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JACK’S CONfiE—SSEON and drew from the bottom a case of SECURED HIS R'GETS'I' _ .l I l l
photographs. From the many he 86- HowaDrummer Over-came Several Ball- - ,- I n
At the foot of a gently rising hill in lected one—a card which bore a. girl’s road Men. _
the midst of .an undulating Iowa plain face. There was a. laugh on each feat- Because he carried a hundred pounds
there stood, thirty years ago, a herds ure, 3. double laugh inlthe roguish eyes, of baggage in excess of the amount at '
mania shanty. This shanty was very and the hair so light and .fluify that it lowed to one passenger... a commermal Sometlmeg persons become blind
small and low; it was built of the seemed capable of tumbling and tossing traveler had [an amusmg experience from impure blood, which develops
Toughest timhel'; the bOeI‘ds lapped in on the card. Yet the face contained a Wthh ls descnbed by the Bangor Com- scr’ofulous ulcers on the eyeballs, ll‘ltls,
such a W3 - f ' th hidden seriousness which showed that mercial. The baggage masterat a 091” .
y as to shed rain mm c it was possible for the woman to step tain small town told him hemustlpay 75 granulated eyehds, etc. In 51101103593
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fastened over as maiy hldles cut ing the, forth from behind the mask of smiles— gents tothave his extra trunk taken to Hood’s Sarsaparllla has been marvel- , placed in a, 10W cellar (-4
ho d ' , - a woman of sober thou ht and de th of e nex ~ station. . ousl s e f - . .- ~ . » _ i 0
ar sserved for Windows A stove ‘g p The drummer knew this was just 50 Y “00 SS “1 111 195t°11ng Slght- and Yet give plenty Of '0'}
pipe protrudin throu'h the roof er- feeling—4oneto love and be loved. . It sho 't ' . " '
formed the duflies of it chimneyfizhe The figure on the bed moved. There cents too much, but there was no time vs 1 S powels as q b1°°d pullficr
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ash-pit and grate are placed as low down as possible—and
the heating surface is as compact as the best results will
allow. No other furnace compares With the “Bay State. ”
nailed to heavy cleats. and held in place back, and Of an arm rising SIOWIY and station. It was 30 cents. He bought a removing the cause, thus curing the
by strong leather hinges. Wild morn- falling heavily. This was followed by ticket. [Then he presented hls two
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lng glories were trained on strln s 11 ~ .3 low moan. The watcher was at the tickets, .and the -
each side and over it. g p bedside in a moment. very Willingly, checked both of the
There was a small garden but idly “Awake at last, Ned! You have had trunks. ~
rated for. The path beginning at the I long sloop-o refreshing sloop. Ihope- WW9 this W ””3 am "1" .dmm' - . .-
door ended at the gate of a large cattle You are better; there is a brighter look mer aSked If there. was any one In the eyes and restoring all the affected
coral a hundred yards or so distant. in your face.” ' CIOWd who was gomg ‘50 the next Sta" parts to healthy condition. Read this:
Running from north to south, and cast “I shall never be better, Jack— tlon. If 50 he added, a “.0th could P"? “As an act of justice and for the ben-
l’ of the shanty, was a stream, and lining never! I’m 01$ for another world be- bought at.a discount._ He succeeded “1 efit of other mothers who may have
1 .. its banks were dwarf cottonwood and fore long. What time of night is it?" 59111113 1115 extta “Chet for twenty afflicted children, I write this. About
\ ’ box-elder trees_ The rest of the scene “Time of night! It's morning, Ned; cents: , . the first or February, 1892, my daughter
consisted of hills and valleys covered the sun’s half an hour or more high. T1115 made the baggage master fufl‘ Zola, then three years old,contracted sore
‘ with tall prairie grass and flowers_ There's sunlight on your pillow—just 0‘19» and when the train came ‘n be 11“ eyes of the worst form and in a few weeks
i .' nothing more so far as the eye could above your head. Let me raise you so “mad the condncmr that he had ex‘ was entirely blind, being unable to tol-
3 reach, not a roof, not a fence, not a that you can catch the rays; there’s 0955 baggage and only one ticket. The crate light of any kind. She suffered and
‘ ‘ ' grove, nor man’s handiwork in any medicine in it--more than there is in condum‘or then tOOk up _the matter; cried until I was almost heartbroken.
form: the primitive prairie bounded by gray powders. NOW 1’11 poke up the but the drummer told him that one The best eye specialist in the county
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the horizon was as fresh from the firea bit and bring your gruel. AS for ticket was good R?" one fare and two treated her for months, but the
checks were good for two trunks, and ,
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. 3+. yesterday. . nonsense. I’ve got a cure for you—- he~would_ not pay an excess rate: .
l A few gray streaks in the eastern sky something that Will1 make you want '00 On their arrival at Blank station, the f
heralded the approach of dawn; they get up and walk. Cheer up, boy! The conductor warned the station agent to . ‘ ' .
resembled a daub of grayish paint on world’s before you yet.” \ see that excess was collected. The . , . .
the eastern edge of a canopy of dark “Your words are kind, Jack; I know drummer replied that unless those n‘ D 6 _,
blue. A warm breeze ruffled the tops you’d save me if you could, my faithful trunks were delivered to him before the became worse. Then Itook her toaspecial- .- ‘ .
l of the tall blue joint-grass. There was friend. but you cannot- Never mind mm Started' he mum remam 0n b°ard ist in Indianapolis, who said he could do ' ‘. -
i no moon, but the stars sent down their the cruel—1 want to _make my will- 5’ t0 giquuartirs and “39°” the “59' ,' nothing. I came away with a heavyheart. . . TEARN
flickering light. From the corral came Just write on a little piece of paper that 9 30 e trun 3' ‘a I met my father’s physician, Dr. Berry- BICYCLE .
the sounds of lowing cattle, and from 1 leave my share in the ranch and stock . W 11, who examined Zola’s eyes, and told '
the rushes on the stream’s edge the bark to you, then guide my hand so that I . ' . me to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I began to l , - A“ 9 DC
of the prairie wolf. can write my name. Be as quick as A SCOtCh woman was returning by give it as directed and wash her eyes I. GONTENT-
Inside the shanty seated at a. table you can—I feel faint—I am sinking.” train from a market town, where she with warm water. Soon Ibegen’ to notice ‘ l ' * ’
was a man of thiity or thereabouts: “Nonsense, boy! I tell you, you’ll made a few purchases. ' Just as the improvement and now having given the i- I \ . 2
He was clothed in buckskin trousers recover; you are better even now,.and laSttll’elgmngda f‘ldssy.t§°ntlfimina tile' child over a half dozen bottles, her eyes .
and jacket; by his side, in a long leath— I’ve got the medicine that’s to make you 5:11;” {001:3}: fag: rixhed :1 t 01111:: con}; are greatly improved and she can see as ' L
or sheath, was a hunting knife; on a W911. 'But first try to swallow a little . . . well as any one. She is five years of age,
corner of the table rested a wide- gruel—it’s all ready.” _ ' fiifigent’ufigfigofiémflfa gisngléntio? 59d goes to school. When she began to
brimmed, heavily banded sombrero hat, “I can’t, Jack-Tit’s no use.” ceeded, t5 devour. its cogtgnts Hafiil take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, she had to eat
while near by were a pair of boots with “Then let me 5115 here by your bedside had he become seated when the womall her meals in a darkened room, but now
wicked lookin s urs at the heels, This and confess—confess something that . . .
man was a “gougboy” in attire, if the will set life to flowing in your veins tnfiidly addressed 11111.1: b t
West ever saw one. Yet whenone afresh, and. at the same time teach you “ am very sorry’ SH" u ~: {'1 1 ,
looked at his face he found it kind, to hate me. For I have been a hypo- . Ineverd llsien to tilieggars, “lime!
comely, and intelligent, and realized in crite, a liar, a thief; I have stolen from interruptef tthe gill“ eman.t )2 you
some mysmious way “lathe had been you in the pa“ the 110” 0f gaining “Thy me ur ’er' rappir god]. th 11 is abl to sit at the tabl with the
born and bredagentleman. something more precious than gold. . e womans eyes as e ’ en 8 et fthef .1 ,, M 0 e . B
“It’s time for poor Ne d to take another Yes, I see you understand me—I am re- tyyjlnklec}. She salddnonlllore, and the toes“ o I 3' arm y. RS. LLIE USER,
powder,” he muttered. Noiselessly he ferring to Wanda. You were the fav- ? gen; (finial-retire Wlt an angry ax, n lana. . . .' -.
bent his steps in the direction of a cred one at first. For months the girl I‘OWln e In lipaper‘ . I) ll Leading Cltllens San Francisco. Cal. Buffalo, N. Y. Toronto, Out. "'0
shadowy corner in which stood a bed- tried to show you she loved you, but A} went m?!“ y as a marriage e 9' Gehex.includingJohnD-h1acker,.T0wnshiD "
stead of rough pine. On the rude frame you were bashful—given t0 dreaming untll the tram arrived at Cromlade, Tinstee, W‘ H1000!” Drugglsl’ and Dr' J' A'
there was a. straw tick some pillows rather than to action.’ Love for the when the auld Wlfc 1n. stepping out Berryman, cordially endorse tlllS statement.
' again addressed the churllsh individual This and many other Similar cures prove that
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cumbent figure of a man who breathed every subterfuge to gain her fancy, and l. - ’ H' - R' BULKLEY &llCO., Agents, SOUTH NORWALK'
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at the face of the sufferer. fections—to say that would be to lie. .1 ,, C' . t' E .
“He’s asleep—fast asleep. The doc- and this I intend shall be a tale of mi e. - molnna 1 nqulrer. _ ,
tor said I wasn’t to arouse him, not even truth. Your hesitancy made my course On Being Critical. - s ars a p a rl I I a ,
for medicine. He shall have the powder possible—nothing else would have done ‘It is one of the maxims of the “well - - _ , ’ I _
as soon as he awakes.” He commenced so. Do you remember the day that we meanin a: n the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1.
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to walk from Side to Side of the cramped boarded the tram together. The day on too critical. But well meaning persons Prepared only byC. I. Hood&Co., Lou ell, Mass. .
little room. “Sinking, sinkinv—hardly which I told you that Wanda and I - - k . cureliverills,easytotake,
the ghost of his former self. ft’s eleven were engaged? I could see at the time xiii: tie:- 231;:1033; lgfgnzggrggtgg HOOd’S PlllS easy to operate. 25cents.
days smce I wrote, telling them of that the declaration cut you like a the wisdom of a hard head. True, they If you Don’t . believe it Come and see.
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poor Ned’s attack of typhoid. They knife. Well, it wasa lie, comrade; as have ahabit of hedging their philoso- 7‘
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must have received my letter six days base a lie as ever was told. She never phy by a free use of the adverb “too"
ago; yet no answer—nobody comes. cared for me; never cared for any one h 1- ~ d' . , . '
Must he meet his end in the midst of but you. In the days that followed 233%I'eemfi.eblfiuinfigtveis :13??? 21121;}; .1. a
this mysterious, monotonous prairie, you taught me to love you. Ned. Men in case of, emergency as it were As H a I “8% g ' -
with no one to comfort him but me— may laugh at the idea of one man lov- ’ ' _ . g . - I
, without the presence of some one fit to lug another, but I say again, you taught I” e E??? '3 figidxggpsndgfin Shgslgoimgf -
kneel by his bedside and offer up a me to love you; to love you so much thfm 5y ' calling them “wellp meaning
i prayer for his soul? If his mother had that the light in two blue eyes faded— ersons 9: who have a habit of confusing
only lived—ah, curse it! when a man’s the features which had haunted my fdeas and are not usually quite happ; ,
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mother dies the. world turns black! waking and sleeping hours grew less - - f d ‘ '“ y ’
There’s the rumble of wheels; it’s the clear in outline. I felt that I-couldsac- 3‘18““? “wife 0 W0” 5 t° emf“ “3h“ . “MES; . Pallet"-
. . . y lnten . When they say, Don t be .
doctor, no doubt. rlfice even my love .to. my in endship. too critical,” they mean, “Don’t be per- g ‘ LIEHT’ / m.\ Elli“ to sell at
The watcher opened the door and Yet. With all my devotion to you, I was petually finding fault in a peevish FOR THF alumnus / ‘ ~~\ I
stood looking into the gray dawn at an too much a coWard to tell you all. In spirit.” But when the teacher or . . J , ' 0 5 I ““14 Top Prlce.
approaching buggy, with a solitary oc- some way a confession 'seemed like preacher goes astray in his definition, it blonmch, “ORSMAN’ ‘?;"_—\:ui‘d ,
cupant on Its seat. thrusting an assassm s knife into your is not always the fault of his hearers if 3» . g . NORMA" Hg, “‘7 1 Full Guaraniee
“That you, doctor?” kindness; and so the days have come his doctrine is misunderstood ’0 W9 5.- . , \\A/ I
“Yes. How’s Ned?” andgone until now. Now that you lie _.______._.‘ Liver and ”IANA cu; T_W A... [as Terms
~ - “Sinking; been in a comatose con- before me prostrated by illness, asome- Metal CeillnaS- K'd ’ " ' “ ' Y I
" ’ dition most of the night. Any let- thing undefinable makes me braver. Owing to the serious accidents caused '~ _‘___‘___. l ueys. ' . .
tors?” ” and with gladnessborn of truth I bid by the falling of plaster ceilings, metal FOR SALE BY WE ARE NOT IN TH E COM B INE.
“None. . . Y0“ take new hfe- , Wanda 13 yours ceilings are likely to come into general .
, . .No one arrlved at the station in- from this hour. You ve but to get well use, especially for public buildings and The Hfllllllis Kgfillil' & Seupcx Cl} For Terms and Lease of Norwalk Fair Grounds, apply to
qulrlng £0111“? and take her. Sh° loved you once— large rooms. In all buildings where i U ‘1
"N0 0119-" _ . _ She loves you now. Women don’t water pipes run, there is a (possibility
. The doctor stepped w1th1n. Removmg change as men do. Her heart’s the of leakage. Water may spread all over L U I H E R M _ W RI G H I
his hatdand gloves he slowly approached same as it was then, depend upon it. the ceiling and by its weight and soft. . ' . ’ ‘ ’
the be . He gently forced his hand See, Ihave brought you her picture.” enin ualities, loosen the entire sheet ' n flln , , . , . '
beneath the covers, and as gently _ “I cannot see it, Jack. It is getting of pigen r Carriage Factory and fleposflory, Franklin & Madison SIS-g So. llorwalk.
clasped first the hand, then the wrist of dark.” This may be done without a suspicion 1 . -
the sleeper. He turned away with a “A cloud has obscured the sun.” of the mischief that is going on. Crack- Every gallon of paint made by the Branch Shops 3': 3mm River ani Darlen.‘
Slg‘h- ‘ . ” “Ah. Jack, the darkness that is set- ed ceilings are less dangerous. They Chilton Mfg, Company is mixed and
The fevers higher, doctor? cling over me is not cloud darkness; it’s rarely fall, because through the opening ground in pure Linseed Oil. A11 shades N _
“1”,!” lower? , the darkness that comes when a man the water passes away. It is in the re mixed and round. by machinery ~-
“Hes,worse then?’ steps from one world into the other. perfect ceiling that the danger lies. A a . kg th .-f d
“Yesiv 6.! I’m 03. I tell you! You’ll have to metal sheet is much safer, and in ad seven tincies, ma 11:: 8.31 11:.“ orm an d
Poor e ”4 . . round up the cattle yourself, 01' get dition may be arranged with a drainage even. ompare e Size 0 cans an ' ‘ '
The ttWO StOOd bYfihe bedside £191)? some other aid, from this on. And as for pipe, so that walls and rooms are freed weight with the cheaper makes. You If you are able to
momen s, conversmg 1n W lspers. Wanda—comrade, give me your hand— from all risks of damage by water. get an honest gallon. Give it a trial and $ ' ., 4
Then the doctor seated himself at the there—she is yours—Jack—yours!" ————_——-—————- you will be convinced. pay '00 for a bIGL ,.
table and prepared half a dozen-pow-v “No, Ned, I will ‘never look on her i H“. P‘dn"_ Know- cle Why be Qantent
ders. Havmg done this, he grasped the face again. I’m for the distant West As little Willie finished his prayers ! ____
hand 0f the watcher in silence. as soon as you are better—for the West and was about to retire his mother ask- - - Q - .. ‘
“Those little gray powders are all and the mountains. ’You must get ed him if he had prayed for everybody. H. H. II ILLIAMU With any but a
that stand between Ned and the well and take your 'wife, boy. Come, Replying in the affirmative, the young .
3V9?” , rally! Here’s yourgruel. and I’ll pre- 0119 was asked to 15611 for Whom his 17 Mam St'
53"? ' "All”; 5316‘ the doctor, as he started pare a powder. I’ll ask the doctor to prayer had been said. He enumerated V
.- for the cor. ' h brother and si
2.- , televraph for her. When she comes father, mot er, Star. a
. Day was now breaking. For a long youawill forgive me for what I have “Haven’t you forgotten some one?” PLYMOUTH ROUK lCE. ’
time the watcher stood gazing vacantly done?” asked his mother.
from the “7me?“ like one “1100115010115 The voice was husky and broken. Willie could not recall an omission. ' , , ‘ . g" "
0f hm surrgundmgs' At last he moved. The dying man looked at his friend “Just think of grandmother,” said Stores and Families s“l’l’hed- .3 ‘ - g;
. and as he did 5,0 the sunlight 5h” past with a divine light in his eyes. his mother. “She is on the ocean, and ' L 0st Rates ‘ 'r‘ ' t
11““,th the dlngy room; It fell on the "Here in the wilderness you have the big ship is rolling on toward home. 9W " ‘ . ’ .' ‘
mans pillow m a shape “Qt unlike _a- been everything to me, Jack. I have Don’t you think you ought to pray for ., , . , , . c.
crown; It touched the dark brown ha” nothing to forgive. You were always her safety?” - A ”ALE , . ' ~ -~' , -
and fevered brow,leav1ng thelower part the better man of the two—-tell her I “For her safety?” exclaimed the - EPEClAL J . . _ ~ ~
0f the wasted face in shadow: told you so. In claiming her you but youth, with surprise in his tone. "Why OF STANDARD OF TI'IE WORLD.
The watchen beheld the Slght’ and claim your own. God—bless—you!” I didn’t know' grandma. wanted a bicy- '1'— “ . . M ' i " .
Siared f‘rshonehm‘fglfit Wham]? an aPPan' He seeped for breath: his 93".” Closed. clel”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. . Nineteen years of reputation for building the best bicycle, backed
with. en e e on is nees by the then opened; a tremor shook 111.5 freem- He llama. a1 0 I‘ ' at Q by the certainty of quality assured by our scientific math
“I‘ll deitl” he exclaimed. “It ' JaCk threw his arm around his dymg Customer meekl starina , ' k) should mean much to any buyer of a bicycle. There is but one;
15 my comrade’s neck and so Ned passed to ( y e at shoe . , . b' . , , _
duty, and now’s the time—now, not the th b d ’ box)—Y‘ou ain’t got no shoes in yo’ sto’, . Columbia. quality—one; Colum 13 price-
f r It’ th 1 tr n1 9 ey‘m' ~ ‘2 ~ -' NOW READY,
herea te ' S e on y 5 engt can “There’s another gray powder to add ls you . . .
add to the gray powders. Perhaps God to the doctor‘s six ,1 said Jack at last. Fiery Proprietor—Who dat say I ain‘t _ , , ' . $ To All AI IKE
sentdthatt crfown 0f gtold télrough title He arose from the bedside, and talk 303511595 in ruby 5:0; . . t umrlmmed! ‘00 and "News; _
Win ow o orce me o a ecmlon— o - - . h' h d us omer— _o o yam: say you aln’ . ‘ .n , . . . .
me . way .0 Ned—me maintainers? .32.; .. m r . rum... 5% and up“... a... .. cam cursndsmiarisn.can?“ .... ........
way. What do I sacrifice, after all? down in the sunlight outside the door, axes you; if you ain’t got no shoes in _ . AT . ou , s . y Co . ,
gfgthllgvfifblbeesrlnllggdéhleg 95isidc>eliliil€§yli and buried his face in his hands.— hie:?Proprietor Better not say I ain’t ' h “ ' POPE 'G. CO" .ord, m. bias '0‘
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who never has loved me, and who now It is a splendid thing to get religion reckon I keepln’ sto’ fo’, 11:? I ain't gotno _‘ . ; . __ _ _ I . _ ' '
never shall.” ~ on Sunday, but is mighty hard to keep shoes in my sto’2—St. ouis PostoDis " .' - ' p
. Rising, he went to a trunk,- opened it, it all the rest of the week. . patch. 3 Water Street’ Norwalk
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