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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1908-04-16, Page 7Vilitfitelit9filPaNDEfintiDICHIMOINDOCOlablarlDIDCIIIIIIMANCS ROgUe°3 Marc 16th, i9OF MoTagg.erk, M MeTaggetle Taggart 13roso GENERAL BANKING' BUSI- S TRANSACTED. NOTES COUNTED. DRAFTS ISSUED BREST ALLOWED uti DE - ITS. SALE NOTES PUR01.1-. D. 4BRYDONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR " NOTARY', PUBLIC. ETC. OEFICE-Sloane Bloc1e--C1 INTON. RIDOUT & HALE Conveyancers, pommissioners, Real Estate and Insurance Agenoy. Money to loan. C. 13. HALE - JOHN RIDOliT -- DR. .NINIAN W. WOODS -- • (M. R. C., S., ngland, L. R. • , C. P., Ireland, C. P. I., L. M., Rotunda, Dublin.) PHYSICIAN AND SU11144.0N, BAYFIELD. Main St. opposite Albion Fiotel Office hours 8 to 10 a. in. and 7 to 9 ,p. m. Night calls . at of- fice. DRS. GUNN & MeRA.E. Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P.., • • Office -Ontario street, Clinton. Night calls at front door of office cr resi- dence, Rattenbury street. Dr. T. T. McRae, , University of Toronto. Office hours at hospital :- • ° 1 to 3 p. m.; 7 to 9 p. m. 7 --DR. J. W. SHAW- -OFFICE- RATTENBURY ST. EAST, -CLINTON.-7 DR. C. W. THOMPSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.„... --Office and Residence- FIT,YRON ST. SOUTH. CLINTON. 3 doors west of the Commercial hotel. A. AXON. - (Successor to Dr. Holmes.) Specialist in Crown and Bridge work. Graduate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor graduate of University of Toronto Dental Department. Graduate of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. .Rbicoao• Win be .at the Commercial Bayfield, every Monday from 10 a. m. to 5 p. in. J. LEWIS THOMAS. Civil Engineer, Architeet. etc. (late Dominion Department Public Walks.) Consulting Engineer for Mtin- icipal and County Work, El- ectric Railroads, Sewerage and Waterworks Systems, Wharves, Bridges and Ite-enbreed con- crete. .1km..•••••1••• Phone 2220 LONDON. 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Treasurer, Seaforth P. 0, -Directors- William Shesney; • Sealorth ; Joh Grieve, .Winthrop; George Dale, Sea forth; • John Watt, 1 Harloelt ; John Bennewies, Brodhagan ; James Evan Beeehttreod ; James • Connolly, • Holmesville. • --AGENTS- Robert • Smith, Harlock ; E. Hin- chley, Seaforth ; James Cummings EgmondVille ; J. W. Yea. Holmes- ville. • Partiee desirous to effect Insurance or ttansact other business will be promptly attended t� on appliea,tio. to any of the above officers addressed to their respective. postotilees. Losse inspected by the director Who live' nearest the Scene.' taiiiim4.1***6**•••••••••,..;•4 GRANO TRUNK RsVrea -TIME TABLE - Trains will arrive at Ind at,pArt trait Clinton station as fellows . BUFFALO AND G0DERI01I DIV, Going East 14 If 11 4, Going West t .1 • 41 1( 41 •441, LONDON, Ilt.IRON Going South 4, 04 Going North 6.22 Ft. in. • 7.35 4, nt. 3 15 p• . 5.20p. ni. 11 0? p. tn. 1.01p.ni. 6.40 p. ni 11.11 P. tn. & BAUCEDIV 7.140 a. in. • 4.23 p. ni 11.00 a. tri 6.25 p. kUCTIONEER-JAMES SMITH Li- eensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. All orderentrticied to me Will receive prompt 'Attention. Will eel! either by percentage or Per Sale. ttesidthce on the Ilayneld Road one mile South of Clinton. C111011NOWSi ROCOVO 07 HORNUNG, a Author of "'Reface, the Amateur Creeks. roan," "Stingers'," Etc, Copyright, 1d90, by ICHARLIC$ SCRIONER'S SONS, • true 'game to thotie that are true • game to Ine. PM that if I'm nothing Woe," Those indeed were the words in his heart, but nobody answered' his nod: only Rome !rens jingled where • .0reasey bad reached oat under the ta. Ale end given Maebeth a kick. Aso they were ail oiled:Mg out of the mess ohed Butter took II Pill ofpaper from hio mouth and preesed it into • Tora's hand. Tom unrolled it on ide ledge and fUrtiVelF read it while the sentry still stood with his lantern on the threshold', These eleven words: ' All up since neater went. Mac and ea 1 Hardly hod he deciphered them when a ward:Kean thrust in his head and sumznoneci Erichsen to the •major's quarters. "They've been quick about it" thought Tom as another wardsman joined them on the way. The major looked very stern and strong. Dahatree was drawing en his •gloves. Tont.thought he recognized the little heap of clothes upon the docir. The trousers were blood stained ttill. ' "Now, sir!" eried the major, with a glittering eye. "I think you said that no power on earth would shift you Out of thls't 01T with those irons, men, and he shall see!" , Through the black window* glowed the curriele lamps. • • .CHAPTHR XXIV, 011, crawled into the vehicle as though those heavy chains dangled about hie legs, "Neth- • ing was so strange as the sud- den cessation of the horrid Jingle which had Marked and mocked every move- ment of • his • body for • four whole months. 'He felt quite icist without it, and he 'clambered into the .curriele without a word. Daintree.cracked his • whip.. and that. Wan" the sole Sound • from either. of them In. the fitet half .hour o(keen and starlit freedom. "Feel cold. Brieliseer . "Because you „eau have my coat if you do. My things are .thieker. 'Only say the word." .13e said nothing. Stich gratitude as • be felt In his degraded heart was not yet so poignant as to need expression. It was El very vague. dull sense at pres-• ent., But Daintree underStood. He had .siraply to sit next that talent aged. cal- lous figure to understand all. • • -They droveon to Maitland, where they..supped. handsomely end lay all night. In the morning Tom • was well and warinly. clothed at the best stare • in the township. And.that day the dif- ference Was' that he kept Miming to look ever his shoulder. and ,this at shorter Mtervals,as the day wore on., • "Is anything following us?" said Daintree once. "Not yet," said Tont, "Not yeti • Whywhat tio you ex-• pectr • , . "What I deserve," *aid Tom. And Daintree had the_wisdoni not to pros him upon -this or any. other point Eli -knew what was alleged against 'Erich - sell. at Castle SulliVen. Be had heard the story from* the principal anperin- tendent. ' Be began to think there might'tre' some truth In it, after all. , Next 'morning be was sure. They had put up at an unusually comforta- ble -roadside inn, where Tom bad a very excellent itorn. yet he came down with wlld,.unrested eyes and twitching fin- . "Ira no user he bitterly exclaimed. "Haven't you slept?" "Not a wink.' •1 heard them vowing' all' eightioug-heard them coming with the chains. Oh, take me back! , They -have made me the guilty man they said I. watt when I wasn't. I deserve everything new." And a seecond day of terror he spent hi the eurriele, looking backward hour. after hour, but vvheu that aiso passed over and still nothing happened he be - to think that either Butter was mistaken or the major incredulous or his *enemies of another mind now that be was gone. At all events he took heart of vac* and at last thanked ilaintree for what he was doing; with out asking, however, *by be :was de Ing It. • 00 the third foreucion the spints eel windmills of Sydney fringed the sky. Thep they Mounted a hill, and there was the harbor sparkling above the roofs et the cottvict city. • •. "We bad • better drop the 'Eriehsen' now." Said Daintree as they drove up to -the turnpike gate. "I suggest that • 'Thomas' will suffice both Christian name and surname, i think it would be preferable for the present. What' say you?" Torn consented With per - feet readiness and indifference, and be looked behind him 'for the last time as Much as to any what Was the only tbirlg on earth about whleh he was not AS in- different as the dead, •• • They drove down Brickfield hill over • the Spot where Nat Snilivtin had tum- bled off his horse and past the notOri- Ous 'ino where he had lain. It flourish- ed still. And still tile doleful felen" music tilled the alt, striking more keg., eat° in this crisp weathet than' sIX months since in the heavy heat, but it struck to Tom's .heart no more. On the quay there MILS vroesd And fresh Shipload of convictsditenatiark- ing, but Tom felt nO WO for *them either, And now, when his indigrille tion was aroused, it Was by the loung- ing laziness of a toad gang, wheaci overseers were smoking and chatting with the convicts, while the lattee moved neither hand nor foot, and the sentries yawned at their posts. "They want the major there," maid ToM grlml7, "ile'd have that peek of stones about their ears if they stood looking at it routh longer!" Daintree turned and regarded kiln With it particularly pleased and kindly oinile; then Tom knew that he had just volunteered his grist remark Since lott- ing the stockade, atul he thought he knew with whet Aympathetie patience his tirst voluntary tette* had been wafted' for, thengb he only now :ins- pected this from Daintree's smile, His heart, swelled a little. They put up at nn Inn, and he made himeelf mere been yet.sefluito hie new maater then he had The bungalow was oome few tulteg orst upon the delightful woody trbore ot lose 1/431. 'lhey drove on there In the afternoon, and the greenwood dipping beyond the post and mile of the Old . Point riper road, the. lush Meadow* (lipping beyond that and the azure arm et the harbor seen through the One and above •the other were all a very wonderful change after that ter. Mile plateau of the petit four months, Nor had they any feature in common • with the detested region of Castle Sul, • liven. Tom had seen nothing like thit up' country. To crown all, the bunga- low lay bathed in the richest sunset vett%) they reached it and Rose bay, deserved thtit name indeed, for its sun - Ht waters appeared to he, dimpled with wet rose leaves from strand to strand. It Was as though' nature herself were trying tosoften that frozen heart and otof wime a.lco ceme Tom.. Briebru to this have An old man came out to see to the norses; A aoreewhnt younger woman• stood.lo the mellow light upon a wide . veranda, Da in tree greeted them with an air-nimost the first he bild ted himself in Tom's company. . With anether, however, lie took' Tom's hand and.' erpresseti eharaeteristically 'the Ilepe that lite threshold of his house WOuld Prove to, he also that of a new lit'e for Tom. •. "Ton have left the; past behind you. - Thomas". said he. • and aid your ene tiles with it. itegt setsured of that. If they follow, yopthere. they'll have me to deui •with. 1 ean promise fllein they have laid their last anger on you. No; there's at brighter future ahead of you, • 1 trust: and- always reccilleet-I am yeur friend,', "I suppose ,t,ou are." said poor Tent in reply. He could believe mad feel but little even' yet. . ."You stippose I tini.?":cried-Daintree, looking rather queerly at Tom. ',You shall:dine it tnY .table!" be then. et, • claimed. • "You shalt. Wive all- your meals with me! • Mrs. Fawcett, lay a place for Thoauta and phew him his atom," . , tree hesitated t 1 Daintree took the cheroot from be- pr entl y retreated to ids room without n Woed. ,The dog was spared. They sat down at lust to cool dishes that should have been hot, MI their Mittent ardor bad suffered with the viands. • Daintree was very solemn and very stiff, ids hapleis companion quite certap that he had given mortal 444 everlasting O- rme. I3ut the incident was never re- ferred to again. and Tom soon forgot the solitary occasion upon which his champion displayed himself In so eln- lister a light. Not that the other lights were all rose colored. The IMIO hnd feiblets in- numerable and in their way ao ex- traer4MarY I's his luexplicable kind - netts to Tom. Thls coutinued and in- creeeed, and yet there was. a dome,' 'thing -Ostentatious. vainglorious, ego *Meat even in his kindest +Ufa. Tom • hated himself for seeing it, but there It was. It beenme the more noticeable as Tom himself grow more regenerate and ao mud.' fewer demands Upon the ot er s consideration, And Olen -the gloomy venity of the man: His lit - wary preteesional • Ills Solemn Whet In himself and nil he dldi "Heaven kuows he has done enough for met" sighed To, quite ashamed. "I must try to see nothiug else. but WItaX I can't help seeing obeli never. • never. never -Make any differenee to ! my regard for lihri." •• • Torn wanted to get to work ,nt once, in the house in the garden, enYwhere and et neything, bilt•the„ other would not.hear of it ter days, tle was to rest and forget end to anJOT his life. They mnde .excursions together in the eurricle or ,Iri Daintree's boat. Tom, would have been ahnost hnppy if he only .could have given Ids kind compen- • ion the heart whole admiration which . the latter took for granted. •And his inability In that respect was so real a grief to him he could have went at it and at the other's kindness put togeth- er, but there was still not a tear in his. • heurt, Ile °nye wondered was there any heart left lo his body. What he deemed bla inizratitede seemed some Alines to prove tiatit there was not. ' • There were qualities he could honest. ly admire in Daintree, but they were not thiree qualities upon whose posSes- sion Daintree most prided himself. He was a man of iron nerve and wilt That was Mamie -ed. One daY hi a egettil near Vle !leads be handled the boat with •, nwen'ileent coolness and •elan when Tom thought they must both have, gone to the sharks. When they landed safe and sound. he inflict- ed so many of his poetna upon Tom, whore the salt breeze S had overcome with drowsiness. that the pantry, and - the knives to clean seemed preferable . . -It was a little room certainly, but an : incredibiy. • peasant one. , The:- Window , :almost overhung the bay, and the bed, , was a' white feast ,tor bloodshot eYee; • • "Dinner's 'ready, Dee:t 'you snail it, young man, by. ;keeningMaster. wait-. Ing." said Mrs, 74,,weeft, and then.over her shoulder as she went; "My word.* but you're n ItickY oriel" • Perhaps he required. telling to. It was alt to difficult to beileve.i.so Papas- . bible $4.4; miderstand. But bewildernaant bad not yet -given. place to curiositY• . He was, 'bowery!, beginning .to real!! hie that.he had fallen -from the.ertieleat Into the. kindest bands on earth.whin, returning to the veranda, he encoun-• teteri:the 'kind 'man,, with a gleaming eye' -and .quite -inconsistent 'withthat impression.. A foxtterrier.• 'indifferently .bred with one ear tip and gee down',- but the Meat ;eager eYes. had Wildly welcomed Daintree While Daintree was Welcoming Tom': This:. little' dog he was now dragging 'say:- •agely along by- itt- •. : • • "Won't 'Come trite my etude' ex- plained Daintree in nvoice of:amazing "Once I thfashidhim in there; S� now he:thinks he won't come'in. • But he sliall-;-be. shall -he shall" pr. • SulliVen himself 'in dealing with a .re- calcitrant convict :could have employed no mere ferocious- time. " ---1----The-dog-warrAtragged4vithtn:A..yarit,. of the 'door it would not enter, then re Waled. and It did not 'run anray,-.. Dain tree ackiv went within and tailed and whittleilto the dog, but there it steml. bristfing all over; And yet wagging' its • tail with immenseenergy, as if -to pro, claim its anxiety thplease in any other way, but enter that room it 'could not. Nor was it -until baintree Yutthed our • in- his 'rage that the little deg turned 'tall 'and .ran, away.. And 'again Ile, • ...caught. IL and again and again Vie • Same thing. berapened. tbe. Man vootIng the dog .Should give in, the dog still wagging his tail and still disobeying, the dinner growing .eold On the table . and Tom Viewing the whole petty, pitiable exhibition with tile' most • Icy!, • feting pato. and disenchantment. made his heart sick to see this' roan of . all 'men In such a passion about 110 small athlngtii a little he was alt but foaming at tbe' month, and et lost, When he caught up it heavy .ivory paper • knife and ttelabsired the dog with that, the spectacle hurt Tom • more than any _flogging he had Witnessed in tile irOn gang, It Was ,nOt only that his feeling for Men wita Put:abed, while his feeling for animals rernidnedgquicitz-here. *he the ape man living whom- he wielied to honor and to admire, and the 'Muer and the adMitation were sickening et their .131.rtii, •• , '• The beating did no good whatever. Then Dein-tree tented on his heel With 'Mich it Ince that Tem. took the dog , in his artna. HO heard a drawer nnlocked 'in the room.. When his theater reap- peared the paper knlee was no longer in , his hand. A pistolwas there inateitd.- • "Where's the dog?" he cried, "Here," Said Tom, showing hint. "T'Ut it dowri, rie going kr' ehrtot hini, belie. no stithbore hedge here!" "Have yoo had this one loeg, sirt" "Protri it tutm,.. Mid Daintree; Ckk. Ing his pistol. "Come, put hini down' or *ell neer get tiny diener tonight," • "NO' said ToM flrmly. "Yetel) be sorry for It atteitiard. . 'You will bit vexed WIth 1116 ter standing by and letting you do such it thirig In your beet." , The other gatmed, but never Mild Word, "If the dog Is no good to you, give bint to Me." tontitmed Tom. • "Don't Sheet hiel, Sit Not that I believe yon Meant It." . And to show his belief lie droned the terrlo, wheitiMon Deinl • . *!jf the,doo Ls. no 'good to yoti,rgive it.ine • te such nightly ,ordeale. Tomasked' te be :put luta livery and to 'work at Once. Ile insisted - upon it and •gained .ais. point through the accidental tout h of Iive,ry."• • • '0.. . -":"-They ,drove 1iito-Sydner7next"day with Specimen:S.of aille:'!fautily: crest; wh. ten. Tam .was to bear on every ,but, , ton. Daintree being' a magistrate; cockade Was duly included in.the or- der, and for a time the =titter was -in : high feather at the prospective Ms- piay. But le recalled' .family troubles ere long, and _all the way home he talked' distriellY of Meisel!' ait an .4'exile 1.5:e Byron -my literary :Second • pelf," Somebody had once calied hlm "owu brother te BYron." : Ile nevertired of ' quoting the phrase. Ile was deStitute of humor and 'made Torn blush for him 'where be would have Shaken with laughter at: another. - • His contrariety' wee unique, Not Only was bite good magistrate spoilt through neglecting the bench' for his • desk, but an old athlete' whir bragged about the, poetry he could not welt° • instead -of about the races be had real- ly *on. On the 'top of his hook:Mei! stood the row of tarnished silver eons: and his proud eye climbed- no higher than Atte volume or two -af Medlotre Verse utIderricatli, Ile made little', enough of MS genuine Ile, his' real abilities,. bnt he would talk 'With bated breath of it few stanzas Which often rhymed as faise as they rang, Onte Tom cleaned the eupe when Dabs- ttee was out ited he flew int e Seme- • thIng Very like. it. rage when he clime in and saW them. He Was the Moat tittaccotnitableOf Men. • "Still be is the kindest." Was Tom's tedeeticet tre the top of that enneitlithrti, mid the retitle night he not only made titother of his poor attempts et thank - Ing Dairittee for all that he Was doing Ind bed, done; he at last pet the clues - tion which Bombed to murk a stride In his glow and upbill return from brute to Men. And yet Oen now it wits 110 verysineere thriftily, but lather an Uttcornfortable feeling that he Might to seem eurkete, *bleb • prompted him to say:. "I can't understand yotir kindness to ale. Why did you begin It? VifIty do you go on? I wonder. what tnade yen take Au leterest in Inc itt the siert)" Wonder was the word, for wonder 'att did, but keenly inquisitive he was not, and the stride was shorter than It hod looked, "I believed in your intletenee," re- gled ritiltitree' With deliberation; "that Watt MO • "1 0110,1 thittk why. You were the. 10117 CM.. Yet you, knew nothing about tee, It. tieetrie," Alid stW his. tone was 'oat of PorelY imperional speenlatloa, tween his teeth. "I knew something aboutMerles, ;aid bei. "4.10" erm.,:e. lint not so very muck," "iiten all the more time to prepare In." sald Tom. entering thoroughly Into, o' pu the situation. "We intuit get the plaee to rights. you know, sir." -"Tit:it's true. It will help to pass the time." "Thou we might pin up this chart." "Whitt.. and follow the course?" "Suppose. the;v- Millie no quicker than you did awl- t it drawing pin in the plaice every day." Paintree was delighted. Ile shook Tom's bond. and up went the and *0 in went the drawing pin, "Yon see," be sold. "they've not got tbe Cape yet They're only lust be. glutting to turn the ,corner and run their misting down." "That's assuming they eettle P0qUicker tban you," saki his consoler. "Weil, we will ilt3AllinO it Still, when. „- they're it hundred days'ont we'll have e flag ready, and you shall begin go• d Ing every morning to the point to see* f whether there's a .ball at the South I yard arm, mad after that will be the-: longest time of all." e• Mennwhile there was Much to do, mid Tom did lootit or It with enormous zest. ;le had -never thought to he so happy again. Ails entIntsiasm was the one return that he.could make to Dein- tree, Ituti be permitted it no bounds, It was Tom 3vho stuck tbe drawing pin through a cork ship of cunning build, t full rigged, with needles for masts and paPer salls.. When Dointree sow, it, they christened her the. Rosamund, ; . After her real namesake, With a lifting I . and from thhe at day forth t-% cork vessel plowed tbe white ocean of 1 the -chart and was a good half inch - neorer Sydney every morning when. the muster of the house entered the • . • "Not much; very little, in fact, but that little was pretty bad, 1 • knevf what an infernal blackguard he was, •clod 1 felt Mire there /trust' be More ruined Men than one upon his track. You .refuember that point In the de. tense?" Tom Jumped up. "nowt retaind me P1 itr. he cried. "The very :barrister disbelieved In tuei And it doesn't In- terest me now; it only hl hurts. Poo meek of It, ir you please." "Ob, very well." said Daintree, • "only 'that point was suggeated* by me.a, . "Your'eseialmect Tom iu au altered voice. "4.t, but what don't 1 owe to YOU? More than i can ever realize or believe; everything- everything - an yet I refuse to speak of it to 79u 0 ell men! Von sm.4 hew unexateful amt you see what they've made of in arnone Mein, 0Ir. air. forgive 'rue, hav patiquee with nie, lied I may be grate, fUl. yeti. Give nie time, ,Ond 1 Anil th.asynkonyosuhaelsi jo(1,717e.; ouintree firmly. "You wYre Amite right,' and we'll speak of ell 11 41 so more. Good beaveusr he vrii.,1 out. "flow do you know my motives were so purtot WW1 .if it was a mere wititir7ated 'tot alto egther my.own? At eveuts, 1 tato no credit for it: mai never' yoe thane Inc again, 40" you hear? You'll, often( ,We if you do. You will indeed:" Ile _spoke earnestlynet-role:1y am without a traee ofoffeetattiou or ego tisrn. Nor did Tom remember:it single foible as he - looked In the handsome dark, •Inacrutalale (nee and tank bis beriefaetoc. by Leal, heed's. • God bless your' Ite-whispere'd, **Do yon -knew what I 0$e81 . to call you in' my heart whet* 1 ha 1 My Noble .Unknowni yon tkie nattier even than 1 thought. Do you know what you are .You're giring we. my gbretttttretfulryeunkl.i,ttle by. litt. le} 1 shall be He -went -to the door; but woitid stand there gaving at his friend, So, long' he stood, with burning eyes that seemed to ocke for tfilys, lint at length. he was gene, and Dottitt:ve sat alone with a cold cheroot bet e'veri his fingers: • UTIA.PTIOt XXV. NCE in:livery. Tom sat ne Mors' at his master's table, lte had, however. to 'mist oit waiting -at it instead and to make him- self the servant lie' badbeen "theft° in name only..Daltitrei.mmid have iet .the old erreegentent continue, but thenew 'one • Was a 'boon to Tom.. It gave hIM freedoinand independence and • oecupatien, and so 'lieiped .bitn • wonderfully upon the upward read. One evening when a Ship ,had Come 'in and ;Daintree had driven into Byd- • 4.=-ey:for his. letters' he, retrirned in such extraordinary spirits ..thet .he Could hardiy tioneh his:dinuer;..he meet 'gloat over a crinkling sheet of paper, while the pimp grew cold hi: the Very anoon, and Toin could only 'suppose that his master's :familY bed come round at lett. 'As .a rule, he talked iticelitaiitly .to Tom *Idle the latter waited, but this evening his -letter' 'absorbed his Whole attention. At irivt.' however, hat - - • -- .looked up, and' Ms saturnine counte- nance was redeemett.and transfigured by:a perfectly startling .radiance and ib-wtfer.. holuas,H he ind mMetry. a The cheery tone was as new In hini leek- Tom was so astonished . be had to 'Itlilnk what the • words meant .before shakinghis head: . 'Why' not, my. good fellow?' „cried DIntree . sheuld.: you wait .ane to?" :re,: terted Tom. • ' 4.1lecatise 1am about.. to marry one :Myself? • . •• .: • . ‘- . Had he said he was ;thin& to bury one. Tom could not have been More eta:flied' and amased, somehow he had never conceived..of Daintree es a, mar- ried Man, • That solitary • spirit, ceiti. tered and iremersed• In 'self and con- sciously. wallowing In Its own solitude arid gloom:, • had forbidden.. sueh', a .thOtight the more east*" since Tomlin( himself abandoned every aspiration Of the kind A. twinge 45f Jenkins,' suit - ceded his firsfeautbrit*.but in itnother Moment his heart diluted 'with unself- Jab- Pleasure, and .his congratulations Were no • less sincete• than •vociferous, -"If you knew • her," Said: Daintree, 'you would .congratulate me even ..tnore." • And be .proceeded to praise his choice ,as he • could have Praised noth- ing. '.that• was not' in, some sense his, and yet his passion was convincing. His • voice shook With; it es his 'face shone. - . • ' ,‘"A Sydney lady?" Tom ventured to Inquire. • • "Good heavens, not . If she only Were Mt near that! 'She is eft ber .WaY Out to marry me. This letter Wat writ. ten a month before she sailed." ::Fteosm., Engle, nd 7" y • • "xou will see her in 'another month" "Perhaps before. You never knoW • how long or hoW shett the voyage will be. -Mine.Was 130 dayd, and that was long. 1 kept a chart of it -stop; I'm going to fetch IC Clear a*a.y. I've had dhinee enotigh." • He refilled from the table, to return presently with n mariner's chart of the world, upon which be had 'neatly mark- ed Out the daily courses Of his recent voyage, It was a chain of many links froth England to the Cape, and a chain of longer links from the Cape to Aus- tralia. '."Non', - then!" eried Daintree, arrang- ing the chart wider tho temp and seat - Ing himself delightedly tit the table. , 'Now well see Where they've got to. Bello! Where's my letter?" ' • It Wag on the floor, and Tom picked it Op, tiVerting hid eyes so that he should see nothing while Daintree re. (erred to the eolltentS. . "Het Here we have it," and the let-. tet Was thrust into his pocket. . 1".1".hei Were to Still On the 236 of-d'une.ll�w Many. days ego is that? WS IS Sep- tember the 12th.' Seven.,,thirty-One- thirty-one and twelve. now tnueb is *aid Tom, "Only otghty.onet Then you're right"' sighed Paintree, "and they won't be here for another month, 1 Wee fifty- five days more "They may make it quicker voyage." "They may; 'but 1 never have. The IMO before was it hundred and forty days, They were bath above the ay. brettk fast room. -Tod syntpathece fell9w!" he wOUld Say tit Tom, and sympathy bred .s'm-' • Why es It always- will.. "Yen ranst marry yourself, Thounta," he would , tu'd..-and you tied your wife 'Mist lire ‘vith me and- mine, mid we'll! go Into pletiterstilp togOther up • tile. coentry somewhere and allfoor live happy %-vbieli. the servant wOnid shake his head. but centime to enter ' into the master's happiness with un- abated • sympathy and ' enthusiasm. • Nor was this -n conscious merit in Ttell; if leade .him. think no better of himself. Ire knew Ito* lunch was hi- spir'ed- by gratitude • and how mnelf more bY .seliish. relief of sinking •itiA own Woes in the hopes and fears' • end raptures of: his frien(t,' Ile was not even aware 'Of the essential, fine- ness of a nature' eanabie: of MS kind • Of, comfort. Eternal dissatisfaction ;with bis own feelings kept his .oninien Of' hluiseir at zero still.And if the • sew bond between Tom and his bene- • faetor had done no more than provide them with common - tiround on 'which tbeY might Meet .and "be at one in all sincerity, even so it: would have done much for'ToM'S peace of -When Daintree spoke of his beloved • his' dark face. .shone, the: darker eyes, softened, and the rich voiee quivered - with no: eel:pram. 'passion.It Vas, pits; sibie to agree -and to ,applaud without 'Which was not possible when the puny poet stolid inthe strong.' man's shoes.. "Of his poetry enough has `. peen said, but about his passionjhere was no mistake. The one was . gen, 1 ufne; the Other was not, It was a : ,man',.0 passion, a selfish passion,• but the slicer masterful strength of it was patent to Tom from the first. • Some- times it made him. fear 'for the. girl -e and 'despair •of- 'bintself. Gratitude apart, it wag es though bis•spolled and petty epirit was •incapable of an hott.;. • est; whele hearted, , ungrudging ad- ' aelratton,-ancl regard. ' •. • , : • In all their talks the only,uttan• heard Was Clarinda. It waa,eharacter. 'title of his state that be never lnqiur ed the . His sympathy • and his Interest were contitted..to bus friend; • real -curiosity be had mine. He asked rio questions; but a Crooked answer was ready for him if he .had', ' "You Must let Me tell ber.ali 'ttasl°urVe?i' iel,a a Toohmsaaind?ir p "Perhaps • Yee owe as much to, her- that.s. ' In me. ' had slipped out, but Tom was not • tool" he asked with a mild' Sort of In- credulity', and he saw from the other ti face' that site •'bad .not. "Upon my soul," he thought, .."I begin to disbe- lieve in myself, especially since I've done as bad out bere-and perhaps not heard the last of it yeti" Daintree wondered why be. shudder- ed in the sun. It was because his' one true and fierce emotion was the base fear of further tortures, Be despised himself for that most of ail. • Meanwhile the cork ship with the pa- per sails was creeping slowly, but ' surely, across the great. white south Atlantic of the chart, and the wall 'on which it hung had been repapered, and the vthole bungalow smelt of paint. It was a felt sized berme of two. otories.• iTO. BE CONTINUED.) • Not a 1Viiracle 1. But Medical Science Pr, T. A., Slocum, Liraited, Toronto, Ont. ilentlereent-- "Some tinie ago I began to lose Rosh and failed every day until' P had to quit work. My physicians end all niy friends said I had coritmetedl consump- tion. t failed. from 165 .poinids down to 119. I Was advised to .go to the Itockiert or to the coast. I went to both places under heavy expense1 eon - tinned to fail, and was advised by. the doctors to totne home as nothing more coeld be done for me. Hope seemed to have left me. 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