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it. tPTKR I.—In an interview nt Genera be
»--:oe:i Count Ferdinand yon Stroe'acl.the aged
feeble premier of the Austrian empire, and
Armltage,
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Domes. He declares to Captain Claiborne
&i* Interest tn Shirley, telling tilth that he is
ZOILK to Washington because the girl lives
Itaeie He assures DUk of his financial stand
but leaves him veiy much In the dark as to
trisMenty. VU—Zmal, traveling on the King
idw«rri under an assumed name, tries to stsb
montage at night a« he wilks on the deck with
Hlvr^y. VIII—Theannouncemnntof thedeath
the Austrian emperor breaka up a Washing
ton leceptlon attended by Shirley. Armitage
ind kiuvenet. Arniltace by a trick recovers
n'.« Mvuret case from Ohauvenst. IX—Cbauva
ael nukes love to Sbtrldy aud is snubbed. A.
Uttl- later tbe girl Raves Armitage's llfo by cry
tog jut as she sees Zmal about to stab him. X—
vsttrBreuulg, ex sergeant In the Unite
1 States
*rfy and informer years Armitage's Instruct
or In shooting in the Austrian forest, enlists id
AiciltagVs eervlee and Is sent to the lotter's es
tate near Lamar Va, XI and XU—At a supper
itvun by Hick Clalbourhe, Chauvenet denounces
.fruitage as a false noblemau and Impostor.
0leltdemands explanation from Armltase.
til j.
the latter is unable to give at this time,
jociarlng tbat his private affairs mast wait on
Sbi larger matters in which he is involved. He
(otiisUs-'ar at his Virginia bunting lodge, near
which Is.the "Port of Missing Men." a clearing
onoe held by some ^cntederftto soldiers who
fcadxefuied to surender. The "port"
la reached
'rj a dsngerous, rickety old bridge. XII]—Af
•*r an letervlew.
wltbtjhlrley on her father'ses
tate, rear his o.wp. Armltaee runs into Chauve
net at the girl's iate. XIV—Armitage accuses
Uhfcuvenet of the murder of Von Siroebel and
•varus him that he is playing a dangerous game
in plotilne to place Francis on the Austrian
ibrono. XV—Shlney rejects Chauvenet. As
two talk on the roadtnwv are held up bv a
*s K.nshlner, who mistakes Chauvenet for Arm*
:tage. The natives are suspicious of Armitage's
unexplained, presence at the hunting lodge,
rtblrley saves Chauvenet's llfo by explaining
{bat neither he
nor Armitage is a government
olllcer, XVI—Dick Claiborne learns from a
Moptana senator that Armitage is not an im
porter and sends this information to Shirley,
he sees Armit%ge and Zmal fight at her own
garden wall. The Servian escapes aftefstabb
leg Armitage In the shoulder. The girl hides
Armitage lo her father's otllce as Ur, aod Mrs,
Jiatborne, accompanied by the Austrian am
iinsstdor, Baroovon Marliof, enter the bouse,
f. VII—1The ambassador Is worried by
the weak
a ass ,f the Lew Austrian emperor, Charles
^ou's and the danger lo his .nation Involved In
die possible succession of Franols. Shirley dis
plays much Interest In the perils surrounding
•irm tage,
XVJ
Ly Oscar.* XXI—O car. meats Zutl and
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THE PORT OF
MISSING MEN
?fv "By Mehe-dith JVicholsojv.
Avtkor of "Tb« House oi a Thousand Candles'*
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,K»p the benefit of new subscribers wo print
V-eTollowtngsynopsti of this story rilor to tills
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DOBRS-MERRILL
young man or Kuropean birth
ad Amer can education, tbe case of the Arch
Karl ana bis son Frederick Augustus, miss
together for several years, is discussed. Ar
."ut-fige assures von StroebeKtbat the two royal
.•esuave both died In America. Armltago Is
*»)so generally believed to be dead. Karl's writ
Vn attack ou bis wife, denying the rltsbt of
^'ranci®, belr presumptive toihe throne, to be
«aown HS lils son, has been stolen from Stroebel
o? Julius Obaimnet, acting tor Francis. Von
.•'trbdbel desires Armitage to "do something for
«t(isirla," his native conntry, Chauvenet Is In
orerted in an
American glri staying at a Gene­
va hvte). II—Armitage Is introduced to Sbi-ley
'ttairborne and Captain Dlok CUlboroo, child
j^n of a famous American diolomat, Much
Xyetcry surrounds Armitage's.Identity. Ill—
irm'tacels greatly Interested in Shirley, who
.-•oos dim buying a watcb for tbo forman of his
nontaua rancb. Count von Siroebel Is mur
d* red In a railway oar on his way from Geneva
Vienna, and Armitage tells Shirley,
who Is on
oa point of returning to America, Uat he ex
p?cis to iheet the assassin soon In Geneva.
IV Annltage spies on Chauvenet
end Ills ac
osucplice, Durand. and hears tlum plana\l*lt
vi /inerica to rrocuro for Franols positive
oraofa of the death of Karl and Frederick Au
*ui»u8. Armitage is iught by the coDspira
*.ort' servant. V—Armltw?o eboxpes from Zmal,
ibo Servian servant, and reoaptures the arch
duke's btitemont from Chnuveuet, He loses
jicsret case, marked with the initials "F. A."
icu the coat of arms of the Austrian Imperial
family. Tuecaso i.9 found byOhauvonei and
durand, who di'cusa the pgslblllty of the loser
iGlrg the son of the archduke and heir to the
Auttrian throne if Karl is really de*d. VI -On
soard the steamer King Edward, boond from
Mvorponl to New York, Armitage meets tbe
II—Oscar is attacked by Znai
viid captures the Servian, Armitage send!
*ml back to Chauvenet with a note warnlns
lm that bis plans and tbes-) of Durand. who Is
no on his way to Ao-erica are known to their
itended victim. In reply Cfe'uveh't threatens
bill Armitage. XIX—At tbe Austrian am
dassador's request Die
10 a'bot ne is dotalled to
•earn something abcut.themysterious Armitage
lio plot agal' st Charles ouls Is developing lu
-itnna and Hungary. XX— Shirley goes at
3!gbt to warn ArmUage that her brother Is
ijr-iut to watch him. The? meet at the old
bridge, and a little later he returns home send
ug Armitage's horse. cb he'had lent to her.
of
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fights with him In the rialborne sheepfold.
Arming's inin s°l/.es a mrssage carried by
the so vlivn and Is himself Cjuxbt-by Dick, who
reads the message. Zmii rsenpes. The mes
sage is a cablegram uom Chauvenet to his VI.
ennauc m. resdl-s simply. "Not later than
Prldav." Un*een by Claiborne, Armitage takes
Ojcar'st pi? h* prisoner, Shirley tells Airn
itage thoccn enw the 'tiiioogram, and the
young man lenvts thei''alborne mansion hur
rledly with Oaoar. lilck goes to the hills on a
mission from Von Marhof
we can cut around aud get ahead of
them and drive them back here to my
,laud."
"To the Port of Missiug Men! It
was made for the busiuess," said Clai
borne.
"Oscar, patrol the road here and
keep an eye on the bungalow, and if
you hear us forcing them down charge
from this side. I'll fire twioe when 1
get near the Port to warn you, and If
you strike them first give the same sig
nal. Do be careful, sergeant, bow you
shoot. We waut prisoners, you under
stand, not corpses."
Armitage found a faint trail and
with Claiborne struck off into the for
est near the main gate of his own
grounds. In less than an hour they
rode out upon a low wooded ridge and
drew up their panting, sweating horses
—two shadowy videttes against the
lustral dome of stars. A keen wind
whistled across the ridge, and the
horses pawed the unstable ground rest
lessly. l'he men jumped down to
tighten their saddle girths, and they
turned up their coat collars before
mounting again.
"Come! We're on the verge of morn
ing," said Armitage, "and there's no
time to lose."
Chapter XX
THE ATTACK IN T1IE HOAD.
(HERE'S an abandoned
lumber camp down
here if I'm not mistak
en. and if we've made
the right turns we
ought to be south of
Lamar nud near tbe railroad."
Armitage passed bis rein to Clai
bopie and pluuged down the steep road
to reconnoil er.
"It's a strange business," Claiborne
muttered, half aloud.
The cool air of the ridge sobered him,
but he reviewed tbe events of the night
without regret. Every young officer In
the service would envy him this adven
ture. He was so intent with the
thought tbat he hummed' reveille and
was about to rebuke himself for unsol
dlerly behavior on duty when Armi
tage whistled for him to advance.
"It's all right they haven't passed
yet I met a railroad track walker
down there, and lie said he had seen
no one between here and Lamar. Now
they're handicapped by the big country
horse they had to take for that Servian
devil, and we. can push them as hard
as we like. We must get them beyond
Lamar before wc crowd them, *nd
don't forget th{it we want to drive
them into my land for the round up.
I'm afraid we're going to have a wet
When
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morning."
They rode Abreast beside the railroad
through the narrow gap. A long freight
train rumbled and rattled by, and a lit
tle later they passed a coal shaft,
where a begrimed night shift loaded
cars under flaring torelics.
"Their message to Wltikclriod Is slill
on this side bf 'the Atlantic,'^ said Ar
mitage, "but Winkolried is in a strong
room by this time if the oxlstip^ pow
ers at Vienna ale what they ought to
be: I've done my best to get-him tlu»n\
The message would ouly help the case
against him if they sent it"
Claiborne groaned mockingly.
"1 suppose I'll know what it's all
about when I read It in the morning
papers. 1 like tbe game well enough,
but it might be more amusing to know
what I'm fighting for."
You enlisted without reading the ar
ticles of war. and you've got to take
the consequences. You've done what
you set out to do, you've found me, and
you're traveling with me over the Vir
ginia mountains to report my capture
to Baron von Marhof. On the way you
are going to assist lu another affair
that will be equally to your credit, and
then if all goes well with us I'm going
to give 'myself the pleasure of allow
ing M. Chauvenet to tell you exactly
who 1 am. T^ie incident appeals to
my seuse of humor. I assume you I
have one. Of course if 1 were not a
person of 'very-*great distinction Clrau
venet and his' friend Duraud would
not have crossed the oceau and
brought with them a professioual' as
sassin, skilled 4u the use of smothetlng
and knlliug, to do away with me. vou
arc lu luck to be alive. We arc dan
gerously near the same size and build
and In the dark, on horseback"—
•That was funny. 1 knew tbat If I
ran for It they'd plug tue for sure and
that if 1 waited until they saw their
mistake they would be afraid to kill
me. Ugh! I stilt taste the red soil of
the Old Dominion."
"Come, captain, let us give the horses
a chauce to prove their blood. These
roads will be paste in a few hours."
The dawn was breaking sullenly,
nud out of a gray, low hanging mist a
light rain fell In the soft, monotonous
fashion of mountaiu rain. Much of the
time it was necessary -to maintain sin
gle file, and Armitage rode ahead. The
fog grew thicker as they advanced, but
tbey did not lessen their pace, which
had now dropped to a steady trot.
Suddenly, as they swept on lieyond
Lamar, they hear the bent of hoofs and
halted.
"Bully for us! We've cut In ahead
of them! Can you count them. Clai
borne?"
"There are three horses all. right
enough, and they're forcing tbe beasts.
What's the word?"
"Drive them back! Heady—here we
go!" roared Armitage in a voice in
tended to be beard.
They yelled at tbe top of their voices
as they charged, plunging into the ad
vancing trio after a forty yard gallop.
'Not later than Friday'—back you
go!" shouted Armitage and laughed
aloud at the enemy's rout. One of the
horses—'It seemed from its rider's yells
to be Chauvenet's—turned and bolted,
and the others followed back tbe way
they had come.
Sopn they dropped their pace to a
1 rot, but the trio continued to fly be
fore them.
"They're rattled," said Claiborne,
"and the fog isn'(,lielp!ng them any."
"We're getting close to-my place,"
said. Armitage and as he spoke two
Shots fired in rapid succession cracked
faintly through the fog, and they jerk*
ed up their horses.
"It's Oscar! He's a good way ahead
if I judge the shots right."
"If he turns them back, we ought to
hear their horses in a moment," ob-
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MtWMtiKff femes. On* of th«
ma Is turued and tried to' bolt, and bis
rider, struggling to control him, added
to the confusion. The fog shut them
In with each other, and Armitage and
Claiborne, baring flung barfc their own'
horses at the onset, had an instant's
glimpse.of Chauvenet trying to swing
his horse Iqto the road, of Zmal half
turning us bis horse reared to llsteu
for the foe behind and of Durand's im
passive wblte face as be steadied his
horse with bis left hand and leveled a
revolver nt Armitage with Ills right.
With a cry Claiborne put spurs to his
horse and drove him forward upon Du
rand. His hand knocked the leveled
revolver flying Into the fog. Then
Zmal flred twice, aud Chauvenet's
frightened horse, panic stricken at tbe
shots, reared, swung round and dashed
back the way he had come, and Du
rand and Zmal followed.
The three disappeared into the mist,
and Armitage and Claiborne shook
themselves together and quieted their
horses.
"That was too close for fun. Are
you all there?" asked Armitage.
•'Still in it, but Chauvenet's friend
won't miss every time. There's mur
der lu his eye. The big fellow seemed
to be trying to shoot his own horse."
"Oh, he's a knife and sack man and
clumsy with the gun."
They moved slowiy forward now.
and Armitage sent his horse across the
rough ditch nt the roadside to get his
bearings. Tbe fog seemed at thc" point
of breaking, and the mass about them
shifted and drifted lii the growing
light
"This is my land, sure enough. Lord,
man, I wish you'd get out of this and
go home. You see, they're an ugly lot
and don't use toy pistols."
•"Remember the potato sack! That's
my watchword," laughed Claiborne.
They rode with their eyes straight
ahead, peering through tbe breaking,
floating mist. It was now so clear and
light that they could see the wood at
either baud, though -iifty yards ahead
served Claiborne. "The fog muffles
sounds. The road's pretty level in
here."
"Wo must let thein out of It anil Into
my territory for safety. We're within
a mile of the gate, and we ought to be
able to crowd them Into that long open
strip where the fences are down. Hang
the fog!"
The agreed signal" of ^two shots
reached them again, but clearer,- like
drum taps, and was Immediately an
swered by scattering shots. A moment
later, as tbe two riders moved forward
at a walk, a sharp volley rang out
quite clearly, and they heai*d Pilots and
tbe crack of revolvers agaUi.
"By George, they're coming! Here
we go!"
They put their horses to the gallop
and rode swiftly through the fog. The
beat of hoofs was now perfectly audi
ble ahead of them, and they heard
quite distinctly a single revolver snap
twice.
"Oscar has them on the ran. Bully
for Oscarl They're getting close.
Thank the Lord for this level stretch!
Xovt liowl and let 'er go!"
They "weflt'Torward, with yell that
broke weirdly nnd chokingly 011 the
gray cloak of fog, tliejr horses' hoofs
pouudlng dully on the earthen road.
The rain had almost censed, but enough
bad fallen to soften the ground.
"They're terribly brave or horribly
scared, from their speed!" shouted
£ttalbornc. "Now for.it!"
They rose In their, stirrups and
charged, gelling lustily, riding neck
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and neck toward tho- unseen foe, and,! mist and rapid
I posite the Court House, w|sce I will jcpntinue the feed and coal businsss, handling a complete, up-to-date stock
ittii
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in wrr dtvwtton tb» teg itUl iny itk*
a barricade.
"I should value a change of rai
ment," observed Armitage. "There
was at* advantage in armor—your duds
might get rusty on a damp excursion,
but your shirt wouldn't stick to your
hide."
"Who cares? Those devils are pret
ty quiet, and the little sergenni Is
about due to bump into them again."
They had come to a gradual turn in
the road at a point where a steep wood
ed incline swept up ton the left. On
the right lay the old hunting preserve
aud Armitage's bungalow. As they
drew into the curve they heard a re
volver crack twice, as before, followed
^y answering shots nnd cries nnd the
thump of hoofs.
"Obee! Oscar has struck them agaiu.
Steady now! Watch your horse!" And
Armitage raised his arm high above
his head aud fired twice as a warniug
to Oscar.
The distance between the contending
parties was shorter now than at the
lirst meet Ing, and Armitage and Clai
borne bent forward in tbelr saddles,
talking softly to their horses, that
had danced wildly at Armitage's shots.
"Lord, if we c:ui crowd them in here
now and back to the Port!"
"There!"
Exclamations died on their lips at the
instant. Ahead of 'them lay the fog.
rising and breaking iu soft folds, and
behind it men yelled and several shots
Knapped spitefully on the heavy air.
Then a curious picture disclosed itself
"just at the edge of the vapor as though
it were a curtain through which actors
in a drama emerged upon a stage.
Zmal and Chauvenet Hashed iuto view
suddenly, and close behind them Oscar,
yelling like mad. Me drove his horse
between the two men. threw himself
tlat as Zmal fired at him and turned
and waved his hat and laughed at
them then just before his horse reach
ed Claiborne and Armitage he checked
its speed abruptly, flung it about and
then charged buck, still yelling, upon
the amazed fee.
"He's crazy: he's gone clean out of
Ills head!" muttered Claiborne, re
straining his horse with' dilliculty.
"What do yon make of ItV"
"He's having fun with them. He's
just rattling them to warm himself up,
the little beggar. 1 didn't know it was
in him."
Back went Oscar' toward the two
horsemen he h:ul passed less than a
minute before, still yelling, and tills
time he discharged Ills revolver with
seeming unconcern for the value of
ammunition, and as he agaiu dashed
Durand was out of sight, and Chau
venet turned and looked behind him
uneasily theu he spoke sharply to
Zmal. Oscar's wild ri'de back and forth
had demoralized the horses, which
were snorting and plunging wildly. As
Armitage and Claiborne advanced
Chauvenet spoke again to Zmai and
drew his own revolver.
"Ob, for a saber now!" growled Clai
borne.
E~t It was not a moment for spe?nla
iion or regret. Roth side* were perfect
ly silent as Claiborne, leading slightly,
with Armitage pressing close at his
left, galloped toward the two .men who
faced them at the gray wall of mist.
They bore to the left with a view of
crowding the two horsemen off tho
road and Into the preserve, aild as they
(neared them they heard cries through
v»
with their horses-»t their highest pace. Durand's horse leaped the dik-li at the
they broke upon the mounted trio that' roadside just l:t'fnre it reiH-Ii ':I'Cliau
now rode upon them grayly out of the *enrt and Znini. a:i.l rn:i :nv::y through
mlgk the rough Liii:!ii•'i i:i tin. wood.
There wa» a mad snorting and Oscar close behliul '::i:»l now.
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yirtivriy intent on his bupinena.
Tbe revolvers of Zmai and Chauve
net cracked together, and they, too.
turned their horses into the vood. and
away they all went, leaving tbe road
clear.
"My horse got It that time!" shouted
,Claiborne.
"So did 1," replied Armlbigc. "Put
never you mind, old man, we've got
them corncrod now.*'
Claiborne glanced at Armitage and
saw bis right hand, still holding ills
revolver, go to his shoulder.
"Much damage?"
"it stt uck a lutrd place, but,J am slill
fit."
The blood streamed from the neck of
Claiborne's horse, which threw up its
head aud Snorted in pain, but kept
bravely on at the trot in which Armi
tage had set the pace.
"Poor devil! We'll have a reckoning
pretty soon," cried Annltage cheerily.
"Xo kingdom is worth a good horse."
They advanced at a trot toward the
Port.
"You'll be afoot any minute now, but
we're in good shape and on our own*
soil, with those carrion between us
A
Cluibtunc jumped ju*t 'tlx (he iroiuidcif
miiwul rolled otvf
and a gap they wuii care to drop Into.
I'm oft for the gate. Yon wait here,
and if Oscar fires the signal givt? the
answer."
Armitage galloped off lo the right
and 'laIbo:*nc Jumped from his hoive
ju*t a.*, tl:- wtfitudcd animal trembled
for a moment, sank to its knees
rolled over dead.,
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TO «B '•ONTIM'KD.L
between (hem aud back through the
gray curffiln Armitage gave the word,! Was Entitled to Trouble.
and he and Claiborne swept on at a Lord Pnliiierston and Sir .!. l'MKet.
gallop. who told the story, were walking-down
iii.i it fiinna till tltlil
Bond street. A man came up and
saluted the statesman.
"How do you do. Lord Palmerston?"
•*Ah. how do*? C.iri.l lo see you.
How's the tfld complaintV"
The stranger's face clouded over.Hfsd*
he shook hiS|bcad. "Xo better."
"Dear me! So sorry! Glad to have
met you. Goodby."
"Who's your friend?" asked Sir
James when tbe stranger had
"Xo idea."
"Why. you asked him about his old
complaint."
"Pooh, pooh!" replied the other un
concernedly. "The old Tellow's- well
over sixty: bound to have something
the matter with him."—London (Jlobe.
Diverging,
Husbandr-I'm afraid I'm -becoming
cross eyed.-my dear. Wife—The idea!
Why do you tjiink thatV Husband—
This tiling of trying to look at my In
come nud our expenses at the same
time is slowly Jhut surely getting its
work in.—Chicago'' News
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9 ••uth Whiskers Trade,
^In the south seas whiskers is a rari
ty," said a sailor. "Most of ther.i tliero
Maoris has hairless faces, like a girl's.
When a young Maori, at the age cC sis
teen or so. tinds himself endowed with
whiskers he blesses the day wheu he
was born, for now, by tar. he know:
his whiskers will keep him from want
iu hfs old age.
"Pusszlln*. ain't II? I'll explain It out
to you.
"The Maori chiefs down 'Tahiti way
wears a complicated headdreSs. ami a
necessary part of this liere hoaddrer.^
is a lot of stiff tufts of white whiskers.
The headdress makers pays for white
whiskers their weight In gold.
"So. you see, old fellers with suowy
spinach is iu demaud lu the south seas.
Contractors keeps herds of these old
fellers, the same as drovers keeps
sheep, and reg'lar in June and Decem
ber tbe scmlnuuual shearin* comes off.
„"Tbe curly whjtc harvest Is loaded
on to pirogues, and the contractors puts
out over the roarln* coral reefs, aud
from Istaud to Islaud sells to the chiefs
big handfuls of that there suowy .fluff
for Its weight In French gold"—New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Bottle at Ship Launches.
Down to Charles II.'s time It was
customary to name and baptize a ship
after she was launched, sometimes a
week or two after. The old Tudor
method used for men-of-war was still
In use. Pcpys* "Diary" shows that.
The ship was safely got .afloat, after
which some high personage went on
board with a speclnl silver 'Standing
cup" or "llaggon" of wine, out of which
he drauk, naming the ship, and poured
a llbntlon on the quarter deck. The
cQp was then generally glfen to the
dockyard master shipwright as a .me
rneuto. When did the present usage
of naming and baptizing a ship before
she is scut afloat come in? I trace tbe
last explicit mention of the old method
to 100-1, when the Royal Katherlne was
launched (see Pepys). The first men
tion of smashing a bottle of wine ou
the bo\vs of a British man-of-war that
have fouud Is in a contemporary
newspaper cutting of May, 1780. de
scribing the christenlug of 11. M. S
Maguanlme at Deptford, but nothing is
hinted tliat.it was then a new custom
—Loudon Notes and Queries.
London In 1784.
In 1734 M. La Combe published a
book entitled "A Picture of London,"
in which, inter alia, he says, "The
highroads thirty or forty miles round
Londou are tilled with armed highway
men and footpads." This, was then
pretty true, though the. expression
"filled" Is somewhat of an exaggera
tlon. The medical student of fifty or
more years ago seems to have been tm.
tic I pated in 1784. for M. La Combe tells
us that "the brass knockers of doors,
which cost from 12:shillings to.15 slill
lings, arc stolen at night If the mal
forgets to unscrew them." a pivcautioi
which seems to ha ye gone tint of fash
Ion.
nlHl
M. La Combe lu another part of hh
book exclaims: "How are you changed
Londoners! Your,women are becoui
bold, Imperious aud expensive. Hank
rupts aud beggays, coluers. spies an
informers, robbers nud pickpocket
abound. The baker mixes alum In hi
bread. The btkiwer puts opium
copper tilling lu his beer. The n:
woman spoils her milk with snails.
Caught Him,
Mrs. Hoyle—I've found out where
my husbaud spends his evenings. Mrs.
Doyle—Where? Mrs. Hoyle—At home.
You sec, I had fo stay in myself last
night.—Harper's Weekly.
That is every man's country where
he lives best.—Aristophanes.
Something* to Crow Over
(Dnr iv.-fj'oso of busi
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Our Stock of Coal
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or hard coal and in" the bitumenous we car
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Washed Egg, or cook stove coql. Winifred
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