:: DONALD : :: DONALDSON, JR. jj Being a True Becord and Explanation I ' of the Seven Hysteric* Knw .4 MO- '' 11 elated TT'ifh His Fame In the ▲ I'uUtc Mind, anil of an 11 Eighth, IV7i lch Is the • Keg of the Seven j, By HOWARD FIELDING 1 1> Copyright, l«t\ by Charles W. Hooke © I * [Continued from last Week. ] There was every reason to expect a prompt answer to this telegram, but none came that evening or the next day. I could not assume that such a message would have been disregarded by Professor Severn. The more rea sonable supposition was that he had deceived me as to his destination and that Donald's intuition had been cor rect Jim Bunn took this view when informed of the facts, aud he made it the subject of long, silent mutterings as he went about his work that after noon. On the following day I received a call from a gentleman of a very mild aspect whose couutenance expressed both timidity aud perplexity. With a somewhat apologetic manner, yet in the way of one demanding an explana tion, he laid a telegram upon the leaf of my desk. "May I ask whether you sent this?" he inquired. "I have already discov ered that the signature is an error," he added hastily. "At the telegraph office in the station they told me just now that the given name should have been John and not Jane. A now op erator and—and some peculiarity of your penmanship, I believe; but I don't understand the message." "Where did you get it?" I demanded. "Why—why," ho stammered, "I am Professor Severn." 1 stared at him incredulously. "Yes, sir." said he, reddening, "I am Professor Severn, and I would ven ture to suggest that such a message as this, seemingly bearing the name of an unknown woman, may cause annoy ance It happened that I had been away from homo for some days and had just returned. In such circum stances. sir. you can understand that this telegram, coming into a man's home, might create a very natural lai. understanding." "I regret this most deeply," said I. "Did Mrs. Severn accompany you to Tunbridge?" "She was so good as to volunteer to assist me in my investigations,' he re plied. "She is now at the station, ask ing some further questions of the op erator." 1 glanced out of the window and saw a tall woman walking rapidly up the path in the field. Even at that dis tance 1 perceived the firmness of her aspect, a certain masterful manner as of one who is rarely contradicted. "Have no uneasiness. Professor Sev ern," said I."This is a remarkable affair, but It Is susceptible of a per fectly clear explanation." Indeed, at the conclusion of the in terview which followed all questions except one had been satisfactorily answered. The unanswerable question concerned the motive which had led to the Imposture that had been prac ticed upon us. Granting that any pcr sou wished to pry into our affairs, there was nothing strange in his per sonating a college professor who had un actual existence and especially one who had written a book on telepathy. But why it should have been worth while to do the thing at all was a riddle too deep for my comprehen sion. CHAPTER X. TBI MYSTERY OF JIM BL'N.T IN regard to the bogus professor the most reasonable supposition Is that he had been hired by Ivel viu to "investigate" Donald. Yet there were objections to this theory. The mau had come upon his errand too openly. If he had represented Kel vin in such a matter, he would prob ably have made some other excuse for his visit, thus attempting to take Don ald off his guard. So far as I could see, the emissary had gained nothing whatever, and it was difficult to imagine that he could have hoped to gain anything by such a method. Al together the affair was very perplex ing until a new point of view was shown to me by Donald. A few days after the Impostor's de parture 1 left the office in the latter part of the noon hour. The men were returning from dinner. There was al ready a crowd in the narrow strip of shade beside the factory, and in the blazing sun some of the younger fol lows were throwing ball. With them was Donald In his college vniform, and he seemed to be giving Instruction. There was much pride that summer in our baseball nine, which had won against all opponents. As I approach ed the players Donald was illustrating Bome method of holding the ball in one's fingers in order to"put a jump into it," as I heard him say. Beside him stood poor little Tim Ilealy, lean ing upon his crutch. He was looking up at Donald with eyes of adoration and drinking in wisdom which his crip pled body would never permit him to use. "Like this,"he exclaimed, taking the ball from Donald's hand and clasping it in his long, thin fingers, while he made a feint of throwing it. "That's right, Tim," said Donald; "you've got the knack of it." The cripple flushed with pride as he gave the ball to the big fellow who was the real pupil. Little Tim beholds in Donald the re alization of all which he himself would ask of the fairies if they should come to him as servants of his dearest wish. He would have but one—to be like Donald. I had watched this hero wor ship for some years, and its warm sin cerity, matched with the great kind ness and delicacy of my boy's response to it, has sometimes brought the tears to my eyes. Healy's condition is due to an in jury which he received when he was eight years old. It disabled his left leg and shoulder, stunted his growth and in addition made him totally deaf for several years. I have always re gretted that his mlsfortuue was not brought promptly to my attention. One overlooks so many of these things. When I learned the facts, at the time of his father's death, 1 had a good doc tor take charge of the boy's case, with the result that his hearing was re stored, though there was at first no hope of it. His deformities were be yond cure. When he had had his school ing, 1 took him Into my employ. lie was some years older than Donald, but, having lost a part of his youth, he wait ed as long as possible to gather up all that remained. I learned from Donald that the ball pine "had all northern New Jersey in a panic" and from Timothy Healy, treasurer, that the finances of the or ganization did not require the small as sistance which I should have been will ing to offer. Then the i o'clock whistle blew, and Donald and I were left to ourselves. "I've been thinking about the fellow who wasn't Professor Severn," said 1. "What do you suppose Mr. Kelvin ox pected to get out of you?" "Out of met" he responded. "Out of whom, then?" said 1. "Uncle John," he replied, "this Is n subject upon which I don't seem to get much light. I can only make a few wild guesses." "For instance?" Donald made some small, mysterious passes in the air with the ball bat which he carried in his right hand as we walked along. "That man was a detective," said he. "He w as paid to find out something, to do secret work. Isn't it a mistake, then, to consider the work which he did openly? 1 think that his interest in me may have been only a blind." "But he didn't do anything else," I objected. "He had some long talks with my fa ther," said Donald, "and with you. He had planned togo driving with you 1 when he was suddenly call* 1 away." I replied that I could not guess what j the man had hoped to do with me un less to kidnap uie and hold me for ran j som. Neglecting this jest. Donald ask ed me if there were any way in which my business could lie .attacked. He had read something in a newspaper about an attempt to force uie into a j trust. "Such attempts have been made," I | admitted. "1 have been approached | several times during the past year and ; a half, but if any of those men dream i that they can coerce me they ought to wake up at the earliest possible mo ; lueut. We have the best machinery in the world in that factory. Donald We hold our patents hard and last. At tempts have been made to undersell us | at a loss and to hurt us with our cus tomers in various parts of the country, j but we are too strong for shorn. If we i were in debt or if there were any way to interfere with o::r shipping arrange | ments the situation would lie very dif ferent. but we control this branch rail road absolutely, and through it we hold ■ ninety-nine year contracts with the j main line, so that there is no possibil ity of discriminating against us." Donald tapped with the hat as if up on the head of an invisible enemy. "Suppose that you didn't control the branch," said he. "Then." I replied, "it would be all up with us. The manufacturer must own the railroad or the railroad will own the manufacturer." "But there are other factories in this town," he persisted. "Because of our groat mercy they continue to exist, my son," said I. "You will observe that none of them is a carpet factory." "The branch is a stock company, of course?" said he. "It Is officially known as the Tun bridge and Wells Junction Railroad 1 company," I n plied. "There are 10.000 shares of stock of the par value of SIOO each. It is rarely on the market, but the last sale, as i remember, was at 130. The value has greatly ad vanced of late. A little more than a year ago there was quite a block < 112 it i for sale. I bought some, and your father and Carl and Mr. Bunn bought 100 shares each. We got ii at about 103. It was upon my advice that the others invested in it." "Wasn't that quite a large purchase for Mr. Bunn?" said Donald "1 wouldn't have thought that he could raise $10,500. I'm nit asking for idle curiosity, uncle," he added earnestly. "Mr. Bunn put up about half the monej," I replied, "and I made up the balance. The hundred shares stand in my name, but he can have them when j ever he pays what is due. Meanwhile | he draws the dividends on the whole lot. I shan't charge him interest on the money which I advanced. I wanted him to make a g.od investment, you understand. If left to himself, Bunn always makes bad ones. That's why I hold the stock in my name. I'm afraid ! he'll sell it and lose the money. It's a friendly arrangement." "You couldn't prevent Mr. Bunn I from taking the stock if he paid you your money, could you?" asked Don ald, and I replied in the negative, j We were just entering my grounds. Donald stopped suddenly and leaned against one of the gate posts, as if overcome by a sudden exhaustion. I observed that his face, which had been flushed as a result of his recent ex ercise in the heat, had grown quite pale. "Wait a minute, uncle." he said, and I stood stock still, staring at him. j "Mr. Bunn will do that within three days." "What do you mean?" I demanded. | "Pay that money? He hasn't got it." "He will get it," responded the boy ; firmly. "Mr. Kelvin will give it to | him." "Kelvin!" I exclaimed. "Why should | he do it ?" "Will you let me ask you a question, | uncle?" s- 1 Donald. "Did Professor j Severn t!;e fellow who wasn't Pro i'evern—talk to you about the , branch road?" My memory suddenly began to work j with astonishing clearness and rapid ! lty. "We were standing by the office one | day," said I."and ho pointed down to- J ward the station and mentioned the curious circumstance that while travel ing In the west he had met a man who 1 held stock in that road. Naturally I i asked him who it was, and he named | my cousin, Silas Harrington. 'A very agreeable man,' said our professor, ; 'but eccentric. He told me that he never lived more than six months in one place. What part of the world has he reached by this time?' " "And you told him?" said Donald, wiping his dripping forehead. "Yes; I told him that Silas was in Colorado Springs the last that 1 heard : of him." "How much stock does he hold?" I replied that to the best of my recollection the Mount was 200 shares. "We must telegraph to him," said Donald. "Do you moan to tell me," said I, "that a serious attempt is being made ■ to get control of the branch?" "There is no doubt of It,"he rospond | ed, with a groan. "I should have told j you before, but I didn't know the truth until today. It was all guess | work. But they can't do It, uncle? They can't really do it?" "I don't see how It's possible," said I. "There's the whole Hackett inter est to reckon with. Why, William ! Hackett and the other heirs control almost two-fifths of the stock" — "I'm afraid Kelvin has it by this time," said Donald almost in a whis per. "My boy," said I very seriously, "is not this pretty deep water? I'm afraid you're relying too much upon your self." "I'm relying upon you. Uncle John, all that I eau," lie replied. "I'm light ing for my life and more than my life. That's the truth about it. You know tliat for any trivial motive I would not take advantage of—make use of"— lit- could not goon, but 1 understood him. His instinctive knowledge of those plots against me had driven him to rely upon his special gift, and In the use of It ly knew not how to work in full harmony with an ordinary man like me. Much that he knew was doubtless too vague to be put Into words, and certainly it was susceptible of no rational proof. I then saw more clearly than ever before how terrible a burden this mysterious power might be, and I fully understood why those who possess it deny the possession and zealously strive to turn the inward eye away from such revelations. Vet i suspected that Donald was as sisted by disclosures of a more palpa ble nature. There was a tangible ex planation of his knowledge of Kelvin's part in these designs. 1 could not ask the boy to lay bare his soul to me, to disclose the inner mysteries of an en dowment which I should doubtless be wholly unable to comprehend, but I thought that he ought to confide in me in all things of the common sort. There fore 1 asked him straight out whether he had derived any information from Amy Kelvin in regard to her father's underhand schemes. "None whatever," he replied, looking me straight in the eyes. "Does this information depend upon the exercise of a peculiar power not possessed by the generality of man kind?'' said I. He hesitated a moment, struggling with himself. "It does, Uncle John," he answered. "But—but you're all at sea. You don't in the least know what I mean. This power can be acquired by anybody— absolutely by anybody who Is not blind, dumb and idiotic. Yet not five iii a million ever pay the slightest attention to it. (ireat heavens! A person can't throw a ball unless lie learns. Now, please don't ask me any more questions or I shall lie to you." He seemed overwhelmed with that shame, as for a deformity, which the psychic power always seems to carry with it. "I will press you no further, my boy," said I, "but it would occur to me that you might perhaps be able to conlide more fully in your parents." "I can't! I can't!" he cried. "I can't bring myself to speak of it. I can't ever help you any more unless we cease to talk of the means." "Then we will cease to talk of them," said I. "Do your best, mv boy. Tell me whatever comes to you, and I will mention it to no one. Meanwhile in regard to this particular business matter I am very glad to be warned, but I do not think that there is much danger." In the hurry of my thoughts I had forgotten what Donald had said about Jim Bunn, though this was the most shocking and surprising feature of the disclosure. It was impossible for me to believe that this man who for thirty years had served me faithfully would form an alliance with my enemies, lie had always seemed to be devoted to my interests, lie had run to me with all his troubles, he had found me his friend in the many difficulties into which his injudicious investments had involved him, for Bunn was one of those men whose business judgment is excellent in his employer's affairs and persistently wrong in his own. Cer tainly lie was bound to me by ties of gratitude; but, above and beyond this, I believed him to be n man of honor. Recurring to this matter, I insisted that Donald must be mistaken, yet, while the words were on my lips, I had no great confidence in them. In my heart I believed that if he predict ed this event it would occur. Still he might redeem his stock from me and not be a traitor. This view I suggest ed to Donald. "It may be true," said he."And, at any rate, I want you to promise me that you will not let Bunn know that you have any suspicion." "I don't see that, Donald," said I. "If Bunn is tempted to sell this stock, he may not know who is buying It. Even if he knows Kelvin to be the buyer and is tempted by a fancy price he may not be aware that there is a chance of a successful fight against me in the company. I can talk him into the right line of conduct. Jim Bunn knows me. He will do what I say." Donald looked at me with an expres sion of extreme desperation. "If I bog of you not to do this,"he cried, "will you take my advice? I give you my word of honor that I can foresee the end of it all and that you will be glad if you follow my way." "May I consult with any one?" I asked, thinking of his father. He seized my hand with a grip that seemed to paralyze my arm to the shoulder. "I'lease, please, don't say a word to anybody!" he exclaimed. "I want your promise that you won't." I looked him in the eyes and gave the word that he asked. It was partly su perstition that led me to do it, partly my affection for the boy, and both these influences were modified by my feeling that no harm could come of my promise and that there was something adventurous and exciting in this af fair—something that I would like to follow through to the end. That afternoon Jim Bunn came to me and told a rambling story of suc cess In various ventures. lie seemed to be lying, but lie had the advantage of a demeanor always so nervous and restless that (lie signs of prevarication could not appear upon him as upon an ordinary man. I heard his story quietly, and when at the end of it he produced the money with which to redeem his stock I made no comment. It would have been bet ter to congratulate liim, but 1 am not a good hand at such deceits. 1 learned in I lie course of a few that Kelvin was heavily inferos: the trust which was end avorin.., ;< gain control of my factory; tin;"- h' had secured options o:i the c::'': Hackett interc st: that he had bought out some of my old friends right here in this little town of Tun bridge and had gained a paramount in fluence over others so that they would certainly vote against me at the meet ing. The power of the money which he commanded seemed to surround mo upon all sides, and, though my position was so strong that I had great confi dence of victory, still 1 perceived that I might say in the words of Donald— words, by the way, which had contain ed an element of mystery beyond my power to solve at that time—that I was "fighting for my life and more than my life." lor independence, to a man of my years and long cherished habits of thought, was the very es sence of my existence. That the busi ness which I had worked to build up should be swamped and lost in some vast aggregation of capital without heart or feeling for it, would have boon too heavy a blow 112 me to bear with patience at my time of life or even to bear at all, perhaps. CHAPTER XI. MYSTERY OF THE DEAD MISEIt's HAND. WHILE I was quietly endeav oring to secure us much of the branch stock as could be had, Kelvin maden some what more open move than I had ex pected at this stage of the game, lie appeared in the office of the railroad, at the junction, accompanied by Wil liam Hackett, and the transfer of the entire Ilackett interest was recorded upon the books. It amounted to 3,1)01) shares. Afterward Ilackett came over to see me at Tunbridge and told me that this action was in accordance with his own stipulation. He had refused to sell at any price or to nse his Influence to se cure the stock from the other heirs un less Kelvin would agree, in writing, to declare himself the owner through the usual medium of the stockbook before a certain date. "That was very honorable in you, William," said I. "But I wish you had given me a chance at the stock." "The deal was proposed to nie in con lidence," he rejoined. "I could not dis close it to you. Besides," he added thoughtfully, "I wouldn't have had tlio face to ask you to meet his terms." This was all that I could make him say about the price which Kelvin had paid. "I knew what he wanted it for," said he, "but it's a wild financial night mare. Kelvin will never get control of this road." "lie will come mighty close to it, William," said I. Upon the same day at a later hour I received a call from Kelvin. He came to my ofliee to see me, and the shock of that surprise was considerable to a man of 1113* years. Kelvin is capable of that engaging frankness of deportment which char acterizes the man who does not see anything wrong in lying. He men tioned his investment in the branch stock as if it had been something that I should be glad to hear of. When he moved into a town, he said, it was al ways his way to get a property interest aside from a mere house in which to live. It made him feel free togo ahead and take a hand in the town's affairs. He had bought this branch stock be cause It was a good Investment and because it would identify him with Tunliridge, which, because of its situa tion, depended so much upon the rail road for its prosperity. When he had finished this address, I perceived that the real reason of his visit did not lie in that matter at all. This amicable mention of it had merely paved the way for something else. While he was preparing to introduce this other subject, the nature of which I could not guess, Donald strolled into the office, and, seeing Kelvin, he was about to back out again. "Nothing private." said Kelvin. "Don't goon my account. I'd be glad to have you stay. This is a case where superhuman agencies will be welcome." "A case In which they would be wel come to me, sir," said Donald, "would be a distinct novelty in my experience." I recognized a flavor of little Uollo in this remark which let me know that Donald was disturbed in mind. "As an old resident of Tunbridge," 6aid Kelvin, turning to me, "you will remember Ezra Walmsley." I have already mentioned this old miser whose mortal part—with the ex ception of the right hand—lay buried in Tunbridge cemetery. He was a most unpleasant creature, a sullen and bru tal scoffer against all things sacred, and a man of secret and mysterious ways. The house in which he lived had long been viewed with disfavor by the su perstitious, for it had a history before Walmsley's day. It was set with a corner to the road and had been paint ed red in some dim date of old times, but the paint had weathered to a dingy black, upon which, in certain states of fhe atmosphere, dull spots like faded blood stains would appear in curious designs. When Walmsley died, his hoard proved to be very small, though there were stories of larue sums hid den. What was found the public ad ministrator took charge of for lack of an heir. "Yes," 1 replied to Kelvin. "I knew him, but there is an old maxim which would prevent my saying anything about him now that he is dead." "Don't know any good of him, eh?" responded Kelvin. "Well, I guess there tvasn t much to know. Hut to set back io business. My property up here, The Elms, used to be called the Stouglaon place. That family in this town goes back to colonial times. Ezra Walmsley married a Stoughton after the family had lost its money and was nearly ex tinct. When Mrs. Walmsley died, sin was supposed to be the very last of the StouKhton blood. Soon afterward, aloni; in the early sixties, Walmsley, as the heir of his wife, brought suit for this property which is now mine. He claim ed that there had been no legal trans fer." "That was his contention," said I. "A family named Westcott then owned tlie place. Norman Westcott, the head of the family, was a colonel in the I'iiion army and a fine lighting man. Because Colonel Westcott was busy putting down the rebellion Walmsley thought that the chance of making trouble with his suit was quite good, but the colo nel came back, and the suit was set tled. The whole truth never came out, so far as I know. It was very much of a mystery, as I remember. About that time Walmsley lost his right hand, nobody knew how. There was a legend that he had sold it to the devil, but if so he didn't get his price, which could hardly have been anything else than the fine property now known as Kelvin Elms." "What do you suppose the facts were?" asked Kelvin. "The facts commonly known," 1 re plied, "were that the public record of the transfer of the property from the Stoughtons to the Westcotts had been destroyed and that Colonel \\ estcott could uot produce any deed, or, to be more exact, Mrs. Westcott couldn't produce it. Just what happened when the colonel suddenly and unexpected ly appeared no one could find out. lie may have shown the deed to .Walmsley and thus have ended the proceedings, but there is another story to the effect that Walmsley had this deed himself and that Westcott got it away from him either by force or by a payment." "llow did Walmsley get it?" inquired Kelvin. "The story told by those who seemed to know," said I, "was that it had been stolen by thieves who entered the house, and that Walmsley, who was generally believed to be a receiver of stolen goods, bought this document with the rest of the plunder. That there was a robbery in the old Ktough ton house I know positively. It was said that Walmsley lost his hand in a quarrel with these thieves; that it was so badly injured as to necessitate amputation. The name of a doctor was mentioned, but if he did the work he held the fact to be a professional se cret." "When I bought the place," said Kel vin, "I was aware of this flaw in the title, but I was assured that there was not a Stouglitou lioir nor a Walmsley Lieir 011 tlio face of tlie earth." "I don't believe that there is one," said I. "Walmsley had a son, but he died." "Can you prove it?" demanded Kel vin. "No," I admitted. "He didn't die here. Yet 1 think it is susceptible of proof, lie died in early childhood, as I remember." "A 111:111 lias appeared in this town who claims to be that son," said Kel vin. "He lias threatened me with a suit. Now, the fellow is an impostor 011 the face of him. lie doesn't appear with legal counsel. Ho came to see me a couple of days ago with some sort of documentary rubbish to prove his iden tity, and he asked me in the name of justice to move out of tlie house. I told /(/HI to move out pretty quick. lie did, saying that he'd come back, but he hasn't I shouldn't ordinarily regard such a claim as having any importance, though these blackmailing suits are a confounded nuisance, and if this rascal really could make out any sort of a case he'd have me in a tight place. I'd probably have to pay him something." "It would be hard to prove the death of Walmsley's son at this late date," said I. ■Tobe (o itinni d.) STARTLED By some sudden sound she drops the vase upon the floor. 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I'rtei on duplicate for HI Kl |k I*l To cash received from K. U Peter* on duplicate l!Nil 125 («1 To cash received from l\ W I', ti i r.ll duplicate for I!hi2 li'rlT 1.1 To cash received from Win. K. I>\ <1- <> 11 duplicate for IMS «;u: r, To cash received from l> Kuckii on on duplicate for Ivh; jji si To cash received from W. |'. |1 I >7 I? To cash received from Mrs. Homer Thomas MM To cash received Iroin Kmma w nods Tom To cash received from Win. Kvnns.... «v sister MM To cash rec. from Kennel Kstalc .1 .00 l'o cash received friun Thomas Itogers Commit! W. s. Koherts To cash received from Montour Lodge To cash.received from J. P, ISare, coni initt ofH. Pickens ts tin To cash received from 'I IIOHIHS lirislin » 7» Toeash received from Thomas Kogi r in MI Williams r>tat< MM To cash received from other llistrie-- .. . cash received frlll li Itiickel ni last settlement n duplicate for 1i:n; i 3 "d l'o balance rr7 . .1 j To Penalty of 5 per cent 011 7 dup licate for the year IW2 31 Amount of duplicate issued to Win. E. I >yer for tin' Township of Malum inx for the year liiwj 701 Hi To cash rec. from Mrs Homer Thomas '.i iOO cash received Irom Emma Woods ... 70W To cash received from Win. Evans A- Kister (SO.*# ! cash rec. from Mary Kennel Est 6i ;ti>i To cash received from Thomas lingers t 'Ollllll itt of W. s. Roberts .vi cash received from Montour ijodiie.. '■' 1 To cash received from J. P. Hare 7."> Toeash rei'eivcd from Thomas Hosiers ill Thomas Williams Estate ....... !'U_'l ea-li received finm other IMKrtotS.. SIM cash received from Justice Of Inby 1,7 cash rei'eivcd from .lust ice Hare.. I no cash reeeiveil from Steward Pro duce sold 811 7:i * 11277 -A CR. ily commission allowed l>. Ituckel of ."•percent on .">1 on duplicate fort lie year INSMi 11 i>7 Hy tomMa allowed Nathan Kenster inachcrof .'i per cent on 11115 72 on ilu llcate for the year linil Si'.i l!y abatement allowed Win. E. I Iyer of r> per cent on -t ill 00011 duplicate for Ihe year Mi .. 21 S) Commission allowed Win. K. liver of 3 per cent on 5111 20on duplicate for the year 1903 12 12 Commission allowed Wm. E. liver of ■) per cent s2t2 >7 on duplicate for the year 1902 lj |j Amount returned hy Win. E liver on duplicate for tbe vear I'.nrj .. 112 i 7 Exonerations allowed Win. E. liver on duplicate fortbeyear 11KJ2 i a Balance due from wm. E. Dijrer on duplicate for the year l!K>2. ? 17 Hy commission allowed E. W Peters of 5 percent on SIS Ho on duplicate for year I'. ",- Hy balance due from E. W. Peters for I tail s j 71 Hy abatement allowed E. W. Peters of ."> per cent on sl«hi ti."> on duplicate for year P.IC2. '.v;o >n By commission allowed E W. Peters ol 2 per cent on ♦ 13» >.:u; on duplicate for l!Nr_» S7 "I commission allowed E. W. Peters of.*> |>er cent on S-KW 12 on duplicate for tiie year I'.arj is !•_' exonerations allowed E. W. Peters on duplicate for the year I'.HrJ MM By balance due Irom E. W. Peters dupli cate IMS Mi By ordets paid by Treasurer during the ywurMM 7.;i:'ii Ily balance due llireetors at present fettleuient 2700 *C! J 11277 51 Statement of (h'derx ixs'iitl tluri/i;/ t/it /It'iir /HO.?. I'iiill (Did ontn/nittliit i/ mid purpose*for fhirh tin mime ire re issued. llireetors Salaries | intai Steward :um ou Physician i 111 tin Attorney Salary Fees Expenses ::;:i l:» Treasurer 7">oo Clerk 7.->UI Auditing and lluplieatc isoo Transient Paupers >.i Ex. in settlement of cases 21 ou .lustlees til ill Miscellaneous Items 18 10 Printers bills ii.> 7. r » Kent 2"i 00 Horse hire incurred by directors in dis charge of their official duties 20C0 Insurance 10 00 $1421 1» o'itsidt Relief us Follows: Medicine $ 21 75 Coal and Wood 1117!' Shoes and ('lothinic &> (0 I'ndertaker 10 ou Insane at Hospital 2Wt ."si Paid oilier DuTrlets 12m (leneral Merchandise .... ">:t7 Children's Aid Society si 00 ♦; rl2 oi /''•> i' Maintenance <»/' /*• Bmtt whl Farm. Seeding (ir.iia and Plants + 2N i:; I.line and Manure 14.120 Shoes and Shoe ItepairiiiK .'i'2 s.i Blacksmith bi115.... 10257 llousj and Farm Hands ; ;l 17 V'arin Implements and Hardware 220 !*"» Cloth lag io.'i 31 Meat bill ii.» B Coal I Oil so Improvements and repairs .*>2oi>s (leneral Merchandise 210 Ml Tobacco In 20 Floor and Feed I*oo lima Store bills S 10 Wagon S5 00 Live stock ;fi> 4."> ?_'IIH) 15 1 irders issued during they. ar ly r.' ?7:fijK :is Paid by Treasurer during the year I!h :; s7 ilo II I .caving outstanding orih'rs for the year S 427 II Wilt KM AN. 1 THEo. HOFFMAN, Hireitors P.M. KEHNS, \ We, t he Auditors 1 >f t he Boroiufh of 1 >anvllle and Township of Mahoning have examined t he above accounts and find them correct. |i. It WII.I.IAMS, 1 EI)W PI UPI li, Auditors B. 11. DIKIII,, \ Statements if Real Kstnte nud l'ersonal I'roperty on /mud at tlatt of St ttlement. Keal Estate ♦22."hw 00 House and Kitchen Furniture 070 91 Hay and drain 1.V14 tio Farming Ctensils |oS7 l! 2 Live stock I !M!*i Vegetables IMM I Meat and Eard Mia", Clothing and Material 11 V> Fruit. Preserves. a.e '.IM Vinegar 42 00 Flour SN ('oQeeand Tea 0 i> ! Sugar l.i Oil Kaur Kraut soil Tobaooo 1I4«I Coal IMM Lumber 1400 Separator and Scales 0:i so Medicine '. 2 M Funds of May Kennet.. 200 00 ♦27SHI II Produce Raised. 4". Tons Hay ♦ ">lO 00 2:10 bushelnPotatoes II .no 1.(2 bushels of Whe,it MM mjbushels Oats 2-_'2i 1020 bushels Corn cars ISO 00 , bushels i talma •"" I bushels Onion sets 2 00 12 bushels ol Turnips IM 545 bushels Beet? 109 00 _M>*i l.lw Cabbage imm ift'i liundir? <' irnf(«l(lfr », 11 M ll>s lit liter %}rl —• m aw l»"7. KgO .Viet* tm *2202 it Stork J! i f < ♦ (><» 10 Calve- Itt < !h iekMM s>*t\ 11 Tin ki \ to <•> 12 I Mick- "* i, t tl I" '> Niiiiil.i r"I Pauper- i In, t- : left • luring the \> .ir !'«I2 \ilmlltii) i. II I' ni|" rs ii, Hi, , I |-i. n»)s> I • " In llouae J;»ti. Ist. ItWKt . 'iNi.'lil lo'hMiiif 112 itni lull Tr*m['> I:» 7 M« n'. fnrn tutted Tran. |m. 2 ASJULI" *"* iiTIIRiiiTT^BBMPMBBM! I deeded in Every Home J / J THE NEW j| V, I. AND ENLARGED EDITION OF j| WEBSTER'S INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY A Dictionary of I.NGLISII. Biography, Geocraphr, 112 let ion. etc. I New Plates Ihroughout 25,000 New Words Phrases and Definitions I *r<•{ >jit i i.D ,r | i|'; 112 -up r i II If V/. T. HARRIS, Ph.D., LL.D , I niliil Stnt. '' 'inn. rii I Edu cation «-• i—i«'.l l»y n largo tv rjisofeom jK'tont specialists ami lilors. Rich Bindings 236 1 Quarto Panes 3000 Illustrations 'J9T The I >l> rnniimml t i *d j !■> IS'">, < ' rr< . / 1 ?i./ //.. "l iiabritl'j'd." I '1 hr heir a ' Lthirtjul /' „ n ,i 112„ ,112 We n !-«> publish Webster's Collegiate Dictionary TlthGkMary. r - . oiti?li W< i li ami Phrases 1100 l'rgw. I 11:.. 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All ]n>rsoiis indebted to ilic i-aitl estate at r»><111 ir. d to make payment, and ilio~. lia\ nig elsims <»r demands against the saiil ••state, will make known the same without tie lav MRS. HAHKIKT S. KRIA. Kx.«r tilris of George W. Myerly, Dee, a-eil. Edward Sayre (fearhart. t'ounsel. Danville' l'a . Deeeliiht-r loth. I'.NC.' t A- K 1 w \hV \ mmm> \i< HU •< >M->I;l K<, D! I-M • . wrxr. A. M. A vi. m.m p m ' N»*w Y0rk....... iv t9> .. i*m sifaßwNi „.*f >t 17 P. V Ikiffhla ... .......I* il ii 24", A. M , senwloti ar 5 a Hob Sersnlon Iv tt 15 in ,n 1 mii (a A. M. A. * P. m P. M. I»U-VB»' ...... R » < ,; ; |jM*kawanna ...... ns» 1«24 3(o is j»i Itrym «|ti l#» Jl i y PKMm «57 mi 217 4 M , KWNJMtIMIIMMIAve... 7»> w.7 % I'l 4 • VSr*l Pittxton . 7>9 OMI 22. : Wyoming : 1- e Kurty tort » n l>nn#-tt..,...,.. 7 I', j,, .j j , ( p KinifU* mr 721 W9l jot , W ii— lUtrre ,r ,1 -j, W ik. - Carre 1. K .tisiHnn 7 2 .1 Plymouth Inn. , Ptyaioath . :.m 111, 2 » 7•: A vontlale J ~ > », I Nantkvik* 7* ill;! j , 7i« ! HunOi. lt « 7 4", |l |!i .■» 7a s«hlek.«hinny 7Si II 1.•» 7si Hlek« Kerry sIC fH#l ; m r»i lu-swh Haven ...... •la ll m ,t r7 7»• Merwiek *«» It vi m fit Krmr- re^k............. ptJH tt'm W iltow 1 Ih 27 112 ,» i; ; I.Olle KOUe «,| fljif .*> 0t iff &PT 1 ~ I.' | rtf « J-/ l.lti»niilMir( a4l |2S 112 •17 Kltpert «|7 12 J5 i *jt < atawnwu .... . jj JJ 4 _ I'a 11 v Ille ... »iM 211 i., «*- t amemn . ta 12»7 «*• Northnmlierl 'I ar V. 1W in 94R KMT. A. M..V N. P. X. P. *. XtfttMMirr *•«.!» tl** >t H t'umeron le.«nvtlle i,f ||| •, 112 I •atawlMa.... ..... 10 , »*.• t] ■ Hujiert lll a d* liruir.-re. k 7 11 . r: 1T- Nerwlek I'm im t'm *'s H»-erh Haven 7 fll 12 • *«, «. t llirk* K.rrjr tiff fit 17 <— it Mhirfeahinnv ... «|7 II :l :a» flijj llunlot-k* *27 f7 .. Nanto-ok" ... » tt II 7; I A v 0nt1aie.............. 4 37 PlynwMitli a4l ilia tr. 7j> Pl.rmaotk Jnsr a r; , . Kingston ar sV. II 9 4«* 7 * Wiike«-|Urr>- ar »M» 1211 lin 7 Wl!ke« Harr- H « m lit : , 7 K InyMon It av. 1 t» I*l - .. lien net t . x..._ im 7 r . Forty Fort |»M .... « ; Wyoming, . »a*, 7^ We«t Plttxton ti H! . I * 7.. Htis'|iiehann:i Av. . »tt 12 h ij. 7- Pitt«ton »!:» ;.'i7 . 1 loiryea !ii! ..... t9 «« ! I.'irkwwanna a > I. ■ «l« Taylor » Ilu al7 ! Bflleviie ».!7 If, Heranton 4 r »12 12 .. I- • JT. 1 VI P VI 1 a Serai;ton |v M.M :2.1a .... 1 m i .. P. *. New York ar :1, 50* .... «at P. M -1 **erantoo It I "a it to A. St. j Ituffalo ar .... I'A 7 m •Imlly, Ht-illyexei.pt •siui.t ,y. f-»top« ~n « irna! or t»n no?irt tarm >l ,'w i T r.. CI.AKKK. r W. i V K Shoes Shoes StallsH ! Cheap ! cie l Bicycle, Cymnasium and Tennis Shoes. THE CKI.KBRATKD Carlisle Sliopm AND THE Proof Kubbei* Boots A SPECIALTY. A. SCHATZ. ail M! A Reliable TKT SHOP For all kind of Tin Roofing Spoutlne and General Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ranees, Furnaces. #tc. PRICES THE LOW! QiILITY THE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. FRONT ST. PEGG The Coal Dealer SELLS WOOD" —AND COAL —AT— -344 Ferry Street