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THE PORT OF I
MISSING MEN!
By Meredith JVicholsgm.
Author ol “The House ol s Tboussnd Csndles"
COPYRIGHT. 1907. BY THE BOBBS-MURiU COMPANY
AH, Mr. Armitage. may 1 offer you «
cigarette?"
He turned to find Chauvenet close at
tiis side. He had not beard the man
enter, but Cbauveoet had been in bis
thoughts, and he started slightly at
finding him so near. Chauvenet held
in his white gloved hand a gold cigar
ette case, which he opened with a de
liberate care that displayed its emhel
lisbed side. The smooth golden surface
gleamed In the light, the helmet in
bine and the white falcon Bashed in
Armitage's eyes. The meeting was
r.early by Intention, and a slight smile
played about Cbauvenet’e lips in his
enjoyment of the situation. Armltage
nulled up at him in amiable acknowl
edgment of his courtesy and rose.
-You are very considerate, monsieur.
I was just at the moment regretting
our distinguished host’s oversight In
providing cigars alone. Allow me:”
He bent forward, took the outstretch
ed open case Into his own hands, re
moved a cigarette, snapped the case
shut and thrust It Into his trousers
jm.. ket—all, as It seemed, at a single
stroke.
■ My dear sir,” began Chauvenet,
white with rage.
■My dear M. Chauvenet.” said Arml
tage. striking a match, “1 am indebted
to you for returning a trinket that I
value highly.”
The flame crept half the length of
the stick while they regarded each
other. Then Armltage raised It to the
tip If his cigarette, lifted his head and
blew a cloud of smoke.
'Are you able to prove your property.
Mr. Armltage?” demanded Chauvenet
furiously.
My dear sir, they have a saying In
this country that possession is nine
points of the law. You had It—now I
have it—wherefore it must be mine!”
< I A fl I - lil
He turned to find Chauvenet close at hie
side.
Cbauvenet's rigid figure suddenly re
laxed. He leaned against a chair with
a return of bis habitual nonchalant air
and waved bis baud carelessly.
"Between gentlemen—so small a mat
ter!”
"To be sure, the merest trifle,” laugh
ed Armitage with entire good humor.
"Aud where a gentleman has the
predatory habits of a burglar aud
housebreaker”—
“Then iesser affairs, such as picking
up trinkets” —
"Come naturally; quite so!” And
Chauvenet twisted his mustache with
an air of immense satisfaction.
"But the genial art of assassination
—there's a business that requires a
calculating hand, my dear M. Chau
venet."
Chauvenet's hand went again to his
lip.
"To be sure!” he ejaculated, with
zest.
"But alone—alone one can do little.
For larger operations one requires, I
should say, courageous associates
Now, in my affairs, would you believe
me, I am obliged to manage quite
alone.”
"How melancholy!” exclaimed Chau
venet.
“It is, indeed, very sad!” and Armi
tage sighed, tossed his cigarette into
the smoldering grate and bade Chauve
net a ceremonious good night.
"Ah, we shall meet again. I dare
say.'”
“The thought does credit to a gen
erous nature." responded Armitage and
passed out into the bouse
“THU U miICA, MB. ARMITAGB.
P R I N O. planting green
called for bar bora* and rode forth to
greet the conqueror. The afternoon
was keen and annoy, and she bad turn
ed impatiently from a tea to which
she was committed to seek the open.
The call of the outdoor gods sang In
her blood. Daffodils and crocuses lift
ed yellow flames and ruddy torches
from every dooryard. She had pinned
a spray of arbutus to the lapel of her
tan riding coat It spoke to her of
the blue horizons of the t irginla to.Is
The young buds In the maples hovered
like a mist In the tree tops. Towering
over all. the Incomparable gray obelisk
climbed to the blue arch and brought
It nearer earth. Washington, the cen
ter of man's hope is also In spring the
capital of the land of heart's desire.
With a grootn trailing after her. Shir
ley rode toward Rook creek-that rip
pling. murmuring, singing trifle of wa
ter that laughs day and night at the
margin of the beautiful city, a* though
jto'ltp-s and statesmanship were the
hugest joke in the world. The flag on
the Austro-Hungarian embassy hung
at half mast and symbols of mourning
fluttered from the entire front of the |
and gold bannera on old
Virginia battlefields,
crossed the Potomac and
occupied Washington.
Shirley Clalborna
bouse. Shirley lifted her ever gravely
as she passed Her thoughts flew at
onee to the sene at the house of the
Secretary of state a week before, when
Baron von Marti of had learned of the
death of his sovereign, and by assooia
tion she thought, too. of Armitage and
of his look and voice as he said:
"Long live the emperor and king!
fJod save Austria"'
Emperors and kings' They were as
Impossible today as a snowstorm. The
grave ambassadors as they appeared at
great Washington functions, wearing
their decorations, always struck her as
being parU’ularty distinguished. it
Just bow occurred to her that they
were all linked to the crown and scep
ter, but she dismissed tb* whole mat
ter and bowed to two dark ladles in a
passiug victoria with the quick little
Bod and bright smile that were the
same for these titled members of the
Spanish ambassador's household as for
the young daughters of a western sen
ator, who democratically waved their
hands to her from a doorstep.
Armitage came again to her mind.
He had caller! at the Claiborne house
twice since the secretary’s bail, and she
had been surprised to find how fully
she accepted him as au American now
that he was on her own soil, lie de
rived, too, a certain stability from the
fact that the Sandersons knew him;
he was, indeed, an entirely different
person since the Montana senator def
initely connected him with an Amer
ican landscape. She hml kept her own
counsel touching the scene on the dark
deck of the King Edward, but it was
not u tiling lightly to bo forgotten. She
was half angry with herself this mel
low afternoon to find how persistently
Armitage came into her thoughts and
how the knife thrust on the steamer
deck kept recurring in her mind and
quickening her sympathy for a man
of whom she knew so little, and she
touched her horse impatiently with the
crop and rode into the park at a gait
that roused the groom to attention.
At a lieud of the road Chauveuet and
Franzel, the attache, swung into view,
mounted, and as they met Cbauvenet
turned his horse and rode lieaide her.
"Ah. these American airs! This
spring! Is it not good to be alive. Miss
Claiborne?"
“It is all of that!” she replied. It
seemed to her that the day had not
needed Chanvenet’s praise.
“I had hoped to see you later at the
Wallingford tea." he continued.
"No teas for me on a day like this!
The thought of being indoors is tragic."
She wished that lie would leaxe her,
for she had ridden out Into the spring
sunshine to Is* alone. He somehow
did not appear to advantage in his
riding coat—his belongings were too
perfect. She had really enjoyed his
talk when they had met here and there
abroad, but she was in no mood for
him now, and she wondered what he
had lost by the transfer to America
He ran on airily in French, speaking
of the rush of great ami small social
affairs that marked the end of the sea
son.
"Poor Frunze! is indeed trlste. He
is taking the death of Johann Wilhelm
quite hard. But here In America the
death of an emperor seems less Ini
portent A king or a peusant. what
does It matter?"
"Better ask the robin In yonder bud
ding chestnut tree, monsieur. This is
not an hour for hard questions!"
••Ah. you are very cruel! You drive
me back to poor, melancholy Frapzel
who is Indeed a funeral in himself."
•■That is very sad, monsieur," and
she smiled at him with mischief In her
eyes. "My heart goes out to any one
who is left to mourn—alone.”
He gathered his reins and drew up
his horse, lifting his hat with a perfect
goture.
"There are sadder blows than losing
one's sovereign, mademoiselle!" and he
shook his bared head mournfully and
rode back to find his friend.
She sought now her favorite bridle
paths, and her heart was light with
the sweetness and peace of the spring
as she heard the rush and splash ot
the creek, saw the flash of wings and
felt the mystery of awakened life
throbbing about her. The heart of a
girl in spring is the home of dreams,
and Shirley's heart overflowed with
them until her pulse thrilled and »ang
in quickening cadences.
The groom marveled at the kudden
change* of gait, the gallops that fell
abruptly to a walk with tba mlterua
tlons of mood in the girt a heart, the
pauses that marked a moment of med
ltation as she watched eoine green
curving bank or a plunga of the mad
little creek that sent t glory of apray
whitely into the sunlight It graw late,
and the ahadows of waning afternoon
crept through the park. The crowd
had hurried borne to escape the chill of
the spring dusk, but she lingered on.
reluctant to leave, and presently left
her horse with the groom that she
might walk alone beside tbe creek in a
place that was beautifully wild. About
(i ii/ii
~n*r« art tarMf bl«r« Out* lotting
Qtiit tovertii/m."
i
•w lay • narrow atrip of Toon* m»
t es, and beyond this the wide park
n<aj w mad at The foot of a strap
wooded cliff. Tlw place was perfectly
'.met save foe the >; v-b ar.d l>abble of
the creek.
S' ' *al minutes passed. Ones she
heard tier groom speak to the horses,
i.: ’"gb she conkl not see him. t*ut the
irm of the place held her She raised
!h r eves from the tumbling water be
fore her ami looked off through the
maple tangle Then she drew back
quickly and c!a*i»d her riding crop
tightly. Some one had paused at the
farther edge of the maple brake and
dismounted, a* she had. for a mote In
timate enjoyment of the place, it was
John Armitage, tapping hia riding boot
idly with his crop as he leaned against
a tree and viewed the miniature valley.
lie was a little below her. eo that
she saw him quite distinctly and
eaaght a glimpse of hia horse pawing,
with arched neck. In the bridle path
behind him. She had no wish to meet
him there and turned to steal back to
her horse when a movement In the
maples below caught her eye. She
paused, fascinated and alarmed by the
cautious stir of the undergrowth.
The air was perfectly quiet; the dis
turbance was not caused by the wind.
The dark form r«>sr nmi poteed for a
Then the hem! and shoulders of a man
were disclosed as he crouched on
hands and knees, watching AnuitHge.
Ills small head and big body as he
crept forward suggested to Shirley
some fantastic monster of legend, aud
her heart bent fast with terror as a
knife dashed In hla band. He moved
more rapidly toward the silent figure
by the tree, and still Shirley watched
wide eyed, her figure tense and trem
bling. the haud that held the crop half
raised to her lips, while the dark form
rose and poised for a spring.
Then she cried out, her voice ringing
clear aud high across the little vale
and sounding back from the cliff:
"Oh, oh!” And Armltnge leaped for
ward aud turned. His crop fell first
upon the raised
hand, knocking
the knife fur in
to the trees,then
ui>on the face
aud shoulders of
the Servian. The
fellow turned
aud lied through
the maple tan
gle, Armltageaft
er him. and Shir
ley ran back to
ward the bridge
where she had
left her groom
und met him
halfway, hurry
ing toward her.
“What is it.
The fellow fled, Ar- n)ls8-, Dw you
miUiye after hint.
“No; It was nothing, Thomas—noth
ing at all,” and she mounted and turn
ed toward home.
Her heart was still pounding with
excitement, and she walked her horse
to gain composure. Tw ice, in circum
stances most unusual and disquieting,
she had witnessed an attack on John
Armitage by an unknown enemy. She
recnlled now a certain pathos of his
figure us she lust saw- him leaning
against the tree watching the tur
bulent little stream, and she was Im
patient to find how her sympathy weut
out to him. It made no difference who
John Armitage was; his enemy was a
coward, and the horror of such a turn
a<e to a man's life appalled her. She
passed a mounted policeman, who rec
ognized her and raised his hand In
lute, but the Idea of reporting the
stringe affair In the strip of woodland
occurred to her only to lie dismissed.
She felt that here was an ugly busi
ness that was not within the grasp of
a park patrolman, and. moreover, John
Armitage was entitled to pursue his
own course in matters that touched
bis Ufa so closely. The thought of
film reassured her. He was no simple
boy to suffer such attacks to pass un
challenged. and ao, dismissing him, she
raised her bead and aaw him gallop
forth from a bypath and rain hla home
bsaida bar.
” If Isa Claiborne!”
The suppressed feeling la hla tone
made the moment Venae, and she aaw
that hla tips trembled. It was a situa
tion that moat have Its quick relief, ao
tbs said Instantly In a mockery of hla
ewa tons:
“Ur. Armitage!” She laughed. ”1
am almost caught In the dark. The
blandishments of spring hart beguiled
me.”
He looked at her with a quick scru
tiny. It did Dot seem possible that this
could bo the girt who had called to
him In warning scarce Jive minutes be
fore, but he knew it had been she.
He would have known her voice any
where In the world. They rode silent
beside the creek, wblch was like a
laughing companion seeking to mock
them Into a cheerier mood. At an
opening through the hills they saw the
western horixon aglow In tints of lem
I on deeping Into gold and purple. Save
for the riot of the brook the world was
i at i*-ace. She met bis eyes for an in
stant and their gravity aud the firm
lines In which his lips were set showed
that the shock of hla encounter had not
yet passed.
“Iiut this Is America, Mr. Armitage!"
“That does not belp tne with you.
You have every reason to resent my
bringing you Into sucb dangers. It Is
unpardonable, indefensible!"
She saw that he was greatly troo
“fkrt you covlnt help my <■&. j
the park today I ' t< >• st>v;;ied
Jest there Mtn It's a fsvviritc place i
for meditations. If you know the t
man"—
“l know the wan "
The* lit* lav. •, > Penn inly protect j
y«n., as yon k . ■ •-■ very \ lip nas
* dreadful a I*. ■ U The |W,KV
can undoubtedly iu>J and lock him j
Dp,"
She was seeki- ; to mirli’n-p the
matter. to pass I: off as a common- !
I’ln* affair of every day They wire
walking their horses The groom fol
lowed stolidly behind.
Armltage was silent, a look of great
perplexity on his face. When he spoke j
be was quite calm.
"Miss Claiborne. 1 most tell you that
this .is an affair hi which 1 can't ask I
help in the usual channels. Yo* will
pardon n»e If I seem to mr.ke a mya
tery of what should be ordinarily a
Nt of business between myself and
the police. But to give publicity to
these attempts to injure uie just now
would be a mistake. I could hare
caught that man there In the wood
But I let him go for the reason-for
the reaaoo that l want the men back
of him to show themselves twfore 1
act. But If it tau t presuming"—
He wae quite himself again. Hia
voice was steady aud deep with the
ease and aaauraucs that she liked In
him. She had marked today In hts
earnestness, more than at any other
time, a alight, an almost Indistinguish
able trace of another tongue in his
kngllsh.
"How am I to know whether It
would ba presuming?" she asktxL
“But I was going to say”—
“When rudely Interrupted!” Sho wa#
trying to make It easy for him to say
whatever he w (shed.
—“that these troubles of mins are
really personal. I have committed no
crime and am not fleelug from jus
the.”
She laughed and urged her horse
Into a gallop for a last stretch of road
near the park limits.
“How uninteresting! We ex|>ect a
Montana ranchman to have a spectac
ular past"
"But not to carry It. I hope, to Wash
ington. On the range I might become
a lawless bandit in the Interest of pie
turesiiueuesa, Out here”—
"Here in the world of frock coated
statesmen nothing really Interesting Is
to la- expected.”
She walked her horse again. It oc
curred to her that he might wish an
assurance of silence from her What
she had seen would make a capital hit
of gossip, to say nothing of being ma
terial for the newspapers, and her cam
science ns she reflected grew uneasy at
the thought of shielding him. She
knew that her father and mother aud,
even more strictly, her brother would
close their doors on a man whose ene
mies follow ed him over seas and lay in
wait for him In a iH-aceful park, hut
here idle tested him A man of breed
ing would not ask protection of a wo
man on whom he had no claim, and It
waa certainly not for her to establish
an understanding with him In so
strange aud gruve a matter.
“It must be fan having a ranch with
cattle on a thousand hills. I always
wished my father would go In for a
western place, hot he can’t travel so
far from home. Our ranch is in Vir
ginia.”
"You have a Virginia farm? That Is
very Interesting."
“Yes; at Htorm Springs. It’s really
beautiful down there,” she said simply
It was on Ills tongue to tell tier that
he, too, owned a bit of Virginia soil,
but he bad Just established himself as
a Montana ranchman, and it seemed
bait not to multiply Ills places of rcsl
deuce. He had, moreover, forgotten
the name of the county In which Ills
preserve lay. He said, with truth:
"I know nothing of Virginia or the
south, but I have viewed the landscape
from Arlington, and some day I ho|>e
to go adventuring In the Virginia
hills."
"Then you should not overlook our
valley. I am sure there must lie ad
ventures waiting for somebody down
there. Vou can tell our place hy the
spring lamb on the hillside There’s a
huge Inn that offers the long distance
telephone and market reports and n<>!f
links and very good horses, and lots of
people stop there us a matter of course
In their (light between Florida and
Newport They go up arid down the
coast like the mercury In a thermome
ter—up when It’s warm, down when
it’s cold. There’s the secret of our
mercurial temperament ’’
A passing automobile frightened her
horse, and he watched Iter perfect cool
g.-ss In quieting the animal with rein
and voice.
“He’s Just op from the farm and
doesn’t like town very much But he
shall go home again soon,” she said as
they rode on.
“Oh, you go down to shepherd those
spring lambs!” he eiclaltued. with mis
giving In his heart He had followed
her across the sen, and now aha was
about to take Bight again.
Ha dimly coderstood aa ha left her
In a gay mood at tha Claiborne bouse
that she had sought to maks him for
get tha lurking figure In tha pork thick
et and tha dark dead thwartad there
It waa kar way of cow»ay lag tg him
her dlsmlaaal of tha Incident, apd It
Implied a greater kladnCea than any
pledge of aacrecy. Ha rode a way with
grave eysa. and n new hope Ailed hia
heart.
toHS iUUTiUI ta IMWWIfc „
-BMITAGB dlnsd alons
that evening and left the
hotel at 9 o'clock for a
walk. He unaffectedly
i enjoyed paved ground
and the sights and waya
of cities, and be walked aimlessly
about the lighted thoroughfare# of the
capital with conscious pleasure In the
movement and color of life. He let
his eye* follow the Washington monu
ment's gray Hue star want, and he stop
ped to enjoy the b.gh poised equestrian
statue of Sherman, to which the starry
dusk gave something of legendary and
old world charm.
Coming out ui«on Pennsylvania ave
nue. he strolled past the White House
and at the wide Bung gates paused
while a carriage swept by him at the
driveway. He aaw within tbs grim
face of Baron von Msrhof and ancon
sclousiy lifted bis hat, though the am
bassador was deep In thought and did
not see him. A rail tags struck the
pavement smartly with h» sites as he
walked slow !j on. poudcrtnc. hut he
was evsnscSons a moment a t» - that
<*e# was loitering |s,rsl»t(Hil!,v in
his wake. Armltage was at once on
t!i:* aiert n ith *11 ins faeultl-w sis.tr}’
ratal Ho turn**-1 an.! gradually « tek
etc! his pace, and tin* per-on U'hhtd |
him Immediately tlkl likew ise
Tin* seusat ion of being followred !»
at nrsl aanoy mg Then a |>! asant
lost crecfis Into It. an*l In Arroltagv s
case tin* reaction was Immediate, Il<*
hss «*vt*n aroused to reflect that th»*
shallow hail chosen for hi* exploit
what la probably tkr nu»t ooespicu
oua ao.l the K*st guarded *i>ot lu
America. It »as not jot 10 o'clock,
hut the streets were eom|u«rat!vely
free of people Us slackened hi* puce
gradually ami threw open hts over
coat. f«-r the night was warm, to give
an Impression of ease, amt when he
had reached the soml>er facade of the
treasury building he paused and
st ml led It In the glare of the electric
lights as though he wen* a chance
traveler taking a preliminary view of
the slghta of the capital A man sttii
lingered behind him. drawiug nearer
now, at a moment when they had the
sidewalk comparatively free to them
selves. The fellow was short, hut of
soldierly erectues# and e»eu In his
loitering pace lifted hla feet with the
quick precision of the drilled man.
Armltage walked to the corner of
renus.< 1 vanla avenue and Fifteenth
street, then turned and retraced his
ateps slowly past the treasury build
lng. The mau who had been following
faced about ami walked slowly In the
opposite direction, and Armltage.
qulckcntng his own pai*e, ainuseil him
self by doggTtsg the fellow's steps
closely for twenty yard*, then passed
him.
When he had gained the advantage
of a few reel Armltage stopped sud
denly and spoke to the man iu the
casual tone he might have used In nil
dressing a passing acquaintance.
"My friend." ht* said, "there are two
policemen across the street If you
continue to follow me I shall call their
attention to you."
"I'anlon roe" —
"Von are watching me. and the thing
won't do"
"Yes. I'm watching you, Imt"—
"Hut the tlnug won't dot If you are
bleed"
"Nelu! Nelli! You do me a wrong.
«tr."
"Then If von are not hired you arc
jour own i co-ter. ami you serve jour
self ill vthen you lake tile trouble to
follow me Now I'm going to (Inlsh
my walk, and I ln-g you to keep out of
my way "I his is tint a place where
lllieriles may la* Infringed with Im
pnnlty tio.nl evening, sir'"
Armltage w heeled about sharply, autl
as his fate came Into the lull light ot
the street lamps the stranger staled at
hliu intently
Aruiituge was fumbling lu Ilia pock
et for a coin, blit tills lu>|iertiueiice
mused him to change Ida mind. Two
policemen were walking slowly toward
them, and Armltage. annoyed by the
whole Incident, walked quickly away
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FOR SALE
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THE NEW FIREPROOF
HOTEL NAVARRE,
7th Av*. and 38th St.
B*«ineH» Men, Kau- *e» iihI Tmm»t». Mm
mtutu o l uvnrt 41 Mnonmin Cmi,
Atve«i*»We, ymot aati Klrjjnm
ithin Pi»p Minniw' Will of Tbvitrvii
300 Fwt W«l ol H«vnvlw»y. N««
l hitch l.ritl !L*w»« 1.%iia City. C* It
t‘su> Ihuw Hotel to All liAi’liMttU.
|| 50 PKH PAY without Hath.
I 12.00 DAY with H«t|,
8ulic« |S 50 8< ml For Bookie
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Artesian-:- Welle
F. A. CHAMPLIN
Main Kt. K»«t Lonffinaailew Maa»
NEW YORK
CLIPPER
M TNI MUTI>T
nUTRICAlI SNOW WPB
IN THK WORLD.
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FRANK QUEEN FUN. CO. (UN
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DKAI.KHN IN
LUMBER
of
$ ALL KINDS
$ Lime,
Cement
Drain Pipe
Paints and Oils
Fertilizers
Fire Brick and Cement
Ladders
Shingles, &c. &c.
MMI CO
OSm aai Yard. Math of Port
Mm,
<000*000*000
I
J/SLA»K O. DA VIA
Real Estate, Life Accident
and Fire Insurance.
n»th»w»» Black P«t«»«r
j,'CLurt
General Insu-ance Agency,
IFtu.ih Mi'iLMlo cp »taih», ptrxtm
AH <*oaaui ewlaw •boalk l» aAdrrtaak
I,. ll.Patlcr »4 will n«i»»M9a(il attaatlai
jj a. ■ocean*,
Dentist.
Coart Hmm Blork, Pataaa. Oft* Hoar,
tro» »*. n. to tp.« , «ad J to »p. to
OflM Telrpaoe* T«l»pko•*!?»-13
When Yoi
ll.no got done ..Trying”
unsatisfactory Heat
ing Boilers,
YOU C 4 N SAFELY
BUY THE
■f ■*
DUN mu
BOILER
Is alwaysjsatisfactory.
All styles and all sizes. li
use since 1853.
J. A. EUVRAR]
8aniu»rv IMmuhrr, im|
l\<*i Water Fitter.
IVmfVet, Conn., exfhtme A^rui to* Wi»
and Tttllami (\)uut|.
FARM
MTii.lliE IHESITO
Thu han SM lh» ThI.IW
25 years
The flnant'al flurry Hint ju»t h«
mm# *' drmountratal ayaiii, tint
d« moiMratt'd in * verv tnarkod degree d«
ami f*'l owing the punlo ot IKUft, namely i ,
rtirre i* no other property *o Milo a* I a ml,
that «>« long a« the rah tail* and the *ua
their eau be no haul tlws thiml for flat ;
with a wall located farm. neither raw tfc«
mu nerf ou*ne«M |»r thu holder of a wall j
Y »r«t Mortgage on *neh property. ,For twi
five \ear* our Fir*t Mortgage Farm I
have stood the teat without the Itm of a
dollar to any invrator, a *latom»ttt that M|Jf
oiii Now KaifUml h untomri % rau rorflrtn.
We should Iw pltud to send dare ‘
iiumuoi hiuU of our loan* to any on# inti
iu absolutely safe luvaatrtuont that
the jh’i cent.
Farmers^ Traders!
Wakefield, Nebraska
John D. Hnsknlli Pmn. U. MslOewsnn, Vj
H. H. Msiheitton. a^uhlnr.
HE AW
The Light that Niter
The Ilfst mid Cheapenl Lamp
Market, nil Oilnif" ooiisldpred, no
Kit, ihi shadow. Cull ami Ml
"I" i • 111,'ii al
II. f. X. MVOY,
01 Main Street, Put nan,
where <Hills's, Tups nml Mil *U|
(or I .mu u ran ls< liml. Also refee
ran ts* given to many now In-i
VMS! V
I h«v« a collection ol Y'tolls*
hnv. to a»I ; Miming tbti
ihivA*i ■ I ol i; make s bicto art? am
for mt Hn»lrat work. »l»o sever*! ft
ati uiiicnta tin l able for | *rior or proto
po«wi. Ail tlir«4> must tw miltl.
The* early birtl~->#tc.,«te.
JOHN A. MORSE
South Mum Mtiert PutBAUB
Commonwealth
Opp. State Houte.
Abeolotoly
nothing wood but
with Mm own
Moot.
Beery
Hotel. |
STOKER F CRAFTS,
■end lor
For Sa
THE
Inquire of
Richard