EL. XV.
E STORY OF
FRANCIS m
By STANLET J. WEYHAH.
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church at Coton
'■■“•■‘.wy.-srtom ;W Wi tho house, Isolat- the
j’ n tho moat.
' ,T. '.', T] bm'din", therefore, is
d': C I ‘ -. hv tho wide spread
V.,., and cVo massed with the
sir Anthony had some excuse
k,'.]4iiig V it iai.lt as much tho a smithy. part of his In
51 tho or
Che would be but vo in been thought willing 1 to fancy ad
bptinction, rest of his posses
jianoi it With tho
with n lowering cyo that on this
-nim; ho watched from his
t tho gateway the unusual ", stream
fepic making for the church. Per
m l,olii'.d iu his mind otlier Sundays
lui'iy; when ho had walked out at
Lr. lialitof heart and kind of eye,
fails 'staff in hi* list, and his glovo
* 1 , 0 , 81,(1 iiisdogat l,is heels, and,
tor., cure, had taken pleasure in each
felled V and cacii Well, old wife’s thoso “God days
[fe -it Anthony!” from
Now tiio rain dripped
sVf-for Land a thaw had come in tho
tlia.bells that could on occa
w«H (a cheerily sounded sad and
r; His daughter, when she came,
t!2 to custom, bringing his great
L book, could scarcely look him in
L ] jinow net whether even then
Linlion to daro all might not at
iof a word from her or at sight of
bee have melted like yesterday’s ice,
loioro tho word could bo spoken or
te meet another step rang on tho
! staircase, and Brother Ferdinand
lacyaro Irf here!” ho said in a low voice.
them, Anthony, anil sturdy fel
l s. -ell Ciopton’s men are. If you do
Kink your people will stand by you’
I knight fired at this suggestion.
l t, ’’ ho burst out, turning from tho
It, Isa “if Ciuddo men cannot meet
rat®, the times are indeed gono
I hake iv ny and lot mo conic! Though
■as; Ik never said again in Coton
■MtelsaU la be said today!” Antlhe
Istwtlc gitat oath.
down tho stairs and under tho
Bay, Micro wero arranged, according
Icastoiiiof tho house on wet days, all
pwitj. with Baldwin anil Martin
It::; tinir head. The knight stalked
Li: them with a gloomy brow. His
fcrfollowed him, a faint smile fliek
| about tho corners of his mouth,
■canto Ferdinand's wifo and Potro
Itiio latter with her hood drawn close
Ikrinee; Anno, with lier chin in the
pi krejes aglow. “It is not a kit
path will searo her!” Baldwin mut
ja; lie foil in behind her and eyed her
fcitii ho great favor.
b kireplied so long as it does not touch iier, ”
in a cynical whisper. “She
|l mated—well mated and ill fated!
fwi!” growled his companion
|Y■ te is "Is isi'’ tiiis Martin a time retorted for antics?” swiftly,
F'ddi I® the same caution, “for, when
him fools, fools are put to it to
p!o their p’obvs.-iion! You see, broth
pd f fco glisten deliberately out a caper. His
Ia in ;■>, and tho nerves on
poll;!:; face twitched oddly. Bald
PSwlaUmu and muttered that Mar
pgriug |!»! to have one of Ji's pmd fits.
pn.'.vn on the fooj of late?
f feslit reached the church' porch
If" i through tho crowd which
piiiia lllfi there. .Save for its unusual
■liHc strange faces to bo soon on
Pjf li ’wo was no indication of troii
pc teia walked, tapping his stick on tho
iitt!:: more loudly than usual,
,i t ‘ lc front pew. The house
Wism villager.;, the strangers, pressed
I until every seat was filled,
Fc tabi- monument of-’gis Piers
Fi which stood lengthwise ia the
P& seized upon, and if tho two sim
Ptnientswhich stood to right and
P rT the chancel steps had not been
Lf Fw F’ffrkt’s invaded. oyos Yet they, rul too, done would do
H was
in order, with a Mattering of
MUtadeed, A hut no scrambling pr
} -' 1:11 Clopton men were there,
T 3 marked them well, and so
,«-i trout fellows, sons cfSiT An
tenants. But they behaved dis
'K( amid such a silence as Father
• v« irmcmberod to have faced ho
“ebowan service.
ranber light fell faintly through
('•UKlgwon tho father at his min
A, a ‘\ brasses 1»* small acolytes, on the
_>! befoyo the pita*. It
» . gray dusty wails imk
t0 “ bs "' hich lrft but
in the middle of the chancel,
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™v‘.i C ; U T' ,J r to ti!0 Jcfc lllatebed
t«4t 'A °f f t-ir - Anthony’s parents
fell rLr(“hh* T” 588 “"fT ' t°i«b in 11 the 01 next
•¥s sAi-i. wife a vacant PJaeo ', b >‘ l»cr
il X bM - ”'- n effigy, and there
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35. li .0 chancel was so small
, ‘r-ii, too—so and
; - small and old
tYH ho t*** werp no
Sfu t4“ *cf ' lTCt} 0110 aaothc f
"««1 W Ch?i Ud , ,f“- f 089 a f - S r Aphony* ? tir ’ ed
Lo n 0 listened gravely and
j..,"'- t.w interruption came. “I
it,;,.. mV !? ulor,i vcieg |u rear of the
>e the - T father’s > ringing harshiy.aiul
ri* l Cush. accents and
si “1 pretest against this
® ef RSti Wiishmcnt through
“i and ran
all ■ rose. Every jrigg in tho
k - ‘ “"-nd, fsii Anthony pmong
’ I in ths direetioj) pf
. racu
it was seen that the
massed themselves about
utbwest corner, a strong
retreat was easy. Fa
'asifY”, 11 momentary glsppe,
*o-k ,ad !i «t heard, but his
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CONYERS, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1895.
the same mr.n cr~ - r,narpry, wTirtcr/iirfol¬
lows raised a niunsur so that tho priest’s
voice was drowned.
Sir Anthony stepped into tho aisle, his
face inflamed with anger. Tho interrup¬
tion taking place there, in that place, '
Roomed to him a double profanation.
“Who is that brawler?” he said, his
hand trembling on his staff, and all the
oid (lamos trembled too. “Let him stand
out,.”
Tho sheriff's spokesman was so con
coaled by his fellows that ho could not ho
see:;, but ho answered civilly enough.
“I am no brawler,” ho said. “I only
require the law to bo observed, and that
J™ know, sir. I am here on behalf of the
sheriff, and I warn all present that a oon
tinualion of this service will expose thorn
to grievous pains and penalties. If you
desire it, I will read the royal order to
Provo that I do not speak without war¬
rant.”
“Begone, knave, you and your fellows!”
Sir Anthony cried. A loyal man in all
else, and the last to deny tho queen’s right
or title, ho had no reasonable answer to
give and could only bluster. “Begone, do
you hoar?” ho repeated, and he rapped hi3
staff on tho pavement, and then, raising
it, pointed to the door.
All Coton thought the men must go,
but tho men, perhaps because they were
Clopton, d.id not go. And Sir Anthony
had not so completely lost his head as to
proceed to extremities, except in the last
resort. Affecting to consider tho incident
at an cud, ho stepped back into Ills pew
without waiting to seo whether tho man
obeyed him or no and resumed his devo¬
tions. Father Carey, at a nod from him,
went on with tho interrupted service.
But again the priest had barely read a
dozen lines before the same man made tho
congregation start by crying loudly,
“Stop!”
“Go on!” shouted Sir Anthony in a
voice of thunder.
“At your peril!” retorted tho intervener.
“Go on!” from Sir Anthony again.
Father Carey stood silent, trembling
and looking from one to thc other. Many
a priest of his faith would have risen on
tho storm, and in tho spirit of Hildebrand
burled his church’s curse at tho intruder.
But tho father was not of these, and ho
hesitated, fumbling with his surplico with
his feehiowhito hands. He feared as much
for iiis patron as for himself, and it was
on tho knight that his eyes finally rested.
But Sir Anthony’s brow was black. He
got no comfort there. So tho father took
courago and a long breadth, opened his
mouth and road on amid the hush of sup¬
pressed excitement and of such angor and
stealthy defiance as surely English church
had never seen before. A s lie read, how¬
ever, lie gathered courage and his voice
strength. The solemn words, so ancient,
so familiar, fell on the stillness sheriff's of tho
church and awed even tho men.
To the surprise of nearly every one, there
was no further interruption. Tho service
ended quietly. Anthony had his
So, after all, Sir way
and stalked out, stiff and unbending.
Nor was there any falling off, but rather
an increase, in the respect with which hi:;
people rose, according to custom, as ho
passed. Yet under that increase of respect
lav n .something which cut the old man to
tho heart. lie saw that his dependents
pitied him while they honored him; that
they thought him a fool for running bis
head against a stone wall—as Martin Lu¬
ther put it—oven while they felt that there
was something grand in it too.
During the rest of the day ho went
about his usual employments, but proba¬
bly with littlo zest. lie had dono what he
] !;u | done without any very clear idea how
he was going to proceed.. Between his loy
alty in all else and his treason in this it
would not have been easy for a Solomon
to choose a consistent path. And Sir An
thony was no Solomon. lie choso at last
to carry himself as if there were no dan
g t -, ri ps'jf the thing which happened change wepe and
unimportant, lie ordered no
j took no precautions, ilo shut his cars to
the whispering which went on among tba
servants and bis eyes to tho watch which
py some secret order of Baldwin was kept
upon tho Ridgeway, shock to him,
pt was something of a
therefore, when his daughter came to him
after breakfast next morning, looking pale
aB{ i heavy eyed, and breaking through the
respect which had hitherto kept her silent
begged him 1<? go away. from
h To go away?” ho cried. Ho rose
j,j s p a k chair and glared at her. Then his
feelings found their easiest vent in anger.
“What do you moan, girl?” he blustered.
“Q 0 away? Go where?”
But sho did not quail. Indeed she had
her “TqTiio suggestion ready. sir,”
Merc farm in the forest,
she answered earnestly. “They will not
look for you there, and Martin says”—
“Marlin? The fool!”
His face grow rodder and redder. This .
was too much, lie loved order and disci
pHne, and to bo advised in such matters by
a woman and a fool! It was iiitclerale.
-q 0 to, girl!” ho cried, fuming. 1
wondered where you had got your tale so
pat. So ypu and tho feel have been put
ting run* fogetborf Go! Go and
I I spin and ieovo theso matters to men. **»
YOU think that my !.«» .«, »ftor reveF
j ,,u j :1 g 3 tiio ("O world world over, over, ha- think, not got if there a hi ail were on
I his shoulders? I)o you
j danger, he and l woulu not have foreseen
itf> pud turned oXf
! He wavciHAShan.. away
| pecting L her to go, but retronill.i did not
0 Bho had something else to say, and
! fhough . the task was painful she was re
solved to say it. murmured.
“Father, one word,” she
“About my uncle, . .
‘AVuil, well? v.
j ‘I distrust her him, color :m. I •»><*{?• nc . cr “vanfs '“ “
j i ow tone, They fear bill} pm| su.-
1 |do not like him. I know not what.”
pect him of Anthony answered
. “Tho servants!” Sir
-in an awful tone. wisest thing . she
: “indeed it was pet ♦ho
| could have said, hut the consequences war?
averted by a sudden alarm and shouting
j outside. Half a dozen voices, slims or
’ threatening, seemed to rise at once, ihe
Uniglit strode to thc window, hot tec
poiss apiscarcd iq coma, not .rom f. ie
j nbase upon which it looked, but trqm the
I comrtyanl or the rear of tho house. Mr
Anthony caught up his state, and wd-owed
1 by t ho girl ran down tho steps.He pushed
aside ha!^ a dozen women who had use
Wiso been attracted by tho poise and hiM
'SgjSraiStfSiaXSfi
buildings.
Here, in the close on tl’.o far side of 11;?,
iiiont, a fit ran go scene was passing. A cloz
cn horsemen were grouped iu the middlo
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"In heaven's name, do lint carry the thing
farther!"
of tho field about n couple of prisoners,
while round the goto by’ which they had
entered stood ns many stout men on foot,
headed by Baldwin and armed with pikes
and staves. These .seemed to bo taunting
the cavaliers and daring them to come on.
On tho wooden bridge by which the
knight stood were half a dozen of the
servants, also armed. Sir Anthony recog¬
nized in tho lending horseman Sir Philip
Clopton, and in tiro prisoners Father Carey
and one of t ho woodmen, anil in a moment
ho comprehended what had happened.
Tiir sheriff, in the most unneighborly
manner, instead of challenging ids front
doer, had stolen up to (ho rear ef (lie
house, and without saying svith your leave
or by your leave had snapped up tho poor
priest, who happened to bo wandering in
that direction. Probably ho had intended
to force an entrance, but bo had laid aside
ike plan when lie saw bis only retreat
menaced by tiio watchful Baldwin, who
was not to be caught napping. Tho knight
.took all this in at a glance, and his gorge
roso ns much at tho Clopton men’s trick
as at tiio danger in which Father Carey
stood Ho ho lost his head and made mat¬
ters worse. “Who arc these villains,” lie
cried in a rage, his faco aflame, “who conic
attacking men’s houses in time of peace?
Beg,mo. or I will lmvo at yel”
“Sir Anthony,” Clopton oiled, inter¬
ruptin'' him, “in heaven’s name, do not
carry tiio thing farther! Give mo way in
tho queen’s name, and I will”—
What l,n would do was never known,
for at that last word, away at tho house,
behind Fir Anthony, there was a puff of
smoko, and down went tho sheriff head¬
long, horse and man, while the report of
an arquebus rang dully round the build
ing Tho knight, gazed, horrified, but (lie
damage was done and could not be un¬
done—nay, more, the Coton men took tiio
sound for a signal. With a shout, before
•Sir Anthony could interfere, they made a
dash for the group of horsemen The lat¬
ter, uncertain and hampered by tiro fall of
their leader, who was not hit, hut was
stunned beyond giving orders, did tiio
best they could They let their prisoners
go with a curse, and then, raising Sir
Philip and forming a rough line, they
charged toward tiro gate hy which they
had entered.
Tho footmen stood tho brunt e-ilbintly,
and for a moment tho sharp ringing of
quarter staves and tho shivering of steel
told of as pretty a combat as ever took
place on level sward ill full view of an
English homo. Tiio spectators could see
Baldwin doing wonders, iiis men backed
him up bravely, but in (ho end tho im¬
petus of the horses told, tho footmen gavo
way- and fled aside, and tho strangers
passed them, A littlo moro skirmishing
took place at tho gateway, Sir Anthony’s
men being deaf to nil his attempts to call
them off, and tlien the Clopton horso got
clear, and shaking their fists and vowing
vengeance rode off toward tiio forest
They left two of their men on tho field,
however, one with a broken arm and one
with n shattered kneecap, while tho house
party on their side, besides sundry knocks
aud bruises, could show one deep sword
cut, a broken wrist and half a dozen nasty
wounds.
“My poor little girl!” Sir Anthony
whispered to himself as ho gazed with
seared eyes at the prostrate men and tiio
dead horses ami comprehended what had
happened. “This is a hanging business!
iu arms against tho queen! What am I
to do?” And as ho went back to tho house
in a kind of stupor lie muttered again:
My littlo girl! My poor littlo girl!”
I fancy that in this terrible crisis he
looked to get support and comfort from
'his brother, that old campaigner who had
_ cwJ glJ many vicissitudes and knew hy
{ henrt so many shifts. But Ferdinand,
. J tJ,o U gIr he thought tho event unlucky, had
to gay and less to suggest and
sceIne( j indeed to have become on a sud
, flaccid and lukewarm Sir Anthony
j felt himself thrown shot?” on his he own asked, resources. looking
, ..vv’fso fired the
| n bout the room in p liaised fashion. “It
j thRt which did tho mischief,” lie
continued, forgetting bis own hasty cbal
, leug0
.
,.j t j, jnk ifc Iliu5 t h aTe been Martin
, Lothcr .. |? cr dinand answered.
Hu6 Martin Luther, when ho was ac
cased, denied this stoutly. Ro had been
^ |ar „ long the Ridgeway, he said, (hat,
} ,, 1)Q had returned at once on hear
\ * ^ shot f lr ed, he had arrived stomach too for late
the , ight Tho fool’s a
fight was so well known that tins seemed
pno „„h, though some still
j suspepted him the prigm of the unfortiv
I ante signal was never clearly determined,
i though in after days shrewd guesses were
j j , H ado ^ by soipa.
hours ft sccm „ (1 as ,f Sir An
I thony had sunk into his former state of
, indecision. But when Petronilla came
j again ^ to him soon pftcr noon tu Ijeg him had
; .. Jiiding ebe found bis mood
a ;t orP d. “Go to the Mere farm?” he said,
j no< . Ellgri j y now, but firmly been and in quietly, fault,
<y,- 0i girl, I cannot. I have
an( j j mU st stay and pay for it. If I left
y )?sp feiiows to hear the brunt, j
topld never hoilj uj. my head again. Bu*
do JOU go now and tell Baldwin to corno
Shc went and told thc stern, down look
, tcwar d. and he came up. when the
*> Baldwin,” said the knight
door was shut and the two were alone,
1
ttTiinnlo—wlio r.nvL* IXh'JlJ Ivon o7T£
without ruv r.rdor.i IV. 1 1 !. ' u go nml l;ci>p
thc yvM . v . t .‘^a \ i iC po they will not ho
tested For you and Father lY.rny. yon
must go into hiding Tho Moro larm will
ba best."
"And what of you, Sir Anthony?” the
steward ashed, amazed at this net i f folly
"I shall remain hero.'' the knight ro
piled. with dignity.
“ You wiil bo taken,” said Hold win
Tho man shrugged lus shoulders and
was silent
-What d> you mean?" asked Sir An
i;i anger.
"Why, just that, I cannot do it,” Bald¬
win answered, glowering at him, with a
Hush on his dark cliecjk. “That, is what I
mean. Let-tho priest go I cannot go ami
will not. ”
‘‘Then you will bo hanged!" quoth tho
knight, warmly. “You lmvo been in arms
qgn'nst the queen, you fool I You will bo
hanged as suro as you slay hero!"
“Then 1 shall bo hanged,” replied tho
steward sullenly. “There never was a
Cluddo hanged yet without one to keep
him company. To hear of it would make
my grandsiro turn in his grave out there.
1 daro not do it, Sir Anthony, and that Is
tho fact. But for tho rest I will do as you
bid mo."
And bo had his way. But never had
evening fallen more strangely and sadly at
Coton before. Tho rain pattered drearily
)n the courtyard. Tho drawbridge, by
Baldwin's order, had been pullod up, and
the planks over the moat in tho rear re
moved
“They shall not steal upon us again!”
ho muttered. “And if wo must surrender
. they shall see wo do it willingly."
Tho tenants had gono to their homes
ami their wives.- Only tho servants re¬
mained. They clustered, solemn and sor¬
rowful, about tho hearth in tho great hall,
starting if a dog howled without or a coal
flow from tho fire within. Sir Anthony
remained brooding in his own room, I’e
tronllla sitting beside him silent and fear¬
ful, white l'erdidnaml and his wife moved
restlessly about listening to the wind.
But tho evening and the night wore peace¬
fully away, and so, to tho surprise of ev¬
erybody, did tho', next day and tho next.
Could tho sheriff bu going to overlook the
matter? Alnk! on tiio third day tho doubt
was resolved. Two or threo boys, who
had been sent out as scouts, canto in with
news that there was a strong watch set on
the Ridgeway, that tiio paths through tho
forest were guarded, that bodies of armed
men wero arriving in tho neighboring vil¬
lages, and that soldiers had been demand¬
ed—or so it was said—from Warwick and
Worcester, and even from a place as far
away as Oxford. Probably it was only the
sheriff’s, prudence which had postponed
the crisis, and now it had come. The net
was drawn all round. As tiio day closed
in on Coton and the sun set angrily
among tho forest trees tho boys’ tale,
which grew no doubt in tho tolling, passed
from one to another, and men sv.-oro and
looked out of window, and women wept
in corners In tlie tower room Sir An
thony sat awaiting tho summons ami
wondered what ho could do to save ids
daughter from possible rudeness, or even
hurt, at the hands of these strangers.
There was one man missing from hail
and kitchen, hut few in tiio suspense no
tieed ids absence. The fool laid heard the
boys’ story.ami, unable to remain inactive
under such excitement, lie presently stole
off in tho dusk to the rear of the house
Here lie managed to cross tiio moat by
means of a plank, which ho then drew
over and bill in tiio grass. This quietly
managed—Baldwin, ho it said, had strict
ly forbidden any one to leave the house—
Martin nmdo off with a grim chuckle to
ward the forest, and following the main
track leading toward Wootton Wawcn
presently came among t lie trees upon a
coup It) of sentinels. They heard him, saw
him indistinctly and nmdo a rush forhim
hut tills was just the sport Martin liked
and the fun he had come for. ilis quick
ear apprised him of the danger, and iu a
second lie was lost in the underwood, his
mocking laugh and shrill taunts keeping
the poor men cn tho shudder for the next
ten minutes. Then the uncanny accents
died away, and satisfied with his sport
and the knowledge ho had gained thc fool
tip; do for homo. As ho sped quickly across
the last field, however, ho was astonislu d
by tiio sight of a dark figure in the very
act of launching his (Martin’s) plank
across thc moat.
“Ho, ho!” tho fool muttered in n fierce
undertone. "That is it, is it? And only
one! If they will como ono by one, like
thp plums in the kitchen porridge, I shall
make a fine meal!”
Ho stood hack, crouching down on the
grass, and watched the unknown, his eyes
glitfering. Tho stranger was a tall, big
fellow, a formidable antagonist. But
Martin cared nothing for that. Had he
not his long knife, as keen as ids wits—
when they were at home, v.-hich was not
always lie drew it out now, and imdei
cover of tho darkness crept nearer ana
{ nearer, his blood glowing pleasantly,
j i though thc night was cold. How lucky it
’ ‘ he had come out! Ho could hardly ro
i ! . „ .. H ho!” Lp which torn to his
l to --pon the man on
: : , . [ , t hu water on’tho that there might
; b no c i ltnlo traces farther bank.
j Bu t the stranger was too fixed quick and for began him
I )i)s Iio f „ ot his bridge
0 . s bo oro Martin could crawl near
j ^a , A ho cr03OC d however, his feet
’^eover slinht oote on the ptank, and v.n
Af ifc the fool r.mo nirel ran for
] then followed “ caf AnS! him over with tho
of like a cat, too,
| - ^ "'^‘Martin { tJie strangtr’s foot touched
sprang on him with his
I knS£craisPd _ S p r;ina on him silently, with
hls bls tecth tccll ‘ „ * rwnng r juning w W i i,u eves ' aflame.
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j [TO US CONTINUED.] J
j
j , Mr. Me Swat—“Great Scott
What waking .
j Lobelia! arc YOU
*i J in the middle of the night
! f qv‘?”
McSwat— , 'I r Want , to ,
p Know , ( ucai, l ear jf file mOSOllit 11 ^ I ;tS
are * hi tillff => J YOU as badly J US they
are aW-CM**** Trtk«a«.
NEWSY ITEMS
IN SHORT PARAGRMH-S.
What Some a C ur People arc D -
inf. - Re.ml Over this Interest
ing Batch of Newsy Notes.
1H\ 15. D. Ragsdale is expect¬
ed home in time (••> preach to¬
morrow, the itli .Sunday.
A gentleman remarked the.o f li
er day that the rainfalls now are
playing havoc with small pota¬
toes, “ For,” said he, “they will
now become large ones.”
Mr. J. A. Olo!feller will leave
in a s *ioi t wid e for *
w'ru i'C ! C will comm HD ce a lYg
ular course in theology, prepar- 1
atory to (lie mill . s(e*y , in . the
Presbyterian church. We wish
him abundant success.
Cotton in Ibis section is some
what backward. The recent
warm weather and ,-aiu,
helped the growth and the tak
ing on of fruit,, yet (he y ieltl
cannot be so much as last year.
Not many days remain for the
maxing of the staple.
Hon. A. J. Smith, J.)r. Lewis
Lee, Messrs. Goode and Cowan
have all returned from Cumber¬
land, where they attended the
meeting of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society. Mr. Smith
is one of the Executive Commit
tee and vice-president from this
the fifth congressional district.
We congratulate him upon the
honor conferred.
Dr. II, V. Hardwick returned
Friday of last week from an ex¬
tended trip to California, He
traveled through twenty-one
States since he left, and visited
National Park, Wyoming. He
says there are many advantages
in California, yet there are dis¬
advantages. The fruit is tine,
and it is an object of much in¬
terest ;o note the system of ir¬
rigating the lands, many acres
at the time, from the surround¬
ing hills and mountains. IIi>
trip was a delightful one all the
way through. We welcome him
back home.
wu... ” nul n a ntTSOll 1 Mjn is Lwinir J0Sl, J g llLMl flovl,
and Wasting tllCrC.lS .
away CflllSC
for alarm. Nothin” SO worries
i • • Consumptives
1 pnysitl. il.
Would lieVCT die if lliey COllld 1’C
j n t]jeir usi]a l \v C j,r|jt,. ° j a f acl
t UClG ‘VNOUlu DG HO Consumption
jf there Was 110 Wasting of tllO
system. The cause of this loss
John 1 |. Rlniqnd,
13 anl,- 3 i ( , Conyers, Qa.
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