Note 1 — CAMPAIGNING STORIES.
Reading edition
The following extract from the letter of the author of the Captive Rivals, will account for the delay in finishing this story in the December number.—Ed. Graham. Jacksonville, Ill. Dec. 12th, 1861. G. R. Graham, Esq., Dear Sir,—I send you, inclosed, the final number of the ‘Captive Rivals’—which has been by sickness, and other unavoidable causes, unreasonably delayed.