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FARMS AND AcRrAoE.
Continued.
New Home Acreage

tust plating another 1850 acres al
joining our a.deasaffo tact al Hlssp.
hnehnmish county ~ hafihsrn fhsilp
railway Take n y WhiHs 1850 ~
any inofninR a. Seattle Can fetgrn
same dag and have nii dAF o. esnfnias
lnnd New tract fully better lhsn 90
esllinR in O. %. 20. sgaefe tracts ~
$40 per affsi - per acfs cash, t9a per
sore pef month. WIN be advanced 80
psT affs more en January y islo. 10Y
rew and mabe the go per args yourself
caa Eife hest 70 iana bufsfs month
fah each az 80 % per daF clearing land
ana making roaaa Land i level, lea.
aed ora NHfF 90 rlearl shallow veil
water smali streams 20 Hfauei good
reads school aud stations on tract heN
slectfic lntafuruau line. Everett 90 Hell.
iuHhafn. auinE ftsht 10 thiH LAND VII
make li wurh doubis snd treble present
prices HHhin feM menths thfee
shineis miiis within ~ mnss afford
plenty If work
rfss deed 70 family In sass ~ bsssrs
death
Ffes extension far sis meaths IN ease
- hWYaFs HiHhneH#
rfes exchange fGr any other equAi
siren uuaaid tract a. any time
Nrer rahihit af ear uffife ~ rFuaafts
from iheRe iauHH
tfrs Illustrated booklet mailed GA re.
Ffss tfiai nansY rsfunasa in 90 days
n nor satisfied Huf u0a before price
raises taaNaff . ana hs enc ~ ne lucky
20 ia rrf q JOB
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DENVER. Colo The cold wave
Of me iaHi frV days which hhn re
suited in al icugt no deaths ln Weat-
eFn states ana lss partially tied 40
nearly every railroad. threatens to
bring % coat famine throughout
TIE entire Middle West
For modern furnished rooms
call az "fhe Virgins. s04 Virginia
st., corner Eighth av Everything
new Rates from - 10 81 per week
see
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$500 only business Nafrimony
rlaFfr active ana accomplished foai "a.
tate man CROWNS huHintau furnished
home in office. ~ lonely wants lady
partner under co. who can apHfa $500 ~
more 90 huF half Interest business
home ana happiness far the first frue
sincere and healthy woman who answers
que tp Confidential" Hos 49, Everett
vs. ash Ia
a Protestant christian man. widowsf.
nu rhildruu. age "a years blonde. blue
eyes height N lu working ON an
ordinary asiafF wlahas % meet and have
the c0nnuaniuuHhlp ~ true. honest
Christian young woman rrotcHfanf Obj
ieet mairimenY 30 thrilling Address
Ixb. The Star t.T
Wouid Ike t0 meet an honest woman
NOT over - Fnafa| who would take an
intefsat in ny homo. I am 80 years old
have three children ana have fine posi-
iion bringing in il2G per month Address
MI. The Ntar As
bucks Camp Near Monroe" beau
llfui descriptive poem ~ life iu the
washington forests, TO couta coin ~
stamps Get one a. snifera MGMurray
washington af4Hx
30 caHe cafarrh ~ tho head or thrant
boYle'a cnfaffh Medicine won't cure
breaks W c0idr IN "a hours stops cough
N minutes rrial free aiath and Yes.
lee -s-iox
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Ballard Real Estate

FtFesfuefn Sew u5oarrr cottage fHufh
ffHnf rIusf ln e. 500 tNaa aaRh
FHsettaom WnHHfm NnsFe Stir nii fhf
fufnltafp faf & EtH fnsn.
FHafaFno Hfn rntfaEr fQr $3.50 $500
raHh
raf and a3s reuns a nfabefa cafHff
af tsaarF aF tNaae Ballard asa fsf
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LosT ANo FOUND.
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Years eve. teafnFf ZOO utth GeARs ieeA 49,
saa iftrY anNs head ahayw fbersi ~
sara 49, ~ NJ finirF r'sau % sas
reieuhis A-t
sis-menths.aid Ena.sst ssttse ~hiie
aasiF bfwwt apu4H pNsf eyes tArNnSE
fist HswafH " feiaraea % a q. Fars
rusfeu. fqtt Hssh - Nesi stfs
Les iaaFs naid ~atrh. usnnastasa
"a a. FHHfsHFnans riefufe In htsk.
iost 81 Itifd or FaaHlieroF car f1eata
notifF naiisra teI ara receive fseaf8
taa f.sathsf haadhss heiseen rtife
a. aan Fre1affra a Wearmns on MnHfs
ere Hsfsrn tas ear ssep rensg
FheHe NoffH So
Iasi Hsauu uafiea ~. ss~ Ysars
HFs Probably nn FsFHnf Eefli
hsfsi rswafa Gast fip
Ia.i--At Iatsrtar. apHr pappg b..
safa Phone 9aeeu Aaue 1920
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raand -Isnaarf O. tee taaF frsssos
snf = skirt ca piks ani neiefae cali
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PERSONALS.
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classified afa under this head una
nsHt Usr Wef8 Seven Insertions faf The
price ~ sia
PAT FutEF
UEUHEE HHfH WEIGHT
safely Surely nHa Permanently
DO dietnR nu ererfisIHa ne aetaHtlan
from nuainnHs ro afiHaiHf ~ disr nlH
frff
ADVISE Wifhaaf r'naFar
aHiin sea fe 900 EiieFF Muale MidN
C0fnef ThifI and Nnleefsltv.
DON'T uE f.UMEsOME-- lsrsfsfe
introducing fafiffN far fHFuc table pee
pie Onif reliable marfiarr matrimonial
agency Many wealthy HnWhrfH Per
FHnaf infrnGurtiunH Hours mornings
Co.. evening" SUNDAYS fuHi uaHd Ianu-
arF paper faf sos att Seattle WASH
iaFIaH office f7-fa frndnme uoisg.
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THr enlr sHfr cure faf nhoumatis'H and
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and Turkish Baths Soc
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ntaFFNNW a HnN ffafessirasi
nffaatnfs anH flrrnaaA NrtNa4asHft ltst
tst son Maafr thvstgs nHtN NNwaps as
Iahesau = HamtiaH uifIeftssefs 4tgi
rifsl a. rnanes walls tfta taa alft
mannaf watson ca FaoefaA uireefafa
rh8a az ana ifiteasit8 Nnth HhnHrs
sa.asas~saasasasa4aa4as
SPECIAL NOTICES,
NOTtcN uF fuUNMOLMEMH
MEETING
Fhe amHHaf meNtiMz NJ tHF EtHf hhHit-
49, Is tsr tni1n eattHEs s Ffat fHsaa
nsns ~ seattle rafpafatiHHl aft te
ha az fhe gffflr 81 tNn eamFenf en
tba northwest cHFuaF O. aHeaHA AMa
cheffN Ng Seattle. htME NmHNtF WASH
in sfam. "a Weines.faf fhe tHfh daF ~
faanafF tale. IN 1hs hnar q HtiHes
ln fhH Affefaaau fsF fhe rafEasf Hf
s8naflna tigaatafa ~ tre eeHtNaaf ASA
feF tAs tFanesetten ag anN ethrF aNtlmesa
tnaf wiaN nr@p#FlN 81 hfH4Enf Hflle fts#
asessiss 3 ~ HiitHht
ssaitls. wsshiaHten. osesmesf "a itse
EfH
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ffHasHa sfI ALE tfaNfsH rNNs see SEE
fsIHsfa faHf Transfer ftarass fffHsaa
Ma Asses Eiak fissa tlsfhef. "a 49,
care b EifMsaE~f ts
Ha8aina HanffnN AFsaenaf. gtfH eHs1
faeassr f-iasssa ~ fifsf HHfh tH
rfaaaH asHaHstfEfa EHafaIaF aHa naaff
day Hfenlnas Easi 1888
AM VWN NAN $50 Nans fn VaNf
NNasF wWn mT aFfFfHa Nandaii ar
eaHHanfar Haff rfaHaa
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Bottom Land
go rrR ACRE
Near hsAius $50 round irlp. close 20
naantifsl laks. fine ushinR WI sell ar
49, - 49, HAs .ss Ssa fas niees. o. rsass
~ uiscR. Aain ieAs. evenings -
CRYSTAL SPRINGS
WEST on cry oS SOUND
Eysains sna nefniss boat ,'vs sefs -
ehagf beet Mind a slider creek lana
lies fine eisw
cLfFFutu = VAN AHHpAf.E,
sia rhHd Av- NEAR Madison
CITY REAL ESTATE.
Classified sds eaasf ihis head gashi
cents rsf Zee ~ ia words seven insera
items 'er ne price y s's
MY FROM
now EHH ADDITION
Fins iarso iois. uszr cad 81 rhinaey
az rar line close 70 schooi. City water
sidewalks Prices VERY lnw terms tat
Open Saturday Eveuins
JOSEPH D. THOMAS a co. INC.
n,, ie' cherry f., ,,..
nsaneh usncs s5sb ana orssawooa
North $3.50
choice view lots. sixs bexiae w ths
Gilman Addition en- west slope " QUEEN
Anne iiin Pine Wow ~ sound ara moun-
Very EasY Terms
pIoSrisn nrNT 4 cont kcri1N 20
American neuk uidE
NEW TWO FLAT HOUSE
strictly modern corner Nntth Bread.
way district two blocks ca ear uns sis
-eolns lover ,s,sn rooms upper tiat.
piageH hardwood tiacrs snd pnrchsri a7s
ment
ei2 crary BIDS, Finh aud linton
COTTAGES
on easy terms Ask Us about
our naw modern four ard fiVe-
f fss@ !, qa' .os q ,,sosoF e price
line 30 minutes from totem pole
small payment down. balance
NNfNfNt
JOSEPH T. THOMAS a co. INc
Ground floCf Luwmau bids
Main filt ind htaa
open saturday evening sc
s=--====-==a=s
Near Kent, 10 acres level land. "a
cslinni soft mostly alder land east,
cleared some slashinE close to aohuol
ard neiGhborsi ta0o. terms faOu davu
balance oasf paymsntsi best bargain in
the vicinity
ROBERT MALrnY
hiRRaU-afi Alaska Bldg AS
One half acre with small house. near
hitter Lake, ON Everett interurhan. tb6O.
all cash.
OLE HANSON 4 co
3it. aibssit-ai7 New York Block
81
g20 CASH
sic per month viii sell kOx1oO feet
within one block OF street car line. price
ltft. - y. Cox Investment co nal.
iAFd 49, -E.T
CHAPLIN REAL HHTATE
COLLECTION co.
Land ssrip. timber and farm tanda
CITY property. business chances ia4-fs
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ASnap

teniol oH thr FasntiefoF ear ong
fwa blocks tH rthuai o. ri fhr beach
ahe block fn fhf Haf nrd store. pafn
sHfiHE Wntrf ripef FEB fhe street aA
fnIH pfiiHl fe sHif and Yau Hili So tsr
fhra reaf iuf fm NHsf fNatir Ihia II
tHaHfifNi iai ana ia surrounded bF nice
hanifa and good fiNnNofe AHm. NJ fHQ
aanf good boone HIfr. deaf fail fH
esHs asf Takf Fnuuflrrfr eaf ard
Fei 80 al is5aman drive and iagairs fef
NJ Ngfura NHthaHF "Wednesday ~
FhhfedaF afternoons ifam e. m
f.E
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THEATRETTEs.
TRADE SCHOOLS.

We teach plumhiug. tircklsyInU piss-
tering ana electricity. aua assist y0W ~
getting work Pacific fHio ruheeh tia
Arcade.
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tfFE VIM EhS Anu SUPPLIES
'--ss#-a-r7'-'-s4sHsa a..e'.a .=t. .|se--''.fs--
Eos and other mnkes pacl ig Type+
Wfittr IS supply CO.,. N.a Is N Hiuch.
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MONEY TO lolAg

aeIaaa-sass'.asa.
HoNfNWENT TNnET II HApp ~
EFhff 60 First ~ HH1 f.fufatIs
fFnimhu nuiidineI Invites afa|ifsftsshs
f9f loans ffsn 81 600 ~ fsn.H ~
proved Seattle feaidfHfH UfaUerfg
established districts
CITY AND cpUHTHf tghge
Nn improved Nf vacant bfnDfFf. ~ -
pef cent any nwnHuf frHn fla Ia tff9
fDf lNHF ~ short flfuf ae4 EASY 49,.
neuiat ~ DELAY hfafftgHut MiUa IN
hyeipn hipeks fefond and 8Hmbs
-" you nsed money fp hlIilf c0iss a
CAT a NINA FaNTEE
zoo ieafF niIg
MONEY ron BALANCED rTDpLT
women keeping hpusa aniFt niss..
upon thfif own nntrH HfHaHf afiAtet
hrap"hi rates easiest pHFms pffIre.
in 81 PRINCIPAL flfles % H lehman "a
fe atf
Private NONEY 60 iaaH b. sgrs =
fiit 90 IMPROVED pfapefi ana
pes cent Interest
HEANINg
sci LNafg GiaF
~ Own money ~ boy mntsasts ~
.NHffafIf anywhere lu Fasflrsiss'
iffahH NrHsHMay EOS American Ean<
hHidinF Ind tseg
Loans oH fufnitufs. tasea ~ Nj.
lian itnafH room llt He fara Hlfe
III
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Furnished room with fireplace. in Wv
Yate family separate smaller room i'n'
reasonable suod residence diftflf'
Phone hnsi 1854 ttit
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Good Turn by the or cio' Man.

1ooo urn by the Or CIo' Man.
THAT old clothes man back on the
corner just now saved me the price OF
a new suit" remarked a young bust
ness man yesterday, on his way down
Euclid avenue past the old Arcade.
Nope. Guess again. didn't sell
him anything and I haven't any idea
of buying suit of secondhand clothes
from him. But until I walked by him
just then was Of the opinion that
would have to lay aside this last sum,
mer's suit I've been wearing and pay
forty or fifty dollars for a new one
Now I've changed my mind. That fel-
low on the corner asked me: Got any
OF clos to sell, mister?' I told him
didn't, and our conversation ended
right there. But it was enough. He
wouldn't ask a seedy-looking man If he
had any old clothes for sale, would
he? Naturally he'd think a stability
dressed person was wearing about the
only clothes he owned and wouldn't
want to part with those. The ones
these old clothes people like to deal
with are the dressy ducks-the boys
that get new suit every little while
and dispose of the old ones for little or
nothing. He must have thought was
that sort. So Judge this suit must
stack up pretty well. I'll just make it
do this summer for every day and take
that forty or fifty dollars out Of one
pocket and put it in another."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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never TOLD" ON VISITOR
But Capitalists Little Mistake Was
Turned to Good Account by
Alabama Governor.

Former Governor "Tom" Jones, now
United States Judge in Alabama, has a
Joke on Philadelphia capitalist whose
name he never has told. While gov.
ernor he used frequently to rise early
and smoke cigar on the capital steps
before breakfast. There the northern
er and his wife, stopping only a few
hours in Montgomery, found him.
GovernorJones has not always been
tho ddiest man about his personal ap-
pearance. The stranger looked At him
and then said:
my good man, can you show NJ
about the capital1"
The governor courteously took the
pair over the old building, giving them
the history Of the many objects OF In
terest it contains. The capitalist was
20 ably entertained that when he and
his wife left he pressed q silver dollar
in the governors hand.
TON" Jones thanked him and nc
copied it. It was about that time that
the Alabama chapters Of tho Daugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy were struG-
Cling to raise q fund for q soldiers
monument A few weeks later the
Philadelphia returned home and re-
ceived letter from Governor. Jones.
The letter intimated that gift to the
monument fund would b most accept
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Innuendo,

When founded on fact, the malicious
hint often does vastly more harm than
the full disclosure. 1t has about it an
air of mystery which brings on train
of imaginings and begets groundless
suspicious which would quickly melt
into thin air were the whole truth
known. More especially is this the
case when the evil hint is blended
with words of commentator. Hes
an honest and temperate man, etc.,
but" Oh, that mean, vile, hypocriti-
cal little "but" that has severed so
many friendships and befouled so
many fair name! Where so much of
good is spoken and the mean little
"but" uttered with regretful sigh II
often looks like real pity. In reality
it is but decking out and garlanding
the victim for the sacrifice. The en-
comium is used only as means of at
tanning dastardly purpose; with
colors fairer painting their foul ends"
The slanderer is frequently but a
clumsy blunderer. Not SO the skilful
innuendo man. He at least is no bum
gler. He is a real tac1ician, a genu-
inc strategist. He Is verify the refine
ment of cruelty.
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Biggest Dam In the World.

The secretary of the interior has di.
rected the reclamation service to take
up Immediately the extensive preltm-
mary work on the Rio Granee project
in New Mexico and Texas, so that
actual construction on the foundations
Of the Eagle dam shall be finished by
July, 1911.
The Rio Grande project. of which
the Eagle dam is the most important
engineering feature, will provide for
the reclamation Of 10000 acres of land
lying in New Mexico, Texas and Mex
leo, in the valley where irrigation be-
gan before the discovery of America.
1t is estimated that the entire pro-
ject will cost approximately $4,000, 900.
The Eagle dam as planned by the rec
lamation service will be one of the
most remarkable structures of it's kind
in the world. 1t will be of rubble con-
crete, gravity type, with a maximum
height of 265 feet, length of crest 1,4Oo
feet, and will contain 100000 cubic
yards. The reservoir created by it
will be the largest artificial body Of
water in the world, having a capacity
of 2,538,000 acre feet, or enough water
to cover that many acres a foot deep.
It's capacity is nearly double that of
the Roosevelt dam in Arizona and is
considerably greater than that of the
famous Assouan dam, constructed and
recently enlarged by the English en-
gineers on the Nile.
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Must Bite When They Write.

Must Bite When They Write.
The queen Of novelists has taken
us into her confidence. She declares
that while writing she 10 compelled
to bite something. For time she
bit candy, but this was expensive, SO
she now bites ten.penny nails. It is
an important revelation. and will be q
great help to the nail trust The
Clerk notices that readers are sur
iprised that novelists should bite, yet
the thing has been going on for a
considerable period. It is instructive
to observe the different materials
into which different novelists sink
their teeth. Mr.. Jack London, for in
stance, bites raw beet. while Mr.. Rich
ard Harding Davis prefers marshmal-
low. Mr.. Upton Sinclair bites a red
hot poker. Mrs. Edith Wharton bites
icicles. Everybody bites but Mr..
David Gray, who 10 = capital horse
man as well as q man Of conscience.
and breads being described as a
"cribber." Few things are more curl
ous, psychologically. than this liter
hry habit of biting. Why should ideas
now more freely when the jaws are
set hard upon some resisting sub
Stance? It is because writing sttmu'
la&ss talt and because . tug upon
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living room is 10 feet 8 inches by IL
feet in dimensions. Another attract
I've feature is the coy nook of this
room in which seat is provided oppo-
site fireplace. The bookcase can be
placed here. Imagine the attractive
ness of this nook on a cold winter eve
ming when the wind and storm are
bowling outside. 1t is the provision of
homelike features like this that makes
any plan attractive. Back of the living
room is a good size kitchen. This has
been planned with a view to conve-
nience. As matter Of fact every
house should be planned from the in
side and not from the outside. For the
wife and mother must be there all
day. and her work must be considered.
If the duties Of keeping house can be
made lighter by the arrangement that
should be provided for before any 9TH
er consideration is taken up.
The second floor is reached by a
stairway that extends from the living
room. On the second floor are two
bedrooms and a bathroom.
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Mustard Plaster Cure.

Mustard as a promoter of morals
was a new role" said the New York
woman. Yesterday I heard my b.
hemian neighbor say to her 11-year-old
daughter:
eff you do that again I'll put mus
tard plaster on you
"The child didn't do it again. When
I asked why, the mother told me that
IN her country disobedient children are
punished by applying a mustard plas-
ter. 1t Is more ef1icacious than whip
ping, scolding or moral suasion. The
plaster isn't on long enough to blister
badly, but even without a blister a
mustard plaster Is a corrective meas
ure that all little Bohemians try to
avoid, even at the expense of good be-
havior."
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Whv Ruskin's Wife Left Him.

Why Ruskin's Wife Left Him.
Here is an interesting glimpse OF
Ruskin's wife from Ada Garland
''Ruskin and His Circle"
A young, gay wife, fond of dress, ex-
element and social life, was no help
meet for him. He went with her to
court, taking pride in the compliments
paid her, but society bored him. She
often went out alone. Not wise thing
to do, perhaps, but she was very
young, and the home must have been
dull-her husband absorbed in archi-
lecture and his spare time claimed
by the old people. Materially, young
Mrs. Ruskin had all she could desire;
was always we'll dressed, had splendid
jewels and all the advantages of
wealth. But her husband could do
without her; Mrs. Ruskin senior,
would not abdicate; the wife's position
in the household must have been that
of handsome figurehead.
She was conversing with some gen.
tlemen, one of whom asked:
where is Mr. Ruskin?"
"Oh, Mr.. Ruskin?" she replied. "He
is with his mother; he ought to have
married his mother!"
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Making a Railway Man Work.

E. J. Naylor, general agent of the
Hawley lines, at Los Angeles, was in
the city last week on business, and
while on his way to the Flood build
ing Thursday left his suitcase in the
Office of the Canadian Pacific. The
boys in the Office loaded it with lead
pipe, and when Naylor got the suit
case later in the afternoon and walked
with 1t to the Manx hotel nearly every
railroad man on the row walked be-
hind and watched the struggle.
Gee, I only got about two collars
and three ties in this, but it is heavy!"
he said when he was about three
blocks from the Manx.
well, it gets heavier the longer you
pack It," volunteered J. R. Holcomb of
the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient.
Naylor didn't open the grip until the
next day, and since that time he has
been looking for the Canadian Pacific
agents with piece Of lead pipe In his
hand.-San Francisco Call.
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Obeying the
HgherLaW
BY W1IHas7, II. Hds71bv

Copyright. $780, BY Associated Literary Press
Miss 1ngle ceased clicking the type
writer for moment and Strengthened
in her chair to rest tho muscles of her
shoulders. The work of the Midland
Coal & Mineral Land compay was
very heavy for one stenographer. The
grind grew more wearisome and nerve
wracking every day. But she was alone
In the city and this was the only en-
ployment she was fitted for. And she
must have bread and fire.
What did Jackson say about that
land in Glade county," asked the
Junior partner, looking up from let
ter. Jackson was the company's coal
expert.
said it was one Of the finest out
looks he ever saw" replied Biker, the
senior partner. worth at least hun
dred-and-f1fty an acre."
What is it worth for farming pur-
poses?
"Oa, not much. It is poor, very
poor; say twenty or twenty-five an
acre."
about what shall we offer the
young hayseed?"
Start him at thirty" replied Biker,
and turned to other work.
The junior brought the letter to the
stenographer and began to dictate:
"Mr. Willard Ferris. Gladeville, Mo.
r. F. D. No. 4.
Dear Sir: Our expert reports your
land absolutely worthless as mining
proposition. There is some coal, but
owing to the formation, location, etc.,
1t will be impossible ever to mine it at
a profit. We can. perhaps, handle
your farm on our exchange list as az
ricultural land, and as such could pay
you $50 per acre for it.
Every truly,
"The Midland Coal & Min. L. Co."
All the morning Miss Ingle kept
thinking of the young farmer, Willard
Ferris. He was still in her mind when
she started to luncheon. "The ras-
GALS" she said Indignantly under her
breath. And over and over, II do hope
he won't take it."
No one in the Office had ever seen
Ferris, but she had been interested in
him from his very first letter about