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question “What shall I buy and where can I find it” enters your mind, look through this category 01 bargains, and if unable to find
a suitable present, look through our stock and the question will soon be answered.
r
" DOLLS.
new sud undressed. bisque, chins.
body, jointed body. babies, rag, rub-5
boy-'1. girls’, mechanical, talking,
slung. leaching. crying and dancing:
“is of every size, style and price from?
.110. NW furniture dolls'dilhes
‘ thing for dolls and 1101111 for
, TOYS
“our: description, both imported and
dctnmiemooley horses,sheep dogmcows,
goats, deer», cats and rabbits, all me
clinical; drums in every site made
. soldier sets complete, with gun. sword,
Munch and apaulets; mechanica
tests of wood or tin, from the, tiniest
yacht to 11 full rigged ship; magic lan-
eterns, small enough for the baby and
1336 enough for the old boy to amuse
the whole family; toy pianos, all grades,
111111111260 to .5; toys. trunks. parlor and
, bed roomsuits, dinner, tea and toilet
' pedal, express wagons,
.1
sets, in china, tin or pewter; footballs,_
baseballs. tool chests, ten pins.chalrs,
“blue. wardrobes, bureaus, sidelnards,
dressers and wash sets; browny ladders,
carpet sweepers, watches, clocks, guns,’
pistols, swords, whips and cause, veloci-
buckboards,
wheel barrows, snlklee, bicycles tricy-
oles and sleigh's of every style and kinds
made; hobby horses, swinging and rock
lug, wood fire engines hook and ladders,
' hosecsrts, trolley cars, etc, and every-.
thing in tin toys from a b111y goat to a
climbing monkey. Our assortment off
irontoys isa great feature of this do-
partment, yet the greatest feature is the
price, wh1eh you may rest 1.1.1.1111.
the lowost. Everything for the Christ-
l mu tree can be found here—candles and
;cs11dle holders, cornucopia, tinsel in Iii
‘ var, copper and 30111411111 thread and
ornaments of every shape and sine.
I
GAMES
For the old ones as well as the young.
Full lines of the standard makes, such
ssParker' s, Binger' s. Milton Bradley‘ s
and Mchmghlin’s. Our 50,1011, 2311 and
'dBc games are exactlyhalf price. We do
’nct wait until the day before Christmas
:tomakeacut on these goods, but offer
;them in the beginning at prices that sur-
prise the shrewdeet shopper Some of
our games: Menagerie, limited mail,
Yankee Doodle, hold the fort, happy
days in England, Kerion, Napoleon,
Yale and Harvard. words and sentences,
fire deptrtmeot, flag ship. steeple chase,
riviuls, r111): for the cup,businese,authore.
bowling, prisoners base, county fair,
Uncle Sam. snap, corner g1ocery, Chinee,
letters. nonsense, tiddledy winks, lotts,
"brownies, luck, baseball, pope, Pike’s
Peak, halmn, football, greatinventlons
alphabet, checkers, dominoes. chess,
doctors and quacke, fish pond, Bo Peep,
Peter Cuddles, old maid, ship comes
home, yacht race, Mother Gone, for-
bidden fruit, donkey race, Robmson
Crusoe, octo, World’s Fair, Dickens,
heads and tails. cherry chase, parcheesi,
kaheba and pillow dex,wh1ch is the
most amusing game ever invented.
'. BOOKS
are as necessary to your assortment as
candy. and whether you wish to spend
2c or $2 00 you can be accommodated at
this counter. All the juvenile works in
plain and fancy shapes in paper, linen
and cloth. Short stories, funny pictures
and puzzle books. It would take our en-
tire spane to name the titles of all the
works 111 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 10
60.13100 each Blocks ’till you can 't
rest-«large and small plain and fancy,
solid and hollow. building and spelling—-
in fact everything in blocks you can‘
imagine
STATIONERY.
Plain and fancy box papers-Ward‘s
Irish linen, ruled and unruled. white and
tinted, in silk lined and covered boxes.
Crushed Vellum (2 doz. each, paper and
envelopes) 15c box. Fancy ink wells,
writing desks, playing cards, fountain
pens, pencil boxes and novelties innum.
erable Umbrellas are here in every
size, style and quality—gold, silver,ivory
or natural handles, ladies' or gents’ size.
Our leader in this line is :1 heavy twiilled
8111: made on a paragon frame, silver
trimmed natural hundlo, guaranteed
fast block, for 61. "5-3 useful and sensi-
ble present.
M U S I OAL
I N STRU NI E NTS
Make good Christmas gifts. If “11111-
sic hath charms" (immatures should be
full of them, for we have almost any-
thing you can mention in that line——
violins. mandolins, guitars, banjos, auto-
1
l
hurps, phonoharps,r.1thers, accords-11113.1
concertinas. llfve, flutes, cornets.Fren1'l1
and Swiss music boxes and the Sympho 1
1
ninm, which can play any piece of music ‘
you wish; umbrella music stands, 5 ft.
high (cnnhefoldud and carried in the
pocket) 850 each. Leather 11111811: rolls
in great variety.
HANDSOME GLOC KS
In onyx.m marble, maybllzed wo 11.1 it 11),
011k and 121111111. New designs in fancy
Dresden china hunqiugnnd stand clocks.
Our guarantee ' '10 hour nickel alarm
clocks, 611:.
SILVEEWAEE
,Is one of the most important depart-
ments in our house this season: We have
purchased none but the best grades and
strictly guarantee every piece we soil [1‘
you think of purchasing unythingin this
line we can save you at least-1011111 cent
on such goods as Rogers', Russel“
Holmes 1" Edwards’ or Meritlen.
kets, fruit dishes, water pitchers, nut
bowls, butter dishes, sugar bowls cream»
ors. spooners, celeriee, casters. pickles,
cracker jars, tea pots, coffee pots. 3, -l
and 5 piece ten sets. toilet bottle-1 glove
and handkerchief boxes, crumb trays,
knives,fork~1, sptmns, oyster lmlles, pie
knives, berry sp tone. orange s1:1s,with
I . . .
' silver, ivory or pearl handles, 11111 ptt'ks,
photo frames. pull boxes, atomiz 111-1,
hand mirrors. pin cushions, silver
lllllllll‘ed hair. lint 111111 clothe-1 brushes,
whisk brooms, 1111: stands, cundlc 1111111-
ers and hundreds of whist prize novelt ice.
FANCY GOODS
of silk. plush. celluloid :11111’1111l1erin
étlressingcuses, manicure sets tombina.
.1 s ’
1 )Ln‘ '
,_ assortment partly consists of cake 11:11-
tion cases, odor cascashavi 11g setslglove
handkerchief, fun and necktie boxes,
collar, cuff and Work boxes. In this do-
partment will be found a handsome line
of imported albums in plush. celluloid
and richly pointed wood. Musical and
easel ulbnme in great variety—you will
wonder when you see the priceson these
gmds~hnntlsome full-sized books, hold-
ing twenty-five cabinets, and usually
sold for $1 50; for we. Our musical al-
bums play all the popular 1111's and are :1
marvel of ehcupness. /
POCKET-BOOKS
and purses come in for their share of 11t~
tcntion,f«.1r We have never before 111..
tempted such 1111 assortment. Our 51:,
lllc, loc. 25c, title, 751: and 151 11001111 Will
surprise you—4111 the new styles and
.coiovs. in alligator, lizzurd, snake, 110111
111111 calf skinsplnin and silver mounted.
Perfume and line toilet waters in fancy
gent gins: bottle, handsome baskets and
'uttmctive packages. 1111111111 y s fine
liuudkeu: hief extracts can 't be equalled
for frugrnnei 1111111 lasting qualities.
RUGS 81 PICTURES
are 1th eye acct ptnhle presents. Smyrna
rugs, variety of puttci'ne, from 31 up.
illotpiets 111 the newest designs, from $1
11p. Fur mots, rugs and squares in 1111
colors. Special job in funny fur rugs,
1113211351 inches, colored cet:ters,con1-
$2 111.
n:,1k whtte enameled, 11nd enomtlul
gohl frames, from 5‘30 11p. Pastels, W11-
thc cost of the frames.
‘ ere, spmmers,
corner stands, book cases, hall chairs.
ladies' desks, hall mirrors, 11 edicme
cabinets, china closets, fancy stands and
tables, folding whist tables, blocking
cases, willow rockers, etc, etc., etc.
‘K. .
FAN CV O H INA
from all over the world. Cups and 111111.
curs, plates, plotters, howls, coke, fruit.
nut and cheese dishes, tete—a-tt-te sets,
plate sets, ice cream sets, pudding sets,
oyster plates, celery trays, fancy jugs,
tea. coffee 111111 chocolate pots. cracker
jars, condensed milk jnrs, fancy cream.
butters, syrups, soaps,
mugs, tooth picks, peppers and salts,
bouquet holders, and hundreds of rare
pieces of import samples, to be found in
no other house in this town.
DINNER, TEA AND
TOILET SET 5
have not been forgotten in’ our grand
assortment. 20 new patterns of dinner
and ion sets from the best makers of
home and abroad. We carry the mutt-h-
ings of these sets in stock so you may
easily replace my piece broken, and we
guarantee them not to craze. Our lead-
or for the holidays will be an “Old
Hall" dinner set, ll'epieces. richly decor-~
ated in four colors, $7.29.
LAMPS.
'1
9711. Banquet globes, silk shades, crepe
paper and shade frames.
CUTLEEY
is another line we offer great bargains
in. Carving sets from 501 to $8 00 per
set, Fine steel scissors, shears, razors,
pocket knives, knives and forks, with
ivory, pearl, rubbe', buck, bone, ebony
11nd coco handles. Good steel sets (6
knives and ll forks) 4911 set. At this
counter you will find a good stool: of
boys pocket knives 1 what boy' 1sn ’thap-
py to get a knife?) from 15c up Better
grades of course, for better boys Bar-
ney 6: Berry 11 fine steel skates
01L HEATERS,
in some cases, would make the most ac-
ceptable gift we could suggést—better
than a ton of coal or a cord of wood. No
pipe, smoke, odor, soot or ashes; can
beat any 61th room, in one- quarter the
time, Will: far less expense than with
cool. ‘20 styles to select from Our
“Florence" stove, the most powerful
heater of its {HI/113 1nudc,completo with
fancy enameled stand, $2 98. We also
13: my such standard makes us the Amer-
11-,.111 Grand. Reliance, Globe, Puritan.
(11:111. Majestic and Franklin. We give
:1 512111111 free with every heater.
DON'T THINK
Foa AN INSTANT that this vast ac-
cumulation of holiday goods has caused
us to neglect our staple stroke, for we
fully realize that, many will make Christ-
A 5c night lamp 11111 $271 banbuet.
11's and borders, regularly sold at $1 for ‘
Steel engravings 111111 urtos in , 1111110111111 standard makes.
Allthe new designs of the Rochester
Plano, bun— .
quot, library, ball, parlor, sewing and
night lamps. Handsome hull lsn1,1s,l
11111.»; presents of absolute necessities and
fortlioso v: e have filled 11111111 ourregular
(111111111 outs to ove: 111m 111g
OUE ADVICE
is to shop 1: irly, buy early, do your trad-
lei odors mid oil paintings for less than beautifully etched and engrmed, 5 foot , 1111:111- home and encourage your own
“:1 this floor extensions, complete with burntr and 1111 “.1,qu who will gladly Show their
you will also find nrtistic furniture, chimney, would be cheap at $2.10, for upprun'ution11110111111
W. S. STURTEVANT, North Main and Ann 51111111550111: Norwalk,
Special Bargains in Holiday Goods!
FOR THE LAST DAY
Before Christmas,
A Bloke: rman .8. ...1...n
811 Washington Street,
.10th florwelk,
Gunnecttcnt.
CARRIAGE BUILDER AND DEALER
u mu 11.21111 .1 New Sleigl ?1
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LUTHER M. WRIGHT’S ‘
Or Your Old One Repaired or
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YOU!
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WREEO’CHAEGE?
a v w 1-
, Factory and Repository,
111111111111 end Isdiseu Streets,
lfm' 11111 Ihlivirul
South Iorwsllt.
\111 l lxl bill T.
All the shoe factories in the town of
ll---~-, in one of the small principalities of
(it'rmuny, were closed.
11 “11511111: S1, Urlspltt'fl tiny, but Fritz
llocltber wns going to marry (‘utlterlnc
‘1’1111l111r11—l1‘r11::. the gayest and must
skillful journeyman shoemaker in the
town; Catherine, the lowllest 111111 bright
as: little seamstress In the neighborhood.
When Erin. and Catherine returned
homo offer 111.: wedding, Catherine 1111011011
1111 old fashioned trunk. and pulling from
the bottom of it n lmmlsomo new loutlwr
ling she opened It and Lllspluyed to the
eyes of her astonished husband 11 purse
11111.1 with bright gold 1111011111.
‘11211 1.11111 1111] you got s11vhatreosure?"
urn-lilzm-d l-‘rlir. 1111211111 111; 1110 eight of so
llllli'il 311111.
“\tlmt does It motor to you. dearest '
who replied. " lnn vou not ecceptn gilt
from brawn?"
'i'twir mnwrsxtlon was Interrupted hy‘
loud sm-nnlng and laughing in the “(1'1
3111111111: room.
“Here are 111:: frlcntls," 1111111 Fritz Imw
potitxmly. “'l‘hvv 1'0111111111‘ us. I beg of
you. l'ulln'rim', it'll 11111"—~
" N11: 1'. word tutlny," replied the young
bride. ‘ liy 111111 by. ll” 7' 111 urn n \cry kind
111:111111'11‘1111111111' l111.~l1:1‘..l and not at 1111
Sllwpll 1111111 111' 311111111111, 1 will see. "
“ Let us take the bride 11111111" rttpllotl
some one. “I uurrnnt 1111 will soon fol
low,’
11121110111111 the purse, and his eyes spur
lilt‘ll (it the 1.1 :bt of em 11 rhino; 'lhe
bright 1111'111l 1111s clitlcring 11111111111111 111111
1111111.. ed to promise 11 thousand unknownl
jttv ».
\‘1'1 llc thus dreaming I1 rltz plunged 11111!
11111111 in 1110 hug. 111111111111111gt111111111111s he 3
encountered 11 81111111 piece of popor closely
rolled 13p.
“llmr 111111 beloved Cittltcrl11o"-— Fritz
could not believe l1l1-1 own eyes. 111: rent!
111:11l11:"l)1mr 111111 beloved Catherine, 1
111-1111 you this small 1111111 for the purpose
11 1111111 you unmanned to 11111.1 wish, dent
111111r1,1 could 1111 really gratify vour least
desires. “111.1 over be able to return hell
the ltttpplness you lun‘e glven 1111: since We
first. lovotl?
“111111111, dour Ctttlierlnel It Is not your
white who kisses you, but your most che-
Lliont and devoted servant. "
And the billet was signed by the prince
rent-111, exncily as n proclamation 01' an
ortllnuucc would hove been.
Sclzvtl with a kind of furious Insanity,
be rushed out of the room burehendod, the
fatal pores in his 11111111. and printing and
out of breath he entered the ballroom.
"111 re miserable 11111141711!” he cxolnlm-
ml “1113111 Isy our gold. Keep it to enjoy
it with such no you are. lvvlll not take
the price of infamy "
Fritz 11111 11111. hour from his wife for the
too wars following this ntltentm'o After
tliotlolcut scene he hurried out of the
town 11ml walked nt rumlom 111111] 1110111113,
wbcnfntlgtte compelled hltn toetnp. A
tavern was In elght. Fritz could never ro-
member afterward how It true that 11 mm:
euinoln 111.11 sot down at the 111111111 1.1111(-
with 111111, not] how he could have been In
timed to 11111111111111 tnlsfortnnc ton stronger
1111111111111 not, either, no:- 111111t for 111111111
1111311111 11 paper 1.1 Illllll 11111 new computtlol
11ml presented to him, nor liow.1flcrt1opl
one llltntione. he fell asleep on tho 1111111
111111 woke up the next morning In 11 bur-
rink.
(11.1mm; y wort then at war with 1911111111
and Frlts’s regiment wusordered to the
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1 (1111511111 your llltéltll‘rls‘lif‘i'.
(1"11111'1'1‘. “1:1 Cullf'nllo was rerun-11m mm ‘
the cross of honor, 111111 he won promoted g
to the grade of 1:11p!11111—~;1111.1thcr fever 1
which be attributed 11111111 lll fated lnllu- }
111111: of the prince, 111111 which lay heavily
upon his been
\‘ot feolll1:,. 1' 11111111111111 131 1111 his post, he
1lL 111.11 upon resigning his 11 ltunlssiott,
111111 1:1:1k111gnlast Lilort to restrain bl:-
{1111113131110 1111111111 res'wctl'ul petition to 1111
pt'itiw, pz'ny‘mg to have his rcslgnntlon 11.1
rcptcd. Fritz: accordingly revolved the visit
11 one of the princes ultl-ile—emnp, who
informed 11111} that his 1111111111111 was grunt-
011111111 that 1111.: prln e begged 111111 to 111'-
rcpt 11 pro-.0111 of 1301) 111101115 113 11 token of
11151114111121.
'1‘111'11 1'11- 5111:1111} hot-kit) his native town
11(11'1'1111 111151111111, of two yours l1'rlt:e:1tl
lust. 111111111 1.111141 11' lwfnrc Catherine's '1
l:.1111;1\.:,11111 \.l Elli; 1111111511111 to himself 111
1111‘ 111110 111.: he‘ would now:- unit'r it;
.1g:,1111 l 11 found that 1111111111 licull knocking
11! 1111111111112,
“ll“‘l 'li:111;:t 11 she wool llor cit-s werol
~u11l11111.l1cr 1 Locks 11111101111111 11ml yet how 1
11: 1111121011 1' :11: won: stil‘.‘ 1hr 1,:r.1tf W115 6111
true 111111 her j .y :11 1:11 111'! 11111 not-11 more
so Ill‘t‘lll (but l"l‘ll.'. felt. his let'llngq deeply
111111111. 1
" Yes. 111111111111, 1 11.1111 1'0'11r111'1l. 11111 111'
111m you sl.ll. [ 11111111111 have, forgotten 1'.
certain ptt'rsn. ‘
"11h, you, 111:11 unfortunate purse“.
mild.
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I knew that 1111131. 111110 11.111111 11111J
lint there it is f
1111. l 11"111 not 111111 1.111 It. " l
5111' quit-1.1V 1:111 in the 11111 1111111; 1111111
pullitu: 11111 the purse threw If out of tho
open “imlmv 111111 tint l’Wl‘l‘. whit 11 llfl\\L‘ll
1111'111'113- ll:ll’li of the house.
“1 section. 5.11.1 lllll‘llllll‘thll ynttrntotn'y 1
11111111111 1'l\'111', but 11111 not 1111.1 how this
protllcnllly will oxplnln the contents 111‘;
11.111: 1111111. "
“\‘(lmt 11.11:“ lllqllll'l‘ll ("nilterimn 1
”'l‘l1‘1s111111e1‘l’1'11111 llm”invert-121.1111." ,
“1 do 11:11 know the print-L1." upliml'
(71111111111111, with 1mm. “1 net'ct'hme 111-1111
hint. 'l'hiit gold was sent to 11111 bymy 1
1111111. '._1
"What!" inlvtrnplml l‘rlt.,1ttt1 1/1111 1
".-\l11s.yttel" 1111111 Catherine "\ly nunt l
11' 1»: (1111111 l‘utlu-rlm, like lily-lull lint
now ht: is the II: ll‘lllll‘xmtf ll~—~. My (:1~
flit 1', on his tlotttlilwtl. 11111110 mo promise
nm‘i'l' 141111111 her, our to I‘I‘J‘DIVI,‘ titty pres
11111:: from but: lint. tlttit1111111,1111 account
of 1111' marriage, I thought 1 111111111 tutopt.
lt 1111.1 Kill 1111' you. lf 1 ltm'o 1:111111111111111
11 l':11:lt,1lltl loo-term MW“ 11 punishmeni?’
(:11l1111‘lno 111111 lost but work \vhllo 111111
11111;: alter her 1111411111111, 111111 taint-o 1111111111 1
11111111 Ill the unity 11'1117. wns no longer llt
for anything 'l‘lw 111111 1l11c11ts 11 llll'll he
.11111 rot-11111111 from the prim-e woe 81111111“-
llilllfill‘ll, 111111 111111 mornltm, when there
one 111111111111 flt'o, broml 11111‘1111111115' in tho
111111111, he thought of throwing himself ln
.im river.
Just 1111 be reached tho shore 11 111111511 bill,
.1112411'1! up 1111 the other thin of the shore,
not 11111 eyes. 'l‘ltum words»: l'HIIlll 1111. remit
"An 11111121111 \Vontml.~.\ purse 111111111111~
Lug 111,111111 gold donuts lute 11111111 found in
the water. :1 ho owner 1-1111 have It by 11p- 1
flying to Ludwig. llvlmtnn. "-—-l1}:11:l1nngo.
Why They 11111] Corks.
11.13 mm 11.1.: 1111 nmmnt .11 their depth
.1111 coldness tho \vnlurs of lutko Superior
11111111 ulvo up 11111111111111. A recent iruv- .
1111' llmto asked the 111111111111 of 11 [who S11-
mrior 11:1-111111'1‘ why he curried lll'c pru-
1‘r\1'.l'.i, 1111111111111: hclng so mllll that one
mlltl not 11111;; survive. ltmoorslon. "(1l1,”~
.1'1111 tho lll'lA'Illtltllll reply. “Wu entry the j
111"»: 1111 that. It will be easier in remote!
Llic 11111111"- "
: 1§l<1111 11111111 nit :1 (111'1111111111411, 111111 1111111 In
: 111111: the jolly 1111111113 Were the router of 1111
, hungry. 111111 5111111111 11011111111 this huge oaks
1 a1gl1t111'1111111l a bond in that-11:111. 111 11 mo-
‘ 1.11.11 unllopvd out of eight down a nnrrow
1 £111 111111 not one man's rootivo 11111 dl‘IlJVlld
3 .
.1 1'1 111W 1 111101113.
One cool Scptomher day 11 small party of
Confederates could be seen wendiiig tlielr
Way down the dusty road that leads into
the little town of Wurrenton, 111111 from
11111 tired look of the men 111111 the steaming
shits of the horses one could plainly see
that tho vuvnlmdo 11ml ridden fnst 111111 far.
The company were 11 part of the runners,
111111 11t their licud rntlc their chief, Mushy,
1111 :1 block steed, while the. rest of the men
tvoLtetl on behind in a leisurely manner
111111 11111111: the 1111' ring with their jests and
go) songs, It “’11s true that the (1111:1113
tulilitutuic In sight 111'. any moment or
that some stray bullet from :1 foe hidden
11111 Lush 11:11:111 out tililllt the laughing
Words 1111 the merry lips. but familiarity
with the llt’trrul‘s'l 111' War 11.111 bred an easy
111111111 n 111 1 , 111111 tltcsc 111011, though duilv
1211:1111: death. thought no more of their
11: 11111111111 1:111 if 1111'} were riding touplcnlc
in some 11111111110111" grow.
11 was. 11m 111111111- 11111111 when the party
admiring group that crowded about 1110111.
111111 11111 1-:13111' host host-111ml to bring 11111
fur ilivli‘ omertninmcnt all tilt'gmtd things
that his 1411111-1' 311111111511. ’l‘ho 1111111 \\‘t‘l'1'
they went 1411.111 discussing [111.1 relative
merits of the buttermilk 111111 frictlchlt'kvn
11 1111 111111111 Ll. of; were plcntllully supplied
ll: 11 time 11111111111 111111 1111111101) forgetful
of its passing sottuht rofreslth-ttt In a
11.11.111.11 the grass lllllll‘lltl) the trees.
A sudden cry of "The Yankees are com-
ing!" mug 11111. on the still afternoon 1111'.
11ml the Confederates Sprung to their horses
just. us :1 putty of l'ttlun troops 11115111111 In
111cm 1111111111ng 111111 looped on their steeds
Woody lune that ran flt'ltl' the 11111111111111
pnrtlttlly concealed them from view. In
fuel. their escape would hum 111-1111 success-
tho fellow so long 111 mounting tlttit the
upprom'hltig sound cuughtngllmpso of the
gray jill'llul. 11s It vunlshcd 1111111101111 of
mm In tho 1111111111111.
All of the runners haul got mttol’ 11111151111-
Bxl'l‘lll'l their louder, Moslty, who was In tk
110111111 when the 1|Illl"lll 1111 given and Into
11111111111111! the warning cry. S 1 when 111'.
11111111111 11p 111111111111 book which 1111 was
tending, while resting In the cool of the
111111111133 be new the l'ttlolt troops clung
1115; 111 111. the gain, which “'11:; only 11 low
Illilllll‘l‘il yttrtls 11\\'t1)'. It was 11:11 Into now
to escape. 111111 WIIllO tlto Federals (1111 not
yet know of his pruscttv'otlicy would search
the 111111.111, 111111 it was only 11 mutter of 11 '
few 1111111111111,J loforu he would he 11 prison-
(:1' in their hands.
In the 11111‘1111‘,\Tltlr-li1opctied Into the
boil, 11 young lutly not moving, and her
quick “'11. took in tho sltuntlnn tit nglnnce.
“lint-1:! Stop In iltln clock 1111511!" rho burr
rlctlly whispered us 11110 tlm-w open the
door of 1111 lnunettso old L'lnt'k thntotootl
ticking in one corner of the bull.
And In a moment Monty bud squeezed
11111191111 Into lls dusty recess.
by this time the l'nl'un men were 11111-
mounting, but before they entered the
boom 11111 Indy 111111 eentetl Iwrsclf and W115
quietly sewing
’l he 1 1111111 Illnl‘ll' strode into the room
and looked 1111x1111 nly about.
“ Arc tin-1'11 1111,1- rrltels: concealed in thb
1111111111? lm den. nntlttl lo 11 1111111 111111111.
“It: 1» 1111' -1 11111 1111'» 1111" 11211111111 111111,“
the r111 llt:.,1l “11111 tluvnll cstnpul 1111 3-111.
troop 1:111:10 1n 11111111. "
COnnecticut.
A no nlrloer 11111111'1111 about the room, mm
his quick eye caught sight of a man’s soft
felt lint thrown carelessly on a. chair.
“Search the houseflfihe ordered of three
men who were waiting his commands.
111 a moment the 111911 in blue were
swarming over the house and poking into
every nook and corner. They commenced
111. the gut-ref», searching each room closely
as they descended, and the mttle of their
snbere could be heard distinctly In the
hall below us they trumped about, throw-
ing open closets 111111 upsetting beds.
Presently all gathered in the hell and
were discussing in n disappointed tone thelr
fruitless search.
Every 1110111111111 seemed an eternity to
the ranger shut up in the but, dusty depth
of the 11111 clock, 11111] the warm air had
grown inmost unbearable. Yet he (lured
not move. for only 11 few feet away he
could plainly hear the angry tones of the
Y 111111911 oillcor, 111111 the least motion meant
capture or death. Slowly the moments
drugged on, and still the men lingered.
Finally the occupant of the clock felt
an uncontrollable desire to sneeze, and as
he realized the fact he broke out in 11 cold
perspiration nt the horrible thought. To
prevent it was smuctbinn beyond his con-
trol. but 11 sneeze would surely be an—
swered by .11 bullet through the clock case,
11111111111 runner felt he would prefer the
11111111111- 01 fut-lug his {one 111 on open fight.
Suddenly 11 bright. idea came into his
11111111, and just us be. bent his head to
sneeze he gave :1. pull on the pendulum
that sent 1111 the wheels whirring In .11 101111
confuslon.
'l'ho l'nlon men glanced suspiciously of.
the noisy timepiece.
“l 11111111rnldtl111t1'lo1'k nocdsmcndlng,"
remarked tlxe'lady carelessly no she turned
down 11 new Item in the linen on which she
was sewing, and her quiet voice dlsnrmetl
suspicion.
With 11 sigh of relief, Mosby heard the
olllvvr conunnntl his men to mount, 111111
presently the gallop of thclr departing
horse hoofu fell on his tlcllghtcd car. And
scurcely 111111 the echo died away when the
clock flew open. and the exhausted prison—
cr struggled out in an almost suffocated
condition.
A merry laugh 111111 the ranger over his
narrow escape. but in 1111 the dangers that
he faced during four yum-s 11f blemished
there was none that tried his nerves like
the terrible half hour spent In the old
clock 01181.1,»111111111111311.
Your Alter Ego.
111111111111 Answers recently offered 11 prize
of 111111 guinea for the best reply to the
proprnltion, "if you change, who would
you Him to be?" Some of the answers are
printed berwolth:
if I were not myself, 1 would like to be
some one who Is my vxnot counterpart, for
111111 huppy 111111 contented 111 my present
condition Ami w hut 11111111 1 wish more?
What Willllll stilt 11112. Why, 1 would
llko 111 I111 mlmlml 11! the British fleet re-
turning to Splthcnd otter the next great
nnvnl victory.
Who would I 1111? My only 111111. 1111 will
bet-onto one of thourcntcst men of the tiny.
Nothing «1111 prim-111 11. He 1.11 handsome,
plucky, athletic, has 11 superb \‘olce. Natl»
lng ls boy-111111111111. Ills 11min leof extraor-
Illnnry power. In short, he taken after
me in every detail.
My wife‘s second husband.
Why?
8111-1111111,» 1111: 111:11‘1'11'11 folk well know.
And all the single guess,
'l‘mliy within our 111111111111 below
Slit: 71111111 .1 true lmpplneeu.
The lost. look the mint.
Aflmvuii
“Sam—M,
Norwalk Chronicler