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Closet Ms' W V w dir•s1iN el bMeslt, la • ries fibs • file. "Irby. "don't won't or, ark yes sir," u- this
THREDGOLD. �.; ib...•.r.dw..tl.R tby,ele
the. yMi ...red the bol. taidl,, I. .0
t, kr her elderly liner,
" ' with • most proration' nowt en his
sad the
" I ase sot earkisg atter Mat, I •m sub. s-fsiUag feel d thy bsMssu r oilier fuss, •ow • his appears.' at
rl Mod te see ler openlyday ohms dap hi kis eager, with& reseal Womb his "net resin• M b seen,'' a•tterwd door, with kis baud, plaided deeply in
Ca•rsttn 1114100901L °` wfassavI gest the area ba•.-, I tons et I p a.waaat, 8•' L his pockets. He had heart a7 vole..
L 1 bay vat hues r asibfl 1 else s wen bar a be m7 orfs," 1 aslewered dr- bort C , fall In/. • soughs hind book isle the ben I provided ••d b.b.red that I had some to soaps
s•b�� '•AM I dos's •r how yr of area !ties 1 bei Indere Hard him m7-ealf with • kale" sad roams attempt to aspplamt him with
I wo.Y ••a bale Miss ss gelsbli stray asudf rad have a batter object for or named May bath upas his with- Wand the boy, who wee rat&nrr flet.
Thsrud Mot ]Lend. tamed b .7 intrados b let ate "the 1 have a few words with you Mr
as hop.issel7 is loyw with Meg Nout
Road. .Aa k was l lull a vicar to her j gases vim ' lue, •when pie rained yobs o attaarr • Tbe ole reap' way es a o�.vate matter el M-
imi child. About i years C eraser ''
grey -bins ensued \lead• hair, Tong ho -
lows
lo•• 1 bad hod any erase of diaoovertsi
wast • thew.Rby good. Lair-.Indd ta> I
alas mer, And what • prtislary peri
sa'l and pew .i view of We obs too& est
of those poetk oyes.
Vag wee the add d tis ov.eeeer d •
sail abbe, a shrewd, hard -heeled me•
who had worked Ids m•7 up, W .b.
411.0d very MO n W esttatio• d kis
employers. Some distsrbanas@ tr the
wool district barn; bought the ..bast
southo Moss prominently betore a1. pub-
lte mild, I had bra seat Borth by the
editor d an illustrated paper, tc take
okra's of the affected matrices ole the
-spot. Zech Thredgold bid Men very
Rood to ow, and bed not uoy initiated
a into •U the mysteries et Ib* Blau
-err Pit, where leie orb wort ley, bet
bad ellow•d me to visit kis home, .sad so
to broom acquainted with the*tri whoa'
I dared sot rakes I wasted to moor my
wife.
Sha knew it of erne. But meg was
• model d dierwtien. mad received my
timid hints sad halt avowals with .
bland and , ble celsneas rash
was rather d' , Me .ore so as
the eosins owner of tis firm which
.weed t4* Bluestone Pit was . eonesatt
visitor at the oversea. unpret.odi•g
little bum.
" Do you lib that old Sibert Cerrito -
hem, Mcg 1" I asked her or day, whoa
I abed been mom than usually irritated
tis owning before by Me rho, /floes
wine the seam parttime bed ear tit m7
di risky.
Then was, ..M!•ppppi�1y, ..lbiag indicat-
ive of • tend. frip letwess as in
the fact d my calling \e by re Christ -
hs nom. Sr bad been jest Meg
Thredgold to all be .itesiDtanoss from
kit esthete years, and Tey trot att*spm
o address ler more formally bed been
enabbod as She had
leen washing the family t•bio linen, and
was hstesng it up with .pip coo •
elotemli e at • hale thione• cram the
grimy looting red brick boom, which
was ler ridiculously assailable loa'e.
Tho whole neighborhood was w..aiteble
for be. I glared sronad o• t4* dreary
dathe barren, Jobbat-looking
te �ne•rest, a tree ; with bore sad
there on • spot blacker then tis rest, •
wheel big& above the trued denoting
the shah of • soil pit ; t1. rows and
groups d dingy misers' cottages ; and at
the oaeastb-looking coastline was pod-
ded to Meg im passing, as if she had
been or d themselves. By what mir•-
soe bed Meg obtained, mar such ser-
r000dieg•, t4* , , d • mole end
the carriage d a great
1. the ae ntime s4* one giving •
leisurely answer to my question.
"Do I like Mr Carriogbss 1 Why, of
rune I do. He s very good to fair',
sod thinks a lot a him. Look at the
way boll come in and balm supper or •
imp of ten with hiss. That. great oen-
d s.oeusion in • gentleman a Mr Cor-
ri•Itham's praitios. "
"C , . )! Why tad is dl oath.
ether cid., 1 think. War pietism's cold
his society rho to any one 1 Yen know
very well why be rues, Mogi"
1 was by ads air enveloped a • table
sloth width, is • wild endow. to make
ayodt moral I had been to
bion op with • peg on tbe airborne.
Mot rood watching my straggles with
sedate
L. I was ameoyal with
bar with la bolsi vain nation. erne' to he pleased
"DoWt you know," I west on irrita-
bly, ''that be's a hare; bed men, and that
be married a girl ,ears ago who ran away
boa him 1 Perhaps she le alive now ;
it wouldn't be • very safe thing to marry
his ;" 1 finished spitefully.
Meg took t4* t•bleoloth from me .ad
asewursd with her usual daibsstion.
"Mr Coeditor's would fid plenty d
women le take their throes of that, I
aspect He's got £6,600 a year, y
" IW! bo I h•rs't acre so good," re-
tard Mr C wYb sal umpire -
sat ds7•.s. d loam ; "Lot that's rubor
ber, mor that. I take am atere•t ►D
the girl ; 1'a her lsthels smpioys, .ad
I don't approve of young men of your
ter phll.oderimg sleet les."
•' I duo'& neo what your approval has
l do with tis matter, I rid haeltbiUy
"Dua't yon," sold C, , with •
bard obeckl. "Call on Zech to -Dight
and you'll see. ()a the oche bard, d
„your wise yos'Y be erten% to take my
word foe it, sod save t1. you, W,
so.. awkwardoaa..
'.Perhaps the •wkws.daem will tam
out to be for 7s,, mid I, gias@naed at
the W's erne I, 1 1, 4 1 "Yoo
nob £$,Ogtt $ year; 1 des% make MO;
bot 1 haven't tbe i11-tsstment a •
y wits en my , , mor tit*
en j at be taming up aria at w
meoavaaisnt mam.•t o brat MO -
This wet, o►i•k I delivered with all
the tone rd point of which 1 was ear -
Me, caused my noel to tors livid with
raga
"Yon—Cockney whelp "' heosid, in
a low, Mick voice, with his teeth sot
fast
His first impulse seemed to be to .t -
task s permit ; sad millwork mach
taller than be, 1 should hay. stood •
poor clones rabbet his maseslar force.
Bot he ,sstr•tsed brash and fired op-
en me • look a triumphant maim which
made re tar more mem Mon • bow
wo.ld have dor. Then with soothe
dry chuckle be walked of, \h rods in
lin pookete, with an air d ask superior-
ity.
upeior-
it My 4 were realised. TIM
rwiag when I celled at Z*ch'* broo-
ms I generally did -to hays • esp d les
witk bin. the door was opened by Mrs
Tbredgoid, who told me tory shortly
that her beamed was oat. I mold bear
bim in the room overload ; tat worse
than that, Nies,--who was Ispiss lb. tea
table rod looking portray ■ I
--did sot ren glare m ray dinettes.
I world bre lingered, asked ear qua -
tire ; for I was esesk-spirited rough
when Meg was coeoeu.d.
But the door was shut Is N yarn.
oa
.know. And to be bard isn't the ansa*
e s o be bad, Mr Bell. And as for 'WI
girl ,1. married noting away. why it
foal halpwpaeyess the husb•ad'• fault when
•thAad-yoo don't mind • little nth for
the make of £6,000 • year 1 I neo, Mies
▪ "I nen'& hal it offered me yet, Mr
Dell," mid Meg dryly. "Porters don't
got thrown about .site so freely:as peo-
ple sass to think. Wbo .m I'bat I
*lord have the spending a £G,000 •
year 1"
"You're more worthy of it than any
girl I know,', I had to admit. "You
wouldn't fill a great pusitios say the ]em
well for being able to wash up ton
things."
what Mr Corringbam says."
"01, Lett Corringham be h•riged."
Caluokily, ae 1 littered this wish in no
very subdn.d toes, the person whom it
eoocerned happened to be os hu way to
Zech Tbredgoid's hoose, and so sear as
to overhear my words. Meg might of
sight of him first, and to my passions'.
adignetios greeted eine with • smile at
Iasi u oordi•lly as that she had be-
stowed epos lot. I man him a curt
salute, whir he r.Ierned mon softly
still.
S.bet Corringham was • tbiek-tet
man under the .iddlt right, with a
fate which a repose looked as 11 he had
been carved out of wood, bat which was
capable, of ideal d strong
when bis pawnor wee rooted. H*
tremor me to • eta. d infinite contempt
r i raised my bat to Meg and with 11t•
user that I must be off to my work
torsed hastily sway. Whom I reached
the lane .t the bottom d tis hill, Mir -
mar. 1 ford that Mr C ; had,
b • .Dort oat, got then fires.
H. stood wetting for me, with his 1 lents to ycs."
"Bot .1.'d near learn how b sped
It. New, I.oaid odasaM bar. sad with-
out her k.owag it t"
"Ha, ha 1"
belvre 4* W
1%11 1 11II 1 11 NI _ 11 1
the skid alma a reser allow .r.•
the winter c... M. mad &leer os nes
or on laud the ane emote* •at es
fotbue nod ton was Rot the Mims. nig
we aU foal that then would bar. lyes
au turas (151.'* arm, sod mo owafor-
table ba for the i$wd, it it bid out
boBom lar tis fidelity sod sagacity ef
tto.l tart. -
"Thus hast lest thy shames of • dimmer apt, but hookas younger oa serer of time o speak. THE TIME TO BATHS.
or • ten am
and themsats m* loose, 1•%. his estrufragility, be had silk, fair "That's just what 1 want," ho so:
Tbo•'ll mot be o• m7 tide's visiting list, Isar sad large gray eyes, nod • g.•t,Ie sword, oda' lower ag and ferooioss eel -
.ad se I tau lbw" which might well "tack the lioness. which see m•d to trigbtea Keg,
8o this Gcsroe brut• was Meg's okaios ! wooer folk," as old Doskee had said. for she attend a cry sod glassed from
For I weld not doubt, botk"fto. bis "Tbie pleas is too cold for you witboot
may tomo of sMrr•mw, and from tis re- • fire, with that ould,"1 rid ; skit• Ruff,
*option I had fro. Mrs Tbredgold, that rider!, behoving that 1. bed bro.gbt
be wee roma( r a nolo tos.d•tion. In
an stony of .able tlon sod resent -
meat, I was ablest to rash toes of tho is,
wham I was ssddwly reetraia•d by the
k. wlsip that C . was waiting
st tbe bar sed that I sbosid baro to
pass bili I pse.sd and sopped to pat
the soahs wkith, having apparently takes
• great Insley to me, bad followed me da-
o the ball At that moment the door
a the mooing' room opened. and a rad -
faced oras who was sitting ismer*, with a
loog clay pips in his smooth, called to t1.
da" , Rot, coo. 'ere."
Bet the ooltie .kr•ak behind m• es
the door Mooed.
I tar•.d to the ch•mburmaid, who was
crosser tale bell
"Do yon koow .tom this dog be-
longs to r I asked.
Oh, e.," .1. weere. wwd at e"To
the Dachas, a Ghesp jack and kis wife,
that's staying tate. Mrs Long let thea
pitch in the field at hook, and tis y'v
got • van out there and • tent. A air
pair o' skean % they are, and oral,
toss. Why, they'n mode their own dog
so shy b. won't go sear •traat.rs, bet
bangs about the vow .11 day long."
He will go to soarers, thoudb. He's
bio. lavas( epos me and following
m."
The girl looked at the dog, who was at
that moment was licking my had.
"Weil," said abe in surprise, "I never
saw him carry on Ilkoi that beton ;
t eves 11
I was much more miserable that angry
at tisk snob, kr I love Meg se deeply se
to be elle to grieve more o,•r be sant
prospect of 'unarm se the wife ol the
rough brute Oorrisglam taut one m,
own diesppoiatment.
My work at Laneashire magnetically
over ; indeed, I should hat. boon back
to town two or three days before this
bat fog the magnet in tried brick boom
on the hill Now ! therefore. I went
straight book to the Dotter, lodging I
had bra .ccopyia, so as to be Boar t4*
pita, paid my bill and aaebed of with
my porta'aateas into Coln y, w mer -
set town. A leer, atroggjtag plea it
it was. this ahoy, bait as • steep
ridge of t4* hill, sounding is a• inter-
mittent taillike quite • .Js and a half
from the station. I made straight for
the principal dna, when the iaadldy,
a enmity, dictatorial old lady, who
had taken me into be special favor,
took me into her parlor, and era warm-
ed or of me the neon of my black
looks ed a my @odds• departure. A
beautiful collie, whish bad been standing
at the inn door, followed or sad stood
b tan, ming his tail, while I made
cosfes.io..
"Ab.." mid the landlady of t1.Sw.n,as
ahs banded me • box of cigars, They
wen very had Cagan, sad very de ;
but for some rears it wee owid.rsd a
special privilege to be offered one, and 1
dared not refuse. "You're coot in the
mood to take it kindly, bot let see tell
you there's sway worse men about than
Robert Corringham, for all bus • bit
rough in his way. And as for that amen he
married, the was • rugalar horsy, and
it ma her rutin war got ber into troo-
b s with via'. Azad o leave bin es •bo
did, was enrol to tum • .alar had, let
. lose boob a son as C .
„
'Bot that's no raison wby be should
sake up to soother girl when he's not
sure he's • free span, and tam his porities
as employer to taro another mat oat d
eke field."
"Eb, tot wire none of no quite fair
when in love, 7o, no inure than t4* rest
The Ism know• bis had a wife, and if
she likes to take the risk, why oven if
the first should tarn ap,
would do t4* right (Inc by bar and not
lot bar starve."
But this mggmtien was intolerable to
me. I spring up from may rest The
eollw, whose head I bad been csresiag,
leaped op about me, as if rympathmton
with lo idlgn•tioe.
"Aad don't you thlak,', I bent oat,
to keep ay p•saiou within my
of decorum, "that it would be
better tor her to merry • as. with
whom ahs world run no risk 1 And •
young meal One who wosld be • Dons,
pantos to her. A ad
'.And • deal better laoklog sad 1.as
rough, sad a geotlmen,•h1 Well, that's
for the lams herself to say. Bat, alter
all. sir, she's no lady, sod maybe she
thioke she'd mot fall to kwe with you
Lennon wap. She's no fool, isn't Meg
Tkredgold."
"That's just it. She would aeowtns
rash to • new mode of life witboot
say diieulty, being so istelligeat. And
m1t would woo feel more at home is a
Losdoo drawing room than Is that mls-
rab1t brick -field where be llhome i."
"WoU, if mho srrried C
abed have pleat! of Tory -♦.ors than
arid give iter, I nekton. No of -
rade in his pockets, 1i• (set planted
wide apart and a look of Million' rend
stir on kis he. I word haws poised
hi. witho.t . woad, but this i maw he
was d15uu' rood .nt to let me do.
"Bey Ikon, Mr Palettuesd-b.wah, •
weed of ye, if yen plass 1" M eried im-
psiGody as •a7 agarum
i stopped share, rod mmitad for the
tbwstened "weld,` whieb some without
Way
" Teter eas•kin' after that has, Mir
Thffedgade + 1"Mds►," be .M, with •
Ilk 6 a the •haps of •
dry, hard laugh, same from raids the
bar. Roiled and sagry, D looked op
to or Sobers Oorringhaa's wooden fame
we•riag an es of larking ammo-
! not tell how meets be
and hard, bet Was hood was husi for-
wird is an nailed* of (Montag sttemtioa.
"Hamm ber, eb r be repeated to
• good friend to his young master, .w4
bines ss rod wagged bin MIL
"Oh, tri said the boy, "I bream,
and Hoff oars end earls kiaeclf op by
one and keep mo worm,"
"Ad do they leave you shut up bee
by yourself ell day?' I asked, trying to
Inde my indignation.
"01 I don't mad. 1 bus • book that
I .as read while the light Inst., and I
don't feel I want to run about to.. Mrs
Daren erre forgets to give me my
bruskfet mad dinner ; bat I don't sem
o want to eat mach, nod I ahc.lda't
stook .id it she forgot
The little fellow, while rather alarmed
by the thought of what the oons.gse ese
'might be of admitting • stranger, was
ewidesth delighted to got some relief
from his loneliness by this oenveraation.
He told me, in answer to my gosatiose,
that he W move known hie lathe or
knows •sytbing shoot him ; that his
. other need to make dreams, but that
.r had died "oh, ever eo long aero,' se
Wali* added with • Bich, and that Mr
W ad Mn Dookes, olio wen lodger in
the same boom with his anther when
the died, bed adopted bels and takes
him resod the 00.0517 with them aye
alae..
No, they were Dot unkind, he went on
in answer to • farther question, st tenet
sot until hie ocld got au bed. Theo Mr
Dockets had said that Wllie • mother
ease front these parts, *ad perhaps they
might be able to find some of ken (riwde.
If not the boy 000tinwd with • sob,
try eetd something .bout finding bit
mother's pariah and patuog bim into the
work boom thee.
"What was your mother's our Wel-
la t" I asked, gently, while I privately
clinched my first with • stroog dein to
"go for" old Docker..
"Limo." rid b.
"Bet she mast have been Mrs Some-
thi• What did people call ber 1"
• could not remember. H• bed
• boo lib be name in it, but was coo-
ly just • "Lizzie." He woad show it to
me.
The boy brought or e box, retain-
ing such privt.trmeares as he possess-
ed, a book in a biodiag which hod once
boo gay with magenta and gold. It
w • volume of eractioae of poetry ; •
regular love's gift, I guessed with •
smile, as I op•s•d it and turned to aha
fly last
But t4* inscription there, written with
• quill pen, in a bold, firm, msacolin*
writing, startled me beyond mwur. It
was this :
"With dearest love to Liza*, on her
birthday, from Sober& Corrine'sm.
Theo there was • beg Sourish, and •
dam of too yam. back.
My brim reeled as the possibilities
which ibis dteeevery opooed oat crowd-
ed in epos my Mod. Hebert Corring-
ham was a tree as. then `" And this
was aha child whom he had Dove seen '
After • heist p• itosate straggle with
myself I tooth hard, knowing what I
most do.
"Walla," I said, in a voice in which
rub the boy Dotnosd • change. "Will
you lead me this book 1 I will take
great can a it, nod I dbiok that by
showing it to none one I know I can get
you a good Mood."
Tb Intl* !d aerated at omoe.
"Yoe are a good triad, I think," be
mid, simply.
The door of the.'mokiog room opesed
again, and again the red-faced man call-
ed to deg friend. I went into the room,
the collie followed ekes at my heels.
"Is this your dog r' I asked of tis
man with the long pipe, was looked, in
.pito of the character I had net heard
of him, and jovial. "He
seems to have taken a great fancy tome,
and so I have to him, for he's • beaety
and no mistake."
"Ay, sir, that • be," said tate cheap-
jack,
heapjack, who was evidently Yorkshireman.
"And. actor . mod to look, • staodio'
oat' plank ami' a boy got upas your Lit-
tle Lord Fodoloy, black velvet and
crochet ooll•r and • p•rticl•r otos 'sod of
'air. It drawed t'folk, 'specially the
women, better nor plea pudden oomps-
tiEoo or bane race, or •oy .00ch•lik.
Didn't it, Martha 1"
A stoat lady in porple silk, with a
black "front,- who was sitting by her
husband's .ide,ear.lese of tobacco- fames,
sodded emphatic •....t as she smooth-
ed out the folds of her dress with • large
error hand.
"You've given him op for 1" I ask-
ed, noting his regretful tone.
"As given me pop," ha @Dowered rntb-
e sharOy. " W i nothing to do bet to
est his kmd off, 'a's taken into kis head
to solea loch • oold I can't let him show,
as folk would be say it was cruelty. So
then, I a.,, 11, boy • dog,
d
anothing to show d ow for It."
And he took two or three vicious puffs
at his pipe,
"You might -engage another boy till
this one lost his cold," I suggested.
"That's what I'm &lo•ys aortas' of
him," broke in Mr Dockets triumph -
sat 17.
But her bo•band shut her op with a
glare of .ears.
"Nee, I oouldn t," be .aid decisively.
"To be any good t'boy most b takia'-
like, and have • 'end of air. Wags
won't do ; I've tried 'eon. And our boy
bas • pair of eyes that fetch the women,
sad there's no deoyio' he makes your
ord'n•ry brat look oommoo-like and
broad in the nose. Besides, it don't do
for your Lord Focddoy to •mif, and
most of 'ea ,ifs. Now Willie, don't
miff ; and that fact aloes is worth a
fcrti"'!"
"Well," mid I. es I rose to Isa,• the
nom, "I bops boll sous get well for his
own mks se well as town, poor little
He'll take his time about it, if its on.
17 to spite me 1" grumbled Mr Dockers,
while has wife rose and lods me a bob -
courtesy. "It suits ala book better to
he .l1 day &ooddlin' himself oop than to
en his bread and repay bis bwrse-
tor.
I didn't care mush for the ben•fado,'s
tone, sad 1 quite sympathised with Rat
for not liking limo It was • strange
thing, throb, to Nes bow the animal,
who had been lying quietly under the
table, jumped oat when I opened the
door and slunk out after m*. I pulsed
in the ball a few minutes to pot my pips
away. thinking I would go into the coffee
room and have some tea, As I s did
I felt something togging at .y soot. It
was Ruff, the loth ; b. wee weggisg ►ia
toil and milling/1 me toward the back of
aha bell Wondering what was the met -
tet with him. I let him lead me semis
tbs 1 door •ad along a pes-
nagewhich led into the tort yard behind
the inn.
At the bottom of this enact -yard wee •
dosed door, to whish Ref led a.
evident! desiring me to open it i did
so, and b beaded through into • 'sky-
is.
lopis. field is shish • large tent was erect-
ed, rose by whisk stood • living van on
wheels.
Tha dog as, booking, op the wooden
steps, and • few meae.m lata tbo door
was upend • few bathes, and • childish
nolo•, boar and wort. :
"Reg, good old Ito( ! Where bate
los been eo loeg r
Then t1. boy broke Into • violeut St
of sosibag. noticed how &bin the
little hard wee tibi.h be tet out to pit
the dog's W, sod I was movie with
pity for tr poor littf. hegpar loft or
here i• the said. it was ton dark for to
sew his foes M the shadow of aha
door.
"polio ! IitW man," I triad "ARR
algal bar. 1 Hay.■'1 yes got a light 1"
Leaving my lantern with the boy, ••d
tells* him not to meutien my visit to
the Dockers yet. 1 hurried away, while
Rolf watches me with a dirppoiotd
bark as I run down the wooden steps.
I think the collie bad had dimly is his
faithful dog's mind that I should take
his litu* master sway somewhere
oboe, it was warn and height.
"All right, Ruf, I'll Came beck and
look atter him," I said.
And my tone met his
busy tad wagging.
csarrss m.
I rade straight for Zak Thradgold's
soars. i had two amino. to fulfill ;
one with Meg, and the other with S*bsrt
C. . Not mush to my surprlss
I found that I ooeld make one journey
do for both ; for when I knocked at the
door it was opened by Meg, and I could
be t4* voice of her elderly admire,
was was sitting at ►r tea table.
The how was built in snob primitive
fashion that the trout door opened into
toe family sitting room, but • wooden
screen bad bean built op to keep the
draught Out •o that no Or saw me bet
Meg when tr door was opened Ties
v41 looked startled sod rather eontses&
Bet I hankeed tor• -snore her.
"I haven't come to tease you, dos'&
be afraid,". 1 said, in • soot matter-of-
fact tons. "I Mart for London tomor-
row morning. Bet es I have jest learn-
ed something it ..y be to your odor -
tar to know. I thought I'd bettor res
over bee •ud tell yea"
Meg twirled the door handle retro
sus oealy, sad sorbed to wish to Gay
something. Bot I word not give bar
time. 1 amid or trust myself sot to do
something idiotic if ore we our to par-
ley. 8o 1 rushed on with . speech.
"Your admireris tb.rr-Mr Carrtng-
has"-Meg looked uneasy ad blushed
-'Zea Gan marry Iia withoat any fear
of his first olio turning op. 81. • dead.
I tbo.Rht it cooly fair to let yes know
this as .Woe se I knew it myself, sinus I
threw t4* doubt in your farm this enm-
isg.
bin to as in terror.
I was so way alarmed by his tom.
But Meg kites, the brute better thea 1.
H• wised his hat and pelting the door,
shot it roughly, took a by tis arm with
a strong gnp, and torsed up with se
.Drega the moor to the left. As be led
me rapidly sway, a wooer appeared at
the wtadow. It mu too dark for me to
be able to nae mere than this, that it was
Meg, and that she was making a* Ow -
tares of warning. I ,felt ter too secure
in my power of takiaga m of myself to
take mach heed of these, but I woe glad
to find that m safety was not altogether
• smatter d indi8ereaw to bus.
Meanwhile Comogh•a way borrytoc
forward, directing our steps • rough
sod broken part of Or moor, where I
bad neve been. It was some siestas
before he .poke, in a sang. dogged tor.
w hich mad* me wonder whether tm poor
little sou I had diaoovered for him would
not be bettor even where he was, thou in
the care of such • rather.
"Now then," said bat last, "what do
you meso by slaking op here after that
lass when yon bed your ordere'Handa
of r "
"I take no orders from yon," 1 said
very quietly, known( what . .or posi-
tion my errand gave .e. "Bot as it
happens, the brines that brought me
bee baa nothing or out to nothing, to
do with Mime res deoW
"Tb•t's a e:srsod ice, yon—',
1 felt myself suddenly seised by both
arms, turned, and forced backwards over
the rough ground. I shouted "Help !"
I struggled, but I had been taken too
n oels by s•rprise. 1 000ld nrtbe free
n or stop myself. Quirk's end quick*:
wo ort over gtrond which sloped doww,
until suddenly stopping with a jerk, my
assailer dung me from, tripping se
op.
•.oa'mat Wer I was ging many feet
below, at the bottom of a pit which bed
been deg for goanying papaws, bot
W oos abandoned. At the same tis* I
had mom eomagh to be thankful I had
n ot fell.m on m, back, for .seared if I
hd,Sebsrt Corringham word hay. fe-
e d my rivalry no Imago.
I think that, baying given this plass-
sot little vett to hes passion, eunuc-
hs= bed • moment cf compunction. I
saw his burly figure looking down into
the pit, se he said wally, yet I tbcagbt,
n ot witboot anxiety :
"You'd better not ban interfered, you
My heed was betin•isg to swim amid
my limbo to feel dost, I knew that I
most make tr most of my time.
"Core down bore," I mid : you havn't
beard what I had tory."
After a little hesitation, C '
walked around the edge of dm pit .ad
CUM down by an easier way then he had
given me.
"Pat your hand in ay left band pock-
et here. ' I mid. "My arm is bookie,
or I would Dot trouble yes. lake out •
book you will find tree.'
Seism Nave • growl like an notes,
bear ; it was his way of @bowleg • pang
of remora. Hs complied without •
word, and drew out • volume of poetry
be bad given to t4* girl be married I
heard him shake like • leaf ; I hod •
rano utl•m•tios :
'Who gave you this 1 he asked in •
low, @baking nolo.
''Your sou.'
There was a moment of •bailer sil-
ence. Then the rough, surly men fell
on hi. kisses beside me and began blub-
bering like • baby, incoherently thaok-
*/ me, bl*witag me, imploring my p•r-
du., begging me to tell him tors. Was
his wife alive 1
"No," said I, "yea are quite free to
aarr� M �[W "
"Oh, I don't know about that," said
Corringham, slowly. "She likes you
best, you know."
I struggled, in spite of the pais in my
arm, to ten and look into his face.
"Do you meso that 1" I asked •brept-
l7 " Certaiay I do. That'. what made
mese savage. I think I'll just go Wad
tell 4*r what T,. doss- It'll do a
good to masks • (clam boort of it, and
Meg won't spare me, if I know the km."
He harried of, heartily ashamed of
himself, penitent, humble, 1 kat 000-
ee woo as be was or at sight;
nod before I had removed altogether I
bad , gleams of intelligence,
deriag which I knew that I was being
carred along by two moo, ooe of whom
was Corringham sod the other Zech
Tr.dsold, while Meg herself was welk-
isg by my side.
Whoa the doctor saw me he desisted
that I had sustaieed • compound (mates
of the right ankle, besides breaking my
tight arm, Bet I didn't oar. The
more there was the matter with st n, the
tosser 1 would be before I soak leave
the dearest spot os earth to .•--Zook
Tredgold's little bore os t4* moor.
However, whim 1 did lean., I took the
alarm of the place with me. Meg Dove
had oared for Robert, .b. said, .d a*ve
intended to merry him.
"Bot I track," she added .ilk her
premie North weary asntioo, "that you
being eo much yowler and better kok-
ing, and Imolai so mesh the prettier
manner, i was perhaps letting myerf
to be led away so mach by tr eyes. And
so I tbougbt I weeks'% jump at you,
but world wait a little and us* how yr
timed oat"
And are you satisfied now, Meg 1"
Sr easel goiog to spoil one with two
moth effusiveness. She jest looked at
me out of the wren of bier eye and said
Metier C . gar • • a wed -
"Thank yes." wwoe,t Meg, is • ding present bas M kr • dike ani
trembling noire. dasher tlmm for • peer wrest sad kis
"And sow 1 amok like to spook to wife. The sf the dW-fit Male
Mr C . Writ! you eek hi. to Welter pond to Woad via sem--*eII-
see m• 1 '1 weal dsu. him mon than ear his toegb mama nod mei. a hap
a fin -nest• " py sand \ter . The bey'• defers health
Meg ase eiswd 14* trooblii of arias sons sow his may Orlin 11• bleb
.tWAy:'ax..__-.
AWd 4"r�ta
emomoommingl
Median *leen and laser's Orr se Seel 15.
Nees Time ear Kis lama -game sr
sea Iheablen-Kenmmeng M
MserkM,
la ooseidsiog the sobjest of injudi-
cious bailor nee of t4* a'edisal jour -
psis reiterstee that it 1• hisbly d•ou.rose
to *large tato the water jest atter • meal
toe while tangoed.
An boor before our sad Wore going
to bed are the best times to Make. The
average duration of the bath should b•
from five to tea minute• for childrws, 61 -
tees iodinates for wo.eo end but little
luster for mea. Tu delay stash beyond
these periods is • performs pr.otios t•-
vitiog debility nod iojsry. How otter
one sees is a stroll slung a eapelar sae
beach, groups d dreoebd, tateurabio ob-
jects with blue lips, *raring teeth and
wrinkled, clammy skis, who have been
&p•adtag half a sor•ing •It.re.tel7
aortae into tis waves sod walking
about, drippmc, in tis owl air. From
what should have boon an inv►gor tieg
dip, they sitars is • oueditioe approach-
ing ooWpes.
Rosh obese a as bathos* is mofor-
tvnetely too co.e.os, even among
those was has• sought the seaside tot
the iaprovemrt of impsind health.
T4* i.asediate efleot of • sold bath
to chill tate surface of the body, tis tem-%
pasture of which, as tasted by a ther-
mometer, may (ell several degr*s.-•s
mach sane• se three or four. The akin
becomes psis, the lips b1.•, thaw is •hi1-
liaes•, shivering, goose skin, and tbe
breath has • spasmodic and o•tehiag
character.
Cold bathing i• @rotary sods certain
condition* of the system. while in others
itis corks of crest hare. It 1.a*fite
the strong sod robust and it moo be mads
• resturtive trio, a to t4*
"no dun." whoa wisely and judiciously
used.
Aged people shoulder it with meth
ears and not Dfteoer than every other
day ; ad should not remain in /r water
longe than ten minutia at the most.
Ponces who have heart or kidney dis-
ease and those in a feeble mato of health
should Bot isdulg.. If the bathe dose
sot remain In few long, "reaction" male
in, tha obillioes,gi.as place to • pleasant
gbw sod a fading of comfort *ad acres -
able exhilaration. This reaotioa follows
soot quickly when the bath is of short
dursuon. Tb* shorter the bath the lam
is the ultimate depression of the temper-
ature of the blood. The shorts' the bath
the greater i. its power of •ti.elatiag
the fsaetios• ; the longer it ie rationed
the rester is the cooling .deet and M.
oosasgwent lowering of vitality.
The best of all bathe h the ". P
bath, for in it the batlae can hider. i.
• free remiss of kis limbs. arch as is
hardly attainable ender any other .ir-
onwt•ace. Smianisd Is • vary valu-
able u.nias, ea it brings into action a
large ameba of a.ssls. It employe the
arias equally with the legs •ad leads to
healthy develup'ment ales mausolea albs
chest. A sea bath has also another gnat
dotage eve .Il other forme a bath,
that itis taken in t4* pared air possible.
Remake ass rapidly occurs after • ma
bath than atter • rive batb,snd thee the
liability to "catch cold" is less, although
the popular belief that it is impossible to
take Gold from a wetting with salt water
m ter from the truth
The paroles into which the fair set hag
fallen, of sitting about for • long time
titer "coming Oat" in order to dry their
1mir,is injurious, nod should be avoided.
As soon as the bather kayos the water the
body should be dried thoroughly and the
clothing •mated rapidly as possible.
Sol -ions injury of the e, moulting ev-
en in deafness, has occurred in oosasq-
oenc• of the waves striking forcibly on
the side of lbs head. Pot • light aottos
ping into each lett.-limes York Nowa.
1 THE TORONTO BU
MONEY BYLAWS TO IIA Pe
TO RATEPAYERI.
Pined M Kimmins a a ri -ta
ladeeeat Aeoa.isrTiie •w
reellem - A e..ad Trim&
=•"=*ebbed es Me lines
Tosorro, Aug. ll-llww.n ea
b he promoted fur the anions
ratepayers d Toronto to -sono,
isg • Maid 5715,15. antei& of
any pole 5500.000. The three
palms% are the Water work In
$229,74 ; Qeoerd Pera•m s1 !s1
100.5* ; and the Parke Im
,yam. '%1e other is, are it
Howard memorial, 550,0 0 for 1
trial Schaal end 510,0K tut. (tart
School.
At the Police Chert ymlerd
itimiter, aged 57, glvtag hie a.
W Wi.m-stw•t, was charged wit
imoulttng • yow*g girl named
who resides with kir parents h
hour TLe offence c assisted u
putties hie arm around the
while meeting her 1a the peewee
morning mud kial.g her moue
1;01 Dodson told the .caned N
be taught that the law forbid..
old or young, kissing little girls
w)U, and need him it .sd costa
William J. McLeod, laborer,
yesterday afternoon charged
.sault It appears that Mclec
the 7 -year-old daughter of his h
Porter, 884 Frost—most, to the
Wm, said while then induce.*
accompany him tu • secluded at
e ttemptnd the outrage. The c.
ttrat•ed the attention d pool
sad be was handed over
111..ed'. LIMm.at relieves emeabsta.
Rev. Mr Rosa, f•the-in-law of Dr.
Gaon, has rented tit* boar of Mr Ho-
vey, in Climbs, *nd will take op hie 5. -
siders therw.
The Nees et ev&
Dyspepsia and soestipstioo are the
rourema of various Cassese, bat root ad
branch may be removed by using Bur-
dock Blood Bitten •eoordiog to dins-
tiooa It is endorsed by a1• press, the
public and the profession, end oaasot 1s
excelled for the curs of 000stipatioa,
dyspepsia and all diseases arming then -
from. 2
Dr Mackid and family left Sedorth
last week for Calgary, Northwest Terri-
tory, where ho intends in fetoue tors-
. yid. Tr doctor's tray friends with
him prosperity is kis now hos.
As . HeaWig, Soothing application for
amts, wounds, bruises nod sores. there is
o rating bettor than Victoria arbelie
Salvo la
Colin McArt►ar Morris, left f , the
old eoantry as Brio, of lad week.
01 b`. i+1.
C. C. limitation & Co.
Gents, -I have cud year MINARD'$
LiNIMENT is my featly for some yam
and believe ft tit* best median. in the
market as it doss *11 it is lad
to de. DAVIS!. Knasr>att,.
Canaan Forks, N. B,
John Meds, Mabee* Bay, batons* w
t1a he was owed .f a very severe stash
rhessielierna LINIM ?. by wing 1[IN .RD'S
et thew A teem �aRte t• Neil MeDenaM,
rh, while mewing hey
same is esatasl with a bee's sole friss
Ada ith!( the s sad frac swat►.
besa
The Illth election petition
Hall yesterday in 1
against David Pu
form candidate who was deli
George. Mr. George's eleotioa
.d against some time ago.
Conductor Walter Powell, on
e mployee on the (}rand Trunk,
awful death yesterday often
Yore. Mr. Powell was atU
.iagston milted watch Maya
the east at 1t%. His train r
York .trout 1 o'clock, rein aini
minutes. Coadector Powell,
slowed np, jumped from tis
toward the west end of 1
and walked aloeg btwes
to the station for mrd
sot perceive the plot e
was passing east ata rapid r4
Powell took • slanting walk
pleUorm, and the moment he
across the rail, tb.eogioa.ruc
bum in pieces.
Pollee Magistrate Desieon
Mayor Clarke eying that he
accept any portion of his sale
paid to full.
A Louisville illy.) lady was
and her tickets on the Empr.
>�t
Corona Powell ywsterd•y
M. .McCabe's -
an inquest oa the
who died suddenly in
Wallis lwls the preceding nigh
Fraser was foreman of the jut
The only evidence taken we
cleat T. Bero of Queen -
brother -is -law of the decreed
in whose office deceased died,
roes. The result of the post -o
mads public, but the coroner
Dea Teekey and Wuberforr
conducted it, and who
thorough .. . , . I
t all the organs
bate and there w1
for death discovered.
It was decided to adjourn t
Monday, Ang. 11, and Carom
meantime submit the facts I
Omeeral's department, with
the stomach be analysed.
The burial certificate to
Powell ascribed death as be
*ode poisoning, the Mailman
deduction.
'pie rem•las win les mkeo
interment via G.T.R. this me
was only 21 years of ago
ONE MORE Q
Ke..1er's 11
r.r W.Asi.edsy fes
Ausv*w, N.Y.. Aug. 4. -
the Aaroeiated Pro rapes
Warders Denton If It woul
. t to absent h
viidnity of the prion two
" Why, Cert•isly," was
"sad I will say to you (rani
be .otbieg of . , - w
hours" This was mid at 4
noon, Mom the warden 1• i
statement that the death 1
wd atuntil 4 *'clod
.n 0111 probe
A ddisste point of ler
gamed here Ly a geni.*emi
lore. This suggestion wee
of any personal interest. M
of careful perusal of the eta
IIr.mler has been sentence
of the soteace that direct
he killed in the week begins
4. Her is the point raised
hegimileg Aug. 4 ends s,1
nitrites bas arbitrary pow.
_ retinal until Sunday, Aug
ball that the general 1
nee to prevent the killing
the ground that any oxen
mew. upon Sunday 1e not I
Directly at this print' d
by that po er•l principle o
.uteri o mkt whsch Kea
toter killed is void la part,
void. Brought to • Ma
b that if It
nler on the seventh d
,(paced, then it would
him on any Other dal of t
ed. The situation, it 1
different if Sunday inter,
semen dayk because it wo
41,,,,, and be • part d
-11mting the week.
the eels stands the r
.saee is to b sxa.utsd
emeb.-•. cls w
d nig r law. U.h
general law which may
yvhirb is reined, the end
Mnaght. might be ebc.an
Qinus.at 5.etr.re
finnre.v.rc Avg. 4 -
eewv+atine of the germ
Vetted Maim sad Canal,
Plow nebetr Roam la
nom at a o'olook.