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her hutband wai al work from looming jill nfjiil out intba fltldnd iter irowo up dauijliter wai away taaohluif bba could rinu a ull for mra grlfij ifabswiuttxl aiiythinu and lh ooilm hi ova br chair from the window that looked o 011 tlia back yard to tba window ibat koked out 011 lha road uut it waa a road on wblob ultra was not mo oh pitalng and tba cblf evtul each day was the iuollint of parbapa a dotaii obildrtn to iohool with tbalr dluntr piii in tha morning and thair ratum home in the afternoon for want of otbay imuw mtnl iba watched thtsra languidly atflrit and ifler that with incrotalnjl intarcat almy chaplo aud orao ckrk look to ha pretty intimate iba ouu laid lo herirlf aa two pretty illlu lrla in plaid aproui wonl by aonietlniea aaoh with bar arpii around tba olhaa wail aud aouia- timea atudyinjf frotn ou book aa they welkid well i utad lo be intlmata that way with almyi mother when i waa a firl bba waa lacy gray tbiu and now 1 dont ue bar onoa iu ala moiitba folke around here arent vary eoolal knew how huay till tba boutawivaa war in their homea when aba wae well abe bad not gone out visiting heraelf very of tan tharo were tba bat a th tlj ilia hi ilk andthajiuuriiihkluii to ua l boaldei tba meala for iba into and ih houiework hut now foroad to ylva up work lltna pasted waylly uha bad few rouroaa tiawintf mida bar nervous and aha oard lillta for 6adlnk tboutih aba bad baau a brluht toholar when a rlrl and uuftbt the district rohool for twoiutuniere bafora ah waa taarrlrd iltra aba waa a dear headed woman of forty tlva utddownloau iqvalld nhal r waiting for what t i declare i wont spend another mlnula watchlns that hen scratch up tba brawl uha aald one morning aa aha rolled bar chair away from lie back window ita lima for tba eohool children to fo by jimmy orliut awluyloh on our gate now wsltitift for ilenny cbapln to come fclouji tuerae benny now luoy chapln mast have big washinga danny smi to sobool eviry morniuu in a clean apron and home in adlrly ono l bho w at chad tba boy a saunter off and then she watobrd ull alma ohspln and grace wont by itesently tommy cobb followed ruuoltik and slnmblinj with bis hand dono up tn a red handkerchief lo waa the laai anil for mors iban two be ura after not even a dog passed the houio it wis tedious hut in the afisinoou mra cbapln cma into mra ilaritiouu room with ileuny ulie said there was jolntf to be a inolhara nuelinu at the aohoolbouie and aba wanted to isava heunywlth ilra hurmon till abaoame back iull be uiuj hi you sit there ilanuy and if mra harmon waulu anything yon osn walt9 llor bho hastentd away laavlnj her invatj friend looking at tba llllla round eyed hoy who iiit qii alow chair opposite her he eat vary still for be wail balng a good boy lleouy she eaid at lait how old are you 7 bix inid a halt be aid i had a birthday in december did you know i wae horn iu dfoembar juel bo ore cliriil- maa my mother a i way a calla nra bar christmas preaonl iliad a aled aud all agetee on my birthday do you ilka your school yea i do im in the third iuder jimmy qrlgg and i btfsn the primer to- uollor and pretty aoou i went iulq ha 1iret itoader but jimmy elayed lu tha 1iiinrr plicn i went into tba lucood header and jiiuuiy stayed in lbs llmer now i am iu the llilrd luadar and jliumy is in lliolrimar yet tba uaohar saya ita boojiuea ha dont proliquttml wall but i lb ink he oould prououuoawtil if ha would only take psliie mri ifaruiou fill thai iba waa getting vury iulpjaaling renllea from titlu talkative llllla boy ive raad uobhiaou ufuia ihroyuh tlim ulll ha alidad uaatoiiimy cobb lata this morning f uia aekd vi but hie molbfr wrula hliu at tuudv lla gul hint yailarday llu wm lo my liuuito arid cllitlwtl 011 ion ul lb wll i dulru 1 il mr ifrmo llor belt rjuiallotl w ali hlc crc clark pretty well do nt ihrv ya thayru ililiti ufiin iij ibyva bgun patohwovk tlhfllirr- alld thny dlvld thnlr plcoea ibaivc l aa of all my tproiiu hut every thing iu uod up now alld thy1l bae tu 1 top hurl lby want- ad to vivkko udfjulliu end bow limy ceil only uiska uilbulltti and tbro iot w baby ill el i del- fatnlly mrs llarmbn wamvary uiiiib niter- taluad lyltui4 vtluui l kid bdcuuld aatlly imagine what illtcuajlona had gona ou botwoeu ilia l- quicu praolioaj thougble cayje lulo btr mind and bho felt ttlmoat kkojudtp happy when mr chanlu camu from tha uimi- iug sha found iloiiry bundlug 011 a a too wiioh ilaalf ioodoi a wood 11 chair 01 tlwgllowri a ptta jy fronrttimtapahlf of tha olot i told him u aald ura harmon ita tny cluvr alvr danny haa baii a very good boy luoy and i wiab ha woald run iii often p sao nia fj hay why of coursa htd like it asid mra chaptn wouldn t you uauny 7 vna id lika it rt rate aald limiiy iv baeu looking at plsturea and abulia and ftatherwork ami another llmeaha will let ma an their old coinpaau if mr liar- nun aaya ur now said mr harmon on jour way home lluny i want jou to slop at fn cobba aud iumd tommy fiulil over hare and i ii give him aomithiuil to oure till wmt ami ul aiy to atop on bar way home to morrow 1 i want lb ao her after tba vlillora daperted mr isr- on rang tba boll for mrr oritur and told her to bend in jimmy with ills trimar jimmy came aobrly ua had always felt afraid of the ssdfsoed woman but ihia lime aha waa anilllng- qhe maaul lo help him tn like palna about his pronounc ing harold school caching aria returned lo bar aud aba hrm iba little boy a lulareel aud lusplrad hie aal ill glva him an hour a day eh eaid to hareelr till be ete into tba third itaader aluug wlthiiauuyr when tommy cobb arrived iby and wary alia msda him welcome and waa aoon doing up the the poor inllsmrd litlla wrlit in tha rofleel of old linru and with olover salve whan she finished aud he aid thank you maam that fele good- aba replied coma iu louiorrow and ill do it bftaln next dsy alma cbspin oama craco waa going to wait for her at the gala but mr harmon tappad on the window for her to coma in too i bba aikad iba girl about thair aawiug j and showed them a gnat big of piacee which abe old them they wtro frtva to ua j till their nuille wera dona they agreed to bring all their idooki to ebow lo her and she aald aba would do soma of the culling out for tbeui isutabe nice 7 they said lo each ollur whan tbsy started on the road home 1 mra harmoua been ral bright all day add mra orlug to mr harmon whan ha came wearily into tha house at dusk i shouldnt wonder if abs waa golna lo take a start and gtt well mre harmon had certaluly taken a star of some kind obe really osred about new interest and it waa a happy day f i i wrnrmrrmrcobblef trrffhbrbidagr il urw why mliisl iail vi u ilfr 1 ion hav and hia molher cams aver on parpoaa to tkank her for all her altill and her salve in a few dayi jimmy crigg waa in tba pfrat header f jaudit wout-bdiany-waekajiafora-4ib- la in tha third mra harmon said to hia mother aud mra orlgg felt ao heartenad up that aha went about her work singing tha utile girls aud their sewing were an almost dally aourca of pi assure can ibis be my invalid wlfo who waa epasklnu mr harmon asked hlmietf whan aha said to him when ibosa girla gel their quilta plsoad i ballaie ill lei tbtm hava a quilting here and invite the ilgbbore i it wae uot alona tin to interests that arose others followed fast bhe waa always getting something new from that llllla chattarbok denny onca she found oat that mra claphsm down in tha hollow wanted a doieo brahma ogga ilia worst way for her old yellow hen to alt on another time denny innocently related to her how amarihja green had bun to rmhie mother and old mra grcru u over alsbly and amanlda aa a she job hankervuftar all and amarihly cant mike jail baosusa aha donl raise ourranta my mothers rs1 eorry that bar jail ia alt blackberry aud im ulid mine ia all ourraul thouuhl mrs harmon to heraolf before long a warm failing stole into tha bsarta of tha woman of tba neighborhood and aa tbsy mst at meeting or at aawlna aooisty ona would say lo another have yoti seen mre harmon lately 7 what a good woman she ia i they say her healths improving all iba lima now i hopa ao bboa a bl swing to the neighbor hood bo harmons wife jot well asld tlio storekeeper lo the doctor what medicine did you4ivahsr7 oh 1 tonics touloa said tho doctor with a wiaa smile and nature helped too of 00 urea nature hrlpdd too but mrs harmon iu her own lioarl gavo credit to a third agaut aud always lliouubt of benny aa her lltllo benefactor iouas cinitjwiitiuii no orbat mattiifl ho many bullous and dually iuoillons hava to bo dlscutsad iu oouiti of juillou that a bit of humor now and then is a weloouis rellsf jittn ua 1 rsoords many audi and hero la nun ot tlia la tout tba olhsr day ail attorney was airiuu hia indignation ua bed been robbud yea air tobbaj it waa ghaiuaf ul the way things wont on right undr tha eyoa of tha law finally judge gary uoliosdlha fuming i audfiatuug i j what tha lualtsr 7 lie ask od matter 7 iu a co ifouiided oulrajjo had my overcoat stolen rlghl from ibis loom 1 tha juulu amllud overliial th lie said my duar llnw thala nnlhiug i wh ilo euitj ara lu ttury day wvrtl una ulna from tbom who foil a mod fallura in a wril readily lx am lhm waatiulaok f rrapiiiaai moal uf ilia wntre lay tba mania of thair poor sucooia umin ibmirttoa tlinurtli aotita acrlu ft lu i olroumitalirra olio lilal at loail charg as hu failure to hia wlfa bul with uo urot show of justloa ud la cloar oven froin hia own autamtll iu uy oj it sboald have bhallrd his pla or hnld ilia tongue ono man wi ruluttd by gambling wliloli will ruin any man no loatur how rich h may koi and auolhar nada a bomuwhal aimlur ooiifoalud whcit ha aaya that ba oaina luiolnlnirtbrough trying lo kat rich too auddatily one man ly lila poor uoocsa to lack of oonoaiilration and paaervai t but alalia hhnaolf try try attain l and ou haa dabbled in too many ihiugri in ad lilniaalf inaator of uotblug and conmjuoiilly as ha saya has to take iba bottom plaoa aviry whoo hm man a type of a urgs claii fall through strung drink ha luadu hia aid story with a motto from hiiiaraou tba dloo uf god ara always loadod and thus continue i ml from atl akal0 of llilluoiioa useful naaa and aaaa to a condition of druukaii pauporlam bcauo i lauktd half control plda atubillou dlaolpllue i poaaeaacd some of tha minor virtues induatry integrity hotieety chaelity but lhaae proved an luadrfjual bulwark hgatualthe evi of social drinking hrgimilng buaiuea ufa at twooty with a fair eduoiilan and a good knowledge ol stenography al thirty i was iu aharga of a liawspapaf abd waa an ofllolal court aloiio- gber bleed with a wlfa and oblldrb biut a iaaoful home aud iu the enjoyment of an luooma of about five tbouatnd dollars kiurgatlo tkllful apt i was aucosaeful iu my ofllolal and private vocations ganer- ouf uuraj uualnili and opotibcattad i had many friaoda aud a wids acqualnt- suee i drank tnodajrauly joined in an 000 is- alotial game of pokar with friaoda laid an ocoaslonal wajar on anleetiotj a ball game or a borae raea bavar to tba malar ial depletion of my pure end ws uaphay a gambur bor a raka twenty yaare kluev eoiapabioaabu drioklo al opn bare wiauor raepaolabu than i a aj now and balug in dally ompsuiouhip with lawyara oounly ofuolsls juryman wlluaaa- ts and pollllclana who indulged in a aoxilal nuaai soon became a ragular dr hiker as a ooutqustioa of ovarlndulgcnea my health hagau lo fall aud aa cbsloiu grow into habit i flt tha naad of stimu lants whau my work was prolonged or perplexing i well remember tba shock to my self respect wheu i first took a drink alone hut i never bloppsd to breathe and exercise the soul by asaumintr tho penalties of abilloetim finally uervous prostration compelled ma to raalgn my ofllolal position aud to sell my badly enoumbared buimasi and soon i was a wreak nuanolally physically aud menially and ona morning found me al a mirror gating at my haggard failures and wondering if i bad in readily gone mad is it possible that my story will csuaa any young drinking man to atop in bis downward way i aocwaa sura that i ooold never sink to such depths and i pitied th vratobed onis below me but here i ani aud there ara countless thoui auda coming my way aud tbsy forget that tba dlca art loaded acasc op transposition students of grammar know how uacsi i btry li is when analyxing poetical esutanoaa or transpose- words phraaaa and olauaas and make a liberal paraphrasa of the whole ao as lo obtain tha oorreol itrammatloal oonslroo llou it is aarprleiug how many different renderings of one hue of verse can be made without transgressing any of tha lews of grammar pure and simple ona una in grays jmegy psrhapa oarries off tha palm for this it osn be twisted into at itaat twenty different readings without materially altering tha same tha ploughman homeward plods his wearyway the ploughman plods bis weary bom sward way the ploughman weary homeward plods hia way tho ploughman wiary plods his homeward way tlia ploughman bomoward weary plods his way tho ilouuhman weary his way homeward plods tha ploughman plods his homeward weary way tho weary ploughman plods hie bomoward way tho weary ploughman homeward plods his way weary tba ploughman homeward plods his way weary hia homeward way tha ploughman plods weary the plouuhmsn hu way homowaid plods his homeward way the weary ploughman plods hie homeward way tba ploughmen weary plods i his way the woary plougtuiisn homeward plods uts way tha ploughman woary tiomaward pi oil a his bomoward wbsry way tba ploughmau plods his weary way llio homeward ploughmsn plods ii lu weary way the ploughman homeward plods homeward tlio ploughman plods his weary wl homeward hia way tlio weary plouuhmsn plods homo ward tha ploughman plods hia weary way homeward the weary ploughman ploda his way homeward his weary way ihu ploughman j plods and anyone with a lltllt patlonoe oould easily add lo litis iiumbar of dllfsrant reading all oorro from a simple gram matloal point of view not tmlf 8amli gihl liia fullowhig auiwjdolo haa lotl a ooiuloal and a palballd aldr what e lung lima lltty yoara are 111 ilia ili of bunion jajialalldhow far p i huw llnlllti 111 taila fl opinion and boll i- li ud wonioii uaii heoouip wliu in oiiiiiiiioimi alept undo ihu aalila roof alutidil ill batna srhool alid dreamed of nothing but of blng mends foravr 1 a uelllman whoai oourtly mauiura wra miiliguid in all tha papers when he died a w yrae aflr ibl inoldaulfenoiadin his u a that ba wiud tv hi utjbix i frunla an 1 moat 0 all tba fair ynuug no whtii love long eare belorv hi ahnoiti bul lint not ipllte had dared to ask ha forgot country tnaiiiiara and nailed at half paat eleven in tba forenoon llu waa aked to walk right 00l into tha wlloheii aa ihera whiio flraanywhera ilko hie early admiration aloud before liltn iu a worn calico drii ho nilur und a wide aud uot feoltleauly cuaiiaruu her hair domud gilxsly hair w luokid uudbir ajrualy black laok loa nip irimtn- ed with faded purple ribbon h bad 110 lwth and a hua pair of aiuar bowed speotaoles wara pube i iup 011 hr bar brown wrlnklpd forehead 1 fifty two years before lhay bad parted with a kiaa aud ha bad beesa in tend lug lo meet bar wilh ona and thus bridge tho chain of y ara but be ohanunl hie itilud wheu tbroiifih his gold bowud iiltta ha look lu tha picture before him wipinglier hande on br ajpron aba gave him a hearty handabake and htda him all right down adding lhay wro killing hogu and trylug up lard bul if ha would atsy to dinnar aha would have a tire ml in tha front room of 00 11 re lis declined the invitation and far his own comfort as wsll j for bur convenience ha dalermlned o make his call short btlll ha must say something oompllmenlary bafora leaving bul what eould ha say j hal thsu tha lard boiled over and wjih a shrill firy to bar dauuhlvr 10 come rjulek tha woman jumped up and cauilil hold of tha kettle tba smoke and ivr funia wera in ihemsalvas fur from agree able but tbsy ware crateful to tbn caller as lhay nave him a ohance for iha drslrod complimsnt year slap hea lua nona o lla f tluoa tha aveuillga wa sauntered together along tha banks of the it be aald while this holding out his oi 1 beaded osue is needed loaupport mlo- ya said the woman im as spry aa a kllun and ive tboiightover bium youve bean here that i waa ulad enough that urns hadnt changed me aa il haa you didntthinkitwas hio tault il ii thought by soma that elcfjuenoj is qolng out of fashion that it ir luoomiug ai all ambitious uewspapars say a tela important factor in human ufa than formerly it was when people raad leas aud depended mora upon lectures and speech- thera may be a modicum of truth in ibistheory hut a smooth tongue and a logical faoulty ara still persuasive is is happily illustrated by tha following dialogue between a young maji and a real at lata afiout which we find reported in tha chicago pott tba young man admitted that lie had children and the real aatato msu frowned and shock hia head we are very particular in regard to that building he said at leal and if you have olilluru 1 am atiajd i uaiiuul t you hi the flat i am vyyorry returned the youuu man nieakly vlt imiui ralhar hard that a man should ui made to suffer for what a nofault of bis own but i auproit cant be helped thareal aalau man looked surprised yon s axplalnsd the young man i wasnt ulvsu a fair chance for i never was told lu my jounrr days that it was wrong to havs children or that that there was any penalty attached i supposed il was all perfectly natural and prorwr bul 1 presume tha enormity of the off no le fully an plained in all the schools now really i- than i had a very bad example set mo right in tba family interrupted tba young man for my parents had children it saams remarkable doaiutit but its a fact and they were held to bo very eatim able people too i was taught ti ravero them and naturally i fall into tba trror of supposing that there waa nothing unlawful or opposed to public policy about il aud o i married and now i find myself in such disrepute that i cant get the kind of lit i want i suppose ita all right ha continued but you must admit that ii ssame rathnr hard ou a men who has always aimed to ha a good oitlxan my dear sip you nqw i think of it brgka in iha young man again i suppose your paramo wara uullty of tha same olfanoo i dont sea bow you can successfully deny it now sir i would like in ask yon it you think il la fair for ariian lo expsot hta lonsnts to be mora boo p tibia than ills parents 1 i waa about to say when jon interrupt ed roi returned the auent that under the clrournstaucos i am prepared in aaipand that rule regarding ohiuron and let you hava tha hal rfroi l v whell tllllllstlill ll letllli ynur way cant huiry 011 by fmlllii if alitud ur1 ob 11 yir ly cant iliaafl urn nil iiy follln urirl julrrllv r w au li aliit ijhii i ilj it uiow lilil wll it nut 0 ljhl an bo tliw alii t n un lot ulu 1 ii ill vy ldl wh bvn ul hoar alii i i it lylllli the sorrow vulluii i 1 llii air alii i a i avey by 1 llu 1 111 u ililt ill ui- j cub in ban uiiil fin irt bill wtbijiuiijiiurifllf by fit uln voui iiaiiiitliiilil llu 1 aln t lin uko 11 friulii lliu mhr dial llii lillu llalj uilll altl im rtalo j by fmlii 1 liuitu juit an ti luli lu tliu lua aavvralruck tlio mil aiiilm aint wuiliallio mly lloilmityoii l til if cluwluy ijiill yru hi hurt hearulrlilnu i ijo loliuulu ila mill t a cranky lilulf tliat uutwutli tliafrlllti ami if lio doiitrolnrii voiil ouubt to tbauk llio lord you wain i rauuht in atlrli a trtrii ra trap an 1 not lo round in lara in ulu no iilti- what jour rrw an 1 wiwa lloul biiinor uiu by frtiltln if bard lurlfalm bur liuavy blow lllrlko bacllnnl 0 k frillu iuuuw lit your norvu an i hold your urlp and kaoira irojuii uiir up vur anytbiiij 011 iarib ulu wlili tlio man mat liu lolruulit jtmtm mutton hfnwi in daiwr pott nodlc uacnificn iuxrwn 1 ttlbj ulla a story of a isle- aph lineman who his to hli ordlt aa rave a aervic- lo it comrade aa a soldier lull render on the irld of battlo a fw yearn ao two men were at work upon a leuirapd pole ulaiidlui many ftt above ttio lino of railway a wlrn had broken and they wlto r pairing llm damaged ire hie wind blow llrrcoty from tho oatt and tba polo rokcd to and tro buddenly a btronu gnt cauaed onn of tha man lo turn in hia mtloii in doing an he pushed re jo who loken uimwarea fall backward ho clutched at hia mate and both tumbbd ovrr among tho wuu i or a moinliit llm two men hunjt wllh- it apabtnu a word thon one of ihein aid ilill i cant reach tho poet and im bfrsld if i move lb vriraa will break ae ho sroko a mini did break both man banging lojyithcr were in dsnuer of binu pncipiiutod to tlio track be will male ui 1 llilitono of uthas got to drop ita a bin drop to make but as joure married and hao ititca children i donl ico why 1 should alay hrra no dont do that bill youll lat kill ed nurely leis hang on a litllo lonuer another wira broke ono lucre mlht drop them both hill tnado up his mind good by mate ho uaid in llio other 1 good by answered bis companion iha tears runulog out of his eyes dml dropped ii waa a fall ul forty fst ua fell among woino roujih stumps of bushes and rollrd down au embankment then ho rote ami callo1 to his companion i tn ull rljjil mulal im going for help tha italian was half a mllo dislsut when tha poor tllow renohed it and had told his uory ho faiutod away tha doctor fonnd thai ho had broken both his arms and one of hia ribs bul bin brave action had very hkclj caved hia compau- one life the pabtons apt hvmno not many years sgn a miilator in ona of the hailern out no ml aa v ill oomotiinej happen into a difttculiy wilh hta choir hiohfor eoinetims prai anted thiilr aoou at dined alleudaiicn at length the choir relented and appeared as heretofore at the usual time ol enrvice the minlitor most uuexpeclcdly taw lliom in their pliers and in duo liino looking ery slg- nluoaiitly in thrjir dirccli u aroao nud read tha hymn till aro jo wtotcboj itlll allrr and dooyotrobul7 a clerjjymau in ilttsburg io married a lady with whom ho received a dowry of 110 000 and u fair proa peel of more bhorlly afterward uhi occupying the pulpit ho gave out lb hvuin read the llrul four criu and win proceeding 10 road tho llfih cunimcticln furoter let mgraloful hiart when ho hrsilatcd a- heinmod aud exclaimed ua will ouiit the olth verse and uil down llio oon- grogallou attracted h hii ujnaont confus ion toad tho vtmn for iii minlia and mlled almual audibly aa lliuv rtad ioravi riot 111 y lratulul lioatt hli bounlloi racnadoru who jjlvui ton tbuuaiitl blmliii now and bm inulioiw lur in iro a dcadlv inbult avunqiio while ja11u11 mcneill wbisllor iba eo sonlrlo amorioaupaintur was trying on a hat in a landuu hop oijo day a customer rushed in aud mistaking mr whistler for a clerk exolaimcd i asythiautduoant it mhoarliu cy him tor a uiluute and ibon replied acorntullj 1 iicilhor does your coal and 1 ii bo hauled if 1 huu tho color of jour iroiihera ir m m sthanql- uut ttlue not oujtaulu marriages may ba made in lisavau ha said thoughtfully but if o thsyra daaliug lu a ohutipr grade of goods up there every year thwy dont last au thing liku what they use lo numonuthouulr almost anything ib bettor than a iiuarrol hven if your neighbors hens forego in your garden it ie best to control your tamper try a litllo lunooeut ulretauy like thla reported bj tho new york hvrly tbn trick is patoulod ara you still trauhlad by jour nelghboru chlckous 7 aiked ona msu ol another notwllt was thaansiror 1ih y wfl koptshutup now how did you msnage ii why every ntuhi i put lot of ngga in tba grasa under tho jjrapavlue and ovory morniugwliiiu my nri was looking i went out and brought ihsm iu tommv malvtlm uotii did you ever laugh until you crlad tommy 7 yes ouly this morning what al7 well pa stopped on a tack and i ltujjliad 1 thsu pa caught ma laughing and i cried th fact that nmt dlaeseu ajrua from au impure low unndilluu uf tha bluiul la u lly piuvau by uoode larsaurllla a ouountoo appuarcd una wiliaas in tho blioktan intend county coirl tho plalrtiq lol a muuitoo aud clalmod 0110 uialwabbllfg d 10 have i nucaugbtaud retained by a farmer ihu bird was pro duced iu lourt and at ihc 1 uiutill a bidding said certain woru the jmlgo thsreupau ordered it to be returned lo tha plaintiff tholbost evldono of pop- ultrlty is tho evor- 1 incroaslng domand tho uvor m or oil 11 u domalul fur iha diamond dye mat and hug lattvrua is a stitu aud oottaln indication of their pop ularity tho fsioluatiug art of mat and mg making in ihu lio ij uov ouuivaud by women of dll agou and claauiiif tho diamond da mat and itug iatlerub com bine ha a illy and ainipmuily aflar iiuour ilg una ot thra palturns auy lady can easily lilok il and irodulti a really vuluahlu and altrarlivu loom uruamaiit llio uiauufaolururs nf thu in lohraud diamnu ilyxa are rcpan i to iu ml til uu uddreua frre of uita la a of pnily and aultuhlo deaiitim lunuulh joti i 1 x u t nu thu wulle aud lludiruju limlud hm mountain ul monlrriil