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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1884-3-20, Page 2�t 1 still hoist and tearful after the funeral, . ovcr4oat pocket, and take her " over the LOST FOR , Yy o Ali,. .1= inxa gnu with eyos +Inti red ?til, oats #'arae• y. Little Snovball?s present, hitu, half in tknge>r at Ills i11-tirued jest- 1 it is little Snowball and her nig, half tloultt tether llabelestano • Farrar is! ue 11 full whims Iva 'ohild has oil a black frock and and oddlta�lebut, o, as he has meld, i atu _ , ; ,,, alxd -molten from much ssanpathetic Vitae Valeutiue stelae awl stared at MAY AGNES Fi,i MINI*,, tir111ui¢O+F ^€!w1 sod fret, •` .-I Mad Mar these." One iefree Mystery," rte.. se 1't1iT 1 ev are there to ►}iscuss, cl i ' , k bleats, shoes, things she has never worn full of re9ettrce8, before, and site ayes both with much "Dau't stand there looking as if you disapprobation, thouelat I had gone idiotic! each' " easy, Wars}," she remarks, with ' 1,arrar, itllra,tieutly. Have I not said tetpo asperity,. ll ars). roc • cress; : " bee 1 1" to • . V lemt' I a ,•ll►,„i„,• e,, • .:4,,t 1s` the eseete'44 lad ; , IN XETE elle, b 1` 1 I don't 8.r ant the rale one for myself ' "'{^, "j" 1:R _ j.�.� iQ'r I Q Ylit,l:5j• brad: shoes \gltall pot . I,e c .1 1e a u1e, am deo to zn «•+t•*✓ ••��'** �+�--'� Iaxeuds, the 3laedonalds •cut. Take rte Ytt1, a11111rT Cpl!•'' r. Itlacdon. that i sue, , lse!ied on." a +e \O, dewy," says a eiriNila gnu, : silt Lr t s on " island 8.n Bay Chalette. , sll•t:11 11.4 Ax.oy;- 1"11,14.: ` Wiping her red el. -es. "Snowball roost ii j•01.1 CveL liear(i Of Such a plaee, Isle +. wear the poor little black dress. It is 1 t rdri:. is the Iiaana. IIc is an plc} little a �1 it loo. 1 has lin as lit in who :. for lumina' Suo-eball knows:' Seotchui4i. i Ilia Wife' ieS Sa young Er uclli liAs yx3nv a nor, w far as lie knows, t, Where Inv mamma gone? Iii hen Callacliau lady, attcl the Sass' test \sonAsu has Any env el e. , , that ever drew breath, That is saying •• nu. liltlr one is totallyimprove/ea 1 her turn basher. L;8., Ix - ::r •• 1 assase thai nothing k fiaTl� s tug uir causes 0 inians then tears til $.yog "' Lhtde hoveisn't it? oua, lit ie c}xglls of tor .,t3er".ri, I \vont. l.Le her taYt o.ii.1 sun,ir}erabit• (lis *esti slz ;ut<1 nine, There is no. Irl, sed the -@ tiir !n x leo:: o: metier , ,•11, and ,4„43 oae 1' \adr :,ire Of :Unc}:alt! lfaedonzll s !!cart" is a 11.911•17r n, ase ft to ,-the rte tt!,'e 8.f iter, What rule • car} xis for? What yea , i britt t«, e ie In ere -. Oiars is batt :1 lta, : 4lwa}"s c1 ;.in for? ':'Ae)ball tirkd you itt,t lc Isle!. hchild.I « VI14 viii, 'Want sec !Ioban dance ?t Slte \rill to e this one, and briltgllet Ctn a E its tai t Yti 1. t i y ••cAAt of n i in the ter`'•choioest French •faslhion ti ,l 1 ' I"o n 11 . ► 01 1 1 outher atlx �t \ ba i flirts k war )Catiiirttes L. • silk..., a Net„,:;, little l geo,e. kip 3i sombre w! irtS milt cute an infantile : if there is :111} poseihility of charging ;'hatch • girl. Is it 11.841 altzl>+s l8.}nti , 1 pigeon il._, that lase ballet step hoot '� s,a (improving!1deplore, l c iattllo laeithat Bohemian tuta i7tte ltt•t)►1 Irl 1-:14-1.: lir r, 140 ars; tltiul; of 3lttui t lt. - &, 1 t r bantling. It elft} thing i u it, 1 "flat ears, `Ir. s e^D sin 1•. 1,1418 t.•4,t1110. w .It tltilna X1111, :ant} ,t4in flit.' " ,. "• It eat ante take • her she, tent lu te,tTNtxl' of her teezra.: uewball is 1 est- ' ;Ari tlec'sl.arec by ttr ntca,ns evealtltyt saitably provided fr'r Ft\b, i1t hi, „lift vmet'Yl title must. t)tl 3\ill na:'..e 40tt1}xt t1,11ti4Gr Qf C�?l11n41. vete-. M . +n Vals n►.tlet, . boot at tint (:l►illi,"'+.aye Valle vet. ° Elie ,lou tD •!ling township of, St. Glides , • lee a tvet 1 sei4 entine, much amused -Blood tells, ; •` `'a('8. LII rivk'r from the Island, aur} eliy your(eem +i:u�tl alt 1 ttlr mi.s q doesn't It;' Pa wll.lt you, please with thtre is. au excellent convent sel►ool,; tatt,r•5 i„lc 2.1 her ►taut!^e8. Lad Iv. Iv. I her, that 18841.• t•It 1t1',,'lin;g will grow up ; w81I 81 1114' .eltkalns the ape for it, I start i to nl rxYlrw ntoruilt'* i# you tldi>! yell of DRY -GOODS IllEtt kr 1'IIk11i1E11 Stock still complete in all departments. SPECIAL VALUES IN- 110101 N - ler nIoUur before her --a thorough " E :fir. P(..1 ; ,Ie it to this, Petite s1:all be 11x\ travelling coral- 1iISatins, s 1101 11 u!•)n.' iu t114• aural. freer little 9 ifohetillau ' s , , eniult. `Ehere i, it►; o1Ter: , " 7 f thine, as any waif and stray jl �!i. Fat= i looking. aid thought. ht- p, s (i. sal ti? . , # �.Ca•t t a "i "+e llut tb , 1• be fret, lit it 1t eau(• tel a relic re • Jle i:, not generally tOl teive, it is ,lot .lift ► until ftet tht leveed, an. •girl :1i baba, even mo • tion is instinct wit!: ,� e n ", • s , • 1►th4, lax c -!del , ,nb.lxxt grace. The kuru " " bat he grasps a ht friend s shawl elver! cf l 1taw, nt tries c.. so u8. . r. Fearer • ltc tla�s a 1,zir treat; G\er 1►c8. • e\ evil i, tlxt td"alCl'i"Sl , • a tau.!; SI ith, his. halide i 1 ' lst. 'whit( rl,1n. the eases, bale" lace le like a I uter'1 t ntth deligh,. , tape her by . Mint 1 ► t oft I• s i•tr• s^e., Mire. 1 48.• , - tett"r r � Il kl ' 11 l i kc" ' + i "�I •"ax " ttli Y► lel, ytite• She is e lovely littlecreature. Mr. , } , ahea11.11'11rN, it a Y i x1' ▪ 4Y l ,. • ,1,�� t ! t.4 , l 17,„ tart ire ^ ^ ►ll' tle:tr Yellow' �kiies flit. Vane_ # .t •1. , fult�'el�c,uell,at tinurrllall`�;Ilerfcnxuance. *, t, tills tlaneo•i :relntlerfnilw t' 41 for: ,neh :► $ �.ili 1i-818. ; tttt (ler,! sitar: . /OM to } so ---fur 1 .Ir.ee'''''"';i;44;1-14""•" :ice:¢t�, I say , ;t•..,Y fu Iit Yr :"utf i than t de. hi r h51'rl} " ,ilio a 1 1 ", r tb blaclr ail u txs po/ a s, .. Z o••ltit+48'441`: .!1t, flint' for ,it•, m6". We brings, OUt 'err pe,rely tints of the hunt- met IA .,0W te) take them, trait. . i s;t.ar'.1 'ta qa :. sa uxf lick ; uo I11 Cel:i 4 alt let , r, the I.11't^tne. 11.5^elf ell cap , e r. and , Yu11 x.81 = yoi will start t(1•xtlol1.olS i 1 t( , 44.01' 121 141et Un of course,. These I lA •r, •.„': w, irl Ytt.r ::+1 rte. tlxlrrera:l, V F xrraa :,;tees. "She bide fair to become 3 r !.l ;cuDu:at will see that the 011111 s Il . ,:, i8 •,1 •+'i'en ► 1 Pnt'o.in' p r0Ay-1 tlpii bk w '8 or 1 a,i}'. £I4e cjae,tlttu U ample, tultI e ls i to xei...', .1 ' o 1!3'.14 \'Nut' ir.•'kk is x'til•Y1'4 i xt1t' e:ItZotinc', 11► 11.: 1;l'4 -t 4 FOtilpl:'ixllilt ln, WO wi:.11 arrtanna t•u 14' ,, d settle r ►a c•itt 11t4r, KrlFhina* Ill tlx:• �y ..41 could ria h'A11 eht*�p voice.; those very l !vu i Dress -Goods, fllauneis, ▪ f 1,, , 1: „ ° , s res 1 ...,e, ' late girls`Y.Itteu tl(,,, tintye-i--...she.,•xs pretty hater \"ale atilm till be r sti„til+d sir ., Yt x 1 1 Let a 11 x* Warton%train 1 Wi Yn i leant etr.rCR that tici\y1 to her vein,, • eativid f, r tlxlt (1,x111;' " u t•ll. A 11174•. Vitale .YO,• tt lelxtM,, try„ +.0 •• Yoe nfit better Wi it i, -Au. who le virtually Snowball's l8. r e, looks at hint -a, loo half 11 laardtall 1103\;•,..+hu;tl.l Sou iter?" :psi , r , 1 n •,v . ! I 11 .! i. t . able ;run+ " ltlw i, itis thought, •' I,8.•: , 'e'8.• it int stat 110'►TI;i a8. • at lilt I hlva 4 feint (1I Ntl4x1,1►'t DY , 8..s to IeY9f•,, or eats, or �'' � , r 11111 Hid'. tar thing,. of tier: hind. She is US Twat- t.l. be t;iv . aloes!, dryly. • To 1 \..Min 410► �Y.1x: plopse e+ e,nlfll81i,l,'�, tint. elect n. tilt:l �t.0)!Yg•rninrleci. Thu b.r(enleau awls; Does JP,ulaut Valeta little , rte hat fallen uta WV' h'u't, tltoagh, .Ill the -.ere Nest tlhiig teat sesta tine intend t,+hing her in !rand herself hut,l,:':•ln'11'1} t-► 1."r: tii.it tr.tl"t'au ' " 81y Inuit ' .1y tliarfellow, 'ohne tet none, a e; :,.,Hot tit to bring ul, a child." .•11.,,,'1 agree with you; r:ayi.lir. 1"arrei. elite tlee '• It i, t:cs('t IN'sr for a e•llilti irl leis• ie. nilrtt:r•r, Illtith,,1t1' 1t, a. I:irniet(•r. 'There tat eeeept Irnal reliefs. ler .It SI)18, hitt I delft all the, taw. I 1.•,1 r, til' !ewe baby will he happy, what- 1 • tett r(I1OCI. " t'onl(• borne and (axle twit!! ale,"" 8av:r ram Valentine, who is iu goon spirits. Ile dotes litltt much ftai• the r•1111'l. reel a large sum of atone} has been saved. " Yee will not fee. my'aunt, very likely, lint I shell be tlllsedlyg lad of your team. halt\ x18(1 that. After the first 1lttelx Iii' 1 ,x"„r:At iieeeiue, tt"a I fli tetieir ally alert down It. ee, last ine tell you." • 't 1 ehe.e11t1 infer. But yen west r ... r 1 . � 1 t I 11, n iltg may Nl 4.1Pc"ate eom(whlat the \vile! retie e,b8 ri.it efeel. She will a111p11, lot ly; ' ' r:,IDlr - atxrl ',•40,11 11 -,,, in (a ; `118.1 Wiit ill`! out A civilized young� r put it to her ? : gentled vel . are me �Y ttal.a V.46rlltine's 8.,4 8Q: 11. 1'17it t t u '1F`:el. l,t:)", len ..:4 von ',mangle 7 '• ' " "?1\ Ilya'. Farrar. 1 ('8111 answer for "11 i t • I'1x t "tr(I(nli t` you alf 1111111 power 111 aet for her in this matter. le do not. want to :we e the. Male cute, e h.' a t at)y�.�4p with guest:olIs:dont Iter." 'It ',r,!„1^i 811a110}• hist, would it? That melee. a difference, of course. (.'rune" lure, little white cell.phallt•�such a port excuse• m0 today, and tl•luorro\w you i must nine' reit!! 1110 instead, at the hotel." "But why ? You don't pretend to say yon have such a thing as au engage. mcnt in C'langville," incrednlously. " No, Stilt you. will be good enon ;h to eXCUS4e xne Y011 w'1IP think it queer, I suppose. tied 1111eatniel►, but the death- bed scene of this morning has upset me. It would be unfair to you to inflict my - Hosiery andGloves0 M1tllties, Wool Goods, Furs, and a lot of Fancy Goods suitable for the season, -NEW LINE OF -- BON SIDS as Special Va1ta LARGE J,'OOJ' OF .. 1 o e* to be cleared out this Flout!! --SURE. s+ Iry ray ;!81:81, (1841 von? She winds! a yo ;1 little 'winless elephant 1 and tell mo if , i, ` ► r , , IN soon t. �r its hand the training of a yenu)l' 1 l X'- X ,I. �` -\ .A r 4 II; Yu►t 811. t�1 you h,). (t)re pets ; # p �1 C' TAPESTRY &ALL-Vf/QBL CARPETS pantile.,and one girls melt le tip; \\ Il tuft , r BI1 USU ELt wh'utetrrr i5 clone ►vias the tittle waif, it . Ile lift: til, fairy to hi:.1111i'C, with in. . 1 ll I l I 1 1 t ' San r° �llir'Iveyour 111101}•Ai enticowo alit not be that." fluke t•i.1.il ruv-w, and puts Leek with , „ And yet l 1 havethought,ea •,} al&l ' tete-. il0(t falling, 114%en hili.. We e ;Ire bound to lest 11 the trade. Colne and see.. No trouble ,A181, should or c after . " Will vx( teoluo with *U , little Suow- ht'r offer ct. karm•ic}c' for her -adopt her, f � 5 ttT 8110\'4 (.'a°Qo(1S, after a feehion•-she rvoultl like, at least, ball I want to take on to the kin&leat Irl see her. We mostly are interested in laity al the world -a pretty new mamma, that for witirlt WO provide. Ilut perhaps I have rti :understood. It is your in. teutiou to take her home with you to. night ?" " My good Farrar," retorts Vane Val. entice, with a very ,narked touch of Ma patience, " no 1 My aunt has exllrrii4.('e} no wish, Alone whatever, to see 111.15 little #stet(, lint to girl. How could it be passible for her \\ finch #8he (toes, an emp1aatie little to be interested in the child of a 511.0411- mum* right on the beardedtips. ing acrobat -a vagrant by profession ?" " flattering, upon my WOW," sa e " Mlle. Mimi is dead,Mr. Vane Vallee. e. Vane Valentine. •' Don't you like me. tine," sa °0 Mr. Farra, with a switio l too, Snowball t" dark flash helping angrily frons hisstye " No,"says Snowball, curling bet wise \8.x11 lora .little Snowball with all lu r goo 111<':ut.f' P. S. --Our stock of Groceries is fresh for the ll:.oliday trade The child pure up her two snort -flake' lsandi andetrokes t eo cheeks of her log Also first-class assortment of Crockery, Glassware Plated - friend. ware. &e. Come one, come all. '"'Nobel) like you," she says. ""You i4o is a pritty, gritty man. 'ball will '• Your rats:smart feelings are rather 8..e, , mita of Ye nose. "You is nota witty ry xng you away !"soupy nxan. You is very narsy, "144e, 'pardon. I:speak warmly Ily ,love! says Mr. Valentine, and idea 15 0 preposterous It wa ., 5181d5 discomfited. for all the :lune." 'tar. Fat tar laughs. me, Vel:.'Iltine tines ae ax,, t,,1.:, • " . • And sou will come with me, Snow. rt arpets, Carpets R. S)MURRAY & CO. self upon you. So, good -day, my dear ; est, but deekledir der a .tl•o,• 1. ft ha, ? ' „ deo in fol a moment. S'8. AFI you come ? 'wix von. may sup lai1211 Anxl tale, "Not for the world," says young true to the Letter that Madam Valentine too ,, Valentine, with a glance of strong re. you 011 hand the most modern and richest pulsion, It erasers me to look at dead. ) T '11 I C , people, and -that !sort of thing. Until stook of to -morrow, then, au ret�oir "• The two glen part. :and unconscious little Snowball's fate fs thus summarily settled, and Vane Valentine goes home through the melancholy autumn after- noon to tell his aunt. boy --here is Mrs. lriopkine". 1 shall ¢ Yee Hods Snowball e 'Noball turn Ontario, ... speaks ware y. becatsc although it is ass exp! li 41.1 no distinct desire to see Snowballsil on -to have George's danghter he 18 perfectly conscious that she does .!wire 11, that she desires it strongly, that it is only her pride that ` Valentine. "" You eaunot travel with prevents herputtingthe desire in words. that child alone, Farrar ; think of tie And Vane a 'i'aleatine is horribly afraid of .tresseug and undressing; the feeding any such consummation. Who lumen and sleceinn, and all that. You couldn't what may follow? This small girl, as xuana,,ge it. `'You must have a woman." George's slaughter, and owned as such, •2 Not if I know it. There axe always has a claim on the Valentine Millions ladies travelling nice matronly ladies. "" Well -no -not unies14 wish it very much, Miss Triilon. And. your Minty Ann, I take it, cannot be spared." "'You -will want some one,," suggests CHA.PTEIt X. IN WHICH SNOWBALL IS DIS1OSED 01'. There is a funeral next day from the Hotel•Hopkinssuch a funeral as the far and away., baster than Ids own flousc Purrnsnzngs I1� TILE DOMINION - ea An • d and race, that, oh! that is ready ' p p out of the question, quite out of the 'manhood and childhood. They win OIL CLOTH -1,000 ,pieces Oilcloth, new patterns and attend,. to Mademoiselle • Snowball'i in• question, to let Madam- Valentine set beautiful designs , from 1 to 8 yards wide, cutout to fit ally size rooms, sold at whole - eyes on her at all. ` She is not in the f til t d rdrehe St• Gildaa ' And she is soperilotth. alretly, s0 win- CARPETS....Stock of Carpets, larger and of greater variety niixg, so charming, with all leer infantile r d to interest themselves in helpless than :Ill the carpets x18 the city of Loudon. tantile \van s 1x1 wa sale prices• is onl tyro da a off. � Y am. Sµ111118 ,to quiet little town of Chlorine has rarely least like the family, that is something; turned out to see. The Six -and -Twenty he Valentines are all dark'ancl dour, as attend to a elan ; the circus people are the Scotch say; this child is fair as a all there; there, too, are Dir. Farrar and ,1ily. Ir. Vane Valentine. •"` It is the dickens own puzzle to know It is a gusty November Clay -tile what' to do with her," he ,days, gnawing stripped brown trees rattle in the bleak' the end of his callow moustache; "she blast, an overnight fall of snow lies on cannot stem iti Here, I suppose, and she tlie. ground, and whitens the black gulf can't come to the cottage, that is clear down which they lower the coffin. It ;looks a desolate resting place, cold,•ivet, forlorn. Vane Valentine turns away with a shudder -- death, graves', ;'g111 things mortuary are horrible to Wim.' Perhaps they remind him too forcibly .that his turn, too, must come; that all the wealth of all the Valentines will not bo able to avert it one: hour. Mr. Farrar stands grave and pale, an impressive figure in the scene, standing with folded arms, dark and tall, looking clown at the wet sods, rattling rapidly on the coffin' lid. Poor little Mimi ! Poor little frail, reckless butterfly 1 What a hollow sound the frozen clay has as it tumbles heavily down on the shining plate. What a tragic ending of a, shallow, sel- fish, perhaps sinful, hfe t It is over. As the • dusk of the short November afternoon shuts down, the two young men -friends, as Vane Valentine terms it, though,, perhaps, it is, hardly the cor red term -find themselves back in Mrs. Hopkins' parlor, with that severe lady, riak,iy No woman, Valentine, my boy, RUGS....563 bath and oilcloth. Rugs ;: new designs. ant thou loves,me.' LACE Cl1RTIANS-•..1,000 pairs' (new patterns) German wretched misogynist," laughs Mr. Lace Curtains; from §1 to 1{8.per pair; usual prices from 111.50 to 1110.50 per. pair. Valentine. ""Some one niust,"'have used DA1Vf�SK....Fotir cases German Dtimask, purchased 'at re - 'wonder why -you Brea tall' nd8.duced prices ; :beautiful patterns. pro -r 7; > you shamefully in days gone by,Farrar per fellow enough. Yonmuathave been COCOA MAT.PING...,500. pieces Cocoa Matting, from half jilted in cold blood. Well, as you. like yard to three yards wide , Job in prices. She might o to a boarding -school, of a it, only I v ouldrather it were you travel• nunnery. or - or that," helplessly. lin , w chane than , s and 'Watswath t gi ,e1•.^ " What -would you .do, Farrar? You're Thus it is settled, and life `e p pout" A a man of resources.": , ` new page for little Snowball. The circus, with its lights and its .leaps, its riding, its dancing, its danger, and its wanderings, its flavor of vagabondism, is to be left behind forever, and se. elusion, and .responsibility, and training, in the way she should go a la Francaise, begins ' for the motherless waif, afloat like a lost straw ori life's' great tide. ' All: is speedily:, settled. Mr. Farrar is eminently a man of promptitude and dispatch. Vane Valentine isonly, too anxious to get it all` over and have the child out of the town. His aunt will shut up the cottage, and depart in a day or two. Money matters are ` arranged, and are liberal as young Valentine has promised., He shakes hands with': his friend late that evening, fullof self-con- gratulation that a knotty point has been so well and easily gotten over. "If she had seen the young one " left Cott nned on 3rd page "It's rather like having a white ele- pliant • on your hands, isn't it ? Pbor little • elephant, that a man' could take up between his finger and his thumb, to be such a dead weight, suoh an Old Man of the Sea, on any,one's shoulders ! Are you really serious in than question, Val- entine? I know what you could do, but will you do it? "It would be a capi- tal thing for 'the, child too," "My deal.' fellow;, speak out. I will do anything, the little thing's good, .of course, being paramount." "Of course," dryly. " Well, you might give her to me.'' "What ?" "Not to adopt, not to brio back to Fayai, only to take off your hands for the present. I will make,a handsome seal - lice en the altar of friendship, my boy, pot yortr small white elephant in mv, ENDS CARPETS...A.00 ends Tapestry Carpets, 1,000 ends • • Wool mid Union carpets, 750 ends Oilcloth, to be cleaned opt at any price. FANCY MATTING.,::1,000 pieces Fancy Matting, from 25c. to 75c. per yard ; reduced prices. HEARTH RUGS."..1,000 beautiful Turkey, , Brussels, yet, ta;ncl Tapestry Hearth Bugs; to be cleared out at cost. - TAPESTRYCARPETS:...Jut received 500 pieces Tap' estry Carpets, from 35e, to 50e. per yard. PIANO and TABLE COVERS....J ob Lot of einbroidered Piano Covers, embroidered and velvet Table' Covers, illixc11 less than usual price; BL:ANRETS'and FLANNELSO.'.:."wing to the stringency= \rel in the money market we have been enabled td purchtse a lot of white and colored Blankets, white aodoheok Flannels much- below .toe usual price.` THREE-PLY CARPET.... Just received' : Fifteen pieces three-ply c+rpet. CRUMB CLOTHS ..Obs rc bale new designed. Crumb .Cloths. Call and ex.itmine our stock before purchasing, as no one will, or can, do better Reith you. 3.24 Dundas-st. and. 125 Carling st..