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ed poacher who took a hand in the great diamond robbery. he proved to hc Just
the nan for the part But he had a hard time with the props" When h at
positively refused to take the count and as luck would have It, later on no
couldn't get light for his cigar a the fireplace of tho Arnytlge Arms, 50 ne
had o De content VITA a dry smoke But he riumphed over these dhheuIues
as well as his many 'astdes, and IN speaking OF he diamonds with which Seths
ambitious daughter Ilety GNtterea, he tunderoi, Take Ell or there's a curse
every stone" without givng the audience a chance to gNe him te. auyh
Hiss Leonore Harris seemed to think that tho emotional opportunity Of her life
had come at tho end Of this scene, bt Mr. lMn let her rave and then calmly
walked OFF With the honors.
Thomas \, Wise was worth his weight In houeuy hnmor MS te travelling
snowman Jarvis and Miss Jcnrcys LOWS He'd the bin as the good Mrs Jarvis
Little Marguerite Clark played the boy Saike.pcirc captaHy. But for spread
hi God checrt there was noUo to equal the head Of the family, Nj, Wise was
a big Item in the performance always beann-y human and thoroughly in char
acter Another good touch vas given by T0Ig.ls Fairbanks, who looked Ike
a born cotcr as Philosopher JacN. lie caught rrc manner Ccv~ly and even II
vey well. IAwrnee porsay as equally well suited to the shabby senuhty Of
Percy De We're Frank Hatch made the old odscSecpor a real character, but
Edward Emery, excellent actor that he is didn't quite get the squire,
The real surprise o. tho performance came when Thomas @ Sed5rooke, as a
" god Irish bobby" pulled nut from under the bridge poor, homeless joey.
A this shiyerng starving Nte cripple, with his !iful cough and hiss more
pihtn hope Of prison, Master sidney Ray Mcven was 50 pathetic and above all 50
Ample and genuine that he found a warn place in the hear o. IN audience
In a ome this lad had reduced the house to silence II lot to teas. Miss
Doris Keane, Is BeHs, produced M large shining tear when ,r Courteney re-
turned in his prison paamas and caspea her in his arms for tho sixteenth time
But n betrayed something suspiHously Nke a smile when sne said at the end,
And then we'll 30 10 the dear old hone''
BE that Is it may, crowds ares sure to 6 0 to the Lyric to see The Lights o
London"
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on account OF charges that he had
cheated at cards, Howard always held
that the charges were false. but that
was why he wanted to travel"
You know OF no other trouble which
this LAWYER had2'
No, one"
Then whore IL he now"
Dead"
"DeadY' iTrant's face fell.
Trnnt picked up the next letter. which
was dated and postmarhed at Calcutta.
MISS Waldron-l ave seen him
hFiln,' he read, WHO, YOU ask? Nv
Moslem friend with a taste Cor your
correspondence. You see. I can again
Joke ABOUT 70, but really il was only
Iast night aHd | am s,i!l IN n perfect
'uhR. u was the same man-Ill swear
~'t-s'o".es9 and turlaued and enjoying
me pleasant pursuit OF going through
my writing desk for your letters.
'lNd h" follow US down the Red SEA-,
across the Indian Ogean-over 5000
miles ~ oceah travel? | can Imagine
no other cNp!inaiion-for I would take
oath to MS ~ldentl,y-the very same man
! saw ~ Cairo. hut now here In this
Great Eastern tiotc. at Calcutta, where
We have two rooms at the end OF tho
most no!su;ur corridor that ever Gagged
the sounds ana cdOrs 81 "A hnhhllrg East
Indldn population, u where the doors
have no locta. | had the end OF a
trunk against my door, Notwithstanding
the fact that an Indian servant I have
hlrci was sceping In tho corridor out
SID" across the doorway. but It booted
nothing for L.aWler in the next room
had neglected 10 fosten hls door In any
way. trusting 10 his servant, who occu-
pied a Ike strategic position outside the
threshold, and the door between u
two rooms was open.
II had been asleep In spite OF every
thins-in spite OF The snores and ster-
torous breathing of "a f~.oorful OF sleep
ing humans, for the partitions between
the rooms do not come within several
feet OF the ceiling; in spite Of the dis
tant believing OF a sacred bull, and the
nearer howl Of a very far from sacred
DOG. and u juggling OF elephant bells
which were set OFT iutermlttently some
where close at hand whenever some liv-
Ing thing In the Northumberland
or human-shifted its position. I wAs
awakened-at least | believe Il was this
which awakened me-by a creaklnS OF
the floor boards In my room. and. with
What seemed a causel IS. but was GER
tainly one OF thu most oppressive fsol-
lngs OF chilling terror I have aver -
per!enesd. I started upright In my ~
To BE Continually
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oA Photograph.

papers In my writing desk. But the
very slight noise ! had made In turn
ing on the bed had warned aim. lie
rose. with "A Kissing intake OF the
breath. his feet battered softly and
swiftly across the floor. any door creakod
under his hand, and he was gone be-
fore | could jump from the bed and In
tcrrcpt him.
II ran out into the hallway. but II
was empty. ! listened. but could near
No movement In any OF the room near
me. ! wen back and examined the
writing desk. but found nothing miss
ing' ana Il was plain nothing Aad been
touched except some OF my letters from
you. But, before finally going 20 bed.
sou may we'll believe, | looked mg door
carefully; and In the morning I reported
the matter TO the hotel office. The orly
description | could give VI the intruder
was thut lie had certainly worn a tur-
ban. and one even larger II seemed 10
me than ordinary. The hotel attendants
had seen no one coming from or enter
ing my corridor that night who m
swcrcl this description.
The turban and the absence OF Euro
pean shoes, % curse. determined him 20
have been an Egyptian, Turk or Arab,
But what Egyptian. Turk or Arab could
have entered my room with m other
NIINIf imam tefN-N was GER
taluly not tho aim OF my intruder. for
the yaluallsg lp tho writing desk were
untouched That same afternoon. e is
true, ! had had an alteration amount
Ing almost 10 a quarrel vita a Redouin
An Al N my way back from Heiiopols;
but II tails were he, why should Ge nave
taken revenge on my writing desk In
,trld Of on me? And what reason on
earth can any follower OF the Prophet
have had for examining vita such par
ticuiar attention Wy letters from you?
1T Ma So ,.HlGci'v a strange thing
that ! have taken an this space 10 tell
Il T. yOu-ouc OF tho s~trdngest sort OF
things I've had IN all my knocking
about; and LAWYER can make nc more OF
II han l."
'NYho Is this f.awler who was with
Mr.. Axiom them" Trant looked up tn
terestedly from the last page OF the
letter.
- only know he was a friend Howard
made la l~nnddn-du Interesting man
who Lad travelled a great deal. partlc-
uiIr,y I'm America Howard was lonely
after his mothers death; and as Mr..
laWler was about his age. they struck
up n friendship ana travelled together. -
An English younger son. perhaps
II don't know anything elso except
that no had been In the English army
in the Royal sussex Regiment-bu
was forced to give MP his cominissa on
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THE AXTON LETTERS T%2} ED%It
From The Achievements of Luther Trant," by
EDWIN BALr1ER and WILLIAM M'HARG

getting undrcssed and into bed. when a
slIght-a very silght rustl!ng noise at
trlg;cd my attention.
Il listened i~ntently TO locate the d.
rcctlon of the sound n determine
whether It was inside the room or out
Of II, and then heard In connection vita
II "A slightcr and more regular sOuud
which could be nothing else han breath
ing. Some living creature. Miss Wal
drJn, was In ms room. The sounds
came from the direction OF the table
by tho window. / turned my head a.
silently as | was able. n was awate
that a man was holding a sheet OF
paper under the light OF tho lamp. lie
was at the table going through the
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way"
yes, Mr., Trart: IN vou must be fair
10 Mr.. Anton also" the grl REPLIED.
when ] first wrote him, almost n wear
ago. he refused point blank to consider
such an offer. In spite ~ my repeated
letters It was not TIL six weeks ago,
after a shlpwrcck In which he lost his
freud who had been travelling with
him for some years. that he would con-
sent even to zone home. Even now /
! remain the ono urging the marriage"
The psychologist looked NJ the glrl
hern'y and q~uost!onlnrly.
II need scarcely say now little urglnp
he would need, entirely apart from the
property Caryl flushed. ~ he were not
gentleman enough 10 apprecldte-partly,
at 'oast-MlSS Waldron's position. her
friends, ! mean, Mr.. Trant-hays al
mltted that he appeared at FIRST well
enough IN every way TO permit the posri-
hlity OF her marrying him ~ sho c0n-
siders that her duty, Hut now, THIS
mystery has come up about the man
who has been following him-the mar
who appeared again only this mornine
IN Miss Waldron's room and wen,
through her papers,
And Mr., ANton cannot account for
IT, the psychologist helped him.
"AXton won't tell her or anybody else
who the man is or why he follows MIN,
on the contrary, he has opposed IA
every possible way every Inquiry or
search made for the man, except such
as he chooses to make for himself.
Only this morning he made a threat
against Miss Na,droa II she attempted
20 summon t5e police and take the man
out OF his hard',' and II Is JecGuac
am sure that he win follow us here (,
| prevent her consuA.ng you-when he
Nnds that sha has come hers-that
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Copyright. 1910, By Small. Maynard = Col

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING iNsTALMESrS.
:. Howard Axiom Is cnsIsed O. marry Ethel
NdldrUu, an hrrgss. Al uhnu uIe cas- a mAu
breaks INTO Etacl's home ami rsusacAs her Nuuiug
desk. She s,es the alarm. Axiom p!Isucs it5
intruder, but tails To capture HIN. lie is u4.
arc,mnibb excited over The al, ruture, bit ior-
BID, Ethel 70 notify be police. So Sic summons
Henry ,hyl, a. llnly tntnh, Against As,'n's
the pslchulugisi' detective. CAM tolls lshut
TINT Etlcl Is NNto9's st%eIs,steT. mat the family
h, shMe at il only ny MARI! nR her. TO srorr,
Ills justice 70 her di-!nacr,'ci strlhru.hcr, tagl
SAYS. Ethel has Offered 10 marry Axt0n. huYli
she does not love.
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ThKe e Pl@MS
%EN lights O London XNEN
MaHK Big Melodrana N[EW
,NWN Done in a Big Way. ~
~ CHARLES DARNTON.

ND they Kissed the villain! Could you ask for better proof " the success Of
4 I last night? No, Harold Armytage. no!
Seriously 1t vas big me0drama done In a big way There was M nonsense
OF III part of the factors. They threw themselves body and soul into the good
Old thriller, and by their very clrnest1ess made II seem human, stars came
dow to earth instead OF trying to play up over M another This was The
best part Of a generally good performance. glory e to Brady II his arm was
n . sling because of having been hit by a piece of falling scenery, his heart
must have been swinging comfortably in a hammock, for IN house as packed
from top to bottom, and interest couldn't haer run higher II the theatre had been
an al-night bank. To bet sure the audience showed quite frankly that it hd NOT
checked its sense of unlor at the Goa room, but then It must b remembered
that a frstnight audience is ne Of tho most sophisticated products IF te New
York market. Other audiences Will no doubt take the play as seriously as did
the actors themselves astn night And for that matter tat fn only served to
help the play along
Perhaps the most surprised la IN the cast a Charles Rchman. who
played the carefully dressed villain. The Kisses tina greeted aim As he took his
turn across the stage before thu curuhn fairly knocked him Into his top-hat
Disguised as he "A with a false mustache h, couldn't disguise the fact tina,
h was mot preDarel 20 be tlhen at his ful mel2Irlmate xalae. ann whom q
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To Make Him Ecoronfse.
GIRL who signs her letter "a. o.
- nrIta.s

A GIRL who signs her letter "a. o.
~ 4" writes:
II am In love with a certain
young man and | know he loves me. lie
takes me out to tho theatre very fire.
quently and brings mo flowers and
candles. Now. | know he Is not In a
position to spend a great deal of money.
so l would like to know how can stop
him from doing 40 much for me"
why not suggest. the next time the
young man asks YOU TO the theatre. that
YOU and he spend a quiet evening at
home Instead? II you think you could
do 1t tactfuily you might even say you
think 1t rather foolish to spend too
much OF ones income in mere amuse-
ment. But be careful what you say.
for. after all. you must remember II Is
not entirely your own affair. unless the
young man asks you advice.
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THE mim!rry OF !nanimato things
by insects Is ono OF their ch'er
4 means OF protection. The walk
ing-stiuts, as they are called. are IN
srcts that resemble the tw.gs OF trees
with almost absolute n1cl,ty. There
are moths that pass the days, Win
outstretched wings. Nat on The trunks
Of trees. and, from a short distance
cannot easily 90 distinguished from a
5at,h Of l!oneu. The leaf butterfly OF
india takes the form, color. and even
the vcinlugs % a Leaf 80 closely that
It IL next to Impossible TO distinguish
one when 4 Is AZ rest. says The Scrap
Book. These IRE but a Few VI the re-
variable protective mlmlcgies among
Insects. In every case the action Is On
tirely unconscious on The part Of tho
Insects.
The most wonderful boring apparatus
In the world Is possessed by tho great
lcnneumon ~. II IL composed OF three
black h!aments, all extremely fragile. no
~l,r,cr or sitter than a hsrschair and
about i've inches long, These 1T to-
ro,Hcr Win grooves, and glide easily
along their entire length, The three.
when Gt'cd together. are no larger in
diameter than q small, needle. and 80
Nexlb.c that a slight breath OF air will
bend them. Yet with this remarkable
instrument It's owner can bore three
' or '0u~ ir~Ncv 'n'' 80 Nrr'cs
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B city n
Advice to L Lovers
WUelcome Attentions.

n n Y dear young men. do not force your attentions
IVI upon some girl who shows you quite plainly
that sho neither likes nor adnlres you.
IL a girl ts not interested In you mturaliy-I msaa Il
you ae not the sort of a man some one particular stri
ikes-it In seldom that you can cultivate her friendship by
giving her an overdose OF your company.
II IL unpieaSant, know, II you like q grl and II shs
zoos not seem disposed to Hike you, but. believe me. you
cannot mako matters any better by following her about and
insisting upon seeing her when she gives You every reason
u believe that she could dispense with your company.
MY dear young men, II n girl does not wish you to
call upon her. do not Insist on doing 80. Remember that
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storm OF Kisses checked
him in his triumphant
march he looked highly
indignant.
With everything In his
favor-lor he VAS ilar-
old, our hCj0-Wiulam
tourtenay stgeakcd 4.
across the stage as
though he were run
ming for his lie. Others
night take tho honors.
but he was taking no
chances. Mr. Courte-
nay was evidently i'm
bued with the idea that
the race was to tho
swift. He had qualified
as a bridge Jumper and
saved Holbrook Blinn's
life by a hair. or rather
a wig that looked like
the understudy OF a
mattress. but f. was as
q stage runner that n"
broke all records. As
4 matter OF fact he had
nothing to fear. for he
gave a performance
chat stamped him as
tho Ideal hero OF mo,o-
drama. and when the
laughs were thickest he
never cracked a smile.
After jumping from the
bridge. nc leaped from
a second-story window
and knocked down half
OF Mr.. Brady's highly
trained mob before be-
ing finally overpowerel.
Youth, good looks, agil-
ity and a mighty punch
carried him safely
through the most high
falutn' lines.
Mr.. Blinn'a training
on the English stage
shortly after no left
san Francisco stood
him - good stead as
Seth Pvceuc, the beard
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He Is Jealous.

A ORR. who signs her letter "B.
n H. writes. II am deeply In
love with a young man. and I
have been engaged TO him for four
months. We would be perfectly happy
II he was not Jealous. And yet I do
absolutely nothing to make him jealous.
Instead. I really try to please him in
every way I can"
My dear little Girl. you will just have
to be pleasant with him for a while.
lie will soon realize how swee, you are
and how he can trust you. And then
he win get over his Jealousy.
They Are Engaged.
S writes. s'' Signs ".' letter IT, o..
4 am In love with a young man
and there Is an understanding between
W.. In fast. we are about to announce
our engagement. Would It be proper,
under the circumstances. for mo to give
the young man my photograph"
1t would be entirely proper to give the
young man you are going to marry your
photograph.
CT Photograph.
A GIRL who signs her letter Sc H."
II ave known a young man
three weeks and he sav mo his photo
graph. Now he has asked me to give
him my photograph. DO you think /
should 10 so?'
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A MODERN VISIONARY.

post-Thompson claims that he once
saw Q vision.
Yarksr-Blonde or brunette w
. sStO Home Companion.
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THE WORST.

Willle-What's tho most feroclous
animal IN tho circus, papa?
PATH calliope. my son.-Woman's
Home Companion
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CHAPTER III.

OF mean that you offered
TO marry h!m?" Trant
questioned the girl directly
s~Iln. and no has come
to gain his estate In that
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would not give my photograph TO q
young man were I In your place on suca
short acquaintance.
He Does Not Gaze.
A MAN who signs his letter g. 8.
"A H." writes:
II am In love with a girl. but
there Ia another girl who shows very
plainly that she likes me. | do not like
THIS second girl at all. and l want to
know what To do"
simply do not call upon the young
lady you do not like. nor pay her any
other attentions.
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the only wy to win Il girl who is really not very anxious to be ~ou 1, IN rive
her ne more Of you company han he seem to desire
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VA IN! YOU FINALLY Gwe rNs IOWA Iop y
AFRO 50 eAac,es & Youa Ntre q
Youa IoAo q foue ehrHeoo tote q
| y,,o pou,ea 5WhIes q foua = HA'nA'
s.o 4oue. NrNec G. fouA wpsTte +
Ysun BeLA eNr a NhsH q Glove -
Mo-, no.. NO! - W 10 Iell Nov ~Aeae
IT Whs nj TOOK Sou QUIZ
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pN MA! aa,uA! Rerepsea- JnArNS lie
on, Youa uaeue ecooAT Tie e,eHcle
G ,ve. Nov q H'Heo Fan W ! cow
p,oe 8 Soo- 5Mo cow
reveo 4oo on Ne sa~' g Noe v"
AVON from You q Nooe " OUT No'
Ne. eounrpl O. Ao " ~ NE 'u's
Aro uIOv,o Vt 7sl, SoS Waesc " "'s
- No. p,, IA, AnO -
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tomorrer." and no one being near to
see her she wrung her hands. There
seemed but little chance that, having
only me evening TO effect her plans.
she would succeed. 1t could only be
by good luck.
In the afternoon Mark began to moan.
TriGgs went in to see him and asked
what was the matter. Mark told him
that he was i'll. As the afternoon wore
away the prisoner groaned and moaned
till Triggs went back to him, and Mark
tod him that he thought he was going
to die. Mrs. Triggs carried in his sup
per, but he refused to eat
What y got?" she asked.
Cholera, | reckon"
Good Lord.'
II want some medicine" said Mark.
III you'll send the black girl for it I'll
pay you and her well"
~ amt got no money"
Yes. | have. but y don't know whar
it ix."
Mrs. Triggs reported the matter to
her husband. who. fearing that the
prisoner would not be in condition for
the hanging which was to occur the
next morning. consented Mark was
furnished with = scrap Of paper and
a pen. and wrote the name of a mix
ture he remembered for cholera NOR
bus. Souri, was furnished with money
extracted from Iakey's boot and bur
ried to town,
When she came back it was quite
dark. Only a faint line OF light was
left in the west. Az she entered she
met TriggS going out of the gate. She
went as quickly as she could go with
out being heard 10 The prisoners room
"Medicine." she said to the guard and
passed in without waiting permission.
leaving the door partly closed behind
her.
Here. quick. A burnt cork. Rub t
on yer face" she whispered.
Mark seised the cork and applied it.
Souri, stood in the corner with her back
to him, and taking of her dress threw
1t to him. Mark took OF his ute
clothes and threw them TO her. Each
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Miss Myrtle Johnson, the old.

Miss Myrtle Johnson, the old.
est daughter of Geo. Johnson,
formerly a section boss a. this
place, was married at her home
at Puyallup, Wash, October 29th
to Adam Friese
Conductor Geo. Eastman who
has been in charge of the train on
this branch for some time past,
has accepted a passenger run on
the main line. Mr.. Eastman is
an obliglng conductor and the
travelling public regret to have
HIM leave the Sisseton line, but
nevertheless we are pleased to
note Mr.. Eastman's advance
ment. Mr.. Etdre1 is the new
conductor on this brapch.
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CHAPTER VIII.
DE CAUSE OR FREEUM.

DE CAUSE OW FKEi5JM.
~ the morning after Jakey's
interview with the coiored
woman through the crack in
the jailyard fence Souri, Slack
vas washing dishes by an open win
Cow In the kitchen. IN addition built
of pine boards to one Of the united
houses which formed the Slack dwell
ing. The sun was shining brightly. and
. morning glory she had trained up to
grow about the window was fresh with
6ew. Souri's heart felt unusually light.
She air was SO fresh: the sun was so
bright: the morning glory lowers had
such q comp%anionable look in them
that S0uri Wsts very happy.
Suddenly there tafae to her IL quicl
sinking away from Che %pleaSurable sen
sation 4 sense ~ danger rushed in to
tlke lis pare. surely something itor
1hle wa& abort t. happen.
In a moment she heard the chatter OF
Dorse's boots coming at Il gallop, Look
ing up the road. Of which she had =
view from the window. she saw II
horse covered with foam tearing to
ward her. with u negro boy on his
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wizard y sit this?", asked Souri,.
her face white rs ashes.
Dunno. Left wid de niggers at Mr.,
rorbut's plantation. re Nj. Torbut's
nigger."
who tole " ter tote hit hyar?"
'Ole nigger what ieabe hit"
"What'd he say?"
"Nu6en." And the boy pointed to
the corner AZ II that was sufficient ex-
PLANTATION for any one.
Souri, could not read what was writ
ten there, but she knew Mark had been
captured. and it was fair to suppose
that he was at or near Chattanooga.
"Waal.' she said, " niggers hev
passed this ter me: reckon y ken pass
me back; I'll go til ". Air. y hungry
s'I'ze rid since one o'clock dis mawn-
in"
.AWaal, take yer horse round ter the
barn fur a feed. and then come in
Ayar."
The darby showed his white teeth
ana did as he was hidden. When he
eslne IN Souri, placed something to eat
before him. and then went in to In
form her mother Of what had happen
"a.
Nav" she said, "Jakey's Tux"
ia sakes!~ exclaimed the mother
With ! scream. Air they goen ter
hang himY'
Don't know. The s0jer's TUX. too.
Reckon they'll hang him. sarten.'
How'd Y know"
eour1 told her about s:vinE Mark the
nan6kerchief ma ~ return in e
AeouDo % fredum.*
0Ant shall wa 6Of' nnancd -
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fro BE CONTINUED
NEWS FROM OUR NElGhBORS.

summit Signal:
O.. O. Briggs, bakery and ice
cream parlor man, and Fred Mel
son, druggist, of Miloank, we're
visitors to our city last Tuesday.
John Gold Of Big Stone, was
in Summit last FRIDAY and
bought 100 head of cattle from
Wiley Bros. He shipped them
the same day.
Mrs. L. M. Larson went to
Mllbank last Thursday to visit
her sister, Mrs. H. Fowler, re-
turning home Friday morning.
Lewis stayed home and took care
of the kids. He claims they did
not get the best OF him, either.
We will state however, that he
felt much relieved when Mrs.
Larson returned home.