Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 29, 1906, Page 3

o T TR T R T FINE HOME MADE GANDY DELICIOUS AND CHEAP Eat one of our CREAM CARAMELS and you will buy no other. Our assortment of Cakes and pastry is always the finest. Ices,Ice Cream & Sweet Cream. Party orders solici- ted. Jhe shodel 315 Minnesota Ave, Phone 125 The home of Snowflake and THE CITY. M. & M. Read the Daily Pioneer, N. Nelson of Bagley was a visitor in the city last night. William McCuaig went to Ten- strike this morning on business, Bemidji Elevator Co., jobbers for Barlow's Best, also Gold Medal, Mascot and Cremo. I L merchant of Fosston, visitor in the city Sunday, EYES— Drs. Larson & Larsor, specialists in fitting glasses, Oftice in Swedback Block. Rev. Hall-Quest came down from Blackduck this morning and spent today in the city. The firemen will give a dance at the opera house Wednesday night, October 30, “Hallowe’en,”’ James A. Murray came down from Blackduck this morning and spent today in the city on business. Mrs. A. Gilmore returned this morning from Blackduck, where she visit:d with Mr. Gilmore and friends over Sunday. Itis really one of the most wonderful tonics for developing the figure and soothing the nerves ever off:red to the Ameri can people. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or Tablets, 385 cents. Barker’s Drug Store. Crookstn Journal: A tele- gram received from Rochester today stites that the condition of Mrs. E. H. Marcum, who is in the Mayo hospital to undergo an operation, is hopeful, The opera- was a tion will probably be performed’ today. William Burse, trusted employes of the Beltrami Cedar & Land company, spent today in the city. Mr. Burse looks after a considerable portion oi the Beltrami company’s busi- ness in the north country, around Red lake and east of there. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the dis- ease. Catarrh is a blood or con- stitational disease, and in order t) cure it you must tike internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di- rectly on the ;blord and muacous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. [t was prescrived by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescrip tion, best blood purifiers, acting di- rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimouials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Teledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 75c¢. Take Hall’'s Family Pills for coustipation. Hillestad, a prominent| one of the' It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the Read the Daily Pioneer. I A. W. Danaher came down from Tenstrike this morning,’ I* Dr. Warninger left this morn- ing for Blackduck and ' Bridgie, on professional business. Harry Mills, roadmaster of the M. & I, went to Brainerd tms morning on official business. A. C. McLean, the tie man, re- turned this morning from a busi- ness trip to Big Falls, where he was looking after some ties. James Lapin left this morning for Blackduck, where he is en- gaged 1n doing some cruising for the Crookston Lumber company. A bright-eyed bit of feminity was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Vogler last Saturday. Mother and daughter are getting along nicely. Typewriter ribbons of all standard makes, either record, THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1008, Last chance for peaches at 81.15 per crate Oysters - Oysters - Oysters We have just received from Baltimore, at our store, a shipment of these select oysters which can be had at the right price. If you are in need of any- thing in the bakery line or fruit line, call up Phone 118 and it will be delivered promptly from the Lakeside Bakery. Read the Daily Pioneer. Clevelard King has accepted a position with Kleming Bros., at their hardware store. J. C. Dale and wife of Turtle River came down this morning copying or indelible, can be pro cured in the color you wi at the Pioneer office. Ethel Marin, the little daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Marin, is ill with typhoid fever. She has been confined to her home for about two weeks. Crookston Journal: J. M. Richards, manager of the Crooks- ton Lumber company, went to St. Hilaire yesterday to look after mill interests. Lewis Hanson, proprietor of the Ada Roller Mills, was trans- acting business in the city Sat- urday night. He left for his home Sunday afternoon. J. E. Wilkin, the general agent for the Fitger Brewing company of Duluth, came over from Cass Lake Saturday evening and spent the night in the city. The average young woman of today is busy. Beauty is only and spent today in the city. The Ladies’ Literary club will meet this evening at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. L. H. Bailey. Rey. H. P. Fisher of Crooks- ton, general missionary for the Cengregational church, was a visitor in the city today. The recital Mrs. Foster will give for the benefit of St. Phillip’s church will be an elaborate affair. Bemidiji’s best local talent will take part in the recital. Great interest prevails among those working for the handsome gold medal. Some say that city girls are poor, ignorant things, Some of them cannot tell a horse fiom a cow, but they do know that Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea is one of the greatest beautifiers known. Tea or tablets 35 cet-, Barker’s Drug Store. them as was went to.” He drew his cap a little lower down and his collar a little higher up and peered at her through the narrow slit ! as though expecting some comment, “Sult ye to a T, hey?” he repeated, She nodded reflectively. “I dunno but ’twill,” she conceded. “T'll miss the chickens an’ butter- makin’, but they be work, an’, then, as ye say, I can see somebody most every day. N-no. I guess I won't mind.” “Course ye¢ won't” he declared. “We'll be town folks-an' will have to put on our best bibs an’ tuckers every day. Ye'll set on a stuffed cheer talkin’ to comp'ny an’ takin’In money,an’ in the evenin’s there'll be a lot gathered round my store talkin’ politics an’ things, an’ they won't cost me a cent for entertain- ment, like visitors gener'ly do, but will be bringin’ me in more money.” “Ye don’t suppose there’d be no hitch 'bout—'bout ye doin’ it, Lish?” she in- Ben L. Fairba: ks, one of the another name for health, and it comes to 99 out of every 100 who take Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea or tablets, 36 cents. Barker’s Drug Store. M. L. Griffiths of Crookston, general agent for the New York Life Insurance company, spent yesterday in Bemidji and went north this morning t2> lcok over business prospects at Blackduck aud other points on the M. & I. Lieutenant W. A. McNeil of St. Paul was a visitor in the city Saturday. The lieutenant has charge of the recruiting stations ifor the U, S. marine corps. He istated that he found everything connected with the local station |in “apple-pie order.” { J. F. Hawkins came in Satur- day from Minot, N. D., and vis- iited with his family over Sunday. Mr, Hawkins states that not quite all of the fixtures and para. phernalia has yet arrived for the new meat market of Hawkins & Graham at Minot, but that he and Mr. Graham expect to open their new place of business in a week or ten days. Mr. Hawkins is arranging to move his family to Minot, and expects to have then with him ia a week. HORSES FOR SALE ! WE ARE OFFER- ING FOR SALE A NUMBER OF HEAVY DRAFT HORSES. THE HORSES CAN BE SEEN AT THOS. NEWBY’S BARN. IRWIN & O'BRIEN, brands of tea and is always neat and, UP-TO-DATE GROCERS We are headquarters for fresh and up- to-date groceries and invite the public to call on us for creamery butter, fresh eggs, excellent canned goods, the best - coffee. Our stock fresh.: Ph'on@ 207. most prominent residents on the White Earth Indian reservation, came in this noon from his home and was transacting business here this afternoon. He intends to go to the Red Lake agency to- morrow morning, where he has some affairs to look after. The members of Bemidji Lodge, No, 158, K. of P., are re- quested to meet at their hall Tuesday afternoon at 1:30, to at- tend the funeral of Mrs. J. L. Sutherland, wife of J. L. Suther- 1wnd, which will be held at the Presbyterian church at 2 o’clock. All K of P.’s not members of this lodge are requested to partici- pate with the local knights. T. J. Miller, Chancellor Commander. T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY. WANTED—A 7 or 8 room house, centrally located. Inquire at e e JUST A FARMER By FRANK H. SWEET Copyright, 1906, by Framk H. Sweet i i | H i H | i i i i i s i i i i H i i . HAT’S your notion ’bout go- in’ to town, Sairy?” And Farmer Lish Hopkins paus- ed at the door, his shoul- ders still humping for a position inside the coat that was beginning to strain Reross the back. “Suit ye to a T, hey; ‘wouldn’t it, Sairy?” “Well, no. I don't guess so today, Lish,” was the placid answer. “It's ben my bakin’ day, an’ now I've got to black up the stove an’ wash the floor. Ye'd have to wait too long for me to 2it ready.” “Oh, I don’t mean today!” with a grin. “I mean move up for good an’ all. Sell the farm an’ be town folks like the best o’ ’em. I'd go into busi- ness, an’ ye'd be so ye could have com- p'ny an’ see somebody most every day. I.guess we could stand up straight ‘with ’em, hey?” His wife gazed at him blankly for a moment, then dropped upon a chair, her favorite mode of expressing aston- ishment. “Ye don’t mean”— “Yes, I do mean jest that! I've been thinkin’ on 't for consider'ble of a spell, an’ that letter from Hiram Pot- merchandisin’ clinched the rivets close up. I've been a fool, Sairy.” “I dunno, Lish. Folks round here say ye've done well.” “Well,” he snorted, with profound self disgust, “for farmin’ round here, mebbe. I've cleared off the mortgage an’ put $1,000 in the bank an’ got to- ter out west sayin’ he’d made $40,000 ! quired. “Hitch ?”—indignantly—“when Hiram an’ Reuben an’ Nathan have all done it an’ made money! Well, I guess not. But I'll go an’ look round some. Folks in town are gener'ly pretty keen scent- ed on money, an’ if they git wind o’ my needin' a house to live in an’ a store to merchandise in they might think rents ought to be a little higher. I’ll look round sort o' casual. But ye're sure ye favor the idee, Sairy? I don't want to go into nothin’ that ye couldn’t smooth down to.” “Oh, I'll like it all right,” she said placidly. “I'm sure to. Ye necdn't bother ’bout that, Lish. I've always hankered to shop without climbin’ in an’ out a waggin. Ign too hefty. An’ say, Lish,” raising her voice as he opened the door and let in a rush of alr and whirling snow, “be sure an’ beat 'em down some.” It was late in the evening when he returned, but from the way the wagon rattled by the house and the unneces- sarily loud “Whoa!” which came to her when it reached the barn she felt that something momentous had happened, and this feeling was made a certainty ‘when' Lish flung open the door and she saw him trying to straighten his face into an expression of indifference. “Supper ready, Salry?” he demanded airily. “I swan, I'm most starved!” “Ye know it's ready, Lish,” she said quietly. “Italways is at 7 to a minute. You know it’s been gettin’ cold jest an hour an’ a half. So ye've hired a place?” “Ye ain't wuth a cent for news, Sairy,” he grumbled. “Ye either scent it out miles ahead or take it all for granted. I'd as soon have a stick to tell somethin’ to. How’d ye know I've hired a place?’ “Goodness land,” scornfully, “it's stickin’ out all over ye, Lish! I knowed it by the way the wheels went round when ye went by.” “Don’t suppose the wheels told ye what place I hired an’ how much I'm to pay an’ when we're goin’ to move'*" he asked. “No,” she confessed, “exceptin’ they said ye was consider'bly set up, anw’ I figgered from that ye'd got the old drug store stand. That's the biggest store in the best part o’ the town, an’ it Js the only one I know on as bein’ empty just now.” ‘Lish chuckled. “Wheels are mighty onreliable things to go by,” he declared, “though I did hint sort o’ casual ’bout that very iden- tical store. But, law, they wanted $60 a month for it, much as I'd think the place could be wuth for a whole year. I Jest laffed. Then I found Wood & Co.’s dry goods store would be empty the 1st of April, an’ I went an’ looked that over. The drug store folks said their place bein’ on the corner made it valuable, an’ as Wood & Co. was right In the middle of a block I figgered it might be cheap enough to wait for till April. But I didn’t look round much. ‘When they said $50 I jest turned an’ walked off.” He stretched himself more comforta- ably across the chairs and chuckled again, “Good thing, though,” he went on re- fectively. “It set me to lookin’ round. Now I've got the nicest, quietest an’ best place in the whole town, 'cordin’ to my notion. There’s big right in front, an’ there ai an’ rumblin’ o’ people an’ waggins. Customers can come in an’ go out easy an’ comfortable-like without no dan- ger o’ bein’ run over nor nothin’. We can almost make believe we're livin’ in the country, Sairy, an’ the best of it is I only pay $10 a month. Deacon Rounds wanted $15, but I beat him down to $10. Ye see, he built the place two years ago an’ has never been able torent it.” “Deacon Rounds’ store. consider’able way out?” “Only three streets. Buyers °ll be glad to come that fur jest for the quiet an’ comfort’bleness o' the place. Why, we have to go eight miles for our gro- c'ries an’ things. No; it's a_bargain, Sairy. Squire Brown's goin’ to take the farm an’ stock jest as they stand for $3,500. He'll be out tomorrow with the papers. Then we'll move right off. I want to open the store next week.” Her eyes widened a little at this. “But ye ain’t got no stock nor noth- in’ yet, Lish,” she said. He rubbed his hands gleefully. “That's all fixed, too, Sairy,” he beamed. “I done a gist o’ bizness up there. Some folks 'd 'a’ took two days for it an’ then thought themselves smart. I bad figgered on havin’ to go to the eity an’ mebbe payin’ as much as $25 for car fares an’ expenses that wouldn't turn me in a cent, but a feller that was showin’ samples to Mr. Wood follered me out, an’—an’—well, he got i the whole thing from me an’ is comin’ Ain’t that ! down next week to show us samples.” “I g'pose ye talked It over with Nathan Taylor fust?’ she asked. “He's done bizness there the heft o’ his life an’ could tell ye consider’ble. An’ he's your own fourth cousin an’ a school- mate.” Lish snorted. gether a pretty good head o’ stock, but I've been twenty years a-doin’ it, Sairy, twenty years, an’ I've worked like a dog sixteen hours a day an’ more, I wan't goin’ to miss anything for lack o’ hard work. No, siree. An’ now there's Hiram, who wan't thought nigh so smart ag me at school, an’ Reuben Sinith, who keeps the hotel over to the | Oomeru, an’ Nathan Taylor, who sells us groc'ries, an’ others. All of ‘em .| have been wearin’ good clothes right along an’ takin’ money over their coun- ters In handfuls, an’ when there was offices an’ honora fo be given it was “Nathan Taylor! Hulh! Don't s'pose he'’s goin’ to encourage opposition, do !ye? I did speak to him a little, an’ he advised me to take the drug store stand; said it was at the best part o’ the blzness street an’ on a corner an’ ’t.hnt the extra trade would pay the big .rent a dozen times over. The.idec! I seen in a minute what he was arter. Long’s I was bound to go in, he felt the faster I rushed through the money the quicker T'd git out. Why, jest one year's rent would take half a quarter of all we've got! An’, more'n that, he sald I'd better be. pratt cunfnl | how l ‘lett things to them drummers an’ that wiRtaE, Just ofie” yedr from THe e he had left the farm. Then one day a tall, strongly bullt man in a heavy coat strode into the room. 2 Hopkine, I suppose?’ he inter- rogal i ¢ ‘What can I do for ye?” 4 The man did not answer. Taking a pa- per from his pocket, he unfolded it delib- erately and read in a slow, ponderous voice for several minutes. Then he lodked at the startled figure behind the counter. “Going to pay it “Can’t jest now,’ "1 ought to go up to the city an’ hunt round through the stores fer jest the things I needed an’ the best prices. But he didn't say a word *bout the $25 or more expenses that wouldn't turn me In a cent. Oh, no! He even hinted I'd Dbetter hire a bright young man with experience to help In the store.” The next week the drummer was as prompt as bis word and came down with an extensive assortment of sam- ples. An entire day was spent with him in the big, empty store, which Salry had swept and scrubbed with her own hands, At first they were dellb- erate and circumspect In thelr buyings, Sairy belng for ordering a dress pat- ‘tern from this and that, a few yards of one ribbon and another, a piece of braid or a cake of fancy soap, and Lish for breaking dozens and dividing the boxes and packages. But after the drummer had repeatedly assured them that they ‘were purchasing to fill a store and not for their own immediate necessities for a few months ahead they grew bolder and yet bolder, and finally, when a pas- slon for buying had begun to possess them, they ordered from everything shown and toward the end recklessly. After It was all over and the drummer had left they drew long breaths and looked at each other curiously. “We've bought a sight, Lish,” Sairy faltered. “I should say so,” rubbing his chin thoughtfully. “More'n was ever put; Into a store at one time hefore, I guess,' But It's bizness,”. brightening up some,’ “As the feller snid, we can’t open al store with a yard o' 'lastic.” ENGRAVED “oN EVERY PiECE- THE MAN WHO WANTS tofown a Kentucky thorough bred will not be satisfied with a broncho, merely becaunse the price is lower. he asked. Lish answered weak- 1y. “'I suppose s0.”” He walked to the coun- ter and held out his hand. “I may as well take the key,” he sald, Lish nodded toward the door, from the lock of which the key had not been re- moved. The sheriff went and took it out and then held the door open significantly. L"l,h realized that it was for him to go oul How he stumbled across the room and out into the snow and across the yard to his own house he scarcely knew, only that it wi a feeling of thankfulness lhl.l Bairy had not happened to be in the There is cheap cut-glass in plenty—cheap, almost as'the pressed product. But Libbey! perfection can only be bought under the Libbey brand—and qual- ity consided Libbey is not only the world’s best, but the raise it all to the bank"” by " i dunno s T want to. T'm gettnt trea o § WOT'd'S beet value. 2 the whole thing."” | 5 ,395fie oio “But the koods are wuth more'n what 7 we owe, ain’t they?" FOR SALE BY T EEEE | 0n T BAKER & GO, pald, but there ain't no knowin’ what LOCATED. IN. CITY DRUG-STORE. they'll fetch to auction. Not more'n !he was bending over the stove when he entered and sank heavily into a chair. ‘“‘Goodness land!" she exclaimed, sud- denly straightening up. “What s the matter, Lish? “Nothin’ “—drearily—‘only the sheriff's took the store an’ shet me on the out- side!"” ““What?’ She came’ quickly to his side and placed a hand upon his shoulder. | or money ?"* 'Yes; twelve hundred.” 1 'An’ can’t ye pay?" i “No. An' if I could there's most an- other twelve hundred that'll be asked for soon ‘s this is known. Mebbe enough o pay the debts mebbe." She was silent for some minutes, looklng down at him. “The man Siuire Brown rented ou | farm to has moved away,” she sald at n' 1 hear the squire Lish looked up quickly. ESTER'S ENGLI, "zu‘ui?novAL % 2 “Oh, Lish, T never | did really want to leave the farm!” He rose sturdily to his feet. “Then we'll g0 back,” he declared. And there. was something that ‘was alinost gladness in his face. “I know how to run | 8 farm, an’ tryin' to keep a store 's a | dog’s life anyway.” vua Froposal of marmage. That celebrated painter of flower ; and figure subjects, Willlam Hunt, was 1. on one occasion commissioned- by a* gentleman to paint his portrait in the attitude of kneeling and holding in his ' hand an open scroll whereon were writ- | ten a declaration of love and an offer of marriage. The lady to whom this un- wsual proposal of marriage was seft replled with a chalk drawing of her- self with a sheet of paper In her hnnd. on which ‘was Inscribed a lnconm “Yes” 5 - A QT _F pus eewns Chichoster Uhemioal PhUMBINGI* TIN AND RE- PAIR WORK. AT FIRST THEY WERE DELIBERATE IN THEIR BUYINGS. “INo, 1 §’pose not. Bnt how mucn ao ye think we got, Lish?” her face still anxious. “I dunno,” he confessed slowly, “an’ ain’t even an idee. I tried to go slow at first an’ keep count, but I got off the track. Mebbe a thousand, two thou- sand," three thousand, though ’tain’t likely so much as the last. We’ve nev- er bought more’'n $20 or $30 worth at a time before, an’ it's hard to guess. But $2,000 or $3,000 is gogd for a mighty ‘big pile o’ stuff.” The second day the goods came down in boxes and barrels and kegs and bun- dles and in great square cases that re- quired two men to roll from the freight platform into the wagon. Lish hired a team and a man to help and did all the hauling himself. The next morning the bill came. Lish opened and looked at it eagerly, then drew a long breath and rubbed his eyes and looked at it again. He seized his cap and jammed it vi- ciously upon his head and left the store. The village bank was upon the principal street, and the cashler was an old friend. It was upon this bank that Squire Brown had given him a check for $3,500. The cashier happened to be alone. By this time Lish had regained con- trol of Thimself. Slipping the invoice into his pocket, he drew out the check and placed it in the cashier’s window. “I'd like that cashed, Mr. White,” he sald, “an’ I want to borry $600 more. Ye know I'm good for it, an’ anyhow Rubbish Heaps. ! In a thousand miles of Europe I law but one rubbish heap—some old ‘meti! cans at Carlsrube. Everywhere else was a complete absence of all* waste or’ carel2ssness and, above all, of de- | facement and roadside uncleanliness. The foul vacant lots and dirty dumps ; . that abound in and about American ; sh_ortes" notice. towns are not to be found anywhere. —~Exchange. You get the best services on the Struggling ' Artist—No- use trying to compete with the picture factories, ‘Wwhich are turning out cheap daubs hy the ‘millioni; ‘The trouble is, the people are notreducated.- Lots of buyers can't tell ‘the difference: between ‘those ple- | tures-and mine. I"nmk Prlen 1 nrel anma: that's triie; Libants e | One of Them. [ ' 1 Doran Bros. TELEPHONE NO. 225" c_—-’THEQ.__.’ S.S. S.sTHDARD ToNIC The mgredxents of which S; S. S. is composed, and the method ‘of com- bining and preparing them so that they gently and pleasantly build' up-and strengthen every part of the body, make it the ideal tonic for a disordered condition of the system. Every one feels the need of a tonic sometimes. The system seems to get ‘out of gear, ** the appetite becomes fickle, “the energies are depressed, sleep is not restful or refreshing; and the entire body has a nervous, worn-out feeling. . When the. system is in this depleted, run- down condition it must be aided by a tonic, and S.-S. S. is every- where as the standard. Being made- entirely of-roots, herbs: and barks selected for their gentle action as well as: their invigorating-effect on:the system, it will not disagreeably affect any of the delicate members or tissues a8 do most of the so-called tonics on the market-which contain potash-or some other harinful mineral mgredxcntl. These dera.ngde the % a&d " " digestion, unfavorably affect the bowels or otherwise damage the thfz)e; :lt):cll; e:fi“f,:,l:? 'i\l;i s:[):[;kms," S. S. S. tones up the stomach and digestion, improves the appetite, produces laughed the cashier. “I never knew | Tefreshing sleep 1ids the body of that tired, run-down feeling, and supplies the time when your word wasn’t good | tone and vigor to the entire system, It re-es'abhshes the healthy circulation for $600. But how happens it you need of the blood, acts more promptly and gives better and more lasting: results more ju.st now? You were telling me | than any other tonic, and because of its vegetable purity is an-absolutely the other day that you only intended safe medicine for young or old. §S. S.'S. acts admirably in cases of dyspep- to put half the money into ‘g00ds now sia, indigestion and other stomach troubles, and after using it that uncom- and hold the reat'as a raserves” fortable feeling of fullness, dizzinéss or drowsiness, :after. eating,care:no Lish grinned ruetully. X longerfelt. NotonlyisS.S: S.'thegreatest of all tonics but possesses; puri- “f guess I wan’t much used to buy- fying and alterative properties, arid’if there is a taint in the blood it will in’,” he confessed. “Look here.” promptly:remove every trace and restore perfect health. . In selecting your e produced the invoice and sprend | tonic for this year do not experiment but get S. S. S., th; reco; mud stand- - it out in the window. The cashier look- ard, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ed it over curiously. “I don't know much about this line of goods, Mr. Hopkins,” he said at length, “but it seems to me there’s & good many things here that won't find much sale. Now, this six dozen door- bells, for instance.” “The drummer said they were good sellers,” ventured Lish. “Well, perhaps they are,” acquiesced the cashier. “Of course I don’t know. But about the $600. If I were you I wouldn’t hire the money just yet. Drummers have prices that are sup- posed to cover a generous system. Didn’t your man say anything about ity ; “He said I could have thirty or sixty days’ time jest as well's not, but I told him I'd ruther pay cash.” “Very' good, provided you have the money to pay and also provided he al- lows you a fair discount for paying it.‘ You'd better walt and find that out. Send the firm what money you have andilet the six hundred go until the drummer comes ‘round again. You may take in enough by that time to pay him. At any rate, find out his discount for cash, and, if it's ‘more than our interest, come to me and I will let you have the money. Only don’t hive unless you're obliged to." One morning a few weeks later Nathan Taylor entered the store. Lish was look- ing over his acuount book, kept with a lead pencil in much the same manner as: he had jotted down items while on. the farm. Sairy was at another .counter, en- gaged in rubbing her hand back and forth © across a new plece of 'velveteen which had Just been taken from the' case. Nathan J..A. HOFF. sald, “Good morning,” and then paused v Reliable Painter and glanced critically about the; store, o th evident disapproval in his eyes. A]] wm-k Guaranteed. Shop Rear Swadbnck Blk 've done just: what T was afrald of, Lish,” he sald, at length. ‘A third of the goods won't sell in all the world. -That fellow was too slippery and hi ded you with a lot of unsalable stuff,” - . Beveral times during the spring and | summer Lish was sorely pressed for money, and more than once he started S OCRIPTRY G to the bank, but each time he turned back before reaching there. - i l But the end did not come until auather: