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Wingham Times, 1892-02-05, Page 2a 'ie* a __ Jt i 1 very well, Jarvis, he called to Itis sorlunsly that MSS Goodwns WAS l Yes 1 snprn,sed Blyth was Seime f About Leap Years. � 1 , .4 ,1. , ill' tunes valet, tell 11 It Eerie to pack my sobered out o£ her teasing mood in au fe.mal itatnuc ietu„ t to be made of my tc t e t hut •t d li l a d •the will vauw a Mrs o r niece'e boxes. a will leeve ern• ins ,t , she made uo repay, a rig its under will. Title is leap year, and the next one leiyh to.worrow morning. slid tent wait for one, hut imet-ttued ; you l:ositiyt )v r;•futse to Comply with will come in 1896, Then there will l~' IUt1, 1'Ixilll,>:1. 'R' 5, ,t-,12. Every trace of a smile had disap , Ethel, 1 1•,ve you. 1 have not the euuclitinna he no more until 1905. fitter IBGG pearea from her piquant face as his • nitwit to offer you—ouly such a posi. Is she going to ask me to marry her, maidens tenet wait eight years before ,._._. to ttronar aw wt givethe rt niece stepped directly before hien,ereot tion us i eau win --but 1l4.ve you with was Cn1l,:stc,r's thought, but he said, t• d y 1 Il ��ltt to ` CtOi .j,•,AS.TB1:.1' y CT• CLL, pop the question to willing bnoltelore. Only century years that are evenly ditisible by 400 are to be classed as leap years, according to the correct' ed calendar ordained by good Pope Gregory in 1582, and since adopted by every civilized country except Rus - sir, which is still as far . behind in its oalerider as it is in everything else. Fran the most ancient times loan. kind divided the year into seasons The Romans had originally a year of ten mouths instead of twelve. Oonse- 'is'ou tiittA ale as you like, but unless you marry your condo , not one dotter of tir;t money shalt you touch. But, uncle— There's no use protesting the money got to lie kept. it% the family and not squander ul• outsiders, Tiled give it to rely cnneiu. Yes; and Have her marry soiuebody —nobody knows e110111. No,. I tell you.. you mewl site shall, merry each oby, or not, a dollar of hey money shall either of you touch. But I have uever seen her. What of it ? You have never seen - my mousy, hut you don't object to it and noble looping in her indignation, all n,y heart. Wilt you he my wife ' seating to soften his teens), as gently Uncle said she, 1 have never asked Of toots( Sitar bail 11(4.1 e:tpeetfng aa poweiitle: 1 rostra, madame, to say for a dollar. 1 don't deny that it ,caua a queetton, but was not quite that I must most respectfully, but at would he a good thing to be rich, but I a l,ree.-.rc•11 to uuswer it. 11• r fact- was the satire time positively, refuse to should hare to be if it rade me incest vert pale, lint[ she trembled. HIe people as you have insisted 010 You et.,ud w4titiug pati. arty for tot ansT.r, .asked me hero ; you offered me to a but before she oonid frame oue a ser, stranger as you would oiler your horse vaut approached and bended her a or dog; you tell the 1 trust marry a telegram. hastily opewte r it she say: elan whoa, I do' not ltnow and you that it eoutained only this lie: turn me from your house because I Your urea• died this morning, refuse, Good bye -1 will leave Fern_ You tuust excuse me from I.:ttowering leigh to-uight, and she walked quietly your que.tion jar•t now, gr. Oellast•er, frcen the room. [the said, this telegram eontnius in - Pluck, but to women after 411. She'll telligence of the depth of my nearest. come hack again before she leaves,was relative. the aaan's comment. May I hope„ he said, for a favorable answer ? • on that account, do you ? But she did not. Maybe she will not have me. She shall, the aid man thuulered. kiss Goodivin, let me present Mr. But at this point his rage hrought on Collaster. a -choking tit, and Itis nephew leaving Mr. Oollaster boned; so likewise did goue to call his valet, left the house lll'ss Goodwill. • without returning to the library. It was a fete day at Castleton 'Y'lee interview had not heou of the Academy, and Collaster was there in visitor's seeking. He was a lawyer! his newly acquired capacitity of solici with a growiug practice, was twenty- tor to the board of governors.face years old, six feet tall, and a Miss Goodwin is our professor of tolerable athlete. His uncle was as rhetoric, added the principal. crusty an ole bachelor as ever suffered Mr. Oollaster bowed' again. Ile was evidently much impressed—whether When Oollaster arrayed at his chain• • to comply with the conditious of the an 0 alender, which ordered that 805 seely gout, and he had, when laboring will, but the truth is I cannot. dz s should coustitttte a e trader an unusually severe attack scut with the learning implied by the title hers he feted a telegram awaiting hien ii y' year, while of his new acquaintance ur with his conveying the i}lforenatinu that his You uieatt that yon are in love al- t ©very fourth year should have 366 days for hie nephew to secure his promise to marry nn unknown gad somewhat new acquaintance pure and simple, it uncle was dwarf ready. Excuse nay bluntness, but 1 and he a leap year. Fut it does u.ot remote cousin 'as a ?Audition precedent would be premature to say. • Very stranpe, he muttered, that ant a good deal older than you. take the earth exactly 8G51 days to to inheriting the Collaster estate. On Shall we promenade while the.band w( both have received news of the 1-7"s. movie around inher orbit to the spot is playing ? he said. selene nature at the same tine. i But the young lady whom you love whence she started ou Jan. 1. it ren the nephew agnttrety refusing, gni, the old may nut ace([you. I assure you quires eleven minutes ten seconds less With pleasure, was the reply, and suppose I must go down to Fernleigh P y itnnti i►�fot•tned him that he [night con - He He did not offer any expression of sympathy, She either did not notice or did not resent the omission I can give+ you no answer whatever until we meet again, she caul. When shall that be ? I cantuet tell. Really you trust ex- eut:e me now—good bye. She did not withdraw her hand from his until he ha twice. c,tupiy with the conditions. 7011 tyre not already married' No. Are you engaged to be roamed 1 No—this is—yes—no. The po.sessiun of Feruleigu and ten thousand portals a year. is not to 'bore lishray thrown eway, sir i, S1.it woos pert:latently, [?bought las ter. Shat hetsaid was: If ti quently, September, October, Novein. great ber,Deeember—meaning, respectively, property %ate twenty times as I would (Niel refuse. 1 seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth if the lad& were young and uttraot- t months --closed the year ,just as they ive 1 do now, except that Decewber,the last That would' wake no difference. I mouth, instead of being the twelfth, assure you, madame, dial; it is not be- was the tenth, as its name indicates. - cause of my personal antipathy to When the year was divided into tweivice you,months the old nares were retained, '1'u nm 1 Oh, yes, 1,, understand—to although the months were shoved for- me. But I ant not your cousin. ward. Colluster began to feel a little un In the time of Julies Ctesar there comfortable but he was as firin as was great confusion of the calender. ever. . 4i The year was gradually slipping around kissed her fingers I Will you say to my iiukuown 0011411 I till the winter months were coming in - for me, he said, that it is not because to sutn►ner. Julius Cesar righted the of any antipathy to her that I refuse confusion to a great extent by the Julie Bider himself disinherited as sure as they wandered d wn, the terrace and to the funeral. his name was Jack Collaster, adding through the shrubbery. But Col aster did not go near her, the words with which the story opens. Oollaster tried to he very tntoliect•ual and instead of,returning to the house Tnere was no particular reason why in his sonvorsatinn; he was anxious to from ,5.1n. grave to hear the will read, Oellaster should not marry his cousin -make a good impression. She n.erci• he excused himself to the solicitor on that your cousin is young and attract- than fourth of our day of twenty-four 1 ive. See her before dscidtng ; you hours. Consequently, in counting a may like her well enough to marry foil quarter day each yettr,thecalender her, or she nifty refuse you, in which was takine eleven minutes ten seconds case the pn•opety will be yours under of what belonged to the next year. In the will. if She were willing, except that roan lessly misuud'erstood fall his profound the plea, of ut ego business in town, a little less than five Stern and a half, remarks, misconducted all his ordinary and set off fo,'•1Londou without delay, Oollaster had not•known this, but thus a good hour would be sliced off, generally lisle's to pick mit his own tt d• 1 t liter his deter. inat{on wife. Neither could jt be denied that observations, and herself propounded.). O:, his arrivat 1r was handed a tete- his uncle's fortune was a great tempta• many absurd notions, But Collastergram from Fernleigh, It read as fob - tion. One might rue a great deal of who was head over heels in love al- lows :— ` • risk for sa rine au estate, but ready, was oblivious to her conduct. The will leaves• Fernleigh and every to promise off hand to marry a girl Sne might have done anything mot tiring else to you provided you agree whom you have never seen, and whose absolutely indecorous and be would to marry your cousin, otherwise it goes name even you don't know, is to much have thought it alt right. As they •to her on condition that she shalt ren to he asked to do.. were parting he said : - main single. You must decide to' • He can keer his money and give it I hope to see you again soon, Miss day. to whom I►(,dikes, growled Oollaster. 1 Goodwin. The affairs of the academy His answer was prompt t tae e n . It is unneceesary •for me to Sae ltt'r, I would not insult her with an offer I hoped she would refuse, nor would I be so disloyal to nue to whom 1 have already given my 1,e,rt. You deolitre absolutely 1 Yes. Then I will send in the papers for your signature. Here are the papers—will you sign them 1 Collaster returned with a start : • Ethel Goodwin, what are you doing have not seen him for two years and don't care if I never see him again, and hailing a passing fly he was driven to the statioo just in time to catch a train for the pity. Well, rucle John, the next time you offer nae in marriage to the young" men be kind enough to asertain whether I gin within hearing distance. I ove► heard the latter part of your conversation with that rude giant who has just left you. This was the salutation which greet- ' ed Oollaster's uncle after he had, re. covered from his choking fit. Tho speaker was a graceful, rounded girl, of twentyaone, pretty enough to suit any taste—not wheat you would call handsome perhaps,bt facinating with- out doubt. You beard [rte, did you ? Well I meant what 1 said. Then I'm sorry for the young man -I did not catch his name, His name 1 His confounded name is i John Collaster. The miserable puppy, "its oppose my wishes. Sorry for hint, ,, you 1 You had better be'sorry for ,: - otarself, for if you marry any one ex. . sept Jack Collaster, or if you refuse to marry hitn•if he asks you, not a dollar of my money wilt you see. The threat evoked a merry peal of. laughter. Yon need not laugh, young lady ; 1 mean every word of it. . 1 do not doubt it, 1 rust not laugh. ii~g at you, but at the idea of my mar• tying a loan who positively refuses to have tom. ' ▪ hist be bas never keen you. That's what les said, uncle. with Illi, &Erni Very well, will bring me het a quite often during Shall not do it. Let the cousin the next few mouths tiie will always take the property. • be glad to sae you. Will you ,bring I.lrs. Collaster with you 1 a'nd if one had been looking directly into the bine' eyes he would have seen nothing but a look of absolute innocence as this question was put. My wife ? I --I am not married. Oh, indeed. l: .beg pardon. I'm. sure, Married ? No, I ani alone in the world. I've a -crusty old uncle whom I've seen once or twice, and a second or third cousin whom 1 have never seen or never want to, and except these I'm all that is of us, as the Irish • janitor would say. The closing part of his observation scarcely called for the outburst of inerrimeat with which Miss Goodwin greeted it, but her laughter was .so fresh and hearty that Collaster joined in it,and- when elle gave him her,bancl at parting he felt that he had made a pretty good impression, My uncle and his looney may go to Halifax, be eifeulated, as he closed the academy grounds behind hitt, Oollasier was right. Business , or something else did take him to the academy very often during the next few months and he never left until he had seen Miss Goodwin for at least a few minutes. The eousin laughed when she. rend 1 the despatch at d said that he was a great goose, and the solicitor, a little surprised at audit a cotn,netet, Bald he thought Ho too. When uext clay Collaster took a business trip down to the academy, he did not see Misa Gluodwin, nor did 'he like to ask after,tt being restrained by a ridiculous dread lest his true errand should be discovered. After going Several times more durin the heat fortnight without seeing or hearing of the young lady he stunmonded courage to ask after her, and was told that owing to a chane in.her Circumstances she had left the academy.. Left—and Without a word to him. And she had let hien kiss her fingers twice. here 1 Oh, I'm the obnoxious cousin, Jack. Will you sign the papers? Yes, and taking the pen he uffixed his name to the document without re- garding it. Theft he handed it to her. Sne walked quietly to the grate and placed the document on the glowing coals What are you doing 1 lie exclaimed. 'Well, you eee, Jack, if I take the property, under tb` will t can never marry, and--and--bh, you great awk- ward fellow, don't you remember what you asked me at Castleton 1 Jack's conduct for the next few mc- inents was not dint of a man who had forgotten. F>,IINLEtrtn, September 20th. HOLLOWAY'S OINfi\II:x'L' AND PILLS.— Dana Stay fly mistress would like indisputable Remedies --In the use of to see you to talk with you about your these medicaments there need be nn late uncles will, hesitation on doubt of their cooling, JANE ROBERTS. healing, and purifying properties. The To tjohrt Witmer, Esq, Middle Temple, Ointment stands unrivalled for the it spiovitrg Confound the late (mete and his hfaeacilinlity g and tdihoroulaysghfnly curinrelg th, e will, was 'Collaster's diszg pectful cont. moat inveterate sores and ulcers and trent ; I've renounced all claim to the in eases of bad legs and bad breasts property. Then bb aildod 1 1 suppose they not as a ctiarnl, The Pills are 1 otrglet tA;;o clown ; chert: inns be the roost eft ectttai remedy ever dtseuv- ered for the cure of liver complaints, some paper or ether to be signed, diseases most disastrous in their effects Ou his arrival at lfernleigh he was deranging all tire" proper functions of Hiss Goodwin, he said as his twee'• shown into the drawingaroom. A lady the organs affected,, inducing restless. tieth visit was drawing to a close, or of about forty rose and greeted him need, tttelanoholy, �veardneas, inability may 1 say t t.lrel 1 very formally, introducing herself as to bleep, and pain in the side, until the Whole system is exhantsed. These On that question 1 must refer youMi4s At kinsor,. wonderful Pills, if taken according to to, the solicitor of the institution, Mr.! The cousin, thought (Master. Bythe printed directions accompanying, Coltaetar. t Geon,*e, I did right to refuse,• earls' box, strike at the root of %lea The reply was not discouraging sal You have come in response to Mrs malady, stimulate the stoma* and' Collette said Ethel.. 1:10 said it so' Roberts' letter, said Miss Atkinson. liver into a healthy action, and eft a tuoraiplariar the new year. Takin; this hour from the day next after, it would - be -in time to throw the old day away behind in its dates and snake the spring mouths come i,t rnideurnrn 'r. The Julian calender was adopted 45 B. 0. It ruled the days and centuries till the tirne of Pope Gregory in 1581. 13y that time dates had gone tan full days behind It made Christmas come the middle of .December and knocked Easter and other church festivals all out of kelter, On accouut of these church celebrations tilt re svas an at•so• lute necessity for correcting the calen- der, We owe the correction,therefore to religious and not civil requirements. Pope Gregory summoned his wises mein and mathematicians, and after long study these decided that the wrong al- ready done could be rectified. by add'- ing ten days to the date of the mouth. Thus Qct 5 becomes Oct 15 and Bus. ter and Christmas would once more came at the right time of the year. But there was the ever recurring 11, minutes and 10 seconds too much which had been reckoned annually in . the year of the Julian calender. How could the days be kept from again slipping back ? After more deep study and calculation the Pope's wise men decided to skip one kap year each in three centuries Would bring the record about right The Pope therefore or. dained that no• century year shall be a leap year unlese it~:is evenly divisible by 400. The next century leap year will come in 2000.. 13y thhttime it will not make .muolr difference to us personally whether it is leap year or not. At the time the Gregorian caiendar was instituted there was a, bitter fetid between Protestants and Oatholics,and the Protestant countries would not adopt it. Switzerland and the Luiher. , inns of Germany held out till 17,00. Then they had» trdd.eleven days in. Aetna of ton to the balender. Last of all nd in 1725 carne into the Gregor. oning, but she had to add 12 er count. • we it very visitors to a calculated to ployea. Fet print a few When you not handle want to ban er, and he wore and en editor's table (easy hair a leisure Ni the type—tl after you hi 'Don't rea Inge or tea know what mit issue to re.id it al of time, an for the cha • entertain y If you w book, have for you. hien. Never as cover wher yourself t-. Above all suitor by t It flatters read it, all isfyiug (la woredly a he only nu is in it. 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