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They are not ~ vile, FANCY DRINK. Made
ct Poor Rum, Whisky, Prooi spirits aud RE-
fuse Liquors. doctorcd, spiccd and swectcnod TO
please the taste called Tonics"" Appctizers" Re
sorcrs," &c. that lead tho ipplcr To drunkenness
and ruin but are Medicine made from the Native
Roots and crbs Of California, free from, NIL Aico-
h0Iic StimuIani-. They are the GREAT BLOOD
PURIFIER and LIFE GIVING pRINi-
PIE, n perfect Rcuoyaor and Inyigorator OF the
System, carrying Oh All poisonous matte and restoring
the blood to healthy condition. No person can take
these Bittcrs according 10 directions aud remain I"nE
unwol provided their bon not DESTROYED 10y min
eral poison other means, and the vital organs
wasted hey ond tho point of repair.
They are n s!cniic Purgativc ~ well ms"
Tonic, possessing Also the peculiar merit OF acting az
u powerful agent in relieving Congestion inilamma
nation of the Liver. aud all the Visccral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether IN
young old, married or single AT tho dawn oi woman
hood or at the turn of llc these Tonic Bitcrs have
no equal
Fer tnnammuiOrY aud Chronic Rheumatism
aud Goui, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilious
RcmiucnI aud Intermittent Ecvcrs, Disease
al the BLOOD, Liver. kidnCNS and Bladder
these Biitcrs have been most successful such
Diseases caused 10y yiiin,rd blood, which "a
generally produced 10y arrangement OF the Digestive
Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OK INDIGESTION. Headache.
Pain in the Shoulders Coughs Tghtncss of the Chest,
Dizziness Sour Eruct the Stomach. BAD taste
I
Heart Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain III the regions
of the Kidneys and hundred other painful symptoms
| are the Offsprings of Dyspepsia.
They invigOrate the Stomach and stimulate tho tor
rid liver aud bowels, which render them OF uncquaed
efficacy i'm cleansing the blood of all impurities, and
imparting life and vigor to the whole system
FOR SKIN DISEASES. Fr options. letter, salt
Rheum, Botches, Spots, Pimpcs, Postules Boils Car
bncles Ring Worms. SCad Head, Sore Eyes, Erysip
elas Itch Scurfs, DiscOoratiOns of the Skin Humors
and Diseases of the Skin, cf whatever name nature
are literally dag up and carried out of the system in
short time by the of these Bttors. One bottle IN
such will convince the most incTedulous OF their
curative effect.
Cleanse the Initiated Blood Whenever You find it's i'm
purtes bursting through the Skin in Pimpes. Erup.
tions Sores cleanse 1t when you find " INSTRUCTED
and sluggish i'm the Ncns, cleanse II when II is foul
and your feelings will tell YOU when Keep the blood
pure, and the health of the system will follow
PIN, TAPE and other WORMS, lurking in the
of many thousands, eiecually destroyed
and removed For full directions read carefully the
circular around each bottle printed in four languages
English, German, French and Spanish.
j. WALKER, Proprietor II. H. MCDONALD co,
Druggists and Gen. Agents. San Francisco. Cal, and
- and "a Commerce Street, New York
CO SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-05

NFG" JAMES H. FOSTER & Co., No. 81
Lake street, Chicago, importers of breech-
loading shot guns and implements
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~ MILLER. manufacturer of Rich Hair Jewelry
tJe and Ladies' Hair Work. Sab Wisconsin ST., MIL
waukee Chains Charms, Pins, Rings. Switches, Curis
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-12-07

Emma Gray on her way to school
passed a little boy whose hand was
through the ratings of a gentleman's
front garden, trying to pick up beau
tiful flower. ''lli 3i-'I 81 'l.5i'i'a- 9ff
sOh, little boy" said Emma kindly,
'are you taking that without permis-
sion ?'s''iu 20 % q ~ i'-ii, 7.iii
"Nobody sees me,"o answered the
"Somebody sees you from the blue
sky,n said Emma. ""God says we must
not take what does not belong to us,
without leave, and you will grieve him
If you do so." 80 l..iI - .shtfl .,-
The little boy looked up into her face
as she spoke. 80. l.uii iilli.s'ii,, -.
"ShalfI I?'' said he; "then I WON'T
He drew back his hand and went away.
One way of doing good is to prevent
others nom doing wrong. A gentle
word of reproof or persuasion would
save many a one nom SIM FfeI
Methodist. 9-''.l ''i ,'iipnsJaa Z ~
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Fates or the Apostles.

H 2
IL Matthew is supposed to have suffer
ed martyrdOm, or was slain in the city
of Ethiopia. 3u sYi1a4sqnsi sa ssreg
Mark was dragged through the
streets Of Alexandria, in Egypt, till he
/ expired af 7oi e. s1t5 .-is '5sa 9T
Luke was hanged to an olive tree in
Judas Iscariot hanged himself eds
John was put iu q caldron. at Rome,
but escaped: death. = He died a natural
death at Ephesus s., o.;f A., s,,.,;4..,.,l,-
James the Less was thrown from a
pinnacle and beaten to death. a.l nj
Philip was beaten to death. gisI 7sf
Bartholomew was skinned alive. 9fi
Andrew was cruciied and pounded
while dying, s.,a. ..a;.f1-.- 80 - 81.
j Thomas was run through, with a
lance. ioIlnUo q ieSiji9 sGs 70 suii1
Simon was crucified.s ,yj1pasrH i8g
Matthias was stoned ssii ssn,i' '-lf
Barnabas was stoned to death. s..
Paul was beheeded by the Tyrant
Nero, at Rome. ar rsIts tsa bflGdH In
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.ADarwinian .IIs1sfration.a

: The following strange story is related
by a New Zealand correspondent of a
San Francisco paper in support of the
Darwinian theory of man. descent.
The person. thus singularly nursed, is
said 30 be one of the present members
of the New Zealand Legislature.S His
early life was spent in the wiidsO of
South Africa. When a mere infant he
was one day laid peacefully at rest at
the door iOf his woodland home, his
worthy parent near the cabin, shot the
offspring of a large monkey, lat which
the feelings of the affectionate mamma
were of course much wounded. She
was, however, driven away by the ap-
preaching hunter, and in passing the
cabin door noticed and stole the New.
Zealand legislator. THE. loss was not
discovered until an hour later, and
then all efforts to find the irobber
proved unaVaiiing. Three months after
this period a hunting party came across
a family OF monkeys in the wilderness,
and there, in the arms of the careful
although unttlt ored wet nurse, was the
lost child, who chattered and 'jibbered
in the most approved monkey fashion,
apparently fully equal to the exigencies
Of the Situation The correspondent
wanted to know whether there could
be any more convincing evidence than
this Of the affinity between our race
and the hairy, ,dehizens of the woods.
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Petrifed Body.

In removing the bodies from the two
line burial ground, in the town of Viii
son, remarkable discovery was made.
The body. of Mrs. Wilson, an aged lady
buried about forty years ago, the moth
er of Mr.. VIM. "A. Wilson, was found
to be complete in form and features,
and perfectly petrefed, while in the
adjoining grave the remains of her
husband were nearly extinct. Upon
opening the coffin of Mrs. Wilson the
features were found perfect, but of a
discolored, dingy appearance. In the
operation of taking it out of the grave
one of the feet was broken of, showing
that the interior was solid and as
white, hard and brittle as chalk. 1t
was hard lift for four men to raise the
coffin out of the grave, and it was esti-
mated to weigh from five to six hun
dred pounds. The body was removed
and reinterred in greenwood Cemetry,
as are all the. bodies in that burial
ground, in compliance with a recent
act of the Legislature, under the super
vision of the Commissioners Lock
port ~. ~ Journal, N'oUenaber17. yi
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Beautiful Ailegory..

Z q
I. Mr.. Crittenden, of Kentucky, was at
one time defending aman who had
beeaiadicted for capital ofHense. At
ter an elaborate and powerful defense
he recited the following beautiful al
iegory: ias;iabut 9ilt III sjaEiH e
=. When God, in His eternal council,
conceived the thought efman's creation
he called up to him the three-Ju ustice,
Truth and MercyAand thus addressed
them: 1IShan we make man ?' Then
said Justice = 80, God make him not,
for he will trample upon the laws.n
Truth made an answer, also 80, God,
make him not, for he will pollute sanet-
uaries.n But Mercy dropping up0n
her knees, and looking up through her
tears, exclaimeds 49,, God, make,
make him; L will watch over him with
my care through all the dark paths
which he may have to tread" Then
God made man and said to him. SO,
man, thou art the child of Mercy; go
and deal with thy brother "oGia7-'sT.4
;, The jury, when he had finished, were
drowned in tears, and against evidence
and what must have been their own
convictions, brought in aiverdict of not
guuly- sats sisl to gH sE- n5sc e,.i q
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Iaaaissellaafaas..
! iilINFEARFULiRACE.
= 10. 10 ID u , l-ffIlI
The Fearful Effects of the Pesh-
: -ai1q 80 tige Fires -aat fe -i-i

"A member OF the Cincinnati Relief
Committee, after visiting the burned
district of Wisconsin, makes "a report,
in whieh'he gives the following incl
dents of the Peshtige fire. 81 ,i.,.s,l,
IL 10 give semes idea, OF the; effects of
1'ther FIRE, and the simpossibility of, esr
cape, we viii ! mentieH the case nof
Charles Lamp, an intelligent, German,
whom we found dsitting in the once of
the hospital, badly burned In the hands
and feet. He said that on the Sunday
night of the fire, he heard "a fumbling
noise. not unlike that made by o hea-
Wy train of Railroad cars, and on going
| out of his house to ascertain. the cause,
found tho wtpd raising to hurricane.
Fearing that the fire, which had been
burning in. .theswoods to the West of
where he lived, ,weuld reach and de-
fstroy his house with such 8 wind, : he
hastily hitched I'D his team and drove
to the door, and, seizine some bedding
and throwing it into the wagon, called
to his, wife and five children to eulne
out of the house, that he might take
them to a place Of safety. Scarcely hai
they got into Ihey wagon, leaving all
OCAAAA4N4 r%AAClA1. ftiAACAAl AOA0
was enveloPed inI flames. Mounting
on the front his wagon, he's pushed.
his horses forward to the Peshtigo
road, hoping when he got out of the
timber to escape. /; hut everywhere the
lire ragged furiously, III Pressing, the
horses toitheir utmost speed, one: of
them feAs.l He jumped off to get his
horse up, and when he resumed his
- - H.
his wife and chill IdrenlWere dead, burn
ed to arerisp. haAlmost suffoeated by
the flames and dust,s,and finding he
could do nothing for his family, and
being badly burned, he left them to
their fate and sought safety for him,
self. The fire burned the harness SO
that the horses escaped; ssAnd y said
he, nthey are now here in Green Bay
all that have leftIof. wife, children ,9ors
properly. 4 9HIFsstE sid ri ijsnof.5T stfS9l5is
TeshoW the intensity nof the heat of
the very atmosphere, weimay mention.
shat while some of the citizens had tar
ken the tire-enginefto to the river on the
first alarm, aud laid the hose from the
river to the boarding. house, at rleast
one hundred feet ldistante and while
throWing water to a the afaHi extent of
the capacity OF both hose and Tengine,l
the hose burned to a,crisp while full of
water, and the brass connections melt
ed like lead; and the hose was laid on
the bare ground where there was not
the leastcombustible matter-an n0teven
a blade of grass. Close TO the river
stood aismall office on which hung a.
bell of perhaps fifteen or sixteen inches
diameters made. of libell-naetal. iliSuch
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ts,,r,osl5S lst5llJ 5sf1VIIl5 U l1llIsT5 III
Eon Ewing as an Athlete.
veil raeolaet.tIla. .firstr .linnan -

W - Ht~fy-tC w
Thomas EWipg. then a yong lawyer
not vet haythg much bus ls 5ess. .or orr max,
ing itlch Of 3 marx was st4nef ;t,-a 4.
with his large head, ;. .synd, .generalIv
mssstve and mascf1far. bat rsfhsr Z = Z.
ward build Il. was Simmer time
aild the }! & Iepiift had sned early 10
,tale a6terqa8n sYeral Of the lawyers
renamed "a e. slnl fis eoa len turned
upon atlletle ;s ercise5 and feats + oi
strength, ~ Among those present was
zoe McQowei, a broFller .of Abram. and
Joan. he declared that he was, 80
swift otfs0f tlla ~ had never been
Beaten ia 2 rac4iQ 90 yard and he be-
heYed he Gould not be beaten, and, Of
'fered to bet ten dollars that. he could
beat an l0hs In the crowd. Finally,
Ofris Parrish took bin. up, and they
went out on the green. 1t was not yet
/ determined who was TO be McDowel's
cpmpetitor, But when the igzoun6I was
measured on Mr. Ewing whOs had
taken but little part ia the CONVERSE
tion, and whose demeanaR6 had been
very modest and retiring, offered him7
self to run the race, and to the surprise
I of all, for none supposed that he. could
run Judges and Stockholders 4 were
appointed and i viii never forget the
CLEAN of Ewing's eye or the air Of reso.
luton as he stripped off his coat.
vest and shoes, and took his place.
The word to go, was given, and the
young athletes sprang off with an even,
starb.ri Soon, however, Ewing began to
gain, and came to- tho winning post
well ahead of Mcdowell, who, was so.
chagrined at the result that he began
to ind excuses, and said he tripped and
stumbled, or otherwise. he would have
won. Ewing smiled and said; Wei. !.
if you are not satisfied, let Us try, again.
They did run again, and Mel Dowel was
beaten worse than before. Other sports
and trials were then made. Standing
Jumps, running Jumps, shoulder stone
throwing, the axe and the maui, in all
of which Mr., Ewing proved his, supe-
iriOritys and finally the high jump over
stretched string was tried, but on
which Mr. i. madeIno. attempt, until
Mr. Mcdowell, who proved the. best
at this exercise, challenged .himIttol
Ybeat that. Ewing replied, ,d sRWelI,
letsJls see your best, . and whom Med.
was done, E. had Che. Judges put the
string four inches higher aRd,r step,
ping back II few feet,I he. came at It'll
@itha curious swing and motion, and
over he went; amid the cheers. of the
Correspondence figs Columbus
J0urnai.a tGia; 9dj cr.iqi y li-fy s-gfrflieI
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3 Guriour,s Cusfosns.

2 The causes for which the Mahomet-
an woman may demand adivuree are
'eleaEay yand broadly demonstrated, ,laid
down 10 the Koran, and her evidence
is suAacient, because the .Mahometan
law supp0seS that a YMsoFaefi must be
Violently aggrieHed be6orethe modesty
of her sex will allow hep to appear il
public with such application. So care,
ful is the, law to spare her feelings, thai
she is not required to recount her inju-
Ties, unless Of her own free. will; all she
has to do has to do is to place her slip
per reyersed that is, with the sole
upward before the .eadi, and the
case is finishels the divorce is granted
without further inquiry. ~ - = So. -,
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Twas once walking a short distance

Twas once walking short distance
behind a. very handsomely dressed
young gill, and thinking as Hooked at
her beautiful Clothes 81 wonder If she
takes half as much pains with her heart
as she does with her bOdy?'. A poor
old man was coming up the walk with
a loaded wheelbarrow, and just before
he reached us, he made two attempts
to go into the yard ofa small house,
but the gate was heavy and would
swing back before he could get through.
tsWait,p said the young girl, springing
lightly forward, H"I'll hold the gate
open." "joAnd she held the gate until he
passed in, and received his thanks with
q pleasant smile as she went on. "She
deserves to have beautiful Clothes" /
thought, "for a beautiful spirit dwells
in her breast. ~ Little Corporal.
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i THE LILAC BUDs.4The, early winter
broke drearily upon poor widow who
had lost her all I" How shall i get
through it ?r she said to herself one
morning, gazing out of the window
pane on the gray overhead.i in which
She seemed to behold ali the long vista
of cold, and storm; and blast. Half
aghast and siekening, she east her eyes
down, and they fell onVa bush.in the
yard. 1t was small lilac bush, full of
autumn-formed buds. The buds lifted
up their brave little heads, "We shall
get through; take heart, take heart, !"
they seemed to say, or so she heard.
And this mute prophecy of Gods pro-
tecting love, cleared the clouds from
her soul, and the sunshine of peace and
trust again stole in.uiai bsa sl.s+lI s5f.
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ALLSoREg.

I f-.lf /. .
j a law in England prohibitsthe pafnt-
1 ing Of ertfsemehts on the walls. and Z
the PiInishment.for the offence isIheavy.
,EOne day.a fellow .was2 discovered in the.
act. He had written Warren's B.,
~ ben he had TO beat hastya retreat in
korder TO escape arrest. Charles Lamb.
who was passing at the time, and read
/ ing what had been pai Hted on Che wall.
remarked that the rest was evidently
bs rhe young men at the watering places
navB discarde I white vests The Young
ladies' use 60 much Oil on. their hair that 5
:, vest tsieaiygpod for one evening ON a
ttr's Ri5fi44rTa4ul8m 10 sldsql7ni s9y ;ssaseri
ldrCurran was once asked by oneof bis a
brother judges. You see anything
ridicnl9uY in this wige'' s,f,,.,l,i.o,sT s.,Ir
V Nothing but the head, ? was the re- +,
A Western editor, was sefenaded few
evenings since, and In the next issue OF d
his. paper e0mpli the sersnadingoi oi
party on their, judieiaus, musical taste a
In the selection of pieces.n He was In
formed by . listener, after the pubiica- L
ton that they had played the rRogae's 4
n1aEch.hluA odt 70 JE9ar3a513 sIII .fs5l
A'co1'd downaeity@chicago. n0i5ssg,
oi a ysaf-Old 1boysBaBy. beginning
HEalkss oby no mesns good eaeheE play
sr because ne insists upon going it p
! 7-sI9viesgs Jasve % s-risff., fi,s7.. -s,.isf
- A burglar as once frightened QUITO
bis scheme Of robbery by the sweet sim
lplicity Of a solitary spinsteF, putting he sa
night-capded head out of the window n
exelalmed-"Go awayl amt you asham =.
- .ei eids-ii1lIgIgf se' vefn tnfe.f .,rft ffrssr.r
n The Swedes who, settled in Georgia
complain of the climate. They like less
sun and more ice. ssI- 81 - i7-a
- A wise Frenchman says: 'If q lady
says I can never love you,' wait little
longer; all hope Is not lost. But if she
says, NO one has more sincere wish es
for your happiness than I, take your
nat' siGiVg 5HEtIlTri s~5m adi .begr
p Morphine should never be taken to
induce sleep. Aneverdose is too apt to
bring on an oyerdoze, =, ,o,5.g s,iss-e
! Seheolmistress-"JOhn Pm asham-
ed OF youi When was your age could
read as we'll as do now!' Johnny
g Aw but you'd different taycher to
wot VEIN got" n.i r.frar2 ,t-ats. &.
FLANNEL, receptions are now in vogue.
AZ 4 - WucAcg LHo young laQa6S sew 6n
hour for the poor and then dance three
forjoy.. g -hai'' A vi' Z isi' i 5i''
6 Alta late term of a court In Machias,
Me-, in a prosecution for selling rum, the
jury returned aVerdicb of mot gnilty,'
plainlyyin defiance Of the evidence
Whereupon Judge Barrows told them, in
so many words, that they were dis
grace to the country. The man was
prosecuted again and convicted - I'D ri.
] The editor of a Chicago journal has
refused several poetical effiusions on the
late disaster, on the ground that it is
wastefuf to reprint anything which re-
quires every line to begin with capital
when capitals is as scarce as it is now in
5 A minister in Indiana became mixed
up in land speculation and announced
to his congregation that his text would
be found in "St. Paul's Epistle to the
Corinthians, section four, range three,
west" sz--=-
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The Nathan Murder.

u A ship has recently arrived at Homo
lulu from the spot where were wreck
ed the entire whaling fleet. This ves-
sci brings the last of the shipwrecked
sailors. These men are now being car
ed for by authorities. One of the ship
wrecked seamen, who died at the
United States Hospital, two days ago,
hasmadea statement which has crea-
ted a sensation. While on his DEATH
bed ne was visited by a shipmate, to
whom he confessed the startling TACT
that he wasia murderer. Being asked
what had led him to. o.thecommiSsiOn OF
such a crime he avowed it was for the
purpose of obtaining money. He was
pressed by his shipmate to disclose the
Hill details of the horrible affair, and
thus ease his conscience. He confessed
some particulars which led directly to
the belief that he was either the princi-
pai actor or else an important accom-
niice IN the atrocious massacre Of Mr..
BENJAMIN Nathan, In New York, last
wear - philadelphia Press. .5,
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The western Night clerk
4 travelling correspondent writes

Il
f. / recall an adyenfuae with a. ,higt-
clerk in g Western town. / retired,
leaving directions to be, called for the
express, which comes along at three o.
clock in the morning 1t was import.
ant that Ishonldn's miss the train, and
with the idea weighing upon: my mind
couldn't sleep much. Waking sud
denly from a doze, i consultedy my
watch and found it twas nearly three o.
clock. Edressed hnrriedly, and going
below found the snight-clerk asleep,
with his feet upon the stove, and a
half lfeonsumed cigar in his mouth. %
shock him, and the following dialogue
ensded Traveller Won t the ?3ofnhi-
bus be here soon? Clerk (gasping fear
fully stNha,s 0nn' bus? Traveller
Why, the Omnibus for the Eastern Ex-
press. Eierk-No o'bhs Igap) run that
train. Traveller growing excited at
the prospect OF being. left )-HoW far is
it to the,depot? Clerk Qaziiy striking
match to relight his cigar Bout or
mile, .Traveler Well, call up the por-
ter and send him down with my bag
gage, and Tll walk Come, no time to
lose.a Gerk--Por' won't getsnp. He
pgoesfo bed for keeps. Traveller 1danc-
ing with nervous excitement )-7How
am Itasfet that train Gthen /? Clerk {
a long gap) Damfino. Traveller (diplO-
macy necessary Would half q dollar
Induce you to go down to the depot
with me and carry my, baggage
Clerk (springing TO his feet, with great
slacrity Certainly sir. I Will light a
'lantern md jog right along. - -. - = e.,
= The DEPOT was a mile from town, a
lonely nace, with no other buildings
near. no friendly light glimmered
from the windows, the agent probably
enioyirle his necessary five hours
sleep. sGood-bye said the night-clerk
as he retefyed his haif-dollar, and was
about to return, leaving me to watch
out in The cold for the train. sssSee here
sir, SAD /, ssis- this train usual y on on
timer IN ardly ever known to be on
time replied the clerk. '-ss,I Ihree, or
four hodrs behind some times -
:; :; Here was pleasant prospect for me
alone at that desolate depot on a cold,
Wintrynight, was fearful of robbers,
too. .eI , hadn't money; bat how
could the robbers be expected ITO know
thatss 4 Can't yonstay with me till the
traincuInes?,'i L pleaded fl Iean,tdO
it t[gaping again. .ils Must get back to
theIhetel (gap) ).jiiiGood night (another
gapD; take good care of YOURSELF old
man.s,3 tiMhat, can doif the train
don't stop3' Gaping iercsr thanev-
.er) -" "Damfno!m Visions of robbers
filled my mind,as the ladternJ receded!
I" Would half a dollar induce you to.
stop until the traincomes?'- 2 Certainly
said the !night-clerk cheerily,. stopping
his gaps, as he came back On the run.
ForunceI the train was on time, so he
was not long delayed. 1t halted but a
secend. IL Jumped ON the platform
with my baggage, the train started.
The anight.clefk yelled, There you'll
Where's myfihaif-dollar?1 And the
voice of ,the'traveler came waited back
as he gaped: ai'Damfinop tihaajs 81