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DEATH IN LIFE.
So fair, so rare, and yet so soon to die!
J'.ovo'a cup untamed, brimming full and
high,
Life's music silenced all so suddenly.
White statue, with the hair of living gold,
Death Is the same grand sculptor as of old!
His touch makes marble—passionless arid
cold.
The eyes he closes ope not night nor day—
The ears he seals hear naught that earth
can say—
Tnae Hps he Kisses never shall betray!
O prattler of the open heart and brow.
Sphinx-like, inscrutable thou liest now—
t'oomed ox l ire to keep a silence-vow!
—M. Hedi .. ick Browne, In Chambers'
Journal.
FX3EE> LA.NT C. El
By CHAUNCY C. HOTCHKISS
[Copyright, 1837, by D. Appleton & Co. All
rights reserved.]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE HINT OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
The crash of thunder following the flash
for a time made words impossible; aud
action was equally out of the question, for
in the midst of the bellowing, and while I
was casting searching glances about the room
for some means of defense, he raised the
weapon and leveled it at me.
I could fathom no motive for his thus at
tacking me, save the heat in his rum-mad
dened brain, and, were he impelled by drink,
aiy position was doubly critical. Had there
been a ghost of a chance to act in the ag
gressive, in this desperate moment I should
fcave availed myself of it; but not even that
really formidable weapon and guard, a chair,
was nearer than the table, and to have made
a move toward it 1 felt meant certain de
struction. A sudden attack on him was out
cf IMV power, for betwixt us intervened the
broad table itself, which made it impossible
to avail myself of the tactics I had used with
Lotinsbury. There was naught for me to do
but stuud as I was and axvait the terrible
issue.
However, as he remained silent, I man
aged to find my voice, and, as the thunder
rolled in the distance, I shouted:
"Capt. Sc-ainmell, are you so demented or
BO cowardly and so lost to honor that you
will murder the man you challenged to fight
in the field?"
Without a swerve of the arm, he answered
sternly:
"Sit dowel"
Even thus beset, it irked me to obey him
like a schoolboy, but I realized that, armed,
under the existing circumstances he was far
stronger than I rvith all my sinews. Wisely,
then, I swallowed my ire, and, approaching
the table, seated myself with the hope thai
hi- would come within reach.
lie was not slow in following, for he
stepped forward and carefully slid into the
chair opposite, though not for a second un
covering me with the muzzle of his pistol, or,
for that matter, taking his eye from mine.
And here we sat xvhilc flash and crash fol
lowed each other in quick succession. My
brain worked rapidly enough, but as the sec
onds sped 110 'vay could 1 find to rid me of the
shining ring of steel confronting me or turn
for a moment the equally brilliant glint of
his eye, each of which acquired clearness
with the fitful Jighting of the room.
The table w:H too broad for an onslaught,
und noxv that we ware closer, 1 could see
the nerves of the man were at full tension,
snd tiiat on the slightest hostile move on my
fart he would pull the trigger.
I hoped lightning would strike the house
end put an end to the situation, which nt
last began to have its effect on me; and I
take it that no man can long stand the scowl
of a loaded barrel backed by a determined
yet silent enemy without undergoing more
or less strain.
I was even wishing that the heavens would
«et loose a bolt and finish the matter, or that
the man opposite would open his lips and
rpe.ik, despite the roar, when 1 felt the floor
beneath me tremble, as though the house
was shaken by a mighty power. Jl passed
in the instant, and as it did so the thunder
Hi
"Oh, you shorn Samson!"
fided away for the moment, and Scam
rc«il, Cowering his hand, let it rest on the
ftige ot the table, whence the pistol held me
'■all in the chest. Then he spoke, and pcr
baps because the excitement indoors and out
bttd partly sobered him, his words came
cfsarly:
"'I have here your d d message in my
but, as you may well guess, it is fore
saw lied. There xviH be no fight between us
to morrow morning."
"Because you deem it safer to murder me
n/3W?" 1 returned calmly. "Give me but—"
"Shut your mouth!" ho interrupted, let
tics go his temper. "Do you think lam here
to bandy words with a rcbei? Capt. Donald
Tfeorridye, alias Lounsbui-y, you are close on
to the end of your rope, and you'll find that
end hasa noose in it,you cursed spy! What!"
bf l . continued, rising in his increasing
•ad immediately reseating himself, while
ti.o voice grew louder, "do you think 1 am a
&x>! , or so blind that 1 may not see through
hl riddle? I have found you out, hide und
hair —Thorndyke, of Martha's Viney».rd—
smuggler—rebel—spy! Had you escap«d me
this day, and been off on (TiintoiVs business,
tfc-bioh doubtless lies there" (pointing to
papers, which lay on the table), "112 would
h*ve hunted you down had it cost me m.v
cftnroission. Escape me? No, by the gods!
From the beginning I fancied you the fraud
*re, and at the bull's Head, by youi
ward.-, and fine airs, j«ni made me sure of it
Yon clipped your role. You'Hfiiyl your hen
hawV sharp eyes, and, g:ant though yov.
be, you will see that a seamew is nothing in
his grip. Nay, I have not come to shoot you
down as you deserve, but I know your in
fernal tricks, and mean to hold you where
you belong. I take it 'twill afford me more
pleasure to see you dance at a rope's end
than dirty my hands with your blood, save
you make it urgent. L«t me clinch themat
t< r now, and then make you ready to march.
I'elow stairs at this moment is Lounsbury in
thg llesh, and with him a Hie of men to take
you off. This bit of play was for my own
pleasure, and, having had it, I'll be your
valet and stay by your heels until you are
safely delivered to Cunningham. Now God
rest your miserable soul! Have you aught
to say before L give the word to the rest?"
To state that I was unaffected by these
words, which were poured forth in a toi •
rent as though my tormentor feared inter
ruption, would be false. 1 saw rny plans for
the future, my hope for life itself, swept
away together, and nothing but a blank,
broken only by a vision of the gallows,
danced before my eyes.
To say that he had the satisfaction of
seeing me visibly quail would be equally
false, for, though my heart beat thickly
enough, I sat unmoved and looked at him
as though in a dream. I even essayed to
speak, but words would not come, for my
throat was clinched by invisible bands.
"Are you crushed at last?'' he exclaimed,
with a grim smile, though without shifting
lis eye or aim. "Oh, you shorn Samson!
I am well paid for your cursed insults."
lie was still speaking when again the
heavy shake came to the flooring. But
row it did not pass into a gentle tremor
and fade away; instead, it grew stronger
and stronger until every rafter took up
the motion and the whole house trembled
as though with an ague. Greater grew the
shaking until the building rocked, the bed
slid away from the wall, the table shifted,
the glass and bottle on it rang togther, and
the pitcher danced so violently that the
water within it splashed from its top. A
square of plaster from the ceiling fell to
the floor with a crash, filling the room with
dust; but through all Scaininell never
winced, showing Wonderment, nor bore a
less threatening attitude.
In the course of the seconds through
which this endured-he held me as he proba
bly would have done had the roof fallen
about our cars, so determined was he to
take me. I knew the nature of the tur
moil at once, lor when in the Indies with
my father 1 had experienced it. It was
not caused by the earth shaking from the
rolling of heavy thunder, for just then the
voice of the storm was confined to the roar
of a terrific downpour of rain. It was an
earthquake—a rare phenomenon in this lat
itude, and its rarity, its severity, and its re
sults before my eyes, trifling as were these,
woke mo from my trance and again gave
full play to my wits.
Fascinated and partly stunned as I had
been by the fiendish face of my enemy and
the full significance *»f the evil fortune into
which I had suddenly fallen, like him, I
eat through the commotion. Every unim
portant detail about him, from the broken
pearl button on his shirt front down to the
grains of powder in the pistol pan and the
fine edge of the flint in the lock, found a
force of attraction to the e;e only known
to those who fall into sudden hopelessness
or deep depression.
liut with the dancing of the tableware a
quick idea shot through my brain, and
showed me a last desperate chance to ex
tricate myself from the coil about me.
; Natural phenomenon in the shape of a
breeze had saved me from the knife of the
negro, and now 'twas an earthquake that
might open a way for my deliverance by
splashing water from a pitcher.
Straining my nerves to conceal the new
hope that had sprung to life, I began to act.
Never had I felt my muscles knit firmer or
been less in need of stimulant than when,
sinking back as if at last overcome by the
combined shook of his words and the con
vulsion of nature, which had now passed,
1 said slowly and as (hough dazed:
"I am lut a prisoner of war, sir. I was
forced for my own safety to come to New
York. lam no—spy—l will go--but—you—
let me drink. I feel lax and—dizzy."
"You have none of the Indian in you,
you pale-livered sneak!" he answered.
"Drink, then, and gather your spunk and
legs for action. Beat me with the flat of
your sword! 'Fore God! liut wait till 1
can shift my eye from you! Drink, and then
move before we have another quake, and the
walls about us—'twill be your last dram."
With apparent effort I raised myself,
reached for the bottls, and poured out a
stiff measure of liquor, which I drank off;
then taking the pitcher, I made as though to
iill the glass, but as l tipped it, with a sud
den movement I whirled full half a gallon
of water over the pistol, drenching the
priming and making the weapon useless.
With this action I sprang to my feet.
Scammell was quick, but not quick
enough. The water had but reached the
powder when 1 heard the snap of the de
scending hammer, and saw his first mo
tion to gain ljis legs; but, following up the
drowning sf the fire-pan, I lifted the heavy
table aru, overturned it on him, pushing
him backward, where to the floor went man,
furniture, and crockery with a terrific crash.
At that moment there came a vivid flash of
lightning, and hard upon it an appalling
peal of thunder. Though g'most blinded
and deafened by the bolt, 1 sprang round
the overturned table, and seizing the first
thing coming to hand, which proved to be
the water jug still unbroken, I grasped the
struggling tory by the throat and with all
my force brought down the heavy earthen
ware on his uncovered head.
The pitcher flew to fragments, leaving
but the handle in my grasp, while Scammell
became limp and collapsed.
This action took place during the interval
at which the thunder was the loudest, and
was probably the reason that caused the
noise of the fall of the table to be unnoticed
by those below. But, as though it had been
insufficient, another violent convulsion fol
lowed, which came and went with the
suddenness of the explosion of a park of
artillery.
I had but gotten to a standing position
when a concussion rocked the house to its
foundation. It sprang not from the earth
below this time, but from the air above,
the vibrations of which dashed the hang
ing glass from the wall and caused the win
dow panes to fly in pieces into the room. Jt
was not of the nature of an earthquake,
still less like thunder near or afar; much
it resembltfd the blowing up of a magazine,
though not until afterward did I come to
know this as the solution of the matter.
The flash that had lighted my attack on
Scammell had struck a powder ship just
from England as she lay at anchor off Wall
street, and no vestige of it or those aboard
was ever discovered. [This combination of
intense heat, violent storm, earthquake,
and explosion actually occurred in Xew
York city, Sunday, August 8, 1778.]
The vicious nature of the shock was un
like the gradual coining and going of the
earthquake, and that it had occasioned
more alarm I soon knew by the shovts that
came from beneath my window. Rushing
to it, through the shattered panes I beheld
men running from the opposite houses,
while in the yard below was tlio souad of
soldiers, which had pressed from the tavern
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1899.
in a panfr when it seemed that the build
ing would fall.
My safety still demanded immediate ac
tion, for should curiosity or distrust itnpel
the guard to come upstairs, I would he un
done. That move would drive rae to My,
and either oblige me to finilly surrender or
die like a rat in a hole.
But I bad determined a course of pro
cedure by the time 1 had finished getting
into my clothing. Hastily setting the table
upright, I stooped over the body of Scam
mell. I expected to find him dead, and was
surprised to discover that he was still of
this world, the thickness of his curly hair
and a possible crack in the jug having
saved him from a crushed skull. lie was
completely stunned, however, and with
little ado I dragged him into the closet and
shut the door.
My sole chance of escape now lay in get
ting to Clinton and procuring a pass, which
might be used ere a hue and cry was raised
after me, and I fancied the hour was not
far from that appointed for the meeting.
It was possible that Clinton had been in
formed of the falsity of my name, though I
argued if that had been then Scammell would
never have approached me in the manner he
had done. At all events, the risk must be
taken.
At first sight there seemed no means of
leaving the house save by the stairs or a
drop of twenty feet or more from my side
window; but, upon investigation, 1 dis
covered a pent roof beneath the windows
of a room near the end of the hall, and upon
going into the chamber I saw the apart
ment was probably the quarters occupied
by my late assailant. Upon the bed lay a
military hat, coat, and saber, while from
a hook hung a long cloak used by cavalry
officers.
Appropriating the latter, I stepped from
the window to the roof, creeping to the eaves
which came to within ten feet of the ground,
and from there dropped.
So far I had been unobserved, and it took
me not many moments to get into the street
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" A woman is a better judge of a man than
one of his own sex."
and below the tavern, working from there a
roundabout course through the east side of
the town or until 1 dared to come out on
the Broadway.
I had little fear of immediate pursuit, as
none save lielden had an inkling of my
mission to Clinton; and this, with the pre
vailing excitement due to the explosion
and everywhere manifest, placed me out of
danger for the time.
With the cloak about me, both as a dis
guise and a protection from the rain which
was still falling, though rapidly diminishing,
1 strode down to headquarters, and there
boldly sent in the name of "Captain Louns
bury" to the general in chief. It relieved
me greatly to note no signs of an unusual
stir about the place, nor did the guard at
the door show more than a passing interest
in me as he turned me over to the flunky
within *■ hall.
Being inhered into the same great naloon
I had known the day before, 1 waited with
natural impatience for recognition. 1 was not
far from my appointed time, for the clock
on the mantel showed it was but quarter
of three, nor had I cooled my heels for long
before a lady entered. 1 caught but a
glimpse of her, seeing little more than that
she was richly dressed, but marked her ap
parent familiarity with the place by the
way she immediately swept from the room
without giving an opportunity for the an
nouncement of her name.
However, 1 was struck by the deference
of the uniformed attendant as he backed
away from her, and her ladyship had not
been gone above five minutes when he re
turned. With a glance askant at my cos
tume, he requested me to follow him. We
traversed the length of the hall to an apart
ment at its end, where, throwing wide the
door, he loudly announced "Captain Louns
bury!" and retired, while I entered to find
myself in the presence of the ladv who had
left the saloon but a few minutes before'.
CHAPTER IX.
SIR HENRY CLINTON.
Conceiving that a blunder had been com
mitted, and that 1 was unwittingly an in
truder in a private room, I was about to
make an apology for my presence when the
lady half rose from the partly reclining posi
tion she had assumed and with a gentle
wave of her hand said:
"You are Capt. Lounsbury? Come near
er, please. Sit here against the light, that
1 may have > look at you!" at the same time
indicating a chair near the great window
which was swung open and led to a small
balcony without.
Her voice was sweet, but even in these
few words I noticed the affectation of in
flection so common with ladies of fashion,
and her original position, which she imme
diately regained after thus addressing me,
was a pose pure and simple, doubtless
taken for the purpose of exposing her fine
arm and the graceful curves of her small
though equally fine figure.
"Madam,'" I replied, advancing a pace or
two, "1 have not the honor of knowing you
as well as you seem to know me. By what
name —"
"Mrs. Florence Badely," she interrupted,
with a smile which discovered her small,
white teeth, and accentuated the rather
infantile prettiness of her face. "1 have
taken the liberty of asking to see you ere
you met Sir Henry. A woman is a better
judge of a man than one of his own sex."
"And in the present case to what end,
madam?" 1 asked, bowing and taking the
chair to which she had motioned me.
For an answer she slowly raised a pair of
double-bowed gold eyeglasses, deliberately
and silently scanning me from head to foot.
"Well!" she broke forth irrelevantly. "I
protest, Capt. Lounsbury! You are almost
a gentleman! Wove your face but less red
and your figur* !*ss gigantic, in a t?">pW
costume you Wii'-il not be amiss. Yo»ir "tg
ia none too iW.cate, but you h.lv» Una
teeth and eyes, and your hair also i* ex
cellent. lam quite provoked! Sir Henry
has deceived me, though it is now perhapt
just as well that you are not ill-favored.
Are you so hard-hearted, Capt. Lounsbury?
You scarce look a kidnaper!"
Her reference to kidnaping brought me
sharply back to the role of Lounsbury,
whose papers had shown kidnaping to have
been one of Ins accomplishments. Under
the sharp eye of this lady, whom 1 now
knew to be Clinton's reported light-o'-love,
it would not do for me to make a slip.
That in some manner she had to do with
my coming secret instructions I instantly
surmised, but the conjecture on my part
could clear the mystery of the nature of this
interest. Deeming it policy to refrain from
discussing the matter, 1 simply said:
"Madam, my leg is not exactly that of a
dancing master, nor has my figure the grace
of a courtier, but they are the gifts of
God, and have seen service in this broil
against tiie king. As for the small compli
ments, I am your debtor."
"So w, really, Capt. Lounsbury, you have
quite a neat gift at retort also." But she
got no further, as at that instant a door
concealed by heavy hangings was suddenly
thrown open, letting in a burst of noisy
laughter from what might have been a dozen
men, the sound of jollity being mingled
with the clinking of glasses and clattering
of coin. The door then shut, and was evi
dently securely fastened, as I heard th
turn of a key and the shooting of a bolt",
the curtains were pushed aside, and there
entered a man, who by bis uniform alone
I knew to be the commander in chief of the
British forces in America.
Sir Henry gave me but a pnssir_g glance
r.s 1 rose to my feet, lie stepped forward,
and taking the hand of the lady, who
barely shifted her position to greet him,
bowed low over it, repeatedly kissing the
finger tips.
[TO BE CONTINUED ]
GENERAL LEE TOOK THEM.
The Children Wont to the C'ir«»n* and
They Hod n Good Excuse for
Their Mother*
Gen. Robert E. Lee, the famous con
federate commander, was as kind
hearted and simple-mannered as he
was brave and able. While president
of Washington and Lee university, Vir
ginia, in the later years of his life, he
was greatly beloved by the children,
whom he loved in return. It was his de
light to give the little ones pleasure,
l'rof. Nelson's two little girls were
great favorites. The general would
turn and ride with them when they
met, encourage them to talk of their
dolls and playthings and then escort
them home with as much gallantry as if
they were young ladies. He would
alight and helping them down from
the gentle old hoivse they both rode
lie would part with a liiss from each
Once the strict Presbyterian rule of the
Xelson household was rudely shocked
by the general. A circus was coming
to town, and as l'rof. and Mrs. Xelson
left for a visit of several days they
charged the children on no account to
go. So the two little girls hung over
the fence, listened to the music and
envied the children that passed on their
way to that tented paradise, but they
never once hoped to go. Presently a
larger crowd of children than ever
came along, and in their midst was
Gen. Lee, keenly enjoying the happi
ness of his little proteges. The little
Xelson girls joined the party without
a word when he asked them to come
along with him. Soon they were all in
the tent, and when the performance
began all were given reserved seats
by the owner of the circus. "Mother,
we went to the circus," was flie greet
ing of the children on their parents'
return. "Why, children, didn't I tell
you you must not go?" said their moth
er. "But Gen. Lee took us." "Oh. well,"
said their mother, "if Gen. Lee took
you that's all right." After that going
to the circus was a legitimate amuse
ment for the children. —Troy Times.
Pretence of Mind.
The presence of mind of an American
soldier in moments of danger is ono
of bis chief characteristics. A brother
of Father de Smet, the noted Jesuit
missionary, who labored among the In
dians of the west about a quarter of
a century ago, was with liis regiment
on some western campaign. One day
he wandered too far from the command,
and suddenly found himself surround
ed by a band of hostile Indians. He
was seized and was just about to be
tomahawked, when he remembered
hearing his brother say one day that
the Indians had a great devotion for
the sign of the cross, the symbol of
the Catholic fai'tl* Accordingly he
raised his right hand to his forehead
and in distinct tones repeated the
words: "In the name of the Father
and of the Son and the Holy Ghost."
As De Smet had expected the effect was
magical and in less than live minutes
he was a free man.—St. Louis Republic.
Mulrlnioiiinl Item.
Said his nephew to Mr. Cynical (>?d
batch:
"So, uncle, you don't believe In marry
inj* for love?"
"Xo."
"Then I suppose you are in favor of
marrying for money?"
"Xo."
"Well, wlwt kind of marriage is tlie
best, in your opinion?"
"The one that does not come oil a 1
all."—Tammany Times.
A llroken llenrt.
Mr. Hardhead—And so the cveurt hai
decided in your favor?
Miss Levelliead—Yes, I t ave been
awarded $50,0C0 damages for a brokeC
heart in my breach of promise suit
against old Mr. Saphead.and themonej
has been paid over. Now, my love, wr
can get married as soon as we please.—
Harlem Life.
Common Symptoms.
"I think 1 am in love with that girl,
w hen she conies around I get three new
diseases."
"What are they?"
"Palpitation of the heart, ossifloatio#
of the head ard paralysis th<
tongue." —Chicago Record.
PEACE OFFERINGS.
They Preeetleil Him anil an 111* Wife
Predicted He Wan llumr with
III.H Purchases*
She received a large box full of American
beauty roses by messenger from her hus
band along toward lour o'clock the other
afternoon.
"James is absorbing Wartigny cocktails |
ag;iin ; " she mil.-id shrewdly.
Uaif un hour later another mcsengrr I
brought lief live pounds of expensive caridy 1
from her husband.
"James has ordered that SBO overcoat he
was talking about, but said lie couldn't af
ford," she mused again.
Half an hour later a wagon drew up, wilh
j florist's naine painted on the .--ides thereof,
and two handsome, full-grown palms were
delivered at her door marked as coming
from her husband.
"Olive branches preceding him," she
mused some more, "He'll be home by dark."
He was home by dark, lie had been ab
sorbing Martignys. He had ordered the *BO
overcoat. The prescience of the modern
married woman is sufiiciently awe-inspiring
to persuade any man to raise his bonnet
♦.hereto. —Washington Post.
Give the Children a Drink
called Orain-O. It is a delicious, appetizing,
nourishing food drink to take the place of
coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but
is free from all its injurious properties.
Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about .J as
much as coffee. 15 and 25c.
Matter of Lrueth.
"llow long should mourning gowns be
worn by a widow of 2'J '" was the question
that came sobbing through the mails. Now
it chanced to be the sporting editor's day
off, and the religious editor, therefore, was
attending to the Side Talks with Voting
Persons. "There is no hard and fast ruli*,'
wrote the religious editor, confidently, "but
they ought to come down to the boot tops, at
least." This incident illustrates the occa
sional awkwardness of a newspaper standing
as a bulwark of morals to the exclusion of
everything else. —Detroit Journal.
For Whooping Cough. T'iso's Cure is a
successful remedy.—M. I'. Dieter, 67 Throop
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 14, '94.
It is a matter of wonder that nobody ever
excused his tardiness by claiming that the
sun rose too late. —Ledger Monthly.
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i could not find anything that would give me the slightest relief until I
tried this remedy, and I recommend it to everybody as a permanent cure
(TRADE MARK) for Kidney Disease. MARY A. CARBAUGH, Black Gap, Pa. Aug*. 22,'99.
Kr Is the most powerful specific known. Free from opiates and perfectly harmless.
O UKUrO It (fives alni"-t instantaneous relief, and is a positive eure for Kheiiniut Urn,
Sciatica, \eiiralsla. Dyapepiiia, Bachnrhe, A Allium, Hay Fever, C atarrh, I.a Grippe,
Croup, ftlrepleN«nea«, ]*ervoi»«nea«. \orvom and .Veuralßlc Headache, Earache, Tooth
ache, Heart Weakneao, Dropsy, .Malaria, Creeping \ umbness, etc., etc.
fx m j\ \f O to enable sufferers to *ivo "5 I>RC >PS" at least a trial, we will send a 2.» c sample bottle,
OU U A I prepaid hv mail, for 10 . ts. A sample hotlle wiil convince you. Also, bottles 1 300
doses) 91 00, 6 bottles for s>. Sold by .:s and a-ents A«KNTS WiMHi in .\>w Territory. WKITK I S TO-DAY.
SWA.\.H(>.\ KHEIMATIC (USE t'O., IflO to 104 Lake St., ( IIK AGO, ILL.
A^l
er she has ever found is t<ie new and original
method by which J. C. Hubinger is introducing'his latest invention, ' Red Cross"
and " Hubinger's Best" starch. Slie says: With your Endless Chain Starch
Book, I received from my grocer one large package of " Red Cross" starch,
one large package of "Hubinger's Best" starch, and two beautiful Shakespeare
panels, all for sc. How far my dollar will fro, lam unable to figure out. A.slt
your grocer for this starch and obtain the beautiful Christmas presents free.
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! &25.00 High grade Top Buggy So'">Ss
t AT OUR SPECIAL OFFER PRICE OF ONLY 1 |
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A /k/t inr equal of which'is frequently $
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\ NA/ buy direct from us save fully $
X I ?i, ,,r i inch tire, all wooi X
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A \ tiers, etc. Paintinsr is perfict •!>
A [ \sr and equal to $75.00 bufffry ♦
X ** ... , |Tli , painting. Wheels are Sarren <>
5 patent, warrsniod second growth hickory.
* We ore bouni to make this busrgy so perfect that it will sell many more for us. A
tfr Only a limited number will bo sold at our special price of S!l.9j. \ve will ship C. O. D. 9
A anywhere in tho United States east of tho Rocky mountains ou receipt of only $2.00 as 9
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a which is titted at lowest wholesale prices £
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A or expressage and as evidence
% fe^lKWOaß'^6^SrYof iJood faith the 409 is allowed on first &
purchase amountingto 319? crabove. w
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| fir Worth $4 to $6
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' receipt of price.
I °* ca . !^ 8 width, plain or
v<f '*• W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Crocktan, Mass.
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Used by millions,
Sure proof of its quality.
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