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"cruel, cOwardly cold blOoded murderer"

II. No need for further explanation.
With a sudden cry, his hand press
ed to his heart, and CHASTITY grey
ness settling down upon his face.
Mr.. Ferrers dragged himself to the
nearest chair.
"The mediclne-the medicine!" he
whispered, in a dreadful tone, point
ing with one hand towards the man
tlepiece. The other, following with
his eyes the direction Of his gesture
saw a bottle and glass.
Ted made a couple Of strides In
the direction signiAed and was back
again with the medicine bottle and
glass. He read the directions on the
labed, measured out the proportion
prescribed and held the same to the
lips of what seemed the almost dying
man.
Mr.. Ferrers, apparently revived by
the draught he had swallowed, partial
ly recovered his voice.
Lock the door," he said to his
old friends son. He obeyed, and the
two were left alone face to face.
They confronted each other in silence.
the one still seated, the other stand
ing opposite to him, with folded arms
looking down upon him.
what have you to say to me?"
asked the former, in feeble, broken
voice.
What have to say to your" re-
peated the latter never moving his
eyes from the face Of the man before
him. what should a son have to
say to his fathers murderer"
Mr.. Ferrers rose from his seat as
the Infamous title was hurled at him.
and, despite his pallid countenane
and evident weakness, there was a
natural dignity about him now as he
faced the furious and menacing coun.
tenance opposed to him.
This is not the first time you have
applied that shameful word to me-"
he said. This must not be-"
What" cried the young man.
after having once admitted the
crime. do you now seek to deny Il?
Then hear me repeat II again" and
rising his right hand, he emphasized
each word by pointing with his fore
flnger-"Murdererl Cruel, cowardly.
cold blooded murderer"
The other man staggered as though
struck, and supported himself with
one trembling hand on the back Of
his chair.
1T is false" he said -"falsel I
am guiltless-in thought-if not in
deed"
He spoke with difficulty. and again
his hand was pressed to his side.
what is that you say?" asked his
opponent. who had not caught the
last words, but who Involuntary
lowered his voice in the presence OF
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Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-whlle all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in %-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
12-oz. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose Of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures &c ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time ana
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
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partment in the fourth carriage from
the englne?"
The other man bent his head. II
do not deny It,"
and you deny that the bullet that
was discovered in the padding of the
same compartment, which the fire
only partially consumed was dis
charged from the one empty chamber
Of the revolver which lies yonder?"
81 do not deny It," was the same
monotonous answer.
Then tell me-" cried the young
man, in a frenzy, tell me, whose
was the hand that fired that shot?"
Mr.. Ferrers raised his head and
answered clearly, and without hesita.
ton, "Mine!"
The effect Of the answer was cleo
trical.
"What!"-in a tone that thrilled
through the hearer-"you admit all
this. and Yet. In the same breath
deny that you killed my father?"
81 never denied that | killed him, !"
was the calm reply of the elder man.
as his eye encountered that of his
lnquisitor without fiinching. and he
seemed to have cast aside for the
moment all agitation and alarm.
Edward Burritt tried to frame the
next question and failed. His lips
moved, but no voice proceeded from
them until
LIAR" he muttered, hoarsely, with
his eyes glazing. Ito try and fool me
like this! How can you have killed
my father and yet not be his muir
derer?"
Because" said the other, II shot at
his own request"
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per. covered with writing, In the
heavy scrawling hand, which he now
knew well.
THE TRUE NARRATIVE AND
CONFESSION OF MR.. JAMES FER.
RERS, OF THE STRANGE TRAG-
EDY OF THE 25TH OF APRIL"
II arrived in England on the 24tl
Of April, after having been absent
twenty years. The reasons for that
prolonged absence do not propose to
enter into at length. Suffice it to say
that l had committed an act which
brought me within reach Of the law,
and, but for the influence Of friends,
might have expiated the deed by
transportation.
Reckless extravaganza, betting and
gambling, with mad attempt to re-
cover my position by specializing with
money which was not my own,
brought me to this shameful pass.
The matter was allowed to blow
over-to be hushed up-and the actu'
al sum made away with was REIN
bursed. But was Pariah-an out
cast-shunned and despised by all
but one. One friend stood by me,
one man still gave me help OF his
countenance and extended the right
hand of fellowship towards me, and
he was my old friend, Silas Burritt,
He alone was there to bid me fare
we'll as / left England, a disgraced
man. He alone babe me hope for bet.
ter things and look forward to re-
trieving the failure of the past in the
promise of the future. So / set sail
for America, with the expressed re-
solve of not returning until many
years had elapsed and those who
were acquainted with my shameful
history were either dead or else had
forgotten 1t and me.
"At last the term Of years which |
had set as the limit of my voluntary
exile having all but expired, ven
tured to return. I fingered purpose
ly on my journey, SO that when |
landed at Dover, it was twenty years
to the very day had first set sail.
"At Dover | waited the arrival OF
my old friend.
"He came, and the meeting was a
painful one on both sides.
after so long a parting, there was
a sense of restraint between us, such
as there could hardly have failed to
be. But, after a while, this feeling
became less noticeable. We had much
to say, and I, for my part, had many
questions to ask and much to learn.
One thing I did learn-the most inn
portant of all-which was that, with
one exception. | might consider my
self free from the fear Of any wit
nesses Of the past appearing to
blight the prospects of the future.
1T was agreed that l should spend
the next night under his roof, and
make the acquaintance of his wife
and family, and we agreed to travel
by that Inflated train known as the
4:30 express.
ITO be continued.)
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such unmistable physical weakness.
What is that you say?" he repeated.
"And how can you deny aught in the
face of this confession which l hold
in my hand?" And he shook the
envelope in his face.
This action stirred the other power
fully.
"Give it mel" he cried. II COM
mand!-I implore! That confession
though how you know 1t be such
| cannot tells sacred. Or, no.
with sudden change-"keep 1t and
read it after l am dead! l am a
dying man-no hear me out! Not
long ago an eminent physician utter
ed my sentence. He gave me year
to live-a year, that is, If | kept my
self free from all excitement and re-
ceived no sudden shock. Tonight, |
feel, has reduced my term of exist
ence to days or hours. 1t Is not for
myself that l ask this-it Is for my
child"
He had touched the one responsive
chord. Ted laid the envelope which
contained the secret, down upon the
table.
"If consent to spare you the pun
ishment due to the Decd" he said
slowly, 81 must first know all. Your
written confession, to be perused after
death, will not satisfy me. How shall
| know then that you have not lied?
| must have it from your own lips
now, Or"
"And have you not already had 1t
from my own lips?" exclaimed Mr..
Ferrers, with sudden passion. Have
| not declared to you that l am not
your fathers murderer? Am not
ready to swear it, however much ap-
pearances may be against me? |
swear | never murdered him!" The
young man put his hand to his head,
bewildered.
DO you deny that you are the man
who wrote the letter which summon
ed my father to Dover?-or that you
are the other passenger who travelled
by the 4:30 train and occupied COM
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repression.
Can't be restored to health until the
kidneys are cured. Read how one
woman was restored by using Doan's
Kidney Pills:
Mrs. H. A. Van Sickle, 81 9th Ave.,
S. w. Roanoke, Va, says: Kidney
trouble was hereditary in our family
and had been so continually afflicted
with the disease that | began to des-
pair of even temporary relief. Some
times suffered so severely that was
confind to my bed. The aching in my
back was intense and the kidney dis
order caused an excess Of uric acid
in my blood which impaired my diges-
ton. was compelled to deny myself
of many of the little delicacies of diet.
The doctors diagnosed my case az
congestion Of the kidneys. l had
about given up hope when l began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. but / took
only few doses when their curative
powers were proven to my satisfac-
ton. have never been without them
In the house since"
Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all
dealers; price 81 cents; or mailed on
receipt Of price by Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N, Y. Write for free
trial.
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THIN DIET.
No Nourishment In Il


IT'S not easy to keep up whom cof-
fee has so ruined the stomach that
food won't digest.
A Mo. woman says: 81 had been
an invalid for two years from stomach
trouble caused by coffee. got so bad |
couldn't digest food and for quite q
while | lived on milk and lime water
nothing but that-a glass OF milk
and lime water six times a day. In
this way managed to live, but OF
course did not gain.
ut was about mouths ago be-
gan using Postum Food Coffee; did
not need the milk and lime water
after that, for gained rapidly and |
can now eat a good meal and drink
from to cups Of Postum each meal
and feel fine.
II would not go back TO coffee for
any reasonable pay. | like Postum
better than coffee now and make Pos
tum by directions on box and It Ia
Just fine; never found better way TO
make It than on box. Now this is all
true and you can easily prove It."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
Postum is a brew from field grains
with all the nourlshment left in. II
makes red blood and rebuilds partic-
ularly well where coffee has done
damage as It does to nearly all who
drink II.
A 10 days trial Of Postum In place
Of coffee works wonders. There's q
reason.
Get the little book, The Road To
MELVILLE" In each pkg
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CHAPTER XIV
The Narrative.


The5e remarkable words were fol.
lowed by another silence, during
which the younger man seemed turn
ed to stone, and the other, who APP
peared completely exhausted by the
strain Of the last few minutes, let
himself fall back into his chair and
breathed heavily.
Then the first, recovering himself.
and speaking in a hoarse, strange
voice, which even to his own ear
sounded unnatural, asked
What do you meant What horrible
story is this? What foul lie"
The other man pointed TO the let
ter lying on the table between them.
Read IT," he said, with an effort.
and, even as he spoke those two
words. the greyness began to return
and deepen. and his face seemed to
fall in.
Thus adjured. Ted stripped OF the
outer cover.
Within we're several sheets Of pa
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-24
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications they cannot reach the dis.
eased portion OF the ear There 10 only one way TO
cure deafness and that Ia By constitutional remedies
Deafness Il caused by an lnnamed condition Of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube IL inhamed you have arumbng sound OF Inn
perfect hearing aud when It 10 entirely closed Deaf
mesa is the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored 10 Its normal cond
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out OF ten are caused by Uatarrh which IA nothing
but an lnnamed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
F. j. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, o,
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take HalrI Family Pills for constipation.
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Eccentric viii Not Valid.

Ingenuityeruns to madness at times
In the conditions imposed In Wills. A
trial in court some years ago was to
test the legality of will which stlp-
ulated that to inherit the prospective
legatee must drink all the water In a
certain sea. Fortunately for common
sense the court awarded the legacy
without stipulation.
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Mad. spesoh TO Amuse wife.

A great many speeches have been
delivered in the house Of representa-
tives without any apparent excuse at
all, so the New York member who
spoke merely to entertain his wife
undoubtedly had ample justification.
The New York member was in the
gallery with his wife, but the lady
grew tired Of the humdrum proceed
ings and announced her intention Of
departing. He coaxed her to stay,
but she was insistent, until her hus'
band made a proposition.
III you will stay an hour" he prom
ised, Il will go down on the floor and
make a speech"
She agreed to stay and the New
York member kept his promise, max
ing, in fact, very creditable argu'
ment about something in which he
had not. the slightest interest.
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10000 plnnts for Leo.

This is a remarkable offer the John
A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis,
makes. They will send you their big
plant and seed catalOg, together with
enough seed to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages.
1000 delicious Carrots.
1000 blanching, nutty Celery,
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce.
1000 splendid Onions.
1000 rare, luscious Radishes.
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made In order to
induce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you
will grow no others, and
ALL FOR BUT 16c POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice,
and II you will send them zoe In post
age. they will add to the above pack
age of the famous Berliner Caulifiower.
CIV. N. W
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Houses In japan.

A Japanese house is generally all on
one floor. The number OF rooms in 1t
depends on the number OF bedrooms
the owner requires. They are d.
vided for the night by paper shutters,
fixed in grooves, like the divisions Of
an old-fashloned work box. There are
no doors or passages.
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A Good Catch.

This little catch seldom fails: Hand
your victim a pencil and paper, and
ask him to write small 81" with
dot above it. He will be sure to write
II with only one dot, thus 'i"; but
small II" with dot above 1t ought of
course to appear with an extra dot
Woman's Home Companion.
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Italian Silk Manufacture,

In Italy there are $4,000 skilled
workmen engaged in the manufacture
of silk. In 1902, 100000 Of her people
emigrated. More than three million
of her people have left their country
during the last ten years. yet there
Is a gradual increase Of population.
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RESTORED TO HEALTH.

Many weak, SUI.
fering women do
not know that their
kidneys are sick.
Backache tells of
sick kidneys, and
SO do urinary disor-
ders. Sick kid.
neys make bad
blood, and lad
blood makes bad
digestion, h cart
palpitation, dizzy
headaches, nervous
ness, sleeplessness,
sciatica, rheumatic
pains and constant
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Mlnht Rn Worse.

Blfbang-They say Meeker leads a
regular dogs life at home.
Cumsoe-Unhappily married, | sup
poser
BlEbang-well, not exactly; but his
wife shares her affection equally be-
tween him and her poodle.
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Ancient Indian Belle,

The belle of ancient India wore her
hair tied by a jeweled band two or
three inches back of her head and
then braided into an enormous ball
two.thirds the size Of her head.
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WIaoIe.stIck LAUNDRY BLUE

Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes.
Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth Of
any other bluing. IL your grocer does not
Blue Co., IA Michigan Street, Chicago.
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Brief. But Pointed.

Say, pa" queried little Johnny
Bumpernlckls. what's fool-killeri"
"A foolkiller. my son." replisd the
vis - 'is the gun he blows In"
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Talking back to your wife is just as
sensible as to keep winding the alarm
clock while it Is going off.
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4, because made By an entirely different
process. Defiance Starch Il unlike any
other, better and ons-third more for 10
cents.
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of a.
lcough cure.-J. w. o'BRrEE, go Third Ave.
w., Minneapolis. MINI, Jan g 1900
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There are all sorts Of workers"
from bunco-steerers to peaople who
get up church fairs.
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Some people don't believe in put
ting off until tomorrow the trouble
they can borrow to-day.
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You can do your dyeing in half an
hour with PUTNAM FADELESS
DY IS,
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More Flexible and Lasting,

won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better results
than possible with any other brand and
more for same money.
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Etc permanently cured No ts or nervousneu. aftsP
hrst days use Of DIT. Kline's Great Nerve HS or.
O. Send for fREE %: 90 trial bottle and treatise.
Dn T. H. kLHE, Ltd, 81 Arch Street, Philadelphia, p
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A woman likes to be suspicious so
she can feel so confident afterward.
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1t is better to have laughed and to
have the laugh turned on you than
never to have laughed at all.
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FOR RENT OR SALE
On Crop Payments, SEVERAL CHOICE FARMA
Send for list. j. MULHALL, Sioux City, Iowa,
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Many man has ruined his health
drinking to other peoples.
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It will be a costly war to report:
2 6syllables to every name, and cable
tolls are high.
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Our idea Of an unpopular man is
one with fad for collecting bills.
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Never Judge a mans character BY
the high standing Of his silk hat.
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ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUsEKEEPERs
Use Red Cross Ball Blue 1t makes clothes
clean and sweet as when new. All grocers.
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When leap year girl proposes it is
Il pto young man to lose his self
possession.
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Mrs. Winalow's Soothing Syrup.
For dren teething softens the gums, reduces IN
nAmmaton. allAys pain, cures wind colio sc bottle
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A man knows less after marriage
than a woman does before.
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No man fully realizes how much
noise he makes when he comes home
about a. m.
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Takes things as they come-ths
PHOTOGRAPHER.
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The young man who has money to
burn seldom sets the world on fire.
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Conscience makes towards of liter.
airy romancers.
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Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Prico25c.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-03-05
Noah Raby Dead ct the Great
Age of 1872 Years

New Brunswick, n. j.. March
I.-Noah Rtby died today in the
Piscataway poor house OF which
he had been an irmate for the last
40 years If he had lived until
April 1 next, according to his ow II
statement, Raby would have been
1872 years old. He retained his
memory and would recall many
incidents of his long carear until
very recently. RnbY is said to
have been born IN Eatonton,
Gates county, n. c., on April 1,
1872. He enlisted in the navy in
1905 and served on the ship Con-,
stitution and the frigate Brandy
wine, on the latter of which FAR
ragut was lieutenant.
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people have the temerity to vote

people have the temerity to vote
out their distensasiesl
The amendment will go a long
wal m opening the Dyes of the
psor's to the animus of tho men
who are the advocates and de,
tenders of this iniquitous system.
| hear men, many of them hon-
est, good, law abiding citizens,
contendlng that this system is tile
best solution of the liquor ques-
tion, when the fact is staring us
in the face that it is no solution at
all, but has increased tenfsld the
difficulty of the problem by plac-
ing huge vehicle of corruption
in the hands of big coterle OF
demagogues and political trick
sters.
In conclusion, L want to say
that 1t is emarkable, and q fact
that an oldtime South Carolinian
views with amazement, that no
man is eligible to any fat Job in
the GIFT of the general as ssembly
except be be member of that
long gone by looked with great
honor and respect upon citizen
that was esteemed worthy of a
seat in the general assembly. How
How is it now! Why many of
them Will glaoly accept places on
the board of control of the dis
pensary nt S4O0 per year, or a
dictatorship of the penitentiary,
or any other job that will give
them public teat to suck. Of
cource thore are notable excep.
tiOns, but this arraignment ap-
plies to Il goodly number of them,
and the whole body is RESPONSE
bic for the condition. | don't
know man who is holding any
of the fat government Jobs, but
what was or has been member
Of the general assembly. While
no doubt Gov. Heyward's ap-
pointment of Er. Watson TO the
bureau of immigration is disap-
pointmunt in some quarters, it Is
to the average citizen as refreshing
rs a cool breeze in hot and sui
try day. Men who are bunting
small jobs in liquor deaiing con
Germ are not the kind Of men to
hold seats in our general assembly
and legislate for great people.
And this is one of the greatest
evils of this vicious system. These
little politicians imagine that these
jobs have been elevated to re-
spectablity by the reason of the
fact that it is South Carolina ,that
is trallicking in liquor.
w. II. Edwurds.
Chester, S. g.