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IN LUCK AT LAST
BY WALTER BESANT.
CHAPTER 11.
FOX AND WOLF.
Mr. James, left to himself, attempted, in
accordance with his daily custom, to com
mit a dishonorable action.
That is to say, he first listened carefully to
the retreating footsteps of his master, as he
went up the stairs; then he left his table,
crept stealthily into the back shop, and be
gan to pull the drawers, turn the handle of
the safe, and try the desk. Everything was
carefully locked. Then ho turned over all
the papers on the table, but found nothing
that contained the information he looked
for. It was his daily practice thus to try
the locks, in hope that tome day the safe, or
the drawers, or the desk, would be left open
by accident, when he might be able to solve
a certain problem, the doubt and difficulty
of which sore let and hindered him—namely,
of what extent, and where placed, were
those great treasures, savings and invest
ments which enabled his master to be care
less over his business. It was, further, cus
tomary with him to be thus frustrated and
disappointed. Having briefly, therefore,
also in accordance with his usual custom,
expressed his disgust at this want of confi
dence between master and man, Mr. James
returned to his paste and scissors.
About a quarter past six tile shop door
was cautiously opened and a head appeared,
which looked round stealthily. Seeing no
body about except Mr. James, the head nod
ded, and presently, followed by its body,
stepped into the shop.
"Where’s the Admiral, Foxy?” asked the
caller.
“Guv’nor’supstairs, Mr. Joseph, taking of
his tea with Miss Iris,” replied Mr. James,
not at all offended by the allusion to his
craftiness. Wiio should resemble the Fox
if not the second-hand bookseller? In no
trade, perhaps, can the truly admirable
qualities of that animal his patience,
his subtlety and craft, his pertinacity,
his sagacity —be illustrated more to ad
vantage. Mr. James felt a glow of vir
tue—would that he could grow daily and
hourly, and more and more towards the
perfect fox. Then, indeed, and not till then
would he be able to live truly up to his sec
ond-hand books.
"Having tea with Iris; well ”
The speaker looked as if it required some
effort to receive this statement with resigna
tion.
“He always does at six o’clock. Why
shouldn't he?” asked Mr. James.
"Because, James, he spends the time in
cockering up that gal whom he's ruined and
spoiled—him and the old Nigger between
them—so that her mind is poisoned against
her lawful relatives, and nothing will con
tent her but coming into all the old man’s
money, instead of going share and share
alike, as a cousin should, and especially a
she cousin, while there’s a biscuit loft in th >
locker and a drop of rum in the cask.”
“Ahl” said Mr. James with a touch of
sympathy, called forth, perhaps, by men
tion of tlie rum, which is a favorite drink
with second-hand booksellers' assistants.
"Nothing too good for her,” the other went
on; "the best of education, pianos to play
upon, and nobody good enough for her to
know. Not on visiting terms, if you please,
with her neighbors; waiting for duchesses
to call upon her. And what is she, after
all! A miserable teacherl”
Mr. Joseph Gallop was ayoung man some
where between twenty and thirty, tall, largo
limbed, well set-up, and broad shouldered.
A young man who, at first sight, would seem
eminently fitted to push his own fortunes.
Also, at first sight, a remarkably handsome
fellow, with straight, clear cut features and
light, curly heir. When he swung along the
street, his round hat carelessly thrown back,
and his handsome face lit up by the sun, the
old wemen murmured a blessing upon his
comely head—as they used to do, a long time
ago, upon the comely and curly head of
Absalom—and the young women looked
meaningly at one another—as was also done
in the case of Absalom—and the object of
their admiration knew that they were say
ing to each other, in the feminine way, where
a look is as good as a whisper, “There gots
a handsome fellow.” Those who knew him
better, and had looked more closely into
his face, said that his month was bad and
his eyes shifty. The same opinion was held
by the wiser sort as regards his character.
For, on the one hand, some averred that to
their certain knowledge Joe Gallop had
shown himself a monster of ingratitude to
wards his grandfather, who had paid his
debts and done all kinds of things for him;
on the other hand there were some who
thought he had been badly treated; and
some said that no good would ever come of
ayoung fellow who was never able tore
main in the same situation more than a
month or so; and others said that he had
certainly been unfortunate, but that he was
a quick and clever young man, who would
some day find the kind of work that suited
him, and then he would show everybody of
what stuff ho was composed. As for us, we
have only to judge of hint by his actions.
"Perhaps, Mr. Joseph,” said Mr. James,
"perhaps Miss Iris won’t have all bequeathed
to her.”
“Do you know anything?” Joe asked
quickly. “Has he made a new will lately?’
“Not that I know of. But Mr. Chalker
has been here off and on a good bit now.”
“Ah! Chalker's a close one, too. Else he’d
tell me, his old friend. Look here, Foxy,”
he turned a beaming an 1 smiling face upon
the assistant. "If you should see anything
or find anything out, tell nt", mind. And,
remember, I'll make it wortli your while.”
Mr. James looked as if he was asking him
self how Joseph could make it worth his
while, seeing that be got nothing more from
his grandfather, and by his own showing
never would have anything more.
“It’s only his will I’m anxious to know
about; that, and where he’s put away all his
money. Think what a dreadful thing it
would be for bls heirs if he were to go and
die suddenly, and none of us to know where
his investments are. As for the shop, that
is already dis posed of, as I dare say you
know.”
“Disposed of! The shop disposed of! Oh,
Lord!” The assistant turned pale. “Oh.
Mr. Joseph,” he asked earnestly, "what will
become of the shop? Aiid who is to have
it?”
"I am to have it,” Mr. Joseph replied
calmly. This was the lie absolute, and he
invented it very cleverly and at the right
moment—a thing which gives strength and
life to a lie, because he already suspected
the truth and guessed the secret hope and
ambition which possesses every ambitious
assistant in this trade—namely, to get the
succession. Mr. James looked upon himself
as the lawful and rightful heir to the busi
ness. But sometimes he entertained griev
ous doubts, and now indeed his heart sank
into his boots. “I am to have it,” Joe re
peated.
"Oh, I didn’t know. You ate 'o have it,
then? Oh!”
THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 18S5.
If Mr. Jarnos had been ten years younger
I think he would have burst into tears. But
at the age of forty weeping no longer pre
sents itself as a form of relief. It is more
usual to seek consolation in a swear. He
stammered, however, while he turned pale,
and then red, and then pale again.
“Yes, quite proper, Mr. Joseph, I'm sure,
and a most beautiful business may be made
again heie by one who understands the way.
Oh, you are a lucky man, Mr. Joseph. You
are indeed, sir, to get such a noble chance.”
“The shop,” Joe went on, "was settled—
settled upon mo long ago.” The verb “to
settle” is capable of conveying large and
vague impressions. "But after all, what’s
the good of this place to a sailor?’
“The good—the good of this place?” Mr.
James’s cheek flushed. “Why, to make
money, to be sure—to coin money in. If I
had this place toniyself—why—why. in two
years I woula -e making as much as 200 a
year. I would indeed.”
“You want to make money. Bah! That’s
all you fellows think of. To sit in the back
shop all day long and to sell mouldy books!
We jolly sailor boys know better than that;
my lad.”
There really was something nautical about
the look of the man. He wore a b ack silk
tie, in a sailor’s running knot, the ends loose;
his waistcoat was unbuttoned, and his coat
was a kind of jacket; not to speak of hrs
swinging walk and careless pose. In fact,
he had been a sailor; he had made two
voyages to India and back, as assistant pur
ser, or purser’s clerk, on board aP. and O.
boat, but some disagreement with his com
manding officer concerning negligence, or
impudence, or drink, or l»tiD«e«—he
b««a charged in different situations and at
different times with all these vices, eithei
together or separately—caused him to los«
his rating on the ship’s books. However,
he brought away from his short nautical ex
perience, and preserved, a certain nautica
swagger, which accorded well with his ap!
pearance, and gave him a swashbuckler air,
which made those who knew him well la
ment that he bad not graced the Eliza
bethan era, when he might have become s
gallant buccaneer, and so got himself shot
through the head, or that he bad not flour
ished under tin reign of good Queen Anne,
when he would probably have turned pirate
and been banged; or that, being born in
the Victorian age, he had n_>t gone to the
Far West, where he would, at least, have
had the chance of getting shot in a gam
bling saloon.
“As for me, when I get the business,” he
continued, “I shall look about for seme one
to carry it on until I am able to sell it foi
what it will fetch. Books at a penny apiece
all round, I suppose”—James gasped—“shop
furniture thrown in”—James panted—“and
the goodwill for a small, lump sum.” James
wondered how far his own savings, and
what he could borrow, might go towards
that lump sum, aird how much] might “re
main.” “My grandfather, as you know, of
course, is soon going to retire from business
altogether.” This was another lie abso
lute, as Mr. Emblem had no intention what
ever of retiring.
“Soon, Mr. Joseph? He has never said a
word to me about it.”
“Very soon, now—sooner than you expect.
At seventy-five, and with all his money, why
should he go on slaving any longer? Very
soon, indeed. Any day.”
“Mr. Joseph,” the assistant positively
trembled with eagerness and apprehension.
“What is it, James? Did you really think
that a man like me was going to sit in a back
shop among these mouldy volumes all day?
Come, that’s too good. You might have
given me credit for being one cut above a
counter, too. lam a gentleman. James, if
you please; I am an officer and a gentle
man.”
He then proceeded to explain, in language
that smacked something of the sea, that his
ideas soared far above trade, which was, at
best, a contemptible occupation, and quite
unworthy of a gentleman, particularly o.
an officer and a gentleman; and that his
personal friends would never condescend
even to formal acquaintance, not to speak
of friendship, with trade. This discours ■
may be omitted. When one reads about such
a man as Joe Gallop, when we are told how
he looked and what he said and how he said
it, with what gestures and in what tone, we
feel as if it would be impossible for the sim
plest person in the world to be mistaken as to
his real character. My friends, especially
my young friends, so far from the discern
ment of character being easy, it is, on the
contrary, au art most difficult, and very
rarely attained. Nature’s indications are a
kind of handwriting, the characters in
which are known to few, so that, for in
stance, the quick, inquiring glance of an
eye, in which one may easily read—who
knows the character—treachery, lying and
deception, just as in the letter Beth was
originally easily discerned the effigies of a
house, may very easily pass unread by the
multitude. The language, or rather tbe
alphabet, is much less complicated than the
cuneiform of the Medes and Persians, yet no
one studies it, except women, most of whom
are profoundly skilled in this lore, which
makes them so sears ully and wonderfully
wise. Thus it is easy for man to de
ceive his brother man, but not his
sister woman. Again, most of us are
glad to take everybody on his own state
rnents; there are, or may be, we axe all
ready to acknowledge, with sorrow for err
ing humanity, somewhere else in the world,
such tilings as pretending, swindling, acting
a part and cheating, but they do not and
cannot belong to our own world. Mr.
James, the assistant, very well knew that
Mr. Emblem’s grandson had already, though
still young, as bad a record as could be de
sired by any; that he had been turned out
cf one situation after another; that his
grandfather had long since refused to help
him any more; that he was always to be
found in the broad path which leadeth to
destruction. When he had money he ran
down that path as fast as his legs could carry
him; when he had none, he only walked and
wished he could run. But he never.left it,
and never wished to leave it. Knowing all
tins, the man accepted and believed every
word of Joe’s story. James believed it, be
cause he hoped it. He listened respectfully
to Joe’s declamation on the meanness of
trade, and then he rubbed his hands, and
said humbly that he ventured to hope, when
the sale of the business came on, Mr. Joseph
would let him have a chance.
"You?” asked Joe. “I never thought of
you. But why not? Why not, I say? Why
not you as well as anybody else?”
“Nobody but me, Mr. Joseph, knows what
the business is, and how it might be improved,
n I I could make arrangements for paying
by regular instalments.”
“Well, we’d talk about it when the time
c mies. I won't forget. Sailors, you know,
can’t be expected to understand the value of
shops. Say, James, what does the Commo
dore do all day?”
“Sits in there and adds up his invest
ments.”
“Always doing that—eh? Always adding
'em up? Ahl and you’ve never got a cnance
of looking over his shoulder, I suppose?”
"Never.”
"You may find that chance, one of these
days. I should like to know, if only for curi
os; y, what they are and where they are.
He sits in there and adds ’em up. Yes—l’ve
seen him at it. There must be thousands by
this time.”
‘•Thousands,” said the assistant, in the be
lief that the more you add up a sum the
larger it grows.
Joe walked into the back shop and tried
the safe.
“Whera are the keys?” he asked.
“Always in his pocket or on the table before
him. He don’t leave them about.”
“Or you’d ha’ known pretty sharp all
there is to know—ch, my lad? Well, you’re
a Foxy one, you are, if ever there was one.
Let’s be pals, you and me. When the old
man goes, you want the shop—well, I don’t
see why you shouldn’t have the shop;
somebody must have the shop, and it
will be mine to do what I please with. As
for his savings, he says they are all for Iris
—well, wills have been set aside before this.
Do you think now, seriously, do you think,
Janies, that the old man is quite right—eh?
Don’t answer in a hurry. Do you think,
now, that he is quite right in his chump?”
James laughed.
“He’s right enough, though ho throws
away his chance 4.”
“Throws away his chances. How the
deuce can he be all right then? Did you
over hear of a bookseller in his right mind
throwing away his chances?”
“W1 y —.lo—for that matter ”
“V -ry well, then; for that matter, don’t
forget that you’ve seen him throw away all
his chances—ail his chances, you said. You
are ready to swear to that. Most import
ant evidence, that, James.” James had not
said “all,” but he grunted, and the other
man went on: “It may come in useful,
this recollection. Keep your eyes wide
open, my red-haired pirate. As for the
mouldy old shop, you may consider it as
good as your owil Why, I suppose you’ll
get somebody else to handle the paste-brush
and seise*, Mid tie up the parcels, and
water the shop—ehi You’ll be too proud to
do that for yourself, you will.”
Mr. James grinned and rubbed his hands.
“All your own—eh? Well, you’ll wak<
’em up a bit, won’t you?”
Mr. James grinned again—he continued
grinning.
“Go on, Mr. Joseph,” he said; “go on—l
like it.” -
“Consider the job as settled, then. As
for terms, they shall be easy; I’m not a
hard man. And—l say, Foxy, about that
safe?”
Mr. James suddenly ceased grinning, be
cause he observed a look in his patron’s eyes
which alarmed him.
“About that safe. You must find out
for me where the old man has put his monev,
and what it is worth. Do you hear? Or
else ”
“How can I find out? He won’t tell me
any more * han you.”
“Or else you must put me in the way of
finding out” Mr. Joseph lowered his voice
to a whisper. “He keeps the keys on the
table before him. When a customer takes
him out here, he leaves the keys behind him.
Do you know the key of the safe?”
“Yes, I know it. ”
“What is to prevent a clever, quick-eyed
fellow like you, mate, stepping in with a bit
of wax—eh? While he is talking, you know.
You could rush it in a moment”
“It’s—it’s dangerous, Mr. Joseph.”
“So it is—rather dangerous—not much.
What of that?”
“I would do anything I could to be of
service to you, Mr. Joseph; but that’s not
honest, and it’s dangerous.”
“Dangerous! There’s danger in the briny
deep and shipwreck on the blast, if you come
to danger. Do we, therefore, jolly mariners
afloat, ever think of that? Never. As to
honesty, don’t make a man sick.”
“Look here, Mr. Joseph. If you’ll give
me a promise in writing that I’m to have
the shop as soon as you get it, at a fair val
uation and easy terms —say ten per cent,
down, and •”
“Stow it, mate; write what you like, and
I’ll sign it. Now about that key?”
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“Supposing you were to get a duplicate
key, and supposing you was to get into
trouble about it, Mr. Joseph, should you—
should you—l only put it to you—should you
up and round upon the man as got you that
key?”
“Foxv, you are as suspicious as a China
man. Well, then, do it this way. Send it
me in a letter, and then who is to know
where the letter came from?”
Ti e assistant nodded.
“Then I think I can do the job, though
not, perhaps, your vay. But 1 think I can
do it. I won’t promise for a day or two.”
“There you spoke like an honest pal and a
friendly shipmate. Dangerous! Os course
it is. When the troaring winds do blow
Hands r, on it, brother. Foxy, you’ve never
done a better day’s work. You are too
crafty for any sailor—you are, indeed.
Here, just for a little key ”
“Hush, Mr. Joseph! Oh, pray—pray
don’t talk so loud! You don’t know who
may be listening. There’s Mr. Lala Roy.
You never hear him coming.”
“Just for a trifle of a key you are going
bo get possession of the best book shop in
all Chelsea. Well, keep your eyes skinned
and the wax ready, will you? And now,
James, I’ll be off.”
“Oh, I jay, Mr. Joseph, wait a moment!”
James was beginning to realize what he had
promised. “If anything dreadful should
come of this? I don’t know what is in the
safe. There may be money as well as pa
pers.”
“James, do you think I would steal? Do
you mean to insinuate that lam a thief,
sir? Do you dare to suspect that I would
take money?”
James certainly looked as if he had
thought even that possible.
“I shall open the safe, take out the pa
pers, read them, and put them back just as
I found them. Will that do for you?”
He shook hands again, and took himself
At 7 o’clock Mr. Emblem camo down I
stairs again.
“Has any one been?” he asked as usual.
“Only Mr. Joseph.”
“What might Mr. Joseph want?”
“Nothing at all.”
“Then,” said his grandfather, “Mr. |
Joseph might just as well have kept away.”
Let us anticipate a little. James spent
the next day hovering about in the hope
that an opportunity would offer of getting
the key in his possession for a few moments.
There was no opportunity. The bunch of
keys lay on the table under the old man’s
eyes all day, and when he left the table he
carried them with him. But the day after
wards he got his chance. One of the old cus
tomers called to talk over past bargains and
former prizes. Mr. Emblem came out of
the back shop with his visitor, and continued
talking with him as far as the doqr. As he
passed the table—James’s table—he rested
the hand which carried the keys on it, and
left them there. Jarnos pounced upon them
and slipped them into his pocket noiselessly.
Mr. Emblem returned to his own chair and
thought nothing of the keys for an hour and
a half by the clock, and during this period
James was out on business. When Mr. Em
blem remembered his keys he felt for them
in their usual place and missed them, and
then began searching about and cried out to
James that he had lost his bunch of keys.
“Why, sir,” said James, bringing them to
him, after a little search, and with a very
red face, “here they are; you must have left
them on my table.”
And in this way the job was done.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
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BOYNE'S
BE Ml! ffIJDT.
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■ SYPHILIS CURE.
Ah Absolute Specific
For Syphilis In all its stages, Scrofula and all
Scrofulous Affections, rup’-ve and Cutaneous Dis
eases. Ulcers, Old Sores, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, Rheumatism, and all complaints arising Iron
Impure Blood or Hereditary Taint.
TRIED FOR MORE THAN HALF A
CENT URY. —Goyne’s Blood Remedy wa>
introduced more than fifty years ago ti
the planters of Houston and adjoining
counties by Hiram D. Goyne, a worthy
citizen of Houston and one of its first sei
tiers, and was first used by them among
their slaves with great effect for blood dis
orders. Susch astonishing results were ob
tained from it that it came into popular
use, and now stands preeminently above al)
other purifiers
THE ORIGINAL RECIPE.—The prepri
tors assure the public that their Rented
is manufactured from the Old Origina
Recipe of Mr Goyne, umier the super
vision of experienced, practical and
LICENSED DRUGGISTS, arid by the MOST
APPROVED PHARMACEUTICAL METHODS,
THUS INSURING TO THE PUBLIC A RELIA
BLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PREPARATION.
AS A TONIC Goyne’s Blood Remedy pos
sesses unsurpassed virtues It builds up
and renovates the enfeebled body in a
manner truly wonderful, increasing the
appetite and improving the digestion,
thereby enriching the blood and imparting
strength and tone to the nervous system.
THE CHEAPEST MEDICINE IN THE
WORLD.—Goyne’s Great Blood Remedy
or Syphilis Cure is the cheapest remedy in
the world, when you consider it as com
bining the virtues ot a specific for Syphilis
and all Blood and Skin Diseases, with its
unrivalled powers as a Tonic and Malarial
| Antidote, together with its acknowledged
I properties as a Female Regulator and
general constitutional in vigorator.
I Ask these Druggists for a circular, read
the testimonials and be convinced of the
' virtues of this medicine, if human testimony
I can convince.
PREPARED BY
MILLER & GILBERT,
DRUGGISTS,
■ For sale by Osceola Butler, corner Con
( gress an I Bull streets. J. R. Haltiwanger,
corner Drayton and Broughton street®,
| Savannah, Ga.
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A Usefal.Trade, Easily Learoed.
dfeQ KO In order to meetja
JL JVJLvvI/j vV long felt want for
a convenient and portable PLATING APPA
RATUS, with which any one can do the finest
quality of Gold, Silver and Nickel Plating on
Watches, Chains, Rings, Knives, Forks and
Spoons, I have made the above low.priced
set, consisting of Tank, lined with Acid-Proof
Cement, Three Cells of Battery that will de
posit 30 penny-weights of metal a day, Hang
ing Bars, Wire, Gold Solution, one quart of
Silver Solution and half gallon of Nickel. Also
a box of Bright Lustre, that will give the
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finished work. Remember, these solutions
are not exhausted, but will PLATE any num
ber of articles if the simple Book of Instruc
tions is followed. Any one can do it. A
woman’s work. FOR FIFTY CENTS EXTRA
will send Six Chains or Rings that can be
Gold Plated and sold for Two Dollars more
than the whole outfit costs. Our Book,
"GOLD AND SILVER FOR THE PEO
PLE" which otters unrivaled inducements to
all, sent FREE. If not successful can be re
turned and exchanged for MORE TH AN £ Tti
VALUE. REMEMBER, this is a practical
outfit and I will warrant it, or it can be re
turned at my expense. Will be sent C. O. D.
if desired, upon receipt of #1.50, balance to
be collected when delivered. Next size outfit,
with Tank 12x10x6,' only #5.00. TRY IT.
Profit’, over 300 per cent. BOOK SENT FREE.
Address.
Frederick Lowey, 96 & 98 Fulton
St., New York.
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VIOLET PLANTS, 25c. perdozeni
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DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Shuptrine’s
Xew Pharmacy,
Bolton and Montgomery streets.
I’URE DRUGS
Dispensed by Careful and Expe
rienced Druggists.
Ibajrk Xhoy':
Not that barque which spreads Its safe
the favoring gale and with every caixt
drawing taut, sails the sea. u thing of life
beauty, but that bark which comes from a
cold and hastens the traveler to that port
from whence there Is no return. For this
bark use
“COUGH AND LUNG BALSAM.”
It is the best medicine ever presented for
coughs, colds and hoarseness, and for four
seasons has given entire satisfaction. Price
25 cents. Prepared only- by
DAVID PORTER, Druggist,
Corner Broughton and Habersham streets.
j. c.vc:c.
JjpiUJS foirag Iftlß
CLEANS CLOTHES,
1 < Removes all Grease, Paints, Oils, Varnish
Tar, Dirt or Soils from any fabric
■ without injury,
FOR SALE BY
J. R. Haltiwang-er,
> Cor Broughton and Drayton streets.
Also sold by L. C. Strong and E. A. Knapp
I To Clean Your Last Winter’s Suit or
Anything Else Use
“Household Cleaning Fluid.”
I It removes grease spots, stains, dirt, etc.,
from woolen, cotton, silk and laces, without
i injuring the most delicate fabric.
Prepared only bv
DAVID PORTER, Druggist,
Corner Broughton and Habersham streets.
and
I I have removed my entire livery establish
ment from York street to the
Pulaski House Stables
where I may hereafter be found. All orders
for carriages and buggies promptly attended
to Fine Saddle Horses for hire.
E. C. GLEASON,
Proprietor Pulaski House Stables.
SmmhChb, Livery & Boird Stables
Corner Drayton, McDouough and Hull sts.
A. W. HARMON, Prop’r.
Headquarters for fine Turn-Outs. Personal
attention given to Boarding Horses. Tele
phone No. 205.
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AND
WOOD YA R I).
large;stock of
DRESSED AND ROUGH LUMBER
AT LOW PRICES!
«J-Good Lot of Wood Just Received.
J. J. McDonough. T. B. Thompson.
Ed. Bubdktt.
McDonough & co.,
Office : 116 J Bryan street.
Yellow Pine Lumber.
i Lumber Yard and Planing Mill: Opposite
S., F. & W. Railway Depot,
Savannah, Ga.
t Saw Mills: Surrency, Ga., No. 6, Macon and
Brunswick Railroad.
D. C. Bacon, Wm. B. Stillwell.
H. P. Smart.
D. C. BACOIN «& CO
PITCH PINE
AND—
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