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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07
Pooling the New Clerk.

81 was in bookstore in Nassau street
few weeks ago talking about new
etching of Lowell when tall, gaunt
youth rushed in. watch in hand, and SC
out of breath that he suffered. 'Mr.
Pliny wants this book Immediately he
said, $50 that he can take it with him
when he goes on the 4:30 TAIN and
the youth handed the dealer slip of pa
per on which was written: The Life OF
Adams Father, bound in half calf.
Eve 6aven't is in stock now, but you
can get it at Scribner's, says the pro-
.prietor, at the same time wiDking slyly
at me, and adding as the youth sped OUT
into the street: That is the way a firm
Of bankers tests the Lrilliancy of theil
new clerks. "Thc Life OF Adam:
Father" has been in existence as joke
FOR fifteen years, and one new clerk
limited it for hours before he found
not the book, but that he was fool
Ness YorL Critic.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07
Pulmonary Diseases.

The lungs play most important part in the
machinery Of life. Ii Is essential that they
should be kept in good repair. Nature has en-
dowed this organ of life with wonderful recu-
perative power. Many instances are on record
where the lungs have been shot through with
a leaden bullet and the wound quickly heal.
ing Therefore none should despair when they
discover that their lungs are affected. FIRE.
Quently the lungs become sore and liberated
and by an ignorant doctor pronounced con-
sumption and worthless remedies applied, with
serious results. When the lungs feel sore and
breathing painful the proper remedy is DR..
John Bulls Sarsaparilla. Its tendency is to
heal all alterations either internal or external.
Many an invalid whose case was pronounced
hopeless has been restored to vigorous health
by timely use of this excellent compound.
Ii you will not try this remedy ysu have only
yourself to blame if you do not get well.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

Takes 1000 people to buy
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
at 50 cents a bottle, to make
up $500.
One failure to cure would
take the profit from 1000
sales.
Its makers profess to cure
"cold in the head" and even
chronic catarrh, and if they
fail they pay $500 for their
over-conhdenco,-
Not in newspape~ words
but in hard ash! Think Of
what confidence it takes to
put that in the papers-and
mean it.
Its makers believe III the
Remedy. Isn't it worth .
trial? Isn't any trial prefer
able to catarrh
After all, the mild agencies
are the best. Perhaps they
work more slowly, but they
work surely. DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are an aeta0e
agency but qnlet and mill.
They're sugar-coated' easy to
take, never shock nor derange
the system and half their pow
err is in the mild way III which
their work is done. Small
est, cheapest, easiest to take
One a dose. Twenty-Five cents
a vial. Of all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07
Deafness Can't be Cured

By local applications, as they cs;,not reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There Is only
stitutiOna, remedies. Deafness is caused b.
an infiamed condition of the mucous lining Z.
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube GETS
ipHamed you have q rumbling sound or I'M
perfect hearing, and when ii is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the infiam
nation can DO taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing Will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out or ten are
caused by catarrh. which is nothing but an In
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O
Sold by druggists, IS cents
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

AFTER the Charity DaIl: Unpopular
GTl-"Did yol have nice time
st the ball last night?" Popular
Gil-Perfectfy charming I danced
every set" Unpol ular Girl (vindict-
ively)-"Well, did just the opposite.
2. G.-"How do you near" U. G..
81 set every dance. Washing ton,
Critic.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07
NOT THE HAND HARRY WANTED.

'Papa, young Harry Samson is coming
to see you to night"
"What for?"
"To ask you for my haHd."
"Well, shall give it to him2"
"Yes. have juut hsasa that he pro-
posed to Helen Armstfenf al was re-
iected last week. Civ e % him, papa,
for all you are .cs1A s-{Harpers b.
Ear.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

Iee Was Chinese Headache Cure. Harm
- in effect quick apd positive in action
sent prepaid 0nNrScefptt OF u per bottie
Adeler & Co, 81. WSandottes st. Kansas .M'
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FoR impure or thin Blood, Weakness. Maia-
"A. Neuralgia, INDIGESTION and Bliousness,
take Browns Iron Bittsrs-it gives strength,
making old persons feel youns--and young
Sersons strong: plea-am 10 take.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

A child cannot tell what ails it. A shrewd
mother will not take chances but will try DR..
BuI1's Worm DcstrOycrS at once. Don't let
Your druggist sell you any other kind of worm
candy. Bulls is the best.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

was taken SICK WITH ulcers on the left lang
eDme Bulls Sarsaparilla and before / used one
bottle ! get better, and after using It two
months ann at work again.-Wm. A. BrookSns,
CO(dtodter Mich
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For Dyspepsis, lndi <estion and stomach
Aiaordcrs. use Brown Iron Bit The Sesl
sfonic. il rebuilds the system, cleans the Blood
Srd strengthens the muscles. A splendid ton
b, Far weak and debilItatei persons
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A Pleasing Sense

A Pleasing Sense
Of health and strength renewed and OF ease
and comfort follows the use Of Syrup OF Figs.
"a il acts in harmony with nature to effectuai-
" cleanse the system when costive or bilious
For sale in sec. and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists.
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,1gnatius Donnelly wants to save his Bacon
81 becoming president of the Minnesota
tarmers' Alliance
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HTS stopped free by DR. KLNs's GKHA1
NSRvE REsrORER- No fits after first dAye use
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bottle
ffNo. Or. Kline, 81 Arch st. PhilA.. Pa
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

The oyster on the half-shell is easily under
stood. Its case has been laid open.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

The man who shouted loud for his favoritt
in the coming prize fight has lost his voice.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

A man must feel at home to be easy in
conversation. Send a barber to congress
and he will not talk at all.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

A law and order committee is SO called to
distinguish it from other committees who act
regardless of law and order.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

A country paper at Christmas time is not
Wy jolly when its insides are full of patent
plato matter.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

II afflicted with sore eyes. use DR.. Isaac
fiompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell at
sc. per bottle.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

There is a Santa Claus in the constitution
of every child no one will wish to see re-
pealed
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

Timber, Mineral, Farm i.sIi.., aud Rancho.
m Missouri, karsaS. Trxa, and Arkansas
bought and sold. Tyr; & g.. kai. IA, City, No
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

Parnell is the cause of many an Irish
blackthorn in the flesh in the counties where
arguments have come TO blows.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

Ice is not what it is cracked up to be az an
GKftcle of food for the starving Succi.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

MISUNDERSTANDING dry rot and Oh,
age-"comes to him who waits"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

No man should consider himself the brigh
Sut in the world until he hears from othe
towns.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

Oklahoma uide BOOB an. ..Iap cent any whrr'
onfeoetpt OF Scots. Ter d Co.. nausas City. Mo
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DO You Ever specuIates

ANY person sending us their name and ad-
dress will receive information that will lead
20 q fortune. Semi. Lewis d Co.. Security
Building. Kansas City, No.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

May there be many happy returns of the
day without the horns.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

The hard boiled egg is over done; the soft
boiled egg is oval done rarely.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-03-07

A big family can knock the stuffing out o
a Christmas turkey mighty quick.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-06-18
d Correspondence Dc Fusli1.aloo
p@o REQ, JRNto 10 de 1891



Lo es acknowledgements 81 hech0 escanaal0sO
Gle que puluten por puestras calEes tant0s CHI
Quillos NAL vestidos y ann A veces desnudOs.
IA mas de estO, son igualmente escandalo.
aas las palabraa NAL sOnantes que con har-
ta frecuencia proheren los snsodichos Chi.
Quillos.
Todas estas aon cosas que desdicen de Ia
cultura dc una p0blaci0n de las condolences de
esta Capital.
Comprenden0s perfectamente que existen
acciOnes malas, de tai naturaleza, que hasta
pOr cOntTaerse 10 puramente individual e
intimo
Pero en Ia Obra que EOS hemos impues.
tos, en- Ia senda que nos hemos trazadO de
yelar por 81 desarrollo de los intereses mo-
rales materiales del pals, no cejamos nj CO.
iaremOS nunca.
DabemOs hacer cOmprender al pueblo que
sin grandes principios de educaciOn, de- moral
ue justicia, no SIC va ninguna parte. Quo
deben inculcarse en- 6l cOraz6n del ninO, pTln-
cipios dc cterna moral, que 10 conviertan mas
adelante en- hOmbro prObO y recto, en- dignO
. ciudadalo. Que la extrema pobreza y a1n la
misma miseria no estan renidas con el aseo.
Que no hay NADIA que de mas mala opinion
de un ser humane, Y sobre todo de un nino,
que 81 oirle proferir palabras obscenas Y po-
90 enltas.
Esta es la propaganda que debe hacerse i;
tai la mejOs semisla que en- nuestro humilde
sentir debe sembrarse en- 81 coraz0n de las ma
sas populares.
Debe caminarse por esta senda q la trans
fOrmaci0n dc nuestrO pueblo On TODD Orden
de ideas.
Las autor,dades, sobre todo las del or
den municipal, pueden hacer mucho on el SEN
lido que nos cOntraemos.
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/ eobre 6ste particular lIamaInos la atenci6n
gle los sres. Diputados proyinciales.

eobre este particular llamanos la atenci6n
gle los Sres. DiputadOs proyinciales.
Va sonora d0na Paula Gonzalez, esp0sa del
ExcmO. Sr. General de Brigada don Carlos Diaz
Moreno, Coronel dc ATtillerfa que fu6 dc esta
plaza, ha enviado desde las isIas Canarias, don
dc reside, para la imagen de la Vtrgen dc Do
lores dc esta Catedral, una preciosa toca de en-
cafe lngl6s, primorosamente bordada por la
misraa selora. 81 presente ha sido hecho en-.
memoria della feliz estancia de tan distinguida
DANA en- Ia Capital dc Puerto. Rico.
90
De pasO para Mejico ha llegad0 aver es-
ia Capital, procedente de st. Thomas y prece-
dido de muy buenas recomendaciones, el apre-
cable caballero, doctor en- medicina, seflor don
Fortunate G. de Filippi, q quien deseamos gra-
"a estancia, durante los dias que pase en- Puer-
90
81 ninO don Eduardo Arreche % que hoy
ha partido para Ponce pasar las vacacones,
nos ha encargado que Ie despidamos de todos
sus amigos.
Dice IN colega que On San CristObal, cerea
de SantO Domingo, IN hombre lIanado Jose No
Mateo, asesin0 a 81 madre, a su hermana, 4 una
hija y q su concubina suieldandose despnes 81.
De esta hfena So dice que habfa sido un crilni-
nal que logro escapar la acci6n de Ia justicia.
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Bauuero Y Candara

Ofrecen recibido por yapor Reina Maria
Gristdea.
50 cajas de 5Ol2 latas pflnientos $1,75
docena
Is idem 1904 idem idem 81 reales id:
5Oidem de 50l2 idem pasta tomato $l-5O
docena.
Is idem de 1904 idem idem idena q 81 rea-
les docena.
Recibido por vapor Miguel u PisaSJEos :
60 cajas dc j. 90 bacalao Escocia a $Il 90.
80 idem de "a idem idem $l1 90.
26 cajas Queso isleno superiores a $50 90.
8pNo hemos bebido nunca meior BRAN
DY que 81 del FRAILE CARAT.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-06-18
VARlEDaDES

En- ninguna casa donde Sc vendan perfumes
deben faltar los acreditados poIvos dOntales
del DR.. salicrup
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NotiCias de Ia lsIa

Segun leemOS en- los perlodlcOS del inte-
riOr, ha sidO muy bien acogida en- La Isla la cir
cular del E1emo. Sr. Gobernador General man
dando Sc satlsfagan los haberes de los profe
sores de instruction pdblica.
Que Sc haga cumplir dicha circular son
los des6os del pals.
De IN oolega de Po6oe E 3 reoortamos 10 81
guiente: . -
Dice un peri6dico que ha producido gran
sensation la noticia dada por es Herald de que
la enfermedad que sufre el Secretario de Esta-
do norte americana Mr.. Blaine, presenta sfnto-
mas de depression mental,
Leemos el El Posti1l6se:
En- la noche del domingo Sc tuvo noticia
en- 81 teatro de que habia sido robada la casa
de Ia senorta Paol
Inmediatamente Sc trasladaron a ella al
gunos amigos, encontrandose los baules ro-
pas que contenian en- el mayor des0rden.
Los ladrones. no hallando el dinero que
buscaban, Sc contehtarOG con lleVarse IN bra
zaete de orc, propiedad de Ia artista.o =
Hemos dido decir one ha dinitido del car
go de aIcaIde de San German al Sr. don Ramon,
Riopedre, que SO indica para sustituirle don
Manuel Sanchez Candel Official retirado de la
Guardia civil, y vecino de aquella localidad.
Escriben de YabucOa que resontido 81 atriO
de aquella iglesia parroquial por 81 1timO tenn
poral de aqua, una buena parte de 81 SO ha de-
rrumbado.
Ha llegado Ponce, procedente de New
York Ia goleta americana Uranus con surtido
general de provisiones. Y la goleta ihglesa
Ocean lily de Halifax, con salazones.
Ell vapor NJ. Z. VSlloUerde ha cargado en-
Ponce 479 sacos cafe con 5O,549 kilos destina-
dos a Ia Habana, Nuevitas Gibara y Is sacos
nairG7satQao con 2Os kilos para la Habana.
Nos esoriben de la carolina.
nEl catorce del corriente tuvo lugar en-
esta localidad IN lucido bale de artesanos ell
cuaI pensarOn interrumpir VariOs transeunteS
que SO encontraban aqui con motive de las fies-
tas, perO no Sc le peTmiti6 Tealizar sI intento
gracias a las dignas autoridades, y on particu-
lar al Sr. Acalde y COmandante del puestO de-
Ia Guarda civil, que supierOn cumplir digna-
mente con sus deberes. Siga asi siempre don
Martin Rojas y Martinez ganandose las simpa-
tias en- su segundo mando de esta lOcalidad,
que Dor los artesanOs bien ganado tiene ell
puesto que ocupa.-P Pedro r. Col69s,-JOSk r.
lfaldonddO. Melton Pere1eg 2o Pedro To
greSp
aver quedaban on 81 puerto de Ponce los
siguientes buQues
Travesia Pearl, deseargando. Uranus,
descargando Ne11ie PARKER, pendiente.-W.
3. StOtUe, pendiente de descarga. tejnMdYo
Bosch, descarga ando.-- COrtes, descargandO -
H0yYj KsaosOltts, pendiente de descarga.
81.
Sc ha dispuesto pOr este GobiernO General
Ia separation de d. jose SOusa del cargo de car-a
tero dc Ponce, y nombrando en- su lugar a D. J.
Arturo Toledo
Por este 0obierno General la sido nom
brado guardia de ogden pdblioo Juan Ponte
Vari1a
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-06-18
LIE MOT DE LA FIN.

LIE MOT DE LA FIN.
Til eres ell huracan y 20 la alta
Tore que desaffa su poder:
Tenfas que eStrellarte 8 abatirme IT,.
mo pudo ser
Td eras el Oc6ano y 20 la snhiesta
ROca que firme aguarda Su YaiVen:
Tenfas que TOnperte arrancarmel..
No pudo ser
Hormosa td, 20 altivo; acostumbradoS
UnO q arrollar, ell otro no ceder:
La senda estrecha, inevitable 81 choquo -
No pudo ser
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-06-18

La direction es esta Don francisco
Font, calle de Ia Tanca, esquina Fortale9a
dep0sito del VINO Riojano de- Alesaon, Rioia
Los idi01'tas mas gsSssalss. Al phi ncipio dc
este siglo haOlaban eIinpl6s 81. .000, 600 de per-
sonas 81 frances 1880, 900; 81 aleman. 80
millones el russo, 81 .000, 600; 81 espano 26
mill0nes ell italiano 100000. Hoy die
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La Interpretation del senior Moya sobre po-
Utica antillana ha quedado aplazada

Parece que los diputados ministeraes
marques de Cubas, condes de Benalia de Ma.
lladas, baron del Castillo dc Chirel Dato, han
manifestado al senor Canovas que tendran que
Votar contra los proyectos relatives al Banco,
absteni6ndose de hablar por no perjudiear & Ia
discipline del partido.
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Ell sr. Castaneda piensa pedir que Sc gra-
We 81 azdcar que deberfa entrar libre en- los
Estados Uiidos, pero no 81 tabaco, en- el case
de que el Sr. Fable trate de compensar el de-
fcit que produzca 81 tratado dc Washington
graYalldo las industries azucarera tabaquera
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-06-25
TREMENDOUSLY AMUSING.
Wild HiIarfty of a Dude Who Discovere
....rr.r,. NNrnrI, Cor III, r,n,,

Wild HiIarity of a Dude Who Discovered
That Persons Wash for Themselves.
While in the Office of an uptown hotel
recently l chanced to overhear a con-
versation between two men which
proved very amusing from subsequent
developments.
Both persons in question were attired
in the latest style and drawled their
words with Murray Hill correctness.
They also affected that peculiar vacuity
of countenance> innocently supposed to
be fashionable in England but which
in reality exists only in a lunatic asy-
lum or an institution for the care of the
weak minded.
They were discussing a new book
which dealt with some of the rough
sides of life.
at was excruciatingly amusing" re-
marked one specimen, ''to wead of how
some persons in Boston who made some
pwetentions socially were compelled to
do their own washing. Another family
couldn't hiah a servant, SO they did
their own cooking" This seemed so
amusing" that both laughed as loudly
as their weak physique and strong con-
ventionality would allow.
The other individual, who appeared
| to be in the last stages of paresis, re-
sponded with similar anecdote, and
the two wandered out into Broadway.
There was an old New Yorker in the
lobby, who happened to be familiar
with the antecedents of both, and he
gave me some of their family history.
He of the ''excruciating" amusement
formerly lived in the tenement house
district, not far from Cherry Hill. His
father had been machinist's helper
and earned seven dollars a week. His
mother took in washing to help support
the family. Later his father invented
a trivial article which brought him con-
siderable money. He invested in real
estate and made fortune. The family
deserted Cherry Hill and now live on
Madison avenue.
That is the history of the young gen
tleman who saw so much amusement
in people doing their own washing.
The worthy parent of the other made
several contracts with the city undel
the Tweed ring and then retired from
| business N Y Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-06-25
signs of Spring.

If you read these learned maxims and
take note of each small thing, you may
come to be a prophet and foreten tthe
gladstone spring. When trees begin to
blossom and the violets to bloom; when
the bull frogs in the meadow warble
boom-ah- boom-ah-b boom; when ducks
are flying northward and bright but
terfies are out, and robbins go house
keeping in the broken waterspout;
when grasshoppers are hopping, and
black bats come out at night, and ven
ture in your bedroom attracted by the
light; when birds fly down the chimney,
and hens walk in the door, and beetles
hold convention in the center of the
floor; when the mud is DER your shoe
tops as you cross the new-plowed land
you may count on it as certain that
sweet spring is near at hand.-Har-
per's Young People.
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ana IN few moments the agent was on
his way 10 Chaumont. For two hours
he rode on his way; but instead of pur-
suing the high road to Treves, he again
crossed the Seine and kept along by the
banks of the Aube. Daylight was just
beginning to streak the eastern heavens
when Lafont thought he heard the
sound of horses behind him, and it was
not long ere he knew that he was being
pursued, and in ten miputes he was as
Sured that the two robbers were after
him. In a moment the agent leaped
from the saddle and scizing a heavy
stone he inflicted a severe bruise upon
one of his horses fore legs The ami
NAL reared and plunged, but Lafont
managed to hold him, and again mount
ing, he drove on, but the horse limped
and staggered beneath the effects of
the blow he had received and in short
time the two travellers came up
''Ah good morning, gentlemen" :"
said the agent, as he reined in his lame
steed, at the same time raising his hat
with affable politeness. $50 it seems
you, too, are tired of the numbering
diligence"
Yes" replied the formost of the two
men, ''the diligence did not exactly Spit
our convenience, so we took horses.
And are you bound to Chaunaa+?"
asked Lafont.
| "Yes-that probably"
| son business?"
'Yes, important business" "
THAT Is fortunate" said Lafont
with the utmost ea&1estness, ''for you
may, if you see fit, do me great favor.
l, too, have important business at Chau-
mont, but fear that without assist
ance l shall not be able to accomplish
it. have, gentlemen, in my possession
vast amount of valuable papers, and
intended to have continued on my way