from one of the towns near here! The neighbours, missing them one morning, went to the house and, after banging away at the door without: avail, finally forced an entrance. Everything was in'order, furniture and cooking Tauthe cal, oven money was found, but where were the. people? The Fovestigate, but no clue could be gotten to the ug was beaten and crowd assembled to mystery. No thief could have been there, for he would not have left money. After a day or two relatives came and took charge the house and ita contents, and a3 search failed to reveal the whereabouts of the owners, the neighbourhood soon quieted down.' Last week the mother and sons composing te family turned up. It seems that they took up the idea that THE REBELS WERE COMING, took advantage of the cover of night to get out of the way as fast as possible. No doubt the poor old woman had some bitter experience when the rebels were here.
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