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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-29
Black and COlOred Dress Goods.

Excellent bargains. We claim to have the
largest assortment OF black and mourning
dress goods ever brought to this city, I'm all the
Armurs, foule, etc.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10

snessasian If. Forest erowtha.


aIr. Robert Douglas. the great West
efn nurseryn8n. gives in a brief letter
60 the Gardener s 3f0Rijsta. some inter-
esfing facts concerning the succession7of
forest growtIls --tiIe result OF years of
observation. When the forests are cut
down and the fires arc kept out, they in
the main reproduce the same species.
But ii IL settlement is formed and cattle
are allowed To ran in the eut-aoVn
woods, the seedlings are desi rayed as
they appear In Il burned forest every
thing IS changed; ali vegetation is swept
away Even the soil IS changed, and
it's SURFACE. ii thin. is destroyed.
Afser a ferest fire ne tirstetree tAsat
makes its appearances is the aspen
(Pogniats .trcDiaioideS), il tree which nat
urally grows an moist lands, whore It's
roots have tire best chance to escape
from the general destruction. Accord
ING to Mr.. Douglass. this tree predomi-
mates in burned forests in Colorado.
Wyoming. Dakota, tile Black Hills,
Minnesota Manitoba. Wisconsin and
Northern Michigan. In Wisconsin and
The Black Hills it is mixed with the
white birch, and occasionally, as in
Northeastern Wisconsin, the white birch
is the chief tree Both the trees and
seeds Of conifers are usually destroyed
by 2 Ere, except sometimes Pines Bank
sia9s0 in Northern Wisconsin. and Pms
c0ntorta at high attitudes in the Rocky
Mountains. The cones of these two
pines are very hard. and that fact may
account for their preservation. Next 10
tie aspen and white birch those trees.
and shrubs spring up over burned dis
tficts which bear seeds that are either
blown to great distances. remain long
in n dormant state in the ground Or are
carried by birds. Where the burned
forests consisted OF oaks eni pines ad-
joining. or partly intern ingled. fhe
oaks will be found after q fire crowding'
upon the pine lands. This Is tia2 IN part
TO the fact that oaks renew themselves
from the stumps. which pines do not.
and that acorns are often buried by
squirrels in spots favorable to their
speedy growth.
M Douglas raises war9fH| voice
against the wanton destruction ca3ssed
by forest fires, and thinks the time has
come when some method should be
adopted to prevent their frequency and
extent. Individuals ike myself, he
adds, can only deplore, but are power
less to prevent such wanton reckless
ness; but the public press should arouse
the people, the State Governments. or
the national Legislature to see that
some plan is adopted TO check this ter
rible waste.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10
Gen. hTeadels Little Friend.

When in command at Atlanta Gen.
Meade was quite popular, and visiting
III the highest circles Of Southern socie-
ty. was particularly welcome guest at
the house of DIR Iawsehe's parents. A
bright, prattlnlg little girl of 5 years, OF
q neighboring family, under the inftu-
ence of her old nurse. had imbibed q
mortal fear and hatred of the ''terrible
Yanksn One evening at a social gath
ering. young lady present, in a spirit
of mischief. asked the enfant terrible,
ssWhat are you?'' Use a webel.o was
the quick reply. ssWell, who's aYankP''
was the next question and before any
one cotIld interpose the child answered:
..Old Meade!'i The good-natured Gen
eral laughed heartily at this, and taking
the child on his lap, for she was very
fond of him. told her that he was ss0id
Meade The child. looking into his
face. in an incredulous voice, asked.
is Won .sOld Meadep" Pm Old
Meader' Then followed succession
of screams rs the child struggled TO re-
lease herself while the General was con-
vulsed with laughter Standing in the
middle of the room and looking the
General straight in the face, her little
form quiveriHg with anger and excite
ment. she stamped her feet angrily and
said: II hate you Old Meade, I hate
you!'' Every one present. save the gal
liant soldier, felt deeply mortified. He
never failed to inquire after his little
enemy, and would send her presents
She would meet him On thestreets after
ward. but could never be inameed 90
address him other than ssHow do you
do, old MeadeP'' Finally the little
ones prejudice wore away, and meeting
the soldier one day. in a meek voice,
scarcely audible, saluted him, How do
you do. Generalps' mo. no. said
Meade, turning quickly. I'm not Gen.
Meade, I'm Old Meader' They eventu-
ally became very warm friends Ckepe-
land Plain Dealer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10

The AS p. m. train makes close connection III
at Galesburg at :25 p M; Burlington $40 p m.
Keokuk 10 :25 D. m; Quincy 1905 p. NJ also max.
mo close connection at Peoria with l. T. a. W, and
n P Il W. roads for all points east and south
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10
The Belle Of the BalI.

There is far less vulgarity in cheap.
dress than in finery worn ont of time
and place Real elegance shows itself
not always in the quality of one's ''dry
goods" but in wise judgment about
putting them on. Margery Deane, in
her last book, describes the simplicity Of
some of the European ladies of rank as
follows:
An American girl would have stood
amazed at fashionable lawn party
which I once attended, where al stEie Ia
dies were in the simplestof pretty calico
and cotton dresses. Ladies whose family
Jewels would have stocked a shop, and
whose Inherited laces were of priceless
value, wore in the streets dresses that
the American girl would scorn to wear
on tile beach at Newport ON a Sunday
morning because of their simplicity.
In Vienna / went with young bar
oness to try on dress she was having
made to wear to the afternoon ball 70 be
given to the emperor's school for the
education of of1ieeGs sons.
She was twenty and had one million
forms in her own right, and had been
brought up with theaemperor's children
for a time, when her father had been
side-de-camp. and the jewels she had
Inherited and were to come to her had
dazzled nae when spread out for my see
ing one dav.
| had fancied her dress TO be some
thing very elegant Imagine my sur
prise when it proved to be a dainty cot
ton Saline. fifty cents q yard IN Arneri-
ca, But she was the belle of the
ball.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY.
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE 8 81. PAUL

(RACTNE AND soUTH WESTERN bfVIsIOH'I
Leave fer Racine and Milwaukee S:25 m-' ana
Leave for Dubuque, Winona. st. Paul ana hirneaI'-
oils 6 :03 q. $780,. e,f+,-
rive from Racine and Milwaukee, p p N, 'ssld
Arrive from Minneapolis, St. Paul, Wjnona ai'd Da-
buque, 1906 p m e. c,..,. ,,a..,z,,, am, AFc
Arrive from Iankton Sioux Iity, FoFe'iiS D 1 f''
TbT5ueh sleeping cars are on all night trans
The Night Express leaving hock Istiiq every sel.
e NIGHT at IL rs D. m. connects with me trsfn or
irving in Chicago early Monday morning 80 LssY
over checks given on through tickets from hocA =
lana 10 Chicago Through tickets only good oh TINS
train.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10

AToNEy MAKING.-A tabuiated statements
1Nl showing how $2n0 realized $472 in three days
oT1y27, eco IN year at same rate, by highly Ia
cratiye English system of Turf peculafoB. Also
particulars o. how each reader test the truth
The above. Systematic investments conducted at
ey Mounts. etc. Profits returned weekly. with
charge of 10 per cent from winnings. Betting or
world. $50 viii realize $1,000 with win; send
stamp for our Racing Guide RICHARDSON x
CO., 116 to 100 Washington St. Chicago, nj.
Beg-11 dw1m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10

L unfailiI4g and fnfallf.
Bile in cnr3sf E,iieptfe
Fits, Spasiiis. ttsnvuI
sfons. St Eitse ls,tnce.
Alcoholism, Opiure Fat-
ing. SpeT1natoia, cr-st.
Seminal Meakne.ss Tf;l
potency, Syphilis. SelDf-
uia and all Nervous ard
Hood Diseases. To CIer
gymen, Lazy srs, Lite
ary Men. Merchants.
Bankers, Ladies' and al
whose sedentary en-
fslcy ment causes Eerv
GUS ProStration, 1T'regu
iaFfties of the blood.
stomach. bowels or
Kidneys, or who ne
q1lne a nerve tonic, APP
petizer or Stimtiianf
SAMARITAN NERyISE
is invaluable Thous
ands proclaim 1t the
most wonderful Invfl
GRANT that ever sustain
ed the sinking system
For sale by all Drug
fgigsR
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10
cFIICA60, ROCK IS!-APgssD . PACIFIC r. Y

TIE EAST s. THE WEST
Dir As5 Cars fSg eating purpo~ss Only. one othe
great TzzEa75 IF c.ur Palace Cars is a SMOKING
sA41e's7 ssfssS~e sot can enjoy your Havana
Maa5illcs.sst ron bridges span shc sEisssssfppf
Eu1 Missouri rivers ut all points crossed 1y this
Fsyssas City, 4-c1veux7oTth. anu AtetisoL, coaS
neszsons hesrx Ya# de IL Euion Il 5otr.
T-fxls tsI:1ssAE fHAlUSE Line ARE AZ
"A cEscAao. wisn all diverglns lines for the
Il EssG1Ew5or. win tie L. S. Ms. and P-
As y a i arcs Rzregrs. with p C. 3 So
A IA sALz 2, vssth I'll Cent. R r..
= PE r. "a, witn s. j: r + D g T.; B.
As ROCK Island, with ~aatwankee g ROCK
Ialaf1d Short Isinel' and Rock Isi'd & PEG Rds
AEDAyENP2tsg, with the Dayenport Division
4sWEsT LIBERTY, wish sheB., CR& N.Rw-
AT GRzyNEIL, with tentral Iowa II, r.
A. DEs IoISEs, with .. "A q f. .. IL. r.
As COUNCIL SsLg-EFSs with Union Rac4nS r. a.
AtEoLBMBusJ UECTIoN.w with B. &C. n. q n. Re
As OTTCHwA. with Central Iowa X. H. W.
o.. !. g Pse. and g z; SO e. hdg
I.onts 3 Pse., q and f:t IL keo i NM. e. Rds.
81 CAMERON. with h Ct. j II. R.
IS ATcHEsoH, with Atc1.. Topeka Santa ke9
Ateh 6 Neb. and Cen. Br. u. p. Il, Ros.
a. kEAyENsyoRTH, with Kan. Fac~ ana AaTs
AtK4NsIs crrK. with ell lines for the wens
and Southwest
n sArauxh 30 PEORIA, Dies nzOxNE@t
.TEEfSO%, and EAEAyENWORTR.
Great EeeS EaEana h0uses" @re Sold ~
81 kaRs aackes safes, address.
=. ST. JOHN.
CENT Tiekas and Psxs'gr ~.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10

kS ms q aGAE SsFAsH Eks44 4StT G1kfSA
Its Tna4a line ri-ns from Chicago to Eoufl.xI
Bluffs passing sF9i1gn 9s5 gs1asss - ss1.ss
Liberty. iowa City. II aFeuga BROOKLYN t1rInnel
Des Moines ethe capital O. IovG9, Stuart, Asaan-
tie and Avoca wlsh branches 1sIs.s BaHiTe.sa
tine Washington. Fairfield. Econ. tselA1ass
Ccntre<flse, Princeton. Trenton. tsalasffT me-
ron. I.eaveDYorth. Atehtson: aEd nxnsas- .Ilt ~
sFassEnrton Ssgoarrey. OskaIeosa. and KtzCx-
VilIes ksaknk FagfntnERon. xs0Dagsarte. Ben
toneporf. Independent. Es3on. Gssf-I1was EDDY
Vile Oskaloosa. Fetia- AnTTsc, and Eses Moiness
YinseTset; Atlantic 10 Lewis ard Audupont and
Av0ea to Harlan. This is positively s1e only
Railroad. which owns. ana 0peTss@3 = through
iine from Chicago into the State OF K9nssa4
sran Tslase srssxtached srertTs each AZ daily
between CHICAGO asd PEORIA. hA&sA$ SrTTs
COUNCIL Bi5rEFS, JEAy ESEoR1E and ATGEJf-
SON IhroGRh ears are 80 run nsssgesF1 Aai
kee anf Kansas CTS. VIA she sAnsauAee ana
Tie Great Rock Isiardr liz nsaEancently
equipped Its road bed is simply per1sass and lSs
track liz laid with steel rails
OF enjoying your Tnssas. while passing ever the
beautiful pralries CT 5iEsrois and Iowa IN one of
our INF sniHgeBf Eaasag faFN mat accompany all
Through Express Irz4as. You aes ertsre
Eaea! as good as seETsa - 1aE Erst~clsss neeek
SaTssveEty-faye cents.
Appreei@1lug the fact Snat G R1e ioztty Of AEss
saecrfe prefer separate apartments Tor ctneFene
PURPOSES tand the immense pEssenger business
nounee that this Company runs FzsitsasYs Palacs
Sleeping Cars for slsepang purposes and P1tecs
PULLMAN PALACE CARS wx
C0UNGEL REUFFEa 0AN8AS CITY
Iieke&E via 1hks Lznss kncvyn as thss
s1 TEekes Agents. an the Unatea states
q. h. CA BILE.
Vice p-ssIesne and fses,a rssnS1ss
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-14
Religious.
CONE NEAR!

Come near to me! Ineed Thy glorious pres
Through the dense darkness of this troubled
hour
Shine on my soul, and fMl it with the essence
OfThy p%ervading and uplifting power.
. Come near, come near to me!
Come nearer yet! I have no strength to
reach Thee.
My soul is like q bird with broken wings.
Lear down from Thy fair heights of peace
and teach me
The balm Thy touch TO mortal beings
brings.
Lean down, o God, lean down!
Come near! And yet if those eternal places .
Hold greater tasks to occupy Thy hands,
Send Thy blest angels whose celestial faces
Smile sometimes on us from the spirit
lands.
Send one, send one to nc.
/ must have help! 1 am so weak and broken
l can not help myself know not how.
moral force Of which so much is spoken
Will not sustain and fortify me now
Unjust, ! must have help!
outside aid, some..strength from spirit
sources,
We all must have, in hours like this, or die.
One. to all, of those mysterious forces
Which men call God, 1 lift my voice and
cry:
Come near, come near to me-!
-EWA Wheeler, in Chicago -Adcdncc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-14
Wicked Joke.

Tho members of the Oil Exchange are
. rather swell set of young men,
but the lead in the matter of clothes is
taken by a youth known as ''the dude"
whose name is withheld for the sake of
his relatives. The dude strolled into
the Exchange during a dull hour yester-
day, and solomon in all his glory was
never arrayed like one of him. To be-
gin near the bottom, his feet (the dudes,
not Solomon's) were incased in the
glossiest Of patent feathers; his trousers
fitted like the paint on a lamp post; his
coat had never q crease from tip to top;
his linen was starched until it shone, and
his collar was perfection itself, and raised
his chin so that he could only gaze at
the floor at the hazard of cutting his
throat. But his tout ensemble, so to
speak, was completed and set off by the
darlingest silk hat imaginable, with the
broadcast and most curling of brims and
a beautifully bulgent top. Altogether
he was radiantly, dazzlingly beautiful.
The dude stopped neal the middle of
the floor, struck an attitude much af-
fected by garden statuary, and gazed
serenely and pityingly upon his common
paw ASAlOWSO1ONCAS ouU uOl1O1 VI
horrors! A rude man came behind him
and jerked the silken tile from his head,
and the next moment it was thrown to
the floor, had received a kick, and a
dozen brokers were running after 1t.
They surrounded it, scuffied for it, and
away it sailed again toward the ceiling
with the entire membership of the EN-
change, save only the owner, in wild
pursuit. Round and round the floor
gamboled the merry brokers with the
hat before them. Now it was suffering
in their midst, thenit shot over the floor
in desperate efforts to escape, only to be
again overtaken, trampled, kicked and
trodden until it presented an appear
ance as if it had been laid down on by a
COW andthen spent a summer under q
dust heap, and the gay brokers were
tired out and perspiring.
The dude, during this terrible period,
stood aghast, and with horror depicted
in every feature, turned in frozen des-
pair as the gambols Of his wicked as
sociates led them to the four cardinal
points Of the rooms compass. But when
a grinning messenger-boy brought him
the battered corpse ofhis precious dicer,
he forced a smile which was only a des-
olate mockery of happiness, and re-
marked:
cav dawn't care, anyway. 1t was
an old hawt.
Then the rude mar who had torn the
tile from the unhappy adolescent's head
approached, and handed him the silken
hat uninjured, and the dude learned
that he had hean thp victim Of a wicked
joke. An old hat had been sub
stituted on the floor, while the joker
held the victims tile behind his back.
And it came to pass that the noise of
the unholy laughter was so great as to
jar the ticker into the waste basket, and
the dude will wear a derby hat to-day
and forever after while on the floor OF
the Exchange.-M. Y. Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-14
Our Spiritual belongings.

Emerson, in his "Conduct Of r;fo =,
says: ''There r. more be!onginr.
every creature than his air and II,
food" Essential as are air and foo%
they constitute but a small part. indeoJ
of what is necessary to the comfort -
these lives of ours. Sooner or later MI
are sure to learn how dependent wa aro
upon each other. We call to mind in
this connection the independence and
hauteur with which a citylady, who haS
taken a summer residence in a countr,
town, looked down upon a near neis5NN
Dor whose plain mode of living and
simple dress made the more f~ashionahla
lady consider her as a mere .%.countr.
woman" Her prompt and friendly cafE,
was u~nreturned, and she speedily nm
derstood that the city neighbor consid-
cred that between them socially there
was a great gulf fixed. But the shafts
of disease are no respectors of persons
and n night, when there was a GREAT
cry made because the only child, the
little household pet, was seized with
Group, the first person summoned was
the neglected neighbor, whose promnt
and efficient assistance was sufficient
rebuke to the woman who had fancied
she could afford to look down on her.
There is a grand law of equality in
nature which forces obedience to its
mandates, and the humiiiating lesson
is taught over and W again that those
whom we foolishly ignore are the ones
Of whom in time we must beg favors.
Herein lies one splendid lesson of the
Golden Rule. If habitually we do by
others as we would wish them to do nv
u.s., there will be no trying retractionsS.
no notifying Acknowledgements to be-
made. What food and ali are to the
body, kindness and Christian sympathy
are to our souls. In fact, the latter at
tributes are IL true, legitimate, spirit
ual belongings.
To recognize a known fact is simply
common sense; to attempt the folly Of
Ignoring it is sure to bring merited dis
grace. The teachings Of Scripture ara
so simple and plain as to our duty one
towards another that even a child can
easily understand their gentle import.
There is never a day goes by but we
have some opportunity of helping an
other; it may be the merest tritle, but
tritles tell in the long run. We doubt
If anything connected with the welfare
of His children can ave be looked upon
as trifling in the sight of God.
What we need is more Bible, more of
Christly teachings, more recognition of
Il spiritual needs or belongings. And
it is specially incumbent, that we, who
are protesting Christians, look we'll to
it that our examples, rather than our
precepts, are in the right direction. In
all things let us do by others as we
would have them do by us. In this way
we shall surely meet the spiritual wants
Of those whom God-not circumstances
brings in Il way.-Goldem Ruze.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-14
JANE, JR.

Jane, Jr., has hair like wheat
Golden in its color,
Only OF the two the wheat
Is by far the duller.
Eyes as brown as nuts that fall
In the late October;
Full of fun in testing times,
Tender in the sober.
Lips that sometimes make you feel
All the time like tasting;
So much sweetness seems q sin
To be idly wasting.
Hands-such handy little hands,
Dimpled deep and ruddy-
Just the kind Of hands, you know
For a lifetime study.
When the cows come up the lane,
When the sun is setting,
When the dew is falling soft,
Grass and daisies wetting-
Jane, Jr., stands beside the bars,
And l stand beside her,
Feeling that I'd like to share
All that may betide her.
Share the bad and bitter things,
Share the sweets and honey;
Share her smiles and share her tears,
Share the old mans money.
Little humps. fast in my throat,
Please to skip and let me
Tell my love of all my love
That has long beset INC.
o We gods! to loves young dream
What q brisk de%ath-rattle!
stop that %spooning, Nancy Jane,
And hurry up the cattle!"
Jane, :Ir., to the milking speeds,
A dutiful siXteen-year,
While | seek some quiet spot,
Cussing Jane, the Senior.
Chicago Tribune
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-14
Choice Extracts.

The fewer the words the better
the prayer.-Marti7 Luther.
Polished steel will not shine in the
dark; no more can reason, however re-
fined and cultivated. shine e~ficaciously,
but as it reflects the light Of Divine
truth shed from Heaven.
Let not unworthiness scare the chill
dren of God. Parents love their chill
dren, and do them good not because
they see that they are more worthy than
others, but because they are their own.
-Archbishop Leighton.
The best things are nearest; light
in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties
at your hand, the path of God Just be-
fore you. Then do not grasp at the
stars, but do life's common work as it
comes, certain that daily duties and
daily bread are the sweetest things Of
life.
There are no fires that will melt
out our drossy and corrupt particles
like Gods refining fires of duty and
trial, living as He sends us to live, in
the open field of the worlds sins and
sorrows, it's plausibilities and lies, its
persecution and animosities and fears,
it's eager delights and bitter wants, If
we still keep Him in view in ALL
Bushnell.
AS the rays come from the sun, and
yet are not the sun, even SO our love
and pity, though they are not God, but
merely a poor, weak image and reflec-
ton of Him, yet from Him alone they
come. II there is mercy in III hearts.
it comes from the fountain of mercy.
II there is the light of love in us, it is a
ray from the full sun of love.-Kimgs-
leg.
BY going a few minutes sooner or
later, by stopping to speak with a friend
on the corner, By meeting this man OF
that, or by turning down this street IN
stead of the other, we may let slip some
impending evil, by which the whole
current Of our lives would have been
changed. There is no possible solution
to the dark enigma but the one word.
"Providence.'-.LongteAow
I'm the long run we can do more by
what we are, than by what we attempt;
more by u characters than by our ac-
Invites. To others as well as to our
selves, there is inspiration and induce
ment in a noble or q lovely character.
Ii we stop and consider what it is when
has done most to shape our thought ana
purpose in life, we shall see that it Is
some winsome and impressive charac-
ter, which has been uplifted before u.s.
and which has drawn us by its pre-eml-
nent attractiveness, rather than any
plecept or injunction which has been
spoken to us by instructors. And as IL
is with ourselves. so it will be with 9th
ers. Everything that raises our person
al standard of thought and purpose,
everything that brings us nearer to tho
stature of the completed n in Christ;
increases u power for good. anu
makes III more and more a powerln Inc
world about us. When we crave inc
privilege of doing for others, it is wen
for us 70 realize the privilege OF 6e'ng
for others, and for our Master, whose
assurance to his loved ones is: Herein
is My Father gloritied. that ye pea,
much fruit, so shall We be My disclPles;
not, that We SOW much seed, but thai ~
your characters we bear much run,
for the fruit of the Spirit is IN ~
goodness and righteousness and traN'
IS. S. Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-14

could not be satisfied with tho .v;..,-
food Of atheism. but persisted ~ r.
y%earning for the living God, who. ..sa ~
istieth the longing soul, and flleth the
hungry soul with His goodness - tae
W. Christian advocate. 7N.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-14
MIR. A. C. ~STRAwBR1DGE
Solicitor, W.
SLOCUM.

and beneath was written in pencil:
Clearer suspects nothin.'
well, I'm dumbfounded. Listen,
my girl, this is all nonsense broke
forth Tom, impetuously ."Here l am
landed with a confounded PARCEL hat l
know nothing about. Go and tell your
master | must see him--or. atall events.