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Show "TOMMY'S TOMBSTONE. Tommy McOuffy w Itrowln olV Ili skin of til Attennatixl fsco w-u m ,1 DTik nJ to t'rctcli'il from trrlnlel to jrrlaklo tint It woioeil narrowly to m-upo m-upo Lrcaklnj Ahont the polnlM elilii MltlieclKkcioiwalt ludtlio color cf ttM lirlck. OUl Tummy li'l become thin that t,ilarfllnotviturolo tho top of tl fcl.1 alwra lilt natlro tllltgo of Hear-mMnponAVlii'lydar Hear-mMnponAVlii'lydar iltf knee beat comical! vruen no trail. fl for tome year the Tlllisi-r hut Un countlM tin; nephew And niece to vh iin the a?lnri of the old retired c r la dry good would ercntually do K I Ten thonitnil ilollir and a homo And lot cuoilltnlcd it Iiciitns worth antlcl-pstlru antlcl-pstlru in llenrwtrd. Tho iDnoernt oM tuAn was not npon trnnt of Intlm wy Willi hit prospcctHo heir. lUrlntf rcmtlncil unmarried, hla only clow associate were Iwowho hud bnn hn companion In that remote prrlod which had been Ll boyhood. On. of the), Jerry llnrley, wa a chll I-less I-less wldoweri a Tcry eslim-tble nnd highly high-ly respected loan who owned two farm. The o'her, like hlniKlf bichelor, wm Lilly Sill Imore, tho sexton of tho clinrch it, 1 therefore the regulator of tho tnn clock upon tho stccpla, Tin re carao a great (hock to old Tommy one ilnjr A ol 1 Mr. Spark sail, Jirry Hurley, "All undJcnt llko, (ait took a notion and dint" The weAlth Ant itindlnc of Jerry jjorloy Iniurnd Idtn on ItnjiomlnB f uncrai. Tucy llll hit body bealdo that which had onto been lilt wife' In lletrwoo 1 Cfmetrry III heir posjtssrel lit farm indtlmowent on alonly, at ItalwAyi coet ot Itoarwood Tommy went freijncnlly to Hnrlejr' Tire And wonlerrd when lit heir wu tl 1 civet A monument to id memory It i necessary that ) our graro bo marked v!'a monument If )ouwuuM stand hih In that ttlll society tint ho! I elor-ml elor-ml assembly bcueath tho pine nnd wtl loir where only tho hrccroa speak, And Iks' In subdued voices. Year toned, and tho grove (t Tommy, Tom-my, old filenl, Jerry, reinAlned un-mukid. un-mukid. Jtmr.rrratlvi-a had postponed to clnty to Ion j that they bad crown till in to pnbllo opinion. Ussl.lw, they lil other purpose! to which to a; ply Jerry money It wat estjr enough to aiuid lepruciclii thry Iia 1 only to refrain fruit vltlttnir tho grave) ord 'Jerry nevcrdoscrved such treatment," Tommy v-onld wy to Hilly tho texton, i tho two intt to talk It otcr ciry sonny alb moon. 'Ii an outrngo, that' what It l!" llUly wo ill rtply for tho hundredth Ulix It wu. In their eye. An ninlolon alia al-ia it i pud to tluit of bjplliin or tho fa ml wrrlce O.k ilnx a Tommy wa alllnic blm-x-ir a!n ? tho main tnt of I'.earwanl ly inanaof Ahlckt ry ulck, it frijhtful tli ntJ'tcrtmoiohliti Jin turned uold. t hat If hi own heir tlionl 1 utKlcct to mark hi om granf I Jl hnrry homo an 1 put tho money fir It Aide In a itockm; fuot at once," t ion jltt louimy, atil hi kneo Iwnt rj ro thau utoal a ho accelerated bl Cot a ho tied a knot In thoitncklng Umo tho fear ttiat oven tbl money ailjl.t bo iulapplle,li cron bl will lalt bo IjnoriHi tbroiizh repeated post-Ovu post-Ovu ment and tho law' Indlilcrinco. Who, .ito old Udly hUJmoro, woul 1 "ira win ther ol 1 Tommy Mc(lul7y' lait retun p ai o wcro deelirnitod or nntf n o let tho worms boffin oHrationi i mi thld Antiquo inornel, what would ft Butter to It irwtrd folk wbero tho ta i iiiot wa taking plarol Tommy now untlirwcnt n vocond attack at-tack of hurror. from which bo oaiuo io-in io-in oa, n gleeful mlIo momvnlarlly Ifiini: tho dlinuot from klcxceululy tu rrnnl eM- 1 II I x 'oui," ho Aald to hlnuelf. 'Til cotoJay to Itukitt. tbomaibto cutUr, a I order mr own tomlMtone." 1 uro mouth th rvafter lllckett, tho mariilo cutlo , nntloil tho knot In tho to kio that had beiii Tommy' and do-w do-w itod tho coutont In tho local atini U'k la tho cemetery itood a now inonu-mint, inonu-mint, cry lofty and elaborate. Arotiu 1 It Wat an Iron ft nee. Withlii tho Inclo-into Inclo-into thero w a no cravo at ) ct "lb re," tall tho inouumcnt indeerM cot letter but b id Dwllili, "lie all tint renalns of Tliouia ilcOulIy, born In Hntwood, Nov. II, lSWi dlod Oi-ui whither tho wicked crato from tr Jblluj nnd Iho weory aro At ret-" Tbl nr1ementnry InfonnAtlon wai frtniokl In tlio word of Tomin)' faror-lio faror-lio oauco in hi farorlto hymn. Ill hklnjr for this wa mainly on account of It tnuo. II lu 1 left Iho ihto of hi death to bo linrtedby tho morblo cutttr after its oo-urreuce. Uoarward folk wcro nmrneil attlRht of tho luonumcut, and thoy ascribed tho pltctnj of It thcro to tho oowntrlclty ot aUirttirnoldinan. Tom'iny avoiuoil to tlcrlvo much lea-ar lea-ar from tuning hi tombatono umju lull dirt. Ho spent many hour con-tnipltllii( con-tnipltllii( it II would enter tho Iron locloinro, lock tho gato nftir him and M npon tho uTomid thttw a Intended t)uio day to co er lilt body. Ho uaa n familiar tight to iwpbriJ-l"S iwpbriJ-l"S or walking it tho irravoytrd thl lkin old uiau Itonlug uikiii hi cane, con-twitcdlr con-twitcdlr ixiimortiiic over tho luscri Hon n hi own tombatouo. Ho nndonbtedly found much Innocent vi uro lu this. Ontafltmoon, nibo wat weniraited, o wa owilh d by n now anprdieualon. Bui K that ItUketU.thouiarblotut-eri ItUketU.thouiarblotut-eri thonld fall to lincribo tho data of U ileath In tlio tpaio loft vacant for Itl Tlicro wat nliacxt no llkellhooil of tuch tn ouuMlon hut thero wa At Icaita IoIMIlty of it. " ghnroil acro tho cemetery toward to-ward Jerry Hurley' unmarked mound wi 1 ibuddrrM Then ho thought Itborinuilr. "bin ho left the eometery In n'h trnioui to avoid a delay ot hit omnlnif In ul mi 1 a comrqtirnt outburatcif nnger no. tlio part of bl old houwkitper, 1m Imd trten n rnulntlon i,i lirt" Km mn "n ' " "y ,,,a 'IWe." he intiltired to blmlf ai lu !ki-d hoinoworib "Tlio bcnplurol llfo- lino II ilo i r tin A I ttn it ifier old Tommy pared I I'ou lly uiion tho llnlohwl liirlption, "Uld gv. U. jkuii " wat tho Bi!rt bit of biography thero cngravm. "Cut It two year and more fit Nor II, 1.W)," tal 1 a vole at hi udo. Tommy merelyeant an Indifferent look upon tho speaker and walked off wit'jtmt a word Tho wholo villtgo now thouiht that Tommy hid U-cotno a monomaniac upon thotubjectof bl toinbttono. Krhapt bo bnd t.o ono ha Iffn able to learn from hi friend, Uilly HkHmore, what thought 1 1 ho may havo communicated to Iho latter npon tho matter Tommy now lled for no other ap-p-irent purpoM than tori. It blttotnli-atone blttotnli-atone dally, lto no longer conGnodhl walk thither to tho pleiwanl day. Ilo , went lu weather tho most irIIou to o ol 1 and frail n tnatu Ono of hit prospective heln took tufil clcnt Interott in him to advtto moro car of hi heallli. "lean eaillykeep alive till thotlmo1 come " returned tho antique. "Tutrt $ only n year left." Itapldly hi hoi 1 upon llfl relaxl A ' woea before Kor. 11. 16tK, bo went to bed And ttald there. IVoplo began to 'tculaton to whether hi nnlqu prediction pre-diction or, I should say, 1 1 decree I would bo fnlnllrd to tho very day. Upon the tilth day of hi lllnrn Death I I threatened to como before tbo tlmo that , bad been ret for receiving htm. "lun't thl tho lOthr tho oil man mumbled , ".No," tald hi houickeeper, who, with ono of hi ntecea, tho doctor, and Hilly Bkldmore, attenJed tho HI man. "It a ouly Iho Olh." ' "Tlien 1 mut light for two dayt moro. , Tlio tomUtonv mnt not lie." And bo rallied to well tliat It seomed At If tho tombttono would He. lierrrlhe-1 lew, for old Tommy wa Hill allie at 11.30 on tho bight of Nor II. Moreen More-en r, bo had been In bl ttnei when hit awake, Anl there was ertry likelihood that ho wonld look at tho clock when-tt when-tt er his eye thonld noxt open. t J "Ilo cant Uro llll morning, that' sure," said tho doctor, "Hut, good l,ordl you don't mean to tar holt hold oilt till after 13 o clock," said Hilly Bkldmore, whoao nixlcty ouly bad tuitalned him In hit grief at tho ai proAehln s dltsolntlon of hit friend. "ulto probably," repllod tho doctor. "(Jooil lieAteiit! Tommy won t n-st easy lu hi grato If 1 doesn't die on tho llth, Tho inonumont would bo wrong" "Oli, that won't matter," (aid tho cleca. Ullly Inoknt at her In amatement Wus hi old filond'a tacrod wlsli to miscarry mis-carry thus? ' " Yi, 'twill matter," be aald In a loud , whisper, "And If tlmo won't wait for Tommy ot lu own aooord, well mako It. I When did ho last aco tlio clnckT I "Half wit o," tal 1 tho houskeer "Then woll turn It bAck to 10," said Bkldmoro, Acting a ho (poko. "Hut bo imiy bear tho town clock strike." Uilly rld never n word, but t lungeil Inbi bit orereoAt, throw on hi hat and hurried ont Into tho oil 1 night. "Tin tnlnnte to midnight," lie said, a 1 e lookud up at tho town clock uon Iho church steeple. "Can 1 tkln up them ladder In lloior Tommy awoke onco before tho list slumlier Hilly was by hi bedside, a were tho doctor, tho rtouaekeciier and tho nirce. Tlio old man'a eye sought tho clock. "Uleven," ho tnonnurrd. Tlien bo wis tllent, for tho town clock bad lfun to rlan Ho couutetl the ttrokeo eleven. Then be tiiijlod and tried to speak again. "Aliuoet llvo out blrthdiy toenty tombslouo nil right." Ho closed hit c)ea end, inatmti h at tho town clock furnishes tboc (llciui time for llearward, tho pnblUhwl re n of Tommy McUuffy't going record U.nt ho uae.l at tweiit) fit e mlnutra after 1 1 p. lu . Nov. II, tm Very few Hplo knew that time turned back ono boar And n half In order that tbo reputAtlun cf Tommy McUuffy't tombatono for ternclt) might bo sputlcs lu the lye ot future generation. ltllly blktduioie, tho sexton, Arranged to ba o HeurwArd tlmo rea ly for tho sun whun It rotoujioii tl following morning morn-ing U, 21. bteiheus In I'blhidelpbla rross. |