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During the winter of 1869 I was em•
ployed as night operator in the railroad
office at D , lowa. The principal road
between Chicago and Council Bluffs runs
through D-, and the great irregular
night trains, and the constant danger of
collision resulting therefrom, rendered the
position of night operator by no means an
easy one. It may be well to mention here,
as necessary to the following story, that
besides the railroad office, there was also
at D- a business office of the Union
company. This we always spoke of as the
"down-town" office.
tine stormy night, not far from eleven
o'clock, I sat at my desk—and for a
wonder, idle. The wires had nut called
for some time, and I was leaning back in
my chair, listening to the wind outside
and reflecting on the loneliness of my sit
uation. The eastern train had crossed the
river more than an hour ago; all the depot
officials had gone off home, and, so far as
I knew, I was entirely alone in the vast
Finally, tired of thihking, I picked up
the evening paper, and glanced listlessly
over its columns. Among otuer things, I
read the detailed 'account of a fearful
tragedy that had occurred fifty miles- up
the river on the previous night. Three
raftsmen, well known as d..!sperate charac
ters in that vicinity, had entered the cot
tage of one Matthews, a farmer living in
an isolated spot—had butchered the far
mer and his children, terribly maltreated
his wife, and then departed as they came,
having taken with them whatever plunder
was handy. What interested me most was
a full description of the chief of the vil
lainous trio, Tim Lynch. IIe:e it is :
"Five huudred dollars reward will be
paid for information leading to the cap
ture, dead or alive, of Tim Lynch, the
ringleader or the Matthews tragedy.—
Lynch is a remarkably large man, six feet
four inches in height, very heavy, and
broad across the shoulders. Eyes green•
ish gray with a deep scar over the right
one. Hair wiry, black, and beard of same
color. When last seen he was dressed in
a black Kossuth hat, faded army overcoat,
pants of gray jean, and heavy boots. The
above reward will be paid to any one fur
nishing positive information-of his where
abouts.
Sheriff of -- county."
At the very instant I finished reading
the advertisement, there occurred the most
remarkable coincidence that has ever come
under my observation. I heard a heavy
tread on the stair, and then the' door
opened and there entered—Tim Lynch !
The moment I set my eyes upon him I
recognized him as perfectly as though I
had known him all my life. The army
overcoat and gray pants tucked into the
heavy boots, the massive frame and shoul
ders, the slouched hat pulled down over
hie right eyerto conceal—l was sure—the
scar ; above all, a desperate, hunted look
in his forbidding countenance—all were
not to be mistaken. I was as certain of
his identity as though he had stepped for•
xard, pulled off his hat to show me the
scar, and told me his name.
To Fay that I las not alarmed at this
sudden and unwelcome intrusion would
be untrue. lam not a brave man. and
my present situation, alone in the depot
with a hunted murderer, was by no means
reassuring. My heart beat violently, but
from mere force of habit I arose and asked
him to be seated. While he turned to
comply I succeeded in conquering my agi
tation to some extent. lie drew a chair
noisily forward, and sitting down, threw
open his coat, displaying by so doing a
heavy navy revolver stuck in his belt.—
Then he freed his mouth of a quantity of
tobacco juice, and spoke :
"Young feller," he said, motioning with
his head toward the battery, "that thar
macheen is what yer call a tellygram, I
s'pose?"
"Well," I answered, with a faint smile,
intended to be conciliatory, "that's what
we send telegrams by."
'Wal, I want yer to send a message to
a friend o' mine out in Cohoe. I tell yer
aforehand I hain't got no collateral, but I
kinder guess you'd better trust me, young
feller." (Here he laid his hand signifi
cantly on his belt.) "I'll fetch it in ter
morrow, of it's convenient."
I hastened to say that the charge could
just as well be paid at the other end by
his friend.
"Umph ! Plaguey little you'll get o'
Jim, I reckon. Howsumever, proceed."
"What is the message, and to whom is
it to go ?"
"I want yer to tell Jim Fellers, of Co•
hoe, that the bull quit here las' night, and
ther sheep'll be close on his heels."
As he delivered this sentence he looked
at me as if he expected me to be mystified.
But I thought it best not to appear so, and
I said carelessly :
"I suppose you're a dealer in stock, and
this is your partner ? Ah, sir, the tele
grap h helps you fellows out of many a
sharp bargain."
"Ya'as," he answered slowly, evidently
pleased with the way I took it. "Ya'as,
that's 'urn. I'm sendin' down a lot o'
stock. Bought it dog cheap over in
Genesee yisterday. Purty lot as ever you
see."
I turned to my instrument. What was
to be done ? Though ours was a railroad
office, we often sent business messages; and
if I did as usual now I should probably
get rid of my unwelcome visitor without
further trouble. But in my short conver
sation with him I bad somewhat recovered
from my first alarm, and I now conceived
the idea of attempting the capture of Tim
Lynch.
I was only a poor, salaried operator,
trying to save enough to marry in the
spring. Five hundred dollars would do
me a great deal of good just now—to say
nothing of the eclat of the thing. But
how was it to be accomplished ? Here was
I, alone in the depot with a man big
enough to whip his weight in such little
men as I was several times over. Any at
tempt to secure him single.handed was not
to be thought of. But could I not excuse
myself, and going out faFten him in? No;
well I knew from the distrustful look in
his face that any proposal of mine to leave
the room would be peremptorily objected
to by him. What, then ?
Why, simply this; I would telegraph
to the down-town station. But alas !
That very day the connection between the
two offices had been cut for repairs. It
was seldom used at any time, of course.
But what of that ? It was only a question
of a few seconds more time.
All these things went through my mind
F aith the rapidity of lightning as I went
to the battery. Lynch regarded me from
the: corner of his uncovered eye with a
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1875.
suspicion that made me shake in my shoes.
As I sat down he rose and came to my
side.
"Look a here, young foliar," he hissed
in my ear, and his breath was sickening
with the fumes of liquor, "perhaps ye
mean fair enough—l hope ye do, for yer
own sake. But I don't understan' nothin'
'bout them tellygrams, nad jilt want ter
tell yer that yer'd better be squar'—for,
by the Eternal God ! of ye go back on me
I'll stretch ye on this yere floor as stiff as
ever I did a man yit !" and I felt the cold
muzzle of the revolver on my cheek.—
Perhaps my voice trembled a little, but I
was still unmoved in my resolution, as I
replied :
"Never fear, sir; I'll tell him all about
the stoel' " l b muttered something to
himself, and still remained standing over
me.
You have heard, perhaps, how much
character and expression a telegraph ope
rator can put into his touch. Why, there
were dozens of different operators commu
nicating with our office, and I could tell
at the instant, without ever making a mis
take, who it was signaling. You could
tell if a man was nervous from his tele
graphing just as well as you could from
his hand-writing. The call that I sent
hurrying across the State to Council Bluffs,
must have rung out upon the ears of the
operator like a shriek.
"C. B. Are you there ?" was what I
asked, and almost instantly came back a
reply in the affirmative. Then with a
trembling hand I rattled off my message :
"For the love of' God, telegraph to our
down-town office at once. Tell them that
Lynch is within twn feet of me, qnd they
must send help."
A short pause, as though my message
occasioned some surprise, and then came
the response : "All right !" which assured
me I need not repeat.
"Wal," growled the deep voice of
Lynch, 'are you going to send my mes
sage ?"
"I have sent it, sir."
"What ? Does all this tickin' mean
what I told you ?"
"Yes, and if you'll wait fifteen or twen
ty minutes, you'll get an answer."
"Wal, I dunno as I want an answer.
Jim, he'll understand it all right."
"But I'll tell you soon whether he is
there or not. Sit down,"
So Lynch reluctantly took his seat,
looking around at the doors and windows
once in a while in an uneasy way. I was
determined to take him now at any cost;
and I verily believe I should have planted
myself in his path had he insisted upon
going now.
"Tick, tick, tick !" the battery called
out, and I listened to the meisage
"Keep cool. Gould has gone for the po
lice." Strange it was, wasn't it, that I
should sit there and talk through 250
miles of space with a man not half a mile
from me?
"What's that signcrfy ?" inquired my
companion as the tickings ceased ; and. I
replied that the clerk at -Cohoe had just
written oft . the message and sent it out.
He seemed satisfied, and settled back in
his chair, where he sat in sullen silence,
his jaws going up and down as he chewed
his weed.
Ob, how slowly the minutes crept
along! The suspense was terrible. I sat
and watched the minute hand of the clock,
and five minutes seemed as many hours.—
My companion seemed nervous, too. Ile
moved uneasily in his chair.
"Ain't it about time ye hecid from
Jim ?" he asked, at length.
"We shall get word from him in a few
moments now," I answered, and fell to
watching the clock again. Five minutes
more passed. Lynch got up and began
pacing to and fro across the room. At
length be paused and said :
...
don't - believe I'll wait any more; I've
got to see a man awn at the Pennsylvania
house, and he'll be ab• 0 el I don't get
thar purty soon."
"Bold on moment, and I'll see what
they're tip to, I cried hastily, and I
touched my key again. "Make haste,"
was my message. "I shall lose him if yoti
do not. Not a moment to spare."—
Straightway came the reply, short but en•
couraging : "A squad of palice started for
the depot five minutes ago." Thank
Heaven! they ought to be here now. I
looked at Lynch and then thought of the
five hundred dollars.
"Val, what's the word ?" he growled.
"Your friend is coming," I answered,
for want of a better reply.
"Comin' Comin' ! lYhar ?"
"Coming to the office at Cohoe. He
probably has an answer for you."
"An answer for me ? Jim Fellers ?
What should he answer for—" Lynch
stood in stupid thought for a moment, and
then he looked at me with - a dangerous
light in his eye.
"Look a' here, young feller !" he cried,
"it's my private opinion you're lyin' to
me, and of ye are—" hero he uttered a
horrible oath—"l'll cut yer skulking heart
out ! I don't know anything 'bout that
Char macheen, but I swar Jim Fellers
hain' t nothin' to answer. More likely
he'd git up and scatter when he heerd it."
He stood glaring at me as he uttered
these words his hand on his revolver. I
cannot account for it. As I before re
marked, I am a timid man by nature, but
this action only made me bolder. Every
thing depended upon keeping him a few
seconds longer. It must be done at any
cost. I tried a new plan.
"What do you mean, sir ?" I shouted,
rising, "by coming into this office and
talking in this style? Do you think I'll
endure it ? Leave this room at once, air, or
I'll—" and I advanced threateningly to
ward him. My unexpected attitude seem
ed to amuse him more than anything else.
but it silenced his suspicions. Ile put
his hands in his pockets and delivered a
loud laugh in my face.
"Wal, wal, my bantam, ye needn't git
so cantankerous. Who'd thought such a
little breeches as you had such spu❑k ?
Haw! bawl haw! Why, I could thaw
you up 'thout making two bites o' ye."
"Well, sir," I said, still apparently un
mollified, "either sit down and hold your
tongue, or else leave the office." And he
good-naturedly complied.
Once more we were sitting listening to
the ticking of the clock as the minutes
dragged their slow length along. Would
help never come ? Three minutes more.
Great heavens! The suspense was becom
ing intolerable. I must go to the stairs
and listen if I die for it. I arose and took
a step toward the door, but a voice stopped
me.
"Hold !" shouted Lynch, standing up
right, all his suspicions aroused once more,
"yer can't go out of that door afore me
Come back here !"
"Sir !"
"Come back hero, or by the eternal—,"
and the pistol muzzle looked me in the
face. He stood now half turned from the
door, and T was facing it. Slowly, and
without a particle of noise, I saw the knob
turn, and a face under a blue cap peep in.
hank God! Help had come ! I felt a
joy uncontrollable come over me. I must
keep the murderer's attention an instant
longer, till some one could spring upon
him from behind. I walked straight up
to him, but his quick ear had caught a
movement behind. As he turned with an
oath, I sprang upon him, and bore down
his arm just as the revolver went off, the
ball burying itself harmless in the floor
Before he could free himself from my grasp
half a dozen officers were upon him, and
he was quickly secured.
The next morning the papers were fill
ed with glowing accounts of' the capture of
the murderer, and praise of my conduct.—
The principal business men of' the town
made up a purse of $5OO and presented it
to me; and this, with the reward that was
paid me the following week, enabled Inc
to get married at Christmas. Bat I shud
der at the remembrance of that halt' hour
I spent alone with Tim Lynch ; and I don't
think $l,OOO would tempt me to go
through it again.
gentling for s ,1;,
PerionaL
Sartoris will return from England the
latter part of May, and spend the summer
at Long Branch with the President.
The real name of Edward Strahan, who
wrote the illustrated travels entitled "The
New Hyperion," is said to be Earl Shinn
The Hon. Horace Maynard, United
States Minister to Turkey, has started
with his wife for his post at Constanti
nople.
One hundred and four cardinals have
been buried by the present Pope. Fifty
six are still on hand and five in pEtto—in
breast.
Mrs. Mary Sellers and Mrs. Barbara
Bsbb, of Milton, Mass., are probably the
oldest twins in New England, being eighty
five years of age.
Prof. Whitney, of Yale College, sailed
for Europe on Saturday. He will spend
the Summer traveling in England, Scot
land, and Germany.
Hon. Heister Clymer is recovering from
a severe attack of typhoid fever, and his
friends all over the State will be glad to
learn, is entirely out of danger.
A French critic says that American
belles display many times a day toilettes
"sufficient to ruin twenty husbands." They
get. them from France, though.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beesher is the owner
of some fifteen acres of valuable land near
the residence of Mrs. Stowe. We merely
note the fact to remind her that the tract
is advertised to be sold for taxes.
The Empress of Japan has decided on
the erection of a college for young girls
who wisli to devote themselves to teach
ing, and has given a liberal sum from her
private purse toward the expense of con
struction.
Dr. Cornelius Falling Brown, of Niles,
Midi., has been appointed Surgeon Gen
eral to the Khedive of Egypt, with an
annual salary of $7,000 in gold, a house,
and servants. Dr. Brown was formerly
in business in Chicago, and married
there.
Why the Pope has conferred a cardinal's
hat upon an American, a French paper
says, is because "after the 20th of Septem
ber, 1875, Monseigneur Maclocky offered
the Pope a magnificent palace in Brook
lyn." Shows what that writer knows
about it.
Carl Schurz has had a handsome re
ception at St Louis, which city he pro
poses to make his permanent home, all
sorts of reports to the contrary notwith
standing. Mr. Schurz sails for Europe in
a few weeks, to bring home one of his
daughters now at school.
Mr. Leicester Vernon, a grandson of
the donor to the British nation of the cel
ebrated Vernon Gallery, (lied a few days
ago at Richmond, Va. He was graduated
at one of the English universities a few
months ago, receiving special honors. and
had come to Virginia to invest in land and
make a home.
Mr. Willard Carpenter, of Evansville,
Indiana, intends to establish in that city
a munificent charity, the endowment for
which will be about $1,000,000. The pre
cise object the doner has in views is not
yet made public, but the papers and plans
are now being perfected, and it is under
stood that the work will be begun in one
or two months.
Dr. Bagshawe, the new Roman Catholic
Bishop of Nottingham, England, revived
on Good Friday a ceremony in commemo•
ration of Christ washing the feet of his
apostles before the Last Supper. A dozen
boys dressed in white, and having bare
legs, were ranged in a row, and the bishop,
with great ceremony, washed each boy's
foot and then kissed it.
Industrial Notes.
The general business of the country
presents an encouraging outlook.
The quantity of Bessemer steel ingots
made in England for the past five years is
given as follows, by competent authority,
in gross tons : In 1870, 215,000 tons;
1871,329,000 ; 1872, 410,000; 1873, 496-
060 ; 1874, 540,000.
It is certain that a movement is on foot
for the establishment of a large iron and
steel works at Chicago. Blast furnlces, a
rolling mill to make iron for general pur
poses, and crucible steel works are con
templated. The projectors have organized
a company to be known as the James
Brown Iron and Steel Company
The Wilmington and Reading Railroad
is announced to be sold by the sheriff of
Berks county on April 22, at the Court
House in Reading. The company failed
to pay the interest coupons on the Ist of
April. The mortgage on the road is 81,-
250,000. It also has p a large second mort
gage, the coupons of which were defaulted
on the Ist of January, 1874. Some of
them have since been funded.
Recent lettings of contracts for Bes
semer rails in France have been made at
the rate of $62 75 per ton of 2,240 lbs.—
equal to $73 per ton in our currency at
the present price of gold. Third-class
four•wheeled passenger cars were let at
$775 each ; Martin steal locomotive tires
at four cents a pound ; car-nxles at 4.4 cents
per pound; spiral springs at 10.4 cents per
pound, and freight cars at $290 each—all
in gold.
Miscellaneous News Items.
There are 982 licensed dealers in liquor
in the Listrict of C'olumbi3.
Father Hyacinthe calls his church at
Geneva "Christian Catholic:'
The. Treasury girls arc "off with the old
love and on with the New."
Farmers in Southern California have
comtneneed t') reap their barley.
The Russians enjoy 44 religious and Im
perial holidays during the year.
The School Board at Benton. Me., is
composed or women exclusively.
Troy i 3 to erect a monamcat to the tn:ma
ory of the late General John E. Wool.
Two fel:ows have been arrested in Lon
don for burlesquin3 Moody and 9►nkey.
The coal production or England An. 1874
ie estimated at a value of 1620,000,009.
Charleston strawberries are selling in
New York at $1.25 and sl_so per (part.
Wreckers ara still at work trying to
raise the rani Merrimac at Craney Island
Bend.
Augusta, Georgia, i• to hare a mono
meat to the memory of tha Confederate
dead.
Punch advises Cardinal Manning not to
wear his red hat when the Pope sends
over a new Bull.
St. Petersburg cont.lins 2.782 brick
houses, 2,137 wooden houses. and 1,688
of mixed materials.
A whole spelling school in Indianapo
lis was brought up, naturally or unnito
rally, on "ipecacuanha."
Thaddeus Smith, a North Hadley
(Mass.,) farmer, has tailed. Liabilitier,
$150,000; assets, $lOO,OOO.
Florida is said to be the beat timbered
State in the Union, there being in it over
30,000,000 acres in timber land
A Madison (Wis ) girl has offered to
marry whichever of her four lovers van
quishes the rest in a speiliag match.
An exchange wishes Beecher would
pass Corinthians and turn to Revelations.
The other witnesses have come in Numbers.
The Bessemer steamer, constructed to
overcome the motion of the sci. made a
satisfactory trial trip from Gravesend to
Calais.
A Boston man, recently deceased, left a
sum of money.the interest of which was to
be annually invested in theatre tickets for
the poor.
Twenty thousand persons witnessed the
experiment by Boynton with his life
saving apparatus, in the Boulogne harbor,
recently.
Don't locate your grand-father in the
front of the rank" in the Concord and
Lexington fight. That. was the one that
retreated.
Linen &Liters, after the 1; inter plttern.
reaching to the heels and girded with a
belt, will be fashionable for gentlemen
this summer.
The owner of Cafe Foy, on the Paris
Boulevard, has left ao estate of 11,000.000
to the poor, and 203 valuable snuff b‘)sea
to the Louvre .
James B Dougherty. a stesmbneg
pilot, died in Cairo on Sunday night, frosa
wounds received at the hand" of a wan
named Mcßride.
An explosion of a b9iler on Monday
morning in the Gingham Mills, at south
Adams, Mass., killed thrc3 men and fatally
injured two others.
It is said that stranger 4 in New York
insist upon mistaking the ri•nr Trasicie;
building Co one of the piers of the Brook
lyn suspension bridge.
A Shanghai dispatch says that two
steamers engaged in local trade came in
collision, and the sudden sinking of one
caused great loss of life.
The keeper of a Paris restaurant went
into his cellar where he had a moment's
vertigcrand fainted ; bef,re he was dil..-.ov
ered he vial half eaten up by rats.
Baltimore has finished and furnished
her spacious and elegant marble city hall
for three millions. It occupies a whole
block, and is on a commodious scale.
The French Government has seised a
number of Courbet's pictures, under a de
cree con eating his property to defray the
expense of restoring the Vendome Column.
In Liverpool "the Select Vestry" bap
port wine for the workhouse Intirtnary at
twenty-two cents a bottle. If yon don't
like to drink it. don't go to the workhouse.
Sombody sent to a lady in London an
Easter egg which contained an African
scorpion, by which interesting insect the
lady was bitten so that she will probably
die.
Prof. Proctor, the astronomer, says :
"There must be in America at least three
times as great a proportion of reeding and
thinking men to the entire populatioQ as
there is in England."
An important undertaking is a complete
abridgement of the debates in the ('oo
gress, from 1850 (where Benton's debate,
closed) to 1875, on whirl Mr. C. H. Jones,
of New York, is engaged.
From the ill-natured remarks in a now
ber of the papers during the past few Jays,
we are led to believe that the once popular
song "The Beautiful Snow." is not m
much of a favorite as it used to be.
An Omaha young man thought he
would take a smoke after retiring, the other
night, but woke up just in time to escape
beine; burned to death. A facetious re
porter remarks that his wearing apparel
was a total loss-31.25.
Mrs. Meric Antoinette Nathalie Pollard
had recently to explain to a Baltimore au
dience. before whom she was lecturing. that
she was not the person connected with some
unpleasant shooting scandals in Maryland
and Virginia. She is simply the widow of
KA. Pollard, the historian. Some one
has blundered sadly in attributing to her
the history of another lady of the same
name.
Paragraphs about the ill•health of Presi
dent Grant are becoming frequent. Among
the reports one is that Dr. Brown-Sequard,
after a social call on the President, deela
red that unless he changed his course of
living he would not live a year; and anoth
er is that the physical and mental condi.
tion of the President is Vice Prissideet
Wilson's reason for giving up his Muroran
trip. Dr. Brown-Seqnard now denies that
he ever made such a remark, and the Vies
President explains that his plans were set
changed to meet any emergency of the
kind reported.
Dimity D.
Th • boani in Penton, M .
enmpot.ed of was.
A rashi.an 3 ble Pari4 dres.ssaktrr
in
nnuner+ that -Ladies' .hr,oits a r e amp
cut
"I 214AV1 thon;ht I 'hoard neves
reir t h:it AM." 92id an 614 6.1 y snooty
on hearin. , of the death at bet arm. Azini
screnty.
.Intra nitrzham pleaded wailtytt(bigsaty
in N. .w no Motwiey a 'welt sad es
preeeri a pre'erener for goinz to prism se
livinz with his two wives.
A 12.1 y now tenehiott salmi its
Wellsho- ). Titez.3 county. 1' a esiersiese
for enlnty soperietendeet. awl the is said
to be well pialifiefl for the vice.
`'Tr woo•:s are Ever allowed to Tess,
Whit do yon suppose Will be the foams
for votill: &e. ," asked a faelhinsuMie
Brooklyn ;tie nt her dr-vginsk , r the other
day.
to,i;anapoiis the hem. 4 s raw
ennple 'whole fitter! is likely to he seimary.
Th..i hive only bees miseries' s =sok
an. - i during that periofi have ammi.
over a dozen times.
The fact that a rid in Texas, ale -vs
years of at;e. has been lei to the altar by
a blind orxan ;minder. leads a Illesakto al
itor to auk : - la the New Tort Lager
iafied now
it has hewn ,li.covered that the New
EnTdand lady whe mailed $5) womb e
of the word eommaptioseliee fr ewer
learned how to oaks a loaf of bread out of
floor, yeiet and water.
The Kiix of Sweden boa inase.l as or
der. that gates miasma is to berm
the disposition of her pr pert' s well be
fore her marriaze se after it. said to he soy
titled to her own earaiap.
"Sow let as talk about your his
affairs." said a sharp Coeneseliest girl to
young fellow after he bud proposed seee
riage to her in * long maker Skirl wilts
expressions of pausionnte how-
Miss Rye has brought a rtioell stria
against Mr. Doyle for the Wiwi* stow
!Dept in his report to she omit gpinnis
mem: -Mint Rye and her enotrieve mak
a clear gain of Li pr: bird spa every
pauper child take* to Cermalka."
Uwe of Brigham Ifenuire sebum lead his
the other day din lib.. abs Muni Ass ibr
Sultan of foritey 'MP 11160111, lie Ai
iontified to ibieb that bow bodimil hi
allowed an outleudith forepier oiling bin
so badly in that line. There is
pride for you.
An old lady died recently in Man,
Maine. leaving Isidadeo shoot bar meet
$199 in gold. which bod seessulobeleal
preri,n4 v, the war P.ad sloe soli it end
put the looney at interest whew Oil vas
at its highest it would have eseesested ss
this time to 81.309.
There is s sae is the soothes pert 4
the State who a very thewbfel ler the hot
snow store,. lie mor the ow& 1101114111111111
the Beecher hwasese were sr Mord dies
hie wire food tine win mow waeheopr.
end he now wows s eine shirt Ist the /wt
tine is three stestbs.
There it a ran; men in Pritieund
whoa. fester, *pm& . tint ran" ef
the flronhlyn trial. been& tbe 'girl be
levee has premised to merry bile if lieeeft
er i• proronsaesd ianaowat ; stberaisr elar
derlerre that her readiarere iw semi vai
be fie..trnrd end ghe will DOW 1.4.
Thy women nr a rqinreta wen ant op a
saffrize meertiihr the naisar Any. on mess ,
being admitted. !Fe bantam, efiarrreaseir
ea• trationeted bovreeer bream, sem i*.
miApreant IA ,inialo a iv* rat
threat:l the •hyligitt. and. amid Ariel•
and perP3ups. the aavembianst «rideely
ad
jnerned.
A cyin; '..• i nen. imam a Ideal rhea
her bonnet, whirls war weer once. 'Piot
be plaeed es the sable at her side. Phar
request was with, a. 4 slbev pa
is% !nag sad T atthe thing et mss!
and ribboui, Awe resiarbad imaseufal
whisper. -1 abaft serer sir it aria." sad
goon after breathed her lost.
A woman in as Ohio pesisestiery 111 ,
Beat ly weir"' 3 letter fines her bislosesd,
which the series. who has held the ease
for may year'. says 'is the Ins insessen
oo neon, of 2 fess& prioineor rossieisis s
letter: fm. her hashowl. Abolish tile
oak prissier, enntisesity rriview hoary
from their feTnale frieeras soot svinsives.
The Obis &we ..torroo/ Wit 4 s
elerityiss obi,. visiting s prishise
er safer* from 3 lisrving &ism es
poused to kit wife s imps tnot vilte slow
times spoke to him of tbe fume_ -I do.
indeed sir." was the reply. -Oats Asa 'i
tem I wakes Lis is the mai :
'Job', John, you hide *look 4 the
meats sit is rowed fat yea'
In Swan the other day a vain rem
fellow dimmed its a sew grist mit mild
at the bower of a lady antraintnetee and
asked bar bow Am , Herrin belesied. --Ten
rented us or early pees peee:' inn lbw
answer. Be was Waged to depart within*
a mistime of this wearnserse., bet enthar
wood it afkorwarde when be beard a sir•
ketone say that eorly pone loolted sine
bet they were Terry insipid.
-Mother waists to boos if re morel
plenee to lead her your preserriss bade.
'dime tsbow phe waste to propervor
"We would with piseintro, I. bat tbsr
tact ig. the last time wo loos * In year
mother she pressovird it Ito effsetany tint
we have never seen it sines." -WeiLisse
'medal be sn omoy about your vii Wig;
mother wouldn't have tinssiblod ?so is,
only we Bred yon hors wow ser."
anllitan minty Ilaino a eery resiswho.
ble woman, sod she below to $ wiry ro.
marital& and, we soy vii. s Tory taw
Remus family—en marry 'into. :4st pee
birth to Aft ebildreu iw see year—tviphsto
in January sod twins is Nessabor Nor
mother bad previously giros birth to trip
lets. Her sister is the ostler .1 Whom
pain of twins, sod smelt of Nor too issig►
ten have wives birth bt eripiela Tbo
times are really too bona for sutb ieiL
mess.— Colievehio IProld.
1116:.ey say' a nee ie bomber doe a we►
sea, image is hie baste Rime abeam
bile take bin eee•oeil le bold a seem Sem
Jibe pollee bin awry is isqrsee. andelne
the line object is bee bow bowl sidling
irineiee. If be elleold de diet be well
drop ism nine, sod arebbee help it. Wien
be bap a dab a lilt ben the seeet be
very properly marts et be time op 9466.
sad while be is r ow sh. reemeemo ie yea
her asked bend, end in Ohm NMI
ebisgs that will nobs Wee hel man ass
worthies, mhos be pee beet
Td-Sib Tahoe es So Fly.
A r ww rinsiiii--Twilieg ilib arairse
badly.
Time posh isty--Tbmimegi ebs Calms
fLetieeeee or, set be emideeed mai
seeme. We ie i wed mow
May its 22212212 Vibe a land if Iry i►
estair. !ha =eel 4,•11
llloPhlyis slieery—bsirisg le ell,ar ses4
gitAikier t•I 1301 s wick
Wiese WWI the spire ekes le ...stem
set f•C the wit R. um& s fly sod seem
home.
At 2 r yes Ni die "wine
wipm re tarp islre asoll sot ea semi sr
*my vrt,r4 11
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Swam le miss pelvis weal law sea
tin sus dory 4, wryer.
ss slot wren tall--mss s
seer of isormies elwsd s swift MP.
rad butaresss is As 4ivet.
Allis winnowing a paw if kw ha
est Rea II bey am semi es the hiell 0
bio hos& the bowl empispor ea *file um&
• I 2/love that 1.4) saaFotions' i 1 in
obi Ihrier -, ales tow awe silliormie.
esi ,Iglisestai has iistisig le a ems it lewd
-111, wee jr I. of obir 401. -
is the Idle 42 NM jam palisla We.
if tr.. we say misigoies boors ft doe
sale
A nee ear arrested is e ins* usibee
else saes boy is , min Aar Imam
'brow gm seats Millet T,.._.. rim - '
bee us • base blow
rAlisisb lea sdr big Om* se
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effitor texamiail ski
11Pitil as 'v.' sod mid AO it sr die Oaf
1144 be boa essaana sir unr.
Tour iWit sr very sylink.'sii s
r Ins Mend. irbior ass amp ansusse
bunions. -1Io: sus ..p& bin ...u.4
nntr sabby. - alhr awe mowed avphy
A Illoses assignsion air Ilisoiglison
insoobl oar in any silisilsorso_ bus ii
susdar Mu is opasniand say Air Ansa
imam Ally as he gotift Air lb nomil
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rimseek is &sag alib.i ow owl lbw
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if.
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avow to bee Ihom lbusimil. sea MO
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it objeeirod iby ws ibr sisdni mu&
row.
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se onsusbear op ps sersisi. awl ifi pm&
sellswui t 11, mar sowilb braes be silt
tali bey a. *is bar VOW 10 , 1r4 .i• sue.
soy
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dir ast
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wilm. tihrrePo s omit &saw is `am
•w NMI 4 • awe lir NOY dilloik*
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illsred is it.
.% irisielby PAWlo.llise *be as. re.
mad,. airiest is lib sill dims lb sow
dirt Aide assimirdhr 41111Morjr
ofifme 4 Ow /04w il br map wry
peeks. rimerlbe go tie tine.
.war." ail sorderen le he Wit
ime sr Ivry lorireme
sal die Pak -am paroles, Ore AM
vas dad sp." 'lse sa peretildri."
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Swot • apowpwisw To gum *pp. gssilhr
bly Am Ohm. is wail supsliss• so
wimp wood MS Ariel mike lir Isselhiss.
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liw sapper.
A h. 7 feeipi s reimlissik, and sommew
al it IS is Warr. who mow bias • OOP
wow pima The by WWI is Or aim
as ___ some dew beim is sslhooomi-
Iy bask NW* ilaftd, sr ti. NA - I
••••*: etimpt
Irmo, else yee basfe 4 h swill
pall lame lion mew sea
pouts es amisminsuos Wlv am d.
mob isinamil am he la two p
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vsoliee
A Ibblotrew , orris ahead `re
self dame. do int; las sa tir yaw as,
eaby her AM ink asi ibr our Ira it
bap. tie mod op mil imams. • runs
sae if abet lad bow aid lir oaa
was* pond her • boatel.
May I larto asses mos ! seal •
toreind stainisary 4 • bey olipasopol.
aloe bir boatb. -Low amp asps' Car
firmly yap way: amid sir e bolds. to bits
wag betrigaly rear bar gait -lama
dam gab year bowie setriad tlw bruae.
yea plasm. -
The TAM. our Aid
lOU el • saw sr as V- *be
patio =.4 prond• aid oars n bro
om It tiro tope sihrshill dolaraisr
met s raw Nor Ragated. Mei 16
hod wadi Gird bar ray aft
Oar under it My paw sow WOW
Ten air.' rad • prodlor is • Otr.
boos rboreb aws 9matiquoreing. d'ilbosofe
map Iple-tr sod ramobas sod Nabsj and
paws. &nibs, 1. as away in* isate
`.re WOO tires si dhr tr af i dea/}
saw ..west ." aid dim tie affirevakma
pa op sad eustral dkr prosibsr so el
the eriadstr
A Ireerimme liseisgr Wm. Mr Awe
-no jet agar to 07: 1 ' wog loodily
beseeb imp oripilooloa emakse
far amoing • rues imbp. box*
leg ispoitoil to etilb is. be Amu& of It.
obeve espial's. aid issunli limo& bit
wing in! yes. am; I inn 4pr
web sow GA
rem bray similhosi odisis
Aim die other mai. Ihr it us
aiiblisillay psi sae booms am pi be
soma • prir is as Moll ow awe es
pipit ind as far all Maim
am* • ant skins maim assilime
Jima 411ssfs so pans is peg Is
Ansi way sigs' fee spa
O. 17.