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k VOL THE fl#*NEB J PUBLISHED WKKKi X.. BV "K S. PARKER «rnhnm, N. C. Hatei oj Subscription. Postaye Paid J One .Ycftr ~11.50 .. JSve'ry person sending ns a club of ten 6ub * "Vcrtbers witli tlis cash, entitles himself (o one »■ free, for thelengli of time for wliiuki the V C.lulj Is made up. Paper.* sqnt to different pffleos - JBTo Departure from the Cash System •' "1 1., ■ > I:» .. . , Km cs »f AHrcrtmng * Transient advertisements payable In advance: yearly advertlstimbnts quarterly In advance. |1 in. J2 )p. i 1 Wre « |#3 00l®8 00 W«&U €-00! H« 00 8 .'} I 3 00l 450 e -001 10 00| 15 Q0 Transient advertisement* tl per squnre fbe flrat,. and fifty ceuta for each, subsp iueritluserlion. I™ rii . . i li'ji ; . : . i : „i ■ . -r» IHKBANKrtVmUV. ; (Prom the Sunny South.) . One day (.lie directors of the ft&hk l of England wove nmch puzzled, and not a little ainhWweiil fho secretary reild to them, at their usual silling, the followinu ill-spelt nnd 7 cuilbh% tcftler: - r suflffiiststfLi,. scafe, butt Ikn oWit*ftu*#>bftr • bttsidi' he bank the last 2 nlte hand yoo n9Basothik» J *bowt It. But iam not a theaf, so hlf yeo wit m«tt mee in Uvea gret sijuaj ryoyi \yual+ pd.tlys mons ciy is, at twelve 8 uttp I'll *t>laiu orl to - yoew. let only one or too cuia alown, aud stty potliin 2 nobody. -JOHN BMIFF" The letter being real, wa«, if might be expected, the topic of conversation and suggestion For some little time. i?oiuo of the directors thought it a hoax. Others thought that unfertile appareuily ignorantly written letter a deeper mys tery was hidden; but all agreed thst the, safest way 'was, to put iho letter, with proper instructions iiwtliollaiids of thte detectives Specially employed by the Bank. The dctephves looked was a plot at work' tliey saw ; anai ith their listrft! pen etrated the deepest depths of .thaiuiquity Every one £uow« that a tile ot sol diers inarch eVery night'fupm tlie tow er taH\e bauk to keep ward vast treasures there;' but tTicy simply goard the outside from attack. All within is calm aud still wheu busi ness hours aro over. There is a very largo room under ground, where the bugo wealth of the tank i« deposited—millions aud millions] or English sovei'igiw, bars of. guld> Hand* hundred wfcights of silver, with myriads crtfbles-jo jui incalcnl«ble Ainounf. The (ieteeflves, pt course knew that this. room the great •eftutijC the wrftjifiol the letter designated". It was lull oftreastfre. Its Hoof w 'a solid stone pavemeiltyfchd its l-oof and door, are of wrought iron. The door, the only r means of access, is immensely IIUCK, anil Wiciu'ed by the best of modem locks and huVs> .while a sentinel is stationed in f the night through. No one lrp«l the outside donld enter: but ot course'the police understood the tricks; there be some confederacy within ! the bank, and one ot the conspirators; be ; jf»g mhe'cowardly than the re*ty had re solved to betray his fellows and save himself. The bad writing and spe'ling •f vftrtf ofcoqrse only feigned. Their plans were taken accordingly. All the night long tho detectives were secreted in the rcoin; but they saw noth ing arid heard nothing, with the excep -1 tion that some one said they heard; about one or two o'clock, » strangef sound which they cottld not account lor. The next night was (he same, and the next, and pext; and when the 'board day' o! the bauk came jpundt Ihe wholo ot tlie •Jirectoi's 1 wouid have treated the affai; -• at MI idJe attempt to friarhtei) them, had 1 ; not their attention been more feU-ongly •' called to the Bubject by the iv(ll6wlng ins cident. 11 i A heavy ciiest had been forwarded by • tiie ?arceU pelivery Donipaoy, -directed 'to 'Difrffctoi-s of the batik ot England.' The cheat was of course opene^before them at onoe-—such a thing very unusual —aau Idnyd to contain a large puckOjt of most vahiaOJg papers and se curities which had been sately lepositetl in the vuul£. With the in the lollowing »V • J Orthe DireatorwJ* the Bank of -JZaglan\: i-t QIIB TI jtM KN - -My husband, wtio is an honest {• flaa #«>t6'to you last w6ek, aud told you that : teffiad founH*E •waT Which he believes is known s only tp hlmedf—of getting Into your strong roon). Riuf oirered, if you. would meet him there at night, to explain the whole matter. Ho has nefer taken anything frpnt tliat room except the end ■ d fcoT* You cet detectives upon him, 4. and he took the box to show that he could go. v' there, whoever might watch blm. if be chose. Jits gives you anotiiei chance. Let a few gen tlemen in the loom alone, tiuard the door and make everything secure, and my liq*band will meetjou there at midnight. , '•Yours very respeotfulfy, '•ELLEN BMITU." Tiiis letter was inoro mysterious than . the last. Tho only thiuif that was evi dent was that the writer, •'Ellen Smith,' was a better scholar than her husband, who Btyled himself 'Jon Smiff.' The de tectives were shown the letter, and acted accordingly. Ot course they saw through •the dodge.' The cleverest men were posted in the-room. In the morning they told a strange story. • ' They said they saw a light about twelve o'olock. it seemed to come from a dark lantern; but directly they ran lofhe spot from whenco the light proceeded it went out, and the strictest search had reveal ed nothing. Iho bank officials became alarmed. Every night the strides watch was sot but nothing turned up until, on tlie morning when the next sitting of the board #as to be held another letter was • touud oh ihu table in tho strong room. THE AI.AMANVK GLEANER!F in.# uow it got there con*idering tho rooin 'worgunrded day and night, wa* a mys tery. ItsfctyteiUs were still more mys terious. They were'as follows: ,'lt was for>y«iur - »wo good that yon are warned that tlie strong- poeiti of the bank is no' entirely safe. At any time, anyone oan en ter it. If wa wished- to steal we certainly would never box. You have barely set the iidlice to see i ou#ht to ha*»- looked Wier yiiarscjlf. , Infthe police are theri t'o.night we will never explain the easy way of getting inlo your stfeng ■ room, but most likely some one else will: let you 6njw we have tJio trpth. when they hciji rln'msfclvei t.o wlrtrt la' there. We *ot steaL but if the police ymirrftflveii, '*en4lenien are there to night >VH .wiUswy HOTHITMF. and do nothii g. It a few gentlemen-trf the directors are there aione from twelve to one, 'tny husband wll* meet you there,'as hfe said he WdOld several wri ki ago. - • ' - "E. S. ! More and more astonished than ever on the receipt of this extraordinary let ter, aud Illore pttazicd still at tho strange wpiy in which ii hij4l befendelivtiedvat'ier a long cohsiliitatibiV tliey agreed iipoij l a plan ol tL':ijon # "t things pet J J, feet I y cvitieni: bnfttlniftho writer of the refilly access in some mysteri t o'us way to tho strong .room; and the ■ other, that ho had discovered that the police had been put o.i his track, instead bl liis suggestion behig attended to. So il was determine,d thin Rome of the direc tors vvlio coiild conveniently do so,should visit the strong room at tho tiineiiidicaled by the letter. This plan was carried Out. 3ttf, a* might he expected, the directors wcj'e not alone. The policfo had advised thejrt too wel) to" - that; and hall a d; zeu of the best English detectives were dressed up lh'tbtt.'. garb.ot gehUeiiien, aud iniiigletl iu such a way that any one would havo snppos ■ed that they formed ono group, and wera uow at last literally lulfilltfig the riquisL lions ot the mysterious letter. i They waited until ncartj' nwehre, and then oUb of the directw|, a impa tient, upprooching (he (WWe,naifl*« '- ; ' \VeJI, it's amust extraordinary afiair. I'm not a coward, but 1 certainly should be almost atraid were 1 alone; but, Fel den. you are used to these rtatteri, and : you have examined the room. Where the t'ell!o\V can come troui is to me a perlect mystery.' Perhaps, if he lnd not used these words flUhat, mumeiit^Llifl •-my.&Locv,' as_he call-., ed heen iustiwitly solved. 0(| |ou)rse.ey(B*y table where tlie letters Jiad been placed; hut though every precaution had been taken, thet'e was not tho least jtigii Sf any oue but themeolves, or any voice save tlieir own in the room. They, waited . there tha whole uigUt-long, but nothing i soeif UK lietird.; Tholf lAbok* ! was in vain. , About four o'clo,ck in the, morn ing—it was mid-winter, and diy was sciircely breaking a,ei-/lit—the detectives wlii»pei'ed r that ii was neeiiless for flie ger.thSmen'lo remain any longer; they Themselves would wait as long as the icntleneu clKjaa/HU.flii)lmijr tar rng-.into that Btr6ngedt of all strcthg ropitis —if it could be broken at all—was long past. The gentlemen, nothing loath, de parted, aHev "tipping*' their assist ants liberally, but vexed that their search should end so, and half suspecting llmr they had only bpeu on a fool's orrand. The detectives also, convinced that their work tor the night was done, left the room about six Vclock. At that time, bjuing the whole building Was feiiveroped in fog Qtid darkness. The next morning the board held an extraoidiuary meeting, iu order to dis cuss Ihe result of the gentlemen who had been all night in the vault. They had little or nothing to say ot an'y couse guence; a»d after a.long argument about nothing, weVo about to separate, wheu a porter entered with a letter, which he stated had been iound on the table iu the strong room, when the man whose busi ness it was entered—about eight o'clpck. Every oue had left the room more than au hour—yoebaps two—before, and no JN'e hMJ'Ccfl admitted iu (ho ordinary way. The mystery increased. But ol tlie letter was read, aud jt ran as follows: » ' —fy "Kfl« kif ijo ass jridaJlke. Lv» night I herd someone speek to Mr. Feldin, who I know is an uobsifer nf.the ot-rlice, sow of course 1 did not come, hwl miwnvo dnn. 1 give yeo another cliauce. , Cpcmie to njte. If two or. three gen tlamen are theare aZoilp hTwnl be with um. Jf any • v *'Yo, mttyeheoee as yoft wnll. *.■ J. 8." This Extraordinary comiunnioation was a sotiroe ot no small to the bauk directors. How it caiUU have been lefft ou the table in the strong room, guarded as it was, no oue qould imagine. They, lioweVer, at last agreed'to do what per haps would have been, wiser it done at first,, namely, to deputes lew of their number to visit alone. There was, Ihey concluded, but little danger in doing so, as irom the strange letters which (hey received, it would appear that tho in truders iu the secret precincts were only one rnau and his wifo-~ probably the man alone. So it was arranged thai three gentlemen, who were selected as the best able to deal with such a case,-should re main all jiiglit in the strong room, and that no one else should be with tietn, but that the police should bie witUiir Jcall, In case they were needed. Every suitable precaution was taken wheu night came. * Tho seutiuel paced up.and dowu outside; the detectives were not far ofl; and alter tho most rig orous search bad been instituted, thogen tlemen were locked iu. Hour alter hour passed oy, but nothing appeared. Some times for halt an hour they pretended, by silence, that the room was in or der to tempt the depredator, if .present, troin his hiding place. Then they would move about, .tnid talk in such away that ] any person whd overheard them would —know that they were alone, * but not a sound or whisper, save what they theras seves tittered, was heard. At last oiie ol them, who the floor rather impa> ticutly, beginning to think that perhaps GRAHAM, NO, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28 1880 .■ , /»!■.! ■ ' '-Vl.i.r ilKlliici* i Vlk Au 1 iMilinifllHl 1j - . ' , .J after all it was enljr a clever*trick, cried out— •Yon ghoat, you socret visitpr, yon midnight thiet, come out! Thire' is m> one hero but two! gentlemen anil mysell. If you are afra.d, 1 give you my word ol honOr as a gentleman Unit (he police are not here—only wc three of the directors, to whom you wrote. Coao out, I say! 4 It was inoie iu jest than in earnest that Major Oiiliord—lur he was a' military. Man —shouted out this absurd speech. I For as we said, lie had bognu to suspect 1 fitter all sorno practical joke was being adroitly carriod on,'ttß had more HUM* once been belorc.polfklrated. ai|d he did not iqpbh like being vlciimized himself ills astonishment, however was great when,, in reply to what lie. had said* he heard a strong voice easing: ; .... ♦lf you have kept your word I will keep mino, I'm out your livhl, for i liave. due, and then I'll coine.' V/. 4,0 The Alsjor and hia fetf>w director* not niueli like putting out the light] but they were not cowards, and after Boni#, demur it was done. Where > the TO\ce catue ft-oni was, however, mysteryj for there were no hiding places iu the room;- every side being of thick, many-platfcd iron'and the ceiling Was.ftiponf the same material. When 4he light wnsoiit they Waited in silence, while the Major grasped l|atwf a''wVojveif,. and in the oidier held, the iautern and -*■ few niatohes. For a little while, a low, grating sound was heard, and . then a voice, evidently that ot someouu the room, sai#;."" « '• v.*-«J "Are you tliere alone, sure?" I'he Major who pared for nothing in bodily form, struck:a match ami ipstant ly a Crash waß heard, aud a low, sntoihi "When the mutch was nothing could be detected—Jio ptie'v' was theie. Again the Major oalled «j)()H' the liiystefious sOifiehmJy and ugittu a voice.-waa hetutl saying.' c i "How can I trust you nowV" , 'i'htj Major was angr'.y, atiA his ; |cfnui' panionn alarmed;.and aCter trying iitivtonr to traco the point* from which t tho voice proceeded, he exclaimed: We will put r>u the light again only come quickly and inuka an end of tli%._ bother. ~So saying, i*e p«4?ui tho agim. A moment or so sajni *dumd waa lieardi then #f sOme heavy body, trtid the ivextr instant a 'mai4' was"visible standing in the miadltf-ifif wj'thj»/lurk lantern in his hand.. Of course be oaqie. lroni somo«here, the puzzle was—how? A glioetl could tot have eiitertred more uiysficrinuslyj for tlipyi already knew that the-walla and ceiling had been nJosi 'carefully exatrii^ed, 1 and> was no possible ' wajy of Ingres*, liie man,, ho waver, so&n spoko fpcLinfA' sell; and the Directors, who were, still at a loss to explain his presence there, lis* tened In astonishment. " • JLt appears that he was a poor man,nod obtaiued a ,pi-eoarious living in a strange, way. Wheu the tide was low, it is tlie custom of a certain class of people, to refined society, to enter the sewers, to search for any article of value which may have "beefi accidentally Wash ed down into them. It is a very danger ous task, aud, of course, revolting in. the extreme, but tlioy not unfrequently find very precious things hidden in filth. , This man waa ouevf.those strange ad venturers, One night he had disoovered an opening leading to some place - above. There was a largo square stone which he •lound could be easily ruined. He listened for some time, and finding all was silent, tiffed up the stoue without much diffi culty, and lound, after some little inves tigation by'the light of his lantern, that he was iu the Btroog room of a bank. These men, like mincers, can readily, determine the exact spot of ground under which they are; and he soon had a chie to the whole mystery. He t'6|d btp. tfiftj, who was a woman of much snperioredu cation to bis, of the wnold affair; and he then wrote, as we have seen, to tW directors. After that his wife wrote until the last letter, as the Spelling shows. Down in tlie sewer he WHS able to hear all their movements as well aj if jihove ground,'and thus was not only able to know their plans, but to frustrate there, and of course could watch iu time to re move the small but valuable box ?bich we saw was afterwards returned; to leave, the letters ou the table, aud to appear so mysteriously. Of course, no one ever thought of look* ing to the stoue pavement, which was supposed to l>e solid and immovable, as it was known there wera not vaults be low, although the iron walls and door had been most carefully tested. The mystery was now cleared up, and the directors calling for other lights, ex. amiued the place carefully aud fully veris tied the statements. He was then liberated at the usual en trance, after his address had been taken, and a time bad been.appointed when be should appear before the board. The whole affair; which caused a great' sensation at the tiuie was duly inquired into, aud such precautions taken 'that a repetition of tho adventure would hence* forth be impossible. The directors felt that they owed the strange man a debt of gratitude. Although gold aud silver were now lying iu heaps upou tho cellar floor, there was iucalculable wealth hiddeu there, in the shape not only ot notes aud the most 'v i» s i i« ■ *! ;yrr f * valuable secm-ities, bnt alto in solid but - lidn and 1 hard vasli/ It is impossible to hay what a a clever burglar might, if he onlv know of the secret entrance, hav& taken away undetected, and until beyond possible uetection, as money is always »*aikW*, mid lea*§f iK* trace in fact, a perfectly fabulous amount might have bwn stolen, so thick weretbu wikljp unci so secure was the foQin contddelqd« The. v«ry pxovyd , that, which was returned intact. this lt agreed by the directors that the niyßteViiftlrf vimtor tp their Sfronfc tt'kWld'WtbWtail forliia honesty^and it was ftiWtftfttyJ f#J> V'thcy-wettled ifpoto hitnH llb> eral annuity, aufßcienfe! to- support hint iti ootofbrt for lire rent of his dayt. i. ,*i: UVf.i t ' f.i■' ■■■ »; 5t ,; » > a:H Y-> • t j u , '•"J# f%w vqn-B eince 1 was passenger &h ateWytWer.crWrail Way, and found u>f». tWcdmpauyof liialiof) of Tennessee. 1 Jk»- mow ftccouiplishe*] Christ lan gentleman, a wore kind' ftiid geniul companion,'! have \ seldom j met WWh. : '\Ve Xh rough Bed-! ford/ftti tHls Bta(^ ; *t)d £ pi-etuiae tj>e ileivtij, and'tl»posM»rnl iu cViirtbferit dfGrace StreetUhur«h, Mould 4iave ! iW-V®ft»on to intorpbse social ob jection If I slioUM think It proper toe bay that rbifi'ts a oountry f&mett for thouuna* her ■of distinguished men it'hns funiMßhqg, the Gh rfo&inifriiilst vy of tliftureut Jo-. anioifsf wliotn .w«s thfc la rifenfedijMhola* tti Otobbs. lareißlslw «p*»f'Alabama. 'A* wp-coin* us fullvie-w* of tho famous peaks of Otter,, tyiilntittrt Obsdrveduotiie tbttb iioi nevor tyas*o««th©Beafch i# rocrfufcslayfci witinjut boing, reuiiiidevl iix nticiion wfcHlbeoiKiiuojiy. of 'fur w.fitiiul '4Vieiw»Plijshop Cobba, 'who,' lie '«aM» 'seemed 10 ho the charm of every sor «Ul dimto be htippened ta euter' Bishop QUiuiiyrd'ivßui on to. say,,tkmtßishpp (Jobbs'un»t ha were ono evening U»« com pany •Wlt b no Vc rat other Bismol*, of their church/all ul pl«asaut social.convex ati j( and tone 01-vhetn frqnestedAltfvCubbs to* Itfl lhdu how lio brokejtho m w rltn fovil from - weaving—lSiMtop.Oobb#; | Stflrf] tedJUht)be -was puling-along, th« .publlfc, road one morning in Bedford* aibi;«f lh* foot of a-heavy bill be umne.up to. a maji wilhAiP»«M team t;lt»t ; sjynaitil. i i. c I i il^aKTulhdo: Bb iU» with 'litile pivgre», ItQ WMiUItA toi'm rihfe paleßio(ijan«iawearii£ l»t 'il. t Mi j lo ! l%e Bishop said ho redo geollyu# to tfcfejaun, sdd lw a, kUui and iwpectfulf tOBB -^ald', 'My ;PtM dt>y« yoor teaw, iH»itbe • sweaijngj >o, dr#rtl|»l!y.a " tk>, fiMMPi' ma * r u' yo ' fllcJ iRP 1 said 'lrttirncd, ito :i t, tIU3 uuex (icctci f ; but «» stiinitig a moro Sctiofts nlr ; 'he said to tbe. {ii lib: *1 cpuhl uevpi; bo rhdnctetj.to pros ana iny tiaine on account of n loofnb horso' W hero do live,- - air 'C 3ifit over there, at the foot of tne Pifcs of Otter, wlrwre l hare lived boars ly ail my lite.' said the man. wafewFMttfl thought said the Bish- Vvotfder tome is this, tliat yotv shditld have spent the larger.irortion of y#at life at the loot of those tfcll peaks wliosfe ascending eunnnitr ore always pdfntinf up to t'.je tfiroii# of him who has said-, 'Tho shalt* not tuke the Uabib of the 'Ldrd Gfod in thin,' fttid yet piofaue thftf uame'Sb awfully!' !i ' ''J' ':.-i ,*, The man let the reins at tacked to bis tepm dangle a little, loosly fropr his hand looked at the bishop with an epw'ession of Aaioußiiess ami tfurpri**, at w owu said: *it dPW ttetn a little indeed 1' ~, 'fioh q hltlo sirangQ, merely,' said tho BwvtfL 'but awfully wicked, my Iriend. I'fba Bishop said be the maiituni tfeoflghls of m own wicked ues, and thop Taid:, .''l presiiino you number of wicked IK*o ro M \ u l i lu0? ' , s,d tho man. '1 'But tho day of dual account will »h»w> that you arc a fearful debtor; it does nut pay, andryou had better quit.' said the Bishop. '1 bfelievo I will,' said the, man. The' Bishop said, so far as ho could 'earn, tire man never uttered another oa {li.—ltfliyZoics llera\d. SL German doctor declares that "early twbed and early to riße" is a delusion apd a snare/He has discovered that those W)io Itidtf fce in late hours and lie abed tire longest in the morning are the healthiest and live longer than those who ■get up with the lark.' German doctors have made some very remarkablo uiscov erios of late, ami it will be surprising if one ot then) doesn't soon anuouueo that the beat way to care a heavy cold is to got into a perspiration and then throw ofi some ot your clothing and sit in a draught witbyouf leoflu a pail of cold water. A woman sold her baby in 4 bar-room in Horsham, England, for to a man who bad taken a fancy to the child. He left the place with his purchase, bit the WDiuan followed hun, snatched the infant out of bin arms glappod his face and rau away. ' A man who had $65 stolen from Litu received a notu with $25, saying; 1 stoled your money, item or do naws my c iuscience, and X'send it back. When remorse uaws agaiu I'll baud you some more," ♦ ''' ' i* Fiwi» it r : ,L .OTfilW .x I (From the Telegraph.) Sunday in Paris seems, tp lie becoming ' in ono ro-pect at leust, more like Sunday hi London ilian was tlie case formerly, i Nearly all the respectable shops are a!os eil, miiljbe business trails in the streets is small, Tlw streets and boulevards; Willi Vise cafes and resttWaulS, are,' hoW_ 'fever ft.r'from being dtaerfok fcand»*> ) da a holiday for -Che salioof boys. w!k>> I 11)0 day ,wlth; fiieii' parents .w friends ot'their parents, and do noi i return lo their dismal ''.olle&o in i t ory"ufill« *' ins largely lor ithfe benefit of litis public of school bova pud .JMHfekhejfl s**|#Jy»frrrfojm- , ittfi PtfVis theutet's, •iiifl fchere if nd exagg eration iii saVlug Haul Diet >rf«r»dsH well . attended, The penfrurmancM yapu^loiht ttwatilsis ern niefl6draittk fcnd i O|SeTt , thJ : '4HkHig Ju, oil the w.»y> Victor w*m*dy. of; Liftbicho k ami a sewn* tJ» .yowjuver ' ot music there are the ConservaUjj'"! upd i Pasoeloup CoWertS • and &V cm lovers of pulpit oratory'tlie lectitrwof Pok 35ft l don. Umifcrniuioatt •pnea«drar»i MOi'su** c^^or,audwyal of jUc«rdaii-o, 'juid tfcf iSetnred on thestd>>i(*»f DlvoMei*- PaW 1 ther Didou la eutirelyVOppesed to Übei»^ ?-'BhhtWy bfebigr *>jtolidflt, hot onlv for ibo bttya audigfrlSiwJiq MOiJ* sqOOoI, but ont.and all (/ie. rAtuiants pre coriseu mteoilV Vfllfter" and gtfyKr 6n Sunday 1 than « ititotM* week/' T*wWftcr ; jdiiMßtyifi'jffefei iipt iiajij enough open firo .sfes#i(L u sticpmVhiMiday, afll poH* vcyors 0 1 amusement (ijf'Uflfe . ww-MxyWi!>« if,M WWi V l .- i ■ &jsm wmtm o l w Mj mmwti ** t xiift i'9l tjupoo ail] r. hwlaulu I ')'!«: npiii Wl ,*«*■ MAJOR Kv IIHHS.OOK W«LI."io% *)ilM|Jft. • tfAIU Ol' SHIiAHS'HOU Utt EX- . I f folic! :»*? i clVbivk 15Sic* : L | * ,a ! tu f !;)i V iii ' . :i'. ■..1 ll .yoSJ ol ; nt ■> A {iFrom Bnmjiiii ' . MVB, u S!l»itfr; IVTieeii6k, W Aajt\M r piOil'ccr atid'einfnoirtly'Voi'pcc'fed ' imbeli ol" tbd,t nam)l,*le»riied,oV3ffiie banlst^rjilw 'dtfwii there somewhere. 1. traA v «slti lg (hflri not five otfnutes ftgo.' * 1 m : 'Tho Mnjor wanted thtjm to t»-!m -tjff a horse bhiukal at (lie bum, and he. jiiaiteh eb iiito'the'Mttiiig rbopi ahA tip 1 to Ithc tartiitjr work brtsket. Ol course they were there, lie ttinftileit a ball ot yaru.'k paper orHn«j a half made ; garment, a- bottop. box and a pin Cushion off pit the, floor, made a dive among bodkiur/.'Wors'ted, threads and darning needles, and tho effeurs didn't turn up. lie stood the work basket on its head, liut 'it wasi ho, good.. Then he weiit over to tho xvhat tiot and raked oft threo or four pboto~ ftaphS, rallied down a lot of sholls atul nouked ofl'two bodks, but 'the were not there, lie red It) the fi«4 as lit) went into the ball and called oqt: *1 can't t)tnd hide or hair of 'chi, ouu I don't' believe you ever had any l' " 'Now look agahr—thdt's a good mau^' ?heve 1 7 lied ' 41 ar ® rtg^ TKij'Jiiior got db flis hands and knees fe)rt looko-J uhdf|r t tp«uifg(J-i shears. he stood upai^dlookedou tho mantel. The ireafcst 1 approach to Shears was a b6nt'ht»ir pin, Tlwn e walked around And surveyed each wuidow sill atidgavi'the work basket atiotfier fn'm iii veil the tree a Ipolring bvcr. ~ „ N«T 4 \Vhy, Major, yon aJrel' 1 ''hierc'a no iiopa(leh«L#>Pt it! I tell yod the shears iitii't bne oan ever find anythiirg ln,tld# 'fctufel' 1 1 bad to look'a straight hoii' day lo fiudafelmlotl' ' 'lt you don't soe them in tho bed room 111 come down.' Ha eiitdrdd the bed from, glanced over tho but-eah ami stand, pulicd the shains off the pillows aud whirled the pillows around and then took down a hair oil bottle from a bracket pnd looked Into it. The »hears were nut iii the bottlo nor any whero elSe, Stay! They might have boon carried Qiuler the bed by that mys terious household tide which carries ar~ tided from room to robm man invisible* manner. He ctawled under,bumped his head on the tglats, got dust lu his throat, and was bacWn'Sf out with blood iu his eye wlieu his wTfe called out; 'Why, what on earth are you after?' •After! Alter!'ho shouted, as ho al most coughed his head oft—'l'm after them infernal Shears!' 4 Why, here t hey urtrl Theymre : Mng iu mjr sewing ohair, light in plain sight.' 'I don't belioVb It—fll believed, [looked iuto chair over leu thousand times!' 'Well, there (hoy are ' 'lt'ii no such thing! You've lost 'em or pawnod. 'oin or traded 'em for gniu. You've no more order iu your house than an old cooper shop!' " - Ho walked past thochaif into the hall aud was going out when she called: 'Pear, urcnt you goiug to takv the sheaif? r '' T,i: bof'fmd■» W hM 'ilheMN? >!*n over ttf the dtdro hm* fair nft »4iear* andrit' any human bepug ifo, ever put* a Ornate on 'em they'll Softer f6r'ft. I'll see if I can't base a pair >f SrwpiwT T** '^ frltd woVi'i'orit.' twWy H» Lo /'/" T °_ P " '« *' U.,l m ' 'ftt'efiditLwrfify Urfimtk in Lon don ft rnbreaiSVW IWwrnty >'A *" cOrres pCffdfW if tti^^wSam l ' sffiitM' that there & ihore Vttbii£ at the |iin—has been the case since pubfe-gyming tables were pnt MTT J'tiortmP XwMcky, btf«6naitao*«f fttfatafttiten. tia»jfi>coiivMM(vb«x«>Jwt/ tfSfa*i«fiong ftatrkmm gf»i* UfT uka for »»W. dress has WiroV use rtlf 1, y»E r and bU life. •mMninJMwm Mil » i»*y ' 4 *sr * ) W"ffW lj rf'"i>oat, Mwdfafiiii» V njlifhgi >|had *> A c, ?^«F"Wf w 0 \p*#W b« g** i KeW;in|ll^Tir^i|-«^W|J^ W o. fcr*l»*W the bnritfplaife-tfceo Mfai in Jiamiiwriis li«mi«| ssti ■hi'i^fwi.u ***•>£ i Mr. «P» in H—nEqrffe f»m: a „i UA H. A. Nc'ilttrs at - ,0 tn«i{ »•*» iSaß»aa«r^fiiuifs ta nofc reosivldg aMd pMH^aptdv.^t at New Goods. orsfflwjrto* A Hch and WtUofliw> of lodlce dress good 1 ' .'.« v ,/i mo»! dehk4"s3'.73 i to ItT^OO. » iptOU >fi ft?U «{ »ri i.l Afiaototofoh^-^ady-madecWblna SUITS-IUkOM $4,00 U> $27.00 JlSSi^:^'fsr' s t tiii iwi* t 'ii>iii>;|,l erftm fimgttm !■ »• ■ ■■ G'RA'HiM I " High School, -, * P«TAHLISHKU IW JS3T. S;2g$MUM%'; I ir. w c. | s»,Bsjssaae •KWlfcr; .„; .., ?"«f ' —'..niVf ■'■ HMf ■■mr.'mitmi " "-aases; Paints, Glass, *' ' '-• *" ■' i !- » li '. 4 M*" * *ni . 1 &ave euccecfcd tfi tlic business of B. W % (Jlenn ihWliisf»ad t* swrY» thufM wwttfg Store, either by , r* wholesale or > My stock is Tarfce, Slid toy aßsortlu'ent com- View, and ihey Wtll be kept an all tUa iitae. ■ isfresyssmnru s s«srs~ serve tlie interest of tboae favoring um wit^ Hotel bulWiug, on the nameiido, wlwre I oimU bo pleased to wait, ijpon cuatuuiers, eicl»cr In person, » by ejtponenced clerks. OKDEILS ! ROM A DISTANCE PHOMTLY AND CAHEFyUY KILLEL)^ ~, )U , . ~,., > .. , M . ~w _ —f.y —• —• Kuittinif Cotton Jt 2j,)Uyr Wujl, SyOT &, t>OJWELVB .-. N0.,*6
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 28, 1880, edition 2
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