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TO find they hadn't forgot either. and kept
an eye lifting FOR phenomena over my way.
was hard at II both these days getting
my trade in order aud taking stock of
what Vigogrs had left. This was job
that made me pretty sick and kept me
from thinking on much else Ben had
taken stock the trip before--I knew 1
could trust Ben-b1f it Was plain some
body had been making free in the mean
time | found / was oas what might
easily cover SIX months salary and profit.
and could have kicked myself all round
the village 10 have been such blamed ass,
sitting BOOKING with that Case instead Of
attending 10 my own affairs and taking
stock
However, there's no use CRYING over
split milk 1t was done now. and couldn't
be undone. All I could do vas 10 get
what was left OF il and my new stuff inv
own choiceD IN order. 10 go round and get
after the rats and cockroaches. and 10 6 K
up that store regular Sydney style. A fine
show / made Of IL: and the third morning
when had lii my pipe and stood in the
doorway and looked IN. and turned and
looked far up the mountain and saw the
cocoanuts waving. and posted up the
tons OF copra. and over the village green
and say the island dandies and reckoned
up the yards of prints they wanted for
their kits and dresses. felt as II / was
IN the r!gnt place 10 make fortune and
90 home again and start public house
There vas |, sitting in that yeraniah. In as
handsome q piece OF scenery a. YOU could
find, q splendid sun and tine. fresh,
healthy trade that stirred up q mans
blood like sea bathing: and the whole
thing was clean gone from me, and i was
dreaming England, which Is, after all,
nasty. cold, muddy hole. with not enough
light 10 see 70 read by; and dreaming the
looks Of my public, BY 8 kant of broad,
high-9oad like an avenue, and with the
sign on 3 green tree.
So much for the morning. but the day
passed and the devil anyone looked near
me- and from all knew OF atives IN other
islands / thought this strange. People
laughed q little az our firm and their fine
stations. and at this station OF Falesa il
particular: al the copra IN the district
wouldn't pay for il II had heard them say)
in fifty years, which / suppose was al ex-
aggeration. But when the day went, and
no business came AZ all, / began to get
downhearted: and. about three in the
afternoon / went out for stroll to cheer
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Ire NJ. On the green l saw 3 white man
coming with c3ssocx On. by which and
BY the face Of him | knew ne was = priest
He was goo2-na.ured old soul TO look az.
gone little erixElei. and so dirty you
could have written sish him On piece Of
paper.
Good day. sir" saysI.
He answered me eagerly IN native.
Don't you speak any English ?" said l.
French" SAYS he
We'll. " said /. I'm sorry. but / can.
do anything there"
He tried me awhile in the French. and
then again in native. which he seemed 10
think was the bes, chance. Imade out he
Vas after more than passing the time Of
day with me. but had something 20 COM
muuieate. and ! listened the harder. l
heard the names OF Adams ard Case and
Of Rsndsll-Rsndall the ofsenest-and the
word '-poss0n, or something Ike il. and s
native word that lie said very often
went home repeating IL 70 myself
"N IA. does fussy-ocky mean ," / asked
Of Inns. for that Was as near 81 / could
come 10 il.
Make dead, IS said she.
The devil IL does " saws l. did ever
yoa hear that Case had poisoned Johnnie
AdaIS9"
Every man re ssvvy that. SAYS Una.
scc-ufQ!--Ike- Give him white sanc-b2d
sand lie GOT the boI.Le stiI. suppose he
give yOu g-n. You No take him
Nov had heard much the same sors Of
story IN other islands aad the same white
powder @lwSys 10 the front. which made
ne think The less % Il For all thai. ven:
over 70 KaRd2ll's pace 10 see what | could
cleaning = gun
Good shooting here >" .aysI.
A !" SAYS be. The bush i full Of sill
kinds 0; birds. / wish copra was IS
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THEBEACH OF FALESA
Narrative of . south Sea Trader.
BIT EoEEET LOUIS STEVENSON.
CHAPTER II
TEE BAN.

came on the veranda Just before the
sun rose on the morrow My house vas
the last on the east; there was cape of
woods and cliffs behind that hid the sun
rise. To the west, swift. cold river ran
down, and beyond was the green Of the
village, dotted with cocoa palms and
bread fruits and houses. The shutters
were some OF them down and some open !;
/ saw the mosquito bars still stretched,
with shadows of people new-awakened
sitting up inside; and all over the green
others were stalking silent, wrapped in
their many-colored sleeping clothes like
Bedouins in Bible pictures. Ii was NOR
tai still. and solemn, and chilly, and the
light of the dawn on the lagoon was ike
the shining of a IRE.
But the thing that troubled me was
nearer hand. Some dozen young men and
children made piece Of s half-circle flank
ing my house; the river divided them.
some were on the near side, some on the
far. and one on boulder in the midst:
and they all sat silent, wrapped in their
sheets. and stared at me and my house as
straight as pointer dogs / thought il
strange IS went out When | had bathed
and come back again, and found them all
there. and two or three more along with
them. thought il stranger still. What
could they see to gaze at in my house? /
wondered. and went in.
But the thought of these siarers stuck in
my mind, ana presently came out again.
The sun was nov up. but Il was still be-
hind the cape of woods. Say quarter Of
an hour had come and gone. The crowd
was greatly increased. the far bank of the
river was lined for quite way
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about sny'hing, unless i was Honor; IN:
he aud the priest stuck 10 IL two hours
sianglng each other in native. and every
time tia!0shes tried 70 kneei down Papa
went for him With the oluo. There never
vas such larzs in FaleSa. The end Of !.
was that Captain Randall knocked over
With some kind Of . Ii o. stroke. and the
priest got in his goods after al. Bat
Re was the angriesG priest Won ever heard
OF, and complained 10 the chiefs sbou. the
outrage. IS he called IL. That Was no &C
count. for our chiefs a-e Protestant here;
and. anyway. he had been making trouble
about the drum for m1rllng school, and
they were glad 70 give him 4 wine Now ne
sSears old Randall gave Adams poison or
something. and when the rwo meet they
grin 81 each other ike balloons"
He told this story IS natural as could
Be, and ike man That enjoyed the fun:
though, nov l come 70 think OF II after so
long. Il seems rather sickeDing yarn.
However, case never -. Up % be soft.
only 20 De- square and hearty, and man
81 round; and % tel .he truth, he pug
x.ed ne entirely.
went home and asked Tina if she we're
= Popey, which I had made OF. 10 be the
native word for Catholics.
- L K Gif' says she. She always used
the native when she meant mo- more
than usually strong. and, indeed, there's
more oi IL No good Popey." she added
Then asked her 2boU! Adams AMI the
priest. and she told NE much the same
yarn N her own way. 50 that | was EFF
not much farther or. bu. inclined. upon
the whole, 10 think the bottom Of the
matter Mss the Eow shout the sacrament.
AMI the poisoning only :S.k-
The next day Vas SUNDAY. n he 7 there
Was no business - be looked Io-. Una
asked HE in the morning i | was going 10
pray told her she better not. and she
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supposed cannon and the real or proved
irresistible attractions.
At 10 o'clock our exercises were 70 begi,
By that time Perkins grove was fall AZ
people and Perkins strange burst Of Pat.
riotic iIberality was explained. He held
q monopoly of the sale Of refreshments to
the crowd.
The speakers stand, effectively located
between two huge spreading maple tres,
and ,astefuIIy decorated with bunting in
the national coio-s, made q very handsor,s
appearance. Upon il posed the commit
tee. wearing red. white and blue scaFfs and
rosettes as big IS soup platss-and their
invited guests. The impotence o. thse
Russian surprised me. / am sure he was
not invited 10 a place on the stand, VET
there he was. Just behind Nelie and ak
ing TO her all the time.
Close on the right OF the stand were sta.
toned the Jephton Cornet band, who hon.
esIIy endeav0red TO make up by wiling
ness and vigor fors nat they lacked in
skill 4 little way OF II the rear and To
the left the barbecuing Of the OK went on.
II would have been IN some other di-ec-
ton if We could have known in advancs
from what quarter the wind would blox
that morning, and further away, had re
realized the madGening Impotence the
smell OF the roasting meat would cause in
those hungry Sciays, who were large
part Of our audience
The proceedings were opened with
PRAYER by the Rev. Mr. Mcpherson. a
worthy Scotch minister. Then | read the
Declaration Of Independence and got
through u right we'll. except that I vas
more or less bothered. now and then. 0y
Perkins frantic appeals 70 the public con-
corning his sour cider and weak lemonade
Two slightly untogaru incidents marred
the dignity and harmony OF the exercises
during the doctors short talk which
lasted a good half hour. The frat was ths
advent upon the scene Of an Italian organ
grinder. who had to De brioet 20 Quit pay
ing The Blue Danube" and 20 away
The second was when a HibernIan con-
tingent from >toobers' Mills caught sigh.
OF q stray Chinaman II the crowd and.
taking mirage az MS presence, we're with
difficulty restrained from "hammer.ng tas
Ioife out Az the domned furriRsr."
Then Mr. Elnathan Goodrich delivered
his Grafton. or, a. least. q part OF il. In
fortunately our eolored cA<f N charge Of
the OK number in the programme Mr..
sam JonsIng. had not understood there
were 70 be two speeches before the feeding
was 20 BEGIN, and as the Sc.ays seemed %
him becoming threateningly wild IN their
demonstrations OF appetite, he los. his
head and began carving the beef when the
Grafton was only about half delivered Of
course. in less than . minute Mr. Good.
rich had No audience except those on the
stand and il would have been manifessIy
absurd To turn around on them and con-
TGnue his haralg1e- 90 ne stopped a5rupr-
ly, 0UtwariIy smiling. but AZ heart raging.
The most memorable feature Of the din
ner a. the hotel, after the exercises IN the
grove. was An item or the table decoration
The landlord had buc one mould - ,
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the idea sIust perfectly splendid
Yes. said the doctor, warming TO the
theme. "Bugleviile has been running the
national anniversary for the whole country
so long that she thinks she holds pro-
priesary right in IL Stookers Mills and
Jephton and Dankridge snd all the rest Of
the little towns round about may 90 on
playing second fiddle if they ike, but
Weyandonk must declare her independ-
eace OF Bugleville. We must have an
Grafton"
'EInathan Goodrich is your man for
that. He can turn himself loose and crate
any minute, any where. about anything.
and Fourth Of July grafton will be pie
for him, netaphorically speaking.
don't know that | ever heard better one
than MS argument for the plaintiff in the
famous COW case"
/ did think OF letting myself De per
susded into taking the contract for tina.
Grafton, and indeed had the pero-s.ion for
one already written, bat modessy-my one
defect-kept me silent I simply sup
pressed sigh and continued suggesting.
Then, there should be a short talk
IS the Tammany society calls Ito pre-
cede the oration-"
Yes. Vel, III do that" volunteered
the doctor.
Il was hard 70 give up even that vishoU.
6emur: but y nat will not young patriot
DO for his counTry-and the father OF the
young woman IN whom he taxes special
interest? He would never Know Of nv
self-sacrifce, but Nellie would love me
better for it. when some happy day IN the
future | should read 10 her that perors-
ton.
And you viii read the Declaration Of
Independence. he prescribed.
oh, I'm sure you will do it most
beautifully" said Nellie; and I was quite
recc1cIed 70 my comparatively humble
role
Informally, We discussed cur chances
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plenty" saws he-E thought slyly-'hu,
there don't seem anything dong"
/ could see Hack Jack III the store serv-
ing a customer.
That looks Ike business. though"
said |.
That's the first sale we've made in
three weeks. " said he.
You don'. tell mes" said l. Three
weeks Well. well.
If you dom; believe me, he cries. =
hule bot, Won can 50 and look AZ the
oopra-hoGse. Its half empty 10 this
blessed hour"
y shouldn't Re mnch the better for
that, YOU see says |. For all Gan tell IL
n <At have been whole empty yesterday.
That's 50 sSys BE, with eis OF 5
laugh.
Ry-the-bye" | said, "NhAs sort Of =
party : the Prlests Seems rather s
friendly sort
Al th3S case laughed right aloud. ''Ah,
SAYS ite, = see what ais Yea nov Ca
iuchets been ~ you." Father GalosAes
was the name ae went BY NEST. hGt Case
Always gave = the French qairk, which
A. anetAer reason We had iar thinking
him above taS common
Yes, / have SVea ham | saws i made
eus ne csan'i tank much 81 Year C&otain
Randall
"TAa. As aon'; says Case. "IswAs shs
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lnS - Nellie II the moonlight. Il an
noyed ne 70 Sc the fellow 80 persistent IN
o5t-Cding his notions. nots!rbsrs~1iir-,--
We had positively refused n accent axaS
one single suggestion q any kind from
hlrD- 80 sad 20 ain II B testing tone br,-
really meaning every word seriously.
Il = no Use count. Whatever j. ma
hs..it won's DO. 4"
He snni-e3 and replled: Mo- Well 7
VII agree with me when Il : fr-lv a.
planned - YOU
buE &c Wen. sxay wit5oEs exutai1fn,
II AMI 3 few minutes 2f-er3&ri TOOK r,,5,
departure, bat not 01.Il | hzs wh{s-1-a4
20 Ne1-ls. i shall have something "a 80
70 yo2 tomorrow evening after tie
works"
cry We s2e sad, *!sa Little smile.
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Z II Z T.
man. when
l suggested
tn at our
{ ow n OF
W e y = n
i o n K
should get
up a 4th
of ] III Y
demo1sera-
ton of its
o " n. said
he thought
8 o, o o..
And his
daug liter
Nellie pro
ounceG
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We CELEBRATE

A. dawn On the Fourth We commences
the proceed nEs o. the day ~ us.jo,.1
salute vita japanese hombs 81 re la-.,s~-
SIZE. Each enc made : no.se Ike a ~.
lE<e- 81 least, and could Dc heard even TO-
tAe- sway than Baglexi1se- Is ne ar-
pecte<2. IL brought 10 rs MANY re-s,.. -,
1as1a taea ha1 been undetermined Which
ss-sa-Assoa lacy sao2la ssssai. Tas
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Canada Rapid, Grew nag Debt.

= ~ ~ Ts>A
NGslzs tee u1onga q Nay the net debt
O. ne Dominion increased by s., Qol, SsS,
A''d 'ae srQ,sS 2ens now amounts 81 $50
ts>S,1>Sa- AGasns aasarne4 subsidies this
csoE w1A a11oanE ~ ever $2e,es.A.l.A
To savlgo-ass asss s.esuss5y lie AR. ia Eals.
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WEYANDONK'S
FOURTH OF JULY.

WE RESOLVE TO CELEBRATE.
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VII - found AZ exeslseu. -snrs.fy sa- ssex
2s4ize1s- t4z-eFs Lizzie EtVsr PtLSS Thle-
sAlt1s q letters t-1sa people wko .av= usess
Kan p<oFe ta1s tars- Try Eae7R.
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Ire SrosS a-e--a&znE Company as uaov@1
ss92-A
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grove. which was admirably suited TO the
purpose We were q little surprised oy
his action, as Mr. Perkins is nos famed
for his liberality. but ge concluded be did
not deserve all the hard things said aooJIs
him, and whatever his other faults might
be. his patriotism was al right
A fair traitor in the Bugieville camp
the girl Enataan Goodrich visited regu-
larry Wednesday and Sunday evenings
found on. for. rs where our rivals got the'r
fireworks. an item il which We knew they
had some great advantage over anything
We could effect according 70 the pyro.eeh-
nisrs' price lists which sc procured sae
put Us in communication with Swiss
drummer named Moritz Salzman. who
made business Of supplying exhibitions
for country towns. He was 4 shrewd.
energetic fellow and 10 secure our trade
for future years engaged 20 give Us mucn
finer show than BUgieville ever had. and
for less money. We all liked him not
only for that, but because he expressed
such hearty sympathy with our patriot
ism. and told Is he was so eager
and anxious 10 become an American
citizen as soon as be could. Since then
we have learned his eager anxiety had
lasted ten years without MS having taken
any steps for its relief Il IS said that his
mothers second cousin was natQralized IN
New York year before the civil war
oECAe out ana l2C 30 pay scScEsA LlAGEc0
dollars for : substitute when drafted
He was IN business and quite well of, but
that cruel blow of misfortune broke MS
heart and be died few months later.
Among the summer boa-de-s az the
hotel was 3 big, shock-headed fell
low, who claimed 10 De Russian, and
Judging from his kaottv and horned
name, if it Was really his, should say he
was. He called himself Count Alexis
Ivanovitch Grodnocheffski, and claimed
TO De the scion Of wealthy patrician
family, forced 10 fee from home because
of his sym patty with the nihilists- The
way he used 10 pervade Dr.. Freeman
house made ne tired. I use the word
fperyade' advIseily. He elected himself an
honorary member OF our committee and
used 10 come over 10 the doctors
every forenoon to tell him and me what
We ought 20 do. / fancy he used 10 lie
awake az night, thinking up prepOsterous
and impracEicable things 10 urge upon Us.
de should have been sent 10 GunatIc
asylum for any one OF half his suggestions
10 help Us QUIZ
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-27

Bernard Ira inor, an old and highly re-
pue, died last night after short Illness.
lie leaves family Of grown-up children.
The funeral OF Marie Adrienne, Braxeau,
second daught OF j. B. y. Braxeau, will
take place tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock.
from her fathers residence, 331 Pawtucket
avenue.
Charles ID. Williams, Mrs. Hattie A.
Williams, Henry Read, Jr., and wife,
Curtis Read and Naomi Read left yester-
day for short season at Eastport and
Machias, Me.
A man in a drunken condition was in
sulting women on Mineral Spring avenue
last night, and Officers Lee and Murphy
took him TO the police station, where he
was locked up.
Patrol Driver Hewes received orders
yesterday morning to remain in tho barn
entirely and not i'm the station. Formerly
he used the spend his spare moments in
the guard room.
There is nothing that will make a per-
son have a stronger inclination to run
away from civilization than to have an
amateur theatrical company rehearsing
evenings within earshot.
Willie Wood, the talented violinist, ar
rived i'm the city yesterday from Germany,
where he has been pursuing a musical
course for the past year. lie was warmly
welcomed by his many friends.
The regular meeting of the Sacred Heart
Christian Doctrine Society. will be held
this evening in the school hall. The
literary work will be continued. Daniel
McAlice will deliver an. essay on "what
the Church Has Done for Letters"
One of the best institutions of its kind
In this country Is the advertising agency
of William j. Danielson OF Providence.
The TRIBUNE has had many business
transactions with the agency and finds IL
prompt paying, square dealing concern.
The Veteran ,Firemen's Association at
a meeting last night voted to take part
in the muster at Cottage City, and Mich
ael McGowan was appointed to go there
and see to the arrangements. The Hay
Cart will be taken out Saturday for "shak-
ing up"
Luke Keefe OF Marblehead, Mass,
Robert Holland of Fall River, Miss Katie
Callahan of Marblehead, Miss Rosie
Feeley of Providence and Miss Hattie
Feeley OF New London are visiting the
family Of James Callaghan, ST., of Japon-
ica street.
The Pawtucket Street HALLWAY Com
pany is having plans prepared, with
view OF avoiding the Broad street Cross
ing by going over the Miller street bridge
and coming down Montgomery and Ex-
change streets into Broad street Just
below the crossing.
A pious individual thinks of inaugural
ing in this city crusade against the horse
cars, steam cars, steamboats,, drug stores
and all other forms of Sunday business
and amusement, i'm the same style that a
reform OF this. foolish character has been
begun in several places.
The poles for the wire of the Interstate
Railrord are being placed In position on
Fountain and Exchange streets. A big
gang of men are at work at South Attle-
boro setting poles toward this city, while
two other gangs are adjusting brackets
and stringing the feeder and trolley
wirea
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stiii Talking on insanity.

MEMPHIS, July 27-Dr. Salia testified In
the Mitchell case yesterday that he
thought the young lady was a sexual
pervert. He was followed by DR.. Cal
lendar. He said that when approaching
puberty Miss Mitchell began to have a
sisterly regard for Freda Ward, but on &C.
count Of her age and pathological condi-
tion II grew into frenzy more strong
than mans love for woman. Scien-
tiHcally he thought Miss Mitchell was in
anna
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-27

Lot There are 20 dozen
Misses plain and fast black
Hose at &c a pair, McDer-
motifs price Ioc.
Lot Boys heavy ribbed
fast black cotton Hose, nc a
pair, McDermott's price zoe.
Lot 3-Misses' plain I'M
ported fast black Hose, I4c
per pair, McDermott's price
25c.
Lot 4-Ladies' plain fast
black Hose, at 7c per pair,
McDermott's price Ioc per
pair.
Lot 5-There are IS dozen
Ladies' imported Hernsdorff
fast black Hose, nc a pair,
McDermott's price 25c per pair.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-27
GENTS SHIRTS.

Summer Shirts at less than half
plice. Special prices.
Gents fine Crepe Shirts, cut
with yokes, fast colors, unlaun-
dered collars at 4Sc each, marked
down from SIC.
5 dozen more of those Madras
Shirts that we sold so many of
last Saturday at the same low
price o. 25c each, the last lot of
them.
We can save you money on
Shirts.if you call and examine our
line of fancy silk stripes and
plaids. We are closing them out
at less than half price.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-27

In addition to McDermott's
stock of Hosiery we shall offer
your our entire line of soc Hosiery
for 39c and our Csc line for 29c
per pair.
UNDERW EAR
Lot - McDermott's entire
stock of Ladies' 5Oc Merino and
Jersy Vests for 34c.
Lot 2-15 dozen Ladies Jersey
Vests, short sleeves for lie each,
McDermotts price Zoe.
Lot 3-Children's Jersey Vests
in A sizes at &c, McDermott's
price 10c.
Lot ladies fine Lisle Jersey
Vests with long sleeves for 24c,
McDermott's price CSC.
Lot Boys grey summer
Merino Vests at 22c each.
In this stock there are three or
four lines of Ladies Wove Under
wear which will go just at half
price.
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Lot | is a fine lot of Rem
nants in Woolen Dress Goods,
consisting of from ! to s yards.
These remnants are marked
regardless of cost, as we felt
convinced that the prices we
put on them they COULD NOT
HELP but go.
Lot 2 is a fine lot of 40-inch
Stripes and Plaids. McDer-
motifs price, SOC; during this
sale, at 29c.
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Animals That DO Not Drink.

Darwin states In his Voyage Of q
Naturalist" that unless the huanacoes,
or wild llaiuas of Patagonia, drink salt
water. in many localities they must drink
none at all. Che large and interesting
group OF sloths are alike In never drink.
ing. A parrot is said TO have lived In
the geological gardens, Regent park, fur
fifty-two years without drop Of water.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.