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House in Waterbury ; r f
Wc have decided
BARGAIN DAY, and
of this department of
thing to the bone, thus
lie the greatest opportunity 'they have ever
groceries for very little
Best quality Fine Granulated Sugar, for Wed-
nesday ... ......... ..V... f .31 lbs f or $100
Bag Best Flour ............ . . i v 75c from 85c
Fresh Eggs, for Wednesday ............ . 20c dozen
Best Canned Tomatoes
lgless Beans. I R
x Beans.".... I I U
Best Canned Green Strin
Rest Canned Golden Wax
Best Canned Golden Pumpkin. . . .
Best Blueing, regular price 10c ; . . . .
Best Ammonia, Parsons, reg price 10c
Best Ketchup, reg price 10 and 15c. ..
Rolled, Oats. ...
Force ...... :.
Shredded Wheat Biscuit
Bird Gravel . ...... . .. .
Tapioca .........
Toasted Wheat Flakes
Tea.
Our tea business is increasing right along, and it
ft because we' sell a 75c tea for 50c; as an extra in
ducement to buy your tea here on Wednesday we
will give away FREE with every pound sold 3 lbs
of Best Granulated Sugar. . ' .
Coffer-
on Wednesday we will sell 29c Coffee
25c Coffee for .. .1.. . .V. . . . . .v-..
titter.
Special , inducements (in our
Butter.
for this dny.
Parksdale Imperial, Red Willow
Brand Butter, for Wednesday
Meadow Gold and Gold Medal pure Creamery
Butter, the finest the market affords, for Wed-,
' nesday ....... ...... ...'1 27c a lb
. N V'' A Big i :
IPickil Bargain.
Large bottle Gherkins, Mixed . or Chow-Chow,
can hardly be told from Crosse & Blackwells,
which are sold for 35c a bottle, oiu price . 10c a bot
Peanut Butter ;". A . 15c per lb, from 25c
Eagle Milk ....15c a can, reg price 18c
Cha llenge Milk; for .Wednesday ............ 8c a can
Slade's Pure Allspice 5c a package, from 10c
28-lb bag Best Table Salt for .. ...25c, value 50c
5-lb bag Best Table. Salt for. . . . . .5c, value,, 10c
Big Barrel Kindling Wood for 15c,) Including barrel.
Bee Soap .4c a cake
Ozone Soap j. .. . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . ,4c a cake
Babbitt's Soap . . . . .8 bars for 25c, value 5c a bar
THE; HERMIT
A Story
of
By CHARLES CLARK MUNN
Author of "Pocket Island," "Uncle Terry" and ' Rockharen."
. . ( Copyright, 10S, by
CHAPTER I.
- FIRST LOVE.
, - -
The camp fire had burned low; the
little zone of light barely outlined the
open tent, the two canoes, bottom up,
s under which Levi and Jean were shel
tered, and the narrow opening In the
forest 4 where Martin Frisbie and his
boyhood frfend, Dr. Sol, had camped
for the night In front of this a placid
lakelet reflected the stars, while all
about was a pathless wilderness, som
. bre and silent For an hour these two,
who had been village schoolmates,- be
came reminiscent as they lounged, be
side the fire and smoked.
"And so Angle isn't married?" que
ried Martin, reaching (forward to pcke
the embers together. "That's strange.
As I recall her at the close of our school
days, she was a ,more' than usually
; pretty girl of a quiet common-sense
sort; one who would naturally become
i home-maker. She still " lives with
Aunt Comfort, I suppose?". -
"Yes," -answered the doctor, "and
keep3 the South End school and has
tor ten years.". Then, as if a. new
thoughts had come to him, he added:
"Maybe she Is waiting for you, Martin.
I remember you used to be sweet on
her In the old days." '
Martin slowly blew a -smoke ring
aloft, for , he, like every youth, had
passed , safely through the brief delir
ium of first love, which the bright eyes
snd red lips of Angie. Curtis had occa
tioned. "Yea, I must , admit I was," he re
sponded, . "and do you know,' doctor,
row-that you mention ray callow spell,
I wish I could go back to it and be Just
; as big and happy a fool as I was then."
The doctor laughed.
"Better come up and tell her so," he
responded, glancing at Martin's up-
raised face; "for all you know, she
might be glad to listen, and as for being
a fool over again well, from" what I
hear, you can afford it now." ' .
And Martin could, for he had made
good use of the years since he and Dr.
Sol were boys together, and had
reached the goal of moderate wealth
? while yet in the prime of manhood. -'
"I'd like to see Angie," Martin added
musingly after a long pause, "and have
; a good visit and laugh over our youth
Turobiill Corn
East Main Street.
- 2. -
to make WEDNESDAY OUR GROCERY
to make it the BANNER DAY in the history
our store we have cut the price of every
giving our patrons and
money. -
Special Sale National Biscuit Co's Tooth
some Delicacies. -
Champagne Wafers; regular price 25c,
-V This sale, 21c a package
Nabiscosv regular price 25c, .
;4 . This sale, -21c a package
Lady Fingers, regular price 1 Oc,
, V This sale, 9c a package
Butter Thin, regular price 10c, ,
This sate, 9c a package
London Creams, regular price 10c,
'' - , : This sale, Qc a package
Cheese Sandwiches, regular price 15c,
This sale, 12 l-2c a package
ZuZu, regular price 5c, , '
v This sale, 2 packages for 9c
Uneeda Biscuit, regular price, 5c,
This sale, 2 packages for 9c
Grahams, regular price, 10c, .
This sale, 9c a package
Saltines, regular price 10c, -
This sale, 9c a package
Social Teas, regular pri:e 10c,
This sale, 9c a package'
Five o'clock Teasf regular price 1 Oc, .
.'y 'This sale, 9c a package
These are all fresh baked goods, hav
ing comb in to-day.
Our Great
gibbon Sale
We are having the greatest sale on Ribbons Wa-
terbury has ever seen. 1 Fine all Silk Satin
' Taffeta i Ribbons, Nos 40, 60, SO and 5-inch,
value 25 to 40c a yard . . .... ... .': . . ;iOc a yard
A Can, or
Bottle.
8c from ; 10c
......... 11c from 15c
11c from 12y2c
2c a package; from 10c
4c a lb, from 10c
,5c a package, from 15c
for
.
....19c
... .15c
Department
and
Anchor ,
. .20c per lb
the Wilderness
L and 8heprd.)
ful silliness; but maybe she wouldn't
speak to me now, if we met" ,. f
"Oh, pshaw, that's nonsense," re-,
turned the doctor, promptly, "and you
know it. Angie isn't so silly as to re
tain a grudge against a boy admirer so
long. Why do you imagine she would?
Does your conscience smite you?"
"No-o-o," came the drawling answer,
"and yet I think I didn't treat her just
right, afjter leaving Gre.envale. ..' I ,was
too busy making money."
, And that night when the chat had
come to an end; and Martin had crept
into the tent and lay listening to the
crackle of the dying fire, once more he
lived "over those fond, and foolish days
of his youth.
And how. clear and distinctly they
all came back, now that the pages be
gan to turn! First the school days,
when Angle, in her little checked ging
ham pinafore, had chosen him as her
rescuer in a game pf "Stand' in the
Well," then the first spelling school
and the .walk home with her in the
early autumn, when the Mlzzy looked
like a stream of rippling silver, and
the moon cast mottled shadows along
the maple-shaded lane which they fol
lowed. And what a delight lt was to
feel her small, soft ha?nd on his jacket
sleeve, and -how scared he was when
Aunt Comfort's was reached, and he
felt impelled to kiss Angle. Then the
next winter, and that never-to-be-forgotten
sleigh-ride to Rlverton, and the
home-coming when the bells jingled so
merrily, and the sleigh runners creaked
in the frosty ' snow ' when the horse
walked, and how his arm nearly froze
holding the robe around Angle! All
the long winter evenings in Aunt Com
fort's "best room," with its haircloth
furniture, open fire, and shiny, brass
fire-dogs, earner back, with the popping
of corn," the tin' pan of seek-no-further
apples, and bowl of cracked walnuts as
side' features, of minor interest
There were other and equally charming
occasions moonlit evenings, on Aunt
Comfort's porch when the lilacs were
in bloom and the fireflies twinkled over
the meadow, long walks to a bridge
across the . MJzzy, where sweet flag
grew, with many stolen kisses fragrant
with flagroot, gathered as well, and
dozens of other and equally delightful
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Any Other
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the general pub-
had to buy
M
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hourwith Angie as the one sole and
supreme inspiration. But beyond these
boyhood delights, and woven into his"
feelings like fine tendrils, was the mem
cry of a dozen or more old-time Sab-
bath-school melodies she used to sing
to her own accompaniment played upon
a little droning melodeon. They were
all from a collection; called "Fresh
Laurels," and that, with two more, one
labelled "Songs of Zion" and the other
''The Glee Club,'! composed her nrusl
cal'library. The first was her favorite,
and the songs she usually entertained
him with were "Give, Said . the Little
Stream," "The Golden Rule,' "Shall
We Gather $t the: River," "All the
Way." and "Sweet Hour of Prayer.'!
For two years he had lived in a new
and glorified world, building air castles
with her and for her, as young Romeos
ever have and ever will, and then came
a sweet yet painful parting, prolific of
fond promise, but alas, like most," to V
fade into thin air.- - ' v
For one year more they had
exr
changed tender missives; first weekly;'
Lhen monthiv. ihsn irr:niiqriv?'.-fl.nn
then monthly, then, irregularly; ; ana
then ceasing entirely, as Martin, ambi
tious and hard-working in his new life,
neglected them, and so the dream
ended. -r0"v ; ''--
Five years later he returned to spend
a Thanksgiving with his mother.- and,
though he met, Angie at church and re
, ceived a' bow and a smile, he impolitely
neglected to call. And then came the,
closing of hishome, when his mother,
left the village to live with his only
sister, now married and - dwelling in
Riverton, and Angle and Greenvale be
came but milstpnes on the highway
of memory, -'J' .-
There is latent in every man's heart
a long-cherlshed belief that she .who
was his early sweetheart must ever feel
somewhat of the 'same tender interest
in him. She may have married be-r
come a mother, possibly a, . grand
mother; he may have neglected her ut
terly and for long years, and yet, In
his conceit,1 It matters' hot"; she' must
and certainly" does retain ' his face in
her memory, and deep down in her
heart, a little of the old first Jove. ;
' Martin was no different from other
men. He had lived the sweet illusion
with Angle as its star; then the great
city the fight for a livelihood, then
a competence, and all the selfish cyn
icism instilled by contact with grasping
greed, had leveled the beauteous air
castles and left Angle and all those
fond and foolish ways mere incidents of
the long ago. m i v ;' :
Beyond that, he had escaped any
more niature and dangerous entarigle
ment, had grown sceptical of all things,
and was a free-hearted, all-around
good fellow, yet conscious of success;
and the only soft spot in his nature
was a love for wood life. He had met
Dr. "Sol" Finch, an old Bchoolmate,
by , chance In the city, and under "the
spur of this sportsman's instinct and
desire to share its keen pleasures, had
invited his boyhood friend to Jofn In
them. . ' . . ,.., .r '
And now the doctor was fast asleep,
.while Martin lying on a bed of fir
twigs, with the dying fire faintly glow
ing in front of the tent, the low ripple
of the near-by lake murmuring along
the sandy shore, was once more listen
ing to the old songs of Sabbath-school
dasj sung by his boyhood sweetheart,
and Hying over those dreams of young
love. ' ,; , -.-'
For a long hour, so keen was; the
spell, he wandered about that distant
village, in fancy, and dwelt among by-
gbnes,t and then suddenly he j became
conscious that ' some , creature was
stealthily cradling through the thick
undergrowth back of the tent. ' Only
the faintest sounds betrayed its pres-ence-the
swish -of a spruce ; bough
brushed aside and. returning to place
the breaking of a dead twig, the rustle
of a dry leaf and yet,, so perfect, was
the utter silence of that June' night,
each trivial sound reached him.. v
, Fqrlt moment he listened, breathless,,
to this approaching prowler, then rose"
to a sitting posture, reached for his
rifle,- and, softly drawing the. tent flap
aside, peeped out. Whatever the crea-.
ture was, its acute hearing had received
warning, for no no sound issued from,;
t n o eiiT'Truinrt trier thlnlrot hi o aaam..
ingly long five minutes Martin peered
out, glancing from side to side of the
little opening an'd to the ''canoes, be-
'neath which .lay the guides, and list
ened. He could hear their measured
, breathing, and faint ripple along the
lake shore near, by, and that was all. j
Then once more the creeping, crawling,,
stealthy movement in the tangle jusc
back of the tent began i again, this
time slowly receding until It ceased. ' -.
A danger we can measure does not. and with one more glance down the
appal us, but the. invisible menace of v Moosehorn he started up the almost in
sjme animal creeping close toone's-tent visible path. ' , ;
at night in the wilderness is another , ; From the sound, the little cascade he
matter. ' It may be a harmless porcu- : eould hear must be scarce ten rods in,
pine, but we are sure to imagine it to but, as he followed the old. log .road,
be a bear, panther, or wildcat at least :. ciose beside the stream, and then
Martin did but after a half-hour more bending away, while he pushed aside
of listening . without result, except to lhe undergrowth taller than himself,
set cmnBu, ue gave n up uiiu crepr.
under his blanket again.
"I'd better not tell the doctor,; he
said to himself, and then fell asleep.
CHAPTER II.
A CURIOUS FOOTPRINT.
Thex morning concert of song birds,'
always heard in the wilderness in May
and June, was in full force when Mar- ' pool below, and let them float down.-In
tin crept out of the tent next morning, an instant came a leap and splash as
The sun was just peeping through the a pound trout took the tempting mor
spruce tops, a film of thin gray fog cov- -? sel, and the sport began t One after,
ered the placid lake and Levi had just : another the little doctor reeled in, ob
started a fire. .Then came the usual . livious now to bears, panthers, or the
wash ia clear; cold water,,the gathering,
around the -bright fire to watch the
guides cooking, the .keen appetite for
the simple, breakfast of fried trout,
ham, eggs, and coffee, eaten while sit
ting cross-legged on a moss-covered
log, the packing of .their- belongings,1
the launching and loading of canoes,
and so the day began. ' ' y,J ;' '
"We have an easy day ahead of us,",
observed Martin,. when they were ready
to start, "a good ' twenty miles up the
Moosehorn, which centers this lake close.'
by, with no' quick' water" or carries.-;
We can reach the North Branch in
ample time to make camp, to-night and
catch some trout there 'for supper." It
was an attractive programme, almost
unvarying for all such days in the wil-"
derness, and so pleasant that the im-1
press of 4he previous night's caller,
creeping close to the tent, had almost
vanished- from Martin's mind. - But it
was S9on ; recalled in an ' unexpected
way, for; Levi, always last to leave each
camping spot, was about to enter his
canoe and push off, when he paused,
and stepping to one side of the bit of
beach, stooped over, looking at some
thing. '- v , ;"v --.'v.-'-"What
is it?" queried Martin, from
the canoe. 1 ':'.v ,r.;r:V''.f
VI dunno; you better, come and see,"
"answered Levi. '' ' ".. ' " 'v' r
Martin stepped out of lhe' canoe and
to where his guide stood," to be as much
- astonished, for there m the hard damp I
sana, close to the banK, was a queer
footprint '-It was no longer than one
made by a human foot, with the deeply .
indented .'. claw marks of a panther.
Only these showed distinctly, for , the
lieel. mark was scarcely visible. " It
looked asflf the creature making it had.
i-comejout of the water and up on- to the
harder bank, ' where no track would
show: ' - ..' ' - j- , - t ;!"'.'.
'Well," vsaid"' Martin again, after a
long examination; "what, is it?":- ,
It's more'n I can tell," replied Levi,
;'h'akinV hl -hMd nd Tnpwirncf thA
snaKing nis neaci ana .measuring, tne
claw prints with a twig. "If he's a pan
ther, he,had longer claws'n I ever saw,
'n' I never kneyy r; oiie"o"" have "a- beel
nark like that or step in the water if
he could 'help. It v It beats me." .
"What have you found,"' called' the
doctor from his canoe out in the lake.
"Oh, nothing," answered Martin;
"only the track of an otter," and he
stepped Into his canoe again and ihey
paddled away. . . , ;
; Then he told Levi about the night
Visitor," creeping about the-' tent. '
5 ;"I.do not think it wise. to tell. the doc
tor or Jean," he said in conclusion, "or
speak of this queer track. It's the dbo
HE PAUSED. "
tor's first trip into the woods, .'and
such things will alajm him unduly and
spoil his enjoyment," And so' the sin-
galar footprint and its possible connec
tion with the creature who had crept
up to ; their tent at midnight was left
behind;
Usually two sportsmen, In canoeing
upstream especially, will . keep along
together, but somehow that day it hap
pened that Dn Sol and Jean were first
to , reach the junction of the North
Branch with the broad and slow-running
Moosehorn, and the lowering sun
had left its valley in shadow ere Jean
pushed his canoe ashore and the doctor
stepped but It "was as Martin had
stated-, a good camping spot, for the en
trance to an .old tote-road furnished a
clear space, an endless procession of
foam flecks on the Branch emerged
frOnl 'the shadow of its overhang and
wheeled into the broader stream, while
the music of a little cascade just back
In the woods suggested trout.
-"You may jis so well go fish," said
Jean, turning to the canoe and, taking
from it a small axe, "zar be one ver'
nice hole up ze stream few rod," and
he' pointed where a, bush-chokejd open
ing, showed that a tote-road had once
been cut alongside the Branch. ,
Dr. Sol eyed it suspiciously. "No
bears or panthers up there, Jean?" he
Queried.
"If yoix see him, he see you fust, an'
you no see him' . came the paradox
ical answeras Jean began cutting away
the undergrowth ' with his , hunting-
knife, preparatory to the erection of a
. x x . . . -..i'. -f
tent;.. v.f : .-. ',
. Dr. Sol . reached for his rod, jointed
it still glancing furtively into the som
bre wilderness, and - then down- the
stream again. ,;"I wish Frisbie would
keep up," he said, half to himself. "I
want trout for supper, but I'm not just
anxious . to go into the woods alone
after them." , ;
But the floating foam flecks, ithe call
of the running waters, and the love of
sport conquered the forbidding forest,
lt seemed ever a little bevond. Just as
a his courage had nearly ebbed, the faint
- path turned down beside -. the stream
once more," and here its current, merely
. fretted by a hidden ledge,, was making
the music that had lured. him In. Like
a boy now, in his eagerness, he ad
justed his tackle, and with a short cast
.' lightly threw the- gaudy flies into the
solemn stillness of the wilderness, and
happy as only a true sportsman can be.
; A dozen had been tossed in rapid suc
cession behirid a rotting stump, when,
forgetting the trees back of him, he
hooked one limb hard and fast. To
climb such a upruce, with branches so
thick a sqnirrel only could do if was
impossible, and with a muttered impre
cation, the doctor pulled, on hls line
until the delicate, leader, broke, and then
eat down to repair damages. He had
just done so) and arisen, when the faint
sound of a, breaking twig caught his
attention. With a quick glance across
the stream, where a rooky and bush
hid bank faced him, he saw, in the
darkening twilight, just above a brown,
moss-covered boulder, a hideous, hairy,
human face! ,. -;:'-"-
V Only one instant he saw; it, the next
it had vanished. 1":
. For a moment Dr. Sol, never a coura
geous man, stood still, while It seemed
that , icy water was , leaping through
every vein; the next instant he turned
and ran down the bush-choked path a,S'
if pursued by 'demons. Each moment,
as he " dove under bending boughs or
jeaped ftver fallen trees, he felt that a,'
hairy 6uman monster was .just , about
to seize 'him. '' ;."".' r ' '.5
1 "When the camp-fire Was ; reached,
Mailiri had' arrived and was cutting
boughs with a hunting-knife, while
Jean and Levi were just entering the
tent A fire had been started, a black-
" enedpail had bsen hung from a stick
over the' flarae, and preparations for :ar
night, Jn'tSe ' woods,,. were4,well under
way. Into this little group leaped the
-terrified doctor, , breathless,. " with face
scratched and. bleeding.'-; 4
. "Pack up, quick!", he exclaimed in a
f husky. voice; '"we've got to get out of
liero at once! ' There's a wild man back
f up in the woods, and I wouldn't stay.
here for a mujion. dollarsU';.. ', ' ?.U
, Martin and Levl exchanged quick
glances, and .a halt came In the camp?,
Ing work For a moment the two
looked at one another, and then, as if
recalling that; curious footprint ;. they
had seen 20 miles away, they , glanced
furtjyely up the'bush-choked.log road.
One' instant only Martin hesitated, aid
then he recovered himself.
"Doctor," he said. "I expected you
would get well scared the first time you
went Into the woods alone, and I see ,
you have. What, you saw.'most likely,,
was a blackened stump half hid in the
bushes, or possibly it might have been
a bear. If so, he is a mile away by now,
raoro scared than you are. Jlere,' take
a drink, brace' up, and help us to make
camp. It's almost dark."' :'
But Dr. Sol was obdurate. "I tell
you, Martin Frisbie," he' replied sternly,
heeding not the proffered flask,f "I
wouldn't stay here a night for love nor
money. We are watclied, and by the
most savage-looking creature I ever
set eyes on."- -Then,,-with many' addi
tions, as might 'be expected, he told of
his fright.,, . ' J.,., ..',, ;"
Martin and Levi exchanged, knowlns?
looks once more, but made no comment
until the tale was told, and then. Mar
tin spoke. ,-'. : '
'Levl," he said, "what do you say;
Is it go. on, or stay?"'
"We've got to stay!"' came the reso
lute answer;' "thar ain't a cam pin' spot
within five miles either up or down the
Moosehorn, and it's too late to cut one
out!" And once more he began work.
As for Martin, he was inwardly ner
vous but outwardly calm. He had not
quite recovered from the previous
night's experience and the queer foot
prints, however, and yet it did not
occur to him that that had any connec
tion with the cause of the doctor's
fright And yet, it might have.
. Then another thought came, and it
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$4 worth, 40, Red Stamps with this
order at 41c: , v
' lb best Coffee at . ...... .... ... 18c
1 can- Baked Beans .............. 15c
1 battle Mustard ................ 8c
1
41c
Specials, LooH at Them. Good All This WeeK.
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We have all kinds and large amounts, of - stamps ?wlththem : all.
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$1 worth with X bottle Root Beer .Extract '. ... . '. - '' '
$1 worth with 1 bottle Worcestershire Sauce at
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added to his fears. They had started
early and paddled a good 20 miles up
an almost currentless stream ; on either
bank lay an impassable wilderness,
n;uch of , it swampy. No hunter or
trapper stealing along ahead had been
sighted that day, and if . this .wild man
the doctor had seen was he who was
prowling .around their tent the night
before; how had he reached this spot?
But Martin had already decided upon
his own course, and though .startled
somewhat by the doctor's fright, he
now pulled himself together once more
and attempted to calm his frightened
comrade. j . "
"It may have been some hairy-faced,
old trapper that you saw, doctor,' he
said finally, , "and they are harmless.
If it was, he- will show up by and by,'
and hang around till we offer him a
drink. I've met them many times
here In the wilderness before, and a
; little good rum secures their friend
ship for . , life, so don't . worry." And '
Martin resumed his cutting of boughs.
When supper was over and night
had quite shut . , them In about - .the
camp-fire, conversation was resumed.
"Are there many Indians wild In
these woods?" queried the doctor,
glancing up to where the zone of fire
light outlined the entrance to the old
tote-road; j"I thought they were all
civilized." 1
"So they are," replied Martin, not
waiting for Levi, "and that's why
some of them adopt . white- men's
methods of getting what they want"
"But the face I saw belonged to a
white man," interjected the doctor,
who had not recovered from It, "and
It wore a most demoniac look,, with
grizzly hair all around and a mat of
It on top." , , -
"That , may be," returned Martin,
"and so would any old trapper loolo
when you'saw him They never shave
or get a hair cut from one year's end
to another, and all look alike ragged,
hairy and dirty. I've met them often,
and, as I told you, they are all harm
less and love rum. If you saw one
which I doubt he Is Jike ail the rest,
and by now is fast asleep up back of
here in the bushes." , - : , x ,
With that Martin arose," for it was
time to turn In, glanced first at the .
s'tarlltNsky and then up at the open
ing in the forest back of the tent. At
that moment Levi chanced to throw
a handful of fir boughs on the dying
fire, and . as the flames flashed in re
sponse and the zone of light widened,
Martin caught the full view 'of a
hideous human face peeping out from
behind a stunted spruce. x
One moment only he saw the gray
hairy visage; the next it had disap
peared. - .
(To be Continued.)
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1 lb best Tea, any kind, at G0c
2 cans Athol Tomatoes at 2oc
1 package Evaporated Apples at . 15c
. lb Elm City Baking Powder at 2Uc
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Sontethtfig ti&J
in Wen's Toggery
is arriving every day. There is noth
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Big stock of Shirts.. t . .
Big stock of Ties. ' v '
Big stock of Collars.
Big collection of MEN'S TOGGERl
of all sorts. s v' v '
Everything big but the. price '
Let us prove our words. ,
Men's Black, Tan and Fancy Hose,
Whale Brand, 15c pair, 2 pair 25c.
Crown make, 25c. ' .
S. S. LAPOINTE, Vice Pres.
, "From Mills to Man.DirectM
and See Us''
...
the gentlemen of Waterbury
t Grand Opeiiing
FOREST PARK,
OECORATIOi! DAY,
Saturday, May 30
Good News.
Belleview LaKe Grove is
open for the season., The
latest steel boats. Alleys
planed and tuned - up.
Dancing Wednesday and
Saturday. ' Come and have
a good time. -
Empire Latest
Tailoring Store.
Begs to announce the ,
.opening of a Ladies
Tailoring establishment at
378 South ; Main Street .
. f whee everything in the
line is done up in first
class order and at lowest
reasonable price He
does Cleaning, Pressing
and Gentlemen's Gar
ments, by the piece or by
n the month. . . . .
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