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thdhbday january m 1u1 the acton free press dfc j d 4 gp ti 0 d fl fl fl 4p tt 4p 4t hp jp ip fi ff d d d d t fl ip ip ip ip ip hp ip e tf aif ca cd- dollar days af reliable clothiers acton friday saturday january 30 and 31 dollar day bargains for the men 5 mlns suns i or dollar days mlns su1is lordollar days mlns su1is i or dollar days mi ns ovlrcoats for dollar days mlns ovlrcoais 1 or dollar days mens ovlkcoais tor dollar days mens long leather conts for dollar days 3d mlns pan is tor dollar days mlns pan is for dollar days mlns pants for dollar days mens plcccc lined for dollar days per suit mens fleece lined combina tions for dollar days only mens all wool underwear for dollar days each mens all wool combina tions for dollur days 10 12 15 9 12 14 1 2 3 underwear 1 mens pyjamas i or dollur days mlns nigh1shikis i or dollar day mlns overalls i or dollur days mens smocks for dollar days men s work sii1ris for dollur dayi mlns dress shirts for dollar days 6mevs all wool socks pan on dollar day for mens silk and wool socks 4 pans on dollar day for menj leather caps i or dollur dnyi mens heavy cloth cups men s nejivy t for dollur da 1 1 2 ys mens hais for dollur duyi mens umbiellus self- openei dollar days for mens baihrobes for dollur duyj mens sweaiers f01 dollur days mlns sweaters for dollar days 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 i 1 2 i 3 2 3 these ore dayfc when you want your dollar u co farihel that w jtiht what we are helping you to io in thin lti dollar lnyn event we wont carry stock from one season to the other head every item ami you will itealbtt the saving you can make ihin in your ijutt sale opportunity on thlrt stock it cant ijihi at the price we offer it and the firnt to come will le first served ilcnd on friday and saturday just two days dollar day savings for the ladies 10 j2 3 1 la puir far pl la pmr for i1 o pan for 1 1 ci for m dollar days 1 1v2 v2 1v2 la1mls com 9 tor dollni days utch ladils silk and wool sweaters 1 or dollur duy aul vt 1 adits ji rsey wool sweaters i or dollar day only iad1es silk siockings for dollai day ptr pair lad1ls all wool stockings for dollar days i adits silk and wool stockings for dollar days ladifs cotton stockings for dollar day ladies silk bloomers and vrsts for drillar days i adifs silk brassiers for dollar days the values foe the boys on boys bloomlrs for dollar days pel pan boys bloomlrs for dollai days pel pan boy9 overalls for dollai days pcr pair boys caps tor dollar days cacli boys windbreakers for dollar day- cacli fiuday and satur day auk dollar days reliable clothiers mill street acton ft 115 next door to carrolls tit it u ui lti ii ui l iii it lt cjf u ui ip tp ip ip ip ip ip ip tt ip ip ip ip youil dollar will do double duty this week r yj c 3 co ca co co i co v co co it it lit itt it lt t t t t it p ip ip ip ip ip p ip ip ip co co co co co co co co co a co co co co co co co co o co m lfp jfrrr jlrraa slnrt gtury the voice from the dead harrx- i ummis smith 44 m not 30 ing to klvo in to mr i craven latlilr alwayii aid to hold onto that 1 uid till tin railroad wint through h tin project turrui out a ho i xpected mothi r will ba comfortably hxt d for the rt t of lur life und you and i won t have to worry ultbi r dlantha onoill logardod hor brothor thoughtfully und for u monunt did not spiak i ho two wi ro strikingly allku both tilt and hundiorni vtui urn tak ing quite a bit of rannmlblllty morton huu wild ut liuit mr craven uouinn miro that we inn t oil now in order to rualuaany proilttm timproporty yi i i know tin titktnn u itood dial on myitolf but to sell at tho prlro mr graven any a h u otfend in practlmdly hiving tha liuid uwuy i d ratlx r tuki thn rl k e pwlally ai fatlunt juduaient count much more with mu thun mr graven a duinllnt iluhud houvlly oh dear it j hard to luno to dtcldti nuch que tlomf if only fathuv sho left tin scntonro unflnlihcd but lu r brothor uiulorfiuhhl and hi i thco rofli clod tho kiidiui or horn i ho i urhu t n month jiinco tholr fatlur i boat hud hi lii dl oovmd flojitliut bottom upward on hil wutor of tho b ly had not btm ionic anouuh to ilxlii tho hurt of thi ir ioli iholr mother had never rallied from tho hhork at flnit th hopo of llndlnj lior hmbfuid a hmly had tilt tat nod htr but an tho wcok paucd and nho runlu- od that ovon ihli poor conimlution was to ho denlud hur sho hud lupkud into a imittlihl melancholy and loft hoc room raroly intro had been tho oxpoatud dlfllctiulcn attendant on tho probatlnir of the will of a man whoijt doath could not bo proved in the umial fashion now the courts had finally pronouncod john o noll i lesally dead the companion with which he wu lrihurod had paid tho full amount of his policies and mr craven hia executor and dlanthaa guardian tlft ahe ahould come of ago had taken the helm pot a time matters had gone noothiyriridthen hw had startled morton by suggesting the sale of a piece of land mortons fattier had considered very valuable at a price so small that thi ynunir man could hurdlybcllovu hh can whe n ho lu ird it why mr crav- n ho prouutcd you can t moan what you i ay i uthi r counttd on that land to taki can of mothi r and hlmvlf in their old a i ho executor until d ono of tboo dh tinctly fiupirlor imlltt that youth lnvim- ubly rojuntii i know motion ho rcpll- id tint your father food bu tlm n man that ho wut in thi i rate counted chlckt iih 1m font tin y wrro hatched you mi in that tho rallroidn not uolmt thnmith wliy only tho otlu r day i uw in tin pipi r olu uio wwwl ji hih lit winch e couril morton but not by that tmiti i low nn it ito by any otlu r route dtnmndtd the young ft how our laud u rluht aloiik tin rlvt r and li vi 1 a tlooi 1 urlher ta t and v t it 1 1 hilly and rocky ath r bought on ikith tildi i of thi rlvi r for hi nnld the road would have to takn om idi or tin otlu r vi ii that win ono of tho ca u i win re in your father ml calculated well try to i 1 1 at much il po iblo out of tho inve tmint t vi n if the nun i eom i vi ry i mall compan d to tlu umount you had hopi d to r ci ivi a h ilf loaf i si botti r than no hrt ml lyir a monw nt morton had lu ltatod tlun ho thru t hi hamh into hh pqcketi and tumid on hh ratlurti ixicutor a vi ry ilctermlni d face i don t think we villi nil at pit nit mr cravi u not nil i ho man thuj- confronted itimid to find tho iiuimi difficulty morton had id lattly oxpi rloncod in uolltvlntf hh nan why i till you its your ono r lumen to kt t anything at nil 1irhnpi yoiiro rljrht but id rathor tako a c him r and i think my inotlior will fool tho luuno i inn undi r tho impn imlou natd mr ornvin with dignity that your mother will chouse to bo guided by my ex po r it nco ro bo quite frank i urn some what disappointed morton to have yoi tako this uttltudo i lie older jnaiisaiot unnatural impres sion however regarding mrs 6noi11 stand wnanotrrcallrad for her son had been the first t reach her ear though she rather doubted mortons wlndom in setting hu judgment up against a man so much oldi r and lili father a frlond film had not bi i a willing to go to tho length of 1 1 lllnjc tho land ht a in it hli protect a i i ht had tho legal rial it to do now tho alfalr had rcidvud lliclf into a ort of enduranct il t between the two mi n dlantha and lu r mother did nov takn nldei with olthi r but they leiuu d i o it ei med to morton ratln r in mr crtiveu a direction more than a month had pa ed ulnco fin t the mattt r hid hi en bronchi d and mr craven wa plainly bt coming moro and more unea y con tantly bringing mon and moro pre uro to liertr on hui 1 ounk f fli nd to induro him to yield although the latter win a far ai ever from giving in hi wai ill tinctly uncom fortable when hi and dlantha won alont tht y invariably bewail to i peak of tho mattir alway in thi ir thnughu it viiu a relli f to lioth whin tho rlng- ln of the telephone broki in on till lr coiivi r itlon ihe girl uho wa niannt wint to an wir it hound i ukn a long dl tinn call ho oalled ovi r her hnuldi r to hi r hrothi r mon than a mlnut pa id hi fort thn conm ctlon wiu complcti d morton uho had careleuly plrkul jp a nevpapir vai j tartli d by lu aring hi i nl t r uddi nly catch hi hrrnth convniilvrljr hrtunndtn ioolc at lutr and thun itai limk to hlr f rt pr ing to hi r iii 1 tanrc for ho ei med about to faint a he n arhul hi r dlan thtt spbko in ariuur ji rky voice who who an you morton could not hi ar thi an wi r but at nnn i ho uttered a uppn i d en am and tumi d an ah ji lutily a hen fie touanl him he 4 a king for ion who i a king for mo demanded morton but hli t u r did not an wer indi i d an t hi moved away and droppi 1 limply into a chair i ho hi mi d alma t in iojiii t pi t ch morton i hi art thumping ili he put tin n celvor to tilt ear and nald mi rhaulcally lit ho rho in xt niomint hi i taggcrod iu though ho tood on thi dt ck or u rocking hip hit voice that reached hh earn wiu rlih and mellov ulth ju t a nugui itlon of irl h brogue a volco in a thounand i hat you hud it a kid oh i ho ory wai not loud but thtro wii iingul h in it morton ihook like a liar hud tho volco iiald you ro making a mllake ho guuud by mr craven jin li right and you ro wrong dud i gaipcd mortim where are you what doii thbi mi an illlenro mot thn question and then over tho wire came tho familiar number please you lutvon t lait me off luvve you operator slwmud tho frantic lad im talking to komobody it wait a long distance call i think hu rrerndod np- twals howeverttallodlo aecurethaoiw nectlon he wished though after a ilmn morton elicited the information that the i call liad come from a pay suuon in new york city win n at la t morton loft the telephone and went over to lit bcaldo hli nt tor ho win ili color lu iu rhc tho two palo i haki n young penpli rogardi d eich othor in filh ncn for a long moment morton dlantha uhl pared at length through white llpii do you think that wai fathom plrlt i ho qui tlon wa qui to unexpected tho brother i thought wi n not running piralltl with hli ltir he i tralght toed him lf v lth a convul lve utart wjiy no of cour i not why do you jay tint i hat call cairn from a puy4tatlon in new york city ho calli d u from there and paid the chano i ihtn ho t allvi uhlpered the drl tho word which rlghti en month bt foro lu uould have i hrleked with joy iho whl pi rt d now with uudithud t rror yt i morton whl pen dback he u allvo hi mu t in crayy ho uddi d a if to allay mme dark u plclou in 111 i mind what did hi iay to you hi i ild who t thi 7 hut i dldn t an wi r i ju t mid who aro you and hi guve a linili and nnld you oughl lo know i want to iputk to hud nobimly 1 1 i vi r ralli d you tha no mortoli took hi haudki rrhli f and wiped hi iyt ihat fond fooll h uttlt namo which hi fathor had uid con tantly in hi onii hoyhocul and occ i ilonnlly in tin e lati r yean brought thi rillef of ttwi what did he ly to you dlantha akel hi told nn to in guldt d by mr cravi n ji lit girl cuight lur bn ath ihtn he kium about our trouhti bi em to 1 hi tuo t it staring at i ach otlu r tin lr bnath coming fa t within a ft w mimii nli tlu ir uorld had turni d up ldj d iv n morton broki tin f hi net by aylng mothi r mu tn t know about thi no dlantha annul it mould kill hi r it win bad enough to h ivo fathe jhownul hut to havo him allvo and lu till i condition li a million tlmm wono hho wiltid for lur brothor unnoci uiary aun i mi nt and then went on hut how did he know ubout you und mr cravui i can t maglno do you fiuppou mr cravtii known that that fathor li iillvo it doc n t net m ouilblo nnld morton faintly i ho horror of tho alfalr wus growing on him why wo haven t iuty rluht to that life insurance ho ex claimed if mr craven known hen not straight dlantha s thoughts awung back to hor first h porhwm it wm ifcthnrn spirit speaking morton tliat would explain hu knowing oil about us her brother shook his head n6 dlanttia that lsn t the solution are you going to do an ho raid morton roo and paced tho room with out replying at liut ho hnltt d before hii i later ji chair and i poku with di clilon no if father l within two hours of u i iuul leavi i motht r to break hi r hi art uthout a word from him ho i not him i if and i ihan t rely on hli judgment the dayi that rollowtd win very hard out i for tht hrotht r and ill ter 1 ightein mon tin before thuy had pa i nl through an expt rli nco which tin y iuul lmaglnetl nothing in tin future could iqiuil now houevi r tin y found tin m i ve i con fronted with a ghiutly po jblllty be ildo which death itemed trivial dlantha clung dt perately to the belief that her fatln r had pokni from tho world beyond i ju t cant face tin otlu r n lblllty iho told morton that fathor could bo allvt and near and not come to u i it tjnly provi i hi ti in ant lit r brothi r nild hh wa hiving an ivin harder tlmi than dlantha for marly tvery day in hud a trying interview with mr oravi n it 1 1 1 med to him th it now romblned with till gentleman annoy- anct at hi i obduracy thoro w li an addid i it ment of urprl e ai lliouuh he had taken it for iiriinti d that lomothlng had happt nt d which would change hi 1 1 luuiilrjlndjiulltuvlo- morton fought di ptratdy again t thlt impn ion it tnud to him tliat tin out im t leuii nt uhlih uould mako tho pn i nt i iqiatii i unbt arablt uiu u belli vo that mr craven hi in tho itcnt uhlch had laiji jt pt from hi moth r about u meek af tt r tho mvi tt rlou i ttlephoiu call moiton rudvitl a li tur paitmifrkid nev york he rtiognlzid in tin tlgnntmu tin nam if in old trlend of idi futhirn a hli iai inmu what urprl ing hut not marly io much a tht coiilml of the loiter which ho n id with dltindtd oyui my dear morton aunt you milking a ml taki hi hold hii n for mu h n price on ynhr laud i know jour fatlu r uould liavo been intldlfd with a hundri d thniiiaud and you vo refill rd i oniildorablt ovi r that uiim i vi n a railway company objiel to being gougt d my boy ai i happt n to know i have ri n nm for uiglng you to clo o with tho olf i r ii pi i tally ai your land on the went ldo of tho river will bo en hanced hi vnltu lalk till i ovir with your mother to whom nmtmihtr mo vi ry kindly yours truly robert aravtw morton had taki n thin lottnr from a pllo on th hall tublo on hn lqt homo in tho morning now ho stopped at the nearest booth tolophqnd to tlm offlpo unit hn would ttut bo in that dav and took tho flmt tmln to now vork little moro than two hours later 1m wan hi mr a raves office and after a brief talk the boy was taken to an official of the railroad which had so long proml id an i xtui ilnn of ili lino along thi monroe river aji the three talked it hi came apparent that mr craven had been guilty of bad faith while lu had urged morton to nell for tin thun md later advancing tho mm to thlrtien he had been refu ing an oiror of ono hundred and twenty five thpuiand for th mine holdingi it wiui finally di elded that all thn o diould interview mr cravi n ni xt day and find out tho n a on for hu utraiigo behavior a tin oldi r mi n thoui ht morton had in tti r i lay in new york hi order to bo on hand if wanted he went out to tollphono dlintha not to i xpt et him homo that evening hi wiei wondtilng whither ho could glvi hi j i ter lomu hint of tho n hilt of hi t inti rvlou wheh would not hi lull lllglbli to anyone 1 and hli manni r uiei ab tructi d ni ho tiald to tho operator i want to talk to cumnilnrn- ford pel m ylvanla gray 1310 iho girl lookitl up with a frown why i told you to go to juiiibor jjix morton came out rtf cloudland with a tart why how could you ho ok- cliilmi d i vo jin t till x minute come lu ihu girl stated up at him oh i in iho xelatmid apoloi otli ally it lint- thuuthexgoatluauuirbulluioalltkl the iiiini numb r i hut i want aray ultl in cumininui i ford pi mu ylv inla j it n tlu nini numbt i lni litcd tho lllrl ihe tintleinaii in nunber ix li talking thtro now talking to my homt exelalmid mon- ton viry much aw iko by now ho walli td down to thi booth numborid ilx and lo iki d ilth inti ri t through tho glaii door a dark iinpupaie ing man wai i ngngi d in i arm it convi r atlon then in morton ood uniting out idi wondering what po ibln connoetlon thi i unattrac tlve individual could havo with iub fiunlly aa lliuilly ht lift tho booth tho lad icco ltd him may i a jc why you aro milling tlu onillli lu ciimmlngiiford and may i a ilc what bu bu iu tliat in of your f i ho qui tlnn tiuciilint mi it wu an- f wt ri d morton n inquiry rhe iiallow undi nuw d uiau had a volco mellow and i loh with jmit a hint of irliih brogue iho m xt move wan to tako lilm by tho collar 111 toll what huulnoiu it in or mine you nwludlor my namo a o nt hi and you vo been paiiihig yoiiriiilfoif for my dead father now iuiiom yon re ntratght with mo and make a clean breilit of everything 111 mind you to jail for this i ho man did not take long to make up his mind pmbubly mortnnw luuid n his collar and the flashing angor of his oyo4 helped him to reach a deolslon weil don t throttle nw lie ftaid eullenly and x ii tell you all you want to know i haven t done anythuig to be jailed for come along with me then and if you own up i may li t you olf morton wa i jure oven boforti his nrl- nomr made hu confcnlon that mr craven wiu implicated in tho affair too mid when nt li iirth tho man told hbi itory to him and mr oravea tho ladri uiplclon wiui ju tided iho man gavn hli muni il aiorue oliver and wild ho wiu the proprietor of a small news ittand not far from tho ptnn- ylvanla tatlon he wili hi t onvori atlon with a friend ono day when u man passed and suddenly a i ouvt r jipokr stopiied iuul faced about ho win at whito or chalk ho i tan d at mo ili if ho d neeri a jhost and wiilu i a ked him what he wanted ho kind of go ped before he aniiwi red tht n hi lhtd my pardon and uild that my voici wa wo like that of u dead friend of id that it had pn tty n itly boyi i d him ovi r when ho heard it i hen he wint on and i dldn t expect to nco him again about fiix weeki ogo ho came up to tho stand bought a couple of magoxlnei and i tood talklmg a whllo with mo i liuilly hu nald if id do him a favor hd would makt it worth my while ho nald a young fi how ho wili interejitt d in wa llkt ly to mako a fool of hlmelf and ha wiintd me to pa i mytlf off for hbi ijotlittr llolold inn lieall hlmhud antl he iravo mu oma other iwilnurn ih looked like an uuy way to mako a llttlti modiy i got along unit ruto with you iho llttli man looked at morton and grinned remlni cmtly but today 1 tried tho old lady and hint won a dliferont promi iltlon morion did not understand what wai mi unt by thla till tho follow ing day win n lit and dlantha talki d tho matter ovi r mother wiu really magnificent morton whin bu an came up and laid now york wat calling hor my blood inn cold i j aid id amwir but mother woultln t lot mo of courui i only hoard all uho aid but alti rward alio told mo what uu mid to her iho volco began anna it i tack mothi r drt w hen elf up iuul nild hi tho mo it ley volco sir tho only tack i am intenited hi cannot tipoak to mi then ho began to toll hi r that hn know ho hadn t done right and ho cut him abort if you aro prt ti nd ing to bo my hiuband sho nald lot me toll you now tliat you aro a dunnum iiwlndlor and x ahall not listen to you longer and she rang off morton wiui puwjod does sho re member father ii volco m much better than wo do x asked her if it dldn t sound ilka fnt1irs voice and sho nald perhap so but voices are one thing and charac ter in anothor do you think i lived wlth your father for twentythree years with out knowing that he was incapable of bawand cowardlyoondiictrl morton smiled ruefully looks aa if wo might have done better to let mothei into our secret doesnt it j concluded on kag bu