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FRIDAY, DEC 2.1. 1888,.
ComiriS i v and By.
A better day is conning
.A. morning promised long, •
When girdedod Bight with holy Mala,
Will overthrow the wrong:
When God the Lord will listen
To every plaintive sign,
And strot.:I% his hand o'er every land,
With justice by and by.
Cuonus.
Coming by and by, coming by and by!
'the better day is coming,
The morning draweth nigh ;
Corning by and by, coming by and by 1
The welcome dawn will hasten on,
Tis corning by and by -
The boast of haughty error
No more will lilt the air,
But age and youth wilt love the truth,
And spread it everywhere ;
No more from want and sorrow
Will come the hopeless cry ;
And
d trite will
h by nud d perfect peaeo
W'Gums, —Coming by and by, &e.
Ch ! for that holy dawning
We watch, and wait, and pray.
Till o'er the height the morning light
Shall drive the gloom away ;
And when the heavenly glory
Shall flood the earth and sky,
We'll bless the Lord for all His word,
And praise Him by and by.
Caonvs.—Coming by and by, &c.
I this last extremity, to believe me and
to listen to me. I dill not lie to you
last night. It, was alt true, what 1
told you in the coupe. I've never;
intrigued against you in the way you
believe, I've never devolved you for
the purpose yon suppose, I've treated
you urae!ly, heartlessly, wickedly -1
acknowledge that; but ole, Wiuuie,
x can't bear you to die as you will,.
believing; what you. do believe about
me,Tliis is the hardest part of all
any punishment. Don't leave so 1 My
wife, nay wife, don't kill mo with this
coldness l
Winifred locked over at hiiin more
stonily than ever. Hugh, she said}
with a very slow and distinct utterance
every word yon say to ine in this hate-
ful sbraia only increases and deepens
my loathing andcontempt for you,—
You sce I'm dying—you know I'm
dying. You've tried to hound me and
to drive me to my grave, that you.
might marry Elsie.—You've tried to
murder me by slow degrees, that you
ruiglrt marryElsie.—Well, you've
carried your point: you've suceeded at
last. --•You've killed me now, or as
good as killed me ; and when I'm, dead
and goue, you can marry Elsie.—I
don't mind that. Marry her arnd be
done with it.—But if you ever dare
to tell me again that lying story you
concocted last night so glibly in the
coupe—Hugh Messinger, 1'1l tell you
in earnest whist I'll do ; J'll jump out
of that window before yuur very face,
and dash myself to pteees on the
ground in front of you.
Who Waken Christmas ?
z am the jolly Santa Claus,
'Whom children all adore,. -because
I come from regions far away,
With jingling bells and reindeer sleigh,
And. quietly down the chimney drop
4nd fill the stockings to the top,
,A.nd laugh and chuckle in nay glee :
• Wani: wheat would Christmas be ?"
I ani the stocking hung on high,
Where Santa Claus will surely spy
'When down the chimney in the night,
He comes to pack each stocking tight
With just the very wished -for toys,
.And sweets that every child enjoys—
bulging at toe, and heel and knee,
'"Without anti what would Christmas be?"
I am the spreading Christmas tree,
The joy of age and infancy,
Behold me with my loud of toys
For wide-eyed, wondering girls and boys,
hly candies and my pop -corn balls,
My skates and books, and drums and dolls;
Dressed out in all my finery—
'Without aur what would Christmas be?
We are the children for whose sake
Dear Santa does his journey make,
Who cannot sleep on Christmas night,
And scamper out of bed at light,
.And waste the household with the noise
That tells of happy girls and boys ;
Por us are Santa, stocking, tree—
'Without US what would Christmas be?
THL TEA DF [l11,
OR
SUNSHINE and SHADE.
40IHAPtER XXXV1I.—Preovlxo riffs
CASE.
At the pension Hugh had engaged in
haste a dull private sitting -room on
the second floor, with bed -room and
dresing room adjoining at the side ;
and here lie laid Winifred down on the
Horsehair sofa, wearied out with her
1<,ng journey and her fit of delirium.
Then the waiter brought her up re
freshnrents on a tray, soup and sweet
breads and country wine—the plain
snuud generous Ligurian Claret—and
she ate and drank with an apparent
avidity which fairly took her husband's
breath away. The food supplied her
with a, ',redden access of hectic energy.
Wheel me over to the window, she
cried in a stronger voice to Hugh.
And Hugh wheeled the sofa over as he
was bid to a point where she
tould see across the town and the
hiss and the vides and the lemon.
gardens.
It was beautiful, beautiful, very
beautiful, For a moment. the sight
soothed Winifred. She was content
now to die where she lay, Her
wounded heart asked nothing further
frons unkind fortune. She looked up
at her linsband with a stony gaze,
High, she said, in firm bat grimly
resolute tones, with no trace of ten-
derness or ROftetl4l:; iu her voice,
bury me here, lr like the place
1)oii't try to tame me home in a box to
Whitestrand.
Her very callousness, if callousness
it were, cut hiun to the Heart. That
so young and frail and delicate a girl
ishould talk of her own deathwith
such insensibility Was indeed terrible.
The proud hard man was broken at
Brat. Shame and remorse had touched
ills souls He burst into teams, and
*mewing by her aide, tried to take her
. hand with sortie pasting show- of
;affection its his. *S'Vinifred withdrew
coldly and silently, as her own
approached ed it. ',Vinnie, be dried,
bending over her face, I dont is you
'to forgive are. You can't 1oi givfi tna.
You soar/ neer forgive mo fol' the
wrong rye done yott. Bttt 1 c7p task
yoo, farm my Emil 1 do nak you,. in
She spoke with feverish and lurid
energy. Hugh Massiuger bent his
head to his knees in abject wretched-
ness.
Winifred, `Winifred, my poor wrong=
ed and injured Winifred, he cried at
last, in another wild outburst, 1 can do
or say nothing, I know, to conviuce
you, But one thing perhaps will
make you hesitate to disbelieve rue,
Look here, Winifred : watch me
closely 1
answered with an eagre forward
movement,
Winifred looked hard at him, half.
doubtful atilt. Could any •naun be
quite so false tend heartless? Admire
ably as be anted, oonlcl bo act like
this? What tragedian had ever such
command of his countenance ? Might
not that strange story of bis, so pat
and straight, so consonant with the
facts, so neatly adapted in every
detail to the known ciroumatauces,
perhaps after all be actually true ?
Could Elsie be really and truly dead ?
Could ring and letters and cireumstan
tial evidence have fallen out, not as
she conceived, but as Hugh pretend-
ed ?
I can't make my mind up, she
muttered slowly. It's hard to believe
that Elsie's dead, But krElsie's
sake, I hope so 1—'Iliac you have
deceived me, I know and ant sure.
That Elsie's deceived me, I should be
sorry to thiuk, though I've often
thought it. Your story, incredible as
it may be, brings home all the base-
ness and cruelty to yourself. 1t
exculpates Elsie. Awl I wish I could
believe that Elsie eves innocent. I
could endure your wickedness if only
I knew Elsie didn't share it !
Hugh leaped trona his chair with
his hands clasped. Believe what you
will about me, he cried. I deserve it
all. I deserve everything. But not
of her—nnt of her, I beg of you.
Believe no ill of poor dear Elsie 1
Winifred smiled a coldly satrical
smile. So much devotion does you
honor indeed, she said in a cathing
voice. Your consideration for dead
Elsie's reputation is truly touching.
I only see one flaw in the case. If
Elsie's dead, how did Mr. Relf come
to tell are, I should like to know, she
was living at San Remo ? •
Relf 1 Hugli cried, taken aback once
more. Relf 1 Always I That serpent 1
That wriggling, insinuating, back
stairs intriguer ! I hate the wretch.
If I had hire here now, 1'd wring his
neck for him with •the greatest
pleasure. He's at the bottom of
everything tha turns up against me,
lie hates me, the cur, and lie wanted
to make my game harder. He knew
it. would sow distrust between yon and
me if he told you that lie ; and bo
had no pity, like an unmanly sneak
that he is, even on a poor, weak,
helpless woman.
1 see, Winifred murmured with
exasperating calmness. He told nee
the truth, It's his habit to tell it.
And the truth happens to be very
disconcerting to you, by making what
you're frank enouteh to desuribe as
your game a little harder. The thing
but play a game. That's very clear,
.1 understand now. I prefer Mr.
Relf's assurance to your's thank you !
Winifred, Uugh cried, in an agony
of despair, let me tell you the whole
story again, bit by bit, act by act,
scene by scene—Winifred smiled
derisively -at the theatrical phrase --
and you may question me out on every
part of it. Orose.examine me, plesse,
like a hostile lawyer, to the minutest
detail. -0, Winnie, • I want you to
know the truth now. I wish you'd
believe me. I can't endure to think
that you should die mistaking me.
'His imploring look and hie evident
earnestness shook Winifred's wavering
mind again. Even the worst of men
has his truthful moments. Her res-
olution faltered. ' She began as he
suggested, cross qustioning him at
full, He gave her replies plainly
and straightforwardly. The fever of
confession had seised holdof him
once more. The pent up secret has
burst its bounds. He revealed his
inmost soul to Winifred—he even
admitted, with shame and ai ony, his
abiding love and remorse for Elsie.
Overcome by her foelinge, Winifred
leaned back on the sofa and oried.
Thank heaven, thank heaven, she
could could Ory now. He was glad of
that. She could cry after all. That
poor little cramped and oabined
nature, turned in upon itself so long
for lack of an outlet found vent et
last. Hugh cried himself and held
her hand, In her momentary impulse
of womanry softening, she allowed
hies to hold it. Iter wan small face
pleaded piteously with his heart.
Dare 1 WinnieI he asked with a
fa'rit tremor, and leaning forward, he
kissed her forehead. She did not
withdraw it. He thrilled at the con.
cession. Then he thought with a
pang how cruelly he had worn her
young life out. She never reproached
him ; her fa;;hags went far too deep
for reliroaali.' But she cried—silent.
ly. {to rsrf cox'rnrnrrria.)
A happy inspiration had come to
his aid. He brought over the little
round table from the corner of the
room and planted it full in front of
the sofa where Winifred was lying
Then he set a chair by the side, and
selecting a pen from his writing case,
began to produce on a sheet of note-
paper, under Winifred's very eyes,
some lines of manuscript—in Elsie's
handwriting. Slowly and carefully
he framed each letter in poor
dead Elsie's gold and large -limb
ed angular characters. Ile did'nt noi:d
now any copy to go by ; long practice
had taught trim to absolute perfection
each twist and curl and Sourish of her
pen—the very tails of her g's, the black
downstrokes of her f's, the peculiar,
unsteadness of her s's and her w's.'
Winifred,sitting by in haughty disdain
pretended not even to notice his
strange proceeding. But as the tell-
tale letter grew on apace beneath his
practised pen—Elsie all over, past
human conceiving—she condebcended
at last, by an occasional hasty glimpse
or side glance. to mauifest her interest
in this singular pantumine. Hugh per
severed to the end in solemn silence,
and when he had finished the whole
short letter, he handed it to her in a
sort of subdued triumph. She took it
with a gesture of supreme unconcern.
Did any man ever take such pains
before, she cried ironically, as she
glanced at it with an assumption of
profound indifference, to snake himself
out to his wife a liar, a forger, and
perhaps a muderer 1
Hugh bit his lip with mortification,
and watched her closely, ` The tables
were turned. How strange that he
should now be all eager anxiety for
her to Learn the truth he had tried
so long and so successfully with alt his
aright to conceal from her keenest and
most prying scrutiny.
Winifred scanned the forged letter
for aminate with apparent carelessness.
He had written, over agein from
memory the single note of Elsie's—
er rather of his own in Elsie's hand—
that Winifred had never happened at
all to show hint—the second note of
the series, the one he dcspatebed on
the day of her father's death. It
had reached I.nvertanar Castle, re.
directed from Whitestrand, two morn.
ings later, Winifred had read a few
lines as soon a4 they arrived, and then
burnt the page in haete, in the heat
and hUrry of that fearful time, But
now, as the fetter lay before her in
fat simile once more, tate very words
and phrase comm back to her memory
as they had cacao back to 1Iugh's, with
all the abnormal vividness and distinct.
nets of suoll morbid momenta. 111
as she was—nay, rather dying
he tidal 'frailly aroused her feminine
curiosity. How did you ever come..
to know what Bleie rate to Me that
lay? she asked eo]dl y.
Because I wrote it myself, 1tngb
if9i WHAM..
ITO BUSINESS flsnt7sx'>ltilNS,.
Merchant Tailoring, .goofs
and Ai%foes, (Pc.
i O1kIUTH dC BUCblANAN.
Messrs. ] omutli 3t Buchanan have
been less than two years in partnerilip
in Gents' Furnishings and .Boots and
Shoes, but they have a most commo-
dious, well filled and excellently
equipped business establishment and.
do a large and growing trade. For
fifteen years Mr. J.J. J•Iornuth has
catered to the public requirements in
the tailoring line and he has an estab-
lished, reputation ae a thorougb going
business wan, of sterling reputation,
who tapes an active and intelligent
interest in matters of state and
church. He is at present a useful
member of the town council, Mr, J.
Buchanan, a resident for 20 years in
the town or vioinity,was for four years
in the boot and shoe and harness -
making business.: He is e. most
competent workman in his line, is
reliable and deservedly popular, A
large corps of workmen are kept
steadily at work by this Graf at harness•
making and also shoemaking in the
shop at the rear of the premises. A
staff of female employees is also kept
ntlemen's garments.
fine furnishings on one
is and shoes on the other
xtensive, complete and well
and carefully handled.
THOS. LESLIE.
Mr. Leslie is a native of Engles -
field, Dn►nfrieshire, Scotland,where
he learned his trade and for a number
of years his services were in requis-
ition as a gentleman's tailor,, making
fashionable garments for the dukes
and lords "and a' that." He was in-
duced to come to Canada in 1852
having several good offers, and accept-
ing a good position in Prescott..
Residing some years in Halton county
subsequently he came to Wingham
thirteen years ago and hes been
enjoying a large, and steadily increas-
ing patronage ever since. He keeps
a well selected stock of goods and
his cautious disposition and sterling
character win fqr him universal
trade. He is no
veteran tailors of the
years in this line.
large number of hands
ploy ed.
Consumption Surely Cured.
To ruin Enn?OR n—i'taaee loom your readers that 1
bird • potttive srea ede for the above named dUeaae,
Tithe timely use theueande of hopeieee eaeee bare
been cured, 1 shall be glad to send two bottles et
my tomtdy rasa to srsy of your readers Who hrni
eoneum afar, If they will send ane their Zamora 604
P. it. *vicious, uespecttdlly, tht, T, A. SWUM.
.
$7 Unice $t.r'1`grons% Out,
busy making u
Their stock
side and b
are most
assorte
respect and a goo,
doubt one of th
west, being
He keeps
steadily e
of the fiueat in town. ]1rderue
has for the mast dealt iGustrm work
but we understand purp ee going into
ready mile moods next spring. lie
has on hand and makes felt boots.
Ile is grateful 1ot6 past support and
heartily tenders 1n: patrons ; the
season's complhnoii
ready to do patio
patrons. Nay taImo another guava,
ter of a cent . y of it.
grin f/i$t$ and Clienzists,
0. E. WI].LIAM13,
For the past e'evon genre Mr. C. it,
Williams has conducted a successful
and steadily growing business. A''
Canadian by birth and a fowler resident
of London, Mr. Williams is graduate
of the Ontario College of Pharmacy.
He is a man with narked military
aptitudes and inclinations and be is at
present Lieutenant of Company 2 of
the Ord If uron battalion. He is a.
member of the town council and Isis.
practical judgment and business knowl-
edge have been invaluab'e in the pub-
liu interests. His drug store is central,.
convenient and commodious, in the
Mackenzie block. His stock is varied,
choice, and tastefully",displayod, com-
prising the purest drugs, chemicals,
proprietary medicines, fancy and toilet
articles and everything found in swell
equipped drug store, He makes it,
specialty of con;
prescriptions,
ticket office
office are
extensiv,
Be is always
to old and now
ti'A. W. WEBSTER.
For the past decade Mr. A. W.
Webster has held a prominent place`
in Wingham amongst that class of good
natured benefactors who do el) nruoh
to cover the frailties and defects of the
male portion of the community and
who give to some their superlative
Maims to recognition and passport to
society. Mr.Webster came here from
Seaford). His range and selection of
goods is such that no ordinarily
constituted man need go away on the
score of choice or cheapness and he
sends out an advertisement with every
garment made, He keeps on the
average about a dozen hands employed,
In hat, caps, ties, shirts &e., he is
always np to the mark. This season
he erected a most capacious residence
in a coma nding location, but it is
not ye ompleted.
D. McCORMICIC Js CO.
This firm as at present constituted
has been its existenee a little over a
year. Mr. D. McCormick has been
mainly in the boot and shoe line here
for ten years, and Mr. Tennant, an old
resident of an adjoining municipality,
conducted a livery business here for a
number o£ years. The "ited Front"
le popularly known and largely pat•
ronized as the only exclusively boot
and shoe house in town. With Mr.
McCorrnick, a thoroughly practical
and competent man and air. Tennant
las ani energetic, shrewd and pushing
salesman, this firm has a combination
of circumstances strongly in their
favor. They are most attentive to
the publi wants, and keep a very
large a well aesnrted stock of the
best Akers' goods.
F. H. RODER'C$.
F. H. Itoderus has been a resident
of 'Wingham for just a neat quarter -of
a century and began business. near his
present premises 22 ytears ago. Of
German descent, lelx. Roderus was
born in New York State, his father
George Itoderas, opening{ to shoe shop
here 25 years ago when Winglran had
less than Half a dozen scattered shops
in a comparative wilderness of woods.
Through the varying vicissitudes in.
eidental to early times he manfully
worked tris wavy and well illustrates
what pluck, equate dealing, alnst,
attention to business and acoltotiiy
scan asootnpllslt. His largabriek shop
with reaitlettee attached on ,Josaphine
istreet, gppotite tlao Cautr€l hotel, is one
()ending physicians'
The 0. P. R. town
d the G. N.W.Telegrnpl%
apt by him, Ile does an
'business in his tioket agency.
TOWLER.
The "Pharmacy," perhaps more
familiarly known as Dr.Towlers Drug
Store, was the first regular business in
this line in Wingham, and started by
Mr. W. T. Bray. Dr. Towler came to
Wingham nineteen years ego and has
practised his profession here most of
the time since, taking charge of the
drug store six years ago, since which ,
time his practice he confined to the
town and office work. He is a popular,
energetic and progressive citizen and r''''
is at present one of the most active
members of the town council and
school board. The Pharmacy is a
modes of taste and tidiness and the
display of goods extensive and choice.
Of pure drugs, proprietary medicines,
toilet articles, trusses; &e., the stock is
most complete; also 'a charming Iot
of plush goods. Electrical batteries
are kept on hand, too. The central
office of the Bell Telephone Co. is
located hare, there being four trunk
and eighteen loc_awires. The doctor
is also town tickeilagent for the Grand
Trunk Railway.
painstaking an
undertakes anne]'
surate pecu
ing labor
matters
OHI OLM'S CORNER DRUG
STORE.
Three years ago Dr. Chisholm began
p"ractieing ern Wingharu and last..
spring opened out "'Tie Corner Deng
Store" in the premises formerly _;doeu-
pied by David Boss, They manufac-
ture on the latest improved processes,
liquors, tinctures, •compound powders,
elixirs, syrups, cough syrups, lini-
ments, beef, iron of wine, condition
powders, &c, ; and also have a license
to sell postage stamps and postal
cards. The premises are ,neatly ar-
ranged, tidily kept and a fresh line of
general drugs and patent medicines is
in stook, Th store is under the
supervision the Dr., and under the
cautious, attentive and painstaking
manna nent of alit. Jas. Chisholm..
Flaces of :a. rnuseineni:
SVINGHAM SKATING RINK.
As an amusement resort the Whigs'
ham skating rink, is an al.l-the.year-
round .institution: .It is one. of the
largest, finest end most substantial
in the west and is under the attentive„
respectable and shrewd management
cf 1 r. Wee. Armour, the proprietor.
He was for several years in the egg
husinessein Wingham as manager fox.
Mr. D. D. Wilso ", of Seaforth. With
.
rollers in snorer, ice skating and
curling in w int o, "tile £air,,tho young,.
the gay," as well as our nidnrerouat
devotees of tile'," grand Auld retain'
game," while a { ay frequent hours at
the rink, Spe al attractions and rtew
and novel fe ares are studied, secured,
and eapi y carried out by .Mr.
Armon • he has the fulleat confidence:
ail r peat of all patrons.
e is accurate,
reliable in all he,
has reaped a continen-
t try reward for his deserve
iii business and public
CL1JBB1B11 *T* IS.
Any of the following metropolitan weeklrbe lope ba'
obtained with the Wtogbahn T,MY+satthe notes bob
given, Ttaiance of 'Wires
Tame and ()lobe..
Tarries, Mail, and /tart' and 'rhee)di, ." . 1 76
Tonic, tilobeannt truantCanadilan, ., it OOt
Toasts and London lidtertieer, ..
Tonasand Montreal Witham, ., ., 1 75
Tasha and Toronto News, .. .. ., 1 71t'
hia,rand daily wotkt 3 ez
Ttwise and weekly �tow1 with' pt4r8ttrm, t rat
before Pilate,"„ .. 174
WAN "rkailtCl of CNAttder abet,.".. ., tl QO J`