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Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
LONG BRANOH ITEMS.


Correspondence OF the Ledger.
Lone BRANCH Nov. 28.- Aunt
Nancy Peck is on the sick list,
VIM. Donaldson delivered 20 hogs to
Deayer and Mcbride Saturday at 50
and rs.
Joe Miller has gone to Texas for an
extended visit to his brother and
sister.
Miss Mamie Lipp, is Ill with fever.
Jim Dowell bought a pair OF work
mulas frnna IA Crawford and son
west OF Santa-Fe for 90 so.
Miss Cora Yager is the guest her
brother Allen and wife.
DR.. Claude HALEY Of Fulton visited
Joe Duncan recently.
Mrs. Anna Lipp has moved to her
farm which is occupied by her brother
Forrest Berry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milt Roberts are visit
ing relatives in Moberly.
Union Thanksgiving services will DC
held at Long Branch conducted BY
Rev. Hodge pastor of Midway church
Dysart Wright and wife have gone
| to housekeeping on the Dunavon farm
| We extend congratulations to thi'
happy couple.
Claude and Frank Magee have pur
chased Barney Wrights' farm at $40
per acre. :,
Walter Dowell and Lindell Rudasil
have returned from Montana.
viii and Wallace Dowell bought tn
Price Dowell farm at $40 per acre
The boys will move on the place In th
spring.
J. W. Ellis is still poorly and is cor
fined to bis room.
Born, to Lee Mundy, and wife {
: Vernon County a daughter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

SANTA FE, Nov. 28 The rs. + s.
c." Club was organized Wednesday
night at Miss Efiie brakes, 1t is a
club Of young ladies. Consists Of 8
young ladies and met with Miss Fay
Bates Friday night. Their right
night OF the meeting is Friday night.
The rs. r. S. c." Club will give an
oyster supper here Thanksgiving
night for the purpose Of getting new
side walks for the town. Come and
attend.
W.T. Henderson, OF Hannibal, visited
here last week.
Rev Adsson Cole filled Rev b @
Reavls' appointments here Sunday.
Austin Eddings, formerly OF this
place but now OF Perry was here Sum
day.
The Teachers Institute will com-
mence here at the school house, Dec
Ia. Come and attend. The teachers,
patrons and pupils invite you cordi-
ally.
George Massey and family are pre-
pairing to move south.
Preaching next Sunday night at NJ
E church.
Clarence Force and wife, OF neal
Tulip, visited relatives and friends
here last week.
Come and attend the spelling mater
here Friday night, Nov. 80.
Miss Lulu e Heckart is able to go U
school again.
Wilkerson is now snow bount
| in Dakota with q car load Of apples
Dell Carter came home from RowenI
last week where he has been gather
ing corn.
Geo L Cook, Of Marshall, Mo-,
the guest Of his brother, ? A Coo
near town.
| Mrs ] L Crigler is at the Boone
willie Hospital now for treatment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

COUNTY NEWS.

TULIP Dec LA A. Mckinney
spent Saturday and Sunday In Lincon
County with Father and Marther
Smith.
The Christian Sunday School will
have Christmas tree here Christmas
eve.
The Gun Club shot here for gun
here Thanksgiving evening,
Several cases Of sickness here at
present mostly Lagript
DR.. J. w. johnson is treating his
store to a new roofs.
Earl Miblys, new house is neatly COM
pleted and Earl says be will be home
after the Holidays.
j. W. Wilson bought 1000 bushels
Of corn from ]. M Forel for 40 cents q
bushel.
Nur black Smith S B Brahban has
been very busy lately.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
AMERICAN TELEPHONE
COMPANY LINE.
Force of Sixty Men are Working
South of This City on Poles
and Wire For Big Line.

The American Telephone C0mpanys
line which passes south OF this city
and Is being built across the con-
tlnent has reached Mexico and a gang
Of sixty men are steadily advancing
the work. Louis Spaulding and Green
Daniels, Of this city are member Oh
the working contingent.
The work is being done ina most
substantial manner and very quietly.
Forty.two poles are being set to the
mile with four cross arms each 10
carry 40 wires OF No. copper, thus
making one OF the finest telephone
lines In the country. The poles are 30
feet in height and are Of cedar and
chestnut, which have been carefully
selected and the line, when complet-
ed, will be straight as an arrow.
The recent sleet impeded the ad-
vance and half of the gang went east
to assist In repairing all breaks. They
returned this week and in few days
will be at labor west Of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
CHAMP ITEMS.

Correspondence OF the Ledger
CHAMP Nov. 1s.-There will be ser
vices at Beaver Dam next Sunday.
The heavy sleet in this community
last week did great destruction to
trees, phone lines aud caught most
of our farmers with some corn In tneir
fields,
Our national Thanksgiving is draw
ing near and each heart should be set
upon that great day to render
special service TO God for the untold
blessings we have received from his
beautiful hand during the past year.
Severed Of our farmers.attended the
Emmons Cattle Sale In Mexico Satur-
day.
Madame Rumor says Mr.. Ellis has
purchased the piece Of ground Just
West of Praire View Church and VIII
build residence, on it in the near
future.
Rev. Bradley preached at Beayel
Dam Sunday morning Nov. 25
The many friends OF Mr.. Johr
Robinson of Mexico will be sorry T.
hear of his serious illness. Mr.. Robin
son lived in this community for man
years and has many friends here VIII
wish him speedy recovery.
Miss Ethel McNeeley spent seyera
| days In Mexico the past week.
Willie Holmes was the guest
home folks Sunday.
Miss Heneritta Jesse was taken ]
with pneumonia while visiting be
sister Mrs. Beatty Of Cant onC day ii
past week.
Mr.. Green Cant shipped 4l3 head
sheep to St. Louis the first OF u
week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
FROM THOMPSON.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
THOMPSON, Nov. 2S.-Egbert Sims
is in st. Louis with one car load OF
hogs.
william Delaney and men, OF MO-
berly, are working here this week,
Mrs. Walden and daughter, MISS
Beulah, were Mexico visitors Tuesday.
Mrs. Charles Clark and Miss Hattie
Brown were brief visitors here ron ron
Mexico Monday.
Mrs. Mary Lyons and son returned
to their home In st. Louis Wednes'
day.
John O. Fecht was here from Got
tonwood Springs Tuesday.
Sylvester Adwell left for Glasgow
KY, Tuesday after an extended visi
to relatives here.
G. e. Sims and wife, Mrs. Joe Consi
dine, Mrs. NJ. Faddis and Miss ma
Jackson attended the Taylor-JackSol
| wedding in Mexico Tuesday
Mrs. @. e. Null, OF Roodhouse, I'LL
and Mrs. Jackson, Of Mexico, were re
cent guests OF Mrs. G. e. Sims.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

The same doctors cured Mrs. g. ". Otricn
4tYocuak Fazpnl, Anna- 1ii.s near hexe 49,
Mrs,- n, n. AndersOn Of Anna q t1f.,Se
cancers OF the eye and nose; also nj: seu seu
MifIin OF Grain, ILL.,. OF BAD cancer pL wv
eyebeli. Mr.. Perry q. Marquis OF McLenns.
boro. Ill, 50 years old, also cancer OF tns
eye. Mrs. Mary Childers of Louisville. III,
Of large cancer Of her breast. Mr.. W. A.
Houston Of Sparta, Ill. cancer OF his fncs.
All the above are prominent citizens oi
this Immediate section and testify 70 their
wonderful cures. .,s.
All the leading papers ana ncfentino
Journals have been full Of reports OF their
almost miraculous cures. Honesty seems
to be their policy; they cure with faei-
fic Island plant extract; they charge notn-
ing until cured, and offer $1,000 II they ever
fail to cure any cancer they treat before
it has poisoned deep glands They nave
probably the best book ever printed on
cancers, with testimonials OF thousands
cured. II contains proof that any lung IN
SAan's breast is caneers also. thhs any
tumor, lump or sore on the Lip, faee or
| anywhere six months Is cancer. Dr.. Oham-
| lee is declared By his patients 70 be one
| Of the most honest and conscientious dec-
| tora they ever knew. He lis the best author
| ity IN America on the curs OF cancers.
| having cured more in thirty-four yesrs
| than any other doctor living. -Dr. ~ n. Il
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.

Reuben Brown and Miss Alice MOO
NAV we're married at the residence OF
Joel Moomaw.
George, son Of William McLoney'
was i'll with pneumonia.
The residence Of Mr. Worley the
blacksmith at Moliuo, was burned.
Miss Eliza Reed, missionary to Bra
I'll. visited the family OF B L Locke
Mrs James B Clark, aged 81 years
died at Rush Hill.
Thomas ] Hubbard, aged "a years
died at his home near Santa Fe.
viii Jones, a Mexico young man
was in the shoe business at Waterbury
Conn.
Mr. and Mrs " N BOatman, Of thi'
c,,v attended the funeral Of thei
daughter, Mrs owings, in Mooerly.
sherifr ] N Stephens entertained
the following at an opossum supper
, los Boyd, Ut Johnson, Leb origlel
Harry AtchIson, Sam Evans and !
NJ White.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
Dairy Sold.

Chas. Ackman has sold out his
dairy business to Lee s. Sons and de
sires TO thank bis former customers,
ana state to them that be willput all
his time in making his fine ice cream
winter and summer. Send in youI
orders and get nothing but first clas'
ice cream. d3
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
eamnaign Cost Gass $l1s4.e5.

Howard A. Gass, the democratic
state superintendent Of public schools
elect, has filed his statement OF cam
paign expenditures with the secretary
Of state, showing the amount to be
sl134.65. OF this sum, $500 went to
the state committee In two pay
ments, one being made to Chairman
Evans, and the other to T. L. Rubey.
Mr.. Gass paid out for postage stamps,
S283.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
to Washington Territory to reside

TO Washington Territory to reside
Harvey @ Smith sold his insurance
business to Kilgore & Howell
Died, in Sherman, Texas, Mrs Mary
Rankin, sister of Mrs Josiah Wright,
Of this city.
Frank Wiley, one Of Audrains
most highly respected citizens dieu
suddenly Of paralysis.
The committee for looking after the
Door of Mexico was:
Mrs Josiah Wright
f" G B Macfarlane
JIM Marmaduke
I" John r Bragg
(" DIR MoWilliams
RIM White
Mrs NJ wellman died at the nome
ofCA Keeton. She was II years Oiu'
MnMF Doolin, of this city, died, lied,
Interment took ;place at ROCK h'il
church.
The infant daughter OF MI anu
iEB Keath died.
The members Of the Harvesters 80
o,atv ~ the Christian church were'
Misses
Leona Williams
Annie Spence
Matte Spence
Bettie Miller
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
EROM RORENA.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
RowENA, Nov. H.-Sone or cur
young people attended pSeachi ng az
Bethlehem Sunday night.
Mt Orville Pickett and Miss Sarah
Dawson were married Wednesday at
the home OF the brides parents, MI
and Mrs d Dawson. We wish this
couple a life of sunshine and roses.
Mr. John HARTLEY and Miss Tula
Fadis were married Thursday at the
home Of the BRIDES parents, Mr. and
Mrs George Fads. After the wed
ding a bountiful supper was served
We wish this young couple success
through life.
SANTA FE ITEMS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
IC. King Ruys Out Green.

J.C. King has purchased Captain
Green's interest in the firm Of King &
Green, and now has full scoutrol.
Capt. Green we understand is going
TO move back to Illinois. Mr.. King
invites all of his old trade and the
public generally to call and see him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

Sam Morris, Mexico's popular hide
and Junk dealer, is loading a train OF
old iron for eastern shipment, There
is about 35 cars of iron in the train
and the average weight is 6O,0OO
mounds to the car, aggregating In the
neiRhborhoCd Of 100000 lbs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

THE LEDGER is glad to know Dr.
Keeton is going to remain In Mexico
and is going to help make Mexico a
city. He has purchased a half
interest in DR.. Patterson's drug
store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root.
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
ltis the great medi-
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years ot
scientific research BY
DR.. Kilmer. the emf
nent kidney and blad-
dar enariaiisf and Is
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

EVERY animal sold at the s. n
Emmons shorthorn sale should have
been bought by Audrain county peo'
ME. Keep the good stuff at home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

English Spawn Liniment removes al Hare
Soft or Calloused Lumps and Bemishss from
horses, Blood Spavins, ,ourbs, Splints Sweeney
Ring Bone, STILES. Sprains,an Swollen Throats.
Coughs etc. Save $50 by use lof one eottie-
Warranted the most wonderful flemish Cure
ever known. Sold BY J. F. Liewellyn, Drug
gist, 01t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
Three Breast Cancers
Cured in One House
ALL WITHOUT KNIFE OR PAIN.
Amy Lump in Woman's Breast
Is Cancer.
- nuo-ssn. M, ocs .. 100.
Mrs. Katie usmmann. nts,s mosr,1 osx ,o1

weighing only ~
pounds, wtthe
! w o.yeaf OLD
baby, has Just re-
turned from
staying wtth
in 81.
Louis where she
has Just had .
cancer OF alarm
ing size in heE
breast cured By
DIR. and MIS-.
Chamlee q 90,
AE, 201 and m
N. 18th street, b.
Louis, MO.
The 0the 2
ladies were Mrs.
J. Meadth and
Mrs. J. Vesper,
both oflfSLncky
e-..k ne IArffa.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

Maggie Bryan
Olivia Hord
Lutte Gave
Carrie Wood ward
Mamie Morris
Emma Hiner
Lille Dobyns
Lena johnson
Mary Headlngton
Willie Woodward
Ida Bloom
Ada Murray
Polly Bryan
Fannie Cave
Pearl Tucker
Relva Heron
Ellie Laforce
Jennie Hit
Emma Luckie
Mollie Kelso
Katie Ferris
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
| 20, 20 and 10 Years
Ago This Week.
aaaaaaaRRR0R'

thirty YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
irIed-Eugene Jones and Miss
kHsll Elder Hardin otllciated.
DSbaunon, Of Jefferson City, was
Superintendent Of public schools.
J Wylde was a nursery man at
hu City.
" Morrow was connected with
Vandalla Leader.
B Tollyer was building a new
house at Farber.
n viii Crooks, Of Youngs Greek,
very III.
a Crooks, aged 2s years, died of
Eanonia.
~ D Vincil, OF Mexico, was very
u The home of her father, DR. J
P0fWOOd, in Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
TORTUR|NG, O|SF|GUR|NG

Humors, Eczemas, ana itehihgs
Cured by Cuticura
The agonizing itching and burning
If tbe skin. as in eczema; the frightful
sealing, as in psoriasis; the loss Of hair
and cr,isting Of scalp, as in scaled
head-an demand a remedy oil almost -,
superhuman virtues TO suecessstuliy
cope with them. That Cuucura soap,
Ointment, and Pills are such stands
proven beyond all doubt.
s,,d th-ourhaui the yarid. cuieurs seq - jill
- ~ - F..reui soc. lin torn q Choeolate Coais
n%sn % - -, IA "a 60l NAY be had q ~ drueEsis
s. i = ,sr carss Psttei Drug and Chem CORP 500
fsss-s sisss s.i sIss si Hos to cars Baby a@SEA-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

uonderfuIly successful in promptly curing
,ame back. kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
hiss and Brieht's disease, which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
Or. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
commended for everything but fyou have kid,
r.v liver or bladder trouble Il will be found
Inc. 2 The remedy you need. lthas been tested
y 90 many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor 70 pI-
ehase relief and has proved 50 successful IN
sverv case that special arrangement has
hsen made by which all readers Of this paper
Sho nave moi already tried It, may have
s.mple bottle sent free by mall, also BOOK
,.II,ng more about Swamp-Root and how to
s,nd s, out II YOU have kidney or bladdsftrouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer In this paper and Et~
send your address 10 Gz'HF = i - A.. -;
Dr.. Kilmer & Co. Bing- IA I. 3 : B
hamton. N. Y. The - - =
r.gular fifty cen, and Home q swamp hoSa
Soilsr sizes are sold by al good druggists
Dont make any mistake, but rememosi
he name. Swsmp-Root. Or. kilmsr''
swamp-Roos. and the address, Binghsmio1
NY. en- every bottle
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK 2
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news,
,.rsys is sure TO know Of the wonderful
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

Jerry Fowles and wife, OF Ashland,
Mo-, spent Thanksgiving here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

stSrY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
A'fled : William RutIedge and
s0ca Rutledge, both of Audrain
B Simpson was arranaina 10 move
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06
nnroo Hnus For Sale.

PHI. Hall, of near Bryans Station,
left Monday for Paris, Kentucky, to
spend the winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

offer In this paper and
send your address &c
DR.. Kilmer & Co. Bing'
hanton, N. Y. The
-.,i,r nftv cent ant
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-06

I, an ordeal which !n "a
women approach with ssa
iTndescribabie fear, fos los
nothing compares WITH y
childbirth. elbi The thought
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field txiere DE is best and longest
known, and which enyiable standing has
made him thousands Of friends In the
western division Of the state. The
council Of his home city has given him
its uncquiyocal, official sanction In this
high quest, by passing ret Of resolu.
tions cyineing unanimous confidence In
him as u man and bespeaking for him
the coveted honor Of the nomination, q
concession but rarely granted TO any
man from civic sources under such cir
eumstanccs; and it, very unnsualness IL
an intination that the appreciation cx.
tends far beyond the scope Of the body
and the city that uttered It, There h
no sort Of hazard In guessing he will be
nominated on the 2Oth and the Astorian
uttcrs the surmise with the impres.
siveness Of certainty
II IL with equal readiness that II
puts forth the diyination that J. H.
whitney viii be named for the Office Of
state printer. There is everything TO
Justify such conclusion IN relation TO
Appointment office; the strategic and
almg,s invincibIc predicate being, the
prove, qualifications of the man for the
place, From the stundp6ints Of economy
and tb&ougb efficiency, Mr. Whitney
has Tong, since won the first claim to
the high regard Of the public Of One
gon and what " proven beyond quss.
tion In the popular mind invariably
takes on the quality Of popular aver
mcnt when an expression is demanded
from the people. He has campaigned
widely and actively and IL quoted far
and near IA the premier candidate in
this connection. The conclusion Of his
success at both the April and June polls
IN safe one and carries with II no
hint, nor basis Of dispute, beyond the
personal aspirations Of his colleagues on
the primars Ticket; for he Is one Of the
best equipped Of the group. with the
conspicuous prestige Of having proven
his adaptibility and responsibility past
all cayil and to Apoint inviting mis- un-
animous reconciliation 10 the office.
The people at large are generous in
their approval Of his administration of
the post and what has the broad sane.
ton Of an electorate j. wholly in line
of perpetnation.
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CITY ADVERTISEMENTS

ment shall be constructed according 10
the plans and specifications therefor TO
be prepared by the City Surveyor and
general ordinance No. 1901 and any mat
ter Of construction and drainage found
necessary TO make the improvement
safe or substantial shall be done by the
contractor whether specified or not
without extra charge.
That the costs and expenses Of con.
structing said Improvement shall be
betrayed by special assessment upon the
lots, lands and premises benefited by
the same which said lots, lands and
premises are included In the special as
sessment district including all lots,
lands and premises SO benefited to-wit;
Lots s, 9, 7 and g. in each Of blocks
20, n, 2S and 20; lots ], 2, 3 and A In
each OF blocks 40, al, AZ and 43; lots 5
and 6 in block 30, and lots and in
block 30 all in that part Of the City Of
Astoria as laid out and recorded by
John Mcclure in Clatsop county, Ore
gon.
0LoF ANDERSON.
Auditor and Police Judge Of the City
Of Astoria. 46-8t.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the city
surveyor and superintendent of streets.
and the committee on streets and pub
lie ways have filed a certificate Of the
completion Of the improvement of Birch
street from the east line of Fifty-second
street to the center line Of Fifty-third
stree, by W. A. Goodin, the contractor
in accordance with general ordinance
No. 1908, and the contract therefore.
That unless objections are made against
the same, the same will be accepted
by ordinance at the next regular meet
ing of the common council.
oLOF ANDERSON,
Auditor and Police Judge Of the city
April 18th, 1906 4-l2 St.
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Astorlan Uses rs Privilege as o
Political Guesser.
AS TO THE STATE NOMINEES
Diyinations Made Without Bias or Pre-.
iudice, on the Situation an II
Stands -- Every Man Has a
Guess coming--Try II Once

Things political IN Oregon are up In
the air " ~ 10 speak. no man cnn
speak with certainty IA to the outcome
oi the primaries aud perhaps II Is n
relieving condition TO many, outside the
line Of nomineesi perhaps II ~ Infinite
~ better than the old assured way Of
doing things and perhaps not that Il
~ II may BE-, with the thousand and
one critics Of the new law But, how
ever the Inv and its fuillmcnt may
stand with the masses, IL Il an obvious
fact that every man has a guess COM
ing, aud the right 10 casually forecast
the issue, ~ II occurs to him, aud this
the Astoran proceeds to do, without
bias or personal piNiudice Of any SOFT
that IL, as to the State ticket,
II would seem from the consensus OF
opinion wrought by the individual ean.
ddates, aud the work done IN the differ.
rnt fields di the State, and The current
enphasis given, In the. gnbcrpatorial
cohteSt for nomination. that nr, James
Withycombc IL IN the lead for that dis
tinglished honor. lie started In the
race with the prime advantage Of not
heing politician, and yet widely
known NJ q man Of capacity aud filling
an cluCatiyc office In the state service
most acccptably; he ia an authority on
many things of very vital moment to a
large percentage OF the population Of
Oregon, aud has always been a helpful
servant To those he served; be- has made
clean and vigorous campaign and has
been in intimate touch with the lat
district OF the commonwealth. and what
IL more convincing than all else. he Is
the most talked Of man In this rcla-
tion, The group of men seeking this
nomination constitute a notable class Of
wholesome, high grade. capable and hon.
orable citizens, any one OF whom would
make an acceptable governors and
whose shall achieve the nomination may
he infinitely proud Of the distinction ae.
corded him when he II chosen from such
group; but the forecast here made Is
in hi. favor on the grounds named. and
II II made without tho slightest pre-
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Laura Hain Friswell. In her book,
tells this amusing nnecdote Of William
II. Gladstone. Miss FrIswell had been
to the wedding Of Sir Edward and
Lady Ermyntrude Maiet and was try
Ing hard 10 get out Of the crush. Il
heard a voice saying: It's 4 o'clock!
It's 4 O'Clock! We shall be late for the
house. IIarcourt. We must get out
The speaker was just at the back Of
me and pushing dreadfully: but l.,
grasplng my friends arm, stood back;
then turned my head and saw Glad
stone and Sir William IIarcourt.
"'What do you mean by this ungen-
tlemanly behavior ! asked indignant
Iy, We are late for the house, madam,
returned the Grand old Man And Is
that any reason why we should be kill
ed by those horses? II you we're men,
you would keep the crowd back
"'she's right there whispered Har'
court. We must keep the crowd back.
beg your pardon, madam Gladstone
looked very cross, but did as he was
requested and muttered something
which took for an apology. They
kept back the crowd"