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Richard
the
Brazen
... By
OUTS TOtASEND
BRADY.
A«th r of "Far lb« Krve
d« i« •»( * ';*■ >**, ' " i \,r
Southern* r^. ' F.u
EDURD WpLE,
| Atlkor of “A Broken
Basarv." **Th<- 5 Vinte
Chap." Klc.
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Copyright, 190©. by MofFit. Yard (y Company.
'I'm sorrv. ’Mr. Renwyck. but—but 1 ;
nlon eyed *d»n critically j
1 ‘ f„ t■;;!f minute A moment ago
' ' peered to emlwrk $100,000
!; “,t.‘ .r iriae. and now he would
u out What bad changed
The financier determined ta
t!i - suspicious circumstance to
tue bottom 1
• Whv tiiis sudden changeV” he asked
diret t >
M\Veil. you see.” began Itlehard. I
sritliii.a Inwardly at the falsity of his
|..lsition. "I’ve Is-eu bitten iu deals be- j
(,,re. and while”—
Souse1 se!” Interrupted the old geu- 1
t.emau shortly. “Vou can’t lose ou this. J
W hy. my dear sir. it's a dead certain- [
I, What more do you want?”
-True.'' agreed Richard sadly, "and
yet”—
’ -There are no yets." Interrupted Mr.
Renwyck. "It Is not a question of my
needing money, for I have plenty of
Ulv 0«n. 1 made you the proposition
simply and solely out of friendship,
sud’—
• And for that very reason.” Richard
cut In. ' I must decline. I appreciate
ihe spirit in which you have tried to
be p me. but circiimstauces render my
acceptance impossible.”
Again the financier regarded his ex
truordiuary young friend critically
through half closed eyes.
"Come, come!” he said bluntly at
a-t. T»on't let's beHt about the bush.
What is your real reason?”
|>i, yi.ii menu turn: a-sen uienara,
ri-;i - to his feet
"l do.”
Mr ftenwyi k." he said in a clear,
„i„l tone which was now free from
at y lie eption, a brilliant Idea coinins
i the more neeeptable In that it
s stri. t y true, "yon are right. There
. . . reasons which we need not
. ii>.s I shall mention one which is
ami that is this: Von are
■ ,,, advantage 01 a father's I
, , son. which has removed
■ g '(list from the field. Pardon [
. g | ■: a in i \. but it strikes me j
a- lung a rather unfair business j
I 1 refer to have nothing more i
to d* nifb it."
i, 1 v. at,ted a good slap at the |
mis i, d man and rejoiced in
:is cry It was Mr. Henwyck's
tun. ib:-h. though the condition w as
i _V. ai«iut by anger rather than
-i.i<me- He was about to make a
- o retort, but cheeked himself and
asked coldly:
• Why didn't you think of that when
you offered to take Ji100,000 worth of
I I don't know.”
•Ah I"
it ;> - iiliih-iit that I did think of it
I" the money was paid, isn't it?"
I; ■ i led liiehard, angry at ihis iinino
s comment on Ins irresolution
ami v.iciliation.
•ijuito." answered Mr. Itenwyek in
1. - icist tria l manner. "Vet 1 think
it ;> i and, s|,,,h1 the cireumstoiiees
: • er, lend troyiaud, perhaps you J
d view tlit* matter in a different i
tint every man has a right to j
I - own opinion. and so, if you please,
we will say no more about it.”
lb- rose as be spoke to intimate that
the interview was at an end.
"Thank you." shortly returned tlie
Texan, and now, if 1 may, I will say
g iiid night I regret that 1 have taken
up so much of your valuable tfiae.”
He crossed the library. UHloekod the
door and went upstair* without a back
ward glance, while the financier sat
•"'kins iifler him moodily. For many
moments Mr. Kenwyck did not »eve.
His cigar went out and was held un
heeded between his silent lips tUt at
■ "t be drop|ie<l it into a silver asli
Iruj and, rising, sillied.
Something surprising there. ! don't
ende uuderstand. Who won si have
'■■ light iie would have taken it that
w;i> - ; wonder if that was his real
ft -"ii I don't see that I'm to blame
I didn't run over the boy. Well, I'd
I" i f<m.i not to take advantage of his
tattler's absence Besides, what dif
c does it make: lie wa" a goner
■ • iy It's a life and death htrngg e
• 'ecu US. We used to i>e Joi«l
1 • dels Is the Englishman right': I
" >h that—here. here, this won't dot
i u ist go to tied at once. I can't
u a- out that Lord Croylaud Seeuis
ft I'd met him—er— wliat could be
the mutter'-"
Hu millionaire pared tbe floor of hi*
brary tor a quarter of an hour then
*'! his burglar alarms ami B ent to
bed.
H i hard *ras equally tineas*. He
.ioil at little pile of Croyland
n tuat had accumulated. liM-liidiw.’
**’eral telegrwtps. « hi* h of course he
•I Uot opened. mil decided to take it
to toe hospital <tie first thing totuor
r >" It was criminal for him to have
*-• a i itod t and U*s friend as well.
A i I in-re were other things he would
<1 on the omrrow.
CBAHTEtt *V.
THE following day w« an event
ful on* for ll»* varwus mem
tier* of tti# Iteuw yc*. house
hold. Mr. Benwyck wont ear
1 • r than usual to tbe city and ik spite
r' a some what uneasy conscience
" rked ceaselessly to the furtherance
bit barltof scheme. HI* triggers
were set. and he only waited now for
T- e trap to spring and catch 3ill WH
*®» In its fall and incidentally tb*
I “ear* ami blood Will gullibility-no.
-■» .! ty company Mr. Mkbaei Cor
was also quite busy during the
d y. though bis occupation was a
' int i.lie At least he seemed to
ve intense amusement from the re
“ t of a number of lengthy telegrams
f: n various points.
H u.iid too. had o- casion to use tbe
* ' es but in a different manner. 1 in
r. ‘si rely after breakfast be made hi*
*' u- Te the !adk*s and took a train
: r X.-» York. At the telegraph otlic*
hf -art out the follow-.ug dispatch:
Mr. William J Wi umn
Mlstato Am all ris i awl unhurt Re
turn to Austin at oner and it ,:ch harh r
<*«“*• RICHARTJ WILLIAMS
1 *.r young itin11 made a nutnl*er of
eo' i'M uf !!„. telegram and had them
relit In \ a i -m-. jlim T :• >u pouts along
nil (*** -ihln routes |«ett\een Texas aud
New York, in (he hope that his father
might Ik* intercepted on whatsoever
train lie might is* a passenger .ysni re
ceive one of them. And in order to
make assurance doubly sure he gave
orders that the telegrams were to tie
repeated regardless of expense until
the sendee had leen reached. Richard
had a |>erfect light to say that lie was
well and unhurt, and !u consideration
of Mr. Renwyck's method cif doing
business he persuadeil himself that he
wax also right in adding Ids noncom
mittal warning. R.v this tic hoped to
put the cattle king on his guard, in
which case lie trusted to his father's
• hrewdness to circmineut the enemy
Tins duly discharged. Richard called
at st. I.uke's hospital and was much
distressed to learn that laird Cniyland
was not doing well at all. He liad de
veloped a high fever, and in his pres
ent condition could receive no visitors
Richard therefore could only leave the
earl's mail, securely doue up in a pack
age addressed to Mr. Richard Wil
liams. with the message that Mr. I’etcr
Wilson had called and would come
again within a day or two. Then, hav
ing nothing else to keep him In the
city, after a stop at a flower shop he
returned to Irvington.
In tin* meantime tin* final rehearsal of
“The Man mid tin* Bin!’* was material
ly interfered with by an upheaval of
conflicting emotions on the part of
Mis** Imogen? thittemb'ii. By the
morning |»ost that yung lady received
a letter, which she read thresh sev
eral times, then ran to her room, flung
herself upon tin* hod and expressed her
emotion in tears and hysterics
Miss Benwyrk. in passing through
the hall, caught tl.e sound of we.>;.i-tg
and went in t> comfort her. Sh ■ ion- i
Miss Imogen? in a truly pitiable spite,
ami the better part of an hour •• aps< J
before an intelligent explanation »d‘
the trouble could U* obtained Mi '
Cliitte’idou told Ik r skut in jerky, di
jointed sentences, so ia-.. :-persed with
sobs and gasps that to quote her in tie
tail v. «"■' \ 1 ;;; im,. dud •
The thread of the romance ran in this
V\ iso;
Several months previous to the “pea
in-4 of this narrative Miss Imogen**
had ln*en a pupil in a fashionable
young Indies* school ill Morristown.
N J lake many of her mates, she
had carried on innocent flirtatious 1**
neath the very noses of certain stately
pray headed w aniens of' propriety
harmlessly enough. In her la-t and
most violent affaire dn « <*eur. howexer
she so Idenly found cause bitterly t«*
regret her i a-hm s.
Ml* Him lei irk idtZgeoige til * last
M«».Tfs!OWIl •* »*<*1 of Miss I . *g«*tie's
transient a;.actions posed as a heu
tenant in the I id ted Sia-es art <m a
leave of ab ,-nre. spending a furlough
*it the quiet i : e .Jersey town lie was
of a romantic disposition and appeared
u very flashing blade. tw»\\ i deringly
good looking to a pent up schoolgirl in
spite of a certain physica detect Tbe
lieutenant was possessed of many oth
er accomplishments, known and un
known to Mffcs lniegeiie amoog wuicli
according to the young body's own
statement, “be could make k#'e j-ust
beautifully in the u»o*»olig1it ot«r a
garden wall that was just cotenod
with broken glass and a b-*rrui wire
with stickers all over it.“
Be licit as it may. this Itomon was
untowardiy ilisuvervil la the uiidst of
a most |sietical H|ieecb nensvs the afore
said wall one spring night alout t<*
o'clock, mill the touching love scene
then in progress came to an abrupt not
to say painful, eml This was caused
by the pulling of Itmlerick Kitzgeo;ge'»
ladder from under him by the villain
iu the piece the night watchman —
who had treacherously crept along Ihe
garden wall at the instigation .if the
protagonist "r H*e drama, the prim-1
pal of the school, who. splendidly serv
ed i.y her Intel'igenee department. Iiad
rnrtiless y Interrupted the course of
true love.
The little drama ended in two more
acts, eke first a severe curtain lecture
aud n strict .pinrnntiue until gradua
tion day for the (air Juliet and the
second I- brief hospital scene for the
dlslurled Borneo, who had encountered
the watchmen's club at the foot of ttie
ladder
Mi-M Imogen- Of course was furious.
Therefore she wrote quite a dozen let
ters to the »fflicv-«l martyr. which she
aueceecfesj in JMbttgghtiK to him. ex
pressing her sentiments in far warmer
phrases than otherwise might have
Ijeen dictated hy diaecetion or were
justified hy rite facts of tile case. Site
felt that Iter jragithful hwcicT—the dear
Roderick-* leg. to say nothing of his
head —was hrohe* Sr-tvinediaUt.'. though
the human heart requires a Jonger
time to heal than fractured lunt or
cranium. But time cured both afttic
tiou«. and it came About in this wine
A few clays following his recovery
Mr. Fitxgeorge left town between two
trains. Many whispering* went sronnd
as to the cause of tilt* precipitate de
partuie. and many strange eoiucf'
deuces were noted. Among them was
the somewhat prominent mention of a
merchant's safe discovered the morn
ing after hi» departure in a condition
resembling Miss Imogene's broken
heart Of ait this, however. Mias Chit
feudon knew nothing, and for many
davs site mourned Of course dear
Roderl k knew nothing about the affair
and ouiy left Morristown l>ecaus« his
leave of absence had expired or !*•
cause Le was , cry at the res dents or
—hut. whatever h;s reason. Miss lino
gene was sure it was a good out
However that might be. from Mr.
Firzgewge's jioiiit of view it was an
imperative one.
With the laftcsr of time and with the
advent of oth*. • objects d affection—us
k«*r CorMRns Van der Afr«*. for ;a*
» -
fro:n Miw t'V tread *u's r .-iuott. rs 4S
*’ •'''! T «b • ’ ' never heart from ttc
rwr^ ui lit -’ *r \ until ?e w.is h . 4f it
rv* y ?> her »«:»** t :i * v r*«
W'it rhr>» i tf ** * '
* tt document Mr Rodfhfk Fit*- i
C** « e ..‘v s(s| her Urn*; \ tint, owing i
t ‘ m oral ULh .j |»y eiretliiistainvs, In* ■
' »- f >;.wl r«> leave for the far wrst I
! i! ' ^ U'jlil'.JI Mil ; t*d W fond*. j
I ‘' MM! i *e g»\: **■«.'id :t ^ j>* ev»,dd *j»atv ;
| ier lover a hundred dulkrs 1
I or the u-i*ot
l*i l .m v., n‘. i j; in on vet*.lent h *
* •• • i »ii i»> ! •' « ' . .1 a d i .1 let
w!)i *1 wo::h! not lt*>k well If
1 ‘*l * ■ »» : ' new >;•;« In vast* she j
. id liatl it vottvenit at to make the 1
4*; a. v h i*. • - { **r »vn< rotas im- ;
Hire, her t urn sfnnkieut did not doubt, j
lie tv: s li vj to tie a |*us-e of white
.vlln g ou the eft |>ost of tin* Ueii
".' * fro -r."!»e :•** ■ of as
*ei T then «* ■( ! the library fv imlotv at
d >»i >•. I, •»!! | ;kl;.v right. when Mr.
I'itvueoige - d enter, exchange her
iettei> for tbe stun itl*ove nifmtioiUHl
am! bit! her nn eternal farewell. If
Miss i 1 i!t« .t.i*m j*iayml him false of •
which j k* i’ is 11 the thought—a friend had
COpICS Of S.Mld i*V»l‘IVS|KHtdtVKV Which !
would immediately tv published, to j
gether with the garbled details ot the '
lormer romnuce. a condition imdeslra- j
hie for a lady so widely Unown in the i
social world The letter ended with ;
the hope that Miss tdhlttendon was en
joying gin* I health and spirit* and
that she might |**rsnade herself to
meet him on Friday, as requested.
To say that Miss imogene was terri
tied would U* putting it mildly. Her
resulting eouditiou honieivd upon
complete collapse, mental and phys
ical.
"Oh. Harriet, Harriet!** she gobbed
“Whatever shall I do?**
**My dear.” returned her friend as
she bathed the sufferer's temple* with
cologne, “It is perfectly simple. You
need give yourself no uneasiness Fa
ther will quietiy put the matter tn the
hands of the |toiice. We will then tie
the white string on the gatepost, and
when this wretch enters the library
window he will find himself In tin*
arms of our officers, and we will not
I only have the letters, but the man”
Ni!*-s Hell week's plan was based
upon wisdom and sound common
sense, yet to tin* frightened Miss lino
gene it was tlie worst possible thing
to do. She felt certain till'd if c&vght
he man would put his threat into exe
•ution and expose flic > *;*ies «*f he;
’otters t » ihe eager g *e of '-<*■ i♦ •:> T •
:>r* out su-o a hv ■ » mimr she would
pay
I Tb ■ > e she decided hys,ci leal- 1
v !h;;! Harriet's plan was out of the
I I'd a » th 'oi gh at
, 11 b:i. U • Vv ! . he pet
names { called that creature good |
. Harriet—liny w< c |hwJiiveiy
* \\ tat did vou call him*:’ asked Miss
nrinvu |. humorously futerc.'icd hi
this pha-e f the romance.
” Itoddv-poddvK ins’ was one.” eot*
fessed the delta; a nte. \\i;h a vivid
blush. “Then there were a whom I >'
more like tm.t and worse really, dar
ling, IM nu'icr uot tell them even to
you. | slior J iiIf* of shame if Mr. N an
Uer mv<* or Lord t royiaud or any on*
knew.’*
Ifenxcvok smiled, while the in
disoroet Juliet wen* on tying her li.tnd
K■ ■ hie; a;' • I a. d. v,Ui>
•I've j t tc »f to '• « I-;i i !! irrlet. !
know I shall he jnsl « .nv * to death:
hut. no matter u but you stay, [’ll not
allow you to tell a *ltigle solitary fj'nd.
and if I*tn found dead oft the library
floor in the morning nobody will care
any wax ai there ’
'I be sufi ei t r ’s > ate untv became s
r f
suggest ;:•!'-ho: plan. It was against
her letter judge.eiit. hut something
had to l*e ijoiie at ouec. for otlierxvive
Miss Itiwseiw* vrmifc] never be in a
condition to net the part of the bird
in tin* play that evening.
••IniofFBe." *he sskl sternly. ~stop
trying this instant and 11*te?i to me.
1 Isdieve r<*n v\ ill <h» a \ery wtwmg
thing in teeitif Mr. F1fzg**orge in the
middle of Hje nVrht. but of *wrr*e 1
have no right to Interfere against your
wishes. 1 am older than you. anil 1
fell you candidly 1 don't like It. How
miieh money have you with yonT*
•’Fifty d< liars, and m give biro jew
elry enough to Utvke up the ltii Inure.**
“That won't l»* i»e«*essary. 1*11 lend
you whatever you need, and if you still
insist upon seeing tin; tuan 1 xvill go
down with yon."
In nn iustvilit more two very shaky
111 Ur- arms were twined about Mis*
lirnnyik's link and a sobliy ruin*
w:is j•• •tiriiij? delirious thanks Into her |
ears
When the fear of ensiling down a
flight of d:i:k stairs alone was ease l
by Ibe though* of companionship the
sentimental young Imly liegan to \ ie v
llie affair In an entirely different light
It would la* nn adventure which an
(sealed to her Strongly There would
lie no earthly danger, she argued ns
eitrh could lie a piotectlou to il>e other
while If Mu* worst came to the worst
their streams would quickly summon
aid
The more Miss Imogefie thought of it
the more excited she Ijecnuie. declaring
finally that she would gladly pay #!<<>
— which tometiody else hail earned for
her. by the way—just for the fun of
the thing. She felt now that she fad
exaggerated the possibility of danger,
as the wretched, disgraceful mail was
after money only and would go away
Instantly he had recel'ed It.
"Von see." she explained, "he shows
ftis Intentions are u it bad by Ids very
letter If he had asked me to meet
him outside In the dark somewhere I
shouldn't hn\e dared, bat coming here
Into the library, where we can call for
assistance, shows that he means no
barn*.”
"But sun’i'w In’ MhhiM not cw*
atone?" attenrsred V '-^s Harriet
Hut bt w.ii," the other 'SiottniHst
••Rest,Vs. ion and I w stand tn ttx*
dtwr mi the .>)>(•.x,.Ie <4 tlte roosu.
ami the moment we *e two men in
stead .if one wh\ the ) .tear, we
JV'i Is s i t" wivani Kirei'or something
like tU.it. »w>l ttien we can say we
hear 1 a n use amt earoe down Oi>,
ii irrtet. jowion*. do to and had a
|i]. e of •■ li te st. i>
Miss I ha:\, rk was ■; coil, r -.si
S ■ ! ti* ( . i. k eot; _e ■ a woman
t >r t. Ill she any a. ;uji fear of this
titan, who was vlear‘> at ordinal |>et
tv I.;: ok; mi Her who trail to make protit
out >* an Itnuseiit s. no • _ r :'s foolish
carrot tootle me fth# eo d lutt x • ■
ntty o;her motive f.*r bis remitts inr.s
mitt It as the Mhrarv window wouM le
o;h- :.'u tty an Imitate of the ami
rliwtl itutl its ked attain mediately
after his departure Ves. t , r > it was
hhttkmall. anti If limsyene It. .1 1st let
fers returned infaet |*>rha| x it was the
raise t stiitltiou after ali
"What sort of a lookup; person Is
this Mr er Ito hty isslilyktits'*' she
asked, w ith a smile
Sow. please do hot rail hint that,"
betrir.sl Miss luioseue It makes me
cryituj thin ninUmt <ntrf t inti'h t<
♦m "
feel lila* sii'li a silly. Side fa«e he 1"
v* ; \ handsome. you know, hut full
faoe well, there is something tie* mat
ter with one of his vy s.’4
“How do yon mennV’*
•MU;, l don't know!’’ she answered
doubtfully. “lie Is looking at \ on uli
the time, you understand. hut his eye
t » 1 »4 ■ J i o i H' ilig - . ew 'll i I* * . « *
1 think they call It a east
*M>h.” said Miss Kenwyek. "I tiele
Mi-h.iel told uie never to trust a per
sou with with a east In his e.w !’’
“l*id he?** asked the dehutante. “I
wonder why. Oh. well. I’ll never trust
one never again. Now. come on
piviious. and let's tie the suing on
the gateiMwO!”
< 'llAPTEIl XVI.
UPON till* eventful Friday, which
might justly h - termed "black"
by tiu* various persons con
ins tod w th this narrative,
two more gentlemen mentioned herein
had occasion to use the telegraph lines
\ igorotisly.
The first whs the Ilou. Mr Frank
Kinwnif. member <»f the upper bouse
ol Ui4‘ Texas UuPlatim* iiih) « lntinua:i
of the state I mprovement <*ou*iijltiee
lhere«»f < ontn.ry to Mr Kenwycks
positive statement. tin* distinguished
•gislator hmt not gone hack to Aus
tin Instead he had tjuioUy wtop|H*d
over In Washington, held <•!«. »• eoiu
iuunieatiim wbh several mighty ©fH
Hal*, then w ired frantically to his
muHt trusted lieiiteiiHUt. the vice chair
man of t 1m* state Improvement commit
tee at .Austin, in a cipher code. These
eommiinhat ions were fni|M*rafl ve or
tiers concerning the passage of a cer
tain deep water tiartmr bill.
The Hon. Mr Kinuait while In New
York had held several con Terences of
a delicate nature, including that lunch
eon at Sherry's ami other tocai* of a
similar character elsewhere, and now
de<u>ed i| e\|»edlent to la* far away
from the <apit.il of Texas during the
passage of tlw* said harbor tdlf; there
fore lie g*ve tlw* tMAtier absent treat
merit, so to speak, though his meek as
msdates <m the commit tee carried out
their header's Instruction* to tlw* let
ter. They Had enjoyed no dltmem In
New York. bnt they were conlkhnt in
a ceriiiln Imp© of at least partaking of
the dessert vicariously through Mr
Kinwr.it.
The other person Interested In teleg
rnphv was the heavy hearted Mr Pill
Wllllftni*. hhnaelf en route for New
York. Half a day before be reached
Buffalo he rm-ehed a dispatch from
Iris son llichard. and for n quarter of
an hour he was radiantly happy: the*
he ret eived a second one coucIhh! in
the same words, and If pu/.zlm] him.
• H*'dally ’H ***** eartK»st warning t»»
reiurii to Texas at once and watch hi<
barlmr * < heme \t Buffalo he received
a sheaf of yellow envelopes which re
-entitled n the* fsiker ha ml. in that
then* were P ur of them- all of the
fcaio© kind
Discrcet t/r. Asquith.
Wisdom amt «It art- about evenly
bnlumed In in utterum e of the cbaa
.ellor of tin- i-v■iieiuier w bk-ti lately
went llie roiliiilw In Knjrl md.
Mr Asquith was reietiliv speakiiiK lu
« WeNh tow n w hen lie was Homewliat
rudely Interrupted I.} a voice iu the
auilieuee which demanded to know hi*
position si to woman aulfraice
“That." Mr Asquith rp(ille»l blandly.
•*ts a subject I i*refer to diarusa w hen
laries are t.of I,ce—ht ”
Consumption is less deadly then it used to be.
Certain relief end usually complete recovery
will result from dm following treatment:
Hope, rest, fresh air, end—Scotts J
Emulsion* \
ALL DRUGOISISl BOo. AND SLOO.
DO YOU GET UP
i >'i svienliile n
i * In Pr Kilim
WITH A LAME BACK?
KUikt Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Ahmnt cmi Nslv nlnma«tstlif nrw s
pajwrs i* sure to know of the womierful
,|_ cutes made !>y Pr.
'- . ' JpV ! Kilmer s Swamp
--3^ jij K.-ot. the smt knl
! nev, h\er ami hlad
* _ tier remedy .
It is I he great med
i t ical triumph of the
nineteenth cent urn ;
discovered after y ears
r research
ier, the
eniiuent kmnci ami
hlailtlcr specialist, anil is wonderfully
successful in promptly curing tame hack,
uric acitl. catarrh of the bladder ami
Bright's I >1 sea sc. which is tile worst
form of kitlnev trouble.
1>I K lmer « 5v*«i»P-Root is not reo
oinuiriitletl for every thing Inil if tun hue
knliirv. liver or hlathler trouble it will I*
found Just the remedy von need. It has
tern tcsietl in so many wavs, m hospital
work and in private practice, amt ha*
proved so successful in eveiv case that a
si>ei'ial arrangement has been made by
which all readers ot tin- pa; 11, w ho bate
not already tried it. may have a sample
hotlle sent free hv mail, also a look tc I
tng more about Swamp Root, ami how lo
ti ltd out if you have k id ney or hlathler tnni
hle. W hen writing ineiition reading this
generous offer in tins {miter ami send your
address to Dr. Kilmer
ft Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. The regular
fiftv-cent ami one
doilar sue bottles are
sold hv all good druggists. Don't make
anv mistake, hut remember the name,
Swamp Root, Pr. Kilmer s Swamp Root,
ami the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on
every bottle.
Bom ot SwMae-*x4.
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Society Directory
1.0. O. E.
Israel Putnam I odge, No. 3$
Meet* even 'iuemiav evennu. a 7 o', '< (1
from Oet„h.-r 1 ft An-’,I l. m .l -S k t'-.ti
A|‘i:i t»t*eU>tM! 1. IU <*.| Fellows' Ha
I’omlret bfitit Will
; i>rii
, W'r
Nohl** (iruu . U P, * \\ ,1 ,t\ '
W<* t«i itiHl. <'Imi |r« M N hols
Set retaiv . Lueri* II. l-utlei
Trt'ii'uri'l', I t oil T
.\. (1. Warner l'os
N < >. 54> 1». A. K.
Mt’t’l' hi I,. V. U. hall Wet
11 evening* at # oYlooi
( . M. Green, 1‘o-d l oin
iitKiulei . I Ununev Mt»rvp, Atl,'
H. K. »l<lii»i;.i^‘»nt*tri if, »vte»
Putnam Council. No. 34c
Royal Arcanum
Meet* l«t and .1*1 Mon,lav* 11
ea* It niMitii, at 8 oVi,H k, ic
<>il,l Fellow* Hail, Kent Blot'll
I'on Ire I St reel,
fieor^e s. Bradley, Hi'jfCDl.
Warren s. Ames, Kernels i'.
Business Directorv.
OhAlil.lts f . SKAKt » r »•• AN K I* . lit HMU
SEARLS & RUSSELL,
MTUKNKYb AND ( OU NKK I COHN-AT-LA W
0BNTRA1. BLOCK, PUTKAM.
Utfeoe Hour - * a. iuto 4 |t. at.
JMr.Sesrli* given attention to Corporation
niitl Mtial' ipsllsw . Mr. Ksiiell to j.robst* iuh
the drafting **f will*, act* al*o a* earculoi
.uimitllitrator and trustee in the aeUlerneat of
ate» _______
cfiHirj 1. roitser. mahlon m. okshi r.H
Torrcy At Gcisslcr,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
New Bradley Hull,ling
Ofllce Hours: * to 1 i; I U> 7 to 9
pRIV H JOHNSON,
Attorney and
Counsellor-at-Law
Wagner's Block, formerly ul>«« of Johj» I
<'urtM‘Dt*-r. I'otuftui. < «mj«. jy IfW/hooi' 16 r
||l IlkK U. CA Mil
Attorney and Counsellor
At Law
OFFICE NO. i
New Bradley BuildiriK
Houra B —12 t — 4 7 I*
Unotu 107 Kim Street.
A It. M KENT.
aMeneniili or
c.
Mouldings and Brackets,
Hath, Blind.. i>oor.. Window rraanea, Woo
Taratng, Straight, Heroll «nd Band *»»'»*
Planing ad Matching, IraaUag Pina, MUnhlhg
Post., rtewel Po.t., Balu.ter, tear Mall aai
Bullde.r' Plnl.h.
Shop on Powlrrt «lre»t,aear the bridge, Phi
naa. Conn.
TIm Pntn» KMiidrj aid Machm
CaraaratiH.
tienornl PoandrJ and Machine worh, and ala
aiaonfactarer. ol the ,e-let,rated Pluaimr Bleu
Hotter W K. BAKBKK Trea.,
per*
AM IATIMIM KAMI*
UflAnAi mit 4kIv>4 April l»t ul Q«tob«
l.tlTTSrW.p.r«t>lr April **b <>•»*
10th. UepMlt mad* a»i«-rtb»*Mt4a*ol *AJ|
■oatll MMOrtcr lllrml IrOM llrlrit«| ot tfc*
..oc~dla« T(H ETEIX>TT*.r?»M
OEOSUE W HOLT Pr»».
II
A. HUIONTU*.
Dentist.
Co*iri Houl- Hlor k, Puinam. Oft** Hoon
I mm #». m. to lp.ro, 2 to lp.M
<rflLc Tf l< pftoo* M 3.Home TelrphoorUfi-IV
P'OLLIBT
Genera! !nsu-ance Agency
rCLLEX Il'ILDIHO tr OTAIX*, Pt’TSSAH
All eommoai catloor rhoald L a«Mr< im4
|„ || pa|i«r u4 mill r»o*;»r prompt :at!**tlot
CLAYTON W. THURBER
Teacher of Piano and^Organ
Trlepbi nt *7—2. PolBAtn Coon.
O
Lnttat
fcgOAtMO
«#
lla Mk*!»l
FOR SALE
Tfc<* two yfory tea '♦whhrDo* m Poroftw
now t.wr*! •* * TrVokoiw Ofimc A;u-N to TT
South*r« Nrw KrtflanJ IVirpItes*- romponf
PttYMIT. t'Ottf |*fj
5° Montis
vwviifM
Comfwnv'i hoBtUin
favorite* A »«fr coa
•etwntire >3vr<tmrnt thrrt **ent\a>n« vow
•M- lUrr lollai when oar. tit I
»f* rial art ot the I *trv»}at ur« then So aria in
m**.u a fexai moMafut t«v trviM¥n . rut uton
»Urain>*tnuw* a*ni othr> manager' o» tlW
futuU. IVnoavooti or et *00,
Coupon hoari* with « <o' r’Mrt Fill
Mated Hat/,
Hard }) ood
4 foot or savttMl.nl renMmiMt’ price*
at Fort Hill Farm, Thompsor
When in Ww York Stop at
THE NEW FIREPROOF
HOTEL NAVARRE,
7th Ava, and 38th St.
tl«rim*** Men, Katntlm* atiil Tmimts, Mtt
mum o l utttrv at Minimum <V»L.
.Vi'T'ea* hi., y-ud aid Klegunt
Within F'\r*' Minute*' \V*tk ot Theatre*, Simp
aMtlTluh*. :tOO l'ect Weal ot Rroftiiwiv. Now
Hutch t• iill Room* 1 fttgmt im City, t * It
t'am INnh Hold to All Ratlroid*.
f | 50 HAY without Hath.
f 2.C 0 *' 1»A Y with H«
Suite* fit 50 Up* t»r< i* rt< tt<i K*or Hook It t
1 K VHNA A HA Hit, Prop*.
Ai tesi.m Well*
T?
F, a. CNAMPLIN
Afntn St 1' «t Ti'mmmu* mhnv AT «**
NEW YORK
CLIPPER
IS THB ORCATKBT
THEATRICALI SHOW PAPEH
IN THI WORLD.
I4JQ Pit Yiar. siagia Copy, 10 Ob
NMCKD WKEKLI.
Sample Copy Free.
FRANK QUEEN FUN. CO. (U%
—KiT"* aa.C:LK5»,
^VwOVv#:vWV#
JOHMFOUCO
DKMKK* IN
LUMBER
of
2 ALL KINDS
^ Lime, Cement ^
0 Drain Pipe <*)
V Paints and Oils x
A Fertilizers
Q Fire Brick and Cement <0
V L adders A
X Shingles, &c. &c. 0
JOHNO FOX & CO
Office tad Y tril» south of Pott
Offio., Paio.m.
cxy~>* ooo*ooc>»
A Rtlliblt Hindi
worn
CATARRH
Elf’s Criaa Bata
to «uto*to itovM.
MM) >1 One*.
It cleanw**, aontbea,
heala Mid i»roi>-<-t«
the due-aaed mem
brane resulting twin C»f(tffh Mid d/i»to
away a< old in the Head quwkly.
the Senaea of Taels and .'"■a. *11. full -I tM
50 eta, at UraKKiata or by mail. l-iijuid
I ’ r •JQ Balm for use In aUxsizefa 75 dt.
fly iiroUMR. 56 Warren KM, New York.
pUH O. UATlt
Real Estate, Life Accident
and Fire Insurance.
| Hathaway Black
Patna*
J. A. Euvrard
•Agent for the Celebrated
DUNNING
Steam and II t
W ater lioiler.
The Hanning Boiler with it <
strength, elimination of park.'!
joints ami vertical circulation i* u;
equalled for cither system.
SjuiiUm riumht'r, Stauti tud
Hot W titer Fitter.
IVmlte , c%t iu«iv«* A»?vnt !•» VX'ind tut
«u*l I'diiVy ( wmtTt
Sanitary
Plumbing
Tlt\ TIKIM I
FARM
HORN Hit; I WISTOTS
TUI tan Stood lh« Tool lor
25 years
The fiu.tnea) rtun ' Oml just i«a**etl, ha* <a
•nine tlejnee tleuiou»tiatcil aj|aittt what »m
«h imimti atetl in a veiv taarkeil tUrjtvv vimtuu
and fn| «w ini* the juit »e of 1^1, ntinrlx ; I n
there i« no other property *aft mu!. MHi
that «n long a** ihe iai tails anil the «< a »h»tiesi
tlieie **a« hr on hattl tltm * aheatl tor the nun
with a well toeatnl tauo. neithet ran tbcie »**
mu neivtniHtra lot the hoMc* ul a well j*UvJ
host Mortgage on oit h property. Kin : wrote*
lUe year* twit 1'n-i Mortua^e Karm l.oam
have atoml the lest wrilhout the loi-* ot a wtn^»e
iltrUar i»» any intr-tor, a utatemeat that any
out New l-’.snUml customer* ran eonHo-m.
\\ e *hotthi **e j*h hm *1 to 'etui die ertpttve
metnoraiiiU <»l unr loan* it* auy one lntete*t.e«!
in »lM.»hitel> sale liivertetoont that will ite'
Wakefield, Nebraska
I..U.1 l>. II.--M, l‘ ■ • 1>. . ... *»
I!. II. Mil to ««»«. « tuli rr.
THE \\m LAIP
The Light that Never Fails.
The lk»*l tin<H 'litfnjiejft Lump on l lift
Mnrkel, oil I time's tHritnirlernl, no tints
gvr, no shallow. Cull Mini H4H* t llt’IU in
o|Rri%lto»i ill
II. F. X. MW, Asmt.
(it Main Str«M*(, I’nlnnin,
w lit roll loins, Tops mnl nil supplied
for Lamp 4*1111 Ik* hoi. Also rpfct'rtice*
can lw* givim to iiihiiv now in use*
I have a rollertiun of Hut* V'iolin* wh--'it
have ilrciilcii to di*|»o*i ol ; antimii theni ini
ill my own make \ liu li mu* un.eui'iurMiK?
for on Uu»ti»l work, *1*0 •»<*?#rai vt 1 f old us*
itrsmentM suitable lor |-arier o> j.rolooaioiml j?ax
poee*. All lluttn roust In* sold.
The early bird—et<t.,etr.
JOHN A. MORSE
216 Houtli Mam .Street Putnam. Com
M. KINNEY A SON
dealer* in
Lumbar, Coal, Doors, Mouldings
Brick, Lime, Cement, P.B.S.
Mixed Paints Lead and OH
Commonwealth Hotel
Opp. State House. Boston
Offer* r.x.aii wltb but end cold iratar
tor |l.(Ml per day ana upi ro< m* wita
private hatb for |1.60 per day and up.
aultea of two room* and bath lor |8 81
per day and up. Weekly rate* on rooaaa
with but and cold water and abotenr
hatha, f« oo in f» ( 0; room a with private
hatha, fK 00 to ft2 00; aullaa of two
j tome and bath fit 00 tuf!l<I.OO.
Abanidtely l> Ire proof. Htooa ’ floor*
nothin! wood but lh« door*. h(|Olpped
with Ita own Hanitary Vacant L'ltaali|
Plant. Look Olatanca Talepncna (in
Kvtry Hoom. Htrlotly a Temparanen
Hotel.
STORER F. CRAFTS, Mantfar.
lelcpbuna, Hay market 111.
Hand lit Booklet.
For Sale !
THE
Inquire of
Richard Gorman,
Inuurauoe aud Real Relate,
Bradley Building, - Putnam