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tion. For Instance. for the man there
Is the desk clock and calendar COM
bined AT 1919 for the nickel or dull gold
finish and $50 fer the lacqucred brass
article.
For the housewife there are pretty
Japanese pieces. among which are
cracker Jars NJ ~ cents. chocolate pots
az 80 cents. plates at 10 cents and
unique Hover asxet at 30 cents.
For the society girl there are en-
gsgement calendars with spaces for
every half hour from s \. VI. to 5 +. NJ.
for n corts and upward. These calcn-
dars In the handy desk for pro-
f~osstonal use are II cents. and would
provo acceptable for the busy clergy
man or physician.
For the child who suffers with cold
feet n practical and inexpensive gift
would be bed slippers. A pair made
Of ripple eiderdown bound with satin
ribbon arc . cents. For adults they
arc ~ cents.
For the baby n manicure set would
be nice. A cute little set IN a hand
painted oeiluloid box Is only 80 cents.
Bath sets put up In fancy boxes and
tied with silk ribbons are new his year
and will mako practical gifts. The se,
consists of a bath rug. two towels and
two ash cloths. all OF Turkish towel
lug.
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was trying to light a cigarette, but the
match dropped from his shaking fin
gers. '
Better see one, W%ardrop." I urged
and ! felt mean enough about doing Il.
You need something to brace you up"
Burton gave him "A very small drink.
for he could scarcely stand. and we
went down in the elevator. My con-
tempt for the victim between us was
as great as my contempt for myself.
That Wardrop was In a bad position
there could be 40 doubt; there might
be more men h "A Fleming who had
known about the money in the leather
bag and who thought he had taken /;
and probably killed Fleming to hide
the theft.
II seemed incredible that an innocent
man would collapse "a he had done,
and yet-at this minute | can name a
dozen men who, under the club ~ pub
lie disappr0val, ave fallen into paresis,
insanity and the grave. We are all in
diffc. ent to our fellow-men until they
a,e against US,
Burton knew the specialist very well
In fact, there seemed to he few people
he did not know. And considering the
way he had got hold OF Miss Letltil
and Wardrop, 1t was not surprising. He
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, ct nevsr s,v lawvo- 20, who vo,,d
admit no vas n,LIrg no,ev ha ala
"Look nj the wav a doctor grI,ds FOR a
nntance, ua,s ms, "a ca,,bla - ~
LAWYER, he work. a damn sight hardsr
and he makes a ,en,h tho incone
man win nav his Iavvs, 10, t,o,,.s,d
dollar. Tor L..nJn, rim an, a, tap ,or
sIx months. and be,u KICK ike n stee- 4,
mia doc,or Charges MIN , h,r5rsd %
Leon him ont ~, mol ~ ,i,ai yyhtri, =,
Won viii come ine I'm raid tya vo,ld
distract, him"
Il guess II 10 Knox's hu,t-In" Rur.on
conceded. "hu, 7 GOT n l,ter Doe.nr, vo,,
nronisad"
Tno nbvsic,I ev,,t,,t,o, ~ .r,
brlef. when I vas r,Ilad 4, wardro,
was s,,ndin, a., m ,irdnv ,oaLtor
doyvr tn,o ~ s,ro,, boro,, "a 49, -
tor was wr,ing n, his de-k Remind
Warlron's back he yave mn. tho sin hs
had written,
'.Tost is FOR avsoolotio, oe ,d.,.
Wo,cb lan.,,h ~ tive bs,ween go 4
give and his replv, oF,en qet hold ot
f,rts rorgnt,en nv mo &n,tjsrt val,
he,,ra tho apsyycrIrg Unr1 l. rive,
shows an o,,emnt A. correar,ent -
"Nnw NJ W,r5ro," ba s,ld Evil,
Won al, bcre nreaseo"
ON The tahin 10. a, alec,ri, irs,,u.
mon, il,a , small cloct ,nd no $1,000
n,' S'man '.o0N' wv gre uoe'ors
wires ,yi,h smau hi,rr r,hAor r,ou,h1
nIaccs
"No,, NJ. v-,r1.o," Ia ,,ta ..o
viii ga % nth III t,., W. 49,,
conii,t,, e. S,t- AZ" ,otI IN. : ,ptrt
YOU can dismiss the idea Of insanity
49,, ssconI ,horgn, h", 800 -
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Old Daddy Long-Legs.
VERYBODY is well acouaint

r NERYBODY is we'll acquainted
r. with the insect called daddy
N- long-legs," but not everybody
knows that there Is evidence 20 show
that this strange little creature, tow
ering high upon its thread-like stills,
Is probably a more ancient i~nhabltant
OF America than any representative of
the human species. Far back, IA ter.
tiary time, at the very dawn OF the
modern world, its ancestors lived, we
are told, in great numbers in that par,
of the continent which we call Colo
RADIO. The fossil remains of these In
sects show the characteristic features
that mark them to-day. although new
species have taken the place of the old
for ever daddy long-legs" knows what
evolution Is. and has attained to some
thing that in his view Is perhaps 3
kind of civilized existence suitable to
the exigencies of life In the twentieth
century.-Harper's Weekly.
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- when she had brought my
coffee I thought she wanted to say
something. She stood awkwardly near
the door, and watched me.
"You needn't wait, Bella" 7 said.
81 beg our pardon. sir, butt wanted
to ask you-is Miss Fleming well?"
she was not very well this morning.
but | don't think 1t Is serious, Bella" |
replied. She turned to so, but | fanc!ed
she hesltatCd,
"Oh, Bella I called as she was going
out, Il want to ask you something.
Tke night at the Fleming home, when
hear some person running along the hall
outside your door? About two o'clock. |
think"
She looked at me stolidly.
NO, sir. ! slept ali night"
"That's TRANCE, And you adm,
hear me when ! fell down the dunno
waiter shart?"
Holy saints" she calculated. Wa
that where you FEM"
She stopped herself abruptly.
'You heard that?" asked gently
"and yet you slept all night? Bella
there's "A hitch somewhere. You didn't
| sleep that night at all; you told Miss
Fleming I had been up all night. How
| did you know that? If / didn't know
that you couldn't possibly get around
as fast as the--person in the house
that night ! would say YOU had been In
Mr.. Fleming's desk looking for-let II.
say. postage stamps. May l have an
! other cup Of eoffes2"
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Copyright, 1910. by Bobbs. Merrill Company
sYNopsIs OF rRECEpING CHArTERs.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS,
Allan Fleming, state Treasurer. Is found muir
deTtd IN a room Of The White Cat" a little
l%2litleal club. His daughter, Margery, asks Jack
Knox, a young LAWYER, To solve the mystery. For
some days before his death Fleming had been
missing from ,ome. On, the pillow OF Ills hsd a
alp ot paper had been found bearing the figures
IL" Miss Jane Maitland, an, elderly aunt
q Margery =, has also vanished, and IN her room
the same figule, are found. Marg,ry l. engaged
% her late fathers secretary, Harry NaUirOp
hhoA, zoo, loves, her. Chasing a midnight intruder
IN the Fleming home, Knox falls down a lumb-
waiter shatt. When he CmtTges the fugitive Is
gone. Margcry goes for a few days. visit tu the
home OF knoN's s.sterin-law, Ellen Butler. the
latttT- Old sghoollnate and widow Of u politician
who had hran crushed hy the machine plan, 10
visit the Knox home n the same time. 4 rcrDrtcr
named Burton bCglns work on the murder mvs-
tory ana a d~cttct!yc ~emlloyed ly the machine
solonny warns Knox To drop the wh1lc case.
Mrs. Bir1lr arrives at the Knox home. She is
q nervous. w1eck, \ handsome woman calls at
knoNs office and Introduce herself as Elem
ing'S widow: She says she married him socrcty
three years before. She savs she believes Fleming
and love, New clu,s r,~aarling Miss Jane hint
that the old lady was not kidnapped but vanished
Of her own accord.
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A Broken Appointment.

A YOUNG man wHo signs his let
~ ter III s." writes:
Il have known a girl three
years and have seen her on al. average
OF once a week and always treated her
courtcously, Last week | had an APP
pointment with Ter which I was forced
10 break. although | Lottned her in
ample time. Now she is angry and will
not forgive me-. DO you think she Is
reasonable?"
The young lady Is most unreasonable.
II Is necessary to break appointments
occasionally and wher. the person with
whom he engagement has been made
Is notified In ample time no offenss
should be taksn-
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three hours. She Lever kept II. Now,
| think OF her all the time, but l nave
neither seen nor spoken 70 her since
this occurrence. what shah | do?"
Icyou care for the young lady 50 very
much ask for an explanation OF her con
duct. But II It is not "A satisfactory
explanation the only thiLg consistent
with dignity Is to give her up.
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goin' to cost somethtn' I'VE
Sl7. 200 to take a young girl
around Europe for ten months
- an give her clothes to wear,
an three meals a day, an !carfare, an
other things.
An then l see by the papers that 1.-THE
most extensively dressed girl in New
port" has Just given up all her French
dresses an French maids an autos an
% on. so as to go an live out in New
Jersey with a young man that she's
married because she loves him. An they
say she's havin' a fine time. An her
husband amt no rich man, either.
An then again l remember how a
mighty handsome m actress
a while Y gave up bein' on the stage
an all, Jest for the sake (as the papers
said she said) OF "darnln' stock.n's an
havin' some babies to kiss"-yes, an
livln' with a husband that she loves.
I tell you, | wonder II the bright young
HUMAN girl. who has the job o lettin'
that Sl,7O0 a month be spent on her,
won't want to excuse mel chuck II
all once In a while an jest be nothin'
but a GIRL-'thout fuss or fiummery,
but Jest havin' a simple, merry time
with other girls an boys. an not have
so much high finish" on 1t all.
Why. my uncle-probably you don't
know my uncle, do you?-weil. my
uncle used to read to me out OF
a book that told bout a mighty
handsome English glrl named EthcI
Newcome that was bein' regularly
trained an groomed lest like a thoro'-
bred Alley, SOS she could win In a race
to marry some young lord or other An
II seemed that the lords was plenty
enough, an wlllln' enough; but some
how she Jest COULDN'T bring herself
to "have'' any of 'em, an finally mar
rled q mere portrait painter Though tne
sor Of a mighty fine gentleman. | tell
YOU'D named Give Newcome Cher
in, ne was. too, jest cause she was
good an true. an he loved her an she
loved him.
wish the sfrl ~.U-SNs. SA<hty we'll
that's goin' 20 have thss xsSsc Gent on
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reflections of a = e g
- achelO Girl
BY Helen Rowland

IT. TI NN4W TT "a ROW IS The blessed Chrtsfmds season. phen a man
uSIV uho needs three dollars for a pair Of shoes
u7 WI> Y uHV send fire dollars uorth Of piU6ts to a
H. = Igrl who lacks two dollar. for a pair Of gloves.
=-S When the fire is out on Lores altar it is time to
thrOU acc the dshes-and start another IRE.
OF course. marriage is a womans "he cork" and nouadays the hardest
part OF the "pork' consists in getting a husband.
A man may consider a good uue "a pearl ADORE price" but that doesn't
prevent him from trying to "shfn0' her
When a bachelor says that he can't ind any Uonan choH marrvh him
he usually means hat he as managed to escape all those sho tried to.
Nowdddys the difference between painted cheeks and a good com.
plerion is merely the difference in the ry you put it on.
The reprehensibe thing about accepting attentions from a married man
Is not that it looks improper, but that It looks so hard up.
for consolation.
An ounce Of impetiaence is worth a pound Of persuasion, in any mans
opinion.
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getting nervous about It and really
dread the future"
You are a very silly girl TO pay any
attention 20 such nonsense, Use your
In~tel'igenos and try to realize that an
accident OF the alphabet could not pos
s.bly afiCct YOUR future.
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marry permitting your husband or wife to think falsely
that you love him or her.
Sometimes 1t takes a great deal Of courage 10 toll peo-
pic you no longer love them, or that your love was a mis-
take from the first. But be assured Il would take far more
COURAGE to live day after day with some one who had
ceased to have any hold over your affections.
Many people Will tell you !. 3 dlshonorable 70 break
an engagement, Any one Of sense Will tell you II Is
far more d!shonorable not 70 break It II you no lon ger
care. And the day will come when the person you no
longer love will thank you FOR telling tho truth. He or she
may repronch you at the time and use bitter words, but
every thinking individual must sooner or later realize that
IAN a marriage where there Is not perfect love.
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lady who works as a cashier and
learned to care for her very much.
Every detail % her character to me
seemed perfect, But recently l made an
appointment with her inc I waited
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eA Broken Engagement.

n n Y dear young people. never hesitate to break an engagement to marry
' time a cruel thing to do. but. believe ne II Is far les erel than 70
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CHAPTER TX.
Association of Ideas.

ME a Ilght IumCI at Bel wood.
alone, with Bella to look
after me In the dlning-room.
She was very solicitous, and
when she had brought my
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Happiness and
$1,7OO a Month!
BY Ebert Hubbard Jenkins.


SEE by the papers that it's
goin' to cost somethln' over
$1,000 to take a young girl
around Europe for ten months
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In great agitation, Taylor asked for
permission to talk with Breden. The two
men had an exciting dialogue and then
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While it is eminently fitting that the
sperry bnl providing for the conces-
sion of ranking privileges to Theodore
Roosevelt and 70 all future ex-Presidents
Of the United States, should receive the
hearty approval of both Houses Of Con-
gress' the announcement that only the
other day no less than sixty-one sacks Of
mail arrived in a single consignment at
Indianapolis, franked by a Congressman
at Washington 20 his secretary, renders
It OF timely interest 20 point out that the
National Parliament of the United States
Is the only one In the world the members
OF which continue TO enjoy the free use
Of the mails.
In fact, franking. which was in its
origin, both in Great Britain and on the
continent OF Europe. restricted 10 the
mobiles, and was abolished as d class
provilege. unfair 10 the masses, that is
10 say. to the nation at large. survives
alone here in America. which is the home
Of true democracy, and the proudest
boast OF whose citizens is that of equal
rights for all"
The ranking privilege. that is Ia say.
the right to send letters free Of any
charge for their transmission by mail.
seems 10 have existed IN England as far
back as the reign Of Queen Elizabeth.
being limited by the sovereign in those
days 20 the peers Of the realm. and 10
the Lords Spiritual f. q. prelates with
seats in the House Of Lords. Under
Cromwell the House OF Commons as
sumed the prerogative, and retained II
after the restoration by consent Of
Charles II despite much opposition on
the part Of the Lords In course OF
time, gross abuses developed in connec-
ton with the privilege. which excited the
disapproval Of the sovereign. 10 whom the
revenues OF the pOst-ofilce belonged
Queen Anne IS on record as having yigor-
ously protested against the misuse OF
the favor OF free postage by members
OF Parliament. who. not content with
ranking their own correspondence
ranked the letters Of their friends and
Of their friends friends.
II was George III who turned over the
post-oftice revenues 20 the state. I'm re-
turn for a fixed allowance from the
treasury, and then OF course the gov
eminent attempted 20 inaugurate a
stTcter regime. But the abuses went On
as much as ever and in IT'S il was com
planned that not only were the bona
fide franks out Of all proportion to the
paid-for letters. but. moreover. fraudulent
and forged franks surpassed IN number
the authentic ones
In the days Of Pitt, when bankers and
merchants began 20 invade the House
.ot Commons and 10 supplant the country
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CATCHING BIG CRIMINALS
detective Burns Gives Interesting Instances of Work that
Requires Tact and ability

the trail and vanished. I learned the
name Ut his sweetheart and called on
her one evening. Rudd. tall. fierce
eyed and bull-voiced man, was there
he had returned from a discreet sOJOurn
In tho woods to get married.
know you he beloved. as soon
as he saw me. You are q detective and
am going to knock your head on
My friend. I said. you are half right
and half wrong. I am lawyer and rep
resent certain fire insurance companies
that huvo paid a lot Of money 10 Jim
French and his confederates. We have
hired a number Of detectives. and the
size Of their bills has led us TO think
they are a pack OF swindlers. Among
their items. Rudd. is $1,000 in money that
they say was paid to you Whereat he
beloved all tho louder
French Is Caught.
We'll, 10 give you condensed story,
/ employed Rudd at $50 a month and
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PRIVILEGE RARE
Proposed Benefit to Former President Roosevelt Is Restricted
Abroad to Regning Sovereigns.

squires, the gentry, and IN fact the I'M
titled aristocracy, matters became still
worse. During three months in 1874 it
is on record that there passed through
the London pOst-oAice more than a
quarter Of a million letters. ranked by
bankers and merchants who were MEM
bers Of the House Of Commons. and who
used their franks for the purposes OF
their mercantile business
OF course in those days a frank was
an even suH greater consideration than
it is to-day here in America, as cheap
postage had not yet been introduced.
and the rates charged by the state for
the conveyance Of mail were extremely
high. How high they were may be
gathered from the perusal Of memoirs
dealing with life toward the close Of the
eighteenth and in the first three decades
Of the nineteenth century. in which re-
peated references IS 20 be found 10 the
action of peers, and members Of the
House Of Commons. in granting franks
20 friends.
t@-AANs 80 AAhA 4lafAtlF given FfoAl ~
legislators as tokens of friendship and
regard. and as an always acceptable and
valuable present, but were even sold.
For whenever a spendthrift in either OF
the chamber Of Parliament found him
self in need Of money. he was always
able 10 turn more or less honest penny
by selling whole patches Of his franks
60 oeI h. il. IL .Tt
down and 10 scribble his name on the
backs Of several hundred sheets Of
paper. For in those days our modern
envelopes had. not been introduced.
In 1870. however. when through the et-
forts Of Sir Rowland HILL the penny
postage was established. the ranking
privileges Of peers. q Parllamentary pre-
lates. and members OF the House OF
Commons, were abolished. and have re-
manned so ever since. True. an attempt
was made some four years ago 20 re-
store this prerogative.
CuHously enough, IL came from the
Labor members Of the late House Of
Commons. that is 10 say precisely from
that element OF Parliament which had
always been most vociferous In its de-
mands for the abolition Of every kind OF
class privilege The reason for the
movement in favor OF the restoration OF
the franking system coming from pre-
cisely this quarter. was that the Labor
members are mostly working-men. OF
small means, who are spar.ngly remun-
Grated for their legislative services by
their constituents, and who find that their
postage bills constitute a heavy drain
upon their limited resources.
Their application was. however. denied
by the government. and defeated by the
House, and Parliament may be con-
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greedy besides. and decided to try a little
counterfeiting on their own account A
genuine 81 bill is green on one side and
black on the other. Taylor and Bredeli
found an acid that would bleach the
green. BY splitting two bills down the
center and pasting the black sides to-
gether. they got a perfectly white sur
face. Unknown 10 Jacobs, they printed
ten SEQ silver certificates and one Of them.
as told you, was paid during the course
OF business into the subtreasury OF Phila-
delphia.
Il hired room across the street from
Taylor and Bredelrs engraving establish
ment and caused both men to be shadow
ed night and day for several months. At
first. you must remember, l had nothing
more tangible than a theory OF my own
invention. Taylor and Bredell worked in
back room. Whenever the front door
was opened a buzzer would give an alarm
and the plates would be quickly put in
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were en- route 10 South America last
winter, they stopped at Jamaica and Wis
tied their future son-in-law. It was not
until then that Mr.. Bryan save his con-
sent TO the marriage His only objection
/ to the young Engiishman was that ne
was foreigner. but when he discovered
that he vas of American temperament
and inclination, he yielded TO the young
Englishman's earnest pleadings for the
hand Of the brilliant young woman. Mrs.
! Bryan favored the match as soon as she
discovered it was a real love case.
Reginald owen belongs to a family of
Welsh descent that for several genera
! tions has been prOmineE, in the affairs of
the Church of England. His paternal
grandfather and great-grandfather both
Of whom were named John owen. were
dignitaries Of the church and were con-
spicuoUsly identified with its history in
Ceylon.
In that colony Reginald Owen. now
twenty-six years old. was born and lived
until he was semitic England by his faith
er, also named John owen. to be edu-
Gated He won distinction a few years
aSo while he had charge Of important
telegraph work for his government in Ire
land. He is Swapping fellow, over six
feet tall, Of athletic figure. and soIdierly
bearing.
The bulk Of his family estate is in Cey-
lon His father, a widower. now resides
in London. where he is on a dozen or
more boards OF English companies char
tered 10 do business in Great Britain's
Eastern possessions.
After a brief stay in Europe Mr.. and
Mrs. Owen will return to the husband
station in the West Indies.
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From tho New York American.
Mrs. Leavitt, Ruth Bryan, who IS to
wed Reginald Owen, Of the Royal Civil
Engineers, had taken up voice culture at
Hanover, in the Kaisers domain, with
the view Of continuing. for a while at
least, her short but successful career as
a lyceum lecturer under the auspices OF
the University Of Nebraska in its univer-
sity extension work. But her English
sutton pressed his suit so hard. both upon
her and her parents. that with their con-
sent she abandoned her studies in Ger
many and came back home 10 be married,
She arrived i'm New York last Saturday
on the Cambria. from Europe. She re-
manned here two or three days to do
some shopping. Then she continued her
journey to Lincoln TO await her wedding
day. She told her secret TO only a very
few friends whom she met while stopping
at the Hoffman House, and how well
they have kept it is shown by the fact
that the American is the first newspaper
10 publish the news
Mrs. Leavitt met her fance In Colorado
late last summer. He was visiting rela
tives there. II was a case OF love at first
sight" With great ardOr he pressed his
suit She refused to give him an answer
until he had met her father and mother
and obtained their consent. He visited
them at Fairview, before returning to
his post at Jamaica, in the West Indies,
where he still is stationed and engaged
in important engineering work for the
British government in connection with
the insular defenses.
When Mr. and Mrs. Bryan. accompanied
BY their daughter and her two children,
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Something New.
From Punch.

From Punch.
The stomach is not vital organ"
said doctor at an inquest. "a person
can get on quite we'll without one"
This suggestion for a new operation
comes just at the right moment. Society
was getting tired OF having its appendix
removed
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zone MINIS Lament.

From London Truth.
why was not born Fido?" muttered
a shivering. starving man on the en-
bankment. There is an enormous leak
age OF love in the world. and II all pours
on animals! The lap-dog suffering from
surfeit at one end OF the social system.
the laborer starving at the other.
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FrfendEhfu

Ito Mrs. Walter R. Powen.)
Though fate sits at the loom, It's clear
That through the fabric Of my DAYS.
In warp and wool, thy friendship dear
Has rVp its shuttle's Frightening rays.
SAM. NJ. GAINES.
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IC0pgrisht, IglQ, b the Brentwood ComUany.l