The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1885-5-22, Page 22 Tilir SRITZISELS POST MA 0 22, 1 PRE YOUNG GIST WOOING, lEr . P. nOse, Anther " al* Mo b** kbf Yetts,,. 0 rrom *gess to Igor:lest,. Abe.,.doc, month wide open 1" "I don't tlituk it was quite 00 bail as that. but if • it was themes good reasonforit, for it, Tell um, Madge, how-thie miracle was wrought 1" "There, that's just what I called it," cried. Mrs. Muir, "and it's nothing loos than one, iu spito of all that Madge and henry 000 sae." o \\leo you aro ready for supper I will show you one phase of the minuet.. ' said Madge, la Lodi*, with glad 111 11Sie in bur voive, "Come, I'm not an enamel 10010hof a menagerie, and there's uo micasion for yon stem any longer." "Yoe, C0100 008g." 'Mr. Muir : "I've had no roaea, beef to.day and surfeit of sentiment." The young fellow colored sliglitly, but said brusquoly eMtn's tastes cliange with age. 1 suppose :%ou did not hod a Ewe soutinieut amiss once upon a tete'. Well, Mtidge, you are: not a lit of a ghost 110w, yet I fear yon aro an :au- sion." "Illusions will vanish wheu you mite to holp me at supper. Wo will wait Mr you on the piazza." As she paced its wide extent, her cions also vanished, Graydon had greeted her as a brother, and a brothor only. When the tumult at her heart sole el, this truth stood out most Clea 1 [is kiss still tingled upon her lips. ..... 'not be the last, unless follow- ed ee a kali of love. Their brotherly reed sleteele .rolathina most be el,ettercd at once. No such relations e.-1' tea for her, and only as she destroyed such rc. gard on his part could a, tenderor affec. tion take its place. With her as his sister he wea'd be coot nt; ho might not readily think of h. rio another light, anti meantime 'might r. ft swiftly into no ongagement, with 3Iise Wildrocue. CIL\ CT X. OLD T1:,1 murex. "lIreleo," eeeel Grardon rejoining lad on th mid riving her MS while Mrs. Muir sut orwn to was for 1- r et:4110ml. '.‘ , I weer a dose Elm the C:It• .1'011 til`ln Wilfni WO parted eo eg ego. UP, bat my heart was 1113, v ',hop Jhl you limb) this choleo Light hy ..linitee ?" "Yoe Ittivo 1, good memory." "Yon have not answered me." -I shall uoteitig that will in. y(10 Nullity." - "You will now of necessity Id; pride overweening." "How is that'? I hope to Berg Latter influence over you." "...is I look at yon I regard my 1.1.i.l0 1151 most pardonable and natural. end tholghts and hopes are roalteoti beyond even imagination, although, look- ing at your eyes, in old times, 1 alwe:e had a high ideal of you capabilities. I should 110 a clod indeed if I wero not proud of such a sister to chap:pion io society." Matigo's hearty laugh eves n litile forced as she said, ''Yu have a dolight. folly cool way of taking things for „mated. IM no longer a 11 Lok sick girl, but to vary Peggotty's exultant etatemont, a young lady 'growed.' Yon loreete yourself, 410, in your greetim! but that was pardonable 10 yoer pa,roxyam of suri rise." "What, Madge I Will you not remit 1110 00 be your brother ?" "What an absurd. question 1" sho answered, still laughing. "You are not my brother. Can I permit water to run up 11111'? You wero like a brothor, though, when I was a sick child in the quoer old tinies,—kindor than most brothers, I tldnk. But, Coneglon, I am grown up. Seo, heat? comes above your shouldor." "Well, you are changed." "For the better, in some reepects, I hope you will iind." "I don't at all like the change you suggest in our relations, and -am not sum I will submit to it. 111 5001115 absurd to Inc." "I -.will not sem so wheu you come to think ot it," she replied, gravely and gently. "Yo o think of Inc still as littlo Madge; I am no longer little Madge, even to myself. A woman's Mathias oro tumidly right, Graydon." "011, thank you! I am glad 1 nen still 'Graydon.' Why do you not call me '11r. Muir' ?" "Ihicauee I am porroctly rational, Rommel regard you as almost the beet friend 1 have." Break up that confabulation," erica 31r, Muir to tho young people, who had paused and were confronting each other at the farther mad of the piazza. alf you think Madgo can explain hereelf ill a moment or a week you 0.10 mistaken, Como to supper." "My brother is right,—you are Mcleod on enigma," ho said, discontentedly. "An oiligine„ am 1" she responded, smiling. "Please remember that most of tho world's enigmas were slowly found out .becaute so simple." As they passed from the dneky piazza to tho largo, brilliantly lighted simper - mom, with nearly ;Wits tables occupied, he was curious to observe how she would meet the many critical oyes turned toward hole Again he was puzzled as well as surprised. ShoNvolked at his side as though the room woro empty. Thee was no affectation of indiffer- mica, no trace of onebarraesed or of ploased, solf.eonseiousnees. From tho friendly glances and smiles that she received it was also apparent that elle had already made acquaintances. Sho moved with tho easy, graceful stop of perfect good breeding and assured con- fidence, and was as self.nossossod himself. Was tine tho little ghost who bad once boon afraid of hor owe) ellatlow, whioh was soarooly loss substantial than berself ? Tbey bad been meted bat a momont 'when Miss Wildinere entored alono, To Graydon thisappeared pathetic. Ile did not know that her mother was 80 worn out from the journey, and so em- hatressed by unaided efforts to get settlod 0111110 still oaring for her half. sick child, that she 11011 1100111011 to make a slight and hasty ropasb h her 001(1 000111. Miss W'ildniero oitrod littlo for what took place behind the sconos, but was usually superb before the fs.ot. lights. Nothing could have been more charming or better calonlatod to win gonoral goodwill than her adva,uue 11000 tho long room, In external beauty she was more striking at first than Madge. Sho did not in the least regrot that she niust outer alone, for sho was not proud of her mother, and nothing drew attention from herself. She as- sumed, however, a slight and chinning trace of embarrassment aud perplexity, which to Graydon was perfectler irresis- tible, and ho mentally resolved that she should not much !auger want a devoted oseort. Madgo HMV los &aux of sym- pithy and strong admiration, his smile and low bow as she passed, ushered for. ward by tho obsequious head.waitor, and her heart sunk. In spite of all she had attompted and achievod, tho old cynical assurance came back to Mir,— " Yon are nothing to Graydon, and never can leo anything to hitn." She was pale enough now, but hor eyes burned with the resolution not to yield until all hope was Slam. She talked freely, and woo most friendly toward Graydeni but there wail a slight coustraiut ih his Manlier. The beautiful and self-possessed girl who sat apposite him was not little Madge whom it had been his pleasure to ee t and humor, She evidently no longer rceardod herself as WS sister, but rathet as 0 ellen:mg young 010111041 abun- dantly able to tako care of her. self. S1)0 had indeed changed marvel. lorsly in mare respects than one, and ho felt aggricvod that he had been kept in iguoranco of hcr progross. lie believcd that sho had grown away from him and the mat, as wall as grown according to her declaration, lie recalled her apparent disiiielmation for correspondence, and eitenv thenOtt it dno to indifference, rather than au in.- dolout shrinking from effort. The sur- prise 0110 had given him seemed a little tlene—an act due possibly to vomit).— compared with the sisterly accounts :dm inigl it have m ritton of hor improve - mom. She had achieved the wonder without aid from him, and so of course had not felt the need of his help in any way. In remembrance of tho past ho felt that lie had not deserved to bo so ignored. Her profession of friendship 0105 011 well enough,—there could scarcely be less than that,—but the Madge lie had looked forward to meet- ing 0111111 as of old no longer existed. 011 yt e she should have admiration and exclamation points to her heart's con- tent, but 110 had coma home froni his long exile humpy for something more and better than young lady Mew's, 1 -Io hall long since had a surfeit oi these semi -Platonic affinities. The met wbo apparently had been refusing scores of num for his :Alm was more to his taste, Ilin brothwee repuguaueo only irritated and incited him, 111-11 110 thong:at, "I'll carry out his 1,1001 pu,icy to tho utmost, but a.way from the office .L am my own man." As them thoughte +nesed through his mind, they began to i.opart to his max- um a tinge ot gallattry, the beginning or a departure from his old fraterual and affectionate 0111315. HO was too well-bred to show pique oponly, or to reveal a honso of injury during the first hours of reunion, but already felt ab- aolvocl from boing very attentive to a girl who not only had proved so con-. olusivoly that sho could mileage admir- ably for herself, but who also had been so indifferent that she had not needed his sympathy in her offorts or thought it worth while to gladden him with a knowledge of her progress. He had loved her as a sister, and bad given ample proof of this. Ile had maintained his affection for tho Madge that ho re. membered. "But I have been told," he thought, bitterly,"that the young lady before me is a 'friend.' She has boon a rather distant fricnid, if the logic of events counts for anything. Not satis- fied with the thousauds of miles that soparated ns, she has also withheld her confidence in regard to changes that would have interosted even a casual acquahitance." Madge soon detected tho changing oxpression of his eyes, the lessoning of simple, loving truth in his words, and while 1110 was palmed she fearod that all this and more would. necessarily result from the broa,kiug up of their old relaeious. Her task was a difficult one at leist,—porhaps it was impossiblo, —nor had sho set about 111 10 calaulat- ing policy. Their old relations could not be maintained on hor part. Even tho touch of his hand had the mysteri. ous power to lewd a thrill to her vory heart. Thoroforo sho niust surround herself at 0000 with the viewloss yet iinpassable barriors which a 130111111) 0011 interpose even by a glance. As they rose, Graydon romarked, " havo helped you at supper, and yet one of ray illusions has not vanished. The air at Santa 13arbare, must have been very nourishing 11 3(0011 appetite WU 110 bathe there than hem Your strange 'sea -change' on that distant coast Is still tnarvollous to me." "Mary can toll you how ravenous I usually 01)) 1 do not meat frioncle every day from whom 1 have beet separated so long." "It le a vary ordinary thing for me to meet 'friends,'" ho replied, sotto 0" "for I have many. I had hopes that I should meet ono who would ho foe raoro 111101) 15 friontl. Pm half inolinod to (tut to Santa lltirliara and 800 if 1111111) sis.-er Mad ' 11 • " 000 yon 11111111 1110 freud 1" "Oh no, only so chanooti that scantily 1(0001 bow to gob acquaint with you," "Even if I granted so mnob, whioh 110 not, I might suggat 1111011 ono Int Inuninteresting holtied if slio inspir no &giro for acquainetwee. Bob su talk is MI/MUM 1/00W01111 US, Graydoo." '.01 mum it he You aro tio thong for the bettor that I cau scarcely b lieve my eyes or vitro, and my hoart n at all. Of 000000 your wishes eluill my law, and my 1114,1105 will loud me Sock your acquaintance with deep am nudisguiaed intertAst. You see tl trouble with ino is that I have n changed, and 111 11111 require a little tiu for me to adapt myeelf to the now ord of things. I am 11001 SOMONV110•0 511111)11 and paralyzed. In this imbecile sta I am both stupid and selfieh. 1 ougl to cougratnlato you, and so I do wit all the shattered forces of my wind at reason, You havo improved amazing! You aro dostiood to become a belle pe and probably are one now, I know 130 littlo of what has occurro sinco wo parted." You are changed also, Graydon, You used to ho kiud in the old days ;" and she spoke sadly. Bonio rospoots I am chen,ged," ho eald, earnestly; "and my affection for you is of such long standing and so deep that it prompts mo to melt° another protest." (Thoy had Awned mit upon the grounds and were now alone.) "I have changed in this re - fee -et : I tun no longer so young as I 1)11, 01111 ate losing iny zest for general socioty. I was weary of residence abroad, whore I eonla have scarcely tho tcniblauce of a 110010, and, while had 1110113' aequailitaneet and friends, I had M./ 111111.0«1. I'M 1,001y to say that the lri .fr!cutle in its roferenee to young %es, dL10 net moan vory much to ; 01', rather, X have learued from jrtet what it doos moan. A. ycaes 11.111301 111114 proud of my host 01 punt; lady friends, and some 1 tholydit would conlinuc to be Buell 1')..eugh life.. Bali 1 They aro nearly all married or engaged ; their lives have 1)11110(1 ootuplotely away from mine, as 111 was natural and inevitable that they should. IVo are friends still, but what does it aniontit io ? I rarely think of them : they never of too, 7 imagine. Wo exert no influence on each Wn's lives, and add nothing to them. I never had a sister, but I had learned to love you as if you were one, and 'hon 11 hoard that you were to be of our family again, the resumption of our old relations was ono of my dearest expectations. le hurt rim cruelly, Madge, 1811011 you laughed at tho idea as propostorous, and told 1110 that I had forgotten myself when following the /nose natural impute° of my heart. It seemed to mo the result of prudishness, rather than womanly delicacy, 11101055 yonhavo changed in heart as greatly as in exter- nals. Yon could lei so much to me as a 1111 000, It is a rola"ionshlp that I have 110)5 CM Vui,---a Pis). ,V WA far removed. 110111 2110113 ago; and snob a tio, it ap- pears to me, might form tho basis of a eyamathy and contleence that would be frank as unselfish and helpful. That is what I looked forward to in you, Madge. Why on earth can it 110L lX1 ?" Sho was painfully embarrassed, and was glad that his words evero spoken under the cover of night. She trembled, for his quostion probed deep. How rout she explain that what was natural for him was 1111 IMSS0110 for hor ? ilo mistook her hesi to tiou for a sign of t1,2- '11M:130011C% aud continued: "Wherein have I failed to act like a brother? Dureig tho years we wore together NVII3 1 I 05 reasonably. kind mud considerate; 7,1: did not think of yourself then ae oro of my young lady friends. Why sl:onld you now 2 I havo not changed. and, as 7 hove said, I have rammed hum pl. tor Ram roc auct quieter pleasures 01 110010. It is time that I was considering the more serious questions of life, and of conrso the supreme question with a man of ray years is that of a home ol bis own7 bavo never been able to think of such a home and not associate you with it. I can invite my sistor to it and make her a part of it, but I cannot invite young lady friends. A sister can be such a help to a fellow ; and it seems to me that I could bo of no little eel to you. I know the world and. the 1001] you will moot in society. Unloss you seclude yourself, you will be as groat a belle as Miss Wild.mere, You also have a, fine property of your owo. Will 111 1)0 nothing to have a brother at your side to whom you can speak frankly of tilos° who sea your favor 7 Come, Madge, be simplo and rational. I have not changed; my frank words and pleadings prove that I have not. If wo do not go back to the hotel brother and sistor it will ho bocause you have chaiged;'' and ho at. tempted to put his arm around her and dray her to him. She sprang aloof. "Woll, them have clianeod,,' sho said, in a low, concentrat. ed voice. "Think ino 11 prede if you will. I know I am not. You aro unjust to mo, for you give me, in effect, no alternative. You say, 'Think of mo as a brother feel ancl act as if you wero my sister,It's like do. clarinet them is nothing in blood,— that such relations are .1 ii of choico and will, I said an downright sincotity that I regarded you as almost tho beat friend I had, and I have not so many frionds that tho word memo no. thing to ,no. I do roroombor all your ltiudnose in the past,—when have I for - gat= it fot an hour 2—but that (loos not ehango the essential instincts of my womanhood, and ainoo 010 1)5011011 I've grown to womanhood. Yon in ono sense Imo not changed, mull still am in your mind the invalid child you used to in. Bulge and fondle. It is not just to mo 310AL NOTICE.—l'illtSUANT 70 rigy° kJ Statute .111 Viotoria,, Chapter 9, notice -e is hereby given that tho creditors, and oth- ers, having 0101018 against the estate of Time, Rateliffe, of Ethel, coopor, in the County of Ruron, who died nit or about Marsh 1886, aro on Or before the 1001 day' of July, 1886, requested to send pre. paid to Win, Spence, Ethel, Executor of 15t the deceased, their Christian names and OH surnames, addresses and description, the oh full particulare of their cinema, e, statoment of their accounts, and the nature of thoir securities, if any, hold by them, and that after the said 1Uth day of July, 1881, the executor of the said estate will proceed to distribute the assets of the seed clecoased among the parties entitied thereto, regard being bad only to the claims of which nO, tice shall have boon givon 05 111080 requir- ed. The said executor will not be liable for the said assete, or any part thereof to any person or persons of 1511000 01141111 or claims notice shall not have boon received by him at the above mentioned date. And all persons owing anything to the above estate aro requested to settle the same with the Executor of tho said estate on or before the said 131111 of July. WM, SPENCE, Executor. Ethel, May 18th, 1886. 415-3in od ed 0. of bo to id 10 ot 10 er ed to it 111 Y. 11 BEES FOR SALE. The subsoribor has 20 coloulos of Pero iflu,1u111 Biro -Italian Bees for saki. They IWO firet.dass Boas as tbe Queone were roared by the bo st broodere the United Stabos. They havo wintered well, are 10 )1131(00 condition and will be sold on roasonablo berms. 304 W. HATITRY, Brussels BERLIN FOTJNDRY MANUFACTIMERS ENGINES, BOILERS, MILL MACHINERY, &c. SMCGit Upright Engines —AND— BOILliaiS A SPECIALTY. For further particulars apply to Nelson, 4- Co., Berlin, Ont. MONEY TO LOAN. Many to loan on farm property et LOWEST BATES. PRIVATE AND COMPANY FUNDS W. B. Dimon, Solicitor, Brussels, Ont. INTERESTING TO EVERYBODY, Stoves, Furniture &c. The Sterling Cook Stove just the thing for farmers use. Has a large oven, takes 27 filch wood and weighs over 400 lbs. The Marquis, one of the most conven- ient and handsome town Cook Stoves ever offered to the public, also in stock. OALL AND ma 111)1 "DAVIS" SEWING MACHINE. It is Simple and Durable and does a larger range of work than any other machine in the market. A FULL SUPPLY FURNITURE, —CONSISTING OF— CHAIRS, BUREAUS, BEDSTEADS, LOUNGES, MATTRASSES, &O,': and Gurantee to Give Good &Ads- OLNERALLY ON HAND. faction. All kinds of H. L. JACKSON, l'ratical Watchmaker and hweller, Satisfaction Guaranteen in all Repairing. 11' IP AT Akl'ICSON'A STOICS: 1104Tasis8.4),, M ONEY TO LEND. Any =mint of Mono' to Loan ore Farm or Village properly at 6 & P1111 CENT. YEARLY. Straight Loans with privilege of re. paying when required. Apply to A. HUNTER, Div. Court Clerk, Brussels. THOS. FLETCHER, Pram] Watchmaker and leweler, Gold Watches, Silver Plated Ware, Silver, Watches, Clocks, Gold Rings, Violins, Etc. I keep 11 full lino of goods usually kept iu a first-class jewelry store. Call and examine, no trouble to show Goods. Issuer of Marriage Licenses. Agent for Ocean Tickets, Amer- ican Express Company and Great Northwestern telegraph Company, BINDERS ! BINDERS 1 ! A word, to the wise. Don't Buy a Binder until you See the Improvements at tbeBrus- sels Fair. A Word to those Not Very Wise. Buy from the Agent wlio furnish you with most Lying Test- imonials. Most likely those are the hands you will fall in. GMO, BRUSSELS, 0ST, . . 01111 CUSTOMERS. I wish to inform tin that I have rent. ed the WINGHAM WOOLEN MILL Till I get the Brussels mill in operation and will talc° in 'Wool here in Trade as usual. I intend to talo in all kinds of manufactur- ing Imre, (11 11)0 Old Woolen Mill Stand, such as Roll Carding, Spinning, Weaving, Fulling, &v. Next door t 1 rown hardware store, W. %T. j'ackson. Money to Loan. P.RIYATE EU.N.DS. $20,000 of Private Fonda hove 3081 boon placed in 103 hands for Investment AT 7 PER CENT. toreowers can have theie loane complete in throe 11038 11 Mb is setisfaceory. Apply to Knitted Goods Made To Order, —SUCH AN— JACKETS, SCAEFH, STOCKINGS, &c. I have a large Stock of Goods on hand, such as -Bed Blankets, Shoot- ings, 1301011 Flannels, All Wool Flannols, Top Shirts of various kinds, Under shirts and Drawers, an Excellent Lot of All Wool Tweeds, both Fine and Coarse. 11,-PLEAsm 1130113111171 11CALL REPOBE SELLING 3f01111 WOOL ELFIEWEE1111. E. E. WADE. Lomo. Plowm. ler