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THE MICE 01.'' A. PAIR Q 1" 1t AJ. b.
His fanny portrayed Georgia, hie
geutlo, terder'ly ntilrtttred bride, in the
power n£ tire lawless, pathless outlaws,
to whom bar youth .and,. social rank
would bo but so neatly incentives be
outrage ; and then, grinding Iia teeth
in a terrible par'xysln of agony, he in mind you will never he out of range
wrenched at the ligatures around his of twenty lee(led lithe, and it is cosier
'wrists and elbe''ars, until the numbed to rid the body of outdo than of bul-
mtlseles refnselI feather exertion. 11cts,'
He shouted her name, so that his Obeying the direction of the speaker,
tired vnice grew betelty, hoping to (craw two of the band released Bertie Maya -
from her some intimation of her where -i aid's limbs, but these wore so cramped
abouts, but no answerin'a voice reached and stiff, that our American felt there
him ; and, finally, mental and physieat
e,;hanstion compelled him to a atupe-
iied tjllieecenne, in which bis naturally
dis rinoi,nating And analytical mind re
covered its elenrnese.
He descanted, from the fact of his
preeervatiosr,. that Spartake had not
relitegaished the expectation of wring-
ing from him the enormous ransom ho
demanded as the price to free himself
and wife • and ar ued shrewdly. that
THE TSS
obstinacy in lay kingdom 2'
Bertha 1Iayuarei glared at him but
did not genii'.
'I will relieve yon from yolk bonds,
sir, relying 011 your common sense not
to compel me to replace them,.' observ-
ed the chief to Berti:e,wllile the brigand
was performing his errand ; but bear
was no 'tight' in them.
A pause of several mutates ensued,
during which 1pertake stood apart
from lois followers, his right hand rest-
ing upon the stock of one of the long
silver mounted pi'nt01s thrust through
his Albanian waist -sash.
Presently his messenger re-entered,
leaching by a cord a little, elderly man
in civilian dress, whose bead was half
concealed by a dirty bandage.
the latter was safe from wrorg so long Spartake glanced at the new -Coulee,,
as the (Treok chid not regale! its aegnisi- { and from hint to Bertie.
tion as hopeless. 'This is Petri Papaetavrodabulos,.
A hundred thousand dollars ! It The groat corn, warehouses at the Pir-
might fake same time to yr mere thee teas belong to him, and.be leas a whole
sem, but still he Was good for it ; and
it natured to hila that .lpartitke might
consent to allow Airs, 'Maynard to go
to &theirs to confer with his hankers
there respecting the advance.
'If Georgia were mute out of their
power,' thonollt hes alley would ilot
find MO so easy to dee'. with as they
think.'
Well, daylight tame at length, and
then Bertie Maynard perceived that bis
place of detentionwasa sort of apart-
ment formed by the fallen binoks of
masonry and pillars of ttte ruins for
which Abilene was celebrated.
Throngb the osmics and interstices
the light etreatrl•el, enabling him to
note that thele were evidences of hab-
itual occultation about the place. A
heap of charred wood denoted where
a fire hall been,and afel ten coulmn that
supported a marble bas-relief lying
'rent across it Was blackened With
smoke. Several well -pressed litters of
rut heather, stltlh as covered the inonn-
fleet of ships at sea. Ile and his daugh-
ter have been my gnests for ten days.
1 require the some rausom from him
that 1 demand from you, but his gold
is eo precious to hire that he will not
write tee an order Upon his agents for
the money. Yesterday, however, I sent
in two drafts, which, perhaps, will be
honored ; if not, bis head will go neatly
packed in vine -leaves, and his daogll-
ter—she is a nice young thing—will be-
come the wife of Canteens, my aid-de-
camp, yonder --him with the brnieed
eye, dint he ones to your fist, by•the-
by.--nnt.il he gets tired of her, when
some of the others will eeponse her,
And now you shall see whence I ob-
tained the two drafts 1 am wasting pay -
client of.'
At a direction spoken in leis own
langunge,the brigand wtloheldtbe cora-
merchant jerked off the bandage from
hie head.
The unhappy man shrieked and en-
deavored to raise his bound }lands to
ains,showed that it was used as a sleep-' hie farce. Blood Was trickling freely
ins -place ; and lastly, a black, gre*Ry- �froni the gray fringe of hair at his tem-
lnoking set of bagpipes hung from a pies, and the linen round his throat
projecting fragment of stoue almost di was soaked with it,
pestes above his hea3. Hia face presented a rare, unsightly
Day had nob long dawned when appearance ; for., with undisgaliaed tern,
Bertie's medrtatione were tllstnrbed by rote Bertie Maynard realized that—the
the appeeranre of one of the hrif;ande, ears were gotlie 1
who bent over him to see if he was The despairing glance that the tor-
awaire, for, hough the par cal light was tared man directed furtively at hie
enffioient to enable the prisoner to dis- fellow -captive, without raising his bow-
tinguish objects clearly, the interior ed•down, pallid face from where it was
was anther obsoure to one entering from
the outside.
The rascal grinned rather good tem-
peredly when he caught Bertie's eye,
and ntldreesd him in his patois of mod-
ern Greek, which the latter could make
nothing intelligible of.
Anxious, however, for an interview
with the chief he nodded enoorraeing•
ly to his interlocntor, and said, inter-
rogatively : 'Phalerus Spartake--
Spnrtalrn ?'
The brigand rehirned the nod intel-
ligently, and waved his hand in' the di•
rec(ion cf the entrance to the reoese.
Bertie rameecked his . brain% for the
small anPnionldy remains of his Crreek
lexicon yet lingering in his memory,
and with i:egperate emphasis, exclaim-
ed : 'Gane mon ?'
The Greek laughed oltright, and
then paired forth a tnrrent of what was
gibherieh t0 nim American. in the midst
of which Snertake himself entered, ac•
cempamied lhv several of hie band.
Lnnkina steadily ab hie captive, the
6 ief folde(1 his erne, and in hie music-
ally pitched voice addressed him
thea :
'Exeellency,behnl(1 the fete of +hose
whin have the e'r hitinn to adorn the iy'tu will not filed it inhospitable.'
( Attain a(ldressin the merchant's
jail of Athens with the head of Phalerns g
Spnr,aite' lnilors in his waive(dialect, the latter
Bertie. M tvnar l world have willingly led away poor Petri, and then the
sarrifned half of the demanded rnnenni chief mentioned to the American to
at that mnment root fin feed hie arms precedellin► chit of the mitred xpart-
free an(l hie finger nn the triage* of the
sunk upon his chest, was nnutterably
miserable; and for the first time, Bertie
Mevnard grasped the reality in alt its
ugriness, that the bloodthirsty and nn-
speri„ g cruelty, the rtitltlese -lust, the
murderous savagery of those . Greek
brigands were not sensational exagger-
ations, but endifnled actualities—not
figures of speech thee] to wring from
the terror of their captives the ransom
demanded. but positive ineaseares un-
hesitatingly used eo extort diem.
With the promptitude of the race he
',prang from, the American braced him-
self to confront the peril.
'Where is my itife ?' said ha sternly,
looking the chief full iu the face.
'She is well cared for by mine,' an-
swered Spartake, briefly.
'Yours 1 You t.re married ?' A feel-
ing of relief crept over Bertiellaynard's
brain, and he added : 'Let m9 confer
with my wife, and I will arrange to
procure von the ransomer.'
The Greek stared hard at his prism•
er, as if trying to read his real inten-
tions,
'Be it so. You shall accompany me
to my palace'—he emphasized the last
word. 'So that you be reasonable,
loaded revolver he had en ,timidly, as
here(tecte(1, l'ft in the tahfe-(framer of
bis '-nom et t:taffrat:anti's hotel.
'T will find a meeslan_er here to hear
a letter for von to voter friend%, if yon
p1?aen,' enntinnerl the chief, 'An +lint
men t,
efrs. Maynard was sitting antler the
shelter of a hut oonstrnote(1 simply of
Pafv benghs, wnr'ping bitterly, while a
lye yhe.antihrl Greek evnnan was ding
hese to soothe her grief cud allay her
alarm.
they may precnre you the money I de- A child flbnnt two year's of age Was
ixlnr?r1,' rolling, with all the insouciance to grief
Tho Arty/Henn rrnzetd nnwinkinely at, happily natural to childhood, in the
liim, rnniiny revolving chances in }tie warm eilns}riltn at the entrance. At
ow„ mind. the Fight of Bertie,iIrs, iiiavntal'd sprang
'Well, what do yon say ?' resumed past her 1)0Rt,esu and tvorld•be consoler
,rj!tar'nIn . to dart, 13eet•f(lmed as a deer, with ont-
'Not and bet, my Wi`'n (vnnl:l have in- etretohedarms,rtnrstnitped till they were
cleared around his neck and her sob•
ana't•nreil Bernie, saucily. I em a bing bosom pressed to hes.
efrsneer in A.theee. Let her an to my 'Oh, Bertie, Bertie, take me away
haelseee, l,;yn,r.li (t Co.: she ear (ret from here !' she pa'ped ; and Bernie
ahont half of it dyers. T have no more emootllod ger disearauge(1 hair, and
on brie side of. tit A.tlentir,'
flnv"ren nnonrrh to pt' intern snail a anti,'
whispere(t softly wards of comfort that.
Tian Greek emiln(1 evnienllt+, he diel not exnc!ly feel tiirneelf. Spar -
'1 often hear Hoist.' sell Ire. (print:Iv tnko peremptorily reftuted to allow ?Jrs. .
'F,firrlishrnPti Cxnrmn.nR, no44uns, nncl
"'rrltr..nmrn---nil tali me fhev have nn
heir whet T denireld in Atthrtns ; lint
him would be inoffeotual to procurtethe
mon,
ltiean.eywhile, he permitted unreserved
coneenuntcation between his prisoners;
and our Amerman utilized it to prime
Me wife with the best advice his own
foresight enuld devise in view of the
various eentigeIlctee that might arise.
The spot on which the chief had er-
ected his 'palace' was singularly well
calonlateci to defy surmise.
It was a woody 1'croll, jntting mit
from the pl+srn of Abilene, of which
four-flfllte of the circumference termi-
nated abruptly in a sheer drop of sixty
or seventy feet to the. rngga'i ravines
through which wound the toriuous path.
to Pyropolis ; the other fifth debouch-
e(1 npnu the head of that path just were
it opened upon the plain.
From this knoll a perfectly urob-
strtrotod view was obtained of the sur-
roitnding country, the road to Phylte
being easily distiugnishable, running
like a white band through the green
landscape,
One glance 'satisfied Bertie Maynard
that escape was not a promising expe
dient, for theonly practicable outlet to
Spartake's position Was eorriened by
watobfnl sentinels, while before the
rained temple,in which be himself had
been incarnated, a sprawling group of
bandits kept an nnrela'ted vigil.
Thronebont'the'moening bIh e. Maya-
ard oat closely pressed to her side, her
hands clasped in his, while ;;partake,
onncealing his impatience, if he felt
any, played and romped with his child
for all the world as though he were the
moat lamb -like of pare('ts, and Queen
Gratystbe—for so the 'king' called his
consort—i i
o raged on the grass ntrinnget
the purple clover, knitting, and looking
soft and handsome, with her magnifi-
cent dark hair pinned up with great
silver skewers.
Bertie eyed the brigand with en•un-
friendly aspect. There was suppreesed
wrath ennngh in his coldly stern look
and tbeexpreesinn of his tightly •cnrrr-
rreeee(T lips to satisfy any physrogner-
mist that with their relative sitrcatiens
reversed, the Greek would be 'booked
for something nnpdeneent.' •
When nontt arrived', the chief led
his child to the mother, and spoke to
her fa Greek : whereupon the latter
arose, gfansed at our couple, and re-
tired to the het. Spartake advanced
and addressed Maynard :
'Excelleney, my •wife is preparing
refreshment for yorr be gracinrrs en •
nngh to enter tie but and partake of
it.'
'T)n not'i,t rim separate mo for you,
Bertie 1' cried the poor girl, trembling,
and clinging more closely than ever to
her heeband.
'They shall ,intr answered he, reso-
lntety ; and then added, 'This lndv
reenireq ' nn refreshment, and I shall
not enffer her ort of my sight,'
'nen not 7' reiterated the Greek,
with deliberate emphasis. 'Excellency,
those are words'that need tobebncked up
trill ?xm'er to give them significance.
Let that rase, however s the lady can
remnin if she wishes. Are yon pre -
Pared to write the letter to your friends
in Athens ?'
'Yeo, as I have told you, provided
my wife is to he the bearer of it, By
that smalls only can my letter be ef-
fectual to obtain the mnner
Spartake's eyes glittered disagree•
ably.
'Y.onr wife will remnin here,' Reid he.
'Your letter shall go by other hands ;
shooed it foil, yon knew I have a re -
wirer.. Remember Petri Papastavro-
dabiins.'
A burning reply rasp to 13e -tie's lips,
but he checked it for his wife's sake.
'Will yon write the letter if I provide
the materials ? It mnet leave in half
nn hour,' reamed the Greek slowly.
'If my wife is allowed to take it, it
mnv 1Fave in a quarter, otherwise I will
write nothing.'
Seertske Reze(1 steadily in 13ertie's
eves for a moment or to before he
spnlrr,.
'Yon think T nm not in earnest with
?inn—Hint T shell hesitate to dent with
nn Amrrienn as 1 have with a Greek,
eh ? Yon n+•e vnnng, nnspernns'—he
Ormond et Mrs. Maynard, meaningly.
and nrl,l'fl----'happy. Which the Great-
er enorifice, tate ransom I demand nut
of yam' npnlenereor--life 2 Dn not trust
r•n ynnr eo ntr;y'e renown. Ameriea is
NI' aft'; you are here-' cTe a•eve'd Ili.
hand intPPrinnsly. 'P1)alerus Spartake•
knows no tin•tinnalitiee.'
[To BR CoxTINT'ED.1
OUR PROGRESS.
As stages etu1 stage routes are gnick-
1ly ttbandon+d with the r,onpiniion of
railrorals. so the be e, (1ra'.tic, cathar-
tic pill,, composed of oriole and butlty
medicines, nee glichly a11'andnned with
.1beIntrndaelinn nF :1)r Pierce's Ploi-
Maynard to prootted to Athens to ne-
gntinte the advance of the ratwotn.
Ile ek rifi(ld tont he zegarded her as
ev nil menete to itrnenre the whole the best moiety of his severity, and de=
• irA'wnnn,•a--,ell, that i...11710. return chinned to ho oenvinced try Bertie's as -
eine. Shall I show you the result of sumac) that a mere written order from
pant. Porgetive P'nllettt,whlnh are auger—
coated, a lil,tlo ler;er than rem tat•d
seeds. but e•tmeneed of highly coucen•
traced vegetable extreats and. are *er-
tent('d tri Cnro all irregi lorition of sto-
mach, liver and bowels. Sold by' drug-
gists.
UP WITH
THE TIMES
PARTIES INTENDING
TO etTRCF LtSL '
Central Drug Stereo
OPPOiiI1 E CENTRAL MOTEL,
EXETER
y y CousCantlt" onlutia(1
..•L t 1 •Pure Drugs ' Clic (leels,
• Ii,IltrU:il1('.Vt , all kinds,:
Flair Brt>,`lles,
(doth R11i$ie5,
Ir ILi1 Brns11cS,
"Tootle Brushes.,
In COMBS our:stock is complete.
TOILET SOAPS iN ENDI.ESS VARIETY
Just arrived the largesb stock, per exi* ees,
lliree3 from manufacturers, of
TRUSSES, LADIES' AND GENTS' SHO'UL-
3)]ilt I3JWACL+'S, CI•IEST Pi3OT1:CTOrtS.
Horse and (tattle 11Jedieiaies n Speerality,
Physicians" Presort tions and Family Belo()
carefully compounded at Central Drum F4torwaaide:
Fano, , i0uds Emporium, opposite Contrai ltote.
Exeter
SHOULD CALL AT
and Examine his Stock,
the Best that are Made.
DOMINION ORGAN CQ.'lir
CAUTION
14Ck:I
PLFG- CYC TIIis'
froNav 1
IS 1EAIlKE1)
Imo, BRONZE. LETTERS.
Rt. FOWL R'S EXT.
Strawberry
1
NONE OTHER CENTIME.
National Policy
PLOWS, and SCOTCH DIA3IOND
HARROWS
constantly on hand (tad made to order
l oMILLAN £v eBRIDE
nv.':og now rester facilities than ever, are pi•e
na..ed to supply farmers with Iron Beam Plows
Mould Board, made by ourselves : Chili
Plows, 1 nei,per make; Scotch 3)ialrtoLd Marro ws
(-ultiratars, (yang Plows,
Carriages find buggies un hind, aid Made to or-
der. 1'orse shonin,', attt,ndcd to on the shortest
notire• lIoxses shod to prevent interferiag.
IfeltlLLS `r ds McBride, Xing St.,llensaiii
THE FALL ANDWlee TEitTRADE
SaleltilLOOtt cSs Son
TAILORS and CLOTI'IIEli"S,
Take pleasure to ir form th s inn abitan t, ofRxete
add surrounding conntl•y,that they ILane just
ope.ledoat anuAeallelltassortment of
Tweeds, C•natinys, T'esiiitysetc.,
iu bherateststyles a11cdrn tterna,andfeerssaure i
thntiutao•mcatterofo(ntaing; they can suis the
,nestf,Lstidteustass(+s.
AI.ian
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SHORTEST SEA. PASSAGE.
CABIN, INTERMEDIATE AND S $EEBAGE TICK-
ETS.
Persons wishing to send for their friends inn
obtain passage cettiScates at Iowost rates from
a. gra ta. Ireland • n 1 Scr tlarul to any city or ratl-
way townfu Canada. Full particulars by apply-
ing to
CAPT.. 0 KEMP, Exeter. •
A.Y PUMP WORKS.
G .BOLT'0» - PROPRIETOR.
1% wing added to n y pump Inacn121ery, 110(1 pro
cured n large quantity of ilrst.class pump logs, I
ant prepared tc oifor au article
Superior to any Factory in the County,
and at prices Clout defy- competition. Wells and
Cisterns log o11 the shortest notice.
Ilofore purchasing call a ; Oho flay Ptiiup Works,
t R 5hmp--Ono-quarte mile nort of Exeter,
London Bead. liav 1
_.0,xetel' ,1'\ c)r'tli
VLOUP, and Cilia' MILL,
Mein(; in goon ',rotating ordergivas every accora-
d,triui, v +~.deer in grlrtidg and trnnring, i"lot?r
and mill �red,t+livered to parties leaving thetr
orders lu (ore ono o'rir«1t at .1. itBakery, or
u'>3Sit: la tt GO'S, or at mill same day
TERMS (J -,F SH -H.
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A Specific Remedy for all Summer
Complaints such as 1)iarrhtxta, Dy -
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Morbus, Cholera Tuftuiturn, Sour
Stomach, Griping i'ains, and all
derangements of the bowels, caus-
ed lag using improper food, such as
raw vee etebios, weeper or sour
fruit, bad milk, impure water or
change of water, changes of the
seasons, exposure. No hatter from
what came or in what form you are
subject to any of the above com-
plaints, Ln. EowL7:n's EresAo2 or
WILD &II.AwiatnuiY will relieve yon,
and a speedy cute twill be effected
without injury to the system. It is
mannfacteretl from the . y4ik1
Strawberry Plant, and free from
�
opium and other injurious drugs.
._.t For saie by all leasers, at is. 1Okd.
ao er $1.00
PREPARED By
MILBtJRN, BENTLEY & PEA13SOI
TO Row TO.
=LEN SA.i_L_ier
PORK PACKING HOME
Having commenced business for the
andWinterTrade
MI aro prepared to varohase any quantity of
Pork, subji'et to the•following regulations
We will take off two pounds per hundred if
dry, and threepound if soft. Shouf(lerstunk,
twenty-five cents. If any of the bung gut is
raft in, S. cents extra will be deducted.
riVo por win be bought at an piles•ir
. warn?,
S A T S A G. S
Pork Cuttings
on hand at reasonable rates.
R o•want all Hogs Cutting Bright through.
br(:2ctst to bead, and Hams opened ontto tail,
G
az J. PETTY.
THE EXETER
Planing Mill,Sash.,
I)OOR AND
PERTId
ALL KINDS QIP
TUR IN G
:iDoll°, to order.
Dv
i(t �emee�ml1)0lbLa phase u �.•a
alcri V t�'.'1��ii..' 4�f v ittrcd' +�" add aA wor,or
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The now Preach ?YIedteiaocures Sircrx((ato* r1u'a
1Ia3'Oeh lvrt'.'E,andallnorrouicomplaintsre-
ential({ in L:as,tf MMlemory, serious inlpul rents to
reasxmago, groat depression, eco, 'Tho per bon:
.i
for 3. soli (' druggists everywberi, �Yltoitr
sale--LYMAN 1+3108. le 00., Toronto. Hent cur
mail securehycealoct011receiptafprice. Address
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ri, Av.I•IAMLIN
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Taxidermist awl r' atnralist. Becht, :11"1 11;1115
stuffed and Preserved in the most np(1' 1111
style. Iu stock also rt, 3:4et:o variety t of 1'ietttr:cx,
and. Pictures trained 111 the bolt Lir,d, 111e:;1pest•
style. Main Street, 1i ter, S in