Toledo, which lives only by moonlight, nnd is tho mere corpse of a. city In the sunshine when I heard ot n modesty o very retiring, and remembered that England had no extradition iiunty with Biialu, my only wonder was as to tho sum bt his sikjUj. Was he a defaulter" for thirty' thousand "Jioilnils, Br a petty rogue' of f work I "Tenmohthsl That li' a long time r I said to Donna Merceries, my informant, and the elder of the two old maids who kept the Cosa do Huraporiee, in which I found that I liad this stranger for a neighbor. "Uno might poo the antiquities even of Toledo lii that tlmo." "Truly," she 'nnswered! "but then, fion logo is a painter." 'Ah, now I understand r I replied, with a great increase of cheerfulncis. "Ono might int Toledo for ten ycorNund not have dona. I, too, am a (winter." "And no ilouht," said the old dome. beam. Ing upon me through her round rimmed eicc. tacles, "Don logo will ho known to'yoiir I took tli the visitors' book, In which the snml had not yet dried my autograph; 'Jnmes Clenti" I unld. ivadlng thnnnmotd which sho ltnlutod, "No, I do not know him." Dona Mercedes wns puzzled, !eiug senreeb able to understand thut two Knglishmcn, even twp EnglUh artists, might bo strangers to, ono another. Hut presently the crossed herself. "Don Ingo Is an old Christian." she' said softly, nnd so went off with her book-, benevolent still, but conscious, I feal", of a serpent in her 1'ileii. Eden was our boarding- -house. From a paved alley) t,ho .Calle del Arzoblspo, you turned Into an archway nnd groped for a, door up three sU-ps In tho ilnrtest corner,, Then you trailed a weight which li'ung theiii anu uy ami uy, rue iron sruyueit uoor 0neu ns of Itself niid lol a tiny courtyard; In wliich four orange trees In tubs produced an' effect of somber gayety. Round this patld, n't the lovel ot n first floor, ran ft Verahila, reocbedly an uncovered staircase; ATl'tho' rooms oienod on to this veranda. On the right hand side were four little bedrootni, On'tho side which faced tho entrunco ?as tho common parlor and on tho left the kitchen and the old ladies' room, at o window of which ono was always sitting ready to Open the outer door with a cord whenever the bell jangled. It was all, very plain and primitive, Intt clean, and looking round my bedroOm,"wh(ch hid' whitewashed walls, and a matted floor, and for furniture a bed, a stool, a basin and a brifcicro, I found no cause to regret tho lingy hotel I had left. When I passed ro, I, on my way to run ner, the door was ajar, and uona Mercedei was inside with a lamp in her hand. I paused before the door,' iind' she, loolilng up, saw mo. "AbT'slie'sald 'proudly, "did I not tell you mat jjou lago was u painter! ceo hero!" And she throw, her ligh't Up6n A plcturo which was resting on an easel before the window. I saw nt once that It Was not badly painted. There was a show of facility about it. And yet it, was mediocre, surprising mo less by its execution than Its subject. Here In Toi ledo, tho'grond and bizarre, In the 'midst of such architectural beauty and 'grotesqneness as fairly bewildciW an artist's 'eye, my I neighbor hail' hot' painted a street scene, a Moorish gateway-, or n ledfy cloister. He had cnoseu lurtivuu u vuuiiif y iuuusiu uiuioav u9 commonplace as it Was dreary; a gray house and 'a' gray, sloping olive grove, and round them bleak, wind swept uplands. I was scarcely more astonished to find that I knew the place. I had passed It the day before In my walk rrom iprrijos walking is a whim of mine and'is was fully seven miles from Toledo. At the time I said something pretty to Dona Mercedes, and "went on to tho parlor. My nclghlior was late. I had nearly finished when ho entered. Howas aman of S5, per haps, with a thin, careworn face nnd lines lie low tho temples. He was about my height, wearing his hair and mustache cut short--a blonde, and KnglUh looking. He had proba bly heard of my orrlvol, yet ho seemed pat out at sight of me perhaps merely because bo was Into. I havo left tho head of the table for you," I said, half rising, politely. "You have boen hero some time, I understand." Ho was breaking hit bread Into morsels and oating with a worried air. Yes; the place suits mo," ho answered rather curtly. . "Yet you like to hear tho lark sing as well as the mouvs Wiueak," I replied, smiling. Hie tone was not encouraging, but I wished to rx agreeable. "If 1 am not mistaken, I met you yesterday." Not that I am ruvnro or," ho said, with a hasty glance at me, and then devoted him self to his soup with renewed zest. No! On tho pathway I cannot call it a road from Torri jos I About 2 o'clock!" He shook his bead. "You uro mistakon," ho answered. "I was not outside the town yesterday," Then I saw a man very like your I re joined, mittled by his manner. "There isn ruined castle, called Almouacid, I believe, about a mile this side of Torrijos. As I was passing it I saw an Englishman, and an art ist also, if n portfolio makes an artist, leuvO It and make quickly for the village before me. Somehow I missed him among' the bouses, and was too far from' him at any tlmo to see his features distinctly. Hut ho was wearing clothes like yours." "And like yours, too, I presume," he re joined sharply. He had a way of waiting for you, and taking you up suddenly, of which this was my first experience. "Just sol" I said, for ho was right; we were dressed alike. "But I am not' aware that tho mirage occurs iu Spain. Perhaps you know Almonacid)" "No," be replied, more equably, ns it ho were ashamed of his show of temper, "I have heard of It. Hut It is too far for my logs, and I cannot nllord horse hire, I some times walk out in that direction, but not half as far," I made a hasty calculation, Almonacid was nine miles from Toledo. The gray houso aud solitary olive grove were at least boen. Bo that when my friend said that he bad not been halt as tar as Almonacid, bo wiui not quite truthful, since he must have been to the scene of bis picture. Hut it was no busi ness of initio. Ho was a good looking man, and that which took him to tho (binry form bouse mlcbt well be a love Intrigue a thing dangerous to entertiponlu Hpaln, moro ilan- cerous still to meddle with. I changed th. subject. I had bad a dlfllculty about my letters, The jiostmaster bail refused to give them to me because I had not my passport with tne.' Later tho ofUce had been closodj I told Clent this, and be listened, but his thoughts seemed far away, and when I had done ho said, "No doubt'you will get them tomorrow," in a perfunctory way, with scarcely a 6hoW of sympathy. "I hope I shall," I answered, annoyed that he made so little ot It. "I do not know what I shall do i( I fall to get them." "Oh, you will get them," ho repeated care lessly, He was wrong, as It turned' out. But so was I when I went to bed, vowing I hated him, I did not take into account the chabge which twenty-four hours may make in our feelings. Just one day later I could not have Identified the surly man I have described with my'friend James Clent James' Clent, who had by that time rescued me from a most unpleasant position, and proved tri umphantly that under his rough manner he bad a sound heart. It all arose out ot the letters, I called at the tKfttoUlce next morning and handed In myposhport, Ten minutes afterward I Is sued from the door dazed and bewildered, ut my wits' end what to do. A few patus On ward 1 ran against some one, and, muttering by the arm. It was Clent. "What is It, Mr, I.yutonr bo cried good humoredly. "Have some eeuorlta's eyes shot homo I Or but whatUiiti Caul hrlp. youl And h drew me out of the sunshine Into th. shade of the covered way which runs round the Zoco dover, the great square of Toledo, "Borne one has intercepted my letters," I stammered, "A Spaniard called for them this morning, presented one of my visiting cards, and said I was at the Fonda de Lino where I did stay one night. All that I cat) gvt out pf the postmaster is that be gave up tb lttrf I that VU WM dels U erfer, Confound hli stolidity) One ot them con Ulned He whistled. "Theii there Is no time to bt lost, Sir. Lyntoni" he cried. "It tu go first to the Fonda. It is possible that some busy body, knowing you did not get your letters, yesterday, has fetched them for you on tho chance of getting a peseta for his pains." I gladly assented, knd (we 'w'efit' together to tho hotel. Hut no ono there w ould confess to knowing anything ot my letter, No one had gone for thorn. As we left theyard I noticed that my companion 1 joked keenly at the waiter, wh() wns not too civiL "Do you sus pect h!ml" I asked, when' we were outside. "I hardly know," Clent answered slowly. "Possibly you mislaid a card the night you slept there, so that he Is one of the people to be suspected. Dut come, we will go now to the postofllcc. I will help yoUai far ad I can." And indeed be did. His knowledge of the langungo was perfect, and it was wonderful to hear him scolding, questioning nnd com plaining, without end of tho wrongs his influential friend, whoso passport be was waving tinder their oftlciat noses, had suf fered. But when presently everything had been tried, and for tho time tried fruitlessly, we stood In the square and looked somewhat blankly at one another. "I say, Mr. Lynton," ho began, "fifty pounds is a large sum to lose." "I wl-h it were less," 1 replied, with ah at tempt nt sprlghtliness. "It docs not cripple you altogether!" "I can afford it, if that is what you menu. But but it is a little Inconvenient at pres ent," I answered. "It puts you iu a dlfllculty for a fow days!" "Precisely. 1 cannot recelvo another re mittance for flye days at least. In the mean time I have six yes, seven pesetas and a half." "Umnhl Call It six shillings and three-' pence," he replied, laughing. ''The cathedral vergers will soon ease you of it, even were it more. But look here I we are next door neighbors, and you must let mo help you. In a strange country I always keep a few pounds by rooi they ore at your service" As he spoke ho drew from an inner pocket a shabby letter caso and took out a 200 pesta note the only note, I saw, that the case con tained. "I am' nfrald,'! I said; doubtfully, "thai I am Inconveniencing you. And besides, you do not know me." "I shall not need the money," ho replied, quickly, "and as to my know lng you, I think I do not you, personally, but your kind." "That Is well soldP I exclaimed with heartiness, "and I accept your offer on ono condition that if you want the money before Sunday you will tell mo so." "Why, if I do," ho replied, laughing merri ly, "you will have spent half of it," "So I shnll," I said, laughing myself, "but I have a watch, nnd Toledo, no doubt, has a let mo call it a Mont do rieto." "Clertamentel" ho cried gayly, and with a word about meeting at dinner, walked rap idly away, leaving me to my thought. I watched him as he threaded his way across tho square Iietwecn laden asses and graceful girls with pitchers, and comparing his slight upright form with the somber Spaniards who strutted up and down, keeping, even on this sunny day, a corner of the enpa over the mouth, I felt proud of my countryman. "I do not think," I said penitently to Jock (I have not mentioned Jock before, although he was at that time my constant compan ion a collie dog with the long Scotch bead und the tcuriorcst eyes), "I do not think that f shall be so quick to Judge the next man we meet and do not understand., Ah, these hasty judgments, Jock I" and I shook my head, and Jock his tall. In due course a second remittance came to hand, and I repaid my friend. By that' time some of the wonder I had felt at bis solltar)" life In Toledo Toledo the somber had passed away. He was not altogether solitary, putting myself out of the 'question. More than once, in the archway or on the veranda. I met a priest coming from his isbom a small, dark, thin faced man with vivid eyes. a Spaniard, of course, who lifted his low crowneu oeaver to mo anu Doweu ponieiy. Once, too, I had a glimpse of a petticoat whisking out. Moreover, Clent seemed to bo doing a better trade than I had judged probable from the sicimen of his work which I had seen. Not that ho told me this himself, lie was reserved oil the subject. neither offering to show mo his pictures nor accepting my proposal that wo Bhould do some work togothcr. Hut i our letters some times lay on a slab inside tho outer door, and I could not avoid seeing that he received sev eral dealers' letters, I was sure from art centers from Dresden and Munich, for in stance. Once thero was a letter bearing the postmark of St Petersburg. This seomed strange In a man of his caliber; in a man w bo was not known to mo. And, perhajM, be sides puzzling nio, it a little nettled mo also. 2ly nnme was not altogether unknown. Clent himself had said pretty things about bis acquaintance with It. Yet I had no con tinental patrons, no market outside Great Britain. If I had fallen in with him nt Madrid or Seville I should have known what to think; i snouiu nave set mm down as one of those copyists who live by all great' galleries. And something upon which I Ut ono day In his room persuaded me for a timo that this was the case, few us were the works iu, Toledo that could pay for the labor of copy ing, It was a picture, and the only one I saw at any time in bis ossossion, savo tho somber landscape of whicb I have spoken. I had run short of chrome yellow,, and hearing bint go to his room followed to ask him iPho'.pould let mo have some. "I suppose 'fcanbot get any chrome yellow In ToledorM ,lgVn'boforo I was well In tho room, "nor anywhere nearer than Madrid!" Ho was ktieellng'bn tho floor, but sprang up so quickly at 'tho sound of my. voice that i nasxeneu to apologize for enterlnar with out knocking'. He did not seem, at once. to understand mo, He had len' poring ovor something placed On tho ground where it would catch the bes't' light, and his first aim 'appeared to lie to move so as to hide this from me, "What Is itf ho cried harshly, "What do you -want!" Even by that light I coma see tnat nis ace was pale. "My dear fellow," I said, not trying to niue my surprise, "i nm sorry that I entered wlthdut ceremony', and I havo told vou so. I came in for nothing in the world but to ask you if any chromei yellow can'bejgot nearer than Madrid. I, was so full of. my wanta that, seeing the door was unlatched? I didlrtulOfka;tJt., "JVasJt unlatched!" he asked, glancing at me askance. I sbrugged'my shoulders, i 'Look for your self," I said 'curtly. ' He stepped forward "and saw wh'aVl'had already, iIotieM-rtbU thebolt wasshotjbut not-ihto'tbesbfckct;',8oiiiothing'llVb'ullfled orxrse' escaped 'him. " Ha turhed 'mutterlm: thntloduld'ordygel the material I needed In Macfridj ' i"That is unfortunate,' But whafhavoTou gOtheref I asked, advancing a step into the rooiti. "Wbatacaptalbitof pnlutingl It isa'.Riheraj Is it not! It must be I" And, forgetting iu, ray eagerness everything savo that I bad before me a singularly good-copy of a Uneiploture, J actually, waved "him astdo who n ie,wpuld have intcrpp.sedj "No onrf-WitJ HnJera,,'I cried, stooping' over it, "could-rmhrt thdsoMIgbUAhdsrAuViTB! No onel lb' is it genuine - Spanulet W tor's bun- h ..,1 ,. .., "It Is a copy!" burst from him In a tone of vivid contradiction. "A copy I" I rejieatod after blm in wonder. "A copy! Of court 'it is. So I sunnose,!. Rtberaa do not grpvr on every .bush, my ineuu. a meant mat tne original was a 111, lra, and not merely of bis school. But now you speak, of ft," and I went; down on my knees, "are ,yoU' so sure that it is a copy! How bright aro these high lights. Tet how mellow! And see the depth of the coloring here, and the tawny tone over all I By heavens," I said, rising and facing him abruptly, t'it is not a copy " "It isl" be cried furiously; "I say It UI Do lUberaa grpw on evpry hush, raadraanp- The word and the passion he threw into it sobered tne at once, "I beg your pardon," I said, "I forgot myself, I am 'sorrv for it Hut the opinion J haVe uttered, h my 'opinion still, .Aud, if. I do not make a mistake," I went on eyeing him shrewdly, "it is voun. toq. I fancy, my frisnd, that yon had Just made the discovery when I came in, and that you'dared hardly to. utertaln It, It is no wonder that such a thing threw yon off your balance, For he was trembling still, and glancing from me to the painting aud back again in a distraught raahlon, "Yes," he said at length, gttlOff eat Us worvU wtta ailUcjdty, " 1888. thought It possible, just possible, but "bow very, vsry improiiauiei ' "Yes, very improbable, if, as I sUdtiosp. you bought the picture for a copy. But where did you get Itl" I , asked briskly. I thought that I was beginning to understand htm. 'I lioueht It from aprlest for anbldsong at Almonacid." "At Almonacjldr . He moved uneasily, ai if be would have recalled bis last wortt. Brit It taw too' late, and' he nodded assent "Then after all It was orou whom I saw that dnyl ' I com- mented. "You had Just bought it, I sup pose." "Yes, I had a dbubt aliout It then." "It Is a strange story, but straute thintrt happen," I said, watching him narrowly. "it is true," Ot courso I pretended to believe blm. and Beelng clearly that be wished me gone I took myself to my room. In part I did belled o him, only I thought It strango that tin artist of Ids kidney should be so greatly ashamed ot having outwitted an old monk: so greatly a&hnmed as to tell the story of his cleverness In that bang dog fashion. It crossed my mind that I might bo wrong in my judgment of tho picture. It might be that the St Christopher was only a copy after all, and uient nimxir. una marie it, and was even then whon I broke in upon him having It out with his conscience whether be should pass it off for an original, or not, That was possi ble; but to mo he had been a friend Iu need, and It was no business of nunc. The next day, the 17th of January, was tc be tho last of my stay in Toledo. 1 had all but finished tho sketches I required, ntj If the truth must be told, I longed to Ik away. The stillness of the place haunted me. I hated the huge square, alcazar which towered over all the Moorish' gateways, the hundred silent churches. Uy noon 1 had made nn end of my work, and hastily put' ting' aside my materials I called Jock and started for a long ramble over the hills where the alcazar did not bar the sunshine, though it was (mjioesihle to get out of sigh' of it l did not return until darkness 'iron tue back into the town. Then I saw at onca that 'there' was' some thing strange on foot In tho streets was an unwonted bustle, which rather grow than les sened as I approached the middle of tho town. Knots of people carrying fagota passed hurriedly or stood together nt the street corners. Tho Zooodover was thronged. As in part curious and in part annoyed I was pushing my way through the crowd, a clock struck 6, and, set in motion by that signal, the bells In every tower burst Into sound. I was brought to a standstill. I had just time to wonder what It meant, when as by mugio the bright glare of a hun dred fires leaped up abovo the crowd, and glowing hotly on pillar anil gable, Hung huge Bhadows on the very steeples, and exposed at onco a hundred silhouettes. It was a weird yet a beautiful sight. It pleased me to find it rejieatod iu ever' street and open space I entered, I spent fully an hour, tired as I was, in hurrvihg up' and down to mark tho effect of the flrolight'ou this' fa cade or that archway. And when at length I tore myself awtiy. and, went home, I mado quickly for the parlor to talkVjf ' what I had Been. "I say, Clentl" I began, "havo you boen out! What is Itl Whatdoealtallraean!" Such a nervous fellow as he wast Ho jumped up, dropping his spoon Into his plate witn a clatter. "What does what meaur he stuttered. "These bonfires in the streets, to be sure! The sight is a most singular one! You ought to be out viewing Itl" He sat down at onco. "Ob. the' bonfires!" he said, resuming his meal. "The peoplo are keeping St Anthony's ere, thatisalL It is customary here to do it in this way. You know St Anthony is always represented with a flroljy his side." 'I thought that it was Eomcthlntr of that kind," I answterod, following his 'example. "Will you come out with mo presently and have a look at the town! The sightseers aro orderly enough, though to Judge from tho stir at the gendarmerie the occasion is a special one." 'Ia there a stir merer he askal, pausing with his spoon halt way to his mouth. . "Some civil guards, six or eight I daro say. and an ofllcer were dismounting at tho door as I passed. Apparently they had Just come in." Whatl Did you notice what the .officer was liko!" Clont asked In a curious tone, but I was busy with my dinner. " es," I answered, carelessly, "ho had a hare lip, I remarked it because he had a good look at me as I possod. No! You do not mean to say that you have dono already I" He did not answer, and 1 looked up to learn tho reason. I read something in his palefaco and trembling lips which chilled mo. Tho man was suddenly afraid. And not afraid merely, Ho was in such terror that the very instinct of concealment bail passed from him. As his distended eyes met mine he tried to speak, but no sound enme. Yet I knew What he would have Baid. His lips formed. "Can i trust your' "Can ypu trust mo!" I repeated, trembling a little myself, 'and my mouth growing dry; "well, I hope so, I think so, ClentVl do, indeed.- What is it, iny good fellow!" for his vtiry ears Beemed to rise from his head, so in' teatly was ho listening for some sound. "What have you done I What do you fear!" 1 whlspvrwl. 1'eaiT" ho muttered, with his hand uplift ed, "death, man I Hush I Come to my room." I obeyed bis gesture as much as bis words, and leaving the parlor we crept silently thither, When we were closeted together ho stood facing me, aud began to speak in breathless haste. "I did you a good turn tho other day, Mr, Lynton; help me now. lam a Curllst a spy 1 A man tent hero tu try the fidelity of tho troops. Of late I have been suspected. Now I am sure I am betrayed. The punishment is death I In a few minutes they will be hero." "Dut what what can I do for your I ex claimed in horror. No one seeing tho man could doubt his danger, or at least his belief in it. "w hy do you not escape while there is timer 1 criea lmiiatieully. 'lime! there Is no timer ho answered with an oath of despair. "Tho house is watched. I dare not leuve it. Hut you can do something for me. You can give mo your passport and chango rooms with mo. w e are much alike. Take my name tor a few hours, nay, a few minutes. It will usao my life my life, sirl And for you-iu know our minister I Yt! Then you will lie m no aanger. "Hut," I said faintly the man's distress was terrible to witness, and it all came so abruptly upon me "the Spanish police are sometimes hasty and" He flinched as if I had struck blm. A fresh bit of trembling seized blm. He turned from me with a curse aud flung himself faco downward on the bed. I had hesitated before. I am not a bold man, and I bad beard strange tales ot sum mary'jttstice .done by tho police. But hero the risk seemed so little; the man's condition was so pitiable. "Oct upl" I said harshly, after a brief fight with myself. "I will save" you It I can. You are an Englishman when all is said and done. But let us loao no time. You know best what must be done," He sprang to his feet. At once ho had all his wits about blm. In a couple of minutes I hail taken possession ot bis room, lie of mine, w Itu feverish expressions ot grati tude he pocketed the passport I gavo blm. He dressed me iu his long ulster and .deer stalker bat; In which I have no doubt that I was like enough to blm to pass for him ill BranHti eyes. And all this ho did with won derful method, as it he had thought out thu details U'fore. It crossed my mind once thut he had. His last step was to draw from his mattress two loug rolls neatly covered with canvas. "They are papers," he said, pausing to listen, and looking doubtfully nt them tho while, "usts or men, Ami men's lives they will cost if tboy are found." he added, with exritement, " et I daro not take them with me. I dare not, 1 shall get away by your help, but 1 snail be stopped more thuu onco. and it these ure found oil me they will make It all o no use," He was so reluctant, so sincerely reluctant. as I could see, to leave the iaiers, Uesplto the risk he would rut; it he took them, yes, aud so very nearly ready to run (hat risk, that I felt tor the first time a sense of real sympathy tor him. "Can we uot bio's them gomewherer1 1 suscelted. "No!" ho answered bitterly, "they will leave uo stone unturned here." And with that bo thrust the paper back into the mat tr my mattress now. "Why do you uot destroy them!" I asked. 'i aare,ium,," b answered sullenly , THE COLUMBIAN, VOl KXIl NO 11 COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOl LI, NO 61 Then, moved by the force of habit, I think, ho snt down on the bed precisely over them. I wondered nt his answer llrst, then a: another thing. "Why do they not comer' I said querulously. "Arc you sure that they Intend to rome atnll that you have not made a fool of me for-nothing!" His face grow bright' a moment and then toll again. "No," he replied; "they set a watch On this houso as soon ns they came Into Uie town, and arc only wnltln? now u til a time when they may be sure that I am at homo. That is alt" I found out after ward that be was perfectly right In this, Ho W6 snt in dreary oxjfectatlon, waiting in that little Whitewashed room for the clang ol musket butt nnd tramp of feet that should tell us the crisis was at bund. The candle Darned dimly, the air was heavy with the nuncent odor that rose from the brnsero. My eye fell un liis empty easel nnd the sight carried mo imck to a tunc, dnys iicrore as it seemed Instead of hours, When I had still re garded him In tho light of a problem" to be solved. "And nro you an artist!" I asked ab ruptly. I was glad to break the silence. Oh, yes," bo said with apathy, "I mint a little." "And that Rpagn61etto tho St Christo pher! Is It really an original!" "It is tho original. You wero right," he replied. "It was tho gift of a great monas tery to tho enuse." I wblstle.1. "I think It Is n pity," I said, with a jealous eye to the mattim! on which he was sitting. Tho fancy that that price less Rlbcra carelessly rolled up might lio recelvmg with each Instant somo Irremedi able hurt was a dreadful thing to have on one's mind. When my'tra'veling clock in the next room tinkled nine times, 1 could bear It no longer.. "Look horel" I snld, rising, "I am going out If you aro right, I shall lie arrested, and there will 1)6 ml end of it If not, 1 shrill come back mid there- will be an endot this foolery. Jockl lio thero; good dogl" I added, jioiiitlng to the lust Audi I strode to tho door. , Of course I was still dis guised Hi Lieut's ulster nnd cap. no leapeu up and caught me by tho arm. 'Tor Diosl' ho cried, cllnirinir to me. "You are golnit to bctmy me I You are Eng lish, and you can give me upl" Man alive l ' I answered furiously, the fellow's distrust showI the black spot iu him so plainly; "If I wish to betray' yoU, I need ohly stay here and tell tho civil guards who you are'' He shrank bock at that; I suppose ho saw Its truth, and I went out, passing down the gallery'and the stairs to tho outer door. As I opened this nnd, meeting the wind, steppes! Into tho darkness of the en trunco; before w lilch tho embcrx of a flro still glowed faintly, I confess that I felt nervous very nervous. W Ith.eoch step that I took I looked' tor a challenge or a violent hand upon my shoulder; yet I sprang aside when the lightest ot touches fell on my sleeve. it ts i, puiiiol uo no further!" hlssod a voice in my oar. "The street Is guarded, ienor. I have risked much to savo y6u, but I can do no more. If you "get through Is it Almonacid (" 'SI, hombi e, si " 1 whispered. Then clutch ing in my turn the stranger as he was gliding from me I continued: "But stay, amigo. Tell me what I can do!" I do not know. Have you no safe hldlns place insider ho nnswered, cautiously. "Hni wliat Is thntf It was the sound of approach ing feet As soon as this was certain, "Let mo gol" ho cried, angrily, trying to tear him- lelf from my grasp. "It is liko you! You would destroy mo to do yourself no goodl" 1 released him. W hilo bo fell back into the darkness I retreated, cursing my folly ithe while, Into the archway and tried to efface myself against the wall. I was caught in a trap. The position was not a pleasant one. Trampl tramp! the feet come on so steadily and surely until half a dozen forms stood be tween' mo mid the dying flro outside. A whispered word followed, then a flashing open of Untliorus, a. momentary' startine back of all parties as a mustached guard dis covered me, anil witii the ringing out of a nord of command half a dozen carbines came to the present in front of my breast. "Is thU our man!" ci-icd tho leader. Ho did not waitfor an answer, but added, irae- riousiy, i our uamo, kenori ' "1 am Lmglisli. is not that sufllcient for you! Have a care what you are doing," I answered. r.nougu; enter, uonuuet us to your room,'' was ms order. I went in. On the veranda, at tho door of No. 2, stood Clent, holding a candle abovo bis head, bo that his faco was in shallow while tholight fell on us. He was pale, as I saw a moment later, but he played his jmrt to ndmiration. "What' U this!" he asked. wuu me sujierior air wuieu lingHiiimen lier-, mit themselves abroad, "What docs this' mennP " i our name, sir!" cried the lender, by way of answer. "My name Is Rouso Lj-nton, and I am an artist and an Englishman," ho replied, haughtily, "Here is my imssport, nnd I ask you again what this menus-!" Tho otueer cast a single glance nt the naiier. nnu returned n. ii is in order," be said politely. "I havemude inquiries and know nbout you, senor. Do not let mo disturb you. We aro merely making a capture," "Hut be, too, Is Knglisli." put in Clentj looking nt ine m well reigned surprise. 'Ciertumentoi nut criminal." "Good heavens) I do not Mbvo It: it cannot lie. Is thero nothing," ho mlded. ad dressing me with concern, "Unit I ran do for you! Send a telegram, or anything of that klndr les," I cried eagerly, "telegraph to tho igusu minister at Madrid." "It shall lie done, and at onco. Keen un your heart." "Spare your pains, sir," lntornosed tho leader with a grim smile: "you will do no good. And besides, tho olllee Is closed." "Then 1 will have it oiwned," cried Clent hotly, acting the Kngllsh traveler to the life. and with n gesture of encouragement he rattled noisily away. "Your room Is No. 1," dictated the officer, addressing me. "Enter." I did so, Jock sprang up, and with his c-ont bristling nbout his neck, growled ominously at my conuianions. I told him to lie down. "It Is the other Englishman's dog," snld one ot mo guarus. "Is that sol" replied tho ofllcer. clancin: sharply at tne. "Then how coinos it in this room! But tu work I Search I" In flvo minutes their skillful fingers had overhauled tho luggage which was lying auoui, i ney louiui notuing to the purtwse. ine uu, was tuo next command. I do not know w hat seized uikui niothen whether it wns sheer longing to give vent to my excitement that carried mo away, or tho memory of Clmt'8 words, "And men's lles they will cost," that inspired me with somo sp:r t mat certainly was not my own. I tun not say. Only I know that whon the order "Now tho lied" was given I sprang between it ana tno searchers. "Nop1 I shouted, waving them lack. "Walt!" If I had a dim notion of delaying them nnd gaining time the attempt was as vain us it was foolish. "Mndnuinl" cried the leader, dropping the mask, and suddenly bosido bliuelf with rage; "stand lack. Juan, Feline, do your duty I" I flung ono from met another! I had a mo ment's awful consciousness of n cnrbluc leveled at my cbest, of a linger pressing on the trigger, of u sheathed suoiil that struel up the weapon a second before It exploded, ol the oflh-er shouting In n voice of thundei aliove tl.o tumult, "No aqull Despues!" and then a strong arm Hung mo fornl.lv nznin. the wall, I saw Joeli leap forward, his tivib bared saw wrnie oue lire hastily haw the dog fan oiewiinj uy tho lied. The room grew thick with smoke. "Oh, my llodr'I cried, nnd covered my fiieo. IwnstivmblUgtnoveryllmb. Home one not uni'eutly drow tho dun aside. In- stiuctlvily I l,.H'lt down and tried to ktuuch the blood. Poor Jockl Iruwutly iu tho meantime I was talinj no heed of their defngs I heard ft cry of sat isfaction and looked up. They hail discov ered the two rolls aud liending over their, as they lay on the Iwd wero unfastening the wrappers, 1 wentnud looked oniiimtbctlcn.lly. I waited no h nicer with any fivUug that it concerned ma toto the muster rolls, aud loyal autographs, und promises that wero to cost so nearly, or w men uoin nun t pouon. But what was thUI Tho Bpugnoletto! Oh, yosl I uudeiWxM how that cumo to bo hero. But these t' oo pictures which followodt Could it bo fiat all thu subscriptions took the form of paintings) Or what was this delicate Moro, fit for a royal gallnry, doing btrol And that poMib'o MunhV That jHirtralt which might luivo liecn liv Velas quez! That Sail Solxisllau Mint was nt least by A pupil of Cnrnvngglo! My head reeled. I liaised my bniid over my oyes mm iookcu aguln. It wns not a delusion. There, tho fnnvnscs lay ono on tho other, their edgm strangely rough, their corners frayed can va'ies worth a king's ransom. Tho other roll wns full of odds mm rims, valueless, but equally strange; picture lincks nnd rough pleocs of cloth and opened letters. Among theo last I saw, with scarcely any added wonder, envelopes nnd letters directed to myself. "I do not understand. 1 snlil feebly, look ing from ono guard to another. They Imdnll turned to mo to seo how I took their dis coveries. "Ho told mo that ho wns n Cnrllst a spy sent hero to brllie tho troojis. But whnt are these doing here! I do not under stand." "Who told you and what!" cried tho leader. "Clentl Clent told mo" and then I stop- ped dared and bewildered. Two or three Itughodl tho utlicer, gazing Itxcdiy nt Ine, did not I met his g.izo vnenntly: then my eyes wandered to tho corner and fell upon poor Jnck. A mist pissed from my mind, my brain tlnnred; I siiolto aloud and sharply, "Holias fooled lw nllrlsnld, "yo as well as mel I am not Clent I am Roust Lynton, ;i artist Uo told me' 'Who! who! who!" crlcil tho officer, with fierce impatience. "Clent, tho mnu whom you want the mm In No. 1. He told me Hint ho was a Carllsl In danger of nrrcst I gave him my passport; 1 took his room and no mine, w hat Is It he has doner "Doner cried the man, stamping nbout the room In furious rage. "Can you not 'see! He Is o roblier of museums tho captain of a gmgl Done, blockhead of an Englishmitfl Madro do Dlosl did ho not kill a civil Guard nt Vnlladolld ten months agof Ho U now a German, now an Englishman. Ho Is the devil himself, whom, for nil that, wo hail net ted finely but for you I ct, fool that I was, I feared something when tho dog obeyed ou." 1 rememliernl that I had rend In tho Eng lish neWKimiK'rs of plcturo roblieries in vari ous jiarts of Spain, in which it wns supposed that a Herman wns engaged, uy this light I understood It all. Tho man's terror wheu I discovered blm gloating over tho Spagno letto which bad been stolen from a monastery nt Hoviiio; ms letters from distant dealers; his studied appeal to my sympathies; his greedy reluctance, which I had thought pure unselfishness, to jiart with his spoils; oven tho casual "job" w hlch had mndo him master ot my JCVJI I understood them now. Yes, had this been nil bud Jock Viot been lying bleed ing In a corneri 1 would have let tho man go. As it was, I cried out to them, "Quick! I will tell you where you will Und him! Ho will mako for Almonacid. You know tho place f "Did ho tell you that alspf" asked the ofllcer scornfully. "No," I exclaimed, "I bad it from ono of his gang in the strect ono who took mo for him as you did. Almotincid is their rendez vous You nro watching tho railwny station here! Yes. Then be sure ho will make across country for Almonncid, which Is only a mile from 'Torri jos station on the other railway," lhero was seiij m my wonts, anil the police saw It. The rlngot scowling faces round mo brightenwl. A few bast' sentences wero oxchnnged, nnd an order was curtly given, and in two ;nlmitu the ofHeor und Ids following trooiied down stairs, no doub. to get to horso nnd slart after tho fugitives; leaving ine in char,;o of a couple of town polioe, who good naturally helped mo tu do what 1 could for Jock. Jock was not dead, nor going to die, I nm glnd to say, of that w-ound, although ho walks lame to this day, tho bullet having cut tho tendons at the root of the fore leg. When I found that this was so, I began to be sorry that I had lietrnyed Clent's trust, though in fact ho bad never trusted mo. "1 w-ish that I had not sjioken so soon," I said to ono of my gunrd-s as wo bat over tho brnsero, wondering what was doing nt Alsionncnir- "It is ill work standing behind a kicking mule," ho answered dryly. "But second thoughts nro best" I Ho considered this; then said briefly: "The last orango tho frost nips." The full meaning or which only camo homo to me next morning.- Aliout 10 b'clock tho officer ot iiolico cumo clatteringi up tho stairs to discharge me from custody, He told mo politely that owing to tho amends I bad made no notice would bo" taken of my vain attempt to mislead justice. Vain attempt I Vain I Then you have captured him i'1 "No, senor,;' "No I He has escaped!" I cried iu aston ishment. "Hardly; ho tried," replied tho Spaniard,- meeting my eyes with a smile "Hp was shot iu tho scufllo." "Deadf I said faintly. "Yes, senor, quite dead." Then I know' for certain what' tho word), No aqui! Despues! ("Not herol After ward i" had meant. And I hb'verod. Hope for Yonng)Mcn. h Who says that there Is 'not hopo fort the young men of to-day! Of Amherst, uiaety. three freshmen but seventeen smoke tobacco. A tobacco report ti ora the class three yc'.iVs from now will bo interesting. New York Sun. Ne-er wash woolen coods or blankets on a cloudy Jay. Tho Ameer of Afghanistan. reople commonly think ofthn Amw. r,f Afghanistan as a morose, cruel, covetous, despotic savage, but nothing, according to Messrs. O'Mcara and ryno,tho only two Eng. llshmen who have seen him at home, could bo moro uiuiKe tne real man. jus government is no doubt severe: for onlv a rod of ii.m could keep the Afghans under ccntrol. Nevertheless, although tho Ameer is un doubtedly respected, nnd pflrbaiu aiimired, by the mass of his people, the weight of his hand is felt chiefly by tho Sirdars. He Is essentially a friend of tho common people. What principally attracted tho attention of Messrs. O'Mcarn and Pyno was his enormous capacity for work. Most trivial details come to him for decision day after day. He sits plodding at work In durbar from 10 in the morning till is at night The durbar is open to all, and the humblest approach him with their complaints. As ho marched hack re cently from Paghmau to Cahul, attcudf.l by some 3,000 troops, many poorieople oiong the route did not hesitate to present their !etitionsto him personally. He Invariably received them, und after gl.meing at tlu-m scribbled tome words and handed them to an ofllcer near. Ho seems to trust no one. but cndeavoi s to do everything himself. Affuirs the most In significant from nil parts of the country aro reponeu to mm airoct " t hirty or forty re ports," he remarked, "come to me nbout 4n event Thoy all give different versions of It, and they are' all mostly lies, I examine uul compare them, aud extract the true version myself." Thero can be no doubt that he fi facta advance ot bis people, and ho seems conscious of this. Thofaorit ohservati m of his was, "Whon a ship is in a stormy sea and tho crew aro turbulent and will not work, tho captain must call to his assistance passengers who are temporarily on lourd ship. Afghanistan is that ship, tho wor: I is the sea, the Afghans are the crow, I am tho captain, you. aro the passengers." Ho w Id probably go far toward Europoaulzing the country could he rely more thoroughly on ms people, tie is koenly alive to the advan tages likely to follow from IU material de velopment In his personal manner he is quiet, but hearty and genial ; ho cares noth ing for ostentation and display; ho has adopted to a great extent European habits of uie, nas ms meals in tno European stylo, i id has discarded the hookah fur a cigar, New York Tribune, A DUtlucuUhcil Clergyman' Testi mony, Ttev R. M I'lrt.-iK, I'rci.lcnl of the Methodist riote-taut Church id South Carolina, writes from Orernville! "About four years ago 1 na uttaekid with wh! the physicians pronounced neuralgic theuiiiHtUm, afcninpnnitd mth erysipelas My appetite fulled me entirely, and I hud an intermitting nil. and veiy irregular pulimlioim of the heart A ter rible pslii noon enno lutu my rbe-t .nut shoulJelH, and 1 Ivesme o help!, li-" I could attend to us tuisiuesi. nt all I"i,i, pains were movable, and wiuhl KOtnctimta pass from one part oi mv body In .ninth, 'i Finally tbn etyaipelashmki mr on my ,. It hand aud arm, ami prod in c I muihsw, 1 ing. I whs lor elghtieii mniitha .illliilci in this way ,md of ejnire u-cl i trie it many kind, ot medh ines, but nothing gate me relief. Friends finally perauadvd nm to try Swift'a Specific I uolkcd n dieid. it impiovruiriit while i.,l.ing the lira! Untlo. I eontinntd its use until I hail lukeiiulsiot onedotn Uitths, when I I uinl my.l( sound and tcll agititi, v m o ign tt ease Irlt cxn-pt ,t MitTui'u in my hand, result of the vryaipelua Wlil'e l.iktn the medicine 1 gamed ou nn Rvirjue tu liouml-offle.il per week I hiuk b S rt. a v.tluabl medicine, and I tiiqiuully rrrommeiii) it to tny friends ' Write to Ihe Swifi MiriKli' Atluiila, , loi a Tii'.iu.e mi lli.ad aud Bkin l),.iiva, walled llee to uO'Hl- " Legal i,conalileuc a. (..in,; I n pugis ol tool. cup "brief,"
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