The Huron Signal, 1889-1-4, Page 2ITN
THE HURON SIGNAL. FRIDAY. JAN. 4. 1S89.
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By JOHI STU_ J_GE cacti
Ill..'Earle chose to pew this compli-
ment over without apparently noticing it.
•'l10 you think be will maks • good
attdd:er, Mr Bervaforvt!'
Beautiful Jim laughed; "It Is impoeei-
ikle to say," he answered. "I could bettor
wmttwier your question next year this time."
"Next year this time! Oh, we don't
'know what may happen in • year." she
,ki, quickly. "They tell me that Stuart
will have • terrible time at first among
the other officers."
"I dare say he may End the first few
months ty rough." answered Jim.
Oent what wlU they do to him?' oho
staked, anxiously.
"They lltry his temper a good bit,"
eilin replied
"Oh! Mr. Beresford," she exclaimed.
'•I don't know how he will stand it -1»
ins such a hasty temper."
"He must have had a pretty fair test of
bin temper already at tiwdhu lit," said
sial.
•'Well—I believe it was an awful
stumbling block to him," Miss Earle ad-
mitted; "and if I only knew that some
,Coe was locking after him it would be
tomb a relief to my mind—I can't tell You
what a relief. And he is such a dear boy
—quite the dearest boy I ever knew."
"I am sure be is," said Beautiful Jim,
telling the lie boldly and promptly.
"'And, of course, if it will make you feel
more comfortable. Mai Earle, I will keep
o eye upon him; only—if ,yon want to
wake a first rate soldier out of him, you
must let things take their natural course."
But Nancy Earle. raring more in her
steadfast and simple mind of the personal
comfort and welfare of her precious boy,
"the last of the isar•lea," than for the ad-
vancement of his qualities as a soldier,
did not heed the advice. In truth. she
etearcely understood it, and certainlydid
mot realize sufficiently how valuabe it
was. To her. a first rate soldier meant
.tine who would dash proudly on through
fire and smoke, who would storm • bat -
y single handed, and, if need be, die
lith a proud smile upon his lips. That
yeas Nancy Earl's idea of a first rate
soldier; but to Beautiful Jim, who loved
Its profession as his life, though he could
d ole with the best at an extra field
aymor at a court martial, and bated an
inspection like poison, a first rate soldier
was something very different. It meant
somebody who would learn to obey before
he should attempt to rule, one who
would follow as well as lead, one who bad
learnedthence and forbearance, and the
value of that greatness which consists in
ruling his own spirit. It meant, in truth,
a good deal less dash and a good deal
more sound, plain. common sense.
However, Nancy Earle did not know all
this, and Beautiful Jim was either too
weak or had not the heart to tell her: so
sbe got him to promise that he would be
a sort of fairy—or at least a regimental—
ether to young Stuart, ,and try to
him out of harm's way.
P' meant task!
CHAPTER IS.
A FIRST rt.tal:T.
Taken on the whole the bazaar was i
brilliant success, and the funds of the
hospital were considerably increased by
the pr eee.is thereof. A great deal of
pleasure and fun had been got out of it.
too, by many persons. and if there had
been some pain attending it—why. nobody
knew much about it.
Polly Antro'ous. fur instance, in spite of
her brave attire and the lavishfts of
.Mr. Mandarin. which had made her out:
and out the best dressed Swiss peasant in!
all the show, had suffered a very martyr-(
don of Iain—but atter all nobody was)
any the wiser, and only one or two peopled
"inspected what Pally never spoke of to aa,
living soul.
And Lord Cbarterbonse. whom Mrs. And
trobus had once eulogized as being , ea,
frank and open." to nun also that wiss
Fair and Mask of Flowers was an ordeal. a
period of such exquisite anguish that on
the second day, when my lady spoke of
ng again. he found out, in sheer self
defense, that his leg was bad again. and
he would rather keep quietly at Lome.
So Lady Charterhouse. not unwilliv•!ly,
went off Ly herself and had an unoo®-
momly good time, much better than if
•'Mr. Winks" who was, she made no
secret of saying. a dear old her, but as
slow es a top, bad been with her. But
when she (-Lille home mad enlivened him
with a ft;il description of everything, and
of bow that beautiful fair haired gild with
the fat fussy mut her. and the lovely sliver
ornaments, had looked more beautiful
that day than she had done on the day
before, Lord Charterhouse found himself
wishing that he had gone too, and made
up his mind that he would go on the mor-
row. And r ore enough en the morrow he
did go, and finding his way to the stall at
which Polly was helping, stayed there,
hie game leggiving him an excuse for a
chair, and te chair giving him an eseuse
for remaining where be would be out of
the way.
i think -Mr. Winks" hardly knew that
be was inflicting positive agony on the
girl he had once called his Mayflower.
Polly was very quiet, making no effort to
set rid of the various was which she
bad wares
come there to sell, and neelt h.•r holler
any one else guessed that there were
Mines when she could have covered her
ayes with her hands and shrieked aloud
for the very anguish in her heart. rear
Polly I
I say poor Polly advisedly, fir it was
hard that after IU*nkhampton had seen
her as the possible, aye and probable.
bride of such men us had worshiped at her
shrine In the days goon by. she should
have to appear before Ler world ailing
Hernia to this Bottom ties monster—
this ('dib.: Nor was this all' She was
In utter ignorance that ('harterhonse had
.engaged himself to his cousin after be hod
know u her, and had dune his lent so n::.ke
her like him. She believed that the mar-
riage had beet. some family arrangement
to which he had committed himself be-
fore he had entered the army. She be-
lieved that he would hare gotout of It if
be conld, and that hi his heart he was
jest as desperately in love with her as be
bad ever bees! Yes, It must be rowned
that it was a very trying thee for purl
Polly
Perhaps the two persona who enjoyed
the affair mast were Mrs. Antrobus and
Mr Mandarin. Tb Mr Mandarin ft was
joy unspeakable to flaunt round bn 1
anything that tank his fancy, with a
yoked remark to his mother -in -law -sleet
that "Polly will be sure to like this." and
to Mrs Antrobas it was a delight beyond
the ex ion of words to waddle from
one 1 to another, making a great show
of lstrenisoe oat of Mr. Mandarin's fat
purer.it had the desired effort. Blank -
MOP=
w bomb at the emitterabli
of poor little Te To's
•
Merrtage. but )'Aankhampteo this tens
amid nut but behove that Mr. lisudarts
lase as rise M Cronus.
Lad hew dear that was se Mrs. Antro
bus' coal it would be bard fee me ade-
quately
dsquately to wavey. She loved money and
all the I{+anp and dlsplsy and 8AA&y
sad adulation which the poseemios of
sassy emablm you to enjoy. if Meg_ An
troikas had thought it seeeemary to start a
row rwilgloa she would certainly bsveet&
up the worship of ''visas, and I dealt
suppose if her gulden image bad only bees
big enough, that she would have bad bee
jusahouae empty ur even W filled.
But there was yet another person who
enjoyed the week thoroughly—that was
young Stuart. the teat of tha Earle..
On the whole, the young gentleman bad
a famous time of it; hos the five blithe
and bonnie Leslie girth he was passed ea
to the acquaintance of almost every de -
Oka hooking girl in the tqwn; his happy,
goal form impudence stood him in good
stead and proved as fascinating as If he
had been of a marriageable age Instead of,
as be was, • mere slip of • lad eighteen
years old. And one evening he wento
to • mess whey he greatly edified Hemati-
te*
ram
tat Jim. whose est he was. and all the
other officers of his new regiment and laid
up a goodly store of suffering for himself
In the days to come by his frank and easy
eomeue nts on men and manners alike, by
the careless and friendly ease with which
be took the lead as befitted him who bad
been burn the last of the Earles.
But. um fortunately for him. he was also
the last of the Blankshire regiment and
his future comrades were only able to
ebe&k their disgust by rememberiug that
he w.. as yet a guest, when, having per-
haps
had a trifle more wine than his young
and unseasoned head amid carry tI do not
mean to my that the boy was drunk, far
from it), he gayly undertook to chaff Ur-
quhart. the commanding odcer of the
Black Horse, wbo.was also dining there.
"Of course, I don't remember the stags
as far back as yourself, colonel," be bDeeggaans.,
in the tone of a man of the world. '•Ileac
say you'll remember Macready."
i never saw Macready." said Col Un
Ma
the youngster credit fere
good asst more Dearly desalt the,
Barracks, and was sympathetic.' •'They did." mid Jin. promptly.
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YM Kht.1 ss ttbay ha scald ••awsiy
knowing what singular .meets ntg4t dr •'And as for Col Urquhart be Ma -
Barracks, lwe'tbw Y w worst find to
lmtmetlmss ins epos r person who has tinued, lu a tette of &spar so tattles. that Mid Tomm bland' bail,"
ewe oat of O. hut and wisy tem. 1t+autftul Jim relented somewhat and leek •Toslmy7 Tomtsk—yott'U t» the dram
Aa was, he that the door sad dune- pity m him. •( e." Jl
lighted a cradle. with • remark i "Oh, wall. as e that," be said. In • gas at '•the family have retired fur the tone of judicious deliberation. "a to•
mCast m m y As far the sd4rii,"
th
everlt, siioair, •ste,U hut the dean, who I •ipect'tlest, t don't know that it matters very Tomas remarked, • I believe hit sots
awsuet what t'ryuhart thluks. (M euuras rofftoY•Yeafit ofa 1roPle17
Now, Ode was enough to scrod Te y be's • devilish. clever chap, and one ht's "l ahiewidu t at all wends,." deela►sed
leg to ids room se fast as his unstesdnibest to keep on the right side of. but at ' the other to • feeble voles. •'l.kbuw It
begs could climb the stairs; for. aithut :the acute time, Urquhart ain't your chief. he'd stated five iJnatew lunger la tide
ha had felt perfectly equal to chaffing .ren sal if he felt inclined to forget the fact, room I ahoudd hate had oto for coital*.
of the keenest witted nen In the service,' we should very cion make him remember 'You see, sir. I'm beastly young, sad ow
in the person of Col. Uryubart, be did it. It aip't so much what Urquhart '11 bead gets knocked over In nest to M
not feel equal. atter a twenty minutes' think of your checking Lim, as what our time.' Towey, can't you as the tubo of
ride in a jolting, springing. cab over the' billows'II think of your clteetktng , tor'
vill•iaimily quaint cobble stones whle►ICrquhart IT you seat" "leo. I cant." said Tommy, tartly
paved the streets of Blaukhamptea, mak Tommy did see and was comforted on ' "Yoe told me to pete•h It up if 1 ootthj
int him feel as If be had eaten tea times that point, but he was still terribly ells- ; sad I have pruhed it up. and ewes ow
ooh much dinner, and as if. when be begot set- tressed is, pind at what be lurid done. yea armii't sat 'Arai. I don't know whot
tied in the Biankshire regimeut, be should "I don't know what I can do." be re yea want, nor what you would be at!"
h ave something not perhaps altogether to posted. for about the twentieth time. "nom I can't enlighten you, my eon."
his liking to say to the president of the "lhb, I think I'll mud in my papers at I Jim declared. • and, as 1 live, I am due at
mess committee about the quality of the once. I won't Join at all " ' the utllre' Ta, tae old chap. See saw later
wince. to encountering the very reverend "You young duffer'" laughed Beautiful in the .Liv, I demeay.' sand Ilesutiful Jim
the dean of Blankhamptua; in fact. be Jim, "what rutuu talk! Why. man pummel los cup u oohed
n his bead and shed
had mere than a suspicion that that alive, if you're gong to sneak away from on, buckling ou hb sword as he .cut.
gentleman would tell Lim in blunt, out- every mistake you make by making a i
spoken words that he was drunk! clear bolt of it, how do you ever intend ' TO Na UONTPPI'Ali.
�2fats--ab—I should beet thought yea*
be quite up in all that period," returned
Tommy, flippantly. ••but yosil haw
heard what an irritable chap he was."
•.Heard what?" asked Urquhart.
"You'll have heard what an irritable
chap he was," Tommy repeated, tipping
the wink to one or two of the less dis-
gusted of the officers of the Blankshirs
regiment, who were grinning with ex-
pectation.
Whether be had some Coke or catch
about Macre dy's peculiarity of tamper
or not it would be hard to say, but if he
had. Urquhart nipped them in the bud
after a fashion quite his own. He looked.
up as courteously as if Tommy bad been
a field officer instead of an unfieedged sub-
altern, and fixed him with a pair of keen
and clear gray eyes that seemed able to
look right through him and out at the
other side. "Yes," he said, gravely. "I
believe Macready was an irritable man.
Some men are born bad tempered—they
can't help it, and. in fact, it is really not
their fault. They are born so." he west
on. mildly, so mildly that Marcus Orford:
who was dining there that night. looked
sharply up to hear if anything more sub-
tle and smart the: usual was coming—
"they are born so, and silly people irritate
them by asking foolish ques;ions."
To the surprise of the lad, who was not
just then clear enough in his head. nor at
shy time clever enough, to understand a
shaft of quiet sarcasm, every man round
the table burst into a roar of laughter.
They would have laughed to a man at
any joke of Urquhart's, whether they hail
seen it or not: in this case, however, they
did see it clearly enough; and the officer..
of the Blankshire regiment would each
and all have thoroughly enjoyed "punch-
ing" the lad's head for being such a young
fool as to bring so severe a snub upon
himself.
Finally, when, still highly pleased with
his performance and on the best terms
with himself. he said adieu to Urquhart.
that gentleman paid him • somewhat
doubtful compliment.
• • Good night, youngster. Your new
regiment ought to be very proud of hay-
ing you come among them."
'ha—inks," replied Tommy, accept-
ing the words and not understanding the
spirit. '•1 hoop,. I shall tlways"—
•'Be a credit to them," ended Urquhart
with perfect gravity. "My dear lad,
you've only tee go os, as you've begun, to!
find yourself hobnobbing with Lord
Wolseley and the commander-in-chief is
nest to uo time."
In the midst of the roar of laughter
Beautiful Jim, none too gently, bustled;
his precious young charge out to the cab
which was awaiting him at the anteroom
door.
"Get in, you young ass," he mnttered,i
"before you do any more mischief."
But the last of the Earles, on whom the!
keen night breeze began to tell instantly,
Was too much occupied in steadying him-
self to catch the words which his host
only spoke under his breath.
"Good night, old chap," he called net,
airily. when be had reached the comfort-
able haven of the back seat—'alis) a dev-
ilish good time. Urquhart's • blazing
good fellow; only wish I'd gone into his
tegimetnt"—
Bat then the speech was cut short by;
the cabman starting off his old horse, and
as a matter of course pitching Tommy vio-
lently backward. Beautiful Jim wheeled
round with a disgusted exclamation, and
found himself face to face with Col.
Urquhart and Marcus Orford. who had,
said good night and were going to walk!
home together.
"Good night, Beresford." said Urquhart.,
"I suppose i ought to feel immensely flat-
tered, but i must say I'm very glad you
are going to have the licking of that
young gen"tleman into shape Instead of
any of us.
••That young cub, you mean, colonel?"
broke out Beautiful lief, who had but
little patience with shorteomings of that
kind. and was thinking, too, what she
Not that be was drunk, mind you! He to make a decent soldier, or anything
pulled up short on the first lauding. and
glared at himself in • big square of look -
lug glass which was set against the wall.
as If his other self in the glass had
charged him with being drunk, and i»
meant to knock him down fur the insult!
aim there for a minute he and his reflection
stood, with one white face staring at
another, with hair rumpled on end like a
sulphur crested cockatoo, and wit h candle-
stick held with elegant negligence on Cabe
aide, so that the hot wax ran down in a
stream upon the handsome Axminster
carpet beneath.
• D—d bad wine that," he muttered.
"I believe it's gut Into my head, or upset
my digestion, or something;" and then he
bead • quirk, firm footstep on the flag
of the portico. followed by the rattle of
the key in the door.
Oh no, be was not at all drunk! He
blew out his candle and crept off to his
room, only lurching once or twice against
the wall on the wsy—th0C of course. wet_
bseNn he well not sea Aagway, he
iodised his room in safety, and eat down
upon the first chair he could find to ren
cover his breath. It happened to be as
easy chair, and his breath took a 1
time to recover; and, somehow, bed
off to sleep, and slept like a top anti the
daylight was streaming into the room.
and the bells high up in the great tower
of the parish were ringing for a saint's
day celebration.
Thns Tommy got uncommonly well over
the episode: e. the dinner at the mess of
his new regiment. But be thought he
ought to go up and call, so that it Le had
In the faintest degree upset L. command-
ing that was to be, he would be
able to set it straight, and not start. as
it were, with a black nark against his
name.
So be went up to the infantry barracks
and asked for Mr. &'reafurd. who was, he
found, in his own room, whither he went
in search of him.
Beautiful Jim was lying in a big chair
with a novel and • pipe, enjoying the first
half hour of rest he had had that day.
He looked up and laughed as Tommy
entered.
Italie. youngster, is that you! How
are you"he remarked, speaking d a
more friendly and civil tone than his
feelings would have indicated had they
been on the surface.
Tommy sat himself down on the edge
of the cut and informed Beautiful Jim.
with a man about town air, that he fest
"a bit chirpy."
"And I don't wonder at it," returned
the other, curtly. "Yon made • reruns
splash here last night."
It might have been the accent of re-
buke in Heresford's tone, I know not, but
certain it is that Tommy turned brazen
all at once.
"That's a good thing." be remarked,
airily. "i never like putting myself for.
ware', but anything's better than medi-
ocrity:" and with that he got up and
shook himself out as it were, s
to the glans above the flreplare. and stand-
ing there just in front of Beautiful Jim's
disgusted nose, preening himself as you
may see a peacock preening his feathers
in the sun.
It is este to say that st that moment be
fairly stunk in Beautiful Jim's nostrils.
"It's all very fine. youngster," be said.
in a tone which lie tried hard to make]
fairly civil; ••but the sort of splash yon
made last night won't do any good in the
regiment—not any good, but a good deal
of harm. Why. — it, mediocrity will
stand you in good stead long after that
kind of splash has sent you to the devil."
Tommy turned round with au innocent
face.
••Khat did i do!' be asked. "I did*i
stand on the table, did I"
'•Worse than that," returned Jim.
"I didn't call any one a -- ead, did
"NO; but you might have got over that
in time If you lad owned that your head
wouldn't tetand liquor."
"Then what did 1 dor' Tommy was be-
ginning to get alarmed, and showed It.
i didn't shy the knives about, or any -
thing of that sort, surely!"
Beautiful Jim burst out laughing. "Yea ere, Nr, I'm b.asfiy voting pet."
"Look here, young 'un," he remarked. Probably never in his years of service
"You've gut a very fair notion of your bad Col. berries ever had made to hie,
own qualities. your position. your ap- or heard given by any one else such an
penance. your—your everything. You're o
the last of the Earles"— f rt it for le indiscretion that he at the table; he
•'ll --n the Lulea," t in Tommy,fat it was err new did not iwhit the
who had no sort of respect his positiolore know elms too say..y.Anneat he
was still searing at Timmy, ryeevhlw
else?'
"But what most Ido:"
-Lice it Morn, of course. You'll get
chaffed about it forever, but you wrist
make up your mind to bear it; and, after
all, there was not another man at the
table, not even including 'old Jane.' him-
self. who would hare dared to du it!"
"Janet" repeated Tommy, taking a
rather brighter tune, "and who is 'Jane!'"
••Oh. we call the colonel 'Jane,'" re-
plied Jim, with a laugh.
••I see. WeU. du you think I'd better
jrrusst go away and rotate to join as if moth-
had••Of courseWhy"— but there
he turned his bead as some one knocked
at the dour. "Come in." ho roared, and
then the door opened. and the officer arm -
mantling the regiment, that is, Col
Barnes. entered.
He entered with • cordial. "Oh. Beres-
ford, I wanted ton to"— when his eyes
fell on young ''tummy, and he broke off
with something very nearly approaching
to a glare.
Tommy got off his coat and said, "flood
aaeruing, sir," in his most modest tones—
and mind you. when Tommy was modest
be looked as if the proverbial butter
would not melt in his mouth.
••Oh! good morning, good morning," re-
turned the colonel, in • series of snorts,
and in • tune which conveyed to Tummy
that, if anything. Beresford bad under-
stated rather than overstated the enor-
mity of his offense.
fie' felt that his time was cone, that if
be did not speak then he would be, as it
were. socially damned in the lllanksbire
regiment forever: but it was nut without
an immense effort that he broke the lee
within witch Col. Barnes had In.ren him-
self. He looked at the big tierce, red
faced, burly man, with his haughty red
nose and his long, bristling[ mustache,
each end of which was waze+f—soaped. if
the truth be told—to a formidable spike,
and his heart, yes, even his brazen heart,
failed him! Still be felt that delay wee
dangerous, and at last be spoke! And if
only his anter Nancy could hare heard
the last of the pried race of Earle. eat-
ing humble pie with that shrinking air,
she would have declared that her dear
boy's degradation could go no further
and silk no lower.
"If you please. air," bebegan, "I am
afraid"—aridthen he stopped ort, awed
into silence by the astonished stare with
which the colonel was regarding him.
••iti'ell"."said the colonel in a loud void;
it was a very big • 'well," sed Tommy felt
more shaking about the legs, and if the
truth be tel.1t more inclined to cry than he
had felt for many and many a year.
However. be bad to goon. "Well, sir,"
he raid very humbly. •'I—I'm afraid I
made an awful ass of, myself last night."
••II'm"' remarked- the colonel dryly;
"and when did you make that discovery?'
'•Well, sir," returned Tommy apologet-
ically, ••Beresford here tells me I was aw-
fully drunk. and--and—I'm sure 1 did not
drink much, sir, but." a happy inspira-
tion suddenly occurring to him, "you see,
sir. I'm beastly young yet and my head
gets knocked over in next to nu time."
as the last of a proud race, though he with snrpriee, 1 must confess that Result
liked others to have, none better. ful Jim, wheae sense of humor was not
"With all my heart." said Jim. "It small, west off iron smothered agonies of
will do you no good in the Blankshtre re- laughter such as at Inst bade fair to disk.
giment ever to remember it again. But him. And the more he tried to diaries it
you're a youngster, a new idea, a scrap, a by the help of a big pocket handharebiat
wart, se yet—and for you to give your and • make believe cough the more and
opinion among field of vers on subjects of more Infections it Demme until at khat
which you are totally ignorant, and about on: Barnes gut up from his chair in dig.
which your opinion has not been even laity that was czesediagly shaky.
asked. Is not the way to become a popular "Well. Earle." be WW. in • dice se
.tures when you join. And then to back ehak an hie dignity, "I am very glad to
It all by trying to chaff Urquhart of the see that you have sense to know and to
Black horse, who's g�itrt,t the leveled bead .,anti own when you've been to fault.
would ray. and the ele*ty ewes judgment and the kw- yon Irup that spirit, my boy. 1 here
Col. Urquhart, however, onl laughed, est wit and the most stinging tongue will be no fear of your not doing well In
i any man in the British army, take it front the Blankebire regiment: We will say
and with another • 'good night,' passed on.on. end to the other: Urquhart;,
who
so more about It. Bereefewd-1'll—
the coolest, pinckiewt beggar that •var--In"—probably the chief hid meant to
losk
CiIAPTER Z. lived—for a scrap like you to try and beet, gay ••again," but before be had finished
?MOAT VAT* nt ana.s era. him with your tongue—old!". It's just mina hb laughterhid got beyond his
Happily for the credit of the Earle. to lodierovis. aged It won't do, ommy, and control, and his oeafy wof hiding from
general. and the last of the rare in par -
tip. sooner lou make up your mind to that the oliwtder that he wasLghhie blmself,
tlenlar, the household at the Deanery was the better- ler that he bad taken notice of tie agonies
habitually an early nor, and if no enter -I it meet be owned that Tommy's Move that Beautiful Jim was suffering. was by
tainment was afloat, the family were in and brazen free? bad given place to utter, edging off toward the door, and getti g
the habit of disappearing at half past 10 dismay and eonsa
stertat os bag before' hiaelf amt of the rum without the eo.
le
o'clock. I ant nal Jim had sews to so d of hla
is' y of • moment. Asa matter of fact be
Therefore. when Tommy had pulled remmMN/ arks. RI. eeelh psg jawafehl to simply could not lave uttered the Set
himself together, paid the nehmen and the length of • addlt, need bw looked in' word without going d Into rears of
straightened Ni. antnewhet nnman•ge.Itruth the Pinter" of abiot misery- laughter, even to have saved hie life.
able person led hie decidedly refractor/1 "What an w I mad hese beast" hiJ And Ont. Baran bade vary proper kite of
arms and lege, which anmehow woonldn t ejerniated. II the &salty of his rank sad position. sad
keep is timer proper plasmi , he lave a"Well, you ware," retuned lbw with the dao s of beth upon his posse
pl at the b II. delighted candor.
The doer was opened, not by the staidAnd what a consummate fool the tel- Beautiful Jim, relieved from the seed
-
anti reepertabie family butler. by a voting lows most hare thought me," he went ea, ally of biding hie daughter. simply tem
footman, who knew that the young ewe- never being above blaming hlraf when elhbask in his Asir un -
Mennen
and hr*ghweakly an-
enen he Media( et the Infantry he found Llaralf fairly cornered. Ittl the tears .quid in Lk eyes, alto' Ms
THE FASHIONS.
THE HOME
CI
SOMETHING OF INTEREST WALL.
A Variety of J.ttttas• that
the Vale -Ma.
wtlt Isreeset
Many tenets are very fanciful
Details precede effects at this asasm.
Bonnets are lessening to a iutseea ole
ezteut.
Short %oaave jackets are a lassies
fad fur fall
The nee kid and Suede gloves have
MOWS on the back reeembiwg plush.
Color blending bee become a bus art
involving• some remarkable assoCIau"as.
Sictlieone, Beogahnr, Zolieone. peas
de sole and flour de sots are the favorite
silks.
Boas.% strings cone from the back
this sessow„ intend of from the ewes as
formerly.
Cloth gowns are trimmed with velvet
braiding matelasse, pnssewenterie and
stitching.
Underskirts grow more sod more el
shornte. Surab, glace and other seek
silks comperes them, and fine hoes trim-
ming are in order.
Long, Lase front raglans and well
fitted Newmarket' are about equal is
popularity. Stripes, plaids and mix-
tures are gradually yielding to solid
colors.
French millinery green dominates the
hat domain ; grey ranks next. Flowers
yield to ribbons and feather garnitures.
la shapes, low crows ars the rule.
Straight, undraped skirts are a feature
of many new fall dresses. They are
very simply trimmed around the bottom
with a baua of metal and tinted em•
broidery.
Some short street jackets are trimmed
w ith braided revers of the material, or
with those of velvet. Tae sleeves are in
loom coat style with bell shaped wrist.
Silkredingotes in direct. ire style see
especially serviceable, as they may be
worn upon almost every occasion—for
receptions, home dinners, street sail
vatting purposes.
Faille diamant, striped with vine
leavers outlined with some contrasting
color in different weave, is one of the
old time silks revived by present fashion,
and is most beautiful.
Cashmere colors appear in the lovely
Persian silks ; Ver.,,teee--a dull red—
end castor brown are smetag predomi-
n ate colon, and green and silver gray
eater into pleasant partnership.
Velvet is the pet finish for dress
wawa, forming thereon collar, cuffs,
vest and revers. The long, straight
hissed Direction bodice with fiat revers
of velvet, lessens in effect the ettreme
fleshiness which is the Bance( some co -
I men's lives.
A weseeerel flesh rr•eeae'v.
This is the title riven to Scott's Easel
sine of Cud Liver Oil by many thossands
who have taken it, it not only gives
flesh sod strength by virtue of its own
itotnt»us properties, but creates an ap-
petite fur food. Use it, aid try year
weight Scott'. Emulsion is perfectly
palatable. Sold by all druggists, at 60o,
aid II.
Caller (to Bibby. whose little sister
died the night before)—And an your
little sister is dead, Bobby 1 Bobby—
Yes, ma'am. Caller—And already is
Heaven I Bobby—Oh, so ; chs deess't
start tell tomorrow afternoon at two
o'clock.
wive Them A ('base.,
That is to say, your longs. Also ail
your breathing machinery. Very won-
derful machinery it ie. Not only the
larger air passages, but the thousands of
little tubes and cavities leading from
them.
When these are elogeed and chocked
with matter which ought not to be there,
your lungs caner t half do there work.
And what they do, they cannot do
well.
Call it cold, sough, croup, pneumonia,
eatarrh, consumption or any of the
family of throat and noes and head ural
long ohatruetioaa, all are had. All
ought to be gni rid of. There is just
one sure way to get rid of them. that
is take Roache. s German Syrup, whioh
airy dreggiet will sell you at 76 mots a
bottle. Eves if everythag e1.a hos
failed you may depend coven this
• certain sowly
Miss Orsss_Peesller eseteme for a
mare to wear, isn't it 1 IJseIe tteoege.—
Yee, het do ens know that at one dm*
the men of the Cooed States woe's drea-
m 1 Mir Omee--Why, no ; when lase
that 1 Uncle Osoege—Wh n they ware
iskieta.
ft$ never .arced ease r
No "hardly ever" *boot it He had
en Week of what people Ball "bilinae-
sesa,"and to smile was impossible Yet
a roan may "ensile and sail•, and he a
villain still, still he wee no villain, but s
plain, bleat, hosed nae, that needed d
remedy web as Dr Pleree'■ "I'l.amat
Purgative Pellets," whisk sewer fail to
sure billowiness aad mildewed or torped
bon. dt'kdef shr+•nie arorastip.
ta.t, t. mans nem. ■asp•
:ran"ato go,,rsy..urwlvsar•mdhetb sad pretreat, (hoard lost tiMi•t~ o ofkrod •rer and . wase of you uwa short
weaid error.. Ram.mbir that,
4 as is the, elft of "hreab. mletsew
i. Cites, tour. y►ls,a , N.e.t t.toort a
▪ ep or •awry word. Ii a lbs ..cool
wo'ed teak.. the quarrel. Yirmrn W
*peak in a gentle tone of vuiali, L..ea
W esy kind pieas•ut thinkeebeoever
opp+rtunuy offers, dandy the chars
fir of sect,, aid avwpalhis. sitj all is
their tnubi.., Luwever entad Do cwt
•.gleet little theme if they they sea
whoathe oesn6•n in others in lb. am•1-
lest degree,. Atool mewls mid pets and
lite of widows.. Leese t., dog yoar-
e aters and prole, ether.. *ere of
meddlers sad ties beaters, Never
*barge a had rowers if a geed otte M Caw
cwt v skis.
N►rrm. nauseam'.
Vast inter.ais sifseting the 1114111111
society are often pending white the
hand ca the dial -p1 ice appaaehes a
used pe.�{ut bon u'i.4N can doe
ed While he horse's skill elg
change din in. purpose. yet bmf saps.
cities •ie ulid i•f tba edsr
.•f reapiwistl.ah.-verty, rebutevetrial hailwts
I ready fur ar.y service that nutiaite nisi.
loam may appoint. At such a time the
true man bends his attentive sat board
' the skies above him, if perchance he
stray catch some enmistakabie word :
"•This i, the way ; walk ye in it,"
But no earl can then espied to heir
.only as he lives ss, close untie with Ot•d.
If his life has been up to this tmpertant
crisis esyward, or even lukewarm tat
}ward his God, he will hardly be
ed to interpret c•rreetly the vales
II
on high. What • mistake for els *mss
days or mouths without intimate fallow -
ship with him since we are all Isevitsbly
called to meet grave responsibilities, nos
ane of which we ears *where, wjtboot
stre gth from (ked.—New York Chore
Iran Adroeate.
else nerds se rare -eft.
"We meat learn and er•actice ourselves
what we ' went our children to learn nod
practice,' says the author of "limy to
be Happy Though Married,' in hie clew
"The Fin Talents of W,msw," just fele
inked by the $cn beers • •Soave W as
may have smiled sadly at the aerosol of
the poor young mother who wosaiered
why her baby should be mach a sane►
ling, "when we guts it • httie d *W-
eyer we take oerselvee, some red honing,
• bit of cheese, • nap of beer'.,hat t..,
many of us administer mental and moral
diet quite an iaapproprsie. Tba som-
ber in tubers born apemeny into the
world isf3.Ot4,OLO: daily, 11;, per
mroeue. MO. It is sad to redem hew
, many of these helpless use•, who lover
asked to be burn, are drnaged op any-
how, rather than brought up es imtaor-
tal brines sleuld he. Abs,. r we
;should be truthful with our
'Ph. popular practise of tambour daft
1 oeeua, instead .f to be, and of cultieatig
'company mannerw," destroys the Mak
Deas and tran►l.areeit credit winch 'taa-
* tttute the great charm of childhooj,
Dever pregame your child myth'
I either a bun or a beating, without peied
it. It is also tory wrong for •
to put all the disagreeable duty ti SIr-
rectnug children upon the fathwn tend
reaerv• el the petting to herself. I
she act the part of a guardian angel,
whom the the children can roe whoa re-
primanded by their father, thio aide -
nem does those whom she professes
I love great rotary. The children et
to regard their father as a family bug-
bear, where what he doss enetrsry to
the waam of the child may be fee its
permansmt god, and shoow far more real
love than the weak indolgeeee it its
mother.
coatroom Isat Usase.
Few things are more imp• rtant is •
how. that s ooaverestwn, yet there awe
few things to which lees deliberate
thought is given. We take great
to have our house well forrubed, W
select our carpets aid pictures with the
utmost core. W. serif our children M
school that they nay hee.t•te iistellig-st
We since to brio( tato our bases the
best oonditiost of happiness. But bre
often is the speech of our household led
untrained and undisciplined.
The geed we might do in oar Mews
with our toagov., if we would use thea
to the limit of their capacity of sheer W
helpfulness, it is simply impseabl• fa
state. That in mere homes the best
plastid* results from the gift of aleseh
w e not attuned in very evident.
should so much power for hiseeisg be
wasted I Specially, why shoat we ever
this gift aid ole our leagues is
do evil, to give pais, to scatter seeds
bitterness i It is a sad thing cowl s
child is born dumb ; bat ii water better
far to be born demo, and ever to beta•
the gift of speech, than being that gik
to employ it; io spanking only ehaep, is -
hoeing. of angry weir" we—Q,eotgel
tial Advocate, tt ,
A Pe•resees i t, *Isms,
"I have great pleasure In eeitifyieg t
the awfulness of Hagjrrd's Yellow
writes D Kavanagh, postmaster, et
traville, (Ant, ••having used it for sorw-
nese of the throat, horse, colds. eh. I
lied nothing equal to it."
"I admit, sir, that I am meagerly MR"
plied with this world's geode, bet
of my family sosesetioaw. We Weft asst
of the Beset geaaaMg{aa) truss le i
asset,,." Sturdy Farmer -- " H d
Won't keep • family is divine i ahem'
three weeks.
hreab bars mart
et
And all diereses fibs timer
new be mead by the ilei tot Serlt's
thane es Y eriatair thee hsnlisp them**
Cod Liver Oil and Hypegiesegilifg
their Meet Mom. IM nisei W
Wer, W. D., L B. O. P.. elm. T
: "After three yearn'
bass BesideNash.l�metka{ps
the very beet Is do market '
rollout in threat affeerh.rue
e ll dellegisle, Mo• sod it OS .