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TjjJ"' pe!f- t0 misunderstand wh*t
, _ a bust the conditions.”
1 lf mtg a conditional offer, then?
’Sruinty 'here were conditions.”
' „ Wamwrlgbt. again coming to
Z, -dB*rv's rescue. “I asked that
. . kf j position of neutrality In re
-o this Borough bin. Simply neu
mjnd you. Not to change his attl
in it* favor, or' —
^Ttat »as a splendidly fair offer,”
-X} Gibbs enthusiastically.
^ it seemed to me." agreed New
put Bennett would not listen
"V, | tried to point out bis propot
L at duty He railed me a go-he
meeu and"—
,|ten after you told him we were
? practically ail the concessions
* bad asked iD th« bi,,r 0uerleJ |
said Newman. “He must have
■use motive behind it all. I can't”
-Nonaense exclaimed Pallas. "What
littrior motive cttnld he have?"
is more than 1 know posltive
r-returned 'he judge mysteriously.
.g.Jt i do." declared Wainwright
oaring at Pallas "There are the rea
i - exclaimed Dallas, incredulous.
Iipaln. plea>e "
\v ‘Qg.y replied her uncle, "ir
? ve me a fair hearing Bennett
is in love with
'you. He knows
Gibbs also wish
es to marry you.
He knows, too.
that Gibbs’ for
tune depends on
the success of
the Borough
franchise. If the
bill is beaten,
Gibbs will be
practically ruin
ed and thus In
no position to
marry. We’ve
known all along
of this reason
of Bennett's for
fighting our bill,
but Gibbs for
hit dare yrtu. sir f ”
mid Wi« jU’i'je.
df me to tell yon. He was afraid
b might think be"—
1 don't believe one word of It!" cried
i i* her big eyes ablaze. “Alwyn
inert could not stoop to such a
US"
No*" said Wain wright. "Then you
its r will refuse to believe w hat I
i about to te" you now. I conslder
p. - git stuck a safe Investment.
! I out all your money and IVrry's
Bonnet* Knows this, aufl in spite
tne kn-u lodge he is trying to kill
■ fraii-Mse even on the certainty of
; g you and Terry along with
i;» If in y be can ruin tlibbs he
w » - liiiic ••out making you and
i i|H i' too That is the sort
tun . u are defending against your
i m e 1 have just learned be
st iat he h i- secretly, through his
ters -o'd large blocks of Borough
* short. Thus his veto that ruins
» : make him a very rich man.”
isn't triu ”' affirmed Dallas lit
] certainty "Mr. Gihbs, tlo you
.na this story of my uncle’s?”
’i«*se leavi me out of tills. Miss
ight,” answered Gibbs gently.
|M..r r,, *nothing to prejudice
"lien 1 tight I fight fair.”
“ii at tin- ost of all your money,”
tried Waltnvright "GlbtS, this is
ins ynttr s- use of honor to an ab
Mst. \ 1 Itennett will”—
'tir-1 ■ ■:i me. i-roke in Alwyn, enter
hie going up to Dallas.
s 'i” te for our dance. I was
tied by”—
I met] Dallas In relief,
v el i clime here just when
! 1 N Me can clear this up In
ic - win.' tip?” queried Bennett.
- iO' it it, suspicion at the three
i>! ' \tc Oildis Is favored in
Ei -f.iv s- railway affair,” be
In ins ' He told you so at your
1 that d; i «e were there Well”—
**• d m’t let's discii" i sinew
■' Bennett ‘ This is our
e. tad''—
please You knew his fortune
“tgriy tied up in Borough stock,
/
cw.
** u o>
i •
1 M r u
/
• H'oiwu-ridit.
:.4 y(Mi didn't know.
-J liiuiitf and Perry's
'hat Mock and that if
■ d we will be depeud
-iit a charity. If
didn't know it, did
■ st tremulous in
-t ;• ;«ai, but Bennett
to answer:
■ and 1 knew It-"
• 1 from her eyes,
• l': s h nvr
• :Lis—knowing Perry
>de i atipws by your
; II S- ‘ * t • u " —
- e Ye*. 1 am
r doty."
■d »Va lo w right. “Tour
- when you vetoed the
bill That act made your position i
clear and Show,si the public how you j
regarded the measure, so w hy go on i
fighting it after"
"1 won't discuss this with you, Mr !
V\ ainwright." Interrupted BcnueiL
“We already understand one auother.
you and I."
_ M J uncle says." pursued Dallas, j
“that you made your broker secretly ;
sell Borough stock short, kuowing the
deal would enrich you. Wont you !
even deny this?”
“No"
“You realize what all this foolish !
Stubbornness must mean to me—to all
of us," continued Dallas, “and you still
persist la your opposition?"
"I must," said Bennett. "I can't turu
back. Oh. Dallas." he added, dropping
his voice till none but sbe could hear,
"can’t you trust me—only till Friday?
I II come to you ou Saturday morning
and tell you the whole miserable story.
1 only ask you to wait until then
Please"—
“I see no need of waiting for an ex- i
plauation." retorted Dallas aloud. “I
understand everything"
"But you don't understand!” insisted
Alwyn. "1“—
"1 understand only too well," repeat
ed Dallas Checking his reply aud Ig
noring the anguished appeal In bis
eyes, she turned to Gibbs
"I have kept you waiting long for
your answer. Mr Gibbs." she said,
speaking in a level, tirm. emotionless j
voice. "I am prepared to give It to |
you now—publicly You have orten I
asked me if I would be your wife. My :
reply Is. Yes ’ "
"Dallas!" gasped Bennett in horrified
surprise.
CHAPTER XII
JB I.WYN BENNETT sut in 111* own
/ \ study at homo In the big Ren
/ % nett house that remained as
^ “ almost the last landmark of
that solid middle nineteenth century
Wealth and fashion which had onee
dominated a neighborhood now given
over to office buildings and apartment
houses.
The hour was late. An hour and
more had passed since the young may
or and hi* mother had returned from
the administration hail. The house
was silent, and even the usually busy
streets outside were wrapped In the
hush that never falls until after mid
night and Is dispersed In the gray of
dawn l ate as it was \lwyn had made
no move to discard his evening clothes.
Alone he sat. his head resting between
his crossed arms on the desk before
him
Motionless, inert, hope ess, lip had re
mained there ever since h.s arrival
from the hall. But if his body was
moveless, his brain n as .-nvinri. ley
as he would he could see r,o llj;ht in
the tangle of events iM“ whi h his
own sense of right ha I plunged him.
He saw the future stretehiiig out lie
fore him dreary and barren as a rainy
sea. •
Through oil of his months of battling
he had ever struggled forwatd through
increasing difficulties toward one bright
goal I'all.is' love. And now that love
was snatched from hi< grasp, through
no fault of his own. amt iiestowed on a
man unworthy to kiss the hem of her
garment.
At each step in the long climb Alwyn
had asked himself. •‘Would she ap
prove /” And now through try ing to
be worthy that approval he hud for
ever lost It. for !'alias, lie knew, lul l
not only rejected him and engaged her
seif to Gibbs, hut had done so with tin’
belief that Bennett was a heartless, un
scrupulous intriguer, undeserving of a
good woman's regard
A rap al the door aroused Bennett
from his bitter thoughts lie lifted his
head wearily and gave word to enter
A drowsy servant cac e 111 w.th a car I
•'lie says it's in portunt busimss. s :
said the footman. "And he wishes to
see you at om-e If possible
"Show him up.” answered Bennett
dropping his voice so as not to disturb
his mother, who slept on the same
door. "I wii! see him here.”
A minute later Horrigan's bulky form
blocked the threshold.
"Queer time of night for a call, he
observed casually, as be entered uniu
v|ted closed tiie ii<»ir behind him and
took a chair, "but my business
wouldn't wait.”
“Then state it as briefly as you can.
directed Benuett. making no move to
rise or welcome tils unbidden guest
"It is very late, and 1 am tins!.
"I've come to see you about our Bor
ough bill."
“So I supposed.”
-You wou't Mill off your fight against
US ! '
"That question is hardly worth an
sworing No."
"I thought not. Well. Mr Alwyn
Bennett. I've got yen! I've got you:
Im von understand me?"
"Perfectly Is that all?"
"No. it ain't all." mimicked the boas.
“And I'm in earnest. I've got you
whiTt* I want ron
"That doesn't interest me. If you ve
nothing else to say"—
But I bare." Chuckled tl -rrigan
“When it came to a s>*.wdewii i-■
tween us two 1 put a staff of rneu to
looking UP .'our record.
•You found nothing you could us*
Is that"—
-No: it isn't even the
Then I remembered about
ther.”
"About my father?"
It grated • ■:. B- uc.dt t. f
fathers b •'. >r.-d name shod
ken by this iow i*' ; • ’':
he coaid protest more ford:
beginning,
your fa
his dead
id spo
bat before
bJy Horrl
can went on:
"What d you thisk if I sad your fa
tier was a grafter-pue of the worst
of his time
I d say yon lied.” answered Bennett
calmly, “sud I’d drive the foul lie
down vour throat with my fist. You *
have to thiuk of some better scheme
than that.”
|,
1,1 «.*. . . . .. to
come here uitb the story if I didn't
h;tve fu : proof of it?" naked ilorngan
Id contempt.
Allti. despite bimseif, Aiwyn saw the
niau was sp-'tkmg what lie l<e.iet*d to
t*e the truth He paused in his unpin
site forward mote, reseated himself
and ashed coldly:
" Imt so <-a >'•! p r> s >f s’ have you
he«'n fooled by your heeler* into think
log'—
' Don't believe me. hey? Well, you
wii. fast en High liefore I’m done. l*n
less you're afraid of what I've got to
say.”
I m not afraid of anything you can
say. The highest tribute to my fa
ther's memory is the fact that a cur
like you cannot defile it. Ho on. I'll !
listen to you "
"Wry good' said Horrlgan. quite
uamoved. “1*21 make it as sliort as 1
fan. 1 remembered your fattier cot
rieh pretty quirk, tie was a member
of the orcan;/.ation, amt his firm got
the jobs of building the aqueduct and
the new library. That gave me my
clew. I looked up the specifications for
both jobs, and I turned them over to
the old engineering firm of Morris &
rherrington. You know the firm, i*er
haps If you don't, you can look them
up. They don’t bet>mg to the organiza
tion; they're the t>est experts In their
line, and they can't tie Juggled with.”
"I know them, (to on.”
"I paid them a fancy sum to go over
those speeitieations and then examine
tiie library and the aqueduct and see
If they were np to the mark or if the
city *d la»en cheated by the Beunett
t'onfractlng company. I had a strong
Idea I was right but 1 wouldn’t speak
till I had the proof When I got home
after the ball tonight I found the Mor
ris yV t’herrington report waiting for
me I brought a copy of It along with
me ”
"Well.” asked Bennett Indifferently,
“what then?"
"Here’s the copy of the report. I.ook
It over for ymirseif. The crookedest
Job ever pulled off In this city I Third
rate material, when the material railed
for in the specifications was used at
all Granite shell tilled with mortar
fnstead of solid granite; foundations
liarelj half the depth called for; in
ferior tiles in place of fireproof ones;
cheap, crumbly iron ami steel Instead
of first quality oh. there's fifty such
substitutions anil frauds! It's the raw
est. bumuiest job I e%er heard of If
any of the organisation trieil It now
adays the men who ilid It would he
Wearing stripes In < week Graft hey
Why. your father was tlo* boss grafter
of the century. tit* star graft getter of
the bunch! Ile"~
•Hush! For G (Vs sake, hush!" pout
ed Ainyn "My mother sleeps only tt
few looms tieyond. I"
-Wl-.it do l care?" roared Tlorrisau
In triumph. "I.et everybody hear!
The w hole w orld is going to hear it an
less that Borough franchise hill goes
through. Beat that hill and every pa
p i i i the country w ill have that report
t.) publish Stop your tight against us
sad the report Is burled That goes'
S«*e? Now. do
as you please
about the hill
You’re a tine
limn to preach
at>out Kraft, you
are! The very
roof over your
head, the clothed
on your back,
were tmught
with Kraft
money !**
Hen nett scarce
ly beetled the
con rue Insult,
nor did he note
II o r r 1 k a ns
grunt of gisul
b y a n d t h e
clump of his de
parting feet on
7^»»' clothe* on l our
buck run tn/Uijht
u litl i/rutt niton ij !
the stairs The young mull sat. lost,
hopeio* horror gripped. Ills eyes run
ning mechanically over the closely
tyjs-w rillcii p. 40* of the engineer's re
port. Outsider :is lie was in mutters of
practical business, Alwyn enulil see
that Horrlgan hart in no way exag
Iterated the document's content*. He
knew. too. that the Arm of engineers
who had drawn up the report were
the foremost of their sort and above all
shadow of suspicion.
IJltle by little the numbness lifted
from Ids brain, and In Its place crept a
horrible conviction of the truth Ills
father the gallant young soldier w ho
had won a nation's applause In the
civil war—the man who. poor and tin
aided, had built op a fortune against
keenest competition and bad earned a
repute for sterling probity which had
ever lieen the delight Bnd model of hla
son—this was the man whom a low
blackguard like Horrignn now had the
right to revile—a man apparently no
tietter than the boss himself—than any
dishonest heeler in the organization!
And. as If It were not enough that
the idol of a lifetime were burled,
crushed ami denied, from Its bright
pedestal, the faintly name must next
he dragged through the mire of polit
ical filth and Iil repute and the dead
man’s memory forever blasted. Kither
that or his son must withdraw from
the gallant tight he was waging against
civic corruption, for that Morrison
wonid carry out his threat and blazon
forth to the world th> story and proofs
of the elder Bennett's shame Alwyn
had no doubt. With all his fauita the
boss was a man of his word
“Stop your fight against us,” Horrt
gaa had said, “and the report Is
burned”
y»«i riio ho*> *.u a man of bb» word
Ei«-n Bennett admitted that lie would
f'jitiil hi* promise in either event
iistic Aiwyo lagan to review
tlm case On the <>ne side a perh.i;-*
QnUolic fight for an abstract principle
-a fight whose reward was political
death, loss of the woman be adored,
farnhy shame that might crush hla
fragile oi-J mother to the very grave.
On tne other wealth, honor, love, the
r rmnmbtp a future happy and g!orl
wis.
Was he not * fool to hesitate? Had
be not mhel his ' -e sirtV.ent
It by veto - the Boro-i g ■. (ranch *e
hill? Had t>e the right t br.ug ttii>
new share- u;s.n his * tv.n
bead? tYbere U»y his h~h.*s duty I
The soft rustling of > , an.) a hand
laid la tight caress upon his ti :M
aroused the niIsentble mao from his
reflect ions.
Bennett looked up to see his mother
standing him She hi! thrown
on a wrapper eud In siipper.xl foci had
•tolen noiselessly Into *lie study
"I ma* awakened by voi.es, she ex
plained. "I tlHHtght i heard some one
talking excitedly in here Is anythin*
the matter?”
"Nothing, nothing dear." he answer
ed gently, drawing the lillle old lady
affectionately down to a seat on his
ktiee and smiling manfully into het
sleep flushed face; "nothing is the mat
tee. Only a bnalBoas call."
“A business call at 2 o'clock In the
morning!" she exclaimed "IVar boy.
you are working too hard Tour father
never brought his business worries and
work home. He always left them at
the office. Oau't you do the same?
You'll inwr yourself out."
"My father"— t-cgan Bennett, but
the name choked hlui.
“You are grow ing to tie so much like
him." went on Mrs. Bennett fondly.
"And It makes me so happy that you
are. Your splendid fight against that
infamous Borough bill, for Instance.
How proud he would have tieen of
that! It Is Just the sort of thing lie
hltnself would have done In your place
He was surrounded with wicked amt
dishonest men Just as you are But
through It all he remained true, hnn
arable. Incorruptible. What a grand
heritage for my son! He— AlwyaP*
she broke off. alarmed, “why do you
look at me that way? I never saw
such a look In your eyes tiefore. V re
you III? Has something happened that
you are keeping from me?"
"No, no." evaded Bennett. "1 only”—
“You had a caller here before I
rnme In." pursued the mother, refusing
to abandon the clew to which her wo
manly Intuition had Its) her. die
brought you l>ad news? Tell me, dear!
Pm your mother, and t love you."
"You are making my course more
difficult for me by nsklng such quo*
Hons, mother,” he answered wretched
ly, "and I"
“I only want to help you. Alwyn. 1
ran t l.»ear to ace you miserable A
woman's wit amt a mother’s love are
often a combination that can sohe
problems hryoiul even the wisest
man’s powers of logic. Let me help
you.”
“I was trying to make up my *dnd.”
vaguely repli ® Bennett, sorely dts
tressed bv her pleading, “whether a
man ought to follow Ilia conscience,
even if It leads to heartbreak for those
he loves, or whether he ought to let
coiiselonce go by the board for once
■ mi protect the hiippiuess of his loved
ones "
“Alwyn! How can you hesitate a
second over such a question. One must
do right, no matter what the conse
quenee.”
“1 don’t know alsmt that.” he said
moodily
“V«m know it perfe< tty well. It is
what your father would have advise 1
and— But, Alwyn. von surely are not
making yourself unhappy over a mere
supposititious ease*/”
“Well.” lie continued, “let us take* a
‘mere supposititious case* if you like
Suppose, for instance, that a man hold
ing a position of trust had had a fa
ther whose memory he honored and
re\ered as I do my own fi flier's”—
“Yes?" prompti^t Mrs Bennett ns he
paused.
“Suppose some one ti^mpts him to !*»
tray his position of trust, even as I
have lately lieen tempt* 1. and threat
ens In case of his refusal to make
public certain facts w h < h would prove
his dead father to have l»eeti n acoun
drel. Now. what should the man do?
Should he let his fathers sacred mem
ory la* trampled In the mud. let his
duty go by default and save”—
“It would l*e an awful responsibility
to decide such a question.” said Mrs
Bennert. with a little shudder, “but
there could U* only one reply.”
j “And that is?”
“lie m .si do his duty, lx* the results
what they may.”
“You really think no?”
“There can Ijc no doubt. Bight is
right and” —
"It shall lie as you say, groaned
Ai'vyn.
“What?" queried Mrs Bennett, star
lied at the despair in his vol< e. “Do
you mean It la an actual case? Some
friend of yours, perhaps?"
Bennett nodded.
"Oh. tile poor, poor fellow!" ahe sym
pathised. “What a terrible position
for him! It was he, perhaps. that I
heard talking to you In here Just now
No wonder he seemed excited! The
sins of the fathers snail he visited upon
the children even unto the”—
“It Is somethin* less hard on the
children thau on ttie wives,” mused
Bennett, hslf to himself.
•The wives? Your friend hss a
mother living? That makes It doubly
hard. Oh. ray son. every day I thank
God In ell humility that my buaband
lived so blameless a life and left so
honored a name! How grateful you
and I both ought to lie for"—
"It Is easy enough to decide for some
one you have never seen.” retorted
Bennett almost' rudely, "hut suppose
the dishonest man In my atory had
beam father and"—
"I refuse to supi>oae anything of the
tort!” Interrupted his mother Indig
nantly. rising to her feet "I wonder
that yon can sjieak so! How cau you
suggest so horrible a thing?*’
"Just a thoughtless, tactless speech
of mine That’s all.” tied Klwj n. "It’s
very late You’ll bare a bcsidacb#. I’m
afraid. Won’t you go to tied?”
"Yes It 1* late, and I’m keeping you
; up tbs si night, dear I wish your
friend'”—
Kuv checked herself suddenly, with a
little gasp Bennett, glancing up to
her ?*, r !,*-r eyes were riveted on
a tdt of ps*tc!»«>rd lying mi the corner
| of his desk directly tieuvatb the rend
ft was HorrlgutJ * card.
Slowly the mothers gas* shifted
from the card l<» her son. I’rom her
face Use color had been rrutled by
Kim* swift emotion that left It very
«1<I, I* ik* ac<! wtiJireit
"Mr Ilcrrigati!” she ronnmired. "It
was he who was your visitor tonight?
Surely he Isn’t ttie sort of a man to
tare about his father's reputation for
Cunthtn ftimn'n.
honesty. He"—
"You're tired. mother,” Interrupted
Bennett In bust* “Won't you"
"Watt*he panted. "His visit here—
\lnyn!” her voice rising to n wall of
panic strl- ken appeal. "Hid—did that
man dar? to hint anything against
your father’ Tell me the truth: t
have a right to know Hid heY’
Ahvyn bowed his head in silence.
“Tell me what he said’-'
"lie Milt." muttered Bennett, efnaoet
Ihooherently, “he said my father made
his fortune by cruft r
“And you thrashed him and threw
him out of the house;'' she erted, lier
old eyes a blare.
"No"
“ Alw yn!"
"Me he proved what he raid*''
“It is a lie! A ivleked. abuaiiuable
lier
“It is the truth, mother Would I
have told you *ih h a thins would
Morris;.m have he’t tills room alive if
It wer** mu irue "'
A siieti.v dreadful tit it* intensity
fell over tin* room Mvvtii dan**I not
look at Id* mother At last site spoke
"1 mud know more I ref.tse to tie
;ie* e nae w »: I \ oil ep"ke ot proofs
What are llie.t
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Poat*. Mew*I Po«t*. Balu«t*r, »••» Sail aa<
Kvlldeir' rinl«b.
Hhuu on romtrt* »+tu tk« brldg*. P«t
_ _
Tit PitMH MttMrj Mi MmMm
Caraoratioi.
General Poaadry aed Machine wort, and ate
aunafaeterer* of the celebrated Plnmeier Hteea
fleeter W. II HA KHf.lt Tree*.
IUTI4M MAVIMUM MAWM
Dtridead* ere declared April 1*1 and OetobW
lat le eeeh year, payable April W»Ui aed oetobei
*Pth. Deporlt made alter toe Bret day of aeei
moath Mttwriie intereat from the gratday of tb*
sijci mo nib.
JKftfiMP mHTKton*,7l*M.
OPjOKGK W MOLT Pre*.
JJ A. HOt'OHTOa,
Dentist.
Ctmrt Hunt* Bheis. Putnam f>Mtt H.ion
from Sfe. »■ (o lp.m., etui 7 to * r>. i»
loBi-e TcDpoofte 5*.*.Hoie« T*k-pb«B*T76-I.
pULLCR'k
General Insu-ance Agency,
rvu e* urtuMns vr n»fiw, pt t«*«
All comment eetloa* ahoeld be addre*f*4
L. II Pallet aed will rec«;T* prompt »•*#•»(»*
BLANK DEEDS
AT THIS OrriCE.
TV*
FOR SALE
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*U» raoM «HRi* Apply w» Th
f*utt1aw*,i « a ~ '* ’ 1*?, '
«)° /iolhis
Mrrr**:vt turf'tr^e •. (Hff t wrnts-einc ve*
lUtr y tioUskf vbfQ itttf. lit •
>V**ci»! *' t »!’ the ! their hoods enr
m*ot' * !fi*! iwMePB! forli . steev os»v wtor*
ea»i o«her niAr»»r«*r* ef Ires
tuml*. TVnoniia*:, i>u et 100. iiV *>a’
GoupOO ht»a*h fw :”i ^isi tatM) attrr+t. Fll
Wlify 111 Vv. lurk Slop at
THE NEW FIREPROOF
HOTEL NAVARRE,
7th Ave. and 38th St.
lle«tnes* Men, Fi» irt on.I Tonimlt. Mas
toautn o l.usury At Miu*muaa I'om.
Aoccaaihle, t^met nod Kie^ant *
\N ithin F’rv Minuter* Walk of ThMlrrn, Sho|t|
nutCluh*. .WK) I'trl Wcul of BltMttiw tv. Nrw
I hitch (•rill KiMifii' l in City, t'a lr
C*r% Fa-** I Intel to All KailroavU.
f | 50 l*KK I>AY without Hath.
*2.00 PKK PAY with Bath
Hut!©* f!t 50 l-pwarrt* nd For Booklet
MKAHNS A PAHB, Fro|*a.
'Artesian Wes
’ F. A CHAMPLIN
Main St. K;int Tinntrini'Rtlew Must
NEW YORK
CLIPPER
!• TMK anCATBST
TIEATRICAL 4 SHOW PAPEI
IN THE WORLD.
Sift Pit Ynr. single Con, It Cfc
HH17ICO WKEKLY.
•ample Copy Free.
Frank queen pun. co. (U*
j ,nUI ITHI.IStirRH,
LZL . m V. tor* »(. Ma#
o
I JOHN 0. F02 & GO
DEALER* IN
LUMBER
of
ALL KINDS
^ Lime, Cement
/*> Drain Pipe
Paints and Oils
Fertilizers
Fire Brick and Cement
Ladders
Shingles, &c. &c.
JOMFOMCO
Offic aad Yard. Math of Po.t
X (MRoo, Putnam.
*000*000*000
A <%<*>OOOOO00000<>00000O0000<X>0^
CASTOR IA
For lufeat* and Children.
Tl» Kind You Hate Always Bought
pKAkS O. n*»i»
Real Estate, Life Accident
and Fire Insurance.
ibtfaaway Bl*c* Ptiutm
When You
Have got done ..Trying”
unsati>tacton Heat
ing Boiler*.
YOU C-N SAFELY
BUY THE
DUNNING
BOILER
I s al ways|sat isfactory.
All styles and .ill sizes. 1 in
use since 18^3.
J. A. EUVRARD,
Sauitan Clumber, Steam mi,!
ito! Water Fitter.
hmtftrt, Conn., exclusive Ajfent for Wtinlhan
am! Toil ant) County.
FARM
IORTG.M;i!TOT5IEm
1 That hava Stood th« Test for
25 years
The fioaiieal Horn that jii*t paaneJ, has to
mttiic ilfutrt’ tie-mount rate*) a^aiit* nhai » *4
th monatt atrri in a xerr nmilnl tlegree dttrtng
at,.) fWoatnir the pa ah' of IStM. ttatneh : Tt»al
their t- no other property«o "-all -h lam), ami
that so U*n<_* as the rat. tall* it ml the amt sin non
there ran h< no han) times ahem) for the titan
nith 1 "ell lo« tteii laim. m tthei can there fro
any net vou»tn*n for the hohter of a »vet) plneerl
I u*i Mmtk'atfe >*» am It property. For taenty*
Hie \ cara our First Mortyatre Farm !<oana
have ttomt thr teat without the loan ot a sltitfkl
Jollm to any tnveatoi. a statement that any of
out Xew F«tf laiul * ttatotitet^ ean «*«»ittr»»».
We ahouM l»e nlrnxeil to aem) ite> criptivo
ttteimn an.In of our lottu* to any one inin e-Ietl
in ibututfljr sate iuyeatrnteul that will not
flic per eent.
Fartners&TradersBaHlc
Wakefiald, Nebraska
John D. Itaakell, Crew. I». Mathew won, V.P
It. If. MsthewMin. r ’nahier.
Thi Light that Never Fails.
The Ihml aniM‘heH|ni*t I.nmp on the
Market, nil IMiik-. .MiKtiletetl, «»* *1 j*v»
ger, no xliartow. < nil ami we llieiu In
n|N<rati<m nt
D. I X. MM, Agent,
«>I Main Klreet, I’m In him,
wh(>rfl(<lolN>M, Tojw ami all Mit|>pllWl
for cm! be hail AImo rofereucwi
ran I** given to ninny now in nw
I have • roliKtion of flue Violin* which
have demled to tll*|w»-*r iif; Moot)/ titrui a»«
wrvciat ol my own nittkr % Mrh me uttttti i»hmJ
for onihotrel work, liw several v» rr «lti
•truoiouU suitable lor parlor or |noit*A*ioB*l pur*
All tbiM* mu of iw tolila
The earl) hinl-Hrtc.l«tP.
JOHN A. MORSE
its South Mata Htiret Putnam. C«na
Commonwealth Hotel
Opp. State Heme. Boston
O0«re room* wltb hot and cold »iW
i for f1.00 per day and up; room* with
private hath lor fl .60 par day and np|
aultea of two rooma and bath for ff "
per day and up. Weekly ralaa on rooma
wltb hot and told water aod abownr
hatha, fit 00 to |* * 0; rooma with prianta
batba, fbOO to 112 00; anltaa of. IW
4-mtna and bath |14 00 to|33.00.
Absolutely H reproof. Blone
nothing wood but tbj door*. Kqulpped
wltb It* own Henttery Vacom Cleaaia*
Plant. Long Distance Talepnone la
Every Itoom. Btriclly a Tampareaoa
Hotel.
STORER F- CRAFTS, Manager.
Bend for Booklet.
For Sale!
THE
ON ELM STREET
Inquire of
Richard Gorman,
ImurtnM and Rea! Fatal*,
Bradley Building, *