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question “What shaIII buy and where can I find it” enters your inind, look through this category of bargains, and if unable to find
a suitable present, 1001: through our sleek and the question will soon be answered.
*m'ttre floor devotea to children’ s goods, and another for presents for the older follts; to loot ,the‘entire building has been given over to St Nicholas,who has transformed it into a veritable 111.511.111.11 the
1 DO LLS.
. Ind undreseed, bisque, chins.
jointed body. babies, rag, rab-
11w girlt'. mechanical, talking,
m. laughing, crying and dancing;
Melamine. style and price from
filo. Dolls' furniture. dolls’ dishes
for dolls and dolls for
TOYS
figmery description, both imported and
WWW horses,sheep,dogs,ccws,
Mdeers, cats and rabbits, all me
1111; drums in every size made
“distast- ”complete, with gun. sword,
W and spaulets; mechanics
' ofwocd or ' tin, from the tiniest
Windfall rigged ship; magic 111n-
1W1small enough for the baby and
lurgeenocgh for the old boy to amuse
be whole family; toy pianos, all grades,
'frpmfillctotli, toys. trunks, parlor and
‘Md 1011111111111. diun on and toile=
sets, in china, tin or p ;/footballs,
Mahalls, tool chests, ten p1ns.chairs.
WEI. wardrobes, bureaus, sideboards,
dresser! and wash sets; browny ladders,
11111111111 sweepers, watches, docks, guns,
poses, express wagons, buckboards,
wheel barrows, sulkies, bicycles. tricy
ole! Ind sleighs of every style and kinds
made; hobby horses, swinging and mi:
lug, wood fire engines hook and laddm's,
hose carts, trolley cars, etc, and every-
(thing in tin toys from a hilly goat to 11
iron toys Isa great feature of this do-
pertinent, yet the greatest feature is the
price, which you may rest assured i.
the lowest. Everything for the Christ-
; inns tree can be found here—mudles and
' candle holders, cornucoplas, tinsel in sil-
'priee the shrewdest shopper.
letters, nonsense, tiddledy winks, lotts,
toie, swords, whips and canes, veloci~
climbing monkey. Our assortment of,
var, copper and gold. gold thread and
ornaments of every shape and sine.
0AM E S
For the old ones as well as the young.
Full lines of the standard makes. such
as Parker's, Singer's. Milton Bradley's
and McLaughlin’s. 0111- 50,10c.2811 and
480 games are exactly half price. We do
not wait until the day before Christmas
to make a cut on these goods, but after
them in the beginning at prices that sur-
Bome of
our games: Menagerie, limited mail,
Yankee Doodle, hold the fort, happy
days in England, Kerion, Napoleon,
Yale and Harvard, words and sentences,
tire dep u'tmeut, flag ship. steeple chase,
rivals, race for the cup.business,anthors,
bowling. prisoner’ is base, county fair,
Uncle Sam, snap, corner groceryfilhinee,
brownies, luck, baseball, pops, Pike's
Peak, balms, football, great inventions
alphabet, chvclters, dominoes, chess,
doctors and quacks, fish pond, Bo Peep,
Peter Cuddles, old maid, ship comes
home, yacht race, Mother Goose, for-
hidden fruit, don my race, Robzusou
Crusoe, octo, World's Fair, Dickens,
heads and tails chvrry chusc,parcl1oesl,
kakoeba 11nd pillow dex wluch is the
most mousing game cv'rr Invented.
BOOKS
are as necessary to your assortment as
candy, and whether you wish to mend
2cm $2 00 you can he accommodate-d at
this counter. All the juvenile Works in
plain and fancy shapes in paper, linen
and cloth Short stories, funny pictures
and puzzle books. Vlt would take our en.
tire space to name the titles of all the
works in this assortment, but we assure
you they are just the right sort at the
right price. Christmas cards can also
be found here In great variety—from 111
to '1. 00 each. Blocks ’till you can't
rest—large and small. plain and fancy.1'
solid and hollow, building and spelling—
in fact everything in blocks you can
imagine.
STATI O N E RY.
Plain and fancy box papers-Ward’ 11
Irish linen, ruled and nnrnled. white and
tinted in silk lined and covered boxes.
Crushed Vellum (2 doz. each, paper and
envelopes) 1511 box. Fancy ink Wells,
writing desks, playing cards, fountain
pens, pencil boxes and novelties innum- '
arable. Umbrellas are here in every
size, style and quality—gold, silver,ivory
or natural handles, ladies‘ or gents' size
()ur leader in this line is a heavy twilled '
silk. made on a paragon frame, silver
trimmed natural handle, guaranteed
f'. hf. blzu Ir, for $13 "1-11 useful and sensi-
blc present.
M U S I C AL
' I N STRU M E NTS
Moln- 1:. 10d Christmas gsfts If 11111
sic both charms“ our stores Should be
full of them, for we have nlmost any-
thing you can mention in that lino~.
violins, mandolins, guiturs,buujos, unto-
!
li.1rps,phouoh11rps. zlthers, uccordeonss
concertinas, tiles, limes. corners. From l1
and Swiss music boxes and the By mpho
..-__ MM... Hummg'w. .N...»W..—..m , ,.
atom. which play any piece of music
you wish; umh lla music stunds,.1ft.
high (can be idldad and carried in the
pocket) 35.1 saith Leather music rolls
in great variety.
HANDs'pME CLOCKS
In onyx. marble, mathlized w'ood, iron,
oak and chinal New designs in fancy
Dresden chiuu’ hanging and stand clocks.
Our guarante'e 30 hour nickel alarm
clocks, 69c.
SILVERWARE
'Is one of the‘ most important depart-
Vmeuts in our house this season: we have
purchased none but the best grades and
strictly guarantee every piece we sell If
you think of purchasing anything 111 this
line we 0 .111 alive you at least it) per cent
on such audio as Rogers'. Russell’s
Hohncsdz E1lwards' or Merideu. UQI'
assortment pu'rtly consists of cake b.111-
kcts, fruit dishes, wuior pitchers, 1.111
bowls, butterfdishes, sugar bowler-i0 1111-
crs, spooners,j cele1ies, casters, pickles,
cruckerjahrs tcu pots. codes 11113.4
11ml" .1 piece 1.... 31 ts toilet bottles glow
and II Ulrike-rumor hos: 1:1. crumb 11211214
kniws .orlu. spoons, oysttr lo ll':
hi.111~..,b'1"1y 41.11.11». or:111;'1' s»-
1 sdvor, Ivory 1111' pearl l‘1 oldies. 11111 pirlm.
gplmti fr11111,~: pul‘t‘ blues, about}: 1‘5
b.1111! 11111'1'1'11‘ p' :1 ('Il.'lll‘hl1<.<:ll'v"l
11111u1111ll1u.l h'llimd 1111mm li'n:
whisk brm1111's.i11't. stands, condo! l11'dd
. ers and hundreds of whist prize nuvelilrs
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FANCY OOODE‘S
of silk, plus'll, (nellulofl 11111li1~11f1t|1111 11
(lressingt'nsds, manicure sets cowl-inn
, 101.110.1111 60; for 49c.
tion cases. odor cases.shavl ng setdglovc
handkerchief, fan and necktie boxes.
collar, cut! and work boxes. In this de-
partment will be found a handsome line
corner stands, book cases, hull chairs.
ladies“ desks, hall nun-111's, medicine
cabinets, chins closets, fancy stand-1 and
tables, folding whist talles, blocking
of imported albums in plush, celluloid . cases, willow rockers, etc , etc, etc.
and richly painted wood. Musical and
easel albums in great variety—you will
wonder when you see the prices on these
goods—handsome full-sized books, hold-
ing twenty-five cabinets. and usually
0111' musical al:
bums play all the popular airs and are u
marvel of cheupness. .
POCKET-BOOKS
and purses come in for their share of at-
tentiou, for we have never before at-
tempted such an assortment. Our 51c,
1013, 151:, 25c, 50c. Tic 11111131 goods will
surprise you~nll the new styles and
colors, in alligator, lizzsrd, snukc, seal
and calf skinspluin and silver mounted.
Perfume and fine toilet waters in fancy
out glue! bottle, handsome baskets 11nd
attractive packages. Bradley‘s lino
hundlurchief extracts can‘t be equalled
for f1 .13111111' and 1:13“ 111;; qualities.
RUGS 81 PICTURES
.1ru always lllffll'llllilllll [)l'tffiz'lltfi. b111,. 11111
1'11;:.~‘,‘.'11riv{§' of pitterns, from $1 up.
\Impims in the new .11 design-I, from '3
up Fur mute, rugs 11nd squares in all
~dors Spmxnl job in funny for rugs.
1's 211111 b JX'III‘I‘S, regularly sold at all. for
‘3 Ill
111th. White
r-Ild fro-nos, from 5111: up.
1--1' colors and oil paintings for less than
'necmtof the inllllt‘d. ()11 this floor
on Wlll also find artistic furnltme,
'J'ixfil 111='hc.~', (‘nlum'll 1-onters,co1'11-i'
Slot-l engravings and arms in
enameled. and 13111111191111
Pastels. “'21-.
FAN CY C H I N A
from allover the world. Cups and sau-
cers,'plates, platters, howls, ml: 1, fruit.
nut and ‘cheose dishes. totem-vote sets,
plate sets, ice cream sets. pudding sets,
oyster plates, celery trnys, fancy jugs,
tea. coffee and chocolate pots, cracker
jars, condensed milk jars, f uncy creunv
ers, spooucrs, butters, syrups, soaps,
mugs, tooth picks, peppers and salts,
bouqucth'ilders, and hundreds of rum
pieces of import. samples, to be found in
no other house in this town.
DINNER, TEA AND
TOILET SETS
have not been forgotten in our grand
assortment. 20 new pitterns of dinner
111111 ((-11 sets from thebcsc linkers 1151'
home and abroad. We carry the match:
ings of these acts in stock so you may
easily replace any piece broken, and We.
guarantee thcm not to craze. Our lcad~
111' for the holidays will be 1111 “(lbi
Hall" dinner set, ll;J pieces, richly donor—
ated 111 four colors. $7.29.
LAM P5
A .“11' night lump r1111 >333 lunbnpt
All the 111-1v designs of tlw Rochester
and other standard mules. l'nmo, b1111—
quct, library, hull, parlor, sewing and
night lumps. Handsome l1.1illamps.
b dutifullyetched and cultured. 5 foot
«311-1124211115.
chunney, Would be. cheap at >32 '10
lor
970. Banquet globes, silk shades, crepe
paper and shade frames.
CUTLERV
is another line we offer great bargains
in. Carving sets from 50.: to $8 00 per
set. Fine steel scissors, shears, ram.
pocket knives, knives and forks, with
ivory, pearl, r11 bbe ', buclt, bone,“ ebony
and coco handles. ("lood steel sell (0
knives and 0 forks; 41).: set. At this
counter you will find a good stock of
boys' pocket knives (what hoy' 11111 't hop-
py to get 11 knife?) from 151' up. Better
grades, of course, for hotter-boys Bar.
my 15'; Berry‘ 11 line steel skates.
OIL HEATERS,
in some cases, would make the most ac-
ceptnble gift we could suggest—better
than a ton of coal or ucord of wood. No
pipe, smoke, odor, soot or ashes, ' can
twat any 112 no room, in one- quarter the
1i1111I,with far less expense than w1th
coal 20 styles to sol out from. Our
"h‘bwrem'e" atom, the most powerful
heater of its size made. complete with
fancy wounded 'stand,’ $2 98. We also
curry such standard makes us the Amer-
11".111,Gr11nd. Reliance. (ilobe, Puritan,
Ut'lll, Majestic and Franklin. We give
:1 stand free with every heater.
DON'T THINK
FOR AN INH'I‘AN"tl121t this vast uc-
('11111ulati'1u of holiday go. 1113 has caused
:‘ -I mph-ct. 11.1'511111113 11.11.1111 for we
>l1111\'1‘1-Inll7."1tll>1l lll’LIiy w1llm21kc Christ-
; 111:1: presume ct obs Ilurc necessities and
l1 rthnsc 111' 11.110 fill-1 1d up .111 0111 regular
‘111- -p trimeuts to 1m.- illowing
OUR ADVICE
is to 1h Iop 9 My buy early. do your trud-
mg .1! homo and rummage your own
«1111911 to mill bmmr 111111 merchants \\ ho will gladly show their
IIIII‘I" Clllllilll lll H‘IUI I]
W. S. STURTEVANT, North Main and
‘nn Streets South
Norwalk, Connecticut
SUGGESTIONS TO SANTA CLAUSI
' HANDKERGHIEFS
()i rvery drsuwplion; oi ial. .1 5 .101:
gents' bllK hen1sti.c:1mi .111!
and 251';
initial, 301:.
SILK MUFFLENS
of great Variety.
KID GLOVES.
Buttoned and laced, fur trimmed and
lined.
UMBRELLAS,
soc to *3 00.
TABLE LINENS.
and napknh.
For the last We years we b.1111: mode a. Specialty of Calendar. and Booklets. This yt-
What Shall I Buy?
LadmI'
jock: Is and
Mutts and
11ml ch1|1
Ir< n'~
Fur ’l‘i- 1115, 1".111’
Cdlnrclhs Mu I111
Untlt'lwear,
Smyrna Mats and
Rugs, Goat Skin
M -ts and Rugs,
Baby Carri ige Robes,
Fancy Goods of Every K ml
or We have excelled
our former efforts in variety 11nd attractiveness,
Where Shall I Buy?
A. Dickerman 81 Son’ 5,
8‘ Washington Street,
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South Iorwalk, Connecticut
'CARRIAGE BUILDER AND DEALER!
Do You Want a New Sleigh?
Elohim and Iadlson Streets,
01' Your Old One Repaired or
Painted ?
IF SO, LET ME HEAR FROM
YOU!
Work Called For and Ut‘lIVI‘f't'Il
FREEOII'CHAROEli
Factory and Repository,
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South Nerwalk.
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' A penance: THAT IS esowmc AND IS
. the m for food purposes «you more tluu'
‘ nous. 11ml;
1* All\(1 llIlliSl'.‘ Ml'iA L'l‘
WE,LL SUPPORTED.
Flesh of the Home In 11.1111111ru1 and Sold
to [lo llcttt'r For Food Than Pork-Tim
lit-11111111111- Side of tin- Qnestlou Press-ni—
rd In a Forcibls- Manner.
Paris and Vii-111111 whoop restaurants
subditute horse meat for other kinds of
butt'htrs' nulntrus it matter of course.
lllilit'l'ln «who in Puris, uln-ro the 11d-
v;111t:1gc.~11'1f lmrscs' 1110.11 us 11 rvgul'. 1r
limti on bills of fut-1' have been into“ 11
over sinco the siege of Paris, restaurants
1111111111111 to publish the fut-1 (but. they on»
serving it to their customers for four of
tho popnlurprejudice. YI'I just us (IlI'C‘
nuamnrino is infinitely issuer thou genu»
.mI butter 11'! 11 poor (11111 ity, soordiuory
in Tab 111111t' is better for hrulth and flat '
vm' them llld'ut from cattle sold for tho .
new of tho poorer classes. 3
T11» pooror pmplv abroad 1011111 to live '1
111111;va without ment. A driver on 11 IV
London «minibus, \s'hosm'nwd Io be 11
mun of intelligence 11ml thrift, told the.
writer that, ho could nil'ord moot only
11:11'11111‘ t\'.‘iV'1'1'11w1'I-k. The lllllll‘t‘f‘k‘liifiitlli
in Berlin and Vienna are forced by the
high prin'caItouowithout 111ml. In .I’uris
t'u- I'llslom 111 using horse llil‘llt has made '
It possiblo for all tho poorer closers who
have to do illl‘iu'y labor to obtain 11 nulli-
Dll'lll muouht of nourishing 11111111111 food.
Ilorr'u‘s incnt differs from barf in be-
1111: slightly I‘Illll‘h‘t‘!‘ in grain and having
11 slightlyl richer flavor. Its quulity
nuturully depends on the 111:" of theI
1 l1I.1~1t.As1‘11',uhI 1-1'1' 11 though it may be I,
t<1111.,l11-1',Ibo meat. is for safer to out,
than Ill‘tf. While the herds of cuttloi
1-.11l1v-1111' $110 producing 1111101111 “11111-1
11. 111~s111111o111bv1111lou~11nfcctum horses 1
I1 1w ImIo (hum-o to roundutncnlc t1:
bmnb sis or .my other 1I1s1 11w In (1111‘ 1
.motln 1', bVl't'uuso they are sold. 1111 kept l
ClIINl ly tng'utlhr.'lhudi1t of bursts fits
'inlinitcly more than 1111' inc o1
poultry l
Ibo business of slaughh r1111; horses ,
for Illl‘ll' ibI- .1‘. is undoubbdlyon the. i11~
crud-III iultho Unitcd States because 11:
I: mm mal'kct lhIH oponvd in Europa for 1
low so mun/l, nepotImlly W hen it is conned.
'l‘ho Hummus are noting it, though 1111'
notoriously, in the form of suusngo.
A11 unltV'uowu amount comes back to
A1 111-i111 .tscnnnt'd moot, and not im-
p111bnbly forms a staple item of diet in
l all public' or privmo institutions whore
fcI «lint: b 1'1'mtttm't. is carried on That
|tbis industry will rapidly increase is
. urmin feron the fact that horses 11111 be-
rounngrhcnpor and more abundant. The
forms on west; (11111 hotter afford to feed
bottom with their grain if they can sell
tho horscll for their meal.
The redult 11 ill be that if homes como
lung: Ir into the 111.1th 1111 11 food prod
not the ylmugt'r horses will be killed oil
before they are it years old to sure the
, uponU ‘Uf lonuf'r funding them. This
‘ ulll (In. zwny mm the lust rt'ul ro- neon
nu. onsttl "diam borso nicotw-thnt only
I did 11ml tortilla Imrane or» new!
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in: the constant production of 1111111I or ,
lucid:- horses by Ill‘ \‘é'rs. Just us soon as
u Inn .. ilt’tllllll :'4 .1 lirtlo post his best
strut-.111 11nd spv I.'-d thcI ownors will sell
H11 111 ..Il' to imlriu'rs. just 11$ ordinary
(alive and oxen are sold. The horse {1 1r
driving and (muting will be thI-n :1
much 1‘1111'1' 1111iv11ul through 11 genuine
“1:1.1'1'lv11lof the fittest. "
'l‘ilu busting-1,4 troubles in the United
Stan's 111111 (In im- 11 using numl or of
111-111viti1out1-1111:loymvnt 11rr-1t11phusiz-
1111; the f-u t 111' It 11": ry pl‘riell lv i.1( tor
must be utilized to make livingchcopor
1:111i better for the poorc'r ('lufisos. Mutt
fml labor cannot compete with labor fed
on r'Ir'1I11r11111t'111'oui. But 111111117ch lubur
llI‘I‘HIllpllSllI‘H better work.
Flu pt't'pltI runlizc how rigidly the
old Mosaic low. largely dist'urdml or: 11
1111111111; Jon's. holds among the [ll'oplo :It 3
large.
by the lows of Mosul-l lwtwvtn 1111111111111
chum 11nd 11111'11'1111 molly 111111111115, (1:1 :11:-
count of sonn- peculiar nmmgcnwnt of
their ft‘l'i, have bun denied to the 11:11-
of muukind as food. The one (drop.
tion is pork. which is pt'rhups themes-1t .
unfit for fool of all llll’ilC on account of
the Illtby habits and feeding of most
swim'.
Utivntnls decline to out camel Ineut,
though this also is finding its way It
PdllN 1‘11 l.u'-,.:1'r..'1ou11ts (Ivory your
III: my kinds c111 1111 uniniuls 11nd birds
are disliked from some similar preju-
IIICE'. (3111'111'1'111'1111s animals must ul-
u'nys be discarded Ive-muse 11f llwirfoud-
1111111 for curriou. Horses, however, are
tho 11:1111ticst enters of thncntiro animal
klnw loin
'l‘b: 1'11 11 .1»: 11 time .11....
work 11ml progrnss thut simple allel‘tion
brim: him repugnant. Ilut; now the 11111
: of the horse has pussml. 'l‘bII bicycle has 1
rupluccd thII smldlo born», the motor
wagon tho buggy and stage. and tho'
luck of room in city llft' 111111 nuulo 1|
(In account of distinctions 111111111 1‘
. reach Elmo" mix-1 that his wife lmduoccpml
: ed the kitchcn window, ho lu'nrd the voice
. of his wife and the butt-d net-cuts of Walter
, Alt-Shanta
horses were
'so Clllsily .1.~.~o<1.1t11luill1 1111111 1'11 till
1 at his Im'nst.
‘1 for 11 lllll‘n‘u 1'1I1'.1l:1'1'li tIuI idea of butt'h- i
borsu 11s '.1 put 11'» lnllgt'r practicable. i
'I’hnl horses will be rxtet'111I11:1I1'1lif used
- . 2
for butch: 114' 1111111! is no morn lunsslhlo
[1111:1 that ('nllb- 111' slump will III And
the Intern bowls of horses in Anwticu.
insured by the runtlruow killing oil of
1111 but the HII‘IlIlw'SI 11nd 11111stb1-11util'ul,
will be highly unmoved.~—..\'1IwYork
Prim-N,
Music For the Sick.
Once more it is tumrmmrml that tho
pluyingof music is being thirteesst‘ully
1-1111plnyvd by physicians to soothe disor-
«loud minds and relieve those uniforms;
from (Hunt-1,. 'l'ho 1111"lir‘st l‘"('()l‘lll 11 nt-
mnpt of this character,“ that in which
Duvld played the burp lwl'oro Soul. The ‘
result. may probably be l'l'nlt'mbcrcd.
Soul threw his luvelin at himwi’hilu-
dolphin Inquirer.
In modern (ireuco tho lungungo of
Ilowvrs is developed with such detail
and is so gent-rally Utilil'rstoml that n
lover and his swcvtbvurt noun-times rur-
ry on 1111 b.1111] 1'111-11«growl-1111's by mount
of r'im'tcn' of l11.,:.1- blmschm.
,cupying him were more absorbing than
j pleusnnt.
g depresscd that morning.
.1 her 1’.-11'111'1'l11mo11.
’1‘”.th TillLOUS Y.
Enos Brown stopped still under the
shade of tho honeysucklcs that covered the
kitchen window and trailed over an adju-
cent lilac hush. He was just coming back to
the house to not thcdecd, which he bud for—
gotten. for :1 half hour ago he had started
to town to sell the 401mm posture to 11 city
gentleman who was willing to pity for It
twice what it was worth. Only when he
had reached liainbridgc's Mill had be hop-
pcned to feel in his pocket and discover
thut he had come away without thls neces-
sary document.
Perhaps his nbscntmlndedness was ex-
cusnble. The thoughts that had been oc-
llis young wife seemed much
He was old, and
he was well to do, and he had succeeded In
marrying .luzm Pike, tho hello of the con»
1.1111nity.cnrrylng her oil in the teeth of
many rlvols more gifted with personal
charms than himself, chief of which young
gentry was Walter Mushouo, to whom it
was the common report thutJuno had been
ongnut'd, but from whom she bud ported
in 11 lovers’ quarrel. 1t hllli not. failed to
him out. of spite to the other. For 11 low
wucksthcirwedded life had been happy,
and Merllumo, it was said. had left the
country. llumors now hnd it that the re-
jcvtcd suitor bud returned, 11'I1crcut'Jnne
“Mrnurcd to grow gloomy uud Enos dis.
turbod.
' If his iiictlltntions worn unpleasant us he
drmn nwny down the dusty road, they
worn dccidvdly more so when, us he roach-
llu wisps-d for breath, and the
blood rushed from his {two nud seemed to
flood his ugltotcd hcnrt, sot-1111c I111 clutched
l'ut't'nlg the leaves 11 little,
.hc loqu-d through the window and saw
the two slomllnu. Walter In the doorway
h-:1|1ingugni11st tho jiunb, looking at her
with vyt'uwboso mooning could not be
mistulu-n. 11nd June fumbling hcr dust
cloth in her fingers and gnzingntthc floor,
This was what. be board:
"You know I loved yo11.11nd, by George,
{low you yet I"
“Uh, Welter, don‘t talk sol
ed."
“Why did you marry that old sklndlntl
, You 111:1rrhId him for 11mnoy, that's why."
"i thought you didn't love 1110 any
more."
“\l'onld It huvo mudo any difference If
you haul thought I did love your"
“1-ltluu't know."
“Just. tell mo one thlng and I’ll not
cross your path or bother you nny more.
Do you love 11111 WM? I ain't golngto
marry nuybody, but I wuut to know
tlutt."
lt's wlclc
No nuswer. Increased confusion, and
still redder blushes.
do you, June?"
penile resolution and sold: “You, I do,
and l non-r did and never will love any
body also. ”
lio advanced 11 step toward her, but she
put up her hand to word him oil’.
“I :11 “Wily, now, Walter. Don’t do what
will woke us more miserable than we ob
ways must be anyhow all our lives."
liu groumd
"Wu muy have to bc 1111I111py " she
:ontlnm-d,
I we 11w."
“Just tell me now-—- '1
"It“ a lover's insistence no pncu not
again, "June, if you was free, would you
marry me howl"
She replied promptly, “If I was free,
I’d marry you in 11 minute."
She stooped to caress the dog that come
up to them.
Enos Brown reeled like adrunkcn man.
Bogs, chagrin and the horror of an awful
secret to be home through life wall nigh
stifled him. He slipped softly to the wood-
shed and took down his rifle. He was in
that state of unreasoniug anger where
man cannot see or weigh consequences or
admit extenuatious. Buck he crept to the
window. Ho saw her still bending over
the dog, putting his bend. Walter stood
over her. devouring her shapely form with
his eager eyes. The flame of madness in
Enos‘ bosom burst into a veritable conflu-
grution. He pointed the rifle barrel at his
rival. His hand trembled, but he covered
his mark as bait he could and pulled the
trigger.
After the explosion there was a moment
of silence. l'zuos listened, having drawn
back once more under cover of the foliage.
Then came a confused outcry, a man‘s
curse. 11 dog‘s yelp‘mg and 11 women's
scream. Then the voice of June:
“Uh, be Is killed, he is killed!
poor darling! H0 is killed!”
Enos Brown hostily threw the gun away
and dashed nt breakneck speed through
the back yard, looped the fence, climbed
Into his wagon and lusbod bls horse Into a
gallop. threes of how shared his heart
with tremors of four. Arrlvlng in the vil-
lngo be tied his team and run over to the
depot. '1' ho trnln luckily was just whis-
tling for the station. He boarded It and
wont uwuy.
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Oh, my
III II C O ‘
Sir yours later atrembllng old man,
broken with alcoholic dcbnuch. come into
the town with 11 compunyof lmrtostors.
His face was disguised by 11 long growth
of whiskers, not! his bout form looked but
little like the straight and military 11p-
pom-once thnt the lino» llrown of other
days had presented. Getting into the place
about owning, tho harvesters derided ton»
11111111 over night. at thm'lllugcinu. Bright
and early next morning they would push
to tho form where their work Iny.
After supper the dccrcpltuhl 1mm sidlod
up to tho Inndlord. 111111 utter 11111cl1rouud-
nhnut com'crsntlo11 observed:
“1 used to known fuller In the war that
sold bu mm from these ports. Lo's see, his
111111111 wus mnlth or .loncs, or-«whnt was
It now? Home ploin 111111111011 ‘11othcr."
' 011,3'1- mvnn llr1.w11—-Euos Brown?"
"has; I guess that was It. lshellvln
bot-o yet?“
"No; he left snddcnt about air. yours
ago. He coino to town one 1on 11nd took
the 11';.In.:1bd 11'11'11't11121'1d‘ board of sullen."
"lIbI bu lonvc (my f11111l11y2‘”
"Nobody but 11 Min. A couple (1 your
so» the 1.; .t :1 dlwn'u 11nd married a fuller
by tho 111mm 1-f .llo'h'lmnc.”
"51ml" mill Ilnos.
The landlord looked at him now more
Ititontly. l-lbos shrunk from his gaze. lie
, wound to usk 11111111. but Ivan-d to be too
She looked up to film 1111 If with a des- "
1
Inquisitive. The landlord 11ml known him
In the other dnys and might rocognilo
him. nithonuh ho was so changed It we!
hardly possible.
lint It was pos..lblc 'lbclnmlbirdplucb
6d him by the slvow 11nd Ilrvw him aside
to where the bysmndurs could not hear.
Then be bent to It. nos our and sold, “Ye
Old fool, yo killed tho Ilnwg'”
Enos looked at him In stupcfnction for I
moment out of his blmrcd cyan nml then
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