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POLLY SAVED THE SCOIT.
A True Story ( torn Virginia ,
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By Mm. Moiw p. Handy.
Polly Cunningham , living In a quiet
country neighborhood and nourished on
Walter Scott's etorlci from the time ahc
could read , had always longed ( or xclto-
inont and adventures ; now nho had a great
deal more of them than she wanted. Her
hem In Culpeppcr county , Virginia , -was
near the very center of the battle ground
between the union and confederate armies ;
o near the nrandy oUtlon that the roar of
the cannon , echoed through the house and
the imoke of the battle was plainly to be
cen.
cen.Her
Her father and her brothers were In the
Routherri army. But nho and her mother
remained In the old homestead. A few of
their old elavos still clung to them , notably
Polly'i "mammy" nd her husband , who ,
trusted and confidential bouse servants , had
aerer felt the yoke of slavery aa galling.
"What they could have done without mammy
Polly never dared to think.
6ho cam * Into the dining room , where
Tolly was washing the dishes , after the
frugal dinner , a meal which her mother ,
uttering with an acute attack of neuralgia ,
wat too 111 to share.
"Well , honey , " she eald , "Yo1 ma 'peara
to be easy now. I glvo her a hot foot bath
no * a mustard plarster an * she went to sleep ,
eo I put tha bell whar ehc could tech It an'
crep' out. 1 reckon I mout as well take
my ole man his dinner. " Mammy went
to the window and looked out , craning her
neck to catch a glimpse of the drive leading
to the front of the house. "Oreat Marsterl"
he Bald. "Hero's a Yankee officer rldln' up
to the do' . You keep stilr , chile , whllo I go
an * BOW what he wanta. "
In a moment she was back , smiling , fol
lowed by a young man In the uniform of
a United , SUte lieutenant , whoso "Hello ,
.l > oHy ! " Urtled her BO that she dropped
the cup ( he was wiping on the floor. She I
looked at It ruefully , then her face lit up.
"Why , Frank ! " he exclaimed , "where
did you coma from ? "
"Stuart1 * headquarters , of course ; I want
to find out what Sheridan is doing. I've n
letter for your mother from the major. Can
you gt me a mouthful to cat ? "
"It wen't be much more. " said Polly , as
be set out the remains of the dinner as
quickly as poMlble. "Mamma has one of [
her bad attacks of neuralgia. Oh , Frank ,
bow are papa and brother Ned and Jack ? "
"All well and flourishing two days ago ;
why , ihis does famously , Folly , " and he
et to work at bread and butter , boot and
potatoes With the hearty relish of a hungry
traveler.
Mammy had taken the letter up stairs ,
ufe that no other medicine would do Mrs.
Cunningham BO much good. Now she rushed
back , ashy with ( right. "For do Lawd'a
ake , Mara Frank , run out de back do' .
H r come * a whole troop of Yankees. "
"No , Frank ! " paid Polly , who bad Down
to the back window a * he started up , and
selling hat and overcoat made for the door.
"They are ( iomlng that way , too. Quick !
litre ! up stairs ! I can hide you ! "
The rear of the house was one and a halt
lories high , with sloping roof , and where
( be newer two-storied front joined It on
either side-were closets in the wall. The ;
hfci been walnscotted Instead of plastered
and one of thim had been given to Polly in
her babyhood for a doll house. After reach
ing Woodstock Polly had begged her father
for a sliding panel In this closet , opening
into the cuddy under the caves of the old
house.
tyr * . Cunningham had. protested , sayIng -
Ing It would only be a rathole and do Polly
no good , but her husband had laughed and
yielded. "It waa as good as any other
toy , " he said , and under Polly's supervision
l a country carpenter had done the Job , so
cleverly that no one not in the secret would
have suspected the existence of the panel
or found the spot , looking like a knot in the
wood , which concealed the spring. .
Frank , visiting the house as a boy , had
often teased little Polly about her secret
chamber , bad like her brothers , had begged
vainly to be shown the spring ; but it bad
passed from bU mind until now , when
opening the closet , ene pressed back the
panel and , showed him the cuddy as u place
of refuge. A moment more and the panel
hot back Into place ; the closet door was
shut , and he heard her quick footsteps fly
ing down stairs. The cuddy was as dark as
a pocket , tout larger than 1)0 ) had Imagined ,
and the smell of provisions gave token that
it was used as a place of storage In view
of frequent foraging parties from both sides.
Polly found two United States officers In
th hall down stairs , talking to mammy , who
was barefacedly declaring that there was
HO ono in the house but her mistress , her
young mistress and herself.
A Polly entered the lieutenant In com
mand of the squad turned to her. "Good
afternoon , Missy. We have reason to believe
that the notorious scout and spy , Twyneman ,
1 * In this house. Wo captured hla horse
down there in the bushes and we must
search the house. "
Polly paled , but she answered steadily.
"Of course , you can do so If you choose.
but you will find , nobody here ! May I ask
you to make no uncecessary , noise ; my
mother I * 111 and I don't want her fright
ened. Mammy , go itay with her please. "
But mammy stood her ground. "No ,
chlU ; I tele h r dsy was comln' an' she
tel m to stay wld you. "
The searching party indoor * looked In
every room , In wardrobes , closets , under
bed * , everywhere that a cat might hide ,
while outalde their comrade * kept guard
TIT door * and window * . Polly' * closet was
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opened wldt > . among the others , but the
presence of the panel waa not suspected and
nho kept her face as immovable as that of
the sphinx , Once she flared up , "This Is
an outrage , sir , " she said , when eho found
that her mother's room was to bo searched.
"Our orders are Imperative , " answered the
lieutenant , calmly. "Boys , stay odtalde.
Excuao me , madam , but we are looking foi
Twyneman and cannot leave any possible
hiding place unsearchcd. "
"Very well , " answered Mrs. Cunningham ,
rising to her feet in splto of the blinding
pain. "When you are sure that he U not on
the lounge , I should like to Ho down again.
Be quiet , Polly ; don't you know they are
only doing their duty ? " find eo the soldiers
withdrew , baffled and disappointed ,
"Ho has got off , howehow , boys ; but I
believe he was in the house , alt the same.
He's as slippery as an eel , that fellow , "
said the lieutenant , as they walked to their
horses. But they rode away , going In two
or three different directions , as though to
pursue the fugitive.
When they were out of sight Polly re-
leaned the Imprisoned scout , and led him to
her mother's room , where Mrs. Cunning
ham , In spite of her aching nerves , Insisted
upon seeing him , and hearing In person all
he could tell of her loved ones.
They were atlll talking together , and Polly
Wfla writing a letter to her father when
Mrs. Cunningham's ears , sharpened by pain ,
heard horses' feet and voices outside.
"Hark ! " she Bald , and almost on the Instant
tiia soldiers' were Inside the house.
Thcro was no tlmo to get to the closet ;
whether or no the searching party had left
one of their number behind , who had noise
lessly admitted them , they never knew ,
but It waa plain that the soldiers were com
ing upstairs. Twyneman took a package
from his pocket and was handing It to Folly.
"Dispatches , " he whispered.
"No , no , " she breathed ; "quick my room ,
back there the roof. "
He understood her. { t was the old part
of the house and the roof of the veranda
came up under the eaves of the sloping
roof. There was a wooden trough at the
edge which did duty as a gutter and eaves
and gutter together extended out for per
haps twelve Inches. He had used It as a
hiding place many a tlmo in games of hldo
and swk. Ho was slender and It was dusk
now. Anyway , the chance wns worth trying
and In less time than It takes to tell it he
l < ad darted across the hall Into Polly's room
and out , of the window before the enemy
had reached the head of the staircase ; luck
ily the front ono.
Mammy was heard protesting1 as they
came up. "Dat Frank Twyneman ? Yes ,
eah , I don't like him nohow ; I never did ,
an' I wish you could ketch him , eo I does ,
but ho aln * here as I know on , 'deed he
ain't. "
Polly met them as they came up ; candle
In hand , holding the light so 'list her
shadow fell darkly nlontf the hall nnd stood
directly in front of them. "Well ? " she
asked sharply , '
"Wo must search this house again , Ono
of our men saw Twyneman enter and ho
cannot have escaped. "
"As you please , Ho la not In the house ,
however , " she answered. "Como on , " nnd
once more oho went with them through
every room , while they explored every nook
and corner. Her heart came Into her mouth
when the lieutenant raised the window In
her room and leaned out , looking on the
veranda roof. The wind blow frwh and eho
held her hand to shade the candle , so con
triving that Us feeble ray made the outside
Jarkness blacker.
"No , ho Isn't herej where In the
has ho gone ? "
They kept -watch on the house all night
and Tolly In her mother's chamber had but
llttlo sleep. In the first gray dawn ahe
stole to peep at Frank's hiding place , but
he was gene and though they heard that he
hid made his escape It was not until many
weeks afterward that she learned how he
had slid down the rain spout within ten feet
of a sentinel and stolen away In the dark-
FltOM A DIZZY HEIGHT.
A Chicago Athlete Plunur * Into the
Murky River.
Harry A. Harmon , a bridge jumper ,
plunged from the top of a slx-etory build
ing Into the Chicago river last Thursday
afternoon. Pedestrians crossing Rush street
bridge at 1 o'clock , relates the Times-
Herald , saw a man walk to the end of a
plank extended from the roof of the build
ing at 4 River street and deliberately fall
backward .toward the water. The feat was
performed privately to settle a wager , and
few knew the man or the object of his leap.
Some thought It was an attempt at suicide.
The man fell almost perpendicularly from
the plank. It Gcemcd he would strike the
dock and bo crushed. The spectators stood
T POLLY HIDINO FRANK.
speechless , but the diver fell safely. He
cleared the dock by three feet and went Into
the water at tbo rate of 128 feet a second.
A few seconds later he was hauled to the
landing by means of a rope.
The peculiarity of Harmon's leap Is that
he turned a complete somersault In midair
and struck the water -with his .feet. From
an athlotlo standpoint the plunge was
cleverly accomplished. Harmon gauged the
dlatanco of 115 feet eo accurately that ho
was perfectly erect when he splashed Into
the water. He went to the bottom and
struck his feet Into Chicago river mud and
came almost Immediately to the top. The
whole performance did not take eight sec
onds. <
Harmon was slightly Injured by the fall.
Small pieces of Ice , partially submerged ,
struck his face when the water closed over
him and cut a deep gash under hla right
eye. A physician at band took a few etltche ?
In the wound and an alcohol bath warded off
a chill after tbo Icy plunge.
Harmon Is one of those adventurers who
says he would rather take a trip through
space than eat a square meal. He puts the
Chicago river down as the hardest piece of
water In the world in.which to dive.
JANUARY CENTURY.
LIEUTENANT //OBSOA S NARRATIVE.
' "PHE sales of recent numbers
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In January Lieutenant Hob-
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interest of the narrative may be gathered from the following sub-heads :
" Disappointment at the Recall. The Plan of Going in at Sunset. Good-
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Precautions for Rescue. The Last Meal on the ' Merrimac. ' Making for
the Entrance. The Firing Begins. Loss of the Steering-Gear. Trouble
with the Torpedoes. A Crisis off Estrella Point. Beginning to Sink. A
Focus of Fire. The Final Plungr. In the Vortex. Clinging to the Cata
maran. Admiral Cervcra to the Rescue. " ,
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CHARMED WITH PHILIPPINES
A Correspondent Scoa Much to Admire in
Ollmato and People ,
BOTH IMPROVE ON CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE
of I.nnilncnpe nnd Fortuity uf
Soil OpiiortuultlcN for Develop
ment Stntulnrit o ( IMu-
cntlnn.
The first of the American correspondents
at Manila to pen an all-round glowing pic-
tUM of the Philippines is Frank D. Millet
of Harper's Weekly. Hero Is what ho says
of the country , the cllmato and the people :
Those of UB who linvo spent weeks In the
swamps and bamboo thickets , and , since the
capitulation , ha\o been confined to the lim
its of the military occupation , have about
as much Idea of the country , of the people ,
and of the general condition of life in these
Islands aa an Immigrant has of the state
of Now York when , after a eojourn on ElHs
Island , ha lands in the great metropolis , and
finds language , dress , architecture , habits of
life , entirely different from what ho Is ac
customed to. With tbo exception of a single
work on these Islands , tbero has been no
recent publication , either in book form erin
in newspaper or magazine articles , which
gives tbo reader an adequate Idea of the
subject. The unanimous testimony of the
authors whoso descriptions were no carefully
studied by every ono during the long voyage
across the Pacific Is against the climate.
Their writings are full of account * of the
discomforts of life here , of tlio noxious rep-
tlle and insects , and of the dangers of
fever and other Illnesses. Ono must believe ,
after reading- half a score of articles , that
tbo Philippines are a region to be avoided ,
that tbotraveler takes his life in his ( lands
when ho lands on thcso shores. The liter
ature on the Micronesia Is absolutely mis
leading , with tbo exception of the book
above referred * o , written by John Fore
man ; and the experience of thousands of
Americans who have landed bore this year ,
most of them living under conditions llttlo
calculated to endear ono to the place , will
undoubtedly ehow that a false impression
has ibecn g-lven of the Philippines , which U
will 'take some tlmo to correct.
The Climate * .
First as to the climate. The temperature
from July to September did not vary moro
than 10 degrees , day or night. My own
thermometer registered once or twice as
high aa 88 degrees , but never lower than
78 degrees , except possibly In camp during
one of the eovero rain storms at night ,
when I was unable to eec the mercury.
For two or three weeks before the assault
the weather -was Indescribably bad , with
frequent violent rain storms and a long
and heavy monsoon.
But It must be
remembered that we tvero
under canvas , in a swampy tract of land ,
and suffered more from the bad weather
than we would have done elsewhere. The
Englishmen in business , many of whom
have spent from twenty to thirty years
here , agree that It is the most delightful
climate imaginable ; that there Is an en
durable hot pell In the spring , but that
the rest of the year Is agreeable , partic
ularly during the autumn and winter , when
the average temperature I * a few degrees
lower than It Is now , and the air seems
moro Invigorating. As for the pests of In
sect life and the noxloua reptiles we heard
so much about , I have been away up
country , have slept In ta 11 sorts of places ,
and have mingled withi various classes of
people , but have never uffered any Incon
venience more apnojt/ng / than that of
mosquitoes , 'Which urejnot particularly ac
tive or aggressive. ' The' natives are ex
ceedingly clean , and their huts are gen
erally marvels of neatness. They are in
telligent , bright , ready to learn , quick to
acquire mechanical skill , and capable of in
tellectual development up to a certain point.
The standard of education among them Is ,
I am assured , very high , no less than
86 per cent of the people knowing how to
read and write. This figure seem * exagger
ated , but In my brief but com
paratively varied experience here I have not
yet had dealings with any native who could
not write. They are diligent , frugal nnd
apparently contented ; the women are treated
with great consideration ; they take great
care of their children and have a certain
dignity and self-respect , particularly ob-
eervablo In the provinces , which are rather
Impressive. Exceedingly hospitable by In
stinct and tradition , it Is a delight to travel
among them , and if they are treated with
justice I am convinced they are loyal and
reliable servants. It la not difficult to see ,
however , that their amiable manners cover
a disposition capable of any treachery or
cruelty and that If you scratch a native you
will find a pure Malay. The revolutionists
and all their leaders are from the lower
classes of the population , not one among
the active chiefs of the Insurrection being ot
that stratum of Philippine society which
calls Itself , and with reason , cultivated.
There are 200 or 300 men prominent In busi
ness and In the professions who have re
ceived university educations and who have
traveled and know the world. Not one ot
these men has given any Important aid to
the revolution , although they all sym
pathize with the cause , which has for its
chief purpose freedom from Spanish mis
rule. Now that it Is comparatively certain
that Spain will no longer have a foothold
here these men are coming fast to the front
and declare , aa openly as they dare , that
they are In favor of an American pro
tectorate , because they are positive their
people are Incapable of self-government.
The mass of the insurgents are bent on
having the revolutionary government recog
nized and this burning question will con
tinue to agitate the country until the de.
clsion ot the Paris commission.
llcnutlen of the Landscape.
It is seldom that a landscape eo beautiful
to the eye suggests in such a stimulating degree -
greo possibilities of development , fairly en
chanting tbo commercial and epocufatlvo
mind. The great fertility of the soil and the
extraordinary luxurlousness of the vegeta
tion give the landscape a wealth of varied
color which I have never before seen
equalled. The general aspect of the coun
try Is by no means tropical. If ono looks
closely enough ho wilt discover among the
trees the llttlo brown native huts , and hero
and there will be seen a feathery bamboo era
a broad-leaved plantain ; but for many mllea
nround Manila the landscape resembles that
if a One valley somewhere on the continent
of Europe , among mountains which do not
rise above the Mno of vegetation.
Immense rlco fields on the broad plain
north of the town stretch away to grand
mountain ranges on either side like Im
mense wheat fields In the northwest. A lit
tle further north tbo sugar cane is culti
vated , and then the cocoa palm appears. A
hundred miles or so north of Manila the
country is qulto different and much moro
tropical in appearance , on account of the
groves of palm trees and the great planta
tions of bananas , still further north Is the
wonderful tobacco country , now almost In
accessible from the south on account ot the
high mountain ranges. The product Is
brought to Manila by steamers , but If the
railway is extended over a low pass Into
the great tobacco valley In tbo northeastern
province of Oagayan the shipment of this
And other produce will bo much facilitated.
Not far from Manila , only two hours' trip
In a steam launch up the rlvor Poslg , Is the
largo lake , Loguna do Day one of the most
beautiful sheet * of water Imaginable. It ls
urroundej for two-thirds of Its extent with
high mountains , come of them of the con
ventional volcanic nhapc , but other
as grand in line ns nuy In the world.
Permit ? of the .Moll ,
There Is a hlnbly fertile roion nil around
with a largo and active population , nnd
there are various summer resorts , hut
springs , marvelous canyons nnd waterfall ] ,
and several large country houses on Im
mense estates close to the lake. From the
eastern ohoro of the great sheet of water ,
which Is perhaps twenty miles across at Its
widest part , it Is but n. dozen miles or so
to the ocean , nnd from tbo summit of the
ridge which divides the fresh waters from
the salt the great expanse of the Pacific
Is overlooked and the bold summits ot the
coast range of mountains vanishing north
and south In the distance. Under n proper
government these Islands would bo Uic
most charming region of the tropics. Of
the commercial development of the archipelago
pelage I need not speak , because It has been
often discussed. Without any doubt there
are great possibilities hero and plenty of
openings for the Investment of capital and
the exercise of energy and enterprise. Moro
encouraging opportunities certainly do not
now exist in the world , for the Spanish sys
tem of government has completely Isolated
this portion of their possessions from the
Influences which have ao transformed the
colonies of other nations , and the ground no
long fallow Is ready , even eager , for the
cced.
SRTTMNU OM1 SCORES.
Mean * TnKert liy Six Younw Men to
" 1Cveil Up" with Coquette.
"I don'l know who proposed the thins , "
said thu young man who was telling the
story , "but that doesn't matter. There were
six of us together ono night last week and
when some ono suggested that we go and
call upon a certain young lady the Idea
took.
"We elaborated the plan somewhat on our
way there. We agreed to BO In one by one.
and while there to look upon ono another
not only as strangers , but interlopers as
well. It was a villainous thing to do , but
tbo girl Is somewhat of a joker herself , and
we all had an old score to pay off.
"We carried out the Idea to perfection.
I was the first to call , and the girl said she
was glad to see mo. Before she bad tlmo
to say anything else another young man
was uthered in. She was glad to see him ,
too. But when the third young man arrived
she was somewhat confused and stammered
a little over her welcome.
"The bell rang at Intervals , and each tlmo
a young man was ushered in by the grin
ning maid.
"To cap the climax , a strange young man ,
who knew nothing ot the plot , chanced to
coll.
coll."Then
"Then the fun began. We sat nround
the room and glared at one another as
much as to say : 'What the dickens are you
doing hero ? '
"The strange young man stood it exaotly
ten minutes. Then ho fled , with the ox-
ouso that ho had suddenly remembered an
important engagement.
"Tho conversation -was short and dis
jointed. We addressed all our remarks to
the young lady , who got red and white by
turns , as she endeavored to keep six con
versations going at ono time , for not by a
word or sign did anyone let on that ho was
aware that anyone was in the room but
the young lady and himself. t
"Whenwe had stood > as long ns we
could without laughing wo solemnly took
our leave one by one , with a parting glare
at those remaining.
"Slnco then the young lady has been do
ing a good deal of thinking. But I under
stand that she is unable to make up her
mind -whether It was a joke or only a
strange coincidence.
"But the strange young man , who has
failed to call again , is no Joke. "
GUARDIAN OF A POET'S TOMII.
Orer Editor Allan l'oe' Grave a
Fnlthfal DDK "Wntclien.
For over half a century Uncle Daniel
Speuce has been tbo sexton of Westminster
church , one of the oldest In Baltimore , re
lates the New York World. Around It is a
graveyard which contains a simple shaft of
marble with the words "Edgar Allan 1'oe"
cut In Its base , while a medallion cut In the
shaft Is an excellent likeness of the dead
poet.
poet.Many years after Poo's body -was placed
In this tomb there came a dumb brute which
now watches over his resting place. About
five years ago Uncle Daniel was presented
with a dog by the master of a Russian ves
sel which entered Baltimore harbor. The
dog , on account of his .ferocity , was dreaded
by the sailors , and the captain determined
to leave him ashore. Sailor was taken to
the little office which Is In a cellar ot the
church. Beaten paths along the sward be
tween the graves were made by his dally
footsteps , and by day and night he la on the
alert.
The special object ot his solicitude Is the
poet's grave. Here for hours at a tlmo the
dog -will remain and even Uncle Daniel can
not persuade him to leave. One of his
favorite attitudes Is to stand over the stone
coping. He seldom lies down , but will re
main with his eyes fastened on the people
who eye him , as If he was looking for some
intruder. At times he leaves his dog house ,
at the back of ono of tbo largest tombs , and
goes to the grave for on hour or more at a
time at night Dally visitors come to Foe's
resting place. When the gate Is opened by
the sexton to admit visitors Sailor guides
the party to the place. They are allowed to
come within a few feet , but If they attempt
to touch the tomb the dog's teeth appear
and a growl warns them to keep their dis
tance. After tbo visit they return to the en
trance alone ; tbo dog -will not follow them
away.
Sailor is a cross between a bloodhound
and a bulldog. Ho has done much to drlvo
away rats and , according to Uncle Daniel ,
he has caught over 100 catawithin the last
three years.
Canadian * Defeat an Annexation ! * ! .
TORONTO. Ont. , Jan. 3. In the Toronto
mayoralty contest A. MacDonald has been
beaten by Mayor John Shaw by 998 votes.
Ono of the arguments urged against Manllon
aid was that he had enc advocated the an
nexation of Cuba to the United States.
We have a rresh stock of Hilton' * No. a
Order of us. BHEUMAN & M'CONNELL
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OK OMAHA.
BOILER AND SHEET IRON WORKS
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Innl nnd ' .rater tank * , bollnr tubui run-
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bought nnd Fold , Fiirclnl nnd prompt to
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1 Jobber * of Foot Wear
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r H. Sprague & Co. ,
Rubbers and Mackintoshes.
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he American
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421 South 15th St.
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u Supply Co. . .
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Steam Pumps , Enplnes nd Boilers , Pl
Wind Mills , Stenm nrt Plumbing
llaterlal. Utltlnr , Hot * , Eto.
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1014-1016 Douglas Street.
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copies left of the
Opening flay
Peace Jubilee Editions
for *
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