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uncertain. by avis gray. - t,Je Tnrning all other things aside. Shoul<Umvegiowns.> silent and calm ftniisJow; Should he in our hearts liae a torpid snake : And neither heart flutter nor hopeless break. _. Myself?as . . a t f aS v i sit here all alone For neither of us has worn a mask. And ■« hat we ha, e lost in this strange, sad way. pnunion nr invn —t enre nnt whnt The world may call it—fickle or true, If you remember, or even « not, My 1 fm”hTrc?.n“tl\I?y W h?noV,?uaumh 5oa ’ Bae died with hope and a blighted youth. I wonder, if either should die to-night, Leaving the other alone and still, !f Stir some Uttte touch of with remembrance might thrill: the lmng heart a sudden Or awakeu eom • dream from the buried poet, Or bring recognition of love at last. I wonder! But no, it can never be ; I have searched your eyes for the truth for , , years, And mine own have grown dim with unshed tears. And . , so I know not if you are true, Nor can I tell if I stiU love you. THE LITTLE WAIF. A Story of Absorbing Interest. By BERNARD HERBERT. [CHAPTER XI.—Continued.] He advanced with outstretched hands, but ere they met those of Boyden in a grateful clasp, they fell at his sides. Something, perhaps the thought that this man had xvrecked liis happiness, robbed him of the desire to touch him. Instead, he said: “I knoxv not hoxv to thank you, Mr. Boyden.” thereby expressing Boyden rose, a tacit wish to end the scene. “I do not xvish to be thanked,” he re¬ plied ; “I only hope that I have cured you of your foolish infatuation.” “It xvas not infatuation, sir; but gen¬ uine, deathless love 1” “Deathless! Do you mean to tell me-” “That such love as mine cannot die! Though I could not look upon her face again without a shudder until her inno cence is proved, she has my love and wiH keep it for all e erm x • Boyden smiled again that indulgent SD ?Ar “^"foreigners , \ be , r ” tic ... . spite of the very devil himself he said ^pwillTckeduPn upon her face in a hurry, since to slies look rather clever at giving people the slip Well, as I am obliged to go to will Boston upon important business, we de fer the portrait for the present. “As you please. Mr. Boyden. Good And°the m mome|the^doordosedupon ■ nr.. » ■ i) the young artist, he added with a grim biugh pouring out the remnant in the decanter into his giass; I here! Rhats well over. I hope to the Lord I’m through with that sicken ing milksop!” of the bustling The atmosphere with the freedom from streets, together influence, produced Boyden’s baleful a singular effect upon Rupert Arnim. “I won’t believe it!” he mentally ejaculated. “She is innocent! My heart tells me so. She is alone in the world, with every man’s hand against her. I told my mother that in case of need I will defend her, and defend her I will! But how to find her? Stay! Perhaps they have some tidings of the poor child at police headquarters!” consider the And never pausing to conseauenoes of the act, he turned his face down-town, and after fifteen min ntes’ sharp walk entered the portals of the residence of justice, in Mulberry street In answer to his inquiry as to where lie should find the presiding oft cer of the day he was directed to the apartment on the ieft of the entrance haH Here, surrounded by the majes ty of the law, the brave-hearted fellow approached the long table at which three officials sat They looked up as he appeared and xxaited for him to speak. “I come to find out,” he began, “if anything has been heard from a young girl who strayed from from her home last “What night?” asked. name?” was “Rupert Arnim.” The young girl s name. Th?TWato lne Caj/tain a war xxas woiuw going on on to to ask ask some description of the person in ques tion, when he was interrupted by the opening of a door xx-hich had stood ajar to the right of the desk, and the face of Detective Bancker appeared. “Will you step this way, if you please, Mr. Arnim? he said, and x an ished as promptly as he had appeared. With a start of surprise Arnim fol lowed the direction gix-en, and passing “» “pfease l ^ C %£rh* A 17 ^ be seated” unon^the be «-an Mr. Bancker litrhtlv nosincr edge of the desk that filled the greater part of the little room • “von are in search of one Grace Garland, I believe?” “Yes sir ' Can * x-ou toll me anything ' “First can vou tell me anything of her?” xvas the imperturbable rejoinder “Xotliinff von^inean “Do that tou have not the ability" or not the medication to wha* vou know V* “The abilitv sir. All that I know of riraee Garland is' that I met her on the Oregon and that since her arrival in tbi • g>nntrv mother. she lias to-en ieared‘last staving with mv She disap r night and I am searching for her.” “Of all of which I am informed. Well Mr Arniin, all that I can tell vou is that Grace Garland is in custody.” ’ “In custody! In prison?” “Vn* hnt out of harm s wav.” " “O ’ can I -ee her?” THE DEMOCRAT, CRAW FORD VILLE, GEORGIA. "Not at present. We are working out a dense mystery and have too much at stake to he interfered with. I will call upon you later. Good-day.” - CHAPTER XII. BAXCKEB TO THE FRONT. Poor Rupert, being thus peremptorily dismissed, bowed and took his leave, passing out through the halls of justice, eyed by a dozen or more stern myr niidons of the law. As he had sat, during his brief view with Mr. Bancker, with his back to the open door, lie had failed to no tiee the apparition of a messenger who made a significant signal to tlie detec wh jch virtually was the cause of Arnim s being discharged so absorbed‘in suddenly; nor did he. being r wholly - , his . own thoughts, , , see the elderly , , , gen tleman. of distinguished appearance, who stood waiting for an audience with Detective Bancker. Had Arnim been of a curious turn of mind, which decidedly he xvas not, and had lie chosen to listen at the door of the .. private office utter ... the ,, elderly , , , gen tleman had gone in to the detective, the tirst words he might have heard would have been: “Have I the pleasure of meeting Mr. Bancker, the gentleman in charge of the Clifford murder case?” “Yes, sir. And you are?” “Mr. Edgar, the lawyer employed bv the late Mr. Orrin Clifford at the time of his death.” “Then permit me to say, Mr. Edgar, that you are the missing link in our operations! Thank you * for calling upon me.” But as Rupert did not hear all this and the mass of vitally important busi ness that followed, perhaps for the present we need not be inquisitive; let us, rather, return to little Gracie Gar land, our long-suffering heroine, where we left her on the preceding night in that upper room of the old building, prostrate upon the lifeless bodv of her surmosed father The shock of the information which Nicholas Garland had imparted with his dving breath, coupled the with night, the had ex citement and fatigue of bereft the poor child of her senses for the time being, ami like one (lead she lay there, heeding not the dazzling ray of the bull’s-eye lantern that en compassed tlie pathetic picture in its pale 'it of light may be needless to state that the lantern was held in the hand of that nutate detective Air Bancker since the reader has already " suspected as muc jj R ^ he ^ , chance , came npon Max Boyden, ’ as he came strolling doxvn the av t 0 keep his appointment with Nicholas Garland; it was he who shadowed the two men to their lair in ^ o]J granary . it was he who foUow . ^ with BoydM nn i ocked; ’ it wa8 he \ vh o had ^ the (loo r on thc innor side aftel . Q had found admittance th and it wa8 he who now kaew more than xvas good for certain parties in the ca8e After the terrible climax had passed, ^“uhelmll’s £. and ev°e’ Vaised to the a X oached a girl fl her unsnitalde resting-pkee. AL most his first touch recalled her to her 8engeg ‘ ’ ‘ Oh, she xvliat has happened? dazed Who are yon ? wailed m a way, drug out of Ins arms and staring at lum "intiy. and Always methodical ..... . calm, , if any thing, Bancker replied to each query. A man has been murdeied here. I a “ a 1 "® na : It all flashed ... back upon her , now; the desperate conflict between Garland and an unknown man; the dying confession, and then the silence ol death! A man! she cried, glancing mvol untanly at the dark, distorted form upon upon the floor; he was my ia Oh, n, b no - Oh, sir, if, as you say, you are a friend, tell me what it all means! I knoxv no more about it than you do, my poor girl, replied the detective, 5 Ce S’ck^ ufe ma"tor’” ma. JJho ndul,_^liulien has done tois KD' thing. .he de ,,,“ " } S iav. “V®^ f l fixlt to s ^ we leave the matter a l'I to-ntelt vchm'all ” ' ‘q| i» J cav e him all alone alone here liere in in t] )i d , ll iimi, J! ™^ i n i„ Ca ,,,,,,,, S,S , i , removod until tb U1 ^ 8 n ” h r shall not leave him * ” “^VJiat *_Nothin!/ was he to vou?” “n ” , b1 herself to the thought that the man for whom she xvould have sacrificed her very life if need be, xvas not her father; and the , , monument of na ‘ ? ‘f , . ( ‘ b n b , rs M ,, s u ,,t i n , .' ' ' , ], her contradietorv v replies, i-d<x 1, he t,e xvent went on avutemat s>bt.mt “Where is vour hom“ 9 ” “I have no home ” “Hoxv came von “J do not know ” “xy,.ii .....qi talk of this another xvhen you are rested and less ex ^/ OUCOmf0rtablef0r the DIght at Gracie clasped her hands, and the hot tears coursed one after another over her pale cheeks. “Must I leave him?” she sobbed. “You certainly can’t stay here; you xvould catch your death of cold, besides doing no good ” “I might as well die! What have I to live for?” Mr. Bancker smiled, in spite of him self; it was a grim, but an honest smile. “I’m sure I can't say,” he replied; “but I should think that a pretty Young girl like you had a good deal to live for. But Molly can answer such feminine conundrums better than I can.” “Who us Molly?” ' asked Gracie in an absent wav “My wife. she the “Well, rejoined, m very ex haustion of desperation, “let us go to her. if von will.” »So they went, the detective first care- fully locking up the house of death and placing the key has in his pocket. Some wiseacre said that nature seeks her opposite The rule certainly proved true in tiie iianckers ease. Mis. Molly Bancker was a plump little rob in, . With a merry, round 1 face, r* ^ i• lighted by a pair of kindly, round eyes. She kept her little house, way over on the East Side, in Thirteenth street, as neat and attractive as she kept her po,-son; she worshiped her husband, 1 ensue iug him a man of simply superhuman attainments, and w as altogether a eheerv. charitable little soul. Her tall, slender, non-committal husband knew very well how she would receive ins charge, so that, asihe entered the cheery little parlor vitli sin inking vcracie clinging ?. to his arm, all he said was: “At Molly, , 1 a ,, v oung iady to pass , w ™ flic tut. night.” Bancker her Ml'S. Molly was upon feet in an instant. “How do you do. Miss? she in qilired; then, added, when “Lor, Grade liow did tired not she it ply, «he does i„„i. look 1 ! ” This unexpected kindness, the really womanly tone in which the words were uttered, and tlio sympathetic glance proved too much for poor Gracie s over wrought feelings. She burst into a torrent of tears, and, throwing her arms about the little woman’s neck, she lay there weeping out her soul upon the friendly breast. “Dear, poor, little thing!” murmured Molly; “whatever can have happened to her? Well, whatever it is, it's a shame! Come with me; come into the kitchen and get a cup of good hot tea; «lf U revi ve > on ™ d “ '-G you , re treni > mg 1 vl * Vome, poor dear. And soothing . , , am coaxing • > ■ l° d !n ' a '.P 11 e V '''utolied . * iem ". d 1 au are1 -1 K | upiiii his expressionless her face Molly w ill get sin ie < o beforo thl * tim.i to-morrow night, tl lu murmured, confidently, “and that xvitli out asking 1 alw ays told her that, if she were thrown on her beam-ends for ft bvin 6> sb ® could tmn coi < ( < woman, and steer it better than even ’ bH ‘ evei did. lbe wwde was not compliments y to good Mrs. Molly Bancker, but it was the expression of her husband s highest admiration. Meanwhile little Gracie . drank poor her and ber tea > dn 'cil tears, was com Ported. At last she was put m o a < mu fortable bed, and fell asleep from Sheer exhaustion. She slept lateon the following . morn ing, and it was Mrs. Bancker alone wh- > sat by her, while she ate the nicely prepared breakfast. After some desul tory conversation, Gracie made bold to ask the name of her benefactors. < “Banelcer, my dear,” wiv, thoismil reply, “Dick and Molly Baneb “And what is your husband:" ness.” “He’s a detective.” “A detective! Oh, heavens!” She started in genuine affright, an turned as white as the snowy tab!. cloth. “Why, what ails tl)e poor child?” claimed Mrs. Bancker, all uir. i.idfr in her interest in the girl, that she ha been brought to her under suspicio circumstances. “Nothing, 1XT ,. nothing,” M replied Gracie „ . quickly, striving to regain her compo HU re. “I’m nervous, I suppose; and and j never knew a detective before.” <<A) but J Diok is awdully kind. ” « He seem8 H 0> inde ed. I owe him life.” ,. you don -, Hay so! - ..y eS) i Khmi i d have died in that ter r iBie p laee last night if it had not for him." . » What terrible place, child?” It - H dou Btful whether Gracie xvould h , )eon jndnced t o answer so lead ing a question. | Tho fact is, that she uo oblif?ed to, since at the mo ment Mollv Jiunc ker started to her f 0 ,, t xvitli an exclamation, as tho clos ,“ of tb( . street door smote her ear. H ^}„ e ’ ( , d into the little hall, surprise? ri v on me i» Bho exclaimed, in “what can have happened? »*h Dick and a^-a—" Her words were out short by the bidden entrance of her husband with a silencing look upon his face. Thoroughly well-trained, Molly whisked out of t w ™°?! as Mr ; Bancker approached 1 Grades and laid chair, lus , look- 1 hand npon the back of ing down kindly upon her up-raised bw:e - “Gracie,” he began, when she inter rupted him. name?" she, | “How did you learn my asked, in a troubled way. “Oh, naturally enough; no matter hoxv just at present. Will yon go into the parlor and see a gentleman ? >,j She started up placing one ban r upon the edge of the table for suppor but keeping her eyes fixed upon the de tective’s face. “A gentleman?” she faltered; “who ^ ;t? „ “A stranger to me, hut a friend t you. so he says.” then layi hesitated a moment; i her hand trustingly upon his arm sfl* ^ai(1: I i “Mr. Bancker, you have been rov ZrvXedTefthanlS^hTop^rStii floor and she passed through the hall and paused upon the thresholik.a! the parlor door. lor an instant there xvas tb< ' n a ran forward K t ir< ? t1! she -'J' tbe caught i Iid staggering dbp- good lawyer Edgar s hands in hers and ping ujam her knees kissed them fer vently. But he raised her qmckly, a 'l^P color stifiusing Ins kind old ti«*e^ sl ? d I^ced her upon the s^da beside birn - “Heaven has brought us together to do its will, my child,” lie murmured. “Oh, then you know all!” she cried. “I know that Nicholas Garland is (lead; that he was not your father,* .“Oh, then, who am I ? My dear, good friend, tell me who I am, m mercy na ”fi Can you U-ar to hear it. Gratae. Yes, yes. Anything rather than this suspense; child of the whon ... “You are the man Nicholas Garland murdered! You Orrin Clifford's daughter and heiress to a million.’’' CHAPTER XIII. A RAX or l.IOHT. “Thank God! Thank God!” It xvas the joyful cry of a grateful heart, a heart too full for further utter¬ ance. The one thing in all the world w hich she would have wished most to hear, she heard, and the great jov of it had almost bereft her of her senses. But she did not faint; she simply sat there with her sunny head resting upon Mr. Edgar’s shoulder, his fatherly arms supporting her, w hile her big. soft eyes, brimful of tears, were lived upon xa cancy, with so heavenly an expression in them, that one would say that they lutd pierced the limits of mortal vision and were contemplating the ineffable beauty of the promised Paradise. Wishing to allow her to fully realize the great intelligence he had imparted, the lawyer did not disturb her trance, and so she sat there lost in her day¬ dream. with the genial sunshine of the perfect spring day resting at her feet «ise a benediction. Those were moments of indescribable ecstasy for little Gracie, long to bo re¬ membered after the storm-clouds had again gathered, and the sunlight of hope had vanished. At last she spoke in a low murmur, as though commun¬ ing with herself. “Father! Mu father!—Oh, how sweet to think of it!” “Y’es, Gracie, your father," echoed Mi-. Edgar. She started then, the spell xvas broken, and draw ing herself out of his protecting “How long clasp, have she asked: known this you glad truth?” “1 knew- it only on the night your father died. ” “Then perhaps it xvas to tell me the secret that he wished to see me!" “I am sure of it.” “Oh, blessings on him! Oh, Tioxv blind I must have been in all these years, not to have seen xvliat his love and protection I have for me meant! for And I could yet I think must known, only have loved a father as 1 loved him.” “And lie loved Edgar. you equally in return, rejoined 1 drew Mr. will “On atlas that, request, fatal night which he loaves up a of his in every penny onormons fortune to you. she looked puzzled and half pained, an “What she replied should : much I do with so money? I should have been better knowledge j leased, had he bequeathed birth, me expluna- some of my some Son of tin strange, unacknowledged xife* ! have had to live.” yFor that 1 blame him!” exclaimed tqv “nils'll! lawyer testily. you must not speak so. Ho wluvt wee best for me; and if 1 ■ not to know the secret in this world, liow it when we meet in the But he evidently intended to tell o;( J||( ihatmiiglit, if his life had been : , H< Rave me some hints.” >r , . 'e»! what did he tell you?" she .. timing eagerly and laying her ba jNis upon his arms, “He said that your mother still lived.” N “My mother lives! my mother lives! where is she?” “Somewliere near Boston, I think. told me that she was beau titul, la dlv beautiful. That is all I knoxv." It c io wlv * he girl gained her fed with locked hands, and eyes into whose d.l^tl.c tov-aw ay look had returned. ’ >„cv other!” she cried, “how you f huv , too in all these long !] V(!Brs .. ..... | thought you safe in w ,aven!” Then turning to Mr. Edgar, she added with nervous energy: “I must go and And my mother! that is mv first duty!” objected the law¬ Not yet, Gracie,” yer rising, prepared to impose his authority now that his time to speak had come. “There is time enough for that. First of all, xve have duties of paramount importance to adjust, herein this very city, and this very day!” Klie looked at him xvonderingly, and he continued: “Do you realize that the object of Ml , ciifford’s murder xvas the theft of ^ w fll which establishes you as his h.-iress? That will was stolen, and n it is re(!OV ered you 3 are a pauper.” Her eyes began to Jigl,t as he pro ^sed, ^nd with a strange, intelligent lire, when he ceased speaking she <le ma)ld( . d , breathlessly: “In tho event of bin xxill never being found , to whom does my father’s for tune fall?” “To 1 nh next of kin, his sister’s son, Max Boyden.” exclaimed; “I it all! “Ah!” she see But my mother! Hhe is living; why should she not iniierit her Hhar<-?” ‘Ticb a mystery which I have not v <■: bf n able to probe. All that 1 know is that she is not mentioned in the will. Every penny is left uncondi tional) to von.” Little Gracie walked slowly to the xvindo 1 and for a few moments stood looking down into the quiet, sunny street lost in the deepest thought. Sudi • nl, she turned, asking: IsM . Buncker still in the house? If so, pJ< ‘-call him; I have something < aal to the little parlor, Gracie on d: “ M;> food friends, until tlie present ■ nom, in y lips have been sealed con renting I’m past. I see now that I must qx-al. in justice to you lioth, and assist - ou all I can. On the night that, mv . poor father was murdered murdered by the man whom from early childhood I had been taught to regard as my | father-I was u. the adj.nmng room with the nurse, venting my chance ; g 0 to my father, as requested by Mr. j Edgar. We liad both partaken of the dragged , t.< a she h: ing t; tken inon than I, and half dazed from the effects | of the drug, I was upon mv knees be hind her chair trying to xvake her, when Nicholas Garland entered by the win- | dow, and stealthily entered my father s chamber. A few moments latei came that terrific death-cry, followed by the violent ringing of the bell. An instant later Garland rushed out with several papers crushed in his hands, and simul taneously Max Boyden appeared at the window. “Max Boyden!" exclaimed both men in the same breath. “Yes. He demanded money, and Gar¬ land handed him a quantity of English bank-notes, and telling him that lie had had to do the fatal deed, hurried him out of the window, scarcely a moment before Mr. Edgar will?” appeared.” demandeu the law “And the yer. “I know nothing about it,” replied Gracie. “As it has been stolen, 1 sup¬ pose it xvax among the papers which Garland carried.” She paused, and for all instant an ominous silence fell upon the group, to be broken at lost by the lawyer’s ex¬ claiming : did “Oh, Gracie, my child! Why you not speak at once?" “I heliex-ed Nicholas Garland to bo my father,” she said, firmly, “and would you expect a daughter to send her father to the scaffold ?” Lawyer Edgar looked at Detective Bancker, and it. was the latter xvho spoke. “though the odds “Well," ho said, are against us, xve must set to w ork and do the best xve can with the light we have. The body of tlie man Garland lias been taken to the morgue. The sooner Gracie identifies it, the better. At the words the poor girl recoiled with a low cry. “Musi 1 look upon him again?” she faltered. “Oh, yes,” replied Mr. Bancker, in his most business-like xvny. “It is ab¬ solutely indispensable that you should establish his identity. Besides, you must be present xvhen any papers that may have been upon his body aro ex¬ amined.” [TO 11K CONTINUED. 1 Padding the histe|i. A lady, xvlio xx r as crossing Fourteenth street, in taking particular care that her skirts were not soiled by contact with the mud, exposed to view a foot which at first glance seemed to be beautifully formed. It xvus noticeable, however, that the beauty lasted When only while the person xvas in motion. she remained standing her feet looked as if there were hunches, like bunions, on the instep. The writer mentioned his observations in tho family circle, inine and vviih relative promptly that informed the which by a fem¬ lind feet attracted his attention had been cov¬ ered by also a shoe told with that a all padded ladies instep, like to lie xvas have a high instep; that it is consid¬ ered almost a requisite of beauty. such In order to ascertain hoxv fic¬ titious amendments to the works of nature were accomplished, and lioxv generally the practice of padding in Hteps was carried on, a visit of inquiry was paid to one of the big shoe stores on Hixth avenue. A philosophical lady tell floorwalker was quite willing to nil site knew about it. “Of course, all ladies like to have a high instep,” she said, “and we can and do furnish them to the order of those to whom nature Ims given a flat, ungainly foot. How is it done? Simply enough, 1 assure yon. When a lady Iiiih her foot meas¬ ured for a pair of shoes allowance is made for a certain amount of fullness across the instep, and a high, between upward and very stiff curve is made the heel and tho ball of tho foot, the heel being made high and set. xvell for¬ ward. A lit tle pad of double thickness of sheepskin, between which is a stuff¬ ing of felt or cotton, is then placed on the inst.ep, the shoo is drawn on over it,, and when it is buttoned the wearer lias as high an instep as she could wish for. A year or so ago wo had many calls for shoes made in this considerably xvay, lmt, lately moder- tho rage for them lias eruteil."..... New York Times. A Chemical Experiment. One of tlm kindest-hearted of men xvas the late Isaac T. Hopper, of Bos¬ ton, a member of the Society of Friends. His fondness for practical chemistry is illustrated by the following anecdote: When he mot ft boy with a dirty face and hands, he would stop him and in¬ quire if he ever studied chemistry. Tho hoy, with a wondering stare, would an¬ swer no. “Well, then,” said Friend Hopper, “I will teach thee how to perform a curi¬ ous chemical experiment,. Go home, take a piece of soap, put it in water, and rut) it briskly upon thv hands and face. Thee lias no idea what a beauti¬ ful froth it will make, and how much better thy skirt w ill I >e. That’s a cheni ieal experiment, fl advise thee to go home and make it.” Chinese Customs. At Canton, Cliina, some 250,000 peo pie live continually u]wu boats, and many never stop foot on shore from <„,« year’s e„«l to Hie other. Tlie young children have a habit ol continually falling overboard, and thus cause a great, deal of trouble in i fli'cting a re.s cue, while in many instances drr"ncd. this is irn possible and a child is China is an ovei- populated country, and tlie Chinese have profited by this drowning in reduemg tlie surplus popn lation. They attach floats to the male children so that they can he fished out when they tumble into the river. Tlie Forgiven. A very busy Chicago hanker was to ], e married to an Omaha girl. 'Ihe da y came, but the groom did notma p-rialize, and at nine a. m. this telegram %V)IS received: “For. Heaven ;ake to 11 us what is 1 ]„. , rul tt( r. This is your Iding day, ;Uil , til> . hour ap,,rom hes.” H ewas»cai- d half out of Ins wits, a j,d hounded around Iik(*a hen with her head cut off. Then he rushed to the telegraph office am 1 sent this answer: “'i’hought I had three da; k of grace. Don’t let it go t< •rotes t. 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I Carry Everything You need and can quote you prices that will satisfy you that I am giving a dol¬ lar value for every dollar paid, Special Offer No-1. | To introduce my business in every I neighborhood in tlm quickest possible H manner, I will ship you one tied room 9 Suite compute, consisting of One Bed hj I stead, full size and high head, One Bu reau with glass, One Wash-stand, One ■ centre Table, Four cane sent chairs, I One lloeUer to match, xvell worth fZO. H hut to introduce my goods in your i| nelgtilmihooil above Suite at once I will deliver tho il at your U. R, depot, nil JS charges paid. ft For Only $16-50 % When the casli comes with the order. BESIDES this Suite, I have a great many other Suites in Walnut, Oak, Poplar, and alt the papular woods, V running in price from the cheapest up to hundreds of dollars for a Suite. Special Bargain No. 2. Is our elegant I’arlor Suite, seven pieces, wi.liiut frames, upholstered in plush in popular colors, crimson, olive, blue, old gold, either in band¬ ed or in combination colors. This suite is sold for $40.00- I bought a huge number of them at a handkrupt sale In Chicago, lienee 1 will deliver this tine plush suit all charges paid by me to your nearest I!. It. depot for 933.00. Besides these suites 1 have a great many other suites in all tlie latest shapes and styles, ami can giiaruatee to please you, Bargains NO. 3 Is a walnut spring seat lounge, reduced horn $0.00 to $7.00, all freight paid. Snecial Bargains Ho- 4 Is an elegant No. 7 cooking rtove trimmed up compute for $11.50 all charges paid to your depot, or a 5 hole range with trimmings for $15. 00. Besides these 1 have the largest stock of cooking stoves in the city, includ¬ ing the Gauze door stoves ai.d Ranges and Ihe CHARTER OAK. hToVES with patent wire gauze doors. 1 am delivering these stoves everywhere all freight clmrgMi paid at tlie price of an ordinary stoves, while they are far superior to any other stoves made. Full particulars by mail. 100 1 oils of matting 40 yds to the roll $5.75 per roll. 1000, Cornice Poles 25cts. each. 1000 Window .Shades 3xi feet on spring roller and I ringed at 37>f els each. You must pay your own freight on Cornice Poles, Window Shades and Clocks. Now see here—i cannot | quote you everything i have got in I a store containing TMiO feet of floor I room, besides its annexes and factory I in another part of the town, i shall I be pleased to send you anything j f above mentioned, or will send my Catalogue iree if you will j 1 way you saw this advertise- I I ment in Crawfordvillc Dem- | % ock at, Published at Craw- ; n fordville, (ia, il ej No good* sent C. O. D., or on COH signmeiit. i refer you to the editor M and publishers of this paper or to any IS a banking concern in Augusta, or to ft the Southern Express Co., all of whom know me personally. Yours, Jfcc. i: L F. PADGETT. % B V IU0 and 1112 Broad St. | Augusta, - - Georgia I fa PRO. PADGETTS FURNITURE, STOVE AND CARPET STORES. ■ Factory IIarrison St.
