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CompOund Profits.

Skinner-I just sold the last of those
suburban houses I put up.
Weaver-What are you going to do
with all the money?
Skinner-Inyest it in quinine and sell
it to the purchasers of the houses as
soon as they have caught the malaria.
-Ieslie's Weekly.
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A Sure Indication,

"Oh, / visited such woefully pow
erty-stricken family this morning"
said the sympathetic member of the
charity committee.
Indeed" asked the chairman of the
committee. Were they very, very
poor?"
Poor! Man, it is pitiable. Why,
they are so poor that they keep is
dogs."-Baltimor American.
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Get What You Ask FeeI

When you ask for Cascarets Candy
Cathartic be sure you get them.
Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C..
Never sold in bulk. A substitutor is
always cheat and a fraud. Bewarel
All druggists, roc.
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las. q. GROUSE,
MINING INVESTMENT.

There is no better investment for
people of small or large means than
the shares of the UNION CoNsoLIDAT-
ED MINING Co., which are now being
offered at one cent a share. full. paid,
non-assessable. and without person
al liability.
INTEREST DIVIDENDS at ths rate OF
10 per cent per annum, payable hall
yearly for two years, are GUARANTE
ED. in addition to the regularly earn
ed dividends.
We also call attention to the
"SMELTER SHARES" ofithe "KETTLE.
CURLEw." BOUNDARY CAMP" and
"QUEEN BEE" companies; now SELL
ing at three cents. with same inter
est dividend guarantee.
All shares sold on the instaIlmens
plan, or all cash.i
Send for illustrated circulars
maps, terms, prices. etc.
National Mlmlng Promotion COMPANY
Fourth Floor, Andrus Bldg,
8.2S-26t, Minneapolis Hinn.
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aged rs y 8 m l3-d.
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Oct 10, 1877, aged rs y 8 M
II
McKelvy, John b Apr 5, 1918; d
Mar y, 1868, aged 40 y II m
81 d.
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1895, aged 70 " nj 26 d.
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1886, aged 35 y 5 m and % d.
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40 y IN II d.
Potter, Mary f. W ofA w. d Oct.
5, 1876, aged p Y 4 m.
Potter, Newton /, of Rev. l. and
NJ. A. d Jan 30, 1885, aged
29y I'd.
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2S d.
Ritter, Cora f. d of Fl. j. and V.
S. d July II, 1877, aged 2 VI
II m l d.
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aged 81 y6 m.
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%, 1887, aged Is y 7 IN % d.
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d Feb q, 1874, aged % y II
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Row, Harry of E. and L. d Oct
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X. b Mar 13, 1878; d Dec 13,
1891.
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Apr 4, 1897.
tx, May A. W of VIM. H. d Dec
%, 1920.
chnure, Howard $ of II. d. and j. !,
5. b Dec 25, 1880; d Mar 8, :;
1851. /,
chatter, Michael d Dec 81, 1882
aged COY. f.
chatter, Catharine W. of Michael
d July -, 1886, aged 6S y.
ecbold, Harry W. of c. B. and S. {
d May %, 1878, aged 4 y I m
Sd.
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m II d. i
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TOMBSTONE
INSCRIPTIONS.
A Correction Made from oHthc Bury
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tor The MddieJurgh "Post."
Penn TOWNSHIP.


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d July 2S, 1890, aged l y II
m I d.
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Il Jan 80, 1872, aged bout
Hen tricks, Tillie d Of j. II. and
Susan Neitz d July 10, 1880,
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1892, aged 7S y m % d.
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1913, aged 81 y Sd.
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1871; d Aug 10, 1872, aged
20 Y 9m 2OI.
Hills, Anna ID. 4 of Il. n. and f. d
Dee 9, 1871, aged s m Is d.
llills, Eva l.. d of G. N. and f. d
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Hills, VIM. c. of G. n. and e. d
Jal 2l, 1864, aged II m u
Hills, Mary f. d Of G. n. and E. d
July 20, 1862, aged 9 m 7 d.
Hills, Sarah f. d of G. y. and f. d
Aug 81, 1872, aged y / m
Sd.
Hendricks, VIM. ID. of J. r.. and
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y 30 d.
U'r" Esther W of Fredrick d Apr
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Hare, Elizabeth W of V. b Dec 6,
1916; d Mar %, 1894, aged
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Hare, Valentine b Aug 13, 1911; d |
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"a u.
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M Is d.
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agcl ICY 26 d.
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1891, aged 81 y m 25d.
Hare, John b Nov u, 1927; d Feb
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Aug /, 1898.
Haas, Vim. A. b Mar -, 1869; d
Aug 3, 1895.
Haas, Sarah A. W of Rev. w. A. b
Jan %, 1913, d Mar %,
1893.
Haas, Olive l.. d of Rev. w. A.
an :. A. d Nav IS. 1881
aged ~ 3 m.
Holmas, Samuel J. b Mar :, 1856;
d Jan 20, 1899.
Nof7er, Leah b Dec 81. 1SIO:d Feb
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II mm@, l.. II. b Aug !, 1925; d
Nay 10, 1898.
tiummoJ, Eliza W of l.. r.. b Aug
t, ,2S; d Mar !, 1882.
Hahn, Emma c. d Of W. and NJ.
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2 m II d.
Ho1, Maria b Dee %, 1886; d Feb
9, 1897.
Hot Geo. W. b Aug 80, 1871; d
Nov II, 1877, aged 3G " m
II i.
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Keller, Margeret W of George d Feb
II, 1888. aged IS y m.
Keller, George NJ. of j. c. and L..
A. b Oct %, 1872; d Feb l5,
1877, aged 4 y 8 m % d.
Koenig, Ellen Jane W of DR.. Nj. j..
b Feb 2, lS47; d Dec l3,
1871.
Keller, VIM. c. of G. w. and
Alviretta d July 80, 1889,
aged 2y 8 m 13 d.
Keller, F. W.d Mar 26, 1865, aged
Sc "a m.
Keller, Minnie F. b Apr 80, 1862;
d Jan 81, 1888.
Kantz, Anna Nj. W of Christian b
Apr 8, 1901; d Dec 81, 1891,
aged 80 y 8 m Is d.
Keller, Geo. w. of John and
Harriet b Aug 8 1868; d Mar
IS, 1856, aged 2 y 7 m l3 d.
Keeler, Mary f. d of j. and p. b
Mar |, 1850; d Nov 6, 1854.
Keller, Margaret W of Samuel b
Sept %, 1885; d Apr l, 1915,
agel 50 y 4 m s d.
Keller, Samuel d May 16, 1867,
aged "A y.
Keller, Geo. w. d Oct 25, 1856,
aged 81 y.
Keller, Harriet M. W of G. w. b
%, 1924; d Mars 1, 1868, Aug
aged SO y 7 m d.
Kitter, Anna A. d of Hon. John
Wilkes, d Apr 10, 1878.
keefer, Chas. d Aug 7, 1886, aged
Is y 6 m 10 d.
Klingler, Katie b Oct %, 1866; d
Mar 81, 1890.
keiser, Harry M. of p. and Nj. d
June 90, 1876, aged II y 8 m
"a d.
kantz, Anna Eliza W of j. p. d Apr
6, 1887, aged 60 y 3 m 6 d.
Kinney, Edw. A. d Jan |, 1884,
aged GA y m 10 d.
Kinney, Leah W of Edw. d Apr II,
1898, aged IS y Ems d.
Kinney, Henry d Aug 2S, 1884,
aged II y m 6 d.
Kinney, Levi d Mar 3, 1885, aged
- y 8 m 5 d.
kreeger, Geo. of A. and X. d
Fch 26, 1873, aged 2 y 9 m
Kant, John b Oct IA, 1902; d
June 10, 1858, aged 80 y s m
sd.
kantz, Mary W of John b Sept Q. |
1903; d June l, 1877, aged 73 |
ySm % d.
kremer, Henry d Nov 9, 1872,
aged IS y l m 8 d.
kremer, Catherine W of Henry d
May 4, 1876, aged IS y 8 m
"a d.
Livingston, Lizzie b Mar IA, 1869;
d Aug II, 1897.
Livingston, John II. of n. j. and
f. d Nov 20, 1874, aged 10 y
1Om 2Sd.
4enhart, Sarah Jane W of Peter j.
d Apr s, 1861, aged % y 6 m
Cd.
-andis, L. NJ. b Apr 26, 1855; d
Oct 20, 1900.
eng, Geo. W. b July 4, 1864; d
Oct %, 1900.
Aong, Christian d Apr 8, 1895,
aged 81 y Cd.
4oudenslagcr, Lydia W of John b
May Is, 1928; d Nov %, !
1885, aged 81 y 6 m 1Od.
1oudenslager, Harriet f. d of j. and |
l.. b Dec %, 1865; d Mar 27,
1870.
Ioudenslager, VIM. Of John and
l.. d Mar 6, 1856, aged II VI
10 m % d. i
Ieavengood, Clinton S. V. S of A
j. and Emma b Feb IA, 1871;
d May II, 1872, aged l y 2 IN
7 d.
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
lesson In the International Series for
October -, I00I-Joseph
Exalted.
Prepared by ii. c. Lsningtcn.l
TILE LESSON TENT

Prepared by II. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TENT.
tGeGes.s Il :SS-i9)
IS. And Pharaoh sat-, uEto nls servants.
Can we find such one as this is. n man
tn whom the Spirit of God is?
80. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph. For
asmuch as God hath showed thee all this,
there is none so discreet and wise as thou
art:
10. Thou shalt be over my house, and ac-
corcing unto thy word shall all my people
be ruled: only in the throne will be great
er than thou.
Al. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph. See.
! have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
a. Ard Pharaoh took off his ring from
his hand, and put ii upon Joseph's hand
and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen,
and put gold chain about his neck;
49, And he made him to ride In the second
chariot which he had; and they cried be-
lore him, Bow the knee: and he made him
ruler over all the land of Egypt.
"A. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, am
Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift
up his hand or foot In all the land of Egypt.
Is. And Pharaoh called Joseph's name
Zaphnath-paanoah; and he gave him to
wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah,
priest of on. And Joseph went out over
ali the land of Egypt
io And Joseph was % years old when
he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
Ard Joseph went out from the presence
OF Pharaoh, and went throughout all the
land of Egypt.
Il. And in the seven plenteous years the
earth brought forth by handfus.
Is. And he gathered up all the food of
the seven years, which were in the land of
Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities:
the food of the field, which was round
about every city, laid he up in the same.
49. And Joshua gathered corn as the sand
OF the sea, very much, until he left number
ing; for II was without number.
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chapel of the town. md said: "Whcre
do Ill" poor worship? Where are the
bcnchc, on which they sit?' And n voice
answered, 1--WE have no poor In this great
city, And | wandered out seeking to
ind the place where were the novels Of
the destitute, and I found mansions Of
amber and ivory and gold. but no tear
did ] see or sigh hear. | was bewildercd,
and ] sat under the shadow OF n great
tree, and | said, what am and whence
comes all ths?" And at that moment
there came from among the leaves, skip
ping up the fowery paths and across the
sparkling waters, very bright and
sparkling group, and when | saw their
step ! knew 1t, and when | heard their
voices | thought | knew them, but their
apparel was so different from anything
! had ever seen ! bowed stranger to
strangers. But after awhile. when they
cIappcd their hands and shouted, "Wel-
come. Welcomed" the mystery was solv-
cd, and | saw that time had passed and
that eternity had come. and that God had
gathered us up into higher home, and
said, "Arc all hcreI" and the voices Of
innumerable generations answered IAN
here And while tears Of gladness were
raining down our cheeks and the
branches of the Lebanon ccdars were
clapping their hands and the towers Of
the great city were Ginning their well
come, we began to laugh and sing and
leap and shout: "Home. Home Home"
Copyright. 1901, by Louis Klopsch. N. VI
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SOusn Ms a Noncon motor.

Mr. Sousa the march king wears his
uniform at all times and seasons He
compels his men TO do likewise The fact
that he does so leads to experiences that
are very Imaginable to him.
Mr.. Sousa was standing in a rail way
station on the platform waiting for u
train. A belated traveller ran up to him
and shouted, Has the 0:O3 train pulled
out?"
"a really don't know" answered the
man with the blue uniform.
"Wcll, why don't you know" shouted
the irate traveller. "Nhat are you
standing here for like a log Of wood
Aren't you a conductori"
Yes" said Mr.. Sousa II am a con
ductor."
"A nice sort of conductor you are!" ex
claimed the traveller.
"Wcll, you sce," said Mr.. Sousa. 81 an
not the conductor Of a train. ! am the
conductor of brass band."-Saturday
Evening Post.
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A LETTER FROM pEKlN.

Dear Pep. do YOU rem ,nper how
You used to Wicid the birch
Upon my youthful shoulders Whcr
] failed to go to church
You said that would never see
The portal pearly pure
And when | joined the Army would
My son is lost Tor sure.
But Temple Of Heaven" please observe.
date this scroll OF mine
Your scdpCSra son has reached at last
IL place of thing divine.
For so is called the palace court
where lately emperor "Ku,
Sat on his yellow throne, but now
Are camped Cur boys in blue"
Though foN among us ever prayed,
At rome across the sea.
Yet when among the eilded domes,
We shook "OlD GLORY free.
Not one in all our brave command
But breathed a Prevent prayer
OF thanks to God who gave us strength,
TO place those colors there.
The Ninth has read its title ct,ar,
TO mansions In the sky
ANA Reilly battery shown MS all
How soldiers out to die.
The Fourteenth, too, with fearless front
HAS faced the MaNms fame,
Ana Walters handful OF Marines
Won everlasting tame.
So when before the golden gates
THAT swing above the stars
Ms fallen comrades stand arraYcd
I'm the glory of their scars,
with baudaeed brow and blsterod feet,
And faces pale ana Thin,
think with me YOU viii agree,
That the Lord viii let them in,
MINNA IRVING,
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THE GROCER EXPLAINS.


"a dollar a basket for pears!" ex-
,laimod the woman who had asked the
grocer tho price, and added that she
expected to do up about three bush
els relates the Chicago Daily News.
That's the price, ma am was the
reply.
Put it's outrageous! Think of q
dollar a basket for pears. and not over
half bushcl i'm a baskct!'
"Yes'm; but pears are a little up this
fall"
"But why should they be? It's been
good weather right along for pears"
"Mv dear woman, We are at war in
the Philippines. We are as good as at
war with China. We have a presiden-
tial election on hand, stocks are I'M
settled. strikes are numerous and at
least one royal head has fallen under
the bullet of the assassin. Just recall
his, and then ask yourself why pears
are a dollar basket. Can you ex-
pcct pears TO remain passive while cod
t-h and clothcspins are jumping like
hpugaroos?'
I'm! But never thought of those
thiugs,' replied The woman in more
Modified tones. yes; we've certainly
had awful times, and awfuler ones are
coming, and you may send me over
basket after dinner If you happen
TO hear that thc pope is asNassinated
Or the state Of ohio has been devas-
.a.ed 10y a cyclone YOU may send four
quarts Of green tomatoes and citron
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Tie Iikes Wagner.

The Philadelphia Record says: "Thcre
is II physician of Spruce street who is so
fond Of the music OF Richard Wagner
that whenever a child is born in family
Of his patients he will suggest n name for
it-inyariably name from one of the
Wagner music dramas. Triplets, three
little girls, were born the other day that
will be named. thanks to the Doctors
suggestion, Elsa, Elisabeth and Brunn-
hide. There is little colored girl who
goes through life we'll pleased with her
cognomeu Of Isolde T.iebestod Jackson
and There is a colored boy whom the doc
tor named, To- his mothers great delight,
Lohcnsriu Tcramund Tillinghast
80 was glad to have the opportunity
to name hose little girls the doctor said.
FOR tripict~ ar. born rarely only one
birth in 5000. in fact. is Of tripIets In
the course of my practice | have caused
81 children to he named after the heroes
and herolnes Of Wagner"
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Rev. Mr.. Alcott, of Elgin, H., one
OF Abraham Hncoln's Springfield ac-
quaintances, tells of seeing him come
away from church unusually early one
Sunday morning. "The sermon could
not have been more than half way
through" says Mr.. Alcott. His son
Tad was slung across his left arm
like pair Of saddle bags, and Lincoln
was striding along with long and delib-
crate steps toward his home. On one
bf the street corners he encountered a
group Of his fellow-townsmen. Lincoln
anticipated the question which was
about TO be put by the group. and. TAX
ing his figure Of speech from practices
with which they were only too famil-
lar. said: Gentlemen, ! uttered this
colt but he kicked around so ! had
10 witbd hin.' Little Chronicle.
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TROUBLE FOR THOMAS.
when susnn Gets Hold OF Him. He'll
Know what's what
"r would Just ike to make an inquiry"
she said at the general delivery Of the

~ would just like to make an inquiry"
she said at the general delivery Of the
pcstoilce the other day.
ayes, ma'am."
"My husband is in Buffalo"
81 sec"
ale sends me two letters per weok,
but only one of them reaches me. In
that one he tells of sending me another
with money order in it. Isn't it strange
that / never get the money ORDERS"
"Wcll, perhaps" cautiously replied the
clerk.
"You don't think the carrier steals the
other letter each week, do you?' contin-
ued the woman.
"No, ma'am."
"And can they be lost in the mails"
"Hardly"
"Would-would it occur tn you that
there was anything singular about it
that is hadn't | ought to have received
at least one of the four or five orders he
claims to have sentY'
you certainy had. Yes, you might
call it n singular case"
"In other words" she resumed after u
silence, "would you say that | was justi.
fed in believing that Thomas is n liar
and that when he finally returns TO
Brooklyn and begins to tell of the money
orders he sent while he was gone T.
Madam" gravely replied the clerk,
"you must pardon me, but the United
States government never interferes in
family matters-ncver. SO long as you
make your business official
That's all right, oil right" she said as
she turned away. "No. the United States
has nothing to DO with my Thomas, but
his Susan has, and If you feel this build
ing jar some time within the next two
weeks you may know that he has got
home and has been telling me that the
rats must have eaten up those ten dollar
money orders he sent me to pay my way
in his absence. - Brooklyn Citizen.
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A STORY OF FISH.
Il Really Was the Largest One He
Ever Caught. and No Lie
About 1t.

"The biggest fish ever caught" be-
gan the story teller, a scholarly look
ing party who evidently knew more
about school books than fly books 49,
Got away" interrupted a thin
faced little man with nose like a
shingle, relates the Washington Star.
I'm no liar" the story teller Jared
up. This is true story, and I'm
prepared to swear to il. II was in the
year SO, when we had the hottest
summer"
II didn't know the summer of 's9
was so very hot" said man in a
weather-beaten straw hat.
AFT all you didn't know" said the
story teller, was piled on top of you,
you'd be fatter than a founder and
I deader than mackerel. AS | was say
ing, in the summer of 80 a party OF
us went to upper Canada on fishing
Xpedition. II wasn't hot up there a
little bit. On the contrary, il was so
cold that the ice froze the first night
we got there"
GOSH" exclaimed the little man
with a shingle nose.
"As ! was saying" said the story
IA Her, showing genuine gameness, 'it
froze the first night we got to our fish
eng ground, but we went out the next
tuorning just the same, and | hadn't
been fishing more than Is minutes
/ when | had a bite that ! thought was
| going to pull the boat under. let 20
| of nv rod and il went scooting through
The water, but ! soon rot il again
and ahe fight over the water and under
II began in earnest | hadn't been
| fishing for long time, and was nerv.
GUS as the dickens, but | had some
sense left and | didn't intend to let
that fish get away If could help it.
was so excited that | never did know
how long | tussled with it, but in time
| landed him in the boat, and he was
the biggest one ! ever caught in my
| life II was ex-"
How much did he weigh?" eagerly
inquired the man in straw hat as
he drew mp close to the story teller.
Exactly hsif n pound said the
story teller as serious as sermon
You think you are dern smart
don't your" shifted the little man will
the shinRle nose, az he got up anc
walked outside, where he could gel
more breathing room.
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battle are shot from behind"
That is one" he replied, "and men
who serve their country in time of
war are forgiven many things. | am
in possessiou of that which will Sc
cure tor me a review of my case and
restore to me my commission. | have
offered my sword to the confederacy
once; the next time | will offer 1t
point frstl'
"You have valuable information for
sale. Is that what you meanP Go
slow upon that line, If you draw your
sword against Virginia openly you
sacrifice oil interests here BETTER be
a friend TO both sides. and when you
come back with proofs that Richard
Somers is really dead all may yet
he well. IF she Is free at 81 the will
is binding even if il were held that
she has not already sacrificed her in
tcrest."
Come what may" he said, pas
eiouately, while | 1.-Two Hrodnar shall
never sec Frances nroolin the wife
IN truth of Richard Somcrs.'
"Nor while live" said his mother;
"there is my hand upon IT,"
Keep out Of it, mother, keep ont,
or you will regret it, said the
wretched man.
"Ungrateful boy! Where is your
promise? DO You repudiatc that7
Have YOU forgotten your danFcr?'
"No, but she shall not suffer at
your hands. Leave her to me. And.
mother, if you ever find MS dead to-
gether In that room downstairs, have
no Thought Of me. The man who has
neither love nor revenge has moth
inc to live for" He seized lis hat and
rushed from her presence.