The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
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| or careful management
What was the strnnoest thing that ovor
bnnneneh IN mo -, tha oid 80 nna.aaI
We'll. think the thing TINT eoorod mo Rod.
oct was my cxnerionca tbo five I ,ro,, 30 NJ,
York To sell nv nrs IN .J,ta As,or 7 o,nors
had sold my pelts TO his comnanv ever einco T
was big enough to mako n ncrro, ,our ,ran ,or
mink His mo,.tI, Rave ,ouII a...hat ,hi.
beaver akin was too oarIv-caugb, too o,r,y In
the fall-tbat the otter vera drowned ,nd Ind
been in the water too LONG and that Tho mirLs
were all kits. This was to cut tho nricos Th,,
winter I Ind mazda , hig o,t,h III, hiooost
lever had mado-ond 7 moJo nm nv mira n
take tho whole co,ch IN Nnw yort and sail tho
skins 10 Astor himself I nover had mat hin,
but had hoard him talked about from Tho Tina
could walk ANYWAY r,rtod IN co, , r.,t
blp town had been 70 D,,roit an, ,hor coil
New York was ,yon bigger than TINT VOL 7
should q, II uos hi,,nr- hiroor ,lon ne
is now wont IN RnryoIo h, Lo.t orJ 70 IL
bany nv four. horse stage mi ,IoYr tho Md
son nv bn,t ayoin Jc,rrio1 m, bund,o ~ frra
right with mo We,l whom 7 ,o, 10 W., Vol.
/ found | didn't know WHARF Actor livod and
40 wont oround aching AtIoa. n roll nioa r,n
said he would show mo and whom Mt last wc
got to Astoria nlac, IL ,yoant n tr.ding nl.oo NJ
all-onN n right smart bip house
Iyouldn't wilt aftor coming all tb,, v,vt 70
ace Astor GO 7 cliu bod ~ Tho stons md nrl,aj
the knorker ma, o,ma 70 tho door ord 7
told him what 7 wonted uo sail Mr. Actor
wasn't Mt home said 7 vas Il, no hurry and
tina, I'd wait 60 ant dow, an III, ston ,,d
waIted. We'll waited mora than three ho,ra
and still he didn't coma. and than mads nm
NV mind IN FRY tbe door ay,i, Tho ~ NAV
came To the door This time as before He
seemed surnr;sed 70 n M, tbero stiII ,,d
when I asked ~ Mr. Aston had cot b,ct va, bo
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would he ont a long time On far nc wos con.
cerned wasn't dicoour.,oa hy vb,t h. s,id
and stuck II ont opotber bnur rbor tho town
watch camoa along apd T told him wb., VOC
waiting for He explained soma thinps that
set ma d,ad ap'in, Actor and met MACLEOD nm
NV bundle Of nc,ts and started for nm thon
and tbere No don't cav what rho mn, told
mo: II was enoupb IN set mo on , wire odre
and Iys never heon tboro over since Want
right back TO Buffalo and tben to Fort Dear.
nj tbev call Il nnw-ona cold my
furs there THAT wos tbs only tiue nver waa
in New YORK
What was the stranpest thing that ever
hanpened 10 me ., tbo old man renaotnd oeoin
..Well that's hard ~ gay. hut TN teu v,unbout
tbn strang,st thing I ovor =, .lo,ci, 1890
or ~ I was framing nm toward tho hand
vatars ~ tho Nississinni III, I,te tbev ,,II
ltosL. now ,rd ~, tho Lorr ., q E,,Ia or.oL T
found something that has puzzIed me oycr
since On n little knoll wbera III. underhrnsb
had been cleared AWAY veors nerore was , soft
mani. tree In one side ~ tho trunk ofthis tree
was sticting tho HAD, ~ , Ion, cIerder triC.-
ona If tha Find Won c,u , dagger Tho hIode
had heen driven clcon through n mans b.ad
and the skuIl was ninned fac 70 : h trnr Thnra
were a lot of homes on the ground that mad
bcen the rest NJ him. who Eilled him ond
what for 7 couldn't guass L, III nova, lopa