re a ---- --< Wee eeecescscescsnsenananas' eoeeeeno Or, The Curse Of The Family a ier ee he ot fi 4] oS : +444 sates tet 'CHAPTER XII. very silent all 'the way to treet, whilber she had pachman to proceed. He 'ocrat--had once- upon a fo know the way there; 's instructions speedily hereabouts to his: recollec- rdingly he drove on wilh- > or inquiry, whilst Mrs, Jeaning back in her hand- e, gave herself up to me- an thought her somewhat 4 in this occupation; was really forming plans 's convenience and com- new the operations could ormed in Mayfair; for even zingford been neutral on / were not to remain "town, arid then what 0? Miss Ridsdale's lodg- able in all respects; i remained for it but to ished house, or a portion of westwards, towards Bromp- L place would give Lillian at once healthful, pleasant, sible; 'eonvenient for Mr. , Miss Ridsdale, and Judith that was the proper step to ediately; so Judith determined, re turned into Great Crow- Jattering over the pave- as another had done one cold evening a long time ag). 0. 72, Mr. Henry Bultin calm- veyed this new arrival; he had "marvelling concerning Miss or her visitors now, for he her history and their histories olf nd he had ceased to feel more shborly interest in the lonely r vho, after nearly nincteen rs' absence, bad returned once 1o her old quarters, to fake her al breakfast and eat her solitary } alone; who still sat by the in the twilight, and occasion- received visils from people who reat," in Great Crowland Street. enty winters had metamorphosed ullin into a plump individual of ho had brought his dreams of a marriage to a practical and un- 1, though exceedingly} excellent ifteen years previously, by wed ng Mrs. Hilton's daughter, the discon- 'solate widow of the greengrocer oppo- who, having died, and left her his ne, his perishable stock-in-trade, and soney they had mutually made and ed--she speedily took up--as the atrimonial is called in certain "with Mr. Bultin, bestowing on : 1, her guineas, her good- nd her common sense. first Mr. Bultin honored her by a pyy, Ting on, the second he accepted -- less scruple, in fact, without any; the third he disposed o* o advantage; the fourth he made use of for their joint benefit; and the result thereof was, that whilst Hilton baker nominally ruled the shop long after worthy woman's actual demise, n attorney had his name painted private entrance, monopolized floor, and fleeced as many eli- here as good fortune or bad for- nt his way. ' it came to pass that he could at Miss Ridsdale with feelings srely of a friendly charactér, whilst rarded her carriage friends with 'a moderate portion of interest. rotessionally he had learnt their his- as attorneys ullimately do learn pody's, and accordingly when en acquaintance from the country who hanced to be with him on the day in question, inquired whose equipage that ight be, he was able to answer,-- = "Oh, Mr. Mazingford's." "What! the new Welsh member, who don the right side last night inthe e, and made 4 aaa sensible specch into the bargain "9 "The same," replied Mr. Bultin, "and at handsome woman just now alight is his wife. People say they don't ~ happily. Isn't she beautiful, rie ; Yes, she was, there could be no two mions on that point, whatever there as to the merits of her bus ' Miss Ridsdale thought grew more lovely day by day, and : 'aint » Judith did look her very best, 'she entered her aunt's sitting-room, 'th a deep rich color on her cheek, at strange brightness iM her eyes. ame, sie said, to tell. Miss Rids-. 'the oculist's opinion, and to con- "what was best to do, and so at 4 ib was agreed that the elder lady uld go hous -hunting, and that Mr. g beflon's cervices were lo he called quisition as soon as possible. "where, dear Judith, is the money ne from to meel A -- expen- 'imauired. Miss Ridsdale, Jan gt manage that," was the van get it." Se ot tive," persisted the other, 3, Mazingford answered, "Cer= (inne = windo the head of the pack to Lillian, the carriage dur sud- and 1 reached on her way yad left in ef interview, when @ ght secmed Lo strike her, urned: back. 'she. said, "could. you keep ere for a few days, and 1 will get house for you? I wish you was willing to do 6° Mazingford asked her, hout an expressed reason, dingly Lillian, somewhat to ~sunprise, was assisted out f ge and up the stairs, and de- n the sofa in her aunt's sit- "shat very sofa whereon an- ad once wearily Mung her nid sdale rriedly Judith took leave of departed, promising to come nm very soon, ~ 4 -Liltian, "what do you atter with Judith?" yr want -of a_ better proken heart, Lillian," t Jeast so it séoms 10 whether Mr. Mazing- her?" : FHEFS4AE SAFES SEES "yes: for Judit: told me he and she had settled all about the oculist. -- So ~ you see he must have consented to. bay the expenses." : "Perhaps," murmured Miss Ridsdale, as sho turned to the window and looked vacantly, first up and then down the dreary street, to which Judith's hand- some carriage had only given a mo- mentary animation. "God help the girl," she thought again for the hundredth time; "she is steering a dangerous course." And for full five minutes the lady stood silently communing with her own 'spirit, much troubled concerning Jud- ith's face, and Judith's position, and Judith's modes of procedure--whilst Mrs. Mazingford was rolling over the /London streets to that house which she called home. As the coachman, however, was driv- ing his unexceptionable bays in his own unexceptionable and peculiarly tip-top manner, past one of the Clubs, he re- ceived a sign from a' gentleman stand- ing on the steps, which induced him, in consideration of the signer being his master, to pull up short, greatly to Judith's disgust. Mr. Mazingford was, about the last person she desired, at that moment, to meet; Mr. Mazingford's club friends were always the 'last individuals to whom she desired to be exhibited--but, as no escape was possible, she resigned herself to be stared at from head to foot by a fast young nobleman, who after- wards condescended to remark to his intimates, thal Mazingford's wife was a deucedly fine woman, and that if she were single, she was just the sort he would choose to drive in double harness with. Mr. Mazingford--who boasled, with his usual thoughtful refinement, that he had the handsomest carriage, the handsamest horses, and the hand- somest wife of any commoner in Lon- don--bade good-bye to his aristocratic friends, and took his place beside his wife, informing her at the same time that, as he wanted to see Messrs. Eives and Maycombe, in Antram Street, he thought he might as well drive round there with Judith, and then they could both go home together. "Perrins told me you had gone out with Lillian?' he ramerked, imterroga tively, when the "nobs" were left fair- ly behind. "He was quite correct," "And where have you the next question. "With Miss. Ridsdale," answered Jud- ith. who never called her relative, aunt, to Mr. Mazingford. The member uttered an exclamation, expressive of sincere satisfaction on re- ecipt of this intelligence. "Tt wish she would stay there!' he ex- claimed. "Your desire is likely to be gratified fo a short period," retorted Judith. "T illian remains for a few months with Miss Ridsdale, at my request." Mr. Mazingford turned and stared at his wife, to discover, if possible, from what new quarter the wind was blow- ing, for he had nol forgotten the morn iug's conversation, and accordingsy marvelled exceedingly; but Judith turned his gaze with one of such perfect indiffererice, that he could make no- thing out of it, and so was compelled, hon gre mal gre, to rest satisfied, as he did not choose to ask for an expla- nation of Judith's change of tactics. "Here is Antram Street," said his wife, after a moment's pause, as they turned down a dingy thoroughfare, that put for the name of the thing, might as well, or better, have been called a lane. "Here is Antram Street. Shall I wait for you, or go home, and send the carriage back?" "Wait for me, of course!' was the p)- lie reply--uttered in a tone which im- plied iL was her business to wait his pleasure--as the carriage stopped, with a tremendous clatter, before the door " Messrs. Eives and Maycombe's of- ice. replied Judith, jeft her?" was es ~ Juditn's hushand descended with a 'braggart air from his equipage, and 'went into his lawyers', whilst Judith remained in the carriage, listlessly look- 'ing away along the dreary vista of that London, street, and thinking about any- thing, Heaven knew, but the scene she was gazing at. : Until her eye chanced to fall, by mere accident, on a figure cowering in a neighboring doorway; a boy--barefoot- ed, clad in a ragged shirt, and, if pos- sible, still more ragged pair of trou sers. : He never looked up to beg. He scem- ed as if he had sat himself down there with the intention of never stirring from that door-slep again. He did not ery, nor even moan. what to make of him; was he hurt? "Thomas," 'she finally said, turning te the footman, "ask that boy what is the matter with him." Reluctantly obedient to the order, the fellow got down, and stooping to in- spect the boy, as he might had he been a bundle of rags, instead of an imper- feetly clothed mass of flesh and blood, he commenced operations with the en- couraging sentence: "Hallo, you sir!" The lad looked up, and as he did so, Judith, gazing from her carriage, caught a glimpse of his face; oh! such an one, so worn, so pale, so thin, so marked and pinched with poverty. "What are you sitting there for?' ccn- tinued Thomas. "What ails you?" "It does not s'gnify," said a low voice, and the tired head drepped again, and Thomas returned to his mistress. "Well," she asked, "what is it?" "He says it don't signify, ma'am," re- turned Thomas. : "Open the door," she said, "I must sce what it really is;' and the next mo- ment she was on the pavement close beside the boy. She did not approach him, however, as her servant had done --with easy insolence and well-fed con- tempt, but without a thought of differ- ence of rank, or superiority of station, did she, that proud, stricken woman, lay her hand pityingly on the young head of the beggar boy, and say in @ voice soft as charity's own loving tone--- "What is the matter, my child?. Why do you sit there so hopelessly? 1 want yery much to know," she added, seeing a {pair of large black eyes scanning her features curiously, "why you }ook 60 miserable?' The while lips trembled for an instant with a more powerful emotion than any which could have been caused by more bodily suffering, and then tile words, "I am so hungry," were dropped out rather than spoken. There was a. baker's shop within 4 few yards of the horses'. heads, and thenee, at a signal from Mrs. Mazing- ford, the footman procured a supply of biscuits, which the lady gave into . the bay's hands. Instinctively his fingers clutched at the precidus morsels, and the sunken eyes glanced ravenously up- on them; but the next instant a feeling 5! a different kind swelling up in the youth's breast, caused him to drop the piscuit he was carrying to his lips, and exclaim, not in a tone of churlish pride, but in one of earnest protest against such a supposition-- "l am not a beggar, ma'am." "T know you are not." she returned, "and neither am 1; yet still we both re- quire to eat, finish what you haye there, and then go and buy more;" and she laid a piece of glittering money in the hand which never closed upon it. "Oh! ma'am," he cried, "don't give me money; let me work for you and earn it. but don't--don't give me money. | am not a beggar--but a gentleman." A gentleman of fifteen summers, with bare feet and ragged shirt and trousers! there would. have been a something ludicrous in the scene, had it not been part of a real tragedy; one which is enacted every day in actual life. Pride and poverty; starvation and in- dependence, Judith looked down with swimm ng eyes on the little figure which stated itself to be a gentleman, and yet could. refuse, in its blackest hour of need, money it had not worked: for. "Work for me, my boy, in your sense of the word. you cannot; but still keep the {rifle without a shadow of honest scruple disturbing you... For the future, work of a different kind you Shall have by some means. Remember, however, my last words--in whatsoever strait or temptation you may hereafter find your- self, always maintain your indepen- dence: it may bring you all good; it will preserve you from all evil;" and so say- ing, she passed through the knot ef idlers to her carriage, where, beckon- ing a policeman to follow, she said-- "1 am interested in that boy, but do not know how to assist him myself. Will Judith did not know: you make inquiries about him, and if he be really worthy, procure him em- ployment of some. kind, and use this for his benefit? Tt is. put little, yet it rmay be of service." ae. = "and if he's a thief, my lady," inter- rupted the man, who of course conclud- "my lady," "where shall I return the purse to." : Sere a "He is no thief," she said, almost an-| grily; then checking herself, added, "if it can aid him, well; if not, give the contents to some one who needs it--I do not." : so "hat the deuce is the row?" inquir- ed Mr, Mazingford, making h.s way up to the carriage at this juncture. j "Only a child being starved to death,* said Judith. "Better die now than be hanged after a while," was the reply. = : "Much better," acquiesced his wife. "Let them die," once again repeated 'the popular Jegislator; "it is all they are good for--let them die." ; "So be it," she answered, in her usu- al don't-care-about or sympathise-with- anything style. "So be it." "Home," thundered. Mr. MazingSord to the coachman, for- these cheerfully ac- quiescent replies of his wife utterly dis- concerted him. He never understood, he {old her occasionally, "vhat the de- +i] she meant, or wanted to, be at." But, as the carriage drove off, a cheer from the mob, hearty though there were so few to raise or sustain il, restored his equanimity. It was not meant, however, for the member who supported the in- terest of the country, and had voted two nights before on the popular 'side; oh! no, but for the careless, peautiful donor of a small green silk purse, which it was reported she had given for the rescue of one of their ragged brethren; and if the motley crew were not pos- sessed of sufficient discernment to re- joice at the sight of an M, P., they had at least heart enough left to appreciate a kindly action, even when performed by a- fashionable lady. - And so. they cheered her, and her husband modestly took the compliment to himself. "Hang it," he said, in a self-satisfied tone, "how soon the vagabonds recog- nize a public character, Do you hear them, Judith?" "Distinctly," she answered, ing her head aside, smiled (To be Continued.) and turn- bitterly. His Last Ship lounged idly onthe ; Valparaiso Quays. He waited in hope | that some acquaintance would. heave in sight--some captain or first or sec- ond officer who would be good for a drink--or after dark even, he would ac- cept the hospitality of a man before the mast, or a steward. His thirst had overpowered his sense of the dignity cf a man who bad commanded num- berless veses"'s' on 'the high seas. And now times were particularly hard. After the collision of the Amoor with the Nancy Bell, which caused a paralyz- ing amount of perjury at the Board of Trade inquiry, the Captain's cer tifica'te had been suspended for a year. At the end of hat Wime a wily shipowner, knowing *hat CayMain Norris was fine sailor and could be got cheaply, had given him another chance. But the shipowner's agent in Valparaiso, on finding that the Captain had never been coker during the voyage out, had cab- icd to Liverpool and had him discharg- ed. So now Captain Norris was without a ship, or the prospect of a ship, wilth- cut friends, without money, stranded on Valparaiso Quay, : Night was falling; and no one came whom the Captain knew. He had sold all Iris possessions save 'the clothes he ttood in. The fiendish thirst gripped htm by the throa®. He was even now Avondering if he proffered "0 ship as able seaman whether some crimp would advance him enough money for one big drink., Suddenly a 'tall. man. strolled past and glanced casually at him. "Captain Norris, I declare, ain't il? gail the stranger. "ves, but I can't put a name to you, frrunted the Capiain. "That's mo account--come and split a drink, Captain." Captain Norris would have gone any- where with anybody for a drink «® that Captain Norris | faforned the Captain that it was the ed the lad must be a thief and Judith a}, 'ia a gulp, and then held out his glass" momerit, so he eagerly accepted the in-| "That's like offering me h vitalion, . : oS ora 'The stranger ted him, not toa bar, bul to an office at avshort distance from me itll be for money down---cash, no the quay. A giance at the doorplate SRS ee oredit = : : "Well, we went quorrel about the amount. Now, Captain, let me tell you what we want you fo do. You must keep fairly. sober. till the vessel sails. Give us the chance of saying you've sort ef reformed. When she's out of har- lor the more you -- drink the better, There'll be a super-cargo_ aboard." effice of Stevans & Tearn, Shipowners. "Don't be barikward, Captain," said the stranger as the Carkain paused at fhe door, "haves plenty of liquor here." "Directly they were in the office the stranger produced a bottle of whiskey and glasses from a cupboard, and said: "Naw, Cajftain, help yourself.' 5 : "Y B Norris swalowed 1ass iskey | Cf mine yet," groaned the Captain. ed Se wie es 6h WY The shipownet ignored the interrup- to be refilled. "I wanted that drink tion. "He will protest. against: your "padly," he said simply. : drinking habits, "3-5 3 "Tl clap him in jrons if he does." "Then we think it would be as well not to scuttle the ship. Sailormen talk when a vessel springs a sudden leak ai sea, and the underwriters might turn. rusty. 1 ning into Maranaibo Harbor----" "you needn't explain to me. Don't I know that the channel at the Bar is always shifting? Don't I know that any ship that touches there goes to pieces inside of half an hour, and that the out- dvift from the harbor keeps wreckage from washing up? Aye, Maranaibo Bar was made to suit shipowning 'sharks.' "Well, about the money, Captain?' "J want paying what's due to me in English sovereigns or American dollars --none of your bills or cheques which won't be inet." "Much as you like, Captain--jest get rynunself settied, ant then we'll tall: business." The second glass made Captain Norris feel himisel! again. He looked at the stranger and said: "Youll he Mr. Stevens, I suppose?" The tall man nodded, 'Vell. what do you want with me?' "Look shyar, Captain. I want to talk alraight to you. You're ight up| against it, Lost your ship. lost your reputation. Do you think there's a shipowner on the West Coast. who'd trust you with a vessel?" ~ "Give me Kame whiskey and tell me something fresh," grunted the Captaia. "Well, you're right up against it--you can't get.a berth--you're dying for the drink, and you can't got that. For all) "well, where are you staying now?" I know youve folk dependent on you| "Last might I slept on some cases' on somewhere." ; the quay." - : The Captain wriggled as he listened "That won't do now youre in my em- fo this sentence. He thought of his| ploy, See, Captain, Ill »odvance you wife and dhree children at Polar, and ja couple. of hundred dollars to-night wondered what she thought when she! Smart yourself up a bit. "Stay ait Saree heard from the owners that he had|eent hotel. We want you to look like been discharged and that she could no|the sort of man we could employ So lenger draw against his. pay. : "Now, I can give you a chance--the command of a ship, and as much drink as you like shipped aboard, for the drunker you are the better it will suit me." "What's the game?' thundered Nor- ris, slamming his fist down on the table. "There's a ship if ours loading at the jokty. Could you take her. lo Maranai- bo?" "There ain't a ship sailing that I couldn't take anywhere,' roared the Captain. "That's what I thought." said Mr. Stevens; "have some more whiskey, Cap- tain?" "As much as you like--it makes me feel a mat again." "Well, this particular vessel isn't what you might call a profitable speculation. Ceptain. She's old and cranky, and won't last many voyages more. Already thie underwriters are sniffing at her. So I thought that you, being a. firsil-class seaman. with a liking for divink, might, while you were on the bust, pile the ship up on Maranaibo Bar.' "Heavens! erted: the Captain; "see what drink 'brings a man to. Last night I cadged drinks from a steward, and to-day a-derned Yankee asks me to_ lose my first ship," The shipcwner rose quickly from his seat. "Hyar, Captain, if you: can get-a ves- sel from any other firm, go-and get il; put take care how. you talk about this frm. My, partner's a Spaniard, and touchy--he might see you got a bowle in. your back. Though, after all, what you say wont be of much account. Who'd take any notice of the ravings cf a drunken, discharged coptain?" : Captain Norris glared at Stevens. "T didn't say I wouldn't do your dirty work. Only it ain't pleasant fora man to know how low he's got. But mind you, if 1 agree to sell myself I want my price. What's it mean to me if I pile this vessel up--the loss of my cer- tificate, Never will I command a ship again. What's it mean to you The full value of a rotten ship and all you an get from a faked cargo. 1 know you wreckers' dodges. It'll be ten or twenty thousand pounds in your pock- ets. Now, it's money down I want. I fancy myself coming 40 you when the job's done for my pay and getting kick- de out of this office as a darned black mailer. Give me five hundred pounds Gown, and Vl scuttle her or pile her up, or do what you wish with your rot- ten ship.' "Tis a lot of money," said the ship- owner, shaking his head. "Five years ago I'd have laid any man oul who 'offered me fifty thousand pounds to sink any ship I commanded, " 'We might arrange for you to have half the dollars in advance and half tor. Now, shake hands on our bar gain." : Captoin Norris surveyed the proffered hand contemptuously, and then, miak- ing an effort, extended his hand and gripped it. Then the shipowner count- ed out two hundred dollars and. they left the office together. During the next few days the Captain's acquaintances were astonished to see him in a comparatively prosperous elate. They were even more suprised to find that he declined all invilations to have a drink. It was generally agreed that if Captain Norris had thrown up the rum for good and all he was pretty sure to get a ship soon, They did not know that the Captain secretly smuggled whiskey into the bedvoom at this hotel, and made up for his sober days by drinking all the night. The money agreed upon was paid down the next evening. ."Now, Cap- tain.' said the shipowmer, "don't make a fool of yourself by swanking these ddllars about, People might wonder how you got them." The Captain glared at. his employer. "What do you think I am going to do with this money? Every penny. of its going to be paid into a British bank to be sent to a lifthke woman at Poplar. If it weren't for that lithe woman you'd have {o lo0k a sight further for a man to pile up your rotten tub.' After a few days Mr.. Stevens let it slip that as Captain Norris had reform- ed he had offered him the command of he Oregon. One or two willy persons who knew Stevens' way of doing busi- ness smiled at the news. But most peo- ple agreed that, as Norris had turned over a new leaf Stevens & Teran were lucky to get him---cspecially as having a black mark against him he would come cheap. At last. the sea, and relief. Now he could give up the mis- erable abstinence which had made his days a burden. He could let his chief officer look after the ship, whilst he himself could spend his time in em ua- ceasing fuddie. All went well for the first few weeks of the voyage. The Captain kept his cabin, and- rarely appeared on deck, The weather was so favorable that even a leaky old tub 'like the' Oregon gave no trouble. It was not till the vessel was within a day's saih of Maranaibo that anything untoward happened, Then @ heavy south-westerly gale sprang up. When the chief officer consulted the Captain the only answer he got was, "Run before it' So the Oregon sped on. her course. and early the next morning the look- cut sighted Maranaibo lights, The gale had become a hurricane, and the chief officer lost his nerve, He went Oregon was ready for when the jobs done." dewn to the cabin and demanded. the "Naver had I a-super-cangg on ship {of Maranaibo Bar," -- So you'll be drunk when run- dont drink till you are out of the har-: he Captain heaved a sigh of} No, if I risk my certificate "and my life and the lives of twenty better men than difficulty -- sland the situation. -- deck and the air sJbered him a litt! 'He saw the Maranaiko Bar in the tance--one mass of foami res The supercargo stepped up tain and whispered, "Not. every soul will be lost." | and with one blow of his fist struck the -- unfortunate supercargo to the deck. "Set three men at the wheel," cried the Captain, "a man Jike me ein't afraid: ~ The crew. hesitated, ptlled out a revolver ond ordered them te their posts. dered below at the revolvers point. i sel line of breakers which showed Maranai-- be Bar So ee 'The crew were frantic with some cast off their oilskins | boots go that they might s a when the smash came, But much as -- ed the angry Captsin more, There he stood, clinging to the rail with one hand, holding: his revolver with the other--now roaring his orders so that at the fight with the tempest before him, The vessel came nearer and nearer to - ihe mass of foam, The Captain covered -- the men at the wheel with his revolver. ~ vost he would have shot him. A blind mass of foam and spume surg- ed over the vessel's deck, the ship was turned and tossed about by the waves as if she were a plaything; out of the rock rose not five yasds from the ship's quarter, Then came a final smother, the vessel turned nearly on ber beam--- ends, and tlen all at once it was in the smooth waters of Maranuibo Bay, amd sailormen on the quays and on vessels in harbor were cheering the plucky Captain. wko had faced the deadly Bar, -As-the Oregon took up her moorings in the harbor two boats sped out from the quay. In one the harbor-master and Lioyd's agent came to congratulate the Captain on his feat of pluck, Cap- tain Norris was standing on the bridge, whiskey bottle in hand. He accepted -- their congratulations as if they were no more dhan his due, : left him he noticed a small, dark Spani+ ard whispering. eagerly to the supei cargo. . The next moment the Spaniard came up to the Captain. "I am Senor Teran, part owner of this ship. What does this mean? We paid you five hundred is safe in harbor." Captain Norris struck his forehead with his hand. "That's the worst of whiskey---makes a man forget things so. I knew there was something all -- the time I had {o do, but I couldn't call it to mind, -Now, I'm a man of my word. I'd give you your money back if T hadn't sent every penny of it to the ald girl-at Poplar. But as T can't do that, Pl tell you what I will do. Tl take your dered ship out and pile her up for you--properly this time. I. can't treat you fairer than that, can 1?" The Spaniard gave him an ominious glance, Put left him without saying & word, That night Captain Norris spent ashore in Maranaibo drinking. It was past midnight when he staggered down to the quay to go aboard his ship. He was. singing loudly as he swayed his way down, and never heard the stealthy footsteps behind him. Then came a sudden knife thrust in the dark, and a slight splash in the harbor, The next morning the chief officer of the Oregon, leaning idly over dhe ships side, saw a body floating in the water. The receding tide. brought it alongside, He started with horror when he saw the face. : It was Captain Norris's return to his last. ship.--Pearson's Weekly, a HIS MONEY'S WORTH, A gentleman interviewed the laundry: man. in regard to lost garments, with the following result: -Laundryman--*I regret to. tell you, sir, that one of your shirts is lost. Customer--But here I have just paid you twelve cents for doing it up. Laundryman--Quile right, sir. Wa laundered it before we lost it. 'potter informed on ae d Miss Rids-) MUGGSY HAS SOME FUN WIT H A COON AND CAPTURES A SNEAK THIEF C TOALL Sn \WONDER 19 DARE ANY WATER IN 10 BE USED ony INGME OF Fine =. THC ETS 4 " 0 BE USED onty YOUSE LOOKIn'FER HELLO SLEUTH WHO'S TOALL In SASE Op FIRE TRAINS Sp-h-B? DUTCH JAKE DE BANK SHEAK'S yust PuLLed! 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