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Mr Duff, the worthy .td respected
*Rent of the Ceutral Beak .t Tollkirk,
w startled by he teller, James Banal'•
1• , coming to him to say, just - the
1 .er had situs. the 1est u..cul letter
before preceeding to luck up the safe :
"1 am w tom, the r soh appears to be
one buodred pounds short." James was
very pate as he spoke, and despite his
efforts to prevent it, his voice trembled.
A st eager could not have told whether
the youth's agitation was the result of
fright or guilt.
Mr Duff knew him too well to let the
latter alternative dwell in hu mind even
fur an instant; but the lad's excitement
was somewhat infectious, and It was
with lust • little throb that he replied ;
"You're joking, Jamie.' Mr Duff lean-
ed back in his chair, and nibbled the
f liber end of his quill, as he looked in
the lad's face.
"I was never more serious in my fife,"
reite.ated Hamilton.
"It's some mare's nest, depend upun
it," said Mr Duff, in • tette that pertly
r, .ssured the poor fellow. "Have you
been very busy at the desk today,
James f"
"T a 'e the mystery • - it, sir : we
have not been busy, Hardly three pages
of our -h-book are filled."
"A hundred pouods ! Hut ! 1 am
going upstairs to dinner. In the mean-
time, ch At your summations and yuur
e-sh, sod by -and• by I'll con. in to luck
up the safe with ye.
The teller went fit in the banker's
room to the outer ..trice with • very
gave face. Mr Dud, who liv 1 with his
family, as is customs., in Scotland, in
the may commodious house attached to
the bank, sent h • letters to be copied
by the junior clerk, and then went lei-
surely up stairs el dinner.
Mr Due • was, for a man who does
not object to permanent residence in
provincial t..wii, • very easy abd pleas -
sat mode of life. Hu work w • not
hard, nor were his responsibilities ve
heavy. He had a pretty and comforta-
ble home 1 an old-fashioned country
town, and although hl• wife lay in the
churchyard on the brae by the river -side
thew ten years, still he had two of the
prettiest girl• in Toltkire--Minn• and
Ida.' Duff'(beeides Jenny, the married
daughter, who lived in Edinburgh), whose
delight at was t.. make his life sunny
and happy. He was naturally --being
known to mamas private means, and on
a count of his official opacity -s the
dispenser t.1 discounts and custodian o:
the wealth of the neighborhood --a man
of some importance in 'Tollkirk, end
formed part uf,as well as moved in, Toll-
kirk's best society. Ile w- s magistrate
and farmer as nett its hanker ; and on
Sundays, for many • long year, he hid
stood be.ming beh:nd "the plate" at the
ent nos to the "auld kirk." Eve -
body knew him, and he knew eve body:
and perhaps nobody respected him the
less be .use he pretty well knew to with-
in a pound or two what every ratepayer
on his ode of the county w: s worth,
1 iancially.
Hetet* life ve a iy, .e I have sat,' ;
making undue fuss when an aceolomod
tion bill was present. 1 to him, if he
knew—as he wee certain U. know—the
pedigree and pn,gra+ through life of
d...wer and lock er. He wrs resp ;tad
too by his Edinburgh employers as •
man of prudence and sagacity, who
never made bad deb' -, never troubled
them with applieati3O. for rise of sale.;
or t ausfer of agency— hoar broke •I -
'ways stood the minutest inspection, and
who, speaking generally, waited no fav-
ors from them. Bather granted favors,
by o- sternal invitation, to 'tett him at
Tollkirk, where there is unsu.,lassed
trout and salmon fishing, besides magni-
ficent "links" for golf, and where the
It tl distille yields • liquid of more
than local reputation. The city -birds
were not slow to accept such invitations,
Mr Dutf being over • tumbler of toddy
the best of company,artd g- .serous in the
matter of horses and fishing -rods. The
chief Inspector of the bank cense often
enough to woo the fair Jenny, the eldest
of the family, and took her away with
him one summer day, to the general oral be-
reavement of Tullkirk.
The banker did not hurry over dinner
on the particular aftcnwou of which 1
write. When he went up -stairs he did
not give a grand thought to James
Hamilton's pale face, hitt .lutetly settled
himself in his arm chair, after dome
justice to his simple re • 1, to Dad f..r
the second tinge the report of his
own recent speech at the par chisl
beard, given at length in the T.dl ;,A
flrrul.l, the tine roll of his own
--somewhat Improved -- spoken sen-
tences, seen in black and white, cum-
municatiig a pleasing sense of complac-
ence and impo.tance • • influencing pub-
lic opinion. it was nearly seven o'clock
before Mr Doff remembered that he had
not yet locked do his safe, and that his
clerks were probably wailing below for
him. He w -s surprised w'.en he opened
the ottice-door—leading to the ball of his
house—to find Hamilton still bending
over his cash-book with ao expression of
deep anxiety on his face, and bundles of
banknotes lying on the desk before
him.
"What, James, still in the fog 1" he
asked cheerfully sa he came in. "Nut
fund your difference, eh .-
'•I •m • hundred pounds short, sir,
wi h tot doubt."
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THE HURON SIGNAL. F1(I1)•t 1, SEI'T. 13, 1839
manwaseilr
Thee the cash aad books were Harried 1 day throw say light on the mysterious
into the safe, and the office closed fur the tran.•otwn. Mr Duff owed is •t briug
Diable himself W report this seouud deb. tssey
Poor Hamilton lay seeks nearly all to his head office ; and the ouly ahem... -
night thtuklug over wine probable clam live left was to ',feud the amount from
to the whereabouts of the misslug saunas. hu uwo private weave Tbu, as umy be
Never before had be left the bank with Imagiued, he did very reluctantly ; and
each • dread on his naiad, fur be feu' for tae tint nine in bis espertetroe he
certain he had gums over each item watched the vouuger wen, nod perhaps
the day, that he b d out over -paid art his tru-ted teller too, with lust • fano
one to such an extent ; amid he knew and irrepressible gltwmeriug of swipe
that on him devolved the respesiblbty to cion A mistake of this sort twain hap
make good Stied deficiency. He hardly pen unto ; bur to happen a eecoud these,
spoke to .• is mother a• he ate what she at w short au interval, made hew weary
Galled his "ruined dinner -spoiled by ou other matters then mere lou of
hese snag hours' w•ittog in the oveu ; money. 110 had • framework of matt4
nor oould she get from him all through any and glen made f.•i Hallett
the evening • hint of ,be cause of Ito Mo Ih•t no outs could crams near the sea'.
trouble. She guessed, and hinted that in future but Hamilton hums.[. And
perhaps Minna Duff, "the little Inert; w, with what grace he could sutnmoo,
had something to do with his gloom ; fur sud with many grave warnings, Mr Duff
she knew how her boy's heart lay in re- paid the "short" moues, baying, as be
gird to the banker's young daughter ; maid, to "grin and bear it
um her non's reply wait e.luivalent to a 1 -'or a week or w thiuga worked well
snub. under the new arrangement ; but for the
He was in the ot:ice two hours before third tune Mr Duff eats destined to sue
uffiet•1 bank -hours on the followtog Hamilton poring over his books long
morning ; bus no trace . the missing after office hour, this time to hear on
money could be found. During the day, money that the luckless lad was short
all the banker's customers who had on by no lees an amount than tee hundred
the previous day been paid large aunts pounds ! Had the shrewd, quick -ratted
were asked to check their payments ; James Hamilton, after ten years of faith -
but when four u clock arrived and the ful service, become suddenly dolt 1
cash had again to be coasted, the balance "Thu is bey and endurance,- the bank•
still shelved one huodreda pounds spurt. er said shsr•dy, as the Lata was euutmuut-
If the money had been paid away in cued to hint.
no man had been honest enough "It is most ■trenye, replied the help -
to return it. Then for the first time in lees teller, feeling that the Fates were
the history of the Tollkirk branch, • de- against bpn
nciency in the cevh had to be reported to "It is impossible y.,u can have pail
the head uttice. A hundred pounds to • the money away
rich man may seem • small matter to "It is gone, sir.
worry over ; but to James Hamilton, "Then you ... ,t find it. 1 can no
whose yearly :alary,after ten years' faith- longer be responsible for your bluudera.
fel and conscientious service, did not Here u no less a auto than eine hundred
amount to one hundred pounds, and pounds in less then six weeks to L. ac -
whose mother -save for the help of • counted fir. Many a one has been seut
striding annuity left by her husband— across the sea for less."
was in great measure dependent upon The youth put his hands over his face
hint—the ltabi'ity to refund this sum and fairly burst inti tears. "I must give
weighed I vy. He became anxious and it up. sir. I caret stand this. 1 must
ne nus, not being alt. gether certain leave the place.
that the authorities of the bank might Mr Duff was looking at him with eery
not suspe-t loon of having appropriated keen eyes as this was sobbed out..
the money ; and from very nervousness "Leave Tollkirk t Understand, Mr
was guilty during the next few days of Hamilton, that you .f.•r. not leave Tull -
making several small mistakes in his ki•k before this matter a cleared up."
d lingo, which confirmed him in the be- Fur the greater part of the nicht the
lief that he had plaid the money to some men sat up searching ; but when the
unscrupulous rascal who did not mean t, morning came they were as far fruit the
acknowledge
a
mark as ever.
It seemed an age, although in reality it Dutl, much to the surprise of caw
barely a month had passed. before a tonnes of the bank, next day "took
note from Mr Tait, the chief inspector over" the crab himself, and, rather awk-
Mr Duh s non -in law, • set the matter at wsrdly from want of practice, became 1
rest. "In consideration,' the note nn, his own cashier. Hamilton was de -
"of the •dmu..ble mode in which the graded to subordinate duties. His t
business of the branch at Tollkirk has spirit, poor fellow, was fairly broken. 1
hitherto been conducted, the Directors No Inc. of the missing matey could
have •vreed to wipe oft the deficiency in be found. Of course M Duff could nut
cash, winch it may be hoped will yet long continue acting as teller. The
turn up and be re -credited : but in doing fro k interfered wit:, even more impor-
w it must be firmly kept In view that taut duties.
the Directors by no means establish the A son of Mr Trail% parish minister,
present ase as a precedent, and must re- who was employed at the Aberdeen
mind the gentleman who bas charge of brat ch of the saute Lang, at this time
the bank's cash at Tollkirk that at ne fu- visited Tollkirk, and being of the acme
curt time will thedirectors be disposed to craft, spent • good deal of time in Mr •
relieve him of the responsibility at' :ch- Du*•s company. The subject of the
log to his °thee." missing money was broached and die w
'there, Jamie ; take th t; to your cussed between them. It so happened 11
mother, ' said Mr Duff kindly, handing that George Trull was engaged to be 51
the official mute to Hamilton. "I married to Ma. i Doff ; and the banker
thought Peter would manage it" (refer- haring lost conbdence in Hamiltob, and
ring to his non -In -taw, the inspector) ; feeling sorely in need of capable help,
"but we main es' cancy," said the proposed that George should apply to the
banker, relapsing tato Meed Scotch, to Directors of the bank for the app. int -
put the reproof, 1f each it it lght be call- meat of joint agent or partner with haw-
ed, in the gentlest form, to spare the self in the management of the Tal kirk
lad's feelings• branch. So it genre about that 10 $ short
There were tear I f relief in Hamil- time George 'frail!, • shrewd, pracuul
ton's eyes as he read the note. "That business man, relieved Mr Duff at the
is generous treatment, sir ; I wr, afraid telling -table, in order to familiarise him•
they would roup [sell by auction' me self with the fates of the bank's custom- T
and my old mother out of Tollkirk.. ere. For seine days all went well. Then t'
"Roup ye I I couldn't spare ye, lad." came market -day. At close of the day u
Then the youth went home to his Mr Trull $ cash was five huadreti puuods ib
mother jubilant, a burden lifted from alio,.:
him' CRARpIt 11.
But ..o the ne-.i evening, after busi-
ness hours, Hamilton's face was whiter
than ever. Hu hands were trembling as Tollkirk. The former uneasiness be- so
he fumbled over his cash, and "cast" and carne 1n the etc* a panic. Hamilton w
"re -tact" the loon columna of figures in I had been rude 111 by the anxiety of his de
cash-book. cash -'k. It was market -day, • position, and was In bed on the cloy that t,ca
busy day, and large sums had passed into Wlr Trill • dncclency crcur.etL. After ha
and out of his hands. To his horror, he closely scrutinising every entry in the ba
fodnd has cash lime. 1o,n.lr.,f j.nme' books. Traill c me tut the conclusion that
short ' He had not the courage on this he had not paid the money in excess to w
occasion to go 10 Mr Dutra r nom with any one, and that the notes :rust have cu
his plant. But the banker saw at ones been stolen by borne one on the preen- •v
as be passed through hu office o° his
see. The banks safe are duly elamla- (n
may op stain that wmethiug was ed ; but the leeks byre rr, mares of 11e. on
wreng. ing tampered with, The windows and 1
"You are late, Mr Hamilton.• (Mr doors of the office were unaffected ; and
Duff neves in • rimerel way called Janet kir Dufl's domestics-- wh.. swept out the
"Mr." His doing so now implied ruts -
known
been his servants and erre
givings.) known to him for years. The matter was
'lice, sir ; bot I think f won't be on this occseon reported to the bank's
long his lips felt parched from excite-
ment. timation that no further deficiency could
"Are ye reedy te lock op the safe with be meds iite.d, and referring the bank
me '" clients to their recent letter to that effect
"Not quite. If you are in • htiriy, of such and such •date.
sir, perhaps we can lock up when you �1r Ibuff Felten to think the piers was
come down." haunted. Wherever the mousy um
"Very well." gone, It had to he paid up ; ruling the
Mr Duff went op -stain ; but on this total larges made int this mysterious way
occasion he did not linger over his meal, to the unpalatable sum of fcnrte,n hun-
WWhett he canis down half an hour later,
dyed p,°rids 11t less than three months
Hamilton was not ready to luck •up the
safe. He was sitting I.00kteg into space,
Ins head resting on his hands.
•
r'•
iesuty yerra H• *•s close, ou the
salelt Yat there ess uu voluble canoe
fur swp,vou. lj.ukers .'d obrhs were
last bm;••u,uug dem„raius --i■ the m' 1-
tary reuse --Irons .1 r (right, acoeler.l-
ed by mystery, and a a,- Ino of utter
belplessuwe to face of it. Mt Dud mtitbt
far better be Ioesug by Iortuue on the
Stock Esch•uge, or :browu.g his looney
away vu curt speculations ; 1n thew
there would be so. • remote c'aatice
Profit, if u'd satielacuon w losing his
property. His b..rk had up to this time
sailed in smooth seas, had eveu, hither-
to, ..rated to a sheltered bey, uwuxuuerd
beepoi..l • elepssts u: L J.uer1 ;
• w .a 1-• . t .t u' .I;::u . ao .
rung, as likely, be ...g... ' 1, to . • I
him at hu anchorage as any buffeting o'
way., III open sea.
Air Duff became a changed u•an. H.
was dim end worn and ill with a ,xiety
and watching. They were a 1 eatchuog•
Traill was watching Hamilton ; Hansa -
tun turned a keen glen J on .h. b'ys ;
t `1. boys kept, their ey e. v e.'y widely open
at around. lir Duff was uuwllltug to
put the matter m the hands of the local
police, knowing that the tiro to be sus-
pee.ed would be his clerks, and that the
affair would speedily become town g
I sip. Secretly Mr Datl beeau to tui
the place was b.wutche-'.
His partner, George Trill, being a
ed upon to pray up half of the five huu-
deed pounds, resolved to get to the bot-
tom of the matter. He had • bed fitted
up in the b..uker's business -rouse, and
determined to spend his nights there
uuul some solution of the p.ublem pre-
sented null. His transfer from the
Aberdeen branch seemed just then W
Furore a bad iesrgaut. The keys of the
safe, at should be mentioned, numbering
eight, were placed every night after the
locking up of the safe and the dropping
of the irun bolt (rum the banker s bed -
routs, in a strong box, the key of which
was always carried by Mr Duff. Marge
Traill, armed with a revolver, in spite
of Mary a protests and Mr Dull • jeers,
uk
11 -
occupied the nem when the bed b
been tilted there, and waited ',biles
phitally the course of events. He ale
little for the tint night or two ; but
intruder came to disturt, his repots
The long dull hours crept ort witbo
adventure or other result than to um
Trull sleepy and cross during; the f
lowing days. The bankers were begi
I to despair ofv run the ibis
s r da r disco e
g pK
Yet Traill—despite Mr Uur, u perfect
reasonable argument that if anv ma
broke into the sefe a would not ten mer
y live hundred pounds that would taus(
him, nor would he likely reek a sec.•nd
hard visit —continued to spend lits nigh
u the bank.
At day break, however, .,n a tenni
morning in the folluwln4 week, Traill,
who slept ver; lightly, was suddenly
awakened and startled by hearing the
bolt that passed through the lock of the
outer ,tut.- of the safe drawn sharply up
He could hardly believe the evidence of
hu e-rs, ihinkutg that perhaps he bed
rtamrd. liut the ''click was still r-.
erberating. exazger.ted as ail sounds
re to the st lines& of nicht. If the bot
as really lifted, the person that drew
up must he in the room where Mr Du
ept. Trent was a course/ems man• but
In spite,.( hlmse.f,he Gambled as he felt
for and examined his revolver. When
the reverberation whittled, there was a
silence for a few muments as of nestle
Sleep's twin brother. Then he thought
he heard, far off, • dour open• followed
by a stet on the staffs. Then a light i
'hewed at the seam under the dour ; pre-
sently the dour .,pen, .1, and a man en-
tered, carrying in one hand a '•ghtru
candle, in the other • bunch of ktos
he revolver was firmly held in l'ntlt .
rip, and before tiring he was about t..
.ter • cry . f warning, when he nutioed
at the biters paid oo heed to hu pre-
sence, but passed bio, making straight
for the safe door. In the due light, to
his setontshrnemt, he dutinguiehe-1 the
bred, even rigid fc•tuns et his friend
d partner Mr Duff ' His eyes were
ide open, and he m..ted with his usual
hbersti ,n. but with an air (Astern I re-
upat un yuan forei.;a to his working
bit . Traill saw at a glance that the
nker was waleing in hs sleet)
Ilia first nnpu,.e was to seize hon and
ake him ; but a imminent -4 reffecti ,n de-
ded him to wait the natural issue of
enc
e Mr
Uuffw
ah„ ,
ut hesitation at'..
It I n or
mblinz, creme the ruht keys for the
ter door, laud push : it, as the lock
prang back, slowly Open ; then the
wicket -gate, the inure dour, and eu on,
until he disappeared silently In the
vault -like $hides of the strong -room.
When he reached the inner safe, he took
from the well -packed strife w puua°-
ootes—Traill eazerly watching him tram
the door—. bundle coutaining Eve hun-
dred ; be then nouplees!y shut and lick-
ed each door as he retreat d. ^"H. passed
within arm's length of Trull, bearing the
bundle of notes, the keys, and has light-
ed candle : left th • otbc --followed by
Ins partner—waked slowly up -stain to
his nedruum, where he deliberately deli -
ped the bolt back in its place, and final-
ly laid the keys carefully, apparently
untulig them, in their usu.! place in
e box fixed in the wall for the purpose.
eel expected he would then retire to
d : but it was evident the soninamtbu-
t hall not finished his nights work.
aving safely put away the keys, he
ted his candle and steam went down
ire, c•rrysnt the notes in his hand.
null followed him thr.'ugh the ketches
d out in the ceortyard twhend. With
e seine purpose -like deliberation haat
had sh•.wn at the safe, he now
rched t'.--tho nnv.ratsbed •rush, 1)
emote reader, west be recorded-_. • ,
P 1'i•. -•T ' Arrived there, he 111 r'1
"ase fold of the thatch, that rested on
ah of .t ne an the rickety mot, me-
ted the bundle o1 notes there,
Iscad the thut1L carefully. and then
ned with an sir of relief and went r,t-
,t•-
TraihI did lint distarh him, Aid net
•n take the trouhle to full .w Ms pa•t-
t ' r.•e If be had mocha! his bed mho
too •pant..gvtly to the I...re that•+h.
•toich..mng!y !yin„ he fuuud the
.irdlae,l. slim r.f one thousand Ellie
aired pounds tat bank motes ! He
IJ not help latsjhtrg ss he seed there
he dad gray ssue(siwg, hardly ha!f-
d, for the reedit lied esM. twee wit h•
eteittruteat. An expeeteee lea hog
Dafffs pig's," he merm.re,f es+leerrwt
ven...s dirty n•.s.11e'e tntreth.r sod
r'e uuag twd.e,ri from the add ismer
alt.
I tbtsk, Dei,- maid Trail' seriously
when they met a the ufiioe latter break-
fast --"1 (heti', to wake ornate that nu
thief. or witch, or shoot has leen tamper -
tug wait the cull duties, ts0Mlllht, ae
bad better count the cash henceforth in
the morning as well .s at uagh. ; flirt
will make certain whether tree money
disappears by night ..r dunug the day.
Mr Duff aiNute d.
"Suppose you begin this wore•eig."
Again Mr Dull essence. • a..d with re-
luctant lingers, at bis 'nettle/ • •ugges-
1tuu, counted the money. ' N •wets of
Darkuw. ! ' he exclaimed, "1 shill not
stay another day in this house. The
ca •• i ..sin five hundred pounds short''
,e_: L.:ff net been • rewatk•b:y
bit 1 ..ion, he would have probably tete
his hair in agues.
'Hoa much do y..0 reckon your py;.
eat you auuually, Dal f' '1'reill asked
with apparent Irrelevscce sod, &$ Mr
Duff thought, dtppautly.
"Pigs : Hang the pigs ' Haug the
bank ! aid --1 es ; I nasi° t., ranee try
office. tut not gentle to rewant here to
be rubbed and rwued, -
"I see y..0 are putting • new et •1 on
your sty, and papering it," Trull went
on seutentioemly. "Sparing no rsp.ersea
on it. I)•aug the thing stylishly, eb 1'
"Are you turd, Trill f '
"Well, let sae see. At the rite of two
thousand pouutds, es", In three wooths,
that pig -sty will M. you and me just
about aught thousand pounds m a year."
Trail nor. apparently in tits gravest
mood. "Thal' pretty moderate, eh 1'
"Poe,. Trill ! The loss of his money
has taken his brain. What deuton has
entered this hells. i" sighed Mr Duff to
the presence •f $ destiatr mute tragic
even than his own.
"L.s.k here, old fellow said Traill,
suddeuly bursting into laughter— "look
here ! I fuuud thew in the ro.'f cf your
pig sty this morning ; and what is no re,
I maw you put them there with your own
hands,"
"Prodigious !"
"Yes,ahi the missing Toney was there."
ad The banker gave a champagne dinner to
• • his delighted clerks un the ertaiug of
pt that day. Hu cwt beelth, howtver,was
no ( in rather a led way. In a month or twt.
- he res'geed hie ..Iticr, ranting ..0 a hber-
ut ' al prn.i' n tq. till teres : aad iu order to
lee cow, .'irate .Ia.t0'$ H•loilt-a. L,r nil his
•'- recent tr•„b.. and maeery, k1r 11:tt re
n i lest. d, c• a ',Milli .red tilos, favor,
f• t r
pis the 1' 7r tares m !•i. ap pr.iut t::m to
ly the n..•:1 i'"1 .•t .Assistant•aErnt with lire.
u Tr.tli, a peop.aal which the D.ri'rt.,re
e• far .rsiblr enter Allard. These ..th.-es
7 boiti . f thegentlemen hold with tumor
or to this day. it may be utentieeed too
is that George Traill and Jath, s Hamilton
are stow broiler -1i ogle*, each having in
n
ff
Dismay fell on the quiet little bank is
"Have you balanced your cash now r'
Mr Duff asked with just • perceptible
edve of annoyance in his tone.
"No, sir. I differ three honored
pounds."
•'1 tree or short r'
Tba mystery eas all the deeper that c,.
daring the day of the difference in,ih
Tnelhe cash is had happened there had 'Fr
not been • single cash payment amount- be
ing to five hundred neunds. Then then t,.
came vague rumors -sut•h as the police, H
hal the matter passed int., their hands, It(
w.gld certautls hare made use of-- that ata
there nee an itiner•nolocksmrth,a gip.y, T
„Short, sir !" in the uptghh„rb..,d, too whom poyuler an
"Mercy on us ! This will not do. f ou rumor attnhute,I almost m.reculsere it,
mat bestir yuutwlf and —end End It. 1 power in the maniputsti,., of be.ka. Vet he
hare et g.. not to • meeting to -night - a would take •gees clever locksmith w• ma
Hamilton hal toiled through every The hanker •peke sternly, dead t" "than the rewind iiank'. sale un• ro,
rorty over and over stain had o control H•multon "ne" more, under Mr DoT. heard in the house, and b1 clear 11 matt. th
and recounted his bundles of notes, and I eye, nerv..osly wen, ..ver his figures and without listing tract' of hu work. Tr,' $• 1
now had a eery sharply defined fear In a Amt."' hes cash. The defieisocy cont. sto1 safe hid a 15 :n,l•tion of eaiht feet '.t a .I
his heart, and • viston to the background in M. way he accounted for. ai,d r, and was e.,a ed on the flue, wail rep
of Ms imagination of •dearly luyod end "floe a terrible awkward, Jamul." I tied roof ash a is, such plate of solid
mother waiting for him at home, and There were to re In the youth eyes I andem. The .het', were of crates air iron, cur
she was ill able to bear the response sa he inters.: ' l -es, sir ;sand 11 will I end k.7.each[deer erre lone . Threhad d,
bitty of such a loss—if loss it should dot•.• m. mad." two key. and erpsrst.• leeks. Through
inose to be, a When Mt Deff returned from his he Irak of the .Duerr [ren d•o r an n,u pt.
"A mania nest, i II be fe and, ' Mr g at eleven u'clo'ck, Hamilton we. hilt was .arh «genre,, .h..t Jo+n In•m
meeting Mr Doffs les den.,
Duff said gond-natr.rfdly, taking Hamill , as ter from peace as ever. The younger I w al.. a aid whi •• Iv.
ton's olaee before the emit hook Very clerks had gone away. Agate the bank ;that b, t *as deer., u.. k. v' iu the wer61 i i
carefully and with a keen rye he went to and Hsmtlt.ro want over each item to- Geld .8;.011 the door. It was necessary e,,,,
1 y h.�h lint
ore, each entry ; ver earefull tore Nether to 7110. m be 111 .lr Dere 1edn.,..n he.f.'r•' the
*ousted the cask, and roet,nnfrd a ; hot • W,' esn i report this to the leest of nen rex u!d be drawn "r trapped. ft was a, t
or ly to find that Ilam4teo's words were tire whatever happens, " quoth Mr 1 ps•nrnPly ilk,,k ah.. that there with e n t
00 true. The cash was undoulttediy ' 1boI vy�Jway (■rig e' Tollknk who r old, even with I.1•
toe hundred pnunda •Mott • Whitt , to le done, air L the nrresmary less i0 char hsnde, find '.wt
1 think w• had better sleep over et Fred K i"• ' th«1t way into the Home n . weenaided. + f M
)ter Due said at Irl, Le•ku't a hes They Le ked blankly In each others; No tenter was Mr Duff •lata t" Ise" the
watch The 4,11haat, will torn n ,n the bank with an past intend f..e • ten o. est
the 'Bernie','•Thpis may dr p le. oh men went fn Md with o'clock luncheon- with f.•rt!- winks to lag
y y peed upon it." h. . y hearts ; nor did the search nest i futon- - ss had leen his custom these "
.•..:,eimmstii to to
due time weeded ••ie -f Mr 11..0 •
d.aurihtt•r. The ba.'k is James /fuse -
tee•e haeme ; while Geroge TM;:1 has
rented a feria adi lancing Mr Dub a The
fresh c•nntry alt. arid sorrels., and fish-
ing. and ue 1;n.ttrti c•,Iting—all enforced
en -hero by the .•scalar as the hes* medi-
cit. -have put an and 1.. the o:d Lauk-
ei'$ r nunsmhuhrt►c rarathlrs.
THE LATE PROF. PHELPS.
The above is a portrait of
•
Edward E. Phelps, M.D., LLD., .of
Dartmouth College, Iie was a strong, al.le
sun, wbostaod high in the litcraryand keientitic
worlds. It is not generally known, but it it,
nevertheless, the truth, that Prof. Phelps was
the discoverer of what is known to the Medi-
cal Professi.xt and Chemists universally as
I'aine's Celery Compound, unquestionabtyr one
of the most valuable discoveries of the,
century. This remarkable compound is net
a nentme, an essence, • sarsaparilla '•r any
devised article, but a dimmer*, and it marl.;
a distinct step in medical practice and the
treatment of nervous cempltcatv'ns. It ha:
It -en freely admitte l by the best medial
talent in the land, and also by the Ica•!ing
chcmistsamd scienti.tt, that for nerve tr ubk.,
nervous exhaustion, insomnia,dcbility, senility
and even the dreaded and terrible Paresi.,
nothing has ever been discovered which
reaches the disorder and restores health equal
Io this discovery of Prof. Phelps
Paine's Celery Compound is now tieing
Teetered in quantities, and can be procured
at any reputable draw. An attractive
lunch of celery is to he found oe every
wrapper. It has become specially popular
among professional men, mind worker; ladies
burdened with exerting social duties sad fre-
quenters of the leading clubs.
Coderich 8�m Boiler Jerk
V�Black,
nebe.0 ere sed de.tle -• i•
&s r Il• .. • as . Pr "a '.-r •.l•, Haw.
a uuu ► . e e, mod al. ; ads of bk
l M Work.
1,upree•d Asseseiyb cut aR C.1& 1T.
w
Upright aad Hurt w a: s: ,•cissa Ms-
.0.•rry aad t1setl•' . et t. ivy ('4 osier,
1:. s-. I•'itt.oss, Pipe u'.. l'if'e letiihap ssr-
•.a...') uu baud
Oil Hand for Sale Ohr.p,
IJC r.r. awes ret s aahtr'. ('.epMa.
1 arra•r•t(nsd ter rad LIR. ,e, u r,
Y„ is Mew -claw, teaall('N.
1;'• . .. Y M.'' leas• •,- r: J, p1, .tewtlsr.
n •ek. t •sola L• 1'' 1►. a ,lase.
ill I:••.s ra p uwl'l. attcudrd 10.
P.O. BOX 361
uR. FOWLERS
•EXT: OF •'
•WILD•
TR WBERRY,m
CURES
HOLERAkt
opera Morbus
R A M ISS
IARRH(EA
YSEHTERY
AND ALL SUMMER COMPLAINTS
AND FLUXES OF THE BOWELS
IT IS SAFE AND RELIABLE FOR
ZHILDREN PR ADULTS.
THE J. A. COIIYEBSE IY Ca
A. W. vwaata a law..
PROt'i:rt:TO L' - ata\ iREAI..
site rttr 11 tKttt$ n/ TnE r "JAWS. 111:°
"RED CAP'
BRAND OF MANILLA
BINDER
TWINE
Pronounced, by practical con-
sumers, superior to anything
in tI'e Canadian Market
WW1t11E FuR t\'ORMikTION. j
Mane -act' er.slse e'
1'JPUAGK. JI Tit and C(h"iO' RAC,
CAIA:a' KU and LAND t'LA"'' FR.
Te. .vsto(t.1te• and Warehouse :--:J FRO:
t?TR1 ti. r:.u- E.
W. O. 1 ONNELL. Manager
VG' n
tea
...!''imeastim
w� a��sl• •grim
,■av ... ,..sw sea ~
.sa Isla w�
r...r
reechoed snaps* Sow mei
r r...u,.a. Yswb•�s �eiss��igwen�r tat•
. • • •••• ...�.lera .ss�.srMls��w..w•way .!. w N
1144•••• * Ow Asea 51.. r•.t'saiyaYMwa.
ASAL BALM
ear.♦ Aant t'K, ti i.t,e 1'. V., tot
May 11th. 111 .
My wife Paltered for eve years w'tb
that distressing dlaease, catarrh. Per
ease was osc of the wast known is Or' es
parts. She tried all of the catarrh rem..
.es 1 ever mew ads retitled. but they we'e
of no um. 1 nosily procured a bottle of
Nasal Halm. tribe has recd only one half
of it. and now feels like • new person I
feel 1t my duty to say that Nasal Halm
-anent be TOO HIGHLY recommended
to; calm. h troubles• and am p{rased ID
base .'l tech seamen know through uta
use they w.f' receire>atrt r lief sed
'.JR= CHAS. MCGILI. ranger
FXPERILIIJU, CAPITAL ;1111 SKILL
Are the facto,.
-� employed in the purcha..e of Goods from
the best hou.;es in the trade.
The general verdict is that Munro is abreast of the
times, and in all departments fully up to the mark. My
increasing business is an evidence that my efforts to
please the public are appreciated.
And while I endeavor to keep almost everything us-
ually found in a first-class house, the general public may
rely uooii getting the correct thing in every department.
NoLvrithsi;anding the advance on Silk Goods I will
sell Satin and D'Lyons, Surahs and Satin Merveillieuz
at foriner price.
.11;' .Vecuzlttes for the Season.
L: -'e t Cocxls in great variety, Laces and Edgings,
Fine Hos'ety and Gloves, and all the leading items in
ams?lwr:.e.,,
from Needles up.
All 033c/1 marked i i plain figures and strictly one
price.
ALEX, MUNRO,
Draper and -Ht berdashoe
?i G t
THE l
aT .
Jap Meller .1
deet tells
Whoa haste
aqua
,'rt t like tit
ter Peel
L pas' soan
pelta
He"' talk yon
$ a dews ea
diad jayvee t
tbess's ab
Hellglu., law
a.l-
Jtu leash Jai
'bout 'yes
AM the nom
cheer
And luck •
didn't nue
'r aero s when
es
00111111•s
They beta'[ ■
you. nary
They 1sosad 1
timed bit
10' Atelial u4
He didn't dre
clothes;
But bis vista
his fors.
Rei fur the p
last camp.
He drr-aped c
sunshine
A•.d heist the
the duet.
And cut louse
cussed sac'
He'd tell sty
thea, run'
Tel. Manse it
tern show
And I -d go f"
nurnte
Th -n any hilt!
a state
Wry, that .
critic fun.
[las gel more
ever tun.
Don't stetter
the sane I
Tipsy a" us cot
two and t.
You cant 11
they Writ
Is startle' in
comment
The bent way.
servant cis
And lee cone
ewer Mac
If you coo
an ordinary
be amazed at
ruff, and do
The best taw
for de Zinn
Vigor.
There is li
L.U... t, t hat
by man in th
the remotest
impinge
In di
a anialruooml
tenor, t" son
has been rem
ever, sed for
and furmulat
ing. By a p
the work of
12 a !treat Ittt
of our Freuc
been able to
istitaliy tbeit
•i customs .d
common with
plea, attract.
is not likely
pear It is r
discuss in de
We shosid n
tb,»e princip:
ly constitute
its value as al
Con. The ti
nc small cons
• extent sabjec
bat we may t
not lees than
one meal trot
terve! of rest
mend itself w
with phystoln
tity and quali
quire careful
must be regi
work to be
Some differs,
deleted as to
of meat. WI
to the digesti
however, by a
atantial meal
this would tee
load the time
and lees wo
nutrition. D
sparingly tat
Cookery has i
aced almost
delicacy are a
we should pro
if plainness
apopted ss mai
matters.
I
Constant ea
eipeeted •tt•t
o remedy !s
al in ti
er's Kati
it in the
Tion can
merely by wet
trete
Found at
alis beery (on
anti that is •
bet lately in
f a repot
*define is
ick in coo
solo Liver
wended
twisted 1114
ct rich...
l sadaolie,
ere
by th
For As
Moak Gr