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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1901-04-05, Page 7. , leer character. ' THE WINGRAN TIMES, APRIL 5, 1010 was no easy task 1pl' it ,lltha and that Some ata 3 m sunshine, and sonic i71 the «eip i.• Op .. �;p .«. qX�, q -i p�, q"., „i»• Qp • • p� •»••Op « •»• ,. _ • . ^ _ .. . 00 N N N Pt+. 'P �4 Qp o� 4�Y 4�QC �4� OO�a� v� <+«✓��y �I turn, for the . _ + elTlid died within a ►resit \vben the next carne it dled� also, ' to show how strong my conviction was +and shade• 1Some stooping', some straight, some ♦ ♦,wA ♦ , ♦ unfortunate.' but She was a splelidid 'coking girt, boys. I never see such and the ,next, till six small lunocentp It is at%r earl duty GCr report 1r ! d, .Mysteryt ?j lay purled In yonder old ,graveyard," I flaw, anti sad enough it %t as, to, ea eclally as fine and 1"hUemon were a gh It 9 of Jacob 3yan, of this w, 4j;dbborIwdti* had 1>00A Rainlf for some tairrL�e., 04d ", thought to be rwovered when p17I�1ti11 op*, ; t In Deacau I3rainm d's cottage the dis- •Ci1SaI0ll was concerning Agatha's lack c o <rl both fend of ch"' Well, the trays of Providence are past finding 4' ` set tri, dO4t:h resultinlf early Fri ' � " In a little one storied cottage on the <�'.'�(•? Coun"sa, mostly among the women, of liar rare tenderness and sympathy for ' nwrnlu March 10th. iiia x t3, (igxtrLit v��. , you know what I think about it?" asked one. the weak and the erring, never was a p]lt! 14,"41 now she !s gone, and l'llile- /,. , I •P' ; were interred ill the family,plot Dicrl ' 4uthor of (The Zoavenwortls By Anna I -Catharine Green. "Lost "Hand Some saucy and scolding, some shiftless, moon , "All, he'll, follow her soon, Ile can't "I shall never forget the night my an peanetery,failowed by it Iaxl a RMW6 log friends . ' Carie," Marva Lane," and I1,141r)" Eta,, Eta. S 1 live without Agatha," 1 of sorrowing and reiativew„ Some sincere and steadfast submissive + : subdued, ---•l:E«— was just out of bed myself, and, bav- ing no nearer neighbors then than Nearer Koine, the old sestop was ran away with that Philadelphia I The deceased had reached the ago of 61. : silo\red as any one I ever saw. Calico at home now, I was all alone on the hillside • ' g 4'+ � chatteringabout the six oto , years and it months. For soveral' yeam' " Copyright, 1900, by Anna Katharine Green, : A raised iPorcbester churchyard "Wil Philemon of coarse. That is, uarterly lie had been a member of Nate quarterly- I,> 4�pp ro pp q»i pQ o,» .. o..... .. i.o �q• : _ p . »o �p q»i .. a»i .. i o .. i .. i .. i i . i • . i N I,> <o 00 i0 es 0® N N Om A�,�,J� OQ q>&c��+:y q,� " �• �,4' �Q "e'er'•"p • 1/'tv Q.{ ? ` 1 i nose six dead infants, ire had been sent there to choose a spot in which , board,pud had ,filled two torms, as sehput, m trustee. Though of a. quiet, retiriu� d3s- ' •. . , •»••00••-•'OU•�»•.... And with a Mot !n which was blend, "•,00' •q•i•�° Q•••o•Q• Q•i»••©Q,q.,i .....• .. •00' •QO••» vs•hieh of us should hate hcr. i,w 1 q, o OQ• "•X44••-•40•q"«CO».,4•gON»q•GG•.»,•O •"I sbuwecl iter the baby's face, and to lav the 7notUer and was Pullof the sitocls It gave hint to see that line .qf ""J'ottdtrathconly�7crson2tttownwJLohtts position, his uprightnos•s. and intQgrit�y - red soluethinf; of the light and dark, didn't like the tasit Af teaclltilg ilei• the sbe hent ower lt. treutbling vets mucb. little stones, telling of a past with . nothingto fay about A. fiatha. Webb.'" of character Karl "lade far him a wld9 mess of tilt' t\t•tl alternatives she bad fl)VO11S�ed)01101 tiame of ever ) ' 3` 1 of and pan she had to , alulafit as much tnttted jis myself. which the good people of Sutherland, several several other boys. We had had Soni: circle of friends. A wife and, six. chilit file bent and Imprinted , use i the kitellen, ap I gate hpr Up tp '"!t's,tet'J' RICK,' $111' said,'but If you town found It hard to associate Philo - dispute about a lost ball, and I was ren mourn his loss, Tho sympathy oil a k1m.; t his Yore lead, The nest `molllellt .Agar a. Anc! !t. \Vas Portuuate I di(, wil! list the IemedION I advise I think mon and Agatha Webb. swearingandloudhenil and- ri an angrily tbe.entire neighborhood goes out to the elle w.'s gone. '' for I've never been able tb understand You Call save It.' And she told ilie "I'm a digger of graves," be ranged, e g ii y perceived be ni the tall Perm family in this sad bereavement. Mai' •1 Or so he bourht, But when, after . an Interval. Of nameless recall, he rose lel tall; to this da V,' 1 " I could tall; frith her right well," what to do and helped ale all she could,. lith She slid not la a finger on the tit- y b half to himself and half to his old wife watching biro from the other side at g and compassionate face of Mrs. Webb, the sustaining tion .iii. g grasp tend G a .and P.ttemnted to stagger from the e < lispe„1 the little one. "She never called tie darling, though from the way she the hearthstone. "`I spend a good guar- She was dressed to leer usual stmTlp e b Hila who bas promise d to be a husband rplace, he discovered that pbe had been thinks by their^ Swedish names unless hatched it I sate that liar heart was tel' of my time In the churchyard, but •. way and had a basket oa her arm, but sbe loolted so superior ata other P t ny at ► to the widow and a father to the father,. 1 ass, be theirs In this time of 'detained to the hall by two or three Wen she was wnrried, and I never wprriep set oil btu getting better, And he did'. when' l saw those six little, moupds _ woman I had ever met that I did not sore atfiats- tion. %vba lead j"1Ft come in by the front het'-" "T " In an dour he was sleeping peacefully, i ii 1p y, and rear] the inscriptions over them I know whether td bide my face In her • - } -- - +dopr• • i "'is this (Miss Page?" they were ask• wonder if she would have wor• shiped the ground under your Peet, as and the terrible weight -was gone from my heart and from hers. When the couldn't help feeling queer, Think of this! On the first tiny headstone J skirts or to follow my first ImpUise and Mr. Torrance, penury councillor o$ nein ting• site diel that under Agatha?" asked storm stopped. and she could leave the read these words; run away. She saw the emotion she m Huron, has and his farm for , "'Ves, I am Mies Page-Amabel the dwicoa, eying lits wife with just house, she gave me a kiss, but the look • d had aroused, and, lifting my face by the chin, she said: -Little hov, 1 If all the patent medicine advertise, 7�agp," she replied, with $up.+'e'polite- "If the sufipicion of tl malicious twinkle in she gate hill. meant more than kisses. I W ,1 I" -•I•:1 1 l I-!•-•l•�•• �� have buried si d children, all of them merits were true , Heaven would !la'Fp tar cess, you have any business with 'lee. tits eye. (loci "rust have forgotten her goodness srEP111~.T, ," younger than you, and now my hufi- encourage immigration, stnte it quickly, for 1 rim about to ,leave "I air not the greatest hearted and to me that night when he let her die , son of Philemon and Agatha Webb, band and myself live alone, Often There is a blacksmith ill Gardiner,, town." ""Tbat is what we wish to prevent," most capabip woman In town," retort- ed bis wife, ellckinr.liar needles. as she so pitiable a death," At the uninister-'s house they were a1♦ Died, Aged $is Weeks, b and Often baye t tushed that one at Me., who lies not lost a day's world front 'Aeelarad a, tall, thin young man wile t to 1Had, `"Until went on knitting, commenting Upon the look of serenity in her God be merciful to me, a sinnerl p- ..�� ..1. .-�..�. ..1._.i. _.� . ,_;+, least of those dartin infants might h" g have been spared as. But had God ( sickness since lie be an his a s pprEirltlC�» ship, nearly third. of ago. $cancel take the the In Mr. Sprague's house on the appal observable dead face. *11 beyond -where Amabel cc,ald be seen given the choice nl a a century t inptits has been. held over Tire remains site side of the road Squire fisher q have known her for 80 years, "` ,Now what does that mean? Dict you die young .and innocent or of growing n t r of growing p spring +af Mrs. Webb, Coroner Talbot wishes was relating ;erne old tales of bygone of her pastor declared and never before p , ever bear any one say? " up to swear as I have beard you today trontblesave cured by Road's Sarsaparilla you to regard yourself as e. possible ` Ptncbester days, ""T knew Agatha hove I seen her wear a look oP rest "'.No," was Ills .old \rife'; answer, T should have prayed God to take them -theinost effective of. -all sprlug inedii �wituess." �" v "" when she was n girl, he, suet ed. She peace. It is wonderful, considering the "Perhaps she was one of those Calvin- as he her, Do You have a tthe cines, � "y10" she cried, ith an admirable had the grandest manners and • the. circumstances. Do you think she was int Yolks who belief a babies •go to boll not break her heart 1 y taking. name Paisley, council has reduced the hotel :gesture of still iso and n widp opening most enchanting smile OY any C1Ch or so wear;y Of bel• life'$ long struggle that if they ill'e ilpt baptized." the God she reveres in trill' And 11Ce11Se fTpIIi `�? to for the license by her brown eyes, than, made her fol: " poor man's daughter between the coast she. bailed an release from it, even a' ""But her children were all baptized. w with trial, she kissed roe, nod. strange year commencing ay l nciug May Tet, •111re an astonishecl ebild. '"'What have and Springfield. She laid not dress In that of, violence?" I've been told so; some of them before as it may seem to you. in whatever co (.I got to do with it? y " 4 "You ea.lieo tilt". Site were the ,gayest A young mall, a lawyer visiting them v a sbe was well out of her bed, God be folly or wickedness I Hate Indulged, Bruce county graduates of Toronto pointed out P Certain snot of clothes her• father could buy her, and train New York, was the only One to merciful to me a sinuerl' And the chick I have never made use or an oath from University utilnber tliilty in the arts and blood on the grass, and -well, the Coro. old .Jacob was not without means to answer. ""I not six weeks old! Something queer that da to this -and 1 tbank God for y twenty eight in medicine. ,"per's order's have to be obeyed, miss. make his daughter the leading figurp in never saw the woman von are about that dame if it dict happen more it' „ Can't, eat? Take Afiller's Ccm ouna I You cannot leave the town without `own. Flow we young fellows slid talking about" said be, "and know than 30 years age" There was such unusual feeling In Iron Pills for a few days and observe the running the risk of urrpst" " "tiara her, and what lengths we went tiot!',in of the circumstances of her beyond ""R'bltt did you ° ee over the grave of his toted, a feeling that none bud' ever results. Sold by A. L. I3amiiton. , • ["I".filen I will stay in It,' she smiled. have no liklu,; for arrests, and the to ruin one of her glprlotLS smiles. Two of us, John and Jacob Zabel, have lived death what you have told me, But the very incongruity between b y the child who \ct�s killed by lightning In her arms?' suspected him capable of before. that The G''nitecl States built ships last year .glnt of her eye fasted for a moment on horhelors for her sake to this very day, her expression and the violent nature ""This: MISS Halliday illlss Halliday regarded him with as- with an aggregate tonnage of 3G13,iiii7, as aggreh0,751 f ,557, as Frederick. "lir. Sutherland," she con- but I hadn't courage enough for that. her death le that there arewh "And be was;� not, for God took ent and quite forgot to Indulge tonisIn against tons put out tinned as that gentleman appeared at appeared T married and "- Something between depths to thisof I imeech have not "it hit", her usual banner. Even the: gen. t ;till, and there was au -1 1,03,348 by France. 'the dining rbom floor, "I shall have to 'Impose upon your hospitality for a few a sigh and a chuckle filled out the Sen. tence. yet`tiVUat deeen pths? nde 1 is a simple case Former Walte ljiid but One word to say a in meutaly silence, through which there During the year 1900 "x,010 tbere \vera dors longer. These men here inform "What macre Philemon carry off the • of murder, Followed by theft. To be ""She came to Lxie when my Sissy had presently broke the Incongruous sound of a shrill and mockinglaugh. homestead euteries is Manitoba and that Northwest Territories or near] nine. y .,me that my innocent interest in point- in out to you that spot oY blood on prNe? His good looks?" ! ""Yes, sure, we do not yet know the criminal, but money was his motive. That is the smallpox, thelonl p y person in town � It came train Amabel, tubo bad just hundred more than for Ilio year 1S99. , , ' Mrs. Webb's lawn bap awakened some at or his good luck. It wasn't " his snap, of that you may be sure. clear euongh"; "Are who would -enter !ny doors. More than that, when Sissy was up and I went to .finished gathering her bouquet in the garden outside. A branch of the Chicago Cereal Co. is •curtosit and that I am wanted as a y James Zabel. had the snap, and he was you ready to wager that that is pas• the doctor's Attll I found it had being started at Paterboro. It will om- � � , t witness by the coroner. bar first choice, too, but he got into all there is to it?" e been settled. I clic not know then who CHAPTER X. ploy 609 to 800 hands daily, mud con - Mr. Sutberland with a quick stride some difiicnity. I never knew fust g Tbat was a startling proposition to had enough mane.�i and compassion to THE MAN \V1TF1 TUE LONG nrAnD. ' sane about 40,000 bushels of per iessent*d the distance between himself :and these. unwelcome Intruders. "rhe what it was,, but it' was regarded as se- I " visna at the time, and that match the minister. You Forget my cloth," said he. do -this for roe; not I do." Many an act of �.iudress had Meanwhile in a small room of the courthouse a still more serious ran- .grain day in the of breakfast faoElt3a •coroner's wishes arb paramount just was broken off. Afterward .she married ' The young man smiled. "That id " I 'Was Pardon which been secretly performed to that town tersatiou was, in progress. Dr. Talbot, or quality. of a superior quality. now." sat(] he, but the loot; he gave his Philemon. You see, I was out of It true. me. Only anxious during the last, 20.yeam came to light Til'• Fenton. and a certain able lawyer W �" �. son was not scan forgotten by the spec• altogether, bad never been In it per- f on that day, the most notable of which Ill town. by the name of barter were 'latter fit � " �i� �t tutors. haps, but there were three good years y,% ✓' � "` was the sanding of a certain young lad to In close discussion, !'he bad broken :iy`t. ti t;u CHAP -r ,.n IX. of my life in' which I thought of little : �I school and ITIS subsequent education the silence of .years an(] was , • else than Agatha. I ddmired her spirit, l ` as 6. minister. telling what he knew of hirs. `i'ebb's Fe Infania wild Chil.4 on, • ST:C LTTTLE GRAVES. Thele was but one topic discussed in you See. There tt•aa .something more " '1 I � rR c But other metnOrles of a sweeter and 'affairs. Van ,the countryside that day, nod• that. was the life. character aY Agatha Webb. g taking in Ilex ways than in her beauty, ttonderft 1 as that was. She ruled us t ` r� ;-,. ?' �� `.i- more secret nature otill eamt' tl like. p (Else, anion],° then) the following: . Fie was a shrewd man Of unblem- fished reputation. When cnllec] upon to Ila,* • �;v%%tj. oG � �,+�� a-�,,�'- 9 a V » with a r d of iron, and yet we wor= Y''� � A young girl who was of a tete talk, he talked well. but he tnuclt pre- Gf Via; d'% C�" 2a Tis`Aa°�1 , Her history 4d not been n. happy one. tine and Philemon had come from shiped her. I have wondered to see 9 �' w Pt t, timid but deoply srusitite nature had rerrecl listening, and was, as now a p- Porcliester some 26 or more vears be her so meek of lata, I raver thought , dC �� �{ been urg gement red inti, in"vii- nlcltt with a " ,I Petri't.tl, tile s:tYcst rt lository of secrets A you" couple fxayi __ l gigllbarin g y ^ ". g g -fore to eseape the sorrows associate[? She would bei satisfied with a brick ",i " ' ail i .�"r s man she did not like.. !'hottgl] the i e t0 be l'OIIIICl ill all that rCp;lOil. He had tOl/n \relit t0 TitT0nt0 all their \t'@tt<tini3,^ floored cottage and a husband of fail- i d^; % 1 .r ( , I conflict this ocCasiandA her ant the befit Iltfll r'tCd thi't"e tiraaR :Intl collo n + tour. They registprdd at a,iotel and 1 - ='with their native town. They Kaci left Ing wits. But no one, to In knowl- Ing y ( �� " /f �' '` /' 9 ,.4 a .) . /,, misery which accom )anfed it were a 1 p went to I.heir room. sbe roans lest the " G behind tbew six small graves in Port- g edge, has ever heard a complaint from bei• lips, and the dignity of her aiiilet• a it ,1l ar f :., f v% ; °"t cN / Parent to eterybacly, uoltotly stirred in a liar behalf nu it :l gat ha 1t'Hbb tool: it [TO EE CONTINT7T•.D.� 1).ide all(1 tt'eAt t0 the U1;1Ce. vile" h(3 ' chester church yard, but though evi- 1 c ed wifehood has Aar transcended the ' I `>� 'i "� ' ` 5 ( ��: ` ° -e ,� up. She trent to, see her, and, though " returned ]lo imockod. it the door and Fences of their atilictiou were always hau•»htiuefis of those (]ars when she ,=� (° �`�,�� �. ��� g it was within a fortnight of the tved- Alt Asasy of S's. called "honey." Thero \CRR Ito answer. t'to be seen in the countenances of ei- had but to smile to have all the oath y ! '� n-� , , , se .tm r II cling, she did not twRitate to advise the Such strange sorts of souls are on the He rapped again and cai;ed "Honey: " that they lead entered with so much of Porcliester at her feet" l'At r 1 git9 to gate hint ul.>, and then the poor sphere. Then came the reply: "`gip a\vay, you purpose Into the life of their adopted I suppose it was the loss of so many n°'� i �_ u • ;. a•,.," , `� i . child said she lac] .ed the courage Some social, some silent, some stern and ,.. , �• idiot; this i.sti t a bee hive, Its a bath- town that they bad .become persons of cblldl'Hll that IeCOnClled hCl' to a quiet s ,?fir=� �`" = Agntha hemelf ,went t0 the tnaD and $eves, TOOL'2." lie pactL•nooked tit the wrong note there till Pbilemou'a liesi�tt� began ! to foil, rubel Agatha quit aloutside 1 11tH' :1 woman c"l"ot close the eyes of , - .'^ ,•� c1� a ,� : y-:j;i�, ' g , ,1, tt;rEd flim Into a display aY geuc..osity Solna smiling so swAotly, some saber docs. work and devoted herself exclusiveiv six children. one after rise other,'with• ___ ____ _ __.___ ._ I :,`�' %/ %��/ / which sated the poor, tltul(] tiling from. n lien nP mla�,.n mt,.,,. r,, ♦,,,, and staid, to hill. Of her character, and winsome , leer character. ' ," " i Is there room in lite house for met was no easy task 1pl' it ,lltha and that Some ata 3 m sunshine, and sonic i71 the personality we can gathek some idea from the various conversatldus carried "Yes, she and, Philemon have been ' to show how strong my conviction was the man was sullen for a . yea r. But the gil'l's gratitude was boundless.. . shade• 1Some stooping', some straight, some on that that day from Porehoster .green to unfortunate.' but She was a splelidid 'coking girt, boys. I never see such aga111St ally SUCK easy explanation OP a crime marked by such contradictory ,g Of her darn.,, which way altFayS On slender, some stout, :the shipyards in Sutheriandtown' rrund lool:fug Warne" now." 11'eatnt•as," the side of right and justice, the sto- Some starving in silence, some supping In Deacau I3rainm d's cottage the dis- •Ci1SaI0ll was concerning Agatha's lack The ;"Lint and the sinner, the Speaker on , p Two children on the Porcliester road � ries were numerous. Sa tt ere the ac- with shout. ,of cavity, a virtue not Very common at In a little one storied cottage on the I were exchanging• boyish confidences. "Do Coun"sa, mostly among the women, of liar rare tenderness and sympathy for : Some sorry_ and sighing, and some j that among the women of this hillside a woman was nursing a baby and talking at the same time of Agatha. , you know what I think about it?" asked one. the weak and the erring, never was a ' singing song, ltimeeap I busy seaport �' -Naw. Mott should T? " man talked to as she talked to Jake Some saucy and scolding, some shiftless, 1, „Webli. Igor a woman so handsome,".the "and I think I "I shall never forget the night my "Wall, I think old lira Webb got the Coblei h the event" after he struck g g some shrewd. good deacon was saying, pan safely call her the finest featured 'first baby .fell sick," she faltered. "I' of ; likes of what she sent Don't you know his tnother, and If she had been In town on the day when Clarissa May- Some sincere and steadfast submissive + : subdued, } woman who ever trod these streets, silo little Interest in dress as was just out of bed myself, and, bav- ing no nearer neighbors then than she bad six children once and that she 'heft• ' killed every one of them?" ran away with that Philadelphia I The stylish, the simple, the slow, the : silo\red as any one I ever saw. Calico at home now, I was all alone on the hillside • ' g "Billed 'em she?" ' "Ye I h �a • 7 h' t li rascal many said' it would never have happened, for no girl could stand the Sedate, - and calico at church, yet she looked a$ Alec being at. sea. I was too young to [Knorr much about sickness, but some. s, c 7 r er a gl army once all about it. She said there was a Speculators and swindlers and statesmen admonition or resist the 'pleading of p g �`-`"""' •�- •- • •---- much of a lady .in her dark sprigged gowns as Mrs. Webster in liar silks or thing told me that I must have help be- blight on her ltou5e. I don't know what this childless mother, It was reserved for Mr. Halliday in state. g The sculptor and salesman, the savage, { Bgme. fitter. r t I �QOt� S �i106� .Of���9s jliis. Parsons,in liar $1,000 sealskin." fore morning or my baby would die. Though I could fust \Valli across the that Is. but I guess -It's, something big and heavy, and that it fell 011 every one 'And :lir. Sutherland to talk of bar the sago, s7te Creat English Remedy. � � 12 Sold and recommended by all As this -was a topic within the scope of ills eldest daughter's intelligence floor, I tltfety a shawl around me, took + , ' of her children as fast as they came mental qualities. Ilei character' was The ;"Lint and the sinner, the Speaker on , p + druggists in Canada. Onlyreli- abl�e med:cino discovered, Six ," she at once spoke up: I Dover thought 1 , ui baby in m arils and opened the y y door. A blinding gust of rain blew i and frilled 'aim:' � „ • , . , 'Th'en Jut glad i bt n t hcr child. so marked and her manners so alnlpie that few gave attettttou l,0 the Intellect sage, Seger smokers, swearers, sots, sailors at r gwc)mj!es guaranteed to cure nU to ms of "exti Net, ness, all effects of abuse or excess, tdontai worry, Excessive us, of To- shet bel deeded to dress so .plainly. I dont ;believe in such a allow of poverty my- in. A terrible storm was raging, and I had it, I taken Very different were the recollections that was the real basis of her pouter. l The bow• sea ' bocce, opium or Stimulants, Dialled on .eceip4. of price, one�taokage.$I, six, $6. 0"t, lT,'JUXW. .self. It one is too poor to go decent, all not noticed was so intarchnugad betweep tw•o middle aped two mentioned gentlemen, The spreader of Ecandal, smooth slap- trixt(nlicure. I'emphiets free to any address. right; but they say site had more mon- up with the child. I Porcliester women. ever, appreciated liar to the full• and it dercr she, Who Wood Company, windsorl.Ont. t ey than most any one in town. I well- "I could not face that gale. Indeed, '`Sbc was fit iulcitig tea at my •house was while listening, to their remarks ks Some seamstresses, some at the spindle Co u A. t'pan stxil�iine is �t oId in Winghnrh by A. 3 J..Davis, t'•der who Is going to get tide benefit of I was 130 Moak I fell on my knees as it when her sister Sairey came running in that Predertck was suddenly startled and spool, 1, oL1oH, I A I,. Iiaulilton,11, . struck me and became dripping wet with the news tont the baby she bad by some one saying to him: Soothsayers stewards, and scholars "Wil Philemon of coarse. That is, before I could drag myself insid9. The left at home wasn't quite right That "You are. the only person in town at school. ' as ton- as lrtt lives. He doubtless had - t 'of baby begun to moan, and everything was turning dark before the when I• was liar first child, you know:' "Yes, yes, for I was with her when wbo has nothing to say about Agatha Webb. Didn't you ever exchange any Sectarians and surgeons, and shoppllerds r the Maki g it" "Is It true that he's out of heard it strong, sweet voice cry out in that baby came," broke In the other, words with her, • for i can hardly be- Of sheep, Gone clean ills head since her death?" Interposed the roadway: and such joy as she Showed when they (love you could have met tier eye to Surveyors, shoemakers, and slrggards � ►y(i ° 1 a neighbor who had happened In, "'Is there room In this' llouse for me told liar It was alive and well I never eye' without having some remark to in sleep, �+ ? t "So they say. I believe 'Widow.lones till tiro storm has blown by? I cannot sa%V: I do not ]:now why she dictu'tles- make about her beauty or her Influ• Some ,slaves and, some soldiers some ' • ., has taken him into liar house, see my way down, the 1 j11sIde.' pact It to be aVve, but she didn't and ' race?" `teas Scoundrels and scamps, „1 �r Even if yon are q "Do you think," asked a second " With a, bursting heart I looked rip.. liar happiness \vas just wonderful to I Th6 speaker Agnes. IIalliday, father fora Some scribblers of stanzas for sake of .. `� -` troubled 6irith ( 1,daughter, with becoming hesitation, ''that he had anything to do with tier A• woman teas standing In the door- w'ay,with the look of on angel An tier sec." • "Well, she didn't enjoy it long. The Cubo bad come In with liar :octal chat. She was one of P coder• the stamps, t i b� l�• � $attache and death? Some of the neighbors say he eyes. I did not know her, but her flee poor little fellow died young. Dot I Jek's earliest ptayivates, but one with _�♦�.tc not able to ate ' Struck her -While In one of bis crazy I wris ane to bring comfort to the sad-, was telling you of the night when she whotn be had never asshnilated and , knew this, a 'rho census enumerator called cii tit• tend to your household duties. It fits, while others declare she was killed rbv some stranger equally old and al- dost heart. Holding Up my baby I cried- • first beard lie was ailing. Philemon had been telling a good story, and we Who -did not like him: Ile its did every one else In town, and it t� �� young lady, and she gave her ago as YOU have not used Doan's fills you Can be nbsolutel Cubed by them: � most as infirm." " "My baby is crying. I tried to go for warp till laughing when Sairoy came was ivith some hesitatiou be turned to thirty. Ton years later he callod agitln "We won't discuss the subject," ob• the doctor, but my knees bent under tri. I can see Agatha now. She always I answer her. �y and she repeated liar age us thirty, - PROOF �i20M ONE OF 1�1�1`1Y., "" , i ;ieCtCd the �deaCall, "Time will show me. Help me, all you are It tnother--•' had the most brilliant eyes in the eaun. "I have but One recollection, be bc- ,. ... tally, you breva thirty Last time T calm ;Who robbed us of the greatest hearted I"W ty, but that day they were supgrbly gait and for the moment got no tilt• -ed. , tan years ago," he protested hotly, llloxzRVAt, Que., I)` ri. 26th, 1001. �d most capable woman In these " "I must have fallen again, for the dazzling. They changed. though, at ther, for in turning Ills head to address ,. „ ", Well+ she said, I ata hot ono of those Ont. J)Oex s X%ex y Pirm Co., Toronto f Dear Sire, t: have been suffers g o it parts." ttoxt thing I remember I was lying by the sight of Salroy'a face, and she his Soling' guest he bad allowed bis unstable gists who say one thing today ytma from kidtioy trouble. I had terrible) ".Intl will time show rvha killedtat. the hearth, looking tip Into her face jumped to meet bel: Just as if she IMOW 6t%v to wanuer tarou h the o r;, %rift» A g p and another thing to -morrow. backMobs stia was troubled with dizzinosr. ay7" It was a morsel of n girl who Which.was bending over me. She was 'white what Salrey was sent- to say bofnre I dot%* illy which she ant into the garden lacy urine %pas so ntq, highly batorerl anti spotter the least ov. of the family, but an the rag I had tied about m;f Over a, worts left liar lips. 'illy babyl' beyond -where Amabel cc,ald be seen c6n6ainea a thick stiolty sediment. I con- the btli;lttest, "I'm sorry for Baby, . She atwOy$ gawp me. cookies When I baby's' throat and by the nay liar breast heaved she was either vary Kt can bear bar' yet.) 'Something !s 'the matter with tba babel' And nicking flowers. As be woke ,Atunbel lifted her face (with one of her sutg• n>w � , ' rill Vii• W. CHASES suited 1physiotaai without any audoess arid. 0most ave up in dtasppiLir, At lfLsi1 sa* avant to see hire. Webb." "Patsy was a for S%vade,'i touch frightened or very sorry. "l'1 Wish You lied the bolo of guy one I i though 8alrey made Baste to tell her that be only ffitiu ++ all gestive looks. She bad doubtless beard hl'lss Ilfflliday's remark. r ° ��"�.���� �,��� .., C+" •' direct "ban aills atTvettiltbd, so I raouted i11►rSL p hexes Of tbeiil grid they lova lie ahem hats good girl sL . was untl not tit is gent to t11aftteaaad Efy care and I oae ai:tend troy IibuBe�tol� allowed the fiasco"'; wife, who had not alae, Said he. Tragic; perish In my ,Ill elle turlitltl upon Philemon with a Recovering trt►naalf tvttb an +ltfort, .;,- j ; �trtts lire Improved blower. iiaals the ulccls, the .ta dutiea without trouble. I dan raolmiiemA spoken. till now. "When oho first crime' ` arms and Wither at toy breast, I call- touch It, ' loot: none of its ever quite understood. he repeated] his wards. "1 bila but � oilingelefas the ,�,�•� I+• �^aat�.btcp9 dtorping311t thb Dettn'r! I'itis! t►nd tnliet sav that they "horrid into town oil, the spars of Vlat %Vreakod, not mach as I yearn to. Lint let me sets its face. Perhaps I telt Mo changed 'so completely undt.r It, , , dint recolletttoll of Mrs, 1l'tbb that I Yeae:n 'I .'- throat and ppctm°nantlydura+ Caturrhandtiayt?crab. IIlotgar be trivia by rill who salTot Nom klclney trouble. hCRw U.•1".,>°tlaolua (ship we'401 xemembor, th6ro was some afro just as Mie bad ander Snirey,o. anti to eon g1v E oil. ago, w1101 %vein 3` 4S� `�:� frro. Alldralerw, or .A, W. Chain l struggle between Agaths. and me aA to (Sir + y what Ip rho mtatter with !t, , tiletther did the old hnppincsn rr rl" re• g , a lett. I utas pllrytu„ on the gr tKu tWirit mli t 1ht, Co.. 'r'°rortta :rzd sdsaa i , 1 • L39& • r. .