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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28
COMMISSIONERS Norry

In the Giro ili Court OF Hsmpshir sus,,
Jane McCauley, Complainant, asina
Elizabeth Farmer. George Sscis, sSl
Margaret h!s lie, Davis Fsmer snS
Jemima his wife. aud said LvI, Pa,
mer and ID. "A. johnson, rs Ixecu,o,.
fr son tire Of John Farue.. dess +
William Farmer. Mary F,rner VIA
ow OF Peter Farmer. dec'a. Willis
Frank and Rachel his vii. Plavn.
j. Farmer and Sallie his $40. vii.
liam, James and Elias M.f.rns,
children and heirs Of PeterFsrne,
decd. Albert a. McCaule j.
Groves AMI Ceph;s Groves. Jmes c
McCanley. William Dunlap I.,,o
Brill, William Is. Mason and 'Ili,m
ii. Powell. Sheriff Of Hampshir coun.
~. and as such committee aaini.-
traitor OF John Farmer. dec'i., zion.
dan.s, IL CHANCEE
The Circuit Court by It's DEGREES has ret,,s
the above named cause 10 Couimissi. ues
to state. adjust sa6 settle the acccants a. On
Johrson aud Dsvis Farmer. EIecut,gs ID ,oa :,
Of John Farmer, dec 4 at-iira 'uly NAAt p,
periy aud nsaeis OF said John Fsfmrr, dec
we're received by them or either OF tnSm AL
wha' disposition made thereof. Add state, 81
tie and adjust the accounts OF W n lowell
ate sheriff. committee Administrator OF Jo,i
Farmer. deed. 3'd Audit ell the debts arsl, I
the estate Of John Farmer. decd their prior.
ties. DC Ih. To report the resi- estate o
which srid John Fnrmrr died seized snd pos
sessed. IN WHOSE hands IL may be- and tie mi
critics of ANY li@ns thereon Bah. a. tfgor
the i"d'vifnl liens on the shares OF each be.
IA said real esraie
And the CtAnui-Non.r wss further directed
IN auditing ~, dcn,s ~ ,hn Farmer deed .
state whether Any Of said deha are -udicd
1sinst John Farmer rs sscnritv Tor sny be
and " so. low John Farmer e-te.e s,iali ,
reimbursed from said heirs shsre. tie ,h'
also report viethsr any ~ said hti's have gs'
en- any liens upon their shsres ." sccurs TIE
debts for which sid John Farmer siAy h.'
hen Securi'y and which NAV De su' j-e;ed
tie sTouersiinn of The estate y John fsrgi>
deca. Ard the Commissioner vss directed
rspofi any other matter he rlsy de,m per llnei
and vhlch Any party may desire
Therefore, Notice j. hereby stsea 10. the Ia
lies nbove named and all 0thess ia iaJssIeS, ~
on the 10Th day of November, 1881 at nv oia
IN .iomneg. wilt procrsd ~ the eIsrnsioh
the above decree, when All where oil IsTsei
concerned will attend ~iih the necessary pste
aud evidence. 60 cnRhie To execute u fufly
a. p WHITE. Commits 0nsf.
Oct. 81, 1881.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28
The Buckeye
NO WEE IND RE.APER,

the leading harvester II the world Superior 70
all others in toe principles % iis consirletos,
iis average durability 10 double that Of Others
itb less than half their cost 10 keep in rspaif'
he Chicftsia self dump. lock-isyer suiky hsE'
raves en- ensc OF one hand by punching ths hsF
10 The vinrOw high Wheels Snd strong f0a
Can't afford TO do without IL. Send Tor eifsg-
laf Ten-hOrse power
.H0ndU1d & Traction Engines
guaranteed N gIys sufficient power 10 run 80
mills with 90 10 81 inch sAWs. i.ei'si ~
proved Threshers. TO I o horses. The neH e,''
e6ratej WITHDRAWING portable "a" MILE
or sieapJ 81 water. The wonderful
ODpenheint DOuJie BH66U
ebapgeabs in an instant from = nest sieo'
h11zg a. a nice fDomy carriage. Took hf'
rffIaioni ID ihs csmberland fsif. TIE prem 10
srai.ranniae ph1spbaie E-sip ard gfn's $50
Drills. spie61id fiay saz Gef -''es iaV
rsrrsnlpd ~ So gsm 40 ies
es'ts b ~ saa frnii dfge.s sn1 aat
r. g CARsKAD
Keysef. W. e
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28
SOLDIERS,

ID. o: CRANIc cornt SiaA -,
Streets, Washington, n, O., a,hds I. -.
sion sad Back Pay. Bounty Clsiis cais..s
Coniss'sd Land Claims. NiaesAi au As,rsl's
raj attended to bsfore the Depsrssri a. |.
Interior and Supreme Cratt. fsnd xu,.s,
chased and sold. tSN
October ~, 1881. lii.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28

$1,000 per year cen he easily made at
home working for 4. G. Rideou. & Co,
10 BARCLAY Street, New York. Send
for their catalogue and full particulars.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28
A Young Lady Terribly Barned

A Young Lady Terribly Barned.
-CHAHBERsBURG, Pa, Oct. 25.--Tliis
evening Mary Eyster, while lighting a
STUDENT lamp, was frightlully burn
Ell. Her cie,hing caught fire, she
screamed pnd ran INTO the yard, where
a brisk breeze famed the flames.
Her mother wrapped "a shawl around
her and had her hands burned to the
zone. Her sister and brother at
tempted to wrap her in carpet anil
we're burned. She tore the carpet Off,
and the lire was only quenched VIXEN
two gentlemen, by main force, held
the carpet about her. She is now
conscious, bnt suffering terribly, and
1t is not expected that she can re-
cover.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28
PATENT us.

= a. Lehman. Solicitor Of An-,,,
foreiso Patents, Wsshisat.n, %. n ~
s.nsss connecied With Patents. uts,s., - a.
the Patent ohice or the Courts. rsom, eas
tended to- No charge made uniea | n.r:u
ecarsd. SsGd Zoe circular. FNs
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28
Grant Or L iiden !

VoU will consult yorr own interest ny s'-S
4 ing to me for circulars ~ tie follnsing
machinery, Ac before buyiag Bepg mySlf'
practical farmer. with 25 years experience 10
the sale Of iorchinsty, aud making the lsv'I
Improvements that line a specially, will guar
ntee Subtraction, low rates aud libersl terms.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28

INVEST VIRGINIA. TO WIT At rule. held
w in the Clerk, once 81 tie Circuit Couri
ot hampshire County, on the hrst Monday in
August, 1881
JOHN Clark and DolIoy his vifs, Plfia,
tiffs,
rs.
Benjamin!M Donald 4 Nancy his rif-
Reuben Dchavin and Margaret his
wife, Gabriel Mcdonald and Cattle.
rine his wife. John LargeBt and Maria
his wife, Wellington IIorrelI and Al
vernon his wife. Spencer Gill. Charles
Gall, JOHN T. Gill in his own right
and as Administrator OF Charles Gig
decd, and Lucy Gil, Defendants.
IN CBASCERY.
The o. ect ~ this SOFT is n sell the real estate
OF which Charles Gill was seized and possessed
10 his lifetime and al the time 81 bis death, con
Sisting ~, smong other tracts cf land, one said
10 contain about one husdred and seventy =
cres situated in the eastern paT1 Of Hampshire
county, and about three miles NoIih OF Cspon
Bridge, and To divide the proceeds u sale among
those entitled TO the same according TO law.
And IL appearing from An aG iagit 6ed 10
this cause that the defendants Beuieuin MELON
aid Nancy Mcdonald his VIE Reuben Dthav
in and Margaret Dessvin his wife John Largent
and Maria Largent bic wife. Wellington Her ell
and Alvernon befrell his wife ard Charles Uill
are non residents Of The State Of West Virginia,
IL is ordered, that said nonresident Dsfendau 10
do appear III Rules 10 be held IN the CLERK .
Office OF the Circuit Court Of said county, 90
the frst Monday ia December, 1881. snd DO
wbat is necessary 10 protect their isteres1 In
this suit. Tesie.
v. d POLLING, Clerk.
Oct. ~, lSSi.--4B
j. p. wlHatrs Aiso Tor Pm.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28

The Paper Bag.-The triumph os
machinery in its application to the
manufacture Of simple article. is well
illustrated in the history of the paper
bag. Twenty-Five years ago the limi-
ted amount OF paper bags in use were
made By hand. Aud it probably ne,
yer occurred TO the ninety aud nine
conservative ones that there was any
necessity sof improving thet method.
1t would certainly never pay to apply
machinery to so Insignificant AN arti-
Gle as paper bag, a mere joining OF
paste and paper Yet inventive skill
tried its hand. and the result was a
machine capable OF turning off one
hundred thousand bags day. W hat
followed was the same as in hundreds
OF industries similarly affected. Bag
factories sprang up, and no sooner did
the supply exist than demand was
created. New uses were discovered
for the article, and to-day the annual
consumption in the United States in
round numbers is one billion. Attic
same time the price has been reduced
to Il mere fraction above the cost of
the paper.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28

n'~'oe,- " = $40 fttIc- tftatti.
seventh S,'~-, Wa-Airsira. y q -, &
uoss R~soeseis ,-ssss ssfes~nc.x : \.
wee sens s"ss We sisend sxv.usiss.,,
'eos .as,1sss Reissues. ia,srse-eaccs. d y.
srs ~ jsclsj IN other har.s = ,n.rlsI,~ ~
solicited Upon rscsip, Of matsl q, ~ :, S
description we give our opiuior =, - ss
o'iiiy, saks or cassGs. We reter 40 ,s.s~
missioner al P.tsnts also to Ex-coumis...s
EstAblisbed 1866 >><u
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28
THAT POOR BEDRIDDEN.

Invalid wife, sIster, mother, or daugh.
ter. can be made he picture Vf beslth
by few bottles 81 Hop Biucrs viii
you let them suffer when 80 easily cured?
4 curious mass Of iEsects has
been discovered by hunters near Eu.
gene, Oregon They say that every
bush, tree and shrub is completely CO.
vered and stripped of every vestIge
Of foliage by thousands Of caterpiIlars
of all sizcs Bnlor All inch and "a half
long. a hunter passing along the
trail soon wears % coat ct these insects
aud bis gpu is covered with them.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28
&5 q q SEX; ~: = !: - <: e.: :.
p. y yIoKERY. Augusta, Ne.

Newspaper Advertising Bnresu. IL
Spruce 81, y. Y. IOct. 7.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28

Mrs. Coombs, of Mononga'ia, one
OF the persons injured in the Thorn
ton accident, compromised with the
railroad company, for $3.50. 1t is
said that Prot. Fike. of Clarksburg,
received 10000. VIM. Copeman, OF
Kingwood, who sustained slight In.
jury in the foot, was offered $50 by
the company. He asked 500. We
are told that ex Judge Brannon and
the Hon. Benz +. Martin offered
eirprofsssional services to Col. Mon
roe, to prosecute his claim against the
company and that the company offer
ed the Colonel $4,000 to settle the
matter. -Kingwood Journal.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28

Mr. Hoods Pet Bear.-John II.
Hood owns pet bear. He had it
chained in the yard near the house.
1t broke the chain and entered the
house, nobody being about the preml-
Sea but Mrs. w. u. Smith. The bear
walked into the pantry, emptied two
sugar bowls, sampled the catsup and
pickles, took the cheese-box down
from the shelf anil rcgaled himself
with the contents, took the chimneys
off the lamps, placed them in a row.
and knocked them down like tenpins.
Brnin then had picnic of the pies
and cakes in the cupboard, showing
great Partially to sweet things lie
emptled the salt in the corner OF the
room and then amused himself by
pitching the china and delft through
the window, and ended his hour and
a half of sport by emptyine a pail of
water on the floor and taking bath.
He remained in the room till the BOYS
returned from work. Considerable
fun occurred before he was captured.
one of the boys getting bit ia the eye
with an egg thrOwp by his bcarship.
Guelph (Cauada) Herald.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28
BAYARDTAYI.OR I,,1th. ?

Dull DING HIn:crini for
ID Roofs, for alls aud ce,Iing, in place Of
pi"s,er-madr also Into Carpets and Rugs
SAM Les pei mail. W. IL. FAY,
Oct 7. 1881 Camden, y. J
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28

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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
Is HOrseshO, ing Useless !

A recent issue of FToze7's Mogaei,ae
contains an article by Sir George ".
Cox, in which he estimates that the
English custom of hoTseshoeing costs
the nation annually as much as :s45, ,000,-
600, Which might be saved if the horses
were allowed to go unshod. He quotes
authorities from Xenophon, who marche
his horses unshod from Cunaxa over the
Armenia Highlands to the walls OF
Trebizond, down to the "free lanciers I"
of the present day, and contends that it
is safer, cheaper and better to let the
horses go unshod over the hardest roads,
and especially in the slippery streets in
London. He estimates that over twelve
million dollars would be saved in the
iarriers' bills alone; and he calculates
further that the working life of horse
would be trebled by the change, SO that
horse whica is now worn out at twelve
years would live to twenty-six. The
figures seem somewhat startling and
have hardly been sufficiently proved to
be trustworthy. Meanwhile, it is said
that medical man in Waterbury, Conn,
has not put shoes on his horses for two
years, driving them winter, summer,
spl ing aud autumn with bare feet with.
out any trouble. The doctors theory
is that nature has provided for the
horse that horse can travel over all
kinds of roads that the hoof will be
moist, and that the frog coming to the
ground keeps the hoof properly spread
and free from founder and other dis
| eases,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
Inrn Of the Ear.

People who are inclined to deafness
should 1.-Two apart from the loud noises
of railroads, factories, iron mills, etc.
They should avoid with great care ex-
posure to cold and damp, and especially
should not wear thin shoes in walking
on damp ground or saturated brick
pavements. Children ought never to
be struck on the ear with the palm Of
the hand, even in sport sudden deaf
ness results sometimes from boxing the
ears, as we'll as the rupture of the tym-
panum. Often the sudden jar or shock
with the conclusion of cir on the ear
drives in the stapes OF inner bone, des-
troying its function and diminishing
the sensibility of the nerves. A snow
ball thrown with force on the ear, OF an
accidental blow with ball or bat may
easily cause deafness. As cold in
creases deafness, it should be avoided if
possible. Delicate persons should avoid
draughts on the ears, sitting in wet
clothes, sudden changes from the
heated atmosphere of crowded rooms to
cold winds, and other similar exposures
Tobacco smoke is injurious to sensitive
nerves and sometimes induces peculiar
diseased condition of the eustachian
tube. Smoking in the open air should
he especially avoided by persons whose
hearing is impaired, as it injuries the
throat, and the opening between the
throat and ear. No instruments
should be introduced into the ear, OF
the delicate lining membrane is apt tt
| become irritated.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
VOL. XII.
Sc Who Shall Sing Freedoms Song p,


"Who shall sing Freedoms Song2"
Not any man, nor woman fair;
They have been thralls to Pain and Care,
They have been thralls to Wrong.
For song so glad and free
No voice that's learned a note Of pain
C@n ever touch the proud, glad strain
Worthy such minstrelsy.
The birds, swift-winged and free?"
All ! no. So many captives sigh
In gilded prisons, sing and die
Longing for liberty.
Let drums and trumpets shout"
Alas they have but hireling tones;
For marching hosts or tyrants' thrones
Their noisy notes ring out.
. Who shall sing Freedoms Song?"
Oh Winds OF Heaven, that ceaselcss blow,
Oh mighty, unbound Winds you know
The strain so fresh and strongl
No one shall silence you;
Not the blue blade, nor flood, nor fire
Shall stay your course; you cannot tire,
Running the whole world round.
Oh Winds of Heaven Sing out
Sing in the boundless forest trees,
Sing in the scented summer breeze,
Among the wild waves shout
Sing on the hills and plain
You that have never owned control,
Sing Freedoms Song from Pole to Pole,
Until Earth learn the strain.
N B. Burnct, IN the Independent
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21

"What's the matter with my stick
Let go, you nasty thing Here's another
one Quick -
Pull HIM in, can't ye? You've got
a bite. Haul up!" cried Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke, trying to untanRle himself from
his line and help his wife. "Lift him
out of the water!"
"He won't let me-" squeaked Mrs
Spoopendyke, holding both arms out at
full lengt'4. Take him off Scat |
Go way, you monster!"
"Lift your pole straight up in the
air |" shouted Mr.. Spoopendyke. "Hoist
the dod gast ed thing right up!"
Mrs. Spoopendyke exerted herself and
disclosed an eel, dangling.
cts rattlesnake !" she yelled.
Don't go near him ! Fire fire mur.
der police police-e-e!"
"Hold your yawp, will yep bawled
Mr.. Spoopendyke. "Get him over the
dock so / can catch him What yer
holding him out there for! Waiting for
him to dry? Stick that pole straight
up in the air, 1 tell ye!"
Mrs. Spookendyke threw the pole
over her shoulder and Topped the ee
into M. Spoopendyke's countenance.
"Dod CAST the measely eelp he
howled. as he spit it out. "Stop wav-
ing that slam basted lightning rod like
flag, will ye? Hold it still, I say
Think you're tree p
"Don't touch him! Throw him over
board He'll sting you to death" CUR
gled Mrs. Spoopendyke, and, forgetting
that the pole still exercised an influence
over the eel, she gave it a jerk and il
slipped through Mr.. Spoopendyke's fin
| gers. That gentleman made spring
Tor it, aud swashed into the water.
"Heu! blabl baa waggle, gin, hic
ga, gagglep sputtered Mr.. Spoopendyke
as some lightermen fished him out.
"Did you catch cold, dear ?" inquired
Mrs. Spoopendyke, with solicitude, a
they made their way home.
'If did 1 landed it," growled MI
Spoopendyke, blowing mud like the ex
haust of tug.
"Anyway, I caught an eel, didn't I /?
asked Mrs. Spoopendyke, carrying ou
the woman's idea of comforting a ma
with the only thing he don't want t
hear about,
"Oh you caught it p ripped Nj
Spoopendyke. "You're fish woman
you are. All You want now is glas
sides and some bubbles running throug
you to be an aquarium Another tin
we both go fishing you stay home! Yo
hear?"
And with this novel mathematic
suggestion Mr.. Spoopendyke hunte
himcelf to his domicile and took
sweat. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
Fashions FHncies.

Bustles increases in size.
Overdresses are shirred from belt to
knee.
The pointed shoe is again returning
to favor.
Small Roman pearls are braided in the
hair with fine effect.
Children's dresses are again cat with
low necks and short sleeves.
Dresses of tinted null, over princesse
slips of pale pink, light blue, or cream
white batiste are stylish and becoming.
Jersey bodices of ciel blue, rose color
or mauve-tinted silk stockings are worn
with white surah skirts trimmed with
tinted Spanish lace, corresponding with
the color of the Jersey.
The small, old-fashioned shawls OF
white china Grape embroidered with
heavy silk floss in each corner, and
edged with white nettled silk fringe,
are again in vogue.
Evening dresses for young ladies are
Of India muslin or Rauze, deliberately
trimmed with lace, and garnished with
loops ard knots Of ribbon or clusters OF
cnarmlDE uoWerS.
A charming little baby frock is made
Of pale blue surah, low-necked and
trimmed with shirred plastron edged
with Valenciennes lace, which is set ul
the entire front of the dress. A broad
sash edged on the ends with lace is car
ried around the waist and knotted
loosely at one side.
Ombre weddings are actually il
order; that is, the bride wears, o
course, the whitest of roses; and then
out OF six bridemaids, the smallest O.
the youngest wears pale pink rosebuds
and the tallest or the eldest wears tn
deepest crimson roses, while the fou
Intermediates shade upward. Thi
novel effect is repeated in flowers o
other color and form.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
To Prevent Dlphtheria.

To prevent diphtheria and finally ex-
terminate it, every man, woman and
child throughout our land and the
world should be brought to obey the
laws of life and health. Parents should
regularly feed, properly clothe and duly
restrain all children, before they come
TO the years of understanding and ac-
countability. This alone would do
much. A late prominent physician Of
Paris estimated that three thousand
children had died in that city, during
the thirty years of his practice there,
from short sleeves, short pants, and
other kindred imprudence in the dress
ing of children. And / am really con-
vinced that as large portion is sacri-
feed, in towns at least, in this country,
from the same cause-all for a wicked
fashion. And from careful observation
in this country and abroad, am conf
dent that at least as many more are
carried off by improper food and irregu
larity in taking it, togetherwith poison
GUS candies, and other unwholesom
and indigestible trash, that no child o
other person should eat.-Dr. Edui
r. ManSon, in the Sanitaridn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-21
Chilled and cramped with the long

Chilled and cramped with the long
sitting after the nights journey, 1 was
not sorry to find the sitting-room bright
with lamp and freight, the kettle sing
ing on the hob, breakfast as comfortably
laid out for two as If the hour had been
8 instead of 6, and Mrs. Merton as
neat and fresh and trim as ii that mid
night tragedy had been all dream. Let
cavilists sneer as they may, there is
nothing for O man like wife, if she be
good one. 1 myself may have had
nv doubts on the subject-wives are but
women after all, and must therefore De
trying at times, even the best of them.
But 1 certainly had no doubts what
ever as 1 stretched out my feet to the
blaze, and resigned myself cheerfully to
being petted and waited on.
"Well?" questioned Mrs. Merton, when
my creature comforts had all b en- at
tended to, and not before. L told her
how matters stood; she was delighted.
"And so they are fond of each other,
after all? end his being unkind to her
and her poor little baby was only de-
| lusion. How dreadful i-,1ow delight.
| full, mean Poor fellow $50 young
and handsome and nicel I felt so sorry
for him."
"He must have travelled down in the
same train rs she did"
"Oh, no; he told me all about it. He
had been summoned up to town on bust
ness, and left home yesterday morning.
In the evening the nurse left her, as she
imagined, asleep, to fetch something
from the kitchen"
"Have a gossip there. you mean"
"John, solemnly, you don't like
nurses; you know you don't"
"My dear, ] am a married man, and,
moreover, an NJ. D. A we'll balanced
mind must hate somebody or some class
of bodies, and, as rule, medical men
hate nurses"
Nonsense, John! Well, Mrs. Ire
mayne got away from the nurse, went
downstairs, and being traced to the
station, where she had taken ticket tc
London, Captain Tremayne was tele
graphed to, and was stopped as he got
into the train on his way home. Some
one must have seen you leave the
station"
GAS he came to look for her here
somebody must have brought him; two
came to the door,"
cit will be all right now that he ba.
found her and is fond of her; she vii
get quite we'll, and he will only have tC
comfort her for the loss of her poor lit
tie baby"
| I wipe my pen, blot the MSS. ant
rise. My story is done, and as it is tn,
first it will probably be the last o
which l shall be guilty.
Mrs. Merton looks up from the glov,
she is mending. Che story done
Why, all you have written is only th'
beginning of the end. You could no
surely have the heart to break off il
that unsatisfactory. manner. Not q wore
about Captain Tremayne's gratitude, o
the hamper they sent US at Christmas
or the birth of their little son last year
and the pretty way in which she coaxec
you to be godfather, though her uncle
the duke, was only waiting to be asked
or how she insisted upon our bringing
baby and Johnny and Freddy, and hoy
baby"
But I sized my hat and gloves. Mar
is, as l have said, the best of wives,
just little trying at times, and he
baby the most wonderful of all create,
babies-but 1 have an appointment a
twelve !-IImSley'S Angazime.