The Van Buren press., 1898-12-03
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to the corners Of his grim r1oafks fkat
ke regarded Dringsz statement a. 4
czHEiHefy devised fable
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mary wives az yoa Ike = he ADDED b.
way g Cancellation. though ubea a
mas has 'ad three wires in seven yeaFs.
its uncommon Ike peIygamy.v
But marriage i ordained for the
mutual help. aociety. and comfort the
one ought 10 have % the other re
tortea Dring. with sudden recoifee-
tiou Of the termA Of the marriage serv-
ice. with which his acquaintance was
intimate and unusual You'd be deal
happier for q woman 10 look arter
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with CLEAN In hie gray eyes winch
wiser persons than DrfHg had long
sGo recognized az dangerous -Bat
k'poae she talked when I Nasn Z ionely.
what fhen-eh2v
There vas always something peegI-
fairy Irritating in the ~sh-~ u Thomas
Craddoek- IL Bas soaethfng between
a malignant ehackle and the sharp
explosive click Of a secret EprfKz.
which oAe could fancy ezS in Zeni0zs.y
eeEce4lsd In his lezH throat Grad
docks throat waa ozs q kiE s1rpEg
pofnts- When he spoke. what Il called
ar Ad@En'S apple alot mp and deuE like
the weight On the machine for the >Frzl
q The relative strength of meas sstE
a. fsfFk- Il poaassasd a dreadful fss-
eiEztloz far chE6rsn, ard In the minds
Of olesr people vsz eErioaaly akso-
eiatec wisS IDEAS ~ Pugrseity.
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way. an Egou take nzoEe'r yozr fAars,
is kraa4E 70 reason k0nas o. ~ poor
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Lsfege ks's Sozs NJ hsr-eh2~
Crzlloe6 Vss a nzn who suffered
fFez sa nEsafisaed thfrat Tor knowl-
edge. Uhlch accounted for the eireum-
srares thzt On the wzlI of the dinzy
Tpem WA eonspieuSg&ly displayed a
map of ske WOr.l- Hhen be wzE Very
iously be ioOksd al the map. and was
srrzi9htNay eonEoled with the fenEe
a. the muititldilouEueas Of life; wnen
h. wsE oppFesaed With the narrOwuess
Of bis career, he reflected on the inn
mersity Of the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans and repeated the heights Of the
great mountains which were boldly
printed on the map. II caused him
curious pleasure-or at least a mega
iion OF pain-to reflect on the number
OF people reported to exist in London,
New York, or Chicago, a great many Of
whom were no better of than himself
Many efforts had been made to in
duce him to attend public worship on
the Sunday, but none had succeeded.
He was always ready to receive any
sort Of embassy on the subject. but no
amount Of argument made any differ
ence 10 his habits. Every Sunday
morning he shaved, put on q pre-
historic blue coat, then he lit a short
pipe, and disappeared in the direction
OF the moors. For some years he had
been accompanied by an old retriever
dog. bat when the dog died he never
got another. and henceforth went
alone.
The mystery Of his proceedings was
enhanced by the circumstance that he
usually carried in his hand a small
black book, not unlike a Bible. care
fully wrapped in big red cotton hand
kerchief. People who did not scruple
10 discuss every sort Of question with
Craddock had never quite ventured TO
ask him what was the book he took
with him cn his solitary Sabbath
walks Perhaps It was because there
was a certain something IN Craddock's
grim mouth which warned them not
10 60 too far with him.
II was not until Reckett, the new
curate. came that Craddock's doings
attracted wide notice. Reckstt was