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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
THE VANDERBILT T" OF CHINA
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A celestial who Is playing a
what conspicuous part in the present
troubles In China is Prince Sheng, the
director Of telegraphs of the empire and
who Is said to be one of the most
capable, intelligent and broad-minded
men of China. He has had charge
not only OF the telegraphs, but OF the
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17

Mr.. SHUTS, DR.. Leyd's successor as
State Secretary of the T~ransvaal, is
only 81 years old. He was educated at
Cape Town University and at Cam
bridge. He is a lawyer and a newspa-
per man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
Hill TO Tour World.

II is announced that one OF the reas-
ons why James J.. Hill bought the ele-
CANT steam yacht Wacouta. formerly
Eleanor. was that he is planning to
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17

LA BELLE BROOKS-vINCENT.
She was brought back to Dawson City
and placed in jail. Through the aid of
a friend she was released from prison
and enabled to return to Seattle, where
she arrived friendless and penniless,
She is now brayely at work writing
her experiences in the frozen north and
by this means hopes to again get a
start in lifa
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-17
AN ENGLISH MONUMENT TO AN
ENEMY.

whose valor the opposing British
troops paid military honors-will be
left to rest on the African plains
where he fell.
The British paid the brilliant French
soldier a marked token of respect,
General Methuen erecting a neat mon
ument over the grave where he lies
buried, near Boshof.
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EAILEO IDS.
Washington, Alexandra
Mount Vernon Railway
From Station. 13a St. and Pa. Avenue.

From Station, 1871 st. and Pa. Avenue.
In Effect November l, 1899.
For Alexandria. week days. $3.50. 7:04. 1880.
500, s:35. s:5e, g:25, 1000. HOO, HAS. a W
Sl2;o5 1920. PAS, x1:20 las, 200. $40. s:2s,
SOB. S4;l5, $3.50, sos. 1880 $40. 6:0I. $50,
';o6, 1855 500. 900, 1880. 30. SO p. n
sundays-7;45. 900. 9:45. 1910. Has. a. m,
i2;Oo noon. l2i5. 80. 2I5 500, 345. 4;3O, 5:i5
o'oo. GAS. 1880. Sis, 900, 1000, li:.o, ll:5e
FOR Mount Vernon. week days--6:S0. $500. 1000.
900 p. m.
, sandays-s:oo. 1900 noon, 2a5, 3;i5. s:45. 9;Os
sor Arlington and Aqa;ed,.ct Bridge, week
days-s:oo. $3.50. '9.25. 1000, u:oO. a. NJ s12 O5
en-; I2'45. -l'.5. 300. -2:io, .S:25, 4:I5. 5:05
,o soudndlys-145, 900, 9:45. 1850. lI:,5, A. M
Old 600. 6:l5. T.3o. s;I5. .p. m
IrlceiS carried on all trains. Baggage checked
xESpress. To Arlington only.
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FOR sALE-couNTRY PROPERTY.

FOR SALE-gs scres > houses; one mile rorth OF
SelbroOk Station, Pa. Il. r.; nonresident
owner la, authorized me to sell to close an e.
tate, ior s., 500 ABRAHAM FISHER, 5l2 81.
NV. mlIjl- en-
FOR sALE--st0 acres. Il miles from the city 300
acres arabic, balance in fine timber oak hick
ory beach, poplar, pine, walnut, etc: 1G mile.
river front; fine fishing shore grand beach; 5
miles OF wire fencing, houses stable, chick
en- house springs by the dozen; beautiful view OF
the river for over so miles from porch OF house;
the river is miles wide at this point: fine place
for sporting: photographs in office; price 81. 900
ABRAHAM FISHER, Ole 81. NV. mh3l-3t, em
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AUCTION SALES.

IS HEAD OF THORoI CIIBRED JERSEY CATTLE
AT AUCTION, Oh "Wednesday, April IS, 1900.
at ..Gunstor Han Write for catalogue giving
tuIl information and IedrIees. Address JOSEPH
SPECHr c,ustoD, Va. mh2j.2s-apl,4 10
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Fon rtENT-sroRE AND DwEIdING.

FOR RENT-Store aud dwelling. 1884 9TH st NV,
rooms; stable; $50 LOUIS +. SHOE
MAKER, 920 st. nv. rlli:;l st ein
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STATION CORNER OF SIXTH AND p Sta
7:8 A. N. WEEK DAYS, PfrTSBuRG *
PRESS-Parlor and Dining Cars Harrisburg to
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IOUND-Ice cream pure and delicious. zoe rer
gallon. LACEY CREAMERY &C. coz n y.
I've NV. Phone 20sl. .ea1-d
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CO ese aa;p as.
Throu;;h thc Grunuest Scenery OF
America All Trains Sestibuied.
Electric Lighted. Steam Heated.
All Meals Served in Dining Cnrs.
Station sixth and ID Streets.

Schedule in effect February "a. lgVJ.
els z. 81 DAILI-Cincinnati and ST Louie
Srecial-SoIid train Tor Cincinnati. Pullman
slecpers 10 Cincinnati, Lexington Louisville. ln-
Annapolis. and St. Louis, without change Parlos
Car COvington. Va, TO Virginia Hot Springs
parlor Cars Cincinnati to Chicago.
ll:l0 +. NJ DAILY. F. v Limited Solid
rain for Cincinnati. Pullman Sleepers CinciE-
alti, Lexington. and Louisville, without change;
open for occupancy al 800 p COnncc-
ion for Hot Springs. Va, daily. Pullman
compartment TO Virginia Hot Springs daily
except sunday. Observation Car Hinton 20 Gin
,innati. sieepers Cincinnati 10 Chicago and 81.
louis.
lI:I5 A. 81 DAILY EXCiPT sUNDAY-For
Newport News, Norfolk. and Old Point Comfort
tvia Penn. Z. r, Il. +. Il P, and RiehmoHtl.
Through Pullman Buffet Parc. Car.
2:IJ L. NJ. DAILY-For Cordousvlle, Char
iottcsviIc, stanton, daily, and fo7 Richmond.
daily. except Sunday.
Reservation and tickets a. Chesapeake ard Ohio
,s.ces 5l3 Peunsyi vaEia Avenue; CG0 18th Street,
,es. +, ana NJ the station Telephone call. iifI,
sr Penasylv.Hi Railroad Cab Service.
II W. FULLER,
Telephone IOGd. General Passenger Agent.
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FOR RENT-Clean. neatly furnished room and
bath, 50 per month. 2lj 9th ST. NV, near Ma
tional Museum. api-3t
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FOR RENT OR sALE-coTTAGEs

LOST Friday March 80. after 10 r. H.. pocket
book containing 500. Lcl. l2th and Z rs NV
and ny home Liberal reward il returned TO
JOSEPH ILLMAN, 2oH Br=utWool ave. 1857.
guh@i-gt.On
LO>T-A SKYE terrier dog 10y lamc cd Win htd
on collar and tag 8l3, Finder viii receive
suitable reward Ion rotuIr I1 $50 q IT. NV.
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FOR RENT-srABi.Es.

FOR RENT-New brick stable, behind Al Frank.
lin st. NV, "a. apt3I
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FOX sALE-sUBURptN.

FOR usALE-Al Hyattsvillc minutes WalA itcm
steam and electric cIts; cheap continuation
-, cftI,er. u.v Groom house; lot 5ON2GJ. $500
also broom house. I-ayie lot, finely adapted to
gIfcEcp taisirg: > MINUTES walk from cIts; l200i
tr,s sasy. an ever flowing artcsian mineral well !;
IL, s.-,;lt,. wells on each place; as0 lot j9x2DJ;
$50. ROGERS < ROGERS, Hyattsyiue, Cas-
stop at Office. f'hz.-yL ,eln
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Advertisements under this head
will be inserted for one cent n word
for cnch Insertion.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Send FOR bulletin


I'LL TELL YOU a funny thing that happened the
other day: The hardest in town to
please said after we had finished his first job OF
printing: .'Mr. Hayworth. that is the finest work
have ever had, and ! have tried them all. You
may be assured OF all our future printing
Speaks well for Us, doesn't it2 We suit
everybody, because we are printers. We have
the finest facilities. the best workmen, and
can give YOU better work for tine money than
any other printing house in the United States.
We print everything; 500 cards, $50; 500
velopes, Sl-75; 500 letterheads, 500; 500 type
written circulars HAlWORIH PUBLISHING
HOUSE. 5l2 Sth st. NV. 1t
PIANO and organ tuning 81: factory expert.
JAS r. DURITY, S05 I2th 50. Sc. mhSi-St, EN-
SPRING suits made, So; tailor.made. 3: wash
dresses, $50 no IL st. NV Item
LANDLORDS How much has it cost you lately
for repairs, that had to be made on account
Of leaky roofs? You save all this Ii your roofs
are painted with Rubber Root Paint. 1t prevents
lcaks--preserves the roof. Roofs painted, So up.
RUBBER ROOF PAINT CO., All 9th st. nv.
mh3l-tf
UPHoLsTERING. mattress making chair Gaming
a speciality. F. V. NIEDFELDT, 1918 9th 81.
NV. mhs1-st
CHAIR GAMING: good work. i51 X ST. NV; 7O1
st. NV; 1o2 Fla. ave. NV, MRS l. JOHN
SON; send postal. mh3l-5t
EXPERT watch repairing, mainsprings. 81;
cleaning 81. 600 lth st., opposite Patent OF
fee. mhl5-lmo,em
WHY have your neck like a broiled live lobster?
Not mentioning the discomforts. We saw edge
all ON collars and cuffs. RALEIGH ELECTRIC
LAUNDRY. 207-209 9Th St sw. mhS0-St
VOCAL. VIOLIN. PIANO LESSONS, pc: if
prompt application Is made, this professor of
pronounced ability and experience with excellent
testimonials will give you lessons at extraordi-
nariy low rates. Address Bon 6s4, this office.
mh30-St
DANCING-Privatc Mss LEONARDO, Premiere
Danseuse 1913 12th ST. NV, the only teacher
in Washington can show diploma Nat Jnal As
ISOLATION Masters OF Dancing. Why go to in
cOmpetents to learn what they know aothinS
aboutg Protect yourself by being taught properly
in the beginning. mh29-it
PATRONIsE the original Dexter Laundry, es-
tablished 1879 by the Three Dexters" who
are now located at ll0S and nos st. nv.
mh27-7t
WATCH repairing, main springs, 81; cleaning
81 G09 18th 81, opposite Pstent Office
mills lm,cm
CAPITAL CLOCK REPAIRING CO., 1874 eth St
nw-Any ordinary clock cleaned. SOC; watches
cleaned. GOc up; musical box repairing and all
other work low il proportion; satisfaction
guaranteed; send postal, will call for and deliver
free to any part of District. mh6-tf
BoOKBIYDING AND PRINTING-Bin Binding one
volume magazine, 70 cents; other binding
equally as cheap; printing 500 cards, @ cents;
other printing equally cheap WILLIAMS, els
9Th st. NV. Charles ". Dowden, Manager. ie2-ti
LOOK LooK!i LOoK!.!-Goodrich tires, So per
pair. put on; Hartford tires. No. "a $3.50 per
pair, put on. HUSTLER BICYCLE REPAIR CO.,
Az and Maine ja3-Smos
FULL DRESS SUITS for hire, 81 JULIUS
COHEN. ll0i 9Th IT. NV se2?-u
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FOR saLE-HonsEs AND VEHICLES.


FOR sALE-BuSiness horse, buggy. and harness:
sny lady can drive; stand without weight.
Addres., Bon 3. this office. 1t
FOR SALE-Iorse, buggy. and harness. Apply
SO G Fl. ne. apl-"t
FOR SALE-Horse. wagon and harness. double
wagon and one set ct harness; also one driving
horse by Prince orlod Enquire rear OF 522 c st.
NV apl-St
FOR SALE-Brown mare. q years Old; splendid
driver and suitable 10, any light work; price
$3j. lll5 i. ne. nf5l-St, en-
FOR SALE-Ij head OF Young horses from yir-
GINA. Gail at l2I2 Ohio ave. NV, II. QUIG-
LEY. mbSl-6t
FOR SALE-Nice mare on easy payments. or will
hire with buggy, SD per month. Address
BON 7$i. this office. mh5l5t
FOR SALE-A placton in good order; cheap.
Il22 12th =. ne. mh205t
FOR SALE-Three cheap horscs. kELLOCGs
STABLE. cor. 2lst and SIS. NV. mh2s5t
TOR sALE-Bay mare, buggy. and harness; cheap.
3O2 nth st. sw. nih29-3t,em
FOR SALE-Grcat bargain, "a head OF horses and
ma.es ranging IN age from . to years.
weight 500 10 100 pounds; suitable for airy busi-
ncss. ard no reasonable offer refused Call IL
Az 81 NV. -- me- -
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HELP wANrED-FEMALE.


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for cnch Insertion.
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WANTED Bright. educated Young lady to assist
palms; and leam business; no experience
necessary Address BOX 5 this office 1t
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worker wages sI2. sos ~ It. NV. 1t
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tribution OF circulars in each town OF United
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WANTED Respectable white girl. to do Light
homework 1909 New Jersey ave NV. 1t
WANTED Girl for general hou.ewor. 1914 Pa.
ave-. walk upstairs; call TODAY. oil after II
WANTED C;rI To do General Homework; must
stay nights and come we'll recommended. APP
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WANTED Neat. reliable Whit. Protestant girl
about II or - yeais old to attend 10 infant
Apply 22O6 = st NV. apl-2t
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bo,,scvrorl,. ,uc Iivip. Northeast urefprred
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room i.i i5Ie, G,oIGs IIu sun Ais 10
Il. nv 1t
MANTEp-W9men, cverywherc' 10 travel 80
weekly; also expenses and commission; some
IgiS Market 81 phiiadcl,bia rnbIs "a AMI
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at night Is,5 ~ II q, NV '' Item
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Wan lED-GeInan elrI DC nurse terms ana con
t717 p II NV Item
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WANTED-A servant tor general homework; three
in family; 60 home at night 300 T ST. NV.
lLem
st. NV. Item
MI. ,iRS p,i uEp f0ot n = VI ~,
II en-,
WANTED-Tidy girl for general Homework; small
family. Gall Monday afternoon, 1924 st.
WANTED-White girl from i to 20 to wash
Mcrday. Item
AZ 1-7-i-I,
Wan mt gar COOK ana houseWoIker; no
Riggs Place, 5il Pa. ave. NV. Item
apply Call Monday from to 10 a. m. ai2
81. ne Item
WANTFD-Good competent girl. 10 do general
hoaseEork- III 9th 81 s~ Item
NANIEo-A good cook 1923 Holmead ave. NV.
Item
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FOR RENT-RoosIs.

FOR RENT-l233 Mass ave. NV, second story
back room, furnished. s.; also back room,
third floor, unfinished, Sc api-%t
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18

an old Pike county bear dan't reason out
things and plan how 10 get out of a
scrape,' says Uncle Jabez sOrrowfully.
troubling people hereabouts for months :?
Wen, that particular animal is cut out
for bank burglar, and a good one at
that It's my belief THAI a mistake was
made when he was born a bear.
This fail, after l had lost three val
ned pigs and some honey, I started out
10 make a business of hunting that bear.
] caught his trail one morning and start
cd in all the innocence of my heart, think
ing I would come bacik at night with the
skin of the knowingest old bear that ever
lifted a pig
My dog followed the trail all right IN
I'll We came to one of those little oil runs
and there we lost it, The dog nosed about
Tor long time, but it was no good. ] was
cleaned puzzled. The ground was hard
there wasn't a hole or scarcely bush
near, and how an old bear dog like mine
could lose a plain trail was more than 1
could understand. Al last we gave up
and came home, a saddened and wiser dog
and man. That evening, while l was pom
an idea came to me.
IT'S amt the dogs fault, says to my
self. That dogs been trained to chase
bears. not oil barrels. That old bear Just
ualled along the oil run and after a few
YARDS Of that he would smell like a re-
inery, not like the sly, marauding, old.
pig stealing bear he really is He may
De mighty cunning bear. but after he
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has experimental couple of times with
your Uncle Jabezs intellect he'll repent of
stealing them pigs.
SO the next day l started out with two
OF my well trained dogs, instead of one.
Inc first dog l let take up the trail to the
OIL run. Then l started dog number two
on the trail after II left the run. After the
uog got on to the fact that IL was a willy
old bear, and not an oil barrel he was eX-
pected to run down, ne went along at
'ast clip. In my ignorance | was actu-
any sorry for the bear.
Petroleum bears may fool the ordinary
run or hunters ] says to myself but this
'enighted bear will soon realize Uncle Ja-
ez Is on his track An easy death Is The
est that poor old bear can hope for
But didn't need to be wasting SYM
Fathy on that bear l needed IL all Cor
myself That bear understood wild cat
'sture as well as he did the use Of oil
Ishs. The minute Mr.. Bear realized those
uogs had caught mis- trail again he made
uncks right for a hole where a mother
VITA cat and a couple of her kittens lived.
ne bear ran right up TO the mouth of the
mole and then swerved to one side. This
routed out the mother wild cat and when
my dogs reached the hole she was right on
hahd and looking for trouble In big
A wild cat with litter of young ones
I'm the sweetest tempered pet in the
World World My dogs were after bear. but Mrs.
"Ho Cat thought 1t was her precious kit
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THE puzzLE-MAKER's VICTIMS.
However the Inventors Sometimes
Grow wealthy.

Harvey Sutherland in Afnslee's Magazine
Ever so often the whole country goes
crazy over some puzzle, and no household
~ complete without ID. The 13-15-14 puz-
zle is a case in point The people that
make up such things are at work at them
all the time, not because there is any
money m It, but because they art built
that way. Composers are always think
ing out music, and authors are always
saying to themselves, Now that would
make a good story, only, of course, II
would have to be made to come out
right" and puzzlemakers are always fuss
ing with puzzles. We will say that one
sof them shows his latest to a fgiend and
the friend says: "Oh, go on away from
here. I got lot of work to do this
morning. / ought to have done 1t yes
terday afternoon but somebody came In
and bothered me. Nope. No time this
morning. l saw your wife the other day
on Broadway, but / guess she didn't see
me. Children all well?" Now. If the time
Is not ripe, II won't do the inventor the
least bit of good to fool with the puzzle
and coax his friend: Jaw, Just try it
once" But if It is, IL the cycle has come
round again the friend tries IL and tries
it again. Then he sits there like fool
all the morning, saying 20 himself: "Well,
consarn the luck! 1 thought had it that
time, sure. Oh, yes. l see now how it's
done. Well by Ned. No, that amt IL,
either. Well, then. the other way. Here,
I can't fritter away my time this way"
Dear Sir: Your last shipment of thirty
carload lots was not up tc sample-was
not up to sam. why, why didn't 1
think of that before? You take the thing
this way. Then it will run into the hole.
Then the other one gets out again Wen,
say, this puzzle is wonder. Come in.
Huh? Tell him I'm very busy
just now and can't be disturbed. Ask him
If he won't drop In about an hour from
now. Shut the door after you. TAI have
1t so can do 1t by then, and I'll paralyze
him with it And so ID goes. The work
isn't done. The next man that come in
remember that the cycle has come round
see the puzzle and asks, Whats this?"
"Oh, a little thing a friend OF mine left
here"
Puzzle, Ell? Can you do IT,
1t isn't long after that before all down
town Is chewing gum as hard as 1t can
and worrying over this puzzle. 1t buys il
and takes ii home TO the wife and chill
dren. 1t talks about 1t on the way home
from church and on the street cars, and
writes letters to the papers to show how
IL you move the II block to such and
such a place, and then give the whole bus
iness a quarter-turn to the left. 1t can be
done. All this time the puzzle inventor is
getting so rancidly rich that he doesn't
any more. Cuts him dead. Then all of a
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TALES OF YANKEE ENCHANTMENT.
MeIchisedeI< Jones and the ShaftIess
Carriage.

Carriage.
Copyright by the author, Charles Bat
led Loomis.)
Melchisedek Jones could not bear to see
people imposed upon. He was only II
years old when he took his putty blower,
his bean shooter and his sling and start
ed out to walk from Waterbury to New
Haven in order to right all wrongs that
he might come across. Whenever he saw
a man who looked cruel or mean or selfish
he peppered him with his putty blower.
And if he still hooked mean or selfish or
cruel then he shot beans at him and If
he continued TO look selfish or cruel or
mean he let him have a stone out of a
sling and that generally cured him. For
Sing in the hands of sHnah boy Is
hammer and no mistake.
He had gotten almost TO Seymour and
the road was strewn with cruel, mean and
selfish peop,e whom he had bowled over
temporarily when he came 60 a dong hill.
At the top of the hin stood what looked
like an automobile and by its side were
two men, one OF whom seemed TO be the
owner of the vehicle. The owner was try
ing TO sell ii to the other man who had
a kind of down-trodden, under-dog look
about him that made Melchisedek feel
for him.
Now Mr. sandford' said the owner
of the automobile, II owe you money and
/ know it, but | have no money TO pay
YOU while l have this automobile. Now,
l only owe you 500 and this machine Is
easily worth s., 000 but you see il makes
me nervous to ride out in wagon that
hasn't any horses to stop 1t when II gets
going to fast and so I'm act you have it
for the debt
But" said Mr Sanford, 81 never go out
riding, because I hate TO and need uhe
cash very badly. The automobile Will
surely. get osrtT of order and can't afford
to have IL fixed so I'm be worse off than
1 was before"
Nonsense" said the man with a selfish
CLEAN in his eye that made Melchisedek
get out his putty blower. you can ride
n, this down to fMeriden Seymour and sell
ID to any of the rich people VINO 1--we there
for at least $780,
"Why don't you do It, them? asked MT.
Sanford, quite pertinently.
BECAUSE" said the man, 81 promised
nv children that would so chestnutting
with them this afternoon, and better
walk with them than all the money In the
world
Now white this made the innocent Mr..
Sanford feel that Mr.. Simpkins was
nice man. 1t made Melchisedek think that
Mr.. Simpkins had no children at all and
doubtful that the carriage was an automo-
bile. But as yet he could do nothing.
"Give me a receipt for 800 and take the
automobile" said Mr.. Simpkins. Come.
I will ride to the foot of this hill just to
show you how to work it and then" said
he. looking at his watch, Il must hurry
off to my darlings, my dear little boys,
for the pets are hungry for chestnuts
Now. If Mr. Sanford hadn't been a goose
he would have known that Mr.. Simpkins
was up to something because men don't
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cradle difficulty. ] saw a sight which add
ed pang to my misery. There on the
edge of the clearing was that old bear.
He was sliding on his launches, fairly
hugging himself with his front paws and
chuokling TO himself at the fix l was in.
My gun was over by the shed BY the
time l could get il the bear was gone, and
all that was left for me was my mourn
full thoughts.
That blamed old bear said Uncle
Jabez, concluding his sad story, has fool
ed me three times, but l am going TO have
my revenge If 1t takes me all winter, No
big black bear can damage and insult me
and hope TO live to good old age
II tried to console Uncle Jabez," said
Deacon Todgers. Them bees blamed you
for getting them drunk" 1 told him, but
it didn't comfort him"
" That's the worst of it, he replied,
in sort of a saddened way. My character
is gone even with my own bees -