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"Vora a Dios! -as the Spaniard have ;d;iscue'se1 'this circumtstance; and
Says," exclaimed .the Major, "and It'hat have explained 'to 'hi'm, :that as it
scene beggarly 'gilly may get it while is remote 'from mty character to
1 stand prating 'herel" entertain -dishonorable 'viewis 'concent -
The 'prospect of booty at once ing this unprotected .female; so-, on ;the
driven out of his head lboth Gustavus other 'hand, the obscurity of her 'bieth
and the provant, he set spurs 'to prevents ;my thinking of her 'upon oth-
Layalty'.s Reward, and made off er terms. f will not disguise from your
through the field of 'hattle. lordship what I have • not disguised
'There goes the hound," said from IL Auiay-that i'f Annot Lyle
'Meneifh, ".breaking the face, and were; born a lady she should share my
trampling on the 'body, of .many a name and rank; as na<stters stand, it is
better a man than himself: aiid as impossible. This expi'attation, I 'teuet,
eager on his 'sordid spoil as s.vulture will satisfy y'onr tordxhip, as - it 'bas
that stoupe upon carrion. Yet this satiefieet a less reasonable 'person."
man the world .calls a ;sent •r --and Montrose 'shrugged his ehou'}dors.
you, 'my lord, "+elect him as worthy 'And,' like 'true 'ch'aanpions romance,"
of the •honors of chivalry, if such they the said, "you have agreed'lhat you are
ran eit 'this day he termed. You have bath ea worship the same mistress, as
;made the .collar of 'knighthood the bath to worship the same 'mistress, as
;decoration of a 'mere 'bloodhoun'd." ;idolaters •do the 'same 'image, and that
- "What could I do?' said Manteose. neither shall extend 'his pretensions
"1 had no half -picked bones to give further?"
trim. and bribed in some mariner he "I did not o sa':far, my lord," answ-
xr-'ust the -I cannot follow the chase ere(Men'teith "I ;only ;said in the
alone. Besides, the' dog has mood quali- lsresent circumstances -.and ;there is
no prospect of their 'being •changed-
"'1f nature has given hint ueli," I could, in duty to 'myself and family,
.:rad Menteitth. `habit has converted stand in relation to Ann'ot Lyle 'but
them 'into feelings of intense selfish- as thee of friend or throther-Rue your
rites. He may he punctilious concern- lordship ;trust excuse ane; 1 have,"
ing his reputation, and 11'ra've in the said he, hooking at his arm; round
Sxeceitien os"'Inc duty, but it is only avhich :he had ties! this •hankerehief, "a
because without these qualities he slight 'hurt to attend
car.not rise in the •service: --•nail, his "A wotutdr said Montrose aux-
very henecolence is selfish; he May iously; 'leanly see 1t;- Ala -SI" he
'defend hie 'companion while ;he can ,aid. ''1 ehou}d have heard nothing of
keep 1 ie feet, but the instant he is tine ;ball 1 tot ventured to tent and
down. Sir Dtigald will be as ready to sound another more secret and More
twsi
biro of his purse ae Ito is .t+eon- ratiklin, one. leleneeith. I am. son.y
vert the skin of 'eetavits into a buil for you ---1 too have have know•it-Balt
jerk r." what avails it' to awake sorrows which
-ct. .f all this :erre trace have late* i,lumdtered?"
is something tunvenient in command- So saying, he ,hnak it, ,
• "tu is moi his
n?iier, tepee w-hoee motives toile kinsman, and walker} into the
a:r,0-rrinee of ectimt you can c•ilcnc- Castle. •
Lie to a mathematical certainty.:' fine Am e.1 Lyle, as -.vas not unusual for
spirit like yours. my cousin, alive to 'female, in the highlands, was poss-
a titunsanti sensation's. 40 which this esstsd of e slight degre of medical and
0 an's is as impervious -he hi, eoreelet even surgical skill. It May readily be
- s for ,ucl1 that thy .friend must helfeved that the profession of surge
fee! wleile he gives his advice." '''hen cry, .,r -medicine, as a separate art. was
suddenly changing his tour• he asked unknown; and 'the few .rade rules
?vlenteith whets he bad .semi Anncet which they 'observed were entrusted. to
Lye women. or to the aged, whom eons -
The yomtg• Earl colored deepl)", tart cesnahie, afforded 'tri much Op -
answered, "Xot since la?t evening ,.rt:mity of acquiring experience. The
- s'xceptinu." he added, with }reset- care and 'attention, accordingly, of An-
aitt.r., ''for one moment, about half an not Lyle, her attendants, and others
- boar 'before the battle 'began." acting under her direction, had nide
-'My dear \ienteith." -aid Mentrnse her services extremely useful during
very kindly. -"ever, von one of .the gay this wild carni•,eign. •A,td :most readily
cavaliers of %Whitehall. who are, in 'liar} these) service, been rendered to
;the:; way. as great self-seekers as our friend and foe, wherever they :could he
f set,ri
Dalgetty, should 1 need to 1110F4 n,efnl. She was now in an apart -
plague ye;: with inquiring into such merit serf the Castie, anxiously ;Interim
an trmourette tai,?.it would he an receding the preparati,nt of vulnerary
rrtr ;re nrle ti. he laughed at. But is herbs, 1, bcapplied as the wounded:
t'e ia':ci r•f etmi cetnte-oft where nets recie.ting reports from different Yen;
4 err t ,ten ilTe wrought out c1 ale. 'respecting. those tinder their .e.p.
• 11,11t., rt. see, ar it yvnt are -exactly the crate :charges, and distributing- what
r:estined knight to be so fettered. This means she had for their relief, • when
irl Is exquisitely 'beautiful. •and :Man 11'Avlay suddenly • enterer! the
;has talents formed te, captive your apartment. She started, for ,tic had
romantic temper. Yen oann .t think of heard 'tlta't he had left the - am'p upon
i,irr:lt¢ iter..-'ynu cannot think of a ;distant ani'ssion; and however aeons -
1 s r -sins her?" tented 'she was to the ',gloom of Ms
My 1ord," replied \ienteilh, 'you :c.nintcnance, it :seemed at present to
,have repeatedly urged fihie jest, for so have even a rherker shade Than usual.
I trust it is meant, sontewleat beyond He said. before her perfectly ;silen't,
brttnds..\nn1 Lyle is of unknown and .she felt the necessity ni awing the
ihirth---a captive -the ,langltter, prop- first to speak.
ably, of 'some obscure teethe:: a def- "I thought. ,he said with some eff-
c dant en the hospitality of the ort, you had Already :set out."
1 -mays." 'Aly companion await, nee," .said
'If. not be angry. Menteith," said Allan, "I go instantly," a 'pressure
ene Marquis, interrtu;ting tem: "yon nhich. th,t tie h instt'.fih' tt•t to ;give her
1 . e• the classics, the ugh not educated thin. toade her sensible of ;bis 'great
:glare oha1 College: and yl ,•1; slay- personal strength, his itatld .closing urn
remember now- many'gallant heart' her like the .gripe of a manacle.
ca 'rive 'beauty bas sritadued:- "S'hall 1 'take t!te harp?" she said in
'In a lord, 1 ant seriously anxious a )vice; ''is --is the shadow 'falling tt -
p
' t' t . 1 should not have- time; on you?".
c :;'tat,., lie added very. gravely. "to 1 nates 1 of r eplyin,e he }ed her to the.
t e ,.ole you with any lectures :en the window of the apartment, which soon-
t.;b er were vnir acelin5-, and those mended a view ;the field of the sin-
of Annot,.alone in'te.rested;- hot you itt with ail 'vis horrors, it was thick
have a darigeremS rival in Allan Au- s'prea'd ,vith 'Arad and wounded, and
lay; and there is no knowing. to what the spoilers were 11ev :tearing- the
..extent ne may carry his resentment. clothes •front the victim;, of war and
It to my 'dray .1 tell you that the feudal ambition, with as mneh inelift-
Kin'g's serviee ;may 'the much prejttlic- erence ars :if they had. not ;been of the
'ori by dissensions !betwixt van." sante specie,, and themselves etspnscd,
"-My lord," said l ienteith, "1 know perhaps to morrow, .to !the ;same fate,
Mean'what yon Mean'is kind and friend'y; "Doe; the sight please you?" 'said.
I 'nope you will be satisfied when I \l'A'ulay,
'atSeure yen that Allan M'A'ul'ay and '1 "'It i; hideous]" 'said Anndt, 'covert -
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iitg her 'eyes with deer hands; 'how ,can
you bill one look upon ie?"
"You mtet'be insured 'to'f"'still he,
f you remain with this destined ghost
-you will .0011 have,eo :search stt'dh it
'field .for my brother's corpse -for
M ent ei'th's-for mine -hut 'that will be
a more indifferent task -you do not
lave mel
"This is the ,first bine you have tax-
ed nee with un'kindness," eaid Anurot,
weeping. "You are ray Ilinotiter---my
;preserver my Iprtatector-.and 'can 'I
then but 'love you ?---,Brut your dour of
darkness is approaching, let ;me fetch
my hamp"—
"RRentain," said Allan, 'still 'holding
her fast: "be 'nty visions from heaven
'ar hell, or front the 'middle s'p'here of
di'sem'bodied spirits -•or ;be they, as
the Saxons hold, but the 'delosiotes,of
over 'heated fancy, they do 'sot now in -
`fluence nue; I 'spe'a'k th'e language of
the visible world. -You 'have not .me,
Asset -you O'ove Menteith--1by !him
yoo are bekbved again, and Aldan is no
more ,to you ,than ;one of ;th'e 'corp's'es
which etrou;m'ber yonder heath."
Ia 'gannet be suplponted that this
-strange speech oonveyed Any new in-
formation to her who was thus ad-
dressed, No women ever 1'Jved +who
couidn,t, 'the ;same circumstances; ,have
discerned long 'sheet ;the,s;ta'te o'f 'her
lover's mind. Bed lby 'thus ,suddeely
tearing off the veil, thin as it was, AM -
an prepared her :to expect consequen-
ces violeu't in. ;proportion to ale ettth-
treia'sm 'oT his ;charac'ter. She made 'en
effort to repel ;the 'change he ha'd stat-
ed.
"You forgot," she said, °i'yonr own
w'ort'h and nobleness when you insult
set very helple„ a 'being', and 'one
wlt'am late has ;thrown so totally into
;aur power, Yon know who and
w?h'at f am, ;arid how 'imtpossfble it is
'that Menteith or yrttt van. 'use language
of affection to me, ;beyond 'th'at ;of
friendship You 'know from what un-
happy race I 'have too probably der-
ived my existence.
"I will not believe it," •said'Allenti,tt'tb
petuously; "never flowed 'crystal drop
from a polluted 'spring."
Yet the very doubt." ipleaded An -
not "'should 'make you forbear to use
this language to ate."
"I know," said \I'Aulay, "it places
a bar ;between us- ,leut I know also
that it divides you not so inseparably
from iienteitIl.- Here one, my ;belov-
ed Anneal -+leave this scene .terrors
and clanger -go with me 't•v' QGintail---
I will place you in etre hoose of :the
noble l'a'dy of Seaforth--or you shall
be removed in safety to 1 oIntkill;
where aerie women yet devote them-
selves. to the worship of thtcl, after the
custom 1,5 t 111- ancestors,"
"1',m c.n eider not what you u ask of
tie." replied Aunt: "to undertake
nc h -a journey, under your sole ;gua.rd-
iutshi•p, were to show inc less scrup-
ulous than maiden ought. 1 will re-
main herr, .plan --here under the pro-
tection of the noble Montrose: and
whrn .itis motions next approach the
Lowland,• 1 t}i11 eiertrive sense proper
means 1', relieve you of cue, w'ho has.
she i news not how, become an object
t dislike to you."
Alla it stood a, if ulnertaiit ,'whether
to give wcty to sympathy with her die
tress, or to anger at 'hc•r resistance.
"Asset," he said, "you know to:.
weil bow little ,eotir words apply 1n
sty feelings toward you hitt yeti avail
yourself of y<,ur power, and you re-
joice in any 'departure. as removing a
eery upon your intercourse with Men-
tt•itlt. Lint 'beware bath of you," he ad-
ded, 111 a stern tone: "for when was it
ever heard that an injury was ,offered
tr, Allan \i`.iniay, for which he exac-
ted net ten'fold vengeance?"
Sce saying, 1'e pressed her asst f.rre-
ii,ly, milled the bonnet over his shrews,
and ,strode oat of the apartment.
t"HAI'TF. Si XXI
Aunvt Lyle had now to ,contemp-
late the terribit ,gulf which Allan
7.\1•1 ;lay', declaration of love and
jealousy had made to open aronnd
4102. It weaned as if site was tottering
:on the very prink of 'destruction, and
was at once 'deprived of every 'refuge;
and of ;all human assistaatre. She 'hail
lime been conscious that site loved
\lentcith 'dearer than a 'brother; in-
deed, how muff it 'be otherwise, con-
sidering :their early iutintacy,--'the
personal merit of the young 11011e
matt, -his assiduous atten:thins,-- and
hi ninfinite superiority in gentleness of
disposition, and grace of 'manners, aat-
r the race of rude warriors with
whom ehe lived? But her affection
was ' f that quiet, 'timid. meditative
("barite er, which sought rather a refl-
ected 'share in Via ;happiness ;of the he -
loved d :objea t than formed more are-
stuuntvous tir farina' 'hopes. A tittle
Gaelic song, :in which she expressed
her feelings, has ;been translated he,
The urtintious and unhappy Andrew
l-f'T)nnakl: and we willingly. traoerr-
ibe :the lines: -
Wert tri that', like me, in life's law vale,
l it,it 'thee how i legit, that lot I'd
share ;
With Mee Pd -:fly wherever gale
('mild waft, •or • 'batnnding ;galley bear,
Put parted ,by severe decree,
Far different moist Dauer ;fortunes -prove;
May 'thine be joy --enough for me
•h
a
9
you will curt my brother knight, and
let 'your maiden 'bring some 'medicam-
ents for is wound, which 'threaten
Ye he what the learned call a damnurn
fatale:'
Anent Lyle never lingered in 'cattle
of httntanity, She informed herself
hastily of 'the nature of the injury, and
interesting ;herself for the ;dignified
old Chief whom she had seen ;et D'art-
istyarch, and whose presence had so
much struck 'her, she hastened to lose
the sense of her own sorrow for
tittle, in the tettem'pt to be useful to an-
other, •
Sir 1)ugn; i,I with great forte uelterecl
Anitot Lyle to the a:hantber of her pat-
ient, hi which, tv her surprise, she
dent, It widen, to her surprise, finding
Lord Menteitlt, She 'canld not 'hel'p
binshin.g deeply at the meeting. but, to
hide her 'can111 100, proceeded instant-
ly 'to examine the wound 'of 't;he
Knight of Ardenvohr, and easily sat-
isfied 'herself that it was beyond her
,kill to care it. As for Sir Dti'gald he
To weep anti pray 'f'ar him I love.
The ,pertere ithis foalish'heart ;must feel,
Yellen 'hope shall be forever flown,
N:a satllett murmur'shail reveal,
No selfish ntttrmursever own.
!Nor will I through life's weary years,
Like 0 pale drooping moeurner mate.
While I ;can ;th'ink eity secret leans
May womid the heart of 'tits I love,
The furi'ou's ;declaration of Allan
Siad de's'troyed ;the romantic 'plan
w'hi'ch she ;had formed, 'of 'rnutrsing .in
secret her ;pensive 'tenderness, witltot t
'seeking any outer requ'i'tal. Long Ibe-
'fore this, she had 'dre'aded Allan as
much as'gratitnde, .anus asense ;thee he
softened -oward her a temper 'so ltau-
;gh'ty and Iso violent, could permit her
to 'do; but now site regarded him 'witlh
•unaellayed terror, which a 'penfect
knowledge of his (disposition, and of
this preeed!ing history, too well auth-
orized her to entertain. Wh'a'tever we's
in other 'respec'ts the nobleness of this
clisposition, he Iha'd never Ibsen ;known
t0 resist th e willfulness of passion,
he walked in the house, and 'in 'the
'uotuvtry tai ;his fathers, ;Bike a tamed
lion, •whom no one 'dared eo ;contrad-
i'ct, lest they should 'awaken ,his natur-
al 'vehem'ence of passion. So 'many
years had 'elapsed, since, the ha'd evper-
ien'ced contra'd'iction, or even expos-
tulation, that probably nothing 'but
the strong Stood 'se'n'se, 'wh'ich on all
points, his 'mysticism ;ex'cep'ted, forts
ed the ;ground of his character, prev-
ented 'his proving an annoyan'c'e antd
:terror to the whole n'eig'hborhood. Bait
Anno't had not time to'dwell upon her
Fears, 'being in'terrup'ted ;by the ent-
rance of Sir D'ulgaal Dalgctty,
It may well be supposed, that the
scenes in. which 'this ;person- had pass-
ed ;his former life had not much q'ual-
ifie'd hint 'to 'shine in female 'society,
He himself ;felt a ;sort 'o'f ;ceneecious-
nes that the 'language of ;the barrack,
guard -room, and parade, was not pro-
per to entertain ladies. The only
;peaceful 'part of ;his ;life lead 'been
spent at 11areschal College, Aberdeen,
and he had forgot the little lie 'had
learned 'there, except the alts of darn-
ing 'Itis own diose, and despatching this
commons with unusual celerity, Thoth
which had since been kept in good ex-
ercise thy the necessity of frequent
Practice. Still it was from au iniperfeet
recollection of what he lead acquired
daring this 'pacific period, that he
drew hi, eetrees of conversation
when in company with women; in
other worth. his language 'became
pedantic when it ceased to 'be tni'li-
tary.
"Mistress Annct Lyie," said the, lip -
on the tre::ent oca.ron, "I 'am just
now like the halt,pike, or spcuttoon a,f
Achilles, one end of which cont!
wound, and the other cure -a proper-
ty 'belonging, neither to 5p:urish pike,
itrowu-hill, partizan, halberd, Lochalb-
er axe, er indeed any other modern
e tail -weapon what ever."
T'hi.e cotttlttiutcnt'he repeated evoke;
but as \ tnnt scarce heard 'him the
-;coned, he was ...tinged 'to explain.
"1 wan," he said, "Jfi,trc,s .'.iter
Lyle, that having. been the means of
art honolahle knight receiving a severe
wound in this elay-'s vonflict,-he
having 'pistolled, 'somew'hat against
the .1 w of arms, uty horse, 'which was
lanced after elle ini n ertal 'King of
Sweden, -1 vin desirous of procuring
tint such solacement as you. nnadam,
an supply. you being like the heath-
y, god Esnalapiu:s" Ifntcanin'g possibly
apollet), "skillTul not only in song and
n anisic, 'but;in the more noble art oaf
chirurgery-opiforque per °them 'dic-
or."
"If you would have the goodttesa to
xptaiit;" said Amen, tyro ick at
'b
;art to e ;Untitled 'hy Sir 4Dngald's
ireof pedantic gallantry.
That. madam," 'replied the Knight.
Wray not he ,o easy, as I ant out of
he habit .'t construing -hut we shall
ry. Dicer, simply ego --I am called.-
)pifer? opikr?-I remember •signi'fer
11,111,1fureifer--boa 1 believe (miter
taints in this place for \d, D., that is,
)ecktr of Physic."
P:hi. is
it 'Los) 'clay with nes a11,"
air} Aimee; "wi11 younot say at once
w fiat you want with me?"
Merely," replied Sir. D:ugevid, "that
c
returned to 'a ilange ;outehouse, on
floor of which, among other wo
ed even, was 'deposited the ,perso
Ronald of the •Mi's't.
"Mine old friend,""'s'aid 'the iKn'
es .I told you Ibefore,'I •wound 'will
'y elo anything.to pleasure 'you, itt
Item 'the wound you .have rete'
while under my ;safe -conduce I th
therefore, 'aoc'ord'in'g to your .earl
request, sent Aun'o't Lyle 'to
;end;end;;upon the wound of the •K,ni;gh
Ardenvolhr, 'thou'gh ;wherein deer 'do
cso should 'benefit you, I 'cannot Ian
ine.=l fh'ink you once spoke of e
;;blood relationship 'between them;
a soldad'o, 'in toommand ,and ;ah
dike me, 'has 'o'th'er 'things to itrou
leis,head with than Highland gen
ogles."
And' in'dee'd, Ito :dlo ;the 'w'or'thy
or justice, he never -inquired after, 1;
ened to, or reoolle'oted, the ;business
other people, ;unless either related
e
the art military, or was ;somehow
other connected with his own inter
in either off which ;c'ase's 'his meow
was very 'tenacious,
"'And now, my good 'friend of
Mist," said he, 'lean ;you tell :me
hes 'became of your Ih'opeful grands
as •1 ;have not 'seen hint since he as
;ted !nee 'disarm after elle action
'negligence which deserveth the str
hie 'is :not far 5ront diene,"' said t
wounded outlaw --"lift not your lra
'upon, hints, for he is :man enough
pay a yard leathern :scourge ;with
'Soot 'af Iem'pered .steel."
"A most innproper vaunt, said
Dugal'd; "brat I owe you %Dane Savo
Ronald, and therefore shall let
pass:' '
" 1nd 'if you think you owe Inc an
thing, said the outlaw, "it is in yo
'plower to requite nee by 'gnrantit
inc a ;boon,"
"Friend R:ana'id," an:s'oered' D
'petty, "I have read of these boons
silly story -'hooks, whereby sin
'knights were 'drawn into euga'geanen
to 'their great prejudice; 'wberefor
Ronald, ;the more prudent ;knights
this day 'promise nothing 'un
w 't
they knohat 'they may keep the
•word anent the gtremtises, without an
;displeasure or incommrodentent
themselves. I't may be, you wood
have 'me engage a female 'chirungeo
to visit your wonted; thought yo
'ought to 'consider, Ronald, ;that th
etiteleanliness of the place where yo
are ;deposited tray :somewhat soil th
gayety of her .garments, •con'cernin
the ipreservation of which, you uta
have observed, women are apt 'to 'b
inordinately 'solicitous.. I lost the ;faro
of the lady of the Gratin 'Pensioner
of Amsterdam. by touching with th
sole taf my poet the train 'of 'Iter blac
velvet gown, which I enis'taak for
feat -cloth, 1 being 'half the room ifs
11
15from her peeeee,"
"14 'is not to bring .luno( Lyle dtitht
er," answered MacEagli, "hut t,
!transport me into the room where she
'is in attendance neon the Knight of
Ardenvctlrr, Somewhat I hav's
e to ay
sof the lase ,consequence to thent'both."
"Te is something ottt of the order
of 'clue precedence," said I)algetty,
"'Po Cary an outlaw into the ;presence
of a knight; knighthood having ;been
of v'ore, and being, 'Jn some ,respects,
still, tole highestt 'military .gride.:indep-
endent always of oomntisdoned of-
ficers, who rank' according t° their
patents: your boon as you 'call it,
is so slight, 1 shall not ;deny ;comp-
liance with :the same." So saying, he
ordered three files °f 'sten to transport
as Ma'cEagh on their shoulders to Sir
Duncan Campbell's apartment, 'anti
.he ltintself hastened ,before to an-
nounce the cause of his 'beittg'bronght
thither. But 's'ttch was the 'activ'ity of
the soldiers eutpis(3111, that they 'fol-
lowed 'hint cloy at his heels, and,
entering with their :shas'lly 'burden,
laid 31arEagh on ,the 'floor of the
apartment. His features, naturally
wile!, were now distorted by .point
his hands and scanty garment; ;stained
wtith his nit blood, 'arid 'those of
others, which no kind hand dead wiped
away, althou'g'h the wound in this side
had 'been secured ;hy a'han'clage.
".ere you," he said, raising his head
painfully inward the :couch where lav
stretched 'his late antag'onist, "the
whom the men 'call the knight of
Ardean•ohr?"
"';lie sante," answered Sir T)nttcan.
-"what w'o'rld you with one -whose
hours are numbered?"
"My ,hours are reduced to neinu'tes,"
said the outlaw: "the more grace, if
I ;bestow then] in the •service of 'one
whose hand 'has ever been against one:
as mane has 'been raised 'nigher
egufnst him."
141'111e higher against Inc l--Cras:h-
ed wonted" said the ''night, l:onlc'ine
down 'nn his nn•iseralile adversary.
(To be con'tin'ued)
the
ted-
n of
tght,
in'g-
re-
rved
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"What caused you to think the
Prisoner was drunk?" a magistrate
Inquired of the constable who had
macre the arrest.
"Well, sir," replied the constable,
"1 found him In Trafalgar Square,
throwing Isis walking -stick into the
fountains, and urging the lions on
Nelson's monument to go in after it"
Send us the names of your visitors
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1939,,
aliontarimia
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
MEDICAL
SEAFORTH CLINIC
Dr. E. A. McMaster, •M,B., Graduate
of University of Toronto,
J. D. Colquhoun, M.D., C.M., Grad-
uate of Dalhousie University, Halifax..
The Clinic is fully equipped with
complete and modern x-ray and other
up-to-date diagnostic anti ther'euptic
equipment.
Dr. Margaret K. Campbell, M.D.,
L.A.B,P., Specialist in. Diseases in
Infants and Children, will be at the
Clinic last Thursday in every month
from 3 to 6 p.m,
Dr, F. J, R. Forster, Specialist 3n
Diseases of the Ear, Eye, Nose and.
Throat, will be at the Clinic the first
Tuesday in every month from 4 to
6 p.m.
Free well -baby clinic will be held.
on the second and last Thursday in
every month from 1 to 2 p.m.
JOHN A. GORWILL,
Physician and Surgeon
In Dr. H. H. Ross' office, Phone 5J
W. C. SPROAT, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Surgery
Phone 90-W. Office John St„ Seaforth
DR. H. H. ROSS
Physician and Surgeon: Late of
London Hospital, London, England.
Special attention • to diseases of the
eye, ear, :nose and throat. Office and
residence behind Dominion Bank. 05-
fice Phone No. 5; Residence Phone
104.
DR. F. J, BURROWS
Office Main St. Seaforth, over Do-
minion Bank. Hours 2-5 and ? to 8
p.m, and by appointment. Residence,
Goderich St, two doors west of *Unit-
ed
niteci Church. Phone 46.
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in ' Medicine, University
of Toronto 1897. Late Assistant New
York Ophthalmic and Aural Institute,
Moorefield's Eye, and Golden Square
throat hospitals, London, At Com-
mercial Hotel, Seaforth, third Wed-
nesday in each month from 130 to 5
pan.
MARGARET K. CAMPBELL, M.D.
London, Ontario
Graduate Toronto University
Licentiate of American Board of Pedi•
'atrics, Diseases of Children
At Seaforth Clinic, last Thursday af-
ternoon, each month.
AUCTIONEER
• GEORGE ELLIOTT, Licensed
Auctioneer for the County of Huron.
Arrangements can be made for Sale
Date at The Seaforth News, Charges
moderate and satisfaction guaranteed
F. W. AHRENS, Licensed Auction-
eer for Perth and Huron Counties.
Sales Solicited. Terms 011 Application.
Farm Stock, chattels and real estate
property. R. R. No. 4, Mitchell.
Phone 634 r 0. Apply at this office.
Watson & Reid
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE AGENCY
(Successors to James 'Watson)
MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ONT.
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Class
Companies,
THE McKILLOP
Mutual Fire Insurance eo
HEAD OFFICE-SEAFORTH, Ont.
OFFICERS
President, Thomas Moylan, Sea -
forth; Vice President, William Knox,
Londesboro; Secretary Treasurer,
M. A. Reid, Seaforth:
AGENTS
F. McKercher, .R,R.1, Dublin; John
E. Pepper, R.R.1, Brucefield; E. R. G.
Jarmoutlt, Iirodhagen; James Watt.
Blyth; y , C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;
Wm. Yeo, Halmesville.
DIRECTORS
Alex. lircadfoot, Seaforth No, 3;
James Shcildice, Walton; Wm, Knox,
Lottdesboro; George Leonhardt, Born-
holm No. 1.; Frank MacGregor, Clin-
ton No. 5; Janes Connolly, Goderich;
Alex, Mel0wing, Blyth No. 1; Thomas ,
Moylan, Seaforth No, 5; Win. R.
Archibald, Seaforth No. 4,
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other business, will be
promptly attended to by applications
to any of the above named officers
addressed to their respective poet -
offices.