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* . $<?;: AN olo cooi)-i!\ The dead leaves rustle at my fee:, j * The moon is shining hri';!itly; h Something lias softly dimmed my eyes, Across the path one shadow lit ^ ? The path two trod so lightly. It was upm. a night like thi> I . liove left us only sorrow; I held her little hand in mi'se. That parting is to mo divine. Then there was no to-morrow. Since i have learned life's ie.-s Hearts are not ea>y broken; To-night all joys 1 "have forgot; There's something sacred in this >()< ', ,,TI ? iviTc ?it)nLe:i. tV licre n?c<. I m-im-.-j -J I'd feci less lonosy with myself if I were broken hearted; Would I could live tlwt nfehtagain, With ail its sadne-'-sweetencd pain, When love from Jove was patted. FORGING THE FETTERS, i JiV MIl< ALEXANDER. a i.*ka,, ,%< !Th<? u'orsinf (k"r." "Her I Dearest Foe," Etc.. Etc. chapter tv. ' I'll return as quickly as I can. You don't aind beir.? ie!l heny" 5a:-1 Carrin^ton. Bav'ev has ;-er wists about her, and is very plucky. I doti'i fancy you'll want anyt .iv^ while I am awav." '"Oh, no. Pray don't lose anytime; 50 as fast as ycucan," cricd Mrs. Fane, who was kneeling on tlseshinile at Mrs. Bay lev's feet. 1 She must hi in dreadful pain." But the plr.S'cal suffering was as nothing compared to the carefuilv hidden tempest of wrath against herself and her i:l-luck. wh'ch ra^ed in toe sutlerer's heart. Jt she had on!v resisted that j * 1 - " - m.\* a t .*r> ]? ?rv.o i spiteiui impulse 10 .uivruu^i. ^ and Cariington in tneir tetc-a-tete exploration?, she would not only have escaped pain and discomfort, but tin? worse result of a fortnight or i hree weeks of helplessness, during which an infinitude of mischief miglr. be done, and Morton absent, too! There never '?\i* anything so unfortunatf; still her only plan was to make the best of it, and instil what poison she could into Mrs. Fane's mind against Carrin^on. Whatever happened, she must keep cool and ree from fever, either of mind or body. Meanwhile, under directions, and with the help of a small silk scarf she had round her throat, Mrs. Fane contrived a very successful compress; and, be.'ore long, Colonel Carrington reappeared with a chair and bearers, followed by the r "VC, r. o n 11 Iv' 6X*pr01?53Ur, XV1L33 vuoivr, . neth, all fall of dismay and sympathy, j It was soon arranged that M:?s Uas- j *low, Carrington, and Kenneth Mo; ton should drive on quickly in ihe p">ny carriage and have du? preparations made at the hoLel Or the arrival or the su!ferer, and that Mrs. Fane and Dr. Methvin should accompany Mrs. iiayley i?. the doctor's carriage, where and impromptu couch was made u:> keep her 1 i'oot in a horizontal position. i ^ I "IX/Q't WOl'ljr )?.>IUSS1I tOO TOUCH," ' said Carrington aside to Mrs. Face, with the kind of familiar interest which seemed curiously natural. l,You are looking as white as the loam d.v-vn there. I must insist on your taking a glass ol" wine.1' ' It was only the start of seeing her fall," said ilrs. Fane, her colour reluming quickly, lor the tone of imperious tenderness in his voice aud manner affected fcer strangely. "I fancied she was more seriously hurt. Do send lor a doctor as soon as you reach St. Cuthberts. She lancies she can manage herself. but I -vish ht-r to be prop=rly cared y? IVi. "I will see toil. Good-b\e for the present;" ibis with a lingering look, wh'ch sngsrsstedto Mrs. Fane thf? reilection, "1 think he h getting over his objection to me," and having seen her swallow a little sherry. Carriugton and his division oi the pariy drove rapidly away. This accident changed the lace of affairs. The local doctor insisted on treating the injury as decidedly serious, and though Mrs. Bayley sioutly contested this opinion, she found it practically impossible to disobey his seutence of seclusion"and repose. All that the kindest forethought could devise to lighten :her j i imprisonment was pruvjuru ^ Fane and eagerly seconded by Violet Onslow, who postponed a promised visit to a certain dear Aunt Julia and a house lull of company, in order to assist in nursing that nice, kind Mrs. Bay ley. "I do not know that lam of much use," said she, plaintively; tier opinion ol her own powers was very humble. "But I am better tban nothing, i can lead aloud to you when Mrs. Fane goes out; and she must go t ut, you know. .She is lookim; quite pale and ill. I would do anything lor Mrs. F?ne, she has been so good to me. Until I knew her I never had any pleasure. My nitther is always ill, you know." "Of course, a brkrht, sympathetic 1.1.? 1C. ai,P.jVS ft| inf. fin.! crfc&iurti IIKC >uu 10 w.i?* v* ?.J _ comfojt Lo a poor, disabled body such as I am; both ilrs. Fane and mrself-ou^ht to be very much obliged to you," cried Mrs. BaUey, warmly. "'Ahl I can do very little for Mrs. Fane: and I am always afraid she can't I care much about me. I wish she wore really fond oi me." "I am sure she is." "Xut as fond as Ian of her; but I can't expect that." "Oh! don't be sentimental, my tit-ar; j you ought to put a proper value upon j yourself." But v\ hile time went heavily with M. s. Baj iey. it made itselt saifi wings for Mrs. Fane. Although she gave many hours to the invalid, there were many at her own disposal, and cf these Carriugt?n j was the constant companion. Sir Fred- j eric was still detained in London about I his friend's business, and Carrimrlon became Mr?. Fare's general adviser and ! a?ent. I: was wonuerlul how lamiiiarj they grew. IIis grave, calm mauuer inspired confidence; his unspoken but ? - . . keenly-felt sympathy seemed to supply ~~ the lack ot old acquainiaucesh:p; and, spoileu uS Mrs. Fane had been by admiration and ii?:;erv. she had seldom enjoyed any triumph so Saiis^clorv as the gradual disappearance o.f the (i;?- ' trustlul, disapproving expression whidi originally attracted her notice, aa<i which i was replaced by a wistful ?.ul at t;!aL:; j almost pained iook*, when his eyes j dwelt upou her. "And what docs that Colond Car-; ' " | riorum co wuu uiujseu ?.u?. ?? u> >o ( he staying on here whcu lus ankie :s ail j right?" asked Mrs Uayky. ir-rce or iuia- I clays after her accident, in a umc hall ! querulous, halt-jcstiasr. "Oh, he makes himsclt most usehii. ! and he plays ^olt '.villi Kenneth Morton aod Violet." "Hem! And ira/.es at yuu, 1 suppose i still, as u about to pass setiUTice oi I death i'or your many crimes." '\Xo. I suppose he ha? not used to my ; enormities," said Mrs Fane. iaichifcg. i "Youdcn't th':nk yon ever sav,- h-m i before:-" "No; 1 don't think! cvtr did. I must remiud Mm oi some one he d's- { liked, or??" "I can i;ive you the key to the riddle ! ii you like," interrupted Mrs. IJayley. j "Hot can you:-" ..r it , . .1 \ t .i-?- ! !,<. -L tillii AiV. HiV x'* %? band, sem no doubt, to liud tui whatever he can against you: and I consider; it mean and uugentleniaulikc to wcrm j himself into your coulidtuce to belra\ j "But when there is Rothinc ;o bctra}?" interrupted }!rs. Fane m ?;cr I iurn, and ureatiy surprised. "What has j suggested this idea, Mrs. liaylev?'' "He himse!' lohi ^ir Frederic .hat he I aic-.v i" ln'jrl Fa':(} ( ]. ar?* 1 e was . v 1 r L. t'.j;! "f vri<>-viy siho i* voiJ; . I be-!; i:c ! a? \- ? -?j ? ?! * s* "rs* I\I ' J M.v\ r.::r 'iv i''\ ! >: j_ minul-". J luri- w? : ! \\yh !: r c:as|is?l I hans:.- c s:::i? :; kr.:-c. ' =? .) . ! :n r ( '<. 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"Ak y-'U > v: i'. is inuvi.^io'.c':" a.^k-'i Mrs Ji.nicv. sh:i:yly. susv. Ncv-.-r i:>U'iitl lo sve Colonel Ruse it i cm hclon! Whv ui?l nr.- S r i'r<>.kriok warn me !kifort? I lio i'c, u'.trii to qu irrt'l with C"i. Cu'T'n i li? i" 1 i k:40?vn U-* c?? lai'-"'?n with av husband " -.ill Vvjjl.i Slave had :i to til v'.Ji tjio.au-i i] uio l )>. IJJKve me. my tloar, x?;u will e nue iv:i'i:i I) my opinio j, isim the opinion oi your iViutiiis iu ireuerai. Youo.ve it lo yours'MMo suw tor a divorce. As i > poor .Sir Fred or:c. !i i never ihou^'ti of mentioning ihi-j ai inumacy -viLis your hiHb.tutl, until ii'j .vus ' !<: a va\; un?i iheu he was so ;ul! o: y-),i *ha*. h<; j:>: ntioa*.-! it io me.*' "There S no harm don?, at ali events i*? a-r Jiroci.on,7i saal ill? Fane coMly "bu1. I think it w?Ii be as *v*oi 1 ;i I let Coi.C'arrin^t on know I am a-.vare oi hi* i.*--it5? mv }.nah?nii_ ;iiui n'OrG. !lial his Intervention will be useless," "Certainly," relumed Mrs iJayley, wih emphasis. "Von would be quite iiyht." The .-ay a'l^r Lh s conversation was dull asd wei: but Carriujjlou was not j sorry 10 sp^ud an hour, perhaps l .vo | iu the pleasant, <ya!et atmosphere ol Mrs. Fane's drawing room, psr.um-.jJ as ! il usually was by hothouse ibwers. Todav a br^rht li;e flowed in the ^ra'*1, i and Mrs Fane U id "ejiab-i-'hcii iier^elt an-i a piece ' * needlework <?n a SOU 11. >"ifi a":i5 aioue. .uiss i_/uslo.v had some visitors, n: 1 Mrs Bayiey was iii.icniTiifylnu? bc-r?ell for a bail ni-^hi by a louii n-teraoon sleep. At the lir-t the conversation ilj^ed. Mis Far.e s;-i mod i>reoccuj.icu. Car notion, who had dravu a loiv chair uear her. watched the motion <>t hsr d-rdt humors in Mkmoe. Is ii true," sh-i s ii-1. ?u ideu'y io.-.kInir up, "chit you kaow ray i.u^^.iutiy" "It is," he icuiruci L "I?j you know him iaUm-ilolyr'' "L thick I may say I <1 "x'ou have known him sincr he wis m India:'" "And before." "Ah!" dropping her >voik hi her lap. "It is an old Irisnustjin then. Perhaps he has spoken to >c?u of t;i r'1 "Ye?; often." liI presume you did not revive, a favourable impression of'mt,?" "Not very." tdkias up a skein oi silk, and bfcjjii/uing to entangle ir. .Mrs. Fane's colour laded, and asmib played over her lips. "You did not come here, then prepared to make iriends with me V "1 came here," said Carriagton, ''utterly unprepared tor?for what awaited me." .His expression f-.truck Mrs. Fane as peculiar. "You did not expect t? Had your friend's wile?" "Cer'ainlv not. I should never have sought her." "Ab! i understand!" A pause. "Colour! C.iTington, may I a.sk you a few questions about my husband? A little curiosity on my put is excusable: is it not V" "L may answer any question you would ask," returned Carnngton. "Tell me," hesitatingly, "is he well and happy? I mean contendei with his life?" "On the whole, I believe lie is now. lie has had lots of work, anil is steady enough. At lirst tie was a little reckless. Of course he is nor. as young as he used to be." "lie is not oil],' said Mrs. Fane, thought lully. "About liv age, I suppose," replied Carrington. looking keenly av. her. "Oh! i imagine he must be younger," returning his ga/.-r calmly, critically. "1 look oi -er than 1 am," s;id Cir SilillilJgl v. 'Tray excuse me! I do not. want to pry iuto Colonel Fane's life. 1 do not iet-11 have any right to do so. Nor am I disposed to be harsh or unfriendly towards him: but our position is peculiarly unfortunate and diUicult. Nor do 1 see any way out of it." "That," returned Carrington, speaking emphatically, "depends on the view you take i f certain questions. A cliI'nw'O ic li\- TYipan-; l -lirMVisiIilf> " "I strongly object to Ceing dragged througa the mire," she said, with soin^ hauteur which became her well. "May I tell you my story?" she continued. "It is well to know both sides." "I shall feel honoured by your confidence," said CarringtoD, "with much feeling. Mrs. Fane, leaning her elbow 011 the end 01 the sola, and her cheek on her hand, turned siightiy tow.irJs him, a dreamy, tar-away look i:i lu-r eyes. "You have probably iHiird the outlines 01 the history. i was very young, an orphan, rich, ignorant, 1 tear arrogant. My aunt, under whose care 1 was brought up, spoilt me, yet worried me w.th small restraints and perpetual espionage. 'She was very pleased to ii'.Hrr** me to Mr. Fane: he was a lieu tenant in the (riiiirds then; especially as he was to be KaTr?*.?. Miiford when his nrii-Ie ilifd. As to uiy ideas, 1 can i?it:tiiy tell what they were. I Ctttrtt i-e :i tot iliy diHVreiit creature now ironi what 1 was then. J liked the no-, tiou ol being mis'.ri ss of my own ho?;se and trK? lr-.m my aunt's rule. y don't think 1 cai>d i.jr Mr. Fane, though I ^\as rather proud ot h?m. ile was not at all good looking. hut tall and tiislingue and haughty. I took it for granted U*at he would love me, lor I landed myself charming. The lawyers squabbled over the settlements, and it was finally arranged that the original Fane estates should hr cleared of encumbrances, and handed orer to j Mr. l'ane, and the rest of my fortune settled strictly uu myself. Well! \\"e j were marritd! My husband was no} indulgent lovtr: but. he was ujhte and coniiesi.-riiciing-, and tried to teach me | good manners. Oh! ves," in reply to a j Mirnmr from Carringion, ] was j iireailuiilv b::d stvie: ioud in drtss. I hoydemsh, everytnitsir 1 ought not to I be. lie 11stci to iiji;rniy me perpetually. Yet." a suit blush rest* >:i her cheek, a sweet, hait'-mocKing smiie parted her lips, "J be'ieve ! coiHd have lovtd him it he had not disdained me. Ah] how cruel it was to let two such young c-rvatures as we were rush into ctitam mistry! Clifford?my h us-band, I mean?was only Tiiree-and-twenty, una I was seventeen and a half, liow could we be;<r with e;ch other, untrained. undeveloped as we were? I V imagine the contrast, between myself and 'he clever, high bred women of >h?- vvori'l he wa; accustomed v\ must liJiw'.nn tryio;;; h?j!imight have had ;i li'.tle pati-nce." "I a n afraid he a;:led like a brute!" ej i?-u! iff I (-arrsiiirto "N*.,;!.e was ;dvvavs iienllemanhke! f sirs*. ye,ir win misera.ile enoiisfn. M\ iii.t t ?oi< offense at s->me ! 'viil mvI'-C <; which Mr. KdU" was j ifi i <!i.i h-r h-st to st t me I t^.:i !i: 1:1 i:i-us><: on living m j ? jsiMt.ry, s? 1 fa'iried he w is j jsie l <>! lining se *:i with me in I :o vii f b-ira-i t nlislik.- md defy hitn. | i'.i -i his uncle suddenly acknowledge I j . .... ... ir>1; j I i\t I I * il ' 111't 1 i I V) a*IV < '*> D ?; i i ? ? IIVM I Tm's limshed i fit' measnrn of Ml'. Fane's ] iniquries in mv aunt's e\?-s;:>iie n<-ver j erastd c miplaining and fretung ahout j iiiiu. iliit 1 will iiut we*rv yon wit.ti [ it s- ails. \W were drifririix ap irt. and i w-is very wretched, nor without reason. When one diy driving with ! my aunt, I s-iw Mr. Fane standing hy Mi'' door of a carriage, which was waiting at the entrance ol' a pretty little tionse m one of t!^ side streets, fie was talking and Hushing. as I had never seen him talk and iaugh, with a Very hanisome, iiai k-eyed woman. My aunt exclaimed, a t i tol l meshe was?oh! a wvll-knowu ac:re>s?adding much that was most n tintnl-perhaps absurd. Then she uave me from tim? to time unpleasant uiors lsot' information as to the past an I present. Ultimately, Mr. Fane one ewnu.-g brought about a crisis. lie chose it) lecture me bemuse i laughed too ioud, ami made myself remarkable by dancing too of tea with one of his brother oili';ers; his lone of cold scorn was maddening?all my pent-up indignation oversowed. I had borne a good deai. and now 1 let myself go. I told him I l ull)- returned his contempt, and and better reisjn, for whatever my t'ii.ilrs miglit bL did not like him, iburish on the fortune of a person 1 disdained, and repay with faithlessness or ingratitude the benefits frankly and willingly brstowed, winding up by ex * ? - ? vl ^ i w-> + i AM t r\ 11 *tri t h pressing uiy ueirnuiudm/n IUIM^MIVU nun no more." iier eyes lit up, her delicite brows contracted as s!ir* spoke, ^iie seemed to feel again the tire of that moment's passion. Carriagton gazed at her, entranced by this glimpse of the real wom:m, which throbbed with such strong vitality uuder the softness and languor ol her exterior. "Do you kno w," she resumed, with a laugh, and slightly raisiug her shoulder-, "I am still surprised at my own cuurage, for I was rather afraid ot my husband; but that burst of auger, | which may have been righteous wrath, carried me*over the rubricon. I have never beea afraid of anything since!" iSlie clasped her hands, and, resting them on her knee, went on: "Mr. Fane was greatly astonished, but intensely indignant. lie said our marriage had bten a fatal mistake: that. '?* would 0" his be^cto filiLher my wishes for asepa.atiou, which was our only chance of tranquility, and so we parted. I never saw nim again. His pride was so hurt that lie sold his whole estate and replicea every sou of the money my trustees had expended in clearing ir. He exchanged Into an Indian regiment, as the least noisy mode 01 separation, and since then I have been, not exactly unhappy?indeed, 1 have enjojeu myself a good deal; but I have felt a worm of morlilication gnawing the lair outside of my existence, juy position was doubtful, dilHcult, or might have been. There is always a slur on a separated wife, and it is impossible to carry the true version of the cause printed on one's sleeve, that those who ran mav reai! Vet 1 doubt it' 1 should have been better oil had I dragged on with Mr. Fane. SM11,1 do not like to think I have spoiled his life." ! ',IIe ought to have understood you better," said Carrington, huskily, after a moment's silence. 'Terhapshe could not." she returned. "You see there was no love between u-3 to pour its balm upon the bruises we iuriicted on each other. No; the blame lies on those who hurried us into that terrible, indissoluole marriage. Jiut i. have been. prosy over my early r.rouI iiloc " "If you knew the deep interest every syllable you have uttered posesses," said Carrington, huskily and stopped short. "You are very good to smypathies with me so kindly," returned Mrs. Fane, looking at him with suspiciously niois': eyes. "There is my side of the story. I am no angel, nor was my husband a monster; but it has been our misfortune to spoil each other's lives." "By heaven!" exclaimed Carrington, starting up and pacing once or twice to and fro. "There never was so unfortunate a devil as Fane to lose vou, and without an effort to save himself!'' lie resumed his seat, and, pressing his hand upon his brow, sheltered his lace for a moment as if to hide nis omrktiAn Pimp crreatlv touched. looked at him in surprise. What a warm heart must be hidden under his stern, cold manner! Her own beat quickly with an emotiom more thrilling, delightful, disturbing, than she had ever ielt before. "J don't suppose Colonel Fane takes your view ot the subject," she said, with a slight smile; "and do not suppose I have any wish for reunion with him. X bear him no malice; but I never desire to see him again." "That is only natural," returned CarringtoD, is his usual tone. "Am I indiscreet," lie continued, "in asking how I nfo hue irnnp vith vnn since?since vou ! ana Fane parted?" "Oil, smoothty enough on the whole. At lirst 1 was feverishly fond of pleasure and somewhat imprudent, so got into scrapes. My aunt died not long afier Colonel Fane left me, and 1 had two or three failures in the shape of lady companions; but 1 was fortunate in inakiag a lew steady, solid friends who found a chaperone for me, one of the best and most high-toned uf women. bhe did me a world of good. I owe her an enormous never-to-be-repaid debt; but. site married an old lover and left me." "It has been a trying position for such a woman as you are," said Carrington, his brows Knitting as he looked keenly at her. "It has had its worries," she said, colouring at the meaning she well understood, and, with a frank laugh, added, "it would would amuse you if you knew the tremendous declarations that have been made to me by aJl sorts and conditions of men. The amount of sage advice 1 have received as to the the best way of setting myself free?of revMffi.2 mvself on that heartless vil lian, my husband! At lirst I believed every man to be in earnest, and used to b* frightfully troubled about the p.iinl indicted; but gradually 1 per cfr?ta**fc9w largely the love offered to iLie was compoimdd of vanity, selhshness, and greed. TiiSr^'ere one or two Kvceptions, of course"?i~*#fe gravely? "but when 1 found myself deseft<Jd,and in a .sense, repudiated. 1 resolved never to bring ttie shadow of disgrace on the name I bore?never to give my husband the right to s;ty, "Tnis woman is the commonplace, low-toned creature I thought." "Then you never held any communication with Fane since?" "Yes," colouring quickly, and looking down. "Once woid c^me to us that ne bad been dangerously wounded in some obscure lighting on the X. W. frontier, and was about to come home <? IiomIMi t nffnrini? to nurhehim. In truth I feared that he j had deprived himself of the means necessary to make ill-health bearable, and ihat I might be useful financially. However"?with a slight gesture of resignation?"I was not accepted. He wrote a civil letter of thanks declining my offer. and stating that he was better, and entertained no idea of returning to Kugland. 1 can't tell you how iminitely ;ishamed 1 felt of having trit-d to force myself upon him. That linished everything." Carrington muttered something in articulate between his teeth, and then remained silent for a moment. "You { are a wonderful woman,' he said, at, ! length, "lo Have .so 'H'le bitterness against the man who has mined your J I if- " "We are, i fear.toleraMv (qua! in rhe ' matter of blarm*." she replieii. ' !'he man has the best of it. though! j Do you know wh^n 1 found out who i you wer?\ my lirst thought was to a-< { certain it there was chance of smooth- I iug ma'ters between you and Fane. Morton 1 c sutv-^s puzzled me. 1 could nor quit- !.r-tkeouT your r-litio is." "Yon understand now," with a calm | superior s tilde. ( "1 understand liioreT.hun you think? , more t han Morton do-s " "How do yon mem?" "lie want's to be in--re than your 1 frien '; he is pla\ iru,' a deep t;am?-." "I dun't ti-mk you have any right to | think tha ," returned Mrs Fane, gravelv. ,-l hav?* known Sir Frederic Morton hd'.v for n?-arty two years, and 1 i think I may say he is only a pleasant friend.'* I a:j) probably too much a stranger ro have ventured to speikas I di:l." "That is the curious part ot our acquaintance!" said Mrs. Fane, turning to him with ta-i frajlc, snaav expression, which af tiu.es gave such a charm to her face. "I never l'ek you were quite a s ranger. You must, have lived a great deal v%. i b Colonel Fane, for you have caug'r s >114 tones of his voice. Not the most musical intonations," and she laughed. ? Carrington looked sharply at her, tn.-n a sm'lj relaxed his lace. "This resernbl nice is no recommendation,! fe:tr." "W'eli, perhaps not, when I r>imernber the occasion on which I last heard hun speak." There was a pause. Harrington leant his elbow on his knee, ami his brow on his hand, "l'es," he said, at length, "lire must have b?en ditfijult to von, and it has not been smooth lor Fane, lie is not an amiable lei low, an. I makes few friends; he has had little hope, and is, I Kno.v, oppressed with s sense of haying been guilty of injustice. Po >r and proud, existence has n<>t had too many pleasures for him. Until lately, he'had no idea that you were a woman who cared for home or? " "How does he know I am?" asked [ Mrs. Fane. "lie has heard ol'you, he has some means of information,said Carrlngton. brokenly with, confusion. "Airs. Leslie Morton," announced a waiter, throwing open the door. Carriagton, cursing tne interruption in his heart, rose, and with a hasty "good moaning," passed out, as a portly, handsomely-dressed lady, all smiles and civility, advanced to greet Mr?. Fane. He walked slowly down the hill from the hotel, aud strolled along a littleIrequented path across some lields. to the beginning of the wooded uplinds, in dee.M tJiuugiit. "It is a curious position," he mused. "How shall 1 extricate myself? l might well say Fane was an unlucky devil, to lose, to throw away such a woman! And she was inclined to love her husband! Gad! how sweef, and arch, aud shy, she looked when she admited it! If that husband had not been blitded and stupefied by an idiotic entanglement, he might have perceived her real value She is not quite happy. How does she regard that designing scoundrel, .Morton V "She hardly knows herself. She shall never g3t free to bestow herself on him; but, would it be right to hold her still to so irksome a raarrige, if freedom was really essential to her happiness? She shall yet know that Fane can gbe generous. I somttimes dream there is a spark of hope in the curious understanding that has sprung up betwen us. Jiy Ileaven! if I could believe that, I wouid forge the fetters again so strongly, that she would never even wish to ureas 100s. ijoiuaess ?uu j caution miy carry me through, but there is no time to b<j lost. Fate was on my side when that confounded old woman sprained her ankle. The doctor must not let her move lor a fortnight to come. A fortnight! It will be sharp work, deucedly sharp; but nothing venture, nothing have." lie quickened his place, and with brows still knit in active thought, and the air of a man who had taken his resolution, stepped out for a long round through the neighbouring fields and thickets, tha^ he might, unmolested, mature his plants. [TO BE CONTINUED.J The Keawon WhyColumbia, July 4.?A good de.il has been saul about the State's buying the stocks that the liquor dealers of the State had left on hand. Governor Tillman said the State would buy from the dealers all whiskeys they had that would come up to the U. S. standaid, but the trouble is that so little of it comes up to the standard. .Not long since Governor Tillman got a letter from a large liquor dealer in Charleston saying that he wanted'to obey the law and asked the State to buy what stock he had on hand. When aske l what grades his whiskevs were tie said thfy ranged TO, 80 and 'JO proof. These falling so Jar below the standard of course the State would not buy them. f> .an 1 <>?;i it Where to buy I'ianos and Organs representing the world's greatest makers. Stein way & Sons Pianos, Mathushek Pianos, Mason & Ilatnliu Pi anos, Sterlin Pianos, Mason and Hamlin Organs, Sterling Organs. Lowest prices always. Easiest terms possible. All freight paid. Complete outlii free. Five vears guarantee. One price to ail. Square dealing. Money saved. We do not ask big prices as many dealers do, an J tben come down. Our motto-One price to all and that the lowest. We ship on lit'teen days' trial to any depot and pay l'reignt both ways if not satisfactory. Write for I illustrated catalogue. N. W. Trump, I Columbia, S. C. * May I.ose Ills Eyes. J Daklixgtox, S. C., July 3.?On j i nursaay nignt jL-oncemau uj/.wv ucu received an injury that may cost hi in the sight of both eyes. lie had just started to put a colored woman, Mary .Jane Malloy, in one of the cells at the guard house,when without the least warning 3he grabbed a hancifull of lime from a keg that happened to be in the carridor and threw ir, in Ins eyes. Tiie assault was so entirely unexpected that he had no time to guard against and both eyes were filled with this dangerous substance. i'oiiceman Jiell is one of the best colored men in the town and met with his misfortune while in the discharge of his duty. Crashed. Chicago, July 5.?Al the elevated station at the World's Fair grounds last night there was a panic. When the rush alter the lirsworks was the greatest i.he elevated employees became alarmed at the size of the crowd gathered on the platform and stopped any more of them trom coming up the steps, telling them it was not safe. Tni3 pecipitated a panic on the platform and in i.l'p scramble. at least 100 neonle were trampled. Kitteen people were sent to the hospi'-al m an ambulance wheu it was over. Nearly all of them had l'aiuted, and nine oi them were seriously injure ?1. Over * 1'recipico. Okegox City, Ore., July 5.?A team driven hyM. i\ Jiradley ran away Ust night and upset the wagon, throwing Bradley, his wife and four children over a precipice forty teet high. Mrs. Bradley was killed and two children fatally injured. The others escaped i with painful bruises. i Dropped Dead. Chicago, July o.?Two persons danced tnemselves to death \esterday ' at picnics. Maggie Cannon, sixteen years old, dropped dead on the dancing ' platform at Cly bourne i'ark,and James Vapato, nineteen years old. met a simi- ! lar fare at a grove on west forty-seven street. 1 AT THK TABERNACLE. { OR. TALMAGE on the lesson of the ( ( PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. i I'm.- t* I -t (? >?!!v Sorrow f\>r I Slu?I'.y i!'?- of ?ii* l.iw No I'lei-h ^ C>?n li * -J li?i lli <Jt ani! ?:! Ilii- ** -!I" Sutls- | ! I , lieft Are C'?nilf <1. Buooiclyn* July 2,--lt :v. Dr. Tal-|J mane iiH'.I seleo!.'';-! a> iii-< subject fur to- | ' [lay ^ nicuro <>t contra u, "Arrogance j* and Htimiiitv," the text v-ein^r Luke | xviii. ! '?. ]) -, merciful l<> t;e a siu- < oer!" i ' No mouniui'i ever li isl a more bril- 1 ii?ut coronet than Mount Moriab. The I i til-xies <>! t!;e auuieut temple blazed j1 thrn*. The moaa!a?n t<">p was not orig- 1 iuu'lv lhrye eunuch it? hold Li.e temple. f and so ii Wall COO teet his?h w::s meted, and the mouulain was built out into ; ih.it wall. It was al that point that 1 satan met L'hrisl aud 'ried to pe.rsuade r him to cast himsel! down the GOO leet. < The true trat^sof I'm temple il islmd the liurht of silver and ??oM aud Corinthian briss, wh'cii Coruithiau brass v\as nvre. ? precious stone* melted an I ruixod un>! ; erystalized. The. temple i:,*e!t waa not 1 so very lirtre a sirue'uiv. hat the c >urts ' and t.ie adjuncts <>f the archilecture ' m ule it half a mile in c'rcu'iifereuce. ' We stand acd ]o <k on up">n tha', won- 1 drou3 structure. ' VhitV. h-3 matter? \\ hat strauycappoaruuce iu the tempi?? t Is it lire? Whv, seeing aa i! if were a < mansion all kindled into (lame. What's ! the matter? Why, iL's the hour of morn- [ :n,' sacrifice, and the smoke on the altar ? rises and bursts out of the crevices and out of the door and wreathes the mouu- ( - ? r~ i i- -r 1.- it .?U I lain ton wiui luuis ui amuse, ? which i?litter previous stones gathered t and burnished by royal munificence. 1 1 see two men mounting the steps ot 1 the building. They 20 side bvside; i they are very unlike; no sympathy be- 1 tween them- the one the phartsee, ' proud, arrogant, pompous, !ie >roe$ up < the steps of the building, lie seems by 1 his manner to sa\: "Clear the track! ' ever before came up these stops such 1 goodness aud consecration." 1 Beside him was the publicuu, bo-ved dowu seemingly with a load <;n his 1 heart. Thev reach !!ie ii'cfosuro iur t worship in the mi<ht of the temple. -5 The pharisee goes close up to the gate of the holy of holies. lie feels he is 1 worthy to stand Uiere. He says prac. 1 ticaliy: "I urn so holy I want to ^'0 into s tl.e holy ol holies. 0 Lord, I am a vu- ( ry good man. I'm a rcsaarkaVly good ' ma.n; Wuy, two days in the week leat ' absolutely u thing. I'm so good. I'm 1 " .?AnAt.A?.?> ir? n\tr /.Anrln/tf f AOTQr.1 ? hp ( V ill y ^UUCLUUO 114 IU J V/VUUUV/ i uv M uiu Vtiv poor. I have no sympathy with the 1 common rabble; especially have I none with this poor, miserable comcnoi. place, < wretched publican who happened to come up the stairs beside me." 1 The publicau went clear to the other * side of the ioclosure, as fur a way from ' the gate of the holy ot holies as he couid 1 get, for he fell unworthy to stand near ' the sacred place. And the Ki'ole says 1 he stood afar oil'. Standing on the ou 1 posite side of thi3 ioclo>ute he bows his ( he?d, and as orientals when they have 1 any trouble beat their breasls, so lie be- ' gins to pound his breast as he cries, "God be merciful to *ne a sinner!" I Oh, was there ever a greater contrast? 1 The incense that watted that morning i from the priest's censer was r ot so : sweet as the publican's prayer lloatiug 1 into the opening heavens, wh.lii the prayer of the pharisee died ou his con- 1 temptoua lips and rolled down into his ' arrogant heart. Worshipping there they < join each other and side by side down I the steps, the phansee cross, wretched, acrid, saturniue; the publican with his 1 face shining with the very joys of heaven 1 for, "I tell you that rain went down to his house justitied rather than the oth- ' er." 1 Now [ put this publican's prayer un- ' der anal sis, aud I discover hi the lirst 1 l\o nf lua sin. ' cua-u u\> muj -^i. .?w %>.h fulness. lie was an honest man, he ! was a taxgatherer, he was an officer of ' the government. The publicans were taxsatherers, and Cicero says they 1 were the adornment of the slate. Of ! course they were somewhat unpopular. because people then did not like to pay their taxes any better than people no w 1 like to pay their taxes, and there were ! many who disliked them. Still, I sup- ' pose this publican, this taxgatberer, 1 was an honorable man. lie had an of- 1 lice ol trust. There were many haru ' things saiu about him, and yet., standing there in that mclosure of the temple 1 amid the demonstrations oi God's holiness and power, he cries out from the very depths of his stneken soul. "God Un marAifnl (r\ ma ? oinnpr " liu wflflt I Ut lii^iUUUi Lvy iu J M -*'7 process shall I prove that I am-a sinner? J3v what process shall I prove ' that you are a sinner? Shall I ask you 1 Lo wc-uh your motives, to scau your ac- 1 tions. to estimate your behavior? I ! will do noLhius; ot the kind. 1 ' will draw my argument rather irorn the J plan of the work tfcat God has achieved for your salvation. 1 Ycusio down in a storm to the beach, and you see wreckers put on their rouirh < jackets and launch the l.i'cooat and then | shoot the rockets to ohow that help is coming out intc the ; breakers, and you : immediately cry. "A shipwreck!" And I wlien i see tne j^orn jesus canst pui I'ng aside robe and crown and launch s out on the tossing sea of human sutler- 1 ing and satanic hate, going out into the thundering surge of death, I cry, *'A | shipwreck!" J I know that cur souls are d>eadiully ! lost by the work God has done to save '< them. Are you a sinner? Suppose you i had a commercial agent in Charleston s or San Fraucisco or Chicago, and you ' were paying him promptly his salary, 1 and you found out. after a while, that ' *\/\i tirii V?of in 'linrr Ha hp/I <3rnxvn lho .Q?>larv ( he had s^iveii nine-teentiis of all the j lime to some other commercial estub- i lishment. Why, your indignation would know no bounds. And yet that i is just the way we have treated the < Lord. He sent us out into this world to 1 serve Mm. He has taken good<*areGf s us-he has clothcd us, he has sheltered 1 us, and he has surrounded U3 with 10,- s OGO beaefaeiious, and yet many ot us 1 have ?iven nine-teenths of our lives to 1 the service ot the world, the llesh and i the devil. Why, my lriend, the Bible * c : ,1 T V !S iUH OI (.CIUCSSIUU, auu j. uu uirv uuu ' anybody is pardoned until he has con- -c leased. 5 What did David say? ikI will confess J my transgressions uuto the Lord/' < What did Isaiah sa}? "Woe is me be- 1 cause 1 am a man oi unclean lips." ! What did Ezra say? l,(Jur iniquities are increased over our head, and our tres- ' pass is grown up iuto heaveu." And '< amor--,' the milliou3 before tlie throne ol c God tosiuht not one got there until he t confessed. The coast ot eternal sorrow t is strewn with the wreck of those who. I UUL liilWUi; UlU ?YtUuiuL; tt i??* w?<^ , cargo of immortal hope into tne while M tauyled foam of the breakers, i. Repent! the voice celestial ciies, Nor longer dare delay, .1 Tlie wretch that scorns the mandate dies 1 And rueets the fiery day. t But I analyze the publican's praver k a step further, and i find Lhat he expect* s ed do relief through God's mercy. Why 1 did not he say I am an honorable man. t When I get $10 taxes I pay them riuh?, ( over to the government I ?ive lull I permission to anybody to audit ray sc- c ;cunts. I appeal to thy justice, O tron: <; [le made no such plea. He throw him- s self llat on God's mercy. 1. Have you aav idea that a man by r breaking off the scales ot the Jeprosy s an change th^ disease? Have you any dea that you can by changing your life ihanze your, heari. that you car' pur;hase your way to heaven? Come, trv it. Come, brine: all the bread you eye.* srave .0 the hungry, all the medicine you ever rave to the sick, ail the kind words you rave ever uttered, a:l the kind deeds .ha*, bove ever distinguished you. Add .hem all up into the tremendous aggre:au of L'Ood words and -vorks, and then ycu will sec J'aui sharpen his knife as 10 cu's that, spiiir. of self satisfaction, as e cries. "By the. deeds of the law there <ha!l no li;-sli be justified." U'm! say a thousand men in this audi;nce. if U^i not togei. nnvthin r in the v\y or peace from God in ?.'??od works, v>* ura I to !>e caved? I?v mercy, tlere I stand to tell the siorv ? niercv. uercy. ]??^^ sutr=rinvr mercy, sovereign nercy, infinite mercy, omnipotent U'V.-y, everlasiin? mercy. Whv, it iM'm; in the Kible as if all language v-t>- f-xbausted, as if it. were stretched rati! it broke, us it all expression were itreck dead at ihe test ot prophet and ipostle and evangelist when it tries to Inscribe Go?l's meroy. Oh. ? iy-< some one. that is only addnr to mv crim?: it I come and confess x-fore God and seek his mercy. No, x ! The murderer has come., acd while e was washing the bloo>l ot his v:ctim rom his hands looked into t te face of iod and cried for mercy, and his soul ins been white in God's pardoning love! And the soul thai has wandered oil'in he streets and riowu to the very ^ates )f hell Ins come back to her father's louse, throwing her arms around his leek, and b:icti saved by* '.he mercv that avfetl Mary MagJalen. But, savs some one, you are throwing >l?en that door of mercy too wide. No, L w.ll thro?v it open wider. 1 will tike , ,he responsibility of saying that if ail ,his audience, instead ot being ga-.hered u a semicircle, were placed side by side , n one long liue they could all march i^ht thiouiih that wide open gate of , ncrcy. ''Whosoever." "whosoever." J3, this meres ot God. There is no line , ong enough to Hthom it; there is uo adder Ions enough to scale it; there is i-> arithmetic facile enough to calculate t; uo angel's wiuL' can fly across it. Heavenly harperst aided by choirs vith le^i like the sun, eanuot compass .hat harmony <>t mercy, mercy. It *r>uuds :n the rumbling ot the celestial ,Mte. 1. hear it in t ie chimin* oi the ;t-lestial tower3. I see it tUshiaff in the jplitted and downcast coronets ot the saved. [ hear it in the thundering tread throne, and theu it comes from the har^3 i-id crowns andtlnones and processions to sit do.va, unexpressed, on a throne Dver topping all heaven?the throne of uercy. IIow I was utiec'ed when some oue told me in regard to that accident on Lon? Island srvuad, when one poor wo-nn?i an.l o-nf. hpr hand nn a raft as $!ie tried to save hereseU', but those who w ere ou the raft thought there was no room .'or her, ami one man eime and most cruelly beat and hrulsed her hinds aui.il she fed oil'. Oh, I bless God that this lifeboat of the gospel has room snou^h for the sixteen hundred millions Dt'the rate?room tor one, room for all, ami yet there is room! i [jus!i this analysis of the publican's [>rayer a step further and Dud that he did aot expect any mercy except by pleading for it. lie did not fold his hands together as some do, sayiosz, "It I'm to be saved, I'll be saved; if I'm to he iost, I'll be lost, and there is nothing for me 10 do." lie knew what was worth hav was* vorth asking ior; beuce this saroest cry of the text. "God ba merciiul to rue, a sinner!" It wa3 an earnest prayer, and it is iharacleristic ol all Bible prayers that they were answered. The blind man, "Lord, that I may receive my si^ht;" the leper, "Lord if thou wilt, thou canst cnake me clean;" sinking Peter, '"Lord i-ave me;" the publican, "God be merciful to me, sinner!" Bat ilyou come up with the tip of your tinker and tap at the roln nf if urill nnh mion Vrt!1 bave cot to have the earnestness )f the warrior who, defeated and pursued, dismouuts from his lathered steed and with /auntleted iiat3 pounds at the palace ^ate. You have sot to have the earuestness of ilie man who at midnight in the fourth story has a sense of sutiocation with the Iiouse in flames, ?ocs to the window and shouts to the firemen, "Help!" O'i, untor^iven soul, if you were in full earnest I might have to command silence in the auditory, for your prayers would drown the vok-j of the speaker, and we l-> .\ r'A 4 .? l?\ +Ka OHAAt flA?* ?VUU1U !i?ivc LU IJUU30 IU bilt? OCl* vie.-! It is because you do not realize your sin before Gou that you ure not this moment crying mercy, mercy, mercy. This prayer of the puolican wa3 also au bumble prayer. The pharisee looked up, the publican looked uowo. You :anaot be saved as a metapbysiciau or is a rhetorician; you cannot, be saved as an artist; you cannot be saved as an official. if you are ever saved at all, it will be as a sinner. "God be merciful to me, a sinner!" Another characteristic of the prayer >f the publican was, it had a ring; of joolideiK.e. It was not a cry of despair. Ele kne.v he was going to get what he asked for. He wanted meicy. lie asked :or it, expecting it. And do you tell lie, O man, J hat God has provided this salvation and is not going to let you lave ii? It a man builds a bridge across a river, will he not let people go over it? [t a physician gives a prescription to a iick man, will he not let him take it? If iu architect puts up a building, will he lot let people in ii? If God provides salvation, will he not let you have it? Jh, if there be a pharisee here, a man fvho says: 1 am all right. My past life las been right. I don't want the pardon )t the gospel, for I have no sin to parion, let me say that while that man is n that mood there is no peace tor him, .here is no pardon, no salvation, and the probability is he will go down and spend iternity with the lost pharisee ot the text. But if there be here one who says, I vani to be better: I waat to quit my sins; my life has been a very impertec' ife; how many things have I said that I should net have said; how many things [ have done 1 should not have done; I .vaut to change my life; I waot to begin iow; let me say to such a soul, God is oady, and you are near the kingdom, or ather you have entered it, for no man <a3 s, I am determined to serve God and surrender the sins of my life, here, now, L cousecrate myself to the Lord Jesus ?IJ1131 VYUU U CU icugriu uig uu luau roui the depth of his soul says that hut le is already a Christian. My uncle, the Rev. Samuel K. Talnrnic of Au^u.'ta, Ga., wa? passing iloni; the streets of Augusta one day, md lie saw a man, a black man, step ro;n ilie sidewalk out into the street, ake his hat efl' and bow very lowly. VI y uncle was not a man who demanded >bseouiousuess, and he saiii, ''What do r*ou do that loi?" kkOh,"says the man, thp nihpr nicht I was poiner il:>ULr the street, and I had a burden on uy shoulder, and I was sick, and I was iuciiry, aud I came to the door of your :hurc!i, and you wore preaching about ; Giid be aiercifu' to me, a sinnet!' and I , itood there at the door Ions enough to icar you say that it a man could utter hat prayer trom the depths ot his soul rod would pardon him and finally take >:m to heaven. Then I put my burden in my shoulder, and I started home. I :oi to ray home, and I sat down, and I aid, oe mereifu to me, a sinner!' y* nn,l /I orl-Qr* onH ihpn JUo .0 liULU ttiiu rvvi ^ ?*uu v>?vu ^ aas?a. I got down oa my knees, and I aid, God be mercilul to me, a sinner!' X I ? r U TP XT VUT VV T VCTITTTTP JL IV?- l o Twelve Years of Established >Ierit. A WARNING. To the Public:?As a matter of jastice to ourselves and to the reputation of Dr. Leslie E. Keeley's Double Chloride of Gold Remedies, for tlis cure of the liquor, opium, morphine, and tobacco diseases and Neurasthenia, we warn the public that these remedies are used by no institution or sanitarium in the United States except those established by our company, under the uniform name of "The Keeley Institute." All others claiming to use Dr. Keelev's Remedies or formulae are frauds and impostors. The Keeley Institutes established in various parts of the Uni'ed States now number ninety, with three in Europe, where the Keeley Treatment is administered and the Keeley Remedies sold. We, however, caution all to examine well and know that they are dealing with genuine representatives, authorized by us, before taking treatment or purchasing remedies. Tn6 misleading establishments use tue name of ,;Bi-Chloride of Gold," or similar titles. The n?wspap3rs often fail to discriminate sufficiently to know th*t they are imitators. This is a matter of public welfare, and hence this warning. Respectfully, The Leslie E. Keeley Co , Curtis J. Judd, Sec. and Treas. Dwight, III., D<?c. 15,1892. For literature or further information regarding the Keeley Treatment, address The Keeley Institute of S. C., at Columbia. aud the burden <^ot heavier, and it got darker aud dirker. I knew not what to do. Then I t;oi down on rnv face, aud 1 cried, kGod be merciful t:> rne, a sinner!' aDd -iway ofi I saw a light coiiin-;, and ii came nsarerand nearer and nearer until all was bright iQ mv heart, and I arose. I am happy now?the burden is all gooe?and 1 said to myself if ever 1 mei; you in the street I would get clear oil' the sidewalk, and I would bow down and take my hat oft'before you. L feel Lhatl owe more to you than to any other man. Ttiat is the reason I bj?v before y?>u." O j, ari there not many n )w who can u ler this prayer, tbe prayer ol the black man, the prayer of tbe publican, t-God be merciiul to me, x sinner!" While I halt in the sermon, will you not all ut ter it? I do not say audibly, but utter it down m the depths of your souls' consciousness. Yes. the sigh goes all throughthrough the pews, it goes all through theseaisles, sigh after sigh?God be merciful to me, a sinner! tlave you all uttered ii? No, there is oue soul that has not uttered it?too proud to utter ii , too hard to utter it. 0 Eoly Spirit, descend upon that on; heart! Yes, he begins to breathe it now. No bowing of thshead yet, no i i' -ii- /el, > at the prayer is beginning?it is born. God be merciful *to ma, a siuner! Jlave all uctere 1 il? Then f nrtAr if. mvseif. for nr> nan iti all the house neeJs to utter it more than my ovvtidoal ?God be merciful tome, a sinner! AGAINST THE DISPENSARY. Jud{6 Huilion Daclarea th? Uac >oBtltutloaal. Darlington, July 7.?The dispensary injunction case, wnich was commenced here yesterday evening before Judge Hudson, has been ol the greatest interest to this community, ana was conciuaeu uoaay. Assistant ney General Buchanan. Solicitor Johnston and Messrs. Boyd and Brown appeared for Floyd, the dispenser appointed by the local board, Messrs. Nettles and Nettles representing the contestants. A considerable part of the time was taken up in hearing affidavits from both sides as to the^sig&*rS~' of Floyd's petition, to^&tfvthat the parties were or wes^not freeholders, and in some instances the contestants showed that the names were signed without the consent of the party. m J 1* * ^ 3 ^4. o iuti aigumeuua were umsneu at o o'clock tonight, and Judge Hudson immediately rendered the outline of his decision, restraining JFioyd from open ing the dispensary in Darlington, on the ground that he waq not legally appointed, aod also on the ground that the dispensary law is unconstitutional, inasmuch as it was au infringement on the entire system of our republican government, and took a.way from the people certain rights, which is radically wrong as to the Constitution of the State. He said that if thia government made a monopoly of liquor, it could also do so of drugs, tobacco and any other articles of commerce whatever. He cited certain similar cases in Louisiana, Illinois and .New York. Judge Hudson further saic. that the railroads could not be prohibi^d from bringing packages of whiskey into tais State, and delivering the original package. He signed an order to the loregoing effect, and stated that as soon.as he could he would write out the reasons for his decision in full. The de-. cision was a complete surprise to the State's attorneys, and Mr. Buchanan said that it would not stand. Some of the best lawyers at the bar express the nnininn t.haf. t.hp Hfipisinn If? food law. ?- ? ? o Tne State s attorDey askei that the parties bringing the injunction 'oe placed under a bond, aa they had caused the State to suffer a loss, in that there was SI,000 worth of liquors here ready to be sold. After hearing some argument on this point, tne judge intimated that he would require a bond of SI,000 to be filed withm ten days. This js tne first time in tte history of Darlington tbat it is a dry towL, and we are destinpri t.n remain sf> notil after the Su preme Court delinately settles the case. Assistant Attorney General Buchanan stated that he would appeal to the Supreme Court and that at present it was the only remedy wuich presented itseif to his mind.?State. - -to - FARMERS ' AND MANUFACTURERS: As a matter of business interest to vou and ourselves \va ask you to allow us the privilege of making estimates upon any machinery you may wish ?j uuy utmuic placing your orders elsewhere. Our facilities ami connections with manufacturers are such that we can* quote on the same goods as low prices as are obtainable in America. It is but a narrow 'mind that would pass by the home dealer to pay an equal or greater price to a foreign Jealer or manufacturer. 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