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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1892-2-4, Page 2A POWERFUL STORY. The Work of the Land and Money Shark Fully Pourtrayed. lata sonars mats, at Nast. fasio, "cogs, .•m t you do 1t soder the om res •t•uas • tial me (made so reply further tea la shahs his head slow*) ia the rep- tive. • Scr.cp," said John, •• It s • master .1 Ilte .mi death- 1 mum have smoey or my w'f. will .lm, and yea noel let ma Above 11. You must. du you hear` 1 moil get n anywhere else, mina yuu meat lot are bars u. ' It was a Mug tams Wore ;l ..puke, sad ties he dehverd hs words aluwl7, mad there was s lease 01 e.dness 111 hi. tome au forage to him that n rounded strange even to his own ears. "Mr. Green," said he. "I sympathise with you end were it in in, power to .id you with • low I'd do .• : l..ily. But it s mot. You kww that t came I control u sentare capaW, and 1 neve lids to govern ase- rules that are not of wy making, .md I dam sot overstep t►.m or nary from them to the least. 1 have had other petitions such es tours from the .alders of the plains, gad au the hope at being •hr to accomplish so.wthulg fur those 'couple, I have written to the company shore slummy 1 have, laying the true .tate of affairs open to them, .cd hewn% thou, w make more hbrral terns' so [tat ibees unfortunate people might bare s charne to live through these close times.'. At this point Scragge liappe.etl to gleams, up and his eyes met flume ,.1 P..rsuu. The latter was .00wling and looking daggers gad shaking has herd angrily at Scrawl, but the ages% paid no attention to thew gestures, and went us. l have exhausted every imams m the effort to indium these apitaltala to show a liberal .faint to the settlers, but It ors been all In yarn. They raj advance no name snooty under easy circumstances, and that ends the natter for me. I would let you have the 'money, Green, if 1 could, and Pd be glad to de It. bet my hands are tied, and I oats do nothing.•' ••Could you let nee have some on my team and agricultural implementer Gress asks& Couldn't do that scum." Smear R plied. w1* ssdrrfhsr skim shakfug o1 hie "Not ewe • very swag ..saatr John persisted. bio, not • dollar." CHAPTZR XIV. Altor*Q Lori ma.asp. John was, of comas, earpelled to give up the id.a of going rase in vacs[ of employ, moat. He midi net theft of leaving his wife. He waited day eller day, and week after week, hoping whist hope for • happy return .1 .tiers. The emcee heel written Itis letter to M.$akbrd, but ao reply came, and atter • mer* et waiting all hope of any was ehaadensiL Mary emm11td iw • preasrious cooditiaa, sad all through ohs hog day her hie bung ea the Mine, 71e geed tad doctor was i.itbfal in his ministrations, but the drawl malaria had gained so Ina • hold on its vic- tits that it was Mira to make an im- pre.•i.n, ca it. ash sad Louise shared the duties of nurse, said often through the sad, sodemn night• Jobe stat out the hours by the aide of W. .eek wife, and in the e ohtude and loodinees his thoughts ria back over the mese and scenes of kis life. Mee in her delirious hours the naiad of poor Mary wandered,111 a weak, frail voices she teasel of her Oith, of her old borne in the mane mad of her father. Again and will rha imagined herself a child and thought her mother cane and bent over her rad soothed her with loving words and ..saes., just as she bad so often dee u to *oat mets Again she would re- member kw Wei risks knew him when te ilN.and is ks! leets linty he woald comm and kin her and Ilwdle her as he used to do In the old, happy tyle ScuetiImes she would dream Opt she was in tbe old house, playing .boat do iat$m, airy, eery rooms. and again .t other times she romped over the smooth, soft boa. Theo het fancy would talks • tura, .ad through her mind waaii come trooping re membnaom of 1 *meant ,eons. She weald hie oyer yaip at the aaaoringe of W•i et leer years d laths .gory of her soul erg e.t to her tauter fes may. "A,• Mo. IMP: she would cry "have many en roe sad spire me. Ido not be so ueM and cruel to your child, bat let me mace Ott feel the tenth let your hand, the ptemslk of your lira Lot n.e once more bear you speak weirdo of under love as you did when I was • child." Thus the weeks dragged by and the •at.nan came. Jellies store of. provisions dwiedled dove until tbe larder was almost •mft7. For days he amid Loins had goo. ea bli beet amwases in order that eo mmch ao painiiiis might be spored to to sick woman. But w to lir had come when to larder mast be risplosinied fa some way. John ohm ma*, over long and at last bt open • pion He had hie wagon and Is. sad few hen jmpiaments left. He would maker easel to dispose of them. He was loth to take this seep, for with the sale of the than. he parted with • l chime* et r.i.i g *seep tie ening year. "Yet, it most he doom." he mused. • mast P. *me is anyone to buy them" flea mask an mist to tare some masses that wy. bus dry ate day he sought der a purchaser M este There was nobody M buy them, far flew 1 the settlers were mach batter et Nan he, and wy soother wield gladly harm a seimagsd larons p ler oviiNmow ons et o moel securing them. it imp.ribI5 to got • par - sheer for W Wier .1 stay Luisa, Jobs be - gels to .esk wt *ether pmt. aid •i het bit upon gas. still Heed, so a eia resort lie =it se ewe more to him. haC under to drommst ossa MegP wouM w goad m to hews* the lima ea the tarn, me at akast sea mosisM him with • eau en *the wagon sod [[lone. There wan no =itether.lops et hie darn ether. Mt as • WWI aa+.krs at • straw, so will . emtnoimg ems magi M amigo." that ogles • ham mope 4 Met Hebod sem Sologge teamed to hew Mkt M Ina. se to Seragg. Jell* went. When he watered As.+ edges John foams Harry Pensee tams Pearson, g ave bits a warm etlatatie5, .tied .her the beslth .t the family, and entgreat- ly abashed sad nsad same seddeaJohn told him of Mae. Ars.a's Mahneea• "lk r toe bad." his raid. "and I regret it Asa You hart my heartfelt .ym- y Ilydr ,grew, inial yes ham. 1 ave • great interest isand while 1 was saw i often tkoagat of 7a- I theme belie been et to me you. but only resented from she east throe days ago, and I have bee Vary nam► crowd1 with b.. sine. " leis thanked Pearuen for his Madly inter- i--tMakmi hin tion the hate= of kis Wart, for he was M that oenditM when the blade's' of • deg, even. M�este'ltd. Moreover, Joan looked epee Mr. Norma as an exceeding* genmrcr pen m a was gid to ayslis friesdelip sad estepany. Se be exproseed• wish that would visit hie Wally se often as he it.maresinet. emtaar 1.kkmi em this little soma bat . ea• pr. - He Stem *oweld • Imi .�is d awe a pity. sail b«. IIMs mow. bornnieH. at madlyshe • he hate hermms er.......n, en^i7 d 10sr, is the e:prase+ toes .are eyes to have mimed hem Atom Amore. But se it ores Jen aw Mi rm"Mnereme." Jebu mid olio the odu Wiese were wee. '1 ave wow to yea for •kegs farther aem.mnaedaticn. 'e yes call -.ted to this stroll :ok Mtihave to OW hale 1 most have wog from aur ewes ▪ I bre to seal M. end I *On t. boort II pasire Ma y Isom -nogenib mmsm par. gaudy Isom Wr scoot limo BMW` -.11111 b medic11dealidI A M hate THE SIGNAL : GODBRICA, ONT., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 10?. "Then, what in the pause of God an I to dot Must my wife die of want before my eye., and my daughter and myself starve! Sorely there must he some way to avoid that. Surely .11 mankind are not brutal." And the teen came to John's eyes. strong roan that he was, and his voice tremble.* and his ::Arm shook. haven Sersggs was touched by the sad spectacle the pour man presented and he felt anxious to do some- thing for him. After the lapse of a minute, duneg which the agent did some serious thinktsg, he looked up and said - "Green. 1 pity you. and all the poor set- tlers who are so situated, and 1 wish I had the power to help you .11. But 1 haven't. 1 am not rich. Far from it. 1 have some means, 11 is true, but its nearly all in real estate, and us these times it is impusible to =rout. out. Your se, though. is • little harder arthan any i know of, and I fed that yep meet have help. so I'll teU you what rA do. I'll do no: beet to get to a little mosey from emus source, and if you'll come hero again day after u, -morrow I'll let you have soma Say nothing •but'this offer. though, for if it was to get out that 1 had male It 1.. you, I would ie overrun with importunities from a hundred others. Keep it quiet, and come day after to-nor- ruw.' At this point Harry Pearson left the office, and I;revs arose, and. preening Scraggs' hand, thanked him again and again for his offered aid. "Mr. Serous," he said, "I have mis- judged you in the put, and l feel that I owe you as apology for 1t." "That's .11 right. Grego,- Scraggs re plied "a11 right. I am not • smut by say MOODS, but i games if the truth was knows I would not be considered altogether as bud as some people think 1 •m. However tat is neither hen nor there. Come Mack as 1 tell you and I'll see what I can do for you." The reader may he inclined to look u; on Scraggy as • changed creature, and decide that he hes undergone • change of heart or sonetbtng of tat sort, but such is not the cam. He as Scraggy still -tbe rune in heart and principle that Ir has always been. The truth about .Scruggs is, he never was as bad as he seemed. Like a greet many other saoo.rful business men, he knew how Ser look out for has own =tweets mid make It • point to turn every dollar pos- sible into his own pocket la doing this he did not stop to consider the welfare of those with whom be dealt. But outside of business Scruggs had • heart, mrd he ooald, and he did, sympathise with the rad Screwwas charitable is kis way. bet he never mixed chanty with business When John preen came down from SSccrr���� oilier after the interview just de ucrtbsd, he found Harry Pearson awaiting him on the street, sad the two moa walked away together. They had set gore fur whoa Harry remarked "imam is • pious old chap. suet he?" "He mine to be a nisch better sow than I thought," Jolts replied. "Yoe, seems to be," mid Harry. "It's rot very hard for cors mm to .make sp- poar.aoes, though. ie it r 1 don't know what you mean, Mr. Pearson.'. Oh, 1 don't mean uythung, only tat of curse Sorge. pretended interest is year welter ea le nicely put ,m. The idof pors4ge feeling an interest la amyb.dy ' That s rick, Green." • Do yea suppose a didn't mean what he maid r "Why, w for as dotting you ave to stony is oer•xned, no doubt he did. Bat what sort of terms would he make you e" "•I duel know." said Omen. "i mem "5:500•, I asren*q T00." semi him shoat that 1 dour[ sore.e, :rethe.terws waned he very j s� tiem be what they may i am glad to scmmpt tie. 1 sat cwt is • situates saw to cavil *vr torr i must haw mosiirymei from •a soy whom I met, and get it gem is the ally "Yen are tsjaerhan, Mr. Green There is easeher pew M get the moray, .id i wli bey yea to em it. You bleat net take it item er..µ leanss he td] wade te pt yeah bis pow. 0. • :old •em yes twenty gm or thirty dollars es your *mesh at .marbitent iters.[, and if you failed to take W your .me promptly to • ar a weld earn rim Mk Miro W 1 parpe•e, and • see Dike opera iliste M would make of it. But don't ye d. k. Ure t put yourself u hes graph. ' • 1 k u.... replied Juba, "that !{x[101 sakes • pont to drive • good Largats ;mit stall he has Leen very fear with sae. He heated up a customer tut ay lots .Nr there ai Paradise Park and begged ate to •eU out mol eve my 1000.7. "Yeo. sad Norma, "aid one was his pupae in that 1 Was It to servo you, ne 10 reeks • good sum of ewumtsslunr fur himself • Serfage* w.•ubl rather SCOW other mai than you would lace when the utter lout's I.ms 1oewas fifty duller, in Screw' pocket. The worst of us can afford to be hoist mud geueruus under such clr`u Mteutee. Of course you Una do as you please, but es • frleed w , lass zoo es- teem* In the inmate' except your good, 1 say keep away from Sr•ragg• 1 vas help yaw'a t the stoney, •md, if you Ea it, 1 will.' •• Where trai I get it r tires:, e. -ked. "1 hare . ;need up tuw5." sail Harry, who b•. • little money te luau, and though your «curdy is not .xuotly Io hie lite. 1 own 'educe him w take it. l wash 1 had the money for you. 11 i had you 'mild have It at low interest end on all the time you wanted. but unfortunately 1 have very little of this world's goods, avng 1r.t heavily in Scruggs' boom) over at Practise Park. "Wore you a victim to that boon% r "I was. 1 west into it on Screggi s.- pre.eut•tluu, and like you and all the reef I got stuck. while Scraps gut rich. Scragge 1e plenty of mosey, til he know' bow to keep it." John's faith in (rereggp was d a recent growth. and vonu.queutIy toady sb•ksu, •ted it is a' great wander that he inclined to Harry Pearson Moreover. I'eensua's talk and manner were earnest. and his eau. mate of Scruggs was quite plausible, to say the least. .biro .iecided to avoid S.raggs sad accept the leen Irons Harry's friend. and •ocordingly west to that friend wish- ing delay. CHAPTER XV. *Aand PIAmuot, eu.sp. Harry's "friend" proved to be ore of theme beeevnlest ,,..*luso t".. -J "resters town, •• to .oke uanr I.wurom to "m'oomswdate.' peop" with short time loans on chu..wwl security Ili. other was in a double up-et•irx room. and when John Green entered be found • dozen or more nen sitting in a row along ore side of the tint room, which was evidently • w eit.ug room, and Henry mohout l !o biro to take • seat at the lower cud of the row,' Presently a door aneneeting the two nums opened. and :omen d Lien came out. One of the men ws* I4.uuv the "friend," while the other John knew t.. Le a farmer, and he tightly jodged that he had hero gettiug an "•0-eimmudatio n The farmer departed and the •'trieud signed the man at the head of theiluw t• • come te the next room. The "fnend's' more was NIi :s. moon 41 was by m1 mean. an luapproprale mint* either, for he was • ,grader. .cool re- sembled the mills of the gots. insomuch than he ground the gest that cAMP In him exceedingly fine. The reader, however, will leant more ,4 this hr and by. It s our bushes s' present to follow .loha Green. Ibiug busi nem with finals' Mills, the money lender, was like doing business with the dour,n.t mills -each customer had to awat his tura; so .lobe, from hos poo tion at the foot of the row, a position which be did not hold long, however, aide .other anxious borrowers rapidly filed in. had plenty of time to watch the prucee.ltuge and observe the workings of the flame. Looking along up the lite of witting urn, John thought he had never Seen a sadder lot of face. in all his life tiler these Mg prwssuted. Gauehnw they impressed him with the thought that they were victims awaiting • terrible do.rn- and he was un- ited* after the Lipae of a feu minutes to disassociate them in his thoughts from • string of condemned enlpnts who were awaiting their turns to le led out and guil- lotined by Mills the exet•uttoner. John Sow tat the men were chiefly far- mers like himself, and he knew that Ilk* !um they had otiose there as the last resort to race money to buy bread for their fami- lies, end even w his own deep drtrem he pitied them. They were a eight well calcu- lated to touch the heart and claim to Sympathy of 50y hums tering. Their sea Noma.' festers", Swarthy and deep—lined. told .why ton:•lnly the story of their sulfenttga, while the reales roving of their eyes and the uneasy moving of their limbs betrayed all too well the anxiety of their minds. They were thinking of their loved ores at home --of the wives and children clothed in rage sad punched with hunger, and of the wolf that h,veree about tbe.r thresholds, and the picture was forledding euough to make their hearts quake. Tbey realised how dearly they would be required to pay forMills' " •ooemmod•tioa," ha' even this dearly-bo.gbt favor - the longed for sad prayed for robbery - was by no lawns smeared then. MUla wee particular about his Security, gad even at the exorbitant rates of interest be charged • man suet pat up choice tatter to SWUM .,it w small an "sten*,.;" and taw mea, knowing tat, trembler) with anxious fear lest they should be turned away empty headed. After the lapse of nese an hour. during which time Greer bad studied the faces of his companions, and draw pictures of this sura and thin one's c oditatm, he made bold to break the death•Iik. elutes and same ge the ROO nett him In eo.ver.a..e.. "My tweed." he began, "ear business here It *rdeetly the same. I mom to try to got some money on m farm Matteis, .ad i Pig* that is the object of oil these seem. • 1 guess it is,-- replied the ems Jeha had addressed. ''That is my object, at Ile you lower,- asked John, "sapless of this man and Isis methods of deep bust. nem!' "No, only from report." "What jean report my of him •'. "It don't my aaythis' mod. v 1r454, nor anytiiag caleultead to Meade as per devils who het* come to him for layers,' as he calls then' N my, Ile as no ms..ey SO his esstsmses, casks tam eti regesue- y for • ditty sassy, loans aely for thirty or tasty Lys, sod if payments are not met promptly te the day your eraparty `Wes M any sort of ssortisi to pay the It's • shame and an setrsgei" mMilia. s, "Ye" replied N�i erther, "it's wicw than that It's legal= rohbery. Our laws permit this m50 to cess are Me a voltam to bed off .dr raislortsm s. There is nothing to menthe bis mese% a,r law to hod ►w ro eh.sk, and W charges are governed by our .aeasaei a He knows that we are n.spoled to bor- row, and tel et net present struts els ase pied to jump at any held of terms and make wy meridiem, sad be is not slow to avail hsn.eelf 4 that dvsst gs, and to terms he makes as are este as tdg look mads with the Jew Itis • shim* and an oneser inded,s friend. mut it i .miwe for as to light wake* it Thaw i e s law te protest at. and we aver name to hsps that there ever will Ira laws see made to hetet sail pretest the selawas d the wsdt*y. sod ... fate osts .w mat [*has bb me reese a.. Camas r d' mays phistag taws to proem tau totem* tlhot. and .pproprlatamg [money to foster ea 5S1mge this or the lodustry ; but yes OTOS !ASV of tha tarsier • Mterst 10.1 eortsldse.i7' •alts•, sold JAIL "l sever did. •• No," replied the other, • and you nevi. wtLL We ars set u. a purttol to be of taws to ib.I Io am., cud they commit leek W u s for sal seartanos, therefore se aro n ot worthy of their martin -anon. The n.o.lasts1ms, the imbued companies. the skip ogees and all other rich ....alienations must hats indiums of dollars 1u auhet them to eatable them to •osm their ind- iums macre surely sad nlore rapidly. But dd Desiree, ever dream of nothing 50 appeeprtatata to aid the poor vitiates fanners fa their struggles aesanst every on- s*oaWe a astac1. eu, Indeed. I bey sr, left to fight it out .is.. mad unprvleotsd. They nee Ido to UM mmcy of druthe, pests and nosey leaders. And yet the fanners .re the salt of the earth. Without arra, gausg anything to ourselves, we can claim that we are as ao•ewar7 to the world as the best of the giant ties. Ws produce the food of the weehi, we improve •ad beautify the land. we add to the ousts - try's wealth, and yet we are not fostered or protected. if we tail to produce fool to feed our wives and c►ildten they must suf- fer the psap d husger. If we are without *10057 =compelled to borrow it, we are �W�_'_'i' at the tender mercies of such mos as this Mills. No, congress our our state leg- uilawre have any nosey to appropriate for the tost.nag of our interests, war tone to devote to the nothing of laws to protect es from money sh•rka. "That's too true," said Green, "too true, nuked. Yet s• have no putter te remedy it." •' No. not so long aS looney rules the land not ss bmg es men ran buy their way into ollios. Yet a1 effort ought to be made to effect a change, 1 'r u It u we are drift - into • state of serfdom, sod in • int short thew western fume will belong o�s'ae�tss, .a► we will he the Wan*stun y per stmt. of the farms is this series are mortised, and suety per par coat. of those we{etges will ever hp pod, bat will run a sail the high Worse devours the farms." "*Awe .s net much hope .flee people to :his se •1.s rest heiug aide to r areiti their IAI niA. John neusrke.4, '•s. long as them eras crop:ale:no th,e.• %Pxn .111 o1 Gone' ••No ie.. there is 1met mewl. hope for :iotas fa: soar* who uv note e.rteu4tely actuated, situ* in the lost and Mort fa- vored psi ta of the lend the .n.a11 termer u barely side to *Ire. His I•r.ehets fetch hon l.c,geerly pie -es ohne time brt!e he has to sal! only .utl•'es to Iry his taxes unl hos •t• -•e irlls. 4- t"I u., well. 50 are eitut:ed, and wet outsell.. fortunate 1t, 11v rsor{aging '•'ervtinu;; se Possess ex- cept um souls. we are aide to row• enough uowy to keep breath in our lee '1 for a few wok. •r a few mouths longer." At thio point in the .conyeraatins the dour comae. ' mg tie two rxm.. ashen - I aria en old man with white heir and twtit furor carne tottering rat.. the neon'. ,Itis frail, withered form shook, rue tee tear were running down his • nukled chet•le. He stopped on the threshold and rotate rem 1110414 he would re eutet the private °thee, but Mats had beckoned the 'text victim in std closed and melted the 11001. For a moment the .old 111511 stood bee. - tellingly, then in • weak, faltering toes he cried : '-11he last hope is gone. and the worn ha.. uuh• to the wont. There in nothing lett b' int Lin ren atoll. Oh ! my Graf nay Uri, why bast thou forsaken us •" A. the au.t urn ceased speaking he tot- seee.i 1r.., acs, -nd, dropping into It., allow-• ed h•• • ' :iron his bcwt, and in this -renamed • long time. fell from his eyes and rimed hands. John .I :o crowded about 1,. d the Import of his said. at last, "mine is a sorry •u all know what suffering 11 01 v • ..i not be here, but I think my tot sou: t r a little the barest of any. Four years ago I lost everything I peewee et, no matter how, and with my wits left our old Erre and came hero to live with our sun, who was • young loan and had en- tered a claim. It Is melees to recount the kerdships and disappointments we under• went, for you are all but too well acquaint- ed with them. lest fall my son took the fever, •ad after an illness that lasted through 'moths he died. My wife. already kohl, with age. followed soon after with $ bag spell of the Indiana, and yesterday she died. In the mesotime everything that I meld moll to raise money was sold, and eizt=that i could mortgage eras : and yet, gentlemen, 1 hare the sad consoouess•e of knowing tat she died of want. But she is dead, and I Umiak Dad foe it. i never expected that I shodd live to see the Hitt- wbeu 1 would re- peian et the death of my loved life com- pmasw wthe sorb is e ease 1 rejoice over her death beams I knew that she is sow beyond the reach of want, and that the pangs el hunger can never affect her again. Y.., 1 rejoiced at her death --the death of my deosm ed friend- -bees.ma in tat i ..w her may hope of retic[. T.•day I came here to try to borrow a low dollars with which to Ivory wet mimes of her, but he," pouting to Milk office, "refused to let me have it, and new i moist go to to county and sok la have nay wits buried as • pauper. The term and everything es it is under mortgage, .ad to•marrow .11 the household things and the farm tools are to be sold, and I will be 'dose wad penolrm in the world, with w money, no hose and no ktesdw. Would to God, men, 1 had never lived tow this day, and now having sew ,t, i have timely to look f rw•rd to but death. That is the .sly hope and the only coosolauoa that is left me." Not • man u the room but what would are gladly given the old anon .id if it had been possible,, bet to fact that none of than were much better off made it impos- sible, so all they could do was to sympa- thise mad pity ; and though they attempt- e d to offer words of eonsol•tiw, they (ell the it wee Mt • mockery. As they remised 'about him looking up - e a le hewed fetus, his head drooped lower and beer .pea kr breast, kis 55ryoa5 " yw1 1.557 Nora s Gown" heads become more quiet and mmpased, and at hath appeared that he W falls l,mWm. esu so reGsrkel, and Jobs O▪ mni forward sad laid his Mad se the weimkW brew. "Yes," said John to • low tome, "he Is asleep, net his surf, rtugs see all pared linage, wont *eel reed se111 bevel affect hear more, sad ur\.r Mani w1U he 1081 lbs fame of mads iuhurw►wtty u. ,row." Asa It win ev,•u on 'Ile legit uW mai s brek0e spirit had tied from its wenn out, esraauted teuwrtrut sad bounded up and away to that Might, ieu n.rtal glory, the iabentam a of Ow poor and the lowly who hare, like the Master, suffered the pomp and sorrows of the 1i1. •• He is dead," John went on, "•ad I thank tied that he is. 1t is hotter, far bet- ter, that such as he should die them that they deould live to became mutterers us earth or objects or pulalle chatty). Is •wlh tug horn away teal las shins t Hs' greatest arrce "It is even so," raid w elderly gemtleular who stood user. "Thu world haw so Young plate for sip•b w he, save the grave, mrd it is • tln/usaol aloes better for hew to sleep that than to hie out • few wort. yt r, ,t wretched existence here." No one doubted the jastire of theae re marks. au.1 not one of all the men in the avoid telt that it was lot • 0latlemsof roc joining. rather that sorrow, that the old are was deed. While the nos were still .tandutg ub,.ui the silent ftw'n,, the door to the private other olword eel 11Ulla came VW. Ile raw at a glome that something u nusual had a .cued. - lot the metier of 0w0 shutting out the sight, he approached theroup and in rough gruff trews asked: "'hat'. the matter here" The ring about the odd neon parted, 'bowleg t,, Mills the lifeless f,au,, but for an Irletrut tie 010 *puke. At last the elder- ly gentleman woo had spoken before, and wbu, .t transpired. wase t'brutwu tu0s- ter, turned his eves upon Mills mei said, in sloe, measured tones: "Mr. 111111., G'.e Iwo bed nercY on him te whom you .how,.* ane. He has takes the poor old Mall out of your tails aid u- nreel dum beyond the reach of your greed sad avarice. There ins the font et abs of cowl vioi1.W You brought ham to hos death. l ou rubbed bun of al: hos p• mss rineue in r.4e his house, his hope, hos IiF,n, an:! bus I.te, mid lied les takes tern p,o. old wtfeter hone." •'I do not 4 said Mills after • short etkac4-, •'why you should say such the to hr,. I have Dot rubbed that .44 mai.. mad 1 au not re.pourihle for his n.Ir- fort 011011 r "You toasted line coney on his pomace - aloes, Mr. Mill.W.' "Yes, and like the rest of you people he waslad to get It.' "Yea, be was glad to get it betase want drove him to such est remit ma. But that did not give you the right to ooh hint with exorbitant interest, and order the sale ..f h' property to pay • dent of 1... than a tenth of its value. Mr. Mills, the world's new may he what it will, bat with laud tobbery u robber*. whether you do it under the law or in askance int It. 'I'o force afrllow creature under necessity to ggitve up hie property to you, is nut fu .Ill Iere.t In principle from forcing him to .lo se at the punt of arms. The desire to oh - tan what is not yours and what von Inge no right to take is the sane in 'with cases. and there is no moral ,h*tuwrion I.•ewee, them. 1r. either 4-454' it is ro:.!miy. It s taking eeneth. • t'. Mills w.rt-a, 1....'e sur n, fur hardened, we •a. • !e- sea, it., .of the • ti a 11150 nt r•rM- .ousP of Bargains in Cloaking, Mantles Cut Free of Charge, Bazaar Patterns given Away WITH CODS PURCHASED FOR CHILDREN'S WEAR. { ALL LINEN COODS STAMPED FREE Wools Of ..A.11 .. WOOL CAPES MADE TO ORDER --A T-- ; MRS. R. B. SMITH'S. be could not help ...- remarks. Perhaps 11 with the least particle .• plea, be might hat d ame. A. It was, bra.•.. ..1. rule an effort to r*culp:1tr Ili.., c.i 1..h. the charge. and ploce hlnvo- i rot Lk. ,e,.:, 1..n of • bsoofactor. M wym;: ••1 loan you pe..ple .nnoev as a hes •.••vs venture. Like sou, and hke n.a1.:v:1.•i in gruer•I, I Imoot my motifs by the n,. eo.,ty of m cu.tllmrrs. l oa sell your p.times for the hizl.est poi es von can get. and I do • same. ine. Tha:.S 4 law ..f losu,es.. Foe. dee more, If you people do not want to ac- cept my terms wey do you for to gas !I I� tonetl UCOMMEND INSOk Cherry [Balsam for cough.4, cad*, et . Our Cherub's HoneyKlouah Cure for children. Prescription Work W. 0, GOODS, - Chemist Pure Candies Chocolates "ONCE A YEAR'," GICHRISTMAS‘ CHEER." UTS, DATES. FIGS. MALAGA - - FRUIT, GRAPES Betger's Table Tellies CANDIED - PEELS. AU kinds of Table Delicacies. Chas. A. Nairn, Family Grocer, GODERICN, - ONT. ' rtln erflWs*s oma ALL PAot" and Pig me for fames! You w not case - poled to Deme." "We are compelled to Oona•, went drives es to it," to molester replied- "As to it being • law of beim= to govern moths by a•os.my, I Mae very strong dooltta It is sat tbe 1•w d honest Issine.. I •m son. Tar. is • whit Mormon between as d.rmd-as least between the ties 4 nob times as them sad the &meads .t ordinary times la the storks* .l the world we ..11 our product, ler .11 they will h ong, cad im that movie[ yen have • per- fect right ten dispose of yew stoney. But we do aot sill our produce at sometime prioee. Wlies we gad • fallow creature n Reriat to page of heyer we do rot comps: him to p.y es his u last cost for • d morsel of fe- that is the pot plc epos which yes work, Mr. Milk, and I moue think it far chest of rob by." Mills gashed with anger, but ening that it was stele to argue, sod psrb•p not being disposed to do no any y w, 1151 to matter droop, and e..dimg out to have to remains of thm old mos removed, reaoaad the order of trimmer and went on with hie ruthless, heartless. grinding process. fro its menwr,.o Small sapr-eorud Binds* Pi11s do net gripe or schen- They an mild sad ef- hcteal Im C. SEAGER, —Ogee W Meleeab— NEW BLOCK, • - 'Loney to Lend Ohesp Bat., Ml's let" Ouht THIS IS THE SEASON FOR CROSS CUT SAWS, In which we lead. CATTLE CHAINS, Finest in the land, at rif ht prices. BEST MAKES OF AXES, At prices which will make you buy. R. P. WILKINSON & Co. LA GRIPPE, As many know fel experience. is frequently 11,1• lowed by a bard. distressing Dough. CHERRY PULMONIC Has no equal idle tie ogre of this. and all eoogbe. colds. eta_ eta Prepared and gold only by F. Jordan. - Medical $a11m G E O_ PARRi" Tb. rv.n's. Dialer, s .tlwmt .11 Idols of ferdtw at the lowest, pone. prima • ;all w.a•krwe tam that be Sells s'1 .epoop /1w _mal Ito r r*seethe i..a�.g vwelr/• w .jta tut• _ isrs & II ... F =lie t ale r ekes • +' 4. mf Mst •'.prat give mf •oats mnWle obewhere, and rem wilt fad test That be ds.. es be e p5-- San shay ' tylhamtl.m ooh sod slur Wide elsst pewgs be hoes MJe.efr• of *115 UMW GEO. BARRY, Hamilton-st.