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leave Tony, tut ; r way to help her. , .vir.j of it. He could ., . . ' i help him. He must 1 ground himself before anything. , 1 some time before the covered their loss and in i.e must work, n to be uneasy. It was get ad neither Mary nor Uncle .ad come. What had hap .tain them? v ha heard a cautious toot- he saw in the starlight the f a human form in front of i. Looking closer, but keep- till, he saw a woman a lace . out. - - . t believe she's here, Susie sure you saw her coming w I ........... snd me Aid at supper time, rowled warningly. Hunt, for the Lord's sake!" oinan was Just ready to , rw0mnr will, when Max, rward, pressed his hand over X At the same time he spoke , please. Ma'am, Be still, and , ou why. I am not golngto, You may he sure of that" boyish voice re-assured the and she, stood still with the ging to her skirts. . 3 a turkey that we came to . I had only Just got the baby t is a new turkey, and the thought they saw her coming v I had no Idea that any one . thousrh there has been a sort a town all day. A neighbor Just now that the men have at against the robbers." 53 she thought that I might of them hiding here." ardbr sure of what I did it I see you are only a boy. s all, Ma'am, and I'm wait- j for my brother. ame la Max Polndexter." . you are one of the children and was so much interested ; you?" ' are Mrs. Hunt?" Dear, bravo Tom, ne 'was so about you. Ton are the one 3 sick so long She said, r her apron to lier eyes. Max r low sobs. h I could fie something to w we appreciate Ms gooftneHS a would nave avd my sister Id. He took the risk, ax 3 he wanted to get the UtU now. Tom was a brave roan, m is like him. He will be as lng some day. I can hardly ,'but it don't become the wife .ve man to give up. I wish I t to a safer place with the lit- i come with us," Max said : j r-..iry trr." fr- i crpri :-L-i,i thU l..-?-on ir-;r - J u-.-'-n her, for tr.ou.'.U of th; tir.s would con-.e between her and V.s enjoyment of the great show. The Irishman's Jolly hopeiuma was not a very lasting Influence, it w as good in it3 way, but its staying quali ties were poor. He had to keep It up. The side shows and outsme auairs generally Interested Tony umu cue was taken by her new friend to a seat in the great tent "tr mpsplf that's been laughing the blues away this 30 year an' more, fur I was a lad of 20 when I began. Yes must laugh an' be more happy, fur it's folne ye look in the folnery enure." And for a while Tony was happy. Fairyland had opened before her. "If I had a dozen pairs of eyes and ears they'd all be busy," she exclaJm ed. y The people clapped their hands, and the band played and the horses dashed around the ring with women poised like gay butterflies on their backs and Tony screamed with simple delight. She came to the conclusion that life WaTrVTnTaeTaTae -PUtslde of a circus, and began to build vague plans ; y .- f. t l : 3 of ? rt v,is i'V vital'.?. I :.u f.:t like a kaf drift;- ,; t'..e vvir.d. TV.t-y turned into a road that some how looked familiar. She did not real ly remember any such place, but it did not look strange. It was in the forenoon of the next day that this began to trouble her. and she tried to think where ehe haJ seen a road like it . In eastern North Carolina the towns are not near to each other, and in the i are so many of us, and there e to help me; my folks didn't V but I could never see why. re so many of the children. 1 Dick and Susie and the xt all? See bow big the wagon Iways afraid here. The Low sd Tom so, you know. I'm al a dread. But how should we e'd be no trouble about that, nt Maty and I will see to that. xplaln now, but you can trust . will be able to help you If get away." , of course, help is one thing rlty is another, Tom thought -e wonderful boys. Anywhere reaven must ,be better than 3 might find work. I'll go! ed a good many things, but I k quickly. Is that a child - I only Zeb. Susie can stay with 1 Tiger till. we. get back, can't .. good girt Susie. We'll be n. I don't think a little girl i being afraid, but she can be 1 wait.- Mrs. Hunt said, as ouched down beside Zeb, and wed Tiger that she was to be ire of, " 1 --- , O, good Lord, someone Is for Joining the company. She believed that she could soon learn to perform some of the reats. But nobody seemed to make ac quaintance with her. en sn thought of this she began to look around with an eye to maxmg a new friend or two, for she was a social little soul, but she was not pretty and no on cared to look closely enough to see that she was bright ana oaa ana sorely In need of friends. To her surprise, she rouna mat some of the women were rude and disre roectfnl to her. end all seemed to take her as a good jske. This was not what Tony liked or expected, for she was a nnln fittfe lady, and she knew It. But she was patient and persistent and not as31y put down, so ehe kept m trv'jim ta be sociable, but, . not knowing the rules of polite etiquette, sbe went sbmrt H oueerly. ""I wonder where Pat picked up his curious little protege?" she heard W"He Afielle Ctleste ask one of the other wsmen, as she lounged Idly on a pile of pillows and puffed at a bad smelling cigar. , Ee didst pick me- up, ma'am,1 Taut said, with great dignity. "KdJ I quite thought you had the lock of having been picked up. Are ym fast Boating round catching what you eaa? "I tm here to the circus, Tony said, not knowing but a sharp reply might cause her friend trouble, Another of the women laughed loudly. -.--t One would think that the circus was here tr you.' She was fat and frowsy and not In the least ladylike, so Tony tried not to mind. The child was turning away when another woman said "Don't I seem to know that skirt and waist? At first I thought It was dim memory of an old picture of the Queen of Sheba, but 'Lest, doncher know the skirt?" And then Tony felt like rending her garments, and ? clothing herself In sackcloth and ashes, and was only able to refrain from so doing by recollect ing that there was no sackcloth avail able, and that the dear little Quaker gown was really past putting on. She ran quickly away, utterly dis gusted with showing herself friendly. If she went to her grave without a menu sne would not try It again. The next day she rode on the wagon with Mr. Monnagan, though she felt a little remorseful and ashamed when she met the look of simple, kindly wel come of the Irishman's eyes, for It had been her secret Intention to ahonnn the box wagon and ride with the ladles in one of th carriages as part of the circus procession. , v But to make ud for bi .h. V A - v"jrY" leuing mm stories early days few or tnem were iarSo enough to attract the attention of a circus. So the great shows used to come and break themselves up In con venient pieces. These, for the want of Miii-oad to the smaller towns went through the country from place to place coming to a head at certain In tervals In the larger towns. It was one of these detachments that Tony had fallen In with. And tt was fortunate that the circus was broken to her gently, for something must have given way if the strain had been greater. , . But her respect for circuses was Xchanglng tOLXontempt, as mildest jnllk changes to sharpest acids. After all Aunty was right, and a curcus was a valrr and glittering snare. She confided this to Mr. Monnagan, who agreed, with her, and drove sol emnly on. . Tony turned her attention to the tantalizing landscape. If. there was only a hill to measure by. But there were only flat fields and forests that seemed to run out to the very rim of creation. Suddenly, she sprang up, clapping her hands. Oh, oh, oh!" she cried, waving her hands wildly. "Oh, Medy alive, Oh!" Sit ye down. Bit ye down. Howly Mither, she's mad. It's loony she's been all the tolm, shure. Sit ye down! Mr. Monnagan screamed excitedly. Murtherl Thaves!" Pat Monnagan leaned towardher and shouted the aw ful words in her ear, trying to reduce her to good- behavior. Two or three men In front stood up and laughed at the queer show. Back to the Irishman floated the hated song. , l - . tl-n 1 3 rr ,. ful hi:-?. arJ i- . waving ebout the r.. I l . did he, end the hand v. .th t:. ? j : 1 went down, and my les end r.ot l j heart made a pocket for the tall," "Maty, what was it?" Tm coming to that. You must al low a fellow to go slow when he's shot In the leg." "Yes, of course. I wonder the child can tell it at all. It put -me in mind of Tom. He was never afraid of any thing," Mrs. Hunt said, ' wiping her eyes. ' "The robber ran he ran like Tam O'Shanter, only he was afoot. Oh, how he did run, and that white thing nap ping like a mad ghost behind him. i started to run. too. when I heard a second hiss, and my heart choked me when I thought that there was one Of the things for me! - "But I looked down and theTe un der the wire grass sat an old gray goose. Her husband had whipped a robber didn't stay to congratulate her." ; -..".I ) t ; ! -, C - r -or. tlr.-1 Tc - r ot on the Q-a'.cMy i n ljo!-:ed un to see could it ti? Yc;, tVrre it was. a cs'.tt white f.;C3 with fir e;uv eves and a ratient mouth. sr;.l fin -".rr-r cMa nt th far A Maybe they may pass. It Matv walking like that, and hereon Is taller. Be still!" through the field came the figure. - ' 'y was clouded so that the ht was faint and dim. CHAPTER XXIV. " Tony's Silk Attire, circus was indeed a revelation y, and Mr. Monnagan was de wlth her fresh enjoyment of it was dressed, too, for the occai Two of the clown's women had generously contributed to "tfor a consideration, but of . Monnagan said nothing to Te knew by some deUcate, na tinct that Tony would be hap she. thought the generous clr had sent her a present -om M'lle Adelle , Cleste, the 'ul bareback rider and unrlval dancer, came ft gay silk skirt, n M'me Fay Lllllput. the wee wonder, came 4 brlght--aigt of the . same material, e re other little accessories that ; the toilet but there was no -r, so Tony pulled and punch- .uaker bonnet into something rer shape and pinned a bow j bedecked waist on one side. ?a astonlhed to find herself ttlre at last. She had dreamed ed for ft and It had come! tcrt-d very little that the skirt f.e short and the waist a bit e color of a silk gown, she had next to nothing to do Aunty had worn for years ored silk that made her look had been boiled, and the mln !fe ?ed to have a pale-green fairly embossed her freckles, If new that when It came to was said about the color, i! ere was no mirror to tell r terra cotti hair had set l with her crimson waist '-enly In trouble from not 1 fnr.s with t'- rvnt of the Lowries. Now and then she was obliged to stop and cry when the thought of the twins came to her, and this was oftener than had been th case yesterday, for Mr. Monnagan was u'ji bo joijy 10-aay. - lie seemed to be troubled Anfi Bn Irishman witha trouble on Mi mtni s uKe a Dutternjrwith a burden on its . Care sits queerly on the Jjlsh face as if thcra was not the proper accommo dation for It. u , It was not that Tony found her friend unkind or even Indifferent. His face was just the same with the hap py gone off of It like a DleaW land. scape when a cloud has slipped under the sun. Now and then the fat clown sighed ponderously, and his upper lip length ened. The truth was the boys had been laughing at him and the heart ,. was so easily moved to pity was equal ly sensitive to ridicule. - . ! !Jr hRi furnished many a est and "Pat's Uelv TWt,ii.. - a fine Joke, and poor Pat was sorry ,!n- v7 . mue wa,f had settled on his particular wagon for a lighting place, But there she was. and her eyes, blue as the water t vm.,. blue as Kathleen's own. It was true that he had not seen the lake In more man au years, ana Kathleen had come to be only a memory, but the iriRh heart never grows old. and, fickle An it is, the lake and the blue eyes of an Irish girl hold it secure. Now, Tony was a far-seelne maiden. and she read aright the trouble on ner mend's fsce. I think you are tired nf VavW ma Mr. Monnagan," she said, as a mhl ty sigh rose from his heart or his lungs, or from wherever it l that lghs begin. 'Mver a bit bv herhelf. he exclaimed with elaborate JJH !lk? I,;,na 1 don,t why you wouldn't be." , . "Hit's th taselnr nf else:' v f'Oh, never mind. You are not to tell Stories; that's next to cnrslh' T - pect you can get me off at the next farm house, it is enough for you to nave orougnt me. away. I. do thank you. ana I aon't want to lose vou. suppose I can keep up with as blr a th!n s a circus v Mr- Monnagan was too honentlv at hi wit's nis,to,keep nr hU effuve f how of .dellsrht at bavlrr the child Patty had a little kid. He took her to the show. ' And everywhere that Patty went That kid was sure to go. He bought the kid a silken gown, When ehe began to droop: He fed her with a silver spoon .On Slullagatawny soup. "Don't hold me! It's awful! I can't stand it!" And she shook her little fist at the laughing men like a small fury. ; - - 'If ye could kape cool ye wouldn't be so warrum, shure," Pat suggested. . "Oh, I knowit's I tell you to . let loose of me. I'm so glad so glad!" A"yis, vtake hit modit, ye'll ixcite the nerves of yea," pleaded the uneasy clown. ' :.. " .j - "Let me" go! O, those horrid' men. Put me down! I'm; going here, don't you see?" And, Tony, burst put crying Ittria t Kits ttoo vaA KaK ' . ' ? " ShO was scrambling over the seat and crawling to the back of the wagon. while the clown gazed at her in wild est alarm and never thought Once of stopping the horses. , ,7 All at once there was a flash of crimson, a flutter of royal purple, and Tony was on the ground. She had Jumped from the wagon! , "Howly Mowses, ; she's, kilt herself lntolrely, an' It's a cripple she'll be for the rlst of her life, or niy name's not Pat Monnagan!" And the fat clown looked "down at the child and up at the house they were slowly passing, -''f ""i:"y "They are her friends, and It's glad I ant that she's found herself for Ithim." - : -7 And, dismissing the whole natter from his mind as he saw the odd little figure on its feet, the clown drove on. Now, a day or two of chafing and the end of It all would corned he thought, as the boys broke into an other and to him pleasanter song. The wagon turned a curve and Tony was to Mr. Monnagan a thing of the past. An unpleasant little memory that would be called up to his mind until the boys found new fun. But in reality Tony was something much more substantial than a mem ory. ' ... .... . , , ... . "Medy!" she exclaimed, when the dust she had stirred up settled ft little. ''I didn't know how heavy I was. I most knocked the breath out of me," she went on. rubbing the dust out of her mouth and eyes. Standing on one foot she carefully dusted her silk skirt "I reckon they'll oh. It hurts be awful glad to see me ouch, my foot num. it won t go aown. Oh!" She put her foot down, and tried te bear her weight on it Her face whit ened and back she sank Into the sand and then danced off together, and sunshine grew blacker and blacker, while the fields and sky went spinning round like a double tetotum and the poor little. Tony had fainted. "A gander?" "Exactly.; I felt like -like well. like the army that was saved, by the cackling of the geese. And was there a thistle in it? My leg reminded me of tnat. How it did sting." Maty, you are a case. If I ever meet your ghost I shall expect it to tell me some supernatural Joke." 1 shouldn't at all wonder. You see I am not cut out of hero cloth, but I tell you I did some heroic running.' "With that leg?" ' t "Yessem. I wished rd had a spare one." : "It wouldn't have matched the oth er," Max said, dryly, ana even Mrs. Hunt laughed at the quaint pun. After this Maty was told of the new plan and was delighted to be of use to Mrs. Hunt. He insisted upon start ing at once., - ,'7-- . "But Uncle Emerson has not come," Max said. ; - :f "He Isn't coming, Max. I couldn't get him to. It has been his intention all along to stay and I could not in duce him to come. He just wouldn't, that's all." "Why didn't he tell me?" "He said he could not have resisted you, I told him about everything, and, Max, he knew." V "I'd better go back and bring him.1 "No, Max, you shall not go. Tou owe you'd never get back. I rlll not let you go iv-v-- Mrs. Hunt sernoade with Max, He could do nothing for the old man now, Maty described his parting with the negro, and Mrs. Hunt thought it was likely that he would go to his old friends. It was natural for him to want to stay near his old home. They got Maty and the little ones into ( the wagon, and ..Mrs, Hunt brought out such things as she thought they might need and packed them Into the wagon, while Maty watched. the children, and, Max went to get the mules. He was sorry to take them so un ceremoniously, but there was no other way. The stable i was not locked,' for the outlaws were bold enough to take what they wanted, anyway, and a lock more or less was a trifling matters Max found the harness after some search, and with as little noise as pos slble put the mules to the wagon. Altogether it was nearly daylight when they drove out of town, and they went with fear and trembling. It seemed hardly possible that they could escape unnoticed. They were well aware that their dangers were not passed, by any means, and the boys knew that the risk was now greater that the widow of Mr. Hunt was with them. But this did not ? affect their determination" to help her.-Maty warf especially glad to have her now that he was "under the weather." She was old enough to have been the mothjer of a taller boy. than he was, and her hands were tender and helpful. She had done him a world of good already. . t The little folks were all asleep and Max was driving slowly along, It was just at day dawn. Suddenly a hand was laid upon each of the mules and Max saw, half a dozen dark forms In the road. .'" '- - "Stop!" one of the men 1 said,' and there was a gleam of pistols and a flash of lantern. .. , "Who's In that wagon?" ioom iizir was looted' back like window curtains and fastened over the ears that seemed to have been' made on purpose! Aunty, Oh, my own dear Auntv!" Tony cried faintly, but Aunty heard and with a small, mouse-like squeal. sne reii aown unon the mattress, for until now she had only known that a hurt child had been brought In, and ner neart was so full- of her own trouble that she had not thought of making room for her. Tony! I thought you were dead." And then the "four fussed over her like kindly bees over a drop of very sweet, .honey. . And there was such axplalnlng and such an exclaim ing, such a chatterlne andfluestlonlnir TthlFTTfs tTwonder how anybody did ever come to understand all the. rest, but somehow they did, and at last they quieted down and everybody stopped Ho bonder how all this con fusion ever managed to get Itself to gether in the quiet Quaker home. 7 "And thee ran away?" Phoebe ex claimed, as she tied the last string that had the poultice on Toy's foot. "Yessem, we did." ( "But why, Tony? You must have known that we'd think " "We'd started before that. It was all planned. Aunty, before you left." "Why did you want to do It?" "Because the boys couldn't 'help being badthat Is Maty could not and Uncle Gaston said he'd bind them out' if they were any more, and they could not be slaves. "O. Tony!" f . 11 "Yes and you know I couldn't leave th twins, but oh' She turned her face to the pillow and cried. Tony Uncle Gaston only meant to put the boys out as apprentices to some one who knew more about man aging boys than he aid. Then1 I am all to blame," Tony walled. ; "He was quite gentle at the last and seldom spoke crossly," Aunty went an, sadly. ' "At the last?" Tony gasped. He died a month ago." Aunty said lifting her handkerchief to her eyes. "0, Aunty, and the twins are .r.orrrTT7. trc--:ta ro. fs ri r-..r writes: 'After nannri w!;a l.aean,.i- r ' sod stettin very little relirf, I co-metiee t n. . I saw Ua4reri;aed and st Hsfacro' - tt straw. I was cotrfleteiy broken 0wn :. i lift my feet to walk, iir Liver cd EiiJna ' ihape. 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"It was the robbers." ;t l. . ; "VrrJi.M .7 '-:'.': . ' ' "The boots. Maty?" V , , 7 "They got 'em, snd I was glad they were loedi(! with Tarer materia! "ihn I had for the run." -.-r ; - Old IWenda, "Why, father, did you ever?" Well, I Just never did." If there ain't one of 'em split right out into the road. I never did believe m young women racing about over the mind, fatflter,' you'll fall over yourself. Do take It easy! How she is dressed. It is a wonder to me that they all don't get their necks broke. Now, who'd a thought she'd have been shin. lng round out here in the big road? These circuses are awiut things!" Tony had already Bettled down In thevsand when from the curve of the road around which the easy minded clown had. disappeared came an old gray horse of sober meln drawing a high seated, old-fashioned buggy. This equlppage had stepped short at sight of a gorgeously clad young wo man spread across the road. ' The old horse looked down with an expression of mild amazement. " "Why, for the land sake. Mother! It's, why, Mother, If "Where, dear?" "Dead!" Aunty went down Into the Jianflker chief again.' and Mrs. Outlaw bent over Tony. "Well, child, let's get som of this finery off and give you a chace to tell us how you got so. much of It on. Silk, every strand of It! Father. you go and see to Nelly. Shell think vou've lost your . mind, and you , do look It, gapping there." "And again Tony felt' the ; soothing touch ! of Mrs. Outlaw's nvotherly hands. And after, a whlje,7 , wwsn she was all dainty and sweet t ' In a little Quaker night gown, Tony told all. the strange story. "We knew who you were." she said to Phoebe, "and I was awfully afraid you'd know us, after we'd told you our name," v7: . 7'7'7- fi - 1 :'7'7 - But thee sees I haa no notion ot my sister's children running away, though I miad thee kept me thinking of Bernlce. . I. have known many of the name, . and did not connect the traveling children with my niece. But somehow I felt to write to thy Aunty and that, is how she fame to turn to us in her bereavement" Mr. Outlaw came back when he hoped that he would not be sent etway ogainrand listened to Tony's storyj "I might have - knowed ; them boys was up to something brightest boys I ever seed. What became of the littlo one? Tony shook her head. "I don't know. sir." 7-:7 V-. ;o 7,7, ' .: v - : Poor thing. And now. Tony, if you ; feel well enough, we'd 'better, go home," Mrs. Outlaw said. "Thee forgets, friend, she Is ours. Her mother's sisters and her father's are here. This Is the child's home;" I beg your pardon, Ann, I'm sure. It was thinking so much about keen ing the little thing when she was here before. But We'll be passing freer, now. hope.' "But thee cannot go to-night It Is getting late. Stay with us." And the Outlaws stayed not only that night, but many afterward. Tony was terribly tired and worn. Her little freckled face was pinched and thin, and her foot painful. 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S (A postal will bring one of our twenty-two salesmen) r J The old man looked up In blank wonder. - , ., . - ' ' , "I know: it's a circus woman, but something's wrong with her, they've left her. Father." "Mother, you lust let Kelly stana, and you coma here." i The old lady scrambled down brisk ly. - And that was how It happened that Tony opened her eyes to see bending over her a sweet, withered old face, with a crlmpled ruffle all around it, and a soft white bow under Its chin. Only this time an ' immense black straw bonnet over-topped and ,sur rounded It all. "Why, acshally. It's that child! She beats the.m all to drop about! Do you reckon she dropped from the sky or the circus?" -.- .,' . " Looks more a n Jt Hshejvas jrlggel out for a circus." "Hush, Father, don't say anything, After this the Outlaws came often and remained over night. Father .was riever tired of asking questions. 'and Mother Outlaw understood the art of concocting Innumerable' dainties for sick folks, so Tony fared well, indeed. It was on one of these visits that Mr, Outlaw was walking over the nlace. wishing that there was a man about to .entertain him.'Women were nice, in their way; but they could not talk about the things he liked, and so many of them together' made poor listeners. He was almost loneiy wnen h heard the rumble or wneeis. He looked over tne gate, presently he stepped outside. A cioua or aust surrounded, the approacmng venicie, Ani the after glow rrom, tne sunset clouds was tangled up in it, ana Mr, Outlaw thought of the chariot of fire. But this was only an ordinary car rlage. The old gentleman looked closer ly at the horses and pricked up his ears. 1 "Why. I wonder It ain't here- well, now may be!" The carriage stopped and some one spmng out. , The horses started and the carriage snd Its pillar of fire swept on. CHAPTER XXVII. "Who !s In there?" demanded the man, nodding toward Maty. Maty' raised his flushed face. The man glanced at him and then farther Into the wagon. He stepped back and spoke to Max. "It is thought that Henry Berry j Lowrle Is leaving the country. It seems that he has somehow got the better of I IRS. The South's Largest and Oldest. , The Life Insurance Company of Virg: HOME OFFICE - - RICHMOF , ORGANIZED 1871. ." j This company Is over thirty-six years old and during its J reer has won the hearty approval and support of the p Its - promptness and fair ' dealing, v 7 , J A Few Figures Total payments to policyholders over SEVEN AND . MILLION DOLLARS. ( , Assets over THREE MILLION1 DOLLARS. Insurant In force over FIFTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLY The Life Insurance , Company of Virginia makes Life Insuf available where It was once beyond the reach of many, plans each member of the home circle can be a partner lng up - - , A Safety Fund for the . Farn' The cpmpany issues all the most approved forms of Life ( tnce Contracts from $500.00 to $25.000.00. I WITH PRE5QTJMS PAYABLE QUARTERLY, SEMI-ANNTJ AND ANNUALLY. t The company Issue Industrial Policies from 18.00 to E : with premiums payable weekly on persons from two to s veam of ate. 1 ALL CLAIMS PAID WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS RECEIFT OF rilOO s u: lilvlUU This Company's Great Growth Is Due to Cause One: Its - Conservstlve Management Cause Two: Its ADSOiuio viueuiy 10 u voniracu. Cause Thres: Its wide range of policies, affording each member of tbo family and. to all classes. rana Wf.m Its tsrofcresslve spirit' and oulckne"? ""the insurance cec3s of th masses, and lis readlneesf insurance adapted to their requirements. , if A insurant In 1 rv - r"rf t (,;Vst." 't men. nnrt some cf tnem rive in-
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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May 12, 1907, edition 1
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