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How The Robber's Were Foiled.
St oicthin ailed Nettie Wilder
Her mother, who gave to this only
child all her strong maternal love,
knew something of the cause of
change, and her thinking llonrs
were often as prcplexed and troubl-
ed as Nettie'e..
For there was Fred blitobell, ou
the one hand, the son of the richest
man iu Coverdale ; college cheat-
ed, roar!, and the horse stno1 P ed, Th handsomely attired, smooth of
tempo, and courteous in manuer, men were all mashed, but Nettt
And there was Barry Lane, on the knew well that it was her lover who
other hand, a stalwart, young farm• grasped the horse by the bridal and
er of twenty five, who owned a well. ordered her grandfather to alight.
conducted farm,was as honest and It was a hard task to lough, ba
true a manus the wide world could Nettie was brave in the faze oft e
produce, and fully bis own master, aetual peril. With a little laugh
And both were courting pretty Net she said :
tie Wilder. I am not 112r. Suow. Don't you
And poor little Nettie was grow—
ing grave and womanly, thinking 'This is lir. Suow'11 buggy,
of the choice she must make. For, gr"led Due of the moo.
if Harry had been her boy -lover all
'Well, hasn't he the right to lend
her life, Frank possessed the (therm it to hie granddaughter to go home
al novelty, and would take her in ?' retorted Nettie.
from the drudgery of farm life,
'Aint he going over to Mitchell's ?'
Yet there was somethiun about asked the growling voice.
Frank Mitchell that Nettie distrust• No. Oh !' as if the idea had
ed. She could not define it, and suddenly occurred to her --'Oh, you
none of the whispers that'Mitchell'd tricked men 1 Yon thought grand•
son was a little wild' had ever father was taking money to lfr.
reached her.; "Set- ho was conscious Mitchell's. Oh, I am so glad ! He
of a certaiu ehriuking from his met Wilson in town, and he has
most tender speeches. sent sir. Mitchell the rents.'
She was pondering over all this
oue pleasant October afternoon ;
and se a shadow crossed the win•
dow, she looked up to see Harry
Lane carrying a large covered
basket.
'We are gathering the pippins,'
he said, coming to the window sill,
'and I brought over a basket for
yeur mother.'
Mrs. Wilder, from the inner part
of the room, advanced to spew some
words of thanks, adding :
'Don't you want to take some to
your grandfather, Nettie ? Harry
ran go to the eroes roads with yon,'
Half reluctantly Nettie put on her
hat and jacket, and selected some
of the finer pippins for a smaller
basket.
With a nod and a smile Nettie
left Harry at the crossroads, where
he promised to meet her at five
o'clock, to cross the lot, that saved
nearly half a mile of the distance to
her grandfather's. On entering
the kitchen, she frightened Katie,
the old servant, by the ashy pallor
of her faoe,and the strange tremor
of her voice, as she said, sharply :
'Where is grandfather ?'
'He's not got in from town yet,'
was the reply. 'What ever's come
to you, bliss Nettie ? Are you going
to faint ?'
'No. I am tired. I must watch
for grandfather, or he may drive
past.
Then she ran across the garden
to the gate, for there was the sound
of wheels on the road. Her grand-
father checked his horse as she
opened the gate, to say to her :
'Jump in. I'm going over to
Mitchell's.'
'Grandfather, have you money
for him ?'
'Yes. All the quarterly rents.
Folks all paid up to -day.'
'You must not take it over, grand-
father. There are three men over
in Higgin's old barn waiting to rob
you.'
'Nonsense 1'
'It is not nonsense, grandfather.
I Dame across lots with Harry, but
when I passed Higgin'a place 1 saw
some of those great yellow pears
banging over the barn and I went
to get them. When I was up in
the tree, I saw and heard the men.
They are in the barn, and they
know you have been collecting the
rents. They mean to atop you and
take the money. And, oh, grand
father, if you don't go on they, will
come over here to rob you. So you
must let me do what I have planned.
Let me take the money on, and you
stay here. If they stop me, I will
tell them you have sent the money
to Mr, Mitchell.'
'You can say I met Mitchell's
man, Wilson, in town, if you choose.
I often send it by him, but I mot
him today before it was paid. But
Nettie, I can't let you run into
danger.'
'There will be no danger to me.
They will never think I have the
money.'
'But they may look to sop.'
For answer Nettie took down a
coil of superb brown hair, that had
been neatly twisted up under her
hat. Shaking it out, she said :
'Give me the notes, grandfather.' On with the wet 1 Let Bacchus
He took a large roll from his be confined 1
wallet, and looked on in mute ail- See that you stand on heaven's
miration while Nettie twisted it in• side in the drink question.
to her hair, pinning and patting Supporters of the ruinshop are ba-
the enlarged roll until it was in trayors of home and religion.
order, and finally petalled. the The devil is a devil still, polish
dainty hat over all. and praise him as you will.
'Don't worry about me,' she said, Alcohol saves a great many lives
kissing the old man tenderly, Then, in this world by being—not taken.
after a moment's hesitation, eh ,The drink that's from the devil's
said, very, very gravely : still produces nothing Oise hilt ill,
'Grandfather, you will keep a The spirit of wine is the spirit of
sorer, if I tell you one.' evil, and Shakespeare rightly called
'Yes, dear.' it devil.
7'lu+u. while yon are grateful the
you are not exposer] to robbery, and
peilutpe unnalsr, thank Ileaveu, too
for my escape: One of those men
is Frank Mitchell.'
She kissed him and was gone h:,
fore he lied eullieieutly reeovere
from hie amazeuleut .to answer he:
She drove rapidly, hoping to pas
fliggiu's barn too gtuekly to b
strapped, as dusk was gathering
But three men steed across th
THE F31 -i USSELS
t No honest, intelligent man will
go with a,political parry unities it int
goieg his way.
Let us turn out efforts to the
people, and when the victory is
won the leaders „fll Dome up to the
1 front.
Tiicu,auda of people say No to
s prubibi iou, thousands clay Yes.
o Let no try and find out what God
says,
e
The banner of political and social
e righteousness is a good oue to fight
o nuder. Wanted, voluuteers for the
war 1
Better to be a worm for God to
hold and whip the devil with, than
t to be drinkmalier to his Infernal
Majesty.
It matters little what the churches
resolve ; it is what their members
do and how they vote that is the
important point.
Men often excuse their own want
of zeal by giving the name of fan.
atioism to the more ardeut zeal of
others.
The first oouccrn of Government
is the welfare of tare people—and
the prosperity of the drink -sellers.
A tough job 1
The liquor -traffic is the deepest
disgrace of the century, the foulest
and wholly indelible stain on the
glory of the Victorian ago.
The one constant, common duty
is to do the will of God, in time
home, in business, in work, in so-
ciety, in parliament, everywhere.
Let us protest always against any
policy that permits righteousness to
ebb and flow as one party or anoth-
er wins an election.
Electors, licensing is wrong, and
no amount of revenue can matte it
right. To consent to this wrong is
to be a partner in it morally and
financially.
Compromise ? Yes, to anything
that is not fundamental. Stoop to
conquer ? By all means so long as
yon don't injure your backbone.
No soul ever went Godward
through a public house, yet Chris•
tian voters keep ite doors open as
if it were the antechamber of
Heaven.
The crime of crimes, the mother -
crime, ie the crimp of licensing
crime.brooders, nud criminal mak-
ers. Reader, aro you ono of the
arch.criminals 2
Our temperance movement wavers
and at times atmoss fails because of
the real ignorance, partial know-
ledge, erroneous views, or selfish
designs of some who aspire .to lead
and to digitate.
The fierceness of the oaths that
met this statemeut made Nettie's
heart wink. But slie stet erect, and
watched the hand that held her
horse. In the first surprise the
man turned to his comprnioas, and
Nettie, gathering the reins firmly
in her left hand, suddenly brought
the whip lash, with all the force of
her young arm, across the hand
she wwatching. Involuntarily
it loosened its grasp, while the
horse, startled by the smart blow,
dashed ahead with a speed that
threatened new danger, for the
dusk was gathering.
Nettie saw Harry Lane at the
cross-roads, patiently waiting, but
was compelled to pass at full speed
with only a nod of recognition.
Before she reached her desti-
nation she had fell control of the
horse agaiu, but it was a very pale
face that confronted the fatherly
old mac who received her,
With a low, faltering voice she
told her story. unbound her hair,
and delivered the money.
But instead of counting it, blr.
Mitchell tossed it down and asked :
'Nettie, did yen recognize the
men 9'
'Only one of them,'
'And timet one—who was he 9'
"Oh, don't ask me. Oh, Mr.
Mitchell, don't don't ask me 1'
And then, thoroughly unnerved
at last, Nettie broke into a passion
of sobs, She turned to the door,
her heir all streaming about her
shoulders, but lir. Mitchell put hie
hand on her arm and gently detain-
ed her.
'You must tell me 1 Is it for my
sake you are shout ? Would he—he
—the man—rob me ? Nettie, you
must speak. Was it my son ?'
Her face showed him, for she
could not speak. With shaking
limbs she left the house' and drove
home. What spirit of bravado
tempted Frank Mitchell to be there,
waiting for her, she could not tell,
but ho was in the sitting -room,
chatting with her mother, as she
entered. Weary as she was, the
sight roused all Nettie's spirit, and
in answer to her mother's question:
'Why, Nettie, did you drive
home 2' she told her story in every
detail, excepting her recognition of
the man who listened. Then say.
ing
'I must go and put up my hair,'
she turned to leave the room again.
Stopping as she passed her visitor,
she said, in a voice heard only by
himself :
'You are wise to wear your gloves
until the mark of my whip lash re
gone from your band.'
Folks said they 'reckoned young
Mitchell was jilted by Nettie Wilder
'fore he left Ooverdale and went off
to York to. live ; but, after all, she'd
a good husband, for everybody
knew Harry Lane had just loved
the ground she walked on ever
singe be was a mite of a boy.' And
Harry Lane wonders why Nettie
always has a grave faze for a mo-
ment when she sees the first Octob-
er pippins or any of Higgin'e yellow
pears.
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the plaoe, next door tp I'letcher's ;Jewel-
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Investment
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Borrowers can have their Loans
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is satisfactory. •
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Splendid Assortment of Trunks,
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