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Comfort, v. XIX, no. 5 [i.e. 4], February 1907.
Contributor
Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899.
Date Added
14 January 2015
Format
Newspaper
Language
English
Publish Date
1907-02
Publisher
Augusta, Me. : W. H. Gannett, Incorporated
Source
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
Jerry, the Backwoods Boy / by Horatio Alger, Jr.
Topic
Augusta (Me.) > Newspapers. Popular literature > Specimens.
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V l l V , February
[4 ,COMFORT g
1; Jan ‘neg lenunt interruption, but no one appeared to ,"
gain si ht. ' ' ‘
A 6 it you have never tried suillng on a sled you ..m, 3.0,, hm , noise, Mabel," he asked.
have sulased a good denial is rt. First got a “Ye, lv
, ' tough. pliable, tire-teat pole. lckhry preferred. --That sounded like someone lsnghingl”
, 0 S and rnount it upright on the iron: or the .. mu . , . .
v sled. This may, be done bl: horghe; 3 11.013 At this nuouientarustling caught the atten- agygpqznral srzzl. rzuog
: , ‘ through I short piece 0! wmtlmlz ‘ Bl 3"-ms tlon or hoth, and revealed the whereabouts or ,uss.s.t.... airulznhuvud Anlhrhv cram... s.......
' - “W 9 ”‘ he ' - the any h In their rivets’. - ‘ "“" ’?’“ ""'..‘uif.:‘i.2i'ni‘,'n5tiiii.t$’.:?.‘L‘%l‘.‘?.s3s"
‘ By Uni-‘[9 John hole into the Perche sanong I. a branches oi a tree at s .j.'i,;',3‘,‘$‘1;'g‘;‘,“;"-1;,“-,;.,o 3,," a..,,.,,,,,,.,,,'
‘ - sachet thus littlo distance was Jerry, with his string oi
. . N - grep“. 0” nah. .' SE1 us HOW WE
when I-‘ellx won hennmlinlzthe e Nowitisnot very pleusingtp be disturbed . . oh I
- ' ' - oc to the in an agrceahla tsto-a-tcte, and at was anastern Give this a I‘ ,
S 5:15;? lL‘f,“’E,fTf;ff,‘j:,,‘?,f,1:Ei$:.f,”., 3,3 jog n frtmtend 01 the tune that Henry Davenport called out: and ntasrllzy llwotzur all: t
. .. . . . or e
asgrssdfshnsllon Fe]ix.Ivith evident mirth. :11"! “lb “What rulsthiet are you doing up there, g“.IItZYf)g;l'.' e cggiecggm E
, ' And both started running lur all they were worth. envy canvas. . Jerry!” - p . pure tooLls,exl.racts’pt5!‘lll
. . Now TOD). being uiurhla, could so lllre tile wind, in lieu of which . ..1 “Di, doing my masohior,” said the boy g%ws;s;aerl]l%r]gg‘i;?‘arEs :oII‘3‘lI(s.
r so cnmbersunt was leltlnr behln . on mg ,., ., W Her “gm wmmnw
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lli.“h‘;h“i. i""E"l"i.V"x"l ii li3r'e"l"s1a'?'e'il"a‘it'i'i"'rl2i’i'a'r'e 51“ 0‘ “git. or -trial? 1aldnkit,his tliaoln 1:99:
. ‘K 0“ '0'" " "“ - ‘ tothe pole. Thoen o t osai s on s lg h - d , Id
, um,’ , , ..,. me, my loet are like leadl” , . . p ot or in ncemen can you
- , Yelle: :‘:lzI:,':."lT‘ltcrl Felix was Iorglng ahead. , 55:15: 2‘:l1l‘efb‘:“’:z‘:a‘I‘l‘ I;‘t’;$"‘01 l;P;‘i1’:':aD;‘gs D;‘v'i;h‘em;l: in sgnt;gdJe;;:spf:‘l; glam 033%,! DJ;
tacked on the border or the sailse that it may mmlgo, kg, eye, 3'’ 5 E
d 5 id - ‘l-ll:lu:lpl:l!” said the youngumsrl’, coloring.
B Dll.
bo ,,
“’l‘l:lei-l wh did you go up there? whst and“!-10.77 he Hons:-vii
haves. Eumgskx Kostnl will
$80k: $175 Per Mcnlh '
'; waslelt several rods nud some drygcods attached ‘O ab, [0 9, 9 4. NEW .1“, “That mm “we W m dlir-Jrememaxnerien
1 I d 6 me ’ stretch or smooth road or ice you me due to All “my, responsible to yam“, I know og, “tr
I " """ " . him 50m"e3”“"- . 7 said the boy. “l’li answer Miss Mabel there,
. Bo s who love the national game now have a .n......... though perhaps it's all the same.” . to 1
b to lay it nil winter. First however This was saidln so droli'und kuowniga no i V ,, - M, '
E Iivenzlclias E I uudrb ' d Id and ao’ol-ing cape-’ Jerry, the Backwoods Boy Ithathrieither Henry nor Mabel could help 3' , .- ,al"l';'"'l?'os‘tTa'l'all‘-'lrTit‘i‘h'ii&'$‘o'li.,"uts?.
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. ;;‘t’”,,:,:L‘e," $"m...., t no es, just; (coimzrvnn FROM PAC-E 5-) -l’ilvslf,1e..,y,;,l,,,,s .gow,.,.nd lwmglss ion E.
; hey aroorlureuibsllncld,slsocutiivullltlo get mother was and um, exchange with something,” and the young man good- s.. WANTED ‘mm’ “mum;
2 “'55 W 5“ “.5 "Y9 .0" ,'“3‘’ 9' P19“ "1 u." ' ‘M’ .Y- united slates and ca-atda to advertise our
- the -We 5'" "WV. ' '1'“ 1'“ “W ‘W 0‘ “ “I dou’l: see what advantage there would be “A linking perhaps?” suggested the Wily , sauna. tukirlc up . re.---
, clock, marking it with tour alternate numbers in Nut," and Mabel‘ with provoking qbtuso. Jerry, not stirring. lencel,brldges..nl-id Illuczeru In-es, diIl.r“iEIIti'l.l“3
v n mph s aw in cut. on wars - MES. - “No, Jerry, of course you wouldn't stand in zmn-I1al“::‘:;3‘f;;gn:;':,“-G . ‘ “I mpmm“.
dicator is fastened with la pil‘l,IlJd we Are ready rim“; y “ Wm ,3,” to it’ nevertheless." . need or ‘mg, Bug hepalg hglfg dollar for you,” W ‘and "Mme mu. we I" on W, ,, ,0 ,0.‘
. to be i . The llrst player Whirl“ ““’- ""‘"’ ' At sight at the coin the boy slid down the N .
E " rl “N"'“"'”h'"""” encw“ 9 W "' W" es with wonderinl rapidity and presented siniigemzulclunh cos. I-on on. own - -it-.
whims. it is time you began toexerclses little :1:
l0RD’S PRAYER‘
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stops at two he has made a two hsse hit and , , ,3. imsell before the young anan. ,.
' by P"‘“"8 I “W9 M 0" “mud b“9- sei‘1B‘iletny2u snow 1 ans not used to that.” “Of course. Jerry." said Henry. “you know r
Hhis next trial results the tame WM’, he has use much the better. Perhaps, under my that we real on interest in hyou, and it you a.l.nl. so
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" 3 '-‘ y “Will you, indeed take me under yourtrain- implied y the expression emph-sizegi. Ind eig- slit. losrsr rs‘;
s jag. When" “keg we young m,., uy, nlged as much by a very lrnowln” win . H v-on-es rt...-..ln.w......s... V
V 1 . or ,9“ it would bgm, gm“ N, “asp. p innderstsnd, Mr. Davenport, ssld he. It ‘ I wish any Pawn in
' ' taking," said she, shaking her head. "I am all: t always necessary to tell whats tailor sees. a we 0 S suffering “ml
lairlai yo pwould lgskemn vsrybl ttonizlenome Pi:“lut,e)!,.l you that Mehitsble thinks shes got ! hrs I-in-LEPSYMFALL‘
”'.’.’2;"0'f,",'m,.:f,’3.yeP;’;‘;a2'f’e",vr E 3 E "Mehinble got a bean?” exclaimed Mabel, 7 me sxcxxzss to send for
“What has oor Mehituble done? Do you lorgstting her eauharras merit. I one o y large-sized ,
' ‘ “Just be ‘ 16-ounce bottles FREE
her, it you don’t believe me," said .
Jerri. and strode act, with his hair dollar in . pm;
and and his string of Esh in the ct er.
think I will stand still and hear her abused in
such tss i n - V -
“Oh, I have no doubt she is 3 very estimable 0138
EGRAMT. Dept. 54. Kansas city. Mo.
old ladY"‘d ’ m h 1, 5, 1 1 h (To an oolxvrrxvnn.) gold
,. “Oldlu yl Itwou s or y she or, er 7-,, mm ,, it‘ r ,1 ,, V
T to hear you ripen her thhe- 3’ her Wm Ber smalls; ,,eorf",,el"‘!.tl5t”ifes"$5. jiliziirfzsi, $17 1% “N "
oni-it she is nnly shout hir .” the interest ojths boy: and girls us well us than of
euveu preserve her than from ever living it-WI W-“M76 ilwn; If 7-0‘ G 9'4Nt‘’'’“7G7 501'‘ 15
ewmlook om enough H, be the Dznll hefm [he prtcz odooncss. :Reud HI: oetrl
- s 11 c u
: gmwgnmdmomer 0” mmg. ler, “Second Tltoughts,” thereby keeping the
:4 . I “Pom Memnblex I see you have 8 weir thread I34"h5llUf‘l[IlI‘l2’l?l1lb'IGlIka ‘ .
‘ ‘p inizs may ha i>1nvc<1- The cuts mike everr dice against her. But how we have been wast
thing so pllllllllml. yousuigo right ahead and wag“, mm, .1, you Wm come .0 we hang; “Tug, am am an emu“;
Plhythis gall-c llyou uls rne, I will give you some cake or my D,,p.,.,,,, ,
C d w . . own mnkitig.” ,
0 0 "1018 --Thatw 1 certainly be a powerlul induce-
, r....s....t sis... in... still as...
Would is’! you like to he shls to write in such 3313- Pligtgnzfey‘ E353 gent)’: ff 1:‘9‘.:-",, ft ‘= '0 7 .‘g:'iZ:i$“Lg?.‘.cARDS
away that no ono could read your nuts only bu, dun,‘ mus.“ my mmdwplm Mam“ as‘. W
I cl uzzlin cudais to use due letter buck ol ' l‘““"'.m’P"f“ 3"” ” "m"". cing“ W I-4'-II-=-tat"-MIn'IxIo0K ;
rl p Z . we ‘cgliizrvzilgols so wanting in appreciation of her i ; ‘cARnmsm:;z'd:-‘ant:-‘I?s;‘ng‘l;:H?;:hmu'gm
- . . 3 la... n. .... orsn ..
character that occurs in tan’: pbabet ‘just be “B”, M“;eL,, mg ‘the ggomrg mu’ "1 m ,,M “M mu, M“ W“,hf;,r;;:
’ ‘ 0 3 d M 0 p H M, a “boys. read to ms s amen ‘s or a I , .l,.. ...,,.,,a,... m..,.,., 5... F .
< written ncconilill: lolbis code would he"nnx.” :1 owl 3.119”?-was tt3,the young lady! I 9IS CARD ,=:::.".:;-s.l:"t.-::.r:r.z r
- - en“ mu 0,, mmesl. nvmm thlnlr abs wll lance t on, . ...ir.....l...... c..us...s..sa....-....,a.
KM bu dz" New would"-t mu punts myone iiow prove mg you are, Mgbell But ulncc Aura It:-tn. cizowsl cAiz.nco.cola.ha..oilla.
- - uotlu the secretr withslittla practice you Y0“ h“V9WmP“d mEv1'"3S0mEW W 3”"! s , , -
' V’ can beco a very prollclent in this puzzle writ- of tn not or der us." 99] ::::,'"-:.-,, ,::';L,'::5,;-gt-;'rt,,,',1:cm[)g ,,,,,,,,, '’.'.‘..'.'s‘,‘o5s.. . ,
Y inz. and will ceruiuly ereitoagood deal cl .1! “Kipling you to an act oi darlngl ,1, 4’;-.Il!“I“:f:‘:4'" i.'....s..:“...u.lH‘.;...,,,,,, Wham mm H d X‘ I:::m;:A.!ul4l1:,I I
wosmmsne, V th‘l&l:).uIKaer:ry‘;tteetnigmggrztg my in uence! ......i... d. aauarlaa l:4J.,IAul.st..&tI t...7’l‘a“l2‘ nrlntrrrnjt lull l.E5Z'ol“r5i':‘o?. finest ‘r....; a...-a. a
Baby Cart “I up gl you ad ‘t it. Now you wul see V" 294[:‘$l’.',.‘.‘:s‘;l.'L‘1‘.f“:.’:;.".‘t‘sl‘?.'..!f ‘::l‘::":f1i'I;‘u‘ 5FiloFE;&'n‘tZT$i1"l"i&"'I'3l?f‘r21i:“"r
. . -4 -...s....... . ..
While we are rnslrlng things for ourselves we :10" P0991”: ‘ Wk It Will he to attempt re- ,,h.,,,;."jI'g';‘n“;‘,':;';:u81-':vI:"A;:-. a.a...a v nu enrol’, .'.‘.'-7 "ii-l.53'Lf.ntlr.. l.l.lS.'.:
must not lorget the bah . The little can ”(V;"h‘;‘h3 ‘batman pa” 0‘ the w“ t--aon-ocnnoo-xmv,csulz.oalo f;(';;',',;,-q<;'gg,-3,-;;;;v; 1'.rpt;;r'lat't‘=;drr“l=‘r‘lllr'-ndrt-ea rug“-‘Jinn;
oing on, hey had gradually sdvancsd to tho ’“" ' "3,
E , ar ,9... ,,.,,,, IK rethlluenmavln-to ..
bnsectl-nnoldtreeo uge ..,,.,....,.,.. ,,... ,,,!!?>.,!,!3,,,lsE,$l3,!l& ?,u,:,,i:,2oHs.t FREE :ai:i.i:li.:':l-"'vl'.:=
c Titan among t to onset trees-under Vlnlln.(>uItnr, lu....l.,i..'i.e’ts. ’wmc taaraxelelr-r's'r'r""sZ’l'I'i.'.1'l' l.5'.l'.i'w'.'.?i'.'l"<E'n” ""’"
. whleh.ior convenience‘ sairs,a seat had been ntltlr--In 2-1 M-nt--tun B-Minx. cl-ica:o.ill. slatsrm..’r.ris‘$’)..y..J'.i’.‘;‘.,.s,..
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oructod. yosrnsmstaoa . sin n .
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. “thensis something i have wished to say to ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, W, , you tun
i 0,, 2 you iora on time. i feel that the time has so oulnr. 002:! .3: .‘1"iru"a"E '.’,"lz" "’so"""‘ m“
’ the outside ends toplreep the heels all m"‘rl’8e$i;:y;gE:i’: 31%;‘ W “""‘“” “"“" "‘" Farmers’ Sons Want;
in our will serve to pull the wagon “P” "95 M" I 0" 5'0"!’ Wills" said It -he! ....o....asi...a....'s...s....r ....a... lo """“"“‘
m, , , lightly, although her heart beat lssterthsn its ..l...s.......ts.a,.. .sr......rlse‘l....es.'..?.'.“'.‘.‘l"..‘.;‘:
e C! M L‘, H . e ubtie premonition o n ‘.’:;',‘“’;";f,”““"lf:;"'f'."< '31- -- hvt-u Uflbllshedln each
, we 0 2: '19 angmz true wcman,sho lelt what it was that Henry ..,.'...li....i.'oi’1'aa..”.2'i‘i“"r...."":'n.":.".': "
ings oscspo one‘s notice by rsason oi ed, won m mks I comemm ,,
soinot
h ' -‘.'rr itun tb -mi"? .
fitif: %,‘fc’k'“g‘ ‘$';,'t'3,7ug ;p’,“;‘;i,;‘“uMf‘ on: said tho’youth seriously, seating ninrsoll beside
‘u 1 ti d ' . ="- - -
,‘g,k,,:;‘1“f;‘, 3f,:?,‘;,,‘,;;‘2 - - she did not venture to look up. for she know
M“ 0, mm dz,“ ,, that she could not meet the steady guts or his
attaob to the post, when, 9373:;-Vxzllhxlxgt btgtlrl-yinlz her own feelings-
I. WILL MAKE- YOU
. . . PROSFEROUS
car your confession." also re-
,,,,p,y . turned. while mechanically she began to pull
boroa hole in the pastor hum, sticlr tho wire 31l>!Fb1'f“‘:fb;f;9;e:l;'k?h-d been the -uhlect of
labcl,you are not unprepared to
love you, saldpthe young man ab-
don my coming e point so
cannot help loilowiug the bent
m 48...’; W 1 -
nut ouverur Pan card puhlillied.
d the demand increasing daily. This ' ,
o one. leases all. yet no man aultahla V :
I we av. olrerc no “Everybodi
er card with thru other hanoaonr.
no all) tree (or our cents wlrh some
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' 7 The roses we're brighter th at to v
, 30" ‘”‘-"‘ chee bntshs could not av3l'.'l‘;‘l"5l7r'.'; w'ay 5.3
glnrls more (tin can be had with her rlntunl llrchness. .
has A(h(lIn:I‘I.rln II
and dd ‘
‘an “Inn.” “I-A V a real or some mend Tr nalnhor who as
he sr-ee-3 rlurirmnthly ...g., .
“"lF0R'r. no: a, Augusta. ualno.
in snowy re
a big bah sled tlicnt atlythiuiligtellsol kngew or; f:ill‘i!blr‘fI)r!e ogenae tlhan Iantlcipated,”nhe ’ I ’ w‘ ‘ A r
i very I s um ro sat ulyou otrnyand' l t ‘ >
gordlnary sort, and a law com- or it’. may extend you my lorgpigggslilupm v ‘ ’ A I R‘ RIFLE
E man tools we can more one. “No,no,"eu[d the young man eagerly. "1 "mum m a H 5 32 Inch" Long
.. Cu o‘nt’u‘plege tor the runner do not feel the. slightest particle ol repent- nod,pla;m‘;”p.3D:‘epY.!nrN::ilA.zgfldbsn-eltlllwarlinl Dsrtsnickeled: walnut
like u. G it A eraceful Inc Inddllrhzuilviill-velirulerliie de " 'u'?‘.'s'l7.f‘e'i'‘v.‘il"v5l“‘“'‘'‘‘”'’'”””'‘‘’‘ ‘
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5) ' and sllaleegy sh‘spe i! it takes “ utmperbspe, if you make I slight ei- -7'D'?l’I'yoflohsu‘l‘ at its
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the tour runnersiare cut (roll: this “Pardon me; that I have no intention oi
Hrst pattern. Join each pair with doin ." H
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2 "b"i's sinuplo sin 3 inc es Ihslllhlfllvle i:liioi':ritIv)i:]y7g:"t7ii“a’y‘3Io’li'r l:i:l:”I
at the to , 12 inches At the bottom, helglzt8 Slmlooked so attractive at that moment-her
inches. here Ire tour ollhis shape, one being e 9! ball veiled in mnldell slzynesl, her cheeks
cleated to each runner as shown in “c." Again t nged with a crimson hush-un er Innwer
conv yeti so much he an
tbatllenr ay
yieldingdto the tenlaptatlon to which no w
su jecte an stem ngn 5.
he not ri was so sudden that lie was com-
pleligly successful. ElV2ejiri.te[t(l11iz ‘fll1l%lf:il(;)7l.)]
H ow c you lenry‘ ox ame a a,
who was not, however, very sericousl oil-ended,
when her intended rebuke was cut I art in un
unex
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V suitable iur
luriiinhln music for enter.
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25, at I A
instrum ntand brings a high rice in a mic
store I t f o it a
"3' iellmlz on y two dozen pieces nl our ex-
‘.‘5‘V=lY designed, swzll ewelry, Nobody
"“‘ “"50 tv hny 0! you. us our jewelxy la
Renliil-lcdgold plate and the best people wzlr
olirr s sell tn ewelry ar lo cents a
ghgcj-K:-3231' ggturn our Lu), and we will send
mam T ion at once d gases t tl
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wit 1. ll ' C 3 0 5-
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May. Mam‘ w t our goods. we
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lasts. 47:. aosrort. Iulssf
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sound of : laugh, hall-suppressed and
ma put croespieccs on top, drill 9 hole in the suddenly checked, smote upon the ears 0! both
center 0! each, lace aver same plank with at the same moment. Mabel with I deep blush
corresponding holes horsd, and drop into each separated horselr from the embrace or herlovor,
hole I long Ind rattler loosely fitting bolt. The Ind looked I nit her with In lit‘ of confusion.
only thing new lacking in I hill, Ind the right Theyonnz mln ntnrted to his leet Ind looke
kind qt weather. . T V in various directions (or the nuthar at the unv
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