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CHAPTER VIII Continued
Closer and closer he came his eyes
bent on the ground his hands behind his
back evidently lost in the deepest ab
straction He had approached to within
a few paces of the summer house Esmes
Jieart was thumping as loudly as a big
arum it seemed to her own terrified ears
and that every other sound was swallow
ed up Tii its audible pulsation Miles
cahic nearer He was within a yard of
the summer house and wbile they them
selves were wrapped in darkness he hirii
4el stood in the full view of the search
ing moonlight They could note the ac
curacy of his tie the rather withered
little Hower in his buttonhole the part
ing of his hair the gold links in his shirt
Scuffs Now he stood on the very step
Then he turned slowly away and began
to retrace bis footsteps
Oh Ted I feel so dreadfully fright
ened murmured Esnie I know Im
very foolish for after all if he had come
in and I had told him who you were
there would have been so harm done
Of -course he has never heard of me
the famiy black sheep
I boHeve Mrs Brabazon told him you
were dead
Upon my word She does not stick
at a trifle
Oh Teddy may not I cell him
i You shall the moment I get my com
missionno sooner Just -have patience
Youre always so impetuous and in such
a hurry about everything Im glad Ive
had a good stare at him Hes a good-
looking fellow very like that picture in
the hall the chap with the dish cover
and red sash that was killed at Naseby
- I suppose you mean Rupert Brabazon
tin the steel cuirass
Yesr Im glad to have seen him nod
ding his head toward his now distant
cousin but I doubt if the satisfaction
would be mutual were he to see me
In another moment Esme had said a
hurried good night to her brother dart
ed round the corner of the summer
house and buried herself in a thick
dusky -walk which led straight to the
friendly side door through which she
vanished
Milbs liad been a prey to Mrs Braba
zonTall the evening her grand friends
her health and her airs bound to her
side by Strong social cords he could not
get away but he had not been indiffer
ent to the fact that Esme had stolen out
of the room an hour ago He had seen
her running down the pleasure ground
Why should he not slip out too and me
ander by her side through the shady
walks under the chestnut trees instead
of being pinned to the apron strings of
aprosy egotistical old woman At last
he rwas released and had come out in
hopes of meeting Esme He was going
away for a whole week and to return
and learn his fate at the bachelors ball
at Sandborough which was to take place
within a week Something told him that
the answer would be -Yes But that
photo he had seen oh the moss at his feet
that very morning Jiept protruding its
ugly presence into his rosy dreams and
trying to imbue his mind with the poi
sonous taint of suspicion Who could it
have been A man in Uniform No
one that Esme cared a straw about he
kept assuring himself but still it was a
man in uniform His soul shrunk from
the plain truth but was compelled to em
brace it all the same Esme and his aunt
liad positively assured him that she had
no other suitor but himself and he be-
lieved them He was not such an infidel
as to doubt the solemn word of two ladies
of his own family one -who bore the
weight of years of uprightness and tke
other who Iboked at him with eyes so
true and so frank that if her tongue had
dared to sttsr a falsehood they them
selves would have betrayed her
That meeting at the gate he had now
put down to Miss Bell Yes he had
been mistaken Esme and Miss Bell were
friends she had been from home and
she was an unusually tall young woman
of almost masculine proportions Yes
the apparition at the gate was peacefully
laid It is wonderful how young men in
love will eagerly furbish up and present
excuses to themselves and accept them
rather than be brought face to face with
any little inlperfection or flaw in their
divinity The photograph Miles boldly
told himself was some public character
Girls carried all manner of queer things
in their pockets as he knew from his
experience of his own sister Esme had
a craze for collecting the photos of roy
alties and celebrities Why should not
lhat suspicious picture be the Crown
Prince of Germany our own Prince of
Wales or that handsome man the late
Emperor of Russia What a fool he
was not to have asked her
He is an idiot about you said Gus
sie one afternoon in a sudden burst of
frankness and it is very plain that he
has never been in love before if he had
he would know better than to show his
hand If he were to dissemble as they
say in plays or to bully you a little it
would be all the better fordiim poor de
luded young man Prom which it will
be seen that Augusta pitied Miles
- CHAPTER IX
The groat day of the bachelors ball
at v Sandborough dawned at last and
r had you been on the platform at Byford
jyflout 2 oclock you would have seen
TXrs Miss Jane her two
ifieces her own maid Flack and Nokes
ail departing with a world of baggage
The two Miss Clippertons and their meek
little mother filled up the compartment in
which the Brabazons had taken their
places They were two young ladies
bound for the ball whose slangy conver
sation nearly made Miss Janes hair come
out of curl They wore their hair crop
ped close to their heads very manly hats
coats and collars and were an entirely
novel experience to the dear old person
with the bobbing curlsand worked black
satin handbag They were going to the
same hotel horror 1 their rooms were al
ready taken
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And now behold our party descending
at the Town Hall and stepping delicately
on the red cloth carpeting which was
lined at either side by a dense discrim
inating crowd who exchanged aiulible
and critical remarks anent the arnying
compans Miss Jane and Mrs Braba
zon swept their young people on the
stairs before them into the ladies wait
ing room where great pulling out of
skirts and fouzling of fringes and rear
ranging of flowers was going on The
new arrivals were carefully looked over
by those already on the spot Who were
these new girls was whispered How-ever-they
had Some acquaintances who
welcomed them cordially helping them to
fake off- their wraps and en viec Esnie
her first ball
Indeed you need not envy me re
turned that young lady emphatically if
it were my fifth or sjxth I should be far
iriore easy in my mind Feel me hold
ing out her hand Im quite cold and Im
shaking all over
While this conversation was going on
Mrs Brabazon had arrogated to herself
an entire toilet table and was pulling out
a ruffle here straightening a fold there
and rearranging her diamond stars as de
liberately as if she were in her own apart
ment and not keeping an aristocratic
old lady with a haughty nose and very
white hair awaiting her good pleasure
This old dame waited for some five min
utes with ill concealed impatience and
as she waited she had ample time to
study the lady who was figuring before
the glass with such aggravating tardi
ness Suddenly she started looked scru
tinizingly into Mrs Brabazons face and
said in an awe struck tone Why Jupp
I declare it is Jupp How do you come
here measuring her and her velvet
gown lace diamonds and all from head
to foot
Madam exclaimeS the other with a
face the color of a brick what do you
mean trembling violently all ovor
I mean that it is a pretty thing that
I should have to stand and wait while my
sisters maid arranges herself at the look
ing glass returned the other in a hard
uncompromising tone and -with an inex
orable eye
I I am Mrs Brabazon of Barons
ford replied that miserable woman
you are making some mistake
None whatever very decidedly
whoever you are now you were and are
Jupp you cant deny it and you know
me you have brushed my hair and but
toned my boots many and many a time
I am Lady Augusta Sharpshooter and
you are my sisters
Hush Lady Augusta implored the
other for mercy sake hush You are
quite right I have become what you see
the widow of a gentleman of fortune I
entreajt you to keen my secret pleaded
Mrs Brabazon brought to her knees for
once in her life and in truth a most ab
ject spectacle At this moment Gussie
and Esme came forward accompanied
by Miss Jane and declared that they
were quite ready now if she was and
with an extraordinary effort to regain her
composure and one beseeching glance at
her austere old acquaintance Mrs Brab
azon was carried away No words could
paint her feelings she felt that a veri
table sword of Damocles was hanging
over her head She had no spirit to
seek out and attach herself to the great
ones of the land She sat alone and aloof
for fully half the evening reviling fate
for havingsent Lady Augusta across her
path and asking herself what the world
would say when they were acquainted
with her former career
As Esme stood under the gallery and
gasad timidly about her she felt abso
lutely daszled the immense hall was
filled by a gay crowd who were walking
standing sitting after the second dance
Miles had appeared on the scene full of
apologies for his tardy arrival the sole
fault of the train whicht was late He
could hardly believe his eyes when he
beheld Esme floating around with such
grace looking even more lovely than the
image he had fondly carried away in his
mind Certainly there was no doubt that
this dress was an adornment and that
even Esme was more beautiful in this
silvery gauze garment with pearls on
her neck flowers in her hands excite
ment in her eyes than in her ordinary
common white gown even when -re-enforced
by the crimson parasol -
I have kept two dances for you said
she holding out her hand with a smile
What Only two ungratefully
Yes lancers and waltz Aunt Jane
lowering her voice made me -promise
not to dance more than twice with any
one
Not even with me expressively-
Not even with you Here Esmes
partner made a bow and retired grace
fully Evidently he said to himself
the dark fellow was the man
I sippose your card is full
Yes I cant believe it smiling for
I dont know anyone in the room Isnt
it funny
Excessively funny inost unaccounta
ble repliqd Miles with a smile quiver
ing under his mustache
But who is your friend opposite the
man with the shiny face who is nodding
at you like a mandarin
Oh loqk away look away he is a
horror I met at the Toppiugtons Christ
mas party
Esme whispered her sister breath
lessly over her shoulder theres little
Madden and he is coming over he has
caught your eye mind you mount your
very highest horse t
Now for it said Miles as alittle man
rtvith a red face and the tallest of col
lars and an air of being on admirable
terms with himself advanced with a kind
of grin
So charmed to see you Miss Braba
zon this is indeed a treat Hope you
have kept a couple of dances for me
No I have not very stiffly returned
the young lady ostentatiously avoiding
the proffered hand
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with me are you not or the next Il
get you lots of partners Dont yourec
ollect me in a tone slightly tinged witS
amazement We bad the pleasure of
meeting at Mrs Tops
I do not remember the pleasure re
turned Esme with verjr emphatic signi
ficance while Miles and Gussie exchang
ed glances of the keenest delight
But even this snub had but little effect
on Mr Madden He rose to the sur
face with cork like buoyancy and boldly
demanded at least one dance and his per
sistent entreaties were only cut short by
Miles leading his partner away to take
their places in one of the rapidly form
ing sets of lancers
I did not thing you had it in you to
snub anyone but me Poor beggar you
were awfully rough on him said Miles
as they came to anchor
Rough You dont know him vi
ciously At the Toppingtons party he
was quite quite
Intoxicated suggested her compan
ion interrogatively
Yes very much so he actually took
me for a school girl and had the impu
dence to try to kiss me under the mistle
toe growing rather red and speaking
very fast
Confounded cad muttered Miles
looking over in the direction of Mr Mad
den with a countenance now the reverse
of indulgent ot sympathetic
I suppose said he looking round
that you are as great a stranger to all
these people as I am and you dont know
anyone from Adam
Not quite so bad as all that respond
ed Esme with a smile some of the
Maxton and Byford people are here
There you see that nice looking lady over
there in the white lace shawl sh AJj
Bells sister and between yoti 6a me
that is Mrs Bells shawl lowering her
voice to a whisper
Oh and the girl near her in the swell
dress
That is a bride and the old gentle
man with the bald head holding her fan
is her husband She is his fourth wife
Oh come now in a tone of amused
expostulation
She is indignantly
She is a courageous woman ejacu
lated Miles
How do you do Miss Brabazon said
a tall plain girl in a pink dress accost
ing Esme in the tea room while Miles
was procuring her a cup of coffee ad
dressing her with such warmth that sha
felt quite taken aback for she had only
met Miss Courtenay Green at one or twe
garden parties and then she had barely
deigned to notice her save by a few tepid
monosyllables and a fishlike clasp of the
hand
Your first ball I suppose I hope you
are enjoying it eying Esmes dress as
she spoke with an air of critical inspec
tion looking at it sideways and front
ways and evidently not merely apprais
ing its value but taking the pattern in
her eyes as she drawled forth remarks
about the band the floor and the lights
in an abstracted manner Is that your
cousin Captain- Brabazon she asked
having at length summed up Esmes ball
costume the dark young man who was
dancing with you lowering her voice
mysteriously
Yes
The one who has come in forjisuch
heaps of money with still greater ani
mation Very good looking too 1ou
may introduce him to me when he comes
back Here he is eagerly Now
with a sharp nudge from a still sharper
elbow
Miles said Esme in the innocence
of her heart what ages you have been
getting this coffee Miss Courtenay Green
wishes you to be introduced to her
Miss Courtenay Green beamed and
bowed with laudable presence of mind
but felt at the moment that she would
have been almost justified in having Miss
Brabazons life However Miles duly
begged leave to inscribe his name on her
rather empty program and led his part
ner once more back to the ball room
To be continued
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PRECIOUS GEMS ARE GUARDED
Tlie Dealers Make Careful Note of All
Changes in Their Ownership
The dealer in precious stones keeps
remarkable account of the valuable
gems which come into this country
His business does not end when he suc
ceeds in disposing of a precious stone
or mounted piece at a good round fig
ure He can tell how many times it
has changed hands since it reached
these shores and usually he can tell
every person in the country who owns
anything in gems worth knowing
about This city is the great center
of these dealers as it is through this
port that practically all gems enter
The American woman buys the finest
diamonds that can be had in the medi
um sfzes in which the purest stone
comes The mine from wrhich the most
beautiful stones are taken at Jaegers
fontein in the Orange Free State has
been shut up as a great reef encoun
tered made it unprofitable to mine fur
ther The next best diamonds come
from Wesselton about fifty two miles
from Kimberley and that too is shut
up on account of the wrar
The finest large diamond which evei
tcameinto this country belonged to the
Morgan collection It weighed twenty
five carats and sold for about 100000
There was one diamond of 12S carats
sold in this city and another Kimberley
stone of seventy six carats but both
were tinged with color and not nearly
so valuable ls tlie Morgan gem An
other single diamond sold in this- city
less than three years ago for 42000
and it is now owned by a Western
woman The American woman likes
her diamonds not by ones or twos but
by dozens and hundreds and these are
-formed into tiaras necklaces corselets
corsages and hair bouquets and sprays
all arranged with or without other
stones and so that they can be easily
detached and worn in separate pieces
As the wealthy families of this coun
try come Into possesion of a large num
ber of diamonds their taste turns to
ward colored stones The ruby is pre
eminently the next in favor and prices
higher than those paid for diamonds
rare given for it Two years ago a firm
in this city sold a single ruby for 25
000 Last year there eaine a demand
for the emerald and a single beautiful
stone in the autumn brought a dealer
20000 New York Eveninc Post
The Department of State has been ad
vised of the penalties inflicted by the
Chinese Government upon the persons
alleged to be responsible for the recent
murder of Mr Brooks the English mis
sionary in the province of Chan Tung
One man has been beheaded one stran
gled one sentenced to imprisonment for
life and six for a term of ten years The
people of the village where the murder
occurred are required to erect a monu
ment on the spot with an inscription of
warning against future attacks upon for
eigners and the Government has con
tributed 7500 taels about 5000 for a
chapel near by It is claimed that the
persons executed for the murder of Mis
sionary Brooks were not actually guilty
of the crime but were substitutes hired
by the real assassins to suffer the penal
ties of death This is frequently done
in China and as the leaders of the mob
that murdered Missionary Brooks were
men of importance in the community and
have the sympathy of the officials it is
highly probable that they would be able
to hire others to take their places
In six months it will be a whole half
century since Galusha A Grow was
elected for his first time in Congress
As Mr- Grow sat in his seat listening to
the debate on the Nicaraguan canal bilL
John Sherman came into the House and
took an adjoining seat Sherman entered
Congress only a little later in the fifties
and has been everything but President
Then Representative Hitt of Hlinoisf
with continuous service in diplomatic and
congressional life spanning twenty sis
years moved up and joined his elders
The group illustrated marvelously what
former President Harrison calls the pos
sibilities of American citizenship
The last quarter of the fiscal year end
ing March 31 1900 was a record breaker
in the sale of postage stamps the total
for the three months reaching 1080151
515 stamps valued at 20755119 High
water mark up to this time was reached
in the corresponding quarter ending
March 31 1898 when the total was 969
316538 stamps valued at 18611635
but it will be seen that the last quarter
exceeded that amount by 111000000
stamps and 2144 000 There is evi
dence that the present quarter may go
ahead of the last
For years the two beautiful doors at
the entrance of the White House have
been grained in imitation of black wal
nut but in the spring cleaning this year
Col Bingham ordered the paint scraped
off so as to have them done over To
the astonishment of everybody it was
discovered that the doors were of solid
mahogany and of beautiful grain Col
Bingham ordered them restored to their
original native condition and is now try
ing to find out who had them painted
Secretary Gage will disburse about
25500000 within the next three months
for payments on the 2 per cent bonds
As fast as this money is paid out the
Secretary will call upon the national
banks to replace the money The 2 per
cent bonds are mostly held by the banks
which receive the money for them and
the return of government deposits to the
treasury is designed to equalize the circu
lation throughout the country
Last year we sent furniture to eighty
four different countries the total valua
tion being 3571375 The trade is grow
ing rapidly and American chairs and
beds and tables can be found not only in
every civilized counry but wherever the
inhabitants are not entirely savage
The oldest official of the Government
of the United States is Roswell Beards
ley of North Lansing Tompkins County
New York who has held a commission as
postmaster at that place since the 28th
of June 1828 nearly seventy two years
An unusual spectacle was presented in
the United States Supreme Court the
other day when Congressman J A Barn
ham of Texas moved to admit his wife
Luda V and his son Ed C to practice
They were admitted
The Secretary of War has been official
ly informed that Capt Carter recently
of the engineer corps has been formally
received at the Leavenworth prison and
detailed for duty as a clerk at headquar
ters
Speaker Henderson who lost his left
leg at the battle of Corinth has a new
artificial leg with ankle and knee joints
and hopes to be able hereafter to dispense
with his cane
PJoteo of Current Events
Kentucky district 4 unanimously re
nominated Davis Smith for Congress
Chicago Board of Trade will try to
shut off quotations from bucket shops
Canadians fear other attempts will be
made to blow up the locks on the Wel
fand canal since three men have been
convicted
Over 1000 banks have to be supplied
with new currency plates under the cur
rency act of March 14 It will be four
to six months before all can get these
plates
Miss Florence Leonard Arlington Ga
is suffering from nervous prostration at
Niagara Falls N Y She was left all
night in the rain tit the top of observation
tower 250 feet above earth She failed
to board the last car going down
Julian Ralph war correspondent has
returned to London He will lose a leg
as a result of a wound received in the
Boer war
Small gunboat Mindova recently fired
across the bow of the transport Tarlac
The Tarlac mistook the gunboat for a
Filipino vessel She was halted and Maj
Whitely explained
George W Dart who raised the Stars
and Stripes over the Confederate capital
at Columbia S C at the end of Sher
mans march to the sea has just entered
the Soldiers Home of Iowa at Marshall
town His home was at Attica N Y
WAftS NEW ASPECT
KRUGERS FORCES ARE NOT YET
CONQUERED
South African Strnssrle Has Entered
Upon a Stace Which Perplexes the
British Roberts Attacks Botha bnt
Pails to Whip Him
Interest in the Transvaal war has been
greatly increased by the surprising turn
events have taken since Lord Roberts
entered Pretoria remarks the Chicago
News in reviewing the South African sit
uation The day after that event which
was generally accepted in Europe and in
America as heralding the close of the
struggle Lord Roberts line of communi
and the mili
cation was cut at Roodeval
tia battalion of the Derbyshire regiment
guarding the railway was- compelled after
heavy loss to surrender This wiping out
of a battalion and the news that Lohl
Methueir way engaged in fierce fighting
near Heilbron at once gave a new aspect
to the war It was perceived that the
taking of Bloemfontein and Johannes
burg and Pretoria were incidents not
crises to the mobile forces of the Boers
and that in turn they were applying
Lord Roberts tactics to himself Whether
this rear attack and severing of the line
of communication by destruction of the
railway for twenty miles will have the
result of compelling Lord Roberts to a
retrograde movement remains to be seen
The later reports that Bloemfontein had
been retaken by the Boers and that De
wet at the head of 13000 men was
marching against Johannesburg lack con
firmation
Gen Kelly Kenny has in part retrieved
the disaster at Roodeval by defeating the
force of burghers who cut the British line
of communications but the fact remains
that the war has entered upon a new
and perplexing stage to the British This
new phase cannot properly be called guer
rilla warfare any more than the move
ments of the American forces after the
British capture of Washington in 1814
couldbe s6 called In each case the fight
ing forces remained intact the scene
only of the conflict was changed
In the case of the Transvaal it is evi
dent that British occupation of Pretoria
and Bloemfontein will be precarious un
til the main body of the Boers has been
met and defeated in battle That would
probably not be a difficult thing for the
British to accomplish with their enor
mously superior forces but the tactics
of the Boers are wisely to prevent such
a pitched battle By breaking up into
comparatively small but effective detach
ments and striking swiftly as at Roode
val the Boers may be able to prolong
the war for some months yet Their
success in this direction is likely to in
spire them with renewed hope and en
ergy It is this fact rather than the ac
tual loss of a battalion of men that dis
turbs London and England to day Gen
Kelly Kennys success and the fact that
Gen Buller has at last pierced the Drak
ensberg mountains and entered the Or
ange Free State with the result of mak
ing the Boer position at Laings Nek un
tenable are the relieving features in the
situation from the British point of view
Lord Roberts has fought a battle with
Gen Botha at the end of which though
the British gained considerable ground
the Boers were not beaten Roberts line
of communication was partially restored
by a victory gained by Gens Methnen
and Kitchener over Gen Dewet The
Boer camp was captured and the burgh
ers it is added were scattered
As matters now stand it looks as if the
Boers might maintain the unequal strug
gle for a long time and this considera
tion in connection with the grave events
occurring in China has brought the
English people to a more serious mood
than it has known since the earlier and
darker days of tlie war
DECREASE IN WHEAT ACREAGE
Government Statistician Reports on
Crops Through the Country
The monthly report of the statistician
of the Department of Agriculture states
that as a result of a special investigation
relative to the winter wheat acreage
plowed up or cut for forage the depart
ments estimate of the area remaining
under cultivation has been further re
duced by 1G7G000 acres the area aban
doned in addition to that announced May
10 comprising 581000 acres in Ohio 79
000 acres in Michigan 220000 acres in
Indiana 318000 acres in Illinois and
448000 acres in California This brings
ihe area in winter wheat remaining under
cultivation on June 1 down to 27008000
acres a reduction from the area sown in
the fall of 5240000 acres
Notwithstanding this further reduction
of acreage by the elimination of all land
entirely abandoned the condition of win
ter wheat declined during May G2 points
the condition on June 1 being S27
against 8S9 on May 1 073 on June 1
3899 908 at the corresponding date in
1S98 and a ten year -average of S07
Preliminary reports on the spring
wheat acreage indicate a reduction of
about 567000 acres or 29 per cent Min
nesota Wisconsin and Oregon report a
reduction of 4 per cent North Dakota
and Nebraska of 5 per cent and Iowa of
6 per cent In South Dakota and Wash
ington there is an increase of 1 per cent
The average condition of spring wheat on
June 1 was 873 as compared with 914
on June 1 1899 Minnesota falls 10
North Dakota 17 South Dakota 11 and
Wisconsin 9 points below their respec
tive ten year averages On the other
hand the ten year averages are exceeded
in Nebraska Iowa Oregon and Washing
ton by 15 1 4 and 9 points respectively
The total reported acreage in oats ex
ceeds the acreage harvested last year by
39 per cent There is an increase of 1G
per cent in Ohio 28 per cent in Indiana
9 per cent in New York 3 per cent in
Pennsylvania and Wiscorin and 1 per
cent in Minnesota The average condi
tion of oats is 917
The warning just sent out by the State
Department against the swindling adver
tisements relating to pretended estates in
England awaiting claimants is only a
repetition of similar warnings and it is
not expected that it will put an end to
these frauds The English attorneys who
are engaged in this business have appar
ently as complete an equipment as the
regular dealers in green goods
Maurice Finley 5 Chicago is dead
from falling- out of a fourth story win-
dow Elmer Iiink fell over a railing to
j the ground eight feet below and is dead
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the 3m for if she gets tired Peruna
refreshes her if she gets nervous it
sootles her if despondent it cheers and
for all- irregularities
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invigorates It a panacea
regularities of her monthly periods -
It is a constant friend to the expect
ant mother a never failing stand by to
the nursing mother both for herselfV and
for her chifd and finally when change
of life comes on no medicine on earth is
of equal efficacy to the woman in this
critical period Surely Peruna is the
womans friend This is no mauuhn flat-
tery but is the simple plain truth of the
matter
Miss Bertha E Sargent writes t can
scarcely find words to express my grati
tude to you for all your kindness to me
We have used Peruna in our family for
the past year and find it a wonderful
medicine It has robbed the gravev of
one victim for I was in a critical condi
tion when I wrote you before Thanks
to you however my health is fully -restored
and am better than I have been
for five years I cannot say too much in
favor of your medicines t
If you can use any words of mine to
assist you in your work I will only be
too glad I wish every young ladyin
our town could read your book There
would be a great deal less sickness and
puny women
Send for a free copy of Dr Hartmsns
book on catarrhal diseases peculiar to 1
women Address The Peruna Medicine
Co Columbus Ohio
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A Fluid Easily Affected
Housekeeper That milk you left yes
terday was perfectly horrid It tasted
of garlic
Milkman Milk is easily spoiled mum -Had
you been cookin garc
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maybe
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Any visitors at your house yester
day
Not even a caller except my daugh
ters French teacher
Hm Better drop French mum
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