Norwalk Chronicler

Evening sentinel, Tuesday, July 21, 1891 · page 2

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CAPTAIN JONES.

Seven men satin a gloomy wooden cave.
Underamauive beam that ran athwart
the ceiling swung a sortof coffee pot, from
the-pout of which sputtered a smoking
name, whose disgusting fumes were to be
everywhere tasted in the atmoepheroofthe
darkaome wooden cave. The seven men
wenseatedmotou morocco chairsorret
“What on rude boxes, whose lids
muoredbythe cuttingupof cake to-
bacco. Therowero one or twoplllars or
nhnchions in thb gloomy wooden cave,
fromwhlch dangled several oilskin coats
and oilskin legion, and under the cell.
lug hung a numherof bags called hnm~
rnocka, with here and 3;? a ragged blan-
ketpeeplng over the ,, or an old shoe
showing through the meshes. In the
midst of the ceiling was a square hole
calledahatcb.downwhich this daythero
loatcllvery little daylight, owing partly
tothehatchbeingsmsll audpartlytothe
sky being overcast with clouds.

Hndtbosn seven men seated in thlein
terlorbeencloeely therein, and had they
been appareled in well washed colored
shirts, sleeved waistcoats, comfort-his
tron-errandcaps with naval peaka,they
would'have posed as a harmleu, respect»
blebody of seafaring men—persona who
would ,say “mum” to a lady when ad-
dremed by her, and answer intelligently
and respectfully when asked about the
weather. But as they now sat they looked
aunlkyaud wildnset of fellows as one
eonldimagiue, strangely and tearfuily at-
tired. grimy of face and hairy. booted with
halfWelliugtonsaud belted in Wapping
tuition, and timid people would have
thought that they carried a murderous
alrbecause‘each man wore a sheath upon
rhh hip. in which lay a very sharp blade.

The wooden cave in which these men sat
rose and fell as though it were the extreme
all of a long hoard violently aeesawed,
and this motion, combined with the smell
of the fume of the slush El"! lampantll“:
vapor risingout of arms tub of bill
pork. not to mention other odors still as
light he produced by well worn newly
gelled sea boote, heddingwhicb had made
several roman- round 'thowworld, sooty
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any landsman who out of curiosity should
have put his head into the little hatch to
see what was inside of it.

This c'ave was indeed a ship's forecaetle,
hottheaeven vnen whosatin itwere mar-

hip, and plunging it into a
lifted the horrid block into

Ashspvononncedthesewovds the little
squareoflmehwasohseuredhythe inter-
peritioaofa-sn's body.

"l'hssatellof that there pork,"ssid the
veleeheloegingto the body in the batch,
“is something to sit upon. something
Menuhin hassgin. Why. a man
mlghtturntoaud chop them fumes into
Irate-bunk boards. Talko’streugth."

“Come hdow.eookl"hawled one of the
avvsamea.

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flatl'raolyeltthen'stobe trouble.
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four hours, uloat fit to oaks a wulture ill,
ship’s bread old and wormy, and the rest
of as men'» stores sllop sweepings. Now
this being so l’m agoing to knock oll' work.
for one."

“And me for another"—

“And me for another," went in a growl
from mouth to mouth. ,

2 ”There’s the mute and there's the car-~
penter.” condoned Black Sun. "if the
moth: can work the ahlp with them two,
well and . But Peter he shau't have.
Rather than that «lies of a Dutchman
should be agin us and on the cop’n's side,
l'd"- llc projected his arm and seemed
with his powerful hairy hand toatrnngle
smoothing iu the air.

At this point the square of llatcllway
was again darkened, and the salt, husky
voice of‘the carpenter called down: "Be—-
low there. “ain't the atarhoard watch not
their dinner yet? Tumble up! Tumble upl
The Wind's drawed ahead, and the yards
want trimming.”

"Tumble up!" exclaimed Illack Sam.
"Don't you be holding your none too long
over the batch or it’ll be you he'll be tum-
bling down. Can't ye smell it! Oh, it's
notheu but us men's din There’s
plenty left if ye’vea mind for a L"

“Who’s that a-jawingl" exclaimed Mr.
Claim, who combined the duty of second
mate with that of ship’s carpenter. ”Tum-
ble up, i tell you. The wlnd'e Ilrawed
‘1' If

“Catch it and smell it for yourself,”
shouted a woman, plunging bk hand into
the moss kid and hurling a lump of pork
through the hatch. The sailors heard the
hurried steps of Mr. Chips as he went aft.

“He'll betelling the old man." said Black
Sum; "let's go on deck llll'l have it out,
lads. 1'" do the talking part, with your
good leave. We don’t want no language.
Civility ’s a trump card in the-lo here traw-
erses. We all knows what we mean loget,
and I'll say it for ye.”

He led the way; his nhipmnteu followed;
They gained the fore-rustle and atom] in a
group gazing at the lifter part of tho ship.

The Vesuel was the Rose, from Liverpool
toan Bust African port. She was on old
fashioned composite ship, but her lines
were those of a yacht, and there were few
vmels then afloat which could look at her
on a bowline. ller yer-l4 were immensely
aqunro, :lml hlli.’ curried swinging booms
and main nkysuil mat, and her burden
was between (Island :00 tons. Such «ship
as this demanded twenty ola crew at tho
least, not to mention muster, mates and
“idlm.” instead of twenty the Rose had
sailed with ten men in the forecastle and a
cook in the galley, and the others were a
carpenter, who acted its second mate. an
Only Mate and the captain. 0f the slender
crew two had been swept overboard in a
gale of wind. They Were foreignere, and
the English jacks did not lament their
nhigunutes' and, but on the contrnry grinned
fiendiohly when it undiscovered that the
foreigners were gout», and they hideously
w'nebed that all Dutchmen who st'umul nrti<
ell-s for tho rml o-nslgn of England would
no and full m‘l-rlnlunl 11 those two foreign:
cm bull, and :u promptly, too, so that no
body concerned might be kept waiting.

During the tale in which the two Dutch
men had perished the ship had been no
strained as to oblige the hands to curve the
pumps every four hours. Undormanncd,
leaky, the provisions rottou! There mum.
be a limit to patience and endurance, even
though the sullerer he a tailor. The seven
acumen lumped tomther on the forecaetle
of the [lone stood staring lift. The cook, a
pale man. lounged in his galley door, hall
in and ball out. and hie face wore an ex-
pression of sour expectation. The turpen-
ter, as I may call him, was talking to the
captain, and the Only Mute was slowly
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'body of seamen stood Mario;

The captain, whoee Mme was-loom. w
a tall, lean. gaunt man, his face of the
color of sulphur, his appearance decidedly
Yankee, though he happened to belong to
lJmehouse. He wore square toetl boots, a
cloak that might have been takeufrom the
shoulders of a slap until: and a sugar
loafed hat. The hair on his face consisted
ofabennl that fell from under hllt chin
like a goat's, and his eyes were black, brilv
llantand restless.

Tthnlyflats.whoso name was Jollfl'
sommhout half the captain‘s height.
The'ooean had done its work with him.
had withered up his face, dried themarrow
out of his when, put a turn in elthn leg,
no that bio walk wan likespantouuvne
clown's. instead of being an Onlyflate
he should have formed theeixhth part of a
mic. You would have thought that
eight at least of such men as Mr. Johnaou
should so to the making of an Only Mate
forthe Rose had you sent your glance
from the dried and kicked figure to the
body of men forward, more particularly to
the giant Black Samwho with the rest
continued to use aft.

The carpenter. or second male. was a
brown (seed manofahout fifty. but brine
hadtakentheplseeof blood in internists,
and he looked sixty, with his white locks
and rounded bark and long. hangingarnn,
whose lingers were curled in the mailer
at flab books. A: the wheel stood the
Scandinavian seaman, Peter, the like of
wbomyoumaysea any day blowing l a
“use band in the streets of ;
veal colored. freckled, yellow haired. a lig-
ure loosely put together, and as meaning.
I- an expredou of countenance as a

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at ynuwhen you call get "an natty “and
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observers than the sailors he mnfronted
that he intended to keep his temper.

“What have you to complain of!”

Several tailors spoke at once. Black
8am elevated his immediate, hairy list.

”We complain of this," said he: "first.
the ship ain't se'aworthy." , .

“Lie number one," said the captain.

”She ain’t scaworthy,” continued Black
Satin, with a menacing note of storm in his
deepening voice. “You're a good a sailor
as we are. l sappoee, and ye must know
that a ship that need: to be pumped out
every four hours ain't nesworth; ."

“Next?" told the captain»

"All the wittlcs is rotten to the heart. is
this food for a maul” nnd Black Sam, put
ting his hand in his breast, pulled out a
biscuit and extended it to the captain. But
the captain looked elaewhere. and Black
Sam, with his face full of hlood.dsehed the
hiseuiton to the deck at the captain's feet.
on which one of the tailors crld out, "See
how they run!"

"Lia number two," said the captain.
“Next?"

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«taking in water faster than she should,

and ye know it. The crew are about seven
less titan the complement of such a veauel
ought to be, and that ya know also. And
here we are to tell you this-that we're will-
ing to go on pumping out the yrs-eel for the
next three days for our lives' make, but not
for yourn, but that. we don’t do another
stroke of work unlees you shift; your
helium and heads lor the nearest port,
where yo can nbip more blinds and wittles
fit for men to eat. But if at theentlof
three days nothcu's done, then we shall
give up pumping, lulu: the twat.» and leave
you and Mr. Chips; and the undo to keep
the ship adopt by yoursels‘os if yo can.
That's your mind, "MINES?"

"That's our mind!" WM «shoal in n bur-
ricnnc chorus.

The captain looked up aloft nt h'olcnu-
van. then around at the sell. ibrn at his
Only Mata, and at Chips, the carpenter,
and ltt Peter ut the whml. ills sulphur
minted {30$}le «lurk with temper. .Vcror»
thclerul he spoke deliberately:

”This irhlp's going to malt» bur measure.
The leak’s nothing, the atom are lint
clues, and there are more of ye than ore
wanted in do the work of tin» res-ml."

lie culled tn Mr. Johnston, the Only
Mute, who approached him with n gluon:
lit the men that was comunly not renmrk‘
able for spirit.

".‘lr. Johnson."said themptuin, “you've
heard what's mead?"

"l have, air," nuswcml the Only Mute.

”'i'llt'so fellows will go forward," con—
tinued the captain; "tin-y will swing in
their hnmmoclm and they will smoke their
pun-s; but no more stores are to be served
out to thenl‘no, not no much has frnz'
ment of that excellent brand which lie»
wasted on the tlmtk burn—until they cun-
ao-ut to turn to. Tin-ml don't doubt, it
will be all plum milling again. fin for-
wnnl now!" he l'l’lt'tl. If) n ruin: the million
rim; of “lilt'll was film the rip in of It ply
lnl. ".‘li‘ .lltlill.*ltlk, l’ll Lint? (lit! t‘v’llrf‘l.
while you, Mr. Chip-i nlul l’r'li‘i'Jl'lm sail}!

“Peter!" toured lllnck Stun, “we turn
have knocked nil work till we're fifillli'd.
If you lend thecapt'n n hull-l, uml siclewith
him ngin "5"»—

Alld again he mlmnwl his enormous
arm and can-sol his lief. to writhe.

"Mr. Cheque," mill Peter, "take thb
wheel; 1 am mun-ll," and letting go the
“when. the Dutch-mu marched forward
and joined hit klllpmam. who roan! out n
defiant hunt on the whole eight of them,
with the cook in their wake, made their
way to the forecnatlr- and dimppeaml.

Sailors have no ll’lt'lilla', and Captain
June» knew it. There an: nonlethal in Great
Britain for the prt-vontlon of (built “mm
of snout thing livingfrum woman toting»,
from children to dicky birth, but therein
on society for the prevention of cruelty to
sailors. Captain Joni-s knew that hehad
the power to starve hi» men into «simpli-
once. Neverthelma,“ printed an nu-ny
night. W en the morning broke be ml
the Only and Mr. Chips were nearly
dead of fatigue, for wind had risen in the
hours of darkness, and the nhlp ‘was a big
one, and them were but two then, the third
beingat the whal. to let no and clot up,
and haul down uud make sung on brat two
men might.

When the morning broke Captain Jones
looked“ if he had just come out of holy
vital; Mr. Chipu. who Itood at the wheel,
might nudity have pan-rd for it man of
sanity, and the Only Mate, who wsa light
ing the galley lire. showed on if be had
been towed ovrrimrd during the greater
part of the night. ,

"l‘lmne blackguunls lntl'le formic will
be wanting their breaking" said theup-
taln, "and you’ll have them laying alt
pruently and taking to turn to."

Them, however. did not show them,
selves. ’l'bsy perfectly understood that the
ship mold not kmflml asthioua went,
and that the captain must come around to
their view before the day had passed, and,
indeed, long before the day passed. should
schema of weather happen presently, and
“)3 (tinned man sftermaa asthey fun
it now! through lhaacuttle and new
old (331» at the wheel looking essenty
yearn old. and Captain Junta as though he
was just me out of hospital, and the
Onlylfatessthough be had been tested
overlloard; sod they preserved their grin.
meltdown-a they looked aloft and

saw the unfurled royals and
saih lwridmzlg tho-layouts
lwlm III! , '5‘“

“We‘ll: in y a much i “it.”
said M mike lath.
du’t empty. In oldmau were ' devil
hinsself we'd weather him out. But the
ahlpmuatu't be allowed to sink thin Illdnof
time days,” and forthwith the sailors
minus through the batch and in st

walkout to the pumps. which they
planet“ they sucked. and then returned

torssdoottopumptbeshlp.
WWaJomutu-ccnths‘k;
lighgwas drinking meal-swish
Oniyflate bad boil-d. the museum.
Chipmunnehlngahheultathhfluhd
tin-Only flats munchies number his-it
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bimllght bark with paintedportn. The
captain, grasping the ‘wbesl. stock wateh~
lug. Now and again a hairy head showed
in the fantastic hatch, not] the noise of a
hoarse laugh floated aft to the ears of
Captain Jonas. The boat gained thealde
of the bark, a ropo'u end was thrown. and
the Only Male made the boat fasttoit.
Both menthon clamhcred over the side of
the vessel and disappeared.

The captain gored eagerly. nod while he
stood broking a hoanle voice rvlared the fol-
lowing arr-other worn lines through the
lomuutla scuttle:

You parliament of England, you lord» and
comrnona loo,

. Consider well what you're nbrml,and what you
mean (mic:

You‘re now at war will. Yankee», I'm euro
you‘ll rue the day

You Tom the was of Liberty in North Amer

ay. .

The time [nosed Captain Jone: stood at,
the wheel with his eye liked upon the
bark. Suddenly he ran to the companion
way, picked a telescope out of the brackets,
‘and ironing at the tail directed the glass
at the bark. He remained motionless with
his eye at the telescope forecme minutee,
then stood up and tent a glance aloft, and
u look that swept the wide platform of his
own decks, and his hollow, gaunt counted
ance wore an expression of perplexity, dis-
may and wrath, all combining lunlook
that made him appear more than everas
though just. t of hmpital.

“By this by that and by t’othcr," he
roared, using words which, as they cannot
bedencrilml, mold be left to the imagine
tion, ”who'd lm’ thought it of two such
this and that and something else nigger»
lug whelpal” and even so he thus used
language which cannot be written. the
burl: swung her yardu no no to till upon the
mile, and letting go (.‘alpul'ln Jonert' hunt,
which dropped. quivdy rocking. astern,
glided ulonu honour», her lly‘unr jiblloom
t-ml [mulling at something West. of north.

IfziptnlrlJunrs atmul looking in though
borrlt of his crown, and many and awful
Wore the M‘ll words ti bich leaped from his
lips. Again he looked along bin «inserted
(Ir-eke. Thom was nothing to be new" in
the shape of humus: [nature but a single
bt'mlahowing in the inn-scuttle, and this
bond uppoarml to ho gmplnmlly describing
what ito eym loin-Ill in the hidden mob be
l’lHilll, elm: bow almubl t‘optnin .lonce ac-
count for tho ('Ulillltllt‘il roar of tlerislt‘e
laughter which anl‘tltn-vl biovan.’ liesltlod
alone upon bi» tlt't'k‘, either the Only Mate
lint] the mite-mm 1w: ll'l'll kidnapped or
they llmldmrml him, and ('nplninJoncn
was perfectly right in tml doubting fora
moment that tin-y hurl glam—rad him.

lle mulled forwnnl.

"lieu,” he bowled, ”up with ye! You
shall have your way. I'm a lonely man
Don‘t (stop to mmider. Ye shall have your
way. but you must bear a band."

Upon this, up through the bate-lu-Wlth
the agility of a stratum) apron]; Black Sam.
He won followed by the cook and Peter,
and in a jllly all bonds were on deck.

'fsfi-r ihltt bark?" runrml the captain.

"The Illnli‘ Mu! Mr. ("t has low..- llesvrml
luv for lu-r. 'l'lwy'w -i.o‘l!:ll my boot. Sn!
I'm tlut guilty; in ship to wit-k brrup. film'll
lu- llltexui womb. “gull-at. Mr. Joint-mu and
mi lillrulbaiuopul it for rubber). l'ul go—
ing to follow that lurk; l'm going to art
thou two metll‘mtnl her. If the hurt: don't
errunder 'rm l'm going to run her down.
Turn to now, my huh», and you ehnll have
your way."

"Well, vw an» you're- in n hurry, alp'n,"
anid lllnrk Sum, "arid no ye know what
our wrong,» is, and an ye mean to right 'ent
in the fllfllllll‘l’ i took the liberty of point—
lot: out yesterday, vy. wo'll turn to. Give
your order», nml you'll find or willing."

The captain forthwith gave hie ordera.
ll'ul mtnmumiu Would not he underlain»!
by the landsmnu. llnnuuh if i any that in
every short time the ltme. fully clothed
in vanvaa, was standing with her head dla
rectfur the lurk, an able wnmau at her
wheel, the captain [ma-mu the quarter
deck. the cook preparing 'brraklmlt for the
men in the galley, atul tlar ‘lil'lll'lt. each of
them with a glut» of mm: in him, looking
at Illedintnnt thrown! the bark our the
lawn

The limo, as l have said. was a clipper.
The wind had writewbnt luv-boned, and in
this pound the vessel brought it nhout a
point Iltfunl the ileum. l'ur slimmer-nod
the bark. tall and unaiuhtly, heellug out to
the sun a space of green copper. while at
this moment a foretopmsst stutldiugnnil
want slowly scoring to the yanlarm.
('apusin June-v gave a loud laughed con’
tempt. lle knew that Ella ”hip mohlsall
three feet to the lurk’n numeral though
the chains should heap the canvas of a
Royal Georg- opon lithe". lls wentou
to libs forecaasle and sent a man aft for a
largek blackboard, upon which he wrote in
chal :

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; i’lJfltfill‘ Y&9&)W!¢. ;

As the liner overhauled the bark—and
harlshsheeuaateauseraheumhl nothava
overtaken her more swiftly-the black-
board w. held on high by a couple of sea»
utensothatitermld be read no lansrd the
“new. (faluaiudonea on the force-sue
head wasteland the chase tilt-nigh hie glass.
Thewordn "hfartlla M. mobile, Wimitlor,
N. 8.." were written in lame white letters
upon berm. suiting was to be seen
of Mnc'hipsaetl the Only State. A man
wearing a for bat. rumbling ltohiuaua
CWI the short poop of the bark.
its axle-tin ilhbambandmyudgn

the frequent abuses undirected at the
it was to he W that he had in:
tips-lad the handwriting on the black-

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three hours the bark was hull down.
.thoughstilllupomultofthellms.

The Only hints admitted, with a counte-
nance of hate and loathing.that bewas
sickof the Rose. sick of Captain Jones;
that he hadn’t any intention of working a
big vessel of nearly no tons single handed
with Old Chips. the carpenter, sud that
when he boarded the bark and heard that
she was very short handed be accepted the
captain‘s llauduome offer of auumherof
dollars for the rent of the run to Windsor,
aedld )ir.(.'hipa. TheOolylaleadlledtbat
both be and Mr. Chi were in debt to the
Rose on it was, a that Captain Jones
would have been welcome to their clothes
and nautical instruments had the Nova
.‘icotlumau ulcerated in getting clear oil.

Cnplnin .lonm’ troubles were not yet at
an end. He wiahed to put intol.ishou, but
the crew refuse-d to work the ubip unless
he returned to England. '

“We’re not going to be converted into
blooming distressed mariners," said the
‘ crew of the Rose. “No musuls for us. We
know them gouty They'll find everything
all right, stores sweet, crew plentiful, ship
tight, and we know how it’ll be; a bloom
lug l'ortugee jail, then a trip home and a
blooming mauleterial inquiry and six weeka
o' quad," and to blooming, they forced
Cnptniu Jonas to nail his ship home.

He arrivedut Swansea, and handed the
(July Male and Air. Chips over into the
hands of justice. He offered the ship two
more bandit if his old crew would sail with
him, but they said no, not if heahlpped
no more hairdo, sndso they were taken
before the mauburatal, who found the cap
tain in the right. and punished the men by
atom of imprinonrnent far in ramp of
any penalty izl jail and hard labor which
they would have inflicted upon a man
who had merely broken bin wife's skull
with his heel, or who had only-been sys—
tematically starving and cruelly treating
his child of ten ever nince the neighbors
could rememlesr.

Captain Junta shipped a truth crew and
noothernnly Mute and A new carpenter,
but though he stopped his leak he did not
ship {“le stores. lie sailed out of Swan-
M-n buyout. ll, my. and has not since
bow heard of.—-“'. iflxlrk ltmll in New
York Pvt-res.

 

llw Wasn't Decal After All.

threvlurlng llxyrarwr have i been given
up m "Kn"? over to the majority." lit the
advance it! limits l’luiba’» artily against
itHlbe'ul, in the western Somlan, when
that f-mrnn-t with lilit'l‘l think“? at the
hands of tilt- Mahdi and bin lollome
was walking down Fleet atrectJlondon,
with n units”), when we wrrs greatly
amused and mnmished by noticing several
posters of the evening paper: notifying my
llcnth in the Swollen. Presently a friend of
my muein‘a mint: up. and addressing him,
said, ”My dear fellow, this is and news
shunt your poor oars-in."

"What's that .’" slid be.

"Why, his death in the Silurian."

"That’s all nonsense," replied my rela-
tive. "Thin is Frederick Vlllrrs by your
el'lt'; lulu“ llll‘ l1: immdur't- you."

”i! frirml stun-d at him with slit-glut
Mill u~lnnisixmr~nn "it's. all very well,
l'rmk." mud be; "i know you run't mint a
hike, lam ml» at!“ of thing is really too
hurl. Your [unit minim lying; utl‘tlie down
thew, viral}, and you cruelly joking."

"l’n-sk in right," l replied, "have no fear;
lam lllr momnnll into more and more
utisllul ut llw fact every moment."

lle looked ut both of us, and seeing how
cerium» we were, "By love," said he, '1
must hurry buck tattle Savage club; there’s
aeolleagne of yours, with his back to the
fire, holding forth to the members about
the campaign he hm seen with you."

"llolll hard," said i. "ls heaaying nice
things: ulmut me?"

"Yes, of course.” replied our friend.

”Then," lcoutinucll, taking him by the
arm. "leave my colleagueth pleasant
thoughts of me, while we pledge our new-
ly made amusiutance with a glass of
wine."

1 don‘t think my colleague- of the Savage
ban ever forgiven me for knocking all the
sentiment out of his funeral oration by my

persisting in being alive. When he and i
met we only lift hats now—Frederick
l’illem' Autobiography.

The ”use. of the Dumps;

There is one woman in Oakland, though
now living in olaeurlty. who may yet be
the leader of the munterfeit non‘blueblood
mummy, which is so prominent in soci-
ety circlat This woman in a Mrs. Pater’
run, "Queen of the bumps," no she is heir
ter known in the lower strum of minty.
ller home is a cottage in the midst of the
public dumps at the foot of Oak street.
The only decorations that surround has
humble rmidence are tomato cans, old bar-
rels, eastoi! clothing. shoes, etc. When
she squatted on this land she was literally
without a dollar, her only y consist
in; of the homeoverber head.a lswptseea
of furniture, one cow and e To
linysheletheownerof twohousm ‘ ‘,
andhannlamhankacconut besides. All
this has been mutant of the tit-reps.

Every amrnlnu it is her regular hunch
tonkeoverthe refuse deposited the day
previous. numbing of my malarial
valuels Moutnventothelmltlesaml
rap, w an sold to the rag man.
Others who know of her neon-sodas
eamulatlonof wealth would gladly ruler
iatothe bales-s, but they know hertoo
wall to infringe upon her untitled tent
trey. Atewyearnhsoea shame-t likely
will send her ehlhbsu to fabloushls semi-

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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rawcews

MEIDOMAITEIO Fflll

MllllNEIlY!

lo. W Main Street. .
Formerly 3 Water St. Harwell.

.lunl mu-ivcd, ill) damn lluls IIHIIY to well
without rmrwmll nbupcu and hollow. at the
rsirflm‘ly low prim: of 32k» former pill-r 9.
fine lul. of Hut» 200’. it!!! \Vrrutlle ll. . mull.
0M lot of flow l‘rrnrh Enron. 30¢, 40m, 50¢.
rut-h. Ihm'l forget the nut/tiller, -

I7 MAIN STREET,

Next to J. F. Bennott’» dry gmds More.

Mrs. W. Fachll,

In. ll Main Street illoruallt
Spring Styles
HATS

IS ALL GRADES AND (DUNN 0F

SliflandSoflHals.SilkHals

Boy's Huh and ('upw. t'rualt lim- for .‘lrn and
Boys. .‘v'ut riu Soft Hats for Mm m

KNAPP’S,

9| Washington‘sc

Partlculerlttme‘utloni-‘Paid to Fixing,
cleaning and Ironing Silk Hats.

F. HAYES

liming rr nmtwl bl» lllriil llevtrltrl

No. 6 North Main Street.

“’lllauppl) lltr‘ pimpin- of llll" ‘.:< may with
lbw ilnrnt line of

Fresh and Salt Meals,

POU LTRY. Etc..

To in» fuurul in the ntnle.

 

F. HAYES,
N0. e um Milli sum

l to if :64 Will .\'I Ilt\v.\l.l\’.

lllBBlE 8t BUMSTOBK

An- m-lling a wry nine quality
of Hutu-r. it is from the Lub—
aumu. i'l.. ('rg-unn-ry. At this
How of tlw your when pastumgv
is pla-nty. llw Lebanon ( 'ruaum-ry
ln'ltpll‘ iln not final a ready salt-
for all tlw roll bllttvr tin-y llulkv.
The «Wt-r prmlurl is sold in tubs,
and this is the Butler which We
call to your notice. It is the
mm» 5Wt'l'l, woll-lumlc- urticlu
illltllrl sold in rolluut from 3
to .5 units :1 pound loss than lllt'll’
Roll Buttor. This is our M‘Ciillil
50380" with it. “1- know it is
as smart as now luly.:lml will
lam-p well. it is so solid umdo.
Wu urv finding sale for tubs and
half tubs, as well as by tho sill.
glc pound. About 5o pounds to
the tub. if you wish a nice
urtit-lo burn you how: it; 2.36 a
pound. Spm'ial priority tub or
purinf lull.

lllBlllElt BBMSTDCK
on T0
Sauluga, Lake George
and Mt. Mailman!

l amount 8qu use”

ltBNfiWAl. HY Till: llBl.lllll’l”l’l‘l.. Wilt-
MXAMX (‘03 Diff TE”

 

 

""313 Brand Four-Days’ Visits

it fluvial Home Kim Mimi-ml Maus-
dgys. werkly tiii‘clowof mmthe sumo!
luring thunk Novwnlk, Mmulss. July :5. at

Islets at the

.Jflflttur iftm,r.lwtov all on . , .
mead trip. wbk- l include» than at sentient
rttatrhlmatlmleahmio all the llplenrlht
’- mead (We. lanai rivet the
hem Mpeta, . us.
our“ and tiekststo lake liars: and Ill. Sie-
“town rm 4...... WM“
woe a a more.
at thewzmimta ghe mammh t‘ or
nail raisin-u or m

I
W” l: t' a Ferrari i'
7 e . larprom ihor'tvm’lnlurmtt . A

‘a
mu. Hangar.

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in m WW‘Efluhf'W'.

 

 

 

 

 
 

m , .
m Combined (flour and Stop Lod-

so smalltllat you
with a microscope.

 

Durlon' Point,
I (tllEtillll's POINT)

norm xouwam,

NOW OPEN.
Buillllll. Binnie Mill FISHING.
Shore Dinners aSpecially.

If A ulnar: will count“ it! Numb Somali:
w lb lrtsine on the New York and .‘u-w llnlrn

railroad.

J. E.

it'll!

- — CONN.

POWER.

 

the Nurse

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Blll or . THE uluuncrunu

FIVE )llLI-l llll’Ell.

fin}.

t‘fifi‘“ faked-1‘“

 

 

lillll sun llllll BARBIAGES.

The "Mn-t mnuufneturrr of baby unmade.
now uflrr~ lllll-lml moth for sale in live om".
rm w! in of rutmlm: rust: ill-eves gmu variety
of bu it't- tin-l trimlnm '9, at with u 'nlrl- will
lrr' Mull mound; and no rnuugb [omit the
must [mulch-rm.

FRANK BOYLSTON

rum

’l’lu-ro is nothing. (unless it be
the Sowing Mac-him) that has
ligilti-nml wmnan's labor as
llllli'll :ls Dullllills' Klm'il‘il- Soup.
constantly Hold, sinn- hum. Now.
why rub and toil, and wear out
ymlrswlf and your t'lotlws, on
wusluluy. wlu-n this peril-0t soup
is providml. in light?" your lil-

bor, and saw your ('lotlu-s? If
you how our used it. in the 'J'.’
yours “1' how Hindu and sold it.
you know that it in tho bout.
plll’t'fll, and most i't‘untmllt'tll
soup made. if you lulwn't ll'li'il
it. ask your grmror for it now.
Bi: sure and got the gornuiuc.
with our llllllll‘ on the wrapper.
Run “'3 It is not the polling
price alone. that must
' a- intuition-d. in arriv-
m'cf. lug lit n Itmwlwlgu of
tho vullu- of no untrlo.
'l'lwn' lute much ml pure map in n bar
of lkvbblne' Electric min four hum of
any other amp mud», and it will, if uml
M'I'nrcllllx f0 dirt’climul, do four timo'e
nolnuoh work run any other lint-mu in
hill at wry alight ulvam-oon that of in-
ferior map. [mint upon llolihim' Electric.
1. L. (than: it to,
Philadelphia. Pa.
la "a “EGKER’
' ”WWW 1mm Milan-it.
Dealerln
W‘oll Put on.
Mixed mute,
White Load,
Ulla, (Moss, ' .
Couch Colon nod V urnmlms.
Artiste’ Materials,

«her, $2.00.
Mcfllllukt in Wood Fillorwllmad
in the urkot. tattoo (.lallon.

uiutin .
l’u qunglng,
C chaining.

79 Washington Steel.

 

“luff-when. m M
s i" . V ' i
”damnation I

 

mime-rt some» room aonwauc
mall!!!

mill. (Mite. mm. mm
‘vmtl'l'amm. from man.
communalloowinr}
With Alt!) alum

coon.

 

 

E are selliugilight'icuits “utilig _ , _
2 _ prices; in fact it may bosoid that,»
thz suits are lighter than the ‘ prices,
til ugh the material of which they are
i made is of the featherweight variety.
The figures are simply ruck bdttomrand
the margin of profit that they leave is

could scarcely . see it

 

 

Pwéat' Mo‘ss‘
STABLE BEDDING.

Clean, Economical: Healthful, at

Hill THE 008T 0E STEAM.

HA2 til-rou

Cross Creek

COAL.

Hickory, flak, Pine and Chestnut

Hwoon. '

_ .. ”gnu”... ...

Balelllllly and Straw

GBMN AND FEED.

llaymondllrothers
THE EAGLE

lulu lllllllSTEIl BlilYillE.
SAFE. PHACTICil illll HST.

 

 

Till» wheel has been thoroughly tested tin-l
mun-vi fall in be a favorite among whrellueu.

J. BAPTIST PERRY

Agent for Somali; uml vii-inity.
”film :9‘ Raymond sin-ct, mrtwr viuv.

 

Morning, Moon and Night

mm ”2—“

luxlumc.

One Bottle Thoroughly convinces.

lt i~ rI-znnvkltblo how many maple flu-re or»
who how that tirnl frolin r who m-ni to think
l it uf rm lmwrmnrr url lat nothing nml lav

ilvlill’ fur ll. Thu-y would not be M) t‘fll’t‘lt‘flh

if they troll/ml now really serious litrlllll~
no!) te. Bill llle)‘ think or my. "It will In
ml after awhile." “'e do not mean llw «—
uiliulatv wourincsu Whll'll ull extort-mm
oftrr n lmnl dtty'a work. but that .lLI.
MUSE. \t‘ttltS Hl'T FEEIJNH which to
ra‘pm-inlly overprmrrln in the morning
is ten the Elily hilltlll hr- rvfmlwd and
rmuly fur unrk. lt l! n nil-[like In till-M
thin “million tn rrmtinrw.zt- the burly tux-y
mum livt‘ullltl debilitated hryulul mummy,
nl’ min-r dim-mu- may gain a foot-bold.
’l'hr rravlngw of flw synfotn for ntnlstumv
should Maritime-l brv fsklnul I
this Kh'lllt'll hui «ling-up
ttlrvllrlm‘ known to the medial uric-lire. I
l‘tllflrid‘h and lithium the blood, n-mlmtv» tin:
r insulin and really dot-n

Make the Weak Strong.

STILLSllll'S "sumac

l.~ u sure I tire for

Mills and level and Malaria.
HALE’S

Bough Balsam

..|”'

WILD chill",
llllIEllfllllll.
Tll I'll TIllll

20 Cents. .
H. R. HALE,

 

NURWALK, CONN.
Economy and Comfort!
no:

Gasoline Slaves

mmmmtmnm
the Owner

4,?“
Wehavstheverybeatmals

W32! 51%;“ rcmin‘t.““ h “a THE MANHATTAN
lastly-"3"?” in to ”fly-ill? will.“ ‘ ” ‘
”m '" '” "'gm'fl» w r‘t’lz" Balsam MYMflN” II All Ill“.
Bl Lek Bi 3!. E", .
to... ”truthful-n33. “'3' m u .3 mm Itll mm, V fi'fikm “fin“t’twfipm‘ Flu:

Call and See Them.

”no".-. N. catwfiw...w.w

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