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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-12-2, Page 6DOCTOR JACK. By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE.. CONT1NU1 i>. She shudders while she speaks, and all at once the truth dawns upon stu- pid Jack. He knows all, This is not the superb acting of a woman who plots, but the plain con - reset= of a woman who loves. He does not know what to do—was never caught in such a position before in all his life. and hesitates. A minute of silence ensues. She hangs her head in maidenly shame, yet does not retreat a step in the course she has marked out. He ob- serves her thoughtfully, even in per- plexity. Perhaps at another time he might have entered into the game with ar- dor, for that lovely face is enough to stir the heart of every a stern anchor- ite, but now things have changed—he has met Avis Morton, and the memory of her seems to hover over him like a good angel. It would be playing with fire to de- ceive this girl into the belief that he cared for her, and he makes up his mind not to do it, even though much might be gained from such a move. " Senorita, believe me. you have the gratitude of my heart for this action. I understand It all." " All 2" she gasps, trembling like a frightened bird. " Yes. Your gentle nature could not bear the thought of such a need- less sacrifice in your heart you rea- lized that it was absurd to believe me capable of being concerned in these Spanish intrigues, You would even break your own oath to the Carlist league in order to warn me. It was noble of you. While I live you shall have my most sincere gratitude." At the word, with all it implies in English, she starts into life and being; her face assumes a determined look, and from those superb eyes shafts of softness strike Doctor .Tack. " Gratitude !" how she tears the word to pieces in the bitter way she pronounces it. " Ah, Senor Jack, that is what the dog feels toward the hand that tosses him a bone. It may do for your cold English or American ways. Here in Spain we know not such a phrase. With us it is either love or hate." She pauses again to observe his tell- tale face, on which a flush has mount- ed, for Jack is dused uneasy—it is the first time in his life he ha's ever been made love to, and, considering the ex- traordinary beauty of the woman, and his determination not to encourage her, his situation is a peculiar one. He wonders how Mercedes will take it, for as yet he has not been able to decide what her true nature is. In his experience he has generally found that a beautiful face and a warm, wo- manly heart, seldom travel hand in s hand—usually beauties are cold, ex- acting, imperious, and selfish. ; " I do not know what you may think i of me, Doctor Jack, for telling you this, but I can in no other way assure I you of the truth of my warning. You ' believe I am here in the interest of the league—that through some deceit I desire to accomplish your ruin. By ! the Virgin, I swear to you it is love that brings me here to save you from • an awful fate." She goes on hurriedly without look- ing in up at him, and it is well she does fnot, for Jack's face expresses both i surprise and displeasure :— " When I met you as the flower girl 1I was acting the part given me by the league—I hoped in making your ac- quafntance to learn the truth, whether you were one of our enemies or the C man you claimed to be. From the first day I saw you I seemed to feel that you held my fate—I could not help it. Then came the accident in the street—those were not bandits you fought, but Carlists—your guide, Fran- cisco Marti, is a leader in our class, and it was he brought about the me- lee, hoping to have you killed. Your braTery, senor, saved your life. The hand of fate directed that you should fall in the doorway of a house that belonged to a Carlist. I was sent in the guise of a run to listen to any ravings you might utter, in order to learn the truth. " They would have been glad had I allowed you to die, but this I would not do, and when I looks uponyou y u lying there, lifeless at it seemed, I understood my heart—senor, pardon : me, but I loved—I believed you be- ionged to me. ' " Then carne the scene in the Plaza del Toros, and when, for a smile from me you faced that terrible bull, I was thrilled with the hope that you per- haps returned my love. Senor, in your country it is unmaidenly for a girl to show her heart to the man she loves—she must suffer in silence the pangs of passion, and never learn her fate until he chooses to speak; but in Spain we are of a different mold, and ' at times a senorita may do the woo - 1 ing without being unsexed. You think me bold—perhaps despise me, her voice breaks, and she goes into a fit of ;weeping. i It is a woman's last card—when all ;else fails to bring inan's obdurate ;heart to terms she has resource to this, and many a victory, almost lost, lhas been won under the influence of an April shower. 1 Poor old Jack becomes dreadfully uneasy—he fears lest he is about to be taken by storm. A woman in tears always does touch hini, and ! when the matter has been brought about because of his own hardened heart, it grows exceedingly dangerous. H wishes the floor would open be- neath and swallow him up, but un- fortunately such an event is not likely to occur—it never does when most de- sired. Mercedes sobs bitterly, and Jack bites the ends of his mous- tach savagely. Good heavens ! to think ' of this affection being wasted upon a fellow of his size, when there are dozens of amorous swains in Madrid sighing for one sweet glance from the eyes now brimming over with tears—it is a shame ! Something must be done, and that quickly. Jack strides over to the window—if he could only find a loop- hole of escape—but it is hopeless, and he must stay to face the music. She watches him from behind the lace cob- web with which she seems to mop up the scanty tears. He turns again—approaches—the sobbing grows more inteuse—ah, he puts out his hand and lays it on her head—it is something of a paternal way, but thrills the Spanish beauty. Hitherto she has laughed at the mad pleadings of lovers—the truth has corns to her with redoubledforce, and now in her bitterness of spirit her scorned admirers are amply avenged. Jack speaks—he tries to do so calm- ly, for he really and deeply regrets that this scene has occurred, and will never remember it with any feeling of pleasure. Your suffering pains nee, senorita. I am unworthy of your regard—a mere wandering old stone, gathering no moss, Presently I shall vanish from your sight, and when you see me no more you will soon forget me." He says this much in a quiet way, and means to add more, but just then something occurs such as he has nev- er suspected—never dreamed of, and which brings his displeasure to a cli- max. Mercedes suddenly springs erect, and clasps her arms around his neck madly—she forgets her maidenly mod- esty In the wild rush of love for this man who is to her a hero—a god. Jack is indignant now—perhaps he is. a. trifle more emphatic than necessary when he unclasps her hands, for her face grows deadly pale—she feels that she has staked her all in the game, and lost, " Senorita Mercedes, this gives me more pain than I can tell you. I am not a marrying man, but a wander- er, desirous only of seeing as much of the world as I may." " Ah ! Senor Jack, if you loved me I would be only too glad to go with you as your wife to the ends of the world." " Say no more, I beg, senorita. My respect you shall ever have. I can- not forget that you cared for me. Some day, when the happy wife of s man who will be worthy of you, I may take your hand, and by your looks you will thank me for doing what now causes me pain. Let us be friends, Mercedes, the best of friends. I have no sister—why will you not be one to me ?" She tears her hands away from hie grasp as if in a fury at his words. ".A. sister, to give you counsel—to be lc ved one minute ' and forgotten the next. No, no; if you will not, can- not, give me love for love, then we must part forever." Secretly_.Jack is delighted with the success he is meeting in this game. No one knows better than he how true, when applied to Spanish women, is the old saying that " hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," and although determined to do his whole duty; he has fully expected to see Mercedes de- nounce him, and call down all mari- ner of curses on his head—so he is pleased at the way she takes it. If he can but lead her mind into an- other chanrel all may be well. "You came to warn me, senorita, but I am all ready to go," pointing to the portmanteau strapped and locked near by. " You mean to leave Madrid ?" eag- erly. " In the morning. So, you see, I shall soon be beyond all danger of your league, and I trust you will not worry about me. We go to Paris." Unlucky slip of the tongue—Jaefe could have bitten the member by way of penance. " You do not go alone ?" she cries, quickly. " No—you see—there is a party—" he makes the matter worse with his hesitation. " Yes, and that American girl—Avis Morton you called her—is one of them. Ah ! Senor Jack, I read your secret— you love that cold girl !" CHAPTER XIV. Of what avail is it for Jack to vehemently deny the soft impeach- ment, when his face gives tete lie to his words—the latter die away to a murmur on his lips, and he stands there, a convicted criminal. As for the Spanish beauty who has condescended to beg for this man's love—emotions chase each other over her face, her heart seem to stand still at one moment and then beat like a tri hammer next, the pe t while her small hands are clenched until the nails al- most enter the palms. It is the supreme moment of her life —from that pivotal point she must go either up or down as the inner spirit urges—some women, built upon a grand model, would be more gentle, more gracious after such a. lesson, others would prove themselves fit de- votees of Satan's wiles. Jack fears the worst, but nothing he may do can help her choose—that roust come from within, for " as the twig's inclined the tree is bent." He knows the storm—if storm it proves to be— cannot be averted by his means, and so he bows his head to meet it, as might the sturdy oak in the forest. But the Spanish beauty does not burst out into a hot harangue as he has expected. She seems to possess some control over her feelings after all, and Jack finds himslf unable to decide as to what course she means to adopt. " You cannot deceive me, Doctor Jack—I know that girl is in your mind, your heart, and that Mercedes Gonzales can never hope to gain your love. It is very sudden—very cruel;" she murmurs, passing one hand over her forehead in a dazed sort of way. " I am sorry—" begins Jack, hardly knowing what to say, but she inter- rupts him with a proud gesture and a strained laugh. " Make no apologies—I am something of a Mohammedan in my ways, and as Abdallah• Pasha might say, ' Kismet— it is fate.' But what would you ex- pect a Spanish woman to do who has been supplanted in the heart of the man she loves by another ? What torture could be too great for that other frail being, to appease her out- raged feelings ?" she almost hisses. You will pervert the matter—I have only seen Miss Morton once or twice in my life—it is a business ar- rangernent that takes us away in com- pany." He has been alarmed at the idea of harm coming to Avis because of him, and would avert the storm, but she Laughs again, and sneeringly says :— Have no fears—I am not that vin- dictive. Though you have scorned my love, I do not wish you ill. May you surmount the difficulties that surround you and be happy." " What would you do ?" he asks, as Mercedes rises proudly from her chair,'' dcfeasted, stung with contending emo- tions, and yet a woman. " The worst that I shall do is to leave you to your fate. Adios, Senor Jack." He takes the hand, and somehow a great feeling of tenderness for this lovely woman almost ovetwhelms hire —he knows what her southern nature dictates, for he has seen the vendetta of Corsica carried out by frail wo- men, so that he now beholds Mercedes as one who had gained a signal victory over the passions she intierited. " Forgive me the pain I cause you, senorita, and believe me, I am not worthy of your thoughts. I trust and believe the future has happiness in store for you, and that you will never repent such generous action, for I know and appreciate the national spirit of revenge which you have conquered. Heaven guard you, sen- orita." He bends over the little hand and kisses it in a true cavalier style. Mer- cedes looks at him with her heart in her eyes, as though this little action has aroused a false hope in her breast ; then, seeing no change in his face, the wistful look turns to one of keen disapointment, and tearing her hand from his clasp, she opens the door of the room, and is gone. Jack is left in even a more disturb- ed frame of mind than before. He does not know, he cannot tell -what Mercedes will do. The spirit that moves her may be for good or evil. She has said she will simply leave him to his fate, but who can guess what a woman of her electric nature, once madly in love, may not attempt ? He can hardly understand what it is has caused him to put aside tae temptation—any man would be flat- tered by the bite of such royally beautiful wosnan, and yet Jack has been able to resist the subtle charm. Where is the talisman that has saved him ? Almost unconsciously he puts his hand into his pocket, and draws some- thing out, upon which he gazes long and earnestly. It is the portrait of Avis Morton, and since he has met the original, Jack finds a new charm in the picture. " Yes, it was Avis who kept me from yielding myself a captive to her Circe - like charms, ransom or no ransom. Such a wife would never do for Jack Evans. I want one who will be the same yesterday, to -day, and to -mor- row, such a girl as Avis Morton, for instance. and please Heaven, if I can convince her of that same thing after we have done our level best to save Aleck, she shall take me for what I am worth, old nomad that I am." Thus he mutters to himself, and presses the dumb counterfeit resem- blance of Avis to his lips after the manner of all foolish lovers. Had Mer- cedes witnessed the action she would have been possessed with a mad de- sire to tear the photograph to bite, and perhaps scratch his eyes out in the bargain, for who can account for the vagaries of a woman who has stoop- ed to conquer and been 'repulsed ? Sleep is not to be thought of—the plot thickens, and morning is near at hand—the time of action, when they shall make a move, asd open up the enemy's masked battery if they have one. As Doctor Jack walks to the win- dow and glances out, he sees a faint light in the east that tells him the night is spent and dawn at hand. He watches it grow broader slowly but surely, while the magic lights of the carousing city become pale under the influence of the coming day. The co- horts of darkness seem to gather for a last final effort in the rear of the great buildings which are in a line with Jack's vision, but steadily ad- vance the battalions of the sun, the skirmishers are already entering the city, and before their invincible onset the last remnant of the king of dark- ness' forces are sent flying in rout. So the day opens—the sun begins to make his appearance—masks vanish from the streets, and something of business begins, although little un- necessary work will be done in Ma- drid during the festival time. Jack bethinks himself of breakfast, and goes down to see about it. He knows the value of a few silver reale, judiciously placed, and thus avoids much of the friction that most trav- ellers meet with in a Spanish fonds - Hence his meal, simple as it is, con- sisting of eggs, toast, and tea, is soon ready, and he does it justice. All the while his thoughts are flying to other scenes—he wonders whether Larry has carried out his instructions to the letter, and if the ladies are ready to depart. Much depends on this scheme being carried out thor- oughly, and there are so many chances of something happening to throw a• wheel out of gear, that the American is not a little worried. His anxiety causes him to finally leave the table. •Consulting his time- piece he finds it a quarter to eight. Then he goes out, and is lucky enough to engage a vehicle. From the man he learns all about distances, then has his portmanteau brought down. " To the Fonda Peninsular in hot haste," he says to the driver, and the latter, having already been heavily feed, with the prospect of more ahead, does not let his animals sleep on the way. Many heads are thrust out of win- dows—the good people of Madrid be- lieve every fresh rush or bustle on the street nowadays announces the com- ing of some new spectacle, and they are determined to keep well posted. So the hotel is soon reached -there is beginning to be a show of life around it, as the American leaps from his carriage and enters. Another mo- ment and ire has cornered the proper functionary who serves as a clerk, and of whom he asks whether Miss Mor- ton has gone. The other leisurely surveys him, and begins to talk in a rambling way about finding out ; but Jack knows what that means—an interrninable wait—precious minutes lost, and noth- ing gained when the servant finally returns, Time is too valuable to be allowed to slip so easily. He knows that this party is like the rest, and the jingle of a few ,reals will make him awaken. Speedily they pass from his own hand into the itching palm of the clerk, and the effect on that party is quite surprising. He be- comes aroused at once like a man who must now think for himself, makes a grand, heroic effort, and then glows with triumph, just as the excited pul- let cackles after laying her first egg, Tack thinks, (To BE CONTINU.ED.) SEWARD'S BIG BARGAIN. Russia Made the Mistake of the Century When She Sold Alaska. Thirty years ago Commissioner Paulus Hersen persuaded the government of the czar to sell all Russian .America for $7,200,000, or a little less than 2 Dents an acre. Ho had coasted along Kotzebue sound in 1863, and after taking a fare- well peep at St. Michael's inlet and the mouth of the Yukon did not hesitate to report that the valve of that polar dis- trict consisted chiefly of its seas and its swamp pines, both of which the Yankee trespassers would be sure to exhaust within the next 20 years. Within a week the folly of the transfer was con- summated. Four-fifths of the territory has never yet been surveyed, but the explored portions of the humid coast lands are known to contain larger and more valuable forests than Maine and Michigan taken together. The fur yield of Alaska has slightly increased on terra firma, but the value of the fisheries has doubled thrice since 1867 and has now reached an average of 45, 000, 000 cans a year for salmon alone, besides thousands of barrels of herring and about 10,000,000 pounds of cod. Every man, woman and child forming the population of this planet could consume a barrel of Alaska salmon every month in the year for the next 100 generations without affecting the extent of the yearly arriving shoals to any perceptible degree. Coal in six varieties, including lig- nite, but also the valuable bitumen known as cannel coal, has been disoov- ered at half a hundred different points of the great northland and may yet ex- clude eastern imports from the Paciflo markets as far south as Los Angeles. And to all that luck has now added a treasure trove of precious metals, though it would be a mistake to suppose that the discovery of placer mines dates from the west Klondike bonanza. The Muscovite monarchy, it is true, is so large, so unreasonably and uncon- soionably overgrown, that the czars could sell nine other provinces the size of Alaska and still have a comfortable remnant of real estate, but it might be questioned if that special czar did not almost give away the most valuable tenth of his world empire. For the southernmost 500 miles the climate of Alaska is milder than that of European Russia. Sitka thermometers rarely reg- ister 5 degrees below zero; those of Odessa sink to 15—not to mention Mos- cow and St. Petersburg, where old set- tlers do not begin to growl till the frost consolidates their beards and their bed- posts. The truth seems to be that Major Hersen did really not suspect the extent of the Alaska forests and judged the value of the mines from his experience in Siberia, where the gold bearing rocks can be worked profitably only with the cheapest kind of convict labor. Secretary Seward, on the other hand, made a shrewd guess at the real value of the coveted peninsula. There is an immortal story about a sportsman who had abducted the wife of a "Pike," an unkempt squatter of Pike county, Mo., and, being overtaken by the exasperated ruralist, tried in vain to excuse his es- capade on a plea of intoxication. "We have to settle this matter with lead, sir," said the Pike, cooking his revolv- er. "Can't we settle it with silver?" asked the kidnaper, exhibiting a good sized pocketbook. "Just name your own terms, sir," he added when he noticed that the avenger had reduced his men- ace to a half cock. " Well, stranger," said the Pike in a voice still husky with excitement, "how would 75 cents strike you?'.' Our Yankee commissioners must have remembered that anecdote when they received the first reply to their hypo- thetical inquiry, "In case we have been . rightly informed that the government of his ozarish majesty finds the expense of maintaining that distant possession to exceed the revenue, for what amount in cash would they consent to dispose of it altogether?" There had already been conferences about fishery privi- leges. "Not for less than 10, 000, 000 or 12, 000,b00 rubles"—about $8, 000, 000— was the astonishing reply. If it is true that eastern Alaska also abounds in silver and petroleum, the Russians must admit that the blunder of our Tennessee shotgun negotiator has been considerably eclipsed. " What have we done?" says a corre- spondent of the Moscow Gazette in com- menting upon the news from the placer mines. "We have thrown away a coun- try which, acre for acre, is worth more than the Caucasus. "—St. Louis Globe - Democrat. Of the Modern Duel. First Second—I think the swords have soaked long enough in the anti- septic compound. Second Second—I think so. Did you scatter the chloride of lime under the tires? `"Yes, and I burned sulphur in the branches." • "`Good. How about the bashes?" "They have been sprayed with that No. 1 deodorizer. Did you sprinkle the lawn?" "Yes. I used the camphorated wash. " "Excellent. Shall we start the rotary atmospheric purifier?" "I think so. One moment—did yon kindle the finunder the medicated bath?" °`I did. And L also put the hot water bottles on the portable furnace and set the mustard plaster where it would warmThe. q o ""n I think we are all ready." "I think so. Messieurs, we are quite ready. "—Cleveland Plain, Dealer. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON X, FOURTH QUARTER, IN- TERNATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 5. Text of the Lesson, Phil. 11, 1-11—Mem- ory Verses, 5-8—Golden Text, Phil. 11, 5 — Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. 1. "If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies." Consolation here Is literally "one called to your side," and comfort is "one speaking beside you," So we might read, "If there is anything in Christ be- ing over with you and ever talking to you. and in having the constant companionship nud guidance and teaching of the Holy Spirit, if there is anything in the tepder nese and compassion of the Father mani- fested in the Son by the Spirit, then let it be seen in you to the glory of God that Christ may be magnified." 2. "Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind." Oneness of the members of the body in the service of the head is something greatly desired by our blessed Lord, as is very manifest in His prayer in John xvii, and it will also be the great desire of all who are fully one with Him. Not only does He comfort us With the assuran,fe, ".As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you," but He also adds, "This is My commandment, that yo love one another as I have loved you" (John xv, 9, 12). 8. "Lot nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves." Another reading is, "In nothing follow self seeking." Jeremiah said to his scribe, Baruch: "Seekost thou great things for thyself? Seek them not" (Jer. xlv, 5). Although the whole hind was Abram's and not Lot's, yet rather than bave strife Abram told Lot to take bis choice and go whither he woulda When the Philis- tines strove for tho wells whioh Isaac bad reopened, Isaac did not resist, but kept on yielding until there was room for all, and the strife ceased (Gen. xiii, 8, 9; xxvi, 22). 4. "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others." Not enviously as some would pervert it, but desiring the welfare of oth- ers as much as or more than your own. Love seeketh not her own (I Cor. xiii, 6). Let Episcopalians seek and rejoice in the welfare of Methodists, and so Methodists of Baptists, Baptists of Presbyterians, and so on, all uniting heartily to seek the honor of the Head in the completion of His body, the church, which has no name but Christ (I Cor. xii, 12, 13). 5. "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." If any man have not the Spirit of Christ; he is none of His (Rom. viii, 9). Now, every penitent sin- ner who truly receives Christ receives also the Spirit of Christ, but some are more controlled by and manifest more of that Spirit than others. It is the privilege of every believer to be filled with the Spirit (Eph. v, 18). and led by the Spirit and to walk in the Spirit, and when one is only willing to bave no will but the will of God, no choice but God's choice, no way but God's way, no service but what He appoints, God will quickly fill that ono with His Spirit and continue to fill him day by day and moment by moment. 6. "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God." Another reading is, "Deemed not his equality with God a thing to grasp at." He was not always saying, "I am God; I created all things; I own the uni- verse; I do as I please in heaven and on earth, and therefore you must bow to Me, and if you don't I will snake you, for I have all power." Those who are always grasping at their position as if they might lose it, or at least some of the honor be- longing to it, aro very small people, or peo- ple of very small minds, whatever their position may he. 7. "But made Himself of no reputa- tion, and took upon Him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of man." Ho took not on Him the nature of angels, which would have been a very great humiliation, but as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Him- self likewise took part of the same (Heb. ii, 14, 16). He emptied Himself of the glory which He bad with the Father be- fore the world was, and consented to en dure the limitations of a mortal body for over 83 years—not only so, but He con- sented to endure such limitation under the most limited of earthly conditions, such as the manger at Bethlehem, the humble home and the carpenter's shop at Naza- reth. 8. "And being found in fashion as a man He bumbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Dross. The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give His life a ransom for many (Math. xx, 28). He consented _to be despised and slandered and misunderstood, persecuted, blindfolded, buffeted, spit upon, scourged, led as a lamb to the slaughter, crucified. 9. "Wherefore also God hath highly ex- alted Him and given Him a name which is above every name." He is now at God's right hand, with the Father.on His throne (Rev. ill, 21), and in due thno all kings shall fail down before Hirt and all nations servo Him (Ps. lxxii, 11). By His wort: and by that alone, which He has finished without help from man, eternal life is freely given to every one who receives Him, and a share in His glory and a place on His throne (John xvii, 22; Rev. iii, 21). 10. "That at the nano of Jesus every knee should how of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth." And so it shall Dome to pass, for God has purposed it. "The Lord of Hosts bath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it oome to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand" (lea. xiv, 24). John saw the consummation of it in bis vision when ho heard every creature Which is in heaven, and on the earth, and bnder the earth, and such as are in the Ilea, and all that aro in them, saying, "Blessing and honor and glory and power be unto Him that sittetb upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever" (Rev. v, 18). There is none other name ender heaven given among men whereby we may be saved. 11. "And that every tongue should con- fess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." It shall .surely be, to the everlasting oomfort and bliss of some and to the everlasting woe of others. Saved and unsaved shall all oonfess that Jesus Christ ie Lora. The saved shall re- joice in Him as their Lord, while the un- saved shall have to confess Him as Lord to their everlasting confusion, but in each God will bo glorified. See II Cor. ii, 15, 16. A good testas to whether we are now honoring Him as Lord .is seen in verse 14 of our lesson chapter. If by the Spirit we have confessed Him as our Lord and daily do so, there can be in our lives no mur- muring or disputing,, no strife or envy. He is not Lord of these things. LATEST M.4,R•RET REPORTS. Toronto, Nov. 29. BREADSTUIF'FS, ETO. Wheat—Wheat was firm all day to -day, Exporters began buying No, 2 rod at • 8$c, north and west, and finished by paying 86 and S6o, middle freights. No. 2 spring was quuted,at 81c, west; goose at 80c, and white at 79 to 83c, accord- ing to sample. No. 1 Manitoba hard, track, Owen Sound, or Midland, offered this afternoon at $1; and afloat, Fort William, at 95%c. Flour—.Active and strong. Direct sales of straight by the large mills could be Inado at $4.10 middle freights. Ex- porters' agents bid the small mills $3.95, Millfeed—•Bran is quoted at $8, and shorts ab 810.50 to $12, middle freights. Oatmeal—Steady. Car lots of rolled oats, in bags, on track, Toronto, aro quoted at $3.15 to $3.20. Peas—Demand is fairly active, but offerings are light; prices steady. Car lots sold at 43o, west; `and 440 east. Rye—Active and higher; oar lots are quoted at 45o, high freights, and 460 east. Buckwheat—Steady. Car lots, west, are quoted at 80%o, and east at 3134o, Barley • No. 3 extra is quoted at 28 to 29o, outside. No. 2 at 31 to 32e and No. 1 at 34o. Feed barley is in demand at 250 west; and 260 east. Corn—Holders ask 26%ro, Chatham, for yellow, and 25%o is bid, Oats—011erings large and values con- tinue easy; exporters bought at 2436o, west, for white, and east at 25o. PRODUCE. Eggs—Anything strictly choice will bring 16 to 17o, but there is very little. stook worth the latter figure. Cold stor-' age at 15o, and limed at 13 to 1834o. Potatoes—Market seems very quiet. Car lots sell on track at 53 to 57o per bag. On the street dealers quote from 60 to . Po65oultry—perLrbagasy. Turkeys range any- where from 7 to 8o per lb.; geese, 5 to 534o per lb.; chickens, 25 to 85o per pair; ducky, 40 to 600 per pair. Beans—Dull. Dealers quote choice hand-picked white beans here at 900 to $1; and common at 50 to 70o per bushel. Apples—Values are quoted at about 33$o in the oountry, or 4o, delivered here, Dealers here quota small lots of old, dried, at 5o, and evaporated at 8 to 8%o, for new. Hops—Slow. Choice new are now quoted at about 10 to 12o per lb., in bales. Old hops are nominal. Baled Hay—Business is very slow., Car lots, on track, of No. 1, sell at around $8 50.,, No. 2 is quoted at about 87.50 to $S. Straw—Quiet, Dealers quote oar lots, on track, at $5 to $5.50. DAIRRY PRODUCE. Butter—Coming in more freely and prices a little easier and lower on dairy stock. Creamery remains unol angea, Quotations aro: Dairy, tub, poor to me- dium 10 to 110; choice, 14 to 15c; large dairy, rolls, 14 to 150; small dairy, pound prints, choice, 16c; creamery, tubs, early makes, 17 to 18o; late makes, 18 to 190; and creamery, pounds, 19 to 20o. Cheese—Quiet, With dealers selling at 9 to 934o. CHEESE MARKETS. Listowel, Ont., Nov. 29.—The most o the cheese in this district was sold sinoe last F'air at from 8 to 834 cents. Four- teen factories boarded here to -day, offer- ing 10,188 boxes September and balance; 8%0 is being freely offered, and one or two lots have been sold at that figure, and more is likely to be sold to -night. The salesmen are asking 8% Dents; mar- ket adjourned for the season. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs are easier owing to the drop to -day on local market in live hogs of about 500 per owt. Offerings are lib- eral, but holders are asking a little more than packers are willin= to pay. A fewj cars changed hand today at $5.25 bo $5.85 for heavy, and 8.,.50 to $5.60 for light. Street receipts are falr,with prides steady at about $5.75 to 85.80 for choles in farmers' loads. Provision market keeps' steady, and demand good. Quotations are as follows: • Smoked Meats—Ham, heavy, 100; medium, 11 to 113¢o; light, 113a to 120; breakfast bacon, 12 to 1234o; rolls, 0 to 9eec; backs, 1134 to 12o; picnic hams, 9o. A11 meats out of pickle to less than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lard—Tierces, 634 to 6%c; tubs, 6%f to 7o; pails, 7 to 73;0; compound, 5% to 534c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, Nov. 29. --At the Western, Cattle yards this morning we had a runt of 82 loads of offerings, inoluding 8,000 hogs, 1,050 sheep and lambs, and a few milkers and calves. The marl.eta w as poor one generally; rall y, the large supplies and the mild, wet 1 weather both interfered considerably with business; the value of cattle was j scarcely quotably changed, but sales were i slow. For good choice cattle from 3 1-8 to 3%c was paid, and' some few pinked lots fetched 3eac, and occasionally, if i, extra 0hoice, a little over. Medium cattle ` fetched 3% to3c, and common sold at 2%1, to 25-80. Several loads were left over. The export trade is now closed for the 1 season. Milkers are scarce and wanted at from 825 to $35 each for ordinary cows, and from $40 to 850 each for Qhoioe specimens. Wheat, white new........ 84 85 Wheat, red, per bush 00 85 Wheat, goose, per bush777 787 , Peas, common, per bush46 47 Oats, per bush 26e 277 Rye per bush 45 46 Barley, per bush 28 86 1 Ducks, spring, per pair..., 45 75 , Chickens, per pair 30 50 Geese, per lb 05 Obi Butter, in 1-1b. rolls - 15 16 Eggs, new laid 16 1.6t- Potatoes, 6 -Potatoes, per bag45 50 : Beans, per bush 76 . 85 , Beets, per doz 09 10 ;' Parsnips, per doz 9 10 Apples, per bbl 00 0 00 ' ..Hay, timothy 8 50 9 75 ; Straw, sheaf.... 8 50 9 00 i Beef, hinds 5 06 Beef, loves - 3,a 5 Lambs, carcase, per lb6 7 Veal, per -lb 5 5. Mutton, per Ib 4h 7 Dressed hogs.. 5 80 600 UNITED STATES MARKETS. East Buffalo, Nov. 29.—Cattle—Re- ceipts, two leads; prices steady. There were 40 to 45 head of veals and calves on sale: market tor these was steady; oommon to fair sold at $5.50 to 86; choice to best, $6.50 to $7.25; heavy fair calves, 88.75 to $•1.50. Hogs—Receipts, 65 oars; market slow and prices lower on all grades; good to choice Yorkers, $8.60•to $3,62; mixed packers' grades, $3.60 to 83.62; medium weights and heavy hogs, $3.62: to $8.65; roughs,, $3.10 to $3.25 stags, $2.80 to $3; pigs, $8.25 to. $8.65. t.