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The Exeter Times, 1884-7-3, Page 2LOST POS At WOMAN. BY u:t a quick little scream of ecstasy ; two chisewhiteearxns are flung around his neck, and held him tight, tight, and a voieebrimful and running over 'lith, transport, Cries. ort "t B eim ! s? F " Rene ! Rental Rei t' ?" cries this etrt Jed Trit . t/d l foir ecstatic voice, "' don'tou know me 2 Purge,' One Oh ! Reno, how glad -hoer glad I am I" " Suowball 1" Ito says blankly. In- tense surprise is his first feeliug--his only feelieg far a moment-AlinUlctl With doubt, t" Ts it Snowball ?" Snowball, of course. Oh ! lily dearest, dearest Rene ! 1-To'v good: it seems to see you after all these yeirs 01-1Ak1TiaR 1XIV. once more !" She loosens her arras by this time, ant looks at him aero. •t leliltiea colas Awns, so moriagleo Be sta2ds,half la :" lri1?g, balf ember-. weere;tx ." Erasped, wholly glad, but not glad in the I ane •effusive way. And- with that I'ilere is: he picnic" three clay, after, a second look it [lawns upon this impel - !aid they go to the illi I,u,lovisi. le is sive young person that she has bccu oeely /genie weather, and the gay little enabraeiug a Rene very different in ap- ,•entessa is never happy but v, heti in the lletlranee trent the hole of Dial. This is t.,r,i+t of sO nothing Of the. sort:. ` a tall -your gentle=man, and in a dark 1.70.1 t e\ are tt a ,te o.,Sir tray, an extecvllr.g1} toEx1k+oking one. 1 x+: ' Fees, la a o rte"i a' 1 l]..iaa a S. d :xnl he wears at moustache. Ariel he is 0 r t.• 7 ^See Vane it _': It . „) Mart . :_a , >t :at the n Sri➢- to ill,•.>,ii to Do- g. mall : AI; tflf lr !za)1 e4I sue r noes lilt, iu 11eepe.es,. vontri;ion anis eon- ] 1 '±e lc£ i ^.. Not Vett doe ` ]ls ifusion, in the fair. pearl -like face.. t^ @ i . +r.ki a pre^^_''"L'-, t,„"e1:1 r • e 3 Leta 1 rtnelnuan, aen a believe_ It i Rene, and not Rene. And he is ,.; 1,! this e•e_`t, of thing )r"•er-•sig and la.e Fling et Iter -:flat;. as la say, there 1 ` , is al .st'a'le in Me debit ey `. �,.* i c., atl.I 1n I,.n"*f1=1t t t 1.=. `9 The,. , and just r... e, "* .+., ltatearrf:it:g .it the veneers of that new a.. -t• rt -1 t:1I,31Ctu+Ns+at'+t 'jt"tt13Yt'i1 6.1t! an. ..t- x:, ..t,:tt al.^, • kis:- 4. +\i4. ill, thee. ^.,,al. [ •,` .P � 4 e. ,. tJ C.Q..e., a,. h.w i:�t4, t tl l'i. an I 1 sir. r L r .> , grautlluauttua awl o1 ! \visa% \v k S ▪ 1 tee .::`� et f+; L?l ;tree., nal t'a:'.tll'atlf i ": , 1 1 All 1 , lr Vane s:=y h he Lad teem*. sledt. t we .;:afYn a1li''w ^r q e.h, au,' brown lie e se, 'ie in the ' : , raid the shoe eltir't of 3S Site --ilii' X11' C t;Rt, tits I.l+'ti" "te the t? Tee ; mast C1ti3T➢ ,.M1ng etutt: t'+ft iil1.i51•%:1^'-a li^1 the t:io•,31.. �., el;s through the • .t.eu 1 eieo:ll, sail i ilei- eri.ane eree,,el trete. . Ilene 1.>Sle to ta!:c' Ilii ha his arms til' 7 . •.. e, 'j- time sit?11 ia'turn :he bug eet.t];',)r .,1r ,It i rosee, wee I"A:20atlt viAlt . �, elle, ice* , "1r I:Ul:itl it's' eoliliers are everywhere. rntere�t. OJ1111' he t141'" ns,i. yon,tlllrt.r" IL'aitlt`?till. them 3i a sic," hot sell. hut stmt. On tae eontrary', he stems, flat .;.i it I r .:t °° I #n 11antl' ane\ 1o* 1r.; n tltt g!t tie. +Dahl with :,. t.a i. i, a 1)rae.^+�. an air like vel. � �> t. the , tlr"•C'* at'+• ar blaze of li flit, and > netPer grow 1tit`aryUf lD�lal)3"r;. lnrr�; a*rel seine:.It is net the old pickttr• ` It is StkoWhall," Ile s•tys; "" awl to , think that for ten ell minute, I have r *n r :f ^.1 picture, i f (mania's nia'`i ear• r11,t h l"•r+, t -lit ', benign and sprite- deers \vat;.bing •yo • eget, i:.a tea tlt..4oi' :9. :o13k.1 In ill 'ir Iil�g.liT -bet L ft,1t1\CAliQ' that etatne, and in t' ver lti t vi .. on: �i SOIL Q' Son have changed. It1 Ini1 ores slie is the sea., t/i,ti I over loolte,i.�n, ' 9:I en .tx•� • .18Prr ;TerrBn 44, lady * tocdrkf, lift alai Oilier s ' . L 11cs a•,. ,•: ,k t t o`•:a:cis°� =dot holt so touch as you. I thins,. 1 ri 1!"14. t+:u1 the 1...•1 t° t1:n:.1i•t;.: o$ Fn•l',,:.. 1i;t.vent't grown a% m(':t.tac tie. Bet glass always were rather a.tu ud shout xceo• +:lru tee t;t ➢ i 'tti, al Lim loin ui owrr stud ni ialg etr old friends Reuse" . 14, , lain .hvotr has been east ee.1, :net nIV,ia,f ►ill ill. ':110X/: 13 fie I;lut,lls P1itli l :, be- tonei- • C .- herd Ltr a\+ n 1i.•a41, z u 1 cxi' t, t ilveis actlyr the Ilisi lita�ltionstoue of wild Snow. 1, t� tie. :•. aFi 1 ti s tht% arta lilac gltihes of b411 Trillou.. "ii'nvt ;rt.ali 1u.v. •r ;;incl x;"4:1, and i. ae•°.e:�:t1 \vial", And :liter ilio- ° up your httllit of vitul?eratiou ? he „ t•ts5 ; •' Le. i, 3t n :fy )ret sr.,t f 1.' r 'with P� ,, '63 they titan,' meter the S1:a101t? of ,a rr :hte ileus fo' :*,. ela3e eat alone. Sir Vane tt . I aiu „llicl X \•o-11ec•ot tn}thni; ex• find, hie k"• =erveuity, and ;peak;+, elusively form --everts y°a+lrtricl:of h:d- Sh!.• le eitee veryfair.L t ing fault. But lily ileal litt�ie l�ilc :nisei},. mid very a -te • v. min tk' lean of forty Icon ;;]till I am to see ,you." sere °ui irle; latuf : o l.•.• �ii3t laLiielrt of those rt"• " O -1t -lit it has taken yon tone time 1p•e:tt„. she i+l ilreeee11 in white. to find it out. Yon are like the intin terra p..a• :7ei11:. ae, eretieee as her own who had so much mind it to,sk pipes a w:1:1C ion heart. The anther 1, ' week to make it up. I them 1 was glad (' nvt'Q her t4i hair falls z to see you at first sight."" tangZ3 1 nt and r l uc ry t t r l is ii t, ' ,r It i c) s .. YOU twits s ► c 1'.. :;mit•, t:lyl)fnn, tied hack with a knot of Mind grate t.c), still pale punk ribbon. Her checks arefluell. tau;Bing; :4rrrq,iai : how tall you aro, ed with tb, heat teethe settee rose pink "`"mw- " nd stow.- "what "t" Well," un ori :l ly, ih tt . glow. That glow dcepeue to scarlet as tt ) . ' *bre stands, with white droopinglids,aud 1 testy. I atonic lily t.i 1)alkenuefia. •u'm. We never :itoo l en ct"rcntni y wit11 r.; ch Stu wishes he would not -she sllriuks other, ou may remember." from what he says. His words of love I remember. I am sorry T, 4.1"1"'tand p^w�fllnouncl fermi, Bold; they return the compliment," gravely. ""You repel her. No an,Veering sympathy have not;,ntlwn at all pretty, Ilene." 'twakens within Iter , he shriul:e as she it notNo town t; Duce ttyt.". "[.1131 hears. \Vass it meet scary to say this? Grandam:mute has tola lint. Love ? no, lion sorry i ;Lal to Ile•tr that. I 110\ eL she feels none of it -she clove not believe regretted being ugly before. Ilut hand in (1O either. She is relieved whensame is as handsome does, you know, he k :Aleut. and looks about her Half- onmoivball, and am doing most lrnnd- i ae1iuell "o ran away. Bat Ito bas caught s ely, I assure you. g " Aro you ;» At sculpture, I suppose. Do you know, I don't think much of sculptors .and artists. One sees so rnauv of thein. And they are all alike -smoke grimy pipes, woar blouses, and never answers mademoisello,aud hastily with. Comb their hair." tiraws it; "" it its a ,natter in. which I :Bine is cropped within half :i citta, desire to ha.vu no choke. T :should Tike ter of an inch of my head. I have none it tobe as fit, off its passible to comb, my dear Snowball.," ""-eh that is cruel -the first unkind" Johnny,'' says Miss Valentine,. Where is J word you have spoken today. isl3uny 2 Ah 1 how home- word (ltk3erliise,•, quite calmly, isnot- sick I have been many a time for John- ing the interruption, e I aim pro- ny_ I never can sleep Stormy nights, pared to (They. And meantime, II thinking of him. Does he stirl go to should be glad, Sir Vane, if you will not 600. ? speak of this again. It is not needed, Still goes to sea -happy Johnny! and I find itvery embarrassing " Thera Gone for a three years cruise to China. is no necessity to tety so ; her deeply I don't see how you can reconcile it to tfnslicd cheeks speak for her.yliour conscience -If you have any -to Sir Vane promises with alacrity. o He navere iliited better so much than me. is not at all sorry to be rid of the bore He Ola ! but liked bestam," Miss Valen- to make aLmerit of his own. desire- . Her wish rends ityHe tine warmly, and flushing up, " a great lights a philosophic ergs,, and strolls o$ deal the best. You never cared for any madexcept to ame. as la contessa comes up withbin �, y, whewneilslperhaps,cooki g Later that afternoon, strolling down something particularly nice P' the hillside, Dolores finds herself ' How•uulast, says Rene, "how ex - alone ; the othershave paused to admire tremely unjust. T may have concealed a rain further up. Where she stands is my feelings, but I always had -I have just beneath a shrine -a shrine set in a tall, precipitous, flower -crowned cliff -a Madonna, in a little blue grotto, with clasped headstand upraised eyes, and a one of h r bands, and ho holds her, " Dear little hand," be says, claspiu; it between his own, " when is it to bo mine, Dolores?" (*raudtnatuina will arraugo alt that," at this moment," lifting . two dark, laughing, yet earnest eyes, "the very friendliest regard for you." ' Your power; of concealment then, tiny lamp burning like a shrine at her Past and present, does you i),fi)aite feet. credit, monsieur. I rejoice to be.able to Some devout client has wreathed the zongratulate you on anything. "Whatare feet with flowers, but they are withered You daing in Rome ?" now and. droopinxg, after the noontide "What do all who aspire to carve their glare. It occurred to Dolores to sa a . names among the immortalsin sculpture little prayer, and remend the floral dO ii. Rome ?" oilmen. Wild roses are in abmidance • Among the immortals! Let me con-. she breaks off sonielong,spikybranches, f;ratnlate you once marc; this •limo ou wounding her fingers in the effort, and your modesty. Since whew are you mounts some loose rocks to reach Our here ?" Lac1 's feet'. ""Since four months ago.,' St tiding so, two white arms ulifted "Did YOU ;\ now;r,washete?" the auzy sleeves falling back, both `" My dear Snowball, there arcs some hands filled -with rose tranches, she isAa fortune• favored people, who can no more hide t picture. -So the young man lying quiet -themselves than the sun up yonder. . You are one of these elect. Evelr to my ly on the tall grass a few feet off,watoh ing her at his case, himself andunseenobscure workshop the fame of the fair, thinks. She stands on the stones, . the peerless, - the priceless Signorina essays to twine'. the roses round the base Iuglese has been wafted." of the statue. But her footing is pre - "How priceless, please 2" carious ; the'topmost stone -loose Need; you ask? Need the, heiress of always -slips, fails her. ' She :tries 'to tho great Begum—e • failsin She stops him . with a motion, and a grasp something, th s. too, - ane ricin fiuslir !' And knowing I was here Is toppling ingloriously backward, when g > g> the unseen watcher springs from the you never calvenever cared to see me grass, and with one leap catelie;a' het in. all thi time l Was T not right when 1 Ms arms. She drops into thein with a. said'.you were nnade of the same stuff as gasp, a horrified draws yoOh !" then ur own;statues? You never cared fel; precipitately back. -, anybody, my friend Rene, in your life;" "45Cr6Se?" begins the rescuer, trying "But, Snowball, think. You are- to uncover,but at the sound of his voice, what: you are ; I am Rorie Macdonald, with a second look at his face, there is obscure and unknown to faire, with the, opovie_rt7y„...eif the proverbial church mouse, i . A til earttiiifeaShiCie, I I hestersta?sd •Ali! they haye,nieigele s;. heave�`�'ndkuennna.' Grim maumla ascends the slope, and 1 exclaims o-•on'ewbat at the sight of her missing granddaughter, standing quietly here, in deep converso with a ” rause." p strait "er, Dolores syringe forward, and offers her strong young arm. " See, grand• inamirla ! an old friend -tile oldest of ells friend:, Yon have heard me speak of Ilene 31actlonald. This is he." I know 31. Ilene Macdonald very well," Bays madame, cumin«, holding out her llan'.i. "I have heard his name ou anme-rage ten times a day for the last three years. I think I \nay claim hint as an ee itiaintnnce of my own, how. • ever. I am almost certain 1 have net hint before." i" lery likely, madame. T have been in Route several months." " Not in home -at a certain nchool fete, at a certain quaint little Canadian town A young person we both huew played t.beroe of 'Ial•ie Stuart, anis two young gentlemen, sitting near a certain • elderly hely, very fully and freely dis- cussed the at -tress." "I)ar. :•," Rene says, laughing; "1 recollect. Madame has excellent eats and eyes, to remember SO long and so Cirat;dnie ,l..=a} never r ft>rt;tt., a faee er-aL ti' -:ail•. seese :Ilia; Valentine, ntine, uite 1 f etelly , she is gifted with see:.nd eight.1 think. Dear met how very, ver long) t t da =e'enls now." ? Z Z} .a,• 1. . •l. a• .t so wearily.�•t-n i ca si:o, n.cir ear," rays nlat.aio, stitch t'u; f'1 e- t r' .t', "-with this younc,, fatty otic she has been torn from her iclent.l Weeds. 'Three years appear to be like ;s little e-.- r, do you hear? huts I:3iow to' lay cost, that, l though lost to eight to itaien►ary dear,' Jolinuy, Ilene, Int;,,, Wee y, ?4O(re melee -the changes have 'e e, u rung en those beloved names every 'I -.y, anll many tinges a day since." "" Awl m -atrium has been bored to ex- tinction by tie all," says M. Rene. "I leer so emelt of us in the past will mem as 1l t.i•t•iila fiee you against us intim "It lei!! net he difneult to make you am tee:, meet. yonee sii•," gt and, es: lut says, gt,le l:)illy. She is in high t oa,l- len eer with !Remit, her heire-s, and all the world to -day. " Here coulee Sir 'Vane and la, cetlutt sea " T ht>p conte up, surprised in their turn, but in element la eoute'wlsa haat' recog. 0 • i►,eceail aaetluaintauce. "" ti'i.'ore \t•e.•l. MAI" sl, exclaims. "My deer Delo, I told vett I was having a bust of my elf demo, aid I not? Nol Then 1 ant. I get to the siglnore's slettlio every day. Von uw'at come with iuo to•nwrruw and see it. Thesignore l ar lool thinnest emastex tr>' to things 1 asauxo von." Sir S ane,stantiln ; a'iittle apart, coulee forward at this moment, and there is a pi:: t ut:ai©u, Rene bow rather stiffly, and in a )1418n(•mt rt; ognize:i the darts; 'tameless t..tl•angeer whom hit, anti. SIIUW ball, ;lad Johuuy.' rowed over Leen St, Glides that evening years acro. "" So you aro the roan," thinks Ilene,. eyiu' him with but half•hi'ddeu disdain; "sht yen came as a spy." They meet there, on the mountain .'Ele,tied the Valentina gohome through. the lovely starlit dusk. Reno Macdonald stands and watches thein out of sight, pleasure, Fin, he hardly knows which, the stronger feeling within Rini, It i the half.forgotten emotion, awakened for the first time on that night madame has recalled, stirring its nearly extinct embers into a glow oucc more. ' CH.1.PTER XXV. wli:terah 1:'s LOST, IT FIRST WAS WON." Sir Vane Valentino stands a little apart, and strokes his 3mottetache, and looks Cynical. What a fool tho old :,randulannna after all ! And the fellow is se pieta,- e$quo is that 111411 , \yorking.blouee„with his four and twenty years, 04111 old ac-g gnaintaneeship, too 1 Well ! it is not a question in which he is going to inter- fere. ITe is not in love -let her take care of herself. She has promised, and will keel] her promise -he knows ha well enmesh for that. .What does the rest i i n;fy The sittings begin. Sometimes la contessa conies ax;.'1: plays propt-iety;. sometimes Mrs Pinker, sometimes granclnlaunn.L Herself. There is nothing to alarm anybody ; they seem on the vL1 g i al an open. clua,rrol halt the ti:nlo, these two. Dolorc4 is especially and perversely contradictory and disputa- tious. Mousicur Rene does not say much ; he smiles in l xesperetine su- periority at her perpetual fault- tiding. But the sharpness, 4110 acidity. i•1 only surface deep ; . iii contessa at ieast ,cos that. Even Mrs. Tinker has an ililchng ttrtt tile, fetus lit 'tat otl thorn is not deadly -that it is Litt absolute hatred thatt flashee, out of the blue eyes when they meet the brown "" sly pretty ! ' that good old person says what a h:ttal'tulle pair you two 10 make ! .Ell, nay deatie, if it was only him, and 1401 t'0ther one !" For Mrs. 'Tinker sloes not like" ['other one," does. not approve of the coming alliance. "Ebony maid, 'tis klub 'ill always to mate May and December," she says, with a dismal shake of her old 11l ad. Never in her life has she hla.il Sir I vane Valentine: never rias she forgiven him for stepping into the 'phi tie of her lost Master George ;• never has site Swerved from her first affection. He is' in'love with old luadame's money, not .with this sweetest girl Under the stn, and ells: could find it iu 'her teal old. heart to hate Bila tor' it. "! Don't, • lu'. 1uy lovey t ,don't `'ee, dearie relic 1105 said, over and over again-" d011 1 'oe marry Sir Vane 1 He is no 4140 ch for thee iny,pretty ; he is old enough to be thy father: and he is 'dour and dark, inside. and out. Don't 'co, my maid le -don't '00 marry '11111) 1" L must, old lady," Dolores auswere, sf;}liil<;; "it is Arsturt -it is vritte% Grandiaarum►> wishes it; •I must please graudntamma, you know, And 1: 1ra,vo promised -it is too late now. Seine- " Yes. my maid. Soinetirnes .._," "Sometimes," dreamily, half to bele self, " 1 bee a wished-- of late -T had not. If i lad only waited another day even-,. n i t was the day you promised like, you first met. nr"' # t, Keeney ?says,. with artful anile ;sues, Mrs. Ticker, And Delores starts up from her dreams, fleshing to the roots of her fair hair. " nuree. What am I saying ? Yon must l.iot talk of :tech things, It i wrong-wrong !" She lays her hemi 0p her heart l.eatiug wildly, ."Yon Must not say harsh things of Sir *Vane. He . is very good, aud•-,inti l have promised. It is too late now." There is ar pathetic ring in these last words; they cud in a stifled sobe as she hurries front the room, Rut it is only that she is very tired.perhaps ; she vats up at a party, the largest sht' has yet ai;tendetl. last night. atnd the weather --- Lent is drawing near, and the weather fte)\\•S r11)lares�ive. ShehLa` a1!_adaehe, sire saps, and lies in a tl:arhene,i room, ami sends. awey grandtnluuua, under pretense of trying to sleep, and lets pretense sit be.eitie her iu,wati, and lel b;,tlle her htittig and Jon:lia na with cologne, She does ' not go to the studio for a week,althougli the beet is nearly completed tion, and only a few more sittings are regnlret . Weeks: hay',' lnsee,l since that meeting nn the b}!i gide, and madatlie is talking , of gain;;' to Florence. They have linger- ed. iudeed, more en account of this work at art than anythiegelso; and tine la -t whim of 1)uloree is rattler trying in consequence, it is not quite ell whim, though, The girt really droops thio warns spring weather, and allher bright. wilt}•lose color deserts her. (irend ntanlma is very impatient for the completion of the work. To have this ,marble lis,. ncss of her darling will be such a conduit to her when Dolores is far aw"•ti•. It Le not a Must, as was at first inteedttl; the idea and the figure have gown, and the sittings have been ilio rtly st unlilisss. It is called " At. the Shrilw." It is a 'deider girl with up- lifted arm,. halide filled with rose. branches, head thrown baclr, :face up. raiee:l, trying to reach and adorn a ehriue of the ;slat onua. The pose is trace i+self every outline of the beau - tiful bands .and arias, every curve of the slight Ail[ ,- " ., stipple fwrin, is there in- marble. The fair, youthful face, like a star, a. flower, a rose, is filled with a awed seriousness of aids/wed prayer. Ma- dame is charmed -is lavish of praise. " Von have caught her very trick of expression lieu sheis ink u c -- , I C l Y I3 01 looking at a holy relic --or lieteuing to the ""rand music of comes. i eau never thank you hutlieientlyi, my dear31.11ene, for this, treaeure." " N. Rene bas all the talents," cries la contessa, " I thfuk I Pike best our Dolores when she is a little mutinous-- co,luettisll, what you will,. Not with that look of the angels. She is every t heag that ie most eharntiug, but she is wily a girl after all." t t. She glances keenly at the' artist, 2OTt. O "YARN C .RN IIow say y ou,31. Ilene ? she demands gaily ; " is our Dolores most charming 431000 i'orfl'e1t, ,Slaving the utmost collfideuee in it supsri- ority ovar all others, and after thousands of tests of the most complicated; and severest Danes we could end, we feel jltsttfled in offering to forfeit Ono Thousand Dollars for any case of coughs, colds, sore throat, iuffnauza, ltoarse- .uess; bronchitis, consumption in its early stages, whooping cough, and all diseases of the throat and lungs, except Asthtua,for which we only claim relief, that we can't cure with West's Cough Syrup, wheu taken according to directious, Sample bottles 25 and 50 cents; largo bottles ono dollar Genuine wrappers only in blue. Sold by all druggists, or sent by Mail on receipt of pr;ce. JOHN 0. WEST az (1O., Stat 83 icing Si. East,'leronto,Ont. Young lady, do not despair. Dr, N. C. 'West's Nerve and Brain Treatment will eure Hysteria and an nervous troubles.Sold at J. W. i3rown'ug's, Drug Store. 5 What every- lu'rsou should know -Tit e grand outlets of disease from tbn system are the bowels and tiie kidneys. Johustou'e, Sarsapa- rilla is the most safe, pleasant and effectual pithier of the s, stem !mown. Try o; e bottle and be t'.alcdFor' tale at the (Widen\tartar, J. tvil\C,cIhury_uing, 111np. 2 26, Gm- eirsM How Lod Bow ,N - rl r = , fid ii1 , \i"trlitt, czialr t>A117. _tc,i a tion• atl[ioar [>t ' III isle. ilia,\ i iia:1,ge: (';tl.le,ltltAt E)4 EssAl• Pntlleradicalaud).tu aaratc+ii•e {without ale tltaiue t'r\.•rt•mlc1)cl'i- lr,IlrulE:1 ep'4 I)It�ra • I Incapacity [nrpec'.irnepi4. to Ytnrtiogv. etc.. r.. suiting trend excesses. i rico, in seab,k1 envel ipe, truly 6 cent -4, i1) t au pn.tla"4 41t) 1) '1'hecetc•b'• ttt1autlr t•crthis u,irulltl>ltesea ', elearlSSk�t. a a.:.t.:iluti f Girt thirty years diet e 4.;-. fnlp1.ltict, tatatatal i1:gt.)Usequeneer;emN. be radii.-14yrnr•r•l withnn'al,c tlnnesteae 11,:0f'f 10 t.•nlnI)I e:lielnesortlu 4)40 of the Unite ; l'44M1- gat lu:a,1 to of ware ut . net simple eerier and e; - Nana1,hi nieansnig;l 0411(Wary s;utf.•rcr,,l+ema1. 1torwbatlils enu,ltti"1ltnar be, luny enrebin•self "h: apip,pltvatels a111 v4'11ca)iy. 1:t' CIti lectuee,•leonl:ibc lathe lu4ndsofeven ' � vttlsr,:1 4 ;,)ry 1001! irk iha' lau.1. .tddr":.,, TIIE 01 .,`v l';11tit ELL 11.1]:t1I)ICIA.L• C'o 1eo4+since Box 450 I'1 V15 DOLLAR SEWING G MMA NE THIt. PARRY SEWING 1IA('lII\ },..,Ithongll • ii, is see hal ,r aeld t• i.7 off. red tit the unheard of :tug rldie d .u•: iow ptitee. of>+5, It mug art la, elt)tp.s1•d'OM itl••11toy. itwill dothe l=t,rl:tt aux rt •zv n">aJ:u4 a4,4Cr1l)r:. and Ola It as well It r'- ,•a.1,stt4.,, t,.1 np•1tt leer :10..1 6el4:1itifle prfnei- pie, and 1s 4Ituple in cnr,1ractlole easier worbed and l:.Ralinleletoget nut of sutler than any ala• Chine in ileo world It ooiket: tio same si1(1-1144>1 tge1t:,,)11i0 41.teiliiiP 6 ill the l'nitcdMetes The princlpio of construction Is entirely now. stud Covered by br 4141 t.utents slaying scented rho, nlucl:irx', woo, have 1leeltied to put the pricoluetl'r cows TO nMD .AN for a -,hart time oriy, w el kllulvine.thotevery lulvwill wont ono Full di- ireetlenswith awc11nutehin0 AgentsWanted aN(I,tatt CO.,tz li I1 MICHIGAN. 1l;l;lly t LTO Cotton pauy HAMIr�Tt1;� O TALI O seesu+r,tcecioans 05 as an angel -a saint like this," tapping the (marble face with her fan, " or as WO know Ilcr-a bewitching, alluring . little , coquette ?" "-A coquette," repeats granclulammit, i not best pleased. '"Dolores is never that. The child is aperfectbabywhere that fine art is concerned -who should know that bettor than you, 'contessa min -past mistress as you aro of the profession." But the little countess only laughs at the rebuke, still looking at' the sculptor. " Signore Reno declines to commit him- self. Well, he is very wise. You will have an exquisite likeness at least, ma- dame, of our dearest Dolores when -by the by," innecent1y, " when is it to be? " "In the autumn," madame answers, absently, her, glass still up examining critically the statue; " they will spend the winter in travel, and go to England in the spring. I shall remain in Rogue, I think." She sighs and drops her glass. "Whoa will you seed mo my treasure, 31r, Macdonald ?" " In ti very few weeks now, madame." He answers gravely, but 1a contessa, keenly watching, is not much 111e Meer. Ile is always so grave, this austere young 31. Rene ; it becomnes bin', elle thinks. Silence is eolticu on such lips as his. But all the sante he is hope- lessly, irretrievably, despairingly in love with, Dolores Valentino. . It chances -foe the first' time in all those 'eoliths of nioetini; -that next day Miss ;Valentino and 31 Rene find themselves alone, together, in the studio. Mrs. Tinker is there, it is true, m the tlesli-in the spirit she is count- less worlds away in the land ordreams; and the slumberous rustle of the leaves, the twitter of the birds, the heavy per. fume of 111e flowers, outside the open window, are soporific in their tendencies. The sitting is almost over ; Rene has chipped away in the drowsy stillness, without a word. Miss Valentine, too, is half ` asleep in • the perfumed greenish hush. Itis near the hour of Ave Maria, near the time to go. And there is to be • blit one more coming after this. " Only one more," he says, aloud, as if in answer to her thought, ",Can you . realize that it is almost three menthe since Ivo met thereat the villa L ulevisi 2 When have mouths so Hewn ,before?'.' '. • Vie sighs, and is silent. Yes, they have flown -life's hest days always. do •'Hyl �" ,. You leave Rome. soon.. Rene asks. "Next week," another sigh. ' " I supe pose you stay on, Renes ?" " At niy work -yes. I Have all I can do. Snowball;", suddenly stopping in his chipping arid• looking at her full, " you aro going to be married 2" To rue` CONTINUED, White and Co1+l:etl, Single antt Double OARPEI WARPS, White and all 00o1'3, REAM WARPS of every description, Hosiery Yarns Balled and Knitting Yarns (lL'l:\'I:Iei VARIETY. DENIMS, TICi IN(iS mut 'COTTONADES. T11 ese floods are universally pronounced by the trade to hotitilly equal to any made, and fez re- gularity and evenness in 111441:e 0101 coloring (1144} aro nor$fl i esso,l. C"lltl)^sT \V1sAVEI4S-You ~rill find our 'Warps superior to 111iy in tho Markt ; 'CFO ask yeti just to give therm 0. trial. Ifyour Dry Goods man has not got it Write to us and lye swill sec you are promptly supplied OUR YAInNs, of :which we slake all descrip- tions will be found equally good. Asst for them. Try them. This Company wits awarded two first prize sil v.:rmedals at Toronto 1,:xllibition iu 1881, and 3 first prizes atProviucinlExhibtioil at Kingston, 1882. AGENTS :-WINANS,t00 „ TorOli to ; P. Me- LLER1lY .0 00•, Montreal. i r 14 -Gm REIVIOVA,L ' 1; EIV OVAL THE GENERA L QUESTION Agitating the Public mind at present is where can they get the best Bread, but this. matter .eau be settled to the entire satisfaction of the people of Exeter and sun -mind Mg, cotrully, by ea]linis on. JO 13:4.7.0L, the ohl established and reliable bakery, where they will find just what they want. A Superior. quality of Bread always onland Also a first-class stock of Isusccrrs, I3UNs, CAKES til Ctl`SFTICIIPN Ani^,. Which Will be sold cheap. While opponents have started busi- ness, and sold oast, mutton the place, 31]. Bell has been found at his post, daring the past • eight years,, ready to intend tothe wants of the Public. anocEn.xms. Owing to increasing busine •s; Mr. -Hell ha • found it necessary to remove to Moore. OM:, • modious premises, and has added largely to his stock of Groceries, and will keep on panel Sugars; Teas, Coffee, Syrup, and everything usually found in a first•eless Grocery Store:. All kinds o1'Eaten Produce take ext Di exchange for "tioodss. ItLvu.rnr;n x044 STAND :—Soutitcot1's Block Four doors North Post Office. ,JOHN BELL, Drcnrietto