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THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, AUG. 10, 1888.
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"()rite• o.• sakes alis ! Look there !
13hae 1 Bast ! Whoa ! Get up '"
gt�, ""'aAt��ve a eeeletious buret f rem Coatis
%�aanew, Tamar Ftetehoes ki..wases
.www b•iseekesper, sa& his rtl.-u i' a at the
leeakfast-wble.
'a•Well dose, the lemma ' said Mr
Fillbelt.r.
ho hawed yea in hire,you scamp,
std fur Tommy 1"
wove the .aelesestioo. of Arc1.e
be Fl ts►eeltrusa their rupe:use
sides of the table.
livide.U. I.uLwg test the sense of the
sionspasy wee woMoms, Tummy ap-
ed and
MA a l►ot biscuit from
t
pttsmb
Aces s plate He did not, however, at
deermobut remained modestly i andwi
en all fours. Tutemy was a bursa
Thee spring moroseg Tommy fend the
room doer into t he yard . ode
, and, liking society and good things
est, he had minted the three steps
win is tae room before Coasn Saline,
•nttsualy pre-cccupied, saw him
the =toe -pot.
That Tummy was • spoiled hums. was
Hs was born ewes Kate's
oath birthday, now four tears past
SU adopted bite, and from !hat -day to
he had lived in adorer.
•'I asst say," said Cousin Salina,
"this is making • mecum of the house."
"New cousin," Laughed Kate, "you're
sot • bit shocked. deep down. I know
it by the twinkle in your eye.
The brown curly head of the yoong
hl and the boss's creamy mane were
ekes together as she fed hon fnd pota-
toes with a fork
H. septa a cup of coffee, aid Archie.
"Any gentleman wants his cup of
seise at breakfast. Ask for it, Tummy ;
ani prettily"
Tommy =eked off it elep, and raisin/
kir right forefoot, nodded up and dews.
"Good boy cried Kate. "D.,, Cowin
Salina, give him some coffee in • bowl ;
sot too hot, you know, and awfully
meet. He's got such • sweet tooth, the
gnat baby.
"I never heard of such redic.lous nos -
sense in all my born days," protested
Oowin Biline. But she proceeded to
prepare the coffee, her eyes cast down,
perhaps to hide another twinkle.
Archie brought the coffee, and Tommy
declined n without thanks.
"Thomas," said Kate, severely, 'take
what is set before you, asking no goea-
1 ions "
Sbe tied her apron around Tommy's
neck as • bib, and again idfering the
teretes, told bit to take it like • man.
He obeyed, but made up a face that pro-
voked
rovoked a laugh he found quite disconcert
Mg. Kate dropped her napkin, and the
polite Tommy picked it up with his teeth
and laid it in her lap.
"Oo..el fe low," said Kate. "Now
eel make our exit. Come here sir."
8:.* drew him to • chair, and lightly
mounted him, bare -tack sod bridle's=
as lee was.
"L,ok oJt for head and the steps,"
continued he father.
Katy tbowed her head to the arched
neck. which she clapped with both arms,
and the door .as cleared with • bound.
"I never :" ejaculated Cousin Salina."
"No
reeky.
het, nc sadd:e. I call that too
"I'llrisk Kates keeping ber seat and
her looks, too, said Archie. pr udly.
' The gypsy.- said Mr Fletcher smil-
ing, as the par vanished toward the pas-
tures.
astures.
"She's • born horsewoman, • said the
brother. "ii it ran it our line she could
make our fortune with Tommy.-
"There's
ommy.-"There'• need enough to make it with
something.'"
Mir Fletcher Mid thee with a quick
sigh. The light dropped out al his face
as a sudden gleam on the hearth drops
\into ashes. That gray, dreary look had
been very common os. that kindly face
,,of fats. He pulled his bat over his eyes
left the room
Cousin Salina bed t#iIsi in the girl
was bustling about soaping the (halo
es ; but her sigh did not escape Archie,
sed be waited impatiently uutsl he could
speak to her alone.
"Yee sod father talked late last
night," he said, abruptly. "Did be my
anything to explain remarks like that
)wt now 1 What does ti mean 1 Is it
father's poor health or is it something
about the farm that worries him i I
don't see why it should ; the improve -
norm were paid for before mother died.
And the crops have been first-rate, mai
you hare teenaged first rete. I'm .le -
teen, and if i an. a bookworm, I'm no
grub, and i might be trusted • little."
He talked on beauty Cowin Salina
made no sign of hearing him. Sod-
denly she turned and there were teen le
her eyes
llou re right, Archibald," she said.
"Your
you uand tall rofdus in he dark o't ought to Mr keep'
he baa
The time's come when he can't keep you
and ('athanne done up ui cotton any
borer, You'll have to site up your
scheJariug, and she her picten and gyp-
sy cranks.' D, you know what indon-
lag is 1'
'PHs; why 1
"'Cowes that's .hat the matter ie, i
hold that a man hasn't got no sort elf
right t.. Indorse for mcre'n he could hese
and sot hurt hie own. But your fath-
er'. ton aaspgoine, tiro expeNin it roam
i• this family. There was his uncle co
hi u'tter's side" -
'8st father," interrupted snob*
breathlessly ; "who has he indorsed
for i"
"A rend-for.sntbin, fellow named
George Leland, They were at boarding -
school together, and kind of key' sp a
frisedlinm.s, why, l doe's know : a pity
high-flyer, and your father • plain man
working right along in his tenser'. treaks.
I guess the aristocrat tisltled your 'odor
makie' of him times he was in York.
Your mother, she was atiddyine. All
ber folks had good heads. He, mt(dbar,
that's your grandma, and her taw Us.
"Bea father got to pay i ' demanded
A obis.
"He ►•e that, and he don't know if
all his rot will cower it. And, what's
more, it's jest like pouring it rates
sieve. for the meter has riddled wet ea-
ly big living, bet himself with his do-
ings. I eoeldn't sleep • Walt all night
tet terata, for tstmirg and twisting bow
Ss bask as W lee grades]. Aad hers
't is oat like • shot, and you needle' op
to it like a man."
A. hour later Mr Fletcher lied bad
the relief of talking the mieersbie beni-
sons over with his sun, and bathes the.
he was ludeed moa goulash to Pass the
went.
•'H. will pror Gypsy ova stead
it t' g&ned the lather, bis face belied
in his heeds.
'Oh, =get feet b r Gypsy ; she's
made of the right scut We Iowa the
ole place et err •o.4, of it ; bet if et goes
we shall hare sack other, and the world
is beforeua"
"You may as well know the whole
story," said Mr Fletcher, with beaky
neat "When I was away last week Dr
Clark told me what 1 knew already, that
tba trouble' touchiest his chest—
"nan't be cured, that I can't lire unless
1
amend my tamers south, and that 1
can't do."
A riugicg laugh and the light clatter
of hoofs broke the death•hkw pause that
followed thaws terrible words, so quick))
spoken. Kate olid fr3en Tommy a back
and joined her father sod brother at, the
beach aider the blossom -laden apple
tree. K
"Four'more lambs !" she cried, "and
Jay Daisy's grooving every,minute. I're
teen over the farm and the mat have
planted half the hill lot. Why, .Archie,
it's nearly school time. Oh, what is it 1
Archie ! Father !'
Kate soon learned the doom that was
hanging over their home, end the father
again found • comforter in hie child. The
mother s strung, loving spirit seemed
looking out of the daughters eyes.
"Don't break your heart about ur,dsar
father," miss plaided. "Why, there are
lots of things we can do. Archie is so
clever he could write books, or teach, or
anything. And next winter we will go
w ank and we'll mi.a,orangea. Summers
we am live in Mike's little house, and 1
can do all, the work, and Tommy coo
just eat the grass arouod, and"-
8he stopped—something in Arehie's
looks stopped her. Hie look said that
Tommy would have to to with the farm.
Cousin Salina was watching them from
the door, her apron at her eyes. "For
myself," she was thinking, "I can go
back to my folks ; but these poor chil-
dren haven't • soul tearer them than
me, a loos, dependent woman. May the
Lord help them : And there's Tommy,
poor dumb brute. He'll come in for his
share of trouble, as every born thing
does. Poor Tutumy :"
11.
It was again breakfast time with Ar-
chie and Kate Fletcher, but tire years
had passed ; it was winter,and they were
g lobe and in New York ; and instead of
the dear old farm house two hired looms
eommeed their home. One of them was
Kate's ill -lighted bedroom ; the other
had a surprisingly brightpand cosy air,and
boasted a variety of title.. The center,
when the round breakfast table stood,
was the call, u notoyer, .'r, the sofa -bedstead
along the wall was parlor by day and,
with the addition of a folding screen,
Archie a chamber by night ; another
screen, originally floor -matting, but
turned by the bold brush of "our special
artist" into the semblance of a rustic
fence with clambering cines, shut in
w hat was known as the "kitchen gar-
den." In that shaded corner was Kate's
patent -combined kitchen -table and pot -
closet, made of a packing -box atandieg
oe its side. The stove wasonion of
parlor and cook stove, as lead its dou-
ble mission. The "ta,sstry" curtain at
Kate's bedroom door --it was bought foe
cotton flannel—shut off "the rest of the
house." By one of the windows stood a
light easel, and a table bearing a medley
of paper., wraps of plush and satin,
porcelain cups and saucers, placques and
panels, besides pencils and color boxes.
IThis wsa Kate's "studio." Archie's
"office` was represented by • stand and
lamp, his home work being confined to
evenings.
One bad only to look at the pale,
stooping youth to divine that his days
were spent at a book -keeper's desk.
Kate's city life and artist work had
rubbed her cheeks of their gypsy bloom,
bot had not put oat -the fire or subdued
the mirth in her dark feyes. Without
being a genius in her art and with al-
most no training she bad patiently
wrought her native tants and facility
into an excellent skill. She had thus
been able to take advantage of he deco-
rative craze, and many a creditable bet
had left her studio and brought in a re-
turn of bread and batter to the young
housekeepers. They would have made
a much better tight of it, had Archie
been stronger. Frequent breaks and
heavy doctor's bills had kept them poor,
but as yet nothing bad quite damped
their youthful courage nr their seat in
every pleasure that life gays them.
A Christmas card, finished the day be-
fore propped up on the studio table. it
represented Tommy with • blue -checked
apron around his neck, satiny plum pud-
ding from a chica dish held up by •
chubby child. Archie looked at it as he
tried to eat his breakfast.
"i wish," he said, "that we mould
afford to keep it You have caught the
same comical look he had that morning
ower the eoffse.'
"I wish so. too It seams almost like
selling a likeness of you. Bat then
Tommy "mold be gild to help us along.
Ti. lady wanted something odd. It
was .o leaky meeting her at the Es-
e►aags jest as she was looking at my
week. Five dollars seemed such • good
eller ; bet reeky I think that is worth •
lot more. Never wind. 111 take it to
ber to-dy, and maybe it will got me more
a'daa "
"Butter send it by post, Orpsy. It's
a wretched day for you to ear ss the farcy
sad Ime afraid you'll loseyourself m
Jersey."
"111 'risk It; se Cousin Salina need to
say. Bit couldn't 'reek keine the pie. I
ton, or a chane. I am afraid of the
kiti.g weather for row, Arehie."
"Oh, the donor says I ought to be out
in the weather all the time.
Archie stifled • nth. He had had a
had might. 'Me paid le hie aide and the t
heckiag enegb that hept hies awake.
H e had Mie wondering how long he
amid bear sash nights following steak
Eatrs
U I eed1s't tide ria kers-basked is a I gsdeg►t, sad that he tett he meld act
eines. 1 may reds rise to fame. N ho mesh Winger impose epos the iodide« re
Weeps t" of his employer sod the good nature of
fellow narks. Aad thee— mut f
Ips iMpk.a as .he 'weeded up
Aaehos►s seek, and kissed ham guoe!•by.
It was with a very sober tees, however,
God she torsed to her ssorni.g Massa,
sad hie a darted for Josey styli,
Kale dii sot quite lees =g�g� is Jae.
say, bet More thee ~die bad mimed
her wwyad aid it was well tato tfe short
Desembar efter.oen whoa she again
towed basalt us the New York aide of
the ferry. s..111 i. s.idastestss ahs had
never lea so humacai°k tot the asap, es
she did that day. bite was hemmed by
vinous of landscapes smelled is ds5liag
whit., every .lamp and twig sad roil
tras.furmed into a thing ed beauty, while
flying sleighs sod arrowy .lode .ped
aloft to the wuaie 441 belle and lau.b1.r,
ode seeming all • joyut.i ice-eeruiv•l.
And now the streets where bloated with
blackened beeps—.bat mockery to sell
than snowdrifts ! uo..btly to the eye,
tr e/hswse to the toot, .ending • chill to
Ne marrow. Kate hurried op Cuero
laud Street, feeling cold sad buttery,
and disappointed too ; she had her five
dollar,., but had gut no orders and no
anal uragsunut.
Everybody looked mon or ler miser-
able, and mot miserable of ail looked
the horses. The Neu York horses al-
ways .sem adlicted. The best of them
grieved her wish their cropped tails sod
cramped necks, end their hurt feeling. ;
she knew so well about their feelings.
Close on the sidewalk a hone was
vainly struggling, urged by a merciless
lash, to extricate so lab -cart from • fres
ea rut
"He can't do it ; Don't you a.. he
can't do it 1' cti.d Kate, cites to the
esrtmaa'. elbow.
H. pauseda moment in sheer astoei.b-
meet, then with an uatb, applied the
boot sod lash anew.
"Oh ! will no one help 1 Where i.
Bergh 1 (lb, stop him : Somebody stop
him '
The excited girl appealed to the hurry
ing passers-by, bur their hands where at
their ears to ward utt the ever-increasing
oold. No one heard, anyway no one
heeded her. Again .he was about to
speak to the mat, tit .ntsetbing took
away her breath. That wretched pores,
with Ins matted oost—splashing, bmgrim-
med, waned as he was— was looking
straight Into her eyes, uttering a low,
almost articulate whinny. Must sot
tats modern Balaton be touched by an
appeal .0 pathetic 1 Not • bit of it, for
it was only Kat.'s ouatret.hed arm that
prevented a savage blow from demanding
un the finely shaped head.
"Tommy," she said, "Oh, my poor
Tommy, n it you ("
8be was answered by the whinny that
she knew .o well,
A group of street boys had gathered
as though they had started up met of the
earth,
"My eye, the hone is a -talkie' to
her !"
"She's crasy, that's .hat the matter.,'
"She's a Berghite, and is gain' to 'rest
k:m. Bully for her 1
'-This horse is mine," she was saying
to Balsam, "or he was. I will giro you
five dollars for him.'
The wretch looked at the quivering
horse, at the road, at the rut, at the
waning light, at the purse in the lady's
hand,
"Dom," he said "What'll t'44 you pay,
and where'll you have him delivered r
"Here, now. L'uharnees btu, and do
it carefully. Don't touch that leg that's
bleeding.
The man obeyed. He Monad Timmy
from the heavy hareems. sad fhb a helm
around his nook, Kate took se asliee
of the eulargint crowd of bins, smemeat-
ed by several men and one ce two wo-
men. There was • tine and consoio.s
courage about her that carried her safely,
Una -like, whenever duty ,and generous
impulse bade her go.
As the cartr.an took the money he
chuckled to himself, "I guess ehis paid
about a dollar an hoar. Ogees that'.
'host as long as the breath'll last in them
old bones."
"Come, Tommy," said Kate, and he
limped from between the shafts.
Fortunately, a policeman appeared, to
whom Kate told ber story, swains to be
taken to the =an= livery stable. He
advised getting • permit to end the poor
creature • sufferings. But to that Kate
would not Bites.
The muter of the 'table proved •
civil, human mao.,tou food of horses not
to be touched by Tommy's plight and
the dinettes of the young lady.
"He's been • good ham," b. said,
"and a kno ins one. Nothing bot the
shaince:ulestlort of abuse has brought him
to this. H. ain't old, either."
"He was onlynine the third of last
Augeat," said ate.
Turssy'• head was premed agaiset'
Kate'. shoulder. She would not t,r the
world let him know that he was too dirty
sod unkempt to touch. Slowly, as if
searching after a memory, Tommy pik-
ed the half -drooping handkerchief from
Kate's mut and held it till she took it.
After that there was ne need to reiterate
orders for a good bed, warm essab,
=ogle ruhbiog and blankets, anal a doe -
tor if needed. Like the other good Sa-
maritan, Kate departed, promising to
pay for the .offerer m ent.rtaionsent when
she came again The policeman pot her
into the street car, and with a fuU heart
and an entirely empty puree she rsseh.d
home to find Archie waiting for her in
almost controllable anxiety.
"Archie,'. said Kate, later ie the
seising, 111 ear't pay Tommy's beard
51:61•1111
,1, ober way, I shall paw. moer
weteh and thelocket, ono. I maytbINt'a
than hash, but if i don't I met help it.
i woe't have him killed. Be may get
well "
"At least,'. ssid Archie. "we will me
what a few days of care will do lar him.
Ret, Gyps, don't be rash. Toe have
mid often that parting with mother's
hinge would he • Met resort Toe may
need them mere than arm "
For ones, Klee was deaf to the foil
"rgvn6e.ne. of Archie's words, Int
hoeght she was far away. biker.
metber. kind, plaint Cowled., Balism, the
eat of iamb., the districtmebeely the
the wild, Myrna meter wit► sey—
were Vat.lite hired more reel te her basis
tents with ita tlt a4fs,1 MP -
lotions Archie would sot bleak is
upon her tender. rsnsrnful reverie by
Icing her that afternoon he bed fainted
Um pen .hen he wrote
"Oh, well r said Kate, isakihw be t
(leve she did are reed his thought nr I pee
share his worry ; "It's a lees Iasi the* I
has wo tern ilaybe wty jortose will'ta
owes. through Tosetwre Miriam seed, I is
1L.
The nest morning the brother mid
eater paid Tommy an early visit, The
stable nee ked dose his beet for ha
patient. sad asetionely expressed the
upieitw that h. might "ewes rossd."
One thing was veetain, be solid, smellier
dy of 'realty would have banked bars.
At the end of the week the verdict
was tang Tommy ',weld "co.mrowed.'.
And thee Mr Ball set • pries for Tom-
my's keep so szoe.diegly low that it re-
assured Archie.
The holidays passed and after that
Kite fogad a dull market for her warm
Ankle lent days so atm that he gave up
baa buck-ke,piise, sod Wok • lam resCue-
aible plans in the ufll,e, with, of =arse,
less pay. There were more donna
bill, and more of that valeahle, if evad-
able, advice about plenty of exercise sud
treats air.
Frank, opera-be•rtd Kate was mos a
peal* to her brother. Her p.rsim'snt
hopefulness at time. Moues irritated
hiss. Ellie 'Denied and dared ; she
made the most of her little arts In the
soprodu°tive "kitehen garden," and
punted away to 0o present purpose ; and
all the time persisted in what for • pair
of orphans, living from hand to mouth,
was plainly the wildest folly. keeping a
tameless horse in a New York livery
sable. Aosta and again during the day
he would resolve to tell her plainly his
opinion and hie fears ; Bot each even-
ing his resolutions failed. Kate always
greeted him with bright looks, and gave
hem with such seat her days bulletin that
he oould not rob her of her one pleasure
Tommywas "ooming round." surely
By ahy Tommy had "Dome round.
He was looking almost like himself, was
taken for • walk arise a day—the men
were never tired of oaring for him, At
last be could raise the forefoot .o cruelly
hurt, for an apple This was in Febru•
ary. The next report was he bad gone
beautifully is harness, "and," Kat. add-
ed, 3uistly, "Mr Ball offers to bey lon.-
y.
m °Ob bo !" said Archie, brightening,
"is that how the dear old idle means
to make our forts.. 1"
But Kate did cot dosis hack. She
1 oked decidedly purtwbss,
"Archie," she said, after a panne.
"ars you too proud to drive a black and
tan r
"By a string 1 Lead him 1 I rather
think I am, Miss. Do you suppose sett-
ing me op i Better make it a cacti
d'." He could nuc resist that little
fling.
"Stupid, I mean a cab, of course. I
know of one for sale, seeood•hand, but
good and cheap—very Asap, and Tom-
my coo drew it ; Mr Ball says so, if he
is seed with =re. Driving would give
you all the fresh air you need- ]'..n can
be an iodependent 'cabby ; some are.
I have found out all about it. Yog
needn't drive more than is good fur you
and Tommy. There, you have my plat.
It's been working ever since they said
said he'd come 'round.' Can't a girl
hold her tongue now 1 And d, say you'll
try it, Archie."
To make • long story short, Archie
did try it, and it did work well. Hie
health began to improve at once, and
though the locket with its little cluster
of diamonds was punted to get the out-
fit, the hopeful par—tn3, I had slmoet
said—were sore of nuking it pay.
One blustering morning, as Much was
going o0 like • gassers lion, Archie win
at his stand looking for a passenger es
e eaagerly as a spider watches for a 6y.
FTS •ppe•raoo• of an elderly lady is
quest of • cab set the whole lire of cab-
mmt touching their hats sa by a common
spring. The lady's dress was plain to
eccentricity. Then was something at
once sharp and winning in her wrinkled
face.
"Cab, ma'am."
"Miss all doer up new ma'am.
"Shall I drive up, meant?'
"Wdl you be quiet," said the lady, as
addressing a art of troublesome children.
"I want a pale picot man with a yel-
low horse. Is he here r
Ow ssigkt have taken the cabbies for
ber especially mutism, jtrltia, from the
alacrity with which they hailed Archie.
Whatever they felt of envy they smooth
er.d, romemberioq the old lady • long
leisurely courses, large fres. and croeern
in bed weather toe mew and !west- Not '
$ few of the horw-blanketa, warm gloves,
and mufflers then disported were of her
donating.
As Archie opened the cap door with an
unprofessional raising of his hat. The
latter fell to the corbatune, and Tommy
ontraurmeled by cheek trap, caught it in
hie teeth, and held it till Archie took i
•
..sung toe like you is the pont, o.
What is quer waw, young iwu 1
"Aleribald Fletcher."
The old lady started etuleotly.
—Wan that your father's uaawa 1 Aad
did yes ewer bear of George Leland T'
It was Assbi.'s tura to start. He
had heard el hue to ha stet.
"George I.el.od," said the old lady,
"WW1 wy bnxber—my only brwh.e—aud
way years younger than I He watt
wruum, poor buy. He was too ping
.bat oar isthor died—too reser (0
mama(' a large property. We shared
alike. bur his hall .eat sad part of mute.
Thea I set my foot doers anima fait ,,ld
ventures. I bought out hie altars of the
bomesreed, and held unto my property.
He t►'ugbt me hard, but be lied to bud
1 ease'', and to be glad to have the old
home to come back to die in. Kier
sinew n. died I he= been ferreting out
his debts and paper theta. But 1 have
prospered, and instead of *nog up soy
capital sa 1 aspected to. it has nonmetal
on usy bands Only one of tieuh;e'a
debt, hes baffled Intel At the last he
raved about a friend of ►l* youth whom
he had enrage.' —Mu anti his children.
I could get no clue from his papers or
her lawyers. It you and your sater an
really the children of Archibald Fletch
ter, Providence is fulfilling he most
earnest desire of lay heart."
Thie was a •fringe 000versation to be
tektite piece 1,1 • wiodv street at a cab
dour between lady and cabman.
Stranger yet was the scene, two days
later, mode the respectable 44Id Leland
manaun, In the parlor sat Moos Leland,
bcamnng with malefaction. There was
Archie, not as coachman, bet as sun. He
was henceforth to be her helper in her
past ual •tfain, and in her.,d.-reaching
charities. And Kate was then, still too
bewildered to realise that this was her
home ; that the old maid's motherly
heart had opened wide at the first
eight of her frank, young face. Tbat
art, and household tares, and ministra-
tions of mercy, and social delights were
to till her life with richness.
And Tommy. Her is installed in the
long unused .table, experiencing all the
good and none of the Ills that hoots gesb
is heir to.
Of • bee efter.eoa one meets in Ces-
trsi park, S os t Riverside Trigs,
Mie Leland in her phaeton, driven by
her adopted sun. Near them or far
ahead, according to the caprice of girl
and hone, rides Kate mounted on Tom-
my. The old gypsy bloom' is again in
her cheeks, • deeps but no lees brilliant
Tight in her eyes. Tommy's deportmsot
shows that he quiet forgets that it is now
high time he win adding a:,briety to leis
other virtues.
Tommy bas accepted his friend s
friend as his friend. de will bow los
head to Mess Leland and acknowledge
her lumps of sugar by rasping his fcot,
and pick up her handkerchief ma gentle-
man should but whinney after her he
will nut, and nobody can make him.
"Dear old Tommy," Kate sometimes
Gays, her armm cl.sped about the creamy
neck "and did you go tbrt.ugh all that
trouble. sod did you make our fortunes
at last 1"
Fur rumoring dandruff, Ater • Hair
Vigor 41.s do equal. It restores faded
and gray hair to its original color, stimu-
lates the growth of the hair, and gives it
a besstifult glossy, and sliver appear -
Mee.
A Learn sa rlr.seeh./.s.
A dignified Kingat•.uao was ray ;Ar-
ticular on the 24th to caution his chil-
dren to be careful while tiring crackers
and torpedoes. Giving them a lecture
regarding the dangers attending these
explosives, he said - Now, children, I
will show you exactly how you must
handle these crake,,, and thou you will
not be hurt." Then he took a piece of
lighted punk in one hand and • firecnk-
er io the other. The children watched
him curiously. He lighted the cracker
from the punk. It began to "sus," sod,
becoming • little fluetrated, he hastily
threw the punk away instead of the
cracker. The cracker exploded in his
hand, burning one of his Gegen until he
fairly howled. He had nothing more
to say to the children how fireworks
*hostel be set of—Kingston Freeman.
ress.meal.. Sorel tare&.
To Tits £nlma :—Pl..se inform voter
readers that I have • positive rowed) for
the above named disease. By its timely
wee thousands of hopeless eases have
been permanent) cured. 1 shall be glad
to send two bottles of w7 remedy free
to any of your readers who have eon-
aomption, if they .ill send tae their Ex-
press and P. O. address.
Respectfully, Ds. T. A. Fhn. t -aa,
s ly 37 Yong, $t., Toronto, Ont.
with a pat by the way of thank you.
The old lady's keen eyes, peered from
between two thickets of gray curls, saw
the niches,* of civilities, and she smiled
and nodded to herself. As she drove
about doing her errands, she was so b..,
with her thought. that she forgot to
alight when they stoppd,or to tell .hen
to go ext. 71 was noon when she ease
to her house on Washington St pare.
Archie opened the ab door, but the
old lady looked at him searchingly witb-
out mowing.
"Yo.sg mos," she said, "how woold
you like to sell one your hone and beeom*
my priest. ase►wmo r
Archie oelre'ed sed 'tampered.
It i'tsrveraf years," the old lady pro -
"noes I
rn-
"4...I kept hones. i never
iatemded b again. ViI he.. taken a
e fasey le you? bo,,. anetd b pow. I ate
sot long Ending est what 1 like and why
I like it. I.ill pay you well and see
you we41."
•I ate sere of it, madam." mid Aeehili,
remarries himself. "But i only met
iota this fieriness tog= heck my health ;
it had seared .t book-keeping. The
horse is not mit ; he 1. my sister's'
Tosse wet en eager interest in the old
lady's eye' that made Archie feet imbibed
ed to tell her his history
"Have )row ss one but your sister I'"
she .abed.
"Ws. here been entirely alone tinea
my father died tee year' ago ; bel e ,
sister lea hose is besoelt."
"Brothers de.'t always feel like that,
eve. when the gimlets deserve it. I
*herald lita to w year .ieter. I feel .s
intermit leaand have mese We let
day yee dive we. Gad i mow what
frissds you .ad year imelliep t Meese
n eo. £ad I w1 ped, .t gggg s, al
He who does not help ue at the need-
ful mowsot, never helps ; he who do,e
not counsel at the needful moment,
never counsels.
to arier stow te tete perm.
Dyapeosia is dreadful. Disordered
liver is misery. Indigestion is a fat to
gad nature.
The human digestive apparatus ie one
of the most complicated and wonderful
things in existence. It is easily put out
el
order.
rn°ream food, tough food, sloppy food,
bad oonkeel, mental worry, late hours,
iralar habit., and many other thieve
why ought tint to be, have made the
American people a nation ofd dyspeptics.
But Green'. Austen Flower hss done
a wonderful work in reforming this sad
bummer and mashing the Ameriean
people so healthyi that they can enjoy
heir meals and be happy.
Remember :—Nor Nappineea without
health. Bot Greene'. Angled Flower
brings health and happiness to the '
dyspeptic. Aak your druggist for •
bottle- Seventy -flee canto eowly
Ayer's 8arsepertlla is designed for
thous .110 mead a inediesss topur apt
their blood. No other pre.paeslk r,
well sleets this weal. It aueluaee the
appetite and rs'eeeratee the whsle air
I.... Ile mend, ter forty yssrs, is ore
of mina= triumph over 4*.e...,
wap 1 aesv.se N @.host.
When • buy use tap I received •
w eers cut we the mem of my foot, 01
o rwrse urs scare school followed fur a
w ►tie, to the eery 4.11 other buy., not one
of show but .0041 here baked a little
wound fur the asks of the hulas:. 1
had decided, as • vacuum seed•'., to
work tl,e wowed for all is was worth,
but, iu .pue of all, it heeled rapidly. 1
knew a•• early taunt to school was in-
entable if 1 could nut persued* my
mother to allow Ise to attend to beadle/g-
ing drosau.g •loos. to the 1 at last
.oeceed.d, and matters went iso swim-
mengly.
Out morning, alter hurriedly
and c.rel.esly benitageog the toot, I pro
ceded to the bre.atfaat table, hcppiag
•Ioug ou the other foot in a must dexter-
ous unmoor.
"K.alus," said ley feather, "how is that
w ound 1'
'-Pretty bad, pa.. 1 replied.
'But you seem to move around eery
unn bly, nay buy.''
• too ties other f a.4, pa,"—stamping
toovitr to pr...• rt'. s,uudneis.
11'„l cootnsued the old genrls,nan,
whose suspicious wet., somewhat ar..w-
ed, "you U sprain it hopping abut 111
that ulanurr. Just :et sue look at the
wounded 10..1...
My lather's command was law. Then
was net oaoape. c' My brothers crowded
aroma 1. At any rafb, tbuo.ht I, hop-
ing against hope, the wooed is out eon
urely healed, avid I may have • few days
yet. 8o 1 presented the wounded mem-
bar for examination. My father pro-
ceeded to sawimd the bandages fold after
fold. amid pn.found &icon= and mouton -
tattoo excitement among the boys. I
closed my eyes awaiting developments.
The wiwaadlnj continued ; the last fo'd
dropped W the dour. There was •
roar.
1 heal bandaged the wrong foot :
Mees Te.tle fiat tee Qeeeee<
ifyme de wet bled the warnings of ea-
ters and at uses pay attention to the
tmaintainsoce of your health. How often
we see a person put off from day to day
the purchase of a medicine which it pro-
cured at the ootetart of • disease would
have remedied it almost immediately.
Now if Johnston's Tonic Liver Pills had
been taken when the first nnesatness
made its appearance rhe illness would
have been "nipped 1.1 the bud." John-
son's Tome Bitters and Liver Pills are
decidedly the beet medicine on the mar-
ket fur general t..nic and in.igorating
properties. Pilla'25c per bottle. Bitten
60 Dente std dl per bottle, sold toy
Goode the druggist, Albion block, sole
agent [kJ
The Customs Department at Ottawa
hae been informed of the seizure of the
.team -brig Demme, at Yarrsbonr, N.8.,
for entering without reporting.
ma'
t.ell
Counterf.iu an alwsye dangen'es,
mon so that they always closely Int.
!Ali TUB uf*otS•L lit .rreirtA!(CI AMD
IAlgL The remarkable sec°em achieved
Ivy Nassl B.lm as a positive euro foe
Catarrh and Cold in the Head has ic-
doced unprincipled varttee W imitate it.
The public are cautioned net to fan, de-
cayed by nostrums imitating Nasal Balm
in tram. and appearance, bearing such
names M Nasal Cream, Nasal Balsam,
tete- Ai[ Inc Nil Balm and do not
take imitation dealers may core upon
you. For .al. by all druggists or seat
p st-p.id on receipt of price (50cand =1)
. by addressing Fulford & Cc., Bruck villa,
(brei, tf
1 The Newfoundland delegate. are •x-
, p,c.d to arrive in Ottawa on September
10th, to discuss a.of.dertioa
Hay fever is a type of catarrh having
peculiar symptoms. It is attended by an
inflamed condition of the Iioing mem-
braues of the nostrils, tear -duct. and
' threose, affecting the lungs. An acrid
mucous asecreted,the diaobarg.ieaeocm-
; mauled with a burning sensation. There
are seven spume of
' attacks of headache, watery said tallam-
I eel ayes. Ely'. Cream B•!m is a ram-
! dy that can he depended upon. b0cta
at druggists ; by mail, regiat.red, 60cto
Ely Brothers , Druggists, Owego, New
York. 17
To aewevaee salt.
Too make silk which bait been "tumbl-
ed " and wrinkled appear nearly like sew,
sponge it on the surface with • weak
solution of gum amble os white gates,
and iron it on the wrong side. Strong
black tea, °old, is a good thing to Olean
black silk.
As a Healing. Soothing application for
cuts. wounds, bruises and sono, there is
nothing better than Victoria Carbolic
Salve. lm
--
sew • Wade mamba (-.id.
A slim young man in the height of
fashion was violently sneering in • street
car, when a companion remarked, "Ave,
Chewles, dash Amy, how d'ye awash that
dweadful =It" 'Au, dub fetish, left
my ease in the beer hall tother day,
aid in seeking the •very handle, so
dweadfol add, it chilled ens shoos= to
death." if Charles had used Dr. Her -
'
i vel s Red Piss (Ilam his o ,Id would not
t ruby. him eery m.eh. For cal. at Jo
IR alson'. prsristtnn dreg gimes, tf
CREAM BALI
C1Mases the
=NQ- Alla
Lemmatise,
!Ws the
lettere@ the
Masa et Tea
ant
TRY Trig
ct ter`
A
11.10.
A sossigsmael of teas from Japan, via
the Comedian Punk Railway, ter Gait
Bea, strived at Winnipeg in (meetly
.ne mostb from the day of shipa.st
from Japes,
leeeee
Roe ss risk h baying medicine. het
try the greet Kid.ey and Liver regale -
'ter. made by Ili Mem, author of Chaca'.
Try Chase's Liver Can for
all dt'ssses .l the Ueer. KMnen
d�4•" Meld by James
TAS AH
s siWIss wee mob stetedl nes M
! :u ow.