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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-01
COMMERCIAL.


COMMERCIAL. axlrkr4
MARKET REPORT
CORRECTED DAILY BY .-arltT
WILLIAM HI. WILSON,
Produce and Commission Merchant,
McGhee Block Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville. TENN. May s1st. ls71
Our market is unchanged, with but little doing in
produce. The supply is about equal 70 the demand.
Bacon il still fat, with no prospect for an advance
Flour is in good local demand ct quotations.
wHEAr-In moderate demand at s1.45 for prime
white; amber 80; red. LBS per bushel.
CoRN-sacked in depot 70 cents.
0ATs-55c. sacked in depot. ~
RYE,-n0 demand.
FLouR-Extra $3.50; Family s7.50as.00.
BACoN-Lower. From wagons 9alOc.; boxed, ready for
shipment, 9@10c. - - Sea-
LARD-In cans 12lz; in frkins 12c.
DRIED FRUrTs-Peaches nearly exhausted. Prices
firm. Sc. for apples.
FEATHERs-Prime &C.,; prime mixed 50@55c.
BUfrER-Demand active: 1S92Oc. = = go =
EGas-In good demand for Shipment at 1Oal21zc
IRISH P0TAToEs-Wel assorted shipping varieties
75@$l ,OOc. bushel, from wagons
CLOVER SEED-S9.00 per bushel.
BEEF CATTLE-3z@5c. gross. as to quality and coz
dition.
Hoes Butchers pay 6@61zc. gross. for city use.
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Call and Sec

The stove Fashion" unequalled for economy
cheapness and durability. HoxIE g. DEPUE
iy-10dw- tjun. ,,,sf f,-,T
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Go to Payne's
For BARGAINS in Hats, Shoes and Trunks.
KNoxvILLE MERCHANTS

Report prosperous business during the year 1870 We
also can lay claim to having had our share of custom
They came, mighty throng, from Georgia. North
Carolina, Virginia and East Tennessee. - II
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By desire to avoid expense and trouble and knowing
ticed on large small scae is injurious to the best
interests OF the business community We have adopted
and are rigdiy enforcing. in Retail Department
the strictly cash system We believe we will be sus
tanned IN this By the fact that purchasers will know
that we do not add per centagc to our legitimate
profit IN view Of possible losses.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-01

OEVlEkVILLE, TENN, may oU.
1MEssRs. RULE q RIeKs / herewith hand
you the total vote east on the 9th inst in Sc
yier. county. on the proposition to subscribe
stock to the proposed narrow-guage railroad
from Kn61ville to sSevierrille. For subscrip-
tion, 5SS; against Ass total, 6sS one-fsurth of
the vote, 10; vote necessary to carry, 51s. NJ.
Il Fen ferton' s compound extract Of Stiilingia
cures all old mercurial and venerial diseases
without fail-try it. tiAH
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MONEY SAVED is MONEY MADE!
PAYNE sells for cash at retail and If you buy that
way you can save money and lots of it, at PAYNES.

Objection lay be urged against the policy Of conduct
ing Wholesale and Retail business in connection with
each other. Our answer is-and think it sufficient
that in addition to the fact of buying goods at
less figures than than the retailers buy them, the
Wholesale and Retail Departm nts conduce to the ad
vantage Of each other in equalizng expenses thereby
enabling to sell at lower prices and giving the pur
chaser the benefit of the difference. --st 7als-rG
glance at the Show Window Of r. s. PAYNE &
CO.'S Store is very tempting, We advise people to
avert their gaze while passing by.
We claim to have a well-stocked and welI-reeulated
Wholesale and Retail Boot Shoe and Hat Store. The
Wholesale Department deriving its support from parts
Carolina. Southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee
has grown steadily, until now r. S. Payne Co.'S is
The Retail Department is not neglected, but great
pans are being taken to keep it at the head efthe
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-01

Buy F0ur shoes, Hats and Trunks
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GREAT REDUCTION
THE LARGEST STOCK

In prices on Boots Shoes Hats and Trunks at PAYSEs
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-01
CHEAP TEA.

Pemberton's compound extract of Stillingia
cures all diseases arising from impure blood.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-01
CONSOLIDATION.

UseGlobe Flower Cough Syrupii
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AT PAYNE,S

Can be found the largest and most varied assortment
of Childrens Shoes ever brought to Knoxville-some
thing Knoxville has long wanted. .fH -
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-09-02
SATURDAY M MORN BEISa 1871

4 n u Il q : e 1 ~. 49, .
= The marriage was to be a elandestipe
affairs and not even oldfMr. Boyer was
to know anything. of it.
p But, through some ,suaacconhtablc
medium he got Intelligence of it, aud it
was thon. that he sjimmohed Eliza to
his room TO warn her not TO marry.
He tyId her that Il lie would disown and
hisinherit ,her,,e'if she threw herself
'"away by. marrying Arthur Ainston."
Eliza made no answer sysp, to his long lec-.
She coulda'ti if she had wished to, Her
heart was too full. For the first time
iu keflife had her father shown him
self to DO entirely gwen up to,his feel
ings ofshatred aud revenge.
With tears in. her eyes she sat down
aud wrote, Arthur all that he had said.
But the intelligence did not surprise
our hero He had previously formed a
corrcct opinion'of the old ,gontlcman's
ire, when once aroused, and could not
therefore affect .nstonishmcnt at anything
he did. - f5;+r ~
However, For I.Eza's sake he wrote
her long letter in reply, to her ques-.
tlons, "What if her iather did so and
so =" and What would become Of them
if he did ?" ~ t.'
Arthnr answered these with satislac-
ton to Elizus miud, and she became
more impatient than ever for the day to
arrive that would unite her destiny with
one whom sho loved better than she did
all earthly beings,
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NUMBER s9


RoU5otH on Boss cut on the
Union Pacific RAILROAD, officials put on q .
good md1y fills, and . John Shf6so, one
Of the diyision repairefs, oh6 of the;
most airy iroostefs:t tbat tiheHhsas the
West Ho is noted ehisfyw faf two.
things, his oyerbearing disppsitien and {
his enormous feet One day he :, was 8
standing near turn-table -Whefs Some
nieh were At ssor)es, 8hen Jiinus5 Duffy,
AN drishwis, recently from tho East, .
approached himqpa The follsgings sdia-
logpe took place :ia "a ~, Z. ,5isyyssa
aCan ye give me the times Mr..
Shreve? :. &, Is
The time, you iihpadenc rascal J"
exclaimed ShreSe. viewing him seorn
,fnllyss 9Whatsbhsiness have syotr TO- aak :
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{ aPuE1 EIRsT NEwspAPER-- in
genieus physician of Peris- Renandot
by name more than two hundred years
ago, hit Upon q good idea for s.cutting
out his morh learned brethren, which
he was not longin putting into execs-l
-tion to llisIoWa no aaail advantag ana
the great cilagrin of his brother profess
sionals. His plan was an extremely sim
pie one, for he obtained his popularity
by the very iunoccht expedient of col
lec.ing information, and then circula-
ting news sheets among his patients, for
their especial dclecta,ion aud amusement.
But inasmueh as the seasons wersGnot
always sicklY, and he found he had
plenty of time his hands, he was en-
couraged by his success to devote his
attention more exclusively to the busi-
ness Journalism, bf providing the pub
/ lie at large with news; nllsaccordingIy,
in 1851; heasucceeded i'm obtaiuiug for,
himself and family ths iprisilsgesof pub
llishing s newsspapaay sailed thes GaFsese'
de France. Suck, at least, is the ne
count of the origin Of newspapcss given
by De Saint Folk y W Hs2zt-+ asa : 81 81
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-09-02

81 keep the best bread" said Ger,
tain baker the other day to a poor fei-
low. who complained of tho inferior
quality of tho article he had purchased
of him the day before. al don't doubt
it," replied the customer. "Thcn why
do you complain ?" asked the baker.
Because l would suggest that you sell
the best bread aud keep the bad" was
the reply.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-09-02

AS my wife aud at the window, one
day, stood watching man with a monkey,
a cart came by with .broth Of boy"
who was driving stout little donkey
TO my wife / then spoke. by way of a
joke, '"therc' a relation Of yours, in that
carriage p To which She replied, as
the donkey she spied, "Ah, yes; a re-
lation by marriage! y!
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-09-02
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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-09-02

SINGULAR GAsE--Thei eIeetastown
iPa) Ledger relates a singular case, Of
the death Of . boy, twelve, years of age,
named Charles Hartranft, q son of VIM.
lfartranft, of Pine Iron Works, The
boy had been going without lbs shoes
for some tiuieS and when lie puetkein on
again, on thel4th of j uly, he said they
pinched him, and then complained of
severe paiu in ono of his great toes. On
examination, nothing, except small
blister, could be seen to cause the pain;
but it was shought heAt e sie:iiss;fss ie:is;ss T. il il
which was done for days. ss9hsen lie bss:eeike
open in three places This, however,
:; = 20 ,siso,; III tacT, Iils suffasr
ings increased, aud his foot aud ,leg come
mcnced swelling, extending, finally, TO
the body. Three physicians were called
in, but nothing could be done to CHECK
his disease CT ssaass,, Inc dad inc, gIie
fingered in great agony 15tTaeaaay,
when death INTERVIEWED. -, .,ss,,
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CANAL TRAyELiNG.--eHallo there,
captain y said a Brother Jonathan to
the captain of canal packet on the
Erie Caual, What do you charge for
passage
Three cents per milo aud boarding" "
said The captain.
WAL, | guess I'll take passage, cap
ting, seen, as how I'm kinder gin out
walking so far"
Accordingly he got on board as the
steward was ringing for dinner. iona
than sat down and began demolis hing
- - 'E
of the captain, until he had cleared the
tables, when he got up and went on
deck, picking his teeth very comfortably
How Gar is it, capting, from here to
where l got on board g''
Nearly one aud a half miles" said
the captain.
Lets see" said Jon than, 'that
would be j,st fou. and a half cents but
never mind, captiug, l wou't be small
here's FIVE cents, which pays ms fare tc
here I'm kinder rested now"
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ed ten PAGES another CLERK arcosted him
with, "What can we sell you to-day p, M
"Nothins," Arthur responded, some
what peevishly, and passed right on. + 3
P Before he got to the counting room,
he was assailed again, this time lbyialfat
Dutchman,1 who, before our hero could
say a word, had him by the. the arm.
al am not purchasing to-day" Ar
thur said, pulling his arm loose, aud suc-
ceeded in escaping fdfther Einterraptioh.
When he got to the door, old Mr..
Boyers keen eyes fell upon him.
A sharp phleg,natic fCone in, sir,n
was the only invitation given Arthur;
"This is Mr.: Boyer, = presume" he
said, "my name is Ainston." .,,s.-.
CONTINUED IN ouR NExT IssuE.l :.
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40, grandma?" cried nijsChievous
little urchin, II cheated the mems so
nicely just now. | threw them your
gold beads, and they thought it was
corn and they eat them up as fast as
they could"
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80

I've years bad interviewed between
.Arthnr's Interview with Liza, and the
night where We found him in tl.e besi,i
ing of.olr story.
Il viii be reeoll ctcl that we left lliun
in Clayhu,n at the hotel, anl :hrt he
had yisi,el that city for the pnrpnse of
.innrrsing Eliza. n Roda--ae,,.
The m",iro which the m1nisitivU .dri.
yer had in cyins him so, WAS one Of
gaigssiH XgJ ~ ,-atl G#Ttt 20
Old Mr.. Boyer had heard of the time
our hero was to visit Clayburn. aud had
employed every driver in the plice to
watch out for him
1t was his intention to thw,rt the
two lovers plans by nsco.taiuinS when
Arthur arrived aud removebis daugh-
lstcTto anunclc's in tn, countsyss%sasz4ssS0 5
fut happily forour hero, he cludcd
q recognition by them. ,,..,-.,.- ,,,,,-. =,
Lille had made arrangementss with n
minister to marry them, and everything,
was sail right, except to set note 20
Eliza informing lher Ctof his presehee.
But asstranse impulse, it@iIl be rcmcm-
bered ,atook possession of him directly
after his nrriv,,lin Ciayburn. hes
Although he knew that Mr.. Boyer
would never consent toliis union with
Eliza, yet he resolved to go TO him next
morning and tell him of his purpose
III Arthur madeTahy blunder throug hout
the whole affair, 1t seems that this must
have been it.
Here he hal snnnn,d II - --..: ...--.
the I h9tsl ao s from WHICH he could easily
communicate with eliza. and keep her
father in profound ignorance of it, and
he had %, ALLOW his plans to undergo
saoh.a' 'ckaago Z }Aa ~ 4
But letpus follow him.s g01oA
On the right side of Commerce street,
in Clayburn. stands a large brick build
ing with the sign
'sBoYERiS DRY GOODS STORE"
/ painted in large letters on its, front. 1t
was to this store that Arthur went.
/ AS lie entered the front door, cold
land mysterious f cling iavoluntarily
crcnt over h;,n a5ltsl9@ I.as
"Anything ] eau do for you?" was ad
dressed to him by an anxious clerk the
moment he liad made good his entrance %.
"No SIR" was the raPiy. @1s the pro-
prictor iaw : = g
"Yes, sir. You, win fin 6nd him in. back is 1i
the counting room," was the clerks re,
.sponse, pointing Arthur to where tho
room was situated.
He started, but before he had proceed
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!, After learning the contents Of I:liza's
l,t,r, 4 rtisur drePpc.i it fro,a his hands,
;asfs,l fixc:l his eyes in asvacancy which
rsl,l ael,iix 4 l,iia,
psssa /
ssstyer his &ipcc. :.ial he seemed as Que
" hnse very lilc had f;.rs,kch hi.a
'..Sho is luSt :" lie sighe,l. aG25;l@, & 80
1t is sirsnsc how men can be a,aac to
d''si.air. nc tin'es.
sHercssArthur had unmstakable and
ineguivocal cviI 'nce of the strong at
tachment Eliza had fprmed towards him,
ard ye. up III reatl:n, the letter which
she perhaps, WAS forced9to write,,h let
dependency sscize' ho.l ON every !rvc
iIfIiis bh,f5
. But after awhile his calncr judgment
took possession of him, and his bosom
sbecamc.agaiu inspired with hope; aud
saftet debating the question, thoroughly
ssxNlh3 himself he resolved to write to
Alslizai again. aa.fa tiHFss'''''- 's5F
- H5aIG ~ ftF .5st ~ 10 &c ts-. - - agetJ
: AIonths and months passed on weary
wings before .hesnniI lbronght Arthur
the long lo5kea.i letter
In It our fair herfiue betrayed signs
other womanly weakness again. ~
She did not acquie see in any of Ar
tifufss propositions. but e,i Atei him 70
try to forget her, aud not tempt her any
more 20 disregard the wishes of her
father, lest her should heart fail her in
pofforn,i69 the esiaty which She owed to
hi6n. ttap. e. ,Sssaisil saia+t ,sIfsast
Arthur seized upon this last thought
with as much tcnacistS as a drowning
ihan would svince in catching at an OBJ
ject floating upon the water which he
thought wonld save his iife. SO anoth-
Grand another letter was written, until a
regular correspondence was, established.
i In sthe meantime, Henry had recoy-
cred ,ebutanfabcess that came upon his
FfghtEheeR had left 6ideous aud reppl-
Give scar, in It's tplsees,4s8 Sc ss,.a.,.
Henry had, hitherto, beautiful beard,
but there was great place left by the
abeess, ppen ,Tpsp WHICH none would grow af
forwards, consequently he had tliom al
tosshave8off.ss go s.iaFe.
ssTiiis added 70 6lElizss other objections
and prompted ny her increasing love for
Arthur, sho was emboidcned to, Tell her
fathertbat slo would never harry Hen.
ny.
She told Old NJ v DO eF that IL he
goaIa require my ofher sacriifee of. her,
sllsgoala mekstit; bat 70 make an offer,
i6g.oi., hsss bappiacss jast 70 crafty an
nurcasappbls. 81 his, she could no, 20,
do' ssssEsszse tSF
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eYou have a considerable gioating
population in this village, hasen't you're
asked "a strangsr Of opeiofi shs citizsnsi
of village oiithe Mississippi, We'll,
yes, rather was tho reply aabout halt.
the year the water is up TO the second
story window"
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Not long since an elderly lady enter
ed railway car and disturbed the pas. pas
sengefs good deal With complaints
about.a 'apostdread ful5 rhoumatikr that
she WAS troubled with. A geutlemas
present, who had himself been sewers
sufferer from the same complaint, said
to her: "Did you ever try electricity,
.madamG / tried it, aud in the course
ola short time it cured ane.n sEseos
tricity!p exclaimed theiola lady, yes,
| have tried il to my satisfaction. 4
'eas st,ecA By dghfnisg q year ago, but
it didu't do me a single morsel Of good, !,
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Z --Il A-..lss .1-. Z
st-fsi sfssiS sqtFl sts sssissrE bt%s y o. ~
.ssGss 5ti6ii4tB 5aiii6sss 81 isif Llss
! As might be expected, her father said
he wouldn'task her. But after awhile,
when he saw that his daughter meant
what 'she declared Ito him, he began to
think different way. lie realized that
itwould be a'tolerably hard effort to make
q fesolpte aud determined woman stand
up atthe marriage altar and permit her
ssltsso be legally joined TO d man whom
She desp.sel ,t<. !. gaxTeiJg+
Feeling this moro forcibly' thanEeyer,
one afternoon when Henry called for
Eliza. TO 80 riding with him and sheire-
fused, the old gentleman said ito himself,
III wonder what sort of a fellow that
Ainston is, .aay how 7" l-','',.
This, shows that he had at lcngthsdes-
paired of making Eliza marry Henry.
But let us hurry on, for we have now
spun outthis story to three times the
length VIC originally intended it to be.
After Henry recovered entirely, Ar
thurs friends called upon him for the
purpose of arranging matters for the adj
jussncnt of the difficulty which existed
between them. They were surprised to
find the former in careless and a Kind
Of don 't-cure mood s@
To their inquiries, they were told that
hc-Ilenry-had met with miscortunes,
and that he had abandoned the idea OF
fighting for Il woman that hated him.
OF course Artllur's friends couldn't,
aud did not, persuade him to fis ht; aud
upon his stating that liz had acted hasti
" aud inn manner for which he !; was
sorry, the affair was dtnppcd
Bnt when .Arthur's friends left him,
iho swore 70 liinisclf to BIZ rcvenged.
u ,,inss that Ills iiissrable u,an, hav,
Gig seea sl,.t ttie IS, Is siause
|st,icd To buy, was determined never to be-
e,nie his wife aud that his rival, was
note IN III TO be triflrd with, lad therefore
resolved to dnrp Eliza, and apnloaizc tu
our hero t,m the Insult offered liim.
When this Intelligence reached Ar
thur his future sceA4od brighter taau
ever before. 10
lie Thought that ir lie could only get
the old gentleman consent that all
things would bC right, yet. Basi lhis
was a'wild tltoug Or HIS As well
might he lnd hoped to stop tho ebbing
aud flowing of the ocean as to,stry TO
gain the gapproba,ion Of old ,Me. Boyer,
He had sworn INV THAT as long as
Eliza wouldn't marry Henry, she should
ncrer marry. g ~
asJt ao,sl.sa Y . ,e9HiS7 u I
But months passed on, aud the cor
respondcnce between Eliza and Arthur
continued 'A'>'''s' ''S ':'''' =
Hepry had stopped, visiting, her en-
tircly 'l
. So many times he'passed her tpo'n the
streets, without even recognizing sher,
that she thought he had lcurnteto hatc
her. VIZ
At.last Arthur proposed 60 Eliza the
propriety, of writing. to Mr. Boyer and
telling him everything.
n, ~: =.
---- s-ss,'~ttvu.
She said She knew her father better
.!:an hes aud ti,ut lie would not enter
tain the idea of their marrying.
llS disrogurded; however, her wishes
50 much as TO write to the old gentleman
any how 9
1.-The reply to it, contained these words :
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CURED HER CURIosIry.-1'he follow,
ing incident was related tous by friend
who, though not an eyewitness, yet was
only pre- vented from being. so by thin
board partition. At certain Watering
place, few counties ab5se Montgomery.
the bathing accommodations for ladies
are very poor, aud he iesir sex are com-
rclled to put up with SpongingS in their
own rooms. But for fIie stcrner sex,
things are different. running brook
has been damned up, aIid over thespcut
up waters house with two runs has
bccu built, thus affnrding them lini-
ted space wherein to di3port themselves
y n:arrcd man of this 3city Gone oft|e
FIRST class aud wcalthy.y " wh, boasts of 8,
beautiful, refined and Educated daugh
i,.cr, who is engaged to sc inarriud to r
very rnpnlar book keepSs jim one of our
lnrs st lu>incss cs;at.iEssln:e.its, was on,.
of'the nunhcr who tgslk adyanta-p Of
the bath. The key t'tssiis r,bin ftt,d
the dpor of the bath aa,l lie ..,i..
no secret Of it. His ssigul ,,lau=hteg,
having, surleised lssYs ii all the pjteaa-
ursS -; q. ss. s,.sisi ..a. t..
ha,en new c%citcn.cut in the way OF a
bath ii the gcn,lemcn's bathing house
She nn,iccd Immediately after dinner
that the gentlemen were al Inclined 10
DC disposed To take II little nap. and 30
she sclc>,ed an hour jnst after the noon
meal, 10 take Il swim. Arm with lier
fathers kcy, She approached the bath
house in IL ,ilnid, shy manner, us ii atruid
some one would see her. She pevpcl
trough the key hole, saw no orc, heard
I-na one: In Went the key, the bolt was
turned, and she was liz the mysterious
inclosure. with door shu, between her
and the outside world. Imagine her
horras wi.en ehc heard directly under
the platform upon which she was stamd.
| ,voicc-whosc tone had 50 often sent
her blood thrilling and tingling through
her veins add her dear. little hcart to
beat as if determined to escape it's fieshy
coDGacs--excluim, kWhat in the he'll
| do you want hcre2 Get out, and that
damned quick, or you'll get your head
hrokeP' Instantlyg from under that
yla,torm emerged a maply form, rising
] up from water only two feet deep, and
confronted his iutspden She. stricke..
with terror and shame, could not open
the door. He slid back under the plat
form and mary word said
Open the door. came, and down the
platform she flew, nor did she stop until
safe in her fathers house aad in the
confines of her own room. Some weeks
| elapsed before the "cussist" could mus
ter courage To approach her, bat up to
this time she still lights shy