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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04
Are There amy such Fathers now!

In Chicago, not long ago, two of
her we'll known and respected bust
ness men saf'one evening chatting
in front of one of the many beauti-
full hotels in shat famous city. Sud
denly one of them, after looking at
his watch, remarked: II am ex-
pecting my father in on the six
o'clock train tonight from the
East, and have just half an hour
to step around to the depot"
WELL" said the other gentle
men, with evident feeling, 81 wish
| had a father L would care to meet
at the depot; what pleasure it
would be for NE! The name of
father to nae brings no recollections
of happy home, no anticipation
of hearty greeting, no smiles, no
gentle words of affection. On the
contrary, it suggests the frm-set
visage of middle-aged man whose
face seldom smiled, especially at
home; whose words were most
generally commands, and those
most peremptory. | see family
of children, boys and girls, who
shrink FROM meeting their father S
gaze; who glide about noiselessly
IN his presence for fear of calling
forth stern rebuke-glad to escape
his presence unnoticed. | see the
face of a woman whose every Inca
ment betokens refn ement, whose
gaze in meditation WAS upward, her
face shining with holy brightness
as though heaven iteelf was reflect
ed therein. 4 hear a gentle voice,
It is pleading in tone--it is plead
Ing for me against the wrath OF an
angry father l see that face in its
last sleep-dcsth itselffhaving fail
Led to rob it Of that eTer-peaceful
smile not born of earth. | ran
away, when a boy, from such a
home as that, and have never re-
RUINED. | found n the se-called un-
sympathetic world moreh iendship,
more peace. than could lie had at
'heme. have never seenNy father
slRce, nor do I care to ever see him:
90 meet your father! [ never had
"a fatherP
But this was not all. Thegentle-
man to whom these words were
addressed afterwards told the writer
they burned to his very hearts
core, for the reason that with but
few exceptions the words of his
friend described his own case pre-
clsely. That he too ran away from
home in his youth on account of an
unhappy home, caused by an an
feeling, Hnloving father, and while
time had in a measure healed the
wounds of his boyish heart, memo
ry never entirely forgot the unhap,.
piness caused through the want OF
fatherly consideration and love.
He did not spoil his friends imagl-
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04

FLANNELs.-Flannels that have
become yellow, from being badly
washed, may be nicely whitened
by soaking them two or three hours
in a lather made of.one-quarter of
pound of soft soap, two table,
spoonfuls of powdered borax, and
two tablespoonfuls of carbonate of
ammonia, dissolved in five or six.
gallons of water.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04
Parkersbtrg W. C. T. U.

President-MRs. e GORGE LOOMS.
Wee Presidents-
Mrs. S, T. Stapleton, Mrs. j. H. Spence,
Miss Annie Tayler, Mrs. ". b. Caswell,
Mrs. l.. n. Logan Mrs. r. L. Kendall.
Mrs. Ralph CoveTt, Mrs. Josephine Robb
Recording Secr&ary-Mrs. O. G. Scofield.
Corresponding Secretary-M-s. c. d. Mer.
rick.
Tredstrer-Mrsj r. A. Jones.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04

John H. Bryant, brother of the
poet, recently celebrated his golden
wedding at his home in Princeton,
Illinois. Congratulatory letters.
were received from John G. Whit
tier, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and
Rev. Robert Collyer.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04
West Vsrqss,ia W. c. T. u.

President MISS T.. TAYLOR, Wheeling, w
Va.
Corresponding Ses-etary-Mrs. ]. B. Thomp.
son, Grafton.
Recording Secreexry-Mrs. S. S. Hooten
Grafton.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04
Petersburg Young Ladies' c. 7. T.

PdrkerS6urg e0t9ag LGdses Z. L. u
President-MIss CARRIE SCoFIELD.
Vice Presidents
Miss Bette Deval, Miss Eva V. Johnson.
Miss Annie Ebert, Miss Lulu Gilbert.
,Sitperintende,,t-AMrs. H. X. Jones,
Secretd,y-MisLFlora Cooper.
Iredsurer-Miss Maud Kendall.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04

Christ comes with blessing IN
each hand, forgiveness ia ONE and
holiness in the other, and never
gives either to any who will not
fake both.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04

Ask your neighbor to take the
FREEMAN-the STATE TEN
PERANCE NEWSPAPER of West.
Virginia.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04

.Euery Christian Family IN Yet
Virginia ought 10 reGd the fREE-
MAN. q" u okEEN'
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04

president-MIss FRAECEs E. WILLARD, of
illinois; with Miss ANNA GORDON, Private
secretary.
corresponding Secretssy-Mrs. c. B. Buell., IS
bible House, N. Y.
Recording Secretart-Mrs. Mary A. Wood
bridge, Ravenna, o.
Assistant Recording .Secretd,y-Mrs. l.. NJ. n
stevens, Stroudwatsr, Me.
7reasurer-Mrs. Esther Pugh, 1857 Walnut
street, CincinnatisO.
Southern Secretars--Mrs. g. L. Mcleod, 2S7
Mosher street, Baltimore, Md.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04
WESTVIRGINIA FREEMAN.
THE HOME felix's.

u1.R1TY HoLLENlBAc&, Housekeeper
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-04
w. C. I. e.
1.EoR GOD AND HeME AND NATIVE
LANE"
dnce Union.

National Woman's Christian Temper.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-12
GLE na''u 'B"lIttip
THURSDAY, APRIL II, 1888.

chocolate and cocoa nibs for the
whole island only amounting to
$50 per annum; IN five yeare the
value of the export has risen to
fll,000. And coffee, maize, peas,
and beans, the growth of which had
almost entirely ceased, were largely
cultivated. The utility of the
mungoosc was not confined to the
destruction of rats, as it destroyed
vast numbers of snakes, toads, and
land crabs. Since the advantage of
the mungoosc in Jamaica has been
proved, it has been introduced into
several of the other islands, as Cuba,
Barbados, Porto Rico. Several
subsequent importations have been
made into Jamaica, but the arrivals
sent from England have not done as
well as those imported direct from
India.
The only objections made to the
mungoesc is that it has interfered
with the ground-nesting birds; thus
the numbers of the quail have been
observed to be diminished. Do
nestle poultry have not suffered
seriously, Or, perhaps, not as much
as they previously did from the rats
and snakes. In those parts of
India where they are found they
are not regarded as being specially
obnoxious to tame animals. A
singular result has followed their
acclimatization in Jamaica; they
have effected an alteration i'll the
habit of the rats that have taken to
tree climbing, making their nests
in the hollows Of the trees where
the mungoose cannot follow them.
The success which has attended the
acclimatization of these animals in
the Wesl Indies many possibly lead
to trial Of their services in
Australia as destroyers Of the rabbit.
London Field.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-12

There is nothing like strong COM
mon sense. An Irish soldier went to
his station with the order to report
anything remarkable that had hap
pened during the night. A drunken
fellow fell off the wall and broke his
neck, and no report was made. When
questioned about it, Pat replied:
"Faith, and obeyed orders. If the
man had fallen off the wall and not
broken his neck l should certainly
have reported it,"
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-12
MUSIC! MUSIC!

We made such
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-02-01
Ancient English Oaks.

Among the ancient oaks of England
few are more in eresting than the gil
gantic ruin now standing in an arabs
field on the banks Of the Severn, near
Shrewsbury. It is the sole remaining
tree of those vast forests which gave
Shrewsbury its Saxon name of Schobbes-
burgh. The Saxons seized this part of
the country A. ID. 81, when they burnt
the Roman city of Uriconium, where
Wroxeter now stands, four miles from
the village of Cressage: and underneath
this now decrepit dotard it is said that
the earliest Christian missionaries of
those times-and possibly St. Chad him.
self-preached to the heather before
churches had been built. The Cressage
Oak-caled by the Saxons Criste- ache
(Christ's Cak)--is probably not less
than fourteen centuries old. The cir
conference of the trunk was about
thirty feet, measured fairly at u height
of five feet from the ground; but only
about one half of the shell of the hollow
trunk now remains 1t still bears fiji
teen living branches, each fifteen or six
teen feet in length. A young oak grows
from the center of the hollow.
The noted oaks of England, thanks to
to the universal veneration for timber,
and to a stirring and heightened histo-
ry,s are innumerable. Windsor Forest
is particularly ri h in historic oaks, and
Sherwood Forest, though disaflorested,
still contains some memorial timber,
like Needwood, once a crown forest,
now a fine estate of we'll farmed land.
Dryden's @f a tra-'
"Three centuries he grows and three he stays,
Supreme in state, and in three more decays"
is poetical statement, and some OF the
dates on trees cut down in Sherwood
Forest, and marked 600 years before, in
the time of King John, prove that it is
an under estimate. The great Win
farthing Oak, in Norfolk, was called the
..Old Oak" in the time of the Conquer
or. and has been supposed to have at
tanned the age of 1900 years. The
King Oak in Windsor Forest is upward
of l ZOO years old. Gardeners Chron-
icle . 81
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-02-01

At the Alexandria Palace, in Lon
don. an American gentleman looked at
some stereoscopic views of this coun-
try, and was somewhat surprised to
find one labeled ''View of New York
CITY from the Illinois shore. Chicago
inter Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-02-01

A newly-arrived cook, engaged in
a Philadelphia family, opened a water
melon the other day for the first time
in her life. Two minutes afterwards
she was seen vigorously busting the in
side with roach poison. II Philadelphia
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-02-01
TOO LATE.

M iale. t0' late! The work is done,
IT., Inc deadly mischief wrought:
Inc evil vast that was begun
IN one unuindered thought.
one cruel word no gracious speech
Hereafter can recall;
'rS smart beyond all human reach
Enough lodged in sight OF all.
M Ti2lnents thought that thought to still
10 huSh that cruel word
Ana not single breath of i'll
Inc quiet air had stirred.
oGod OF Love! Could we but learn
my mercy for one day
Inc IA or hate would backward turn,
ana peace on earth find sway
AA"'''et H. Atmbal, in otttlfs Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-02-01
RetributiOn.

The very highest authority assures us
that whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he also reap''-and the Republican
party is just now in a condition to APP
preciate the eternal applicability and
fitness OF this inc vorable truth. Its
crushing defeat in New York is attrib-
uted to Federal interference and dicta-
ton" The Administration, we are
told, neglec ed its own proper business
and went out of the domain OF National
duties to manage the local politics of
State. 1t imposed on the people OF New
York candidates not of their own choice,
in spite of their vehement protests, and
there was nothing lett for the party but
to resent this dictation by defeating the
Administrator ticket.
This is not the true explanation of the
New York defeat; sufficient proof that
it is not is that it leaves the similar de-
feats in eight other States unaccounted
for. Still. as the Republicans them.
selves affect to find in Federal interior
trophe, let us admit it. But did not the
Administration come honestly by it's
habit of interference Is it not an es-
sential and inseparable part of Repub-
licanism? Historians tell us that the
Roman pro-consuls and generals learn
ed and practiced in the prov noes, with
the hearty approval of the senate, the
lawiess tactics which they afterwards
brought to the, capital and employed
with such effectiveness against the sem
ate and its pairician supporters. Do
not Republicans recognize the fitness
of the retribution, and the signal ex-
hibitiOn of the law of it in their own
case? Federal interference and dicta-
ton in State affairs is no new thing. It
was practiced in the Southern States
with brutal disregard of the wishes of
the people all through the Grant Adj
min;stration. And it did not limit it
self to nominating tickets; it elected
them, and installed them by force. 1t
made and unmade Legislatures, Gov
errors and Governments-all with the
shouting approval of the whole Repub-
lican press and party OF the North. 1t
is not strange that a practice so well
learned. SO heartily Endorsed and so eff
fectively used in one section OF the
Union, should invade the other sections
for what party sows that will it reap.
The harvest of disasters gathered by the
Republicans in New York was, them
selves being witnesses. the product of
the seed sowed in the South from 1869
to 1876. 1t was the Grant Republican
that set the example of
Federal interference and dictation
which the Arthur Republican Admin
initiated. The dictation in
New York was the legitimate progeny
of dictation in Georgia and Louisiana
the only difference being that the
authors in one case are the victims in
the other.-Ercha,sqe
Two Brooklyn engineers got to ar
guing about the force of steam and car
ried it so far that one had his nose
broken and the other was stabbed in
the side. They might better have wait
ed for boiler explosion. -Brooklyn
Eagle.
Desiring money to complete spree
already begun, matchmaker in SPRING
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-02-01

B. d. Godfrey, of Newtonville,
Mass, signalized the New Year by pur-
chasing and sending to a list of twelve
gentlemen as many handsome pocket
the nook and with each he has .ent an
explanatory letter and approximate
of recipients of these fayors is as fol-
lows: General B. F. Butler. Jay Gould,
w. II. Vanderbilt. Senator Hoar, H. B.
Clatiin, Governo Long, Mayor Palmer.
Lieutenant Governor Oliver Ames, John
NJ. Forbes, George w. johnson and
Aaron Claflin. -Boston Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-02-01

Desiring money to complete spree
already begun, matchmaker in Spring
field. Mass. pawned all the watches he
had in hand to repair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-02-01

Two Brooklyn engineers got to ar
guing about the force of steam and car
ried it so far that one had his nose
broken and the other was stabbed in
the side. They might better have wait
ed for a boiler explosion. Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-03-30

PORTIONS a liIsinlercelinxr ec'1sl AZ hls cruz
n general. our aim being 20 Iecorl his tr<I-
mony Cor the gvease-t wonder n medical "a.
:nce e., sn.s .,esses,sn ssn.'ry q sarpFis-
Prom the woaierfni power q ID. fl<rce's
0oldcn Medical Discovery orer that terribly
fatal disease consumption, which n sCroiu|a
u The n -. when nrst Offering this nor
vorId-famsd remedy 20 tne public, Pr Pierce
f;on cure" bus sbsniooed thai name q rs
restrictive az medicine that fro ~ son-
dcrfuI combination of Eerm-dcstroy.n< e
we'll - tonic. or Strengthening. alternative. ~
blood clesnsing. sntEbil ous. diuretic. pcctor-
q, and nutritive properties q une9nAied nos
lunxs. but for ~ chronic diseases o. ne lIvs
81. blood. kidncya and luugs- Golden Neii-
csl Discovery cures Al husnork, frcm ths|
uor~t scrofuIa 70 coumon bl0tch. pimne.
or eruption. Erysipeias. sa.t-rhcum. fever
SORES. sea'y O rough sk'n 70 snc - :, a a.
are conquered b this powerful purifying
aud inSicor4tinx medicine Great eating
, III crs rapidly heal under ~ bcniga incuentea
Especially has Il manifested 10 potency in|
curing &c ter. rose rash. boiis. carbnncleS
white s.elnngA soitrs o. thick neck, and e.
The blood q me lifer Thoroughly
cleanse thss fountain Of health b. nslns|
Golden Medical Discovery, and good d.ges-|
ton. fair skin. buoysnt sp;itx slt.l|
strength aud soundness q constitution >re|
II Won feel dun. drousy. debIlitsted. have
aallow color OF skin. or yelloHis1 broxn|
spofs on face or body, frequent he.dsche a
Dizziness. bed taste n n-outh. internal
he Il 81 chills, alternated with hot nsshes. lox
!. rita ana gloomy foreboiingA irrsgulsE
s,.t.etit~. ana t.4.z Dc Gated sou arc sn.-erl
,,,~ fr.'m iullrc<fiuu 1ynre <.a. aud t0rrii
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-03-30

One can not only buy everythin
from 4. cook-stove 70 . coffin % -
weekly or monthly payment plan. but
Detroiter has applied the principle 20
still higher object. A certain youn
gentleman interviewed him the oiht
day in regard 70 the hand q his dA''Ef
ter. and the father heard him out ~
replied:
:. Well, II Mary i willing and sha
not object, intend 70 give her >lv,W
- dowry.r
Y What noble and generous father
gaeped the young man.
n Iiut I shall adopt the instnl.mel
PLAN continued the father: "insiea
~ giving her the sum IN lump ne
pay three dollars per week for SKI
hour wears. That will not only preve'
her from speculation and To-, p
come much easier for me. ~ ikiro
Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-03-30

II i claimed ~ theorists. and also BY
some practical farmers, that fencing
20 incloSe cattle i : useless expense.
made necessary only by the costly
system Of pasturage. That soGng Or
the keeninr OF stock IN the stable or
yard the year round may be profitable
1nder some circumstances j not
denied. bnt that il can b adopted n
gene al prartice ID our country. q least
n the Eastern States. i not 70 be ex-
pec.el. for ew farms are II whole sra
Bic. ada ted 70 piow and % moving:
hence. fences are necessity and the
question Il. what styie il most deslra
h!c Taking into account cost. dura-
bilitr. and ell cacy. none u equal 20
good stone wall and. in the long run,
none cheaper whsre material y arAila-
bic.
Oh many farms stones must Be re-
moved for convenience Of Gu tivation,
and II removed % where permanent
fences are wanted. such = line fences
or other permanent divisions. the ma
fcrial for the best ences i there for ~
time and the building Of wall = noo
more expensive than the material and
labor III any good wotd tencc. and Il
well built viii last fifty years Or longer
With but little repairs. the material be-
ing always On the spot when rebuilding
becomes Necessary. A stone wall stand
ing four and half feet high VII n
any animal that should Be allowed q
run at pasture. and il pigs are turned a
% CLEAN the Grain stnbble> there = nt
danger 81 their getting through into
other fields. Cattle and horses fha'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-03-30

The Rerue Diplomafiq'se descr'o
General Ignatieff's home close % \
Winter Palace in ST. Petersburg r.
beautiful residence. Il l. frontti
four somber columns, which give Y
mournful air, but when the ports
are passed the interior i chsrmln
The Minister himself occupies only \.
rooms. in one u which he receives
cnests, while the other j. Library
den. where his real work i done n
reception room i . veritahie mnss-
~ eastern curiosiiics. japanese s,u
and curtains. and hangings from 1hI
III M sorts 81 fantastic patterns
scattered about. There are H.,
sofas and Persian chairs. while hF'is'
~ reriu lie about IN picturesque IN
fusion. One Sees the tastes 81 \ ~ Y.
who has passed his life IN the EA-,; Y
workshop contains . collecii,n p y
forical arms. unique 81 their KIM :.
piece has traditions and each = ~. =
v, rich and curious Workmanship,
have been given him II one tms
another ~ their owners. vne 49,
pistols IL The last sovereign If'ncs
Albania, 4 long pcn'ard q Scn. s
.nd GEM richly chased prcsenied
the sultan Abdul Aziz.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-03-30

To MAKE the ADVANTAGES Of butter
a.;-~;r~ v,,o-r y = cent ~ re.-ru;tinc IN
- h.n<,s5 f.rm ~ butter should Be-
Z, y n. ur.,, fhe f~~ro ~ ~ !. creamery
S---eem ~ TIE sk;m-mil sh.Il " fe.lcn
th. f.rm Wb;ie buffer alone ma e 10
Sr~fr uron me zo;l mix carries Oh no
,r--rs;'le->hie amount ~ ferrilixinr
r,str,rs f~om fhe feid< mon which the
,,;1E-r;x;rr animal. fre3' Al AVERAGE
60 -. rnnn~IIx ~ her milk about
<.~,~ ,~,--1- ~ tc,o r.rfb which i
49, ~ 49, al 4 the Mill = snrr;ed 81
s,,,.,,, ~. <.rr, e. ccn~rmn,,on ~ man
-f,rtnrs This ~ t;me. will j,rpoyer-
- ~ 80, hcr.n-e when land lies u
-. -. - 49, a. c,,ir;r.r;on ~ <t,r-
go ~ l;6;,~d EXPOSURE - he ele
r.-.,,s. I'll ~ r>rs'. . ,,fl;c;err solution
~ ,s.;,,.~.i ,c~><-~ ~ l.en IN <uch !
A., .rj .ccre~ ~ later 4 Vii fail II
.-..--.,'..s..-..s- r.r~,~ frrv~ wh;c,
,,,;ir = s,or-;nn.I,x s,li- soon show the
Elects ~ fhe draft made upon their
stcrE ~ fe~t;l'tv- Il they are Wholly or
cbie,;v devoted 10 the production Of
mill for n.rket. ,,pless man re II some
-->..> = h--.rrhr ~ fro,n sources outside
~ 80 farm When Al he milk pro
dnce8 unon = da;rr farm il sent to
- .rket - n 4 cheese 81 butter factory.
~ No return N whey or skim-milk.
there Il ~, much difference. 20 f. as
r.rrn:tinc ,he farm = concerned. be-
tween DARING and anv kind o. stock
RAISING IN view Or the r. that when
I.nd iie< constantly 10 grass without
.Dr .ffrr7nr a. cultivation. The deyeIo,-
rncnt ~. nlSnf food from decomposition
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-03-30

- According 70 : correspondent. y,
,he Providence Journal there y ~
nnd prnc ice,i IN FIN River . ine.n a..
m.,.afsc lurinr milk III which us' \;
IT'LL 4 Il typ * inc pure article. pn' " 4.
.irfes Tie teSt of the lacinmc 81. \.
even asserted that every M '.'an ~.
town ~ bought the right " -
faclula The article.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-04-03
GOT THE BILLS MIXED.
the Doctors Rebate for
Kisses"

Chicago Times.
A little child, the pet f the entire
household, was taken sick at a fash
iona0le boarding house few weeks
ago. A young and handsome ply.
stefan. who was the medical favOpte
about the premises, was called in and
brought the patient safely through its
illness. Later on he sent in the bill,
which was for SIS. with a rebate of
81 for Kisses" The fond mother re-
garded this as q very neat thing and p
delicate compliment for her child. and
proudly exhibited the document tn
her friends. Where the kisses came
from and who contributed to the d"c-
tors enjoyment. the bill did not state
The mother supposed. as matter of
course, that her offspring was the one
meant. but some Of the boarders shyly
intimated that explanations were in
order. and that the osculatory mystery
ought to be investigated. The ques-
ton wac taken up and discussed until
it became q subject of comment about
the whole house. The Innocent
mother continued to exhibit the slip
of paper. and one day brought it out
in the presence of a young and quite
pretty maiden who had lately been on
the sick list.
"a rebate for kisses" she exclaim-
ed. when the matter was explained tn
her. "why. isn't that nice?" but then.
- and she paused while frown ap-
peared ON her face and an angry flush
crept over her cheek. Some emotion
Was struggling for mastery. The flush
deepened and she shook her head de-
family as she completed the sentence.
But the mean thing never cut down
my bill a cent, and / don't think it is
fair"
The outburst of laughter that fol-
lowed brought the fair maiden to- a
realization that she bad said some
thing dreadful. She had BETRAYED
herself. In the language of the world.
she had "given herself dead away"
and at the same time Lei out the secret.
The careless dactor had got his bills
mixed, and hut for that unfortunate
slip the mystery would probably
never have been solved and the ju-
venile patient would have received
the credit eff the medicated kisses.