Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 11, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 September 1897 — Page 8

RHODY KIRBIV

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I think fate roust have decreed it. tay I wrote thus: "To Lot.—A frame cottage, containing j/nine rooms, subdivided into parlor, reception and dining r.ou, library, kitchen and four bed chambers, with broad hnlls. The bouse is encircled by a veranda and situatin a grove of about three acres extent, ell and cistern on the premises stable _.jd outhouses. Three squares to station 'and about half a mile to electric car llqe, now In course of construction, and which will pass place. Rent $55 per month. Apt^ply on the premises, Cloversyde, St. Louis county."

I am not a college bred man, just a plain 'reodin, writirv, 'rjthmetic" sort of a mortal, not given to Beating about the bush, •rot trying with all my heart to speak and write so as to be plainly understood. And so, when, after writing this advertisement, I looked it over, it seemed to express in a "airly intelligent way the desire that moved 110 to its composition and the subsequent 'expenditure of win necessary to secure its publication. I desired to secure a tenant fi* for my property. The premises and the li location were described with sufficient at-

JKitlon to detail and accuracy to enable IMS render to arrive at a decision as to whether that was such a placo ns he or she might have in view for residential purposes. The rental was set out as distinctly ias my knowledge of the English language Jwould permit me to state it in words or figures. These preliminaries disposed of, there remained for me nothing to do but reflect upon the bereavement by which I, a confirmed bachelor, found myself in possession of something for which I had no earthly use, and to trust to the power of the press for is measure of assistance in the preservation of that possession or its disposition in a manner satisfactory from a financial and personal standpoint.

It was plain that, city raised as I bad ''J been. I could not roide contentedly in such /a place. I was ignorant of the managejnent of a house and HK- control and guidance of a corps of servants. The location was against my taking up my abode there. It was too retired and quiet, dcciddly. The ten days I h«.d spent there vvhilo the carpenters, painters and decorators were putting the placo in shipshape wero the most lonesome and dismal in all my experience. The nearest neighbor was about two blocks distant, but had ho been next door it would not have relieved tho pj-'isolatlon, for he and his family extln-

Ifgulshed tho lights and retired at J)o'clock, "leaving the world to darkness and to mo."

In an old fashioned rocker, with that solace of solitude the pipo, 1 would sit for hours, my reverie only disturbed by tho rattle and roar of a passing train and tho accompanying hark of every dog in tho oirouit. these dying away and intensifying ,^he solitude and loneliness.

I have said that 1 was a plain speaking man and a plain writing ono. Perhaps in tho lntfrost of truth 1 should qualify that statement by adding that I thought I was until the results of my rushing Into tho want columns of a metropolitan newspaper disabused my mind of the idea. My appeal to house hunters met with a goner* ous response. They came singly, in pairs and quartets, in crowds. Kvery train bore delegation of them. Not all house hunters are demented, not by any manner of moans, but a goodly percentage of those who favored Cloversydo with their presence on that beautiful .Sunday just a year ago today were, I am bound to think, weak mentally. Kit her this or there was a gigantlo conspiracy among the guild to harass and annoy mo, and thus add to ttio embarrassment of the predicament In which I i, found myself through this sudden acqulsltion of landed property. To particularize:

The first person to call was a pudgy, red faced gentleman, who, ufter he had toiled up tho hill and rcllovod himself of a snort or two, requested to be shown over tho place. When we had returned from tho Inspection, my caller protested that there was no sewer connection. llow under the shining sun there should bo such a tiling with the nearest sewer live miles away Is beyond my feeble comprehension, but that he did expect it, and on mo out tin re purposely to realize his expectations, the manner in which ho mopjfed his bald head and grunted left no margin for doubt. As he bade me good day atid waddled down the hill to take tho ncic/i train citywi.rd I fancied 1 could dotoo't, phantom sewer connrctlons in tlx* AT a ted atmosphere above his head. Tho 4oxt train landed half a doiteti cranks, vho jostled each other in their anxiety to •each mo. As they wedged their way hrough the gate and along the gravel nlk there was fire in their eyes.

The place was decidedly objectionable ecause the rent was too high there wero ,o speaking tubes in tho houso the cellar •n«» not cemented the house had been tiilt to lie heated by furnace, and was erefore beyond the reach of those of modirate means there was not room enough hero was too much room the rooms were oo large and would require acres of carpet so cover the lloors tho grounds wero so »tonslve that the employment of man care for them would ho necessary there vns no sidewalk trains wero not suiliilentlv numerous. It would all he nice •tyrmgh for summer, but when winter 'imes whnt's a IHHIJ* to do, and so forth, course the advertisement expressly dc•ribed thlsnsn frame house of nine rooms, io grounds of about thrveacres In extent, [no water supply as coming from a well nd cistern, the railway station as three jlix-ks away and the rental as a i.umth. And yet scores of men and women Vho were In search of a brick houso of six joins, with city water, sewer connections, peaking tule«. gas and bath, on the line street railway, came out to inspect iv property and annihilate ice with their Injections to it. 1 thought I was a plain Spenklng. plain writing man 1 am not. he week passed and the house was still my hands. It was Saturday, and I !ul reached the conclusion that I would .•k up the place that evening, return to iv i*aehclor epurtnients In the city and some agent sell the property to the fiiSt dder and relieve me frem a strain that as fast putting tfrnv hairs in my head thought* of I ck and s»da or someing toon1 t!«sper ite in niv brain. To lable toe to Ltl r,»te the details of my 'an 1 had fiil.d my pipe.- deposed mvsell the roekcron Use vt-r.imiaaud was slow

And dcliberati Iv incen-inii the air with i0 fragrance 1 my favorite levd vvlveti 1 'Mticid that the early aftern. en train do•lted three perser* on (he station piatrm, who \nildialy t*k the path leadup to the streteh grassy hiiKnio and rmlu.'tung at my gate .\s ih«ydrvs \irer I was able di*ungul«h that on* as an ld riy gcr.Uenmn with snowy hair id mu*tariu\ An ther a man In middle •e with a sacdv 2vanl and mustache and third a lady of nlwiut 20. They eam« rect •*.» the gate, passed through it and ere moving slowly up the walk whets I at aside my comforter and wlvtincrd to ie«t theiu. The young ladr was the

spokesman—at least she opened the interview by referring to the advertisement as the moving cause of their visit. I cannot for the life of me explain why I thought so, bat instnntly it fixed itself in my mind that my tenants stood before me.

I was just a bit nervous and half regretted laying aside my pipe, but I gathered myself together, and in five minutes' time we were walking together through the bouse and talking pleasantly about its arrangement, conveniences and such like, and then mnde a tour of the grounds. When we returned to the veranda, I tendered the rocker to the young woman, while the gentlemen—one, as I learned, ber father, the other her brother—and myself sat on the steps. There would be no train to the city for an hour, and we had ample time to discuss tbe object of their visit and incidentally such personal affairs as are wont to develop under such circumstances.

It was thus that I learned that tbe old gentleman was a Virginian upon whom tbe results of tbe war had fallen rather disastrously, and whose troubles from this source had been aqgmented by the death of his wife. His son was a member of one of the professions and amply equipped mentally and financially to. provide for the family, while the daughter, reared in true Virginia fashion, was to be housekeeper or general charge d'affaires. We agreed upon terms, and it was arranged that Colonel Kirby was to assume possession on the following Monday. I accompanied the party to the station, gave them a cordial goodby (I confess it was a reluctant goodby I gave the young woman), the train sped away toward tho smoke wreathed spires of the city and left me to my rocker, my pipo and my reflections.

Bright and early Monday morning a procession of vans invaded Cloversyde, and while the sturdy help was busily engaged in the work of transferring the contents to the houso the colonel and his daughter reached the place by train. An exchange of a few compliments pertinent to such an occasion ensued, when I abdicated and loft the quiet country cottage to resume life in town. At tho end of a month I made my debut as a landlord. There was a noticeable improvement in the nppearanoeof the place. The grounds looked clean, and flower beds at odd places and bordering the walk gave evidence of womqply attention. The house wore a homelike, hospitable air, and just where I had left it sat the old rocker. Theso things I noticed at that first call, a brief one. .Subsequent visits gave opportunity for more extended observations, which only emphasized my first impression that a model housekeeper was directing matters in a certain habitation in Cloversyde. Gradually I been mo conscious that a change had taken place in myself.

Town life was fast losing its attractiveness. My thoughts turned with an indefinable longing to woods crowning tho uplands through whose leafy branches tho southern breezes played, to rivulets springing from groves, playing along the slopes awhile, prattling into groves again and dancing away in the shaded distance. And I philosophized too. No man is a bachelor from choice. Either his lonely condition is a case of it might have boen, or be has not yet looked ujfto eyes that have answered his hear# Love Is magnetism. Tho eyes have it. When the ordained eyes meet, then and thero the bachelor ceases to exist and ono more township is added to paradise. I made this discovery whon my eyes met those of Rhody Kirby, and though I havo lookod into these same dear eyes thousands of times, and though they have been my Inspiration, my very life, yot to save mo from perdition I cannot describo them. I know the regal roso, tho modest violet, tho loyal sunflower, but to attempt a description of either would be a task entirely beyond mo. And so with Ithody's eyes. I only know they are tho most beautiful this side the shining stars that she herself fills up tho gracious mold of modesty, and that I am desperately— Hut I anticipate a little.

I developed an extraordinary interest in my property in Cloversyde, so that it was not unusual for me to drive out there every week. My pretext was that the place needed looking after, tho fences and buildings requiring a deal of attention to save thom from falling into decay. Miss Rhody was my companion over tho grounds, making suggestions hero and thore and filling mo w'th a fear that I should one day drop dc».d at her feet from an attack of heart palpitation, but all things must havo an end, and I resolvod to talk seriously with Rhody when next I put foot on tho place. It was the first flay of .Tune and* early morning. Tho budding roses wero bathed in dew, tho birds twitted tunefully in the treos, the air was soft anu deliciously fragrant, and Miss Rhody WHS as delightfully sweet and captivating as it is given to any mortal to lie. We walked about tho place, our conversation confined to matters common place, and my stay had been prolonged to a length where I could find no propriety in longer detaining her. As I was about to take my leave I said "I am not going to call any more for the rent." There was an enormous lump In my throat. "Have you placed tho property In an agent's hands?" she inquired. "No, Rho—Miss Kirby." "Then you havo disposed of it?" "Not exactly. I think I am on tho point of doln*t so, however." "We shall feel very grateful," she said, "If It passe* into tho possession of so kindly and considerate an owner as yourself." "lam satisfied," I said slowly, "that the new owner will prove my superior in that regard. In fact, Rhody, that person Is to be no other than your own sweet self. "Since I first saw you every day has increased niy admiration until I find love takes the place of admiration. I have discovered that it is possible for a woman to possess sense without vanity and beauty without affectation." I had taken her band in mine while I spoke. "May I ask you to take this place and with it me Into your de«r keeping for life?"

She was a sensible woman. Observation had impressed me with that Idea, and my numerous .^isits confirmed that Impression. "I cannot pretend to indifference," she said.*'and therefore own that what you I have told me makes mo extremely happy."

That settled It. I was In an ecstasy of I joy. Did I kiss her? I am a man given to* pin In speaking, plain writing. I did.

Could I have done otherwise? She raid other things. So did I, but It not recessary to repeat them here. She is today ths* owner of the place In Clover syde, with all tbe appurtenances thereunto I belonging, including myself, and as I sit

In the old reckcr on the veranda and write tbese lines I am the happiest »uan on this whlszlng nail.—Sk Louis Republic.

But* That Eat Frtsli.

Fmlt eating bat* eat fruit only, am! an confined to Asia, tbe Islands cf the I Indian archipelago being one of their pria ctpal habitat*. They cover tho tm? i» daytime in vast multitudes, looking likfe large flock of crows.

A FAIR EXCHANGE.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, SEPTEMBER IT, 1897.

One evening as I walked with Flo Along the lane where lilies grow She cried in fear: "What can this mean? I've lost my heart. Oh, have you seen It lying anywhere about? I only jost now found it out. I've lost it since you came, I know. You've stolen itl Your eyes say so!"

I said: "Now don't be cross, my dear. Though I've your heart yet never fear, For, since I have no need of two, Fll give you mine. Will not that do?" ,, A smile shone in her tearful eyes, A rainbow over stormy skies. She answered, "Since I must confess"— The rest I cannot tell you. Guess! —Ernest Neal Lyon in New York Sun.

FOR LOVE'S SAKE.

He had staked and lost. With bis bead whirling and brain on fire, Dick Wellby stepped out of tbe brilliantly lighted premises of the Anenemone club into the darkness of the deserted street, dazed and bewildered. It was only a few hours, but it seemed an age, sinoe he entered the building with high hopes of emerging a free man, for the big stake which he was going to play was to be the grand coup which would set bim on his legs again. But, instead, Dame Fortune, with her accustomed fickleness, had laughed in his face, the hard cash which he had taken with him bad disappeared, and he was indebted to Grayson, the well known habitue of tbe Anenemone, to tbe tune of a hundred odd pounds.

Richard Wellby turned up his oollar and then groped in his pocket for the price of a cab fare. Not a penny. All his silver had gone In inviting his friends to drink to his success. Giving an articulate groan, he strode along—there was no help for it but to walk home.

Presently, as he passed the houses of parliament on to Westminster bridge, Big Ben struck the hour of 1, and like a flash a thought passed through his brain. Thi9 was the anniversary of their wedding day! It was three years since he had knelt before the altar and sworn to love and cherish his wife, and no man had ever meant it more than ho had at the time.

The young fellow quickened his pace in his agitation. Their wedding day and he had forgotten all about it. Good God! And his poor little darling, his Mabel, was waiting for him at home, looking at the clook as every hour passed by, perhaps, and wondering and wondering.

He said he would not be latV It was cruel not to have kept his word, j\nd how oould ho tell her, what was only too true, that ho was a ruined man?

It was early morning when he opened the street door of his modest Clapham abode. A pretty, petite figure came running up tho hall. "Oh, Dick! I'm so glad you're home at last." "Were you frightened, dear?" and* he gave her an affeotionate hug. "Just a wee bit, that's all. That horrid clfcy, there's always accidefhts of some sort happening. Come and look at Tiny."

She led the way into the bedroom, and he stooped down and kissed the sleeping form of their little one. "Any letters?" he asked presently, when they wero having suppd*, which she had waited for him. "No. Why?" "I expected Johnson would be wanting bis rent that's all. Ho said ho wouldn't wait aftor this week, and tho deuce of it Is," stretohlng out his legs before .the fire, "I can't pafhl m." "As bad as that, Dick? I thought we bad plenty." "So we should have, only I've been speculating—Investing—and lost a heap of money. A fellow at the offlco put me on to a good thing in gold mines which hasn't turned up trumps, and there's at least £50 gone."

His wife's faoo grew serious, but she did not tell him that the landlord had called that morning for tho last time.

Mabel Wellby was a woman In a thousand. Sho loved her husband with the intensity of affection which a woman can and will bestow upon a man, however worthless. The next morning after Dick had left for the olfioe with a splitting hoadache the little housewife was in sore distress. What was she to do? Unless she could find the quarter's rent that day their littlo home would disappear. -Dick wai without money and deeply in debt, and as to jewelry she had none. Her every thought—like the good woman that she wa8-—wa8 'or her husband. SMb would do anything to save him from worry.

At last she resolved to take a hold step. Years ago, before she became engaged to Richard Wellby, she was acquainted with a gentloman who had been rejected, but who had told her more In sorrow than anger that if ever she wanted help he would never refuse.

The recollection of that promise flashed aoross her. Why should she not avail herself of It now, although it saemed rather mean on ber part, but it was for Dick's sake, and what would she not do for Dick? "I wonder whether he is altered," she thought. "Six years has no doubt made a difference." And she searched an old drawer for tbe card with his address in tbe city, which be bad given her. Yes, here it was—20 Basingshall street. E. C. She would take a bus at once.

A few minutes found Mabel, who had left little Tiny in charge of their servant, speeding o£ko the great metropolis.

Sbe reached the building at last, and, discovering the name among 50 more or •o on the brass plates outside, went boldly up to tbe offloe.

A clerk inquired ber name. Sbe hesitated. Her old admirer would not recognize In Mrs. Wellby tbe girl of six years ago. So, taking a piece of paper, she scribbled across it "Mabel."

She was ushered into tbe presence of a man about 86. tall, strongly built and With keenly cut features. "Mabel!" be cried.

Sbe 8a down and tried bravely to speak, but ber lips refused ber. Have you come to redeem my promise?" "Yes, I want your help. Oh, George" —forgetting for tbe moment the time that bad elapsed since they last met, "you'll help us, won't you?"

The roan looked up. "Mabel, let us be frank with each other. You are married, perhaps?" "Yes." "Ah!"

He leaned back la bis chair and nursed bis chin musingly. "Well, one can't have all bis desires io tills world, and now," speaking in a more businesslike tone, "tbe nature of tbe assistance you require?" "To borrow a few pounds. My husband kas lost money In speculation—gold mines or something of tbe sort—and we need them badly jost now."

Mabel tried to excuse Dick on the ground that Stock Rxobange investments were not speculations.

After mora conversation tbe man band­

ed her tw crisp bank notes and sbe rose to go. "By the way, I don't know your name," be remarked. "Wellby—Mrs. Richard Wellby,''replied.

The gentleman gave a start. "Wellby!" be exclaimed.. And he is employed at"— "Branson & Branson s,Coleman street." "Ah! Well, goodby, Mrs. Wellby," and sbe left.

When Dick reached home that evening, bis wife did not tell him of the adventure of tbe morning, and as he had received no communication from tbe landlord he concluded that gentleman bad determined to wait.

But Dick Wellby was gloomy and morose. His wife, putting it down to his monetary losses, pretended not to notice any difference in him.

But she did not know that the sum he bad lost bad never been his own at all, but his employer's 1

Ruin stared him in the faoe at every turn. How was he to pay Grayson the debt of honor and replace the money he had stolen from the firm?

In a week or two the books would be overhauled, and as be had heard rumors that the principal intended to employ a fresh firm of accountants this year their scrutiny would be more searching and his defalcations could not fail to escape notice. It meant ruiaj swift and complete.

But Dick, in spite of his faults, was not one to give in without a struggle. Weak he might be, but at heart he was no coward. He would see Grayson that night and ask for time, and in the meanwhile endeavor to raise a loan to satisfy the amount he had withdrawn at the office.

Making an excuse to his wife, he rushed off to the Anenemone, but Grayson was not thero.

Tho next morning when he reached tbe office Kter than usual, worn out with want of sleep, he found to bis dismay the accountants had already oommenced work!

Ero many hours had passed he learned their names They were Smith & Grayson. Could there be any connection between ono of them and the gambler of the Anenemone? With that thought in his head, Dick made tracks for their offices. Ho would set his mind at rest on that point once for all.

Mr. Grayson was in. Yes, he was a dual individual, a man of business in the daytime and a gambler by night!

He looked up on seeing Wellby, and Dick plunged into the matter at once. "You're auditing Branson & Branson's accounts, and I have been appropriating money from the firm—in all a couple of hundred pounds, Mr. Grayson." And his voice trembled. "You hold the ruin of a man in your bands. What are you going to do?"

Tbe man looked at tbe other calmly* "What if I do what I suppose you want me to do—prevent your exposure?" "I'll never touch a card agoin!"

It was tho gambler who laughed. "Do you think that's possible. I've said that to myself scores of times, but the fever's got too tight a hold." "But I've a wife and child. I swear it for their sakes!" "Why didn't you think of that before?'

He went to a desk and from a drawer he produced a pack of cards. "Sit down,!" he cried. "You win, and the defalcations are made good and your debt will bo canceled, but on conditions only."

He lookod straight into his companion's faoe. "And those conditions are that you nover piny game of chance again and take caTo of your wife." ffif^all out the cards, and the other not replying tbe two commenced a battle to be fought under such torrible circumstances and with such momentous Issues. Dink Well by's face beoamo ghostly pale, and his hands trembled as he turned up the cards mechanically, but something seemud to tell him that Grayson, the Inveterate gambler, was for once playing recklessly and carelessly.

For a few minutes—it seetned an hour —there was a deadly silence, and then Dick roso excitedly to his feet. "Thank God!" He had won.

George Grnyson gathered up the cards and carefully looked thom in his desk again. He bad crossed tho room and shook his companion's hand. "Wellby, I can't helpthlnklrg I've been assisting In your ruin. You must look after your wifo. You don't know the treasure you've got!"

Dick glanced at the speaker in astonishment. "My wifol Do—do you know her?"

Yes. Were I in your placo I should be a different man. Listen! Wellby, you've usurped a position I onco boijed to obtain. I reckoned on Mabel bcooraing my bride, but it wasn't to be. Sbe sought me here yesterday as an old friend to assist her In some temporary difficulty, and now you know. Goodby, Dick, and God bless you I" stretching out his hand again.

Dick remained silent for a moment, unable at first to grasp the situation, and then replied: "You say you would be a different man bad you been In my place. Come home with me tonight. We both owe you so muoh. Let us both thank you."

The man hesitated, and then said: "Well, yes, I promise." And Diok Wellby left 20 Basinghall street with a .ight heart.

He is a wealthy man now, and has kept bis vow never to gamble again, and Grayson himself from that memorable afternoon in his office never touched another card.—Ram bier.

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RAILROAD TIME TABLE

Trains marked thus run daily. Trains marked thus run Sundays only. All other trains run duly, Sundays excepted.

VANDALIA LINE.

1

HAINUKI. V-:''

Arrive from the East. Leave for the West.

7 West. Ex*. 1.30 am 15 Mail & Ac* 9.50 am 5 St. L. Lim* 10.15 a m, 21 St. L. Ex*.. 2.35 3 Eff. Ac 6.30 11 Fast Mall*. 8.55

7 West. Ex*. 1.40 an 5 St. L. Lim*.10.20 an 21 St. L.Ex*.. 2.40pa 3 Eff. Ac (.35 IE 11 Fast Mail*. 9.00-p

Arrive from the West.

6N. Y. Ex*.. 3.30 am 4 Ind. Ac.... 7.10 am 80 Atl'c Ex*..12.30 8 Fast Line*. 1.45 2 N. Y. Lim*. 5.10

Leave for the East.

12 Ind Lim'dni.SO am 6N. Y. Ex*.. 3iSan 4 Ind. Ac.... 7.30 an 20 Atl'c Ex*..12.35 8 Fast Line* L-50'P 2 N. Y. Lim* 5.15 .»n

MICHIGAN DIVISION.

Leave for the North.

AT. from the North 5 South'nEx.10.00 am 21 T. H. Mall. 11.15 a 3 T. H. Ace.. .6.30

6 St Joe Mail.6.30 am 8 S. Bend Ex.425 2 St.JoeSp'c'l 5.20

PEORIA DIVISION.

Leave for Northwest.

7'N-W Ex 7.10 am 21 Decatur Ex 3.30

Leave for the South.

Ar. from Northwest.

12 Atltc Ex ..11.10 am 2 East'n Ex. 5.00 xt

EVANSVILLE & TERRE HAUTE. NASHV1LLB LINK.

Arrive from South

5C & NLim*. 12.01 am 3 & Ev Ex*. 5.38 am 7 NO&FlaSpl* 2.55 1 Ev& I Mail. 3.35

6 & N Lim* 3.55 an 2TH&E Ex*11.00au 8 N O& FSpl* 3.a 4 & Ind Ex*11.10

EVANSVILLE & INDIANAPOLIS

Leave for South.

33 Mail & Ex..9.00 am 49 Worth. Mix.3.50

Arrive from South.

48TH Mixed.10.10an 32 Mail & Ex. 2.55

CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS

Leave for North.

6 & N Lim* 4.00 a 2 II & Ex.11.20 a 8 NO&FSpl* 3.40 10 TH&M Loc 4.10 4 E & Ex*.11.55

Arrive from North

3 & E E 5 3 0 an 9 M&TH Loc. 10.45 am 1 & Ev Ex.. .2.30 5 Si N Lim*.11.55 7 NO&FSpl*.. 2.50p

C. C. C. & I.—BIG FOUR. Going East. 36 N Y&CinEx*1.55 a 4 Tn&CldEx. 8.00 am 8 Day Ex*... 2.56pm 18 Knlckb'r* 4.31

Going West.

35 St Ex*... 1.33 a a 9 Ex & Mail*10.00 a IlS-WLlui*.. 1.37 pm 5 Matt'n Ac. 6.30

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Chicago and

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Graham & Morton Transportation Co., steamer lines from Benton Harbor and »t. Joseph, Mich., to Chicago and Milwaukee, connecting at St. Joseph with the andalia lino. This line operates tho first class side wheel steamers "City of Chicago" and "City of Milwaukee" and the propellers "City of Louisville" and "Woods, making trips twice daily to Chicago during June. July. August and September, daily trips remainder of seasou, and trl-weekly trips to and from Mllwoukee. Service first-class, fare lower than all rail routes. Through tickets on sale from all Vandalia line stations.

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