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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-02-23, Page 9• ( 1 . 1,7 23. 1882. • lltle,174 BOIilTLAST ' •A SOCIETY /stOrVET--,. th;orarteit,41r ifooufse,:: . - • . _ Pushing back his snowy hair, Grand- father Markham showed .upon his temple a long white scar of a wound 'received the • night when he, perilecl.his.own life to saVe that of another. There was a donbly warm pressure /sow of the Old man's haed, as Guy replied, "I've heard that story from father 1.1uSseelf, but the name of his preserve r had escaped me. • Why didn't you tell me, who you were?" •• • • , . ".1 thought 'tvvould "look' tooranch like demanding it as a- right -too much ,like begging, and 1 s'pose I felt too proud. Pride is my .besetting sin -the one I pray most against." '•%." " • • • ' Guy looked keenly noW at the man Whose besetting sin was pride, and as he saw the cheaMss of his . attire, hie •pantakions faded and short, his shoes both patched_at the toes,hi cotton shirt miuusaa bosom, and then thought of theahumble"cottage, with its few '-rocky .acres, he 'wondered of what he could be proud. : • , • Mear time. for Maddy Dr.' Holbrook.had. Prescribed perfect . qaiet, bidding there 'darken the windolys frbiat -which the. shade had been removed, and orderingall save the grandmother toleave therocidi. and let -the patient sleepif possible., Even Jessie was not premitted to stay, 'though Maddy clung toher as . to. a dear -friend.' In a few- . whispered words Jessie had told her name, saying ehe carne from Aikenside, and that her brother Gay -Was there too, in the car,,, riage. " He heard hot% .sick.you. were. at Devonshire, this morning, anddrove rigL home for me to comp to see you I told' -him of you that day intim office, andthat's why he. brought me, •I guesi. YouShl like rsuy,,I knows's-he's so geed." Sick and weary as she was, laid. •unable as yet to coriapreherd the entire meaning of all she heard, Milady was conscious Of a • thrill" of pleasure it. -knowing 'that Guy • -Remington from Aikenside. was interested in her, and had brought his Sister to see her. Winding her arms around Jessie's. . neck, she kissed the soft Warns cheek, and • said, "-You'll come again, I hope." . "Yes, every clay, if manstim will lel me. I don't mind it a bit, if you are p_oor." . , " Cothe, come," and •Dr. ,Holbrook; who had all the 'while been standing near, took • Jessie by the arm and.led her out to where • Guy was waiting. fey her.. •, CHAPTER VI CONVALESCENCE. Had it not been for the preeence-sof Dr. Holbrook,Who accepting .Guy's" invitation - to•tea rode back with. him Aikenside, • Mrs. Agnes wouldhave flowninto a ,pa'ssion 'when told that Jessie hachbeen• exposed to . fever, of which she had, a great dread. 'There's no telling what one wilh.catch among the very .poor," she, skid to Das ItolbroOk, as shealasped anti' unclasped the. heavy gold bracelete. miler white, round .' "111 be answerable for ,any disease Jessie • caught at Mr.. Markhana's,". the doctor •, "At Mr. Who's? What did •you. him ? Agnes asked quickly,.. the bright color on her cheek 'fading as the doctor replied . • • ' • "Markham -an old man, who livesin •Honedale.. You'nevertneyaiiimacf hOurses". " Certairly not -how could '1.10 -Agnes • replied, as she took :her seat at the. tea - table.. " But her white fingers trernbleclas • she handled the china and silver, and for once she was glad. When the'doater took his leave. and She was alone withJeSsie. • • "What . was the girl's, name?" .she asked; ." the one you went to see?" '" Maddy, Mother -Madelipe —She's so pretty. ' I'm , going' to. see aher• • • again. May•I?" ' , • • • • . • Agnes did not reply directly, but con- . tinned to question the child with regardto the cottage which. Jessie thought so funny; slanting way back, she said, se that•the roof on one side almost touchedthe ground. The. • window panes, too, were se very tiny, and the rpm. where Maddy lay sick.was. small and lbw.• . • . "Yes, yes, ,I know,". Agnes.' said. at laet, impatiently, for she wag tired of hearing of the cottage whose humble exterior and interief-she Inie* so •much.. better -than Jessie herself. • . • ' •• But this was not to be drVinged; for - surely the 'haughty Agnes Remington, who, in Aikenside was looked noon,: with wavy', could have mithhig inoommon with the red' cottage or it • inmates. , .So when Jessie - asked again if she could not visit Maddy on the morrow, she answered decidedly,' " No, daughter, I do not -wish you to associate with such people; "and when Jessie insisted, . on knowing why, she • must 'het -associate with such people . as Maddy Clyde; the answer was, " BeCause.you are a Reining: ton;"• and as if this of itself . were an Un-. • answerable objection 'Agnes sent her child • from .her, refusing- to. talk "longer on • a subject so disagreeable td -her. and so sisga gestive of the pasts It. was invain that Jessie, and even Guy hinsself; tried to 'revoke:the decision. Jessie should not be permitted-to-moraesin-a-ceillact with -that kind of people, she said„ Or incur the xisk . of catching that dreadful fever. , . • . • So day 'alter day, While. life and health were slowly throbbing through her veins Maddy waited and longed. for the little • girl whose one visit to • her sickroom, • seemed so. much like a. dream:: Prone her grandfather She had heard thegood news of Guy Remington's. generosity, and. that, • 'quite as muCh as Di. Holbrook's medicines, • helped to bring•the color. back to her cheek, and the brightness to her eyes':• , She had been asleep the first time tlie. doctor came after the • occasion of Jessie's visit, and as sleep, he said, Would de her, more good than anything he might pre- scribe, he did, not waken her; • lsut for., a • long time, as it seemechto Grandma Mark-. ham, who stood a very little in awe of the Boston doctor, lm watched her as she slept,' • now clasping the blue -veined vsrist ab he, felt for the pulse, now wiping fro her her • forehead the drops Of sweat, or pushing back her soft, damp hair. . It Would, be three days before lie • could see her again, for a sick father in Cambridge needed his attention, and after numerous directions as to the administering of sundry powder and.pills he left her, feeling tlaat, the nesti three days would be long • ones to him.' Dr. Holbrook . did -not stop to analy.ze"-the, natureof his interest in Middy Clyde -an interesaoo different from any -he. had ever felt before for his patients; Mid even if he fietighTta-Solirelifeliddles'llesW�tXld have said that the knowing .low hp had wrotiged her was the. eple cause of his, thinking far More of her attic' her case than, of all the other :patients on his list.", Dr. Holbrook was &handsome man, a therou•gh scholar, and a most skilful play,siCiaa 4, but he was no ladies' mao, andhis language and manners were oftentimes abrupt, even, when both were prompted by the utrpoSt kindness of hearts In his -organization too, there *as not a quick perception of •what would be exactly appropriate, and when,nnalussreturn from, Cambridge, he was abont starting to visit Maddy again he puzzled his brains until they ached with woadering what he could do to give her a pleasant surprise and show that he was not so formidable a" personage as her past experience naight,lead her to think. , "1± I could snly take her something," he said, glancing ruefully around his office. "Now if she were Jessie„ huts and raisino might anssver-bit she must not eat such, trash as,that ;" and he set himself to think again, just as Guy Remington drove 'up, bearing in his hand. a most exquisite bouquet, • whose fragrance filled the office at once, and Whose beauty elicited a0. exclamation of delight even from the, Mat- ter-of-fact Dr: Holbrook. "1 thought yell Might be going down 'fb Hopedale ,as I knew you returned last night, sq I brought these flowers for Year patient; with my compliments; or if you prefer 1 will give them to you; and you can present them as if. coming from yourself.', As if ,I Weald do that," the doctor answered, taking the bouquet in his hand the better to examine and admire it. "Did you' a,rrange it, or your gardener?" he asked, and when Guy replied that 'the merit of arratagetneut, if merit there were, belonged to himselfahe began to deprecate' his own awkwardness _and want of tact. "Hein I have been cudgeling' mW head' this half hour trying to think•what could.. ta,ke her as a peace-offering,and could think of nothing, while you -well, you and I are different entirely. you know just whit is proper -just what,te say, and when: to say it --while I am a Perfect bore, ,and without dciubt shall naake :sense ludicrous- :bluader. in delivering the flowers.. • , To -day , be. thefirst time .really, that We.aneet, ma she was sleeping When I Was • there 'last, while on all Other encash:ins • She paid no attention whatever to me." - • For a moment Guy regarded his .friPnd attentively, noticing" that extra ' care 'had been, taken-- with his toiletathat the collar. was fresh from the laundry, and the new _cravat tied -in .0;,Iilostnexception'able Man-. •ner, instead Of ,being. twisted in a hard knot, With the ends looking as if they had, been che. wed, ,. • ' "Doc," he said, ..when his • survey' was completed, ""hOW old are you -26 or 27?". .'"Just year . age; why ?" and the .doctor looked up with an 'expreesion so wholly • innocent of Guy's real meaniagsthat the latter, instead of tellina-why, replied : , " Olisnothing ; •only.t'I was wondering .if you would do. to . be my father. Agnes.; verily believe, is. more than half' in love with you; but, ea the whole, I should, not like tobe your son; sol guess' you'd better take some one younger -say jessie.. You. .are only eighteen years her senior." . The 'doctor stared at him ,amaSzech, and . when,. he had finished, said; with', the, utmest•eandor : • "What has that ,to do . with Madeline? Ithoughtwe Were talking of her." • • , • . •• I]aeocent as the new-born babe,"; Was mental Comment,' as he eongrato; lated himself on his larger andmore varied. • experienCe. • . • •' . And Dr. Holbrook wcis as simple -hearted 'as a child, and never dreamed of Guy's meaning, or that any -emotion save a per- fectiy. proper one had a; -lodgment in his • breast as he &sive down • to Honeclale, • gaarding. carefully Guy's ' bouquet, an'cl wishing he knew just what .he ought to Say when hal:resented. it. •• •• , Muddy • had gained rapidly during, the last three days sa GO2Ct. nursiug -and the doctor'e,Medicinehni're sverking and on the morning when the doctor, with Guy's bouctaet,' was aiding rapidly toward. Hopedale; ohe was feeliag; -So. much ,better, that in view of his cOming she asked:if shel could nothe perm i the. ribcking-chair, . instead' of lying there it.' bed.; and Wheirthis- plan Was vetoed as utterly impossible -she aSked anxiously: : • " And must 1 See ,h_lar in this 'Ugh a ,gerwal • Can't 'have on my pink.•gingliam wrapper?" • -as ' Hitherto Maddy had .been' too Sick to ease at all about her personal appearenee, • but it was different now ;' and thoughts of -meeting again the .handsoine,, stylish -look- . ing man, whonamhe fully believed to be Dr. JE(olbrook. made her rather nervoas. - Dim remembrances she„had of some one gliding, in:and about the room, and when the pain and noise in her head was in its highest, •a band. large and • cool had been laid upon •her temples, quieting ,the. throbbing, and making . the . blood -Uourse ,less madly through the swollen veins. • TheY had told. her .how kind, how attentive he.' had .beeis, and to herself shetad, "He's Bossy about that certificate. • He wishes to show. methat he, did not wish to be unkind: Yes, ',forgive biro; for I really was very, stupid that afternoon.", ' • . • •• And se; in a most forgiving _frame of Mind, Maddy submitted to the night-dress, which grandma brought, in • place of the gingham wrapper, andwhich 'became her well, with its dahatilyacrinsped raffles about the neck and, wrists, which :had .grewnso small that.Maddy sighed It, seehow loose. • they were as , her grandmother "battened- togetheithe wrist -bands., .• • "1• • have • been very sick," she said: •". Are nay cheeks as, thin as io,armsz,,• •••., They were -net, ,though. they had :lost 'someOf, 'their, symmetrical roundness. Still -there ,Wae'ralleh of th'e childish beauty in. the young, eager face, and . thehair had lost cornparatiYely none ai43,gloesy bright- ness.. : s. • • •• s• - ",That's him"," granclaiasaid, as the , 'siound of a lierse'S gllop wasalieardraands hi a. nioneeht the doctor reined' hp, before • the gate; • " From Mrs'. Markham, who met ,hine.in the door; he learned how latch- better Milady was s andalso low, as grandma, expressed 11, "She had beeaaseckoning on - this visit, making herself all a sweat *about • '• . Suddenly the ("octet felt•all his 'old dread' 'of Maddy ClYda returning. Why should • she worry herself into a sweat? What "was there in that visit differentfrom any other? Nothing; he said to himself nothing ;;sad yet he, toe, had been more. anxious about it than any he hadever paid. Depositing his hat and gloves upen the table, he fel-- lowed Mrs. Markham up the stairs, vaguely conscious Of wishing she would stay out of the room, and verY conscious of ;feeling. glad when- • just at • lYtaddy's door. and opposite • a little window, she s espied ,the hens busily engaged. in . devouring the yeast Cakes with which she had taken so much pains, anct - Which she • had plabed in the botsun to ..dry. •Finding that they paid_ no heed to her kind " shoo, shoot," she started,heaself to drive' them away, telling the, doctor to go right in by hinaself, ., • , , •' The perspiration was standing Maddy's hair by ,this time; and' when the • doctor stepped across the threshold, and she knew he .rally was coming 'near her, it oozed out upon her forehead in big, round -droves-while-ler cheeks glowed- .as feVerish heat.. Thinking • he should get along better if he treated her just:as he would Jessie, the doctor.contrented her at oLeesan& asked: "How is my little patient to -day ? " . • A faint sarcoma' broke from Maddy'e lips, and she involuntarily raised her hand to thrust the Stranger away. This blaok•eyed, black -haired; thick -et man was not Dr. Holbrook; hewas taller, and more slight; while she had not been .deceivedin the dark, brown eyes,: which, even while they seemed "to be mocking at her, had worn a strange fascin, ation fcir the maiden( of four - tees and a.' half. The 400tor fancied her delirious again, and thiesreSesure& hips at once. 'Dropping the bouquet Upon the bed, he 'clasped one of her :hands in his, and without the slightest idea that she cons- px-ehended him, said soothingly: ' "Poor child, are you afraid of me -the doctor -Dr. Holbrook?" Maddy did not try to withdraw her hand but, raising her eyes, swimmieg in tears, to Iiis face, she stammered out "What does it mean, and where is the one who -asked me those dread ful questions? 1 thoiight that was Dr. Hof- bsook." ' . 'Here was a dilemma -something fur which the doctor was not prepared, and with a feeling that he would not betray Guy, he said: • - "No; that was some one else- a friend of mine -but I was there in the back office. Don't you remember me? Please don't grow excited. Compose yourself, and I will explain all by-and-by. This is wrong,. 'Twill never do," and talking thus rapidly he wiped away the sweat, about which grapdnaa had told him. - Maddy was disappointed, and it took her. some time to rally slifficiently to convince „ , • the 'doctor that she was not delirious, as he termed it; but composing herself at laet, she answered all his questions; and then, as he saw ' her eyes vsanderipg towards the -bouquet, lm suddenly remembered that it was hot yet presented, and placing it in her handshe said: • . • , • • "You like ,flowers, I know, ruadtheseare for you.I---" • • , ' "Oh! thstisk yon, thank, you, &inter : I ans. SO glad. •I love them so mucla, and you are so kind. What made you thials to .bring them?' I've ')vanted flowers S� badly„; but".1. could not have them, because • I was sick and did net :work- in sthe garden. lt was so good in you;," and in her delight Maddy's teats dropped „upon the, fair blossoms.' ' :Fait'ais'arciment the doctor ' Was sorely tempted to keep the credit thus enthusias- tically given ;. but he was too truthful for that, and sq, watching her as her eyes glistened with pleased excitement, he said: LAM glad you likes -them, :Miss Clyde, and Mr. Remington will be glad too. He sent them to you from his conservatory." • "Not Mr. -Remington from Aikenside- not Jessie's hrOther ?•", and Ma,ddsde eyes u,ow fairly . danced 08' they sought the, docter's face. 7, • .• '" Yes, Jessie's brother. , he • • , came here- with her once: Heats intereSted in you, and brought these" down this morning to aiy office," " ,• •• • , "11 was Jessie; I giiess, who' sent them," • Maddy Suggestedsbut the debtor persisted 'that it was Gay. • '•• " He wished me to •present Ahem with • hiscompliments. • Ple•thaught they might please you."' " • ;' Oh! they .do;they de!" Maddy replied. " They .almOst make me well., Tellhim • how much I thank him, and likel him,. toe though I neves Sa7 LEM.", • ' Tha doctor opened his lips to tell her she had seen him, but changed his Mind before thewords were uttered. She might not think so well of •Guyshe thought, and there was no. • harm in withholdirig••the • So Maddy had no suspicion that the face aim land. thought "of so much belonged to Guy Reii---thigtop. . She pad never seen him, of coarse; but slie, hoped she should some time, 56 as to thank bins: for .his generosity to her grandfather and his kindness to her. self. , Then; as • she remembered the message. she had: sent him, she began to think thatlitsoundechtoefamiliaasand said i•the doctor; : •' .• "If you plr ease, don't tel.Mr.• Remington that I said 1 likedlicri-only that .I thank . . 'lila.. He would': think it .qneer for .a poor girl like me to send such word tohim. He is very rich, and handsome; • and splendid, isn't he ? " • • • ' •"Yes; Guy's . rich' • and handsome, and, everybody likes him. • We were in college . " Yost were !".-Maddy exclaimed. "Then You know him well, and TeSsie, and •Yon've ,been to Aikenside o,ften.? There's nothing in the world I waist so much asto go to • Aikenside.--rThey say it -is se beautiful." • • ",Perhaps .I'll take you up 1here,sonse , day -when. yen are strong enough to ride," the doctor a,nswered,thinking Of his light .buggy at,horne, and 'wondering he had not ueecl-it„naore, instead of always riding. on attnainesta, delight when I gave her the bouquet. She wished -me to thank you for her. "Indeed;" and Agnes bridled haughtily; "1 did not kpow "that Guy was in the habit cf sending lson(j.nets to such as this Clyde girl. I really must. report him to Miss Atherstone." - Cru:y's seat was very near to Agnes, and, while a cloud overspread his fine features, he said tober in an aside; "Please say in your report that the -svdast 'thing about this Clyde girl is that ehe aspires to be a teacher, and possibly a governess." , . . . ' There was;art emphasis on the htet word which silenced Agnes and set her to beating her French hoot on the carpet; while Guy, turning back to the doctor, replied to his ,remark: . "She was pleased, then?" ." Yes; she must be -vastly fond of flowers, though I' sOmetimes fancied. that the fact 'Of being noticed by you afforded (littlest as .nauch satisfaction as the bouquet itself. 'She •evid,ently regards you as a superior 'being, and Aikenside as a second Paradise, and asked innuinerable questions about you .and jessie too." • • " Did she honor me with an inquiry?". Agnes asked, her tone indicative of sarcasm, though she was greatly interested as well as relieved by the reply. ' • • ." Yes S she said _ehe heard that jessie's mother was a -beautiful woman, and asked if you arere not born in England." , a__53s mixed me- up with ,44ucy... Guy, 'you Must go down sad enligoten ' her," Agties-said, langhiug Merrily and appear. 4n moreat ease than she did before since Maddy Clyde hadbeen the eubject of con- versation. • Gay 'did not go' down to Honedale -but fruit and flowers, and a bottle of rare 'old , wine; found their wayt to the old red cottage, always brought\ by Guy's man, Duncan, and always acconspanietl-with Remington'ecomplimentss _hidden_ among the ,rosebuds, was a childish note -from Jessie, some Of it 'printed and soma in the uneven- haand of a child just com- mencing to write: '- . It was as follows " DEAR M.snass: " I think you have such . a pretty name, \ and so does. Guy; and so ,does the doctor, ' too. I want to come to -See you, but mamma won't let me. I think of you eyer , se much, and 'S9 does Guy, 1 guess, for he sends' you lots of things. Guy- is a' nice. brother, and is most as old as mamma. 'Ain't that funny?, You know my fast ma i's dead. • She was Gayi mother, and my • papa was ever so• old. Ihe doctor tells us about you when he domes to -Aikenside. I wish he'd come oftener,. for .1 love hisha bushel -don't you? 'Yours respectfully, Dr. Holbrook looked much -eider than he ' was, anal to Maddy he seenaed • quite fatherly, so that the idea of .riding with him,. asidesfrona thelonor is , might be to her, struck her much' tts riding with Farmer Green would have. done. The doctor too •imagined. that his proposition was prompted `solely from disinterested motives, but he found himself wondering how long it would ' be before Maddy would be able to ride a little distance, just over the hill and back. He was tiring her, he knew, by talking to her so• much; but somehow -it was very • delightful there in that sick room; with the summer sunshine stealing through the window and falling upon • the brown head resting,on the pillows. 'Once he fixed. the pillows, arranging them • so nicely that grandma, who had come infrom, her hens and yeast cakes,' declared "3m was as sea:woman," and, after receiving- a' fear general directions with. regard to the future, "guessed, if he wan't in a hurry, -sheal-1eave-him-with-Maddy--4-spell5-asa there were a few' chores she Pah-gild°. ' The do-otor knew that at leak a dozen _people were waiting for him; but :still he was in "hdlitilly, he Said, and so for half an hour longer he satathere talking of Guy, and Jessitj, and Aikenside, and wondering he' had never before observed how very becoming a vvhitevvrapper, was to sit* gide like Maddy Clyde. Had he been asked the question, he could not have told whether his ,other patients wore buff, or baown, or tan coler ; but he knew all about Maddy's dress, and thought the 'dainty frill around her Slender throat the prettiest thing that he had eviir seen. At last he really /mist go, and, bidding Maddygood-bye,lm started on his daily round et -Mits.' The Aikenside carriage was standing at Mrs. Conner's gate when he returned, and Jessie came'running out to meet him, 'fol- lowed . by Guy; while. Agnes, in , most becoming attire, sat by the window looking • as unconcerned at his arrival as if it were not the very, event for which she had been impatiently waiting. Jessie was a great pet with thedoctor, and, lifting her lightly in ilia arnis; he kissed. her forehead „where the golden curls Were clustering, and said to her : "1 have seep Maddy Clyde. She asked • for yen, and why .you did not come to see her, as you promiSed." a Mother won't let me," Jessie answered. :" She says they are not fit aesociates for a -Remington,"• . • , There was a sudden flash, of contempt on the doctor's face, and a gleam of wrath in Agnes' eyes a� 'she motioned Jessie to be silent, and then;gracefally 'received the • doctor, who by this time Was in the room. As if determined to monopolize" the con- versation, and keep it from turning „on the Markhanss Agnes rattled,' on ,fos, nearly fifteen minutes, scarcely • allowing Guy' a, (lance for' uttering a word. But Guy bided his tithe, and: seized the first favorable • oppottnnity to inquire after Madeline. . She svas improving rapidly, the doctor said adding, '‘' You ought to have seen her JESSIE AGNES "REMINGTON. • l'hi& note Maddy'read and re -read until she knew it by heart. • especially the part- • relatiag to G -ay. • Hitherto, she had not particularly liked her name, greatly prefer- ring that it should have been Eliza Ann or Sarah -Jane - but the knowing that Guy • Remington fancied it made . a vast differ- ence, and did much teWard reconciling her. She did. riot. even notice .the clause, " and the doctor too." His attentions and likings She took as a matter of course, so quietly and so eenstantly had they been given. The day was.verylong now which did not bring him to. the cottage but she missed him mnch as she would havemissed her • brother, if ehe had ode, though her pulse always quickened and her cheeks glowed . . -When she heard 'him at the gate. The motive -power did not lie deeper than a great friendliness for one who hall been ingtruasental in saving her life. They 11-8-1.4 talked over the matter of her examination more tlsan once, the doctor' blansinglainaself more than was necessary for his ignorance as to what was required of a teacher; but when she asked who. was hiss prOxy," he always ansWerecl evasively:, " A friend from Boston.." • And this he did to shield Guy, who he knew was enshrined in thelittle maiden's heart as a paragon. of all excellence. , _ CHAPTER VII. TEE DRItt. , Latterly the doctor ' had 'taken to driv- ing in his buggy, and when _Maddy was strong enough he took her with him one • day, and with his own hands, adjusted the • shawl -Which -grandma wrapped around 'her and tied the white sun -bonnet which shaded the sweet, pale face, Where the roses were just beginning to bloomagain. The doctor was very.happy that morning, and so, too • was Maddy, talking to hiin upon the theme of -which elfe'fferret tired -Guy Remington, Jessie, and Aikenside. Was it as beautiful a place as she had heard' it was, anddidn't he think it weal:Ilse „delightful to live " I suppose Mr.' Guy. will Ve bringing wife there some day when he finds one," and' leaning back in the buggy Maddy heaved a little sigh not at thoughts of Guy Remington's wife, but because she began to feel tired, antl thus gave vent to her The doctor, he:Weyer, did riot so conetrue it. He heard the ,sigh, and for the lirst time when likening to" her as 'she talked, of Guyaa keen throb of pain shot through his heart, a semething as pear akin to jealonsy as it ,was possible for him then to feel. But all unused as he was to the, Workings °novo he did not at that moment dkeaM of _such.an_emotionconliection_wi line Clyde. Ile.only knew that something affectedhind unpleasantly, prompting him to tell Maddy. Clyde about Lucy Ather- stene, who, in all probability, svould one day comet° Aikenside as its mistress: • - "Yes, Guy will undoubtedly marry," he began, as just as over the top of the hill they were ascending horses' head8 were vislible, and the Aikenside carriage Ap- peared • in view: • "There ,lm is now," • he exclaimed, adding quickly, " No am mistaken, there's only a lady inSide. It must be Agnes." ' ." Oh, what a handsome lad'? Who is she ? " Maddy asked, turning to look after „the carriage now swiftly descending the "That 118 Jessie's mother, Mrs. Agnes Remington," the doctor replied. _la She'll feel flattered with your compliment." - "1 did not mean to flatter. I said what I thought. She iS handsome, beautiful, and so young too. Was that a gold„braeelet which doctor'.fla,s heso on her arm?" , preeumed it wad, thdfi • Tgh he had not noticed. • Gold bracelets were not new to him as they were to Maddy,, who continued: • • • -"I wonder if I'll ever Wear a bracelet like •" Would you like to ?" the doctor asked,. glancing at the small white wrist, around .which the dark calico sleeve waa .cloaely buttoned, and thinking how much prettier andamodest-lopkingat was than Agnes's halt,. bare arMs, where ,the -ornaments were Ila,shing. . • • - " Y:e-s," came hesitatingly. from Maddy; .who had a strong passion for jewellery: "1 guess I would,' though grandpa classes all stela. things ;with the ponspe and vanities which I must reneunce when I' :get to be good." ••- "And when will that bo?" the doctor \ Again Maddy sighed, ass shereplied, "1 Cannot tell. I thought so• Pinch IthOut, it • while I was eick, that is, when. I could think; but now .I'm better, it goes away frem me some. I know it is wtong, but I cannot help it. I've beau only a bit of pomp and vanity, but I must say that I. like wlaat I-Ssave seen, and 'I wish to see more. It's very wicked, I know," she kept On, as she met the queer expression of the doctor's face; "and I know you think me so bad. You are good,- a Christian, I suppose." - '1'here was a strange light in the doctor's eve as he answered half sadly, "No, alhazdtvadv 'n 10 tarme nnooutnwc ebda t jar pcoatlnl Pas Cahnrdv i stai °UT I ties yet."' "Oh, I'm so sorry," and Maddy's eyes expressed es1.a 0al 1 otuhgehtob sorrow ewyousnhoeprofessed a reSt 00 le The doctor colored crimson, and stop- ping his horse under the 'dim shadow of a maple in a little hollow, he said: 'I'm not so very, old, Maddy; only twelve years older than yourself:, and. Agnes'. husband was snorethan-tareaty."five years her senior." s • - The doctor didsnot know why he dragged that last in when it had nothing whatever to do with their conversation; but as the most trivial thing often leads to great' results so fram the pang caused by Maddy's thinking him so old, was born the first real consciousness be had ever had that the little girl beside him Was very dear, and that the twelve years' difference between them might prove a Most impassable gulf. With this feeling it was exceedingly' pain- ful for him ,to bear Maddy'ssuddenexclansa. "Oh, oh ! over twenty-five years—that's dreadful! She must, be glad lie's dead., I .could never .roarry a naan more than five years older than I am." ' "Not if youlovecl him, and beloved you. very very dearly?" the doctor 'asked, .his voice low and tender in its tone. s Whollyunsuspicious of the wild storm -beatin gain -his aleart,--Maddy-untied-her- white --sun-bounet, and,- taking it in her lap; smoothed back her soft hair, saying with a long breath:. " Oh I- I'm so hot ; " and t3aen, os. if just remembering his question, she replied : "1 shouldn't loye' hires -I couldn't. Grandma is five years younger than. grandpa, mother was five years yeanger than 'father. Mrs: Green is fiveyears younger, than Mr. Green and; oh! ever go many. You are wa.rra, too; ain't "you?" andshe turned: , her innoeent eyes full upon the •doctor, who was wiping from hislips the great -drops of water, induced not so muchly heat as by the apparent hopelessness .of the love he now knew -was • growing iu his .heart. for Maddy- Clyde. :Recurring 'again to Agnes, Maddyssaid.: "1 wouder why , shemarried that old man. It is Worse than if .you.were t(3"‘na' M"ornYeyjesasniecr position were 'the attrac- tions, I imagine," the doctor said." Agues was poor, and esteemed it a groat honor, to lie made- Mrs. Remington." • ,, " POOk, was She ? " • Mad ri y • rejoiued. "'Then. maybe 'Mr. Guy will Some. day marry a poor girl." . Again the doctor thought to tell her ot Lucy Atherstone, but he did not, as he saw that Maddy Was 'growing tired and needed to be at home,. he turned his hose° in the direption of the cottage. ". , '"Perhaps you'll sometimes .change your mind about people so (nugh older, and if you do you'll remember our talk this morning," he said, .as lie drove up at last, before.the gate.. • • • ern -1a3 continued f. grottootinal,...”.ziltIvatitek (gard,0 .1i/f ONEY TO LEND IN LARGE OR SMALL sums on good taertgage security, MOderate ratan of interest. H. naSsp, Clinton.. • A L",.6F 0LANDS IN HURON FOR SALE BY the Canada Company, may be seen at the office of he madorsigned. H. HALE, GlintOn. TA H. DOWSDEY, M. D., 10.0. 0.8. 11.'NGLAND, X./ Physician', Surgeon, tte., Office and. residence next Mot sorr's Bank, market square Clinton. •Fli R. APFLETON.- OFF10E-AT RESIDENCE on Ontario street, Clinten, oppositeaae °lunch. Entrance by side gate. JAIvrinS.elSn,Ce0CT0Ti.,irltiAoltiRol,SiTtuzEirto, s , Office, in BEA'VER Btecx Amunim Si. Clinton., OYOUNG, M. B., (GRADUATE OF TORONTO .•University,)Phy.sioian, Surgeon, &c.', residence at Mr. Manning's, three doors east .01 the' Tempe"rance Hall, Londesboro, Ont. Ditm• elidEiaEtel'yEll-or°thForif DeasoAnL'sBbnonollr' stOTreR.EEItle's-i- 'dance, opposite the Temperance Hall, Huron Street Clinton. Office hours from 8 auto 6 p.m. . ARRIAGE I,ICENSES AND CERTIEIC.A'I'ES Apply at the Smith Blo'ck,or at the residence of the subscriber, near the London, Huron & Ihnce Railway, JAMES SCOTT, Issuer of Marria g,o LhuMses. Clinton Es..WHITT, TEACHER Or music. isuataS LY attended at their own residence,if necessary. Ile-. sideline at Mrs. Watterson's, Battenbury' St, Cli•nton. Itice'sniew method taught if desired. ! STANDITRY, GRADUATE OF ;THE MED, I CAL Department of Victoria-Univergit,Toront6;for • of the Hospitals and Dispensaries'New York Coroner for the'Ctihniy of inron,Bayfipld,Ont. • 111/pn W. WILLIAMS, B. A., M. /3., GRA.DUATE. OF .Toronto University; member of theCollege of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, Ont. Omuta: & RESIDENCE the house formerly occupied by -Dr. Reeve, Albert street Clinton. • •. • - A T. MANNING, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, SOL £1., oIooR-u-Onueosny, Convoyancer,j &e., Beaver -,Dh0elE7--.01intoirrent•--Al3'irusinese-p-romptry attended - .0"). Office hours, 9a,m. to 6 p.m. 5- , 'Jan- WORTHINGTON, PHYSICIAN, aURGE ON .JAccouchnur,j..ic entiate of the College ofPhysician- and Slirgpons of Lower Canada', and Provincial Linen, tfate and Coronorf Or the -County of Huron.' Officeand residcinae,---Tho,building f ormerly oceupied by Mr Tawsites, Huron street.. 'Clinton, Jan. 10,1571. . •STRANGE SI1OOTI1NG CASE. Saved by a Sillvet;,Dollar. An Oswego (N.Y.) despatch of yesterday s date reports'that a Syracuse special says that news has just been made public of an .atterapted murder at BaldwinsVille on Thursday. Albeit Bober Was walking on the. railway trs,cit, and stopped at a spring near the svosds to get A drink. While _ ihe• steeping over he received a shot, ntside, -the ballpassing-throughlits overcoataun deaa- coat and a diary in liis pocket, and striking -a silver dollar, which atopped its force. On • recovering he saw a man running through • the woods, but 'could not identify him. Next day Rober received taletter through the Mail bearing no signature, ipviting him • to meet the_writer at the spring any night between the hours of 9 and.10, adding that he mnst'come well armed and Orepared for. • business, and that a silver dollar would ndt savd. him. The letter is in the, hands of .officers. • There. is much excitement over the affair. • A --vigilance committee is talked of. - . , •Among the 1Dhurehem. Dr. Castle, of Toronto, has,been suffering. irom an attack of vertigo for the past week., • 11 18 rumored that Rev: Mr. Kirkpatrick, pester of Cooke's. -Church, Toronto, has • Edinburgh beats the World as yet on • church -going. There vsere at'church recently On a given Sunday 101,700 .peopld, outisf a population of 223,000. '• , The Presbyterians in Ireland are thus early making arrangements -for the Pan. PresbyterianCouncil, which meets in , Belfast in 1881 . The Modefrator of tlae-Preshyteiian Gen- eral A.ssetribly of Victoria, Australia, spoke in his address in favs sof a revision of ,t1M Westminster G-o-fifeiginiref Fgth. • The Rev:A J: Brouglaill, of Toronto, has so far recovered from his recent attack of typhoid fever as to beable to go,to.Cobourg, where he vvill recruit: The Rev. Charles Short, l3.A., late curate at, Woodbridge, has, peeri 'appointed to do duty at St. Stephen's Church for three months, while Mr: Broughall is resting, • A religious,. Census fallen on a recent Sunday, in Glasgow sheived that the nuns: her of Evangelical churches was 324, with an aggregate attendance of 115,292, and 20 Roman Catholic clinrches,witli an aggregate attendance of 15,871. The.population. of the city and suburbs included was at hist census_ ,704,436. • ' . . An -American missionary who has just returhed from Telugu, on the western coast of the Bay of Bengal, where he has been laboring for many -yeare in the reli- gious vineyard, says: "11 is s4ange what peculiar ideas. this 'people (the Telugus) have of Christianity. Said one good old Brahmin to me, If my sons should becOme Christians they Would then, doubtless, becohle drunkards like the Englishmen.' " There are two things that Col. Ingersoll saysho would like to have the clergy stick, to. One is the subject under discussion, and the other is the truth. "1 have only one reqnest," he says,. " to make of the clergy of the vshole svorld, Slid that is, that they, will not tell falgehescla about mesa_ There are gii-OCITIOneetsselfsaeriffeing Men hathe pulpits and the PeWS ; but, judging from myaexperience, I would almost' hate to say how few." The story of the drowsy Hungarian, John Gyumber, vslso fell asleep in a Pennsylvania bar -room, and continued • to slumber tor days; weeks and months, cannot wholly have been forgotten. He is wide awake now, and a steady worker in an Allentown rolling Mill. Whether he regrets not hav- ing dozed on until he had rivalled Rip Van Winkle is not stated. ;'s W '33.0A.ETWEIGHT,S. UnGEoNDB-NTIST, Graduate of the .Royal College of Dental In sit Surgeons diS Ontario, has'opened rooms in . the "Victoria Block, Albert Street, Clinton, wheie he a�lI 'constantly be in attendance,and prepared to per- fotra every operation connected with Dentistry. Teeth extracted, or tilled whh Gold, amalgam'or other Ening material. Artfficiatienth inserted from 'one to a MONEYT 0 LEND PRIVATE AND C0i1PANY FUNDS, at lowebt rates 'and on'terms to suit borrowers.Fees low. A. II. -MANNING, Solicitor and ConvOYancer . . . ItiErvit,• - • • D v .17 .s 'r roni the Office of Trotter '&•; Caesar, leading ,dentists. Toronto. Second Honor Graduate ,Boyal College Dental surge•Qu's•. oaProa, BEAVER.BLOCF.,.CLINToisr,,bvsn 'rOwLEIt. JE*EI.1.BILY STDEE.. ' runsa ainderSig lied has made arrangements with ,,eve- -11_ ral leading Real Estate Agents in Manitoba to open an office here for the sale and purChase of real " 'estate in Manitoba and the Noithwest Territorie,,. Maps and all information will be received about 1st January, land sold arid bought m ith little expense, and all information given. - AH. MANNING, Solicitor, d:c Clinton. MO1\ EY. TO LEND. MONEY TO LEND, ON REAL ESTATE, • AT LOWEST RATES. Apply to C. RIDOUT, Clinton, fluron—and Erie lo.an an(1, Savitigs "(1. -MONEY TA) LOAN on the Straight Loan Sys- -tcni-1---oans of -large suiTiT'-; 10--,6"tiate-drat special-- rates. Interest at lo iates. • 1 JAMES SCOTT, Barrister, Valuator' at Clinton. FUNDS t1it17vratesee3'on 01se3is sis;esinsaerft1act DEAI'Llt BLOCK, OLIN rox. ' 46 110,TEr ro kogsre MORTGAGES, NOTES, AND OTHER • Good Securities Purchased. CONV EYANCIN..G. W. W. FARRAN: TllEMOLSONS BANK, Incorporated:by Act ofl'arliament;18513. . . , • CAPITAL, •$2,00Q,,000. Head Office, Montreal. THOMAS . ,. H. R. MOT;SON,...'. Vine -Pres. ' 10.,WOLFERSTAN TE{OMAS;GeneralManagor. Notes. .'diScounted;Collections sniade,'. Drafts. •.issued; Sterling and •Anierican .exchange; . ho1sg-70 and sold •at-lo.vest, • • ',current rates. • . . • C•INTIEREST ALLOWED ON DEPoShrS. •• • , sa. LOUGH, Manager'. Feb.17, 18E31: •' ' , Clinton. INSURANCE • On all Descriptions of Property, AT LOWEST RATES. 40 ••••C. RIDOIJT, °Baton. IFAYOU• ARE.TRAVELLING • EAST WEST BUY YOT.H1 TIOIKETS FROM__ Jas. Thompson Town Agent G.T,11; J. BIDDLECOMBE, ch and -Clock ',Maker, ssas • sa:s..a •JEW ',LER, -ctic.; Would respectfuilyannonnce to his enstoniers and.the publie generally, that he has removed into his former • building, on '1".111?,ET, OFPOSITE THE ,MARRET, 'Whore he will keep on handapeleat ds'aortnumt of Clocks, Watt,hes," Jewellery, and S'ileerwar. ' • of all kinds, Which he will sell at roasonablerates: Repairing • every description promptly attended to. atriumoosstnE, Amstar Surat"—, Clinton, bee.5, 1876.