The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURA L GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1817.

THE EASTERN QUESTION. I (Ail rights rssorta.)
--...-.-..... I BIDDY BRADY'S BANSEME,
THE PROSPECTS OF TIRE FOITTRA
--e-- ! AN IRISH STORY,
According to the latest &deices the prospects of
peace depend upon the attitude 'turkey take. in Br E. OWENS BLACRBURNS,
dealing with the proposals Made te her by the
European powers. Author of "A Woman Scorned," " l'hilosopher Push,"
Them, of cerwee, have not ye hen mile public; "The Holy Well of Slane," etc., eke.
but it is well-known Englam and Remiss are in
perfect a,-cord with regard to them. The gratifying for
Arrah, thin ma'am !—an'
_did yeh Med! hear tell as
fact remains that we hear now frem all sources that "Biddy Brady's Banshee ? ' Shure, rimy wan
the war fever in Russia ha. abated, and that if the I three parishes roun' was talkin' about it ! Boded,
Conference should fall through, and fail to effect a it we th' grandest piece as fun iyir happened in th'
peaceful arrangement, the blame will -not refit on the place, and only just t' mintion it t' ould Biddy Brady
extravagant, dangerous, and inedinnutible demands of lis like 'imam' a red rag at a bull ! It's she that gets
the Ruseian Government. mad as yeh ask her tiv she ivir seen • banshee :
The fear now is that the labotirs of the Conference Yis : alannah maelaree, I'll tell yeh the story.
may be ruined by the obstinacy of the Turks. Shure no wan knows It betther nor mooed, for wasn't I
, Different constructions have been put upon the
there th day Father Connor found out all about it, so
change which h taken place hi the Turkish Govern-
, went, the removal of Mehemet" Rushtli from here It's for yell !"
as '
the Vizierehip and the accessioa Well—four years ago whin ould Paddy Brady was
of Midhat d'asha to
power. He will promise =riling in the shape of
dyin'he died av an Indigestion as th lung ma'am—
reform, but he will consent to nothing in any way at bust Unit,s what th doethor sed, but ould Rory
'
infringing upon Ottoman independence. Any idea
Finnegan, thus a very knowledgable ould woman, me
back, or
it is certain of any military occupation of the that it wasn't that at all, but • demur' in his,
provinces will be rejected edtirely by Turkey, we (Littler that or a faints' as his bresetbone, an sure it's
have simply therefore to await a knowledge of the as like as notthat Rosy was right, for chute she'. been
terms 'impact. In ease they are not accepted, Lord raisin' breast-bones for th' last thirty years'. An' th'
Salisbury, together with the Inenipotentaries of all sorra much doethors knows after all! Throth, ma'am,
the other pawere, will at once leave Constantinople, It's my belief, an' Biddy Brady's too, that poor Paddy
and our fleet will be withdrawn. It is not unlikely —God rest his cowl this blessed day !—'ud be here
that this will be the case—Turkey fancies she can alive an' hearty now, as' th' doethor had only let °slid
fight Russia single-handed. Rosy Finnegan clap • plasther as ivy-laves an' game-
EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF MARRIED b I, j
LIFE. , oct or op* wouldn't, se amo
goose-
grace an' th' small ay his batik ' But no ! boded '
Brady was kilt all out!"
At the Greenwich "ice-mart on Saturday, James Aw ! Yis. Th' doothera, will thee new-fangled ways,
Davis, checktaker at the Oxford Music Hall, appeared don't like people t' be cared so edgy. That's about th
to an adjourned summons, et the instance of the threat at It! but, fail ' its many and many's th' floe
parish authorities of Rotherhithe, charging him with
cure I seen done an a *ore eye wid the nine blessed
allowing his wife to become chargeable to the k 'poor-
rates. The case excited someintereet, AS both parties da w e from th whitethorn be th' Holy Well there ,
had appeared at the court in May, 1873, when an
order was made upon the tlefendant to pay 10s, perth' child tee
Ay, fah ' many's th' wan, an' many's
beyant, plated at it, in th name at th' Blessed Tlarinity !
week towarde the uaaintervince of the wife and two witched be th' fairies, and ISSlltile away, that I seen th'
infant children. At the fire hearing of the matter charm bruk be feedin' th' °rather wid milk from goats
the defendant narrated the Manner in which he and ' that fed an' a fairy mountain! But there's no use In
his wife became acquainted,l she representing herself tellin' that t' th' doothors ; they're too consisted, an'
AA an only child, and postejsing large properties in 1 oonsait's • bad thing in any decent Chriathen, lettln'
Scotland, Spain, and China, as also 1'70,00) in the !alone doethors I"
Bank ,d Simin under the wiff of an aunt, a presumed 1 Och ! Here I am now disooorsin' out as me—but
C ,py of which she produced. They were married in shuns! it's no wonder, for it's not iviry day I get a
1871, and at that time the defendant saiol he had 1-700
lady like yerself t' listen t' me—an' I'm forgettin' all
in ready cash, and they lived together at Rotherhithe about ould Biddy Brady's banshee! Well, I was
in a newly.fundshed house for eighteen months, during . , te...n
in yeh ma'am, that ould Paddy Brady—the
which time various telegranni were received requiring
heavens be his bed this blessed day, for th' sorra
the loresettee of the wife et different parts of the .
continent respecting the prelperties in question, and deciliter n abour tsar dhrew th' breath as life, though
at the end of this—the tleferelent finding the money I'm his mother's third-cousin that sex it! 'its, ould
for these trips—it was arranged that they should both Paddy Brady died, lavin' Biddy wid a fine big lump ay
proceed to Spain to have a ttlement made as to the a boy ay nineteen, lie was six fut high, wid a fine
property, Phu undertaking to have the furniture of the healthy face as roun' an' as red as th' sun in a fog an
honee warehotheel until their return, instead of which ! th' top iv th' mountain over there, an' a fine thick
it was eahl that the gootle ere ndnoved to another : bead ay carrotty hair on him. I dunno whether yeh
room in Holborn and sold his led to the defendant , know it or not, ma'am but ould Biddy and Paddy
I
being cempletely ruined. an, ale, to the proceedings I idyll. had but th' wan 'child—boy nor girl, ~or any
tekeu in this court iis May, 873, when the wife was
left with the children at I herhithe. Four weeks
afterwards it was fouled that the children had been smart—an' share, what d' ye think but Biddy allaways
ke i gornmochin' either him, an' thratin him like a
deserted, awl, being taken to the workhouse the
deferedint was com ttttt nicety with, and the children child, and he nineteen years se age !
l I was t poor ould Paddy's wake—his soul t'glory
had since been prtn Med fir by him. A few weeks —an . 11ttl shawl pinned over her
Biddy'i - was &tin' in th' middle as th' flure, wid
her cloak on, an a e new.
einee the wodnart beeamt c argeable again to the
-pads i. The lowland tiow called a witneret, who
alee ed that the defendan a wife, since 1873, had she rectin
4 it,
cep, an' a white pocket handkercher in her hand, an'
' herself backwards and forwards, an' she
been in his mother's emidoy Inutuaid for 18 months takin' up th' keen now an' win. Now, I don't care
durieg which period he (witu eel and Mrs. Davis had much for ould Biddy Brady, but I'll say this much
1
taken trips to Graves-u, at 1 Brighton, where they for her, ma'am, that a nicer-behaved woman at a hue-
red-1(A as mail aiel wife. Th el ettitement having been band's wake I Metz seen. The corpse, too, was laid
carrolortstel by Mr. Nerth, t truleetuan, of Brighton, out beautiful. It was waked in the kitchen, an' bekase
Mr. I" ''k, on behalf of the parish authorities, th' bed was fixed in th' wall as th' room, Tom Bodin,
announce ami d that the ne. 1
th ,' would be withdrawn. ' boccaty; carpinther, lint two nine-feet planks, that
SALMON itrx.
rl'kr war 13overed wid sheets, an' did beautyful, and lii'
inds av thim that stuck out med sates for some as th'
l'he .eqem tof 1,76 was not pecnliarly remunerative nebours. Ay, indeed, an' it was on that very sate that
..ne to eitl,r the net fisher or the angler for salmon. Christy Brady—ould Biddy's son, ma'am—was sittin'
Si,,- e.beriee ere sail te 11 ve reamel a rich harvest. beside Judy Blake, not that he was trivia' her much
het in many waters fish we not very abundant, and discoorse ;heWM WO well-behaved t' talk much at his
disapiednting captures were the nile and not the ex-
ception. This was epecially ain the cam of anglers, ould father's wake; that wouldn't be right behaviour.
"Biddy, acushle," see I to her, "It's you that
whe rip ta the last waited in 7tito for fortune to favour
them. Ott one er two Iris rivers sport was indeed ought t' be th' proud woman, t' have such a fine boy as
exceptionally good, and a file proportion tof fish were , e yis, Peggy,
Christy t' look either th' bit ay land for ye')."
darlint ; so I am," sez she, fouldln' tip
hueled ; lint in the majorit ef the larger rivers the
take 4 ',Amon &trine any is rtion of the Sellololl COllld 1 her pockethandkereher jist like a lady, an' sittin up very
roe he said to be mythilig ,-. vet fairly go, cl. Tweed-
side anzleee a Ion! stiff, ing eosu iiiiii iity, et mieht , "but I'm thinkin' Its not this dirty bit ar
?" see I an' we all looked at her • " be-
who,e land that Christy 'II be inindin' ?"
prospects appear gradually' b. be getting more and "Am-rib, no - . , ,
intni unarm ii isi 111 l had tl e satisfaction ,d being Irmo," sec she, tuoldn' her cloak roun' her, as grand as
ere' ted with the heaviest tallied' taken by the rod yeh plate, "Christy's goin' t' be a gintleman, he's
atiri tit the SeaSeil. This telt. weighing 7.311,., was gobs' t' be a priest! I can tell yes all that we're not th:
take o n n the Illitherfo ate nl water, awl was 3110, heavier common smart as people yen alleways thought we war.'
than another tine fish vapturad on lsmell water. 6' oeh ! poor ould Biddy ' " set Rosy Finnegan t' lee
The Derwent of Candied:in! 6.110 we with a salmon 4 in a whimper, "she was antiwar' auare, but she's
1211 t, tdken loy a ficherma 1 near Salmon Hole. the '' IT her head intirely wid th' loss as poor ould
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r angler a fieh ~f MM., paddy..
The largest fish taken ..
ealb. On thin river the Throth. Biddy !" sex Tom Doolln, that lint th'
planks. "no wan In th' parish cud ivir even enythin'
e of the eeneen, a fine 1., „„
or v urs but th' hoighth tiv daoincy an' be-
t Dee yielded two listh of ~..y.„,"„..; -°
, i.th taken in the nets "'"""'•
aloe at Limerick took e 'We've more nor behaviour I can tell yeh, Ti.,
is en this and other lush Dorilin," see ould Biddy, veld a shake av her head,
i
wavy tieh. Although the " its grandheur we have! It's a banshee we have
1 amount of laree tieli (a follyin' th family ' Take that now !"
eight from 30Ib. upwards, " ll'e as three as yer sittin' there Tom," set Christy
r alai been taken thromflt- all ay a suddint, I r ,ni th' corner, "me and rue mother
sr hsts have been taken in and me poor father—God rest his lout !—lteerd it three
:nificent ',einem, weighing nights runnie afore me father cited."
' Se..n at the Fish Muse ,
a "Bedad we did," sez Biddy, 'th' first night I
ptnred on the Tay at heerd
it I thought I heard something' schrepth' or tappin' at
'ar the largest "Imre' ever th' windy, en I wint over an' opened it, an' there, In the
t Itv an angler in the three light a, th' moon I seen a little ould woman tlhrened
the t.ittutity Water, and all in red ! Well, ue minnit she seen me she gev a
Ti wee a remarkable one
lb. each were taken in the lera'r a-
b h '• v d be U,' boreen ' 'Christy,
n run wk "n . '
ler en the Suir in Ireland elennah l' sec I, 'its a banshee!' Three for yeh,
e Tweed one of 5.3k1b. In mother,' ent he, 'so it is "an wid that he run out after
' big fish was remarkable. It. an' was a good two hours lonian' about, but th' sorra
. 5011, each were taken by bit se It he cud nee."
ng to one lessee. Besides ."
An' did )eh we it agin, Biddy?" sec Tom Doolin.
...Neel a fish of Mb., sum "lie. agra , yie," see Biddy Bredy, "twist it kem,
le rode landing one of 111 b., and gev th' same sehreech. So I med Christy rub his
3616., seven of 331 b., one of fingers wid a bit av a blessed candle, an' goy him th'
lb., four of Alla, and 22 of holy wather bottle t' sprinkle her wid—but not a bit
guishel for the wonderful av her cud he find."
eingle stay's fielting. In the a
L 3 walmon and three ril Mad I'll ketch her yet," see Christy, "sr anywan
"ee does. I'm determined not t' have her coming' an'
t2lb. On the Sfiey t tiring disturbin' me pace a' thout knowin' the raison why
iver a ten weight of fish
"no flay took 13 salmon, „ . .
; " Arrah, Chrety !" set ould Rosy Finnegen, " shure
l'urning to the amount of "s aisy seem' what brought th' banehee—shure It kern
ulon market this year, we 'or ter poor father—God be good t' him' But, betted,
ltiglantl, 'rehired, and Scots Biddy! it's a great day for yeh t' have a banshee
:Cess of the previous year. follyin' th' family !''
kotland in- I.B7'fi was "i,fiis, "It's only people whose aunt's 'taunt War kings
1575. Ireland in 1576 sent and queens, that does have banshee' in th' family,"
II in 1q73: while England see Tom Bonito—and mind yet), ma'atn, Tom has a
est 1,2 el in 15475. Although power air herein', and can say Latin twin Father
red in the lenelon market Oloonor, for Tom wanst used t' Nerve Mans—" an' I
the salmon taken through- don't rimimber," see he, "any king av th' name av
teed to denote in a rough Brady, nor a queen nayther. There was King
'f our water'', unit hence we O'Toole, that was made into a church be raison av a
tch in English, Irish, and charm Saint Kevin put an' him, an' there was th'
mil itteididually dining the Queen av Sheeb'y—but I'm not right shure that she
than in the preview' year.
o
fadmen fishing, we can,
wa
light. Owing to the die 's pure Irish.
' Not she see Pat Gaffney, "she eudn't he more
it i4oi .. i.: on between the nor half Irish. Shure ' sheeby 'ls only th' half av
lets, the proper protection 'eheebeen.' "
limo been nattily interfered " Throth, yer right there, Pat !" se,. Tom Bootie,
ger water.; a tatal teetsation "but let me think-- there was King Solomon."
vinter menthe is threatened "No, asthore machree, no !" tees Biddy Brady. "It
remitted frotn the Act of wasn't King Solomon, for I wanst heerd Father
rew too much power into Connor tell that he wanted t' cut a baby in two halves,
, and which has Oven toe an' th' nerra dacint Brady 'sal Ivir thirk ay doin' mach
afloPtion of ltY-laws totally, an' onchristhan thing—no, egret, It a asn't King Solo-
ich saluen cn a ultivatitm al9
„ mon that was th' first ay th' Brady's."
I fi°uri"he'l•-- e"lf Mu" "I know who it Wit!" see Pat Gaff ney ; "II was
Brian Born! Shure, Brian Born and Brady is as like
pays."
'KS TO CHRISTMAS
'ITIES. corpse. SC race es
as
't'alinlysantsDinnis ! Look at th' '" b h
„mit 4to rear the f,,,. out Rosy Finnegan, "it Asti,' up from t I.' dead, City
0„ the east reset „f that it's thrae about Brian Born ! '
.1 fiereeneei has destroyed Fisk ! ma'am :We all schreeehed, an' no wondher,
r. 200 Beat have been bet. for th'eorpse stud up nearly sthralght, an' med a dash
rge dietriet, and in almost Out an poor ould Biddy that was sittin', as I towld
r the weather has been yeh, gleam, right in the middle av th' (litre."
iellaneholv " accident" has But, shwa! It didn't come t' life at all, It was only
hem Railway. Five deaths Christy Brady an' little Judy Blee, that lewd too
. and Inttween 90 and 30 heavy on th' Ind ay th' plank th' war sittin' on, an'
, ealainitiee of the kind thin th' other Ind wint up an' threwn reit th' corpse.
9 ('hristnetotitle, and they Well, ma'am' Poor ould Paddy Blake -- GJd rest
e old tale Li told in connee. hie .owl—was berried th' next Sunda"-that was th'
cident. "A luggage train next day—an' poor culd Biddy was near halt dead
he down line when two of from not gettin' over th' fright ay Vl' corpse flyin' at
s, and thus delayed it in her--
tune an express came lip, " Throth ! I'm afeard," sea the, "that It's wantin'
re :embed it the epee,' WU i
'cc the engine daeheel into , ti.' ritre I'll be meeelf afore log; an' maybe its a
way completely through,
1 saucer ay snuff an me buzz= an' two mould candles
ballast tonne tlietance
at tne head ye'll itioe afore th' year Is out. I t was a
1 unvarnished narrative. ~ inertial bad sign for th' corpse t' l'make a grab at me."
--- --e— I " Well," see I, "there's some Bandit in that. An'
ItIMII)ER 0 A WITCH. 4 ' are yell in airneet, Biddy, about tuakin' Christy •
prieet ?"
Ti. the colony 4d Algeri an Arab, named All Ben ~ ().1,, . brotnd lam !" he's a eintiemar, ho,en -, 1
Athar, haft just been stent eel to death lut the remit ' ' .
~f his way
„f
,1i,i,„.ff,,4
~ a lady v, wh,,,,f he w. know that from tit' banshee—the Lord betchune us as
harm ' Si, he newt be eddloated like wan.'
engaged. This was his Fathinta, nem was »time-
what elderly, and seeing I it to have been xpecially ' • '
attractive. Ali beeke eff ie reletiens with her, ruul j Al.out a fortnight either ould Paddy was berries), I
made ottirt to a young girl 1 the same tribe. There. , was debt' a bit av washin' wan day, whin who earns.
mein Fathitna solemnly . him; and, as she Was ' in hut ould Biddy Bred,
reputed to le pessessel .. ..;ertain powers of witch- , "God save veh. kindly " see she. &mint' in.
craft, the "time was re al as a eeri.m.s matter. I "Amin; th' same t' vou, Biddy," see 1; "yer wet.
Ali, the narrative eaye, It ' her to be meniful and j
*owe, aeoshla! sit down,"talze aff the wire.; lint refuse', ettying. "To e
Peep .' see she an' ehe sittin' an the settle-bed he
di.pel the eume I have .stetteed on yogi, I must
sterifice three 'if toy froth teeth, and a lock ..f my a ,
th' side .ay. th' harth' "I'm In desp'rate thrubble in-
hair, which must be burnt in a vase to relewe you "rely'"
(rem your fate ; but this sacrifice she declined to make ; ' ' not about
n Arreh. what about," set I, ' shure it s
unites Ali married her. To this the faithless lover Poor Paddy—God be good t' him—for he always
ehjected : but being still desirous tss get free from the minded his duty an' confession, an' yesh have that little
mime, he reettived to effect ithie end in his .iwn way, red heifer t' give Father Connor for masses for his
Tide is how he did it--"H. made a rendezvous with 1 "owl."
Fathinut in the ganicn 'atinight, and on her again I "No, Peggy, it's not about Paddy—God rest him—
refusing to release him intro the spell he thew a long I'm edsy in me mind about him," se: she, "for a red
knife out of hie pocket and plunged it into Fathima's heifer Is as much as end be expected from a poor wicida
neck. The woman fell to the ground senseless, and as ; woman, an' I'm thinkin' maybe they'll throw in th' good
she lay there he mantled ill her skull with a large
stone, and then knocked out some of her front tee t
blood an th' Brady's. But Its about the banshee.'
1 "Saints above!' see I, " an' did it come agin ?"
and cut off a lock ..f her hair. Having carefully put, "Come." she see, "Och ! boded It did : Nine times
these charms into his pocket, he covered up the body ' it kand nine times Christy follied it wid the holy
With earth and dead leaves ind went home, where he ! em, , a
toll his mother what he gad done, and gave her the 1 wather, but di sorra bit cud he ketch it."
teeth and hair to keep fir him till the next day, when I, '' &dad ! It's guare all out," set I.
he burnt them, as prescribed by the woman. He ; "Begorra, It Is sea she: "so I jist wint up an'
then returned to the garden; and tying up the body . towld Father Connor about it—it's he that's the
of ids victim in a sack threw it into a neighbouring dacint priest :—an' t' night, Peggy he's gob' t' watch
pond" For this assamination the jury found All an' wear he min% say a charm agin th' banshee. An'
enilty, without extentiating„ eiremastancee, and he I'm not t' tell Chriety, he see, an I want yeh t' come
win eentengel to gheath. Ife does not, however, up an' be there, Penn sousials, av it comes."
seem to think that the fraverling at all deserved such "Throtb, I will," se: I.
severe condemnation, for when asked if 1m hail any. " An' what d'ye think I" see she, "but, Christy,
thing to say in tercet of judgment, be replied--" The that I hardly ivir let out an me eight an' was
Woman hail cast a spell et me; I wee eldieed to rerin' un t' be a credit t' th' blood av
kill her to obtain the necessary charms; and lthink
everybody in my posithm would have done the ...,,,,,,,....• in the rect.,. heebegn. -
same." i "Falling of the breast lone " TI,o. imaginary complaint
Is mired in the following manner ,—aome oil I, no rnr is a "up,
the eir exhausted, and the Inn urned rep placel overt he region
of the heart, whilst the operator mutters some prayers. Not
tonnage, a mart died in the North of IrelAnd who b.l .:mard
a considerable sum of mousy by " raising the trasst.tooe '
I Tome.

_ Tarn river yielding to an,.
twill to the neta one of reit
hy * rod on the Tay weigh..
nett took the champion ti
,edinon of (*vitt). The t-1.....t
:cal). awl .6111, recpeetivel
The cum netc on the Ski
minion of AIN,. mid tima
wa erc land m landed a iaiber .4
...-..1,. n ha., prwloced a go.
lore moll varying in i
!p unn !pip rier. ea hefre. hail
0.01 the ...iiiitry), notch lac ,
otior (ears. 1 In 1:17/1 a ma -
-; ii).. a ~,at t.f which ean i •
:- ,ectll tier-04114t.in), wt..;
Ne3vltur4i. , To the same 3
knewn to Wu.. hews tnltt I
1011'14i...14 Nl/41,1 1311.1. i in
Wvi11.1111.1134 'rho year I
for big- salmon. Two of I:
rota on the Severn, an an.
took one it 5;11.., and on t ,
'tn., 'fay district the run .
Mier 100 calnion averairin
the netc in ticheriec Ixdont, 1
thdce, the Tay that vear p ,
of :):4113., and ~ne of 5111)
4 40
.1r nf 4k)!'..cvil a, mere :
3411,, fur of TAIL, 11 .. .t• I
:411!,. 1573 WPM almo dist', ;.
c:ipturem made by r, 'la in t I
Tweed one .lay ti rod took
us-L.:king in the agt:regat..
I the ceinain an angler took
and on the Tay a rat i
wukdsing to-tether 3:101h. ,
,eilmon received in the L.
Lind that the supply from '
land AVM in each case in e -
The number ot !cotes from
ac Against 10,375 boxes in
;ANA boxes, :013Lin4 5,7
this year cent 1,-,cei, ac at,.
the amount of salmon rue
represent s only., portion 0
out the iscuitry, it ic mum
vniy the produce generally
may conclude that the ea
Seetch water. collectively ,
, season of Ulf: WM greater
I Act. the future prospects
'not look in a very hopefti
cwicionto which have het,
propietors in aeveral dictr
.4 come important river.
with. and ..n, tw...4 our tar
of all watching doring the 1
TT, ~,,, consider to have
LS 3.—a measure whh-li ti,
thihanda of I. atal IN wank
viin y opportnnities for the
..i, siced to thocc tinder wl
heretc.fore advaiattal All

FgARFUL DICANVP,V

Terrible calamiii..:l
tieitics I a Christina...tide
slcotiami a gale of nnwon
1741 vessels, and upwants .
The storm raged over a I.
every iart of the connt
exce; tinily tough. A 1
oceurnsl . al the (=rent No
hake already taken pi=
ncrsons have been injure.
ahnoat invariably signali
begin to he hskul for.
tin I.lth this dreadful ii
V/ 148 being shunted atro.
the truchi left the meta
getting clear. Just at tld
and although time .4,,na14 w
n•. I much I litninixhea befo
•th luggage train, cutting il
anl . becoming imbol.led
futither on." Such is the h

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Weston the American has failed to complete his task of
walking siki miles in six days. He retired at thirty-five
minutes past eleven on Saturday night, having accom-
plished a little over kW miles.