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?m Whea Jim, t&e ?li^d man, first ca?as. Uti never had a word td say Cept jest to answer to his name. Ho'd sleep ill night and work all day And eat hU meela and go and ooma Hort like aa if he's deef and dumb. I didn't care, why, no, of course! Sometimes pa d send me down the farm To tell him to hitch np the horse. Or help na get the bees to swarm. Bot not a word he'd say, not he! He wouldn't even look at me. Well, by and by that made me mad As tall and clever built and trim, Nice teeth and hair; oh, not half bad To look at-and I looked at him Considerable, first and last, And jest as temptin as I da'st I used to curl my hair at nigh And dress and fix up every day. He never cared a single mite. He'd always stare the other way And pet the dog or stroke the cow Or coax the cat-oh, he knew how! Course, other fallows came around Much better dressed and not so shy. They cared enough, but I was bound I'd make him care or I'd know why, And so 1 picked out Sammy Snow And, glory, how 1 flirted! Oh! We used to set nights. Sam and me, Ont on the porch. One night Jim passed, A-goin in to bed. Says he, "Folkses, good night!" And jest as fast -Tore 1 could think, he stooped, like that, And kissed me on the mouth right flat! Well, Sam he took his hat and flew Off in a rate-at me. not Jim. And me r Good lands, what could I dor I didn't care a snap for him! But Jim! If he'd a-slapped my face. 1 wouldn't felt a worse disgr?ce. 2 cried, and then 1 said, "Who-cares?" And then 1 cried again, but, when I went indoors, there, on the stairs, That Jim was wai tin. Then, oh, then Lucky twas dark-I thought that he Would never get through kissm me! And so, as soon as the folks knew, They sent him packing? I guess not! Why, there he sets in front of you, ; Beadin his paper. Tes, that's what! Father, i've been tellin her [ Jest how yon didn't court me, sir 1 -Madeline S. Bridges in Woman's Home Com paulan. _ f AN ACCOMPLICE. I was sitting in my consulting room and wondering. I was young well qualified and not wanting in a modicum of confidence in my pro fessional abilities, but for the serv ices of my humble self? John Hard mam DL D., there seemed to be no demand ax all in the great city. My melancholy meditations were cut short by the din ot my iront door bell, and presently a gentleman was usberel into my presence. "?te Hardman, 1 be&eve?" said tho newcomer. "Allow me to intro duce myself. I am Mr. Thomas Sharp af Boee Villa. I live in your neighborhood." After expressing my pleasure at making his acquaintance I inquired if 1 could be of any service to him. "You are a busy man, I expect, doctor," said he and then paused, while I mendaciously hinted that such indeed was the case. "But pos sibly you will be able to find mea little time in a professional capac ity," I informed him that of course I could do so. "Well, I may tell you at once, "he went on pleasantly, "I am as sound as a bell myself, but I wish to en gage your good services for my niece. Sh? is young and inclined to be delicate, I think, and wants a lit tle toning up, and, as I happen to know some particulars about you and your career entirely to your credit, I am going to place her under your care." , 1 put in a few hurried words ex pressive of my pleasure in undertak ing the charge and was going on to make some inquiries as to my pa tient's health and manner of life, but my voluble friend cut me short i "You are the only son of the late John Hardman, of Blankley hall," he interrupted. "I used to know your part of the country, and I know that you are the only surviving member of that good old Hardman steele Never mind how I came to know it I also know that your fa ther came to grief over the X bank failure, and that it has been an uphill game for yon since in conse quence. I am pleased to see how well you are now getting on. " ' Mr. Shar p continued to ramble on in this strain for some time, giving me little information about himself, but; to my astonishment, revealing no little knowledge of my history. Our meeting terminated very cor dially, aid he departed after receiv ing my acceptance of a pressing in vitation to dine with him at Boss Villa on the following evening. Bose Villa turned out to be a very charming' and well appointed domi cile. I had made a few inquiries in directly through Polly (Polly was my smart little parlor maid), and it seemed that Mr. Sharp was a gentle man of means, with no ostensible profession, who had been for about -fcwo years in his present abode. His niece, a young lady of taking ap pearance, in Polly's opinion, was the only other member of the house hold, and they were not favored by many if any callero. So much for amateur detective work. My early impressions of Rose Villa and ol Grace Fairleigh, my lovely patient, were distinctly pleasing. Mr. Sharp made a capital host 'He was cheery and entertaining, and Miss Fairleigh, a fair haired, blue eyed, handsome girl, was as gracious as she was beautiful. She was au accomplished musician, playing well and singing with a voice that for tone and sweetness is rarely equaled in a suburban drawing room. They gave me that pronounced luxury, a really good dinner, and I spent a most enjoyable evening afterward. Miss Fairleigh and I became friends almost at onoe. I was dra wn toward her as much by her half veiled shyness and maidenly man ner as by her rich beauty. That which appealed to my curiosity in connection with my visits to Bose Villa was my inability, to fathom Mr. Sharp's motive in having retain my services for his niece. She c joyed perfect health. I was requested by Mr. Sharp call daily, and I did so most cons ent?ously, but that Miss Fairleij derived any benefit from my mei cines (if she took them) I am r prepared to admit, though a che which was forced upon me at J early date was very, acceptable, a: I could not afford to quarrel wi my bread and butter. Three months passed away. I w absurdly happy. I suppose I mi; have been a "gone coon" from tl first I know that I was now ov head and ears in love with Grac and, although I had not divulged n secret to her by an open proposal marriage, she was not ignorant ; to how matters stood with me fro a cardiac point of view; neither, ; I rightly gathered a little later, w; her uncle. I was only waiting for a "lookii upward" in my practice to pies my love with fervor and all the el quence I could command. But tl practice did not "look up. " Indeei things financial were becomii worse and worse with me. Bil rained down upon me with mono onous regularity, and I was becon ing desperate. One evening after I had been dil ing with the Sharps my host in vi ed me into his study fer a smoke, felt that something was in the wine and my surmisal was not incorrec "Yon are loolring gloomy tonigh Hardman, " he remarked after w had selected chairs and relapsed ii to comfortable attitudea '1 You ai in trouble-in trouble financially eh? I know it, and yon will find i to your advantage to be plain wit me. I hardly knew how to express my self, and confessed lamely enoug that I was more or less on my las legs. He continued without con ment: "Yon are also, I think, in lov with Gracie, ls it not so ? " "It is quite true, Mr. Sharp. " "Then why don't you marr her?" My companion gazed into my face a comical smile* playing about. hi lips. His bluntness positiver; amazed me. "I fear that what cannot supper one would be a poor living for two,1 I said after a moment's thought "I E could afford to marry your niece I would gladly do so tomorrow. " "You mean thatf " "Most certainly I do. I love her.' He crose from his chair and stock beside me, looking into my eyei steadily. "listen, Hardman. Gracie is ? lady by birth and education. She i.< also as good a girl as ever breathed She has no relations in the worlc saving myself, and I may have tc leave her at any time. I have made inquiries about you, and I knov? your past to be a clean one. Giver a helping hand at the start, yot would succeed at the finish. Tel] me, how much would yon require tc buy a good practice or to start in a fair way against ordinary opposi tion!" I was becoming more and more astonished. Was the man going to adopt me? "It would be possible to do the thing decently for ?3,000, would it uotf" he said presently, for I had felt too taken aback to volunteer any suggestions. He waited for a reply. "I could go into partnership with an old friend of my father for less than that," I answered. "Dr. Jor dan offered to give me a share for ?1,500 when I passed my 'final,' but I could not find the capital. " "Where does Jordan live?" "In Birmingham." "Is the practice a good one and can you trust him?" "There is no doubt about the prac tice, and Jordan is an excellent fel low, an old bachelor, and if he had not lost a lot of money when we did in the same concern would have been a rich maxi today. " Sharp laid a heavy hand on my shoulder. "Go and ask Gracie to marry you," he said'in a low voica "I am sure that she will do sa On your wedding day I will give her ?3,000, and I will give you ?2,000 tomor row, with which you can settle your affairs here and arrange with Jor dan, the condition being that you ask no questions and undertake to marry this month. " "But, Mr. Sharp," I cried, "such magnanimity, I" "Go and ask Gracia He pointed to the door, waving ?side my remonstrance, and I fol lowed the direction of his finger as one in a dream. That evening I left Rose Villa the bridegroom elect of Grace Fairleigh, and with a check for ?2,000 in my coat pocket. The wedding passed off very quiet ly. Only a fortnight had elapsed since my queer interview with Mr. Sharp, but in that short time a mar velous change had taken place in my affairs. I had purchased a share of Dr. Jordan's practice in Birming ham, had cleared myself of debt and was now the happy husband of the beautiful girl I loved. I could scarcely believe it all. Why had this mysterious Sharp done so much for me? I was soon to bo enlightened. The breakfast was over. The company had consisted of Gracie, her uncle and myself. We had entertained no wedding guests. My wife had gone up stuirs to prepare for our departure. Wo were going to Paris for a fortnight and then should proceed to Birming ham, our new home. "I want to BDeak with you, Hard man,"said Sharp. ""We will go i the study." He took my arm and we strol into his snuggery. "You think I have been very gc j to you, then?" He was leani back in an armchair and smok: the stump of a half finished cig "Well, why have I been good you?" He paused, and I said that I coi not tell. "I have been good to you : Gracie's sake. I have been looki out for a husband for her for soi time, but in our position it was 3 an easy task. I required a ma could trust, a gentleman by bil and nature, one who would love 1 and be good to her, one who had meddlesome relatives to interfere advise. I think I have been succe ful." I assured bim that I should do I could to justify his selection, nodded and went on speaking: "I had no friends. Although had some money, it was not easy find the man I wanted, who woi marry her, having only my wc for her past and knowing nothi: of my career, who would marry h without asking questions, as y have done. I heard about you ai struggling practitioner, newly sta: ed. I took stock of you, as I ha taken stock of others who we found wanting in some of the qua ties 1 required. I made inquir? about your past and then I took y i on trial You have satisfied me, ai I don't think you will regret tl step you have taken." I told him that I was more th; satisfied. "I am glad to hear it, "he sai "And now you must promise n that Gracie shall never know whal am going to tell you." ] gave him the promise. "Swear that you will never te her and that you will be the san to her always as you are today. SI is a dear, good girl, the one perse in the world who believes in me az cares for me. You are both provi ed for, and after this day you wi never Bee me again. " I stared at him, and he held oi his hand to me. "Swear what I have asked yoi by all that you hold sacred swear. I took his hand and complied wit Ms wish. "Why shall we not see ye again?" I asked when he had n sumed his seat He laughed. Then, selecting a pe from a small collection on a wiitin table, he wrote oh the back of a envelope and tossed the paper ove to me. "What is that?" he asked, and looked upon it with amazement. "It ii* my signature," I faltered "An imitation of my signatura" "It is a forgery, is it not?" "Yes, but I don't quite see th drift of the business. " "The business speaks for itseli my dear fellow. " And he tossed hi cigar end into the grate. "It is rn; business--I am a forger 1" Ther was a pausa Sharp was smiling while I fell: as if some one were pour ing ice water down the small of rrr ba<:k I could only murmur, "Yoi are a forger I" 4 Listen \ You know, of course tha*t Gracie's mother was my sister Tba Sharps were poor as churcl mice, and my father, a strict oh parson, got me into a London offic< wh en I was a mere boy. I shall no drivel about temptation and so on Be it enough to say that my talen for drawing and penmanship mad? me friendless for life before I wai 17 years of aga To be quite plaii with you, I spent the halcyon dayi of dawning manhood in Portlanc prison. Graoie knows nothing ol this, and no member of my famil} had heard of me for years until J came to the rescue of my sister whex old Fairleigh died, for I was well ofl then. Fairleigh was not insured, and left my sister badly off, and sc I helped her out and paid foi Grade's education. "The story goes that I made my money in America, but 1 am able tc correct that statement for your ben efit On my ieleaso from prison, J I threw in my lot with two of th? mest daring crimiinals of the 'higt grade,' and, although we have nae some narrow shaves in our time, we were never captured. "Since Gracie came to live wit! me (her mother, as you know, diec a year ago) I have often feared thal I by some odd chance I might be rur ! to earth, and I set to work to get bei j settled in time in a position that she j has always enjoyed. I would rathei ! dio than that she should know mc j foi: the villain I have been, j "Thanks to you, this will nevei I happen now. In a few days you will ? hear that I have gone abroad. 1 i shall die there officially, and you j will hear of mo no more. It will bi i your part to assist mo in deceiving I Grace in this one matter. You have j married a lady and ono who will dc j you credit." j A tap came at the door, and my lovely young wife walked into thc room. I was looking and feeding confused. "I have been giving Jack some wholesome advice, my dear," said Sharp, coming to my rescue. Thon in a sterner voico and looking very hard atme: "He will love and cher ish you, dear, as I have done. He has sworn to do so." Grace threw her arms about his neck. This man had taught her to love him very clearly. Tho carriage was at the door, and Sharp would give me no chance of speaking to him again. Tears wero glistening in his eyes aB ho watched his niece getting into the cab, but he did not . offer his hand to me. He onlv laid it on my shoulder and wnisperea, "Remember." Many years have passed away, and I am living in London again. My name is a household word in the world of medicine. Gracie and my daughters and sons are received with pleasure and respect in many a fashionable drawing room. There are times, however, when, seated alone in my study, my thoughts wander back through a vista of years, and my conscience tells me that my success was founded on the compounding of a felony; that I am still, in spite of title, wealth and respectability, the accomplice of that strange man who passed out of my life forever on the night I bade him farewell at Rose Villa so long, long ago.-London Tit-bits. The American Revolution. Elizabeth, as far as she dared, was a despot, and Philip II was a despot, but there were already manifest in her subjects, while there were not in his, a will and a power not mere ly to resist oppression, but to organ ize freedom. This will and this pow er, after gaining many partial vic tories by the way, culminated once for all in the American Revolution. Great Britain has never forgot the lesson then taught, for it was one she herself had been teaohing for centuries, and her people and states men were therefore easy learners. A century and a quarter has passed since that warning was given, not to Great Britain only, but to the world, and we today see, in the con trasted colonial systems of the two states, the results on the one hand of political aptitude, on the other of political obtuseness and backward ness, which cannot struggle from the past into the present, until the present in tura has beoome the past -irreclaimable.-Captain A. T. Ma lian, U. S. N., in Harper's Magazine. Pride Before a Fall. Just before a recent dinner given in honor of a colonial magnate a young swell, whose chief claim to distinction seemed to be the height of his collar and an eyeglass, ad dressing a stranger, said: "Beastly nuisance, isn't it? Spoke to that fellah over there; took him for a gentleman, and found he had a ribbon on his coat Some bloom ing head waiter, I suppose." "Oh, no," replied the other; "that's Blank, the guest of theeven mg. "Dash it all, now, is it?" said the astonished swell. "Look here, old fellow 1 As you know everybody, would you mind sitting next me at dinner and telling who every one is?" "Should like to very much, " re plied the other man, "but you see I cannot I'm the blooming head waiter. "-London Ans wera A Uniform or Nothing. The emperor of Germany has six sons and one daughter. When the boys are 10 years old, they have to go into the army. When the crown prince went into the army, the prince next below him, who wanted a soldier's uni* form too, went to his father and asked to have ona When his father would not give him one, he went under atabla His father had a call er. He forgot the prince. When the call was over, the tablecloth was lifted and a form appeared. The little prince had undressed. When he came out, he said: "I will not wear any clothes un less I can have a soldier's uniform. " The next day the prince was given a soldier's uniform.-Pearson's Weekly. A Spy In a Boyal Court. "Marie Antoinette as Dauphine" is the title of an article in The Cen tury by Miss Anna L. BicknelL It contains much new material drawn from the state papers in Vienna. Miss Bioknell says: Maria Theresa had a strong desire to give suitable guidance to her daughter. She con sequently arranged with the Ger man embassador, Comte de Mercy Argenteau, a secret correspondence, by which she was to be told of everything concerning the young dauphine. Mercy kept a journal, which was regularly sent to the em press, in which the most minute de tails of the daily life of the princess were jotted down; every act, every incautious word, was registered. Be ing in utter ignorance of this agree ment, Marie Antoinette treated Mar cy with full confidence, often ex pressing astonishment at tho infor mation possessed by the empress concerning her, but never dreaming that Mercy, whom she entirely | trusted, was, in fact, an accredited spy through whom everything was revealed. There is, it must bo owned, some thing revolting in the part played by Mercy. True, the revelations were made only to her mother, but she was empress of Germany, and while Marie Antoinette ought hence forward to have been devoted to the interests of France, the country over which her husband was to reign, the one idea of Maria Theresa was the prosperity and welfare of her own empira_ CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the rf,V/jffi^Z~ Signature of t/ia/y^CU?^U^ - It is said that about 10,000 sheep will perish as a result of severe drought in California. ECONOMY OF FORCE. Good Management of Oar Physical Power? Promotes Grace and Health. "Awkwardness is merely overef fort," writes Florence Hull Winter burn in The Woman's Home Com panion. "Whenever we use more force than the case requires we are awkward. However untrained our aesthetic sense may be.awkwardness, our own as well as that of other people, is painful to us. We cannot help its being painful, for from in stinct every one abhors waste and destruction-every one, even those who are given to it-and every one loves good order and economical ad ministration. "When we understand, then, that grace is simply economy of force, good management of our vital pow ers,* the employment of flowing movements which do not break the current of nervous energy for abrupt and angular movements which do break it, will even the most strait laced objector to the art of the high er physical culture hold out against the idea that gracefulness should be cultivated as a valuable factor in happy, healthful living? "We may perform the simplest everyday duties in a manner to give us keen enjoyment by putting a little science into practice. I have seen a well bred woman sweep a floor with a dexterous turn of the wrist that made tho act seem like a clever conjuring trick, and this was no attitudinizing, but natural, womanly skill. Doubtless thia dex terity is a natural gift, but it may be in a large measure acquired. There are many systems of grace culture in vogue now, and almost every progressive woman spends a little time studying some one of them. The pity is that most of the systems are pure fraud, with prob ably a grain or two of truth beaten out thin. And even if the system one chooses as a guide is correct, theorizing amounts to nothing. Practice is everything, and self training is a long and tedious proc esa Everybody cannot learn to be graceful. Bodily flexibility is usu ally acquired with comparative ease in youth, and may even be gained by patient work late in life, but if one cannot be positively graceful it is never impossible to be negatively graceful-that is, not awkward. "A long step toward the curing o? many nervous ailments that afflict us will have been made when we learn to con ti ol our ringers, feet and head and gain the celebrated 're pose' which is, in other words, ab sence of unnecessary motion. "To sum up everything in a few words, make all movements smooth ly and never make one that has not a purpose in it." The Giant Cactus. Of all strange plants the sahuaro, or giant cactus, on account of its great size and striking aspect, is the most impressive. We can well im agine the feeling of the early ex plorers when they first came in sight of these towering plants, sc abundant on the foothills contiguous to Salt river valley and from where they extend southward far into Mex ico. The finest and largest speci mens that I have ever observed are growing only a few miles from Tuc son, on the foothills of the Santa Catalina mountains, where hundreds may be seen growing on a single acre, many extending their huge green columns to the height of 50 feet The many ribs which parallel the columns are surmounted by bunches of heavy spines. With great age the spines fall away from the lower portion.of the plant, leaving the broad, obtuse ribs devoid of their natural protector. This fact led the first observers to report the plant spineless.-J. W. Tourney in Popular Science Monthly. Eat All Cold Food Slowly. Digestion will not begin till the temperature of the food has been raised by the heat of the stomach to 08 degrees; heneo the more heat that can be imparted to it by slow mastication the better. The precipi tation of a large quantity of cold in the stomaoh by fast eating may, and cf tan does, cause discomfort and in digestion, and every occasion of this kind results in a measurable injury to the digestive functions. Persons of low vitality and delicate health should eat their food warm. Strong persons who are full of warmth and blood can safely eat cold food if it is eaten slowly and is thoroughly chewed. -Safeguard. Gratitude. Mr. Skinflint (to stranger who has saved him from drowning)-My dear, good friend, I'll never forget you as long as I live ! Come up to my shop and get some nice, clean, dry clothes. I'll lot you have them as cheap as anybody.-London Fun. Difficulties Encountered. "Did you succeed in raising money for that schoolteacher's monu ment?" "No. Pupils that he had been harsh with wouldn't contribute, and pupils that he coddled had never prosper ed. "-Chicago Record. WJben you call for DeWitfs Witch Ha zel Salve, the groat pile cure, don't accept noythir g elfe. Don't be talked into ac cepting a substiiute, for pilen, for sores, for burn*. Evarm Pharmacy. - A physician who has been study ing the effect of iiquors on the voice states that none of the great singers have been teetotalers. Wine, taken in moderation, he believes, is useful for thc voice, but beer thickens it and makes it guttcral. A stubborn cough or tickling in the throat yields to One Minute Cough Cure. Harmless in effect, touches the right, spot, reliable and just what is wanted. It acts at once. Evans Pharmacy. THE BICYCLE POLICE. Theodore Roosevelt's Words of Praise For the Kew York Squad. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt has a paper in The Century on "The Roll of Honor of the New York Police." Mr. Roosevelt says: The members of the bicycle squad, which was established soon after we took office, soon grew to show not only extraordinary proficiency on the wheel, but extraordinary dar ing. They frequently stopped run aways, wheeling alongside of them, grasping the horses while going at full speed, and, what was even more remarkable, they managed not only to overtake, but to jump into the vehicle and capture, on two or three different occasions, men who were guilty of reckless driving and who fought violently in resisting arrest. They were picked men, being young and active, and any feat of daring which could be accomplished on the wheel they were certain to accom plish. Three of the best riders of the bi cycle squad, whose names and rec ords happen to occur to me, were men of the three ethnic strains most strongly represented in the New York police force, being respectively of native American, German and Irish, or, more accurately, in this particular case of mixed Scotch and Irish parentage. The German was a man of enor mous power, and he was able to stop each of the many runaways he tac kled without losing his wheel. Choosing his time, he would get alongside the horse and seize the bit in his left hand, keeping his right on the crossbar of the wheel. By degrees he then got the animal un der control. He never failed to stop it and never lost his wheel. He aleo never failed to overtake any "scorcher," although many of these were professional riders who delib erately violated the law to see if they could not get away from him, for the wheelmen soon get to know the officers whose beats they cross. The Yankee, though a tall, power ful man and a very good rider, scarcely came up to the German in either respect. He possessed excep tional ability, however, as well as exceptional nerve and coolness, and he won his promotion first He stopped about as many runaways, bu t where the horse was really panic stricken he usually had to turn his wheel loose, getting a firm grip on the horse's reins and then kicking his wheel so that it would fall out of the way of injury from the wag on. On one occasion he had a fight with a drunken and reckless driver who was urging to top speed a very spirited horse. He first got hold of the horse, whereupon the driver lashed both him and the beast, and the animal, already mad with ter ror, could not be stopped. The offi cer had, of course, kicked away his wheel at the beginning and after being dragged along for some dis tance he let go the beast and made a grab at the wagon. The driver hit him with hie whip, but he managed to get in, and after a vigorous tussle overcame his man and disposed of him by getting him down and sitting on him. This left his hands free for the reins. By degrees he got the horse under control and drove the wagon round to the station house, still sitting on his victim. "I jounced up and down on him to' keep him quiet when he turned ugly," he re marked to me parenthetically. Hav ing disposed of the wagon, he took the man round to the court and on the way the latter suddenly sprang on him and tried to throttle him. j Convinced at last that patience had ? ceased to be a virtue, he quieted his ; assailant with a smash on the head : that took all the fight out of him I until he was brought before the judge and fined. Like the other "bi cycle cops, " this officer made a num ber of arrests of criminals, such as thieves, highwaymen and the like, j in addition to his natural prey I scorchers, runaways and that sort. Tho third member of the trio, a tall, sinewy man with flaming red hair, which rather added to the ter ror he inspired in evildoers, was usu ally stationed in a. rather tough part < of tho oity, where there was a tend ency to crimes of violence and inci dentally an occasional desire to har ass wheelmen. The officer was as good off his wheel as on it, and he speedily established perfect order on his beat, being always willing to ' "take chances" in getting his man. j He was no respecter of persons, and I when it became his duty to arrest a ; wealthy man for persistently refus I ing to have his carriage lamps light ' ed after nightfall he brought him in with the same indifference that ho displayed in arresting a street corner tough who had thrown a brick at a wheelman. Week End Holidays. ! Londoners cultivato what is called ? "week end holidays." They com ; prise starting away with a grip cm i Friday to some congenial spot on j tho coast and remaining until the i following Monday or Tuesday. Ev ery Englishman that can takes, in addition, a three weeks' vacation every year. I BELTON HIGH SCHOOL BELTON. 8. C. ! W. B. WEST. A.. G. HOLMES, Pri n ci pal. l?t Assistant. A pond corns of pxp*?rien<v'd teachers, anion* them Mr. A. fi. 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