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Show Caki. Axiuov, foreman of a New Vork typewriter factory, took to drinking when hla favorite child Oscar dtetl a year ago. lie longed for a boy to hike the place of the dead child, au j when his wife gave birth to n girl, about a month ago, he began to drink harder than over. Iarly Monday morning his wife was uwaksned aud beheld Axelson dressed ami about to drluk from a tumbler. She aiketl: "What havoyou got there?" "I'o'son," he replied, as he dathed tho potion off, an J, uttering a yell, he ran out of the room. She followed him as he ran toward the river. Axelson fell at the vtry edge of the imtankroent, and sank back a corpse Into his wife'4 aims. |
