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Buchanan*;& Penslone 0ne.Donr West Barrie Hotel Every Description c best. lane to get d}ug. is at a DRUG STOR . The drug?-int knows more about than: kan nk-n -`Ann LOWEST PRICES When Firearms are necessary they must be reliable. You want a. un that will in the work. f you are shooting for sport or protection there must be no question of results. We can supply you with the best Guns. Ries and Ammunition, also Smokeless Powder at ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY Window Cards, Dodgers, Q.. 1 I\ T): TANkf' and Repalrs, gg to &.*CO. \Vholesale and Retail Manufacturers. aanspnmes. Mrrnessss, PUMPS, w. H._BjJANKER, BARBIE. BRADFORD STREET- 28-1 BARRIE. A. HUNTER. 33- Sale Bills, OF PHOTO AR7r1s'r. maatalogues, C00. No. 17 Pudding lane. Don't Write it down, but don t' forget it. It is a full mile from the depot. We take a cab to the corner of Hoke street, and then we have only two blocks to walk. The place is open till 10 o'clock in the even- lug. ' . And the name of the party?" .- - Is Webb. He s a man of sixty and not in good health. One crack on the head will settle his: business. When you have done for him, you `raise one of the front windows as a signal to me; I shall be exactly opposite. - We can loot the place. in fteen minutes it the safe is still open. [.7 x___.. ;.._1,1 _..-.. v _.---I.:| ....a. ..;.n--' "'You d be a fool to meddle `with any one untilewe pull this affair 01!. Now talk low and go ahead; It,is on Pud- ding lane, is it? V n'\V,. 1H Y\--.J.l.I_.... I...'.- '\-..!L -...IA._ IL O.IAl `.4 on us...- "I have toltci5;;)u I would I10t.St!'_1ke. to kill," said the weaker one after a pause. ' V % 1.7 ,1-__IL -...I_ _-__ 1.. ll ..-...I!-.I LL- 1.1.`. Luv \I|.n4\a. . He couldn't hear the explosion of: a ton of dynamite.- If I thought he had 50 in his pocket. I'd twist his neck and heave him out of the door. but I don t believe he s got 10 shillings about him. - "3-`iF1'on't ask you to," replied the oth- er; but just remember this-if you don t nish him we may both end our` days In prison. - He's a foxy old rascal. and he may get a peep at me. If he does, then goodby,`and you'll be In the same boat. What ; the use of being squezuuish over it? Why not make a safe job? He is the biggest -kind of a rubber and t1 man Without a heart." T But I couldn't strike to kill. T ```Have your own way, but -if -he comes to I shall nish him 01! in a hurry, and you'll have toestandein with [Cl VV :-- ---- The day I went up to London from Liverpool to be present at thefuneral of my old friend Stebbins the compart- ment was full at starting. I hadmy trumpet along and copied the actions and attitude of a deaf man. By `the time the journey was half "completed there were only three of us left. `The other two men were acquaintances. Neither was over thirty-eight, and from_ their general looks I sized them up as belonging to the gambling and horse racing fraternity. It was easy to see that one dominated the other, and the dominant man had a hunted, desperate look in his eyes. I judged he was in desperate straits for money and that he would be willing to risk a great deal to make a haul. As soon as the _. three or us were alone he said to the other: - ____ LJL _-_`_LL-_,,, _. . ,, - Q vLu\,. - "Now we can tall; matters over and settle particulars. ` 4.II...A. LI... .143 .I-__._ .l.I__.._ I) ___-J.-...A.`..I .... ..-... __---w- `7?1;L'tne gm dozer there." protesvtid the other. ~' ' 1' -1 n gs - a -' `b`:Suppose he is suspicious of m ahd keeps me outside the railing?" _,_u_ L- 17--- ..I...... Imlng J-kn -\z\.'_.Iu l1l\4 vu|.nL\Jv uv ouocauau "He won t be. `You show him the diamond ring I have to give you-, and he'll invite you inside fast `enough; Tell him it's a part` of a b1'g haul, and you can steer the rest his way, and he'll put you on the shoulder and" bring out a bott-le of wine. The only thing is that you must not make a bungle of it." ` _ _ _- . _ - A I,__A_ T`1;.ey had agreed that I was deaf, but at the same `time they had `10WeF-ed their voices until an ordinary man would not have caught a: word. In` hezird everything, however, and I rea- soned it out that they were after either a puwnbroker or a fence." It was to be a case of assault and robbery-D91`? haps Worse. ` ` `;_'___ __ VAL-.. u I! U]. DC- In the same cautious tones they Dialmed where to dispose f the plum der and in what direction 1:0 ,t3k_ ight, and I came to understand the affair as plainly as if "I had been 3 third man. I am an 1mpertPbb`.~ man. A I sat there for two hours an made no sign, but I was doing 3 great deal of thinking just the-same- It 1" always been my habit to mind my 0W9 business. I have never cared W11,W33._ being robbed or murdered 8.8 1093' '4' robbers and murderers let me `#939 My first idea was to "keep h.an but it looked like such 8 D;'ttt,7;:.`:..` thati changed my mind. M W 5, . opportunity for a Scotland Yard to capture a couple of dosper$3 .:_f.d. handed, and no doubt I ;W0111d ; I}P.i-" batted on the back 01"1_?h-.Pmt-=If was to give them. ' . 7 .' We reached London at 8:10; In "`.9;;` acute, equal to that of a fox, I think, but in carrying the trumpet I have" two objects in \:iew- rst. nobody thinks of asking me questions on tr!-g ing matters or seeks to draw me into political arguments. and, second, I ' have the fun of overbearing much not meant for my ears. There are times when my fellow travelers comment on - my personal appearance, much to my UL Luvvl "`v ' detriment, but I have to` take the,blt- ter with the sweet. .1___ 1 _--A-.& an.` LA "A-aA- J-.4... We at iii the ; `1'n1Dg. and while the two xnen__tookf A ` cab and drove aW8}' for Hok'e.lt1fej,Ot '1 called one and drove direct to ._`;'9". . [and Yard. I was snubbed as soon ' mfrrived. An o1c1al to,wh0In<.l won; a ected asked me It aehorse tallpni 3 cgwn or a chimney. ca11g_ht" .f|l'.B':_1'-1.,1,l$.w.;.,`.,..` I me into his presen,ce in,.- _suqh,.| 1,hpgpy,} allow no man ; to.- rub: ,_my 1th ; a M113 Way and therefore_:ga,gve%tli!I Cf`. 8 better than h;jAA;`\e;1t,.\:` W En `m"Ih': L. _.J _n _s 1 am called an eccentric tna`n,Tan'd I am 1' my CC . ea, trumpet and pretending to be deaf Whcneve1- I go on a journey. As 31 mat-. ter of fact, my sense othearing is most ., ,.,..ml {Ln Hmf nf n fnv T i-hlnli V . ' C0p,,,~zg1u._ 1901. by A. 8. RicI_uarda6i*LA.;`, L.jgi o,oa'oaoaoaoaaoaoaoaoaoao_ ` ather proud of the tact. Among r centricities is that of carrying` an -mu ; hen; ldcronnn 9, l~962`; l "`El'1;1.1"`.';_liy carry thet ear Your carrying the -trumpet is. a. gross deception on the public, sir."-. CS7!-.4. n-lull- I- ..-A. _An- - LJ! -~` vwvrUIVQ9:VIQ:III5 yuvllup Bjlo ` be public is not a':e:te`_d[oue1we;y' `or the other," Ireplled, "as "it is no one : business whether I am deaf or all right. In this case my pretense of be- lng deaf has erved the public a good turn, unless you stand here and let murder and robbery be done." . ~ Q4. 9! I... ......L.I...---.1 `tor I_-1l-- V u avuuvtg UV \lVA_lUo ' -5-i.1::; tie continued, I believe you ` can be arrested for carrying an ear trumpet when your y hearing 13- per- fectly `good. I believe` such a, thing comes under the head of misdemeanors. Tom, will you look in the book?A mt... 1..--I_ _.__ ---A-A---A _v..., vv 0-. gvu ovvu on but: UUUAI The `books was consulted, and much to the detectlve s disappointment my. ear trumpet was not mentioned along with pistols, knives and slungshots, -nlif cynic Anon LA J-L..l.._A -... _ ----- vvoyoo yousvnw, nunvvu uuu Sl_.uI.l5BLlU|.B- But you can be detained as a sus- picious person," he said as a` look or re- lief came to his,face. Yes, that is the charge. and I shall detain you until the inspector arrives." IITA _.-__ I-A_ L1,`, "-`:I'F5~V;;1~lv;; Fvyo men carry out their Plan. I wtnmake London too hot to hold you! I` shouted In my anger. Tn `undo. `I on-.. l..-I-...'I --_ A_ 1_---_ v qnvoup gvuo A UIIVIIBISII 818 Ill uu5cL. I In reply I was locked up. An hour , later the inspector. on duty strolled in from his dinner, and my case was laid before him. It began with the trumpet. '5' IIUIAAICQ`-Elwin` -l_ 9) I..- ..-.lJ _.. I. _ ---v-- ago... an 51395510 I! I-Ialul Iulul |pb|ll.l11lVIn "I understand, l sir," he said .as he xed me withwrglare, that you carry an ear trumpet topdeceivethe public." Well, what it I do?" I yelled at him.- Speak respectfully, orit will be `the worse for you. ' I take it thht a min: who will deceive the general public will also deceive the police, Xou can tell your story. however. 1 .a.-|.-I 1.; n'..'_ -,L__n,, 4 , - vvln g `lIl&' -luvs; | IJVJV V31 Cl: ; I told it in L a straightrqrward way, but when I had nished the inspector smiled in derision andshopok his head and I replied: - (111-- LI_I_ ._- 7, 7 - I'D .----- . yr..- Too thin, my man. You want to lead us o on a Jolly, but you've fallen] over your own feet. I think it will be safe to detain you until morning. Ad. J..l-..J. 1.---.. -1: 4.1.- ...I..I_.n. 1 -___I.1 _._A_ ....- vv wry"-.. av s--you W At that hour of the nig.i-1:1-..o'.:`o"tild note hope to nd one of my few `friends in London to identify me and.`ther:fore submitted with as good. grace as possi- ble. I almost begged of the inspector to send men to Pudding lane. He gave me a look of pity and disdain and turned away. ' b.-A. 1' ...-.. .._..1. I.-1.s -11 _n__|_L AA. midnight a report reached the yard that `the pawnbroker at- 17 Pudding lane had been murdered and his room plundered, ahd .When_'I was taken` out of my cell into the presence of the in- spector I found him both abject and agitated.` He begged my pardon in the `most servile way and entreated me not. to make my story public and ruin him. I refused to make any promises. I had not described the men to him in telling my story, and now I absolutely re- fused to give him a clew. I had been B71? 1" WJQ" not held all night. . At. humiliated and treated with contempt. vlliiie trying to serve the police, and you may be sure I bore them no good will. Qefore I got satisfaction I had the inspector, the detective and anoth- er man bounced,` and it was through- my description of the murderers that a private a detective ' agency ran them `down in Germany and secured a big reward.- . _f can can up as`: -v- w. '--.7 ' ,T `B113: -5on t-you k1;ow_-what you es-__ caped by falling into the sewer? he. asked; T - Inuasauavwc When able to get out," continued the drummer, I tound that public opinion was against me and the peo- ple readyto stand a suit, and by ad-_ vice of a lawyer [I settled the case for $125. ` I dldn t_even. get all that. In tumbling into the sewer I broke two planks a'nd_brought `a cavein, and the damages were assessed at $5.66 and taken out of my money. ' " ` ' v The Town Had Offsets. p I had been knocking about a Kan- sas town in the evening, said 9. Bos- ton drummer with a limp, and in `heading for my hotel I walked pfump into an open `sewer which had no` red light of warning. I-, had a badfall and broke _my hip, and -I wasnft yet out of the sewer when I made up my mind to V sue for $20,000 damages. I was taken to the hospital,` and next day the city attorney called on me to know what I was going to do. - i ll l`I'!__ ..-I_.. 1.. gm`. L]... L.-..-_ A. v: `on: 3`-o-3 vv vow `I'm going to sue the town, of course, -I replied. T . `But what for '2 he asked. y .. `For personal damages. There should have been a railing or a light, but there was neither, and my injury will lay me up for weeks. It lT\..-L S-_IL --.- I--_A-- nu-'15:.` -g-q nan QVIII " `Then let me tell you that the roof at the hotel tell in last night and" killed 1 three men, and if you had been in your bed you would have been crushed .to pulp. You really owe this town `something instead of talking about damages. T - nun.-- ..|..1- cg .....J. .-...c n ......u......a Still In the Business. * Lord Kames, a once famous Scottish judge, on his way southward to Perth from the northern `circuit, -had to spend the night at Dunkeld. Next morning he made for the ferry across the Tay. btit, `missing the road, asked-a passer: A by "to show him the way. an-I-vn.l. -11 ....'.. Iuunob .n ml-I-an- H13 l.uB1._u .w Lulu: uwuu `uvvnuuu Ah; weqvere very luckyvto get off: for want of evidence, but. I am at11,l.1n? the >but'ch`e'r1n 3`: bii81ness." __ n ....-a.I. 1'.`-A Yunnan Ill H"- .Ohollx-Mijss, ;Mab.6l+ jzdo, 7`."'Y9?1l.`n. nix: h`<*1W`??< *~ ?~ y0u'VD IIOIEII my ,lll`lll|L_ . Mabel`-.-`0h; 5-we;_1.t.h;gt?s 9 v,l1'cgpy-f-New -ixdrk woman UJ Duvvy unun Ian 1:S" 1th all. my het;rt',";wshid the stran- ger. .f`I see your `lordship does not. know me. My name's John" Gow. Don't you remember me?` I" had the honor to be tried before your lordship for . sheep "stealing." " \Y--- `I _...udlnnO- can Inhn I-nnllo` I01 -U.|l_\:p Btcuuug. . Now I recollect you, John." replied the judge. `And- how is your wife? She, too, had the hone;-_to appear be- tore me for reeelving the sheep. know- lng themato have been-stolen." ` - HA1. -..... cannon nan-v Innlnr in 1913 OH tne DIICCHUIIHS Uunluclan. . > ',l3he1_1,", quoth Lord Kames as .119 came '1n s1 ght?ofV th`e terry, we may have the_'honor of Vmeeting aga1n.~ ?- scottishasmertcan; I gfi A . A % "'.TI'1'.};,. :4 non: _ you_,. know gnu _D;_i1t ooimna 1001. by A; s. Richardson ' )3 `p eooooooooooooooooooooooea ow long Bones, the vagabond, had been a country tramp before he reach- -ed London could" only be guessed at by the butchers and shmongers or Apple- gate market, where he took up his headquarters. He was a man of fty when he rst hunglabout, and he had the appearance of being seasoned. No one ever asked Bones. any ques- tions, and he volunteered no informa- Ll-.. 3 . I um; nu uypcuxcu, auu. cue uume BLUCIS to him. He accepted it without re- ma1_'k.- What is the. odds to a vaga- bond whether he is called! Bones or Jones? ' . L ' ' It may seem carious that no one ever became sutliciently interested in Bones to draw him out or. that some day when he longed for human" sympathy . he did not volunteer his story; but, as a matter or fact, he was only one of hundreds or vagabonds slouching along the streets of London. Why should any one of higher station care who he was or whence he `came? And if he had related his history it might have been that of scores of: others and would have brought neither sympathy nor Iixpence. 13-..-.. .._-.. .r._-m-.._i_-_- Irv- __-_ _u-- `Some one called min Bones the first `day he appeared, and the name name 5.. Lin. `I1 - _---._;.-.15.|L _ug-_-L ,_' h_He had -put in ten years in London, and there waspno appreciable change in him. He was gray haired, stoop shoul- dered, ragged and red nosed, but he had_been that on his arrival. Nor had .there been any change in his plans. He had come to London to live out the remainder of his days, and he was do- ing it. If it ever occurred to him that some day he must land in_ the alms- house, die and be buried as a pauper, he said nothing about it and was not worried. ' e `lvoavvu V ` - ' ' Bones was inolfensive. He was also Ipassably honest, and when kicked out of the way. he took it as a.matter of course. He was content with the shab- biest raiment` and had not too hearty an appetite, so it came about that he was allowed to hang about the Iner- ket without complaint. His lodgings . .were in vacant buildings, coalyards or doorways, and the onlytime he got full meal, and a decent bed was when the police pulled `him in and he was sent to the workhouse. ` - I 6ne':i'ay Bones was slouching `along .David street. He was not beggingvor sightseeing or looking after coal to be put in. He was simply vagabondiz- ing'f`and letting his feet take his body where they would. If a policeman had made an arrest, Bones would have had no curiosity; If the re engines had come rattling up, he would not have halted and become a spectator. He_had witnessed dogghts, street` rows, res and arrests so often that they no lon- ger held any interest. I\... ___1..'_..:. I_.!__. .I._..__..!.... _I-_.. :~_ -.v-- v---., __...--y One whosaw him dragging along with his eyes on the ground would have aidthat nothing but a kick from a truck horse could have aroused him, and yet a mere trie did the business. Ofa sudden a pet poodle pursued by a ' gang of boys ran up to Bones as if to ask for protection. He picked up -the dog and carried it along, and, though "threatened by the hoodlums, he clung to the canine. After walking two blocks he came upon a carriage con- taining a girl about ten years old. The poodle had escaped from _the carriage as it was driving through Willow place, and the little one was crying piteously over her loss. . _ ~ GOIp5I>l\O |snA\n wcnyausnnayuo 0 Oh, youvgood, good man! You look ragged, but I know you're not bad. I ll give you. some money, and if you'll come and see papa I know he ll nd a place for you and help you along. My name is Minnie. and it was so good of you, and- -n--;. 41.- .:'..a_.... ...1......`-1- i.x.. ...1.x.-. -4. +1.- Bones walked directly to the vehicle and placed the dog in her arms, and the overjoyed `girl `reached out for his hand and exclaimed: ` C , a CV,,. I,_I_ ` vu, \Qn.:.\n But` the driver shook his whip at the Vagabond and started up his horses. For the rest of that day Bones was only outwardly Bones. He had been kindly addressed by a human being. He had been told that ome one might help him upward. Hishand had been shaken in gratitude, and he had been - called a good man. There was some- thing new here to hold his thoughts and turnover in his mind, and he was so preoccupied that he crept to his bed in a coalyard without having begged the usual crut: _ AI,_L 9 ___- - l_;__.___.` I_- t pany"o'f,9n9 whofdid-. Hasiheg Iteador. A \II-l\o\v v Q LlIClLI-"II-EC LIIC Llltltl A week later, though Bones heard nothing of it, all London thrilled with excitement and indignation over a case of kidnaping. A little.gh-1; the daugh- ter of a banker,` had been caught _up at ~her~rather s very gate in the dusk or evening and carried at! in acarrlage. Bones neverhread the newspapers. and it was `seldom that he waeln "the" com- heard all about the -case,'howver`,' it L N'VoI'11don1y`9 have been `at passing inter-L f.th9 . ?`.33th..n" tn n est-'-just any lit. j - . `One : day -- he ..slou(;hed alon; gliavgda HeJ.hadtbe;en:-dnitn,;n9iIt`h w`;Itm;nut`1.st"l)`emt'hat I am a human be- ing after all. . If I hadn't been, the girl \woul_dn?t have spoken as she did. To have some one shake hands with me, to call me a good man; to thank me for a serv1ce-I can't make it out. But we come too_ late. I m too old to change. Nothing could lift me up now, `nothing give me back what I have lost. "1`here s only one thing I_ can do, and that : to pray God Imayfdie like a man-like the `man I once=iwa!s. _L-_ un__._._|. I1_..-'... I.-a....I v-nrv y "mi; 3; hand. salt was snot: the .._1lrst= `vacant _ house by a-x--hundred--in which he: had taken-3 up"? temporary` `quarters, and` - he knew the trick -of prying open cellar- windows; Once in the cellar, the light ' of a match -showed him. the `-way up- stairs, andas he reached the `kitchen `I167 was surprised to 11nd`. a bit of tire in the range and the remains of a mea-l on a -shelf. Before .,giving the matter any thought he `ate up-"all the food be- fore him and hugged the range until he had ceased to shiver. Some one had been ahead of him. It was not a vag- abond like himself, because there were the food and the tire, and thieves and burglars would have no _call to enter empty houses. A half consumed can- dle showed that the tenant had been there for a night or two, and it was likely he had a key to one of the doors. Bones was somewhat mystified, but not frightened. With a lighted candle in his hand he set out to explore a little and decide which room to sleep in. After a look into the three or four rooms downstairs be mounted to the second story and had hardly reached the landing when he heard `men's voices from one -of the bedrooms, to- gether with what seemed the sobbing of a child. Out went his candle,` and he got down on hands and knees and crept along to listen at the door. There were two men and a child in that room, and the child was weeping and plead- ing. .v `:1 .` BB`n`es 'c'Iec'ide'd' thz'1t"`a"h` enttaxice might ' - by gcted a1f;,ervdark..j,H Would have neither lied.-nor me, but -. the poorest -of the roomswould be comfortable for, _a Vagabond. 4 'I1'7I.-._ _.!_.{.;_ .-_-_- ' v-n-.__-, __- ,, ION V lilo one will `ever know what Bones thought or planned to do, nsthe door` was suddenly opened by one of the men, and he was found crouching there. He did. not run away. One look into the lighted room showed him an old table, two or three chairs, a bed of blanketsand on` the bed the little girl of the lost dog. He leaped into the room as the man started back, and as the girl recognized him and cried out the two kidnapers cursed.- "l`I.__- Z`- |__I.Q _ ....)._-_1_- '__I. ._ .._ v..- ___v -.. v -._--..r..-... v---~'-o There was half a minute "when no one moved. Then one of the men rushed to the door and shut it, and both drew knives and advanced upon the Vagabond. All her life the little girl will rememberhow his impassive face lighted up. howvhe suddenly grew straight and tall, how his eyes glis- tened as be seized one of the heavy chairs and began the battle. They were a pair of burly rulans, `and they had"long, keen yknives, but it was a ght lasting many longminutes. As they stabbed and thrust he beat them to their knees. They wounded him. again and again, and he left a trail of blood as he shifted his position, but _ one of them was dying and the other had a broken arm before the old vaga- bond tottered and fell, with the bro- ken chair still clutched in` his_ngers. The child saw it all with bated breath and wide open eyes, and, though she did not know of his hope, she saw that he died like a man-aye. like the brav- est of men! ' v V- n`.n\ynA With his. broken bones and bruised body and with fear of the police in his heart the surviving-ruian made his way out of the house, and the child. was left the long night with the dead. When morning came, she beat upon_~a window _until attention was attracted and men broke in the door and rescued her. It was not the police who found the kidnapers, but old Bones. It` was not a public officer whohad eagerly sought `a battle .with the. ruians and yielded up his life after a heroic ght. but simply an old Vagabond of Apple- gate market. And his eulogy and his epitaph were the words of the child who saw him do battle for her:_ v nav IJIOV "`I-Ie sa old and dirty and'ragged, but he was a man! cannon vuv -wvovu-v cw- -av- \ all men! - g The Politician an an Actor. '.l.`here.are multitudinons small things Which, as a little man, one would sup- pose mnstpress heavily upon an emi- nent politician. He must be civil to all men-civiler perhaps to `the fools than to any. The fools he has always with him--alWays. The `eminent poli- tician mnst serve as the especial butt to a vast andwondcrful array of bores. How he must despise the large major- ity of his so called followers! With What scorn he must regard them in his heart! And yet how he has to'go out of his wayto solicit the favor of their vote and interest! How he has-some-9 times to palter with a 1ie-ne must" have! How he must be all thingsto ,1, _.. A..__ ._A._._ son. n.|.n\'o- 0 He is an actor as much as any actor that ever trod the mimic stage, and be be sick or sad he has to give satisfac- tidn to the audience in front if he would keep his situation, He has to struggle and strive to keep in his hands . the ends of ftyditferent strings which are being pulled in fty different direc- tions andpreserve his balance and his head amid them _all._ ' \` s -n 'lLll Ir:-v:.-;. '1- . An Epitaph. On the 10th of February, 1756, died ` 8. Miss Basnett at theage of twenty- three,4.who wa'.s.bu1"led in the --church-. yard of old St; Pancreas and upon` placed: L whdse tomb the folejving `lines were " -_- 1.-..-- '_...I --__--ni_vn 1.....LL. Go. spotless `honor and unsully'd truth: Go. smiling . innocence and blooming T youth; - ' ~ Go, tegzale sweetness` joined with manly ' _ ense: ` . 'Go, winning wit that never gave offense; Go. soft` humanity that blessed` the poor; _ Go, elaint `eyed patience tromf attention : ` . ..modeIty_th_et ne gar wore`; (roving, , ~ Mtve .n4;e,4:r91voc;thye heavenly. : 4` ~- '6!" L x . .. . , . ism - -trtiiertse-=! *h'e"!9*!=9`*i IICCIK IaI.I.I.lI\L Ululkvhlul (5310 And what is the end or it? What is thereward of the eminent politician? It. is when` one considers this equetion that one is amazed to think that any man should think` it worth his while to pay the penalty of political . great- ness.--tAll the Year Round. '