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have It 10 live in! See it's house with green
blinds, the very kind Of a house we wished
FOR" and Jimmy jumps and down with Joy. The
house floats nearer. What Is that fluttering
IN u second-story window? It's hAndkers
Chlef; a hand holds It a woman leans over
the easement and calls to them, but the roar
lug river browns her voice. The house tioatS
nearer. WIN II come 10 shore, viii II run
aground IN the shallow water, or Will II nOat
on, on, to be overturned by stump or snag, or
drift up some reach OF the Mississippi 70 be
left by the reCcding waters stranded In an
impossible swamp IN a dreary bayou?
II touches bottom: II pauses, It pauses
again! Iiurrah II stands stock still, stuck
fast on the river bottom! But the river
rUshcs furtOusly against II. can II stay
where It is, or will the river lift II, push it,
tear II from its refuge and carry 1t on againf
Look! II is sliding along IN the mud; now
II IS aground once more. There is deep
water beyond the knoll; n the house goes
much further II viii a second time be COM
woman at the window waves her hands
frantically; little girl appears at her side.
"Oh, Bob, Bob! It's our mother, and our
little sister, and our white house with green
blinds they've come down the river 20 live
with us Oh, oh, oh, wade out and tie the
rope 10 the house; hurry up, before It IL
washed away"
rent lifts him on his feet, but he is good
swimmer. lie reaches the house, passes the
rope through the two corner windows ana
ties A. securely, Just as rnal 0unet OF tho
river pushes the house INTO the deep water
beyond the knoll The house swings around
towards shore. The rope holds and all is we'll
The white house with green blinds now
stanus on top OF the hill and In u lives =
mother, two boys and little sister. Where
three years before there was tangled jungle
OF trees, underbrush and cane there Is now q
too,-Lleu. W. 4. Curtis. W ctnotllAaa
ItHleS-StdT.
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under the moor It climbs the walls higher
and higher. 1ue sleeping mother and child
hear LOthng; they sleep on. There Is n
slight jar, the house trcmbles, Is lifted from
Us foundations, fioats and the river bears IL
away.
When bob and Jimmy awoke in the morn
ing II was % fnl the rain ceased and the
clouds away, but the river high above It's
banks. The knoll UpoT which their hut was
l,car,d wa. the onlyhud that rose above the
waters aS II. as they could see. Up and down
IA, river vairy the Nat land was under water
and the dense forest prevented them RON
" The Ii"or was ovcrflowed. All sorts N
thing, were ioating down the turbii
stream. Logs, planks, hen-coops, barrels.
boxes and now and then small sheds and hay
NJ the OknlalOO flowed through a deS
uiatr marShy region, almost unnhab-
itud, hut there was a thickly Inhabited region
of nigh ground about It's upper waters, and
the uhi'C which the boys saw float by were
from The Inhabited district. A few plankS
ana / =, ana once coop with three hens IN It
lloatrd ashore upon thr knoll, 0u, the swiiter
current further ont carried nearly everything
past The boys had no boat with which 10
pursue and capture the gifts which the
bpuntiml liver offered 10 whOmsOeycr could
take; but Fob tied together some pieces of
rope and chain, and fastening one end 10
tree glOSr 10 the waters edge and the other
about HI waist, waded lar out into the river,
secure against the danger OF being swept
away by the swift current. Bob was making
his third trip into the water when Jimmy
shouted:
Here comes house! Here comes
hOusew
Away up the river is a house floating swiftly
toward them. Bob turns back TO land aud
anNiuusiy watches the house,
Perhaps II win tloat to land here, perhaps
II will" SAYS Jimmy.
The house NEirls about; the current is bear
ing II towards the knoll.
"Look att It's coming right hereI Wen
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FATE OF THE COFFEE DRUNKARD.

In the course of his studies DR.. Mendel
found very few instances in which the
confirmed coffee drunkard was ever cured,
says the London Standard. The symp-
toms constantly grew worse, and ere only
to he relieved by large quantities of the
beverage. the abuse of which has caused
them.
In this way the victims go from bad 10
worse. for. though well aware of the mis-
chief being wrought, they suffer so Sc
verelv that thev are afraid TO abandon the
habit lest death should end the agony
they experience.
Attcr bnGinning with the agreeable in
fusion OF the roasted berries they are
driven, in Their search for something
more powerful, to swallow the tincture,
which. though it operates for time in
the direction desired. soon loses its eff
cacy. and has to be swallowed in greater
and greater quantities. the evil influence
OF the coffee being. of course, height
ened 10y the alcohol used to extract its
ess' ntial ingredients.
When brandy is taken, only temporary
relief follows. though not infreQuently
the intoXication produced by the latter is
eagerly welcomed in order to deaden the
anguish caused by the inordlnate indul-
gence in the former.
The last stnge of this peculiar disease
shows itself III the snllow face and chilly
hands and feet cf the victims, coupled
with an expression of dread and agony
which settles over the cnuntenance a
form OF melancholia. altornated by hys-
term. only to b. temporarily relieved by
repeated application to the coffee-pot or
to II strong tincture formed by stepping
the crushed berries IN spirits of wine.
Meantime, the diseased state of the
body is demonstrated by the acute in
tiammaton which is apt TO supervene at
any moment.
A brurse. cut n prick or a sting which
in healthy person would be scarcely
noticed, is the starting point for intlam-
nation of an sipelatous character. so
that It seldom happens that the coffee
ineb br ate is long lived.
Coffee drunknrds are more common
among people of nervous Temperament:
than III he ranks of the solid. phleg-
matte folks. not easily moved by any
stimulus. or who, like many Germans,
prefer eating to drinking.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

be- ween its low, muddy banks. Back from
the river shores stretched an intcrminablc
forest OF young trees. Beneat h the trees was
a thick growth OF cane and undcrbrush, max
lug wcll-nigh impossible jungle. A cleared
Slarc Of several ayrCS-thc ste Cf future
co ton ficld-a liltlo hut with a cart beside IT,.
and mule eating the tender tops OF young
cane, were he my signs Il civilization.
one year before the boys were living In ST..
Louis, the elder ncWsbOy, the younger a
street musician. For several years they had
been fast friends, the elder and stronger often
protecting the little musician from the
attacks OF Cyiliy disposed street urChins.
They often talked over plans Tor bcttrTing
their condition, and T. was a resolution result
ing rom one Of these talks that caused MIR,
Matthew kinCher, real estate agent, to SEQ
walk into his Ciiice one summer morning tw,
small chaps whose important air seemed
strangely cut cf place with their ragged
clothes.
I'VE see a sign out here, mister" said Bot
brisMy, soying that you had farms for sale
at - an acre"
"oh, yes; those Mississippi lands. Yes
they are only a. m acre. DO you know Ul
any one who wishes 10 buyr'
- wantstO buy, myself" said Bob.
How many acres would you hHe;' said
"ihrc" acres. nave $50 and I'll need
some money 10 begin farming with"
How are you going to get thereI Doyou
Twenty miles, thirty mi!cs' We can
twenty miles! Why, It Is hundreds Of
miles You would have TO 60 by steamboat,
and after buyiag your three acres you
wouldn't have enough left TO take you down
there"
sadly the boys departed, their project
shattered But Bob resolved 10 return "a
that real estate ONCE some day with enough
money 10 carry out his plan. Jimmy was un-
able 70 contribute anything, as all the money
which he received during the day was taken
from him AT night, and he was severely beaten
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The Ruggedest Path in Life

lit be but irradiated hy good health. Is shorr Of
haifits dstasteful features Hosts Of distiug Ighed
men and women have uttered regrets for a past
when young fall Of viSor and hope thogrh battling
with obstacles that seemed well nigh insnrnount-
able their pulses beat, their veins tnged with
the glow Of joyous health. Chronic invalids
wolld you feel that glow. would you as
of yorc, sleep, eat, digest perfectly Then use
with persistence, Hostetter's stomach Blt,ers,
foremost among tonics most reliable of WALKING
medicines Nervousness. dyspepsia, hypochondria
loss of appetite md sleep. this grand reparAtive
Of a dehiltst"d physique and impaired con-titu-
tonal yigor speedily pTsvHiis against Rheumatic
and neuralgo ailments, mAarIal disorders, kidaey
troubles, and the growing indrmities Of ago, are
successfully combStted by this benign specific
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WHAT THE FLOOD BROUGHT.
fl Story of TtCO Boys PIuch 0nd dm
Unexpected GIFT.

Three hundred and frty dollars, jim Ny,
Nht we Fichi We can buy u mule, a plough
anu new house now. I'm dreadful tired cf
H'lhS In that old shsnty; the roof leaks so,
ana the walls arc so full OF cracks that let in
.he WiEd, It's lots be;tcr than sleeping on
uyo'steps and IN alleys nights and staying
anywhere days, but we are gentlemen plant
''S h"W' and we ought TO have a house. a rice
want TO have"
Ana Bob, let's buy mother and little
sister to live there With us and be cosy-like
HoM much d. you think we could buy a
mother for2 Oh, how nice that would be-
"td be out In the Fields working, and the
nother would come out and watch us, and
me little sister would play around and pick
"ers' ana the nights when we cnme home
sno mother would tell us stories, Just the way
tHo'hers always do, and she would take care
Vi u" when we was Sick"
iou don't buy mothers, you goosey; you
'S@' mas EN- that's all and II you don't have
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SMALLCAPS MCDONALD.
A Nickname That Stuck to the Old
Indiana Politician.


:" For many years, during the earlier
part Of his public career, the late Senator
Mcdonald, of Indiana, was called by his
political opponents Smallcaps McDon-
aid" SAID one of the old. time newspaper
men Of the Hoosier capital to Chicago
Mail reporter. This nickname arose
from n queer typographical blunder in
the Office of the Indianapolis Journal. At
that time Senator Mcdonald was n young
man just gaining little prominence
through his excellent work Mt the bar.
One morning he came down TO the
Journal Office carrying i'll his hand a copy
of the paper. In front OF the building he
met Berry Sulgrove, the editor. nnd said /;
Say, Berry. you probably have printed
a good joke here, but I'll confess I'm too
thick headed to zee II. I've puzzled over
it for an hour, and can't make anything
out of it. so | thought I'd better run down
here and see YOU about it, IT there is any
thing funny i'll this ! want n chance to
laugh as well MS the rest of you fellows.
Now, what do YOU mean by saying: The
meeting was next addressed by Prosecutor
Smallcaps Mcdonald?
WHATS that 2 snid Sulgrovc
Smallcaps Mcdonald! You must he
crazy y
We'll. thnts what I thought when
first read it, but there it is as plain as dnv
Now. then. what in thunder nre small
caps?'n
Sulgrove glanced at the newspaper.
and as his eyes ran over the article he
burst into n fit of laughter. Come up
stairs with mo, he said. The next mo-
ment he had caught compositor by tho
collar. hustled him to the stairway and
kicked him halfway downstairs.
- There painted the editor as he re-
turned to Mr.. Mcdonald. In editorial
matter we print all names of persons in
small caps-larger type than the ordinary
reading matter. Last night that com
pOsitOr set up your name in regular lower
cuse type, and drow line around il aud
wrote on the margin of tho proof small
caps. He evidently imagined that your
given name wns Smnllcaps.' and that my
correction of the proof WAS made simply
to print your name in full
But tho opposition press throughout
the state of Indiana caught up the nick
name and it clung TO Mr.. Mcdonald very
tenaciously for many years. Not until he
became political figure of national
prominence did ii leave him. and even to
the tine of his death some of the old
boys of half a century ago still persisted
in calling their old friend Smnllcaps.h ~
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II his employer suspected that he had Kept
any hing back for himself In SIX months
Bob had add"d so 20 the $50 already IN the
Workman's Savings Bank, and the great good
luck uf tl5 reward given HIM Tor finding u
lost dog increased hts hoard 10 500.
Again he boys sought Dir. klIClCT's OfIicc.
The sign advertising Mis-. isslppl land at 50
an acre SUI stO.d before the Ollie" door. Mir.
KIN her remembered their faces ,r perhaps
their rags, ana greeted them Chrcrily. Bob
ld him their yTaHd, how they uOW had 500,
ana hoped that tins would l." ru,E-h tp pay
Tor the three acre ana tine iWUlcmcut- rorr.-
snry Tor commencing i"rulHg MI hlyChcr
sat linking for 80 me time, and finally said:
We'll, boys, yOu So, ~ !. uuu 10 lTS n, and
] believe that you VIII au coed. II VIII BE-
hard work, but II you show as much energy
slender rurI lUEs You VIII ,U0 coed. 1hrlHgd5
ar" located ~ h" Okal1lpn RIVER, and hrl.r"
lhm war Wr.r rCh cotton tc.ds. They are
now 'uNc''u Ml h "a growth ni Young timber
ana thi"k uuI.lDrU h. Now you may ~
down there ana begin he work Of clearing
A'll lhrc" acres. For the present ! WI
trust you, a'd you can pay N" ont Ct the no
Goods - Four ir-l cop. IN" laid Is very
rirh AID Will grow about three bales TO the
acre.
III you 60 down this summer and commence
clearing your land sou can luako nice litile
sum selling the wood cut on the land 10 the
steamboats, when the, come up he iyrT.
Will give you permission to cut wood where
you please, ms II VIII help clear the and, and
II You can clear and plant more than three
acres, - anoad and d. n, and pay me out Oi
your first crop. The OknlaloO Is not nayiga-
BILE az all seasons, but whom the Winter rains
swell II, steamboat conc up to carry on the
Fall cotton crop. You VIII need axes, a carr
ana muic-Hnd you viii buy a cheap cid
mule that VIII DO Tor q year or ryu-aud few
sacks OF corn meal and rashcrs Of bacon. Your
passage down the river VIII cost you very
little. Yes, think you can manage to get
started on eco
Upon the lsr day OF August the boys found
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THIS HYENA NOT A COWARD.
A Sportsman Meets One thai
wouldn't Run from Him.

Wouldn't Run from Him.
Some time ago rode out n-horseback
from an Indian camp about three miles
to sit over pool where | was told benr
and samhur came to water, writes S. b.
in tie wars Sport. On the way | saw a
hyena in the path. 1t quietly stood up
and looked at me. and when | shouted at
it it never moved nm inch.
NY filly was rather frightened. but by
means of a yell and n GOOD kick in the
ribs got her forward and rode right over
the hyena, who quietly lay down in the
path again.
ItrOttcd on and sat over the water for
al out four or five hours without seeing
anything. man | Ind with me went TO
sleep. and on my waking HIM he pro-
eded TO prod at me with hogspear he
had brought.
Fortunately he only managed to give
me gooi cash on the hand. where / had
to grab the spear II save my 'tummy."
But that Is IA aggression. Coming back
took the spear on the chance of seeing
the hyeua again.
# was hrIg ht moonlight night. and |
found the beast in exactly the same spot
Just outside the village. | rode at HIM.
He quietly got on his pins and suurled ut
me.
The butcha would not face him Mt first
till he turned aside and lay down under n
KARL bush. | then got spear at him
h some difficulty through the bush,
and he came out and stood in front OF the
tilly much to her fright, and grinned
and snarled.
DO what / couId, having no spurs. |
could not get within reach and the hyenn
finally quietly slopcd OF into some ravine.
had n Pallop of about mile after an
other Just bit further on. but the FLY
would not 60 up. This one bolted
directly started after him.
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Little by little the slender stock II money In
the bank had grown smaller, and on the first
anniversary uf her husbands death Mrs.
Young knri hy the bedside Of her sleeping
child paS~ipun'r'y praying hat help be- given
her, for the last dollar had been spent that
ddy.
without the rain was falling heavily. II
had been raining rur several days ana the
OlalalDu b IL with It's tyerCAargrd food.
lH,ing ahny" the = ar NJ IA" rain and river "A
hparsc, distant whistle tu!d the town that the
uTNl steamboat u the MiHtrr was coming up
tho river for 20 Cgrgpuf The Fan rrUuuT cotton.
Worn ont with sorrow and lullcd 10y the pAt-
trIiIg rain Mrs Young lCll asleep. The bell
NJ the SirlMh.af ing lit Is nearing the
town. Men with lanterns come ont from the
ware houses along the loyce. TIE Steamboat
n wharf. 10 ih' m0U standing on IN"
shore 10" black chimney = th" boat seem 90
tower unusually hl 10, and even the hull
seems {" Ti," above ,n.m. J." furnace doors
are opened oud Errol bar %. red nthU
str, anus across tine rIlI-lImplud water. NOW
jl" mrl N.r wins the cnHn.a' looms 50 high
above 'h ia: 'A' Ilryr h,e risen clear 10 lhr
top n 'u' "hrrI uII Is n tug Gh VET IN ec
'ay~ uala 0rEin uu nu swell f. The Mlo,ls-
-!pIi has hrn. uu /. lrNrc~ and connected with
IA" h"adWIrur- ~ the Okulaluo hy The north
Orn passes 4 Hood ~ "DTiug, the lower part
ot town VIII ho uLdcr water IN an hour.
quick, warn the people Men dlSpcIsr
through tho lower town, aW aking he sleeping
citizens, m" riNCr comes rrnriiuE up into the
streets, everybody ruShu> fur the nigh land.
Al last the messengers themselves must turn
mom their rrrand ~ alarming the slccpcrs.
" Has every enc been warned -
" Every uUD has been warned f. he reply,
and the messengers run for the high land,
with IA" water close to their heels, They
have overlooked one use No one has
rapued on he door Ot the white house with
the green hlinda, the last house on IT'S street
the house that stands nearest The river. The
TIver rrpeps up ; II laps the doorstep OF he
white house with green binds; II cTawl
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'em, why, that's all there Is about It you
can't huy EN- -
II should like to have a mother awfully
well. never had one, J was Just found.
don't see why uldu't have a mother Just
as much as any other .lit'lc boy, for know |
should love her suppose rs because I'm 50
poor, Old NrS. Flaunignn wa' all hod, and
when / didn't make enough money p!ayln'm my
fiddlc around the streets She usicr liC me
liHe sixty. CricLy, am glad / am out of 81.
LOUIS
~ had a mother oncct ard they both died
when was Il little teller seven years old and
l went To work aS a Hcwsb y and lived the
best way could the worst wav II would be
for most people. MeDOC we could advertise
for somebody 70 come here and live WIN us
and be orr mother, but who would come here
guess wr'd better wal, Ill We begin to grow
rich then Won advertise for a mother and see
II IL will do any good. / don't expect II Will,
though. We're brothers now, anyway, so you
have one relation
The speakers were Bob Brown and Jimmy
Simusuh. two boys, aged nitcen and eleven
respect ivCly. and they were standing upon
the banks NJ the Okalal6O River, Mississippi
watching the first steamboat that had come
~ the river that Winter as II disappeared
around q bend. The dark, turbid river, swol-
len by the heavy Winter rains, noWed swiftly
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SPORTING NEWS AND NOTES.
A Sweeping { hallenge of a Jersey
City Pugilist,
Standard Athletic Games at Long
Island City To- Day.

Giant Rusie had an opportunity yesterday
TO return to Brooklyn tho compliment lately
extended to New York by Iovett. Not hit
or a run In nine whole innings did the Gro ms
get The score was to In New York's
favor. Boston trounced Philadelphia by the
score OF : -. Chicago kept on its winning
streak and downcd Cincinnati by the score Of
TO 4. Pittsburg, the tail-cndcr, made a
grand enort TO down Cleveland, and succeeded
oy the score OF 8 tot.
The standing OF tho clubs TO date is as
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jules Levy and his cornct have lost none OF
their power, and the band under the lender
snip OF Nahan Franko, renders an enjoyable
programme. Many Of the afternoon visitors
remain TO witness Bolossy Kirnlfy's mapniT-
cent spectacle, " King Solomon" wilt n draws
thousands To the new resort IN the evening.
AZ to-dav'S mltinCC AT the Eden MuSce,
MasterJ. W. parr, WHO l. Said % be n remark
able by baritone singer, Will bc among the
attractions.
Manager Ambcrg's season CT German light
opera continues TO draw large audiences to
Terrace Garden. "lndigO and " Die vi rig
Raeubcr" viii be repeated tonight,
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milo swimming con'cs; for $500 at RockOway
yesterday.

yesterday.
Leonard Eppig nddJ. A. Eppig shot match
with j. SimpsDn und c. Engcl6recht ycstcr-
day, Tor 500 side, at 100 birds, eighteen
yards rise. Eppig brothers won 100 to 100
Another match was made and shot on the
Eppig brothers winning, 10 to lO7.
There viii be sct-to tonight between
william Goss and Eddie Lyons nt 10 pounds
at ,hc Essex club rooms, Newark.
The olympic club Of New orleans has cnOcd
to Ted PritChard Offering him n chance at a
purse " $4,000 against Bob I1t2slmmuus
the night to take place about Mardi Gras time
next Spring
large crowd OF enthusiasts sports wit
messed the third series OF the boxing exhibit
tlOns last night between members Of the
brighton and Park Athletic clubs at the lat
tcr's rooms In Brooklyn
Gibbons, who Is to nght McAuline sept. II.
was anxious TO get his training money In al-
vance, and MIR. Roche, Ot the Granite club,
tclegraphcd him nS fullowS:
Au.un Gibbons, Pit,r,on, y. d.
Clubs offer four thousand purse goes. Guarlu-
too you $3.50 training expenses. You, can get
money any time. X. RoCHE.
Arrangements have been made by cable for
bringing over the team OF amateur CrickCtcrs
from England to b" Cnptained by Lord
Hawke. The team viii sai ON the city or
New York on Sept 10, and will come to Phil
0dclphla as the guests ~ the Germantown
club The first match against All rhiladel-
phla VIII be played on Friday, saturday and
Monday, sept. %, % and ~, and the second
on Thursday, Friday and saturday, Sept 80
and oct. 1 and ..
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To Dispel Colds,

Headaches and fcvcrs, TO cleanse the sys-
TEN cnectualy, yet gently, when COstiye or
bilious, or when the blood Is impure or slug
Fish, 20 permanently cure habitual constipA-
tion, 10 awaken the Kidneys and liver to a
healthy acti'ity, without irritating or weak
eEing them, use syrup OF Figs. -
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Shotgun Policy.

tgTor Puck.
"As for me, believe that living dog is
better than dead lion"
"Well It's less trouble TO get him on the
nrCmiSpSh -
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A Disappointment All Round.

Old Cnshcy-YOung man, when you married
my daughter never supposed that you were
going 10 live on me.
Young Dudcly-Well, SIR, why didn't you
give her enough at the start to be inde-
pcndent7
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No Danger.


Mother-Tommy, you mustn't go fishing
with Freddy Slocum. He is just getting over
the measles.
Tommv-There won't be any danger ma.
! never catch anything when I'm fishing.
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ALWAYS Late.

tFrom Brooklyn LOs.l
He-Why do you call him your late husband
when he is allve2
She-Because he never comes homo till
3 o'clock IN the morning.
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Versatile.

FathAr-But how viii this young theologian
be able TO support you II he doesn't get q
charge.
Daughter-why, pa, he's an experienced
summer hotel waiter.
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A sympathizing Spirit.

tFTors LUs.l
He-I think she gave up everything when
she married that man.
She lwho is feeling very queerl-How dread
ful Was II at seaS