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GREAT SCARCITY OF LABOR
State Agricultural Department Is
sues a Bulletin.

Raleigh, n. c., Ocober ZI-'Speci"'
,rba etota agricultural department today
issued It's crop bulletin for october This
saws the Weld of cotton is 6S per cent. OF
an average and its quality 81 The condi-
ton of corn IS 20 There is special re-
port on farm labor. which IS OF extreme
interest. -Four hundred leading farmers
yyora asked If there is sufficient farm IA
her. and 2l3 replied in the negative some
saw as much as fifty per cent OF the IA
Dor in their section has gone; IN spii'S
movement which may result in mucn IN
convenience to the farm ers, ana IarSe
proportion of the correspondents say next
wears acreage must be materially reduc-
ed owing to the scarcity of labor. Ihere
is already more land than labor IN the
state. There has been no large increase
in farm wages.
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FIREBUG SLAIN AND BURNED.
Summary Vengeance Taken by Presi'
dent Tglesias ut Port Limon.

Mobile. Ala. October "DETAILS OF the
To-t imcu tire reached here today from
Inspector Cherry. Of Tire Mobile quarah-
time board The fire began at o'clock on
the morning 10 October iith and ragged
Tor more than eight hours. completely
,Ieetroyinr fuur blocks and partly destroy
ing two other blocks The property loss
rs estimated a one ana one-half million
-a.d ANA there are about two thousand
natives homeless
1-as. n-1-rcss ~ the FIRE was only stop
rel bg the blowing zap Of buildings with
-uussawder. The fire i supposed 10
rtvs been 81 inccuIiary origin. started
o. an .-cared convict President igle-
-.re ssr.r.. 10 Port iimuu Ou "A special
r.sEu f.uru san jose and took charge II
Is rauHrref that rhr governor came upon
. negro stealing lu nue 80 the burning
stores and shot him. leaving the hooy IN
tr. Eu-aIlu-- gt -s believed that this ne
aru WAS fae iuleuc.Hry- On the morn
fr- 10 THE lfsa Su1Ul.sTl kiiled his mis-
sr.s~ hv stabh.u- her tn THE heart. which
added 20 the excitement
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THE SON INITIATES HIS FATHER
Walker, Junior, Kills Himself as
Walker. Senior. Did.

Jacksonville, Fla. October 26--(speciall
News reaches the city that Fred y. Walk
or. keeper Of the light house OF COCK
roach Mound. marking the channel az me
entrance OF the Little Manatee river had
committed suicide. The light was out Iot
several days. and on Investigation li9
u,ttb head blown of A shot gun was
still IN his lap. his family was visiting
ar tho time I'm Massachusetts. Captain H.
b. Walker. his father, committed suic ..-','i
a few weeks ago in the same room "''N
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-29
PORTO R1cANs ARE INDIGNANT.
They Object to Conduct Of Republican
Election Judges.

San Juan, p. r, October 2l.-At meet
ing of the executive committee of the
federal party today It was unanimously
decided to invite the federals TO withdraw
from further participation In the cam
paign for the election of a house Of dele
gates and a commissioner 70 Washing
ION and to urge them to abstain from
the polls on election day. thus silently
protesting against the election proceed
ings The federals charge the govern
ment with partially a majority OF the
election judges are republicans
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MCKINLEY AND CANTEEN LAW.
Presbyterian Synod of Missouri Re-
fuses To Condemn President,

Maryville. No. october Pa resolution
offered before the Presbyterian synod of
Missouri. bitterly condemning President
Mckinley and the administration general
~ for its attitude on the liquor question
as expressed IN the canteen law and en-
joining the voters Of Missouri to vote for
the candidate OF the prohibition party.
was defeated nv a vote of 26 to 3D. A
speech i'm opposition 10 both the condem-
nation OF the administration and the in
dorsemsnt Of the prohibition candidate
was made by the Rev. W. j. McKittrick.
pastor of the First Presbyterian church
o. 81 Louis.
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Macon. Ca. October 24-(speclaI.)-
News has come 20 Macon that a lynching
Of an extraordinary character occurred
near Wellston. in Houston county. last
Sunday night II appears that there live
in the vicinity q family Of hard-worlling
negroes who arc nearly white. A black
negro met n girl of this family and Grim
irally assaulted her. Complaint was
made By the family TO white citizens
who proceeded 10 roundup the assaiIant.
When he had been taken the negroes ask
ed that he he turned over To them. As
Il negro had been lynched a few days
before in the same locality for an as
sault upon a white woman IN the pre-
Cnce OF her children. this request was
complied with. The negro was taken by
the men Of his own race 70 the woods,
and nothing has since been heard Of
him
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sCHLEY TO VISIT LOUISVILLE.
Declares. However, That He'll Be
stride No Kentucky Steed.

louisville. Ky. October 25.-Rear Adj
miral W. $. Schlev. of the United states
navy, has accepted the invitation of the
knights Tcmplars of Kentucky to attend
the twcnty-eiehth conclave in Louisville
August 40 1901. His answer. under date
Of September l4th. was written on the
United States flagship Chicago at the
south Atlantic station. Moutevideo Uru-
cuav and was received tonight. The in
Vitation contained "A request that he take
part i'm the Templar parade as a member
az Tho mounted staff. While agreeing to
come 10 Louisville he declined TO ride a
horse. saying that he did not believe IL
would be possible for him ito keep the
saddle on board one for ten minutes If
The animal was as gentle as a camel"
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HAVANA CAN BE MADE CLEAN
Drummer Declares Sanitary Affairs
Are Wholly Mismanaged.

Savannah. Ca, October 22.-(Special) y
DR. w. f. Drummer. who for several years
represented the marine hospital service
at Havana. viii say i'm an interview to-
morrow that the administration of sani-
tary affairs in that city has been wholly
incompetent. DIR. Drummer has the situa-
ton there at his finger ends and says
that with the millions already spent much
more should have been accomplished. DIR.
Drummer believes that it Is possible If the
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-29
DOG CASE IN SUPREME COURT.
Two Alabamians Spending Money
Over a Pointer.

Montgomery. Ala, October 26.-(Spe-
rial The question Of who owns GER
tain pointer dog will be taken TO the SUI
pcrior court Two of the most prominent
firms of ttorneys I'm the city have been
G. aged in the case. and as lively a le-
gal mt is being waged as If half mil
lion dollars were involved. The case
began IN beat twelve I'm this county. VIII
liam Pugh was In possession Of the dog
and r. n. Ellis claimed him. They fought
il out ia the justice court, and II was
brought 10 the city court Ot Montgomery.
Pugh's attorney filed a demurrer setting
forth that the dog was not registered,
therefore was not property and belonged
a. the man I'm whose possession IT was.
Judge Sayer sustained the contention.
The case viii &c appealed 10 the supreme
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-29
FAMOUS MOSS ROSE Is DEAD.
Dam Of Henry of Navarro and Other
Great Racers

Lexington, Ky, October 27.-Moss Rose.
by imp Il-used. dam Scarlet by Ken
lucky, aged seventeen. the famous brood
mare. and dam of Henry of Navarro.
Huguenot and Turk II. died at CaStleton,
this county, of pleuro pneumonia. She
was bought last week by James r. Keenc
for S. 500 and contracted the disease
causing her death EN- route from New
York,
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CA- - ~ @EA.
s.uc. ATse Kind You Vars liEays Baaas
Z & XZALZg
Carter Fears a Curious Crowd

Leavenworth. Kas.. October &.-The
hearing of the habeas corpus case of
Cberlin NJ. Carte. ex-caDJaln OF en-
gIneers. against VI warden McClauChrey, OF
the federal prison, through which the
ex-cantain expects to gain his freedom,
has been postponed until November 9th.
The postpunCment IS Occasioned by tho
eX-captan's desire not 10 face a curious
crowd and to avoid this additional time
IS required TO change the necessary pa
more and writ
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1FApFp FROM A FAST TRAIN
Notorious Moonshiner, an Aged Man.
Takes Desperate Chances.

Chattanooga, Tenn, October zo.-'9Pe-
c,aIN-Jerrv Jenkins. O notorious moon
sinner and son, were caught yesterday
bv officers in the edge of Monroe county,
near the North Carolina line. were tried
nj cleveland today ana We're bouhu o.
10 the federal court. The officers start
81 win tbe couple for the jail i'm TINS citE-
XVto,, n short distance out of CleFelald'
and while the train was going at a hlin
rate of speed, old man jenkins pIoho
away from the officer, ana leaplh5 LfI.t
The nIatform of the car, escaped III me
woods II was one of the most daring
and reckless escapes for liberty ever maze
In this section.
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Foremost in the South.

DIT. hathaway has long been acknowl-
edged the leading specialist IN the south,
and has cured more chronic diseases than
any ten other physicians. Write him
about his successful system or home
treatment j. Newton Hathaway, MD,
22i. T. Broad ST, Atlanta, Ga.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-29

work is properly done to almost entirely
remove the cause of the yellow fever
epidemics in the Cuban city. He thinks
II should be done as soon as possible for
the protection of American ports.
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Piles. FistuIa, Rupture,

Structure. Varicocele. Unnatural Losses,
Debility: cure guaranteed. Or. tucker,
Broad street Atlanta, Ga.
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Shot Dead bv Texas RANGER.

Dallas. Tex. October 25-CharIes r
Davenport, "a business man at CotuIla
was shot dead last night at that place
by state ranger named w. N Wright
Cotulla has been under control of the
state rangers several months.
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GLIB AND CHEERFUL SHE rs.
Hrs. Dixon Feels Sure She VIII BE
Acquitted.

Macon Ca. October Especially Mrs
Dixon. charged with the murder Of her
husband fl johnson county. who is now
Or the BIhh county jau awaiting a new
trial. g. wc-aerililv glib and cheerful
Sire sarfs freely az her case and IS COM
rlaat thar SHE VIII get hey accuittli- She
Inns taken q curious view ~ the failure
OF tre jury which heard her case to
rs1sh vr-ilct and makes "a novel point
She sags shoe wu-il have been acquitted
Or lnl NOT befn that seven ~ tile Jurors
wln H-l.i bier rrl Also hecu meulners of
rr. fI-r WIa convicted Jere Walden. hey
r..Hr-H .i-r. rn whom WIS given hte
sentence Sle SAYS she mace her 's-
tara tr.w fue -bf-Ville courthouse
t-.-ifT- -U.f the Sr.sIr wss asleep in the
rasu when. she v.as confined. and shat
eH. r.fr --runE notion
90. VISIT r.r sister. auI walked out with
U.r auv rr1aale. She further saws that
-Hr HsI uU tlsa of rildfu- capture. and
when e.- irrrl tie house uf Hcr rria-
fte- sE-w herself .r the I--I. wherc SHE
v.s fsHli without difficulty by tho oil
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-29

Constipation is the rock that wrecks
many lives; IT poisons the very life blood.
Regularity can be established through
the use of Prickly Ash Btters. 1t Is
mildly cathartic and strengthens the
stomach, liver and kidneys.
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TIE FREE OFFER.

bniAnrn enuFR
which l.
IS PucSt New York.gi
enew ntyon the hopeta s win
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22

Hastily she folded NJ. the letter and
thrust II back among the others.
W!th % sudden movement she picked it up
again. xsIEs
No; she could not 1--we with 4 man who
diG not love her.
SL,-thc other wouan-shorld nave him.
for his sake
She weUiI asl, him 20 whom o, was writ
ten when h~ came. That womb tc the he
ginning Of the end.
She turned 20 look for 4 ~rair. and in
turning faced the mirror. Sow well she
looked. how cold she MS auI ~ the cd
age she f,lt so weariIy Old not snow in her
face - all
Yes. she would ?~f him who 1. was When
nc came. some young an. p:s'.y- woman.
u" doubt. who would he sorry to see the
wife suffer. III. course. t-is yHran could
no: help towing him. md vet she wa- Will
ing To- xiv" him IN. Il mus; be- that she
was a cir! OF strong clsra fer. ana g, good
girl. too. He would NOS love any other
kind
II" should have che woman PIE loved. ,hat
was settled
~ course. he would .uTpp-t her and the
children. She could not learn Independence
after all this time. she WIS too old. she
would 20 away son-wh, r. va''. sh" Would
not intruro.
She wondered how long sha would live.
not very long. surely. Th- sage FId not
know when he said: The saG heart is
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bravely. as danger that shoul5 he faced.
This time she read it all throUgh-care-
fully
\ drawn. tense feeling ~ the base of the
brain caused I-r 20 place her hand al tho
back Of her head for re.ief. Her
face grew cold AMI she -hiveryd.
Gradually the cold cr"pt on down
her body until she felt chilled. chilled
20 the heart. Her first impulse was to put
the letter back he need never kuow-pcr-
haps :; was sudden affair Of his thai;
would wear of. II only she would bravely
wait. She folded II carefully. slowly.
thinking as she did so That her hands
would be so folded when she died. All
the time she was duly wondering to whom
it could he written. half hoping tina; he
meant To send Il to her. That was silly
hope. born Of the wish; she and he had
no need - part. There was something in
the letter that quoted something. and she
Was quite sure she had never said It. She
would read il again and try to remember if
she hai ever said Il.
Critically and st.I as cold death, she
read Il all c.cr
No. she had never said It. and clearly It
could not have been intended for her.
no woman had ever stirred his soul be-
fore rs shc-fhe othor-had done" He
had written that same thing to her when
they had been married ever 81 long. She
had the letter somewhere. Where? oh.
yes, back home in a frank. There wds n
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tenacious q, life. and sorrow IS but slow
gravediEger"
The sage had never given .s;p him 70 an
other woman,
All this time she was holding the open
letter. She would ask him 20 whom II was
written and tell him her resolve AMI then
she would go away.
Just then she heard his step ari II an
other second ne opened the .I3o-. she 70
ticed that his ears were glowing red with
the crisp oTter air.
She hold ont the letter. and h'r eyes
filed with tears.
Who is 1t. john" she asked IN a broken
voice
Then she watched the rcd IN his ears: Il
must be an ordeal for him. tn, color would
presently fade and she would wat. II SO.
She was sorry TO her very soul for him
She might have tried to hurry away before
he returned and then he would not nav. h!
+" suffer Eut he woUll never have known
that -he VAS willing for him to have n.
other-and she herself would never have
known 10 wroU it was written. She could
ne, think OF any one. She forgot 10 wat h
N" color fade in his ears
Listen. he was answering,
ITO you: and then he laughed She
looked. The or had not rcce!cd from
the ears. Strange, Men could stand things
better than women. Surely he had M feel
iuS-no feoiirE. and the author of that let
ter,
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
This couple OF whom wife had marie
for love twenty years aro. lie had been
away FOR tRo months in me city ou bust
ress, and she decided IN visit him in thu
autumn season. She had arrived tne even
ing before. The mex; m0rn!-E. cars.essir
turning over his letters. a dozen or move
lying open on his table. she picked up one
without an enve!on. and written in his we'll
known handwriting. She thought perhaps
It wss one she had returned 70 him for ref
ereuce. BY this time the letter was IN
folded and she observed that the beginning
was carefully cut away. leaving no name.
This was what she read:
Ny OWN DEAREST: At DUSK : THOUGHT
THE BATTLE wOE-E1-~ No, HAD
PRAYED THAT YOU WOULD EESC1N-D TTtE
DECREE THAT TT CANNOT Be PRAYED
As HAD NEVER PRAYED BEFORE BIT
YOUR CALM STILL Eylss. - THEY LOOKED
TENDERLY UPON NE. HAD LEFT ~ HOPE
WITHIN ME THAT yg'- WOULD YIELD
AND We, MUST FAET-YDg AND r.
DOWN THROUGH TIE; VISTA -. ALI. THE
YEARS TO CONE MUST BE Alone
AND YOU YOU WHO HAVE STIRRED MY
sOrrI. ID IFS DEPTHS As 10 OTHER WOMAN
fAs EVER BONNEVILLE. THERE. RE NJ AN
sN.ERING TI:RoE T8EDuGlI TIE .HASSiS
OF SPACE THAT DIVIDE Is?
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How cIUrlsily he He'd, After twenty years
of deception he ought 10 lie better and
more reasonably:
THAT IS. I was thinking Of YOU wheaf
wrote H.. ne added rather shamefacei v
L Thought once / would send fl 70 YOU
Clearly the lying was improving He was
probably r~gairins his cc;nposurs.
Il should have ar.rre hated IT," she said.
with shale OF sarcasm IN her voice.
1T was one u twelve read before tweivs
persons q; Browns IL confess he con-
tiuued.
She looked At him silently.
Really. was thinking 4 You WHEN I
wrote il; that ought 20 satisfy YOU" he said
more seriously.
Suddenly see felt as il she had had re-
prieve.
She would wait-uerfarS-?e Il was
tho truth. She would ask tIi4s n. She
woUlG not Insult him 10y openly doubling his
word
Al she sid vas did It take he PRICE,
"No'-aut this tine there was genuine
-isg :I-'ir'r1a0c m his voice-''anot her Eel
low had his al written out in verse. but
don't believe D. wrote IL himself-and he
shouldn't have had the prize
II don't think he ought. either" She an
SvoreG in tired way This i certainly
very fine"
\ minute or two later she Dc dcs not -
ask Miss T.. because. when she locke!
again IEe color was still in his cars ami
She concluded 10 let IL 20 at that
z
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singular lack u variety IN expression
perhaps h. had told many others the ne
thing.
like Ihat 10 her. 50 he must love This
woman more than he had ever loved her.
lie had never felt then. the fulnczs Of
life that the highest form of love bestows
FOR twenty years he had beer starved Of
the best that love gives. tie had looked
worn Yesterday when she came. the s;rug-
gle was perhaps wearing on him.
Then wave Of unutterable pity for him
took possession OF her He had lost twenty
years out of his life living with her.
How carefully he had hidden his sorrow /:
how uniformly Kind and CnnSdC-.re he had
always been. II" had never boon really i'm
patient with her. He mad borne with mar
so tenicrIy. even when she must have beoY
trying in her youth--ime. before her char
actsr was formed. That was the chief rsa-
son she loved him SO long; had been Grow
ing old loving him.
He had sacrificed his entire .ife. and ,rlv
now knew wLa: love really was; now had
come to him what had come 10 her tw, njy
years before.
e-should-hayc-hcr. the womaa he
loved.
No. the other woman shcu'd rot have
him. he was hers the wifc's. The sacrifice
should continue az always.
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The Speech of Senator George G.
Vest on the Life and Achievements
of Senator Thomas H Benton.

Immediately after the Revolutionary war,
and even before It had closed. emiErantS
commenced passing over the Appalachian
Range into the gloomy forests Of Kentucky
and Tennessee 70 contest supremacy over
the soil with the Indians ana Wild beasts.
This emigration was composed largely Of
scotch-Irish blood that most remark I'LL
of all the races which have existed upon
this continent, independent. self-vi.iol, in.-
patient Of restraint. Yet not given q" dis
order. every man solder and his o"'
leader: every woman IT - b. she mpt-cr
of heroes. This S,atah-lrisE hloud has given
to the Western States. Into which they
went blazing tn paths Of civilization with
the AK In ore band ana the rfl- "a rhe
other. Mon who have impressed themselves
in war a.:,d peace upon these great g1rur2-G-
tiles.
Nearly all thc leading families II Tanu.s-
see, Kentucky ana Missouri came from thIs
Scotch-Irish lineage, which possessed 50
much Of individual aud racial auj.u thies;
always determined IN al fir own opinions,
and with strong passions and high N yu;i-
COS hut M the same time deeply religious,
their religion being u.iiJa-t Ike that Of the
old Jews. VINO for forty years went through
the wilderness p.ayia" hy ui-ht and fight
irg by day. but always carrying with them
blood has given To these Western States
men who moulded their institutions and i'm
pressed themselves inleli-.iy upon their
CtStiny-tlc JaCiSors. HarciUS. Cl3rks. No
Culiochs, McClernauds. Al KEGS, Esjlts and
Gentrys. Both their ancestors ana th"ir
descendants have been leaders in every
community Wheu they became citizens.
With this remarkable pioneer migration
across the Appalachian Rang" Of Scotch
Irish lineage there went also Il small con-
tingent Of Nirginians, another most re-
markable race They we're the cavaliers Of
England, who, after they lost the cause Of
the Stuarts, and before the restoration Of
Charles II, came from England TO Virginia.
They were the men who charged with
Prince Rupert. against the ircnsidcs Of
Cromwell and knew no fear. Among these
families, descendants OF whom can be found
to-day IN the Old Dominion and In the two
Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Mis-
souri,, were the Lees, known in England as
the Loyal Lees, who gave TO Virginia Light
Horse Harry in the Revolution, William
Henry Lee in the councils Of Congress. AMI
Robert Z. Lee, the peerless leader OF his
countryn.sr in our Civil War. Side by side
with th fLees who charged under Prince
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Senator George q. Vest + one Of the Few
men now IN public lie who ever heary
Thomas IL Benton make d speech. When
the Benton statue from this State was uu-
yelled "a Washington not long ago. the
famous Senator's life and achievements
were reviewed by Nj Vest. The speech,
remarkable for its simple Interest, has been
asked for by readers OF The Sunday Re-
public for them as well az for hundreds Il
others who will find lis re-sual attractive.
Il Is here reproduced, IN part:
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~ NEVER To HOLD YoU IN NY ARMS
!AGAIN-KIsS YOUR EYES YOUR LIPS YOUR
HNIE'
MIST IT ONLY nE ACROSS THE BORDER
Ind oF ETERNITY THAT CTR SPIRITS
NAY COMMUNE
on NY uEIcyED. CINE NE Er-T ONE
SMALL. FLOWER TO CHERISH. oNE THAT
HAS I-AiN ~ SWEET CoMPG.ACENCE oN
ECT-E GENTLE BOSOM THAT HAS FELT
YOUR E5E NHrUEATS - T. AND l SHALL
PUT Ny EAR N II. AND LISTEN. AND IL
=. 10y AGAIN SHALL HEAR. AND Ny
ElEs AGAIN SHALL. SEE THE RISE AID
Eli AS THAT SANE HEART STIRRED ITS
DAINTY PETALS TIE oDOR Will. AGAIN
II THE SWIFT FRAGRANCE OF YoU.
LEAR AID No MORE I WILL BE ALONE.
TIE ROSE YOU WORE LAST NIGHT: MAY
HoPI, FoE IT?
FAREWELL. YoU WHOM ROVE.
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When she had read three or four lines
she uvplgn-arily. almost hastily. folded il
up. as one irstirctiveIy shrinks from dan
ger. Almost instantly she thought per
hapS i; was part OF some story he might
have been writing to while away his lnneli-
ness. She turned over the whole batch
of letters 10 see If there was not some
connecting manuscript that would explain
it.
There was mona.
Slowly she picked the letter up again