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CHAPTER XIV. 00=1BI:inn.
I looked at ell the ornamenta on all the
tables and chimney -pieces, the things our
granclmothersloned: oerdboandhandsoreene
' th moil laudeea es -Eraigmiller Castle,
Wrii' IP ere' o . P vvnt s ills
tatty a (./.4.,. opill-boxes. a are. P o
by the way, awl why each s. pessoon for
boom to atmornmodete them ? Old albonut
and scrap books, old work -baskets lined
. tifaded .
Everything Was a rran
netsatin , g
el to lividly as it bad been fifty yore ago,
when Mr. Floreeten's gran timother WWI
the house, these were her
s sToRy
"I Suppose it is a natural feeling on his
part," I said. "He loves niy mother no
intensely theti he can not bear to see her
in the borne 'which herfirst husband made
for berg,
„y .t b ti t i • i •
es, i may e la sue 1 a 3ea ousy is
i natural to some temperements. rour step.
father is a peouliar Man, a man of deep feel,
. / fa„y iP
mg, .
,i. Yea, that is quite true. wan
devoted te my mother for Years -all the
years of her widowhoed-before he took
courage to ask her to be his wife. He in
hardly
"waren IS noneunkaaanonnoent r
Gilbert Florestan was amoug the Wein
who sa.untered in the Mall te watch youth
arid beauty go by on that particular after -
noon When. Margaret Hetrell made her
eourtetty to the queen, Re Who wee not
usually a lounger in fashionable. .plecee
wasted a considerable time in waiting ter
Mrs Arden'a carriage ; for althoueh the
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he entleman's ite pe
ladies were eagly, t . g , . . P
tience made him earlier, and lie had tteen
standing about nearly an hour when the
new, neatly appointed latidam cane in view
and he wasted another half heer in loitering
along with the slowly crer•ling line of oar,
riagea, and '4°PPing to talk to Mrs. Arden
and he daughter whenever there was an
wear these gems until to -night, eltd he
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guessed that they 'Were a reeent gt.fe trete
her mysterioue protector.
ge pitied ger aii the snore when be mew
these new token e of her eleveryi for the
wearer's eyes; had a look of profound tied -
no, white the motgoroo oroogg000 woo
o . .
radiant with reoeut triumph. Louise
Mascot was not in the salon. Deverdier
was ehe only viritor When Florestan
.• d
aterve , and he had a perfect ooneeiousnese
Out be was not wanted by .any one except
'tie
muse, roulade* who reeetven him with
marked empressentent, and begged him to
• , er
stop till eleven clock.. •
' I fear my salon la the dullest
in all Paris," the said; "But you must re -
member that we are exiles, and have
e onesene, ',egg egg, ,,eteg etee, - eggergeotegee,eteeten,etegot,1r :' 1..
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I reeommend itaa auperiorgnanypreecriPtion
known to me," H. A. Ammita, N. /:),
111 So. Oxtord St., Broolnyn, N. T.,
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1 os.eee. ter 111W= . , ;,,,N OE -• •
inistrees of and
thingoi, most of them. . and
At first I was too much interested
emused to feel the uncanny briduences of
those deserted rooms, full of thing 8 that
belong to people who were all dea,d; but
presently that- eir of long -ago, together
with the death -like silence of the house,
began to affect mto spirits, A feeling of
the most unselfish of men He
.
made any use of his fortune until his mar.
ria e but since he has been Mother's
e as spent money a prince."
husbandg1 11 h like '
And you are to be bis son's wife 1" he "
said "That will atrengthen the bond be-
'
tween your mother and him."
His voice and meaner eheriged curiously
as he said this. No one could have been•
opportunity, .
'I wanted to see you both in your court
plumes," he said, smiling at the two fair
d ii. h•
faces framed in snowy feathers an as ing
gems* "I could not ooncetve the notion of
Mis" s Hatrelt in a count train."
"You should have come to Grosvenor
1 h et and du
Smqiguhatre foranseen
lived in the strictest retirement ever eince
we left Madrid." , •
Fl st protested that there was
ore an
nothing he preferred to a small circle
sedeey in which conversetion really
meant the interchange of thought. He
• •
talked of Madrid, a city in which he had
spent three yeare of his diplomatic career,
----
"The use of 'Casteria•te al and
El° untversa work
its =motes() wellitowitthatit gen=
the
of eupererogation to endorse as Few .
intelligent families wIto do raotteep Castor's
within easyreachtt
lawns Ideiteireip. De_
New York City.
fade Pastor Bloomingdale Bet onned .0hurch.
ram Cinteonnt
" F'or Roast years I haye recommen dad
your , (*storks, ' aod shall always contbaue to
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do go as it has iavariably produced beneficial
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EDWIN F. PARANA 151. ,
4' The Winthrop " leinli Street and 7th .AYO.,
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N w York City.
Conianto, 77 Mummy EiTantsT, Nita' Tom.
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profound melancholy crept over me. I
thought of my dear, dead father, and won-
dered, as I have so often wondered, where
gayer than he was five minutes before when
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he was expatiating upon the merits of jam-
sandwiches. No one could be graver than
nly
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answered
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“Good.bye," Ile stood with his hat lifted
.
and although Mme. Quijada evaded his
questions with supreme ability, it was
obviouto aim that her knowledge of
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Public, 0 o nye ya ricer, Comm lost ouer, eoci
Money ro Loan.-
Ofeeei E. anson'sBlools, Exeter,
the dead are how near us or how distant.
I went back are,
the dining -room for a last
look at the family portraits before leaving.
the desolate house. Mrs. Murdew had
evidently gone out upou some errand, and
for her
he was now.
I did not answer him. What could I
, .
say? M engagement is an aaceptea tact.
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We e were both silent ti felt eomebody
wou ave to say so 'said,
would itsomething, 1
as the carriage moved slowly on. They
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were close to the palace gates by this time.
"Why lobe going back to Paris so soon,
a • • . •
I wonder? speculated Deasy, with a piteous
ttt e look w ie istart e her mother by the
I' 1 h' 1 I d
danger that had never on.
the Spanish capital was the knowledge
of an outsider, and that she could never
have occupied. a good social position in.
that city. '
" If she ever lived in Madrid, she lived
lived in Paris ad-
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Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer , Etc.
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OFFIOE : Over O'Neirs 33ank.
there was no use in waiting return.
I looked with interest at the picture on
the left of the sideboard, and near the door
leading into the hall. It was the portrait
of Mr. Florestan's father, a full-length
ainting, in a rough brow . o
P n shooting.sult
knickerbockers, and mighty hobounled
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ether stu idl : ' Cyril and 1 have known
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were children We are
eao other melee we w . e "
almost like brother and sister.
"Almost -with the difference of a wed-
ding -ring," he answered, as he rose to say
good-bye.
ea estion of a
cugrraed to her before- . . .
"My dear Deasy, helixes m Paris. What
is more natural than that he should go
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"Why should he prefer Paris to Fount.
einhead ? It seems unreasonable."
there as she -as an
venturer and an outcast, outside the pale,"
no told himself.
Her refinement he believed to be the
thinnest veneer, laid on in later woman,
hood. Her education was of the smallest;
yet she contrived to discuss every subject
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Barristers , Sohcitors, otaries Publ
Conveyancers &c, &C.
tairlIoney to Loan at Lowest Rates of
, interest.
OFFICE, - afAIN - STREET, EXETER.
n, V. MILLIOT- FREDERIOX VIT,LIDT. '
boats. A picturesque brown hetet gun,and
a liver-crlored pointer were the aceessoriee
of the boldly painted figure, aaainse a
background of russet f oliage.
The likeness between father and son was
remarkable. It might have been Gilbert
Floreston's portrait that I was looking at
I studied the picture so long -fascinated
by that wonderful slapdash power, the
kind of painting which Ruskin describee as
When he was gone I found that he had "He will settle at Fountainhead by and
stayed only twenty minutes, and I had two by, no doubt, when he marries." •
hours to dispose of before eight o'clock.
came to see mother this afternoon, thintuheothenergr,,ed to be married, do you
"Is k,
He
and they walked together on the terrace "1 hav.e no idea; but I think if he were
in earnest conversation for more than an engaged he would have talked about his
hour. Uncle .tembrose was" over at the ganeeeno
cottage, buried among his books. I was in " I don't keine,. Some men are so secret
the drawing -room, and I couldn't hell) and reserved -Uncle Ambrose,for instance.
feeling a little curious about what mother. See how he went on adoring you in seoret
and Mr. Floreatan find to talk about
that was mooted -political, social, or
literary -with an aplomb which carried
her further then the widest knowledge
will carry a diffident conversationalist.
Duverdier openly sneered at some of her
observations, and provoked more than
one vindictive glance from those southern
eyes,
(TO BE CONTINUED.) ,
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a rapid hand and a full brush -that the
could for years."
MEDICAL
face seemed to grow into tnY mind,:and the
figure almost took life and motion as I
looked at it. My nerves were in a Deculiar
all that time. I tried to practice, but "Mr Flerestan may have some attach-
found myself repeatedly running to the ment; but if he were engaged I think he
window to•look at them. would have spoken about his sweetheart.
THE WORLD IS SMALL
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JW. 1313,OWNING M, D,, 11,13
. P. ii; Graduate Victoria Univers tyl
dace and residence, Dominion Lebo a
tory ,Eae ter .
stet eaftor that -hour of silence and thought-
fulnese in the desolate house, or else it
could hardly have been so foolieh as I was
two minutes afterward, when I turned to
He took leave at last' without coming in What does it matter, deareet ? He is nothing
o the house to see me which I thought to us except a friendly neighbor."
was a little ungrateful on his part, after my "No, only a friendly neighbor; but one
having given him tea yesterday afternoon. wants to know all about him."
At Least to the Criminal -A Forger from
South Africa Arrested its Cincinnati.
As a proof that the world is small to
that he find
ie
It. HYNDMAN, coroner for L
County or Enron. Office, opp,sttete.,
Carling Bros. s torn , Exeter,
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leave the dining -room, and shrieked with
terror on seeing a figure on the threshold of
the door, in the shadow of the half-closed
"What secrets have you and your neigh- Gilbert Florestan went back to the buil].
bor been talking dearest?" 1 aekeg, when elor lodgings and the bachelor life. He had
mother came slowly in at the drawing. stayed nearly three weeks at Fountainhead,
can
th110
e criminal and
abiding place where the law cannot reach
himn take the case of William Augustus
F ES, ROLLINS & AMOS.
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"Separate Offices. Residence same as former.
ly. Andrew st. Offices: Spackmains building.
fain et; Dr Rollins' some as formerly-, north
door; Dr. Amos" same building, south door,
L.A.. ROLLINS, M. D., T. A. AlVIOS, M. D
Exeter, Ont
shutters.
I was idiot enough to mistake the real
for the unreal, the living son for the dead
father. In that moment of terror I believ-
ed that the figure standing there looking
at me with a quiet smile was the ghostly
semblance of the man whese picture I had
contemplated so long.
room. windowelooking grave and thoughtful. and he had seen a good deal of Daisy and
"Don't ask to know too much, pet. We her mother, both before and after their
have been -talking of a page in the book of migration, Grosvenor Square is within
the past. Nothing that touches my Daisy." little more than an hour's journey from
" You have been talking of my father ?" Lamford for him who will take au express
I said. train and a fast hansom and Mr. Floreetan
She did not deny it. had dined once and taken afternoon tea
I asked no more questions, knowing how three times in the new house, and had
Lippert, arrested the other day in Cin-
. . .
Ina natt for crimes committed ' in Cape
Colony. ,
The prisoner is a native of Hamburg,
where his father le a prosperous business
man, who had h is son educated in an
AUCTIONEERS.
"Pray, forgive me for startling you,"
said Mr. Florestan, offering me his hand in
easily she is saddened by.anY thought ot happened to meet; the two ladies at three
the past. Yet I could not help wondering different picture -galleries on three different
English so.hool the better to fit him for a
commerical life in his warehouse. The
,-1- flARDY, LICENSED ACC-
T 4. denser for the County of Huron.
Ohiunes moderate. Exeter P. O.
the easiest way, and not allowing me to see
that he thought me an idiot, as he must
have done. "I ought to have given you
some notice of my arrival."
"I had no idea you were coining to Eng
and wondering all day long what connection mornings.
there could be between Mr. Florestan and He bad studied Daisy's character and
my father's fate. disposition as if she had been one of Shakes-
* « * * * * * peare's heroines, and ne found her perfect
May 30. -It is ever so long since I wrote as Desdemona in her meek purity, spon-
young man declared himself - not satisfied
with the somewhat antiquated methods of
the old city, and with his father's consent
and well provided with money he set out
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British and Foreign .
Le Bosphore Egyptian for the last eleven
. ' F • •
years the leading organ of renah opinion
at Cairo, has ceased publication.
4, Le bogge -,13
y which is explained to be
polo on ice, has been introduced in Paris by
'dent "
a hockey club whose Presi is the Prince
of Sagan.
Whymper, the fismous Alpine climber,
and the fi d Chimborazo,b k
e rst to ascen ro e
his collarbone a little while ago in trying to
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go lip stairs m London.
In Florence the Salvation Army has
Pitched its camp in the Palazzo Rinuccini
in the Via de Serragli, once belonging to
the Medici. The city authorities encourage
its work,
A native regiment, the Twenty-ninth
Punjaub Infantry, won the " Honor and
Glory" rifle match in ludia. during the past
season, with a total of 924 out of a possible
1,050. • ,
It is calculated that the sugar produced
ei Fiji, 4 e sland and New South Wales
in
the present rate 'of increase, will supply'
the whole demand of the Australasian
nies y . b. .
col° • b 389 '
Three Hundred thousand francs have
been raised by the women of France for a
memorial to M. Carnet. Mme. Carnet wish-
es the money to be used to help the widows
of workingmen with families.
Soles and plaice are growing scarce in
waters, so Mr. Bryce, as President
of the Board of Trade, proposes to prohibit
the sale of immature flat fish less than eight
inches in length.
A. German church has just been dedicated
in the rue Blanche in Paris, and a regular
. . .
Lutheran pastor installed in it. The fifty
thousand Cerman Protestants who are do.
'
miciled in Paris have hitherto put up with
services held in small public halls.
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Sir Frederiak Pollock, corpus professor
of jurisprndence at Oxford and editor of the
Law Review, has been chosen to be editor
of the Law Reports. fie is a, grandson of
the late Chief Baron Pollock, and his uncle
iii the last of the 13arons of the Exchequer.
• Out of respect to the late Czar, the union
Jack was hung at half mast from the Round
Tower at Windsor Castle. lb was the first
time since the death of the prince Consort,
thirty-three years ago, that the British flag
'
had been displayed as an emblem of mourn-
ing ahbve a royal residence.
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of books and manuscripts, and the arts
rela ting thereto," as well 88 011 palteography
and bibliography.
An old man of 78 was sent to jail for
three d b the Marylebone police meg.
ree ays Y• e -
istrate recently, as he was unable to pay a
fine of 60 cents for not seeing that his
twelve- year -old grandchild went.to school.
y
He was a perfectly respectable working man,
Ifb• d 'dd the child'ste
Is wife was e .ri en, e paren
were dead, and he could not go after the
truant himself.
in France mud be careful
about their silver change e not only are the
foreign ooins, which were formerly current,
but thet+rem) l' htwe-
no longer accepted, ranc and one-frane pieces issued before
f
1864 have been called in, and are new
worth only their weight iu silver, less
than half their face value.
P Dr. John Murray of the Challenger ex -
edition, who for sorne years has been try -
ing to stir England up to toted out ate. ex -
pedition to the Antartic, recently received
the French Academy of Sciences the
Cuvier prize for eminence in natural his -
tory. The prize has been awarded in the
past to two Americans. Louis Agassiz and
P
the late Dr. Leidy of Philadelphia.
This is the official mourning dress pre -
scebed at tbe English court for the late.
i._ _ .
tenni ht lad -
Emperor of Russia I For a g
ies will wear black dresses, white gloves,
black or white shoes, feathers, and fames
pearls, diamond a or plain gold or silver.
ornaments then fanother f t ' ht
; len or or nig .
..a . dfl
DI eh dresses, with colored ribbons, ow-
s, eathers, an ornaments, or gray or
r f d
whitee dresses with black ribbons, &c. The.
gentlemen will wear black court dresses,
with black swords and buckles through the
period. e court wen cm o
wholeTh t t f
in • Dec.5 -
ourning on .
Women in the Glasgow shops, aaaording
to a recent report, receive from .$1 or $1.25
to $3 a week ; hair-dresseremilliners, and
,
tob aconists may get $3.75 0 g . versgers ,e -
gin with $3 o. week, and may rise to $600.
a. yew One young woman in Bole charge
of a shop received p a week ; her hours
were 12a on four days of the week, 'a on
one, and 14n on one ; her meals were
brought in to her ; there were no on nitary
convenietices, thus being rare in Glasgow
shops. Another worked from 9:30 a.m.
till 10 p.m., and on Saturdays till 11, for
$1.75 a week, and wits not alloeted to go
ont for her male.
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V. BOSSENBERRY, General Li-
..11-2.4 • ceased Anctioneer Sales conducted
in allpai•ts. satisfactionguaranteed. Charges
Moderate. llensall X' 0, Ont.
land so soon," I said.
"I had no idea myself; but the distance
from Paris to Lamford is such a bagatelle
that I thought I might as well run across
that last line in my diary, and we have taneous as Juliet in her girlish trans arenc
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migrated to Grosvenor Square. of mind and soul. Shewas all this, but she
, . 'was the blighted wife of another man, whom
The house is, lovely. , Every detail that adored,
she no doubtIt was notbecause
can minister to the comfort and convenience
for South Africa to begin life for himself.
' TRE DIAMOND TRADE
between Hamburg and Kimberley had
HERRY EILBER Lieen Bed Ana.
tioneer for the Counties of auron
mid mounesex , Wes eo n dilate d at mod-•
mate antes. otriee. tit Post -tones ore&
ice. rin b. .
meson. .......e...no.ne.o....i.
and have a look at the old home before all
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the tulips are withered.
"Havethought
t • d 9" Iasked,
ve you only 3us arrive .
feeling that I was redder than the reddest
of the tulips, and wondering what he must
she was somewhat cold and careless in her
of its inhabitants has been studied and treatment of her lover that she loved him
out. My rooms are delicious- the less, Mr. Florestan told himself. They
colorine form ever thin in excellent
- -, ' Y g . . had been companions from childhood, and
taste outlook sunny, flowers in all the win-
, , . , ' . love had become a matter of course.
aows, brightness and prettiness everywhere
't• • •
brought the two et les into commercial re-
lationship and it was not difficult for the
young man to secure the 'best recommendae
tions to the leading men of the South
MONEY TO LOAN.
think of my extraordinary intrusion.
"Within three minutes. The fly is still
is bringing in
He went back to Paris, where the season
-and yet I find myself regretting River
, • . was still at its height, although the world-
Lawn every hour et my life, and I h
' ave a lings were begiuing to talk of their favorite
African settlement, whither he went and
engaged in business. He was an extremly
"t/TONE'Y TO LOAN AT 6 AND
v-1- percent, $25,000 Private Funds. .8est.
Loaning Companies represented.
D. H. DICKSON
Barrister. hxeter.
at the door, and my servant
my portms.nteau.'
"You must think it so strange to find
me here," I stammered, feeling even worse
than Fatima, though there were no gory
heads lying about to add to my embarrass-
shrewd suspicion that mother feels very maladies, and to discuss Auvergne and the
y she as been talk- p
eh as I do. Aheadh b
nl° .Pyrenees, Aix, and the Aural -Han Tyrol.
Ing -a bout An ust when vge shall go back
is ford. 1 ' . Florestan in his present humor cared very
.0° 8111 little about fashionable society. He had
The Drawing -room is for to.morrow, and his. friends and companions in the world of
has home Mine.
•
fortunate trader and luck seemed to wait
upon all his ventures but only to furnishTravellers
him means for lavish expenditure. For
some years he led the gayest lite in the
place and then he dissappeared. This was
SURVEYING.
ru ent.
"I only think it delightful to be welcom.
my court gown come from literature and art, and in this particular
IVIartinet's-a train of thick, dull.white world he tried to discover the charanter and
falls in folds; Duverdier, the lie
two years ago. Following, his departure
the discovery was made tat he had forged
FRED W. FARNCO NIB,
•
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Fromm and Surveyor, aid Civil
MIT G-iTTE ER_ MT C_
Office, Upstairs, Sanaweirs Block, Exeter.Ont
ed by the presence of a friend," he answer-
ed, with inexpressible kindness.
There was something in his smile and in
his tone of voice 80 full of protecting
friendliness that I began to fuel easier in
my mind, and was able to explain rny ap.
Peara,nce in his dining-roorn on that
I hi
silk whicb massive,statuesque antecedents of man met
a white satin petticoat covered with crystal in Mme. Quijada's salon. He also made
beads, all one sparkle, dazzling, iridescent. certain inquiries about 1me. Quijada
The costume is a marvel of brilliant herself.
simplicity. Mother has given me the Of Mme. Quijads, nothing was known ex-
pearl necklace she wore at her presentation, cept that she had a beautiful daughter,
two -and -twenty years ago, and Uncle whom she kept as close as a nun. It was
Ambrose has me a set of diamond that there be some in
cheques, bonds, notes, deeds and other
securities to the amount of £119,755, equal
to more than half a million dollars in our
money, the chief sufferers being two of the
leading banks of Cape Town.
Both the Cape and British authorities
instituted search for the criminal in all
the
VETERINARY.
particular afternoon; and then told n
that I must go and hunt the dogs who
given supposed must one
stars which are to fasten the ostrich the background, some one who kept dark,
in my hair and on my shoulders. that
parts of world and 110 expense wasfrom
spared. in the quest. Under instructions
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gradeseesof the Ontario Veterinsry C:01
/tom
ceetea : one aoor South ofTown Rail.
littamormsrassmar •010•11111•11311P1111
might be doing all manner of mischief in
his shrubbery.
I had a secret conviction that the good
creatures had gone peacefully home to the
stables, but they afforded a decent excuse
to get me out of the house.
"I feel euro they won't do the slightest
harm," he said; "but if -you are uneasy pa
'we'll go and look for them to.
that score w
ether and then nerhans Your mother will
g '
take pity upon a tired traveler and give me
a cup of tea."
"I dreadfully I
plumes and whowagethe source of magnificence
Cyril brought his offering this rnorning- in tewels and that luxury in hot -house
- -
a sapphire half -hoop ring -the second he flowers which contrasted so curiously with
has given me. The first was given me in the lady's unpretending manner of life.
Venice, where he bought it at one of the There was something in this little house-
jeweler's in the dear little Merceria-a hold of the Rue Saint Guillaume which in-
a double half loop of diamonds and rubies; terested Florestati, although he had not
SO now I have the three colors, red, white, the slightest disposition to fall in love with---
and blue, on my engaged. finger. The the beautiful Dolores. He was interested
ringe are lovely, but almost too heavy a in her only as a study in human nature, a,
load for my poor finger to cagy. leaf in the great book of humanity. ForBritish
* * * * personal feeliug he was more moved by the
June I. cousin than by
from Scotland Yard the Pinkertons joined
in the search in America and after i
- 8-x
months' tireless enquiry they got trace of
the fugitive in Chicago, followed him to
Louisville, thence to Cleveland andsecured
him in Cincinnati, where, under an assumed
name, he was
MANAGER OP A PUBLISHING HOUSE.
He will be taken back to the Ca e for trial
P • o
the British consul t
a New York having ap-
P lied for extradition processes. While the
f ' hes t '
case urnis estimony to the thorough
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annfeetories and all other desoriptioas of
insurable pronarty. Intending insurers have
the option of insuring. on the Premium Note or
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amount of $40.872,onl; e,nd paid la losses
13709,762.00. alone
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creintry ; J. B. FitiGIIPH, illiPetOr. . OthiS
S ELL, Agent tor Exeter and vicinity
am so sorry," said.
"Mother is in London, and won't be heme
much before eight."
"That's a sad disappointment. I had
looked foiward to seeing her this after-
noon. "
We went out at the hall door together,
and we explored . the shrubberries and
garden, but saw no !sign of the dogs. He
went home with me, and we found Sappho
and Phaon in their kennels, whither they
had returned half an hour before. Then
from the stable -yard we wandered natural-
ly to the garden, where the basket -chairs
and tables had been set out on the terraoe,
in honor of the summery warmth of the
afternoon. The footman came out with
the tea-tray and arranged it, while Mr.
Florestan and I stood looking at the river.
Servants age so officious. I had happened
to luncheon thatif the day continued
-The awful ceremony is over, gray-haired, middle-aged
without any hitch, and I hope without any Mme. Quijada's daughter. .,.
gaucherie upon my part. I have seen the He might have been still more 'Interested
face of majesty, for mother and I were in Louise Marcee,could he have been pi•esent
early at the palace, and the queen had not at an interview between her and Leon
retired when our turn came. My gown Durerdier which took place on the morning
has been admired,and is laid by in lavender, of his return to Paris.
and I am now formally introduced to It was nearly a month since Duverdier's
society, and have all the rights, privileges, urgent application for a loan, and since his
and responsibilities of a young person who is threat of suicide, a threat which he had no
" out.' doubt forgotten five minutes after it was
I
is not o e e sp en ors made. e into me. Lunt as
Cyril ' t ballowed the I dHwalked M Q • d
d found
aud luxuries of Grosvenor Square until salon, unannounced,. as usual, an ,
after our marriage. His father thinks that Louise alone, busy in the arrangement. of
as a batchelor he is beter off in the Albany, the flowers, a duty which was envoys in-
where he has a delightful set of rooms, trueted Go her, a,nd in which she exhibited
and where he may keep dogs, entertain his ttla artistic taste.
Oxford friends, and smoke as much as heMancha'to
m A heavy Niel rose dropped
likes. from her hands at the sight of Duverdier,
If I were a young man with such advan. and she moved toward the door withmit s
tages I to word, an expression of intense aversion
.
methods of the British authorities in hunt-
ing down a criminal, it also suggests (rues- t. .
ion ot the business methods of the banks
. . o
which suffered by Lippert's forgeries. It
. s
seems incredible that anyone could be able
to so hood ' k b '
win bank officials as to secure
half a million of liars be
do fore the frau s
d
were detected, but it seems that it can be
done.
Th •
ere is a recent case nearer home which
Watlid be cited to prove this. Seeley, the
of the New York Shoe and Leather
Bank who has 'ust b t t ' f
3 been sen o prison or
'
eight years, defrauded that institution of
$350,000 by paying out that amount to a
confederate andalteringh'
rate is accounts so as
conceal his dishones'y. The
' • frauds
extended over seven years and it was only
b chance that the were discovered That
I._ . . Y .. •
1 immense gam could go out of a bank
°"."
SARIS
say at
fine I thought I would have tea in the
garden; and here was the man setting out
the cups and saucers underlelr. Florestan's
nose.
There was no help for it. I could not be
should never want marry.
My cousins have expressed themselvet upon her pale. rigid face. _
brutal tone
very decidedly about ray future life is 'Stop 1" he pried, in a .„
Grosvenor Square. They oan not believe in "Yon are the person I want to talk to this
possible that any young couple could be morning. I saw my aunt and Dolores get
. .
happy under the sante roof as their father out of a ily and go ifito a milliner's m the
Rue de la I here
without detection of the dishonesty being
practised shows great negligence in the
t f the ' t'
nt'nag?""1 ° e Ins .1tution, yet, prob.
adroit schemers will o on overcoming
ably.g . g
bank -managers to the end of tune,
btage coaches are to be revived in the
neighborhood of London by the Post Office,
on account of the excessive charges for the
transportation of parcels of some railroads.
A line will be estabnshed between London
and Guildford, to run only at night, so as
to secure free roads and greater speed.
The Duke of Athol has twenty-three
titles, the Duke of Hamilton seventeen,
the Dukes of Argyll and Buccleugh each
sixteen, the Marquis of Bute fifteen and
the
e Duke oi Abercorn th' teen, The 'Duke
ir
of Richmond has only nine, but three of
- •
them are dukedoms in Greet Britain and
one in France. *
A blow has been struck at the cigar -stub
• . ,
industry in France, A inanufatturer of
tobacco made from castaway. butte was
charged in the ceurts with defrauding the
revenue by not paying duty. He claimed
' had otiosely pat ' ut
thet the tobacco d d v
-
once, but the Court decided '
agaand him,
and he had to pay the fine.
. , , . . .
japatiese laDorent are Deputing to orni.
grate to Queensland, in northern Australia,
where they are proving to be good workers.
The Australian pre3udice ageinst the
Chinese does not seem to apply to thetn, as
they and the . Corean laborers are held to
be eite ' t froni the poll tax levied u o
M n
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ChInatnen.
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Csairibridge University, Englund, hae Just
received a bequest to establith a ieadership
hi bibliography. The , teadet's ditties will
be to deliver leettIrcB1 on "typography,
bookbinding brook illustration the osoieri ewere
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Astrology and Birthdays.
An old astrological predietion gloms the
character of a.girl according to the month
in which she was born, asfollows:
"If a girl is born in 3anuary she will be a,
prudent housewife, givet to melancholy,,
but good tempered and fond of fine elotheee
if in rebruary, an affeo times. te wife and.
, .
tender mother and devoted t d 1
o mos- i in
. a • ' ' '
ar h
WI o ssa frivolous ohatterboX, somewhat.
• •
given to quenreling, and a connoisseur in
April ' t ht.
gowns and bonnets, ; if itt , memos a ,.
t butt e oo
not very ittelligen , likely o b g (11
looking end studious of fashion plates ; if
ill May, handsome, amiable, and given to.
style in dress; if la June, 'impetuoue, will
marry early, be frivolous and like dressy
clothes : if in JulY . e Possibl Y handsome, but
with a sulk tem er arid re enchant ftit-
Y P P
gay attire ; if in Augast, amiable and prao,
B
tical, likely to inarry rich and clress ulk.
iugly ; if in September, discreet, affable,
much liked and is fashionable dresser I if le
October ' ' t ri
pretty end coquettish, Mid devo 0,
to att ' ` 1 '. N b ' '
maitre garniture ; i in ovem cir,.
liberal,kind,. ' i ' ti
of a rei a disposition and a
admirer of stylish dress ; 11 10 December,.
l , • i f • I ' 4.'
well pi °portioned, ota o uove,ty, extrav
agent and e student of dressy &loots."
If these emyinge be euthentio, what is
the birth month of tins blue stockings who.
care nothing for dress'? Perhaps there 'warp
none I lose eye,
'n 0 - d '
.
. POWDERS
'Cure
so inhospitable as to Bend him away tea-
less, with my pet brass kettle singing
merrily over the spirit -lamp, and my
favorite buns frizzling fresh from the oven.
I made the best of my awkward position.
"Perhaps, as mother isn't here,' you'll
allow me tie give you a cup of tea," I said
He accepted eagerly. I almost hoped he'd
and mother. Paix, and came on.. pur.
"I should prefer the shabbiest little flat in pose to see you. I won't stand being
the Edgeware Road -nominally Hyde Park avoided as if I wet° a pestilence."
__to your splendid apartments "said Dora. She stopped near the doer, looking at
.,The plan may answer very we'll in France. him fixedly, but without uttering a word.
There is a kind of childishnese about the - " What, dumb devil has got into you ?"
French which makes them look up to their " I have nothing to say to you," she
in answered, sternly.. " I will have no
Use
,
•:it) -
o'
Synonyms.
r- , ,
SICK HEADACHE and' Neuralgie
In. 20 MINVTIYE, also Coated Tongue, Dizsi.
sees, Biliousniss, Pain in the Side, Constipatibn,
Torpid Livia Baa Breath. to -stay mired also
rapist° the bolveIs. VERY NiCE 70 TARE.
Pftios es cgmly 47. Datia eroRks,,,,
1, • •
take his tea standing, and go away dire0t;
ly he had emptied. the cup
1,-, 1,,, A 1.,,,,,,„ - .
the soul of delicacy arid con-
maeration in lus own But, although
".`', —.----
house, he seemed to
thiak he might do as he liked in outs.
parents a positively ridiculous way.
tut it will never do in an . English house. dealings with- you- will hold no inter.
course with you. If you. were dying iof
f I would notgive ive ou adrink of water."
hold. Mark my words, Daisy, it will fever . . g y
never do." The livid pollor of her hollow cheeks
••
I told her that almost the chief consider. was inteneified by the hectic spot which
burned end
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naese.seeeneee
He seated himself 10 0110 of the low basket.
ittion it my engagement to Cyril Was the upon the cheek -bone, gave an
1
FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
' P
DUNN
EIAKIN
chairs, and I felt that he meant to stay.
It wee a pleasure to hear him rattle on
as he took his tea, devouring buns and jam
sandetiches, and deeming really to enjoy
the meal. I was very soon aa MND11 nt hams
with him ars if he had beim Cyril,
it. him aboat thehouse in Grosvenor
Square, and we had a long cliectession
upon coloring and high art in furniture.
eu are o' °sett
"And ao y g ing to d River
.
Lawn in all its Bummer' beauty for the
ides, that I ehould not be patted from added luster to eyes that had grown too
my mother when I became his wife. ' large for the haggard face.
t 'If that consideration influences you,my
dear, depend upon it you don't oarEWO "Qac diable 1" cried .Duverdier. "You
are tuseally poi:leaned by a dumb devil, but
straws for the man,' she 'answered, ' h When On do alk by eaven1 it ia a
horrid way. , in er Y t o ,_
torrent, No matter, I am brit generally
Igoe a good deal of my cowries, now I in. need of art intermediary vvith e pretty
am living in towe. They find Grosvepor woman, and I have no doubt I shall be
Square nearer the park them Harley Street, able to conic to an understanding ;with
ore long "
a oftet (Ire in to I ' Deletes bef .
uric n t
nd p Imo af a the
' This conversation took place in the Morn-
e
Gladys --"Mamma, my teacher
hag about synonym to.day.
eynonyin ?o,
Mtn. Catherwood--"A
ling, is a word you can use
other one When We do not
veil the othet one."
was talk-
,
What is a
.
synonym, der-
in phase of an-
km)* boar to
POWDER
BEST
"Nloterr SALE IN CANADA*.
ort 84 -^0,
,
stanched stateliness of Grosoonot Square 1:
he said,'
ha h g
I told him, t t the ci an e wet uot my
. .
choice or my nnothern but that it wag ity
etep-fether wile note shiftiog the; scene of
lives. Atka then 1 dravion
mornieg walk. . . ' etla Elorestati called' in the Rue
1,
' hey walk iti the , Row in the morning log. nitee" g
and ride befote dinner daily, • -
, as i i reAnother
'
f t tve Saint Guillaume on the following evening.
a part of their religion. - He found %wordier eetablished in a tau.
"And yet," my aunt says, "I have nee . . . , .
twill beside the sofa, on Winch Dolcoree was
tea one eligible offer far either of there' sitting, 'looking very levely id' a flowleg
.
Brute.
Wife -"Ever so many women are e-
b
ceming artiSte,"
niusband_noyee. it is a bitsindes in
'entity of jo ', ', . - .
Es. ..s receiving an immense
oar Was on to
. . , . •
teIllum of my step -father's s dislike of the
house 1,vhich had beet my fathetits home;
I think there is something really pathetic tealown of priest saloon silk, whirili set
in tho,t, 4tyet,0 ' • off at once the grace of her supple figure,
and a pendant and bracelet of magnifieen t
Whieh they ewe talk While they work,"
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Chtluren urv Orr -anent tiaStOria4
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