‘Ijtlloielbutgthe lot at a reduction of so per cent-from our present low prices. This will he a
o‘y‘ to secures line carriage atl'an extremely low price. ‘
' NSIGNMENT THIS SEASON of import samples of fine china and glass—sonic- of the
* Bitrope4-comprising in part Clips and Saucers, Plates, Bowls, Platters, Fruits, Celery
" Creams; Jugs, Chocolate Pots, Condensed Milk Jars, Butters, Sugars, Spooners, Olives,
semi‘bhes,“Fine‘Cut Glass, Bouduet Holders and hundreds of pieces of fancy Brie-aoBrae.
the entire lot at slow figure, and are able to offer them to you far below import cost.
y'cle Lanterns, light weight, made to sell for $1.25; our price this week, One. Electric Bicycle
NORTH MAIN .AND ANN
STREETS,
loath Norwalk. c'onnootlout
RiéH'r, "risotto Ernestiujsts
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Branch Shops
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THE TALK IS ALL OVER ABOUT .
L. M. WRIGHT’S REPosIToRY. .
WHICH IS ,WEL‘L STOCKED WITH THE FINEST LINE OF
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PAINTING AND LETTERING done at short notice. All purchasers of bicycles titught to ride
free. Dpeu until 9 , m. ' Repairing a specialtly. Having leased the Norwalk ‘
j .. i ; ., , gait Grounds, a‘pply’to‘hle’ or terms, etc.
TH ER M I w R I G HT! Fall/lbllfitfiifififlfilfihlfiéts.b
I agitating, , Velvets‘,
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, . interval;-
in“: and earls:
feet John shipped: or. rather, the‘worlt-
diluent strict
men did. The 83,000 was gone. The
test had handmade and no oil " had been
found under the text-acre lot. ‘
“Mortgage the form? I can't do that.
mum
l gowns. for I a? in!
Who writes. in
,Well. sates none. to end tlui chill.
There's 0an 10mm but:
‘ .51., no. my boy. her mom.» I, We've worked too hard all our lives to
Is not here will-tho mtg, .11 get our home. It shall not be sacrificed
mil-(map! it profit than to seek now," ‘
’ one treasure! ”'01; "No sacrifice about it." the temptors
mag: lililé’l’fii‘g’sl'fk replied. "How could there be when
‘ 4 , ~812on Life.
GARDEN senses OIL.
The supreme moment in the life of
Henry Nelson hedmxue and gone.
There had been nothing heroic about it.
He had simply told Miss Garden his
heart was hers and he had been
rejected. .. .
It had been a hard thing for Henry to
isnecessis certain“: Jasper Holt is get—
ting rich. You can pay in short order
after your well is down.".
The reasoning was specious. and it
prevailed. J olm's friends advanced him
farm. Again the drill. was started, and
once more John Car-den began to kept)
and to tremble. He was not so san-
guine as fonuerly.
am»! . an edmn'tlw
filtllM'lOIl mm” “Damaged. .At so“!
mmiey and took a mortgage on his .
The story of John’s second venture
do. He was a humble carpenter, not
acquainted with the ways of the world
very well. Hehad. read a good deal,
but the books he cared for were not
His tongue, ready enough on matters re-
lating to business and questions of every
day life, had refased to obey his will
when it came to this. the most impor
tant topic of all, and he had made a
sorry piece of work of his proposal. He
knew it, and as he stood by the piece of
timber he was framing for a new
building he was putting up for John
such be dealt with affairs of the heart.
was not unlike that of the ii t.
money prtwured by mortgngmg the
had been sunk in the well. What was
to bodone next? A few hundred feet
more and there must be oill ‘
John inn-owed 8.300 on his personal
note, indorsed by an old friend in a dis—
taut part of the country. That went,
too. Disaster secured imminent. ’Tho
:sharlts threatened to leave him. One
; last despairing effort was made. John's
‘wifo had belonged to a comparativuly
wealthy family before her marriage.
The .
farm went faster and faster. until, it ‘
damages, Wégqnls,‘“3icycles and Horse Goodslll
, prices. Oil was King.
Garden. hit! or: sticking in the beam and She had some jewels which had been
his head bowed upon his brgast, I”! ‘handed down for several centuries from
thoughts were by no means pleasant.
"I‘m sacha frail! I couldn't say wlint Mold, and a", money. together with a
better.” , «. . . _
Standing there alone, words come to
him plentifnlly—therain drops in spring 1
could not be more coplanar HOW he thowell came one evening in autumn.
could plead his cause now! . iThe workmen had examined the various
"Bl“ M‘TY “MW Will“ i meant. She . sands they watched and reported them
must. have known what was in my good. 'John's hopes were at a fever
heart. And still ella said 110-" pitch. And what wonder! The next
That was theconclusion 0' the whole few hours Would dceido whether he
mutter. A man may llllllW’l’hth’ tolllfl ' were to be a rich arm or a pauper.
heart's content over such a refusal. and The well was torpedoed with nitro-
it all comes to thins—the word ”N0" glywrine at midnight. ()il! It was
ends the matter. ifa woman 11101!!!” W [thrown by the force of the explosion
And Ml"! ‘lid- She was not ‘3 8m 10 . high into the air. simmering the derrick
say one thing and mean another. , with a showerlikcsnmmer min. After
“John Garden's responsible for this," i a little while it lmgau to flow in a
was the young man's next remark. as he. heavy. dark gram; stream.
seized his canmnter's tools savagely and I Early that morning John went to bed
lmgautoworlt with all his midit. "it happy. '
ain't hard to me that. If I'dbeonol When John woke up the Well had al-
rich singtutlator. or 8 “WWW". any most stopped flowing. Fora fowdny’so
war. whichl ain't. and what's the use little on come from n at times. The-nit
0‘ speculating? 01' if 0“ hadn't b9"! failed entirely. Asa producing well it
struck in Puck's Killer. Mary‘wouldn‘t was almost worming.
have said what shtadid." w . If the worldcould have come to on
If oil had not be m found in P003.“ end then John would have. tlmnked
Hollow John Garden and his gviod wife 0941m- it, Tina: did not swim to miti-
W'mld hnvospent thsru-rnainder "1."le gate his disapwintment. He murdered
days in cinnpurutivehomtiness. BM 0" blunt the farm like one. in a dream.
Ullflflgfill everything, A“ "WON!” that; In the inoantimc the- mortgage was
partof Pennsylvania ”1'”. Oil {WW had , maturing. How was the money to be
spread, The land, timed With Diff-m fraisodt This was a question no one
lournosno land ever. lbw!!! “weed .‘ of the (Burden family could answer.
With milk and WWW- Daniels. “I'll“ Dmpair had seized them. The more
3111103“?le Whom“ the ground. gtheythongbt about it the deeper grew
Men who had never pastas-uni a dull“! their trouble. . ..
which had not b?!“ unified by that At length the farm was advertised for
hardest kind of knocks l‘flll’d 3‘ 8 saleat publicauction. .For sale! The
drillers to go on a little longer.
‘ bound to the top of fortune's ladder. old homestead! Mary wept day after
Farmers sold their land at fabulous 'dny at t}... thought of parting with the
_. M only home she had ever known.
ileum venturesoine “it?“ W1 0011‘: The day of the sale arrived. There
ceived the notion that Peck'n Hollow. 'were not many bidders. A farm with
Tapestry, ‘Moquetto, i
Axminster,
" Body Brussels,
A large variety of China and Japanese Mattings, Oil Cloths and
Linoleums, Shades, Lace Curtains. Porticres.
‘A. Dickerman a. Son,
«I
ygcshington Stroot, - -, -. - - ,south Io‘rwslk. Connecticut.
KeepYbur
Weather
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‘ ’ When buying tobacco, see that you get abroad that exactly suits your
taste and temperament. If you appreciate a tobacco of high quality—enjoy a
uni, sheet, delightful smoke, get
‘\
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thehei htof tobacco perfection; a tobacco that neither bites the tan ‘ or
We the pipe. Deli his the young smelter, theme hly satisfies t 0 old
her. Its all to cco prepared by the LORIL We whys
lwas the talk from nmrning till night.
[John «Ire-w 81,500 out of the bunk.
‘wan half the amount he and his wife'
less thana mile anl a half from ll” no oilon it was not sornnrln-tnble as it
Garden farm. staid right over aflokeof migbtbo. Three tlumsand dollars was
oil. A tout well was put down and the outside figure. untitlw place mined
proved the opinion true. The flewfililmly to be bid otf fir that."
sprowl like the wind. Oil. oil. oil! It "Thimpfivo hllutll't'il !"
l A murmur of astonishment ran
From that moment the W0?“ changed through the crowd. All turned in the
for the Gardens. ldirmrtion of the voice.
Thnwife's control was not hmdmld "Whose bid jg this?" . asked the
H I sheriff.
. "l\iiuo~lfenry Nelson's." was the re-
hmlsnvod throw!“ lht'll' years 0‘ trnl ,ply.‘as tliryonng carpenter edged his
on bl." "Wm. Th" It'll-ill?” lot. Hilfiwny up lIDW'fll'fl lllf'J‘tflflll. "And 1'")
rhoicost on the farm, was chosen as the 5 ready to pay (m- it now,"
site"! the Mt well, find W!“ “W “I” The crowd of countrymen grew more
raugernents werenll made for the im- ,dense around the boom. all eager to
mrtnnt venture. ihenr the terms of the sale. Henry Nel-
Abont this time do affairs of Henry luon buying the (‘nrd'en farm!
and Mary came to a crisis. With the In live minutes the bargain had been
nhrowdnessof‘her sex the girl foremw closed. ‘
it. and. like the clo‘ifnl daughter elm .101", mm “om-ya. hand with nsorry
was. she placed the matter lsrfore her attempttttu mullp, ‘
lutrents. , “If it had to he done. I‘d rather you’d
"When We strike oil and butcome rich have the place than any other man." he
as the richest we wiuldn't want it can imp], bmkonly, “\Vlwn do you want—"
[)1me in the family, would we?" said “Never!" was the low but distinct re-
Mary's father. ply. "I've bought the place to save it.
"He's the best man in the world," it's yours justns it has always lmen."
Mary replied warmly. ”What change "You tuustn't do it. Henry." said
would“ malto in hint if W0 became Mary. who had heard of the sale and
rich?" geamowhore John and Henry stood, A
John's head fell thoughtfully. lie [mm mm: from thorest.
know llrnry was a true man. A few “Don‘t any a Word alxmt it. )lnry."
days agoho would have been proud to thecarponter said. But be me; from
roll hint his son-inelaw. Nowmwi'll. it Mary's tears that she could say no more
was inipmsthlo. And so he luslfltml. 'witbont breaking down. “Tho money
‘Wl MN!” boor ttitl. almost (7W1 lll'l’iwns mine. I've a right to do with ital!
eym out. and then wcmt to her mother. 1 want to."
Tim W0 will over it timetllt'f- T110“: There was a proud look on his face as
tho another said, with a half-prophetic hagpoko, Then he turned and walked
rhoerfulnms: ‘ away.
"There. Mary. don't 6'! any more. i A few days after that Henry was bus-
Noouo knows what may turn up." ily at work with his tools when he
Wt‘ll. “19 drill WM swung in “I" (161" looked up and new John (.‘ardi-n getting
rirlr and npt'ofvssiottul driller hired to over m, fem-o main-by. lie stuck his
not down the well. No other wall was broader into the log he was bowing and
wearhmlasthlmme was. The further waitod for him income up.
WWWM'W’IH‘M the R'I’Imter l»- John’s flu-e bore a peculiar exprek
cums John a anxiety. slim, hard to descri he. as he put one foot
John's farmworlr tattered sully. lie ’ upon tho lag and mid;
memeda (shunned man. M “B18! Ml “llenry. I've been ntnrnntionfml,but
WM WW1! and unlike Minna“. M I wouldn't wonder if ytm knew that
other times he was slated and sanguine. without my tellin' you. lint I wanted
on fortune "mud or smiled. , to say that it was all along 0' me that
When the drill had reached the depth Mary turned you off. kiln» thought then.
of a thou-mid feet the tools were lost in and does now. that there ain‘t another
the hole, and days and days were stumt such a teller in this county as you be.
in fishing for them. The last of the I! you «would go an‘see her again. 1|
may Men from the bank had been mater gum-"
meditating the drillers were ready wuul "You dot" broke in Henry. anoint!
011- Rfil‘wmfllli I“ Willi “Ill faith that John hesitated and hardly saw the
in the enterprise. John drew out the we outothis dilemma.
".500 he hudretnuining in the bank. " es, lilo.“ V
His wits sighed when he told her what Henry numbed out his hand and John
he had mint no fuflhfir sign of re» giggly put his into it. h
munch her lips. er faith in’ young man left his ax stir: ing in
tbsofltnll wasnotstrong. but herho mics. and the two wentup to the
,‘erawforsc- Twit
Bethlehem”. mil er.
museum Thekist toolsl Nth“, Johntlsrdenpravedto
worm-as M in Munch-inu- ‘1 ' ,wflmaal, Visuals.
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lone generation tonnother. These were .
I wanted in- " 1 could only (10“ W01 {small amount realized on a gold watch '
38am itseemsto me that I might '10 John had given his «laughter on her ‘
‘ ‘ {sixteenth birthday. served to induce thy ‘
The critical pill'lml in the history of ‘
Grand
Army
.Blue, Suits.
Now until Sofa/slay we will be busy In our blue
goods suit department. 0m- stoelr of 0. A. u
If. suits is of u ualify and a true blue that
gives the bestozsutisfac'flan and the “best that
{I ‘ can be pure/lacedfor the money. They're in
' double and single breasted seals, or we can sell
themseperate. Extra set of buttons and u
a pair of white loves with each suit gratis. For
gar best true glue Suits you can pay $10 and
72. '
g ' Blue/ Serge Suits.
Unexcelletl for comfort, ease and style for
spring and summer wear. They are soft in '
texture, light in weight, cool on warm days,
warm on coal days. There Isn’t a material
forever day wear that can compare' with ft.
1 good suit will cost 870,315 and 818. These
are all TAILOR-MADE garments.
Golf and Bicycle Suits, 85 to 875. ' l
Golf and Bicycle Stack/i198 with and Wilma!
feet, 25c fa 8‘4.
Neg/lyee Shirts, 48c, 69c. 97c, 87.50.
Ladles' Bows 25 and 50c.
Ladies' Lawn Collars, 2 for 250. 4 i
Leather Eelts,'25c, 500, 81, 81. 75.
’ Boys' Wash Suits, 480, 97c, 31.50.
Matisse». .
DailyDirect Freight Line
New onrk,,$odth Norwalk and
Norwalk.
THE PROPELLERS,
City of Norwalk, Eagle and Vulcan,
Will leave Pier 23, E. R., Beekmau street, New York, at
5 p. m. Leave Norwalk, 5 p. m; South Norwalk 6 p. m.
Freight Received from 7 n. m., to 5. p. m. Upon Appli.
cation to agents the City of Norwalk, Eagle and Vulcan
’ will be sent for special lots of freight anywhere in New
Yorlt or its vicinity.
All persons are forbid trusting any of the employees
of this boats of the line on account of the owners thereof.
What is It?
that prompts you tolmy your slums at
one stow rather than another? Isn't it
style, quality, lit durability and price as
tothoslmo and prompt and courteous
attention on the part of the proprietor nud
salesman? If those. are the real induce-
mouts we look for a liberal share of your
putmungi'.
H. 8. BROWN,
90 WASHINGTON STREET,
South Norwalk. Oonn
THAT
Nash
8: Van Scoy
Keep the ()nrmdnga white crockery, which is acknowledged by the
trade to be the best made, R’od that they
SELL AS LOW
us any store in the town. Try our ROYAL POLISHING I'ASTl'l
it will clean and polish silvct'Wut‘c without injury. contains no arid
and is unequalled for glass, marble or brass. l’ricr 25c.
NAS H 8: VAN SCOY,
Cor. I. Iain and West Streets.
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Norwalk Chronicler