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mED BY FSEJrElCE.
j Fiw J.-T--U- rea.:..- how d.oronphly
v v..uuolied by prej jdi. t(d li
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;res:i.ieia i i' rli-uuiautu, ueitra.gij,
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;t,s aj.j-ii. alioR, ami, therefore, with-
:l -t ;! J tiur.k thai the origin of
:y? tr.-titj.es ri c-. irotn nttvssitr, tie in
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it-rert rir.'iil. ii cur-s iireiy an 1 quicit
y. The siai..-;ii.-ut of !:!- w ic.i A.11 iru
.nrrd ough. l convince the incredulous.
C. r.F.iMce, Metuclieti,X.J,iy: "My
n"lli Thad the riieutr. ttism in i r heart.
! was cund by Atliloplioroa. Mie kivh
j--n; is no metiii-ine lite it."
J nnes W. le!. 4'.:W Pena Are.. Pi-f
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ML-."' arric Pi'tt-n. Karlf Villaie. X. Y
svs : "Mv ft- it.-r nr. ixirlra irippie in
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limie) to take it until ii ! .t.-n of rlieunci
'.'.m were c n; haviii.' t .Lni Z" lxttl in
!!. Slie hu n -t Ink- n anv imfr last May.
1 ran u her ar:r? a- . !! ;i- evrr. A
tiiiiinr of fiends ti.ive I . k n it, and in
rvi-rv c:i'e it hu jr't-n KtTi-'":i.'i;"n. Inra?
f i'-k hiA-Whe. it ?ires aln.i st iiuiualiate
relu-f."
John M. W-1.-.M. I-i'.rl, N. Y., y:
" I 4 a ImttV - it" A'h!i'i'"ir-i for a friend.
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EXCELSIOR
COOK STOVES i
EIGHTEEN S1ZSS AND KINB1 j
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NO. 2j FIFTH AVENUE,
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SPRING AND SUMMER, 1886.
iNEW GOODS
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Your Patrenacit Is Respectfully Sollctitd.
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HER PRETTY FEET.
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Tract No. 2
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of .sio...i iv l-.vc .u-uerv tn !
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32.
JEANNETTE'S HAIR.
i). ltumt-ti tlic ciirl tliat Vil wnr. Jnnte,
l.ft nif tanV my hari'i in your hair, mrprt,
K.ir tlie w..riil to m- had tvj tlaintier iht
Than your hrown IiairriIiiiey-nrilulikTS'
while.
I It was I.mwu. with a 11ii cl-w. JTiniirtte. ;
j It wa finer than tliei'k of It'ias. ray -t.
Twa a thill); ! he hraidiil, aui jcwiHci, and j
ti.-M-.l, j
Twa the lovelivM hair in the worll, my et '
My arm a the arm of a down. Jeannette.
1 was sini'w v. briAlrd and hmwn, mv iw.
I'.ut w.inn'y and softly it nvv to rare) j
Your rn'.md white nok and vour WBiltli of!
ti..
Ycir Ix-.imifu! plmty of hair, my iet.
Your evi had a swimming ulorv. Jt-anm-ttc
Hi vi-a'iii; thr old. dVar .-lory, my jut ; j
Tiit-y ere irray. with thf haUHi.-cl tiimi- !
i
" '"'n tnmt l-a qn k.t to -naiitlic flv. !
And they m.iu hed your ip.ldt-u hair. ;
And vi.nr l i-. but I have twi wrd-. Jean- !
l-elU. !
j They wen- fn-h a the twitter of hird. mr !
j I"'- j
' V1h :i tlj- "(.riu i y-'un aiil the n?e rt
W illi t'-i'- l- lnjn. in ea ii nd Uwrn
Ainl tli-y -uilml ynnr pj!l-ln d iia;r. my ,
;
ytni t;iii!cJ my life in your hair. Jean- ;
Wwx.-, a 1 kri anl rjtlt-fi Miart1, my et.
I ii;:t rt ntic liie tnLip, my al im-
riie rilit to ittiuimii' ymir ;ive vormrv.
j Willi my tirii.ir nnifs)ittl in yjr hair. n:V
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TiuttT I-iri am lat ym t n Jannire"
With y.ur a:ul ymr -y. anlynr hair,
nty j-t, ;
: I.i t;-"L.rkiM of -1,-.latt' ytar I moan.
Ami my tar Uil hitu ny ovrr lite stout j
I That -. r- your lK-n hair, my p-t.
ROONEY BOYD'S
MISTAKE.
"Yes, Iiiidxin-', nephew; lean
live
but a few hours at the farthest."
(h, uncle!" isin-d llodiiev Hoyd,
rvr,?
l llll-f to lli.i
VmIoi-, raisiit his h.tndker
L.x, but more to hide the
ri.i.sh of joy in the keen trray eyes than
the tears, which no amount of effort
coiil. i tiring; to them.
" Kver inl'e I have licen lyin liere,"
s.eid the old ntii, fut bly, " an t I know
that I must die, 1 hae though much of
your father. We were boys to-therind
tiiou'ii we di-ln't airrve very well when
e ;jrvw up, that ouulit not to make me
, unjust to bis sun.
j H- rc the speaker was interrupted by a
i violent lit of i-oiijiliiiiij.
" I -lid intend to i-javo all my projierty
iry is a good
laughter to me ;
uu-ht not
to leave it away from my u n kin. Xot
tuil that I've made some provision for
her, of course. You understand, nephew
that she- is to have a home here until she
marries."
"S t your mind at rest. my "tear uncle;
she shall tje treatisl by me. in every re-s(-ct.
as if she was my ow n cousin."
Thank you nephew : I'm glad you ft-l
so. Mary h is tkt-n as kind to me as any
dail-'hter culd and I w:irt h
made
V
n.mfort.ili!'. "
" You'll find '.be will in the middle
drawer of the lok yonder. You'll see
that I've given the larger part to you. I
lid think of ffiviiig you M.ity's portion
uud lca itvtlie n-st to her, but I rhan-.'ed
my iniml.''
Here the old man was seintl w ith an
other fit uf coii.'hiiitf, an severe that Mary,
hearini: him.eame in from below, whith
er be had jpme to prepare some re fret-, h
tuent for tin invalid.
Mary was a fair, pleasaiit-l-sikiin: girl
of alM.ut eiL'.iteen, with soft, b'u- eyes
and lustrous Iirown hair, drawr. smth- ;
ly away from the while forehead.
" The "nil lips l.-oked ;.s if they mi-ht j
dimpV- into -.oiiics. ur.dcr cm um.iaiiW-
i... . i.. ..,lli.ir th.-in forth, but i
now the tai-e wore a weary anxious look.
! i.sslie Ix-nt over his form, who had been
' the only friend and prot.-etor of her or
phaned childiiisI, but who was soon to
leave her
The 'invalid might have notii-ed this,
for as soon as he was easier lie said :
You had better go and lay dow n, j He (tmnd K-sIney Uoy.t al bo!uew sur
Mary;. my lear. You f.ui be complete- ! ryiumh-i( by .pute a crod, anxious to get
iv wuiii viul. h-slney, here, will siay
with me the n-st uf the iii''tit, and, ii I
am worse, w ill call yoi."
" oiilpcat that you will do so. Miss
Mary.'1 urjeil thi man alluded to, in his
oiliest mid smoothest manner. " I shall
consider it a privilege to watch by my ;
I'ncle w hiic you obtain the rest that you
SO e idellti V tMi"' " '
j U.iil.itul a to whet her she wouui ite
i.l.lc to en-lure the fatigue of watching j
motiur night, Mary complied, thought
,.he -Ii i mi re'iiictaiitiy, lor she had An in-
r I. I......
st:nctive oi-trt:.-t of Uvxllie
d, nhi' H i
she w;is cr,;ii.',v. i' KaoU away or
ex-
i
pl..tn.
sat in an easv chair lje-
Mj fire f,,r j
ion BV'l hut thoon i
1 milieu li- i;M?d tos:iilr j
i
lsylKMl.
His charge had been quiet for the last,
few hour, apparently in light slumber.
AVlpey's .Vo-iiiiita eie l-usv. He
j thought ovei what he would do with the
! mom y for w hich he had been so long
Ie ylaiuvd iiiieniptuou.ly around on
the uld-uidiioned furiiiture, every article
of whit 11 Wus so ilear to nw nieces nearu
lt.n nover () fir nie,. he Illu,tt-red.
"I'll S.-11 il off and the old house, too.
That will i y;A way Ij i,vpiid of the
girl, 'and JT1 djit!"" ''
Then his thoughts reverted to the will,
w ith a dissatisfied, nni-asy R-eling.
" Why did he make one? He was the
heir-at-law, and. iitherwit', would have
inherited ail '.
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y,v . tman fnin his uncle, followed bv a
kh.irp rattle.
, . .,.a,: .1,- 1-.1V;,1,. kA ., rt.
led by the change in his countenance.
1 He turned to the d.ior to summon as-
si stance, and then suddenly changing his
, .
unn.I, returned to the bed, and alandlng
ble, nuttenng breath until it ceased altu-
,
tfetllcT.
Taking the light he held it to the dull.
glazed eyes and then lain his hand on
the wnst.
Ile.nz siitisheil tiiat life was extinct, lie
...i , 11,
weni 10 in ues 1111 nia um-ie nau
rp,,ii-a of, and taking out tlie will,- read
. . . .
if tarefulty fniu Legiuning to emL
brow darkened aa he did do.
omer
SOMERSET, PA.,
"'Ten thoiwaml dollars to my adopted
f daughter, Mary,' and 'onr hundrel and
j fifty a year to my faithful wrvant, Jatue-
tn, toifi-ther with hb cott iije, rvnt free
j or life ! Why. if downright n.bliery r
; For a few moments Iliwlney stood
! moodily by the hearth, gizing in the
glowine bed of coals. wh mute temp
tation was Mel to that w hich was
stniuiinc for the mastery in his heart.
j Thn he fluna the p-aper in the fire,
and, waiting until it van ablaze, hurried
' out to alarm the household.
Mary came in, and poor old James n.
who was nodding over the kitchen fire
i and w ho had iirown old in lii.s in liter's
: -riice, overwhelmed with sorrow at the
j loss of one they had so much cause to
! love and honor.
Lawyer Wimple looked up thriuj;h his
srxH - taelMt a th infirm .il.l tn:.n w ho
, . ,
stixal irres-dutely at the half-open door.
"(iood morning. Jameson ; come in.
It's a cold morning for one like you to be
out in."
" That it i-i, sir. I be-is fardon for in
trudin', but me an' in void woman is in a
heap of trouble, an. no mistake! An'
last niht. as we was talkin' it over, Has
lin',' Siiys Iteeky Jane, says she, 'you (ro
an' tell Lawyer Wimple 'Ijout it, an I'll
Is? bound he'll find some way to help
us.' "
" I'll help you if I ran, Jameson. What
is it ? "
" Wal, sir, you know how how old Mr.
Boyd a Hers said that we should have the
cottaj.-e down by the river, rent free, so
long as we lived ; an' we allers counted
on't. But his nevy, K-siner, who's the
heir-at-law, aay they ain't no papers to
show for't, an' that it'll be sold with the
rest. It's ruther hard to lie turned adrift
oil the World, at my time of l fe; an' I
know my good old master never meant
that it should lie so."
"Certainly not; I've oJlcii heard Mr.
Boyd sjs-ak of it. I have been out West
and did not learn of his death until yes
terday. ISj you mean to say that he left
no will?"
"No, I don't say that, sir; only there
ain't none to lie found."
"Hum!" responded the lawyer, in a
inu-iiifj tone.
"An' there V Miss Mary," pursued Jam
eson, "that the oi l man -Hers sot s-ich
store by it don't seem that he'd leave
tiling so that her very huiue would be
sold from over her head, as it's goin' to
lie now."
"I understood lately that Mr. Boyd in
tended leuvilig the larger part of his
pro-rty to tiis nephew ; but I don't
think he meant that he should have the
whole in fact, I know he didn't."
" It ain't for the likes of me to say
not bin' it-uin Mr. Boyd's nevy, but he's
his father's own son, and evcryliody
knows what Tom Boyd was. Mr. Risl
ney, lie sot up w ith his uncle tlie nijiht
he died none on us thinkin' he'd ff oil
sosuddent. And I minded when I came
into the room, after he called us, that
there was a strong smell of burnt paper.
I picked up this here on the liear.h. It
lias a bit o' w ritin' on't and I hfu,ng it
along, thinkin' that p'raps you could tell
what it me -nt."
!juire Wimple took from old Jame
son's treinbliujj hand a hit of scori.-hed
paper.
He could make wilt ouly these words:
" I tie-pieath to my faithful servant "
But it was in fcinioii Boyd's crablied
ham! w ritir.; and a curious .mile came to
the lawyer's lips as he looked at it.
" Have you said anything about this to
any one?"
"No, sir."
" That is well ; keep quiet alut it. I'll
see Mr. Rodney Boyd mrselfand fix mat
ters right. Is Miss Marry .-till at the
house?'
"Yes, sir ; but she's coin to -Uiorrow.
You see cam applied for the di-estri1
wliool at the Coniers'.an' dit-kin P.iluier
called this uiorniti' lo say she could
have it.
j "T.-ll her not to g i to the Corners' un
: til I -s-e her. And d.ut'.t uu, worry,la ue
. son, au-jul your littU- home tn'ing taken
iaway from you."
Spiire Wimple put on his oven-oat and
! sallied out on his ih'.-hjU
into the good graces of the heir to the
Boyd pns-rty,
Itul the lawyer did not seem at all in
clined to pay court to him.
"I understand that you have oifi-red
this house for mile; on what authority ?"
On the authority' o. iieif.,; iu late !
owner's, uuint Kliitlveaiid heir-at-law ."
was (he blandly-smiling response
" 1 i-oviding he left no will. Am J to
understand that there is none? " i
"Certainly you may ; I really .!"U.'t see
why my uni lc r.."HlI u.akca will, when
tiicK' l only one perx'ih w ith any legal
claims, and he the heir-ut-iaw.
" Hump. I think his adoptel daughter,
and faithful old servant have some claims
to U .Mnsiltntl
' I "tnumr my uncW tliout that, in
tikin care f Uiw rsrl until xhe wan 18.
and giving her a g.ssl e lucution. he did
all that isiuld be pi mi rod or him. An I
A fof jaiousi'u, he had his wages, so long
as he worked, and I don't know why he
should yprt more,"
" Hump! you are ure Simon Bovd
left no will?"
I've already told you so, sir," returned
Rodney in an irritated tone. "Do you
doubt my word, or susjiect ine of unfair
dealing?"
" I'-le' j ou, hoi a bit of it ! " responded
"Squire Wimple, nibbing hia hands to
gether with a candid and cheerful! air.
" I only asked for information. Bet-ause,
you see, if there's no w ill of a later ilate
. , . - , I
I had an lJVa tiiere was this one is in .
r '1 1 1 t 1 ' r x '
fon-e, and which I drew up for him more .
I
man a year ago. j
Rodner sunk back in his chair nale !
and trembling.
" Ait another w ill !' he graspel.
"Oh, no!" said the awyer, coolly,
" that was my mistake. There's none
hut this, it seems. In which he leave
all his property, real and pereonal, to his
ailnpted daughter, Mary, with the excep
tion uf $-VI0 to you, and t2J0a year to old
Jameson."
Here Squire Wimple took the instru
ment in question, duly signed and attest
ed, from hia coat pocket.
""So, on the whole," he added, aa he
turned to the d.r, " I tlon't think you
need be in any hairy to sell this house,
or yet tb r one thai shelters the faithful
old man, who has grown gray iu your
ancle ' erv
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1887.
As the re d-r will readily surmise,
Mary did not teach the school at the
"Corners," neither were Jameson and
his wife ousted from their comfortable
home.
As f w the heir-at-law, he was obliged
to swallow silently, his disappoin'ment
and chagrin ; not even daring to coin
plain. -
Like many another, Rodney Boyd, in
grasping for more, had lost all.
Theodore Tilton's Daughter.
There is a curious story, suya the New
York H'orfii, in connection with the
marriage of Theodore Tilton's daughter
to young Pelton, whom the dispatches
reported to lie in an insane asylum in
Europe. Her husband's parents were
wealthy Lousiana sugar-planters, who
spent a large part of every year in Europe
for the purpose of educating their chil
dren. At their death, which occurred
w ithin a short period of each other, their
daughter and two sons were abroad, and ; Is the metrorViis of Western North Caro
n inain.il there, the daughter studying j lina, and has no c Hnpetition nearer than
mu ic among the pupils of Lizstand two
sons at school. The younger son. Willie,
as hetmthed to a young lady in New
Orleans, and at the completion of his uni
versity term returned to America to mar
ry her. On the Cunarder in which he
took passage was Tilton's younger daugh
ter, and they made such progress during
the voyage that on landing in New York
they immediately went to a minister and
irt married, secured a return passage on
the next outward steamer, and left a let
ter for the girl he had jilted, which did
not n-aeh her nntil they were again at
sea. His family, as well as the friends
of the jjirl he had throw n over, were in
furiate.! at the news, and his eldest broth
er, John, came immediately to America
to apologise and do all in his power to
atone rbr the dishonorable conduct of his
bmther Willie, who was only 21 years of
age. The elder bnther liegged for an
interview with the outraged girl on ids
arrival in New I Means, and after aeeing
her was still more astonished at his
brother's perfidy, as she was exceedingly
pretty, rich and charming. Other in
terviews were held, and in hiss than six
months he pleaded to 611 the place his
bn.ther was to have filled, and they were
married. In the meanwhile the other
was acting rather a reciless life in Eu
r. i s-, plunging into extra vugance and ex
hausting his delicate constitution by a gay
life, until the weaknem manifested iUsdf
w hu h landed him at last in the wan! ot
u lunatic asylum.
The Queen of Italy's Necklace.
Now, a word aliout thecelebrated coral
necklace of the tneen of Italy. It is a
well known fact that she wean it contin
ually, and often on occasions of grand
toilette she carries it under a river of
sarkling diamonds. The necklace has a
history. "
Five years ago the Prince of N-pIes, her
son, heir apparent to the throne iif Italy,
was stmlling through a filrw-l in Ycniee,
when his eye wan uttracted by the neck-lai-e
in the show win-low of a jeweler
shop. The idea struck hi:n to buy it for
his mother, the lueen. But the price
was far beyond the oapacity of his pocket
money, and thuugh defined to lie King
Victor Emanuel III. he was cum pel led to
ask the jeweler for credit. The Uirgain
w as that the pnnee .hoitid buy the neck-lai-e
pearl by l arl. acconling as he could
save enough of his pocket money. On
leaving the jeweler shop on the first oc
casion the prim-e carried away with him
five pearls, which he can'fully guanied.
It was two years before he was able to
buy the whole necklai-e. When the
ijueen afterwanl learned the secret of the
pun hase, she made a resolve to. Wear this
charming exhibition of her son's love on
all occasions, and hence she wears it
every day, and gives it a place even when
she wears ber state jewels on great occa
sions. How Knike-Bladea Ar Made.
The biiiik-s of the very cheap p ket
knives are puncl-l in dies fnjru shi-et
stsd, but th.ise lor first-class px kct-i.ut-lery
are hand-forgev', a w'urWiiwnwa be
ing be Vti fore from twenty-five to thir
ty large blades or about forty pen blades
per hour. There is a patern and guage
furnisheil the forger for each sort of blade,
hut the experienced workman rarely re
fers to either; his accuracy of eye and
skill of hand being sullicient guides to
exactness. The blades come fiuiu the
hand of the suiiUi p;fUH. lu torm, excep
th ? Ue.v 1 ij the back intended to guide
engaging hiades. this bevel Is-ing foruntl
j by grinding. The steel used iu these fine
! biades is Wanllow's (English), or the
lHs,t American make
As tlx-v lAjnoteoin the f.,n
the bLidtu
aip choiieii, or ultd to make a nick bv
tween the blade and the tang. Then tiie
bladi-sare tempered, having received the
trade-mark stamp on the tang, ui.-l.-r a
press. The lyrji-uiog is done in an or
dinary coke tire, the operator heating
two at a time and plunging them in cold
water. The drawing to temper is a'm
done over a ctk, j're. The tiiadcd are
-rumi'l ou !srie.rlield and Nava yk-otia'
stones, "glaze.1" on emery wheels, hone. I
or "aft," and finally are fiolishiil on
wheel of walrus hide feil ith rotten
Stone. llftiiHl liwltjri.
Was Coing There, Anyhow.
It doesn't make anydifleren,vfcwhalhui
other name ws, Uul he was a comgrestt
luau in Pans, and he had never been
there before. It is the custom in that
city when a stage is full t put up the
sign coinplet, and no more jj,JBerjer9
can get in. Vvfi C.Hiyvs-uian wanted to
ace everything, and as these lalieled sta
ges would pass him he would try to stop
kit UUIU UUB 11 1 .11 lie miuil
, , . , .
them, but the driver would
, , , ,.
head aud dnveon.
a "lake his
" "oq P va!i get on any of those, said
an tiiglish-t-peiiking citizen who had
watched hia vain attempt.
" But I want one of them," he per-
sisted,
"Take one of the others, with fewer
people iu it. There's plenty of them,"
urged the citiaen.
" You go to thunder," he said, angrily.
" I guess I know what I want. I'm in
this town to see the sights. Everybody
seems to be going to Complet, and I' a
dogged if I aint a going there, too, IT t
have to wait a week to catch a "bus with
room in it for me. That's the kind of an
American cituen I am, and don't you
forget it."
The ocean is like a good housewife
very tidy.
"WAY DOWN SOUTH.
b:ll -Vye talks to the world ro ashe-
YII.LE, X, C.
As goon as I saw in ti.e papers that my
health was failing. I decided to wing my
way South for the winter. Sol closed
np my establishment at slippery ihnhurst,
told the gamekeeper not to monkey with
the preserves and came here, where I am
now writing. At first it seemed odd to
me that I should be writing from w here
I now am, but the more I think it over
the better I am reconciled to it, for what
lietter place can a man select from which
to write a letter than the point where he
is located at the time ?
Asheville is an enterprising cosmopoli
tan city of six or seven thousand people
and a visiting population during te sea
Son of sixty thousand more. It is situa
ted in the picturesque valley of the
French Brood, and between the Blue
liidge and the AUegtienies. Asheville
Knoxville, Tenn. liiO miles awav. and. in
Cict. not in any way competins with Ash
eville, for it Ls in another countv. alto
gether, j
This region of country is from 2,0iK) i
to 7,010 feet above sea level and is, in j
fact, a mountain n-gion with a southern
exposure. j
Strange stories are told here of people
who came live, ten, twenty or more years
ago, with a view of dying here, but who i
afterwanls decided to live on. and they i
... - i
are living yet. One man w ho was a sur-
vivor of the Samso-l'iiili.-tine. war, if I am j
not mistaken, came here at last fmm the '
mouth of the Amazon, full of malaria.
He had been kind of "down in the!
mouth" of the Amazon for some years
and they say his liver looked like a rub
ber door-uiat, and his skin was like the
cover of a sun-kissed ham.
He picked up his spirits here and re- j
covered his youth, and though he was
very old w hen he came, he is still older j
now and in pretty go.d health. I went I
to see him the other day. He is so old I
that there Is moss on the north side of !
him, and hieroglvphii'son his fit-t. When
I made some facetious remarks to him,
and toM him a story I h d recently ac-tjuin-d
he brightened up a good deal and
emitted a dry, cackling laugh like a xylo
phone, and said that he lielieved he en
joyed that story just as wvll as he did
w hen they usel to tell it in the rifle pits
in front of Troy.
He said he liked Asheville very much,
indeed. .
Asheville is called the Sw itzerland of
America. It has been my blessed privi
lege during the past twenty years to view
nearly all the Switzerland of America I
that are here, but this is fully the equal,
if not the superior of any of them.
You i-an climb to the top of Bcaucatch
er Mountain ami see a beautiful sight in
any direction and on most any day of the
year. Everywhere the eye resLs on a
broad sweep of dark-blue climate. lp
in the. gorgy-s, nmlcrthe whimpering pines
along the rhmhuti udrou bordered mar
giiv if the Swannonoii, or the French
nxsl, out through theOap, and down
the thousand mountain brooks, you will
find enough climate in gi minutes to last
a week.
The chief pmducts of Western North ' Laasanne, has had some rather unpieus
Canilin.1. are smoking tohai.vo and cli- ! ant exirien.-es in connettiua with the
ma e. If you do not like the climate you
can keep yourself on the smoking ti-baii-o.
Here you wi'.l find old Mr. Ozone with
his coat otf and a feather duster in his
hand, prepared tu just the cobwebs
from the uitiuninbs of the asthmatic or
the consumptive. There ismough cli
mate wasted here every year to supply a
city the size of Chicago. Moreover, there
is now a handsome hotel called the Bat
tery Park that has been full ecersiuie
it was built, and yon, fa a ci g.w -suhlle
horses, auteies or donkeys at reasoiw
ble rate in town.
The donkey is quite a feature of this
country, as he is apt to. he of mountain
countries, iu facl. Ihave never isiit.il
with a more, genial, urbane or refined
donkey than we have here. He is gen
erally a soft, mouse color, almut nine
hands high and delights in making
small, elongated footprints on the sands
of time.
This small animal of the mountains is
frequently a.-coiniiaured bv a robust but
piKirly modulated voice. It is very pa- j
thetic, and generally needs a little oil on j
it. The North Carolina donkey, like the j
Colorado burro, lives to a great age. He j
then dies.
Asheville la wIki water works, j
:jaig first -class water to those who i
wish to ue this popular fluid : electric
lights all over the citv. a street railway
organizcl w ith its money put up ta mi-
struct it next summer, iron hvss iJiurches
schools and colK-iS"- well supplied mar-
1 :.i. 1 ... .;rt.w I 1... ri
' ,""Ki'"r' ""
genuine aiiraciions oexi-ie. me cuuiaie,
Fui'l and whisky are about the aame that
they ire. in ( lhiin, . a ittm need not
suffer here prividts! he has a m.xlerate
income,
The spurtsuien may sport here with im
punity, and the angler may also triangu
lar relaxation.
Moonshine whisky is also produced j
here iu the mountains, though in a trifle
way, and very quietly. None of the
moonshiner advertise much in the pa
mrrn. They do not care for a big run of
trade, but seem content to remain in ob
scurity. Sometimes, however, their work
attracts the attention of proiuiurul peo
ple who come Out and cali on Ultra with
&L01 guns and regrets.
Then the moonshiner does his distil
lery np in a napkhi, and goes aw aj iutu
the primeval forests. s,nie- yearo ago a
party of; revenue ollicers hunted out one
of these ama.eur distillers and chased
him up the side of the mountain, where
they surrounded and captured him with
hia distillery on his hack, like a Babcock
fire extinguisher, and still warm.
The officer, in his report of the capture,
referred to it as a still hunt, whereupon
his commission was promptly revoked.
The man who tries to have any fun with
the present administration must have bis
resignation where he can put his hand
on it at a tnomeoV warning.
Bill Nyk.
General Hora -e Porter says Mias Liber
ty can hold lhirty-iz men in her ban.iL
That brings her about up to the average
girl of the period.
A mule has a full allow ance of verte
brae in his hack bone. This is why he
can't avert a bray in certain emergencies.
era
In Praise of Old Maids.
Old maid aunts see.n to be woven into
tli3 social fabric. Many of us hive lwen
" brought up by hand " by a member of
thus sisterhood. Some become the house-
keener or riizht liowerofa brother who
has married an invalid or usele- wife, or
fill up. the gap cause 1 by death. They
are always cheery and kind, make or
mend for the little ones, adorn the home
with tasteful articles of their ow n handi
work, and are most efficient managers,
understanding well how to make both
ends meet. How many such romen have but fir genu-ne. upn.ario is fin t!annel
raised large families of other people's I kicking would knock them ail out in one
i children! Th;ir courage is of the finest
quality. ""Once more unto the breach !"
they cry, when, having thought their la-
bors of love ended, some other sou! in
need cries aloud to them, and they re-
Spolid to the call.
Why is it that there is such a vitalieil
antagonism to this large contingent?
Well may they say : "Sufferance is th
badge of all our tribe." They are targets
for all ill-natured dings. They are sup
posed to be disappointed man-seekers,
whereas many of them (teachers and
th.ise engaged in the higher otvti pat ions
especially; sultsist in comfortable inde
pendence and pleasurable activity, with
no desire for the incumbrance of a hus
band. Many w omen marry for support, j
fonseeing that the evil days will come as 1
the years draw nigh w hen their parental
protectors will be t iken from them, and
often, not loving the man they wed. men
tally utter the pmtest, " My poverty, but '
not my will, consents."
But self-supporting women i-an atf.rd I
to await real love, or el-e stav single all
their days. There is no comparison b-
tween their repiwful, affluent natures
land those of the many inconjeijuent, ir-
I rational, frivol Mis niarrieil women with
attenuated hearts and empty heads. Of
I .t i:. i. :.. r i. . . r
course, there are monolithic temaies. of
shani outline and sjiectr.il visage, among
the old maids, who could put to flight
the armies of the aliens; but they are
the exceptions to the rile. There aie
shrews among them. tx, xs among other
classes of women; we are constantly re
ducing the average,
oeciipat ion's gone.
Like Othello, their 1 and they had a bli
Men can find more j the ru le gaze of any
than the comfortsof a home in a club an-! j
cafe, an I can escape from the scourge of
a woman's tongue. Rh'l i fiiilt in t in-
rinmili Emj'iirrr.
Taxing Ladies' Maids.
Sojourncrs in Switzerland, that ideal
land of liberty, are surprised to find that
they are taxed liberally for the uport
of the Oovernuirnt. Each visitor is ex
pected to contribute five francs a vcar to
tn public treasury, and the failure to pay-
the amount promptly involves a fine oft
twenty francs. Strangers are 0.4; notifieil j
about the law, anil know very little atsmt !
it. The course tiUsen is to let them alone j
until the time for paying the taxes has :
exfJred and then pounce down and Meed j
them to the amount of four dollars each j
This is thrifty, is it not? Then, in ad li- j
tion, every stranger is expected to pnv !
luce a pa.ss.rt, and exhibit certificates j
of birth, baptism and marriage, w hich is, j
to say the least, aw kward, if n.-t difficult, !
for traveling Amerii-ans.
A Charleston Lidv, who is staving at 1
tax business. To her surprise she found ;
that no one v.u allowed to pass as niii. h ;
as two m.aiihs there without applying ,
for a tovernnient pennit, and when it
was siiggesteil that this was exceedingly 1
unfair to those who might lie ignoran of I
both the laws and language of the coun- J
try the lady was informed that lack of j
information was reganled as an aggiava- j
tion of the offense ami punished acconl- j
ingly. U U uuiisidcre.1 by the S iss iov- j
tjrniiK-nt the duty ot eserv honel man to '
j familiarize himself with thelawsand nsg.
I ttlatioM f thf country which pn.tis ts
' him. Finally, the lady in question, w ith
j thtia-iLstar.ee of a letter from Secretary
i Bayanl, was excused fmm pnslu. ing the
certificate of age, etc., and received per-mist-ion
to remain in Sw itzerland for four
years. But the letter of the Secretary uf
Slate is held in pawn, so to speak, and is
not to be surrendered until the lady in
question obtain the requisite ermis.sion
a;vl takes her departure. Her maid,
whom she took to Switzerland from Par
is, has been accorded permission to re
main six months in Switzerland on the
payment of thirty cents. A', tiso end of
six months she must again net it ion for
leave U .en.aln, and pay the tax once!
more'.
Whistling.
If a bov is allowed tu whistle, it will
' tnni hia iitu-utioA ill a great .h-gree fre 11
J the .hiire t pteswi a drum, and if jia- ;
i ternal firmness be added, he can be salis- ;
j lied about one until he gel. to be sixteen
1.1 I... Ml .i- .1. I
i J"" "
pvfi.xi. j
SUakephere was well acquainted with ;
the art. He nmkis Othe-lo sny concern- i
I ing IVsdcnionis. : "If I do not prove i
- her false, I'll w histie her otfand her 1
d wn the wind a prey W. k-rUtie, e'en j
though her very wW were my dea l i
heurt sjfttti. !
Negroes are the Is-st whistlers in the j
! world.
Frequently one hears a colored '
! improvisiitore whistling the qtiaint.-t ;
; and sweet.rst melislies. and with the cl- i
ored male in general whittling ..uic- as j
natural as jr-1-''1 does to a hog.
Men whistle when they are happy (
and they whistle when they are sad. j
When you see a carjnter (f a house j
painter pushing hia pi in or slapping on I
the piiiut and whistling a lively air at the 1
ame lime, set him down as a tnan who i
j pays hia debts, is cheerful .at home and!
I never whips hia children.
When he is sad he whistles in a dole- :
choose a dismal air, but he will whistle !
a lively tune, a hornpipe or a negro uiin- j
strel end song. And he will draw the )
melody in and out between his lips in a j
way to draw tears from all listeners.
Sometimes a niai accomplishes the
same result w ben he is cheerful and try
ing to whistle real good.
Girls in general whistle in a sort of
jerky, disconnected, jim-jam sort of way
and groan mildly between the notes.
T.iey'd better let whistling alone.
Not many women are bJacksmiths, but
all of them will undertake to shoo a hen
w ben occasion seems to demand it
An exchange says: "Misa Boyer Sun
ilaved at Brockton." We hope she M..n-
dayed at the washtnh
Jcl
WHOLE NO. 185:3.
The Good Old Days.
"I have seen many nep-.iiier ac
counts rvi-ently of customs tint prevailed
j among ttie settlers away hack, all of them
i born of nei--ity. "But there were two
! that l-revaili-d in Coshocton, the county
in which I was raised, in the great old
State of Ohio, that seems to have
been overlooked or probably entirely
forgotten. One of them wa apple-butter
boiling and the other was flai nel-kick-
I ing. Talk about the fun they had at ap-
ple-cutt!ngs, r .rii-lnikiiig..ii:!iin.-s. etc..
. round. Eerv new house had its old one
! w inch was left standing, g.-n -'rally in
close pniximity to the n.-w. which was
used for all manner of pur-ose. The
I old-fash io led loom, which alm.nt every
thrifty fanner pos.-e ed, w. is s.-t up there.
j The big bmad tire plan-. live or six levt
: wi le, with its big crane on whi-h to
I hanj heavv kettles and p..s. .. alw.iv
; in order, and was iw-t w n-n boiling the
api!e butter, a l.ir.t-coj.jn-r kettle il-vay
lieing u-ed for the iiurjse. Bit f.-w
families con'. I atr-.rd the luxury of a lanje
copper kettle. coiistsii.-ntly one red a
largv neighirhood. g":ng the r
apple-butter season.
"The log house w.i usual! v but or.
ii-l.-
room. It took two '
i;l, s to boil apple
butter alw.ivs t.
fel
o with
''U-t lilt -
their
rring
lie-t girls. It n- yi.n-!
and a board aliout five
als'U! tw fi-i't long, v
thnmgh it, an 1 a h. in II.
long, s.1 t lat the f How
could handle it ea:iv.
in. lies w id'
!:'l hole, I
.lUiIlt f.. Hi
ll I hi- ;"--t
by
e.l
feet
girl
While they stir
re having i ni.-t
.tie c irn.-r i f the
red th.- oth.-r mu
delightful t'l:n- .
; rwnii. there is-in
n-i light ex.Tpt a dun,
oni the !;t. 'f .-oiip"-.
u-e .plite l're.llell ly, f.,r
I religious one fr
they thangisi pi
j the couple at the ha-i
i l.. .1. .. I. : I . .r 1. : n
die ,-oilld n 't I'll-
I lureth.it kin-lot thing any great ieng"i
i of time, knowing what i h.gh old t.nir
the other couple
re having away otfin
were l-ing deprived
the corner. Thev
of their opirtiinitii-. This thing usual
ly lasted ail night, arid as a rule th- little
party were not interrupted bp meddlers
ii se.is.ui free from
ne.
But the crow ning glory, the fn.ss fun.
was the riannel-kii king.
fore stated, almost every
its loom, on which the
flannels linsev wiN.l-ev
s I haie If
ld house had
women wove
assirn ts. an !
linen. I sigh for the day- when I u--d
to wear this lionie-made linen. Pillow
-liji. -bel t.-, shirts, punts, and h..rt-tail--l
niiin.laN.ut.s all ma le ..tT the same
piece i..f g.i-ls. Then- were no long
tailed summer cats in those dav Thi
linen w is st.,!it. and if a '-..v. or even a
go.Hl-size.1 man. caught the sent of his
mints on a splinter in ciiuibir.g a rail
fem e or on a nail he hung there. It
would hold him every time.
"The flannel was usually woven in
webs, or pieces ..f thirty or forty yards,
and of course it had to Is- fulled Is-fore it
was in pro.er condition to li- nu de up
into garment. Fuliiing mil's were a
t ling ahii ist unheard of in that omintry
at that time, and snine way mii-t 1-e ,!.
vised to thicken up or full the tf.inncl,
and they did it to perfeetioii. I have at-ti-ivled
many a "kicking" and riv recol
lis 'ion of them is as valid as if it l.a-l oc
curred but a year ag...
" The Imys an 1 girl ..f th n. ig!-.r-h.Kul
which t'"-k in a rai.ge . f s-nnl
miles were notified that on a cert.. in
evi ning they w-re going to have u f..'V
m 1 kicking, and it need.-l no urging t-
gather in enough 1.. ruaki up a party.
The tlanhei was pl.n-e.1 in a loose pile in
Un middle of the fl'r Usually in that
same old l-ig hous- chair were placed
an.iind it. forming a complete cirri-. Tlie
Imvs and girls filled the 1 i.aii. and thi l
a plow hi;.- or r.
the outside of tilth.-
backs, t-. hold
; !
: e wa- ;i-.-s: ;.roiMi'
'.-hairs, drawn through
them i:: s-siion. Ot
course the p. rton.;. r- al! facts 1
the fia im !. The h. .vs. i,;,i it
ers n.lled up al .Ae their knee
g:r!s we!! girls in thi- -lavs
low ir !
ir tni;i
: ami the
were not
iiiciiiiils rcl iih
much und. rt- -ggery
as '.hey wear Row.
"Snajisiids as let
c.".uM jS'Ssihly ls-ar ir
Us the o;-rator-
ere then ; our-d
on the tin nr. el, and thm the fin
tiien.-ed in dead earnest. t-ro orie
ing the pile of tlam,el f..r dear Iif.
Is.vs laiij.iiig and yelling, the
t-.ut-tick--thc
girls
vrA-a-iiing. and tlies..niiics spirting up
and out in reckle-s poniigality. When
the suds became ahs.irU-1 and began to
I, more hot suds wa pviired
on, ami
then a fn-sh o-.:. )..irt of kicking and
j spirting, kiiigliing and si r. ainiiig la-gun.
j iheir ft-et and 1-gs h.king .1 re! a U.il
i e.l lol.ter.
j This ii-uaily la.-tl al.nt thr-e hour,
j tiie ..Id f-.Iks inuring on t!'-.- h 't so ipsuds
iin-l l.s.king 011 and enj-.yiiig the tii.ng
about as much a- the younger one It
was rare fun. and the writer oX tin arti-
; cle re nemU-rs it letter than aim.. anv-
thing else in the way of parties in his
young d i;; tf rsir- tho work w a not
i weir oj..ite as it i t oy.i lay in the mil!,
bl.t it answered the purje. and every
body was satisfied with i. Ala. f..r the I
davsthat w ill never ' ouie hack, the .lavs i
when all these iu-!'i
Cnshoeton (Yiiirifv."
ms prevailed in
Some Things Good to Know.
A pace is three feet.
One fathom is six feel.
A palm is three inche.
There are l,7"a) lang-iagvs.
Two persons die every second.
A fttomi moves :io miles -rhour.
One mile is l,7n0 yanls in length.
Sound moves 1.1 H feet -r second.
One square mile contains tip acres.
The average life is thirty -one years.
Slow rivers How four miles an hour.
One acre contains 4,-t' q lare yards.
One barrel of flour Weighs lirfi f "Minds.
A sjn is ten and seven-eighth inches.
One barrel of pork weigh imnds.
A hand, vhorse measure:, is four inches.
Bapid rivers flow seven miles an hour-
Light moves ISti.OuO. uiiics per second, j " Got aay lost boysdown there ? " call
A hurricane moves eighty miles per ; ed a woman through the telephone as
hour. she got police headquarters yestenlay.
firkin, of butter weih thty-six
, pounds.
' The first use of a locomotive m this
country was in IS'!.
i The first almanac was printed by George-
Ton Purbach in 14o0. (
The first steam engine waa brought;
from England in 1754. i
L'ntil 1779 cotton spinning was done hy
the hand spinning wheel.
The first printing pre-M in the United ,
j sLaUa w as kitiudswcdia i).
THE TEST OF LOVE.
i "Ou, I think fal!in! in fove is a mere
i matter of convenience, a nuarter th.it inn
i be perfectly no!! o r.tn.!!ed s the jart:e-.
: ron.-enied deire."
M.ila'l's clear blue eyrs c!.-n.!el opr -she
eames!ty lister.e.! to her cousin Agnes'
t words, ar..i jaid with a treu.or in he.
I oice:
j "Then there m no such tbicg as failing
' in lova at all ? Do you really believft I
I can love any one I chooee, that I need
j not love one I do not choose?"
; Agnes Hoyd' clear, sensible eyes look
' ed tenderly and tiruily into thone of her
: sweet little cousin.
i " Now, Mabel Sterns, you have crack
1 ed the ice of yuur reserve and I am going
i to break it. I know perfectly well that
j Frank Oausa is in love with you ; I know
: you are in love with him ; I know. ti,
; that you both know this, or I should not
have spoken. Of course, I do not ap
'. prove ot tiie mat. h at all. I do n..t think
you in your reason approve of it. and I
want you to ay.11 that n-asm and lay
, the whole matter aside. I do mil) be
; lieve just what I have said that there is
110 sec-e in failing in love. I am grt years
! old and I have not fallen in love. I
have not chosen to."
' "Agnes Hoyd, stop! I will not hear you
i talk so! You started by asking me to tell
i you the whole story, and I will finish by
j doing it. I do love Frank Oauss Oh. I
love him with all my heart and soul ! "
" He basil t a cent in the world, and if
' a m..n is eier going to have anything he
ought to have made a fair beginning at
bis age. Let him go. and marry some
richer man. and be a happier woman."
" Ague. I am ashamed of you or I
should le if I did not feel sure y. .11 are
so mu. h better than you admit. Coin-,
it in time to dress for Mrs. Town's dinner.
; What do you wear?"
Muliei showed a determination in thus
ending tlie conversation that surprised
Agnes, l'.sing from tiie cosy h reside
when- they had iieen sitting, she went to
the Aar iroU- an 1 took out a haud.oiu
! silk, saying as she laid if on the bed :
'.Never! 1 shall never fall in love un
til I hale .lelllierately mad- up my mind.
, 1 am going to wear my garnet ; !upAe
you wear blue. Who are to lie there?''
"Only a small party, two geiitleni. n
i'roin New York an., a lady fnuu Bot.li,
witii a iioii or two, 1 up"-so. I t .ink
, Mrs. Town's lion are cu':; however,
tt.ey st-rv-the purjs-."
An hour later, a gay party often were
i se,iir-l in the handsomely appointed din-
ing rsnii. at a table atfonling every deli
j lacy, preside-l over by .Mr. and Mrs.
! Town.
Ague looked regal and was app-aring
i her very U-t. talking in a rno-t interest
l ing manner to Mr. Young, her m-ighljr.
j one of the strange gentlemen from New
j York. Mr. Lan.i.m, the other stranger,
! gradually fell into the conversation, as
; Mabel seemed strangely fast inateil by a
1 Mr. ttau-s, who sat next to heron the
I other side. As Frank escorte I them to-
their carriage she w hisja red, gaviy :
" It's all right. Kciiicmlier ! "
The next mi-rniiigacha.-a.'terisfic note,
received fmm Mr. Town, ran thus:
My I'eih 1 tiKLs: Such a conquest as
y..ii made last evening' It takes my
l.reatll awav to think ot it. I realiv feel
! I ought to ..-Il you. that you may be pre
i pared lor tiie wort. Both of my charui
j nig guests captivate.! in one evening! I
j up-e you know Mr. Lan.'on is nothing
I more than a millionaire, and Pail Young
j nothing le tiian a poor young Liwyer.
j with nothing behind him and all the
world before him.
A few weeks after Mrs. Town's dinner
the girl attended a gay party in an ex
cursion up the river ; dinner at a subur
ban hotei. Mr. Landon was persistent
enough in his attentions to keep Mr.
Young at a distance most of the time up
to the hour of .linncr.ailer w hich iie pr--;rs-.i
a walk to some pretty px k, and
would not Is? put otf by Agn -s'splea that
-he wa too tired. "Miss Hoyd.' sa.d
Land in, impulsively, "letters re -eive. I
yesterday oblige me to start for New York
to-mom.w. and from there I sail for Fu-rojs-
in August on a prolonged bu.sines
trip. 1 beg you will n-.t let me leave
w ithout a Word of ho- that I may come
back for you U-lore I siil. lV-ar M:
Agnes, say anything that will give me-
hoj-e"
' Mr. Landon. st..p ! I never meant it
should come to tiiis. indeed I didn't, I
iiave tiirted with oU until I am ashamed
of myself. I have tried my very Lest to
live up to my favorite theory and love
the man whom fortune told me I might
m.irry, but I cannot, oh. I cannot! ln't
tempt me further ! "
Agn. s entirely .t her sel:'-c.r.trol, and
h -r U.iti 1 lo.er l..ke i in despair, off-red
his arm, and silently escorted her
back to tiie house.
When at la.-t she and her friend were
sif.-iy in their riNiiu she threw herself on
tiie floor at Mabel feet and ured forth
tiie whole tory. clos.ng with:
"" My miserahle theory has U en the
ruin of me! What -hall I do?"
Mais-I wa a little puzzled at the de
spairing wail, and -aid:
" My d.-ar. don't fee! so badly ! This L
not so serious ; this is not the matter of a
lil'-time."
"Ob. but it is, it is! I was.s..o!,st.riute
in my idea. 1 snubls-d Paul Young Is?
cauie I wanted to marry money ; I have
told him to go. I never can forgive my
self! What shall I do?"
But w hat could lie done? No practi
cal plan piee tiled it-elf. Pali! had re
turned to New York with his friend.
Mrs. Town had gone to the sea-bore.
Agties and MaU-l w-re arranging for an
"os.; ing" in the mountains. An "out
ing" both nif.h-l. Agnes seemed to.
have IiRt all serenity and elasticity. Ma
iel, too. had not eeuie-1 quite the iw
since that dreadful evening.
At the clos. of a busy day of prepsri
tion. they were seatc-ti on the porch when
the po-tman haudci Agnes two letters.
"Only iiie invitation and a drop
note," she -aid in answer to Mattel's in-
! quiring look.
, "Mr. Young is in town, and will call
this evening if we care to see him."
"Wet" exclaimed Mabel. " Well, of
course!"
Later, in the privacy of their rtioui,
. ..... ... : ..1 vi .1...1 1 u ...
j .AgllCS) DTIini .'IJ I , 1.1 9IUUIUCIIU2 .in
I iii kisses she explaimed :
" I never dreamed I could 1 so happy."
j "Oh, please forgive me. Agnes," sui.J
i MaWI, "I deceivel you and led othersto.
! Mr. Young is Dot a p.or young lawyer,
'. but an immensely wealthy one."
For one moment Agnes Hoyd looked a
I verv Nemesis; then she so tened and
! said :
i " My dear, it was a fearful thing for yon
to do, hut I thank you for it from my in
i most heart I shall marry the tuan I
' kive."
To be Kept Till Called For.
; " We've got one."
" What's his name?"
1 " Why, he won't give it He says that
i owing to a misunderstanding with hi
-step-mother he has tern porurily aeparat-
ed himself from the pa "
" That's bim! " she interrupted, "and
I'll be down in about half an hour and
wollop that misunderstanding out of bim
or bust every finger on my spunking-
hand! Don't lt hiin temporarily ih-
j d.-a beiijre I gel the ! "