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Many miKcn’ armer. mectimb toíatfirJeíborti.
wttli eaie by person» f.r ih tir inferior, in pfiy«-
leal »ireQgtn. Muscle doe» not imply vigor, in
fact, it I» not difficult of proof that athlete. do
not dve a* long nor enjoy al good health u* the
avenge individual who 1» vigorous—that l. to
»«v, w ho«, digestion snd tleep ere unimpaired,
whose nerve» ure tranquil, end who has no or
ganic tendency to disease. these requisites of
\ fgor ere eonfetred upon thOK- Inherently weuk.
no less tnnu upon those debilita ltd through
waiting disease, oy a thorough,per»i»tenicoiirse
i t Hosteller's Stomach Bitters, toe le ding na
tional tonic, indorsed und recommended by
physicians of eminence. It will not endow voii
w ill, the muscle of u Lorbctt, but it will Infuse
energy mm your system and renew,he active
und hculthfui peí formalice of Its func i,»ic>. It
avert» and cure- malarial, i heuinalic and kidney
complaints, and overcome, dyspepsia, constipa
won, Uver trouble and nervoti.ue.-s.
Don’t Lose
Heart,
Of H o d 's Sarsaparilla at our house aud with !
g” Od i i . 'v n .
For eight year* I was trouble 1
w iih rheumatism aud all
remedies failed to help
me exce; t Hood’s Sarsa
parilla. L ke many oth
ers I have not taken it
steadily; only when the
fains came on, but it has
always siren me relief.
PLART F F K K V ’t l s n M
, thlB year, and make up for lost ».¡me J
1 #C fri *l **«*«*«l A nnual tur isW is ill £
(ii\e you many valuable hints
j v Pat to raise Wild i '
if
k raise ir. It contains Informa- a
V tJon to be h at from n o o t b e ^
^source. F ree to ull.^
For y e ars past I was
troubled with qu lu sy.
SiDC-e taking Hood's Sar
saparilla 1 have not had
a -ingle attaek. When
Lord F orgivi:»— I cun always tell uu American • any of mv family are taken sick they resort to
by what In- diinks. W illiam Ann—But he I Hood’s Sarsaj atilla.
I might write several
drink, any thing he can gen
Taut’s the way I teil.
k D .M .FerryACo^
D etroit,
Mich.
UR. GUNN'S
L- rd Forgi vu*—
HoocTssi> Cures
C A U T IO N .
pages In praise of thD excellent medicine.”
Im ita tio n s h a ve been put upon the m ar
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ket so clo s e ly resem b lin g A l l c o c k ’ s P en
H o o d ’ s P i l l s are purely vegetable, and do
ock P l a s t e r , in gem ral appearance as to
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ever, in g en eral appearance o n ly th at th ey
co m p are w ith A i . li o , k ’ s , fo r th ey are worse
Ilian w orthless, inasm u ch as th ey con ta in
deleteriou s in gred ien ts w hich are apt to
cause serious i, ju ry . Remember th at A l l -
c. i k ’ h are th e g en u in e porous pia ster the
best ex tern al rem ed y ev er produced ; when
pu rch asin g plasters do n ot o n ly ask lor,
nut uiake sure th at you get A l l c o v k ’ s .
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Sunset
She turned.
M l t C U A M l V IO O H -A K i s s . I , , l i t
tmd w ith r. d ean face. H e had ju st r id
den out o f til? grain on the same side o f
tho chasm a., herself.
“ B u t yo n seem to have g o t o ve r,” she
said bluntly.
“ Yes, but it was fu rth er up the field.
I reckoned that the split m igh t be deeper
but not so broad in the rock outcrop
o ve r there than in the adobe here. I
found it so and jum ped it .”
H o hx.ked a if he m igh t— alert, In tel
ligen t and self contained. Y e t she said
nothing. H e lingered a m oment.
“ I ’m afra id you must have been badly
shaken and u little frigh ten ed np there
b efore the chimneys cam e d ow n .”
“ 2io,” she was glad to say. b riefly and
she b elieved truthfully; “ I w asn’t fr ig h t
ened.
1 didn’t even know it was an
earthquake."
“ A h ," he reflected, "th a t was because
you are a stranger. I t ’s odd— th ey’ re
all lik e that. I suppose it ’s because no
body re a lly expects or believes in the
unlocked lo r tiling, and y e t that's the
tilin g that always happens. A n d then
o f course that other affair, w h ich re a lly
is serious, startl-d you the m o re ."
Bhe fe lt herself ridicu lously and an
g r ily blushing. ” 1 don’t know w h at you
m ean ," she said icily. " W h a t oth er a f
fair?”
" W h y , tlip w ell."
“ T h e w ell?” she repented vacan tly.
“ Y es, the artesian w ell has stopped.
Didn’t the m ajor tell you?”
“ N o ,” said the girl. “ H e was awuy.
1 h aven 't Keen him y*-t.’’
“ W e ll, tho flow o f w a ter has ceased
com pletely, '.h a t’s w h at I ’m here for.
T h o m a jo r sent tor me, and I ’v e l>een to
exam in e it.”
“ A n d is that stoppage so very im por
tant?" she said dubiously.
It was his turn to look ut her wonder-
in gly. “ I f it’s lost entirely it means ruin
fo r th e rancho,” he said seriously. H e
wheeled his horse, nodded g ra ve ly and
trotted off.
M aj. Randolph’s fignre o f the " l i f e
b lood c f the rancho” flashed across her
suddenly. Bin- knew n oth in g o f irrig a
tion or the costly appliances by w hich
tho C alifornian ag ricu ltu rist opposed
the lon g .summer droughts. Bhe on ly
vagu ely guessed that th e d rea dfu l earth
quake had struck at the prosperity o f
those people w hom o n ly a fe w hours
ago slio ha I been proud to ca ll her
friends. The u n d erlyin g goodness o f
her nature was touched. Should she let
a m om entary fau lt i f it w ere n ot really,
a fte r all, on ly u m isunderstanding— rise
between her und them at such a m o
ment? Bhe turned und hurried qu ick ly
tow ard the house.
H astening on w ard she found tim e,
how ever, to w on d er also w h y thesecom -
uiun m en—she now included even the
youn g in ven tor in that c a te g o ry — were
all so rude and u n civil to her. Bhe had
n ever before been treated in this w a y ;
she had alw ays been rath er embarrassed
by the ad m irin g attentions o f y o a n g
men—clerks and collegians in her A t
lantic home, und o f professional men,
merchants mid stock brokers iu Ban
Francisco. It was true they w ere not
as continually d -voted to her mul to the
uiro art and etiqu ette o f pleasing ns
E m ile —they hail other things to think
about, being in business and not b ein g
gentlem en, but then they w ere gre a tly
superior to these clow ns, th at took no
n otice o f her and rode o ff w ith ou t lin
ge rin g o r form al leave ta kin g when th eir
selfish affairs w ero concluded.
It must be the contact o f the v u lga r
earth— this w retched, crackin g, m aterial
and y e t ungovernable and law less e a .th
—th a t so depraved them. Bhe fe lt site
would lik e to say this to som e on e— not
her fath er, for he w ou ldn ’t listen to
her; not to tho m ajor, w h o w ou ld lau gh
in gly argue w ith her, but to M rs. R an
dolph, w h o would understand h er—and
perhaps say it some day in her ow n
sharp, sneering w ay to those v ery
clow ns. W ith these gen tle sentim ents
irra d ia tin g her blue eyes and p u ttin g u
pink Hush iqion her fa ir cheek Rose
reached the garden w ith the in ten tion o f
rushing sym pathetically in to Mrs. R a n
d olp h ’s nnns.
Rut it suddenly occurred to her that
she w ould be obliged to state h ow she
became aw are o f this m isfortune, and
w ith it cam e an in stin ctive aversion to
s)H-ak o f her m eeting w ith th e inventor.
She w ou ld wait until Mrs. Randolph
told her. But although that lad y w as
engaged in u low voiced discussion in
French w ith Em ile and A d e le w h ich in
stantly ceased at her approach there
was no allusion made to tho n ew calam -
ity.
“ Y o u need not telegraph to your
fath er," she said, ns Rose approached.
“ H e has already telegraphed to you for
news. A s you were out, and the mes
senger was w aitin g an answer, w e
opened the dispatch, und sent one te llin g
him that you were all r ig h t, ami th at he
need not hurry hero on you r account.
So you are satisfied, 1 hope.” A few
hours ago this would h ave been true,
and Rose w ould have probably seen in
the action o f her hostess o n ly a fla tter
ing m oth erly supervision. T h ere was,
in fact, still a lin gerin g trace o f that
trust in her mind, yet she was conscious
that site w ou ld have p referred to answ er
the dispatch herself and to h ave let her
father come.
It struck Hose that she had not even
thanked the man in the same flash that
she rem em bered somet lung d readfu l that
he had said. She covered her face w ith
her hands and tn e d to recall herself.
Mrs. Randolph gen tly tapped her
shoulder w ith a m ixtu re o f m aternal
philosophy and discipline, a ad continued:
" O f course it ’s an upset, and you ’re con
fused still. T h a t’s nothing. T h e y say,
dear, it ’s p erfectly w e ll know n that no
tw o people'» recollection o f these thinks
ever u tho same. It s re a lly ridiculous
the con trad icto ry stories ono hears.
L a ’t it, Emile?”
Roso fe lt th at th e yo u n g man had
join ed them and w a i lo o k in g at her. In
tho fea r that she should Brill see corns
traco o f tho startled selfish an im al in his
faco she d id n ot dare to raise her eyes
to his, but looked at his m other. M rs.
R andolph was standing then, collected
but im patient.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW YORK.
“ it's a il o ve r n o w ,” said E m ile iu his
usual voice, "a n d except tlio chim neys
gnd somo fallen p laster th ere’s re a lly no
d am rge done, lin t I'm afra id th e y 'v e
Iit<ln’ t D a re D o It.
caught it p retty badly at the M ission
Lluco!n ‘n 1 0 *1« I Mother*
A certain popular but extravagant nimJ* i.ud at Ban Francisco in those ta ll,
Abraham Lincoln >\;;s »even or eight
clan was famous not only for his line voice, flashy, ra ttle trap buildings th e y ’re p u t
years old \vhen his fat luT, Thom;»*» Lincoln,
but for his almost irresistible manner. A t
tin g up. i ’ ve ju st sent o ff one o f the
removed fix»-i Kentucky to Indiana,where
on etim e when he was deeply in debt a car
In a year or tw o his w ife died. The year
pen ter to whom he owed a large amount men fo r new s.”
follow in g her death Mr. Lincoln returned
H er fath er was in San Francisco by
culled at his house and clamorously de
to Elizabethtown to Muni ch out, if possible,
tU attim e, and she had n ever once thought
manded his pay.
a form er neighbor and friend, Mrs. Sally
The musician, who was indisposed i/- the o f him. In h r quick rem orse she fo rg o t
.Johnston, whom, upon inquiry, lie found
time, heard the migrv voice in the entry la all cdso and roso to her feet.
still a widow, and to whom he at once
low, ami going to the head o f the st; i •
“ I m ust telegrap h to m y fath er ut
made a proposal of marriage.
asked what was the matter down there.
once,” she said h u rried ly; “ lie is there.”
On entering Mrs. Johnston’s humble
“ M atter enough,” cried the carpenter. "J
“ Y o u had b ette r w a it u n til the mes
dw elling Mr. Lincoln asked if she remem want my money, and 1 can’t get it.”
bered him.
“ Don’ t get in a passion,” said the musl senger returns and hear his new s,” said
“ Yes,” replied she, " I remember you
clan soothingly. “ Do me the favor to walk Em ile. “ I f tho shock was o n ly a sligh t
very well, Tom m y Lincoln. W hat has
upstairs, i f you please,and we w ill talk one in Ban Francisco y o u r fa th er m igh t
brought you Imrk to old Kentucky?”
not understand you and w ou ld be ala rm
the business over.”
“ W ell,” said he, in answer, “ my wife
“ No, sir,” replied the poor carpenter, “ not ed.”
Nancy is dead.”
a stefi w ill I stir up those stairs! You owe
Blio could see his face n ow ; there was
“ Why, you don't say so!”
me $100 already, and if 1 came up goodness no record o f tho past expression upon it,
“ Yes,” said Mr. Lincoln, “ she died more
knows you’d most likely owe me $*¿00 be hut ho was w a tch in g h er eagerly. Mrs.
than a year ago. and I have come hack to
fore I got down again!” — Youth’s Com
Randolph and A d e lo h a d m oved a w a y to
Kentucky to look for another wife. Do
panion.
you like me, Mrs. Johnston?”
speak to the servants.
E m ile d rew
F x - ilin g W on der.
“ Yes,” replied Mrs. Johnston, “ I like
nearer.
you, Tom my Lincoln,”
“ Y o u surely w ill not desert us n o w ,”
“ I)o you like me well enough to marry
he said in u lo w voice.
me?”
“ Please don’t,” she said v a g u ely ;
“ Yes,” she answered. “ I like you,
“ I ’m so w orried .” A n d pushing q u ick ly
Tom my Lincoln, and I like you well
past him she h u rried ly rejoin ed tho tw o
enough to marry you. but I can’t marry
women.
you now.”
T h e y w ere superintending the erection
“ W hy not?” said he.
“ Because I r.tn in debt, and I could never
o f a lo n g ten t or m arqu ee in tho garden,
think of burdening the mail I marry with
hastily extem porized fro m the aw n in gs
debt; it would not be righ t.”
o f the veran da and oth er cloth. Mrs.
“ W hat are those debts?” said he.
Randolph explained that although all
She told Idm of the sums, “ which,” said
danger was o v e r there was tho possibil
she, “ I have all clown heroin my account
ity o f tho recurrence o f lig h te r shocks
book.”
durin g the d ay and n igh t, and that they
On looking it over, he saw that her debts
w ou ld ull feel much m ore secure and
ranged from fifty cents to a dollar and a
Com fortable to cam p out fo r the next
quarter, and amounted in the gross to
something less than tw elve dollars—not a
tw en ty-fo u r hours in th e open air.
very startling sum even in those days of
“ O n ly im a gin e you 're picnicking, and
small things.
yo u 'll e n jo y it ns m uch as most people
He succeeded in putting the litt le book
usually en jo y those horrid al fresco en
into Ids coat pocket without attracting her
Helen H yler—Do you know It Is reported tertainments. I d on 't b elie ve there’s the
attention and went out, looked up the va wo are engaged?
slightest real necessity fo r it, but,” she
rious parties and paid oil' all the little sums
Jack Lever— Has any one congratulated added in a lo w e r voice, “ the Irish and
according to the memorandum and re you yet?
Chinese servants are so dem oralized n ow
turned in the afternoon with theacknowl
Helen H yler—No, but several people have
edgments o f payments in full. On his re asked mo If I were really going to marry they w ou ldn 't utay indoors w ith us. I t ’s
turning the account book to her, she ex
a com m on practice hero, I b elieve, fo r a
you.—Puck.
claimed, “ W hy, Tom my Lincoln, have you
day o r tw o a fte r tiio shock, and it giv es
gone? and paid olT all my debts?”
M ore Im p o rta n t.
tim e to put tilin gs to rig h t again aud
“ Yes,” be said, “ and will you marry me
“ Better let us build a house for you out clear up. T h e old one-storied Spanish
now?”
on your property at Installment height-,” houses, w ith w alls three feet th ick and
“ Yes,” said she, and they were married said Buttress, the architect, to his frit ml
b uilt round a cou rtyard o r p atio w ere
the next morning at fi o’clock.—Mr. Hay
W ill Norris.
craft in Christian I ’ nion.
“ I don’ t want to build. I only bought much safer. It ’s o n ly w hen tho A m e ri
the lots fora quick turn,” replied the latter. cans tried to im p ro ve upon tho o ld order
An Unilutlful Hon.
“ You m ight do worse. I t ’s a pretty o f th in gs w ith th eir pinchbeck shams
Thomas Talbot, a Balt imore boy, was re place.”
and stucco th at P ro vid en ce interferes
cently committed to jail for malicious mis
“ I know It, but I shouldn’t care to live lik e this to punish th em .”
chief. Thomas deeid« d to reform the other there.”
It wan the fa rt, h ow ever, that Rose
day, so the story goes, and as an evidence
“ You might do worse. You’d better build was m ore impressed b y w hat seemed to
of good Intentions asked h i» stepfather, anyway. You’ ll In.* more apt to get a good
her tho absolute in differen ce o f P ro vi-
Am os Talbot, to inaugurate at supper tim e price for the rest of the lots if you improve
doneo in the m atter, anil tho cool resum p
the custom of saying grace before meals* some o f t hem.”
tion by nature o f h er ord in a ry con d i
The elder Talbot readily consented. The
“ Think so?”
spirit o f young Tom was w illing, but the
“ Yes, and you’ ll save your rent. Let. us tions. T h e sky ab ove th eir heads was
flesh was somewhat weak, as the evidence put u p o n «o f our attractive little suburban os r ig id ly blue as e ve r and as s m ilin gly
lie fore the justice proved. The head o f the cottages for you, and before you’ ve been in monotonous; th e distant prospect, w ith
old gentleman was no sooner bowed in it six months some one w ill come along its clear, w e ll know n silhouettes, had
thanks for the evening meal, and his hands and take the place off your hands at a hand not changed; the cro w s sw un g on heavy,
reverently clasped, than T om made a some profit. But you won't want to sell d elib erate w in gs o ve r the gra in as be
wholesale grab at the victuals upon the ta
fore and the trad e w in d w as b lo w in g iu
out.”
Mo, and snatching nearly all ran into the
its qu iet persistency.
“ I w ill if 1 get the chance.”
street and In an lustaut was up to his chiu
A n d yet she knew that som ething had
“ Oh, no, you won’ t,” protested Buttress
warmly. “ You won’t want, to sell one of happened that w ou ld n ever a gain m ake
in mischief.
_________________
our housesl No one overdoes. Y o u ’ ll grow 1 her e n jo ym en t o f the prospect the same;
I ••«•IIiit( First Kate.
T e tte r (looking out in the front yard)— attached to it and marry and settle down that noth in g w ou ld e ve r lie as it w as yes
That «log o f yours seems to be very frisky, there. Ami you’ ll have no trouble in get terday. I think at first she referred o n ly
tin g the girl either. You’ ve no idea what to the m aterial and la rger phenomena,
Miss (Bara.
Miss P ilik erl} Yes, he is simply delight we can do in the building line. 1 tell you and did not confound this revelation o f
ed. Just after you came pa took off Ids wlmt., old man, we guarantee aw ifcA vitli the in security o f the universe w ith her
experience o f man. Y e t the fact also re
every house we put up!”
muzzle.—Truth.
“ Ah, 1 have no doubt,” said young Nor mained th at to the conservative, correct
ris sagely. “ Hut do you guarantee a cook?” und, as she believed, secure con d ition to
S im ila r.
which she had Ix-cu approxim ating, all
Kilt
D inwiddle- Bookkeepers and sleight of-
her relations w ere ru dely shaken and
hund performers have much in common.
T l»e K it;lit Sp irit.
upset. It really seemed to this sim ple
Van liraam How so?
A traveling salesman for a Detroit drug m inded young wom an that the re vo lu
Dinwiddi«« They both flourish in the house was standing on the steps of a little tionary ...................... . settled conditions
lodger domain
Pittsburg Chronicle.
notion store kept by a colored woman in a m igh t l,c som ething in the style o f a
town iu Arkansas when she came out ami "d iv in e righ t” also.
queried:
ON
“ Was yo* a stranger around her»*, sab?”
HA VINO
“ I represent t his bouse,” replied t hedrutn
mer as lie handed out a card.
“ 1 see. l)«»cs yo ’ own de hizness y o’self?”
licit¡nv*. Packing and Hose, Boots and
“ Oh, no.”
Shoes, Kiibbei ami Oil Clothing,
“ W as yo' tie senior pawdm r?”
Druggists' Rubber Hoods,
“ N o.”
“ Ik* junior?”
— MAN OKA« Tl'KKD BY
“ N o .”
“ Was yo’ hackiu de concern wid yo’ capi
tal?”
“ N o .”
73 All«! 7 A M r i t H i., P o r t la n d , O r.
“ Jist sent out to take orders?”
Write lor catalogue krkk .
“ That's all. Perhaps 1 can take an oi«l«*r
from you?”
"W a ll, salt, if «lat house has dim sent yo'
FOR THE
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VñJ U U LVrao clean down yeiv to git ail order from me 1
To the portón or club returning as the ¡urgent ain’ t, gwine t« r lie mean ultout it. Put tne
|TO . « oosT-sn.et
number of
down fur two bits worf «»f peppermint is
sence
and
drap
in
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of
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golden west h akim ; powder
A P o s t a l T u b e .1 rrt»«N t h e l . n g l i * h C h a n n e l .
fur yo’ money!” Detroit Free Press.
CVrtlflonti ‘ 1 on or »>• for«' June I, lv ‘ l, wo w ill
...
s o
T h e proposed plan for the postal till**
¡five h cash pr|#e of #100. mi I to the next largest
ninnerò«)* oth*»r i»r * * r «n*l«*n from $* to $.A is
A Nut unit S«M|U «*!)©•.
!>etween France and England is to hub
C ash .
c i . o s s k r A DKVKK», P om In ml, Or.
“ Papa,” sai l Benny Bliv« ns, “ N«* av York
pend tw o tubes, each about three feet in
Is called th«* Empire State, isn’ t i L ”
It i r o » th e i/ounp flits »ite r f r o m th e trheeit diam eter, by means o f steel cable* thrown
TH E FLAG
“ Yes, lb nny.”
r e neh.
across the channel. 120 feet above the
Now getter diy tl a*si«t>ove the school
i j /
“ And Pennsylvania Is the Keystone
houNtc ami what more »ipproprUte
Ï
In her desire to lie alone and to evade level o f the water.
These cable* are t«>
Stater”
th*u that the ho\* should i «* taught
, l ;A
the n ow significant attentions o f E m ile l*o fixed t«> p illar* whose foundation*
to «M end It? Kx l'iestdcnt Harrison
“ Y es.”
she took ad van ta ge o f the bustle that w ill he the r«*eky bottom «»f th e channel,
“ An d Indiana is the Ifoualer State?”
Bishop Scott Academy, Y
follo w ed the hurried tran sfer o f fu rn i each pillar
ya rd * fro m his fello w . It
“ Y e s .”
Port an t, Or., In a m ilitarf school
!¡¡
ture ntul a rtic le « fro m the house to es the plan as prt«{H>se«l is consumm ated,
“ And Old.» is th«« ltuekeve Slate?”
umler g »vein ment coal rol. He « m i -
! li
tifie, commercial, classical, fa ts
| _,l
cape through the garden to the o u tlyin g m iniature trains, each ca rry in g ?**»
’ It
loini«* on r«<|i. s
Spring term t*e
| “ And if l ’ tali is admitted w ill it In* a field*. S trik in g in to one o f the dusty
pounds o f mail m atter, w ill run through
gin* Fvbrutry A
Marring« St it«»'*— 1'it istung (.'hronicle.
lattes that she rem em bered, site w a n the tn U *. - Y ankee Blade
dered on fo r h a lf nn hour un til her
A Hint fur the tlu«> '1 in.
progress and m editation w ere suddenly
A lar~
H enn ati tram p “ team ed in to
arrested. She had com e upon a long
chasm o r crack in the soil, fu lly tw en ty [ ■ . s this M orning, w ith th e y e llo w ffag
feet w id e and as m any in depth, cross liv in g at t lie tin -thead , causin g qu ite a
She
in g her path at righ t angles. She did cor.iinotion u1*»ng the city fron t
net rem em ber h avin g seen it b efore: the pr ved i be the K oim ilu * from D ong
track o f w heel* w en t np to its precip i K » i,
i i r » - w.is no sickness on l*<*ar«*
• w t!
tr:«l the tk|*-
tous edge, sue could see the track re .ii -puc «1 * c ««.
peated on the other side, hut 'h e hiatus
iiii told Di Law ior in o n ly hoisted it
rem ained, unbridged and uncovered. It
keep the runners a w a y fro m the ship.
was not there yesterday. She glanced
tlis ruse ftn-.vecded. fo r not a runnel
righ t and le ft; the fissure seemed to e x vent w ith in h alf a m ile o f the vessel.-
D IR E C T A large p a b e t each o f ^ K
tend like a moat or ditch from the dis
kin Francisco Exam iner
FROM
N ew
J lb ü r U (
\ urirtlrs mailed for
tant road to the npland between her
•loll nn i f U is n 't W h is t lin g .
and tho great w heat v a lle y below , front
The story ;•* told o f the incorrigible •malt
which she was shut off.
GROWERS
A n odd sens« o f being in s. me w a y a hoy who, having been warned against
prisoner confronted her. Bhe d rew hack whistling, whs *ovn by hi* mother one day
(Sherwood Hall
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w ith an im patient start, snd perhaps her shortly after he had just made acquaint
•nee with some persimmons, “ You John
first real sense o f indignation. A voice nle,’’ cried the mother, noting the fam iliar
S a n F r a n c is c o
behind her, w hich she ut once recog pucker of li<*r son's lip*, "qu it that whist
nized. scarcely restored her calmness.
ling
Whervat Johnnie. In pain and fear,
“ You can’t get across there, miss.“
gasped out
W hi»'ltn? H u h ’ 1 guva* La,
♦
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