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r 1 tiuuihuav aihulbtuin de ma88a ob oe ohtcppou iillthul nil d lhtil fol uwt kumril tin shnrpfol tjln 1kk lit in o kl0irin mwlowi wluir lu loiitf nlshl k h ik- u l hlrsjln shi it 1 1m my nhim 1 l ft rnmn in lm niy wlij indny ii niino int ild hut in llfr 1 biyu ii hlrslln nbpud i ily hlnnk unil thin dty m po o woil la point jwni ti nn k or numu tiny ii ufl brunk in iiy nil brunk l in l iui b io hhlrot ii iltiwn in u rlooinorln inwiilow whiir tin i n nluht rain bnli ho in la ilnwn di ban ot l nliii if i ullln hr i m in cijmo in c ulllii sof como in como th iwn uj l ro do ifloomorln rocftitowh xro ilo ml nurbi rain unci win and u tro do jfloomerln ruin wtf whur dn flloot to nitirctn thin up onr ion ihsonol do shoi fol iy ull como tnifflitln in day ill oi mo guddcrln in t rec kle8rne8s not courage sfe on the d ft a northern now en land town- there was a lorf hlu nlopliiit down u iluop ravine which woi plorood by u railway track in winter it vrui a favorite conn ting ground for hardy venturesome boys hlarhns from tho croat of tho hill a alod acquired great momentum in tho descant over the ley iturfsee and on reachln the bottom phot over tho railway tracks with the velocity of an express train ii woe dxhllaratlnc sport but hss nrdoue ut hour when train wore due the rtaniror wua increased by a stisrp ourvo of the railway track morning from a short tunnel since a train could only be neon a abort distance away one winter s afternoon a dofan schoolboys wore coastlnk merrily the hill whore an icy track had been worn all the way down tho spoil went on until the town clock struck ftvo just as the returnln prooessior had reached the summit of the slide the bays looked at one another doubtfully they knetr that a traiu was due and that thoy ousht to wait tor it to pass i there is tlmo for one maro trip exclaimed tho loader who will fol low e t oo it alone if you want to said ono of his companions i u wacer you halt a dollar that you don t dare try it 111 take that bet cried the reckless leader fllnrins himself on his sjsd and poshing off down be went the sjed bowling merrily over tho ice hardly bad he started before a whistle was beard from tho mouth of the tunnel the boys behind blm screamed to him to stop hut it was too lots he was half way down his sled runnmff as if it had ban shot ont of a fun and head ing strauxbt for the railway track tho engineer roundln the curve board the screams a the frightened boys and saw the flying- sled ha signalled the brakemsn but it was as impossible within so short a distance to stop the train as it was cor th boy to switch his sled off the ice track as he reached ths bottom the hoy lay flat an the sled with his head duck ed low the train passed the coasting track and came to a halt a short dis tance beyond the boys at the top of the slide could hardly believe their eyes on the other side of the railway there was their companion spinning along ojf his sled aa though nothing had happened- the sled with its rider had shot un der ono of the passenger cars of the moving train going in at one side anj out at the other directly across the railway track the boy trudging book with his sled met his companions and a group of passengers what a brave boy exclaimed many voices no no not brave bqt reckless answered the frlghuned lad thorough ly ashamed and sobered by his folly you may keep- the half dollar joe recklessness la not courage meeting tom moore w the poet thomas moore wag a most lovable character apd at ltlnd de clares mrs b m ward in her remin iscences that he was never known to peak harshly about anyone she tells the story of ltolr first meeting at the time whan her father was pointing the i poets portrait and when she was a very smalt jrtri mr moore lived some distance from pitsroy square- soys the author and it wss doubtful whether he could wajk tur far as our house that was very disappointing to me for my parents frequent allusion to the podt had ln- creased my anxiety to see htm but at last the longdesired opportunity estma jphe day when i was playing in the square i suddenly saw the queerest of little men in the queerest of rough beaver hats on a very big head instinct told me that this must be thomas moore lunulas to pay the longdesired visit and i rushed indoois and informed my parents of course i was ridiculed blnoe i had never seen the poet how did 1 jxnpw it was het besides he was much too decrepit to walk so for it etas absurd preposteroasl then tbo front doorbell rang moore was an nounced and it was my turn o laugh i can see ulm now as he appeared to me then a stout little man dressed in a tall coat with a high collar he had it fascinatingly clover and shrewd ly kind face the faoe that cheers men s lives and frightens no one before be had boon in the house many minutes he bad me seatod on hu icnee what is my namet he inquired tell me my dear do you know who x omt v sou are tommy moore i said with a laugh little tommy moora gnd then notching the look of horrqr on my mothers fno xj grew suddenly grave and sold with great decorum mr moore tho auddun change in my manner dlsplnosvd thd poet and he said quiet ly try again girlie try again qpon whloh i cried out with great glee uttle tommy moorel little tom- my moorel c moore was delighted and the frlond bp tht hsd come within u aoe of dissolution was forthwith perautnantly renewed liberal measure po mltnt tho vlu of exact ob- lenca to ordt ipotttjalan tiu th following loor vher ma a yoanf jnan in lov with irmbutd bftmtubll ctrl yna i rrtftifortma mnm ttamooit ut iroum bm th nrtdywtuw b hkrlrtmn ha uu h wouia mmi w ill nm mornlnit tkhiwt of ipaffona i yorioh roar it eo mat iiltilha wrawiata i aiotlat oriarttiiia jm wmmtnmit ututtlpi h wtee nbi inrt gtoru roses and raphael 1uali h uu umonj n c5t ulniitntil uunu 1 ami lookod m tin roll at wulldupur ho i juat lliriwn ovnr thn w riu k tit tlm ih y wh t w ullbliik liui llko than tiw kil klrst rulu at lounl i think my ut or would ij n t wtrl lwuyn llki nk uiul whlti7 tbryin likely l alil tho nihil jim ullurdll vim p trklod with appreciation ho lood buxlntf udmlr ingly at the roll of uinr link and white m was irtulnly pink ronos ns bljf uycofro with equally laritu gruuit loavoii on n white gruuld th mulohman brought llio lordr more rum h u largo as tea pluton und a shine of gilt on the ixlgo iook born jim uld t mndenllaliy m doing ho to surprlu my lulor hho s coming homo next month hho s boon away four yeri nxcopt in uum mer hhes pretty sure to like thooo roaam dun t you think yon lis nc of ouc itunduomoitl pattern and only thirty cents u roll 111 lake u do up enough for a room twelvo by jim coiwulted a rumpled piece at papor twelve by sixteen eight faot high two windows and two doors out put the bundla in tho bacjf ut my wagon there thut s the ono with tho gray homes 1 m going to u carpet atora next in the carpet store jim hud a bad quurter at an hour ills idea was a cream colorrfd carpet with pink roses he had a nqtion that girls and his sister frances especially liked to have things match but he could find no carpet of such description among the ingrains he felt obliged to conn no himself to ingrains because although be had fifty dollars to spend on that room nrty dollars which ho had been four month in saving from tho wages his father paid him for his work ii om llofiro tiny i unit jim h hki in tliu do rwuy und tmrvuy i th plm 1 lain anil ugly nnmuil hn auld with hiititvniu intiut th room whs in lliw peril cl shut nway order in whloh i ntnues had lnfl it but it was pliih ertulnly and evun nh u lit yet not quite ugly although tho boy did jiol itimw thut curtultm made of thin i id omlrojd rod uun curofully mended hung ut tho win down rultlid cuvom if jho ano nu torlul uy on ttio bureau und wuttb h ui ml a iflg rocking ohalr lnil in dull blue donlm ntuod by uih or thn win dowiithu ono which 1 okod out n tlm rlvor and tho m luntulna lw yond tho laid was oovnrod with un oi i hand made blue and whttu hprtiid if u fushlon which in jim eyo wan bo neoth contempt on the wnll hung two pictures tnitctully fanned al though only in pnrttnj jiartout omi wuu u photograph of ltai liael s mu jlonna of tho chair tho othor u lltlo print of michelangelo s david jtm likikod ospooiully at thaao and grinned ut their obvious luck of value may aa well beuve those things out he thought they 11 look protty mull beside the jiloluro i yo bought no use in keeping truck then the work begun in earnest jim nnver did things by halves when the room wua amply und wbllo hetty alounod it uftur his directions ha went down to the ham with his pulls of paint and u roll of wallpuper and mixed tho color lor tho woodwork this he mndo of u vigorous tint us the farm that sum would not uuamc pearly like that of tho onomol bed urn extravagance in any oqo item f possible as the bed had not boon i vo got to buy soma furniture mused jim sitting on u roll of lino leum so i can t go in very heavy on tho floor why not get matting 7 suggested the dork matting l repeated jim contemptu ously it s got muttlng on now plain dustoolorod matting threo- qaartcrb worn out my sister had to change it all around and patch it to death when sno was home last iudii mer no ir its going to be some thing better than matting if i have to go without a- new winter suit you might use a rug for the middle of the floor and paint the edge ur stain it said the clerk with interest wo hove a remnant of about ten yards here you could have cheap it has the roses in too fetch it out commanded jim jt was o piece of tapestry brussels f a vivid pattern rod roses on a mixed ground of green tan brown and gray jim eyed it doubtfully i dan t think the roses aro exactly the same color am the paper i picked out he considered oh well you don t want tho wall and the floor exactly alike said his ready advlier axe the roses in the paper plnkt tea then theyll go all right with tms carpet- these roses are just a deeper dink that all right this piece of carpets o bargain worth a dollar a yard 1 ii lei you have the remnant ut seventy five cents and it u please your sister its a handsome thing j3o the carpet went into the hook of the farm wagon and jim departed well pleased to the lrger of ths two- furniture stores in the village al though only seventeen years old ie was used to being sent by his father for the purchase of form implements and even of sheep and cows and he- had acquired excellent discernment in such matters- he went at his present buying with precisely the same doct- slon of manner got any pink bedroom satsr he inquired what er plnk7 well not exact ly w have a bedstead in pink en atnel with bras trimming let me see it said jim the bedstead took his eye it was very gay it coat six dollars and a half- jim bought it on the instant its prettier than anything ese theyve got bo reflected it s so pretty she wont mind using the old bureau and washsland or i could jlminyl i could point em this soma color and yeari could point the woodwork in her room pink too then it would all match j 11 do it yes sir iii do itl he paid for tls latest purchase with enthusiasm and was rushing from the store when he caught sight of a row of framed plotures banging on the wall abovs a collection of dining tables one was a brlghthued repre sentation of a amlllmg jclrl dressed in trailing pink gown with an enor mous bunch of ulles inher arms the frame was wide and very gilt paused t hough tfully those are a bargain sir sold the alert salesman w re making a special sals of themut cost you can have your choice at a dollar ninety eight if you re thinking of furnishing a lady a room you could n t and a neat thing to put on tho wull than with a glance at the direction of jim s oyee that girl in pink say guess 1 11 take it sold jim feeling reckless that picture woududd the finishing touch and thinking of fin ishlng touches hu remnmbered tho windows lie counted over his re maining money hn liad nvu dollars left could get sumo lace curtains fur part of that he considered hn went three of the four village dry goods stores however before bis critical taste was utlnod hu wimitod thohu rtalns to huvo u pattern of roses uuess girl cuuldn t have don it any better ho chuckled us ie gave the rein to the gray horses und drove home ut a spanking trot through tho muy twilight why everything matches ho and roses all pink and while except thai carpet and i exiieat its better us the man said not to have loo much of u samsiluvs uvery where there was nobody at hume tu inter fere with j lift s plans urn und hlu father their buusokeeper and a small servant lived there alone it was a pleasant old farmhouse from wttlcb the one daughter had gone away tu school and college whan jim hud announced that he meant to refurnish pruncee room out of his own savings but father had no objection t4 jute to fix thut room so she would ort of want to stay in it jtm bad egfcnloiaed with a certain shyness wmuvb broached the subject oirls think tot of having their rooms look nttrijhrett about he idas you tblpk agreed her look plain wben aha ooraos hi pomlnst to i4tato fur- jiia- ids you lluruob the trilvh do hi i ui on tho ii thn vlllm o wtj ro he t ihuuhik nin nrnt vldnntiuriy otil noon work 11 1 ilbod ik tty i f nil w i lu gr it ilnurin wiii h pr nd th of i ru delivered he had to trust to his eyo for color but jim a uyo was uccurato if there was any failure to match the enamel perfectly it wuu not on the side of paleness it rained still providentially all that may week and jlm worked un ceaslngly lla got tho village ppr hanger to come and work for blm because he could not risk an amatour- lsh job but he did everything else himself when ft cumo to pulntlng tho floor he found that ho had spent ult but ton cents of hlu money i don t sppposo the floor really ought to bo pink ha mused seems as if that would look nice though and match ho was possessed with the idea of matching but maybe that would be currying it a bit too far i 1 ve got just about enough pink paint left i wonder what putting in a little black would do thoro s some out at the barn the black made tho pints paint into a purplish drub and jim felt that it would do the floor was nut of so much consoquencu unywuy who would look at the edge of it with that beautiful rose strewn rug in the mtdt diet gut be did commit ono extravagance the furnlturu when paintod it wuu solid od mahogany and it took soveral coats to cover it- did not approach the pink enamel bed in finish bo jim borrowed a dollar of his father op his next week s wages he would accept no help in any other way and bought several cans of bath tab enamel of a salmon hue when this was on the rejuvenated pieces phono forth with n polish which satisfied hm completely there was no doubt that thoy had caused to look old it was all done in time with a day to spare before jim drove uwuy to tho train to meet his sister hu utood look rng in for a long tlmo at the door of her room in fact ho had hardly boon able to keep away from that door for two consecutive hours since tho room had been finished probably no hap pier boy of seventeen over surveyed the work of his hands llxm father hud expressed his hearty approbation of the changes jim had made und little betty bid said oguln and again that it was the loveliest room that evur was and would not miss frances bo that pleasedt jun could usk nothing more vxcapt prances own approval und ol thut ho was confident could u room all pink and white mostly pink too tair to ttleaas a glrll it did not fall frvunces just homo from college fresh from four years of association with all that is best in science and literature und urt etood in the doorway of her old room jim eager happy face looking down ut her and did nat flinch hho took in every thing at u glance the pink enumrl bed the rose patterned lace curtains the gilt framed ploturu of the girl with the lilies the new rug with its guy red roses on the purplish drab floor frances took all this iq with aim sweeping glance und comprehended instantly that it was the devoted work jlnr rjf a big loving blunddting boy whose affection she would make any sairiflte a retain for un instant shefound it difficult to apeak fur various antagonistic reason then she turned uut up both urms und clasped thum rouinl nor brothers nock jim gladly tumt low on purpose una said with ull tho warimh of delight hottad hoped bur why yuit dur dear boy why jim did you do ull this yourself for m7 you re right i dldl declared jlrhy returning thn embrace with interest do you think i could huvo a sister llkd you coming home to such an old fraxxle of u room us this wus who t i ould rtx it up for yout how do you 1lkn the furnlturu t bant thut auomel paint great t k it is indeed murmured 1- ranees i wus pretty sura yutf d like tho ruses jim wont on eiithuslustlually look ut that border don l you think h s imirianse it ourtulttly is jim dear u was slia oould ugroe tu that truthfully it wus two fot wldu und tlio room was but eight feet high and u all looks mi so oluun tuiiwrrimah jun and to think you di i itl thut m what plfuse me so hut wlten the boy hud gone rudlunt with miitufuotlon to do the evening clioron krunoes wuqi oyer und sunk down in u little heup with her baud on the window sill mho looked uut through jims luio curtains ui the old lovely view of the ilvsr und tho aiouu tains then she said uloud very vary surtly o jimmy boyl und laughed thun she said o jimmy jimmy ami cried lleewn taken uwuy itiy little david und the mttdunnu she si and turnbd hot wet eyes from the girl with tho lilies blta had been thinking about that room all th way hom it hud been shabby but it wus veiy dear to her because she had grown up in it she had hud a doaeff plans concerning it pluns for siinpio chungum whli h in stead of touutluk the old muhoguiiy furniture should give it uu environ ment befuthuf its fine simplicity hu sot staring out at the mountains or a idng time but when she turned- he room again it was with a radiant fap that tverting uu the porch she aula hjlm do you know what 1 va beau mum ytlihtg von r juhi un brlkbl un i was fur brlgbtnr 1 in suie in h ut and we mit inunugn it ui ui in l ly mimt a fit win jim mil 1 in k ilng to solid you ho wont tit year of his luu i tnli ring enublnd him puss his n liuine ajtutnlnutlonn frumus sunt iilin hulf nonibh the continent that hu night huvo that additional and monl v iluabln udiiiatluii which would como fr in life iimong coalltlonn us different un pofisitilo frutn tho old ones hho wjjjillhi him- to find out what was smltut vuli tlm pink and white room when h dxtd lookod ut it with un uyo up i km lull vi of lis beuutlo- beauties which hu would not huvo rmogtilxod f ur yaurii ago ho aald with hiinin urlojlty i vo of ton thought b ranees of thut guy and gorgeous horror of u loom i fixed up for you si long ugo of course when i got uway you made t ijvi r into what it ought to be you t ok thn shock like an aigol 1 re tnomhor that poor girl come und uun b ranc raturntid smiling un t opened thn dodr jlm tho new jim who catud fc hclanca und urt und llterulure hlmsiaf now looked in over her shoulder why you deur tlrl he said uuu mood mthi inhurprlse whtla homelblng closely ri mmbjing moisture erupt lut i his bright tyn and the laughter on his litis gave way to a touched gravity i vo lived mpgtly in the room 1 vi furnished for you frances explained with hor arm in her brothers hut i oqldn t boar to touch this one until ynswms home it meant too ram u v mo it meant that i had gained my brother deur andyu don t know how i came hotn four years ago hop ing i might be uble to do ihat you vo kept him too he answer cd no burly franco if it hudn t bet i for your letters hui i ve four i might cjaan years to offer you whatever olau 1 ve dona or fallud to do and perhaps you know thut moans u good deal she knew it und was thankful in hor ipmoat aqul uut sh let him bog in at qnro to tell bur how he meant to hulp her furnish that room now bo cuuan tbut wus easier to talk of i ranees that room is going to hae two things in it anyway suld jim happily 1 brought thorn home in mj trunk they are two of the beat copies i could find of michelangelos david und ituphuol s madonna of the chair plnnnlngt i vq thought of it all thu yiur and now this surprise or your mnkeii inn naltled in it von mu to t i lege jmi yin itertl yml i vo tnlknd it ovor with fuihir hen willing- 1 you want ii u do wipt to g don t you jlmt mut jim win usloundnd yin you i tun tutor yoi iiiily in tint tho i in xt we 11 h provincial- highways will be numbered and danaar railway crossing and municipality naming signs erected the announcement is tnudo that commencement will be made shortly by the ontario departmerit of high ways on the work qf numbering the provincial highways also the erection on those highways of municipal town ship and county boundary signs as well as direction and danger signs these signs will be painted white with black lettering the highway number signs are ox pectod to bo a big aid to motorists an tour us it will enable them to know at ull times ir they uru on the right route in the case of in tor- provincial high wuyu cure will be taken to see tho tho numbering does not conflict with thut borne by the connecting roads in quo boo and new ilrunswlck whom lh some system will also be adopted this fall thus for instance no 1 road in new jjruunwiok and cjuobeo would also bear the same number in jnturio bach boundary sign to bo erects 1 will serve u double purpose as it will tell motorists c mlng from one direc tion the name of the municipality township nnd county directly ahead and will serve a like purpose for motor ists coming in the opposite way thus thoeo entering a municipality will s he notified by the sign and those leav ing it will also be able to tel by the sumo sign which will ho painted on both sides with the name of tht municipality on the incoming side un 1 the name of the township on tho out going side those approaching dangerous curves and other spots requiring spoclul earn in driving will be sq wurned by slgnn erected at least 300 feet uwuy one of the most important stops to be taken in this connection will be the erection of dangux signs pluced 300 feet uwuy from all railway lovi 1 cross ingn thn advisability of this course was no me months ugo strongly urged upon tho railway companies but lit vostigation of the dominion hullwuy au showed that jullwuys were only embowered to erect signs on their own rightofway which iweeludoj them from enotlng such signs on tho publje highway itealixlng the vltul importance of motorists being given umple warning on tho upprvweh lu a level crossing tho province hu now solved the problem by assuming itself tho tusk or erecting the signs whteh will be of the cuslomury cross arm typo universally recognised for this purpose his amendment a good many yars ugo it ut hu 1 thut u bill was reiiorted ill thfl nw york assumbly entitled an act for tho pronorvutiou of the 1i uth ilm and other qamw the hp k r u wry short sighted man and nothing uf u hporismuii uftrr u mjulntiug look ut tho pupor read am act for the 1 rw nervation of the hurtlhen unl other tlumo he wu uppurently uinconuous of his blunder und of the ripple of mar rlmetit whloh wus running through tho house until an honest member from the north who hud suffered on sldprubly by tho depredations of u frontier tribe but who had oim of the kindest hearts in tbo whole assembly praposud u half groulilng umuti iment iiioludlti ludlune gsnllemuil im f shoul in t wuilt ulll left uut in hpltu of evsrytlilu u ve done jo niel remorse in instalments itemorse dots hot ulways go uu tf us the offenoe whloh gives hlitli la it there wus ono a man who was rob bed of uih hundred dollar a lon tint sftorwurds he received this let tr f deal hlr vive years ago i rubbud you of one hundred dollars i uiu rilled with n morse thur 1 auld huve done such u thing i send you u dollur und a half m ewse my conscience peouliartttieb of canadian veobtation new msp shos ares of vsrlout forms of vaottatlert and em phsalsss striking features of tiso qrowth ftck or itnuwludifi of htnitilo und v utatl n l ii hiin i mm d many 1 riniiliieiil iruvi hi rpt hud vlsltr i s uiadu to uiijustty urllh l this toun- try the sdinn und in mupy usee gr iitrr ignorum o of anudlnns has liimtttnd muih f thla uujunt i rltlc- ihiii to puss unanswered and unrofute 1 with th lesult that cunuila bus often 1 oeu unfairly oiulcjnnod tho nulurut itosourcaa lutnlllgi nco h rvluei f tho nopurtmnill of tho in- lol lor partly un u rosuu of tin ureal numbnr of iktulris rn nlvo 1 bus pre i uijd mid publlshnd nn oxijiodlngly in ii rmtingv gi luth n und 1 orcst luvir mup of miiiidu this inup shows ut a giunce llio dlffi r ut xoiies r vogolutloii und their i hlof dlhtliigulshlng chit rue wilmtiih fn m whut re known us the burreu lundu that uru in no sense btrren but sutipiit u growth of hardy gruas nnd vegitutlon peculiar n the old cllmule to what is lerraud tho can llnlan sons in south woslnrii on tario where in found utmost sub tro plul vegetation in tho fruit belt the tvuormou urou of canada rnuit of nocftsiiliy provide a wide range of vngntntlon and forest conditions in tho northern country extending from tho shorn of hudson ituy to tlm muo- konxli dultu liio white spruce strug gloii for xlatenco while on tha soulh- aslorn portion of vuncouver island urif found u number of cullfbrnjun types of trees the most remarlcuble bolnr the madron or urbulus the only brou i leaved evergreen tree ip canada tho new mup is un intensely inter eating one nnd one thut wjj conduce to much study and investigation an immeivse amount uf hitherto unpub llshod informutlot is shown thereon much reseurch work was ontallad and the nolch of explorors and surveyors from those if 41r auxandur maclceu- xle hlr john i runklln bam u el heant and others to tho- moro modern sur voya and explorations of the different bederal and provincial government departments ware carefully oxarnlnod for authentic records to tho student of canudlun conditions the now msp will ha of much assistance in enabling him u sogregate the soveral vegeta tion koiks approxlmuto the possibil ities of foruit exploitation und ustab llsh tho urimim of known farming dls trlets from north to south from oust lo west ull tho wonderful changes in our nutlonul vegotutlun uro vividly npr trayed up the now vegetation and for est cover mup it fills a want long experienced und will no doubt bo in considerable wmuitd copies may be obtained from tho director of the natural itospurccu intelligence servlco of thu depurtjpenl of the interior at ottawa a romance shattered can it be that amml fwuileo tbo morose old fcnun who up pes in miss rosalind hfchurd s delightful book a northern countryside la a relative of mr caleb puanloov ha drova fntp the yard miss itlchards says checked bis horso and sat gaxlng straight bo- fore him with a woedan expression t hollo unelet said ham como for apples t the old man shook his head but said nothing cider r aald sam he shook his head also at that and at every other suggestion and never opened his lips alter a while ham who foemwd to know his ways noddei cheerfully and sold well tu us when you got ready 1 and turned to ward tbo house f the old man waited until ha had gone twenty feat und thep said grud ingly 1 ooma tu see that there cow you finish with your company lu wait that a only amml peaslee hunan wh is pored ho ulways acta queer oh no no relation 1 everyona on the road calls him uncle uncle batch when hos not round he dldn t mean to be a bachelor site uddodv reflectively and then with some shumefacodjieaa she told us how for twenty rive lonfi years ur jeuslse hud been engaged to be married to ml charity jursun who lived u lone- in the big brlok jor don houso at tho corner one day tho lady s roof needed shingling and she culled on her suitor to shingle u she noyev could hour to spend much money nor he elthr said susan pnd it is a fact that neither ono ut them huotmuch to spend he did it and did u good job but afterwards thinking it right und fair he brought somo cloth und uskod his sweetheart to make sonis shirts she made them und she sent him in u bill and lio paid it and novur spoke to her again from that day to this and that is nfnen years ugo bays that was difperent james uged jlvn wus eaitug uunday dinner at bis aunt a house tlm llrut uiursu was turkey roup with pughettl lu it tito uunt notlro1 james s rluctuiico to touch his soup wha is the matter deurr she uxkiil wilt you like turkey soupr oh yea answered tin bolt l like it when mother makes it hha doeatt t put the wtndpipos in- like you do 9ie ship f oemocraot yobr domain for the voyage tif roam at will upper decks lower deck fore and aft drawing- rocj lounge for you to estploro and enjoy aa happy a a wng monoclas5 cabin service to europe gives you a moat dallsht- ul voynge at a moderate rate with cubitus and pervonal aervicca of the hlghct 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