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b apeu. You must SD dotOn. /"

"You are not 1OelI. You must SIT dotOp."
to say, and 1 don't know where to be-
gin. Oh, yes; l know now. l must
begin where we left off when-well,
that other time"
Duncan saw that she needed assist
ance, and he gave it by speaking sooth-
ingly to her. saying:
"You are to begin wherever you find
1t easiest to begin, and you are to tell
me nothing that 1t distresses you to
tell"
"Oh, but all of it distresses me, and
l must tell it-all of it,"
Again Duncan spoke soothingly, and
presently the girl began again.
"Well. first. l can never--I mean 1
mustn't mustn't say yes to the
questions you asked me that other
time"
"You mean when l asked II you
would be my wife,"
Eyes. That's it. Thank you very
much. That's the first thing I am to
tell you"
"Who babe you tell me thatY
"Oh, nobody, or, rather / mean no
body told me l mustn't say yes but
after / had made up my mind that /
mustn't, then auntie said l was bound
to tell you about it ALL l wanted to
write il, but she said that wouldn't be
fair and that must tell you myself"
But why did you make up your
mind that you mustn't say 'yesT Can
you not love me, Barbara
"Oh, yes-I mean moor, rather, l
mustn't"
But IL you can, why is it that you
mustn't"
That question at last gave Barbara
courage TO SPEAK. 1t seemed to nerve
/ her for the ordeal and at the same time
to point a way for the telling.
"Why, l mustn't love you. Mr.. Dun
can, because l cannot marry you. You
see, that would be very wrong. When
you-well, when you asked me those
questions, ii startled me, and / didn't
know what to say, but after you had
gone away that night l saw clearly
that l mustn't think of such thing. II
would be so unfair to you"
"But how would it be unfair? II
would be doing the one thing in the
world that want you to do. 1t would
be giving me the one woman in the
world whom l want for my wife, the
only woman l shall ever think of mar.
rying."
"But you mustn't think of that any
more. You see, Mr.. Duncan, l am not
fit to be your wife. | should be ter
rlble drag upon you. You are already
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LAWYERS.

W. j. Barnard.
Attorney at law. Office opposite court
house, Paw Paw. "H
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n man or prominence. and everybody
says you are soon TO become man Of
great distinction. You must have a
wife worthy OF such a man. wife who
can help him and do him credit in so
ciety Now, you know could never be-
come that sort of woman. l am only
an obscure girl. l don't know how.
cannot talk brilliantly l couldn't i'm
press people as your wife must. l am
not even educated in any regular way
I've just grown up in my own fashion
lin the shade, as it were-and the
strong sunlight would only emphasize
nv insignificance
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Continued merit Ceeb.J
Cant Make a Mistake.
All Paw Paw People Have TO Do Is
To Follow Their Neighbours advice.

Our readers have no excuse
for going a stray The way is
almost fenced with guide. posts
in Paw Paw. They are on every
highway and byway "He who
runs may read" Investigate
this example:
Will Ellis, ex-town treasurer,
now employed at Briggs flour
mill, says: II was not seriously
afflicted, yet | was annoyed with
backache, a dull aching, miser-
able feeling, and was anxiou
to get rid of it. The nature and
location of the pain led me to
think the kidneys were the cause
of it, for it made no difference
what position assumed my back
ached, and when STOPPING or in
any uncomfortable position the
pain was much more severe. |
had some knowledge of what
Doan's Kidney Pills had done for
others so l procured a box at
Martin & Slovenian drug
store. They quickly relieved
me and in a very short time
my trouble came to an end. |
can heartily recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no substitute.
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own, Tor use When he ala not care
see the people who sought him at
law office.
AS he entered he found a little no
upon his desk, and he recognized Ba
bara's small round hand in the supe
scription. Opening the envelope eage|
ly. he read the few lines within:
You may come for your answer whe|
ever il is convenient - any evening,
mean, for l am at leisure only in II
evenings. There is a ereat deal for me
tell you, and it is going to be very hal
for me to tell ii. but it is my duty, an
l must do it of course. I'm afraid
won't be a pleasant evening for either
us.
There was no address, but Dunca
observed with pleasure as a hopefl
sign that the little missive was signe
Barbara"
"She wouldn't have signed it in tina
informal way, with only her first nam'
If she meant to break off the acquain
ance," he argued with himself. An
yet the substance of the note was di'
couraging in the extreme, so that Gui
ford Duncan was a very apprehensiV
and unhappy man as he hurried
Barbaras home. He still held her not
crushed in his hand as he entered th
house, and he read it over twice Will
waiting for her to appear.
She could say no word as he stoo
looking eagerly into her eyes, rs
questioning them. He, too, was siler
for perhaps a minute, when at las
realizing the girls distressing agit;
ton, he gently took her hand, sayin
in his soft, winning voice:
you are not well. You must s
down"
ooh, it isn't that" she answered 8
she seated herself bolt upright upo
the least easy chair in the room. at
what l must tell you"
"What is it? l am waiting anxiousl
to hear"
"You must be very patient then" ST
answered, with difficulty. "It is har
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X. r.. Chappen,

Wholesale frSit aud l,produce,0 Special
ties: 4Apples, peaches, berries, potatoes.
cabbage, onions inlcar lots. References;
Hamilton, National Bank ,sChicago; Ben
ton +Harbor State, Bank; Dunn's Com
mercial Agency. 9799.South Water ST.,
Chicago. 25-33*
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The interchangeable Police.

In order to prove a case of potato
stealing against a prisoner two con-
stables at Mucking, Essex, England,
dug up one by one the potatoes which
the accused man had planted in his
garden. The exhumed potatoes meas
ured a bushel which was the exact
quantity stolen.
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Can't look WE'LL eat we'll or feel we'll
with impure blood feeding your body
Keep the blood pure with Burdock Blood
Bitters. Eat simply, take exercise, keep
clean and you will have a long life.
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CHAPTER Xxx.

Y yHEN Duncan left his room on
l the evening of Temples con-
wv ference with Will Hallam
w be passed down the stairs
and into the Hallam Offices, where he
still had little working den of his
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
OF BROKERAGE FIRM
Arnold Lee & Co, Makes Assignment
Strinscncy Of the Money Market
Said TO be the Cause.

New York. December 22.-The sus-
pension OF the brokerage firm OF Ar
mold Lee & Company was announced
on the stock exchange today.
l.. V. Hubbard 10 whom the firm has
assigned, issued Il statement in which
he said that the assignment was mad"
for the benefit of all creditors. He
said that the firms embarrassment was
caused directly by the Strngency OF the
money market and that he was hopeful
that 4 settlement satisfactory to Al.
the creditors may soon be made and
that the firm will be able To resume
business. No estimate OF the assets
or liabilities was given out. The firm
| has branch Offices in the upper section
| Of New York city.
The firm OF Arnold Lee 4 COMPANY
| was established thirty-fiVe years ago
| by Arnold Lee He retired from active
| business some time ago and since thot
| time the business has been under The
| direction of his son. Edgar L. Lee. The
firm had an Office in Philadelphia
| where a large business was done.
The standing Of Arnold Lee & Com
/ pany on the exchange was very higr
| and the announcement of the Suspen
sion came as Il great surprise - {
majority of the board members. Nuct
| sympathy was expressed for Mr. lee
| and many prominent brokers calle.
personally ut his office TO offer condol
ences 4 meeting of the creditors IA:
been called for December 20.
Mr. Hubbard. the assignee OF Al
mold Lee & Company. said that tn
Philadelphia branch was not respOn
sible for the failure Of the firm. Mr.
hubbard said that the only reason h
| could assign for the failure was its in
bility to raise money during the re
cent stringency in the money market
He had no idea Of the firms liabilities
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THERE WILL BE NO STRIKE.
Thrr:Itcncd Tie-uD of Christmas Traf-
Gc Ayertcd-OffiCials and Men
Reach an Agreement.

New York, December 22.-There will
be no holiday strike Of railroad yard
men in this city This much was made
known tonight at the conclusion of j.
conference between railroad officials
and representatives of the employees
who recently demanded an increase OF
five cents an hour in wages, coupling
with the demand threat to stop work
under the old schedule today.
The terms of the agreement or ua-
ture of the arrangements entered Is
withheld for little while, the official
announcement being only to the effect
that an amicable understanding had
been reached and the threatend tie-up
of Christmas traffic avoided. The
roads affected had offered an increase
of four cents an hour and the Pennsyl-
vania further agreed to make an addi-
tiOnal advance to which the other
roads would agree This was not salts
factory to the men and the difference
of one cent between the offer and de-
mand unsettled, the yard men issued
an ultimatum to the roads stating that
ur'ess ,le .ncccasa sought was con-
ceded the men would strike today.
This was the situation when Grand
Master P II Morrisey Of the Brother
hood of Railway Men, went into con-
ference with the general managers OF
the eight roads IN IL we'd aad the g|!eV,
ance committees of the several yard
crews The conference continued until
late tonight even after an agreement
had been announced. This joint state
ment was given out:
Negotiations between the New York
harbor yardmen, through their cum
mitees headed by Grand Master P. II.
Morrisey and fOl - s.nt master
James Murdock and the managers re-
suited in a satisfactory adjustment of
matters under discussion and the best
Of good feeling prevails; the men and
the Ulcers VII is .aoh her upon
adjournment. Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year
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NEGRO WAS AFTER McNEH. .
Nj Efforts to Catch l1sSaiiant OF zap
tain Niacklin Tnsuccessiul-'iaSo
pcnrCSc'S Report Of the Affair.

FL Reno. Okla, December q
blood hounds placed On the trail CT the
negro, who last night shot and serl-
ously wounded Captain Edgar r. Mack
lin of Company c. 25th infantry at
Fort Reno, today followed the scent
from Macklin's quarters to Darlington,
2 small station on the Rock Island rail
road, four miles southeast OF the fOrt
it is believed the negro ESCAPED on q
northbound train. There is steep
grade at Darlington, an dtrainS are
forced to run slowly.
1t was learned today that Captain
Macklin, who is in charge OF the post
exchange is in the habit Of keeping
large sums of money in Ohe house
when not convenient to take it to the
bank at Ell Reno. five miles from the
post Last evening, he had Sl,oCo IN
an upstairs room, and today he said
that the negro, aiming d reVolVer
cried: Il want the money up stars
Washington. Des 22-Mayor Penrose.
in command at Fort Reno, Oklahoma
made the following report by telegraph
today to the military secretary con-
cerning the shooting Of Captain Mack
lin:
"Captain Macklin was shot twice last
evening by an unknown coiored man,
once in the face, breaking the Jaw, ana
once in the side. The latter wound is
only q slight one and neither wound Is
believed serious by surgeons and ultl-
| mate recovery is assured if compllca-
tions which are not anticipated do moi
! set in. [ am satisfied after a rigid III
yesticatiOn that the shooting was noa
done by any member CT this command
2IcCd hounds now On the trail. Neither
| Macklin nor his cook, who Witnessed
the shooting. can give an accurate &c
scriDtion of the man Am doing every
thing possible in the matter.
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Count Alexis Ignatieff Killed by
Unknown Man.
Deed Committed in Restaurant-as-
Sassin Fired 6 Bullets into Victims
BOdy-Seizcd Before he Could COM
Dletc Attempt to Hill Himself and
Turned over to Police.

Tver, Russia, December 22.-COunt
Alexis Ignatief, member of the c0un-
Gil Of the empire and ex-governor gen
eral Of Kiey, VOIhynia and POdolia, was
shot and killed by an unknown man
here today in the refreshment room
Of the hall occupied b. the mobiles as
Sembly. The assassin fired six bullets
fro ma revolver into his victims body
and then tried TO commit suicide, but
was seized before he GOULD do so and
is now in custody of the police
At the moment Of the assassination
Count Ignatieff was sitting with other
members of the ZemstVO in the refresh
ment room The Zemstyo meets in the
mobiles assembly hall. Suddenly a
young man who had been sitting apart
arose, and approaching the count
enptied the contents of a revolver al
him. One of the shots pierced his heart
and the count died almost instantly
! The murderer followed by some mem
| bers of the zemstvO fed to an adjoin-
! ing room where he turned his revolver
| two chambers of which he had reloaueG
toward his own breast. One shot miss
ed his body entirely and the other
pierced his shoulder He was ther
seized and at the moment his pur-
suers laid hold of him, he shouted: 81
did what I came here to do
| A card of admission to the zemstvc
bearing the name Of Kulikoff wa!
found in the assassin's S pocket His ap
/ pearance is that of Il working man.
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MOTHER AND CHILDREN BURNED
80 S>tH
Lost Their Lives in Fire Which De-
StrOyed Their Home.

New York. December 22.-Mrs. Alice
Linen McWithey and her children,
Helen, six years old, and Elizabeth.
four years ole, were burned to death
in a fire that destroyd their home at
Pomptton Lake, n. J.. early this morn
ing. The mother and children were
the only occupants Of the house when
the fire sarted. How the fire started
Is not known. Mrs. McWithey was
seen standing at window appealing
for 1elp. Before a ladder could be
procured Mrs. McWithey fell, over
come 5y the flames. After the ruins
cooled q search was made for the
bodies In the cellar was found a
portion of Mrs. McWitheys body and
= fragment of the body of one of the
children
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Ex1rcmel, Difficult to Get at the irue
InwarCnesS OF the Brownsville Al
fair

Washington. December Zl.-Aii-
other Investigation is to be made OF
the trouble at Brownsville, Texas, as
y result of which a battalion Of the
twenty-fifth infantry was discharged
without honor" by the president. This
independent investigation will be made
by Milton D. Purdy. an assistant TO the
attorney general, who talked with the
president today concerning the matter
Mr.. Purdy will leave Washington, al
once for Brownsville and will make
the inquiry as thorough as possible ara
may visit other points than Browns
willie 10 secure evidence.
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CAN'T rE AFFIEE.l OR DENIED
Alleged That American Cattle are 10
be shipped 10 Germany. Slaughtered
and Distributed Over the Country
in Refrigerator Cars.

Bedlin, December 22.-The Deutsche
Tages-Zeitung. the most important Of
the agrarian organs. printed an article
today headed The surrender Of Ger.
man. TO the American Meat Trust" IN
which the writer said that Information
had been obtained from a Trustworthy
source to the effect that the German
American tariff commission was di@-
cussing the importation OF American
live cattle into Germany By way oI
Hamburg. the slaughteT.ng q the cat
tie there and the transportation O the
meat to various places IN Germany II
refrigerator cars. The paper added
that It also had learned that negOtt2-
tions were going on between various
HAMBURG shipping firms and the Ham
burg authorities concerning the esta1-
lishment of the necessity technical
buildings. The article concluded with
expressing the hope that no minister
would be found 10 carry out plan
which would ruin GeTmany's cattle
raising
The American tariff commissioners
are precluded from giving any inform
alton on subjects connected with the
proceedings Of the commission under
an agreement with the German repre-
sensatives not to disclose what takes
place until the report Of the commits
sion is made public in Washington
Therefore nothing can be ascertained
officially regarding the correctness oi
the statements made BY the Deutscf
Tages-Zietung which generally is vel
informed.
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WILMINGTON. n. c.. DECEMBER 25.' 1906

about one hundred members and guests
tonight at the St. John hotel d. I.
S. Vedder, the venerable president, pre-
sided and among the special guests was
Hon Francis Rives Lassiter, OF Vir-
ginia, who responded to the toast
"Forefather's Day" Mr.. LassitcF ,
climax was as follows:
Let the platform be for the union
Let it be broad as political science and
keen as self interest. Let it be written
in a line 1t will be buttressed by
forty-six towers where gleam as many
stars and every star state. Necessity
will write it in eighty million hearts
Abolish unjust taxation; tariff reform,
reserved rights Of the state and Of the
people"
He took occasion TO score the national
administration roundly and in conciu-
sion suggested as a way out OF pOssl-
bic trouble. the nomination Of south
ern man for president in 1908.
The strategy Of modern nat,ordl-
lists" he declared. is the indirect en-
| largement Of federal plOWess. No
| scheme Of taxation IS too reckless Low
that will pile up the millions, millions
used in oXaggcrE-ilG national splend)l
ana Ill upDductllS .IIc u4iLli4iA4AAi+-, u = ny
hope everything frOr IN OVeTfo"ln2
government treasury.
:: = =
we are not here to devise details.
but when one cabinet officer h2@ ms
power to lock up fifty millions o. 1cl-
| lars needed n the rOuntry's trade, tnere
! is something wrong.
3
"ToGay the president cf the United
| States forms himself On the mode! OF
! Caesar and adopts the manners Of moo
ern amperOls. Though occupying oi-
fetal place he is never unmindful of tAf
! partisan necessities of the pOllttca
newer which elevated him 20 office.
| AllusiOn was made to the suggeStioi
of personal Intermediates looking fo1
assistance of the vatican, TO the prop
iositiCn made to congress that the pres
| ident be given the right to dlsM1s:
! officers Of the army or navy Wlthou
| trial and to fix tenure OF office IN cl!l
service and the remedy for all this VA
said to be to choose a conservative
| sOuthelner for president.
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SicnOr Giacci Gives Demonstration of
How Il Seeming Miracle is Perform
ed

Rome, December 22.-An interesting
experiment was conducted at the
Peoples Palace here today when Signor
Gaicci gave a visible and comprehen-
sible demonstration OF the yearly mir
acle of the liquifying Of the blood of
ST. Gennaro, which is kept in a VIA in
the church of ST. GennarO, at Naples.
Signor Giacca explained and showed
that this change was effected by the
use of a chemical combination, known
to the ancients for the publication OF
blood and that blood treated with it
liQuifies at a certain temperature Sig-
nor Giacci performed his experiments
with calf's blood, adding thereto SUB
stances the nature Of which he did not
reveal. He will make a scientific com
munication in the matter.
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FORFEITED THEIR CliARIEiiS
Iumbern,en VIII try to ThrcFy Rail-
roads in Hands of Receivers.

Minneapolis. Mimi. December u
Mississippi Valley Lumherman. a
prominent organ OF the Western lum-
ber trade announces today that the
lumber and shingle manufacturers Of
the Pacific coast have already under
way STEPS looking to an application for
receivers for certain railroads. 1t is
admitted that the properties are per
fectly solvent but the attack is to be
made on the ground that the roads
have forfeited their charters through
insufficient service. The interests
back Of the movement have prepared
elaborate data showing delays in tran
sit and losses to shippers through fall-
ure to receive cars.
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MRS. w. n. GATTIS PAKALIZED.
Baptist State Mission Board Elect two
EVanSeliStS.
Especial to The Messenger. }

Raleigh, N. c., December 22.-Mrs.
William A Gattis, whose husband, a
we'll known Confederate veteran, died
here three years ago, was paralyzed
this afternoon. She is a prominent
local Daughter of the Confederacy.
Adjutand General and Mrs. Thomas
r Robertson left for Virginia to spend
the holidays.
Rev w. T. Bradshaw, of Reidsville,
and Rev BraxtOn Craig, of Rocky
Mount are elected evangelists by the
state Baptist Mission Board, the former
for the western half Of the state, the
latter for the eastern half
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-25
TWO WEEKS OIEDUf..
Four -MaStcd Schooner Augustus = eli
from savannah for Perth Amly ,.

New York, December 22.-Ths four
masted schooner Augustus Welt, zap
tain Sproul, which sailed from SaTa,-
nah. Ga, November q. for Perth AM
boz. ~. J., is two weeks overdue. N0tn-
ing has been heard OF the vessel since
she left Savannah.
Captain Sprouts family reside a
Booth Bay, Maine. A relative or the
family was making inquiries today coa-
cerning the schooner II was stated at
the ofices of ]. H Cox, or this city.
owner. OF the vessel, that no anxiety
was felt as to her safety.
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RECORD BROKEN.
OnIy on., Hour Consumed in Hearing
Divorce Suit.

s.. Paul. Mimi. December ga
special 10 the PiOnees Press from
Tanktor, s. d, says;
\ divorce vas granted tonight to
Mrs. James 6. Blaine, wife Of the son
q the former secretary Or state. on
grounds OF non-support and desertion-
The case begun before Judge Z. G
Smith, at : o'clock and at S O'Clock
the decree had been granted and the
divorced wife had taken { train for
the east. This breaks the record for
time consumed in q divorce hearing n
South Dakota
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Horrible Affair Near Oakland.

Florence, Ala. December 22.-NeWs
has been received here Of horrible
affair near Oakland, this county. IN
which William Lewis. a negro, W
killed by two women of his own c-t .
Hannah Johnson and Ann Sum-.
Lewis was abusing one Of The "#-
when the other hit him on the hcA
with a brick, rendering him 11con-
scious They then pounded his neal
into a jelly with bricks and made ,hs:.
escape across the Tennessee river
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Enund Unconscious

Ii Paso. Texas. December Z2--Mas-
ter Mechanic Kipp, Of the American
Srnelter and Refining companies SHlei-
ter here. and his wife were found un-
conscious today in the wreck Of their
automobile beside the Southern Pacific
track. It is supposed they were struck
bv q train. Both. Il is believed will re-
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Sailed for Home.

New York, December 22.-The Ear
of Dunmore, head OF the Christian
Scientists in England, who came nere
a few days ago to pay a brief visit tc
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, at Concord
\. H, sailed for home today on the
steamer St. Louis.