liniFffi TO SillffillffR
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I
Al'hics, itniy iuji
nil's lU'comimtiyhiK tlio
earthquake, tiro and tidal
wnvo that devastated Sic
lly and Calabria almost
defy description. Now
that It Ih possible to olituln coherent
nccoiiiitH from tho row that osonpod
from tho Htrlclion district with their
lives -mnny wore for u tlmo without
tho light of roiiHon It Ih ruallzuil that
cortninly not for S!0 centuries per
haps novci1 huvo Mich nconon boon
enncicd on tho oartli.
Ono or tho first of tho sttrvlvorH that
Ireachod tho BtonniBhlp' Thornplo tho
day following tho catastrophe Hum
.doscrlbcd his oxpurloncos:
"I wnB asleep when tho first shock
Uiwoko mo. 1 lit my lamp, hut nil wan
iqulot, and I turned to sloop again.
Suddonly froHh Bhoolui occuvrod, vio
lent and terrifying. I arose quickly
but tho hoiiBO was Hwuylng and my
door wnB Jnnimod. 1 tore tho BhootH
from tho lied and nuulo a ropo and
lowered mysoir from tho window to
tho Htreet. An Italian family of tlvo
persona eocapod from tho hoimo by
tlio aid of my rope.
IWondcrcd All Day.
"No Boonor wuro wo in tho Htreot
Ithnn tho house collapsed. 1 trlod to
nsBlst In tho work of rescue, but It
I was uboIcbb. Tito horror nnd confu
'alon wero ludo&orllmblo. All day I
wnndorod In tho wrockod HtrootH. N
.food could bo secured. I had only a
Ifow nuts to oat. Tho prison wan do
Btroyed and tho warders killed, but
most of tho convicts osonpod. Thoy
prowled about tho ruliiB. robbing and
imurdorlng. Thoy cut off tho lingers
lof tho dead and wounded to get tho
rings, Homo of thorn wore singing
,eongs of liberty an thoy piled tho
IkiiKe
"A HiiHSlnn vcsho! lying lu tho bar
bor wau thrown Into tho otroot by tho
lUdal wnvo. Hallway linos woro awul
llowod up. Tho Hipiaro known an tho
Cub Campo Santo collupBod and Bank
Only tho BtimmltH of a few ruined
buildlnga still omorgod from tho
wreck." '
Not ono of tho iiumorous hotols of
tho city remained standing, A tlBBtire
CO feet' deep opened near tho CMiurch
of Santa Marin, and houses fell bod
ily Into It.
During the voyage of tho Thornplo
Ho Naples a child was born.
Houses Vanished Instantly.
A physician named Condo, a native
lot Mossinn, Bald ho oHcaped by climb
ing ovor tho fullon roofs. Housos van
Jsliod with tho suddenness of a dream
,und daylight ehowod nearly two mlloa
tof ruins. Btonmshlps put out to cross
tho Btralta for holp uftor tho Ural
shock of tho. tinrthqunko, but half way
jovor thoy mot vessels from tho opjto-
N
uity coat which carried tho news that
Hegglo, too, had perished.
Tho wounded rofimooH that l-nnnlind
this city presented a Blokonlng Bight,
uomo appeared hardly human; others
among tho rugltlvoH had no apparent
InJurleH, but wero In such a doplora-
mo mental condition that thoy seomod
tho worBt of all. Tho horror or that
traglo mlnuto appeared to bo Inorudl
cably fixed upon tholr faces. On tho
rollof ships the rorugoos wero hoapod
ovorywhore. Some or thorn nimonroil
to bo stricken with n kind of Idiocy,
moiuiig alinleBHly boforo them; othors
completoly mad. howled wlldlv. Tim
conimandor or tho Thoraplo gave a
uiniung description or tho rescues or
fected by bis mon when his shin nr.
rived at Messina. Ait tho vessel drew
up boforo tho city It wnB anrroundod
ny a llotllla of boats and tints loaded
to tho gunwales with mon and women
wno plteously cried for rood and
drink, for thoy had nothing ror 21
hours, On entering tho port a tro
mondomi clamor greeted their ears. It
was tho Btirvlvors screaming ror help.
From tho water front Messina mmimr.
oil to bo Intact, as tho facades of tho
lino buildings along that lino of
streets Htlll wero standing, but behind
was emptiness and ruin. Tho princi
pal square presented an (two-Inspiring
itBpect. Kvorywhoro wero enormous
cracks Into which tho hou poured,
whonco clouds of steam and sulphur
ous vaporti arose.
Corpseo Heaped In Streets.
In all tho streetsor what hnd
once been iitreats corpses wero
heaped, their dosporutu attltudo and
contorted features showing tho horror
or tho death struggles.
Tho ruins of tho buildings formed
hillocks lilt feet high, under which
thousands of persons were burled. Tho
vessel was soon loaded down to Its
utmost capacity with survivors and
then steamed to this city.
All along tho wav It Wau Ilium Hint
tho smiling villages on tliu Calabrlau
coast had disappeared. Uotb Scylht
and Charybdls had vanished ' with
them.
In Naples public buildings and pri
vate houses wero thrown open to tho
rofujiews nnd evorythlng possible was
done Tor tholr comfort. The duohoas
of Aoata waa Indefatigable In her min
istrations, going from steamship to
steamship and bringing to the Hurter
era a word or comfort. The wounded
woro carried to the ambulances be
tween two tiles or soldiers to protect
thorn from tho too expressive maul
foatatlons of sympathy from tho crowd
that hud gathered at tho piers. The
menus or transportation was aug
mented by strong arms or sympa
thizers, In whloh hoiuo or the mora
seriously wounded wero carried In lipn
c" lit tors." .
The commander of tho Russian but
il ship MaxhaiofT, who 'brought word
of American Consul Cheneys death,
described the rearful scenes t Mes
sina. Ho declared Hint many of the
rcaldealfi Of that place had bti bur
led alive, ns groans wore hortl corti
tni' from far down In tho ilsetires of
the earth, which could only bo ap
preached with the grotet precau
tion. At these points tho tottering
walls threatened further collapse. Tho
anguished cries of tho vlotlms caused
n half frenxy among the sailors, who
In several oases excavated under dan
Rcroua plttcen and rescued wounded
people. In other cases thoy rauched
bodies that separated In parts when
I'lfons wero tnade to drag them from
, the xrreckngf.
! For an Mitlro day the Humian sail
' ors, divided into squads, guvo assist
I ;:.ice whorevcr needed. Amid the
ruins or the Hsnk of Sicily they found
n .safe containing many millions and
delivered It aboard tTie warship. From
one house alone thoy rescued ten per
sons alive.
Mother Killed, Child Saved.
A dispatch from Palermo described
the .x,erisneo of A. .1. Ogston, British
vice consul at Messina, who arrived
with bis dough for Ht Palermo, ho him
self being Injured.
'At the first shock," said tho vice
consul, "ray wife rushed to a cot and
hi au-t.ed up tho child. We run down
htalr. and found tho door blocked
with wreckage. t Wo clambered
tluoiirrh a' w'lr.dow, but as' wo woro
pa-. a building balcony fell nnd
lilii-il my wile instantly. By a mlrttelo
the child escaped unhurt. I rushed to
ilie niunlelal mmnre, where 60 people
had gathered, and wo ran madly for
the open country, balconies, columns
.tic .lh.inoys falling around us lu a
t'-.H": lag manner. The uiombors of
ur party woro struck down, some
times Llngly and somutimou n hnlf
a 4.W. nt a time, nnd when we reached
a p;aco or safety only four or the
urt. remained. Tho others undoubt-
Jy wero killed?"
One tragic phase or tho disaster
win the fight for life made by the
I Isoncrs lu tho jail above Mussina.
liK-ii ,vero nearly 1,000 of these, In
rinding .'!00 women. Tho building col
itu.sod at the first shock nnd tho in
n ate:i wero cauglit like rats. Several
ii wb (jf cells remained intact and
tbone who wero locked within thorn
could br hoard pounding the walls and
crying aloud for holp. Then ciimo
another shock which completed tho
ii jtrucilon. All woro killed with tho
i option of tho fow who had escaped
after the llrst shock.
An artilleryman, Gaspare ValontI,
mi j ho wna engaged lu rescue work
i'i Messlnn with his comradcu when
an enormous wavo struok him and
swept him eft hiu foot. Like a pleco
of straw, ho declares, ho waa whlrlcdj
out to sea. Hoing a good owlmmer,
h i kept up for a long tlmo, becoming
tired, however, and just an ho was
about to sink ho was picked up by a
llshenuan, who laudod him on the
beach. Then, seized with torror, ho
ran blindly for 11 hours and dropped
exhausted nenr Aelheale, a distance of
about &0 miles from Messina.
Senrchors Killed at Rcgnio.
A refugee from Calabria otntod that
an oxpross train on the road from
Hegglo to Naples was brought to a
stop by the shock whun about 18 mlloa
along the road lu Its Journoy. Tho
passengoru demanded that thoy bo
taken back to Hegglo, where thoy
found a scone of desolation. While
searching for frlondu tresh shocku oc
curred and practically all tho' passeu.
gera wero killed.
At Mosslna, after rapid work of or
ganization, progress was made in tho
work or ouccorlng tho wounded sur
vivors, but no attempt was at llrst
nuulo to remove tho wreckage, Tho
troops and sailors wero obliged to
Hhoot down robbers who persisted In
looting. Tho entire local treasury of
tho Messina branch or tho Hank or
Italy, nomo $2,000,000, was saved and
plnced on board nn Italian warship.
Many or tho people or Messina ro
fusod to Icavo tho ruins of thulr
houses. Thoy clung to tho sitos or
tholr honioH, crying out that their only
safety was in fidelity to tho vrocks
or their houses. Kmco oft6n was
necessary to get thum to thu ships in
tho harbor. There wero largo num
bers lu the suburbs of Messina who
would not como liaok Into the city for
four or a recurrence of tho shocks.
Hopeless Search for Relatives.
Tho Gorman steamer Soriiplu
brought stories of heartrending Rep
aration of families, and the hopeless
and frantic seeking of relatives ono
for the other. Shortly after tho Sura
pin docked a gangplank was lowurod
and a few persons wuro allowed on
board. Tho refugees wero louad sit
ting In Isolated groups.
Thoy gave evidence of great mental
doprosslon, and wero utterly exhaust
ed. They seemed scarcely conscious
of tholr surroundings. Most or thorn
woro held In thu thrall or their terrl
bio experiences,
Ono old man wus carrying a Httlo
girl In Ida arms. Tho child waa cov
ered with blood.
"Is that your child?" ho was asked,
"No." ho replied. "I round her oa
tho pavomnnt in Messina. 1 plckod
her up and cared ror her. No ono
claimed her and I could not abandon
bur. I have had her In my arms ever
since."
With this touching explanation the
old man became oblivious to his ques
tioner and evorythlng around him.
The Serapln brought into this port
i ecords of. numberless tragedies. Pam
ill o separated, mothors mouuiug and
crying Tor tholr dead children, hits
bauds and wlvo lost to. wtoli other, or
a solo survivor wishing that he hnd
not been spared.
There wss one girl on board tho
steamer, her clothing tattered nnd
torn, who hnd saved a canary bird.
She was a music hull singer and hnd
clmig to her pet throughout thd terri
ble secenes or devastation. Tho bird
was tho only happy thing oti the vog
sol. Foil Flvo Floors; Uninjured.
Tho stories told by these unrortn
nato refugees are almost unbeliovable.
A soldlor named Kmllio do Castro, ro
lates that on Sunday, (he day befco
tho disaatdr, ho was taken slok and
whs sont io tho military hospital.
ICarly Monday morning he was
awakened by n tremendous roaring
sound.
His bod struck tho floor below, and
he w still on it. It jiauHod a mo
ment, and was again precipitated,
lfo Btruok tho next floor, but this gavo
way at once, and thus man and bed
name down from tho ilfth floor of the
hospltul to tho ground. Tho soldier
was not Injured.
Imprisoned with the Dead.
l'rof. Pulermo of tho University of
Mosslna lost two sons.
"1 was slooplng in my bod. he said,
"when I wns thiown out of bod, which
fell on top of mo. Tho celling col
lapsed, the floor opened nnd 1 was
thrown into the first floor apartment
of Mine. Pdrnlel. She was reaching
Tor her sister and son, whom wo
found dead. Wo remained all day
and night nlono without holp, keoplng
the rain off with planks.
"Thus we woro without food or
drink among tho screams of the bur
led. Tho latter coasod somewhat at
night. No ono camo with asDiotauco
und wo were as if in a tomb alongside
tho bodies. Children, wounded, were
around us, but Invisible under tho
ruins and weeping in dospnlr or burst
lug into piercing crlos at every sound
hoard wjthout. When we finally es
cujwd from tho ruins wo wore takeil
by sailors to tho Crlstoforo Colombo;
which brought ua to Naples.
"Wo' passed through streets that
felt as if they wore tho bottoms of
valloys or climbed heights which wero
an that remained of tho finest palaces
of Mosslna. I will never forget it aa
long as I llvo."
Royal Couple Asolot Rescuers.
The king and queen of Italy went to
Meoslnn in the battleship Vlttorio
Immnnuolo, und his majeaty gruspod
tho situation and set to work all tho
povvern ho controlled to alleviate tho
horrors of tho situation. Ho partici
pated actively In tho work of actual
rescue.
Immediately on his nrrlval at Mes
sina tho king joined a rescue party
and labored aa unremittingly as tho
others. Ho personally extricated sev
eral Injured persons pinned under tho
ruins.
The queen also took active part lu
tho work. Sho rescued with her own
hand a boy of throe yeara, who waa
bleeding from many etita, and horsolf
carried him to tho dock where who
handed him over to mombern of tho
hospltul corps. She devoted her at
tention principally to the Httlo chil
dren and labored long amid the scenes
of horror.
Those who brought news hero from
Catania of tho visit of tho king and
queen said that tho horrors of tho
ruined city wero added to by tho
countless number of bodlea lying all
about: Such a force of laborers aa
it would bo impossible to gather,
equip and sent to Messina would have
been needed to bury tho dead. Tho
task was regarded as beyond human
power of accomplishment within tho
period which would mnko Bitch dis
posal of tho bodies effective.
Llmo Spread Over tho City.
So It was arranged to huvo tons of
thousands of tons of llmo taken to
Messina in ships and carried over tho
city and spread everywhere.
Tho mcssengera from Messina could
not find worda of sufilclently high
pralso for the conduct of tho king and
qutou. They said that their majesties
left tho buttle ship and hurried into
tho ruins of tho city as if tholr own
near ami dear ones lay amid the
wreckage.
Owing to the overwhelming char
acter or tho disaster, tho hastily es
tablished hospital and relief corps
were woefully Inadequate to tho work.
So It was that boforo their majesties
hnd gone more than a few rods from
the dock they found thomsolvoa
among tho ruins with tho dead all
about them. Kveu tho dying pinned
beneath walls and masonry heard tho
wild cries of welcome mingled with
tho chorus or walling as a groat mob
of hnir-distractod men and womun
crowded about the royal couple and
followed them iu their guards made a
way Into tho ruins.
Tho king made hi in self dear to all
his subjects, especially to those in
tho earthquake none, by his prompt
and pergonal aid lu times of disaster.
This makes pluualblo a story told by
his companions, who said that as. tlio
royal pair and the crowd surrounding
them made tholr wny through tho
ruins a man pinned under u' great
block of stone and supposed to he
dead raised his head, repeated tho
cries of acclaim and dropped back
dead.
There was a deop coating of mud nil
ovor and their majesties walked
through It In llulr work. The queen
was frequently affected to tours by
tho sight of tho homeless, helpless
women who followed her crying for
pity, Uttlf-crnstHl by tholr mlsfortuues.
If she looked upon tliwin they throw
themiolvos upon their knees lu tho
mire ami with clnsued hands prayed
f;' Uer !m?1i.
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Y RIGHT
A Short Story
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By MARY C.
(Copyright, by
The doctor, John Norton, held the
lines HatlesBly ns ho drove down the
country road. Tho Smith baby was
tpothlng ho might have to lanco her
guniH. Tommy Potorson, who had
personally investigated the mystery of
the forbidden fruit in tho form of
green apples, wns on tho road to re
covery and now mischief, Even the
Judge no longer needed tho ministra
tions of a doctor so much as those of
a nurso. There woro no critical cases
to scatter his thoughts that swarmed
about the anxioty of his own home.
Ills Utile mother wus breaking
down. It was all his fault, accused
his morbid thoughts,
Norton's forehead puckered In a
calculating twist. Although tho
drought bad made money "tight"
among his farming cllontele he could
mnnngo to borrow a hundred or two
to send her to tho "Bhoro" for the
comploto rest and change that would
alone bo hor salvation but there was
his mother's indomitable will to be
reckoned with! Her alert knowledge
or his affairs prevented kindly decep
tion nnd he know that no power on
earth could persuade her to spend a
borrowed penny on herself.
Tho pucker deepened ho was
sourchlng for hidden possibilities
among hl3 uncollected, uncollectible
With a New Spurt of Fury the Fleht
Continued.
bills. Then, oven In that worried mo
mcnt tho doctor smiled. He had re
membered Joe Itlloy'a $300.
Aa the montha hnd piled themaolVca
up into years aftor .loo's oporation,
this promised bonanza had been tho
pot drenm-castlo built by tho doctor
nnd his mother In their twilight tnlka;
the family joko or tho saner breakfast
hour. And yet only last week when
the doctor hnd broached tho subject
to .Too anow thoro hnd Beemed a
doflnlto purpose In tho lat tor's eye as
ho begged Norton to wait until tlio
first of tho coming month. Tho first
of Soptombor why, thut was to-day!
Of courso nothing would como of It,
but his despnlr clutched nt oven u
straw of hope, and flicking Molly B.
with his whip ho hastened toward tlio
toll-gato, passing under Kb lifted
white arm into Centervllle, ono of tho
Httlo squat, one-story towns dotting
Clovordnlo county, over which tho
doctor's practlco sprawled.
Old farmer White, his legs In faded
blue overalls twisted about a keg or
nails, was ornamenting tho platform
lu front or Wntson's as tho doctor's
buggy drow up,
"Hollo, Peto!"
"Hollo yoiirsoir, Doc!"
Tho doctor loaned out of tho buggy,
peeping In through tho open door to
a laughing group of mon lolling ovor
u counter.
"Sny, Pete," ho callod, "ask Joo
Ulloy to como out hero a moment, will
you? I want to speak to him."
"Suro!" was tho roady answor, but
lustoad of entering the store ho sham
bled down tho stops and approached
iho buggy, giving a low chuckle with
the salno Bhnflllng quality as his walk.
"Heard tho news about him, Doc?"
Peto puffed the quostlon out slowly
with rising rings of smoko from the
pipe.
Norton shook his head,
"Had a windfall. Ilrothor doad lu
Onlirorny. Lert Joo $2,000. Ain't
that what you call luck?" Tho
chuckle shuffled through his speech,
punctunting it with dashes. "It
woron't paid lu till today, but Joo
know it wns a-comlng a week or more
ago. He's celobrating now by treat
ing the boya to drinks. I" Ho
StODUCd. StlddonlV cnnsnlnna nf Hin
I doctor's nbsont-mtndod gnze.
The doctor sat silent, n shining
light in his eyes. Ho was not a pray
ing man, but thoro had been crises in
his professional liro when his hoart
uplifted to the Supromp Mystery In
words of praise unspoken by his shy
lips. And now ho lolt thnt a powor
outsldo himself, above, beyoud him
self, hud laid a divino gift In the out
stretched hand or his necessity.
Hlloy had known or his logucy nt
their Isst meeting that had boon the
meaning then or tho doflnlto purposo
In his oyo whon ho had asked tho doc
tor to wait.
OF LOVE
of Rural Life
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RINGWALT
Hobbs - Merrlll Co.)
The laughter trailed from the shop
to the fldewalk, and Joe ltiley stalked
pompously toward the buggy, the
"boys" in hla triumphant wake.
"Well, Doc," said Hlley with boister
ous Joviality, "what is it today tea,
oats, or ti clothes-wringer.'"
The doctor laughed. "I guess It'n
congratulations first. Isn't it, Joo?"
"Pete'a been leaking?" Itlloy play
fully slapped the man's shoulder.
Thoro followed a general exchange
of bantering pleasantries, then in a
little drift of silence the doctor snld
gonlnlly: "So this legacy was In your
mind n week ago, Joe, when you
asked me to wait to settle thnt Httlo
business affair of ours?"
Itlloy lifted one foot to the buggy
step nnd bent over to tie a dragging
rhoe-strlng. "Yes, Doc, I hnd the leg
acy in mind nil right."
Norton's smile held tho radiance of
suuahlno after a storm. "The money
couldn't have come in more handy,
Joo. That little mother of mlno is all
worn out. Now I shnll take your $300
nnd send hor to tho shore for ns long
a time ns 1 can coax her to stny."
"ion ain't a-frylng your chicken be
fore you've cntched it, bo you, Doc?"
"I don't quite understand?" The
doctor's mind fumbled for tho point
of humor In Joe'n Joke.
"This hero sleek, bobtalled fortune
ain't no hack horse to haul n load of
debts. She's to bo ridden for sport
SCO?"
"Come, Joe," said tho doctor quiet
ly, "quit your fooling. I'm In dead
earnest."
"So am I!"
Norton's eyes blazed. "Joo Itlloy, I
glvo you fair warning I'll put up with
no nonsense! You'll pay mo that $300
or I'll have tho law on you!"
"And 1 tho laugh on you, Doc Nor
ton!" cried Joe, mimicking the doc
tor's tone. "Your bill wns outlawed
yesterday I had that lu mind, too.
when I asked you to give mo another
week ! "
For nn Instant the doctor sat mo
tionless, then he threw tho linos out
of his hands nnd jumped from tlio
huggy. Dashing oft his cont and toss
ing it on the sldowalk, ho cried: "Tho
bill's outlawed, is It? Uy heaven,
wo'll settle it without tho law then!"
The nstonlshcd Hlley slunk bad;
from Norton's threatening fist.
"You'ro making a pretty good bluff,
Doc," ho laughed derisively, "but it
don't cut any ice with mo! You book
ish mon ain't got tho ginger to fight,
and "
A blow from Norton's fist stung a
crimson trail down Riley's left check.
With a cry of rage Joo sprang upon
his antagonist.
Out of hurrying clouds of dust up
and down tlio pike men camo running.
"Something wns doing" in front of
Watson's in the field the plow wna
left lu the furrow; in tho butcher
shop tho cleaver flung down upon tho
chopplng-block!
There was no time for explanations,
nnd tho crowd was not one of flno dis
crimination, hut for the past ten years
Doc Norton had come Into intimate
touch with their lives and hcarta, and
thoy championed him to a man.
"Go it, Doc! Stcndy thoro!' That's
tlio boy, Doc!" were crlea given in nn
ascending rcalo of enthusiasm.
Itlley's grent bulk wns now a wall
or soir-derciiKo, now a battoring ram
or danger agnlnst his foe. lhit Nor
ton's staying power, his hnblt or lg
noring fntiguo, aches and pain In the
performance or a physician's duties
had stored tho strength of reslstnnco
In overy fiber or l.3 being, while his
alortnof-s. both or mind nnd body
gained In tolling forco when brought
Into prolonged pluy with H0y8 um.
boring clumalness.
The blow upon Joo's loft cheek no
longer showed his wholo face was n
purplish crimson, drops of sweat trick
ling from his forehead, his bre-ith
coming and going pnntlngly
"Come. Joc-givo in," cried Norton
"Let's call It a finish."
"Never!" yelled back Ulloy.
With n now spurt of fury tho fbrlit
continued. , h
Suddonly Joe staggered, throw nn
ills arms, reeling to ono side. On tho
instant Norton dropped the attack
standing off guard. In a flash Joe
swung down his arms, gave iV unro
forward, a dovlllsh eieani i his cun
nlng eyes. '
A moniont more and Norton tricked
a second time, would have been
ripped up and thrown to tl,0 Km
but In that moniont an Intuitive sense
or danger made him spring aside be.
fore Uiley'a outstretched flngors could
snatch nt his ankles.
Hlley. clutching at the air. 'ost bis
balance and pitched forwnrd-ns
struggled to regain his footing u ha d
of steel gripped the back or ?,8 X
collar, a weight boro down upon l is
shoulders, rorclng him flrmI.' ,
sidewalk, whore lie sprawled In n
ffir Nlt0n'R ,,0,, 8,1,1 "
A shout arose rrom lusty throats
and oven Hiloy's cronies, who a so
recently drank his whisky, now j0 e
e crowd waving their hats whon Joe
Hlley whimpered: "I'll settle."
Hut tho doctor was oblivious to th.
ovation. One shining thought flooded
.is mind-that or hi. , n,0a
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her raou no longer haggard n0rv
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Jmlth; tho sunlit sparkle of 0 'a
In hor tlrod, lustorless eyos R
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