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CHAPTER VI


me death OF Lawyer Corvin and the
events attending IL were matter Of alb
horpinF interest To all the Inhabitants OF
Fenorook. and rendered the little village
famous. for time. far beyond its bound
aries. Some curious circumstances were
brought 10 light In connection with the
affair.
10 begin with, OF course. an inauest was
held upon coryin's body. and an autopsy
made: the proximate cause Of death was
round 10 be heart failure II cannot be
said that anybody was greatly grieved
over the unhappy MANS decease: those
VINO want friends in this world must
make them-they do not exist spontans-
ously. o Corvin had during his life busted
himself about many things but he had
neglected the friend-making industry. Nor
were his sins of omission only. But while
some OF his misdeeds came TO light after
MS death. that event also showed that he
was innocent Of al least one crime of
which he had been suspected
The story came out piecemeal. as occa-
sion required; but we viii hear il in its
mai and connected form. along with
Nancy and Nellie, as they sat in the old
sitting room. Before the wood fire. after
the vibrations OF the first wonder, horror
and bewilderment had been abated by
time. Tom Linton was the narrator-Mor-
fofd, as he was known 10 the world of
electricians and men OF affairs.
How was it that my clothes were found
on that drowned body? A simple accident.
That night in the lookup Dick. the tramp
boy. and | made a hole through the roof
he standing on my shoulders TO do it-and
then We made a rope by tying his clothes
and mine together, up which / climbed
hand over hand. Then we dropped down
outside and united the clothes and put
them on again; but dressing In the dark
and In a big hurry. we got them changed
about. We got down TO the river aad
started To swim IL. / got over all right.
but poor Dick q didn't find II out till long
afterwards was drowned. and my clothes
misidentified him.
Well. II he assumed my Individuality
] assumed his. ] became tramp could
do nothing else. / had plenty of adven-
lures. which I'll tell you some time. at
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- the night the money was 6ue took
th+ accordion and climbed up 10 the tree
took enough money out ~ Tire box, put
II ia a strong paper hsz. and maat it fast
h.- q strsnE 10 Use end of a long. 5o.nied
eshfrg pole I nad brought aloag. Then.
after playing or the aceordAon lnt3l
krew ] Rad caught your attention. Z
climbed out o. the hole IN the TOP % TIE
chamber ard got out on p branch and
dropped the Rag down the chimney. Afisr
that ( said a fsw words through the old
speaking trumpet 20 settle any scrapies
~ cons-ierce you n gRt feel stuck the
deed waeEs Nellie might la4 - when :
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a box az har4 WOOD. ba8na w.ih lrou.
tried the lid and found Il unlocked
nftea ir. ard saw great heap Of ga.d
coins and a bundle 81 PAGERS,
Il thought Z Nas Aladdin, sure enough,
then turned - fuS place To hang rs
lantern. as could Rave both han1s flsc-
There WAS q heap OF something LYNX or
rronped 40 on tire bench behind ire cd
clothes i seemed - Pc took hold ~ e
go move 81 aside. ana got hoF3 o. sore
thlug taat MADE ny hair r+se II feiy hka
Il houy hand. : pushed aside the Toss ~
1es-zsluR cloth. snd looked II vas >
hand. Ard gn@n. shining yesiowiSn "a hat@
IN the Msht OF tAs lantern. ksa . t2oe--
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fcre. and noticed among The things ~
there an old broken-down accordion anu
q scrt Of speaking trumpet. that puzzled
me At arst. until I concluded they must
have been used by Uncle Matt 70 make
his ghost manifestations with. hy way !
suppose. % additional security against
having his hiding place disturbed. That
gave me an idea. and I bought a new &c
Gordon. ! had learned that Corvin 1as
going 70 foreclose the mortgage. 90 course
! might have come ont in NY true colorR
ar once and paid IL m, but 7 had reasons
Tor waiting % do things iu another way.
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was "A little irregular chamber, III the
heart Of the tree, not much bigger than
a sentry box. partly floored with plank.
and wtth n bench or shelf running round
IL. There we're things hanging or fastened
70 the wall, ar old gun. for one thing.
and leather bag. and various queer Oh b,
and ends. as IL some one used 10 live
there. on one side OF the shelf there was
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eref,' sooner than Nancy BnIor. Or arr
o.,s sAe plotting with. shah have as much
u ~ 1s would % TO bury EN-
hsFIord eyed him rather Sse~nlv for
s'i.iileflt' and then turned 10 Nzncy. sswh1r
sonr news. Miss Blilop?" ne SAID.
blt Nancy had hidden her face ursor he~
s,ns On the table. and was CRYING silently
she did not look W. bur npshe5 fbs "a ,s-
.O"ard Morf0Td with her hand. ..Rsaa n
20 hirn-Fpor sOui,' sne said. with a sob
between the words
hgFloT1 took Il ~. and faced the LAWYER
sain. This paper. Mr. Corvfn. - ssg4.
~ your Handwriting and bears date
zen years hack. Il Is signed BY yam.
~ presence % two witnesses II states
anat IN consideration OF he sum ~ sta 30
- you IN hand paid. BY Matthew RfIIon. ~
snDrook, y0u 10 hereby deed 70 him his
hesrs and assigns, forever the certain ,rz~t
aha parcel OF land herein NAMED ana de-
scF'oea- fcu remember the writing I me-
sunae' al sfy rate. ~ you intend 10 DENY IL
- 70 contest H. you will have the opr,r-
s.slitg when ! bring Il before the co,frt ~,
.atss blilops account. as ! shall lose NJ
me IN doing. Meanwhile ! shall keen IL
In charge" -
me Old lawyer was terrible 10 look al
wine Aorford was speaking thus. HIS dry
.sps CURED back from his yellow teeth. his
Herce. crafty eyes were concentrated ~ =
stare Of mingled hate and fear ,4e Isan.S
~ NaFa over the table aud psered into
M0rford's face. '-'0
." are your he asked in q husky
Whisper. What does all this tonnfoolerv
mean? Who are you?''
VIII soon be known who am" 70
phed the young man; II came here IN
axe ~ known. among other things. But
! VIII tell you now, since YOU ask me
that am Tom Linton
IoFNin gave kind Of hoarss cough ana
r.,en PACK His hands clutcned the
tabieeloth AZ he fell, and dragged ii down
Win MN lie fen 70 the floor with
crash. and the heap Of gold coins fell
cisshing and jingling over him. some OF
Lhem rolled away into corners. but the
nnik or them lay heavy on his heart,
which had ceased 20 heat,
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knaa Julia stevenson daughter OF Vice
President Stevenson. has broken her en-
gagernent wtth Wat Hardin, tr., ~ Dam
Vile Ky. the cause assigned being iit
health Tne trip 10 Alaska did her no
good Her friends fear that her case viii
annn anNeion into consunlutiQn.
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who wouldn't want 20 marry you, II
they could YOU blessed old creaiuToF' said
Tom leaning over nd kissing her.
Add ne would have knocked any man
down VINO should have ventured TO sug-
gest any other Interpretation OF that en-
igma.
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VIII ere their death seemed inevitable, out
MIR. Cumming fortunately was enabled to
cling to a piece of projecting board a few
feet above 1t until assistance arrived.
when both were rescued from their peril
GUS position. The gallant rescuer received
the silver medal.
The Stanhope gold medal is awarded
only by the general court for the best sill
yer medal case exhibiting the greatest
gallantry during the year. Next is the
silver medal, awarded for CALAMITY saving
life from drowning or from asphyxis in
mines, wells. ETC., under circumstances
OF very great danger and risk to the
salvor or salvors. The bronze medal is
awarded for courage and promptItude in
saving life from drowning or asphyxia
under circumstances of danger and per-
sonal risk. Testimonials on vellum are
bestowed for assisting in saw g life from
DIR owning, ETC., at some personal risk.
Testimonials on parchment for prompt
tude in saving life from drowning where
the risk to the salvor was inconsider-
able. Under certain circumstance pecu-
MARY awards are gwen in lieu of tho fore
going.
Unsuccessful attempts in saving life
from drowning are considered and awards
given on the merits of the case. In
cases where the salvor loses his life in
attem pting to rescne, "in memoriam tes-
timonials' are sent by the committee to
the nearest relative of the salvor. A spe-
cial medal for unsuccessful attem pts is
som etimes given. New York World.
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lending place; he, however, became ex-
haustsd after swimming twenty yards,
and was obliged to cling to the foot of
the cliff, supporting the boy with one
hand. In this position they were helped
to the shore by two fishermen.
A Sepoy jumped down well at Saugor
India, probably With a view of commit
ing suicide. Lieutenant Z. G. Grimm de-
scended by means of the rope distance
OF fifty feet and dropped distance of six
feet into the water. Not finding the
man he dived and brought the man up
from the bottom OF the water, which was
ten feet deep a lantern was now low
cred to the lieutenant. and eventually
both men were drawn to the surface. But
owing to jerk being given to the rope
securing the insensible Sepoy the mans
body slipped from its fastening and
again fell into the well. Griffin descend
cd a second time, secured tie mans body
more effectualy, when 1t was drawn to
the surface, but too late for resuscita-
ton. The risk in this cause was twofold,
there was danger in trusting to we'll
rope, which may nave been of insua
strength to sustain mans weight, and a
possible risk from the bite of a cobra, as
ttat snake is known to frequent the
spaces between the rough stones forming
the sides of well. so no one grudeed
Lieutenant Griffin the silver medal
which was unanimously awarded.
Henry Arthur Cooke the British vice
consul at Arehangel, Russia, was pro-
oeeding across the White sea In a passen-
ger steamer when he saw a man deli ber
ately jump overheard. Without any hes
itation Cooke jumped after HIM and sup
ported him for three quarters of an hour
before a boat came to pick them up. The
rescued man was suffering from delirium
tremens. which added very much to the
personal FISK incurred by Mr.. Cooke in
effectlng the rescue This exploit called
forth an award of the silver medal.
Three young women-Miss sheppard,
Miss Harcourt and Hiss Hardange
in a boat on the River Trent, near Camp
bellford. Ontario. Canada. The strong
current carried the boat rapidly down
the river towards the dam, where an i'm
mense volume of water passes over
boom Before arriving at this part of
the river the boat struck an old rail way
pier. and as it swung around Miss Hard
ange managed 20 jump ont on the pier
and thereby saved herself. The other
two in trying TO follow upset the boat
and were swept onward by the rapid cur
rent. Miss Sheppard was carried under
bridge and over the dam and drowned.
Miss Harcourt was also carried under the
bridge, but at the same moment Mr.. W.
W. Cumming, selling a small rope,
jumped off the bridge. telling q man to
retain the other end of it. The rope.
however, parted and was useless. Mr.
Cumming then seized the young woman
and both were carried towards the boom,
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mer and it is estimated that the returns
Will he ah mt So fnr every dollar invested.

mer, and it is estimated that the returns
will be about 50 for every dollar invested.
The recent disturbances Mt Jeddah. the
port of Mecca, are SAID to have been on
nected with a plot in Constantinopie to
dethrone Sultan Hamid, the son of Abb
dull AZlZ.
Denver. Col, was named after James
W. Denver, an ex-governor of Kansas,
Denver is situated on the sites of two
towns st. Charles AID Aurora, which
were consolidated in 1860 and the new
name adopted.
Great Britain has been increasing the
force of men in her fleet year by year,
by thousands at time. until the total
now reaches, we believe, s3,4O0 Yet her
estimate for the coming year adds 545O
to that numb Der.
More than 100 canning factories have
been started in North Carolina this year.
and hereafter there will probably be
great increase in the mum Der of factories
with ca recurring fruit season through
out the whole south.
1t is SAID that The lar lest diamond in
the world Was found n short time ago IN
the mines of Bahia de Pernagus, Brazil.
The gem is reported to weigh 300 carats,
which is 2l29 caratS heavier than tne
largest existing diamond.
The first inventionof the organ has been
ascribed to Ctesibius of Alexandria, who
lived B. G. 40. But the period when this
instrument was introduced into the
churches of Western Europe is rather un-
certain. Pope VitaliaD is supposed 20
have been the first to adopt it about the
wear go
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Our Hidden Gold Supply

The annual production of gold in the
United Sattes is increasing steadily and
will continue to do so for guod while TO
come. There are vast gold fields as yet
thought to be undiscovered III this coun-
try, which are destined to yield wealth
to fortunate prospectors and mineown-
ers. Arizona ana New Mexico are still to
great extent uneXplored, and their
mineral resources are only beginning to
he known. There is a future in the
working of the lower grade ores OF Mort h
Carolina, Alabama, Virginia and North
ern Georgia. So greatly have mechanical
processes improved that ores which ten
years ago were deemed wholly valueless
can now be turned to profitable account.
Ores which decade back could be made
to give up only so per cent of their gold
are now forced to yield 9S per cent, with
half the labor. Ores OF such nature as
to be easily treated, though only con-
tanning S. worth of gold to the ton. are
handled at a profit.
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HERE AND THERE

If the Atlantic ocean could have a
layer of water 5000 feet deep removed
from it's surface it would only reduce
the width of that body OF water one half
In 1881 the paper mills of the United
States had daily capacity of 1880, $50
pounds per diem. In 1886 it was 8 $40, -
$50 pounds, and now it is Il, l02. $50
pounds per diem.
A race was recently rowed at Deal,
England, between four four-oared crews
of boatmen over % years of age. The
winning oarsmen averaged 70 years, while
their coXsWain was 50.
A chapel in honor of St. Paul gave
new name 10 the Minnesota city. 1t was
originally called Pigs Eye, from nick
name given to u one-eyed freedman
who kept drinking shanty at that place.
At the Santa Caterina cathedral, Genoa,
may be seen a crescent made Of an
emerald. which is eight inches between
the points. Tradition says that it was
a present from Solomon TO the queen of
SheDa.
Buffalo raised about II. 600 bushels OF
potatoes and $4,000 worth of other crops
on her Pingree potato patches this sum-
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four days with cholera infantum. Oar
best doctor could not help her. We con-
cluded to try Cham berlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy after the
third dose she was out of danger, and at
this writing is out playing. May God
bless the manufacturers of this medicine,
for their efforts TO do good. Mrs. David
II. Allen, Fayetteville, N. Y. For sale
by Off e Vaughn, Fourth ana Spring; G.
+. Heinzeinan, 222 N. Main st.
The wall paper dealer OF the city is Eek
strom. 22A SOntn SnrinV street.
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Beware of OintuIentS

for catarrh that contain mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when en-
tering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls catarrh cure
manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, contains no
mercury and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls catarrh cure be sure
you get the genuine. It is taken
internally, and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by f. j. Cheney & Co., tes-
timonials free.
Sold by druggists, price Use.
per bottle.
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Low Rates to the South.

The 3. c. r. & N. R'y. will run
homeseeker's excursions tc points
in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louis
ana and Alabama on the following
dates: Jan. 7, Feb. 4, March 4,
April l and 20, 1895. From sta
tons south Of and including Iowa
Falls, Albert Lea and DEBORAH
one day later than the above dates.
Tickets will be sold at the ex-
tremely low rate of one fare for
the round trip and will be good to
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Creamery.

have made arrangements to have
the Round Lake creamery and would
like the patronage OF the farmers for
their cream in the vicinity of Worth
ington and Round Lake. I will save
expense by doing all the work at one
creamery and pay "a good price.
Cream haulers wanted. Also will
handle store butter at Worthington
and Round Lake, Minnesota.
1913 G. w. WHEELER.
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hankerin' arter girl that didn't hev
a stitch of close to her back. "

hankerin' arter a girl that didn't hev
stitch of close to her back.
A nuther nice young man said
some more ov nice things
about men, and then some more ov
them got up and sung about a man
that didn't know enuff to weigh coal,
and one that wasn't satisfied with
mems fingers but wanted some ladies
fingers. is
Then I sot down to eat my supper.
They had head waiter and a foot
waiter etc. L think the head
waiter must have been at my table
fur he had the meat and chickens all
chopped reddy to swaller, and the
bred wus fresh and soft. He'd work
ed long enuff at the head bizness to
know there wusn't menny teeth left
to bite such bred as the wimin hev
at their sochuls. This is Sub Rosy
No. ?.
did want to go into the kitching
awful bad and tell the Mann -1mean
the French Cooky lookin one, the
one heerd some ov the wimin say
looked good enuff to kiss-[Sub Rosy
No. 3. that he'd better set the coffee
in cheer to rest; it wus a gittin' aw-
full weak. This joke WIS made up by
= nuther CRATE mind.
Oh. yes: the mems sochul wus a
CRATE success. They even went SO
fur as to hev three or four doctors
rite there in case eny body got the
dyspepsy eaten Their vittels. | staid
that mite till the last dog wus hung
as Ebeneezer says, and as I gin last
lingerin' look into that kitching l
seed the miller ticklin' the dish-wash-
er's chin sayin': "A howlin' sue
CESS" and the meat chopper pokin'
the coffee biler in the ribs sayin':
'Wasn't that minced tine,' and the
pill maker and the tooth puller a
dancin' round the ice cream freezer
singin': "Oh, the ladies, the ladies
can never beat that
And Sary Ann says she woke up
in the mite, and there WIS John
dancin' round on the foot ov the bed
swingin' his arms a sayin': ::'Vene,
Vide. Vice." We came, we saw, we
conkered.
The bump ov conceit has growed
about as big as COOS aig on every
mans head that had emmy thing to
do with that sochul, and there isn't
emmy body emmy more Disguised than
AUNT JERusHY.
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Reward.

A reward of five dollars will be
paid to anyone giving information
which will lead to the conviction of
any parties hauling from the town of
Worthington and leaving unburied
any large dead animal in the town
ship of Lorain. JOHN RAMAGE,
OFT Chm. BID. of Sup.
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war. consider Hoods Sarsapar1lla GOo-sen'
blessing to the suffering" WILLIAM J. BAKER
North Pembroke, Mass. '#"35
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Removal.

Hedberg & Clausen, Land, Law,
Loans, largest and oldest land office
in Mobiles county. Removed to their
new and elegant Offices in the Cowan
building, over Babcock's new drug
store. Zltt
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Orders for Coal.

Orders for coal or baled hay can b
left at J. H. Bly's, and will receiv
prompt attention.
If F. c.. TURNER.
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Exchange

started in the elevator. Valley
Springs -four. Grain of all kinds
taken in exchange for -four. Come
and see us. DOUGLAS & GIBSON.
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return 80 days from date of sale.
Stop-over will be allowed in Ten
nesse, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Alabama. For rates and time OF
trains call on station agents, or
address J. MORTON, G. T.~& 7. A.,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. apr ~
Have you tried Hansberger y
Sons pure lard? It is great. 25tf
Home sugar cured hams, 124 cts.
25tf EUREKA MEAT MARKET.
Money to loan at 6 per cent and
8 per cent. 2ltf HEDBERG & CLAUsEN.
Lace curtains Iaundried and sat
isfaction guaranteed at the Worth
!, pton La11ndrv. 34-tf \
Paper hanging done at your own
price from now until March lst.
Leave orders at Babcock's.
2513t F. E. VENTloNER. wv
Some choice bargains in farm
lands, small payment down, balance
to suit purchaser. 2 \ ; z5=,. 5sz =
f 21tf HEDBBRG & CLAUsEN.
"A good 100 acres of land only 3
miles from town for sale or exchange.
Will take other property in exchange
for equity. Long time to pay out
encumbrance. Come and see me.
|Ttf) NJ. E. LAwToN.
just received, very complete
line of misses and childrens caps.
Latest styles and very hobby. These
spring goods were bought cheap, and
will be sold in the same manner. All
are cordially invited to call.
Mrs. w. G.. Posi-, milliner.
Any tendency to premature
badness may be promptly checked
by the use of Ayers hair vigor.
Don't delay till the scalp is bare
and the. hair roots destroyed. If
you would realize the best results,
begin at once with this invaluable
preparation.