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KILLED by HIS WIFE.
Strong CIrcumstuntInI Evidence
Against Mrs. Carson and Green.

Spartanhurg. $. G.. August 5.-(SpeciaL)-
At the preliminary trial today of Ed Green
and Mrs Fannie Carson. charged with muir
derns j. .. Carson. the woman's husband.
Bud Poole swore that Green came 10 his
brothers house and invited MIN TO Green's
house to spend the night. Green finally
went out. saying that he would return in a
few minutes. At the expiration Of three
hours he cdme back His hands were
sss;s.:; -: =
getner, neither leaving tie Lo-@o
Poole refused the offer ana repeated his
Testimony ON the stand. This evidence
fixed the crime which the c0nspirators had
attempted 10 palm OF as a suicide. The
particulars of the story We're soon learned
II seems that Green, Who IS popular
young man in the community, twenty-slN
years old and unmarried, has been intimate
with Mrs. Carson for about 81 year ana
the two had been planning several mon'hs
to get the husband out OF the way Ihey
attempted on two occasions TO poison hlin
with strychnine without success. IHey
finally decided to cut his throat.
Mrs. Carson admitted Green into the
house on the night of the murder. After
her husband had gone To sleep, she stunned
him with a hammer Green rushed up
caught his head and held it back while the
wife savagely cut his throat with razor
with which Green had already supplied
her. The head of the victim was almost
severed from the body. When things were
fixed as well as possible the woman cleaned
the blood from her clothing and Catching
her child IN her arms, rushed over 10 a
naighbor's telling them that her husband
was killing himself. This story was be-
Iaved at first and the true facts would
never have come out had not the physician
summoned By Che coroner discovered
pieces of broken razor In the wound
while Carson's razor lay by his side bloody
but intact, having been used after Green s
had broken. \ juror then discovered that
there were bloody tracks about the house
and that Carsons feet had no blood upon
them.
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THROWN OPEN FOR ENTRY
Fine Land I'm Florida for Home
Sfeaders.

Gainesville, Fla, August s.-Register
Barco and Receiver Wainwright, OF the
United States land office, today rendered
a very important decision in the case of tho
naval reserve lands which have been the
subject of much investigation of late. The
order throws open for entry 1920 acres or
lands situated in Alachua, Levy, LaFay-
cite. st. Johns. Suwanee and Santa Rosa
counties.
serve lands in the state We're transferred
to the department of the interior for home
stead entry and when the report reached
this state there was a rush of settlers to
procure lands. large number of people
staked off tracts of 100 acres and erected
rude huts upon the same This was done
i'm order to secure the first privilege or
demonstrating in case the lands were de-
clared open to entry. For some reason or
other the secretary of the interior did not
declare the land open and nothing more
was heard of the matter until a dispatch
appeared in The TiInes-Union to the effect
that a discovery had been made in the
Office of the assistant secretary of the IN
terror that the land alluded to had been
coded TO the state under the swamp act OK
1851.
This report caused considerable consterna-
tion among the squatters mentioned above.
it deprived them OF the right to the land
The register and receiver here at once in
stituted an investigation which has resulted
in the above order.
The Investigations showed that the land
had not been selected under the swamp
land act Some of the land affected is the
very finest and s especially adapted 10
farming purposes.
serve land in the state with the exception
OF the Pensacola navy yards.
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TRAGEDY on a CHURCH GROUND.
O'NenI Brothers Killed by Their Ene-
mics, the PIcous.

New orleans. August "a deplorable
TRAGEDY occurred Saturday night al ANU
och church. about fifteen miles from bdlo"
Roupo For some time bad ieelhs mas
existed between Hill Elcou ana Al'-'t
O,NeaI. of that neighborhood, and social
patherin.s which they have attended have
been disturbed by their demonstrations or
i'll feeling 1t is said a young lady Is the
cause Of the bad blood. A Few GAYS ago
they attended u party AT neishpof mouse
and had violent quarrel Saturday hlsht
Albert O'Neal and his brother. Henry, AZ
tended church at Antioch, where pro
tracted meeting is being held. Htll Plcou
81 his brother Wallace. also went there
II was seneralL.- expected that q meeting
would result in q shooting ARRAY. and all
the parties named went 20 church heavily
armed. the Picou brothers taking their
shotguns. During the service the . Neal
brothers left the church. As they reached
the open air they met the PlcouS- Almost
Instantly there was a sound of three SHOTS
and the O'Neal brothers fell dead. Albert
O'Nears whole forehead was shot away
with q load of buckshOt. Henry O Neal
was shot in the mouth and in the aldo
men. His pistol had been drawn but not
fired as il was found by his side. Albert
O'Nears pistol was found IN its scabbdTd-
Ee had been killed before he could draw It.
The PicOus and a friend of theirs have
bean arrested charged with the killing.
and were put in Jail All the parties con
cerned are about twenty-five years Of age.
They have large and respectable family
connections and more trouble is expected
The result Of the coroner's inquest has not
been learned.
Word of another killing several miles
from Baton Rouge has been received. sun
dav afternoon William McGrew and Gus
Weaver, two young men, We're riding
horseback with "a mutual friend. In some
way an old feud came up. Both drew their
gums and about seven shots were eX-
changed. Weaver fell dead from his horse
with four bullets In him. McGrcw was hit
in the arm and the side. and rode away
bleeding profusely. 1t is thought he is ia
tally wounded.
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" = y 7 y
Tb, strain Toe Much for Him.
JOE EATON GIT.
lie Was brought 10 Atlanta Tuesday
NIght-A clever Arrest.

Joe ~ Eaton. the murderer 81 Malacm
I.itts. th, cobb county farmer. slept behind
IA. s,rons. iron bars OF ihc Atlanta police
station Tuesday night. The murderer was
arrested in HARRISON county and brought
To Atlanta. ou thr southern railroad from
Isrem,u. ia. Tuesday insist.
Eaton WAS captured al The home OF John
". Toml.nsou. a farmer residing near Bre-
mem by ". j. Hrmbree. constable OF
Fairplay district of Carroll county, anu ;.
l.. Hamilton q merchant OF Bremen. har-
Alison county. ". II. Swonord. lawyer OF
HARRISON county, and }. q. Copeland,
Irugeist of tile same county, we're parucl-
PANTS in tue discovery and arrest Of Eaton.
Tn, murderer of Farmer PITTS was found
al the hone of John Tomlinson, where he
mas been al work AS "a farm hand FOR the
rast month. and when confronted 10y ohl-
Ger H,mbree and the gentlemen named he
admitted that he was the man wanted and
asa not make the slightest resistance. Ia
t,u had been going under the name OF Joe
Walker and when asked If his name was
nat 10, Walker Eaton he said that II vas.
When arrested Eaton and Mr.. Hamilton
were eating a watermelon which had been
emf 10 divert the attention of the wanted
,,,., so that OFFICER Hemhree could lie cali
~ I'm from the road IL having been pre-
,-fotslv arranged that he was to ride by the
,,o,ls.. .and b.. stopped by Hamilton, who
vent 10 the house sometime ahead OF the
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report circulated by Dinkins. Two weeks
ago Dinkins and Marshall roomed together,
but in two beds at hotel at Raymond,
In this county. Next morning Dinkins
spread a report that Marshall had commit
ted an uncomfortable crime upon him.
This report was damaging. of course, ana
there was a clamor that Marshall be taken
off tho ticket for state senator.
Marshall denounced the report as a ne
but Dnkins stuck to it, and every body look
ed for a killing sooner or later.
Marshall is little fellow. who weighs
about seventy-five pounds; il highly edu-
Gated a lawyer and man of letters, whose
family is one of the most prominent III
the state and has host of friends at nome
and elsewhere. He has served a term III
the legislature and was the nominee lor
aoater senator for Warren and linus
Dinkinss family is equally as good. ne
was a brother of w. l.. Dihkins. OF Madi-
sen. and was Clevelands United states
marshal during his first term, and IS close
" related 20 many prominent men IN tne
state. being a cousin to Bishop Charies d.
Galloway, Of this city. ,,,,do.
Marshall and his comp9niohs are ,i HrI ro.
arrest at Brandon. The affair IS ueepiS III
GREETED here where both mn dle W. -
known and highly respected. ne pouS VI
Diukins was brought to BraEdon touaS'
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WAYS OF THE WICKED.
Il DRUNKARD KILLS THE SON AND
WOUNDS THE FATHER.
A Small Board Bill the Cause of the Trou-
ble-Tracedies from Other Parts of Ken
tucky-Crimes in Other States.

Lexington, KY, August 5.-The most des-
perate and tragic duel that has ever taken
place in the blue grass region since the
famous fight in which GoOdloe and Swope
killed each other, occurred in Woodford
hotel, at Versailles, this afternoon, when
William Newton Lane, of this city, shot
and instantly killed James Rodenbaugh and
mortally wounded the young mans father.
Ii. Z. Rodenbaugh, proprietor of the hotel.
Lane was drunk al Lexington Saturday
night, and yesterday morning, IT is said,
had wordy war with a hotel clerk because
the clerk would not give him another drink.
Lane went to Versailles this morning and
on arriving there continued drinking. About
noon he went to the Woodford hotel and
was given room and slept until about
O'Clock this afternoon. A 4ew minutes after
that hour he came down stairs and met
James Rodenbaugh in the hall and asked
the young man the amount of his bill.
Upon receiving an answer Lane began to
abuse Rodenbaugh, who is a cripple.
Their words soon led to blows and both
men drew their pistols about the same
time. Lanes first shot struck Rodenbaugh
in the neck, just above the collar bone, and
lodged just under the skin in the back of
his neck. Almost at the same instant that
Lane fired, Rodenbaughs pistol was dis
charged. the bullet producing flesh wound
In Lanes left side. The blood gushed from
Rodenbaugh's throat and giving a few
gasps, he fell back a corpse
a Tragedy Mt Frankfort.
Frankfort. Ky. August 5.-As a result
of a quarrel between Richard Suter, a
brother of Hon. r. Lee Suter, the we'll
known attorney of Louisville. and Harry
Kelley, ward politician Of this CITY Kelley
is dead and Suter is IN Jail. Kelley had a
quarrel with William Willis yesterday and
cut him up pretty badly. This Infatuated
Kelley and when the two men met by
chance tonight Il quarrel was at once
started. Kelley drew a knife and rushed
toward Suter, who pulled his revolver and
fired three shots. one of which struck KEEL
ley in the abdomen, killing him almost in
stantly. Suter was arrested and placed in
jail.
She Killed Him and Kissed Him.
Paducah. Ky, August 5.--At noon today
VIII Sims and Lucy Perry, sweethearts,
quarreled and Sims started to leave the
woman. when she pulled a pistol from the
folds of her dress and fired. The bali en-
tered his head and he died instantly. The
Berry woman picked the body up and
kissed the face several times. Seeing Off
GERS coming. the woman fired two shots
into her head, dying instantly.
Killed Boy.
Mount Sterling. Ky, August 5.-Henry
Reynolds. a seventeeu-year-ol boy, was
yesterday shot and killed by John Hawk
ins. a farmer. who claimed that the boy
mad been too intimate with his wife.
Hawkins win be lynched if caught.
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SHOT HIM FIFTEEN TIMES.
A story Circulated by DiniSins Caused
Marshall To XII Him.

Jackson. Miss, August 9.-Hon. j. Dab
ney Marshall, senator-elect from Warren
and Kinds counties, shot and killed r. 7.
pinl<ius of Jackson, at Brandon, this
morning Marshall and three friends-S.
II. Coleman, Il. +. Fox and w. J.. Valtcns.
kirsmcn and partners of Observation-Disclosures 10
Trundon in a hack ana met Dinkins at
the depot as he turned corner Of the
building opening fire him at
once and killing him almost instantly,
shooting him fifteen times.
Dinkins was unarmed, but grappled Mar
shall's pistol from him as he fired the first
shot.
The shooting was caused by sensational
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JUST FROM GEORGIA.
They're BIoomin' out!


Dey's dressin' now on a diffrunt plan,
keep I'm de middle err de roadD
De woman's walkin same ez de man,
keep i'm de middle err de roadD
De bloomer come
Wild song en- shout,
En- de women folks
Dey's a-bloomn' out!
Dey's dressin' now in dlffrunt style,
keep in de middle er de roadD
En- de woman ride on a bicykile,
keep in de middle er de roadD
DE bloomer come.
En- II amt no doubt
Dat de women folks
Dey's a-bloomin' out!
Hit pears lax de worl' is done turn roun'i
(keep in de middle er de roadD
De folks-dey say dat its min amt SCUM
keep In de middle er de roadD
Fo' de bloomer come,
En- dey amt no doubt
Dat de women folks
is a-bloomin' out!
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Badly Scared Men.

Spartauburg 5. c., AUGUST 4.-(Special.)-
There are four very badly scared men in
this community. and the trouble is they
do not know what TO do. They purchased
a pint of the chemically pure from one
of Governor Evsnss local agents yesterday
and when they got u the bottom of the
flask a quantity OF broken glass was found
ia the residue. Fsch one swears that he
believes he swallowed glass.
Another $500 600 cotton mill is promised
for Spsrtanburg. It is to be built within
the corporate limits Of the city, and 1t IS
expected that viii increase the population
by about 1000 This mill is 10 he I'm addi-
ton to Spartan mill No. ?, which will be
commenced soon.
number of blind tigers were tried and
convicted at the term of court Just adj
journed. Several of the beasts under bond
for their appearance did not show up for
trial and their bond>men are very much
disturbed.
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sfts0-, Au-ust 10 Roasted coffee ~. 10 7sf00
y csses Green Choice 1l1sc fair roc; pri-le &C.
EuEar-~taudari gran1lated IS, on Er2nnlated =
Nsv Orleans white 44ec do yellow So syrup
- New Orleans open kettle 25.l3nc; mixed IL n
.,..litr.5lrarhauSe 2UsI:flc- IeAs- Black 3O16Jcs
Green .Oa5oc. Rice-Haad &c. choice ji2c- salt
Csrv sack 81 40: 90. bhls. s2.25; lee cream SOc.
common zoe Chease-FuI cream lie Ma-ches
,jrs soc zoos 81 ;sO5f1. -5.SUOs s275 soda-Boxes
g. Fe-- sec. CracserS-~oda 5ac. cream sleigh
81 srsns she Candy Common stsc6 q. 1aE1y
IeEI24a. uvsters-F. W-SI.-Os l. ". sl.2G row
= NI-ur-sI
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weeks with fever and ague. but seemed
In good spirits considering his debiltated
condition.
The deceased was at one time employed
in the revenue service and had also been
engaged in the distillery business in New
nan and Mt Macon. He belonged to a prom
inent family. being the eldest son OF the
late Stephen ID. Smith. of this city. lie
was forty-four years of age and unmar-
ried. The motive assigned for the deed Is
i'll health and financial difficulties.
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father was dying, and suspectfng harm
from Dickerson, an old enemy on account
of a lawsuit, armed himself When the
train reached the depot, Elliston spied DICK
erson the platform and shot him from
the car window Dickerson died in a short
time and his SLAYER was arrested.
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s GhnstIy sprctcr

IDfs.,sa is ever. hut i'm no form is II more
~ Is. dreaded than i'm that 81 the formida-
.I-,i'i.r Hri.sht'S disease. diabetes and
-ra,el NAV alike b. prevented II inactiv-
IN ~ the kidneys is rectincd in time with
a., ,.sses Of rheumatism, dyspepsia. con-ti-
patton. malaria, biliousness and nervous
ness.
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Fruit. ana ConfcctIonarie..

Atlanta. August IO-ApVles - S2-ooG3.oO = hhi.
lem ons- Nfesslna 81 %. Oranges California 81 Is
q 500. Cocoanuts 2l.s5l;ic- Pineapples-Crates of
doz a.. 600 , 90; dozen Il Ooa 100. BANANAS
Straisnis 81 25a3I .jO culis -5cdsl 90 Figs ITO
II1.c Raisins-Ney California $40: "a boxes 10 .
zoe. Currsnts GlzG-c Leshon citron 2O9 Zoe
NrtS- Amends I1tEl &c: peCans sl4LSc Brazil IN
n be filbeTts he: Nalnuts lOd lie. mixed mus
a. Iu i'eunuts-p iIa electric light 5 &c; Iancy
Landpicked :ilaaJc. North Carolina SGic; Geof-
Eia ) ss 80
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The New York bank statement.
Atlnntn C1enrine House statemen
PROyIsIoxs. GRAIN, ETC
CONSTITUTION OFFICE
ATTASTA. GA. August 10, 1894
ryor-. Grain end Meal.

s,f,,t, A-eustiI 10 Flour. fir. rafeus rs; seo-
on T,,-sut 81 20 straight $3.50 fancy s. 30:
OK ira family $500. Corn. white 52c: mixed
= H. Oatz White zoe. naked So. Rye. Georgia
s4ur pariev Georgia raised 9Oe- Hay. No uTn0-
f1, lh- hIes 81 small bales 81 90; No 2timothy
small t8les. sec AitgI. pain DE boted 5Oc Nhsas
t.,a lr-,> .,ts. 50. small 81 >hUrtsSl. 10
Sfo meal II .Ou. Cotton seed meal soc q 100 -.
htflls .,i 90 = ton. Peas zoe q bl Grlts So 20
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Coupfw Produce.

Ar,uta August logs S19c Rnttar West
rrn creamery 2uG21lac; fancy Tennessee 2l21DI.s
choice I2l.: Georgia lOdI2l2c- Live poui try
IugS-v~ ? O. hens 20 .lz spring chick Gems 100
10: ducks 1Sl2Oc. Dressed poulIry-1urkeys 16GD
-. ducis l1Gli4. chickens IOGI3l5c. irish pOia-
Iees-Iurtank - 90 q 80 2 bbI: 5OG38Oc bG Ten
n, sse. DO. 6.5s75c- sweet potatoes 75Q:SOc = Oh.
Honey--strainec SO IN the comb lOgI2iR On
Cns : %. Z. ID. bbiS l2UO CabLsa-e &c.
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DIR. MCINTOSH RESIGNS
And DIR. bush Selected as His Sue



DIR. T. NJ. Mcintosh. principal keeper of
the penitentiary, has resigned.
Three weeks ago his resignation was sent
and since then DIR. T.. b. Bush, of Colquitt.
to Governor Atkinson. 1t was accepted,
Miller county, has been rendered the posi-
ton.
The announcement will cause the Grea'-
est surprise and sensation throughout the
state, as il was thought that DR.. Mcintosh
was securely installed in office. The fact
that the physician relinquished his ONCE
has been kept severely quiet Tor some
time. When the letter containing ms resis-
nation came in the governor was cohVales-
cent from his extreme illness. and II was
not deemed wise to make public the fact
until a suitable successor could he selected
In order that the fiocd OF applicants might
be checked.
Dr. Bush sworn In.
The new principal physician of the peni-
Tertiary took the oath of Office Saturday.
Dr. Bush reached the city Saturday morn
ing and had "A short conference WIN the
governor. after which he went TO the capi-
tol and there took the oath of Office. lie was
introduced to the other officers of the state
and made an exceedingly pleasant impress
sion upon everybody. Some had known nun
as Senator Bush back In 1872 ana lSSS' anu
everybody. OF course. knew other members
Of his family.
Dr. Bush was a member OF the senate OF
lSS1 and ISIS His eldest brother, Hon. isaac
Bush. was member of the senate before
the capitol was moved from Milledgevllle.
lie is an uncle OF senator Bush. OF Miller
county. and Of Representative Bush. of
Mitchell county. both members OF the pres
ent legislature.
Judge Allen Fort OF the railway commits
sion, came up from Americas Saturday and
sHs., nf he
sion. Il 10 rot know" SAID he. when !
have had anything pain me So deeply "a the
death Of Captain Bascom Myrick. lie was
one % Gods own noblemen. Apparently just
entering the maturity Of manhood he had
succeeded I'm placing his paper and his in
terests on footing where every promise
was OF success Apparently the future was
the brightest possible for him. All Ameri-
Gus mourns his death. He was man or
much more than ordinary ability; a man
who worked constantly FOR his town. his
state and his section; man who had the
interest Of the people at heart and one who
was greatly beloved by all who knew him.
his VIII indeed be a place hard to I'LL"
Secretary Of State Gambler Saturday
granted charter to the South Brunswick
hallway Company. which is the new COM
pany organized by the purchasers OF the
south Brunswick Terminal Railway. The
charter Is ISSUED TO Hiram X. Steele and
John n. koer. OF New York The capital
stock al the company Is StnU00 Chairman
Trammrl OF tho railway commission OF
Georgia. has issued formal notice OF the
resignation of Mr.. 4. G. Hriscoe as sccrcta-
~ of tho commission ami the election Of
Sir >. +. Massey as secretary. All communi-
cations intended Tor the secretary Of the
commission should hc directed 10 Air. Mas
scE.
send for one Of Them. The ConstI-
tution'> Premium High Arm Machine
viii be dciiN cred, freight paid, Ior
S2I.
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SILVER FOR THE CLERK.
but the ForcIsner Must Have Gold
from the Treasury.

Washington, August 5.-Secretary Morton
is a goldbug Several of his principal as
sistants al the agricultural department are
strong advocates of the free coinage of sll-
yer. one of the gentlemen has been spend
ing a moderate vacation in the west. When
he returns to Washington tomorrow and
calls at the Office of the distributing clerk
for hi. salary. it will be handed to him lit
will receive Sis. 1t is contained in a canvas
and it weighed when placed on the scales
today, exactly ten pounds
Secretary Morton IS now anxiously await
ing the result he believes that the official
in question will make an awful row about
his payment in silver, but the secretary will
insist that he cannot consistently object to
coin payment in view of his repeated ut
terances in favor of the white metal. The
secretary says that arguments having fail
ed to convince his assistant that silver as n
circulating medium is not equal to gold. he
has had recourse to the method of treatment
used by physicians Of the homeopathic
school which is expressed in the Latin
phrase 'similia similibus curanter.'
Asked To Demand Gold.
Topeka Kas. August 5-The old soldiers
OF Topcka and Shawnee county, who called
for their money at the office Of Pension
Commissioner Click today, had the follow
ing circular distributed among them:
"Comrades-Halt! You are entitled to
gold in payment of your checks. Demand
it. Do not accept deprecated currency"
The pensioners are paid by checks, which
are cashed at Topeka banks.
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Killed with n Brick.

Lexington. Ky, August s.-"Oh, L killed
the devil with a gold brick" was tho excla-
nation of ". y. Hurst, an inmate OF the
eastern lunatic asylum, when discovered by
the attendants this morning sitting on a
bed hugging brick wrapped IN a PILLOW
Slip At his feet was the lfeless tody Of
STEPHEN I.elCng, another lunatc, with his
head smashed TO pulp The murder had
been committed some time during me night.
Hurst secured a loose brick from the wall
behind his bed.
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A New Domestic Scene,

WAS the baby unwell last night, john"
asked the New Woman. she slipped her
coffee.
Yes, dear" replied her husband, as he
sank YEARLY into "a chair-far off
II thought l heard you walking with
him. said the New Woman softly; and
then. to encourage him, she said with feel
ing:
Your biscuits are better this morning,
John; really think you are improvingr'
and he sighed a grateful SIGH and wiped
the happy tears from his eyes with the dry
end of the table CLOTH