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THE H U RON SIGNAL, FRIDAY. DEC. 2, 1tai I.
ITLi Las o' Lori's
Ottif Or Tac LelleaaHI*R 00AL 1111111311.
BT nations Solemn Bream.
Jud sound invitation.
haring the general opiniqu that "t)wd
mmy" was a man of nark, he could
nut help feeling that Crusoe was cumpli-
minted by his attention. He picked
out his place, as his hearer had advised
him, and plunged into the details of the
cannibal feast with pride and determina-
tion. Though his elocution may have
been of a style peculiar to beginners and
his pronunciation occasionally startling
in its originality, still Sammy gathered
C.e t•ist of the story. He puffed at his
pipe so seriously that the foreign gentle-
man's turbaned head was emptied with
amazing rapidity, and it was neceasary
to refill it two or three times; he rubbed
his corduroy knees with both hands,
occasionally he slapped une of them in
the intensity of his interest, and when
Jud stopped he could only express him-
self in his usual emphatic formula—
"Well I cut domed' An' the says, as
the chap's name wur Robyson
"Aye, Robyson Crusoe."
"'Well I mun say, as I d ha' hike to
ha' knuwed him. 1 did know s mon by
th' name o' Robyson enct, but it could
na hi been him, fur he wur na mich of
a desert island, he would na had th'
needed
no
a drizzle stall more unpleasant --a dre-
du that soaked into the already soaked
clay, that made the iuud more slippery,
that penetrated a man's clothing and
beat softly but irritatingly against his
face, and dripped trona hi. hair and hat
down upon his neck, however well he
might imagine himself protected 5y hu
outside wrrppinpa But, if he wu a
oominuu traveller --a rough tramp or
labourer, who was not protected from it
at all, it could nut fail to annoy him still
more, and consequently to affect his
temper.
At the hour I have named, such a
traveller
was making his way
through the mire and drizzle toward
Riggan—a tramp in mud -splashed cur-
duruy and with the regulation handker-
chief bundle tied to the thick stick which
he carried over his shoulder.
"Doti the rain," he said.
It was nut alone the state of the weath-
er that put him out of humour.
"Th' lass," he went on. "Dom her
handsome face. (loin' agin a chap--
w•oi•kin' .gin hien, an' settin' hersen 1'
his road. Blast me," grit.ding his teeth
—"Blast me if I dunnot ha' it out wi'
ber !"
So cursing, and alternating his curses
with raging silence, he trudged on his
way until four o'clock, when he was in
sight of the cottage' upon the Knoll
Road—the cottage where Joan and Liz
lay asleep upon their poor bed, with
the child between them.
Joan had not' been asleep along. The
child had been unusually fretful, and
hal kept her awake. So she was the
gumption to do aw that theer Jem Inure easily awakened from her first light
Robyson could na. It could na ha' been and uneasy slumber by a bnock on the
him—au' besides, he could na ha' writ door. Hearing it, she startod up and
it out, as that theer felly's done." listened.
There was A IMAM, in which Craddock + "Who is it 1" she asked, in a voice too
helot his pi ., .., :,i., :, . : cool _::lacy— low to disturb the sleepers, but dist.:iet
shaking his head ince 'awe.enough to reach Lowrie'. hearing.
"Cannybles an' th' luike too," he said. I "Get thee up an' uppen the door,"
"Theer's a soight o things aa a 010n does was the answer. "I want thee."
ua hear on. Why,. I nivver heard o' She knew there was something wroug.
cannybles wysen, an' I ase na con iadert She had not responded to his summons
ignorant by di' most u foak." Then, as for so many years without learning what
Beek tone meant But she did not hesi-
b te.
When she had hastily thrown int sorne-
clothing, she opened the door and stood
before him.
"I did not expect to see yo' to-neet,"
she said, quietly.
"Happen not," he replied. "Coon.'
out here. I ha' summat to say to yo'."
"Yo' wunnut come in ?" she asked.
"Nay. What I ha. tosay nowt waken
th' young un.
She stepped out without another word
and Closed the doot•dlently behind her.
There was the faintest .possible light
in the sky, the first tint of dawn, and it
showed even to has brutal eyes' all the
beauty of her face and figure as She
know as tha'd know what th' book stood motionless, the dripping ram fall-
,wur, if i hosed thee. Tha nivver wur lag upon her;. there was so little sug-
• utich o' a. bolts •rt litterytoxor. Ile war gestion of fear about her .that he was
readin' Robyson Crusoe." roused to fresh anger.
Not a tract, note-ly ? "Dom yo' !" he broke forth. "Do
"Nay,. tha it wur na : It wur th' 7(i know as I've fun
Jud rose to go, "Art tha fur goin'?" he
asked. ' • Well, I mun say as I'd ]Dike
t , hear summat more about Robyson;
but, if tha mull go, tha niun, I suppose.
Sithee here: could the coom again an'
bring him wi thee 1"
"I muwt; I dunna moind the walk."
"Then thee do- it,'' getting up to se -
company him to the gates. "An' I'll gi'
t hese copper now an' then to pay thee.
'Cheers suinmat i' a book o' that sort.
Coots then again as soon as tha con, an'
well go on'wi' the camiybles." •
"What's the lad been resdin' to thee,
`Tammy i" asked Mrs. Craldock entering
the room, after Jud had taken his de-
parture.
"A lit u' : litterytoior. I . dunnot
yo' out ?"
dairy o' a mon who wur cast ilia; -a d She did not profess not to understand
cert island t' th' midst u calinybles." him, but she Slid not stir an inch.
"The dairy !" "I did na know before, was her reply.
"Nay, lass, nay," testily, "not i' th' "las thowt as I wur to be stopped,
sense yo' meati. .'1 1' dairy w ur o' th' did yet • Yu' thowt as yo' .could keep
litterary soari. He wur a litterary quiet an stond i' my way, an' houd me
mo0.'• ; back till •i'd forgetten. Yo re a brave
"Cannyi,les. and th to ke,' Samuny' wench ! Nivver moind how I fun yo-
n said too himself sovurel tunes during the . out, an' seed how it wur - I've done it,
evening. •'Cannyblee an' th' bike. ; that's enow fur yo'; an' now i've coots)
Theer's a power o' things i' the• uni- to ha' a few words. wi' yo' and settle
vane,— matters. 1 cooun here to.neet a purpose,
He t.N,k hit pipe after supper and an' this is what I've gotten to say
wont out for a stroll. Mental activity Yore stubioorn enow, but yo' tonna stop
made hirer restless. . The night was a me. 'Chat's one thing I ha' to tell
bright one. . A yellow harvest moon was yo', ani here's another. Yore hard
rising slowly above the ,true -tsps. .rein', au' yu're wise enow, but yo'r'e
andk, cast a mellow light upon the noan so wise as yo' think fur, if
road stretching out before him. ' Ho yo' facy as a hundred years ud mak'
passed through the gates and
down the road at a leisurely peace, and
Lad walked a hundred yards or so, when
he caught sight of two figures approach-
ing hint n girl and n man, su absorbed
that they evidently hal not noticed him.
'Ihe ;girl was ..1 light and youthful figure,
and the old red shawl she wore over her
Lead was pushed aside, and showed cur-
ly hair lying upon her brow. It was
plain 'het she was uneatty or frightened,
for, as soon as she was near enough, her
vote. reached him in a tomo of frighten-
ed pretest.
"Oh, dunnot :" she was saying, "I
canna hear it. I dunnot want to hear
yo, an' - an' i will na, 1'o' mnight ha'
let niche. I dunnot lielievey. . Let me go
wh.Mm. 111 nivver mini again," and
then she broke out crying.
me forget what I ha' made up my moind
to, an' yore moan so wise as yo' think
fur, if yo' put yourson in my road.. An'
here's another yet," clenching Its fist.
"If it wur murder as I wur goin to do—
not as I say it is—but if it wur murder
ftsen, an' ye' wur i' n'y way, theer mowt
be two blows struck i'stead o' one--theer
moot be two murders done—an' I won-
ted say which ad coom first—for I'll do
what I've set rely moind to, if I'm doom'd
to hell fur it!
She did not ineve net. speak. Per-
haps because of her immobility he broke
out again.
"What he cried. 1'0' hanging ' n
ti gentlemen, an' doggie' 'cin, and drag-
gle yourse•n throe th' dark an' mire to
sive 'em from Navin' theer pretty fame
hurt; an' getten' theer dues ' Yo' creep -
Craddock looked after them.aa.tbey in' behind a mon as cares no more for
yo' than he does (..r th dirt at his feet,
passed from sight.
**Titer's trouble then " he said ea- aa' aa laughs, tan to one, too know as
gerly. "A working leas, an' a man i yo'rc ready to be picked up or thrived
;gentleman's close. Deem each bike down at hes pleasure ' Yo' watchia' i'
chop*, say I. What would they think if th shade o' trees an' stopple a moss by
work in. men ad coma aseddlin' wi' these Met m would na stop to speak to y.' by
law a 1 wish 1'.1 had more tonal. to day. Don, yo ' theer were na a noon i
see Ile v cache tate." Riggs. as dare touch ye et A yard stick
metal this chap c"om. "
•'I've listened to yo,- she sued.' •'WWtll
t'H,ti'TER XXIV. yd listen to me r.
DAN I raw ala • RrTI"Re.
Not a pieasent r..a i 1 . t :a•.•1 at any
time -- the high ,tool to 16:4an. it was
curtain at its worst to ni1111.
Between twAlve and one o'cl'e'k, the
rtiw which Lai been pieirimg dowis
stembla with. true Engiis'1 pt1tiwncity
fore !re, 'taya was gradually plusher into
He replied with another oath, and ,1 e
tont mued as if it had been an Bacon,.
1 •
'Tlic is a few t' them words es ye ve
sp.,ken as ia na trete, but theer's others
las is It s true as I ha' set my sen to
w Masa, an it's true as 1 mean t . do it
again. if it s nowt but simple arm }o.
mesa. yo' !betas do it: if it's murder
yu' mean— au' I dunnot trust yo' as it is
as —d it's murder yu' mean, theer's yu'
an' use fur it before it's dune, au' if
sheer's deathly blows struck, the first
shall fa' on mc. 'cheer and she struck
herself upon her breast. "1f I wur
ivver afraid o' yo' t my life if i ivves
feared yo' as cholld ..r woman, dunnot
believe me now."
"Yo' mean that he said.
"Yu' know whether ,I mean it I,r not,"
she answered.
"Aye !" he said, "I in domed it yu'
donne', yu' she devil, an' bein' as that's
what's Bilin' thee, I'm domed if I dunnot
mean butuutat to,," mud he rained his
hand and gave her a blow that felled her
to the ground; then he turned away,
cursing as he went.
She uttered uo cry of appeal or dread,
and Liz and the child slept no inside, as
quietly as before. It was the light -fall-
ing raiu and the (2.....l morning air that
r..used he. She canoe to herself at last,
feeling sick and dizzy, and consei..us of
a tierce pain in her bruised temple. She
managed to rise to, her feet and stand,
leaning against the rough gate -post. She
laid her brow upuu her h uid, which
rested on the gate, and bre Ice into heavy
'sobs.
"I shall bear the mark for nwny a
day," she said. "I niun hide mysen
away," she said. "I could na bear fur.
hint to cue it, even tho' I getten it fur
his sake."
CHAPTER XXV.
-N
THE OLD DAUEIL
It bad been some time _lace Derrick
on his nightly` walks homeward had been
conscious of the presence •if the silent
figure; but the very night after the oc-
currence narrated in the last chapter, he
was startled at histiirst turning into the
Road ,ad by recognising Joan.
There was a pang to him in the dis-
}•. Her sic
only to widen the distance Fate had
placed between them. She was ready to
shield hiin from danger. but site held
herself apart from him even in doing so.
She followed her own path as if she were
a creature of a different world. -a world
.0 separate.] from his own that nothing
could ever bridge the gulf between
them.
To -night, Derrick was seized with an
intense longing to speak t.. the girl.
He had forborne for her sake before,
but to -night he was in 0110 of those
frames of mind in which man is selfish,
and is apt to let his course be regulated
by his impulse. Why should he not
speak after all ? If there was danger:for
her, and it was absurd that he should
notahow her that he was not afraid.
Why- ehoufd she, interpose her single
strength between himself and the.ven
geance of a 10an of whoni he had the
best in their only .encounter, As .soon
as they had reached the more unfre-
quented part of the road, ho wheeled
round suddenly, .and spoke.
"Joan," he said.
He saw that alto pawed and hesitated,
anti hp [rade up his mind more strongly.
He took a few impetuous stops toward
her, ambseeing this, she addressed Minhurriedly,
"Dermot atop," she said. ••If- if yo'
want to speak tome, I'll go along. a •i'
yu."
"You think I'nrin danger
He could not see her face,..bet i.er
voice told him that her usual steady
take Inc at any very gnat disadvantage.
I am- 1 have prepared myself."
She alluddered.
"Yo' carry suutnat ?"
"Don't misunderstand tau," he said
quickly. "1 shall not me any weapon
rashly. it is to. be employed more as a
means of warning and alarm than any-
thing else. Riotgauites do not like fire-
arms, and they are not used to theta.
I only tell you this, because 1 cannot
bear that you should ezp.ose yourself un-
necessarily."
There was that in his manner which
moved her as his light touch had done
that first night of their meeting, when
he had bound up her wounded temple
with his handkerchtief. It was that her
womanhood—her hardly used woman-
hood, of which sjie had herself thought
with such pathetic scorn was always
before him, and was even a stronger
power with hint than her marvellous
biauty.
She remembered the fresh bruise upon
her brow, and felt its throb with less of
shame, because she bore it for his sake.
"Premise me one thing,'' he went on.
"And do not think me ungracious in
asking it of you—promise me that you
will not come out again through any fear
of danger for me, unless it is a arrester
one than threatens me now, and one I
an: unprepared to meet."
"I canna," she answered firmly. '•I
canna promise yo'. Yo' mun let me do
as I ha' done fur th' sake u' my own
peace.
She made,no further explanation, and
he could not persuade her to alter her
determination. In fact, he was led to
see at lest, that there was more behind
than she had the will or power to re-
veal to him; something in her reticence r
silenced him. �F
"Yu dunnot know what I do." she
said before they parted. "An' happen
yo' would na quoits understand it if yo'
did. 1 dunnot do things lightly,—I ha'
e.1 ono, an' I hs set my mind on
weir' that th' harm as has been brewin'
fur long enow, _henna reach wheer it'sun
aimed. I mha' my way. Duna!! ask
me to gi'e it up: Let me do sett I ha'
been doin' fur th' sake of raysen, if fur
no one else."
The truth which he could not reach,
and would not have reached if he had
talked to her till doonisday, was that she
was tight in saying that she could not1
give it up. This woman had made no
inconsequent boast when she told her
father that if deadly blows fell, they
Must fall first upon herself. She was
used to blows—she could bear them,
—she was fearless before them, but site
could not have bottle to sit at horse, un-
der any possibility of wrung being done
to this ratan. (i si , knows what heavy i
• sadness had worn her cool, tltn.ugh the i
nonths' in which she had never for a ,
utola..at Ltiadwd front theknow'leelgo'
that a whoie would Ity between herself
and 1 , food knows 'bow she had
ste,uggled against the uncontluerablc
'tide,
of fue!i•i ni it crept slowly upon her. re-
fusiii_ to be stenoutil and threatened to
overwhelm her in its retieneeles wave's.
She W4K only left ,endurance --yet even
in phi; there was a gladness which she
lad in 11 'thin:,else. She.. could • never 1
meet loin, as a sappier w.:atan might, 1
but s: a cvlil.l .do for hint: what other + '77j
W0Z 1Ui1 C•4141 :lot de--s;te. could brave --
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Ready-MadO Clothih'g,
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1
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"Yo nivver wur i' more danger re
I
"The old flange,. '
"Th' . old clanger, as in w..r be
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darkness and danger, she could watch
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Boit ,:.t:i tai, Fo.,;:e D:rric; sus•
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petted nothing: He only knew that - Te .1011 Rvery body, Now Arulslmg. and wilt be Made ■
while she had m. I 1 to by err tIo a j. r¢lsn
L mutrtlr ,retell ]tis a o- .• hu, a• • tenter and ilUeG ban a a0prsier l■ Use Ceeaty,
peal. sortie ratrdr • e he:' .own h.eid her
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••J1uaL say it's the nierat [1,1114 1 ever Ind a 11.11w rat Dioronat w 111 hr M ode nn all hales eser 51 wn111 1.1 December
me r used for the teeth and breath," says
His fire seemed to ceeniunicate itself every.:ne having tried • Taaastutv," the
to her. new toilet len:. flet a :,c sample. 3m '
1
"Th' harm as is meant to be done, Is -
coward's harm," she _ said, "An' w ill be
done i' coward's fashion—it is na a harm
as will be done vee wi fair warnin, day
leet, en' face to face. If it wur i should
na fear- but th' way it is, I say it Khanna
bo done ---it ahanna, if I dee fur it '.'
Then her manlier altere•i again. and her
voice returned to its tremor. It is na
wi' Inc as it is wi' other women. Y.i
munnot judge t' me as 70' judge
ot1 er lessen. What mowtn't he rest far
other lasses to do, i4 reo't enow fur me,
1t has na been left t.- nuc to holes, bike,
sue feart, an' am' nuelest,'• and she,
drew her breath har.i..as if she was forc-
ed ta, check herself.
"it has bison left t.. you. Ise burst
teeth, "it has been left t • yo nt to stand
higher in my eyes than any other woman
Ood ever made "
He mould not have c rotrolleI himself.
and yet, when he hall maid this. his
heart leaped for frau he might have
wounded her or gn•eh her a false im-
pesasien. Rut strange to• say. it proved
this time that he had no ttee•l for fear,
There ass a moment . silence. snei
then she answ.•re.1 low and s.•ft.
"Thank 7'
They had gine .oma tsnis 11••r.
before he recover..! himself suttieiar.tly
o remember what he had r ,ennt t ,sat
to her.
"1 want to tell you, • he sad, that
lo•
no. hintr ,rev - °nem.. 1 1,10.
can
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SEEDS FOR 1881.
Thanking 1he public. for past favors, 1 take
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het to tot.x-k than ever before of choice
Wheat, Barley, Pas, Black and White Oats.
Tauri, Plover, and Timothy: elan Pea Vine
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nil cake kept ennstantly nn hand.
JAMES McNAIR.
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