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The age-herald., 1898-08-27
CLEAR COMPLEXION. LUXURIANT
 HAIR

spotless arms, soft, white hands and shapely nails are produced by Cuticura Soap, the purest, sweetest and most effec- tive skin purifier and beautifier of this or any age It is so because it strikes at the cause of most minor cutaneous affections, viz: the clogged, irritated, infiamed, slug eish or overworked pores. Cuticura Soap derives its remarkable purifying and beau- tifying properties from Cuticura, the great skin cure, but so delicately are they blend ed with the purest of toilet and nursery soap materials that the result Is incom- parably superior to all other skin and com pIexion soaps.
 "I don't live-just exist" Poor man. Take Hood S Sarsaparilla and be well.
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Cotton Letter

By Leased Wire to T. G. Hewlett. Agent
 Birmingham, August 26.-Liverpoot spots unchanged, but futures showed more speculation with prices advancing to 3-64. This had the effect here of causing con siderable covering. and prices responded and advanced to points above the weak opening. This shows the nervousness Of the shorts and we believe selling short will be attended with great risks from now on.
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Cheap Summer Rates to St. Clair Springs.

Effective June 12, the Alabama Great Southern railroad will sell tickets from Birmingham to St. Clair Springs at the very low rate of cighty-five cents for the round trip. Tickets to be sold for trains leaving Birmingham Saturday and Sun- day, good returning not later than Monday For further information apply to
 R. M. ELLIS, T. P. A Telephone coz. No. 2o19 First ave.
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The undersigned desire to dispose of their stock of merchandise and to lease the store building. This business has been formerly run by the Howard-Harriso on Iron Co.,, of Bessemer, Ala, in connection with their pipe foundry. All correspon- dence should be addressed to the American Pipe and Foundry Company, Chattanooga,
 AMERICAN PIPE & FOUNDRY co.
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Summer Tourist Tickets.

Summer excursion tickets to all promi-s nent summer resorts north and east. are, on sale via the Southern railway and Ala-t hama Great Southern railroads at greatly reduced rates.
 Call on J P. Billups. travelling passenger agent Southern railwcy, or K M. Ellis:
 traveling passenger agent Alabama GTeaS' tiQn. :.
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c mparative statem' nit

New York, August 26.-Comparative cot ton statement for the week ending Friday, August 26:
 Nete receipts at all United States ports during the week, 20,212 bales; same week last year, 32, ,70i; total receipts to this date, S,551, ,468; same date last year, 6,65s,4'9' eha ports for the week, 26,217; same week last year, IT. 603; total exports to this date. Ln 339, ,794; same date last year, 5,SS1,12l; stock at all United States ports, 17S,Soo; same time last year, 72,61S; stock at all interior towns 9O,265; same time last year, ,oSi& stock at Liverpool, S14,OOO; same tune iast wear 59e GOO. stock of American afloat for Great Britain. -24 900; same time last year. 5000, asA- .,-., E. -- --5s s,c7-.v~ -.-'s
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Markets BY Telegraph

of further rise in spite of such factors as a fall in wheat.
 A preliminary report issued by the Indian currency commission containing evidence of exports excites much attention. It is be- lieved in the best informed quarters that the gold standard eKperieznent will be tried.
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New York Coffee Market

New York, August 26.-cofYee: Options un- changed to points tower: sales. 19,5oO bags, including September. s6.65a5.70.
 Spot Coffee--Rio, ffrmer; No. invoice. 69s @6h; No jobbing. '; mild. Dvery steady; Cordova, SGl15. Very active demand at full prices.
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 selves for higher prices. after all possibiii- ties of yellow fever arc eliminated .-i
 Paine. Murphy < Co.'s Stock Letter 'y By Private Wire to Paine Murphy & Coz
 Birmingham August 26-I4ondou prices this morning were about what was expect ed and caused our market to open steady and higher. This strength continued throughout the day. Our predictions yes terday ti1aE tue railway list would show at least 2 per cent advance before next Mon day was in many instances verified today. The grangers led the advance with St. Paul and Chicago Burlington and Quincy show ing the most consp c1Ious. The K1ondikes, especially the common stocks. made good gains and in the trust list Tobacco made new record, while Sugar and Gas made new high prices We have been especially friea1d- ly on Chicago Gas and last week predicted higher prices. There is no doubt but what a compromise will be made. that will pue this stock above 110 where it belongs inc Southern securities strengthened and will work higher. The GWiids show little strength but there are too many good things to fool with unknown quantities. Ine general market looks healthy and higher.
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The Iron Market
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP.

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. IT SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLIC, and Is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow' s Soothing Syrup" an dtake no other kind. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
The age-herald., 1898-08-27

The command to increase and multiply is Q back number. Now the increase Is brought about by division in the divorce court. which r.5i.cs wo cf o-,
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA: -fc
 RAILWAY co. sc 'i

No i from Savannah, Macon. Co.,
 lumbus, etc..... ...... .;........;;.. 5:5O pm
 Connection at Savannah with superb freight and passenger steamers or the Ocean Steamship company. from New Yorkd Boston and the Eas.. 4a
 For further information apply to
 s. Jacobs, Com'l Agent, Jack ". John. son. Union Ticket Agent, J. e. Haile, Gen. erai Passenger Agent. D. H. Hinton, Traffic Manager. - - - - s .--li
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NORTHERN ALABAMA RAILROAD COMPANY.

TIME TABLE NO. 3-IN EFFECT
 Monday January 1. 1887, at b:9o .m:' Passenger, -ees Daily except Daliy except Sundays. s2
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Go to Ensley, see the grea steel plant in course of erec- tion Take Ensley electric cars. If

Fresh Bread and Candy made daily at c. w. Cody's. 1920 to IS36 Third avenue.
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BONDS
Drv Goode

DrV GO Oode
 Ne York, August, s6-The dry goods mar- ket shows no radical improvement. Store trading seems to show little gains la wooden and worsted goods the week has shown poor results In cotton goods there are few features to the trading except that which are noted in connection with the print cloth market. It is stated that 9.O0o pieces spots and early futures have been sold within the last two days. staple cottons show no gain of moment in any grade Blankets and fiannels, however, show as good results any division. Printed cottons are quiet in all depart, ments. Gingframs continue to sell at well sustained prices.
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yielded to the break in wieat. Proyi- sfons held steady and are shaping them selves for higher prices. after all possibili- ties Of yellow fever arc eliminated 1t
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New Orleans Cotton Market
Daily Statement

Galveston--Quiet; middling. 7-l6c; saies' IS: receipts, 3,014; stock, 26.333
 Mobile-Nomlnal; middling, 5asc; receipts, 32; stock. 2,779.
 Savannah-Quiet; middling, 5Ac; receipts 3s1; stock, s,631.
 Charleston-Quiet; no price: receipts, 34; stock, 3,654.
 Whining gton--Dull; middling, basc; re- cepts,. &; stock, 5.9S3.
 NorfoIis--Dull; niddling, 5=sc ''tles. 93; receipts 1S2: stock, 6,63O.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 6c; stock, 3SO4.
 Boston--Quiet; midIiing SAC; receipts, net 9S: gross, 565.
 PhiIadelphla-Tirm; middllpg. 6c; stock, 1O,244.
 Memphis--Quiet: middling 5ssc; sales, 5o: receipts, g; stock. 17.7SG. Augusta--Firm; rni!ding. 5Mc; sales, 164; receipts 153; stock, actual. 5000.
 Paine, Murphy & Co.'s Grain Letter By Private Wire 10 Paine Murphy & Co. Birmingham August 8.--Cables showed a slight hardening tendency with Liverpool Id higher. This caused some covering of shorts who were adverse to carrying over Sunday. Wheat steadily advanced upon this buying until cali privilege prices were reached, cent above the opening. Good selling against the privilege started de- cline from this point and the local orowd assisted In depressing prices, which re. suited finally in a decline of lh. It seems to be a continuation of the past three weeks movement. shorts put prices up . cent when the crowd sells short md 1t declines Probably . rally will follow Mon day. Corn was strong In sympathy, but
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TRAINS ARRIVE BIRMINGHAM:

J. M. Culp. Traffic Manager. Washington. D. c. ..
 w A. Turk, G. P. A., Washington, D. c. c. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A., Chatta- J. P. Biliups. T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala.
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Local Stanle Greceries

LOCAL StaDie Grocefft7 Flour-Best patent, $4-59Q5.00. =. Straight, $41O; extra family. $S.,S. Sugar-Granulated. s5.6a; Y. C., 51sc. Coffee-Green. 9911hc; Arbuckie's oop pan s,- ages. $10.s0 Lovering's packages. slo'oo' Hs ofls packages, $9.S0. Lard. 6kc. Clear ribs sides, 6c. Molasses- 15q25c; sugar house. 2G935c. Rice, 51z@6kc. Corn-YeIlow, 47c; white. 4Sc. Pearl meal, soc.
 Cream meal, SSd90c Hay-Choice timothy, s145O No. l, slSso; No. 3, $500.
 Mixed oats, 33c; white, 35c. Bran, mixed. s130O; pure wheat. $lS'so' Cotton seed meal, $16.50.
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Local Cotton Market Cotton-Mlddling, sac.

Fruits and Produce Butter-41igin. 2oc; dairy No. l, lsc, oa'i' Mo- 2. 13e; country 10c; cooking egec' Potatoes|rish, 65d70c per busnel. Lemons-Choice, s4.50; fancy, So:oo' ,.,s Poultry-Hens, SOc; fries. l2lzQlSc' ous.A'' ROc; geese. 20Q25c. Eggs. 15c.
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BIRMINGHTM & ATLANTIC R. R. co. Time Table No. 25, Taking Effect 500 a. m.
 August IS. 1S9s
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-30
How Long Does 1t Take to Think


Professor Richet says that it takes a
man about one-eleventh of a second to
think out each note of musical scale.
He explains the practice that people
will often follow of bending their heads
in order to catch each minute sound b.
the fact that the smallest intervals OF
sound can be much better distinguished
with one ear than with both. Thus the
separateness of the clicks of revolving
toothed wheel We're noted by one OBJ
server when they did not exceed GO to
the second, but using both ears he could
not distinguish them when they occur
red oftener than 5 times second. The
sharp sound of the electric spark from
an induction coil was distinguished with
one ear when the rate was as high as
800 to the second.
The sight is much less keen. When
revolved at a speed no faster than "a
times IL second, disk, half white and
half black. will appear gray.
We also hear more rapidly than we
can count. If q clock clicking movement
runs quicker than 10 to the second, we
can count four clicks while with 20 to
the second we can count only two CT
them. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-30
VEGETABLE GEMS.
Bamboo cpals and Cocoanut Pearls Found
In the Philippines, Though Rarely.

Bamboo Cpals and Cocoanut Pearls Found
In the Philippines, Though Rarely.
Among other queer things found in
the Philippines are vegetable gems.
There are rot many of them, though.
The bamboo is empty normally. One
might cut open a jungle of the giant
grass and find unaltered hollowness
But once in million times or more ac-
cident brings to light in the bamboo
stem gem. Nature has nodded into a
lump a little of the hinty material
which makes the outer stem SO hard.
The nodule usually presents the appear
ance of an opal, and several specimens
are in the museums which reproduce
the characteristic lines Of that gem.
These nodules are known as tabaceer.
1t is interesting to note that the first
chemical and meteorological examina-
ton of them was made by the James
Smithson whose munificence establish
ed the first of the scientific bureaus of
the American government.
In the condition in which the fruit is
known in the United States the milk
in the cocoanut is considered its only
content. The really ripe nut, however,
is filled with white spongy mass rich
in the finest oil which the nut produces.
This sponge is exposed to the hot sun
for two or three days in wooden
trough until thoroughly pulped. The
last Of the oil is then extracted by
squeezing the soft sponge in the hands.
Very rarely this careful handling has
developed the presence of small spheres
which have much Of the luster of the
pearl. Eight or ten Of these cocoanut
pearls. all discovered in the Philip
pines, are treasured in European muse
ums. They range from the size of pin
head to that of a very small pea.-New
York Sun
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-30
Tho English Flag.
THO V1ngIIsn FIHE.
England's national flag has

England's national flag has been
called "a triplet of crosses, - for it is
composed of the cross of st. George, the
cross OF st. Andrew and the cross of
st. Patrick. Thus: The flag Of EST.
George for merrie England, q red cross
on white ground, the red lines drawn
straight from top to bottom and from
side to side; the flag of ST. Andrew for
Scotland, q white cross on blue
ground; the flag of St. Patrick for Ire
land, red cross on awhile ground, the
narrow red lines drawn from corner to
corner. By placing the cross of St.
George on that Of st. Andrew we have
the Jack" as ordered in 1906 by
James /, whose signature was always
jacques" hence the expression, ''the
Jack. By laying tho cross Of st. Pat
rick over that of st. Andrew and then
placing that of ST. George over both,
we have ''the union jack, as borao
since the union with Ireland in 1900. =
Boston Transcript.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-30
True Courtesy.

General Robert E. Lee was in the cars
going to Richmond one day and WAS
seated at the end farthest from the door.
The other seats We're filled with officers
and soldiers. An old woman, poorly
dressed, entered at one of the stations,
and finding no seat, and having none Of
fered to her, approached the end where
the general was seated He Immediately
rose and gave her his seat.
Instantly there was general rising,
each one offering his scat to tho general.
But he calmly said:
"No, gentlemen, if there was no seat
for the infirn old woman, there can be-
none for me. :"
The effect was remarked. One after
another got out of the car The seats
seemed to be too hot for them, and the
general and the old lady soon had the
car to themselves.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-30
LONG LIS LANCE MAILS.


away Destinations.
A Letter sent from New York to Bang.
keii, sisla, travels overland to San
Francisco and thence by water, reach-
ing lis destination i'll s.bout - days,
having been carried nearly IL, coo lnilea
a letter mailed here FOR Adelaide, Aus
trails, also goes via San Francisco,
travels - e45 miles and is delivered
usually within 35 days New York mail
destined for Calcutta goes by way of
London, travelling IL, $50 miles in 30
days, while mail sent from this city to
Cape Town, goes 1875 miles farther in
two days less time.
Mail communication between New
York and Hongkong ordinarily con-
sumes enc month of time The letters
go by way Of San Francisco and cover
10, 600 miles of distance. To preach Net
bourne, Australia, from this city !, e.
ter will travel ~, 800 miles in about 80
days, and to reach Sydney letter will
travel IL, $40 miles in 81 days. The
mail route from New York to Yoke
hama, via San Francisco, is 7,34S miles
long, and about % days are consumed
in transit. To so to Honolulu from this
city letter travels 5, $40 miles in Is
days.
Leaving New York ON steamer days,
mail matter is scheduled to reach Rome
in about tee days, Madrid i'll ten days,
London and Liverpool in eight days,
Rotterdam in nine days, st. Petersburg
in l / days, Vienna in nine days, Paris
in eight days, Berlin i'll nine days and
Athens and Alexandria in IA days
Communication with South American
ports is much slower. 1t takes 81 days
for a letter to so from New York to Rio
Janeiro, which is only about so miles
farther from this city than is Alexan-
dria. Mail matter going from New
York to Buenos Ayres, which is s,O45
miles distant, consumes 30 or so days.
New York Times.
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Neatly Caught,

A certain Greek adventurer some
years ago undertook to palm off upon
the public some false copies of the gos-
pei manuscripts. Many learned men
We're deceived, but not DR.. Coke, libra
rian of the Bodleian library at Oxford
How he detected the fraud is related i'll
his own words in The Spectator:
/ never really opened the book, but
held it in my hand and took one page
OF it between my finger and thumb
while l listened to the rascal's account
of how he found this most interesting
antiquity.
AT the end of three or four minutes
handed it back to him with the short
comment, Nineteenth century paper,
my dear sir, !" and he took it away in a
hurry and did not come again.
Yes, l was pleased, but I have han
died several ancient manuscripts in my
time, and know the feel of old paper
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-30
Five Hundred Shells to Kill One Man

A she'll thrown from "a ton quick
firing gun rushes through the air at the
velocity of 1900 feet per second, strik-
ing its object with force equal to that
of 1890 tons falling one foot, and
yet, mparatiyely speaking, it is very
harmless
Thus, during the one day lombard
ment of Alexandria by the British fleet
of IL ships, lasting from Z a. N. to 1880
p. M, no less than 3,1G5 shells were
thrown into the town, and yet not more
than 500 Egyptians were killed-that
is, it took, roughly speaking, six shells
to kill one man.
Again, during the Franco German
war the Germans threw 3OO,O shells
into Belfort, only killing so French
men, on 500 shells to kill one man.
AT Strassburg, in the same war, it
took Is shells to kill every man, and
at the siege of Paris ITO, 600 shells only
killed LOT and wounded 209.-New
York World
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-30
CHINESE SHOES.
The Comfort and Healthsulness of yy-ove n
ST rnYy Sandals.

Straw Sandals.
II may seem to be quarreling with
my bread and butter" said an up town
chiropodist to one of his best customers
the other day, tbut in my humble and
somewhat professional opinion, the most
sensible Of all men in the matter of foot
wear is the Chinaman. Did you ever
notice his feet? don t believe there is
such thing as a corn or a bunion in
all China Chiropodists would starve
to death there SO far as the requirements
of the masculine foot are concerned.
Whatever the deformities inflicted on
the feet of women in China may be, thu
men certainly enjoy sound and comfort
able understanding Look at the Chi,
nese laundrymen hero in Washington.
They stand at their work IS hours a
day. No class of worlingmen know of
spend so many hours on their feet as
they do. Yet they never break down
there, and, physically, they are Won.
derfully healthy race.
Simple living and freedom from the
nervous pursuits of our civilization may
have something to do with it, but at.
tribute their exemption from foot weak.
ness and disease to the kind of house
shoe SO universally worn by them. |
have pair that have worn for several
years, and l wouldn t wea. anything
else for genuine indoor comfort. They
are woven of straw and seaweed and
soled with horse hide. There is Il thick
sole OF straw above the leather, and
through this the air can circulate free
ly, keeping the muscles of the under
part of the foot always COOL The laun-
drymen, you notice, are usually bare
foot, which is an added advantage in
the matter of healthfulness. There is
about as little material in the uppers as
is consistent with the idea of SHOE
and this is just enough to keep the
thing on the foot. This upper, too, is
woven loosely of seaweed, SO that the air
can have access to the foot Nowhere
does this shoe pinch or i'll the least de.
gree press the foot.
"These are the indoor shoes of the
Chinaman. On the street here in the
United States nowadays he wears very
commonly the leather shoes or boots of
American manufacture. That is one of
the ways in which he is becoming
Americanized. But the outdoor cloth
shoe of China is great deal Worn also.
That, like the indoor shoe, is very thick
and soft i'll the sole and the foot is
never pinched or strained by it, The
healthiest footgear ever known proba-
bly, was the sandal of the Greeks. 1t
had no upper, and, as you will see in
statuary, the feet of men and women
We're ideally perfect. All the sandal af-
forded was protection from the ground.
To him who wears sandals, say the
Arabs, it is as if the world were shod
with leather. The Chinaman seems to
follow out this motto, and his shoes are
nearly soles and nothing more. But the
great secret of tho excellence Of his in
door shoe is the half inch straw sole. -
washington STAR
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She saw the bitter hopulessness OF It.
saw his head down on his hand, in the

saw his head down on his hand, in the
old attitude, as she left the place.
Two years went by, and they met
again i'll quite the strangest fashion.
She had been ill--an illness which
might be attributed 10 actual WEAKNESS
of the poor comeGy OF lie rather j.san
to any specific disease-and had been
ruralizins III Dcvonsilire with poor
and worshiping elderly female relative
i'll attenuance She got up very early
ono morning. after |; restless night
long before any one about the place was
stirring-and went out and ranabled
into the cool stiffness of little wood.
And there, suddenly, she came face to
face with Richard Felgate.
They stood still for long moment,
looking at each other and then clasped
hands "You have been i'll, !" he said at
last.
eyes. But am better,' she added.
II am down here to recruit. -
"And Ito idle," he said, laughing.
ooh, don't decry yourself, - she re-
piled softly. 81 have heard of your sue
cess.''
care you here alone?" he asked pres
emily, striving hard to dig stone ont
of the path with his stick. .sIs-yot.r
husband with you?''
II am not married, Nj. Felgate. "
He looked up at her quickly. "Dus--
the man from India:''
Has gone back again, she replied.
He dropped the stick and came at her
and caught her by TIE shoulders. "What
DO Eou mean?" he asked, almost in a
WHISPER. You We're tolnarry hi.n-had
been engaged to him for years."
Eyes, but he has gone back again. y
"Why?"
"He would have nothing to do with
me. He had heard of you. / think he
knew something about you. He cast mo
off utterly
1.-The prig! Well, V lat else:'
"Then quite nul.' + of other people
cast me off. You see, he cane of a very
good family.
81 see, !" said Richard Fclgate slow
ly. "'sou can't touch pitch, you know,
ST suppose so. And then I came to
DcNCuSUlTe.
There was a CLEAN in her eyes that
lit reflection in his own. He looked
at her steadily, laughed grimly.
"Dora, what is this game you are
playing? / don't understand. Is its
it the old game of-of rescue?"
She nodded. eff you like % she said
grayely.
"Ah, the lifo is more to you than the
man, the work than the worker, Dora, %
he said sadly, turning away.
cit was-oace, y she said Then quite
suddenly she stretched out her hands to
him. Orchard, l came to Deyonshire
to find you. -
Eyes, out of pity" he replied bitter
ly as be took her hands, .sYou were
afraid that after had loosed these
hands should DRIFT again. But the
touch of them was With me still, dear.
l could not go back. .
They were coming out of the wood
together. All the joyous life of the new
day was waking about them.
"You are the blundher now" she
whispered
"Tell me why"
do you know WHY came to Devon
shire?''
Tell me, = he pleaded humbly.
Because
"Well?"
Because chung to him and
hid her face" because I wanted my
scamp"
THE END.