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Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-07-02

ADApTA1luN OF CAPACITY TO PURSUIT.
The New York Syn has an article to show tho
greet causes OF lack OF success in business It is
found in the i'll adaptation ofcapacity to pursuit,
and the false estimate too generally set upon the
dignity OF various pursuits. The boy without
mechanical taste or genius, apprenticed to a
trade which involves delicate invention, is start
ing on path which must OF necessity be throny:
a path for which his feet are not sandalled, and
which the little chronological or physiological
acuteness natural 10 all parents, should at all
hazards haze kept him from. The Sun says
truly:
''Ihe man, too, with genius quick and COM
prehensive enough for turning turrow, building
a stone wall, or playing the cobber with an old
shoe-but entirely void Of disposition to learned
or intricate pursuits-is out of his place profess.
ing chemistry, or attempting to fabricate tele-
scopes 1t Is natutal, indeed, for the boy or man
OF common ambition to aspire to the highest and
most difficult pursuits, but experience ought ere
this, to have taught all men the folly of covetng
or attempting ends to which they have no ade-
quate means II goose We're TO imagine itself
an eagle, and fly towards the sun on the spur of
its fancy,,.t would, at certain point be struck
blind and dashed 10 the earth. Some men, in
their conceit OF capacity and search of profess
sion, fly as absurdy wide of their true sphere as
soah goose. And this is why boys and young
men--Why persons OF all ages, SO much fail of
| success in the pursuits of life"
HEAVY fSENrENcn.--Joseph w Sargent, con
vlcted recently at Boston, for passing counterfeit
fi4oney, has been sentenced TO eight years i'm
prisonment in estate prison, five days of which
is to be solitary confinement
s.Tom what are you in Jail for Z" asked feI.
low Of an acquaintance 'sWhy the truth is SAID
Tom, IA man lost horse and found me on it,
and he aaid stole it." ssWhat's a fool YOU wel,,.
| Ten, why didn't you buy the horse and foras
| to pay for it, and then they couldn't have huf,
you"
The counterfeiter, SARGENT, might have learnes.
a lesson from this. Had ne turned banker artti
issued his promises TO pay" and then burst NJ
instead of being in "durance vlen for crime }.s
would have made more money and been gen.
tleman banker. The difference in crime is well
described in the couple:
'"'Tis wrong to rob the corn crib of an ear,
'3ut thieving largely makes.a fnancier"
Ohio Statesman
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BOOTS &, SHOES.

TIME SUBSCRIBERS take this method Of
returning their thanks to their friend,
and the public generally, for the patronage
that has been so Literally extended to them
during the past year. .,l =
We still have on hand every description
Of Boots & Shoes ready for sale, which we
are daily manufacturing. We have, also,
tor sale every variety Of shoe leather and
findings, such as Oak-tan and hemlock sole
leather, kip, Philadelphia, French and pat
ent calf skins; good kid bindings and lining
skins. pegs, thread. knives, sparrow bills,
&C., &c, ali of which we will sell as low
the times will possibly admit for cash, or
to punctual customers on time: .
MARLEY g. GARRISON
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TO A LITTLE BOY.
nY ., LAHRENcE LANES.

sY 9. LAWRENCE JAMES.
Oh may. q thou live, and be a MAN, sweet child,
AnF1nay a generous purpose warm thy soul;
And Enough thy judgment, fancy led beguiled
By pleasure, err; and though thy days long roll,
Like surging waves, until they reach the goal,
And though the image of reward arise
a soap and water bubble from a bowl,
tEluding e'sr the grasp--as up it flies
So live that men may sometimes say, GA good
mann dies t,lzh 2<si.s s~- .l--
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Final Settlement

NOTICE Il hereby giyent6 sffoer.ona, ~.
rested, that at the next Juns term 81 tbH c,,Ts.l
court OF Pike county, I shah srbFy for SnSs -
ttsnaeht Of the estate or James JsIDes.n- 5.Ssgn
March 18th, ls49. AUNT
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BATES. w. q. JoHNsos, Master,

BATES. W. q. JOHNSON, Master,
HAS commenced her regular trips between
III the above ports, stopping at all the inter-
mediate ports and landings She will leave st.
Louis every Tuesday and Friday evening at 4
o'clock; returning will leave Louisiana every
Thursday and Sunday at ] o'clock, and Clarks'
vile at 2 o'clock. .rFs-.ti ..s .asqsa .,szS.
The Edyard Bates has been built expressly
for this trade, and shippers and passengers may
rely upon the regularity Of her trips, and, time,
CT arriving and departing. Passengers and
.freights win be received or landed any where on
the river, and all signals will be promptly attend
ed to without extra charge.
T.For Freight or Passsnge, apply on board.
March 18th, lS48.
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4 R D.

nOCTORs JOHN C. WELBORN & JAS.
~ T. MATSON, having associated them
selves in the practice Of Medicine, tender their
services to the people Of Frankfort and vicinity
in the various branches Of the profession.
March 18th, l849. (49-lm,)
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Earthquake In New Zealand.

9 eAdvices from Wellington New Zealand) to
November The 18th. state that that town has been
visited BY a series Of earthquakes of a most
alarming and prolonged nature, by which the edi-
fees Of brick and stone were more or less iniur-
ed, and, in many instances. totally destroyed.
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Persons wishing to 60 to any point in the
county, can be accommodated with q hack,
on reasonable terms.
For the benefit Of strangers he viii say that
Foulks' Hotel is situated on Third Street, one
door south Of Baird's hotel and Immediately op-
posite the Academy. JOHN FOULKS Sr.
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HATTING1IITTL

Some years sgo in the New Hampshire House
of Representatives, one of the members Of that
body, an odd sick, from South Hampton, when
the yeas and nays were taken on an important
question, did not answer to his name. After the
roll was finished, he arose, and addressed the
presiding officer in the following pithy language:
"Mr. Speaker, l rise to let you know that
did not mean to dodge this question. l only
|squatted a little, in order to take a better view
Of the whole subject; and ] nov say NO. to that
%
The manner in which this was done excited a
universal burst of laughter from the members.--
Boston LurnuL.
An old lady wishingto show her minister how
smart her son was, instructed him as follows
This is my son Juhn-John blOw your noss'
Old Maids ought neverto be discouraged,
for Norman, the daughter Of Enoch, was
$50 years old when she was married.
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ADMINISTRATORS Notice.

-NUKiCE u hereby given to ell lcred;tor,
IL and others interested inthe estate Of Hsn-i
~ Il Kent, deceased, that the unaer,ior.d h.
obtained from The CLERK ofthe county couTt Of Pile
coooly, letters Of administrator, on said sst.is.
bearing date the 10Th Of March, ,lsz9: ""-~'
All person. having claims against said s,,tats ara
neIeoy noefsd to present The lamey propsrivI
authenticated, within one year from he dats =
.aid letters, or they may Be precludsd Gom M
ing any benefit Of said estats and II not nrs:sst.
Cd within three years they win ii fSrsssS.~r
s..IHoRATIei r. KENT. ~
march 26th, l849. 8
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Ten Oars LATER FROM VALPARAIso.-Half
Million Of Gold received from California, &c.
&e.-BOSrOE; April 10th, P. n.--Letters have
hoan raOasval IN III. o:kA uuICu
EaaTun Izth. which State that the whole amount
Of gold received 1t that port, from California,
was half q millioa Of dollars.
The ship Fanny Forester, Of Boston from
New York, has arrived, and sailed for Monterey.
The Lexington Gas has been previously stat
ed) sailed on the I'd, for Rio Janeiro and New
york. Her Purter writes that he has $S60,0OO|
in his possession, half Of which was to be coin
ed at Valparaiso, and sent back to the mines.
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Final Settlement.

NoTlCEis hereby given to all persons In.
IN terested, that at the next June term of The
county court Of Pike county, ], win apply for .
final settlement Of the estate of fsaac Keith. "a.
ceased: HENRY A. TR0WER, Admir.
April 9th, 1849-4w. I9G INK = - i
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500 REWARD!

Runaway from the subscriber
living in Pike county, Mo-, within
three weeks past, a negro boy nam.
ed "TOM," about Ii years old, ola
very dark complexion, low &, chunky
made ; was dressed in brown james,
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HoULKs' o II Ell.
Louisiana. Mo.

fsszf THIS well known House is still open
1.lzl for the accommodation Of tbs travelling
community. The proprietor, grateful for the
liberal patronage he has SO long received, hopes
by constant attention to the wants of his custo-
mers, to merit a continuance of the same. He
promises that his table shall at all times be sup
piled with the best that the country can afford;
and that particular attention shall be given to his
Stables. .s,.. = -.
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From the Baltimore Ciispsr.
MoNrRrAt. April4O.

- IMoNTREAL, APrL3U9 lS4a. =
TIE CANADIAN ExcrTEMEHF.-The FIRST
step towards calling q. National Conven-
tiOn was taken iast night atsa preliminary
meeting in this city. About thirty-fye
persons were present, and much discus.
sion took place in rsgssdbto the name of
ths, Intended associations It twas finally a.
greed that it should bss called the "Bfitish
bsagnss1 Mach excitement prevails in
Telstieh 10 the late diseussion on the rebel.
liod losses. and q iwasfa debate 1, expected
ip the Assembly to NIGHT. ~ ~i.. :
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"A --"r NJ S--".l ri-.., living ." tho
New London road, near .hi. city, wa, thrown brew
He was a promising lad Of about 10 or IA years
old. Hannibal Journal, 10. a'
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CA RID S.

VIM. NJ. Coffee,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
WILL promptly attend to any business that
may be entrusted TO his care. He will practice
in Warren andt the adjoining counties. ..ey
u. Office in Wsrrenton, Mo. E
May 9Th, lS48. 5tf.
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AZ Saunders, Of the Cairo Dena, is con.
graduating himsslf that the water is not vet
quite IN the second story Of his Office. He
says that ell the houses t~hslssbouts are
pretty wen anchored down, and that al
though g may occasionally capsizs they
ednndf. AOot Gwes. sfj
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Hoy to make a Horse Sure. footed.-A singular

How to make a Horse SIRE footsd.-A singular
account of the manners of the a~ncients in the
manner of breaking in their horses and render
ing them sure footed when galloping over the
most irregular and dangerous grounds. is related
by Vegetius. The Parthian horses were lighter
and harder than those of the Cappadocians or
Modes, and were TIE best war horses. A spot
of dry level ground was selected, on which va
rious troughs or boxes filled with chalk or clay,
were placed at irregular distances, and with
much irregularity Of surface and height. Here
the horses were taken for exercise, and they
had many a stumble and many a fall as they gall
Hoped this strangely uneven course but they
gradually learned to lift their feet higher and to
bend their knees better, and TO step sometimes
shorter and sometimes longer, as the ground re-
until they could take their riders with
ease and safety over the most irregular and dam
gerous places. Then it was that the Parthians
could fully put into practice their iavorite man.
never, and turn upon and destroy their unsus-
,ecs;u. e--J4r,--y nrTe as formidable IN flight
y in attack, and would often turn on the back Of
he animal and pour on their pursuers a cloud Of
lrrows that at oEce changed the fortune of the
lay.
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CANADIAN ArrArRs.-The New York
Tribune has private advices from Toronto
of q late date, which says that the political
excitement in that region, though nearly as
high as it can be, is visibly on the increase.
Only a spark is needed TO set the whole
Province in a blaze, and forcible collisions,
are barely avoided. The Tory party is be-
coming every day sicker of the union of the
two Provinces, and more alienated from the
British crown. It is to be noticed that all
the violence, riots, &c., Of the last month or
so, has proceeded from the Conservative
Law and Order Party. The liberals are
quiet, or act OF the defensive.
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Greater LInducements
b a;..s THAN sasa - g@,t
CALIFOR MAJ
For 1849.

For the approaching Spring, I am mans-
featuring the largest and most splendid as-
|sortment Of a.sata Sol
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down shoes when he left. / will give $lO to
any one Tor his arrest and delivery to me- al. INV
residence near Ashley in said county, if taken
IN SAID county-twenty-fve dollars for his
delivery 1t taken up out Of The county and with.
In the State Of Missouri; and 800 If taken up
out Of the state and deliverable me at nv resi-.
dence aforesaid. e. JOHN JyLEWyS :,
April 9Th, ls49,-2w, n, t.,
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CHARMS OF RURAL LrrE.-Besides the
benefit of mental discipline derived from
the study Of nature, for which Agriculture
opens as wide a field as any other pursuit,
the charms Of rural life are unalloyed by
the reflection of ill-gotten gains, and un-
contaminated by immoral influences. The
farmer has no occasion to review with re-
morse, a life of injustice to bis fellow-men,
or mourn the loss of fortunes accumulated
BY an occupation almost necessarily dis
The lawyer looks upon his briefs,
prepared for unjust causes; the physician
upon the emaciated forms of his patients,
and the SPECTATOR upon the wealth smsssed|
from the ruined fortunes Of others, with the
consciousness that they have
not, in all instances, returned an equivalent
or what they have received. But the cul.
ivator ofthe soil may pursue his calling with
he cheering reflection, that an all-boun-
eous Providence has rewarded his efforts,
md through him bestowed more of happi-|
less upon his fellow-men.-Rogers's Scisn-
lfc .Agricuiture.
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A young lady, looking upon the Falls of
Niagara, exclaimed, in awe~struck aston
ishment, y snomn1y, hoso breeding purty
MeySSn a.a ..f r.:
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VI N"S ~ SOAksPS
see it, The Government Is to be organized
in the usualmanner, consisting Of a Cover
nor, Secretary, and Legislative Assembly.
The two former bold Office for four years.
The last consists Of a council elected every
two years, and an Assembly chosen annual
ly, on the principle Of ulivsrsal suffrage.
All laws snscted bythis body are to be sub
mitted to the Us. Congress, and if disap-
proved, are annuIlsd, The act contains
the usual provisions for . territorial iudici-
airy establishment. The Governors salary
is fixed at $500, but ~hneisrsceives $1,000 nd.
ditioasl ~ saperintendent6i Indian A fairs.
The ssiafysof the Secretary and Of. each of
the Judges is $500. The per d.em of
members Of the Legislature is three dollars,
and the sessions are limited to sixty days.
The laws in force In Wisconsin at the date
OF its admission into the union, remain in
operation in The nsw Territory until modi-
ned by the Legislature thereof; and the
laws Of the United States, as faras applica-
bic, are extended thereto. The Legislature
isso hold its first, session at st. Paul, at a
time to be named BY the Governor, and
thereafter w~heneVerii it may establish the
seat Of Government The Governor sp-
points the time and place for holding the
FIRST election Of members, as also of a Con-
gressionaf Delegate. ALI subsequent cleo.
tiOns are to be regulated BY the territorial
Law. The act apprOpriates $4,000 for the
erection of public bulldogs at the seat of
Government, and 5000 for the purchase
Of q library.-Jou+. Commerce.
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II Fitz Warren was not appointed to Office for
mere partizan services, the Iowa Gazette thinks
viii be very difficult to tell what he was APP
pointed tor. sa -isz4 % ~ -
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!, % iutereet to TOsacCo P~Ianfer1-T =
/, We undersigned wish to purchase a guam
"A sty OF TOBACCO, for which they will
Psy 2 'alr price in cash. Those wishing 10 sell
N lIis market, will find it to their interest 70
s,re Us aeail, as we design purchasing ell fhas
price. .sazert 4! +. R10SV %G
Louisiana, Narsh 18Th. ls4a.
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Within three months, altar ~ new law
of divorce was e6ete1 sce, there
!; :': :;. !; s;s z, { g. g. =. =:
registered.
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KNowLEDcE.-Knowledge is its " ex.
ceeding great reward. 1t is not the gift
Of colleges particularly. 1t is what the
mind produces whenever it acts. Great
schools are chief applications for the lazy,
to furnish substitutes for knowledge, by
which they may make their way through
world. The youth who has a noble
thirst for science is not so much benefited
by q "liberal education" as he il apt to
he will be, before trying Il. If
your parents are rich, and have nothing
better to do with their money, let them
board You at Cambridge or Yale for four
years. But if they are poor, lsboring peo-
pie. stay with them and labor too. But
don't the less strive for aliberal education.
Be liberal in supplying yourself with books
and time. Journey on foot and study ma
lure and man. Ask questions Of everybody
and everything.
Thus doing, you will probably acquire
more satisfactory and useful knowledge
md what is more, sounder character and
irmer health-you will be more of a man
han if you distress your parents TO have
knowledge put into your mouth with a pap
'poon. Itis thus the greatest and best men
ire made in every country.-N 7. Sun.
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THE FIRsT SrrP.-Chatesubriand saws:
Sin new colonies Chg spanisrds begin by
bqiidissa church; The French . ball Groom;
and the Esglish aabverp., .: srf
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SuaDAEisMAsFAGEs.--Thsi ;Suprsms
Court Of Pspnsy zsnisyh has decided thats
contract entered into on Sunday 10 not bs6a.
ing. Ths same coust had prsviously de-
cidsd that msrtisgs ~ afcivip oontrsct.-
The ceaelusiea b Ast alsundsy lrn,s,rri.e.
in that St. b not vatd.a Ts% r -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-10-31

oHd
look well lohcr ways whom thou worldst
luvc-for little will all else avail thee,
ifthou choosest not wisely the compan~
ion of thy bosom. See, yonder, the
maidcns of Tinge they deck themselves
wiII,the gems Of GoIconda and rose of
Cashmere, themselves more brilliant
and beautiful; but, ah ! take them no,
10 thy bosom; for the gem will grow, dim,
and The rose wilher, and nought will
remain 10 thee of all thou dist WOO and
win. Neither turn ,hysclf 10 The proud
ono who vaLns herself on having scam.
ed the pages Of The Vedas, and ialIlom-
ed the mysteries Of The Holy Temple.
Woman was not born'to wielJ the sccp-
ire, or direct the council; to reveal the
mandates Of Bramas or eApound the sa-
cred verses of Mena. Rather be il hers
to support thee in gIief, and soohe the
in sickness; 10 hide thy faults and for
give thy weaknesses; 10 rej"icn in thy
prosperity and cling to thee in advcrsi'
". Reflect, then, my son, ere thou
choosest, and look to her ways whom
thou wouldst make the wife Of Thy bo
som. A wife what Il sacred name,
What a responsible office. She must be
tho unspolted sanctuary to which wcari-
ed man may flee from the crimes OF the
world, and feel that no sin dare enter
there. A wife she must be the guar
dian angle of his footsteps or earth, and
guide them 10 Heaven; so firm in virtue
that should he for a moment wavcr, she
can yield hinr support, and replace him
upon its firm foundation; so happy in
conscious innocence that when from the
pcrplexiies Of the world he returns to
his home, he may never find frown
where he sought Il smile. Such, my
son, thou seekest in a wife; and reflect
well ere thou choosest. Open not thy
bosom to u trifler, repose not thy head
on the breast which nurseth envy, and
folly, and vanity; hope moi for obedience
where passions are untamed, and except
no honor from hor who honorelh not her
God who made her. 'rhough Thy place
be next to The throne of princes, and The
counenance Of royalty beam upon thee;
though thy riches be as the pearls OF
Omar, and thy name be honorcd from
the East TO the West, little will il avail
thee, if darkness and Disappointment
and strife be in thine own habitaIion.
There must be thine hours Of solitude
!, and sickness, and ,hele must thou die
Reflect, then my son, ere thou chooscs'
and look well 10 her ways whom tnru
wouldst love; for though thou be wise il
all things, little will ii avail thee, if lllol
choosest not wisely the wife of thy bo'
son."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-10-31

He was only half clad by the miserable
skins he wore ; and, as he GismounIud,
Scar Check asked "Whpre from Z"
4" From the Kaw." Kansas he replied,
throwing down bundle of otter skins.
After unsa,Idiing and stalking out his
mule, Irc broul' himself to the e'ground,
and taking his rifle, looked at the pri-
ming, and shaking the powder in the
pan, he added few more grains to it;
then placing piece of thin dry skin
over it, to keep it from the damp, he
shut tho pan. The group watched the
old trapper, who seemed not to notice
them, while Scar Check became inte-
rested, and showed certain uneasiness.
lie looked towards his own rifle, and
once or twice looscncd the pistols in
his belt as if they incommoded him.
The young and the stout man with the
scowl exchanged glanccs, but no word
passed. So faT no question had been
asked as to who the other was; what
little conversation passed was very Ia
comic, and not smile had wrea,llCd the
lip Of any one of them.
The little supper was eaten in silence,
each man seeming 10 be wrapt in his
own thoughts. 1t WAS agreed that the
watch should be divided equally among
the four, each man standing guard of
two hours-lhe old trapper taking the
first watch, the young man neat, and
Scar Check and he with tho scuwl fol-
loving.
1t was bright moonlight night, and
over that barren, wild waste OF prairie,
not sound wis heard as the three lay
sleeping on. their blankets. The old
olfirappcr paced up and down, ran his
ewes around the wild waste before him,
and then wouid stop and mutter to HIM
self, "It cannot be he" he said half
aloud, Z" but the time and that scar may
have disguised him. That boy, too
IFS strange, feel drawn towards him
then that william with his scewI," and the
muscles of the old ,rappcr's face worked
convuIsivcly, which, the moon beams
falling upon, discIoscs traces OF by
gono refinement. Tile rappcr noise
lessIy approached the sleeping men, and
kneeIing down, gazcd in,enly upon tie
features of each, aud scanned them
deeply. Walking of, ho muttered tc
himself again, saying" 1t shall be-
and then judging by the stars that hi'
watch was up, he approached the youn!
man and woke him, pressing his fnge
upon his lip to command silence at the
time, and motoned to him TO follow
They walked of some distance, whe'
the trapper, taking The young man b,
the shoulder, turned his face to the moor
light, and, after gazing at it wisttul|y
whispered in his ear, ''Are you PER-,
Ward 2" The young man started wild
ly, bat the trapper prevented his repl
by saying Enough, enough" lie the