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LESLIE'S SECOND WIFE, :the most aceeesible of mortals, and :bis expansive smile, andel. comprellen-
Iwould chat familiarly with a chimney- I sive bow but Leslie was favored with
.wee an ins ressive squeeze o the Band.
i Tue stranger began by observing }lose Then the celeb. ated medium, Miss
S\ !leu Gawaaiu Leslie'siwife died it seldem it was that one could obtain' Rosa lie Vaux, was introduced- - a. laec-
seemed to him: that he bed lost all that,, carfare at a, provincial hotel in Eng -tic looking young lady with very bony
made life worth living for. She !Peal, i land ; in fact, iu the majority of such elbows and very large earn. `Then the
in truth, been very dear to hint. A hotels they did not seem to know what folding -doors that separated the front
little imperious in her temper, leer- ; the article really was. He then went a from the back drawing room wale
leaps ; a trifle more exacting in her Ion to remark that the very hest carfare 1 thing open, and the company adjourn.
then a is an'a:ntf not•lr • 1 by •anva••It .len 1 env o.eire' •n 1-,rti.te • shin, wit'', n,De.1 worini nsup. I dee )sro nit.
adjourn -
'Wave than he realer liked ;but she be had ever eaten was at Novgorod. ed tela !)achy to the latter ril)artmellt, insatisfyn tiny' root+, wit•n n °nasi of Fa nacre Vint emu.* b,.. eyn.ni!e-el for alatatityl or vice in
cense of a family all of whom were not -t, lass➢ie was interested at mute. He tote and had the folding -door 6hut upon Eseter,ull bhnriir_i tel to.+coentrlary.nutwith t:undiinl;.
ed for their high spirit, and she had; had been at Ntavgored but his reeollen- them.
lex T, W. sPE&QItT. p p ry f
Truth
NOVisl tela 21, 1878
stesT 4
+I +NOBO:.\113.A-STr
Concerns You More Thi Counterfeit,
T11Arefore: real. pnrebie:e, anal enjoy its ba)•ar:phis. When I say 1 manufacture 211C own furnit:are
in prepared with my proot•. it•et that the g.e•.a4'tG eau inspect tit any time by ceiling ct )Aly Wete
ins where they 'Will . ,t-ft1eiperb Itis ries of
Furniture inAll Its Branches
brought her husband a considerable „tions of it were chiefly confined to i What took !'lace itfter that neem not. +1' E YCU waT af,,.LY CIE > . EP Aline A CM.
fortune ; and t, n here
a secret c•Dn1fort, though they wooed A flowed on readily enough. Leslie fest:itions, slapping of tamb')urines.ant = _
be lode to ackuoarledge it even to ; fonnd hip a alnpanion to he a men of 1 touches by so -celled spirit hands. Then 1 c�
ralleel ltllarnlaci+)rP. !alas! considerable some particular h >init, tslau:t+ :ata otaialt- 878)
Gtasrain belon =ed to those ; mull anal fleas, '1'be seta be4atg theIs be set down iu detail
here. `l
Soft bear'te.l, may -going me'1, who find! broken the strefa1n of a iServa#ion i were. the ordinary table -rapping tnani•
Corner of Main taut° t;•iillev's Street, eseter.
SET
tt la1Nl'lveta, 1n netting their
nnzIu l l 1
Y:n,a'e.tatl ai awl
tli?311, in being tO:tl what knowledge 411 111<112�: ofthe Bohemian � twee in the tl�:alt nobody 151'e4t+alt bail -y- _ { 1 x _ •� i_ +� •
to it., a t 4Th 9t 1iot tt" ai a, .)1;21 in belay,' phases- ttf tendon $A)e➢kPty. He tend "ever masks, ateeseeeea neneePlf, tole T1-_1.141, . 0 C ., :1) 1,1 til E.! 1 '.7,- i A.t .t1�+ J- 4 0 R.' s.{.a
t.2e vlctnne 4>7f a tilled 141aarltaal Jt.—put- t melted much, and 11e had a 'knack of had matters .all 111:; own w:t[S' while he It' ;ail buntsf "e^tke a ..c:. a t Iz �F• .'t .tac::Ak 4:""eer its t alte•r,:,'a; ::i`'Nrr--c•.i :kua1 "le"(y
;Felt tenteere01 with kisses. "-recant/icing has ex )etlene0t- in a half- i stt, 'o 1 nobody is aAawin'r esu u•* t l+ lkia+ t �l't1h It 1+ la tilt° 111ln r a : ,,,!..,,,,,y a. 8t ter 1.. t, 1 1 t ,a-1, 11Ct n -a t15: e ' di.• -t t Ee 4:in,•AF• lei wants,
1 • I 4 'F , a e f -"t teal:. i.) v(•Qu rase, 111 A al , • , 3 k'•'"' oa 1.) ) t pa , s alt "1".'-''',
it:.r +•e 1 as "''''.'i ',^Canal"
iiilt'an odd sensation it was, after';. Immo: ons htai4-F"y tiitial kyle tlIlC t Dn?Q'nl^ : 1116tor% to C,'i1ctY..�.tlll"t awe stfatt'n eu. he a enee; 14A rONEi AtkV$W<..Srari•a...::-�..we a .e'..t �•:lu'."•^ei1 1:Ctnn :oar nag a1*l :Peet^1ent.ae.. silt.
feu 'retire of such silken bondage, to : t'ei to Leslie very; fresh and itt^'eirtaating. ! eheeee to make,
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(1878
klimeelf tsetse mere as tree agent— It was a l�''rg bile .-lne.0 bf, bc,l eap-e a i an 1 I
las own testate:1 Anti U0t hilly master 0, etaU1113 of hours •Ct a'grc'eni,:y. As Illi' rale 0 1 that Era tor Letlie bad not t a+l}*4 . /1,,,,,,,..„1„,„,,,..,,„,,,,a 'N •-(:p'ri'ce c-i'a. el•c• re.o t : ;-i,:aat•1r ata.�:1 -?'n bt:: t. r 1.:,:ur-. P;o104:44
of himself ttiltl h48 0. t44 as, toast c4ti:ti41 ; r)-ta from the t:1'a.tie' the ett:lnj"er nitro- wry favorably hall Drt•seea1. Thee hila) a , !aa 2 4*•1 a
n , e r n y i 1 � himself. a 1 +.11rite:-.L}aJl:'a131akevn:.t t seas;.. $tea :�A;i.kntt� n„k.Ac a-.,�ry t+lnn a^st una.e+F'a. �'t6i1; la!;ta;,;:,� jl
up.in 12 to lit'1:,11 ata 01;4.➢.le this n}.le 1 ou a t aR'et ;: - Ulukala)wn spirit, 43 ii,1 e51., t1 hintsdt 3 t. htaillY....still tens :.lt. '1' Iyl;a:t at it,iax «3:t
..esti thea /titer without rue:et-me to the . '•:4Iy MEP is Pi)pi ay.” 11e said. "Dr. Iat1t•,: L:t;litit.aa.,t, took hie *1t•n:art ire. i Millinery
ilea or l r*lttilit4.' of a4 y sul'1lia)r l ?,urc•1l11s, Popjoy, 4.1141uattt' **f the inti• •: greatly 'o the rtliit f aDf Pv y111 1r, lnrtel l d rl,1j 3 03 T
SSla D oy , a a
atiltbeArity" p Ile felt tllftt. his l i?ritalat+, } 3'dwr+itv a f 1<fy+len." rnaCrtlPe)l1.1.. ,• sof °t S it.,;CP a e e•.11n Ala tett• nuol Fa•11th„
a fre,al2 EplrRt 3varc altlta)n21ee11 iia t!F'! ;� tt- .1•'n. tl4 T. it, -salts t= 135. 013r +IA+tit if
ante!>rt't'yttl)e 4:: ally trap' ttt'ptt-uJttetR Leslie*tFlrieel. %pal'esc�llt, 'IthissicDUttr}�i►'it, (411 ta.atFgl l'flfat)�1e*,Bootb;;lll:i Shoes, 1, 1-2tll,ltit1:133, English:312th American
x121 13 l4 I.g:trtlO.1 flim %:1:11 deeper ra 1 '"Ytill here Heels •t1 the ntwtllt:+ 1?( £arFa 9•• t # i !.,11t."11 i1t1tl Heavy Ij tri"tl�T4111"t'
* 1An•ei t.ki n.t With it more 1nt4^. p,'et defers t tail the Oft,c�41 drily, as he sinew out 11,' a t1 t0 I't tl'i•til ill
11E1i111 , rel,}+a Al t"la's <t ,
1 taupe elf Lee l:tr ,e9t.111.1 ani:" ' -'A! .1,- ,rat'.° 211 Iia. e.e oz • Lir• utloo,' 1,43 t ata v,!.rii1 t on,,,zdt their
elicit' tetant they hal ever exhibited tab- .i hi,i 4.JL u' t' ase, a•.PrrDh;lbtr -told haw illi:' wore :•t'.tnllit u4ta . t?i1 per ltr )1�1 11
a t wee to rta'� t'tlilADlt'i :sate
—0 --
foil
11t1a)et'`Ila➢t- 4 the Goods
% tal.,0 Dry
a• - t ^o state a
war -is him pD. fees. Iles w•t� their trete- ; read tine a'af toy peeve �,. � 1t:•thA r splay n=f the ca,llaelant-1
ter PO,',t•, 1'.1 ;44 5 play 1u i heathy 3 -.Woe, Yes Il 2 } 'Men Prete nt. lent 11 'PH tie pi 1.11 wt's! a
Y p , , to t«-' s�•!1 the tr^a.1➢. t
f«telt l,a his wing. 1'''ll•:ri 1 ll:are r'a'4.22 10.11=41n4 tai2e re" $ .:+•r tt}➢a":1 ill the flesh, the i :art}ell re- t
1De*1441,.-...4°> 14y taSd:nitlil :`. t!t; :,t«'eti. i'x'f,,: t'.;'•t,..^ ,;,,
while Mts. i3i a441, *1:} t:: l:t, a little ia)Cfideallti, alr eaa11s. "1 tees the win' of .11/low
I,•'.It 1103t.ser, 4lonrtist1 the loss aaf-°:)*4st ':A). 112 tiaa'•1Cy'e;. Hew % as 1: 1444.'14 3°412
tie wife in all ensc.erllt3 113E„1 t 4 4 , :Sl"a tett➢r y0 2 Hier atitetv,:t:ul 14 "+1"lrittl;t;-> 1) a "r, If Yate -141e'..' 3
1445, hateful t,1 hills now that 1044 lids ; 4 .tie ...a'C !"f a 1 4114: lit :ly., rt I(a+ rn1 „ i,'- ,u4
a 1 .,i'r there. 11" ;i;:e 1 . "Newr.”
+4 i lti't 4'0441 ate° brake �tt.e e1,aa'1Aest t•t 4
tr -;dti tta Y 41if lin., . •
his }i it' E41220t1441e, 2a>"k+al d4Caa [c d, ; "11a3rw1.)n illi 4'f 1 stay ono of 044• i41e1 s
0210 treasure hie 3S'i2e Inti left. liai1;1'traits of ti tatlareteee 1 tame!➢hers.➢ to 1, are were in Ilii eyes, ayli6'1 )9 fa•.1it 1
—banes t.44tit her to the eine" of a't"lieri.:ila #'t preba i{,e a .iia:tet an3^tiainti hC 14 it 124» 1tr:art 114 though it were bound
rnai.14'U ta➢iait, }1tlt'.'o.41 hit porno tnta'aa4. doesn't understan41..silent°r because 126' !rev t0. la„aao1 aDf *.tat'”. Tuft 71•.0101
atf,d eltartl•d for the eeet. il.a• W5t 1 41.1,4 -➢o: sift understand it, ant is too proud II I048 • 4Ait its 4t 14`.atane0at.
seed in England again for throe years. i to care too." a 4"1161,11.1 p!r&3<i''°!➢d 1 n)y
dear hies" 1a+
Ile tnr4.411 up one evening at hi.* ;deb.'2 `et tun not aware that 1 hails 142 jta- Euil rola :alley ➢4141113041 t4) syult'atityr
bronze -d, and hawed like a panel; 44n14 dieeei against Spiritualism." ) "you do not mean to flinty that It i4 you'
all cronies, who had all tint forgotten •'Pardon me again," ;;laid the other," 'R" rtn.:it4vi=1v. 1 11,1'1 nc►t the lea+t
his .existence, were t14Lli)1?ti to look, 42p-1 "If I venture to assert than pot are--.. a Moo.1118 4-YOS 11141Ml4 t1 t1l0 ;p'ntr'a;irt�,
en1him as dale tame biok fr•All4 the !almost tZUCOnsciatu,4lS, perhaps, hut t'11Rrflalf)t' w"4 E11101""*" alltawttr1:1
dead. Ile himself ti.i41 not seem to re•' still prejudiced, If you haaye ever :giv-1 f<€;a14o u1 a t"‘v vaiC4. "`elle n4ention
ali1,e how time had dawn till lira set & a thought to the sul4jeet you have pro-
of it in that way has brought the old
eyes on his daughter. taa2d saw the tlif• 1 bably labelled it in your owls mind 4*14441 tlf 1renl1 a:.n."
fereueea three years bad muleiu her. 1 ' i11t tbo word 'hleitmbu"•' ter 'ohal•iatn• "1 ale greatly grieved," Paid the ]}«'e.
to her ala -4th mother. Heine at hetet weeifreshii4sl phrase, 'a regular e34ie.dle,4 t^lav that I have no control in ouchouch66.1111aat11in to live ler. Ha would eaisl. Ladle did not answer for a llaomei.t..111E►ltcr'. Altltotlt;ll we finny often snot
from wautlerilag and settle 'down ate Potejoy was right. Ire had been 1)rc ju. t4N1 d in fitnulunlling M21210 part}eular
H4nchclit2 •, and superiutend the educe- C Bleed 1lgninst Spiritualism, as he bed 8p41 it. Yet any ether that mete' choose" GOD RICH
to come corneae'
Leslie was standing with a pained
and puzzled look en his face. Tile
ether pian watched hills keenly
"You are somewhat upset," he Paid.
"For to -night the armee is at an end ;
hut pray collie and see me tomorrow.
I mean privately, of 001150. I can re
late to you many experiences even
more Rtartling than ynurs Of tonight.'.'
Leslie, as he quitted the house, vow- Their carpet ditty meet is more mu/wait-0-0 than ever btdore, t:l1(;1;I.T1:4 as usual choice anti
ed to himself that he would never cross fresh chinechinetea Setts in all the )newest designs, LanniLannitaouas and (rims.tvart' remark.
its threshold again. lie was gre'3tly
8tartletl to say the leant. Ile was
more than startled. JJe was in a
maze of perplexity and doubt. Could
it possibly bo true, he asked himself
a4;aio and again, that the spirit of !lis
dead wife had really been present in
that room ? How could any one
there know that her name had been
timeline ? Popjoy and he had never
suet till yesterday, Had he done right
in coming away thus abruptly ? Might
he not have heard more ? Might there
not even have come a message for him
hard he staved ?
One moment he said. "I'll go back
and probe the mystery further," The
next he said, "I'll not go near the plane
again ; the secrets of the grave are sa-
cred."
Little sleep bad Gawain Leslie that.
night. All next day be was in a fever
of unrest and anxiety. He could not
settle his mind to anything. He took
his little daughter—bin little Emeline
—out with him, and wandered all
morning in the shrubberies. All the
old recollections that were beginning to
grow dim in his memory came freshly
back to him today. The sound of his
wife's voice, the bright, frank glance of
her eyes, all her little tricks of manner
were recalled oue by one, or rather,
they came of their own accord, and
without conscious effort on bis part.
At eight o'clock he found himself for
the second time in Mr. Popjoy's draw.
ing-room. The Doctor was as good as
his word, and related to Leslie several
startling experiences that had come
under his own cognizance, or that of
friends. of his in the same Iine of busi-
ness.
The two men then ndjeurned to th.e
back drawing -room; for Leslie had
made up his niind to hear more, if it
were permitted him to . hear. There
kiss De Vaux joined them,and they all
seated themselves. at a slightly -built
four -legged table. •They had not long
to wait. In •a very few minutes Miss
De Vaux announced that a spirit was
present'
, "lilt you wile belie"v6) 111°3clion 1
lite c1childstartlt"'i bine by her 14Getl* se ,try;, or scan With Haat still more re, ` for
alA:tl E:`a J 1CY ail 111)
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1 NV/INES
IIIRRAWMPIP ,P1.11
11?Iaxes, j-.,.^ 7.nl. c's'.si and Mi:i.cbi124ta'j s.
113N.i "'.4,471 1;1 Us Or
AND 1'1411.1 itS, 11.4 )1aiIN(r t'1 i1 T 1rNi1
i, Ai'1. 1\➢1 II E l DItikI 3.1 k(t11:.Ei:V
Middling i'lalillt.ts of imp4re➢tial
Aciricultural Implements
COUKINtr, rAtu.()f 4\NI) Box S'1'u\:'E
Potash Kettles, Sell )<tl et•ttts, etc.
iron 1214(1.� iV3 i'$'� (111$1illt3 + tc)'()Vt1(''r
For axle cheap—Second hand !Boilers and Enoires Stave:
'Windt, and Heeding llacalint•ry.
Repairs on pallors, eaughtes. Mills,1&it., proinptlyn.ttertdl•el to.
'FOUNDRYand MANTJFAC T URINtx q4.4,
C;IO..I. i►1C, iL Oilt<
tio21 of his clhild.
To lliucliclitie went Gawain Les1iAo,
taking Ilia daughter with him, and set-
tled down into a vary quiet groove.
Leslie bad been about a rear at lime 1 self are a believer in Spiritualists, 1
when the walls and hlnardings of Kirk-). presume ?"
forest were placarded with bills auI "Try one of my weeds," said Pop -
flouncing that Dr, Papjoy, the world. joy, "and giv43 rile another five min.renowned Lecturer and Spiritualist,' later before we part, anti I will tell
would bold a seance at 8 p. t11., every von." So they eat down again, and
M nday, Wednesday and !Friday till Leslie, who fancied himself a commis -
further notice, " at iris rooms over :lir, sent in cigars, found that Popjoy's
Trnmhle's shop in the Market Place ; brand was equal to the best of his owU.
on which occasions some most remark- "1 am a believer to this extent ie
able Phenomena haviug relation to the what is generally termed Spiritualism,''
Unseen World will he localised anti said Popjoy. "1 lcuow, through my
developed. Private seances specially own experience and through the evi
arranged for. IS Daily communications deuce of my own senses, that it ern -
with the dear Departed. ' Not lost, bodies a series of phenomena which
bat gone before.' " are utterly 'unexplainable by any un-
Gawain L+slie read one of Dr. Pop. turns laws with which we are at pies•
joy's placards one day in the coffee- eat acquainted. But as to whethe)
roam of the ' Green Dragon,' and that lame result arises from our limit -
smiled as he read. He had neithe' ed knowledge of the laws of Nature, or
desire tier intention to witness the whether the phenomena are realty the
manifold wonders with which he pro. outcome of supernatural agency, is a
fessed himself able to astonish his visi• point respecting which I for oue will
tors. To him the whole affair seemed not venture an opinion. I will go 110
nothing more than a piece of vulgar farther than this—that if you, as an
charlatanry. He had no prevision-- educated and liberal minded man, had
how coned he have ?—of the important seen and heard the marvellous things
part which this unknown professor that I have seen and heard, you would
was destined to play in the drama.of modify one at least of your mental def_
his future life. itiitiolis in time to come. You would
Friday was market day at Kirkforest, no longer define Spiritualism as 'Char-
Le+lie attended it els -nit once a mouth, pantry,' or as a 'juggle to delude the
driving in from Hiuehaliffe, which was weak-minded.' You would define it as
five miles away, and putting up hip something which the scientists of the
horse and trap for three or four hours nineteenth century altogether fail in
at the ' Green Dragon.' Several of their.efforts to formulate,—something
his tenants, men who rentedfarms eutirely outside the range of every -day
under him, also attended the market, experience. But why nut come and
and there was generally something or judge for yourself ? Come to our
other to see one or more cif them about seanbe at eight tomorrow night. If of
at such times. After the market was ser that, your curiosity is satisfied,
over there were two ordinaries at the there the matter will rest. But if, on
' Green Dragon'—one downstairs' for the oontrary, you should wish to lift a
the farmers and auother npetairs for corner of the veil still higher, then 1
s,uoli of the neighboring geotry as were will gladly arrange with you for a ser -
in the habit ofdriving 'in after Leslie's les of private seances, one result of
fashion. which I hope will he the addition of
On a certain Friday afte,noon Leslie another convert to the ranks of those
found himself seated at the ordinary who believe in the reality of spiritual -
next a stranger whom he had no rec. ,istic manifestations, let them originate
ollection of having seen before. He from what ever source they may."
was a tall, thin, gentlemanly -looking "I,'will come and see you tomorrow
ruin of middle age, with iron grey hair svenit,g," said Leslie. -
and moustaches ;'to match. He was: 'After that tue two men shook hands
carefully and fashionably dressed, eve. and parted.
dantly by ,no , provincial tailor. He At eight o'clook next evening Gawain,
bad very white hands, and wore a good Le•'lie found himself in Dr' Poujoy's
deal of jewellery, and had a flower in handsomely-furuhshed drawing -room.
his bnttnn•hole. ' :lie had an expansive Some half -cozen 'people were there al
senile, that came • and vauished again ready,.none of whom he knew, and all
with marvellous facility. Nearly ev- of whom conversed in hushed tones se
erybolly at the table were more or less though somewhat awed by 'the solem
known to eaa,=sh ether'., but nobody oity of the, business they bad- come up
ser 1 •1 to ?t, ow. the etraiaaeer.. ' He .ire •
we eel !cog, = ec, var. vatbefore lea, :., i P a'.:F:ntl ' the Doctor bustled in. l falls, desalt ever get up again ?" Of
in. , .a 1'!• 1a-:-li., •01' • 0 coil:wally he greeted with coarse it does, in dew time.
been prepultced a;;a4hnst many other
things in his time, without really giv.
ing himself the trouble to understand
them. At length be said, 4,You your -
Me now ghowinq their i tai steel:. and direct npee4al attention to the following departments:
Ladies' mantles, shams. 'I',iuuntd tints. Flowers and Feathers. Furs, Prcr; Goode, et0.
lit'nts Hunter elolIul,g;, User 4 4 5 4K, Unitise' notes, heavers, Worsted
Ctantiugl, Tweeds, tee.
Clothing
M ado to Or ti er,
ably cheap. "Chy have ,just inovvd into their new pmtuises, in lir. Eacrett's
bluck, opposite \1e'R':r*a. Salutvl'll tt: I'iekartl'8, and are in a better
positi•ln tt) serve their custou)ers than font:wi ly.
They a ortlially in3ite 411 their uldfriands, and new ones also,
Call and See Tliem,
:and they will take pleasure in showing them throng lithe pretn esesenel stock.
All accounts will now be made nut up ere est Oototter, and, mailed. A heatrty response wile
be pleasant_
and eggs wanted.
BANTON Bl `OS.
.acrett's block,
Opp ai4e Messrs. Salnrrcll d: Pickard's, 33zin street, Exeter.
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