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Judge Neill C. Marsh of El Do
rado was a visitor here last Satur
day. _
C. T. Thompson returned home
Sunday afternoon from a business
trip to Little Rock.
An eight and one-half pound girl
was born last Saturday morning to
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Green.
Mrs. J. H. Williams and Mrs. J
G. Phillips visited with friends at
Cecil, La., last Saturday and Sun
day. _
Louis Cartall will succeed C. S
Watkins, resigned, as cashier for
the Union Saw Mill Co. on Febru
ary 1. _
Mrs. Susie Absent of Linnville,
La., was the guest of Mrs. J. H.
Williams ju^t west of town a few
days this week.
President C. D. Johnson, of the
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co., was
down from St. Louis the first of the
week on business.
T. L. Holloway of Marion. La.,
forester for the Union Saw Mill
Co., in that part of the country,
was here on business Monday.
E. A. Frost, vice president, and
G. S. Prestridge. general manager
of the Union Saw Mill Go., were
over from Shreveport this week on
business._
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stripling of
Cecil. La., are the proud parents of
a fine girl, which accounts for that
■'silly grin” Walter is carrying
around in his face these days.
It has been ordered by the board
of health that every resident se
cure a barrel or box and place
same near the back fence and put
all unburnable rubbish and refuse
therein so it can be hauled away
every week.
Presiding Elder W. P. Whaley
of Camden will hold his first quar
terly conference for the year 1913
at the church Sunday afternoon
and will preach Sunday evening
Everybody is co'dially invited to
be present.
The baseball season was opened
early this year here on account
of the exceptionally pleasant
weather and a team of Harper
Spring school boys defeated a team
of Huttig boys to the tune of 35 to
1 3 last Saturday.
State Senator J. Monroe Smith
of this senatorial district has been
appointed a member of the follow
ing committees by President Old
ham: Chairman of Enrolled Bills
committee: member of County and
County and Lines. Elections and
Memorials committees.
On Wednesday evening. January
1 5. at 5 o'clock, there was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kepner at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Tug
well at Felsenthal. a fine 1 0 pound
boy. Mr. Kepner is the chief en
gineer for the government in the
Ouachita river locks and dams.
Another daughter was born to
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Etheridge at 1
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Mother and child are doing nicely
and Etheridge is getting back near
enough normal to understand a
telephone number if you speak real
plain.
“GET ACQUAINTED OFFER."
Send your name with postoffice;
and we will send you post-paid, 25 j
Everbearing Strawberry Plants
Free. 12 Hardy Monthly Roses
50c. Everbearing Strawberries
bear delicious, ripe fiuit from May!
to freezing weather. Banner
Nursery Co.. St. Louis, Mo. adv
Dr. W. J. Pinson. Union county’s
representat've in the general as
sembly of the state, has been ap
pointed a member of the commit
tees on banks and banking and
practice of medicine and chairman
of the committee on public health
by Speaker Hardage.
County Judge W. M. VanHook
is advertising for bids on seven
steel bridges to be erected in Union
county, contract to be awarded on ;
February 12. to the lowest bidder
at the courthouse in El Dorado
These are the first county steu,
bridges to the erected here anu
shows we are progressing along
the right lines.
Herman, the youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gibson, had the
misfortune to break one of th
bones in his left leg just above the
ankle while wrestling at the schoci
house during the afternoon rece;-.:
Monday. The accident will lay
him up for probably six weeks, bin
he declares he will keep up wit!
nis studies, which shows the proper
spirit. _
Rev. W. T. King of the First
Baptist church here, on Thursday
evening, January 16, at the home
of the bride's parents. Mr. ano
Mrs. W. J. Turnage, at Farmer
ville. La., united in marriage their
daughter, Miss Katherine, to Mr.
F. W. Murphy, in the presence of a
number of friends and relatives.
Both young people are populai
residents of Farmerville.
State Senator J. Monroe Smith
of Lawson, who happens to be t! e
only Smith in the upper branch of
the general assembly this year,
has introduced and it has passed
the senate a bill providing a deposi
tory law for the funds of Union
county which will mean that the
bank using the county's funds will
pay a considerable part of the
treasurer's salary hereafter ana
lessen the burden of the tax pay
ers that much.
Mow Foolish
To suffer from Skin Diseases
[Itch. Eczema. Ringworm, etc]
when one 50c oox of "Hunt Cure'
is passively guaranteed to cure or
your money promptly refunded.
Every retail druggist in the state
stands behind this guarantee. Atk
your druggist and see the guaran
tee with each box. You don't risk
anything in giving it a trial. adv
Taken Up 1 have taken up a
large red sow. marked under crop
in each ear. which take nearly all
the end of ears. Owner can have
same by paying for this ad and pay
ing for chickens killed by hog.
adv-4t Mrs. R. L. Townsend.
Pnuemonia and Pleurisy.
For over thirty years Hunt's
Lightning Oil has been acknowl
edged to be a very quick relief when
rubbed well on the chest. Many
hundred letters testifv to the bene
fit it has given others. Why not
try it? All druggists. 25c and 50c
bottles. _ adv
The Woman's Home Mission So
ciety met in the library of the
church Monday afternoon at the
usual hour, eight members an
swered to roll call, with Mrs. Mil
stead as visitor. Meeting was
conducted by vice president. Mrs.
E. E. Buchanan. Scripture lesson
5th chapter of Romans, study j
"Christian Stewardship." Read
ings "The Reaction of Love." Mrs.
Watson: "A Christmas Meditation"
Mrs. Chas. Saxe: "Stewardship of 1
Time." by members. Quartette.
"Give of Your Best to the Mas
ter.” Next Monday is our busi
ness meeting day. all members are
urged to be present.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way t.< cure deafness,
and that is by constitution .1 r medics.
Deufru ss is caused by a.i inllamed condi
tion of the mucous lining of the Kusta
cliian Tube. When this tube is inllamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
he-ring, and when it is entirely closed.
Deafness is the result, end unless the ln
flnmm- non can be tal.cn out and tins
tuba restored to its n rm-.l condition,
hearing will bo destroy' 1 f rewr: nira
casts cut of t n are « ,us 1 I v Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condi
tion < f the mucous surfaces.
V.'iu Up vaOnerirndrefl Dollars fnrnnr ease < f
jv> fn s i mis' 1 r J catarrh) i'-at cannot h-cured Ly
Hall's Catarrh Ce.ro. Send fort- rrulars, f • •■>.
Y. ,T. CDEtlEY, A CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold hr Drags': ’s.T'c.
Taka naira i'auuir PI ha for coustioation.
Ty ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I —George Anderson s»nf'
%v1 f«- sev a remarkable man rome nut o'
the Clermont hotel, look around furtively
wash his hands iu the snow and piss on
Commotion attracts l>sm to the Clermont
where it is found that the beaut fill Miss
Edith Challoner has fallen dead on the
mezzanine floor
CHAPTER IT—Anderson describes the
man he saw wash his hands in the snow
The hotel manager declares him to be
Orlando Rrotherson.
CHAPTER lit T’hyslcians And that
M ss Cl; , lionet was stabbed and tint shot
vb'oh sums to clear Brotherson of sus- ,
pinion.
CHART FIR TV—Grvoe. an aged detec
tive, and Swi •.'iiti-r his assistant. ta! ■
up the rese They believe Miss Challone
Stabbed jo eself.
' TT ".- . , ■ ."T—A paper cutter foun.
near the scene of tragedy is believed to
he the weapon used.
CHAPTER VI Mr. Challoner tells of n
hatch of letters found in his dauyhter*
desk, signed with initials str.insr- to him
All are love letters eyeept one whirl
shows that the writer was displeased
CHAPTER VII 'rids letter was signed
bv Orlando Brotherson. The others here
yitials which lead to the nnclusion that
Rrotherson wrote all of them.
CHAPTER VIII Anderson goes with
Sweetwater to Identifv Rrotherson, who
is to address a meeting of anarchists
The place Is raided hv the police and
Brotherson escapes without being tdentl
fled.
CHAPTER IX Rrotherson Is found liv
lng in a tenement under the name of
Dunn. „He Is an inventor.
CHAPTER X' Rrotherson tells the cor
oner of his acquaintance with Miss Chal
loner and how she repulsed him with
js-orn when he offered her his love
CHAPTER XI -Sweetwater rernlls the
mystery of the murder of a washerwom
an In which 3ome detads were similar to
th* Challoner affair Rrotherson was a
tenant of the building adjoining the on*
In which the woman died.
"And that is as far as ve over got.
Thu coroner’s jury brought in a verdict
of death by mentis of a stab from some
unknown weapon in the hand of a per
son also unknown, but no weapon
was ever found, nor was it ever set
tled how the attack could have been
made or the murderer escape under
the coalitions described. The woman
was poor, h> r friends few, and the |
case seemingly inexplicable. So after
creating some excitement by its pe- *
culiarities, it fell of fts own weight. !
But 1 remembered it, and in many a
spare hour have tried to see my way
through the no-thoroughfare it pre
sented. But quite in vain. Today, the
road is as blind as ever, but—” here
Sweetwater’s face sharpened and his
eyes burned as he leaned closer and j
closer to the older detective—“but !
this second case, so unlike the first in j
non-essentials but. so exactly like it in
just those points which make the niys- !
ter.v, has dropped a thread from its :
tangled skein into my hand, which
may yet lead us to the heart of both. ]
Can you guess—have you guessed— j
what this thread is? But how could
you without the one clue I have not
given you? Mr. Gryce, the tenement
where this occurred is the same I vis- j
ited the other night in search of Mr.
Brotherson. And the man character
ized at that time by the janitor as the !
best, the quietest and most respect- i
able, tenant in the whole building, and
the one you remember whose window
opened directly opposite the spot
where this woman lay dead, was Mr. j
Dunn himself, or, in other words, our
late redoubtable witness, Mr. Orlando
Brotherson.”
CHAPTER XII.
Mr. Gryce Finds an Antidote for Old
Age.
"Sweetwater, how came you to dis
cover that. Mr. Dunn of this ram
shackle tenement in Hicks street, was
identical with the elegantly equipped
admirer of Miss Challoner?’’
"Just this way. The night before
Miss Challoner’s death 1 was brooding
very deeply over the Hicks street
case. It had so possessed me that I
had taken this street in on my way
from Flat bush. T walked by the place
and I look'-d up at (lie windows. No
inspiration. Then 1 sauntered hack
and entered the house with the fool
intention of crossing the courtyard
and wandering into the rear building
where the crime had occurred. Hut
my attention was diverted and my
mind changed by seeing a man com
ing down the stairs before me, of so
tliip a figure that, I involuntarily
stopped to look at him..
"My interest, you may believe, was
in no wise abated when I learned that
he was that highly respectable tenant
whose window had been open at the
time when Half the Inmates of the two
buildings had rushed up to his door,
only to find a paper on it displaying
these words: Gone to New York;
will be back at fi:30. Had he returned
at that hour? I don't think anybody
had ever asked; ami what reason had
1 for such interference now? But an
idea once planted in my brain sticks
tight, and 1 kept thi iking of this man
ail the way to the br.dge. Instinctive
ly and quite against ny will, I found
myself connecting him with sorn s
previous remembrance in which I
seemed to see his tall form and strong
features under the stress of some
great excitement. But there my mem
ory stopped, till suddenly rs I was
entering the subway, it all came back
to me. I had met him the day 1 went
with the boys to investigate the ca )
In Ilicks street. was coming down
tile ata!ri\,ni> of ** . roar u~ t .;ic*• 11
then, very much aa 1 lir f] fust scon
him coming down tit o in front.
Only the Dunn of today a. i n to
have all his wits about him, while the
huge fellow who brushed so rudtlv by
me on that occasion had the peculiar
look of a man struggling with horror
or some other grave agitation. This
was not surprising, of course, under
the circumstances. I had in^t more1
than one man and woman in those
halls who had worn the s me look;
but none of them had put up a si; a
on his door that he had left for New
York and would not bo back till 6:TO,
and then changed his mind so sudden
ly that he was back in the tent merit
at three, sharing the curiosity and the
terrors of its horrified inmates.
“But the discovery, while possibly
suggestive, was not of so pressing a
nature as to demand instant action;
and more immediate duties coming
up. I let the matter slip from my
mind, to bo brought up again the next
day, you may well believe, when all
the circumstances of the death at the !
Clermont c; me to light and I found
myself confronted by a problem very
nearly the counterpart of the one then
occupying me.
"But I did not pee any real connec
tion between the two cases, until, in
my hunt for Mr. Brotherson, I came
upon the following facts; that he was
not always the gentleman he ap
peared; that, the apartment in which
he was supposed to live was not his
own but a friend’s named Conway;
and that, he was only there by spells, j
When lie was there, he dressed like a
prince and it was while so clothed he i
ate his meals in the cafe of the Hob 1
Clermont.
“Ol Brotherson himself I saw noth
ing. He had come to Mr. Conway’s
apartment Hie night before-—the night
of Miss Challoner’s death, you tinder
stand—but had remained only long
enough to change his clothes. Wh -re
he went afterwards is unknown to Mr. 1
Conway, nor can he tell us when to
look for his return. When he does
show up, my message will be given
him, etc., etc. I have no fault to find
with Mr. Conway.
“You have heard how Brotherson
bore himself at the coroner's office;
what his explanations were and how
completely they fitted in with the pre
conceived notions of the inspector and
the district attorney. In consequence.
Miss Challoner’s death is looked upe
as a suicide. A weapon was in her
hand—she impulsively used it. and an
other deplorable suicide was added to
the melancholy list. Had I put m my
our .it the conference h‘!d in the coro
ner's office; had I recalled to Doctor
Heath the curious case of Mrs. Spotts
and then idi ntified Brotherson as the
man whose window fronted hers from
the opposite tenement, a diversion
might h- e been created and tlip out
come b> en different. But T feared tin
experiment. I'm not sufficiently in
with the chief as yet, nor yet. with
Hie inspector. They might, not have
culled mo a fool you may; but that's
different—and they might have lis
tened, but it would doubtless have
been with an air I could not have hole
up against, with that fellow’s eyes
fixed mockingly on mine. For he and
1 are pitted for a struggle, and 1 do
rot want to give him the advanta;:
I ~ 1
I_n^saM
“I Was With the Boys When They
Made the First Official Investiga
tion."
of oven a momentary triumph. Hi 's
the mast complete master of him.- If
of any man 1 ever met, and it v. 11
take the united brain and resolution
of the whole force to bring him to
book—if he ever is brought to hook,
which I doubt. What do you think
about it?”
“That you have given me an anti
dote against old age,” was the ringing
and unexpected reply, as the thought
ful, half-puzzled aspect of the old man
yielded impulsively to u burst of his
early enthusiasm, “if we can g *t a
good grip 0:1 the thread you speak of,
and or.n work ourselves along by it,
though It be by no more than inch
thiougfi this' iuuTrifiiTi oT undouKe3
crime and earn for ourselves a tri
umph which will make some of these
law and inexperienced young fellows
spout us stare. Sweetwater, coinci
dences are possible. We run upon
them every day. But coincidence in
crime! that should make work for a I
detective, and we are not afraid of
work. There’s my hand for my end !
of the business.”
"And here’s mine.”
Next mtnute the two heads were |
closer than ever together, and the
business had begun.
CHAPTER XIII.
Time, Circumstances, arid a Villain's
Heart.
"Our first difficulty is this. We
must prove motive. Now, I do not
think it will be so very hard to show
that this Brotherson cherished feel
ings of revenge towards Miss Chal- 1
lon°r. But I have to acknowledge
risht here and now that the most skil
ful and vigorous pumping of the jani
tor and such other tenants of the
Hicks street tenement as I have dared
to approach, fails to show that he has
over held any communication with
Mrs. Spotts, or even knew of her ex
istence until her remarkable death at
tracted h's attention.”
"Humph! We will sot that down,
then, as so much against us.”
“The next, and this is a bitter pill
loo, is the almost insurmountable dif
ficulty already recognized of determin
ing how a man, without approaching
his victim, could manage to inflict, a
mortal sf: b in her breast. No cloak j
of complete invisibility him yet. be'-n !
found, eve n by the cleverest criminals.
But there's an answer to everything,
and I’m sure there's an answer to this, j
Remember his business. He's an in- |
ventor, with startling ideas. Oh. I
know that I am prejudiced; but wait \
and se< ! Miss Ohalloner was well rid
of him ever, at the cost of her life.”
"She lov< d him. Even her father be
lieves that now. Some lately discov
ered letters have come to light to
prove that she was by no means so
heart free as he supposed. One of
her friends, it seems, has also con
fided to him that once, while she and
Miss Ohalloner were sitting together,
she caught Miss Ohalloner in the act
of scribbling capitals over a sheet of
paper. They were all B.'s with th i
exception of here and th. re a nearly
turned O, and when her friend twitted
her with her fondness for these two
tetters, and suggested a pleasing
monogram. Miss Ohalloner answered,
‘O. B. (transferring the letters, as you
see) are the initials of the finest .nan
in the world.’ ”
"Gosh! Has he heard this storvT”
"I don’t think so. It was told me in
con fidence.”
"Told you, Mr. Giyce? Pardon my
curiosity.”
rsy «r. enanoner.
“Oh! by Mr. Challoner.”
“He is greatly distressed at having
the disgraceful suggestion of suicide
attached to his daughter's name. He
sent for me in order to inquire if any
thing could be done to reinstate her i
in public opinion. He evidently does j
not like Brotherson either."
“And what—what did you—say?” :
asked Sweetwater, with a halting ut- I
teranee and his face full of thought.
“1 simply quoted the latest author
ity on hypnotism, that no person even
in hypno'ic sleep could he Influenced
by another to do what was antagonis
tic to His natural instincts.”
“Latest authority. That doesn't
mean a final one. Supposing that it
was hypnotism! Blit that wouldn't
account 'or Mrs. Spotta’ death. H< r
wound certainly was not a self-inflict
ed one.”
“How can you be pure?”
“There was no weapon found in the
room, or in the court. The snow was ;
searched and the ehildren too. No j
veapon, Mr. flryee, not even a paper- I
■utter. Besides— bit,t how did Mr. '
'halloner take what you said? Was
he salislied with this assurance?”
"He had to be. I didn't dare to hold !
ut any hope based on so unsubstan
.al a theory. But the interview had
his effect upon me. If the possibility I
remains of fixing guilt elsewhere than
n liss Challotier's inconsiderate im
ulse, I am ready to devote any j
mount of time and strength to the I
work. To see this grieving father re- ■
owed from the worst part of his bur
ion is worth some effort and now you
now why I have listened so eagerly
n you. Sweetwater, I will go wiih
. ou to the superintendent. We may
ot gain his attention and again we
nay. if we don't—but we won’t ei a
hat bridge prematurely. Wlv n w ill
ou be •eadv for this business?”
“I mi.it be at headquarters tomor
; ow.”
“(lood. then let it be tomorrow. A
taxicab, Sweetwater. The subway for
the young. I can no longer manage
;he stairs.”
CHAPTER XIV.
A Concession.
“It is true; there seems to be some
thing extraordinary in the coinci
d once.”
Thus Mr. Brotherson, in the pres
ence of the Inspector.
“But that is all there is to it,” he
• aslly proof ed! d. “I knew Miss Chal
!>aer and I have already said how
i :uch and how little I had to do with
her death. The other woman 1 did not
■ now at all: I did not even know her
me. A prosecution based on grounds
■ flimsy as those you advance would
vor of per?, cation, would it not?”
The iti.-pi <■ or, surprised by this tin
proted attack, regarded the spenk
. r w rh an inletest rather augmented
'ban diminished by his boldness, l'he
lHe with which he had utter d these
concluding words yet lingered on his
lies, lighting up features of a mold too
fitec* readily'"'witlf guilt. TliaC the Im
pression thus produced was favor
able, was evident from the tone of the
usrector’s reply:
“Y>'e have said nothing about prose
cution, Mr. Brotherson. We hope to
avoid any such extreme measures,
and that we may the more readily do
so, wc have given you this opportun
ity to make such explanations as the
situation, which you yourself have
characterized as remarkable, seems to
call for.”
"I am ready. But what am 1 called
upon to explain? I really cannot tee,
sir.”
“You can tell us why with your
seeming culture and obvious means,
you choose to spend so much time in
a second-rate tenement like the cue in
Hicks street.”
Again that ch'll smile preceding the
quiet answer:
“Have you seen mv room there? It
is piled to the ceiling with books.
When I was a poor man. I chose the
abode suited to my purse and my pas
sion for tirst-rate reading. 1 have nev
er seen the hour when 1 felt like mov
ing that precious collection. Besides,
I am a man of the people. I have led
—I may say that I am leading—a dou
ble life; but of neither am 1 ashamed,
nor have 1 cause to be. Love drove
tne to ape the gentleman in the halls
of the Clermont; a broad human inter
est In the work of the world, to live
as a fellow among the mechanics of
Hicks street.”
“But, why make use of one name as
n genth man of leisure and quite a dif
ferent one as the honest workman?"
“Ah, there you touch upon my real
secret.. 1 have a reason for keeping
my identity quiet till my invention is
com pleted.”
“A reason connected with your an
archistic tendencies ?”
“Possibly.” But the word was ut
tered in a way to carry little convic
tion. “I am not much of an anar
chist,” he now took the trouble to de
clare, with a careless lift, of his shoul
ders.
“We are glad to hear it, Mr. Dunn.
Physical overthrow carries more than
the immediate sufferer with it.”
"We have no wish,” continued the
inspector, “to probe too closely in o
concerns seemingly quite removed
from the main issue. You will prob
ably be anxious to explain away a dis
crepancy between your word and
your conduct, which has come to our
attention. You were known *v have
expressed the intention of spending
the afternoon of Mrs. Spotts' death in
New York and were supposed to have
done so, yet you were certainly seen
in 'he crowd which invaded that rear
building at the first alarm. Are you
conscious of possessing a double, or
did you fail to cross the river as you
expected to?”
“I o *v» rr 1 i rl tli in
tone was one of self-congratulation
which would have shaken Sweetwater
sorely had he hern admitted to thij
i unofficial examination. "I did m -an to
go to New York and I even started on
my walk to the bridge at the hour
mentioned. Rut T got into a sum'!
crowd on the corner of Fulton street,
in which a poor d- vil who had robb d
a vendor’s cart of a few oranges, w..a
being hustled about. There was no
policeman within sight, and sn F
busied myself there for a minute pav
ing for (lie oranges and dragging the
poor wrete.h away into an alley, wimr *
I eould have the pleasure of seein t
him eat tliem. When I came out of
the alley the snr.il crowd had van
ished, but a big one was colleotin ;
up the street very near my home. 1
always think of my books when I see
anything suggesting tire, and natural
ly I returned, and equally naturally,
when 1 heard what had happened, fol
lows d the crowd into the court and so
tip to the poor woman’s doorway. Put.
my curiosity satisfied, 1 returned at.
once to the street and went to New
York as [ had planned.”
“Do you mind telling us where you
went in New York?”
“Not. at all. I went shopping. 1
wanted a certain very fine wire, for
an experiment 1 had on hand, and I
found it in a little shop on Fourth
avenue. If 1 remember rightly, the
name over the door was (irippns. Its
oddity struck me.”
There was nothing left to the in
spector but to dismiss him. He had
answered all questions willingly, ami
with a countenance inexpressive of
guile. He even indulged in a parting
shot on his own account, as full of
frank acceptance of the situation as if
was fearless in its attack. As he halt
ed in the doorway before turning h t
hack upon the room, be smiled for the
third time an he quietly said:
“I have cep.sed visiting mv friend’s
apartment in upper New York. If you
ever want me again, you will find me
amongst my books.”
He was half-way out the door, but
his name quickly spoken by the in
spector drew him back.
“Anything more?" he asked.
The inspector smiled.
“You are a man of considerable
analytic power, as I take it, Mr. Rroth
« rs >n. You must have decided long
ago how ibis woman died.”
“Is that a qu-stion, inspector?”
“You may take it ns such.”
"Then I will allow myself to say
that, there is but. one common-sense
view to take of the matter. Miss
(’halloner’s death was due to suicide;
so was tb it of the washerwoman. Hut
there 1 Btep. As for the means—the
motive—such mysteries may be with
in your province but they are totally
outside mine! God help us all! The
world is full of misery. Again 1 wish
To be Continued Next Wi en.)
F.vQrybo(iy hub a hobby, doing
’.he i ight hind of j„b w .. K is out.