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it not J' v l.l wnl'ln a months. ' no
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r ToVTOD' reftdmir outside of the county
. "nt additional .er year will be chanced to
. no Dl will the above
terra be de-
! troin. and those who don t commit, tneir
' n .1 irret " pay in In s.tvar.ce mom nt
' '., 1." le ilsced on the a nine "ootlcir a those who
5" ' 1 -l tren '" he fltlnctly understood truui
lh , ..w -..rra.
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" in onr hut uraliiwaiti -lo utherwt-e
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the
We
To supily you or your boy with honest, reliable Clothing, Furnish
inirs ;m.l Hats at LOWER PRICES than any other house in the
city. The large business we are doing enab'es us to ofier Extra
onlin try Bargains every day in the year. We want to make this
a h inner month, and have marked Overcoats and Suits so low you
can't help burins: them if you see them.
;,i IS.ivs" Ovorroats anil Suits at V..
t i. IliijV OviTCDiits aixl Suits ;it ..'.7.".
li.i'v-i' Overcoats and Suits at
. , lt.ivs' oven-oats ami Suits at .m.
COME EARLY AND AVOID THE CROWD.
0 emi Ave. GANSMAN'S m mm AYe
Largest Clothiers and Furnishers,
ALtOOIMA, pa.
n. K. OfMST, Hmtrmmmn.
Ton par n
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The PEOPLE'S STORE,
Fifth Avenue. r FTSBURC.
Xoviltis for (Jliristmas Gifr.s !
li 1 111 nun r a ml 3finjniflrent Iiilni
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CHINA WARE.
1MIOTO. FRAMES.
WORK ROXES.
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I'AI'ETKKIKS.
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FANCY liOXES. Etc.
The Cheapest books in Western Pennsylvania.
A Woolen Suit Pattern )
A Silk Dress Lenc'h or a J-MAKE A NICE OIFT.
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Our Mail itnli-r I)viirtntent mttki 11 rttrrfiil st lrrtiutt
fur till fn-uplc irm arc inutlilr lit nom- f the rilfi
All ijihhIa run he tttrefullij hiUl inrmj until irnntc1.
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S3, So. 87 anil 8'. Fifth Ave.,
ITTTSIIUIKJ.
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The Standard Oil Company, of
Pittsbur?, Pa., make a specialty
of manufacturing for the domes
tic tra.le the finest brands of
Dloinatin? and Lubricating Oils,
Naphtha and Gasoline
That can he
M&DE FROM PHBOLEOH.
We challenge comparison with
tvery known proiluct of petrol
tum. If you wish thb most
bt:DEirmly : Mactory : tils
in the market a.sk for ours.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY,
PITTSBURG. PA
MIW 1H TIIK 1 11 1:
T ft Sh-.t iiin or Kltt. nj we bve the
to .?lf-t from. We have them I J
UW Barrel BREEfH LOADERS.
KOI V50 I P.
SINGLE BREEfH LOADERS,
1 nun st.oo i p.
M !m . .1 Midi. T.Hila. etc Una 1 rt
11 ni ln,tn..niM. Wntrhfi Jewlrj.tll7erre,
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"wi -. to iKir Mail Departnw nt
"f ii- w -.irnpiesof ly.i. Niee Pairs
Solid Oilt. from l.V. to .;
!' Iln. iosed urtd Irridesent Pap-rs
"'"ii . tu ..oi'. roll.
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r.n Sniithfield St.,
PITT-SP.URC.H, PA.f
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KRRE STREET, EBENSBORG.
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t lJtJ'""r- 'len Towl a upeclaliy.
" 'te.i i,n at their reciileDcea.
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m"'i'i. iesi for Ctii:ri
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Ihgw . YORK. PA.
JJssJLAnrif: iLLusmaTto Catalogue,
1 "k luTtm;
mr.na , ',he ""l J'l'' ' North.
JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and
VOLUME XXV.
ir..ii Men's OvrrciHits and Suits at ?10.).
IS.i Men's Overcoats and Suits at
..1).) Men's JJvercoats and Suits at 1.".0.
i-.'.".o Men's Oven-oats and Suits at ?is.ti.
vlMit.
pay yon
II
DO M.S.
CLOCKS.
AI.ltl'MS.
NOVELTIES.
ISRIC-A-URAl",
Etc.
IL
a llt
pay yon.
Ak my narrntu for W. I.. Ioualai Shorn.
If nol lor ii I e in your plate 11 K your
dealer In arnil for rnlitlouue. nfrurf lta
aveufy. uu.t irrl tliem lor on.
TAKE Nt M IBSTITl'TE. t3
WHY IS THE
L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE
THE BEST SHOE M THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY?
Jt U a seamlr-ss shfwi. -Willi u tui-lcs or wax thread
to hurt the f i-l; rual ot the Insl line calf, Ktylb.li
uild emv, anil brrnttse trr mnke mttrf mhttra tiiis
yrfteir thtn tin nttu r Minnufitct rr. It equals buul
kwii1 ithiHH citln f mm Sl.MJ to cVVmi.
CCS OO Urniiiiir Uninl-sewril, the flnestcalf :
99a Um- ever ofTt're.1 lur oquals Kreuili
liiHirti 1 Hlinea whh'li ciM fnnn to.OI.'i:;'.
A 00 llnol-Sevel Writ Slme. l!no ralf.
3S- atyllsh. eoiiifnrtnhle and ilurnlile. jliel-t
Hlioe p?ir fltn-il At tlila irleo ; nmo prailo a cu
t'ini-iiia'l' iIkm- conflux frmil i;.t.i to Jtn.'.l.
C2 5 30 Police liort I nrmi-rn. llnllmnil Men
i)Oi anrt lA'ttiTt"iirrnr5nll wear them: linecaW.
aeniiiles, Hiiiootti inslilc. hruvy tlin-o w.l . exit 11
non me pair will wear n year.
r ,ll tine -call's 110 iM'ttcr Bhin ever offered at
a thin irl'r.-; 'lie trial will couvlu-e llione
who want a sIhh for comfort ntul stvIcc.
CO 'i-i "'"I j'-.OO WurkiiiciuairN fhwa
JamB are vcrv sTroii4t mill ilur;ill. l liosc who
hnve kIvcii th-m a trial will wcttr 110 (itlier make.
nnue) Ki.llil iiud 11.73 fccho.il bI:-ii ure
C3wjFd w.ira ly the iMivHcvcrvulicn-i thcyscll
on tnt'Tr mcrltn, ni t'i- I.M-rcusIn kiiU- show.
-1 ! Js:t.O ilaml cvcd kIioc. best
LmJ U ICS lioui-oln. vcr- siyliKh: ciiualsln-ucli
iiniiortcl sho.s costiinrfroiu ftl.i.' In S-'"'-
l.n.lira' -i.Mt. nail 1.7-1 shoe for
il!x-arc th l-i-st fiulxiiola. st vlisiiaud iluraliln.
notion. s.-c tbat w. I.. Ixuii-lai' immo aud
pnee are 8laiiH.l on in- Nttm of each ahoe.
v. 1 00 I O I. AS, Itrocktou. 3Iaaa.
C. T. ROBERTS,
A (rent, r.brealMirCi Pa. jul'J3. im
ROHERT EVANS,
I .1. .
'f f ' I i . -
UNDERTAKER,
AND NANtJFAOTt'REK OF
and dealer In all Wind ol ITKNITCKE,
r-A toll line ol CarkeU alwayi on baad.-
Bodies Embalmed
WHEN KEClUIKED.
Apt AO 89
NOT DEAD YET!
VALLIE LUTTRINCER,
m avufacturbr or
TIN, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE
AND TIN ROOFING.
Keipaottnlly Icrlte the attention 01 hli Irlendi
and Me pabllein iceneral to the tact that be la itlll
earrjlBK on haRlnea at the old Hand opposite the
Mountain Hoa.ae. Ehenahont, and It prepared to
apply from a lance "lock, or manulactariott to or
der, any article In ht line, from the imalleat to
the larareat. In the beat manner and at the loweat
llrlnir prioa.
.jfr-No penitentiary work either made nr sold
at tb le eiiatvllshment.
TIN ItUOFINO SI'KCIAlTY.
(lire me a eall and f atlvfy y oaraelre aa to my
work and prloaa V i-UniUN(EM.
Lenahutx. Aiirll 13. 1883-tl.
TOIVEAK.MEN
Sanrlny Irom the rfleeta it outhiol rr..r. ear
ly decay. traftlnK freak tutnr , loat manli'Mid. ele . 1
ill vend a valuable ueatlre -elel) conia'nlnif
full particular lor liouie cure f - KG of charge.
A Splendid tnedleal work, should be read by ev
ery man who is nrrvoua end d'nlittert. Addrevs
frof. r. V, JOWIIK, I0!lll, t'tnn,
People
1
gr r us' r . ' y y'l'ayii '"-' ' ' '" '-'
Proprietor.
" WHEN MY SHIP CUMES IN."
'Tien my uhlp cornea In," runs the young
man k nop 1,'.
"TVliat brave tLinTS shall I do
.Vith the strcus'lh I my wealth and the joyous
thniug
Or friends stout-hearted aud true V
:Ie watches and waits 'neath storm and sua
lly the shore of his life's broad sea.
And the days of his y utn are quickly run.
Yet never a sail siiiea he.
My ship has fron? down '" in s iherer at rain
Sin -s the man. nn 1 to duty turns.
He fori; -is th- shii I 1 his toil ami pain.
And no louder his younv liojie burns.
Vet ncain by the shtr-? he stands prown old
With tiie eouse of his years well spent.
And mzins out on the d -cp behold,
A dim ship landward bent:
No banner she flies, no snnjrs are born..
From herdi c'.s as nlie. uears the land;
Silent with sail all so-ubor a-. I torn"
She is afe at last by th strand
And lo! To the man's old air she has brought
Not the treasures he th-:u J.:t to win.
Hut honor, content and love life-wrought,
And ho fries: '11 n my shi;i come 1:1
M. A. I Wolfe Howe, Jun., in Harper's
Weekly.
IX THE S3LYLLEY SET.
The Ambition of a t.!fe and How
it Was Realized.
Very few of th women in Potts
town con Id hare told you. if snd lenly
questioned, what were their aims in
life. They tri.-.l fm:n d;ij- to day and
hour t hour to their duty to husband,
children, home and the church.
lint Mrs. Loner had tine ambition,
me clearly defined purpose. It was to
In" utlui:tt.l to the Stna'.ley s-.t. She
irol al ly never put this desire into
words, even to herself, 5mt it dotninaUtl
,lcr life.
Now the Smalley cl'iin did not ly
iny means compriso the most scholarly
r relined r ln-st lired, nor even the
wealthiest, people iu Pottstown. Their
claim to s'H-ial tiistinction was liased
solely upon thei fact that thy h:i,l
lived in Pottstown lonprer than t'ltr
ncio-lilK.rs. Outsiders wondered why
anybody should stiy in the little smoky
mill town who conlil (fs-t imt of it. Hut
thes people, sinin'y Ivoanse they h.ld
lived forthr e jrenerations in itssmo'.ie
und rriin-.'. le.-ld th;'iir..elve.s li:s nr'.it ily
aliKif from later co.ner -., whom thovre
Tarded very much as the nol.les of
Saint licrmain did the canaille of lkina
parte's lay.
Mrs. l.oper wps a newcomer. Sin
was descended from a rol o'd rcvolu
ionary family. Her husband was t
awycr of ability: his eloquence hat
aincd him a reputation thron-'hou"
he state. I le was a man of integrity
I mueli distinction in manner am
haraeter; h- was aiiie to support hi
.'ife in comfort even luxury. JJtt
Irs- Loper. cominfr lo live in Putts
own a lew years after her i.iarriaye
elt herself to b one of the canaille.
Mrs. Smalley did not call upon her.
There were many other wmnon ir.
he town out'-i.le of this exclusive cir
le. Mrs. .ludjre Pierce, the otately old
ndy in the front house on the hill,
lad niietl3 withdrawn from it- She
ooked with cold disapproval upon
drs. Smalley and her fast, foolish
joterio. The hanjrdons pathered a
nnsical. literary proup about them anil
teenly enjoyed their social life. There
were many .-amest, devout people, too,
who were wholly occupied with chari
table and relipious work, and never
spent a thought on their fashionable
nei;-hlors.
Mrs. Loper knew that she could find
congenial companions amonif any of
these people in her secret soul she
sneered at little Mrs. Smallcy's igno
rance and vulg-ar pretensions but she
was wretched as Ion? as that arbiter of
society in Pottstown did not call nor
invite her to her receptions.
For, although the Smalley set was
pretentious and under bred, it was ac
knowledged to be the liiiut t'li of Potts
town. If you had a card to Mr?.
Smalloy's receptions, 3-011 belonged t(
'society.'' If your house stood upon
the hill on which she and her friends
lived, it was worth several thousands
more than if it was iu a pleasant quar
ter. (Of course it is only in Pottstown
that this absurd condition of affairs ex
ists in this country).
Mrs. Smalley appreciated to the full
the power which circumstances had
placed in her hands. Her favor was
not easily won. Years passed and sh
had not yet recognized Mrs. Lopcr's
presence in the town. In that time
Sarah Loper, who had much strenjrth
of character, would have accepted and
submitted to any other misfortune
blindness or a lame lep, for example.
She would not bubmit to social ostra
cism. T must visit in the best society or
not at all," she told her husband.
She worked her way into a chari
table organization in order that she
might met Mrs. Smalley on the com
mittees. Next, she pave up the pew
which they occupied in the old church
and took a costly one in the new edi
fice in which most of the Jirahtuin caste
were members.
Now, her husband protected Tcbe
mently. "I am deeply attached to old Dr.
Mallinp." he said. "He helps my soul
on its way to Heaven. As for this
fiiifhty boy in the new church, I can
not hear him with patience; he shal
low and inexperienced. I will uot
pro'nise to po with you. Sarah."
Mrs. Loper was danntod, but only
for a moment. The prize was so preat
for which she played. To pain it Mr.
Loper mipht submit to Ik bored for an
hour on Sundays, surely.
She took the pew and contributed
larpely to all church cxjicnses. When
after a month or two, some of the ex
clusive set called upon her, her
triumph was so preat that she scarcely
noticed that her husband remained at
home on Sundays and by deprees be
came indifferent to all church work.
When they were first married they
funned the habit of studyinp a chapter
in the llil.le topether every inornmp.
Hut Mrs. Lopcr's time was so occupied
now with I'.er six:ial duties that she
ncplceted it. At first, when she saw
her husband sitting alone with his
P.ible. her heart pave her :t wrench o
pain, but after a few weeks he, too,
pave up the habit.
In other ways their lives were
affected b3' her new ambition. They
had nourished hiph hopes for thcit
children, and made many anxious
plans to insure them sound hea.tli,
sane. sr"tig minds and noble char
acters. .VIuti Jiob was but a yeiir old
t'ley 1i;oi l" i'.iii to C'iilne ifit-.t t '
HK IS A FBEFMAK -WHOM THE TKCTH
ERENSRURG. PA.. FRIDAY DECEMI ER1S, 1MH
ciaiius of diifercnt colleges. Wluie
Nelly was a baby on her breast Mrs.
L..pcr hud dreamed out her future as a
hel;.ul Christian wife and mother.
Her aims for the children were
changed now. llob was kept away
from school to practice a part in
tableaux and private theatricals, in
which he appeared in a Directoire cirs
tume of velvet and laee. Nelly s-am
learned that the object of her life was
to ila nee, to sing, to appear in pretty
new gowns, to make herself conspicu
ous among the other children, in the
hop that Irene Smalley would invite
her to her I'hiistmas ball.
Their father made a feeble protest.
'Our whole motive of life is
changed. Saralu" he saiiL The minds
of the children are filled with trill -.'S.
Our homo life is pone, and instead
there is a constant buzz and tumult
aiHint dress and balls or some other
folly."
"I do not consider the social position
of my children a tritle or folly," she re
plied, sharply.
'I only know." he answered, ''that
you once hoped to fit them to ! Il.-I's
servants in this world and the xt
Now your highest hope is to tit .. em
for the Smalley set."
She did not reply. The subject was
never broached between them again.
Mr. Loner's death a vea- later left her
a wealthy widow with no" restraint j
upon her social ambition. She sue- j
ceeded in paining a foothold in the '
fashionable circle. It was not secure. I
and she was perpetually forced to cur
ry their favor by mean little arts for
which she despised herself. I!ob. much
to her delight, became the intimate
friend of Jem Smalley. It was whis
pered in Pottstown that Sma ley as
corrupting the ly, and would make I in
as profligate as himself. Hut. ti;s tin Tri
er, when she saw her Ikiv driving or
riding with tlie leader of fa-i.ioii. ltd 1
not ask what lesson of life he was I
learning from him.
Nelly gave her mother many a heart
ache. She ha I formed an attachment t
a poor young clerk who had no capital
but industry and energy. When Dr.
Sonnies b:gan to pay her attention,
her mother compelled her to encourage
him.
"lie is old enough to le my grand
father." the pill protested. "He has '
be:-n a life-long drunkanL I cannot
even rcsnect him and I love another !
man, mother."
"He has reformed," urged Mrs.
LofH-r. "Y:m ought to respect him. He
is Mrs. Smallcy's cousin. He can g.ve
you as good a position as hers in Potts
town. As for your fancy of love.
every girl has some such silly affair i
before she takes tip life in earnest." i
Nelly was timid and weak. She '
yielded and married a man whom at
heart she despised.
A few montns after her marriage j
Mrs. Loper liecame seriously ilLo I eath j
came slowly t her. so slowly that she i
had time to look back' at her life and ;
judge coolly of the value of her sue- ;
cesses.
Her son would look in sometimes 'at
her for a moment with a bloated fact:
and r-d eyes, bid her "cheer up," and
vanish to be seen no more for a day or
two.
'He does not waste a minute on his
dying mother," she moaned once.
"Where is he going. Nelly?''
"To the races. I Udieve. He and
Smalley own a horse together."
A faint smile crossed Mrs. Lopcr's
paunt face. "Hob keeps good com
pany. " slie " murmured. Then she
scanned Nelly's thin face and painted
cheeks and heavy, hopeless eyes. The
girl wore a Parisian gown. She was the
leader of fashion in Pottstown. Hut
even that thought did not seem to give
her mother satisfaction as she lay
there with death coming nearer, nearer.
Did she see in her child's face the
dumb accusation of a lost life a soul
tainted and ruined?
As the day crept into night she lay
silent and motionless summing up her
life's trin rnpli. it may lie, to comfort
herself withal.
"Mother," Nelly said once, "would
yon like ine to send for a minister? Or
' shall I read a Psalm to you?"
Mrs. Loper knitted her brows trying
to think distinctly. Ncll3' talked of
such unfamiliar things she scarcely
was acquainted with the minister, iiid
as for the Psalms, she used to read
them long ago. long ago.
''I can't attend to that sort of thing
just now.dear. When I pet well Nelly,
what is poiiig on to-night? The car
riages and I hear a band "
"Mrs. Smalley has a reception,
mother. Evcr3-lxd- is going."
"And they know they know that I
am dj-ing"'
She put her hand over her eyes to
shut out the life which had become so
paltry and base.
Some one said to Mrs. Smalley that
night: "Your friend, Mrs. Loper, hat
just died, I hear."
"Alu indeed! I'm very sorry! We
were scarce friends, however. Mere
ly acquaintances. A clever -woman
though a good deal of a snob. Do take
Miss Price out for this waltz, to obli-je
me."
Mrs. Smalley stood smiling as she.
watched the waltzers; the music rang
out paj' and sweet. Mrs. Ixiper lay
dead. Her ambition was gratified.
She was one of the fashionable set in
Pottstown. C'smgrepationalist.
Oncer Freak of Ciobblrr.
Mr. James drier, who lives about fire
miles cas.t of Dawson, has a turkey
gobbler that is a curiosity, sa3-s the
Columbus (O.) Knquirer-Sun. Mr.
Crier's turkeys consisted of two hens
and the gobbler. The hens made nests
about seventy-five yards apart in Mr.
tlrier's melon patch, laid their nests fall
ot eggs and wont to setting. The gob
bler pot lonesome and concluded that
the proper thing for him to do was to
set also. He got an equal distance lie
tween the two turkey hens, squatted
over a guinea watermelon and set six
weeks In-fore he was discovered. Mr.
Grior thought his gobbler bad lieeu
stolen and was utterly astonished when
he found him in the patch trying to
hatch cut young melons.
At n I'lrrn ( rrrk arty.
Mrs. Do tJri..lor You seem rath.it
fidgety this evening. Colonel Whipsaw.
Colonel Whipsaw Yes. just a little.
"Is there any thing I can do for you?"
"Nope. You see I've given Hill Kopcr.
over there, all the chance and induce
ment to elope with my gal t'yclouey
that a feller could wan, nnd now if he
(hurt improve this ceasioii to skip with
h'.i he'll tt orry. l'v:.di : itin;;s.
' Sa '
MAKF.fi VHt E AM AtL AUK CLA7tS EKt-IDE
1-UJliuAtaS i.N ISSUERS.
London Piclrpockot3 Who Could
Oivo Old Fagrln Lessons.
They Are Sai.l to It the Clevereat Thlevra
in th World story of n Kins Ex
oerienre of a Sc.tlaod-Vard
Deter live.
While contemplating a trip to Europe;
a f -w years ago, I purchased several
well-advertised guide b.oks. one of
which, dealing chiefly with London .
aud its environs, warned Americans'
against the light fingered portion of its i
population. Therefore when I went j
abroad I did so with i:iy C3-0S open, as j
I thought, but I was soon to discover
by actual experience that a stranger i:t
the great m -tropoiis needs very keen
optics to escape th-e wi'es of its l-'agins.
Having I ut a moderate purse at no
command I took cheap ltxlgings in
Charter House square, and when out
sightseeing was careful to take along
ju-t enough money to last me through
the jiunt
lit my half-aimless sauntering one
morning I turned i:i the Strand, al
ready bristling with its peculiar life,
aud had not proceeded far when some
.no tapy.e 1 me on the shoul lor. Having
no part ctilar acquaintance ia London
at that time, I turned quickly and saw
u wcllslivs il niL:n st.-p itack like a
person embarrassed.
"Aw, I beg your r-irti',n- sir." said
he. polit-.-ly; "I thought I was tapninp
the bhoul ler of a friend: world not
have stopped you for t!ia world,' ano
before I could te'l him no h :r:n had
loen done he was off an I out of sigh
in a moment.
I thought no more of t!'.e interrup
tion until seeing a b;vk which 1 de
sired to purchase, I reached for my
purse, but it was pone. In a Hash the
shoulder tapping incident came back
with strange distinctness, and I hail to
laugh at the auroitness of the theft,
for I knew I ha 1 lieeri robb 'd while
the strange man was aooiopizing for the
apparent blunder. I hud not lost much
money, owing to the carefulness re-fei-nsj
to, but th: purs? contained a
k.-epsake in the shnpe of a plain gold
ring suitably inscribed. That was
worth more to me than the contents of
t!v purse, and, upon tolling the liook
sol'.er of luy loss, he advised me to ro
port it at Scotland Yards, the head
quarters of the metropolitan police.
I had little hope of ever again seeing
the ring, for I could give nothing but a
vague description of the person who
had stopped me. br.t I resolve I to take
my complaint to the authorities, as
much to get into Scotland Yard, which
is world famous, as anything else.
(Quitting the lx':-stp.ll, I made my wa
to the place from which the shrewd de
tectives of London sally forth to hunt
down the evil doers, and in a short time
was stating my loss to a little man in
uniform, who listened intently, but
with a lurking smile: i:i his blue c3-es.
When he heard me through, he said
that in all prolKibility the keepsake
and I had parted company forever; but
calling to his side a man whom he in
troduced as Sorgt. Doriny. he went
over tne story, anil wen turned me
over to the sergeant. Sergt. Donny
reminded me of Mi Inspector Ducket,
of "Hloak House." He seemed to have
a queer wa3' of conferring with his fat
forefinger while he listened, and from
the first he impressed me as a good
natured man. too much so, I thought, to
be a lnemiier of the police force, having
to deal with the roughs and toughs of
Loudon.
The sergeant nnd I adjourned to th(
nearest little coffeediouse. where
found that he improved on acquain
tance. "We have 100.0)i thieves in London."
said he. "Now, your purse has fall.-n
into the hands of one of then.: but
which one? The man who tapped you
on the shoulder did not do the robbing;
he merely secured your attention whi e
his confederate relieved you. You felt
nothing in your pocket? No? The fin
gers of our genteel Fagins are very
light and shapely. I was robled once
myself, and that while conducting the
thief to the station for picking a liuly's
twx-ket. 1 tl id not know my watch was
gone till we came to search the scamp.
Your ring, ah, yes," and here SergL.
Donny tore a blank leaf from his mem
orandum. "I think we had best advertise for
it," he continued.
I was snrprisel.
"You wonder, I see." smiled the ser
peant. ''Some of our thieves are very
sympathetic, and there is one chance in
a thousand that your purse may have
fallen into the hands of a fellow of this
description. We will try first with
something like this:"
lie wrote rapidi3' for a minute, his
chubby little hand running back and
fo-th over the sheet, and when he
stopped he read the following adver
tisement: "Lost Rine If the person who found a plain
pold rini inscrilied i':iiu S. 1. to J. '..
will return it to No. Charterhouse po,nare. he
w ill receive one puinea reward and no ques
tions will be askoL The rinirwas lost on the
Strand and is valued as a memento, being a
gilt Irom a dear friend who is deail."
"Some of the light-fingered gentry
are very tender-hearted." said Sert.
IKmny when he had read the advertise
ment, which seemed to delight him.
"In a case of this kind we have no ac
curate description of the thief; there
fore, we have to resort to stratagem.
Your advertisement will appear in the
Times to-morrow, and then we shall
wait for results. Meantime, we have
nothing to do, and I am prepared to
tell 3-0U something alnmt the thieves of
this great city, seeing as how I have
been dealing- with them these twelve
3ea rs."
I was more than pleased that the in
spector had turned me over to so clever
a snliordinate, and intimated pretty
strongly that I was eager to listen to
anything Mr. Donny had to say.
"This is June," began he. "If you
had come over two months later the
chances are that you would not have
been touched' on the Strand to-day.
August and September are the safest
months to walk in or mix with the
crowds on the streets of London. Dur
ing these months our pickpockets are
at the seaside, working the crowds of
fashionables who flock thither, or have
gone to the foreign race courses. Thou
sands of them go to Paris, and hun
ircds to other places and we are not
k busy with them at home. Yes, sir,
ve have one hundred thousand of this
Dvil class in London, more thieves
than you have honest people in some
of ynr pretty American cities. It is
to our shame, of course, but how arc
v ? 1 lit In il?
ft
i V - 13 113
s f - v,-
ftio bpc
"A large percent, of foreign pick
pockets have been trained in London.
Wo have thief training schools here,
lots of them. Precocious Ihivs, who
have no homes, are picked off of the
streets by the ols-rvant pickpocket,
who takes them to the secret school:.,
where they are trained by the I'aphi.s
in charge of them. The little novices
are taught all the secrets of petty
thieving, and, after awhile, praduat
accomplished pickpockets. They ar.
taught, also, to recognize at sight the
different people- who nook to London.
They know the Frenchman from the
native, a tJerman from a Kussian. and
Americans are told at once. How do
they do this? Sometimes by the cut
of one's clothes, by the manner of car
O'ng jewelry. You brought your
clothes from New York, did you not?"
I acknowledged that my garments
were fresh from the shop of an Amer
ican tailor, at which Sorgt. Donny
smih.il, ami added that he would have
taken me for an American "on sight."
"The preat headquarters of our Fa
gins," he continues, "arc the dark and
dismal purlieus of St. (Jiles, White
chapel and the long, low wharves of
the Thames. They are there by thou
sands, young and old and lioth sexes,
l'hey have soeieti'-s and even savings
banks, and when one of their iiur-dicr
is in our hands the others are willing
to put up money to get him out. I do
not wonder that some tourists pet
roblied. They will po down into these
parts of the city without a proper es
cort, and the next day they are at
Scotland Yard, telling a story of woe.
I had an amusing experience once with
one of this class. He was a nice-looking
man. indeed was an American pro
fessor. He came to London, so he said,
for the purpose ,f making a study of
our criminal classes. 1 did not know
this, of course, until after the experi
ence 1 am aliout to relate.
"Well, our professor went down into
St. Giles, anil while exercising eyes and
ears lie was roblx'd hy a loy scarcely
ten years oh L The little fellow was a
shrewd pickpocket, and as I had had
some experience with him I guessed
that he was concerned in the robbery,
for it had taken place on lus grounds
though the professor maintained that
he had leen robbed by a man from
whom he was trying to obtain some
statistical information. Accompanied
by the complainant I went to the dan
gerous qnarter and nablied little J'il'3-
ljefore he was aware of my presence.
" 'You must discharge this chihL sir,'
said the American. He had nothing
to do with the theft. WI13, sir, he
couldn't take anything."
' Must as you say,' L answered with
an amused smile. :;t the same time
stealing a look at Hilly.
"The Ikiv. who felt that I knew he
had committed lite robbery, went up to
the gentleman and thanked him profuse-
for his kindness, after which be
hurriedly departed and walked on.
Half a squere from the scene of the -encounter
I turned suddenly and Risked
the professor the time of day. He
reached for his watch, but, to his sur
prise, it was gone, whereupon be looked
at me thunderstruck. He was inclined
to got angrt. saying that he had been
plundered while under the escort of a
London policeman. The following mo
rrierit. to his -amazement. I pulled out
his watch and extended it.
" 'Pra3-, how did you get hold of it?
he exclaimed.
" 'The boy gave it to me. He
"touched" 3-ou while be was thanking
von for asking me to discharge him.
In a short time we shall have your
purse as well."
"The American could not lclieve that
the boy Hilly was the person who had
taken the purse, but the a lroit theft of
the watch wont a long war toward
hinting that ha might be mistake-;
and when, yet that day, I hat the sat
isfaction of restoring his purse, which
had In-cn brought in and surrendered
by the boy, bis wonder knew no
bounds. I dare say that y oir country
man .lid not venture into The thieves"
quarter agiiin without a diifercnt opin
ion of the shrewdness of the gamins
who jostle one on "very corner there."
The day after U13 adventure on the
Strand IT13 "advertisement, as drawn up
by Sergt. Dennj. appeared in the
'i'i'.nes. ai.d several days passed with
out an3 results. I wa.s beginning to
have a px .or opinion of the tender hearts
of Iondon's Fagins when one after
noon, upon inj- return from a walk. I
was surprised to have my landlady
hand me the identical souvenir ring.
"It was brought to the house 113- a
well-bred gentleman, who begged
leave to say he was sorry he had not
seen your notii-e Mmner," she said in
explanation. "He was vcrv polite, and
when I offered him the guinea he said
he could not think of taking it. as you
had Wen put to so much expense al
ready." "Did you ask him for his address?" I
inquireiL
"I thought of doing so, 11 r I imag
ined that you would wish to thank him
by post, but he was pone liofor" 1 could
put the question, touching his bat po
litely as he went down the steps."
That was the end of the whole mat
ter. Of course I had no clew to the
man who had returned the ring, and
when I narrated the incident to Sergt.
Donny he smiled, and. having consult
ed his fat forefinger, like the immortal
Mr. I 'ticket, said he presumed 1 would
never forget my little experience with
the light-fingered gentry of London.
T. C. Harbaugh, in Cincinnati Gazette.
A Lake Nemrly a, Mile llerp.
Hy far the deepest lake known in the
world is Lake Halkil, in Siberia, which
is every way comparable to the preat
Canadian lakes as regards size: for
while its area is over 'J.OOO square
miles making it aliout equal to Erie in
superficial extent, its enormous depth
of between 4.0O0 and 4,500 feet makes
the volume of its waters almost equal
to that of Lake Superior. Although
! its surface is l.o-'iO feet above sea level,
its bottom is nearly 3,ihkj feet below it.
The Caspian lake, or sea, as it is usually
called, has a depth in its southern basin
of over S.0(H) feet, Lake Maggiore is
S.tMlO feet deep. Lake Como nearly i.Oiii)
feet, and Ieginli (tarda, another Italian
lake, has a depth in certain '. f
l.'.HXl feet. Lake Constance is over l.OnO
feet deep and Huron and Michigan
reach depths of WO and 1,000 feet.
The Crucial Teat.
I'd die for you, my loved one!" ex-
- claimed the passionate lover,
j "That's all right," replied the niat
1 ter-of-fact girl; "but will you eat the
J biscuit I inaJic?" In lge.
c
ite
-..-
pofctHte per year in usance.
MMRKli 4!.
CLEAR SHINING AFTER
Across the sil'-rt, r.ur:ile hi' Is.
"Iiru cloudy r.fts if :.ni(-t .yst.
Then tt:;juti!ir': th HI".
And v.T;s tue .rid lu t.mtxT mis.
A new. fre U wcrl'l It wn. to night,
Ciitou ii -.1 by y tiio.i -lit f voe;
I ta il alojie. :e d fro-i i:iv lies -Sit
Waica the rich coi-ina;;s come and go.
On vi'Ia-" Kpirfis 0 si'v -ry white.
l:i .vi plows -n u ::" 1 10 ru Mv ir'ow.
On Kcarer str -am. tli:.t ;ii-t'-. n.'oYht
Alunc its wintii p. khadow'd tlow.
How calm it ia. nr.d yet in trtitu
):i" hour a.-o a i I st-i-itl si -pt
The- hil.s a-el va'.li y: v.iu k. .11 rath
Tuc worid wa-i IkikcJ I'.ic 1 .-liven wept.
Hut now what cbr.nr: roMcn mist
rec-s ver hi I an 1 .v a.-ain;
Th - Kttiil-n? val-eys. stia .'-t l;i- -ecl.
t ateli t;od's - clear al.ii.iiis ui'ter rain."
So s-cds lie Morni to rvorv t.cnrt:
No p--:f-v.-t j-:tc - but fo:-i-- '.hrouph pain;
We c .n but t :iiriiiy t:i :e our art.
Ami waft - cl ar -iii :i 1 ' -il'cr rain."
Grate Ade.u I -arc-. i:i Woman's Journal.
MY I)lS!)HEi)IEXCE.
The Torribla Price of an After
noon's Pleasure.
I was always afraid of father, but
with poor little mother it was another
thing. Father was hard and st -rn
with us children, and when he t-,1.1 me
to do an.vthing I just stopped: but she
was W gentle and loving to say a
harsh word, and I often took advar
tage of that fact in f it her s absence.
Toward him 1 felt l.nle "motion o.
eept that of fear, while 1 loved inollier
with all the strength of my pa-simiat
nature; 3-ot her I often disolaeyod; him,
never.
How well I remember my last and
greatest disobedience and the bitter
jesson that 1 received ia -' soqiienc:'.
I was alioi. t . fourteen at th time, and
wo wore living on a farm some ili ;
trir.ee out of the vi'lage where mv
father was an overseer in the mill.
Had luck bad followed him for some
time and he was quite heaviv in debt.
My three older sisters had one by one
lied of lingering con sr mot ion. t ii
house bad taken tire and burned to til
rround when uninsured, and in the el
I'ort to save some of the furniture
lather was badly injured and lui'l to
stop work for some time. So when the
new house was luiiit and furnished he
hod to run behind a gmd deal, and we
had to practice the strictest econom- I
ill consequence. j
Fath'-r had gone buck into the mill
:fain. an I 1.1 y I'-n summvr vaeatio-i j
:; I begun, when vet another I'lis
Ttune came to n-. though I was too
,-oting and thouv-h! -ss to realize much
alMiut it. Mother iiegan to show s'giis
.f the same fatal disease tii-.it. bad
claimed my throe sisters', and her
.strength failed qtrt rapi.i'y.
However, she won!. I t-ot ::l!ow fa'l'.or
i hire a girl as lo: g :.s we wore in
ie'it and she could l-.ep ;.l sit. and
athr-r at I :st oon er.t- d to got iilong
for the i::uo !-i:ig .v:h-i''t one if the
washing coo !d be put out and I won d
s'.-ay at home and help. That is how
my liio's sorrow, found mo.
Ait'ion rh, as I hare sai-1. I lv -1 mv
::!ot!ier passionatt ly. 1 was not aU-.-.tys
as g.Kd to her as 1 should have I een. 1
v a-, full i-f life ::rtd spirits and did not
rea'.i.e her con ItI and the cor.'.jn-;-
nent at home w::s often vcrv irksom-j j
o in". So 1 b.--r.:n to slip away with '
the bit's and leave her alone for 11011!---. !
it a time. l:n..w':;g my fatb-r wonl 1
not bo home from the null till night.
nnd that 'die loved me too v. .11 to tel. I
'..nil of luy 1 - leet and so bringdown !
npon me a w.-d-t:i -riled p'.iTii-.i.incnt.
Mother still k.-pt aliout the hous..
nn. I looked afi. r her work. 1111 1 I nevtr
realized until afterward how hard it
was for her. She prow paler and thin
ner day by day. an. I the hriMkint red
hat glowed fitfully in her chocks a-. !
made her look o lovely w.iid.l have
told a more experienced eye l!;i:i i-.iin
that the gentle, loving woivinii was
f ast going whore s'-cUness and virn.v.
are unknown. As f r m 1 remain 1
Hlind to it all. and often grumbled ::t
the little things thai-she ts.-casioua.lIy
asked me to do.
Natural- cnotigh. 1 pi-.-w more I".
nn.l r.'Vi..l ii.siis with I'vi-rv !:i'!::l'-.-1
and my ncgieet daily beo.ime m"ie ai
lan'iit Hut the end was near.
The Champions, a boy-,' bass. ball jint
of hich ! was the catcher, had :'f
range l to play a match grime with t ;e
Victors, a team from a iicighlo-'ng a',:
rival viila-i-, one Wednesday afti-rnoon.
Of course it was ail we boys co'il 1 taV:
alMiut for a week before ti e event to il;
place, bnt at last the day act ually
rived. The game was 1.0 begin at half
past one, and I would have to start as
soon as possible alter dinner in order
to got there in season.
I did not dare mention the match t
father, for 1 know he would surei3- f'"'"
bid iny attending it. My rival, Hilly
Atwood, would be only too glad to
catch, and if he. did I taight lose mv
position iu the nine and that I colli i
not lcar to think of. No; 1 must 1;
there and catch. le the consequences
what the, would.
Father came home to his dinner, and
it was nearly one o'clock that day be
fore he started back to his work.
Mother had been feebler than ever ail
the morning, but I never noticed any
thing alnjut that. The coming ball
game filled my head so full that there
was room for nothing tlse.
As soon as father was out of ight 1
started to slip out the back door, but
quiet as I was about it my mother
noticed me.
Won't you pet me sonn; fresh wa
ter, Henry." she said, in a low, gentle
voice. "That in the bucket is stale,
and it is ss) warm this afternoon. I am
very thirsty.'
With a frown on my face I caught
the jniil angrily up and went hast.. y
out into the yard. It was only it min
ute's work to fill the bucket at the
pumpand I was soon back again.
"Why didn't you get tne some nice,
cool spring water, dear?" said mv
mother, as I came in with my pail.
"The well water is so hard I can no
drink it. Please pot some; it won'
take 3-011 V0T3- long."
Now the spring where wo got tuo
of our drinki g water was ni"-'v
quarter of a mile across the fields and
. it-was already a quarter past one. In
my mind's eye I saw the. game already
begun, myself absent, and Hilly behind
the bat. Such thoughts were unendur
able. -
"Oh, that water is pood enough and
I'm in a hurry.- llon't bo so fussy," I
suueilt answered.
Hut, Henry. 1 don't like tin- well
The i ti r tid Tf 1 1 I ' 1 ! t 1 r 1 ' II f C .
BKTA Iif rvAK en-imrra H 10 1 1 1 T 1 r -rocii'trr
i'iii 1 1 n!ii il '" 1' v l-i ie It 1 1. w - .
ma rt l tit I'lint lie ri--'
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S inche neinito'
it inches. 1 jrar '
S lnrbe 6 months ..
a Inches, t year
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column. C month"...
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in
Kit-ie Itenia. fl'-t iu-e-tl'in.
10c. per
auh.eqijeut In-erd'ina 6 perl fie
A iu n trtorit and
Kaeculor'a Notloea
ti v.
, a .la.
An il-urV "iitiee
sirs? and alini'ar N iticea
a i- tHHi .bit i.itia f,t i.r.icMcil inira ot
I .M
any -e-irp""
tion 01 " inv and eon'a.uoiejitiona oeaiunoo 1
call atlei.lu r it. r,y u.ai'rr t l.n.ncd .r It
rnlul in-er.iii u:un p'd If a- art vert ien, .
H.- k J"i' I 'm"'! "I a 1 kitma neatly r
etc-
(Ion I
icrmnttl tlie low en mua. .
i-U ! -a et It
wat -r and it makes me fed unwell
!.;. Your father wants you to sta.
and lie p me. you know. Can't you d
that much for your poor, sick mother,
dear'."
Oh. yes: I suppose I can. You ar -boun
I a fellow sha'u't have any fun.
tlu.u'rh. and alwf-s contrive some war
to stop it. Give 11s the old paiL," I burst
.ut in a rage as I caught it up and
started fr: the door agiin.
My mother never said a word in reply
to tr.y ii rcb-K-ctfill and brutal speech,
but "she pave me such a reproachful
10 .k from her unnaturally large and
brilliant yes that 1 felt a strong im
pulse ti turn back and ask her pardon
ikon and there if I had to lose the ball
trenv in consequence. I noticed, too.
how pale and slight she was growing,
and I saw her tremble as she stood be
side the table watching me out.
Hut I drove away my good angel and
went out with the water pail, banging
t'.ie d'Mir after me. I started slowly off
t v.-ard the sprir-r without a siiygle look
beli. ml me. though I well knew the ten
der irlanee of those lovelj'. reproachful
eves was following me as I went.'
' Hut the tempter is always near to a
wavering mind. The thotirht of what
I was losing came back with rcdouh'o I
force as I neared the spring, nnd my
mdiirnation toward the poor moth r
who had unknowingly kept me at home
increased in the same -trojv.rt.ion.
"You can po and pla3' ball and then
come back and pet the water as soon n
th" game is over." he whisper..1
That will do just as well. She wo T i
tell your father and he will never lin..
it out." -
In a moment the pail wns hidden l-i
tbe ferns beside the spring and 1 w:
011 across the lields as bard as I crtil
run. Ten 1nin.1t es later I reached tie
ball groii'id. hot a-id breathless, to find
I was just ia ti no to prevent the gnm
from ix-riiininf .witnout me, and with
Hilly Atwood for catcher.
The inat.-h was long and close, but it
ended at la t. I caught a m ignifieent
game and was so excited that. I neve
once thought of th" p'wr s-ek moth--.
at home with nothing to quench l i
tbiiM but the nauseous well water dur
ing th" lot.g. hot afternoon.
At four o'clock I hastened horn",
flushi-d with trinmnh and entirely for-g.-t
Till of mv disobedience. Mid burs,
noisily into th-.' lions -, crying out:
Mother, mother, we boat "em! w
K-at Vm! The Yi' tors are victors n
longer, and ev.-ry bcxl-, says I caught n
splendid game."
Hut there was no nn-wi r. Th -kitchen
w::s silent and for--:ik"ii. so w:.
the sittbig-rooisi. Where could the Lit I
mother b ?
I soon a soerta'.ti.'d that sh was n-i
about t li house, and. thotvrht, wiih
sinking heart, that perhaps -.ho had
jenn" for the w:i,e" ' " 'd ' Ah." I r"
mem lei---'I inv l:sol,elio!ice tm'ii, a.Jtl
bitt v-y li I 1 regret il.
I fa'i'i.V ii -v. 1 .v.: the p: 'h t the
spr'n '. id :.s I i:-. a v.-1 it 1 si v u 1 (..
tio .! . !: ' .r ' lyirv- b ',:de t ho wall, i
th ; fu'l ' ::-.- of the blazing sun. 1
was iu- t It -r.
In an i i t int I w.. . kne -'.i'lg a. 1"
s" 1 . wil '.';. iiiipl-.r---. r 1: ' ' : '
x, 1 and j-.i -.eiin; i"f f lie-...
O'U I'.ili :.i. e l-.-.'.i-ii-.e I u i-,lei ,.i
if mv tears and prayer .. t'.. si the ..- ,
I',, languid eyes slowly ooor.cd. an
he pa.ed up int ' 1 l'.' free with th
;nmc loving, reproachful look li: get
ing in their depths.
"I'tuvrit e mo, mother: or.ly this tiiii
and 1 will never ao so iigaii.l ' I soli bed
She tri.-d to an .wcr me. a s'n udder
shook h r slight fi..i 1 . ard thou lb
blood bur-,1 through her lr.:i! li;;s i
a bii l-.t -.--a riot tr. -si". A not her t h 1: 1
d -r tbr d.be.l tl.r. 'o.'a her euia iate 1
;or.v.. Ih -.i her hea l ilropoed aud the
bcau-ifiil eyes half closed.
" . it li a wild cry 1 lied from the 5 pot.
and rn died to the .nearest icil. b. r's
.'or lo lp. It was or.ly a few M iiii es
till 1 v. us back a -a.in i".h fo-er .' .
men. but to me it seeim-d an ; ;'e.
My mother's frjgi! torm pla"cl
on an i;apr, .vise.i f ' r -telu r. and te.i.i r
ly b'iri't' back to the hnw: of vil. li
.sh" had always been the light, nnd tie
guardian angel; while 1 13- la'h.r at. :
p'i'.sieian were h::st:ly t-uiugio.' g.
Hotli came imme.liateij-, but tuoj- were
loo late. She was gone.
Yes; my mother's pure, loviig,
tdam -less life wa - over. '1 l:at wn :k to
I the spring in the hot sni. together
' with the effort the made in climb ng
j over the wail, had been too much f or
her r. main ing strength. My cruel,
I wicked disobeui. ncc had killed her.
I I wai ed for hours with lrantic gri "f
1 and repentance when they toll me th
j bitter truth, but it came too late.
Never upon earth might 1 atone for l; .,
' cruel neglect, lo-tiioso beautiful cy
were closed forever. I had refused her
last request, and her last look h i 1
been one of sad and tender reproach.
No wonder I foil lie a murderer.
Years have passed since that terrible
nfto-"oon. 3-ot the la.st look I saw i
( my mother's eyes haunts me to-day. I
always will. I ca'i never forget th.
iny utitlbal conduct embittered t.,
I last moment, of an idolized parent, a:.
that when 1113" own tine shuil coia.- i
I last, and I enter the ci'y not in a
! with hands, I sha'l In" confronted .
j the damning record of iry inful wa
wardnoss. God grant that vhen
meet my mother's ransomed -spirit, b.
! 3'oni the pearly pates of th. Nov.
! .lerusatcm. 1 may not see the reproa.
' ful look I renu mber so well si
shining in the botiuteous eyes'. O. i.
Young, in io.Kl.ill s Sun.
tiijiurJ Lore.
An English :uan who one traveled
on foot through Norway s:vs that h"
was much attracted by the t.'itnene-;s 01
the horses and cows which he saw foot
ing along the roadside. It indicated a
kindly disposition on the part of the
people, he thoug.it; but he adds; In
my original notes I find a long para
graph overflowing with sentiment:;!
tenderness relative tothesp nlTectioin.te
cows, that followed and overwhelmed
me with tl-.eir loving licks: but Id)
not transcrilie it, us itpoti further re
flection it is evident that the licking
was mere cuplioar.l love. AM cattle in
inbitid. and especially iu mountainous
districts, luive a strong .craving for
salt, and these cows were merely lick
ing tlie deposits fro:u thesva s-ra y th;it
had fallen on my clothes during the
recent voyage. This discovery w.i
mortifying to my feeling-.. Mas w i:.'i
to lie loved for hlm .eif a'one. an 1 t .1 5
spontaneous manifestations of those
pastoral, unsophisticated cows seamed
to respond to the heart's fond yearn
ings. Hut. ulas oven the cows of Sur
renijal were licking me for the salt I
curried. . out l.'s . -. .i: 1 1 1.; 11 i. 11 .
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