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By LAWRENCE M. LYNCH
(E. M. Van Deventer) •
Author of uA Women's Crime," "John Arthur's Vendex "The Lost
Witness," "A Slender Clue?" "Dangerous Ground?"
"Against Odds?►' Eta? Etc.
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is abroad, and 'tile sun is standing still
in the skies.'
So saying, she goes out, closing and
locking the dressing -room door, and de-
scends the stately stairs; at their foot she
pauses in full view of the entrance, for
there, hat in hand, appears the subject
of her recent discontent, Doctor Heath.
Surely there must be something depress-
ing in the atmosphere, Constance thinks,
as she goes forward to meet him; for his
face wears a grave, troubled look not
usually seen there.
.' Oh, Doctor Heath,' she says, half
reproachfully, and fabricating after the
manner of her sex, "here I have been
trying to evoke from any `inner con-
sciousness' what manner of man your
great detective might he. You barely
introduced hinm,and then you flitted; and
I do so muck dislike the 'To be contin-
ued' style."
"Ss do T," he replies, soberly, as he
follows her into the drawing room. "So
ntuciz that I shall make the story I have
come to..t'll,. as brief as may be. Miss
Wardour, have you heard any new from i•
the town—since noon`?" '
"Not a, word," moving across the -
room, and drawing back the curtain so
that the last rays of sunlight fall across
• the floor. "Is there any news? Have they
found a trace of niy robbers?"
"For the time being, your robbers are
forgotten," smilingly slightly. "W— has
had a fresh sensation this afternoon." I
"So! and I have become a lesser
light? Well, so,goes toe world! Of
course it won't be as interesting as the
story of niy own woes; but, who is the
newest candidate for sensational honors?"
"Yoga friend, Miss S: i,il Lamotte."
Instantly her careless tone changes to
one of gravity. For a moment she has
forgotten Sybil, and her note; now she
remembers both, and involuntarily
glances out toward tho west. The sun is
almost gone, but still darts red gleams
across the sky. Moving nearer she seats
herself, and scans his face a moment, and
then, while she motion4 him to a seat
_.gpposite her, says, in. that low even tone
that is usual to her in all serious moods.
"And what of Sybil Lamoite?" Her
eyes scar:h his face; in-tinctively she
knows that something ing serious has hap-
pened; she dr zu1ss yet, with her natural
bravery, reserves to herr the worst 'at
once.
"Slee bas —Bless
"Biep-ed1l nut 1. . Sybil elected --then
it must be with Ray 'v and: ck," draw
ing a breeth of relief.
"Nis" r'oontily. "Tt is not Raymond
Vandyese 'J:Ilart would have been simply
a piece of rnnr,xnthc folly, sine no one
would lung oppose Bay, but this this
thing thc.t she has stone, is worse than
folly, it !' trinme, madness."
"Not Ray! and yet Sybil lo—Doctor
Heath tell the whole truth, the very
worst, gaic].ly."
"Sybil loved Raymond Vandyck, that
is wha: yGu were about to say, Miss
Wardour. You would have betrayed no
secret.; porn. young Vandyck honors me
with cenildleneee. I left him, not lull
an hone ago, prostrate, half Iihanldeaed
withrf " and rage; grief, when he
thinksc.f Sybil lost to hint,' and fury
when he thins: of the man she has
chosen. I never satin hies; brit if the
pnl,lir. s,,:•a.Ls truth, Tohr .uurrill is all
that fa vrtlgttr and •cnrrul;t."
"johe levarill!" Constance springs to
her fe with eyes Liashin "John Dar -
rill! \S sy. he is a brute; mentally,
morally, ,.l:ysica]ly, a brute. And you
coupe' his naxne with that of Sybil Le-
anette? Doctor Heath, this is an infam-
ous t:•iek. Some one has lied to you. You
have never er seen hint, you say; if you
had co.tele not have begin reined. I know
him, a one grows to know any nateri-
Otts ('.....'r in a town like this, from
seeing hien reeling iutoxicat; ti. through
our sth•':e -s, from hearing of his most
-startling escapades; ex c•)n:::1e m lounger,
a Brunt .ard, a man ; ith a div:,rced wile
in Gilt :y Wilds`. D.)ttoi•Ile : I know
you are it:eapable of such a j:?st.• 1:ilt
me who caused you to believe a thing
80 ::]eat. fats"
"1 t'',..1's you for your faith in •vie,"
he tar; e. with the ;Shadow of a smile up.)n
his fear. ••Tho story is simana.hii i i..e:•d,
heti it tele. Sybil Lamette Iets c.l:,1ed,
and w:... .t h,m Burrill. Listen, b' afer
you assn. ns,rate. This after,Y.rau a: tv,',)
o'clr le .:uumL Inn.011. with a swif: horse
and sSining new carriage. tirgee bnI.ly
tip l-, "-,• Park..
There, r3 ,hi L. ru(itte iva:a tit.a.;tin:; Dien;
he ] i : 1 her t., his e nr i 1g. and tier n
.dresso f int iti-r,tsly through the town
tali.::.west road. It np;.ears, that
for 14',.!1.:1 days, Burrill had been drop-
ping lents in his sober moments, and
boastin.:•+openly in his cups, of his (-en-
ing Incessisge with one of the belle: of
W---, wee. last evening, he openly avawe•1
that t.e-d'a.,•, he 0110111(i `carry e''f +1'iws
Sybil .Lra. rte, invite of her high and
anigb;t family, and in the fae:e of all th'
to'c•I1. Of course, no one who beard re-
garded these things-, save as t;:e 1, ,n,h:tat
of a half dl;in1.(n•hraseurt and lime Te) -
slay, sorting Rvart, and lea St1i1 wilier
Cavia`, (•.icouatere hint just Rotting forth
,- ••
Y t71,....l,w
t. tar eat Belle tG)
t0'it
Ithis fine
gotten til*, They'Ijesied. on Ina env el-
pearanee, and for ;; once he evaded tit •ir
questie ,e, and seeeotied anxious to be rid
Of then). This pisued their curiosity,
Mid, ripe for mischief, as usual, they
eteolvc d + f 310W hila.
"They were mounted when they meet
•
him, having just ridden into town. They
saw hien stop at Mapleton and take up .
Miss. Sybil, from there they followed
them westward. Burrill drove at the
height of his horse's speed, and the boys,
who followed. at a distance, arrived at
Milton (you -will see their policy in avoid- '
ing the railroad towns,) ten miles dis-
tance, to And that Burrill had changed
horses there, and driven away, still west-
ward, at the same breakneck speed, Bur -
rill's horse was badly used up, short as
the drive had been, and the Ivan who
took it in charge said that the fresh
horse was bought there by hien, Burrill,
yesterday, and that he had heard the lady
complain that they `could not go fast
enough.' "
He arses, and his eyes rest anxiously
en her face. Sho does not seem to have
obsericd that he is not shaking. Sho
has heard every word, and, somehow,
the cor-victietn has been growing even in
a"v,dnce of his story, that it is all true.
This will explain Sybil's strange letter,
ane;—that letter! what does it contain?
She turns and getzes, as if fascinated, to-
.=-ard's the west. There are no more
=•caller. gleams athwart the window, only
I, dull red tnsh upon the horizon. The
sen, art'iast, has set.
Al' ]eat. Sae turas, rises slowly and.
with, •p; one' :•t.:ming toward hint begins
u• pace the len• th of the ronin, and he-
sees
es. es Ce:tt :he cliteenly Miss Wardour is
a••r ,.'ene urrat-tved, is struggling for
,••:eerv,cpr.>.
h;n.rriy she speaks, still keeping up
her :dew rrontrnade.
"Dr. r ; eat:`, I ant bewildered. I aur
teerett•:'d! 1—" Sho peaks off sudden]y,
as if to modify hem Fpeech. "This can
be no own on_•1ope*vent," she winces
at rho wore. "Fein' is refined, honest
an,t true hearted, and she loves—another.
There least be something yet to be un-
ce rsteed, ant" with a sudden startled
leek: is her eyes, "perhaps this Haight
]:tee been prn-entcd; perhaps I might
have 'pee: ented it if—" another break.;
then. "I)'ctor, it is just possible that I
may fad a elm- to.this strangeness. Will
you f'ar,tnn me- a},sone for a short time,
and nettle ate hero? This' is a s!aaange re-
meest 'nit—"
r' <. day of stranr:e things," he in-.
teeming, l emery, seeing her agitation.
"Co, :Miss Wardour; I am at your service
t'^s evening."
lee er"s''5 the ree-m', seats himself at a
`ee- eel t;k" lip 0book; and Con-
s... • , stands !rres•)ltrte for a moment,
,the n. without a word, hurries Iran the
Up the wars she flies, hastily unlocks
her dresei n g-ia.,,t door, enters, and, in a
0 cement•, teeth a eon:vane born of a nen-
ct s determination to know the worst ast
ace, seizes the mysterious note and
lac aks the seal. A mou.ent's hesitation,
Sane then the page is opened, and the
lines, only a few, dance beforca her eyes.
She tries 16 steady her hand; she can not
read them fast enou..gh.
"Constance, Dear Constance:—•
"When you read this; you may have
i' conte already aware of the fate I have
chosen for myself. I have no explanation
to offer. Think of Beauty and the Beast;
think of Titania's -:mange choice; think
3110 ii.ad. Dut oh, Constance, never censure
me; never think that all the happy days,
when you have been my friend, I was
not worthy that friendship. And, Con,
don't let others say things too bitter
about uta. Aum I not dead. to myself, and
to you all? and for the dead, have we not
charity only? Constance, I wish I were
buried, too. SYBIL.
"P.S.—Con., never let my relatives
see this note. They will have enough to
hear,"
So runs the note.
Half an hour later, Constance Wardour
ConmeS quietly into the drawing -room. So
quietly, that her approach is not observed
by Dr. IIeath, until her voice breaks the
silence., and he starts from the reverie in
which he has boon indulging,
to see her
standing before him, with pale cheeks,
and troubled, anxious eyes.
"Ilas my rudeness been quite unpar-
donable?" she says, appealingly. "Truly,
I have had no idea of the flight of time.
I have been sitting up there," motioning.
toward the upper floor, "stuuned,and yet
trying to think. I have gained a little
self-possession," enmiiing slightly, as she
sinks into a seat, "but not my senses. I
thought myself equal to most emergen-
cies, but this is more than an emergency
—11 is a mystery, a termor! For the Bret
time in niy life, I can't think, I can't
reason. I don't know what to do!"
It is her turn to speak in riddles; his,
not to comprehend. But, being a man,
he closes his lips and welts.
"Something terrible has lee ellen
Sybil Lanmotte," sho goes on9 g,^s,tually
regaining a measure of her natural tone
and manner. "I need an adviser, or I
had better say, a confidante, for it
amounts to that. You know Sybil, and
you know poor 1tny. Yon aro, I believe,
a capital judge of human nature. This
morning, just after you left, as you
know Mr. Lamotte and his son called
here, and Frank put in Why hand this
note: from Sybil." leor the first time he
observes the letter which she holds be-
tween her two hands. "Far reasons
stated on the outside of the envelbpo,
which was enclosed in another, X did not
break the seal until ---now. It may seem
like violating Sybil's confidence, but I
:feel justified itt doing what I do. I have
iio one to advise ire, Aunt Honor being
worse than myself in a crisis like this;
and I believe that both Sybil and 1 can
trust you. Dr. Heath, please teamd that
letter.."
Re looks at it doubtfully, but does 'tot
take it front her extended. hand.
"You are sure it is best?" hesitatingly.
"You wish it?"
"I wish it,." with a touoh of her nate
teal imperiousness; "I believe *it is
best."
Silently ho take the letter from her
hand, silently reads the lines upon the
envelope, while she thinks how sensible
he is not to have uttered some stereo-
typed phrase, expressive of his sense of
the high honor she does him by giving
hint so much of her confidence:
Still in silence, he opens,and reads the
letter, then Lay's it down and thinks.
.At last she grows impatient, "Well,"
she exclaims, "are roll, too, stricken
with something nameless?"
He leans toward her, his term resting
upon the table between thein, his eyes
fixed gravely upon her face:
"Miss Wardour, does your faith in your
friend jtistify'you in complying with her
wishes?"
"Most assuredlse" with a look of sur-
prise,
"In epite of to -day's events?"
"In spite of any thing!"
He draws a long, sighing breath.
"Oh." he says, softly, "it would bo
worth something to- possess your friend-
ship. Now do ,yon really wish for my
advice?" , •
"Have I not asked for it, or, rather,
demanded it, like a truo highwayman?"
"Then: here is your case: Yoe have a
friends you trust her fully; nothing can
shake your faith in her, Suddenly, she
does a thing, shocking, incomprehensible,
and, in doing it, ask you not to question,
for she can not explain; asks you to
think of her kindly; to trfst her still.
Here is a test for your friendship. Others
may pay, drag liar name about, torture
her with their curiosity; she has appealed
to you. Respect her secret. Let her bury
it if she will, and can; you cannot help
her. If she has become that bad. man's
wife, she is past human help. Undoubt-
edly thore is a nty'stery here; undoubted-
ly she has acted -under the control of
some power outside herself; but she has
taken the step, and—it.is done!"
She draws a long, sighing breath.
"Yot. are right," she says, wearily,
"your wisdom is simple, but it is wis-
dom, and I thank you for it; but, oh! if
they could been int.rcept.:d, If I - could
have known—•have guessed."
.1 -ie similes oddly. "You de not con-
sider," he says, "how cunningly their
pians were laid; doubtless they have been
waiting some such opporttnity. At
twelve o'clook, Mr. Lamotte and wife
started for the city."
"In my sere icep alas I"
"At ono, Frank Lamotte mounted his
horse andd rode eastward."
"Alas! also to serve me."
"At two o'clock, the coast was clear,
and the flight commenced. 'When it be-
came lmotvn, search was made for Evan,
as the only member of the family within
reach of a warning voice. They found
him in a beer saloon, in a• state of
beastly intoxication."
'Oh!"
"Of course ho Wag surrounded by a
crowd, eager to see and -to hear how he
would receive the news; and the work of
sobering hien up was at once commenced.
It took a long time to make him com-
prehend their meaning, but after a
' hile the name of his sister, coupled
with that of John Burrill, brought him
staggering to his feet, and - a few mo-
ments later, a plain statement of time
facts,lmurled bluntly at him by one of.the
loungers; sobered hien completely. In an
instant he had laid his informant sprawl-
ing in the saloon sawdust. He declared
it a calumny, as yon did, and declared
war upon the lot of them. Soon kinder
hands rescued him from these tormentors,
and sten ho could not • doubt convinced
him of the truth of the unhappy affair.
And then, any who saw would have
pitied hint. The boy is wild and bad, but
he has a heart, and he loves his sister.
Poor fellow! the is not all bad."
"Poor Evan!"
"He telegraphed at once to his father,
and then set out for Mapleton, looking
like the ghost orhimself, but caraying a
fresh filled flask."
"Of course," mournfully.
"He would have started in pursuit,
had they not coahs-inced him of the folly
of such an undeetaking."
"Polly, indeed,. for him."
"And now, Miss Wardour, we have
arrived at the end of a certainty, and to
enter the field of , conjecture is useless.
The time may Come when some of its
may be of actual service to this most
unhappy friend of yours. I confess that I
wait with some curiosity the movements
of her parents in. the matter."
"They will take her from him, at once.
They will buy Binh off; conseel him—
anything to get her back."
"Perhaps; but—she may resist them,
Think of that letter."
"True. Ah mei I can't think. Doctor
Heath, I have kept you here starvittae I
had forgotten that dinner ever was, or
could be. You shall dine with Aunt
Honor rind myself; and, for the present,
we will not speak of poor Sybil's flight
to her. She would run the entire gamut
of speculation, for she is verymnneh given
to `seeing through things,' and I can't
bear to talk, too much on this subject. I
BhOuld get aneify, and nervous, and
altogether unpletisent. I say, 'you will
stay;' will you stay?"
He has never ' before been invited to
dine et Wardoine Plece, except 'when the
dinner has been a formal one, and the
guests numerous; but he accepts this
invitation to dine en famine, quit:
nanehalantly, and as a thing of course.
So he dines at Wardour Place, and
'Mika with Aunt Honor about the rob-
bery,
C -bery,
end listens to her description of the
splendid Wardour diamonds, and looks
at Constance, and thinks his wren
thoughts,
'After dinne• Aunt Honor occupies
herself with the evening parer; end,
niter awhile, Constnnee and Doctor Heath
pass out through the low, broad French
window, and stand on the balcony. The
light from within falls aloe. them ?incl
bait portion of the balcony where they
stand. There is a young moon, top; and
just beyond is a master oak, that spreads
its great branches out, and out, until
they rustle, and sway above the lower
half of the long balcony, and rap and
Batter against the stone walls.
"Have you thought," asks Constance,
as she leans lightly against the iron rail-
ing, "that to -morrow is Sunday, and
that Mr. Laniotto, unless he'Itas already
returned, can not reach home until Mon-
day?"
"It has occurred to me,"
"And poor Sybil! Where will she be
by then?"
`'Miss Wam•dour! What disinterested-
ness! I thought you were thinking of
your detective."
"My detective! Why, what a lot of
stupid people! lie might as well non
come at all. 'Why didn't you tell inc to
tolograph at onee`?"
"Because Mr. ett nmotte was coming. I
depended upon hem."
"And he has made a blunder,"
"Not necessarily."
"�rlty?" .
"He niay have;seen an °facer imnme-
daately, and the man .Wray be now on the
way,by the night train.°' He will be sure
to be here before -Monday, or he is no
detective. They depend very little on the
regular trains."
"Oh; 1 arm enlightened! All the same,
I shall never see any diamonds mom".
"Yon don't seem much troubled."-
"Pride, all pride! I'm heart broken."
"Yon are a most nonchalant young
lady,"
"Yes—it's contigiota"
Then they both laugh, and relapse into
silence. Presently she says:—
."We are sure to. have the wrong man.
\;hy did you not te11 Ino the name of
your great detective, so that I might
have commissioned Mr, Lanmotte to bring
him? That roan has been in my mind
all day. You have, made ms enamored of
hire."
"Why?" laughing indulgently; "I
barely mentioned, him."
"\o ?natter; you say he is a splendid
oifmcer?"
"There is no better. 1 know of none as
good."
"And: his Warne?"
"A very romantic one: Feil J.
•
Bathurst." '
"Why!" stepping suddenly to the -win-
dow. "Aunt Honer I"
"Well," replieseairs. Allston, from be-
hind her newspaper:
"What is the name of your wonderful
detective, who brbught those two mur-
derers from Europe, and had there pro-
perly hm..n'?" •
"Mr, Neil Bathurst. Why, my dear?"
"Oh, notating special, auntie;" then
returning to the window, "Auntie never-
loses
everloses trace of a crime or a trial in high
life. I have heard. her talk of this man's
splendid: exploits,*by the hour. She is a
walking catalogue in all aristocratic sen-
sations. So this is your great Tian? Well,
if he is in time city, we must have hint.
Mr. Lamette shall bring his man,or send
him; there should be work for two. As
for me, 1 intend to secure the service of
Mr. Neil J. I3atinirst."
?'Hee may net ,be within reach; ho is
constantly moving, and always busy."
"No matter. I tell you I want to see
this roan."
"That being th) case, I may as well
present myself." e•
•
They start at ,the rustling of leaves,
and from one of the great oak's extended
branches, it form Shying:, downward, and
drops lightly upon the grass, just before
the place where tdey stand.
"Who are you " demands Doctor
Heath, sternly, as ,the eavesdropper ap-
proaches. "And vtat does this impertin-
ence mean?" t
Before they can think, the man ap-
proaches the balcony, puts his hands up
on the railing, and springs lightly over;
• standing in the frill light that falls from
within, he doffs is hat like a courtier,
and bending bet. ss Constance, says, in a
' voice that is, for a man, singularly rich
and mellow:—
"Madame, I am hero at your service. I
am Neil J. Bathaist."
CH.A BTER V.
Both Constanea and Dr. Heath fancy
that they comprehend. the situation al-
t most instantanodusly: The stranger's
movements Lave been so catlike, his
voice so carefu]lymodulated, that, Aunt
Honor renis on,_,hever dreaming that an
addition has b:>eim made to time party.
Dr. Heath is the:first to speak. •
"Upon my word," he says, with a
touch of coldnes4 in his tone; "this is
quite dramatic.
"Itas, a very good tableaux," admits
the new comer, -,"but dranratic as the
present day Bra a goes? No, it's too
naturall brough about, as. you will ad-
mit,
brough
iwhen I ex livii2 ru
presence ]mere.
i L, p y
Your mention ofny name, while I lay
sprawled acrosstthe great braneh, within
easy .hearing,iis rather sensational, to
nee, waw
but, of ct3,urso yeti can explain
that." t
By thin time juonstance has recovered
herself, and rips to the occasion; in
fact, she rathera enjoys the situation; this
is one of the eiimergencies wherein she is
quite at hemp. Without stopping for
to nmsomelaco remarks, or expressions of
surprise, she g~,,oes straight to the point.
"How We c 'zie to 1)o discussing you,
you noust nndprstand, if you are really
Mr. 13at ttmm :st,G and—have been very long
fn that t:ee.", .
"I have beeii.'vet tz•g' in that tree,
I feel it," ruefully, "And I ant Neil
Bathurst, diet etive; never was anybody
else, and by the by, here is this doctor;
I heard him giving me it capital 'recont-
mend;' now Vid him step up and identify
me," and Imo ittughs as if he had uttered
a capital jak(ce#�
Doctor Heath laughs now, as be comes
closer and scrimtinizes him by the light
from the darting roomn.
"Oh, I reco. nizo you by your voice;
which you have not attempted to disguise,
and by your—a—assurance."
"I thought sol" rubbing his hands
with to satisfied air.
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HOWICK.
Connell met in To*,.nship }lata,
Gerrie, on August 18th, pursuant to
adjourneeene. Members all present ;
the Reeve in the chair..
Minutes of last meeting read and
adopted.
M'os'ed by Finley and Doig that
the County rate be 1 5/8 of a mill ;
Townsbip rate, 1 mill ; railway, 2/5
of a mill ; sinking fund, 8/25 of a
mill ; general school rate, 1 16/80 of
a mill, and that a by-law be passed
taecordingly.—C arricd,
Moved . by G;l'•eig and4 Doig that
the suns of $10 1%c granted+to J. Me -
Kinney, owing to misfortune, -he
having his hand taken off in a
thresher.—elarried.
The following accounts were Pass-
ed; Samuel Johnston, $4.50, for
gravel ; F. Gedeke, $3, for 'culvert,
lot 15 and 16, eftncession 2 ; 0• Bay -
kr, $5,10, for gbtavel ; ,James Gibson,
$5.94, gravel ; Mrs. Donaghy, .4'0,
gravel ; Wne. Wade, $'•2.7 (i, gra el ;
T. Jacklin, ,,1, gravel e1 ; Martin Ben-
der, $1.56, gravel ; .J. McKinney, 50
cents, repairing read, lot 23, conees
cion 14; Ezekiel ),')hair,i$1.50, repair-
ing culvert; Thomas Walker, w4,40,
gravel ; Henry Toner, 81, gravel
and eulvert; George Robinson, $1,
repairing culvert, lot 31, concession
C ; R. Sanford; $1.50, repairing read,
lot 25, concession 3 ; Win. Wade,
$2.70, gravel ; T. Jolrnsteu, $2.50,
damages to buggy, owing to obstrne
tion on highway; .Vm. T. McKee,
$2.40, for gravel; Hastie Brothers,
$1.80, gravel ;".Mrs. Walker, $25, to
apply on salary ; Hugh Wylie,,
$16.40, for gravelling lots 5 and 0,
conCessioiL 10.*
Moved by -Spence and Gregg that
this council do now adjourn . to meet
again in the tlt.iion Hotel, Ford-
Wieh, on' the third We`incsclay in
Scptet'i ber.—Oa rried •
)i. WALKER. Clerk,
W hat Z'orarsy Said
Uncle John- reel, what do you Lneen
to he when yol: ge$ to bo a man ?
Little Tommy (promptly) --A doctor,
like pa.
Uncle John (gaixzicnlly)—indeed; and
which do you ineend to bo, an allopath
or a honceopcth.
Little Tommy—I con'` know what
thein awful big words mean,UucloJohn;
but that dont make no difference, icauee
I ain't going to bo either of them. Pin
just gain' to be a family doctor and give
all my pattients Flood's Sarsaparilla,
'cause my pa;eays that if he is a doctor
he's 'bliged ie own up that Hood's Sar-
saparilla is the best family medicine he
ever eaw in his life.
What Pleases a 'Woman.
It pleases her to be called a sensi-
ble little woman:
1t pleases her`to be called a well
dressed woman. c.^
It pleases her to be told that she is
fascinating.
It pleases her to be told that she
improves a man by her companion-
ship.
It pleases her tit depend on some
man and pretend s1mC is ruling in llfm
It pleases her o be treated
cour-
teously and with espeet, and to be
talked to reason:` y.
It pleases her the treated sensi-
bly and honestl ., to be consulted
and questioned ald not to be treated
as a butteriiy, with no head or
heart, '
It pleases her to be loved and ad-
mired by a man who is strong
enough to rule And subdue her and
make his way her way, to lead her
and take car& of her. —London
Answers. — r
rax-'
Shortness Of Breath.
"Since least year I have had serione
heart trouble caused by malaria, Short-
ness of breath, smothering spells on re-
tiring, violent peapitation, etc., often
made me gasp for reeth. On procuring
Milburn's heart and Nerve Pills I feend
to tn(surprise
gave almostiinstatet relie. delight got healthy
restful sleep, mytart troubles disap-
peared, and I now el very well indeed
Mr. Hugh Moor*, Ingersoll, Ont. makes
this statement for ph() public good.
25 CENTS pays for the Ties until
January 1st 1808. Sobeeribe now
and g t the first chapters of our new story.
TEN YEARS SINCE.
Hntory of A Long; Standing Noe,,-
dy given in Lucid words by
Mrs. Alhert.Armstrong Haw >}
thorne Row. Don 1V1ills
Rel. Todmorden Ont.
Then `htr. and Mrs, A Armstrong there
tee probably no better known or more
get,erally respected ini,abitents..,StlefThed
morden. Mr. Armstrong until lately was
rgagcei in farming on the York town
lino between York and Semitoru, where
be was born and brought up, Mrs Arm
stroug gives the following account of
her heart, and nerve troubles their origin
and reedier; ' We give in leer own words
the interesting ncenunt ne ebe gave it
to Our reporter. Said Mrs. Armstrong,
-Ten Bears ago, I was taken seriously ill
with the rease)s complicated with in-
£lntnation of the lungs. Since that time
my hetet has been effected, and I have
never felt strong. t was troubled with
palpitation so badly that I could hardly
taw a loo;.*',retitle My heart fluttered
very much and I was often attacked by
spells of weakness and dizziness, so ,that
I was unable to trelk. My eves Beamed
to be covered ns if with a mist, and 1:
wee subject to ;eril,t,IC emus 1c the back
of
w) he add soda t hr•ruteh my forehead
Cold perspiration would break out on
my hands and feet, and I lost my Ova -
lite
Aiecltill) I ben:tine very desdondent
hat ing a constant dreau unforeseen,
about to hap;•en, My. sleep was poor
m.1(1 1 ioulil,•d pith frightful dreams. In
fact n;y nerves were completely unstrung •1
1 could not bear even the slightest noiee
it was while hi thiar coudition that I got
a box of I!iilieuro's Heart and Nerve Pills -
through the. kindness of Tiers. Vanho . t
of this place et Mr, 13, W. Lewers dru
store. corner. Broadview and Danfor
avenues Since taking them I hk
aerially aand,rapilli5 improved. The iris
pruveu:ent is mucked, indeed, for I feel
deity gsttiag sL:onrcr and better. My
;t; I:etale is beco:oiog quite strong and
!mc•althy, Lely nerves strong and steadier,
aucl ebe heart Iron Isle gives me scare
nr,y anr.oyarce at present. More th
that. 1 :int tleteeful to be able to feel
• i.eenful in tura!, ate! more confident in
the future. In fact I rim stronger and
better in every way. I cannot too high
ly express my happirers at the marvel
leas chaneo, which Milburn's Hearten
Nerve Pills have effected in my case
They have truly helped me and I a
thankful to bo able to make this tes
ri:ony that others Fettering siter' arty
receive benefit. (Signed) hire. rilbsrt
Aretrong,'J'ccla:orct,en, Ont.
FORT; ria, PR 001%
"My I)snghlcr hes taken Mil ,
Heart and Nerve Pills.which I pro n 6
for eev at Nit.. IJ. W. Lowe's drug stdf
corner Broadview mud 1)auforth aver
and they have done her a great deal
good. She has been wonderfully bene
lited in her general health since takin
them, and 1 tint; that they are a megnifi:
cent tonin for the eyeiem and a wonder-'
fel remedy for sil•b'es%ous cennplaints.
Signed, Mrs. H. Davey, Don Mills Road
Todmorden, Ont.
i'tnm,'L e getting iii pretty late,'
said the Klondiker.
Yes,' said the partner, ' I was .
'delayed 'by a big washout'
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washout aforementioned.
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