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¡ ( X T ' ) H O is the young fellow
V V with the yellow hair,
Duff?- ' whispered Captain
Loraine, as he and his friend stood on
the outer edge of the small circle
gathered round a couple of ecarte
players at the Nebulus Club.
" Archie Lidyard "
" Never hear of him ; he's got the
card fever pretty strongly, eh ?" he ad-ded,
as they moved away to the other
end of the room.
" YouDg fool! ejeculated Duff, as
he flung himself into a seal and ordered
his whiskey and soda," he's just going
the pace as fast as he can. I've known
him since he was so high, all legs and
Eton collar! His mother is a charm-ing
woman, but a great deal too weak
to deal with a fellow like that."
" Ah," remarked Loraine, without
any great interest," and who's the man
he's playing with ?"
" A friend of Val Travers; a
colonal, I fancy. Mr. James Ruthven
by name. Why will youngsters like
Lidyard alwajs choose such oppo-nents?'
" You don't think "
" Oh no!" interposed Duff, hastily.
Everything is all sqiare, I've no
doubt, only Archie Lidyard's about as
fit to bold a card against a cool-headed,
experienced man, as I am to discuss
the Apocalypse with the Archbishop
of Canterbury. I say, waiter, can't
that window be made to shut behind
there ?" he remarked, testily, to the
man who set his glass down beside him.
" There's a most abominable draught."
" Yes, sir. I'll see, sir," replied the
waiter quickly, as he jumped on the sill
behind the ffouch on which the two
friends sat, and began to tussle with
the window.
*' Is this young friend of yours rich?''
aeked Loraine, noticing that his com-panion
was still watching the party at
the card table
' Archie Lidyard ? I'm not sure
that I should call him a friend of mine.
I like his mother, but I've small pati-ence
with the young jackanapes. Rich?
No, not at present, at any rate; the
father was a big ironmaster who made
a collossal fortune, and, unluckily for
young hopeful over there, died half a
dozen years ago; the man was toler-ably
clear-sighted, though, and left the
bulk of his money to his wife, stipulat-ing
that Archie's minority should not
terminate till he reached the 25ih year,
and that until that time, his allowance
should aot exceed a certain figure. He
has to get through a couple of years
before he attains his majority, and, in
consequence, poor Mrs. Lidyard lives
in a chronic state of pulling her son
out of the mire, paying his debts, and
sending him on his way to sin no more!
It's terribly hard on the poor woman.
He's an only child, and, of course
there's nothing she wouldn't do for
him."
" Very sad. Bat I say, Duff," broke
off Capt. Loraine, " it does seem to me
that the Nebulus Club is about the
coldest place in London."
As he spoke the window went up
with a sharp bang, and the waiter leapt
down from behind them.
" You won't feel anything more of
the draught now, I think, sir," he said,
addressing Duff.
" Ob, is it shut n ,w ? You were a
precious long time about it."
Some one near the card table called
to the waiter, and he hurried there; at
the same moment Archie Lidyard rose.
" No, I won't take any revenge to-night,"
he said, with an attempt at a
augh; " what's the amount of my
debt, Mr. Ruthven ?"
"Let me see, £500—yes, £555.
But there's no hurry if you haven't
your check book with you. You can
send it round to ray hotel any time
to-morrow. I don't leave for Paris
till the night mail."
" Thank you," said young Lidyard.
" I'd swore off cards or I should have
had it with me. You are putting up
at the Savoy, I think ?"
"Yes, No. 49," replied Ruthven.
" You may as well come and lunch
with mei"
" I will if I possibly can," said
young Lidyard; " but if not, I'll send
a check round. Stay, though," he ex-claimed
suddenly. " I can discharge
a portion of my debt at once." The
flush deepened in his cheeks as he
fumbled in his pocketbook and drew
out a check ; he glanced at it, and his
hand shook a little as he held it toward
Ruthven. " This is for £300," he ex-plained
; " you shall have the rest to-morrow."
Ruthven in his turn glanced at the
check.
" To Eve Lidyard!" he read, half
aloud, in a tone of some surprise.
"My mother," replied young Lid-yard,
a little sharply. " I think you
will find the indorsement all right. I
will give you an I. O. U. for the bal-ance.
>i
He was about to call for the waiter,
when the man, who had been standing
at his side throughout the transaction,
handed him the writing materials.
Archie Lidyard wrote the acknowl
edgment, spoke a few words to those
around him, and then left the room
It was evident, in spite of the young
man's efforts at calmness and uncon
cern, that the loss was a serious one,
and the evening's work no laughing
matter.
But James Ruthvan was naturally
in a more, cheerful mood. He was not
a poor man, but he was far enough
from being a millionaire to feel no
slight satisfaction at the respectable
sum of his winnings. Five hundred
and fifty five pounds was a total
worthy of consideration, and it must
be confessed that he looked at the slip
of paper bearing the pretty signature
of " Eva Lidyard " on the back with
a certain amount of complacency be-fore
retiring to rest.
He was aroused next morning by a
loud knocking at his door.
" EB! Come in. What's the mat-ter—
what do you want ?" he inquired,
starting up.
" A lady to see you, sir."
"What?"
Ruthven admitted the servant,
glancing at his watch as he passed; it
was just 9:30; who could wish to see
him so soon ?
' A lady to see me, did you say ?''
" Yes, sir."
" What sort of a lady ?" inquired
Ruthyen dubiously.
" I can't rightly say, sir. She's got
a thick veil on and she's all in black."
" Did she give you no card ?"
" No, sir."
" Most extraordinary. Go down
and ask her if she can tell you her
business "
In a few minutes he returned.
" It's a Mrs. Lidyard, sir, and she
says her business is very private."
" Mrs, Lidyard!'' Like a flash the
pretty signature at the back of the
check came back to him. Ask her
into the sitting room," he said quickly.
" Say I will be with her directly,"
He dressed hurriedly. What could
she want with him ?
" You wish to see me, madam," he
asked, as five minutes later he closed
the door of his private sitting room
behind him.
A tall, black robed figure advanced
toward him.
" You are very good to come to me,"
she said, in a broken voice.
Ruthven glanced at her quickly.
She looked particularly graceful and
elegant in her sable draperies, and the
voice was soft and pleasant, in spite of
the evident distress and nervousness of
the speaker.
" Pray, sit down," said Ruthven,
drawing a chair; but Mrs. Lidyard
sank down in one nearer her, her back
to the light.
" Will you tell me what I can do
for you ?" said Ruthven gently.
The small, black-gloved hands
twisted a handkerchief desperately.
Mrs. Lidyard made one or two in-effectual
attempts to speak, and at last
said :
" You won a lar^e sum last night
from my son at cards, Mr. Ruthven ?"
" A considerable sum—yes."
" And he—he gave you a check for
i t " '
" For part of it, certainly."
Mrs. Lidyard uttered a groan.
Ruthven's astonishment grew. What
did it all mean ? With what was evi-dently
a great effort his visitor con-tinued
:
" A check drawn in my favor, pur-porting
to be indorsed by me ?"
"Yes."
" I—he—oh!" she broke down sob-bing,
" the wretched, wretched boy!"
The veil she wore was thick, but not
so thick as to disguise her, and Ruth-ven
could see that Mrs. Lidyard was
still possessed of very great charms,
and the glimpse he caught of her
snowy hair only made the rest of her
face appear more youthful. Grief,
under certain circumstances, cannot
fail to be touching.
" Pray calm yourself, Mrs.Lidyard."
he said soothingly. " You have not yet
told me how I can serve you."
Mrs. Lidyard suppressed her agi-tation
and continued:
" I must tell you everything 5 I can
do nothing but throw myself npon
your mercy. Yesterday, on going
through my accounts, I missed a check
sent me only the day before. I search-ed
everywhere for it, and not finding
it, I finally telegraphed to the bankers,
stopping payment. I did not at first
suspect that——" she hesitated. "I
am very unfortunately placed. My
son has extravagant tastes, and an in-come
quite insufficient to indulge
them." She looked at Ruthven pit-eously.
"I think I understand," he said,
gravely.
" I waited for my son, spoke to him
of what I dreaded, implored him to
tell me all! And—oh, Mr. Ruthven,
have pity on him and on me, and give
me back that wretched check."
Ruthven rose immediately, and a
second later returned.
" You can count on my discretion,"
he said, pityingly, as he placed the
check in her hand.
" Oh ! how can I thank you ?—how
can I ever thank you ?" she exclaimed,
almost hysterically. Then, seeing a
small writing table, she sat down hur-riedly.
" May I write you a check here "
He smiled, and she drew a check
book from the bag she carried.
" Mr. James Ruthven, is it not ?"
She began to write, and then turned
to him quickly.
" But £300 is not the whole amount.
Will you tell it to me ?"
Ruthven replied shortly. " Five
hundred and fifty five pounds." It
was one thiDg winning money at the
Nebulus from Archie Lidyard, a bit
of a coxcomb and a great deal of a
fool, quite another thing taking it here
in the cold morning light from his
mother, still quivering from the an-guish
she had undergone.
" Here it is," she said, rising. " You
see the indorsement was not even a
clever forgery," she added, with a little
sob.
Ruthven glanced at i t ; there was a
certain similarity in the signatures, no
doubt; but the one he bad seen last
night was firmer, with a touch of mas-culinity,
wanting in this.
No, as she said, it was not even a
clever forgery.
" I don't think you know what you
have done for me, Mr. Ruthven," she
said, offering him her band. " No,
please "—she continued, as he made a
movement to accompany her—" I
would rather go alone; thank you
again, and God bless you!"
James Ruthven was not a sentimen-tal
man, but he was rather pleased with
Mrs. Lidyard's parting words, though
it was perfectly clear to him that he
had done little to deserve them, for,
after all, it was a clear gain to him to
exchange a worthless bit of paper for
a check for £555.
His complacency remained undis-turbed
for at least two hours. He
breakfasted well, and read his paper
with absolute serenity. Then he took
a cab to the St. James's Square branch
of the Westminster Back.
The cashier took the slip of paper,
and after looking at the signature,
honored Ruthven with a keen glance
before disappearing.
" Will you step this way ? '
Ruthven looked up astonished, but
obeyed, conscious that the clerks were
watching him curiously as be was
ushered into the manager's sanctum.
I shall be glad if you will explain
how this check came into your posses-sion,"
said the manager, as Ruthven
came into the room, white the cashier
stood with his hand on the door.
" I really don't understand " be-gan
Rutbven.
" No one,'' replied the manager, " of
the name of Eva Lidyard has an ac-count
with this bank ?"
" No account!" exclaimed Ruthven.
"No account! Why, she wrote this
check for me not two hours ago."
There was a smile about the man-ager's
eyes as he renewed his request for
an explanation of the circumstances bv
which the check had come into Ruth-ven's
possession, and as he unfolded
the story of the white-haired, tearful
mother imploring mercy for her
wretched son, it deepened there.
" I think it's a matter for the police,
Simpkins," he said to the cashier, and
turning to Ruthven he remarked, " I
expect the check you parted with has
been cashed by now. Do you re-member
the name and the bank upon
which it was drawn ?"
Ruthven's memory was not at fault,
and driving thither he found that the
manager had guessed correctly. The
check he had parted with had been
presented a couple of hours previously
and paid.
Thus it happened that an hour
ater Ruthven was returning to the
Savoy, though in a very different
frame of mind from that in which tie
left it. In fact, he was in a very bladk
humor, indeed, as he entered his afe
ting room, where, to complete his per-plexity,
Archie Lidyard was seated!,,
with his heels on the mantel and a»
serene smile on his lips.
"Halloo," said Lidyard, "I'v®
accepted your lunch, but if I'd know I
should have had to wait so long fof it
I would have gone elsewhere."
Ruthven was too excited to> take
any notice of the remark. He strode
up to the young man and looked at
him savagely.
"Where's your mother?" be de-manded.
It was Lidyard's turn to look aston-ished.
" Where's—my—mother. Why?"
It suddenly occurred to him that his
host had gone mad, and he grasped a
chair as the only weapon of defense
handy.
Ruthven saw the look of fear in
Lidyard's face, " I beg your pardon,
Lidyard, a most extraordinary thing
has happened. Your mother called
on me this morning —"
" My mother is in Wales," said
Lidyard, quietly.
" Then I've been swindled as neatly
as ever man was," declared Ruthven.
" There's only one thing to do."
"jLuncb," remaked Lidyard, senten-tsously.
When lunch was finished Ruthven
had recoyered some portion of his se-renity.
" Nevertheless," he said, as
he leaned back in his chair, " I think
we'll try Scotland Yard."
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$3,400.00 MONTH A s f o l l o w s ;
4 First Prizes, each of $100 Cash - - . $ 400.00
20 Second" " " $100sppil?fAELBicycles*2,000.00
40 Third " " " $ 25 Gold Watches - 1,000.00
Cash and Prizes given each month - - $3,400.00
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Total given till ring l2mos. 189?, $40,800.00 WRAPPERS
HOW TO OBTAIN THEM.
Competitors to save a s many SUNLIGHT
SOAP Wrappers as tbey can collect. Cut
off the top portion of each
wrapper, t h a t portion contain-in
» the heading "SUNLIGHT
SOAP." These (called "Con-
?>ons5?) a r e to be sent, postage
iilly paid, enclosed with a
sheet of paper s t a t i n s Compet-i
t o r ' s full name and address
and the number of Conpons
sent in, t o &ever Bros., Ltd.,
New York» marked on o u t s i d e . , , T , ,_
Wrapper (top left hand corner) with ri UluBER
of the DISTRICT Competitor lives in.
And while Scotland Yard busied it
self discussing the problem thus pres-ented,
a couple of passengers to Nice
were comfortably seated in a reserved
carriage of the night express.
" Not a bad morning's work, eh ?"
remarked one of them to his pretty
golden-haired companion.
The girl laughed.
" If you don't break that bank at
Monte Carlo, Bob, I think I shall go
on the stage and play old ladies ; that
white wig was awfully becoming.
" You managed it beautifully, Nell.
There's no knowing what we mayn't
be able to do, with my wiis and your
looks; but any way, this is better
than shutting windows for crnsty gents
at the Nebulas, isn't it ?" he added,
slipping his arm around her waist.
Care of Colds.
Many of the colds which people
catch commence at the feet. So to
keep these extremities warm, therefore,
is to effect an insurance against the
endless list of disorders which spring
out of a slight cold. The first and
golden rule is neyer be tightly shod.
Boots and shoes when they fit closely
prevent the free circulation of the
blood by pressure. When, on the con-trary,
they do not embrace the foot too
firmly, they get fair play, and the
space left between the foot and stock-ing
gets a good supply of warm air.
The second rale is one much neglected,
and is —never sit in damp shoes. It
is often supposed that unless shoes are
positively wet it is unnecessary to
change them while the feet are at rest.
This is a great fallacy, for when the
least dampness is absorbed into the
sole, in its evaporation it absorbs the
heat from the foot, and thus perspira-tion
is dangerously checked. Any
person may prove this by trying the
experiment of neglecting the rule, and
the feet will feel cold and damp after a
few minutes, although, on taking off
the shoe and examining it, it will
appear to be quite dry.
As They Do in Denmark.
I n Denmark when a man is found
fcoo drunk to find his own house he is
placed in a cab, taken to the police
¡station, examined by the doctor, detain-ed
till sober, and then dispatched to
his home in another cab, and the bill
ior the doctor, the cab and the police
attendance has to be paid by the pub-lican
who seryed the bibulous delin-quent
with his last drink. In Turkey
it is the drunkard who is punished.
The punishment for the first offense is
the bastinado; the second and third
offenses are also followed by chastise-ment
; but after the third offense the
•offender becomes " privileged," and is
•entitled to be carefully taken home by
policeman.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
That was a smart man who dedicated
Ihis book of poems " To One Who
Knows."
When a man forgives a woman, he
forgives her; when a woman forgives a
man, she reminds him of it afterward.
A baby show with six sets of triplets
w»d thirty sets of twins is the best soil
an the world to grow old bachelors.
Women like to take care of men
<wShen they are siqk because they know
i f « the only time they can get them at
a disadvantage.
When a man tries to impress people
he keeps quiet when he ought to talk ;
wl len a woman tries it, she talks when
sh a ought to keep quiet.
A woman may make a fool of herself
i'a a good many ways, but a man some
times makes a good many fools of him-self
in the same way.
—The Mount Lebanon. Shakers
have recently perfected an ingenious
cure for dyspepsia. Their Digestive
Oordial consists of a food already di-gested
and a digester of foods happily
combined.
The importance of this invention
, w i l l ba appreciated when we realize
what a proportion of the community
are victims of some form of stomach
troubles. Thousands of pale thin
people have little inclination to eat,
and what they do e.it causes them pain
and distress.
This Digestive Cordial of the
Shakers corrects any stomach derange
ment at once. It makes thin people
plump. Every one will be greatly in
terested to read the little book which
lhas been placed in the hands of drug-gists
for free distribution.
What is Laxol? Nothing but
Castor Oil made as palatable as honey.
Children like it.
No. of
District N A M E OF DISTRICT.
New York City, Brooklyn, JLong
X and St a t en I s l ands , New J e r s e y .
Staten Islands, Jersey.
2
NewYork State (outside of N.}'. City,
Brooklyn, Long and Staten Islands).
3
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary,
land, West Virginia and Die«
trict of Columbia.
4 The New England States.
*The Bicycles are the celebrated P i e r c e S p e c i a l»
1897 Pattern, m'f'd by Geo. N. Pierce h Co., of Buf-falo,
Boston and New York. Fitted with Hartford
Tires-, First Class Nickle Lami), New Departure
Bell. Standard Cyclometer, and Hunt Lace Saddle.
RULES.
1. Every month during 1897 in each of the districts
prizes will be awarded as follows:
The 1 Competitor who sends in the
•Largess N u m b e r of coupons from
the district in which he or she resides
will receive 100 C a s h .
The 5 Competitors who send in the Next Largest Numbers of cou-pons
from the district in which they
reside will E a c h receive at winner's
option a lady's or gentleman's P i e r ce
S p e c i a l bicycle, price $100. CO.
The 1 0 Competitors who send in the Next Largest Numbers of coupons from the dis-trict
in which they reside will E a c h receive at winner's
option a lady's or gentleman's Gold Watch, price $25.
2- The Competitions will Close the I.ast Day of
iEach M o n t h during 1897, Coupons received too late
for one month's competition will be put into the next.
3 . Competitors who obtain wrappers from unsold
Soap in dealer's stock will be disqualified. Employees
of Lever Brothers, Ltd., and their families, are de-barred
from competing.
4 . A printed list of Winners in Compet itor's district
will be forwarded to Competitors in about 21 days after
each competition closes.
5 . Lever Brothers, Ltd., will endeavor to award the grizes fairly to the bestoftheir ability and judgment,
ut it is understood that all who compete agree to ac-cept
the award of Lever Brothers, Ltd., as final.
L E V E R B R O S . 9 L t d . , N e w Y o r k.
BY THE WAY.
Interesting Notes and Comments on
Persons. Places and Things.
AFTER waiting many years, the
monument to General Grant is at last
to be dedicated, the ceremony taking
place next Tuesday, the seventy fifth
anniversary of the birth of the hero of
Appomattox. It will be one of the
most magnificent mortuary monuments
in the world, and second only to Na-poleon's
in splendor. It is the greatest
mark of esteem ever raised in honor of
any man in this country, and the
American people have cause to feel
proud of their work, for theirs it is, as
the money was raised by popular sub-scription.
No American general was
better known or more beloved than
General Grant, and when the grizzled
old warrior breathed his last in Au-gust,
1885, there was profound sorrow
and mourning throughout the land.
Although twelve years have elapsed
since that sorrowful period, it is not
too late to honor the dead hero. When
the monument is dedicated it will have
[been thirty-two years since he finished
the work which made him immortal.
A generation will have almost passed
away since the great achievement
which placed him upon the pinnacle
of fame, but the passage of time has
only added to the lustre of his name
and to the admiration and regard of
the nation. He is enrolled among the
truly great. To have touched his
hand, to have conversed with him, or
even to have seen him, has come to be
a distinction.
* * ^
PROBABLY no tomb or monument in
the world has a more picturesque loca-tion.
High on the banks of the noble
Hudson, just outside of the sounds of
the greatest city on the continent, at
the end of the beautiful Riverside Park,
the stately Doric pile stands in all its
imposing grandeur. The monumental
structure has for a setting the green,
wooded heights of the Palisades and
the blue sweep of the mighty Hudson
as it bends and widens out above
Spuyten Duyvil. At the very foot of
the tomb is an ample stretch of lawn,
velvety gretn in summer, and around
this swings the wide boulevard known
as Riverside drive, over which thou-sands
of Gothamites spin on bicycles
and roll in carriages. At present all
that remains of the nation's hero repose
in the temporary tomb, a squatty little
brick structure which is dwarfed into
insignificance by the new one near
which it stands. Before the dedication
a ponderous granite sarcophagus will
be placed in the crypt under the dome
of the mausoleum. The body of him
whose memory it is intended to assist
in perpetuating will there be deposited,
and the last resting place will be dedi-cated
with a ceremony and ostentation
such as this country has seldom wit-nessed.
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THE monument has been erected at
a cost of 0600,000 constructed of
granite, and so light in tone that in a
strong sunlight it is not distinguishable
from marble. Architecturally it pre
sents the features of treatment found in
the Pantheon in Rome and in the
tomb of Napoleon at Les Invalides,
Paris, The question of expense was
the constant enemy with which the
Grant Monument Commission had to
contend. The movement for the erec-tion
of a substantial monument in
General Grant's honor took shape
early in 1886, when a committee was
appointed, various plans for raising
money were adopted and designs for
the proposed tomb were submitted.
The recepts were small, and the pro-ject
practically came to a standstill in
1887, During the next year it was
revived, and in 1890 the fund had
reached $140,000, A determined ef-fort
was made the following year to
carry the project through, under the
lead of General Horace Porter, of
New York. The business, social and
political interests of the city were ap-pealed
to, and as a result, the success
of the project became assured. The
cornerstone was laid by President
Harrison on April 26, 1892, since
which time the work has gone steadily
forward without interruption.
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THE program for the dedication
ceremonies is practically completed.
They will be most impressive and on a
scale far beyond any similar event in
the history of our country. President
McKinley, Vice-president Hobart, the
governors of all the states of the
Union, the representatives of every
foreign nation stationed at Washing-ton,
the members of Congress in a body
and many other distinguished officials
have been invited, and most of them
will be present. The parade will be a
gigantic affair and will present a most
magnificent spectacle. It is estimated
that it will be over twenty miles in
length, and will be composed of the
federal troops, the national guard from
several states and members of the
Grand Army, footing up about 50,000
militia. The water demonstration,
which will be composed of the North
Atlantic squadron and warships from
navies of foreign nations and the
merchant marine will be a most im-posing
affair. Houses along the route
of the parade are being bought up at
fabilous prices, and even single win*
dows are being sold for a hundred
dollars. It will be one of the events
of the century_ and will carry with it
distinction that will draw one of the
biggest crowds ever assembled at a
public gathering in this country.
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BUT for the war that came near
separating the North and South, Gen.
Grant would probably have remained
in obscurity. It made him president,
and one of the greatest generals of the
age. He rose from the unknown son
of an Illinois tanner to the very pin-nacle
of fame. His success was so
dazzling and so phenomenal that the
plain story of his life outrivals all ro-mances.
Poor, obscure, without influ-ence
and almost without hope, he had
probably made up his mind that he
was destined to live and die almost un-noticed.
War was distasteful to him,
and it was not until after he saw that
his professional knowledge was being
considered of some account that he
cherished the thought that he might
some day command a brigade. The
war wrought a great change. In two
years he was the hero of Yicksburg,
had won many great battles, and was
recognized as a military genius. In
three years he commanded all the
armies and directed the operation of
half a million of armed men, stretching
from the_Atlantic to the Mississippi,
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THEN came the crushing of the re-bellion,
and Lincoln's death left him
the greatest man of the period. Such
a rapid rise to fame from the bitter
vale of poverty and obscurity was
enough to turn the head of any man,
but not Grant's. He still retained
that reserved modesty, tlie same look
of humility and the same disinclination
to claim any credit to himself as in the
beginning. He met and vanquished
as able men as eyer drew a sword.
It is well known that he took hold of
a failing cause and carried it to a
glorious success. The monument to be
dedicated on Tuesday—a most fitting
tribute from the people whom he
served—can add nothing to his fame.
But it will ever serve as a tribute to
his loyalty, his greatness, his military
genius and his fidelity to the cause that
preserved from dismemberment a great
nation.
PEACE to his ashes. PHIL,
Youthful Freedom.
Uncle Bob—Did you enjoy youf
trip across the ocean last summer,
Bobby ?
Bobby—You bet I did. It was
just fine the time when papa and mam-ma
and nurse were sick, and the cap'
tain let me help him run the ship.