HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1909-09-02, Page 7THE MYSTERY
BID STEWART EDWARD WHITE
And SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
COPYRIGHT. 1907. BY
McCLURE. PHILLIPS & CO.
senooner rigntea. The • strained lines
Tile 'suspense atter a 't'SmC became on Handy Solomon's carven features
unbearable, for while the portent— relaxed little by little. Thraekles, star -
whether physical or moral we were ing over the side,t let o>t a shouted and roar.ighty .
too far under its influence to distill- "Steerage way!"
rguish—grew momentarily, our own ecuted an awkward clog dance on the
1, ouls did not expand in due corre- reeling deck.
I pondence. We talked of towing, of She moved forward, there was no
'kedging out, of going to any extreme, doubt of that, for gradually we were
even to small boats. Then just as we eating toward the wind, but we made
were about to move toward some ac- considerable leeway as well. Handy
complishment a new phenomenon Solomon, taut as the weather rigging,
chained our attention to the shore. took his little advantages one by one
In the mouth of the arroyo appeared like precious gifts. Light there was
a red glow. A. moment later a wave none. The land was blotted out by the
of ]ava, white hot, red, iridescent, cool -steam and murk which had crept to
In to a black crust cracked in incan- sea and now was hurled back by the
dei •"ce, rolled majestically out over wind. All we could do was to hang
the .r :ssy plain. Each instant it grew there, tasting the copper of excitement,
in ;me until the ravine must have waiting for these different forces to ad -
•be. ; Sowing half full. , just themselves. Inch by inch we crept
I . ,re its scorching the grasses even forward; foot by foot we made Iee-
StRt t..e edge of the sea were smoking, way. The intensest of the lava glow
.and our camp had already burst into worked its way from directly abeam
r flames. We had to shield our faces of the quarter. By this we knew we
against the heat, and the wooden rail- must be nearly opposite the cove. At
ing under our hands was growing once a new doubt sprang up in our
warm. minds.
Pulz turned an ashy countenance to- A moment ago all the energy of our
ward us. desires had gone up in the ambition to
"My God," he screamed, "what's go- avoid being east on the beach. Now we
ing to happen when she hits the sea?" saw that that was not enough. It was
She hit the sea. and immediately, a necessary to squeeze around the point
great cloud of steam arose and the void the fate here lay the Golden
oldenat aHorn in overtaken her.
her.
r to
hissing as of a thousand serpents. We
felt the strong suction under our keel Handy Solomon
. We could not el hear, butourown
andistaggered she r the jerk of the knowledge told us what it must be,
ship's cable as t swung oward the and with one accord .we turned to
cac. Theon paint was beginning to on the foresail. With the peak of it
cracklenfor the scalding
rain. whiteWe could hses hoisted we moved a trifle faster, though
enveloped
for We could u veil t ngat the schooner lay' over at a perilous
for eed ar. f mhear nothing angle. A. moment later the fogs parted
menfor the roarp of steam, the bombard- to show us the cliffs looming startling -
thunder, of explosions and the crash of ly near. There were the donkey engine
but our nostrilsah were assault- of and the works we had constructed for
ed by a most unearthly medley of wrecking, and there beside them,
smells. watching us reflectively, stood Percy
We were clinging hard as the ship Darrow.
reeled. Huge surges were racing in For ten minutes we stared at him
from ucawarv, growing larger with fascinated, during which time the
each successive Solomonilraw. ship labored against the staggering
Handy raised his head, ad.lis- winds, gained and lost in its buffeting
tened intently and struck his forehead. k
"Windl" he screamed at the top of
.Ills voice and jumped for the halliards.
Thraekles followed him, but no one
•else moved. In au instant the two were
back, striking and kicking savagely,
rousing their companions to the dan-
ger. We to
e
e
mad, ands inid no s time h had canvas
snugsged
down to a staysail and the peak of
our mainsail. Thrackles drew his knife
and jumped for the cable, while Hand
WINtitl1Aki. TU11ES, SEPTEMBER 2 19uv
CHAPTER XN.V
ANDY SOLOMON approached
me with a cont]cieuce that pro-
claimed the new leader. A.
brace of revolvers swung from
his belt; the tatters of his blood stain-
ed garments/hung about hien.
"Well, here we are," he remarked.
1 nodded, waiting for what he had to
disclose.
"And lucky for you that you're here,
at all, say I," be continued. "And now
that you're here w'at are you going to
do? That's the question—w'at are you
going to do?" IIe cocked his head side-
wise and looked at me speculatively as
a cat might look at a rather large
mouse. "We been a little rough," he
went on after a moment, "and some
folks is straitlaced. There might be
trouble. Aud you know a heap too
mach.'
"What do you want of me?" I de-
manded.
"It's just this," he returned briskly:
"If you'll lay us our course to San
Salvador, we'll let you go as one of us
and no question asked."
"If not?" 1 inquired.
fie shrugged his shoulders. "I leave
.'.t to you."
"There's always the sea," I sug-
gested,
ue€gested,
"•.stud It's deep," he agreed.
We looked out to the horizon in a
diplomatic silence. I did not know
whether to be angry, amused or alarm-
ed that the man estimated my clever-
ness so slightly. Why, the hook was
barely concealed and the bait of the
coarsest. That 1 would go safe to a
sight of San Salvador I did not doubt.
That 1 would never enter the harbor I
was absolutely certain. The choice of-
fered me was practically whether I
preferred being thrown overboard now
or several hundred miles to southeast-
ward.
I thought rapidly. It might be possi-
lee to announce a daily false reckon-
ing to the crew, to sail the ship within
rowing distance of some coast and then
to escape while the men believed them-
selves many hundred miles at sea. It
would take nice calculation to prevent
suspicion, but as it was the only
chance I resolved upon it immediately.
"That's all very well," I said firmly,
"but you can't get anywhere without
me, and I'm not going to put in two
years and then keep my mouth shut
for nothing. I want a share in the
swag—an even share with the rest of
you."
"Oh. that'll be all right," he cried.
"You can have it."
If anything was needed to convince
me of the man's sinister intentions,
this too ready acquiescence would have
been enough. I knew him too well. If
with the great surges. The breakers
he had had the slightest intention of
hurling themselves in wild abandon Permitting me to go free, he' would
against the rocks sent their backwash have bargained.
peaksoto our very bilges. ,The nigger called us to mess. We
The tumbling the after cabin. The chest was
few remains of the Golden Horn, Ate in
alternately drenched and draining,
seemed to picture to us our inevitable
end.
I think we had all selected the same
two points for our "bearings," a rock
and a drop of the cliff bolder than the
dy Solomon, his eyes snapping, seized
If the rock opened from the
the wheel. cliff to eastward, we were lost; if it
We finished just in time. I was turn- remained stationary, we were at least
holding our own; if it opened out to
BBOTHER
TOLD DROTHER
One Suffered for Fifteen Years, the
Other for Thirteen,
The convincing powers of q testimo-
nial were never more clearly shown
than in the case of Air. Iiugh Brown, A
brother, Lemuel Brown, of Avondale,
N.B„ read in the paper about lion.
Yolui Costigan being cured by "Fruit-
a-tives." Knowing the Senator would
only endorse a medicine which had
cured him, Mr. Lemuel Brown tried
" fruit-a-tives," They cured him of
Chronic Indigestion and Constipation,
so he urged his brother to try them.
shot straight up through
Hartland, N.B., Oct. 28th, 1907.
"Three doctors told me that I had
Liver Disease and serious Stomach
Trouble. My Stomach was very weak.
forthirteen
(who was cured of terrible Indigestion rence. First a long, straight shaft o
15 years), recommended me to try these the cabin roof to a great height. It
w o xde�ful tablets. I bought half a shone through the wooden planks as
an ordinary light shines through glass.
Dy contrast the surrounding blackness
was thrown into a deeper shade, and
yet the shaft itself was so brilliant as
almost to scotch the sight. Curiously
strong shadows across thein faces, "
bringing out the deep lines, accentuat-
ing the dominant passions. With their
rags and blood, their unshaven faces,
their firearms, their filth, they showed
in violent antithesis to the immaculate ,
white of 01d Scrubs' cabin, its glitter-
ing brass and its shining leather. I
darted up the steps.
The contrast of the starry night with
the glare of the cabin lamp dazzled my
eyes. I stood stock still for a moment,
during which the only sounds audible
were the singing of the winds through
the rigging, the wash of the sea and
the small, sharp click of Perdosa's in-
strument as he worked at the chest.
Presently I could see better. I look-
ed forward and aft for Pulz, but could
see nothing of him and had just about
concluded that lie had gone forward
when I happened to glance aloft.
There, to my astonishment, I made
him out huddled in silhouette against
the stars close to the main truck.
What he was doing there I could not
imagine. however, I did not have
time to bother my head about him
further than to rejoice that he could
not obstruct me.
I should very much have liked to get
hold of a rifle and ammunition or at
least to lay in biscuit and water, but
for this there was no time. It was
not absolutely essential. The dull glow
of the Island was still visible. I had
my pillar of fire and smoke to guide
me. Without further delay I jerked
loose the painter and drew the extra
dory alongside.
I had proceeded just so far in my
movements when the most extraordi-
nary thing happened. I shall try to
I took their medicines tell you of it as accurately as possible
years and grew worse. My brother j• Lind in the exact order of its occur -
by "Fru]t a -hives" after suffering for white fight
umumancamismsonassumalmlailmillasmilmillimimmli
ing away after tying the last gas
the foresail when the deck up ended
and .tipped me headforemost into the
starboard scupper. At the same time
a smother of salt water blew over the
port rail, now far above me, to drench
me as thoroughly as though I had fall-
en overboard. I brushed out my eyes
to find the ship smack on her beam
from
howling by
,ends and the wind
the sea.
I had company enough in the scup-
pers.' Only Handy Solomon clung des-
perately to the wheel, jamming his
Weight to port in the hope she might
pay up. Thrackles, too, his eye squint-
ed along some bearing of his own, was
waiting for her to drag. Presently it
became evident that she was doing so,
whereupon he drew his knife across
our hawser.
"My God," chattered Pulz at my ear,
"if we go ashore"—
He did not need to finish. Unless the
Laughing
s the
•squallhad drivenher to Ieewarda
scant half mile we should be cooked
alive in the boiling caldron at the
shore's edge.
For an interminablen time,
as it seem-
ed to me, we lay el
ss.
The scene is stamped indelibly on my
memory—the buliwarks high above me,
the steep, sleek deck, the piratical fig -
sire tense at the wheel, the snarling
water racing from beneath us, the lurid
glow to landward crawling up on us
inch by inch, like a hungry the brave
ild beast.
Then almost imperceptibly y
westward, we were saved. We watch-
ed with a strained eagerness i.apos-
sibie to describe. At each momentary
gain or rebuff we uttered ejaculations.
The nigger mumbled charms. Every
once in awhile one of us would snatch
a glance to leeward at the cruel white
waters, the whirl of eddies where the
was beaten, only to hurry back to
sea
the rock and the point of the cliff
whence our message of safety or de-
struction was to be flung. Once 1
looked up. Percy Darrow was leaning
gracefully against a stanchion,
, watch-
ing. His soft hat was pp
his
eyes. He stroked softly his little
mustache. I caught the white puff of
his cigarette. During the moment of
my inattention something happened.
A wild shout burst from the men. I
whirled and saw to my great joy a
strip of sky westward between the
cliff and the rock. And at that very
instant a billow larger than the or-
dinary rolled beneath us, and in the
back suction of its passage I could
dimly make out cruel, dangerous rocks a
lying almost under our keel.�j1
dozen boxes and have lust finished the
1xt1x. I eat all kinds of hearty foods
without distress and am greatly im-
proved in every way. "Fruit-a.-tives"
1.1.:o cured the Chronic Constipation
which was so distressing in my oases'
(Signed) IIUGH BROWN.
50c a box, 6 for $2.50; a trial bot,
25e. At dealers or from Fruit -a -'fives,
Limited, Ottawa.
locked, and the men had as yet been
unable to break into it. Pulz profess-
ed some skill in locksmithing and
promised to experiment later. After
mess we went on deck again. The is-
land had dropped down to the horizon
and showed as a brilliant glow under
a dark canopy. I leaned over the rail,
looking at it. Below me the extra
dory bumped along. The idea came
to me that if I could escape that night
I could row back to Percy Darrow.
The two of us could make shift to live
on fish and shellfish and mutton. The
plan rapidly defined itself in my brain.
From the remains of the Golden Born
we could• construct some kind of a
craft in which to run free to the sum-
mer trades. Thus we might in time
reach some one Or another of the
Sandwich Islands, whence a passing
trainer could take us bads to civiliza-
tion. There were tunny elements of
uncertainty in tele scheme. but it seem-
ed to me less desperate than trusting to
the caprices of these men, especially
since they now had free access to the
liquor stores.
While I leaned over the rail engross-
ed in these thoughts one of the black
thunderclouds that had been gather-
ing and dissipating over the island dur-
ing the entire afternoon suddenly glow-
ed overhead with a strange white in-
candescence startingly akin to Dar -
row's so called "devil fires." Strange-
ly enough, this illumination, unlike the
volcanic glows, lows appeared eared to be cast on
the, clouds from without rather than
shot through them from within, as
were the other volcanic emanations.
At the same instant I experienced a
sharp interior revulsion of some sort,
most briefly momentary, but of a char-
acter that shook me from head to toe.
I had no time to analyze these vari-
ous impressions, however, for my at-
tention was almost instantly distract-
ed. From the cabin came the sound
of a sharp fall; then a man cried out,
and on the heels of it Pulz darted from
the cabin. screaming horribly. We
were all on deck, and as the little man
rushed toward the stern Handy Solo-
mon twisted him deftly from his feet.
"What is it?" he cried as he pinned
the sufferer to the deck.
But Pulz could not answer. He shiv-
ered, stiffened and lay rigid, his eyes
rolled back.
"Fits." remarked Thrackles impa-
tiently.
The excitement died. Itum was forc-
ed between the victim's lips. After a
little he recovered, but could tell us
nothing of his seizure.
After the dishes had been swept
aside from supper Handy Solomon an-
nounced a second attempt to open the
chest.
' Pancho, here, says he's been a me-
chanic," said. be. "I right well know
he's been a housebreaker, so he's got
the sabe for the job, and you can kiss
the book on that."
Perdosa, with a grin, leaned over the
cover from behind and began to pick
away at the lock with a long crooked
wire. The others drew close about. I
slipped nearer the door, imagining that
in their riveted interest I saw my op-
ortunit . To my surprise I caught
a glimpse of legs disappearing up the
companion. I took stock. Pulz had
gone neq
n
deck.
v
should
have
I
This surprised
me, for
thought every man interested enough
in the supposed treasure to wish to be
present at its uncovering, and .it an-
•noyed me still more. The success of
my plan demanded a clear deck. Hew -
ever, there was nothing for it nota' but
to trust that Pulz had wished to visit
the forecastle and that 1 might And the
afterivorks empty.
I paused at the foot of the companion
and looked back. A breathlessness of
exeiteme11t held the 'pirates in a vise.
Froth above the hanging lamb frhrq'lt
After mess we went on deck (WatlL.
Slowly we crept away. Our progress
tomach Cram
MIU • ,:,Eau,v11unrmmiu141•11 HAIMMAm eP,u,•
AVegefablePreparataaitforA s-
ling the Stalitinq re hSaa billow its antIPLeg of•
enough, it was defined accurately, be-
ing exactly in shape like one of the
rectangular tin air shafts you see so
often in city hotels. At the instant of
its appearance the wind fell quite
calm.
Almost immediately the rectangle on
the roof through which the light made
its passage began to splay out like
lighted oil, although the column retain-
ed still the integrity of its outline.
The fire, if such it could be called, ran
with incredible rapidity along the
seams between the planks forward and
aft until the entire deck ` a esktched
like a pyrotechnic display
id lines of incandescence. From each
of these lines then the fire began again
to spread, as though soaking through
the planks.
All took place practically in an in-
stant of time. I had no opportunity
to move or to cry out. Indeed, my
perceptions were inadequate to the
task of mere observation. Lip to now
there had been no sound. The wind
had fallen. The waters passed unno
ticed. A stillness of death seemed to
have descended on the ship. It was
broken by a sharp double report, one
as of the fall of a metallic substance,
the other caused by the body of Pulz,
which, shaken loose from the truck
by a heavy roll, smashed against the
rail of the ship and splashed over-
board. Some one cried out sharply.
An instant later the entire crew strug-
gled out from the companionway, rush-
ed in grim silence to the side of the
vessel and threw themselves into the
sea.
My own ideas were somewhat con-
fused.
' 11
el -
The fire had practically envel-
oped the ship. I thought to feel it,
and yet my skin was cool to the touch.
The. ship's outlines became blurred. A
dizziness overtook me, and then all at
once a great desire seized and shook
my very soul. I cannot tell you the
vehemence of this desire. It was a
madness. Nothing could stand in the
gratification.way of its Whatever
happened, must havewater. It was
not thirst nor yet a purpose to allay
the very real physical burning of
Ds
seemed infinitestimal, and yet it was ' w •T
real. In awhile we had gained sea
room; in awhile More we
ere fairly
had
under sailing way and
begun to drop from our quarter. With
one accord we looked back. Percy
Darrow waved his hand in an inde-
scribably graceful and ironic gesture.
then turned square on his heel and Mr. Wm. Kranth, contractor and
sauntered away to the north alley, outof builder, Owen Sound, Ont., writes:—
the last course of the him That was 'Having mad sone of the testimonials
I everdsaw of wayifr I of cures effected by Dr. Fowler's Extract
As we made our from beneath I thought it advis-
the island the weight of the wind of Wild Strawberry, mise for its merits,
seemed to lessen. We got the foresail able to say o I
on her, then a standing jib; finally, lit I �tSomh se�y�ha o I wle and much troubled I
tie by little, all her ordinary working
canvas. Before we knew it we were I used to roll on the floor in agony, and on
bowling along under n stiff breeze, and 1 one occasion I Trent into a faint after
the isii�nd ems dropping astern. I suffb>ing intensely for four hours. A
• •uie • it presented a truly iu
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w
eakest Point?
Does It play out first when you havo
steady work to do.
Under these circumstances you can
be pretty sure that the kidneys a7e
weak and disordered and that the back
pains are really kidney pains.
Other symptoms are deposits in the
urine after stanGing, pain and smarting
when passing water, frequent desire to
urinat, also headache, dryness and
harshness of the skin and pains in the
limbs and body. when Dr.
disappears
e soon
it eh
I3ac a
Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills, are used and
kidney disease is thoroughly cured by
this treatment.
Mr. Geo. Tryon, Westport, Leeds Co.,
Ont., writes.— 'For two years I was
completely laid up with lame back and
could neither walk or vide. X tried
many medicines and the doctor's treat-
ment did not help ate. ,
a' A friend told me about Dr. C tic 'd
Kidney -Liver Pills and this
e
completely cured inc. I have never had
a lathe back or kidney' trouble since and
my cure has been the means of selling
Many boxes of Drill eChase's
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box et all dealers et Fam eson, Bates
Is Co., Tori*to.
Would Roll on the
Floor in Agony.
•
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Signature
of
EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER.
In
Ose
For Over
Thirt'y Years
ASTORIA
` •-.vi/Y//�/I THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY.
•
WHEN THE BOOM BUST.
How the Winnipeg Merchant Silenced
the Banker.
They tell a story in Winnipeg about
one of the largest and wealthiest
wholesalil-
lustrates both ythe es i stake ofe t affairs in
the Canadian West just after the col-
lapse of the famous "boom" and also
the real solidity and recuperative
power of that country.
This pioneer firm had been optimis-
tic during the boom, and when the
tide receded it was left with a lot
of bad accounts on its hands and lit-
tle good business. It was struggling
along trying to prevent the evil of the
day being more than sufficient. The
bank manager doubtless had his own
troubles, but the firm thought he
was worrying and hampering them
unnecessarily in a time when every
nerve was stretched to pay one hun-
dred
un
dred cents on the dollar. Ordinary
hints were of no avail. The banker's
enquiries and instructions and state-
ments of what must be done became
daily mors? unbearable. One morning
the junior partner of the wholesale
house walked into the bank mana-
ger's private office and• laid a bunch
of >,-eys on his desk.
"What are these?" asked the mana-
ger, somewhat surprised.
Those," said the merchant, "are
the keys of our warehouse."
"Why do you bring them here?'
"Well, we have been trying for the
last six months to make some money
to pay off our creditors. There has
been nothing in it for us but hard
anxiety. 1f you think, as you
work and Y
seem to do, that you know more about
running the business than we do, you
are welcome to take the keys and
start in."
The banker saw that the merchant
meant what he said. He handed back'
the keys, and the firm „ had : more
money and less i advice from that
bankeruunegnn ;the
tcome • fir way
de turned and -
business began '
BUTTERMILK AS A BEVERAGE.
short time after t s, in driving to toren,
I ,was attack again
and had to lie down
in my rig 8
From au, ,
imposing sight. The center shot inter-
mittent blasts of mthly light; explo-
sions, deadened distance, Still reg
er-
slo of
"When I reached the drug store I
i nden gl 1» cin II druggist for tithe remedy
:tied strongly; the broad canopy i asked file the er aar until relief
bet slit with lightnings, spread and laid behind
a + I received from the
brown Leal, split
out like a huge umbrella. The lurid � came. The
Dr,yFowiers Ex$rACt of
mucus that had enveloped us to theworld Wild Strawberry. Whenever, after that
ofa
nether cumin on, IL i .und
cramps 1t e
•utfelt •tc.fes
t �x
t,
• • apparently time, •t s, . I
t
�hc. I I
mo
sphere tt ration
1 t- m
c
•t ve
had rivets seder to a twilight. Abrupt. spe�dy Itlief in the abo
• passed from it to n sun kissed, , tennedY and I ism now Cured of thio
ly we 1 dread Y milady. The bottle is small,
andsero sea. 'rhoesbreeze an unto to ed
In t Strout; the ong.c t Iucan po nd int highly foe the curb
In theft uutural ioug•coutat.s' oft I of era "
At once the men seemed to threw 1npe.
the superstitious terror that had cowed I Dr. wwllen o fie et fd�r 64ye��
t
u StraW-
them. Pulz t and y'hrackici went to berry tr what you
• • alongside, whirls It is not a neer and
on untried rtlmcdy.
ball the extra dots Auk for it ands g°
by a miracle had csenpeit swamping. Sole•. Refuse subatitutea. They're
The nigger disappeared in the galley. talk 10 o.
i'erdosa relieved llaudy Solonson at price 35 cents. Manufactured only by
the wheel, and handy Solomon came IChbT.l+iidburnCo.,Lintited,Torouto.Cnt.
dlieCtly OveC to tap ••••401
The Woodstock Sentinel -Review ..
now has caught on to the buttermilk
habit and discourses learnedly on ire
virtues. .e.fter citing the large quan-
tities disposed of daily in such larger
hotels as the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York, he deprecates the absence of gale
in Woodstock, and asks:
But what becomes of the immense
quantities produced in the Oxford
creameries? Most of it goes to feed
pigs. The quantity that flnde he way
into town is scarcely noticeable. ,der
a matter of foot, in a land almost
literally flowing with buttermilk it
is almost impossible most of the time
to get a drop to drink. Modern chem-
istry, however, has come to the
rescue. The peculiar taste, flavor and
digestible quality of buttermilk which
render it acceptable to etomaohe
which will not tolerate froeh milk,
are said to be due to the presence of
pertain bacteria. All that le neces-
sary is to introduce into fresh milk
the right kind of bacteria and you
have the buttermilk. This modern
ohemistry hid made possible. Live
bacteria may now be purchased in the
form of pellets from druggists. Bruise
one of these pellets into a quart
fresh milk, add some water and s
pinch of salt, allow the mixture to
a time and you have stand for
but-
termilk not merely the prodnot of
the old-fashioned churn or the mod-
ern oreamery 'machine, but a liquid.
which has all the nutritive gnalltiee
of fresh milk and all the drinkable
qualities of buttermilk. Like the
Irishman's potato, it is both titin' and
drinkin'.
The reviving popularity of butter-
milk is to be welcomed. How long it
will last remains to be seen. Doubt-
less to -morrow or the next day some
OF i busybody of a scientist will discover
with the aid of a mioroseope or. some
process of analysis that buttermilk,
Happiness is increased not by the en- I like almost everything else the good
largement of the possessions, bat of 1 o r humsent an ase,
food or drink, is unfit
the heart.—John Ruskin.
The secret of life is not to do thst
whioh one likes, but to try to like what
010 has to do.—Stanley.
The greatest evils are from within us,
and from ourselves also we must look
for our greatest good.—Jeremy Tay-
lor,
ay
lor,
I have learned by experience that
no man's character can be event-
ually injured but by his own conduct.
—Rowland Hill.
The entire
GEMS
THOUGHT.
The Voters' List. 1909, for the town-
shilsof Howick was posted up in the
Olerk's office in Gerrie. on August 19th,
The list contains 1,211 names -993 in
Pert I. 126 in Part III. 627 are compet-
• oat to serve as jurors.
crew threw Mouse/yes into
MC ted.
but
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craving
snow dimly
thing
apa for the liquid itself
ne ted With branchr banks. leads
in
041, number
4G per
thing apart from and unconnected
anything else. Without hesitation and cent of the 2,026, whioh are maintained
as though it were the most natural i i 'all Oanada. (l�aebeo comet next with
thing in the world I 'Vaulted the rail i 821, or 15 per Dent. Tho tone wester
to cast myseit into the ocean. I dimly •
provinces hate: Saekatohewan 17sO,
reme
tuber a last flying impression of a I Manitoba 165, Alberta 128, and British
furnace of light, then a great elm& Columbia 115. In the Maritime Prov
thudded through me, and I lost con.
Nova Sootia has 104, 1'' v
sCiousness.
I3rnnsw ick 03 and I'tinoe Edward Ie -
(MO be Oonttnuedl, land 16. The `l'akon has 3.
When hoarse, speak as little no pos-
sible until the hoarseness id recovered
from, else the voice may be perusals.
ently loot or diffienities of the throat be
1,
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Cures
CONSUMPTION. CATARRH.
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RHEUMATISM, alit allows tho Xi 'e¢ys
to freely discharge t' a Urrc Acal
from the Bleed,
CultOld Sore.
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Scalds end Bruises.
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