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Convenient to tho Greenville and Charleston
Railroads and the ltusine.-s portion of
the City. Ente of Transient
Hoard-?Two Dolhws
per Day.
Regular Boarders received at Reasonable
Men.
TlIOJlA? BLU?BLK.
now Ii E got M a urn i-;o.
Plumbic boasted of being a Confirmed
baxdioli r. and took pride in being called j
a won.iin hater. I mean.Thomas Blum j
hie, or tbe importing and jobbiug home
id -Hood, Siiver it Mumble.' He was
Miy fond of Jeiiiiig<pcopJt: know that
he disregarded the'eharihs of the tttfter
-O/x.raud w;/>? frojuently heard lo saj
phut lie would liko totsee ihe Woman
llljt could "rt hlln under ber ihn nb.
There was. a time, of course, when
Bfuiuble wi'.x >usciplible to the overtures
of Cupid ; because 'wl.cn he was plain
? I (.in,' of Ihteeu years ol ago, and left
?Rock Cove,' c'ini (o the city and
entered tbe employ of 'Mensor, l'igby A
Hood,' ho Iclt behind him a young
?I'ol y Ann,' with many.a sigh and tt.-.i.
and in re vows roan both put logorhrr.
ti be true till death. For two years n?
wrote constantly to his Polly Ann.
repeating the manifold vows ol boy hi'oJ
love ; then bo w:t.-: promut d IVoui boy to
entry clerk, and soon after WaS nitro
dnccd to a very bewitching young lady
whom- we may be allowed to call Hattic
Kit' n. 'J ben be forgot bid Polly Ann
down in Pock "Cujfd, and became very
attentive to Miss Elton ; ho accompani
ed her to the theater and made her pre
Kerbs; he got trusted for bis new coat,
and with the money that should hive
paid for it they took n sleigh ride to
Brighton} and roasted on hot chickens
and clntuij ague j to please ln-r be
Irofned to polka 'and waltz j the sehot
tTseb and varsoviennc were not in vogue
then, Tilings had tmed elong very
Bmoojbly for about a year; so Tom.
thinking ho might as well have the
matter stilled, at once, popped tbe
question*. Miss Klon appeared very
much surprised; '"'?? a moment she
remained silent, then lilting up b <ih
hands she exclaifndd :
'Why, Mr. Plumbic,'?she had rmi
Htuutlv 'called hi .j 'Tun* for six months
previous?t've been engaged these two
ye: rs? didn't you know it V
'Km w it'/ No,' replied Mumble, in
utter astonishment.
'Why, ye*, I've be-m engaged to
Charley ^Dudley for a long while, and I
tbought yon knew all about-it/and was-1
Jbnly frying attention to roe nut ot polite
Hess. Charley h in New Vork now, but
we .'W to be married next Christmas.'
'Married next?'
V.'e [nay gnoss srBtrt Plumbic was.j
about to fay. but wo shall ahvi^s be in
doiibt, for, instead of finishing his |
sentence, fee took his luvt and rushed Out j
of the house, not even waiting to make
the parting salilation of'good-evening '
Perhaps ho was afraid? to trust his
gnashing teeth, for fear they would
change .his wcll-mua^f. words iuto somo
wuKcdexpreaion,
Tom, in the privacy of Iiis own cham
ber, with bis door locked, his elbows up
on his light stand, and 'his face quite"
buried ?u bis ban <ls, reverted to tbo
yeur'rf time and the many dollars ho bad
thrown away on Miss Elton ; then he
thought of poor Polly Ann, whom ho
had 'cut' so shamefully, down in Uock
Cove, and he decided to write to her, to
Oiior pressing business as ai cXohc lor
uot having written before, to sue for
pardon f? r p st negligence, and to assert
that- his aficcimnH worn .still unaltered
land- tinnltornble. So ho indjuried bis
f:t<v, and'peuued tho tender missive full
? m" Uihi bonds and stale love, which be
guMpulche'd with tbe fullest confidence'
i hat Polly A mi ' oitld be very happy to'
receive it. Rttt' alas Jfor poor human
.e*|ieclation? ! Polly Ann's letter c one.
It was brief ; 9ho. told Plumble she bad
brav.I of bis attentions tn the city lady,
that she bad almost forgotten htm, an 1
was ^oIiil; to marry Jet ry S mike, the
viibige blacksmith the next. week. She
returned to Tom his his earliest efforts
in love dot tor writing aud a lock ol bis
hair, and requested him to return to her
sundry articles in that line that he bad
recinvtvd IV. her.
Front that day Plumbic announced
himself to thc Worhl as a woman-hater.
He pih^? becta laTle to one woman, and
one woman hid t.iek-d hi.n. So he j
cried down the whole .-ex. The tiiUO
*wni?th PlumLJo hud heretofore divided
tic', ween lore pnd bu.-inoss was now do
voted to business exclusively, and in
coit^cjucnc i h'e nv.ovcd one pr ?nio:lo:i
alter another, until he bad the pleasure
of seeing his own nuuiu the third on tho
tdgu over tho door which be bad firs;
?-entered us an errand boy. C don't be
lieve he remembered that there were any
KHch p-r.-ons in the world 'as Hatt e
Elton and Polly Ann. the liist day thai
the new -ign raised.
It was us tho junior member of the
IInil that Btuiiibje hid travelled through
the New England States two years ago
lust l all with samples, receiving orders.
During his I-ur be remained in the
pretty village of 1* , X. P., one fine
night in OetobW. He sat in the bar
rootn alter supper, smoking his.cigtr,
until it bect.ine. lilted with the villagers.
digcUStdhg pi.lilies, smoking their pip S,
talking of their crops and ogling him ;
all of wlii, h was quite uninteresting to
him, so be concluded to Walk out aud
view lite vill age by moonlight, lie had
hardly stepped inio ^tho entry, and b;
' lore lie 'C*ould elfiso the door, ere he
beard a voice inquire :
'Who is that- gentleman ?'
'His name is Plumble, he's from Pus
ton.' replied the landlord.
?Kluinble, from liuston V chimed in
i\ third voice, and then added, 'You
don't s:>y so!' followed by a long low
whistle oftastonishb) nt.
Pun.bio sjepped olf tho piazza and
walked Up the village street. He h id
scarcely walked twenty yard-, before be
was aw.ire of being followed. Giving
the matter but litilo though', however,
he turned from the road into a pleasant
lune that wended its way toward soino
hall dozen farm houses, until he pajuo 10
a rustic seal, upou which he threw him
self, and was soon oblivious to all the
\\.>r!d excepting the business affairs 'of
'Hood, Stiver it Mumble'.' Ho sat un
til his cigar was consumed, when he was
aroiped to the world around him by tho
vil'ugo clock sinking out t <n.* P attun
ing his c at closuly aiouud him, he hur
ried d iW.ll the I me toward the hotel ;
as he turned from tbe lane into the
great road he was suddenly aud not
very so'tly seized by the throat, r>y the
shoulders, and by the coat-tails, by at
le:^t n dozen bands, lie was rather too
I much surprised to sneak, even if be bad
it chance to; tbe bands so tightly
clenelud around his throat would h ive
j prevented hi-* speaking if be had not
been o greatly surprise 1. AS he could
j not speak lie listeuod vory patiently to
some half dozen exclamations'C>f~*Now
. we've got you !'
^ Something desperate muti bj doiio,
bO Plumble struck the fellow that held
him by tbe throat full in tho face.,
knocking him down, and then cried out
ns though be expected that this would
be the last chance be cvof would have
to .?peak. ,
?Whiit the deu.o nre you about V
The striking question bud u nvrocu
lous effect upon ?'?.!! uumoroua hands
distributed about his person, and Plum
! ble wus free. Ho waited a few mo
I incut* to regain bis breath, then look
I ing uruuud bim, tusked very energetical ;
\1' ? \ <
'What does all this mein V
i 'It uicanB th..t if you don't promise to
leave towu and not go to sec Mary Uay
again, we'll just hido you^ oud then ride
you out oi towu on a rail,' said the
youug man, tho recipient of the blow,
Who had regained his feet.
?Leave town l Mary (Jay ? Why, I
do not underftUn J what you mean,' re
marked Btutnbfoj considerably uiystt
fi?d ?- 11 ii j t;|
'Well, sir,' interrupted another mice.
:wi> tucau that you've cyme lure from
Boston to court Mary Clay, and you
mean to cut out Billy Iligdy here ; now
if you d<m't givo up Mury, and lo:ivo'
town tonight wo'll pitoh you into the
mill-pond.'
'Hold on a moment,'?.ml Blumblo;
'I think you mu-t have got bold of the
wrong person, as t Wave not the acquiu
tiihce of Miss (Jay, nor in fact of any
other lady in this *placo. But ? w?ut
you to unJcr.-tnnd ono.thing distinctly,
and that is, I shall nut ''leave town until
I get ready.'
Spinel hing about Blutnhlc a manner
seemed to convince the ymtng men that
ho was in carne-t, fur they uttered va
rious espies ons, su-h as, 'That's a.likc-T
ly story !' 'lie's gassing. 1 doVt be
lieve that,' etc. Men iuvariably e^prors
iLullbts when bciutr convinced of some
thing they had rather not beiiev \
For a low moments the whole party
remained in Bllcn'Ce j then one of th<
young den ;:. ol' V. broke the-ppcll by
.i-klng:-)3r ?
*Aii/t;your navuo BlumbL-'."
^Yes, sir.' j
'And y< u are from IJjaton ?'
? V i s. Mr.'
'And don't know Mary Gray ^
'Well, thnt'r. strange 1 She said his
tunic Wan Blutnblo, and that's ymr
ill me; he belongs to 11 t?tpUj ni l so do .
you; imw you've been right up by her
house, aud we bc'ievo you've boon there
to see her. Don't we. Ulli V
'Yes. we do,' replied Iligdy. ?
? \V< II. young, men,' said lilu>nhhilvfli^
you don't believe me, go a <k the young,
iady herself.*
'] lu-i proportion was mot with approv
al by the whole pirty, so Bluiuble start
cd Lack up the laue. nee?nrjianied \if ??
large c.-cut before, behind, and on each
side of him. They tiled into the, yard,
aud crowded on the steps of a neat look
ing farm \u use, and Iligdy knocked at
the door. In a lew mo men Us one of lh
ehatubcr windows waiopcucd aud a jo?-o
trudiug bead a-^ked ? t
?Who's there ?'
'Come down to'lhe door a minute.
Suuire, will you?' usked Bill.
?Why, what do you want !' inquired
the vuice in the i himber wind >w ab.ivo.
?We want to sec Mary n minute/ ic
plied a voice lYoiu the crowd hclo.v.
?Why, she has Imu ubo^d thcfC tun
hours. Is it an\thing important?'
?Yes, we want to see her juat a min
ut.-.' ?
'Well 1 11 sj.cak to her.'
In a !eW minutes Mary appeared at
the d<?or. She was very good looking,
not withstanding being called yut ul her
bed at su?.h an unreasonable hour?and
so thought Blumblo. For sotuo m i
1 u.cuts the whole company reiniimd
speechless j at last Bluu.blc, thing of hie
ci uspicuous situation, and the ?nothiug
kV-say' .spirit id' the ['arty, broke the
silence by asking the young lady if she
had ever HCcii him before.
'Not that I remember of,' she replied.
T only asked you to satisfy these
young men.' said Blomble.
'I lten ho ain't your city beau V ask d
Di dy.
'No !* as short as though \l had been
* one letter.
?/hen we were mist k mi' said a voice
i\ the yard and two or three of the par
ly E?d out at lh" gale.
'I am very sorry lb at I have been the
iudircet cmse ol this annoyance to you,
hut it wns no'fault of mino. This gen
tleinan,' pointing to Higdy, 'and h's
party f-eized me and would not al ow mo
to proceed to my hotel until I had
proved to them that I had not been
visiting you. 1 must now leave tboaj
with you to make their own explanation*,
nnd hid you good oveuing.
'Cond Kveniiu,' *aid the you ig 1 tdy
in a very srt ut voico.
Somehow Bluinblj didn't sleep ve.y
sound tInt night; he was in a strange
place, aud he kept constantly thinking
of his strange adventure, and of the
good looking, strange young ludy ; aud
the more he thought, the more lie won
diTid who she was; and when ut last he
determined to impure about her in the
morniug, ho fell asleep and dreamed of
her.
Blumblo was an -Mrly riser?bachelors
generally are?and tluj next moruing,
before the villagers wero astir, he hud
walked out and passed the house of
Squire (lay j but he did not see Mary,
po he retnryrd to the Tiritel aud "inquired
the Jpndlord concerning her. 'J-'ho
ndlurd must have praised tho girl for |
rlie bachelor decided to remain u lotber '
day and be introduced to her, tin :i to
in a. third, and Bnrtlly bo concluded |
isfu? mightins well stop the week out, nod i
so Wrote to bis partners, informing them
that be should remain there a few days
to rest himself. The professed woman
hater walked up that same lane each
evening, and walked into the house, too.
He wns not disiurlicd again by Hill Hig
dy, for the Squire had threatened if ho
came within gun shot ol the houso'&gain
to put a dose ot eoW lend into him. So
the wise but jealous Uigdy kept out of
tho -..ay.
was a great reform in the man
ner nod liable ol Thomas Bluuiblo,
merchant. Ho left his bachelor 3lubs,
notwithstanding the jeers and taunts ol
his former companions, and he became
very circumspect in his remarks on lo
male ehitfaCt r. For a number of
'months be spent his spare hours writing I
I to Mary, and choosing appropriate-gifts j
forJber, and for a long while the Boston \
und P. Kxpress consiJerod Uitn one of
their best customers. Hut ere long
vi^.*?T? e<^>v ... ...
there was a brilliaut wedding-party at
tho house of Squire Gay, and F. lost its
tnest"' charming belle, for Miss Gay be
came Mrs. Blumble. A few weeks ago
Mr. and Mrs. Blumble went down to
lb ek Cove and. visited the old Blumble
homestead; while there Mr. Blumble
introduced bis wife to Mr. Stulko, an l
Mrs. Po'.ly Ann Smike, aud tho little
Suiikes'.- It would bo impossible to tell
which urc the most conteuted with their
let, Thomas or Folly Ann. One- thing
more and I am done. It auswer to
Blumole s advertisement for a chamber
maid, who w luld assist in plain sewing,
who do you think applied for the situa
tion 7 You would never guess, so I'll
tell you. It was Hattie Klton ! Her
j Acvv York beau had heard of her flirta
tions with Blumble, aud for that reason
broke bis engagement with her ; andslu),
who might have been Mrs. Thomua
j Blumhie, must be content to be Mrs.
Bluiublc's set vaut.
An Arkansas LetUr.
My plnvR Boy : The double-barrel
hat yon .??n* came safely to band, and 1
was only shot at once while I was cary
ryirtg it home. Bill Sivcrs popped at
ino from bchiu 1 the fence as I w-ts pass
ing his house, but I bad loaded the two
shooter as soon as I got it, und he didn't
jump up from behind that fence but
i nee
1 am glad that ono of the barrels is a
a rifle, --s I need it for long range prac
tice. The other I enn fill with buck
shot ; ami can riddle a man nicely at
? lose quarters. I mean t > try both bar
rels on those Jetts when I meet tbetn.
^ ? sec, old mau ?Jett stole a mule from
us in tho war, aud when it was over pap
laid for bim and kill him. Then Nig
get Tom .I<tt, as w?-called bi n?the
black faced one?be Lid lor pap and
plugged him. Then I picked a fuss with
Tom, and cut him into giblets, anl since
that time his brother Sain has b icn laying
! for mo. I know it is his turn, but I
lit ink my double barrel will prove too
much iov bim. j
If you want to s?>e fun come down f. r
a while and bring a rifle. It don't make
auy difference which side you belong to,
isn't even necessary to join the militia.
It is easy to get up u grudge against
somebody, and all you have to do is to
lay lor your man and knock him over
Ik hind my pig pen is one of tho sweet
est hiding places 1 know of, and it is
so bandy ! A gl od many people come
within range in the eour.-o of a weeU,
and a nan can pass his tune right
pleasantly.
I wish you would send me a catalogue
of Sunday Scb-'t* books, with the
prices, if there are any in St. Louis. If
we can get the.u on time We will take a
big lot of books'. I am Superintendent
bt the Baptist Sunday School now, and
am running it under a full head of
Steam. Old man Byers, who was turned
out, is right mud about it, and swears
that he will cliaw me up ; but he will
chaw lead *if be don't keep clear of me.
My wife wants to know if you can't
send her a sot of teeth without her
gotting measured for them. Her
twent)-five dollar sit wag busted ail to
flinders by a pistol shot that wont
through her mouth : but it didn't hurt
h' t tongue. Writo soon Co
Your friend aud pard,
1 1?. S.?That suouky, onory ott;s, Sam
throujh the window, but ho di4llh*P*
jicn to kilt niiypody-ixodpH n nigger girl
T moan to go for him, though, to-dajf
and will bo gljid ?f a clianco to try UiO
.donblo-barruh 1
-?jlirf f 4*1 iM
A O'ood, but not Infalibio Sign.
Speaking of temrJeranco roformcrs
8 mic oho tells a good story at the expense
of ono of tho ujo.it ardent of them, a per
son whose whole heart was in tho work,
to such an extent that he hadn't time to
mend .his fences or take care of his farm.
A distinguished tompcraqco lecturer
was to address tho citizens in tho town
where the reformer lived, and the latter
t) k it upo i himsolf to nice'
him at the slatiou, and take
him iionui with him and entertain him.
The lecturer was talkative and full of
the cause "There now," said ho as
they drove past a handsome farmhouse,
''anybody can sec at once that a temper
ance nmn live* thero. Everythiug in
dicates it ; there's thriftf and industry,
and contenbinont, and, no doubt, a hap
py home. Isn't, it so?"
'?Yes," was'tlfP'TeTflyy- ^8qnie>?? ia n,,
temperance man, aud has a very pleasant
homo and family."
UI was CMtain of it," said the lectur
er. "I>ut hero is a place," he continued
as they cami to a house with dilapida
ted fence and neglected appearance; that
you'd pick out arywhercas the house of
a drunkard. Sec the ol 1 hats iu tho
windows, and the old broken-down fence
an l the neglected appearande everything
has?you can't make any mistake about
such a place?it sticks out all over it
that it's the homo of a rot !' He was
about to appeal to his entertainer lor the
truth ol his surmises, when that gen
tleman pulled rein, and turning the team
up to the neglected fence, remarked
with something like a sigh, "I live here.
And what could the lecturer say* - lie
might lave Raid, 'Well, all sigus fail in
dry times.' but he didn't.
Ek.\U o>Dkatii.?It has60 happened
that I have seen many men and women
dio. Without design or di?ipo?itiou on my
part, I have very many times beeu pres
ent when sick persons wore ebbiug to
eternity. I have scon meu and women,
young and old cultivated and ign ortint
orthodox and heterodox, in their lost
moment*, and, as a rule, all of them
passed!away, if not without regret, at
least with entire resignation. None of
them showed dread of the future. Their
thoughts were fixed on what they were
<jui t rig, not on what they wore going
to. I observed that soiuo o!' thorn were
troubled, perh ip? distressed whon thoy
first thought they could not recover,
I but that, the nearer their end came, the
less apprehensive aud calmer they grew.
Having once banished hope, tranquility
seemed to descend upon them as a sab
stituto, and afterward, if free Irom physi
cal pnin, there was unruilled pcucc. If
encouraged to believe they might get
well, or if they had a favorable turn,
the old auxiety, with something of tho
former apprehension, reappeared; prov
ing that their mental disquietude was
born of their expectations of life, not of
their fear of death. Thus was establish
ed a clear analogy between material and
f pirtunl anguish under the same cireum
stances. As we have seen, they who are
badly hurt, rr seriously ill, experience
suffering iu going back to life, while
the downward pith to death both for
the body aud the soul is paved with
smoothness aud Kcrcatty.
WiiEN Tiifi Dark C?M?S,??At littlo
girl sat, nt twilight, iu her stole mother's
room, busily thinking. All day she had
If en full of fun and noise, and had
many times worried her doar, poor, tired
mother.
".Ma," said the little girl, "what do
you suj poso makes cie get over my
mischioi und begin to act good, just
about this time every night ?"*
T do not know, dearest. Can you
toll why V
"Well, I guess it's because this la
when the datk comes. You know, lam
a little afraid ofthat. And then, ma, I
begin to think of all the naughty things
I've done to grieve you, and that pet
Imp, you might die before morning, And
s> I begiu to act good."
'?()!" thought I, 4,kow matjy of Us
w-f it *m /Acttark com?.*,' in the form of
sickness or sorrow, or trouble of somj
kind, before we 'bogin to aot g >od V.
How niuoh better to, bo good while wo
ro enjoying life's bright sunshine ! and
theo, 'when the dark comes'?as it will
in n measure to all.?we shall bo ready
tg moot it without fear."? Well Hpriiyj%
? 'v,"**'* !"J
Something ToTorich The Heart ?u
?N*? tt^fe*T axfc ?? YTfc'i T?tf fco*
Coleridge Telates a story to this ef
fect* ' ' *"fi
jt*t ' P1 '-s '-? , il
Alexander, during his march inw
Africa, came to a pcoplo dwelling ilk
peaceful huts, who knew noithor War"
nor conquest. Gold boing offorol to
him, he refused it, saying that his sola
object was to learn tbe manners and cus
toms of the inhabitant. "Stay with ?s,'
says tho Chiof, ' as long as it ploassth
theo."
During thij interview with the AM.
can Chief two of his subject brought a
cause before bun for,.judgement. The
dispute was this : Tho one had biought
of the other a piece of ground, which,
after the purchase was fouud to co?tata
trcasuro, for which ho felt himself bound
to pay. Tho other refused to receive
anything, stating that hosold tho ground
apparout or concealed, which it might be
fouud to afford.
Said the Chief, looking tot tbfl <me>o*
"You have a boh," and the other, <ryou
have a daughter, let them be married,
and the treasurer bo given theta .sWi
dowry." - *U MM
Alexander Waft astonished.
"And what," Faid the Chief, ^WonJtt
have been tho decission in your oooa
try!" ttdi h
"Wo should have dismissed the par
tics," said j, Alexander" and seised - tha
treasure for thd king's ufre."
"And does tho sun shine on your coua>
try?" said the Chief; "does the rein inU
there? are there and cattlo there whscli
feed upon herbs and green gross."
"Certainly," sitd Alexinder. ? ar* 1*3
"Ah," said the Chiof, "it is fur tho
wike of tho?e innocent cattlej' thgnltw .-: I
Great Being permits the sun to; shine,
the rain to fall, and the gross to grow tu
your country " <a??y
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nagt i ,r *#***W 'i ? 1 ?v-; ? ?!*?-?
Tue Band that Xkveu Sxiilck.?>
%?Vo once heard the following touching
incident: "A little bay had died. Ifia. "
body was laid out in a darkened, retired
room, waiting to be laid in a cold, lone
grave. Iii? a Uli et e 1 mother and be
reaved little sister weut in to look at tha.
dear sweet face of the precious sleeper*
for his sweet little face was beautiful
even in death. As they stood gating
on tho beautiful face of one so dearly
bei >ved and cherished, tho littlo girl
asked to take his dear littlo hand.]
The mother at first did not think it
best, but tho child repeated the request)
aud seemed very anxious about it. She
took the cold, bloodless hand of her
dear sleeping bry and placed it in ttrW
li.,r.^ *t UJ_:-?il - .1.51.*
B3BS C. !???? ... . mouii. a. no vuiiu<
looked at it a moment, caressed it fond
ly, and looking up to her mother through
tears of affliction and love, said,'Mother .
this d .ar little hind nover Struck aid.'
What coold hnvo bcou more touching ~
and more lovely ?
A n kcdote op xns Ho a i)?A lawyer
ridfng through a town, stopped at a
cottago to inquire the way. The lady
of the houso told him ho must keep
right straight on for some time, aud thdit
turn to the right; but said that she
hcsclf was going to pass the road that
ho must tako, and that if ho would wait
a few minutes she would show him the
way,
'Well,' said he, "bad company is bet*
ter than none?make haste.'
After jogging on five or six miles, the
gentleman asked if he had not yet coo*
to tho road ho must take.
'Oh I yes,' said she, 'we passed it t#<*.
or threo miles back ; but I thought. ***
bad company Was better than none,' I
would kcop yo? along with mo.' j:. ^
HIM' aMHM
"L?t mb Alonk."~Ah Englishntaa
and a Gorman were travoliog together
in a diligence, and both smoking. The
German did ?II in his power to draw hie
companion into conversation, but to no
purpose^ at one iimmont ho would, with
a superabundance of politeness, ap^tv
gioe for dra?aii?g iiia aatteq^J^-^
Sect et** the ashes of hi" i_. . , ?
... ' Oigar had fall
en on his wai8;<w*- , ? ? , ,
, . >???> or a spark wave*.
ttingcn^hi5 ncck8rohief At j^gyj
'ae Englishman exclaimed, "Why ?an
you leave mo alone? Wxtr eoat tail tea
bcou burning for the last to*, minutes
hit I didn't bother you about ttjrj; ?j