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'You are not afraid, Magg ieY
'Me afraid! mill Ma fie, 'IM n>> lear
born with me. As lor the house it's
the strongest fastened ever I was in. 1
You say yourself there is 110 loch a j
burglar could force, ami I am not the:
one to let tramps or the like in of inv j
free will, (lot! knows the place will be
safe enough when you come b'.ck? as
11
safe as though there were a regiment
of sobliers in it; ami I'll have all
bright tor your new wife. .Mr, Aiehibald.'
She called her master Mr. Archibald
still, this obi woman; but she was the
only one who still used his C'hiisli.m
name. lie was an elderly man him-1
sell, and had few intimate fri *n Is, hospitality
not being one ol ids \irtm \
- Ho was rich, and there was much thai j
was valuable in the house; more ready
money, too than most m< n k? n about
them; but then it was as .seeare as a j
bank vault- ]?a!ent lock an I regular j
one who sought to enter by sioaUii.
and then ran ;'a bell to waki li ehold,
were attached to every ileor and j
, a furious watch-.log that lived on raw j
lineal, was in the back garden. The i
Van Nott mansion could have stood a i
seigc at a moment's noliee.
Mr. Van Null was a iu<>i;o>*-<I? : 11? r. j
lie luid ways of aceumuhitin g pr pml\
which were my Me: o is t > hT i i; r
and they were nop: emu t: it. 1
lie back parlor,.sacred to business,
had even seen sueh 1? : ,-cr dealin ?> a the
loan oi money on good watelns, i
easlnnere shawls, and diamonds oi l
genteel distress. Two or tiuve mortgages
that, he had bought uj? !md b. i n
rather cruelly foreclosed; and lie was
a hard landlord, and a bad person to
owe money to altogether. On tin*
' I
whole he was disliked in the place,
and, rich as lie was, would have louiid
it hard to get a wile to ids likiioj
among his neighbors at Oakham, j
However, ha\ing resolved to marry
, ' 1
again ?there had been a Mrs. Van j
Nott. who died \a us before- he leul i
sought out a wealthy wit low oi a avin?
disposition, who lived c?n a small
farm some miles out ot town, and,
having already disinherited herdangh
ter for espousing an estimable man ol
small means, and turned her only son
out of doors for equally prudent icasons,
was i o likely to lning any troublesome
generosity into her household,
and had offered himself to her, and
had been accepted. And now, though
both their economical souls revolted
against it, custom decreed a wedding
ot some sort, and a honeymoon trip
somewhere, and they had decided to ^
?lo it as cheaply as possible, 1* or this
brief time Mr. Van Xott must leave
his business and his house, and it was I
upon llic ovu ?>t hj.s departure that lie
lield llie above conversation with his
obi servant standing with bis portmanteau
in his hand, and regarding
/ 4 O O
her gravely.
'Yes,' lie said, $I presume it is all
safe enough. And 1 will speak to the
night watejimau and give him a dollar j
to take a particular look at this house. <
\Y ell, good by, Maggie; make things 1
as neat as possible, lor it they look
dirty my wife may think the furniture
old, and want something new for
the parlor.' and .Mr. \ an Nott departed.
4 Yes,' said old Maggie, bio doubt
she'll have line, extravagant ways.
Poor Master! what a pity lie should
marry, after all ? but old fools are the
worst fools. A young thing ?>t eight
and forty, too, when he has a sensible
servant, sixty last January, that
I knows what belongs to good housekeepings.
If lie wanted to marry why
didn't he ask me? I d not have gone
grfllivanting and spending. Ah, well,
ll/lM ! L2 1 1 4Yi ?V 11 AJ I 1 ? V ? * . 1 I .. 1 '
..^ j. uiimvi, nut ?. -vim H'CH- j
ted away to begin her sweeping and
d lifting.
SI 10 had said truly that there was no
tear born with her, but as the night
drew on she began to ieel somewhat
lonely. Her master's presence was
I strangely missed out of the great house,
and there was something ghostly in
the look of his empty chair when she
peeped into the little back office.
If I was superstitious," she said to j
herself, *i should think something
dreadful was going to happen. 1 feel
chilly up and down my back, and
it?*p
J\ 11 J tidopoi
r\\rAYIU)RO, s. c., s.i
keep thinking of funerals. I'll make
myself a c*uj? i?1* ton, and see it I can't
rcL ovcV it.'
And accordingly old Ma u> shut
herself into the snujjj kitchen, and
lighting two candUs, drew a pot of
the strongest young byvon, and putting
her feel close 1<> the cooking
stove, began to foci much more comfort
able.
The oM clock ticked away on the
matitd, the hands pointing to half-j
past eight.
'I am going to bed at nine,' said j
Maggie. 'I've worked well to-day. j
mucli thanks I'll get lor it, I doubt,
i iark! YV baths that?'
It was a sound outside the door ?a
. .
loot trod t lie pavement and the bell :
ismtiy.
'A eariiage!' cried Maggie, 'has lie
changed his mind and brought her i
home at. once? Hut that can't be, he
is not married yet.' And taking one i
of ilc caudles she trotted to the door, I
but not before the bell bad rune; 1
again.
'\\ ho is that?' she cried, holding!
t lie door slight 1 y ajar.
'A si anger,' said a voice, 'one who ,
has something particular to say to
you.'
i\ ou'll have to wait for to-morrow,'
sai l Maggie. \ oll come in tonight.'
'-My g.md woman,' sai l the stranger,
'you are .Margaret Mack'."'
'Hills 111 V II : I II I I
'.Mr. \ .111 Noll's liou/e-ki't'jKT for
l\\ only yea in':1
4 Yes.'
'..ivgood woman, il you are all u-h <1
to your masror, i have very bad news
lor you.'
'( raviotis Lo'Yl!' cried Maggie, bill
liil not open 11 n? door iiinrli wider?
only enough lo llirusl her head out.
ll)on'l sea re ni", Mister. What is il?'
4Tim worst you can think <>1/ said
the man. 'Mr. Yen Noli travelled on
(ho railroad. There has keen
an accident.
'Preserve us!' cried Maggie, let l ing
the door fall hack, 'and him on his
way to his wedding. lie is badly
hurl, then.''
4I le is dead,'said the man. 'Dead
and we have brought him home.'
Maggie sat down on a chair and
began to cry.
'We have done what we could,' said
the man. 'The ladv he was to marry
and her liicnds will he down to-morrow.
Meanwhile my instructions arc
that you shall watch with him, and
allow no strangers to enter the house, j
There are valuables here, I am told,
and .Mr. Van Xoil's lawyer must take
|?i.p:-e?sion of the in, and seal them up
before strangers have access to the j
i ooms.'
4()h! dear, dear,' cried old Maggie.
'That it should come to ihis. Yes, I'll
watch alone, I am not afraid, bill? j
oil, dear!'
Then who shrank back and lei I wo i
men carry a horrible collin into the
parlor.
They came out .villi their hats oil',
and the other man held hie also in his
hand.
'J regret to leave you all alone in
the house" he said.
'I don't mind that,'said old Maggie,
'but it's terrible, terrible.'
If you'd like me to stay,' said the
man.
'No,' said Maggie, 'I have no fear
of living or dead folk. You can go.'
Then she locked the other door and
went, into the parlor, and putting the
candle on the mantel looked at the
collin through her tears.
'lie was good enough to me,' she
said, 'Poor Mr. Archibald! And this
comes of wanting to marry at this
time of life, and gallivanting on railroads.
I wonder whether he is
changed much? I will take a look,'
and Maggie crossed the room and
lifted the lid over the fnen of ilio < >?
closed body,
'1 will lake a look,' h1;o said to herself
again. I am not afraid of dead
lolks,'
In a minute more Maggio dropped
the lid again, and retreated, shaking
Ironi head to loot. She had seen within
the collii? a face with its eyes shut,
and with bandages about the head,
and the ghastly leaturcs of a clown in
a circus, minus the red mouth.
J Jut it was a living lace well chalked,
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JL "*? jli j
ideiit: ?I 011 rii: 11.
iTl'.RI)A.Y, Allil'ST j
and not luw mast'rV, and M;i'/yn'
know slu1 1. id luvn woll Imndni 'o I
; tlia* .lit* story ot 1;cr iii'i-li i s dath
! was a lit*, and licit a li'iryl u* lay .% i111In
tln? I'M (I'M r.ii,!\' l.? MiiMn.r '
I ... ^ v. ..... I VMM > %?' 1IIM7II
, hind her, or perhaps murder Iht at
j anv minute.
I She could, of course, open tie door i
oi the man \vi ) " doul?ll?,,;> outside. It i
} was a I?hitC distance to the nearest i
j house, aiul even il thev did not, kill |
la r, they won't! execute tin if purpose
and Kill the pkio- before she returned,
OI aster look - natural,' said Manvh
! aloud, and tru? 1 to eolhet her
thonv'ltS.
.Mr. Nan NMn's ri'vulu ri w re in
the iu.'\t room, she knew, loaded, six
shots in each. M'e.fie ceathi toa*
pistols. She ha>l aimi"! it < rouhlesoinc
cats with '.jreat sin-res; more than
opee. il she could secliio these she
leiV sa'c.
'1'oor dear master,* sli > st M>ed and i
edoed toward the leu k loom. 'Pom I
dear tttasi < rskc iili .1 lie desk lid. |
Shi* had t hem "ale.
She olid.i d hnek to the front parlor j
and sat down on a < hair. She turned
up her >!ecvs and erasped a pistol in
i ae 11 hand, and watched the eoilin 1 i?I
ipiiel'v. la i all and, lamr the lid j
stirred. A rani nuts hand crept up thci
side. A w iry i ve peepedi out. Il I'd I j
upon ihe armed n:;uie and closed 1
ayp.iii.
\ ou'd latter/ said to her j
i sel f.
Attain the le ad lilted up. I hi
lime .Ma?i'_'ie s prune; lo her leet.
'Vouraie lied ouite kaudv,1 sin
said redly. O'o ue? d of laying you |
oil t it I I'ro, ahd 1 <-a!i aim lir*l-r.H e, |
e pe-iaily u i:< n I'm a I raid of ghosts,
ail am n ovd
| The head heldied down a^aiu. M ai(|
oie rcsci'ed !h l ? iI. She knew this
could not la t Ion;.'; ? t l.a* there must, j
I i..... a . n. i ..' i - i -
I i>i a i VIM... i 11 v . v 11? i'?11 . i i. was : i K
she supposed. A moment, more and
1!!" eolkn was fini?l v, and n f'eroeious
j y.?ung fell-ov sat at its t ?1 fnul thus i
j addressed lmr:
'\\ e 11'< ait {(? do it nil (jtiii!Iylie I
said 'ami ! dmiT want to frighten old i
i u ci*iiai. .) imt put t licin Mown.'
j 4I am not liighti in d,' said ]\I:iLX*ri?.
'1 am < <im*:n'.j: to take them tilings
i away limn yon,* said the man. I
j '( mih',' said Maggie.
11; :a 1 v:ila'f t! niic s'ep. She t.otd;
: aim ami he dodged, Imt Inn bullet
went through liis left ana, and it. dropjH'd
by his si-In.
J l'urious with |>ain, 1m daslird t<>war*I
In r. She lirel again, and :! ;s
timet wound* d him in tin? fight shoul )er.
Faint and ?piite helpless, he staggered
against tin* wall.
I 'There, you've done it, old woman,*
I he said. Open 11 u door and let me
,, 1 ,
out. -My game is up.
j '.Mine isn't,' said old .Maggie. '(Jet
| back into ymir collin again, or tins
lime I'll shoot yon through the heart.'
I he burglar looked jnteonsly at her,
imt he saw no tuerey in her lace. He
I went hack to the collin and lay down
in it. 1 lino*1 dropped Irom his wounds,
and lie was growing pale. Maggie
I did not. want to see him die before, her
| eves, but she did not d ire go for aid. i
To leave the house before daybreak
would he to meet this man's eompan;
ions, ami risk her own li!e. '1 here
was nothing for it hut to play the surgeon
herself, and in a little while she
had top| -1 the blond ami saved the
burglar's life. More than this?she
[ brought him a eup often, and fed him
with it as il he had been a baby. NothI
: i it- i
111'_rj iiowcvci', cou 1*1 uuiucc tier to let
liiisi out o! 11i> collin.
I AJm>uI one or two o'elork she heard
slops out:-nlc, and know that the other
! burglars were near, but her stout
l heart never quailed. Sin- trusted in
the bars and holts, and they did not
hot ray her.
The daylight, foun 1 her sitting 1> side
her wounded- hurglar, and the
milkman, bright and early, was the
etab.i: idor wlio summoned the otlicers
of just ice.
Win n the bridal party returned the
next day the house was neat and tidy,
land .Maggie, in her best alpaca, told
the new - in laconic bullion.
|
M r: !.lciic-dM she said in answer to
the sympathetic ejaculations ol her
new mistress. 4brightened! Oh, no!
j-'ear w asn't horn in me.'
\ lawyer's Advice.
An Iii-hman hyr the name of Tom
j Murphy once borrowed a sum of moil1
ey irem one of his neighbors, which lie
nroini-; 1 to lUVV IIDOII :l r.erOiin linm
II t I ' I " " V ...... .
lint nn ntli alter month passed by, and
no si/ us of the agreement hcing kepi,
his creditor at last warned him that
! unless he paid it upon a certain day,
! lie should sue ior it and recover by
! law. This rather frightened Tom,
and not being able to raiso the money,
he went to a lawyo to get advice on
the matter. Alter hearing Tom's
story to the end, he asked him:
"lias your neighbor got any writings
to show that you owe him this
titty dollars?'*
"Divil a word," replied Tom, quick*
ly.
"Well, then, if you haven't the
1 money, you can take your own time;
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:\t nil events lie cannot collect it by
4 rilMlit \<>r linn..!- '-1 - i "
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s\i<l toui, r:ii>i11 l ami n'oiiu; to the
door.
j Hlold on, in v friend,1 snid the
I lawyer.
j '\\ hat lor?' asked Tom in astonish
I men!.
N on owe nm t w o * lol larR.11
i 'What for?1
A\ hy, lor my advice to he sure.
\ on *h>u t s11j 11oso I can live l?v e'uaia;
iejf nothiny; do \ on?"
'r.im sent ho*| his heml a moment
in evnhiit perplexity, ho he li.ul no
m< m y. At h.st. sin idea sennit d to
strike him:
'An' have yees anv paper to show 1
thai 1 owes \ e?>s low dollars?1 lie!
ask* ?1, with a twinkle in his eye.
AN hy, ii", "i course not; luit what
Joes t hat siyplit \ ?'
4'l'heii l it jiml he all"r takiu1 yer
nvai mlvme, an' pay natlier you nor
my iieioh.hor'.1 saving which. he h'fl
the oliiee an I Us oee'lpaut to meditate
on a lawyer takiny; ius advice, ami a '
* h i < l * ; \ al. my hi < \ !i nie*lieine.
-*V* ? -Olrs
: \ vj * v \ msii niavs.
The Tailed Stales Iin fed h> Send Troops ;
1 a < aim.
'i he New Noi i. Sun has tlie follow
; <lispa'; !i h orn \\ ashiny;ton, which I
we i.:;i!i only r ay is very important, il [
t i u.".
! am rl.le to inform you with positive
certainty that tin? Spanish legation
hero have i count !v heen inslrueled j
| from Madrid to approach Sectary |
j Hamilton t'idi u it h t he impiiry whet li- 1
(T the I lilted f"M,.teS WOllhl he ?1 is*
! id nitci vriic with armed lone
ha w i111 a \ icw of fis:i 1 iii11lc j
| whether the j km > j. ?I that island realIs
desire or !i /1 to separate themselves
! ii< iii the mother country. This propos
l ion conns in a certain connection
, with an intrigue which has for some
t me hcen maturing in Kit rope, by
virtue ol which (iermany and I'inglaicl
are to intervene in Spain itselt,
[and hy means of snlVieient bodies ol
t n ops put a stop to the ci\ il war now
; iito ; on i l.ci i and j iace 1 Voice Alfotisp
on l lie tli rune. This scheme has been
managed especially by Prussian diplo!
macv. and as all the money which Sorrano
has had h r some time, past, for
' the purpose ol paving troops and cari*\
iug mi hi-- go\ eminent, has been litrnished
to him Iroin the 1 Vussinn treastit
ry, it is e'en that the proposition to
make Alfonso km;; is not to he opposed
j by him, a'.th nigh cominmt Mecenc.y
i would iorbid his taking a leading pari
j in putting it into execution* When
j it is done, by fo'cigri armies, he; can
submit to it w ithout incurring special
odium among bis country men. Part
lot the projeet is that Prussia shall
have some small island in the West
I Indies lor a water station, and the
consent of the Pniled States to this is
i to he compensated by giving us
I ('tiba.
An b\lrami!inary Medium.
Young brown, i be mind reader,
j w ho is pnz/.ling New York, lias a
l< rmidable ri\al in a Mrs. Miller, who
is puzzling C hicago. The mental .experiments
to which she is subjected
are -\i 1 to 1 ?t^ wonderful, but her physio:
d no'.vcrH still more striking. ilav'
ing I!"? o^ncti/ed a small table, by passing
her hands over the t' p and along
i the legs, she turns it en its lac(5 and
! l! on riajiiosis any gontlemnn present
to turn it, leak to stand upon its b os,
I simp1 y allowing lu-r to place thfrlip ol
her ling T upon any part of it. Scores
I o,t;11 .vari men In.vo pitted their lull
strength against the little linger o!
this little woman, but have ignominious!)
Jail d. liven lour men when the
! 'power1 has b en strong, "have combined
their strength, and tailed as
' well, though generally the table is
I broken in the ellbil. It is a very ii Investing
e\pi ianu-ut' While the slal|
wart man is trying to set it on its legs
i the table will absolutely float all over
j the room. That is to say, it is continually
trying to get away from the
lady's antagonist, and will carry him
/ n ' /
about, now here and now there, ami
will generally sustain a position over
his head. The moment the sensitive
removes her hands the table becomes
docile and allows itsell to be set properly
upon its leet, the same as any
, other well regulated piece of family
luruiLurc. Another phase of Mrs.
Miller's mcdiumship is slate-writing,
d ue visitor is allowed to bring his
, own slate - a double-locked slate il bo
! It -I 1 *
<jiioun?'s?ami wnen Hie medium nas
held it under a table, intelligent ansu'erors
to questions, or othei tests,
i are in variably found written on the
j inside ol the looked slate. l>ut her
i piece (I reshtuit.ee is her materalizing
phase. For M-.ienlilio and test experiments
this lady is the best medium
ever seen in Chicago. When her
hands are securely tied, sewed and
sealed together iron rings, chairs, coats
and vests are put on her person no
quickly that absolutely no time ift
consumed. Conceding that sho was
not tied at all, but was tree to do
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- ..-mi .rr ?n:i|n;iv in f"' K'tliiliin
iiu iiioli nil) '?? < !i.ir "<l tor ah a s<|Uatr.
.\fiirri.i?(< Motifs rr'*#*. ?
I>?viflis ami ! moral uofl^M free.
Olntii.uitH of oiio sup tare fro**; over ?* *.
snare Hi i- i'.I r-f aifvertisMiij raiCA.'
1 Ii?_T??r l >t v ??1 oil*' sfjtl.ilc fme.
A liitiM 11 !j-??-i??i??t Will Imt made It* Mi >- i
whoso advertist'ii t?nf.s am le he kept in t*?r
form <>f ila e" months or longer.
with he?' hands as she choose ?d:e
cuiiM not manipulate three lai;e
chairs a> 11 n arc mmii|>t11>it?'<I in ) r
presence. T iken all in all, .Mrs. M;'< r
in tin- v iriet v <>( her phases stand j r. 1?al?!y
at tin* head of the physical uiedii
IIliis ot ! Ill* ( Hint I V, till' more SO as six?
i ill poses i!fnos| mo coip I i I ion s.
rule I \ I. i:A I,KM \i>.
I'lohuhio SiiIpIIIi" >t of I l?.i e of
(' >1 toll,
(From 11 io I inoii-Iloralil.j
Tim I'.'-a ilnrt Standard atd t'ommcrcial
is cut lni<iast in upon tins i < ? ',
a s f o i I o w s: On toe 1 11? instant, a \ e r
inlercsliin/ mc? t int; of the directors ..t
the Tori Ijoval liailrond was held in
An-jpista. A cm milloe was appointed
t?? make arrangements tor iniproye*I
leeoiilo | illolis in Augusta, an I a '
closer connection with the (ieorgia
I oiilroad.
The erect inn ot one ot Taylor's threat,
cot ten presses was decided upon. It
w ill I"- put up at once in August a, an I
will linis he aide not only to work lor
this poii, Inn aUo lor the other ports
of i i * a lie -i on ami Savannah. (,'ottoii
set t from Augusta to Port K-ov.il
ii be 11ir-s. 11 in Augusta, That
coining Ijvmi. west of that point will
l?i' j>ri <>< <! at Port lioyal. The two
l>r<'Hs?'K will l)c put in complete order,
v.- th some improvements. There is
?i t a doubt hut that wo will ship .*
It 0,000 bales hum '.his port during
t ti' cumu g sca<<mi.
lit purls were received from the
( Jeurgia coal mines proposing to fur- *
liish ail the coal necessary for the
lines of ocean steamships touching at
Port I iu yah I lie steamship .Mimics- ?
"t i was reported as coining to Port w
!i >ya! to try its laeiliics lor coaling.
1 his i a new line between (da-mow . .
and N? w ()i leans. ' * ' /Jlh
The l.i\ori> ?ol ammt of the road reports
the advantages ot Port lioyal
are now tally appreciated in that coin- -f,
Hernial centre. The reports of tho
captain ot i he steamships which have
touched hero during the past yar
j have been so favorable that the transfer
of many steamers lrom New Orleans
to Poll lioyal is lively canvassed.
Judge iiing spoke warmly of
the immense advantages certain to
accrue, to Augusta from its connection
w ith Purl I iu \ ah
'1 he bir?inc ?s ol the road under
President lhaaclds active adininist ra- *
lion lias been improved, and a greater
economy intodue.ed. Instead of trying
i to depress tin bunds and stuck of the
road, he is# endcavoiiug to make it
worth something. In every department
there is mure energy, hopefulness
and attention. The business ot
June pod ?1,400 over expenses.
('apt. K. <h Fleming waft elected snporinteinh
i.t and .Mr. John M. Cook
I treasurer. An extension of the wharf
' faeilties was decided upon, and 1,0*10
feed ol new do k will be coiftracled tur
at an early day.
Tins N?:w Posiaok, Law. ? Coder
the new iinslollice.act, there are two
. . ' . 7 AiyMl *
111Ut Cl'iaI changes ;vs to postage JUKI till!
manner ot paying postage. One ol
these, (the- prepayment of postage ? w
on newsp.i; crs, periodicals, Ac.,) does
not go into operation until January
next. 1 he other change is already in.
operate n. I in-, relates to the postage
on book pa Uages, samples, nicrchan- a r
di/.e, Ac., and ill those miscellaneous.- . ISf
articles which have heretofore been
! rated as tkthir?l class" mail matter at
two cents for each two ounces, 'i ho
new chat gy. is one cent for each two ^
ounces, ami samples, merchandise, Ac.
may he put up in packages not exceeding
four pounds in weight, instead of
>1 O '
; being hunted to l wolvc-onnco* paeki
ages as heretofore. This greatly
H.niplilies the postage rates, for there
m now hut one rate and one maximum s
limit of 'veiglit. for all third-class mail
^ I
matter. ?.\z.\ (>m*e<nt lor every two y
ounces in p teka res up to four pounds.
Fridr y night a package of mail matter
was received at the New IIuvcm
I'ostotliee from the North, (joiiml for
Vineyard JlavUn, Mass. The euriosty
of the ban Hots thereof was awake/ml
hy a ticking noise as if the matter way
! alive. An investigation followed, '
when it v as dijjcovei'ed that the pa kage
contained a clock, which w vs
ticking as steadily as if i' had kcctii
upon some staid mantel] ieo?\ The
time indicated hy the hamts was
which was exactly the time by Lite
( it v Hall clock.
-J
c' 11 o sv like it*. lather it is!1 exclaime' ,
iho nurse, 011 the occ tsion of the ohton:i*g
ot a baby wlnw father v. i*
; over seventy, and had married a
1 young wile. "Very likely,' replied a
satirical lady; "it hasn't a tooth m*iu
head.'
Don't ho stubborn unless you are
sure you oan afford it. Wight in tlx*
midst of the Jato panic, hu I0W4 man %
chose to ho perversely obstinate, llie
daughter wanted a ih)0 silk dress. %
ami ho wouldn't get it, and ho l<mt
$G0 by t he operation. She took e.?ld
uoiprin, aud the funeral expense* were
$1*0.
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