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THE HURON $IGH A L 181»A Y. DEC. 20, 1889
TOM'S MONIMENT•
"I demist int sight te NOW M a
katet table. y' realest as .•beds tet rim
drowsed as et 1 sea him to the bottom
o' the massa *is mirsete," said Mrs
Job ru,s.Y, Wiping the teen hums her
w_sslesd shooks with hoe wits° spree.
"NI it did* sea' to resole the% he was
dead, tblst ate stover fails, 'a' I dew
tbtsk *rid der hey deepen enough for
Ske pee hors nosery to git elm setae,
's' =tut ut in the lot wtthuet wants'
eke losgs�
"Tea, it's mer*'■ a year saw, s's the
B■rey Belly bassi bee heard from. 1
epos, likely she must be' bees lust,"
agreed Oysthy Aso, the daughter of the
hoe.., ani without • certain (berm enjoy -
moot of the situation_ "Stan is deet -
fel osmosis*, aeybow, bet assts' awe
bsia't bee Ole to give him any fnseral,
sur hev the stisistsr, sod seek op for
the mwlesers, it memo tee at we'd oche
hey a mdsielant for him_ I sea'% ready
ase hew we kin do mesa, es the Pater
Yamada got one fur their Charles, 's' I
any to mars, it won't do to 1st them git
ahead of eta, poor es they b. P'r rya,
g=s yon 'a' Tom was es good es
yeto atet'otbsr, you'd be wil*js•.
looney
hive a little ov yer ssh.ol-k
ssostowards gitun' the taooswset, r°'
I'm grant' to pot off gnus' married for
a while --though tett is dretful pat oot
about it—'n' ave all my rag mosey, till.
with what maim takes fur butter, we
shall get ssotlgh "
The ponos addressed, a yowsg wo-
man with a moth', sensible feet, shiv-
ered a little, and shook her bead decisiv-
ely. 'I don't believe that Tom is
dead," wail she. "Oh, don't talk about
baying a mostlseent yet. Wait soother
year, and if you do not hear from him
by that time, there will be rw•oa
to—.,
"That's jestlhat pa say," intervupt-
ed Oyethy Aso, "jest became be doo't
want to bee it that Tom is drowedsd,
He •semi ter think, somehow, that by
. hangin' off 'n' not eves owoin' of it to
bila.elt, he ken keep it from bee' so.
That's • way some folks hes"
"He wits awes )jest so headstrong an'
unreasonable," sighed Mn Fernald, with
prolonged use of the calico apron. "11
had the imperdenne to say this very
mornin that it 'peered ez of we wanted
aim dead, for the sake ow Kevin' • moot -
meat for him like Peter's Charles's.
But to look at things fair 'n' Nome,
what chance is there that he kis be in
the land a' the livin' / Didn't Beth
iimsllidge himself go to no the o.nen of
the $arry Bully over to the Port mora''
a month ago, n they said they hadn't
DO more ides of ever been' from Libel
veal or crew than nothin' at all r"
"At that ouncarued moniment again,
be they, Rbody 1" growled a weather -
bastes old man, whose fume bore a cur-
ious rasemblance to a wood -carving, ap-
pearing suddenly in the doorway.
'Bot don't you listen to 'em, dreary,
fur you 'n' I knows that our boy ain't
no more dead than they b. Even of he
woz, we couldn't afford to git • moan -
'tient fur him. Dead folks sleeps jest as
well without any stun whatsoever, 'n' of
their bone, is a-re•ti°' in ibs nee, of
what use is a stun on the land r It
can't tell nobody jest when they b.
Somehow the folks in this place, spec-
ially it thu family, has got a marvellous
craze for mcnimenta Brother Lysarn-
der be made mention ,t it w en
to home ave year agn, 'o' seam that the
craze has been growin' 'u' grown.'
Even the summer boarders over to the
Harbor puke fun at us about it. Sam
Smith showed me a newspaper where gat
one on 'em had been a- writin' up theest
place, an' it did sound as et we wuz I the
cur'o. folks. 'Teas evert word of it , ye
true, too. 'n' went XIiI to say that the coo
Herrin' Paint folks fur the most pert .bic
lived in little weather-beaten huts that tayi
were dretfal poor pertectlen from wind it w
'a' rain, 'n' wax a puaur er leanness 'a' men
poverty, coz they're a-avin' op money Cy
to buy themselves moniments to look dies
splendid over their gos%es when tit. right
wuz dad and gone. But for my part 1 oted
don't want to go about an ;holler while oil
I'm • limo', for the sake o' cortin' • dash him
when I cast anchor. Anyhow I wouldn't fur,
agree to • great moniment a -loom- hev t
in' op oot o' the family buryin'-mound by n,
nit overtoppin' the old house, like a jest
steeple over • m ishroutu, the too
Peter's Charles. dors."
"Ob, ;pa I I never thought you
wax so awful .or dly minded before,"
groaned Miss Cynthy Ann, with • knot
of horror.
"Well, I be jest worldly minded
annueh to stick to it thea I won't live on
them 'tarsal bony herein' till the boos,
prick, through my Mesh, nor drink cur-
rant -leaf tea, nor if,. tor• 1, ver •. Ill -
stickin' through Toni's old clo'e,, while
you wimtaen-f„Ike is •-sari.' up fur thee
there imszln.ry pert c' moniment as it
were. Elam• of us 'II die in earueat soon
enough, 's' then you'll have • chance to
show all the teepee' you want to, rs' her ha m
a stun in •irnest.” talk i
"Oh, pa, how kes you talk so bigot fully
d 1 Ain't it awful to hear hits, acted
Rhndy r' The
RSoela smiled, but remained silent ; Cynth
and, evidently wishing to hear n., mote Small
concerning the 'Hair, suddenly remee-
bered that it .aa ach,00,'-dim.. and took •
hurried departure. The old man re-
turned to his tem -mending on the
sonny ride of the wood -pole st the beak
door, and the ten w.nn•n, after a pec -
longed on'..ltation, finally decided that
they would wait another year before
buying the monument, se Rhody had
segttestee- In fact, it would be neces-
sary to do soots the eirl would contribute
nothing toward time fut.J, and pa was
dretfal trowhleenete when he warn't
humored. Bet .. for there being •
chance that Tom wasn't dead, it was alt
nonsense, sad 'twee treating him shame-
ful rut to take a mite 0' motets of his
death, tern.
Days and week•'werst un in the old
U desmons. manner at Herring Point
The orogen.. ranks of the gelds. rod
and asters were eut -town by the frost,
sed the wired. swept away the 1.. red
lase.. "bleb stored the nodes of the
asalookiwg hills, to maim a clear path
fee the homy =seek of winter. The
sea, en loss sloop smiler the ewmw.r
ee.sahhw., h•ssn to .how mot more the
wild fiereniess of its nature, and drove
hems the hots of the fialowinen, anti
lashed the reeks airily through wild
•
*tile . ' 'b' 1"p id as let'
house t
"Lodes
tatd� ehfid s nig
FitrY trot agetd !jet Sumach
semi owl hot lieboriositise.
is the
.,-«oder dtwl Mee pro
� iwfaeOhs tosekel, sad aa.l - .u.n4 .bb
the vides el the dpissdid tall muse -
most Meshed baleen bar meet.l pee.
hawked rags ttum is the msesie�
.sail late into the s$ Her bsoksd
rage were is d seer. lag tens&
summer boarders bed admired sad par -
chatted them, and sire that time ■oddly
every lady at the Port bad bees aimed
with • desire te pews oar • an oraa-
meet to bar best peeler. Pa divided the
time between gus.aps.R with his old
sailor scrotums at the store sod sitting
meditatively by the are with his pipe
sad almao•o. Ne msstioa was made of
the mosumest, and the old tow drank,
his .tore tea in triemp•, ol!arine so ob-
jections to the °errant- leaf beverage
with wbisb his wife and daughter as.
At to resale themselves, .ave by an oa
sesios•1 grant of duapyroval.
No sews eases of the Hurry 8e(ip or
the fate of her mew, and .a the days
enpt slowly sad drearily toward wisp,
tboesh pa still persisted in his belie( Oise
Tom was littler, all hope died in Rhoda's
beast. Bet se to herring Point peerage*
she sad Tom had not been really pea-
mimed
ro-mimed to one Vallee, sbe felt that she
mould sot gratify Cyotby Ana's wish,
and espt* s her grist by beano; mourn-
ing 'Primate, tb,cgb it would have
given Aar s sort el dreary eswfaottoo to
be able to do se.
"She eoelda't be' gaged Deakin' shout
Maio or she wouldn't wear a blue bus -
nit to mmstia', 'o' him'dead 'a' ,
ms
id the eigbbon with one accord, foe
Use nal Melte of the ease was ucknown
to them. ••P'r'ops she's atased 0' scorns'
away Js. Colliss of sly should pmt on
black ; bee slims ben a trytn' to git her
away from Tom woos they woz boys'u'
girls together; ' a' now Tom's lost, they
my he's enemies to her es a bumble -bee
is to • imariaooL "
Bet Rhoda ram little aisturbei by
these remarks. Her heart was very sore
because of Tom's lots, bet then were
circumstances connected with bis going
away which caused it to be sorer still.
1Vby had he not spokes before his de-
parture, if, as she had every reason to
think, be really card for her,and wished
to make tar his wife 1 More than once
during those last day be had seem-
ed on the point of doles so, sad theca
hesitated, with a painful doubt olouditt(
his brow. In troth he had not been
quite himself during his stay oo shore ;
sometbiagseeso.d to trouble and vex hits,
sod he would remain silent and lost is
thought for almost boon when they
were together. But os the day of his
departure bin face brigbt.oed, his man-
ner changed, and when they parted he
said with a great deal of meaning iu his
glance and tone, "I shall write to you as
soon as I reach Boston, Rbody, and mind
you answer my letter main." But the
letter came. Now the buds were
swelling in the April sunshine ; fishing
boats were rocking on the water; the wo-
men gossiped with each other in the open
doorway ; the happy young people look-
ed duorwaya; the haPPy young people
looked forward to days that were coming;
the sad young and old people remember-
ed day. that were past. The senshice
*nue: picture. of them. The birds
and wind and sea sang and talked about
them.
To Rhoda everything was elite with
Turn's memory, and one soft, lovely
morning after a rain, when a karat mist
lurked in corner. of the violet sky, as If
urs were drying her eyes of the •i
of handkerchiefs, she walked up
l Fernald cotter., and present
thy Ann with • folded envelope wbic
twined all thwlittle h,.aru of mune
b she had saved from childhood
n g in a choked voice that she thong
as time to think about the mono
t now.
ntby Ann • face became fairly ra
t. "Ism glad you've Dome to be
-minded," said she. "Pa beti bt,c
n' sot softest it yet. But there'
need o' sayin' anything about it
tell the stun'• all bought 'u' psi
'n' ready to be sot op. He won'
er do without no worldly comfort
means, ez Carle Lyssrnder be
sent us a little present o' money. I
come jest • like Proverde.ce by mail
when we woz stalking aboutf4he seoe,-
ment t'uther day. maim 'n' 1, 'o' no
name to it at all. What do you think :inn
.tout the verse, Rhody 1 It had titer keep
be something "lose ' n' 'ramie', I a�'
it was te he oat up frith appropriate ssr.-
.5-.-a
Mrs Rsnsld .ad ()pithy Are were
gee feitisg baro reposes over it .. fish -
iambi. My went= weld bene fake is-
le teptures war • sway impeded lists
tries p., who bad mem bass ""tis'
teere,beeteward
*Meg the puh whiahkla4 eirw.gh the
oesbard. As the Mepaseloss seisms
el white marble seal bis eyes, be step-
ped short with wrath .ad weai.►meet.
"Well, et this sib's the setaredest
o' week 1 ever heard tsU about !
me overboard el ru Nee' skit sasses..!
Here you've ben a-beyie' a etas es s'
greed a beaker Hill Monier for ••Hy -
t.' buy, to say notion' o' the ridisatht.s-
sees td Doh awaarnd poor folks •-tport-
se' met a flung. Et's math muni is the
old Mess 'o' the lot o' lead 'a' the oats
's' AMOK -beak all hove together. 's'
you're bet ' ' 'pest all Lyeareder's
mosey, 'n' Rbodj w too, 1'11 be booed, of
As was fool .nosh fur ter give it for
yer, poor gal ; a' k ..neat -leaf tea
with morias• for sweet'nia', 'e' pinch-
ed ysnel.es on Iojoa bread without no
butter, till ye're es lean 'a' ugly es two
witches. Winter's s-ooasta' biaao-tty,
too, et '1u spring oow,'s' my •.bio' won't
amount ter much tau year. 1'm• -g t&in'
Ino old an' stiff ter go o.t now ; folks
hes too much human eater' er be able
for work aper they git ter be seventy,
n' Smtb Smallidgs halal 'ol no mon
backbone tb•c • jelly -fish. bet's good
luck of we duo's all starve ter pay tar
this. I tell yer Tum ain't dead, author;
1 know bum a 01171:1 deal betters you
w innow -folks abet sever eared
sorbin' shoes bias bet tar stud him with
norms to show oiler the panes with,
'a' tor starve him into: s•yi.' &bet Me-
rin' wax es good ez roast beef ; 'a' I
boo. he ain't the kind ov • feller to git
drowndd frets a wrack Der dretfal easy;
nor ter give in 'o' oast anchor ashore,
'yak .atblu' more'• common tackled
bun."
"Oh, pa, bow you do discoonternanoe
Proyerdsoos !" sobbed Mrs Fernald.
"Duoounternance Proverdenoe or not,
1 won't het that there woniment put op
is my lot. I reckon I'm mater here
while I live, whether or so, Whet) I
heave to, though I'. hopis' that' woo t
be till my toy comes huts."—with f.
little softened quiver in his wrathful
vuice--"you'll cut op of you think fit, ow
wane, but while 1 hew my mama that
then thing will be out ov sight. I may
mwoond or lose conscientiousness, but of
yer set is up then, I'll hev it hauled
down again es soon es I Dome to myself,
'a' .o teen's no mss talkin'. " And so it
proved. The tears and remonstrances df
lou wife and daughter only caused the
old Mio to be more set in his determi-
nation. The solemn advice of the minis -
tee, who was rifled tuthe rescue, was with-
out avail •iEf they had bought a small,
reasonable stun, I would° t h.' made nu
objection for their puttin' on it up, par-
son, ter it would ha' given 'em any atia-
f•ction,tboogb Tom ain't dead," he said;
"bot that muslment—Lordy ! it would
he' shamed the hull place '
So the mouume °t was bam:ed into the
woodshed, placed prone against the wall,
and covered with ea old rag carpet, in-
stead of towering pruud!y toward the s
sky, and attracting the admiration of all t
beholders, as Mrs Fernald and Cynthy ly
Ann had fondly anticipated, and was
esentioi • i no more in the household for •
a loog time. Early in the autumn a
Cyotby Ana and Seth Smalhdge were ■
married, and beth came, brintring his d
worldly effects with him, to dwell in the
Fernald cottage. As the old man pre- a
dieted, the winter proved to be • hard of
one, and at times (cod was scarce in the co
household. Seth, who was never known w
oto have good luck, went off to the Hanks g
ed on a fishing voyage, after the hooey tit
h
Intros was over, but soon returned witb sit
a frozen foot, and spent the remainder w
of the winter by the fireside, dozing over ch
` • pile of ancient newspaper. Bat to. en
wards spring, when pm was attacked with dr
his annual spell of rheumatics, and fur- as
tune seemed darker than over, another Did
ao gift of money came from Lysander
old ass was ew
fret "kids be woo hats M r.-
oires.iM�£ midi bet reg
esti sift. era lets.Y .at bith bier
�y eloped gree, sad
whs
shead emit aiseigkba .steed the hoose
Todd remove is for as a .sat aid Mat
tete tears, malaise';
"Pa was Armful' btgmNd sheet that
them moniment—he roily wee; 'hi seer
I'm steered be weal sever gis well, ter
he takes water-greel feet tee meek su a
Iamb, 's' he wouldn't sever look M it
helms of he scanned ter death. Theys
as awful bed sign ---it wisely is."
Bet, ouutr•ry to pg► mpeetatiom,
�be
seddeoly began so these, and begot* %be
Iodise summersmoked melt .way he sat
op l a. easy-okstr by the window.
Still the old mos was not quite eke sir
salt. 110 seemed straskely sm[tes.d by
his illness, sod was so meek .od gentle
is his demeseur that she family maid
epos him is smoai•bewiet.
"Marin Cynthy Atm," he said, esti
bright morning when he wassails to walk
.s far ae the shore, "I'm afe•rud 1 hey
ben • set fired bigoted old mw,es you've
silos bee • esytu' but mein' ea the
Lord hes spared my lite—fur which I'm
truly thankful, though not beteg afeard
o' death, fur I hain't got tired o' Brio'
yit, al I add, 'u' hasn't quit* outlived
myruin... aybe—I'a a -going ter
take
m
e • new tack 'o' sail a fax es I know
bow ter steer, 'n' He bmlpis' me, in the
right way. Now,about Chet then mostt-
moit,I thoagbt when I woe a-lyis' then
sick that p'r'eps 1 hadn't dose quite the
.quare thing al•wg of It, I gums yos'd
better git it sot up now, 'a' invite the
neighbors 'n' the person, 'n' bow ez good
a tante ex ye ken. I bsin't emits ter my
a how I 'prove ov the moosmeot so
more'° ever, nee like the potion ov it a-
toweei,' over thu little cabin ow ourn,
like a light -house cyer a clam -shell, but
el y e'Il find satisfaction in it, I'm
more'o will[°' 't yer should be gratified.
Itdoesn't sem likely 't the buy'll ever
tome back '—with a hoarse choked rules
—"but somehow I ken's seem tee (eel
abet he wus drownded. Now after
brother Sarmwel wus brat, though we
didn't know nuthin' fur certain, every
time the wind rose at night she kept a -
'Bayne', ez plain es ken be, 'He'. gone !
hes gone !' The waves key' repeatiu' the
same word. ton, 'a' si that oosearnd
bell -buoy didn't keep me awake nights
with its everl•stia' tollin' 'm' koelli•',
fur it seemed edzactly es 0 'liras.-ayin',
'lee's hers under the water : a.. here!'"
Harm and Cynthy Aon were
moved to tears whoa the moonmeot w
mentioned, though, to tell the troth, the
prospect of 'hens' it sot up' was not as
delightful as it would have been once.
They bad become used to being outdone
by Peter's Charles; and then monuments
bad become lees fashionable at Herring
Point, a taste for dress and house dem,nt-
ticn having been excited by the .simmer
boarders. Still, it wee a great satisfac-
tion, and in the course of preparative for
the important event Cyotby Ann recover-
ed •omethiog of her old enthusiasm
Mrs Fernald drained again of the long
table that night, and declared in the
rnorn:ng that she believed "it mean
uthis murs'n common this time, f
be dream didn't run the way it comm
did by • great deal."
Two days later, one golden brig
harpoon, quite • crowd •sembl
round the little burying lot in the orc
rd. Mrs Fernald and Cynthy Ann ha
onned mourning apparel for the ,w,
canton, but presented a not altogetb
ournful appearance. Pa won • Ito
humble expostulation nn his venereal
untenance. Rhoda, simply dressed i
Aute, .turd somewhat •part from lb
room and answered as briefly as possible
n
e neighborly greetings which we
owrred upon her. But all the other
omen were in ray Iodide, attire, sed
•ltd with unrestrained cheerfulness
til the services began. R ,.y apples
upped from the boughs overhead
tens and golden -rod nodded gayly be
a the wall ; the wswes plashed mer
7 against the rocks below. Some galls
w overhead, and broke into • .c -rt of
one laughter, as 0 amused by the ap-
ranee of the monument which tower -
or high and glared so grandly in the
,shine.
Mader .uses, 'a' Abbot. Bet I rtes
.
too big aw•rd to my as thong to her
Moen it ; 1 thought I ..mil Waft ar it it
she ahueld toil me she likedhim. Bet 1
waves to her teem Boom, where we were
ing
leadihe,,see, sad told bee it she
dads'% esus memegh iv as to *eery m
whim whI pt hems hest theshe
moods% swear the letter, bet it obit
sa
to WNW right Abets,. We .rid at the
wharf two weeks lifter thee; bet 1 tidal
bobs a ward icon bar, sad ebb t
Sergi Bally sailed I left as if 1'd rather
be druwad.d than sot. Life didn't asset
weth beteg."
•'ilk, Tum, I never got year ldter,"
Rhoda. Rbod•
"Most likely that seouudrel Jos OW -
fins got holt or 11. l'm a-guiog to bete
• little interview with him whoa I ksteb
him—well, he ain't been ter -day ! But
whoa the .easel did get 'reeked, 'a'
everybody 'a' everytbimg was soloing to
the bottom, I thought 'twdeld be worth
the while to save myself, attar all ; a'
(h
Joe illare
s—000t the crew —'•• I clung
holt ov seem spars till we was picked op
by• hag bound fur (sldurny.
From there 1 thought I would gu,
to •e rslla 'n' hunt up I've•
Lysander. I ooeldu't come boots as
thing. stood. for I e tablet ha
hurts to ase Jum 'a' Riad, together, so
I rwokosed yes might as well kiosk I
was dead --fur • 'NNWst In.a
least ; I meal
much bettmr'e that at the time. (feel*
Lywoder agreed to keep dark, though
ek
he said he dado't believe ia senog.
mesas, sod I tell yes aloe old man gave
me a good chase. I've piekd up quite
• little pile of cash is thew few years.
You've gut the mosey 1 seat you every
stator all right, hewn't you r
a--
"Shot S•, Ljsnder 'tenet so Mind
libral after all :" maid pa, wiping his
eyes oe has omit sleeve.
"Bat I was beginnira' to gain s little
Imre courage, 'a' to think I might be
able to go home 'n' ase the folks before
long, when Sam Smiley—the feller that
u sed to work over at Sgsu. White's—
made his appearance at the diggun'a tree
day, 't' said he'd been over to Herne'
Point only the week beton he sailed fast
r*u
sog- Aud when I beard (rum Lim
that Rhody wsrn't .darned at a11, nor
goon' with any one, 'u' never had bad
•uything partaklar to my to Ju* Collins
seems I'd been gene, I didn't .bit over
°feet before I peeked my duds 's' gut
read to start fur Auieriky,"
said it bow my dream about the
long table woe ditrreut fn.= ootamoo.
both see us it meat $',eddi s' this time,"
ba qqu vered arm, speedily env dieg ber-
Yms." agreed pa hriglitly, "so it did ;
an' Cyotby Ann, even you ma's keen
co/maenad fur that coaenad old tsooimett
aim. Let's haul it down 'o' kiyo, it up
site, 's' el the parse• don't object, tura
tits solemn delights of thus occasbun tu-
to a bit ov • frolic."
faamt
aard'a Llslens M need by Psyeartme.
Foe the waoa.ev is 8. S. No. 4,
Muni., there were 30 applicant.. W.,
Sloan, filyth, was audi-
t successful odi-
t date, salary 1275.
ur
ani
ht And all Diseases of the Throat end
!'armed. Coughs .ad Colds
d I Lung. can be cured by the nee of Scott's
h. Emulsion, as it contains the healing vie-
d ( tut. of Cod Liver Oil and Hypophoe•
bs in their fullest form. gay .hat
er ! %ite, 8. Muer, M. D . L R C.1'., eta ,
k i Trow, N. S., says : "After three years'
*' experience 1 consider Sorts'• Emulsion
s one of the very best in the market
• I Very excellent in Throat affections."
Sold by all Druggists, 50o and 81. 4
nl
"IS promo' that Lysarndcr should be so I de
s lib'MI, fur of be is rullin' in echos, her to
to got a mily ov hie own ter look after, pe.
d 'n' b. only half brother ter me, wither, ed
t u' used ter be moderately tiebt till • * to:
spell ego. Strange he don't write float-
* i° .hen he sends the mousy, too. Th
font time he sett any be kinder hint
Bot when the minister c ammencod to
e pea
ed wa
i .n
Ms
ing
t.
an
Th
du
IDS
you
that we d otter be ooleeged ter him in
two hull p.o.e. It seems now ez of it
Dome (rum the Lord, of I am a miserable
• et, 'ndon't make no great effort to
clear o' Filen. But the Lord
res I m thankful, anyhow," 'said the
man from his sick -bed.
me rolled on in mush the same Loth -
t Haring Point. Three more tem -
nous winters teat about the little
et, froze the sea spray on the win
panes, drove wrecks against the
and pinched and desolated the
• of the poor. Four still, fur sum -
stirred the sleepy scents .f the pin*
ripened the berries on the hills.
ed the brilliant dowers in the Balt
hes, and bronzed the cheeks of the
folk with its hot glad s.eshin.
seemed proop"roue and peaceful at
rations season.
b Rmaliidge wits still unluekn, het
spite of ►a "human nater'," ►u
ty-four years, and his "spell n'
matier," continued to be hale and
y enough not onit to e°;oy his &It-
etps, but to 'Make them suoce••ful,
veaoder still sent his yearly tem
too of money, Do, though thee.
two other months to feed unit*/
emelt' roof, there vise nothing like
in 1 e faintly main. Sloes tea
bubbled fragrantly odor the Ire, and
"tbeta pesky bony h.rrin' " were not al-
ways the chief of the (slimily diet, greatly
to the old man '• •ati•faiseion
ag all this time nothin, had been
frees Tem. The men who am ie
OM lowered their •nicer when they
of the :terry .'.folio, and were dieter
of e'wilaetenne how sheeams to iter
Bet the monument still reprised is
*.wort of tbo wood -shed ender its
of rag carpet. sv,e Cynthy Ann
se furgottea its glory es to make
ing-elsee for her week -toile, and
epos*. Ti
But Rhoda bad already slipp• ed out of
the door. She was in no mood for talk- 'N's •
ing to Cynthy Ann- She had felt assist- 1>e
d of Tom'. (death for some time, ham.
bet consenting to the rootinment seemed dew
like formally giving him op, like pre- .h.ore
paring lot his funeral. Bat it w:s all honer
she could do fur Aim now, and it was men
fitting that the stone should be raised in "nada
open
Mire
fisher
Life
this g
8.t
pa, in
emory, though she dreaded the
t would oeoasic.n, and the mourn -
festive stones which would be ne-
in the • burying lot." '
nett day Mr. Fernald and
y Ana, accompanied by 5.th
edea, • brisk little fisherman who
resemhled a seed -peep in blank clothe., ssven
drove over to the Pert, and after a great rbsu
ilea) of bickerung and cansultatinn,"nf 1,1-
ilea/
waiting and d oubtunr, aid delight and
depreest,n, made the puret.ae el the and L
monomest. Cynthy Ann carried the tribe
money in the toe of • Iiond.y' 'oolong, wore
an ordinary p.'ket boob not being audit.
the F
seemly safe, and host. Din Fernald and want
Neth ...feted her in counting oot the
sem r-g'isred Io onmp$ei. the perches.
''Well, 1 gores fetor', Charles's won't
honk mach a.mpsred to thug, but I'm
disappointed that it ssrn't he seat ham. Den
bef,.re too -morrow," said Mrs Fsreold,. the beard
as they drove homeward toward eves),
Mg. .poke
"There ain't nrdhine like it in the tired
, bet pall grumble host the emit fat.
We eke'n't hear the lilt ..f it for Nobody tie .eel
knows when, pa's lest an bigs,t.d," .over
greased Oy.thy Ann, a shadow .tooling ilsbad Net
hew tag eoent*namee.
O1Mby Ana's daoghter, a'chubby little
mewl tall *Willem and splendid. as wmot as se
Moe Pa wobstinate es *em is his
seely the nett morning the mettimid
id
Monett ovni
over to the Paint. Tam's name
and age, and the suitohles mire s. iota.
worse tram • hymn whish the shiers
himself had "packed net" esgraved oft Ire
eer(.q add was 'mend
is the little family lot. Is � �me
d three, inet.d no such faseieeti•s
for bene!( or her boil y of ng be
d•baemiaattes not t.. bars tt set ay is the
beryfeg lot. and bbd eves torydee
t\e ..above of the "seaweed *Mg" i•
\i herise.
Bet kis i. this lutw rima., the
y in his chill formal tone, a chanty.
s felt in the 'ionosphere. Even the
redline seemed to loo.e its warmth
ny of the women subbed, remember -
their own old sorrow,, it may t.,and
o Groat tears stole into Rhoda's eyes,
i remained uadried upon her cheek.
en they commenced to wail a
mal funeral hymn. but faltered in the-
y as • broad shouldered, bronzed
ng man Impel over the orchard .all,
gave • quirk, •mated lr•k a1 the monu-
ment, awl then darted forward into their
midst, .eizino Rhoda in hie arm., and
kissing her repeatedly, "Couldn't help
it, Rhoda, stein' those tears nn your
cheeks, and considerin' the ..ccashuo,"
he exclaimed, as she stared .t him rath-
er wildly. •'It i.e't often that a roan
emus. ter life at his own funeral,"
Tota Fernald !" "Why, Toni Fer-
nald "' "How on Girth !" "What
blotted yon here r "Whored you come
/rum r " 'T can't be your ghost, ken
1s r'—wage exclamations heard from
every quarter. °I d Imre ! gat hem
jest in sear,n to me his moniment set
up'" said one lolly sailor
And then it was noticed that p• had
Known very white, end es. holding**
to the wall foe support ; and Cynthy
Ann, after tasking • /tryst effort to greet
h:r truther in • suitable manner, fell
bsek, and, as the family were wont to
express it. 'grist o.nacuenluoouiem.
"1 •11.re knowed ex how you hadn't
emit anchor, Tom," said the old man, re-
envmnne himself •Imo.t immediately,
• ' ' ▪ now here yer be, 'o' ben I be,
seem' the Lord pre..rved toe to sea ye."
Marro, for the lack ill an apron, re-
moved bar shawl !nam her shoulders mad
er..apletely covered her head there-
with
"El you hasn't hin dad, Tom, where
bee yer bin r also inquired faintly, from
iia depth., after • little interval.
I Tota, who was stationed between pa I
• and k'i.nda, \mein; a band el either,
torted to her with • distorted aroma
ns•oe. " W here 1 hadn't niter boys bees
in An■traNs, with one. Lyandp, It
ors e11 oaths' a that perky Joe OeMts.
Tee are, before i went away, ielks ewe
assyie' that he bed moles Rhode •
way
tree ow- -bees toed se told me himself
Mat h was so—'s' I thongbt sea anisel
Mr Will Dempsey has rested hi. farm
I in Cloderrcb township to Meson W. &
(1 Hoerr• for three years, at • rental tt1
11300a year.
11..
TO MAKE ROOD[
1011 OUR
Cliri8tmas Dpay !
WE WIL1. BILL
THE STOVES
ON OUR MOIR AT
Reduced ,Prices.
eoLJC Austres yet
The E. & C. Gurney Coy's
Stoves and Rages aekaowl,Aaog by all to
he the Angle Stoves in Canada -
Tie cheapest house over the sea
1890 -
Napa's Xaguiae.
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ehe
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so shade �eaarr amemeete tow .
Mm, t stsslsalvr tiv t1s
asses. l�• se teemm.,' trump eMeedu
b �. �iJtlmm` �i w.w.teki
one
east ,.s Mkr.Z..14 0eats revs td
g.�e.� esm.,-beadeoate-
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.osbsswyt.w
emend laterest.
puma sad timely masks. the M AMIDs
will miatata its well-known M•.eard.
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1890_
Harper's Weekly.
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1890_
Harper's Young People.
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Ferret, which brides with els Neither
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1890_
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