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FHK SUMTER WATCHMA5, established April, 1850. Consolidated Au?. 2, 1881.1 'Bc Just and Fear not--Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1889. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jua?, lSt4 New Series-Yoi. IX? Ko. 10. ^nblia?i?d every Vednes?&7, BT N- GK OSTEEN. SUMTEK, S. C. TERMS: T*w?. Dollars per ano um-in advance. ADYKRT?SSMESTS. Que Square, first insertion.$1 00 Ivory subsequent insertion.~-.... 50 Contracts for three mon His, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries aod tributes of respect will be charged for. TAX NOTICE. THE TREASURER OF SUMTER COUN? TY gires notice that his kooks will be open from the FIFTEENTH DAY OF OC? TOBER, 1889, to the FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER. ?S39, for the collection of Taxes for the Fisca? year commencing Kobern ber 1st, 1333, in Sumter County. Tie following are tue rat? per ten to rn of the Te w : ? ?. For State purposes-ire and one-fourth mills on erery dollar of the val ae of all taxable property. 2. For County purposes-three and one half mills on erery dollar of such value, of which the proceeds of two and one-half mills are to be applied to ordinary County expen? ses, and of one mil* to paving the deficiencies of the fiscal year ending ?c?ober-31, 1883. 3. For support of public schools-'two miiis on every dollar cf such value. 4. One dollar on each taxable i-oU, (to vit, between the ages of 21 and 50 years.') 5. Jtfayesrille, two mills extra lery for school purposes in the town of XlayesviHe. Talso gire notice that my books will be -open at my office in the city of Sumter from the fifteenth day of October, to the fifteenth day of December, except on the fellowing named days, when I will attend at the pteces named, either in person or by deputy, fur the .collection of the said Taxes : On Tuesday, October loth, at Shi? loh. Oa Wednesday, October &Kh, at Lynchburg. Oo Thursday, October ITtii, at Mag? nolia. On Friday, October IStb, at Bish .opviHe. On Monday, October 21st, at Prov? idence. On Tuesday, October,:22ad, at Reta- j fcerlfaSt?re, Baftisg Creek Township. On Wednesday, October 23rd, at Spring Hill. On Thursday, October 24th, 3t Man Tilla. On Eriday, October 25th at Bos .esrd's. -Qo Monday, October 28th, at Gor- j On Tuesday, October'29th, at J. M. Tiodail's Store, Privateer Township. t)n Wednesday, October 30th, at .Mayes ville. *On Thursday,October o 1st, at Reid's Jim. ....Pn <Frida^,-2iove?ber ist, at ?Te?ge On Taesday, November 5th, at Stateburg. P. P. 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" My hair was becorning harsh and dry. but after using Iia?f a bottle ?.f Ayer*? Hair Vigor it grew bla- k ami glossy. I cannot express thc :<>v gratitude I feel.**-MabeiO.Har<ly,DelavaitrIil. * Ayer's Hair Vigor, Dr. J. C. Ayer L Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by Drucsists and rerfumcrs. Ti BM ll SHIR, SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a genera! Banking business. Also hp? k Savings Bank Department, Deposits of .?*?' 00 and upwards received, interest calculated at the. rule of 4 ??cr cent. >er annum, pay ible <> inr' riv. VT. P. ?J. !?AVNSV;oI?TH, A. WmT. .1:: , President. Cashier. A ncr 21. THE S1M0NDS NATIONAL BANK, <>r' SUMTER. >TATiv. CITY A Ni) C'd'NTV DEP0SL-; TOu)*, StMTi?i, S. C. ''ail up Capital .$75,00*3 00 Surplus Fund. 7,500 <JO Transafts a General Backing Business. Careful attention given to collections. SA Vf > as D BP A fi'; Xi E \ T. Deposits of Si and upwards received. ln er e? ? a! lo wed :?t the rate of 4 p r cent per ?r.nuat. Pa? a ??le quarterly, on first days ol' i!?nuarv, April. J? Iv a ?id 'toner. ' il. M.. WALLACE, Vice President. W. AtSTON PR!XGX.E. -If:.. { ug. 7 '? 'ashier. FURNI?N eNSVERSITY, j GKKKNV1LLK, S. C. rUK NEXT SESSION WI LL BEGIN Sept. 25th, l'r'?'J. Thoroogh instruction iven in Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Physics, ' 'hem is try anti Natural History, Mineralogy nd Geology, Metaphysic?, English, French, i nd German. For Catalogue apply to Prof. j I. T. Cuuk, or tt> thc Preside?*, C. Manly, I K I). ''? Aug. 7. 1 ?If M. By J?EN HABBEETON, Author of "Helen's Babies," Etc. {Copyrighted by ? B. Llpplncott company, pub Ushers.' Philadelphia, and published by permission through the American Press Ass -jiatiot.J rxx)2fTixr2i>.l CHAPTER XX. AX OLD QUESTION REPEATED. R. MARGE had breathed a gentle sigh of relief when he heard of Philip Hayn s sudden de? parture from the metropolis: had he known the cause of j the young .man's ? esses ho would in gratitude <havo giv? en a fino dinner -te the male gossip who had said in Phil's hearing that Marge was to marry Lu? cia. Not knowing of this Timor, he called nt the Tramlay abode, ostensibly to invite Lucia and her mother to the theatre, and from the manner of the ladies he assumed that Phil, with thc over confidence of youth, had proposed and been rejected. Marge's curiosity as to what the head of the family could want of the young xnan was allayed by Mrs. Tram! ay's statement that the visit was .dna? wholly to lier husband's ridiculous man? ner of inviting each country acquaintance to come and see him if he ever reached New York; Ins subsequent hospitality to Philip was only for the purpose of keeping on good terms with some old fashioned people who mignt some day again be useful as hosts, and who could not be managed exactly as pro? fessional keepers of boarding houses. But Marge's curiosity was rcaroused the very day after ho received this quieting in? formation, for he chanced to meet the mer- ? chant with the young man's father, and was introd^ed to the latter. Instantly tho old question returned to his ?ps, "What can Tramlay want of that feJ lowf Again Ins curiosity subsided, when he learned of tho cottage city project, and, while agreeing to assume a quarter of tho ex? pense of tho enterprise, he complimented J Tramlay on his ability to find something to j profit by, even while ostensibly enjoying an occasional day's rest in tho country. But when, a day or two later, Phil reappeared and was presented to him as the old farmer's representative-as the real holder, i:i fact, of a full quarter of the company's stock-Marge looked suspiciDusly at the merchant, and asked himself: "What can Tramlay want of that fellow?" ? Reasoning according to tho principles on which many siv.aii real estate companies or corporations developing a patent art- formend. Marge soon informed himself that Tramlay. whose shrewdness he had always held in high respect, preferred the son to the father, a- ? being the easier victim of the two* Tile processes of fright? :: :-;g out or "freezing out" an inventor or farmer who had put his prop | erty in the hands of a stock company were notentrrely unknown to Marge, end he nat? urally assumed that they wot: ld be easier of application to a green young man like j Philip than to a clear headed old man as j Farmer Hayn seemed to be. But if the rural element cf the company was to be de? spoiled of its own. Marge propasod to see that not all the spoils should go to the merchant How better could he improve his own posi tion with Tramlay than by making himself the ruerchant'-s-superior in finesse? He would .have the advantage of being .able to watch Phil closely, and of knowing .first when he might be inclined-te se!i out at a sacrifice, should thc young mun, like most o? ?bis ago and extraction, develop an insatiable .appetite for city joys -that cyst money, he Marge, would cheerfully sc [ply him with .money from time to time, taking his stock a> security, and some day tho merchant would sudden!}' find himself beaten at his own game. The were thought of such a triumph impelled the deliberate Marge to take a small bottle cf champagne with his midday luncheon-a .luxury which he usually reserved until even ing at the club. But again he was startled when a light .beaded friend complained -that, although thc said friend's father L.-?d been promised a place for Iiis so? .in Traiulay's office when thc iron trade should look op, Tramlay had taken in a countryman insteaiL His own eves soon coniu'med the intelligence, and, as Tramlay made no explanation or even mention of the fact, Marge again found Irmself asking: "What can Tramlay want of that fellow?' Evidently it meant either business or Lu cia. Perhaps the merchant during the long depression of th? iron trade had borrowed money ot the young man's fattier, or was now borrowing of him, to avail himself of his in creasing opportunities. (Marge had thc city man's customary but erroneous impression as to the bank surplus of the average "well tr. do" farmer.! if Tramlay were merely a ?>or I rower, except against notes and bills receiva ble, iron bad not looked up enough to justify a prudent man in becoming the rnerchantV son-in-law. If there had been such transa?- I tioas, perhaps a sha:';' of the busin?*ss was tc ! pay for them. Inquiries of his banking ac? quaintances did not make the matter elca.'<T to Mar'-e; so he resolved to devoto himself to I the new clerk, as he could safely do in his ca pacity of eo-Jirector of tho Improvement company. The young man bad considerable j ?elf possession, Marge admitted to himself : but what would it avail against the fine I methods of a man of twice his years, all spent ? among men who considered ir legitimate business to pry into tho business affairs of ', others* So Marge began operations at once; nc time was to l><* lost. Ile had no difficulty h: : making his approach's, and his courtesies ? were so deftly offered that Phil could not 1 help accepting many of th"m and feeling ' grateful for kindness rendered. Tho young ' man's suspicions were so- >n disarms*!, for, ?ike j honorable antares ia genera!, ho abhorred . suspicion. That there was a purpose ia all '< of Marge's -actions Pail con ld not avoid be? lieving, but little by little he reached the COM- ! elusion that it was simply to forward thc Improvement company s prospects. As Margi himself said, Phil knew tho company's lan<? j thoroughly, and wa.? the only person whe ! could talk of it intelligently. Any vestige! of distrust that remained were swept away ? when Marge succeeded in having theprivi leges of bis club extended to Phil for threti mouths, pending application for admission, j It was IL small club, and exclusive; Phi] j heard it named almost reverently by som? young men '...ho longed to pass its portals, and among its merni* rs w< ro a few men of a ? socialset more prominent than that in which , til" Tramiaj s moved. To Marge's delight. Phil began to sp?aid ? money frei ly at thy > it;!;; Marge had seen ; other young men do likewise, and there was bu tono end'to bo .?\?>---:<'? if their parents , aro not rich, i'hil drank no wine, smoked no cigars, yet when ho t! ought ii. proper t< givOa little dinner bes? that th" Hub's : caterer could supplywas on thu table, ile . diii not seem t-< have any other exj.?eiisivi 4 habits, except that lie dr? -sed so caivfuLh . that his tailor's bili must bo.hurg?; still, a i man.who gives dinner at clubs must have- ; plenty of m?"?:iev. Prom l>--i:ig a sour?.{ . gratification. l'h??'s free use of I?KWV Ix-gnn gradually to ..-au*; Marge dismay. " w'hero ?lid it ail <<-:i?-- from? Ii-?oui! scarcely be ; - earning il m li capacity of jumvr ch-rfc i*: . an-iron house, Could il o ?.that . amia;, had | him in training for tit.- position ?>f son-in- i law, and was paying the'cost of introduHng , him favorably ; . ii. . untie.' ??f ?. , ><i < N"-.v York socicdy to wh >::i he could not ? present hun a- 'i is own housei Such a course j would be qifite judicious in a rather desiring i wider 'acquaintance for bis daughter when j she should become a brid"; but. if it, really ? were being pursued, would li". Marge, ever ? hear tho end of tho rallying to which hi*- own . part in tin4 programme would subject him? i There was more torment in this view of ? tho case than Marge had-ever experienced in i his life before, and it robbed him at times <-f * his habitual expression to an extent that was noticeable and made him the subject-of some club chat. No matter how exclusive a club may be, uo matter how careful in the selec? tion of its members that nono but gentlemen may be upon its list, it cannot prevent a small, gradual, but distinct and persistent aggregation of gossips-fellows whoso ener? gies, such as they are, tend solely to investi? gation of tho affairs of their acquaintances. There was not an hour of the day or night when several of these fellows could not bo found at Marge's club, lounging as listlessly .and inconspicuously as so many incurables at a "hospital, but Margo knew by 'experience that these were the only fellows worth going to iE ho wanted to know all that was being said about a member, particularly if it was un? complimentary. And now, confound thom, possibly they were talking about him, and Ultimating that he was being used to improve the standing of his own rival 1 Still, as fee "informed himself, all his annoy? ance came from a mere -supposition, which might bo entirely without foundation. Per? hai.? the young man had means of his own; ho had not looked like it when he first ap? peared in New York, but appearances some? times were deceitful. Margenad heard Tram lay allude to Phil's father as an honest old farmer to whom fortune had not been any too generous; but perhaps he hail been esti? mating'the-old man's possessions-only by New York standards; -was it not the farming class that originally took up tho greater part of the government's great issues of bonds? Anti, yet, if the young man had money of his own or of his father's, where did he keep it? Had he ever displ&y?d a chock, to indi? cate his banking place, Marge weald have found -ways of ascertaining the size and na? ture of his account. But, though he had sev? eral times seen Phil pay h?ls which were rather large, the settlements were always made with currency.' Was it possible. Marge asked himself, that the tradition:!;! old slock? ing wasstili the favorite bank o? de;josit tor th? rural Community? it might have re? lieved his miad to teow that, the country? man's customary method, when he has money, is to carry a great deal of currency, and that -instead of making payments by check ho draws bank notes with which to pay. And so the weeks went on, and Marge did not accomplish anything that he had intended when he began to devote himself to the young man. from the country. Phil borro wc? 1 no money, squandered none at cards, did not run into dissipation, offered no confidences, and, although entirely approachable, was as se? cretive about his personal affairs as if lie bad been sworn to silence. Even on the sub? ject of Lucia, which Marge had cautiously approached several times, ho talked with a calmness that made Margo doubt the evidence of his own senses. Phii did not even winco when Marge reminded him of the horse ho knew of that would match Marge's own, tho reason assigned being that tue sleighing sea? son was coming and he would be likely to frequently take the ladies of tho Tramlay family out behind two horses. On tho con? trary. Phil had the horse found and sent to New York at hhs own expense, saying he could make himself even by selling, in casa the animal did not please Marge. The horse arrived; be pleased Marge, wno was delighted with the impression the new team made ui>on the family ami his acquaint? ances generally, Phil included. Margo w-as not equally pleased, however, when within a few days Farmer Hayn sent his son a pair of black horses, which, though of no blood in particular, had a quality of spirit and style not to be expected of high born animals long accustomed to city pavements and restricted to the funeral gait prescribed by park com? missioners' regulations. With their equally untamed country brod owner to drive them, the span created <pjite a sensation, and, to Marges disgust, the Tramlays seemed to pre? fer them to the nair on which he lia i incurred extra expense for the sake of Lucia and her mother. His plans foiled, his wondcrings unan? swered, his direct questions evaded, h.is en? emy persisting in acting only as a friend might act, and the father of his intended avoiding mention of Phil so carefully us to excite suspicion, yet inviting Marge to his house as freely as ever, the man of the world was unable to reach any fixed decision, and was obliged again and again to repeat to himself the question: "What can Tramlay want of that fellowT CHAPTER XXL BAYNTON BOUSES rTSSLP. NE of tho blissful possessions of tho man of mature yeai-s is tho self control which f?ll spares its possessor t he necessity of consuming time a tal vitality in profit le? excite? ment. Farmer Hayn, returning to ins nativo village, had a great deal moro on his mind than Phil when that youth pre? ceded him a few days before. It is true that Phil was lx?moaning what he believed to be the loss of a sweetheart, but the old man's thoughts were equally full of the possible gain of a daughter-an earthly possession he had longed for through many years, hut been denied. He had also a large '.nd promising land speculation to engage hs thoughts-a speculation which, apparently, would brine the family more gain in a year than three generations of Hayns had accumulated in ^ century, lie was planning more eu r.,mears fr.r his gray haired, som?-r.hnt 7, r?ik?ed old wife, should tho Improvement company's 'plans succeed, than any happy youth ever devised fr>r his bride, and he knew exactly how tho- would affect th: good woman-a priv?cgQ which is frequently denied tho new ty made husband. And yet his mind and countenance were as serene and undisturbed as if he were merely looking forward to the peaceable humdrum of a farmer's winter. Tho appearance of fields and forests past which the train hur? ried him did not depress him as they did bia son; a shabby farm house merely made him thank heaven that his own was more sightly and comfortable; a bit ol* pine barren or scrub oak reminded him, to Iiis croat satis? faction, that ?usown woodland could l>e trust? ed to pay some profit, to say nothin ^ of taxes and interest. Even swampy lowlands caused his heart to warm with pride t hat his strong ann and stronger will hail transformed simi? lar bogs into ground moro fertile than some to which nature had been kinder. Nor did he loso his serenity when thc na? tives came down on him like a tarnished horde, of locusts and demanded news of what was going 0:1 in the city. He cheerfully told th: ;a nearly everything !;.? knew and parried undesirable quest ions without losine. ??is tem rier. He pointed with '.-rid . ami Iii.? the I wif< ma-1< stead o. il :?gl .I S 1 he .a-.-h. rs, ha ? a go.?! s pia: innis*: u merchant to wk< 1 tarni products went, s it the newspapers adver! iv eh:-ap. tV?ught some s ::i an;, i-ver seen in Hayn . ?:.-:t n hie!: was ii'-i' her t . in L ard :u i ren IIS SUI'S ?U and : .ld ? ha?l is?cn s eves. i:i V. ii M ;t ll: ' i ar ni 1 1 M .f p ?Hg ' il ?n in?'' alb of the oh j >t a pb ; ii ir ri' 111? I ?! ment 1! e m b for st e ??Yiron ; simply ?r all the news .li the farmer aced deer?: r th; thai ht :: io::n: of ti woul 1 ll?"l; th n au dcb in! br ?d from know id o? them prosit than ii." crops c< tain soil. Tile plan would benefit them st ill mor* should the buyer's project succeed,-for . % ]r?; of cottagers would ninkua brisk cash < market for tho vegetables which Haynton j ground produced so easily, and which Hayn- j ton farmers moaned over because they could j not at present sell the surplus at any price, ! much less at tho figures which their agricul? tural newspapers told them were to bo ob- ' tained in larg? cities. Would they take ten dollars per acre for . their ridge land, the money to bo forfeited unless tho remainder of two hundred per j aero wero paid within a year? Would they? Well, they consented with such alacrity that the farmer soon had to write to New York for more currency. Beforo Thanksgiving ?day tho Haynton Bay Improvement com? pany .controlled a full milo of shoro front, .and there w&s moro money in circulation in the viilage than could be remembered except by the oldest inhabitant, who was reminded of tho good old times when in 1S13 a pri? vateer, built and manned in Haynton's little bay, had carried a rich prizo into New York and come homo to spend tho proceeds. Small mortgages wero paid off, dingy houses appeared in new suits of paint, several mothers in Israel bought now Sunday dresses, two cr three farmers gave their old horses and somo money for better ones, the aislo of one church was carpeted and another church obtained tho bell that for years had boen longed for, a veteran pastor had fifty dollars added to his salary of four hnndred a year,-and got thc money, too; several famines began to buy parlor organs on the installment plan : one farmer indulged tho previously unheard of extravagant of taking -Uis family, consisting of his wifoaiid himself, to New York to s-xmd tho winter, and another dedicated his newly found money and his winter enforce;! leisure to the reprehensible work of drinking himself to death. uAn' it's allon account of a gal," Farmer l?ayn would remark to his wife whenever he heard of any new movement that could be traced to tho ease of the local money market. "If our Phil hadn't got that Tramlay gal on the brain last summer, he wouldn't have gone to New York to' visit; then I wouldn't have gono to look for him, and tho Improvement company wouldn't have been got up. an' Phil wouldn't have hatched the brilliant idee of buyin'-what did ho call 'em?-oh, yes, op? tions-buyin' options on the rest of the ridge, au' there would faavo been no refreshin' shower of greenbacks fallia' like tho rain from heaven on tho just an' unjust alike. It reminds me of tho muss that folks got into in the old country over that woman Helen, whose host name I never couid find out. You rememl>er it-'twas in tho book that young minister wo had on trial an' didn't exactly like left at our house. It's just another such case, only a good deal moro propor, this Ttot bein' a heathen land. All on account of a gail" "If it is," Mrs. l?ayn replied on ono occa? sion, as she took her hands from tho dough she was kneading, "an' it ccrtainl y looks as if Jt was, don't you think it might be only fair to allude to her more respectful? I don't like to hear a young woman that our Phil's likely to marry* spoke of as just that Tram? lay gal.'7' "S'poso, then, I mention her as yourdaugh tcr-in-law? But ain't it odd that all the changes that's como to pass in the last month or two wouldn't have happened at ali if it hadn't been for Phil's bein' smitten by that gal* As the Scripture says, 'Behold how great a matter a little fire kiu'lleth.' For 'fire' read 'spark,' or sparkin', an' tho text" "Reuben I" exclaimed Mrs. Hayn, "don't take liberties with tho Word." "It ain't no liberty,'' said tho cid man. "Like enough it'li rca;!"spark' in the Prevised Edition.'' "Then wait till ?it does, or until 3-oa're one of the revisers," said the wife. "All right; mebbo it would be as well," thc husband admitted. "Meanwhile, I don't mind turnin' it off au' c?mparin' it with an? other text: 'Tho wind bloweth where it list eth, but thou canst not tell whence it cometh or whither it gooth.' Tho startin' up ot Haynton an' of Phil's attachment is a good deal like" "I e>nt knew that that's exactly reverent, cither," said Mrs. Hayn, "consideri?' -?hat follers in the Boole An' what's goin' or. in tho neighborhood don't interest me ns much as what's gota' OH in rn}* own family. I'd like to know when things is comm' to a head. Phil ain't married, nor even engaged, thai wo know of ; there air.t ito lots bein' sold by the company, or if there aro wo don't hear about ir." "Au' there's never any bread being baked while you're kneading tho dough, old lady. You remember thc passage, 'first thc blade, then Pac car, then the full corn in thc oarf Mustn't look for fruit in the blossornm tim:; even Jesus didn't find that when he looked for it on a fig tree ahead of time, you know.5' " 'Pears to mo you run to Scripture more than usual this momin' " said Mrs, Hayn, after putting ?her pans of dough into thc oven "What's started youf "Oh, only a iittle kind of awakenin', I s'posc," said the old man. "I can't keep my mind ofT of what's ?oin' on ri^ht tinder cay eyes, an' il\ so unlike whai anybody would have expected that I can't help goin' behind the returns, as they used to say in politics. An' when I do that there's only ono way of seeing 'em, an1 I m glad I've got tho eyes to seo 'em in that light." "So am I," said Mrs. naya, gently but successfully putting a floury impression of four fingers and a thumb on her husband's head. "I s'poso it's 'cause I'm so tired of waitin' that I don't look at things just as you do. 'Pears to mo there's nothin' that comes up. an'that our hearts get seton, but what wo've got to wait for. It gets to be awful tiresome, after you've boon at it thirty or forty years. I think Phil might hurry up matters a little," '.Mebbo 'tisn't Phil's 'fault," suggested the farmer. "Well," said Mrs. "rfayn, with a flash bo hind her ginnies, "'I don't seo why any gal should L^cp that boy a-wai Un', if that's what you mean." "Don't, eh?" drawled tho old man, with a queer smilo and a quizzical look. "Well, I s'poso ho is a good deal moro takin' than ht father was." "No such thing," said the old lady. "Much obliged; Vui a good d-?al too polite to contradict;-when you're so much in ear? nest, you know," tho old man replied. "But if it's so, what's tho reason that you kept him woithVP "Why, I-it was-you se-?, I-'twas-tho way of it was-sho!" And Mrs. Hayn sud? denly noticed that a potted geranium in the kitchen window needed a dead leaf removed from its base. "Yes," said her husband, following brr with his eyes. "An' i suppose, that's just about what Phil's gal would say, if any ono was to ask her. But the longer you waited t!i" surer I was of you, wasn't I ?" "Oh, don't ask questions when you know the answer as weil as I do,"'said tho old lady "1 want to seo things como to a head; that's ail." "They'll como, they'll como," said thc old man. "It'stryin' to wait, I know, seein' I'm dom' some of tho waitin' myself; but 'the try in'of your faith tvorketh patience,' aa" dot patience havo her perfect work,' yon remember." "More Scripture!" sighed the wife. " You're gettin' through a powerful sight of Now Test? ament this mornin', llOuberi, an' I s'poso I di-si-rvo ir. seein' the way 1 feel li-'* fightin' ir.. But s'pose this company speculat ion don't come t > anything then P?ii?'ll Iv-?. good deal ; wu.-*--off than ho is now, v. sn": he? You re- i member theawful troublo Deacon Trewk got ; ?ato by bein' tia- hoad of that new fangled stump and stone pullor company, that didn't 1 pull any to s;*eak of. Ever\ bo iv eame-'dowa oa Li;-:, ra'calltvj him Jill sorts of names, an' K?d he'd lied to 'em, an" they would go ;.. {]?.<? ; poor house because of the monoy they'd put ia i" on ?.is ad\ ice, au' " "Phii woa't have any stich trouble," said ; 1 :..rmi r. "for a. ?iv ?dy tool; sto-.:!: on lii^ ad ; i ... Tramiay got np thu company before v. ? ! . w iiaythin' about it. an'nil the pufiiu' ci the kind was clono by kim. lo-i i ?s. there's nobody in it that'd stiffer much, c. ea if things conies to tho wast. Exei-pt one or two ?lum mies-clerks of Tramlav.s-who were !..-t in [Hr a slim-.' or two, ju-c t ? make np a board of directors to tho i ?:;..;! size, wbat shares mu't held by Phil and Tramlay an'that fol !. r Margo belongs t" a gal." "What? Lucia*" "No, no-another gai. mebbo 1 on,,ht tr. call lier a woman, set-in' sile's patty well along, although mighty handsome aa'smart. Ih r name's Dinon, an' Tramlay joked Phil about her once or twice, makin'cit sho \vr.> struck by him, but of course ''u...i's all non sen??. She's rich, ai?' got mcney to invest every ouco rn a while, un' Tramlay ?..?1 ber : ii;> to this little operotton." "You're sure sue ain't iatef ested in Phil?" asked Mrs. Hayn. "I've seen no end of trouble made between yoting folks by gals thats ol I enough to know their own mind?? au1 smar; enough to use 'em." "For goodness' sake. Lou Ann !" exclaimed the old farmer. "To bear you talk, anybody would s'pose that in the big city of New York, where over a million people live and a mill? ion more come in from diirrcnt places every week, there wasn't any youni; man for folk? to get interested in but our Phil Redly, old lady, i'm beginnin' to l>e troubled about you, that sort of feelin' that's croppin' out ail the time in you makes mo afeard that you've got a kind o' pride that's got to have a fall- a pride in our son, settin' him above all other mortal bern's, so far as anythin's concerned that can make a young man in ter est in'." "Well," said Mrs. Hayn, after apparently thinking the matter over, "if it's so 1 reckoH it'll have to stay so. I don't b'liuve there's any hope of forgiveness for anythin' if heaven's going' to hoRl an old woman to ac? count for seein1 all the good there is in hef first born. I hain't been down to York my? self, but some of York's young sprigs have been down here, one time an* another, an' if they're fair samples of the hull lot, I should think a sight of-our Phil would be to ail the city gals like the shudder of a great rock in a weary land." "Who's a-droppin' into Scripture DOW?" asked tho old farmer, moving to where he could look his wife full ?:J tho face. "Scripture ain't a bit too strong to usc freely about our Phil-my Phil," said the old woman, pushing her spectacles to the top of j ber head and beginning to walk the kitchen j floor. "All the hopin', an" fearin', and j waitin', an' nursin', an' teaehin', an' ? thinking an' praym', that that boy i has cost comes hurryin' into my mind j when I think about him. If there's ? anythin* lie ought to be an' isn't, I ? don't see what it is, an' I cau't see where his I mother's to bb ino for it. Whatever good : there is in me I've tried to put into him, an' I whatever I was Jackin' in I Ve tried to get for him elsewhere. You've been to him ? ev Yy th in' a father should, an' he never could have got along without you. You've been j lots to him that I never could bc, he bein' a j boy, an' I never cease tbankin' heaven for.it: j but whenever my mind gets on a strain about him I kind o' get us mixed up, an' feel as if 'twas me instead of him that was takin' whatever happened, an' tho longer it lasts the less I can think cf him any ether wav. There!" The old farmer rose to his feet while this speech was under way; then he removed his j hat, which ho seldom did after coming into j tho house, unless reminded. When his wife j concluded, ho took both her hands and j dropped upon his knees: he had oftea done it before;-years before, when overcome by her young beauty-but never before had he dono it with so much of reverence. CHAPTER XXIL SEVERAL GREEK EYED M0X5TEES. MS tho season hur? ried toward the I Christmas hoii *"X^^-#/^\ days, there came ^s&^jm to Ph?i? Ha>"n the J? -SMV ^pression that he j ?^Jfv'J? W;,J5 being seen sa ? h niuch in public A > y ;*>'; V. ?2s?i. with Lucia, never r^/^Hy? against that young lady's inclination, ?^.^/^jV that Perhaps some j Mv^v people were believ hPi::\ W"//- j i her, or sure to be. j *??$? R$j ' V '% This impression be- | "' "Vi-ai-' '* came moro distinct when seme of his new business acquaintances rallied cr complimented him, anil when he occasionally declined an invitation, given viva voce, by explaining that ho had prom? ised to escort Miss Tramlay somewhere that evening. If this explanation were mado fco a lady, as was usually the case, a knowing smile, or at least a significant look, was al? most sure to follow. Is began to seem to Phil that the faces of tho young women of I New York said a great deal more than their tongues, and said it in a way that could not ' bo answered, which was quite annoying. If he was to seem engagad, he would p^ef^r that appearances might not be deceitful. Again and again ho was on the point of ask? ing thc question which he littlo doubted j would be favorably answered, but he always 1 restrained himself by the reminder that he ' was only a clerk ou a salary that could not support a wife, bred like Lucia, in New York, an i that villa plots at Hayn ton Bay were not selling as rapidly as they should if he were to become well to do; indeed, they scarcely ? were soiling at all. Who couM bo expected to become interested in building sites on the ' sea shore when even in tho sheltered streets of the city the wiud was piercing the thickest i overcoats? And who could propose to a girl i while another man, even were ho that stick Marge, was offering her numerous attentions, j i all of which she accepted?-confound Marge l and his money! ? That Marge also was jealous was iaevita- S ble. Highly as ho valued himself, he knew i womankind well enough to imagine that a 1 handsomo young fellow just past his major- ' ity might be more gratifying to the eye, at > least, than a man who had reached-well, t who had not mentioned his ago since he passed his thirty-fifth birthday. He had in i ; his favor all the prestige of a good record in ? society, cf large acquaintance and aristo- j . eratic extraction, bat he could "*^1U himself to th*, tact that the young women ; ' who '.vere most estimable did not greet him I cs effusively and confidentially as they did ; ' Phil. His hair was provokingly thin on the \ top of his heati. and farther bark there was '? ' a tell tale spot that resembled a tonsure; he J ' could not quickly cuter, like Phil, into tho , spirit of some sii?y, innocent frolic, and. al- ( though he insisted that hi* horses were a? ? good as Phil's, he co\:\.\ not bring himself to j ! extending an invita:: >n for a morning dash through tho park, as Phil did once or twice a week. So ?ie frequently said to himself, : ' Confound the country habit of early rising, which his rival bad evidently mastered. As fer Lucia, except for the few happy ; ' hours she spent with Phil, and the rather ' mon numerous hours devoted to day dreams regarding her youthful swain, she was really j ! miserable in her uncurtain condition. Other ' ;;ir!s were getting engaged, on shelter ac quaintance, and ten times as many girl- were 1 tormenting her with questions.as to which of ' the two was to be thu happy man. She dc- ? I voutly wished that Phd would spunk quickly, and finally, after a long and serious consulta? tion" with Margie, she determiued to adopt I toward Phil thc tactics which only two or i : thrio months before she bad tried on Marge: . : shu Would encourage tus rival. With Marge : it had had the unexpected efi'uetoi <;<a\:;:; : her yield her heart to Phil; on the other 1 hand, it bad percept::.ly quickened Marge's 1 interest in her; would not :i reversal of tho factors have a corre p>-udiag result? She had- but one fear, but that was grow ! ir.g intense. Agnes Dinon continued t-> be fond of Piaf: there was no other man ;<? 1 whom she ever saw Agnes appear so cheerful md unconstrained. Could it tvo that tho ' Lei ress v>.;s playing ri deep game for '?.<> prize that to Lucia seemed the .only.0:10 ni viewi She lind seen wonderful snuressus 1 inad:- by girls as uid as Agues, when they had any UK?ne\ as a reserve foive. mid she j rem bled a> she thought of the po>>i".fi?:' . ?. Aunes | w:?s < ld-dreadfully "11 - li *? ?. m - i Lue; 1. but she was undeniabiy lian a .. her m m nors'we're charming, tm 1 she ? as smart be- ' v. :. 1 rompan*. Sh.- lia i declared that her m. '.?..i v* -s on Iv- in Ins ; >-:; : n Lucia's .admirer. b:i< -p.--p! . .hd :;.?: always !..!! the truth vi hen they were love. Lu.-ia herself hail told ?. imn.ber ot li s -tho very whitest of white lies- about lier own regard for 1 hil; suppose Agnes v. re doing likewi lt sh ? w.-r.- Lucia's little fin ;er nails made (hK'pprinrson th.? palms of ber ha mis'ns thought of it, She toM herself, in her calmer mom. nts. ti;.ii such a thought wa * i:n wort hy of lier and insulting Jo Agnes, u ho really had l?een friend? ly and even afi'eef ionnte to her In wakeful hours at night, however, or in M>me idle hours during the day, she fell into :, anti each successive tamblo hindu her thralldom tiiemore hO]>elc?s. She tried to csen|?o- hy rallying Phil ttl;0Ut Agues, but ?he yvnng UVVU ftippiVhvg ina: &o be merely playful Ul ber teasing, did his best to ivmiinuH th? joke, and was utterly blind to tho results. _ . At last tnere came an explosion. At a party which was to Lucia unspeakably stupid, there being no dancing, Miss Dinon monopo? lized Phil for a full hour-a thousand hours it seemed to Lucia-and they sat on a sofa, too, that was far retired in an end of a room which once hal been a conservatory. Lucia watched for an opportunity to demand an explanation; it seemed it never would some, but finally an old indy who was the head and front of a small local missionary effort in the south called the young maa aside lu an in? stant Lucia seated herself beside Agnes ?inon, saying, as she gave her fan a vicious twist: "You seem to And Mr. Hayn very enter? taining?" "Indeed I do," said Miss Dinon; "I bavent spent so pleasant an hour this season, until this evening." "Oh!"exclaimed Lucia, and tho ?anoffend ing fan Hew into two pieces. "My dear girl !" exclaimed Agnes, picking up ono of tho fragments. "It's really wicked to bo so careless. " "Thank you," said Lucia, with ? jjran? air -for so small a woman. "I thought it wa? about time for an apology." Miss Dinon looked sideways in amazement "The subject of conversation must have boen delightful," Lucia continued. "Indeed it was." said Agnes. Lucia looked up quickly. Fortunately for Miss Dinon, the artificial light about thom was dim. "You told mo once," said Lucia, collecting her strength for a grand effort, "that" "Yes/" "That-that" "You dear littlo thing," said Agnes, sud? denly putting her arm about Lucia and press? ing her closely a.- a mother might seize a baby, "what wc wero talking of was you. Can't you understand, uow, why I enjoyed it so much?" Tnere was a tremor and a convulsive move? ment within the older woman's arm, and Lucia seemed to be crying. "Darling little girl," murmured Agnes, kissing tho top of Lucia's hoad, "I ought to bo killed for teasing you, even for a moment, but how could you be jealous of mo? Your lover has boen a groat deal moro apprecia? tive: ho has done mo tho honor to make me his confidante, and again I say it was de lightful." "I'm awfully mean," sobbed Lucia. "Stop crying-at once," whispered Agnes. "How will your e:?-cs look? Oh, Lu, what o lucky giri you arel" "For cryingr said Lucia, after a little ch. .0, "For having such a man to adore you, Why, ho thinks no such woman ever walked thc earth before. Ho worships tho floor you tread, the air you breathe, the rusti? of your dress, tho bend of .your little finger, the" The hst of adorable qualities might have boen prolonged had not a little arm suddenly encircled -Miss Dinon's waist so tightly that further utterance was suspended. Thou Lucia murmured: "The silly fellow', Pm cot half good enough for him." "Do you reallv think sof "Indeed I do;"i do, really." "Pm so glad to hear you say so," said the older girl, "for, honestly, Lu, Mr. Hayn has so much hoad and heart that ho deserves the best woman alive." "It's stich a comfort to be told so," mur? mured the younger girl. "One would suppose you had doubted it and needed to bo assured," said Agnes, with a quizzical smilo. "Oh, no! 't wasn't that," said Lttda, hur? riedly. "How could you think of snob a thing? But-Oh, Agnes, you can't under? stand, not having boon ia love yourself." Miss Dinon looked grave for an instant, but was quickly herself again, and replied, with a laug::, and a pinch bestowed upon tho tip of Lucia's little ear: "True; true What depths of ignorance we poor old maids aro obliged to grope inf "?ow, Agnes!" pleaded Lucia. "You know I didn't moan to be offensive. All I meant was that you-that I- Oh, I think be's all goodness and sense and brightness and every thing that's nice, but-and so, I mean, I like to hear about it from everybody. ? warft tc hear him talked of all the while; and you won't think mo silly for it, will you? Because iic really deserves it I don't believe there's his equal on tho face of the earth I51 "Pvc heard ether girls talk that way about their lovers," said Agnes, "and I've been obliged to hope their ey os r.dght never be Dpened; but about tho young man who ht so fond of you I don't differ with you in the least He ought to marry tho very best woman alive." "Don't say thr-t, or I shall becomo jealous again. Ho ouprht to find ?orno ono like you; while Pm nothing in the world but a well meaning little goose." "The daughter of your parents can't be iuything so dreadful, even if sho tries: and ill young girls seem to try, you know. But you really arent going to be satisfied to m.*rry Philip Hayn and be nothing bat a plaything and^ a pretty little tease to him, ? ire you ? I t's so easy to stop at that : so many ? ;iris whom I know havo ceased to grow or j improve in any way after marriage. TheyV? ? been so anxious to l>e cunning little things ( that they've never becomo evon women. It j makes ono almost able to forgive the ancients j for polygamy, to seo"- j "Agnes Dinoa I How can you bo so dread- ] ful?" j "To seo wives go on year after year, per , dating in bom? ?s childish as before they , ?t.r? ?hlirn..*!, while their husbands are ac- j pairing belter sonso and tasto every year." Lucia was so:*a- and silent for a moment; \ then she said: , "Do you know, Acnes-I wouldn't dare to , >ny it to a::y other girl-do you know there j ire times when I'm positively afraid of Philf j He'does know so much. I find him delightful company-stop smiling ia that astonished way, you dear old hypocrite!-I mean 1 find ?jim delightful company even when he's talk? ing to me about things I never was much in Cerested in. And what else is there for him to talk about? Ce'? never proposed, you know, and, though I can't help seeing he is. very fond cf me, he slcesa't oven talk about love. But it is when ho and papa get together md tai!; about what is going on ia the world that I get frightened: for be does know 5o much, lt isn't oidy I that think so. von <a:?w. papa hin:s' "f says so. ho says he finds | it pays better to chat with Phil than to read , the new-papers. Now, you know, the idea < a' marry ?ag a-a sort of condensed news- i paper would bo ju ft too dreadful." I "Husbands who love their wives aro not i likely to be condense?! newspapers-not while . thev arc at home; but do train yourself to IH> . lhletotalk to your husband of something besides the petty affairs of all of your mutual lajuaintances, I have met soar- persons of ? rho Masculine persuasion who wer? so redo- ? . lent ot thc {itTairs ff tho day as to bo dread- j ful bores; il r-boy wearied mo in half an hour ? j ahat mi!>t i!a*'r poor wives endurci But ? lon't imagino that mon arc tho only sinners j in t his rest ?oct There i-'.'t ia existence a aiore detestable, unendurable, condensed tj.?w>prtjvr- thank you ?or the expression than the youri;.: wit* who ia calling and re- ' L'eivitnf eaiis absorbs ali the small gossip and j i ?.-.j ,-: a large cU?-le. anti unloads it at * ni rh: ap. .; a hus! an-.l who i< too courteous to j J protest and too lovaL or perhaps merely too j .Axv-j-y. to run away, i dmr? wonder that a ^ ?roas many married mon frequently spend ? c >veni:i?is at th'1 fli?!'^; even tho southern j -. .\ > is' ? tv) have two half holidays a week, \ beides Sunday." I "Agn.'s Dinon! To hear yon talk, one .voul 1 su; P 'S'- yon were going to cut o!T your l:.-Jr au : write-dreadful novels under a mar? :-.;-?;? nata:?." * "On the contrary. Pm very proud cf my j 1 long hair and of everything else womanly, I jj .specially in sweet girls who aro in love. As i r >r writing ::ovels, I'm afraid, from the way j I've been goingon for the past few moments, j :!:at porni' nixing. orp?rh:ips lecturing, would : j lu? inoro in tho line ol my gifts. And the j r .om pa tr are going down to the dining room: ! .j there's a march playing, anti I see Phil Strug- I ?ling toward voa. You're a dear little thing to ?i-ti-n to mo so patiently, but you'll bo lenrer yet if you'll remember all I've said Von Ve going t" have a noble husband; do ? ?s prepare yourself to bo his companion and j ( Yju?i!. ?ti ho may never tiro of you. Hosts ; t or husbands weary of wives who aro nothing J TI hut sweet. Kven girls can't exist on candy f rc1 you know." .* * ? [To BB COSTjJftJED. j i JACKSONS r&JGGE? NATU FUL Bis Dattie for Life and Patient 8uflWf*<? Till the tai*. Andrew Jackson was blessed wft?? 4 rugged constitution, or he must havo su?cl?iuted ?many years before to disease that prey et! on him for thirty-one year* He Buffered from a wound rewired 1SG8, which often produced hemorrhage* and chronic diarrhea. The medical treatment in vogue by the best phys^ clans ?of the time prescribed bleeding tot the hemorrhage and calomel for impair*, ed digestion-a course that Is now looked on as homicidal Yet he stood the raw ages of disease," the loss of blood, and corrosions of poison for a third of a ce? tury. . > During the test two years of hi? tflfe dropsical Symptoms developed, on? fong was gone, and the other diseased. Hfe chewed tobacco incessantly, though ? aggravated indigestion and gav? him the most agonizing pain in tho head. B? sat motionless and silent for long days> absorbed 'in stoical endurance of pain*, and no suffering ever drew a groan froav his Hps. Jinny children of the family connection played about the Hermitage and he would not have their noisy sport, stopped. Once a little nephew ra?, against him in his play. The sick matt. feJI feack, white as death, breathless witk agony. When he could speak he drew\ the boy to him and said, with pitying tenderness: "Oh, my dear boy, yon dont know? how much pain you I va ve given your uncle," He was anxious about what posterity would think of him, and his own doctor told him he would bo condemned for proscribing people for their opinloi? He answered with his old time energy; j "Calhoun and the Nullifiers should, not lia ve been proscribed; I would hat? had them hung, sir, as high as Hamax^ and posterity would have pronounced 2* the best act of my life,* J He was pestered by office seekers and hero worshipers to the day of his death. June 8, 1845, lie called his family about him and said good-by to each one, "My. dear children," lie said, "do not grieve for rae. I have suffered much bodily - pain, but my sufferings are as nothing, to the blessed Saviour's," He spoke clearly for fully, half an hour, and coo-, eluded with: "My dear children and, friends and servants, I hope and trust to meet you all in heaven, both black and white," Tiie last phrase he repealed with tenderest solicitude-"both black md white." s At half past 5 bis son took his hand ind whispered in his ear: "Father, ho? io you feeP Do you know mef ;_. "Yes, I know yon, I would know yoe ?l if I could see. Bring my spectacles?* When they were put on: "Where is my. laughter and Marian? God will take ?reef you for me. I am my God's. 1 Delong to him. I go but a short thad before you, and I want to meet you all? white and black, in heaven." Every one about the ?bed and the bbeft. servants on the piazza burst into tear* md sobbed. He half raised himself aoX ;poke again: .... . -~ "What is the matter with my dea? mildren? Oh, do not cry. Be good cbil* iren, and we will all meet In heaven?* - These were his last words. A ha3L lour later he breathed his last in the urns of Maj. Lewis, who laid the body, iown and closed the eyes. The expr?s-. ?on of pain fell like a mask from tbs. ?rene face, and the natural look of the. jfld warrior returned in death,-Chicago rribune. - - To Keep a Trim Fl sam * Women who wish to preserve tho ?l?mneE? ad contour of their figure must begin hy. aarning to stand well That is explained to aean the throwing forward and upward of he chest, the flattening of the back, with the aoulder blades held in their proper {daces,, md the definite curving in the smaTl of tho. ack, thus throwing the whole weight of tho ody upon the hips. No other women hold hemselves so well as the aristocratic English ? omen. Much of their beauty lies in their roud carriage, the delicate erectness of heir figures and the fine poise of their heads? The saino aristocratic carriage is within th? each of any American girl who takes th? ams to have it; it is only the question of ?, sw years of eternal vigil anec, never relaxing er watchfulness over herself, and, sitting 0? tending, always preserving ber erectness *nd ose, tho result being that at tho end of thai imo it has become second nature to ber, aac^ ie never afterward loses it This, ia a crea?,, lensure. preserves the figure, because it koop* iie muscles firm and well strung, and pre? en ts the sink uti down of the Cosh around lie waist and hips, so common bi women oref D, and which is perfectly easy to escape, mother thing to avoid is a bad habit cf go? ig up stairs, which most women do, bent for*. rard, with th6 chest contracted, which, a? rel! as an indolent, slouchy manner of waUh lg, is injurious to the heart and lungs* - (ress. _(_ 1 In Bushire the buildings which really inpressed me most were the buildings? n embryo. . * * "Brother," said ho man" on the top scaffolding, "in thft mme of God, toss mc up a brick," and he man below, as he threw it up, saldV .Brother, in the name of C - re?oive lie brick.*-Lady Bluebeard. GUARD AGA IX VT THE ?*TRIKK, , >r.d always have a bottle of Acker's English, temedy in the h.use. You Cannot tell how? son Croup amy ?trike your little ones, or ? old ?>r cough may fa<teo itself upon you. me dure is a preventive and 2 few dotes a ..sitivc cure. ,U Throat and hung tremble* ic!d to i's treatment. A sample beul? ?9 ?von rou ?rec and the Remedy guaranteed by F. \V. De Lonne._ A CHILD KI I.LKH. Another child k"dl??J hy the use of opiates :ven in the form o* Soothing syrup. Why, loiher's give ?heir oh Liren >u?-h ?ea-ily roisoir ? surprising when they i*^relieve the child nf :s peculiar troubles ny asl-jg. Aefcer's l?nl*? outlier. It contains no Opiufii o? Morphine old by J. F. V. DeLance. A <Yi(t foi All. Tn order to give all a chance to test it, and. ins he convinced of hs wonderful curative owirs, Dr. King'.? Xe??, Discovery for Con-, tunpti.'n. C-u.-hs and C;vhK be fer ? mite-i time, given away.. This offcris not only hera!, but shows unbounded faith In tlw melita f this groat reine.iv. All who ?utter freu ?u?hs. Colds. Consumption.. Asthma, Bron t?:is, or any affection of Throat, Chest, or .tin?s. are especially requested lo ?all at J. r. k". Deborme'? Drug Store. und pet a T.ial :vttle Free. harg^ Jtottles Si? . 4 Renews Her Vouth. - Mrs Phoebe Cbedcy. Pearson. Clay C*<v. . ewa, tells the following iTearnrkable story: ie truth .vf Y;)?C\ is vouched; f--r hy tl* re?-. ents of the *ow ; "I am jfears ola. hav*j een troubled wt? 1 kidney complaint and lame ess for watty vi irs: could not c.ressTnyselTwith. ut help. Kow T am free from all pain and sore ess, and ".ia at c to do -. ii tay own housework, owe my thank-* t-? Klectric Bitter* f >r haring en owed KV ye ith, ?nd removed completely ad ^ isease an I pf .r. " Try a bottle. 59c and >r J- F. W- "DeLonne's Drug Store. Hucklen's Arnica Salve. Too Best Salve in the worl I fo* <>'.,,Bruises lores. Ule?- s, S3U Rheum. F??.v r .?res, T?t|?ef.] ?happed Hard? Chilblain.?, '.jorn* ?"?i ?'U ?kin Eruptions, ?m.? positi*"^ cures Files, or 0 pay required It is g jar4?tee*d to give per-, ect mttisf - 4|?n fit oioi^y refnnde^. P?^. ;5P*-?? J. ,7box. 1 er -^e- by. J. ?. X ?JT .Crme, .