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TFIE , CIIIJRCH OF s THE WORLD.,
[Titi We'r‘ written many years
sgo by Richer Moncktcm Milnes, now, Lord
floughtott, b;ie,• ben qpiterecently travel
ing the'United Stat ue ,'etiou,gh; they
gave great . offentie 'to Some' cif the dignitaries of
the Established Church in England, and one of
the consequences was. that they do not appear
in the later edition of his works: The` copy.
irom which, we print was furnished by Lord
IloUghton himself, to a friend who had once
read the lines,and had tried in vain to find them
in print. He has kindly allowed us to place
them befbre our readers. Are ithere any church
dignitaries or chnrch-gaers[in , this country
whom these verses _ offendln ,_ o
• .
'l i
I stood one Sunday mo rning
Befcre a large 'church , door ;
,Theconkregation gathered` ,
- [ And carriages a score. • - •
From oneout steppcd'a laky •
I oft had seen before.
Her band was on aprayer-book, '
And held a vinaigrette.; •••
The sign of man's redmptieti
Clear on the hook was set,
Above the cross them glistehed
A golded coronetl
For her the obsequious beadle
The inner door flung wide.
Lihtly, as up a
Her' .
. footstep% seeded-to glide;
There might be good t, oughts in her,
For all her evil Pride
But after her a woman
Peeped wistfully within, ,
On whose wan face was graven •
Life's hardest '
The trace- of the sad, triUity
Of weakness, pain 'and sin.
The few free seats we crowded
Where She could restnd pray.
With her worn gab contrasted
Each side inTair-may. 1
"God's house holds no poor sinners,"
She sighed, and, walked away.
1
Old Hni
eathendos vast temples
Hold men of every statel
The steps of far Benares
Commingle small and great ; •
The'dome of Saint Sophia ' '
ConfoUnds all budan state ;
The aisles ot blessed Peter j
Are open all'the year ;
Throughout wide Christian Eumpe
The Christian's right.is clear
To use God's house in freedgm,
Each man the other's peer,
Save only in. tbat England
Where this disgrace I saw
England.- where no one crouches
' In Tyranny's base awe- -
England, where all are equal
Beneath the eye of 'Law.
Yet there, too, each cathedral
Contrasts its amplelroom ; 4
No weary beggar resting.
Within the holy gloom ;
No earnest student musing
Beside the famous tomb.
Who shall remove this evil.
That desecrates our aze—
A scandal great as ever.
Iconoclastic rage ,
Who to this Christian people
Restore their heritage,?:
—Ha par's Magazine for 4prt2.
LOVE - A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.;
rp3E MOTHERS of the Revolution
• I placed their own herbic stamp•upon
the actors in that- mighty drama. . If we
starch the early lives of thoselwho plan=
tied and achieted our independence, we
fitni, in altnnst every case, the , pre-etni
' bent infiw.nce of a mother's heart r
And InothPr's hearts in thosefdave were
..
run in the antique mould. A Connecti
cut! matron sent forth her pons 'To battle,
the youngest but fourteen years of age.
Presently he returned, as he could find
no musket. "Go back, my son, cried the
_ American mother'; "go into battle and
take a gun from the enemy."
"Alick," said Mrs. Haynes, cf North
Caniltna, 'as - she eqtiipped her son, tr mere
boy, for the battle of the Rocks Mount
—"Alick, now fight like a.man. Don't
be a coward r . • -
(lat after the bloody fight at, Hanging
It ~ ek, the venerable Mrs. Caston wo told
that three of her sons were deadim the.
livid. "Peeve
,for their loss, but they
could not h ye dird in cause,"
cause,
she caltnly r plied. Her grandsons were
about her k ees otral she would .not shed
a te,tr. The battle of Kink's Miuntain
caused Corn allis to retreat in fear tow
ard Camden Ors the:oath tie -shipped
a eight on WilSon's plantation 2 near.
St. el Creek. The Earl and the brutal
' .Tarletun entered the . house ; and, finding.
Mire. • Wilson alone, and asked ;for het
Ltaiii3.. flosband and sons were with
Sumter. Cornwallis .e,ndsavered, 'by
briliant promises, to, Win the good -wo
man's influence fji the"king.. He told
ih r that he had juste captured her bus.
hand and : eldest son ((which was ~to true)
and that if she would 'bring ; her family
to the royal servioe,her loved.ones should
b. liberated, and every man promoted to
rink ant' power. "Sir,". said lthis "mother
4 mighty race," 0 1 . have seven. sons now
iii , aring arms ; my seventh son, .who was
oitly fifteen years of age, i
,sent yesterpay
lo join his brother's in Sumter's army:h-
N iw. sir ' _sooner than see one of my sons
lath back from this glortous work. I
tv()ohl take these boys (and , she Pointed
l , three or ° four little sons) and enliit
with them myself under Sumter's • ban
lipr. and show, my husband and sons how
to tight, and,. if necessary, to die : for
th-tr country I" ~ •• ~, r ,
" 3 ring bim i in,'+'fsaid another, as •ber
nay soh was brought dead front the baV.
:.ilk'.; .a '4 :.:
,
tle*ta Whor. oor. . The, sbattered form
was laid before her. See no wound"
=and she looked steadily into , the
' still' face --- "I see oiiiya. elokifiett 'BOW'
.• John McClure, tbe noblest of sons upa
of :. soldiers; fell at hanging Rock: < 'Borne
to 11 . is mother's
,house, the Men' would
lia*buried him as he was, for the_patri-
Ottdiverelleeing in every direction. "No,"
said the.dauntless woman, standitigby'
the corpse l. "bury him decefitly ; for the
seitint.s of Satan are bound, like their
master, and can go only the length of
their. chain. . . .
Such women
_make noble daughters, as
ivelrits eons, and we find the men of the
Revolution Mated with 'eqtfil souls.—
Whed•Burgoyne adieanced upon Sarato
ga, the whole population fled from his
line of march. But the wife of General
§chnyler, accordpanied by' only one Ser.
vatit; Set ()tit in a carriage for her bui
latid's mansion at Saratego, determined
to save some valuable-things before the
British could arrive. Known ,and beloved
through , all that country, the terrified
people flocked around the carriage, Clung
to the:Wheels and borkei,and., besought
her to turn,back - . She urn Old" not listen.
They told her'the story of June McCrea.
"Drive-on;' ,. .she said to her servant ;
`!the General's wife muse not be atraif l .7
'Cwsar!s wife Mist be'above suspicion.,
"Go !" cried a Carolina Wife, as her
husband'stotia; in the AdorWay - loading
his musket,while the boOm of Cornwallis'
cannon came over the hills from Gull , .
ford ;' would :rather: you Should. die
upon .thefield than hp in my ~arms at a.
time likd -
The .loving, wifely. devotiOn of such
women; .these- was an inealculatile
eletnant in The final success of the Amer. ,
*an - arinies, , When the British were
daily expected, at New York, and, the
Connecticut and Jersey militarymen were
hesitating leave their rich 'crops to
spoil, and their col sequedt suffering, the
,wives of the farMers - urged them to the
defenie,and carried on the whole work in
the fields w,itii their own hands. In the
sumnier of ,1870,,when every able bodied
man was needed to defend the Carolinas
against the. inroads of: Cornwallis, eleven
young' women at Fishing Creek, every
,orie of whom had a lover and a brother
bearing arms, fortned,a reaping , associa
tion, and gatherod" not 'only their own
crops, but those of every pladtation in
'the district *hose master Was - fighting
rfor their country. just after the battle of
King's Mountain William White rode up
to his farm, fresh from' the bloody fray ; ;
and, Ilite in g his wife and
_sisters attempt-
Aw wteat in the
.field,- stopped
justlong enough to . show them "the cast
of the hand," and 'darted off again - to
join.thenatriotic army. ,
The famous Tory, Colonel Ferguson,
\ dresied in a new and dashing udiform
which Cornwallis had given him, rode
up to his - brother's house, and Was en
deavoiink to win him to the royal cause.
“See how\ the noble Earl has treated me,"
lie urged ; "looki at my rank and my
clothes. It may be,. I shall . be made - a
lord, and how" wouldl feel to hear-it said
my brother was a rebel His last
,word brought the sturdy young • wife to
the door. "I am a rebel r' she cried
brothers are all rebels, - and the little atig
Trip is a rebel, too ! I would rather see
you with a sheep on your:., back ,than
tricked.ont Hi all those fin e.clothes
Rebel and'be free, 'that is. my , MottO !"
Then she turned to her husband, whose
patriotism was beginning to waver.—
"Now, Samuel, in the presence of the
whole British army, I tell you. if you go
-with them, you may stay with them, for
ram 'no longer your wile i' And Sam
uel'was a firm-patriot after that. \
To battle and to
,prison did many of
these noble wives follow their husbands
—women who, unlike Captain Moli,
were pure and irreproachoble in, eharac:-
ter. \ • ' • "
On that terrible march to 11,uebee,
through six hundred miles of savage wil
derriess,Awo men in Arnold's 'army were
accompanied by their wives. One of
thofie women was the wife of a private
Soldier, and very beautifnl .and vivacious.
When the expedition had, reached the
Chaudiere, with the loss of half its force'
`- - r-perialied in the Wilderness,or sticcunih.;
ed to the 'temptations of the sway—this
young creature still marched:beside her
husband, and cheered him on by her
love and pluck: . At last he. sank in the
great march, and declared 'he could, go
no farther—le must'die. llis.wife knelt
by his \side, and pleaded for another ef
fort. , Aroused by her tears and passion
ate love, > the soldier , staggered \ on, sup
ported by the faithful woman for many
days. The army.was far in advance, but
the wilderness had no terrors which could
conquer a woman's love. At length the
poor man fell for 'the last 'time. She
watched beside hid' till the dear life fled;
then alone thrOugh the deeii wilderness
she pushed her way ; and, after several
weeks, Mrs. Warner brought her' tins
band's arms into the camp before Que.
The Moat devdted'and'resolute of wiYeli
was Barak, *Calla, of Smith
Her' hriaband had Nien'- in every-engage.
meat with the enemy in that bloody
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TR , ,
MONOSE, PA_ APRIL . 19 18'6•'
~ r ~.. t,i
ti I
.
year
.Of 1.780, :until --on tire evening:of
Auguit 17, be left- the camp for a :visit to
his. &Oily.: ,On the.. way- he-was Capttired
and taken to Camden, where. Lord - Rai.-
don dOotned.himito the gatiols; • -Day,'af
,l
ter,day, the : young:wife wait 4 in dreadful
suspense for the. corning. o , hiS feet. • :At
last she set out: alone:. to ;torch fort her
missing!lord. She. went 4 :the sceneshf
it
Sumter and Steel's 'Burp iges,' and in--
quired - 0 all whom she m ton the road,
which was 'thronged with fugitives seek
ing - safety - in the •upper !country. No
trace4ifi - the loved one could she discovEr.
At laSt she determined to . i i 0, . to. Camden,
hopinktO _hear of him through his pris
oners in the British pens. IShe mounted
ateetliorge,lttid, Jellying !home soonaf
ter.inidnight, reached, Gunder' in:twelve
hours:, . ,' Woman's courage,[ once aroused;
stops at. nothing.: She delianded 'to . see
Lord . Raidon. The cbrimander's:aid,
Mr. Doile; a.kiud .hearted lotricer,•led her
to the 'earl'S presence. ' Slit scanned his
face - With keen, anxiOuieyOs, for 80 much
depended on the characters of this young
man. i He was for and, pl4asant-looking.
and Alio sorrowing '.wife ~ at, once poured
out her . heart. tuniultuOulY, - . telling .all
her fear's, her deep grief,. and sad condi
tion- Or her little ones' at
. 'honie- 7 -all lArd
before 'hini' - with - the eloquence -of Ills-.
tressed; wife and Muthers. Then she' fixed
:on: tbei - officer her_eyes filled With the
- pleading tears. Lord, Ra*don:'O answer
'was'quiCk i - "I would- rather hang ''the.
11--:-'--d! rebels than eat my breakfast 1 ,7
Her tieryteart sprang tol her . lip?, arid
her eis,.no'•longer dim with: grief, greiv
bright !with geom.::: l'ilrobld ..you . ?" . .she.
eried:;lbift love quickly !taught her • to.
bear, irk well as to do, and she ' humbly
:Pleaded,lbeg of you: to.llet line see my
huShatid . ." -.
"YOU should consider
whose rpresence you star
.. \
band ,li . a d- - ----d. rebel I"
A. gt4nce from major Doile checked
the bitter reply that was struggling- for
utterance. The aid led the earl aside,
and soon returned with the permissiOn
fort* wife to see her husband, in his
presenee for only ten minute* How
short's time and yet howlmuch it meant
to this! loving woman dp the way to
the prison the major reprOved her for her
exhibition of resentment,! saying that it
was_ only by hard pleading that. he, got
even this slight boon for '
They reached the prisi,n ;- it wad a.pen
Without shelter froth sun, and rain' ' the
poor men were lying abOit on the bare
ground many of them iri the last stages
of small-pox. Thomas McCalla was
soon fOund . ,' and the tens 'minutes were
soon ;gone. With one ,last clasp; she
promised-to return as - .speedily as possible
and tiring clothes and provisions for his
use..
"Have no fear r she
prisoners as she reached
woman are . doing '.their
- I
With a lieliter heart eh
die again ' and was once
children before midnigh i
ride Of one hundred mil.
twenty -tour hours. Th
at once set to work, and
she 4irted for another
[lied g .b
low y a younz wor
er was' among the Prisoners". ,
,E l - 1 -y. month. now, t e devoted wife
made !this jouroq of a hundred miles,
cheeri i ng her husoand's eart and reliev
ing hia necessities. On her: third visit
she li4d another encounter with the bru-,
tal eat]. As she left
.he home she ,had
received news of the , glorious victory at
King's Mountain. ' IT4conscions that
this could work to her disadvantage, she
aped on with exulting 'heart, thinking
only Of the joy to the prisoners when
,she should , announce t i he event. On
teaching CaMden the guard would not
let her pass. \The order was from . Lord
Rawdon, and she could only submit..---!
She bad led all the Way,'lhy the btidle, a
heavp-ladened pack-horse. She now tool
the bags from both beas'tei and sat down
under a tree, holding the bridle in her
hand. Here elle determined to remain
all night, but toward evening - .3 villager
took pity on, her atd, brought her into
his house. In -the
is inor mg, she pushed
her w'ay.to Lord Rawdo ' residence. He
s
told tier at otice,."l ()ugh to have hanged
your rebel husband at fiat, then I should
have had no troble with ivi ou. . '
"That'e 'a game,sir,,t ,o can . play at !"
aheity',Bhed upon him. The enraged earl
drove , her from the, room,lout the Irish may
jor mime again to her re!ief. and:-she. was
grudgingly allowed admission to the prier,
on. The battle - of Kingi4 Mountain had
ditferept effects on the British lord and
the p'atriot wife. •
Thomai McCalla .soo sickened in the
filtliv l pen, and it was vident that his
wife - must secure his-iel ase if she 'would
not wear the widow's weeds.. Lite in
December she resolved to see Cornwallis,
and
plead for the . imiiitiOni - resene.—
Reaching Winiisborougb on New Year's
morting, she'gained enhance to the earl,
and' i t was agreed that her husband should
be ex l cbanged for any Captive in Sumter's
.
handel i ,or provided The. latter would ,be,
respintiible foi3fCCalla' parole, be
be liberated till a,regula exchange should
1.
-madame,., in
;'d.. Your. hui-
hooted to the
the, gate, " \ the
art of the ser-
• .
'e took the sad=
more - with her
t—a won derful;
s, in less than
brave woman,
in a few days
aecompa
an whose broth-
occur. 'Borne again • rode .the dauntless
woman, and mounted, fresh ~h orse for
Charlvtte. Here Suter A gave her: the
coveted, pledge, and :she :returued , voql,
her heart full ‘ of bright prospecta; Sfean
while, the British army had left Winne
borough and encamped.-'near her Ow'ri
plantation. She bastened to - the can*,
showing her pi.pera. to Cornwallis, and
was , referred, t(i Lard Rawdon. What
coup 'she hope from, him?' But diicOnr
agerfients weighed nothing in the scale
against love. Sarah McCalla startfd 1171=
mediately for Camden.. On reaching the'
ferry, she found, the.gliard doubled. .
Major .Doyle. saw her, and coming
,up
to her horse, he told - her :of the battle at
the CoUrpens.
p"I :fear, madatne,?' be - Said - , hat his
lOidship wilt not!, , treat yob welo •
have ..no hype,", she .teplied,'"that
ho , williet my huebandlo, - but I must
make. every effort to sate him ." Into
Lordliawdnn's presence
"What I you _herS again •?. You-ivatit
yonrihu.sband,lsuppose ?, Do you know
what. tlie d—,d rebels have been doing ?"
—.for the prisoners, had' ittempted,au.es-,
We had hanged them, ',we
should .have saved . alll - thial I order you
positively ne'ver_ to: come. in - to , my press.
ence,agaic.i. frail! one? army to
another,, and. heaven, only ;,knows
mischief you dO ;Begone !"'
- ."my! countrymen .mnst - right me !".ex:
claimed the aroused wife: as she left the
ap.artment.
Disappointed, but not not d isconraged, :the
noble woman applied'again . t 6 the Amer.:
jean camp . She'recejvett a . ‘letter ,'Of re
monstrance, itnd - .once .. tnote . found ' . :her
way. ,to- Oarndri, accompanied 'itlow :4y , "
Mary Nixon, who Wakto,..bear the Missive
to the earl'apresepce. -: . The , British com
mander changed color on reading the
let
ter, -ordered the prison=
er's. release:. The . tirelesS 'deterrnination,
the dauntlls courage.of this heroic wo-.
-man, had - gained the victory at . laSt..Lovq
had worked 'its, Perfect .',work—the . wife
bad her husband anew: • '
.•
, The domestic happiness, the strong,
unwavering support, which 'Washington,
Jeferson, !Adams,. Hancock, Putnam,
Gates, Greene and
,Knoi, received from
their wives, are tob well" known to need
aught but'a reminder here. The Wives fol
lowed their husbands from camp' to camp
lighting the dark cloud of. war,*ittr, their
smiles, aid softening its•miseries by their
tendernesal Even through.: the, terrible
wir ter of Valley Inrge,: these noble roo
med made a spot of summer in many a
chilled and aching heart 4 In the Conti
nental Congress. many. a patribt's soul
was strengthened to go ~on in the despe
rate struggle by the love; letters - which he
carried in his 'pocket. E Who Can read
those of Abigail Adamkand, not see the
pulsings of her great heart through all
the public life' of her hnsband ?, These
women made greater pactifiaes tan did
the men. The men gave theirlall upon
their country's, alter. :the WoMen: laid
their all and - their husbands. JOhn Han
cock came from the hall of COngress to
his wife's apartinent one day, "and an
nounced to her
,that be had given his
consent to the burning of Boston, as
soon as it should be evident that the city
must fall into the hands of the enemy. 7 -7
The young 'wife not only .heartily con
seuted, but, having promised that day to
attend a Qnaker meeting,‘ sbe went with
her accustomed cheerfulness, and sat
three long, silent hourp,. with the. terrible
secret working in her brain and bosom.,
Jinet Montgomery sent
_forth her newly
won husband to , fall before'. Quebec and,
through her whole life her deepest *sol
ace was the thought of how nobly her
young Irish soldier-lover redeemed- 'the
pledge he gave ,her, wen, parting . for
the last time, he answered her ,charge to
be - strong, andi s wayer not—" You. shall
never blush far your MOntgoinery
'So the woman's larger saorifiee was too
often accepted. `.
"Love rules the Court,: the camp, the,
grove.'" ' .4 -
'
The. War for independence was' no ex
ception tolhis laW„ - Many:ef- Our greaf
est men were turning the soft side ,of'
theit beatts to the glow of wornin't
even While' with the `"keen edge of tliCir
intellects or swords they were cleaving
asunder the empire of Britain. Jeffeison ,
was singing loie-songi a' ohartning
widow, while out of tho stamp : act chior4
his brain was evolving' the immoral Dec
laration. Mrs. Mittlia',Skelton` was tick,'
fascinating and only twenty-thtee. Ma
ny were the 'Virginian planters in love
with her person and her 'estate. One,
day two suitors' approaChed the mansion
fr&m different :directions, each on the
same mission—to declate his loVe. They
met in the hall. From within came
strains of music, and soft, few voices
singing a love-song. The two at. Once
recognized Jefferson's voice and: his touch.
on the violin. They flaw at once that
the prize had been won, and they with
drew without entorink 'Jefferson loved
his Bolin. When, the''Old home:: was
burned; he 'asiked "fattb fal ,
"Are all the - :,boolcs: dOstroyed P" 'l*
triiiiisa;AeY but Wo i saved 4540.10,
A patient let of Well—Job printers.
v .
KBIICI[akID,~~
IMMO
If be had been a citiaen ,, he, wouldn 't
have halted in' frobt or a plidef cidChae
hamrstred'where with a inoa
strons great ; noise eta crying out: • •
.94Ionstrous sacrifice I Goods' .goingt
for
.a.thousinti per cent. below coin.' •
There•was; no crowd. People passed!
up and.down as coot . and,• unconcerned'
as if ,goods were always sold that
•‘Ub I here is a man with business in
his eye l"
.cried., .
the' dealer. "Here comei: .
asharp keen Man, who knoWs,o his lanai
ness and who Can't, be fooled! venture '
t...);saT sir, that you 'have been in •the iiiete•;•
cantile.-businees all.'yOur ;• •• ,
"Oh I dunno," replied ~the than wit'''.
the buokskip.m_itte'ns, .on.. - : 4 1 'spose I've
traded more Or lees." •
•
He flatteped. "As he. entered Via.
place IP
the-dealer continua":
• "You shall, select what' you nice antz
take
.them away at your own price. It:
would be foolish ,to try to fool you. There!
are men who can be so easily awindiek
that it is.a pletisiire to . swindle Iheni:
One look at your fatevould tell any than"
that you were,a keener?' . •
Soft soap :is mighty. f.
Buckskin turned ; over some books )
handled'aome kniris„ lified up some caps,
socks and sa spell dt4rs' and said ' '
qt don't see anytning want." 't_
"Ah I don,t try ;that onme " - said thtd
dealer, "You want goods cheap • I
14,
don't trY to beat„toe down when I say:
you canctake what ;you , want at your,
~,•
own figures.'',,
The farmer . felt, good: He began, to
wonderivby other 'people hadn't appre- .
eiated;hiorbefort. :.But 'he didn't really
want—,anything. 'The dealer. understood
this, sod he jumped froth box to counter .
and back, gabbing this and that article;
and in, a minute he' had a large package .
tied. up.
;There ; go go along," he ez...
claimed, forcing the bundle into Buolc 7;:
Skin's hand. "If you.mant to rob a man.,
that hat to'work for his daily bread, take
thattandAs and go.'; ' " •
don't want to rob you," replied the t
farmer.. .. •
"Yes' you do.. The bundle contains
dozen pair of suspenders, seven boxes or
collars, bairbrushes;Comhs, needles, pi wt o
thread, a pair 'of boots; three shirts, telt
yards of 'factory muslin, three.knives
and two dollar bill; and yon don't want
to give me five dollars for them. Yost
want to take the bread out of my chit:
dren's Mouths."
•
"No,l. don't ; Fwouldn't rub or cheat
anybody."
"Yop litiaw there are forty dollars
worth of goods there, but yen Want me 4
to take five," continued the dealer.—
You'll go home and, gloat _over the way
vOu cheated me, and men will pat you oh
the cheek and call you sharp. " '
•
"it was your offer," protested the far::,
mer.
"I know, it—l know it ! I ought to have
said thirty dollars but I misspoke,•and
now. I have got to stand it. There, you '
have got the' bundle r -give me, the
money—there, go on, but don't let any
one. know what a fool I am, or my/ere&
tors will close me up.". • -
The farmer sat down on a box, after '
going two or three blocks to take out the '• •
two dollar b.!! and one of the knives.
He didn't find . either one„ He was acan
did
man, and good at figures, and after ;
mature ; d<-liberation he estimated that'
he had abtiurt"Qii — iihillings, worth of
old duds. He went back with them, de
ter Mined to raise.a row. ' The dealer slid
up to bitn'in a cat-like way and•said :
"Some one hes robbed me of forty '
lara. , My wife thiuka it was you, and,
while I can hardly believe it, she is o4t ;
after an officer. If you are guilty, you
will stay right here till she comes ; if• in
nobent, you will hurry away l"'' '
Buckskin didn't even wait to pick
. up
his bundle.
• f- -
His 'lndian 01ternainator.
1.4. 1 141Ter I've ranged to fit , theta
•
blasted In if theY
,try to, rais
hair," exc laimed a 'Black Hills 'Oven
tbrer,leaning' against a ChiCago clepok't
the other morningit
f•lloveirthat ?"!asked a companion..
ITou've beard, .of ~ , dynamite,
ye ?" continued theArat speaker.
"War. I've got sank' of • the darn shit
shaped inter a Pnfertial.. machine to wear
up here under - my hair, ater,-.lll,jest like ;
ter see any, du.mmed red skin. tempt to, ,
lift my scalp !"
"But if it should'go off--?" •
fit.would blow the lnjun ter ! "
"I mean what ' would become 'of lour
'head "put in the other.
"Blest if I ever thank of that," then
replied the woad-be dynamite fiend; and
he' continued thonghtfully; "I reckon`
I won't try to wear the eaced thing,
after all. -
Mako,not a boom ,f#end &Inc:11141f ;
0 494 IRA souls nip:
~. to 44:
gratiff "AP "isatekilitt:' and • 1001 1' 014
proo6l4c- - -- ite"goet alWaytheittlittlota-,
ed and thou must bear half.
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