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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1939-08-03, Page 6PAGE SIX yF� 4(ifa ,71j t`' }...�'t �' a✓ ,,•, "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 - THE SEAFORTI-I NEWS 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 ave, test a'tt- t of ing iatb,- hee omte arge 'ble eai- l'aj- itt- of to - or o or est, She what on, ass led ap- he red to a Si rs, it ur tg al- to ple is 5, of til it to c k a "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.