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Show Rrtee aeraLt lo ttlt Hll. In tho nortliitiitrni pari of tho city llro n couplo who for twenty two yenre never addrceMM a wonl to ench oilier. lu ISo9 Iho husband wai n man of mean, owning considerable properly, but thrutigh pecullarltloi more than generally ho bccauio n aort of "Cmi Oil Johnny. H Ilouvt and ground were? riven away without nn Inttant'a con Ideritlon. TT10 wlfo e jntulalcl, but In valnnnally nothing wai left cl ccpt tlay.ttlo cottago which wai then and li now their plaeo of nliodo Tort-unalelr Tort-unalelr I hit Hood lu tho wtfo'a name, and though lev tiled ivery effurt tu 10-ciire 10-ciire Kwctlou of it, pleading wllh lur and U5lng vloleneej and lelldemeea by turni. iho reuiulneil firm and would not let him liato It Am enntenueneo ho iworentremendomoath that howoull iiettr i"-ak to her at long ni ho tiled, and up to tho prvrx-nt Hint he hat kept lib word. from prrrierly they havo mnk to abject Mjitrty He makei what ho can out of n nowi itaiid whloh ho kit-d. Tlw old coupkt lino twn child mi, both daughtere. One hat beciw iiuirrlod for totiio yeora t a man of wealth, while tiro other llin at homo with her tiirenta. anil leematotakd tho reinti4 bllity of both on herrelf. It la n nln fill eight to too tho old man every oven-Ing oven-Ing at o o'clock iliatribulhig hli ipcn to tho very horx which Iwcmy two ymni ago were hb own, mrd by Hit gift of whloh ho liiH iud neat hltle fortune! for many wIko-i lielre nre In total Ignoranco of lib cirttinc. Vtar after icorlw lolla on, dilly iMTniiilng feobler, "forgetllng Uw iviild and by tlw woild for.-ot." I'hlladelphl l llecord. |