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. She pales very isereeptibly beneeth
his steady look, but her gaze refuoes to
pleatant plesio. It b.o41 very wellatosiam- -ac 444 eYea leek at him. ea-
ahulie the world; but a coffin is ea odioue ber C°1°1111e8B face with a strange 1)/1.6
• thin whoa ma comes to twak of unVatying light thst spethape even A
little oontemptuous, .
"A jeot prolenged is but a poor thing,"
she says, with a flickering omile that
has no mirth in it.
"There I agree with you ; though I
confess I cannot see where the jest comes
in here. I have your word, the word
that gave you to me, and intend to keep
you to it, whether you will or whether
you won't." Then his whole manner
changes; an inexpressible tenderness
alters and characterises it. "You did
not mean what you said,?" he asks -very
gently, almost beseechingly.
NO answer coming to him, he lays his
hands with a certain suddenness upon
her ohoulders, and turns her slight
figure to where the moonbeams can fall
'upon it.. _
' Sneak!" he says, with a 'closer
scrutiny.
It is possible that Inhis tnxiety he.
may have given her a gentle shake.
She does not resent it, but her eyes fill
with tears. e aat" •
"Ab" sari Vyner, "even though you.
refusito accept me, still I tell you you
are mine1 will give you up -to no man
op earth !" He leans a little forward;
still with his hands upon her shoulders,
as if keeping her in custody. "-Now I
woUld weep lying in mine," pro.
'testi he, A )10110W tone. What is life
without love? A mockery, a delusion,
and a mime,"
"Are you going to tell me Wild is the
matter with you ?" demands Mrs. We,
raps, just one little note -of sharpness in
her Boit voice. Who shall blame her?
'You will feel any amount better if you
wffl just get it off your mind, whatever
it is.
"I've toldyou. It's Audrey !" says
the woeful knight, sighing deeply.
took your advice and. proposed to her
again. It was tho 'seventh tiine 1 I said
to myself, 4 This -is the myritio number;
new I shall succeed -soon I shall ;call
my love my own!' With high hope and
a beating heart I approached her foot-
stool. I knelt to her. - feet -I
poured out all my soul, I laid bare my.
innermostihoughts. Sheiheatd me ; she
listened -yeas to the very end ; and then
He pauseS, as though •overpowerd eby
his feelings.
"Well ?"-cagerlfa'
• "She sort of toia to: got ontta"
winds ug Sir alliicksy, somewhat insetii-
ciently; and with a dolorous snifile ;
"she would none of me ! She wouldn't
hear of me as a•husband at any price 1 ain going to kiss my wife 1" .he says,
She wouldn't so Inueli as leek at toe." with determination.
klere he falls a-weepina. Audrey, laying five little Outspread
that erroametererale-raratellugerssieon-his chestrpresses him from
sa_ _
myminalignenttse--"--1-taboinin-
cah.19 of Yon. _lialren't Yee en.lr Self-tes
her. Her face is ashen white, her lips
are quivering.
"Anth1xat-isityerir1si.
whispers, in a voice so changed by
tremulous agitation as to- be a breath
rather than a voice. „
"That I love you," replies Vyner
spect -
"Not a particle," declares' he,
'still
' -trying noisily. "Why shoold,I 2 What
good would it do me S All my .hope
are 'dear departeds' ; there's nothing-
left to •um. I'd as soon iso dead• eernestly ; "you must havo known it,
alive."
and that you love mo too, though nofi.
" Or sooner perhaps," sugeste she, perhaps So deeply as I love ,yon ; still
with e, suspicion of a. smile, speedily dare to believe 1 am better iu your eyes
checked. . " But why give in at only a than any other man."
seventh repulse? -Try it again."
"She wouldn'tstandiaoshe aeantudi -
as told inc so. 'Even as I knelt before
her that last time, she said, coldly as a
beautiful sorceress, tlf ever You • even
hint at this -hateful noneense again,
turn yen mit of the house.' Plateful' .whispers a little wildly, and berets into
]?Ie encircles lier with his items v.ud
draws_her taviardslaim, she unresistieg.
There id long pause, fraught eittla,
many thoughtaa - and then She lays lier
head" upon his breast. .
"At last-aat last I am happy 1". she
-that was the word that she used to- . Pcssiefl el teem.
wards niy devoted affection, I give- you • „
my honour 1" says Sir Chieksy, ` • CHAPTER Xla. a -
ning to.weep afresh. "Now what d'yo
call that 2". lialf an hour has gone by, giving time
to a vo7 stricken young man to Steal
away and lose himself; but not his in-
dignaot :mieery, atacingst the laurels and
the rhodtidendrons in the. shrubbery,
and still Audrey and Vyner are standing
in a very lovet-like attitude, forgetful of
time, forgetful of everything but them-
eelfee,When 4 sudden rustle of draperies,
alaint footfall, rouses them from their
•tairY-dres,ca end warns them of impen-
ding danger. -• • a .
With a sense of guilt they iitart hasti-
ly apart and glabOe• in' the direction of
the coining sound. t
. And now espeetty daintibaclads- form -
et
"Barbarity," decides Mrs. Wemyss
promptly, who is however 'consumed.
'with a desire for laughter. "I wonder
you don't abuse her like a. pickpocket.
Oh, what a senseless girl/ to be blind
to such charms as yours."
"Couldn't you say a word for me-?" '
entreats Sir Chicks,* neiseeably, taking
her hand and pressing it convulsively.
" Do, do 1" He is gazing -up at her in
the . misty moonlight; his eyes' swim- --
ming with grief. His fiogers have play-
ed such havoc with his head by this
time that helooks foe all the world like '
the fretful °reit .in, as he Standfl,
ini-
•
'How silver -sweet souudlovers' tongues.hy
night, . •
Like softest music to attending ears -
. bretithellisaWcTrayst,"-lialfateafety'sa'
• valve to her suppressed rairth,halflitti -
.the hope of,gaining ttme._ " Deer Sit.-
Chicksy,you know I am always ' Your •
friend. I will do what I ono."
This is hardly hypocrisy on. her -Part,. •
as she hes indeed many a time and -oft .
• dropped , hints- about She Chicken's
wealth and 'position to the irtesponmye. •
' "Al, but whit will .you do ?'' de.
maids homixiously, who is perhaps .
half such a fool as he looks.
Whilst Mrs. Womysit hesitates as to
what. proper answer she shall make.
to this pertinent question, 'the: sound
of an, advancing feotstep comes to her
.
---TrAnother time you mast discuss•thie
' matter with me," she breathes .confidere .
tially, gathering up her long train, as
though to emphasise the' fact that de.
• parture from the spot on which they
stead is imperativesa" another. time, •
and soon. then--- Somebody is
• coming," she says quickly -s" you hear?
. This spot is growing too popularised for
• confidences. Adieu, then until fortune
,
favottrs us again!" • •
She glides awayfrom himaand is soon
lost to -sight amongst the encircling foli-
age. Sir Chicksy .is about to Pillow
her eaansple and disappear mealier
ireetion, when a solitary figure stepping
ut upon the baleony attracts Ins at-
teotion. .
It is Audrey! 'Apple hing the iron
• , e a
:Upon them and gazes down upon 'the ,
semi -darkness below, where Mr. N.lynera"
is Walktng up and down smoking a
cigar.
" Mr. Vyner !" calls she softly. . '
Hearing her, 'quer comes to a stalids
still beneath the balcony, and looks 'op
at her, cigar in hood.
" Here -catch!" she Bays, lowering;
'to him a -beautiful arm white-asasnoW
which gleams in. the moonlight and, has
6 little hand at the end 'of it holding
is----somethinglightly_olenched.
. " Are you going to throw rati seine-
"thited" asks he carelessly. " If so,
I eould not see it, •
"Join your hands, then, Alia had
•them out; yeti will our* see this."
get';" That's where ,your intellect fails
. yea. I can soe nothing. It is iqtritt3 an
Egyptian darkness down here. Are yea
going to make Me el present? if you
think it is my birthday," sitys MraVy.
ner slowly and with an honourable
.effoia, "I feel it only hefted to let you
.nowthat my natal clay is hot novordt
tomes with the snow and the sleet ;
if you are bent oh giving me MAO.
thing handsotae,lwhy, dein° donet and
do it I"
Slowly, dainbily, AUdiey descends the
stone steps to !meet him, awaitingsher
upon thcegrass beheath, '
" 'rake it 1" says, extending her
hand to him .palm upperraost, on 'which
his ring is lying.
• "Why, that is yours 1' daye he.
A vehement gesture, expteasive of
anger, escapee.ner.
"Take it 1" elm Miens again, with an
impatimmo that is almost fierce.
e can't indeed," realm; he calmly,
flinging hie cigar far from "It ie.
ertito Gni; of the question. Why, it is
hardly an hoer ago Bike yen aepepted
not only it, hut me 1 foot- ads Will
bare i0.1t1Cp its bah,"
;!1
rails that 13 d th bl h 1
oun ea y ee ns
sloe/a-It erayss of that
they areimmediately aivare-her some-
what bizarre)* eceturae rendering. her
very conspicuous, upon the gravelled
„pathway -a__ • a.
"it might have • been worse,!' -says
. Vyner, • pteising -Audrey's head -reassu-
ringly. . •
• That Iters. Wetuyss has seen them is
.gionaikat,...by the very way in which she
Com% to a. stand -still and wavers open-
: ly as to whether she shall or shall not
Swoop dowo upon them. • She . makes
etep 'towards ahem, then 'panties, and
:fluidly -like all those who hesitate -
she, is lost; and, turning away froni thera,
commences •ahasty retreat. • . . • :
" Let us intercept her," whispers
Vyner;•and, still holiiingAuilrefs hand,
he hurries after the depaating figure of
their hostese• . .
"As you. witnessed the fi 1 t'
might have done .us the honour to Wait.
for the lest," he. says 'reproachfully,
they come up With her..
: "But how then?" demands Mrs.
Weinyss, fliuging out her -hands and
laughing gaily. a 'lento:Mid 12 You
see I had forgotten to ask the bishop to
It, where the adoriug begins, and will
wind op by limn% each ether Very,
-veryrvery much!"
Would •they ?" questio▪ ns Bruno.
"Then I wish with all my heart that
you hated me very, ve7, very raucla.' "
"There is something in the air, isn't
there," asks 'les, 'Wemyss reflectively,
ignoriog his remark-" something msg.
natio that suggests love? At leastcute
might reasonably eimpose, o, as every-
body seems to be proposing marriage to
everybody eIse to -night, I wish some-
body would ask me to marry him. I
feel a little out in the cold."
You needn't.. On an average,
think 1 have been propesieg to you
morning, noon, and night for the past
six months,"
"Well, but you haven't- to -night,"
says Mr. Weiness carefully.
"The night is very far from being
spent yet, and such an accusation shall
not be oast in my teeth. I'll do it now
mein, or diet Would you prefer a de-
claration standing'or kneeling ?"
You have so often done it both ways
that--" '
"That it must be •easy to decide• ."
" No, difficult, -If there were only a
third way, it might cootain a charm.
But one gfows weary -7"
"Of saying Ne?'-aquickly, "Say
Yes ' then for a change."
Oh, impossible Pa -laughing, blush-
ing, ancl 'warding off her lover as he
draws closer to her by holding up to him
two pretty pink palms eittended. 4.4 IL_
"I said 'Yes' note, I should always think
it -was I hadaproposecl to you. And, be-
sides,You should marry some pretty lit-
tle gir1 ever go much younger than you..
s forrarrablandlidar's s -
4' You are all the world to hie, at all
evente ; don't make it a wilderness to
oins" A moment elapses in which he
heti defied the resisting hands and
drawn her to hie heart. 44, Say you will
m " i
marry e, Cis,desires he, n e some-
what masterful tone.
"1 shall pay you off for thie Teter ona'
wbispers she, with .a soft laugh. "Jit,
if you Will have it so, why, thenayes
--..0-Youamean its?-asks-Brunortighteu-
ing his grasp.. .
."1 moan thael havebeen most slimness
fully coerced," returns she, mullieg.
" But
e What, darling?" s
" I litu glad of.the coercion 1"
t;T
n Drowsy night grows on the world,
the heavvis become more fairhy reason
of the increase of their starry gems, tho
earth beneath is full (if the ref:lei of
their glory. -*Under the -rays of the
great moon, Dick and. his soul's desire
ar� pacin,g to and fro upen a secleded
pathway hedged in by flowering myrtles
and the scented botighs of pale walnet-
trees. . • .
•
Dolores; with tread threwu beck
against her love's breast; is musing:
thoughtfully on niany happy things that
are, ono:any sorrowful thinge that.yet
have been; but'no grief dwells upon her
gentle face, no shadow dims its bright-
ness. Tho purity. of her soft lips and'
e • es is utimarred b canIirrino care.
' 11
At this raerey retort they all tangle •
"1 knetv how it would be," says Mrs.
aWemysespresently,alookingsawholeAael-
itines of .congratulatien at them both.
"1 could have told you all aboutsit
months age. lam so -glad alit-114qt e.'
She kisses Audrey with whew
warmth; and Audrey kisses her back
again with an abandon she would•have
been -of a -week ago. ' •
" It wasn't Bruno, after allayou see !V
• •
sa s Vyner mischievouely, ." It was II"
So • see, Well, I'la delighted--
thOugh what I'm to say to that melan-
choly -Sir Chielmy, after the enenurage.
tient I have given him only this very
eight, I don't know." Then sheSmiles
again, and points towards the gardens
beyond. "Ib is too early t� waste time
on outsiders," oho says, regarding the
lavers with oympathetio eyes. " Pon't
-tardenpyollivill
find a seat there somewhere, and a very
Marvel of a ninon ribtin madly anion at
anlarefitelllitg"
They are not Slow to take her hitt ;
and seakcely liar they disappeared
when Bruno conies upon the scene from
behind a preteetive hedge.
" To whom were - you. talking ?" asks
he,. drawing near. I heard nclices asI
came along on a Wild-goose chase .fer
you which has lasted for a mortal hour.
Havel driven rby. rival awaye,"
' He looks, in spite of- careful self -
suppression, very deeidedly inclined to-
wards jealousy. .
"I was listening to a charmiug confi-
dence," says Mks. Weinyss gaily, Who is
1
too anxious to reveal her news to stay
to indulge in toquetry ; Audrey and
Anthony Vyner hive been With me;
add -guess-----"
" You saved them from annihilating
each other like the Rilkentay cats"; is
that it e"
" Wrong, (,:t Thetsites 1 On the con-
trary, they came to me as cooirig doves
inight come, to tell me that they are
engaged to be married 1"
" What ? thought they hated
ettah other.'"
"there are so many Itieclo of hatred,
You will reneember perhatei that eits
trentes Moot ; that, if -one hetes a
persott very, . very, very much, why,
in tutui they will get .tio the other on oi
•
ope 8 er -gues - ope an
-the kaTinilv edge �f a great love that with
fair face and sweet -has stolen into her
m
inost heart and made an everlasting
lodging there. : • • „
----])ick-is her-owns-againalier-Jonesher,
dearest heart ! His dare will be aa
girdle round her always. She will be
his, to have and to • hokl for ever, to
guard, to cherish, to keep hack front her
-the :very winds of heaven,. lest they
smite her tee severely. .
A glad smile full of beauty overspreads
hes face her thoughts wander
into regioos replete with -joy. No me•
mory 'abet late -misery stirs her soul.
Ad trouble is forgotten, all unquiet re.
collectiono are laid•in their sullen grave:
Who remeinbers the 'rile/MI when the
morning dawns? Past griefslrow dim
'When 'present ;joys abetted., ,
• A long „sweetsigh escapes her, a sigh
of the ver deepest conteot. She raises
het oyes to leer lover; only to -lira his
gaze riveted upon in the clear lan-
guorous xneonlight.
Of, whet =elfin thinking, darling?
Of inc 2" ask e he, in .a low tone. •
" For once, no," confesses Dolores,
smiling. and rubbing her Cheek softly
against.' his. " Of dome one "far -less
dear, yeti who still has a claim upon ren,
affection. I Was, thinking of ItIrS. Bur-,
•
oet."
•
" A11.7fliab good Woiewal .
" was receding to ray mina bow
she toeked this morning when I gave'
her' the moneY that will enable. her
daaghter to. leave 4.ervice and marry the
man she loves. Such a heavenly -de-
light ehowed ifselt upon herireda7atialia
Joy, such gratitude. It was:alraost too
amtielntaftentede me cry." ,
• Tears are standing -within her lov-
ing eyes, but•there is a, mile upon her.
lips. • -
" Ale"..cries she " I era so happy my -
says presently, regarding ;her with a•
most thankful criticism, " You. feel
better 2" -with lover -like anaiety.
"1 am altogether well," xeturnii she,
smiling ; "body and soul are free from
pain. -Peace alone belongs to me. You
need not be frightened about me any
longer, Dick "-raising her beesitifut-
laughing eyes to his. "Only yesterday
Mre. :Edgeworth told me she hoped
I should not grow to robust, as
stoutness was a terrible fault in a young
lady."
They botbalaugh. .
"Dear old thing !" says Dolores. I
ata so glad oho IS still papa's house-
keeper. She' told me she was a little
uneasy at first when the great change
was made, lest she should not be con-
sidered grand enough' for the situa-
tion. But I soon set her mind at rest
about that.," '
- -you would have everybody's mind
at rest if you ha,d your wsy," says Dick
caressingly. "Do you remember haw I
, used in, the old days to compare yell to
a -white violet'?" • akedagla
"1 temeniber,"
" I was wrong, I think; have "-
looking at her very tenderly-" a better
comparison for . you now. You are
more like as spring daisy -so fair, so
white, so delicate, with such a heare of
gold!" .
She glances up. at him with 'parted
lips and eyes alight with- love: Hie
arms tighten, round her slender form;
his eyes meet hers. •
l'hierfitiabontatlidiiitlieldittifigladdir
glides on, and through the idle trees a
weeiogJoreene scamettsquicklyanelityieg
with heasurinyltairand kissing bei per-
fect mouth. 9rhe air is full of mystic
sounds ; . frem the forest helow the sad
belling of a straying deer mai be heard;
and to the lovers there conies across
the dew-beepangled sward, the voice of
one calling-- •
"Dolores, . Delores ! Como . in my.
darling !".
It is. the voice Of Mise Maturin, Mid it
reachos. them fraught with ,fond love
-and keenest eirkiety,
"Ys, yes ; NVO mud go. in indeed I"
-says Delon*. e Aapityatecti" she sighs,
with a•lingeaing glance cast into the dirk -
sweetness of the a,utume , night. :
a Good ni,e,ht to you, doer eters 1" 'she
r cries., with. n little childish wave of' her
slender fingers towards the 'heavens.
"A fair geed night to all- this lov.ely
world 1" • • '
Still for moment she •liugera, smi-
ling a soft adieu, then slips her hand:
within her lover's. arm, mad goes with
him acrais the flowering grasses.
,
• Thal's What:mode: 111.1m Feet so Rad,
• yo, reuterabar coinintaliome
lastnight mid Aasking nio to throw .3rOil
an assorted la- of•key -heles out. of the.
_:wrndowitlja_sae taaantstmars
an. stoat y enough -to get yotir latchkey
i d 1' •
Yes, a41.,,
'AO de yetatememlier this night. be-
fore how `you risked me to comeadewis
steh6 at'qiS --CiCough
fog •yent-to step en - °
• Yes, dear.' .
An tlit, nigh, hsaina, that how you
tried to j limp in to the' lied. as it. Passed
your eicle •Of the roone!' •
• a Yes dear.' , . • ' "' '
And •• nothe gli t. W Y-dit
'carefully' explaieed to me that:- tio mom
WttS;illt,OxitiCitod Rs' long. as 'leo geoid lien
clown w thee holding Ott; and'. then a fa.
tempted in'en,e, to . on a lanPoial
. , .
Yele• sleets' ' • • • • .
:• . delta -do yea rue! test that pm' have
come home' sober btit t wo nights in the
past Week :1' • • , • . • •
• Rave la deat 1! . • .
That's all.; and Yeti might tete, as-
, •
heeled el yeursolt, too. 'Me idea
th girypt,"/ Tnurado- eveillbg, June
Pith, chthlren'e reativataindle buseenan-
opus concert. •
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Thwaltes, Huron Street.
C Linton, Jin.10,1871.
"CILINTO MECHANICS' INTITTJTE, LIBE
Anr and Reading Rooms, Perrin block, down
stairs. About 1,700 vommes in' the Library and
all the :Leading N'ewsPapers and Periodicals of
the day on the table. Membership ticket $1 Per.
annum. Open from 2 to 6 p.tu., and from 7 to
p in. Applicatiens menmershsp recivect
by the lAbrarilan in Ili the room. •
UNION- SHAVING PARLOR
AVIN, HAIR C_LIT_Mamwtx
'POOING-ilone very-fie4t and- to -sot •
JOHN - liANQUARSON,RioolF•
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- MISS IDEPEVV
MUSIC -TEACHER
is NOW tilaana TO StECRIVE Puriae.
,
uslitur.,gn NURSERY.
PETIT Aso ORNAMEN'I'.AL TB.EES, NOIt•
WAT SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND
ASTRACHAN PINE,
TUE LATTER or WHICH we MAIM A SPECIALTY
LARGE. STOOK ON. HAND
The above ornamental trees and. shrubbery will he sold
at yery low prices, and those wanting anything in
this cooncetion win save money by purchasing. here.
'Orders by Nati will be2n•ompau attencled to
Address,. .
• JOHN STEWART, BonmIllor
H. Nelson & Co.,
BERLIN.
natrumerunorts
STEAM ENGINE -S, BOILERS,
AND CENTRAL MACHINERY.'
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ORDERS • PROMPTLY -:- FILLED
-$50,00010-LOAN at 6 per-Uftt
Why pay others 7, 8, 9 and -10 per cent, 0
when Vie can get money from us at 0 per 0,
TERMS made to snit borrowar, re,garditig
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payment and period of tome • ..
• Apply to
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]ARRAN &T1S.DALL,
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• BANXERS; CLINTON: ••
.111.0LSONb DA.N K.
Incorporated 1.),.• Ae_t of. Parliament, 18•15.
• CAPITAL,' --- .$2,000;000. , '
HUAI) OFFICES'. MONYAEAL.. ' •
jeolielnA.S.111toeultIottalASI,.... .. . ,ProsIdent.
'WOLFERSTAN THOMAS', Ocecirlaleifarielasier. '
' Notes cliscountect,--•,Oollgtions eiadeaDiefts
issued, Sterlinl and American Ocirtge
.. bought and oold al lowest '
- • cztrrent rates. -
Ititerk at 4, per Cent allowed on deposits,
- 7: tr,---1:7R7WSI: manager',
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Money adVanced to farmers on their own initqs with
-lieor mbre endorsers. No mortgage required as se.
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las: elieten
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V ItGEON DENTIST.
, fold the exclusive right for the.colintY for the Hurd
process of -administering chemically pure. Nitrogen
monoxide, wl lett is the safest and best system yet dis-
covered for the painless extraction of teeth. Chargas
moderato,' satisfaction guaranteed. • OFFICE, • EL-
LIOTT'S. BLOCK, over Ilanco's Tailor Shop, Huron
'Street; Clinton. • '
IA -I A. BENNg.trrr,,
UNDERTAKEI4
AND*MISALMER,
AlberfSt., Rod -Ricker Store
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mataof puts- ege-a-but; -Jobe, why are . • • •
you c7ings Theresthere, dear, didn't' ,iv-isliilt
0
mean to be too severe. -after all., yea accs . - - -
did 'Come home sober two nights.' • ' , . _
I eo -
whet fee
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A lel' than tiii? IlieCtin(r atIjuiii•iied.
self that 1 wetficlaitat were possi essee
alftrue lovtee happy alio 1- And that
poor inotherni glance of joy .is a' thing
never to be forgotten. Yes "-with a
little sigh of intensest satisfaction-" 1
aye certainly succeedettards making
t til 1 1 t de,* t"
ssucti kelt twee- -
not count with you ? you not
made me happy. 21! .
alfe receives his mustier, not 'in welds,
but in a tender deed. , •
"1 neaer „think you --you ate my-
self," Flo whispers presently. " Aed,
besides., in such a matter as this
we, are quits: I contd. giVe 'you itiO tar;
ger abate of bliss than you have given
me." •
" Beloeed, does no cruel inennity- of
thelsid past torment you UONV ?'"' asks
he, regarding her with fond auxious
eyes. " YOU feel nothing ?"
"Nothingt".. retinue she .d.keimily.
Her anus steal round his neck, she lays
her head upon his breast, and for a
while is very silent,. Then--" I feel
only this," she says e,t last, as though
she has been revolvmg his question in
her niind--" that I Rth. with you ttow,
and be so for ever, and that am
at rest, and very, very thankful."
There is os pause for a long while;
but they, standing thus together, feeling
the beating of eaels other's lionate,
take u6 heed of the 'maid flight of time.
She is in hie arms, the one thing
precious to him, a, possession before
-which all the eboicept glories of tho
V; oriel ITU. s
" You are growing Strougea-your old
pretty colontem coming back to you," he
erne one r y g o- 3
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Toronto's Great Musical Festival.
• •
erisaazar SICAL .E,VENT• 711 CAbiAl/A—s
coagoiess -UP MUSICAL Nornararrue-ooso
.etteoree SINGERS 111 01,114. cROUIrS,..1,00
SELEarEn nicsiccANs nt mat oncerne.
.• ANt) A. ' so:PrtB5tisisrliti • . • •
1.11.011{1.:8 1.203 enti.nitEN,' • '
On Jane 15, lti, 17, tho Cit,v of Torontowill
Ada the rauksOf „taose cities Which have shoWn
themselves dentros 'of art, culture, and enter.
A•Monster Musical .kcstival Will be acid
daring thoee (lass, •coustsomeof one 'matinee
and throe oVening concerts. Itja_asving 'to tho
energy cif Mr, P. IL Torrington, fqr many years'
toldtictor of the Toronto Philharmonic Seclety,`
mitsIcalsmt has hem, organized. Att
Attsdelittion lots been formed oLreproseiitative
eitizenS of Toronto, of Which ItIr. George Good.:
eithantleitorary. PresidentTM iv:4.41=01-11m
liciiner.yrestdont:Messw..faines.11..lionstoed,,
J. Herbert Mason, anti 'Philip Jacobi, Viee-
President's BD". 'James steam •"rreasurer and
John Vaos, tionorary Secretark. The ',public
'spirit and energy ef these gentleman has re -
ted le 0, guano, too fond of V23,060 being rattled--
0nd in the arrangement of programmes which
haVo not been excelled in any or thelarge cities
011.11iiitiUmitititteetiliset:41WitteriT o* t the (Ialecloniarling
Club on lintual street has been ,rented for the .
Atter the severest testatt the:late fait in
i Clinton it • tide 11
von elutroda awe EASk ATION; BEAVTY
oF ANT) $assaar=assetestessnaal
EI-CELSTOR was- away ahead of all oth-
ers, and destined to be the -popular irfttru-
ment of the day. This; along with the fact
that a special prize was awarded it, certain-,
ly speaks vole ines for the instruments, ancl
partieotpurchasing should see the Rem-
STOR before buying elsewhere.
:Festival Concerts, which will be given by a
01101-08 01 a thOusand -voices, seleeted from oVer• '
tAtellre litindred hppliaants, Askisted bjpu
ehestra of one 1iULoUd initsielatiVsoleCtat
'Canada mid otinittastatem, wane atone or t
conem ts a chorus of.. twelve hundred children,
Selected from the Pattie and Separate Schools
'will be the chief attraction.These 01401-418(1(1liaVe•been in aotive and entlnislastic rellearsal
tor the past four Menthe, and have reached a
degree of efficiency *Wait ittigu"s well for the
artistie siteeesti of the Festival.
Tbe tirra,V of solo talent is ito less inipoalrig.
Contracts have 1)99141)141(10 with Ilratilein TAM
Lehmann, soprano of the Cottrt, (meta, nerne,
•nseeally ; etas is, Aline Osgood, of 1'h1ladel-
.010.m. Mid Mrs. Gertrude Lather. of Buffalo,
hunks who staxtd in the front rank otatatotio
sopranos in America : MISS Agnes ,IItinlingtom
ot Now -York, the ideal contralto of America ;
5tr, Alliert• L. Ring, Nent Yorkolio faverito•
tenor Mr, Max Heinrich. baritone, et' the Tama
dere ThomuS concerts; end Mt'. D. M. IlabCock,
1110 greatest basso iit America, •
In addition to three meta:ova vocalists, the
following instrument:311sta foremost in thetr
Poiptctive ilepfirttneitts,. hare hem' engaged :
Herr Otto Benito:. lloston, pianist : Mute, goat,
1,111110 01141 tert oil, 111144)1.8t6 Fred -
‘.1•10 omr, New York, °mills( ; nit,t Iron
II"nry Jtivoln,en, tho crlobrated
T h. nimeerts will rinbrart.: Ttlomlity (V0l1 4419
Jate13, Clottimil's golval Kier, d 'MUM*, g
.4 Vita"( oath or 4.1 1»i. Wedues•Itty after, non
Julie 10111, slival Matitice, roldSisling of Vomit
11,41 11,,,Itt110e ectit,tu.., WethwAlinar nvon,
.11;:'.
GEO. F. OARES, Paerraterons
,b'aetory three doors weat Of,Mulloy's Nun)
Shop, Rettentoiry St.,_c_linton •
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Watch and Clock- Maker, .
J -EW „ELLER, ,
-OP POSiVE Til -E -RIA INKJET, CIANTON .
Where he keeps a select assortment of 't
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WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWRLLERT, . SILVER -
\Thigh we'.. will sell at reasonable rates.
Repairing of ever); tleserlptIon proutptly
tended to, and all work warranted..
J. BIEDI,ECOMBE.
Clinton ,Nov• 1882.
• " • CI LAINT`.VOTsT
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PLANING I
roue suneonnina HAVING JUST COMPLETED •
1 and furnished lila new. Planing Mill with mutate- •
ery of tho latest hnproved patterns, is now prepared
to attend to all orders in his -lino in tho mostproMpt
and satisfactory manner, and at reasonable rates. Ho
would -also rettnn thanks to all who patronized the - •
older= before they, were burned out, and now being
in a better position to execute orders exposlitiousIV, •
feelseenfidenthe ean-give-satiefaetionteHtli.
'.F.:ACPORY--:-.ZVertr the" arcaul „Timnk:Rail
it'aih THOMAS. McKENZTE. •
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SUFFER FROM
Ig eadahe
. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, .
'WHEN
WEST'S LIVER PILLS
—Will .aflioronghly-eure: Thoy-
IOTOG-Reic-WEE d° pot gripe or purge, but act
Oicci 'itif hi II OVe r paled
; • ire C.CorfalderOti. price.
VOSr1.1-BilGLLNTON
E.ki.12111 Wolta. A seeenalay. • .
, loos. • They have
. ' proven to bo tho
.GREATE.ST. • -
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OF THE Ap5...
To AD sufferers from ktsfl&oatlenj '
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THEY ARE.:AN ABSOLUTE AHD,
,PRfECT CURE
udo them arid be l'elleved freat
• your Misery. ap Pille 10 a b.eaor 'ra
210; perlroxs boxers for $1,
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Balls, Marbles, Lacrosse Stleks,
Express Waggens,HollOairiages.
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