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THE HURON SIGNAL. FRIDAY, DEC. 8, l
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CATCHING A CRAB.
saw!w e teal—k— t ,y� blies (*ut-
meg f"
Miss Peal C,artoey 1•rakaid ap at the
speaker, sealed herself cesa/prtab r beck
in the rustic chair she occupied, and With
a languid, lovely light mher half-el.ieed
eyes, said, "ilio,' Mr. Floyd, re shall
talk today then indicated a turn of
her .lender white wrist another Jouhsaitg
chair close by.
Any man would have accepted that in-
vitation ; but Carroll Floyd accepted it
with a ,penial grace and eartwstuees,
partly bemuse ire was very much iu lore
with the diaplauoua being who tendered
it, partlybectlwe he hail s style of beauty
that made whatever he did particularly
pleasant and impressive. Re low.ked
like a. old Venetian picture. Such fel-
lows es he, with slumberous dark eyes,'
thin olive cheek• through which tete
crimson blood mantle-. ail dew tithe
barbs, stand .bow .c. slael eel d,midets
and er•ne-:tatcbe,d ••n Vero -
needs great eanvaaae-t Au retire uteri
nation +•.uld in half a nlieete take hits
eat of that Woo &meet uundertt suit, and
set ) ion •out in purple velvet add yellow
brocade. In sheet, the young titan sug-
gested at the merest gine» refinement,
luxury, and afilueuee ; but unluckily a
bank scc..:nttcan't be eutvpl44 by charm-
ing pers. nal Chatecteristio, said hanlsottee
Carroll Floyd was ant). a rising teepee,
with a practiati werth perhaps two thol-
sand a year, and taluuta that i.t••.mi'eel a
brilliant future.
Pearl Courtney was the incarnation of
her pretty name. She was delicately fair
-- so fair that you forgave her for be-
ing thin,•f•or any approach to angularity
was half disguised by that blue -,clued
whiteness she ka.l g.,lden lair and
gray eves, and a fashion of carrying her-
self that trade one think of a dainty
pretty aloe. all the more inviting t • ca-
ress beo:suw ir~ would' be hard to over-
come
vercome the pride and eliyates ..t the ova
ture. .As she sat utero ,Nr the purer► of
the Surf Hotel, uoe saw readily from
whence her beauty carte. Hc'r mother,
graceful and charming still at forty, was
half reclining not very far y$: There
was Pearl'e own transparent luvehiness
in fuller outlines, traced over perhaps by
a few wrinkles, but earefully set off by a
gossamer black deem that permitted
hints of an ivory neck, yet was a proper
compromise between a wi•low's grief and
the exigencies of a hot day in late _Au-
gust. " The handsome Mrs Courtney
and her beautiful daughter are spending
a few weeks at the Curl Hotel," was the
announcement tet the society papers,
and it way followed by a description of
the costume warn hy each at the last
garden party.
Pearl's airy yet imperative assertion,
" We shall talk to -day," was so eagerly
seized upon that within two minutes. she
and Mr. Floyd presented n very cozy
picture of friendly intimacy.
He hail drawn his chair near her in
fashien, and leaning forward,
very softly caressed the ribbons upoti her
dress with the fan that he had taken
from her hand. There was Literally no
sentiment to be heard, but something in
the cadence of his most every -day re-
marks and in the rippling murmur of
her answer was a whole love story,
though the words might have pursed un-
challenged by the greatest gnsaip a sea
side hotel over harbored.
" Where is your mother t" was what
he really laid, while his voice kept sing:
ing io t' ,c,..•. right through every sylla-
ble.
"There she is, half asleep in that
folding -chair'," answered Pearl, touching
the end of the fan that he held.
" Did jinn have a nice time with the
fishing party yesterday ?" He tapped
the turquoise ring on her third finger.
Heathe=r nice -not very." She look-
ed at the ritig and the fan complacently.
He wasn't with tate fishing patty, M
he advanced the fan up to a bangle on
her bracelet, and whispered . "Fishing's
stupid, anyway. Talking's better, isn't
it 1"
"Sontetanes,' she muranured. Then
there fell a sacred silence, as if very dar-
ing ezpresatons had passed.
Presently Floyd sighed, then feeling
it necessary to say something common-
place to avoi.l saying e' nething desl•er-
ate, he remarked, " There's old Sam
Marr at the confer rot the piazza, gossip.
ing with old Min Culling"
Pearl laughed and anew ered : "1 call
Mr. Barr 'Old Crabby.' He's ugly. and
mottled, an awkward, and tough, like
those big crabs that shusio and slide
*boat down in the ricer."
" I call ):im •Ilarr Sinister,' " sail
Floyd.
"Oh,' I•e.t,l t gayly, "it's so
fanny fo see hum ta* ;,t t • Mies Coll.ns.
They're just alike
'Ye., she's as writ' as he is, an 1 as
rick -even richer .n:1 'every day as
si'il)be'e silty. deist, ' real, oneied
pfisell, faAlhing undatarally fast that she
it mete unc nee -iotas of the rapt look
beet upon her. •' .end she'e sack a queer
old woman, wi'h the: fn.'s.• front, mid
that great cap, and that ratty black silk
dress. i wrrnder hew it edema to sit in
a wheel.ehairsnd weer such erten," and
alba peckerwi sup SSP lir+ :' r..snie die.
,. 1 wonder a hat the twee talk shoat t
About their motley, I Flo
ed t add . �iu.soif t4
ear pie ap wilts the fee sum.
dry frlllr of lace that ornamented Pearl's
sleeves.
" Iea't albs/trey weather 1" sheharard,
ad, br •qy of stetting conversation
%gala. ra
"aired", aaasrssedi'loyd, " yes ; bet
1 wasn't thinking abort Vie weather."
"Oh, you were thinkingabout my Isoe.
pee1t*p& 'rake oast, or,halt► 4raelfif
them."
"I wax thinking," he said, "about-
abont--you--" he stepped a moment,
flushing Crunaurr, any. lingering en the
word as he pruuounoed her name, went
un-- •'about you, Pearl."
Pearl opened her eyes eery wide, as if
i.t surprise and anger, then deiiberately
half closed them, and bent upon him the
gentlest et warm, forgiving hooka
"Weill" she whavereed.
"Pear►" --he spoke ..•ftly, but with
etuick- coming breath - -"I was thuakiva
how supre,ne1yhappy and abjectly
wretched 1 seer. 1 taut, leave you:"
She nude a alight imploring and encou-
raging gesture with one hand. I can
leave you, my darling, %tad I don't dare
to tell yon how madly I-.."
"My daughter, put en this shawl; '
said t charmingly clear, well -nodulated
voice; and 'hies. Courtney, with an ex --
expression of motherly solu:itede, . walk-
ed' rather briskly across the space that
lay between her chair and the tweyoung
people.
Lloyd straightened up, and one of the
tan sticks stiappen cal short between his
trembling fingers. Pearl stammered,
"Oh, manna, it's dreadfully warm; ,I
don't need a slaw l .
•'Well take care, dear, fur this ecu air
is treacherous, and gives one nsrv-otia
pains al you suffer with tier%euspaina.
Mr. Floyd ?'' and 31re Courtney, with
she most cordial manner of upening a
plesMnt chat, drew up a chair besides
her daughter's.
Mr. Floyd hail mune dif£oulty in re-
membering whether er not he had exper-
ienced nervous pains, and made at last,
tbroueh violent exertion, only a mutter-
ed raid contradictory jumble of words by
waged answer. Mrs. Courtney regard-
ed hint meanwhile with a calm attention
uut calculated to soothe embarrassment.
At that moment, Miss Collins having
stumbled up from her chair and gone to
her acorn, Sam Barr game shambling
along, and the youug fellow took that
chance to escape. But there was airi-
ness in his tread and an audacious hap-
piucss shining out front his face that
Mrs. Courtney noted with her calm eyes,
though her lips were smiling all the
time, and began talking volubly and
agreeably with old Sam Barr.
"Dreadful weather -so enervating,
isn't it, Mr. Barr 1 Do *it down. See
here's a place for you."
Sam Barr settled his ungainly person
into the place left vacant by Carroll
Floyd; and Pearl, partieally shading
her face with the fan that Carrel had
been piayin{ with, mentally inventoried
the ..l.l gentleman's personal charms in
this viae: "Little, old and common.
Face all wrinkled and mottled, and of ati
ugly red color. Malice in his small mat-
tes' eyes, and in a spark of humor too.
Head bald. Tenth, one seldom sees,
because his lids are so close and cruel but
they seem to be of an un:vho:est,me yel-
low. Hands are s'ivaro and coarse.
Ugh !" Then she turned to her lady
mamma, dainty, beautiful, refined, and
using all her tzraceful art to hold this aid
swastika that the gum was laser, sed up to the hotel Sty Barr's fuer in hand
At tolluwod to the ars
room with $relnetant I e rattling. Presently the old arab
read. Once within. "Shut the door," himself appeared ou the stain, and with
rheic, Kra. Coartawy, "pod sit here,, just him lees, Courtu,ty. Kb* iiodated pier
opposite ate.' Peart obeyed, and the twill to bar lore, is pawing, 11k *CO
moths* still with that deadly cairn, opera- atenated to the buX alit of the dr.g, sed
ed Mee beeicera ander htlsyd's flashing eyes drove u
"I r4! . � -• - er, the with edi
between The fellow, enrag td,yet petaled
wed dialei�d, thruster g the beat, aid
• Wal.411, - the tress begansiridiag tie and dawn* back vier
ctamtaenglace things." ; , ea, orae of aloe of sea -aide 10(1'4 -
"Pearl, I'm not a chili No nutter ere, wad trying to believe she had fur -
whet he said, he was nuking love to you, gotten the engagement A Window
and you were receiving his advances, and opened just above hist and soaething
that under the eyes if the beat match in eareleaaly thrown out linked in the grass
the ouuntiy. " not far front his feet. It was the bunch
"Do you mean old Barrr of whits rosebuds, bis gift of a few min -
"1 mem 8an►nel Barr, who can give fetes before. 1:10 cloecbed kjs two strong
his wife de establishment and a position. heeds and ctinctted his while teeth, then
Hess metra who wields power, and whose rushed upstairs to accuse Mn. Courtney
wealth is fabulous." rof the instate At the first Landing he
"He's an old crab, immure - looks reuesesheredlism the maid ,night have
just like one. I've mid so dozens of ignorantly thrown away the flowers, and
times, acid to evervhody remembered
• , fou, that he would tie sure
"We won't discuss Mr. 3arr's beauty. to Make • foul ofhistseif in soy aucoun-
Praol.ly, I own he hasn't any. But lie ter whit ,lire. Cuurttte)'s bleb -bred
ten la ma. For the past five years I courtesy cud calm. fie be waited for
have used the cavetal of such property evening.
as your father left ea solely in plating Time doe. pass by eventually. Even
you in a position cot SoRuris* a brilliant days of to'ture have as end. Eren-
saattb. I've ventured largely in the int did come at last, and with it ,fie np-
hope of realizi111r( largely. New how do Fortunity to speak to Pearl.
you propose -to repay my devotion to Miss Collins happened to be down
your uterus'_ stairs, and Barr forbore his devotion for
"Carroll Floyd, mamma, is a gentle- a few minutes while he led the old lady
man and a coheir/treed of good family, tuns, aria-ofiair and settled her in H cottt-
and handsome, and -and -alt, nobody fortsbly. Floyd made his eenvretionsl
could help liking hint, mamma ; and old bow, then began, in an roger, husky
Barr is hideous and hateful and-" voice
"My dear, stop there, for your stugu- "Miss Cot)ttgey-Pearl-,lid you for-
larly olt the point. Mr. Floyd's quail. get Tour engagement yesterday 1"
ties have no bearing upon the subject. "Ob, net exactly," she answered, care -
Our fatances stand itt this way. We !only, "but I wanted so much to see the 1
have exactly fifteen thousaesd dollars left races, and one can nail any day." •
That sum will fit you up decently fur Floyd grew more hoarse, but tried to
your wedding, provided the wedding is speak steadily and distinctly. "Du I
soon. If the wedding is not soon, or if understand, then that yuu prefer Mr.
you choose to marry a poor man, you Bair to me r.
will have to give up luxuriea,and be con- She retarded him with a haughty
tent with the hare necessaries of life. stare.
"Tru sure I'm not luxurious. I only "I don't mean to be rude," be went
want whet other girls have -lust nice on, passionately, "but my whole happi-
dresses, and hats, and gloves,and a little nese hangs upon you. I can't choose my
jewelry. I wear simple white." words. See !" He held out his trembl-
"Simple r Yes, as simple as real Val. ing hand. "You are more than lite to
enciennes can maks, it. You've had me, Pearl. I 'alloyed yesterday that
four .,.n n pretty dresses this summer. you loved we ; tell me was I tnistaken 1"
Could you have done with less r" "Yon were mistaken," she responded
"Of course not, mamma." with a little quaver in her voice, but set.
.'Very well. Those dresses have cost ting her lips together tight.
three thousand dollars .' He gave a eat of smothered grean,tben
"That's not much." asked, grasping the back of a chair, that
"It's more than Carroll Floyd's in. n" curious eye should note how,unstead-
fly he stood, "Do you mean, then to
comu for a whole year."
'•\Vel, I -I could do with a few drew- accept ettentions from this old man, this
sea-]ess, perhaps, with a change of—of iseirse, ugly old s -retch, this-"
teats and sashes." " Mr. Floyd "- and Pearl rose indig-
"Pearl, you put rue out of patience. w►ntly-`• you will please speak more
Can you lice on, say, two thousand dol- respectfully of Mr. Barr."
lata a year, make your own clothes, do " Heavens !" cried Floyd, forgetting
without a maid=-" he stood near a crowded parlor, " you
"Oh, mamma, I couldn t exist without don't mean to -to marry him ?"
Matilde.. She has such taste." " Perhaps --I do," Pearl anwered,
"As Mr. Floyd's wife, you can afford turning aside ; then Barrcoming forward
only plain food and clothing. You'll at the instant, she took hes arm and
have no carriage, no box at the opera,no walked away. Luckily she faced the
little costly knickknacks ; you'll be ob- dark and of she piazza, so Mr. Barr
%cure, struggling ; your handsome hue- couldn't see the tears that fel] fast upon
band will have to work hard, and see her dream, but he heard a quick sobbing
but meagre results ; and as for me -well breath, and turned sharply at the sound.
I shall not ask you, of ceurso`to consider Then he laughed, and Pearl lamghed
tee." too ; and before the evening was out
•'Oh, mamma'` subbed Pearl, "whist the whole house declared it a match ;
shall I do i 1 don't know in the least and when Mrs. Courtney kissed her
how to be per. I think it would be daughter good night she praised her" for
dreadful and disgusting and degrading an excellent, sensible girl. Pearl cried
Why, to have no pretty, dainty things, a few more tears, then, sustained by a
and unto wait on one's self, it would be sense of duty, lay dew!' upon her little
like being wicked or being ---being dirty. white bed, the very picture of goodness
and truth.
Carroll Floyd walked his room all
night, and wrestled with his affection by
muttering : " Beauty, delicacy, inno-
cence ! Pshaw ! Cumtnodities to be
bought and sold, with only two stipula-
tions in the bargain -the sale must be
legal and price high."
By the earliest morning train he left
the place.
Every afternoon catrih the four -in -
band; or a pretty pair of ponies, or a
sleek saddle -horse for Pearl's pleasure
cur•ione don't bear the dignity of en- ly threading her fair hair through her and convenience. There were flowers
yagements. My daughter accepts your fingers and carefully observing its silken and fruit and b,.nbonnieres in ahund-
tnvittation with pleasure, Mr. Parr. 1 quality, as she sat waiting for the indite
i nn trust her with you. She's a !sneak,.. \Mathilde to dress that soft be-
feeldcar child that 1 alt generally anxious wildering tangle.
when she's awayfrurt ire , ne.er,thuuill:, "Mamma," she said, with a little nigh
when she's with you." and a little pitiful pout, "I can't help it;
"Thank you, maam,' ausxcred Barr, Carroll ought not to blame me. l
with moaning. "I h•,;k• always to e1e. e.nildn't be expected be live in horrid
scree your good opinie:n." poverty. He'd ho very unreasonable to
"There's no doubt, of that', mei else look for such a sacrifice. 1'11 take old
sailed benignly. 'My dear, M-. ,tan, Barr' ,the mother kissed her cheek),
ie n siting to ,hake !..::,da with you. "and I hope he'll dee *ion, and and-
Pearl, having fallen back into reverie, Oh, 1'.n en unhappy !"
amen started, and mechanically tet her She cried a few minute•, hut Mn.
Courtney st.w,d close by until the fit was
aver, ane, Mathilde found a certain
tweemy Lace dress that, worm over a del.
iatsi pink. made s alight pallor leas ob-
servable. Then they went to droner,
" Do you linter aalything about crab
Mias Pearl,"
" I shall tnake you teach Inc,'�i she
suswered, with her pretty ratwinea
"lin I wa ; and Yen, ma'am*t tbt'L.la
lets. Courts*). "shall seetbeleason."
Mrs.' Courtney eindiu*ly .oseitI d,
gathered up her dress, andplaced ler
self un the niter of Barr. Her daughter
mesas al0 lis than atewoped
lookriwllw itt�p
"Now u.a'aiiie" a lesson began, "Miss
Pearl hem wants a crab for her leucheen
and very prenerly, too. She's • barely
girl, naseemsr' sees to design that she's le
have all the eelicacies of the *eaten.
Now, then, young lady, 1.•,•k for your
''game, please
"Oh, cried Pearl," I cep such a pretty
shiny fish !" t
"A eery pretty lull►, ip eed, 31iu
Pt earl. but he aiu geoid /.at. He's
'mouth and handsome, lint you'd starve
with him. Better look not fig a fat old
creature in conversation. One would feel almost criminal. But
"Pearl, my dear," the mother said, a Barr is such a horrid old creature, and I
little sharply, aruusing'thu girl from a
dangerous reverie, in which a pair of
eyes not in the least like Sam Barr'.,
were melting away all the conventional
and poi:te little icicels about her heart --
"Pearl, Mr. Barr asks you to attend the
,segs with him to -i sorrow. 7t.Tou will go
e"` course, my love."
''Oh, mamma, but I'm to g sailing
with Mr. Floyd."
' •N msenae ! These little sail.ng ex -
turn away from him by a sort of instinct.
What shall I do ?-what shall I do ?"
"I would try to do my duty if I were
you, my daughter," said the mother,
solemnly. Then, in leaving the room,
she added : "In half an hour I shall
come back. I pray that you may reach
a decision suitabie to your own self -res-
t"
In half an hour Mr.. Courtney, on op-
ening the dor found her daughter quiet-
firs;e: tips fall upon the equate, tc egh,
eltende.d palm. But Bar: grasped tbt
wh:t: pretty fragile hand, and, stooping,
torched it with his tight old lips She
freownud,and snatched her hand away
then westing her mother's ,nett., tried to ami Carroll Lloyd, as the illy white
soften the action by giving a s o•et, net • heanty passed lyre by, murmured.
row laugh. "Dear love you leek like an angel."
"1.11 have you tip my tour -ea -hand for So ON diel, but -that! unthrifty young
you to -morrow," said Barr, an. shuffled
el'Q in hi. own peculiar fethiot:.
'' l'es' 1, ' Mrs. Cot. -(nay'. mit ery vows
e.:nnclatehl, "wine to my nam."
N i
on would have ausperted that
*mouth mamma of betetg under any
mental excitement, het her daughter
ee" hem rum• subtle* ]utility of dee
mart fagot that even angels require
pinmace.
The ith••;e er.nine the mother and
Mr. Barr were continually at Pelld'e Me
so Floyd waited with impatience for the
morning and the ntort.ing sail. The
boat wee yMdr, and he ha.l sant s hunk
.•t whits► Mer -,'i.ia ,s. s-.mend.v *hem
aace, and Pearl bore herself toward Mr.
Ban with the coquettish tyranny of a
woman sure of her conquest. She ceas-
ed athusine her friends by called him
"Old Crabby," and had fr.,.y remarked
to mamma that "with I .nits and pre-
sents, and a big house, and all sorts of
things that a girl needs, you know, wby,
Barr might 1►e tolerated, provided his
railroad mte.:ea'a will keep hint most of
the time away from home."
So the season went on until the cool
September evetenas made all the water-
nu/place world tduna of goins home.
&ill there was n ► forrual'eneartenteot
e�titl- -the ni ther's polite yet properly
I=a and tender }gnaws cf consent,
though ne:•tty re erred. remained ea -
spoken. At eat, t „e meeting, flees
Rare' hr •ugbt a trap to the deo,. and
asked. '•Mrs. Courtney, would you and
your delight*? like es ce s-esaibia' r
Certainly they weed*. flu ftp toward the
bay he drove them, and thgre $sand •
little pier al a.•rwtged cveefortbMy by
the servant elan trate .01 rhea Ther,
were bait and limas sat kandieg-est.,
and nice casldone M titsore comfort, and
Pearl was regret ro,v he *pert to begin.
Qs ,t Rare
deal. "I think of Cern.11
y11Fl.,y.l
1Nituea. He lured lee;" and she a.,l,
bed aloud. •
"Carroll itujIa
l`' rapiMted themeeker, WileittbY. "Iger•, hatred'
read Courtney, you ',don't krte.w
the
wel tai of h s Jirivo as that , num
woeia pi le ssibea renounces Akd
oiler I it, bee tt‘t at
ois•tulil a still 11\ co
ettrgth l •or. 1',u
I er ,old deluded
tu
by t - 1r 101), ,.l
I'm v voutly all het un
daughter, in her calm, rations molecule
is exactly liku Inc." Mrs l'ourttr.v.
piously lurked up to hetiven.
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" /sure I'll try tedoright,luxluua,
said Pearl, chedking souther oere.nts
OR' *Then het -lovely great eyes *night
the ceiling, or someappal. region where
all that is nits and elegant and esteem. e
slid preservative of the c•auplesi,. t 11duly prized and honored.
And did char Petart'a tvustin ht:
era's wisduut Ind her ownpastime
carry( Die' she fare v villi ,ked her
crab.
• • 1Ce:11," said Peel, "there 's gab.
011, i see ]nm alluring slang, and put -
tint out his hoz rid erg/Thug ehtws. see! oine in a tee el, and carne eu t_udernes,
see }bf item and deep repentant*? X,,
ha e• itur alliehteelly. bit oeaga
f it. tiAv beanie enaeal t..
Zgertqu brother the area. week.
flourishes as 'hay lady.'' tit 0.111...1v1int is lovely, and she a quiet sat-
iaf`tion is having done her duty to her
wuttut arn�� ��tiTuhpy t...,
first es far es tin ell nelteru shut lip tit
tl)st charming white and bhie-,clued ens.
keg eonpires of happiness; though somv-
tinteti age retnbmbetil that Abuguat day ,,,e
the piazza. attd w, Werewhy iu all het
life she never weld feel again just as she
aid while etttt*,lt Ployd held "rte ere!
her fin end she coyly touched the ottt,:r.
Poor Floyd fought along at the Iva,
and married a good girl, and was ended
clever long before he wan tailed rich.
As to Sats Barr, why, he married odd
Miss CJ.dline, wheel -glair and id]. Thea:
estates at the lower end of Fifth .1 revue
joined one another. Sant says. " W a r.•
two old crabs, and we've settled down t
a crabbed old life that suits us." Ittett
ho chuckles, and thinks of pretty Pearl
Cunrtney and her lady mother, and the
great joke he played upon thein. -(Har -
per's Bazar.
"thessr's the fellow for • dainty yutw
lady ! Now, ma'am, •yong, see MINN
Pesti ketch him. Here's the bait, a
nice risers of chicken, entity andel, ty�r
and tempting. Now you/ tie it on a
piece of stria_, and shake it before old
crabby'% eyes "
"Tea, yes, and he sees if,t Pearl cries
out eagerly.
"He sees it, yes; and ho „eke all roe■
it, and-utd now he puts out a claw t
feel of it. 'Ther,•., hold your dainty bei
still. It air t forced oat to hint ;
jist a sweet little morsel .t fyiti there
with ito harm is it at ell, and the 01
cral, thinks he's a•goin' ter have it de,
Lia own. Now waJ,ku1 roue and roup'
and now has oda say loolel'fli' at it."
"Oh, rnammi, see what an ugly crea
ture it is !" exclaimed Pearl.
"Yea, meant, a eery ugly old c:reatur'
He ought ter be (;lad of a bet of teude
Spriest chicken, oughtn't he ? So he is
see, hes snapped at, the bait, Ha ! hap
py old crab ! Now, Miss Pearl, he'
talcen hole. Yoe're sure of him, Mu'
you ? dead certain sure of him, eh T"
"Yesyes, quite sure. Shall I pu
hint up and get the landing -tat 1" sb
said.
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"Easy now, easy. You're sure of him.
Now, ma'am," and he turned to Mrs.
Courtney, "you see Mian Pearl's sure of
that ugly but tat old crab that you cau
lunch elite mhir heart's content, eh
"Of course, Pearl urs rely to lend
hint."
"Only to lan.i him,' chuckled Sam
Barr. ' "Now, my pretty young lady,
take your net. Here it is Se.. Slip it
under. Steady !"
Pearl took the net ; steadily and shor-
ty she slipped it under the apparently
contented creature that was devouring
the bait ; cunningly near she carried it
then with a jerk brought it up. There
was a struggle. a splash,and--the land -
int.' net was empty
"Oh," cried l'earl, -the hateful thing
has got away !'.
Old Sam Barr bunt into L. loud laugh
-so loud that mon far oil on the bay in
boats turned toward the sound, and aro
long continued that the ier•o.:.i came
running from a distance, thinking some
complicated order; were being shouted
to him. Then clam rt down, leaned his
elbows on his knees, and turning first to
one, then t the other, of the ladies,
said :
"It's i,npose/de ter guess at the res
natur' of an old crab. Ile seems stupid,
and rough, and easy ter gull, hut you
don't know what's a goin' "n inside of
him. N,iw that old feller had led ex-
perience ; seen -Lord blew you, -many
a Pretty bit o' spring chicken front the
Surf Hetet. P'r•ps, clumsy and hrutal
like as be seems he don't like the idea of
giving up hie life and snbstence jist to
furnish a lady with extra luxury. And
hes had hard grubbio , too, t:ettin' him-
self so fat and rich. And p'raps, who
knows, that old crab's got feelin's of his
own, and preps he's no fool, though he
may set lig• it a.tnctanes ; and p'raps
the old crab has his own tittle joke to
play main' a yocng laxly think she'd
as good as ketcbed him,was in fact, dead,
certain sure of him, then off he rtes.
Ha ! ha ! lea ! Crabby will tine, .nue
other old crabby aoaybe, and settle down
in a hole there under the se; -weed and
talk it all over comfortably, and laugh at
us in crab fuhien. Come on, ladies,
we've ,reel apo t enough for to -day. '
Very quietly Pearl and her mother fol-
lowed old Barr to the carriage They
never seen eseMrtged glances.
That afternoon Pearl r.eeivad a costly
b%01Alliese, with Rasiuel Barr'. e-ard,
and the teeters P. P. C. in the corner.
"Mamma,"she reclaimed, "he'.,,.n,.'"
"What' goner' said the mothers eyes
tktahsd with segos,.
")flamm►," said.
Pearl, ertssboieer the
sad is Ler domed nand, "do yoothisithe
-he avant repthin, by that nealsenes
Meek the well Do you shirk he saw
that we- Ste -were- You know what
I mens"- Oh, eu wisss, I ewldn't beet
to be detlp--ai Dy old'tlnse herr. "
%Ira Co*tieq bit her Wifely curved
uncles lip, bet gave no rept,
"Oh Pear/ went ea, grewtng a ',et!.
Of all the ills that flesh is heir to ktd-
neyy disease is the most distressing. To
xufferess, we can only My, take Dr. Vas
BURNS'S tl.rnsRY CBT *1 ..ince, and thus
obtain a relief you catsnotifnd elsewhere.
All Druggists have it. J. \ViI.-ort t
rioh °wt:
We live for the good of others, if, our
living be in any sense a true living. It
is not in great deeds of kindness only
that the blessing is found. In " little
deeds of kindness," repeated every day,
we find true happiness.
Tw
Ilse NMlewl rr,R•s $.., awes all
It may mists.
Phosp},hatine, or Nerve 1o.xt, a Pha
phete Element based upon Scientifi
Facts, Formulated by Professor Austin
M. D. of Boston, Masa, antes Pulmon
ary Consumption, Sick Headache, Ner
suns Attacks, Vertigo and Neura
and all wasting diseases of the hu
system. Phosphatine is not a Pfedecine
but a Nutriment, because it contains n
Vegetable or Mineral Poisons, Opiates
Ntrootics, and no Stimulants, hut .imp
ly the Phosphatic and Gartric Element
found in our daily food. A single boat
is sufficient to convince. 311 Druggist
sell it. =1.00 per bottle. Lownze
Co., sole agents for the Dominion
65 Front Street East Toronto
James Allen, a farmer of Derehan
township, four miles from Tilsonburg
made 1800 gallons of sorghum syrup th'
season, and will make 750 more. 11
charges farmers who grow and bring an
twenty cents a gallon for making, and
16200 gallons can be secured from an ac
which sells at seventy Dents a gallon,
will be seen that respectable profits a
made by those who grow it. The indast
is spreading in western Ontario.
CINOALEST. -A name well known i
onnection with the Hair Renewer,whic
restores grey hair to its natural coda
a few weeks use. Sold at b0 cents
bottle by James Nilson. 2m
Free at merge.
Al! persons suffering from Congh
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis,Los. of Voic
or any affection of the Throat and Lan
are requested to call at Wilson's
Were and get a Trial Bottle of 1)
Ring'. New Discovery for Cnneumptio
free of charge, which will convince the
cf wonderful merits and show what
regular dollar -site bottle will .io. C
ser y. (3)
John Brown, having Leen sent t
other day at Bahnorsl by the Queen
quest of the lady in waiting, who hap
eel to be the Duchess rof Athle, sudden
stumbled against her. "Hoot, ma
said J. B: "Ter jest the woman i
looking far.' The enraged duchess duh
ineontiherltly Into the myalpreemie*
etelaisowa to her majesty: 'Kaden, J.
hes insulted me ; h e has W the taper/
canoe to call me a wenies. " To wb
the Quewn .ephed withoi�g spent
"And pray, whatr 'tA
ladies in 'mains
chamber hares badly WNW r•
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lee Mit co Msewsogest.
In dew thew of sate tesdieins >,
ve,liwlneslla .Rerrehere, it si !res
*' M tied one rem* that
pew, salt which real -
es recommended. slsatric Rit
can vowel for as being a true and
hie rale* and ane that will do as
eseesaede I. The le • (0
sheer, and Liver, t
of the [M iere oat Misery &ifllestt
We know 11401410 we sgsah. and
reality say, give there a trial. Field
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