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Chronic rheumatism.
Prompt, Permanent Cures.
Oace Cnretl. Atttay (airril.
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CM'in, K Y Feb. 7. 1117
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Lj :i4 rwurnL Ti tTT F. COOK.
Once ( urcd, AIwavk Cured.
lv.il Oct St. iC
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THH CHAS1.ES . V0CEU3 CO.. Sait.mcrt. Ui.
Every Hoiieehold
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BIESECKER &. SNYDER.
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Over lAoo Stuctrnw Lt Ye.r. j feet from tht ihnp earth. As for her, it j something rising in her throat which saf-
' was rfrv--h;ng to evade Bridget's vigilant j fxaited her, her eyes blinded with baby
::': ,irr;ntr "'"'kk'!" I eye.aud to sn-al out of the front do-ar in j ish tears? Thank Cod ! ber brain kej
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HOW IT HAPPENED.
IiE.
I hali never limnr how it oouM bare happened,
it v: luilc-r she nave nv oaw lok or :xn.
Or ti.-th. r i l-ansl mt face toWart livr,
Or w tether raited Utr fait; lu a:nc
If
ufT inr how It J are-1 lo l:if?rJ ;
!'.;it ;.- to 1 gtoU ti e m iM Ue v
Fr.i'ri r him-y ciiacr, 1 ktit.w 1 fcisN-ti her
full an.l ;u.re n l:r lowly
shltsrnt-fj i;miin, 0xl ud kwp her !
1 tt d';r eiio-l.'-ofliy. ail Mi!',
I W:i;'o ! ir. mlrt am llirt' tbr uuin'iu? stilen r
Ti -'t,ri-j:Kni'w (rupkl-'ij (he p.ir blew chill.
J!t'.T Hill Kite meet on-acrtlt ? Hou xnci me
with lfHy c:if(ir or k.-oit tK I!v!i( "
Uzxt I otHr-nd flu- Kuto of htr lve fort-ver,
Or linl inr-eir into rfju ktft iiit
SHE.
Ht ii'-l'! my han i. th? qui t mjin tA hininff :
1 hf Mrtvi Iny ImJJ in jthado. hrtlf in liftril.
A-: rt ;J;.' llllHt'-l f.jnmo m utitv,
v -m,.! to re Ij -aiity of tlw nixht.
t j:it to a.y btf. ifiyhATiJ had takfn ;
1 o'-.il.i uo: Kj.Att U it ni-'ciy fnra hi- grap ;
Aiilt. tu hil c tftlki. lw h. id n geutlf
lit Iht Wi nl. fri mil;. .b Iteri.fUtu
An ! K.m. h ., ih.nigh e .mil th nigi.t'o stiil
1 ;h:!:i; e lrt.t-tl rnnn at vtch ohir' t-A't'f;
liis-, ,;liujr tlail. ttmi warm, tm;l 1I the briiii-
A laort t!ii; all, the .ft lit-, nf the ki-.
I t tn4 l;yu ii brti.icufl ; 1 sha.Il never
Kn-ftt how it p. iiVihfivf happen !. yet ti true
Thai, a.- p -aitl ctkmI nihi, we k.rr'l iph oiht-r
J s-i a upIetm j.nmixf.l lover s 0'.
My li il rc ourohic ami i:iy ln-rt is U':tiiifi ;
I oucM to fft'T 1i-('SntJ. of eti.ir-e. fv.r lie
It luu-t htive IrtH-n hia fuu.t yet I cud' I blame
him
1 only wr;iler uhat he thinks of me :
TCM MIDDLETONS WIFE.
The Story of a Plucky Califor
nia Woman.
IiV FLOHl 1IA1NS l.ol I.IU..IO
Kate Mitchell was one of those ur.for-
tuiuite wouit n wti.ise surplus
; ergies dis'.ingiiisli them fro
i.liysic .:! en- i
in others i f :
' their sex. As a chil l sh was ku iwn as
j a " ton. boy," and rim mot hrrs held her
j up as an asfal wariiing t.i their little
daughters, while in her imn house the
l'ies;ioii of nuw t. subdue her buoyant !
spirits waa rttltnl over with true ma-
U-rnal soli. . ini.le. When siie grew up, so-:
ciely fr.. lie 1 upon her us a " hoyden,"
and he way Was continually It-set with
Ithoins.
At eightivn she could row. and swim,
j ar. l rid'-, and play Ian n-tei nis like a
I b '.v. s.ie wr.sa g'eat walker, an ! upon one
oe;.i'.oii iia i walked to Mt. Diablo and
bjcfc in tTo days, with her brother au-1
a c r.;-!e of fiieuds, a fca which alone
w ;iiii liae su:'iced to place her under a
iian ill San I rancisco's U st society. That
she sang like a bird, danced like a sylph,
and was, aitop tiier, a very amiable, pure
minded girl, tsi small odsct for I he
sum of her iniquities, and although she
as ext-wdingly popular among a set of
1 young and irresponsible hoys, conserva-
i live circles fioned up;n her, anfl it w.is
gen( rally understood that she wasayoung
vr -n of uufct radical and dougcbus. U-n-
!de!lcies.
It was, theref -re, a matter of polite re
. irret ttl.eti the annoums'iiietit of hercoi.i
j it:g ocjtials with oi.s oihi-s:iinec.'iiv.T-;
Native clicie was receivcl. Tom M.ddle-
tod VC:.S :1 r r"Illi.;ll" !:iwvi-r of evrellel't !
, , , "" j .', i, i
j li;ei !ee-i geneiaily iindci-t'sNi that Tom's
; ide d was. .fa d.tl-iei.t type, and more
! hfii r the pattern of the l. puif .viety
j women with whom be had been aecus
i toi..cd liss.H i.ite. His intimate friend
f r.:. I hooii companion. Jaik Spetscer, who
hil l a'-ways -ii-approveil of ivute. nnd-.T-1
t k t- p .se ss inc. mouth piece of societv
ech -l its-s n'.iin.-iit in Tom's unwil
! iii 'g ear. Tun s!oo.l rtaunchly by bis
j !. .rs, bin bis frb 'lids w.-rd wink dtvji
' ir..; I..s S"'o. r.ee(i:eless. lie st-cret'y
j re-.i.i-.i ti.at f:r bis sake and her own,
I Kate U"i-T by aii ineiii.s le '"tonei
jd...v.."
' lie sti ci f-ied even beyond his hopes
j nirvf y.-ars afler l.er miirriiiL'P, few woMid
! have r. i...gii!,'e.i i-i the quiet, repressed
I woiiiau. the g:iy and spirited g;rl of form
; rr days. K it- was fond of her husband.
I and tbvs alchemy of love bad wrought
j the ciiui.e ; bi.t it i a dargt-rous thingto
j uie.ioie with spiritual chemistry as wcli
I :'s the f'tves of the material world, and if
Tom hud known what pent-up longings
an-', it i.e'.iiotis inclinations raged Is-n-'ath
j l.is w ife's quiet t xteri'-r. he migiit have
I r.'i'ii
ed bis sncces.
lint he went on '
ns men will w hen i
forvs w iiich thev )
iii-iv and hlind:v,
- ii - with delicate
cannot nnderstsnd, and Kate kept her
grievances to ber-elf. Two children came
tiie ei h r a girl, a fiery, untamed little
cr":itre. who nia.ie the "i other's heart
a. he us she saw a boy, sti'r ly, deiiher
ate. l,ke his father. When the children
grevc U'ger and ne' deJ room for exercist
an ! o i!-d,sir air which their citv home
j would not at'ord, they took up their rei- j
j deii.'' in a little country home, not so j
i far aw .iy but that Tom could travel ba. k i
; ud ' rni dui'y and attend to bis hni- I
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nt .-s, iiti i i; is i.cre :oai oa. s.oi. unus
! them. i
i ir gm-, TV
ce
i.her tiny, Kate too.l r.t j
ii j out upon the land- i
icr
:i; i ..w", g
i. I; iia i l-een a dull
tirrime week, i
had started off j
e'VC
on a
:a! days lxfore,
!.ing-pr.'fiiise.l
Tc.i.
vacation, which was !
to Iv .Ir. heated to a bunt in the miunt t
ains, in company with a party of friends, i
She was thinking, with envy, of this j
hunting party, and wondering, half-bit- J
terlv. whv amusementsthat were conced-
tsl to W pro;-r and he.iltbfil for men,
shorn 1 net 1-e healthful and proper for
women. H 'W she would bave enjoyed
the long tramps overthe bills, tbeexcite-
I tin-nt of the bunt, the joy of holding a I
j too.1 gun on her shoulder and know ing I
I that siie could sljiht and sb.sit with the j
; ret of them ! She felt a wicked Solace as j
i she thought of the showers that had fal-
t!-f 7
clouds thai bad I.nngi
igbt before an.l the 1
constantly over the ;
; Mountains. Siie was lonely, dull and i
cr.ss, and cliafel sgainst her hedged-in j
l-ir., u n-r..ir U.nn.iurrrB un.tRuis I
j o.T-. ;
j it ss restraints.
I There was a rush of feet through the
j bouse, the door of her room ojiened, and
the chi.dren burst iu.
" Mamma, tiie creek is up! Take us
down to see it !"
The childish longing for novelty and
exciu ue r.t found an instant echo in her
heart. Tiny liad run in from outdoor
p'y, and were bonneted and cloaked.
i with rubtier overshoes to protect their!
t . 1 4-. 1 I . . 4 .J
worsted slij-p-rrt on her feet They
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA.,
followed panlen wsth for a little dig.
tnce, and then entered a narrow U no
lea. ling to a j-laee where they were ac-
customed to fonl in the "uintner lime
but over which now awent a aeethina'
tenifiestDous tiood.
As they !.xked and listened, Kate re
aliaed that thi.i a no ordinary freshet,
hut the prrxlu.t of a heavy rainfall over
the whole vast att ihed, which had ac
cumulated lis fon-e in tliousands of tiny
rivuleta, and joiuinj; issue with the moun
tain htrt-aui, plunged down its ncrvw
channel a mighty and irrehitftible power.
Keen aa thev looketl fhe saw a all of I
water suddenly rear up above and come
down towanl thera like a miniature tidal
wave.
The ilaui built by the new water com
pany ha.l iven away !
They ran ha k from the shore to high
er ground, and Hot a moment tici soon.
I The stream rose aeveral feet in a second,
j Jt cut into the xolid lunkx on either ide
! and bushes and.youiii; trees, rooted up
j and sucked in by the greedy curnnt, went
j spinninzby. A jfiant sycamore w jvered,
tiunaout its bare skeleton litulrt &H if iu
i giiONtly pntet, and fell far o:it into the
I stream, interlinking its bninckvs with a
sturdy evergreen ok which sto.v) on the
opjKisite bank, whilt it.i trunk, loosely
an'1 bored by lonp. n.ake like roots, toed
helplessly in tuUUtrc urn.
" JIuiuuia ! See the biboar.U coming!"
cried out her little daughter.
Katebsjked fiir up streaiu and saw a
timber sailing leisurely along. Now it
caUL'bt on a projecting simg and SA im
half about, now it struck on a submerged
island, and idly disenpMged itself ami
sauntere.1 on. livliinJ it was another,
and yet another the stream was black
with them.
" Oh, my (iod .' The railroad bridge :'
The railruad bridge, and the afternoon
train nearly due, hmxi to rush down a
steel) grade to a leiii) into that vawning
J thasai.
lier first impulse was to start up
I the cannon, but she instantly checked
j herself. What folly, when miles of over-
j flow lay Is-tween her and the doomed
train ! onl must le sent down to the
station, and from there a telegram to the
next stopping place above the bridge.
liut bow? The hired ii an ! Jim had gone
an hour before to the. village to get the
mail ami have his daily gossip with the
loungers of the place. Lven ifhewerw
here, neither horse nor man was licet
enough to cover tiie circuitous road that
lay betnecn. Then she looked at the
prostrate sycamore. Ikmn the stream,
lci-un-iy, but nearer and nearerstill, sail
ed the great timbers.
"Marian, hike little brother and go
straight to the house, and stay there tiil
mamma comes hack."
he had already pulled herself up by
one of the roots and was creeping stealth
ily along the snaing trunk. Ib-re her
dress raugbt on tx branch ; there she had
! to climb djn and crawl along with her
feet under the water t ) avoid s:: upright
Hah. Once she slipped and lost her
hold, ulsd was nearly Slaked into the ed
dying current, bat she caught at a .stout
pre jection and swiu.g hcreif up once
more.
Sue could hear the swash of the heavy
timbers np-streain as thev ris ked lazilv
I'.isin the water, but she did not ihire to
I I'sjU. I 'e fere her the main trunk of the
tree was lost-and she saw- two diverging
tiioi's, one low in the water, the other
'. Isi koil w:th the 'i iu u;i l-air. Which
to take? She dared not hniMie, but 1-e-j
gall a peiilor.s ci'm.b along tiie upjier
: limb, slippery and naked in places, wa
j vering so that she grew dizzy and shut
i her eyes to keep from failing. And, so,
i lying j Toiie iiihin it, hand over hand, st.e
, erect the entire !eie;th, and the great
! stick of t:i:i!er struck heavily ag-ainst the
i fallen sycamore, and j':s! as Kate swung
i her-s l!' into the l;ra:iclies of the nak she
feit her s-ipport give way, aud with a
groan an 1 cia-ii, mi 1 vvi' I-up tos.-ings of
; itsskel' ton arms, the oid tree tore loose
l from its moorings, and was swept down
j stl".-!:ii toward the bay.
j Her hands torn and bleeding, Kate
; Middlelon readied solid ground at length
! and lirst her maternal instinct asserted
1 itself, ar. l she looked back Hr.d saw her
i chiidren s'an ling still and looking after
; l.tr. She pointed home with a gesture
. that they dared no! diso'iey, and saw
': them turn and tun up the lane, thenspei
; along br w ay.
She w as not light ff :, as in her girl-
hoo.l : whereas, she was oni-e fleet as a
dee and s ift motion was a very joy t
her, she tvr reaiic I that .she was irrow
'rgto le a stout an 1 :ni-bi!e..ig?d woman.
sn moved Peaviiy and eiiMisi'iy and la
bored for breath, and her feet were liko
clods beneath her. There was a mile of
rough and rocky ground .to lie covered
bef. re she nwebed the station, and the
train oh, but to ossess once more the
agility of her girlhood !
Which would! first? would thetraio.
. . . , . ...
;iy;ng across j:,e nppcr ieveis ot tiie Coast
!;a;gt resch the next stc'ion ls-forc the
brave '
warnitu
iiiii.in bad sent her message of
? How manv times she asked
herself ihe question she cuid not have
toll. Sue scarcely dared hope that she
might be in time. Her. heart seemed
ready to burst with grief for the terrible
misery threatening so many happy homes.
Alas! for the orphaned children who
might cry aloud to heaven that night!
Aias! for fathers and mothers w hom the
morrow might Ixdiold bowed dow n with
sorrow! Alas! for the husbands and
w ive
She w as crossing the bed of one of the
many abandoned channels of the impet-
,, mountain stream, a rocky pathway,
strv,,, iti tile spoils of bygone freshets
here, even then, a shallow stream was
rim-ling past, token of the torrent's srnr-
..iu. f,lTce. She faltered, smitten bv a
new an,i awfu thought. What if Tom
Tom, w ho was not to come for two days
n,ore Tom. who bad started oat in .Ho
.1. i:.t.-. .1: : i . ..t 1 v.. i
geiuer uiuereiiv fiiresiioi, siiouia nave ;
cut short bis excursion, or with his par- (
ty. driven home by the continued rains, j
somehow wandered to one of the upper j
stations, and boarded tiie train for bo me j
there ? !
Where was lier vannted physical
strength nuw? What was she, after all,
bat a weak, wretched woman, with trem
bling limbs, every muscle clogged by this
great horror that had taken possession of
her, a fierce pain gripping at her heart.
clear and true to its purpose, and urged
on the flagging body. On, on, over little
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hillock. rm lerp! utretcfc. of sanJ,
down new rarines gheran. mce she rnt
j her foot cruelly nfon a sharji rtone, and
reuienibere!, for the first tinie, that e!ie
I had on Ihc lik'ht worsted "tilipu-rs fhe
had worn in the house, and Jiad careless
ly neglected to exchange Jor walking
boots when she started dow to the creek
with her children. She eveB la'thought
herself that her loose house-dress was
scarcely the style of apparel in which she
should "like to present her 5f at the sta
tion, could she have her chtii', and in
the same breath sent up prayer of
thankfulness for its light weight, which
scarcely enctimtiered her moi ements.
With all the rest of her sifiscs dulled,
her hiiarinj; appeared to hjive Iwome
preternatural ly sharp. She seamed to bear
the clatter of the approaching train 12.
miles away. Tiie throb, thril, throb of
the engine kept peix: with her beating
heart. She heard the hoi low echoes from
the neighhoi inj; hills as the train crept
over embankments, its deafening clamor
as it rushed across trestle-w'itks, its dull
rumble as it ro'led over solid ground. She
even seemed to s-e l!ie engineer as he
laid bis hand on the escape valve, ready
to give the iron monster voice as it near-
ed the iiitle mountain towo, then the
w ill shriek of the escaping steam, the
ciangorofthe bell, the pun'tjjuiT, of the
train slackened sin e.!, the clatter of the
brakes, the jangle of tiie couplings.
Would she nevor reach the little red
rtation-hnuse. now i.lainlv in iight at the
end of the sMusith-graveled Viad ? Siie
was passing tb" po't.ulicc, wliere p -op'.e
idiy gazed at her. What matter ? II" only
there weie a horse wild buggy in sight, to
help her on her way ! If only- one of the
loungers would understand a.ud take up
tiie mission which her Seiit strength
seemed inadequate to fulfill ! But she
might not turn aside.
On t ie depot platform moro loungers,
, ,.. , r ,
jim among no'in, roiling a quia oi moac-
co in his cheek and talking earnestly if
the sUte of the weather and the prospect
..r ', Xl,.- oil 1..1... I
" 1
" ",. " , v"
past mem. Jim uuereu an expletive ;
indignation that must always possess a
-J o.iM r-iai:, i in iu..-o
' . .
mistress ihk-s sometiiir.g der.gatory to
,. .
tue dign tv of h3 "l.iimiv. '
The stat iiiii-inaster was l:i his olhce,
,, . . , , , , ,
laiaitig wi:n a geir.ie na.i w i.o i.mi come
down lroui tiie mouiitains, end was in !
waiting to take the train to the citv. He !
was clad iu a hnntirg suit, and was talk
ing with some excitement. ;
" It has rained uli the week," he was
saving; "you think it rains here in the
valley, but, great gnns ! you should be up
in the mountains in a rain storm. Sheets
and siieets uf it blizzards of sleet and
bail, and the wind blowing like a hurri
cane ; we broke cjmp yesterday ; I hsk
a bee-line down here ; the rest crossed
tlie hiils to the stat ion above. They'll lie
down on the 4 o'clock." 4-
Yoke and speaker wen1 faiSihr to the
woman who stood in tiie (ioorvv.'.v, loth
hands pressed to her panting breast. The
woisls came only t.. distinctly to her
quickened senses. T'nen Ii"' premoni
tions were true, and Tom T mi was on
that fa!, d train. Again her body reeled,
but her steady brain saved her.
"Stop the train ! The bridge is gone '."
she cried.
lljih iiica bsiked no. startled at the
words. With the pro.opt movement of a j
man trained to o'oey orders the ajent j
!eaie,l t his instrtr.nerit ; the other man, :
slower i i ciiiprehen i, came forward, the i
ek of amazement on his fo-e, as he
viewed the singular apparition in the
doorway, giving place to am'..-ed indul-gep.'-e,
sis he r-cogni.'.ed the speaker.
Wiiat an eccentric, impctiloiis gir! Kate
Mitchell al ways was. aud v. bra a life she
mu.-t lead Tom .Middiit .n!
' This is quite an unexpected j lcasur",
Mrs. Mid lict .ii.," he- said, smiling.
She waved him hack with a sinsrte im-
erioii
g-sMre. There was a brif silence.
The ojier.itor listened intently, with bis
hea l resting on bis l,.,nd. Kate Mel ile- j C1;c l'ate 1 t strike terror to the bebold
toti remaine I stmding in the doorway, j er
her hands clasjs'd low, her face blanched i "jTto.,k a little walk to-day," te
rn ith dread, nnd nil her son! absorbed in p;;e,i Kate, guiltily, trying to hide the
listening, Jat k Siiemvr, slow lv compre
hending the meaning of ihe scene, wait-
j el, his interest growing with every nio
t ment's delay.
j At last it came, the monofonnns click,
J click, conveying its po'tcntions. message
; in a language unknown to two of the !
1 three listeners. The operator arose from !
I bis chair. !
Just in time. Tne tram was uiutig
out if the : tat ion, but I bey s:op;s-d her." ; esciinale. as she mentally termed it.frdin jn,, ver t!ie ri,lg,, dear and firs mnd
Kat'; Middlelon c'.uN-hi-l at the disir- j her husband, siie would gladly have d. Hie ;n , i,'i de note, but a ideas,; nt thou"b
way. For the first tiu.e in l.er life her
head gave way. Sue was again on the j
swaying pyi-amore, going dow n. She
felt the water on her face and opened j
her eyes to find Jack S;-neer suprs-rting
lier tiead, and the station agent pouring t
i-e-col 1 wa'er over her. :
"Shell be all right in a minute," said j ly gaping cut in one si'.e.
Jack, cheerfully. "Now, Mrs. Middieton, j "No wonder you are not yourself to
with your permission, I'll see you home." ! night. A little walk ! I shonld say so
Siie Ian-rowel a fiat amt a cloak lrom
the station agent's wife. Jim n ught up j "I had on my slippers," confessed the j n,,.;ivred to throw false scents, and the
the horses. Jack Spencer banded her j culprit, "and there wasn't time to j brook and bramble, the hill and the hol
into the wagon, with grave cnurtesv, and change them. Bet it alone, Tom. It ii j (w were all impresse 1 in his service in
thev drove off. Some .f the lonrgers i
dimly understanding what she had done, I
looked on curiously. That was all. No
fuss, no formal tributes, ni nieedi mak
ing even from the two who understood. I
There was no deputation of strong men
to tender her public tribute, in voices
shaken bv sobs. Contrary to all tradi
tion, and unlike any heroine who ever I
saved a train from wreck, she was on the j
w rong Side of the bridge, and the people
most dee
y conceined were nine miles j
aa-v" j
he bad little to say on the ride hone- '
ward, although Jack
peneer was alien- j
f ive and talkative, and tritsl, as bard as
a man could, to show bis appreciation of
t i . j . .1 ,, t .
uer tiravc oeeo. lerusjis sue was em-
barrasst-d in the consciousness of her odd
attire, and the curious looks cost upon
her as she rode throngh the village,
Perhaps she was secretly ashamed of l.er
mad race, and of the exertional, nnwom-
anly, physical prowess that had made it
possible, notwithstanding the fact that
she bad saved many lives. She did not
even invite Jack to come in when she
reached her own door, bnt descended
from the wagon with great dignity, and
only relaxed a little when Jack said
very earnestly :
" I shall never underrate the value of
the physical tiainir.g fur women again,
Mrs. Middieton. Some day I shall beg
to pu my little daughter nnder your
tutelage."
Which was a great concession for Jack,
whose little daughter was the apple of
his eye, and whom he bad hitherto only
looked forward U making an accomplish
ed woman, of elegant manners.
Neither honor nor praise awaited Kate
iu her own home. 15r:d-et scolded her,
and put her to he I, and declared that she
" wud surely catch her death a-cold, an'
she deservwl it well," and tried to save
her from the consequences of lier mis
deeds at the same time. Of the children
Harry stubbornly res"n,ted her base de
sertion of them on the bank of the raging
stream, and Marian, with her mother's
spirit of adventure strong upon her, ter
riiied the kotisWjoid by avowing her in
tention of going across the water on a
tree the first time she could escape paren
tal ant lenity.
The mother bad her reward, i:everthe
less. Jjte that night, when the children
were csleep and JSridget had relaxed
guard, Kate e aK-! from lied, and don-
j ning a rap!er and shawl, laid herself
j down ujxmi tiie lounge l)efore the open
j fire, to enjoy scanning the daily paper,
j The rain fell steadily without, so steadily
j that the sound ot'a horse's hoofs comi.ig
up the sodden driveway was scarcely d:s-
j tinguishable from the patter of the rain j
j dros. Kate started up as she heard a
I step outside the door ; another moment
j a,K' T"" l, f,r looking very
! "A, like a newly watetUlized gh.M.
" Tom ?" she cried, sharply, and then
she seemed to cower before him ; yet not
before him, but tiie horror of the after
noon, which again descended upon her
nnd took posrssion of her. Tom her, hus
band, might have been one of that griz
zly throng of mangled, crushed, dead
and dying phantoms of the. might-have-been,
ever torturing her mental vision.
thi lir h. '.1j o'..r I..- tt'uC
1 .... ... ... '
if tnev might bar out the sight.
" Oh, you ought not : you neversiio'ild
do such a thing." shes'iid.
After all, she had nerve's, and they had
! been sorely tried that day
" What do
vou mean? gravelv de
manded T'ith. This was indeed a sorry
' You sho'iln't have come home in this
, ,',i. !
' unexpected war; von shorn d let tieople
i , , ' .
! know w hen vo-.i are chiming,
,. '., .
Kate, saij To:u, soleinrov, seating
. . r . , ' .
! himself on the sofa and drawing her
dow:i Inside him, '-you will speak diHer
ently when you know how near I came
I to not coming home all ; I have traveled
twelve miles on horseback over a rough
iiioiii)i,iiii rued to get here to-night. We
were notified that the bridge three miles
below there six miles ahove here, Kate
j had been carried a ay."
" How did. you iin.I out?" Kate waa
herself again. There was a little twinkle
in her eyes, but her lip trembled.
" As to that," replied T en, " roports are
somew hat vague. But all accounts agree
it was a woman. And she did wonder
ful things. The bridge-tenders wile I
! believe. Floated down stream on a tim
ber, ftorii'.bo.ly s.tid. started, all drip
ping for the st.Viou, and got tiiere in an
unc'inscionahiy snort time. Not a min
M to spare. If it iia lo t be. n for her '.
oh, it was a wonderful feat, everybody
tays."
" l!.:t iiow very unladylike ! " said
K it.', in a choke ! voice, stooping to pit k
up something fr.cn the floor.
" ("n'a'iyiik" '. " rr'u- Tom, excitedly.
"I toil you, Kate, that was sometime.'
worth whiie. Very diifcren! from your
lawn t n MS practice. When a woman
puts her strep;
to s'nh a us and
mast have ln-en liv
! such a s'rain us
Jove! Why, Kuie, I doubt if you could j
I do so mu ll as walk t town and back.
' B it wh'-n & woman ?.iv two or three
hundred lives at one s;r,,ki. ; Jy goo l
; ness, Kate! What have you lieen doing
' to your foot ? "'
1 For Mrs. Middieton had nncunscioiis
j ly pushed the wounded foot into sight,
and its load of ban lag's", piled np bv
jjril t !J , jiuB.rs, and finisfwl
I with a red flannel swathing, was mdeed
foot again beneath the hem of her oress.
j " But d m't let us talk about thst, Tom.
; I'm sorry I urine 1 queer and cold when
' you came in. I wasn't feeling weli, and
: you you hx-kesi so. it made me siiiv
er." Like many eop'e who arj dauntless
in the presence of real danger, Kate had
ail her life ls-eii hy of praise. If s'rfi
, coil 1 bave k-ot tne kaiw.elg of l.er
it. But. stupid as he was in some ways,
obtuse as he was, be was not lo be put 1
o.T in this way. He was aiready on Ins j
knees ln-side her, culling threads, remov-
ing pins and undoing cloths, in spite f
her protest .until he disclosed a little
fart, purple with broises and with an ug !
Jvaie, w uai nave ou ir-u uj. io uo . ,
be all right to-morrow."
"A little walk V persisted Torn. "Gnat j
C evar, K ate, you are not to be trusted
! alone any more than a tw o-year-old babe;
I'll never dare to go off and leave you i
again.
"I! I hiden't taken my little walk, yon
-you-you mightn't have had thechanwl"
cried p sir Kite, cornered at last
Mt .,u! C,M To:n- a ..
dawn
ing noon bim at last. "It was you T
.j tl);nk he f..j t;.e lame, braised
foot. I am afraid be did a great many
fxilisli things and humbled himself most
laineuUbly to show his
love for his !
brave young w ife, bis pride in her. and
his contrition.
There was a purse made np by the pas
seng. r on the overland train that fate- i
fuldav.to reward the plucky womsn j By and by he noticed that on
who bad saved them from saeb a fright- I moonlight and starlight nights hi cm
fill disaster, but thev were never able ta j eregation was made up of women only,
find her out. The station master an 1 ; Finally be a'fc-d the reason of this. A
Jack Spencer kept their secret we!!. Tiie ' sister aros anJ 8ai'i :
onlv subs.-rinli..n that ever reached its
destination was Tom Middieton's. His
wife soii.etiras wears a very nglv brace- j
let set with a couple of very Urge an.l j
pon.jeruus ffwi coins, nen people r - . mu-jj.umi, w, mn-i ttncini" lie Jluilo: there your hr.toerf
question ber about it she replies that it the nieeting-hoose joining heartily in the : er of IlaUtead street.-.'.. AV cutter. What's beg. ng lo na i.e w
is a medal Tom one awarded ber for a j proceedings. The pastor remonilrat, -! ; She-"WeiI, he thinks of n-.mi? h-r
race she won. It is generally understood I with them publicly. I Catarrh orig. nates in scrifi;!ocs taint, after Uie fsik, 1-3i siie ma'aea "Kb
that she refers to some rowing match or; "While yon have been idling after j Ibjod's Sarsapariiht puritks the bWJ, I boavy rolla, yon kaow." iTw-i Xj--horseback
ride. There are boata on the coons," said he, "there may Lave Uea and thus permanently cures catarrh. yjun.
t ,i .! ..!
v Tj
-.ii. Jj A (Oij
pond now, saddle horses in Tom's stable,
and a tennis-court on the lawn. But
even as she answers Kate sees again the
railroad train, with its preciom living
freight, thundering on to destruction, an.l
a woman bare headed, wild-eyed, with
draggled dress and bleelins feet,
racing desperately ai ns a rough country,
in a mad fctfort to avert the imnemling
j danger. The .-I . ;.;,
'Purgatory Bullets.'
An excited Irishman lately rushed into
a Boston drug store, having a 'broken
tip" appearance generally. '-Bo jabbers !"
be yelled, "I'm all wroni; e'ltoirvly. I
want some shtuft to straighten me out.
Some o' thhn 'I'urgat ry Bullets' will 6x
me, I'm thinkin'. What d'ye tax for
thim"? '"What do you mean'"? asked the I
cleik. "l' irg it )ry I'.uliets,' sr-r. or some-
thin' loike that, they cad thim, replied!
the uian. "Shjre, I'm in purgatory al-
ready, with headache, and liver com- (
plaint, and bad stomache, am! tiie divil i
knows what all." The clerk passed oiu a
vial of Dr. Tierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, and Pat went o:f contente I.
These little Pellets cure all derangements
of liver, stomache and bowels. Sugar-coated,
little larger than mustard seeds, an.l
pleasant to take. Druggists
r.nnn fecr. rr, And Thfiiria,"lh;rl!:1-'i,'',r''',,'rtl'i'''1 easy task
vi.,
i a j .
Among the animals w hich may le slid
to have become exli ict is thecism dog ot
our fathers. He was of no particular
strain of bhsxl, but be nr.ite.l the keen
H-etit of the ibfrheiin I with the intelli
jfence of the shepherd d'-g. and the ten-
nrifv of tl.e tin'' doi Willi the st1l!th (if
the punllier. vv i-n less m compiisiiments
than these he n
ht have been good on a
fox or deer trail ; the lowing herd would brings forth her litter only once in two
have probably Ix-en safe in his keeping : ; years, and from the coming of the litter
he might have been a'ole to hold his own j to the arrival of another she and her
in a fight, or have stood an excellent j young are never separated. She keeps
haiee of suci'eding as a sheep stealer, j her little family together until they are
but he couldn't have been a c on dog. j two years "Id, and in protecting them
I"or your coon is a tricky customer, and ! w ill light the attacking dog or hunter
crammi-I with patience. Moreover, lie j until she dies. Many a good coon dg
h aves behind him the coldest, most i has been forced to retreat liel'ore the fury
scentless trail of any animal that runs. ! of a -she-coon fighting for l.er young, and
lie leads you through taiiglsl swami if she is captured the whole family fall
and deep, stony hollows. He crosses and : victims to the hunter,
m-rosses swift running streams, lb: j Whi!e the fema'e coon is s-,-ia! and do
frisks along the top of rough stone walls . Im,s.; tI)a;e is ti,e ii- :
as silent and swift as a shadow. He ..top i
w ,tii i ii a dozf-n feet of some convenient
wali, clears the intervening stice at a
lyiun. I, strikes a tree and glides up the
longest limb, runs to its extremity, and
leaps a '1uzn feet Iwyond it to the ground
again, breaking bis trail abruptly on one
side and beginning it as confusedly on
the ether. He invents tactics fur emer
gencies, and brings to every considera
tion of his welfare and that of his family
a large and level head. He plays his
cards well and the dog that would lieat
him must needs hold both bowers and
ace, with strong cards to back them.
These the coon dogs of our fathers alwavs
had. "' " ' "'"
There were, twenty-five yearn ago, the j patches and feasts on the fruit,
still hunting coon dog and the coon dog j When the milk comes in thecorn is the
who let you know at every stp that he j coon's gala time, for he loves the tender
was getting there. There was mixed up j s undent grains, as a farmer knows to his
with the methods of the still hunter an ! sorrow, and great are the ri-ks he will
element of greater i-ertainty that you i take to forage in the fields. It is not nn
woiild get yonr coon than there was with j til the berries are gone and thecorn
the more melodious system of the dog ' grow n tough in the ear that the coon be-
that mouthed his presence in the shadow y
chase; but thestyle of the latter rest more
tingle into your blood and buo.ed you
up w th sweet r exjectancy. There was
something weird and uncannv in al! the
turnings and windings of the former
through the gloomy woods at night. lie
crept among tangled woods and deep ra-
vines, climbed abrupt knolls and worked
his seriier.tine ways down into deep hoi-
lows, turning, doubting, shifting, cross- j w ho write b ks, is that he never touch
ing and recr.issing his track, like the es foce! until he has quaffed at some
iabyrinthe crossing of a ship's capricious spring or brook, even if be is compelled
course, silent as the night around him, j to go far to find it. '1.1 cis.n hunters say
stealthy as the twilight shadow. His verv j that the coon di; every mouthful of bis
silence brought him to the priz. As the food into water before eating it, but, like
trail of the unsuspecting coon Iss-irue
warmer, the noiseless prtrs.jer became
still more cautious until the game was in
' .v.. . .1 1 .. I 1 :. I:.. ..
stgiii; vueit lie rusue.i upon ii iiae an j
a.alancbe, and the pent up music of his !
soul went forth in one fearful iiowl of tri-
uiiii.h. and the surprised and fri-'htened 1
coon knew that bis nights were mini-
It was didcrent with the iog tliat gave
tongue as he hunted. He made music in
tiie night not the silvery treble of the
fox hound, foating down from the bills
on the frosty air, and drawn out in sweet
cadenza by every willing eeiio, nor yet
the mellow ba- of the Jeerhoun 1 tj
-n-!
staccato i ng of bis own .half bark half i
t,jV a cheerful mingling of mehsiy with
business. The having coon dog always
na.j a better me than bis noin less broth- i
er Aa, ne needed to have. Tne co-m
never knew when tiie silent do was on i
bis tra.-k au I c ms.-pieatlv di I n t bring j
ito his protection the many wiles and
j stratagems that be at once resor'ed to
j w hen the crv of the other dog ranir out
oa tne trul. It was then that fie m
his rac-e for life, and it was then that tine
baying coon do of onr fathers cam; out j
strong. Step by step ha unravelc 1 the i
Ungled and well bidden scent, constant- I
)y sounding his wild challenge to the i
I coon to do his U-st, until the hunted an-
iinal's repertory of wiles was exhausted. !
and, ac-(i.ting the inevitable, heclim'ssl j
a tree. When the d'g found he had I
i brought the coon to this, bis musical bay
i caange i t a Ion 1 quick bark, the signal
! to the hunter following on behin I t.'iat
; the coon was treed.
'nee in tiie rare old days of nsn hunt-
ing a new preacher was settled in a hack
w.xis uisirici oi i lae coariiy, iiiinoia.
He was mA wise in the way of the woods.
Kar!v in bis first autumn on bis charge
8"-! ' prr.ie.. u,eing ;
11 " tI,e cx'hin s be.te n tis m
ths cJark ,,"J"n' I-"''"'"- ;
m'm the men'il j'W j
v.g'ii. when tbi "m(n darke-l" j
toe nns rrren were a.i in i.ip r mace in
cl
WHOLE XO. 1058.
those in this district who do not hnnt
coons, and whom you night bave led
here and saved their souls."
Ivaeon Brown rxse up in tie nieetinj;
and said :
"Itominie, if the any one in thisdees
tric' ez don't bunt coons bis soul hain't
wuth savin'."
Coon h'inting as a pastime ent out nf
fishion
itb tiie wtr, and the old race of
trained coon dogs gradual'v became ex
tinct. Why the coon has come to lie de
spised by the sportsmen in these days is
one of those thing about which the re
mark has once or twice been made that
no fellow can find out. lie is as cunning
and as cute as the fox and more dillicult
'o ii. oi. iiu i , luoiro.er, oi'.- eieaiie ui i
.. .....i ii..;., ... .i.,. i .
animals and ets only the most whole-
some food. He should net lie despised
surely Ui-ause be ran le banted only at
night, for in threiding the woods in the
d arkness, following dogs th it you can- I The i'hicairo anart hists can mtet and
not see, and whose bavin aione breaks gab. The court have decided tint the
the stillness, there is a most singnlar en- I police cannot prevent the Arheiter Bund
ehantment. I from assembling, and th" courts are re.-ht.
Kven where coons are mist abundant, j This is a free country, eTery!ody can
nine out of every ten of the pr.-se.nt gen- nieet, and eery!ly cm talk. But if
eration never see one. an 1 few people j talk baa a special and direct relation to
know anything alsnit them or their ha!- criminal acts that follow it, that is a dif
its. Although the coon ).refere the vi- I erent thing. It becomes apart of the
cniity of civilization as ;ts habitat, be
penis to keep aloof fr.ni tiieeyt-s of men
' I'J ''a.v l'" n close out-of the-war re-
treats, in the deptii of hollow frees or iso-
lated crevices and hole in the rocks. He
wanders forth only at nighf.and although
bis foraging expeditions may bring him
to the very doors of t fie farmer, and even
within the boundary lines of villag-s, he
never betrays his presence. If more than
one coon is brought to l av iu a tree thev
i will tie inrariatny tenia
s or a mother
coon with her offspring. The female
surly and solitary, ranges entirely alone,
and gives no care or attention to family
matters. If two males meet in the woods
or fields they fight furiously and not in
frequently todett'u. The male makes his
range for forage much wider than the fe
male does, and having no on- to look af
ter but himself, more frequently escapes
the h'tnter. Ii spring and summer the
margin of brooks and pen. la and the soft
mod in swamps and bays are thickly in
dented with the graceful f l otprints of the
coon, for in these months he spends his
nights in catching frogs, fish, lizards,
gubs and piusstds, which are then his
chief subsistence. later on he ranges
j among the hn kelberrv and blackberry
irius to I.Hik ahsiut for bis w inter stores.
These be lays up jdentlfiily from the
beaclinut, i hestnuf and acc rn cnips, and
on these crrijes depends tl.e bunting of
tne csin wiien he is at his best. During
the nutting season he is fat, solid and
j w ide awake, providing there are plentr
of nuts, tine eculiaritv of the coon,
which like most of his peculiarities, ha
! tw-aped the attention of the naturalists
ali old hunters, old coon hunters say a
great many things that would bother
them to prove. .' inf.r Inl"trinl J',ir-
-w .
It Was a Class Eye.
J Just as the eclipse begun yesterday f-
j tcrnoon a nmals r of peophi on Madison
an I t lark streets stoje'l und vainly at-
. tempted to I s'k the sun in tl.e face. Sev-
eral expressed aland their wish for a
smo ted glass through which to observe
j the rare event. A little red headed man,
j clad in a blanket overcoat and a villain
ous expression of cmnteiiaiice, stepped
up.
"S n ike 1 g'as"s." he sneered. "AH
y,,: have to
(to is to cover ip one eye
wr.h vo-ir hand and Iv.k at tiie sun with
. i ...
i "-----.'.'.
i 'i;e mm u-.t-l it. i-ne .Kk, lasting
lo it a s-jnd, w.l en mgh for bim. lie
was saiisiied it c "il.ln't be done ; lie turn-
v ' l ''lc' 'ti'" r ' '"'adel stranger and j
sail
'T il bet y m " y.
at the sun whiie I
' I'll go yo'j : 1,1 ik
l can't look straight '
.tint tweritv." j
it a teno'-r, was the I
reply, as he prodiiced a wa 1 of national
olu'gati ms. J. lie tuouev was put up in i
the hands of a Ly -Under, and the red i
lie
id'.sl man covered his ieiteve with his ,
hand and exposed the rigiit to the full
Sare of ti,e sun.
-one. two, three, four" counted his on-
nonent, and the fears began to run down
the fan
of the gaser. which rendered his '
already viil.iin.eu ficia! ext-si'n viler
slili.
going
B it it was apj.arcnl t lat be was
to w in Ins Is-;, and thei.ther feiiow
saw it. He st p;
to chat w itii alio
. si c ,anti:i .111 1 begta
her Mrang"r.
:;! vour conn'," vciie-i tiie
j little man as the !.-i:rsr,:io rel each oth-
j er rahi-llv down his cheek. j
i -V,. '. r., i ... '..- fi
hit ; m no sueaer, and
t-re s jjiem.
I of time leteen noor and sun-et to count
the rest of that twenty. h. vu thought 1
,r!, wre ,mArt ,1;,'n , y() ?-
H-re he rea- he, out br the two lrt j
1 bios while th- I'l-ie run .1 .n,.e,l an.l i
1 swore, still
desperately keeping bi eye '
; on toe sui.
"Bat you can take vour blamed old !
2iaB ,.,-e to another corner.
I w aa on to
you from the word go."
The little mart wa last sten trying to
work (hp ,H!11 , (au...t with t t;nie limi,
.. i ..i i
Webster's Blue Suit.
I'aniel Welistrr went to college in a
home spun suit, of which probably every
thread was carded, spun and woven by
his mother's hand from the wool of their
own sheep. It was a dyed iu the-ws.1
suit, and tiie color was indigo blue, the
old New England color. In the Smith it
is butter-nut, but though our Yankee
grandmothers and great great grandinotti-
I ers knew all about what butter-out bark
would do, an 1 the sabt'.a powr for s'.alo
! color that lav In sumach berries and baric
of whit, maple, and various dys tbet
root and flower, bark and leaf ;-u! 1 b
made to yield, through tbs)Sg-nry of
vitrol and copperas to-sef theru fist, tbe
universal stand-by was the blue pot par
excellence th. "dye-pot" that st od in
th. chimney corner of every. k!tchn
worth namir.a. S- Webster was fitted
ou! in indigo blue frvn ciar to an'clo
unlei-oroing for bi swart skin and set
i oif-handan ! st.pho:n..rit t-j, h
inz Hanover thers came one of those
drenching rains, which like the S-ot:,s!i
mists, wet a man U tbo skin. The suit
hel l its own i for has not in l:g- Lino
ben "warranteil fast" since first indigo,
! s heard of?i but it had parte.l with
enough, so that Daniel, U. was dyed
blue from head to foot.
Daniel Webster had a liberal stratum
of sentiment in bis make up, and for
some reason this color of his young man
hood became his favorite wear through
life. He wore blue cts to his dying
dav. If anvone ever saw him in a dif-
I ferent one the fact has not been put on
I record. He' A'nib.
Let Them Cabbie as of Oid.
j act, and shann its criminality. U't thu
anarchists talk, but watch them, and
snatch theiu quicker than lightning if
they conspire to break the law. The
j chan.va are that they won't. They hav
j wen the law hang murderers, ar.d the
will likely take it out in talking.
Vu- Y;.-k ..
Shall Women Be allowed to
Vote?
The qm-stion of female suffrage has
agitated the tongues and pens of r-fonn-ers
for many years, and good argumen's
have Is-en adduivd for and against it.
Many of the softer sex could vote inti Ih
gently, and many would ofeas their hus
bands did, anil give no thought tithe
merits of a (siiitical issue. They wouM
all vote for Dr. Pier -e's Favorite Pracrip
tion, for they know it is a tV-i n to ' eir
sex. It is unequalled for the cur ' of
leainrr'nea, abnormal discharges, iii 'rn
ing sickness, and the countless ills to
which women are subject. It is the only
remedy for woman's peculiar weakness, s
and ailments, soi l by dr iggists, und r a
pitive guarantee frem the maiuHai tur
ers, that it will give satisfaction in every
case, or money will lie refunded. See
guarantee on w rapper around bottle.
Looking Ahead.
"Yoa must lie very fond of n.e," she
murmured as she leaned her golden head
against his tricot vest.
"What make you think so?" be asked
in tones of tenderness. ;
"Because you have only known ni a
week, and yet my little brother snys
that he has seen you hanging around
our house every day since we became
acquainted. Such ardor, I am afraid,
will not tilsT.
"Shall I tell you why I bave been
hanging an. und yonr bouse during the
day ?"he asked.. is be pn-SHed the tiny
hand which nestled so lovingly and so
confidently in bis own.
"Tell me."
"I a:n trying to g't acquainted with the
dog." B''t n Cirrfr.
In the Music Room Sunday.
Mani l a at the pianno Now, iieor
gie, what shall we sins? .Something f..r
Sun l iv, you know?
Ge ir.'ie after thought la-' 's, sing,
"Shall We io tt Swimming?"
I Maunia Why, torg!e, there's n
I such hymn as that.
fiert.e I guew. mamma.
Shall We liather at the Kivt
be
tii-ans,
-....
Smoke a Disinfectant.
In.l''iri fiaitr SVv.
We relerresl some time since to the re
vival of tl.e opinion that tobacco smoke
is disinfectant. This was the old im
pression, which scientific men, :iftsrs..i.
investigation, deei le 1 ti be entirely fa".
But this is ai age of revivals, and science
is beginitig to find that it has sometimes
spiiken in haste. TLisaeeins to Is. t!i
cae with th" "super-tition" aVuif the
posession by tobacis, m ke of disinfect
ing power. There is a basis of scientif
ic fact which tends to bwir out that claim.
Some scientific and medical journals have
lately published an arco'int of soiif ex
periments by .llr. V. Tassinari. which
were devised in .order to put the 'j'ies
tion to a further and decisive 'est.
Smoke from a cigar or cigin-'te
WHS
drawn over a pi-ce of lin-m
hi 1
be'n diprtel into a ihi.d contaii
numbers of niicnib".
v hen the cigar was finish" ! the
li:i-
i . , . . .
n W'AA at finis, njr. I o a In' I'nn i i.
en was at on'-e pi
:ng a ii q-iid in which some g r in cm,:
breed and multiply. Th" :
was repeated with a nmn'ier
of
ent micro-organisun, iii.-hj iing t.ioe if
cholera, anthrax, and pneumonia, ari l
of course, check experiments were also
made in which the s-noking wis omitted.
ln everj case llie eil.-t of ti" smoke mi
greatly to delay the growth of th orgin
is'iis. and in :ne iisftnees it was en-
tireiy prevented. It thus ap;ers that
tobat smoke is as faUl to th
scopic forms of life ai it is to the small
inse-t plague which mfet our grH-n-
i"lwv l,irlt- .The author pp.ses t.
f""ow aI investigat
'alioris :u tie' horf
,ilnt Pt ' to
i wnicn us gruiicn:ai trois-rtv m . iu 21..1
so of possitdy a-l ling a new dii!,fe 'aiIt
to the long list of ttiose we have.
Again the Cigarette.
His
Satanic
majesty nt m'k ing s
r"ran;l"' ,Jre""'' """'"
hr l b? ,he V 'f the
TrwUr.
A
What's no. your stupendous high-
news?" queried the scrib-.
" Nothing particular. I a"" rivi bave
g-'t a rraze on earth fl.r lb-homing rat'le.
1 Mm f0"1 P "P witM the pfe-
!" if I del.rfD every imo i.1
j .
so, vour nui'-stv. You're r,o
medhrvsl devil ; you're a nin. teen.'it cen
tury fiend."
" You bet. I'm abreast of the earrwt
I cwednesa of the day, Ifc.n"t yon see
I'm smoking a cigarette -
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