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lit was the dreariest of I1`ovemher
soothe, Tate short twilight was
veining rapidly, and the cold gray
y frowned at the colts gray sea,whiell
une
at easingiy with fierce moaning
ong the black sands. Inside most
the old'faslrioned houses of the
taint little seaport town delightful
pians for thanksgiving day were
► proggpropertiesHester Herat urned the key in the
for .of the defile x atoboolhouse and
arted on hes,itn • twig ! , along the
lore road, which woti'.id`d her to
old lighthouse t ,+at r f's° dwelling on
re point. She was a .siendee. young
omirti, dressed quietly in bison: cash•
teres with. a shaggy gray cloak and a
cadet hoed, which framed pale oval
e, with dark, thoughtful eyes and a
ad, low browthe whieh�ta heavy
own hair w.ived softly. 'There was
lint of s ties in the eyes and about
of the compressed lips as
uatenNii•on through: the chilly
t, but as a Budden red ray tram
ithouee tower streamed over
Ing waves, a smile erept. into
•snaking, it heautiful. rn
e stone house at the foot of the
+.r looked inviting,with its glowing
idows suggestive of comfort within,
fleeter entered. gladly shutting
tr the acid and darkness broodiu;
aver the restless sea.
The two old people whiting within'
were her parents. Hester was their
gest born. -Three others had
aid away in childhood for their
epi and this girl alone was left
a. With all their love for her,
er, they could not keep her
life ft n sorrow. It was six
he •no
elm 44A quit P'pale. The pupil" of her,' have endeatinted to do differently, but
eyes vera dilated,, t a t tier rierllicete cannot, • 'lease drive me hoiue. at
lips were tightly cotrepresSefl "40 was , el neser refer to this matter
ler habit When tea was Auielted she went up to All •leaf! indefinable dislike of
��
l ! tin twhen Moved or troubled. again,,
her er, wto 8
father, ! heal of fait° his great the luau spoke in her voice and in her
.. :
coat and was lighting his lantern, wad sudden inVeluntary shrinking ashe
kissing his brown temple under the: endeavored to possess himself Afher
: band,
f will think about what'you have f►Iise gent, he said in a tow, intense
rough gray hair, she said quietly
said
to me father, and I will see Cape tone which was full of a terrible wrath,,
twin. Hillsborough again. you shall repent your decision, You
Lord love j ye, child' 1 Don't you • do have refused to become my wife, but
nothing on my mountsy can't bear You shall repent it a thousand times,
to gee you a.worrying over Harry all He turned to the horses, struck a
thn Ithink if you should maddening blow over their glossy
ma time, and tlauks, and as they sprung forward he
marry a wan. that would be kind to heist the. terrified. girl by the waist and
you, and put you in a. fine .:home lace_Dried mockingly in her ear,
the 000:0, way be it would turn your The lam in the lighthouse tower
mind, and you'd grow to 'love your p
husband and be happy again. . will not be' burning at sunset to►eight,,
1 rather sadly,and for we shall have a long ride before I
Hester smiled
opened the door for the old man to take You home' Your father will' be
when she discharged from his position, that
pass out. It was ea r y a mortgage shall. be foreclosed, and I
went up to.her own room 'that night,
after helping her invalid pioneer .•to will dismiss you at the end of the term.
bed, but for hourss he .sat
bythe little When you are quite homeless you will
square easeolent which overlooked the appreciate all that I have given you.
sea, gazed and at the whitesohapped Itwas in vain that. Hester struggled
waves which seemed to mock at her to free herself—his arm held her like
and sorrow. a vise, Through all the apprehension.
It was the day before Thanksgivfrn
in pain ig . for' the future a grand scorn of the
It.
Old Mr. Tent had gone in his •'sail cowardly scamp at her side burned
boat over to-lRRound island to invite an within her, and flashed in the dark.
a uaiutance to share. their thanks- eyes which she turned upon him. Their
cq .
giving dinner. He was to remain mad rush along the road over which
over night and return with hisguest the early twilight was already gather -
in the morning, and Hester, who had ing made her brain whirl, and she
closed her school, was to tend thecomprehend' that her coin.
light.
In the afternoon Hester walked
over to the village for mail. Leaving'
the post office, she met Captain Hills.
borough in his handsome phaeton,
drawn by two spirited black horses,:.
and when he drew up his team and:
begged her to allow him tb take her
home she consented, reetuemberiug that
she had yet to give hint a final answer'
ile was fiius-looking, portly gentleman
ace the Daphne had of middle age, with a first.. under hp
and jaw, and a cold, gray eye, which
,tool. Pet,tee harbor'on a fishing held acme! uei. light at times.
se to. the Ne►vfoundland banks However much Hester might en -
there had been no word from deavor to reconcile herself to the pros
peat of becoming Mrs Hillsborough
when, he was out of sight, she could
not shake off a strange sense of fear
and loathing when she was in his pre-
sence, and when he had tricked the
handsome robe carefully about her
and seated himself by her side, she
felt how impossible it was fur her ever
to become his wife.
I shall take you the congest way
home, Miss klessie,he remarked gayly
as they rounded a corner at a dashing
pace..
I must be home at sundown, she
returned, .rather: coldly. Father is at
Round island, and will not return un-
til to -morrow, and I must light the
lamp 1» the lighthouse tower.
Ali, yes -.certainly.
A curious gleam cause into his gray
eyes as he dropped the lids over`thein,
It would he a dark .night, ancrif the
lamp in the liglithoese tower Were noir
lighted Jothatn Dent would. be dis-
charged. Captain Hillsborough's in-
timate friend. held the mortgage on
the little farm in Hilton—that might
he foreclosed. Captain Hillborough
mea a rnernber of the school_eotnmittee
and he might not think it advisable to
engage Mies Keret for another term.
All depended upon* And the eap-
tain tightened the reins upon his
handsome epee., end bent his head
over the girl at his side..
suppose Mr, 'gent has told you of
aid if Yon my visit to Bien ? he said snlootlrly, I
for life failed to spoil that happy 'e13z ax Epitaphs.
thtinkagiving day, and .in the evening TEX VNIona 1Nat7litr leue ON TIM %otae-
the whitenhaired village : ol'ergytnan•' t xoxiae Rio .Ion xi>rnla AND axle
spoke the words. which merle Hester l~a ane.
Mrs Harry Lynda.
A week latter there name a repent- The following interesting, epitallht•
. e from Captain- Hitlsborough the upon the tombstones of the cele•
tint.lett r r p
inolosing the mortgage an the little '.brated'',lee Beef," and members °this
lipase in Hilton, and now Harry. family of Montnenl
,Lynda is master of a fine inercheut's MARGihrne li'l'a`llaa,
brig, and while he is absent with his (and her baby)
vessel Hester lives with her parents A native of Quebec, and wife o$
and ministers to their wants. Charles MpKiernan, generally
known as Joe Beef. Died
Queer world 1 Queer people 1 Here
'are then and women by thous:ends
September 26th, 1881,
Suffering from all sorts of diseases, Aged 25 years.
beariug all manners of, pain, spending.bhe leaves ,a wifn and 4 small children
all on physicians and "getting no bet- to mourn her loss, besides a kind
ter, but rather worse," when right at mother, and rix loving me-
ters, there's a remedy which says it. tors, ono in particular
can help them because its helped
thuaianda like them. `"Another patent- her bosom friend .
medicine advertisement," you say. Mary,
Yes—but not of the. ordinary sort. Here I lie at rest,
The needieine is Dr. Pierce's Bolden With my darling babe uponmy breast,
Medical Discovery, and it's different
Free front all earthly Dare.
from the ordinary uostru►ns in this.: I leave a husband and 4 orthaned
It does what it claims to do, o�' it babes to mount their mother's Loss,.
casts yuu'notieirty ! a our who will never return, but let drat
The way is this : You pay y tree which .you sea Le the tree:•of
•
druggist $1.00 for a bottle. You read
the directions, and you follow them, liberty, and in its stead never let the
You. get better, or you don't. If you
do, you buy another bottle, and per-
haps another, If you don't get better,
you get your money back. And the
queer thing is that so many people -are
williug.to be sick when the remedy's
so near at hand,
Dont Sear Everything.
The art of not hearing should be
learned by all. There are tro many
began to thing° which it is.painful to hear.very
panion was loam;; all.control of his will des oris
y alae a. en Y the temper, oorrupt simplicity and
e side, the wheels struck a large
d W h the sp
e
ester's betrothed husband, Barry
de, was mato of the Daphne,
y were to have been married ,on
nksgiving Day, so it may well be
sgnre•d that the pleasant bustle of
paration all through. the town
akrtied only xlla saddest- thoughts
,•g , heart: Divesting herself
ltuod'uud vioak, and putting ou
Iia apron. Hesitar beoau to
to tea male, for Mrs. Kent
or.yenrs, been confined to her
r wit! 'disease of the .spine, 'and
beside teaching the village
'*iib&, ept Cho house.
Jeitbanllient, a bluff. sailor -like
an, wheeled his wife's " chair up to,
ie table, when Heater put the little,
own teapoton the stand, and rey
cited, rather.coufusedly, as he took
wit seat: x.
has been here
essie.
looked. up "quickly, .a flesh
s and the color coming .into
Reeds, 1 told Kiril that he need
, she said.
D.ra't decide hnify, my daughter,
in tit a m' ur'twistfully. Captain
ld nsttke a lady of
ether imtch.
er father silents
'he old man
in Ins chair
en sentence
fie
on
rung to many ofwhich ifbeard,
bowlder, there was a crash, and Hester
felt herself thrown violently to the
ground.
She was 1.ialf stunned at first, but
rallied presently,' and finding that she
was only bruised, arose to her feet.
The wrecke 1 phaeton, with Captain
Hillsborough tangled in the reins and
robes, was being whirled out • of sight
by the frightened horses.. Point and.
tremblii g,.Liester started toward horde.
Ling before she reached the top cf a
slight atasent on -the shore road there
streamed upon her startled vision the
long red ,raysfrom the lighthouse
tower. A sense of .relief thrilled Hes-
ter's heart. She hastened onward
murmuring:
Father trust have returned after all
--how fortunate.
Reaching borne, she was surprised
to find her mother, who,evidently had
not worried over her absence, in a re-
markable state of Elation.
Go up into the lighthouse tower,
Hnssie, right. off. :Such good luck as
you will find 1 Go—go at once.
A strauge presentiment robbed ties•
ter of whet little strength she had left,
and she literally crawled up the stone
steps of the tower, There, in a little
octagon -shaped room,a broad•shoulder-
od young man, with fair hair, and a
think, curling heard, and bonny blue
eyes, was pacing to and fro, at sight
of whom Rester screamed rapturus..
ly:
Harry 1 Oh, my soul, Harry Lynda,
is it yott ?
Catching her breathwith a sudden
sob, she staggered forward into his
outstretched arms.
.flush, dear, sold the young man,
folding her close to his heart. Do
not weep so wildly, 1't is Harry—
safe and well. The Daphne was blown
off her course and sprung a leak at
t'iiid,oceen. We were picked up by a
foreign brig, and I have been rill, so;,
that 1 could not write, slut l: am
,quite well now, 1eareet, and thankftil
to God for restoring me' to you on our
wedding eve.
There fs Mad thine to write. Old.
.l r hent returned on' the morrow, to
flud in piitee of the sad eyed, pale -
cloaked trsl,he !Ina left, a radiant,
Li roue
too _•me thea"£
m tiro
t o
the !i~gihrth'og
e, that he
rola the little
settle a snug
when 1 got
ibtbuuse.. But
ove you, my
i0. there'd 1n
'orlon if yotx
fit of Capt
1
modesty, detract from contentment
and happiness. If a man falls into a
violent passion,and calla us all manner
of names, at the first word we -should
shut our ears and hear no more. If
in a quiet vnyae of life we find our-
selves caught its one of those domestic.
whirlwinds, of scolding, we should shut
our ears as a gailor would furl his sails
and, making all tight, scud before the
galea If a hot, restless man begins to
inflame our feelings, we should uon
aider what mischief the fiery sparks
may do in our magazine below, where
our temper is kept, and instantly close
the door. if all the petty things said
of one by heedless or ill-natured idlers
were brought home to him, he,would
become a mere walking pin -cushion
stuck full of sharp remarks. If we
would be happy ,when among good men
we sherd(' open our ears; when among
had oxen, shut them. It is not worth
while to hear what our neighbors say
about our children, what our rivals
say about our business, our dress, or
our affairs.
hope, Mise 11 ester, that you hate re
considered my offer. If ntoney'ean
make yuu li•rppy.then you shall be the
happiest woman iht Pebble harbor,tind
I. will see that your parents are tree
from debt and want through their last
y\, ' teriti Hlitthhoroog i, I can only re -
to yens twos weeks a
ftivo' the ' Jbda t yrs
nrsirt .d
tree of bigotry he planted
them and me, for when I die
wish them .all to lie. it'sa.
prayer, for they were once a
care.
between.
here ;I
mother's
mother's
MCIKIEliNAN, Fax»,
Born, Feb. 14th, 1878, died 20th July,
1881, aged 3 years, 6 months
' and 12 days.
Freddy, dear, are you here, alone
Johnny wants to know from little Joe
where do you now stay, or with what
little boys do you play 1 for the llittle
iron cup poor mother bought atilt
waits for you at home.
OItAIRLEB MoEEIam AN,
Better known as "Joe Beef," home in
Cavan, Ireland, Dec. 4th, 1835 ;
Died in Moutreal, Jan. 15tH,
1889.
Such was . the departed one
'mourn, dear to us„all, cherished be
his name ; eternal pleasure rclgua
where he has gone; our loss is great,
but oh bow great is gain.
run many a man of wealth and power has
died and gone before,
'Who scorned to give a poor man bread.;
when lie stood at his door.
But Joe took in the great unwashed, who
shared bis humble fare;
He made their hie a merry one without.%
thought or gate.
Their eyes are dim for ices of him,their•
grief is quite sincere.; -
Ha housed them from the winter blast,and
filled them with good cheer,
And when the day of reckoning comes, as
COWS it does at all,
Such sincere mourners they'll not have be-
hind their funeral pall.
ERECTED nr pis WIFE.
Sound &dyke. ,
The Canadian Grocer, among other
thiugs regarding advertiaiug calendars,
says : Let the retailer take the money
he spends in calendars and give it to
the local peeper, wherein his advertsse•
ment can be neatly and symmetrically
displayed, where its form eau be
changed, it platter refreshed, and
wherein the retailer ash by periodical
variations educate himself into the art
of advertising. For it requires art to
keep au advertisement from becoming
an eyesore, and art can Le acquired
only by practice, while for the develop.
mens of -a man's ideas of advertising
there is uo better means then thaOaf•
forded by the local paper. The right
use of the opportunities thus weekly
offered will soon opera a trader's eyes
to the true nature of advertising and
the potentialities of it,
woman beside the.
lover, Who had;
to light the lamp in
on the evr.rrtf'u
A. Gentlaman Farmer.
Old Colonel Maynadier, of Ann
Arundel county, ltlaryland,was a large
slave owner, who spent a good deal of
his time away froiu home. One day
upon his return he took a drive over
his property,und he met a small color-
ed boy,
Whom do you 'belong to, boy !'the
colonel asked.
The Maxwell works, St. Mary's,wvtll
resume operations the 2nd of January,
which will be hailed with delight by
ell,
The creditorsof the firm have
granted an extension of 11, 18, and
24 months, subject to interest. The
firm is alleged to have a surplus of
#200,000.
scpertentittDeest
Mr. d,'ld.. `Hourigaru after saiug'Wilaou's
.Wild Cher& Iii Iris family for eight years,
*MO as that > a rr,evwr t led to sure
r i•_r hoc Mbizle, . - • gh or Drote.-
Why, Ball, I—I 'longs t to Colonel .
Maynadier, Bah..
Who's he ? inquired the colonel, to
see what the boy would say,
H—h—e's a farmer, salt.
What sort of a farmer I
Ge.gentletttan. former, sah,
Gentleman farmer 1 repeated the
colonel. What kind of a farmer is a
gentleman farmer
W—well, sale spoke up the colored
boy, h --he's a farmer dal don't rinse,
no 'haceo, sah, a --and hoe to buy his
eo'n, sah, .
The colonel enjoyed the joke, itis.
gait!, and afterwards told it upon hiht•
self with much: amusement.
r'
Faster rejoiees in the possession 41,
a magnificent chime of church belle,!
which have recently been placedln,
the Trivett Mineola! church.
Wild Cherry 13e.rk, Illecatepane, Ifoer•
bound at,d Senega. These are the r5010
alias with which Daupe1 ature has aupp
Canada for the cute of Cold;h, Courant,
Croup, Whoopieg Coagh, Bronchitis SOa
Lose of Von*, All these ere couteineel fit
Wilson's Wield C err in their most active
form, end, w,tlr o raraediaieas eonstitere
htilC , :'v aim<: 1 finita••• tit
J
RANGE COLUMN
OOFDtlersin BE T#K T. W. 0. T. U.
Cuppings.
The decision of Justice Field, of
`the 1Jaited States Supreme 0ourt,witl
reference to the liquor traffic, has on�
clause of so mush significance that wtI
'repeat it here with emphasis :
By the general concurrence of'opiu
,ion of every civilized and Christab
community, there are few sources ofI
crime and misery. to society equal tl
the dram shops .where intoxioatin1
liquors, itn email quantities,to be drttn'l
at the tithe, are sold indiseriminateli
to all parties applying. The sale e
such liquore in this way has heretoforll
at alt times, been considered the prop
er subjeet of legislative regtilatio
' their the l sl
•
For that matter, tir.l sale glare
may be absolutely prohibited. It is l
question of public expediency,, and no
of federal law. There is no inherent
right of a :Citizen of the State or
citizen of the United States.
The saloon of today is deatructivl
of peace, law end order, and must b
driven out of existence if we wish t
advance mankind tomtit . the enjoy
Ment of the better morrow. It mus
come to pass that the •pease -pow
shall have the right to exterminat
these plague, spots. A hive of woma
knowing no chastity is unearthe,
raided, and its inmates sent to home
for wrecked womatihood. Why shout
not a hive of lawless drunkards
raided and its inmates sent to hotn
for wreaked manhood ?
An; anti -barroom bill has been i
troduosd in the Georgia Legislature
It provides, `among other thing, th;
it shall not be lawful for any Stat,
county or municipal authorities in th
. State to grant licenses for the sale
intoxicating liquors in less quautiti
than a quart, and when any , of sal
anthoritiea shall, under the taws no.
existing, grant lioenses to sell intox
eating liquors in quantities more th
quart, it shall' not be lawful for a.
person selling the same to allow sal
intoidetrtiug liquors to be drank on
near the premises where sold. • T
purpose of the bill is, of course,
abolish absolutely the retail traelo
intoxicating liquors from the State.
Abolish .partyism in municipal ele
Cions,. Let • every Christian put
much religion in bit# ballot as he pu
in his church, his Sabbath school, 11
prayer meeting and itis family alta
There is nothing outside of theihur•
of God that should be used so sacred!
so conscientiously and prayerfully
the helot. Every ballot should• e
press the heartfelt desire of an e
lightened' Christian conscience. I ho
that the church` is responsible, bo
before . God and man, for the gre
municipal corruption in our lar.
cities, The ballot of one church me+
her neutralizes the ballot of anoth
while the corrupt politician and .t
saloon take advautage ;of that adva
fage of this division and carry off tl
spoils. This makes the (Murtha sli
for receiving stolen goods. The ci
by the help of the church, licenses t
saloon -amid that means to debauo
degrade and kill. License is a s
that yields more than revenue to hal
Bidewatks ; it brings misery, woe, co
ruption,. death and hell. The chute
by its ballot, aids the saloon, but tl
ealooh would annihilate the chur.
to•dayy,if it could. Does xnunicip
corruption retreat from the chute!
Dees the saloon feel the influence
the uhureh-=-tile religious conscien
—does it feel the religious press 1 N
xnuo'h. Truer theohurch, through it
courts, resolves end re.resolves again
the saloon, and theseresolutions ho
good for 364 days in the year, b
ou the 865th d& "(ehiatiou da
they area failure, lbesnlutions do is
hurt saloons, but ballots do.
A &saloon ad a tank.
Tett 4eporrrlt your money, B.nd 1
it.
' Siau•r tltlna,, end lose it.
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