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'tabe l 1 ovielo for the widow. In
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any case oho was to receive cntrel of
the fond apon the tetenty-frest %twirler -
ALMOST'qtR) StItANGE TO at
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a DOCTOR'S EVCORV.
BYGA.zaLiat.
(p• mit the Lumisatte arier,toortiel.
PART II.
weelc or two after the reconcilia•
then, Mrs Laey nnnonnoed her inten-
tion of goiog to New YorlE to attend to and her father.* death oceurred test
some basinees affee uirs,and in a few days two years later. It wnow plain that
took her leave. Au hour 9r two atter instead of living tipoulter aunt's mime,
ur
her departe v. telegram arrived for as Lucille tied supposed,N1rs. loicy had
Mrs. Davenaut: Fearing his aunt -its- appropriated her nems incomeeven
law met with some !incident, Hugh:,after her marriage; for receiving no in.
opened it before going to to his wife, ierdation of a desired change the lawyer
and it wits a fortunate forethought. 1 114 coutiamed paying the lucent° as
He was shocked when he read the cou• "mud"
'As long no Muth was a rich matt
teete. the crafty widow allowed things to take
'New 'Yeux, Oct. 0, 187 .--Charles their own course, but when reverse
Cheater died this morning. Expected came she evidently feared a discovery ;
you to the last. Shall the,funeral be
postpnited for your arrival. Ammer im-
mediately.
J5IKSHamm, Attorney.
'Hugh at once reeognized the name
as belonging to a prominent lawyer,
and enrinised that he had oharge of
Mr. Chester's affairs.
'As3 gently as possible Lntnlie was
told the Fad uews, and preparations for
their journey were hastily crirrinleted.
I could be with them but a short while
mid bade them good bye at the depot,
little thinking how soon, and how ad
our next meeting would be.
'They reached them destieation itt child had married eurhteen menthe
TITh TillittS
DECEtIL 9, [KO
any comminsioetion with inm, / can,J ing all the years she hue been ve yoadyeara, and houeh 'reOviVing O'1"elit
not actiontit for if er,gettedfeet teacePt'en clItt°4')8.' Without snob oonfeSeion letters from them, I hittlefrl toolityli.t
thn ground that, her husband has in- steins shell immediately be taken lot ititimatinn of their 1 They.
metre you rehionueli your fraudulent nested tp take me by toirpri-e, mid
ary of her birth, unless she at that gilled some vile pnithlice into her
elms, wal you toted }nye for no mei cy, enceettded. 1 am glad you emit with
You shall be pitiiesely expeeed, I pro- un toolielt I. or my first aneetingt after
inlets yoe. °Larks elfeeter cried from such a pat tiug, might have oveuett old
wounds too deeply,'
As Dr. Lenittee eeneed speaking, ho
painted to the open whitlow the woo
lights looked pale bud wan, and the
eaeteru iky woe tinged with
'Ste, Frank, he said, 'we—or rethee
itione,, 00. etc. Well, that letter broke shoot, thteo tenvueenogdooziei,sortat(h):40r,,r,ibritiitoott?dt: the tiithtfoe
the pour man's heed and bestened his seeking
teete watched ties two, fneeineted by Eatery ; bee new, please God, the sun a
'WhIen'thii two men had elided their
dea'11. Steil be hoped to the legs
the white fdoes, loolied on to h
emote:se hats rieen for Rep and
Mrs. Matter silent
They deserve it, after eueh trials. A.
ooefitlencee the dieolo etre was I unite disunq, Ana Lucille II' bright year 'Eaug Day.'
cemplete; se yet net; er knew the caure 1' 13'
of lencille'e estrangement from her fu- I Plimd
miffed nearer the orphan girl. thigh
his arm around his wifo, as if to ettange gory in thefts prussic awes, is
did not hesitate to attribute it
Rome or meg. Lice's m weimioneo, saute had evidently coneleded that she
what thee now Lilo, 1 shield her from what as to follow, not, no mot le
to Itettuwhile, the (mistral figuie in the to.0Y8;:csa,'„Ie rteopt)litiedt,runoi.e, tangly, 'almost
ther, bnt, knowing
end both were firmly deterrnmed !bed best accept the terms offered, und
to fathom the entire myetery. was about to make Ler coldest:ion ; she
rereanweop, whet had heaome of the 'beg n at the beginnine,' so to epeuk,
widnw She lied garted twelve honre and it is only necessary to give the gist
in advance of Mr. and Mrs. Devenant. of the btorY:
and as Lncille's birthday approached but neither they nor the lawyer had Ou receiving Lucille from her dying
mother's artne, Mrs. Lacy was filled
she became more and more anxioue to since heard of her. Cooll she have
effect a seperetion between the young taken elerm a;n1 eecreted beret -tit ? with envy instead of pity for the un-
couple, and got her tiptoe tiff where she seetned hunrobable, for of course Abel tort uuate child, seeiug in het only the
.nottence, had net heiress to the wealth she coveted. She
would be perfectly under her A yet teamed of her brother -
had long dieliked Mr. Chester ; for,
and in all probability never discover in-lew's death ; so here was another
although the 11 beeu for years de.
her duplicity. Thi4 Oen was Men hast- mystery, and the two men greatly fear-
ened by several events in New York, of :id that their plane would fell thronelt. peudeut on hitt kincluess, his liberal
whieh I shall now speak. 'At all events, Hugh had tn tell toe gifts had awakened no gratitude in her
'Six months before his death, Mr. wife of the disonvery made. !Intl greatly perverted heard ; bot envy and die
content, that he ehunld have BO much
Cheater wee di-chareed from the Bey- dreaded the effect on her. He resolved
lum, a perfectly sane man. Mr. Harper to wait until after the fnneral, hoping
at once took him hotne,and renderd an that hy that time they would have gain-
acconnt of ale stewardship ; told him ed possession of all additional finite
how his fortune had inereated; that hie needed to complete the expasure. A
few hours litter I received telegram bee'.
time stated. that Rile wished her aunt
to retain the management as hereto-
fore,
'SO the lawyer had for many years
placed in Mo, letcy'e hands her neice's
mina. Bog my dear brother not' to
pulp the dear ohild too banality. and
refit assured thatI shall employ my
Monist power e of petonasion to soften
her heart and overcome her Intehand'e
entliei (14111tilk venartin)re,j "a' el iii7tt'ial"lit 1, 20
yohtitsr,
income, 1400(110 was too young to 110 influeneo, We are about to leave far lianas V
derstand at the time .he arrangement home, and if' t can inane° rely opien ' rhe women was overwhelmed ; with
that was neatleoted the widow had man.' iioonnwany mei we will leave far New, Pale Noe ghtting ,eye' shreeti
from the etern man seemed to
aged to keep her la profenn i ignorance York if eet week otherwiee, expect me
even after she tool grown up. The girl
was 3111y eighteen when the married,
die time, and were met by Mr. Herper,
who insisted upon tolciug them at puce
to his home, where Mr. Che-ter's b tdy
then lay. They were most kindly re-
ceived by the lawyer's wire, a geatle,
motherly body. who at once took pos.
seeeinn of Lueille, and led her away.
Hngh congratulated himself That his
wife bed fallen into such good hands. for Lucille's treatment of her father,
The two gentlemen sat in the library.
and very natneatly the conversation
since, and was now living in a distant g
city, that Mee. Isecy was tieing with t
her, and so ne chttnge iu tnoney mat. r
ters had been made.
'Often and sadly they ta'ked of the
unhappy state of his family affairs be-
fore Chester's loss of miutl; aud vniuly
the two men strove to find some etuse
for he declared himself innocent ot
anything that onuld justify her cou-
LEGAL
JT W. HALL, Arrraumq.-Ar.
Ir&W, flolicitor in Olutuctity, ;Notary
Public Couveyaneur, &o Mee—ever Exchan0O
liank,Exe ter, Out,
MEDICAL,
113,.HYNIfillAN.—CORDNER POR
the County of Huron. b,11.1ce ;next Lon to
alr.I.Oarling'sstore,i1Dreter.
T W. BROWNING M. D., M.
u • is 13, Groclutbte WcturitallI'vet
• ' 3 0ifi
auarestasuce, Don. Mob banolittoli63:,' :Exeter.
aud elm so little.' toe C. MOORE. M:D. 0. M.
'Self iutei est forbade her betrayal of Oraartato of bioDintroicorsity, 31 ontres3
wound. resitletiCE,Illaeter, DIA , 01111:—
these feeling , so Mr, Chester received Rio 10 a, in and 7 to 10 o.
tier as neistress of his house and guar- —
than of his child, little dteawing of the rill. J. A. ROLLINS, 1M. C. P. S.
r* --,001 00t,o, yoleat.orilin:S2..toCisrepditmon, Out. Oilleo homy
• .-
Ina my immediate presence and at- misery she waned 1 ring.'
'Site resolved to spare uo effort Lnentlance on the Deyenants. I was RP
ortunate to to net a friend to take win for herself as much as pos.ibto of
barge of my patieuts and left on the the fortnue she craved, and, with this
uext train.
'Of curse I was than ignerant of all
end view,made hereelf indispensable
to her little niece. 'I'heu, during the
the recent develonmentri and wondered
father's Ling- ab .ences, she tried to
frum the child's heart.
constantly who I had been Remnenned.
1. arrived in New York in due tiineotml
was greeted by Hugh at the &tont. In
reepon 46 to my hasty ingniriee for Lti-
turned to the unfortunate man now duct. ly- auto, he slid she had borne it better
ingin the next room. Davenaut thanked, -rinelly he determined to go to her than he had thonailt he would.
Harper for his consideration and kind and seek a reconcilietion. His arran. e- 'Bet, 011 I Fred,' he said, 'the worst
yeas in !Pinging the body et isnoillee melte were completed, but a few days f is rot to conee, and I dare not face it
fattier to his house, and saying her the before the time set for his departure he without you. I fear the revealatione of
grief and additional fatigue of a visit to was caught ht a violent storm and re -
the Sanitarium. eeived a drenching that resulted in tt
'The lawyer looked a little snrprised. eevere cold. Ile was unable to carry
but remarked quietly that his home his plan into exeou'ion, and contiimed
wits naturally the first his old frieud to grow wore. A few weeks shoved
would cornet to when ho regained eon- that he w fuld not soon be able to trevel,
trol of himself. so Mr. Harper was instructed to write
'We were playmates in childhood,'
the old gentleman said, 'and in man-
hood no less united. I have always
attended poor Charlie's business, and
during his incarceration in the asylum
his fortnne was carefully nnrsed, and I
am glad to tell yon—matetielly in. i begged the early to some an to New
creased. So,when he retained his res- Yore., acceinpattied by the Davenants.
son he came at once to me. I amine We may imagine the woman's coester-
you, sir, that during the six tnonthe pution on the receipt of this letter aud
the unhappy man spent in my house the exposure that might follow. She
to Mrs. Lacy (not witilung to break the
news too suddenly), inform her of her
brother-in-law's recovery and release, I
his effort to reach his deughter, the ill
ness that forbade the execrate!i of hie
plan add his present contliei tn. He
the next few hours will almost kill mv
wive perfeetiv innocent, 80 far as she
poor darling. It was kind of you to
knew, of any wrong doing, but it was
come. though I knew you would it it
Ewald be managed.' the only weer to gain entire control of
Lucille, and the widow [mew he would
'That itieht I was in possession of the
never know to what to attribute the
facts I have already stated to yon, Hugh
added : trouble, and eertaiely never would dis.
card his only child.'
'On the day of the final iuter view be-
tween the father and daughter, the
wicked woman almost relented, lent
whet, the stroke foildwed, and he was'
declared hotline, she congratutitted her-
eelf upon the promoted success ot her
1111208.agony was pitiable
end is now in Otte hove. . She wa-
taken i 1 on the way, and had to he 711e" she learned how she had mis
paged her father, broken his heart and
over at wayside station for severed tleys,
so she treew nettling of Mr Chester's helpedto cone an m y.
he lacked nothing that solicitude and , must gam time, so she wrote in reply Yui already know. to d Mt s Daventott
death until she arrived, and wae notch
warm affection could beetow. It was a ' that her nerve was unable to trayel,d -loon learuech how e, ustently and
surprised to finus here. We have
sad duty—one that I weela not have convalescent after a long illness, but h ironed ly she had been vie mooed by
not betrayed. any Irtiowletlee of the port
her ettut ; tw the hicome was with -
11 ld year after year ; how sue and Heel)
wet e kept in ignoralice of the mental
that were rightfully theirs ; the plan tt,
separate hueband and elle,- ite fathei
end daughter heti been, though this
happily failed ; the blICOORtirni plotting
to. keep Lucille in ignorance of Mr.
Chester's reouvery aud discharge from
the asylum ; his eubeequeut 1110688
atil Efferts to see his daughter ; and
his unhappydeath, believing her
indifferent to hie appeels—all these
revelationedolloeed etre another, and
Fiuding Ude impossible by fair means,
she resorted to struteey. When Lucil
1e was old. etiongh tn be so affected, the
aunt matinfectured stories of Chester's
feithfulness to his wife tont child ; she
wrote Irtters in proof of this, deposited
them in his clothing, aud pretended to
tied them tht re, trine metiefying the
(laughter of her fether's sImmet He
• 'The funeral le to be to -morrow
minting ; the reading of the will is to
take place in the afternoon. Lucille
knows nothing no far, Iva we have de•
°Vied not to tell heruniii the will ie
read and Mrs. Lacy is Imola iced. Oar
beloved aunt attired this mornitig,
relinquished to no living creature.' The 1 she hoped world soon bo well enough
men's voica faltered, but heconelntled, tri leave for New York. Some lettere
only wish that your wife could have followed annotiteeing Lucilie's °entitle
found it iu her heait to tieten to his ted improvement,and finally she wrote
°Instant appeals and brighten his last that she and her neiee were ab tut to
hours by her 'rennet,: leave for Montreal and iu a few weeke
'Hugh was too amazed to interrnpt would start east,
the 1Reyer, brit when he ceased, eith a 'That simmer was probably a hard
tremor in his voice, the young man titne for the widow. Butweeu her plan
sprang to his feet and groped, 'Sir, to separate Hugh and Lucille—keep
whet do you mean ? In heaven's name the father and daughter apart, and yet
explide ynnrself 1 Am I to understand not incense the father too much—keep
that Chester was rt leased from con. Lonnie. iu ignorance of all, and steer
finement before his death; that he died clear of the discovery of her own
sane ; that lie was not a reined man ? duplicity by all parties—she must have
His 'appeals to his daughter ;' what do I had pleasant nights.
yon mean ?' I 'Meanwhile the anxious father cent('
need not fell yen of the torrent of !ill broelt all these Delays and alternated
queries and answers that ponred tram 1 between hope and dispatr. Weeks
beth sides. Suffice to say that the i passed and still the child came not,and
truth dissevered was this : 1 it had become evident that the invalid
‘Yrtu may. remember my telling you! would never be better. He rna,de his
that when Chester met his daughter at I said be, 'when my little
that laet interview a ori' -is had been hitt conies, 1 want to spend my hours
reached in hie bneinees affairs, and a with her, tool not hi business cares,
few hour.' *field toting either ruin or They have eeperated lie sufficiently al -
relief. Hui mind Wag in stroll it tumret. ready.' So the dnounient was drawu
over that. and the growing trouble with up--eimple euough it was, forit gave
his daughter that the events of dint
lent sad flay were more than the weary
heart and brain could beer. Life t0 -
turned, hit reason had fled, life.Then he grew restless and counted
'The following day came gond news ; .the days. At last a letter was sent to
5)130088 irstead of bankruptcy had Mrs. Lacy, saying she mut come at
crowned hi efforts ; but: the unhappy ones; hulloed was a note to Lucille,
WWI knew it not.. . He was sent tr. an scrawled by her dying father, imploring
asylum with but little, hope of his re- her to cease.' Dos passed and the its
covery. demes Harper wonntiont the valid'grew wealc'er, and finally seult
realizing a large sum there- to an alinost hopeless state.
frntn. and the proceeds he invested jii. 'Sornetbing must' be the matter,
dieionslyertre before, Chester had Jarues,'•tue would say ; surely txty child
set aside ji suni sufficient to offend a must be itt ; ,she could n 4 refuse to
handsome income far Lucille and her Conte to toe wInzhil ant dying. . Alt
nnitele arta. Ile Oecreed that it.
thonl 1 be paid in qtierterly instalments
to Mre. Lacy' for his child, until the
girl shoal,' reach 'the age of twenty-one
years. If" however, Diciljd Phonid
marry before tlet0 time %tufa/Ioniasup
nify to her fie.erthat oho desired lo
take into initentien hands the control of
ber mettne,the b Orme should be peid,to
her frnm Lh 'ley of her marriage, and
to Lucille his entire fortune, except
she has played, but she is evidently
nneaey. Her desire to remain (in it p -
of a will in her fovm) is stronger thal.
her fear of discovery. Without het
knowledge. she is under strict surveil
lance, and c nitiout escape us if she
tried.'
did not see Lnoille nntil the next
meriting. She seemed comforted at n y
being there, thongli a little stirpriesti,
and wept as 1 tried to soothe her. Mrs.
Lacy's eyes flashed with a-tunishment,
hate and suspicion when she saw we,
and she glanced around uneasily ; but
seeing the , members of the party quiet I
when (bo strenge tale was ftuiehed,
and unconcerned, she apparently be -
1 faience fell upon the room..
came reassured. We looked at l_tcille in pity too deep
for ivords, and theu—shnll I ever for -
'The funeral was very private and get the scene that etisned—the horror,
,quiet. and Lucille controlled, herself angor and reproachin her eloquent
better than we exoected. Mr, Harper eyes, as .ehe rose, and confronted the
,seerneci deeply affected,bni 1 oticaseion- woman who heti wrought anch misery.
ally saw his lips' compressed as his eye Mrs Lacy grew livid and stared at her
glanced from the coffin to the tretiehling oleos as if fascinated—only for a me:-
it:fent—and then 'with a low cry other-
ror. efts though she had' but that int;
mem realized her wort), she turned
,datighter, and then to her aunt ; aud
' I knew he was registering a vow that
justice should be rendered' the dead
matt s memory. aud tied fromthe room and the honse,-
LU -LZ, M. Do
Noe • wilco at his residence, Exeter.
flIt. IRVING, GRADTdATt
IJ 'T111SITY tri nity Collegelet; e
euesittatte end air:mein r nice kirkten.
NEW STAND,
I would acquaint nry onstoineva that I have re,,
nboVed ny
Flour & feed
D liminess to
W. H. TIIOTT'S OLD STAND, t
Three Doors Eolith of the 1,ost Office, and haS
opened out a choice stock of fresh
FLOWER, FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS. C
Flour and reed delivered free of charge.
JOII Moil\TAVES.
T FIE EXETER
Planing Mill, Sash,
poop. AD
BLIND ATM1
ALL KIN DS OF
TURNING
Doue toorder,
ilemembei the place
-33470r Howard Eros.
t we assembl in Mr ,
that, Mre. Lacy
nwas to have t'he use of t-
twety thousand dn; olletiering her uearts.
'Tlntafternoone • I There was a wail that went to our
Harpere library to hear the reading of
the will, (and three of ns knew) to un- I !Oh, poor papa hpoor papa !' It was
these years must have softened her
Anil again, shall tiaVer see
her, my Mend; it will be too 1 I e when
she comes,' Then the lest letter came.
Goaded to a bold stroke by the Imes*
Whip, the *Mow wrote after this
fashion :
'—'Your last letter grieved me
deeply. 1 hoped to be withyou 'ere
now, bete -how den I write n ?—Ln-
ehe was to *flake, what she Conei.iered °ill° refused to lee her father or hold
ravel a strangestory to %much -wrong-
ed woman.
iti profotind silence the will Was re,
ceived. Hugh an 1 Lucille were dumb
with anenzetneut when they learned that
the latter was from that day possessor
of nearly $400,000.
`Mrs,Lecy seemed both disappointed
and relieved when her name wag men-
tioned in connection 'AM $20.000, and,
ri•ing at the close of the reading, was
about to leave the room, when the at-
torney said, sternly
"Stop, mutant 1 we are not Pet
through. Itir.'Devenailt ith 1 fititle
plum to an tindettliandink, and no«
know in part the tteachely that has
employed you for many yeayso He in-
structs me to protnise, hitt wife'e be-
half, that, twirl eoedit trot of:it/lull and
free Confession, yeti shell 44sinain it
00060 S1011 of Web:want mt. 'have at'.
propriated front 01ebtue' dui.
twnie's lest effort, and as sherstagg'er-
ed forward Hugh danght her io his
arm.. We waded, liee ttp to het"room
And there, in the. linage ' where' Pone
Chester ha'a stifferel and. 'died„ Ilk
daughter lay for many days betweed
life and death :It was ever .41tU'satifir
sad cry that rang through the }unitise
'poor papa 1 poor papa l' until..at limit
I began, tr., fear that even if her llfe Was
spared, reason would, never return.
Ab 1 they were eal, V./jail:1 days and
nights 1 What would have beck/title of
ine ,without ,dear M.', ,Ittre. Ilarper're
motherly heart- and leutle hand ' I
'know, not. At last ot t.dear girl knew
us twain, and..elowly •Ihe t -ridded. As
it
amen as 'she wasal,',e) b travel wo Intr.
red, lingh and his wit ', soros& the eic
there, In !unity lande(;lw .seek 'forget.
'fulness of the sorrote that -bed hhitid-
ed her' young life, , t , es ,. -.,et -
CONSUNIPTION
Can Be Cured!
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m. !Truro wILIJAMS, 111,111)4'
Graduate of Arieteris, College, Toronto, a a Mem-
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