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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1895-01-04, Page 2STiRN EXPRESS. looks thunderclouds. at elle whenever - • ,; --s-- he calls. But once I'm married, I love her; mother, said Uuton Es- It ------- bail. ..% chorus of well bred giggling in - Ile Was, dolt in a general way, ter.ruptedOal'rie's words. Mrs. ueh of a tacker. Consequently. Esterhall rose hurriedly from her 'when lie spoke. tics words hail the seat, grasped her gloves and eye - weight ttf sense and rarity. But glasses and matte all haste out of the Mrs. Esterhall, the fine fill lady who restaurant. When the waiter: carne 'Sat t'rete•t before the clear, sea -coal with the chicken salad and the tea, Jim, was too much excited to consid- be found his customer gone. The • er all this. unconscious Miss Chippendale and The wife of my son, Guion, said her friends enjoyed their Vienna she, should be a lady, born and bred, chocolate and oyster fritters very —net trio of those girls who have ntucll indeed. glad to dr.lit the world until alt Mrs. Estcrhall decided to return to gentleness, graq and unselfishness the manor at once. Carrie Chippen- are ground out cif them. No, 1 can dale's graceful treachery bad affect - never giver my consent ! - - ed her more than she had declined The voting mt ,it smiled silently. possible; and leaving a hastily writ- ' Mother, said he, the diamond it- cen note to,, explain to Guion that ie1fttt;,:l}v possesses itstrue financial she had altered her plans, she took value •tvitil the facts are ground the late express, which reaehed with much frietiou. Clevendon Junction at nine, there Humph! said 1 [r's. Esterhall. No connecting with a branch train from •oiie is talking of ccliamonds, . Esterhall station,. She was travel - I m'ty bring her to see you, moth- ling alone, and her maid remained 'or ? to pack up the last things and follow Mrs. Eater1iall shook her head. her the next day. I have no •desire to receive her, • There bad been a heavy snow -fall, said' she. But, v (rug, here aro the tate night had settled clown dark and tickets for Henry Irving to -night. tempestuous, and the train was run - Carrie Chipperdale has' promised to ning behind. time. At last it came aceou parry me --- f course, you will to a full stop. 'Mrs. Esterhall started be on hand at hatlf-past seven to be from a doze and Iooked anxiously our escort? c• around her, If you wish it, i mother. 1 Ten o'clock a some one said, con - The old lady smiled to herself suiting a watdh, Why, conductor when Guion wasi gone. ! we are due ', at Clevendon at five A little maiiament,she thought, a , minutes before nine ! little judicious fi mness, and Guy will ' Yes, I knoll' sir, spoke the official, get over this b Dish fancy of Ids. but the road is all blocked, and the The idea of 4. shop girl for my , Western Express is overdue at this daughter-in-law—Mrs. Guion Ester- point. We'v waiting here for the hall ! I tltink`the lad must have_tak- signal to move on. en leave of his senses ! I And what's- to keep us from wait - And in her secret heart she re- ing all . night? petulantly inquired joiced with an exceeding great re- an old gentleman. - joicing when Miss Chippendale ar-. Nothing, sir—unless the Western rived that evening in a pale blue Express is hd trd from. moire gown; cut, deeollette, with a 1 Mrs. Esterhall began to get a little glittering necklace around her] per- frightened. , feet white tliroat, and a bunch of . • Conductor, said she, is there any hat -house rosea lax. her corsage. • danger of a collision ? If we are to have aprivate box, ! N@, ma'am—not as long as we're said Miss Chippendale, buttoning the ' on this side of the switch. :seventeenth button of her ,glove; one., Isn't there a dining car attached may as well go T. full dress, don't to this train ? • you know ? - t ( No, ma'am—this isn't the through • My dear, you . 'e looking lovely, express, bat ; hope we shall not be said Mrs. Esterhajl approvingly. detained here much longer, the con - Miss Cltippens4ale was' a sort of doctor cheerfully added. ' human camelia jtnponiea—fair, grate- Slowly the .minutes dragged them- ful and serene-171th big, expression- selves by, gradually lengthening into Iess blue eyes, cherry -red lips,- flax- hours. The passengers gathered ' gold hair, draii*al in fluffy crimps into knots and whispered. One or over.her forehead, and an unchang- two of the more adventurous spirits ing society smile . perpetually hover- got out, peered into the darkness, ing around her 'lips.' She had been flecked only ',1.. y driving snow, and highly educated,.and she was destin=then got 4n again, with the customary ed by her parents to make a brilliant uncomplimentary comments on the match. The Chiilpendales belonged railway management. Mrs. Ester• to the aristoeracv—that is to say, hall was nervous and unaccustomed • they had never one any wotk and to travel alone. She began to cry had always spent a great deal of softly beliind her veil, ' money. Anel air's. Estestrall had de- • Ah, she thought, if ever I live to .•.,gided-that. Carrie; Chippendale was get safe home again, I'll stay there. •the -very wife for "her,,km. I'll never tempt Providence more on If she could convert, Uulon to the these night roads. same opinion. •• Across the aisletwo young girls Guinn Esterha teas exceedingly were seated -the one pale -faced and eeourteous to Mt s,; Chippendale that rather plain, as Mrs. Esterhall had - evening, bat nota whit more so than already noticed by the light of the he was to his own mother. The cluster of lamps under which they lady was somewhat disappointed. were seated.; , the other a brilliant Bat;, never inind, said she to •leer- young brunette, with soft hazel eyes, self, one must have patience. - peachy ckeeks,and wavy.dark brown .k. She went shopping the next day, hair, broad forehead.. ,Presently the td match a shade of Berlin wool, to ' latter rose, and. ;coming to Mrs. btiy`'sottle� lace fioances and to decide Esterhall's side >asked in a soft, sym- `'on new j prtieres for her drawing- pathetic visite: ' room. down at,Esterhall Manor. At Are ?son ill, Madam ? one or twooc`k'closhe experienced, '� N -.--iso, stammered the old lady, not hunger, but a lady -like sensation quite forgetful tgf her society dignity. that tired nature needed some sort of Only I nm so faint and weary. 1 sweet restoration.se 'vR,s. expected to dine at home, long be - I will go into Marieottaes, 'she fore this hour - and I took almost thought. / nothing to eat before I started. Marieotta's was full, as it gener- -I., have some nice homemade 1 ally was at tot time of day; but chicken sandwiches in my bag, sug- i presently the old -lady succeeded in gested the pretty, girl. My aunt in - obtaining a (,seat• in a curtained isisted on my taking them, although angle,.'Wibero the waiter took her or- f I dined heartily before leaving home; der for a cjaildren salad and a cup of and I have a little alcohol lamp with tea. Just then sial heard a clear, I , every convenience for snaking a cup low voice on thea other side of the !of good, strong tea as well. If you drappery, as a party settled them- will allow me to prepare it for you— selves at a reserved table—Miss You are kind, said she. But you Chippendale's soft,' well -nodulated will want it yourself? s tones.' No, smiled the girl. I don't care• • Oh, yes, Irving was very fine, said !for tea. But My kind ot,G 'aunt Carrie. Oysters, please-- - a box -1 would put the things in. Now I am strew for one and. ' fritters for two glad that site d1t4 so. and three cups of Vienna ch ocolate In five ve mint res Mrs. rs . EsterhaIl sterhaI l xleely -frotled . war " .—Iut all the1ladd1un�l felt infinitely refres - slweI nearlydied ,�of ennui. Cie el. t"it hatpcued she • dial not old lady is the snpst dreadful bore pause to duestie - herself, but site you v rknew,and:Guy is a c ever tx regular presently found I rsclf i reclining com- andeome you know, and.1 y g brig. II , , ;4' ; fortably, with h � r head on tt pillow very talented, of " MAIM; but we l improvised out Otte folded blnket sitIon't want to be etc full•d, e:s' parade 'shawl that belonged to the young s to one's brains: the whole time. girl ; and, 'mingled with the drowsy O,,.9,ro , %ti t helf as glee as Freddie .1±or-,leiiections, tame the soft, low mux'-. cis.' «lily poor 4.-: r Vied •hasn't a mors of -the sweet -eyed brunette,who , to 'isloea rA -:l f with, and papa, had changed hereat and that of her • inr • THE W IN Gr HHAM TIMES, JANUARY 4, P595, companion to the one directly back of 11Irs. Esterhall, and was talking almost in a whisper. No, I ani not going back ; and 1 do not intend to communicate my address to any one.. Not even to bim ? No, not even to him. But he loves you, dear. Yes ; and that is the very reason that I am determined to create no dissension between him and his friends. Perhaps he will forget sae. Ile will never do that. But at least I shall fee) that 1 havo done my duty, said the hazel -eyed girl, firmly: I shall love him to the end of his days, but I shall not have ruined his future. And all this, Ot1c.d the companion out of deference }o the whims of an old woman wl om you have never seen ! Out of defer nee to his mother, Alice, gently rrected the first speaker, What a quixot c notion ! dreamily mused Mrs. EStelj rail. But she has an excellent idea of duty, tbe dark eyed little girl ! That is yon, all over Effie ! said tbe friend. You aro always effacing yourself in favor of some one else. Isere you are giving all your tea and sandwiches to :;t person you have never heard of ` abandoning , your seat to a poor 1i tle woman with a crying baby, eeause it is a trifle nearer the stove and, to cap every- thing, giving upthe man you love and who loves y u, because— Because it was. my, duty, said. Effie. Please, Alice, don't let us discuss the matter any longer. It is because I love quy that I am will- ing to sacrifice eiterything for his salve. Guy ! Bless tiny soul ! Guy! Thought Mrs. Est d�'pp•.hall, sitting sud- denly up. But, of`course, there are other Guys than line 'in the world. Just then there w s a tremble of the frozen ground a der them, a roar and rush of light d cars past them. The Western , press at last shout- ed the choleric o,fl gentleman,. bob- bing up in his tseat like an India - rubber bail.. All abo—o--argil.! bawled the con- ductor, with a twitch at the bell- scl the train at last, loaning like some i pain. Mrs. Ester - e back of the seat ed girl. My dear, said., she, between the throbs of the engin e, is it Guion Es- terhall that you ar speaking of ? • The girl started na colored. She could not repress cry of surprise. Yes? • I though so, Come over here and sit by m I am his moth- er and I want to tlk to you. It was two o'dloc�k in the morning 'when they reached.; Estcrhall station, but the covered sligh was waiting for them, with '110 soap -stone foot warmers and about half a ton of fur robes and wrappings. And Effie Dallas stepped into the luxurious conveyance with Mrs. Esterhall, for the old lady had insisted on taking Effie home with her to "the manor. She is such a contrast in every way to that selfish, cold-hearted Chippendale girl, said Mrs. Ester - hall. I'll telegraph to Guion at once. Really, it does seem as if there was a special providence in our 'train being kept sex long waiting for the Western Express to pass. As if there is not a special provi- dence in everything that happens in this world of ours; f • Take Notile The Tons and Weekly Globe will bb sent to any address in Canada or the United States, from now till January 1st, 1891, for one dollar, pay able in advance. I now the Pho•aograph was Dis- covered. "I discovered the principle by the merest aceident,'Ij states Mr. Edison. •'I was singing te, the mouthpiece of a telephone, when the vibrations of' the voice sent the tine steel point into my finger. That/ set me to thinking. If I could record .1 the action of the point and send tjae point over the same -surface afterward, I saw no reason why the iithing would not.. talk. I tried the ;xperinleut first on a strip of telegraph paper, and found that the poi#1t made an alpha- bet. I shouted the t words, 'Hailed! tleea loo . Halloo!" into tet;} mouthpiece, ran the paper back o'.rer the steel point, and heard a faint, IIa1loe 1 halloo !' in return. I deter pined to make a machine that weed work accurately, and gave my assi nts instructions, telling them wha I had discovered. They laughed at me. That's the whole story. The homograph is the result of the pricks of a finger." rope; and on mov 'creaking and g`t monster serpent ilk hall leaned over tl toward the hazel JONESVILI.E'S QUIRE. iia," JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIPE. 104,44,44444441 The quire meets to practice every ]Friday night, and the last time they Met, Thomas Jefferson come home, and says he— "It does beat all how that quire goes on. I guess you'd get sick, mother, to bear 'em fight as I do, rebearsin'." "I'll be hanged if I would re- hearse," says. Josiah ; "what makes 'em ?" "Let 'em rehearse," says I, sternly. "I should blink there was need enough of it, for of all the singin' I ever heard, they beat all." A few , night after word silts give out that Eld Lind6n was goint to preach to the red school house, and Josiah harnessed 11R.„teAd. mare and we all went to hear him. Josiah and I sot right behind the choir, and we could hear every word they said, and while: Eld Linton was reading the words,] "Ilow sweet for Brethren to agree," beacon Gowdey whispered to :lir. I'tkedick in wrath- ful accents: "I wonder if you witl'put us all to open shame to -night,' by screeehtn' two or three notes abovo'us all." Iia caught my keen, gray eye fixed sternly upon hii'n, and his tone changed in a minute to a mild and sheepish one, and be added, smiling- ly, "As it were, Clear brother Pee - dick." . Mr. Pecdick deigned not to reply to him, for he was shakin' his fist at one of the younger{ brethren in the quire and says he— ' e - ''Let the ketch you pressin' the key again to -night, you young. villain, if you think it is best." "I shall press as many keys as I am a minter, for all you ; you aro always findin' fault with sunthin' or other," muttered ho. Betsey Bobbit and Sophronia Gow- dey was lookin'' at each other all this time with looks that made one's blood run cold in their veins. Mr. Peediek commenced the tune, but unfortunately struck into short metre. So he couldn't get any farther than "How sweet for brether- eng." As they all come to a sudden halt in. front of that word, Deacon Gowdey, looking g damoe ls at Pecdick, took out his piteh fork, as if it was a pistol and he was goin' to shoot him with it, but applying it on his own ear, he started off !on the longest metro that had ever' been sung in our neighborhood. 'lfter adding the tune to the words the •e was so much tune to carry, that th best calculator in tunes couldn't do i At that very minute, when it logikecl dark and gloomy indeed for thee; quire, an .old lady, who had cha},red caraway peacefully, come outl nobly to the tune of "Oh that will bt joyful." They all joined in to and strong, and they each put in fl'xs and sharps to suit their own tast they kinder held together till. th got to the chorus, and then Dea n Gowdey looked round and frown d fiercely at Shakespeare Bobbit wl seemed to be flatting most of any' f 'em—and Betsy Bobbit punchedSophronia Gowdey in the side withlher parasol, and told her she was d gratin' the quire—and to sing towel" and then they all yelled. How sweet is unitee-e, How sweet is unitee, How sweet for br'thereng to agree, How sweet is unl'ee. It seemed as if tic very feather on my bonnet stood u straight to hear 'em, it was so awr4i. Then they collected their stre ' th, and drawing long breaths, they , elled round the next verses like wi Indians around sufferin' whites the was murderin'. If any one had fro ears • it would have went off we , all but for one thing. There wa an old man who insisted on being in the quire who was too blind to ee the words and always sung by r. and been' a little deaf, he got r: words wrong, but hey sung out In_- and clear like a trombone ---- How sweet is •,hien tee e How sweet iso don tea. The minister s=pade a dreadful good prayer about trials purifyin' folks and makfn' 'e -1 better, and the same patient look - as on his face when he gave out 'the next him. This piece began tvitlt a long duet between the tenor /sad the alto, and Betsy Bobbit, by open war and stratcjini, had carril_d the day and was to sing this pal: alone with the tenor. She knew t t the editor of the Gimlet was the ly tenor singer in the quire. She w so proud and happy thinking she goin' to sing alone with him, that not rightly scnsin' where she was and what she was about she pitched her part too low and here was where I had my trial with Josiah. There is no more sing to Josiah Allen than there is to a one horse wagon, and I have tried to convince him of it, but I can't, and he will probably go clown to the grave thinking he can sing bass. But there is no sing in it, that I will con- tend for with my last breath, it is nothing' more nor less than a roar. But ono thing I will give him the praise of, he is a dreadful willin' man in the time of trouble, and if be takes it into his had that it is his duty to sing you can't stop him no more you than y ou etln stop a clap of thunder, and whey' ho does let his voice out he lets it Wit strong,I can tell you. .As Betsy finished the first line I heard him say to himself: "It's a shame f r a woman to sing base alene, in a 1' em full of men." And before I co d prevent it be struck in with is awful energy. You couldn't hear Betsey's voice nor the editor's no more than, you could hear 2 files buzzi4 in a car whistle. It was dreadful. • nd as he finished the first vsr'se 1 k toped hold of his vest. I didn't t st d up byreason of bein' lame, and says I, "If you sing • another verse in that way I'll part with you," says T,; "what do you mean, Josiah Al1eli ?" Says he, lookin j down on .me with pourin' down his the perspeeration face: "I am a singin' ase." Says I, "Do yo set down and be- have yourself ; 'h has pitched it too low, it haint base,• Josiah Allen." Says he,T know, otter, Samantha; it is base. I ess I know base when I hear it. at 1 still held him by the vest, deter pined he should not start off.agin i I could !lender it and just at that minute the duet be- gan agin, .acid Sophronia Gowdey took advantage o Betsy's indigna- tion and surprise, ynd took the part right out of her'tn tlay andsstruck in with the editor ,of ;;tYe C ilulet (she is kinder after him tts ;'and she broke out with the curios est variations you ever heard. Th warbling!, and quaverings and akings she put in it was the curio est of anything I ever- heard.. Ana thankful was I that it took up Josiah's attention so, that he sank down ,,ion his seat and listened to''em with breathless awe, and never offered to put in a note at all. " 1 waited till tliey got through singin' and then I i hispered to_ him, and says I: 1 Now do you keepstill for the rest of this mectin', Josici t Allen. Says he, " As long, as I call myself a man I will have rte ,privilege of singin' base." Sing, says I in a tone almost cold -enough to make his whiskers frosty, I would call it singin' if,I was you. It worried ane all :through meetin' time and I don't know when I was ever more thankful;t than when he dropped off into a - sweet sleep just before meetin' was but. He never heard 'em sing the last time, and I had to huncn him r the benedic- tion, obstinate gouglur. .Obstinate Coughs yield to the gratt,ful, soothing action of No{way Pine Syrup. 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W more advant must bo the 7, must assert t i thus :but a, . where inertia creeping in. sent" is the :i SCtQuslyy, or IP are to -day me What have • to insignificant importance of • tion: What world no. 101 15'>r least ; it has 1, or woe it latus heart throbs and again, ni the yeitrs go tion meet this • The cause. first being as ceded. • The ,; accomplished 'edged, but -- met with this are often ager the same grot to cover, and 11. is an.unne butliy,ed its where there 1 C. T. U. in es its yearning better and sat' I will show vc 110t outlived little "emblem ing and lovin t we see the 11 are apt to th living out of As Mrs. Gibbs concerning th the Dings I Ribbon wome cede the go these oiigani; see the wisc with any otl• each a,Rpareu' cial duty or $ Our greak the John We ing, net id we "Prepat'e *ye 1, • snake IIis 1 leaders havo' interpretation. 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