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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1891-12-17, Page 9Poo Ile er 1, , A A e TIEN' tbey in how rapidly health I. Y Y is restored by tultiug Ayer's Sa.tes i eaparilta. The reason is that this • oreperation contains oiely the purest eml meet powerful tilteratives and genies. To thousands emerly it .proves a table elixir of life. 4 /Airs. Jos. Isaac. Broeltwey Centre.' t itifieb., writes : "Liver complaint awe i indisteetion, nuttle nee life a bunlen t. 1 na came near ending my existeuce. c'er leore t ban four eems I suffered BP, tad agony. I was eveleceti element to akeletem. and hareily had errengtIt to rag nesetelt ideelat. -All leads of food- listreseed me, arta only tbe most dell. ato could be digested at oil, Within he time meta:tweet several ipbysicians . reated tnewitlaout giving' mizefe Noth. pg. that I toolt seemed to do any per-. .nitueut good until I began the 'use of • yer's Sarsaparilla, etettele bas pro. luced wonderful moults. Soon after emuntencing to Ulm the Seweeparilla 1 ,•rioult1 ewe ase Improvement niy condition, my eppetite began to eturzt ani with it eau m the ability to igest all the food takem nay strength proved each day, and after a few oaths of faithful attention to yoar Oireetious, fouuti menelt a wen *oruans able tecatterel to all household d vies. The medicine has given Me it tiw leeee ot life, aud I cannot theult in too nombri the undersigned, citizens ot eoeltway Centre, Mich., bereby sertify let the above stateineut, made by Ts. Lelte, is true in envpitaticular Wit entitled to full credence. -O. P. nuberlaiu, G. W. Waxime, 0. A Wells, Druggist, "lay nrotber, in England, was, for a thne,unahle to attend to his eeeu, t on, by reasion of eons en hie foots it Lim Aeete's „teltuaoac aud the tees. onlals it contained iodated him to rw Ayer's Sarsaparilla, After using it OM° while, be was cured, arid Is nom well WW1, trotting in a sugar rnill t Brisbane, Otteenslaud. Australia." - A. 4ttewe1 Sbarbot nano, Ontario. Ayet's Srsapara, runeoeme J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, s. • z1otUi,. wctut tip a taw:e. ORO'S SPECIFIC Own MMUS glEGISIVACQ ) Fele Preprester, 1VITOFIElian Scrifittelirs Pros Store, Run Sim iiiittiNTO, 'The meas. which TO11 Ft.r :laticutlyento oll zirrlduct, rinemouil all privet. Ito neuter iliew kw,' eta:4110 aglm- filiQCCfirny ll'e5 in 1401100aiENO' ft.;1p9t7,1t3. TWo hettlee gumenteed to cure th Vint eiitiCt Price. $. 1,7 01' MY nil> h e None ot her ,ontstue. 11Thew.' bavo tried or ail Will not be Wimp. bettle.ca Mute oat reinedira without in tin% tI� tide paper. toc, r gm ati,vo Mean; tyit, at E142,3 d the vaat Mad au! cf lent lirtn cated. Icicoi so tlri,iet Is my filth Mitt1 uilt cu* TWO lioTrI.Es rnSE, A LAUB TREATISB on this Mann a will tcalme tla:r EXPIIMS aal 11.0. altrm SLOCUM, M. C„ 186 ADELAIDE eST, TORONTO, ONT. RRORS OF YOUTH. leervotr. My, tkrainal Lutes awl Brematuto Llicr3y .ramptly tind permanently turelIy t ntiirftvio with d et or thala yrectorea Itx.t vigor and, intUtes limed. Price $1 per ho&. Solo Propzieter, H. SCHOVIBLD, el - t Drug Store, 1iz 1It1T, TQlcon0. SEED E UL ICE COMPOUND p I have used the FlineSeed Emulsion in =vend es of Chronic Bronchitis, and the early stages of New York: City, Seer.10, 1882.. 130 Lexington Ave.. .hthand have been well pleased with the results. SAidES E. CROOK, M.D. ONSJ fPTON Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 14th, 189. I have used your Emulsion in a case of Fhthisis :onsumption) with beneficial results, whtve patien1 ould not use Cod Liver Oil in any form. J. H. DROGL, DI D. iERYOUSPRO$T 1611; Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. efIttt. ISM I can strong/3r recommend Flax Seed Emulsion as elpful to the relief and possibly the cure of all Lung. Ironchial and Nervous Affections, and a goad gen- rat tonic in physical debility. JOHN F. TALMAGE, M. D. ;DURAL MU Brooklyn, N. Y. Oct. lath, 1888. I regard Flax Seed Emulsion as greatly superior to ic Ccd Liver Oil Ereuhions so generally in use. D. A. GORTON, M. D. G DISEASES In West Sith St., , New York, A ' , 6, 1888. I have Me ig youe Fkre-Seed Erseirrnr,:ompottad i a severe ceis of 81a2-nut'Wthe result was IOW than hoped for -it was marvelous, and con - nous. I recom dir cheerfully to the profession ad humanity at e. M. H. GILBERT, M.D. 1%15 isto, Prise $1.00.; ki URI Lvos PURE OWDERED ,00%64thp .f.at-st& EST, STRONCEST, litESTr n an y quantity. For maldng Soar tOH xr; and a hundred othc. A TERRIBLE MUMMA EVE. Two or three years age, in the bestmosei- ble spirits and with the happiest auspices, I took s seat in a, first clue carnage at London Road Station, Manchester, with A tetket in my pocket %Odell proclaimed my destination to be far south. It was the night before Chrietmas Eve, at about eleven o'cleek, for I remember the train started at 11 -tie. The huge station wits filled with noisy bustling iifc ; groups of all elasees of people hustled aud joetled each .other on the platfolni . snorting engines puttied, roared. mil sereeno ed tratus were coutinually arrivingand pzuiug; t were ervino iineessantly " By your leave 1" and wheeling pentlerous trucks Utica with Christmas !laminae, bee. rels of oyster, cans -awe -weevil betas. -crates of oranges, boxes of cheeses, baskets of Immo, truuk.e, parcels, paeltages of every shape and size. Here and there some ;iris:a:vatic individual would walk cairn!y through the bustling :molted, and take his seat in a pr vicourlyeengaged compartmeut, while his lese fortunate fellow-eimatures jowled and scrambled for their places. Oa the wile& however it was a good-humoured crowd, neaely every face in it bearing that expres- sion of cheerfulacse and gaol latimour tint none peculiar to theminestule. A$o myself, 1 feh iseinoming over with good feliowship towards all inaultintl-so emelt so that I Lad not the leest ohjectioa to biting a seat in a carriage that was cc. eimied by two .e maiden Wits owl a fat enter y gentlenimi. who etormed at everednely in general end the reilway• porters in pertienler aed in the fillnestof my heart I even basteited to open the doer as the train was on the point of moving, to Arnie a liaraesel delkate-looklug young woman with a very young batty in her arms and a ebild of two or three years dragging at ber shirte--for Minh. pieee of Inmerotmice received same withering glances from the two epinetere walla wrathful growl from the stela:01.1 gmtlemaii. None of these littie iteeilents disturlied he serenity of my mind, I aelinowlethied frames mei eour glancewith a conciliatory smile, made room for the young mother arid her charges, leaned baelt in the carriage, end incluigea in a delightful reverie -tor -as biles in etore for men the terraia. io f nwouv, I wm as ine to epend Chrietimae soth the deatest creature m the evliole world -the eweetest bitteoweclilarling tints over gledderied the cissee of 41. man owl o. lover, wlia, moreover, lived itt ow of tho earliest, most hoepitable military -it -mete In Kent, and the most ernialik awe sten lido of prone, the merriest, tient goeili natured of BiStCata anti the jolliest hrothere in the Illuiverte. Not only did 1 autivipate stultqliPg delightfutly leonne Clitistmam hut 1 wad looking forwent to i Mal greeter joy ; for on New Year' r Day we were going to Iminarricil at the little village church in Matey, caul after that 1 wae to take my bride home to o fine tiew lionee nem. Man - cheeky, where everything leas ro epielt and span, se bright, luxuriates, and pretty, that iie sure toy darling would be enraptured with it ; and I knew it needed only therein. shine of het -dear preitincie to make it the !Nippiest home in the world. wail in what mart petite° would scan " easy eirmunstaucts "-not. but a out way front being poor. 1 was the owner of a ilouriehiug manufactory. and re. etiveci a very retiefontow annual lialeuve. alma front the 'sande ot roy aceountent ; there ;seemed, the Ohre to Le no cloud on my mental hotizon, no eines for the future to disturb the happinees of my reverie, as the train rushed on through the darkneee. 1. WWI too excited to deep, though the :stout old genthanan soon eischanged his irascible growls for heavy snow; plainly audible alcove the din and ratt le of the trait:. The spinsters on the oppostite seat sat very erect and rigid for some time ; but preaeutly there was a vacant expression in the eye.; of one t then her eyelids drooped, her head sank heels and elw pieta with witle-open mouth and a siomewlett more euticlutel NM% C than her eir owes Far more decorous was the behavier of her companion; she still maintained her uprighe position, though her head nodded spitemodieal. ly, anti she strugglial gallantly t keep her eyes opem The two babies, I was glad to observe, were noth sleeping quietly -one in the niother's arms, and the other stretelied along the seat with his head in her lap. I ven- tured to spread my rug over his plump mottled legs, and in return reveiveti a look of gratitude from the pale, tired -looking; tnother which brought about rather an un- comtortable feeling of tightness at my throat, and caused me to gazefor some time at the dinkened window, down which steamy tears were flowing, reflecting a blur- red likeness of myself. Thus we traveled on for nany miles. Midnight passed, anti we entered on the "wee sum hours ayont the twall'." I be- came wretchedly cold and hungry, irritable and quarrelsome; a savage desire filled me to pull the sharp frosty nose of my nodding companion, who would not resign herself coinfortably to sleep, but still alternately glared ana nodded, and was, moreover, afflicted with a most depressing influenza. Each moment my fooling of nervous irrita- tion became intensified, and at last I con- ceived a morbid idea that I should never survive the miseries of the journey. Only one incident occurred to break the monotony. I had noticed that the young mother grew rather restless and nervous as we approached the station where the tickets were generally collected, and, when we reached it, and the door was flung open by a surly official, she timidly handed him a third- class ticket, faintly murmuring that all the other carriages were filled before she could seoure a seat. "O11, come," said the man gruffly -"none of that humbug I Juse bundle out of this 1 You're not going to travel first-class with a third ticket, I can tell you 1" She had hastily roused the sleeping boy, •who now roared lustily. But I could not sit there and see the poor tired creature drag her babies into a draughty third-class car- riage on such a night. So I interposed, satisfied the ticket -collector, and had the gratification of seeing the little family once more settled as comfortably as circumstances would admit. It was nearly eight o'clock when the raw pay light of dawn struggled in at the car- nage window and disclosed to each of us our haggard woe -begone faces"; and a few minutes -eater the trein drew slowly into another hustling station, where we all alight- ed and dispersed. What social amiable in- dividualswe had proved ourselves to be After the usual manner of English travellers, we fiee people -not including the babies - had been shut up together through a whole night, and, with the exception of the young mother's wenn expression of gratitude for the small service I had rendered her, none of us had spoken an agreeable word; and we parted as mutely as we had tenvelled. I was soon seated before e blazing fire in the coffee -room of the railway hotel, where rconsolecl myself for the night's miseriee with friecl steak and kelneys, cold fowl, co cetera. After doing rem e ;justice to this repast, I dozed in a ousel enable . arm.ch air fee ae hour before I reemeed my journey, The arrival of my train was announced at last ; and, after another period of chill dis- comfort, I reached thepretty rustle station of Briefly. Craning my neck out of the carriage win- dow, I beheld a bright nulling face under a coquettish fur hat, and in wither moment had clasped in my arms a dear litele figure clad itt a ruby -coloured dress end warm sealskin jacket, receiving a meek rebuke for so frightful a proceeding m so publie a piece. I did not feel abashed, The Station -master arid the porters of Briarly Station were well acquainted with me and with the interesting object of my visit; aud, as for the strangers , who lied lett tho train and were marching aumg the platform, what did I care for alone! ".ow then, Mr. John Hope, if you cam centleecend to /Mice any one leas interestiug than Blanche, here are limttie and I ready towisharnerry Co mamas, and many of 'env:" I turned to greet my futurebrother-holaw TeL the ehlest of Dant:he's brothers, and Ws sister Ilettie ; and for a, few minutes we kept np a delightful clatter n'itit our talk and laughter. "1 muse hurry cif to 'The itleypolee I s el at last, "and ritcl myself of this railway grime, befrre I tun put itt an appearance at Sunnywede. I eee Jones has taken possession of my luggage." Blanchtee imilielteing crowded with Christ - EMS andwedding guests and tier mother have ing very rigid notions of propriety, it had been deemed expedient for me to take up ray quartere at the village inn; to wlesell eould not have the slightest objection, as f knew from experience that "The illeypole" was one of the mast eomfortable cool delight. NI of liesneiy old fashioned country innas ttsalge. failltUttly hell a mile from Struneende e " Yen will no be long before yon join us will you Jack?" said 111i:oche, as we pool at the corner of the lane leading to "The Mav sole -" and they turned in another di- reetiou towards home. it We dine at eight a little later on your account -mid we are to have a carpet -dance until the waits conie." "Yes : hurry up, Jack 1" cried Ted. 'We'll have a regular jolly Christmas Eve. Tinge for the present 1" " lie with eon in an hour, or less," I said An 1 strode off. When I reached the inn, I found that nay luggage had already arrived and beert plot el in my hed-ream, witere a bright. fire burned. Everything wore el:vertut tor oz expecte- tem and wet:some which was vow grateful to a theft traveler. The cense of ray vieit to Briefly was as well known at the inn as itt the railwayestattori or any ivitere else in t it' little primative village, for that *crater. This was not by any nicaus my first appea ance at Brialy, which had been a moot attractive piece *luting tl:e fifteen mouths of my eugagement, and even before that eventful Pried, to 1 was welemiteal all round with arniling fares and good wishes LandiorsI and liulady, ehamlicemaid and waiter, ostler, etableMety, twaillery. mid -each and all contrived to have apeep at. or Qui:a:mita greeting with Mies Bianclie Warrenhi "intended" ; and it, was with a feeling of eatisfaction anti sernething like self-importaneo that I sat down in a cm. fortable eld•fitehioned etteywhair before Ilse Iced -room lire to regale myself with a cup of strong eeffee below comme»eing my toilet. As I eat there it oeseerreil to me that this was a goml importunity fo helmet ing the presents I bed brought, and to assure myself of the safety of the diamond breeekt intended for Blanche. Not that I had any doubt about Inc matter, because I had kept the ease containing these trea. sures in my charge all through the journey; t was more for the placation of looking at the beautiful ornament and imagining its effect on the snowy round arm for which it was intended ; Unlocking is smallhattd-bite, I drew forth the newsmen ease, and, ?petting it gazed with delight, at the glittering band. "Blanche will be pleased," I said to my- self ; " it will sparkle on her dear ann on eur woltlingelayes bless her I should like to lotel her with ditunonds, or anything else the heart of women most desires." The I drew forth other cases -a diamond brooch for nomnunin-law, a pin set with the same precious stones for pepa in-law, gold lockets with nionegrams for thrs girls, ana studs for t he boys, They were all right,, and all, as I hoped, handsome arid suit- anle. I had Intellect presenting them on the morrow -Christmas Day ; hut, as I gazesl at them, I changed my mind, and deckled to take them with me that night. I never mild postpone a pleasure, and I wanted to see Blanche's face brighten and her eyes sparkle at her new treasure. No, I could not wait until the morrow. As I sat sipping my coffee I noised over our courtship, andithought of the last sum- mer but one, when my college chum Ted WRIT= had invited me clown to his father's place at Briefly to fish, and otherwise kill the idle hours of my holiday. Oh, thetglow ions summer -time -the fun and merrinsent we had in that hospitable house ! now (Es - treated I felt among the bevy of pre ttysietere until ono seemed to shine out from manr. the rest, and I fell over head endears in love with Blanche 1 The course of our love, true as it was, proved the exception to the rule, and ran as smoothly as the stream in which Ted and I fished, or pretended to fish. My prospects were good, and Blanche loved me. I believe, clmost as much as I loved her; 1 bad no rival except an imaginary ono in the person of a bluff florid young Squire, who mused me some jealous pangs for a few days at the beginning of our acquaintance, but who was, I found, engaged to Blanche's eldest sister, May. Mr. and Mrs. 'Warren gave a complacent consent, and before the end of the summer my darling and I were engaged. Musing thus in front of the fire, I grew somewhat drowsy • but at length rousing myself with an offOrt, I put the presents into my pocket and set off towards Sunny- mede Grange. Part of the road skirted a plantation call- ed Marty Wood, almost large and dense enough to be called it forest. To walk to Sunnymede by the road' was to make con- siderable detour, but a path through the wood cut off a corner and shortened the distance by about it quarter of a mile. As I stayed rather too long at the inn and the appisinted dimiewhour was fast ap- proaching. I decided to go by the shorter way; and passed through the little moss - grown gate leading into the wood. Very dark and uninviting it looked as I gazed into its black depths and heard the dreary soughings of the wind among the gaunt leafless br Loess overhead. For a few moments1 hesi towel, and then, with a laugh at my nervousness, plunged into the darkness, my feet slipping over the wet spongy grass. Before 1 had got half -way through the wood however, I repented of my f11y; my boots were won and I was splashed with inucl almost up to my eyes. A fit state I should be in to present myself before the assembled guests 1 What a fool I was, I thought, riot to have kept to the road, even had it been twice the distance ! That was comparatively dry and hard, whil st this was like floundering through a morass -it, perfect Slough of Despond ' Swl- denly, to my deep disgust; I found 1 heti lost the path, and was wandering about aimlessly amour, d bracken - WAS 1 to ramble aboiteersPne Mt, whilst Bkinche grew frantic at ray nonappearance? I thought I knew the path by heart for it was in this very wood 1 led proposed to my darliug and received her shy whisper of consent. That was in the summer -time, with the eunehine streaming down between the leaves, with the birds singing, butter. flies flittine to and fro, tind '4' .'4' Ming the air wah their fragrance; now, in the darkness, gloomy -looking trees etood black and :sombre lime ghostly figures, suggestiog thoughts of gnomes and goblins. I "What a fool you must have been 1" I mid to myself for the hundreOth time. I had to walk warily, for I felt sure I was clone to Blackmates Peed. I thought I recol- 'Med it vrtainebunpof trees beneath which we held a picnic during the preceding sum- mer ; and 1 renceinhered that we pulled our - eels -tie about in a little pun- on the pool, which Frank deelared to be thirty or forty feet deep in some places. Very lovely it looked on that summer day, with the sett Mg sun shining upon it, turning its waters to gold ; brat what is blaek, inky, horrinle pool ' to fa:1 into on Christmas Eve 1 I then remeniiiered lieving seen a cottage close by ainoug the trees, awe was just wondering itt was near and whether ite inmates contt direet ine, when I heard a , rustling among the bracken, and saw it wo can flying tewards me, wringing her lamisis in tpstress. "Oh, sir, what merciful providence has sent yon here just now e My laueband has heel .in ate:Meta, and as lying on the floor ea kvitag...,... 01, he will die 1 I can% rnovn hins, and there ie not A eoui with me to fisteh it doctor. Da twine and help me for the love of Heaven :' 11ttliont plume; to inquire into the nature of the aceideet. I hastily followed the woman, who welliinit along rapidly, soon led me to the titAir ol it crary t amble - down hut. A light shone through is very small window, and I notesed what a wretch- ed, ill-contlitione4 hovel it appeared. 1 , lamed Mettle, and, to my astonishment, the I women eitrefullo lointeil the door and then dieappeareth 1 lootted round for the , ovule:lea Min WIIASII 1 hail (-erne to nisi, but saw no signs of mesh it being. Thee follow. ed the most dreadful experience I ever pass eil through. Without a warning sound, I felt unwell SlidderilV Ftinr1 front behind, atel . "Thank Heaven 1" I exclaimed fervent- ly, 04 1 twee to my feet and looked round with a bewildered. 'stare. ie Meek Heaven, it was only a, dream 1" Yes; it was only it clream ! I was in the dear old familiar room; there were tbe cases of jewels lying open on the dressing.table my empty coffee -cup had fallen from my hand and rolled under the grate, and I was in dressing -gown and slippers. There, be- side the jewels, lay the coveted watch; and -oh the pity of it !-its hands poiutee to thirty minutes past ten, and the dinner -hour at Sunnyside was eight o'clock. Mantilla would be frantic Hastily I evaehed, shaved, dressed, end adorned myself, gathered up my treasures, rushed down -stairs, and in the fulness of nty heart gave the landlord a fervent grip of the hand, wished him it merry Christmas and ordered an uulimited supply of puneh for the whole of the rustic company at the bar to drink my health. I then ran off, leaving the good folk of "The Maypole" very much in doubt as to my sanity. I avoided the path through Briefly Wood, and kept to the roatl, walking as fast as possibly could. I S0011 reached the Grange, through the windows of Tibial shone a bril- liant light, casting is cherry glow out into the dark night. My entrance caused it sen- sation even among the servants in the hall, and in a, few minutes I was =rounded by a fleeter of weite-robed ladies and gentlemen in evening dress, and my pretty Blanche was sobbing hysterically in ray arnas, while I frantieelly endeavoured to asnewer aacore of quest itiet$ at GUM "ICS alt mid,' I said. ; "I couldn't help it 1 I've had en adventure; and, if yon'il take your scats quietly by the tire, Ill tell yen all about it.' We all grouped ours clvea round the huge fire in the library, the light ot upon the expectant fates of young and old I,Varrens, of ooneipe, aunts and uncles, and weethearte, whzie the pictured facet; of the simnel -el -gone 'A wrens glowed in the fire. light as it they too parteepated in the gen- eral joy and gladness, Blanche wetted on a. low chair dove by me side, with her hand cla.sped in value, as t if to feel quite euro of my act eel presence; atel, as I glaneed at her sweet loving face anti thought what her tender heart would. ; have suffered hall my dream been a reality, I could not repress a shudder. rammed t my lege were then lice, end 1 owe thrown vioientiits to the llosca lesier thet twitters were two powerful villainme. tusking men, anti at tee first itimipse of their favei alt hops. feeftWil to die within us. I offered wain rerieteuee I could, but was helpless itt their luitols. Itt an ontlgast of wild bid unputent rage I deationclei to knew for what puree I hail been tle,myed thit !ea, anti (admit them to eet nie ae !Wally instantly. " :Slot we keows it :said orie of tie mem with nm with. Yer don't get away tint sweit, my tine feller. I bet 1 not often we tettah dos likes o' you. We met Etifi the yer meney ; aud my mate here's taken si twey to this tine 1...46, and. elithe I'd like thane studs, and this dash ring, to we 11 relieve yon of em. 1 d adore) yer to hold yerjew leo, or I'll have to show Y°T"i IitilaNcevtcr man wan busy searching my protests ; and, es I felt his hand on the owe of jewelti, 1 e,ttall not refrain front uttering it loud ery for help, althengh I knew how wove than useless it wen, Instantly I received:a, blow which Ituceenal my teeth and made my mouth bleed. " Whai-yer won't bold yer tor? Then we 11 melte yer sae' nuy asoulant, tying a filthy red Ii tuit:en:hie! over my mouth in it gag, All11 then proeeetled wl.th ltie Searelt for 11°1°tlie.. They were soon geoatimg over the dia. mends and the other jewels. spreading them on the rickety table, and turning them over with their vile finger. It wasagony to me to see in omit !lanes the pretty gents with which I Inst antieipated adorning my darl- ing. Then I began to hope that, since they end obtained it larger homy than they had expected, they would set me free ; but I soon found, from snatches of their whisper- esi conversation, that stteh was far from their inteut io» ; and my heart sickened as I heard. such seraps as "Stun him ! Pitch him in th" pool 1 Dead men tell no tales ! Fitmish the job proper 1" Cold perepiration palmed down my face and the diugy room appeared to swim round me as I thought of my poor little love wait- ing so anxiouely for me, while I lay in a deailly peril. How she would watch and wait and hope, and then despair ! I thought of the inquiries, the fruitless search, the grief for tee and wonder as to my fate. And then at last they would find my dead body rotting in yonder black ghastly pool. In the midst, of my terror I vaguely noted everything in the room -the rough unblest- ed wall anti the stains which therein had made trickling through tile creviees, the 101V roof, the rude brick fireplace, the three legged round table at which sat two men on rough wooden steels or benches. I noticed also it gun in one corner, and a thick beavy club or stick ; an iron crowbar lay on the floor, an old-fashioned dark lantern hung against the wall. -Then I began to wonder what had become of the woman who had so basely decoyed and trapped me; and while I wondered she entered the room, and I saw she was pale - faced, pock -marked, and dark-haired, a,nd had a terrible bruise over one eye. She ut- mred a loud exclamation of delight at sight of the jewelry; and one of the men roughly told her to put away the spoil while they "finisheti the job" a.nd got rid of me. I saw the woman's face turn a, shade paler; and, glancing uneasily at me, she muttered a few hasty sentences, among which I detected tee words, "Not in the house then 1" The man swore angrily at her, and callecl her a fool, but seemed about to comply with her wishes, for, drawing on a heavy great- coat ansi taking the thick club, he and the other ma,n lifted me up between them and carried me out of the hnt. Oh, the agony of that moment! I prayed then as I had never prayed before. We reached the pool, and they put me down amongst the sodden grass at its edge. I could feel the water lapping and washing over my feet, as though impatient to draw 1116 in, whilst the two men held it consulta- tion, one wauting to throw me in as I was, and the other briae contending that " it would be safer to finisli him off with a crack "before committing me to the lake. I listened with a horrible anxiety ; but at length they decided that it would be impos- sible for me to escape, pinioned as I was ; and, if, on the ocher hand, they beat out my brains, there might be ugly marks left .on the groend to betray them. Having Come to this decision, they lifted me from the ground end swung me to and fro to insure my falling In a good distance away from the bank ; and then I closed my eyes while Iwas flung out, anclimmediately afterwards felt myself sinking, sinking, sinking---- There was'a crash. 1 I open - cd my eyes again, and found myself not at the beam .of Blaoltman s Pool, but steer ' ecl at full length across the hearthrug ot suy be -roam itt " The Maypole," with my heacl lone the fire -irons, i All were eager to hear my story, am eouiti not reaiet the temptation of Wrote- ; nig their feelinge ; Sol began to tell the tale ; es if my ativottures in dreamland had veiny , liappeued at Briarly NVotel. Asi I Franca- ; eti however to dilate on the horrors of my situation in the cottage, I teerecived, to my eismay. Ora I was tivIrcely making the hie pressioa I desired. Tine holies loelicti pro- perly horrified and, very much impreeeed ; , hut 1 detested An expee.eeion of inereduloue amiesentent on the faces of Ted and his brothers. My respected, fathemineatreeect appeared sternly indignant, and evidently orapeeted me of having: imbibed is etronger liquid than coffee. Worse than allow dar- ling eeemed about to ewoan; so, relinquish. iticg met deeire for emisatiora, I came hastily to the end of my story, end, firuhnot a ne- money to place my arm around Blanche's 1 weiet, assurea her that it wait after all node. ing but a, dream. , rhey dill not swats me, and I was unmer- cifully ehaffect, Ted actually giving me the unneceesary caution not to dream on my ' wedding, morning awl offering his rerviees to ktep me o.walie while I performed my toilet. ' Poor boy 1 said Mrs. 11 arren, the only ; considerate ereature in the whole essoubly, wali the exception of my dear one. ii leo s i wonder you were fatigued after steel it long 1 dreary juurney, and— Dear me, how ' thoughtless we are 1 You have had no din - 1 ner, Rutl. yet we have kept you to explain all 1 this! My dear Jack, l'm sure you must feel faint 1" 1 Away bustled the dear motherly old lady in her black satin and realt :ace, nut content Ito ring the bell ausi eousign me to the mercy of a servant, but she licreeli superintendleg ; the preparation of it substantial einner, 1 daintilyset out in the pretty little heeled:mt. roono where, with Ishmehe for my solecism - puke, I prolonged the entertainment until we were ruthite-sly summoned to listen to the waits. Then we ail gatherce together at the drawing -room windows anti listened to the group of village choristers singingof "peace and good will toward men with such taste and sweetness that I fele proud to think that Blanche bad been their choir - mistress. Before the singers had finished I founi her shedillng tears. c, 0"Nnot tl, inhappy ones,' shed m assuree- h, o No words could adequately describe that Christmas Day, or the merry happy week which followed. The weather maiming suddenly from cold and dampnes,s to hard sharp frost, we made the Sunnymede mea- dows ring with one shouts and lei ghter as we skated on all the surrounding, ponds. 'We acted charades, tableaux, and plays, sang and danced till the days flew plays, so rapidly that they seemed like it sunny. dream. On the wedding -morning the winter sun lighted up the old village church, where the Christmas decorations ltd been suffered to remain in my darling's honour. It streamed in through the stained windows on the shin- ing holly and laurel, falling on the white dresses of Blanche and her bridesmaids. my little bride looked like a winter fairy, enveloped in a cloud of some mysterious delicate white material, with safe ruffles of swansdown about her throat and wrists. The diamond bracelet figured ronspicuously, and was duly admired. I took an ealy opportunity of asking Ted who tvere the inmates of the (mange in Briefly Wood, for I had a superstitious im- pressien that the place was haunted by ruf- fians. "Do I know them?" said Ted, lareghing. "To be sure I do 1 They are an honest, hard-working young gamekeeper and his wife, whom I will introduce to you some day. Yon see we ktew your terrible story must be a farce, though you related it with such tragical expression. The next summer when on a visit to Ounnyinede Grange with my dear little wife, on the occasion of her sister Mary's mar- riage to the bluff young &mire, we had a glorious •pienic in ever -to -be -remembered Briarly Wood, and I made theacqueintance of the young gamekeeper's wife and het' fat healthy baby, and found the clean, pictur- esque, comf ortable cottage to be as unlike the wretched hovel which I stillremembered with is, shudder as the pretty rosy-cheek:eel smiling young wife was unlike the repulsive - looking woman of my terrible dream. . M. E. 1'. A young lady stepped into a certain drug store the other day to quizthe clerk. She gave him this ancI that,' and he soon beceme red itt the face. He was becoming irritated. "6! I keep on," she said sweetly, "you'll get mad, won'e you ?" " Yes, I will," he pettishly replied. " I'd advise you not. Don't become more worked up than you are. It wouldn't be Safe, she answered. 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