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The Record Newspaper 18 September 1897

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00 Doses (By

THE

PLOTTERS.

Francis

Leeds,

in

Catholic.)

"

said

You'd

better in

and

Vt I r

-trouble. for game,

everything

else."

with

you

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WHOLESALE

ORLANDO Murray

Attacks

See

DUNLOP

proportions. As he took in the

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Genuine

DUNLOPS, Imitations.

and

Beware

TYRE

of

CO., Ltd.

Most

DELICACIES, TEAS

and

(Wholesale

FARM

and COFFEES

Families

Waited

STREET,

Note

Address

Retail)

for

Orders:

and

Prompt

LOWEST

GROCERIES, Our

Famous

Careful

TABLE Brands of

nearly Genori.

Hall,

the

Masonic

quickly. strident

was

relieved

to

house a short The storm Swallows cries

in

see

of a

distance was

swooping

to

6 Victoria

the

National Library of Australia

was

he

as

Ferry

in way in search to

is

name

Heiss." is

Ferry,"

said

prompted

by

instinct

to

con

"

T lost

profession.

wandering

.

a'

the

along

of game, and was glad a find house within

Hay

;nkde

|pectacle

St.,

Perth.

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DYNON

86

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&

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A.

HUGHES,

Manager.

the the

clear for

table,

evening

as

in

if

meal

and uneasy. have only the roughest sort to offer you," of accommodations said " but we are glad to be able Genori, shelter from a to give such you storm." now The rain was in torfalling and the thunder shook the old rents, house and rattled its loose windows, while the wind flapped to and fro the unfastened shutters. The. fact gave Genori an what Ferry thought was excuse than a reason rather to leave the rbom with his The companion. servant had already gone, and Genori that would explained they go and assist her in trying to fasten the shutters the and house protect the fury of the storm. against was

BOHEMIAN

FANCY

EARTHENWARE, VASES STANDS,

FLOWER

to

preparation nervous

"

with

spread

0pticianr

Chambers,

flights,

and" the wheat earth, about him rustled with as the swift a crisp, sound rattling over the ripening gusts of wind swept Ferry hurried on, hoping to grain. to put the noted Virginia hospitality the storm should the test before about him. break in violence, close fields

Clarke,

Alfred

Mr.

coming

dashed

bare.

He could not wholly account for but he was seized with the con men were sus viction that these characters. He picious thought the second looked Heiss, man, and he was certain that frightened, woman the old colored who had

the large from

Mr.

is

and

title

enough

.

he

the top

he

it,

cliff,

red brick the shore.

to

an

and

reach."

,

As he scrambled

his

river

for

This

name my officer, young but imperative

my

Sight-Testing

My

perfected.

And

swift ceal

PERTH.

Free

and left.

Italian.

or

Spanish

.

com

My friend

Delivery.

"

New Opposite HOWICK STREET,

and,

and myself are here at a common work upon interest. We had heard that this old house, known as for a could be rented Peccatone, mere for a week or and we song so, have taken it, to work an im upon which we have portant patent very

PRICES.

darkness, greeted him

a

:

"

PERTH,

Best

on

is

surroundings, materialised

of the

either

said

and

IMPORTERS,

Stock of GENERAL Assorted in the and DAIRY PRODUCE City. known. are well and favourably

Complete

man

The room was almost man Another foreign -looking at a centre and seated table, rose the man who had received

.

,

that

the

looking out

was

GALLAGHER,

HOWICK

85 Hold

storm

ing forward, civilly invited him into a room to the Ferry noticed that he spoke with and his skin accent, swarthy that deep black eyes suggested

perth.

GROCERS and

the

not ship would move until next the day, young no as to officer felt constraint time, was afternoon and although it when he wandered on he started and out, of something on in fruitless, pursuit he became aware to shoot at, until almost unknown to him, dark that, ness had come on. As he stood and that was looked about him, he saw it of nightfall, not only the approach that a was also but heavy storm black clouds overand the brewing, bead and low thunder mutterings now him which that began warned be a violent one. this storm would to back of He had come the shore the river in the of finding hopes some or water ducks game, and he at the foot of some now found himself cut. him off which tall, steep cliffs, from any sight of human habitation, if there should be any such at hand.

Knowing

&

HUGHES CASH

the

until

for looked, evidently someone far towards hall. Then she opened wider, and Ferry found him a hall of veritable large

striking

PNEUMATIC king street,

PREMIER

in

woman

self in colonial

Speed,

ashore. and

a

come

The

and

Durability, RIDE

Spurious

get

you

opened

was

it

door.

said

the door

Comfort,

that

and

steps the

at

?"

over

!

DUNLOP

the indif accepted signal it and hurriedly ferently, dropping into the game-bag, gave the captain as into a cheerful salute he stepped which was to take him the boat

rapid

this in neigh stranger "and have Ferry, and lost hunting my way.

am

May I

Perth.

Street,

I

borhood," been out

:

KEMPTHORNE,

I.

the

look

instructions, back in the

CYCLISTS

Ferry

.

was

old cautiously by an negro woman, screen who seemed anxious to her as self behind it, she peered through the partial opening.

Chemists.

all

by

mounted

Ferry

knocked vigorously some After delay

"

a

the boat When he had landed of had pushed off, Ferry felt a sense con isolation from human strange in the loneliness and silence of tact with its 9-mile that unknown region, of water and the almost width of the its desolated land, appearance its dense tracts of uncultured fields, into the vanish pine trees, reaching vision. ing point of limited

of

black their bare, legs set in vertical lines

fled,

like ing motion.

,

Sick HeadacheBilious

:

For

night signal case into you get to When looking you get be sure to forget you'll

One

there it

was the sign of life appearance who of several small negro children, marionettes around the dashed, like side of the house and then turned

:

take

house that the

first

;

vessel

the

near

indication

shutters on the back opening porch slapped and forth in the high wind. noisily The circle to the front door leading was in a tangle of weeds, and about the hitching post for horses there was an untouched The growth of grass.

The United had gone into

the

drew

every

tenantless.

Irish

Mohawk States cruiser commission at Wash had ington navy yard, and thence droDDed down the river preparatory a pros There was to going to sea. the com and of bad weather, pect manding officer decided to anchor for in a coast while off the Virginia to out. order ride it One of the who Lieutenant Ferry, junior officers, an ardent was got per sportsman, to mission True, go ashore to hunt. were clouds and there up, rolling a sound of there came occasionally was distant thunder but this in to sufficient dampen the ardor of a man who loved above hunting him and who had before everything, a cruise of many which months, would cut him off from the indul None pastime. gence of his favorite cared to accom of his fellow-officers and, and he was pany him, however, of off the commander alone, going

he

was

We

.

our

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