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The Wingham Times, 1894-06-22, Page 2• THE iTNGTT-A.M TIMES, JUNE 22, if394, , SCHOOL- MASTER." f ► >> HOOSIER i 1 1 P 11 shoot L Throwing S r el t arm. away (1e ,. THE n Flat lift I L1 11 T 1 'lI 1 r— .------_-- -y-- • - • , . m arm and parried the "Halt " cried the alit 1)ea•o. "Who \tn all about things on FlatCreek.• 3 c WAS learning the better lesson ! 1tp.h1b stlon�, left.d 1n r e g thele, rte raven• expressed his opinion tP �& �� X111 God f • the love' of l,od blow, which, however, for ESTON. liY RIM ARD "You 1 don't sill r said Iiu(1, almost (E•o1Tl�ck:U.j , dal , • ('IIAprrI H. XV. I getting off 1u, e.it., i "'Why, you see the town he lived d TRE (TURCi1 ()x TI11 BEST ill was it rough place, It was calk the forestick, ; Nazareth, which meson `Busllt0\wn., , Just as the fia.ule. on which Ralph lied watched so inter -You don't `ay ?" ,d a Nazarene, and burned low, and l 111(1 the \\ <l.. edllE Selyr, flickered t with a heavy: but not which was about the sante tis 'back- ' le as Ralph glue hapeless heart rose to leave the woodsman.' „11 r And Halp passages which h Snnday school, ill descension of Jes publicans, the ha came to him, Ai 'Nathaniel, who 1 away, saying, '0 colic out of Naz; " 't •1 ,Jt1s what (. Fiat Crick," bro "Do you thiol m til out beul,, h,lp scatty. "Why not? > best\4c do th4 \ begin I'm 0 that "You 11 Lt � oil mean, the t < now to put in luv best licks for "t Jesus (. 111 l� , 111e ?" This shocked latch lifted and Buil ye -entered, „ "I wanted to say !something, he stammered, "but # 'old know it'S hard to say it, 11ia'11 t no book-larnili to speak of, mid some tongs is ]lard to say when a lean Will got book - words to say 'ens \with, And. they'cs some things a man can't hardly ever say anyhow to anybody." Here' Bud stopped. But Ralph spoke in such a 1u11tt(?'-()f-coarse way in .reply that he Mt !encourage(' to „o on. • "You gin up Helmer kase you thought she belonged, to lie. That's re'n 1'd a done by. a long shot. 0 Ill Now,. arter 1 left here jest now, I says to myself, a plan what can gin 'up his gall on account of� seen a feel- ing fer the rights of a Flat Cracker like me, why, dog ops it, says I, ,.c ch a plan is the man a can help me Flo • t �•r'. 1 don't kndw whether you're re better. a llardshell or A Sftshell, or a 'Methodist, or a Campbellite, or a 1 or • tie B to i 'United , New Light, a N e\\ L1 b lit , or • says, <y a 11lillerfte, or \what -not. But s . , the man what can do the clean thing by a ugly fellow like me, and stick to it; when I was jest ready to eat is a kind of a lean to tie him up, to." Here Bud stopped in fright at his own volubility, fir he had run 1• d by learned ea likeL •sec " i 'ofx •d5 MS words l •' raid that if he • asthough 1 1 <L heart, g 1 stopped he would nqt have the Cour- age to go on. was so fieri acs see of r()( c one of the bones of lc ' fr'lGt 11 l 1' t c Lt The Ol(1 basket -maker was the that 1 r , . �, whip Creek., owin his Z most 11111101111ill` 1111.1 l' district. He had two great vices. i Pete rushed upon Bud furiously, 11c- lbt i t Bad doverpower 11. u t'1 b 1 ' crhim, 1 )o\r eL have .a\c1 , ,.•to 1011 L tC1111 mut � gdill wouldto nifty o 1 Iss,, "spree" ," once in three months. And slipped quickly to ' one silo and let s 1e(. hill,and as P llo:would tell the truth in a most un- l Jones pass down theratlhs dealt ous planner. A loan given 1 ,Jolles came up again . scrupulous to plain speaking was quite as Ol)- ,jecticntabl(+ in Flat ('reek as he would have.• been in France ander the Empire, the' Commune, or the Re- public,. and almost as objectionable as be would he iii ally; refined com- munity its • merica.ig. People who live in glass ]louses h'Lve horror of 8 people who throw stones. And tate old basket -maker, hr(.ving no friends, was a good scape-goat. In (]riving him off, Pete ,Jones, vould get rid of a dangerous neigjibor and divert attention from ll msclf. The Im- mediate crime of was that he had le much. "Mr. Hartsook', •tlr y got out into better go strait); Squire's. Iieka,c� strikes a second t td the different had studied at strafing the eon- s, the stories of the ots, the poor, who dl he read about 'ed only Six miles 1 any good tiling with?' " r - about Lb t �b 1>,a �a of ty . .. te. in Bud. I could begin with- , pre- et's added he (l . begin now to n, by his help." Ralph said that he did not belong P afraid he was and tie roll>� to any church, couldn't do Bud n;uch good. But x 11 his tone was fol, of sympat � , and, -what is better th.4n sympathy,. a yearning for syinpathy. . "You see," said 11'ad, "I wanted to sit out of this low -1 1ved, Flat Crick wayof linin'. W 're • a hard set , el 'Nook. And I 1 la is dovv-n here, Mr. I gittin' to be one of the hardest of 'ens. But I never 4ould get 110 good ' and - k\ 'h ]lis \\ his lett out of Bosaw meanness. 'And I Went t:) the Mount +Tabor church concert. I heard a roan discussiu' bapitism, and regen- eration, and so on. u That didn't seem no cure for ins. 1 ]vent to a revival over at Ciifty. '4y .11, t\\ al n t no use. First night they was a man sech ' in �hst - Cin that spoke about Jesus a way that I wanted to feller Bina everywhere. But 11 didn't feel Nest night I come ? back with my mind made up dial I'd try Jesus Christ, and see ef ' he'd have ale. But laws : they wail a big man that night that preached hell. Not that I don't believe they' a{ �L hell. They's away as ' s c 1 11 not a tlxou..a d miles plenty p Y deserves it; and I dmn't know as I'm too good for it myself. But he pitch- ed iG at us, and stuck it in our faces in scch• a way that 'I got load. And I says, 'Gell, ef Gerd sends lie to hell he can't make ins holler 'nough no- how. Yon see my dander was up. And when my dander's up,I wouldn't "And he won't runs, but he's took up gin up fer the devil hisself. The the old flintlock, end says he'll die he'll help that I d t , talplh's veneration a he basket-Il10�lter ppelned to see too said Bud, when the road, "you'd the 1t home to ef this lightuin` u1i' it`11,strikeawwful eloste to you. 1,.0 hadn't better -be way lieu ( with ns. 1111C1you • en \ se 1 come, Shocky 9" "Why, I tried to come' down the holler, but I list Joue right by the big road, and lie s.wearod at lie and said he'd kill 1l1C ef I didn't go back and stay. And to I went 'back' to the house and, then slipped . out through the gra ,eyard. You see I was bound to c0 le of I got skinned. ands me . For Mr. Pearson s stuck to �� mean to stick tot; tins, you see. grave- yard. • rn a\ e- 1 t , , through Bud led Sl.ocl y tin ou„ » yard. But \vlh 1 they reached the forest path fro .1 the graveyard he thought that pe to "show -his h€ it, too soon. I< „ you "Now,dog ' he said Shock, run ahead and t21i the ole loan that I want to see his 1 the Spring -in -re 1 behind you, and -1l ' e letoft a dyou3 to trouble you,4 and I'll be thar it no tinge." o When Ralph let the school -house i� hen 11 and • were Bud cl 1. T It ac meat he felt mere errand of y, member of the Licks, 'was not o `g r' ' he thought of o fighting the devil with them. .she nlolc, b see I don't belong it the more he seen ed to be a coward, and the more hp despised himself; him. one crushing blow that sent hien full length upon the -ground. Nothing but the leaves saved hill from a most terrible fall. Jones sprang to his feet more angry than ever at being whipped by one whn1 lie regarded as a• bin', and drew a. But he was blind 1 little.. But it w, s the sincere utter- ance of an earn st soul. It may no it have been an or hocloa start, but was the one s ., rt for Bud. And there be those 'gr ho , have repeated .tic appreciation tI1C t < with the nes `v \vlt the .old English liturgics who have never known re pgious aspiration so as that o this ignorant young sincere Ilerenles, whose best confession was that he meant hereafter "to put in his best licks forht,, Jesus Christ." And there be those rho can define re- pentance and fa th to the. turning of a • r made. so genuine a hair who ne r start for the lcii gdolu of Heaven as Bud Means did Ralph said yes, that he 'thought guess- ed 't he ul e55 Atl least, just it;.b that was eci if there was -,something more, the his best was putting in ` thatg man 11 licks would be Ire to find it out. "Do you thin- he'd help a feller ? _number one c ut incl ben't o Seems to ale l to have "God bel) you. Not to help "helpyou t buto y youiigh..other folks, O1 y h when it comes t inside. But ye tochurch." long dirk-kWife. til rage, and Bud dodged the knife, Ifiul this time gave Pete a blow on the nose which marred the hom8liness of that feature and doubled the fellow up against.a tree ten feet away. i Ralph came in si; it in tinge to see the beginning of. th fight, and he arrived on the groin d just es. Pete ides the well - dealt 1C went down ' \\ell nCS Jo dealt blow from th only remolding fist of Bud Means. 'While Ralph exal lined Bud's dis- abled left ai'nl Pete picked himself up slowly, and m tering that he felt "consid'able luck tip like," crawled away like whipped puppy. To -every one whop he ., met, Pete, whose intellect enled to have weakened in syh hefty with his frame, remarked f buy that he was consid'ablc shuck p like, and voueh- safed no other exp enation. Even to his wife he only id that he felt party consid'abke luck up like, and that the boys \Trot el have to get on to -night without him. There are very malig- nity ' 1105© • is \ c . It e . 1( y • bile .e ou l .some g is shaken out of then fer the time being by tie thorough drubb- ing. l drubb- ing. afraid you're going to have trouble with your\ aril, Bud," said Ralph tenderly. "Never mind ; I i )ut hi my best 'rx Him. tha air time, Mr. - for licks little ' red a Ralph hive red Hartsook." this • i' but if it was at thought of , ,+ right to knock Jonas down. at - all, why might not Bud, do it "heartily as 9" • the Lord . unto did not. Gld(.on honest pleasure i c lliclianites than ing Pete Jones away •shuck up like. ?" "It's me, Mr, Pearson. Don't e .ease. It 'Ives the voice of Hannah Thom - 6011.. Hearing that til(. wneigh- borhood > the master the next day. 0IIAPrTh;l1 XVIII. < rn solo nCig11- ODL)s AND h(il)t, e.- \\'ani the b411 • as it against x 'Ut < 1 a dl was Sn � o•; - U l d l.1 L G `1a `»" LL , l0 1 )o g l L ') n 7.1 1( 1 L1 :a , 0 'a1 W - r family, 1 \ 41 her n , of 1 � s and l I ou factor of ippe1�< sometilues, by a ettu 1 she lead slipped away frena the eyeIcallecl the rock -in -Spring„ was .€L of her mistress. And run with breath-, s )ri0l runnhlg out of a cave -like 1 ffssarc in e hint latus -stone cliff' above, and he and Ralph helped the aha , olcl num up the cliff and into the sad- dle. Ralph, went back to bed, but Bud, who was only too eager to put hi his best licks, walked by, the side . of old John Pearson the six 1111 0s over to Buckeye 1ttul, and at last, y after eleven o'clock, he deposited hint hollow) syealllore' by the road, alt a„ l there to wait the coming of the mail wagon that would carry Mini into Jackson county, 1llaker Good-bye, said the basket , as Bud ununited the colt to return. • a 1110 word, ,. , id •d 'eat 4h use a 1 w .) -f In 1 and I'll hake a forrard movement I don't like this 'ere any time. thing of running off in the.night- time. But I reckon General Winfield Scott would a ordered a retreat ef he'cl a been in my shoes. ni lots 111 - 1l 1�. hoc Y you. gl Ccl to lee ob� tell we're all of us selfish in every- thing; but I'll be dog-on'd of I don't g believe you and one or two More is exceptions. Whether it was the fact that fete Jones lead got cousid'ablc shuck up demoralized his followers, or whether it was that the old man's •flight was suspected, the mob did not turn out >tarring and the tAll fa great force, In very , Y for b y was postponed indefinitely, the time they seine g with a known somehow that the magi \\ wooden leg had outrun then] all, But the escape of one devoted vietini did not mollify the feelings of the people toward the next one. By the time Bud returne(l this arm, d' .the next day y ' lfu was very painful, he went under Dr. Small's treatment to reduce the • fracture. W.hatcVC1 suspicions Bud might have of Pete Jones, he was not 3filieted of Ralph's , rn dread of the silent young elector. And if there was anything Sm€Lll ad- mired ' strength n mired it was physical ,.tleu�, courage. ~mall wanted Bud o11. his side, and least of all slid he wa.ut slim to be Ralph's champion. So that the siient, cool, s and skillful doctor c• went to work to make all impression oil Bud Means. Other influences were at work . upon him also. Al's. Means volleyed style usual 5 her us '•'ilii y 1de14 Fa11C1 thundered about his talin' up with a one -legged. - thicf, and runnel < rter that plaster that was a mighty suspicions kind of a customer, akorclnt' to her tell. She'd tillers said so. Ef she'd a been 0011- sulted he wouldn'ta been hued. He wasn't fit company fer nobody. tc )3 c',•NTIatYED. r) is ) is the habit of ea re hahlis. haps it was not best aid," as 11e expressed t less haste to give warning in the cabin oil Rocky Branch, Seeing Ralph, she blushed, and went into the cabin. "Well," said Ralph, "the enemy it not coining yet. Let lis hold a coun- cil of war." g, This thought bane to Ralph like an inspiration. It pleased the Iwhi1I1 anll he sat down on the man's , door -step. "Now, I. suppose," said Ralph, "that General Winfield Scott always looked into things a little before he went into a fight.1 Didn't be ?" "To be sure," 1 assented the old hall right off down by k. I'll keep clostc ef anybody offers "Well," said 'll.alish. "What is flee condition of the enemy ? I sup- pose the whole neighborhood',, against s." "To be sure,'. yid the olcl m€(11. The rest were silent, but all felt the statement to 1)e about true. "Next," said Ralph, "I suppose a 's , T• always General 'Winfield Scott would < inquire into the condition of his own troops. Now let sus see. Captain Pearson has Bud, who is the right wing, badly erippl d by having his arni broken in ho first battle." (Miss Hawkins looked pale.) man.. "Tolclm solid (1 fire .'lt2 be sure," ll 'n pretty ft \vl he , 11 t tel I al g good at giving at -14m, but very slen- der ten together it bee line "To be sure," salt(' the old roan. "And Shocky and Hiss Martha and Hannah good aids but nothing in a battle. feet "To be sure," 'said the bas till �. a1 tf do ) y ' tie . • alit basket - maker, 1 , 1 ' and arms < "Now• let's look�at the au1 link you call them. :et has been load - Shocky gone 011 .r and he, the truant Church of the Bes 110 "Well, let's stall and the have one' so, yielding as listed to the first l A o) e that help one brave impulse, he leaped nimbly over right off. Two )c l l 1through 1briskly •te star t fence and s the s church."I�. anothr to a ry (plod make a in a direction intersecting I am afi•aic� this ecclesiastical Ithe forest theory will n(it oe considered ortho- the pathon which !were Bud • and dos. It was R€ilplh's, and I write it down at the risk of bringing him into condemnatidn. i foes. But other people before the d€Lys For Shocky's lett feet went more of Bud and Ralph have discussed church organization when they swiftly on their e' ger errand ot farther should have been doing Christian Bud had anticipate te . Ile g latterat in - work. For both] of them had for- out of Bud's real otten the clanger that hung over tended he. should, nd 110 did with not old. basket-makPete :until Shocky discover ;Tone until Pete, burst into the Bethel -house, weeping. Indeed, the poor, nervous little frame "onS • .. rtaisl the. COIL\ ktcit was ready to go "Miss Ha\vkinsa Bud. started at mention of the name. ";Hiss Hawkins rhas just been over to say that a croaked is going to tar and feather Mr. " Pearson to -night. And here Slf oeky •wept again. Shocky. He came 1a sight just it t time to see the first ) conflie�t of the Church in the Wildr mess with her preacher was so iesultul with his way of doin' it. 3o seemed to be kilted of glad thai we was to be damned, and he preached something like some folks 9 swear. It didn't 'sound a bit liketl e Christ the little lean preached abut the night afore. So what does me and a lot of fellers do but slip out aikld cut off the big preacher's.; stirrups, and hang '0111 on the rider of the fence, and then ret that day, , from 11 • loose! And 1 ' tUa..h A ls1 somctllncs T did, • >I, and sometimes Il ,• ,to -day ilii t,want to cl();l)ettel. And it seemed to me that yen must know would. help n1e „ 11 as 'iF )l t 1 so tl in Itis pr aeks." r CITAPT ;R XVI. ' h T.ITA1T. THE month �a Bud was doubly enlisted on the side of John Pc3)trson, the basket- maker. In the first place, he knew that this persecution of the unpopular old mall was only a blind to save somebody else ;?Io that they • verb .i thieves \villa cried, "Stop thtc.f> And he felt coiisequently that this was a chance to;,Put his newly -form- ed resolutions 'into praeticc. The us life which . at 1 lit Cll 10 wt< 1C rI.C. 1 Old , Lord's in 1 I c, X1(1. the. 0 •'<c . fi lttill I ( is 111 religious ''C 12151. g ' ,r'• than a worse 1S n Nothingbe x )osecl 1 enemies, suited 0 Bud's temper and l•pcsrtGllce kept 1�<udy to exposed! It flight lead to some - to the gaze trlf evterybody, whether education. <i g t the boat )os - 1 t was 11111 better. . l 3 t or not.But fi thing )'U 1 at isIf, 1 C time r etaI p t11�afraid < sal Ic)v. But alts <Lf ale to hint 1 Sl r 1 shall have to acknowledge that there was a ;second motive that nursed 1nd tot this championship. The good heal UiMal ta Hawkins kans having (spoils el the cause of the • ' - e • the heart of 3ttd. <il ct lllak x Ira. . , warmly r t cit 1 1e1rfc12 lel n( l Y , 1•l u feeling Means could I xro, < on the same, s�Cle. Blessed is that me ?"a man in whose 1 life the driving of ' duty and the sawing of love i1npel himself• sort of <t Flat � think he was „ s d Mph, IsloWly i the same way ; But why speak of "try earnestly. ' the driving of, duty 9 For already his hog -drover's w i ip, wa.S right upon hire. . Shocky tried to one o he was like The yell died into'ta \\ hispher which could not have ben heard ten feet. I shall not r cat Mr. Jones's words. They we `e frightfully pro- fane. But he diel lot stop at words. He swept his whin round and gave little Shocky one rrible cut. Then the voice was eleased, and the Bud piercing cry of P in brought - down the path flying. "You good-for-ridoteing scoundrel," growled Bud, "you're ,ta coward and a thief to be a -he ltin' a little ereetur like him!" and with that Bud walked up on Jones, who prudently changed position in sticll a way as to get the upper side of the hill. "Well, I'll gin you the upper side, but collie 011," eat Bud, "ef you a'n't afeared to fi sides a poor little crippled soldier. Pete WAS 110 ill e had bee ' 't. Ii 1125 and his well5eiso no iron. He had of Bud, but he ltst e:cpericnce in the fists to which the inueli given. N sight of witnesses' could lie about th r u ).� not ser 1 did l 1e 1 which would hei fire had forever i fight f public llt011C.I )ut I I toomuster. He x11(1 be clubbed 11 ins; Bud with all heavy end, wheel ba(1loaded with Whin for )3ud,but in a nightmare. g more feel any 1 chastising the send - partyIn a 1 B c consid'able CIIAPTI XVII. accoutrements, I t, Well, this old Mu,. ecl "This ten year, A OOuNOI1, OF. WAR. Shocky, whose f t had flown as Pete soon as he saw the final fall of Jones, told the whole story to• the wondering and admiring cars of. Miss Ilawkins, will unhappily could not remember anything at the East just like it ; to th of the rheumatic 1 sure her. ole 111a11' bornness would b and to the indign lever was a re Snore appropriate .r.• tl Ralph a� lieu ] I igious x,xpericnce shall the aecoutlt te Bud of his 'otfc5 Sion :•uggle in the Dark. 'T'h(. confession his \\eekne,•s al .l wicked selfish - Was a great comfort to Bud. x n' , . Christ 1 . , Jc ,ins Clil r � .t think 1 t 1 ll+ay (11 ,rcll<i u ,..,t..1F Ives!. (1)) you tliiill;'. '.d help T r tlnilrilt Flat C'riekel' frightened ears li lady who felt talk and stub - the ruin of hint, nt ears of the old soldier who was tllobbling u.pgand down, sentinel-wi1,?1, in front of his cabin, standing g.ard over. himself. "No, I won't 1 Ralph axil' Bud. won't. What w( Scott say ef he them as fit at Lti out retreated, 1 d lady. - said the of - •ou that \ "And the lock l0 so rusty - d tC itwhen you wanted could not cock Hannah," „ at I t take aim < to The Diel plan looked foolish, and muttered "To be ;use," "Andathere isn' another round of ammunition in tit( The (Adman w "Now let us lo' broncos. Here's t ' If of Shocky. you will be pleased. chance to kill yo old lady will die with. Shocky as tl "To be sure," 1 reflectively. "Now," said lie 1 be- lt somebody sickly baby or a gone on! ignifieant antag0- 1 a great fighter, ted arms were e1C like the Y splendid set more skill and 1d , .ltof side tournament u(1 backwoods is s0 w, being out of he that 1 and . s ulc t fight> ••s it'd tel v ii its afterward, to t< es (V<1Y `t lt. .a1{g e ai o disgraced stint taken them he111 a € tion day a <1 C y tt Ur the uphill side, whip -stalk, strik- is force with the coward -like, he lead. IJwi threw ave," he said to "You see I jest ild Giti'ral Winfield :new that 'one of _> iidy*'s Lane backed in fer fear of a , passel of thieves ? No, sir ; lie and the old flintlock together: I'll charge of bnek& will live and. die put a thunderiu' lot into the first one of then scotindi is as conies up the holler. It`ll iie another Lundy`s Lane. And you lir. Hartsook, may send Scott word' slat ole Pearson, as fit at Lundyfs.Liine under hint, died a-fightin` thicvesbon Rocky Branch, in Iloopole KycPanty, State of In - jutting." And the old mint hobbled faster and faster, taxing his wooden leg to the very utmost, is if his victor depended on thii vehemence with which he walked ids beat. ;Mrs. Pearson at wringing her hands and lookir • appealingly at 1 'u the , ell o stood 1 Hawkins, Ia1s Martha Lldlt , I door, in despair, looking appealingly at laud, Bud tvasistupefiect by the c man's 1115 0 wn and 1)or nc 3s tub )ld 5 pain, and in his trap appealed mutely . 10 e resources he ' 11 s ,• in tC lch'3 l to the 21 had boundless CallficleLlce. Ralph, on him, was eC1U )end that all do seeing1 taxing his wits to think of some way to get round l'earsoli's stubbornness. Shocky hung to tit.) dlc1 man's coat many • t' Atli ' U111 and ptlllccl. away at him entreating' g, words, , but the •v elc l ab le ) bare -headed smith1 strodeup and his fills ` tlocl(: 011 ' furiously, 11 down fu y, w .fe 111 - - ' ;.e't Itis n Isis shoulder and InbaSl e his belt, Just at this poill somebody could be seen indistin ly through the bushes conning up + he hollow. house " s silent. • k at the imams- ;he old lady and fight, the enemy t will give them a And then the nil they will do 'ey please." id the old man ph, "General Win- field Scott, under Itch circumstances, would retreat in good order. Then, when he could muster his forces rightly, he would drive • the enemy from his ground." . "To be sure," said the 'old. elan. "What ©r.•t I to do ?1 "Have you any fiends ?" " Well,y-es; there'' my brother over in Jackson Kyou ty . I mout go there,." • t Weft," said. Bu(, " do you just go down to Spring -u rock and stay there. Them folk tell midnight. I'll nine with lay roan you down over o Buckeye Run. •T1r the nail -wagon t about five o'clock and go over to Jac DRi won't be here come fer' you at colt, and I'll set the big road out •n you can git on flat passes there in the nlornitt', son county and The wises£' hal)! in the formation 0 keep shady till we st vant you -to face the enemy and to swear agin some elks. And then we'll send. fer mi." '1'o be sure, said the old man in a broken voice. " I reckon General• 'Winfield Scott Wouldn't disapprove of such a nlanaeuver as that than." L to his >d on Buba •tufa beamed Miss M u evident delight, for he carried his painful arm part of the way home with her. Ralph noticed that Han - with full of .,I()01,, fit `n�\\ with l at him nab look4c 11<L contendipg emotions. He read ad - nitration, gratitude, and doubt is the expression of•her f€ ce, es she turned toward. r a1c1 home. 'i\ " 1 *ell, good -by, le W0111A11," said Pearson, as he took kerchief full of thin; his hidle b- rl aCC ; »cr U never .1rld 1 c sun r t le filo old flintlock had rd staid . .and die t But ' C<1b1'il, old the best to be brash. looked. after hien, away over the st( ever convinced that RAt:.o.MERR VET Toronto, Ontario. As Welt as Ever After Taking Hood's Sarsaparilla lis his little hand -1 Cured of a Serious Disease, "I was suffering from what is known as Brigiht'S disease for five years, and for days at a tme Iho been unable to straighten m self up, Y was in bed for three 'tveel(s; during that time I had leeches applied and derived no bene fit. Seeing hood's' Sarsaparilla advertised in the papers I decided to try a bottle. 1 found OD S ,5 €Lid started £or . . , arse ardla S ( est 111112 ,1) d V URE,. and of. tem, art y ) r't it been rusty, 1 right stere by anI1 reckon 1 t t. A11c1 Shocky n he hobbled C more thaxt oclllad . forgot - ret of bofore1had finished taking i lolahot. tie. I got, so much helpp from talonthe first hde tthaet Itceoonid eboto etfalotAh441114174 aans;enn 1 did in ray life:, Cato.lsseaLltts,'rarest°,.out, Hood's Pills aro, protnlstand efkiolent,$ ea$y of action. Sold by all4111416t!, 2f4.. • • W. O. T U. COLUMN icuNDUCTr.n 1,r T1s« wrNo .i( 1rahocat•) P. ((0d and Ihm)lr and Soave Land, • well call 1 he Irt0ont0Un, of the mothers aU11•N)oto 1 to this floc, that the Woman's Ola'istlan Temper- ance 1.'niou moots siert ,\londsy at three o'clock sharp, for on„iloltr, at Mus. ltf'lnl o resh1Un:'o, Vat. All ladies are loads wL'1c onrn Vivi; atrr,cu M the Fdltm has kindly Oven its part 01 .his space fel our work u c aslc blonds of •the cause to scald items of inte,cst on all moral questions of the day to 0111' of our members ) Giris . Reform:- Hi.lz7: k'irst, Pa• Rev John 1), Rumscy. Girls, you often sing, The lips that touch liquor shall never touch I •iSt mine. May you truly be able to put the song into practice. May you also have the courage to say, and carry, out the sayings The lips that ,, tonsil tobacco sllall•ne\ ex touch inane, the lips that utter impure a1(l pro- fane thoughtssllall never touch Mine, the hands that are soiled by bad habits shall never clasp aline, the feet that tread cin forbidden paths and wander wird bad company. shall never walk with mine, the man that ,'•.;.. speaks lightly of mother or sneer- ingly his h ingly of God's house and of people shall never be aline. Do this and you will not have to repent in leisure because of an ill-considered marriage. Be firm. . 1 L.c the young x g man d • reform now. If he will not mend n his ways 1101 to win you, he will Set not after the has. won • to Se a u. high value upon yourself. Make yourself a prize, and if the young Y . loan loves you, he will do anything to win the prize. In the days of chivalry the lady gave her lover a silken. scarf, and badelim go forth and win her by - deeds of valor. t he knightI t went t forth to battle in the name --of his lady -love, and in her nano clic] Valiant deeds .and for her was ready to die. Girls, snake this a modern age of chivalry. Give • the - seekers for your hand. and heart a token of love. Bid him win you with deeds der- I.e Let 111111 under- stand all Of rile manhood. 0 staled that, when he has overcome bad Habits, conquered besetting sins, beeonie .proof against temptations of youth, is known as a champion of the • proved weal: and oppressed, and ares himself a knight of truth and right - ll ' then can and duly , bel eousness, then,, he claim his lady -love. young woman' and you this, y b will bring oil a reformation amongP • • young men that only you ea11 eftset. for r you will make your - 'r it, and tl self a trite husband and a good glome, and will have turned a'.sonl''•• Christ- t ward. t expr( woul tion i doub the favoi 100,( 110 p whet elect reed pl•011 hew OI 1] peril thro heal' to es the c Sass It of mon 11 pert ben( 1 and cast bel,, goo the aS 1 ral at e as the boi ti's dr' Ole sol plc frc all frc ga vil s\\' th, ani w, de x th ri tc •\v h 1 • —- is The Plebiscites. t (From the 'Vanguard tor • Full returns have now been eeived of the voting of: the different Provinces. The result is an -indorse- t tion of the -principle of prohibition to ( a greater extent than was anticipated. 1 it by even the Prohibition. sts. In -every . case fiery large majorities werepoll- -ed.. As. our readers know, the voting had no immediate legislative effect, being simply a declaration by ballot, of the • electors, of their favor for or disapproval of the total prohibition of the manufacture, iiuportatiou and sale of intoxicating liquor. The I dates of' Voting were : 'Manitoba, July 23, 180 2 ; P r ince E chvar d Is- land; Dee. s- land'Dec. 1I' 18J3 ,Oltxrio, Jan. . 1, 1891; Nova Scotia, 'March 15, . 1893. a The votes polled for and against prohibition are as follows : "- giC.04 • 0 p^ Few Manitoba.... 110,037. 7,115 12,522 PrineeEdward Island :... 10,010 3,8110 73:'-20 Ontario......110'2,481) 110,720 81,401 Novo, Scotia.. 45,750• I2,355- +31,401 Totals 260,408 183,530 132,018 In tile' Province of Ontario, the women whose names were out the Municipal roll were permitted to'vote. I • : Twelve thousand four 1tun(t ed .'incl two of thteni voted for prohibition, and 2,226 against. All the other Votes recorded in all the Province. • that voted Wye Mien's. the Province rn"I10 vp ' The Le 1s1 afore of New Brunswick liras not subinitte( the question, to the electors of tha Province. Instead of doing so, tktc Legislature, by L 11111l Ols VUtC aciopeed the following resolution. The Provinces of Quebec an British Columbia, Alla the Northwce Territories , It spoken. � )lel I'e1rltUlleli h€LVC not .I ( ltlel', "'(tt :tenancies • `inti ) that )lUltl probable 1 i21 them May not be quite so stron ' Provinces which )lc,l)l , t 11 ' vrlic •• 111 inec,s I ar. I .. the r Its In Is ektes Have been taken, 'i1110L( al well-informed persons, howcver,,Wl Province, 1