A Country Sweetheart

BY DORA RUSSELL, AUTHOR OF "HIS WILL AND HERS," "THE BROKEN SEAL," "THE LAST SIGNAL," ETC.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: RAND, McNALLY & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.

THE SONG OF THE "No. 9."

My dress is of fine polished oak, As rich as the finest fur cloak, And for handsome design You just should see mine-- No. 9, No. 9.

I'm beloved by the poor and the rich, For both I impartially stitch; In the cabin I shine, In the mansion I'm fine-- No. 9, No. 9.

I never get surly nor tired, With zeal I always am fired; To hard work I incline, For rest I ne'er pine-- No. 9, No. 9.

I am easily purchased by all, With installments that monthly do fall, And when I am thine, Then life is benign-- No. 9, No. 9.

To the Paris Exposition I went, Upon getting the Grand Prize intent; I left all behind, The Grand Prize was mine-- No. 9, No. 9.

At the Universal Exposition of 1889, at Paris, France, the best sewing machines of the world, including those of America, were in competition. They were passed upon by a jury composed of the best foreign mechanical experts, two of whom were the leading sewing machine manufacturers of France. This jury, after exhaustive examination and tests, adjudged that the Wheeler & Wilson machines were the best of all, and awarded the company the highest prize offered--the GRAND PRIZE--giving other companies only gold, silver, and bronze medals.

The French government, as a further recognition of superiority, decorated Mr. Nathaniel Wheeler, president of the company, with the Cross of the Legion of Honor--the most prized honor of France.

The No. 9, for family use, and the No. 12, for manufacturing uses, are the best in the world to-day.

And now, when you want a sewing machine, if you do not get the best it will be your own fault.

Ask your sewing machine dealer for the No. 9 Wheeler & Wilson machine. If he doesn't keep them, write to us for descriptive catalogue and terms. Agents wanted in all unoccupied territory.

WHEELER & WILSON MFG. CO., CHICAGO, ILL.