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M2WILisIAMS AND TIAE
LiGunio G.
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By Moak Twa4.
Weil, sir— continued Mr. 1WW11-
lian.s, for this was not the beginning
of lite talk—the fear of lightning is oue
of the most distressing infirmities a
tritium' being van be allliated with. It
mostly confined, to women ; but ilOW
and the', you find it in a little dog,and,
eemetimes in a man. It i a partitu- I
laxly distressing irlirmite, for the rea-
son that it takee the seed oat of a per-
son to an x etit which no other fear ,
and it can't be reasoned with, and
neither can it be shamed out of a per-
s,,n, woman who could fancy the
very devil himself—or 0. invitee—loses
her grip and goes ell to piecein front
of a flash of liehtniug. Iter fright is
sozni.thing pitiful to tion
Wetl,as I was tolling you. I woke up,
with that, smothered and ruiloeatable
try of Mortiwer Mortimer 1' wailing
in thy tars ; and as soon 11,, I could
berape fu eniti 1 other I reached
over its theItt k and said :
•Evestio Inie, yeti calling ?
Whet Id 11.1(3 Where are
yeti ?
'Sleet up it the but Clott. You
cught ti to Itslianit d hi lie there and
sleep so, taid lauel; an awful storm go -1
iog on,'
'Why, hop' can ono be aelamed
when he is asleep ? lt is untetteon•i
table: a mem °aril bo ashastiod NN hen
Le is asleep, iavamielinea
'Yeu never try, Mortimer you know
very well yoti uever
1 caught the emitole of innifieu subs
Th au sound t- mot e dead the sharp
speeen 04at wits od my lips, and J
changed it to—
• Sorry, dear—I'm ti illy sot vy,
I never meant to act so. Goole hack
and—'
'Nfortimer I'
`i-loavens 1 what it the matter, my
love ?'
'Do yon mean to say you are in bed
yet ?'
' Wily of course.:
'Come out of it instantly. I should
think yon would take a little en re
of yonr life, for my sake and the
children's if you will not for your
own?
cBut my love—'
▪ Don't tent to me, Mortimer. You
know there is no place SO dangerous.
so a bed in such a thunderstorm as
this—all the books say that ; yet there,
you would lie, and deliberately throw
away your life—for goodness knowe
what, unless for the sake of arguing
and arguieng, and—'
'Bet, confound. it, Evangeline, I'm
in bed. now.
[Sentence interrupted by a sudden
glare of ligutuing, followed by a terri.
fi d little scream from Mrs. M'Wit
haute aud a tremeuduus blast of than
C.er.]
'There ! You see the result. Oh,
Mortimer, bow can you he so prufli.
gate as to swear at euch a time am
this?'
•I didn't swear. And that wasn't a
result of it, atiyway. It would have
come just the same, if I hadn't Fond a
word ; and you know very well, Evan-
geliue—at least you ought to kilow—
that when the air is charged with elec-
tricity—a
'0o, yes, no argue it, aud argue it,
and moue it I don't see bow you
can not go, hen yoe know there it not
a lightning rod on the place, awl your
poor wife a children are at the mercy
of Provideucc. What are you doing ?
—lightiug a match at s cia time as
this. Are you stark mad ?'
'Hang it 'NOMAD, where's the harm ?
The place is as dark as the iusid.o ()feu
infidel, and—' e
'Put it out. Vat it outinstantiv
Are you determined to sitcrifioe us ail
You know tuere is nothing attracts
lightniug like a light. Fitz !--crash !
bootn--boloom-boom boom t Oh, just
heisait. N.Av you see what you Leve
done.'
'No, 1 don't what,I hate done. A.
match may sierra ligntning fur all I
kuovr, but it do clause
111 go odd* on thot. Aud it didn't
attract it worth a gent this time ; for
if that shot was letsilled at my menet'
it watt Weeded poqr maktortianithitn—
about'an average of none out of a pos-
sible million 1 should ray. Why, at
Doilyntouut suoli inorkmauship as
that—.
'Fur tihame,Mortitner. Here we are
stauding in the presettee, aud yet irt
50 8 a m•nnent you 11111 timpaple
of usiug numb language as that. If you
have no desire tu---11ortimer
'Well ?'
'Did you say your prayers to night.'
meant, to, but I got tryitig to
cipher out how cinch twelve times
thirteen is aral—'
[Fet 1.—boorn berm= boom, bum -
be amble bang smash 11
we are lost beyond all help.
Bow could you neglect such a thing at
bitch a tiste is this ?'
'But it wasn't such time as thie.'
Titere waeust 01011ti in the sky. Hew
cud 1. Lutsw there was g„log to be all
isasaaweasma_roaiaa
this rumpus mid pow -wow about a lit- her aud shut her up in the washstand.
tle slip like the'. Aud I don't think ;Do be quick, love ; cats are full u
it's just fair fur you, to inae so much electricity. 13 esti know my hair will
out of it, anyway, seeing •it bailmentd turn white mill this night's awfu
GO seldom ; I haven't missed before !perile.'
shoe I brought ou that earthquake four I heard the muffled sobbing again,
years ago ! 1 tut fur that I should not have moved
7-11ortitnor ! how yon talk. lelave hand or foot in such a wild outerpriee
you forgotten the yellow fever ? lin the dork,
'My dear, .you. are always throwing somoeor, T went at my task—ove
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year blinds and look over the high bill
f yonder. What you heard was a cannon;
what you saw was the flash. You see,
1 the telegraph brought some news at
midnight, G-arfield's nominated—and
that's what the matter.'
'Yes, Mr, Twaire; as I was saying in
the beginning (mid lir. MeWilliams),
the rules for preserving people against
lightning aro so ticellent and 80 hum-
neereb't that the most inoomprebettsible
thiug iu the WOlit to me is how aellody
over manages to get etruck.'
So saying he gathered up his satchel
and umbrella, and departed, for the
train had leached his town.
r
up the yellow fever to !me, awl I think 1 chairs, and against all sorts of obstuo.
i is perfectly unreaaonablo. You call' , tome, all of them herd ouos, too, and
even send a telegraphic message as far ! inoet of them 'illi Sharp edges—and
as Memphis without delays, so how is at !mit 1 got ltitty cooped up in the
a little devotional slip of thine going to comnode, at au exnonse of over four
hundred dollars in broken furuiture
carry so fax ? ;ill stand the earthquake
because it was in the neighborhood ; owe eloo,o The„ these muffled woial
but I'll be hanged if I'm going to be came from the clet. :
8
respousibla for every blatned--:
'It says the Wee, thing is to stand
[Fet!—brootn,berroom•bootnl boom! on a chair in the middle of the room,
beim.] Mortiinoi• ; and the lege of the ohair
'Oh. dear, dear, dear, dear ! I knew inust bo iusulatecl with non.conduotore
it struck bometaiog, Mortimer. We That Is, you must set the legs of the
shell never sae the light of another day; chair in glass tumblers. [Pet I boom !
and if it will do you and good to re- —bang !--sinasti Oh, do you hear
member when we are gone, that your that Do burly, Mortimer, before
dreedful language—Mortimer.' you'll be struck.'
'Well. What now.?' I tnauagod to lino and secure the
'Your voice sounds at if—Mortimer, tumblers, I got the last four--brolie all
aro you actually standing in front of the rest. 1. iosulated the chair legs,
that open fire.place 9' and called for more inetructions.
That it the very crime that 1 am ,erta• in ,„ , ,—
‘eIer,
. Hoye, 'tettnreint eines
committing.'
Gewitters entfereue titan Metelle, wiuz
13-. Binge, Mired, Schlueeei, etc., von
sigh und balte sieli anch uiht an Sol
when Stelion auf, wo viele Metalle be
einader leigen, oder mit auttern Ir
pern verbunden sind, Wier an iferden
Oefen Eiseugittoru, u, dgl.' What dues
that mean, Mortimer ? Does it tneuu
that you must keep metals about you
or keep them away from you 2'
'Well, I hardly know. It appears
to be a little mixed. However, 1 thiek
that sentence is mostly in the dative
case, with a little genitive and acouea-
tive sifted in hare and there, for lack;
so I teckou it niesue you must keep
some metals about you.'
'Yes, that must be it. It stands to
reason that it is. They aro in the na-
ture of lightning rods,yon know. Put
on your firemanie helmet, Mortimer ;
that is mostly metal.'
I got it and put it on—a very heavy
and clutnsy and uncomfortable thing
on a hot night in a close room. Even
my night dress seemed to be more
clothing thau I strictly needed.
'Mortimer, I thiuk your middle
ought to be protected. Wou't you
buckle on you militia sabre, if you
please?'
I cotnplied.
'Now. Mortimer, you ought to have
some way to protect your feet. Du
'Get away from it, this moment.
Yon (1,, seem determined to btiug de-
etruction oti tie all Delft ;you know
there it no better conductor for lieht-
nino, than an open! chimney ? Now
where have you got In 2'
'I'm here by my window.'
'Oh, 1 pity sake, have you lost your
tnind ? Clear out from there thin mo-
ment. The very children in arms know
it is fatal to stain] near a window:in a
homier storm. Dear, dear, 1 know
.11,111 never see the light of another day.
'What ie that rustling ?'
'Pe me.'
atVlett are von doing !'
•Teyino to find the upper end of my
pantaloons,'
'Quiek 1 throw those things away. I
lo helirve von wonld deliberately put
on tboso clothes at such a time as this;
Vpt. yeti know perfectly well that all
auto, ries Agree that woollen stuffs at-
tract lightnitto. Oh dear, dear, dear,
it isti't pefficient that ones life must be
in pearl from ratnral causes, but you
must dn everything you can possibly
think of to moot -lent the danger. 011,
lon't sing 1 What can you be thinking
or?'
'Now. where'the harin in it
'Mortimer, if I have told you ()roe I
have told von a hundred tittlee, that please put on your spurs.'
eineIng cause.; vibrutione in the atmos- 'Mortimer it says, 'Das Gewitter
Otero which intorrint the flow of the kitten int Rehr gafahrtioll, weil die
electric flnid. and --What on earth are Glocke selbst, sowie der durdh des
Lenten vertmlasete Litftzug and die
Hobe des Thurmerden Blitzanzilien
konnetem Mortimer, does that mean
that it is dangerous not to riug the
church bells during a thunder storm.
'Yes it seems to me that—if that is
the past participle of the nominative
case singular, and I reckon it is. Yes,
I think it means that on account of the
height of the church tower and the
absence of the Leftzug it would be very.
dangerous (sehr Wahrtielt) not to ring
the bells in titue of a stortn ; and,
moreover, don't you see the very word -
'Never mind that, Mortimer ; don't
You waste the precious time iu talk.
-Get the large &niter bell, it is right
there in the hall. Quick, Mortimer,
dear ; we are almost safe. Oli, dear, I
do believe we are going to be safe at
last.'
Our little aummer establishment
stands on the Lop of a high lenge of
}title, overlooking a valley. Several
farm houses are iu our neighborhood
—the nearest some three or four hund-
red yards away.
Wheu I, mounted on the chair, had
been clanging that dreadful a matter of
seven or eight minutes, our shutters
were suddeuly torn opeu from without,
and a lailliant bull's-eye lantern thrust
in at the window, followed by a hoarse
enquiry :—
What iu the nation ie the matter
here 2
The wiudow was full of men's beads
and the heads were full of eyes that
stared wildly at my night-dress and my
warlike aocoutrements.
I dropped tbe bell, skipped down
from the chair in confusion, and said :
'There is nettling the matter, friends
—only a little discomfort on aceout of
the thunderstorm. I was trying to
keep off the lightning.'
'Thunderstorm 2 Lightning 2 Why,
Mr, McWilliams, have you lost your
mind 2 It is a beautiful starlight night;
there has berm no storm.'
I looked, ont and I was soastoriebed
I wild hardly speak for a while, Then
I said :—
'I do not enderstand this. We die-
linotly saw the glow of the flashes
through the curtains and shutters, and
heard the thender."
Otte after another those people lay
down on tile ground to laugh—eid two
of them died, Oue of the survivors re-
marked
. CONSVIOTION CURED..
•An old uhysicitnt4ettited from pradiee, hav-
ing had placed in Ids hands by an Est
lo-
dia missionary the formula of a simple vege-
table remedy for the speedy and perineum,
cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Cattarh, At
thins., and till Throat and Lung Affections, also
8 positive anti radical 01.110 for Nervous De-
Itility and ail Nervous Complaints, after hay.F
ing tested its wclutleiful curative powers in
thousands of eases, has felt it his duty to make
it known to bis suffering follows. Actuated by
this motive and a desire to relieve human sti-
fri g1 will send free of charge to all who de -
Sire It., this r0Oipe, in German, Prench, or Eng-
lish, with full directions for preparing mad ns-
ing. Sent by mail by addrasing with stamp,
Ba,111illg till:4 papa, W. W. SILSBAlt, 14'd PUWer$
Block, Rochestt 1', N. Y.
. • -1
SE. Ur:"
No other medicine the world was ever
given such a tet of it's e,urative qualities as
Bost:lien's 6.F:1:MAN SYRUP. III three years two
utillioes four hundred thousand small bottles
of thlaniedieine were distributed free 0,1r/tarsi('
, by drogists in this country to those allitted
with unsumption, Asthma, Croup, WWII.;
Conr:t.ts, Pnenniumnia, and other diseases of
the tkroat and lungs, giving the American
people undeniable proof that GratmaN SYRUP
will Orin thcau. The result has been that
drogiristg in every town and village in the Ca-
umbot and United Sates are recommending it
to their tustouters. Clo to your druggist and
ark what they know aburzt it. Sample bottles.
1E1 cents. Begnlar size 5 emits. ThreJ doses
ail ease.
,a7 emuNTERVIIITS AND INITATIOHS.—
This high reputation pined byHAoraun's PEG-
rovax. J3.t.r.RA3r for the Quist: of Coughs, Colds,
and all ,dseases 1 the Thrwtt and Lungs has
given rise to spurik.us imitatitPs. The genu-
ine PECTCSAL BALskm has the. name of C.
liagyard blown in the bottle which is (if the
large size and sells at. 25 eta. We think it
proper to wary the tmemspecting against 13AI.-
•UP.IS bearing other mulles, or remedies offered 1
as a sukstitulie. Look carefully to this and
take my other than ILtayAnn's PECTORAL 13.ar..-
yon opening that door for ?'
'Goodness tr•aoinus, W011eall , is there
any harm in that ?'
'Harm ? there is death in it. Any-
body that has given the subject any
attention knows that to create a
drew:lit is to invite the lightring. You
haven't, half shut it ; shut it tight --
or we are all destroyed. Oh, it is an
awful thing to be shut up with a luni•
tie at such a time re this. Mortimer,
whet are you doing 2'
'Nothing. Just turning nn the water.
This room it mothering lint at.d close.
I went to bathe my face and hande.'
'You have certainly parted with the
remnant of your mind 1 Where light -
nine strikes any other substance once
etrkert water fifty times, Do shut it
off. Ohn dear, I am sure nothing in
the world can save ns. Ii does seem
in me that — Mortimer, what was
that ?'
was a da—'it was a picture.
Knnolced down.'
'Then you are close to the wall. I
never heard of such imptidentie. Don't
von know that there's no better con-
ductor for lightning than a wall. Come
away from there. And you came near
as anything to swearing too. Oh, how
can you be so desperately wicked, and
votir family in such peril? Mortimer,
did von order a feather bed es 1 asked
you to 7'
'No. I forgot it.'
'Forgot it 1 It may cost you your
life. If you had a feather bed now,
and could spread in the middle of the
room and lie on it, you would be per-
fectly safe. Come in here—come quick,
before you have a chance to commit
any more &antics! indiscretions.'
I tried, but the little eloset would
not hold us both with the door shut,
nnless we could be content to emother.
I petted a while then forced my way
out. My wife called out :—
'Mortimer, something must be done
for your preservation. Give me that
German book that is on the end of the
mantle -piece. and a ecndle ; but don't
light it ; give me the motel] 1 will
light in here. That book has some
direction. in it.
I got the book—at volt of a vase and
some other brittle things; and She
mademe shut herself up with the ean-
(Ile. I had moments feet ; then rhe
culled out :
'Mortimer, what is that P
.Nothir4 but N 661.4
'Me Call Oh. treettneti.sa 1 Olito Tit)? you., 4i4u't thick to opeR
•1116•Ni, .111mmonsio
LEGAL,
H. CADDY,
BA.REISTER & ATTOIVN-EY
At Law/Solicitor, &ht.. Eansonta Block.
Exeter.
HEDICAL.
DR. HUTCHINSON, Member of
the College of Physicians arid Surgeon of
Ontario. ctrc„ Office next door to I. Callings
l‘lain Street Exeter
I HYNDMAN.—CORONER FOR
the County of Huron. Uflice,nextdoor to
Carling'sstore,Exeter
l-•
W. BiC
tOWNING M. D., M. C.
e • P. 8, Graduate VictoriaIIniversity• Office
and residence. Don: Dion Laborator v, Exeter.
14 C. MOORE. M. D. C. M.
1 ti• Graduate of alcGillUniversity, Montreal
Oillee and residence,Exeter,On t. Office t ours—
tO 10 a. in and 7 to 10 n. m
nR. J. A. ROLLINS, M. C. 2. S.
O., Victoria St.Crepdirnton, Ont,tOffice hour!
,
Do 1U 1/.111.; 2 to5
ITh LUTZ, M. D.,
a_e • Office at his residence, Exeter.
1--)R. IRVING, GRADUATE CNI-
es, VERSITY TrinityCollege 11 emberCol lege
Pnvsicians and surgeon' Ont., ciineeKiricton.
REMOVED.
JOHN BACK
having pnrchased the stock of Masers. R. dc E.
Spicer. has removed to the store lately oc-
cupied by Urns.
North of Post Office.
An kinds
Flour and Feed Alwitps on Hand.
FLOWER, FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS
kreat variety.
JOHN BACK,
WITHOOT AN EQUAL!
11911TAIPS
IMPROVED
Fanzine Mill!
VATENTED 1879.
----- le:
TAR= MACHINES IN on.
—;0;—
Afantiketured Foley by W. T. DINGLE,
Oshawa, Out.
Jr, imaivroi,
? 14.744're FIEr11F411
.14.4x0 ter T.,4 01. t,li
FLQUR and CART MILL,"
Bojpg in good working order g PS O'er)" ate() IH •
li tion 1114114.111' in griot1dg luta flouring. riuri
and mill feed (louvered to parties 1011ring their'
uratirs!wfore cue oteloclt t lsalwry, oft
U 11 ‘k Co'S, or atiaiir same day
TEIZA.1.>.74 Er
v7 24. IT 777 C p
IE X It; T IN ire P
HAY P1J1‘11? W011KS.
G. BOLTON MOTOR.
h aving added to Illy pinnyiic erzikerr, and pro
cured a large quantity AItIt.ClitM. pump logs,
am prepared teener ati.'rtiele
Superior to anfr tacor in the 00tIllij,
aw1 at price's'That defy coAipetition. 11, ells nii6
Cisterns duff01.1 the shortest 0oti.
Deluxe pahhasing call it',111.10 Lay Pinup
1--..Shop.,Onc-quallec mile nort Ex f:t
ti
Loialtin Road. Hay I
GREAT CASH SALE. Haiving disposed of tsr
store, and Laving to vacate the Sa1:00, I will dis-
pose of my whole stock. at and under cost. Saki'
to conruenee 'Wednesday, Jane 4th. 111y s‘ocic
comprises the fi est goods in the trade, amt this
is a rare opportunity to, procure barge ins never
'before offered. Call carIV. Goods booked will ho
chtiroed regular prices. AC on tstg uding secountel
nim.t 1 settled. in ,Jute, W. D. AlutiLOGLILoN,
lits pandas st..Lotiden.
ii_EgsALL,
PORK PACKING HOUSE
wa
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Having commenced ttsinessfOlt tH:1,
Fail andWinterT rade
We are prepared to purchase any quantity of
Pork, subject to the following regulations
We will take off two pounds per hundred if
dry, and three pound ;f soft. Shoulder stuck,
twenty-five cents. If any of the bung gut is
left in, 25 cents extra will be deducted.
No pork will be bought at an price ip
warm,
We want al] Hogs Cutting sright through.
breast to head, and Hams opened orate tail.
& J. PETTY.
NEW STAND.
iwould acquaint my custoiners that I hare
ro-
movel my
Flour & Feed
Rusiuoss to
W. H. TROTT'S OLD STAND,
Three Doors south of the Post Office, and has
opened out a choloe stock of fresh
FLOWER, FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS.
• Flour and Feed delivered free of charge.
JOHN lAcINNES.
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