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CLOSED forever
Cod Joha A Murray. for 90 years
the good seniss o. .as picturesque osa
building. vdth its air of ancient Greece.
% a4~asz eioasenf ON the rssa.aaoss
gauaht "a the eoseebs OF its crsa.DllHl
wall
Tel me about the women thai pass
Us portals. ] beeeed the cosossl
Never mind the men"
the ioSial laugh OF Superintendent
iaedras Js.EFea the sensitive SCALES n
sac ~eizhiHg room
Vel they come with eVeEythiaE
irum brgsan brsaztpin that belonged
10 their great grandfather to bag VI
ore" laughed he of the ready ton. se.
Sometimes its q silver soup tosreen
and again it is a satchel OF binnicks
7IS they ever bring their mono
Erammea wedding silver 10 be melted
after the court has aeelaea tns pres
ents bsloEg - tHs ~Iie and every thing
is over but the alimoay2" vas aaked
''iHaeed they do. Not hong ago a
man Of vide acquaintance and cessid-
erable vealah oame into the ofice hug
eiBE a great canvas sack HE ex-
planned that the piunaer represented
he kind thoughts and wishes OF his
rienas Who had been hidden 10 his
nuptiais. lie might be aisplay ing the
silver in his own dining room this
very day had not the bride-to-be exer-
cised the Womanly prerosative and
changed her mind st the very gate of
matTimony
4 want this silver made into a long
bar. SO ! can put in on my desk de-
ciared the disgrunted bridegroom 1t
will keep me from stumbling in love
again. because every time ! hook at IL
l will put on q pair Of binders and .
suit of arrow proof srmor."
How about last seasons wedding
rings?" was the next query.
When they are out OF commission
we get them and melt the tender senti-
ments inside into oblivion. II makes
you realize the evanesceRce of human
devotion to see = George To Ellen.
with Eternal Love. going to make W =
common gold brick
One rainy November afternoon .
snappy eyed little woman came into
The Office reception room and asked
for the head man She was carrying
q worn leather travelling bag of the old
fashioned type, and she hung on te
it like it was loaded with diamonds.
I'm the head man. assured her.
''She looked dubious. She WAS Drip
ping wet and her teeth chattered-
After a half hours argument she con-
hded her secret. The bag contained
specimens of ore picked up on her
farm la Ulster county She WAS sure
the bag contained a new Eldorado. Ii
took the assayer another half hour to
impress upon her that if she had q
mountain like the samples the best
she could do with 1t would be to use it
for raising alfalfa
Quite often We have to hand the
owners anxious to part with wedding
rHEs an awful shock To believe friend
band once pried himself looss
trcm the price of an eighteen carat
sideH circlet, only to be told it is
ia disguised under a thin layer Of
the precious metal, is enough TO make
you glad you showed the good for
nothing the quickest way out.
4 Will always remember the timid
little woman with he iaded blue eyes
and the quaint gown VINO fluttered in
one afternoon just before closing time.
Out of the frayed yellow lace of her
handkerchief she took miniature. the
living likeness of a handsome boy In
the uniform of the Sos
Il want you take away the gold
frame, but be careful of the miniature
it's all I have left
There wasn't enough money in the
world to make the men hurry with
that job.
You see. we have the sighs with the
smiles. but they all go to make up a
day in the melting pot"
Colonel Murray says fifty years isn't
errrh "A lfnp time