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The Phantom Of the Opera

do not think that he HIT the lion,
only, ne smashed a mirror, AZ ! per
ceivcd the nest mornin at dlyhreak. We
must have covered a good distance dur
ing the night. for w suddenly found
ourselves on the edge % the desert, an
immense desert OF sand, stones and
rocks. II was really not worth while
leaving the forest % com" upon the
desert. Tired ont, ! nuuE myself down
beside the yiscIunt. for / uul had
enough ~ looking for syringe which
could not find.
l was quite surpr.scd-and Z said so
TO the viscount-taat VIC h9d cnooun-
tered no other dangerous animals DUR
ing the night. Usually, after the hon
came the leopard and sometimes the
buzz Of the tsctse fly These were
easily obtained effects; and I explained
20 VI. dc Chagny that Elk initiated the
roar OF - Hon on a long tahpur or
t'mbrel, with an ASS skin at one end.
over this skin No tied a string of cat
gut, which vas fastened at tIe middle
TO another siI.lar string passing
through the whole length OF the tabour.
Erik had only to rub this string with
a glove smCorel with resin and, accord
ing to the manner In which he robbed
II, he initiated TO perfection the voice
- the Non or the leopard, or even the
lulzzlnF Of the tsct-e fly,
The idea that Erik was probably In
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the room beside Us. working his trick.
made me suddenly resolve to enter
into a parley with him. for We must
obviously give up all thought OF taking
him by surprise. And by this time he
must he quito aware who were the
occupants OF his torture chamber. |
called him: Erik I.r.k!'
| shouted as loud rs | could across
the desert, but there was no answer
to my voice All around us lay the
silence ana the hare immensely % that
stony desert, what "a TO become Of
us iu the midst OF that awful solitude
We were beginning literally TO die Of
heat. hunger and thirst OF THIRST
especially. At last. I saw VI. de Chag ny
raise himself on hts elbow n point
20 a spot on the horizon, lie had
discovered an oasis
Yes. far in tho distance was an oasis
nm oasis with liul,id water.
which reflected the iron trees 4" :
Tush. It was In" scene ~ the mirage.
$50 I recognized IT AZ once . =
tho worst Of tho three 80 one
had been able to fight against II =
no one : | ala my utmost TO keep
my head and not to hope for water,
because | knew that. II q man hoped
for water. tho water that reflected tho
iron tree, and II. after hoping FOR water.
he Struck against the mirror. then there
was only one thing for him to do. to
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and then I dragged myselfr On
my knees toward what I had seen.
| had discovered. near the Punjab
lasso, in a groove IN the floor. Q black
beaded nail OF which knew the use.
~ last | had discovered the spring
| felt the nail lifted =
radiant face to VI. de Chagny. . n .
The b~lack-headed nail yielded to imy
pressure.
And then.
And taen Ne saw not n door opsnsd
In the wall. but n cellar-dap reieaSed
In the floor. Cool air came I'D to- US
from the black hole below. We stooped
over that square OF darkness as though
over a ltmpid well. With our chins In
the cool shade. We drank It in.
And We bent lower and lower oyer
tire trap-door What could there be In
that cellar which opened before us?
Water Water to drink
| thrust ny arm inJo the darkness
ana came upon a stone and another
stone q staircase a
tork staircase leading into the cellar.
The ylsrouLt wanted to hing himself
down the hole but /, fearing a new
trick OF the monsters, stopped him,
turned on my dark lantern and went
lpwa FIRST.
The staircase was a winding one and
lei down into pitchy darkness. But
OBJ, how dol.c.ously cool We're the dariI-
ness and tile stairs? The lake could
not be FAR away.
We soon reached the bottom Our EYES
were beginning to accustom themselves
TO the dark. 10 distinguish shapes around
u9 circular shapes ''rS
which | turned the light of my lantern
Barrels
We were In Erlk's cellar; q, was hurs
that he must keep his wine and perlsi -
his drinking water. / knew that ERIK
was a great lover OF good wine. An.
there was plenty 10 drink here!
NJ. de Chagny patted the round shsspes
and kept on saying:
Barrels Barrels, 80 What a
lot OF barrels" s"
Indeed, there was quite a number of
them, symmetrically arranged In two
rows, one on either side OF us. They
were small! barrels and | thought mat
Evny must hova selected thsm 81 'hat
Size to facilitate their carriage 70 tho
house on the luk
We examined them successive,y, 10 see
IlS one OF them had not a funnel. show
ing that It had been tapped at some time
Tor another. But an the barrels were her
metioally closed.
Then, after halt lifting one 20 make
sure n was full, We went on our knees
and, with the blade of a small knife
which ! carried. 1 prepared To ssave IN
the bung-hole. f,
go Be ~continuedl
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GY CHARLES OARNTON.

n NO 'l'lT' u thines a wife shold put her hushands house In order. ms
l domestic RUE vas applied by Manager W A. Brady to hts e PLAY house
= in West Foty-eshh street when it was sven It's first artistic airing on
the delicate blue-ani-sod charm Of Grace George. Harmony /. everything,
1t must be- confessed, however. that the Playhouse proved to be more ttrac-
tive than it, hrst play, After two performances OF Sauce for the Goose" Miss
George Hrs fed. But the Playhouse remains to he discovered by venturesone
the'tresocrs and to be praised Tor its beauties and comforts There is rest for
the weary is soothing coOr scheme as well a In its unusually easy chairs
and Il as built up,n ~ intimate plan that brings N close to the play. Mr.
Brady may well De proud OF hs fine new house. while Miss Gsorge viii 10 doubt
grow to rejoice in 1t when sler returns in the autumn and unpacks herr epertory
For the present " g must pc content with a neeung glimpse or he star who
apparently has maids her particular field that of the neglected wife who is clsver
enough in the enc - win back ar wandering pouse AS Hiss George wn her
nrt high comedy hnors in "INocouS' and achieved n further success IN "A
Womans Way" fh. may be excused for cunsns to IN Old. familiar theme. but
her public may also be excused for asking FOR a change. In Justice to Miss
Geraldine Ecncr, who wrote Sauce for te Goose" in collaboration with ru.che-
son lloyd. 70 should be said that shs finished herp play in bussful ignorance of "A Wo-
mana Way never having seer a Performance Of Thompson Buchanans comedy.
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a souImdte! And noU that ue hare become souImaes,
Ve pine for a PLAYMATE,
when "e Tcre rs kittens, zee prred as kittens: but ye despsed our XII.
tcnHh udyS and hnOcd fr an INTELLECTUAL companion. Yet, noo
that &c hare become HfGHBROWS, ye sigh for a sofa piHop.
when we Ueve "ctnDHg zines pc chdted at the marriage tie and nd-
moatShed rs for ~ "ueakncss;' yet, now that u hare become strong a
oaks" pc cry out at our "tnWomdahneSS"
when re corcred ourselves uWh cold cream and curl papers We shud-
dered at our ranity; yet, nop that u e hare east those things aside, 10
shuddcr at our rouserehes.
10, uhcn ace fOloWed ycdbOUt wMh hot udter bottles and soldtude dnd
sentiment pc called II "nag0Hg" Yet, now that ice n 10 longer tag after yc
as pOodcs, pc call ~ tOudTd and "unsympdthctfc"
when uc werc butterflies ye sighed under the burden Of u support and
complained that ue were bdntSs spcndthrtts. Yet now that zee hare be-
come grubs and sdrn our oWn Hrings ve declare u "mteminine' and er
claim mat ICE are taking your Jobs from Ne and the bread from out your
mouths
when " wcrc foolish pc deceived US and Knocked at US; yet nop that
zoe hare become arise" pc complain that zee ar all cynics
when ~ ucre "friHV' pc ud1ed exceeding sarcastic at the folly Of our
rms net nopt mat zee hare become sensible and taaormGde re shndder at
Or diudcd skirts and mdnnish wdys.
what then Will pc hare. o MANI For zee pouid be as pc desire u.s.
Yet how shan zee dtscover uhdt pc desire II ye know not phat pc WAIT,
pourseIvesf on srdhi
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is gained by ovcrcurhasaing the POINT that KITTY Constable Is a good woman
\ clever woman is always much more Interesting than a good one.
"Ha nulW-lt supper which KITTY shares with Harry Trarcrs IN his rooms
arcr her husband has tuuei OF to celebrate his wedding anniversary with
Mrs Auoway is merely tedious and K.Vs put Of view and her manners are
81, aunlcs,y unsophlsIclcd that the character and the play both seem ut of
tou. The i1l Of a wife suppug witt a bachelor in one apartment While she
Listens to the stops Of her husband in al apartment overhead where he is having
supper vita another woman has all sorts Of possibilities that are allowed to go
waste This scene reminds one Of nothing SO much as spice hat has lost IT.,
flavor The last oct has its most amusing moment when Travers, In fear and
trembling at Conytabcs suggestion that he take Kitty FOR all time, earnestly
protests that De could rot support a wife.
But a. oter times Frederick Peru, who played Travers overactcd rdcu-
lousy Excellent rotor az he iS Mr. Perry Is NOT a comedian As the husband
who Is supposed to he a writer Herbert Percy was appaiunsly dreary and utterly
mechanical Mss Keith Wakeman, as Mrs Anoway, and Miss Caroline Kenyon.
VINO wargl her tongue 1t odd moments, merely served % set off the superior
charms of Miss Goorgn
II was a very Easy matter FOR this Kitty to tossM Mrs AIoway into the dis
rad and make her husband ldmAt that she va a trump Miss George looked
very charming, nd carried or her ehtcr scenes with a dft touch ht has
conc t, be quite hr own In view of all this loneliness and skill II was a hit
ina1r.rlus TO hcr her say My to this and "Oh, N.Y. to that. In the
larg.ale Of Kitty, zone doesn't do that any. more
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

OF CHAT Els.
Rsoul de Chagny loves and ia loved by Chri.
tine Daae. a beautiful Young opera singer. The
iagis Dlera House, where Christine sings, is
haunted, employees declare, by a skeleton like Az
partion which they call the 20 era Ghost Tlt
'blera Ghost falls ia love with Christine. she
confesseS her love for Kaoul, aud. though warning
hun they can never marry, becomes engaged -
him. Christine one day takes l,loul to the roof
of the opera House. There she tells him Of II
masked man named Erik, With seemingly super.
natural pnWCrs, who lJyrs her and Nh1 once
carried her 20 his abode on an island In te AXE
that Lies under he Opera House. There. she SAYS,
he removed his mask. disclosing a horrible face,
She escal%d from his power hy a rIsg, taoUl Is
eager 10 Ady the man. Christine says this cannot
bee done, IN unsten creature has followed them
aud overheard their taAs. As CHRISTINE was s.nS
ing in Faust one night she Is mNstc1ousy I'D
mapped Ranul searches the Opera House tor
her, lie meets an cN,led Persian who claims to
know Erik and he aiters hiding place. Together
they start for the underground abode. They rraClr
Erik's mysterious house and find Themselves In a
room he has fitted M as an Oriental torture
chamber. The room IL arranged by means OF
mirron, &c, 10 resemble q forest. From an al
joining apartment they hear Erik pleading with
Christine, Erik learns from Christino's frightened
manner that there are lntruders IN the Torture
Chamber. lie turns intense heat into this room,
mas.rg the Persian ard ltaOul suffer almost mn
learahly, The two prisoners at length become
scml-!Clrious and fancy themselves lost IN a
tropical Jungle.
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|Betty Vincent Gives Advice on Courtship and Marriage(

shortly. However, ! have Just lost my
position and now | DO not know what
'p DO"
Tell 'ae young lady tho truth quite
t.AuhI. 4.| Fl. doubtless be willing
T., posi-. ... N.d1.ng until you are
ou.. m.u, . ....a financially.
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Couldn't Fool Hin.

thc Cd gentleran from up Stato
looking at the case Of vases from He-.
culaneum.
"Ncs, sir" answvvd the attendant,
"What, iist as thpy be-"
"leruaps some little pains have been taken N
cleaning them, but IN other respects they are the
same.
"Pshswn' muttered the old man, turning
away. "IIe can say what he likes. but. ny gum,
he can't fool NE into helieyln' Teady-made vases
were ever dug up out Of tn ground v'-Cleyeland
Leader.
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Sauce for the Goose
Is an unllnpor;ant little
pay that fails TO APP
p~rec.ate the im7or-
lance of being sincere.
Old material is euiv-
ened now ana again
by the feminine wit OF
Miss Bonner and the
feminine wiles OF Mise
George. who is always
at her best as n cat"
but comedy and farce
are so strangely mixed
that any sincerity Is
Gu. @ out OF the que5-
ton. The acting my
be largely responsible
for this impression,
for aside from Mis-
George the play has
boen badly cast.
Miss George played
with her customary
skill on $ a
night, b,.t with less
SPARKLE than uslal.
For one thing she was
inclined TO make the
young wife altogether
too patient. In n role
Of this kind II Is a
waste OF time to play
for sympathy, II IS
az a cat that Miss
George gets IN her
best work. When she
iiguratively tears off
THE hair OF Mrs. Al!o-
way and hangs II on
the gas fixture, where
the husband may see
II for what It Is worth.
she is delightfully."- fem
mime and unmistak-
ably human. Nothing
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beasts OF prey, / did indei try for a
moment to break off the branches, which
| would have III with my dark lantern,
but ! Knocked myself also against the
mirrors and remembered. IN time, that
we had only images OF branches TO 10
with.
The heat did not go with the daylight,
on the contrary. it was now stu hotter
under the blue RAYS OF the moon. I
urged the vlscount to hold our weapons
ready to fire and not 10 tray from
camp, while / went OH looking for my
spring.
suddenly We heard a Hon roaring O
few yards away,
OH whispered the vsoount che IL
quite close, 80 Don't you soc him?
" " There through the trc"s
. In that thicket. II ne
roars again l will fire.
And tho roaring hegain again. louder
thar he'ore. Ard the viscount fired, but
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VERY N.

There's n difference In children"
Yes; the poor mans children are as
sets. the rich mans liabilities, kansas
City Journal.
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wv night, in the forests Of
the equator. Is always dan
gerous, particularly when, like
ourselves. one has not the ma
terials for a fire 20 keep off the
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FRIEND OR FOE2
Some fellow gave me this cigar"
Friend OF yours"
Cant tell tn I smoke it.'-Toledo
Blade.
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XXIV.
(~ContinUcdD
"BarreIs! Barrels! Any
Barrels to Sell!

(Thc PerSian'S Narrative Continued
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sayings Of Is IS IS
Mrs. Solomon
Being the Confessions of the
Screen Hundredth wife

T,ss.lsssa By Helen Rowlard

periIy, what toould We hare, on MA
Uhat WOULD pc hdpef
When zee toere as playthin0s, nc sighed
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-07-05
Mail Carrier Shot Down

Dawson, Ca, July 3.-The bullet
riddled body and wagon of Linnie
Maury, a rural mail carrier Of Edison,
who has been missing since Saturday,
have been found in a swamp several
miles out of town and just off the pub
lie road. With the body was found q
n t, to the dead mans wife IL an at
tempt to make the crime appear as
suicide.
Maury was evidently driving along
the public road unsuspicious of dan
ger. The wagon bottom was blood
stained. The mail pouch was found
near the body. 1t is not known wheth-
er it had been tampered with.
Posses are securing the county with
track dogs in an effort to capture the
slayer of the carrier. Maury went out
on his route Saturday morning as
usual. When he failed to return o
search was instituted. The dead man
is member of a prominent family
and is survived by his widow and one
child.
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came up and asked his father to re-
lease his mother. When his father re-

came up and asked his father to re-
lease his mother. When his father re-
fused and threatened him, he sent for
his pistol and again demanded his ia
ther to release her. Again his father
refused. Then Willie shot him once
in the head, killing him instantly. The
first time he pulled the trigger the pjs-
tol snapped. Cooking it again, he
took careful aim and fired the fatal
shot.
Moray Kirkland had a bad reputa-
ton and was considered a dangerous
man, while his son IS very quiet
young man and is we'll thought of in
his section of the county. It did not
appear that McRay kirkland was in
toxicated, but was almost insane with
anger.
Willie Kirkland has not been arrest
ed, but is said to be- on way to give up.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-07-05
Wash Hunter ParOIed.

Governor Blease on Friday granted
a permanent parole to G. Wash Hun
ter, the Laurens county white man
who was facing an eight-year sentence
in the State penitentiary for having
taken the life of Ebert Copeland, a
cripple, several years ago. Hunter
goes free without ever having served
an hour of his sentence.
Hunter was the governors own eli
ent, the chief executive having been
Hunters attorney through the several
trials of the case.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-07-05

lamented DR.. Stokes, and his popular
ity is amply attested by the fact that
he has been repeatedly reelected by
overwhelming majorities.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Lever will leave for a ten
days. trip to the mountains of North
Carolina, after which they will 60 to
Washington, their future home.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-07-05
M'RAY KIRKLAND
KILLED BY SON
N DEFENSE OF HIS MOTHER
Elder Kirkland is Said to
Have MiSfreateG Wife
Slayer Unarresfed.

Camden, July 3.-McRay Kirkland
Of West Wateree Section was killed
by his son, Willie Kirkland, early this
morning. It seems that there was
son e family trouble and young Kirk
land was protecting his mother. Nc
Ray Kirkland, it is said, attacked his
wife last night and forced her to leave
the house aud stay outdoors all night.
She sought refuge at the house Of a
neighbor early this morning. Just af-
ter daybreak Kirkland drove over the
neighbours house and called them out.
He grabbed his wife and threw her in
to the buggy, drew big knife and de
fed anybody to hinder him in his &C.
tions.
About this time Willie Kirkland
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-07-05
w. B. Glenn Goes Free.

w. B. Glenn, who shot and killed
Clinton Rhoden on the streets of
Batesburg during March, 1910, and
who was tried and convicted and SEN
fenced to serve a period of five years
in the State penitentiary, has been
permanently paroled by Governor
Blease without having served day of
his sentence,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-07-05

Miss Butler will be attended by her
three sieters, Mrs. W. A. Wright, of At
lanta, and Misses Alice Mae and Lille
Butler. M. E. Zeigler, Esq, of Orange
burg. former private secretary to Mr..
Lever, will be the best man. The GER
emony will be performed by Rev. w.
H. Miller, of Columbia, a collegemate
of Mr.. Lever, assisted by Rev. T. S.
Brown, pastor of St. Stephens Church,
Lexington.
The bride-elect is the second daugh-
ter of Maj. John W. Butler, who comes
Of the old and distinguished Abbeville
and Edgefeld Buffers, and isarelative
of the late Gen. M G. Butler, the fa-
nous Confederate leader, and later
prominent in the history of the state
both in the days of reconstruction and
in the United States senate. While q
resident of Athens, Ca, she attended
Lucy Cobb institute, and later grada-
ated from Due West Female college at
Due West, s. c. Aside from any fam
lily connections Miss Butler is a woman
of rare charm and pleasing personality.
Since coming to Lexington she has, by
her uniform kindness and courtesy,
endeared herself to all, and the num-
Der of her close personal friends has
steadily increased.
Mr.. Lever has been member of
Congress for ten years. succeeding the
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-07-05
Pomaria Lodge.

Pomaria Lodge, A. F. M, will con-
vene on Saturday, July 8. p. m. Sec
ond degrees will be conferred. Visi-
tors welcome.
Jno. G.. Swygert, W. M.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-07-05
Modern Mathematics.

2 little hobbies make one hare m,
4 little harems make one scarem,
8 little scarems make one starem.
16 starems make one tearem.
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! CONGRESSMAN LEVER
J. 70 We'd lexington LADY
MARRIAGE THIS EVENING 6 O'CLOCK
Quiet Ceremony to Take
Place at ST. Stephens
Church.

Of State and national interest will
be the marriage Of Asbury Francis
Lever, the Seventh district congress-
man from South Carolina, and Miss
Lucille Scurry Butler, of Lexington,
the happy event to be solemnized this
evening at 6 o'clock. This announce
ment will be a surprise to MIR. Levers
friends throughout the state. He came
to Lexington few days ago presuma-
bly, ON bus mess, and nothing was known
Of his intentions until the announce
ment was made.
The marriage is to be solemnized at
ST. Stephen's Church, and will be very
quiet, no invitations having been is
sued. However, the public generally
are invited to witness the ceremony.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
MISS MARY ELLEN BRoGAN.

Mary Ellen, only daughter and eldest
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Brogan,
died at st. Marys hospital, Marqu ette,
last Saturday afternoon at 3.20 after
an illness of five months, the past -four
weeks of which had been in the hospital,
of heart failure.
Miss Brogan was born in L'Anse
November 5th, 1889. having always
resided here with her parents. She was
a member of Sacred Heart church and
devoted considerable time to the var.
ious societies connected with the church.
The funeral was held Monday morn.
ing at 10 o'clock, Rev. FIR. Hem sing.
ing Mass, and the remains were in.
TERED in L'Anse cemetery. The pail
bearers were o. o. Deschaine, Lee
LeDuc, Russell Trudeau, John Sands,
Homer Goodreau and Neil Shea.
Beside her parents who are left tc
mourn her, there are three brothers,
John, James and Martin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Irainnen To
Picnic Here.
South Shore and Mineral RANGE En-
ployes to Gather at L'Anse
August 10th.

The trainmen of the Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic and Mineral Range
railroads are busy making the neces-
sary arrangements for an outing on
Sunday, August goth, and unless some
thing unforeseen turns up. L'Anse will
be honored by their presence on the
above mentioned day.
1t bas been several years since the
boys on these railroads have enjoyed
a picnic together. Several times their
plans have been broken up by rush of
work or other things.
Several of the trainmen have visited
Meadow Brook Park and are more than
delighted with the idea Of spending q
day with their families in this beauti-
full spot.
We assure this bunch of jolly good
fellows that L'Anse welcomes them,
and when they arrive we'll try to en-
tertain them royalty.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
skanee Notes.

Supervisor o. w. Been drove to
L'Anse Wednesday and was accompan-
led on his return by his his wife and
son, Dick, who spent few days at the
Steinbach home.
Gust Dahlberg left the first of the
week on business trip in the East. He
returned yesterday after having pur-
chased Franklin motar car.
Rylander Bros. were in the copper
country this week. purchasing the
stock of groceries for their new store
which will be opened for business next
week.
John McComb was L'Anse visitor
Wednesday.