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last nights voice. Good morning! rang you up to
ask if might write you when I'm away. You'll
swer, won't your
Again Cyrilla by conflicting emotions. OF
she ought to say of course she was going
to say yes-and she did. But she confused and
shy that she rang off she had given her con-
sent All day little pink blush haunted her checks,
and song hung on her lips. After all these years
she might have love letter of her own Of course
he could be but boy: only boy would have jumped
the conclusion that she young girl. She
would have to tell him again that he mistaken.
Perhaps he would write after all. Perhaps he
Just enjoying this Joke of frivolous oong The thought
hurt her.
RUT three days later there convincing and
- tangible proof to the contrary. 1t arrived in the
shape of lordy trout; and not because of its spendor
but because Cyrla thought of the proves of the
senders strength and SKILL she welcomed it quite
fclicitous gift.
The fourth day, moreover, brought her letter. She
liked the writing the envelop and studied it long
time before she opened it. 1t firm and decided
There character in it. 1t the of letter
she expected. 1t began "My dear Miss Davenport"
and serious in tone throughout. 1t was mans
letter, and she liked the writer the better for it. He
thanked her for the privilege she had accorded him,
told her at length about himself, of his life in
Nevada his loneliness and asked hear all about her
self.
The reply that she began short and stilted quite
conventional, and almost old-maidish. She knew it
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upand pack bag. Not big one, Cyrilla We mustn't
lose another day-not another hour You get your
trousseau later. Time is too precious to waste now.
You precious Cyrilla We can be married tomor
row. and tonight you stay with Babs She knows all
about it. you won't take her by surprise
"Babs" exclaimed Cyrla. what do you know
about Babs?"
Herlover laughed. "Your niece, isn't she?'
ayes. But l never told you"
@No, of course you didn't. knew. I'm old friend
of Babs husband, and looked them up when was in
town. And there mantelpiece saw your beloved
photograph and asked whose it Why said Babs,
But DON'T" faltered Cyrilla.
well, your photograph just knocked out, and
Babs saw it, think. She told me what a dear you
were, and suggested 1 should call on you. She gave
your telephone number, and"
"And II answered your call"
Cyrillas admission of the enormity made with
pretty confusion, very fascinating to watch.
you're not sorry you did?"
Gravity underlay the question, and Cyria answered
it with sweet reasonableness.
mo-" said she, am glad"
"Then say, Cyrila, will you phone Babs that we're
coming back together-now?"
Cyrila nodded, gathered up her skirts. and ran in
doors the telephone When she through she
could hardly speak for the patterng of her heart,
hardly hear Babs excited congratulations In the mid
die of them another voice broke in.
"Finished?" asked Central.
NO. mol" cried Cyrilla. Engaged"
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would dsappoint him. Perhaps he was really lonely,
as lonely as she was Why should she not recprocate
his condolences? He wanted to hear about her-so he
said
So she wrote another letter, long one, and she
never guessed how beautiful it She might not
have sent it had she known. Cyrilla Davenport did
not nclose her photograph; but most certainly she
the photograph of her soul in that letter. And
she was careful repeat that she thrtyve, and
therefore dreadfuly DID, that their correspondence
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whispered. We'll, goodnight, Cyrla. God bless you'll
"Good-nght-
She hung up the receiver. She covered her face
with both hands. The room seemed to relapse into
something more than customary silence. 1t only
a trivial incident. She knew it foolish to have in
cluged in it. to go thinking of it, and yet-had she
stumbled on something divine? She tried to argue
herself into camer sedate state of mind She,
a middle aged woman of thirtyve had no right to
courage strange Young man as she had But-he had
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by the inevitable "Goodby!7 1t would hurt-the look
in his eyes. She dreaded it.
THREE o'clock found her ready, sitting at the par
lor window She pale gray muslin dress
trimmed with old lace, and she looked very charming,
though she did know it. She had not dressed pur
posely try and captivate boy That sort of thing
would have been utterly unlike Cyrla.
From her seat in the window she had the street in
view, and anyone who might come along it. So she
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would see h1m before he could see
her. In the distance she heard the
whistle of the two-thirty train from
town. Soon-soon! Why was her
heart beating so? Why were her
cheeks hot and her hands so cold?
And why was she not young, and
only in her twenties, like the boy
she was going to disappoint?
A young man in fannels. fair
haired and ruddy, strolled down
the street. He carried a tennis
racket, and he looked up as he
passed. She drew a breath of re-
lief. 1t was not he, at any rate.
Then, walking slowly on the other
side, came another figure. that OF
a tall, well set up man of about
forty, with sunburnt face and a
look she liked. Another glance up
and down showed her that nobody
else was in sight. So he was not
coming had missed the train
She got up and paced the room,
and did not look out of the win
dow any more. Indoors the air
seemed oppressive; so she went
into the flower garden just as the
man of forty with the sunburnt
face opened the gate. At sight OF
her his face lit up. He came to-
ward her quickly.
"Cyrilla!' he said.
She had no reply ready; but she
gave him her hand. why, you're
not a boy!' she stared. you're
older than | amor quite as old. >
"Of course l am; much older,
in fact. l told you SO. You
wouldn't believe me-"
He was smiling into her eyes,
smiling her heart away. There
was something very boyish about
him which called to all the girlish-
ness latent in Cyrilla. She had a
conviction that she was never 60
ing to be lonely any more; and she
was glad that she had put on her
gray dress, not brides some
times wear gray?-glad too that
the sun was shining on her hair.
She heard him tell her so. He
told her SO many things, Strings
every woman hopes to hear at
least once in her lifetime.
"And now," he finished. @hurry
Not a big one, Cyrilla. We mustn't
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courage q Strange young llidii dS SIN
called her Cyrilla, and he had said
"God bless you!" as if he meant
it. She went over to the glass and
looked at herself critically. She
felt suddenly younger, much
younger. Did she look it?
Her reflection showed her very
sweet and gracious looking wo-
man of-well, thirty-five, hair still
golden, with so few silver threads
that they were hardly noticeable,
and complexion that many a
young girl might have envied. But
in Cyrilla's own eyes she was de-
void of attraction, too old to dream
of possessing any.
No, not too old to dream of it.
You dreamed of it that night,
didn't you, Cyrilla? You dreamed
your lover was kissing you, and
that YOU thrilled with a divine
JOY. Dreams can be so terribly real.
Warm kisses on poor, starved lips
seem so actual, even when the lips
OF the dear one dreamed of have
been cold for years, or were never
ours to kiss
In Cyrilla's dream she put her
lover from her,-he was so young
and did,-insisting that she
was old. Laughing, he led her to
a mirror, and, perhaps because this
time she did not stand alone be-
fore it, she saw herself as she had
been ffteenyears before. She awoke
to the depressing fact that it was
a sunless morning, and that the
sweetness of her dreams had been
the outcome of nonsense talked
over telephone.
She got up and went about her
everyday affairs. to find that they
were all tinged with the gold of yes
terday's romance. Very soon, she
told herself, she would forget it.
At ten o'clock one of the maids
came and told her that the tele-
phone bell was ringing.
"Shall answer it, Ma'am?" she
asked.
~No, no." cried Cyrilla feverish-
ly. and sped to the parlor. 1t
might be Babs, or Bob. or one of
the others; but, on the other hand,
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SPARTANS BLOW UP
IN NINTH. INNING
EIGHT HITS GIVES GAME
TO GREENVILLE
BOBBLE IN NINTH
PAMELA Giving Up Eight Hits in
Ninth Inning Lost Game
For Spaftanbu.g

Spartanburg. Aug. 12-Panclla held
HGrennvllie TO two hits in eight innings
hut In the ninth he went to pieces and
gave up eight hits and with his bob
bic Noted Grecnvillc the game. Ply
lcr was hit for five singles in the 8th
which produced two runs. Two
Of Grecnvillc's hits were hunted flys
that went over the infield and one was
two base hit. Up TO the two last
frames the game was a nice exhibit
tion of pitching by Plyler and Panel
Ia with PAMELA having the best OF 1t.
Following "a the score by innings:
SpartanOure Oo' OO0 OO6-6: 10; 6
Greenville 80. 600 600 006-6: 10: 4
PAMELA and Dean; Plyler and Nc
Donald
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WA,R|BuRC n \ B TO! / {
I. APITULATE
a.. !. ess.E
- ~ .a.'----- - - -.
WILL SEVER FINANCIAL. CON-
4. INJECTIONS TO SERVE
BIG OPPORTUNITY
Sees Chance to Put Through A
Great Piece of Constructive !.
= Work s .
'IG OPPORTUNITY
(By Associated Press }

Washington. Aug. 12.-Paul "A
Warturg's testimony before the sen.
ate banking committee. made public
today, reveals that, as a member O,
the Federal, reserve board he will di.
vest himself Of all financial connec.
tions. even though not required b,
law to do 80. l'
~ cannot discuss the affairs of m,
hrm or my partners, said. Mr.. War.
nurg' nor be asked to criticize acts
OF my partners, either to app,oy,
them or in any any other way. ;hipb
that my firm (Kuhn, Loeb & Com.
pany) ic not up as nominee for mem.
pership ON the Federal reserve board
am going to leave that firm: lam
going to leave my Hamburg firm. nnd
every single corporation with which
am connected More than that. /, arr
going to leave every educational and
philanthropic. association with which
have been connected. n think a n,nn
WHO aR Sn' the Federal resorve bonrd
ought to be like CAESARS wife: he
ought to be above suspicion; he ought
20 ,he without any entangiing alli1
!. Mr.. Warburg also said ,he would t,Is.
,poEe OF all his interests In railroads
mentioning in pafticu1ar the Baltf.
more and Ohio, Of which he was di.
rector 1.t.'t. Il :
II you are. going to sever & your
banking and husiness connections, !,
Senator Deed suggested, ut must be
at tremendous financial 3aacrlfinn ji
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MYSTERIOUS MURDER
Prominent Chicago Man Found Dead
In Office.
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago August 12.-Edward +.
Amory secretary of the Western Rail-
road Association late today was found
dead In pool of blood in his Office in
downtown office building. Tbere
were two deep cuts on his head. The
police believe he was murdered.
Papers and books scattered about
the room indicated struggle had
taken place.
A. NJ, Thompson. an employee, who
discovered the body. was taken to the
police bureau for identification. where
nm impression or his finger tips was
taken. ;' pa ..-l' 81 - /s3S
MISS Janet schoben.i Amory's ste
.nogsapher, told the police she had
gone TO the office at the usual time
today bit had been unable to enter.
A note in Amory's handwriting was
found on his desk. It was scribbled
on q piece OF yellow scratch paper
and rend: = 5,
"Libel and scandal. 3eRussels and
1883. Will be malice?"
The police believe tho note was
Amory's dying effort to leave mes
sage to identify his murderer =
He apparently hnd made o desptr-
ate struggle. ~
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MULLALLY AND
r. MANNING CLASH
Voters at Newberry Witness Near
Fight When Manning Resents
Allega,' ,ns

special to The !! ,lligencer.
Goiumbia, 8. c ug. 12.-Newbcrry
"A sharp clas' between Richard I
manning and J. A. Mutually was the
ienturc or the npafgn meeting here
'cuny. Anothr' feature was the un-
usual oratory. n tho part OF practi-
caliv all cane 'ates. There were moro
man 1000 .rs present. n
Mr.. Mplla ~; was making a SO, ere
denQnetatie" OF Mr.. Manning because
Of HIS crit ism OF the pardon recnrS
OF the gov rnor. :
7 Nobody bnt bastard would cry
down the fair name OF South Caro-
lina." said Mr.. Mutually. Mr.. Manning
advanced quickly and, facing Mr.. M,i-
lally, said: ~ declare that all of these
'statementr you read about me are ma.
licionsIy false> and but for what /
learn OF your condition from New
York paper. would carry this mat
ter fdrther;" There was a general
,rushrto the stand and much noise wdp
created. ~
Mendei L. Smith told the voters
that he was against the governor on
,overy proposition. -
John G. Richards charged that MI.
;Richards did not tell the voters who
he voted for IN 1912. e q .24''' ''''s
u -
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MILLIONAIRE UNABLE
T0l'RtlUR}N.'T TO ]. s..A,
-, '. 81 T.
J. B. DUKE WOULD FLEE EU.
I .t; ROPE
.t-,
HAS ASKED FOR AID
Powerful Influence Being Used
In Effort 70 Secure Passage
For Him

Anderson people have heard with
much interest that J. B. Duke. who
Is quite we'll known here, Is in Fiji
rope and cannot obtain passage to the
United State. II seems that Mr. :.
lent to help him 3ice the war broke
ont and he has been forced to cable
10 the United States for help. The
following article appeared in the
Charlotte Observer yesterday:
Observer Bureau.
Washington. Aug. II.
The State and War departments
were asked today to aid J. B. Duke,
former president Of the American to-
bacco company and large owner in
the Southern Power Co., with head.
quarters at Charlotte in getting out of
London and back to Aemrica. Among
those who presented the apueal for
Mr.. Duke were q. v. Taylor and
Cameron Martin OF Charlotte and Sec
retary Daniels of the Navy
The State department this afternoon
cahled Ambassador Page. at London
to look into the Duke case and see
What can he done. There is anmc
mystery about the request of Mr..
Duke. He has millions and is well
..ncanainted with Mr.. Page. yet he is
unable to leave the capitol OF Great
Britain.
Mi: Duke. It was argued by his
friends today is needed here now to
save the tobacco industry from ruin.
The European war has helped to de-
moralizc the business.
Mr. Taylor was armed with a mes
sage from Mr.. Duke. He was accom-.
panied by Mr.. W. R, Perkins of New
York. nersonal attorney for Mr..
luke. MFR. Morrison's nresence In
the party was merely incidental.
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Federal League.
AMERICAN

At Columbus g.; Louisville 6
At st Paul 8; Milwaukee II.
At Indianapolis 49, Celeyeland O.
At Minneapolis 2; Kansas City 6.
At Chicago 3; Cleveland s.
No others scheduled.
Won Last Of Series =:
Chicago, Aug. 13!iAChicago's er.
rors and Cleveland's opportune hit
ting gave line, latter the fnai gpime oi
the series today 8 to 3 A one handed
catch and along fly by DeInmitt was
the feature OF the game. .:
Score -i... -
Cleveland -. 1O2 O01 OO1-5; 6:
Chicago ....... 900 OIL O10-3; 8:
Blanding and Eagan: Benz, Lathrop
and Schalk. Y,;i.
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New York Cotton

New York. Aug. 12.-It was an
nounced toaay by the Cotton Exchange
committee on spot quotations THAI
since the last report Of the committee
made on July 30. three thousand bales
OF spot cotton had been sold out of the
New York stock. A later announce
ment reported additional sales of 1913
bales today. The price was quoted ar
u cents for middling. as compared
with 1850 cents, the official quotation
at the end of last month.
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The Twenty Year Test.

3 Some twenty years ago used
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" writes Geo. w.
Brock, publisher Of the Enterprise,
Aberdeen. Ma, II discovered that Il
was 3 quick: and safe cure for df&re.
koea Since then mo- one can sell me
anything said to be just as good
DhrtnE Hali these years have wsed tt
and recommended 1t niasy' times, and
u hns: never .disapp pointed anyone. .For
sale by all dealers. s.
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE

A. Montgomery 4:,Birmingham o.
First game. sSs;,,,S5s u 49,
At Chattanooga Memphis rain.
At New Orleans 9; Mobile 3-First
game. :-,s,Ik ..,,s,.,
AT Atlanta Nashville. rain. -. - +
| At New Orleans IA, Mobile ab 1-ssc-
ond game. !, 81 .stsss *. jil;,.
i Second game at Montgomery 81:
|. Birmingham 81 innings dark. ;.
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VIRGINIA LEAGUE:

At Portsmouth 2; Richmond 7.!a;'
At Roanoke 3; Norfolk 2-First
game.
Roanoke 2; Norfolk Second
game.
At. Newport News 8; Petersburg 81
9 innings rain.
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Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool. Aug. 12.-American spot
cotton nominal. Sales. 500 bales OH the
basis OF 6.50d for middling. Receipts.
10000 bales. including $4,000 Amerl-
can.
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International League

Al Newark ST.; Buffalo O-2.
At Jersey City 2; Rochester S.
At Baltimore S; Toronto 4.
At Providence Montreal rain.
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One Nit Game

indianapolis, Aug 12-Falkenberg
held Buffalo to one hit today and In
aianapolis won 2 to O.. Business
Manager Carroll, of the Buffalo team
denied tie club obtained russell
Blackbnrne OF the Chicago Ameri-
cans.
Score
Buffalo -. 600 600 OOO-o: I: =
indianapolis -. 100 100 0Ox-2: &; 2
anderson and Blaire. Falkenberg
and Rariden
-. H0
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Trippled with Bases Fan

New York. Aug d2-The only! clean
hit Sallee allowed today. was al triple
by Burns with the bases fulf IN the
sixth inning and enabled New York
to win the last of tho series from
81. Louis by 3 to 2. liability OF tho
visitors to hit in the pinclies proved
their undoing and nSithSr betiaraa
or Fromme was effedtiye.
Score- ,s ~ =. 81,
st. Louis 49,. 061; ;ooD 0lo-.2: s.: 4
New York ...... 90 1908 o0x-3: a:
salae and Snyder: Dsmarre. From.
lxne and Meyers. -
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First OF Sarles

Brooklyn. Aug. .12-Cheney held
Brooklyn to three hits today and Chi
icagos won Its only game lof. the series
4 to 1. All three hits. were made by
Wheat. Pfeffer who beat tho Cubs
last Saturday was hit hard. and IN
timely fashion. 3,,,s. - ....s.fa
Score4-.,
Chicago, ....... 600 02t 001--4: 8; 1
Brooklyn ...... 100. 900 000-t; 8: q
Cheney and Archer;; sPfefSer., and
McCarty. ;g.s ~ e ,i
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FEDERAL

At Chicago /; Pittsburgh 9.
At indianapolis 9; Buffalo O.
At st. Louis 8; Brooklyn S.
No others scheduled.
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A PItcher5s Battle

Chicago, Aug. 12-Camitz had the
better of Watson in a pitching duel
today, Pittsburgh winning 2 to 1.
Score
Pittsburgh 80. 100 01O o00-2; 7; 1
Chicago ....... 900 DOL 000-1; S; 2
Camn.ts and ePrry: Watson Prem
dergast and Wilson.
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COTTON GOODS.
Money On Call

New York, Aug. Mercantile
paper, 6a7.
Exchanges. s167,375,S93: balances,
$11 ,22J,042.
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North Carolina League

At Charlotte 7: Winston Salem q !.
At Greensboro 3; Raleigh M71s In
nings darkness. IA.
j At Durham c: Asheville J.. -, s'
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Oyercame Big Lead.

SITS. Louis, Aug 12-Although the
visitors scored 4 runs in the initial
inning. st Louis won from Brooklyn
to.lay 8 TO 5
Score
Brooklyn 49,. 400 OO1 OO0-5: 10: 3
st Louis 49,. 600 600 2Ox-8; 6; 3
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AT Brooklyn 1; Chicago 4. =.
At New York B; st Louis q,
At Philadelphia Pittsburgh. rain.
At Boston-C Cincinnati. rain.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC

SOU U II II ! bN NNIIC Ut
At Macon q; Jacksonville /.
At Augusta 2: Charleston l.
game. 81
At Columbia4; Savannah 1.
AT Albany 3; Columbus 4-First
gamc.
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MARKET REPORT

COTTON SEED OIL. :. :.
New York. August 12-Cotton seed
oil broke z to 90 points early under
scattered liquidation and selling
against prospective lowering OF crude
prices. but later steadicd little on
covering and with the recovery In
lard. Final prices were generally
to IA points net lower. Sales 13.4OO
barrels.
The market closed firm Spot 6.24
aG.30; August G.25n27; September G.25
a2C; October G.23a2G: November 613
, alt; December 6.14al7: January 6.2O
a29: February C.22a30; March G29a32.
GRAIN AND PROVICIONS..
Chicago. August 12.-Notwithstand-
ing efforts by the English. French and
Dutch governments to cause a re-
ncwal Of exports from the United
States, the trade here remained skcp-
, tical today that either the financial or
military. prerequisites were near at
hans.. ices for wheat recovered
only In part from break OF 9 1-2c.
Despite comparative frmness at the
close the market showed a net decline
of "a to rs. Corn finished l to l 1-2
above last night. oats up 3-8 to "a
and provisions at an advance OF 6 to
30 cents.
COTTON GOODS. :.
New York. August 12.-Largc pur-
chascs of cotton goods for bagging
purposes 10 be used as substitutes for
burlaps were made today. Prices were
on basis of 3-4 cents for quick de-
livcries OF 40 2.5 yard shectings
; which Is 1-4c yard up this week Print
cloths were quiet. Fine goods were
In better demand. Silks were active
for fall delivery. Worsted yarns were
| firm and cotton yarns quiet with an
easing tendency
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open his eyelids. Folks got as far as
the barn and managed to feed stock
some way, but nobody could stay out.
side and live. The red hot stove seem
ed to have no effect and they crowded
close to it, stayed up all night and
managed to stay alive. There wasn't
any hot air furnaces then, a cook stove
with wood to burn was the main heat
ing apparatus. Nobody had fur coats
those days. Overshoes were unknown.
Say, the young fellows of today would
freeze to death right on top Of the
stove if they had to stand such
weather as that was.
The oldest inhabitant wonders what
a boy would think nowadays if he
started out to haul hogs to town twelve
miles with the mercury at 40 below
in a thermometer that only registered
that low. Laws knows how cold 1t
actually was. The oldest inhabitant
doesn't. He hauled hogs that day.
He wore cowhide boots with two pairs
of wooden socks, had a common over
coat and a tippet round his neck, and
covered his hands with a pair Of those
streaked wooden mittens that grand.
mother used to make. Didn't get very
cold. Had to stomp his feet; but he
was ready for the oyster stew at the
restaurant, and drove home comf'table
enough. They had pun in 'em in them
days. Wasn't water in their veins in
std of blood.
So the oldest inhabitant isn't salts
fed with the weather. 1t doesn't seem
natural to him. Still, let it be remem-
bered that the same o. i. had arranged
for a trip to Florida this winter and
spent last winter on the west coast.
The chances are that 20 below would
start him south like a wild duck. But
Gin those days before the climate
changed and winter was winter
Marshalltown (Iowa) Times-Republi-
can.