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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1884-3-13, Page 24 *. uardlybe detected new as he betide his She glances indifferently up at him, t Losi, 11,liir Y1► Mi ++�. i ear to listen. ! nauxwura a slight greeEindand referee to • Jemima Min, waking from an nu. tl'O Good morning, i," Bl Ito Mors l\(l, ; comfortable dream, starts rap, g, ray dear aunt . Mr, IIe lifts one warn; and son : Vane Valentine says with unusual brisk -1 acritpn or i bends aoinssar`, hips `Ie ngers oil the E nest of manner, " t'fterd cola Trice,"' •+ .-E ;]Magi Mar gici eringpuls°. . He looks altogether brigbtez and ! y,, +",(� h ! what is it ? 4 Jeuiima says in a • crisper than is his hig-bred wont. ri+a; e " One .�'tulct'a 1(�t.,tei'•' i tileithed whisper • hs she scree? I trust youslept s , I mope you ' osis—she is dying. No l" ho erica ' slept sc ho tli v< n teaei►nt ' She is .dead 1 i Attie r� ; „�:e e, t aj• utlei hock of sudden emotion is in his , turb you „ 1 .nice. A shudder bas passed tbat w° e drops tae wrist. and stands "7iou hilk uit• bite, looking down upon the • site res ough tho slhattersel limbs, through •`I have seen her. Ilialwohndu will the crushed, frail, pretty, l,tUe boll, , ? never trouble you or me any more." hewn 'ittie theBattelle , loo . Sheard ob then, with a faint, flutteriug sigh, she ; She looks up at hits again quicltiee hebbeu,'" Mugs fairy, looking abohm,one : Samething in his loot and tone tell her her with wide open, fearless eyes, ' " Dead" saes j " s�eniima Anse, ;_ • e g +a rise l�s F°p°�`r!g• . She rri�Ales lir- Lacy, and peels UP at She drops oftf 'krhieesueetth a'9titari g41'' '' 1i'hat tle e'en mean ''O' nharply awl him curiously, cry, piteously and looks iteousl at the rigid nnperiousl'dead ; " speal; out l" What hat you c ryin' for, Lacy 2' ahs we. j '• Sim is dlead:" els, "' Want your supper ?" .• modest.? oh, diger air, dear+,,' she Thee is a pause, 1`{rerx Madam lir Lint' is too fah' pole in xei+ly - sobs under her breath ; '• dead ! anti Valenthue, cold; iwleuetratle, hard, is •*» vet eo t:e bed r persists iziquisi• only this afternoon, she lay on the sofa • dtuub tor an ntaneout. Dead 1 nod Daly Lire Snoii ,;til, the two sole whits she is eowu stairs talker to me, and laugbin', : yesterday so full of strong, yowhg, le- . set^ con cies; of ueeele ioet in he so full of health and strength, andboleet lite! She cateues her breath, and ;Lee°l• everything; so pretty, so pretty, so i looks at biro with eyes that dilate. ' Oh. snossbail, Snowball.' says poor young ! elle, dear ! oh =lean', mini now " Dead !" she nol+oats, inore4u1ous1y. she is dead --and such i death! She Dead; and after a eery swam'. awl Six limey. " Little Snowball if you was talkie' of years ago, and of her lois- dreadful manner ; and yet, after a ratan Duly knew." band—poen, peer. thing !" says Jemima net that might easily' have been ex' ,, ':" Where flim Ann ?" Snowball de- Ann, receing to and fro. through her peeted, nhands. unzuov e4 by this apostrophe. raining tears, " teillu' me hchw hand- And then he begins, and he his slow, "Noba11 wants bee Mimy Arm. Wantgo scene lie was, awl haw be lova; iher,zlnci• fennel el Snag, but Kith a quickened in- to Ina;," hew the run away with her from hie Wrest he caaunot wholly suppress, toile e Ir is Iter ehil I,» Mr, Lace expleiusi truce and riches end nil. Audi -low, end. the story of tho tragedy at the cites . to rho N ieeet Farrar. '1 She wee a low, she is tires- anddeaei-sand never, "` Andso iGont s: ' h°"11°4°1°4 : "'tore] it widow you know. 1 haven't au idea of tover,uever, will I hear Ler pretty voice with it all trouble for us as Well. '• , what will become of this littlezuite now. %gain," �lud so it ends Ay, as troubles of lifo And she is very like her. It's dused "'Ir. Farrar lifts his eyes from the . awl the giory thereof sballone stay enc]. hard, by txeorge.i '" e•.ae emulate and looks across et the even for you Mr. Vane'Veleutine — for Hi" i,` overcome agate. us all, 0 zny brother,' --- iu the solemn Mrs Ferrer holds out his hand to the isometyy, tear -wets honest cameraanro o1 weeder of the wending ahe+et. child, ' Mfrs, Ilopltins' Caecc, acrd Olivine that Lu the warmth and ];tow of the Are he " Comes here, little Snowball," he beauty is not the only thing that makes revs ids aunt shiver, and draw her white gape e oman'e Mesio lovely. fleecy shawl close. She looks at him after her fashion for ""You are a goat girl," he says. "You Anil so it entre-.-in another tragtely ! a moment, then still quite fearlessly are sorry for llaia poor creature. You. George lying beneath the bleak. sanity goes over, climbs upon his lame, and do well. Yours will be the only tears hillocks. in his wind-swept, sere-sielr lasses hie traveled lips. abed over ibex~ -•poor unfortunate little grasc--bin wife lying with hie rnang'e° You is a pritty roan," she says, soul l' and beateu out of herr, about to be aid " Noball likes pretty men. Docs yon ""Did you know her sir t" asks demi- by strangers, far from bio, in death a know where is my :runty Anil?" zea. ru rte, b". it turfs, the pretty lova i b. K She will he here presently. She is •" I know of bor. Hers has been a ala ea uz n other lava isivla of a aurae* �v up -stairs."" pethetio life and death --'the sadeleeta„„,1,„,„ eruifd�-itr rni)r, erxi c ala x, eto cuts the fleece hair back front the i that eau bo teme+ived. Won pratty "s:114 death, bab ace, and gazes long and earnestly. Mira! ; .knd alio talked to you of herIt is very cl-.-it is terrible," she cr., you aro like hor, he says, eariyc�+ife-nand her husband 2 /Vied a sacs;. a auddtzt bushiness in Iver voice. '.1.*C: WM:TSAI za-I 9 (PIN'S% IN-. you are very like her, my Poor little buns SnowbaiL Suowl,-all is sleepy, and says as much; aro cuddles closer. lays her fair head coefklently agaiust his breaast.closees the bluo eyes. and instantly dro asleep. c' oh, he is dcarn_drouue edeese she I &li the :vonuazl.oad in her astir. "QP'oor creature--;elru lratl.a bc�antifui• face. said. But I . be treated her bad--• ((f:MCkllLD'S Stock Still complete in all departments. - • •—SPEOIAL VALUES IN— p' Oakes" G►ods, Flannels, • Hosiery and. Gloves. i4tilline�ry, Mantles, Wool Goods, Furs, and a lot of Fancy Goods suitable for the season. Satins, hs, inccys, NEW LINES OF-- Bi6C8�-@ROSS S!LKS •• 1pccial Galue Th• ere STOCK OF sad ° o i ''o v.**e et least I thinkit that, I ain't eine 1 Aire ma pity. eery real, very woman "mss! Air. Lacy iv p ly iu iwr tune. wouldn't. ted to marry her, but she pa r little doer. Sbo'd Ile alt, ane} beide her, lifting lightly the had a dose meadsy, I reckon, What's to long pretty' hair, until Jeanine, coming be done next, sir?" down zn search of her, bears her off to There is so much to be done next, it her cert. *seen; that Jemima Auu is forced to •' And George lovedbes," she thinks. Oh 1 my son 1 zay son 1" '" Yes, it is sac3; ' breaks in the hard metallic- tones of Mr. VArae% Valentine; " but not surprising. She will bet to he cleared out this la,ontb--SUR] . Older. nkrnmnIO buried from the house where she wan Ile it, as night never to be forgotten in calf upon her aitmt Aionsiesncs La cy and rdinu a sr retclhe ti se filled with EXTRA., VALUE TN Betel nit -ins, one goes boa. , ;racy working.men. y*friend Farrar BRUSSELS Even the. six and twenty hands stay narp, are informed, and start up to hear i T A PES T R Y (,l AL theIT t 1 II k Noto b d Valentinearoused from their maroons] ^' was with her at the last." afield until abnormal hours, and moan- the details. f eier in awl out, =rebuked. Airs. Hopkins. retires, it is true, to freshen ];terse]# for the labors of the dawning now day, which promises to be one of the busiest of hor busy life. Jemi. She looked up 0U411 mole. It was ao ," Qharp she ?,"hays ;ler. Lacy, the L -WOOL CARPETS veryy rruuatiai to hoar the sorrag luau \N';► are bound to lent] the trims, Colne and see.. No tronhle first sharp edge of his aflFectiou a trifle. aplily the svoixi friaud tau axis Iznuzan I � _ bhintetl by Amber. ",It's --it's doses] berm, but faint, nearincredulous to I- IOW e00 S. lhardon nte, by Georges 1 1'1] never be ,;mule croti�i•s her face. so fond of anyone again as long as I ,. Who is your friend Farrar?" rue. Ann retires not. She as upstairs hyo• "' Oh ! no one you know. Man I met and down -stairs, and on lion foot• the 'lid she speak at au?"iuquirea P. 8. --Our stock of arl'OC`eries is fresh fair the Holiday trade weary.night through. Mr. Lacy cannot Valentine, with interest. us Faydl last soar, 'very sger of an ins. , tea Izrwself away.Mr. Zane Valentine `" No she has not spoken." muse place there, very good sort of a Aj50 first-class assortment of (�2p0kP]`3', ililSStit iilt', Plttt0' - *weigh gentlemen. Stopping hero for is coup e o ass onis way Cana - alt. (Vital company, Farrar; no end* fine fellow, but not distinguished is.. any qtr of many Valentines. "She is dead. Wal"" r g . ag Mr. No, turns abruptly follow. a Bohemian mother, but e► t sends a message to the cottage, and ho, ptly away as he iyftrf3; lC. {.0111E' one, L01I3ti all. answers,, but olrir over bis shoulderto f ] fd h to Gana• peak agazu ars he goes. " I see no reason why you should oyer !auger," lie says roughly to the too, lingers to see how the poorcreature fares, and wine golden opinions front horo•'vorshipping Miss Hopkins. So much goodness of heart, so much eon - descension in so groat a personage, she wouldn't a thought it, rainyy. She falls partly in love with hien indeed, in the brief interval she has for that soft emotion. during ber rapid skirmishing ups and down stairs --would do so wholly but that her admiration Is about equally divided between hint and his friend Mr. Farrar. This letter gentleman remains with- out offering any particular reasons, but zrr ageneral way, hn case he can be of any further assistance. For Mimi, she lies prone, not opening her eyes, not stirring,only still moaning feebly at intervals. Up in her cot, in Jemima's room, little Snowball sleeps, her pretty cheeks. flushed,herprettyhair tossed, and dreams not that tba fair frail young mother is drifting out further and further from tbis world, with even of those dark. sad. early hours. The night -light burns low, the sick - zoom is very still, the street outside is dead quiet; Jemima Ann sits on one side of the bed, her numberless errands ever for the present, dozing in the still- ness, spent with fatigue; Mr. Farrar paces the corridor without, coming to the bed at intervals to feel the flickering pulse, and see if life yet lingers. Mr. Lacy slumbers in a chair in the parlor, and Mr. Valentine has stretched his slender limbs on the sofa, where poor faces seems to cut him in two, a sleety, claim upon the name of Valentine. At Mimi was wont in after-dinner mood to rain begins to pelt frequently, and he the same time she must be provided for. recline, and smoke and chaff' Jemima. has no umbrolla. He cannot but think I do not ask how, or where, but you The belated six and twenty clambered it is; rather hard heshouldhavetounder- must see that she is suitably cared for, up to their cots at last ; o'hly the black 'go all this, fora trapeze performer, and and educated, and wants for nothing. beetles, the mice, and Mr. Paul Farrar the consummate foolery of : his cousin Have you tact enough to manage this, without exciting suspicion ?" " I hope so," Mr. 'Valentine responds, rather stiffly. It seems a simple mat- ter enough. You are a rich lady; as an set,of pure benevolence you compassion- ate the forlorn condition—aw--of this little child, and offer to provide for her in'that-aur•—state of life in which it has pleased Providence to place her. No one else has any claim that I hear of. I will go and see about it at once." " Whom will you see ?" Mr. Valentine , strokes: his youthful moustache, and looks thoughtful. - '1 The manager, I infer ; it doesn't soerih-quite clear to whom the little one belongs now, I can find out, however. Farrar will. help Arae. He is a wonder- fetter; onder- furl " shrewd fellow . and that." "gory well;`go.,, i14Ir, Pane Valentine goes, and tries ,his hand at diplomacy. Mr. Farrar; looks a' little surprised when his young friend's mission is made known to him, but is ready with any assistauce that may be needed. - They See the manager, and find that !hero is notbingyou can do." .';'Except by the iaotice of Vaae Valen• " Are ; ou sure--nothine tine. And the ebild," After a pause, " Nothing. You had ]setter go. I " 'Mutt of it?" s.ipposo they will lay' her out in this "Ole aw, the child. Exactly*, What . Le - cruets, Carpets room. She will be Buried, I infer, from I was about to ask, But need we this . troubling. hesitatingly. a dealt nfer nookiuows Mr. VaneusValentine is not used to anything. cy an; at toast I infer not." being thus summarily dismissed, but he Her eyes blaze out on hien for a mo - wants to go, and does not resent. meat, a flash of black lightning, S MURRAIr & CO But why Mr. Paull"'arrarshouldspeek " She is my son's child—my grand - and net as one having authority is not so child. Do you wish her sent to the clear, except that his rather masterful workhouse, Mr. Vane Valentine ?" character is apt to assertitself wherever "My dear aunt--" he goes. • The fiesta is but momentary. She "And you," he says ;• "I must see sinks back wearily in her chair, and you again, Farrar you know, before you draws her shawl still closer around her. leave." f "It is a very cold morning, I think --I " I shall not leave for a day or two. I cannot get warm. Throw on another shall wait until after the funeral, I am log, Vane. Something must be done in no particular hurry." about the child --she must be provided to At the Washington you put up ? i for." Very well, I will go now, and look in on Vanc Valentine turas pale under his you later. You ought to turn in for an hour or two—you look quite faggedwith your night's watch. Good morning," Through the bleak chilldarkness of the dawning day, Vane V Alentine hur- ries home, full of his news. It'is a very bleak and nipping morning, it tweaks Mr.,.Valentine's thin agpiline nose, rosy redand powders his weak •young.mous- tache with white rime. The blast he swarthy skin. He bends over the fire and arranges it with some precipitation. "What do you wish ?" he asks, and in his voice there is ever so slight a touch of sullenness. " Nothing that can affect you --do not fear.it," she retorts, scornfully. "I have no desire that the world should know that this child of an unfortunate tight- rope dancer is anything to me—has any are thoroughly awake in the. whole erowded household. Four strikes with a metallic • cling from the big wooden clock in the hall, and is `taken up by, a time -piece of feebler tone far down in" the tinder-' mound kitchen. He pauses in his rest- less walk, enters the sick -room, glances at the quiet figure on the bed, walks, to. one of the windows, draws the curtain, and looks out. The moon' has set, the George seven long years age. - But he has slept well, and is a good pedestrian, and gets over the ground with rapid strides, not willing to adelit, even id `himself, how thoroughly well satisfied he is with tits...Ivey in which fate has cut 'for, him his Gordian knot. , It has. all been very shocking and tragical, and of; I course it s all very sad, feeoor creature, but then -but then, on the wlhole, per- haps it es well, etiid•it simplifies mat - teeming is very dark, a wild,wind thud-; teranx©eedinly. Here is the child, of deme down the deserted' . street with a J course, but:t ie ohild will be easily dile wlristlingebteed,inexpressibly dreeiry. ^ I posed of. With Mimi has . died pro - He remembers suddenly itis the first bably all trace of that one NIot on, the of November, the eve of All . Soul's day ; the moaning of the sweeping lglast. mounds to bio like the 'wordless cry of come of these disembodied souls, wan- gets home ; then rises, has his bath, his ,Tering up • and. down ' forlornly the , ; morning coffee and chop,' end then sends niece that 'knew them one.. Another - • word to hisaunt that he Would like to Velentiee shield. Yes, on the 'hole it is as well. • He lies down for an hour' when he soulwill go to join thatsilent majority u,,t!ore the new day dawns. The thought n akeahim drop the curtain and sends dm back to the bedside. - The' chane has come. A. gray see her at her earliest convenience... Hee, earliest convenience is close upon noon►,, for she is not an early riser. • Ile finds her in the sitting -room of g last evening, seated in front of the fite, nodose, not there a moment since, lies wrapped in a fluffy whiter shawl, and motile creamy white face,a clammy dew with the remains of ' a breakfast of wets it, the fluttering of the heart can ° chocolate and (ley, toast at hex side. TO IIh:'CONTINUED. • • London, Ontario, Have on hand the most modern and richest stock of 'louse Purnishings IZT THE DOMINION. CARPETS....Stook of Carpets, larger and of greater variety than all the carpets in the city of London. OIL CLOTH....1,000 pieces Oilcloth, new patterns and beautiful designs, hovel to 8 yards wide, cut to fit any size rooms, sold at whole- sale prices. RUGS....563 bath and oilcloth Rugs ; new designs. LACE C CIRTIANS....1,000 pairs (new patterns) German Lace Curtains, from s1 to f'8 per pair; usnal prices from 31.50 to $10.50 per pair. DAMASB.....Four cases German Damask, purchased at re- duced prices ; beautiful patterns. COCOA MATTING....500 pieces Cocoa Matting, from half • yard to three yards wide ; Job in pnces. ENDS CARPETS -4100 ends Tapestry Carpets, 1,000 ends Wool and Union carpets, 750 ends Oilcloth, to be cleaned out at any price. FANCY MATTING....t,U00 .pieces Fancy Matting, from 25o. to 75c. per yard ; reduced prices.. . HEARTH RUGS....1,000 beautiful-T'urkey, 3rnss'ge,- Vel;, vet, and Tapestry Hearth Rugs, to be cleared out at cost. TA?ESTItY CARPETS....dust received : 500 pieces Tap- estry Carpets, from 35c. to 50o.•per yard. PIANO and TABLE COVERS....Job. Lot of embroidered Piano Covers embroidered and velvet Table Covers, mush less than usual price, BLANKETS and FLANN.ELSO....wing to the stringency in the money minket we have been enabled to purchase a lot of white and colored Blankets.. white and check Flannels much below the usual price. • THREE-PLY CARPET....Just received Fifteen pieces three-ply carpet. CRUMB CLOTKS...Oiie bale new designed Crumb Cloths. Call and exulnine our stock before purc .lasing, as no one ' will, or can, do better with you. 124 Dundas—St.— and 125 Carling et.-