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"Thrice the britniirt cat hath mewed tine( tber abont ber was she always will. That had been herr-request.
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Thrid'and once the hedge. pig whined." 1 nln(le ber think of some of the old To her deur nephew, John Hunt, slat I
--alattkee,rire. mountains to be seen from her win. gave the stun of U irty thousand dollars;
because she was so grim in as- to her dear niece, Itutlt Oerrish, she
WHEN SHALL WE TRUER MEET dews,
spet,t, and seemed so unchangeable in gave her Bible, with all the papers
j. all her waya3, There had been some therein coutainttl. That was the sum
A w.+••tt:sr, rx'•e'• xi' a a.x ttr;a,IcAT'aiD ro •rux' family trouble, and, Annt Marth=a. bad ° and subetauee of the doeewetit,.
A : ; ["sociAtt,'.. t but very little to do with any of item Ruth took her legacy, which was , .an°
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la hoar parlor t,'er
pru+peats, and the l,:•st way that
( ,aid ie4cl them ta the 'Luise notssa0.—s
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shall we three meet again?'
a aen m1n litly visage long
Ikiel. itto"
?hat }b. t 1' c tit Scandal.' song
Lesextitaltti.i justice iaettad
nr Tic+, k:.s
;7:.y 1 a:•;4y
fyih Tyr-"; eltrlI:t strk'te?
A.,a S. tat tiii:a ar:1 what amos
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A .1 =, f,;.; tt tti:tais t4''i i.-an'•t<.ai- ?..1,"
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r-:i,•t he Ali 41 ' 4E14 Haight aa..l±ie :ist
••i 42•?, ,d 'a'l :. ±3't+. a Cts« t att,dit .
41 tO th-a ±t,' t°i" USW,"
y t»:n pyr.ti:Qr-•:.I,• .t -r Loci,
• Live a -:a 14 aJ dti at. 7y'2n•
tin it ,tichc s
in ate .4T can Yet :: •1c 1"azce: "
t at
t 4 .r + „ n t g , t when I.1:ey's Kiri t tier,i ma hero, I s► a.
I ..... ^Y . .n; 1 completely di -gusted with 'em.
1 ;Or t?4L.:e'.t 1 they thought of was 410'e'ds and part ie.
, ri1• ^:a i, 'Y ..:ir nit."tin!, .: atiriti' t':d.Yit. May sy ri+ ss•altn7t;. ra Fite their era dile,
Bat I :ra',t t'CY' 44: at 4;' tan :>t
relatives. Therefore t not to be s fuuti in Aunt Ma
rthtroom securely
wondered at that Rath and her mother i tied up in a thick wrapper, with her
were surprised when the letter canto, t name upon it, as the will had stated,
asking; Ptnth to come up and stop with I and they went Lek home.
r her for a month that eaaininner. a 'I wonder who has the homestead :n"
"Shall I go ?" asked Ruth.
!said airs, i ierrish that evening.
I "1 think von bad better," answered! the property wined to John was in
her mother. "She must be lonely bonds and notes."
!there. Poor thine! she's had a good Rodney ey Gra
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came in, and Ruth
deal of trouble off and on, but she's; brought out her legacy to show him.
made the most of it herself. But I She removed the wrapper, and they
etappose she couldn't help it ; it was sat down together to look the well -
her disposition." worn Bible over. A paper fluttered to l
s ' whet she wants ane to the floor. hath picket] it up and read:
i cotlie for," said I:tath, "I haven't see , "obi 11EAtRIL~CE Yt'tal,--- I believs
her since 1 was aa; little bit of a girl. 1 ` that the woman who is true to the meati
wonder she didn't send for onee of she !twee, even if he is poor and htetn't
Aunt d: rev s ; irl s."` a but one arm, is an honor to her sear.
4'Si$nl',
got some Ilan in her head," If you had neon willing to marry John':
sn4•1 Mrs.. CorriKh ; ., stem always haat and t,iven rata your lover, 1 shonld kraut '
:CI:Pn she iiwitt•s any of ber relative•: tt' detpiQed yon. Aa it is, I .respect y'aa,
her. 1-s, It ith, I think you'd i and, as a token of any re.;pee!, 1 give
better ga,. ani do tall you eau to make' you this old llib'e and all von will find
it pl(aarattzt for her." in it, and pray that you will be happy.
So Rnth went. Aunt Martha wed- ars you deserve to be.
mini' her in her usual giim faisbie•n 11:*ItTIL. FIELD1\G,"
tier hiss made Futh thiel of ono .if th.
old mountains departing from its n.uaa
',:"hen, of coarse, leach h:aad to tell
Rodney all abut it, She bad toll ht”
di pity and sainting ono of the hills. mother before. ld,tw his. eyes ulnen
Itutlt wasn't Ling in finding nut what when he knew the sacrifice tato haa•i
Aunt Martha bad invite,( for to visi made for his sake ! ,And ho sant s?an•°
;her for. One of her nephews was cam- thing about it in a broken voice ; bat
ing neat weal:•• -.-h} r favorite nephew. ' she . tt#s'pu'd him.
k sbe told Ruth. and the one to svha'u "1 mate rani sacrifice at alt," sir
liar property would go when she assn -nisi. •'I didnt alo it for your sake. ,
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MARKET QUESTIOTT
ISAAC CA LING
larder* naaw in receipt of is large Danieli
. done with Pt; and ritual hail ..:t the We' M`i'llet• ; ilii( It for love's sake." r sT oods,Groceries, '
luta Iter bei titan he t u4ht to nt it's'' ; The Il,lila alia'I''e:l faem his itnl'e t.
• 1. ttll.
'4"I always lilt• d von." rahto said. 1
one of her c.•ut1'entirt1 in o 14. ••N tw.1
slave ltereeel'f t') dearth far Seel, and tip?,
wouldn't lift a +fia`ter to help her. 11n
• me 4t r;, •' Edi l ta.analai?vl:i',
"Ia il.aa fat 111 alt", " *.all .t nuf> : t •tint • I've Ward nil anent y :i11; and 1 klow
thap.' Oka yon:. Ile's sensible, know I .,,
c hither, 1),.y. $r..; i ratan: ".
I• ggirl, ,
;aaa:o.'•rtl.r..,..I:
yon arc."
b ai 14i j
ott,s4 pain 11 ltsat! 11,1°'11 saw h'tty `lelermine l wa:•
I. t'- • .a.talt that w t.::; at...t a':? tl :'• a was to ulnae a ,.nate:1, bs3tn tic n b'er ant:
this e:.peated nephew, alio thought i
'��} t Tarr ttime to tell her how matters ,st'4.'d.
,� .►,E:+wTAC 1 "Aunt Martini," she eaid, with a
tie frightened °atoll of hear breath, f••
sista was afraid the old tatty rioted b
laltertntiy ,)tYetatl.'41 at the failure of Viet
lalans, "l'nt eaagal,• d to be married
And then, the win st living over, a .h,
w«•lit nn and tom 1 er all about it, stall
"inteeitedead in snake g her haver into a.
zrtaal hill, in her °wit estimation, is
etnt int Aunt Martha's.
"And so you're gains; to marry t.
man with one area and as 1.0 w as pov-
erty, are you :'" said the old lady, ,gran
tv.
" "' `es, if nothing hapraeus to prewar'
it," said heti•, btaavelti. "We lnv.
emelt other, and we'll grit aloe; sem.
was' ; and love's better than ail tht
v •etlth in the world, 1 think, and sae
los Rodney."
eellnniphl" said A'ant- iiItrtha, and
there the matter tlrolgai;d.
Nat lr'w J++Ile enm.',a nd he and Itutl,
rt3 :;a''d friend:: at mien ; lilt neithe•
f them .-vii dreamed of laving mei.
other. One day Aunt Martha laintt•tl
her id in to him, and then hail a Inn:•
talk with Ruth, which hadn't the lea,
effect toward changing her mini.
"I have promised to marry Rodney,"
said Rnth, firmly. "I shall keep to
r'+rnise. Not all the wealth in the
..•cartel swell tempt m.1 to break me
prnuti,e to him, because 1 love hint."
That afternoon, when she and John
were tngerh•'r, he told her what Aunt
liaartha had snit; in the innrning, and
then they had a gond lau:;h over thr.
'1.1 lady's plans, and before this inti'' -
view was ended. lie showed her the pic-
ture of "Mita vial.'" and Ruth told hfr
ad about Rodney.
"It's almost tont bad to disappoit,t
hPr so," he paid, laughingly. "But I
tl,•n't fi}1 gni'ca to give up my
plan; for he,..;4, neat I see you don't ;
so we dun't seem to le able to gratify
ber by carrying out her pet project."
"I think not," Qati wrrsd Ruth. "1
Hite you Pretty well, Tolle, but I like,
(luc3 u.y better—in to different way, yon
know : n'111 1 arenas we shall have to
run the risk of Aunt Martha's displeaa,t-
err• and tale the consequences,"
Tlie matter was never mentioned by
Amit Martha again. When Rnth went
home, she kisser] her after the same
trim trillion nf :•er welcome, and told
lint that site should expect to see ber
next summer, if noth'ng happened.
Snniething (lid happen. It will hap-
pen to all of us some time. Aunt Mar-
tha had net expected .it so soon, and
none of her relatives had thought of bort
dyingi for years to cone. 'But the call
name for her snridnnly, and site went
away in the rZrtrriotess nf a winter night,
and there was no coining back from a
t lin:111nev litre hers.
1 had) and her mother went to thr1.
e I funeral. The lawyer invited all tine
- relatives t.; tarre, to the reading of the
When Rodney Craig came holes'
from the array with an empty sleeve,.
tem.. people wondered if Ruth rierri4t
would marry hien. ;A u,t:t with on.
:.rut :;nue, and that his right one, tine,
craned, was only part of at math, and
Ruth was ;a girl who could have bet
t•tt„tCe timing the young mon l,f Iter tat:
i'anaintauee; therefore—arid whet eon
ai11.4,111 these people arrived at you
knew well enough, I am sere, for y:+u
have 'men these eery persona, Thee)
Itvte in revery neighborhood.
But those who knew Ruth best, :lev-
er d united what site would do for n
moment.
•'Uf conrae shell marry him,” tlae=t'
said. "She wouldn't lot the loss of an
arm keep l r from t&oin:,r as she prism.
i.4'd. She loved hint, and that afoul•
the question."
\Viten Rodney Craig told her than
he would give her back her promise.
till•, came anal stool before him, and
In.,kin•, into his, with her earnest
she said:
"Do you love me, Rnriney ?"
"God knows I do, Ruth !" he an-
swered, and then site put her hand
his, and made t eply
"Then never mention this matter
again, I told you I sv nild be your
wife, Gad willing ; and if we love each
other, I see no reason why tee should
not do as we intended. 1 would marry
you, >t idnev, if them was etiongh lett
or you to hold yonr heart."
After that he never spoke of bre:al:-
ing.the ergagemeut but be would not
cuuseut to be a bnrden upon ber, and
it was agreed that rhe marriage hepostponed until he secured some ern-
pinyment. He had made application
for a clerkship uudnr the government,
but it bi:gan to seem as if it wits a
modern case of Jarudyce vs. Jarndyoo.
once in a while be n• t a letter from the
department at Washington, sayingthat it was quite probable that he w,,n1d
secnro the position ; the matter hadbeen referred to such a bureau, or WWI
LOW tender consideration by such au
official, etc. And so the weeks length
erred into months, and he waited and
holed, and heard nothing definite, and
• the tinne when be would • be in a po-
sition to merry Ruth seemed very far
off. She would clave married hits next
'day if he had been ,tvilling.` She would
have been, glad, to work ' for hire, he
c.tnse she loved him,• and wort: for
those we love is alwnys pleasant. Bnt
aha• t: nor, sisal 4.'vvrall it te'ltalte'1•t• s
p- 1 c, :t, upon the l: tr l•i•t. tela lk7i ke
theca up to replace them 13a'la o .t;
tit..en fnnu hie itnnid t t 7Caatltilna± tl.ent
100h, mother ltn'laaoc : ' ehi3 C ar'tt.
eSeit.",(ly. eie-,. are •l4e.'!
iLud aura ertongit th"•r grail.! Th
al I lioatltst,ai1 i.a tit,s vati,t;n, and the
f trtu a tails' t+r two away. were hat t
"sly de=ar nit'CL' Ruth tb rrislt. " a; .
]taut AIurthaa bad had the deeds mph
tut before her death. A slits „+,f pine.
.wrapped about Wein sail that ,'1''. Jef
rtsSta• her lawyer, e unlet tell 1:uth any
"lout; she wanted to knew ala:aut th,
property. She could take pessessioa
at a'iv Mile.
"•Uil, we're KA cried Ruth, will:
'satrapy eves. "Dear Aunt Martha'
Icer heart was kinder than any of u
thought. I hope she knows all nbm
it. If sh•> does I'm sure she iso'[ sorr i
far whet she's does'."
"It ta'v•'r mine b11t it r' tar•'." Sex'
l lettert R 1 f tl
he was inn, proal to' consent to any.-
thing
ns-thing of that Bort, as I.heve said.
Ons day Ruth tsot a letter from Anti
Martha Plotting.. • Ann a Martha livec
a b hiving little village among tit
Berkshire hilly, and all Ruth could • re
L quo��s± Crockery, plc.,
.t 111"3 tilr2`, tiL:till Street, Exeter, which will �, . a,yJ !At
LOW. 1ST MARGIN ON COST
1'Iri" lllll`al"it:nits of Exeter dart vicinity need not feel troubled
at the wait (4t a market wherewith to turtle money, hitt
tall at the :]tor of the S'at)5t1'i1)ctr lttUl
SECURE H . a,RGAIN
there to 1),i had in O\'erco ::Lag, 1�IIII,.t!It�i11s, Ilrtl9t}.('1Otit
Doe skins, Silks, \�. illCt'S'S, 1.)elatillt'::, and everything
n e4lvti in tilts Dry Mods line. r.I'II (�rtleer:
Department is Complete. All inspection invited
No trouble to ,Taos .goods
ISAAC (L4J.
SIC
JUST RECEIVED AT 7111
day came a e n tri t;cy from r EXETER G O C Y ., •r,.•
publishers of the paper its the yttlag•
Thera Aunt Martha's home had been
Ile wantt•d motel. Dalt! to take the pi
sitiol of editor, at a liberal salary
ante -idering the :unruut of work to fe
done. Miss Martha Fiebliug had ail
viso,i Iuln some time ago to offer tht•
position to Mtn. Weill he cause up
and talk the :natter over
Rotlne,y w.Ilt, and so slid Muth at -d
her mother. And they are living thu'1
now, much happier, I think, titan thea
wonil have been if Roduev hard take'.
the clerkship, which appointment e7tra'
when it w.ts no longer needed. And
'runt Martha is not fury )sten, you
•n,iv be quite sure.
'[IIHE FALLAND WIN Ti 1l, TRAD..
0. Southoott t$c Soya
TAILORS and CLOTHIERS,
Take pleasure to it form the intiahitantrof l:xeto
add surrounding country, that they, have jus
opened out an excellent assortment of
i'!,'eecls, Coatings, Footings
in the latest styles andpatterns,and feel assured
that autnout atter ofetotning,'thoy cau suit the
anostfaetidioustastes.
T r KINSMAN, L D. S., HAS 013.
lit . tnined his Diploma andLiconse to prac-
tice Dentis
try and ,till
be on hand
s of old, on
Sroudays,a
Toealnys,t
Fridays and
Retardays.
Office next
Bell's Baker}' :Vila Strout, Exeter Ont.
Shingles for Sale
FltObi 11 TO 51.60 10111 SQUARE,
At G. & J. Brooks' sawmill,
TWO MILES WEST OF TECO, LONDON
110AD, T'P 01' HAY,
A good supply of Hemlock Lumber and Cedar
l'ostscaanstautly on hand.
TIT
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on approved town or form propelty, at lowest
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Wholesale and Retail.
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Ma i tStreet,Dxneter.
FX11 FEZ!
FIRE!
The subscriber, S. E. Sones, wishes to thank the people of Exeter, and surrounding countryfor a
eralpatrunagu which he has received since among you, as a Watch maker and Jeweler, and t so in
fume you that have a large quantity of goods to dispose of, some of which are
SLIGHTLY DAMAGED BY FIRE
Jewellery
jewellery t
C - M EAP AND i.r`7 .
GIVE `ME A OALL.
S. E. JONES
Under 13:(•r
IvTOULD SAY` TO v.
those who intone.
Purchasing to do s0 from
the manufacturer. Toe
dealer who buys to sett
again mutt .ueaesaarity
haavo aprofit. Wo ailaian
to give the purabasers the
benefit, which citutIO3 fail
to meet the views o1 the
Grangers. Our expenses
are less than,tbose of city
mane'aetui•era (31,11500•+out-'
iy wocau sell aheaner.
G. & S. GIDLEY
and Ft .rnitnre Manufaacnrers
YY cull l WOULD
�• speciattoutiou
bo our undertaltiug depat
olent,wliichis more coin
plate than ever, as we have
added several new designs
of late The best aoillua.
caskets shrouds,and every
un oral requisite at the
lowest kn ieos: Our new
Hearse is pronounced by
'competent judges to bo
second to sore in .then
Provinces
Emblems of
all the Different Societies.