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National Republican., 1883-06-09
DECoNsTRUCTIoN OF THE SOUTH WING
1C OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT
OFFICE
DrPARrMrNT OF THE INTERIOR,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFHICE or THE SECRETARY,
WAsIIINuToS, ID. C., May ~, 1883.
Sealed proposals Will be received at tins office until
l2 IN. on the llTH DAY OF JUNE. 1883, for furnish
Ing delivering lifting and putting in place complete
certain wrought and cast Iron work, comprising sec
ion Of floor, galleries roofs and skyghis over the
south wing of the above building, In accordance with
drawings, specifications, and schedules, which may
be seen at the oce OF Cluss d Schulze architects.
notheRst corner Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth
street northwest.
Blank forms of proposals and guarantee bonds and
any additional Information may be obtained Ut the
architects Office.
The right 70 reject any or all bids or TO waive de-
fecs, II II be deemed In the interest OF the Govern
ment 10 do so, Ia reserved.
II. NJ. TELLER,
Secretary OF the Interior.
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Proposals.
DRoPosALs FOR CARPET AND CARPET
Il LINING.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

TREABUHY DEPARTMENT,
OFFtCE or THE SECRETARY,
WAsH1NoToN, d. e., June s, 1883
Sealed proposals Will be received at the United
states treasury Department until l o'clock y. m.
SATURDAY, June 20, 1888, for supplying 5000
yards, more or less of the best full FIVE frame body
Brussels carpet and 900 yards more or less Of the
best American carpet lining for United States Public
Buildings 10 be delivered at the Treasury Depart
ment, Washington, d. G., in such quantities and at
such times as may be required.
NO bids Will be considered unless made by man
uacturer or regular dealer in carpet and accompa-
MED by deposit OF 81 0OO Uni Q States money. or n
certihed check for that amount as n guarantee of
good faith, Deposit of successful bidder will be
tained until contract Is entered into and boud given
with not less Than two suretes in the penal of
f0VW, conditioned that terms of contract shall be
faithfully executed.
Bids must state the price per yard and must be ac-
coupRnled by snnplo of one and One-half yards OF
carpet with makers name marked thereon, and one
yard OF carpet lining specimens of the quality OF
the goods to he furnished.
The Department the right TO reject any or
all bids aud to waive defects
Bids should be addressed to the Secretary OF the
Treasury, and Endorsed Proposals for Carpet and
Carpet Lining"
CHAs. ]. FoLGER,
jc0s3t Secretary.
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THE $500 TON CRUISER

The dimensions OF the $500 ton cruiser Will be:
length between perpendiculars. 3l5 feeti extreme
breadth, a feet inchcs depth of hold from top of
spar deck beams 20 nnor bottom ~ feet and Inches;
mean draugh 10 feet. The e is to be constructed
NTH double bottom OFF, inche in depth, extending
through the entire space occupied by the machinery,
boilers and transverse coal bukcrs which also
VIII be lifted defective steel deck IL inches thick,
water line
The machinery will be two complete sets Of COM
pound beam engines for twin screws each engine
with one high aud one low pressure cylinder of 45
and ~ Inches diameter with piston strokes OF 50 and
81 Inches respectively. Each set will have one
denser with condensng surface OF not less than 4OQ
square feet, and one Independent combined air and
net diameter and 10 feet long, each capable OF sus-
tanng working pressure of 100 pounds, with an ag-
gregae crate surce of not less than S02 square feet
and heating surface OF not less than 1000 square
feet, all lifted for forced combustion. with four blow
ers OF sufficient capacity therefor and for ventlang
the ship There VIII also be required the necessary
steam pumps for fire and other purposes and two
screw propelers, each 10 feet inches In diameter
with ~ feet inches mitch.
National Republican., 1883-06-09
CANAL MATTERS.

Fifteen boats, mostly coal laden, arrived by
canal yesterday, and the following left on
their return trip: NJ. Kersey, G.. II. Dunlop,
II. IL. Jones, West Virginia, w. j Bothe J. j.
NJ. Burgess, Jeannctta, NJ. Snow, q. NJ. Ryan,
Salina, Herald, Cumberland, Lizzie X, Plough
Boy, Sallic and Jennie J. II. Platte, High
lander, Mabel, Clifton Knode B. Williams,
c. w. Ridley, Burke Spelicher, William King,
r. IL. Holbrook, Pilot Boy, and American
Flag.
Condition of the Potomac river water,
Friday, June 81 At Great Falls 2; at re-
ceiving reservoir, north connection, Z; south
connection, 10; at distributing reservoir, 36.
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The Daily Neurology.

Deaths reported June s.: Mansfield Jeffer-
son, phthiss; Michael Reuter-, typhoid fever /;
James Matthews, commissions; Minnie May
hew, George Bell phthisis pulmonais
Blanch H. /. Harris, Hannah Lane, cholera
infantum Spencer Conaway, Michael Doyle,
sunstroke; Mary Reynolds typhoid fever /;
infant of Julia Nash, cOngenital debility; in
fant of Frances Taylor, inanition.
National Republican., 1883-06-09
DRoPOsALS FOR FIRE PROOF MODEL.
l. CASES FOR THE RECoNSTRUCTIoN OF
TIE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
BUILDING, WASHINGTON, ID. O.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,

WAsuINGToS, ID. O.. May ~, 1851
Sealed proposals will be received at this office until
IL IN. on tho 18TH DAY OF JUNE, 1883, for building
IN complete state delivering erecting aud fitting in
place complete forly-sX Tor less number) wrought
iron model for the furnishing of the galleries of
the reconstructed Model Halls Of the United states
Patent Oilice Building according TO specifications
and drawings, which are open for inspection at the
uchtcCt's office (Cluss d Schuze CorcOran Building,
Room 24) where blank forms of proposals, bonds,
aud any additional Information may be obtained.
Proposals arc TO he made In the prescribed form,
indoTsed Proposals for Model Cases. and addressed
10 the Secrtt Ty ofthe Interior.
The Department ltself the right TO reject
any or all bids.
II. NJ TELLER.
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sary during the argument on the prayers,
they were excused until Tuesday, and the
court adjourned until Monday
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LOCAL MENTION.

THE highest cash prices paid for dresses and
address Herzog, No 30S Ninth street, near Penn =
sylyania ayenue.
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INTERNAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT, WASH,

INGToN, D. C.-Mr. stephen a. Alpin,
Washington, ID. Q. says "a member OF
my family having been troubled for
several years with Kidney Disease,
and, after trying numerous remedies and
methods of treatment without obtaining re-
lief she was induced to use your Hunts
Remedy, and aftor thourough trial she has
become completely cured, Knowing tho
facts in this case, cheertully recommend its
use to any one afflicted with diseases of
above nature"
National Republican., 1883-06-09
Summer a,surts.

Il EIGHTON HOTEL
NEWMAN SPRINGS,
Ten minutes from Long Branch, n. j.. Open June tS.
Beauumlly situated on the banks Of the Shrewsbury
River; splendid lawns shady walks and rambeA;
everything TO add attTactiveness ana heathiulness 10
the place; circulars OF Information To be had at the
Address j. NJ KEELER, Proprietor,
Red Bank, New Jersey,
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Tho AccnmnIntIon

Of odd pants thrown on our bargain counter.
You can buy them at half price. Eiseman
Bros, clothiors and tailors, corner Seventh
and II.
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nAIdernev DAIRY Nynponn.r n

Fresh Alderney butter churned every morning,
and delivered in a lb."Ward' prints at 40c. perlb
Also cottage cheese 5c per ball; buttermtlk, DC.
Per quart, and sweet milk, &c. per quart
National Republican., 1883-06-09
Shining NeNys.

No arrivals at Georgetown. Sailed: Schoon-
ers Elliott b. Church, Conary, for Fall River;
Lemuel Hall, Trip, for Boston B. w. Hill,
Higgins, for Boston; Alfred BraybroOk,
Briggs, for Providence.
National Republican., 1883-06-09

PAINS in the Stomach and Bowels are in
stantly cured by DR.. Worthington's Cholera
and Diarrhoea Medicine. Price 25 cents.
National Republican., 1883-06-09
NEW STEAM CRUISERS
IN FOR TIE
UNITED STATES NAVY

Sealed proposals hereby invited until noon Of
MONDA Y, JUL ., 1885, for the construction, by con-
tracts with the Navy Department, ofOne steam cruiser
oil about 1870 tons displacement, two steam cruisers
each OF about 5000 tons dlsplpccm ent and one dis
patch boat ofabout 100 tons al placement authorized
Proposals will he received either from American
shipbuilders whose shipyards are fully equipped for
building or repairing Iron and steel steamships,
from constructors OF marine engines, machlnery, and
boilers. satisfactory evidence that the bidders are
such builders or constructors must accompany the
proposals or be submitted to the Department In ad-
vance.
These vessels to be built in accordance with all
the requirements OF the acts of Congress- of August s,
1852, and OF March 2. 1854 They all to he con-
structcd STEEL Of domestic manufacture having, as
near as may bo acccr ling 70 the tests TO be provided
for In the contracts), tensile strength of not less
than 10000 pounds to the square inch and duclity
In eight Inches OF not less than 25 per cent.
National Republican., 1883-06-09

DEDFoRD MINERAL SPRINGS
I'D OPENS ON THE 10TH OF JUNE
Jason Stockbrldge, of the Old Fountain and Guys
Hotel, Baltimore, manager
Rnund-trip tickets 20 be had at railroad offices and
baggage checked through.
Rooms may now bo engaged by letter to
ANDERSON HEIRS,
Bedford springs, Pa
Pamphlets and Bedford water at our general
agents, @. b. SHAFER, 1910 Istreet
National Republican., 1883-06-09
An Accumulation

of odd pants which we will sell at half price
Eiseman Bros, clothiers and tailors, corner
Seventh and T..
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Won Con Select Tbc,u

youself at half price. Those odd pants on
our bargain counter Eiseman Bros, cloth
iers and tailors corner Seventh and ID.
National Republican., 1883-06-09
Suction Sales.
BY DuncansOn Brothers,
AUCTIoNEERS.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LOTS
SQUARE S5I

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LOTS IN
SQUARE o5i,
BY virtue of "a decree of the Supreme Court OF the
District OF Columbn passed April 10 1883, In the snit
of John IL. ketcham ct nj. vs. The President and D
rectors of Georgetown College ct AL No. 1887. Equity
Docket No. u, and under aud by virtue of deed Of
trust duly recorded In LiOer No BS, folio of the
Land Records oft District of Columbia the under
signed trustees will offer for sale In separate lots
parcels, In front Of the premises, on WEDNESDAY,
THE GTH DAY OF JUNE, 1888, at 5 o'clock p. M.
the following described real estate IN the city of
Washington TO wit; Lots Nos 81 3, 49, ~. u, 75 81
S. 50 ~, and ~ of Moses kelleys subdivision of
square No - as The same ARE bounded and described
In said subdivision recorded In Liber j, II, X,
folio 3, in the surveyors Office of the District Of
Columbia.
Terms of sale; one.thrd of tile purchase money
payable In cash. and the balance In two equal Install
ments pay able, respectively one and two years nom
and ner the day of SALE with interest at per cent
for which the notes OF the purchaser, secured by u
deposit oil 81 will be required, each lot iS bid OIL
III cOnNeyanCing nt purchasers cost. If the terms
OF sale be not complied with within ten days from
day of salo the trustee, the right resell tho
property ~ the risk and OF thedcfultlng pur-
chaser. HENRY d. g 'OkE, JR.,
li3A street northwest,
ClIAS. A. ELLIOTT,
4OS Finn street northwest,
Trustees,
DuNcASsoN BROTHERS. Auctioneers.
go THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UN-
TIL TuESDAI 18th DAY OF JUNE, A. ID, 1883,
HENRY u. COOKE, JR.,
li9N street northwest,
CHAS, A, ELLIOTT,
4OS Fifh street northwest,
. TrustecS
National Republican., 1883-06-09

New bern. N. C.-Rev. G. w. Ofley says
az have taken Browns Iron Bitters and con-
slider it one of the best medicines known"
National Republican., 1883-06-09

nEER PARK
- ON THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS.
5000 FEET ABOVE THE SEA,
Under the management OF w. j. WALKER, Iate Of
the Gilsey House, New York
The liberal and determined efforts of the b. q O.
II. r. Co. to make this welknown aud popular hotel
the equal Of any summer resort In the United States
IN point OF size, as well us grandeur, only be real
izeCfwhen seen
The capacity of DEER PARK for the season OF
1883 Is greater than that of any previous season. and
no expense has been considered where this already
lovely place could be made more attractive and
Portable.
SEASON OPENS JUNE 2a
No mosquitoes, malaria; finest place for children
In the country. sure relief and cure for hay fever
An No. Laundry connected with the hotel; also
a first class Livery.
Rates-I3 per day; SIS to sls per week sso s75, to
S9O per month.
All trains on the b. & o. stop at Deer Park Round
trip excursion tickets from all points sale from
June good TO October 3D. Write for the neatest and
most artistic summer book OF the year-"on Noun
tain Top"
Special low rates made by the b. q o. for transport
ing horses and carriages 10 Deer Park and return in
cars specially adapted for the purpose
Address all communications up to June 20 tn W. j.
WALKER, Queen City Hotel, Cumberland. Nd;
after that date, DEER PARK, Garrett County, Md.
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@noertakrrs.
COLUMNS FOR NEW PENSION BUILDING.

COLUMNS FOR NEW PENSION BUILDING.
OFFIcE OF
SUPERVISING ENGINEER AND ARoHIrEcr,
1915 STREET NORTHWEST,
WAsHINGTON, u. O., June A. 1888,
Sealed proposals lin dupllcAtel Will be received NJ
this ofo0 until noon JULY 0, 1883 for furnishing
seyenty'two cast-ron or hre.prooied terra Gotta
coumns ior the second tier Of galleries of the New
Pension Building In this city.
Drawings and Specifications can be obtained at this
office. -
Supervising Engineer and Architect
National Republican., 1883-06-09
SALE "a OF OLD MATERI AL.

OFFICE OF BuILDING FOR STATE,
WAN ASD NAVY DEPARTMENTs,
WASiiINGrON, u. G., June 3, 1854
Scrap Iron, scrap Copper and Brass, Plaster OF
Paris, and other old material, Will be sold at public
auction on the premises OF the above building, on
FRIDAY June 18Th, lSs3 At o'clock y. m a..
The material can be seen and schedules obtained
by applying 10 this office.
THOS LINCOLN CASEY,
Lieutenant Colonel Corps of EnginperB.
DuncansOn Bros, AuctUneers,
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sprtinI nniit,s.

e1y~ CoRcoRAN GALLERY OF ART.
In consequence OF the obscques Of John Howard
Payne the building will be closed to the public TO- day
- 80 = - WM. MACLEOD. Curator.
e5Ts UNtvERsA LIST CHURCH. TH1R-
kSS tcenth and streets, Rev. Alex. Kent, pastor.
Services, appropriate chlldrens sunday, to,mor.
y. m.
aCSSys FRED'K sPRINGSfANN, c. Il SPRING
Maryland ayenhc southwest are prepared TO- 10 DO ali ali
kinds Of local express business delivering 10 and from
ling furniture aud heavy machinery our speciality
es Eros RdrSeees Se 9gr beod s Snb
aud p northwcsti HAYWARD q Hutchinson, Ninth,
Nat Tel Cos Nat Rep Pub. Co. 4. Tourney.
n-S,ye DIR. HARrLEBEN. SUCCESSOR no DIR
49, 49, Carman iol0 Eonrleenlh street northwest
eighteen years experience. ny5if
n~Ssas NEW YORK PHOTO COMPANY (DA IS
kSS branch), 72a seventh street northwest-COn.
per dozen cabnets $50 Per Hsif dozen; Cards. Il
per dozen Proofs shown and satisfaction glarantced
f~g@ PosToFFtCE NOTICE
Foreign mails for the week ending June 0, will
sATURDAY.-Atla a. M. for the West Indies, via st.
Thomas, and for Brazil direct, per steamship Ad.
per steamship Ciiy OF Rome, via 0ueenstown dot.
ters tor Germany And scotland must be be directed
rect, per steamship Belgenland via Antwerp at
SS Via asso% az a. M FOR ESTope PER s,ea%
ship Rhein, via Southampton and Bremen: at i,s0
toga via Havana
Mails Tor China and Japan. per steamship City of
Picking (via San FrRncsco) close here June ~ at z
p. M Malls for Australia, New Zealand, Sandwich
and FlII islands per steamship Zealandia
+The schedule of closing of Trans. Pacific mails is
arranged on the presumption Of their uninterrupted
overland transit TO san Francisco. Mails from the
east arriving time at San Francisco the day OF
sailing Of steamers are dispatched thence the same
day. - - -
poytnuster.
National Republican., 1883-06-09

A>1TD KNIGHTS ASTHMA CURE IRON,
~ Hop, Hostetters and all the Btters and
Tonics at COUGHLIN'S
Fnnd Ninth streets northwest
a<Ys INSURE YOUR PROPERTY IN THE
eSS BEST COMPANIES AND IN CASE OF
Loss YOU ARE PROMPTLY PAID
National Republican., 1883-06-09

h15RD CLEANSE YOUR BLOOD; HOODS,
kSS Ayers, and other sarsaparillas. and all the
cUuGHLlN's DRUG STORE
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A Break i'm the Leyee.

NEW ORLEANS, La, April7.
A violent thunderstorm, accompanied by a
gale of wind and tremendous rain and hail,
ragged from an early hour this morning till
late in the afternoon with heavy showers and
gusts of wind, continuing far into the night.
During the storm this morning u break 90
CURED in the levee just below the Texas and
Pacific depot, at Gouldsboro, nearly opposite
the head Of Louisiana avenue. The break is
$50 feet wide and seven feet deep. The wind
during the storm drove the water over the
levees opposite the city in many places.
The rain was the heaviest since 1877. Five
and sixty-three one-hundrcdths inches fell in
three and half hours. The town of Goulds-
boro was flooded three TO six feet. The track
of the Algiers 4 Gouldsboro Dummy line is
washed out. Water ran over the levee along
the Algiers front from Harveys Canal to a
point opposite the head of Canal street, flood
ing large portion of Algiers and doing much
damage Street railroads are still running.
The Government gauge at the head of Canal
street shows the river is even with the great
flood of 1874, being five inches higher than last
year. Most of the wharves proper-that Is,
the planking In front of the levee-are COW
cred with water, and the steamers in many
cases have to land freight a few feet further
out than usual. The water, at several points
along the city front, passes over the levees
into the cutters. Several small breaks in the
levee are closed. Little or no damage has been
done. A large force is at work on tho
Gouldsboro crevasse. Officials of the Texas
Pacific and Morgan Railroad Company hope
20 have the break closed by tomorrow night
Waver from the crevasse is so far. doing COM
paratively little damage. If the break should
not be closed the loss 20 railroad and property
owners will be great.
The rainfall from q. m. TO 10 p. m waA
s 6-l00 inchas- 1t Is still raining.
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An 0minOus Wedding.

What women who are apt to be SUI
perstitious in what concerns their affec-
tons, would call an ominous wedding,
occurred here the other day. Elaborate
preparations were made for it; the spa
cious drawing room was gaily decora-
ted, and flowers, laces and diamonds
were superabundant. Several hundred
persons were invited, and when they
had assembled the bride was absent.
Rumors arose that she had, at the last
moment, withdrawn from the contract,
and the expectation of dramatic
denouement lent new interest to
the scene. But the rumors proved base
less. The bride was missing because
she had been taken seriously ill while
dressing, and her determination to COM
plete her toilet resulted in dead swoon.
A physician was Immediately sum-
moned, and he declared that if she per-
ished in descending to the dressing room
he would not answer for the conse-
quences. The upshot was that the GER
emory was performed, in the pres
ence Of her parents, brothers and sis
tiers, her remoter relatives, her friends
and all the guests remaining be-
low. The clergyman who was to tie
the nuptial knot was prevented froTl
doing so by violent attack of rheuma-
tism, and another had to be summoned.
Afterward the bridegroom went down
stairs, and for several hours received
expressions of coincidence instead of
congratulations. His position, under
the circumstances, must have been try
ing, for it was the reverse of what he
had anticipated.
1t was more like funeral than
wedding, which have heard only phi
losophers pronounce the more mournful
of the two. The couple are reported to
be deeply and mutually in love; so they
may defy augury.-M Y. Cor. Spring
field (MaSS.) Republican.
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The sherman Fire Department Dispatched
to the Scene.

SHERMAN, April
Mayor Levy, of Sherman, received tee-
gram about O'Clock this morning asking for
help, and the Sherman Fire Department was
promptly dispatched to the scene of the dis
aster, and arrived in time to be of good SER
vice. At noon to-day the fire was extin-
guished, and the work of recovering the vic
Tins began at once. One entire block was
burned. Loss estimated at about $4,000 The
building was erected within the past year, and
has been for some time considered unsafe,
the walls being very light.
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MILAN.
THE Mayor AND THE GoAE.


TIE MAYOR AND THE GOAT.
An Incident of the Term of Andy j. Bry-
ant, eX-Mayor of San Francisco.1
His Honor sat in busy state
When soft the sanctum door
Opened timid inch, and there
beneath the knob he saw
A little midgets dirty face
That tears had veined DER.
Please, sir, come about my goat;
. 4, Ihey We got him in the pound"
Get out, you little rascal, your
The City said, and frOwned.
A big tear from the tiny nose
Fell piteous on the ground.
An hour licked by; the civic gaze,
Drawn by pigmy sigh,
Saw still, the pond rous door behind,
That small but steadfast eye
strained like the shipwrecked sailors TO
Some distant hope descry.
90" Please sir, he's such iittIe goat,
He slipped our palings through.
He never butts the boys and girls;
Deed, sir, he never do"
And then with sudden vile he said,
"Hls name is Andy too"
Now Bryant plays n double part;
or all known Mayors, It's said,
He carries round the softest heart,
Beneath the hardest head
He paused-then seized his pen, and soon
The goats reprieve was read.
q" Did you put Andy in? Because
As by the pound came
saw they had heap err goats;
And put: This goat is lame"
The Mayors eye twinkled; solemnly
He wrote the prisoners name.
A wild whoop in the corridor
Gave every ear a twinge,
But in moment once again
<SThe door creaked on its hinge;
brown, reluctant paw was seen,
sleeve with ragged fringe.
Here, sir-take this-'fur keeps" he said,
Half smiling, half forlorn-
huge glass "alley' dropped and rolled
The city's carpet on.
The door shut with hasty snap
The giver brave was gone.
derrick Dodd," In Detroit Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-04-14

Bishop Keener, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, gave express
sion, at the meeting of the Baltimore
Conference at Charleston, w. Va, to
the fear that the clergy of his denomi-
ination are leaning too much to book
ishness, and that wealth is exerting
ruinous influence upon the church.
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the fire, he sat down in the big rock
ing-chair to wait for his mother, who
had not yet come. The wind was blow
ing like hurricane, and it made him
restless and uneasy. He was not afraid,
for he was very plucky little fellow,
but as he listened to the wind bowling
through the tree-tops and moaning
around the house, and heard the win
dows rattle, he thought of his mother,
who must be somewhere out in that
terrible storm, and he was uneasy about
her. Still, he had no fear for her
safety, as he knew that she. was used to
getting over troubles, and so at last he
went to bed and to sleep.