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!temple tts Tara ;and her mother met it
in the full swell of the music. Usually
the girl, and her' mother fell in behind,
reverentially and calmly anti followed
It es it .passed'r.qund, New, lhonever,
the Shastree and his 'companions were
amazed • to see Tara separate herself
from "her mother, anld put herself.'. at
the head of the'party, toss her arms
into therairi and „loin in the,' hymn they
were S1'll l,lil,�, leading them on more
rapidly than they had /crowed before,
The Shastree Marked that she ilsad
bathed and that her 'wet garments
chipped; as she went along. "She- is
Aare," he thought; "sties has prepated
herself 'and if 'the goddess wilt take
her, it is her will There is something
in this that cannot be stayed."
The other Brahmans, ;stopped, still
chanting, and looked to Vyas Shastree
with wonder for some explanation
which. was .quickly given, 'T'he god-
eles's -spoke to her last night and veil,
hat be repelled," he said. "Go on, do
not stop her; let her do as She lists,"
No one ,bared stop her, or touch
Tara. The height of excitement, or as
they thought, inspiration, was in her
eye. and that sweet face ;was lifted up
;vitt; a holy rapture. She seemed to fly
rather than to walk, so completely
had her feelings carried her ,forward;.
and as she moved she looked' behind
to those following, still chanting with
them, her arms caved above her head
and beckoning them onwards, They
could not resist the influence. So they
passed .on, round and around the tem-
ple, still singing. Other anonnhng wor-
shippers, attracted by the strange
sight, joined them, or stood by wond-
ering- until the hymn was ;finished.
Then Tara, noticing no one, entered
the porch of the temple rapidly, and
advancing alone; knelt down before
the door of th•e inner shrine in front
of the image, and they watched her
silently.
1Vhat did she see to cause that ear-
nest look? The image Was familiar to
all. The light of the lamps within
shone out strongly on the kneeling fi-
gure, shrouded in its wet clinging
drapery, but hardly illuminated the
gloomy space in the outer vestibule.
around which the spectators arranged
themselves reverentially. The ruby
eyes of the goddess ;,littered with a
weird brilliance from among the cloud
of incense burning before her; and
the fragraet smoke, issuing from the
/door, wreathed itself about her forst
and ascended to the roof, and hong
abattt the pillars of the room.
Those looking on almost expected
the image would move; or speak, in
greeting or in reprehension of the
young votary, and the silence was be-
coming almost oppressive when the
girl's lips proved: "Tara is here before
thee; what wouldst thou of her?"
And she leant ,forward, swinging her
body to and fro restlessly, and stretch -
ng forth her 'hands, "Take me or
leave me, but do not cast me away!"
She could only repeat this sinnple pra-
yer, for the yearning at her heart
conic; 'find no other words; but her bo-
som heaved as though it would burst
the 'bodice, and her hands and aimss,
with her whole frame, trembled viol-
ently.
"She is possessed, brother," said
another .Wriest to her father. "What
hall conte to 'her? When diel this
happen?"
"Peace," said her father, in a hoarse,
whisper; 'disturb her not: let what
will happen, even if she die She is it'd
hands more e n owerful than outs, and
we are helpless. O Tara, my child!'
my^ child!"
"Mother, dost thou hear? I will do'
thy bidding," again murmured the
girl. "Come, come; as thou wast in
my dream. So come to Tara! Ah, yes,
she cornes to me! Yes, goddess, 'I am
with thee;" and stretching forth her
arms, she sank clown on her .face,
shuddering,.
"Sete is dying; my child! earl!"
shrr p
cried her mother, frantically, who had
been with difficulty restrained and
,vlho rushed fir rward. "Will none of ye
help?"
(ouch hrr not, .Anunrla," excbaim-
e 1 her 'husband, holding Inc hack
"this brooks no interference. 'Let her.
lie and '10 as the goddess would wis:;
her; this will pass away." So they ga-
therer; round 'Cara and watched her.
She was tranquil now, not shudder-
ing: the fair round arms were stretch-
ed out towards •the shrine, and the
light fdl on the rippled glossy hair,
which had escaped front the knot be-
hind, and hong over her face and
neck, shrouding them in its heavy
waves,
"Let us chant the 'hymn to the
praise of. Door,gai" said the old Pon-
(lit
ut(lit who had before spoken; '"brothers,
this is no ordinary occurrence. Many
cnme and feign the divine afflatus, but
there hath been nothing so strange as
this in my -memory," and striking a
.few chords on the vine he 'held itt
his hand, the ;hymn, a strange, wild
cadence --was begun. The sound filled
the vaulted chamber, and was taken'
up by those outside, who crowded to
'the entrance. Still she moved not, but
lay tranquilly;' the full chorus of the
nhen's voices and the clashing of the
cymbals were not apparently heeded
by her. AS it died away, there was a
faint trirwe lint of the arms, and gra.-
dually she raised herself to her ;hees,
tossed back the 'hair •from her face', and
Truly the whole corner of the plat- descended. They were possessed by
eau is very beautiful, The quaint uld her: they spoke and prophesied when
town hanging literally on the nioruh- they were full of her presence: and he
tails edge: the deep gloomy ravine of dreaded then when the worshipped the
the temple opening out to the larger power displayed. As 'Tara told hint
one; the precipices and rugged hills her dream, and the service the god-
tc the west and north, and the beauti- dess had asked, could it be real? Could
fel undulating ,plain to the south, over his d anghter, as an inspired priestess,
which the eye wanders as over a map ever speak before the image? That,
for fifty miles or more, checkered however, must 1 e tried without de -
with thriving villages and their with lay, and he hastened enure rapidly
tields and gardens.—forst a ;striking than usual to the temple, having hid
assembia:;e of objects, rfut the inter -;tet- follow when her mother was
eat centres in the temple itself, with ready.
its gilded spires and 'picturesque Tie arrived as the ceremonies of
''rottps of buildings, as well as the bathing and dressing the image were
strange effect in the position in which being perforated by the inferior
it hrr rasa loace.1, attesting, no doubt priestitcod and, these concluded, the
in tile a;onion of the pep''ple—if there morning service began. We :seed not
were any question nn the subject, the detail it—the decking of the altar with
truth, of tite legend. flowers, the marking of the forehead
It 1111 be understood from the fore- ,,f the image with the sacred colors,
gain_, thin the town is situated con- the offerings of daily fond and sacred
siderably 'ihiive the temple, and part elements with flowers and the singing
of it on the level ground of the plat- of mystic hymns, Vyas Shastree was
eau or plain, The Shastree's house speedily joined by other Brahmuns
toes on the cage e.f the crest of the and priests, and bare -headed, naked
around, 1 .nk,n; to the south over the to the waist, carrying the sacred fire
rttv'r <• to temple, the ciilfs, and zn 1 -sacrificial offerings, and chanting
a a r,iem of the town beycnlil, across hymns with the accompaniment of
the small plain which lay between the clashing cymbals and lutes. Thus the
edge of the temple ravine and the procession was passing round and
iirec oitoas side of tite mountain, and round the temple, and the simple but
thence ,ser the plain which, in the far strange melody rising and 'falling
distance, minirle l with the sky. To=nhidst the buildings, trees and cliffs,
tits saute—east the line of hills was and filling the ravine with sound, as
rugged and brken, descending. by Tara and her ntather gained the outer
steep -scar into the lower plain; but :ate, and 'began to descend the steps
from its edge, all round to the n,rrrlt,shich led to the lower court.
the eye f i!', 0! a fair, rich country, Ordinarily they did not bathe in the
pitaa ea:tear's, c„cored wills grain- sacred cistern where, from the carved
fields through which the small rivet -I s: - t”: cow's mouth, the stream of the
11 .r e, her, only a 'brook, pursued a holy spring .gnshe:d sparkling into the
(pude: course down among the town %t -n; but Tara paused as they passed
gardens. ,;gain to the north and west, it She had felt more and more excit-I
lunl. ng into tool across the large wild al as they neared the temple, and the;
ravine, were he precipices of the ;Rata melody of the hymn and the clashing/
Durra, and the rugged basalt hills ,,t the cymbals, as they 'came up to -1
heynh i them S,, wherever you turn- Kether through the trees in the stall:
cd, it was a ,.lir or wild scene alters -.air halt added to the effect already!
ately; and standing upon tile terrace Pr, ducerl in her mind by her dream,
,'f the s'tastre house, or sitting its "Mother," site said, hesitatingly—
a small t,t•,ntttcr whi-11 had been built "mother, ought I not to bathe here?
iter a the corner rooms, you Can I go int° the presence, even with;
could see all that has teen told; and the arnlents on 105, after what the
very beautiful 1 was, r these said last night? They should,
The Shastree had travelled in his be wet and pure,"
pilgrimages all over India: He had It 1 to cold for thee, my child,"1
teen wilder rind g,rander scenes per- replied .lttuuda. "Colne, Tara, come
/taps, but none pleasanter to live in, n, the hymn will he finished ere We
than this tiro; breezy, healthful moun-
tain town, enhanced by the presence
of one of the holiest shrines in the
country. Here he most bear Itis fortune calmly; and though his iseces-
sity urger; the change we have alluded "The spirit of the goddess is with
to, he never issued from his door and her truly," thought the mother. "Go,
looked over the fair prusnect about t•ara, it may rriresh thee," she said;
/tint or performed the sacrificial dire- "and there are dt-y c!'the> 10 the tem -
monies at the temple, niihont being Pia. Go,be quick, my child!'
strengthened in ;tip desire to live and The girl descended the steps into
die here; ::inti therefcive the struggle the lilitt, arid, turning to the east,
fat rc ar1 to las slaughter n -is the P7,tired libations from her hands to
more bitter. nc is ur rl iarton-s o1 the earth; then
That morning lie had risen un-
refrc tett his sleep had bosh restless.
5:tmc t!.in s in as ei the honks he had
iseen gatilaining to Tara its the even-
ing had ibr"unght up the subject of
11 51 l :ntri Is c,nsegttettncs and
abligeoi "t d the 111a,g- of his
soir 11111; p-htre hrid hrett disco -sett
smith aitch grief and misery to ail.
Phere scented to he no evasion of
thein a, shote—the rites most he ful-
filled; and he had 'agaits spoken of
Genares, and Tara had sitnply and
meekly given herself into his hands,
and prostrated herself before huh- and
her n'ther in submission, She was no
doubt excited; and Inc'first commun-
ication in the 'morning startled chin
exceedingly,
The 'S'ha•stree 'believed, :not lovingly
perhaps, but in deprecation of wrath;
while his rife and daughter saw in
their goddess enough to fill their
hearts with practical faith iu, and re-
liance upon, her power over their des-
tinies. To her, both had addressed.
their vows and daily supplications,
'very simply and earnestly, for this
devotion of their lives was all they
could give, if (heir prayers were
granted,
What wonder then, that. Tara's vi-
sion agitated ;him? The Shastree knew,
of malty women On whom the spirit
of the goddess in divine afflatus had
tau join—conte."
No, mother, I am hot—burning;
something' urges me to the well, ,and I
caanat resist it. Mother, must he
pure before the shrine. May I go?"
tin three ;triht;nns to the sun, saying
, hymn from the Veda. Then
llas, rl her, prayer to the goddess.
Thin site steppe,' forth from the basin
:ter .ilk garment cli=aging to lier sweet
;ors, milt revealing its perfect propor-
t-: et . more than the innate modesty
of her mind permitted; hastily, there-
fore. she shook h free from 'her 'limbs
s'l hi'
her :neither wrung the -water
from the Bids.
"I am ready now;" she said simply;
"come, mother, I will go to cher pure,
amd sit before her: If she wants Tara
she will speak, Come!"
IIer mother had observed her glis-
tening eye and glowing Cheek, which
even the chill of the water slid not
subdue, and seeing the expression of
her face, as she ascended from the ba-
sin, was changed from its habitual
sadness t o .one of excite<l triumph,
she caught the infection herself, and
seized Tara by the hand, "Come,"
ale cried, ' Jey ,Kalee," "Viotory to
Kalea!" ;And so they descended the
steps nitre rapidly, while the nttisic
r1 the h ym'n' and the clash of the
deep -toned cymbals r es o u n de d
through the lower court, and seemed
to be echoed and repeated in the
cliffs and buildingsaboveand around
them,
,The procession o
f E'rahmms and
asir:ts was turning the corner of the
'neck, whit;/ fell over her slzoti'hlers
and, back, and looked tiround. her wild-
ly for a mainent; then, seeing her, mo-
ther, -;she leaded towards her as she
advanced, attcl,: stretching forthher
arms' and clasping her: knees, liid her•
fate: -lin •het• garnient arid sobben1 coie-
vulsively.
"My, child, :I ant here; I anti with
thse," said sAnuoda, sthplpoiting,,' her,
etre; herself sobbing hystetcally,
"Spelain, what is it? ,What hast,'''thott
seen?. My claughter, my sweet otie, O
speak' to tis;"'
"Water, mother, water I my throat is
parched! I catiitot speal'c, Is She gone"
"Who, Tara?" ; f;
"The godldess; she awes whit '.nse—
she entered' into rte, 0 ntotlter, what
can I do? 'Where ant J?"
"Ilere 1s water for thee, Tara;
drist.k,,,
,She tried to do so, but gasped at
every attempl; at last she swallowed
a little, and was relieved. ";She was
not angry, mother," she said, whiling:
"'D ei you not hear her speak? What
did 1.answer?"
"No, my .clsilcd," said her .father;
"thou 'went silent, and we feared the
goddess had taken thy spirit; but thou
liveet, and we are grateful,"
Tara turned to her father with au
imploring look for silence, and again,
but stow calmly, prostrated herself be-
fore the iurage, while the brilliant
ruby eyes seemed, to those who be-
held tlsetes, to „glow still more brightly
through the smoke oaf the incense.
Iu a low prayer she c•onrntitted her-
self to the goddess. Then she arose
and continued to hint: "Cotsse, father,
behold I ant calm now."
"She is accepted, 'brethren," said
the old priest, turning to the others;
"let us do her honour; with no life for
the world, let her widowhood remain
in the \fother's keeping: she .has cho-
sen her, let no man gainsay it. Come,
daughter, let me stark tltee as .she
would have it done," and entering the
shrine, he took several of the gar-
land, from the heck of the image, and
a small vessel containing water i15
which were the leaves of the sacred
luolsee; :dipping his finger into which
he ,gently sprinkled some on her head,
on which he placed his hands as he
said the incantation which denoted
the presence of the divinity. 'Then he
hung the ,garlands ;shout her neck, and
the :Fragrant ret; powder of the morn-
ing sacrifice being handed to frim, he
drew some gently across her fore-
head and bade her stand up.
"Jey Tool'jai" "Victory to Toolja!"
was shouted by the attendant priests
and worshippers, "Victory to the
goddess!" Victory to her votary!"
"Let us have a procession!" "Let us
go with her!" cried all around:
"Ah, no, friends," said the girl, ris-
ing modestly; "ye see but a poor
Ihelpless child who was in grief, :and
whom the goddess has comforted,
I!Leave rte! Let .the go! !I would go
home, Mother, take nue horse! Father,
do thou conte with me!"
"It may not be, daughter," said the
old 'priest kindly; "we must neglect
nothing, else it were dangerous for
thee and for us, Bring a palkee," he
shouted to the attendants "and get
the music ready, and flowers, too, and
offerings for the Pap -nags Ye,, broth-
er," Ile continued to her father, 'for
once I usurp thy office; thou l:now'est
what is needed. Come, let us not de-
lay"
Tara looked imploringly at her fa -I
titer, she would fain ;have escaped the
;public procession if she could, 'She'
only wanted now to get home tuhpet I
ceivetl, and to ;tide herself in her
chamber, What had she done to be sn,
honored—to be so noticed?
"It must bc, sty child," he said;
"this cannot be begun and abauclo'ned,
tet not thy heart fail thee; tdhe goddess
•rill be with thee: Come!
Tara yielded: she bent reverently
before. the old priest, and touched his
feet, then her father's and going
rounds the d1]]ralhnups assembled she
diad the satire; last of all her mother's,
who was s Gtliing, yet not ist sorrow
"Curse, she said, "I an ready; do
with ole as ye list. Ye are my elders,
and I )obey,"
01-1APTER TV
So they led Tara forth and placed
her ill the open palankeen, and, as
they decked her with flowers and
strewed garlands over its canopy, the
'temple music struck up a joyous mar-
riage measure. Then, as the' bearer
moved ;gently forward, her father and
mother holding the sides of ,the litter,
the priests arranged themselves on all
sides of it, and began another solemn
chant of victory to the goddess.
,By this time, news of the event had
passed on into the town, and it was.
the hour when all the people were
astir. -Tien and women, collected in
groups, heard strange (ales of how
the goddess had appeared to Tara and
'talcen her away to he;a'vant again, that
s'hc 'hart died before that shrine, and
they were bringing away her body.
The general conviction was that she
had died,- and many women, collected
in knots, were weeping- bitterly, and
beating their breasts. But as .the trum-
pets and conchs blew e sedlden and
quivering blast: and the glen music
ryas h,earrlwith the chant /now ridocr.;
nor falling. as the Procession slowly
ascended the step, ,and traversed the
court ,—and ,at last, as it emerged from
the gateway' and entered •the broad
street which :led to the centre of the
town,—the pwpular 'enthusiasm ;chew
tio'hotutds. "Joy Toolijalt "Joy, Bales;
'rBomel Boixte1' the';ttntes of victory.�-
were taken up from those Who led
procession, "'leaping ;and shooting:'
-Many rum inc.incense or for;g'arlands;
men and tvoinett thronged froni street
sia'rl alley, and •joined the proc'e'ssion
ft Moved, up; others,, stood upon the
terraces. of "their ;roasts aind' Waved
garments or hanldlce'rchjefs, or !lung
out cloths front the• balconies atld-
w'itidows "tJ�ay '1"ooiljal'a:13-'11%3'W
"Joy13how-
attil" shouted all who eame:IP ingittms;
front• the /:Ganges, . Sunniasis holding
;aloft their withered amts; Gosaees
with their orange clothes etini matted
locks, strange, wild,, eerie folic,—issued.
from archways where they had slept,.
or vaults w'h'ere they had lodged; and
still the crowed swelled; and the e!toint-
i'itg and throttgh all, and over all, the
solemn chant and the hoarse and shrill
quivering' notes of ,the trumpets.
IFew- ;knew w•lsy this was, .but the
procession advanced out of the Stemple
gate, se it belonged to it; and as the
girl passed, seated calmly avow M. .her
litter, fioWers were cast on her, in-
cense was burned before her, and fra-
grant 'powder thrown over ;her, with
blessings. Her old'friends, the flower -
sellers, emptied their morning baskets
of 'jessamine over her, and touched
her feet reverently; and the old con-
fectioner; who had always kept a
sweet morsel for his young .friend,
'threw showers of comfits upon her
litter, and in his excitenl'ent generous-
ly flung the contents .of his baskets
among the crowd,
So they passed on, through the eas-
tern gate, and over tate plain which
led to the fPap-has temple, and the sun
was now rising over the ;distant purple
;hills in great glory among gorgeous
golden clouds. IAs the first beams fell
upon the procession, the priests
changed their hymn to that in adore -
tion of the Sun, ,from the Vedas, and
the 'neottle stili shouted the cry of
the :goddess, or joined in the hymn of
, the priests. till the small temple was
reached.
The ceremonies there were brief and,
simple. Tara bathed in the sin.'cleans-
i'ng basin, but site would not change
.her wet garments, still'resisting her
mother. Once more were holy tests
and incantations said over her by all
the priests collectively; and for the
last time they led her round and round
the little shrine and court of the
spring, chanting a hynoe of praise; her
:father leading, but snbmittiug to the
old priest, who .has already been sten
tioned, It was finished, and her new
life 'began. The excitement which had
possessed her and carried her on tyaS
already passing away, and giving
place to a sick weariness and irrepres-
sible languor, which not only her face
Out her limbs expressed.
"She will need careful 'tending for
a long time, brother," said the old
priest to her father. "Give her a cool-
ing drink of toolsee attd tamarinds,
sweetened with honey; put 'her into
dry clothes anal let her rest quietly•
she may not even speak for many
days; for so I have known it, Let us
take her ;home,"
"I ant thankful to ye all, friends
and brethren, said the Shastree.
touch affected. 'This manifestation
bath filled me with many cares, for we
ware not votaries of the goddess. Now
she hath conte into the house, and the
service site exacts 1 rigid,' and w -e
will obey and do her will, If ye will
;depart and leave us, take my bless-
ing'."
"Nay, say not so," cried all who
were near. "Let us take her hone;
and in honour and duty lot this rite
be finished." So the procession was
again firmed, and in the name order
that it had reached She temple, it ag-
ain returned to the town -gate, and
wound through the streets, thronged
with tnrints gazers, to the :door of
the Slip ace's bonne where the priests
and Bra!intuns were dismissed with
thanks and those only remained who
were specially bidden to do so.
'Cara's exhaustion !sad ;been increas-
ing since the ceremony- was conclud-
ed; and the wet garments about her,
which had not been felt while the
ex:then-tent lasted, now struck a chill
into her which even dry clothes, cast
over Ise:- by her mother, dirt not re-.
prove. 'She could not speak, and cottid
hardly move from the litter as it was
set 1 and, whew simoorted by
hen mother and the servants, she
reached the 'inner apartment, she sant:
helplessly in .her mother's arms. But
she was now in gentle, careful hands
and at rest; and though she ,diol not
speak as yet:, her grateful looks ere
long expressed all the censciausness
lier mother bodged to see.
Site had ever after only a confit;sed
recollection of what had occurred:
anis even as they came home there
was a vacancy in .her look which had
seriously alarmed her parents. . Her
father could remember many such vo-
'taxies, in :whom the light of reason
had been utterly quenched, and he
trembled for his slaughter. We can
scentrnt For the occurrence by ration-
al emise, a long -continued mental
es'ni enteo't andsuppressed! care
brought on by the nature Of her Own
THURSDAY, NOVEMiBER 16, 1933
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Medical
J?R, H,: HUGH ROSS, Physician
and Surgeon, Late' of Loddon Hos'
pita;, London, . England, Special.
.attention, to diseases of the' eye,'arta•,
nose and throat, Office• and roe-
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ercial• Rotel, Seaforth, 3rd; Monday in
Phone No, 5; .R'esidencc Phone lt'r4:,
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Office and residence, Goderich street,
east ,of the United Cheerdi. Corroder
for the County of Huron. 'Telephone'
DR. F. J. R.'FORSTER-sEye, Ear
Nose and Throat: Graduate in Medi-
cine, University of Toronto "187.
Late Assistant New York Olhbhal-,
mit and Aural Institute, Moorefield'ei
Eye, and Golden Square throat hoepd-
tals, London, England, At Corium,
ercial iH:otel, :Seaforth, 3rd Monday in
each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 pies,
DIR. W. C. SBR1OAT,—Graduate of
Faculty of Medicine, University of
Western Ontario, London. Member
of College of Physicians and Sar-
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Aberhart's drug store, Seaforth.
Phone 90. I•i'ours 1.30-4 p.m,, 7.30
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Dental
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Dr, R. R. Ross, graduate of North-
western. University, Chicago, Ill. Li-
centiate Royal College of Dental Sur-
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hardware, Main St., Seaforth. Phone
151.
DR. F. J. BECH'ELY, graduate
Royal College of Dental Surgeons,
Toronto. Office over W. R, Smith's
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'Arrangements can be made for Sale
Date at The Seaforth News. Charges
'moderate and satisfaction guranteed.
WATSON AND REID
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE AGENCY
(Succssors to James 'Watson)
MA'I'N ST„ SEAFORTH, ONT,
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Class
Companies.
THE McKILLOP
c 1 Fire Insurance Co.
HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont
OFFICERS
Geo. R, McCartney, Seaforth - Pres.
James Connolly, Goderich - Vice -Pres.
Merton A, Reid, Seaforth 'Sec, - Treas.
AGENTS:
W. E. Hineltley, Seaforth; John
Murray, R. R. 3, Seaforth; E. R. G.
Jarmouth, Brodhagen; James Watt,
131yt'h; C. F, Hewitt, Kincardine;
Wm. Yeo, H'almesville.
DIRECTORS:
William Knox, I.onctesboro; George
Leonhardt, Brodhagett; James Con=
nolly, Goderich; Alex, Broadfoot, No,
3, Seaforth; Robert Ferris, Blyth;
George McCartney, No. 3, Seaforth;
John Pepper, Brucofielc1; James Shot -
dice, Walton; Thomas Moylan, No, 5,
Seaforth,
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other business will be
promptly attended to by applications
to any of the above named officers ad-
dressed to their respective post
offices,
'belief in, to her, that goddess of dreaei
,power, yet of sympathy with human
t'eq.uimtanents,-wand its hysterical ef-
fect; but to leer father, and more so
to her .mother, as also to all the priests
of the tempe and people o•f ,the town,
it was a ma'rt'ifetetation of the divine
interest, and a claiming of the girl for
her own peculiar .set'vioe,
We wiiii not fol'i'o'w the conference
between the 'Shastree and his friends,
which related to the cere'ntotiies to be
performed and s'acriiflces to 'be offer-
ed: nothing must he neglected. One
of ,them was the resident agent of the
spiritual' prince before alluded to,
who had only a few :clays before de-
livered the .friendly -yearning, now, un-
13e'act ed, "The ltotlter Bath seated
the matter herself, :fi•ientls,"" he swirl,
"and no one can resist it; we will'
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