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2 TEB TIMES, FEeBEVA1rr 14, -;87s,
WHEN THE SHIP COMES HOME..
BYWALTER BEASANT ANDJA:IIESBICE
.44 ;#tabors of
"IMAM MONEY JfOBTIBOY," "THE GOL])-
Eid BiITTEtaFUY," 'ETG., ISTO.
CHAPTER 11.
Thit time, as they were turning, I let
fly without orders, aiming at the now -
oar ;awl I hit hire somewhere, because
mere was another yell.
west by nor', or give her au extrrapoint
in a northerly direction, beata me
quite. And there's currents *Web, in
these little fair-weather crafts, we ain't
able to guard against, and the wind,
which beats her on and, off like.
But St Peter's lies over there. Heart
up, pretty, We'll fetch land to -mor-
row, with the blessing of the Lord."
It was Ben who .served oat the ra-
tions .and the water, of which we had a
keg, besides a bottle of rum, and two
or three. bottles of wine, which had
.found their way among .ken's stores,
They were within three oars' length.', The sun went over our heads, and
lira lying broadside on. I began to roll down into the west, but
*Pell back to your ship,' said Ben,there was no lite on the waters except
ourselves; no birds, no great or little
fish, nothing to break the solitude At
e little after seven the slat went quite
down, and in half an hour we were in
darkness. The breeze freshened, but
brir>g the otfie =rs" pistols erie them. Ben kept up the sail till I told him th'tt
Perllaes they could not And the powder I was dropping to sleep from sheer
and shot. Anyhow, there was not a weariness. Then he took iu the can -
•it n or a sound from the other boat,
but the groaning and ones of the
wounded men ; an. after a pause, we
saw the two who were left row hack in
silence toward the ship. That fight
was over, at any rate. They paste
away from the circle of phespborescent
light itt whicat we Jay, anti so 'into ont-
ler d'arknees.
Thain wewere silent for the space of
lett hour or wore. The phoaphores-
cence died away, and the stars cerise
out agein, Presently in the east ap-
peared the first faint streak of dawn,
aand B,tn °roil broke the silence,
`i,` hat was them words as Boston
Torr addressed to you, Mr. Werne-
ferd ?"
'Ha called me curlvicc end thief ant1 ° It was
I tar Adrallced i1r the rli let
he said-- Io I Here A etlddear rush of when awoke to relieve Ben. Ila hal
filled my brain as T cornpto-
bended, for the first time, all the force strippedhimselftat bid coat, and laid it
of what he diel say, and I could speak
no more,
00UNict t Thief !' lien cried, 'Anil
spiratea and murderers, let me take
no more lives 1 We've shot enough here
for till your crew. Leave ue, and nett
for the time when 1* bang yen all.'
In their haste they had torgotten to
vas a114 resumed Itis place rn the elem.
Like a thoughtlese and ungrateful
wretch as I was, I threw ulyeelf into
fila bottom of the boat, and should
have been asleep in five minutes, but
far our passenger, Nebo called the crew
to prayers,
She was our chaplain, as well aa our.
guardian angel; her sweet voice went
up to heaven for us all as she anon the
evening hymen, Then came over me ---
the first time for five yearn -the old
feehug wbioh is always new, that
whether I lived or whether I died, all
would s"mehow be well ; anti with the
feeling upon me I laid my tired head
upon the boards, and seat asleep in five
minutes.
over the shoulders of the sleeping ,gin},
and was sitting in his shirt sleeves. As
I stepped lightly over her form to take
you as iitnady as the beat man of us all 1 the strings from his band, he whisper -
Done your duty like a man ! W'tiell-. ed to me :
after that-theer-' 'Mate, was that true -them words
Miss Elwood raised ber bead, and' as Boston Tom spoke in the beat ?'
looked row.d in the gray of tile d two, I, 'I have been s* canviot,' 1 replied,
She USW nip shameful head bowed be- lIow did be know that .
twenn my hands. Convict and thief ! '1 can not tell you ; I wieht to heaven
I felt her Retitle band in mine as she I ecli e4.
at did he mean by saying be
murmured, *The night is far epent and tell you who rsaili done it
the day is at hand; let us thank cod wouldy y
fir our lives, and, for His great gifts to Done neat ?'
Iran of courage and fidelity. Let 11'1 D ,ne the forgery for which I was
innocent, Bon.
pray to Riau never to let us forget this ennd'omned. 1 AraCrod. Before God, 1 a,il innocent."
night, to forgive ns all our trespasses,
and to help us to forgive theta that Ile Weis silent a while. .
trettpese against lis.' I Mil dee my way plain. Ore
So, in the lone waters of the South. thing's got to be said, We Why toes
ern Indian Ocean, ,chef» the sun climb• aborit on these septi till oltr water's
ed up the rosy waves, the light fell gone ; w° may get cast a j+ ; we may
upon a group of three in a little boat, baa wrecked. X aur t old but I cite
mn figllr fur t' et, and I ain't se
kneeling together. and glorifying God y
young tit went I may look to be called
through the mouth of tlyat��taent •.
girl; and of the three alt_dle was one first. You may be innocent of that
at least whose heart was umbled find tbf're forgery, or yfu may bo guilty.
No concern of mine. Innocent or
guilty don'tmatter now; and whichever
way it were, Mr. Warneford, the guil,
of puttin' another man's Mame to bit
of paper is like the quilt of a baby cry-
ing
ryinti at the wrong time compared to the
guilt of ill-treating the sweet young
We looked about us. The day was lady.'
upon us, and the sun, just risen, Was i if pray G+ d,' 'returned, 'that He
will deal with me in Elia wrath if I
shall deal with her unwortnily-that
He will punish me auresh fo ;the deed
I never committed if I prove myself
utiwnrthy of this charge.' •
'That will do,' said Ben, 'and • irnw
we undsestand each other, I think I'll
softened.
Amen I' cried Ben Oroil, clearing
Itis throat ',And now we will look
about us."
CHAPTER III.
• 1ST. l'.TErt'S ISLAND.
already hot in our faces. The sea was
calm, with a light breeze blowing from
the tr ide quarter. The ship had dis-
appeared.
'No sail iu sight, nor any shore,'
slid Ben Croil, looking at a pocket
compass, 'Heart up, pretty.' That
was what he always gnid. 'There's! turn in. Keen her head so. Steady.'
water on board, also provisions, though I let him sleep till the day was high.
not what we might wish for the likes f When the first cold breeze of the morn -
you. I thought it might come to this, ing touched onr lady's face, she opened
and I victualled her. There's land on her eyes, and presently sat up .beeidge
the weather -bow, if the Lord lets us mo, and we talked.
reach it. Land -•an inland, St Pet- That is to say, she talked. SI:CC, told •
er's Island, where we'll be picked u1) me about herself, how her,mpther.wns
when we get there. Mr. Warneford, dead in England, and her father: had
sir, ]et me hoist the sail.' We carried
a mast and one small sail. Ben man-
aged the ropes, while I steered under
his orders. But first we rived up, by
Means of the spare oar, some rough
kind of covering to Irotect our paee-
enger; and then we sailed on in sil-
ence, wrapped in aur thoughts, whi e
the boat danced upon the waves, leav-
ing its little track of white foam behind
it. A. peaceful, quiet, and happy day.
Helen tells me that she wag not afraid
all that time,nor was I. We were in
it little open boat, oar the open sea ; we
were dependent for nur safety on the
continuance of calm weather ; we were
-dependent for landing anywhere on old
Ben's knowledge of the seas and re-
collections of the chart, He knew the
latitude and, longitude of the boat, obeerfully,to his charge;and to,ing, .be;
making allowance in dead -reckoning gan to,eca,nfthe,liorizon,te tlte;nor,aud
for the time when we left the ship, and northwest t l .
he knew the latitude and longitude 'Land he cried, ,pointing tto,s w1rR;!.
of thenearest island. I drew a rough seemed -toile ,x, little. bati,k.of .3gloud„ a
•ehart from his information on the back big as e, man s.itau.d, , rieyeg koilf 90,4e,
of a letter which Helen had in her circle ,of ,w nob wererthe,,,centee,,
-Pocket. It had two places marked on 'Land ahead of u= Land thirty mile•t,
it -the position of the ship Luca Der- off. Heart 'hp, ray trretty; and 's
rick at noon, September 15, 1851, and, double''rittrdn.-for bret►k'fast. °IQow'1`ii.
the island of St Peter. Werneford, ` the ..breeze ..isa luglltl but
it_ a rough-and-ready way of we'll uterail; teed• makeiwlaat.dtaititlazt:we;
tecknrii\ig, bet I tnanaged to place the
position of the „hip a, near as possible
where we loft her, and Ben began to Onr c alitivrtr hi the boat ,had been
gt•rla,v the chart.
tlfIQW whether to put her Bead nor'-
AS A REMtDY
in it large class of wasting diseases, Physicians
have found
PHOSEOZONE
to exert remarkably rapid curative action, and
Dyspepsia, even of chronic type, has,withet;ual
rapidity yielded to its powerfully insidious ac-
tion,
Hrou MZLLTa & Co., Druggists, of Toronto,
writes as follows :-
�• We have sold more P11:OSFOZO1E than
we ever did of any other preparation in a girt=
time. lt'here we sell a bottle, it is general•y
repeated,"
Jan. 31. 6.m.
The Ship Grocery
EAS, SUGAR,
SY.ttUPS, CANPIED PEEL
1.7>,515.Q1 TA7.1QCO,
NEW FRUIT, FIR'S,
OABRA,GS,COCOA,
lhocolate, Prepared Corn and
11e 1ea.diug Groceries, fresh
and New.
TO13. OOO S110
Tobaccoes, and Cigars,
Pipes iu
Tv eers°halrxl:, Wood a
Clay,
SMOEEI.S REQUISITES.
Cigars and Tobbacco, Whole.
sale.
CICO.:Z
esAssee
at
114101'6n ofrloar�
Does not affect the low p: ices at which
& T. BI$$ZT
are offering their stool: of
TINWARE, STOVES, Etc.,
at
hoceter & Hensan
which consists of all the latest and improved
styles of $itehen. Cook and Parlor stores,Milk
cans, pacts, and pails of tate 'oast approved
pattern, and: everything; in the line ; Mee, a
good soleetion of hendeoane
Eave troughing
as usual, roeei*ea evoryatteation, amide
the lowest dears&.
having opened ante branch establishment
t liensall,ourfriends in that deighborhooti
an be supplied on the shortest notice,
0-O TO
R. & E. SPICER'S
..----°--•� UAEs0lstAsEscr
TURK LUNGS, BLOO4
In the wonderful medicine to itch the afflicted
are above directed for relief, a dlecererer be-
lieve.he itns combined iu ha , none more of Ir'a-
ture's snveresgn curative ptropertles, which God
has instilled into the vel;et,Able,kingdnm for heal-
ing the sick, than were ewer before combined in
onemediciue, '1,be e ,lelce 01 this 10t Is fornul 1*
the great variety Of most O&>sttnate diseases which
it has been found to, conquer, In the tune of
Bronehitte, Severe Google, and the early
stages of Consumption, it has astonished the
medical faculty, rind eminent physicians pro-
nounce ft the greatest medical disoorerr of the
age. while it" -cures the severest Coughs. it°
strengthens the,, system and; petrifies eh*
blood. By ils great and thorough Monet -purity
ing propertiops,tt cares all Fliamnota, from the:
worst Serpent* to violists' Manson 5)lotch PI an.;
ple. or Joy'sptlop.' Diercuriai,li6eusc.3ltinera,i
poison*: silt their effects, ore: eradicated, and
vigorous health and a sound constitution estab-
lished. Er steibee, Snl'tet'hesi Fever
ores. Sealy or atongit sk11y in -short, all,
,e 'millennia diseases unwell by had blood, are
Conquered b7:tbis, powerful; purifl•ittr; and in
'. vignrating medicine.,
Ifyouu tecl itiill, tt;owsy,'sle ,ilitated hnde ealhi�r°
color of slain; or, yelitiwish.breurn.spois 00 late or
'b6dv, treguentbeadache,srdizziness bed taste in •
rqeouth,•internal heat or chills altei•nt?ued with het'
'Studies, IOW Spirits, p d.glooair, foreboSllpgs,:1r•-
regular appc. appetite, and tnegncoata:d: vou' are'
taken ilex Out.to,Australla;fl,9.e Q ., els suffering froul;Totpld L,IYer:�tlr;t"Ililtone.;
udSt •lis •man% casI f �•,1,,( lC
s n , dor, a et:
oniy: �i6it' "of 't ma -de•ua mart; arc ex+ 1
sesihnao, , alb retne(1y ,for a lraucli(casp¢;;Ijrra
feissinn, brit he had no practice, and.. 11.4erceee Golden j3fedical'Dipcove ry has no enudl -
very lit,ae money °:tlo.be went; to Mete fYtt
bourne,, , bought a little piece, Af,,landi
with .n Ing-houuse,,•on i.t,•rncl, ,tried t0,
praefioe-t}tere ;. only, n;o. oJienthicame to
him, or very few, and it Was an np-pi,h
battle he,had, to fight. T1'en: oame,tl]e,
gold fey'er,, and -like the ;rest , of Vie,
world, he would be off' to the diggings;
to make, his .;fortune,'wbile lliy ahi.ld w.as3
sent off ,lr n o.,out,,of the way. ;.;'•
All this stgry,took a length of time .tri
tell.. and before.: At wasdone •,old
woke . up with: a start He lo�l,ed
around, the sea, as .if, to make quite
sure that we had not,,gone to the bot,
tom in his, .sleep, and, then n,c?4d;ing,
•
years ago. He was a barrister by,pto=, plaint n t t
can ;4aybe.by, noon,-wtlmustget,tl}e,
sculls o>it,{
too short for ui4 to feel °Jany "of tlue'1>ti`f'--
as it efre6ts. pc ect';ctYres, lenvliig: fthc titre t
estrengthc,te4'and tto,lthl ° to
f so o nv,DRIIC�(i15Ts v<,I 14 ,,PER•cfOTTIE.
i I rel,xrul br Rti V $1'filt0E, tI til +finis
rt'u]tr 4'.•j J ir,kaasst titt+,
• `'i+ 1 1,9.4 ,f,P,! E] (f31 1;
T: M IRV'S L'i141EWO73ES t
'stir tt drkt n5 frig mow,inir•. gerettion dad"
turningaw$ be
i>ut daily a tar a gstanrostio'of
I
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.s�
e
,;:: that ier:ailpt4posee,,, n. •;:a;,!r
canliot ,ba• Gcucpassnd 'iii ::the`r)omin,
.,rorv: + 1 ktIt
P,irtie;sfyore,;a.distance ettnateeeysbeer rpliea..
either atthe ki1iis or doliyei•d bytoame ' title*
est niunerati.ve:ritto's: ' •O1dorefrein n distanoe
•bromptlyiuttour] d to ; . c
W ITbaN: & S}CLATE l 4•
it rt JS It(8.
rad
PQ,II,TA.B1LEA�i3Aw,,mnass,
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aft ei120 NlD 25, eee e'i,°I
13'.01ReS E •,•rP 0W:Fex
1i.:.r, 1,yib,0R,EA$,r�
17#er.VPa;eroupA.14$14P. MAI ks
Lr;r, r s i .' ,State !allots you ttiiltr•thrsAdv't!semenf,
coeriguEo ON'PAC 1~ TrfBEE{ i ,
a. ...f. t.. _ ..,.,. ,.. .t.,3':l'-P
--FOR-
GROCERIES
Always New and Fresh.
FLOUR, FEED.
AND PROVISIONS,
EARTHENWARE,
COAL U.AT.
Soap Given Away
-21 Bars for One Dollar, -
Good Vinegar. 20e, ;ser Gallon, Choice
}'reps. Market Baeketx—cbeue.
N. B. Don't forget the pl:tct'---lt..k R. Spi-
ers,opposite Air. E. Christie's Hotel,
'reduce taken in exebanirefor goods..
B. &E SPIO R,
NEW ?? 'ACTOR
At Wood .an
BRAY EDWARD Iza%e, at ccn•
- sideratle expense sseurod the best nut -
:ninon end Auger in the Do:tttntoe,nndhavoont
hand a largo atock of
First -Class Pumps
:unitive pre aredtomatteto ortloronthe short,
,•,,t,notiee Well or Cistern Pumps. Wells and
'interns contracted for. Alnnon band a large
3toe1 of `+eattouel Lumber. Soft Elm r,umberfor
37. hock 1•:Itn frotr 8tito 88.10. Oats, CH
to:: l' re loor.ng, c i' . (iood stack of Logs on hand
or drainage purposes, cut according to older
e8,501, r
All orsiers by mail promptly attended to.
Mowers and Reapers
;i,
`WE OFFER A TRIAL
of our celebrated
ipgie Mowers
—AND--
ingle Reapers
all,rdndsor Grass and Grain, and on all con
•a ditions of soiland surface,
'AN.lS GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
OR NO SaLE
We'kIso offer a Trial of our Wrought kion
i Two Bar
,';U_O NSTON'S COMBINED REAPER
AND 41MJWER
Machines supplied with
I'2wo Pitmans,
is Two Drag -bars,
Two Finger•bars.
'Ebur Knives,
Forked and Keyed,
Nuts,
Self -oilers,
etc., etc.
an be char Eta from Mower
to Reaper
ANI) REAPER TO MOWER
Byronioval of four bolt., ant inloss shun fifteen
minutes' tiine.
Please call at our works and inspect
our Machines before purchasing
elsewhere.
Send for Catalogues.
THOMPSON & WILLIAMS
Manufacturing Co., Stratford.
Alk
CHISI1OLII'S OLD STAND
LONDON
THE OLD RELIABLE HOUSE FOH
GENERAL DBY GOODS,
MILLINERY 8t NITI.ES .
MEN'S uLOTHING TO QRDEIi.
Olt
READY-MADE.
HENDERSON & BUO11ANNAN
Late 4. Chisholm Go.
A CO 1PT.R,TE STOLE 4l±
HONEST GOODS
AT
HONEST PRICES.
arnenaber--St?tt of the Striking Clov *,
142, Dundas Street,
LONDOI,
a. 84 . B OOK
tatnntavtexer,t of
LUMSE t LATH, STAVZ3r
.,nd tiealorsin
OEDR PQST$ J AILS, o_RDWOQD.
lwo miles went of Louden head.
`TOWNHIP ar HAY
Important to ButterIVorkers
One Goad Active Agent Wanted fu evnry town.
tip to tntrodaue ale Cat; roti nil"a``f'1S1t 1a' aw,
rt, SS, 000 bagel:ire Free to .11,'rets. Price
4,09,87t awl 88 Ousels, Ono MOion tonettod"]t
in toe 1!onaluaou• As'r'lr early with stamp, for
ea7ttoirettdar, to the
vicron wen:torn co.
HALO MAO.
WIIER►E DID YOU BUY THOSE
►ICk?
Syh} I bengllt it
JOHN MITCHELL'S
Brack yard -Mr R Bitsett's old place, math
ride of Crediton gravel road 'itat'e where
bis) all my brick, bncarne yon eau i:,et the
best twiekin the eonaty from him, as ho keeps
none but first elat,s workmen
Ton ecu t4ways depend on. getting a ftrst-
cla..s article, They are SO cents a thousand
'bend of any in these parte, i)on'tforgct.tbe
spot.
ZORN MITCHELL,
Credrton 2, 0.
THE
LONDON area ONTARIO
INVESTMENT SOCIETY.
Capital - G2,000,000
Parties requiring money can obtain advances`
on approved town or farm propatty, at lowest
rates. The above is a London, England Com-
pany. For fnrthernarticalars, apply to
ROBERT PICEARD, Agent.
May 17, tf, Exeter Ont..
IsTz V V ,ii.1r7f3,
Theundorsigned having rented the
Planing -Mill, sash., Door and
Blind factory,
of Mr JohnRoss, and baying on hand a largo
stock first class lumber are now prepared tts
ofMIKg CO.7'9'dtac r'S
or all manner of buildings, and furnish ma-
terial for the same.
GROOVING DilltPitt and SCROLLWORK
done at lowest prices,
ROSS BROS & DAVIOS lv
CONSUMPTION CURED.
AN OLD PHYSICIAN, retired from
active practice, haying had placed in his
hands by an Enet India Missionary the formula
of a vegetable Remedy for the speedy and per-
manent cure of
CONSUMPTION ASTHMA BRONCHITIS CATARRH
and all Throat'and Lung Affection s; also apositive
and radicelcure for nervous lability and all nor-
vous complaints, after having thoroughly tested
its wonderful curative powers in thousands of ca.
seek els it his duty to make itknown to his suf.
tering fellows. Actuated by this motive, and a
;onacteutious desire to relieve human suffering,
ndwillsend, free of charge, teall who desiie it,
shin reoit e, with fill directions for preparing and
TucceRtInllvusing. Sent by return mail, by ad -
drew n^ w•+ -n at-:'ip, marling thin paper, DR. 0
STIVEN, Box 85. Brookvillo,Ont.
THE FALL AND W1NT t'II ".GRADE
C. Sou'ihcOtt di Son
.
TAILORS and-CLOTll IElcS,
Take pleasure to it form tbo inhabitants of Exete
add surrounding country, that they have jus
opened out an eaeellontassortment of
Tweeds, Coatings, 'Vestings etc.,
of the lateet atylosand pattern,and feel 'marred
that inane matter of clothing, they can syit the
mostfastidioustastes.
A number Wanzer P Sewire Maehiue
wilibe sold at a &toritica to c:e.► i el • stock