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tele, et for ''t.,. Tin:t+.r. he +taut ,ewe
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boy.. 37 as , .re ;, iiti: ir.lt4" for mere than f
alta diaat(i. a
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tleorge does not lack delighted. Sia
mouths ago he would here done so, but
vie
Oswego he sr$ months. He looks re•
flee tive, and a good ileal put out, and
pee up to Itis xoom awl seritee rather a
l0z:g letter, and takes it to the post hint -
Then he waits.
Preparations begin, go ou rapidly ; in
a wt t is, they will be ready to start.
Lail just two liars b :ore the wee% Buda
• the terrible blew falls. lits goes up to
his room one night end—is Stu no
more l He teaks a utoeuli;ght ditt'sug,
'i :tea a ltnai sa k and a. w . il-titledpocket-
heel:. He is "o'er the border aud awe'
c•i'r--Ilitei Trilled, the trapezist. the
t :.at roue ta. tater, the -fair girl gr tin-
eeewsth g"o den hair" from the bzro::
r1u34s of New Yorts:
CHAPTER VIII,
Lary E&' t. tl'd,u :ar.
ailing void is there in their Itearts, and
aches and aches wearily the toug"year
roarid,
".Ir. Valentine risibly droops, b .oaks,
retires from business, and begins that
1, other business in whose,performauce we:
roust all out day engage; the busiusee
of dying.
The name of the lost idol is never
spoken between this father and mother.
If the waters of Teethe were no fable,
they would drink of it greedily, and so
forget. But they remember only the
more, perhaps, for this unbroken" sil=
cute.
Six months after the arrival of Vane
Valentine his twentieth birthday occurs,
and for the first tine since. the thunder.
b::iit :vet raven their lie•..ts, a party is ,
rnvcn• ut S aleutiee in honor of
'the oc: asiou It is a (limier party, to
entitle, in ;.s1dition to the young people
invited. to meet the heir, many very
g rEat pee -Purges tale Irian l: n awl come.
It is a the a cr party that Mrs. Tinker,
for one, z t:ver forgets. Something ocean
thet ukelrt that is naaarl.eel with a white
see Is gene ' t e 3 ti; nes 1te;ir Stant store forever after in her life,
a ,: e.ie, l.. a ::?, ....nr iti°:..° G hely a leeere " .^: the lost -n. ar• ,
- -, "pia Oro has nee:rued 1 Fi
' Di , " ,,fit^ eteenepheesel nese dlec itleters. despairingly Item
IN EXETER.
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n,a: nit 4 is m 4 eP; i,x tlt0 she, ilcrs Is Realer grief then that of
t' ••"*L r.w.rr; the us:Ott'. ere audits Nee ile the pari '; it is lrnnnet;1. with now'''. or
1.else ;. length:: hitter petitiuniug +' bittersweet Iter tkar' !low at trot lir
• et eness -a ." se;.s even of praise of inial eca.:e'des, etre:wee
Fax,:.a.ts teed',, tine Palle her an set, : She his loved her boy e".Itciest as a
lee ii, :N i to le; then down gently, 'I dearly as Itis cNtixt mother. only with a
ttie.i a,dY4e2:- :r, 4::3.1.11S :and the trapeze ; love that lies is it no pride, no baser
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desesee. It t.tattt•r•: Ilei-; were she , alloy With its pure nie•t:il. She leas !.4,Zte
it .pat ,-1t .? ti ?'-;..Iv, tit.2iildt>,+i :45 litilriQ lovo:d (inti she has Iost.
tittetats of tratesly leave; 1tet.n, it would !' she is a stout, uuromautie-Ioohing
still talatt-r nut. Utter ruin lice lug- old woman, but to hive and lose it et
wilts ,iisgrace s.s tlecp that no con-' bitter to her faithful lieut. it may be.
dieting eels lu' yos ible. lie tni, ht have .' as though she were a -mine sentimental
died in these teillaut aped golden days ofmaid of aititeem. 1
ill; yutatli, and their heartsWright kava ', Her handsome Master George, her 1
broken, but still bettheu,roudly, and honey boy, the apple of her eye and the "
hie memory bet; ti t.,,hett as the one : pride of her life, what was the world 1 llllli
l;e4tutd€L1;aaid perfect thin of earth , without hint!
pee tcrfeet to least. That radiant meat. '? And on this night trf the birtheiay,I t
try woand hew eon ul:el. Now there emu* Bitter drops rain from the lural
re
st be tsothi'ag of this. blank rain- ' oldeve s .et the thought of the i1ayta and
atter misery, tle,•f lat;;, shame. revere . thi.' lair it•r v-r;;,auts
them eta a garnn'Ae'-1e ie its their hearts , i�be lits rt i'entesl thin reining of this a
tar cart'aa(R lura tit tL(a ant frenzy .as wee. voting 1 iII r i the irret, i
DRY-COO[)S
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- „ t n tel from li to she
lie iti WWOrtee than 404414 a thaws 141 tirnd> 3 ' Iris t($ nte'dt im a tit nee of course ; kite
worse They hunt lulrtrakt, they less ucver liked bins, she would feel it •
bite oven if Ite were likeable.(ri(his name from the family Bible, as �dny)A to her lest darling
to like
the) ltaug front eight ant emca
tb.it ever bei"nteel to him, Bu! he is not,he is blackeveisrti. he 4
they teear his fetters to atom'—they is pl.: rr, 1:, lane 4 lIa tV. eta were
would cover their heads with :trete..., and w'it1t berv.tutri, Le lu ii tntaIpesP.
� 1 t ar woccloth if it wauld help) them to 'Yee tr I levee e moAt, 4 Mrs il_R•__
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LARGE ~TOCK
,t the j, W. ;n t•r. R so'8 tit'.
forget. Their hearts 1 tit it 1 t' t 1 1 been 'broughtStu 01,'
ya a ut aaC i i .,:il.t'+°is>Yi, little G tired' oLr flat go. m : ;14+te oe cider; v% w*t i t itigell , he- has
ti itYfug ,
.Irl t1._ ,.lett'elutes ou, to da}.:ludelto's , and ashes. all the rote of their lives. up to count every penny he 8penele, and l tl
alittie at'r 4t !rhea I have lit the world:, , The world of Termite is :dtirrcxi to ite 110 county them yet. 110 will not let
',Me" +,ry,. Theca with a deep groan, ; decrehb depths; it is Inure than a nine- bin If lack for anything, but ho never
0 Wita,re her =one 31;4.,ter George t slays wonder;. it is vvhisnered with bated gives away, he never tlnrow,i a logger a
" MA; kit it a pretty mime ? It . breath, and awo•stricken fact's,, in very penny:, nor a servant a tip. Ile le pro'
her emu 10 • metal patrician families indeed, for many- and fuse in las eeeweetleueleir1e but tide pa.
seals to suit
l:rillo't." 1 Many es, flay, btt nett is the only t+men% about him he
He reuses, av dreamy rapturous look And so George Valeutano };Oyes the ra lavish of.
c'oiue . tuts his emu as t1uNI1 pateee over , world for love, end his place knows hien Se on this night of the thinner party,
his fare. " Mimi, Hind," he repeats no more. vvh('ri lir. Vane it; twenty, and tall the
softly to himself. Ihia tether and mother live. and bear city ie called upon to feast and rejoice,
Jim T'ulier kuaws the symptoms. their misery and shame, and after the Ira. T'uulter situ in l*er awn. comfortable
At
an early peridxl'of her career the fatal first blow, Elbow a. breve front to the little room, !ltd wipes her eyes and her
,clis(;atst+ titteeked herself. Tinker was world. Itis in theiruaturo. They hall glasses, and looks at the fire, and shakes
the *Wed, nand the attained Tinker. Ile themselves more defiaistly erect if pas- lwr heal, and is dismally retrospective.
is deed and ;One now, and it is thirty Bible, but Ise would be a brave Aran who It is a March night, and the wildest
years ago, but Mfrs. Tinker remembers, would venture to name tht'ir son to of its kind. It is lata in the month, and
and a vague, and sudden, and great either of them. And years goy by, and march is going out like a lion, roaring
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dread for her boy stirs within her, richer and still richAustin Valentine like Bottom, the weaver, "so that it
°• what is sLe, Baster George ?" she prows, and Sir Rupert writes from. Nice would do any man's heart good to bear
ug fast, and that the actress atoesdp a Itmi ht, if the Haan were seated like
chance of writing horetelfLady Valeutine Susan Tinker at a cheery coal fire, a cup
all too soon. Lady Valentine she map of tea and a plate of 'buttered toast at
tasks no,at, r w a do,tpondant RtrarA,thathe is break hit I,
" Feil, suety --she's a 1,rofessionel
lady." answers George.
The c: ply hoes not come fluently. He
looks tentletly down at the picture he i be, cruse loot Austin Valentine mut. 'her elbow, but if he were breast ng the
lds df e would like to Liss it a « he tern. for hc, too, is a broken maul but lmental war, as was the manwho
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never heir to his millions. He bcthiuks ' 'slwly made his way to a side entrance
tiS') . is not rich, she—she works fon him all et anee of a yauthful cousin, of the great house• -it a also might not,
leer livir:r . :he's a sort of actress. also a Valentine, half forgotten until ; A tall man, in a rough great -coat, and
But she'r: the dearst, prettiest little now, very poor, and living in a remote ' fur ea, striding along in the teeth of
loe ae :all tiie world." part of Cornwall, atnd, sends for liim at the wind and sleet, over the slippery
Site, 1.els like; a jaemliing ,Tae i" Ghee, 'frith the assurance that if he ' city pavements, and who rang the bell
Tinker in ihe Iae's pleases hint he shall be his heir. ' of the side door, and shrunk back into
amshaa•:ed Vane Valentine comes, wonderin, and ; the shdow as it was answored.
nljumpJack,t that." hardly able to realize leas fairy: future-' One of the men-serv,,'1nts opened it,
i;,lth wench she goes, and George IIe has been brought up in poerty and and peered aut ito the wild blackness
gos t.ta, lauhing. She fels that obcurity--has never expected anydung , of the night.
duty bids her tell all this to Madam : else. Three lives stand between him I "Well, my man," he said, espying the
Valentne. but loyalty t- Mater George anel the baaronetcy, Sir Rupert, Austin, , tall, dark shadow, "and what may you
elm cannot bring hrself to tell George; wht chance has he? Take 1 want, you know."
tales of her boy. So she says nothing, away these three lives a and give lhim thes eI want to see Mrs. Tinker. She
but fears much, and trusts to time to title, wtr i• there for hien to keep it lila : lives here, doesn't she ?" the shadow
set crooked things satraie ht, and to en? • Valentine has hoped for '4 replied..
absene to a:aalte this z outh`ti S' -nits notl'orget.
i3ut lie does not forget; n -i' -' 1=)eeref'•-.tend ladly he u. il
It
to thrusts fortune in a t ei Well she do," the footman admits,
Iitands. ' Ieieuroly; 4, but whether .she'll want to
slim, dark youth, of ; see you—what's your business, my good
mid manners, and not : follar?"
York do.:ig the $yiug; Wrti•+,r mnc- „r himself. A little stiff ,e My business is withM s. T;nkorone eln s,-etwo months l .. .. ..uil. and lo. ..,is uncle (so he is told to Duet go and tell her I lsave a message
" , yrastin Valentuue) finds kiln; i fr her I think she will be glad to heal
m awaauoteiraiexecnaio
Velvoioons
to be cleared out this month -SURE.
'EX ' ..e NT Ai.i ?Ei-
BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY If ALL -WOOL CARPETS
\Ve are bound to lead the trade. Come and see. No trouble
to 1;1iow Goods.
'P. S.• -Our stock of C*roeeries is fresh for the Holiday trade
Also first-class assortment of Crockery, Glassware, Plata -
ware, &c. Come one, come all.
letter out of leisIoe et anal titins the a contrast as y>, t tl 1 tht 'r my good felle"" in 11t i t t n
r000nt withont noticingg it. It is his lost. All the better for that, perhaps, ? of the pompous tnes of Plush. ei And
mothr whri chances to pick it uta. The no chant* trck of resemblance will ever 1 look sharp, will you2 T+ ie noir exactly
peky'chool-girlish looking srawl sur• snake their hearts bled. it is a young s blmy evenng in
riseher. man this, who will neverdo a foolish or"Wl,itsn,"sasPlush, reflecting
the signature is "Your ever-lving little thing; who will weih well the name and first timer "I'll tell her," and goes.
"Dear old Georgie," it begins, and a generous, ora reckless, or au unselsh ` as if that factstrikehim now for the
'Jumping Jack,'" status of the lady he marrie; whoser The shadow leans wearily aginst the
Madam Valentine, inexpressibly hor. heart will never run away with his 1 door and waits. Dinner 1s over above
head. -
rifed, reads it through, her face hashing
with haughty amaze and cusp st. Then
another feeling:fear--comes, and turns
her white to the very lips. Illy spelt,
illy mitten, vulgar in every word, it is
yet a love-letter—a love -letter in which
a promised mariage is spoken of. The
gnature puzzles her. George has toldhis beloved Mrs. Tinker's fancy name
for her, and it nas tickled the erratic
humor of the vivacious Mimi. She has
:adopted it."Seine horrible pet name, no doubt,"
the lady thinks. "Gracious Heaven!
what astrange infatuation for George!"
Nothing is said. Mr. Valentine is
consulted, is shocked, is enraged, is
panic-stricken, but his wife is convinced
it is not• yet too late. She will take' him
away,: end at once—at once ! They
will go to Europe; he shall make the
ttour of the -world, if necessary, with:Sir
Rupert he shall never return to To -
ionto. What a -mercy—what a direct
. hterposition of Providence -that this
letter fell into her hands when it did 1
George is told the wish of his heart
hall be gratiAed. He shall throw up
study, and travel for the next three
years. Uncle Rupertwishes it so much1
She will go with him to ,Spa, where Sir
Rupert at present is, will spend the
.winter in Italy, and return home in the
pring. Is not George dhttd?
stairs, and music, and coffee, and con-
"Tire heart of a cucurnber fried in versation are on. Some lines he has
snow," quotes, contemptuously, Madam read, somewhere, long before, and for -
Valentine. "We need not be efraid of gotten until this moment, start up in
him. What a pompous young prig the ! his mind, as he stands and loks with
ittle fool is! tired, haggard eyes, up at these gleam-
ButVne Valentine never dreams of it e, and lace -draped windows.
theestimate theserichrelationsofhisholdhiminHe thinkexceedingly- Liketheflowthsasionwell of l,mself, and infers, witeueain myeacam latent sim licit of extreme eon -Forever andforever tp p y Fonever a fight in the listena,
"Inote the ilow of the wearyyears
h th B t d d ' h rt are its hopes and tears
ce gleamsreit, that alltheworld doesthe sante. The No aye looks ot for the rover,
Valentine blue blood runs o his calm Okisweetbo your sleep love, seet bo your
hismanners and morals are of the Under the blossoniingholover
best, his temper well under control, his The sweet-tou, beee.uuted clovera"
taste in dress verging on perfection, his A strange, sudden pang rends his
health good - without being, - vulgarly . heart. -
robust! his education leaves nothing to " Ah God!" he cries out, "am I in-
be desired: what more will you? deed forgotten! They feast and make
He accepts with complacent ease the merry, and I.—well; I have earned it all.
golden -showers Fortune rains upon him,
does not oppress his benefactress with
words of gratitude, "feels that Destiny
has come to a sense , of her duty, an
that the "king has got his own again."
He writes long leters to Cornwall to
his sister Dorothea,who has trained him
since the death of his parents in early
C
arpeis, vdrpets
S.:MURRAY & CO.
London, Ontario, -
Have on hand the most modern and richest
stock of
Even my mother -but mothers forget
too, when their hearts are wrung and
broken, and she had always more pride.
than love. And through both her love
and pride, l•' stabbed her, Forgotten 1
what other fate have I deserved than to
be forgotten 1"
"You wanted me, my friend?" says a
boyhood, and to a certain Cousin Cam- gentle voice, a dear old voice he remem-
illa, of whom he is very fond, and whose Opera well, and a sob rises in hie throat
picture he wears in a locket. as he hears it again after long years.
And Austin and Katherine Valentine He looks from under the visor of hie fur.
accept him for what he is, and make
the most of him; and an the time the ro 151,1 Co r.r;ar>~r,
t,
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OI.L LLO�CH-...J,000 pieces Oilcloth, new patterns and
beautiful designs, from 1 to 8 yards wide, cut to ltany size rooms, sold at whole-
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RUG -S....563 bath and oilcloth Rugs ; new designs.
LACE G [I.RTIANS 1,000 pairs (new patterns) German.
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DAMASK,...Four cases German Damask, purchased. at re-
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C000A MATTING....500 pieces Cocoa Matting, from half
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ENDS CA:RPETS....i00 ends Tapestry Carpets, 1,000 ends
Wool and Union carpets, 750 ends oilcloth, to be cleaned out at any price.
FANCY ATTING.,1,000 pieces Fancy Matting, from
9.5e. to 75c. per yard-; reduced }')rices.
HEARTH RUGS....1,000 beautiful Turkey, Brussels, Vel-
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TAPESTRY :CARPETS....Just received : 500 pieces Tap-
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PIANO and TABLE COVERS..,,Jbb Lot of embroidered
Piano Covers, embroidered and velvet Table Covers, much loss than usual price,
BLANKETS and FLANNELSO,:.,wing to the stringency
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