as he reached his office next morning. The printed letter-head, som

McMahon

Dealer & Hor

week or

Rock Hens & Ro

dley's Lives

d Watermelon

, Mount C

; but Mr. McNutt was the only known person to whom he could appeal to

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the work is done. Have the house thoroughly cleaned, the grass mowed around it and the barns and outbuildings repaired wherever it may be necessary. You are also instructed to procure for Mr. Merrick's use a good Jersey cow, some pigs and a dozen or

al days thi

of good fayth and I wull see what can be done. Old Hucks is livin on the place yit

he wrong tack. The man is justified in thinking we're crazy.

several hammocks, croquet and tennis sets, and a remarkable collection of fishing tackle, which the sporting-goods man had declared fitted to catch anything that swam, from a whale to a minnow. Also, Uncle John decided to dress the part of a rural gentleman, and ordered his tailor to prepare a corduroy fishing costume, a suit of white flannel, one of khaki, and some old-fashioned blue jean overalls, with apron front, which, when made t

jor," he said; "I'll run

igned with a

for five hundred dollars, with instructions to get the

chuck him out at once. I'm sure you are a man of good taste and judgment. Look over the furniture in the house and telegraph me what condit

is was a charact

e everything else. Will d

is power. He visited a large establishment making a specialty of "furnishing homes complete," and ordered a new kitchen outfit, including a modern range, a mission style ou

to the dealer. "Don't neglect an

was "the great John Merrick," who could furnish a cit

nction, and Uncle John wrote McNutt to have it

hat effect and I'll come down. But don't let any grass gr

c uncle. Besides Patricia Doyle, whom we have already introduced, these nieces were Miss Louise Merrick, who had just celebrated her eighteenth birthday, and Miss Elizabeth-or "Beth"-De Graf, now well past fifteen. B