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Thetas to make it stick, of course,"
For the first time that owning, Annie
burst out laughing. The boy threw his
arms round her, and gave her a sound•
iug kiss,
04 I'm so glad to hear you laugh again.
You looked as if you would never laugh
any more. And I'm so glad you're come,
so jelly glad l "
She was laughing and crying together
now, ae she drew the boy's face to her
and kissed his cheek.
t,
And
I'm so glad you're
glad.
We'll
nave another Char
gams
at shuttlecock to-
morrow."
"Ob, no," he said earnestly; "I've
got something better than that for you
to -morrow I I've got anew terrier, the
gamest you ever saw; and we'll have
the most aplondid rat -hunt you ever
were at in your life 1 "
CHAPTER. VIII.
Annie did not find life at the Elms
such a miserable affair as she had ex.
pooted. The first evening the keynote
was atruck of the conduct of each mem-
ber of the family towards her. Lady
Braithwaite continued to treat her with
distant coldness or affected to ignore
her entirely. Lilian followed suit, ex.
cept at odd momenta of capricious good
humour, when she would treat her like
a pretty child to be teased and caressed.
George was kind, but instinct made her
shun tete-a-tetes with him. She did nob
see much of Wilfrid, who used to tell
her that she made him ashamed of him-
self and promise to reform. He even
went so far as to attend a temperance -
meeting in the village, where ho dealer.
ed afterwards that he heard a lot of
things which were very tree, and where
he signed the pledge without being
asked, in the hope of pleasing her; he
was not quite sober at the time. When,
on his return home, ho went straight to
the sideboard and mixed himself some
whiskeyand-water, Stephen reminded
him of his vow; but Wilfred only said
softly, 't Hang the pledge!" and went to
bed in the same state as usual.
Stephen scarcely spoke to her. She
soon found out that his admiration of
Lilian, whish she had first noticed on
her first visit to Garatone Grange, bed
grown into a mad passion whish the ob
joot of it waanot slow t� make usa of. He
was hor slave ; she might snub him, tor-
ment him, hurt his sensitive feelings;
nothing could change his devotion to
her, which was very touching to Annie,
who know how hopeless his passion was,
and. that the handsome girl need her
crippled lover only as a tool and a toy.
For Lilian was a headstrong, wilful girl,
more difficult to manage than her mo-
ther and brothers guessed.
She had commissions to give her
cousin whish nobody else knew of, Tot-
ters which she had to coax him to post,
and answers to them which had to come
under oover to him. And the poor young
fellow never faltered in his allegiance;
but, after a stormy war of words with
her which she knew bow to end with a
careless kiss brushed across his burning
forehead, he always gavo way ; and her
little secrets, whatever they might be,
remained as safe as If no one butherself
in the household knew of them.
One of the secrets, and perhaps the
most important, had a narrow escape of
being revealed one evening however,
when Annie and her constant compa-
nion, William, were standing still aa sta-
tues in the large wire -faced house whore
the rahbit-hutches were kept, amusing
themselves by watching the mice play
about and finally run into the'traps they
had prepared for them.
This was a very favourite pastime,
always ending in a friendly squabble, as
William wanted to " drown tho little
pets," and Annie insisted upon letting
" the dear little things have their liber-
ty again." Finally half used to bo
drowned or glace to the cat and half let
loose anaiu; and, if there was an odd
ouo, William tossed up for it.
It was about six o'clock on a Novem-
ber evening that they were standing,
breathless with excitement, straining
their eyes in the dusk to see one cau-
tious little mouse running round and
round and all but into the trap, when
they heard footsteps outside, but were
far too deeply interested to look round.
Presently they heard another sound,
and know by the noise of the crutches
on the ground that ib was Stephen who
was approacning. rfloy nears the foot.
steps of the first -comer going to meet
him, and Lilian's voice saying impatient-
ly—
"
mpatient•ly—" What a long time you have been I
I thought you were never coming 1
Is there ono? Give it me--quick--
gulch I"
"There it is," said Stephen sullenly.
"What—aren't you going to give me a
word of thanks, when I went all the
way to Bookham for you when :I was in
such pain? Oh, Lilian, have you no
heart ?"
William and Annie could not see the
speakers, though they could hear every
'word—could hear too the impatient
tearing of an envelope. Thou Lillau'e
voice, In a soft, cooing, but only half.
attentive tone, said—
" Yes, you are a dear, door good boy,
and my best—friend—in the world.'
Then, more quickly--" Just leb me fin-
ish reading this, there's a dear kind
fellow 1"
There was a pause, and a heavy sigh
from the cripple. Then Lilian spoke
again more brigtl?—
"Now 1 oan thank you as you de-
serve. I feel as happy as a bird, and
all thanks to yon," she added ogress -
in I ,
$ut Stephen was sullen.
"Itis not thanks to me ; it is thanks
to the man who wrote that infernal lot.
ter 1 I wish I bad died before I brought
it to you!"
" Why did you bring it then ? Why
have yon brought me a dozen from the
same person, all under cover to you ?"
"Becaugo—because I ooulde't help
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it—because 1 must do what you tell me,
in spite of myself, 011, iailiem, can yap
reproach me with what I do for yob ?"
"T am not reproaobfng yon, you dear
old silly boy I i was thanking you, whop
you suddenly began to scold me, I
trust you more than anybody else in the
world ; you know I do,"
"Then why don't you trust me en-
tirely, and toll me whom the lettere are
from 2 You know/ wonld never betray
you, You know that, whoever it was, I
would do for you then all that I do now,
and more --if that could be,"
"Why don't you tear them open and
see? They all pass through your
hands,"
"I would if they were any one's let-
ters but yours. But your wishes are
saored to mo—they are indeed ; and, if
I were to do that, you would never
spook to ens again."
" Well, to judge from the way you re-
proach me, that would be a very good
thing,"
No, Lilian; no, no 1 Be as cruel to
me as you like; but don't talk of oast'
ing me aside like that. What more can
I do for yon than 1 have done? What
They heard his voice in passionate
protest long after the words themselves
were lost, as the sound of the crutolres,
following Lilian towards the house,
grew fainter on the pathway. The in-
terest Annie and William had taken in
the mice was quite gone. They still
stood opposite to each other in the
inutes
after ninvoices had become indusk; but for some audible
they could not find a word to say.
At last William broke the silence.
" I say, Annie, what on earth do yon
think Lilian is up to 2"
"I don't know I can't think I"
" It can't be all square, you know. 1
wonder who it is that is writing to her ?
However, she always was full of tricks,
and it is no good saying anything. I shall
just hold my tongue about it; wouldn't
you 2"
"Yes, certainly. We can't do anything
to stop it, and we heard it all by acci-
dent. Wo should only make everybody
very angry with her, and she—"
"Would swear we had told lies, and
Stephen would back her up."
" And we shouldn't prevent her get-
ting her own way even then," said An-
nie sorrowfully.
She hada shrewd suspicion who the
unknown correspondent was, and au in-
cident which occurred a little later con-
firmed it.
Meanwhile the quiet outdoor country
life sho led, always driving, or walk-
ing, or playing some game of their own
invention with William, had rapidly re-
stored to her beauty the bloom that un-
happiness and ennui had begun to rob it
of. George took the most notice of this
improvement, and Harry the least. Yet
even the latter was not quite insensible
to the change for the better in his wife's
good looks, and told her one day, with
rough good humour, that married life
seemed to agree with her, though she
did not seem to appreciate what it had
done for her. Annie answered with a
rather ironical laugh. It seemed to her
that the appreciation ought to be on the
other side.
For he remained one of the most care.
less and selfish of husbands, while she
fulfilled her duty to him with an exact-
ness which got no thanks from him.
She was his slave in little things, and
never asked for the smallest service or
attention in return. Perhaps Wilfrid
was right when he suggested that she
would rather bo without it. However
that might be, ho was as free to go
where he pleased and do as ho pleased
as in his bachelor -days, while he alone,
of all those young men, never had to
hunt for things he had mislaid, never
had to cry out for a missing button, and
had his scanty correspondence done • for
him much better than he could do it
himself.
William once humbly expressed swish
that she would get the servants to look
after his hunting -things as she did fur
Harry. But she only laughed at him.
"Well," said William, rather aggrlu-
vod, swinging.his,legs backwards and for-
wards from the gate on which theywsre
aitting together, " I do ever so many
more things for you than Harry does.'
" Ah, but then he is my hushand 1'
returned she offering him an apple.
"I say, Annie, you don't like Harty,
do you 2" ho asked mysteriously, after a
Pause.
" Of course I do I How can you ask
me such a question 2" said the outraged
wife indignantly.
Oh, well, I don't believe you clo, all
the same!" said he obstinately. " And
I don't wonder 1 If I were you, I would
let him run away, and then you oould
get rid of frim and marry somebody
nicer."
" Do you know what you are talhing
about?" asked Annie haughtily, draw.
ing herself up with as mush dignity all
Sae maintenance of per laaiance en
the top rail of a five.baxred gate would
allow,
"'Yes, quite well, Annie dear; Ian;
saying ib only for your good," said he,
his boyish settee of humour peeping out
in spite of his being really half ,n earn-
est.
And tbon they laughed themselves off
tho gate.
For this was how the regime of cold.
peas and neglect on'the part of her bus -
baud, mother-in-law, and sistor•in•law'
had turned out. It had thrown Mrs,
Harold Braithwaite union the sooioty of
her yonugest brotheb in-law, and made
of lror,a melancholy statueiu thehoueo,
a happy hoyden out of it. The only
thing she was careful of was to avoid
the soars of the daily walks' of Lox late
pupils daring their out.of=school hours,
as she told William ib might have a bad
moral offecb upon them to see their late
governess scrambling up banks and in
other undigniflod situations.
She was out of doors nearly all_day,
(TO BE CONTINWil3D.)
1HU130X1E8, PUBLIC BT71Lp—
." OW, and Private 71Xellaoe painted and
duoora led in modern styles at reasonable
rates. ifs/!mato given, Address -
20 -41 71 OLACAS
0ud0rich,
BRUSSELS LIME. WORKS
STILL AHEAD.
Thosub
sorlberstake lthis opportunity 01 re-
turning Shanks toth 0131hab1Ygea00 ]isaa ors
and vicinity for gnat patronage, and bag to
state that having made
coverall mprovemeuGo
in tbetr kiln and mods of bnrning ibby aro now
in a hot ter position than ever before to supply
the Public with First -Ohms Llm6.l
This being the twelfth season of our busi-
ness dealings In Itrussels,and baying given ult.
o canned so tlstaatton se tar, the public can re -
1 y on receiving 800¢ treat -men t and a n 1st -oleos
article front us, lrlrst•Olassl line at 18 cents
ut the Min.
Wo also burn a No,l limo for plastering al
Meonte.
Xiamoutbor the spot—Brussels Limp Works
'42 TOWN & SON.
ALLAN LINE.
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS,
TO LIVERPOOL, LONDONDERRY,
GLASGOW, LONDON, Brc.
Steerage, 520.10, Liverpool, Londonderry,
Que$nalamm, Gleamy, or Belfast to Quebec
and always au low as byany nrst•alsss lino,
SUMMER AnloANG>;niJN•r,1886.
L(lcapoal and Quebec Service.
Frain Liverpool. From Quoboa
Friday, At. g. 0. Circassian Friday Aug. 27.
3f bumf' Aug, 12. Yolvnoslnu 'rhnrs0'y Sept.2.
Thursday, Aug, 10, Parisian' Thursday, Supt. 11.
Friday , Aug 27. Sarmatian Friday Sept. 17.
•pitorainy, sopt. 2. Sardinian Tburstl'y Hirt,! 8.
Friday, Sept. 10, Circnnsien Friday Oct.1.
Thursd'y, Sept. 10. Polynesian Thu rairy 000.7.
%htrred ay, Sept 28. Parisian Thursday Oot.1,1.
lrrlday, (tot. 2. Sarmatian Friday Oct, 22,
Thursday, Cot. 7. Sardinian Tlutrad'y Dot, 28.
Friday, Oc0.a0. Circassian Friday, Noy, 6.
9'bursd'y, Dot. 01, Polyaeshu, Thur1d'y Nov. 11..
'rhuraday, Dot, 20. rariaian Thursday, Nov.18.
Tha lest train connecting with the ?teenier
at Quebec leaves 'Po routu Wednesdays at 8,80
a.m. Passengers can 1„uve wednosdnyo ai 8:00
0130, and eonaor0 with the steamer at
Portland ovary Thursday until opening of
navigation at Quebec. 031 14111 of 1day, et same
rates.
No cattle, snoop or pigs aro carried on the
Mail Steamers of the Allen Lino.
For tiokols anti Berths mud (vary informa-
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At the Post Olfice, Brussels
0
WAPIJI1 .,!/KING.
The:undersigned- takes pleasure in in
forming the people of Ethel and anrrouni
ing country that ho has opened a shop
whoro ho is prepared to attend to the roe
pairing of
•
Watchers, Clocks, „owelry, Etc., ,
In a manner that will give the best ofsatis-
faction.
All work guaranteed to be done 011 a
satisfactory manner or no charge
made. A cal] solioitsd,
%:Shop opposite BoborfrsonsTtotel,Etbel.—
}Joig.
WITTY
The Columbus Watch
IS THE,` BEST
MBE Main Spring Barrel is completely
L covered, making it more nearly dust
proof than any other. Our Regulator is
nearly double the length of others, render-
ing aocuratorognlation a very altnple mat-
ter, '1'o replace a broken' Iain Spring the
Barrel can be r0iuovod without removing
the Balance or interfering with the regula-
tion. Our Bair Spring; Sind is so formed
that two or more (toile of Spring aannot
catch in the Regulator Pins and canoe the
Watch to either glop or gain tinlo at au
unusual tate, Tho Balance oomoe under
tho round, or edge, the strongest part of
the 1 nen, nut as In ell whop., In tl.r 031311131
anti under the Weakest irall. Thiele are
improvements that cannot be claimed by ,
any other nutnnfooturors. There are other
adroantes, o which the watchmaker can
readily explain, and once semi, all must
agree with us in saying (lint WG have the
strongest end best watch in the world
tx" In bnyingancl carrying a Columbus'
Watch you will cavo the price of an ordi-
nary watch in a few years in repairs alone
to say nothing of thcinoollvenienccand de-
layofrep/tire,
34010 ti ALP, AT
T. Fletchel's. Brussels.
N lW IILAORI M1TH.
Nringyourlame boson to Daniel-liwan, ne
has
LEASED W, T. }Iume. n's STAND,
Brussels. 17107105 practised for years and
ilium to tho highest p1noitlon in the leading
horue.sbmine establlabmontof Orattan, ,12(DO-
burgh , Scotland. Also having passed 231011
armors through .the ltoynl Veterinary 00laing
School ,of S. Smith, Lendon,nngland miler
hundreds of crippled „led
homer passed i a Sed aux
hands dNetIeau Safely gualantle tocure eon
eon -
treated Net lutorfo'rtn
an 11 rppairiring of a/1 kinds done on reasonabVIO le
terms, and workmanship that will please By
giving me a call X fool sal)sned X would secure
your trade, D. /SWAN,
17.01 bunter's 01d Mahe
r[IIJE WILtuON FOTJNI)llY,
AT GREATLY
Reduced Prices !
We haveon hand the following,
viz.:—Land Rollers, Plows, Har-
rows, Scuftlers, Horse Powers,
Straw Cutter's, Turnip Cutters,
Grinding or Chopping Mills, best
made, and 1 good second !rand
Lumber Wagon.
Take Notice,
We have started a Planer and
Matcher to work. Parties wishing
to have Lumber dressed and match-
ed, or flooring sized, tongued and
grooved may rely on getting first-
class jobs on the most reasonable
terms.
Repairs of all kinds promptly
attended to at the Brussels Foun-
dry.
Wm. R. Wilson.
Here we are Again.
Thanking the public for their pat-
ronage for the past 14 years I de-
sire to state that I am prepared to
attend to all kinds of House, Sign
and Ornamental Painting in a
workmanlike manner.
Paper Flanging
and Kalsomining
done in a manner that gives Sat-
isfaction every time.
GRAINING A SPECIALTY.
Now that the house cleaning
season will soon be here send your
orders along early so that they
can bo attended to in good time.
Wm. rioddick,
Tho Old Reliable.
0eide aro 3133100, hal lhuso 1 I. w,us e,
Mr,fexCs.,l'meund,ttalieval tr,'. •,
Mr, frill latsruotlos 01011 .vers , 1, -;
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cru absolutely wooer mug ittllu reduces, All W 110W.
BRUSSELS,
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Any Quantity of
II WOOL VIETH
Highest Fifarket Price
PAD/ IN
Cash. or Trade
I have in stock a good assortment
of Blankets, Skirtings, Flannels,
line and coarse, Full Cloth, Fine
Tweeds, Coarse Tweeds, Yarns.
&c. Also an assortment of
Cotton goals,.
I am now prepares to take in
Carding,
Spinning,
Weaving, &c.
Satisfaction
KNITTED GOODS
MADE TO ODDER.
Give Me a Call
before taking your Wall els(w hti (. •
Youns TRULY,
Om 'Howe.
STOVES ! STOVES ! STOVES !
MAL
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'trim
w,
Aro to the front this Fall with a largo and woll soleoted stock of Cook-
ing, Box, Parlor, and Coal stoves. In cooking stoves we lvish to cull
SPECIAL attention to an entirely now Iine, "Tina OBSGINAL," '3Tnn
WAnnIon i JNG," and the old reliable "Wool) Cooic," weighing 400
pounds. Tho "R30CAI, PENINSULAR" is a squaro base burner, ,for coal,
that should be seen by every intending purchaser.
LAMP iB ! LAMPS ! .,JAMp
Lamps and all general house furnishings always kept in stook.
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PlatedGoods a specialty.
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